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• - ,;_ DAILY. PRISMS, ,• i" -
trim Oars to Wektnaiibli to tticeintko
Mailed to thabsezibere Out of the Olty at fits Zotiaeitie
ewe Axiom ;,t Poole_ DOLLAIS 0/0141TOST "Moiremil'
Twat' DOLLARS Fox 818 MollfwettheitloblY tic IldT oB.
for the time °OVAL" , v", •
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Tait W. silt ILLY.- =
Killed to BnisarlbiatosttotAt!o 884 , e42o,lWww,Dot,
sus Pin MOM, advaneeT"
:W,SAK.Fc I C - Plifff e l e.
Tam wewitim Pities will be ;wet to Sateenibeto by
mall. (per annum, M egyetieh)
Three Myles, cc. oo
Flee doples, , cc ' 8 00,
Ten Coyle!, •, cc ,
'f 4,- .. 00
Twenty dopier(tO One sawn)" 9 / 3 00
Twenty Copies, or - 2 , (to'afeiress of totoli
subseelber,Yeeal -
Poe Olab of Tlfellepene wi send - an
*Ere espy to the - getter-up of the Club.
Postiaiattre ere tequeeted toast ti Agents far
Tim TINKLY PBBOl3.
• cuLtrosina-passe,- - -- - -
tamed bletol-3fanthly in. thise•Joe - the Clolifornbe
, The tinderttgliod has tukhased the large and elegant
Iddldlng,'eorner of THIRD and PINE EPreet, formerly
occupied -by the West Branch Dank, and has onlargid
and refitted it inn superior style.
Williamsport is (moor the most filelightfal Inland
towns inVennsylvarili '
and hie house, he hopoo, will be
ound pleasant, as well to the traveller as to those MU
zone of the'ruetropolio who desire to - psoo eh agreeable
time during the hosted tone of the summer.
omnibus runs from his Hotel to the Packet and
Railroad Depots frei of charge. -
. jy2d.lit W.,H;HdY, Proprietor.
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113AEro.Eir & 00., ktiIIIST.IiTIT. STREET, I.IEOLOEn 3 HOTEL;
• mainfitouti:en
„of • -,- - • AVLANTIO - '
ST;
BRITISH STERLING 51LV,101.W.61131,
Under their tnepeetion; on .thi - prentliegi.exelnily ely
Citizen/ and Otinnsers are Invited to - visit our menu.
ea tory,
- WATUE9II3:•
emus* op Logi:A . 4
felidi4i. of OuPatof
•
W . s.*ix, of ill the oololiratoil makers.. • •
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- DI - 4.2[9N - D4. • -.. r
Iliogigoof 'l3l:ios* 3Orillogg,
Mogi, Zia oil ogler irtitsiel% go4loillologoood n 12•4 ,
Drowlogs of ,141 W 110414)18, 'be mode trio of
ammo pig lAoovoislilog work ride to color. --
MOH GOLD •JP•WELET: • -
A baaatifell , amorbaeat or all near Vine
Jewelry, midi am mesas; itaiiiii"asa: Well. Campo;
read, coral; Claremlide;
lava, .&e,;(te, ,„‘,
ATH/BLD CASTORS ) BASKTITOf
Also, Bronze and IlialdfrOLCOO,' . iit 1,31)** 1474•01,
and of Imperial. quality.
CAL - DWELL - lc 00:,
/Of • ' 432 CHESTNUT Street; " "
Hasa received, per steamers,. hew style'
Jewelry, °Wotan', Test'Oluins.
Splendid Pons, „ ' • • .
Trott Stands, Sow Dockets.
Jet Goods and "'Heifer . Yeses.
Corsi, LIM =I Moealo Setif: -
Bole Agents in Plkila4elrbit fog the sala of Martel
frodehaei , e LONDON TIMN-HESPAIIB. MHO
•
SILVRIL• - • •
.wryraaid WILSON & BON. • -
MANUFACTTRS_BS OF SILVER WARS,.
(BSTAMULIBD 18It t ) -"
S. w Ooarrra rtrro Amp ovum irritows.O. •
large assortment of BILVSR W 4ItU , of every de.
icriphou oonetwitly oa hand, or Endo to order to match
Worta,ll 4hoE•ta and Bimini= imported
ware. - seStO dforqy ,
I S. .IAB,DEN. evBRO.
4r • MAUTIVAOTOMS , AID 111345111111 O
LLVIEt-PLATED WALE,
Ara. 90 4 Oheatnat Street, bore Thir3,
, tup ' Matra
-•- -
ilonatoitly on hand and for sale to the Trade,_
*EA SETS, OOKKUNION BERT/OKEELD, DENS,
rtvouuas, GOBLETS, CUPS WAITEBS,
KILTS, DASTOBS, KNIVES, SPOONS, YORKS, ' •
LADLES, &0., , _ •
Gliding and plating on Elude of metal. - aa2-17'
.
tilaritware.
firAßDW.tatE:—Thii . ` eritisariberk; ' COM;
MIBStON MERCHANTS for the 'aloof POREIGN
AND DOMESTIC HARDWARE, would "respectfully
oall the attention of the trade to their stock, which
thee are offering at lowest rates. Oar assortment 'eon
slat; in part of—
Chains, of all kinds—!ffriee, Log, Halter, Breast, Or,
Cow, Yifth, Rack, Wagon, Stage, Tongue, Look, Ship,
Mine, and Coll Chains. - •
The celebrated- «L Home Nails i Stone and Sledge
Hemmers
SgiMiMIOGiiMMI
Short and long • luondle Fry Pans; round and oral
Bake Pane.
" Idartm'a " impeder Mien and Bagel; Bed Screws.
"Bxeehdor t , Bale Ly Pew; Blueing Tubes: • -
Corn, Gran inn Brier Scythes • 1 Erny, Born and Otrow
_ , .
-enPrea. •• -
Hay, Manure, Tanners', and Spading Yorke.
Bakes and lines; Shovels and Spades, of all kinds.
Tacks, Brods;Shos;Olont, and Floiehlny Nan.
Oast and Wrought Butt Magee, &rem, Looks of all
kinds; Cutlery, Rams and Pumps, Axes, Hatchets, Ham.
tams, Planer, and other Tools, k.., &o.
W. G. LBWIB & SON,
No. 411 OOMMBROZ Street.
Clothing.
Cl_ L. 'SHARP; TAILOR, 148- NORTH
ILA • FOURTH Street, !Mow 1L5.02.
Making and trimming Drew or Prook Coats, EL
Malay and trimming Pantaloons or Year., $1.71.
TAXES • SHE - RIDAN; itERCHAITT
TAILS; itadlS South NINTH STNIINT,
6BOVIC OIDASTNITT.
•
A large ind nell ieleotod stook' of CLOTHS and
CaIaSIDISRES alimya on hand, •
All Olotlitag modoot thit Rotobtlogunout =AI 44.11 P
the beat quality, and to the oust fookilooble stAl.
Portioolot"ottootlau 'Met to DNIPORM OLOTir-
!Soots Oboes:
SAM. STOCK
or ,
'BOOTS AND snots
JOSEPH H. THOSIMON,'& C0.,N0. tl4 MARKET
street, and No.l FRANKLIN Place ham opened their
rail stock of BOOTS AND BROI i, comprising every
variety and description, which they afar for sale on the
most advantageous terms for cash, or on the usual Cre
dit. Purchasers rill dud it to their advantage to call.
and examine their stock before purchasing elsewhere.
if - 481f .
•
RDOTB , AND SHOES.—The nbscriber,
has on hand a large and railed 'stock of BOOTS
and MORE, which he will Bell at the loweat'orlees.
ORO. M. TAYLOR,.
8. B. corner FLPTH and BIABEAT Etta.
Otago anb
ROBERT SHOEMAKER & 00,
WHOLESALE DEUCkiISTS,
gaatireabarere and Dealer " ?mrivs,II4.II,NIBUND i
arid WINDOW GLASS, Normaat corner YOUBTA and
ALLOY Streets, Philadelphia, - • -
kola. Agents for the axle of the relebrsted Yloreffe
Plate Glam. ..mh2/14f
'ZIEGLER &.-, SMITH; WIFIOLAESILLE ,
.E 4 DELIGINSTS, nouthwest corner of SSOOND and
GUSH Streets, have in more, awl otter to An trade in
o=o suit purchasers :
Eng. Yen. Red.
Gen Arable, picked and sorb
Manna Ales.
Oil Aniseed.
Parts Green, ITI Brand
%Argus LEAD, ZINC PAINTS,.&4I,
v v We offer to the public White Lead, Zino
Oolors In Oil, Varnlehes, &o„ at inch reduce 4 ,prioes
that we invite the attention of dealers and CODIUMILII
to ear stack. .ZIEOLEit & BitITII,
rahlB - 11. W. oar. %mad and Green ate.
WINDOW LA. S WI N D.O W ,
GLASS! '„,-We the attention of the ppb
lie to our extensive etoolF of french and • Auterican•
Window Glass. The large , " and
Glue constantly en hand enables' tte total all orders
with despatch, and se low es any other hoot. in'the
/sits. ItkiGLElt & BMITIt,
- Whokoule Druggist*,
0818 8. W,eora' or of Second and Green ate,
Qr4ina, Gino anti ellneensmart.
CHINA AND GLASS.
Drenum WAIL.
TIU AWD TOILET, SETS.
vivo, a4Ln viuro, am DICOILTID
FANNON AND DOILEMiIIt GLONTODi,
/ANDY MUGU,
wit& us Dom, as nue Lawns: MC*
KAMEN a ArraTtsi-
MASONIC HALL,-418 °HERMIT . $lllllll%.
, D.—Goode baled to Insetts• At reasonable term
)66-7
IritRENCII PLATE OVASI3.-41A.VINIgt
been appointed bythe , coorniagnitt A Floitiffit”
the SOLE AGENTS for the ale of their.GLASS in this
nth we are prepsred- to offer, to, tbe:traderouse-
A:sra, from uttr stOtie On 'hand, - "POLISHED PLATE
ELSE for Stores or :Dwelling Pronto vitatigh'Cniktei
In Flows end akyllghtg; sand,ollyerod Flats, of large
rise, for Mirrors . The Glistr.wilitt sold at the lowest
I ellen, ant wsrribted sepsitor, roaptet, to any
Ater impo ted„- - •- - -,,+.
. mkt. ortonaKEß h 00., _
' Plots and Window Glue Warelvaree,
N. R. oor. of FOURTH and RAolletreeti;
011234 S - •,,, Phillsielphht
(Sabatrn anb Cigars.
CIJGARS, OF „riV,Ceg.trE, BRANDS
NJ and iaaorted atm, 'carefully aaleatel by own bowie
at Havana, in stern, anti raotivedby.riory arrival TrOm
Hiat port. 8.1/lIGUST &• SONS,;
al2-3m , 216,80nt1a 84ozpiT Sicppt.,
4-1 AVAN CIGA.UB-4 - hands — — Caw esort,:.
21.111 mentotookaof - • •-, • , „.• ;
Pigott), --' -,batons 11111481 1 ,1' , . •
thiWzoo,
Idpitar ,
Colow, • Conterchant44 •; -,
Tones Lopos,_ folon.Amayloo,i
Ozejou, • Oktono,/W.
ace., in 1(,1.6 and 140 Os, of ill alseasad - qualk
tier, In stars sod constantly rsosiTllogon4lor EAU lows
Ay MARLYS l'llll,.
(n UT Envoi,
• Mowed wood story
lIGARO, OABAITAa - AND PARTAGAS
SIGAIW—A' abates 'biroloe'of Ahead celebrated
twaadion board brig "New daily L aVed.fragi
skunk and for sale low, by 011utlad
(New) laa lieednut,to,ll4lowirna&
, tp) d'dty.
EARLE'B
IREH' 13:ALLIBY
PAINTINGS,
LOO4NG,,GIAASS,M,
PORTRAIT,
and -"I"OIVR/ii YRAMES,
1.04gfl B..EARLE lt BON,
818 8111EWIIHIT Street,
Ohoo!He thii. Weird House
, •
MA Importers int,Whobaste,Desterii• - 19 f
INNO,
11NAND11111i WRIBITE__,Y GINS, , and NANCY LII
SUORS, No.loll hIANNAT Octet, between Tenth sal
lONNo4lollo ll tit • - PIIfFW
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VOL. 1.-NO. 308.
summer Itesorto.
ILAY'S HOTEL,
wiLLTAAisponr,
LYCOMINCI COUNTY, PA
. _NEW JEREMY,
At the terminal of the Railroad, on the left, beyond
the Depot. This House le'
' NOW OPEN
foiDoardere and Transient Visitant, and odors worn
rpopations equal to any fetal in Atlantic City.
•TERMS :MODERATE
fly- Parties should keep their seats nntll the earn
arrive In ;front of - the .llotol. The - Mimi ere port
' ' jy2o-lm •
EA•, T-H IN .-4HE MANSION
IJ HOUSE, soot of Pennsylvania Avenue, AT
LANTIC •OITI ,in NOW OPEN. for prude. For con=
lenience of arrangement, contiguity to the beach, and
aliraotlieneu of the vutiarent grounds, thls' Muse is
Miiivelled. The proprietor hab 'mated no pains in
making . thid ROW all that could be desired by OMNI..
~1 20 . 1 /ME.
WRITE • MOUNTAINS;
NEW HAMPSHIRE. - •
The PROFILE ROCBl:l; , and 'FLUME NOOSE, in
the FRANCONIA.. NOTCH', are now open for visitors.
These llolißell are of the first class,„ and have become
the resOrt of acoomplished ton:dote. " They are llve
miles apart,'on a delightful road, and situated tunidet
the boldest end grandest of :Mountain - ecenery.' ThO
Profile le much the largest house at the Mountains, new,
and replete with the conveniences of modern first-ohms
hotels It command's the Ilnest view of Mount Lafay
„ette, (which is but little loires than Mount Washing
ton,) Is' near Echo Lake, and the Old Man of the
Mountain,
. • ~ 'THE . " FLUME ROUSE, ,,
situated On a, lofty elevation, oommands, the grandest
view for 6dinflos dawn the Pernigewasoett Valley. The
Flume,' the Crystal Cascades, the Pool, and the Ba.sln,
'are 'all Within a few minutes , - walk of-the FLUME
IIOUBE:
Totirlate leaving Philadelphia at 10 A. M., can reach
the PLUM g ROUSE, via the Worcester and Nashua,
with, Roston, Concord, and Montreal Railroad to
Plymouth, the next afternoon - •(21 nataa,7l4Set) or
they may goliirt the B: C. htid M. Railroad to Little•
ton, three° by stage (only 11 mitre) to the PROFILit
ROUSE, in the 'same time. Mails arrive and depart
Post-office addrean, PROFILE HOUSE ,or FLUKE
HOUSE, Grafton county, N 11.
IiIRAM BELL; -
,Manager of the Profile Mouse.
•R. H. BUNTON,
Manager of the Flume Mouse.
, Per the Flame and Prancoala Motel Co.
/YHA* „ •
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14IINTINGDON WARM SPRINGS.—
The Warm Springs at the base of Warrior's
Ridge fit , e! miles north. of; Huntingdon, overlooking
Standing lltone Creek, and environed by :romantic. bills
tualLwoodlanda, bare been leased by the former pro
printer of the Learner House. The extensive Hotel
'Buildings, Bath lionises, &0., erected at great expense
by Sfeneril - A.T. Wilson, the owner, have been com
pleted, and the groves have' been beatitifully laid out
and adorned. 'The Hotel Forlorn and Chambers are
airy Cud comfortably furnished, and the prospect from
the verandahs for beauty cannot be excelled. For half
a century these Springa have been celebrated for their
'Medicinstqualittes, and the great virtue of the Waters
in chronlo affections. The temperature of the water Is
69M degrees, and for bathing in delightful and invigo
rating. In the woods and streams game and fish
abound. '
- Pernorusin pursuit of health or pleasure will find
this a most delightful retreat; 'and its nearness to the
Pennsylvania Railroad and its cheapneen give it a decided
advantage over any watering place In the State . The
proprietor has had years of experience in the business,
and no pains or trouble will bp spared to make guests
comfortable. Racks run ,from lluntingdon to the
Springs on the arrival of the different Railroad trains;
fare 25 cents. Families accommodated at moderate
rates, '
' JOHN R. HERD, Proprietor.
WARM Simms, near Huntingdon, Pa. jyl-1m
BRIGANTINE HOUSE; BRIGANTINE
Desch, N. J., HENRY D. SMITH, Proprietor. This
large and elegantly located home le now open for the
reception of Welters.
Terms $8 per week or $1.25 per day.
Take cars of Camden and AtiantiO Railroad,; get out
at the inlet, where a comfortable boat (Capt Beni.
Turner) will be in readiness to convey them to the
Hotel. • Jy7
EA' BATHING.
DELAWARE HOUSE, CAPE ISLAND, N. T.
This first-close and popular House is now open for the
reception of .riaitere. For health, recreation, or pleas
ure, It lennsurpsssed by,evy onthe Nand.
,JAMES MECRAP, Proprietor.
QEI4.-BATHING OCEAN HOUSE, 0 &PE
I8I410; well-knowri and popular
House is again open to receive 'slaters. It Las been
put in complete order and every Attention will be given
topedalo make their visit pleasant. Tho table will
be itblindaritly supplied with the , luxuries of the season.
Charges intmlerate, to suit the times.
' jirfl-awritc ISRA&L LEAZSIN4I, Proprietor.
LEA EVATHINGAPE
1 , 7 TIONAL HOTEL Is now open. Price of Board $8
per week.. Ohlldien and Permute half prioo,
',1619-0* ' AARON' GARRET/30N, Proprietor.
rfiRENTON FALI;B;7INEIDA COUNTY,
1 NEW YORK.—The Rotel at the above celebrated
place anion is open for thefleason, and ean be reached
in a' few haunt from New York, at a small expense, as
'Railroad hem 'Utica takes visitors there ',MIL an
hoar. ; M. MOORE,
Jp2l:l2td/ctw&:tw* Proprietor.
MANSION HOUSE, AAUCII CHIIIIK.—
/VA. This 'elegant establishment, beautifully situated
on the banks of the Lehigh, le now ready fur the ramp
tion of 'warner vialtere. There is no locality in Penn.
sylvan's, nor, perhaps, in the United States, which cent
bins so many attractions as .the valley of the Lehigh,
and the above Hotel will afford a most comfortable home
to Halters desirous of viewing the magnificent scenery,
inexhaustible mines, or stupendous works of art of this
interesting Yogion. '
J*4-81net GNOME HOPPES, Proprietor.
111Hk.„ . iti(ITE SULPHUR AND .CHALY
,BZAT)S SPRINGS, it DOUBLING GAP; Peres,
,
are openad usual, and are noortealbli, in eight hours
from Philadelphia, by way of ifarriebnrg, thence on the
Oumboriand Valley Railroad to Newville; thence in Magee
eight miles to the Springs, where you arrive at 6 o'clock
the name eiening. :Tifor particulars, Inquire of Meurer.
Marton McMichael, Samuel .11art, James Steel, B. B.
Janney, 00., or .Proprietore of Merchants , . note',
Philadelphia. SCOTT COYLE, Proprietor,
jel..2tuir t Newvillc Poet Offlee, Pa.
BEDFORD SPRINGS.—THIS
well-known and delightful Bummer Resort will
be opened for, the reception of Ntsiters on the 10th of
June, and kept open until the let' of October.
The new and spacious Buildings erected last year are
now tally completed, and the whole establishment has
been furnished in superior style, and the 'incommode
thud' will be of a character not excelled In any part of
the United States.
The Hotei will be under the management of kir. A.
G. ALLEN, Whose experience, courteous manners, and
attention to , his palls, give the amplest Murano* of
comfortand)rind treatment.
In edditlen to thegrtber-seemt er-see•is: it is deemed
rper to state that posugers can reach Bedford by •
air , ght ride from Ofiamblraburg.
0 Company bare-made extensive arrangement. to
supply dealers and individuals with " Bedford Water"
by the barrel, carboy, and In bottles, at the following
prime, at the Spallipl, Na :
Ter a barrel tmulbery) $4 00
' Do: oak) 800
,- .. ,)4 Do. mulberry) - 800
', )4 Dm oak) ' " 200
, - Carboy, p gallons. . 2 26
..• Bottles,l% pint, per dozen 160 .
• The barrels are carefully prepared, so that pox
chasers .may depend upon receiving the Water Gosh
and sweet. , , , .
A t p Gominuialeidicius should be addressed to
ARDIORD "MINSItAL SPRINGS CO.
, 1 1:01941
Bedford Coriats, pa
. ,
illiseilitions anb ClEopartnerstppe.
T,HE IJNDERSIGNED HAVE F3RitEED
copartnership under the Style of YRO T GINGHAM
ti'VELLS, for the transaction of s GRNSReti, DRY
GOODS COMMISSION BUSINESS ;and have taken the
store No. 84 South FRONT Street, and 86 LETITIA
Street. ' TiIEODORS YROTIIINGEIAII,
- zing. B. WELLS.
PiFlLApacriOune
. pt,1868: je24m
r.i. SUBSCRIBERS - HAVE THIS
. ,
DAY entered tote a limited partnership, Agreea
bly to the provisions of the Act of Assembly of the
.Commenirealth of Pennsylvania, approved March 21,
1830. entitled a An Act relative to Limited Partner
shipi," and the supplement thereto; and we do hereby
'Certify': - •
I.• That the name of the firm, under-which such part
nership Is to be conducted-to J. 10.1,12. B. ORNE.
2. "The general nature of the business intended to be
transacted is the purohase and-sale of Carpeting in the
city of Philadelphia,
3. The Mune of the general ',partners are JOHN F.
ORME; residing at the northwest corner of Arch and
Twenty-drat street; In' the City' of Philadelphia • and
EDWARD B. ORNE; residing un the north side of
Arch street, above Twenty-ilrst street, in the said City.
4; The nettle of the special partner is DENJ AMIN
MINE, residing at 201 North Ninth Arent, in the city
of Thiladelplila,Who, as each special pertnor, has con
tributed to the common. stock. of, the said firm the sum
of twenty-five thousand dollars In cash. ,
6. The said partnership connueucee July 14, A. D.
IBM, and will terminate on'the 14th day of July,'A. D.
1861, ' BENJAMIN ORNE,
- JOHN P DUNE.
EDWARD B. ORNE.
Pufisiiirstra, July 14,1868. jyl6-Ow
C- D.,
.DENTIST,
Would Inform hie friends that be has BEHOVED to
1119 WALNIAT Street, above Itleventh. je2-3m •
-_ • _
AW & BEERS' -
• 1. LUBRICATING GREASE,
the beet and eheapeet 'Compound for greasing the .:tee
of OMNIBUSES, - CARRIA.GES. QAItTB , DRAYS and
- WAGoNB, and HEAVY MAOIIINERY.
Yor sale in tin cane, huge, and; barrels, by nil the
DRUGGISTS In the elty and the MANUYACTLIRERS,
1712-era No. 18 SOUTH WATER Street..
GERMAN' OIGARS.;-15 - cases italtions
brande r In store said for sale by •
- WILLIAM H.' YRILTON,
J 915 No. 210 SmithISONT Street.
JII Ti,../IZEP. • -A. LARGE STOOK OF
. anpnrint nallty on haul and for gale b •
WI&VLL *rum, &
- Eh!. 28-vortacwATNß.ftili.
wig" Web wra p cai
--rp:A.rP,llMlFive' r ittriebeons Bay Ruin, a
,JU!_iory moil& &Male, In otorn and for Nab by
- ' A. MERINO,
1,1214 f , 140 Smith PRONT Street.
)13IIRE;BONE , 1)UST; ego 020),,F1NE,r-
JL iiory suOrlor oitibto. For stalk In largo or enioil
lots, by 0110ARDALA, PEIBOI, to 00.,
mitt 404 $6411 0011FX, evonsll,
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FRIDAY, JULY 80 3 1868.
DULWER AND HIS WIFE
The cases of BULWER and Eftolmo, which
we only glanced at yesterday, are familiarly
referred to by those who argue, or rather who
assert, that men of genius have very little
chances of happinesi in domestic life; that
they are - easily won by pretty faces ; that they
marry in baste and repent at leisure; that,
once the charm of novelty has past, they be
c•ome careless, cold, and fault-finding; that
their instability of character makes it hard
for their wives to continue to love them;
that, in a word, It would have been better for
them if they bad never married. We repeat,
what we declared yesterday, that men of
genius are not necessarily bad husbands ; and
we Confidently pant to the lives of eminent
and even Illustrious Men in this country in
proof of what we say. Irt common life how
many ill-assorted marriages are 'there I—how
many auralOtons, on , the _ convenient. and
,apologe 4 tical plea of "incompatibility of
temper?"-how many cases of scan. mug. ?
bow many divorces? Were note taken of
:these, what charges might not be preferred
against merchants, brokers, lawyers, phy
sicians, clergymen, shopkeepers, quite as well
grounded, at least, as those against men of
genius. The fact is, the higher such men go,
the more does scandal busy herself with their
domestic affairs, glad to find a flaw in the
brilliant; rejoiced to proclaim that suspicion
darkly doge their path, and delighted to catch
at every whisper of slander,
" For nelly loves the martyriom of Fame.,"
Sir EDWARD BMW= LYTTON, then only
known as the third eon of a rich widow In
Hertfordshire, was plain Mr. BULWER in 1827,.
and, though only 22 years old, bad already
made some reputation as a writer. His role
at that time, however, was that of a man of
fashion, which he performed admirably, with
the adjuncts of youtlo, high spirits, a handsome
person, numerous accomplishments, and a
good pecuniary allowance from his mother,
whose youngest mad favorite child he was.
From her, in chileTihood, he derived a taste for
poetry which tinged his whole course of fu
ture life, and she loved to think, with matronly
complacency, that she had trained him, from
the first, for that c 'artier In which he has bo
come so eminent.
In that same 1827,. .on the 29th of August,
Mr. LYTTON MULWEIL married RC Irish lady,
very beautiful and somewhat blue, named
ROSIER WHEELER. She was "a Limerick
lass," and there is a 'holier (among Irishmen)
that every specimen of this genus is pecu
liarly lovely. Mr. and Aire. Burarza were
considered, at the ttme of their marriage, as
handsome a young couple as an y In London.
Their ages, too, assimilated—he Ivs;s twenty
two, and she was just a year younger. At
present, therefore, the lady is fifty:two years
old.
Their matrimonial life wont on, very hap
pily and prosperously, to all appearance, for
some years. Bumwsa. published Pedham,"
and ,e.; The Disowned," the year after his mar
riage, and these immediately placed bier high
among living novelists. Other works, in va
rious departments of letters, followed in rapid
succession, each increasing their anti:mei re
putation. Aspiring to public life, his mother
supplied funds for the purchase of a seat in
.Parliament 7 t-it was just before
,the. „Reform
Bill, which abolished the Tory rotten boroughs
—and BULWHII. became 14. P. for St. Ives. He
spoke and voted on the liberal side, and so .
thoroughly made his mark in Parliament, that,
on the passing of the Reform Bill, in 1932, he
solicited tho votes of the electors of Lincoln,
and so well succeeded that they made him
colleague to the eccentric Colonel SIBTHORPB,
until 1841. Meanwhile, he pursued his career
of man of letters, edited the New Monthly
Magazine, after the retirement of THOMAS
CAMPBELL, during the Reform excitement,
produced a variety of original works of great
beauty and power, wrote pamphlets to support
the Melbourne Ministry, [he was a decided
Liberal in those days,] and was created a
Baronet in 1888—his mother, to enable him
to maintain .4 the dignity," as it is called,
promising to settle her largriestates upon him.
She died in 1844, when he assumed her mai
den name of LYTTON, by Royal License, and
succeeded to the Knohworth estates, near Ste
nenorge, Herta, considered as worth, £lO,OOO
to £15,000 a year. In 1851, time and pecu
niary independence having modified his' opi
nions, he returned to political life after an in
termission of ten years, published a Tory
pamphlet, re-entered Parliament during Lord
DERBY'S that administration, steadily voted
with him, and became a member of the Cabi
net, as Colonial Secretary, only a few weeks
ago.
All this time BoLwEit's pecuniary position
was geed. His mother is said to have allowed
him £2,000. a year, and his writings yielded
him at least an equal amount. Now, even
upon £4,000 a year, a young Parliamentary
man and his wife can live very creditably in
the West End of London. We find it stated
that Mrs. Box.wsa had an hereditary property of
some £4OO a year. Bo it remembered that there
is nearly as much 'difference between Irish and
Engliab " property" as between a Scotch and
English " pound "—the former being only 40
cents, while the latter is 480. In the reckon
ing up the fortune of an Irish heiress, the rule
is to divide tho reputed amount by two, and
add five to the quotient. This would make the
* ci-dev ant Mos WHEELER'S fortune about £206
per annum—a nice pin-money annuity for a
lady, but very little to a husband with £4,000
a year, at the lowest. Since 1847, we under
stand, it has almdst wholly ceased: Irish
• tenants -have an objection to paying rent to
absentees, and the Wheeler property passed
through the crucible of the Encumbered Estates
Court, which separates the • alloy of debt and
mortgage, shd leaves a very small amount of
sterling gold behind.
In 1886 the world of fashion in England
learned that Mr. and Mrs. LYTTON Ittmwsn,
""agreeing 'to disagree," had formally sepa-
rated. Many conjectures were hazarded, of
course, as to the cause, but nothing very cer
tain is known to this hour.
It is to be noted that this event was fully
two years before BULWIR had been created
Baronet, and five years after he had entered
Parliament. We find a journalist asserting,
"Her husband had been created a Baronet,"
and
the Wain have lived apart for some time, and
the separation is made eternal by a circumstance
Which occurred In Sir Edwards Introduction to
politioal life. He rises to rpeak for the first time
in the House of Commons, and fails to fulfil the
great expectations that have been raised by his
literary achievements. In fact, he breaks down
altogether. Taunted by his wife, he so far forgets
his manhood, according to report, as to inflict a
blow upon her. From this time war is declared
between ,them."
This is all incorrect. There was no living
apart before 1886, 'when the separation took
place ;, BuLvina's Parliamentary debut was
'fatly jive years before that time. There was
no breaking down altogether in Parliament,
but as much success as most young men of 26
have there won at starting; and as for striking
his wife, as above asserted, so that " war was
declared between them," the time contradicts
the charge, for their second child and only
son was born in November 1832, just eight
een months after the assault was committed,
according to the free and easy writer whose
Invented "facts "we have quoted here. The
blow we wholly disbelieve, but we are afraid
that there is truth in the report, current in
England at the time, that a casual intrigue of
MuLwint's coming to his wife's knowledge,
themnarrelled so bitterly that reconciliation
was impossible. _
It was believed, also, and much confirmed
by the lady's satirical novels, in which sho
a Showed tip" her husband's family, that Mrs.
E. L. Birrarin was no favorite'with her over
refined mother-in-law, whose husband's ances
tors ig came in with the conqueror ! " while in
PHILADELPHIA. FRIDAY. JULY 30, 1858.
her own person were ropresented the houses of
Lrrrox, of Kfiebworth, and Noanxvs, of
Gwersylt and Monachdy. It was said that
the young wife had ridiculed the prim man,
ner of the stately dowager—in a word, that
she exercised her wit against the whole Bul
wet. and Lytton race, and was paid off by be
ing made uncomfortable. The novelist's wife
was "a strong•minded" young lady when she
married, and had received a boy's education,
(as far as the classics) under the auspices of
an eccentric individual, known as "Philoso
pher Thomson," who lived at Cork, and
thought so highly of her mother, Mrs. WHEEL
ER, as to dedicate an unreadable octavo to
her. It is probable that the young lady's
views on a wife's rights, and other things in
general, had been tinged with the peculiar te
nets of the "Philosopher."
MTS. LYTTON BOLIVER, as early as 1881, had.
tried her hand at authorship, contributing'
a clever classical sketch, "The Supper of
Sallust," to Frames Magazine. In 1839,
she published a novel entitled " Cheveley, or
the Man of Honor," in which she unmistalta.
bly libelled and caricatured her husband and
his relations. From time to time, she has
continued this kind of warfare—in "The
Budget of the Babble Family,"—“, Behind'the
Scenes,"—g Very - Successful," and other
works of fiction. The earlieat ofthese works
were much read, though they exhibited more
bitterness than ability, but scarcely any of the
rest have paid expenses, and she got into debt
by publishing them, to gratify her spleen. She
wound up her attacks on her husband by issu
ing a pamphlet giving an account of her
grievances. Three novels, inwhich oho treat-,
ed of remote Italian and French people and
manners, would be readable enough, if she did
not overlay them with quotations in many
languages, scarcely one of which was printed
correctly.
After living for many years in Italy, in com
panionship with Mrs. Taorzoni l LadyßULWEß
Lrrrox returned to England, and has resided
for the last three years in the pleasant town of
Taunton, in the west of England. From this
place her last two novels (libelling her hus
band) wore issued, and hence, also, were sent
her frequent solicitations to her husband, to
pay her debts and increase her annuity.
The amount of this, wo have understood,
was £3OO a year over and above her own pro
perty. While he was a younger son, literally
living on his mother's bounty and his pen,
perhaps this allowance was as much as But-
WEIL could have agreed to pay, in justice to
himself. But, when he became a Baronet, be
certainly should have augmented it. At all
events, when his mother's death, in December,
1844, made him a richly.cstated • man, he
should have done it. The only plausible ex
cuse for him is that he was averse to paying
debts Incurred for printing libels on himself
and his relatives, and that increased funds
would only supply the means of further an
noyances of the same kind from her.
We now come to recent events. Vexed at
her husband's non•compllanco with her de
mands for more money, Lady BULWER LYT
TON determined to. insult and annoy him in a
manner and at a time the most galling to a sen
sitive mind. Appointed a Cabinet Minister, Sir
E. BULWER LYTTON lately bad to present him
self on the hustings at Hertford, to seek re
election by his constituents. His wife sent on
handbills, from Taunton•to Hertford, Id which
she promised to address the electors on the
same occasion. Accompanied by a female
friend, iiho reached the hustings just after
Bur wra had wound up his speech with a naps.,
nificent p,froration in admiration of the beauty
which graced the scone. Just.then, his wife
who had left him twenty;twp-years before;
made her appearafiCe, and raising her voice,
proceeded to address the crowd on her own
Wrongs. DULWICH haellY shrank • from - the
angry woman. She shouted tt Coward" in
his ears, and went on, for a quarter of an hour
more, to abuse him, loudly and soundly. Of
course, the scene was reported by the newspa
pers, and while some sympathized with the
husband, a few took ptilliwith the wife, violent
and unwomanly as or conduct had been.
Later events, closer following, have made
Buzwza's course the subject of considerable
and deserved reprobation•.
It appears that, for soma time previous to
the scene at Hertford, measn.res were taken by
BULWER to obtain proof of wife's insanity
—her conduct there being assutned as strong
evidence. She was visited at Taunton by Sir
EDWARD'S solicitor, by a person representing
himself to be a physician, and by a nurse from
a lunatic asylum. The interview, which lasted
five hours, had four witnesses in • the next
room, unknown to the lady. She B,4ams not
to have committed herself, and, before her
visitere left her, handed "Doctor" TicortPsoX,
at his request, the written terms on which she
would consent never again to molest him.
Ho loft for London, and thither, a few dap
afterwards, she procetaded, giving him pre
vious notice. At an appointed time, she vi
sited the "Doctor," amompaeled by two ladies,
one of them her cousin. Thorp she was taken
possession of, on a certificate of her insanity,
signed by her husband, and by two others
purporting to be medical men. On this lettre
de cachet, she was placed in a c.'irriage by , a
policeman, and driven off to a lunatic asylum
at Brentford, a few miles from Lo.edon. At
tempts to obtain her private papers, left with
ono of her companions, failed. It- subse
quently appeared that "Doctor" Titoupsos,
who signed the certificate, is not a medical
man, and that the other signature, stating her
lunacy, is that of a surgeon apothecary.
After an indignation-meeting ,at Tamiton,
and the publication of full details, the Lomion
Times, of July 14, officially announced that
all matters with respect to Lady Btrzwna-
LYTTON "are in process of being amicably
settled by family arrangements, to the satin•
-faction of all parties concerned." •
So ends this singular case. The Lady will
have full revenge in the publibity of the case
and the augmented allowance which. 'she re
quired—she is in a situation Co comnbanitany
terms. Sir EDWARD must feel that he has
played his cards very badly, and that a little,
a very little, liberality on his part would have
avoided all this extiosnre. The public will
see what individual wrong may be committed
in i; merry England " under pretence of
The story which wo have related does not
establish the general charge that men of
genius are always unhappy in wedded life,
and that their very pursuits disqualify
them item the full enjoyment which the out
side world finds In that blessed state. :BIM
WER'S case, like that of Duman, is but one
of the exceptions.
RAILROAD ACCIDENTS
For The Peens.]
I notice in your paper of this morning a com
munication about railroad accidents. There can
be no doubt that the public are largely interested
in whatever will promote their security while tra
velling. Ratiroadl aeoidents aro altogether too
numerous, and their frequency indicates a great
leak of precautionary appliances, or a vast amount
of carelessness, which should be punished severely,
whatever may be the cause. I notice some of the
papers dwell open the speed as being the main
cause. It should be borne in mind that railroads
are mainly valuable as they conduce to rapid tran
sit. Thirty miles an hour is slow enough, and can
be run with perfect safety on any well-constructed
and equipped road. In Mitt - ion to speed, there is
hardly a road in the Union but has frequent occa
sions, and does ran, almost Oily, at speed of thirty
or thirty-five, and. even forty miles per hour.
Again, there will be a liability to accident any way ;
wheels, rails, chains, ho., Ao., break in spite of the
meet rigid scrutiny; and it does appear to me that
what is wanted to a complete railroad train is
some Imre perfect control of it, (in time of danger
especially.) In almost every steeldent that occurs
it appears that some person on the train realises
that the danger is close at hand. It was so at
Norwalk, so at Burlington. and so at Shin follow.
According to the testimony the train ran nearly
three-quarters of a mile after the engineer realized
(by passing over the broken rail) that the train
must stop. I notice that some roads realise this
fact, and are prepared for it by having a mechani
cal attachment to the break of - the care, to canso
their, instant application in ease of danger Thus,
or bettor, should it always be an every train that
carries passengers, and the .Press should use its
inflame in thus promoting thitaafety of the
TRAULLCS•
Jvyv *lOB,
MITERS FROM A TRAVELLER-NO. V
(Correspondence or The Preen]
SCRANTON, Pa., July 23, 1858
lily DEAn Yussa : Soranton lies in Lucerne
county, about seventeen miles east of Wilkesbarre,
upon the south bank of the Lackawanna. It is a
place which hail sprung up with the rapidity of a
Western town. Ten yearling* there were but two
houses upon the spot where now Is a flourishing
borough of ten thousand inhabitants. These an
cient buildings aro still standing, and are pointed
out to the visitor, that the force of contrast may
heighten his appreciation of the growth and pros
perity of the place. The iron and coal mines in
fhe immediate neighborhood are the original
causes of the springing up and prosperous condi
tion of Scranton. The iron ore is found upon the
hill to the southwest of Scranton, some three or
Four miles across Roaring brook, which runs
through the town from the southward, and empties
into the Lackawanna nearly at a right angle. The
inn is good, but it is found to make better iron by
being mixed with the magnetic ores of New Ter-
Hey, which are now brought with great facility, as
'a return freight. upon the Delaware,'Laokawanna,
and Western Railroad, by which the coal of this
region is transported to the New York market.
The coal underlies very nearly the whole valley
'of the Lackawanna from Pittston at its mouth np
Carbondale, twenty•four miles distant, where
i.tberiiilroad of the Delaware and Hudson Canal
E;ompanY commences, which is used to transport
~ 4fio Soft( broughtup from the mines about Pittston
On the Pennsylvania Coal Company's road, across
the mountain to Honesdale, the head of the canal.
The veins of coal are some five or six in number,
ranging in thickness, and separated by intermedi
ate strata of rook and slate of different thicknesses.
The largest vein is fourteen feetthiok ; the cele
brated Diamond vein is seven P:et, and there is
another of eight feet. These three veins are all
easily workable, and are above water level, which
greatly lessens the expense, and facilitates the
, pperation of mining. Below these again are other
veins; but It must be very many years before the
'coal in the veins above water level is exhausted,
nod till then it Is not very probable that the lower
veins will be worked. The coal measures of the
'Valley are favorably situated in another respeot.
The basin in which they are situated has -been
'subjeoted to hut little disturbance in the opera
tions of Nature, and the strata lie generally in a
horizontal position, so that the coal can be worked
o:nt, on a direct level with thogangways, instead of
at an angle. If there is any slope to the vein, it is
only so much as to be rather an advantage than
otherwise, as the mine drains itself.
The Delaware and Lackawanna Company are
the principal operators in this region. Thcrsame
Corporation own the Delaware, Lackawanna, and
Western Railroad, and also the iron works, though
the railroad is kept as distinct from the iron and
coal operations as if there were two corporations.
The company's iron works consist of a blast fur
nace and a rolling-mill. These ore both upon the
largest scale. The engine which drives the bel
loWs for the blast furnace is of three thousand
horse power and was built by Messrs. I. P. Mor
ris itt Co., of Philadelphia. Notwithstanding the
Ponderous. character of all Its parts and propor
tions, it works with the nicest accuracy, with to
•perceptiblejar, and but little friction. The rot
is upon Roaring brook, and is driven by
a largo water wheel and two steam engines. But
little was doing at the time of our visit, as the
mill was undergoing alterations to enable the
'company to turn out railroud bars of a longer
length than has been in use heretofore. We saw,
however, the operation of roiling spike rode, and
the working of the spike machine, a most ingeni
_pus piece of meehasism, which only requires to
i.te'fed by a workman with white-hot rods of iron,
'and it turns out, with groat rapidity, railroad.
'spikes-completely finished. The rolling-mill Is
n immense building, and when in full operation
'it, met afford a beiatifei sight, With the work
\nini, busily employed throughout its entire length
running the glaring red-hot 'snakes of iron back
-aird and forward through the rolls, until they
are rolled out into finished railroad bare. Back
'of the building which contains the rolls aro the
puddling furnaces upon the bank above, whore
cb pigs of east-Iron-are converted into malleable
irtailit to pass through the rolls.
TO company mine a large quantity of coal
Themselves, and purchase from other operators
the balance of the coal mined hero-. They are
new shipping about thirty-five hundred tons of
coal per day to Elisabethport, and thence to Now
York. The coal from their own mince costs them
about seventy cents per ton in their ears, and that
.which they purchase from other operators about
ninety cents. It is this cheapness of the coal in
the Cate at the mines, which arises from the com
paratively IoW rate of mine-leave paid to the pro
prietor by the lessees of the mines, and the ease
and facility with which the coal is ruined, that
enables the company to overcome disadvantages
In the shape of heavy grades and longer distance
from a market which tell against them in compe
tition with . the coal of the Schuylkill and Lehigh
regions. Besides this, the coal itself is of a supe
rior quality, well adapted particularly for steam
ship purposes, and the company are now engaged
in supplying orders as rapidly as they can be filled.
There is au abundance of capital and enterprise
to carry the operation through, and the men who
are concerned aro determined that their coal shall
have a place In the market. Every effort was
made to prevent them from getting a foothold, and
thole overtures towards an amicable arrangement
with the largo companies were rejected and treat
ed with disdain. They took their own independ
ent coarse, and by energy, perseverance, and ju
dicious management they have secured for their
coal a foothold in the New York market, from
which they are determined it shall not be driven,
and which may well cause some fluttering among
the Operatoripf other regions.
The National Anthracite Coal Company own a
very valuable tract of coal lands just beyond the
southern limits of Scranton, and adjoining them is
the property of the Quaker City Company. This
latter company, I understand, has recently been
merged or consolidated with the National Anthra
cite. The veins upon the lands of the National
are opened and worked, and are leased to parties
who bind themselves to take out at least one hun
dred thousand tons a year, paying the company
twenty cents per ton as the rent of the colliery.
All the coal taken out is sold to the Delaware and
Laokawanna Company, who transport it to mar
ket. Upon the opposite side of the river aro the
Bellevue collieries, which are in Rill operation
mining large quantities of coal, whioh is also par
chased by the same company:
The farming interests in this valley are but lit
tle 'attended to, though tho soil is good, sad if
;oroperly cultivated, will yield productively. But
the groat value of the land lies in its rich mineral
productions; and those who may have originally
located -hero with a view to farming their own
lands, have mostly sold out within the last few
years to puttee who have purchased either with a
view to an immediate development of the mineral
products, fir to bold on to their purohases for pur
poses of speculation, or intending do work their
coal mines after an increased demand shall have
given a prospect of profitable operations. T'he
farms, aro therefore, mostly let at a rental barely
sufficient, in some instances, to pay the lazes c
the property, while no effort is made to keep up
the condition of the soil by proper cultivation.
In the immediate neighborhood of the town, how
ever, there seemed to me to be a fine opening for
an enterprising, industrious, prudent man to
establish and carry on with considerable profit a
trunk garden to supply vegetables to the Scranton
market.
The railroad company's machine and repair
shops are located at this point on their rood, cover
ing a large extent of ground, and furnishing ac
commodations for the heavy business of the road.
The locomotive house, a circular structure, co
vered with a dome-shaped roof, is of large dimen
sions, and opens directly into tho repair shop,
whioh Is fitted with all tho machinery necessary
for the most thorough and complete repairs. Tho
scene about the depot, and upon the ground occu
pied by the railroad company at this station, is one
of constant bustle and life, and the busiest ac.
tivity. Some twelve or fifteen railroad tracks hero
lay side by side, connected by switches, and af
fording easy seem to the various shops and car.
houses, and ample room for trains to be shifted and
made up. Locomotives are constantly passing
back and forth, puffing and blowing, with trains of
loaded coal care up the ascending grade, or run
ning down with ease, followed by a long train of
empty ears on the return to the mines. The as
cending grade against the trade continues for
about twenty miles from Scranton, when the grade
rapidly descends into the valley of the Delaware,
and the road parsing through the Delaware Water
Gap, drosses the river some seven miles below, and
connects with the New Jersey Control Railroad at
Hampton, by which the route is completed to Eli
zabetbport, on Newark bay, and therm by steam
boat to Now York. Northward, the Delaware.
Lackawanna, and Western road runs as far as
Groat Bend, on the Erie road, affording communi
cation with, and easy access to, Central and West
ern New York.
To ono who him never visited Soranton, it seems
almost incredible that a town should have grown
so rapidly in so short a time. The improvements,
too, are of a substantial character, and in its ex
ternal appearance Scranton shows no signs of be
ing of a mushroom growth. Its internal resources
are such, thot its oentinued prosperity, and flour-
King, and constantly !storming advanomont its
extent and population, cannot for a moment be
doubted. , The Wyosuingyouse, which le the prin
cipal hotel, is a large and elegant brink structure,
with ample accommodations fora very large num
ber of guests. It has a large and valuable eastern,
and is kept is really exeollent style. It shows that
the projectors of the enterprise did not overcalou
late the demand for a first-class hotel. I have
been in plaees which have. furnished painful ex
ampler of such unfortunate errors. The private
residences are built with great taste, and many of
them surrounded with beautifully laid out and
ornamented grounds. The Presbyterian Church,
and the parsonage adjoining, are well worth at
tention, from the chasteness and neatness of the
whole design. A large and well-arranged public
school building shows that educational interests
are not neglected. The streets are well laid out,
broad, and kept in excellent condition. Gas and
water are soon to be introduced ; and threaten will,
before many years, be known as one of the largest
and moat flourishing of our inland cities.
DELAWARE WATER GAP, Ps., July 28,1868
Mr DEAR PRESS : Before leaving &wanton -we
enjoyed the pleasure of a delightful ride across the
Lackawanna, visiting the Diamond Vein collieries
on our way, and securing some fine specimens of
the fossil ferns which are here found in great per
fection in the slate which overlies the coal vein.
Continuing our ride up the valley for many miles,
we recrossed the Laokawanna, and returned down
the valley to Scranton. The view at every point
was most charming. The weather was delightful,
a fine breeze stirring the air, and the sun not too
hot to make riding in an open carriage nnoomforta
ble. The coal-breakers, generally such dingy and
unsightly objects in a landscape, here rather add
to the beauty of the scene. They are covered with
a fire-proof wash of a brilliant white, and their
rude, unahapely forms, rising upon the hillsides,
stand out - in bold and picturesque contrast with
the dark, rich green of the surrounding forests.
Friday morning at eleven o'clock we lett Saran
ton by the Delaware, Lackawanna, and Western
Railroad for the Delaware Water Gap, fifty-seven
miles distant. The ride presents but few points of
interest. For a few miles after leaving Scranton,
it follows the course of Rousing brook, which goes
rushing and-tumbling and roaring over its rooky
bed at the foot of the low-wooded hills which hem
in its channel. After leaving the brook, the road
rune through a dense forest for many miles, with
only here and there a clearing, or a straggling set
tlement, generally with- a. high-sounding name.
Between Tobyhanna and Paradise stations, about
twenty-five miles from the Gap, the tedium of the
ride is relieved by the opportunity of enjoying a
view of surpassing beauty. We have now reached
the summit of the grade which hail been ascending
all the way from Scranton, and for a mile or two
the road rims along the top of Pokono Mountain,
before it begins its rapid descent along the moun
tain side to the valley of the Delaware. Upon the
very brow of the mountain, towards its , southern
slope, the road winds along far aboai the tops
of the trees, which in one waving mass of
rich foliage cover the mountain to its very foot.
The view from the oars is entirely unobstructed,
and one cannot but regret that the swift rush of
the. train prevents the full enjoyment of the pros
pect which the eye could linger upon with plea
sure for hours. Far away southward, bounding
the, orizon, stretches the lofty range of , the Kit
tatinny or Blue Mountain ; a slight haziness In
the atmosphere deepening 'the peculiar tinge
which distance gives to its wooded summit, and
from which it takes its name. Directly before the
eye, cleaving the mountain, as if in come mighty
conflict between fiends of the air, the sword of
some gigantic combatant, missing his adversary,
had fallen upon the mountain's crest, and riven it
from mown to foot, is the Water Gap, through
whose winding and rugged gorge the Delaware
finds its way southward Miles away to the west-.
ward, a depression in the line which 'makes the I
top of the range, shows where the Wind• Gap
affords a passage for the old turnpike between
Wilkesbarre and Easton. Through this Gap, in
the summer of 1778, General Sullivan passed with
his army, up through Wilkesbarre, upon his cele
brated expedition against the Indians in central
and western New York, when the bloody scenes
of Wyoming and Cherry Valley were fully
avenged, and the stienkth of the Six Nations
broken. Indeed, the turnpike is built upon very
much of the bed of the military road which Sulli
van cut for the passage of his army. '
From the foot of Pokono to the Blue Mountain,
and from the hills of the Delaware to west of the
Wind Gap, Monroe county lies at our feet, seem
ingly a vast wooded plain, but, in fact, divided by
sundry spurn , and ridges running parallel to the
Blue Mountain and dividing the county in several
valleys, nestled in which lie many a quiet farm
house and settlement There is a broader expanse
of view than from the Catskill range, and it is
one aide, far-extending scene of wild and en
chanting beauty. This one view is well worth
going out of ono's way to enjoy, and the traveller
in this region ought by no moans to neglect it or
pass it over.
And now the road deseendsrapidly, winding and
curving abdut and around and down the mountain
and hill aides till it reaches the level of the val.
ley, and passing the Stroudsburg station winds
down upon the river bank and through the Gap.
We stop, however, at the Water Gap station,
where carriages are in waiting to take us up the
mountain to the Kittatinny lime, situated upon
a commanding position above the railroad, and
overlooking the river. Here we have been stay
ing for three days, enjoying the keen, pure moun
tain air and the many beautiful pima of &Mao
lion in the neighborhood, with scenes of wild and
picturesque features constantly before us.
A pleasant walk of half a mile down the road
from Stroudsburg to Easton, which passes directly
in front of the house, brings the visitor to Rebecca's
Bath, just at the side of the road, whore a rill of
clear, cold, and sparkling water comes trickling
down the steep and rooky mountain side till it
reaches a ledge of rook spreading out with a semi
circular edge some twelve feet across. Here the
water divides itself into a hundred little streams,
and, trickling down upon the thick moss, which
hangs over the edge of the ledge like a fringe, col
lects itself together and sliding smoothly and
gently over the rugged files of stones, covered
ankle-deep with a rich, dark carpeting of blackish
green moss, falls some ten feet below into a natu
ral basin of rook, where it lies in a clear peiliwid
pool, and then, finding its way over the edge of the
basin, runs joyously down the rooks and under the
road, is lost in the broader waters of the river.
In 1852. a merry party of Philadelphians, staying
at the Kittatinny House, explored the neighbor
hood, and constructed a path to this beautiful
spot, and named the localities.
The railroad had not then been built, and the
carriage road, which now runs close below the ha s
sin was further down the hill-side. Upon the old
register, under date of August 27, 1852, is in
scribed a solemn instrument, in due legal form,
under the hen& and seals of the parties engaged,
conferring upon the falls the name of Eureka
Falls, upon the mossy recess above the basin the
name of Mossy Grotto, and upon the basin itself
the name of Rebecca's Bath ; and declaring and
d,ooreeing that said localities shall forever there
after-be known and recognised by said names, and
further declaring them to be superior in all res
pects to all other places of like kind within ten
miles circular of the Kittatinny House. The bath
was so named from nee of the ladies of the party
who by a miss-step (absolve me oh ! reader.
from any intentional pun) took an involuntary
dip into the clear, beautiful water.
I read the reoord with a melancholy pleasure,
for it called to mind vividly my recollections of its
gifted and talented author. I knew him well, and
I could well imagine the ,seal and energy with
which he entered into the pleasant labomsof these
hours of relaxation and enjoyment. TileAnemory
of W. Arthur Jackson will not soon fade kip those
I who knew, and appreciated and loved, hit-'manly
I worth and noble character. Tho warm *tiger
sun now shines down upon the grassy wend
which covers his form in a quiet spot in one Of our
oldest city burial grounds.
Ascending the hill directly in front of the house,
(for the hotel fronts upon the road, while the rear
overlooks the river,) by a winding path, with here
and there a flight of steps to aid the ascent, you
coma upon a quiet little pond, made by a dam
thrown across a rivulet which takes its rise from
springs now beneath the waters of the pond.
From this source the hotel is abundantly supplied
with pure fresh water, and arrangements are made
for affording guests a comfortable bath whenever
desired. We saw this pond, or lakelet, (it is called
Lake Lenaps,) just when the afternoon sun sink
ing towards the western horizon threw his rays
across its surface, so that it lay a mirror of liquid
gold, fringed with a beautiful eating of the rich
est green. Turning to the left from the lake, and
ascending still higher, you come out upon a bold,
rocky cliff, upon the very brow of the mountain,
and look down a sheer perpendicular descent of
some eighty or a hundred feet. Take a seat now
upon the soft and velvety moss which covers the
rook to the very edge of the cliff, and enjoy the
wino of wild yet quiet beauty which spreads out
before us. Far down beneath us the clear, dark
river gently winds its way from the northward
between the hills which shut in its valley, then,
with a slight ripple whose murmuring mind falls
* softly upon the ear from the distance, flows over a
shallow and rooky channel between the island,
Whiell Mil CV** the Orem eeci the ierley
shore, and than is lost to view, as in a ealnljsmoolh
stream of the darkest blackness, It eirolea'reind
the' point of Blockhead, .mountain With 'a i3lovv,
steady ever-onward current of great depth, through
the Gap. To the left, beyond the hotel and rising
from it in a northwesterly direction, but , fir , be
low the point where we now stand, la Sunset bin,
to the right of whose bright sunny * slopes we see
Cherry valley stretohing away westward beneath
the shadow of the Blue mountain. To the right,
the precipitous declivity of the mountein'lrom
which we are looking out sweeps roundwith easy
curve till It abgaptly ends in the_ bold jutting cliff,
which forme tlillWennsylvanla side of the Gap. Di.'
reotly in front, rising above and beyond Blockhead
mountain, which skirts the opposite
_bank of the
rivet, rises in solemn grandeti the bare and
rugged face of the mountain upon the-New Jersey
side of the Gap, all seared and weather-beaten by
the storms of a thousand winters. As the sun
sinks in the west, his declining rays light up the
hilltops with a mellow crimson hue, and
,the
deepening shadows in the, valley warn us to de:.
v soend ere the darkness &Mures the ,rough.path
through the wooded mountain-side. We_turn. re
tuotantly away, but we know that scenes of other
beauty are in store for us, when the round, full
moon shall rise over the mountain-tops to the
eastward, s sending her silvery light over the dense
woods, and, glancing through the dark shadows of
the Gap, gleam upon the smooth. outface of the
river, or, as the wind rises, sparkling and dancing
upon the thousand rippling -waves of the stream,
A Trtsvarzan. .
A TRAVELLER
FROM LYCOMING COUNTY. •
(Correspondence of The Press.]
Was,Ltiusronr, July 22,1858.
Ida. 'Enron : Our Democratic organ hero—the
old Lyeaming Gazetter-some weeks since con
tained a very significant article on Mr. Allison
White, tho Leoompton Congressman from this dis
trict, entitled, t; What shall 'we do with him?"
It declares that this recreant Democrat would not
only be ignominiously rejected by the people next
October, but his renomination would compel the
party to shoulder the responsibility of sustaining
Leoompton, which would, inevitably result in the
overthrow of the entire county ticket. Hundreds of
Democrats would become disgusted at anch a course,
and stay away from the polls, and hundreds of
others would go determined to rebukasuoh,derello
lion from principle.
Would it not be worse than madness to renomi
nate Mr. White?—for who would believe in the
honesty of apolitical organization that denounces
the crime, and yet compliments one of the most
supple tools of Lecomptonlem with a nomination
for Congress? He might betray us again' In
deed, I bait) not even heard that he has expressed'
contrition or oven regret for his course, although
on that question he opposed the wishes of nine
tenths of his constituents. He voted 'for the Le
compton fraud, although besought personally not
to do so by his own kindred and friends; in defi
ance of the resolutions of town meetings ; in oppo•
eition to the known will of the people he repre
sented. He went with the Federal Administration
against the people—let the federal Government
take care of him ; but do not let him be presented
by the Democratic party of this Congressional dis
trict as worthy of 'our suffrages! Let gentlemen
who in'end to be candidates for County' offices in
Lyooming, Clinton, Centre, ho., see to it that this
dead weight is not put. upon their backs, or they
will be disgracefully beaten.
The crops here have been mostly gathered, and•
the farmers say they have half, but certainly not
more than two-thirds, of a crop. Of the wheat,
some fields are badly eaten by the weevil, and
others are nearly destroyed. I saw one twelve
acre lot yesterday that looked beautifully golden,
and stood upon the ground " as thick as hair upon
a canine back," yet the proprietor informed me
he bad examined it carefully, and did not believe
it contained a peck of grain. The truth is, this M
eant has become a plague to our farmers nearly as
bad as the bugs and lice were to the Egyptians.
For five years past the yield has been uncertain
and unprofitable—some years a two-thirds crop,
others not more than half, and again, sometimes
the wheat would scarcely be worth the cutting.
This condition of things has driven the husband
man to a change, and many are now sowing bar
ley; in the Long Beach, particularly, there ate
dozens of fields to be seen now where there need to
be one.
The Sunbury and Erie Railroad Company are
energetically prosecuting their road to a compie•
Con. I eaw Mr. W. G. Moorhead, the .preeidont
of the company, the other day, who informed me
it wall their intention to have the track laid to
Farrandsville 1 eforo the Ides of March. This
would make about seventy-five miles of the road
complete, besides as much more that is graded
from Erie to Warren.
Yours, ,to
LETTER FROM CAPE ISLAND'
[Correspondence of The Press.]
OCEAN HOUSE, GAPE ISLAND, N. J., I
July 26, 1858.
Mn. EDITOR : It has occurred to me that
brief epistle from a constant reader of The
Press, in reference to matters and things about
the Cape, would not be unacceptable.
I took passage, on Wednesday last, in the fine
steamer Delaware, and after enjoying a delightful
sail down the bay, arrived here about 5 P. AL, and
found that a friend had seourod exoellont quarters
for myself and friends at the " Noon House." -
The weather has been splendid, and old Ocean
looks as magnificent as ever. We have been
favored nightly with " moonlight on the deep,"
which has added greatly to.the interest and plea
sure of the sojourn thus far.
' The wide-spread reputation of the Ocean House
as a quiet and comfortable home, for those who
care not to be daily offering their oblations upon
the altar of fashion, is fully sustained.
Some were apprehensive that the illness of the
estimable lady of the proprietor, whose pretence
and kindly attentions have hitherto contributed
80 much to the comfort of the guests, would be a
disadvantage. There is, indeed, a vacuity cre
ated, but ettll matters are conducted to the entire
satisfaction of the boarders. The house is crowded,
and private divellings contiguous to the hotel have
been rented in order to meet the demand mode
for accommodations. ' Congress Hall," the " Co
lumbia House," " The Atlantic," and indeed most
of the hotels, are filled to their utmost capacity.
Cape May is decidedly in the ascendant, and will;
undoubtedly, still sustain its character aa a glori
ous watering place.
Bat I desire to note, for the information of
your readers, the religious movements on the
Island. Before the season had fairly set in, the
excellent pastor of the /Methodist, Episcopal
Church, Rev. J. W. Kramer, announced that the
plan of holding Daily Prayer Meetings in the
Visitors' Church would be inaugurated. This ar
rangonnent has been a decided success. Every
morning, at nine o'clock, "the churchgoing bell"
assembles a large audience In the hallowed place,
and en hour Is passed delightfully. Dr. Newton,
Dr. Brainerd, Dr. Edwards, and Rev. Messrs
Maxwell, Carden, of Philadelphia, Dr. Cook, of
Wilmington, and Bev. Mr. Elliott, of German
town; have been rendering these meetings full of
Interest for some days past; in their public exer
cises, joined with the valued services of intelligent
and influential laymen connected with the various
Churches.
Yesterday was a beautiful Sabbath. The eon
looked• down upon us gloriously, and the ocean
breezes were highly refreshing. I was permitted
to listen to a very excellent sermon in the morn
ing, delivered by Dr. May, (Episcopalian,) of Vir
ginia, in the 1 , loiters' Church. The house wee
thronged, and the services throughout were very
impressive. In the afternoon, by invitation of
the waste. one of the colored waiters, an humble
Methodist local preacher, preached in the parlor.
It would hardly pass muster as an eloquent or
learned discourse; and yet the simpliolty and
goodness of the colored preacher could hardly fail
to make a salutary Depression.
Last evening Dr. Cook, of Wilmington, Del.,
(Methodist) gave no a very profitable sermon in
the Visitors' - Church. Rev. Mr. Carden, of Phila
delphia, (Episcopalian,) preached to a large au
dience in the dining room of the Ocean Rouse.
A Union Fair, conducted by the lathes of the
Presbyterian andDeptist churches, is now in pro
gress, the proceeds to bo applied to the liquidation
of the debts remaining on their houses of worship.
Altogether, the religious interest prevailing on the
Island may be regarded as peculiar and extraor
dinary. Yours, AA., H.
Dinner to Senator Hammond' of South
Carolina•
The Charleston Mercury publishes a report of
the proceedings of a meeting at Beech Island, on
the occasion of a public dinner to Senator Ham
mond. That gentleman's speech was of course the
great feature , : In speaking of the relations of the
North and South he takes the following positions:
1 That if we were well out of the Union, with
our Constitution and political Institutions estab
lished and aoknowlodged, the South would be more
prosperous than she is now, or seems likely to be,
in the Union.
• -
2. That wo are not likely to dissolve the Union
until some very substantial issue is made, viz: the
North ruling us by a confirmed sectional majority,
or a renewal of the tariff, banks, ke , or direct
tampering with our slaves, So.
3. That we have already achieved greatviotories
over the North, and that, if we would unite, and
stand firmly, watchfully, with our arms in order,
on the Constitution, truth, justice, and our rights,
with the alternative of a dissolution, there is rea
son to feel confident that we can not only sustain
ourselves in the Union, but control the country,
and, through it, the world.
4. That the South should review minutely and
analytically the ground of the prevalent opinion
that wo leapt expansion of slave territory, and
should aim ascertain whether the thing be pis
eible for the South, with our limited supply of
slaves, which the Senator intimates he is adverse
to increasing by reopening the slave trade, and
which he regards as wholly impracticable.
The pedestrian, Eisen, successfUlly wrn.
pliehed his great feat of walking fifty-four miles
per day, for six consecutive days, la Toronto, 0.
IQ., on lia6urds7
TWO ,CENTS.
LONG REACII
xprießE OsoupiokoonErinis. : -
oonwponaonte for gins nseil' i Pima b 4"
Wed Um following rule. r
Beery sommtuilliatLizi mast be seoirepanie4 by the
wane of the writer. In order to Insure correstneas of
the trlsegfsPhY, but one able or a sheet should be writ.
upon. • • -
. ,
We WWI PO greatly obliged to gentlemen in Penney!. -
unbend other iltatecfor eontrtbutiotui &dying the one{
rent news of the day in their particular localities+ the
FelOareeil of the sturounding country, the- biomass of
population, or any information that will be intermit - tug
to the generalraader. .. ' . •
GENERAL - NEWS.
? Edward Norton, convicted 'a -year or two
sines: by...tato-Warner county. .court, -at Trenton,
Of burglary, and other crimes, and sentenced
to thirty yenta imprisonment, made a deiperato
'attempt to - esoa - Pe -on Wednesday- efterrionn. Be
tween three andfour o'clock an offier - whose duty
his to inspect the Cells,. opened. - the'dooi of Nor
ton's cell, when-the latter immediately rushed out.
lie was a r med with knife, and thrusting
the officer on 'one side, ran 'up the psmage
way ,to the main hall of the building, where
he was ordered to stop. Mo-replied to this by
threatening to take the life of any one who
attempted to arrest him, and made his way
through the hall and to tho door opening on
the street. - The' diputy-keepers seized their
muskets, and warned the prisoner to'return to his
cell upon peril of being- shot.,-lie defied them,
anti no resource being now ,left but to .carry the
threat into execution, Mr. John Q. 'Carman fired
upon him with the intention of Only. wounding
him. The shot took effect in the -right band and
arm, one sbot. breaking ono:ef.Aho'bon" In the
wild, and two othere,penetratedlite hand. Not
withstanding tide, Norton showed nesign fif yield
ing, and it waaalmosrdetormined to fire upon him
again, whenite. dropped the knife, from Inability
to holdit longer: He was then' secured, looked
up, and his wounds dressed. Norton is a most
desperate man,. and If he had, pot been met In a
resolute manner the. consequencea , would have
been terrible. •
We have files from the• West Indies, dated
Kingeton,4amaios on -the 10th of July. There
was still a loud cry for laboring hands. The
gratfon .commissioners had appropriated $lOO,OOO
to promote the introduotion of Bast Indians, and a
likis cum for the bringing over of (Mamie: Twenty
five dollaea benus , ts 'offered for the )anding of a
free African apprenthie ; but bisifestradthat
our colonial friends will get but few bands at that
sum. the Ring of Dahomey having lately assured
the French commodore on the coast that beioeld
not sell hie ohattefil on the spot under'Billl'i"
strict blockade of Cuba is reoomnitindefin the
Jamaica papers as the only Mesita ofredding-the -
naval difficulties of England ,iltlfAilr.gnitod
States. Refreshing showers had' fettkit..in some
parts of the island. Yollow foyfr. - was'seariely
heard of. St: Vincent offers ssoplif. Bead the
intreduotion of each 000 lie;•
Scotch laborer who may be brought.there; S3O for
Americans from the United States,. and $4O for
those from British America. The Jamaica mining
reports are favorable.
The - importance of insurance against losses
by fire and water may be seen at a glance by the
following Dares: There were 322 fires in the Uni
ted States in 1857, and the amount of property
destroyed was $14,502,000 In 1856 the amount of
property destroyed was upwards of 3,000,000
greater. The entire loss by marine disasters in
the month of December last was $2,306,735: The•
above amount included thirteen steamers, forty
two ships, thirty-two barque; twenty-two-brigs,
and fifty-seven schooners. If this property was
insured, as the most of it undoubtedly niss,m any
thousands, perhaps millions, of persons - bore the
loss, each one suffering a little. whereas if no in
surance had been effected, many persons would
have suffered a business ruin, while others would
have been seriously crippled in their affairs for
life.
Various burglaries and robberies have re
cently been committed in the !within country
bordering on the Delaware river, creating waspi
clews that a regularly organized, band of marau
ders systematically infest that neighborhood, hav
ing their headquarters at some convenient
.point
along the river, and accomplices in -Philadelphia
or New York, who assist them in disposing, of; or
secreting their. booty. We hear of robberies hay
inglately been committed at various 'places on the
•Delaware, from Durham to Yardleyville, the
places pillaged being generally stores - or cfficee.
The Doylestown Intelligencer publishes a list of a
dozen or more burglaries and robberies, commit
ted within the last week or two, at Yardleyville,
Lambertville, and other towns and villages along
the river.
Two youths, ambitions .of pugilistic dis
tinction, repaired on"Sanday morning, about one
o'clock, to the foot of Seventieth street, North
River, New York, for the purpose of having a
fight. A crowd of worthies accompanied them to
witness the sport, and to see who would boar off
.the ,prise—an eight dollar suit of clothes. Seve
ral rounds had been had; oyes were getting bunged
up, and blood was moistening the ground, when
soddenly some policemen of the Twentieth ward,
who had been on a aharp_chase - after the party,
rushed upon and captured the principals and. ring
leaders, and took possession 'of the stake The
fighters, who gave their names as Israel Colden
and Theodore Myers, were taken before Justice
Quackenbush, and locked up in default of $l,OOO
each. The ringleaders were committed as wit.
misses.
On last Sunday evening the citizens of
Louisiana, Missouri, were taken by surprise, ma'
sioned by the elopement of Mr John B. Browning.,
proprietor of the Union HOMO, with one of his
boarders, a 'Madame M. E. Page, alias Ryser.
The woman wee brought hereby _a man named
Kyser, , and stopped et the Mansin Hones, the
proprietor of which became doubtful whether he
would receive an equivalent for his board, and
shipped them. They, then went to the Union
House, where Kyser deserted her. Mr. Brown
ing heretofore has borne an unimpeachable cha
racter. He leaves a large family of roes and
daughters, some of them grown. It appears as
though he is the dupe of a female artificer.
"Will you never learn, my dear, the differ
ence between real and exchangeable value?" The
question was put to a husband who had been lucky
enough to he tied to a political economist in petti
coats. "Oh, yes, my dear, I think I begin to see
it." "Indeed !" responded the lady. "Yes,"
replied the husband. "For instants, my dear,
I know your deep learning and all your other vir
tues--that's your real valve. But I know, also,
that none of my married friends would swop wives
with me—that's your exchangeable. value!"
President Buchanan, accompanied by his
niece, Miss Bane, Sir Wm. Gore Ociscly, and others,
left Washington on Tuesday evening, for B-dford
Springs. The party tarried at the Relay House
on Wednesday night. and the next morning. took
a handsome car, specially furnished by the B ilti.
more and Ohio Railroad Company. and, attached
to the regular Western train, prceecded to Cum
berland. After dieing at the fitter place, the
President and suite were to take earriage.3 for the
springs. The President will be absent from Wash
ington about len days.
On the 23d instant, Mr. W. H. Heins, super
intendent of the Magnetic Telegraph Company,
successfully laid across the Ohio river at Parkers
burg, Va., in twenty minutes, a large 'English
three-wire cable, making the sixth cable of the
same kind submerged by Mr. H during the past
two years. This completes, in connection with the
magnetic lines, a new, short, and the most reliable
and direct telegraph route betweeu New York,
Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington, and the
West.
About 7A o'clock on Monday night, the
steamboat Oliva Branoh was discovered io be on
fire. The alarm was instantly given, and the fire
men wore quickly on the spot, but the theses by
this time bad made molt 'headway that the upper
works were one mass of flames. When the fire
broke out, the Olive Branch was lying at the dock
at Rondout. She was owned by 0. C. Alger. of
•Hudson. All the upper works down to the main
deck were entirely destroyed.
The. United States sloop•of•war Cyane, now
at the Portsmouth tVa.) navy yard, has been or
dered to be gotten ready for sea with dcmpatoh
She is to be sent to the Peen°. Her repairs will
be completed in three weeks at the farthest. The
United States sloop-of-war Constellation was. off
Havana harbor 11th instant, and the Jatnestowo
on the preceding day. Lieutenant Wm. A Lovell
has received orders to resume the command of the
United States steamer Water Witch.
We find in the Montgomery (Ala.) Confede
ration the Constitution of the league just formed
in that city, to be known an the "Montgomery
League of United Southerners." The meeting nt
whioh the league was formed weal:mid pursuant to
a call issued by Col. Yancey, and the object of the
movement was declared by that gentleman to be,
nbt disunion, but a constitutional Union.
On Wednesday, the 4th of August, tho New
York Yacht Club rendezvous at Whitestone, under
the command of Commodore Edgar. The destina
tion of the fleet is nut positively known, but they
will, probably, visit New London and Newport,
where they will deoido as to further movements.
They will, undoubtedly, see Boston and Nahant
before they return.
T. Lean, formerly deputy postmaster at
Worth, Tuscola county, Michigan, and a elegy
man, has been convicted in the United States Die.
triot Court of robbing the post office, and sentenced
to fifteen years in State prison.
Tho New Orleans papers state that the
Shippers Cotton Press, at Galveston, was partially
barned on the 19th, including sixty bales of cot
ton. The total loss was $25,000, whisU is believed
to be insured.
News from the West Coast of Alden.
We have news from the west coast of Africa,
dated Cape Coast Castle the 11th, Liberia lfith,
and Sierra Leone 20th of Tune. The proceedings
in the admiralty court at Monrovia, in the case of
the Regina Cceli, had terminated, and an award
of $6,500 had been made to the Etbiope.
Dr. Davis left the English Niger expedition at
the camp above Rabba on the oth of May. All
the other officers were then well. Tho now Spa
nish Governor of Fernando Po had just arrived, in
company with six Cathelio priests, and a p.oola
motion had been issued closing Protestant places
of worship and schools, which had caused g reat
dissatisfaction in the colony. Tho coast was gene
rally healthy. The price of oil was at present
high; but a fine oil season was expiated, and it
was likely to come in plentifully.
But few slave vessels bad lately been seen in
the Bight of Benin; the last that made her ap
pearanett, the Mary Gibbs, under American cetera,
had been captured by her M ijesiy'a ship Trident.
A portion of the crew of this recoil, seeing the
vigilance with which she was snatched, and
the length of time that would elapse before
an opportunity might offer for shipping their
slaves, disposed In the usual manner of the ficti
tious American papers and flag, and then gave no
tice to the commander of the Trident that the
Mary Gibbs will without papers.
Captain Protet, Commodore of the French squad
ron on the coast, had lately returned from a
lengthened visit to the King of Dahomey The
object of the Commodore's visit appears to have
been to obtain from the Kirg the exclusive privi.
lege for the French to purcha• e FiRVCB at Whydah
and the Dahomian ports. Notwithstanding that
this application was, it is said, supported by a pre
sent of six handsome brass fiald.pieees, superbly
mounted, the Commodore's mission proved a com
plete failure, the large at d increasing legitimate
commerce of the Bight i•f Benin, and the eager
nese 0t the native. , to cntiivnte cotton, Lavin:;
raised the -prier. nt slaves to from ii-100 to sl2o—a
price beyond the figure to which the contractor is