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Commercial Intelligence.

LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET.-Cottoii
had advanced lie To ! Sd. The sales IN
two days comprised 10000 bales. Mid"
ding Orleans vas quoted at 7 g A. Mo-
brIc 75s Cplands : l %.
.EnE Ill 4 L. L, IrES
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Gr|rggapblr.
FOUR DAYS
LATER FROM EUROPE,
occo-
Arrival or TIE STEAMER
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BALTIMORE.
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In COTTON.
In COTTON.
NEw York, Feb. Z, 1857.

NEw York, Feb. Z, 1857.
The british steamship CITY n BATH.
more has arrived at this port, bringing
dates from Liverpool to the 2Sth ultimv.
General Intelligence.
IL was rumored that tie Persian Gov.
had signed its submission TO the
demands of England but the London pa.
pers do not credi, the report.
The Conference Of Cons:antinople r"s'
pecting the PrincipaIi,ies are ended. The
Turkish troops viii replace the Austriaus.
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The cotton marke; opcucd active and
bnoya yesterday, and continued ="
throughout the day, and in The evening it
was :.>rcrtaiucd that an Hdvanc" Of IL. had
been established on the prices Of the previ-
Gus day. The ruling ratcs were lOf a l2f
cents most sales LOT u l2l.
AuGUsrA, Feb. 70.
rhc remains Of MIR Brooks arrived here
To dar. and were escorted 10 the City
llai', where a procession was formed, con+
sIsirms of the Military, Frremeu, aud vari-
oes crvrc associations. The display was
qnrte imposing. The body was taken
through the principle streets, and then
conveyed 20 Hamburg, where it remains
nil morning.
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the las, Of whom has been lee,u,ioo hsro,e
the young mems Christian Association i,
Cha.iestos. During our brief acou,io,a,cs
with Me. sRscbsll, bs f.I,v ...,.;,.d On,
form~ high appreciation Of hi. cha,a.,c,-
Q man of powerful nina. sseable az hlo.
resolves, ana with seupdan, sui,;, and an.
sray to enrry them cut. He IL rather b,-
low the medism size, mo-. handsome. bu,
with e-oun.snaacs frank and pre.pos.ss.ing.
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The Little ONCo

There is q darkcned chamber in the house.
Over tho windows of that room the thick
curtains sweep downward heavily, and the
sunshine and the daylight are excluded
Soft voices minglc i'll gentle sadness there,
and softer footballs across the covered floor.
There are no loud tones, no harsh sound.
A hush and halo rest there, like the soft
dropping ofan angels wing. Close pressed
to heart awakened to new fount of joy it
never knew or dreamed of before, lies lit.
tie babe. Only the young mother feels the
blessing and the responsibility of the preci.
Gus boon, and in the shadowy room she lies
and thinks of the little God-gift on her bo.
som; of the world untried, the path untrod,
which lie before the portal of life it has just
crossed. Tears Of love and fccling rain
down upon the little brow, as she thinks in
what way is the world to try this pure young
spirit, and whose hand will safest guide it
'over that untrodden way! The twilight
comes, and the stars shine out, and q bene-
diction and a prayer swuy like heavenly pin.
ions over the gently. pilipwed head Of the
new born; while through the house a new
light shines, and manhood's brow grows
brighter, and woman's eye grows softer, and
under the roof-tree Of home, they "rejoice
with exceeding great joy" for little one is
there.
=
Spring has como, and the babe, bright
and pretty prattler now. is out among the
flowers. The eye of affection watches him
anxiously, for the lily disputes possession
with the rose on that fair cheek, and the
blue eye, soft as dew-laden violet, is lifted
often to the far.of skies, as il it knew its
homo was there. Lightly the little foet pat.
ter upon the stairs, uwectly the little voice
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tenant did l ever spare-what debtor did |
ever released And you stood up Sunday sf.
ter Sunday and preached to us, and never
said word about the camel !"
The preacher, in search Of consoling
passage, turned rapidly over the leaves, and
in his confusion, came to this passage, which
he read:
"Go now, ye rich men, for the miseriei
that shall come upon you. Yonr gold ant
silver are cankered, and the rust Of then
shall be witness against you, and shall ea
your flesh as it were fire; you have hoardet
treasures together for the last day. Beholt
the hire, of the laborers who have reapet
down your fields which is of you kept back
crieth; and the cries of them which have
reuped are entered into the eurs of the Lore
of Sabbath"
"And yet you never preached this to me'
shrieked the dying man. =
The preacher, who had blundered through
the passage from James, which we have
quoted, knew not what to say. He was, per:
chance, terrified. at the very look of his dying
parishoner. u..
Then the wife, drawing near, strove ia
comfort him, and then the son (who had
been reading the will) attempted word OF
two of consolation,
And with the dollar in his hand, he sank
into death, talking of stock, of rent, Of cop
per mine and camel, of tenant and Of debtor
until the breath left his lips. Thus he
died. d.
When he was cold, the preacher rose ant
asked the lawyer whether the deceased hat
left anything to such and such charitable
society, which had been engrafted upon tht
preachers church.
And the wife closed his eyes and tried tc
wrench the dollar from his hand, but in vain
He clutched it as though it were the only
saviour to light him through the darkness o
eternity.
And the son sat down with dry eyes, ant
thought of the hundreds and thousands which
were now his own.
Next day, there was herrse followed b.
train of carriages nearly mile in length
There was q crowd around the open grave
and an elegant sermon upon the virtues o
the deceased by the preacher.
There was futtering of the Grape bad
ges, and rolling of carriages and-no tears
They left the dead man, and returned to the
palace, where sorrow died even as the Grape
was taken from the door.knob.
And in the grave the dead hand still
clutches the DOLLAR.
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sings through the house, and the mothers
heart meltswith fearful delight in liste ming
to IL. Out ON the turf the father lies down
in the shade of the summer sunset, and like
a child himself plays with his babe, and chs
ping his treasure tothis manly breast, feels
his eye grow moist with the dew of affection
and thankfulness to God for his glorious gift
y = -
Again there is darhened chamber in the
house. The windows are more deeply sha
ded; the foot falls ore sofl;' the voices are
subdued and sad The little one is sill
Quietly upon his little couch he lies and suf-
fers. The sweet lips utter no moan; the
gentlefeatures evinceAno pain; and it seems
as though angels ooothed him in silence
Again the twilight comes; again the stars
shine out; but there is no joy now in the
house, and the prayers of Thanksgiving are
turned to suppiications for mercy, to plead
ing utthe throne of grace to spare the loved
one yet little whilo,g ~
Morning ddwns, and there is coffin in
the house. A little narrow box not two
feet long ROBBED in. white, with flowers
among his golden hair, and wuxen hands
folded over TIE heart that is still forever,
lies the dead boy. Oh, the achng hearts
that bend over him; oh, the hot tears tina.
fall down Hpon the flowers Ond golden hair!
How they tell of earthly love and the frulty
of earthly things! Howthey tell ofhoIlow hu.
man hopes and the mockery Of taortal trust!
In the very room where he was born, they
close the coffIn.ld and yield him back, dust
to dust, earth to earth, ashes to ashes.
Days and months roll away. Time, the
consolcr, has laid healing hand upon the
broken hearts of those who loved the child
and they have learned tho grea, lesson the
child was sent to teach. The. tehdrirs of The
young vine, though faded, still retain thei
clinging hold upon their memory and thei
love; but out in the green graveyard stands
pure white monument, never forgotten, ant
never passed by without tear, which point;
its pale finger to the blue skies, and whis
pers, clay up for yourselves treasures il
Heaven"
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LiCeMtiOusncss and Drunkenness
ia Stockholm.

Bayard Taylor writes from Stockholm a
long letter. We quote the conclusion:
After speaking of the manners of Stock.
holm, must not close this letter without
saying few words about its morals. Ithas
been called the most icentiols city in Eu-
rope, and, have no doubt, with the most per-
feet justice. Vienna may surpass 1t III the
amount of conjugal. infdelity, but certainly
not In general ihcontinuance. Very near
half the registered births are illegitimate, to
say nothing Of the illegtimate children born
in wedlock. Of the servant girls, shop girls
and seamstresses in the city, it is very safe
to say that scarcely one out of a hundred is
chaste, while, as rakish young Swedes have
coolly informed me large proportion Of girls
Of respectable parentage, belonging to the
middle class, are not much better. The men
of courec, are much worEe than the women
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Correspondence of the Boston Post.
Letter fpOEgh yGrEsSalCrse.
JERUSALEM, June 90, 1857.

JERUSALEM, June 90, 1857.
"And will make Jerusalem heaps"
After the first few days of excitement
which every visitor to Jerusalem must expe-
rience, there succeeds an inexpressibe sud.
ness, melancholy whic h soon becomes the
natural state of mind, and which appears to
be impressed upon the countenance Of every
inhabitant Of this city, once "the joy of the
whole earth" A walk through its filthy
streets is a horror-the "heaps" of garbage
left to rot in the sun; the slaughter house
in the centre of the city; the tannery. ada.
ce mt too, and pollutlng the holy sepulchre;
the skins of animals, yet warm from their
bodies, and covered with vermn, exposed at
every corner for sae-and, yet worse, if pos.
sble, the abominably filthy Jew, the half
naked Arab, the horrible peasants whose
skin is hardly to be distinguished from the
beastly rags which cover them-create q
loathing in the mind Of the stranger, which
cannot better be described than in the
words of the prophot:-"They lie down in
their shame, and their confusion coYereth
them" II will make this city desolate, and
d kissing; every one that passeth thereby
shall be astonished and hiss because of oil
the plaques thereof" !. - + ~ ,
The women, clothed from head to foot in
white sheets, with their faces concealed by
black veil, resemble so many ghoules just
risen from their subterranean abodes; more
especially as they have q great fancy for
cemeteries, where they daily congregate to
howl. No sound ofyouth- there are no boys
in the streets-no sound Of wheels-there
are no carriages; the dogs, NANCY and wolfsh,
snarl and snap when you disturb them in
their daily toll as scavengers, and make the
livelong night hideous with their contentious;
the very birds do not sing, but cry to each
other with dissonant chrp, or complain with
harsh murmur. From the horrors of the
city, FIVE pass to the environs, we find naught
but bare rocks around-stones and dust be-.
neath-the bright sun, reaecting from every
object burns the brain-no grass, no trees,
cemeteries-the seats are whtened Sepul-
no green ,thing--tho proraonades are
chres. Here have been buried whole gen.
Eeratons of Jews; here are the bones of the
Assyrian, the Egyptian, the Chaldean, the
Persian, the Greek, the Syrian, the Roman,
the Saracen, the Crusader, the Turk. In
fine, Jerusalem is naught but q "heap' of
mouldering bones and shattered houses.
But at the time of Easter, when thousands
congregate in the Holy City, does it not pre-
sent some signs of life? 1t is very true that
that at time the population Of the city is dou.
bled. But the filth of the city is at the same
time quadrupled.
The narrow streets are so crowded that
it 10 almost impossible to make through the
motley crowd. The stranger is elbowed and
pushed about by the representatives from
every nation almost under the sun-(and
very dirty representatives they are too.)--
There is the willy Greek, with gaily embroi-
dcred jacket aud glittcring scimctcr; tho
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TIlc NIaiden's Prayer.
by NATHANIEL p. WILLIS.

She rose from her delicious sleep
And put away her soft brown hair,
And in a tono as low, and deop 80
AS loves first whisper, bteathed prayer
Her snow whito hands together pressed,
Each blue eye sheltered by its lid;
The Eotded linen on her breast,
Just swelling with tho charms it hid;
And from her long and flowing dress,
Escaped bare and snowy foot,
Whose steps upon tho earth did press pa
Like now snowflake, white and mute;
And then from slumbers soft and warm,
Like young spirit fresh from heaven'
She ,l,S%ed that light and matchless form,
And humbly prayed to be forgiven
OH, God if souls unsoilcd as these
Need daily morcios from Thy throne;
If she upon her Bonded knees,
Our holiest and purest one; =,
She, with face SO pure and BRIGHT,
We deem her some stray child Of liGhto
If she, with these soft eyes in tears,
Day after d&y in her ycung years,
Must kneel and pray for grace from Thee,
What far, far deeper need have we!
How hardly, if sho win not heaven,
Will our wild errors be forgiyenl
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Dressing bcGrc Girls
A PAINFUL INCIDENT.

Lewiston Falls, Maine, is a place, it is!
You cunt exactly find it on the map, for it
has been located and incorporated since
MitchelTs last, but it's there, manufactur-
ing city with banks, barber shops, and all
the uppurtenanees Of locomotive, going
ahcud Yankee settlement.
Just about the neutest thing in the new
city is the new clothing store, that "riz up"
and Grained down lutely," on the Jonah's
gourd or Alcddin's principle, and which by
tho same mysterious dispensaton, became
endowed with the cutest Yankee salesman
that the Dirago State ever turned out. -.
The. other day an up river young 'un, who
is about 10 forsake father and mother and
c leave unto Nancy Ann, came down to get
his suit, and was of course bound to find his
way to the new clothing store. Not that
he staggered in with that easy, don't care
swagger of town.bred searcher of cheap
clothing, for the verdant tint was tolerably
fresh on him yet, and he stopped and knock.
ed at the door. H.
He had just effected an entrance at the
grist mill and Journal Office, where he hud
been doing business in that sans unobstru-
sivo manner, and the boys all agreed that
Nehemiah should be let in Immediately,
and he was delighted with the cordial recep.
tion he met with.
The proprietor was ready to forward him
"suit'' at once, if he was fit, or they would
take his measure and furnish him to order
I Nehemiah drew hand bill from the top OF
his hat, and spread it on his knees for easy
reference. 1t was headed
"WlNTER CLOTHING At COST ="
and stated that in consequence of the mild
ness of the seuson, over five thousand dol.
lars worth Of ready made clothing was to be
closed up and sold at an enormous sacrifice!
A list of prices followed, and Nehe niah
running his thumby finger down the collmn,
lit on particular item.
"Say--ye got any of these blew coats left
at five dollars!"
/ "Brown, have we any of those cheap c 1ats
left!" inquired the polite Mark Of his pi.rt
ner.
"We sold the last this morning, did we
knot" d, , #.% ,',A
Brown understood cheap clothing Isl
ness and answered promptly =
call gone, sir" s4, .,, i ''..'
"Jest's l spected," murmured the disap
fpointed candidate; ''dernation seize all,
told you they'd all be gone" r.
/ "We have very superior article for ten
dollars."'
i "Ton dollars! that's an all-fred price for
u coat!"
+ "We can make you one to ORDER"
eyes but want it noW-want it righl
straight off-fact is, Squire, I must have
it."
i "You'd find thc9e coats very cheap at ter
dollars" ) -; i;n.%
i "Dunno bout, it! Say, you got any o
those dewrable doeskin. trousers left, at two
Edolars sold 'em all tew, huint yes"
j Fortunately there were a few left, and Ne
heminh was open for trade, but acting OF
| the instinct Of the Newbegins, it must be
dicker.
j "Dew you ever take proiuce for you
clothlng!"
il "Take what!"
"Projuce--gardiu uass and 0ch, don't dew
| it, dew you."
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Sflijstfllaneo1s,
The Logic Of ROgueS.

There is something mournfu in the thought
that those faculties which ore fitted to the in
yestigaton of science, morals, art, religion,
government, and all other noble subjects,
should be perverted to the basest purposes.
A magnificent city in ruins is a melancholy
spectacle; but d a'rnind broken and dismantled
by the very being who should have kept it in
Harmonious preservation. is still; l;more do
plorable sight. While men continue to abuse
their rich endowments, there will exist an
abiding necessity for the highest forms OF
teaching. The old doctrine, that "might
makes right" which has so long been in DC.
tive use, 'dnd which yet charms and sways
the ruth less, has been the sourceof incalcu'
liable mischief. The inventor of it was in
plain language, rogue, and the reasoning
by which he sought to justify himself, was
the logic ofa rogue. Innocence, truth, mer'
cy and Justice, were dissipated, like the benu-
tiful myths of ancient story, by his peculiar
augmentation. "Yonder is fine domain,
and want it; here is strong arm, will
take it," Then followed the clang of arms
and the shouts of the rioters, and all was
over, save the suffering of the despoiled.--
The only redeeming feature in this process
was the celebrity with which it was DONE
But the modern application of the doctrine,
whether illustrated by the movements Of fill
busters or the doings of slave catchers, is
not Gskitled to this, praise. The3methods
now adopted are slower, more tedious, and
because of the advance of civilization. more
cruel. When the charms OF virtue are de-
picted, and honesty is lauded and mercy ex.
tolled, the advocates of this doctrine have
recourse to ridicue in order to meet the
glowing narration, and hush the utterance Of
truth. "'Might makes right is my motto;
who cares for the dotard moralizers, crazy
fanatics, or policical parsons! Come along
with us, and we will have a jolly time Of it,"
10 the Language Of the unprincipled. Who
is safe in the company of such men?-
Equplly pernicious is that other shameful
tenes.N .he world owes me living;" but
fiI6so who mako use of it do not relate in
what manner tho debt was contracted, or
whether any portion of it has over been dis.
charged. -Phila. Journal.
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OrJadge no one from his appearance.
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puttttaE,
The Rain upon the Roof
pY FRANCES D, GAGE,

uY ERAHoEs D. GAGE.
Long ago, poet dreaming,
Weaving fancy's warp and woof,
Penn,d a tender, soothing poem,
On the "Raln upon tho Roof"
oncc read 1t, andits beauty
FILLED my heart with memories sweet;
DAYS Of childhood lifted round me,
Violets sprung beneath my feet;
And my gentle, loving mother
Spoke again in accents mild,
Curbing every wayward passion
> or nor happy, thoughtless child.
Thcn 1 heard the swallows twitt'ring
Underneath tho cabin caves,
And the laughing shout of Willie
up among the maple leaves.
Tben,I blessed the poets dreaming
Blessed his fancy's warp and woof;
And l wept o'er mem'rteS Treasured
As tho rain fell on the roof.
Years ago lost the poem,
But its sweetness fingers still,
As the freshness in the valley
Marks where flowed the spring-timo rill.
Lost to read, but not to feeling,
For the rain-drops fall
o,er, my head with patt'ring music,
And it peoples rnem'ry's halls
With the old familiar faces,
Loved and treasured long ago.
Treasured not as in life's spring-timo,
For my heart no change can know,
And / live again my childhood,
In the home far, far away;
Roam the woodland, orchard, wildwood,
With my playmates, seen at play,
Then my gray hairs press the pillow,
Holding all tho world aloof,
Dreaming sweetly as listen
, To the rain upon the roof.
= ! i ur 49,"
Every pia!.ering drop That failcth,
Something like an angels tread,
Bringing messages of mercy
To the weary heart and head
Pleasant thoughts of years Departed
Pleasant something's for to-day,
Earnest longings for tomorrow,
Hopings for tho far away.
For know, each drop that falleth
Comes to bless the thirsty Garth,
Making tho seed to bud and blossom,
' springing all things into birth.
As the radiant bow that scattereth
All our hithlessness with proof
OF a seed-time and harvest
So thc rain upon tho roof.
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prUmpIIy uttenueu nUurs U0tn DAY ana
night. DR.. Bedng's residence-north east Of once
Cedar street. D.. Leonardo reside Collins
House. August ., '57-Iy
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-,-----,---. -------@- n. 5InEHIUKY
Surviving Partner Of A.. v. HoRa & Co.
Shalersville, July 3U,ls57-'cm
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AIIpsfd ap, % IssarS On favorable terns
received and PolicIssissaed u shok ho-
4 tice, BY II. y. nAw cent
July 7. No ssSssx alo1ks
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-non. 18th DemoItsm -
candidate California
San Andreas independent., 1857-04-25
SUMMONS.
CTATE FCALEFORNEA.C Conn
~ fy of CalaVeraS

- "A VI
~ fy OF CalaveraS:
In the District Court of tie Fifth judicial Dis
trict.
John Sinclair, plaintiff against Thomas B. Wade,
John Hanson, Albert g. Lawrence & George
Bowen, partners in business, doing business
under the firm name and style of "Wade.
Hanson Co.," defendants.
Action brought in the District Court of the Fifth
Judicial District and the Complaint filed in
the County of Calaveras, in the office of the
Clerk of said District Court
The Pew.e of the State of California. send
greeting: 70 Thomas B. Wade, John Hanson.
Albert G. Lawrence & George Bowen defend
ants.-You are hereby required to appear in an
action brought against you by the above name 4
plaintiff, in the District Court of the Fifth ytdi
cial District, in and for the County of Calave-
ras, and to answer the Complaint filed therein.
Ia copy OF which accompanies this Summons !
within ten days, exclusive of the day of SER
vice. after the service on you of this Sum-
mons-if served within this county: if served
out of this county, but within this Judicial Dis
trict within twenty days; or if served out of
said District, then within forty days-or judg-
ment by default will be taken against you.
The said action is brought to recover of you
the sum of six thousand dollars, and interest
thereon, from the first day of May, A. D. 1856,
at the rate of two and one-half per cent. per
month, and the sum of four dollars and sixty
eight cents, costs of protest of promissory
note and the further sum of two hundred and
forty dollars for exchange upon the same from
Mokelumne Hill to the city of New York, and
for costs of this action; all of which will more
fully appear upon reference to the complaint, a
copy of which is hereto annexed; and If you
fail to appear and answer the said Complaint
as above required, the plaintiff will take Judg-
ment against you for the said sum OF SIX thou-
sand dollars and interest thereon, from May lst,
1856, at the rate of two and one-haf per cent.
per month, and four dollars and sixty-eight
cents. costs of protest, and two hundred and
forty dollars for exchange and costs OF this
action as prayed for.
Given under my hand and the Seal of the
District Court of the Fifth Judicial
:, District, this ninth day of January, in
L. o: the year of our Lord, one thousand
:...... eight hundred and fifty-seven.
n. L. BROUGHTON, Clerk
By G.. d. SPIRES, Deputy Clerk.
BRocKwAY & GATEwooD, Atty's for prtff.