I'-.: : r f. v o- JO B #IM N T I N Q I'O Job Pmricomß Oj'i ' * Pmmphlki, 'Cifimltfisa, Bunts . Oseekt, jMiiwrfcCojMjer* BjUJa/VleWn* . and il*. :■' • ''r-r:;-':;-: iro . • : NXATLY AND -P»0«&«LY-SaatCU*U> AT- THIS Of ••*.'••• FICE, : '■ Irtletßjwift): &3 that may emanate from the combined efforts ol L Federal press from “June to Eternity.” |p"The recent rain floods in the region o( tb Upper Mississippi River have raised the water* t< a point six feet higher I than was ever before knows Hundreds of thousands of acres of land have teen submerged, destroying jtbe results of years of la >or* ious industry. Thousands of persons have,been to* tally ruined. ! , . '. 1 The Judges* .-j The Norristown JS«gt*f#r, one of the rbcratic papers State, has the jwi - - niirable notice^^?-«n^te»^ th^?j, I ,^l ' f Beocb bySSe ,, > TWHori. Jxexilj ah S ; i ßL*c*, of Sqpoertcfr is mie of ornamenU oPctte legal profes sion thatjpbr ia;conij|ara *tively man, but!He“has already established a name and reputation as a literary man and a jurist of which any man may be justly proud. A high and competent authority has pronounced Eiln K one of the ablest men of his years in Pennsylva | nia.” The distinction .be has gained in bisi present, | Judicial District will be increased and brightened j in the moreenlarged sphere of duty to which the ! people are about to call him. Judge Black was the favorite of a large portion of the democracy of i Pennsylvania for a seat in the United States Senate. i He yyill-receive an equally strong ■“demonstration ; of their regard.now tnat he has been placed in nomination as one of the Judges of the Supreme Court. As a man and a citizen in private life', his character is of the highest order. . . The Hon. ; James Campbell is a gentleman who eminently deserves the earnest cordiality with which hisiriends.urged his nomination. .As one of the Judges of an important Court of the city and county of he has discharged his duty with ability and satisfaction, and as a member of the highest judicial tribunal of the State there is every reason to believe he will do honor to the sta tion. His reputation as a private citizen is spot less and unimpeachable, and his political reputation as a firm, unfaltering and consistent democrat, is beyond the shadow of cavil or question. . r ; The Hon. Ellis Lewis, of Lancaster, is a jurist who has occupied a conspicuous place in the pub lic eye, and’ gained an exalted reputation among his professional brethren. He was originally a I printer, and won his way to distinction as a jurist | by the force of inherent energy, industry and in domitable perseverance? The Lancaster bar is | confessedly a strong one. Over this bar he has j presided for many years with their entire approba- 1 tion. His ability is unquestioned, and his courtesy 1 of manner has attached" to him all the eminent men who have practised in his court. Of Chief Justice John G. Gibson, it is not ne cessary that a word should be said in commenda tion. He has filled the exalted station the head of the Supreme Bench. for a number of years. His legal abilities are known to and acknowledged by all, and his eminence as a jurist is accorded by the most powerful and enlightened minds in the coun try. The Hon. Walter H. Lowrik, of Allegheny coonty, ranks among the most eminent lawyers of western Pennsylvania. He was appointed by the lamented Shunk, Judge of the District Court of the county of Allegheny, in which he resides, and his course, since his elevation to the bench,, has alike reflected honor on himself and the appointing pow er. Gov. Shunk was a good judge of character, and his selection of Judge Lowrie was a marked eyidence of his foresight -and sagacity. The pri vate reputation and judicial character of the gen tleman are in a perfect keeping with each other—. both exemplify his excellence, and prove him to be in every respect worthy of the confidence and re gard of his fellow citizens. Such are the candidates who have been nomi nated for the support of the democratic party of Pennsylvania by the Democratic state convention held at Harrisburg on the 11th inst. The delegates periormed their duty faithfully, and are entitled to the approbation ol their constituents. The nomi nation of candidates made by the Reading and Harrisburg conventions w.iil be responded to throughout the state, with feelings of ardent satis faction, and when the day of election arrives, the democracy of Pennsylvania will endorse their ap proval ot the nominations made by an overwhelm ing majority. A Good Sign. All the unsuccessful candidates for Canal Com missioner are out warmly in favor of the nomi nees ol the Reading and Harrisburg Conventions. Mr. Campbell has written and published a letter, sustaining the nomination of Mr. Cloveu. Mr. Bratton, through his paper, the Carlisle Volunteer , is out in a strong article in support of his success ful competitor; and -we are also pleased to see that the Genius of Liberty, an influential Democratic paper in Fayette county, the home of Mr. Ska right, the other prominent candidate for Canal Commissioner, and edited by his son—is out very warmly in support oi the nominations? This 4s as it should be. From all quarters of the State we have the most cheering indications of a cordial and hearty union of the entire party upon Bigler and Clover, and also upon the nominees of the Harrisburg Convention. We might fill our paper with articles taken from the Democratic press of the State, cordially sustaining all the nom nations, and zealously urging their party friends to action. The tone of public sentiment from one end of the Commonwealth to the other, is unusually healthy and spirit-cheering—a* sure indication of success in the approaching struggle. The notes of preparation are every where heard, and the watch word has gone from the Delaware to Lake Erie that ITT' Pennnsylvania MUST BE REDEEMED- Now our flag is flung to the wild wind free, Let it float o’er our father land— j And the guard of its spotless fame shall be Columbia’s chosen band* Mr. Editor:— The friends of Mr. Buchanan claim that 'they had a large majority ol delegates in the Reading Convention and controlled its pro-’ ceedings. Now, can you inform me, whether they intend to claim the election of the Democratic State Ticket this fall asa Buchanan triumph or not? P. |O»We answer emphatically,* NO. Whilst it was unmistakeably evident that the friends of Mr. Buchanan had £n overwhelming majority in both State Conventions, and whilst it is also well known that nearly all of the Democratic candidates now before the people are warm personal and political ‘friends of that gentleman, yet they are the nominees ol the whole party, fairly placed upon the ticket, and as such expect to receive' the support of the entire party. After the election we shall claim their success as a Democratic triumph—nothing more, and certainly nothing less. Whether the fact that the nominees-generally are personally and politically iriendly to Mr. Buchanan, (and we are not aware that there is any thing criminal in being so,) is to be a pretext on the part of certain gentlemen for opposing their election,, we are not able, at this stage of the game, to tell. To say the least of it, the thing has a suspicious squinting that way, and we shall not be surprised if such shall turn out to be the case. We should much prefer they would show their band at once, as a secret enemy is always more to be dreaded than an open foe. E7*The Harrisburg Keystone is a candid and truthful paper—very. “ L—d how this world is given to lying.” To be serious. Does the Keystone intend to sup. port the Democratic ticket? If it does, it has a strange way of showing its friendship for the can didates ! The Keystone asserts that there is but one of the Democratic candidates who is friendly to Mr. Buchanan. Now this is simply not true. But, suppose for argument sake, it is so—(and the gen tleman alluded to is doubtless Judge Black, who has always been the warm personal and political friend of our distinguished fellow-citizen)— and what does.it prove? Why that Mr. Buchanan is immensely strong in the State, his especial friend and favorite Judge Black having received ninety, nine votes in the State Convention, he being by far the strongest candidate before that body for the Judicial nomination. The assertion of the Keystone , therefore, even if true, which it is not, proves too much, and the falsehood will “return to plague the inventor.” The Keystone should be more cautious for the future. [D~ In addition to the great fire at San Francisco, on the night ol the 3d of May, an account of which will be found in another column, there was ; also, a few days previously, a great fire at the City e, 6f Stockton, which destroyed property to the is amount of about $1,000,000! Verily, fortunes ie are more easily lost than made in California. This is the third devastating fire that has occurred at San Francisco within the last two years—the last being the most destructive of the three, to : : The Cosdkn Murderers.— William Shelton, one of the persons implicated in the murder of the Cosden family, has been cocvicted of murder in the first . degree. The trials of Murphy and Taylor, have been removed to Elkton—and Roberts is to bs tried at Cheitertown, . Improvement In the Fh^Mice*.. .'VSome of the we notice, are claiu* ing for Governor. Jorastox the credit proved and improving cojiditiotf pf the ces; and in confirmation« thirtiset up* are publishing an exhibit of thelj*c e iptB at-the. State Treasury, from Canal and apportion of the t&n of 1850-51—by which it appears that the crease of the latter period over the former, is; $96,- 625,68. j The entire receipts at the Treasury from this source for the whole of last year was $1,713,848,16. We may therefore safely infer. that the receipts for the whole of the current year will amount to $2,- 000,090. But this gratifying increase in the reve nue derived from the public works can no moip.be accredited to Governor Johnson than it carr be to to the “Man in the Moon,” inasmuch as.he has nothing whatever to do with the management of the railroads and canals of thff Commonwealth. — If praise is due to any of the State officials, it should be awarded to the excellent Board of Canal Commissioners who'have the'sole management ol the public improvements, and to whose policy (asjde from the natural increase ]of business,) we must look for their, continued anil increasing pro ductiveness. i : ; The Public Ledger, in commenting upon the ri diculous claim set up for Governor Johnston, says ‘ u This is all very'Batisfactory,'but thd Governor has about as much connection with it as the man in the moon. He neither causes it; nor can he pre vent it, if he should try. The whole country is prosperous, and is so from a combination of causes having nothing whatever to do with-the Governor’s acts. -The receipt of some fifty millions oC'gold dust within the last two ■yeprs from California could not well fail to stimulate] thrift and enter prise as well in Pennsylvania as jin other States.— Our report of customs shows an immensely increas ed business, which certainly does not aU flow from our own State, and, of course,* is. not fairly ascriba ble to our Governor. The whole Union partici pates in the prosperity. 'Our imports have increas ed largely within the present year, but our exports show a much larger increase. There is not a City or State iq the Union that is not prospering.— Every carrying company in the ] country is doing an increased business, and we scarcely take up a report that does not show as great a per cetitage of increase of net revenues as the Treasury ofjjenn sylvania for the time that it has been under the control of the present executive. As well might the Governors oi Virginia, of New York or New, Hampshire claim credit for ttaej prosperity] of thc\j respective works in the hands private icompa- ; nies in those States, as for the friends of Governor Johnston to claim credit for him for the increased revenues from , our public works, which are in the hands of Canal Commissioner?, ejected by the the people and entirely independent of the Gover nor. The tide of prosperity, we are happy to know does not rest in Pennsylvania on the financial skill of any one man, but is substantially baaed on the labor and wealth of more than two millions oi peo ple. Our State, is gradually from em barrassments which were almost as general as pros perity is now universal, and if jthe wise and pru dent course marked out by thej late Gov. Shunk shall be pursued, and improvident debts avoided, we may hope, in a short .time, io see the credit of Pennsylvania on as elevated ground (as its wealth and position really entitle it to be) as that of New York or Massachusetts.” j The Dedication atjcolumbla. The dedication of the new Odd Fellows’ Hall, at Columbia, took place on Thursday last, the pro ceedings of which are given at length in the “Spy • of Saturday. From it we learn that there were delegations from this City, York, Wrightsville, Sale Harbor, Baltimore, Harrisburg, Philadelphia, Downingtown, arid other places, to gether with a large number of] persons not mem bers of the Order—making altogether a greater number of persons than were; ever witnessed at' one time in that Borough. When the ceremony of the dedication was gone throuhh with, a Pro cession was formed under the (lirection of Reuben Mullison, Esq,, Chief Marshal, assisted by a number of Aids. After marching through several of the principal streets and making quite a bril liant display, the Procession was halted at the Hall, when an elqouent and appropriate address was de livered by Horn R. Knxass, Esq., of Philadelphia. Amongst the distinguished persons present was the venerable A. Wiluie, Esq., the founder of the Or der of Odd Fellowship in the United States. The whole affair passed off very pleasantly du ring the day, and in the evening a Concert and Levee came off at the Hall ; which was largely attended. The following resolutions have been adopted by the Committee of Arrangements to procure a mon ument to be erected over the remains of the late Francis R. Shunk : Resolved , That the citizens: of Pennsylvania and other States, ire hereby cordially invited to parti cipate in the ceremonies attending the erection of the Monument, to be erected over the remains of the late Gov. Francis R. Shunk, July;4, A. P., 1851. I From the Lancutemn. Resolved, That the Volunteer and Soldiery of Pennsylvania are invited to attend the said cere monies, lully equipped, without any other or special invitations. [Extract from, the minutes.] Trappe, June 11, 1851. D. FRY, Sec’ry. As an illustration of the feeling that obtains to some extent in the Whig party against Governor Johnston, for his refusal to sign the bill repealing the odious section of the kidnapping law of 1847, as well as his general adhesion to abolitionism, the following anecdote was related by Col. Samuel W. Black, ol Pittsburg, during his great speech made at the Ratification Meeting, in Reading, on •the evening of the sth inst.; He said, “ I will tell you an anecdote of a Whig iron master whom 1 met a few days'ago. I' said, ‘I suppose you will do all you can for Johnston.’ t: His reply was, (the speaker imitating a stammerer to per fection,) I’ll be d—d—d—d if I am so sure of that.’ (Great laughter.) I said, ‘but then Johnston will go for the tariff.’ His reply again was; ‘What is the use of a. tariff if I have no country ?’ (Cheers.) Yes, gentleihen, this Union question is a question of life to the country. meet it boldly. The men men who are opposed* to us are afraid to look it in the face, ? ’ . ! < Lafatette College. —This Institution is now in a very prosperous condition, as represehted in a Circular kindly furnished us by the President of the Board of Trustees, Hon. James M.; Porter, of Easton. A thorough classical education can now be obtained, at an unusually cheap rate, and the location, buildings, and every thing else jconspire to to make it a very desirable Collegiate [lnstitution for the education of young men and boys. The Faculty, as at present constituted, is.cdmposed of the following named gentlemen, all of \jvhom have a high reputation for learning: • j Rev. D. V. M’LEAN, D. D. President, and Professor of Moral Science, Logic, and Evidences of Chemistry. JAMES H. COFFIN, A.j M. Vice President, and Professor of Mathematics and Natural Philos ophy. - : ' . I i Ret. GEORGE BURRO WES, A. M.* Professor of the Latin and Greek Languages and Literature. WASHINGTON M’cArTNEY, ; Esq., A. M., Professor of Mental Philosophy and Rhetoric. Hon. JAMES M. PORTER, L. L. D., Professor of Jurisprudence and Political Economy. There has also been a Professorship of German and French instituted, and every facility will b e afforded the student for acquiring I a'thorough knowledge of all the languages and; branches of education taught in our most favored institutions. Rj* The following is the vote of ;the Lancaster delegation in the late Judicial Convention: Mr. Sample voted for Lewis, Campbell, Lowrie, Black and Rogers. : j . _ .j Mr. Sanderson voted for Lewis, Campbell, Aid der, Black and Maynard. .; Mr. Dougherty voted for Lewis,Campbell, Low rie, Wlson and Tbompsop, . ; , Mr. Reynolds voted for Lewis, Campbell, Kid der, Black and Rogers. , , . , Mr. Leader voted for Lewis, Campbell, Black, Lowrie andi Wilson. I'.: , „ ' , « Mr. Laird voted for Lewis, Campbell, Maynard, Wilson and Thompson. ! Skunk Monument. The Pennsylvania Democracy. ' Under this captjon, the. Boston Post haa th* fol lowing well-limed and powerful article, to which .we invHejthsrM^tfqjroJ alI oar readers, Whigs wellM V&, •- '’ ■^^l!,;^ <*,The position pf no state is ffiin ihat of B&miylirinia. Located, Uh'it wrote, iriitjje centre ofcihe U|TOn-~en^^cin^ v .withiirlii.er jtior ders sf}ntteta|jmd'ph|rneal posjer-rcon raining nearly three millions of in ./agricultural land mineral wealth—immense in focal enterprise4-careerii)g onward in art and sci ence—composed of a people of singular energy j and. enterprise—-she -holds a rank .not .unfitly- indi- 1 cated by the; name of the Keystone State.' Hence ; the immense importance of the stand that she choo ses to take. Hence the interest with which the nation, in this crisis, will look to her to see wheth er she is determined to,go lor sectionalism .for a part- of the lcpUntry, or whether .she will go for those measures I that will maintain the great com pact of the Union, and embrace the whole country in her politics. | j And we rejoice that this issue is now fairly made i up—that cfne side trill be for these measures and the •other against them. The democracy ofthisjState by their state convention, in the capital resolutions they have adopted, and by their candidates in glowing speeches and letters, have in this matter taken decided, bold, unmistakable ground. They stand on the good old Baltimore platform,ond rejeot all .the new light free soil tests. They plant them selves firmly on the compromise measures. Their resolutions say, they 017*“ will faithfully observe and execute, all the measures of compromise adopted by thejlate congress for the purpose of set tling the questions arising out of Domestic ski* very.”_/~n Their candidate for governor says that, “ to maintain in good faith, the letter and spirit of the ! several measures of compromise , as adopted by the late j .congress, as a final adjustment oj the vexatious slave \ controversy , lam determined to do, AS THE DE-: MOOR AC Y OF THE WHOLE UNION ARE, CONSTRAINED TO DO”—is his platform;! while on the other hand, the whig candidate is de cidedly committed against these measures. Here ! this is the political test —this is the issue—this is the question to be decided. As Col. Black, in a noble letter withdrawing his name fiom the con vention against the regular candidate Col. Bibleb, says, the success of the whig candidate will,be “ a declaration on the part of Pennsylvania that she is determined to disturb the measure of conciliation and compromise,” the success of the democratic candi date will be a declaration that this P. G. EBERMAN, Jr., Union Committee qf Arrangement. Sodden Death in the Cabs. As the cars from the West were coming to this city on Friday night, a lady passenger of this city, 7 att 1 e )h who had for some time been in delicate health, was suddenly seized with hemorrhage of;the lungs, and died in a'few minutes. The sad event bap* tuned when the train was about thirty-savin miles bom the city—JWfe. Sttitimun. Late From California. IfRANCISCO. , #io,OoQ,pOb PROPERTY DESTROYED. ‘ Sail Francisco la again in ashes. The amoke and ■flamedare ascending, from several squares of our city,** If the god of destruction had. seated him* _*clf in oar midst, and wu gorging himself and all 'hie. ministers /ofdevestation upon the ruins of our doomed city and itepeople. \ About 11 o’clock last night the cry of fire started "everyone like an earthquake. The fire had just commenced in a paint' shop on the west aide of Portsmouth square, adjoining the Bryant House, formerly cdlleaj but more recently the American. It was bat a slight blaze when first seen, but in five minutes the whole upper story was full of flames. Before the engines could get upon the ground and commence playing, the American on one side, and a store occupied by Messrs. Rhodes . as a furnishing establishment, were in flames. The buildings in ‘ the vicinity being all of wood, and extremely combustible, the fire spread up Clay street, back toward Sacramento, and down Clay street to Kearney street, with frightful rapidity.— It soon had full command, and the fire department could only work upon the borders, and endeavor to check its progress. By anticipating it in this way, they succeeded on the north aide before it reached Du Pont street; butin every other direction in which it could spread, it took ita.own course. To the South it spread to Bush street, and to the Cast passed Jackson street, sweeping everything from East of Du Pont street to the wharves. The blocks between Du Pont and Kearney street and west of Portsmouth Square as far as Bush street, three in number, are in ashes. Between Busb and Jackson, Kearney and Mont gomeryj in number, all are burned down. .Be tween Montgomery and SansomJ Bush and Jack* qqp' streets, five ill number, all down. Besides these thirteen blocks, almost every building of which is destroyed, there are many others. It is impossible even to guess at the number of buildings or the amount of property destroyed. . A buildings is within the range of truth. Wejudgo that ten millions of dollars could not replaco tho terrible destruction. Some place it at three times as high. It is sufficient to say that more than three iourths of ihe business part ol the city is nothing but smouldering cinders. The principal buildings are the following r—Cus tom House, Union Hotel, Parker House, Jones* ; Hotel, Adelphi Theatre, Dramtfic Museum, Na tional Hotel, New World’s City Hotel, Delmonico’s Vlerchant’s Exchange, Ross’ building, ships Nian tic and Gen. Harrison, and every newspaper office* in thd town except the Alta California. Nearly or quite all the Bankers arc in the list r viz : Burgoyne & Co., Wells & Co., and James King, of Win.; Delmonico’s American Hotel, Revere House, Pa- I cific Mail Steamship Company,, all are burned.— I Not a house was left on Leidorsdorff street, and . everything on both sides ot Long wharf, to beyond White Hall, Scajcely a fireproof building in the whole burnt district has stood the test. Such as. have, are the California Exchange, El Dorado, Veranhah, and the buildings of Capt. Howard, in which was the U. S. Assaying Office of Moffat & Co., on Mont gomery street. The officers of tne Custom House saved the specie of the office by casting it into a well. About $1,000,000 was saved in this way. — A. I. Cost, Naval Officer; Mr. Brown, Appraiser i. Mr. Green, Collector, and a number ol others in the Naval Department, had all their private effects destroyed. The books and papers of the depart ment were nearly all saved. The large U. S. Bonded Warehouse, containing about 2000 tons, of merchandize in bond, was saved. The banking houses will all resume business in the course of the week. When Burgoyne’s safe was opened, $1,600,000 was taken out, not signed or damaged in the least. The fire swept every thing down on the easterly side of Kearney street, Jackson street, and all tho intervening blocks to Battery street. The shipping in the harbor providentially escaped. The only vessels burned were the Niantic, the Apollo, and the Gen. Harrison, store ship. California, Montgomery, Pine, Sansom, Commer cial, and Clay streets,*were nearly destroyed— The Sacramento Hotel was blown up., /Howard & Grecnlow’s building, containing many valuable law libraries, Jones’ Hotel, the Savings Bank, Dodge & Co.’s Express Office, Aigentiea’ buildings, California Exchange, and Cook & Brothers’ store, were saved.- Thd Dramatic Museum, Custom House, Jenny Lind Theatre, Parker House, Adam’s fcCo.’s Ex-, press Office, the Empire House, and the Union Hotel, were among the buildings burned. The de struction of the Union Hotel tnvolvetK a loss of $250,000. Adams & Co., saved their books, &c. Tho rebflllding had already commenced., The iist of sufferers includes the names of seven hun- .. dred firms and individuals ; among the heaviest of which arc J. B. Biddlcmnn, 9200,000 ; Simonsfield, Bach 81 Co., 9150,000 ; Starkey & Brothers, SUO,- 000; Kelly, Smith & Riley, $125,000 ; Otlenheim er, Hirsch & Co., $130,000 Moore, Tinknor & Co., § 130,000 ; Dcboom; Vignoaux & G'risar, $ 147,- . 000; E, Mickle & Co., $200,000; Dale, Austin St Co., $150,000,; Middleton & Selove, $250,000. Six men were burned to death at one building. Their names are Capt. Welsh of ship Louia Rich | land, Edward M’Cahill, Leon Greenhough, Reu ben Baker, Newsbourn, and Rosenthal. Many in dividuals were seriously burned and otherwise in jured—among them Gen. James Wilson. , Vigorous measures have been taken for rebuild mg the burnt district, and buildings were going up in all directions. —San Francisco Paper. Dinner to Archbishop Hughes. —On the 10th instant a public dinner, which was attended by a large number of gentlemen, was given at Liverpool, by the Catholics of that city, to Archbishof) Hughes, of New York. ' The first toast was Pope, and the second to the Queen. The-cfiainnan read" * a letter from Mr. Crittenden, U. S. Consul at Liv- ' erpool, acknowledging an invitation to be present. The chairman, in giving the toast to Archbishop Hughes, alluded in glowing terms to the U. States, and his announcement that the United States were a freer and happier country than F.ngland, was received with tremendous applause. The Arch bishop made an eloquent speech in reply, in which he alluded to his Irish birth, and honors con* ferred on him since his emigration to America.— Among the toasts was the following.—“ The United * States and their institutions, founded as they are upon the true principles of religious freedom.” Uj-A correspondent reminds us that Charles Shfiner; Esq., of Union county, is not a member of the bar, as we said he was,-on Thursday. Mr. Shriner is one of the self-made men ol our State, and commands a deserved influence in the region where he resides, on account of his stern devotion to Democracy, and his sterling character. Though * he was not admitted asadelegate to the Harrisburg Convention, yet his speech made a great impression upon the delegates, and showed him to be a popular speaker of much power. We know he will dever ' be found wanting in the support of radical Demo cratic principles.— Pennsylvanian. inr The Harrisburg Cotton Factory organized last week: by the election of the following officers: James McCormick, William Colder, Sr., Daniel D. Boas, 1. G. McKinley, William Dock, Dr. Luther Riley, and Philip Dougherty, Directors; and John H. Briggs, Secretary and Treasurer. The factory will go into full operation in about a week. Fifty female operatives are expected from the New England I factories. Drought in Mexico.— We find in the New Or leans Picayune, the following extract from a letter dated Zacatecas, May 12th, to a commercial house in that city: “ We are in a most miserable state here at pres ent. We have had no rain of any consequence since August last, and the country is actually burnt up!. Manyol our roads are impassable for want of water, Corn is SG,SO per fanega, about 150 pounds, and in some parts of the State of Zacatecas is selling at $9. Flour just ground down is worth $2O per |3OO pounds, and other things in propor tion The loss of animals would not be credited in any other place. We know of one estate which lost 1400 head of sheep in March last, and irhas been wobe since. Of course, there'is literally no trade at ‘present, as the people are either maintained by charity or are eating which comes in their way. Every day until it rains it will be worse, ahd we cannot expect any commercial pros perity until another and a good harvest o Indian corn is gathered. On the 25th ul.„ we had ashaip frost, which has injured the wheal crop. Thi is product by irrigation, and was just caught in the ear.” i ; : LiintiKi — The Attract between the nightin gale ant Barnum was nullified by mutual consent. Sd witt good feeling on both sides ; Jenny agree toe to phy some $25,000 to obtain her free and in dependent flight. Th/philadelphia Argus states some curious facts, coming from Barnum himself. The nrofcts accruing to Barncm from the ninety four concerts under his direction, and including some $25,000 paid him by Miss Lind in consider ation oft the termination -of her engagement, fall but little short ol $500,000. Miss Lind at the same time realized about $350,000, and the total income of the concerts given does not lack $25,- - 000 of a million.' These are . large figure—over slo,oooffor each concert—but they enable any one, whatever allowance may be made, to arrive at the conclusion that Barnum has not lost money by the undertaking. To show how little thing* contribute to the great whole, we may mention that the sale of programme* has ordinarily paid the rent of tut houil.