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Weekly national intelligencer., 1851-05-17

SrIRIr AND PERII.-There is story-and which be-
eve is the factof two boys going to ackdaws from
hole under the bey window Of the tower Of All Saints
Church, Derby, England. As it impossible to reach
that height from without they resolved put plank through
the window, and while the heavier boy secured its balance
by sitting the end within, the lighter boy fix him
self the opposite end and from that perous situation
reach the object ofher DESIRE So far the scheme answered
The little fellow took the nest, and finding in it FIVE asdged
young birds, announced the news to his companion.
sFive, there replied he ssihen I'll have three !"
Nay" exclaimed the other Indignantly; SCI all the
danger, and I'll have three. ;"
.You shall moi, still maintained the boy inside; g you
shall not. Promise me three or I'll drop you"
Dop me, please" replied the little hero, "bu. I'll
promise you than two upon which his feet slipped
off the plank.
Up tilted the end, and down went the boy, upwards Of
hundred feet from the ground The little fellow at the
ment Of his fall holding his prize by their legs three in
hand and two in the other and they, finding themselves
descending, futtered out their pinons nstincvey The
boy, too had carers frock secured around the neck
which, filing from beneath buoyed him up like balloon
and he descended smoothly to the ground whep looking up
he exclaimed to his companion "Now YOU shall have
none " and away sound in every limb to the astonsh
ment Of the inhabitants who, with nconceivable horror had
witnessed his descent.
Weekly national intelligencer., 1851-05-17

EXEMPLARY DAMAGKs-In the Second District Court al
New Orleans, the 9th ultmo, the suit of Alex. Grant
against John McDonogh, the late millionaire, decided
This suit was brought during the lifetime of Mr.. McDonogh
after whose demise the Of the estate were made
party. The True Delta says:
The plaintiff Mr.. Grant, is Of sugar plantation
in the parish Of Paquemnes bounded above and below by
lands of defendant The evidence shows that defendant ne
elected and refused make and keep repair the roads and
levees upon his lands required by law that in conse
quence Of his neglect the plantation Of plaintiff overflow
ed two in succession involving loss of crops and
ing much other damage The Court charged that where the
law casts duty upon party which he fails negects to
perform he is responsible in damages for the injury caused
BY his failure neglect The jury rendered verdict for
plaintiff damages twenty thousand nine hundred and sixty
dollars and forty cents"
Weekly national intelligencer., 1851-05-17

New MoToRs.-Sir JoHN ScorT LILLE, Companion Of
the Bath, Of Paris has just received English patent for
Improvements in the application Of motive powers One Of
these improvements consists in directing Of air,
other gaseous fluids through inverted roushs or channels
for the propulsion Of boats and bages in the conveyance
goods and passengers The oughs placed ongtudnsly
each side Of the vessel may placed between
two vessels having one deck Their form may be either
square obong; and they e open that the currents
of air in their passage to- and escape near the stern Of
the vessel may upon the water until they pass off into
the air. They supplied by air through shaft passing
vcrsiiy through Ut tiro uovh the
improvements consists in suspendng paddewheels at near
the Of the vessel which set in motion by the action
of the they off into the air thereby increasing
the motive power such paddle wheels may be moved
motion of Of air other gaseous ud forced through
tubes cylinders. The patent enrolled in the early part
of March.
Weekly national intelligencer., 1851-05-17

A KISS BLow.-George, in a moment of passion,
struck bis sister in the face, but the sister, instead Of flying
into fit Of anger threw her around his neck and kissed
him, saying, 80, brother, how could you do so I"
The poor boy wholly unprepared for such kind re-
for his blow He could stand before the generous
affection Of his sister. His feelings were touched, and he
burst out crying
His gentle sister took the of her apron and wiped
away bis tears, spd sought to comfort him by saying with
endearing sweetness and generous Affection "Don cry
George you did not hurt much" But he only wept
the more. No WONDER it was enough to make any body
weep.
Bot Why did George weep Poor little fellow Would
her Not he. But by kissing him as she did she made
him ee more acuey than il she had beaten him black and
blue.
Here kiss for blow. love for anger and this is what
is meant by overcoming evil with good bs,s
Weekly national intelligencer., 1851-05-17

COL Albert J. PICKETT, of Montgomery, has in the
press of Walker and James, of Charleston, The History Of
Alabama and incidentally Of Georgia and Mississippi
from The Earliest Period. It will make two handsome
Volumes and from passages Of which have read,
believe it will be work Of very unusual attraction. It
will embrace account Of the invasion Of Florida, Georgia,
Alabama, and Mississippi by De Soto, in l5394l of the
Abognes of these States their appearance, manners, and
CUSTOMS games amusemen wars and religious ceremonies
their ancient mounds and Notifications and Of the modern
Indians the Creeks, Chickasaws, Choctaws, Aabamas,
Uchees Cherokees and other tribes the discovery and settle
ment Of Alabama and Mississippi by the French, and their
occupation unit, 1863 the occupation Of Alabama and Mis-
ssspp by the British for eighteen years. the colonization of
Georgia by the English the occupation Of Alabama and Mis-
sispp by the Spanards for thirty years and the occupation
Of these States by the Americans from 1900 until 1890 One
whole chapter is taken up with interesting account Of the
arrest Of Aaron Burr in Alabama in 1907 and the exciting
hoverses between Georgia. the Federal Government Spain
and the Creek Indians, treated at length The work will
be illustrated by really valuable engavngs, after original
drawings made by French traveller in 1864.
Weekly national intelligencer., 1851-05-17

flag flies il an eyesore to the sIave-desles The tes
mony of Captain Herbert s as follows With regard the
present state Of slaye-akng in the colony OF Liberia,
have never known one instance of slave being owned or
disposed of by coonst. On the contrary, have known
them to render great facility cruisers there IN taking
vessels engaged in that nearous tsfic Capt Dunlop,
who had abundant opportunities for becoming acquainted with
Liberia during the years is4s, 49, and oO, says: am
perfectly satisfied no such thing domestic slavery exists
10 any shape among the citizens of the Republic The
last which the committee propose to introduce is from Com
modore Sir Charles Hoham, Commander-n-C Chief OF her
Britannia Msesty squadron on the western coast OF Africa
than whom the British public certainly could ask no higher
authority In letter the Secretary OF the Admiralty, da
ted April r ls47 and published in the Parliamentary Re-
turns be saws sOn peusing the correspondence Of my
predecessors found great difference Of opinion existing
as to the views and objects of the settlers
cusng the Governor Of lending himself to the slave trade
After discussing the whole subject with officers and others
best qualified Judge the matter not only satisfied my
own mind that there reasonable for such
pcon but further that this establishment merits all the
support we can give il for il is only through their means
. that we can hope to improve the African race
aSubsequently, in Is49 the officer gave his test-
mony before the House of LORDS in the following language
There no necessity for the squadron watching the coast
between Sierra Leone and Cape Palmas, the Liberan
territory inervenes and there the Stare trade has been
tinguished.'"
Elisha Wh;ttlesey,
lNattheU 81. C. Clarke,
Harvey Lindsey,
Joseph a. Bradley,
a. o. Dayton,
J. S. Bacon,
Uilliam G,taton,
Executive Com. American Colonization Society.
Weekly national intelligencer., 1851-05-17
GREAT CROP OF CORN.

From "THE PLOUGH, LOOM, AND THE ANVIL, FOR NAT
On respectable evidence of dsnteested gentlemen, sp
pears by the Ohio Cukrator of the 18th February, 1851,
Capt James g. Mason, Of Fayetie county, Kentucky grew
acre of land crop of corn that on the 18th Of De-
cembe $780, yielded upwards of thyour barrels,
than hundred and seventy bushels In Kentucky the
farmer does take the trouble put his under lock and
key. Every thing has much as il wants. and looks fat,
well grown, and happy-more especially the negroes, it
seemed They looked greasy and contented the
State belonged to them.
Can you say, Mr. Editor, whether Agricultural Societies
that prohibit discussion to political Of low prices and
losing market will 60 giving silver cups for pampered
hogs and of land where the produce costs than
to II strikes that it would do good to melt
these cups all into one and offer them for the best and
economical aborsaving Implement or for the most minute
and best arranged actual exhibit Of outlay and income
well known farm that young farmers might be in
sruced how to make and reliable calculations Of profit
and loss Let welbred merchant famerssuch Delaed,
Of New York. Mr. Reynolds, of Maryland Mr. Payton.
Of Richmond-be appointed to examine the statement and
award the premium. How long shall it be true said by
tha. veteran and accomplished writer Edward Rufin =
Reference Of the lists of premiums heretofore Of
fered by will show that large proportion of them
for practices which will ensure loss to every competitor
unless the premium itself shall be deemed reimbursement
its only Subjects of this class such the
productive Cor other small space Of corn, wheat rye
and of various other crops and for the finest (Which is
ally understood including the qualities Of largest and fat
test) OK COW, hog sheep, &c. TO obtain such premiums
products have been raised many particular
and many animals of good breed and fom is true have
been pampered from their brh and carried astonishing de-
grees and atness For such and approximate results
hundreds possibly thousands of premiums have been award
ed by the numerous Agricultural Societies of the Northern
States and the few in the Southern And yet unless
gain another such premium has any Of these particular
practices been repeated by the successful competitors im
by any other person and for the sufficient that
both such cultivation and such Of feeding Of
cost than profit"
Weekly national intelligencer., 1851-05-17

The anniversary meetings Of many Of the various religious
and charitable societies of the country held last week
in New York, and generally well attended, and passed
Oft with good feeling and harmony The only exception to
the general current of kindness the anavey society
the genteel uppe crust" division Of the Aboiionis
These people are probably quite furious vulgar
and as rude as Garrison and his associates but they equal
y mschevous and quite apt to provoke and ate. But
the cold and quiet bgoty Of Tappan Co. stands chance
with the Northern fanatics alongside Of the hot zeal and fiery
haste of the deectabe who assembled at Syracuse and
Of whose doings occasionally give sample just show
readers how really takes all Of people to make
world" It would hardly be believed in many parts Of the
country that there the continent men who think and
speak do these agitaors at syracuse.Akr. Gazette.
Weekly national intelligencer., 1851-05-17

TERRIBLE FIRE-DAMP EXPLOSION AT THE CLOVER Hill
PITs, VA.)-We are shocked by the intelligence tha
on Saturday morning, about o'clock explosion
Cured in the central pit, owned by James H. Coz Esq,
he Clover Hill Coal Pits, Chesterfield. There were only
eight persons in the pits white and coored men,
and they were all killed. The bodies Of all of them have
been recovered The unfortunate Victims it is thought were
anxious to complete their work. that they might have
portion Of Saturday to visit their families, and they did not
take the necessary precautions with the saeyamp against
danger-Richmond Enquirer
Weekly national intelligencer., 1851-05-17

NJ EorLMES, the director Of the national porcelain manu-
factory of Sevre has succeeded producing cystazed min
erals resembling very closely those produced by
chiefly precious and employed BY jewellers To
magnesa oxydes Of iron, and chome and then subectng
the solution evaporation during three days. has obtained
crystals Of mineral substance equang in hardness and
beauty and clearness of color the natural stones With
chrome, NJ Eoelmen has made most brilliant rubes, from
two to three mimetres in length and about thick
grain OF corn II rubies be arfcaly made secrets
which pursued by the schems,s Of old cannot be very
far off.
Weekly national intelligencer., 1851-05-17

"THE WHITE MAs's NEWSPAPER" is the title of new
paper to day placed before II is all snowy white from
the good which il is printed TO the able and
taking reading matter which adorn its weHlled columns
AZ its indicates, il devoted TO the white men Of the
pas. been lost sight Of in burning zeal for the black
men Of the country. The paper will push its way
through the world and to fortune, there being Just such
matter in i as will find plenty Of friends and mutudes of
readers --Neo York Express.
Weekly national intelligencer., 1851-05-17

STEAM ON THE CASAL.-We learn from the Clearsprng
Sentinel that the canal steamer Virginia. Capt. Clarke
ed up the canal at that place Monday having in three
large boats-the Arel" "American Eagle" and 6 Mon
tour The Virginia is owned by company of Northern
gentlemen and intended irregular boatbetween the
and Cumberland. She made but little commotion Of the
water and not much swell as horse-boat
Weekly national intelligencer., 1851-05-17

ONs OF THE VExATIoUs SUITs DISPOSED or.-A the
Supreme Judicial Court for Essex county, held at IPSWICH
by Judge BIaEIow, the of Alexander P. Burton
George Lunt came up for trial Saturday, when the plain
tf was nonsuited and went Of This one Of the
series Of the malicious prosecutions which the hsheraw men
have nsgated in order to harass the public officers in the
discharge Of their duties in enforcing the laws OF the United
States-Boskon Posi-
Weekly national intelligencer., 1851-05-17

JoHN P. KENNEDY has in the press of Putnam and
carefully revised edition of his SwaLow Barn. Sourn
in the old Dominion Of the pleasant books iustra
tive of local and rural life that has been written
is like Ifvngs Bracebdge Hall than any other work
think Of and felicitous picture of old Virginia
Jefy Crayon has given of Menie England The first
edition Of Swallow Barn published twenty years ago the
to be beautifully illustrated in the style of Irving
Sketch Book.
Weekly national intelligencer., 1851-05-17

The SEA the largest of CExErERIrs and its slumberers
sleep without monument. All other graveyards, in all
other lands, show symbol of distinction between the
great and the small the rich and the poor but in that ocean
cemetery the king and the clown the prince and the peasant
alike undistinguished The wave rolls over all
the same requiem BY tie mnselsey Of the sung
their honor Over their remains the BEATS and
the shines and there unmarked the weak and
the POWERFUL the plumed and the unhonored will sleep
until awakened by the trump when the will give up
its dead thought of sailing the slumberng but de-
voted CooKMAs, who after his brief but brilliant career per-
ished in the Pesidenover the augherlovng PowER who
went down in the faed vessel may have passed
In that cemetery sleeps the accomplished and pous FsHER
but where he and thousands of others of the noble spirits Of
the earth lie but God knowe.h No marble rises to
point out where their ashes gathered where the lover
of the good wise go and shed the of sympathy
Who tell where lie the of thousands of Africa's
sons who persisted in the middle passage Yet that
etery hath ornaments of Jehovah Never forget my
days and nights passed hs nobest of cemeteries
without single human monument.-Giles.
Weekly national intelligencer., 1851-05-17

SENSIBLE prisoner 10 Jail lately sent
his creditors the following proposal which, he believed
would te Tor their mutual benefit "I have been thinking
that is very bad for lie here and put you 10
My being SO chageabe to you has given me great uneas
ness know not what it may you in the end there
FORE what would say is this You let me out Of prison.
and instead Of nine shng you shall allow me only seven
the debt"
Weekly national intelligencer., 1851-05-17

A PHILosopHIc EDIToR.-The editor of the Alabama Ar
gus published at Demopos in Maengo makes merry, after
the following fashion, what folks would consider
serious trouble:
We the sheriff has advertised the Argus office for sale
during absence. We hope the bidders will have merry
time Of it. If the sheriff sell it, be will do than
we could. Like damp pecussion-cap, think it
will fail TO 90 off, !" ("
Weekly national intelligencer., 1851-05-17

EXTRAORDINARY IPREsERvATIoN-One of the North River
boas few days nce sk containing three boys
The boa, Immediately stopped and two Of the boys
picked up but the other could be found After the
had proceeded about four miles, the missing boy found
cngng Of the braces under the guards He said he
enabled to get hold just the boat moving off, and
his feet had dragged all the way in the water.
Weekly national intelligencer., 1851-05-17

LOCOMOTIVES ON THE ORANeE AND ALEXANDRIA Rail-
RoAD-The first Locomotive put upon the track Of the
Orange and Akrandria Railroad on Tuesday last and
the line from the north end of Union street to the
tunnel on Wilkes street. The performance was good, and
gave general satisfaction.
Weekly national intelligencer., 1851-05-17

Nathan Taylor, DR.. Luce, Benjamin Aylsworh, James
Mcdaniel, sen., James Mcdaniel, jr., and g. H. Brown
arrested last week at Lanesborough, (Pa on charge
Of coun,erens They supposed to be branch Of the
organization in Michigan and to have eonfederaes in New
Jersey, New York. and other States.
Weekly national intelligencer., 1851-05-17

RAILROAD DIsAsTER.-The engineer killed, and one
persons severely injured the Cleveland and Pitts
bureh road last week. This fatal accident caused by
end who had mbedded plank in tbs of the
track leaving the end projecting out several feet The per-
supposed have done the internal deed has been
rested 80
Weekly national intelligencer., 1851-05-17

Capt. MoRRIs STANLEY, aged Sc, native Of Wales,
who came to this country with the late John Jacob Asto
and was engaged in several battles board American
sells Of war during the revolution, died bis residence in
Philadelphia last week
Weekly national intelligencer., 1851-05-17

DRowNED.-On Thursday morning, May sh, gentle
man by the name Of w. H. Parker while crossing the
Ohio river in ferry boat, below New Albany, Indiana,
with buggy and horse, drowned. His horse took
fright and jumped into the river Mr. Parker endeavored to
extcae the horse from the buggy, and both drowned
Mr.. Parker was from Tennessee.
Weekly national intelligencer., 1851-05-17

PoKTar IN Dsr GooDs.-The Merchants Magazine gives
the following ePtsph on inen-draps as proof that the
yard stick may possibly SAVIOR Of Parnsssus after all
"Cottons and cambrics, all adieu,
And muslins, too, farewell
Plain, striped, and figured, old and new,
Three-quarters, yard, or ell
BY yard and nail I've measured We ..
As customers inclined;
The churchysrd now has measured me-
And nails my coffin bind
% now, my kind and worthy friends,
Who dealt with me below,
IN gone to measure Times long ends
You'll follow me, know"
Weekly national intelligencer., 1851-05-17

DAeUERREorrPISe In OIL.-We shown last even
ing portraits of the late JONATHAN GooDHUE and PHILIP
HoSE, executed at the Pumbe Gallery in Broadway They
very good kenesses, and beautifully done in OIL after
method Journal Of Commerce.
Weekly national intelligencer., 1851-05-17

MAIL RoBBERr.-The pouches dispatched from the New
York city post Office for Auburn and Syracuse were cut open
on the steamboat on Sunday night and the Auburn pouch
ried Of all the letter packages except one from Cincinnati
Ohio.
Weekly national intelligencer., 1851-05-17

The Chian Government is calling in all its currency to
coin new one same that in the United sates-dimes
and half Dimes quarter dollars, half dollars doars-both
gold and silverquaer eagles, half eagles whole eagles
two eagles and ounces.
Weekly national intelligencer., 1851-05-17

CESsus OF TExAs.-The Galveston sNews" says it has
received complete returns Of the Of that State from all
the counties except Galveston. Cameron Starr Webb Whar-
ton, Fannin, Grayson, Benton, Cook and Collin. The
total Of white population Of the counties returned l3 $685.
and Of slaves 52,556. Thy6ve thousand is regarded
moderate estimate for the white population Of the counties
above named, and TO- 900 for the slave population This
would make the total white population Of the stae in round
numbers 6seO0 and the slaves 81 000 BY adding three
hs Of the slaves (namey, 37,0eO to the number OoO
will give to the State 100000 the population entitled to
representation in Congress, which will the State
two members in the House Of Representatives.
Weekly national intelligencer., 1851-05-17

The big house, weighing hundreds Of tons under
which the ship Of Pennsyvan built the Phla-
depha Navy Yard is to three hundred feet towards
the water All who have this structure will
be surprised to hear of such attempt In these days
thing seems too great for mechanical enginees-Ph Lg
Weekly national intelligencer., 1851-05-17

SUICIDE A CLERsYMAH.-The Rev. Charles Hill
committed suicide the 9th instant Leominster, Mass
On the preceding Sabbath he had ocated in the pulpit He
65 years Of sge No has been published Of the
unhappy deed.
Weekly national intelligencer., 1851-05-17

Avoid the man who says the world owes him living.
The world owes no living until he earns it-Sekcted
Weekly national intelligencer., 1851-05-17
PUBLIC PARKS.

Mayor KINssLANp, of New York, lately sen,
an important message TO the Common Council OF
that city, recommending the laying out of large
park somewhere in their Northern suburbs, His
reasons, which are most enlightened and do him
the greatest credit are equally applicable to other
cities. The following is an extract from it.:
"The tide population is rapidly flowing the northern
section Of the island and 10 here that provision should be
made for the thousands whose dwellings will long M up
the vacant streets and avenues north of Union Park
'The public parks and places Of New York not IN
keeping with the character Of city, do they in any
wise subsee the purposes for which such places should be
apart Each year will witness certain increase in the value
any period will be suitable than the present one for the
purchase and laying out Of park scale which shall be
worthy Of the CITY,
"There places the island easily accessible and
sessng a the advantages OF wood lawn, and water which
might comparatively small expense be converted into
park which would be the pride and ornament the
city, Such park well laid out would become the favoe
Of all classes There thousands who pass the day
Of among the idle and dssolue in porter houses in
places Objectionable who would rejoice in being enabled
breathe the air in such place while the ride and drive
through its avenues free from the noise Dust and confusion
nseparabe from all horoughafes, would hold strong in
ducements for the auent to make il place Of There
is park the island deserving the and, whleI
believe that be found advance objection
against the expedency Of having such in midst
think that the expenditure Of necessary to procure and
lay out park Of sufficient magnitude to the purposes
above noted would be well and wisely appropriated and
would be returned to fourtoh in the HEALTH happiness
and comfort OF those whose interests specially entrusted
keeping the poorer classes The establishment of such
park would prove lasting monument the WISDOM sa-
gacy, and oehought Of M foundes and would the
gratitude of thousands yet unborn for the blessings of pure
air and the opportunity for innocent heahfu enjoyment
commend this subject your consideration in the conviction
that its importance will your careful attention and
prompt action"