A Female Slave

- I had purchased hertor her great beauty, but soon found ihat she was active, intelligent and lively. At first our only means of conversing was by sins,and hereyes sparkled with pleasure whenever she succeeded in comprehens ing my meaning. After the task of preparing our ëvening meal had been concluded, I frequently called her to my side and endeavored toacquire her language, which was of a silvery swectness, every word terminaling in a vowe!. Sometimes she sang ihe wild and plaintive airs of her country; and when I had explained toher that this also was not my native land, she would point me in the direction of her own, and her eyes would fill with tears at the recollection of her own happy home. - WellstcTs City qf Caliphs. OrThe (ota! number of slave vessels which have been captured by the British cruisers, under the late treaty with Spain from 1837 to 1840, inclusive, is said to be seventy-nine!Castor oil is manufactured in Inrge quantities in Illinois, and as a material for ight, is preferred to sperm oil. A thousand barrels are said to be made annually n Randolph countv alone. CrThe Printers of New York have brmed a Temperance Society. About 50 signed the plodge at their first meeling. The Court of Sessions in the city of New fork is composed of three judges, one a rotestant, the second a Catholic, the third a Jew ! The greatest benefactors of the world are those who contribute to make mancind the most happy.