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GREELEY,s IMPRISONMENT IN
PARIS.

The Baltimore Sun would seem TO think that
this man is entitled TO great admiration for not
seeking to embro US in a war with France on
account of his arrest and Imprisonment; and for
his forbearance in taking the matter quietly and
going through the regular forms, he is STYLED
Philosopher.
1t would have been passing strange, if he had
been guilty of amy portion of the folly which it
seems the Sun supposes would have characterized
the course of many others under similar circum-
stances, by seeking to make the matter a national
one. Greeley had the honor of being promptly
visited by the Minister of the United States in
person; the Secretary Of Legation offered 10 20
h,s bail, another gentleman offered to pay in
the amount, and he was very generally visited BY
Americans. Every body volunteered TO aid him,
and everything was instantly done that could be
done by friends and official persons II would
seem 70 us, if simply behaving oneself as did
Greeley would be claim 10 the title of Philoso-
pher, few persons would fail TO have received the
appellation under similar circumstances. The
whole matter was source Of pride TO Greeley,
and no wonder he had no claim to peculiar al.
tention, and his vanity was ministered TO. and
the incident gave him an opportunity Of furnish
ing his paper with item in which his egotism
might be complacently displayed. Had Greeley
been in the condition in which many American
citizens find themselves in Paris, with few
friends, with just money enough to cover OK
penses, with no one willing to 20 bail 10 offer to
advance the money, nor even TO call on them or
IN any way interest themselves about the pris-
oner, mis- Philosophy might in some degree be
tired. The same, or fifty similar incidents, might
happen TO fifty Americans, and no notice ever be
taken Of il; and we sec little in either the per.
sonal worth or position vf Greeley 10 entitle him
to the notice taken Of him. The incident itself.
as showing the winking Of French law upon the
question raised, is entitled 10 publicity; and also
the fact ofthe gross mismanagement ofthe freesoil
direction Of the Crystal Palace, whose certain
miscarriage was inevitable on the election of the
Abolition Sedgwick
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TO LOVERS OF THE FRENCH LANGUAGE.
TIME advertiser. a Erenchmau and orati-.

Y auNtTitser. ErtnClimali grad
j uate of the Polytechnic School OF Paris, re-
specially oheis his services a teacher of his
native tongue TO Schools. Classes. and Private
Pupils Of this city and vicinity. The system he
follows 10 facilitate the acquisition of the French
Language, untes in due proportion theory and
practice; by which avoided the difficulties the
student often meets with in pursuing Of the
many theoretical grammars, not sufficiently show
ing the idiomaucal part OF the language, prac.
tical one, in which the necessary grammatical
rules, if not entirely, AT least far too much, are
neglected. In following these theoretical gram
mars, the student must have experienced that
after having devoted long time 10 the mere
morning of sentences, he find himself in posses
sion of number of set phrases, valuable il is
true, but from which, destitute of landmarks, the
slightest deviation must lead him into unknown
regions.
The advertiser feels confident in the assertion
that the pupil, in adopting his method may, with
little effort, after course of fottyeght lessons,
understand and speak the French, and find the
sistance OF teacher not necessary in the further
prosecution Of the studies of thai language.
Instruction in Pencil Drawing, Pastel Painting,
and Penmauship, can also be had from the adver-
tIser.
References in success in teaching, ETC. etc. will
be given.
Address VIcroR EvRARp, City Post Office, Wash
ington. May 22--f
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Colonization In Knnsna

The Rev Nh. Starr delivered lecture in New
York last week upon the subject Of Colonization
in Kansas. III was somewhat severe upon the
Bostonans for the loud pretensons made respect
ing the funds 10 be raised and the men 10 be-
sent TO people Kansas Territory; and in connec.
ton with his remarks thereupon, gave some ra-
Their happy delineations Of local characteristics:
The instant the Kansas-Nebraska bin passed
last year, we bad great demonstration made al
Boston, and they said they were going TO raise
capital oil so,OoO,O0O to send twenty thousand
men Of grit and pluck 20 Kansas 1 don't know
what has become Of the s5,000,000 But when
they talked about s5,000,000 and twenty thous.
and men, that sounded large TO the peopie in tho
State of Missouri, which is a slave State. and
mon who didn't want 10 have their propertv do
preciate twenty-five per cent. or SD in tho course
of a couple OF years; took alarm AT this bio talk
which, by.the-by, didn't mean anythnp--was
nothing but gas. That kind of talk led the State
OF Missouri to say, "Who's going to take that
Kansas If they've got 5000, 900, we've rot
S5O,OOO,OOO. There's one thing at any rate we
can dove can out bully and out fight them ;,
For they all have tho idewthat one southern man
can whip fifteen northerners have friends who
have Just this idea, that northerner can't 6ohf
don know how to fight, hasn't got any blood in
him to fight, and that one southerner 4 eoual n
hiteon northorners at any time i'm anything
PEOPLE at the North talk all the while about
Southern chivalry as though there was not any
there; they think that when they come 20 talk
right up to Southernor he will come down Al
the South they say the Northerners do nothing
but gas all tho while. Now, to my mind thew
are both badly mistaken. In the South there r
an utter recklessness about which we know no.
thing at the North; they arc always ready In
nght al The drop of hat. They had Just as lief
dle ABOUT slxpence as about a million Of dollars
wsen their blood is up. Here at the North men
are OF different temperament. In the South |
tell man he lies, and he will say, 81 want an
apology or III kill you" and he is taught 10 |
keep. excited until he will kill you. Here al the |
North, tell man he lies, and he is very much |
obliged TO you, but until you prove il, il is merely
~ assertion. ] suppose men North can fight |
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Never Joke About Business.

will tell you story. A man that am well
acquainted with, and who was not always so well
to do in the world he now isl do not say il
was myself, but it was a Scotchman who had
risen from low beginning. His outward dress
did not tally well with the lining Of his pocket;
indeed the pocket when he went to market but i'll
held up by rags which il was sewed to; to look
at him you would have thought him not worth a
pluck. Well, one morning cargo Of hides com
ing into port he asked the owner what he would
sell the whole cargo for. Looking at our friend
from head to foot, the owner could hardly refrain
from laughing outright. "My good friend -
said he, al think IL matters little to you the price
of the cargo; single hide / should imagine would
exhaust your purse" "When folks come TO
buy, said our Scotchman, "they expect to be
treated with cvty. Will you answer me
plain question: What is the price Of the whole
cargo of hides on board the ship Prosperity now
in harbor." The ship owner thought the man
was daft or joking, and he said, "what will you
give me for the cargo, money down upon the
table,"
"Guid sir, it's not for me to put price upon
your goods. Tell me what is the lowest price
you will takef'
The owner still carrying on the joke, Gas he
thought) named price, not half the actual value.
The merchant Of frugal appearance put his hand
into his pocket, took out shilling and clapped
IL into the hands Of the owner, crying aloud:
"a bargain, my friend and before these wit
nesses," and turning TO those who had been
amused by the conversation that had passed.
Viewing the man still in the same light, and
never suspecting that he had TO do with a man
Of money, the consderate owner proffercd back
the shilling to the man Of rags, saying: here, !,
my good man, though have been casting some
severe jokes upon you, would not wish TO rob
You Of a shilling; judging from your appearance,
you have very few tospare."
The buyer advanced with firm step, and look
ing him in the face, said, "iudging from APP
pearances, il may be so; but can tell you, did
nae gle you that shilling, that it must be returned
in the character Of aims; that shilling il the
areas Of my purchase Of the whole cargo; tell
me, therefore when You will deliver or receive
your money; or, said he, (taking out his pouch,
the foot Of an old stocking well darned and
patched, heavy with gold, and crumplcd with
bank notes,) if any substantial papers will be re-
sponsible for the delivery, III pay ye the silver
down on the table this minute"
Every attempt at explanation or accommoda-
ton was in vain, and at last the owner was com
PEELED to give up his cargo Of hides at less than
half their value, and he received tho money
agreed upon, forthwith As II was the only cargo
that had arrived for some time, the ragged man
of money sold his hides at almost his own de-
mand; and he always said II was the best bargain
he ever made in his life. A ragged coat, you see
has it's advantages as well as a good one; but
mind--nevcr joke on business.
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Insult 10 the American Flag.
TO Tie Editor Of the Nsso York Sun:

TO We Editor oT he .Veao York Sun:
The barque Delawarian, ON her.aTival at Sa-
qua la Grande, had one of her crew taken by
the authorities at that place contrary to the wish
OF her master. was informed by Capt. Duncan,
OF the Delawarian, that this man signed articles
on the 10th Of May, and reported himself native
Of Peru. He shipped for the voyage; but on
the arrival of the barque at Sagua, he said he
was Spaniard, and produced passport, dated
May 18th. The captain showed the authorities
that he was one of his crew, lawfully shipped,
&C., but they took him away from the vessel.
Four days after they came alongside again and
demanded his clothes. Capt. Duncan refused to
give them up. They then went on board and
forcibly took possession of them. This is con-
sdered an outrage to the American Flag.
jas. Il. CoLE,
Master Of ship Laitelle.
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We have been grati6ed with favorable accounts
from all parts Of the State both Of the ripening
grain and the growing provision and staple crops
An unusually large breadth of wheat has been
sown, and we have heard Of no section of the
wheat-growing portions of the State which has
not made more than the wants of usual consump-
ton will demand. The corn Of South Carolina
was never more promising, and larger number
of acres have been planted this season than here
tofore. The rice crop is steadily being increased
IN the State, with the increased consumption
both al home and abroad, and the late rises in
our river will have a most favorable effect on
the growing fields. The cotton crop is also
promising, and, whilst there has been decrease
of the number Of acres put in, we feel confident
that the number Of bales growing will not fall
far short Of an ordinary crop Columbia Caro-
HniGn
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BOUNTY LAND.

Under he Act Of Cong.eSs, March Sd, 1855.
HAVING prepared supply OF blank forms sui
Ii table for every description Of applications for
land warrants the subscriber is prepared 10 furnish
claimants, per mail, or otherwise, with the neces-
sary forms tand instructions to the required evil
dence) for obtaining bounty land warrants granted
under the act Of Congress- March Sd, 1853"
All persons having served in any capacity in
the army or navy while engaged in any OF the
wars of this country, (if dead, their widows or mi
nor children,) are entitled 10 100 Of land or
the proportion, il they have received less than
that amount under any previous act.
Claims Of all descriptions prosecuted before any
Of the Departments Of the General Government.
NT-Agents at a distance will find IL greatly to
their advantage TO correspond with the under
signed Z. WAITE,
Mar Is. $50 Eighth Street Washington.
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A young man in New Orleans, who purposes
shortly going TO California, has hit on a novel
mode Of acclimatng himself to the hard times in
the mines.
In garden attached to his residence, he takes
exercise daily with a pick axe, shovel and
"cradle" at mining in the most energetic style of
''liie in the diggings." In order 10 accustom
himself 10 the periodical rainy season of Califor-
MIA, he, during the recent shvwer-bath rains, was
out working like miner in clover Tor minor
IN common sense, = and actually stood in hole
till up TO his neck In rain water
There is no accounting for taste, but one thing
Is certain, that wherever our friend got his no
tons OF California matters, IL was not the bright
side OF the picture that was shown him. He
diets himself also in keeping with what he thinks
he may expect, but as far as this portion of the
play is concerned, hard iiring Just now seems a
work OF necessity in this neighborhood. Provi-
sions are so high that many persons have TO satisfy
their appetites by simply looking up at them.
And the greater portion of the ediblcs purchased
almost oblige man TO hire another person to cat
them for him! Such regime is sure TO prepare one
for the worst.
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OF cARLJsLEs DIARY

IL Diary Of Turkish and Greek Writers, blythe
Right Hon. the Earl Of Carlisle, edited by G. Z.
FELTON,, Greek Professor in Harvard University
The noble Earl is well and favorably known "a
this country, having travelled here while he bore
III title of Lord Morpeih, and his work will ~
read with great interest by all who have devoted
any attention 10 the mighty events which are now
taking place in the Eastern World. The period
embraced in his journal is of deep signif-
canoe, beisg at the very commencement Of hos
tilites, and the persons introduced have since
played eminent parts in this terrible historical
tragedy. Professor FELTON, has added full and co.
pious notes 10 the American edition. and the work
is beautifully illustrated II will hereafter be re-
garded as n vauable historical record Of this in
eresting period
just published and for sale by
II. FARNHAM,
June IL Cor. | 81. and Penn av.
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HON. LAWRENCE NJ. KEITT, OF SOUTH
CAROLINA.

We have received speech Of much power and
eloquence, delivered by this gentleman at Orange
burg, South Carolina. We wish we could give
i for the future, when the question he SO ably
treats is made more prominent subject of dis
cussion, and when we shall have other hopes
than now dawn upon us from the present powers
for the acquisition Of Cuba.
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to be the principles Of the great mass of the Demo
cratic party Of the Union.
Let us in due time cast about for true standard
bearers who will not trail our proud and UNI
furled colors in the dust, either during the rage
of the conflict, after our victory shall have
been secured
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COPPER FEVER ~ VRGNIA.--There is no ap-
parent dminution Of the excitement upon tho
subject Of copper mines in Floyd county, Va.
A tract of land heretofore valued at IS, 1000, be-
longing TO the heirs of Major Samuel Saunders.
deceased, was sold recently for the round sum of
$4,000, TO company composed Of Tennesseans
and Virginians. The supposed existence of
valuable vein Of copper upon the land caused
this extraordinary advance
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just as well men South, but when the North
think the South have got no pluck, they are Just
as badly mistaken. The Northerner fights from
feeling OF duty; the Southerner from excite
ment.
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g A Il ID /.
q "A R ID
To shs Ladsss Of Washington, Georger0,ra Alsz

aad7rc &c
"ENRY w EIRMN,S ladies. nlissrs, and
Ill children's French shoes are sold by the un
dersigned, on 18th street, just above Corcoran Il
Riggs Banking House, in his new building, with
the-high marble steps, where he win receive Ia
dies orders, and keep constantly on hand every
variety of ladies', misses, and children's French
gaiter walking shoes white and black SATIN CATERS,
slippers, nc, made to order by H. Weirman, OF
Philadelphia of the best French gaiter materials,
and in the latest Partisan styles. These CATERS
entirely different from what are GENERALLY
known as I" sIop-shop shoes being all custom
work, of superior workmanship and warranted to
give perfect satisfaction
Ladies, who value beauty, comfort, and econ
omy, will consult their interest by giving me a
call, and examine for themselves.
G. WEIRMAN,
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nF correspondent of the st. Louis Repub-
lican, writing from Alton, Illinois, under date of
June 10, says: Sour musical friends, the locusts,
are entitled TO paragraph, as their is nearly
run, and they are dying in considerable numbers.
A farmer, living six miles north of Alton, tells
me that the ground under the forest trees in his
vicinity is quite covered with their carcasses, and
his hogs are getting fat upon them. The insect
seems to have performed its purpose-its body
has become very large and hollow, and its strength
exhausted, and in flying from place to another,
it at last tumbles to the ground, falls upon its
back, and that is the last of Mr.. Locust"
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Mn. JosEPH HISS, who was expelled from the
Massachusetts Legislature, is sustained by the
know-nothing council to which he belongs, in
Boston, and is now the delegate to the State
council that will meet this week.
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strengthened by Abolition votes Would not the
country be benefited by decrease of Abolition
strength rather than by a repeal the naturaza-
ton laws
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4 POCALYPTC SIX ETCHEs.-L

A POCALYPTC SIX ETCHES.-Lectures
"A on the Book OF Revelation, Ivy the Row. John
Cumming, ID. d.; 10 cents.
Benedictions, or the Blessed Life, by the Rev
J. Cumming, ID. d.; IS cents
School Books and School Requisites ut The low
est price, for sale nj the bookstore OF
GRAY ~ BALLANTYNE,
On 7th street, near Odd Fellows Hall.
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n- A printer out west, whose first son hap
pencd to be a very short, fat little follow, named
him Brewer Fullfaced Jones.
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~ The fear Of infection recently caused
some persons at Aberdeen, Scotland, to burn all
the clothing, and even tho prayer bocly Of a de-
ceased cholera patient, but six 11 notes found on
his person were regously preserved
Washington sentinel. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1856, 1855-06-28

CINCINNATI, June GA large convention
was held here to-day to nominate delegates to
the Republican State Convention to be held at
Columbus on the 18th July. Owing to the fact
that two calls had been published-one for to-
day, and another for the It'll July---a good deal
Of excitement prevailed; but compromise was
finally effected, and it was finally agreed that
there should be only one convention, and the
Know-nothings anti Slavery men, and outsiders
all united, and the list of delegates reported by
the compromise committee was confirmed almost
unanimously
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Conference.-The New York Express says that
during the recent convention the following cpl
sode occurred:
Mr.. Southron-'I deny all power on the part
of Congress to abolish slavery in the District of
Columbia"
Mr. Wilson-'I have no doubt of the power
under the Constitution. Reads the usual ar
ticles under which this authority is claimed. |
Congress has power to abolish slavery there, or
to regulate it in whatsoever way it may please.
Mr.. --- IDOL understand the Massachu-
sets Senator, then, to say, Congress has abso-
lutte Legislative power and authority over the
District of Columbia, in all matters pertaining
to slavery"
Mr. Wilson-"That is my position
Mr.. -- "Then | would like to know, if
Congress has the power to abolish slavery in the
District of Columbia, if it also has not the power
TO establish III"
Mr. Wilson-Hem! Hem, Haml!! "I''-
hem 81 didn't say that. Congress has
such poioer"
The interpolation ended In a general laugh
we need not say at whose expense.
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Come GoNE.--The party of gentlemen that
left here on Monday, for the purpose of pursuing
the slaves who escaped on board Northern YES
sci, returned yesterday, after Intellectual search
in the "Roads." Slave property is becoming as
insecure on the seaboard of Virginia, as on the
borders of Maryland or Kentucky. Our COM
merce with the North is increasing daily. North
ern vessels are multiplying in our harbors, and
in the wood trade upon the rivers, hundreds of
negroes are employed in loading these vessels.
Some rigorous system of inspection, then, must
be adopted. Every craft leaving waters for
Northern port must be thoroughly searched,
and the law must be enforced to the letter, or
the increasing insecurity of slave property in
Virginia must materially depreciate its value.
I.Noff0[E Beacon.
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IOHN II. RuTHMANN. Imnorter

~ Dealer in Wine, Brandy, &c, has received
from Scbiedsm two pipes Of extra superior Gin.
June i2--3tic
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r LITERARY and Historical Mlsce,ianies-
IL by George Bancroft.
Journey through the Chinese Emp re, by nj
Hue, aulhoro OF Recolleciions OF a Journey through
Tartary and Thbet.
History Tor Boys Annals Of the Nations of
Modern Europe. Il FARNHAM.
Nav
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Why THERE is NO RAIN IN PENu.-In Peru,
South America, rain is unknown. The coast of
Peru is within the region of perpetual southeast
trade winds. Though the Peruvian shores are
on the verge of the great South Sea border yet
it never rains there The reason is plain. The
southeast trade winds in the Atlantic ocean first
strike the water on the coast of Africa. Travel
ling to the northwest, they blow obliquely across
the ocean until they reach the coast of Brazil.
BY this time they are heavily laden with vapor,
which they continue to bear along across the
continent, depositing it as they go, and supplying
with it the sources of the Rio de la Plata and the
southern tributaries of the Amazon. Finally
they reach the snow-capped Andes, and here is
wrung from them the last particle of moisture
that the very low temperature can extract
Reaching the summit of that range, they now
tumble down as cool and dry winds on the Pacific
slopes beyond. Meeting with no evaporatng
surface, and with no temperature colder than
that to which they were subjected to on the
mountain tops, they reach the ocean before they
become charged with fresh vapor, and before,
therefore, they have any which the Peruvian
climate can extract Thus we see how the top
of the Andes becomes the reservoir from which
are supplied the rivers of Chill and Peru.
INaury's Geography Of the Sea.
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ID and Historical Miscellanies. octa 70 volume
Travels through the Chinese Empire, by M
Hue, with maps For sale by
TAYLOR q MAURY,
May IT. Booksellers, near 9th 81,