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&t%jut‘kisii/p<>i ifefjjSßftt;the'el@ctioD, there be-/
-•'- 'ebn«|edbjV^ft-i.yji!(^xbitj i abd ; llr<'W'’.'S. ittiih,
■wsiawt»
b;t)iStotwfiBwab«ky>‘«aji r dira's<!»S
Of *tr!
? / Hiitte«lry“*KotBUth and Klaplta. ;
:; Notlong ago we loliM' in vphatMmner,
'pondUibns ? >nd fttwhat time, Jwhgary.
;eamo unSorthogßvereigeWlo?6S|lio ijgjuie.'ipf
Hap’sliurg;. FnAHWS-
Hungary, simply as. tho.
Lri’BBnBSA, hereditaiy
and not as Emporoii'^"Atwim t i '?T)isairetdl®
undoubtedly prevails in Hungary, arising from
continued misgovommcnt by.EBAXOis Joseph.
The leading peoplo - in Hungary, however, can
scarcely 1 bo-said-fedeslro.to cast off'tho IlapK
burg js'trlrß.'Ue is felt to. Be
unfortunate-—bnithe Daanncr in which, over a
century agoj Hungafy tooK up the cause ana bat
tled for tlio rights Of Mabia ThebesA, (« Mo
riahtdir ! pror' l fegd'dostrS, MAtitA?
’shoii’ed 'ffikXthe/.adjhitted'fiSK clm&, bbwovOr
.derived), .V" )'
■1" After , thy revolution of.ldtdlp, when. .the
,4^.i»|.'Bn^wm)i^^pyod^cmh.ail'as?l r .
rations of iiebdpflSi : in Hungary, the. Emperor
FBiscis. JosEPHvtheii.onlytin liiB ,20tb year,.
ianniMtatedthocpnstitutioDjUnd rilled oven
■Huh^r bound, as'
Kingf of Etungary, by flieTaws oftbnt-laud,
and derivihg all Ws rightWn that land from hid
•coronation oafb to, maintain the constitution,
and govorii’ HutigaVy according t6thd“ jiacio
xijnpenlaJ’ Itfsfhe custohi to'call Louis Na
, poison.’ « perjured,” ’ because of. tho coup,
gimo' ( epithet should he, ap.,
piled, w.ith:ho, less fhreo, to Fbancis Joseph?
>..‘A l Hungarian, iwho .lately wrote. upon, this)
isubject in tho Timet, thusi described-: what,
FiAiteisJoaEpahasdoneinHungaiy: "There
-'has/hOeit ihti 'time dm our history,’’ -said'he,
havphad tnbite reiasOh'for;
’ not : , only,
Jdo^iyod^f-'their-rights, and nationality, but
.degraded and dishonored. .Thoir.jmost,noble,
‘aons fell as raiWyrSs .their landris tom to pie-,
mOst swsredrightspf a .nation,'
i<^S^idif’tKe‘J^to^ ;
,ejdeht'wiiich ; )'c»hßeSveve'ry : truo.Hungarian
policesystemhithertouDknown papd, in 800.
ofjdlthismisefy, nowthat tho very.existenee,
loffjiiiattfii-id'%ndahgered, : r We :'tev Hungary.
striWng)dhlegaigrouhdS,to regain her ponsti-’
tutlOhitf best ‘pro’pf of which is the
now fight)
io'ihithiy, again6fc.their syinpathie3, against
®eir..)fejer«pji, hndfihK.Fiei'.tl lo .enpelUos pg>s
petratediiby the Austrian system .bfterrbr;«.
Initibctyithe enormities whicli tho Germans
■ sfkcticedin Lombardy arid -Yenetl4 were tho'
stShd/iislthoSeTtii Which Hungary was, and i»: !
.shh3^:;r'V: : :-, :- ~; :
),)j[tis. Hungary has a dcsirS
tp.beeppctcdinto.arpppbjic, irnd it is not cer
tain,that; were there, a devolution to-morrow,
Kossuth bimseif could establish that form, of
goVoriimeht in the’face' of the. popular, desire
for* a.» Constitutional monarchy.' 'ln April j,
1819,rhe consented to Hungary becoming'a
Republic, ailaUegwhee to'the house of Haps
burg being then, repudiated, and was 1 himself
Supreme Goyernop orbis native land. ’ By all
peepuets, If. Austria yjere now to restore bon
sU|SUphal:iife,to Hungary—which lias a con-
Btitutioud»ting'fro)m'the.beginnipg of the thir
teehth tentury, aUd tHereforcas old as that of
Englandii-itwould 'satisfy ; the ‘people. v.-Hun
gapy wahta fo resuine her position its anation,
fiwj3, hot to ho) a pt'bvihcp un r
lf Austria de-
reformwhich
her sway in
Hungary.',;; Her. Sclavonic; races gravitate
towards BUBBia, Whicli id supposed not to be
dyefdHehdiy )tp ! >A#iWa)f-ahd ! 'hefliowit Hun-
to Ans-
' Jobeth Whether
returntoHuhgary
Jtj» leaS the ,masS oC middle,.
woaithy,dnd noble elassea sre.rather aftaid bf
ravolutioniValler tljat of .1848-9. • Kossuth,
Whoie rather.a manof thought than .action,’!
showed high administrative power while lie was!
Wf ? the;lieiLdfpf aflUlrt. -Geoboe Kuapka, on]
to;
ui_eti«lidiimilitarreiiacaUio : nhtYioniia.Hctook
anlvllas well as in a military capacity iffi
the;affaira of „He commanded the
Hungarian troops in tho campaign which ended
in tho rout of the; Austrians under Wirmsch-'
dBATty aud was Minlßter pf 'Wari to Kobsoth,
when 1 ; th6 ; latter was.' Governor of * Hungary.
"His gieatjprliicipie is“ the sovereignty of the
to re-establish a good un
derstanding between Kossuth and . Gbn
oev,he.thrpwhlm3clf intoKomorn,which he
heroically, defended,; and ..was just arraying
Styna againat Austria, when the treason; of
GoßOßTiannihilated the hope of: Hungarian
Irtdeperidence.' He w'aa ths last man in arms’
wt’Wipwnder^;t’o;MaiahaV ; HATs;An, it th<>
eh'd of .September,;lB49, "Ho found an asylum
In Englaijdj'arid 'subaequently Went to'ltaly.
Finally, ]lio Went ’to reside, inSwifzerliind,
who.re ) he . was, l naturalized—and,, indeed, in
1868 was elected one of, the legislative repre.
sentatives ofGcnevar -
afo•Louls-Kos-
SpM'dnA'GKoTipE Kiapjca ? 11 After the treaty
of Villa Franca; they left Italy, 1 arid have riot
since .iWeu’heard of. Most probably, should
/Aristrlan'miarnlc drlve’Hungary into revolt,
hSthlririn Will.reappear.
Who Disclosed the Letter? , ~
that the New York Herald— the
of j^r^^eijl^ucnAjfA?!—is'misleading
Its sinfiter'eiforts''|o fjx upqnEuaitNpCAssiDY,'
,Esq., the editbrof fKe Albany Argas "and Mas,
the odji[m n of exposing,the l letter written,by
Governor Wise, of Virginia, to Mrl B. Dok-
NEii,r, of tho.city of New York. .tt has been
;'pur misfortune to differ frbw Mr. Cassidy on
many occasions, and vib are indebted to him
for, some, recent incivilities, which an imita-.
I tion. bh.hiatbwi ispirit ijiight .induce,, ns',.to
avenge, by- felling , into , the trap-set by the
Herald , In’grdbr his disgrace.
Entertaining profound contempt for any man,-
whOj Unless provoked- beyond endurance,>vo-
>! %! letter written,' to him by a
friend, uunder tho, seal of .secrecy, we know,
Mfelng to leadus
tp,repsat'iheJmpntatiqtfihat'he is'justly sub
ject .to tho icharge of the Herald. Nor, wo
Mt),glad,to. add,, dp we knoyr ofMr.
ifie^BWßMesio—to f wii6ni, ; according' fco.Mr.
DOMKHtav, the-letter of Governor IVish-was
‘jncon- ]
sistent; With tho .highest sense, of honor and,
-.,', ' / ,- : ';,; _!
ari article in'Mr.
Cissbir's paper shpwa'.that he denies his cnl.'
.P^bUh^iyth'e'fealtcr 1 :" . ,•- ’ -', •■
’tyrtS have n'evor.published this letter, nor'
, caujQ il to , ie. published , nor were wo aware that
It uo&llkely to.bOj tiU.ws heard that the ehiof of,
K! ft-Mf'Mv*, foorct polioe-had possession of it.
Ifo kpoWj thein thot no nonlldentiulity oi oharao
■ t^ r i, no, regard for. its author,'and no. consideration
for tbesoitmightlnjure, would prevent its pnbli- :
e».«on;?’ ~;, - ■* •.,
il.t.hi preposterous tp supposo tliat- eitherSlr.
BicBSfOKD or Mr. Cassidy would disclose a
wrttyn : by; a gentleman, to the
«Becret!,pbßCC. to? - thb INew York < BteraU,”
whichhdslieen so Tlrnlentinitsabnsoof them,
,.;The;'censures by
«tcjftrj(/df'of Mr. Cassidy and his friends’are
’’evidences enbugh'that that journal is - riot in-,
precious morceati.therb
is cogent proof, afforded by its own columns,
'thatilt'ya'S'^hrre^UtlouB]y; obtained : by-the.
“secretpblice oiihei&rald’’ forthepurposo of
subserving the designs of the Administration j
ine’ official Mipcndlnry;
Otlier indications lead us to tliis conclusion.
The President and his Cabinet i are * known. to
Ibe.' shspiclotis of . the ;interest "at Albany—of
which Mr’. Dealh Riohmohd is a distinguished'
fehresentative—and nothingis more suggestive
of this than tho 'of the ‘ iferafe ih regard
•to that. .1 The attacks upon Governor
;iViBii,for t'in ‘ the Administration
lication-of. his unfortunate letter., ' Ho, hod
heep pi-evlbusly'' denounced by' them in the
.mps^vlo^tjeijhs. 1 ; .jvp aip' therethfe, com
peiled to Believe, in view of all. these clreum-
ljhatiflib’Admin'ietration andits; agents
afeaiTthe'libttijmi'.pf.the rey.elation df'this letr
; ter, and tlint events-will very shortly cstahlisli
the'j^jh'd^fijia’a'seertion. ' i
1 i A MsP. aud mteresting statement is publlsh
ied., in;,pur;,e<?l«mns : this..morning,:, by Mr,.
HojlaCe 11. DAY and his counsel, giving in .a
yerv iuild lninner the jioints nt issue between
Mr.yAT'attil'iCeftSrSj’jjepsoifandD'icKeESOK,.
llii which
cpnrts: Tho 'ima
portapt in tills famous suit
hn’attentive perusalof
iWA^f?’?.stftic^ehyhy : ‘theh!Biidrpus' ! parties’
intcrcßted; .......
TheHichmorid Enquirer Again,
.-Younger. "Wise,.in toapcr'jof
in further comments onjtlie v D ontieily> letter
andhthe canting the ConsUiuHoUi
option-
says, inScelferfinceS o th 6 .*j
‘ 5 'Vffwro s dhere.;fB m
? tion, can it bo possible that the fire jok&tilaihy is
not smouldering somewhere? Aye, itfmust bo
somowhoro, but where? Who kindUditV'^
And again he says i • !:
“Wo .would simply request Brigadier General
Bowman and every other editor who has played
Figaro to the villainy of their New York associates,
to ..do,, Goyernor'VYise.tho Justice to reproduce jn
their oblumnS the lo'ftor which’wo published'yes*'
terday. n ’ .• •
• Andfarther,-Hr< .TTigE ,;
**Afcd, t£en { Brigadier. General Bowman, that
arch-Th&stotiby'HxeCutivefavor, of every species
ofdityworl:! As early as the 2d, 1 inst. the cat
fioedßrigadiergave out the portent of a scheme yet
to be unravelled. Two days before tk'epublication
of the Constitution came* out with an
artiolo whichnobody could explain or understand,
charging Governor Wise with a want of ‘ candor ’
ondTingonuouapesa,’, and honor.’ Ah! ■ Briga
dier i the circumstantial evidences of villainy are
strong against you,' If you are not one of the
conspirators , yon are'at - least'their chosen trum
peters) You have made a mistake in your proud
cateer! ; You were made to bully * scavengers,’ not
■to’ meddle with .higher game! Down, on your knpes,
and * hangfc cdt-sUn oh those recreant limbs.’
“Who. but Hhd cat-faced Brigadtento roada lec
ture, to JjonnrA. .of ( Virginia) on* political
arortAWTr I.!’ Dh,yogods! ~V. . jt _
: “And how, Messieurs Assassins and Conspirators,
what have yedorfe?' ■ '' -■ ' !
Hlmprimis. All Mr. Buchahan's aspirations
\for re-nomination. ars knocked into a coded
r kat,’\ ; - * * . ..
Mr. wiSE concludesthus:
tested, ©you* by, tho treachery of Ms
his epemies, honest, mon.recognise him as one who
does' not recognise, that distinction between private
and political morality, which all bis assailants are
sOroady to admit. l Trained in another school from-'
{that of Brigadier Bowman’s politics, he regards any
'deviationfroxa-political morality as a stain on
personal honor,. \ ' '
“How many of Ins competitors colild withstand
the, test to-whiefike has been subjected ? Nay,-
.how many'of thSn dare encounter even the test of
a full public avowal of their political opinions ?
|.. ‘*.Tbefe'o 'considerations weigh', with the people,
however' they' iuay be disregarded’ by political
tricksters. Moreover; there is * ..big, indignant
heart in the -popular brenat—o;?s that-scorns treit‘
thery—especially f mpotent and thwarted conspi•
r '; , ■\ ’ ;
Xejtter trora' Occasional.”
[Correspondence of The Frees.] ... ■} .
- ‘ Wasotnotos, August 11,1850.,,;
, Nothing can exceed tho bitterness of the Adinin-'
istration papers against on account'
of his letter exposed daring the sessions of the Now
.York State Committee at Albany. They roll up
,thoir eyes in holy horror, regarding it hot only as
immoral and dangerous, but as Certain to result in
, ibe complete annihilation of Governor Wise, v That
Jt’was onunfortunato production no. one can deny,
and; the r G6yerhpr Ytas-’taken probably the'.only
coarse left to him—toncceptit'ae his own, and to
awaiieYohts. Thosowho are "put fopvard.how
ever, in these assaults upon him should recollect
that they have no ordinary man' to deal with. 110
is full, of expedients; and although bitten by the
naad dog of ambition to bo President; has, daring
his lifojrsustained a‘high reputation' for integrity
and honor. 'The taunts and jibes of his enemies,
while they will certainly infuriate him, will induce
him to task his intellect for fitish means of defence
ha" may‘be‘ within his roach,y s ahd it will be
surprising* 7 IF ■ some of * those" who" are indulg
ing themselves against him are not brought
: up'with “ a ’round turn’* before ail is over*. 'The
President id especially horrified, aV this letter.
Pray, Mr. Buchanan, in looking over your long in
tercourse with politics, have you never written le£
ters-whiob,if published in the newspapers, Would
cause the-blush of shame. t.o : suffuse your check ?
How many times, fbr instanoe, have you, in private
letters, ; ridfotilbd and denounced Gbnoral Class,
now at the head of your Cabinet ? How often have
censured Governor Floyd—your present Secre
tary of War—who was opposed to you in 1852,
when Governor Wise was your friend ? Are there
no written records of fierce invectivo of certain pro
minent leaders of your presont party in Pennsyl
vania? -And, moro than this,'have you not al-,
lowed yourself tolls ton to the basest defamation of
your bosom friends, and- under tho seal of confi
dence, to give a sanation to these slanders, which
to'those, friends you affected to deprecate? The
bareness ofbetraying private 7 confidence if, In my
opinion, one of the grossest crimes;, but tho 'Admin
istration; through its newspapers and agents, should
recollect that while they are' traducing'snob men
as Governor Wiseand holding them tip to derision,
they may compel such a disclosure of other corre
spondence os only bo justified by tho over
povreriug iustinota of self-protection and’ self-de
fence. Can the President suppose that bettor men
thah himself will coolly stand by and suffer his
creatures to malign them personally, while his own
endorsements of theft character and conduot are
-«ru train]
dor no obligations to Governor Wise, and nono
knows this better than tho President, and those ac
quainted; With the eireumsUmoes will : appreciate
the generous oonrso you have observed towards him
in The Press. •. :
' The •Smithsoahm lostitate is beginning to ns-
Bame an importance, which, for some time after its
first establishment, many predicted it would never
attain.’ You may recollect that ita organization
was.principally effected; and that it has; obtained
.present form through the able ond assiduous
offorU of that accomplished scholar and statesman,
General John A. Dix, whilst Senator in Congress.
Many even 6bjeeted. to the receipt of the bequest
pf Mr. Smithsoft, (an English bachelor gentleman
of fortune, the natural son of the Duke of Nor-'
thninhorland,) and some were for returning it,
though General Jackson had appointed Mr. Bash'
to a special mission to England, to procure it from
the British Court of Chancery. • ..
t .After.the receipt of the largo sum bequeathed.by
Smithson " for the establishment at Washington
of ap institution for the increase and diffusion of
hiawUdge among men,” it was unfortunately in
rested in/Arkansas State stocks,' whioh- shortly
after, greatly depreciated. Dot the Federal Go
vemiqentr >rery properly assumed the. debt, and
mode up the defioicnoy. No little diversity of
opinion existed in tho outset with respect to the
character.of the. institution to be established, as in
dicated by the terms of tho bequest quoted. Some
thought a large library should be founded—others
woreinfaror of.the organisation of anaoademy
for adults. .General Dix hit upon the true inten
tion of the testator in the act of incorporation pro
posed by him, and pawed by Congress in 1818. By
that act, and by the proceedings of the Board of
Regents under it, tho institution has been orga
nised os ,a •scientific corporation; is principally
devoted to the diffusion of knowledge, by premiums
to our scientific and literary ciUsensfor tho delivery
of lectures, and publication of books (under the
sanotion of tho institution) on scientific and literary
subjects of general interest-
, % The late, professor Hare, of your city, donated
to the . institution his splendid philosophical and
chemical apparatus.' Many other highly valuable
gifta and'bequests have boon made, to it. The In
stitute has published many Important works, and
continues such publications regularly, which are
exchffiagod with other institutions, or gratuitously
distributed, and the savans of, this country, take
pride, in contributing.,thoir.efforts, to. promote, its
objects. . „ ,
; Profespor .Joseph Homy, who is at the head of
the, Smithsonian Institute, (bom in Now Jersey,) Is
one of tho moat remarkable men of tho age. Self
taught, without.the:.benefit,of an early classical
education,-his, inquiring. and .vigorous mind and
uhwoarying industry, even -in his;youthful days,
called him Aem the huinbler.walks in. priyatelifo
to the professorship of one of the oldcstpublio schools
of the country, at Princeton, in his own State. His
discoveries in electricity are, in tho Unltod States,
second only to those of Franklin and. Ritton
house. You must havo noticed that within the last
fow days he presented to the association for tho pro
motion of American Science, which met in Spring
field,' Maes., a paper of remarkable character. This
document; in referring to the various theories in re
lation to winds,;&o«, assorted os a foot that he had
ascertained by experiment, the truth of a statement
mode by him, that howos onabled by telegraphic,
information received at Washington, from Ginoin
nati, and othor points, as to winds, to predict with
cbttainty,. at Washington, whether, tho noxt day
would be clear or-cloudy, warm or cold, and whotber
it would rain or shine, and thus, to. nse hla own lan
guage, (( deride whether or not to have a meeting
of the Smithsonian Institute to hoar a lecture on
the noxt ovenieg, or to postpone it.” The correct
ness of this novel theory, I- learn, has been verified
again and again at this place, and Is the most import
ant practical fact that has been elicited during tho
several years of tho existence of tho scientific asso
ciation. ! This is only one of the achievements of
-Professor Henry, and 1 mention it to show you the
character .of tho man who regulates tho Smithso
nian Institute. - ,
• The edifice in which tho institution is located
(though much criticised) is, In my Judgment, tho
most appropriate structure in the t United States-
The design, though in some .respects fanciful, pre
sents to tho mind, os, was intended, striking em-‘
blems of the progress of man since tho dawn of
Christianity. Wo have the Norman or Romanesque,
style illustrating the, early ages—the fortress and
the monastery. {then literature, tho arts, mechanics,
music, chemistry, Ac,, ending with the typo of
liberal Government, civil liberty, and afreo churoh.
The length of.the building is 450 feet { Us breadth,.
140 feet; and it has.mne towers, some of which are.
geyenty-fiyq feet high. The lecturo room Is ca
pacious enongh to hold two thousand auditors.
The museum of natural history is two’hundred
feet in longth.. Thero is a superb laboratory, and
library .room large enough for ?no‘ Hundred thou
sand volumes, and ngaliniy for pictures and sta
tuary,.one, hundred and twenty-foot In length,
which may be foundsomo Very interesting—thought
not,in,every caflOQrti|tio— portraits. In all such
enterprises ns this there must bo a beginning, and
has been freely indulged in regard to tbo
Stpithsonlan Institute. Ugly quarrels have, arisen
between various scientific men. Thbro were early
&otions in tho Board of Regents, how, happily
stiltod, and Professor Henry haS had a merry time
of it since he hashed tho relps, The conflict be-
THE PRESS.—PHILADELPHIA, FRIDAY, AUGUST 12, 1859.
tween Henry and fewett, with all its details, re* t
minded me of manyjauuther intestine warfare,
which, while those .imme
diately engaged, waff^lßfemibly,amusing to'the.
outside Professor Hcnry oop- ;
quered, and Jjis'di&cpmfltod- adversary "com
pelled to withdraw vss' beaten forcer, froni the
field. In this war-. Professor ‘Henry had.; the ef
ficient aid of that ' scholar, James
Alfred Pearoe, of/Maryland;Profesaor Bnohe, of the
Coast SurTOj—ono of your Philadelphia favorites
—and Vioo President Dallas, who was the first
Chancellor of tho institution. President Buchanan
is ex-officio the members of tho board, and
Attends regularly, making'occasionally a very,
agreeabloUttlo.speech.
Out of all the confusion whioh Has attended tho
commencement s of this project, an orderly, perma
nent, pnd complete scientific establishment will
ariso, and whoh~ the grounds that suvround the'
building are folly decorated—os in tho course of
time they must will bo one of the most ro
mantic and agreeable) localities for visitors and
strangors within tlfo limits of tho Federal City.
The opponents of tho institution urge against it that
it is a contrivance tb drill science in to official rontlne,
and to control and monopolize, and thus cramp and
fotter, the.osplrant of talont, unless he first recoivo -
tho imprimatur of .the institution, and that too
many of tho Regonta are mere polUiotans with
scarcely a smattering' of eoientifio 1 knowledge.
Many advocate the adoption by tho institution of
some practical means for. the benefit of th# agri
cultural interests of the country, by soiontlfio.agri-.
cultural essays, and the removal thither of all apper-'
taming to agrioulturo from tho PatontOffioe, whioh.
has become a mere machine for tho gratification of
tho little personal partialitlesof the members of Con
gress, and whioh, In the ohaige of’.tho Smithsonian
Institute, would bo administered With a strict, dn*
selfish, eye to the welfare of'tho vast agricultural
interests of the country.'' Audi besidos, Congress
oould property, in swsh paso, mako liberal-, annual
’ appropriations, for such object. 1 I suggest theso
thoughts to Professor Henry and bis able oorps, of
assistants. ’ -?•
Yesterday,, a number of gentlomon connected
with tho typographical corps of Philadelphia
called upon the President of tho Unltod Slates, os
is usual with persons visiting ’bur city. The Hon*
Thomas B, Florence, who sojourns here, introduced ■
them to his Excellency,* and th«£ spdnt some time
at the White House in conversation with tho Pro*
sident. In making the'introduction, Mr. Florence
perpetrated*a very painful pun, in representing
them os “ having abandoned .the Shooting stick,
and - taken up the walking-stick,’? ■ bint
he left. out' the ,composing stiok, which is
probably owing to the foot that tho Colonel was'
bred to another occupation, is not a printer, and
never was; Tho remark of the - Colonol, that the
gentlemen he introduced,though not ag wiso as
serpents, were as harmless os doves,” was aaomo
wbat equivocal compliment; Happening to bo pre
sent at this interview, and hearing Col; Florence
(who has been oonneoted wUha numbor of profit
less newspapers in Pennsylvania, and who is an
exceedingly obliging and clever gentleman) tnlk
all this nonsense; about things whioh ho. did.not
understand, Hooked steadily upon the President,
and saw at once that he was not disposed ta,tom
mit himself by making a speech. Of all men on
earth, the journeymen printers—particularly dhose
identified withnewspapora-rnro the mostdisorimi
nating; and, as I know that there was more than
one of the company present attdehis of The Press,
the President must have anticipated thut thor®
was
“ Acbiol among them takin’ notes,
" - au. f faith iie’ll pront'em;”
and therefore ho gave the typos a graceful shako
of the hand and bade them good-bye. '.
Letter from Hew York.
(Correspondence ofThe Press.]
t ‘New York,' Aug. 11,1859.
I learn that the managers of the American In
stitute hare made an arrangement with the pro
prietors of the Palace Gardens, on Sixth avenue,
lo hold their fair at that place this fall. The gar
dens possess ample space for a fuir display of the
various products and inventions that may be pro*:
Sehted for exhibition.* The cattle fair, under the
direction of the Board of Agriculture, wilt bo held
at Hamilton Park in connection with the fall exhi
bition of tho Hew York Horticultural Sooiety, in
.the great.halls of the Third-avenue Railroad Com
pany, in Sixty-sixth slreot.. , -•, - c
.. As the water-works of Philadelphia constitute
<mo of her greatest public works, it may not bo un
interesting, for the purpose of enabling you to
draWa', comparison with those of Ne\V York,-to
state, that the amount of water taxes paid In on
Saturday last was $60,643.11—>the largest day’s re
ceipts since the Croton water was first.texcd,;' Tho.
amount received.during the. ( week reached the re-,
spcctable sum of $142,928.85. -
The American Bible Sooiety is, at work;with
great vigor in disseminating the Scriptures to va
rious parts.of the globe.. Last-week largo grants
of books wore made for Sunday schools; seamen,’
' . —--- ‘ A
English, German, French, and 'ltalian;) volnm&fr
in raised letters ter the blind; in Spanish, for dig-!
tribution at Corpus Christi, Texas; in French, for
Father Chinlquy, 111., 400 copies; in the satne
tongue, for a missionary soolety in Canada, 600.
copies ;, to the American Board of Commissioners
for Foreign Missions, in Armenian, for Turkey,
I,ooo'copies; to the some in Mpongwc, for West
Africa; and to the Protestant Episcopal Missionary'
Sooioty, &-small font of type,- for , use 6f Bishop
Boone, in printing tho; Chinese in the colloquial
dialeOt. ' .
Tho duel between Lieut. Mowry and Mr. Edward
D. Cross, in Arizona, occasions some ohat among onr
typos, from the foot that Mr. Gross is a practioal
printer, and was for some years employed as a com
positor in this city. Fromhoro ho migrated to
Cincinnati, where ho became associate editor of
one of tho daily papers of that place.
In business oirelcs tho absorbing topib of talk is
(henewphASO in tbo affairs of the Erie Railroad
Company. Judge Mason has, appointed tho lion.
Wm..Mitchqli, of this city, a refereo to name ihe
and io deetde upon the amount of security
that he shall be required to giro. Among tho per
sons mentioned for tho receivership is Mr. Wm.,E.
Warren,' 2 the present Deputy Comptroller of this
city.
Au industrious individual, who is fond of tho
figurative, has taken tho trohblo to dig up ! the
fact, that according to thoconsus of -3850, thoro
were in the oity of Now York 245,100 males, end
261,441, females, making an excess of the latter of
7,335. In Boston, thoro were 65,774 males,' and
71,107 females, making an oxcoss of the latter of
5,333. In the city and county of Philadelphia,
thero woro 106,491 males, and 212,371 females,
making an oxcoss of the lnttor of 15,839. 'Making
a total excess of fcmalos in the abovo-namod cities
of 58,548.
v Now .York is becoming a : comparatively cloan
city, through tho efforts of City Inspector Dela
van. Last week it was somewhat dirty, as one
would infer from the foot that during the week
12,377 loads of street dirt were carted away, at an
exponso of $4,580.73.
Wood’s Minstrels are about to give plaoo to an
other company, whoso “ notes” will.bo of an alto*
gothcr different sort. Mr. Wood has loseod, for ton
years, atslo,ooo per aunupi, to tho now Merchants
pnd Traders’ Bank, that part of his building now
ocouplod for musical purposes. But ho docs not
givo np the’business; ho bos purchased proporty
on Union Square,’ and proposos to oroot an odifico
for colored operatio outortalnmonts unsarpassod
in this oountry or in Europe.
Tho yacht squadron is fairly off, and their daily
achievements aro duly announced by telegraph in
the morning journals, with as much particularity
as if they wore the naval, brigade of the, British
Admiralty,
The appointment of . Mr, Nathaniel Marsh os
reorivor of tho Now York and Erie Railroad Com
pany, moots general approval. Ho bos bqoa sooro
tary of tho company for nmny yoars, and was last
fall a prominent candidate for the presidency,
against Moran.,. Ho will forthwith.mako a rattling
among tho dry-bones of the c6hoqin, .ftnd endeavor
to galvanise it into life.
By the statutes of this 3toto It js made alike
tbo duty of hank presidents ana superintendents
of police, to publish quarterly reports of their busi
ness. The two aro looked for wi(h not a littlo in
terest, though by parlies whose torrestriul occupa
tions are commonly regarded as somewhat'dlffcrent
in point of respectability. The baqk statistics aro"
ofton ns delusive as ingonious rascality can make
them, 1 whereas tho Rascality statistics proper,'
as made up by the Superintendent of Police,
oxhibit an unmistakably accurate aoconnt of the;
ecoundrelism of the quarter.' For tho quarter end- •
ing on tho Ist of the present month) exoctly
four thousand persons wero put in Mqued,” for.
orimes varying from pitch-andrtoss-up'to tho hlgh- i
eat stylo of burglary; though,furiously enough,
during tbo whole quarter not a single aiTOAtwas!
mado for murder or manslaughter.' Twenty-six
hundred and forty-foiir of this grand phalanx of
knavos eould neither read nor write; soVenteon
hundred wore nabbod for drankonhoss and rowdy-f
ism; six hundred and seventy-flvo' for assault and
battery; two hundred and fifty-fchroo for potty
larceny. Three thousand eno hundred of tho
party woro .of whom, I am
B orry to say, wore brother Milesians, and of tho
whole lot over one half wore under thirty yoars
of ago.
Tho Know-Nothings of the Eighteenth ward—tho
rioh Know-Nothings of the city~havo elected
ErastuSr Brooks, to represent them’in the State
Council. Mr. Brooks is probably’tk& iblesi, as ho
oeftalnlyis the most influential, member of that
pajty—a man of great industry, practical talent,
qnd thoroughly famiUnr with all '&nrfS of polUios.
Poath and taxes dvo • items” which nobody can
escape, in city or oountry. But in cities the taxes
aro sometimes worso than death, F<?y6x&iDplo :
tho amount assessed for widening Roado
streets, nfeof tho l§ity JJall, and Whitehall streot,;
near the pattory, is ono million four hundred and
ten thousand dollars; and the wholQlongtji of street
Widened is less than two mß es / . ;*
Tho Soventh Regiment, our pot military organi
zation, has just elected pieutonant-ColQnel peflerts
as tiio successor' of Colonol-Duryoa; GpnV Scott
hits ventilatod tho opinion, that for thoroughness
of drill and true military bearing, tho Soventh
surpasses any regiment in the United StateB;army>
or any Yolufiteer regiiuept fa the opxmtry/
t 1 , - Public Amusements.
; The complimentary and oongratulatofy-Jionefir
to Mr. 11. A. Perry, comes ‘
Theatre The entertainments wil{
foUo'wedbyiqnbof craltor
monologues, and' Mr; EranV Bro wer'S Unt?!e ;
Tom Dance,” assisted by Jules Bonhorst, tho banjos
player. The concluding piece will be tho farce of
“Love in Amaze,” in which Mrs. Thayer, Mrs,
Duffield, Miss Cruise, Mr. Shewell, Mr. 8. H. Hem
pie, and Mr. H. A. Perry, will perform.
y Sanford's Opera-House, { n_6w .opetf for 1 th<| geftsOfl,-*
fills every night* Mr. Sanfora
each evening. ' * " *’*'” u '
George Christy’s Minstrols- commence a,weed’s
performance at Musical Fund Hall, on Monday
evening.’-''-' ■ /! ;; _I • !./•_ i I'CJ'
Great improvements and considerable, scenic ad
ditions have lately been,made in the Academy of
Music, preparatory to'the enduing Opera Season.
We understand that the Ravel Troupe will occupy
this house for several wcekß, commencing rin Sep
tember, and that. Louis* Keller is organizing 1 " a
troupe which is to out-Rarel tho Ravels, in tho
pantomunio line. ' - • ;,J ’ •
•There is a rumor that,.in a fow weeks, Mrs..
Borers, will.open the Academy of Music, with a
good cbmpany, under the “ able and efficicnt Stage
‘Manager, Mr,. Cheater, ’' a 8 before.
tho Academy, from its size abd conbtrubtioh, 1 Is not
ndaptod for d’rdmhtic repr^sehfatiohs.s
We have not hoard when. Walnut-street Thoatro
opens, but;bclieyo that Mr. E. L.Davenport will
play.thero early in the season. Aroh-street Theatre
opens on Monday.. ;
Trade Sale—Sharp Practice* '
Tho oity of Boston, which considers itself tho
“ hub ” of creation, has lately experienced: a, new.
sensation. It has ba<l a Trade is,
gathering of publishers from all quarters, proffer
ing their books for sale by auction. Philadelphian
publishers contributed, largo invoices, on the
promise, and with the expectation*, that thoir Bos
ton brethren wbuld reoiprocato.
Wo,havo.bef»rouB the catalogue got up by, M.
:Thomas &'Bons, of this oity, of the fifty-third
'Philadelphia Trado Sale... On examining it, to see'
how tho Boston Publishers have contributed, we
find that tho only houses, in tha{ city, whioh have
Bent invoices'are ’ John P. ■Jewett A Co.'; : Baziir- A
Ellsworth; Shepard, Clark, A Brown; Gould* AT
Lincoln, and James Munroe A Co.' Thtifl, the
| whole Book Trade of Boston will bo reptoflonte’d
at onr approaching Trado Bale by only Jive pub
lishing housos.. ,Can Boston, after this, reasonably
expect that Philadelphia publishers will send largo
invoices to any future Trade Bale there ? * i
Signor Rondinnetta, of this an It&
iian. artist, has issued “ A musidal album; corn*
posed and published in behalf of tho 1 families of
the Italian'soldiors who have .fallen in defence bf
the independence of/Italia. 1 ’ . This li Tin. Tributo
all Vltalia V■ is prefaced’by a beautifully-colored
lithograph, representing in thefront-ground Italy,
having burst hor fetters, standing proudly beside a
Sardinian soldier, who holds in'his right hand |hb
Sardinian flag, with the other elasping one of hers;
whilst Aho 'points to Heaven. On either side are
seen Italian troops in full charge, and Austrians
fleeing in the rear. There are five pieces of mhsio
in the first number. “L’ltalia Risorta,”a pa
triotic hymn, tho words byOdoflrdo Castellano;
“Brindisi del Marinaro,” boatman’s, drinking
song, words by O. Everest; “Tell mo why ii is I
love Thee,” a serenade, by the Same; and l J IjCac
ciatore delle Alpi,” the Hunters of the Alps, a
march. All of it is by Rondinolla, and wc havo
heard it well spoken of. . ; " 1
Occasional.
ayo.indebted to Callender A Co., South Third
and Walnut streets, for the new humber* J oP ;i AIT
the Year Round,” and ‘. { Harporis Weekly,”—the
last with a War Supplement of maps, portraits, and
views. . - $
THE LATEST NEWS
BY TELEGRAPH.
Latest from ‘£ur6pe by Mail.
STATE OF FEELISa BETWEEN* FRANCE AND EKQ-
LAND.
New York, August 11.—The steamship Fulton,
which left Cowes on the evening of the 27th ult.,
arrived hore this evening, T . f r .„.
She brings 120 passengers, 1 and’reports having
passed, on the 27th of uuly, ships Meroury and
Wurtemburg, going to Huvro; also, the steamship
Vanderbilt. v *
The Fulton’s ndvioos aro not so late as those fur
nished by telegraph from Halifax, but hor papoi’3
are one day later thato havo yethcon received. (
The advices from Paris inaicato unpleasant feel- •
ing towards England. .
An artiolo in tho Monitevr, discrediting the ru
mored probability of an accord between France
end England on the question of the Congress and ;
a general disarmament, had produced a painful]
impression. j
The London' Herald* 9 Paris correspondent says,-
tho banding together of France, Russia, and Aus-|
ntw.'wT li.. u.mhim—n>i— on
Fianoe,* fonder 16 difficult-to disbeliore
verfal report of a groat blow being contemplated!
against England. v . !
[This was written previous to the more pacific.-
aotion of thp Emperor of France.] .... . . \
Tho French steam navy is to bo increased to ono|
hundred and fifty mon-of-war, exclusive of sevonty-,
two transports. • ' j }
; The Bt. Petersburg papers publish the treaty be- 1
tween Russia and China, whioh had been ratified]
by tho two Emperors. j
It grants leave to Russia to send ambassadors to!
Pekin, promise* protection to Christian: missiona
ries, and authorizes a monthly mail service between;
Klachta and Pekin. 1
Destructive Conflagration at
LOSS OVER $200,000. [
Cincinnati, August' 11.— At ono o’clock this,
mornings n flro broke out iu the wholesale liquoP
store ofS. Co., and thb building waal
entirely dcs troyed. The flames extended to tho
warehouse of S. Piko, wholoßolo liquor dealer:
which was partially destroyed, and to the metallic)
burial case establishment of Messrs. Crane, Breed;
<b Co., which was damaged to a considerable ox
tent. , . , . .1
' The loss ofS.S.Bayl© k Co. , was about $100,600j
on which there wee an insurance of §50,000. * Mr,’
S. N. Pike lost $30,000, and was insured for slo,ooo]
Crane, Brood, & Co. Wat $lO,OOO. \
(Cincinnati,' Aug. U,P.M.*-The losses by the
firo this morning wore as follows: ;
Boylo & Co. lost$150,000; insurance, $75,000. j
Crone, Breed & Co., and Bsrstow, Breed, & Co.]
$23,000; fully insured. ;
i G. Honshaw, furniture manufacturer, slo,oooj
fylly insured. , , ]
' B N. Pike’s rectifying house, (almost wholly
destroyed), $20,000; insurance,' $lO,OOO. i
Several fironsenwerq injured* by, tho falling Of
the walls." Baring the prevalence of'the •fire, the
Water in tbo cisterns was, exhausted, or tho“de
atruotion of property would have been loss. i
The whole steam fire department was on duty,
and water hod to bo conveyed a distance of half a
mile, ’ ~ v .... v i
, Tho origin of the flro la unknown.: \J • 8 . 1 }
Arrival of the Star of the' West.
$1,860,000 is specie.' '• • ;
%’New York, August lX,—The stoamahip Star'of
tho West, from A spin-wall on ilxer '3<nri»fc.,"arrived
hcro to-mght,:witfi $1,860,000 in- specie, and 500
passengers. j
Her advices have been anticipated by tho arrival
of the steamer North Star. ‘ ' ! i ' r [ ’£ *
The following aro tho principal consignees ofctho
apooiolist: ’ ' > ;< ' i
Walls, Fargo, Sc (Janson, Bond, Sc
Co $2M,OOO| C 0..., $36,000
Am. Exchange Bk. 175,000, James Patrick tiO.UOO
Freeman & C 0.59,000 A. Balmont IIJOW
•Win.Haro k'Co. .v -tijM K.Kollj\&Co * 75 000
ili* Yon Hoflinan Sc (W. Sohgmnn k Co. M.OUO
; C0.75,000<W. *J\, Coleman k »
DuncanShormonfc C 0;....,,,. ........ 66,000
1 Co 144 000 J. Sliauss, Bros, Sc j
Riclmrd Patrick... 3f>ooo ‘Co-J’. 70,000
Metropolitan Bank. 15,000 Ross, Falconer, & - |
Tafle, McCahill, Sc Co. 1 37.000
Co 42 000 Treadwell Sc C 0.... 20 W 0
Rcliollo Sc Bros 32000 W; Hpllor A? Oo.h. 5 > 19,000
J. Uoldamitli k Co. 23,U00jH. Colum k Co.. - v 2^ooo
Meeting of Southern Railrdad Repre-
Washisoton, August 11.—Tho f delegate* repre
senting the railroads on the Southwestern or middle
route betweon Washington add Now Orleans com
menced their session horo to-day. «i.. ;
Their business is with reference to the transport
tatiou of the great mail from Portland, Maine, to
■Now'Orlcanß, and to agree upon a joint.bid.for,th(o
porforirianoo of tho s'orvioo. 'As and
Alexandria Railroad to Lynohburg and tho re
maining part of tbo .Mississippi Control. Bailroad
will bo finished by tho 1 1st br Jnnuary, at which
timo the next contract is to tako offeot, these dele-.
gates,confidently say that thoy will bo able to,
carry tho mails botweon Now-Orlfaahs ,’and Now
York in threo and a half days. Another object
of the present mooting'is. to make uniform ar
rangements concerning' the general passenger, end
freight business.
The Atlantic Telegraph Company o jin^
- a Now Cffbjc. _ f „ ;
New York, Aug* Hi— I The Atlantic Telegraph.
Company have decided to pinko tho conductor of tqe
next cabto consist of six oopppp wires,’ twisted,?nnd
of about six times tue rise or tho old cable. There
will ho noutitsido covering of iron» wire, except a foi?
hundred miles on each end, The new oame'is’ to be‘
laid down, guarantied in a(i respects, and expected
to bo in order for business early next summer.
Cyrus W. Field, Esq., occupies two columns of
soine'of the New \ork evening papers, with a full
statement of tho affairs of the company, We un
derstand, tho American public will haro oh oppor
tunity to subscribe to the now stock, which is
guarantied by tbo British Government.
From Washington—National Teachers*
Association in Sessioh*
Washington, August 11.—Tho National Teaoh
orri Association, now in session here, have elected
J. W. Bulkloy, of Brooklyn, Now York, as presi
dent for tho Onsulnu year, and decided to publish a
monthly periodicals tho furthorftnQO of the causo
of education. This ofternoop the delegates had. a
pleasant timo in visiting President Buohanan.
Commander William Smith has been ordered to
the command of the receiving ship atßostpUj vice.
Livingston dotaehed. -- ... !
Tho name of tho United States steamer Metaco
met. now on<ih6 Brazil station, has been changed
to Pulaski.
- Warms,hoton, August 11,—Tbp Chevalier?. Mm-
Eono, Charger d’Affaires of his 'Sicilian' Mafraty,
has presented his credentials, in that chardbter, to
the Secretary of State; and Mr. Edward Blondoel,
yesterday, delivered his credentials do .the Presi
dent, and' was reoeiyed as Envoy' Extraordinary
and Minister FtettipotbtiWilry of his Majesty tho
King of; tho. Belgians, to fhiu Qovenjmorit. 1
The Amerieaa Horses on. the English
;. Turf f
> IfRW York, August .11,—Tho steamer 4 ra^
mails arrived here this eVoning, '
At Goodwood, op Friday, tho 29th nit,’Ton
Broeck’s American hqrse qtnrk won thoßentinck
Memorial stakes ot a thousand sovoroigns. Prioress
came in tfcihlf fifteen fiorsos running.? /
Mr* Ton Broopk is said to liayo won £25,000 on
the Goodwood stakes. Bis colt Umpire (by Lo
compte) woo tho Nu«ery stakes al&o, on Friday.. '
sentatives.
Ohio Anti-Slnvery Convention.
Columbus, 0., Aug. 11.— The Anti-Slavery Con
vention, at thoir session to-day, discussed and
mncndecl'tlie committee’s resolutions,-which wero
finally adopted. A Standing Committee for the
State at large waa_appointed. After passing
voaohitions. the Convention
sine. <£iea;\Ebe;iime and placoof the next mraiiifitf:
Iff to he ; daterjnJ'iiOd upon by the Standing Conx*i
"" ,§i]
: ■;,< Arrival of Steamers*
w York, August 11.—The steamship Fultoh,
fTfm Havre and Southampton, has arrived. Her
dates are to the 28tU ult., and have been anticipa
ted. .
The steamship Glasgow, from Glasgow; has also
arrived. She left Glasgow on the evening of the
27th lilt.
! New has
good- reason to say that tho exchange of the
stwimers.Ojjrtoz and Undo sftm/ for the
Adriatic isTno condition of tho
tions Jbetimn Vanderbilt and the Paqlfio Mail
S.teUnifih!jJ,<A/ompany, which’, however!, promise 'tier
result in the.discontinuanoe of the present compe
tition. - . *
tfrpm Yucatan. ■ ~
New Orleans, August, 11.—An arrival fur
nishes dates from Oainpeoohy to’the Bth inst.
Tho war ofhtho races ia Yucatan has not.ended,
•but continuesunabotod. - ...... , jV( !
. The Indians hold lehmel and Peto, and threaten
to Qommit doprodatiojag. , ; . :
- Arrival of the .West*,
i New York. August 11.—Tho steamer Star of
,tho West, with CalTfornia datoa to the 20th ultr, is
below, and tjUI bo.pn atfen.o'eloqkto-night. -..Her.
hewßhrfa been' afitiolpAted W thb arrival offim
- r>l , , w . n * ; !v
Three Young Girls Drowned.
Stockbridoe,. Mass., Aug. 11.—Two nieces of
Dr-Traln* of Sbcffiold, Mass.,' aged seven and ’nlfto
years, and a daughter of Jos. Bradford, Esq., aged
twelve yoars, : were drowned white'bathing yeater--
day, in a little cove at Sheffield. -
Western Navigation.
Detroit, August 11.—It has been officially de*
.tormirioU ‘not 'to' oloae the' Sant fito.’Marie canal
for repairs, as 'wad contemplated, during the pre*
sent season of navigation. - ,
Hpn. Bimon Cameron*
Caps Island, August lii~*Hon. Simon Cameron
arrive berothls .evening, "and is stopping at the
Columbia House; < - '»
„ Markets I>y Telegraph. .' , .
New Orleans. August 11. —Cotton is very dulll
Flour dull at $4.50. ~v, r ; ,/ .r» r ? »rn
Cincinnati, August'llVipiour'doll
Wheat dull at 22Jc. Bacon firm.
LATE® FBOM CALIFOBNIA.
ARRIVAL: OF.THE.NOBTH.dSTAB
lim FROM- CENTRAL AMERICA,
Tail OHIEIQIUt GOLI) DITOOVEHIEE^
Eevolution in Carthagena. '
The steamship'North Star, Capt. Bones, from
Aspinwall -3d inst.,' arrived at New York yester
day.,.,. . ,-,...^3
. The Unitod States sloop-of-war St. Mary’s sailed:
from Pac&maon the 28th of July for Realejo.
The Chiriquigold •.ducoveneg- form tjie topic, of
; difloußelon ‘ln' the J Panama papers/ ‘ The' BohooftCr
Carolina had sailed for.tho region with fifty-passen
gers on, hoard, and another .vessel was shortly to
leave. * i ' ' '
Tho Panama Star and saya; .
hi* this hity from datbd
July 14th, statef that the .people from.all directions
; continued to fiock to the gold diggings, and that the
yield-df gold obtained from the “ huacas” contin
ues undimlnished. The prefeot of the department
informs the Governor that tho.ejeotions (for Procu
rado, etc.)* did not.fake place on ihC diy atroointed,
as no electors appeared at the poll, all being too
busily engaged id thegbld,diggings 1 £ >
A letter received at this office yesterday from Sr.
Carlos Wagoner,* dated ’Jdfie724th, though rather
out of date, contains a few items worth transcri
bing: - - -
u ,An old half r casto-lqdl*n, who,lives in Dolega..
Robert DeUi,‘whomyou probablyknoiwjYnSifiu
has been in the habit of, digging, up,lndian grates,'
for tho { sake.of the" earthen warebud pledraa de
motor generally'found therein, took Itf into'his head*
to dig, a.little jfeeper, which brought him to the real
grave,, whore iadoposrued in aXsoffiniof
rudely fixed, stones, and there he found the skeleton
of tho deceased, together with a beautifully-worked
‘ bat ’ in gold. <' Since then it has been 'ascertained
thatovery ‘ huaca ’.contains gold images in more
or less number, the earthenware and other articles
Having been ofily half r way down, and this
explains why, up to.thepreieht bf-the
remains of too bodies baa been found on the gravel.
One man took out of one grave in one day $l,OOO
worth of things, among vrftich were three gold
plates, of thesize of dessert platband the thick
noss of a stout tin plate, an eaglo of the size of a
epaq, ‘andmany otber'ttoiijigls ; inserts beauti
fully manufactured.
“ This is the riohesbgrpwethaf'hhß been found
as yet, bub none have been opened that have not
produced something. The old :mmi?who made tho
uiscotei-y kept his sedr6t for add it is
rroporUdAhaiJicr succeeded iuupcu mulcting about
fonr thousand 'dollars. 1 The’ plaoe where the first
discovery was .made is called Bugaba, situated on
the other side of tho 'river' Pedra, on tho road
toward the Costa Rloa frontier, but as the whole of
the fool of tho Cordilleras, in Chiriqui, is juU-pf
r it willtaketti3fiy thousand-peopledhring
many.yoars.befojw.the wholo.will be dug up. JTbe
flndingof so much worked-np iir*the. ( nuxeas*.
is a positivo proof that -tho country must bo very
rich in gold, and I bavo no doubt that as soon as
the*aßbye facts become'known to the real minin ;
public, rich and .extonslre.doposUs of the ora. wiu
be discovered! ' 1 * ’ '
7 “ The TrlVerti aW-nhw ivory high, and moat of!
them impassable, owing to tho rains, otherwise]
moro persons would .hare-started for the diggings. :
People who come to work here mast expoot'to
rough it, live on tnasjo (dried beef) and plantains,
and sleepdn the open,air; Jt nq easy mptter,io
dig holes-bightto bemtfve latve
stones. . ... v , c • &
“ All kinds ara afloat am mg tho
nativos, who report hearing unearthly, noises, and ‘
tamborea (drum*) in r tho Cordilleras, which Jhey;
attribute to’ his Sablo' Majesty ,• who dods hot wish
tho gravp* to bo molested. 7 • . ?
“The discovert is'a'very interesting onein many
points of view. The possession of suoh a quantity
of the r precious metal must inevitably tend to im
prove' the- industrial prosperity of that province,
pophlato tho country, and eventually lead to the
discovery of tho mines from which the gold has
been originally .obtained, and which can only be in
the adjacent Cordilleras. 1 ‘- 4 *■■ &\
“ They further show tho universality of that be-'
lief in .Which, like; geological strata,
we find in'the new world as well as in the old.
From tho tumulus which contained the warrior,
his horse and his drinking oup, to be used again in'
tho halls of Odin of-our Scandinavian ancestors, to
the playthings of'the Indian children, now brought'
to light in the ‘huaeas’ of Chiriqui; tho earthen bar-’
rows of anoient Troy, Grcoco,ana Scythia in the step-'
pcs of Tartary, (where two corpses were found wraj>:
tho vallby w the arfd tablo Ihnds
of Mexicor-all speak, tho same sentiment; andjt
IS to boTcgrettea that no intelligent artist and ‘cor-;
respondent ’ is present at Chiriqui to depict and re-*
cord tho naturo and form of thSso interesting relics'
of the lost tribes,' as,modern, avarice,,shaU have
destroyed the only hierdglyphlcYthat remain'to us
of their ‘ industiy,' ■ their hnd fears about
futurooxistendo;- - * 1 x*r. ,
. “ The ancient burying grounds are indicated, in.
various ways—some have a heap of up
rudely over the grave; others are shown by a pie&e
of thooolumn of basaltic rook, placed in the centre ;>
some Y’oirdleidfietoqep ehcldBidg;thc
They are found everywhere throughout the pro
vince, from tho shore* of the liftgoon of Chiriqui'
to the islamlsof the Pacific. They.eipst in thedeep
estvalloys and along the highest robsssoe of tho Cor-]
dilleras. Such as have bden openod hitherto in the
nnwooded- plains' produced but little gold. They
were probably an agricultural raco, ana the,utensils
of the dead wore in rolation thereto. ’ Tho present]
dl&coiftry'has taken placo hear two villages callod
Buquoron and Bujaba. AYeatiyard towards Pirnta
Burioa and * Golio Dulco, the plains thorp-become
hoavily wooded, Troos of largo girth are found
over.tno ‘ huacqs,’ - Thodatq ag toHjoir age aroby
no T moahs'predisd, That there before
the conquest is plain onpugh. sqeing Jhat tHercOn
qaorors respeoted neither Wo tompTes of God, uor 1
tho repose of tho dead, if gold was to be gained.
Those tribes,'then;-were, well acquainted with
thoproclons metals, and/Showit great, depb.of? in
gonuity and taste in the working of It. in to favorite
images and figures of reptiles and tigers, I have
myself • traoeq. tbeso. graves in .happy ignorance
some years ago*to thtfinores of Golfo Dutce, apd -if
tho gold miues are-found they -wUl.probably.be
about tbo hoadwators of the Chiriqui Viejo, or the'
. Abnndoqpd of whfoh
give the King of Spain an annual fifth of £50?Q0O
castellanos; of gold. r -. These > mines wore-, located
somewhere between Booas del Toro and Golfo
Dulce. Tbe.bmnUybf'the bncscauebrs, oorabined
with tho Mosquito Indians, is" said to have caused
their abandonment;: -i i /. *' 1* ’ »’ .1
“ Chiriqui, judging from jlto dead, must have
beoq aq exoocaiqtty populous country, and while
the’present few inhabitants arc rejoicing over tho
spoils of aboriginal'industry and flnpewulion, It is
to be hoped that the • discoye'ry may lead to a bet-,
tefknowlcdge of tho rosoqroes of the country and
tho development thereof.” - j
, -• By the -West Indian been
Received of a revolutionary movo'mohtlatl'Cflrtha
gona. The liberal party, on the 23d of «7uly, pro
nounced, agninst-tho Jn cpusequenpqof
the fiow'law ? of oleetiolr.' fbu
night of tho 2oth of Juno, attacked tha jail, and’
captured tho guard. From thonoe thty prococded
to bf pefior Juhq Jlpsi ox-Go
vornor, and him to acoopt tho provisional
rule of theßtate,' ‘BefiorColvb,-tho btiiunl Gover
nor, was in the interior at tho tlmo, and had not
roturnccl. v ( r* * • j
Sonor Nieto had Issued ft 'proclamation, undor
dato of July 20, calling a public mooting of tho
citizens on that day; j 7 , . j
Tho advioes from the sonthorn coast are no later
than those received by tho Northern Light. '•
FROM WASHINGTON TERRITORY. ”
The COKonERSid.vAL Election.—Tho Olympia
and Stoilacoom papers ore-filled with eleolionear
ing'articlef in frtvbr or against" ox-GoverftoV’ Js’dac
,1. BtQvens.iftnd Colonel William. .Willape, as
rival candidates for the office of dolcgnto to Con
gress, to represent tho Territory. Tho election was
to tako ; placeon Monday; 11th July.- *
FROM OREGON-
Latest op tub CoxdßEdfiriojrAL'Ejection.—Tho
Portland Ghristi&nOitlvolat* bf Dill (printed
a day in advunpo of its.date,) says: , . ; : ,r •
“ It is a matter of uncertainty who has been elect
od to Congress. Suoh is the tardiness of itho re
turns in ooming In, that the most shrewd and
gaclouß find themselves unable to predict which
enndidato vr|!l win. x Thp yqts wjlb bS
and it 1 will hot bo known who is tho successful can
did'atofor Congressional honors until the'offioi&i
refixrns are received from ail .the Oouhtieft.l? '.’-T i
SANDWICH ' “ l
By tb a bark’Felix, which -arrived hero on thq
12th of .July from Honolulu, v we havo paper? from
that placd to 18tn Jiiuel ' M v “• • H
beon qmoftilly published m the r t olyi\man. Therd
seems tq be some doubt as to the Umo when the
provisions referring to meroh&udita Aro 'to gofinq
\ >. { r > ;<■ /. n -l 1
THE CITY.
SrfUsil*»m^®|to s ßVENlNO. 1
SilJffoaWK o PEBiA^^MS|Sß^ re ntli street, above !
Cuoatnutv-groncertaniutpr. A
even ~ J
A AT TOE F&ANK- ;
saiolde ocourred
Si ™%SfiSgwtf House, on Chestnut .
!*!xS?«» o ]l ' 6 'WfSre enabled, to giro the
*ui vffes S^ Q h Y tb® courtesy of tho clerks in
the hotelji It.appears that a man. named John J.
Baker, a-rosidcnt of this city, and set down in the
directory as bemg a store-dealer, at No. 016 Nobio
came on the 3d of August and took rooms.
Ho remained la?) eTeni?gi Vejtoiday
morning bo sent thhporWbf-tir,r,SSei,ts;I l f e
■
all day. Nothing (WW **en? of Htntdnai about
seven o’clock, in., the - evening, when ho-was
noticed in conversation* -with .-one- ef r ,the at-,
laches of At about
eight one of the book-keepers, ongoing up stairs/
found him leaning book on a chair dejitnlysiek!
With thft assistance, of ?2K»m9 -of the ipifiatqS jOf the
house, ho plaoed him on the bed, where ho expired
very soon. after 1 .. lAc* qtjah i rhorphine was
found near him, of whioh it is estimated that he
took some sixty grains;. ~The. following letter was
found, which we-print .precisely as it was written,;.
I w.. \L, “ . # lA6sust 11,’isw.*"
i DEAS'Wira—This courS9'-9UTBu6d-will; lusutute r &
tion—Cannot proceed—Wind it np—Extreme mnbarrft.n
m?nti« tbeemne or.emctde. You stand clear even in
minuteit dun, tpnqideUMjt i(te» nil these
etoncewithadMh.MyreMpiisKmtiraetittbavoTMcSme
a Umvorsalist Book or Creed OrThoorr.-" 1 ■* ■!—'• :
' ,?•>« letter.wae.ivriHon.on. a baYf Bheotof.&'ot^
eepi.m a faint, obSitae manner, with' it hard lead
ponoil. There were'ohe or two . eras tiA-sXsevCral
words almost unlntolllgibl&t-nnd; tbo 1 Wbolcdoda
ni2nt exhibited, signs of extreme nervousness. The
handwriting of the letter .was, in striktngcontrast
with that on the register, whioh was dear, firm and
manly.. /Baker,had,, been. at .the; hotel for a week
previous to his decease,/ ./When- he, took /rooms at
tho hotal he stated, that his. wifa and family.were
out of town, and that he wanted to remain until
they returned. He,was nqta.muh given to intoxi
cation, as far as could bo learned, though at times
: ha was noticed under the influence :of; liquor. He
, was somewhat communicative at titanic,'though his
bearing generally was that of- a•: melancholy-’low
spirited; disappointed man. No - money, brvslua
. hies were found on his person,’ when. searched' by
.theelerk. ■
- In the trunk of the deceased were documents
whioh.-lei.to, thoeatabjiehment of hisidenUty. and :
his friends were promptly notified by thosympas
thising proprietor of tho hotel. The deceased was
' formerly of the firm of Qallaghor., 4 .Baker, and
had afterwards aooopted a situation’as satesibanfor
Mossra. Nprth.Chase.ANorth.. He afterwardaen
tered tho employ of Messrs; Laibrahdt, McDowell,
, * Co., founders, at Noble-street wharf. He had
recently been on a" travelling tohr for the firm, but
when at New Orleans indulged in a round of dissi
pation, whioh unfitted him for business to Snob’an
extont that his employers were obliged to send
another porson to follow him up, aud send him
back to this city.
On tho day that became to the Eranklin Hon3B, 1
ho had sent his family, consisting of a wife and
throe lovely children,,to. Elizabethtown, N. J. In
his trunk werq found an exceedingly scant supply of
linon, a quantity of business circulars, and, among
ifeoat pledged ffio* ******
Coroner.Fenner held an inquest, and a verdict of
suioido vrda ronder&d by tbo jury. Ilia remains
more removed to his late residence atl2o’clooklaat
night: s<: i
DeBTHUCTITE CONFLAGRATION.—At tWCIVe
o’clock lest evening),thcßtate.’ltousy beU'seamteeU
the alarm of fire, : and "a low 1 minutes after the';
whole western sky,? as -viewed; from Fifth and
Chestnut strebts; irai illunfiiied totha livid flame.
The alarm was caused by the burning of the ex
tensive flouring mill of Messrer Mirshair i Al
dridge, situdKfconthewest bank-of tho Schuylkill,
between Morket and Chestnut streetf.'" -
i Ourreperter,on proceeding to, the‘scene .of (he
conflagration,-found the-building almost consumed
by the flpmes,'; The fly 0 had evidently obtained
such a headway before tho fire companies arrlvod,
(hat it was- impossible to save the buildings/ An
adjoining stable .was also burned, although, _as for.
ns could’,ha learned,; no ‘horsba Weru &ijdred'oc
burned by the flames.
1 The State House hell wasfathor tardym sound
ing the alarm, for some reason or other. The
hour is so late, or rather darly, ; that we are pre
vented from giving the foll-particulars.
RpwDviast, piyAiny, and .the nap Pbpart-
VEktt—On Wedaesdsiy’Wefiliig a party of rowdies
indulged their .belligerent; propensities very exten
sively in. tho. vipimty of Seventh and Shippen
Btreets. J A nnmbdr of the Fifth-ward offloers inter
fered, and were badly used, one of them, named
Bates, being braised and beaten-in a brutal manner/
, Tntho Fourteenth ward two rival fi&'coinnanij
oamo together at,Twelfthau4 Brown Streets on Wed
nesday night, and Ihdnlged inis fight, which might
have resulted seriously,, but fop the timely,arrival
of a sqhadof offlisors. This ‘praotice’cf rowdyism
and rivalry seems tobe a necessary ovU of-the pre
sent flrO‘department.’' So iohg asTom, Dfok, : aad
Harry are permitted to ran with, the fire companies,
Tom, Diok. nhd Harry will- fight, throw stones am
fire-revolvers.’ Ifsee'ma-thatl'everycomp'anyj to
carry out itspurpoees, must originate -»• fend-and
tenderly SOree it./ 60 for.hnathbievili (attended
that many of-our oldest firemen, men who-have
stood by the department in its darkest and drea
riest days, are leaving it. in disgust.
Every-Vitinc] of a volunteer, rystem 'cannot'but
regret, this state,of.things, suioidsi. as it mnst.be
in the end to the existence of the' organisation.
For onr part, we believe that thero is a great deal
of good in'the theory of the .Volunteer fire’ depart
ment however,little there.may he in its practice
For ,S“P?4?A!; , y. perseverance,' ahd’ bravcty.' it
woulatSsfiafd to find the cousin ofthß Philadel
phia firemen; but hero our pratsb must'deitsh. All
thoiygeod qualities are obscniicd by that petty dis
position to quarrel and disturb the peace of society.
Their punctualityand- seal are carried to ex
tremes. Thore is hardly an alarm -ofjfire but a
number of companies run beyond (heir limits, and
exonso ttiems'plyos by saying .that thoy. did not un
derstahd the signals. Again, when at fires,'lt is a
most difficult thing to control the icalous firemen.
Four'or five large .streams/rom Steam engines,
and as many. more fretnhah'd engines, wo have seen
poured into a burning: bunding,-when one'itronm
; wduld hnv'e boeh more than'snjSoient. •
| e have beard tho engineers plead; andinvaiu,
j to restrain the (enlous flrtmeit'from their wanton
waste of water. As h consequence -of- this; more
property, on tho average is destroyed bythewater
used in quonohing the Hdme»,'than the fire itself.
Fire-Manhul-Blaekburn,-theniost comps tehtiiidgo l
we have on thlq maftorpstates this as &e'resnlt of'
his experience. Some remedy-must be devised for
i this,and speedily. If the evils of the department can
not be oured, and no one desires' this more sincerity;
ihan wo do, the foroe of public sentiment wiu'oohi-i
; pelits dissolution,and thooatablishmentof a raid:
system in its place. Hark the propheey I 1
TiDnfoS'raoS stiMfc' ik'tiresT-FKiEnti’s.-jiwo
at ltafc.tjaro tidings from the two young gentlemen/
named Henry- Johnson alias Kelley,, and r'William;
J. llama alias .Bradley,, qliets Johnny 'Williams.!
who were arrested soma : fivo weeks ago by onr of-<
fisors* on the.ch&rge.of robbing tho store of Messrs '
Field, and Langs troth, of-cutlery, and pilfering:
various light and valuable articles from other festa£
lishmonts. shese twayoong m,epj \t wiy be remem-'
bored, were committed to atiawer the oharges prc-1
fer red- against them. .'Every effort was made to get
their case to trial, hut by some of these delays,'
which seem os neoesaaryto modern justice as'wdtcr
Qgg>gȣ, the object jjroanofc at-;
which ,we hope we duly, appreciate, the young men'
were permitted to go aUiberty'onbaii,'AGermaq;
bad come Into. court,-as .a,obtemporarir has it,:
and * u represented 1 that-' he’ resided la the vicinity
of Germantown road and Jefferson stre6t, f f nhd.was
tho possessor of real estate assessed at $2,500.- The'
German made oath that the property woaownedlbyi
him, obd'ho rrM oecoptod tfsbau, Thethiovcs
thus,- liberated, hastened and left tho'
city at once. The learning tbi* fact, io :
tholr great mortification',‘ eniored'tho court ami;
procured a call of the case, when,thwbftU tra*de- :
dared to be forfeited.'V \.:t ;/./•? “v
Furthermore/ according to the authority,'
the bail proved to'be 'wholly ValuelpM,'H Vclng:
wall understood: that .it) wai straw ;b*U,rprocuTOd'
for a large consideration,/ throflih'vthb lhftfdmeu-i
tality of a woll.kndwkpolicVdcmerriir the Vicinity'
of Tbnthlhbd popjar strepts. j A? fooh.ihowever, as !
the detcotivos found tho soamps had forfeited'
their-biil; they procured duplicates bf their photo- 1
graphs in the itogues’ Gallery, and sont them to'
tho principal cities throughout the Union. John
son wt* prrosted In •Boston; Mjd; locked np'oCtiioi
charge of shoplifting. Two of our officers went Jon
thoro.hnd'had oh.interview With-hiin'. /Hcvefuaed
to give anyjnfbnnatioh'of/hts partner, but.said
"'at ho whs fbt bfeyhnd'the roaon’of captures .Ho 1
expressed an earnest’hope that he would' not bV
eompollcd to return to Philadelphia,' as he sild hoi
was harder p&shbd here.than .in any, plaoe,Vhoro
he had previously been arrbsted;. Should' he' re-,
turn, w.enopQ howtU receive a moro hoapitahlo pn-j
tortaintheut than’ -be{brp) rwben hb. was'compellcd
with. hia friend to*.leave W snddenly and uncore
moniously.>■ : v ■ -• ►•" !
ThP' joutndl; from' which ,we ■ arc and!
.whloh appears to'be thp pafticular orgati of the de
tectives,- says v 4
“As this { case has been Wholly misunderstood
and greatly misrepresented,' It is due to’the officers
that tho publio ; should'tuulorstapd the fkctsof tho
ease.' The partlcif theso thieves appre
ciate to.tho fuUpst extent the ability,of.-the officers;
oud arc unwilling that they should be censured for
tin unfortunate lack of-pyecaution in taking straw
bail for tho nppoarancp of tho.lhieves.” > r .
Thisis silvery traC,-Smino Vcs>p6otable'patter
has said to the oontrary. That there was something
improper i&tbb.-business webelicfe;- but that the
detectives had a hand in it wo noyer for a. moment
supposed.'* 11 We bnya always gtyen these officers tho
fullest credit for honesty of purposo and shrewdness
of praotico, and hays no qispositiph to do other-*
But why not, 'gentlemen detectives, clinch the
matter by makingdn example of the “German, 1 '
the “ lottery-deqfor,” those; who were in
stnuhentnl in thwarting the ends of justice? So
long os men are allowed to give straw oafl, and go
at large unpunished and unrebuked, what secu
rity have you or wo t for .the punishment of those
who prey upptfortr property; nfid fatten upori.the
flesh of others? Lot an example bo onoc made 6f
theso men of straw, and there will bo au end to
their nefarious business.
Since tho ahovo was in type, web&vo been’ahown
a lettor from Boston, by Omoor Wood, in which it
is stated that Johnson was,convicted of larceny in
Boston, and "sohtehced to two years hard labor in
tho House of Correction. As for Harris, his com-
E anion,jhois away beyond ihe reach of justice. Wo
opo Soon*to'chronicle bis arrest and imprisonment.
Ho should certainly havo a couple .of years of un
disturbed fepoao to think over Jtuspagt.qxploits.
A Cool Transaction.—Yesterday, a negro
went-uJUo a>drayman standingriu’.Wator atreefc
add"engaged hlm'to haul a barrel'of 'flour. From,
Wator street tho nogro and drayman went to a
flour store in th 6 tfpper jmrf Tjf.town. Tho negro
ontorod, and while no one was looking rolled a
barrel out of the store, pud .put it on the, dray.
As the drayman was about to mover off,- his progress
was interrupted, by a policeman, who compelled
him to return the flour, ami took the negro into
custody, Tho drayman did not know the facts of
the cose, as far as tho ownership of tho flour was
concerned, and accordib’glyho was released. The
Ethiopian was committed to answor tho cb&rgo at
ooppt.' '" ' u ‘‘ ’• ‘ -
The work commenced at last.— The Chest
nut .and Wplnut-atreet Railway Company having
got ouLoi 1 chdnco£yf.knd.3otUed littlafamily!
quarrels, has at last commenced the work of laying'
tho' rail?.*
tearing’up Chestnut street, opposite the ‘fjirard
Hquso? The road will fio very substantially built,,
and unfior a liberal management will be |pado to
ylplfi excellent diyidpnfis, i apd hp a gfcat .CRnye
nlenoe tq *• the < trayelliog peOpfe : sfrarpa tJong
the great Wghw&y op which sfu being Uifi,- T -
the removal o f tie onlbe
south B(de of .ChMjnat. fbove Siitb, for
merly* OccttpiCdby the Ameriin[n s gaiday-Behool-
XJnion. Thooghnofcypt tweuty>yf*TS old; the pre-
Bfent BtruetaraiflbeMud.the, times, and is tobaie-
DlacedbytWcflMgd-aaA' toUhdid stores, each 25
feet front, and extendia* ioJtbe f back street. In
many respects be* superior to any yet
erected hinonr ; little .wood or,<other.‘
Combustible material will be .used, .-She joists are.
to be of irto£ With brick arches between ; the stairs :
thrrfttghddt, the i Outer ; d6or9;-ahd J *
also - ofi iron ; > the cornices of stone, aadihe’roofej
metal; so that the whole building may. strictly fce ,
Called fire-proof. The fronts are’t<£ poof iron on
the first story, *with preswd brick nndbrown : Btone
dressings abtrre,. ana four stories high. ; ~>»■?
• Extensive RoBBER»r-Defc?cfcive /Officers i
yeeterdayttr--
Jested tjrq pegroea, and/aoob *
'ierod, tot roobibg’Kefry salt Hb. s l4l South
Wharvos.' It-veems that theyrfcava beenin tho‘
habi|»f gaining admission inis the store: ftJff?. if
Ketr kt aniarly hour in the morning, betweenTirixi
and soven p’dock,. before any members of firar
made their appearance. They generally had'a for*
niture 'oar in attendance,\arid loading itupwitb
bags of Baltj they, mad%off with .the plunder, soil
it to proprietors'of soap l fßetoriesjand-others.
Che proprietor of one • factory stated that he had
bagsfrom Wiliitu/whileanother stated
hatnehad purchased a'Jarger number.. "iViflita;
|£d Pierce Were employed as ateVedoreuon the Wharf.
of a'noted burglar, turned
Bob is no-* gferrftfgdutff term’ofthree
years in tiro wnifcontifriy, Tftoy were committed
o answer the charge./ . ; ‘ •,
Death a?b_ JfafxWiis:—-A uuildte-aged
whitavmaa,/whoie dfeiha’ i3-unknown!td. oi, was
bund,do&df .moraing.-onthe.floor of $
in'Bedford street.’"The deceased wakoße of'
ive in this locality, and manage, todrag existence
along in an unaccountable WayH' Tie had crept into
the- place where his body -was -found on the--evening -
before, and begged for permission to lay on the
Soot. T|i£ cause. Bfjhii death hraadestitußon. j. '-J
1 Passing Counterfeit Monet.—Yesterday ’
nomiflg OfficerTkJvToi? arresfed’a ! Gefmin,hearing
the name of John Howe, on the charge of attempt
ing to, pass, counterfeit.notes,..op.Second.street,
above Chestnut. • 'Howe hid a nearing in the after
noon., r lt .was in.evidence that ha had attempted
to pass a $5 bill on the Kent Bank, aSi biUbu tbo
Chemical Bank, and a $5 bill on the Philadelphia
Bank—all of which were bad. H He ww searched
in the Central Station, and a number of other bad -
notes,found in his possession.' t
PoniTBT js
aingthtfchickbinho^/onUhepromise! of Mr.TV‘
b. Hoffman, ,iu.,tbe Twenty-pecond _wf«d, was *
broken open,'and'thhstdcjt or poultry-rumored by
some rascally fowJ-frßciers.Yhe practice of chic ken
itoaluigj which was so .mfceV in vorte lately, has
lied off Very’considerably Withiir the last few
month's/ '.'V• V"
- of Trinity .
<s»apel; at Twonty-socond-and .Locust ‘ jet reVts, has >
been laid, and the. work is progressing.rapidjyi i
I Tfaft trench for the water-main is open toßaCo -
strwttoßßroadrandthspipflwtoTwitssdwrerteidy
ou the east side of that street, down to Arch.
P An ace,— Efutional Captain
Lyle, will parade this evening in the moonlight'for *
practice.. To-morrow they .will act aa as escort to
the Richmond'Guards, whopaa*. through iheolfeyf
on thoir way toHew.lfork., ; „ t *
* OvEßßOisnl-i-bn 1 iTecmesday' a
cart-load ed with pitch,"upon which Philip Carroll
was seated} was backed into the Schuylkill, near
the wire bridge. By dint of active .'exertions /the
horse
; Hibernia Greens,
pnd Montgomery Guards wiUviritFlorenoe Heights 1
on Monday mba oh atarget cxcdrsToß:' >/-' • '; . '
. alEstate
Messrs. Thomas & Sons 1 sales At' the* Philadelphia
{Exchange will injuturebe hbld atl2o’clock noon.
First sale on Tuesday next, 10th Instant. See ad
vertisement. - -- - -
1. A Good Sagfeestio'ft.-' - '
| Mr... Press : itpot.pay for.sbmo of our
Chair manufacturers to knock lot of common T
yush-bottomed ohairs, such as one sees In the
Toilerics and places of-public resort on the Conti
nent, and place them out in the Fairmount gar
dens, with an old'- woman. or' two to hire them l
Many pennies would doubtless drop from willing
pockets forthe privilege.bf 'sitting . In lhia b&ann
iql resort. ' Pno Bono Publico.
I .'> l*: fs —3'l *!! $ .jij r 1 ~] (,j :? ,V
Xetter from liongsw&mp* Pa.
ICorrespondefioe of ThU Prom.)' >*■ *•-'/ /T* -i
Hart Ann Furnace, Berkscounty,Pa.,
\ v - • f - ■/- August 10,185&. -r
; Your able and influential journalf 5r4sPrMS, has
‘numerous correspondents and contributor3 ! ih'th'e
'different towns and cities; bull havesean inita
colufahscompiratively frflmj
•the heart of tho and rotired. countiy. And
>yot, in the region of the trUnqußwhd Secluded in
jterior, there are
(county and township committed to print,
i Wpuld.bo to Jour, rCadera both new-and Interesting,
( andprdyeto their edification-'WitkyourpeTnussidU'
hre win,' therefore,fendeavbr 6) supply tMi diside
\ratumi.sofaras cohceras thii sectionof the State.
\ -rFrom.tho.vterTO^LongSwampj’LyoprAity^-.folii,
; we' have reason to are habitually’led into
- radical and serious* niutiticer boireerning this, sec
tion'of countiy." as' a region of
swamps and ma«heB, ; ithe
foot of man;. the yery .reveae is the fact!
The German'cognomen is “ LangerScHwamm, 11
“ Long Meadow, 1 - which is -quite a different thing
from pestilential and morasses. rv The real,
state of the &asefß,thaCtblaportibnof “ Oldßerka”
is one of the jmoet prosperous,flourishing, and high
ly cultivated in our Commonwealth. Portionsof it
ate rough 'and - mdrataihoW,- it -is true,' but these
are only exceptional parts, and serve : to impart to
fti^'wlfoTer*ah feHcving it 'bf
what would dull
monotony.. V . !
Themain body of if fs rich end fertile
as the banks of the Nile. 'Fatness can be pressed
: ground;. Thoifarms hre highly cul
tivatod, producing grain a and fruits in abundance,
and presenting to the ey6 of theTrtWder an un
rivalled prospect of peace; plenty', and prosperity.
Most of the hardy qnd industrious tillers of the
soil have amassed a competency,- and many of them
•are in. possession ot-Prineely fortunes.' W© question
whether on this broad earth a intfre
txiQiuipcapla.. can boiounithan
are the Germans of Pennsylvania. More than any
other people we,know they serve, tq illustrate those
princlpUradd vinued which' impart* friability and
character to the State.
of tho permanency of those free and'libetal insti
tutions secured by Uie toll,,tho treasure, and the
blood of a wise ana patriotic ancestry.
No people in this broad more tho
roughly wedded to the Bible, the Church, the Sab
bath, the Constitution-of our forefathers, and to all
the hopes and guarantees off Virtue, Religion, and
Freedom. However divided on party questions,
they all love'the .Union, and ar*:’ardently devoted
to what they.regard.the best and truest.interests of
the'o6untry: -'To‘feai* God, to love work, to prac
tice frugality, to .do justice, to love mercy, and
walk humbly before the God of their fathers—these
are-renttmenfs 4&d obligations instilled into their
every mind and. heart Irons childhood. Hence it
arises., too, that, chicanery and falsehood are
nowhere* held 1 In such intense and unqualified ab
horrence. /• The Germans of ' Pennsylvania are pro
verbially guileless and, cqpfiding. Upright and
slnoere themselves, to they suspect no
deceit in others. howevcr, they have
discovered its existence, they visit upotitfie of
fender ~thn perpetnal withdrawal of their confi
dence, Thoy seem GpstlDotivety to act upon tho
maxim: «If .yon obtat me once, that is yot/r
fault ; it you cheat mo a scoond time, the fault will
|bo i . /
My present place ofwriting is tho widely-known
iron.- work? of'the brothers. Losher and Horatio
.Trailer, he .fbriner 'of;this place, the-latteri of
Reading/ The anoostorii of theee enterpriring gen
tlemen, (bqth patera&l and;matereal,)'havQ been
identified with .the Iron, Interests. of Pennsylvania
during a period reaching back more than half a
century, and no family in the State has contributed
• more t tun they to tho development and cultivation
this gigantic element oF productive wealth and
Industry. TKti grandfather, - JacoUUesber, as far
back as the year 1793, erected tho furnaoe at this
?iaoe. It was continued by his eon-in-law, Reuben
texler, and descended; from.him tq his;two Sons.
Mr- Lesher was tho founder, also, of two othbr
works, the ono known-as -“-The District’ 5 and tbo
Wa-Bamptos ” .th&lattor of which Is
still. In opetalion. - The ’father -wav HVefriai, (ho
foiindorof an ejtensire iron works in lluntingdon
jouniy. wjlloh }3 Still pwjlixl and- wrought by the
It would be “ a consummation most deyontly to
be wished, thc powers that be could be induced
to bestow upon those two groat staples of Pennsyl
vania, oeal and iron, suoh fostcringicare mid pro
tection as are commensnrate with ,tho magnitude
and-"extent 'Of the vast Interests involved. " The
present priori,* beyond controversy, arc not remu
nerative, and these two great industrial interests
are in & comparatively languishing condition. It
ia.to.bo hoped, that the‘time is not fur distant,
when tho rofluenoe'of this great State will be felt
and appreciated in the governmental departments
of tho country,,as v they deserve to ho. To bring
abont »fi end so' desirable, should bo the great aim
and purpose of all parties. Too long bos Pennsylva
nia been a'Jpore ‘.’.hewer of wood and draworof
TOtST" -ttt mitmr-'MetioiKr'and Ainor* interests,
Whose claims have notconsistcd in
tfeetr impo*rtatiee or sacrcdncss, but In the clamor,
and .vofcomepce, apd parliamentary tact, which
faqve_eharaaWn*ed Not the least
excellent and praiseworthy (ha
tqrea of fhe Press is its judicious and efficient advo
casy of and
noble old CbmmonweaUh. Arid If'their olaim* aro
ever reoognlsed as* they deserve to bo, at Washing,
.twij ~uq inoqnsidereble portion of the credit will Ivb
dno to your judicious and patriotic' counsel and •
labors, • • h '■' * 4
In the way of natural curiosities, almost erery
scotion has to boast, and this is not
deficient in this particular. About a mile and a
half distant from bore, gurgling in perennial fresh
ness from tho baso of ono of the ranges of the South
Mountain, is a spring of water, known to that dis
tinguished individual, “tho oldest Inhabitant ’’
It 18 known by tho name of “ Tho Cold Spring *’
and richly dooa itmerit this distinctive appellation
Tbo water gushing*, therefrom is so intensely coki
that a single mouthful sets the tooth on edge and
almost chills tho blood I The Psalmist has said—
o'Lord, are 'thy works, in wis
dom hath thou made J n one spot tho
hand of Omnipotence is stilling waters of twiling
temporeture; in another ihey nre as cold as thou»6
they had been generated.amidst the ice and sno&s
of Lapland. v I
The grain orop in this, section of tho State has
never been more abundadt than'thy present season.
Wheat, rye, -and oats, have- furnishetl an unpre
cedontod?yield, The coni, also, look's exceedingly
promising, and the jwtato orpp is almost withonf a
parallel. * The'fruit, such as apples, plums, pears,
oto., are also Superabundant, ami ferries of all
kinds ware never so pl4dly. Tntly, the Lord i»
good All, and his tfindeir mercies are over alt bis
works. ' . AxiAlaxse. “
Arrival or Blood Houses vuom Esq
i.and. —Two renowned niging nags from England
•wore received in Now York, via Montreal, on Ifed
nesday loijt, shipped to Messrs. jk Mor
ns farm, at Frog’S'Ncok, Ifejtcbestor oounty.
Thoyi are Eolipse, b. h., 4 years otd, and’ Barba
n'ty,; >. p.. 5 years old. Both have done good van.
ntng on the English turf, bnt they are not tmport
ed to this oogatry as racers, hot iperely for the ua
provement 'of afoek. They were shipped first to
Mestfeht,. ftwt thence to New tort,"