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IvrrprsT1SG TO WHALERs.-By letter re-
ce;yed in this town from Mazatlan, Dec. 4th, we
learn that the enormous port charges at that place
au,ount to a prohibition upon whaling vessels oe,
sirous of obtaining supplies. A tonnage duty ol
81 so cents per ton, Mexican measurements Is


levied upon ell vessels touching at that port ano
supplies are obtained with difficulty at high rates


The Glenswillie, an English ship OF o3O ions'
English measurements touched there IN Decehi-
Der. and was compelled to pay tonnage duty on
the Meyican measure for 1850 tons. The ship
Smvrna Of this port, had touched to land some oi
her crew. who were sick, and is reported to have
sailed again without paying port charges conse-
ouentv the officers of the port would be held re-
snons;bIe TO the government to the amount OF the
claim. e"-Deuiolu heicuiy'


ADVANTAGES OF ScIENcE.--Mr. Holbrook, Of
Medwav. the celebrated ell-iounder, who has
put up clock upon the Baptist church in this
town last week gave US little incident ofhs life
which is worth relating, if for nothing more than
to show the importance of a knowledge Of chem
strv. An immense pile Of cinders and dross had
accumulated near his foundry, which was suppo-
sed to be entirely worthless, and was used to I'LL
up stone walls, Sc A foreigner who happened
to be in town examined the pile one day. and Of
fered 800 for it. So large price excited Mir.
C.s suspicion that the cinders might contain val
liable metal, and he declined selling 1t. The man
then offered 5000, which Of course confirmed MS
opinion and, after little parley, the stranger ac-
knowledged that be was acquainted with pro,
cess by which valuable metal might be extracted
from the cinders, which he offered to dvuge ior
small compensation. A furnace and apparatus
we've constructed according to his direction, and
when the whole pile was run through, the mass
of neglected rubbish yielded nett profit OF thr-
teen thousand dollars. So much for knowing
.. how to do it." Lynn Freeman.