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GU ACKER Y.

correspondent has hit of, very happily, (says the
Boston Pos) the humbug Of certain who undertake
to make people believe that science and be taught
by sort Of galvanic shock" in the twinkling of bed
post One advertises to teach the art of penman-
ship in six hours another that Of drawing in lesson
&c., but of them surpasses Mr.. Algammon whose
qualifications are not only described but certified to
below
NEw METHOD OF DRAwNc.-Professor Algammon, from
Hamburg respectfully that he has invented
method Of drawing by which in single lesson of fifteen
minutes duration pupil taught to draw with facility and
infabty not only all creation but whatever else the fer
tlity Of his mind may conceive Of.
The old monocromatic method Of instruction, which impars
to the pupil though entirely ignorant both Of the practice and
principles OF art the ability TO execute pictures comparable
with the best works Of Claude Pousn Salvador certain
ly entitled to respect for its mighty strides in the advancement
Of high art nevertheless percbiy in this art is attained
at too great sacrifice Of time twenty lessons Of hour each
being necessary the pupil through whereas by Profess
sor Agammons system, higher capabilities attained in
almost time at ALL and the ignorant the pupil the
free from mannerism and original viii be his per-
Torrance.
Professor Algammon having explained his system Of
teaching drawing Hesitate say that be acquired
by those most ignorant Of pictorial ignorance
however Profound fail to admire and appreciate system
perfectly suited to the progress Of the age HKSRr QUIZ
quite In what Mr. Quiz has said Of Professor All
gammons system. DAS'L QuRK
With regard to the above opinions have only say, thems
my sentiments. LEWIS BRIEF.
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The LEGISLATURE Of CossEorrour met at New Haven
Wednesday The Senate organized by the election
Of JANIS 7 PRATT d president pro tem and the House
by the election Of CHAnLEs b. PHELPS Speaker both
being Democrats.
The message Of the Governor read. The Governor
recommends Convention to amend the Constitution to
substitute general laws far may be for special egs
laton to limit the hours Of labor to abrogate capital
punishment to aid the common school fund by levying
small tax in the school districts to reform the laws
latve to pauperm and to protect aborers employed in
the construction Of railroads by lien upon those works
for their labor.
The Governor is opposed to the enactment Of the ane
law He regards the late adjustment of the questions
which had disturbed the peace Of the country final
lie endorses the African colonization PLAN and commends
70 the attention of the Legislature cas- object which
occupies striking position in the great field Of Christian
philanthropy"
Inc financial affairs Of the State in prosperous
condition Its expenses for the fiscal year ending the
Slst Of March were $1S7 1896 The receipts for the year.
including balance Of $26 2e6 on hand, were $l764 1885,
leaving remainder Of $780, 1os beyond the expenditures
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A CARRIER PrGEoS AT SEA--The brig Dcttmar which
arrived at Philadelphia last Saturday reports that the
voyage somewhere beyond the Gulf Stream bird few
aboard the vessel and lighted the shoulder of Of the
men, II had on neck bit Of tape bearing the name Sc
of the brig Marie sailing from Martinique for Havre and
request that notice might be given in of the news
papers that all well board. The bird few of as
soon as the message taken from its neck. Eoyds
List reports the vessel having arrived at Havre
from Martinique the 3st of March, just two days after
the above message dispatched.
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THE SANDWICH ISLAND VOLCANO.

The volcano at Hawaii, Sandwich Islands, beats
Vesuvius and Hecla in the grandeur and extent of
its eruptions. We have the following further ac-
count Of the last eruption in the Poynesian receiv
ed by the recent California mail:
We have received verbal information in regard to the
state Of the eruption late to the 9th instant from
the leeward side of Hawaii At that date the light from
the flowing current bright it had been at any
former PERIOD sufficient to enable person to pick up
needle from the ground at midnight from which fact the
inference drawn that the current is still flowing to-
ward the sea.
The to have broken out through old
assure, about onethrd down the side of Mauna Loa,
the northwest sde and not from the old crater the
summit called Mokuoweoweo The altitude of the pre-
sent eruption is about ten thousand feet above the level
of the and from the bay of Hlo Byrons Bay must
be some fifty sixty miles it succeed in reaching the
ocean at the point supposed after having filed up all the
ravnes guches, and inequalities of very broken
try it will undoubtedly be of the most extensive erup
tons Of modern times"
A correspondent Of the Polynesian gives the fol-
lowing description:
"By accurate measurement Of the enormous jet Of
glowing lava, where it first broke forth the side of
Mauna Loa it was ascerained to be five hundred feet
high This upon the supposton that it thirty
miles distant We Of the opinion that it was greater
distance say from forty to sixty miles. With glass the
play Of this jet at night distinctly observed, and
more sublime sight scarcely be imagined column
of molten lava glowing with the most intense heat and
projecting into the air to distance of five hundred feet
was sight so rare, and at the time so awfully
grand, excite the most lively feelings of and
admiration, when viewed at distance of forty
/ fifty miles. sr1 IS
The diameter of this jet is supposed to be
hundred feet and this easily believe when
feet that from it issued the river of lava that flowed of
from it toward the In some places this river is
mile wide and in others more contracted At points
II has filed up ravines one hundred two hundred and
three hundred feet in depth, and still flowed 1t
heavy forest and the giant growth of centuries
cut down before it like grass before the mower scythe
No obstacle can in its descent to the Mounds
are covered over ravines filed up, forests de-
stroyed and the habitations of consumed like
fax in the furnace Truly, He toucheh the hills, and
they smoke
we have not yet heard Of any destruction Of life from
the eruption now in progress rumor has reached us
that small native village has been destroyed but Of this
we have authentic intelligence"
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Two large seachests Of manuscript, containing the
dressed to his sisters JANE and Anna MARIA PORTER
recently sold in London for $ll5 Is Cd The anc-
oneers deemed their duty first to look the strange
collection and found among them ninety letters from Mr.
WILLIS and sixty three long and highly interesting
letters from Miss AGSEs STRICKLAND the accomplished
authoress." Both slots" were however, withdrawn,
and what Miss Agnes wrote to Miss Jane" has for
the present escaped the Of the er and the clutches
Of the autograph collector 1t Is indeed high time to be
careful Of what write to friend who will keep
letters; and MIR. wlliss fate and Miss Strckands
cape may be read useful lessons to gossppng
spondents and careless executors Commercial Adpse
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We see it stated in many of the newspapers ION what
authority We know no that Dr. KKLE has appropriated
the revolutionary funds which he collected in this country
to the purchase of Brewery Southampton, (England)
where instead of fomenng revolution in Europe at the
cost Of the creduous good people of the United States he
Is to turn his attention to the making of beer.
The Boston Courier suggests that this article should be
called Sympathy Beer" and thinks It would have
great the East IL not FOR the Maine law It
adds however, that the Doctor might have done much
worse many people who have no stomach for fight have
n stomach for good drink.
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NonroLK. MAY 4.

NORFOLK, MAY a.
THE FRIGArE PRINCE or ORANGE, &c.-The Dutch fri
gate Prince Of Orange is still in harbor she is mat
of great attraction Hundreds Of citizens ladies
and gentlemen have been visiting her, all Of whom
press great delight with the polite in which they
were received by the officers.
Capt BREEsE, from the navy yard, paid her a visit
yesterday, and received with salute. The same
compliment was paid 10 him on his departure.
grand ball was given last evening to the officers Of
the frgate by COL MYERs. II superb affair, gotten
up with great taste All present were highly delighted
It supposed the Prince Of Orange win sail for New
York on Saturday next
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The Home Journal SAYS that the last instalment Of
jenny Inns muniAcent gift Of $4,000 towards the
dowment Of schools in her native country has been dis
patched Her pledge TO give that has been redeem
Of having nobly accomplished noble cndeavor It is
satisfaction, too 70 the people Of this country 10 reflect
that IN rewsns the sweet singer their sney has been
well bestowed. ,t'.
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The Legislature of RHODE ISLAND was organized
at Newport on Tuesday. Benjamin F. Thurston
was elected Clerk of the Senate Hon. Alfred Bos-
worth (Whig) was elected Speaker of the House Of
Assembly canvass of the votes shows that the
Wing candidate for Lieutenant Governor lacks forty
votes of being elected. He will be chosen by the
Legislature Ws5
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MAINE LIQUOR LAW IN MAssAcHUsETTs.-The commit
tee of conference appointed by the tive Houseso the
Massachusetts Legislature the question Of the Maine
liquor law having made their report agreeing submit
the question to vote of the people under open ballot
the report has been accepted and the bill passed by both
branches Of the Legislature The people to upon
the law on the Sd of June next
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Saw MILL EXPLOSION. Niles Mich Republican
Of the Oath ulmo says: The steam saw min owned by
ellison Osgood in Benton, in this county blown up
on Tuesday evening last by the explosion Of the boiler
and six children, playing about the premises killed
or mortay woundedtwo little girls and the
other eleven years Of age, daughters Of Mr. 0sgood
dead and the other mortally wounded; son Of Mr..
Mercer twelve or thirteen, mortslly wounded; dangh
ter Of TIE widow Wccx aged years. mortay wound
ed The scene at the place Of the disaster most heart
rsnding"
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The coored rector Of St. Philips (colored Epscopa
Church in New York recently declined to read notice in
that church Of meeting to resist the Fugitive Slave law
on the ground that it was duty to obey the law. The
vesy subsequently approved the of the rector
only person dissenting So says Abolition paper
correspondent Of which complains bitterly of this action
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Late accounts from the Rio Grande state that
Cdrvajat, the insurgent leader, was in the neigh
borhood OF Matamoros, expecting reinforcement
OF three hundred Germans, whom one of his fol-
lowers was to bring from the interior Of Texas.
The people of Matamoros have no fear Of being in
yaded by such small force, though it may annoy
them and disturb their peace
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RAILROAD AccIDENr.-The telegraph communicates the
intelligence that Monday when the train Of cars was
passing through Fulton, Ohio, the Little Miami rail-
road girl Of about twelve years of age over
and instantly killed. During the next night mob as
sembed and tore up the track for the distance Of quar-
ter of n mile.
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Honolulu papers to March 10th filed with accounts
Of the eruption of Mt Manaoa. The altitude Of the
eruption 10000 feet above the level Of the sea- and
was yet burning The lava piled up five hundred feet
hi0h. 49,
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SISouLARPARIsIAS FEsrIvAL.-The annual Gingerbread
Fair commenced at the Barrier u Trone Paris Easter
Sunday II has been visited by $50, 900 persons
there are some four hundred booths sdehed with ginger
bread thepilss Of which would rcsch round the city
laid in single &le.
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The Democratic State Convention of New JER-
sEY, which met at Trenton yesterday to appoint
Delegates to the National Convention of that party
expressed its preference for Gen. CAss as their
candidate for the Presidency.
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little boy about four years old, Of Mrs How
ard drowned Mt Baltimore Thursday by falling in
pond Of water only eighteen inches deep lie fell With
his face downward and was smothered.
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STATE APPROPRIATION CoLoSIxArIos.-The Mary
land House of Delegates has passed bill to continue the
States appropriation for the promotion of African colo
nizaton, with amendments making it direct charge upon
the Treasury
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The City Councils of Boston yesterday, by a
unanimous vote, adopted resolutions inviting Mr.
WEBSTER to address the people in Faneuil Hall
next week.
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The Hon. DANIEL ID. BARNARD, our Minister at
the Court OF Berlin, was on visit to Rome at last
accounts, for the benefit of his health.
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The Legislature of the State of ONO took re
cess on Monday last, after having been in session
four months, till the third Monday in November next
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The extensive steel and spring mandatory Of
MoRros BREssER at New York, was destroyed by fire
Tuesday night mourning loss of about $40 900, be-
sides turning something like five hundred persons out Of
emplovmept
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The POSTMASTER GENERAI.---M lost pertinacious-
y some Of the Washington correspondents persist in
saying the Hon. N. K! HALL intends resipping--
now adding, however, that he will be appointed
Minister to Russia
We feel almost authorized to say there is not one
word of truth in all this. Mr. HALL reluctantly
left his business in Buffalo to stand by his old friend
and partner, Mr.. FILLMORE, in a most trying crisis
Of his life, when an old personal friend was nds-
pensable for him in Washington. To that business
Mr.. HALL will return by the 4th Of March next,
whether Mr. Fillmore be elected President or not
He desires to leave his post Immediately, but will
stand by his consent to see Mr.. Fillmore through
this term Of his administration. IN Y. Erpress.
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OREooN.-We have heretofore published letters
from friends in Oregon, on whose information we
can rely, all we believe expressing very favorable
views Of that country. The last mail from the Pa
cifc brought to the New York Commercial Adver-
tiser letter from well-informed and intelligent
gentleman, who, by the way is well acquainted with
the rich lands in our Western States. His letter
is dated at Salem, March Is. He says:
This is most magnificent country, and will in the
course of few years. be the garden Of the United States
There are some of the most enrapurng views to be
here that ever Toasted the eye Of have already
explored all the old settled portions Of it, but have been
told that Pugets Sound Umqua and Rogue river valleys
win equal them for beauty productiveness and climate
The travelling here is mostly on horseback but IL is
because we have no wagons in the country can we
get any made here There is no country in the world
where better wagon roads be had than in this with
its immense open praries and orchardike oak groves
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OFFICIAL REPORT OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE
WING CAUCUS LATELY HELD IN THIS CITY.

l..
AT meeting of the Wing Members of Congress,
held in the Senate Chamber of the Capitol on Fri
day evening April 8, 1852
On motion of Senator UNDERWOOD, Of Kentucky, the
Hon. WILLIE p MAscuM, (senator.) Of North Carolina,
was called to the chair
/ JOSEPH r. CHANDLER, of Pennsylvania, and ALFRED
DocKERY of North Carolina, appointed Secretaries
The CHAIRMAN stated that the object of the meeting
to recommend the time and place for holding the Wing
National Convention for nominating candidates for the
Presidency and Vice Presidency of the United States
On motion of Mr. CABELL, of Florida the rules of the
Senate were adopted as the rules for this meeting
Mr. CABELL, of Florida, suggested that the of
Wing members of both houses be called over and the
names OF those present be marked There present
of the Senate IA; of the House $50 members
Some discussion arose to the adjournment Of the
meeting to some future day.
Mr. MARSHALL, Of Kentucky, gave notice that at the
adjourned meeting he should offer resolutions sustaining
the Compromise acts as fnality.
The CHAIRMAN stated that the question was not now
before the meeting, but that he deemed it due to the
gentlemen present and to his honor state explicitly
that he should be called on by his understanding of the
rules Of the Senate which had been adopted by the
of the Wing party for the of this meeting
rule out of order such resolutions and he took this
early time of stating the matter that the meeting if they
did not approve the decision might call another gentle
man to the chair.
Various propositions for calling future meeting and
for fixing the time Of adjournment made when the
following resolution offered by Mr. SAcKErr, Of New
York, and adopted:
Resolced That when this meeting adjourn it adjourn
meet in this place Tuesday evening the Goth instant
ut o'clock.
nd hen he me- TING di
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CONGRESS.
SATURDAY, JUNE 19, 1852.
IN SENATE.

The PRESIDENT of the Senate laid before the body q
communication from the Secretary of State made in
compliance with resolution Of the Senate of the 1lth
instant calling for information in relation to the Gardi-
claim which laid the table and ordered to be
printed.
The Secretary of State says he laid the resolution be-
fore the President who is of the opinion that commu
nicaton of the information desired would not comport
with the public interest," in which he entirely concurs
Also from the Secretary Of the Interior in relation to
qudated balance due the Creek Indians for losses dur
ing the last with Great Britain; which laid
the table and ordered to be printed.
Mr.. FOOT, from the Committee Pensions, reported
bill for the relief of the children of the late Lieut..
Michael Early, of the revolutionary army, accompanied
by q report, which was ordered to be printed.
On motion by Mr. WELLER,
Resolred, That the Committee Military Affairs be in
sructed inquire into the expedency of reporting bill for
the organization Of additional regiment Of mounted
for the establishment of military posts in California and for
other purposes Of defence.
On motion by Mr.. MALLORY,
Resolped That the Secretary Of War be requested to
municate the Senate such information he may
relative the practcaby of constructing canal the
peninsula of Florida including the results of
that may have been made by officers Of the United States
upon the peninsula having bearing this subject
On motion by Mr.. WELLER,
Resood That the Secretary of the Interior be directed to
inform the Senate whether any steps taken by his De-
pament investigate the charges preferred by Col McC
Ian against the Commissioner the boundary line be-
the United States and Mexico and to make
port to the Senate.
On motion, the Senate proceeded to the consideration
of Executive business and after time spent there
in, the doors reopened and the Senate adjourned
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Resored, That the Committee Commerce be instructed
TO inquire into the expedency Of aboshng the law which
qures seamen to obtain projections and also into the expd
requiring vessels employed in the foreign and cossng
trade to provide themselves with apprentices
Mr. WALKER introduced joint resolution the effect
that the Commissioner of Public Buildings be directed to
remove from the public grounds and streets in the city Of
Washington all alianthus trees standing growing
thercon which read and referred to the Committee
on Public Buildings.
On motion by Mr.. SEBASTIAN, the Senate proceeded
to consider the bill from the House of Representatives to
release from reservation and restore to the Of the
public lands certain lands in the State of Arkansas and the
bill was recommited to the Committee on Public Lands
On motion by Mr. FELCH, the Senate then proceeded
to consider the bill to extend the time for selecting lands
granted to the State of Michigan for saline purposes
which, after having been amended ordered to be
crossed,
a On motion, the Senate adjourned.