AllllTiaitl Ri tlullllltflT. BY JOHN B.BRATTON. YOL. 35. Purify the Bipod I DR. KEELER’S PANACEA, FOR the removal and permanent cure. of. all dis eases arising from an impure state of the Blood and habit of the body, viz: Chronic bronchitis, catarrh, pleurisy, coughs* etc., scrofulu in all its forms, tetter, scald-head, salt rheum) ■ cutaneous eruptions of the head, face, body, and ex- Ireraitics, chronic diseases of. the liver, stomach, and bowels, chronic rheumotism, chronic-enlargement of the joints and ligaments, white swellings,, hip-joint affections, abccases, ulcers,'syphilitic disorders* mer curial and hereditary predispositions, etc. Spring and summer hove pasted awajft and autumn is once more with us.. There is a melancholy sad ness in the season and all nature seems to fuel , the Change that is stealing silently on.. Man seems to Shrink from the coming winter and prepares himself to meet the changes which the seasons-imp so upon him. But how is it with the- bed-ridden mariyr to scrofula, liver diseases, chest affections, rhematism, or any of the numerous disorders which lake their rise in the organs of digestion and so soon dry up the springs of life. How does he feel the changes? What gloomy forebodings lie, in the future? The sear and yellow ieafhfrautumff remind himthal “de cay’s effacing already active in their work of desolation. He feels and knows that with out relief With him life's scenes will soon be o’er, His beating heart will cease to bent. Bui tins the bounteous hand of nature scattered around us no remedy to drive disease from the sys tern unci bring again the bloom upon the check I—' Must hours, days, iveeks and months, bo consumed tn anguish and sullWingl Our answer is emphali' cully no. The Panacea is n remedy of unsurpassed alterative powers, and will so far us human agency and fun-sight can go, drive disease from the s stem and restore it again to health. From the past wo Way judge of the future. What has once hern done can he done again. From the many advantages con ferred on the afflicted by ihe Panacea, all may rea sonably hope for. and expect to derive benefits. Read the following evidence: 1 _u . , ( . PiiilAtjbiphia, Juno 9,1847. Hftvirtg bcin apjmied Of the nature of the Pann tfca, it alTotdf me much pleasure to bo ible to rocom- Wend It aha valfluMc remedy fevthose chronic, con stitutional and glaudiilnr diseases, to which it is es pecially adapted. Those who are afflicted and re quire medicine n& an alterative, cannot 'Obtain it in a Wore agreeable, active And Uniform stale, than is to be found in the Punoced. ■ I have \l6fcd it In scVcral . instance’s \Vtlft decided ■fcttcdsstr. Yoyo's, ALIXsON. Ml D. Prepared NWrth-wcst Corner 3d & Sq'iith streets, Philadelphia For'Sajeby Samuel feu,ibTT. Car lisle, and by Druggists and Mbrch’Anla llttoughoul \ho county. ... Price 81 per bottle or G’holllcs folr $6. For par ticulars see pamphlets. October 28, 1848.—6 m C. BAUER’S Compound fluid kxtract of Sarsaparilla. THISS anicle is employed with, great success, jind by the mosl eminent physicians of this city, for the followingdiseases; Scrofula or Sings B»i(, thehuiatism.t’ulaneoiis Hiseasps, sipliiliiib afleclibns,’ tiller atid ulcers whiih swellings, snurvey, neuralgia nr lie rlnuloii! rpaiix, cancer, gnilu orhrniichoccle, (swelled neck) Spine diseases, chronic disease of the lungs, to counteract the destructive effects of mercury Jaundide. hyperlliepy, or enlargement of the heart! palpitation and treat tiling of the heart tlnd stomach! ‘enlargement of the hones, joints nr ligaments. Aldb till the various diseases of the skin, stieh ha tettey; Uniform*, biles, pimples, carbuncles, etc. Uyspe|m!a tlnd liver Complaints, nervous aP feciions, dropsical swellings, constiiiiiional disor ders, and diseases originating from an impure Slate of the blood and other muds of the body. In short all diseases where a change of the system is remitted. I’repdretl only tjy lile proprietor*; John C. I)a -toll f 9alß *lH'S&l»tt.»ha oliemikts. Nb. 100 North I bird street, below Hace street, Phils. Price. fiO cents per bottle, who always keen a good add Bcneta) supply of fresh drugs. Alsn.a new arttele. Imitation Plats GoaSs. very suite. nor, equal to English or'French Plates, for one fifth llte.priee, any size, according to order; tone. IherwUij nils; and class • The Compound Fluid Ekirncl of Sarsaparilla For Bale by Henry & Casing. Druggists, corner <>C Market and Third streets, MarrlsbUl-g; and sole agents far Dauphin county Decsmber 7, 1818.—I JLIJPJB INSURANCE. I’snn Mutual Lift. Insuiiancc Oompaaiv JVSJ. 91 tfalnut £l, Capital $30,000, Tills Company is now rosily to make Insurant on Lines, bn the muiual sysioni, vyilliout lia bility beyond tlio amount of the premium. All tho profils of Iliccompany divided annually among the insured, 3 The premium may bo paid monthly! (innrlorly. Semi-annually, nr annually, or onn-ha'll'or ihopie niiuui niay he paid in a note at 12 moniha. Individuals insured : in this company become Members of the Corporation, Kud Void for True tebfti I'or tile greater security of parlies insuring with Ibis company, a guarantee capital of 980,000 has boon created to meet the losses Hint may accrue Upon policies issued by the company, to be hold and used by the Trustees, until a capital exceed ing that amount h.isbeen realised from the receipts or premiums. • Ij> MlLliKtt, President.* WM, M. CLAIIK, Vice Presidents. John VV, Houneii, Sccrrtory. The undersigned has been appointed Agent for Carlisle. Blank applications for insurance, with fell particulars, can bn had at the now store, dor tier of Hanover and Louther ats. S. D. ROWEL. Dr. G. W. Foulke, Examining Physician. Carlisle. Nov. 9, 1848. Strong Breeze from Philadelphia, CHAS. OGIIjDV, will bo receiving this week a largo selection of Winter Goods, comprising Frertchnnd English Morinoos,Cashmeres, Madelines, Shawls, and various articles of Ladies drofts goods. Our stock of Cloths, Cassimorss, Vestings, &e,, will be unusually largo and of ills choicest stylo tho tily market can produce. Ladled and Gentlemen ar6 rcspocltoily Invited to its oi n( * ox ' im ‘ r ‘° "‘f »mmso|vos; Remember tho 4ig Sign end Big Windows, a few duois oast of tho Market Houdfd, dtld directly opposite Martin’s Hotel; Save ydur Stiles J , GUTTA PERCHA SOLES. , WM. M. POUTER, having 1 obtained the right

of n 2, out lo "nago also increased from 8,839,040 to 3,150,502 tons. . The most of this in crease Is attributed to tho present lariff. A rc-euact ment of tfio lariff of '42 will increase smuggling,— great advlntages for which exist along our Coast, os Js shofrn by elaborate tables. ' .* Tho report then goes on to speak pftho coast sbr. 'lf^ S i°I 1 T e and rebbmrilenda that collection fflt'u' nl San Dic ff°' Monterey) Pu., mirOo The imntensp com ”™ I* expected to arise betivben otir Pacific ihS.ab nd -f ,0 -l A *" , j C n " lons '• fuluri-bd io; and for the sake pf otir coliimorco os well as otir revenue a uso m o b n el iba f t“ne d tl0n “ l atc “' nBl, T s '■ rcbbihinendeU for Golf Thi ' veM ? 8 ‘he Atlantic and tile •#i- * ** 3mportaoco of fostering our commerce ciiristia’illv o ? m° Ur f d ’ i"“ U , W,U “ 1,10 Preotirsor of Christianity among her heathen notions! and in tha same paragraph the Secretary refers to the immense lation.' W ° Uld b ° “ ddCd U °“ r .commercial polili. „ 9 f : j blar }’ r ; nc ,' v ” his recommendations for reciprocal free trade between the Canadas and the Slates. Reciprocal and unrestricted .commerce bo tws™ our Republic and Mexico is also recommended, about*r* p 0 h ° ld out that it will soon bo brought A bralfcli Mini in the city bf Now York is attain strongly.jirged upon Congress, and .a number of Statements aro made to show the necessity for one.. Tho loan 0f810.000.0U0, authorixed by the 31st of i ? r ° »J§, rC i rer . red > lol ,nd 11,0 amoifnt of premium oblainpdlir it ts given at 8187,108,00. Tho. public debt for *oh year from ITUO down lo 1846 is refer f. , l ,° r “fl‘bo sake of comparison, and.lho result is highly Out or a bio to the present condition ofour finan Z/ln J O ,, 8 - 0 ' 1 ' o ,?' I’ablio debt at thb present 278A50® 8 S 1,0 °“ n ,el l ° ha paid in, is 805,. Tlio Pnbllo Lands amount to i,443,917,839 obres worth, 5m, 25 peracr0.91,802,778,298. Regarding "re uf SS h on,jr 25 ccnls per t>Jr Imprbfemenls in the slandortl system of weights and measures aro suggested. A grant of a section of-land> every quarter township of Oregon, Now Mexico c«d California for purposes of education, is stronglykirgcd, 1 .1 171,0 X? , ““Siun Of California is referred to, and the establishment of a Croiiph Mint at San Francisco is very sjfongly urged upon Congress. A scientific (9 make a geological survey oflho lory ts i&o fecommendqd/ : ~ on^thp'Warehousing Syelem is pronnsen. I« iho meopltmc it is Btalctl that iho value of foreign goods warehoused, from Aligns! 184 G to September 30th, 1848, Is about 644,000,000. 7 ho Secretary makes sonic suggestions concerning 1 (Iho organization of the Treosufy Department, the, separation from it of tho Land Office, supervision of tho Marshalls ond the appointment of an Assistant J>corolury. He advises also tho detachment of the Indian Office and the Pension Office frpm tho War Department J ;and that of tho Patent Office from the atato Ucparljpcnl; and the organization of them all ead » b'b called .the Secrehirti of Inte rior. Tlie whole expense would not exceed $20,000 per annum. ’ ° u * WoU,, rons Atmosphere. . Tlle “Imosphoro rises aboVo da with its cathedral dome, arching towards the heaven, of which it Is iho most familiarsynonymoandsymbol. It flollls al-echd us like that grand object which thenposlle John saw in his vision—“a sea of glass like unto crystal.” So I„TT° '". II V? h ' l i.; vl,cn 11 begins to aiir. it losses “/™ ot “h'pe l>ko playthings, and sweeps cities I and forests like snow-flakes to destruction before it And yet it is so mobile, that wo have lived years in it before wo can be pursuadod that it exist at all, and the groat bulk of mankind never realize the truth that they are bathed In on ocean of air. Ila weight a so enormous, that iron shivers before it like ghtss; Vet a soap ball sails through it with impunity, and the Ilmen insect waves it aside with its wing. It • ministers lavishly to all. the senses.. We touch it and it touches us. Its warm sooth winds bring back color to the pale face of the invalid; its cool west winds refresh the fevered brow, and makes the blood mantle in olir cheeks; even its north blasts brace into now vigor tile hardened children of our rugged cli mate. The cjm til indebted to it for all tho magnifi cence of sunrise, tliefnll brightness of mid-day, the chastened radiance of the gloaming, and Ihe cloilds that cradle near tho setting sun. But'for it the rain bow would want its “triumphal arch," and the winds would not send ibclr fleecy nlcssctigors on errands Sround (he heavens. Tho cold ether woilld hbl ehed snow feathers on the earth, nor would drops of dew gather on the flowers. The kindly rain would ncVer fail, nor hailstorm nor fog diversify tho face of Iho «ky. Our naked globe would turn its tanned and unshadowed forehead to Ihe sun, and one dreary, monotonous blaze of light and heat dazzle and burn up-all things. Were there no atmosphere, the even, mg sun would in a.moment set, and without warning •lunge the earth in darkness. But Iho air keeps in her hand a sheath of his rays, and lets them slip but slowly through her fingers; so that tho shadows of Z'Z'IF T ffathcrcd by degrees, and the flowers have lime to bow their heads anddaeh crcaturespaco o find a place of rest, and to nestle to repose. In ‘ If E " r "' S i' ".“1 woo,d bound burst from the bosom of night and blaze above the , ”T n i ! n bU . 1 . 1 ", 8 alr welches for his coming, and sends at first but one little ray to announce his ap proach, and then another, and by and by a handful and so gently draws aside the curtain of night, and Mrthfi ff hv° J'fm ra “ on ,llc r “ c ° of tllc elecping earth) till hub eJeTjds open, and like man, sho goelh Poeullarltloa or Pnliltd Man. II islnloraling somcliiriM to ace the different wavs in which different individudls get blit-, of the same dilemma. Mr. Calhoun to not often at a leas for a word, but occasionally one sticks in his throat; in . the pronunciation, like MaobdlhV Aiib*. In such a case tic gives a petulant twitch or two at his shirt collar, and runs his heny fingers, through his lone gray hair, until it fairly bristles. VVebslor, when (lathered for a word; or snarled up in a sentence; nl. most invariably scratches the Inner of His , loft eye carefully with the third finger of his right hand,— eiling In thls( ho nibs his nose quite fiercely with the bent kucklo of his thumb. As a dernier resort, ho springs bis knees span until his logs resemble an ehpscs, then plunging his hands deep into his pock ets, ho throws the upper section of Ills body forward. a.ntl Iho word iS “bound to come." Gen. Cass, in a similar prcdloamenl. paßscs hie bond along the lowof edge of his vest. Mr. Benton sinks his voice so that Uie remainder of (ho sentence unintelligible. Mr. I Mangum is. violent, and the obdurate word is sup. piled by ‘ Oeckhoe moo!" Mr. Jdhnson, of Maryland. Mr, Crittenden, and Mr. Honogan, arc never bother* od {they speak light on,and their drafts upon tho President's English ore never dishonored. I I ■ Fatality of Anoleut Author!. I r Aneorcon, the lyric pool, was choked to death by Iho • , ult I . ol ,' l ''Ly ino ' Arohilorus was murdered by a i Cicero perished under the pro.crii.tion of ' t°TrT°‘ „ C " rli " u '. “ comic wHlor; n. drowned. Demoatltenc*. (he glory of hi* qpq and Uio world, kilied him.olf with poieon, which *ho el weji cerried smut him In * quill; Edripldo., (lie tragib pobl, and Hoiaclllus.tho phlldibphcr; wore lorn to piece, by doge. Brdpcdocloi; the poet and phi|o>- phor was foil in (lie creior of Modnt .Etna; He.l od, the cole rn pom ty ol Horntr; wo. murdered by bi. 1 .Corel and inveterate enemies; JulliiS Ctbsaffcil by ' Iho sword of conapirilora. Longlnua was sacrificed 1 p the fury of the Roman aoldlor.; Ldoroiius; wrl- ! Ithg Under (ho dolinditl df a |llilldsoplior, destroyed himself through it. effects. Orpheus, who touched 1 the lyre with such hallowed hand., that made the ' river, coa.o to Row. tho boast, of the forest to forget ! their savage nature, and the mountain, to listen to his «ong, was torn in pieces by sumo Tracian womont. Pliny the elder was suffocated by tho sulphurous va por of Mount Vcsttvieits. Sapplio, in a fit of disco- ' pointed lovo, throw himself from a precipice; Seneca ' and Lucan, both condemned to death by tho tyrant ' Nero, opened their vlona and implied repealing thoir * own vorao. Socrates, wills stoical firmness mot Ills I death In i oup of liomlooh. Taoilua is supposed lu have died by the dogger of an aaaaaain, and Thooo- 1 rilns,‘admired for tho elegance and simplicity of hia 1 poetry, was strangled. 1 Thin fihoeg* A summer bird (hot hda lingered late into tbo au. lumn, leaving Us timid foot prints in the first fall of anoiv, over reminds one of that 'delicate fair one, in light thin slippers, on a cold ley pavement. The bird can escape to a worm cllmale; and In the spring it can ro.aptfaar j but the lody is on ilia journey froiti which there is no roldrni The ntuslo of the bird may again gladden its native tree ; but her voice will i)ot again cheer tho hearth of her (mine. The bod ies df sorrow and the sWly returning hoarse, will Soon toll wiai that slipper lias done, DepovtitiotU* Bp reserved, but not sour; grave; but not formal bpld, but not rosh; humble, but not survilot patient, but not insibio; constant, butn'otobstluato; ohoerful; but not light; rather bo nwoet tempered, than foml. liar I familiar, rather than intimate; and intimate few, and with those fbw upon good grounds. —WlllitUn Penti, . B , r i ?j' x ™ alNG Ti| a Isuhov.—A. nllnislcTwns one Sab. bath day eiamining iho Sunday Soliool in catechism nni°in ih« n.°? gr f 8 i a,i(ln ' Tll ° ll " u " 1 nuestion was fir “ B f ’ “ " lrnpp , ar> abo "' thirteen years J unUetml. O T .T 11 *rather.-wlmwas a R«*Vl 0 W n on Wstomors, J " your name ?" said (ho parson. No reply. “What Is your name?" lie repealed In a very nor. omplory manner. , . “None of your Ton, Mr. Minister," said the girl, "You know rny name well enough. Don’t you say whoo you chine lopiir hou'sti bn a night; ‘Bet, bring me,eom6.mote a|o?’ “ * • “ , fho congregation forgetting the sseredposs of iho k.orpad gpjp t andllio parson looked Report of the Secretary of the Navy* It presents a highly gratifying view of (hat im portant department of (ho public service, and manv valuable suggestions for its Improvement.. During the past year, Iwo new ships of war—the Verraonl (sl.ip-oClhe-ltno) aha (ho St. Lawrence (inga(e)—have been launched ;«ond the construction or tho four war steamships outhorized by low is In satisfactory progress. The report gives a clear and succinct account of tho service .performed by,our squadrons on the East Indian, Mediterranean. Bra zilian, and African stations; and notices more fully: and In terms of high and just commendation, the very valuable services performed under great difilcul t * M llw squadrons in the Gulf of Mexico and in the Pacific during (ho war with Mexico. . Wo com. ' "fr 1,8 P or^on ,0 report—written, os U is, with tho Secretary's usual clearness and force—to i special attention.' It abundantly justifies’ the conplu-J sion at which he arrives, of (ho groat irnp'orldnco and I value of this branch of our public service. Tho sug. I gostions of tho Secretary in relation to promotion/ among (be officers of Old navy will nlSa aUhbt at. tendon/ as will his Judiolarioindrlfft and rccommcn. nations In fotfafd to the Naval School. Tho Notional Observatory, nd«r so ably and operated by otQoers pf ( the navy, is noticed In a series of re. marks; which fully aomdndtnitb the efficiency and [ho high value of tho services winch that Institution Is rendering, ttj the country and Us naval, scientific, and natlgatlng interests, Tho etato of the mail steamship dorvlco is fully described; and Id such as to afford, a sure guaranty that U must prodded rdosl bonofioml and Interesting results^ The total ostimoics for the naval s'dfvtco, 1 anil for other objects under (ho control of the Navy Depart raent, during the fiscal year ending Juno 30, 1850 <8 ' 58. But of this sum near 83,000,000 are for objects not pertaining to the naval establishment proper, thocstlmnlcsforwhlclinmounl to but $5,907,946 68i It win also bo oeou. from (he report, that the expenditures for oil the public service performed under the control of the Navy Department Volo e tl, ° fißOal P nd| ng on the 30th Juno, I 1848, (embracing almost the entire period of the war I with Mexico,) amounted, to but $21,598,661 The expenditures for the same branch of the public sor vice during the two previous fiscal years amounted to $14,967,1 36 09. It appears that (ho appropriations made by Congress for the naval service during the two years of’the war, wore not expended; an unox pondud balance df mote (hah three millions so appro priated; /emidlnJng in the treasury on tho first of July last: This ,is a fact which speaks loudly for the judgmonUnd economy with whidi tho extonslve and important operations of the department have boon conducted. Thp Secretary, in concluding his report, bears full testimony to tliq excellent organisation oftho depart. monl< and to Urn valuable nid wliloli Hb nos received In il« adiplni«li;at|on from Its vnriqps bureaus, lip BUggcfllß, however, the establishment of on additional bureau, iorrosnondlriff in i(a gl/oratlcr to tho oflleoof the Adjutant General of thp army. Tlj6 repofl fcpn; tains other slotcmontpand recommendations of much I interest, for. which wo must refer our reader* io the cltiodmq,r\l. itnclp ,I( Is wrlltpn throughout with marked ability,' ana'exhibits in a clour light the accomplished Secretary’s administrative tulcnt and offioionoy,, Report of the Soorotqry of War* fhe Report of the decretory rff mertl, In those days of long winded documents, of being brief, olesiyand to.tho point, ■ T|(o Secretary oommonoa* by allusion to tl}o opc* ration* of our troops in Mexico and California down toHhocloio of hostilities. . The conduct of Gens. Lane a.ud Price; and Colonel Muson; ari vWmly Cominon* aw, • *. Oar military peace establishment is now nearly the •ame Innumercial strength bb It was at llio odm. 'monceo|ont of the war with . Mexico, Tilled up to Uio UtmoßtlimU alldWcd by law, It would bo 9*878 of. ficers and. soldiers, exclusive of Hie enlisted men of tlio,ordnance; but its actual numerical strength will generally fall bonsidcrably below this nUmber. . The great extension ot odr. territorial limits required a< hew Arrangement ol diir, military divisions and de-f partments.' • The eastern or first division is nolf changed. Texas and New Mexico have been added; to the Western; or second ; and California and Or egon constitutes tho third—or ihc division rif ih'o Pacific. 1 p *£ b ° lGd , t, “ t lho Mounted Riflo Regiment will be enffieicntly recruited to leave for Oregon in tho spring. * .Order, were given to Gen. Wool, when in’commend of the forces at Saltillo, Monterey; and oh the Rio Grando frontier, tb oend a pert of 11,0 regular troop, with him directly to Colifornia end Now- Mcxioo.— Pursuant to this dircolinn, two compenic. ol.the Ist and two of the 2nd dragoons proceeded up the right bank or the RioGrnndc to Chlhbahbn, erbssbil over to the Gua, and down that rlvor to talilbrnia. By this lihio, it is probable, they have reached their ul litrmlo di slinalion. One company of dragoons and one oflight artille , ry were also sentTrom the Rio Grunde; and proceed ed on the Mexican side of It up te Sarto £*e. These ' ,a af w^ orrived in'New Mexico. Two companies of lho. Ist regiment of artillery navb embarked at New York, to go around Capo Horn to Oregon; arid Jho 2d regimeht offnfanUy has 8 *° ießj'to probfccH, by tho same roiilo; lb Colifor- , Ab early In tljp spring, os a Badaogo bah bo I made across the country, other troops will bo sent to Grcgon in numberc sufficidnt to hold and protect that 1 1 lemlory. „ Troops to guard the Rio Grande frontier and keen '",r°u, k . lho ,ndi “ n ? >" that ijuartcrhavb been order. , ,? t o *"*’! n nß have arrived at; ot are on their way >°t tneir roipcclivo Blntiona. . The remainder of the arniy U illslrlhlllfcd oii tho InJ r" fr d norlhcrn Trotittcra; and bn the Atlantic and Gulf coasts.- The amount of ponlribuliona and avails ofeaptbr ud properly received by olticora df Mb' army in Alex, ico, cannot at this lime, for want of full rcilirllh, bo accurately aacej-laincil. The amount thin, far repor ted is 83,844,373 77, which will bo scmcwhal ih creased by apionula collected. In Now Mexico and California. Of. this amount, 867,492 33 have boon retained for .expenses of collections! *346,369 3o San il 10 l "° J rcn,ur y of the United Stales; 83,267,. 04U-b4 turned over to disbursing officers; $<19,712581 gredued by the Mexican government to the United Stale* in payment of Me Brsl Ihslalrflentaindcr the treaty; and tho remaining *113,259 o 3 charged against lho collecting officers. The nbmbcr of invalid pensioners has increased the lust year, six hundred and ninety one; the whole number on the list is Ihrcb thousand one hundred j dred and twenlv six.. 1 Mbi’o lhaH sixty one thousand claims have been presented under the act of the 11th of February, 1837. for bounty land anil treasury scrip; foriv thoU sand of them have been acted on and allowed’, twen ty thousand arc now pending,and il Is estimated that there aro.forty thousand yol to be prbsented. Great ©Borisi have been made to despatch these applications, and apoul two hundred and fifty are doily iavestiira led and passed. ' . ® Within the Inst four years eight important treaties hnvo been negotiated with different Indian tribes, by which-highly beneficial changes in .their situation and affairs,hare been end will be effected,and the United Slates have acquired, at a cost of only A] . 843,000; eighteen million live hbnßlclllhoijsand acres of land ; about two million one hundred tlioliiahd acres of it have been assigned to other, tribes for their permanent residence; and two. millions nine hundred thousand are reserved for a similar purpose; leaving the remainder, thirteen million flvb hundred thousand acres, ready for immediate settlement and cultivation in tho rapidly growing States pf VVisohn. sin and lowa. There is also a prospect that Missis sippi,as well as oilier Stales in Which .iamb i,f tho Choctaws still remain, will soon bo freed from them. Measures for their emigration .are in progress, under modified nrrohgcmehls entered Into il’llhln the year, which promise a favorable result, „ rhcro nr R slilcch tnanuql la bor.sclioois and eighty seven boarding and district schools now in success* fbl operation among tho various Indian tribes, and the number of Indian youths attending thorn, aecor. alDg to tho reports rqceivcd at (lib department, is two thousand six hundred and clghly.iwo— of which two thousand six hundred and fifty are males, and (ho ro* maining ono thousand and thirlvtwo or© females. Tho schools are generally in charge of missionary ' soc|clics, and nro wet) conducted. i Tb*» Secretary dose* bis report by calling attention lo the following’ subjects, mentioned In bin Inst annu al report, viz : the settlement of claims in California a retired list of officers of (bo army t and an oaylutn for disabled and worn out soldiers. Report of the Poatmaitcr Clutierai, This ‘is a long and, carefully prepared docilmo.it, filled with valuable statistics in regard to the o/ftfa. lions of Ifio department, not merely for tlio last year, b'Jt fob Botoral f/rccecd/n# >cafs. tVo make rbom for a very brief of ft. The post routes In o J n ou<, ' > ounce or (VooilnH w * WySK maUor ’ 10 bo * loil " llh boUovhd that one utiKbrm ralo of Alteon cent, might bo advantageomdy adopted for the foreign ,io»l«gc, and mode applioablo (o our Urrilorio, on the Pacific, and produce more tevcWe Than th® '.charges How made. I The abolition of the iVahklng (iriVtlegfe isiiovr Urged; and its abuses forcibly pointed oUt. •• Boms . idea.df the abuse of the franking privilege may I forrtibd lroin -the report of the Washington city port f office, by which'll appears lhqt In severt days,* from* ; the 6th anti! the 12lh day of AUgast last, Inclusive, [ 450 bags of free matter, weighing 35,550 pounds* averaging daily 5078 pounds; passed throbgh hUj office., Upon inquiry, it appears (lint, between die'lst 1 of December and the irt of October hit; there wai sbnl -1 from the two Houses of Congress, through (he njaHt, l obout five millions of copies of speeches andother. mutter, Weighing- under two obnbes r and about orto hundred, and seventy-seven • (housuridpUblio ddcU« . ments, besides the letters written by t,hp v me(nbera oft the House of Repreeehtativeß} aha there remained to be forwarded more than one half.of tKb pofalib • Dociinictil*; ordered lo be printed at the last session*) The Postmaster General closes his report, byes* pressing regret that the Post Office Dcpahraetif should ever have been made the meditam df reward ing men for partisan services; Catching ana Curing Colds. Colds aro sometimes taken in Ihb following, man* ncr: “Whcn a person in cold weather foes into the - open air, every time ho draws his breath, the cold loir passes through his nostrils abd windpipe InlOhU' ioHgs, and consequently diminishes ihb heat oflheio. f parts,- Aslohg as the person continues in the cold. air, he feds no bad clTcct } bbl as sbph as he return* home, ho approaches the fire to warm himself, arid : - very often,lakes some w.mp and: comfortable dripk to keep out the cold, as it is said, i’he inevitable V [consequence In; that Jib will pctcelvb a glow wlthltf ' ‘ ; his nostrils and bteast, ae well as ovef the whole bbdVi' afterwards a disagrccblo dryness ahd huskineaa will bo fell in the nostrils and breast. By and by,'* short dry. and tickling coUgh comca bn. llq feelt'a shivering which makes him draw hearer to the fire; bbl a!l to,no more he trios to heat him. fell; tho more .ho become chilled. All the mischief is hero caused by the.vlblcnt action of Uie heat;— Such Being a frcqiicnt bouse of cold: thft.foUowibg rules for avoiding tjicbbmpiainlniay Bo adopted wlUf groat advantage. Wheh yob bobto oiitofa Vefy cold* atmosphere; you should not first go into a room that has fire in it, or If you cannot avoid that, you should keep for a considerable time at asgreata distanceas' possible from the fire, and above all, refrain from t ai' king warm or strong liquors whcH yoti are Cold. Thi* r ?. -j upon llleaattib pHHclpfcs|'as (no treat* rtiehl tif ahy other purl of the body when frostbitten;! Ifil were brought to tho (ire, it would.•.non' mortify; whereas, if rubln-d with snow, ho ill eficcl arise rroni it. Hence, if (ho following rule was strictly* observed, when tho whole body, or any pari of It li’ obUied, bring it le ilrnsloril ftolinir >nd wUffilh by ■ degrbes. the rrccjacht told* we eijicricnee in wlulet would, in a great measure be prevented. i?h Orahdi&'B Doniittic Aledicinet Social Love* How sweet \i social affection! When tHo Wbrlci Ip tfar|s \y(lhoUl «re hate light within. . When here*, disturb the breast; whch sorrow broods about thd heart, what joys gathers in (he circle wo love !. Wo forget the world, with all Its animosities, while bids* ed with social kindness. That man cannot be un« ~PPy* aB hearts that vibrato in sympathy with his own; who is cheered by the. smiles of affecliod, and tile voice of tenderness. Let the world be dark 1 ®P.W* let the hate and animosity bf bad me? * gatJler/aboui hirtj In ho cetera the drk of. W, liil dwn'Wierrsbcd-blf3if' ho forgets ulMhcse; itnd the fclobd passea.frbm.lriii brow and (ho sorrow fronr his heart. The warm sympathies of his wjfo and children dispel every shadow, and ho feels a -thrill :of>joyJri his boson . which words ore, hot Pdmjtinle id express. He who is a stranger to the joys of social kinddesa has not begun to live. CJENTLfeiiEN or the Passa;—Tlio Lodlavillo Journal says: ' •‘Cpnsidcring the IHipoKdhcb stlfl the Influence of I , r J, obor# * cdHors ore the IHoal inadeqtinteiy rewar ded of all persons. The pinlbds; oh which many a heaven born Congressional genius soars up before iho admiring gaio of llio pcopto, die. frequently purloin, cd from llio fingers of editor*. Tiio inapiration they ?, om T P o i ll f a ,°f fl'cir grey gooao qiiille, i> Ihe Dolphin well al tvliibll niany a SlolUlnanllkt be. niua drinka licforo becoming grond and admired!- Tliooditor’a inkaland la (lie true Caatalay ofpblili oal ora lon, and but for il, many of ihein would aink boncutli (bo weight of tboir own athpidity, who are now strutting magnlficdnily bSfdfo ihb fcoiiotry; radiant with Iho plumage plundered /Torn edllora.— Odr brcliirbn ato a Jnng suffering race; and do not ‘ ollcn cdiiipfuin of the petty larccnicd p'racliiod on * tboir brum. They arc aoliaiied wilb ruling the mind of,llm nation, cron though (Ills',.tholi ifelfbgalirei is not generally acknowledged: They ate power be hind the throne greater than (he (Hrqno itaolrl They Ore the magicians that pull tile H/lHa of stale; and your pollticiana for the moat part are the puppets wha dance upon them. Their intellectual progeny gel alotig vely wbll; olllloilgh they are failed by aepl ranla for the most .'aweel voibes" of ilie people.who 100 froijiieHlty lorrcd ihein' as Sliotlden declared gip pica served elulcn brala, namely; defile them, drcia them in rags,upil tluin pasa them offoa the undoubt cd olTspring of their own loins.** br '*sbKjrr *■- ’ Our Rtcdcr Hr Cimisb flfett Poke—Thrfo being jo inonjr n|ipllcollon« for. our celebrated M cci|iunt curing beef and. polk,. t|mt wo think that It pabl| b »Mng l il“ Ub ‘ CrVl '' e ll '° Wl ' hc " ° f *''' b y "Eiin 5 Cn.llon 9 f water I " . lake i£ lb.salt, i lb. sugar, J oz. saltpetre. In this ratio tho pickle id bo increased to any quantity desired. J Let these bo boiled toffctbqf dnlll all .the dirt from l *« salt and sugar,(which wll) not do a lilllo,) tiicato IUo top .and la skimmed off. Then throw. U Into a tub to cod, and whoh perfectly cod], pour it brer jour beof or pork, to remain the usual lime, t«y fottf wookil, according lb the Size of the plcoCt.«4 I I he meat, qiust ho 'Veil covered with (ho p(okle,soa should not be put down fur at least two days after killing, during- which time It should be sprjnhlbd with powdered saltpetre. " ■ Several pf pur friend* have not boiled tho pickle; and fouud U lo answer well,—-#«r. Tel, Two hundred jinc/ fifty yonra aro; there was nol i fntf hut In all North America InhubUcd by 4 wliittt inun. ff-T Slander ia often owing to (bp want or meSlal eullorc, and hardly anything produce, gredltft nil.U ivhoro il extensively provalk ' ' • !;«.*/ (Cj’JVb Jlfon over repented of liivioir knot alienee iut uuny that they hnVpot done .o, ", * ; i.niP’- I** 1 ** freti tn we.ke.t In; their lona' < and envy elway. elni. at tlm lylgheet, 1 TJ- nt Olory of a Good Man I. the tc.llmonv or 1 g«d ooii.olomo; have that, and tliqu wilt ward peace in the miditof trouhloe, •dae“"j ai’ . 0 '«W»«"r.. boasting of having to erf an BowltUl WO i. C f ORC ?‘ “ You ron ‘ lnt * BiV Mid, an ogod ilßvlno, “of an instance I kiiiw»of a c«lf iaid ‘Ap'l ,W “ O “ W,; ' Wll “‘ ««'■ StMop.equ.noS'* •aid a. third person. Wliy.Bir, replied the old ffcnllc- Wa" , a Vo ,^/grr.i y ° on ’ Cq ' J ° nCe *•* «V* « pd'tiofan' 1 * •■hcpVlvllcaro of volinf," o»i'd ! i ■' ■V'/ 1 11 ty.«lnndcr, “do you Iln'nk poor POP ly would guin ■lronglhthereby TV ’ P ’ "Not purtloulirly that,".aid ho,"but it wouM & latorcsting to electioneer with thorn," OCTTI lie mind |r«»a narrow In rtfonortlon u lb» •oul jrowr porropt, r I* 1 -••-“ V 1 ,j ryr i '■ V • ...in, a AT $?, 80 PfiHANKDS,' K0.;29