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CUBAN RuMoRs.

despatch received by Of the CITY pspers on
Thursday to the effect that prevailed in Wash
ington Of the organization in New Orleans of new and
formidable hlbustering expedition consist of four
thousand men Inc papers OF yesterday aude to this
despatch only to ridicule1and contradict it,
We are ourselves not so absolutely certain that the
despatch is destitute Of all foundation That our cty
swarms win eailed Cubans, fbusers and members Of
the Cuban unta is fact noticed by others equally with
ourselves. What should bring them here from their
headquarters in New York, unless something practical
ana tangible was looked for The presence Of this ee
ment OF agitation has not escaped the attention Of others
AT the time however that we state the fact Of the
soonrn among us of so unusually large number of fill
busters We are bound in candor add that we know
nothing have heard nothing and do believe possi-
BILE to organize such expedition as s referred tn n th
despatch Meanwhile the officers of the Government
and proper authorities are doubtless aware of the neces
sity OF exercising proper vigilsnce.-N o. Bee, TN
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INVASION or LOWER CALHoRSIA.--Ths unauthorized
act w occasion some trouble to Government to say
nothing OF the expense Of dspatching body Of troops to
the Of the outrage to the ransgrcssors
important negotiations with Mexico now in progress
under the auspices Of Col GApsDEs United States Minis
ter to that Republic This awless Eruption upon the
Mexican territory by body Of men from the United
States will embarass the negotiation, to say the least
The GoVenment Of this country may be called upon also
TO make compensation for whatever damage on public or
private property may be committed by this awess band
IL probable that their object was TO obtain possession
on the Peninsula between the Gulf Of CALIFORNIA and the
ocean. The country itself is q mere sand bank with
scarcely any vegetation whsteycr Ii unchecked in their
the next news will be that those have crossed
the Gulf and seized OF the Mexican towns on the
main land.--New OrLeras Courier.
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CoLLEGEs UNITED STArEs-Two hundred and
fifteen years have passed away since the frs college
Harvard Unversitywas founded in country and at
the close of the seventeenth century the number had in
creased to only threeHarvard, in Massachusetts, the
College Of William and Mary, in Virginia and YALE in
Connecticut But within the past century great change
has the spirit of the There one
hundred and twenty colleges in the United States The
number Of undergraduates in these institutions is more
than thousand which, increased by the students who
connected with their preparatory and professional de-
partmens amounts to about fourteen thousand There
thirteen colleges in New England of which may
be denomnated national institutions deriving their stu
dents less from every State and sending forth
their influence to all parts of the Gnon These thirteen
graduate about FIVE hundred students annually Since
their establishment they have graduated twenty thou
sand students Most of the colleges Of the United States
have founded and directed by the clergy and other
members Of the Congregational and Presbyterian denom-
nations. Thirteen now under the superintendent of
Bapsts, thirteen Of Methodsts eight Of Epscopaians
and eleven of Roman Catholics
Besides the above Institutions those connected with
them, there fortythree theological semnares nine
of which in New England hirtyfve MEDICAL schools
Of which supported in the Eastern ltes and
thirteen law schools two only Of which are in New Eng
land being those connected With Yale and Harvard col
leges.--Boston Journal
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FATAL ACCIDENT AT SPY PoSD-At little before nine
o'clock ON Tuesday night large party of young men and
women went upon the ice at Spy Pond when it suddenly
gave way by which five persons three young and
two young men, thrown into the water Miss PERs
daughter Of Mr. ABEL G. PECK sixteen years of age was
drowned. The others with difficulty saved fhe
parents OF the young folks upon the ice spending
evening at the house of gentleman in the IMMEDIATE
vicinity OF the Pond The sudden announcementto the
parents of whom there thirty present MAT the
ice had given way caused for time scene which can
better be imagined than described They oil rushed
the border of the Pond, where except in the
toned above their fears by the successful
rescue of those whose lives had been thus suddenly
daugered. The deceased Miss Peck was most amiable
and lovely young lady, whose death will be severely felt
both by her parents and the large circle Of her friends
Boston Traveller.
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THE CITY OF NEW YORK ASLEEP.

Itis curious to the circulation of great ctv COM
mence in the morninghe great city that had rooye1
Itself to sleep True, there feeble pulse all night
the cars beat to and fro carriage now and then Save
futter; but after all there had been Quiet honr
About half million Of the people had been lying on
dead level for four or Ave hours pillows of down
and some on curbstones; beneath sken counter
panes and some beneath the great blue quilt of heaven
Queer figure they make in the minds eye to be sure
400 folks less lying in tiers or rows five or
SIX miles long, lying three four deep the cellar
that is the primitive formation then first floor second
thrd and so ON up to the garrett Three hundred thou
sand people snoring-what concert Two hundred thou
sand people dreaming Two hundred thousand people in
red nghtcaps, hundred thousand in white and here
and there trimmed with lace. Fifty thousand curs
twisted up in papers, giving their appearance
OF having made pillow Of cigar-lghters. Twenty thou
sand curs hanging the backs of chairs or tossed
upon tables How gently time touches such peoples thew
never grow gray at all Ten thousand people weeping
ana now and then dying dying in his sleep dying
IN dream. And then the getting up is ridiculous
enough though going to bed-shoud say "retire" in
people think of not But the getting up the waking
up IS funny enough for farce its process species Of
gradualsm Here's one whe has slept "like top" for
nine solid hours, and now he begins wake first its
hafurch and long breath and yawn then an arm is
thrust out then FOOT the muscles waking up Next
the rattle Of the early wagons strikes his ear hearing is
coming to-. Then his tongue uneasily; taste s
returning Last, his eyes open, after the other;
then half Close then open again, and the mans awake
awake all over awake, for all day. There's another
sound asleep this minute, and this he shakes himself like
huge Newfoundland, springs up percussion and the
thing done the fellow hasn't sleepy hair about him
Snowy quilts that have just risen and fallen with the soft
bosom beneath begin to grow uneasy The sleep
are waking we'll draw the curtains and leave them
10 their toilet Bundles OF rags in dark damp
TOSS and tumble there's something alive underneath
Out it comes-n1ore rags. Misery makes no toilet and
there are no curtains to draw.-New York Tribune.
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TROOPS FOR CALrroRSrA.-The new steamer San Fran
cisco left New York Wednesday for San Francisco via
the Straits Of Magellan, touching at Rio Janero Vapa-
raise, and Acapulco. She takes out companies A. B. D.
g. H. K and L. of the third regiment of United States
Artillery These companies with the -commi ssoned
staff and band of the regiment constitute force Of about
i've hundred men. Companies and are equipped as
light artillery, and stationed at Fort Gibson Cherokee
Nation, and Fort Snelling Iowa. under command of Bv
Lieut. Col. BRAGG and Bvt Major SHERMAN. Companies
7 and NJ, commanded by Captains BURTON and KEYEs
are now stationed in California.
The following is list Of the officers and families who
sailed in the San Francisco:
Col VIM GArrs commanding the regiment;
Col VI Washington; Major Charles X
terIcc Assistant Surgeon H. r. Writ Fremont
gncnta Quartenaster and Acting Autant;
Acting Assistant Commssay
commanding Capt Breve
company Al Capt and Byet Major
ID Capt H. b. Judd commanding detachment
companies and Ii FIRST Lieut. Capt
manding X First Lieut.
u; First Lieut. :. Winder company
Lieut. H. Smith, Second Lieut. Van yoa
j. q. Chandler.
Ocers fmiesMr Gates children, Carter,
Merchant aud two children Miss
Mrs Fremont and three children Mrs Loese Miss Eaton
hyse and child, Mrs. Judd.
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THH ERIE RIors.-The Courts at Pittsburgh have de-
cided both Of the pending against the rioters The
last decision is that the citizens of Erie have legal
right to prevent the laying down of four ten track
on that portion Of the Erie and State Line Railroad with
in the city limits and the order the rioters not to
destroy the property of the railroad company and not to
hinder or interrupt the workmcn engaged in reayng and
repavng the track Up to this point the rngeaders Of
the mob have professed to believe that the law was on
their sde and have urged the mob of violence and
outrage by assuring them that they had legal right to
destroy the property of the railroad company and that
the courts would sustain them in that right viii they
now abide the law?
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UGLg vs. UGLY-In the eastesn part of Delaware county,
in that State, there resided man by the Of B. now
justice OF the peace and sensible but by
consent the ugest looking individual in the whole country
being long, gaunt saow, and aNry, with gait like
CARGO One day he hunting and Of the noun
tain roads he met foot and alone who longer
gaunter uger by all Odds than himself Ic could give the
squire fifty, and best him, Without saying word B.
raised his gun and deliberately cveed it tho stranger
For Gods sake, don't shoot shouted the man in great
alarm. Stranger, replied B., IL years age
that IL ever met uglier than I'd shoot him. and
are the first one I've seem The stranger after taking
careful survey Of his rival replied oval if look worse
than you do, shoot don't want 10 1.-Two any longsrw
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Life on the ocean wave,
And homo nm the roll;po Jaan -

MIR. JAMES BIsooE, soldier and seaman of the Reyo-
luton died the 18th instant at his residence in Frank
lin county, Kentucky, in the Gath year Of his age He
was born in Maryland. He served in the revolutionary
army and was at the siege Of Yorktown and the
der Of CORVALLIS He also served boatswan under
Commodore Taylor The Frankfort "Commonw ealth'
says that his residence in that county through
many years, and his upright and pious life secured him
the highest respect and esteem of his neghbos and
quaintances.
One by one the few remaining veterans Of the great
struggle drop away very few years must witness the
departure of the last one
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OXYGEN Gas.-A London paper states that NJ. BoUssN-
dAULT has invented process by which pure oxygen gas
titles and at trihng expense His process depends
upon peculiar property possessed by earth bdye of
absorbing the atmospheric oxygen at temperature
and evolving it at another The barytes be mixed
with magnesa in order to prevent fusion This mixture
is placed in heated earthen tube and is then oxydized
by passing current Of dry atmospheric air over it, As
soon as the oxidation is completed jet Of pour
ed upon the baryte recovering it its original state
the excess of oxygen being in the time given off
and collected In the gas-hoder. The inventor thinks
that in this manner thousand cubic feet of gas
be obtained every twenty-four hours by the Of
thousand pounds Of barytes and the baytcs would
need replenishing
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PROSPECTUS FOR 1854.
THE SATURDAY EVENING POST
Unrivalled Array of Talent.
THE PROPRIETORS Of the POST I'm apain

| THE PROPRIETORS Of the posi- i'm again com
ing before the public would return thanks for
patronage which has placed them far in advance of every
other Literary Weekly in America. And the only suita-
such free and hearty support their arrang
for 1854 have been made with degree beraty probably
unequaed in the history of American Newspaper Literature
They have engaged contributors for the ensuing year the
following brilliant array of talent and genius Mrs Souri,
WORTH, EMERSON BENNETT, Mrs. DEssoS, GRACE GREEN
WOOD, and FANNY FERN.
In the first paper Of January design commencing
an Original Noyeet written expressly for columns
THE BRIDE OF THE WILDERNESS,
BY EMERSON BENNETT author Of Viola Clara Moresnd The
Forged Will, &c.
This Noveet by the popular author Of Clara Moreand we
design following by another called
THE STEP-M0THER,
By Mrs. MARY A. DESIsoS author Of Home Pictures Ger
trude Russell, DC.
We have also promise Of a number OF SKETCHES BY
GRACE GREENWOOD whose brilliant versatile pen will be
almost exclusively employed upon the Post and her
" LITTLE PILGRIM"
Mrs. SoUTHwoRru, whose fascinating works are now being
rapidly republished in England also will maintain her old
and pleasant with the The from
her gifted pen will be entitled
MIRIAM, THE AYENGER; Or THE FATAL Vow
BY EA D. E. n SoUrHwonrH author of The Curse Of Cliff
ton the Lost Heiress, The Deserted Wife, &c.
And last not least authorized series
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lar favor. They will be entiueda
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BY FANNY FERN, author Of Fern Leaves, 6c
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early numbers Of the coming year.
Engravngs Foreign Correspondence Agricultural Ari
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also shall be regularly given.
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as sample can be accommodated by notifying the publish
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ALLEGED OUTRAGE AT CUBA.-Some of the passengers
in the steamer Crescent City, at New Orleans Havana
have prepared manifesto against the Cuban Govern
ment for keeping the ship there night 1t is said
be fierce paper and breathes correspondent Of
the New York Express, who a passenger on the
City rather pricks this bubble.
1t is well known that by regulation of the port of
no vessel can pass the Moro after It seems that
the City got under way and attempted to pass
the Moro after the flag had been lowered and was Of
course compelled to heave to and to her
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They have also on hand the complete assortment Of
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The Boston Transcript states that the captain of an
East India ship whose wife died two days after leaving
Calcutta reared infant two three eeks old by feed
ing it during the voyage home with bard bread soaked
IN water the father acting and dscharging the
duties devolvng upon him captain of the ship during
long and stormy passage The child is about ten
months DID, and appears to be in good health notvith
standing the hardships and suferings it has passed
through during its brief
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During crowded exhibition at Oxford Hail. Ports
mouth, (Va) on Tuesday night, spirit lamp fell and
BURST and fearful stampede cnsued among the audi
sequences.
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1853-11-03
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KIND WOE EDS..-USE THEM.

Because they fall pleasantly on the ear
of all to whom they are addressed, and
it is therefore one Of the ways of promo
ting human happiness.
Because they leave an impression in
your favor, and thus prepare the way
for your greater influence over others
for goodl
Because kind words powerfully con.
tribute to soothe and quiet your own
spirit when rufled by the unkindness OF
others.
Because they show the difference be-
tween you and the rude, malicious, or re-
vengeful, and are suited to show them
their wrong
Because they are suited to stir up the
kind affections of your own heart There
is sweet music in such voice rightly tc
effect the soul.
Because they are 50 uncommon, use
them that there may be more OF sucf
bright stars in our dark armament.
Because they did aid in carrying ou
the divine injunction, "be courteous
ebe kindly ahectionate one to another
Because you cannot conceive OF an.
truly benevolent being who would no
use them.
Because YOU have heard such word
from your God, and hope to hear sue
forever, t-
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THE ULEmAs OF TURKEY.

I
Mohammed did not institute a priest.
hood, and any MussuIman can say the
prayers himself. But the Koran being in
irabic. and not being allowed 10 be trans
lated, as that would be PROCLAMATION.
body Of lettered men gradually became
ormed. knowing AraLic. and recitng
aloud the prayer ia The mosques: 10 serve
as guides 10 the believers, who prayed.iD
language which they donot understand.
or which theyunderstand but very imper
t-ctly, These leuered men or doctor,
have the name Of Ulemas, and the per.
sons aspiring to become Ulamas are
called sotas.
| The Ulemas do not cobfDe themselves
TO reciting the prayer and explaining the
Koran; they also interpret it. aud as
amongst the Mohammedans the religious
laws and the civil law form one, the Ule
nIas call themS' Tvs the interpreters OF the
law, but the real active chiei OF the UIe
mas, bayng the title Of Schek-ul Islam
is the Minister OF Justice. The Scheik.ui
Islam has under him Tor each province
a Kdraskler. or superior Ulema, who is
the provincial chief OF Justice. All The
Karaskiprs reside at ConstahtinoP!e. nea?
the Scheik u. islam, and form with him
the council from which. in important
onjuuclures. the Sultan asks for tetVa.
which is a declaration thai the measure
in contemplation is not in opposition to
the Koran.
The question being presented by the
Schelk vi Islam. the Uemas reply by yes
or no like a jury, ana the decision is
then adopted by the Sultan. The Scheik
u Islam now.in Office is a man OF learning
moderation, but also ofgreat frmness, and
and all who know him are convinced that
he would not tolerate sort Of revolt in
the cnrps of the Ulemas. That body,
composed for the whole Empire Of abont
thirty thousand persons in more eptight
ened than is generally supposed 10 the
w est and is not systematically opposed
TO reforms, provided they do not touch
|
animated by grea, respect and great
leqn6denceI Ilop tHeir present head.
| The Scheik ul Islam is rF the party Of
resistance. and his influence or the Sui
tan,s mind is sufficiently ,irong for the
! Ulemas not 10 fear that tie Diyan n uId
overstept the limits Of the concessions
made to the pacific spirit Of the allies OF
TurGey. Betweenthe Sultan and his pop
ulatons there as arisen in the Russo
Turkish dispute, sufficiently grave dtf-
f-rence ofopinion the populauOnNjudg.
ing tha4 the Pore yielded too much To the
counsels OF allies promising him aid which
they did not give. Now the accord is re-
established between The nation and the
Sultan. both being decided 10 maintain
the notifications made in the nole OF the
conference. OF TO trust their destiny TO the
hazard of arms. t...-t ,.r
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NEWSPAPER COMPOSITION.

This is 4 distinct and difficult art. Its
principles must be somewhat carefully
studied by those who would succeed 10 il.
The disregard of these principles is the
cause Of the prosiness which character
yes somuch OF our literature. Thenews
paper is nota thing TO be studied scarce.
iy one 10 be read 1t is TO be glanced
over The articles. then, must be so
written as 10 attract and hold attention.
Processes OF thought and reasoning are
to be shut out-results only appear. Ar
gumenl is 10 be suggested, rather than
stated. Usually one point is enough tor
an article. Some single nail should be
struck fair upoHthe mead and then left al
once. Introductions are a nuisance. In
ferences are always skipped. The sch
tenees should be short. Every word
should leap with lite. Condensation should
be extreme. Subordinate thoughts should
BIZ thrown away The object is not to
treat ii subject in full. but TO prodfce
celtan effect. All that is moi necessary
to tie effect should be discarded. He
who has the nerve to do this. with soul
that fires with great thought, and HE
manliness to utter il freely. may WELD a
power with pen that no ScePter Can RI
val
The tendencies in professional life are
to deterioration OF >tyle. The constant
dldactcism OF ths Pulpit often degene
rates into diffusenrss The relteraton
of points at the Bar. and the precision OF
legal style tends to pro uce dryness aud
repetition IN no way can the profess
ional man more eftCuVelyrnake hts words
lnstncl with life and power, thenby week
" practice in the coIumns OF newspa
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