ONE PEACOCK. Edi Um. y(),4TTiiig:. - x - xli4o;': - .jn;. [For the Phtladelphlt Evenhut ittilletutA PRAYER FOR RAIN. "It fo the Lord that commandeth the waters."—roalat , ,ThOltsittest, Lord, above the`water-tiood, Thou, the earth's foreier cloth remain ,'We own Thou art the dray source of good; Wilt Thud not, gracious rather, send us it is Thy voice that rttleth s we,entreat Thy word of mercy may , be spoken now ;, • hohlitia-itambly-prostrate-atliry-f , , Waiting Thy. will to bid the waters flow. lOur lives and-hopes -depend- - upon Thy - yiwer, Oh s eover Thou the heavena with eloudsi and pour Upon the thimting earth refreshing showers; That we may live and praise Thee evermore. Fill Thou the spring 'which ,run among the WIN, • • ' To swell the feeble river's languid flow, And water from above the trickling rills, That man and beast Thy, loNing power may :Thou canst bring fountains , from .tho roar's dry, side, And catsie fresh springs to gush forth full and free; Thy power infinite and lore abide; Wilt ThOu not hear Thy children cry 'to We axe' unworthy Of the least of all The gifts and inereles wherewith Thou dolt Yet, for Thy; dear Sou's sake i .we dare to eall On Thee in our sore need 'and great distress. "Ash, and' ye shall reedve," Thy own The trelsares of the elotalii nO more restrain We ask ip , - , ,,falth, r , Thy promise, Lori Sepd iwt 01,laning Father, sfaol us' rain Attf 61 ;ST 18 ,400.., r; Etatto.PE'Ai‘f ,Arktins. . 'TUE iIECITAIIINICAMCOUNCIL.' , • , • to MC 101 Shop Irreves. The 'North German correspondent of July 31 says: 7 -,The o,ddreas of ;the Catholiclaity of the.dioci•iiii Of .Treves to 1 -thfu!Bbihcip is a docu ment at once so interiting and so remarkable that we believe "eve `cannot`' do better than present our readers :"With . tbe text. • short introduction the memorialists state the motives which induced them to. tread • tbe unwonted path of expostulatiou.":" An organ .of" the enurch, the Glrrltet Cettetiqu, appearitig , . in ltome,tat:li i rroduceil au article under the torat of gonna datidiffroMallfet(eltiajrrefitgliti- Cnt, in W asserted that while the Liberal Catholics were uPPrebensive, ,the ap proaching Council would e pro . claiin the doe trines OttilQ.Syllibus and the 2 infallibility of the Pope, andliOped it Would at least consent to modify , or explain away to some extent certain of the propositions which the Syllabus contained;-the true :"Catholics'-:on the other hand, were ready to acceptthese dogmas with acclamation, and that , there are' very -many even in France who earnestly desire %the Council will‘conifilete the new tenets • tiy..add, ing them thal c of the glorious translation of • the Blessed Virgin in Heaven. The following Ls apartof the address : --"When we fix our at tention on the 'position ef the Church to the State and to, „ modern society in general, It seems to us that the liberty and indepen dence of the fOrmerimperatively deinand that, the approaching Council shall leave no doubt possible that; it has flelMitiVel renounced every valleit,y of reviving the theocratic-go vernmental forms of the middle ages- The chief cause of the alienation of the minds; of men from the Church in, onr.days is the fear of a return to those times when the power of the-State.. enforced by coercive mea sures the teachings and, laws of a reli don liased — on a supernatkial reveler on, when the conscience, was consegnent,ly "bound, and the, dignity of religion itselt,wldch - cannot exist-without- the -voluntary-devotion of ,the faithful,--free all.-leguiladve. re etraint, was, gravely, compromised. We fully _recognize _ that the existence_ of_ the _State is seated on a religious foundation, in so far as the social Wter established by; it,^ and the magisterial 'Power; repoie on therecognition of living ponal God. and of the moral law implanted br irli In the human soul ; but Me are likewise convinced that the sphere of the State, 'which 'revolves; like-the , m co pletely independent' ' its; own ~,'special circle, is comprehended r. within r those intellectual perceptions and moral= 'principles which are ; within the . grasp of the natnral mental powers - of men. That State, An our opinion, is the most Christian; .which must scrupulously respecta these liraits, and-while it assures to revealed religion, to the Church, and the different, confesstons which 'acknow ledge its'owttreligion s and moral ,basis, the most perfect freedotn of action, and the pro tection of 'their rights, voluntarily takes ac co'unt, so far as that can be Solid ,Without vie latingthe principle of equality before the law, of the religious sentiments of , a. people, and readily utilizes the higher understanding of citizens instructed by Christianity to." `ols rain a still deeper insight, into the law of , nature, and'embody it "with still greater clear ' 3IeSS and po.rity in its statutes, In this -way • a moregierfect harmony,' a more f'rultful apt tivit3'iTeter° admirable confermatiOn of Church and State may be attained than his tory has awyet witnessed, and if, notwith standing ,this, conflicts between them still, arise in the lives of individieds, they, will only be such as more or leas necessarily arise on the one side ,from the distinction which was first of all made by Christianity between' the claims of the Church and the State, or on the - Other from; the weakness and , fallibility of everything that is human.-- Mk3rl)Mti' 118:r1IUNGA=. Ills Elealmlay in Eurgpe; '' The Paris corretA v ondent Of the N. Y T Y. imes eine ofthe Journals here have heeit teircu lating reports to the effect that dissensions had brokensout inthe... Chinese. Legation, and.that 31r. Burlingame's associates in the mission were acting.independentlyl_of iuid trying to get rid of their American colleague. TheAtory originated in the fact of the Chinese4nembers of the-Legation having accepted an invitation to dinner at• a house where Mr...Burlingain 0 was unable to go. ' 1 The circumstance was seized upon` by_ that class of interests which has shown itself con sistently:hostile • to I .lllrf IlUrlingeme.'to 'time upon it a• tissue of rumors itnalogous•-•to. those which aro being, constantly, sent over the wires from China and'Which have not a parti cle of foundation. The great work in which our countryman and his Chinese colleagues, me engaged naturally excites`thejealOusy anti opposition of the clique .*hose been gained by maintaining by a systenaof lying and misrepresentation tlm old ,barriers of prejudice- between that , irasti-;ll.oinpire- and FAirope. •i ' In a king conversation which 1 jind with Mr. Burlingame yesterday, he assurcd4ttleAtt ••, . , t • .;.." r . • • - f . • • ' • • , _ - _ , " • ;Y: kit •; , 4 P' ;4' 414 r. o-.,3ie - .'• 4; • "- z• • " 'VT - - is% t ..114 • 1 •-• • , • • . • 1 ••••,.."n• .Zff , . 1 , , . , ,- • - s • a , • • • r • • net enlYwere the specific facts alleged =truer but that from the departure of the mission . from pdkin doivn to the present - time there had , I never been theslightest difference or raisin]. derstanding between himself and, his Chinese colleagues. They reposed the, fullest confidence hi him, and, he 'in • them, and they were dis., tressed to find that' there - should have been. found anyone malicious'encmghto endeavor to convey a different impression to the world. I; asked Mr. linrlingame if the efforts that Were belog,tniu4e'at ; Pekin to weaken his irnitictice, with ',the Chinese, Government had been , all successibi.- He laughed at the , idea, and old me that he did not carer , how much of • that thing was tried. as it only confirmed the Government in the.conviction of the "wisdom of, the policy it had adopteti. The , men „at the bout of - affairs in Chinawere as shrewd anti 'fraction in their views aa any states 'men, in the world, and they fully appreciated ' the motives arid objects „ ot, the "party who • were .endeavtrring to damage the usefulness , of the mission. In. the dispatches which he received from Prince Hung he never en-, countered a word of implied censure or disap-' probation as.to the course ite, was pursuing., Ori the contrary, all his nets received a gener-, ous and cordial - support, which was in the' highest degree gratifying to a diplomatist bc- citifying so difficult and exceptional a position. As some of the malicious reports to which I have: eferred may have reached you through ,other ehannels, I know that you will •; be glad to receive this'fall and'emphatie contradiction , of them from the;ups of the Minister himself.: High Missy' and Distlnirtd!otted Visiting at: Baden. A correspondent of the Pall .314 Gazelle writes from Haden under the date of the 2d ' instant: "In the Franilen-Liste of to-day I find no less than seven: royal_personAges—ptinces, dukes, andiassadom and lesser dignitaries we possess in due proportion. -The gambling tables which suffered, perimps, more , than anything else from the late exodps of tourists, : have .resumed their usual animated ap pearance, -.and 'from , morning till night' 'the wheel of fortune goes round. Play here is never as high as Homburg, where 3flu,tapha Fazyl Pacha lately broke the bank to •the tune of .r. 12,600,/ but the 'stakes are quite large enough to make;losing unpleasant. , One even ing last. week our, boldest player, Itus.sian ladv of high rank, after a bard-fought battle Of three 'hours' • duration, retired a loser of nearly a lnindred thousand francs.' The' in terest exciteid. by this encounter was, tense; almost other - play a was pendedi and a triple; , row , of spectators ;sur rounded the table,. breathles:aly watching -,the ries - lilt of each . coup. .. Foe any •; o ,part, ~I think it scarcely au 'edifying spe.etaele to see: anYlady, partundarlY young mid,beaii-,, tiful, en i.vj, , ed' inieh a puraiiit, i mut fingering her tetra notes, eountifig-• her loins with the'qiiickiiess and dexterity; of a banker's clerk. 'Hitherto the of 'the bank has certainly been in the ascendant ;las yet; L. have not heard of any large mug IleingArqi!:l3Y lie tielileiw. - • • - 'For the last week iindOnbtedly..fue,, most; important' individual in Widen has`'been - thin; grey-Tvldskored little gentlifrimiq whose blue veivet pinchatilat pink parasol attratted-the, attention' of even the Yew uninitiated AN - he diii mot recognize in . this singular personage ,the great .The.popelar composer hues ,been. staving here order to direct the reheaMials,iir ins ACW op'erettakwhieb. was given laSt rdlit for the first time; the maestro himself ' leading thn or chestra. The first performance of the "Prim , CeSfie !IC Trebizonde, el:imp:wed .exprasSlyfor Haden, had naturally been-;.looked-forward to with much curiosity, the interest attached to it being not ' little-enhanced by a report twhieh I trust is erroneous) "that, the compo ser of so many _pretty and attractive 'melodies has determined to follow the example of This sini, and retire, whilestill in the prime of bis talent, into idleness. • The brilliant „success of .last, night would make one regret. more _than ever such a resolution,. Notwithstanding the intense heat the theatre cranunid•fronf pit togaller3-, and from -the •overture till the fall of - the curtain - rang With well-deserved ap , play e. • , The Convent Scandal,. • , The Kruj of Craton' states - that the judicial coinmission appointed: to intrestigate the case commenc4d_their researches on _tha.ult by , gob* over,the convent in ,compsny. with an escort sifaiblicer. ---- .ln - paxsing' - througli - tlid refecto7 - they diSeovered a secret chamber containing 'a Avizeple collection of- niedimVal in- struments of torture._Among them_ ate two huge crosses weighing 140 pounds :each, which guilty:.. nuns had to . wear • on their backs as_ a ; punishment, two heavy stones of marble -- to , Pined on the chest:. and a inimffin; ,of " crowns of thorns" with long And sharp iron nails: There 'here also several girdles, alsci fitted with nails pointing inward,'• which it:iii said were , ivorn next the Skin-by the penitents,' and 'a sort 'of knout for flogging the refractor3r. The Cern- missioners next proceeded to the chapel, and found in the choir four coffins .cont,qming the bodies of fornier abesse.s. The corpse's are well pyeserved, tind can bAkiee.n' through the upper surfttees of the coffins:which are of glasS. '1 - inquiry lasted all day, but nothing else worth noticing was diskovered. - Stattottes of the Region Of Terror. The Ifonde, of the sth, in order to show that the first revolution in France was not, directed 'principally against the higher orders, qnotes the following figures : "The French Revolu tiou, which certain' writers 'have set, them selves the task, of jistifyirig, was not, as they say, the work of•the people, who suffered as much or even more than the, wealthy, for the odious excesses for,which efforts are now Made to render them responsible. The following sta tistics are eloquent on the point : Nobles exe• cuted, 1,278;' worsen of the sameelass,lso; to gether,' 2,1:03.- NUIII3, • 350; priestS, 2,135 *- gather., ; 2,485. Females of the laboring classes, 1,467; commoner& of all conditions, 13,633; to ether, 15,100. Worsen of the people killed in La Vendee, 15,000 *Waren, Z 2,000; together, 37,800. At Nantes the numb& of ' Carders victims was 32,000, of whom the nobles and clergy formed only a yesmall Proportion— ' namely,'nobles drowned, 1,400; priests shot, , 300; drowned, 460. In recapitulation we find —commoners or working :classes, - 82,000; priests and' nobles, 6,673.7 The. Dutch Ship-Canfil., The, great ship-canal which is to connect Amsterdam with the North Sea, at a cost of 27,000,000 guilders, fallow 'Mee - more in, Pro= greFis, the • Governinent— of the'.Netherlands having relieved the ',Contractors • of certain didierdties 'which, for a time; hindered the 'work. The canal will be about fifteen miles in length. One portion ...of its course , lies through the sea know to the Datcli as the Y, and through •Wyker Neer, where it will be strongly embanked. Thetandy peuinsula,be yowl, about (five miles wide, ,will be cut through, and .; a harbor will be built at its mouth; at a part of the coast whbre a harbor is greatly:wanted. For;the proper utilization of this canal, the .Zuyder , Zee. is to be shut out from Amsterdam and. the Parapus dam by which this-is to ne R., effected is already half finished. „ , , 4 , 4 4 01135/PartATh e --Leslie's drama, Duty; will be repeated' at ,tbeValnutvtiii, s; evening, with a strong cast, heautifpl scenery and ' wonderful mechanical effects. ,the tbis evenffig, Duprez & BinieAdts,?ninStrels will give another of their celebrated entertainments. change ot'pro graienliY,lB Made' nightly: • I'MPADEVIIIA, 4 IIIIiRpiT, AUGUST 19,1869. CRIME. ' rattaillee Embezzlement—A eartoniCase of Dix Tears' etanding—history of The Cleieland (Ohio) Plaindeoler of August 13 says: - - - - "About six years ago Commodore Wilkin son, a well-known, I.aire, man, • mailed a valu able letter from CleVeland to , a country town in Northern Ohio t and never beard of it after ward. An investigation followed, Earl:Dill, :then marshal for the-Northern , District of Ohio, upon information rising out, of all ,the: facts - in the caSe, eatised the arrest of a youngt!. wan who was employed inthe office to whichr the letter had' been mailed. • The, arrest pre,- iluced exeitement_in_,social -circles,•and -- was prothietive ottiruch pain to young and - ac-; complishedwife. The couple had been married about- one year.. The young man .was htought to Cleveland,, leaving hix wife in , a , destitute cotditiop. !.'iCircurnaltinces seemed to pontrWith Uner ring certainty to 'the guilt of the 'husband. NOtwitlistantling, that fact, he protested that he Was Innoeent.' After being lodged , in jail he wrote tolls father, a physician in Indiana, detailing the circumstances of the case,: and asking for assistanee.The ' *father - instead of, replying direct to the, son, wrote to' 3lanthal , saying : 'lf my son is guilty the laW must take course.' The 3iarshal had liateited to hiatifory with considerable care, and felt Con vieced that, the man intended to - do what was right after procuring bail. The only:-hail.he could offer came from the Southern - Districtof Ohio. To accept this would oblige thetolliceut; of the Northern District to go to , Cincinnati., to obtainthe amount of the bonds if forfeited.' It was accepted, howeVer; and oii the day; of the term the young man put inan appear ance in accordance with the requited terms. }lie counsel, seeing the array-of inidettee that't, would be brought up against him; advised him to run away to Canada,,and be did so. "Prom Canada he started to go across the plains to California, stopping at Leavenworth to meet a Canada acqumntance who itr - as to go Avith him. The . Canada"man (lid not fulfil lasi engagement, so the subject of our story Went , to work in that vicinity at very • !Ow wages: •He believed at the time of -leavingeleveland that the result of ,conviction would bring four or five 3rears impiisonmenv at the least admilit). thin; As that would leave his, little family provided for aud disgtated in the . ..bargain, lie, determined to run away, Make morieyeneugh 'to keep his family fourtm Wee Years anathen return-arid >gve himself up feir =cage; of conviction his family ,would be independent, until he could return, when ,he %intended to; takehis wife and , child to some place where; they, were not known, and there spend thare niainder, of hitt tiaTfi• • • "'Aft& remaining in the Vicinity of .I..eaven ' worth a Short time,hi.s^basineits qualiOwtions and straightforward Coarse enabled-him 'to cibtain - some goods upon crettit; , with which lie, opened - up a small trade in one of the rising towns of the Stbte, , where ,he hasirtioained, until the present time. In the,meantime his, wife went to liansas, , jeiningi her , linsband! finder the 'name that he assumed - npott, arrival in the State.' Their whereabouts . was knom-n only ; to ;,a.few „warm personal friends, the father, ,Lof:,c,ourse,, , not.: being included in the muniber.., As the town- in creased , in, popalatiaii, , the , business ,of 'the young, than increased 'alio. Taking an active' Mrt- in the public welfare, he -was .elected ayor, and ' served with credit for two eon secutive terms: Stirrounded -by that was essential toinsate happiness, he was, a ruisera- We man. Tn the place of his nativity, among ' the belovedass ockates of his youthiand around the fireside p f his Wife's - earliest. and dearest companiotts,,be re...oat-tied asa criminal and fugitive from justice.' 'He lived in con stant dread of meeting some one who would reeognize'him and expose his ,alleged crime. " At hist,: having attained 'Sufficient , of this' world's goods to, make his family comfortable tor several years . , he turned his face toward' Cleveland,,believing Ids trip would result, ix cobviction. - 'l7pon reaching that City the first petite& he inquired for and thb only one he knew waS'E.arr Ifill, who,' ineanwhile, had been transferred:from the ' marshalshipr of the district to, the-position: of Clerk of the United States Court. .The moment onr ,man entered the office the ,old Marshal,. , now:Xlerk, recog nized was' fairly astonished. afhis return. "The ex-Mayor said be was ready for•trial and was able to -- givahair for lttb appearance _at the Proper referred Jiini--to the United States ‘Distriet-Attorney, George AVilley; who the ease Scene , earefnl snub _i and,"under all the cirmunstances; declined. to :prosecute. -- Allpersons WhP flare familiar with the case believe that theyoung iS not guilty Of the grave"crappie which wu,-i char eil against 'Min., He remained in this eity.mitil day or two ago, when lie went on his Way re joicing; having'been assured - that a 11011 e p ro &TU. would ba entered In hiS case." WM.; joispu as au .Awallary-Arm v:Klan!. Cap . tune. News. - . - - Ti,e Itavana ciyrrespondent, of the New York Times writes : " If the reports icontlined in' the Havana ;mesa' are true; the' brutal character of the ivar; ;waged 'on both sideS, -- will soon have reached its culminatilig point,: - The Diario raises its pious .hands in horror at the crimes with which 07c:barges the Cuban, rebels, but says .ni nothing % about ,the . executions anti in- Oenthariss of the' Sparnards, which 'have called forth' those' aets cif retaliation on the part of' the insurgents.' tit seems to= forget the lessons of 'history which .teach-us that justice is..retributive. ,The :.virtuous Diario probably forgets that the use of poison as an element of destruction ..,is not a new idea, of the revolutionists of Cuba; it was brought into play long ago, in the civil wars of Spain; there fore, its attempt . ed use so Tar happily ' fras trated, by them 111 SanCti Spiritu and Matanzas is nothing new in Spanish history. In order to give you an idea of the spirit of savage vin dictiveness which characterizes the struggle here, i give the subjoined extract from, the Aurora of Matanzas, • which contains, an ac count of 'the last poisoning attempt of the rebels in Matanzas, which fortunately was prevented from beingconsurruxtated — by the, timely confession of a n'eltro: "In Matanzas a caseanalaous to that of - Saucti Spiritu has just occurred;.but the atro cious attempt was frustrated,owing to a negro ; employed in, the bakery, seduced into the plot, presenting himself to the authorities and denouncing this horrible a ttempt at poisoning,. presenting at the saute time' the packages or strychnine which had been given him 'to put into the dough.,:,he „supposed author of this 'pkin is a prisoner; has been tried, and only awaits the decision of the Cant:Ail-General to have carried into etiect on his person, the fatal sentence which has been awarded him.. I'low mournful' and discOnsolatory it is for 'honor able men to know that' beings exist destitute of all moral sentiment and every noblelidea!" Important Capture. i Spanish acconut.s received. here from Bay ern° state that the forces or Can.izal, the hero ; of, the miraculous march, and Balacios, combination with those of • Andriard and, Gon zales Boot, effected a surmise , of the insurgent forces under Jordan, on their Way from Rol bb Eamon; at a 'place dalled'Bezaangana, OW, near Palma Soriano. ' caw insurgents `'Were , ' hi possession of a'icensiderable con voy of •/ war , material; -, ruaratuaition ; and two cannon, , all of which was captured. by the Spaniards, with, very, ;slight ,reeist, ance on the part •of , tbe insurgents. The carts, 'blacksmiths!. forgps, and 'other .e&cts difficult to* transport, were hurtled •by the Spaniards, - and the two cenritni,vwith 'a con- Siderablo amount of , 'shot, grape mid OVR wuciik tommty. zatifster, were sentt9 Manattillo, to be fherd embarked for this :city,: where theyhave alp ready arrived.' The presence. of 'Valmaseda ,at this important capture would goo, show that the great bulk of hi s forces :serdre aLso preSent No list is given of killedoervoluided on either side r and the Vietory, - seems to bare 'been a bloodless one for the Spaniards.'; The, itecount states that the rebels made' no effort at all to defend this train, and mn. away on, the-hrst appearance of the Spanish forces: The Spaniards here are quite jubilant over tho, achievement, which they, consider , one, Of the. grandeit exploits of the; whole, War. :The stores captured -are supposed .to'be the last remnant of the:material landed' in the Bay of' ICipe. The Cubans, 'strangely, .evough, , also claim a-victory;-‘-buthowthey s can reconcile their :statement nththe pres eneept the cannon in this'city, as trophies, ~1 cannot see. It is evident that the whole train was abandoned:by jordaa 4 s forces, as"we have received no news of ° any fight. having taken • how the Catalans Mutinied: Th following letter from Camp San Jose, Cuba, at date of. June 24, is published in El Efludo Cataluna of - Barcelona:,, • , "The body of Catalans to which belong nre.tised bore solely ° for _these ,purposes To guard the nnlroad'between 'Fitievitas and Pu-, er,to Principe; to carry brick, dig trenches, and put out the •'fire on some sugar 'estate. 'Daya have happened when we had nothing to ,eat but a biscuit and only linter to drink. Our disieontent rose high the other day,.and, we, urged our - Colonel to ~ bring our troubles to Gen. Letona's attentiOn.. But this gentleman, having an ,exalted"oinnion, of l4s rnerits,,seized our Colonel instead' of rep l yhig, to him. Berebegan the war of Troy. Noth ing, could have opposed us. We revolted to the cry of 'Viva Espaiia! Death to .traitors f'' Knowingg that our .Adjutant and Lieutenant-' Colonel had.contributed in great part, to the imprisiiriment of our Colonel,eve determined toa.ge't bold of them and put, holes through their bodies, hut they were a little too fa.st for us, and ran off with 25 inen. Well, we .iletermined to bring matters to an end., We resolved to go to • Principe, and pre sent. ourselves to Letona, with the alterna tive : 'Our Colonel or your life' Fortunately ,ice met Gen: Ilsealante, who harangued us, , and begged us to Wait, two hours, that he might arrange matters, and we consented. Escalante fulfilled ins promise. We received, iim the , next , two hours' time,-word , from our Colonel on the next day lie would be, with U", awl, sure enough,he came amid much rejoicing. thanking us, for , the ,zeal we had displayed in bis behalf. Things happen in this Ountrvubont which a great 'ninny remarks nright, ISe made. The - Seeretary of War and the Cabala -A:Washington correspondent of the Sym ens& Journal, under date of the 14th inst., re lates the following : , eperal Rawlins especially is delighted. at the Situation. His synipathies have . been aroused almoSt to intensity by the Cuban. Btriigg,le; yet ,here he had to hold still, and seven-do'more thim that-actively impede 'their nkivements. •Imag,ine, then, if you can, the delight with which he looks at, the. legal occasitni afforded the smouldering quarrel be ,tween ~Peru and Spain ~ to- , stop these Spanish gunboats. I,7e , ,tf?rday the' General was met coming from Cabinet, meeting by a journalist here. An inquiry was made, or rather felt toward, with regard to the probability of the government letting go its hold ..on these vessels. "Let them ~go!" was Ra.wlins,'s reply at once ; not a bit, of it. We'Ve got 'ensi, and We'll keep 'ere, too." The Words came out with a snap. The President is repOrted'to Inure said tke same thing. Tke le,gal - reason for the seizure ;is that, when com pleted, they will undoubtedly be used to re lieve the Spanish fleet in Cuban waters and allow them to -be sent against Peru, a friendly nation, in whdie interests we are bound to prevent harm coining te by acts of uur own citizens or materials'of war purchased in our midst. ' o ' . . The Detroit 'Trib Tribune has - a letter from Casso polis,,Michigan, dated August 6, which con tains the following: • ' • -•_‘! Yesterday • was a z great day for Cass county,' . than ten_ thousand citizens of . - .llnsand the- neighboring-counties-assembled upon the shores of Ilirelf - Lake Commemci-__ ratellie r 2 ,, in the West__.l)l. 7 - dian Islands. Jan - .Nic - 1;7111,T - don; of Ohio, - the - colored IiiWyetTWASI- -- tlfreeiffre'lirittrraii:.' i-tion-to the largexompanythat listened_to oration for more than-am limur and a half. But, to the stranger - whO-,eame—with-comething7of-- doubt as to the success of the - negro; and in • tent only upon . criticism, this meeting was an unlooked-for success ; and the order ofathings in the surrounding country; tke 'satisfactory solution of-a question that to Many has been somewhat problematical: • . • "A full third of this multitude were the own- ers of Many thousands of acres of the fairest laud in Cass county, • In the township of Cal vin they arepossessed of nearly oneliall of the real estate; an d".4faylittle I &is. __than-- , - half- the - They have established a iiiiinber of ex.; cellent schools; conducted by colored teachers. The building ol two.fine churches—Methodist and Baptist--,is the best proof,that they have not neglected' 'Moral' and; religious. culture. They have good instructors in instrumental and vocal music,: and, ,support, a fine. brass band.. We found here several men of liberal culture from Oberlin and Hillsdale. Colleges; . and one from our own StateliTmversity.-These young men are engaged in the practice' of medicine, the mechanic arts:, and . in the dry goods trade. They own and rim steam saw mills and steam threshing-machines; they are nuumfacturing grain- cradles and rakes, grow ing superior, live :stock, cultivating fruits, and producing ,bmidreth of .acres of the finest grain. They are not merely au imita- tive people,' ' but ingenious, self-reliant, posi; tive and progressi7re, and will bear favorable comparison with their white neighbors in all the legttinutte relations of life. Merchants and mechanis through all this region bear the highest testimorm to their worth and prompt ness in business affairs. During a three weeks' visit in this pant of the country, your cor -"reSpin dent - ": i ftli]ed to detect the first in stance of• idleness or. loaferism among them. They purchase lands, clear away dense forests, build homes and .highways and churches, sub-. 'scribe for noninpaperS, magar!Mes and milt. roads; educate their children; sing the , sweet songs of laber, love 'and hams, and worship God with an evident consciousness that those ~are as muall the aims .and purposes of -their life, as-of their- fair-haired Saxon neighbors; I and not a sukteet of wonder or surprise te, the many.'who halm doubted their ability for self stastenarfae."'. -•-' "Carleton," who accompanied the Northern Pacific Railroad .Expedition to the Red River lash month, tells the following story in one of hisletters to the Boston Journal: _"Out yonder burns a qamp-iire. I see by its glitomering,light a atacmart man, with shaggy beard and a slonched, hat: - ills • features are more sunburned ; than may WU,. Which are already taking,o'n ma, Indiau hue, and they will be still 'darker. before the party return to its starting 'pcAnt. The emigrant's wife sits on the other side Of the lire, and by its light I .Bee tbAt ate wears Jaded _ .11a sey woolspy,dress, that her hair a hairs ncomhod, that she bas not given much attention to boy toilet. Two frowZy-lieaded children, a boy and a girl, are romping in the gram. The worldly elleoth' Of family art to tha Can- Y asl ' e° v e v e q ~r 'ox"ivagol l ‘Villt chicken-coop • Itnestion. A Negio'ColOnyin Michigan. 111:O.,IiictOtent,lit the. Northwest. , , •at the - binder 'part and a tirilrettO dangling; beneath the axle. This emigrant :has come from lowa. Re is moving into this valley 4 to take up a claim.' That is, he is,goiug to seleCt a piece' of choice land under the hornestead act, build a cabin, and , *make or, break izithe per-ra-ry,' says.-. - - "He will be folloWed by Others- the tide is, setting on rapidly, and by the time the railway company are 'Tatty to carry -freight there will he population enough in this Willey to support the road. We have passed hindreibi of such teaiiis, and we shall see other InuulreilS. ,•The path is beaten hard by the trampling of hoofs, And by the foot-falls of the moving multitude, Who,, when: the iailroad irrened, will •be near market' VA, the residents of the most, favored sections oflowa. So that great inno- 2 sator And civilize; the locomotive, brings the ends of the earth together, and peoples the primecalsolitudes:! . • ,--7/ l EAkelltS:- Shipinenttt from Delaware: • The Wihnlngton Compere/a/ says : ' The peach shipments yesterday to Philade phi* and. New York,ware, in all, 137 cars, cori taining GB,llOO baSkets: The •largest shipment, SO far, of the season., There was also, one cat load for this city. Very few peachescome here by rail, the most of those sold inour markets being hauled in wagons directly from the orchards. • • • ' ' ' An - unusually small ntutiber of peach cars go to •Philadelphia this year, the very large quantity of fruit sent there being shipped ahnost exclusively by water. ; . The water ship ments to _Philadelphia and New York,probably equal the shipments by rail,• and we think it safe to say, that, without counting the ship ments from the Eastern Shore counties to Baltimore, nearly, if not quite, 140,000 baskets of peaches were shipped from the Peninsula yesterday. AFFAIRS IN TIME COIUNTRI`. Letter rrom John , toutit,Atr. Mr. 42U111's oldest son 'wrltes - to Win as IN'THE COVNTII.Y, August 18th, . 1864.--3fy. lien?. leather :Me and Villihm Henry' are haarfng.,a first-rate tine, and:. I write •to you these few lines to say, that weare'r well, and. so is 'nether. She and Aunt Samantha,,tliey.will spat, you know, and ,yesterda'y mother told Aunt Saummba, that she had fished . for, yen when she was a girl, and couldn't get you. Aunt Samantha, she said she wouldn'tmarry such a bald-headed bubliwacker as you are, if, you were worth a Million. Then mother, she ,slie ."couldn't;" and Aunt Samantha maid she "could," and mother went at her.with the rolling-pin, and for a few minutes the fur flew, ,I, tell you. William Henry and Lthoughttliat would be a good chance to go for the' preserves in the pantry, and 'So Ave ilid, but mother eanie in - and caught us, and whipped us like the nation: She's getting rather rough: otr , us, think. Can't you,comp down aunt over the, stony places? , •')‘ "Uncle•.Tohn, hie took is to the circus lest night, where'there 'WM a boy nbtitif Moy, size," wllo threw sumthetsets of t a';, horse. Say, pop, may I quit going to ,, Schott]. And Join'a circus? , • . • , • I' , .` • And Willi= Henry he came home, and went out and tried to skin the cat in the barn, but he got over and couldn't get back, anti-he fell dowu and scared one of the horses so that lie kicked his leg through , partition and broke'it, andscaretrahert °fief thirteen eggs she vas settintr, on, So that She'wouldn't corm! 'k back, besides nocking: down a. seytheAlade that fell on a cow, and cut her Sothat shebled to death. • . Didn't .uncle John get up and howl over that'? Well, he did. , But William Aenry'said ,Ve'n'df.pay for the damage, and he went a" fishingto, get . out ~of the wayi but:we didn't fietclimticli excepting a few caries, and while . 1 was'looldng o'er the side of the.rboat WilliamAlettry kePt . rocking. it, and it upset, and we both.got wet, but a • man hauled as out,,, and we went home, but mother she•like to flogg,ed the lide off of us. I wish you would come down' lie.e . .4.thiciu as ever you can. Don't mind Aunt"Saniantha, she's nothing . : but an old 'teapot; ';anyliciiv, and William Henry Says he anits ker teeth axe ---So-we are enjoying - ourselves - Tory-much,- and wespend our time hunting for,birds„and. so on, atid - laSt - Week - rot - a - faif.crack and-I-shied a Stoile,-and-it: slippeitandlit-SixL bottles of new ketehup-Ahat were 'standine On a table_ outside the' kitchen door, • and-glauclid-- over and struck the servaut : girL_ on the jaw,_ She hada lialf - aTbriblt: in her mouth. - • : You'never seen such ; _ but I.:couldn't help it, and mother she spanked me like,Mad: Itybu can come•dCWll : l Soon as 'cony,Opient I will be very glad:. ; • ' . We are all 'very 'well; ''ckeeptingtMain. Henry, and he has allight attaeki:of dogbiteL- Mulloneysi over on trke next fartrw they have an orchard, and William Renryi be :went- for apples, but gniley, you know, was a watebing him behind tree,. and. he seta, yellow-aiosed , bull-terrier on William Henry, and, William Henry just did hie'all fired best to get over that 'fence,so he lirokefOr it,'andjtistas he got one leg over, the bull-terrier it clinched its' teeth into his , leg, and hung- on just , like as if he grooved there and had never been nsed to any thing else. William Henry, had kis pants torn, and mother she made,him go to.hed without any supper, but be let . a string out of, the win dow and I tied a basket full ofi ginger-bread I found in the cellar,,on to it,,and then I told mother that I Wanted to go to bed, too, and William Henry and I had a.bully old time oil of them ginger -bread, you just bet, : But mother .comes it too severe on, us, so can't you conic down?.. I am YOur affectionate son, ;Icon: Quitt., JR, Middletown llllneml Mprlng's• The use of 'mtaeral waters 'as a medicinal agent rapidly increasing;. and bids fair to become general through the approval', of the medical profession and the acceptance of the pane. The :growing demand for these has opened a large and prosperous business in the artificial preparation. The result of use and expefience; hoWever, have already demonstrated the immense supe riority of indraral mineral waters over the arti ficial; the use of the natural occasioning, none if the unhappy results which are liable to fol. low from the continued 11:40 :of the artificial drinks. This, remarkable difference ix favor of the natural: medicated or mineral waters is reatarnablyto etpeeted . Since art, with ail her • panquests arid laurels justly earned, haS'iteVer'yet unlocked the secret of natures , peculiar Feonipounding. The consequence ii that the . pill* are largely turning to the use (lithe naturalmineralspring waters, and it becomes a matter of interest and importance to them to learn of the most highly approved among those, now introduced to the patronagenfthe public the Middletovitt Mineral Spring; water holds an enviable :rank, and it id doubtlifi if any other, spring, on this continent, Iperhaps none the world; can show a niorivremarloible record' or wonderful cures. , .• 11EIE= . . old lady in 'lo a; eouipliniented ,on the beauty and preservation oflier teeth; as. cribed it to having "bitten MC -enake." ; She explained that in childhood her lather held - a rattlesnake by the head and tali . and . each Of children bit along the whelo .length of "the backboue,)ust indenting the skin, as a,pre- Ventive of toothache an ilecay,•and the old lady believes to the preSentin the eiticaey pf • site an opera (WU • 1:7 .47 • e Rr ' ' • 4.1 .E.,‘Z - ..,.iTnIERSTON'',. Paulisher,-.'..:: , . PRICE THREE CENTS AND WANCIEOP .I,euvOt. ;Frei* other i , nrins, by ' , R.. Bober, in SITCAS by Lippincott itzo:, • ,-• .E.atheF r tny-p-eople,- let thy youths - par:OM - / 7, Their woolly !locks before . the 0 113 4._.- • ' With curtly and oat-cakes, When . titei*,'OXlL • • By'frugal•haudsnaids let the bosirci' be ‘-jklikti ; Let them refresh their vigor in the tikade r ‘ - . Or deem their straw am down to li&uPsilfi . • ' . . Ere the grearnadon which our ;, sires •'*4 ll fil ' Be rent asunder by hell's minion, Trade IfJarring interests and the greed of gold. . Th The: corn-rick's envy of the mined - hill • • e - sfeamer's grud ge- against the skill 4 're • thifigi so mean our country's fate czar. • . • •mould• ' - " 1 . 0 let:me hear again the shepherds trill Their reedy music to the drowsing fold! • —The best air to live on lSlillion-are. • • • . • -- —lnstead•of "good 'morning" at St 'Cloud, nn..the salutation is. 6, how's yonr whopping rough?" They hate all • • . • • --A steamboat after the Amencan zisedel boa been Placed on the Rhine, and - orenteserl of anfonisinnent among the natives;,; • • ..-=-TinnysaiviiantaDoris tei'firthei iifinfrate • his works, and is now negiltizitinwith,him —A merehant in Boston advertiaes fora bur glar. He has brOkeit the key off his safe, and cannet.get at the valuables. • • -- , , St. Peter, 'Minnesota, WAS lately'lizdted by so copious ashoWer that in a way few. hours the streets becarne navigable fozr canoes. • -The' fat orate beverage of the: Czar; who drinks moreAiquor than is good:for 'hire;la Wok: p, ublisher announces's w Work written '. by' Adelaide Ristori on what she saw and beard In America .: • hi reported that . ergh,•, the b'reven• Zionist, Will prose cute the CaliTerniasilk,:worm .culturists for feeding their worms on ,mulber Pleb- • es Without' 'dream .•••- • • .' • • • Mexican. cotton .has.., sUcceeded much better:in 1 0 10MA:their • the 'sea island•Varfety. The'ylehl In the 'fittipa •• diatrict '• is .said, to be larger than was ever before - raised there: . , :6;.:W.lE:Glacbdone, - the :' English' .Preeriiet, has bought.a vilin on.the banks otere near Bingen; in close proxikafty,, to • the.. eele r orated Lovely rock.. ; • „. • --Eight. harmless Celestials' wet &lifer:tired of their eight respectively ; harmless itueue, • by a geng.of.intlians, at, pan Custelle'es Circus• • inSan graneineo , ; capable • , of doipg.thtli*Oc Of one: hundred men;.l,s, annoprieeit asic4 wedc . :the . in - 'doliWg4t •drnnk on Siitufthitniglitraliandliablh• . vent i owo : ,-rreqf The` following notice , waslpututlionittel'ene a bigitrimk,• at a ritilrohllAtipotj raTifive , day& • i ago : ." smashers are •rinpieatelb, handle:this , trunk with , care. •as , ir • bantam • .nitrolg u r 3 inel :Ore* Jiro; gun ottonctud Um. AYSR. 1, • , t) ')•:' • I• . • ••I •$.1.1 —Tbe partisans DongtarieS I r iprfir~. rid have., taken as their.. VratdMi I ,n 4 q.„luunr • '(Margarita) in Winston t o. thf .Inritemble Princem;"Wife of the 'Pieta er: tr- % tbeilfreif and- aeirliertainfilse mentj hurnbers'efladfeli mit!ve geed itrearit* those. tioweri intbeir 13s 1 ;•'-4 1 tDation thinld; dector,tlasked „ motlrer, " thatit - woirktirinfrovelittlin health: to i take.hintto,,the - • try the Titer._ a, denht, bf , it, •,4,, Madam? ,Wtlithbytni• roma*. Mend;• b doetorl"; 11 . roe ''airrings,-• 'Madam, .• where yoWfirid " of doriV." l •• •• • ' -"JiThefirsf.chaptei'br WestOrint*el•Vols.- tains thefollowink: • • • • All of a:sudden the. fair gilt covainned.to sit coullie , sands, ~..,n7ing„ u pon_the.. deep,_. op...whose heaving,' .bosoin ,the is tall .ships went inerrily freiglitecl thlewho,• can ell • how maehaf Jos _and.ierrow t aid g s n e - hlihr and emigrants; andhaortsathatd& —A Tope a, ansas, correspo en o f 'Leavenworth Timim (met Concerscitite, sayit '" The wing of the Capitol is makiirig'good •pre- ' grecs, and •unless the wilculations ol.the build ers are at fault it will„resoundlto4.winter with : the. roars of our borderAVebsters addreming, he - youth - , beauty and intelleurofithe,Stanc."?. hit" " eiti -• dis • - -Aliarty7of7Frenc enr,:tv engdza • foreign customs, arid •0110 -, ef - ,,fir.remark upon the Americen.;hate,t r o p'desigmating.:- ---- street‘nbt aftery.elellgate.A irten z noted !Aram, ete.chnt nurribers, -0/-BeVenteenth street; Fortieth street.' "ExactlY," remarked one et. the party.. "And the Americaar. mune• their generals, in the same way., We. have Just-had! - here General ,• , • , •-•:The ruins of an•Aatee fortress • have,..bts3nl4._ discovered on the munmit ,of a suountalzi!near-st. • Orizaba. • The place,,is so • dense widuzyoods . .. and undergrowtlithat hithorougli e.xp'Alzatiosn. could not be made by the' discoverers.: They foundfonrhouses,threesacrif ecatonec t severak 'pillars,•and a kind of urn-in-which therctwerat- -- more than two hundred skulls _as _ marble, from which not everts& tooth wasslacTit:-. • log. Several idols arid stone, statues were din.. if. , —Lbuisa, Muhlbach '.thei (7002- roan literary papers bitterly of the nianneriti. *, which shehas been treated by her - publialxerar in'America. She says the most' liberal "off= • were Wade to - her as long a.s. ker b4eksihmlia large sale iu the United btates,.buti she wasn't- ‘. terly neglected as, soou-: the ; coxunionceei , falling ea. Mrs. spite of ;tlie large -- ccipyrighbr. that .havel3Esfa, paid to her in. the ':last ~twolity quitii poor. —A new door-inat or seraper; m ,bea re. E Gently invented in ngljuid, It is. nestlin of east-iron, steel or other Wenner•metal, Its form. is that of it.trellis,the tipper edgea of wiaiat are. ~ sharper than the lower., 'lt eau be laid: on a • box, to receive the dirt' 'which. fells. safrom the shoes, The, inveutitin seelet li d to be of use; it is very simplo, and 11Q (Watt will re move all dirt from shoes or boats ruoreteireetu-, ally titan the eydinerr serapaik,-. —Peer Carlotta is el sick MIA she , cannot go to the 'Pyrenees. Her hataiiii of the French Emperor is so grere• that, 'ariteticsho:saw , marble .bust the otter daydn•-•rie oflthe dors of the palace of Lantken, she foaled. toward it, seized tltrew it to4ibegrotind, brealcing it into a,thousand,pleces., That bust had been sent by Napoleon 111. as '4l,..pre§eitt to Carlotta's father; Leopcid 'when the let ter notified hint of :the betrothal of his only daughter to the Arehdulat If enaltutuil