tion, is occupied by an
elaborate disquisition on Government, and a Discourse on the
Constitution and Government of the United States. These treatises have
always been spoken of as the "great work" of Mr. Calhoun's life, setting
forth in a systematic manner his views upon the philosophy of civil
government. The treatises were commenced many years since, but never
received the final revision and correction which the author intended to
bestow upon them.

The Complete Works of ALEXANDER HAMILTON are now in course of
publication by C. S. Francis & Co. They are mainly printed from the
manuscripts purchased by Congress, under the direction of the Library
Committee. The collection will extend to seven octavo volumes.

It has long been suspected that colors were depicted on Daguerreotype
plates, if they could only be developed. Mr. HILL, of this State,
announces that he has succeeded in producing pictures in which every
tint and shade is accurately represented. We are assured by one of our
most eminent operators, one of the very few who have seen the pictures,
that there is no doubt of the fact. The inventor as yet keeps his
process a secret, though we understand that he is preparing a memoir in
relation to it.

BAYARD TAYLOR'S El-Dorado has been translated into German by C. Hartman,
author of a Geographical and Historical Description of California.

Mr. SAMUEL MAVERICK, of Pendleton, S. C., who is still living, assisted
in packing the first bale of cotton ever sent from the United States to
Liverpool. It was sent in the seed, and the consignee informed his South
Carolina correspondent that the article was useless, could not be sold,
and advised him to send no more.

Dr. GOADBY, who has recently delivered in this city a very interesting
course of lectures upon insects, has a most valuable series of
dissections, prepared at a cost of labor which would seem almost
incredible. The anatomy of a caterpillar, comprising three distinct
preparations--its nervous system, its organs of respiration, and its
organs of nutrition--occupied the undivided labor of thirteen weeks, at
the rate of fourteen hours a day.

Gen. HENDERSON, who was on trial at New Orleans on the charge of being
implicated in the Cuban invasion, has been discharged, the jury being
unable to agree. The District Attorney therefore entered a _nolle
prosequi_ in the case of Governor Quitman and all others under
indictment.

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