. • V, ijh eanleai: yjpt -i *WW*flUWl»t ttra flMjjvat Bt* Doutu. j V »o» bum. Vottw I*a«« '• Doi Sl4.)t(MS*q> ►J'ruw* for th* * ft%^K*V S WMIK " ' £Wjfe. 0 * *“• 5 -iae'ss * "*?£• -Pm* wIU be sept to Subscriber* by £B■ *< f i > ' l '-k--;^V»drkl-daia]rdayi-Augi'2S T . i Sept 5>12 noon raofet QLiBQpw L:M\ ■v 01fl*gotr.’Jruly8; Siaferotß July 22 Aug.’S., v • '-1 .'■'•'ll y tftaijjoy Sept fi gATBg'OS PIBSAQB. .. . * •.«< • < tfirtt.cUM, s7fij thlrd.class./ound with.cooked prp< Tialona, $3O. Au experienced' surgeon attached to each, steamer. . For/reight ornufefiri apply to JOHN BIoSY-'. :M.Wi «ew York city bills or gold .onlyXcawa&tbt.pjMttage.--• -v -s -v ■ aulD-lm * ~1 rjlOR ENGLAND AND FkANCE 1867 A ; > New York JMid Itanrd&tMinßfcip Comptunr.—Tha United : ’Btetes. ARAGO. 2.60 Q tons. Daria Xinw.i «omto»Bderv *nfl FULTON. 2.600 tons: Wofton,.commander, wjil leave lW York, mrnjknd Soythauiptoir,- tot tb* year* IttT ancnss.oh. th* following ; tilts BiTBJ. s , LSITS SOSTSIMPTOS.A 1867 1857 -Anko, Tuesday, Aug."26'' Artgo. Wedneaiejr. Aug-20 Fallon, do. Sept. 22 1 fulton’^f, do: J Astgo.i. do. ■ Oct. 29 •At ago. •doi: / Oefc- 21 • fuUOP, >-do. Nov. 17 . Fulton, do; :W6t;.18 itHP, i c dpv Dec. 16 . Arago, .. do. Deo. lfl 1858. , 1858. . Fulton, do. . 1 Jan.l2. • ■ Pulton. do. Jan. 13 Arago;\ do. Feb. 9 Ar*go, do. f0b..10 fdlSarf/^-do.'’ , 'rtfardkd. Pulton.' do. Mar. 10 &Tteo. i ' r >'<’do4 -r April.B : Arago. ■- do. ■ April '» Arago, ;;do.; JimeG / Arago,'-' do'.-" June 2 Pulton., do. % June 29 . Pulton. do. • JugeSO SIIOK -dF PASBiQM: *.'•■•? . /.frOTn.-'Neiri'ToTfc.Lto Softthampton or Havre—First • 6abtß.flB^tSecondCaliln i .sj6.. J ; ' most JHavre lOr.-Southampton to New York—First OibhjvWOtauNt'. Second Cabin. 600 franca. ■*” Agent TkrwW zmmut iSßMUir h»v«; - - Beuth’ton',' ■ . .- .y,; :«.ar I 03abxksVqn 1 - ' -i ' FRSIGHT3 EJIDOOKD 1 . ' >known r flat class aide-wheel Steamships I . KSYBTRNB.B3MR radSTATS OF UEOfiQIA. aMr j JWoiASfeeUjr Ljneforithe gonth end gouthmrt.one j SATURDAY; at 10b’oioofc. FOB JAYANNAk OA | STRAJISHIP KBtSTONB STAY* I . f OalstseP.-MlßSkiu'Sj'Odniiuander ] . 17111 recelre Creighton YaUßSpAYeAugoist 20th. m&~ | aailtrn I . tm 6» gkorou ! lona J. OUVIN, Oomin.eder 1 Will ra<*STO .Ali*B»t27tJ>. ’ wAjailfa OtariekG.niajO.j-j.naAloiDAy A gnrf vm etiao, wJLm I /. ;OtW> is Steerage do ,T S - i < . - ;. Y r ?i 7Agentat:g»rttlmali, C; A; ; & FOR PIORIDA, from SaTahsah, steamers St; MARYS |f. -andStJOH2iS,{svery Taead&yana Satorday. | ' FOR ,FLORIDA, from Ofcarlestda, ateanaer OAROI/I -| Charleatoa, steamer ISABEL, ft , os the4th and lath oferery niouth.f. .aal- ; TO#K ‘ AlfD £1 - £fATJSSMAHt BTEAMJSRS.~TM Sli'lpS' Ollrer ;i,-;-r-'-.;**»• '-.;**»• ®ALMO t: ,o»vso»Pl»CofotfSokr s -„ Y : ' 'Thiful Bhlpi bare been "bunt by contract, express!? for . Gbrfriiirienf jwrricej Kas~beon taken in tbeir fchmreßgJnoi.'to ensure'Btrcqgth had «pMd) inft for’ paastogerg are' im©qualledforaleg*nceAnd«Difcnrt. .■* **' ' >w(ttge from Naw.Yorlr to Liferpool/(a first' tib&i fWty Jo Retond, dor, ITS; ;ft6miJiWen>o6H© He*' ;Yorkji 30 and 20giiinfl»s, ‘Po berth*jßftwirodunless paid' for;; The/shiMOfthk; .liaa fc*£alniproT*d *ater4lght y.. ’* ? J !f- -1 >►* t.' r , ' , -«>»*<• ,«*BOKIgSD DATES Oft&ro.'VT*-' ":• ■ 'if MMiiWir rota." ,i‘- S*tad*f/iimA2!>,' !186? Wadnaaday.ddMs4, M 57 . Safurta/iiJ uly. A; s'aim. W«dti«ldMyJti!f 8 'IBSI' S«iardaav,?ulylB, 1857, Wednesday,-,1u1y22, 1857 .Saturday, Aug. I, . -1857 Wednesday, Aug.- fi,- 1557 i SatenUy, Aug.ls r . 1857 Wednesday, Aug;l»,- -1857 . Saturday! Sept .12, 1857 Wed uegday, Sept. .2, 38.57 gatoWayJgert.ia,* ;; 1857 WedneadaySept.Bo,; 1867. B.taMaj,'out. 16, "tiMT .W,imftMbUU j.jufl therefor, etui tbj) »Hothereof 'exfnsiM fereto f), n .v ; , ,'eul-tf. EWB 'lSth: JD: Ar P PHILADELPHIA ’’ dipt. gtu. CabiaPamfei.r*'. .■/, ,v.;K.V.;y;w.v,sBo • - Second C»bm.. lewmtFtoin’and Bteerj^PAseeri^eVuVniVbed^th prorjJionß, according ; Act./ : ' . ;DRuwilSit; noHt-ea3L.c<)rn«r,plsTn .and. • .OBdfiWlflJT. role’ WtouCactum ct ?BROWS'B ESSENCE o/ ' qiHOJiH,, ,**! • ;lwcom« ;t!t« BS*n.JWlte4iK»tß,'*' ~ JWioctii *'prepmUonof ctmttt»l,eXcflllea l «b; #o tMTeller ahotfla. fee •-frithoatiC ,In rtlsration. of/theboweK ia r aatueaj nu particularly ib'cca kiCkuese, lt : u an active . ansßMe7 sMretVak t's&au&nt wvd tilfielMiVteJiedy,'. •' , ; QAlTlXOSifrßatyoiM desiring.an- article tbat dan be' • sei^^-|WBM«®e3«e^plii«B>^ Wi.WMthnted : to N be ; T •W,iifpWpa»d«uiy) g rlßßoj^: ‘ EICkSSOWK, Ana £&M* at fe Drug and. Ohemleal: - girtet*rPiiUadelp]jifiPtiti4 fifWl.the respectableDk^g. gi»fa the U. Bteteii.y.J _ auliam. ~ /.it#)ffifrMriir dhpg sto.be, ■ JCLnottHttiii omen itrw^ruiMsipMa.'i)., J.,.g*AOKHOUSB; Efojlrietor. "Al iijt .m: hnnltto ' JWIWt .iitJclea ofjBSTOa, MKDIOINKB. PBBfff- MKET. CIOABE, Uep, ;■’ V ; - l -; -- = ■''■ . ' : Eataat Bilrer Soda Water TtinntaJa heepa at.B3deg,| Lb gytapß.and Cre&mrf arc ' beiJig the richest in the cifcyiV ■ »-i -x- ■ stattnanet)ip COSIMBBOIALtOAWC&ATIONSr ,->• ,• '■ ~. 7.Bf!TTTRBB A(i ”' ” '“, / r 4 . -/■ fttj- ■: : Eoch Btudeat baaiadSTidnal ipktructitm from ccmpe teat and attentive Teacher 0,-under the'immediate aawtfrbibn.of ,ttie;Prliiefp*h ■ r\ ;• <, th Peqiuen jin r ; thp Country w charge of Plflaie "and ; gat of § ' H^J^;SPSWR*cpmmission $ . . Ji-JL. _KEKOHANTS foreign and Am®* S rican lUK»JABB if gS gp'EgßT,. N0a.23, 25 and 27 c Horth JUrfl fiqSTjtljoVQ Cooiniorc* atreet,' I : !i -tQ | / | - 'V-/_OHAKI! ' Mid. Inji>orter of; HAVANA. BEGAB8; ■"■^KilSSltSil: VOL. I-IYO. 16. Stranfltrg ®nibt in |)l)il«btlpl)ia. .";-For the benefit of- strangers and -others who may de sire.to visit,any of our public mstitutlona. ure publish tho annexed Hat. > . . , •' •• va> POBLIO PLACES OP AMD3E«K.\T. . Academy, of. Music. (Operatic.)corner of Broad and. Locust streets. . «-r - Arch Street Theatre, Arch, above Otl* street, Garden, Ohestnhti abov«< Tenth. : National Theatre and ClrCus. Walnut.,above Eighth. . Sandford-s Opera House,(Ethiopian.) Eleventh, below Market: //j ;-y. • / r r ' Street; Theatre, northeast comer Ninth and walnut. , . ; Thomeufls Ysriotles. Fifth and Chestnut.' ‘ •:> Thomas's Opei* liouso. Arch, below Seventh.- . -•. * ,>ata.-and , - . . “ Academy ofKatural .Sclonces, porncr of ..Broad and •Georgi atreetai 1 v - •.-•i;'- ’ . Apademy.of Fine Arts. Chostmit, above Tenth. -Aitlbtß- PuadilallXlhestnut,abpveTenth.. • Franklin Institute, No. 9 South Seventh street. V - > L. W . ’ SSa*VOLIMT IHBT!TTiriOXB.? V west'side of SchuylkUl, opposite South Almshouse YFrlends 1 ). Walnut street, above Third.; vy Association for the Empkynient of Poor Women, No. 292 Green street » . . Asylum, .for Lost Children No. 33 North Seventh •trout:,''.' 1 ' • .. ; v Bllnd Aiylum. Race.' near Twentieth stroet. . ..Christ Church:'Hospital. No. 8 Cherry street. • ■ .City Hospital. Nineteenth street, near Coates. t " Hall, No. 163 Cherry street. ’ . ■Dispensary. Fifths below Chestnut street. j . Female Society for the Belief and of the Poor, No. 72North Seventh street. ' Guardians of tho Poor, office No. 56 North Seventh street.-. , . • iv m • German Society Hall. No. 8 South Sereuth street.. • Home for Friendless Children, Buttonwood street, .below Broad. - Indigent Widows’ and Single Wpmen’s Society. Cherry. oast orElghteenth street. . . Masonic Hall* Chestnut, above Seventh street. Asylam* corner of, Race and’ Twenty.flrst ; ’ Norttista Dispensary. No. 1 Spring Garden street.' * (colored, jYhlrteeunthutreet, near ■wWd fellows' Hall,Sixth ana Haines U \ Do do 8 IS corneyfroiddSl Spring-Gar» den stree ». v • - -* • s ,Do.« j do;., Tenth and South sheets: , ■;. ../Do, do; Third and Brown streets,, Do do Ridge Road, below Wallace. *' v^oru^vania .Hospltei, Eighth ,-Pennwrlvaniatoßtltnte for the Tns traction of the Blind, ,4orfterJuce.andTwentleth street.’-' 1 tng ~ Penssylvaala -Society for .Alienating the Miseries ol Public Prisons', Sixth and AdelphJ streets.. • PonnsylVahio Training School for Idiotic and. Feeble- Mmded Children. SchQoi Houa* Lane, Germantown, office No. 152 Walnut stoat. ( , , , - Philadelphia Orphans-. Asylum, northeast Eigh toenthanrtCherry :•> ‘ ■ «- Proton Retreat, Hamilton., near Twentieth street. Providence Society, Prune, below Sixth street. Soutberif Dispensary, No. 95 Bhippen street: • pnion Dauevolent N; W. comer of Seventh and Sansocn streets. ,- . : WIH-aHosnltal, Rape, between Eighteenth and Nine teenth streets. .i * Hospital, .Girard avenua. between -Fif teenth 4Ud Sixteenth. ’ ■ • Episcopal Hospital, Front street; between Hunting don and Lehigh avenues. : » .Philadelphia Hospital for Diseasesof the Cheat, 8, W. dqrcer.of Chestnut and Pack streets, West Philadel phia. ’ «A . PUBUO BUILHIKOB, '• Custom House. Chestnut street, above Fourth ; ; CounW Prison, Passyunk road, below Rped. 5- Sw Warehouse, Dock and Spruce streets. , Oont*olivi B Ofllve, Girard Dank,second story. Commissioner of City Property, office, Girard Bank, secondstofy. . ' -• ■ 1 City Treasurer's Office, Girard Bank, second story. ■City Commiaaioner’s Office. State House. < 'i - CBy Solicitor's Office, Fifth, below Walnut. j:.?w;K A *® nn S Committee s Office: Southwest corner Fifth and Chestnut. . Water Works. Fairmount on the Schuyl- , Claud Truet Treasurer’s Office. Fifth,above Chestnut. House of Industry, Catharine, above Seventh. House hf Industry, Seventh. above Arch’ street. "* . ii" u, !? o 'Ber u g«tCftnierPpplM and WUUam. ' n« U!!0 > WHIUm «nd Brown, s M«I o H >p!M d^ h r yroad , bolow South utwoff’" ° ffiCo " S . corner Fifth auU Chestnut New Penitentiary, Coatee etreet,' between Twenty fourth and Twenty-fifth street- ’ h’.vy jTfard, on tho Delaware, comer Front and Prime afreets, . , Northern libertlee Gae Worke, Malden, below Front street. t ■ - ’ )**?•« „*?• ® o ? k .opposllo the Ex .■foatOtßce.Kenelngtan, Frankfotd rout, below Bhackn- Spring OalliwUU, near Eighth Dockrtreei? 1 * , El<:luul * o i «n>«r Third, Walnut and , 'ThlladdlpM'aOaeWt/rike,'Twentietli and Market; oihee, No.BS.Berenth etroet, ; a:... •. . p) Institute foe Deaf.ahd jhitnh, Broad and atmo< tt,B^’ e *^^° Beach, ai,°7o ghutkamaxon High School, s, E. corner Brood and Green * S—TCC *B , . s nS!‘.$ N ? r Si 1Bol i?“ , > Stwi» Ninth ! Reoorder’s Office, No t 8 State House, east wing'. \ State House, between Fifth and Sixth streets. ' Sheriff’s Office, State House, near Sixth street. °f Chestnut and" Jtml}>er -Gray’s Ponytoad, near Fede-' : 2 a T^^L uraj a 0n t^6 ;ikin 7 near South street. T«W^dW^ m /tr‘eSta° !6ttog mrßer ot ■rnsgfi&fS3L 08iM - corner of - a. - , CDi-nOQoH. , College of Pharmaey.’Zaoo etreet, above Seventh. 'B'i.Halneeetreet, weet oCßixth. College, Ridge fo&d and College Avenua. - Homaopathle Medical College, Flllwrt street, above Elaventh..;’ ■ ■ • ■ - . JefTewon MedicalCollege. Tenth street, below Gootgo: Wjcal Institute, Eocusf, above Eleventh street.' ’ = Poljteennic College, comer Morket. and West Penn i F[ ■ Peijnsyivanla Medical College, Ninth etrt'ot, ehclow Locust; ’ / - 4 - ‘ ( Medlcal College, Fifth street,, below - Female Medical College, 229 Arch streot ‘ GnivCTEitrof-Pennsylvania,• Nloth ; street, between Market and Chestnut. 1 °/ Free‘Medicine and Popular Knowledge, NO. 88 ATcn street. -’ .- *-•'■ '■•' " •‘f.OCJLYIdIt OF CODRTB. ™-SS l 5f 1 Sktes .Circuit and District Courts, No, 24 Fifth Street, below Chestnut.' ; ' .Supreme Court of Fsnhsylvuila, Fifth and Chestnut streets. ». i.i-;,. - : °* Common Finn, Inderandencn Hall. Dhtriot Oourts, Nob. l awl o. cornec of Sixth' and Qhestaut eti-ceta. - ..... ... Court of Quartßt gMBh-iui, corner of Sixth and Chest nut streets,'’ ■'• ••-*-• BCLioiOUS TNSTITPTIOSS. , American Baptiet Publication Society, No, 118 Arch itreet,,; 1 '!- 1 r : j j .*■: , •'* ’ Americas and lorelgn Christian Union, No. 144 Chest jut street. • • . * . American Sdadag School Union, No. 316 Chestnut treat, , ~ AmMoah Tract Society, new No. 929 Ohestaut. Monontst, 1 Crown street, below CallowhUl street. BiW “ W Board of Publication, No/ 286 Chestnut House, No. 1834: Chestnut '.-I, , . , j . t i , ■( , , OhHßtlan Association, No. 162 Chestnut ’®U®Jend Periodical Office (T. Mreet, first bouse below oixtn street, north aide. , ,< . • y i ~ " ; * ,www *n lww "^ „ . ~ J RAILROAD LINES. - F C .?n m f®r-pepQl,'-Eleventh end Market. ?Ae I £ -,^ l i t ra T^ PI S?J‘ al, * l » »“■! the West. W?eJ» r PUMmrjjh »nd the West, r HaSWlatraw and Columbia. ' SrX * vAccommodation Train for Lancaster Jt P.M.V fijtpreiSMall for Pi«ab a «h andlheWcst. Vzn i M u dt s g B»*ad «»d Vine. • 7,3o.A,*!,,.Express Traini for'Pottering Williamsport, - • •Elmira and Niagara Palls. . ’ 3.30 P/M,,as above (Night Kxpresg Train.) JQThLxnes, ... 1 a ' S‘» via Jersey City, 6 A* Mi, from Camden, Accommodation Train " A, XL, from Camden, tia Jersey City, Mail. 10 A-bf., front Walnut street wharf, viaJeraey city. SE'H** 1 ? ' / 8 P* p-),T» Camden, Accommodation Train. s«‘*-?»Y--“*U£ OmneeUfut Lines.. *' 0 A;from Walnut street wharf, for Belvidere,Easton, ~ -• ■ • Water Gap. Scrautoa, Ac. # A.M.yfer freehold,'*'-. ' >, 4 J& &i ,Walnut street wharf,’ ' A whirr.. “f* for Mount Holly, Burlington,Ac/' ba m R.—Depot,Broad and Prime. BA. for BaUiraore, Castle, Mid a !fi w‘d°> Bal U?J? Wilmington, and Now Castle. - 4 * 16 *25 Wilmington New, Castle, Middletown, - > Dover, and Beaford. 1 ’ CP. My forPerrtTille; Past Freight. 11P. M., for Baltimore and Wilmfmrton. North Pennayltmnio R. Prontand Willow. 'H 6 L&’ f £ “S Chunk, ic. 4P. M,i for Boylejftown, Accommodation - "0.3 d P. My for GwYnedd. Accommodation ‘ ! Gam4ettan4 Atfantuß: N;—Vine ktreet wharf 7.30 A/M., for Atlantic City. an. 10.45 A.for Haddonfleld. SP. 11., for Atlantic City, -.iy 6.46 for.Qaddonfield. • 1 For- Westchester. \ - By Columbia B. B,and Westchester Branch. - Prom Market street, south side, above Eighteenth. l 80.MDAY3 ' Leave Philadelphia 7 A.M. . „ “• P. M. _ Direct Jlailroad,open to PennClUm, Grubbs „ Itrldg i. , . ? . , r i .■? northewt Eighteenth and Market streets, hekv? madelphia 0, and 9 A.M., 2.4, and BP. M. • Sfnnel)*,, OrnHs Bridge,,?, 8, andll A. M, and !„ „ * and 8 P.M. On'Saturdays last train from Pennelton at 7 A. 11. - " ■ '. Ok' SoMDAva . ; Leave Philadelphia 8 A.M. and 2P. M. - “ -penneltonO){A.M.and(PP.M; Ri R<—Depots, oth and 4 ' 45 ’ 6^S > ' nd 1116 V ' M ‘> . 8 A ; .‘ ML and 3P. M,, for Bovrnlngtewu B, 4,0, S ,and,9, . fihetttr YaUtjt U. '^.ULe»TC‘PhlladelphlaJj ttu{ i E>' 'Lpaye Downingtown A. M.* and 1P- SC: s vi , '. I : i r''-.'‘,'oTEiiiißpAsMNislV ,V." !! , P, M/.'Bichfthi ‘ Stockton, for' Bordenrtown, from ry / Walnut street wharf. ~ . . .. W arid 11/46ArM Vand 4 P. if., forTacoriiy. Burlln*. ton and Bristol, from Walnut street vGia rf. • s Boston, and Kennebec, for Cape • ’ • May, first pier below Bpruco street. t .i 7.80 A.M.,and 3, 3,and OPr M,, John A. Warner ;J>V>.‘t for-BcistolAßtnr-’ i. ,P , A. B^i ! for Cape >Jay. every" 'SiautUcr’s ©nibe. THE WEEKLY PRESS. The Cheapest and Best Weekly Newspaper * 7l the Country, Great lcducpments to Clubs- On the 15th of August the first number of Thb Week ly P&BU3 will be Issued from the City of Philadelphia. It will bo‘published every Saturday. The Weekly Pusas wUI be conducted upon National' principles; 1 and will uphold the rights of.the'States. It will resist fanaticism lo every shape; and will-be devo ted to conservative doctrines, as the true foundation of publio prosperity and social order. Such a weekly jour nal has long been desired In the United States, and it is to gratify this want that Thb Weekly Pbess will be published. ' Thb Weekly Press will be printed on excellent white paper, clear, new type, and in quarto form, for biuding. It will contain the news of'the day; Correspondence from tho Old World.and the New; Domestio Intelli gence ; Reports of tho various Markets; Literary Re views ; Miscellaneous Selections; the progress of Agri culture in all its various' departments, Ac. , 05* Ttrms invariably in advance* ■The Weekly Press will be Sent to subscribers, by mall, per annum, at;...,;...... $2 00 Three copies for 6 00 Five copies f0r,,...:'. 8 00 Ten copies f0r....,; 12 00 Twenty copies, when sent to one address 20 00 twenty copies, or over, to address of each subscri ber, each, per annum. 1 20 For a club of twenty-one, or over, we will send on extra copy to the getter-up of the Club. Post Masters are requested, to act as agents for Tps Weekly Pbsss. . JOHN W. FORNEY, , ; ; Editor and Proprietor. Publication Office of The Weekly Press, No. 417 Chestnut street,'Philadelphia. : ° i ' l ‘ ;\ v WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 19, 1857, TUOMAS DICK AND EUGENE SUE. The same mail from Europe which brought intelligence of the death of Euqkhk Sufi also bore tidings of tlie demise of Dr. Thomas Diqic, author of « The Christian Philosopher,” and many other works written in vindication of the sacred and sublime truths of Revolution works which, particularly in Scotland, have been circulated most extensively, consoling, teaching, and elevating the minds of millions. He ran his earthly course in pain and poverty. Ho did hot sit at rich men’s tables. Hewaanot clothed in purple and fine linen. He had scanty, simple fare, and knew no luxury, save, the luxury of doing his duty. In the fullest and most beneficent manner he was a Teacher of the People; devoted to scientific studies, and hod the art—so rare and so valuable—of writing on these difficult and abstruse subjects so plainly, that even the peasantry of bis na tive land could understand him. Nor was his character unknown, unappreciated, or uri honored in this country. His numerous works (moral, religious, and scientific), were largely reprinted and circulated all over the Union. Hia name was even as a household word among hosts of serious-minded, thought ful, religious people. American travellers who visited Scotland often wont out of their way to visit him at his humble cottage, in the villsge of Broughty Ferry, on tho banks of the silvery Tay. There they found an aged man, infirm of body but strong of mind, acute, and learned ; poor in worldly riches, but whose life had indeed been devoted to laying up, for himself treasures in heaven. The American heart warmly sympathized with this fine old man, and, a few years ago, some be novolent and wealthy citizens of Philadelphia practically illustrated their sentiment toward him, by presenting him. with a handsome pe cuniary gift, as some provision lor his closing days. Strangely .enough, this American libe rality led to Dr. Diox’b receiving some jus tice, tardy and small enough, ftom the hands of the British Government. He was the reci pient of a small pension, (£6O a year,) and, .limited ag this dole was, it sufficed for his ■humble wants. ..Ho di,ed„afortnight ago, at Broughty Ferry, at the ripe age of eighty flyo. . About d rather be One of those hinds that round mo tread, With just enough’ of sense to see The noonday’s sun that’s o’er his head, Than thus, with high-built genius curst, - That hath no heart for. its foundation— pM-U, at onoe, that’s brightest, worst, ] Subiimest, meanest in oreation. ” PHILADELPHIA, WED THE UNITED STATES ARSENAL, Tlie United States Arsenal, located on the 1 Gray’s Ferry Road, a short distance beyond the/ Naval Asylum, occupies grounds of ton acres jin! extent. They word purchased by the Generals Government In 1800. At that time< they wejo' far out of town,” but they-are now immef diately on tho outskirts of the improved fiijd built-up portions of onr city.. Tho principals buildings consist- of- four substantial brick' edifices, each about one hundred feet in length) which form the four sides of an ’open square.-. In the centre of tho square is a large cistern,-, in which tho water is collected from the roojS of the adjoining buildings, surmounted by ■'& large fire engine. Oyer this is erected a hand-! some little building, beautifying the central’ plat of ground and apparently merely orna mental, but its doors and windows can be rii moved in a few seconds, and it thus serves to', conceal an efficient apparatus for protection against fire. -h; Tlie Arsenal has been, over since its. cfetji tion, and is at- the present time, used is thp great dopot of manufacture and ■iloposlt fjf, everything pertaining to tlie apparel and equip ment of all • tho soldiers of the army oi' thj)! United States, as well as of tents, musical M! straments, ami fiu&s. ’All supplies ofsnchXßif cies are furnished ftom lids establishment, -® the .clothing of some fifteen • thousand something of an undertaking, its-operationSpq necessarily on an extensive scale. TijQ’ftoe)p on hand rarely, if. ever, falls short,-' In of $1,000,000. Orders are continually bblni’ received for supplies. One of the largest lately received and filled wa3 for ■ the equip! inent of the troops ordered to Utah. The’ clothing thus sent away is packed up in a pe|; culiar hut very compact and excellent manner! By a powerful press it is condonsed into thfj smallest possible space. It is then wrapped up inhales, about three feet in length, covered with canvas, which is thickly coated with paint on the inside, whilo its outside seams aria covered with wax. It is thus rendered water! proof. On several occasions bales put up in this manner have fallen overboard from! vessels in which they were being transported j and when picked up, after having beon floating! for days in tho water, their contents were per fectly dry and uninjured. Tho object in.using suoh bales is partly to have them of convenient weight for handling, but more particularly to adapt them to mule transportation over the rough and primitive roads of frontier regions.! Three such packages make a load for amule one being placed on each side and one on thoj back of the animal. - i Of tho four main buildings, that on tliej northern side is occupied as residences by pet- j sons engaged in the business of the Ar senal. That on tho eastern side is a store house for raw material and for boots and caps. That on the southern side is used as the cntti|fg room for the articles manufactured, as well as a place of inspection. That on the western side, is used as a store-house of the made-up; clothing. Theroare also a number of smaller! buildings on different portions of the grounds)', nearly all of which are occupied as by employees of the Arsenal. !■ s. The raw material used in the nmnufhctur& of the articles needed is furnished by contract! It is cut at tho Arsenal, and given out -to be' made up. A large number of persona, includq! ing many tailorcsses and shoemakers, are thus furnished with employment. ! y- q .The stock of clothing in the western bnlld| ing is constantly very large. Each soldier the service is yearly furnished with one cb#)s two pairs of pantaloons, three shirts, and pairs of drawers, a leather stock, four paWof! shoes, stockings, caps, etc. They apf®l supplied with great coats, beds, blankets, quito bars, touts, etc. Tho clothing ißAhlidtH of four sizes, and any alterations nwegjfi&jSrll secure a St are,made by. the.. company tho troops, ifho clothing is ail well, -made, of rather coarse, but very substnjitiat .material. All the foot soldiers are furnished .with frock coats, and tlie mounted soldiers witl/ jroundabouts or jackets. Tho light blue jackets iwo seo upon now recruits are only given to them. ‘When they became thirty initiated into' the service they obtain frock coats if foot sol diers, and another style of jackets if horsemen, whether dragoons, mounted riflemen, or mount ed artillerymen. Tho various grades of rank among tlie different non-commissioned officers -are indicated by stripes worn on the arm, which differ in color, material, and arrangement, ac cording to tho grade of tho officers and tho branches of the servico to which they arc at tached. Tho coats or jackots of the soldiers Indicate by tlie color of tho cord around their collars the branch of tlie service to which they arc attached. Each soldier also wears a brass letter indicating his company, and a figure in dicating the number of his regiment. Four tents are given to each company. There are also tents for the officers and for hospital use. EMANCIPATION IN THE FRONTIER STATES OF THE SOUTH. A writer in the Southern (Ky.) &gis, whose views are ably supported by the editor of the Lexington (Ky.) Statesman, argues calmly yet forcibly against the attempt to make Kentucky a free State. It may interest some of our readers toßce his theory: But even if the admission could be made that the institution of domestic servitude has been the prolific source of innumerable evils to Kentucky, what is tl\c remedy which the wisdom of these reformers has enabled them to discover? With a sagacity which is truly amazing, they propose to raise a sufficient sum to purchase all the Blaves in the State from their owners, and then emancipate them. There are now over 210,000 slaves in Kentucky, who are employed in the cultivation of the soil, and the rational supposition is that the produce of their labor adds to the material prosperity of tho Commonwealth. Now libe rate them and seo the result. Do you make white men of them by allowing them a nomi nal freedom? Can you cause the Ethiopian to change the color of his skin? Or are ne groes in Kentucky different in their character istics from the African race elsewhere? If they are not, you will soon find that the eman cipated negro will not work; and bow the prosperity of the State is to bo enhanced by transforming nearly a quarter of a million of useful laborers into idle, worthless vagabonds, is a problem rather difficult of solution. Before tho adoption of this plan for amelio rating the condition of Kontucky, and putting ijer upon an equal footing with Ohio, it would be well to inquire what has been the result of similar experiments in other localities. Com pare Cuba with Jamaica. The former still re tains the institution of slavery; and even under the illiberal policy of the Spanish Government, which cramps the energies of her white popu lation, the exports from the island are immense. In the latter the negroes have been emancipa ted and will not work; and oven under English laws, which are the best in tho world, with the exception of ouv own, that once magnificent and productive colony is fast becoming a mere wilderness of barbarians. Aud wlmt has been tho history of San Domingo ? A reference to authentic records will show us what it once was when the “ curse of slavery” rested upon it, and what it now is under the benign influence of “ universal emancipation.” From the pages of the historian Alison, we take the following extract: “ Long before tho war commenced, or tho fleets of France had felt the weight of British strength; before one shot had been fired on the ocean, or one harbor blockaded by a hostile squadron, tho basis on which the French mari time power rested had been destroyed. Not the conquest pf the NHo or the conflagration of Toulon; not tho catastropho of Camper down or the thunderbolt of Trafalgar, ruined tho navy of France. t Severe as those blows were, they were not irremediable; while lior colonies remained, tho means of repairing them existed. It was the rashness of ignorant legislation which inflicted the fatal wound, tho fumes of revolutionary enthusiasm which produced consequences that could nover bo repaired. “ San Domingo, the greatest, with the ex ception of Cuba, and beyond all question be fore the revolution tho most flourishing of the lyest India Islands, is about a hundred marine leagues, or three hundred English miles, in length, and its ra&tra breadth is about thirty leaguos, or ninety miles. ♦ f * * The produce of the island, aud the commerce which it maintained with tho mothor country before the commencement of the troubles, were immense. The French part alone raised a greater quantity .of colonial produce than the whole British Islands taken together. Its exports -amounted to the enormous value of 168,000,000 francs} and the gross prodace, including the ( Spanish portion, IDAY, AUGUST 19, 1857. .fmounted to 460,000,000 francs; while its ■imports in manufactures of the parent State were no less than 250,000,000. lifore pan half of this immense produce was re pported from Franco to other States, and Bie commerce thence arising was the chief support of tho maritime power. Sixteen hun- Btea vessels and twenty-seven thousand sailors Sere employed in conducting all the branches wf this vast colonial trade. With so magnificent France hud no occasion to envy i&e, .‘dependencies of all other States put to- KCtlier. ft was this splendid and unequalled sgMouial possession which tho French nation fqvray and destroyed, at tho commonce of the'revolution, with a recklessness and Improvidence of which the previous history of toe. world had afforded no example.” In the preceding paragraph the historian al radea to- the emancipation of the blacks, a jpeasure .which was strenuously opposed by thb,most enlightened statesmen of France, but avliich was finally carried in the National As-‘ l^ilttbly. Freedom was conferred on all persons ; gf color in tho island. This was soon followed by a collision between tho two races and by tho Adoody extermination of the whites. France perceived her error, and attempted to re jjpin her lost dominion. But the fatal climate prept off tho European troops by thousands, tad tho rnpture of fho treaty of Amienß and Hie-interposition of a' British fleet prevented line necessary reinforcements. Ultimately pie whole island was abandoned to the blacks, who' have never since been molested. And yhat lias been the result ? It can bo given In •£ few words. In 1789 tlie population of win'Domingo was 600,000. In 1832 it was /iBP,OOp. In 1789 the quantity of sugar ex y!fp*a from-tlie island was 672,000,000 lbs. ■fnqi.B32 not a single pound was exported. ;lu; .1789 the number, of vessbls employed in rfitaaewfs 1680. In 1832 but one vessel was Sfipidydd, In 1789 the negro population, unucr the control of a superior race, were ac ,«Vjsly and usefully engaged in productive Kbor, and were constantly increasing in num | Since then a vast proportion of that population died out from starvation and dis- induced by idleness and vicious habits, bind at no distant day the miserable remnant Bjpll be swept from existence, unless they are ilbsoued from the terrible fate which awaits ipom by tho white race reconquering the sland and bringing them back to civilization. • Such liavc been the abundant blessings con ftrred upon the blacks by emancipation in Other- countries; and the result would lead us to suppose that it will be sometime before lanti-slavery journals and Abolition orators (trill be able to persuade the people of Ken -fncky to try the hazardous experiment of en iSjancing tho prosperity of the State by turning -loose over 200,000 beings of an inferior race lio become a horde of paupers and felons in jtheir midst. If such a policy should ever jprevail, we apprehend that it would not be uong before Kentucky would again become «the dark and bloody ground.” ■* CORRESPONDENCE. FROM LONG BEACH* of The Press.] Long Beach, August J 5,1857. Sojourning hero for a few Gays on an island Bur :rounded by the waters of tho Tuckcrton Bay and !.sbe Atlantic, and enjoying in perfection tho freah ,‘broeacfl from tAe sea, while my ear is constantly prinking in the sweet music with which the ronrof ffche ocean is so richly freighted, and having a few moments, I have thought, perchance, a letter "M U> the locality of the place, its amusements, oto., ■'might' not prove unintoresting to your legion of leaders. The point from which I write is about ipqui-distani botween Atlantic City and Barnegat, and is accessible from the former by steamboat, r£hich makes daily excursions for the benefit of [yifitters at this old and favorite place of resort and xWMeatiou. Tho hotel, which is large and comino ,dious, and oapablo of accommodating two hundred '|incl twenty-five visitors, is under tho supervision foT Mr. 0, P. Stewart, who, in addition to his inul -.Hfarioufi duties as manager of tho house, has also charge' of ono of tho Government station-houses -trhfch dot the coast about every five mites between Siuxdy Hook and Cape May. That your readers understand the object of these buildings erect fKPnnd Equipped out of tho public funds, I will in |prm them that ihoir contents consist of the finest jtaAnie'surf-boats and life-cars, mounted upon gfrecially adapted to their speedy convey pf tho good sloop Eliza Ann, for a few days, and they will bo able to go homo with bottor luck than attends the fishermon in your region. Tbero being Mi absence of everything like formality hero, with a general desire upon tho part of the host, waiters) and all concernod in tho management of the estab lishment, to contribute to the comfort of the guests, there is nothing to do but “ go in” and enjoy yourself to tho largest extent. I hud almost for gotten to say anything of tho “ surf,” which is in «vcry reapeot the equal of Capo May, and with perhaps a much less dangerous shore. But a few hundred yards up tho coast, deeply imbedded in the sand, is the wrock of tho packot ship Georgia, which wont ashore at this placo some five orsix years ago, heavily laden with a valuable cargo, and a largo number of possongors, all of whom woro saved. Somo five or six milos farthor up is the fatal spot whore, during a severe «torai in March, 1855, tho Powhatan, with three hundred and sixty-eight passengers, besides theorow, were all loatr-not ono being left to tell tho sad story of tho great disastor. The loss of this vessel, with such an iiqmonso sacri fice of human lifo, sent a thrill of horror through tile public mind, and the provisions to which I have alluded, to avert so great a calamity in the fhture, was tho result. I must not negleot to ap prize you that the Phebs, with its columns teeiu ipg with nows and information of the most vahm-, ble character, is rccoived hero daily, and all agree it is no longer an experiment, but, in your own ex pressive language, *• an institution.” Tho want of such a journal has boon for n long time apparent in your city, and for your public spirit and enterprise in filling suoh an important vacuum I can only hope you may bo hourly in receipt of long lists of subscribers, and that fame and fortune may crown your efforts ingiving tho people such an eminently useful paper. Yours truly, BuECiimitn. FROM DANVILLE. [Correspondence of Tbo Press.] Danvii.lu, Aug. 17, 1857. Tho Democratic Convention of Montour county met at tho Court House, in Danville, on Monday, August 17th; and on motion, Hon. Joseph Doan was eßosen President, and J. W. Sheriff and James MoKoe, Secretaries. Thu following nominations woro made: Congress—Paul Lcidy, Esq., of Danville; Pro* thonotftTy—George D. Butler, of Danvillo; Com missioner—Win. MoNinch, of Cooper township; Audito*—David Blue of Valley township The fol lowing persons woro chosonconforoos: Congressional confereos, to meet similar, com posing tho district of Montour, Columbia, Luzurno, and Wyoming—Samuel Jlommor, and John Dean, Jr. Senatorial conferees, composing tho district of Columbia, Montour, Northumberland, and Snyder counties—Edward Morrison and Ooorgo Billmyor. Representative conferees, composing the district of Montour, Columbia, Sullivan, and Wyoming coun ties—GuteliusSnydor, Esq., and J. Reeso Philips. Tho above is a oorreotoopy of the proceedings. I remain yours, Invisible. On tho opening of the court at Washington city, on Monday morning, tho hung jury in tho riot case carao in and reported thoir inability to agree, ond were consequently discharged. It is said that thoy stood seven for conviction and five for acquittal. On disposing of this jury tho court adjourned sine die, the next regular torm com mencing on the first Monday of Doeomber noxt. Consequently the riot eases, os well as all others pending, will hare to lie over until that time, | For Thb Press. JOTTINGS OF TRAVEL. HUGH MILLER. OF CROMARTY. ■ The recent sad death of this distinguished Scotchman, anothorviclim to an o’erwroughtbrain, reoalls to my memory the living man, as I saw him one bright summer morning, more than a year ago, in Edinburgh. Ho was standing in front of Scott’s monument, lost in contemplation over the genius of one who fell, as tho poor man wm also soon to fall, a martyr to !i,telleotual toil. No sooner was he pointed out to n,o as Miller than my eyes were rivoted upon him, os my mind had lieensome months before upon that most remarkable book of his, “Tho VeatigCßof Creation.”. I£o gtood theb before me, a massive, rough-hewn, and broad chested man, who looked as if really, to use his own words, “he could lift breast high the lifting stone of the Dropping Cave of Cromarty.” ■ There he lingered in front of that beautiful monument. The hurrying crowd went by, anil all the stirring toil of a busy streot was around him, but he heeded not, for his own great mind was communing with the spirit of tho past, recalling the toils and triumphs of that mighty master of romance who hod wovon a spell around every lake and moun tain of his nativo land, and to whoso memory a grateful people had erected this boautiful monu ment. I could not belp being struck, as I gazed upon him standing in that saored spot, with head un covered in reverential-silenee, at the massiveness of hi 9 brain. It ,wns a head requiring a hat which would .most certainly distinguish nine-tenths of tho men of- my acquaintance, Hia countcnnncp was oast in the mould of Scotch ugliness; but Its hard linos and stem features wore redeemed by the soft light of as gentle a blue eye as I ever saw in woman. Coming from the east coastof Scotland* from that half Scandinavian population ing the shores of the Gorman Ocean from Fife.to Caithness, with the blood of several venturesome sailors and drowned men in his veins, his physical appoaranoo had somewhat in it, I must confess, of the rudeness and roughness of his origin. No cse, however, could see that brood massive brow, over hanging those mild, tender eyes, without feeling that he was gazing upon no ordinary man. I longed to speak with him, if only to exchange the saluta tions of the morning with one whose literary labors I so much admired, and whose faculty of clothing tho abstruse things of science with a oharm un known before w&i9 so wonderful. But I did not presume to intrude upon the solemnity of his thoughts, standing there in the majesty of his man hood, before tho conseorated shrine of Sootland. Soon he mingled in the throng of that busy street, and I saw him no more. Several months ago the steamer brought' tho news of his death—and such a death. Who could read with dry oyes that sad note, “to tho fair-haired lassie of Cromarty ” he had made his wifo, and for whose sake, at the mature age of thirty, ho had left tho bumble pursuit of a stone fiioson, to how for himself, in the modern Athens, a monument more durable than rock! In that sad note, written when the mental chords were all jangling and out of tune, how tho agonized soul groans forth its anguish. “ Dearest Lydia: My brninburns—l must have walked, and a fearful dream arises upon me. I cannot hoar the horrible thought. God and Father of my Lord Jesus Christ, have meroy upon me.” A short hour of comparative quiet, after writing these sad words, the horrible vision, whatever it was, returns, and in tho midst of the thick dark ness that encompasses him he falls in his despera tion by his own hand. .Thus perished, in tho height of his fame, the gifted author of "The Old Rod Sandstone,” and the “Footprints of tho Creator.” Hugh Miller was another instance of the attain ment of high distinction from low beginnings—as the lark, whose nest is on the ground, soars the nearest to heaven. Thirty-eight years ago, the Cromarty stone mason came to Edinburgh, having found himself famous ono morning as tho author of a pamphlet advocating tho cause of the “Non-Intrusion Party ot tho Church of Scotland”—a literary production which, to use the words of Mr. Gladstone, mani fested a mastery of pure, elegant, and masouline English, such as even a trained Oxford scholar must have envied! But he had boon before tho world as an author ere this. His "Sceoos and Legends of the North of Scotland” gave tho first evidence'lo tho world of thoso imaginative powers, that genius for de scription, which afterwards, when more culture had been allowed, shone forth so conspicuously in that charming work, "First Impressions of England,” or that still more charming production, “My Schools and Schoolmasters, or the Story of My Education.” No one who possesses these works but will bo struck with tho power of their descriptions. How life-like—how real! Ono after rootling them has but to close his eyes, and memory will bring buck loving visions of sweet inland glon3, created for nuthing but the hush of tho waterfall; clusters of hamlets, each under its own patch of stars; roinoto village churchyards, studded with homely moss ombrowned tombstones; rocky caves and promon tories, where ono hoars ever “tho sullen swinge” of tho lonely sea! Wherever Miller moved, thcro woro always two things that had for him an irre sistible attraction—tho geology aud humanity of tho district in which ho lived. As was well said by ono who knew him long, “ With hia pocket fall of fossils, ho would go miles to see a battle field of Wallace; nor in all his geological tours did he ever pass by a Covonanter’agravo ” But, although capable of attaining the highest rank in the literary world, tho strength of his fame rests upon his servioes in one of tho most important departments of natural soience—geology. On the beach and among the rocks of his native dis trict he had piekod up fossils and othor objects of natural history, and in his various journeying 3 as an operative had so extended his operations, that he had become, before he was fully aware of it, a solf-taught geologist. He had broken in upon more than ono field of geology in which no one had pre ceded him, and made discoveries that astounded the scientific world. He had boon called to Edin burgh to take charge of a prominent journal, and in its pages first made their appearance the papers whioh ho afterwards published collectively under tho titlo of “Tho Old Hod Sandstono.” The ge ologists of tho Old and New World were in raptures. At a meeting of tho British Association, Murchon gon and Buckland spoke of theso expositions of the Scottish atone mason u as having cast plain geolo giit3liko themselves completely in the shade.” These expositions were followed by other contribu tions to his favorito ecionoo, but by none moro able than his work styled “ Tho Foot Prints of tho Crea tor,'’ in which ho completely demolished his col- Icge-bred antagonist, tho author of that dangerous book, “Tho Vestiges of the Natural History of Croation.” Hugh Millor and “Old Bod Sand stone” are names indissolubly united inEdinburgh; and I was told whilo tboro, that even among the common people he was known by tho name of “Old Red.” In his moro literary efforts ono is struok by his extensive acquaintance with tho English literature of tho last century, in particular with its Swifts, its Addisons, its Popes, Shenatone3, and Goldsmiths. That pure, clear, sparkling style of his came most certainly from the pur© wells, those undofilod waters of tho English classics, for at these fountains did tho stone-mason of Cromarty certainly slake his thirst. Tho great work of his life was finished tho day boforo hia death. It is a learned treatise upon tho geology of Scotland. Upon this great labor bis mind was shipwrecked. The mighty toil, tho patient and thorough research, the con fining application, wore all too much for even his gieat physical framo, and that “ Noble aud most sovereign reason. Like sweet bells jangled out of tune and harsh, M at Inst gave way and hurried him to the grave of the suicide. [For Tho Press Hume says : “ Tho figuro whioh a man makes in life, tho recoption which ho meets with in company, tho esteem paid to him by his acquaintances—all theso advantages depend as muoh upon hia good sense and judgment, as upon any othor pnrt of bis character. Had n man the boat intentions in tlio world, and woro they farthest removed from all injustice and violence, ho would never be able to make bimsolf much regarded, without a mode rate share, at least, of parts and understanding. Tact outstrips talent, bocauso tact is evor on tho alert to say and do smart things; whilo talent, witli moro dignity, wails for tho opportunity. Written at the end of his Bible, by Sir William Jones: ‘•Tho Scriptures independently of a Divino origin, more true sublimity, more exquisite beauty, purer morality, moro important history, and finer strulns, both of pootry ana eloquence, than could be collected within the same compass from all other books that wero evor composed fn any age or in any idiom. The two parts of whioh the Scriptures con sist are connected by a chain of compositions whioh boar no resemblanco in form or style to any that can he produoedfrom the stores of Grooiun, Persian, or oven Arabian leftroing, The antiquity of these compositions no man doubts, and the unrestrained application of them to events long subsequent to their application is a solid ground of belief that they were genuine productions and consequently inspired”* Tho American Fire Company, of Lancaster, Pa., havo passeS resolutions inviting all tho Are companies of that eity to participate in the recep tion of the Friendship Fire Company of Baltimore, on their arrival at Lancaster on the 11th of Sep tember, TWO GENTS. GENERAL NEWS. The Shakers of Berkshire county, Mass., have recently erected a circular barn of two storips, one hundred feet in diameter, containing stalls for seventy head of cattle, and two large calf stables. The stalls are ranged in a circle next the outer wall, with the heads of tho cattle inward. Within this circle is 'a broad alley, and within that the great “bay” for stowing hay and straw. Over the stalls is the threshing floor, upon which a dozen loads of hay may be hauled, at once, and unloaded into the “ bay.” A painful accident occurred on Saturday to Wm. A. Mickle, Esq., a farmer, residing at Mill Valley, about two miles west of Middleburgh, Sohoharie county. He got up a “bee,” for the purpose of bark-peeling, and late in the afternoon, while engaged stripping a tree which had just been out down, ho was struck on the breast by tho limb of another tree, «which fell unexpectedly near whore he was at work. Mr. M. was immediately carried to his residence and medical aid provided, but bia injuries were of so serious a nature that he died during thp night. Tho prbperty known as Locke’s Mills, in Armagh township, Pa.,‘ was discovered to be on fire on Saturday; afternoon week, and in a short time all the buildings connected with the mill and distillery, nine or ten in number, with most of their contents, wero consumed. Thors were con sumed from, nine to ten thousand bushels of corn, a considerable quantity of rye, alcohol, barrels, and other things connected with the .manufacture, making their total loss from sl*o,ooo to $35,000 $16,000 of which is covered by insurance. •' . The Postal Prepayment law, it seems, is not yet universally understood. We see In the last Alexandria Sentinel a notice of fourteen letters being detained in the post office of that eity on account of the non-payment of postage. The pro bability is that a majority of said cases occur, not so much from a misapprehension of the law 6n the SUbjaot as irom correspondentsput stamps on their letters. 1 ' Two men, named Morgan Lake and Pulver Madison, on Sunday afternoon started from the Whale Dock at- Poughkeepsie, to swim across the river. When about one-third of the way over Madison suddenly disappeared, and was drowned. Lake swam across and started to return, but was met by a boat and taken on board in an exhausted condition. Mr. Madison was about 40 years of age, and leaves a wife and family. De Bow’s mortality statistics show that the people of the United States are the healthiest on the globe. The deaths are three hundred and twenty thousand per year, or one and one-third per cent, of tho population. In England the Tatio is over two por cent., and in Franco nearly three per cent. Virginia and North Carolina are tho health iest of the States, nml have six hundred and thir ty-eight inhabitants over ©no hundred years of age. John Irvine, a retired surgeon, died lately near Londonderry, Ireland, aged 73 years. The aeoeased was a surgeon of the British ship Gucrriore when captured by the United States frigate Constitution, in .1812; also, surgeon of the Endymion, and was severely wounded when serv ing m the boats of that Bhip in the attack upon the American privnteor Prince de Neufchatel, off Na ntucket, in 1814. Counterfeit bills of the denomination of tens and twenties of the Quebeo Bank uro in circulation. They arc altered from ohm, and well done. The genuine are a different plate. The counterfeit tens have the numeral X instead of 10; and the lettering Twextv in tho false twenties encroaches on the first letter of “ Currenoy” following. A youth or young mau, named George Ab bott,had an altercation with a man named Thomas Dickens, in Falmouth, Stafford county, Va.. on Thursday last, which resulted fatally with the last named. Dickenshad left Abbott, when the latter throw a brick, striking Dickonson the head, which resulted in his death on Tuesday evening. Charles Cahoon, of Canton, N. Y., was riding with hia uncle, with a loaded rifle standing, between them, when a dog sprang out and com menced barking. Mr. Cahoon, in leaning over to strike the dog, moved the lock of the gun, and it was discharged, the contents passing through his vitals, and killing him instantly. Schooner Montezuma, which returned on Thursday to Boston from Bay St. Lawrence, 'picked up three men on Wednesday, about ninety miles from Capo Ann. They belonged to schooner Texan, of and forEastport, from New York, which was capsized same morning by a squall. . When resouea, thoy had been clinging to the bottom of the wreck about twelve hours. Dr. Hauchett’s entire theatrical properties, which wero gotten up at an expense of several thousand dollars, were sold a few dftys since at Wellsburg for $l6. Hanchett managed a theatre at Wheeling for some time, but the arrangement “ didn’t pay,” “couldn’t bo made to pay,” and the result was he put for parts unknown, leaving the properties to be “knocked down” by the oon stablo. Gen. Daniel S. Lee, of Mfssonri, late con sul of the United States at Basle, in Switzerland, died in Washington city at half-past one o’clock on Saturday afternoon lost, of tetanus, or lock-jaw, occasioned by a wound he had received in tho foot by the accidental discharge of : n pistol-in hb own hand. On Saturday last the thermometer at Cin cinnati ranged from 98 to 100 degrees in the shade. Five men were sun struck, one of whom died, and another was not expected, to recover. The St. Louis Insurance Company, of St. Louis, on Wednesday declared a dividend of fif teen poreont out of tho profits of tho last quar ter’s business. The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company announces the completion of its independent lino of track over and around tho hill at the Broodtree tunnel, on tho Wheeling or main branch of the road, bo that passengers aro passed over in thirty minutes with safety and facility. The Indianapolis Journal of Thursday warns the public against the issues of a new shlnplaster banking concern at Gosport, Ind., called the “Citi zens’ Bank.” Tho Journal suys, “Itis a stranger to tho auditor of State, and tho bill-holders have no protection in the redemption of its notes.” A letter in the New Orleans Picayune, from tho parish of Plaquemines, La., dated July 31, says: “ Never have the prospects of the sugar cron been more choerine. Tho rise, although a little backward, will yield a rich harvest to our industrious farmers.” Mr. Charles Moran, the now President of the Erie Railroad Company, has written a sort of moral essay on railroad management. His two leading measures of reform are higher rates of fare and freight and lower rates of speed. A boarding-house keeper in Baltimore ad vertises to “furnish gentlemen with pleasant and comfortable rooms, also one or two gentlemen with wives.” A German laborer named Weaver, employed at the portage Iron Works, Duncansville, Pa., was killed recently, by falling against a fly-wheel, one of the arms of which fractorod bis skull. Hon. W. H. Crawford declines the Ameri can nomination for Congress in the second dis trict of Georgia. Hon. John Long, a prominent citizen of North Carolina, is dead. A salmon weighing pounds has been caught in tho Susquohunna, near Middletown, Pa. Lieut. A. P. Gaillard, of the Charleston police, accidentally shot and killed himself a few days ago. Later from Texas. The New Orleans papers have received Galves ton dates to the 9tb. Colonel Lockridge and Colonel Waters, of Ni caragua, woro in Gulveston on tho Bth. Tho for mer was on his way to tho westorn part of the State, and the latteron bisway to visit his relations in Houston. Tho Galveston News, in noticing tho report that Colonel A. S. Johnson,oftho Second U. S. Cavalry, (who passed through Now Orleans a few days ago on his way to Washington,) is to have the command of the expedition to Utah, remarks ; , • ‘!We learn from different sources per. Inst mail, that a soparflte military department is created for tho operations of his command, placing it on what may be called a war footing, giving great discre tionary power to tho judgmeut and military ability of the commander. We view the Colonel as emi nently qualified, from his high character as a mili tary man, and as u citizen, to meet the wants and exigencies of the public interest in that region of our country.” Tho City Council of Galveston held a meeting on the sth inst., and passed a preamble and resolu tions in relation to tho death of General Rusk, and piovidingfor funeral ceremonies on tho Bth. Tho Herald, of the 9th, has tho following notico of the funeral obsequies of tho deceased soldier, states man, and patriot: “ In compliance with previous arrangements, tho various societies, companies, city authorities, and citizens of this place joiued in procession and marched through our principal streets, presenting an imposing and solemn appearance. The public offices ami many places of buaine.ss were draped in mourning; the shipping in the harbor carrica their flags at half mast; the bells of thecity were tolled, aud cannon fired, in honorof the illustrious dead.” THE COURTS. Qu.vnTEn Sessions —Judge Conrad.—Common wealth vs. Joseph Hess. This was an action for assault and battery by the defendant, who is the foreman of a clothing store on Market street, on Warren Dickerson, a tailor working for the store According to the testimony, the prosecutor brought some clothes to tho store which ho had finished and waited for somo time to bo paid. The defendant said, “I will not pass your work, nor will I pay you for it.” The prosecutor, who is an infirm man, asked him for somo monoy. when the defendant oaught him by the throat, throw him down, and hurt him severely, taking tiio coats from him. Tho whole amount demanded by tho prosecutor was only two dollars. The defendant upon be ing sued for tho assault and battery, brought actions for larceny and assault and battery against the prosecutor, which bills wero ignored. Verdiot, guilty. Sentence deforred. J. P. Loughead, Esq., for the Commonwealth. Sentences.’- William Ramsey, convicted of tho larceny of a # watch, was sentenced to eighteen months’ imprisonment, James McCulloch, convioted of tho larcenylof a box of glass, was sentenced to seven im prisonment. Re-Capture. —James Edward Logue, against whom there are two bills of indietm out for burglary, aud who escaped from Officer Conlston about ten days ago, was re-captured yesterday morning, at Second and Callownill streets. Officer Conlston had offered a reward for bis re-arrest. Logue will be tried to-day, and will be defended by Lewis C Cassidy and Wm. B. Rankin, Esqrs. Henry Monaghan, charged with passing a coun terfeit note, has given notico to the District Attor ney of an allocatur to the Supreme Court for a certiorari Ccrrespoodenta for “Tip Pax&a” wIU pleu* bear ?<* mind the following rnlei: Every ccmvmnnl cation most be n&ecinp*EJ@d by the tome of the writer. In order to insure correctness of the typography, but toe of I ghf«f, should be written upon. ‘' ' ' We shell be greatly obliged to gentlemen la PeaasyU ▼eaie end other Stats* for contributions giving the ear rent news of thedsy in their particular localities, the resources of the surrounding county, of population, end any information that will be interesting to the general reader. THE ELECTION'S. Missouri.—The latest returns from Missouri look more favorable for the Democratic candidate for Governor. The St. Louis Republican, of Fri day morning last, says: ‘ “ We have very little to say about the election. Everything was in abeyance-yesterday. The Rol lins men gave up figuring, - and left the thing to taka its course.; Stewart’s friends were not over sanguine, being content to rely upon the official count of the ballots. In this mood they will have to stand for & day or two, and perhaps publish a revised table of the votes for Governor, which includes sixty-four counties officially heard from, and the others aro nearly all correct:” The Republican publishes returns from all the counties in the State, except eight, which toot up thus; . ! Rollins's majority thus, far - 342 The Republican adds: “ Rollins goes into the remaining counties with three hundred and forty-two majority. In these eight comities Buchanan received I,6T$ votes, and Fillmore five hundred and fifty—or a majority of 1,116 for Buchanan. It looks as if Stewart ought to overcome the majority against him {three hun dred and forty-two) in these eight counties. -We shall see. JiOBVH Cabmjka.—The Americans (says the Ra leigh one member of the House of Representatives from the three sovereign States of Virginia, North Carotin*,’ and Sontn Carolina. Just thinkofit!—ow#member from three States; and that member is Mr. Gilmer, of theGoilf&rd distrlcti who was recently defeated for Governor by only thirteen thousand majority. .The triumphs of Americanism are indeed strik ing and impressive. They have rendered.Aham setTee an object of general attention. Everybody congratulates them on their success, and atiOjes are tamed ;upo& Mr. Gilmer as the lose ”dark tontom” from Virginia, North Carolina, and South Carolina. We hare before ns dw official rttnraiof the election held in the first district, North Carolina, wr Congress. The majorities foot op thus Shaw, (Democrat,) - -.- Smith, (American,) Shaw'a_ffi£riority - - _ 38 . ® below the official vote for CongTes3 in the third district. North Carolina Winslow, (Democrat,) Meares, (American,) - Winslow’s majority - . - . make it in valuable. Of this matter, more anon. * From Shaugbae we have news up to the 16th ef May. The principal item of interest is concern ing the rebel movements in the Northern part of the Empire—a record of their successes every where. They have captured the cities of Shaon woo and Gen-ping, in the interior both cities of importance, and are advancing on Ho-how. 'lhe imperial forces in the vicinity of the Chi nese Paris, Su Chan, have revolted, drivipg tho Governor of the province and his officials from tho city, and have taken possession of and robbed the military chest of 50,090 tales of silver. Two thousand starving refugees from Nankin bad sought and obtained relief at Shanghai, their countrymen providing for them generonsW, ac cording to the Chinese standard of generosity. Mr. Thomas Taylor Meadows, author of that re liable work, “The Chinese and their Rebellion,” has received the appointment of Chinese Secretary to the British Plenipotentiary, Lord Elgin. A moro fit selection oould not have been made. Mr Farkes, he who has figured so conspicuously in kicking np this rumpus with the Celestials, takes Mr. Mea dow s place as consul at Ningpo. The American vessels Charming, Jacob Ball, and North Wind were in harbor. The United States sloop Levant was still there. At Hong Kong we have the American vessels R. R. \V ilsou, Carbon, Celestial, Challenge, Contest, Gulatea, Good Hope, Kremlin, Malay, Matilda, Penguin, Spitfire, and Skylark. The last named ship mado the passage from Boston to Hong Kong in ninety-one days. Yours, Dlixi. From the West. [From the St. Louis Republican, of Saturday.] Major Phelp3 was in this city, yesterday, on his way to the East. He accompanied Col. Johnxm’s uxpedition to survey and mark the southern boun dary line of Kansas for about 200 miles west of the Missouri boundary lino. When he left, the expe dition was making good progress, expecting to complete their work and return by the month of November. The command had met with no inter ruption whatever, and Col. Johnson, it Is believed, .will make a very flattering report of the country over which he has passed ana will hare to pass hereafter. A Well-marked road has been made by the number of wagons attached to this expedition, and the work done upon it at the crossing of streams and other difficult places. Hereafter there will be no difficulty in following this route to New Mexico, *nd wood and water wul be found in abundance