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Mastai,,Was first communicated to the Pond • with great precauhona, by Cardinal Alitonelli,„ to whom it had been reported."' from the' country: The Pope was deeply moved, but instantly called the "'relates of the day to ae company him to the basilica of 'St. .Peter, where, entering-the chapel of the Holy Sacra-. ment, he remained a long time•in prayer. He Y then told the prelates that he hoped the Lord hadieceived-the-soul.of-his--beloved 2 -bretheiH s. , into His 'glory. The next day the HelY Father, I , assisted by the Prelates or the' Court,' celebrated i a funeral service for the deceased. • Last Thitraday the Pope held another con- I gregation or council extraordinary of the car- 1 dinals, which was attended by twelve of the •: most influential members of the Sacred Col- . I lege. The council sat four hours. Nothing positive- is known of the subject '.under de- i liberation, but, aM before . it Is supposed' to re i - fer to the state of affairs n France and Spain, es well as in this peninsula ' The council - 1840 meet again this eveMng,' when the Pope will again preside. • ' I The Paris journals affirm there Is to be no creation of cardinals during the present year. - On the contrary, I understand the Pope is de-' ' ternrined to ' coniplete the Sacred College for the opening of the Council, and all , thevattant hats. will be-- distributed in September or :De thber.• Sometime ago I inforined you . the Holy Father hadconsented to be sporusor for the expected infant of the Infanta Marie-Anne of l'ortugal, Duvhess of Saxony, and, in antici pation of the event, 3lonsignor Meglia,'•apos-. folic nuncio at Munich, haS gone to Dresden, expressly to represent. his Holiness at 'the baptism. Monsignor Vannntelli has been consecrated apostolic delegate to Quito, in the Republic ofthe Ecuador. The ceremony was attended by General IC:uizler, whose wife is related to 3lon.signor Vidneatelli, and bymany ether persons of distinction. The Pope has decided to nominate an apostolic delegate` to .Constantineple, pending the establishment, there of att apostolic _nun ciature; and Mon signor Pitivma; Bishop of Nimpolis in partibus, is named for the post. • The jealousy of France ttonst.antlY raises ohstaeles in the negotiation for the nunciature, though this is much 'desired by the Porte and the. 'Hob; See. •Aali Pasha, like his predecessor, Puma Paeha,"shows the lx-st disposition in • the, matter, and the ap,- I,eintinent of a delegate is expected to accele rate the object. • - '• • , Vie schismatic bishops of the East persist hi \ their refusal fa attend the Council, and the patriarchs of Antioch and Jerusalem have re, turned the l'ope his brief of invitation. The. brief of invitation has been retained by the Bishop of liethlehern,the Armenian Patriarch, and the Jacobite lislerp, but, they 'state that they regard it as a private communication.' The Vatican affirms that the bishops have • acted under a pressure from in order to pre: vent any disputes about precedenee tunong the Catholie . .,,,titfhpirti. and partitailariv to meet the pretensions of, Eastern digitlarii, the Propaganda lately .. drew up, a long memoir m ebracing the fulles i t nstructions, but.,-,it, ~has not eeceiyetl e,..isiAl the npproval of .the - Poplti returned to the Propaganda for revision. Among the foreign. laymen ' who intend; to stay in one during the see- - ion of the Coun cil, I may mention the Marquis of Bute. This nobleman has'. just. taken the Savorelli Palace, in the Piakza Sand Apastoli,.which was formerly the residence of the Pretender.. The Marquis of Bute is the representative of a collateral . _ , This morning: ',the' of. Antibes, re gardlem of the intense heat, executed some grand matireuvres near the Faressina, under, the command of Colonel il'Argy. The author. , ities have retracted their decision on the me morial of the native officers of thsT, Pontifical army; and the Minister of War hats bistted en order of the clay, notifying twenty-two pro motions.inthe-.corps-of- A decree of the:Congregation or the Index condemns the following works:—" The Bible in India ;" ," Life of Jesus Christ," by Louis Jacoliot, Pfitis,..lBo9; " (2uestions Contempo raines," pair hrnest ltenan; "Sts. Paul, par. Ernest 'Renal]; avec une carte des voyages de Saint Paull par Kiepart, de l'Acadanne de Berlin'--The-deeree 2 also-ertumeratetefteverak Italian works; and the "Annual of the-L'i= tlitinlttatitute" - for 180,,4.-- •-•-- - •• Oniratmlittitlie - --The-London -Times, dimenssing-the horrible revelations made in this Convent; asks what ckn be, - sal if - Of the - mire - Who - - Practising-the" ‘ Anost_fae.etirebservances of rehgion, ,:were_ - capable of such enormities as -those- reported at., Cracow? To shut up awoinan, still young; io.a dungeon a few feet wide, to leave there year after year, without clothing .or fire, wallowing in lA, and, with her wafflings and curses in their ears, to go-daily through the long routine of religious " service, has in it something Reckless and hardened, men, the inmates of the thieves' tavern or the gaol, would hardly have laid the nerve to bear it.' These seared eon ; seldnces , and , these perverted minds feltno compuncfion. The incident' will tend to',Oontinn the repulsion With which `ProtestT. , • , antsi•egar,d these institutions. . But it will do innie. It will assist in the abrogation' of thosd ecclesiastical' privileges by which religious communities have been, tnabled, partiediarly, in' 'the Austrian empire, to render themselves ahnostindependent of the Civil power. If fe ligitnis orders are to be maintained, their dwellings must be open to public inspection, ;I and their customs and by-laws accommodated to those ofthe State. This is the lesson'whieh' even Italy and Sain have learnt, , and ' AUK not belong in following their JTALYr<::,.,,, . The Canova . Festival. The_ Florence correspond Ont of the 1 1 / 4 , 1'.„ /IfseS Writes as follows : , A few days ago,there were held. some inte resting ceremonies at Posagne, in)the Yen, .tian territory, in honor of ,Canoga.,,,_ This little e town was the birthplacof. the , gighpteri anti out or the large 'fortune made by his art he left 5200,000 to build the marble 'temple which ornaments the place, and , this ~ is th e fiftieth year since the monument was founded. A new tablet has been' Placed on the hwuble house in Which the artist was born, and there are many objects_ in the , little town to recaillis memory. Not, far off is the - oily iu which Palladio, the, architect, and au thor of a classical eYstem ? was bPrn, and it is a region' , Which hag "given to the•countrY other eminent - mert., .Amoug, xlistiogulsited.,Aaan. names, the number is not small of those of humble origin born in places' remote from the cities renowned as the centres of Culture and: , ,of• genius. Canoga, Leonardo di Vinci, Ros-S lifamiani and the Pope•are 'alb*: among: n inny .ekamples. ",Padua, renowned for its University, perhaps the most learned in Italy, is more illustrious as : he •birthplace of ,Livy. Of contemporary Italians, distinguished in. literature,lAlessandro Manzoni is 'the most: cOnspicuous. Living at his birthplace, Milan, at .the age of eighty-five, ,his years:.; are Still green. The composer Petrella • has obtained p_errnission from Manzoni to turn, his famous , Promessi - Spostinto opera for production on the stage. Baecjitte Bey is the best whist ,pluyer and , , his Wife is the prettiest woman itt White Sul.; ,Phu► Spribo.- XIL- ROME. . • THE atonlntoNB IN ZEROES. • • Causes or the EnidAristlett from Walton and cileanchutunict,...wcies and Tricks of the ' (From the Montrtal eitiettC,/kulust it 7 . We hive been requested to publish the fol lowingsuggestive communication: It has- been 'a matter for surpristv - and; in most cases, unjust surmise and remark, among many unacquainted with the, people, namely— the Swedish and Welsh—that sci, many nalivesi- I of these eciuntries should emigrate under the auspices of the Mormon community to settle in the Salt Lake Valley, most of their critical but poorly-infermed friends supposing that it is owing to the laxity of • 'morals in the above sountries, especially in the Chris tian rules of matrimony; yet, those best act : quainted With the people-know that inteh—att opinion is erroneous, as there • are but few of I- our emigrant population less indebted for re ligiolus teaebing to :the foreigners e among whom they come than to thci people Of Sweden and - %Vales,;., the former being for the most part liloravians and- Baptists, while the latter be long, with but few exception, to the Baptist Episcopalians and Episebpal Methodists, with •' a sprinkling' of 'Wesleyan% "more ei3pe- I daffy those -.from/ the mining., districts. The, best of theSe nationalities are , re markable for their peaceable, frugal and in dustrious proclivities. Tbe truly liberal and primitive simplicity of their religious educa tion exposes them to the wiles and vulgar sophistry of the Mormon missionary; he on all occasions during his visit in Europe carefully disguising from his simple-minded disciples!the abominable sanction of polygamy, but always preaching Jesus Christ as .the chief corner stone of their faith and hOpe. The Book of Mormon is always set forth as a revelation peculiarly and especially reserved by God for the saints of the latter days, of which the infamous, mad or frantic .Joseph Smith was the expositor and prophet, and this doc trine is not only preached in hamlet and in town, but also set forth in books that are being continually circulated in almost every Euro pean language and tongue, throughout every civilize d spot of the earth, and scarcely such a spot , can be found. where their emissaries . have not been. Furthermore, not only do those books contain the religious teachings of the sect, but also from time to time long letters from friends living in Utah. hiehly, laudatory ,of this system of its priests, as, also glowing , accounts of 'their happy life in a valley flowing with milk and honey. .Nor is this the most 'clever- part of their tempters' wiles, inasmuch as men are chosen from among the Transatlantic Saints of I who are natives of the countries to which they are, sent ; missionaries speaking the same tongue, and, in a majority of cases, particularly known to the people they are sent aniong,`At will be at once understood that - the agents sent forth are under the pay, as the letters that are 'written are also published by the heads of the Mormon Church. I have set forth theise factii, not so' much as an apology for the erroneous'acts of my countrymen, as to show b'ow much may be done in the way of selecting good emigrants if only theyroper me ans are emplOYed, and "also , cail the attention or Our religious friends to the' assistance of these innocent, yet misguided people, by sending out twine of their own inunber, choosing always the most intelligent And worthy of the working or agriCultural class from among our adopted citizens. A few of ;hese men, if sent fere -front certain sections'of the . country,-would return periodi cally laden, as it were, with a wealth of heart and band-that would soon .populate -,Canada with the , frue gems of humanity, even 'honest hard-working men and women ~~. ...,F Negro Disturbances in Havana...about. inn for: etilledql9.....Negreta. and Span iards llitilled:-Despatelies or tietzerals Puello and . LeISCil. HAVANA,. AUgaSt 7.—At 31 o'clock on 3lon flew Olicias - street fof the barracks east of a d: afternoon your ' corresPondent started Castle Principe.. The volunteers had:deco rated Calle Muralla and 3lercaderes with Spanish-ilags,-to cheer the - :spirits, of Ihe -- 400 - colored militiamen who were to embark at the Luz wharf. Whett.l reached Campo de. Mane, I found that the country cavalry militia were formed and prepared for an event. In. view of the dissidisfaction prevalent' among the col ored population since it was decided toembark their - brethren, General De RodaB had taken nece . ssury-precantion at-threatened7.-pointr_ -of th - e - scity=a - nd - stiliurW. --- Thfaellitate the ern __barkation the negrottiliad - bden-- amplyanp,7 plied with runt, in which they, freely indulged _fronran - earli_lionr - TheblackcroWd was rin-- - mense --- from _the7. - Calzada de la Reina to the barrackt, and at the latter place occurred a most touching__scene between the negro sok diers and their relatives. The injunction _ 'WcrxeCtight against the boys," ws-generallyt and publicly made 'by the "`la tt er, 'and some disturbance being feared the march was • - immediately , • ordered: I had been 'talking r , -With - a - friend who commanded one `of* "the" coMpanies, and litho appeared much disgusted. and confessed that if any hope had thus far been entertained of the loyalty of the negroes to Spain it might at once be giyen up. He said he had heard a son telling his mother that his country was Cuba, he would light for Cuba, and. die for Cuba. Some 4,000 to 5,000 negroes opened the march in front, and there were as many more i'ollowing behind, besides the relatives of both sexes walking on both sides of the column. Half way down C'alzada Reina the Spaniards shoated, - , -"Viva - Espana-Pt • „ A - negro re sponded, "Viva , la , Idbertad, , Viva the coloredmilitia!” Then 'began a } quarrel with the Spaniards, which ended in the mur der cif ‘two of'them and a negro, I follovied the 'crowd to Muelle Lim,und there met four to five thousand more negroes debauching, from Calle Luz and Sol. There were then at least 20.000 _persons congregated between the wharves of the old and new ferry-boats. Another touching scene ensued during the last farewelj of the soldiers to their relatives and friend& ,The ,volunteers getting impa tient, ordereiCas. ~ clirge, to.- clear tthe way for the embarking, and it was so brutally exe cuted that it created a panic, resulting in the death of seven persons., Some forty more were severely wounded, and many who had jumped into the boats near the wharvea were nearly drowned. .During the embarkation, one of the . mllitia-men, who had. remained''behind; and indulged more than the others in liquor, ap peared at autreet corner, shouting ." Viva Ces pedesr , He was immediately fired at by a , volunteer, who' not being. satisfied with sun pie murder, entertained himself several min utes by probing , his body with a bayonet.- -.I have further trustworthy news from Nue vitas, by a schooner, and from° Cinco Villas, per mail,• and the wires. The schooner brought the folloWing despatch from Paoli() to 'tildes; "I ani'aramped, and forced to increase the barricades in the streets of Puerto Principe. Every, Spaniard,Cuban and negro • of both sexes here; and at Nuevitai3, are insurgents,' and . well posted upon all that is , going on in Havana, , and the States..' The Cubans shake bands with their slaves, who s say t h eir masters have freed them. They are ,so attached to the rebel's that ,they cannot be 'rolled upon. In fact, they hate us. On the other., hand, I find out , ,that the „ Spaniardei,:.who are owners of ' all the provision, , stores , „here and at Nuevitas, have' een , specuhiti a tit 'with the rebels and supplying them "with „the neces saries.of life as well as . with arms arid, ammu nition. ;Hence, their ,- indignation;' against. Letona; who "en deavored , to , oppose' them. • .r have been compelled to ' 'Close all , such stores with the F.xoeptionof one. , Thiswillsoonbring about, resentments and itVillthimpossiblefor me to face . the 6rxemles ',here and outside viith , the scanty forces at my command. I therefore reiterate my suggestion to evacuate • in 'time, and leave the' seaports to the navy." Tb this despatch I must add the opinion of Spaniards 'coming from Nnevitas; that it will be fortunate if the General can withdraw Storm Puerto Principe •to-day. General Lesca, who is getting tirial of waltitig for the- ivolunteers; says in bin to the Captain-General: "If there - is no'possibility of ' sending re-in foreemente,'we had better unite all our forceS on the liner of Remedios and Sagas,. and there, establish a barrier to protect our most valuable property. We can , do nothing' here. The, _paniards of Trinidad decline enlisting, under, thegenernl order of the „Lieutenantoovernor forcing all men'froni tee() take up arms, lieettuse they fear their property:will be burned' if they do' so, and they linow we_ cannotlpre- - - feet them. All the Cubans and Spaniards of some available means are hastily leaving my quarters, an& that course increases, our ditti eulties."—N. Tribut)e. , - • - Another Account of the Negro Blot. An occasional correspOndent accounts for the disturbances in Havana as follows : A volunteer drew his revolver and ,the - militiaman. On.arrising at the ,wharf the rest of the colored militia,. becoming furious over the murder of 'their cOmpanion2 drew their machetes and charged savagely upon the two companies of volunteers Who were with them, and since the World was made, perhaps ) men were never seen to run so fast. Of the companies, there.were left upon the field one, cominimioned officer, a sergeant, and a cornet. There were some persons in the melee slightly- wounded, but not seri ously. The people were very much alarmed, fearing a general revolt. Sonic, in the excite- , meat of the moment, threw themselves into the water, while all the others, who could, put themselves on the Ifegla ferry-boat and passed , away over to the other side of the Bay. For tunately the tumult soon ended, and the 400 genie de color were in a few minutes afterward on board the steamer, going out by the Morro' to sea. At the wharf there was left hi the hurry a good number of idiom, hats and pieces of clothing which the Peninsulars dropped in their flight. CS I DI E OUTLAWRY IIV !TENNESSEE. The Attempted Ammostimtton ofßorbottr. The enforcement of the fullest "political and civil rights, free to all," was inaugurated at Nashville on Sunday night last, accordihg to a correspondent of the Chicago. Trilriene, in the following striking manner: Mr. J. S. Barbour, of Connecticut, corre spondent of the Hartford Evening' Post, made the tour of the State with Gen. Stokes, and wrote for the Tennessee State Journal an ac count of the violent proceedings of the rebel Democracy at Murfreesboro on the day ap pointed for the joint debate between Gov. Senter and Gen. Stokes. I also sent you the extraordinary 'fact. Gov. Senter, in his'. speech at Nashville the Saturday before the election, threatened Mr. 'Barbour with vio lence, and ordered him to pack his kit, and leave the State. Lastnight this lawless threat produced legitimate fruit. Mr. Barbour. was stopping at the City. Hotel. About 11 o'clock word was sent to him that Mr. Stone, recently the Republiain can didate for Senator froin this county, wished to see him. As Mr. Stone was, a personal au (Luminance and friend, Barbour was thrown off his guard, and went down into the office entirely unarmed. He had no sooner reached the foot of the stairs than he was seized by about 20 men who filled the room, and Who at once. dragg.ed him out of doors and toward the river. He struggled and resisted, and was borne rapidly along, until at last he seized a lamppost, and clung around it with des peratfon. Here• lie was badly beaten with bludgeons, and stabbed slightly four or five times. He was afraid to cry out, for fear he would be killed upon the spot. He con tinued clinging to the lamp-post, however, until some men coming along caused the ruffians telet Ito and heron back to the hotel. The aboVe is Mi. Barbour's account as 1 had it from his own lips. He says the men were well dressed and net disguised.,._He believes their intention was to drag . him to the river and hurl him from the Suspension Bridge. He thinks the slight stubbing he received was simply to make him let go tan lam post. Nobodyseems to have Aliftleast_i ()Aid I e wit-to-the-City- Ilotertidireven - - - lug to-inquire into-the_particu Tsui thauffair;_ he -clerk, who-was present last night; and _saw_the_whole affair, says—he -didnt,kuowra --single one of - - - those engaged init: — .E.nother gentleman - ,w-ho-waajon- duty as clerk this evening, said he would _have tried to preventit :had-he-heen-present--He regretted th'e thing; -not-that-he - sympathized: wath.--Barbou*bur for the credit of the hotel, I asked if Bar bour did not behave himself while •at the house? "Oh yes," he replied, "but then he has been publicly notified .by the Governor to leave! , A great many to-day justify the out rage upon the same ground, namely, that Senter had warned Barbour to leave Tennes see. Several gentlemen who were in the hotel when I was there this evening,wondered how many litt Barbour would tell about the affair. Mr. B. left the city for Louisville at 2.30 P. M. to-day. Mr. B. says that while his assailants, were beating him they swore he would never wnte or speak for Stokes again. Thus is in augurated at the Capital of 'Tennessee the new Democratic'era of moderation and peace. THE AAVir QUARREL. The Case of Sariieen Green. The reliable Washington correspondent of the Boston Advertiser gwes the following ac count 'of the difficulty between Commander Selfridge and Surgeon Green. It is rather rough onthe former gentleman, if true : The naval court-martial • case here is exciting, great attention among all officers of -the -naval service., The charge of drunkenness against Surgeon Green has been abandoned, and the trial involveS nothing but - the old ques tion as to the relative rank of line and stair officers. The facts on which the issue is raised can be told in a few words. .While the Nipsic was lying at Aspinwall, one of .the seamen had a cdfficulty with one of the junior officers,, during which the seaman was severely cut on the head with a cutlass. Efe'was put into confinement far insubordination, and on the sick list for medi cal treatment. At the end of six days he was discharged from confinement and ordered to duty. The surgeon represented to Commander Selfridge that the man was not fit for duty, bat was ordered to strike his name from the sick list. 110 replied - that he could not conscientiously clo 4 , so, and was there upon ordered into' arrest inn:kelt: The comraander paid no further attention to the seaman, but one of-the lieutenants relieved him from duty. At the end of a week or so the surgeon was released from arrest. The seaman, meantime, had done no duty and had received ; no medical treatment, and,by this date was in such condition that he retpnred and re ceived two weeks of careful surgical attention before he was tit to• work. The surgeon under took to report, as in duty.bound, to the, admiral of the fleet,but his papers were stopped by Com wander Selfridge; and as soon as the vessel reached Washington charges were preferred by the commander against the surgeon for disobedience of orders in rethsing to declare the seaman fit for duty at the expiratioh'of six days after he had been -wounded in the head The court was ordered on;representations that the charge of drunkenness conld be sustained and now that' this pas ;been disproved and abandoned, the line officers are growling a goodAeal at the unpleasant aspeet'of the ease. OUR IVILOICIR COlnirtilef , • . • 'lke Critic's Dirty. To the Editors of the N. Y. Ev,ening' Pose: It - isimixissible for any candid and clear-minded person to look through the journals and'•witaga zines 'Without being painfully . convinced'that Very few of them contain criticisms of any saute at , all. This is most - distinctly felt Whet' We compare their Current reviews , and eriti cisins With those standard productions of "the , same Character which have had a pennanent in fluenee oil intelligent opinion. When we tarn from any such papers to our' Current critical: literaturehumiliatingdotivietion ^ of the little 'Value of the latter, with a'few honor-' ableexceptions, is forced upon- us An ab sence of the careful study •of the Work in band, an - equal'absence of thatclese'and keen'aii - gy= sis• with Out which criticism is worthless—in short; a Oiteous , carelessness and super Seta* are the distinguishing Character istics of what'passes for criticism There is a certain jargon in use among our critics at present—a form of words which at, the finst , glance is sufficiently imposing; there is' :sometimes a good deal of racy sarcasm and sometimes a graceful encomium, but verylittle which bears close examination,. and still less, which is of- the slightest assistance to authors or artists. And this it 1.9 which is sorely needed 'in a country like ours, where all departments are open to all, and where a vast amount of superficial work is forced before the public. Just now, the press, the Academy of Design, the stage; the lecturer's desk, the concert room, are all flooded with it; and well-trained, thoughtful and conscientious critics,' by sifting the chaff from the wheat, could render great service, , not alone to young aspirants for literary 'and artistic honors, but also to the long-sufforing and not sufficiently, fastidious public. In older coun tries, -where criticism is' made more strictly a profession, it is really in one sense not as much needed as it is here; because there, education is slow, minute and thorough, and before making a venture in any department of art or literature an amount of training is often ac quired which is here quite, unattainable, at least without an expenditure of timer and pa tience distasteful to most of our minds. Who ever, therefore, has a gift, or thinks that he has a gift. waits not to polish or develop it, but makes the first trial of his powers before the public, and the public is, as We have said, not sufficiently fastidious, and tolerates much which never ought to be tolerated at all. Cer tainly, were the reading public as exacting as it might be, it would scorn 'that which the ma jority of our journals and reviews set bofore it as eritieiSm. , Some thoughtful and cultivated people have dreamed that the American mind is scarcely capable of proihicing good criticism. But in fact there is much critical capacity lying fallow here, simply because the owners of it do not think it worth while to use 'it conscientiously and laboriously; perhaps, also, because they do not` understand what really noble and efficient service they might render to art and literature by its thorough •and zealous exercise. This requires, we must admit, no small amount of patience, perseverance and self-denial. For, it is very hard certainly to prepare de liberately and ,Carefully for any one branch of criticism when we daily see': people assuming —and apparently- with success—the office of critics without any previous preparation ; and equally hard to spend the time and patience which must necessarily be spent in study and analyzing what he would criticise con scientiously and well, when perhaps the success of the article would be as great were it dis missed with a few graceful phrases which would read smoothly,- but after all means nothing. At present there is little perhaps, in the aspect of literary affairs which would en courage any young critic to this laborious and perhaps unrewarded exertion. But we firmly believe that if a beginning were made by a few the reward would surely follow. Most of our young critics attempt too many subjects, forgetting that no human being, how ever finely qualified by nature, can possibly be possessed of the training requisite to form a_l eritia judgment of any value on more than two, - or at most - three, - branche,s of =art. - Not: long since we were conversing with a young - man - who filled - theToflite - itif critic in five news -papers, on literature, painting, sculpture, music and the drama. He ranuffthe list of subjects,_ - any 'two of Whicli - wnuldtitrice for the study -of- a- lifetime; with -- an - air - or such - capacity. and easy assurance that we were almost dazzled into a belief of his powers su commenrate with his (iti. Within a week we bad an opportunity of comparing several critiques, of his. They are what - we might have expected—what, indeed, was inevi, table--slight; shallow and superficial. Not that, there was not plenty of natural ability, but that it was spread over too wide a surface, and 'the result was mere =lace work. Our young friend is, unhappily; the type .of a very large class of youthg, who, gifted with fatal facility of expression, allow themselves to be tempted • thereby to undertake just twice as much as can be well or thoughtfully performed. But earnestly would we urge upon the, gifted young men and women who hold the • position of , critics' , for our newspapers H and magazines to remember that, after all, it is good work alone which endures and is remem ' bered. To-day, the Pretty little painted paper, boat goes dancing down'the stream of Time • beside its more solid companions; and for a little while it seems 'to 'stand the stress of weather and rough. usage `as well. But only fbr a little while. It sinks cre long, as all frail things do and must. Only that which the mind has strained to achieve, and on the per fecting of which time has been, expected, fails of si nking in the ever-rushing Rood which is bearing'both ourselies and our work onward either to immOrtalittor , oblivion. P. Labar t in "Kentucky. Don Platt gives'the following incident of a trip by boat from' Cincinnati to Louisville: A gentleman of; tally portly figure sat near inc. He had a rather good hea,d, inclined ,to baldness, a hooked nose, prominent chin,fresh complexion, and wore his clothes as no other creature born of Woman can do, save a Ken tuckian. Ho looked like a lord of creation and talked like a negro. "Thar they go," he cried, resting his legs upon the guard of the boat and squirting to bacco juice with the aeuracy of a rifle through the opening before him. "Thar they go, wheat, oats, corn and, grapes, up the sides of the hill till clean Over. Don't see anything of that sort over Votlier side, not by a long shot. Our bussed fellers in Keutuck don't scratch about in that ar way." "Probably they enjoy themselves,. in their way quite as much as their more industrious neighbors " ty gracioua, yes. ' , When it comes to enjoyment, our fellers count ten. They hold full bands, T tell you. But enjoyment is gettin^ to be costly, you see. Barn% hat it once was, when a feller' could get blind drunk on a dime: We haven't tile, niggers, and our, cusses find root hog ordie. liattaey don't root inuch.! - • - : • • _ —— • , • `' , • • • n , 4 .4 * • • , I'V • " , I ' xicr. Fat= PablishOi ;69 luncox. ..; "What do they do tor a living?" " hard to tell. stranger. If a chap has any land he's apt to sell it for what he can get. .Good many go to the far West. , Some tend bar or keep billiards—mighty few work. That's about the last thing , a lientacky cuss thinks of.'! Improved Blinding Ikpolguijit, The Detroit Free Press wants modern im ' provernmsts worked into school reading-books, and, offers tine following as a sample of the Sort that would be up to lite spirit ut the age ; "Here is a man. He is a, fireman. He be longs to N0i..10. If-you are a good boy; yoU • will some day be an angel like that fireman, It is a dangerous thing to be a fireman. They sometimes get theit heads broken. ‘, "Do .you see that small boy? He is 'a 'good ' bey - and supports his mother by selling ,r.rews ' papers. :His. father don't have to work any more now f'Here is the picture of a young widow. See how 'sad' she looks. Her husband could not pay her dry goods bill, and so he—died. Do you think she will get'another man? She will •'Here is the-face of a reporter. See how joyful he looks. He has just - heard that a man has cut his own throat, and he is going for the item.' Should you like to be a reporter, midget licked on dark nights, and see dead persons, and climb up four pairm.of stairs:?" , How the Eclipse was Heported in. CM cago. The following is published, as a copy of the instructions recently given to a Chicago reporter by the managing editor of his paper : Mr. —: In writing u the eclipseyou will please observe the following instruc tions: 1. Sympathize with the movement—one-half 2. The probable benefits 'resulting to the gas companies of Chicago—give tabularstatistics = .1. column. 3. Its effect on population. Babies born un der the influence of the eclipse will be niggers, with coronal of white. Go into nigger ques tion from time of. Ham to emancipation, pro chn ation--1 column. 4. General splurge—qUotations "Hues of earthquake and eclip.4e "—Shelley. " 0 night. with hue so black "—Shakespeare. This may be expanded into a column and a half. • ,L. General sketch of early eclipses, bringing down the hudory of Chicago. .6. Interview, man in the moon-make this humorous, in the Pickwic4an column. .'• • 7. Anecdotes of planets, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter. etc.. See Lempriere's Classical Dictionary. B..Eilects of eclipse on gamblers in Chicago —go into facts. U. Moral effects. 54 COFFEE' P 01" WALLACE. A Severe Practical Joke. The Huntingdon (Robe gets of the following on Hon.s. Win. Bigler and , Win. A. Wallace, who recently made a political tour of Clear -field county : "Their mode of '‘Vai a carriage. Before 'starting, a wag foUnd Out the intention of these 'disinterested patriots,' and tied an old, coffee pot torthe running gear of their carriage. ,They traveled over a greater portion of the county, lugging the old .collee pot with them, until some kind friend called., their attention to ' it, and - Wanted to know what it meant. Well, it is said that the scene that took place there and then was awful , to behold: - Sir Williams ranted and foamed at the mouth, clenched his lists, irritteil his teeth, and ruthlessly tore the : coffee-pot: from its resting-place and dashed •it to the, ground. The ex-Governor heapedeurses.loud and long upon the head of the practical joker, and swore that if there was any virtue in 'eternal vigilance,' he would bring the in famous scoundrel to grief, if it ,cost him the 'price of liberty." , . , • FROM' NEW YORK. NEW roux, August 13.—The ferry boat Columbia, in attempting to. enter her slip at, the Fulton ferry yesterday afternoon, run into the ferry boat Union, lying in an adjoining slip, brushing hor upper works' and wedging the two Beats :tightly together. "Fortunately nobody was hurt. •• General Roche, a Spanish negro, - and agent Of-the Haytien-GoveriunentFncting-taider , orders from President Baezi yesterdayk-Pur--- ebased of the United States the war steamer Algonquin, now being' Made ready_for sea at - the - Brooklyn Navy-I The examination of Percy B. Spe.a,r, a Cus tom-House weigher,accused of defrauding the Government by means of.fri.ndulentpay was commenced before C.Ornn issioner_Osborn yesterday. , . Choy • Sing !tun and Choy Chew, Chinese mer chants doing business in San Francis* are now On a visit to this city for .the purpose : of studying the method =of conducting mercan-: the transactions in the Eastern States. .‘They will remain about a week, and will then visit Boston and Washington. Judge McCunn has extended the order of receivership in the Fenian cases, so as to au thorize Thomas J. Barr, the receiver, to claim all money belonging to that fund Wherever he', cab find it. The Yacht Meteor, owned and commanded by George L. Lorillard,: sailed yesterday for a voyage around the world. Mr. Lorillard ex pects to he:absent several years on his exam.- ,ion, AS he intends,to spend some time at each place of interest on the way. • AMITSEMENTS. -Ditprez and Benedict', minstrel troupe continue to draw full houses at the .Arch. They will giVe a first-class entertainment this evening.," —The season will be inaugurated at the Walnut Street Theatre to-morrow night with Henry Leslie's 2 new sensationalplay Duty. The piece will be produced in elegant style with a strong cast. THE GALToxs.,-To-morrow (Saturday) even ing Miss Susan Galton will have a complimen tary benefit at Congress Hall, Cape Island. It has been tendered by her many friends and admirers , now sojourning at that favorite watering place, and she Will, without: doubt, have what she 'deservesill - house. The. entire Galton troupe' will appearlu.opera and concert.. Mr. Richard T. Greener, a' student of Har vard, and an accomplished and talented reader, made his first appearance last evening .in Philadelphia, to a very appreciative audience, at the institute for Colored Youths. • Mr. Greener evidently possesses a keen and, accurate conception of the authors from whom his selections -were made. He ts - not a . reader of the sensational style, aiminr , at elegance rather than -.at startling effect.. His style is pure, very careful, elegant and strikingly in direeticoutrast with that of 'readers who affect the " stage " manner.- Mr. Greener .displayed great correctness of conception in his , selections, and gave them, in a full mellow voice, without apparent effort, which evidently pleased his audience judging from their frequent laudits. Lord .leen and the Widozo,',2'he Malt Queen; Eternal (}poring; and amnus O'Brien are especially deserting of mention.;, • . - We,Oinuot.sbenforget the childishsimplieity of. his • Nay ; que6,e; nor the genuine eltie brognbliii - hlOginnittS . , 11 o . :cUtild'itaVe..ldesired more variety; but 'tbfulc it *mild scarcely have beeu more - , en joyable. We predict for the 'gentlemn.ll the speedy acquisition of the 'merited title Of a hrst-olass elocutionitit and- rhotori.obi. .i:.2 , .':,••:.P:;'-'1:1°.' , .'.-','.'1.::•.'7',-,' ,. .' - . , :ji - :;`.I; REE FACTS AND r41114N01.1105 'he next Avial be a 40,0000700 gensui. • ' • —China: has 500 , 0 90 - .tepipleS,'MiPtir baat3;- , 000,000 idols. ' • —The Xing of Greece's ecrookingomplaing' elbow =J-. —Thirty counties hr lissouri'areltinadie/ possess coal.. —A miversity in the. Europeatr style itito be establiSlied- at Cairo, Egyptßrigham . loung has been reinforcerilitely by GOO more emigrants, ' • . coek' adtertises in a New York ;inlaid, for a situatioirin alit-daily as Mei in satiety a lord's family in Europe. - --=- A - 4 5- rattle-sriTlkihas been killedin Befittryv ,i County, Tenn. He kept the whole coainair awake witlitiis noise. at night. —A tablet:4o: the - men:tory of 'John -. Rob*. :the author o 1 the • “Clnistian , rear,' placed in Westminster Abbey. —The laying of a submarine cable is. the Black Sea, as a part , of the Intio-Europeasir telegraph, was:lllaisheden the lith of J i —lf yeti want your neighbors,to a ktictir about you," ghat a 'party and don'tinvite the* folks "who live next door." , —An Alabama clerk's ignorance of , the difference between corr. sub. end 'sub. nit. of bism., made Mr'.Pickett a widower. --Su.san Galton la to .have a coniplffiteritary benefit to-morrow night, at Congress , Hall, Gape Island.. , . — MadarnePa„..repa-Rosa's New York opera season is to begin on the lith of September and continue for three weeks only. '—lt is popular noW'to present' burial lots in cemeteries to defeated,candidates for officoin —A call is issued in Ohio for a State =Cola- vention of ''those 'known as copperheads, during the war." —De. Cordova announ'ees that his - next course of lectures will be his last ; and nobody sorrows thereat. , • —An .American who broke his ' ankle by a railroad accident in Hesse-Dannstadt, Ger- - maw:, in June last, \vas pakisl,ooo, gold, (him- , ages by the railroad eompany. —The faneral of a.well-known rag-picker of Paris,which took place, lately, was attended by about tWelve hundred rag-pickers, and- three ?peaches were made. —The city'of 'Winterthur, Switzerlrind, has no debts, and perhaps property to the amount, of 8,c00,000 francs. It contains eight thousand —A steam shovel, capable of doing thework of one hundred men, has been put in use on • one of pie Illinois railroads, for the purpose of loading cars with gravel.._. --A Geergia paper mak - es mention of having seen a bunch of grapes upon which were at „, least two thousand fully developed and=:per- , reedy ripe grapes. ' • —A 'Bridgeport, paper describes' a walking- ' cane composed of four inualred and three pieces of leather, and made from a pair of old boots worn, by .President Lincoln.' , —Theodore :Wachtel, the renowned German • tenor ringer, ,will sail from,Havre for, this country ou board of the steamer 1,101-satin on 'the 2ffih ingt. . , , , —A New Orleans paper;says that a, young _w.dow in-that city, who writes well, is "train-, lag herself feran editor." We hope, that' we are not the editor she is training herself for:— Louisville —A terrible warning to children is the: cage of little Miss Frost, of Cleveland, ,11,110 . stole sotne pie trona the cupboard, ate it, a:n(14110a< r discovered it was poisoned with arsenic for Democratic newspapers in lewa:, are „dis puting about the spelling ' of- tire name of one. of of their candidates. 'The gentleman's own testimony is rejected on, thwyrbund that "he /, don't know." • —An English clergyman adverti.ses for a curate to take charge of a large parish: asking for "a good preacher, with- musical skill,' .and nothing odd in doctrine. Rational' or ritual; eccentricity objected to.!' —One of the californiapapers objects to pa3r7. ing money for telegraph despatches, , on the ground that the companies < monopolize elect'''-' tricity, which, like oxygen, ought to be' free' to the multitude. • , - flighlonableafTendage of females:ll.4*i . in-Paris this - fall-will be an-:immense,hroWn leaf, called "fa fewile note d'Eve," to be worn. instead-of—the--marvelous - struptures -- whiclx -- now adorn them. —A .*renchman has invented a handsome table_ churn, so that persons may make,. their . '- butter at the table while breakfast is.going on. takes but minutes' time, and the ma-' chine is gorgeous with cut glass and,silver.' —By a new _process, invented by a Tennes- ' seau, cotton bolls are placed in a machine, cleaned and converted into a ribbon of spun cotton, the filaments being laid side by side in much better condition .than, by the old method. —The London Soectator tells of an Austrian noble, with great possessions, who lately..; chhuced to look into the accounts of .his hezoian proprietors. He found that'Or a rent roll of A:M.000'11e had received Just eleven:no-, rinS, and that thiS had been going on for elk --In the city of London there is a church known by the name of St. Judas Iscariot. It was established about ten years ago, and is dO-• .eribed as a sort of half-wayhouse between the Church of. Christ and the ea-tre--of.- Giaat pair. They bare nothing in the, shape of a. creed, priest, or a sect,, making Conscience" and not the Bible, the supreme authority. ~ -'flhe Duvall's pita (Arkansa) Jaurna/,of the 4th inst., says :."A rumor -.come over on the train 3-esterday, to the effect that sem°• two hundred thousand dollars in gold and some twenty-five thousand in Confederate' treasury warrants had-heen found buried in `the State House grounds, at the Bock. A negro LS said to have given the. irtformatiora and to have immediately disappeared. It is said to have been buried in Treasttrer uingham's administration. --Dr. Tyng met an emigrant family going West.. On one of the wagons there hung _jug with the bottom. knocked_ out. What- is -- - that ?" asked the Doctor; "Why, it is my. Taylor jug," said the man. "And' what is a , Taylor jug ?" asked the Doctor again: "I hart a. son in Oen. Taylor's army in Mexico; and . L . , the General always told him too carry his `",! Whisky:jug with a hole ittlbe, bottom, and that's it. It is the' best invention I ever~ met with for hard drinkers." . • , new sketch of Napoleon descrtbes bunt as not liking-discussion. L 4 He- listens without answering. He interrogates in order tot Pre. pare his reply, but not to receive advice: - .Itift often at night that ho makes up his mind,;4l4'l: as soon as ho awakes he writes to.,OI4TOOK,Iii minister or issue a tnamfesto. himmelf--Which is strength, . but in bjp,seir alone—Which is weakness. Nevelthelees;lte ' is accessible to all modernidee, against high he never raises an objection. e. ";•- , • —An English correspondentaescrtbesrponcorrespondent Carlos as a poor creature . Ile *as brought'ap . principally with his motber's' , family at blo;•• dena, before they wereildeked out of Italy,- anti his absolutism is Of the Boutberrt, courtfr; and clerical type; that is to say, it is not a rk , orous and speculatiVe absolutism like that or the Emperor of the Freneb, but an atooltitisaa ' of lords-in-wa.iting and chaplains-1045115M and wax - :candiel—whicli - disgtt4tit - the Irmo*: M 1 - andreVolts the stania'chs of men of healdly `-• 'intellect and knowledge., ' r MENBE
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