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A Heavy Contract.

The Hon. L. W. Spratt of the South
Carolina Convention, is philosopher, and
accepts the logical conclusions of the stu
Charleston Mercury, he shows that their
emancipation from the North will be of no
benefit unless they protect themselves from
the evils of Democratic institutions by the
introduction Of African negroes and the ex-
ClusiOn Of Northern laborers, with their
dangerous right to vote. He says that free
laborers twill question the right of masters
to employ their slaves in any work that they
may wish fori they will use the elective
franchise to that end; they may acquire the
power to determine our municipal elections,
and they will inexorably use it, and thus
this town of Charleston, at the very heart Of
slavery, may become the fortress OF Demo
cratic power against it."
Mr.. Spratt declares that should the Mont
gomery edict in regard to the slave trade be
carried into the permanent Government,
"their whole movement is defeated"
at will abolitionize the border States-it
will brand our institution. Slavery can not
share government with Democracy; it can
rot bear q brand upon it thence another
revolution. 1t may be painful but we must
make it. The Constitution can not be
changed without it. 1t is doubtful if another
movement will be so peaceful, but no matter;
No power but the Convention can avert the
necessity"
But like another jeremiah, all his dismal
foIefOdings are going to terminate in agood
time, and Mr.. Spratt thus describes slavery
returning in triumph from It's victory over
Northern and Southern free labor. Again,
Mr. 8 proclaims
+ "That slavery, as sent forth by the South
eIn Congress, like the Thraciaa horse re.
turning from the field of victory, still bears
master On his back, and having achieved
one revolution to escape Democracy at the
North, it must still achieve another to escape
ii at the South"
If baked in this movement, Mr. Spratt de-
claIed that the South will revolutionize
again, and persevere until the slave system
shall
"Stsnd serene, erect, aloft, unquestioned as
TO it's rights or its integrity, at some point
within the present limits of the Southern
States. And, such being the case, adds Mr.
Spratt, it is only for the present actors ia
determine whether they will contribute or BE-
crushed 10 that result"
We have no doubt that Mr. Spratt is q
ssgaciOus and philosophic politician, and
that his conclusion is that which all must
come to who take any thing more than u
temPOriaing view of the question. But what
a glorious prospect this offers to the Irish
and German labOrers, who make up the
chief part of the Palmetto army, and whose
services to Secession are cheered by the
promise in the chief organ of Secession, that
the revolution which they are offering their
lives to sustain, is only preliminary to one
which shall crush all free labor in the South.
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When the sea is perfectly clear and trans
parent, it allows the eye to distinguish OBJ
jects at very great depth. Near Mindora,
In the Indian Ocean, the spotted cOrals are
plsinly visible under twenty-five fathoms of
water. The crystalline clearness of the Car
Tibean Sea excited the admiration of Colum-
bus, who, in the pIrsuit of his great discov-
cries, ever retained an open eye for the
beauties Of nature. In passing over these
splendidly adorned grounds" says Schopf,
where marine life shows itself in an end
less variety of forms, the boat, suspended
over the purest crystal, seems TO float in the
air, so that a person unaccustomed to the
scene easily becomes giddy.
"On clear, sandy bottom appear thous-
ands Of sea stars, sea-urchins, mOlusses aud
fishes of a brilliancy of color unknown in our
temperate seas. Burning red, intense blue,
lively green, and golden yellow perpetually
vary; the spectator floats over groves of sea-
plants, gOrgonias, coTals, alcyoniums, fab
bellums and spoDges, that offord no less de
light to the eye, and are no less gently agi-
tated by the heaying waters, than the most
beautiful garden on earth when a gentle
breeze passes through the waving boughs."
Charles Darwin paints in vivid coOrs the
magnificent spectacle presented by the sea,
while sailing in the latitudes of Cape Horn
on very dark night. There was a fresh
breeze, and every part of the surface which,
during the day is seen as foam, now glowed
with pale light. The vessel drove before
her bows two billoWs of liquid phosphorus,
and in her wake she was followed by a
milky train. As far as the eye reached the
| crest Of every wave was bright, and the sky
| above the horizon, from the reflected glare
| Of these livid flames, was not so utterly OBJ
scure as over the rest of the heavens.
| While La Venus was at anchor before
| Sinonstown, the breaking Of the waves pro-
! duced SO strong a light that the room in
| which the nRturalists of the expedition were
seated were illuminated as by sudden flashes
| of lightning. Although more than fifty
PAGES from the beach where the phenomenon
| took place, they tried to read by this wonder
Gus oceanic light, but the successi We glimpses
were of too short duration 70 crafty their
| wishes.
Thus we see the same nocturnal splendoI
| which shines forth in the tropical seas, and
CLEANS along our shores burst forth from the
Arctic wSters, and from the waves that
bathe the southern promOntories Of the OlC
and New World. But what is the cause o.
the beautiful phenomenon widely spread
over the face Of the ocean, How comes i
that, at certain times, flames issue from thI
bosom OF an element generally so hostile Il
their appearance Without troubling thl
reader with groundless surmises Of ancien
naturslists, or repeating the useless tales o
he past, | shall at once place myself will
him on the stege Of our actual kn0 Wledg
10 this interesting and mysterious subject.
II is now no longer q matter OF doubt th
almost all inferior marine animals, particu
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The celebrity Of Feminine Art,sts.


What remains Of the dancers and musi-
clans with whose names the dictionaries are
full OfGuimArd, famous ddnSeuse, there
is no souvenir but that of a sullied reputa-
ton and a richly decorated mansion in de-
praved taste. Malibran and Pasta charmed
the ears Of our forefathers--where are the
brilliant actors that were warbled from their
tbToats IHs.' .1i M
Borne away by the wind kindred to the
breath that uttered them. But the wind
could not sweep away the canvas on which
Olsudine Stella wrote her name to hang by
the side Of Poussin's in the museums of their
common country. Go TO the Louvre, go to
Florence, and contemplate Madame lie Bruu
still alive in her graceful portraits. Go to
Versailles, and see that statue Of Joan of
Arc preserving the name OF q kings daughter
which pOsterity never would have known
hsd not nobler art than dancing given to
it fame as lasting as the marble which con-
socrates it. Italy has given great singers to
the world, musicians of the highest order,
dancers that rival Taglioni, and equally
eminent female painters.
Only of the latter can she show testimoni-
ais of genius that have been spared by the
hand of time. at Venice she points to the
portraits of Maria Robusti the daughter of
Tintoretto; at Bologna to Lavinia Fontata,
the painter of Pope Gregory XIII, and at
tloIeDcei 10 Ehzaoeth Slrdnl, VINO was the
first 10 open o studio for female pupils. At
the Uffizj in Florence you will be arrested
by the terrible Judith of Artemisia Gentiles-
CHI, and at the Academia, alongside of the
Dominican Fra Angelica, by the tlmid coun-
tenance of Sister Plautilla Nelli, a member
of the same order. Female painters have,
too, their patron even in Paradise. There is
a relic at Bologna Of precious panel, the
work of the hand of St. Catherine Vigri,
whom painting conducted as dancing could
not, to the honors of canonz alton.
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larly the ielly-fshes, many molusses, and
aupelides, crustaceans and infusoria, possess
tie faculty of emitting phosphoric light
aud adding their might to the grand phen.
ofnenon. When. we consider their countless
Dhltitudes. we shall no longer wonder at
such grand effects being produced by crea }
tures Individually SO insignificant. Ia our
sens u is chiefly q minute gelatinous animal,
the mammaria scintillsns, which, as it were,
repeats the splendid spectacle Of the starry
heavens on the surface of the ocean. On
filing a vessel with the luminous water, the
small mammariae, about the size of a pins
head, may by daylight be seen floating at
the top. For the most part transparent as
crystal, they only in one spot exhibit
milky opacity. Under the microscope, they
plainly appear and globular animals, withan
ihdentation corresponding to the dull spot
on the surface, from which a tolerably long
teDtGcle proceeds, moving slowly about in
quest of food.
1t can easily be proved that the phenom-
enon proceeds from the animals, for on
strainiDg the phosphorescent water, it en-
tiTely lost its luminous property, while the
mammari8 remaining on the filter, shine on
being moved; the intensity of the light be-
ing always in proportion to their number.
And, finally, on shaking in the dark bottle
Of sea ater containing some of these ami
mails, small luminous bodies are seen to fall
and rise in the same manner as mammari8,
when similarly agitated during the day time,
sink in the liquid, and then again ascend to
the surface.-HdrtDig. --f.
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Wherever liberty needs a champion, the
Americans are in the foremost ranks. We
are proud of them at home aud abroad.
Henry W. Spencer, mentioned below, is the
son Of the Consul des Etats Unis at Paris, and
is scarcely twenty-one. Yet SO bravely did
he conduct himself, that he was az once raised
to the rank OF lieutenant. The following is
o copy ofa letter just received from Naples:
"ln the recent battle before the walls of
Capua, the division of General Avezzana
gained Gs much Tenown by their bravery and
activity as any of the other divisions have
acquired during the whole campaign. This
may be as much attributed TO the long ex-
perience Of this world. renowned General as
10 the fact that nearly all his staff is csm-
posed of Americans, who eagerly cluster
around one who has done SO much credit to
the country Of his adoption.
"The officers who deserve the most praise
for their acts of daring and tact, are Colonel
Charles Carroll Hicks, of Columbus, Ohio;
Captain Napbenthuysen, of New Orleans,
Louisiapa; Lieutenant Frank Nancy, of
Nashville, Tennessee and Lieutenant Henry
Ward Spencer, son OF our Consul in Paris,
France. The Colonel was seen every where
directing the attack, and victory appeared to
follow his steps. The signal defeat of the
enemy which followed, is greatly due to his
superior judgment and bravery. Captain
Vanbeuthuysen, of Louisiana, commanded a
most difficult position, and, together with
young Spencer was seen amid perfect hail
of shells and Rrape-shOt, while their men
were moved down on every side by the uu-
eIrinR aim Of the Neapolitans. These gem
temen amused themselves by building a
small wall in front Of the batteries Of the
fort, 10 place a small brass cannon-tbe only
one they had at the time.
This position-only a few hundred yards
from the Vulturno-although the enemy sent
quite large detachment of cavalry against
1t (Who were driven back with great loss)-
was maintained during forty. eight hours
under the Taking fire of the fort, at the end
of which time General AveZzana's division
we're relieved by the Piedmontese, but only
TO take up a more dangerous post on the
other side of the river. While at the out
posts, General Avezzana received a visit
from the celebrated General Wheat. He said
that he must see the elephant; aud although
covered with wounds he gained in Mexico,
be had no objection to being tiukered over
again. And you would have thought so, by
the cool manner in which he surveyed the
projectiles which fell at his feet. We are
happy to see that ell those Americans who
have Joined Garibaldi have done credit to
their country. This is not the first time we
have had to speak Of some Of them.-ReE
York Home Journal.
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NEW BOOKS.

THE CBILDREE'S BIBLE PICTURE BOOK (:
Illustrated with eighty engravings. New York :
Harper Brothers. Cincinnati hickey Carroll,
NormaDcc is so fascinating to children as the
stories of the Bible. No history so impresses the
youthful imagination. Parents arc gratiHed by this
and naturally desire to encourage it. Such NUT
have felt the need Of vcrsion Of the old to- tamen
narratives, relieved of some of the features which
are unsuitable reading for tender and pure child.
hood, and from many which must seem cruel to
youthful minds, and therefore may ere ate repug.
toward the Scriptures and the Divine oharac-
teri else may cultivate in IL spirit OF cruelty,
fondpess for war aud Indifference to bloodshed.
This book contains the most dramatic stories Of the
old Scriptures divested Of some Of their objection
ablo features, and those of the New Testament,
which happily de not requi,e that expurgstion 1t
is a duodeCimo, tinted paper, and handsomely
hrnni. ----------
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Maln.et., Uincinna'I.
Also, by retail grocars generally. feA.cm
Sale Of Valuable Real Estate.
NOTICE Is HRRERY GIVEN THAT

NQTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN THAT
from The District Court OF cf Lucas I County, IN a. par
ftiDn sgit pending IN sal said COnrt wherein wiiam
are defendants, / shall on THU DAY, tho 4t6
dayof April s6l between the hours of ton o'clo *
Of the Court house in the City Of Toledo County Of
Lucas and STATE Of Ohio, expose for sale at public
rights o.. Forage attached 70 the Riparian Pos
session Of tracts Nos; one aud two 9f the twelve
angle In tee bed Of the Maumee River resulting
from the Riparian ownership Of said river tracts
much Of tho bed of the Wabash aud Erie Canal as
patses through said river tracts ono and tive,
Fourth: An title to much Of the middle ground
in the Maumee River as lies opposite aid river
tracts ono and two, resulting from toe Riparian
AIso, the following rcal estate, to wit: Lot NUM-
Der four hui dred and eighty four liS4); lot number
being The same on Which is sitaated the old DEPOT
building OF the Erie and Kalamazoo railroad
Sa 6 d feet in SStS sefSn Sm he Gt ws
ber thirty live (35 except TIVE tytwo feet from the
aSG unnpg back ow to Rc
rear OF said lott lots one hundred aud nine (l00).
eleven QlD, one hundfe and nineteen QI9l, one
bundled ane twenty u2o2 AID one hundred and
line Of lot number four hundred and seventy CI7G
and the p.int where the channels Of Swan-creek
feet front each side Of Ottawa-street extension
The line OF dock on the Maumee River in front Of
lots log ITO and Ill respectively; lot four hundred
and eighty AsO9. All of said real estate lying aud
being in the Port Lawrence Division Of the OityIof
Tplsdo.
Before sale, said lots l19 aud 100 will bs divided
into tots twenty feet wide, frontisg on Summit-st
and running back to the alley, each of which will
be offered for sale separately and said lot d9 will be
divided eQui distant between summit and Water.
streets, ca half offered teperatey and said lots
ITO and III will also be divided ui-dstant between
Summit and Water stI eets, and into lots tweuty
feet wide, extending from Summit-sIreet back to
said equdistant lIle and from Water-stree TO the
line each Of said lots to be sold separately.
Bids i'll be received for the lots fronting SUM
init street with privilege TO the purchaser to with
draw the came in he shall fail to tho lot
in the rear fronting on Water street. Leases have
been made Of parts of .aid lperty, of which
extend beyond the first Of April, 1861, which will be
assisned Ia purchasers.
TeIms-0be-thiId cash on all except the frat four
items balance in two equal annual payments Sc
ceved for less than two thirds appraised value. For
HEZ. L. HOSMER,
fe2i-tt Special Master and ReceiyAr
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The most reasonable aad pertinent COM
promise that has yet been proposed was in
the following resolution, offered in Congress
by Mr.. Mexican. a member from New York :
"ReSolUsd: That disunion and treason may
be made lawful by adding to Article 2 oflhe
Constitution the following amendment, to-
wit: Section 8. Whenever a party shall be
defeated in an election for President and
Vice-President, such party may reoel and
take up arms, and unless the successful shall
adopt as its own the principles of the de-
feated party, and consent to such amend
ments of the Constitution as the latter party
shall dictate, then the Union shall be at an
end -
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The Proposed CoalItlou for the sprine
Rleefiou n the City.

Rlectiom N the City.
The EhQnaSer, on Sunday, had q vision
ike that Of ST. Peter, Of great sheet let
down, in which the Democratic and the
Americsn animals were mingled in COM
plete futiop, SO that it was impossible TO
distinguish the clean from the unclean. This
it interprets to be a warning to the Demo-
Cratic Party to coalesce with the Americans
for the city election, else there will be no
chance 70 defeat tho Republicans.
This is tbe melting of the Democratic and
American hearts into one, which was fore
shadoWed by the Brth-night Banquet. Ger
tainIy, If the parties are suited, nobody can
have an, objection. Itis better, perhaps, to
rspect tie decencies Of society by regular
ceremony, than to be indulgipg in that Illicit
intercourse which has been going on for the
last yeer or two.
The ERqairer very justly says, there would
be no surrender of principle in such a CO.
aition. The Enquirer is perfectly safe on
that score.
We quote the logical way the Enquirer
puts this point;
"There would be no surrender of princi'
PIE upon the part of any Democrat 10 vote
for ticket that shall DO constructed upon
the basis VIC have Indicated but on the
contrary, their political interests will be
promoted by it, andthe great interests of the
county be ct the same time subserved.'
Interest and principle, it will be observed,
are used as synonymous. They will lose no
principle but on the contrary will promote
their interest. This shows a candor in the
use of words that can not be too much ad'
miTed. Let the parties fly to each others
arms, and see what the match will bring
forth. The case is desperate, and as the boy
said, who in the thunderstorm could not
-rccollect bis prayers, something has got to
be done.
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ARREST OF A DEsPERADo "A desperate
butchers knife at Albany, N. Y, on Friday !;
Mrs. Flyers brother rushed in, when he
was stabbed several times before the police
arrested Fryer. At the police Office he tried
to stab his brother. in law with pen knife,
and struck him twice with his fist. In the
cell was prisoner, against whom he had a
grudge desperate fight ensued.
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DIED..

WILLIAMS February 2l, in New York City,
Miss Martha Williams, daughter OF Mr.. Clark Will
lian s, form eTly of this city r.t
The fn. era will tsEe place from the residence Of
her brotbor-i Law, VIM, Heff, at Avondale. on
10 waiti ~ at Mr. Jenkius's, Sycemore.st above
Fourth, at o'clock, to convey such friends may
desire to attend fe24 b.
SMITH.-On Walnut Hills, on Sunday morning,
Feb. "a, st O'Clock, Martha, eldest daughter OF
Perry and ElenOr Smith, in the eighteenth year of
her age
Z Funeral from the residence Of her parents, at |
o'clock this (Monday) afternoon. The friends of
the family are respectfully invited to attend with
out further notice.
WALLACE.-On the night of Feb %, Mrs. Ca
her age.
The friend, of the deceased are requested to at
teId her fu0eral to day, from Findlay Chapel
without further notice
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dent elect with respect, they would suddenly
abate and become gentle as lambs; aud
pocketing their billies, dirks and revolversi
they would vie with each other in doing
honor to a man whose reception is such
mortal ofTenae 10 them
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Very WarIike CRY for Pence.


The Catholic Standard of New Orleans, a
Tabid Secession journal, seems to desire that
somebody shall hold the hands of the Gov
ernment so that the Confederatts may have
the war all to themselves. 1t declares that
the efforts TO unite the discovered Confed-
eracy are wasted, and wonders at the supine-
ness of the Catholic journals in the North
and Northwest. 1t is queer that the Con
federates who are constantly crying havoc
and let slip the dogs of war, and who have
let them slip wherever they could make war
upon Government without danger, should
call upon their brethren in the North to
preserve the peace. We quote from the
Standard;
I'VE are astonished at the silence of the
Northern and Western Catholic Journals on
this subject. We are no theologian, but
with our knowledge of the doctrines and
spirit of the Church, we can not conceive
how Catholic publicists can withhold their
voice from peace.
"We desire peace, but are ready for war, and
we bold all outside of the Confederate States
alike, whether laymen or priests, enemies in
tsdT, IN peace .tTtends'
''The Confederate States stand strictly on
the defensive. 1t is for the men of peace in
the North and the West to determine
whether their Black Republican anti POpery
eountrymen shall be permitted TO invade as
or not. A unanimous demonstration by the
Northern and Western Catholic population,
speaking through their presses and their
pulpits, in favor Of peace, would encourage
Northern and Western State rights Protest
ants in their opposition to BlacE. Republican
aggressOrs. United, the friends Of peace
could defeat the war party, in every one Of
the Northern States. Shall they have the
merit of doing so, or must they, for theiI
silence and supineness, be held morally re.
6ponsible fog the hoTrers of civil warR II
| is for them 10 answer"
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ing ct the rate Of halfan inch an hour. Moth
ing new from above. The weather was very
cold last night, the mercury sinking several
degrees below freezing point. To day il is
iclear end much milder, but it viii freeze hard
again tonight.
LOUISVILLE, February ZAP. M.-River
falling with ten feet six inches water in the
Canal b ..t aNHa N
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SBaULAR OPTICAL Fact. An English
paper says that, in punching the eyeholes of
needles by hand, children, who arc the ope'
rators, acquire such dexterity as to DO able
TO punch human hair, and thread it with
another, for the amusement Of visitors.
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Pure Brandies.

OSOGNAC BRANDIEst
~ "Pinet, Castillon 4 Co "
"Jas. Hennossy & Co."
" BISCUIT, Dubonchs 4 Co."
"Otard Dupuy Co."
"Gauier Freres.n
"J +. MHrtel."
ROCHELLE BRAkDIRS;
" Pellevoisin."
HUnlon PrOprietOTs"
"a. Seignette.h
"P. Michel q Fills"
We have always in store a supply Of the above
we'll nown braI ds, aud guard against adultera.
tiOnt ny purchasing "in bond" direct from GUS
tom house
EDWARD sCANLAN& 4 CO, Importers,
fe24-c N. 4. corner Fourth and hain-sta.
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NADAME ALVIN.

ALL PERSONS WISHING TO
~ know their future prosPectst can have
them rreotly stated b Madame ALVIN, at 103
Fourth-st., corner 4 elm, where she may be con.
suited on all matte1 concerning love, marrlagei
cOurtEhips, law matters, business Affairs; and will tell
the name Of the lady or gentleman they viii 1arr1
alan the NAme ~ he SisitOFG- to24-fs