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A correspondent of he Charleston Cour' | ter, at Wa6hihgtOn citN says s--An Nnecdote is in circulation here, which, you may rely on 1t, is from good AllthOritys There has been an old blind manln the city during the whole winter, a dIsgusting object, who was always to be found tn the lobby of the House of Representatives, led about by a"boy.-I This man has come from Tennessee, being a resident of Nashville, oe its vicinity. Gene. ral Jackson said, the other day, to a gentle man who called on him, that this old man, who had heen accustomed to come and sec him in Tennessee. and obtain relief when he wanted it, was led into the Presidents House. soon ai(er tho General had taken possession of it, when the following conversation took place. CeneroL-Well, uOhn; what brings you here, all the way from Tennessee Man -Oh, General, I came here because you are President. GeMer0!-l suppose, then, you want little money, to help you home again. Mom-Oh no, General want an office.- Gener0I-An office! what office, John? Man Why, General should like to be made a Clerk. GeMerol-A Clerk! Why, in what condition are you to be Clerk How could you do the duties of the situation? Man- Oh, General, have made contract with man, and will get his agreement under his own hand, to perform all the duties for me, and let me have half the salary. This the General told in the presence of a number ot hangers on for office, many of whom would be glad to be the parties to contract of a similar nature. Whether he designed it as a hlnt for them or not cannot tell"

 InJdnsous.--Tt is stated tn the Chambers. bNrgh Repository, of the Slst ult. that some cruel and malicious villains entered the bed chamber of MT. James Dickey, one of the most respected citizens of Franklin County, Pa. and attempted to kin him with an axe while he lay asleep! The monster struck him across the face with the edge of the axe, and left him for dead-and we are sorry to add there IS too much reason to fear, that the dreadful wound may prove mortal. We understand that Mr. Dickey has no recollec- tion of feeling the wound when it was given, and that a distressing mystery envelopes the affair with respect to the perpetrator Of the crime.

 Inundated Londs.--Just before he retired from office, MT. Rush, tho Secretary of the Treasury, made an able report to Congress on the subject of the lands inundated by the Mississippi. It appears, says the National Journal, that between latitude 48 north, being the northern boundary of Louisiana, and the Gulf of Mexico, a tract of land comprising the superficial area of 6,4Qo, ,260 acres, is inundat. ed, when the river is at It's greatest height. or this tract, the quantity lying below the Slst degree of latitude. is S,183,S80 acres, tho re. maining 9,g45,8SO acres, lying north of lat. gl, of which S8e,OOO acres he in the state of Mississippi. Of the lands which lie below lat. Sl, about 500, ,OOO acres have been re- claimed, by means oflevees, and emhank ments, at the expense Of individuals. It is estimated that every acre of this land lying below the S1st degree of latitude, might be made to produce three thousand weight of sugar; or laxuriant crops of rice, indigo, and cotton. Good sugar lands on tho Missls- 'sippi are worth Sl00 per acre; and good rlce lands in s. Carolina are of still greater value. It is believed that this large area, embracing all below lat. SS, would support a population of two millions and half. It is unnecessary to go further into the facts stated h this inter- esting document, except to add that the whole expense 0f draining this tract is esti- the effect would be the draining of land be. longing to tho government. amounting to three million of acres, and valued Ut upwards of thirty millions 0f dollars.

 Masqaeradss.- This licentious species ofa. musement seems tO have taken deep root Therchsing we believe, no less than three or four every night above ground. How nanny below, we know not. But the reader may not pefhaps understand what we mean by thlNremarA. We will tell him. The other night. as 1t win be recollected, there was an assault committed on assistant Alderman Ssrong. as he was vending his way to hs domicil And t has been stated, that in searching for the ruiiians. upwards of sixty sinks of iniquity were explored, and one of them contained a dance house twenty Eve feet under ground, where subterranean lancy ball was going on Ut the time.-N. Y. Spec.

 Kidnapping in Nstp- YeFk.-Last Monday afternoon, the attention of some gentlemen who happened to he passing near St. Paul's Church, was attracted by the cries of little girl, which well dressed woman was drag. ging by the hand. They made, some inqUi. ries of the woman, who stated that she was taking the child home. !" She is not taking me home," cried the little girl. My home is at the corner of Catharine and Hartman. streets. My father is J. K. Johnson. ate dinner at home today" The suspicion of the gentlemen were 30 far excited, that they took her to the house which she had pointed out. and there found her anxious parents. It seems that the child, who is unusually inter. esting, and but four years old, was returning A. A-. -I.-1 s. M