Sunday dispatch. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1845-1854, 1852-03-28

tages arising from extensive cooperation. To
effect this object it is proposed that the institute
shall consist of four branches, viz protective
society, philanthropic and provident fund, an
educational association, and life assurance de-
An organization of authorship is the
ultimate end of the system, and its effect is in
tended to be the elevation of the literary man in
the scale of society to at least the same degree
of consideration as the lawyer, the physician, or
the clergyman.
- 1t would appear from recent state
ment in the North Carolina Vhig, published at
Charlotte, that diamonds are about as thick in
that section of the State as leaves arr said to be
in ValIambrosa The editor says:-"A A few
days since we were shown by DR.. c L. Hunter,
of Lincoln county, what is supposed to be gen
uine Diamond, weighing about half a carat, dis
covered in the neighboraoo of the Doctor, while
searching for gold in 8 small stream" Several
other interesting specimens Of the same geologi-
cal formation are in the neighsorhood, only they |
are not found yet.
*.* A few such ladies as the one men
tioaea ia tba paragraph quoted, would not be
GU Of he way in either Oregon the valleys
east or sest of the Rocky Mountains. However
muca We might laud tho lady as founder of
empires, We should certainly decline working
daily to support q family growing out Of an ALI
ance with her =" The most extraordinary exam
pie Of fecundty is reported to exist at Liege,
where lives young woman (SS years Old), who,
within nine years, has given birth to twenty
four daughsrs, hree by three Numbers 22. %,
and "a Of this immense family were born on Sat-
urday last. They are all i've and kicking
XXX An affecting little incident was re-
lated to us yesterday, in which Tom Moore was
the principal actor About twelve months ago
the poet attended party in London. In the
course of the evening, one of the lady guests
sung the words of " The Harp that once through
Tara's Hall, - to which he listened with evident
delight. When it was concluded, he remarked
to gentleman that he thought the words d" were
certainly very beautiful p Alas the son of
song did not recognize a poem which has rem
dered his name immortal. At that time Mtore's
mind was entirely destroy ed. He stood on the
shores of the dread ocean of idiOcity.
- A young man named Mr.. G. Kirby,
aged 20 years, recently took notion to fall in
love with Miss Virginia Little, aged Is, and
because she gave him the mitten, attempted to
shoot her on Sunday evening last Both parties
are residents of Washington city The would
s aad ~dop pFe 81 tBe Bgs ts8o fOm IN MSEp SRsS
young lady was. Fortunately, she escaped, un-
harmed, and unfortun ately, Mr.. Kirby got of
before he could be arrested.
*.* The hundred days to which our
State Legislature is limited, is rapidly drawing
! 4 IL " baco oIro
at Albany, will now 60 to work Talk less gen.
tlemen, and work more. The community will
thank you for the favor. There are many i'm
portant bills before the Legislature which sheuld
be acted upon Immediately The interests of the
State are involved, and its wants should be at
tended to. The Canal contracts ought to be
/ settled before adjournment Work, gentlemen
} work
, *.* The National InteIligenoer of Fri
day publishes the substance of q dispatch from
the Austrian government to the effect that Anne
rican and English travellers sill not hereafter b.
permitted to enter the Austrian dominions unles
their passports are UiSed by the resident represen
: tatives of the Austrian government at some on
of the governments of Europe or America. Thi
decree will not circumscribe the routes of tour
ists if they will but comply with the resolution
of that power
o -" A bill was rejected in the u
o Senate on Friday, remitting $3.50 duty upon Ger
o tain vestments imported from Europe, for the us
f of the priests in the Roman Catholic (Carmelite
d Nunnery at Baltimore. The Committee of Fl
o nance, it seems, had previously reported agains
the remis ion preferring to leave it to the Senat
| II. l.tTo
+ of that character are to be imposed or not
*x# The President sent in message t.
= both Houses of Congress on Friday, announcin
that proofs of claims under the treaty of Guadu
p. lupe Hidalgo were stolen from the State Depart
ment Mr.. Fillmore recommends that pena
- act be passed by Congress, under which futur
, depredators may be convicted and punished
= is somewhat astonishing that law similar t
y = the one now recommended has not been adopte
years ago.
g - The universal Democracy of Yirgi
MIA, have rejected Kossuth, and have in their rt
J cent State Convention gone in strong for 6 th
J. principles of '9S and the " Baltimore platforl
If of '48'' Tn convention drew it mild on -th
l. National Convention, and previous TO adjourn
:, ment quietly authorized the Central Committe
II to appoint Presidential electors. What will Ca
d and the other admirers of the great Magyar sa
r. to this?
+ *x* "The way of the transgressor
y hard, % as may be sadly and terribly illustrate
i in the career of Doted thief in the Mississippi
- valley, named Reuben Edmonson who died 0
the 9th inst at st. Louis Edmonson was
=, years of age, and stated in confession, whic
! he made just before his death, that he had bee
g arrested one hundred and fifteen times, and il
carcerated in various prisons sixty-One times.
{. - The New Orleans Delta is silly slar
1t dering the women of all "DOwn East an
e Massachusetts in particular The Delta declare
IS that petition praying that women may
if allowed the right of doing militia duty, has bee
y presented to tho Massachusetts Legislature
g If the prayer of the petitioners is granted, v
It hope the ladies of that Commonwealth will giV
/ the editor of the Delta g marching salnte, {
the first opportunity presented.
. *k* The murderers of Lehman, the pee
% lar, the brothers Blais and Matthias Skupinsk
l. whose trial on the grave charge for which the
- were arraigned, was closed in the Oyer and TIE
o miner Court, Philadelphia, on Friday evenin
>, were by the jury, on Saturday, found guilty
= murder in the first degree They were not sci
fenced yesterday.
,e ~ A q down-East philosopher gives
L. as his opinion that the four great evils of Ii
n are standing collars, stOve-pipe hats, tigl
n- boots, and tobacco" With reference to IL
le tight boots, we say Amen,'' but on the 9th
as items we withhold an opinion.
g ~ The Boston Post says that ma
- was seen recently rushing through one of IL
~ principal streets of that city with his ham
81 about three feet apart bsgging the passers-l
- not to disturb him, as he had the measure of
:. door-,oay acith him! He was, it appears, allo'
~ ed to pass unmolested.
I'd - Rev E. H. Chaplin is to give lectul
on John Hampden, or the Progress Of Popul
~ Liberty, being the last of the Peoples Cours
~ at tbe Tabernacle, Tuesday evening next M
Chaplin is too well known to our citize MS to spet
to small audience.
HlzEHzllaElzI
ve MTHE LAST CHANcE.-Those tho desil
c. to enrol their namel O. the list of the Irvir
rs Building Association, will have to do so at once
" they will be too ate. This Association has m
r with great success since its organization, al
s. now bids fair to outstrip many of the similar
is sociations now in operation. The officers see
vs to take especial ride in forwarding its interest