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liLEANINGS. cmuvriA Who desire gratefully to commemorate the Buvino in Agitation Can't comb to CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS. Crumbi-exi or tub Press. Private Exami 1()RTKY. FiRg and Lots orLtr.

At a fire in Cincin- rati, a Mrs. Wood wa burned lo death. This painful occurrence took place while her husband wn away from the city. Nothing wa left of the body but the miiin bones between the back and knees. She wn an intemperate woman, and her clothe caught fire wnne sue wai hnln herself.

Thi caused the burning of Ihe buildings. CIRCUIT COURT Before Judgi Kknt. Richard V. W. and John Thornr, v.

Monmouth B. Hnrt, late plaiti" placed in the Sheriff hand an execution to be levied on the household furniture of Mr. Henry bheppaid, Broadway. The Sheriff made a return of no effi ct." The present action i to recover the amount on the ground of false return. The de-frndant showed that Mr.

Sheppard had mor gaged his furniture to a gentleman named Clark, which He contends, therefore. that he had no right to levy. The Court charged that where mortgaged personal goods are left Willi the mortgager (he law presume the transaction a frniirtiithnt and. at anv rate, the Sherill is hound to sell the debtor' interest in a mortgage, Verdict for plaintiffs, $350. Tribune.

On Sunday night last two yonntr men named Nathaniel Powell and John Spidell, in company with tome others, got into an altercation it in the death of Soidcll by Powell. It ap- Walnut hdow Third, a lad named George Snell wa playing on noNr.t called "caslinetts." which Powell attempted to take from him. Spide'l remonstrated, when rowen threatened that if he opened hi month again, he would knock his brains out. Spidell did say something, but what itwa in not known when Powell, with a heavy club, struck himo Ihe left lide of the head, fracturing hi skull. The unlor.

Innate young man was carried home insensible, where he died on Monday nieht, about 5 clock. Seidell wa an apprentice tn Joseph Talbott, carpenter, and step-so i of Mr William Lilley, merchant. He was a very quiet, peaceable young man, and much respected by hi friends. Cm-cinnati Gazette, 5th inst. Awmr Situation.

A notorious tippler, say the Boston Courier, in a town not lorly mile from Boston, returning home last washing day, with njug of rum, and fstaegering into hi wife domain, mistook a tub of well ti-arrocd water lor a settee, and suddenly settled himself into it, that its surging sides leaped merrily about him he being a fast prisoner. In this predicament he called lusti'y for Nabby. His gude wire seeing his deep interest in her affairs, seized the jug, danced around the philosopher, pouring i' content. Iii head disregarding his prnyerful look, outstretched arms, and beseeching appeal of Nabby, save it Save It Iaooy to wnicn mi replied, Go it Joe long life to your honor," Another Comet. Mr A' will Permit me to announce through Ihe columns of your paper the discovery of a Comet in the Constellation Unon.

It was first seen in Ihe Clark Telescope belonging to Yale College, on the 27lh of December Inst. Observations were repeated on the 29lh and morning of the 30th. Moonlight and clouds havesince prevented observation, till Saturday evening, Jan. 6. when a change of place was very evident.

Its approximate place on the 2Uth ult. (I have not the measures befre me at this moment,) was in A. R. 5h. 10m.

dccl. 2d. N. I will only add that the apparent motion is toward the N. W.

while that the Comet discovered at Paris in November last, nnd which was in the same region, was toward the S. W. It is possible that the latter has attained a maximum of Southward motion and and is now returning Northward. New Haven Courier i. h.

Singular Bankruptcy. Samuel S. Colton, a miner, applied in Connecticut for the bankrupt act, having but two creditors. The court decided against him on the fol'owing grounds. 1st.

Thnt the claim of Harriet Francis was for the maintenance of a bastard child, the petitioner having been adjudged the putative father. 2d. Thnt the claim of John Francis was for the seduc'ion of the daughter, now resting in a judgment recovered in an action of trespass on the case. The case was ably argued on both sides, and is said to be without a precedent. The court, theref re, adopted that construction which should not encourage evil and crime, but promote virtue and protect innocence, and decided the objections were sufficient cause shown against decreeing SamuelS.

Colton to be a bankrupt. The decree was accordingly denied, and the petition dismissed A Large Supply op Governors. The Sate of Maine will have had five Governors wilhin less than one year, viz: Gov. Fairfield, elected for 1843, resigned; Gov. Kavanagh, President of the Senate, 1843, resigned Gov.

Dunn, Speaker of the House, 1843, super ceded bv Gov. Dana, President of the Senate, 1844. Gov. Anderson, elected for the year 18-14. Death from injuries.

A respectable gentle man named Patrick Welsh, aed 2 to "0, who has a wife nnd three small children in Williams-burh, while at work this morning in Johnson's distillery in 1 6th of which he was Ihe miller, got his foot fast in the machinery, breaking his and stripping the flesh off his leg and thigh. He was carried to the hospital where he died at half past three o'clock in the afternoon. Death on a steamer Peter Schermerhom, nged about 60, who was ill of consumption, went in the steamer Saratoga, on Friday, to get to his brother John, 8 miles back of Fish kill, but the boat being obstructed by ice returned, and on its way down on Saturday deceased died on board. From Michigan we learn, through a private letter lo the National Intelligencer, that on the morning of the 25th December (Christmas) the two youngest sons of Gen. J.

W. Brown, and nephews of the late Major Gen. Jacob Brown, (U. S. Army) were drowned in the River Raisin, at Tecumseh, Michigan.

A man, supposed to be George Kleinheim, wa found dead near the Jefferson Barracks, Mobile, afewdaysago. The verdict of the Coroner's in quest was, that he came to hi death by a pistol ball entering his left breast, and passing through his body supposed to have been the work of his own hand. We learn from the St. Augustine (Florida) News, that shad have been lecently caught in that harbor. It is the first time this species of fish ha been known to visit that neighborhood.

As a man named Joseph Priestly, of Harper's Ferry, in company with several persons, was going up the Baltim re and Ohio Railroad, by some mis-step he was precipitated over a ravine some ten feet deep, falling on his head, and almost breaking asunder his skull, which produced instantaneous death. Rcssia. Education in Russia is rapidly on the advance. The nobi ity in ten tears have given thirteen million of roubles, and the Government seventeen millions for schools, colleges, books, scientific expeditions. Silk Handkerchiefs of handsome dress patterns manufactured in Arkansas eq al to the imported.

What next i a the far West Nicholas Biddle, hatresignel the office President or the Philadelphia Society for the promotion of Agriculture; and Dr. James Mease in of Wednesday, Jan. 10. In Si n.tk Hon. J.

A. Peerce, member elect from Maryland, lock his scat. Mr. Woodnndge, fiom the committee on Public Lands, reported certnin bill concerning hind in Michigan. Other bills concerning land and improvements, were introduced and discutsed, until the Senate adjourned.

Wednesday, Jan. 10. In the House Mr. M'Kny, chairman of the enmn iiieeof Way and Means, reported the usual annual appropriations-Army, Military, and all referred to Ihe committee of the Whole on the Union. Also, resoluli-m concerning the reduction of expenditure of government, which were adopted.

A resolution concerning Jesse Hoyt, late col-lector at New-York, wa laid over. Mr. Saundei from the committee to invite Mrs, Madison to take her eat in the hall, reported the discharge of their duty, and read the reply of Mr. Madison, expressing her great gratification this token of recollection on the part of the iuse, collectively and individually, ofonewno had gone before them." The letter was ordered to be printed. Communication fiom the Departments, were then read and disposed of.

Mr. Adams' report on the Rule, being in order, the discussion wa continued, until the House adjourned. The XXIst. rule it a hard case for these Congressmen. Hew-York LcRMaltire.

Tuesday, Jan. 9. In by the Rev. Mr. Campbell.

Petitions were presented, among which was one from forwarders in Albany, praying that i official business he transacted on the Sabbath on the canals. Reports, bills, resolution, in relation to local affairs were presented and disposed of, and Mr. Foster introduced resolution concerning the Amendments of the Constitution. We will give them soon. The in committee of the wh -le; Mr, Tt.nlit in the chnir.took up for consideration the bill, introduced by Mr.

Denniston, for the preser- wrnlinn nfonmP nil T.nnff lftlanu. Mr. Denniston moved to except the County of of this bill carried, Mr. Rhoades, in view of the fact that most of the deer on Long Island wi re old setllers, SeDtember. October and Novem ber to the months named in the bill, (December, rv.

Fi-bruarv. March, April, May, June July and August,) in which persons are prohibit ed from killing Ueer. Lost. Mr. Faulkner negefted a difficulty about the penalty which the bill imposed upon every person who lakes trout in net or seines." Suppose a man is fishing for other fish and catches a trout by accident, is he to ne nnea lor misr Mr.

Clark DroDosed to obviate this objeciion by inserting the words "and detain," so as to make those only liable who "taw ana ueiam trout in nets or seines. Mr. Smith accepted this amendment. Mr. Rhoades suggested a further amendment that no person sha 1 take out of the water and detain," Af ersome remarlcFfrom Messrs.

Smith, Faulk ner and Putnam, the amendment was withdrawn. some lunner lime was sneru in uucubsiuk mendmentstothis bill, when it was read through, the committee rose and reported an I the bill was ordered to a third reading. Jib. Eve. Journal.

ASSEMBLY. Monday Jan. 9. Prayer by Rev. Mr.

Coley. Petitions were presented by varion members, among which by Mr. Coe, for repeal Excise Law. Mr. Flanders, from Franklin, petition to punish licentiousness.

Mr. Hannum, from Genesee, for the same. Mr. Sperry, for the same. Other petitions of a private and local character were presented.

In committee of the whole, the House went into the reference of the Governor's Message to appropriate committees. The discussion was on the reference of the Section relating to. the Sabbath day question to a select committee or the Committee Canals, which latter was finally considered to be the proper disp sition to bemade of it. The bill for the relief of the heirs of Joseph Tuffs, was passed. After other local affairs the House adjourned.

POLICE OFFICE Jan. 12. Peter Pero. a vagrant, was sent to the Poor House Penitentiary for 4 months. Frederick Ponlin, a lad, committed an assault and battery upon another boy, for which com plaint was made, and the accused gave bail in $100 to the Court of General Sessions.

John B. Phillip committed an act of disorderly conduct and was requested to pay the officer': fees which he did, upon which he was reprimand ed and discharged. John Norn's, the individual arrested the other night for attempting lo enter the cellar of Warren Richmond, was discharged on that case, as no satisfactory evidence could bo found upon which to convict. He was, however, examined on a charge of petit larceny, two pairs of shoes being found upon him, and being found guilty on the evidence he was sent to jail for 30 days. Thomas Scanlan was tried for larceny in steal ing sundry articles from several stores, in company with Mr.

Margaret Scanlan, his brother' wife. He was fonnd guilty, and fined $10 for the first theft, $15 for the second, and sent to the connty jail 30 days for the third. Mrs. Margaret Scanlan, his accomplice, was tried on Ihe same charge, and being found guilty, was fined 5 Id for the first offence, and was sen tenced to jail 20 day for the second, and 40 days fur the third. She has aa infant only two months old, and she has jit served a short term for recent offence.

"Honos to vu-a Hv-a rs Dre." Wehave teen the following go.it lrvs lie papers late ly, credited to us; but as rt Lekert to our good neighbor of the Eagle, we cheerfully make the correction A Good One. The Editor of the Philadelphia Sun perpetrated the following bull Ihe other day "Our leader of fWajr npoa the (object of 'Girard's is ditrred atU fo-awrrow mor- ir." Wherenpoa the wag of the Brooklya Eagle expatiates after this fashion This reminds as of aa actor's speech, as follows: "Ladies and geatlcroea At there it actorf bere I shall dnmts yoa c3. The performance of evening will aot be perforated, bat will be repeated agaia Jo-wwrrow evening. Wcxvm are very plentiful ia Maine this tea- ba4 his memory of the Apr-stlesof our Lord, nnd the riUs ineiJenl of hi most holy life, nre Informed, DIVIXF, SERVICE i celtbmtrd on cch of Fast and Festival dny, a appointed by the Universal, nr Church, at an early hour tie murning.in ST. JOHN'S CHURCH.

The Den oegin to commencement ol the service. Seat are free to all of any denomination of Christian who choote Jan. 5-lw A II At Smitht.iwn, on the 11 111 hy Rev. J. C.

Edwards, Edward A. Smith lo Mis Ann B. Mills, daughter of Jesse In New York, John P. Hulner lo Ml Ann Wiley Ccori'c McCord lo Matilda Secort, John C. Wat to Mus Maria L.

Goodrich. IICI. At SagHaibor, Ceorgiana, daughter of Charlct and Mary Jane Fordham. At Cutchogiie, Miss Bethiah Landon, need 71. At Orient.

Capt. Rufu Tuthill, aged 97, Ihe oldest mnn in that town. In New York, Mrs. Harriet Hogg, aged 36 1 Mary Austin, aged 61 1 Mr. Hannah F.

Abeel, aged 66. lliuiiiltoii Mtornry Aoiocintioii. MONDAY EVENING, January 15lh, leJ44. Question for discussion i Was't -e execution of the Earl of Strafford, justifiable 7" society win meet at nan pm tiuu, JOHN C. BARRIES, Secretary.

Jan. 12 3t To Farmers mid Onrdonon. HA A FARM TO xt L'nr Matnillnn. ahnilt ilea. 6 1-2 mile from Brooklya, coniting nf about 40 Acre of excellent land.

and an abundance of choice fruit, with a good Dwelling-House, Barn, Sheds, It it a aesira-ble place for a person wishing to cultivate vegetable for Ihe New-York and Brooklyn market. During the tummer, boat ply constantly to New-York, and the Brooklyn stages pas the farm every morning and evening. Apply on the pre mise, to nniic. Jan. 12 Animal MasiM'titm SF.COND Lr.CTURE.

AT Hall's Exchange Buildings, (Temperance Hall) on FRIDAY EVENING, January 13. Dr. JOHNSON, at the orgent request of several citizens, who attended his first lecture, and experiments, 11 give a Second Lecture at above. A Young Lady will be magnetised, and all the higher order of phenomena, vizi Clairvoyance, Sympathy, Phreno-Magnetism, will be exhibited. The most rigid scrutiny is invited; and every facility will be afforded by the lecturer, for the investigation of this most extraordinary pheno mena.

Dr. J. would refer to the nnmeron cientiit gentlemen who honored hit first lecture with their attendance, that there i no humbug in thi exhibition. Tickets 25 cents, admitting a lady ana gentle man. Jjoorsopen at nan past o.

r.ipci iiucu lo commence at half past 7 o'clock. N. B. A D'atform will be erected, so the audi ence can see with ease, in all parts of the room. Jan.

11 2t DwrlliiiC-HniiHO, ON BROOKLYN HEIGHTS. For III! ifAVr-fi Sale or to Let, the three-story Dwelling House on Columbia street, between Orange and Pineapple ttreets. The house is new, handsome- ly finished, nnd conveniemly arranged, and the ituation is very eligible. Also, For Sale, or to Let, TWO three-story DWELLING-HOUSES in Clinton treet, near Slate street. Apply at No.

93 Columbia street, Brooklyn, or at 2C1 Pearl street, New-York. Jan. 11 tf. S. S.

WOOD. GREAT AND GLORIOUS NEWsl TO THOSE HAVING Consumption, AnIIiiiisi, CoushsAn rK. SHECUT'S Southern Balm, hat never yet fail. led to cure Consumption in its worst form and stage, notwithstanding it has generally been pronounced by Physicians as incurable. Dr.

S. has devoted 25 years to ihe practice of Medicine, and has at last succeeded in discovering that, which has cured persons labouring under Consumption, after ha ing been given np by their Physicians as hopeless. The Balm is prepared of Herbi discovered while residing 5 years among the Cherokte and Cieek Indians, and having cured himself aAer being told that one half of bis lungs were gone, and thnt he could not live 20 days, and hundreds of others in nearly the same situation, he (eels justified in saying that in 99 cases out of a 100, his Balm WILL CURE CONSUMPTION, provided a portion of the Lung still remain. st preparation of Herbs, are rendered almost usele-s in consequence of boiling them, hut this Bnlrn is prepared by Chemical process whereby all the virtues of the plants are preserv ed and concentrated in the smallest possible quan tity, consequently the dose to be taken even in extreme cases, only a tea spoon half full. It is pleasant to the taste, and prompt in its effect, for in 24 hours it will afford relief to those moat distressed, and those having an ordinary cough, it will cure after taking a few doses.

So many worthiest Balms and preparations having been imposed upon the public as infallible cures for Coughs and Ccnsnmptjon, the Proprietor of the Southern Balm, has resolved to give it to those doubting iis rliic- upon securing to him payment in cne it cures. 17 NOTICE Let no one neglect to procure this medicine on account of poverty, but let hira come and get relief, as arrangements have been made for such as are poor. Price $1 a bottle. Directions, half tea spoon full in a tumbler of water 3 times a t'aj. January II, 1814.

lmdlroe. Proposal for lec and Straw. PROPOSAIS will be received at the Navy Agents Office, No. 85 until Satur day the 13th at 3 P. for fill ng the Ice Houses at tlie Naval Hospital, Brooklyn, Long; Island, with PURE ICE.

The offers to state the price per thousand pounds for the Ice The Straw per bundle, ot full size. There will be required only a sufficient quantity of Straw for stowing the Ice. These supplies must be delivered free of all charges for transportation, and placed in the Ice Houses, as directed by the Surgeon of the Hospital. The quality will be subject to his approval. NAVY AGENTS OFFICE, New York, Jan-nary 8, 1844.

dlw. ICrookljnj Iiiktitntr. THE DRAWING CLASSES will commence on TUESDAY EVENING, Nov. 7th, and continue every Tuesday and Friday Evening da ring the winter. Landscape, Figure and Flower Drawing Class charge of Mr.

Robt. Iloskin. Tuition for members or their sons, other 3 per quarter. Architectural and Mechanical Class in charge Mr. W.

A. Ashe. This will include Grecian, Gothic and Scroll ornaments. Terms To members or their sons, $3 others $5 per quarter. The directors woo Id recommend the above classes to the attentka of Mechanics generally, but especially tn Can-enters, Cabinet Makers, Stone Cutters and Painters.

All tuition payable ia advance. H. G. NICHOLS, eeretary. Nov.

6 tf and Ulh. FIR the balance of the winter, will be sold t4 at reasonable pncen, at J. HUBBARD'S, 103 Faltoa street. Brooklyn, Jan. 11 elf ii a Term.

Recent foreign news state that at dinner given to 8 O'llrien, at Limerick, and at which Mr. O'Comiell presided, the lionornle and learned gentleman delivered these word It has been npeested to me that if I consent-fd to nbnndon the Repenl, the prosecutions shoiilJ be given tip, or if I were convicted, Ihe sentence should not be enforced. hat offer was made. I said once, there shall be no compromise of the repeal. I would rot in dungeon first." The Time, referring to this statement made by Mr.

O'Connell, is very angry with Ihe Peel cab mi, and adds, "The late Lord Kldon wa a shrcwed practiti ner, and hi lordship, at 82, wa reported' to have said, 'If I were to begin life again, I'll if I would not Start a ii Wasn't he right, tny lord and gentlemen of Hie Cabinet" Thnt depends on the rigW-eousnesj of the cause wkich he would aeitntc. Some pe-plo, nr inn tpthareic to agitate, and of jlunvw, n-- course I) not accomplish much in the renovation of the oul or the worlds sympathies, or its heart, or its social existence. Ml'lPERS IN THE CITY OF NkW YORK. We have ret kept a particular inventory of the mur-dersir New York oflale-but the juries have just decid. on two cases of murder or manslaugh-ter, ard two more are on docket for trial next Mondiy.

The Stolen Island outrage almost be-long the city. Leilga, indicted for murder and arson, in hfing murdered his wife and then set fire to the bei on which he lay, near the corner orBroad-way id Grand will take hi trial on Monday, id I iam Jones, who is indicted for the mnrder of Jalie Doyle, at a political brawl, and wa ar-restei after hi at New Orleans, i also rematded to jail for trial on Monday next. Mr. Freeman, of Macon county, Alahrma, was shot by a man named Seals. Free-I ui.nniin Reals and man lact leviea on a ileum hi.

sm.in.law The bailiff and Freeman the latter getting behind the for- mnnli-rfri coming up. Seals menu was iot through both legs, on which he fell, and Vann could scarcely be restrained from shooting him tfter he was down. Freeman died in two or hours ofUxk-iaw: the murderer waited nntilthey heard thi result, when they immediately flel fur Texas. Newark Morning Post sates that i young man was found lying on the stoop of the Iniled States Hotel in that city, ana mat no was tupposed to be intoxicated. Examination however found hw to be under the enecia o.

deadly opiate, and he died before a stomach pump could be procured. I he rosi says "A little investigation proved him to be a son ofRe'. William Parkinson of the Baptist Church, His business, teaching. His habits h.n tirietlv correct for some time, and it is said he had been about Newark, out of em-nlov. far some two or three weeks.

In his pock- etwal found three ieueis, Hir.M.,1 M. White, 95 William street, Ar nhtl.h 9, ih. nther two without directions, and all so'licit'ng the loan of money ($10.) He was at in the afternoon, writing, and appear ed to be sober and in his right mimi. Pnrlin on was about ya years oi age. iiv in whom he had been married about even years.

We believe they did not live togethtr, though he saw her in the afternoon, and intimations of his intention to oe- l.mlnnum. He was a man of -j I inti.lliiTence.and has probably been brought to his fatal resolntion by a love of ardent spirits." A Patriot learn from an exchange paper, thai Gen. Robinson recently died in Vermont, aged 70 yen. lie had seven bro- thers, who, with himself, fought at the battle of Bennington, in 1777, and stood by Gen. btarK when he addressed the soldiers.

AUer Ihe war he hell theofficeof Constable for 15 years, he then filled the Sheriffalty, and finally was Mar-shall of the United States. Bradbury's Singing School for Ladie and Gentlemen." This is the title of a work recently published ty W. B. Bradbury, Professor of Music. It is eminently adapted to Ihe nse of a large majority of those, who wish in a short time, to acquire knowledge of the elements of music, and a readi- neis nt reading notes, seldom acquired during a series of years.

"Interspersed with pleasing mdodies, rounds, glees, sacred pieces," this work, it is believed, is far more interesting, attractive end useful, than any other of the kind, heletofore published. C. Ti'r Boys' and Girls' Liprary edited by Mrs. folman. January, 1, 1844.

Vol. IV. No. 1. )Ve have received from Mr.

Wilder, 51 Fulton street, the first number of the fourth volume of thj Juvenile Magazine above named. It is a tasteful and appropriate monthly for children, coitaining 32 pages of reading mat'er, with that esgmtial feature for large and small magazines, foi big and little children pictorial embellish-mit. Among the contributors, are Rev. Jacob Atbott, T. S.

Arthur, Mrs. Mrs. Oj- gotd, and Mr. A. J.

Graves; Misses Sedgwick, H.F. Gould, A. A. Gray, hat can be sa3 more for any Juvenile magazine in the country? The contents, as may be expected, have a god moral and intellectual tendency though pu ting Mercy and Truth in a fairy story, we do no; think in good taste the moral could be bet- terpainted in another form one or two other blonishes are all we have noticed while reading ils paces. The following lines on Fallen Leave, art very happily versified THE FALLEN LEAVES.

sound that move the heart with pleasure, ind the leafy band that play In the oils on summer ''ays, iVeaveth spells upon 'he heart, Jf-e hg not Ihe rules of art. ut November frosts did bile, Jt nd the choir is silent quite; the dance is done, the minstrelsy mute, alas, that it should be! Hoi ho! Say you so ind then with a tumble, a twist and a twirl. I frisk and a freak, and a whisk and a whirl, miner awav In frolic gay Here and there, No matter where; Thi way, that way, Any way, every way. low the rogaet do run and chase, Laughing misfortune ia the A. A Cray.

1 passenger oa board one of the Ohio boats a pocket book containing lakta from unler hi bead, the other day, as he lay asleep ia berth. The robber, after taking three aa two replaced the moncj withoat wa- rg tae owner. and are of has by he ia nations. We notice that there it of late a disposition to break down the right of the officers of just ce to conduct private examinations ol accuseu paries i'i criminal cases. This has been Ihecase with nil ihe reporters, we believe, in the Stolen Maud alfiir and the Providence Chioniclc, be.

eaue it cannot get out its daily record of every true, false, or alleged particular, concerning the murdereraof Mr. Sprajue, at elicited upon theirei miaalion, wants to know upon what grounds Ihe filtrates can close their door I The story that the ends of justice cannot longer be tubsened ly this course," is stereotyped and hackneyed con-linually now. And why is it Must public be surfeited to repletion with the horrible mino-tic of every crime that i ccur Has the public taste gi to be so refined that the press is expected daily to scatter nil ovrr the land Ihe most trifling paricular of every nefarious deed of burglary, or of each revolting circumstance of midnight crime 1 Are the journals of our land to be the wide spread textbook from whose ample novices are to study the tactic of crime, and the master-signs of the high masonry of vil. lainy We hope not. It indicates to our view a spirit of insubordi nation to wholesome restraint.

Safeguards are thrown around the public interests, and energetic measum to execute their obligation are pat into a train of completion, but they are proscribed a being "A'o longer capable of subserving the ends of justice Who can judge of thi but the properly delegated officer who know what has transpired and what i likely to be developed 1 It i high-sounding and welling censure, to be sure, and smacks of an air of dignity, to talk about and denounce "secret sessions," inquisition," and other things, but it shows a want of proper appiecialion of lhatde- si: able reserve and cautien which should charac terise an cnlichtened press. We think it unnecessary, and, in fact, inexpe dient, that all of these thing should be laid l.e- lore old and young, experienced and inexperienced alike, so tliut the daily journal become merely bulletins of infamy, and we hope some of themost influential will give a check to this ten. dency which will be widely felt and permanently effective. The Winos or the Wind Atmospheric Railways. An improvement ha lately been made in Railway which bW lair to render the old fashioned road decidedly sluggish and un popular.

We shall not now describe the structure of the new railway nor the mode of applying the main agent by which it operates which i atmos pheric pressure. Suffice it to say in the language of the Westminister Review on the ubject: the speed attained as far exceeds that of Ihe loco- motive, as the locomotive speed exceeds that of the stage coaches. Th mntter is not theory, but has been put in successful operation by Clegg Samuda on the Kingston and Dalkey line in Ireland. Experiments on this line were conducted by General Pasley, R. E.

J. Reunel, and Mr. Mallet, which were most satisfactory. On one occasion a gross load of sixty seven tons was propelled up the incline of one in one hundred and twenty, st the rate of twenty five miles per hour. After wards a load of thirty five tons was propelled at the rate of fifty mile per hour.

The average speed intended to be accomplished is forty five miles an hour, and the other advantages of the atmospheric plan are economy of construction, one line being sufficient for all pur-poses, economy in working, being propelled by stationary engines taking but one fourth the or dinary amount uf fuel, andioej.the arrangement of the railway being such that it is impossible for train to come in collision. The Scottish Free Church and it Dele- 11 gation. ihe Christians oi mis country, oi mi denominations, must feel an interest in the ecclesiastical revolutions in Scotland, and in their delegation sent to this country for purposes pacific and important. The Rev. William Cunningham, D.

the Chairman of the delegation, arrived in this country several weeks since and will make a fulj exposition of his mission, and the present condition and attitude of the Free Church of Scotland, this evening, in the First Presbyterian Church at 7 o'clock. Dr. Cunningham, as a gentleman, a scholar, a Christian, a preacher, and an ecclesiastic, stands high in his own country, and has been received in this with a corresponding respect and courtesy, which he well appreciates and deserves. The Doctor is now a colleague with Rev. Drs.

Chalmers, Welsh and Duncan, in the Theological Faculty of the Free Church of Scotland at Edin. burgh. Strangers will be accommodated with scats. Brooklyn Institcti. Last evening the Eighth Lecture before the Institute was delivered by Rev.

Dr. Humphreys, President of Amherst College, on TAe ProiAecy of History. It wa an instructive and able performance, and manifested that deep regard for and defence of the sacrrd History, which is the only true history of the distant past, which would naturally be expected from a gentleman occupying his position in society. It appeared to give general pleasure and satisfaction. Burglary Set to the doors evening, a colored man named Peter Nosirand, entered the cellar of Mr.

Osborne, No. 30 Slate street, and there concealed himself nntil thenight. was some what advanced, when he made hi way into a closet ud slain from which he look Spanish Wrapper, a Dress Coat, and a pair of Pantaloons, nd then made bis escape from the cellar into the street He dropped the pantaloons as was going along, when the Watch hailed bim, and 11 him of his kiss, at which Nostrand threw dona the bundle and started. The Watch finally overhauled him and deposited bim in the cells, and returned (or the articles, which he recovered. A hvu Masta," said a slave to as, one day, while we were peeping ronnd the Old Dominion," and were sunJing along tide of a leam engine which had a lull fool exposed, Ms- sa," said Harry, de lodtr engine wot I worked was so hot, cot be iroa frem get red, itat tMes yem til drrt, f.m go smd nr ci yndtr VuxtaisK.

I see a black bird, sittia oa a limb!" as Saa Jotting said whea he bad Dinak oa his knee I Dr. Lardrxr Atlrveooy. e4 aMuBftoa Icturia thi For the Slar. THE ANCIENT BURIAL PLACE. I looked upon my native town, Just Ihe sun was telling down Bchin a favorite hill I And sadnr seized my iril then, For oh I thought how raany men Lay cold, nnd dead, and till, Behind that rosy hill cU' t.iade, Which deep tin selling sun bad made.

I thonclit how gladly would Ihcy share The scene, c.nld they I silling there All living hy my d. At r.ce in foimer times they st Engneed in pleasing, social chat, From noon till eventide Defining their lives iliould never nd The husband, lover, wife nd friend. Ti true, thnt time had wrought a change In all that toft extended ranee 01 meadow, and of plaint The forest oak had left the find, IVhf re orchard treri now thickly stand The Indian too, hnd loin With all hie persecuted race, Deep in that lonely burial place. But though the forest oak were gone, And he who called it nil hi own, To grace the no more There rose the hill, and full the vale, And bright beyond the sun was pale, Just at it was before, When all that band that sleep to sound, Stood on that green and glorious ground. Gone from the enrlh, forever gone I I aid and tears fell thickly down, Of sorrows, as I passed And they shall never more retorn To view the loveliness, 1 burn Again to see them taste I I groaned in spirit and I toiled To be resigned and reconciled.

I looked upon my native town, Just as the sun was setting down, And long it caught my gaze; Its fields with autumn beauly blent, Those happy fields where I hud spent My joyous, youthful days For well I knew like all the past, That lingering view might be my lat. Orient, Nov, 13. I. 0. T.

KHOOKLVIV KVKSISI KTAK. Fkidav Evening, Jan. 12, 1844. Public Executions an Evasion of the Law We gave in our paper of yesterday an account of the murderer, Horn, whose execution has pro bably taken place to-day, which we find credited to the Baltimore Sun. The subjoined is from the same source.

One point in it we think deserving of particular remark, and should be severely re prehended What was the object contended for by those who opposed public executions? Why were laws passed by our State Legislatures requiring the ex Motion of criminals to be within the limits of the jail instead of oulside, where it could re witnessed by the thousands who always co gregate at aucn painful spectacles The great principle was to void the hardening and demoralizing influence of such an exhibition, which tended to foster the passions, excite tumult and render the feelings callous to the sensibility of the enormity or crime, and the. infinite extent of the punishment. Pub- lie executions having by long experience been demonstrated to be injurious, were abolished, and the more humane and decent, as well as moral course adopted, of performing this painful office in private, where a few of the officers of justice, and proper number of witnesses were summoned to see that the heavy pennlty of the law should be faithfully fulfilled. Do any doubt the propri ety and excellence of this measure No one, we think, having delicacy of feeling and sympathy for the miserable condition of a fellow being, will dispute its wisdom. By the statement below, however, it seems that the Sheriff has found an ingenious method for the evasion of this wholesome provision, by XRICTINQ A CALLOWS SUFFICIENTLY HIGH TO AD MIT OF THE SUFFERER BEING SEEN OVER TH jprison We would like to know -whai authority this can be done.

Of course, as such a thing was never before dreamed of, no provision of the statute book could anticipate it it is one of those omioons tokens of evasion of law and conlempt for good order, which are now ao freauentlv mtt with in this country. We trust the conserv ators of the public wenl in Maryland, and particularly Baltimore county, will inquire into this affair. And yet w.th all this, "Me Sheriff, with a proper view of his official duty, has determined to fulfil every particular of this thankless office him' telf. He recognizes," What trash! "The execution will he conducted, as a matter of course, in strict acrordnnce with the requisition ol the law, the present very efficient Sheriffif the county haii tiven the matter his particular consideration. The instrument of dralh v.

ill be erected wilhin the walls of the jail, and a few feet frnm that upon tha uth side bounded by Madison near the points at which it in inter ected by the wall of the Penitentinry the south ast corner the jail yard it will have an ele vation of about thi'ty left, so that the malefactor will be distinctly seen by persons without, and the execution be thus conducted publicly, in every resnect to the intention of the law. The mude of death will be by the as it is usually termed, and not by wruhts and pullies. The time specified by the Governor's warrant 12 o'clock at noon on I riday, the 12lh ol Jan ary, and al houeli the hour will not be suffered to pa without the fulfilment of the warrant, the criminal will be allowed the henefit of every minute prescribed by the law; therefore the execution will take place at noon precisely. It has been a custom, hitherto, lor the officer to whom ihe warrantor execution is directed, as Mierin or Marshall of the U. States, to employ one creature, generally or (he most degraded tamp, to perform Ihe art which concludes the last scene of life, and launches the Soul into eternity.

But wiih what we deem a proper view flhe character of his official dmy, were really gratified to learn that Mr. Tracy, the Sher-iff ol Baltimore county, has determined to lulfil tvery particular of the thankless office himself with hi own hands asistrd in prelminanei only, by one or two of bis deputies, lie recogni zes an impropriety in the introduction of a thud and irresponsible party, and especially objects to disturb Ihe mind of the culprit at the last moment of Ins life, by brining before his ejis an object canca ured by a buigling disguise, with all the appaling solemnity of sable attire, but with none its imprruive dignity either in or demeanor. Mr. Tracy will be with bim, beieg f-rciliar to bim fiom the own ing to the bour of bis death properly arraed a mourning (ait, wearing bis word of office, and knowa to the unhappy mn, as the snereifal. kiat and attentive representative the justice or Ike law, whose viohled tnajcty eaa aloae talusrd ith the life of the heinous deader.

Mr. Speaeer ba bees aoc tnu4 by the Prrst-Wmtas JvdieofUtt C. S. S-w Coait, Ut Cm I.hU tare not yet bad tbrta. 1 beea elected to supply the vacancy.

Mr. Clay's visit to New Orleans is occasioned the recent death of a daughter, whose estate bat beea called oa to settle. There are about four thousand men engaged the lumbering bnsiaesa ia the State of Maine. Ttey are employed about eight Booths ia the year. The Hutchinson Family are at Philadelphia..