General Intelligence

Profanily. - Dr. Baird, who s now delivirig lect ures in Boston upon the political end social constimtion of Russia, pays that among all the people whom hè fiad seen and observed, the Americana and English are the most profane. This we are prepared to be lieve; for íhoúgh a comparison nvghi not be fair, be'ween our vvhole peuple lid tiiegreal number of immigrants from the British Empire on one eide, and the comparatively t'cw foreigners among us fronj continental Kurope on the other, yet we must admit that in proportion to mmber so f ir as our observation is extended, the American and Britons are by far the most adiiicted to this vulgar vice. - We hdve rarjly heard a Germán swear; still more rarely a Frenchinan, least of all a Span iord, Pörtugue6e öi Italian. And tvhen they do swear their profanity is in the form of in vocation, and not of imprecalion. A Flonling Heil.- We lca rn f rom the N. Y. Herald, by the way of the Standard, that a vessel, the Virginia' has been built for Ih special occommodation of theTheatre going people and has been receritly lacnched in tha city. It is abbut S85 tons burthen and con tains boxes and a pit which will accommodat 1200 persons. The Herald saye: "In the bows isa largo and elegantly furnished saloon, in which all the good things o this life aro disposed of, on terrns the mos reasonable. ítisoboutáG fcet eep by abou 40 wide; in which are two handsofilelv fiitet up barp, wll furniched witfa gond eatuble and drinkabléá. The handsome' marble-topped tables, the 6plendid mirrors and some elegant paintings - the bea-iliful cut grounc glass thadés to the lamps give tlU part o ihe vessela gay and elegant appëarance." Wc undcrstand that this vesstl is to visi the principies cities in the U. States. Wè linpn the Bostonians will uot aliow it to ente their harbor. A Ticklish TAi;iL.--When the Prince Bishop of Leige, was riding to batdo a the head of a body of trodps, he wasask ed by a spectator, Höw he, a minister o religión, could engage in the iniquitics o tfar?' '1 wage war,' replied the prelate 'in my character of prince, ti6t of arch bishop.' 'Arid pray,' continued the ih terrogatorj when the deril carriea off the prinqe, vhnt vrill become of fhe archbisop?'Punch saya the cheapeet wny lo paper a room s to advertisefor nn occountant (letters post paid,) and with the onswers vou will have suflicenl to papcr yoor largcsl rooro, ui-ti a cupboard tcspare. The Goshen Democrat spcnkin of the !iberty party candirlute in the ninth cungressiorml dstrct,.mys: "Ho isa man of unexceptionable ch'aracter, and, f electel, will fully su tain the rcputntion of the district in