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. k pilgrims progress. it Who hat not "heard df Claiborne F. l Jackson, belter known o« Claib. Jock- ' non, the ex-Governor of Missouri, who - fey Legislative anthoiity, got exiled so j. ▼ery unceremoniously, and Gov- Gamble i | elected in his piece; but vtbo, nevertht- t lew, claims to be Governor oT .Missouri ' Still. In the country of Jeff Davis <fcco ? 1 The St. Louis Republican has the fol- ' lowing amusing article in. reference to , . him : > It is with great and incrensing dilfi- I culiy we keep truck' of tin perturbed ! | wandering of Governor Claiborne V. * -Jackson up and down the world. Will 1 ' . he not pi a fut'nre day, svlieti conscience 1 'shall have ceased knowing, and lie .run rest quiet in some scguested spot, give ' 'to mankind a narrative of his adyen- I ~~v"- turis siace his illustrious fight from Mis- 1 •'souri'* capital ? Something in the way of "Views Afoot," or "Citie* 1 Have ;8een," or Sight* and Scenes in Dixie," or "Haps mid Mi.-hujis of a Fugitive i i Governor," or "'Glances at Rebellion,"' 'or "tTgyr MemortW^jf Ugfr-Lfeads^Lor.j "Tracks oC a Traitor," or "a Rambler's i Recollections of Ilebeldoin," or i "Home* and Haunt* in Seceisin," or • "Stray Leaves by a Stray Governor," I or "Tour of an Kxile, for example. . The prilgripiage of lliisdislOjal fnnc- | tiouary would afford umplc material lor . w book ; ai d now, while James liachauun is engaged in the preparation of his < "Life and Time*," why may not Gover- i too'r Jackson contrilTute his mile to the < • personal and autobiographical history i of the day ? Not to make the work • i too cambeisuiu to the Governor, witli Deacon Tucker for bis "amanuensis," [ might omit ull except# iii« travel*, u* the public know the rest well enoug.i, with oni any elelioraic record. • We have said lint the, materials are r-~ ample fogjt.buuk. giving a diary of the Governor's Junruenhgi. lie tnigktim- ; gin with his flight begin from St. Loui*, about the 10th of Juno, I when lis at ft] Uen./ Price took a special train 1n the holiest kind of haste, and burnt d the bridge, behind them to evade pursuil. He could lt-y how badly sear- »■» ed he was, and how his. knees smote to gather alien. he gathered np his (hlrts j and thing*, and put- out from Jefferson City on horseback, leaving a - bushel or i M of traitorous letters, front diver* pooI pie, to be picked np and jriiblishril, ; Deacon Tucker could do this up jn fiac i style, as lie knows what it is to be discovered in dishonorable correspondence. A chapter coold be devoted to the battle of Doonville, as seen about two mile* off, when the Governor exhorted Captain Kelly and his men not to desert for the peltry purpose of using tlieir arms against the foe. Then ho .cnald incor- j porate bis sensations whilst disguised in ! female attire, making champion time be - j liind a pair of horse* on the Sedeiio road. A statement cf the reasons ijppell.ng the author ..to abandon the State and "git to Arkansas" would be instruc- * *' tire and entertaining. The public have never been altogether satisfied of the circumstances attending the accident whereby two or three b- US frhnt teeth were knocked out by a moth thrown into the cars whilst travelling from Rich mond to Tennessee. This incident might be briefly riientioned Indeed, there are a thousand little episodes in Gov. Jackson's career, running through fix or aevtn month*, that wonld make excellent general; reading- . For a truthful narrative, we would pay an extra price per column, provided the Gover- t k nor wonld transfer to us the exclusive I " copyright. j There are various things In reference | lo CI *lb. upon which the community at large require some light; as, for ln:( I * stance, where d i ts ho keep hisioflicr I 9 and transact the business of the State ? We know that his archives are no*, hrp. that his treasury cau conveniently j

i bo carried- iu hi* vest pocket, and that j the concern which he call* a government | is almost altogether .a thing of the iffla j n • g ination ; but politicians of his quality . t and calibre usually make vast preten- j t sion#, -like a very small family in a very ; 11 ' big house. Where is the place at which j t the Governorfdoes his governing ? lie ] t must sign .scrip, issue proclamations, j 1 make requisitions on Jeff. Davis, and ; f i perhaps, some other trifling formalities ! f connected with hit higli, important, and ' t influential position. Onr latest* information f&cate* the-jt Governor in Tvew Orleans, nnd llie pa- [ ■ j pet* of that city have at divers time* re- j corded his arrival and departure. Then . we heard of liitu at Mobile, Richmond, " Nashville, Norfolk, Memphis, Columbus, j f New Madrid, , ilelniout, Lexington, 1 Carthage, Neosjioc, Springfield, May- I ' field. Fort Scott, Pocahontas, u|id we I : don't recollect how tnany other cities, I ' towns, and ramps in the Confederate-! Utopia. IUs' Lieut. Governor, Col. j i Reynold- — for he now has a military ti- 1 lh> — used to alternate, or "ride and tic' j with- him in proclaiming find issuing -scrip aud doing the other futi.eliou* of ; the gubernatorial chair ; but Col. Rcy» ' , unldv is as itinerant iu his habits as the j , wandering Claib. himself, and lias al- , ways uiad u it point, we believe, ueVjr to ( be in llifejgmo town together yrttfi hj^ superior sflicer. * \ We think the rebels of this State1- . ought to petition Jeff- Davis to locate a t capital for Misioqri— just for tlie name , of the thing — and compel fJoveruor . Jackson to give l>ond* (or we will aay | security, if i tender sensitiveness revolts . j at the suggestion of bonds) to stay | i there for-ol leas; a week ht a time. It would look better to have a nominal | , seat of .Gi»iwiiiti«tt, in oyder to keep np the magnificent metaphor - of Mis'- j ■ sunri'd figurabe^ connection -with the 1 |iarabulienl Confederate State*, Hy ail ; means let Governor Jackson be chaiued j«P»5 "" --ji THE PBIlTTER'S ESTATE. * , Tim printer's dollar*— where are. they? A dollar here, and a dollar there, scattered over numerous small town'*, nil over tlie country, miles- and mile* apart — how shall they be gfilhcrcd together ? The paper maker, the building owner, the journeyman compositor, the -grocer, :he tailor, and all aiusistanU (o him Intj- - yargjwg on his bnlinCH, hnve their de- j mantff hnrdly ever *o smoll as a siugle | dollar, ilul the mite* from here and i there must be dilligently gathered onil ! patiently. hoardedvor the wherewith to discharge tho large liabilities will uever become sufficiently bulky. We imagine ; i he printer will have to get np" nn addre«s to his widely-scattered dollars -aomeiliing like the following : "Dollar*, halve*, quarters,' dimes, and . 1 aft manner .of fractions into wliich yc ' { are divided, collect yourselves, and come (home! Ye nre wanted T Combinations of ail sorts of men that help Iho printer to -become a proprietor, gather, such force, and demand, with such good r»usons, your appearance at his couu'er, that nothing fituirt of a sight of.you will appeaAeihetn. Collect yourselves, for ' ! valuable *s yoa nre in the aggregate, ' single yon will never pay the cost of : gathering. Come in hero, insiugle file, that the printer xtnay form you Into a liaUalliou, and (end you forth agkin to 1 i battle for hrut, and vindicate bis fei-bte I j eredlt.!" ' , Reader, are ycrti sore you haven't a , conple of the printer's dollars sticking about your clothes ? I j mi * Gen. lialleck ha* i>B*«d a *|R-cial order ' ■ : dire* ting the i'residi-ut, and other officer* j of Hi* St. -Louis Mercantile Association! j i and the ( batnber of Commerce to take the I , | oath of ulleviaoce prescribed bjr law. In i case of failure to do so for the space of ten | days, iho officers so failiug shall be du*m*d ( 1 to bare resist ■ «#<l ; and if*. ho attempts to ; ■ eaetei*e the fuactiotut of his office, be shall ; t-e artcstsd for contempt and puuithed ac- I ' uordiag to t ie laws of war. V ' ' I iiamtiMl !! - • • I I I

HOW TO PBESESVE THE TiAfH. , | Tlie mouth i« a very warm place— , 1 ninety degrees- Fahrenheit. In this nor- ( tliern climate we aeldom have a tempera- ( sd high in the shade. Kveii.at t ninety, beef will begin to decompose In 'q | twenty-four Itours. The particles of , j beef tind other food which are left be- , j the teeth at dinner begin to ptitri- , i before dinner the next day. If you f : pick the teeth, the odor of the breath ! testifies to decomposition. With this nfanageinent, we ought not ' \ to be surprised that the gum* apff teeth 1 I should become the subjects of disease. ' What is to lie done ?. 1st Uso the tooth-pick {goose quill after each weal. Follow with a mouth- 1 or two of water, to remove tho par- ' tides tho tooth-pick may have left be- ' I hind. * I 2d." Kftr; morning, on rising, nso the ' arid castile soap. • "With these simple tilings thoroughly ' done, jou will prcstrvc tlie tefctb to old age. HOW TO SWIM IS A SO®. At a I te meeting of the Academy of Science, one of the members, in the conrse of a diseefflion, gave the followI ing very nseful information for persons who may be shipwrecked, or who bappen to full overt oard nt sea : " Tlie y crson must maintain such a position as ; J to see tho wave* when they approach. ] "" All. that is required, then, is that the • swimmer keep his course watching their approach. As lie rises on a wave, he wjfl see a roaring cataract three "or fonr feet high, rushing toward him as though i it threatened destruction s but, if he | holds his breath a moment, tho crest will pass harmlessly over him, Bad in nn ini sunt he will find himself on tho wind- ' ward side of the ware, perfectly safe, i ' and ready to continue tu before. If the ' pcrsoh is floating upon a board or plank, ho should turn his head toward the com- | (ng waves, and keep hts fl^at at rightj. M||(S to them, holding-his breath as bei fore when the crests pa**. In this way ! lie will be safely driven to the bench ; ! hut, if he allows the board to be struck by the waves sidewWc, he stay '*e rolled over and over, and, in his*fright let go i hi* hold." the hext haval expedition. The m xt naval expedition, which is ji-riow.pie.iaring at New York and other {"points, i* to be commanded by Com, Farragot, and report* ore abroad, some \ stating that it is destiimd lor Savannah and other* assigning it fqr the western j part of the Gulf. It will bfi hy far the most powerful naval force yet fitted out. and will consist of the Hartford, Rich- : mond, Pensacola, and other large steam- , frigates, a Urge number of gnnboalr, nnd twenty or thirty vessels carrying

mortars and thirty-two pounders. , The motter flotilla connected wit# this , 1 expedition is nudcr the command oi| ( : i Capt. D D. Porter, and is being hnr- t ; ried toward* completion with all possi n ( ble haste, bat from its extent some e weeks may elapse before i»ll the vessel# t will be ready lo proceed to sea. Th% r I ' nrmament being of n kind rather novel 1 . to our navy, has caused some delay in ^ i fitting out the first vessels of llife flotilla, f |- but these obstacles are now overcome, { and the vessels are nearly ,pH ready for t their guns. The mortar, which is near- | ( ; ly amidships of each craft, ercigha abont t , 17,000 pounds, and is bored for 13 inch I projectile#', tW most formidable known c , to modern warfare — Newark .Vercitry. 1 , "CLUfKEB'' IN STOVES. If only the first quality of coal be ^ used, i he re will' be little trouble from 1 r ."clinker" fastening upon the sides of the ' ' | stove It U composed of various mine- ( ; ral i npuritiiw which are melted by the ^ intense heat, and hardened by contact , , with the cooler lining of the stove. — \ i 1 Care is needed in storing the coal in the > cellar or other place, that no tand lie in- • < I | tcrmixed, as this will cause clinker.— < - The silex of which the sand is partly i 1 composed, and the iwlasti of tho ashes

unite, and form a glassy ' substance, , which adheres vcrv tenaceoniiy to Iron ! 1 brickwork. If » Mote liec'ome* . Jclinkercil, place a few. oyster shells in ^ -the firo Close to the clinker. Ily repeatlag this process a few days the clinker ■ , will be loosened so as to be removed ea- i c *ily without breaking the lining So f a correspondent — Amer. Ayr'it. il THE.00TT0N AT POBT BOf AL. « Mj. .Reynolds, tlie agent sent by. the-, i Scretary of the Treasury to Port Royal, « lake charge of the cottuu on the is- « in that vicinity, returned tq Wash- ■ ington. He had a long interview with . Secretary Cha*e. He says lie ha* al- | ( ready secured about a' million of dol- ( wortli of cotton. He bqs now in , his^mploy about three thousand ne- , groes. who are at work On the different islands, gathering cotton, lie says they

are budlv clothed, and oneol the objects £ of hi* mission* is to procure three or four ihou-wnd* suits of clothes to take j back vviiii him. He also wants four or q five good physicinns. He'aays the ne- a , j groes work very well, gnd attend to n their lnbors_ properly. He also wants a . fi | steaincr of small draft to ply between «i "the island.- The Seer etui y wilLproba-J1 lily arrange for the articles which he re r , quiiei, nnd have them dispatched at ^ , once. , . ■■■■■ » - ALPHABET OF FKOtEffBS. i] A gram of prudunco is wortli a pound- ■ ' of craft. * * » i i Itoasler* are cousin* to liar*. . ! Confession of a fault muke* half amend*. ; j | 1 l*«nying a fault donbfe* it. i _ ' Knvy sbooleth at other*, and ' wound* : 1 ' I Foolish fear doubles danger. , ' I God reacbui u* g >bil thing* by our . i ■ I hand*. t . < 1 1 i j He has hard work who hts nothing to do. | li lt cost* more to revenge wrong* ihanto 1 1 ( j bear them. . . . j Justice overtake* many a rogud. , | t I Knavery i* the worst trade. . j; '*f Learning makes a man fit company fur . Liuiaeif. | Mode*ty is agnanl-to virlue. • , Not to hear conscience i* the way to^ si- ' I lonce it. I ' One hour lo dar i* worth two to-morrow ) i Proud looks^hake foul work* in fair faf ce*. • • , I Quiet ronseicnce gives vptisV-HiM-p. I Rii-hest is Ire that want* least. 1 | Small turfl* indulged, are little thieve# r J that let in greater. . > The biiughi'thal bear 111041 hang lowest. . e | Upright walking i« sure wnlking. ' U | Virtue and happiness are mother and : , I daoghter. # 1 Wise men make more opportunities than j they bud. * Yoa never lose liy doing a good torn. •— ' Zeal without knowledge is firo without • j lights r> Ami a good' newspaper is a Wull-spring | 5 of knowledge.

MARB-AGE. If a man -i wis vert- much like getting married, yet imagines that be ought not tc. tha best remedy jspo help his neighbors move a bonse fall of-ruraitore— borrow nine of his chilJren for three days anil hear them If that fail, bu.ld.np a fire in a damp room. 'and ^tmn the sm<tko itr the room i* thickest, hire a Woman to' scold him nboat four hour*. If he can star. J at> that he'd belter get married the next day — give his wife the pants and be a "silent partner" ia great -firm of matrimony^ We think , tH« remedy is severe, bat as' every man is liable lo these thing* alter lie yokes, him-' self, it would do no harin to try il before. The above, wa* no doubt written by a crusty oM bachelor editor, wh*r never felt the bliss of matrimony. MNsancnor Lie*.— Endeavoring to make Violent love imder the table, and pressing the wroag fooL Toasting cheese, and when it iwmore ; than half done, let il fall into the ashe*. Forced by politeness to leave a pleasant party forihe purpose of accompanj ing a sbor old maid to herludging* two miles distant. Dreaming that yon ha>v suddenly acquir- ' ed a large fortune; stretching out your band to gra>p the welcome booty ; awakening, and find uothiug iu jour list bat the bed ]K>»L

A IffUL-THi SswifiVa ShIi-.— A 1'ari* cor- | WHfOlideot 'if the Near York World rajs that p'u American in that city proposes lo tntilil a steam vessel for the accomodation of consumptive patient*. The writer Bay*; A. portion of She year will be spent in I and wlwn thi* become* tiresome and monoU.nottj, or the -weallier begiat to • . — — ». — ' •" prove chilly, they will steam meav far Madeira, or even fasibrrto^th. u» far" as the Cape.of Good uope And thus Dm patient* ■ will be kept iu n w.tr\s and eventemperacontiuvally. fin hun|li*tjMranri. or about ou« humlrei." mTy l. from each patrchl will, the project* think*, bo amply suftirienl lo pay a handsome profit to (be managers of the entvrprhie, nnd he I is already in communication with on* of , the larg««t naval constructors in Ffaneo jn , relation to the. matter, nod he hope* *>»ino , tine during tlie coining yoar to #ee lauugh' ed.thc health seeking ship. Many of the Now Jersey volunteers en-

com pad in the vicinity of Alexandria are busily engaged in stockading - their tents, which makes them more rooaiy; and at the f , same time add* much to their comfort.— These stockade* ore formed by cutting log* and ^placing them uptight in tho ground, and plastering the outside with mud, thu* 1 a snug enclosure- of about four feet ' in beiglilh. upon the top of which therein is pitched. This arrangement adj* to tho * roominess, and vastly In (he comfort ol'thn tsnts. Around the sides are erected two tier* of bunks. The floor* are also boarded. and thus a very good sabsiitate fpr ; winter qaartcrs is provided. We learn that ' * .iho whole of lien. Kearney's llrigud* i« | thus^romfortably housed. . I-earn from the earliest days lo Inurt • F°ur principles against the ridicule^; you flh" no morh. uxercieo 'your reason if you in the constant dread of laughter, than I you can enjoy Jrour life if you are in cpnslant dread of doath. If you think it'right differ from the times, and ^lo make a 1 point of. nioralsjdo it, however, andlquatud j predaotic il seems ; tlo not do it for insolence, but serioasly — as a man who 1 won' a souRin his bosom, and dial not wait 1 till it was brvatfcM into him by the breath i oTTashion. frK Viea-1'MuinK.xTs*— 'l'hcr«ferenrs tor - be- a fatality about the office of Vice-Pres-idents of tim Unit' d Stale*. Aaron Burr. ' • ~1 1 the thigfl Vico-l'residont, was a rank traitor and conspirator; Jghn C. Calhoun, the sixth Vicir President, wa*. another virulent conspirator'againsl our national life -uJobr. . I'yler, ninth Vice-President, end by an nc# cidsnt President, was. previou* In hi* death a zealous rebi-l; and John 0. Breckinridge# ; thirteenth Vico- President, i* now a Genu- . ral in the traitor army. Xkwkku.v. — Newbuni- North Carolina, which is now indicated ax ono of the | point* of ^ttock by the Burnside expedition. is a.|i«rrt of entry, and the capital of . Ilj'de county. It is situated oa the southwest bank of Xeuso river, at the junction ^ • 1 - of tho Trent, thirty mil-* above Pamlictr v • | Sound. It* population is from e,(KN) to ' 10.000. D was long the capittll of the St«V^. It is pleasantly situated and haridi somely built, and cr was — (he sent of • quite an extensive trade. Gov. Hpragne, of Khodu Island, has tendered to the Government throe .regiment* j ' of infenlry end two batteries of- artillery to garrison the defence* of Washington on the Virginia side of tna Potomac, whenev- ^ it the National army shoM more forward, ; ' ' I The offisr, it is said, inert* tbe fa\orab|J consideration of the* President and of Uou. 1 f MeClellan. I , _ i By late Southern news wc lenrij that 1 . General Beauregard ha* been relieved of - his command on the PotOffiae and sent - to Kentucky lo assist in the defence of Col - t umhus. He will be subordinate to no onw t except General Albert Sydney Johnston# • , The reason for tbe chioge is not given, j lie wiftbe succeeded at Manqesae by Gen- ' tifi Gustavns W. Smith, e*-alr*«l commie- > sioner of New York, who formerly held 1 the position of captain of engineer* iu the ® regular army of th» Union. t Dr, Rossel, of tbe London Thnes, propb^ v t esios that unleu there is a great victory in . thf# country, the American Government wilf have ile fate sealed by the 1st of Jan- . uarj. The Doctor predicted . that the »n j ; render of Mason end Slidell -would rain t e ■_ | Government— and therofore would not tm j surrendered. We cougratulste the Specie Correspondent spoii bis gift of "prophesy# t . " _ . ' " "M