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Ookkuptiom or Pupils in one of our Public; Letter 'TROX Mr. Macuy. The following let THE LEO TUBE SEASON, a fanciful illustration of the pursuit of hope. Science, Art sd Discovery. Merriam, in a letter from the Banks of the Cayuhaga," Ohio, dated Tht Pnprr lias tUe Largest Circulation of nj Evening Paper published In tle United Bte.

ItJl value a an AdvertUUig Medium It ilicrefore apparent, EVEXI9TG. NOVEMBER 8. TO CORntSPOXDSXTS. Xo node can be taken of anonymous OommunloaUoia. What aver la Intended for Insertion mutt authenticated by the name and address oftao writer not necessarily forpubllca non, buiMaffuiranijofhlsgoalfaltlL We eannot underiaks 10 return rejected Communloations.

Fast Newspapers. The spasmodic newspapers In New York oan only keep up their circulation by keeping up a morbid excitement magnifying every incident that occurs, and living in an atmosphere of inflated exaggeration. The excitement of the election being over and the times somewhat dull they keep up their character by inventing the most absurd and nonsensical fabrications one day and contradicting them the next. The imagined course of Mr. Buchanan supplies the material for these rigmarole yarns.

To day we are told he is to hare a Cabinet of Southern fire eaten and Northern ultraists next day that superstructure of the imagination is levelled by its framers, and a Cabinet selected from the ranks of half way moderation. This chattering twaddle and balderdash which would be more becoming in a circle of old maids over a banquet of weak tea is paraded as important news. Of course these Paul Pry's are as ignorant of the intentions of Mr. Buchanan as Schools Disgusting Drj'kavitt. It is no pleas ant duty for us, at any (nue, to publish to the world the Bins of those lin violate tho social and moral laws by but we do not remember that we ever A a more unpleasant task to perform than in giving publicity to tho following account of the corruption of several girls, pupils in one of public grammar schools, and the depravity of those who corrupted them About a week since one of the monitors of tha first class in a public school for girlB, at North End, happened, by chance to find a written note on the floor of the school, which she read, and was so astonished at the contents that she handed it to her female teacher.

The note was written by one of the pupils to another in the same class, and revealed (in language too indecent for publication) the astonishing intelligence that the writer of the note and five of her schoolmates, girls between the ages of 12 and 15 years, had been seduced and were in the daily habit of visiting certain places and indulging in the lewdest conduct. The disclosure was most startling to the teacher, and she instantly sent for the mothers of the depraved girls. As soon as they arrived an examination of the children was made in an ante room, and tho girls made full confession of everything, disclosing the particulars in regard to the manner in which they were first induced to corrupt themselves, and the motives for continuing their disgusting licentiousness. As the girls related the deeds which they had performed (deeds too shameful and beastly to be mentioned,) the anguish of their mothers was most terrible, and could they have reached the corruptors of their children their curses would have blasted them, beasts as they are, forever. The six girls were subsequently taken to their homes, where further and seperate investigations were made, and it was pretty satisfactorily ascertained that five of the girls had been introduced their debauchees, and influenced by the sixth girl, (we have her name,) who, we are informed, has been reared among vile associates, and is naturally inclined to vice.

This girl has been dismissed from the school. Of the men, or beasts, who have corrupted these girls, robbed them of their good names, and thrown such a blight upon the hopes and happiness of their parents, what language is adequate to describe them, or rather sufficiently to condemn them It is a burning, blackening disgrace upon the city for such men to live in it. And yet, we understand, tne mat ter has undergone a semi official investigation, and the conclusion arrived at is, that the whole affair had better be hushed up. This may appear wise and legal to others, but not to us. We hold that men who have seduced children from the paths of virtue, and then paid them (the girls state that they were paid about two dollars per week for their disgusting prostitution) to continue their stns to the extent of the foulest pollution, should sutler, and right smart ly too.

three men, two of them doing business on Hanover street, and a third a hackman in the employ of one of the other two, are to go unpunished, after having corrupted six school girls (by presents of trinkets and money) and at tempted to ruin as many more, tnen we nad Bet ter open the doors of our penal institutions and relapse into that semi civilised state when men avenge their own injuries without the assistance or interposition of law. We have the names of the three beastly scoundrels, and if no legal steps are taken to expose them, we shall assume ourselves the responsibility of doing it, in or der that the public may know who to point tha finger of scorn at. Boston Timet, Nov. 20. ACHATS, CAPS AND TRUNKS, at WILLIAM H.

PECK'S, jyl81y Fulton opposite Sonds st. Martin S. Patnb's Writing. Bookkeep ing and Arithmetic Academy, 283 Fulton nL Brooklyn, opn every day and evening. Terms $2 and $2 SO for Writing 16 leesons.

time unlimited. From Ex Got. Sfraode "I eherfully recommend Mr. Pamo as a skilful teacher ot writing. nl8 3m" fgT M.

'Whttb, 88 Main street, Brooklyn, L. and 98 Dlriaion st, New York, CHEAP TRIMMING AJfD VARIETY STORES. Woolens In every variety for Winter wear. a nlS 2m O'Reilly, RKCTimffa DnrrrLLHR. i48 FRONT STREET, NEW YORK.

"Ramiey," "Olenlevlt," and "Gray's" Scotch MaH Whiskey. Alo "Wise's" of Cork, Ireland, landing, and lor salo from Bonded Warehouse. nl2tf glT" Saodlbry, Harness; PvOBert R. Srosr, at the Old Stand, No. 25 Fulton street, having en arged his premises and added to his stock, believes that he can give satisfceirtn to his former friends and it rons, and all others who may be pleased to favor him with their custom.

Kngkie ana all other kind or Hose, and Fire Busketg mads lo order. N. B. Agents for the sale of all kind of Coal and Wood Dissolution oi. Copartnbrship.

The Copartnership heretofore existing between tho subscribers, under the firm of BRUSH Is this day dissolved by mutual consent. ithsr party will sign in liquidation. New York, November 1, 1866. STEPHRN BRUSH, SMITH J. EASTMAN.

COPARTNERSHIP. SMITH J. EASTMAN hag this day formed a OopartaereWli with JOHN C. LLOYD, and will continue the PROVISION BU SINESS, under the firm of EASTMAN LLOYD, at No. 40 and 42 Broad street, New York.

New York, November 1, 1866. EASTMAN 4 LLOYD, BB COMM1MIOV MERCHANTS, AND DBALEBB IX FBOVISIOWS, Nos. 40 and 42 DROAD N. Y. SMITH J.

EASTMAN. JOHN C. LLOYD. With ample means, we purpose at all times to have on hand, for the selection 6r the traae, in lots to suit purchasers, an ample stock of PROVISIONS, embracing Pork, Beef, Lard, Tallow, Grease, Smoked, Pickled and Dry Salt Meats, Hams, Sides, Shoulders, Ac. We respectfully solicit the continuation of tho favors of our old friends and patrons, and the patronage or ihe trade generally.

All shipping orders, and orders received by mall, will receive particular attention, and will be executed at the lowest market rales. n6 2w? S0" MORSE LYNDB. Counsellors at Law No. 9 Const sxbi. B.

Hoses, C. R. Lwni. oStf (HP Notiob. The Brooklyn Insurance Company, for the accommodation of Ihelr customers, have open edan oflloe on the comer of Court end Remsen et, opposite the City Hall.

The Company having their capital and also a surplus or 00,000 dollars securely Invested uudoubted securities, continue lusnre Buildings, Household Furniture and Merchandise ou WftfwrN WJt' F. LIGGETT, Sec'y. vr i el 2m A Sotsrior Coal. MESSRS. DAVIS PEARSON the' proprietors 'ol the LOCUST MOUNTAIN COAL, claim that it yields 9J pot cent of carbon and only 3 per cent waste.

Our tests fully roaliz what they claim for ItT and that there is no coal equal to it for Ranges, Furnaces or Stoves. It givesmore hoat, burns longer, makes less olinker, no cinder, and loss.ashes than any Amlira. cite Cool we have ever seen: used. Try a ton as a samplo, and our word for it you will dlrect us to send youi a supply at oucu for winter's use. We have made arrangements with tho miners fora constant supply for the season and are how prepared to deliver this superior coal, well soroened from yard, to fainiliei or others, at any part of Brooklyn or New York, froo of cartaae, or by tho boabload'at the wharr.

MARSTON 4 POWER. Coal Depot at Haxton, Wharf, between Fulton and Catberino Ferries, Brooklyn, or 95 Beaver street, two doors from wall ut, Now York. A city weigher weighs our coaL and will giro a eertlflcato when required. A Cabd. We hereby certify that we have made arrangements with Messrs; Mabsiom A Powbb to give thorn a full supply ol our celebrated Locust Mountain Coal for the year 1838.

It can be obtained from them in its purity. In consequence of im provements in onr machinery the coal of this year's producttou cannot be oxcellod In preparation. Davis Psaesos Co, PblladelDhla, March 19tb. lam. HP Edward Wilson's Hair Cutting Saloon, BVTuiton street, Is acknowledged to be replete with all those comforts and convonioncles that appertain to such establishments; his study shall bo to render it In every manner worthy of thai oatmnage that has hitherto been so liberally bestowed upon Hlsatoek of Toilet goods'will vie with any kept at similar establishments, and bis prices are moderate.

Hair Cutting One Siiilliks. N.B. Particular attention given to the eutting of chlldren't Hair, as also to that of adults. To those gentlemen who can appreciate the luxury of a pro perly administered Shampoo, or an easy removal of the beard, we say, go to Wilson's Saloon. Wilson la ad artist of no commonorder.

To those who doubt, we iay, when your hair wants regulating, try Wilson's skill, and von wilihAthwMighly satisded be cannot be surpassed. 'xnp8tf SfPSAJl L. Harris, Public and Com missioner of Deeds. Legal business conducted with despatch. fviiv cODvlnsr done neatlv and Dromntlv.

Offlco City Court Rooms, at the City HalL lit South Ninth street, K. D. Realdonoe ap26 tf igpRBMOVED to. 56 Whits Street. Thh iHins Truss OrFica Is removed from 4 Vesey street, to 56 White street.

New York. F. M. BUTLER'S Patont Truss and supported Pads fast superceding all othors in use, can only be had of the pa nteo and proprietor, at S6 White 3 doors west of Bread way n2tf Bronzbd, Parian and Richly Decoated China, Mantlo and Ktagere Ornaments, Huperioo SilverplatedTea Sets, Baskets, OV I5GTQN BROTHERS, 218 and 3k) ulton Brooklyn. je3 tf HP All thh Magazinm, Nkw Works, Novbm, Music, Stationery, Fancy Goods, Pictures and Blank Books.

Yot ale at ARSH'SM AT1IENJSm BOOK 175 Atlanll Ml ttn.r i 1613 tf Kioh Silvbr Platbd Tia Sbtts. Castors, OVINOTON BKO'l'UEKki, 3U aid 210 Pulton street, Brooklyn ter from Hon. W. B. Maoxat, recently fleeted to Congress In the District; was received by the Tenth WardKeystone Club in response to an invitation to attend the dinner given by the Club at Gothic Hall, on Thursday evening Not York, Nov.

19, 1856. Gbntlemen I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your official note in behalf of the Tenth Ward Democratic Buchanan Keystone Club of the City of Brooklyn, inviting me to a Banquet to be given on Thursday tbe 20th in commemoration of the glorious victory achieved by the Democratic party in the: recent election. I appreciate most fully the generous courtesy of your invitation, and heartily approve of such celebration. Although a resident ot JNew York, I am a fellow citizen with you of the same glorious union, and feel a common interest in' the recent triumph of the Democratic party. Nor am I unmindful that a good portion of my own constituency are residents of the County of Kings, and on this account I feel a special inte rest in your celebration, it is true, tne uon gressional District which I have been chosen to like the two counties from wliich it is taken, is seperated by one of the great commer cial thoroughlares ot tne nation, uut unuKe the imaginary lines which, generally constitute the boundaries of States and Counties, that which runs between us serves not so much to divide as it does to unite us.

And the Electors of Kings County and New York are bound together by ties of common interests and principles which no geographical lines nor local barriers can sunder interests and principles which must forever prevent any successful attempt to divert unduly the patronage of the general government from either side of the river. It was perhaps too much to expect, in the present condition of the country, that the Demo cratic ticket would be successful throughout the Empire State, and yet, knowing as I did, the fit ness of the men put in nomination on that ticket, I could not but hope for their election. And I am now fully persuaded that the judicious no mination oi Judge vanderDilt, ot your county, a man distinguished alike by the amiable qualities of his private character, and tne eminent abilities demonstrated in his public life, though fol lowed by bis individual defeat, nevertheless contributed very much to the general result which it is your privilege to celebrate. One of the most remarkable features of the late canvass was the conspicuous part taken in this political strife by Ministers of the Gospel. And it is worthyof note that with such a class of canvassers in the field, the City of Churches, where the most eminent and influential of these political divines exerted his utmost to defeat the Democratic ticket, gave such decisive majorities in favor of that ticket, and made it so triumphant over all opposition.

And now that the struggle is ended, I take the liberty of expressing my humble opinion of the course which not a few ministers of the gospel have pursued in this' political campaign. I am myself the son of a clergyman and so far from having any prejudice against this class of my fellow citizens, I am disposed to award to them the highest honor, and to place their calling first among all the avocations of life. I am not among those, if such there are3 who would deny to ministers of the gospel the right of suffrage, or any other civil right which the Constitutions of the Union and the States guarantee to every loyal citizen. But I am one of those who believe that no man can consistently be at the same time a good minister of the gospel and an active politician, and my views on this subject are the result of much deliberate reflection upon the teachings, and example of Christ and the Apostles, as well as upon the nature of those peculiar interests and responsibilities which belong respectively to the Church and State. There may be some things found in the life and sayings of the great Founder of Christianity, or of his first ministers, which can be tortured into precedents for the conduct which I depreciate in ministers of this age but it must be evident to every well informed, well balanced mind, both of the clergy and the laity, that the Apostles of Christ manifested in Blio anifnrm tenor uf their lives and teachings, an exclusive consecration to the peculiar duties of their ministerial profession, such as one of them set forth in the strongest terms, when he declared to a people, tossed and torn by civil discords in the midst of social and political evils, greater than any to which we are subjected, that he was determined to know nothing among them save Christ crucified.

And I think that there can be no reasonable doubt that the minister who enters the arena of political strife, lowers, the dignity of his profession and prostitutes the power of the pulpit. His individual standing is thereby depreciated, and his influence greatly circumscribed. His religious teaching, which ought to be, and which was designed to be the great conservative saving element of society, comes to be received with no more humility, laitn and reverence than the declamations of a political demagogue. A minister of the gospel, who devotes himself to the appropriate duties of his profession, possesses an influence which, cannot be properly exerted, nor long restrained in any other sphere of action. It is exclusively adapted to.the certainties of revealed religion, and cannot be safely used to enforce the imperfect doctrines of anypo litical creed.

It is peculiarly suited to the solemnities of the spiritual and the immortal, and it cannot be employed in the secular affaujs of this life without desecration. In short a minister cannot become a politician without damaging at the same time the interests of both religion and politics. He cannot enter the political arena and long retain the mighty influence of a minister of the gospel to be wielded for political purposes; nor can he, returning from that arena regain his influence for the higher purposes of the sacred profession. For the sake of the Church and the State, therefore, it is to be hoped that this country may never witness another such prostitution of the pulpit, and that this signal triumph will forever put to flight the disorganizing element of sectional partyism and religious proscription, while it binds in fraternal bonds the hearts and hands of all good citizens for the support, prosperity, and the perpetuation of this Union. It would have afforded me great pleasure to meet with you and participate in your celebrai tion.

But a previous engagement of some weeks standing, compels me to forego the pleasure; Accept my sincere thanks for your kind invitation, and my best wishes for your agreeable entertainment. With sentiments of respect and esteem, I remain Yours very truly, W. B. MACLAY" To John Wilson, George Broome, Neibuhr, John Farren, R. D.

Clancy, Committee of Invitation. Mr. Editor Amos H. Hobby, the young man who left the Brooklyn Gas Office last May, (and was supposed to have been dead since,) has returned to Brooklyn in good health and spirits By inserting the above you will relieve the anxiety of some of his friends and tbe public. Yours, truly, Jambs Greenwood.

Brooklyn, Nov. 19, 1856. Shocking Fatalitt. A letter from Morgan county, Illinois, informs the St. Louis Newt of a most distressing casualty, or, rather series of occurred about three miles from Jacksonville, a few days ago, and to which nearly a whole family fell victims.

A small girl, daughter of a widow named Ironmonger, while feeding the pigs, having got into the pen where they were confined for the purpose, was attacked by a vicious sow, and torn shockingly that she died, a large hole was eaten in her side by the savage beast, and she was otherwise mangled. The shock on the mother at the horrible spectal cle, killed her, too. The next night a campbinb lamp exploded, accidentally, in the house, killing one child instantly, and so severely injuring another that it is not, expected 1 f. i R. Barnwell Rhett, senator? te rwoposed, by the Charleston Mttcury as a candidate iot oi txvm varonna, We have not space for even an enumeration of the table of contents, which aTe rich and varied.

Peterson's National Ladies Magazine is now a confirmed favorite. The current number is equal in point of merit to the usual high standard of the Magazine. Its articles are numerous and interesting, and its fashions of the latest and most orthodox design. Now that the election is over and the country safe, it is about time that political gasconade and blarney was at end and nigger controversies let drop for the time being, All who relish peace and quietness are tired of political rant and southern negroes. Whenever the people wish to witness, or hear the peculiarities of negro character, they can be better Buited at Christy's or Buckley' b.

It has got so now that this negro phobia poisons everything. If you go to a concert, ten to one you will be treated to a Negro Extravaganza. If you attend a literary lecture the chances are that a darkey will be introduced; if you attend ehurch you run the risk of having your devotional feelings disturbed by a phillippic ao ainBt the south, and horrors of slavery. Let us have a respite for the next four years if possi ble. Samuel Swartount, the well known politician and Collector of the port of New York during the administration of General Jackson, died in New York yesterday, at the age of seventy three.

Justice Bogart, formerly a prominent ward poli tician of that city, also died yesterday. Hon. Stephen A. Douglass has been getting married and imitated Fremont in having the ceremony performed by a Catholic priest, the lady being a devout papist. Stephen will have the Know Nothing8 down on him, and as he may be the next candidate of his party for the Presidency the Know Nothing organs ought to file away an account of the ceremony detailed in another column for future use.

It will save the necessity of affidavits, and be ready testimony. The ladies are the great propaganists, and if the Pope can only get a sufficient number of beautiful unmarried women in his service they will bring him more recruits than all the crusty old Jesuits and monks in his dominions. There it no resisting an argument on any Bub ject from love to theology from a lovely woman ready to Impress it on the lips and heart at the same time. Theology in petticoats is a very different thing from what it is under a cardinals hat, or encased injpantaloons and a white cravat. Bertha first introduced Christianity among the Anglosaxons and the sex are still its most efficient supporters among all sects.

We advise the Know Nothings to look after the women for whatever party gets them on its side is bound to win. Another Ailbged Ticket Swindle. William O'Connell, residing in Brooklyn, on Friday appeared before Justice Welsh, of New York, and charged Moses P. Phillips, a. clerk in Enright's ticket office, Cedar street, and another person, with having swindled him out of $106 48.

He states that, wishing to go to California, he went to New York on Wednesday last, and happened tojmeet one of Enright's runners, who told him that by (going to his office in Cedar street he could get a ticket for $70. He accordingly proceeded with the runnei to the office, and soon drew from his purse nineteen sovereigns, which he laid upon the desk. The runner immediately ri. XT JTAT onA gave it to Phillips, the clerk. He then demanded of O'Connel three more sovereigns, who at first refused to give them, and demanded his money back, but failing to have his demand complied with, and fearing to lose the nineteen sovereigns, he paid over three more and got his ticket.

On his complaint the magistrate issued a warrant for the arrest of the accused, and Sergeant Smith and officer Webb of the Lower Police Court soon brought in the clerk. The latter waived an examination, and was committed, in default of $2,000 bail, to answer the charge. Busting the Wrong Man Mr. Pat'k Burkb Meeting his own Funeral. On Wednesday last, Mrs.

Catharine Burke, residing in 11th avenue, near 47th street, New York, learned that her husband, Patrick, had been killed at Tarrytown, by a train of cars belonging to the Hudson River Railroad Company. She immediately started for that place, and on seeing the body of deceased, at once recognized it as that of her husband. A handsome mahogany coffin was immediately procured, and a regular old fashioned Irish wake followed after which (on Thursday) the body was brought to New York. Five carriages were hired, and being filled with the mourning friendg of deceased, the funeral cortege started for Cal vary Cemetery, but on their way, were bro ught to a halt by the sudden appearance of the genuine Patrick Burke. The funeral procession was, of course, immediately stopped, and Patrick returned to bis home in a carriage beside his wife.

The corpse was started off for the Bellevue dead house, where Coroner Perry yesterday held an inquest upon it, and the above facts were The body will remain to day at the dead house for a second recognition. Sad Disaster, at a Democratic Celebration Two Men Killed. A disaster occurred at Dover, N. H. on Wednesday evening, of which we have the following particulars The Buchanan men of that place had made arrangements to celebrate their victory in the late Presidential campaign, by a salute of artillery, The committee of arrangements assigned to Mr.

George S. Clarke the duty of firing the salute, and the cannon to be used was tested in the afternoon. The cannon was located upon Garrison Hill, and, as we understand, a boy was employed to tend the vent. The gun had been discharged but a few times, when just as Mr. Clarke and Mr.

John Foss were in the act of ramming home a cartridge, a premature explosion of the gun took place, in consequence, as is supposed, of the boy slipping from the vent. The consequences were dreadful. Foss was blown down the hill, and when found was dead, his body being horribly mangled. Mr. Clarke, when taken up was alive and conscious.

He was taken to the nearest house, where he complained of a freezing sensation in his feet. Warm water was applied when ho revived and expressed his conviction that he should get well, as no vital part was injured. Soon after, however, he began to fail, and expired at 11 P. M. One other man only was injured, and he escaped with a slight burning of the face.

Both the deceased were shoemakers. Mr. Clarke leaves a wife Mr. Foss was unmarried. Of course this sad event put an end to the rejoicings of the evening, and caused a general gloom to rest over the place.

Boston Traveller, Nov. 21. The Dublin correspondent of the Boston Pilot states that the grand banquet prepared for the Crimean heroes in that city, being spread a day in advance, was attacked by rats in the night, and a considerable portion of the comestibles spoiled. The banquet was given in a large tobacco warehouse, Atbenemn Course. LIEUTENANT MAURY ON THE PATHS AND DEPTHS OF THE SEA.

The second lecture of the course at the Athe neum, was delivered last night by Lieut. Maury, U. S. N. Notwithstanding the unfavorable.

statu of the weather the room was filled by an atten tiue audience. His subject was, "The Paths and Depths of the Sea." He said that the paths through the sea, like those across the desert were works of accident. From the time of Columbus to the War of Independence nearly navigator followed the same track, and this track made Charleston the half way house between the two world. In 1769 owing to the paths of the sea as they existed at that time, the Carolinas imported three times as much as New York, and auite as much as all the New England States. The commerce between England and Carolina waseaualto that between England and Penn sylvania, New York, and all the New England States put together.

The discoverv of the Gulf Stream and of the chronometer had changed that course. The Christian philosophers knew that everything came in its time, and that discoveries were not mAft until thev could be of use. A line of sea steamers would have been useless in the days of the revolution, for in that anti chronometnc time, ships or steamers could not make a straight line across from the old world to the new, and it wr nossible for shins having been weeics at sea, not to know on which side of the Atlantic they wftrfi. wnentne UU1I stream nan uidvuvcdcu, found that vessels eoine from Boston to "TC.K7.nnH instead of runnine south to Charles ton, and then going northward to England, could straight across. The Atlantic seaboard, bv these discoveries, was turned upside down.

Thp wnnders of the ocean telegraph were dwelt on at length, and with much enthusiasm, by the lecturer. It would soon put a belt nrnnnrl the trlobo. Owing to the absence of a chronometer, the Portuguese who sailed around the Cape of Good Hope to China, and the Colonists who went to Manilla by an opposite route, from an opposite part of the world, had Sunday on aineren. uay, the one a day later than the other. Ihe ques tion nxnKfi.

when these telegranbs were complet ed, what should be done aoout Sunday? In some parts of the world there would be two in a week, and Sundays wouia generally get. comub r1. Moreover, if the telegraph offices in all parts of the world closed their offices on Sunday, our news arrangements would be constantly in terfered with, and often we should get the news a day too late. The lecturer gave a very poetical description of the scenery of the tropics the gorgeous hues and the sudden storms and calms the different constellations hung out of the heavens wherethe southern cross excited the reverence ot tne man nor. The sea.

said Lieut. Maury, is a great work shop, and everything connected with its inhabi trnts is wonderful. It was most prolific of life, outnumbering the inhabitants of the land. The coral reefs, which were carbonate of lime, were a congregation of particles contributed by the Mississippi, by every river and by every seaboard in the world. If we could inspect them and find where the material came from, we should find them derived from a thousand places, at a thou sand times, till we traced them back to the still brooks meandering among the hills.

These co ral insects are the masons of the sea. Until recently all was conjecture about the denth and bottom of the sea. it was usually thought that the height of mountains on the earth might be accepted as the measure of the depth of the sea. As to the character of the bottom of the ocean, that was left entirely to the fannv of noets. But Brooks' lead tells another tale.

There were no wrecks there, no wedges of gold, no dead men's bones. Those were covered manv feet deep with the remains of animacuku Wherever the sounding rod has been it brings evidence of perfect repose, and though these remains may have been lying there for ages, they are as perigee ii io.j oow though juut created. The lecturer explained to the audience, and exemplified by experiment, the manner in which deep sea soundings were made. The line, on returning from the mysteriouB depths, revealed more than Clarence saw in his dream, for it showed that a telegraphic bed was prepared there from Europe to America. When the specimens of the bottom of the sea were inspected by a microscope, it was found that it was composed entirely of the remains of infusoria, and that not a particle of sand or gravel was contained amongst them.

But what was at present unaccountable, volcanic cinders had been discovered at the bottom, in the route taken by the Collins and Cunard steamers. He (the lecturer) at first surmised that they might be the ashes cast forth by the steamers in their passage, but Professor Baily had minutely examined them and reported that they were undoubtedly volcanic. The question was, how came they there? They laid as. lightly on the bed of the ocean, with the pressure of 400 atmospheres upon them, as down in the beds of royal chambers. There was no abrading force there.

The bed of the ocean, in its motionless rest, was made for a submarine telegraph. The wires once laid there, would remain forever. Below all the ocean currents there is a cushion of quiet water. Common sense might have suggested this before discovery elicited it for if the Gulf stream current went to the bottom, the pressure upon it would be sufficient to cut through the entire crust of the earth to its volcanic centre. Lieut.

Maury considered the largo cable of which it was proposed fo form the submarine telegraph, useless. A light copper wire, coated with gutta percha, he considered sufficient. There was no reason, indeed, why the telegraph under the sea should not be formed of a wire as small as tbe telegraph over the land. And when the international telegraph was completed, he trusted that its first message from this country would be this The people of the United States to the princes and potentates of the Old World, greeting. Peace to every nation.

Trade, commerce and Christian intercouse with all people. Opposition to Monopoly. lo tin Editor of Oie Brooklyn EagU: Until some satisfactory. arrangement maybe arrived at between the Union Ferry Company and the citizens of Brooklyn, I propose as one of the latter that we, to a man, adopt, the specie payment" system, and make it our business to pay our ferriage in pennies at each time of crossing, and to continue the practice until some concessions are made in our behalf. If they will not issue commutation tickets, do not oblige them by buying in quantities their single tickets.

Respectfully and truly yours, Brooklyn, Nov. 21, 1856. A Subscriber. Union Ferry Lease. Some years ago the Legislature passed an act appointing commissioners to lease the Brooklyn ferries; they did so, and New York contested the validity of their acts, and in a New York Court, before a New York Judge, succeeded in repudiating a law of the State.

This case, I see by the Eaglb of yesterday, can be carried to the Court of Appeals1; Should that court be of the same opinion as thp Supreme Court of the United States, this New York decision would be reversed. The State of Connecticut chartered a bridgo, wliich destroyed the value of a ferry granted by royal charter. It was decided that a ferry franchise was a public and not a private franchise, and that the supreme power had a right to modify, to resume, or' to annul it. The only relief that can be had by the inhabitants of Brooklyn must be obtained from this quarter, AHetoo Wl end in talknd bluster, October 81st, has furnished the New York Commercial Advertiser with the following description of a machine for producing intense cold This afternoon I have been engaged in ex amining a mace made here for producing intense cold by artificial means. The machine after having worked for an hour, brought down mer ii cury in tne tnermometer wj ue uuc oi iwcmy jmm degrees below zero, which was the lowest degree marked on the scale.

I cut an apple and placed it on the outside of one of the metal pipes, in which a current of etner was maae vaa through a vacum, and in a few moments it was frozen. This machine has been two years in being brought to its present state of great forwardness; it is worked by steam. It freezes water, forming blocks of ice 12 inches by 6 that being the size of the metal cells in which the refrigeration takes place. Each cell is separated from the others by what may be called a flue. A large number of these cells are placed what may be caiiea a sauare cistern, and of sufficient number to pro duce a ton of ice at one operation.

Clothing of persons coming to quarantine in vessels can be frozen by this machine, and thus divested of the germs of pestilence. It can be made to frost the entire inside of a ship in a few hours, and thus purify its hold and its other apartments, and it is capable of reducing the temperature of stone warehouses so low as to free the goods stored in the refrigerated apartments from everything that can engender the disease ol yellow lever. Senator Douglass' Marriage Interesting Per sonal Gossip. From the Evening Post. Washington.

Nov. 20, 1856. Our thanksgiving to dav was signalized, at 2 o'clock, bylthe marriage of Senator Douglas, of Illinois, to MISS AOS DUCTS, OI VYasninglou, iulci which the married couple took the cars for their future residence in Chicago. The bride was accompanied to the altar by se veral bridesmaids but the senator being a wid ower, went alone. Only a few of his personal friends, including General fShields and Senator Shdell, were present, 'lhe marriage ceremony was performed by Father Byrne, of the Roman Catholic Church, in the religion of which the bride was educated, at Georgetown nunnery.

Senator Douglas, himself, is not known to have decided leanings towards any religious faith, though some of his friends draw a favorable inference from his recent land donation to a Baptist College in Chicago. In the matter of age and personal beauty there is a wide difference between the bridegroom and the bride. Mies Cutts is tall, elegantly formed, with a sweet, oval face, large brown eyes, small Grecian forehead, around which are entwined the heavy braids of her glossy and abundant chesnut hair. On her clear, peachy complexion there is a perpetual war of the roses the red and the white each failing to maintain a sole supremacy. Altogether her tout ensemble, as the little fluenkeys say, fully vindicates the good taste of the "Little Giant." 'For the gratification of your lady readers, the current story as to the way the match was brought about may be worth mentioning.

Three months ago the Judge, as Mr. Douglass familiarly called, called at the house of his friend, Senator Bright, who lives just opposite Mr. Cutts', and it so happened that Miss Cutts was there also. Immediately after she left; Senator Bright remarked to his compeer, "Douglas, it's really a shame you're not married. You ought to find a wife at once, and there's the lady foryou." The suggestion seemed to strike Douglas with the force of novelty.

Accordingly procuring an introduction from Mr. Bright to the house over the way, he soon found the recommendation more than borne out by the actual reality in the personal and mental charms of Miss Cutts. He became a frequent visitor, and the engagement was made in the latter part of the summer, though it did not transpire until a few weeks ago. Miss Cutts may be 2276418 of age. She is a contemporary and member of the circle of belles, all now married off, including Adelaide Smith Plorenoo Grccnhow and others, who once formed a great attraction at the receptions and balls at Washington'.

Her father, James Madison Cutts, an officer in one of the departments at Washington, is a nephew of Mrs. President Madison, and enjoyed a considerable intimacy with his uncle, in whose family he resided. In politics he is an Old Line Wnig, though not long since he volunteered a communication to the Union testifying to the good opinion which President' Madison held of Mr. Buchanan; He is a gentlemanly, quiet man, and much liked in Washington society. As for Mr.

Douglas, everybody ought to be familiar with his antecedents and appearance. In point of years, he has decidedly the advantage of his bride, being about twice as old. In person he is short and stocky, a sort of truncated giant, whence his well known designation. He has a red, somewhat rowdyish face, large features, the nose being rather retrousse, but still with an expression indicating rather a rude, unrefined nature, and an imperious energy, than any settled meanness or malignity of disposition. In truth, I think him a very goodnatured, pleasant man, individually.

He is perfectly willing after abusing or being abused in the most violent manner, to extend the right hand of fellowship to his enemy, though his political hostility is unrelenting. He is said to be worth at least one hundred thousand dollars' the result of fortunate speculation in Chicago lots, aside from the property, mostly in Louisiana plantations, left for his two little boys by his first wife. While at Washington, he lives in a handsome old fashion stuccoed house in the outskirts of the city, together with a sister who, with her husband, superintend his domestic affairs. Whether Mr. Douglas or his fair bride ever have the fortune to change their residence and dispense the hospitality of the White House or not, I wiBh them both a pleasant honey mooh, and a prosperous and unclouded married life.

Handsome Acknowledgment. We have seen a letter says the Journal of Cbmmera from the office of the Committee of Privy Council, Marine Department, London, directed to H. M. Fowler, H. M.

Acting Consul in New York, in which reference is made to the humane conduct of Captain Champion, of the American packet Victoria, of New York, toward the officers and crew of the British bark Rose, of Plymouth, in. taking them on board bis vessel subsisting. them several days. The letter concludes as follows ''Captain Champion has just arrived in London, and my Lords have taken advantage of the opportunity to present him with a gold chorono meter, as an acknowledgment on the part of Her Majesty's Government of the important services rendered by him to distressed British seamen, and thev request that vou will pay the sum of forty pounds (40) to the owners of the Victo na, and draw a. bill upon the accountant 01 Board of Trade in the usual way, in reimburse mentof the same.

This transaction is not to appear in your accounts with this Department. Banquet to Mr. Burigastb. The friends of, Anson Burlingame are maiung preparations for a grand banquet in, honor of hiB reelection to Congress. A Committee has been op pointed to carry the project into effect, and we hear it is to take place on Tuesday evening next, i tv.5i TTnil.

The hall is to be appropriately decorated and several distinguished speakers will be present on the occasion. Jsoston paper, An old woman named Bridget Larkins was bumed to death in on Saturday, by her clothes taking" nre. The deceased had been and her son', in order to prevent her getting any more liquor, locked her in a room, 1 During his absence her clothes took fire, and be fore any assistance could be rendered, life; wag exempt, thev are of the coiritations of the Emparor of China, or the man in the moon. The old sage laughs no doubt as complacently at their silly onjectures and impudent advice, as all sensible readers do ever such garrulous gossip. It was known that Gov.

Wise had paid a visit to Wheat" land, and of courso it was as plain to the clear comprehension that he came to tell Mr. Buchanan what he must do or dissolve the Union. Then Mr. Wise left Wheatland, and of course he must have quarrelled with Mr. Buchanan and left to dissolve the Union, and very the predictions of the Charleston Mercury, the New Tork Tribune and Mr.

Miller. The terrible agitation into which this announcement threw the country is kindly and benevolently relieved by the Times this morning, declaring that Wise's visit was one of personal friendliness, that they did not fight, that the dissolution of the Union and the end of the world have been further postponed. We breath mote freely 1 The Blagazlne. We have received from Messrs. Scott Co, 54 Gold streets, New Tork, the current number of the Westminister Review." It has an article on Buddhism showing that that system of faith which is held by about four hundred millions of human beings is based upon a belief in a aeries of transmigrations and has no central deity state of perpetual quiescenco, a state almost equevalent to annihilation being the highest as piration of its saints.

It is an instructive article The magazine also contains essays on the laws relating to married women in England, which are very oppressive and contrasts them with the liberal provisions on th same subject in nearly all of our States. An essay on Silly Novels by lady novelists, is very severe on the snuj firi.lnn It contains Articles on various other topics of equal interest. The Edinburgh Review from the same publishers has an article on the Life and Works of Fran, sis Arago, supposed to be from the pen of Sir John Hershel. In this article, in almost every page, original knowledge is authoritatively conveyed; with regard to the phenomena of light, it is affirmed that the undulatory theory, defective as it may be, has now no rival; none of the opponents of waves are now advocates of emission; the party designations of undulaiionists and emissionists has been exploded as absurd. The second article is an acute and lively critique of the new poets or versifiers, such as P.

J. Bailey, Sydney Dobell, Alexander Smith, the Merediths, Arnold and Massey. Their peculiar pretensions and traits are exemplified in effective quotations It seems that, in Great Britain "although very little good poetry is written in these days, a great deal of indifferent poetry is bought The French publishers find it difficult to dispose of any new metre. The conclusion of the Reviewer is that the prevailing taste of the latest Bchool' of poetry in England is not a healthy nor a vigorous one; a low estimate must be formed of its oaracter and tendencies. The third article is a skilful compend of the most recent information of Binai, Palestine and Mecca.

The travels of A. P. Stanley and Lieutenant Burton are particularly laid under contribution and warmly re" tommended. The breadth of Palestine the territory which fills so large a space in the history of mankind rarely exceeds fifty miles, while its extreme length, from Dan to Beersheba is but a hundred and eighty. There other articles on the history of the Ger inam Courts, filled with court scandal and some instructive matter on Alpine Travellers Beau marchais and his Times, in which his relations with the American colonies occupy several pages; on Geographical Botany on M.

do Tocqueville's new work and on the political crisis in the United States. The latter article is a venomous distillation from Mr. Sumner's speeches, the tract of Mr. F. L.

Olmsted, jMrs. tow's Dred, Miss Martineau's History of the American Compromises, Mr. Park Godwin's Essays, Mr. Josiah Quincy's address, and other kindred sources. The author of the article is an abolition zealot, probably the same who soma time ago made a eontribution to the Review on American Negro Slavery.

He cannot condescend to allow quarters here to President Pierce, Mr. Buchanan, Mr. Douglas, or the Democratic party in general. The Southern States are with him, the abomina tinn of the earth; a policy is traced in detail for Colonel Fremont as President of the Union, without which "the days of the Transatlantic Union are numbered." This sanguine enemy thinks that the Whig party went to pieces during the Texas excitement, and that the long expected storm has at length burst over the Union. It is not much of a shower after all.

Mrs. Stephen's new Dlustrated Monthly for December is a fine number the engravings being far above mediocrity, and the letter press matter of a very superior character. It 1b one of the most deserving of the monthlies. The story of the Lost Jewels is continued, with a fine illustration chapters of Harold Tale of To of Xb Pencil.