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OB. TATLOfl'S PI.IC Atl'ttB TfttP,
Special Correspouderic of the N 0. Pleayuris
' ! Mobtehev, Mexico, July 10, 18-17. j
I have jual learned that 4rty ie to start for
below early to-morrrow morning, of which op-'
puNumty I hit etai! tfiyK.tnd wilt endea vor'
in give you to account of General 1 sylor'a trie
In Mamalcqui, the plantation or Geo. Anata.
I apprised you in my last that ha wsd to make
an excursion, and uf my inteotioo to make one
of (lie party. .? -
It was quite refreshing to are the old general
mounted on hie horse on Wedneedsy morning,
the 7th inst., eurroundcJ by the membereof his
staff, about to leave the monotony of hia camp,
t.i enjoy himself for a few daye--e gratification
he baa deuied himself until now. Gen, Cuahing
and In eid-de-cen.'p accompanied the expedi
tion, escorted by a doten dragoons. We touk
(he rd to Salinas, which I tea in a direction a
Mite north of east, about twenty milea from
Monterey, and through the village of Saa Nico
lae de Us Cagae, a flourishing little place for
Mexico, of some considerable extent, six mites
from Monterey. At this town they raise con
siJerable ci.ru and vegetables for the Monterey
market. We left camp at noon and arrived at
Salinas about 5 o'clock in the afteiroon, where
the alcalde received the general and party with
every dcniotis'.rsttoii ol reaped, invited him into
hia court room, and treated him to figs and tin
iipe watermelon. I do not mean to speak
tlighlingly of hia treat, because it wee evident-
ly "(he best be had in the shop."
Aris'a's hacienda is situated upon vr near
ide Rio t'ca1io, and at the foot of a spur of
the Sierra, in a northeasterly direction from
Monterey, abont twelve miles trom Salinas and
from a distance his quite the aope-rance of a
bnronical estate. His p'antation is a very ex
lensiveonn, comprising fourteen square Icagnra;
hut nutesof it are useless low chapa-rel, only
relieved by the tall Spa null hayo.et plant,
which bristles up in every direction. Arista dot
ehased the place about four years aeofrom a la
ily residing in the city of Mexico for $35,000,
and has aince expended about $40,000 in irn
proving it. There is a very fine sugar and saw
mill upon it, the motive power of wtiich is wa
lr, of course. The dam across the river for
ming (he mill pond is a very fine solid peace of
mason work, and ia estimated in the bill of sale
st 914.000. The estate ia managed by an ad
ministrador, who has under him an overseer.
There are about 90 men and boys, peons, opon
the place, and so many women and girls, all of
whom are fixtures for life, aa are alt peons, in
ninety-nine cases out of a hundred, and quite aa
bad otTae slaves in your section of the country
worse even, aa when they become past work
their landlord (?) ia not compelled to support
them, and thia doty devolving updo their rcla
lives, aervee to bind tbem the firmer.
I am afraid Arista does not find agriculture
quite aa profitable aa the profession of arena, for
according to the acconnt we received from the
overseer the profile of the estate are tittle or no
thing. The nominal wsgesof theveon is from
two to ten dollars per month, but as they are
compelled ti.purchase every article they con
sume and all their clothing from the proprietor
of the estate, every month finds them deeper in
debt. Two crops ol corn are raised and twen
ty-four fanegas of aeod ia (he usual amount
planted. The yield ia generally one hundred
told, which would make the annua) crop 2400
fanegas or 2000 bushels. Of this but little is
wild off the estate, as it ia the principal article
of food. The crop of beans, which ia also one
of the "stand-bys," ia estimated at fanegas
2200 bushel. There are about thousand
head of cattle on the estate and le w sheep and
goats, but as one beef ia generally killed nearly
every day the sale of! the estate ia very small-not
more than twenty five a year. The cane crop
ia aa yet email, but more land ia dedicated to its
cultivation every year, and it must soon yield
handaome profit ; at preaent no more than 40
arobat (1000 pounds) of sugar are .made in the
year, but of a good quality. A small amount of
ripe of a fair quality ia also raiaed. By far the
res lent source of profit ia the luiubcr, some por
tione o( this extensive domain being heavily
timbered with pine. The growth of cotton has
lieea attempted, but without any decided auc
tee
The admiuutradar and overseer came out to
meet Gen. Taylor and offer him the hospitalitiea
nt the place, and we encamped about half a mile
txnn the main building, under the ahade of tome
l can treee. The reaidenee of Ariata is spa
ru.ua and very atrongly built with walla three
?( thick, loop Holed for musketry. It ie con
hi rue tad of the large sun-dried brick, stuccoed
u;id whi(e-wataed, and better adapted (or com
hirt than almost any bouse I have been in.
These brick, which ire about a fool square and
I 'ur or five inches thick, are aiade by the peons
tr bit and a half (ma real y media) a hundred
-for thoae ofl (he piece for three bite a hundred.
I have said that we encamped near the main
building, and under the cool shades of the pecana
we remained tranquil during the real of the day.
the statistical information which I have given
wsa imparted to Gen. Taylor -who takes the
liveliest interest in everything pertaining to
.'Mculturr, and is anxioua to obtain all the in
formation relative to the produce of the country
by the administrador. In the evening thia
functionary, who ie a young man born on the
intate, invited the general and party to a fan
Jungn, and much to hia satisfaction evidently
t waa accepted.- As soon as it wsa quite dark
(Jen. Taylor and Gen. Cuahing, and the real
of (he euit, repaired to the -fandango. In
he open air in front of the house Ibree rows
ofbenebta were arranged, foiaieg three aidas
of t square, leaving a Jar go space between,
and upon these were eeatedtho male and
female tenantry, the dancing ground , being
lighted by two torcheaSof japlit pine Wood.
When the affair got well under way there were
about aixty female peaeante present, all of (hem
browtf aa berries and very ngly, notwithstanding
which they found plenty of partnere. The mu
sic consisted ol two violins and a couple of gui
tars, and the miiaicisna'played some very pret
ty tunes, too. Attrr one or. I wo national dan
ces, consisting of alternate dancing and discor
dant, wild eivging the dancing resembling ve
ry much that peculiar to the negroes "in the
Ststea and the singing an Indian chaunt a
walti and quadrille were started. I can as-
eure yon the scene was not only novel, but wild
and picturesque in the extreme. There stood
the victorious, war worn but hearty old veteran,
surrounded by his brsve companions In arms
who have stood the hront of battle with him.
and those who hope to share new victories un
der his leadership, fating with a emiting face
upon the merry making of Arista's tenantry. A
little more than a year a jo, white Arista waa
mrticating upon the same hacienda, he recei
red the notification of his being placed in com
msnd, and hia very first order on assuming his
authority was dated Mnmilnqnt. During that
brief period he has been vanquished, disgraced
and stripped of hia eommsnd his vanquisher
hat penetrated to his very hoti-hoM, and is en
tertained an an honored guest by his dependants
What strange events come to pass t Who can
tell what the morrow wilt bring forth f Here
let me rewierk, thst a fetter waa received from
Arista by hia adminirirador recently dated
"Mexico, June 16," lie did nwt allude to mat
ters transpiring fn thst ejoartrr at alt, his let
ter being purely a (memoes wne. f mention this
circumstance merely because we had not heard
of his whereabouts fereome tame.
On the rooming of the tJth we took out leave
of Ariata'e hacienda, and tnrocd one horses'
heads towarria Monterey, bu. not the same way
that we had omor, intending, n route, tn pay a
viett to the Villa Real, which is about 14 miles
from Msmaletmi, in a southerly direction. Be
fore arriving at the villa we were te by the
worthy and hospital proprietor, CI Senor don
Joae Maria del Villa Real, who warmly welco
med the general, and expressed greet pleasure
at the honor of his visit. Theonly peceliarities
I could then discover bruit the Senor were a
redundancy ol upright shirt cotlaT and a good
deal of cotton umbrella which waa not opened ;
I after wanJidiscovered that gentlemanly conrte
ous bearing and great hospitality were hia di
stinguishing traits, f lie hacienda is very ex-
leoaive and well ordered, aa be ia always on
the spot himself, and a handsome fortune has re
warded bia exertiona. Ne sooner bad att ga
thered under hia cool roof than a cart toad, lite
rally a cart load of water and musk melons, and
a Urge bushel basket of mostdeliciousUgs burs
ting open as if from impatience to have their
lusciousness appreciated, were brought in. Need
I aasure you that they were duly honored and
praised? Although )uitcarly in the day, the
Senor insisted that the party must take a little
refreshment, and in an hour a long table waa
rich and glittering with the dieplsy of silver
plate; prates, dishes, spoons, lords, ralt-cellsrs,
&c.f all eilver. The "little rcfrecl.menl" con
siated of aeven courses f well cooked meat snd
fowl, la Mtxicano, also served up in massive
silver dishes, and continual relaya of tortillas,
Nearly every man had a breaat work of tortiMss
before him when the repast wss concl-ided. At
noon we bid adieu to the extremely liberal IVm
and started for Camp Taylor. I don't like to
destroy the io'ea of the liberality of the Senor
that I have created, but it was said that he waa
thrown into great state of agitatir.n a abort
timesinee, by a report that General Taylor was
to send an expedition to search hia place for
goods taken from the captured wa eon supposed
to be concealed there, and that he imagined the
general had come to confirm the report. I am
not disposed to erodit the on dit myself, but if
true, it may more fully account "for the milk
in the cocoa nut." Sixteen milea from the villa
the road atrikee the Salinas road, snd crosses
the Agua Fria, which although fresh, wss nesr
ly warm enough to boil an egg. Six miles
more and we were again at Camp Taylor, here
the party dispersed, all apparently muchgiaiifi
ed with ihe excursion.
When at Mamalequi, the alcalde of a small
town near Marin arrived and applied to n
Taylor tor a fbree to capture a email band ol roh
bere headed by Miicho Martina, a one armed
robber, long known in thia region, who common
ced sundry outrages on the M'xicsns. For
manifest reasons the General declined.
Since arriving here I have learned that
private named Csrlelon, ol Ihe Mssachusett
regiment, who lett Here with t.apr raul and
Lieut. Fuller, on the 7th innartt, waa killed hy
Mexican robbera near Marin; the rest of the
parly escaped. A train of wagons bound u
from Cerralvo and Camargo, when fifteen miles
this side of the termer place, waa recalled by
Major Abbott, stationed at Cerralvo, in conse
quenct of a report that Urree waa in the road
in force. It waa a false alarm and the train
now on ita way up. Lieut. Keene, of compa
oy B Massachusetts volunteers, had bia right
hand shattered thia afternoon, by the premature
discbarge of three barrela of revolving pistol
There ia no news bere from Sallillo or San Lu
is. .-. .. -. - f, m. p
Skt 'm Ur lA few days ago, at Cincinnati,
Col. G. W. Bradbury rolled fifty balls on ten
pin ally, knocking down four hundtad and fort
pioa. Thia ia unprecedented.
,tb raoH MRXiro.
va hub. t trVACi BBoetuTioR. ?.'A
Tht Martk upon tht ('apita--tTptctd Batlls
Utxltma 20,00 strfg--Anathr Guerilla
feat The Tuuin of Sunta Ft Dtttmytd.
Bv the ateamthin Afsssaehveette. arrived at
New Orleans, Vera Cra rfatee to the 93d ult.'
have been received thrre.- The papers ef the 93d
announce that the negotiations of peace had foil
ed, and that Gen. Scott waa to march on the Ca
pital on the loth July.---
Santa Anna was preparing to give fight with
an army twenty thousand strong;.
Another skirmish had taken place between Gen
Praree and the guerillas, in which the ktter were
defeated. ... .! -
Ths town of Santa Fe has been destroyed by
orderof Governor Wilson. This is a small town
near Vera Ciue.
OI.ORIOt'D KRlVSt
Another Battle and Annllicr Victory.' Tht City
of Me riot Sttrrendrreit .' Mexican Lout try
Great Three Hunktd American Killed and
Wonnded.
BAt.vtMOst, Anr.fi, 1847.'
By information received st New Orleans tiy
arrivals there from Vera Cms, ths rapture f
the City of Mexico is announced. Gsn. Scott is
now quartered in the capital. II met . with
no opposition until he arrived at Rio Frio, where
he was attacked, and the Mexican army wss pot
to flight with heavy loss. The American loss
ia reported at three hundred.
Both lb back mails have srrived at Rich
mond.
Tk News Confirmed.
Washington, Attgast 9.
The steam propellor Washington, arrived at
New Orleans from the Brazos, with dales to the
27th iK., bring the following confirmation f
the caftref the City of Mexico :
A express had been received at Mataanoras
from the City of Mexieo, staling that General
Scott bad met the Mexican army at Rio Frio, and
ttiat a atti enauiMi, in whiv'h tfce enemy were
routrd, with ths loaef three hundred menon the
part of the Americans. The victorious Air.eri
csa troops subset nently marched in aad took
possession the t.ity et Mexico, itns new
was publicly read to the troop at Matamora.
fFiom the Washington tjaion
frsai Ike Arm jr.
The following is an sxtrset of a letter, recei
ved in this city, from an intelligent officer ef the
government ,t Vera Cros:
4'Vera Cant, July 23, 1847
"1 wss m hopes, by this time, there would be
something definitive, or that wa bad arrived
nearer peace, but as yet no commissioners have
been appointed, and the government hsvs remo
ved ta a place further south. They will make
show of defence at Mexico, but Gen. Scott will
march in.' Our last dates from him were to the
40th inst. He waa then to move en tbe 13th
nd if ha did he mast now bs in the cily. Gene
rsls Pillow snd Cadwalader, and all Ihe train
had reached him, and bia eamber wss 19,000. I
ses no other wsy or prospect of peace than for
ths peace party (and it is composed of tbe most
wealthy and better portion of the community,) to
form an anti-Sana Anna and an anti-monarchical
psrly, under ths auspices snd protection of ths
American army, and by the time thia new go
vernment is wsll and firmly established, and fi
nished ita negotiations with us, it will hsve ga
ned such strength and popularity as will enshle
t to withstand ths other paitiea combined, and
then the Uniting of our troop on the sand hills
of Mexico will prove (comparatively speaking)
as great a blessing to this poor, distrscted nstion
ss tbe landing of our lorefatbars did to our happy
land ; for, for the last ten, yes, twenty yesrs,
one revolution hss followed another as quirk ss
their thunder follows their lightning nothing
ssfe, and never tranq'ii'.
"The guerrillaa have augmented ainre you left.
The aouth and the north have combined, and
they have threatened ua that they would come
in.
"Commodore Perry had some 60 or 70 sick,
and has gone to Tabasco, I think, to take his men
Irom that sickly river."
Later trewa Ota. rajrl
By the Mary Jane, arrived at New Orleans,
Tsmplco dstcs to the 26th ult. have been recei
ved. She brings no confirmation of the reported
movement of Gen. Scott.
Gen. Taylor continued at Walnut Springs as
late as the 17tb ult. The force under hia com
mand is seven thouiand strong ; be ws expected
to march on Ssn Luis s toon ss his fores was
sugmentrd to ten thousand. '
A rumor prevsiled st Monterey as esrly as
Ihe 13th July, that Gen Scott had defea
led a large body of Mexicsns near the capital.
and thia is supposed to hsve been the origin of
the sccount. A few day later it was reported st
MstsmoTss.
The steamer fsthinn wss honrly expected to
arrive at New Orleans, n-hen sll doubts will be
resolved.
Ftons Rose A rope, nrsily three milea long,
now lies st Gateshead, England, which was ths
other dsy a stone in Ihs bowels of the esrth !
Smelted, the stone yielded iron. Ths iron wss
converted into wire. . Ths wirs wss brought to
lbs rope-walk manufactory near Gateshead, and
there twitted into a line 4.660 yards long. It is
the stoutest rope of the kind ever made.
- To Feed Fowl. Cora given to fowls should
be crushed and soaked ia water i tbie helps di
geatkm, and bans will lay in winter that are so
ltd, that would not otberwiae. m
' Feed your fowl in winter with bones pouu
dad fine, and they will need lees corn, and lay
aa plentifully as at any season of (he year. Tbe
booee aupply tbe carbonate of lime, which is no
eesaary for tbe production of the abell, and
part of the yolk oi the egg. Egg atelle, oyster
shells, chalk, or uuburnt lime answer a similar
purpose. !
THE AiraniCAN.
&atrdut August 14, J it 7
V. B, rlnEH, Km.t mt Ms Beat .
el tliml fMBvew, corner mf 34 ems! Cheanut
Street. riMadelpMm, mt Ms (Mr i AV 160
YtMsem Hreet, IVr, 8. tB. Vmrr Bat.
Knurr wwat Calrert et. 1 ttarttmnrf, and A fe 1 6
Stmt Street, Boetem, it siMlJssWsesf ( svf m
ttfent, und receipt t&r mil. mtmte due tkt
mtflte, fr etitmeripttem er eutrertMng,
F IV. CARK, corner of Third and Dock
Streets Sun BtuUinirts npnneile Merchant1'
Exchange, I'kilwlclvhia, is also authorised e
act f our Agent? . t
Democratic Xominilloni. .
eon oovkno,
FRANCIS R. 8 HUNK,
roe CABAL COMMISSIONCS,
MORRIS L O N U S T R H T H, '
Of Montgomery County.
Waia Nominations.
For Governor,
Ck. JAMES IRVIN.
For Canal Commisiioner,
JOSEPH W.PATTON.
Psini iso Ins. A fresh aupply of euperior
printing ink ptst received, and for sale at Phila
delphia prices.
CT Hover's Ins. A fresh supply of Hover's
celebrsted ink, in bottles of all aizea, baa been
received and can be bad at II. Matser's store.
07" Tna Wsavhb Ve have had aereral
refreshing showers ths beginning of the week.
Tbe weather baa again became exceedingly
warm. .
07 The election for delegstes, it will be seen
by the notice of the Standing Committee, will be
held on Saturday tbe 4th of September, at the n
susl plsces for holding township elections, to
meet at thia place, on the Monday following. A
there are bet few officer (o be elected, there is
much less excitement than usual. We presume,
however, there will be a lull attendance.
07" Fibr Paihtibgs. We called, a few daya
aince, to ace several fine portraits, painted by
Mr. Francis. One was tbe portrait of the Hon.
Lewia Dewart, and the other of Maj. Win. L
Dewart, of thia place. They are certainly tbe
most perfect specimens of portrait painting in
this section of country. The likenete is striking,
and the coloring admirable. Mr. Francis, when
bere about twelve yeaia aince, painted some ex
cellent port rails, snd gsvs promise of becoming
one of the best ait'S a in the country. His Iste
productions hsve sufficiently verified ths predic
tions of his friends.
C7 Ths Whig Convention of Vnion county
met on Monday Isst at New Berlin, and nomina
ted Nr Middleswarth for tbe unexpired term o
Dr. Waggenseller, in tbe Senate, by a unanimous
vute. Samuel Wsirick, Esq. was lino unani
momly nominated for Assembly ; Jscob Hame
jr., on the Sth ballot, for Piothonotary ; Jacob
Winter, on the 2d ballot, for Commissioner
Cbsrles See bold for Tresiurer, aud George A
dams for Coroner.
0 Tbe aemi-annuat interest on the stste
loans wss paid at ths Pennsylvsnia Bank in Phi
Isdelphia, on tbe 1st inst. Oae-balf was psid io
par funds. After paving the interest, there is
still a balance of $327,000 in tbe State Treasury
07" The Philadelphia Ledger has been print
ed, for some months past, on a two story, four
cytender stesm press. In putting up a second
press of tbs same kind, a few days aince, the ma'
chinery ef tbe first wss displsced, and the paper
delay el until a late hour in the dsy. These pre
ses are wonderful machines. We timed tbia
press one evening, in June Isst, or rather tbe
foreman did it for us. Each of the four cylen
ders threw off 31 papers per minute, making to
gather I2S per minute, or 7.CS0 per hour, at an
ordinary speed. It can be forced to 10,000 per
hour, but the difficulty ia in feeding and takin
away the papers. With sll this speed, ths Led
ger requires a Second press to issue it s daily ed
tionof 31.000 copies, in time. These presses
cost about f 9,000 each.
E7" The Newa of Gen. Seott'e entry into Ihe
City of Mexico, is generally believed to be true
at Washington.
07 As General Scott has now taken tha cit
of Mexico, we presume there will be soms defi
nite srtion in regsrd to peses. Should the Mex
icsns still refuse to ratify a peace, we shall be
obliged to establish a government in Mexico, and
collect the revenuea ef the country to pay tbe
axpenaea.
07" As Ol'TLAW ELECTED TO CoXGEESS The
Whigs of Ihs 9th Congressionsl district, in North
Carolina, hsvs elected Cot. Outlsw to congress,
over Biggs, tka democratic candidate. Hereaf
ter our whig friends should be rautioua in apply
ing bard names to us democrats, alter electing,
not exactly a general eutlew, but what ia the
next thing to if, a Colonel Outlaw, all of which
they say ia whig gain.
07 Oreoos abb CALirossiA. Two months
Ister newa baa been received. Col. Free moot
has been arrested for disobedience of orders, by
Gea. Kesrney, and ordered home to take bia tri
al. - Tbe emigrants bad suffered terribly from
cold and hunger. Seventy tvs died, and tka re.
meinder subsisted on tka dead. Gea. Kearney
and Com Stocktea ars en their rstain borne. ' .
, D"-Coas Oymas Ve published, a few
weeks since, recipe to make' mock oyaters,
which, upon trial, we and so much like ths gen
uine articls, sxcepf that they are somewhat bet
ter, that we have eonrludcd to re-publiab it, that
thote who overlooked it msy have a chance to
try tbir hand in making land oysters. They are
a rare delicacy, and new ia tbe sesson to make
them.
Tske a doin and a half rare of large young
corn, and grate all the grains off the cob se fine
aa possible. Mix the grsted cotn with three
large table epoone of sifted flour, the yolka of
aix efga well beaten It all be well incorpo
rated by hard beating. Have ready in a (rying
pan an equal proportion of lard and tresh Wter,
hold it over the fire till it is boiling hot, and then
put in port ions of the mixture as nearly aa pos
sible inehape and site like fresh oystera. Fry
them brown and send them to. table hot they
should be nesr and inch thick."
' D7Thr P.rv. Ma. McCam.a having untried
that the President atated to him, that he ap
pointed Fathers MrKlroy and Rey as ehanlsins
in order to act aa spies in the army, the Wash
ington Union, on the authority of the President,
denies ths charge and ssys, "the President is too
cautious to ma are a conncasi oi a leaky and er
rattic clergyman like Mr. McCalla "Mr McCal
la replies through tbe Philadelphia Sun, ins mass
f verbisge entirely too long and metapbieical
for perusal in this warm weather. The folio
ing ia ths closing paragraph of his letter to the
President :
"You wittily say that I am 'as fond of battles
of books.' What ha your life, or that of your
Secretary of War been ; what ha been the life
of your would-be-gentleman, but a life of battles?
What is your sdministrstion. but an administra-
ion of battles and bloodshed ? The difference
between u ia, that my battlrs hsve been for the
ruth, and your for profit and promotion. We
bav both obtained oar objects. Too hsve pow
er with wealth. 1 hsve truth with poverty. For
the sake of that precious jewel, ths truth, 1 have
isked starvstion; while your trnth denying
squad cannot even patch a pair of breeches with
out chaiging it to tbe State."
The Elertioni.
ALABAMA.
BRrORTCD ELECTED.
Milliard, (Whig.) in Montgomery TWatrict.
Ciayle, (Whig.) in the Mobile District.
Butler county is also reported Whig.
KENTUCKY. ,
REPORTED KLEX'lED.
Dent.
Whig.
Haines, (gain.)
Morebead,
Thompson,
Cox,
Duncan,
Atlanta, (gain,)
Buelcner,
Todd.
INDIANA
Drmnrrat rrpnrted eletted.
MVirft elected.
T. J. Hei.ly,
J L. Robinson,
W. W. Wick.
D. M. Dobson,
- I. E. Ambree,(g'n)
4. C. B. Smith,
7. Thompson,
8. D. Clark, (gain.)
f. Pettit,
9. Cathcart,
Same as Isat year.
NORTH CAROLINA.
RETORT EC ELECTED.
Dcm. WMg'
Gen. Daniel, Outlaw, (gain,)
l.en. McKay, Eoyden.
Venablea.
1LLINOI9.
The only returns are from Cork county, whitb
the Democrats have rarried as usual. Chicago
city givea 300 Democratic majority.
The Cabal abb Railroad Tolls of tl e present
yesr, on the Pennsylvania Line, np to the end of
July, amount to tl, 019, 951. being $307,970 more
than at the ssme time tsst yesr. The amount
received on tbe New York canals this yesr to the
31st of July for tolls, is 1 1,790,539 82 being
an increase over Isst yesr, tn the same period, of
$561,531 98, or more than 43 per cent
Tbavellibo Two Thovsabd Miles rxa Flora,
A Messsge wss received in New York on Sun
dsy, over tbe tslegrsphie wires from Montreal
delivered, answered, and the receipt of the an
awer ecknowedged by tbe operator in Montreal
in the short space of thirty minutes. It came by
the wsy of Toronto and Buflalo, and had to be
re-written at the latter point.
Taribo it Coollt. We perceive by tbe Vir
ginia papers thst the Secretsry of Stste, the Post
matter General, and Mr. Walker, the Preaident'
Private Secretary, are en a visit to Old Point
Comfort lately become a favorite resort for sea
bathing.
Illinois. The atate convention has fixed the
Governor'a aalary at f 1250 made a vote
three-fifth necesssry to psss a bill after a Veto
and gave to the governor the power of appoint
ing the Secretary of Stale.
Lead. We ses it ststed that there is sn smount
of lesd now Isying oa the wharves at Galena, Illi
nois, to ths vstue of uyi'c millions tf dollars.
Corn Csor in Geosoia The Charleston
Mercury lesrns, from conversation with a gen
tleman recently from the interior, that ths eslcu
Istion is thai Georgia w ill produce thia yssr ths
largsst corn crop ever grown within ita limits.
Jerk L.bd and Manages Baseett Geo
H Barrstt. the aoansger of tbs Nsw Broadway
theatre, New York, came passenger in the Hiber
nia. While in England, ha offersd Jsnny Lind
fivs hundred pounds per night for forty nights
that is, on hundred tXuusaud dollars for about
aix weeks perlormaacee The "divine" was in
exorable. A New Rsoi'LaTor Uncle Sam's post office
stamps are bow used aa a circulating medium for
mll remittances by mail.
i Xr.Tncoii-Ths , Berks ( and Schuylkill,
Journal gives the following sccount of ths smnu-
lation periormen upon toe person or Nr. Henry
Prints, 'of Reading, whose leg was dreadfully
cruihed and mangled on the railroad at Ba urns
town, on Saturday evening. . The operation was
performed on Suodsy morning, by Drs. Hiester
snd Whitman, ths pstient having first bten put
under ths influence of ths Letheon;
During the operation he was entirely lossnsi
Ms to pain, and laughed and joked while the knife
and ssw were separating tbs quivering flesh and
cutting throuih the bones, muscles snd arteries!
The leg was smputstec shove the knes joint, and "
ws are told that the unfortunate man never once
winced under tbe dreadful operation or experien
ced the slightest pain or dissgrsesble seosstion.
We are further sisured that after the limb was
bound up, and the effects of the sther had passed
off, the pain wss by no mesns severe. The ays-
tern of the patient wa not prostrated by tbe o-
perstion, snd the wound is much more likely to
be speedily healed, than in cse were tbe suffer- .
er is doomed to feel the exquisite torture of ths
operation.
Gkrmak PaxACHRBs W astro. Tbe German
Reformed Church in the United States hss 230
ministers in connection with three Synods ; 71
officiate exclusively in ths Germsn Isnguage, 60
exclusively in the English language, and 03 in
both German and English. Ministers who csn
officiate in both languages sre greatly needed.
In addition to ths demands for Misaionsry la
bor by the immigrant Oermsn population, there
ars 800 organized congregstions, for the supply
of which there are only about 200 Ministers.
There srs about 60,000 persona in communion
with the Cburcb. - - . . ... .
The Washington,. (Ps.t) psper soys A most
terrific storm of thunder and lightning, accompa-
ied by torrents of rain, pasied over this borough
on the 6th July. The hail which fell st the close
of ths storm wss ss large as hen's eggs, and waa
very destiuctivs to ths crops. Two young men,
sons of Jesse Wilson.) from Centreville were .
returning home with a load of hay, and being o-
vertaken by the storm, took shelter under a large
tree, which waa struck by the lightning, and in-
stsntly killed the elder brother, and rendered tha
other insensible for a considerable time.
Or. the 8th of July, a destructive hail storm
lid great damage to the corn snd other crops in
ths vicinity of Wheeling, Va.
During a violent thunder storm st Fort Ed
wards, on Sundsy the 11Tb July, a grocery stors
wss struck by lightning, snd five men initsntly
killed, snd three others seriously injured. Per
haps they were not "remembering the Sabbath
dsy to keep it holy." .
Oh the Clhof July a very destructive hail
storm passed over Allenlown, Pa., accompanied
by a tremendous gsle of wind, which unroofed
several houses, prostrsted many trees, broke
3000 panea of glass, and did great injury to the'
grain and fruit. , ,
On the Uth July, the rain fell in torrents st
Natchec for eight houra, during which six snd a
half inchea fell, and two splendid bridges weis
swept swsy.
St. Tsui's church st Rochester, N. Y., wss de
stroyed by fire on tbs 25th July.
The spirs of the Unitarian Church at Ware,
(Maaa ) was struck by lightning and rr.uch shat
tered on the 31st July.
Tbe bsrn and mills of Mr. Crosby, below Wi
mington, Del., were struck by lightning snd con
sumed. Also, a barn filled with wheat, rye, hay.
&c, together with several small houses, were
burnt by lightning ou the 25th of July, about 3
milea from Esston, Ps, Another bsrn wss
struck and burnt at Chester, and atill another at
Camden, N. J.
DisTEEmsB ! The Rev. Stephen Thurston, of
Desi sport, Maine, hss been attacking Odd Fel
lowship. Ilia principal argument appears to be
that "it makes a great gulf between a man snd
bis wife ! Msny a lovely and faithful wife hath
pined beraoss her huibsnd would not disclose his
secrets."!!
S.nase Bits. A man in New Orleans was dan
gerously bitten on Thursday of Isst week by
a congo snake, which had coilsd itself in his
boot whilst ths msn had gone into the dock f.r
the purpose of making some repairs to the whsi f.
When he went to put ths hxtot on ths ugly mon
ster made a dart at him, and caught him by '.he
toe. His leg commenced swelling immedistely,
but by a timely application the effects of the pri
son were removed.
Toe Fever at New Orleans The New Or
lesns Delta of tbe 31st ult Las the following pa
ragraph i
Charity Hotpital We were last sveuing fur
nihed with the report of the clerk of this insti
tution, for the preceding twenty-four hours, Irom
which it sppesrs that during that period there
were admitted 43; discharged 24; died 18 of
whom fourteen were of the yellow fever.
Tvrej Ccttesb Persons nnacqusinted with
tbe whole process of type making, ssys the An
glo Ssxon, would be eurprised to hesr thst there
are cot more than three mea in ths United Ststes
sckaowledged by type founders aod printers to
be good type cutters, and there are not ten men
in ths Union whoevsa pretend locultype. Typ
cutting ia a very difficult art to require. Tbers
are many trades ssd professions which any one
of moderate capacity can acquire, so ss to be to
lerably useful in them. Il is not so, however,
with type cutting. -
Wsur has become or tub Relies Meaaf . 1'
ia stated, observe ths London Dsily Nsws, that
in one of ths counties ef Connaught, (0,000 oi
ths relief money had btsn uosccountsd for
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