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THE PliESS, JSUJJLINOTON, ITltlDAY M011N11NG-, MAY 0 1859. GEO. W. &!.. BENEDICT, Emtoni ikd FitoFMCTon. lyJV terms stt last pogt.l nURLIXCTOXl FRIDAY M0BN1K0, MAY f, IPtO. WHAT 8ItAI.fi BE DONE WITH THE MOItMONS! A series of articles on tlio Utah Expedition win biought to a closo In ttio lost number of the Atlantic Monthly. Their author is evi dently ono who knows what ho is talking bout. Ho considers it proved thnt the Mor mons cannot be trusted to administer a re publican government, nnd ho declares tuat the whole condition of affairs justifies the prediction of Brighnm Young in 1855, that though he might not be governor, his power would not bo diminished a partlelo by any man or men the United States Government night send there. Tho territorial statuto books show that tho transfer of executive power from Brighnm Young has long been anticipated. Acta exist allowing tho Mor mon church to hold property to any extent, Irco of taxation, and in effect investing it with absolute and perpetual sovereignty. Indian and negro slavery is legalized by sta tute, and fifty or sixty negroes, and several hundred Pyide Indians are now held as laves in the territory. Other acts rob the U. S. Judges of Ihcir jurisdiction, civil and criminal, and confer it on the Probato Courts, Others authorize the invasion ol domiciles on the simple order of a judicial officer, legal he verdicts in civil cases upon the concur rence of two thirds of tho jurors, and abolish the (recdom of tho ballot-box by providing that each vote shall bo numbered and a re cord kept of tho voters, with the number of his ballot attached to each voter s name, which record, with the ballots, is preserved for reference. There is also an cxtraordi nary scries of acts regarding the primary (lis poaal of the soil, with which subject theter. ritori.il legislatures is expressly forbidden to meddlo hy tho Organic Act, which acts con fer on Brigham Young and other church dig nitaries almost all tho lands in hastern Utah that are valuable for immediate occu pation, and which thus vest in thoso digni taries the virtual control of tho settlement ol tho territory. Tho statements of this writer, with regard to the domestic lifo and habits ol tho Mor mons, coincide with other well authenticated account. Utah is a pagan plague-spot, where the grossst vices of tho lowest forms ot paganism prevail, sanctioned hywliat they call their religion, and by tho commands of a potentate whose will is as that of Heaven for the degraded people he has so long con trolled. The Utah Expedition, in the writer's view, bai been for the most part, a failure. Mili tary control of tho Territory, he believes will be enormously expensive, comparatively inef fective, and altogether inexpedient. The remedy he recommends is, to luy the Mor mons out oj Utah, and to transport them to Papua, a large inland of the East Indies, a little north of Australia. The Mormons are almost all foreigners, and have no local attachment to the soil. Tho idea of another exodus is familiar to them, and will, as the writer believes, be favored by Young. In fact, he states that such a scheme was communicated to President Buchanan, by Mr. Bernhcisel, tho Mormon delegate in Congress, in order to ascertain it the co-operation of the National Government in such u measure could bo expected ; but that Mr. Buchanan discountenanced tho plan as a wild dream. Nevertheless, it is argued that the idea of emigration to Papua is no more Quixotic now than was thatof themovement to Utah in 1840. The island of Papua is declared to be very suitable in soil and cli mate for such a population. " Transplanted thither, they wouid ccaso to bo a nuisance to America, and would become benefactors to the world, by opening to commerce a region now valueless to Christendom, but ol as great natural capacities as any portion of the globe." Tho expenso of the migration, the writer ttates, need not exceed the amount already expended on the Army of Utah, to gether with that necessary to maintain it there five years, and an intelligent, christian, and republican State, of settlers from tho valley of tho Mississippi, will then tako tho place of the Mormon abomination. Tho same view is taken by David H. Burr, Esq., the Surveyor General of Utah, in a recent letter lo tho Department of the Interi or, which has just been published. Mr. Burr says : "Mj position 0s Surveyor General of Utah gave me peculiar advantage for observing the Mormnnp, and learning much of their character and dispo sition, and I firmlj believe tr at It Is an impossi bility for them ever to Assimilate itb any other people, or to reconcile Mortnnnisra with the insti tutions of theStttes. It is fallacious to suppose that they can bo Induced to abandon their singu lar tenets. Instead of fighting; them, cannot we induce them to leave the country, and thereby avoid tbo hor ror and odium of a religious war T I bavo often conversed with Intelligent Mor mons about their antagonism to the United Statoa authorities; therhave generally expressed a wish to be at paaoe with the United Mates, and a desire to obey the laws when they did not conflict with their religion and peculiar institutions. But as their religion and peculiar Institutions emanated from 1 higher power, they could never relinquish them, and If foroe was used, theywoull repel it or leave the country. They never expressed any objection to leaving, provided they oould be paid a fair compensation for their property In Utah, and could find a suita ble place to remove to. At one lime they th tight of tho British possessions on the north, but the British government refused them per mission. Mexico, Central as well as some parts of South America, have been spoken of, ai.d a eots lent to examine, without favorable result. They often speak of the islands of the sea1 as a place of refuge. If an Island or Islands could be found to tcoom nodato them, where they would not be In terfered with, I tblnV they might be Induced to emigrate. If so, byeitendlng facilities to tbem, wesoold arould the horrors and expense of a civil war, We should, It is true, by so doing, transfer the 'moral pestilence' to another land, instead of radloatlng It, but if that other land was an Is land of the Pacific, trade would spring up between them and other people, breaking up their seclu sion, and their peculiar religion and practlco could not stand long ailnst the light of civilisation and intelligence that always follows the footsteps of eommerce." Whatever conclusion may bo reached on the lunjeo. to which such views relate, they are at least worthy of a careful considera tion. Tho lato accounts ol serious troubles in Utah ehow us that the Mormon question is no more settled now than it was when Mr. Buchanan camo into tho Presidency, Deeper commotions in Utah aro mucli more to bo looked for than a state of quiet. Affairs there cannot long remain as they now are. What then shall be dono with tho Mor mons? Will the sham "popular sovereign ty" men, of either the liccompton or the Anti-Locompton stripe, answer the question? The Republican doctrine, tho doctrino held by American Statesmen, generally, from the earliest days of the Republic to within a few years past which grunts to Congress tho power to protect tho Territories from "thoso twin relics of Barbarism, Polygamy and Slavery" will enable the Republicans ut least to approach the subject, and to apply I) it la time such action ft may follow wiw legislation. The ''Popular Sovereignty" talk of the Democratic party hns for the other Territories been proved tn mean only this ulivehnldnrs nav oi slaveholder can ataMI'h lavery in them, which mint bo upheld there bv the indieial and mill- tnrv fnrco of tho nation, though every whiti man there) hut one be npen'v hostile tn It. In Utah, it is claimed to uphold and giro a legal status to not only slavery, hut to polygamy, incest, rob bery, and murder, nnd a re!tine to U. S. authority by whatever means the Mnrmnn hierarchy prescribe. Can't the Ow-Tlnv and the Antl-Cow-Biy demounts of Vermont cive us their views as to what is tn bo dine in tho Mormon "popular sovereignty" case? AFFAITIS tv Eimoir.. The long dohatrs in the English Parlia ment on the nffiirs in Europe amount tn verv little. It is plain that the English government holds itself in ft sort of on-tho- fence position. It dreads n general war, but does not tako any decided stand for or against either Austria or France, though its sympathies are mainly with Austria. Tho remarks of tho Earl ol Clarendon were as much to tho purpose as any that were made. In substance, ho said that il tho contending powers were at heart as earnest for peace ns their talk indicated, it was strange that the process of arming continued to bo carried on with such vigor. Tho proposition of Aus tria that Sardinia should disarm wlnlo Aus tria kept armed and only promised to let Sardinia alone, was n preposterous one. All wo know nt present is that one despotic Power has proposed to another despotic Power, that by means of a Congress a third despotic Power should pavo the way for the establishment of frco institutions in Italy. (Laughter) . Ho doubted whether thero was sincerity cmugh in tlum to carry tho ar rangement to n successful issue. If Austria and Franco wero ready to withdraw their forces from tho P.ipal territories, and Austria is prepared to act up to tho treaties ol forty years' standing, as well where they benefit others as whero they benefit herself, where was the need of a Congress ? What is the pretext for a war? Settling Italy would not settle the Italian question. Lonibanly might bo transferred to Piedmont, hut the rule ol Piedmont would soon bo as distaste ful to Lombardy as that of Austria now is. Ho did not see any clear way out of tho dif ficulties ; if any minister did, ho should wish him all success. We do not seo that tho Congress of tho fivo powers is likely to do any tiling more than to defer an outbreak fur a short time. The granting the principle of a disarmament is one thing, the actual disarming is another and that neith er Franco, Austria, Prussia or Sardinia in likely to do, and of coursa England mutt keep herself in a stato ol arm'.d neutrality, us they term it. A war will como by and by; and it will be a bloodv one too. PKRSONAI,. Hon. Homer E. Rotce, our capablo nnd excellent representative in Congress, was in town Wednesday, and looking well. It is stated on tho authority of a Troy pa per, that John Cain, Postmaster of Rutland, lias been superceded in that office. C.iin's otlencc is his admiration of Douglas, which he has not been prudent enough to conceal. Sonio other postmasters wo wot of, will do well to take warning by his fate. Horaco Greeley is going on an cxtcn sive trip this summer, through Kan sas and its gold region, Utah and California, and returning cither by tho Isthmus or across the continent; leaving May 10th and returning in September. Gov. .Medary of Kansas is in Ohio on n isit. Some of tho Kansas papers intimate that they du not expect his return, ihey think ho has been too decent to suit the Ad ministration. The Evening Post asserts that the original manuscript of Mrs. Sickles' confession was given to tho editor of Harper's Weekly by Mr, Sickles himself, although he and his counsel have since asserted that it was ruado public against his wishes. An Arkansas paper gives an account of a marnago in tho jail of St. Francis County, ol a beautiful young lady, to onoof tho threo brothers who havo recently been convicted of murder in tho first degree and sentenced to bo hung. DISTURBANCES IN UTAH. Tho last advices from Utah ehow plainly that Gov. Cumniing, Mr. Buchanan's ap pointed to act between tho Mormons and tho U. S. forces and authorities generally, is much moro earnest to protect tho Mormon leaders and their subservient villains, than be is to help bring them to account for the bloody murders laid to their charge. The Mormon leaders had managed to get the very men accused of atrocious murders in 1857, returned as Grand Jury men, Tho conse quence was that nothing wan done by their means towards bringing any Mormons to justice. Tho U. S. District Judge, Cradlobaugh, seeing that nothing could be dono through the Mormon Grand Jury, discharged it and undertook the investigation himself. Bench warrants wero issued and several arrests of persons accused ot being concerned in tho I'arrish murders wero mudo. As thero were no means for securing persons under arrest, or lor protecting witnesses from tho vengeance of the Mormon leaders, the Judge obtained a company of U.S. soldiers from Gen, Juhn son fur that purpose, whereupon Gov. Cum tnings mudo a proclamation protesting against tho presence of U. S. Troops in tho city, (rrovo). Tho Judgo, in rcsponso there to, asserted in open court that instead of tho troops in tho vicinity of tho court houso be ing a terror to poaccahlo citizens as asserted by tho Governor, the witn.sscs benought tho presence of tho troops for their protection; and ho said further that the Court bad yet tu learn that it was subservient to and could not act oxoopt under executive dictation. It seems too that tho Governor threatened to call upon tho Mormon militia to drive tho U, S. troops out of the city, whereupon Gen. Johnson Bent up several additional com panies to sustain them. It is plain that thero is troublo enough brewing in Murmun doiu.und wo do not wonder that Mr, Bu chanan is slid to be uneasy about tho hue!- The Rocki'oui (Mass.) Nuibance Case. Tho decision of Judge Shaw, of Massachu setts, in tho celebrated Rockport Nuisanco Caso of last year, was reversed by tho Su premo Court, at their sitting in Salem, lust week. The opinion is sail to bo an unanim ous ono, Judge Shaw concurring with tho other judges to overrule his former decision. Hid decision, last year, it will be recollected, went to justify nny penona who wight break into a shop used fur tho rale of spirituous li- qtinrs and destroy tho liquors and tho vo'scls containing them, on tho ground that a place kept for the salo of such liquors wis a nuis ance by the statute, nnd any body hail a right to abate the nuisance bv force, if they did no more damago than was necessary for that purpose. Tho chief point made by tho Supremo Courts in Bench, were thnt no spiri'nnus li quors are not of themselves n common nuis nneo, but made so by statuto when kept for sale, their destruction must bo in tho mode printed out in tho stitutoj that it is not, therefore, hwful for any persin to destroy them l.y way of abatementnf a common nuisance; and, a lor lion, not lawful for him to use foreo for that purposo ; that nn individual may abate a private, mrsince injurious to him, when ho could also bring nn action i nbo when a common nulsanco obstructs his individual right, ho may remove it to enjoy that right, he cannot bo called In question for so doing, ns in case of removing an obstruction across n highway ; but tbo fact that tho hus bands, wives or children of nny persons fre quent a place where liqucrs mo sold, though the law declares such place u common nuis ance, does not give them the right to break into tho shop nnd destroy the liquor and tho vessels in which it is kept. 1'ho abatement of tho nuisance must bo in the mode prescribed by law. ntr.sii rr, TiMjuniiTv reported lortTiir. met: press, mow nr.cr.sT sermons r-v run ltnv. IinXKY WAMI HEKCHEU. Some men will give a doliarnnd put so much heart into it thnt it will bo worth tnoro than n thousand dollars from another. Some men will give, Lut it Is nswlicn miners blast out gold-bear Ing quarts you have, to drill nnd drill till you can effect u lodgment and then put In good motives like powder, and then off ot last goes the cxtd"- sion.nnd jounrc almost covered by tho rocks which they fire nt you. This giving Is not what tho Wile requires. It is not enough fer our IVhci in Heaven thnt wo arc cencrous in giving. Wo must wreath our charities about with beauty, The duty of right filling does not depend upon our moods no one thinks that tlio duty of honesty depends upon thcin, or of truth-telling. We nil understand this rule in rcfirincc to these lower dements of character. A man Isiipt to feel right when things go well with him. When his health Is good, and his dl gestion is good and ills wife has phased hitn and his children luvo jkasid him nnd his clerks and his bankers hnvo pleaded him, tho man fays, " I ought to have dew on mo cery morn ing I ought to feel right." Hut suppose uu haw ten devils in you, which is about iquul to one d.ls- peps! i ; supposo the mail lias brt U(.ht all 1 ad new- to you, aro youthen, win n jou go ut, to push this man this w.iy and thnt uinu tliut way 1 are you freed from all requirements to be kind aiid gentto ? 1 know of but ono rule: " Winn dim culties arc about vou, climb higher in goodness." Wcbelicicthat wo own every (no that wc love thoroughly and that is the only l-ind of owner ship it) man that I biicvc in. I justify and hoi. or every fugltho slave I pity him bifuic he ruiit away after that I respect lira. You may soy you paid twelve hundred dollars Icr him I doi,t caro if you aid a million Gcd paid his own blood for him man may own tbo earth, but ho dont own tho man that wall.s on it. Thero Is but ono question I would put to every Blavo and that is " Can you get away? If jou think thero is a reasonable prospect of success in running away, run you havo got the whole UiMe like a stationary engine, drawing jou tothc north star," and if that slave wns a son of inino and did no; run, I would write on him in letters that could bo read a league, " Ilisowned," oven thougli ho put life at risk to attain his liberty, I think a man might as welt sit on the mouth of a cannon ready to bo touched off, ns to stand In a pulpit at the south mid pnaih, In lding tho views of tho rights of man tint I hoIJ men saj " Why dont you go to the south and prtacli inthis way why du ou preach such viewsat tho north"? 1 doit jut because my .Master told his dlsciplei "If men pcrsecuto yen in or.u city, flee into another." Wo arc not to stay to lie hung if we can blip It and 1 know if I wero to preneii these icwsat tho south my ascension would not tarry and then on the other lund I think I preach to ubout as many slave-holders hero as I should at tho south. " It is better to gHo than to receive" That is God's proverb. A man comes to the knowledge of a religious truth by feeling it, not by reasoning about It afterwards ho has the right to turn round and say What was that that 1 felt." Tho way to find out that which is true, Is tu be yourself that which is right. The doubt os to whether thero is any Ood, guid ing human affairs, is as old as tho ages. It is met with all thruugh tho Tialms and then it was not new. It is stated as fully, as ingeniously, us variedly in tho oldest look which wo have, Un hook of Job, as in any work of mystic or infidel philosophy. Itisoncof tho things which sccu-s to havo been fully grown in tho leginniug. The human raco bas alwass been standing in relative tw light, knowing a littlo . biut the prcs cot undtho pust, but standing before a grcit un known future, out ot which wero continually com ing upon them influences which wero changing them, eicn completely runsfirintng thcui some times, and yet they wtro entirely unable to get tho mastery of tbno influences nnd undoistai.d them, simply because tho future wus ripe and th raeowasnot. Tho raco was not jet alio to tejr them. Tho child's naughtiness is only tic piriEt'j Ig norance, oftentimes. What 11 tbo boy six j ears old should come to his father and say " Futlcr ! whnt shall I du when I come to get marriid. What shall I say and how shall I behave"? Tho father would look at hiin ant say, "my son, you aro only six )iar old yet, and t think jou will bavo time enough to learn about theso ti ings between six unJ twci.ty five.andfor the present jouhad letter not trouble yourself about them." The child would go away feeling a little ashamed and tbo mau would till it as a curious thing. Ilut tho only thing curious about it would be that the child wanted to know, and that is jutt what u-tn nre doing towaidsthd. They are continually asking questions wbith arc a thousand years too scon, and raising di ulis ai.d worrying about matters which It will need ages of growth it for thiin to lo able to understand. When we st-o how many questions siur children ask us, which It is impossible for us to explain to tbem just bccauic they aio children, it Is strange that men will not tako the hint in reference to Ulvlno 1'rovidcncc, and undirtland that uiiuaro only children, but a littlo further up. " For now wo know in part," That Is the mot to of tho globe. If there Is an) thing moro itinarlablo tl.nn the ignorance of men, His their couceit of knowing. "Thou shalt lovo tho hord with all thy heart and thy neighbor as thyself aro you in search of religious truth? This is God's highway, Wi-aro put on the turnpike road when wo are put upon that text and if you want any further specifica tions, tako 1 hillppians 4th ch. fill v. I say I know about the Aurora Ilorcalls. It Is a bank of sheeted glow, shooting up from tho dark north. "Well," jou say, "but what Is it undo oft" " Vou havo wo there," I must answer 'Mhero docs it come frouiT' " I dont know " " And where does it go to?" " I dont know ' All I know ii there li tho north aud tbcro is tho Au- rorn." I think Clod's denlln s hero with tisaiea good cntllket at. lie tells us we are I ound to l-rimortntltv. Hut I iWl know what Immortality l. If n to'ls us wc aro bound to bo the "sons of flod" I dont know nhnt that I' " Cronned King nivl Priests" -not si ns Kings and 1'rlests nre on earth, for lint would ho hell, not hcivcnj so thnt I dont kniw whnt Hint Is. Nn ! these truths nre hune up beforo us to touch hope and touch lnag!rnton, fit d Pf t to bo hewed out Into solid Weeks of knowlnlce, to bo built up Into systematic statement. Old l continually flnsl.lng tho'o truths up out of tho future, but It Is not thnt wc should bo expected to know jut what they nre, lut only that wo inny know wh ch wny to steer. Tho moro you grow to be llko Hod, tho more jou will hnvo to be patient with your fel low men, as God has ti he with all hiscrcaturis. Corrcponlcn:e of tho Froo Press. i,i-:rTi:its fiio.m kuiiopk. m bxvn. Dresden, Brnlix. Dresden Dresda ia in somo respects a beautiful city. Its streets ava wide, its houses lofty, and its public edifices noble, but its only res.'inblanco to 1 lorenca that I could perceive is, that it is on both sides of a river, and lias exceedingly interesting nnd remarkable collections of nature nnd nrt 1'ho KIIkj sweeps through tho city in a fine ciine and is crossed by two fine bridges the now railroad bridgo w ith carriage-way and side walks, and tho old mas-sive stone bridge which was originally built witli funds raised by the sale of papal indulgences, or dis pcnsitions from eating butter and eggs in Lont. It lias fine sido walks which com uiand exceedingly good views of tho whole city, on bitli sides of tho river. Situated in latitude 51 , futir degrees further nurth than Quebec, it of cnurso suffers the rigors if a long winter, and tho Enow of tho moun tains through which tho Elho winds its cum bo, when melted bv sudden thaws swells tho river to an almost le M-tlcss torrent. It rises i-oiiietiincj tlx teen feel in twentv-lour hours. A bridge built to withstand the ico and water of such thuds must needs bo of such bolidityand Mrcngih us to make it interesting mid res- Iiectnblc. I'mm the bridge, bv broad step- you reach tho Terrace ol lis iilil on the old town bank of tho river a pi ice of great re- wort lur promenades and loungi-s, and refresh ini'iits and muic in tho cafes mid haltiii places along shore, all comm. Hiding good views of the river, the bridges, and tho opposite bank. These and tho other simi l.ir ptaeis of rcsirt aro thronged by the citi zens in tho finu summer evenings, and al by tho many strangers wins luako Dresden a sunii-icr residence for a longer ol shurt peiiod. The gill ii " anil collections are tho great attraetim s. Its picture gill Tics are tho linet c nleeti ins of piintiugs in Giu-mmy, it U.iid; in tho nrinuiinl gallery there are 15(10 painting. They certainly ont.iin s me nl th'! gro ite-t pictures by tho greatest in wcis, and there aro specimens of most of the gro it masters. There is a collection ol 230.000 engravings, 10HO of which aro Trainee There nro 50 portfolios of drawings by the old masters. There is a g illery of 450 pir- traits nf eminent men, of great merit in that lino of art. FiedorioktiioGre.it, wliiluhob.it tered the churches, give special orders to spare tlie gall -rics ; Napoleon did not steal works orart from Dresden. Tho celebrated Green Vault is- tho ino-t romarkablu c illection of its kind in the world being madu up prin cipillyuf precious curio-dties in bronzo, in ivory, mns lies, porcelain, enamel, gold and silver C53j1, goblets &, oth r vessels cut out ol agites and other half precious stones ; s ippliires, emeralds fc rubies, and pearls and diamonds of ustoni-huig numli'r and value. I'his c illecti in is I'-tiinati-d to 1m of the value of many millions, ft Ins been colleehd by tho snvi reigns of S ixony during tho last 150 years or nior.1, iippirently without regird to expense. Tho Historical Mus'-inn is exceed ingly rich in armour and arms of tho greatest interest and value, and the Museum of Xatur.il Histiry is gild, but strongest in the mini rais of S tun. Tho museum of antiquiti the library of -100,000 volumes, tlie collootron ol pircelair.s and terra cottas in the Japancso pilaco are interesting. There aro twuchurohes wlncli aro worth looking at. The Catholic church in whhh the Royal family worship, if it was not tho Cuurt Church, would not attract much no tice. It is connected with the Royal Palaco by a covered bridgoor pusigo over tho inter vening street. To us tho Frauenkireho (tho Church of our L uly) , was uiunli more i tercet 1114. It is the I'rotctant cathedral Luther an. It is built of stJiio from tho found. ition to tbo d .mie, and is s s )li I in its construe lion that when b nub irdod by Frederic tho Great, bhot and shell rub mnded from tho walls and tho dome, and did no injuiy. Within it is lilted up like 11 theatre with f ,ur tiers of seats or gtlkrioi. Too first tier consists of private hoses, tho others arc com mon rows of seats fora promiscuous audience. I'lio scats in tho b 1 ly of tho church aro for ladies, each hii.ing her uwn seat witli her name and number. On tho right of tho desk, on tho front nf the lower tier or galhuy hangs a pjrtrait of L ither of lifo sizo, and on tho left uno of Melancthon. We find ourselves a littlo ill at caso for tho want of refreshing sleep, not being yet habituated to these German pillows and beds, a hard pillow, inclining plane of ubjtit 2j degrees, and a 60ft down bed for a covering, instead of abed below nnd blan hots and coverlets above, wo get used to but slowh; and when tlius stowed away we re alize tho joke of tbo Irish traveller under 0110 of thtf-o down beds, who rang up the waiter and begged him to ask the gentleman who was to sleep atop to como to bod early, us ho did not liko to bo disturbed after ho got asleep. I'mm Dresden to Berlin, tho counlry is flit and uninteresting, sandy.piney and un productive, abounding in windmills, often I laced in a cluster; and when nil are going nt into tho (fleet is singular. Wo had hoped that when we got intw the IVutestant coun tries wo should find less of tho hard out door tillage and drudgery done l.y women, but the fields are still tilled and tho harvest gathered by them, while- tho men soom to be rpiite out of eight. Yours, n. C, Pikk's I'KtK. Tho St. L litis D.micrat says : Tho bouts, bound up tho Missoin j riv (r'havo nnw-a-dajs to stow away pasM-ngers in every available spot of their cabins, decks and hurricane roofs, nnd even tho usually (piiet precincts nf tho Texas havo tu lio used lor the necoiiiodation of tho I'iko's lVaki-rs. The most cxpiRisI and iinciunfortahlo por lions of tho lower deck unappropriated to tho numerous nx.cn, muhtuind horses ol tho sun guino crowds of gold Foekeis. One, and M.niH-tiiius two boats, leave for tbo Mououri fiery day, to which tho above will apply. Tint"" or four boats will e.io to-iay, with an average p 'rliiips nf 2-W pin 'iig( rs each, Kv rv b i.u Ir-uit t'i S ititb, tho North and Illinois and Ohio nv rs brings (rout five 1 1 a hundred and fifty l'ike's I'-'.ikers St. Louts Democrat Tor tliel-'rco Press. TRANS PI, ANTING TKKKS. Messrs Editors t As this Is tho appropriate season fur the transplanting of fruit tree, nnd has Ing, no Inter than yesterday, bocn cngiiged In that direc tion, it occurs to me, that 1 can perhaps throw out somo hints on tho manner of performing that luty, tint may bo of somo benefit to others having tho same work to do, Wishing to set out somo fifty trees In a sandy sol1, and hiving hnd no experienco tn transplant ing In this kind of soil, I took tho liberty to In- qulro of sevcrnl gentlemen as to tho most appro prlvto method, tosreuro tho llfoand growth of tho tree. One said, "put a few potatoes Into tho bot tom of tho trench, say nbout four quarts to a tree, and they will furnish molsturo nnd nourishment both." N'ot a bad Idea I thought. Others sug gested other modes, whllo many knew nothing on tho subject, but "had pt or lucocss In setting out trees any way." I!ut fueling anxious to succeed In my purposo of securing tho permanent growth of my trees, nnd net Icing settled in my mind as to tbo hut rrfde to be adopted, I concluded to call on my friend .Mr. lingers, In whose Judgment wo could rest, If ho had had any practical experienco in that direction, nnd had exercised his usual good, sound, common senso judgment, that bo brings to bear on other branches of farming, and which I think should be brought moro fully beforo our agricultural community, in their modes and results. As I purposed, I mado it convenient to call at lit) place, and received tho usual hearty welcome, which is so generously extended to alt, and more especially to his brother farmers. Says I, "air. Hogcrs, I a-n starting out to set somo apple trees, and am at a loss to detcrmino the best method, havo you had any experienco in theso sandy lnnds? "Ves, some, not so large an cxpcriccco as many, yet entirely successful." "M hat Is your method 7'1 I asked. "Well, In the first place, I dig a bread trench, In order to give tbo roots n wide berth, then I go out there," pointing to somo bluffs west of his house, "nn 1 dig up a quantity of the small cobble stones and dirt, ly ing at their base, I puta liberal quantity nt tho bottom of ca-h hole, sprlnklo a littlo dirt and set my tree on tho top, this will bo a perfect protection ngainst drouth, and promote the growth of tho trees. I havo not lost a single tree, that I havo set In this way, and they have done remarkably well." "There, that is just tho mo Ie, "I responded, as It is in poifect harmony, with my own observa tion. Tor I luvo always obiervcd that fruit trees set upon a cobblo knoll, shew more thrift, and bear a higher flavored fruit, than in any other locality." I did not hesitato to adopt this mode, so far as my limited timo and labor would permit, supplying tiio deficiency in tho qumtlty of stone, byaJJlnj a liberal quantity of Hyo straw, laid in the bottom of tho trench, nnd also, around the trco nn tho surfaco of tho ground, to secure s-irf-ico moisturo nnd protection against severe diouth. If anv one is disposed to try this method 1 would say that, the small chips of stone, lying in Urgo quantttios about Mr. Wiliard's ledges, will answer tho purpose, yet not quito so good as broken llmc-stono. I would suggest a caution, against setting trees Uodcoplnto ttio ground. This 1- applicable to all trio. It is a pecuiiarfact, which wo may all ob serve, that all tho roots which fupplynourishment aro very near to tho surfaco of tho ground. Those which nro necessary to hold tho trco in its position aro the ones that striko into the ground and then no farther than is absolutely necessary. As this is tho period to secure good fruit, and also to preserve tho trees from tho depredations of insects, c, I will suggost that now is tho time to clear awiy tho dirt from tho base of tbo tree, un covering a portion of tho roots, (which can be done without injury), and make an examination to sco to what extent the bvrtr has committed his depredations. This Insect is now more destructive thin any other to tho applo tree, from tho fact, that his dopreditlons aro obscure and unnoticed, and cstumltteJ nt tho foot of the tree, sometimes in tho roots. When found he should bodugout and destroyed. A wash of strong soap-suds nnd ashe, or lime, is an excellent an 1 convenient wash within tho reach of every one; also a liberal de poslt of lime around tho foot Is a goo 1 preventative againt tho approach of the borer, and other insects If these suggestions should meet with favor, I shall fed en:ouragcd to throw out some hints in other directions. A raniir.n, For tho Free Press. nativk t. i.mi'oit ri:n STOCK. Pi.AHSEvacn, X. Y., Apiil 30, 1S5J. MfSirt, VdUors; I bavo noticed in this week's Fra Prtai, n communication from "A rarmer," under the heal of " Xatlvo vs. Imported Stock. A good Cow." also your solicitation of facts in refcrcr.ee to tho subject, for publication. Somo timo last Summer I noticed n statement in tho X. V. Tniusr, that Was, S. Lincoln, Esq., of Worcester, Mass., had a Cow from which 18 lis. of luttcr per week wero malo in the month of June, h'ctng desirous to learn more of the breed nnd peculiarities of said Cow, and also to ascertain whnt her food was at tho time this largo yield of butter was produced, I wroto to Mr. Lin coln on tho 23d of July in rofcrenco to the subject. Sub-cquontly I received a reply thereto, dated Worcester, -Mass., Auguit 23d, 16S, from which tho fallowing is an extract, which I tako tho lib bcrty to send you. Very respectfully yours. W. C. II. Extract from Win, S, Lincoln's Letter: " The Cow you Innulro of is an Imnortod ' Jar. sey ' Cow, brought over to this country by the .Mns'acbuictls Society for promoting Agriculture In sizo and build or form, siving tho peculiar u.-eiracicriswcs o nor orceu. soo win coiiparo well with tho Cows of any breed. She is now in very low oondition, owing partly, I think, to her hvin,' bjen kept In milk to ton Ja'o 11 da'e, tho past winter, llor food is, or rath, or was, at tho lime yuu Inquire about, grass inly, from a pasturo of Inferior quality. Her uvera.-e vield ol milk is about 1C quarts d illy. Hut it is not allowed to stand long enough to get tho full yield of crotm, ns her ca f is fed on skimmed milk, which must be fo-1 swoet. Tho valuo of such a Cow I hardly know. Tho cost of importing is about $350 por head of courso iVst lor anlinils of younger age. Wo do not often rind Cows among us, which will produco such a yield of buttor. Hut, of course, you will understand that among our Cattlo that hiro Iceu brt I for butter, wo bavo many ono ani mals. For myself I havo pnferrod the Ayrshire, an! tho .Maxaebusetts Society, which imported this Cuw, aro expecting ditly, a new herd of Ayr shires to arrive, soleotot in Scotland, by an agent sent abroad exprosdy to msks tho purchaso. I havo now s-iiue five feiailesof the Jersey, and three miles; beslles some Ayrshire, as well as grado animals, which It would give mo ploasuro to exhibit to you at anv time, V'rs resp'y, Signed Wit. S. Lt.vcot,x. The Providence Journal remarking on tho great display & lavish expenditure of tho Ad ministration in tho Paraguay business und tho littlo there is to show for the outlay, ends as follows: To tbo commercial company whoso c aims havo bocn disposed of in this unsatisfactory mannir, by tho "immenso diplomatic tri umph" of letting Lopez havo precisely Ids own way, wo havo a word of ndvico. The next timo that you mako a demand for tho intcrferi'iico of this administration. Insure that yuu hare a nigger in it. If instead of live hundred thousand dollars, Lopez had stolen fivo broken d iwn niggorn, General Scott would huvo boon in Ascuncion, at tho head nf 11 connucring army, two years ago. Nothing that docs not riso to tho ini nrtuuro of a runaway slavo is a national question, in tho eyes of a Democratic administration. Mail Contracts. Tho Washington corrcs pondent nf the Courier and Enquirer writes that "tho mail contracts from Virginia to I'loridi havo recently been given out for four years, from the first nf July nest. Tho ngrcgato cost nf tho eervieo in theso States, by post coaches and other modos of convoy unco beside railroads, is twenty per cent greater than at tho last letting. As no in crease nf juy can bo expected from Congress, tho service un tho routes has been dimlnUhod in proportion tn tno incrcaso uf cost. It is ceitainly my surprising that in tho midst ol the 'hardest times' known since 1837, tho prices for carrying tho mails should be ono- fifth higher than in the most prosperous and nctho tiims ever known. Correspondence of the I'roo Press. taKTTIlll KIIOM TIIK AM.r.HIIANIHS. Stasdiso Siosk, Apfll 27, 18',3. Dene Vrtt Vrest : Since I wroto my letter la t Do comber, glvlig tho name, and Its origin, ofmy homo In tho Alleghnnles, I havo fallen In with a historical fact which sustains me, and which I did not then know existed. It Is tf a character which proves that ours l no mean place, as Its ancient namo has been preserved among tho records of other lands. In the tenth volume of tho Colonial History of Kew York, I fmdn map drawn ly Capt. Pouchot, nnd furnished to Marshal do litllo Isle, an-1 hearing dato 1733, of the French and L'ngllsh frontiers from Montreal to Fort Duqucsno. Un It I Pee, nestling among tho Imaginary bills, Stanrten .S( me Fort, on the banks of the Juneita. That fort was said to bavo stood on tbo very lot on which I now wrlto this. Thus you will ace that our name and famo entitles us to bo noticed. Standrn Stone deserved no small consideration. The region round about furnished several if the most noted Indian haters and Indian fighters In our western world. IiiMandlngStonoFort, Gen. Hugh Urady and a twin sister wero born. Tho General roso from tho ranks to the position he occupied nt his death. Of him it is said that, when told by hli physician, whllo 111, that he could not surslve, lie answered! " Let tho drums bent; myknnpsackis swung, nnd Hugh Brady ! ready to march." The father of Sam Brady, tho world-renowned Indian killer, was born on tho banaof tho Juniata opposite our town. No namo was so terrillo to tho Indians as urady. Of this man, Sam Urady It Is told, that tho only timo when he had an op tunlty to kill an Indian and did not, was on nn occasion, when, having killed a father, who, with his two sons, fell within tho rnngo of ills rifle, In tho twilight of nn evening the ntxt morning he sought his victim. The body wns gone, llo look tho trail and for sixty miles followed it, until he overtook the two Bturdy sons bearing the lody of their father away from the hated palo facts to bis happy hunting grounds with the burled of his tnbe. This exhibition of filial piety was too much even for Urady. llo Ictticm a'onc; aud they loro their lurden, as he sulscquontty ascertained ono hundred and sixty miles, to Its final rest. It was this samo Satu Brady who, when forced into a corner at Slippery llock, in Butler County, jump ed a chasm two ty. threo feet wide, and escaped while his pursuers, InfOcd, said: "Ugh! Brady mako big jump." It was he, too, who shot ttio Indian on horse-back, who was carrying off a white child and Its mother; and though numbers of war rlors wero In sight, said to tho mother: "Jenny Sleeper, I a-n C.ipt. Brady; follow mo and. I will save you and your child." But 1 did not proposo narrating at length tho wonderful deeds of thnt wonderful Innn, Sam Bra ily, but only to gather Into this letter a few of th m-iny strano truths which aro still told of the Indian fighters of this region. Fiction has told her talcs of Indian warfare, and of tho whlto man' unrelenting hate. Vet thero was no need of fic tlon to fill the historian's page with deeds of wild diring. A story is told of a man by the name of McCart ney, who unco met in somo of his scouting, with an Indian warrior; whero the ingenuity of Mc Cartney saved bis lifo, but to tho Indian was sure- death. McCartney, dreaming not that there was rcd-skln within many miles of him, had just dis charged bit rifle at a deer. Tho crack of bis ilfle was almost instantaneously followed by another and his sharp ryes reste I upon tho swarthy face of an Indian, whoso aim had missed him; loth had empty rifles; It was a question of life and death who should first get a leal into his gun. McCart ney treed beforo ho began; the Indian, seeing his movement, also treed; and both rifles were qulokly loaded; neither man dared to expose an inch of bis person. The Indian was, finally tempt el to look from his hiding place; ho saw McCart ney s bat slowly peer out from behind tho tree Instantly hli gun was In rest, and he waited till he began to sco tho brim and then fired; nnd as ho saw tho bat suddenly drop he bounded into th open space with his tomahawk, ready for quick work. He bad ran over, perhaps, ono half the distance, when McCartney stepped from be bind the tree, and with the calm Inquiry " Whero arc ycu going with your littlo nxo ?" shot him down. Ho had deceived the Indian by putting his hat on his ram-rod and exposing It, thus luring him to his death. Thomas Coleman was another, whoso Implacalt hate hunted the savages throughlifc. In 17C3 his younger Irothcr hal been massacred at a sugar camp, and his body thrown into the boiling kettle- For this ho devoted himself solely to Indian bunt ing. Vet he never told any of bis exploits. Oc casionaliy a dead savago was found where Coleman iiad been, but it was never known who killed him N'otunfrcquently bo would return to the furt cov ered with wounds, whllo bis own kuifo and toma hawk looked as if they had done bloody work. Thit was all that would bo known of "Old Coley V fights. Sometimes, bowovcr, ho would lend his fellows on somo trail. Coleman was always un willing to return until he had overtaken the In dians and got a crack ot them. In tho war of 1812, somo of our soldiers who went to tho Canada frontier, say that Indians inquired for " toley,' one of whom boro a scar on his forehead, by which ho would remember him for tho balanco of his life. Twenty years ago a delegation of Indians passed through our valley on tho Canal . " Coley " beard of 1 ; and it is said he shouldered his riflo nnd fol lowed down tho towing path several miles to get a crack at them. This 1, doubtless, not so. llo was in tbo neighborhood with his cvcr-prcscnt riflo on his shoulder, llo Inquired oftcr tho Indians his business led blm down tho Canal; lut that ho went to shoot nn Indian, was told or imagined by somo ono on no authority, ho was a man of too much 6cnso to show bis hatred at such a time. Ho died about sixteen yiais ago, loved and resfecto1 by all. Yours, A. W. Tho Crawford House on tbo Wliito Moun tains, was burnt down Saturday uftcrnoon. It is to bo rebuilt on twico as largo a scale, and to bo ready for tho public in sixty days. Desiiubie Article. Wo call attention to tho various preptratijns which have boen udvcrtisdd in our column; for several months past, by Mr. A. J. Grojn ol Highgite, Vt. Tho "Eloctric Ointmont," we cannot spiak of from pirsinal knowlodg) of its virtues; but tbo recommend ttlons ol such veteran horse dealers as Mr. Stoinhour of Highg.ito anl Mr. tjandcrsjn of St. Albans, make any other endorsement unneeesury, They say it curci 'scratches,' galls, stiff joints &c, in horses, with almost absolute certainty. It isalso cicollent for sores and cracks in cows' teats, und appears to bo just tho article fur every farmer to keep in constant readiness. Tho "Hair Invigorator," wo havo triod and like it. It is moro pleasant to us tit in many of tho-moro famous hair washes, nnd we havonodjubt is as good far tho hair as tho bestof them, whilo it is decido lly cheaper. Mr. Green also puts up a variety nf "Hind kerchief Extracts," Colignes, lltir Oils, Flavoring Extracts ic, ull excellent, so far as we have tried them. All aro put up in ttry attractive) shape, and aro rapidly work ing their way into public favor. Mr. Green has gone extensively into tho business, and his enterprisj deserves reward, Wo nro confident that druggists can order of him and tho public purchaso his go als with a full assurance of receiving their money's worth Read tho advertisements. The Bcrmncton 1Ud. Wc cordially eecund tho suggestion ol tho Tim's, concern ing a repetition, the coming season, of tho out door Concerts of last Summer. Thoso concerts repaid four fold the citizonswho contr buted to secure them, in the amount of , pleasure afforded by thein to tho public, as well as in the incidental encouragement to our capital Hand, Let us by all means have another scries. 0 l.ti V10LET.TI10 following episodical anecdote o an oldslavo belonging to the llo... Moses I'.ir 9 ins, tho lather of Jndg! I'.ir.s ins, illustrates tho biographer's felicity us a storyteller. Shawns, to all appear nice, of pure Afri can descent. I think I never know nny per siiiwlinso f.ico wus nf a darker hue, &h cnuo Into my grandfather's piss-ssloli while sho was vcri young, and when ho was iit ing at Gloucester, alt -r his m uri ig". When it was generally believed that slavery was tin lawful in .Massachusetts. hoiiiiiinoiied bis sl.is.i9 into his sitting-room, and theio.in the presence nl bis children, declared tu thorn that they wero free. The men accepted the Ut, or rather the ilcel ir.ttiun, for gift it was not. otsi violet. "No, no, master," said she, "if yuu picas!, thinnust not he. Visit have had tho b-stnl un, mid you and yours must Intro the woist. Whcru 11111 I to' 1 in sickness or old iigo? N'o, in ister; your slave I um inn always will ho, and I will li-l.mg to your children, when you are gone; und bv you and them I mean tn bo caved fir." Shu wus as good us iicr word, uno-nvc.,1 in tho l.unily until the was neatly ivncty, 1 re member her only us a pot, a p?if-'ctly privi leged person. Shu lived with one nr another of my grandfather's) children, ns ler whims prompted : nut during tier iat years my uncle William's bouse was her limn". She was respectful, filtliful, und ufF'ctioii.it.' to my lather, and to my uncles a- d sutnts, m ways calling them, however, by their Chris tian names; but to others sho" c mid b", nt lca-t in extreme old age. s niiew hat cross and petulant, It was undct stood, however, that lolet was to liberate her mind upon any to pic, und t) any person, at her own pleasure, und with almost entire impunity, ( fir 111 v uneles were very unwilling to r-bukc lur, and no one else dared to,) und, on the w hole, sho used her privilege ijuito tempera!' ly. She had what money she cliso to 11-U lor, anil spent it u.s she liked ; nnd as she was loud nt uree.s, lew tne nlicvs nl tin- t.iinily had more or lieher garments. It was tout-Mug to Soo her. as I did mom than once, groping her way wiicn li'T eyesight had beenmn dim, tlirougli ivlargo pirty 111 my unci' is drawing-room, to him, us he s.vt younger, but almost us decrepit us she was in his -a us touted seat liy thu Iircsiue. oho passed unions tho guests, icgardhss nf tin in, or gontlv mov ing them nut of her way. and laid le r hand 011 Ids shoulder, witli '"Hilly, how do vou find yourself to night? Aru ynu going to :etiigood sleep?" "And ho would answer. " vt ell, v lolet, 1 am pretty touilortaiilo to night ; and how is it with ou?'' And after a lew moro kind word-, Iter errand was done and ofl she went to bed. She was extremely shrewd and nbseiving and tho domestics did not like her ; for pur- lilind ns she wus, no waste or lie -iienco nr niiscunduct could esc.ipo her vigilance or b'r tongue. It was not merely that sue 1 lenti fud her interests with those nf the family but she helived that sho was one of ih. Sh remembered nothing nf parents or relations 01 ner own I1I001I; alio grew op with 111 grandfather's children, a child with tin 111.- uiid somehow slm had fallen into nn Indefi nite snrtuf notion that the was uf our kitl and kin. As sho grew infirm, s!io had Irerjuent and s-vi-rorl matl-m, nr what was culled and troubled our family pbysiei m good old Dr. Hand very much. And kt me sav in a parenthesis, how fewnfmy readers will ho remindtd, by this name, nf one who w-as in his owe d iv brilliant among the greater lights of his profession' flic good doctor wliii had himself grown a littlo testy, said t her nno d.iv : "Violet, theioisnouseinc.il! ing on me so often; I can do nothing fur vou Y"tir piins are constitution.il. and ynu must learn to hear them. "Uhdear! ' said cup "I supposo I mnt. aster hud the rheum liz bad, and Suzy had it, und Theoph, and Ilil y and r,hcn hnvo it, though not so bad n I do: and I suppose it runs in the t imily. .Master was tho namo sho always give mv grandfather; the other names wero thoso nl iny aunt, fattier nnd uncle. And so lolet tho slave, the servant, tho friend, lived emon us nnd did. At her funeral President Kirk land officiated, nnd sho was buried witli every circumstance nf cxpens or ceremony which could liave taken place had she hem a daughter of the bouse; and her remains now rest in the family tomb. Even us I write these words, I am well n waro that it may lie onlv tho girrulitv approaching ago which makes me record such trifles. Hut I will 1 tthem stand; for, trifl s as they are, they are among the recol lections which I siiail not lose. A correspondent of the London T wi'S gives some interesting aeciuntsol the nntirpiaiian discoveries mi-lu during excavations in Wroxeter, in Shropshire, England. Wrox cter is supposed to lu on t e sito of thu Koman Tric-miuui, and was one of the ear liest I'nman cities in Britain. The ancient liinitsaivyet marke 1 by a continuous mound, covering tho ol I walls, and enclosing a space nearly two miles long by one mile broad. A bout the centre of the area, writes tho Timrs correspondent, a l-irgj mass of H iman ma sonry, above CI) feet high, and of considi r able extent, stands abuva ground, and has been known from time immemorial as tho "Old Wall." Wo bsgun bydigging to tho north of this wall, nnd camo upon what ap pears tn have been some largo public build ing. In the middle nf it a squaro enclosure, about forty feet widohy ninro than two hun dred feet lung, was paved with small ..nd narrow red bricks. It was, perhaps, a place nt public meeting, It lay not rjuitn cast and west, and was separated in its length by strong walls from a passage fourteen feci wi .0 on each side. At tho eastern end nl the passage to the north were found tvvoor three te-selited pavements of very fine work, which would seem to havo belonged tn small rooms. Tho Northern wall nf this pa-sago was evidently tho outsid' uf tho building, as tlio workino 1 camo upon n street running parallel to it, and paved with em ill round stones, in the manner of somo of our old English tuvns. Tithi east nf tin p issagi and large room a sruaro enclosure without pavement was found, which, fr un iho np pcaranco of tho walls. I imagine to hive boen an open court. Tlio pass.igo nn tho south nf tho largo apirtmcnt has tlio up pearince nfan upon alley, b uinded part nf its length by tho "Old Wall," nnd partly by a continuation nf that wall, which "was found under ground, nnd in wh chare open ings nr doorways; iaih appro iched by a step funned of nno largo mass of stone. Ono nl these 6tono steps is very much worn by tho feet. Theso doors led intn a new seiicsif rooms and courts, and a very short distance to tho south tho excavators camo upon the unmistakable rem linsnf rich dwelling-houses. Tho first of those wis alargo room, a bout 3o led hy 25, tho hypocaust of w hich (a very remarkable one) is in go ul preser vation, but tho flior his bjen broken up. Another hypocaust was found adjoining this to tlio east, and other apartment of more or less interest havo been partially opened to tho south nf tho "Old Wall." 'On Thursday, when I was-present, tho workmen camo upon a mas-ivo flight of stone steps, whiali led down to a very nicely-arched entrance to tho hyp icausts, "in a square spice at the foot ol tin so stops rubbish seems to havohjcn thrown by tho "last of the Unmans, " and a gicat number of coins, objects of various kinds in bronie, iron, lead, el iss, pottery, io., were found among it, Tho hit torn, "f this stair caso was from 10 to 13 feet below tho surface of tho soil, I will not attempt to enuin rate thoobjects of various description which have boen f.iui.d during tins.' incipient excavations, und which aro 1 1 form a 1-s'il mnsjum. Quantiti'S nf stucco from tbo walls show tho fnseo paint ings remarkably fresh, and in t.isti-lul pat terns, Ono pieeo lias a fragment 1 1 an in scription in capital letters ubout two inches high. Quantities of window. glass wero strewed abiut tho (Ivors, all ratlu-r thick a hint the tliicknissofnurvommon plate-glass. so tlmt tlio windows nl tlio Jtom.in nouses must have been well glazed, I will inentioa as another jn-culiarity, that the houses socm generally to have been roofed with micaceous lato, set lozenge- haped, so that from a dis tance, when seen in the sunshine (as it occu pies a li.uutifiil elevation rising from the river S-'veen, and commanding tbo vale of Shrews cury), tho Itomau city must hava glittered like a city of diamonds; such as nre some times doserilud in Eistern romance, Traces of burning are met with every where ; a quantity uf huvntwhovt was found in one of tho rooms, and human bones have been found scattered about, belonging, 1 should think, to four nr fivo individuals, besides the skull nfn vmy young child, all which would teem I to epcuK 01 a massacre ut tnctlmc uiconiuin was takcu and ruined by tho invaders, Cmc.too I(iimi. Ilev, It, V. Hecclicr, in a letter to the Now York lndep'ndnl, de "etlhi s the artificial i-h v ition of Chicago, now in progress, as follows : "A -id now, the process which is going on bas oni clement ol great interest, viz tho raising nr l,ri, k and stone hnus s. jct tlsnt the lilting nl hrii-k houro, j, n Mw tlilr.-. Il.ttif -.rewiuir ,, -Ati-lo blocks atoned, nnd lifiin-' a win.-- .ir(v.t) is not new in fact, it is new to me. Ilmliiinj, nf Mch nr , one hundred and fifty feet by two hundred, and fiyi storms high, nro riis-d right fm-t or ten, without a cr.iek nr the displacement of a single thing. A lint d contracts tnb lift ol up. In a short lime two thousand screws urn under it, and littlo by littlo tho house. ies. Nothing is changed within. Tho kitehnn c uik, the dining-room rats, the lur drink", and 11 tbo rooms mnke, ns if tiollitn' wis going on! A bloc'' of stores and nffieesb-gins this now prneessof growth, and nil tho tenants miintiin their nsuil lunetions ; an 1, exe 'nt. tho oiitrr'Kius heaps of dirt and piles of lumhir, evervthlni gos nn as n 'lore. n,c 1,1 ink in'o tho d-ior g"ts a little kteeper every d iv. Tint coods corns in and go out, and eustimcrs haunt the usu al pi it-es. 'It Is wot lb ti viit tn Cliionco to fee a new method of diiruing 11 city out nf the mud, an 1 in n gro it d.-nl h'ttcr'stat" nf pre servation than Pompeii and 11 rcul inoum when dii's. out nf the mhos." A Y.vski 1: iv the Ckvthvi. P.vnK. A cor- r spnid nui nt ot lha Albany itatiimtn, in ih scribing a stroll in the Central Park siys:- 'As I was rtf'lliiig along I came to a wet. soiinwh.it mnisliv spot, where men were en gaged h s tiini? ut s-une plants rtdiptrsl to moist ground, knowing the plants by mme I was s nii-'w' .it 'iirprisisl at tho selection, wli'tin r iiv Y inkee stepping up md 1 loking a moment, l.ur-t nut intou loud laugh. 'Will that beat" nil." said he, jioJcroo a el 'hmk's ccb'agc. '.v j itii in y. Setting cut rolte root nnd s., ..I; rihtiaji) in New York, and then h" i-o tied. 'Why.' said be. 'wo trv to get lid nf tlueo pesky thing-i up our way.' i-l. r..ll 1. 1 ... . in-: i"iinw was 11 jni ui"v were setting out p ike ro it and "imnk cibhte-o bv wav of adornment U a little dirty ditch . ' Seeliic I i.id cniiio ncrn'S a genuine specimen, I inter d into convep-'.ition with hint. nnd told bun tho object was to iinitito niture. 'Imitate n.itur ! hoe.rclaimcil, 'why don t they get a livn skunk then, nnd tie him hero thnt will bo iinuino natur. and strong tno. If they aro so fond nf natur, 1 s'pose there is a place somewhere- about hero where they've sot nut Canada thirties and mullen stalks. I went out yonder to see 'em druinin'. nnd I tell ynu it's tall dr.iinin,' but it wnudn't pay up'iur way. But what do th'-v want tn dr in it fer, if they want it liko n itur'? Naltir I ns made Ids of swamp up nur way.' I aske.l Kirn ifhedidn't think th"V had mm ugeil the rocks nic ly? 'Why,' said he they've dresse, up thes ciissei rocks ,iut like they do their children whv don't they blow 'em up?' lie went 011 criticising one thing after another, hut tho spectacle, nf three gnwn men -tting 011 1 pnkc-rnnt nnd skunk rali bige was 1 10 much (or him, nnd ns be swung nl mc; the grave walk I could bear him say liy Golly, if thnt don't beat nil.' and then ho made the air ring with his rollicking laugh. ' DrvTtrorTnr: Ivr.s'TrCKV Givnt. J.vnca E. P-irter, known ns tho Kmtncky giant, and aid to be the largest man in tho world died nt his residence. Iiuiville, Kentucky, nn the 2"ith, He was foriv-nino years old, und s-ven feet nine inches in bight, lie was formerly a cooper, nnd at tho time nf bis death koi t a c 'ffee house. A the timo says, the Cincinn itti Gas'ttf, that Charles Dickon cam to this eountry, there was a perfect fur nro to see "llnz." As he passed throucb tho canal nt TyniUsilto, he sent a messenger to Mr. Porter, of wlnsi rvnirkible proportions ho had licird, intimting a wfsh to see him. Mr. Porter r-pi i-rl to tho messenger that if "Mr. Dickon w.shes to sco mo m"ra than I ti sei him, hn will come torn"." Mr. Dickens took tho hint, and during tho on vers ition Porter told the novelist that whilo he was crowing his mother had to sow a foot on bis r-int.iloons every nisht. Mr. P irter's coffin was nine feet ono inch in length and two feet across tho breast. H vising Potatoes. Shall we plant smal potatoes or lav", whole potitvs nr s'ts Veg --table phv iol yays plant large v least wcll-matured put'i's, nnd nothing else And this for the verv good rPns m that tho fle-hy part nf the tuber is detigrcd to feed the voting pi ints and to give them a vigorous st irt hef'ire tho are compelled tiget their foil fi-im tho evrt'i. Smiil pititios, nr an eye with only a small piece of tuber nttnrh eil, can not afford tho young plants nourish ment enoiuh, Xow, so fir as tho vigorous erowth of tlie plmt is concerned, and its flowering nnd fruiting above ground, this is undoubtedly true. But it is contended by many skillful expermcnters that for the for m ition of tvhm, the npposite is true. Dr. I.indley. a 'ugh authority, is quotej ns say ing : " I have proved hy a srirs of numer ous experiments, that tbo weight of pot lines , miiui.i uawi ."iiin-r '-ouai circumssances, from sets than from whole tubers, hy up wards of from seven hundred weight tdthrea tuns per acre." Yet, it is not true that sm ill potatoes are better than largo ones, for they often thriw up numerous small suc culent shoot which produce nnly sm ill tub ers. Tho practice now widely prevalent of using gooik medium-sized potatoes, and cut ting them into two or moro pieces, is pro oablv tho be-t of all methods. 1 1 i stated as -1 fact and if snitis instruc tive that tho eyes on the remoto end of tho tuber pioduco earlier potatoes than those from thu middle, nr the rn t end ; and that tho difference in tho timo of their mituring a crop is equal to ten divs or a fortnight. Mai kct gardeners in Englvnd and snme in tins country turn this to account. Th -y cut their potatoes into pice s, using tho hu'ds nt the extremity for tho earliest crop, and tho others fjr 11 succession. From the Ycraioct Chronicle, Potato Cl'ltvke. Mtssns. Editors Your remaiks nn tho fact that, in planting potato-is, it is nat seeds, hutxrij, that aro planted, 13 quite too much overlooked. A few yeais sine-- it was stated, and went tho rounds uf the pipeis, that it was tlio most profitable tiplintlho sm Host potatoes, thnt these, nit being fu ly lipencd tlio Cist year, mad ts up for it 'he sec ind, and give a largo yield ! Strong and healthy eyes or buds nro really what is vvant-xl. 1111 1 not great nr small tub er'. But thes j usually are found in goiel sized potatoes growing on moist ground. This jvcar I intend to plant Carters on mucks nl, a dr lined Ing, And next year to use that seed on dry, sandy lum. My gardener, an Irishman, su-s, "Potatoes for planting aro usually raied in tho most moist and bogey Jmd, suitable to raisj thorn at nil, In Ireland. Tliesoaro not fit to cat, hut are thu very liest fir planting tho following year, and i.re raised for that very purpose." Burlington, April, 1339. J. W. Athcrton tho teller of tho St. Louis Bank, wliu embezzled $03,000, has made a full cor fusion of tho -whole matter, lio says ho loaned the grs'tur put of 17,000, to Bur ner & Co., ut that city, ot which firni Ifis brothe. -in-law is a mei'u'w. Tho manner nf tin ii. Libation, and the modo of conceal-iii'-nt .id iptod, tiro now und ingenious. Mr. Ath rum, when h; desired toubetract money put both tho d"posit ticket, and money in liis private drawer, si that tho deposit-ticket not b.-ing on file, tho hook keeper of oursa isiuld not cnicr on tho ledger that amount. Tin- diecrcpiuci s between tho depositor's bank-hook and tho individual ledger could not bo found out until tho bank-book was sent to lie lialanecd, when Mr. Athcrton al ways no tho l'Kikout tr thosj pass-lwjks, would make nut 11 deposit ticket tor tho a mount he had retained on that account, and put it on tho file to bo credited. But in doing this lie would put in his drawer thi deposit-ticket of sum sillier depositor of that day. In this way he tuik moneys and used tlicm, which ho he never allowed to bj cred ited to tho parties until thero was a necessity for it to cave exposure. Piti-BET.i-K.vvra Society. Wo learn that Rev'd Prnfv'jsor Hickok, of Union Col-le-s X Y , ts to uddrcsj thePhl-Bjta-lvippi ' Society at the University of Vermont, Com , lucnccincnt, August next.