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OF PHILADELPHIA, THANKFUL to the citizens of Carlisle,' ami its vicinity, for their increased custom* we again re* quest (heir company to view our largo and splendid auoitment of . . , ' CHINA, GLAS& * QVEENSWARE, Dinner Seta,‘Tea Sots, Toilet Sets, and single pieces* either of Glass, China or Stone Ware, sold in quan tities to suit purchasers,.for loss than (hoy can bo had elsewhere—ln fact atloss than Wholesale prices. American .apd English Britannia Metal Goods in greater variety (ban over before offered in tho city. Fancy China in groat variety, very cheap. Wo would invito any person visiting, tho city to call and see us—they. w|ll at least ho pleased to walk ■round our beautiful store, and to view tho finest China and the cheapest the world produces. TYNDALt! * MITCHELL. N 0.210 Chosnut street. Phlla., Sept, 20, 1849.—1 y , llockcr’s Faiiuu, A new artif Is prepared expressly for Families, Hotels, and Ealing Houses, INTENDED for Puddings, Omelet; &o„ and unequalled for Gruel,. Thickening Soup and Gravey, and as a subsiiiule is preferable to many other articles: now in. use-being very delicious. The only way to judge is to iryli. To ho hod at the atom of ,; r J; W. EDY, \> Omobor-1,'1840' , LETTER TO . THE EDITOR. . • . Memphis, (Toon.) Deo. 7,1649. My Dear JWiffon—lt was; dttrly in Ilia morning, (as I said iri my last,) whbn wo, arrived at Louisville, Ky, Breakfast over, l.went ashore io look up a boat ' for Memphis, and.found- that the .‘'Lima'* would go out in the afternoon, and the'V Natchez” tho next afternoon; but the former lay at Portland and would bo crowded, so I had my goods and. chattels Irons* (erred at’ once to the Natchez, and bad. no cause to regret my decision, for we had tho must delightful accommodations. ' , .Louisville is a beautiful place'and finely situated, jusf at the head of the "rapids" of the Ohio or "falls** as sumestimds called. - The rapids cover-about a mile of the river, and are caused by a considerable descent in the bed, so that at low water, none but the smallest boats can pass; (o obviate this obstruction to tho’na vigation, a canal has been cut from above to below along tho bank, affording passage for boats of consid erable size. At (ho lower end of this canal Portland is situated, where all (he.lnrgo boats from below slop; it is connected with tho oily by a tine of four horse omnibuses. A trifle farther down on the opposite side of tho river is New Albany, Ind., a flourishing town of some, seven thousand inhabitants. .While down at Portland I witnessed.quite an amusing scone. Same mules were being put aboard a boat, when ono refractory individual looped overboard with a rope some twenty feet long round fits neck, and darted up tho lovco among drays, carriages and people, with a rapidity that set them, flying in all directions.— Such a scampering you never did sor; after clearing tho levee ho made for up town, but being hooded ho. turned and allot Into a grocery, followed by a dozen loafers, who came out again a groat deal faster than they went In, with tho mule at their heels. One fel low happening to have a rope quickly slipped a noose on it and tried to lasso him as he passed, but fulled. Tired out, he. woe captured and drugged aboard by about fifty loafers. , . . . lo strolling through Loulsvlllo l was surprised to find so largo a number of private dwellings occupy ing latge grounds handsomely laid outfall bearing an air of luXfcry not,often seen. . I lcurn (hat. there is, perhaps,.as much "good living" in Louisville os in any city, of Us size. About half a milo below tho city, a largo and elegant building is being constructed for tho Marino Hospital. Punctual la the mihnlo our good boat moved off at 4 P. M., and in a fowminules we wero entering the rapids, when with the rest I went upon the bur ricano deck to see the passage. Tho noble boat moved slowly and as U were c&utiously, obeying tho helm with praccful ousc, first.to the right, then ttf the loft, again and again, than plunging fearlessly tnlo tile boilfog flood passfctl tfn (hfoffgh Wfljyi&off out of sight of Louisville ancHlie d'tfrtoimffing' villa ges, eternal flats ulong ihe shore boil’d.wit/i‘ coUon-wftd tfe&made their appoafuiicc, and I sought (he cabin, whore*t found a cuttpTe gambling; they had come from Pittsburg on tWsaiftebdiif with myself, and spent (ho whole daj? dnd greater part of the night fW that way,' one a professed ga'riibler,' other a dapo. Noticing that they did not continue (heir sport tho second day. out. from Louisville; I loarn’Ctf thatlhe gambler had won all tho feuPa mo ney, some two hundred and fifty dollars; (ho ninny seemed biiiU* iVpbnbcfttg a victim,' for (ho other o/icul erfhim In the most gross and open manner. ‘There Is very lilllo gambling, upon jjio western rivers now : in comparison to what there was. a few years ego. As wo approached (ho fcumborlmid bar it was night and wo lay up til) morning, luckily sn perhaps, for os s wo passed the bar there was a fine boat tight enough ■aground. Passing rib plsbo of or;y nolo, 1 wc reach ed tho mouth of tho Ohio,. Saturday,’ e(. noon and stopped a little while ol Cairo, tho Grand CalVo/ so extensively laid otft a low years ago lo bo tho giW roqrt of the yfasf, now oorisittlng of , a few roiserablo houses. Moving over to tho MUsou ri ihoret we look In a lot of corn and hogs, which afforded us no little sporty The, landing was hing. >st«fc|Vana and slippery, and a* tho men attempted lo carry dowri'flVo socks* of corn nearly every would fall, rolling over and over; -blit lift Rfclr eociio beggars description, with ropes lo Iholr legs.jhoy attempted to drivo them down, but hogs woh'l drire/aritf amici tho JCmibjlng of mon, squealing of hogs, (he work progressed slowly ; fine fun to us bot no jj?ke lo the men below. It was dark - when wo go! .oft 1 , and I lib next mofnlng fpdntf lii fairly in tho Mjjslssipjii}' wIU/f) io aamo cottoi)wood lined banks. Tho commingling of tho clear waters of the with the muddy "papa " of waters was very dlsftntiC. AVjul, noon' wß,l|a'd a deer chase, jes, a doer chaseuntho Mississippi inostoaml>oatV£nmo hunter's had driven a fine doe into (ho river, mid were just putting oft' from the shore in shifts in pur suit? the poor animal swam vigorously, but unfor*' tunately for it it found when oiny a few yards fr6m the bow of our boat that it could nol'poss In front and turned buck for tho same shore it had lull. The captain stoppcd'tho boat, and throe of tho mCn gol ! into the small boat and made chuso; In a few min utes the boats began to surround her dcarshlp, ours ! bofng nearest, arid we began to think of a venison difiner, but just as one of the men loaned over to | seize It U suddenly lUrnurt; the boats shot past it and they separated many yards; in this way it oUtilod thorn sometime, creating considerable oxoiiemont, i but at last finding they could not capture It olive a {•hot from one of the skiffs killed it. Our boat of course cams back minus the venison. We passed on rapidly down tho river, and just at dork, (Sunday evening, the 18th,) readied Memphis, the end pf my journey, (so I thought.) I was not long getting a carriage and*soon-.found myself silting down (o a exportable looking supper at the Commercial Hotel, Next morning, alas !, it was raining, a miserable cold rain, and I was. unublo to go but till hear noon, when'll slackened a little; (ho streets were deep with mud. Upon Inquiring Hind It rains here every fuw days during tho greater part of the Winter, that there is a great deal of wot damp; weather; indeed (he sample 1 have had since here is;bad enough, sod suf ficient to satisfy me that (hip is not (ho climate for mo, so that, my dear Bratton, by the time this reach es yoit 1 shall ho in Mobiio (Ala.) . Memphis, from a mere village has risen rapidly int? importance within the last ton years, tho population being now fully 13,000. The principal trade Is in cotton, of which some 200,000 bales are shipped annually to N. Orleans; the average weight of « bale Is 500 lbs., end tho avenge price hero $5O per bale, or 10 cants per. pound. ' Vou will see from .those data (hat (ho trade hero,ln cotton Is no: inconsiderable matter.- .Memphis Is a city, and Uko Washington, a oily of magnificent distances ; tho streets arc regularly laid out, and (hero aro.miiiiy.finoboildings; a dbzon ohar- ■ i ~ : ■ •• ; ‘bt/R dollkTßY—itAir IT ALWAYS be right—but right or wrong, our country” CARLISLE, PA., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1849. dies of all denominations, oven to what they ball hero tho “great insurance shop”—llio universalis! church;. A theatre; and'-the Odd Fellows are building a. largo and find hall; Having a letter io Cdl. Worfordj the tho civil engineer at the Navy Yard, I called upoii him, and was received with groat, indeed. (Col. W. was an engineer on the Cumberland Valley railroad during its construction.) $400,000 havo been expended on this yard, and it will require half as much mure, to complete it, when It will be a beau tiful place; Its principal use will bo the making of rope and building of ships. The rope walk Is (Tone story briok building; arid exactly fourteen hundred and seventy feet long; what a glorious ball room !, thought.l as I.looked front end to end* men at tho. far end looking like Utile boys: . I have no room to speak at any length on (ho subjectof,Slavery,. I find that the in slaves here Is held in odium, and, yet scarcely a dajr passes without A slave auction, and there is A regular negro mart where they are kept constantly on hand for sale, and as their advertisement says; the “publio are requested to call and examine their »lock, u . Passing along, the • streets a ft'W days after my arrival, I met a man ringing a bell and displaying a red Gag having in its centre “ negroes for sale, &c." 1 looked at my watch and found the sale would be in fefejv minutes, and as I.was. within half a square oHee place, I determined to witness it/ Borne hair dozen of blacks Were ranged along the wall at the corner of two of the principal streels,;eaoh with a paper on his hat with the words “ For Sale,* 1 like so many ‘stoves; or any thing else. The autionoer soOn'mounted a chair and opened the sale with O Yes! O Yes! Voyez vous toujoins! Voyez toujoins! &c. . Then a negro was “ put np, ,T the purchaser examining his build, feeling his limbs, looking at his' teeth, making him walk about, &c,, Just as you would ahorse. The negroes them-, selves seem to be in the beat humor in the world, and 1 learn they take great pride, in bringing a large price, One female, a girl, was sold, and 1 witnessed that. which is too indecent to appear, in. print. Horrid Institution! when and where will it end I > Yesterday a . duel Was fought by two of the citizens of this city over on the Ar kansas shore; one was mortally wounded. The affair seems to create little or' no attention Here; imagine the commotion such an event would pro duce at Carlisle.- ' 1 have a hundred ihlngs fo write about, but no /com." .Good bjoi t). S. BE!,»TE*.COM»tit’TEES. In tho United Slate* Senate on tli« 19lh inst., the! I lolloping named gentlemen hero elected cloa cote to • fulfil the coirimillccfl: On Foreign Rslntions —Henry 8 of Danl Webster, of Mass; Titos II Dontonj of Missouri; Wlllio P Mangum/of N Cf Wiu'-H King, of Alabama, ChoinityiV „ .... On finance—ftobl M 7’ Hunter,' of Vn; SfamUel S Phelps, of Vl; Stephen A Douglass, of HI; James A pourco, of Md; Daniel S Dickinson, of. Now York, Chairman.. . . . On Commerce— Piorro Soule, of f.a; John Davis, of Muss; Henry Dodge, Wisconsin; John Bell, of Tcnn; Hannibal Hamlin, Chairman. .On Manufactures—Arthur P Butler, ofS C; John H Clarke, of ft 1; George W Jones, of Itywa; WilMum Upham, of Vl; William IC Sebastian, of Arkansas, Chairman.' , f . On Ag{iev[ltitrc— fropkihs L Turn»y t .of Tcnn;' Presley BprUanpc, of. Deluwarrr Isao6 P.Wolkcr, of Wisconsin;'Thus Corwin, of Ohio, Chairman. On Military Affairs—Solcn Borland, ot Arkansas; Albert C Greene, It 1; Juntos Shields, of 111; William C Dawson, of Ou; Jcficrsort Davis,'of Miss, Chair. ;m‘an. j ' \ > : . . ’ • • Ofi Mtlitut— flcnfy ffodge, of Wisconsin; Jackson Morton, of Klutidu; Jeremiah Clomdtis,' Of,Alabarpa; Presley, Spruanco, of Delaware; Samuel Houston, of Texas, Chairman. .On Natal Affairs—James M Mason, of Virginia; George E Badger, of NC; Josso D Bright;'of Ind; Jacob W Miller, of N J; David L Yulco, Florida, Chairman. On Public Lands—Bo]on Borland, of AH;* Joaei r R Underwpod,of Kj’j'Jarncs Shields', of llh'Trpmun SihlOi, of Connoolicul; Alpheus Fetch, of Michigan, Chairman. / On Private Land Claims—James Whitcomb, of fnd; John Davit, of Mutt; Jcrcmiuh Clemens, of Ala; George E Badger, of N Cj. Sol U Douns,, of La., Chairman. On Indian Affaire— William K Sebastian, of Ark; John BullfuC.Tcnni'Thonins S Ifusk, of Tens; John ||VVhlIo», ofDoloivaicj'Davld RAlclilipniofMlsspufl, Choirmon. , . ’ ;/‘f : On Claime— James \Vhi|oorft6', df/nd/Joseph R Undcrwmotj, tf( Kyi Wflllnin fi Seward, ol’ N Y; Ro ger Q Baldwin, of Cl; Moses .Nprrls, Jr.,- of*N H, Chairman. ' 1 i On Revolutionary Claim f T Mosca Norflt, Jr., of | N II; ,William uphiim, of Vt; Augustus C Dodge, of lown; James Cooper, of Pu; Isaac P Walker, of , Wisconsin, Chairman. • • On Post Offices, and Pott RijadUf—J case P Bright, of Ind; Wm Uphnm, of VI; Plerro Soule, of Louisiana; Tlim J Upsk, ofTcxas, Cljnlrman. . On Roadi aria Cd/iala—David *R Atchison, of Missouri; Abbot C Green,; ft I; Henry S Foote, of Miss’; Presley Spruanco, pf Del; Jcsvo P Bright, of lnd|ann, ChaihUsn* lt •> , On Pension!—George W Janes',’oT.fowuf Samuel S Phelps; of Verifi'ont; Win II Seward, of N Y; Win L Day lop, of New Jersey;'Win R King, of Alabama, ChaSnnah. «•; j On Points—Moses Norris, Jr., of:N II; John Wnilca, of Dol; Jumps Whltqomb, of Indjann; Win C Dawson, of Georgia;'Hopkins M Turney, of Tonn, Clminnon. On Retrenchment-' Samuel Houston, of Texas; Willie P Mnngum, of N C; Ajphoui Folchl.of Mich; John H UluMtb/of R I; T W firodbury,' of Mulno, Chairman. On Library—James M Mason, of Virginia; JofTor* son Davis, of Mississippi, James M Pearce,*ofMd,' Chairman. .• >• , . » On Public Buildings— Jefferson Davis, bf Miss; John H CUrke, of 111; Robert M T Hunter; of Vs, Chairman. , ' On Contingent Expenses of Ihd Seattle— tsaao P Wuiker, of Wisconsin; Roger 8 Baldwin, of Conn; Henry podge, of Wisconsin, Chairtnuh. ’ On J?n'roßed Bills— Gob E Badger, of NCj Tlios J Rusk, of Toxss| Chairman* On> Engrossed Biß#*~Tliomas Corwin, of Ohio; Win K Sebastian, of Arkansas; Goorgo W Jones, of lowa, Chairman. , , ' On printing— Hannibal Hamlin, of' Moihe; Tru man Smith, ol Ot; Solon Borland, of Arkansas. ■" Mr. Hale, of Now Hampshire,,and Mr, Chase, of Ohio, having mado objection to the oleolion of tho following oommiltoea men voee t they were filled by ballot. . .. . ... • . .. : . On the Judieiary-*6o\ U.Downs, of Lnj-John M Berrien, ofGh; James W Bradbury, of Maine; Win L Dayton, of N J; Arthur P Butler,- of South Coroll, no, Choirman.’• - , On fAs District ,of Columbia— Dsyid L Yuleo, of Florida; Jacob W Miller, of N Ji Janie* Shields, of HI; John M Berr{eo, of Ga; James M Mason, of Vai Chairman, On TyfUoriss—Arthur P Butler, of 8 Carolina; Joseph U Undprwood, of Kyj. Samuel 1 Houston, of Toxn«! Junto. tio6|idr, of l’n,'Stoplion A Dougin.., of Illinois, Chairman.’ , 1 ' i>;bctuai; , OIiDWINTBR. bid Winter It chining hgnln—hlaclt I How icy un4toldißhct Ho etwes not n fan fora Blilveripg back. He** Qsaucy olicliQ|» to whilu Oml hlnck. ■> . Hu whistles hlsthilli with a womlorful knock, t or lie coiufcsitom a cold country. A willy old fetliw (fits winter is I A mighty-oWlfcllow Tor gfoc! Hu cracks mq Jakes on the nrulty sweet mins, Tho wrinkle*! oW maiden, unlit to Kls&ii," , And freeres tlitfdisw.of their Hpa-for thSa Is the way Willi such fellows as bo. Old Winter’s a froiichsomo lilndo I wot— He Is wildlnjiis buujor and free 1 , - ,i, He’ll wlifeils tUfuig for thowitni of his thought, And sot an IhoWarmth of our furs at naught. And ruffle thawbrs by pretty girls bought: for a frol(cksymo fellow is ho I • ■ - Old Winldfc I* lowing Ills gusi along, Arfd'faerfljftfMkliig the tfco! • < r. From luornLnnili night ho will sing his song, ■ . Npw inoaniHgfand short, now howling ami lung, > Hia voice is lotiS.for hia lungs arc strong— A merry old Allow ia ho I '‘ OH _ -• ■ • - • Old Winter'S-iutvicked old chiip, I weed— . ' As wicked aievor you’ll seel Ifp M'itlierSftfis'Uowcri So ircah }>i)d green— Ho hilea the pcH noae»of the miss uf-slxluoh, i As she Irlumiilihitly walks in in&ldcnly sbuen A wicked oltl/i'llow la ho I Old Winter's jsjough old fdlnW for blows, - As tough oa M tr you'll aeo) ; Ho will tripup our trntlora. and rend our clothes, Ami PtifTon nm llmhfl’lrom lingers to tnoa— , , Ho mnulk'not Inecry of his friends hr tils foesj . A tough old fellow is lie I. A cunning old fellow Is winter they soy, A canning old fellow is ho 1 • He peeps |n, (lit crevices day by dhy, Toseo Iniw Wctre passing onr time awhy, Arid marks alboiir doings ftoin grave to gdy. I'm afraid heis peeping at mo, - m [Bcetißnebti^ THE ADYGEI. OF THE LEAVES. bt -?Hia iiANNAit r. gould. “Aina! alas!" efild thosorrovving Tree, “my beau* Uful rubaisgphc; it has been torn from mo! Its faded pieces whirl upon the wind; (hoy rustic beneath ll;o squirrels fool lis lie searches fur his nut ; they float upon tho‘ passing stream and on tha quivering lake. \Vo*o is me! for my deor, green verdure is gone.. It was tho.gift of the Angel of Loaves! I have lost it