General Intelligence

English Brewcries.-VrofesBor Wright haa the following notice of the London Breweries: "But what is that dark murky building towering far above the sea of brick and mortar, with chimneys like church steeples? No uncommon thing; you see scores of such in London. Thelargesl churches arebutbirdcages beside them. They are comparable for size only to the cathedrale, St. Paul's and Westmin8ter Abbey. They are cathedral breweries, vast, ancient, glooroy. If they are not honored with the sepulchres of the mighty dead, they are filled with awfully deep vats steaming with a liquid which will make a mighty numberof the living asgood as dead. Suppose tbis nation were to be conglomerated into one individual, with one pair of hands and one throat, Ihen wuuld one of these immense brewhouse vats be jtist a qnart pot to him, whicb hewould drink up and be a fooi. The cataract of malt liquor, not to speak of wine, gin and brandy, which goes down the throat of this nation is stupendoiis - oceanic. No wonder Ihat in the ehadow of such brewhou?es the people aré sunk into celïars! Yet the ownera of these brewliouses are very pioun men, great men, and men of renown. They not only own these cathedral bre we ries, consecrated to the gospel of brutality, but they own the houses where the liquid is drinked, and mark the said houses with their names in such large letters, that the widow and the fatherless may read 'hem half a rnile off. When I have inspected the largest brewliouses moré particularly, I shall give you some measures and statistibs. Suffice it to say now, they are a sad hindrance to the cause of abötinence. Indeed, real teetotah'sm is lar, far behind in this country. The témerance societies aré excèedingly ieeble. By highly esteemed ministers of thé gospel, I have been pificd for not drink ing winèi" Piracy dnd Murders;-Th è stèwarcJ and cook of the bark' Salud.n, at St. Johns, N. B. have made a confesuion of théir terriable crimes. It ap'pears tflut the Saladin," Capt. McKenzie, sailed f rom Valparaíso, on the 8th of February, with IS persons, including Capt. Fielding, a passenger. Orí the lOth of April, McKenzie and Fielding had a quarrel, aftei which Fielding laid a plá'n, in conjuriction with 4 of the men, now iri jaii," to get possesfton of the ship, io accompfish1 which a series of the most delibérate and cold blooded butcheries wère com'mittéd üporï the retnainder of the ship's company. A few days stíbsequent to these horrible murders, Field ing began t plot against his compnuions, which being discovered they thréw hiin overboard. The Khip wás stèeretf for the Guíf of St. Lawrencè, w"herethey intendècf scuttl ing her, but weré providentialíy tnrown ashore, to receive tbe punishment due to threk dreádfúl crime. A Sltiv tholdiiig Minister RebuJeei.-Dañúg the Methodist General Conference in New York, the ministers in aWndance Were díátribirted atnong the various Methodist Societies in' the city, to preach' every Sunday. Tlie Forsyih St. peopie réquested tbeir paator, Hcmaii Bangs, not to send them ar sbaveholder again. The reqest was disregarded, and when aslaveholderarose in his pulpit on' Sunday, 9th, a large portion of the congregación' aroée ancfléft the house im media tely. Good. "Vv"e wish' all slaVéholdirig ministers inight be servéd" irï' the' amé ruaniier.- Morriing Slar.: What they tóill do - The Whigs", it success; ful, intend to créate a National Bank - a curse io 'the country for tlie benefit onlyof the planters, which no body wants but they and the speculators: and to which an overwhelrning majority of the people are known to be opposed. The Democrat8, if successful, intend to annex Texas - war or no wara curse to the country for the benefit only of the planters, arid which no body wants but they - and the spécuratora; and to which'an overwHelminp majority of the people ! are known to bé opposed. j The ouly ticket that will iairly represent the real wishes oí thé péople of Uie' Uhited Staes, on the maners ol public policy, which ostensibly divide the parties, is the' Liberty party". Vote for Birnf.t akd MoRicts. Eirtan cipator. "There ia if on enough in the blood of 42 men to make a plow-srihre weighing 24 pounda."- Edchang'e Paper. Wonder if that is not the reason why there are 'so many hard heancd men? ; Rigkts of Married Womtn.- A bilí before the Connecticut Legislature provides'for the security of the wife's real estáte against nitachmcnts on account of the husbarid's debts. It passed the Sen.i te 11 to 8,' but was yet to bo aoted upoji in th Houes. r jrA Strange Duel BlocJced The Picayune oftheSlstult. saya, two girls oí the town, with their seconds who were aleo girls were rrested by the pólice when about to fight a duel,with pistola and bowieknives,nearBayou, St. John. Finding that they would not be allowed to endanger each others uves accordiag to tpproved and fashionable rules, the belligerents had afight au naturel- or in other words, set to and tore each other's hair and face 'm regular cat and dog styJe. They are all in the calaboose. "City of the Dcad" In Blake'a Family Encyclopodia we find the fbllowing: "The Catacombs of Paris are supposed to be the iargest in the world,exceeding in extent, those of Rome, Naples, Malta, and even those of Thebes. The excavations extend beneath the wboloofthe Southern half of the city, and under a small part of the northern división across the Rhine. They are quarries w henee Paris was built: the stoneis a&oft calcureous ■ggregate, filled with organic remains, of which 6hells form the principal part. Here are vast quantities of human bones collected from the différent cemeteries of Par ie 6ince 1786 - (58 years) - and arranged according to the receptacles fiom which they were taken. Nolhingcan be conceived more solemn and effecting than a visit to these dreary abodes- tiiis place of sculls. It is, as it were, Paris in the grave. Here lie millions of its once gay and busy people, ranged in their long home, and piled togetber without distinction of high or low, rich or poor, friend or enemy. One pile alone contains tico millions and four hundred thousand s.ulls, and the different heaps extend a mile in length.- Here are chambers, and galleries connecting them, which are lined from the roof to the floor, with bones; in whatever direct ion' the eye turns, it rests on rows of sculls. How afTecting the contrast between the solemn appcarance of this "city of the dead,'' and the gniety aud dissipation of the city of the living, over which it is builtAboui 235.000 hoge have been packéd the past season at Cincinnati. the average wtrigbt of which the Gazette estimates at 210 pounds ea'cb. The pricea range from $2 60 to $2 70 per J00 lbs. The expense of preparing them at $2 per hog. which with the first cost, gives the gum of$I,SO0.000 invested in the single article of pork. The rale of taxation in Boston; last year was $6 20 on Ï000.A Treaty for surrendering cridinala has been made bet ween France and the U. States. Clark'a Bank Note List for June, says a'.l the establishmants for building cotton niachinery have order8ahead for Ï2 to 14 months.