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THE_ DAILYEXCHANGE. VOL. II—NO. l.tT4 BOARD OF TRADE. Committee of Arbitration for the month of Autjn.t, W. H. WARD. •IAS. BATN'ES, I AI.EX. CLOSE, HENRY KIMRERI.Y. 1 T. I'. .iOIIXSTON. anb Commercial iQebittrr. BALTIMORE, August 21, 1858. The Stock market continues without animation, and prices show very little change. The business of the day sums up about $."0,000. Baltimore and Ohio Railroad is a trifle better, with sales of 175 shares at ss7# seller's op tion 00 days and SSB cash, leaving off at ss7# bid regular way, ssß# asked. After the Board there were sales of 50 shares, buyer 60 days, at SSB. Northern Central sold at the owning at s2l cash, # better than yesterday; at buy er's option 60 days it brought 21 #@s2l. There were 400 shares of this stock sold, and it closed at s2o# bid, s2l asked cash. Springfield Mining Company maintained the highest figure of yesterday, 300 shares selling at $2.56. Nothing done in Bank shares, which are firm. There was some little movement in Baltimore City 6's at about pre vious rates, $5,300 1890's bringing 08#; $1.0001875's 98#, and SIOO 1886's 67#. The only transactions in Railroad bonds was a sale of $2,000 Baltimore and Ohio 1876's at 84, seller 10 days. We have no change to note in other securities. The New York Post of Saturday afternoon says : An extraordinary degree of ease continues to prevail in the money market. The supply of money on offer in the open market has been large, and demand loans are effect ed with as great facility and cheapness as at any time during the plethora. In the discount department, how ever, we notice a maintenance of the advanced rates, say # per cent, better on short date, and 1 per cent, on 4 anil 6 months bills, than those current at the beginning of the month. The banks da not evince the eagerness to lend that they did a few weeks since, in vie** of the late loss of specie and the near approach of the season wheu they are more or less subject to calls from country bankers. The week closes on quite a strong stock market. The principal business was in New York Central, the sales reaching 4,000 shares and closing at an advance of #' per cent. The spirit with which several parties, who had for eign orders for the stock, took hold at the opening of busi ness, had a favorable effect upon the general market, and the \N estern Roads recovered slightly from the depression of the past few days. There is a margin of about 3 per cent, on New York Central between quotations here and in London, and about 4 per cent, on Illinois . .ntrul. The latter were in good demand, 77 being bid without drawing out the stock. For the bonds 91 was offered at the close. The fresh orders, though not important, which appeared to-day, were jirobably prompted by the improving asjiect of financial and commercial affairs on the other side. Reading shares rose to 48 i* . From informatioß at hand this morning it appears that the telegraphic account of the tonnage of the road was it .correct. The figures represent ing only five days' business. The tonnage of yesterday makes the total for six days 38,508 tons. The blunder of the Philadelphia firm, we are assured, was entirely uninten tional, and we asserted its correctness upon our knowledge of the respectability of the parties. The United States s's brought 103%. State stocks are still affected by the trouble among the Wisconsin banks.— Tennessee fell to 01 %. Indiana s's are an exception, they advancing % percent. The business of the week on the whole has again been on a quiet scale. The table given below shows that the bears, iu the main, have had the advantage, and in most instances hawe knocked down the prices % to 1 per cent. This applies more particularly to the speculative list, the public having shown no disposition to press for sale good dividend-paying state stocks and railroad bonds. In iact, it appears to be a fixed peculiarity of the present period, that attention is absolutely concentrated upon securities of a high class, to the complete neglect of all speculative descriptions. Hence the ineffectual attempts of the mem bers of the Stock Exchange to stir up any considerable activity. The public must participate, or the bear or hull movement tarries but little real profit or interest. The exchange market for the Arago closed quiet at 109% (ft.109% for leading hills on London. Only $106,900 in specie goes forward. The specie movement of the week, both domestic and foreign, has been quite unimportant. SALES AT THE BALTIMORE STOCK BOARD. SATURDAY, August 21, 1858. slooßalt.6's, 'B6. .97% 1150shs.N.C.RR. ..21 1000 " 44 '75.. 98 % 150 " 44 1>60..21 % 5300 44 44 *9O. .98% : 100 44 44 h6O. .21 2000B.&O.RR.bds, '75 ! 75shs.B &O.RR. 560..57% slofiat..B4 jSO 4 4 44 ..58 300sh9.Sp.M.co ..2.50: 50 4< 44 5G0af.30..57% Prices and Sales of Stocks in Xeio York. BY TELEGRAPH, Through WU. FISHER k Sox, Stock and Bill Brokers, No. 22 SOUTH STREET. Ist Board. 2d Board. Virginia 6's 92% 00 Missouri O's 84% 00 Illinois bonds 00 00 Canton Company 20 00 Erie Railroad 17% 00 New York Central Railroad..7B% 00 Reading Railroad 48 00 Panama Railroad 114 00 Cleveland it Toledo HP 34% 00 Rock Island 72% 00 Michigan Southern RR 23 00 Cumberland Coal Co 00 00 Harlem 10 00 Hudson 28 00 LaCrosse & Milwaukee RR...00 00 Milwaukee & Miss 00 00 Market heavy. Steady. There was no sedsion of the Second Board at New York to day. BALTIMORE MARKETS. SATURDAY, Aug. 21. ! EXCHANGE.—The demand for Exchange is very limit ed, and rates are almost nominal. We quote Bankers' bills on London at 9%@9%, Commercial do. at 9(ti;9%; Paris, f>o days' sight. 5f.1l do. short siirht, 5f.7%; Ant werp 5f.12%; Amsterdam 81 % n 81%; Bremen 79%q§79%; Hamburg 36%; Cologne 73%: and !• rank fort 41% . BARK.—We note sales to day of *35 tons No. 2Querci tron Bark at S2O ]>er ton. No. lis firm at $22. COFFEE.—The market is quiet, but continues very firm. The only sale reported to-day is 50 bags good Rio at 11 cents. We note the arrival of the Brig Helen, to-day, from Rio, with 2.400 bags. Below will be found Messrs. White k Elders' weekly report, to which we refer: WEEKLY COFFER REPORT. Stock of Rio Coffee August 14,1858 6,600 hags Received since per hark "Henrietta," 5,000 44 11.600 44 Taken for consumption ; 600 44 Stock of Rio this day 11,000 44 44 other descriptions 1,000 44 Total 12,000 44 REMARKS. During the past week, the market has been dull, without , change in prices. Holders continue firm, but the trade i only purchase for immediate wants. We continue to quote ; prime Rio 11% cts.; good 11 to 11 % cts.; fair 10% to 10%' cts.; Laguayra held at 12 to 12% cts.; Java 15 to 16 cts, WHITE k ELDER, Coffee Brokers. Baltimore, August 21,1858. FEATHERS.—We have reported to-day a sale of 2,000 bs. prime Western Feathers at 45 cts. per lb. FLOCR.—There was some inquiry for Flour to day, the market for which wa* very firm. There were sales on 'Change of 100 bbls. choice Ohio Super at $5.75, 350 bbls. Ohio Extra at $6, 200 bbls. City Mills at $5.25 and 500 bbls. do. at $5.50. The market closed firm at these fig ures. Howard Street Extra we quote at $6.25 and City Mil's do. $6.25v;6.50. Rye Flour continues scarce and wanted. We quote first Rye at Meal at $4.50 for City. GRAIN.—The receipts of Grain were light to-day, and the market for Wheat and yellow Corn was rather better. 1 The offerings were 11,600 bus.Wheat, 10,500 bus C0rn43,000 bus. Oats, and 500 bus. Rye. Sales of red Wheat were made at 120ft§12S cts., and white at 115(2120 cts. for com mon, and 125 a; 140 cts. for fair to prime. Yellow Corn sold at 85,0)88 cts. for fair to prime, and white at 70 cts. for in ferior, aud 74(<§80cts. for fair to prime. Wheat and Corn closed firm at the quotations. Rye was rather dull at 82 cts. for Pennsylvania. We quote Rye at 82<785cts. for Pennsylvania, and 70 072 cts. for Maryland. Gats were firm with an active demand, and sales were made at 37$ 41 cts. for new Maryland. MOLASSES.—The market is quiet but firm, and we have no sales to report. We quote it firm at the following rates, viz: 29 a<3o cts. for clayed Cuba. 32 <i.35 cts. for Muscovado do., 32<§35 cts. for English Island, 38 ,42 cts, for Porto Rico, and 50i)55 cts. for Now Orleans. PROVISIONS.—There continues to be a fair demand for Provisions, but the market is not active. Bacon is rather weaker to day, and we note sales of 30hhds. Shoul ders at 7% cts., 50 hlids. Sides, Cincinnati packed, at 9% cts.; 25 hhds. do. at 9% cts.; 60 hhds. do. iu two lots at 9% cts., and 25 hhds. Terre Haute de. on private terms; 400 pieces Hams at 10% cts.; 500 pieces do. at 10% cts., and 700 pieces do. at 11% cts. We quote Bulk Meat at 9% cts. for Shoulders, and 8% (5.9 cts. for Sides and Hams. We note a sale made yesterday of 10 000lbs. Bulk Shoul ders at 6% cts. We quote Mess Pork at $17.60@17.75, Prime at $14(a)15, and Rump at $13.50; Beef at sl4(u>l6 for Mess, and $11.25@13 for No. 1; Lard 12 cts. for West ern in bbls. and tierces. RICE.—We note sales to-day of 50 tierces good Rice at 3# cts. SALT —Continues in fair demand. Liverpool is selling in lots at 80 cts. for Ground Alum, 125 cts. for Marshall's Fine, 140 cts. per sack for Ashton's, and Turk's Island 20.0} 25 cts. per bushel from store. SUGARS.—The market for Sugars is quiet and rather heavy. The only sale we have heard of to-day is 10 hhds. Cuba at SB. We continue to quote .common to prime New Orleans at $7.75@9.50; fair to prime Porto Rico at sß.so<a) 9.50; fair to prime Cuba at $8 <i 9.12#; Refining grades Cuba and English Island at $7(5,7.75. DOMESTIC MARKETS. NEW YORK MARKETS, August 21.— GRAIN.— The de mand for wheat is moderate, hut the market is better and unsettled; \he arrivals are light. Red winter is held at $125 in store; Milwaukee Club at sl.lo<i 1.12; and white western at $1.3(>@1.35. New wheat is dull at the extreme rates asked. The sales are 31.000 bushels at $1(2)1.05 for unsound Milwaukee Club; $1.30 for fair white Michigan; f.r mixed North Carolina; $1.22 for fair mixed Wisconsin; $1.40 for old white Southern; $1.45 for fair to good new do.; $1.20(0)1.26 for red Southern, and $1 30 for red Michigan. Rye is quiet at 81 cts. for old, and 82(5)83 for new. Oats are better and in fair demand— sales of State at 51(2;52 cts., and western at 52fg}53 cts.— Corn is better and is unsettled, owing to the break in the canal—sales of 27.000 bushels at 76 nB4 for unsound, closing at 78 o,84; 86 88 for good to prime western mixed; 86 a,90 for white Southern and 91(a'94 cts. for Jersey yel low. FLOUR— -The demand is quite active for western canal Flour, and is excited, owing to a break in the canal. The arrivals are fair and the supply of good brands very light, indeed, we have not heard of a sale of inspected State to day. Choice brands are the most sought after Prices have 1025ct.,. perhbl. The sales arc 12,000 bbls. at $4.10u(j,54.25 for superfine State $4 50(a) $4 90 for do. extra State, and small lots s ill hither *4 85 @54.95 for superfine Michigan, Illinois and low *• *5 25 a) $5.50 for extra do.; $5.90a.56.10 for shipping brands 6( round hoop extra Ohio. $6.20(a57.25 for trade brands do • s6@sß for St. Louis brands, and $6.10@57.50 for extra Genesee. Canadian Flour has improved and is in fair de mand—sales of 500 bbls. at $5.30 <i $G for extra do.; South ern Flour is also better, much of the flour arriving is re jected, and we have added to our list of grades. The sales are 1300 bbls. at $5(a:55.40 for unsound superfine; $5.50 (ai55.75 for good superfine Baltimore, &c.; $5.90g $7 for fancy and extra do ; $7 20@58.25 for choice and family extras Rye Flour and Corn Meal dull. PROVISIONS. —The pork market is lower and is unset tled: sales of 700 bbls. at sl7 for mess, and small lots at $17.10; $14.80 for prime, and small lots at and sl9 for clear. Beef is in steady demand at firmer rates—sales of 140 bbls. at $11.50(2)12 for country mess; for repacked mcs9; $15(2)15.50 for extra do. Prime mess is in better request—sales of 330 tcs. Cleve land at $20.50. Beef hams are scarce—small sales at 20c. Cut meats are in fair demand—sales of 130 hhds. and tcs. at Gjf(a)6jfc. for shoulders, and BJ{@B;% cents for hams. Smoked meats are in fair request—sales of 180 hhds. and tierces at 7\(ry7%c. for shoulders, and 10Jtf@10#c. for Lard IB buoyant and in fair demand—sales of 600 bbls. and tierces at 11 cents. Butter and cheese are steady. WHISKEY.— The market is firm— sales of 400 bbls. at 26K @27 cents. BOSTO.V BOOT AND SHOE MARKET, Aug. 20.—The Shoe and Leather Reporter states that the trade has been dull the past week, but closed more active and firmer The business for the West has been very small' we think the trade will be much as last Spring, some buyers will visit us a second time ami many will le ob.iged to order largely. The Southern trade has been fully up to previous years. Heavy brogans are beginning to be inquired for. A good article of children's laced shoes is scarce. At the two public sales 1,024 cases sold for $20,080. BOSTON' COTTON" GOODS MARKET, Aug. 20.—There has been a fair business doing in the Cotton Goods trade and the market is more active than noticed in our last, the home trade having purchased more freely. For export the transactions have not been of any magnitude. Prices, with some few exceptions, rem: in without change. Heavy Brown Sheetings have been in fair demand, and 8# cts. continues to be the price for standard good?; 7(Sl7# cts. for medium; and 5%(a'5% cts. for light. For Printing Cloths there continues to be a fair inquiry, and the market is firm with sales at quotations. New styles of Prints have been in very good demand at prices trora 9<a;io# cts.— Denims are firm, and sales to a fair extent at quotations. Jeans, Stripes, Ticks, Cotton Flannels and Osnahurgs are selling in lots as wanted at quoted rates. In Ginghams there is no change to notice. The Glasgow, Manchester and Lancaster are selling at 10@10# cts. The new styles of De Laines continue in demand and are sold well uj>.— The prices range from 17 v 2O cts., as to quality and style. For Woolen Goods the demand continues moderate, but the market generally remains without material change. WILMINGTON MARKET, August 20.-TURPF.NTINE 1 Sales to-day of 1.000 bb s. at 3.00 for Virgin, 2.85 for Yel t low dip, and 1.42# for Hard per 280 lbs. SPIRITS. Sales yesterday of 250 bbls. at 42#c.; and of r 150 do. at 43c. per gal. This morniug 50 bbls. changed hands at 43c. per gal. ROSlN. —Sales this morning of 2,700 bbls. Common, at 1.20 per 310 lbs. CINCINNATI MARKET, Aug. 20.— FLOUR— The market, under the effect of large receipts, and a limited demand to day, was quite dull, but prices are unchanged. The sales were confined to 800 brls. at $4.80@55 for suj>erfine, and $5.25 for extra white Wheat. The receipts during the ! last twenty-four hours were 4.115 brls. j WHISKEY. —The demand is limited and the market dull, with sales of 380 brls. at 23(ij23# cts., the latter rate ob ' tained for one lot from wagons. | PROVISIONS —The market was rather dull againfto day, I and we noticed a disposition to sell at easier rates, and some transactions took place, but the particulars were kept private. Mess Pork was offered at sl6; 50 brls. Rump Pork sold at $12.50; 25 tierces Hams at 10 cts., at Madison, and 250 brls. Lard at 10# cts., a decline. ALEXANDRIA CATTLE MARKET, Aug. 20.—Beef Cattle from $3.25 to $3.75. Lambs, $2.25 to $3. Old Sheep from $3 to $3.50. Hogs $7. MARKETS BY TELEGRAPH. NEW ORLEANS. August 20. —The cotton market closed firm. Sales of 800 bales to-day. Sales of the week, 9,750 bales; receipts, 2,400; ahead of last year at this port, 113,- 500; do. at all Southern ports, 165.000. Stock in port, 35,500; total receipts of the new crop, 7,000. Coffee closed i firm. Sal Bof the week, 3.800 bags; stock in port, 18,500 j bags, against 95,500 bags last year. Exchanges on Lon j don 8# per cent.; ou New York, at sight, 5 per cent, dis- j count. CHICAGO, Aug. 20.—Flour is quiet. Wheat has ad- J vanced s(a*7 cts.—Sales of 30,000 bushels at 90(n 95 cts. Corn is active—sales at 71 cts.. Guts are dull. Shipments to Buffalo—no Flour or Wheat; 17,000 bush. Coru. To Oswego—no Flour or Wheat; 50.000 bush. Corn. Receipts —1,300 bbls. Hour, 39,000 bush. Wheat, and 122.000 bush. Corn. CINCINNATI, Aug. 20.—Flour is dull, but unchanged; the receipts during the last 24 hours amount to 4,300 bbls. Whiskey is dull at 23cts. Provisions dull and holders are willing sellers; Mess Pork is offered at sl6. There is a good export demand for Wheat—sales at cts. per bushel for prime red and white. FOREIGN MARKETS. RIO DE JANEIRO, Bth July, 1858. Our last Circular advices were under date of 24th ultimo. IMPORTS. BREADSTUFFS. —Receipts have been 29,845 barrels Flour from the United States. Sales have been made of 14,624 barrels at 19||('20il for Richmond first qualities, 1711 for Richmond second qualities; 1311500 for fresh Ohio and Bal timore; 6i!000 in bond for Baltimore City Mills for export to Liverpool; 9i!OCO in auction for damaged Richmond second qualities. An auction of 2,482 barrels New Orleans was advertised yesterday but only 200 barrels were sold at 10I|100@12il000 and balance withdrawn. Our stock in all hands may be estimated at 90,000 bar rels, of which quantity 51,536 remain in first, comprising 15,975 barrels Richmond City Mills; 1.500 barrels Philadel phia; 15,122 barrels New Orleans; 10,866 barrels Baltimore; and 8,073 barrels Ohio Extra. The low price of this article, particularly of the lower grades, has attracted more attention during the past week, and some disposition has been evinced to take it for export. One cargo of Baltimore was taken at OiiOOO in bond, and at this price there are buyers for a limited quantity for ex ports to England. We quote Richmond first qualities, 19il@20"; Richmond second qualities 17,1000; Ohio aud New Orleans 10l!(ujl3i|000; Baltimore 6jj(JS!IOOO; the quotations being nominal for any but Richmond brands. AT PERNAMBUCO, 30th ulto., Stock 26,000 barrels. Last sales Richmond 18 1 i500(aj20ii500. AT BAHIA, 2d inst., Stock 27,000 barrels. Last sales Richmond 18ii000(a 20ij500. AT Rio GRANDE, 25th ulto.. Stock 1,400 barrels. Last sales Richmond first 2511000; Richmond second 2211000; Bal timore 1711000. AT MONTEVIDEO, 29th ulto.. Quotations !!5 in bond. AT BUENOS AIRES. 25th ulto., Stock IS,ooo barrels in all hands. Last sales ||4# for Richmond and Middling; IJ7 for Richmond and lis#(u ilfi for other brands. AMERICAN DEALS. —Arrived two cargoes, both sold at 37i1000 per dozen of 3, 9,14. We quote 3711000 per dozen to nett 1140 per 1.000 feet. CODFISH. —Stock, some 3,000 packages. We quote 1511000 for barrels; 14||(ujl51iOOO for boxes, if good; Drums 16iluul7- :;000. EXPORTS. COFFEE. —From the date of our last circular advices the sales have been moderate at former rates. With a small stock, composed of lower grades, we quote the market firm at 4i!650ui411750 for American; 4!!l00 v 41600 for Channel, and 4!!600(o)4i|700 for Mediterranean lots. Although our quotations remain unchanged the falling off in quality is | equivalent to an advance of at least 200rs. i The sales from Packet to Packet were 137,000 bags. Re ceipts have been on so limited a scale as to show conclu sively that the reserves of Old Coffee in the country are nearly exhausted. From all the information that can be gathered upon the subject we cannot expect any liberal supplies of New until late in the season, and the crop is generally estimated to be barely a fair average. The great exhaustion of Stocks, owing to the very small crop of last season, may he considered an important feature in the trade of the current crop year, as we shall have the present crop alone to rely u|>on for our supplies. SUGAR. —Stock 4000 boxes Campos, and 579 boxc9 and 30.650 bags Pernauihuco and Bahia. We quote Whites Campos 3|!800(24!|000; Brown's Campos 31|200(<i 311600; White Pernambuco 311200; White Bahia 311400 <7311600; Brown Bahia 211700(W3ii 000 per arroba. niPES—Stock 7,700 Rio Grande. Last sales 360rs. We quote 320@360r5. per lb. EXCHANGE ON ENGLAND— 26^26%d.; the hulk of the business done for this Packet has been at 26d. FREIGHTS. —Wc quote 40@50 cts. to Northern and 60'a) 70 cts. per bag, with 5 to Southern Ports of United States, and 20( 25 cts. Ton to Channel. Nothing doing. SPEClE. —Patriot and Spanish Dubloons 301! Patriot Dollars 211000. Very respectfully, your ob't serv'ts, MAXWELL, WRIGHT & CO. Represented by our Partner, W. n. D. C. Wright, Esq., Baltimore. P. S.— FLOUR. —Sales to day 9.909 barrels Richmond first quality at 1911; 1,891 barrels Richmond second quality 1711000; 3,376 barrels fresh and good Ohio Extra at 1311500; and 1,548 barrels Baltimore City Mills and 300 barrels Ex tra Baltimore fresh and good at 1311. COFFEE. —SaIes 5,000 bags at 4!|700(5)4!|750: and 2,000 bags "New" at 511000 and 7,000 bags still in treaty. piping Intelligence. PORT OF BALTIMORE, AUGUST 21. ARRIVED. Steamer nenry L. Gaw, ller, from Philadelphia—mdse. to J. A. Shriver. Steamer Franklin, Young, New York—mdse. to J. A. Shriver. Bark Anna, (Br.) McKinney, from Demarara, via quar antine—sugar and molasses to W. H. Perot. Schr. Louisiana, Mitchell, from Wilmington, N. C.— naval stores to Jas. Corner k Sons, and lumber to Whed bee k Dickinson—(arrived Friday.) Bark Chiloe, Graves, 100 days from Cahlera- -copper ore, wool and bides to Fitzgerald, Booth k Co. Towed up by steamtug I las well. Brig Helen, Brown, from Rio <le Janeiro, July 14tli—cof fee to Thos. Whitridge k Co. Towed up by steamtug Ti gress. Left barks Lapwing, Kelly, and Mondamiu, Bur gess, both for Baltimore in 2or 3 days. Bark Justina, l'ocke, for Baltimore, sailed from do. Bth; and brig Hurri cane Bird, I>ubel, for New York, do. 11th July. S|oke July 23d, lat. 7 20, S., lon. 34 36, ship Martha of Boston, steering to the southward—wished to be reported. Brig S. Thurston, Lanpher, before reported at quaran tine, from Port Spain, Trinidad—ballast to master. Towed up by steamtug Tigress. Schr. R. Memill, Ilendrickson, before reported at quar antine, 12days from Matanzas—sugar to F. W. Brune k Sons. Towed up by steamtug Tigress. Schr. Horace E. Bell, Clark, before reported at quaran tine, 22 days from Cienfuegos—sugar to Spence k Keid.— Towed up by steamtug Tigress. Schr. Decatur Oakes, from Boston—mdse. to Rose & Lyon. Brig John P. Hooper, Dixon, from Kingston, Ja., July— to Travers k Mitchell, Pimento; Logwood, kc. —to R. k H. R. Tucker. CLEARED. Steamer George reabody, Pritchard, City Point—J. Brandt, Jr. Steamer William Jenkins, Ilallett, Boston —Henry D. Hears. Steamship George's Creek, Morley, Charleston—A. C. Hall. Ship Map' Whitridge, Cheeseborough, New York, to finish loading for San Francisco—T. Whitridge k Co. Schr. Sea Nymph, Dawson, Providence—Phillips &Co. Schr Alice Gibson, Beasley, North Carolina—master. Schrs. I. L. Darling, Howes, Providence—T. Whitridge & Co.—Albert Field. Phillips, Taunton—l. Phillips & Co. Ship Mary Whitridge, Greesy, New York, in tow of Tigress. SAILED. Ship R. C. Winthrop, Norville, navre, in tow of steam tug Hercules. ARRIVALS FROM BALTIMORE. Steamship City of Norfolk, Green, Savannah, 18th inst. Brig Token, Tracy, Bath, 18th inst. Schr. R. W. Troth, llimbal. Port Spain, Trim, 26th ult. Schr. Alabama, Crowther, Port Spain, Trim, 27th ult. Schr. N. C. Harris, Sawyer, Boston, 19th inst. Schr. Courier, Crowell, Boston, 19th inst. Schr. Orris Frances, Cook, Boston, 19th inst. Schr. Win. Mason, , Plymouth, 18th inst. Steamship Caledonia, Gager, Charleston, 18th inst. Brig Umpire, Higgins, Boston. 19th in3t. Schr. Globe, Small, Salem, 18th inst. Schr. Hill Carter, Fisk, Providence, 18th inst. CLEARANCES FOR BALTIMORE. Brig Sea Foam. Warren, Boston, 19th inst. Brig Mary 11. Kelly, Boston, 19th inst. MEMORANDA. Brig Humboldt, Gainage, for a guano island, was at St. Thomas, 3d inst. Bark Smallwood, Martin, from Demarara, arrived at London, 6th inst. Ship Casilda, Stafford, from Baltimore for Rotterdam, was spoken 17th inst., lat 39%, lon. 73. Ship Kate Cooper, Johnson, for Baltimore, (left Cape Henry, May 72th.) for Hong Kong, was spoken June 14th, lat. 13, S., lon. 34 10, W. Crossed the equator in 26 days, and had experienced a succession of calms. One of the crew had been lost overboard from the maintopsail yard. Brig Palestine, Rogers, for Baltimore, sailed from Mar seilles, 31st ult. Brig Evelina Rutter, McDonald, from New Orleans, ar- Tl V< at o K ' rnara buce.. July 12th. ,1 ', c JJ7 {*• y • Troth, Kimbal, hence at Port Spain, Trini age* Experienced calm weather the whole pass w,'wn noe tor was Bpoken lßth'insf USti "' ' f ° r DulUmore > *-'• from Plymouth, HvrfVa.&TWJ£'• C., .r Providence, Hiti/in st'" 1 ™ fr ° m -"rived at EASTERN PORTS. NEW YORK, Aug. 20.—Arr. steamship Arabia, Liver pool; barks Hannibal, Rio de Janeiro; Venus, Curacoa brig Arabella. Aspinwali; schrs. T. P. Wager, Charleston; De pew, Norfolk; J. House, Alexandria. Cl'd steamships'star of the West, Aspinwall; Oranada, do.; ships J. R. Keeler, London; Neptune, Liverpool; L. Napoleon, Hamburg; brigs BALTIMORE, MONDAY, AUGUST 23, 1858. Jza, Sagua; Empire, Mobile; schrs. B. Hart, Gibralter; Rachel, Aux Cayes; Haxall, Richmond; Tremont, Freder icksburg. PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 20. —Arr. bark Indiana, Savan ! nah; schrs. Ottaway, Salt Cay; Daniel Canon, Fredericks ' burg; Jno. It. Griffith. Alexandria. CTd schrs. S. Fisher, C. Anderson, C. Hadden, and A. B. Hays, Washington. ' At quarantine—ship Banshee, Rio <fe Janeiro. BOSTON, Aug. 19.—Arr. barks M. J. Kimball. Mansa nilla; Suliote, Cardenas; Grand Turk, Matunzas; brigs Lin coln, Jacrael; Ambrose, Havana; Virginia. Rappahannock; j schrs. D. C. Hulse, Wilmington, I). C.; Willow, Richmond. Cl'd bark Tropic Bird, Surinam; brigs Marine, Havana; M. B. Davis, Savannah; J. W. Sawyer, Charleston; schrs. Hannah, Franklin, La.; W. A. Henry, St. Pierre, Miq. SOUTHERN PORTS. ALEXANDRIA, Aug. 10—Cl'd sclir. Ellen Mar, New York. RICHMOND, Aug. 19 —Arr. schrs. M. Yassar, Jr., Alba ny; Mary, Halifax. WILMINGTON, Aug 18.—Cl'd brig Albert Adains, Bos ton; schr. Smithsonian, New York. | CHARLESTON, Aug. IS —Arr. schrs. Zephyr, Havana; | Ilclene, New York. Cl'd schr. I>. B. Warner, New York. : LATESTNEWS. TELEGRAMS RECEIVED AT THE OFFICE OF THE DAILY EXCHANGE. — LATER FROM EUROPE. ARRIVAL [OF STEAMER ANGLO SAXON. QUEBEC, August 22. —The steamer Anglo Saxon has ar rived from Liverpool with dates to the 11th. The steamer Canada arrived out on the 7th, and the North America and the Kangaroo on the 11th inst. ENGLAND. There was great anxiety in England in regard to the Atlantic cable. The first regular message from Trinity Bay reached Valentia on the night of the 9th. The speed in transmission was said to be greater than at Plymouth and the currents apparently as strong. Shares held at about £9OO. Queen Victoria and Prince Albert left on the 11th for Prussia. It has l>een resolved to receive proposals for the pur chase or charter of the Great Eastern, and also to adver tise her for sale at auction. Meantime money will be raised on mortgage to pay for her completion. FRANCE. The Cherbourg fetes were concluded on the Bth with the inauguration of the Statue of Napoleon, when the Em peror made another pacific speech. The London Tiroes has an article favorable to the annex ation of Mexico to the United States. CHINA. The allies had advanced unopposed to Tiensin followed by the Americans and Russians. A high Mandarin had been sent there to negotiate. MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, August 11.—Cotton —Sales last three days 24.000 bales, including 3,000 bales to speculators, and 1800 bales for export. Market opened buoyant and closed quiet but steady. Manchester advices are favorable—market firm. BREADSTUFFS. —The weather has lieen favorable for the crops. Breadstuff's have a declining tendency, and all qualities have slightly declined. Flour—Philadelphia and Baltimore 21s. 6d.ru22s. Ohio 225.(n235. 6d. Wheat is dull, lower qualities slightly declined. Red Western ss. sd.(a 6s. 3d. White Wostern 65.()65. 4d. Southern 6s. 9d.(a 7s. 3(1. Corn is firm for inferior—but better qual ities are dull. White 345.(q;345. 6d.—yellow 335.(ri)33 fid. New Orleans White 30(,335. PROVISIONS. —Beef is heavy. Pork is steady. Bacon is [ steady and Lard quiet at 60 s. for choice in retail. TALLOW. —Butcher's offered at 50s. 1 PRODUCE. —Itosin is steady at 4s.@4s. 2d. Sugar is firm at an advance of fid. Coffee is quiet. Rice is steady. Car olina at 235. 2d. Turpentine is dull. MONEY MARKET. —Consuls 9G#(u,96# for money and 96# for account. American securities unchanged. Money market un changed. Fishing Bont C'ap*tze<l on luikc Michigan— Three Men Drowned. CHICAGO, Aug. 20.—During the storm on Wednesday, a fishing boat, with eight persons on board, capsized in the Lake, fifteen miles from Milwaukee. Three men, Cornel ius Myer, Frederick Lessing, and another, whose name is unknown, were drowned. The balance were rescued by the steamer Traveler. hater from Mexico. NEW ORLEANS, August 19. —We are in receipt of late advices from Mexico, from which we learn that Vidaurri left Monterey on the 27th uit., with a second column against the capital. lie would unite with tlie forces of Zuazua. Col. Coronado was preparing to join him from Durango. Vidaurri was expecting a bloodless victory. hater from Texas. NEW ORLEAKS, August 19.—Later Texas advices an nounce that Gen. Twiggs had ordered an expedition of ! four companies of calvary and fifty infantry, provisioned for three months, against the frontier Indians. Col Titus' company had passed Fort Chadbourne oil the 29th, for Sonora. Fire at Strouclsliurg. Pn. STROUDSBURG PA., Aug. 20.—The tannery belonging to W. S. White, was destroyed by fire about il o'clock last night. The loss amounted to $25,000, on which there is an insurance of $lO 000. The lire is supposed to be the ! work of au incendiary. Tlie Yellow Fever ut Xew Orleans. NEW ORLEANS, August 19. —There were forty-three deaths from yellow fever on Wednesday. NEW ORLEANS, August 20. —The number of deaths yes terday from yellow fever was twenty-eight. Health of Charleston. NEW YORK, August 21.—The Health Commissioners of this city have declared Charleston to be an infected port. CITY INTELLIGENCE. ESCAPE OF A PRISONER FROM BALTIMORE CITY JAIL.— On Saturday morning about C# o'clock, one of the priso ners in the jail, named ADAM MILLER alias BIRMINGHAM, made his escape from that institution, and is still at large, although every exertion has been made by the Warden, Capt. THOMAS C. JAMES and his deputies to re capture him. It appears that at the time mentioned, the prisoner, under the direction of ('apt. ALEXANDER OWENS, one of the keepers, and in his company, went into the yard of the Jail for the purpose of getting sand, with which to scrub some portion of the premises; and while Capt. OWENS, who had stepped out of sight for a few min utes to procure a brooin, was away, MILLER quickly made his escape through the gate 011 Madison street, which had just beeu opened to admit the workmen who are employed in constructing the new Jail. The prisoner was not ob served by any person, although several were standing in the vicinity of the gate, and the guard, Mr. HENRY FOREST, was on duty as usual. The discipline of the Jail is such, that no white prisoner is now allowed to walk in the Jail yard, and under the circumstances, if the prisoner had been observed, he might have readily been taken for one of the workmen. Capt. OWENS, as soon as MILLER was lost sight of, gave the alarm, but it was too late, he having made the best of his time in getting away. MILLER had been committed to the Jail in May last, charged with rob bing the residence of Mr. CRICIITON of a considerable quantity of silver ware, and was awaiting his trial before the Criminal Court. He was arrested in Annapolis Jail on the above charge, where he had been confined for setting fire to a lumber yard in that place, and where he made some disclosures which caused his arrest for the crime of burglary. Captain JAMES has offered a reward for his re capture, which, with a description of the prisoner, will be found in the advertising columns. ATTEMPTED SUICIDE. —On Saturday morning, about 11 o'clock, a man, apparently 22 or 23 years of age, entered the apothecary store of Mr. N. N. ROBINSON, on the north west corner of Cay and Saratoga streets, and asked him for some laudanum, stating that it was for a sick person. Mr. ROBINSON poured out into agbiss a half ounce of the drug and set it ujon the counter, then turned to get a phial, when his visitor quickly took the glass in his hand, and before his movements could be arrested, swal lowed the greater portion of its contents. On being spoken to by Mr. ROBINSON as to the rashness of the act and the folly of his conduct, he remarked that he wished to die and hoped the poison would have the desired effect. The proprietor of the store then informed the officers of the Middle Dis trict of the circumstances, and the young man was con ducted to the station house, where he was kindly attended to by Captain BRASHEAR9 and officers MITCHELL, SCHERER and others, who administered emetics to him. He was not allowed to lie down, but kept continually moving. The medicine given him and the attention of the officers produced the desired result, and yesterday the effects of the deadly ]otion had almost entirely disappeared. The young man stated that his name was JOHN TOWSON, of Lancaster county, Pa.: that he was a sea faring man, and had been in Baltimore some nine months ; he also stated that he had a brother-in law named I.EF. residing at Can ton. The reason he gave for attempting to take his own life was, that the woman whom he had loved had deserted him and refused him her society. ACCIDENTAL DROWNING. —About 4 o'clock on Friday afternoon, a boy named PETER FAG AN, between 11 and 12 years of age, an orphan, in the employ of Mr. FRANCIS MCALVOY, grocer, at the corner of Hubert and Nicholson streets, Locust Point, was sent by Mr. MCALVOY to a schooner lying at the American Coal Company's Wharf, with a piece of rope for the purpose of exchanging it, and not returning in proper season, his absence created some anxiety, when a search was made to ascertain his where abouts. About 7# o'clock the boy's hat was found floating in the water near the wharf, which induced an effort on the part of two young men, named JACOB SHRF.CK and JOHN HARDISTER, to recover the body by dragging, as it is supposed that he had fallen into the water, unobserved by the men employed there, and was drowned. They con tinued their exertions till midnight without success. On Saturday morning a gun was fired several times near the s|K)t, and parlies also continued dragging around the wharf, when at about 3 o'clock officer BUSH of the South ern District, succeeded with an ordinary fishing line, in raising the body to the surface of the water. It was taken to the residence of Mr. MCALVOY, where Justice GRIFPIN held an inquest. The jury rendered a verdict of ac cidental drowning. CENTRE MARKET RETAIL PRICES.— In this market on Saturday last there was an abundant supply of vegeta bles and fruits, while, as will be seen from the following quotations, the prices were upon a liberal scale: Watermelons, Bisj2scts each; canteleupes, from 1 to 10 cts.; ]>eaches, 25(5,75 cts. peck; green corn, B(ajl2 cts. dozen; string beans, cts. peck; tomatoes 10@20 cts. peck; mercer potatoes, 12(5)25 cts. peck; blackberries, 4 cts. quart; Lima beans, 25 cts. peck; sweet potatoes, 37(5j 50 cts. peck; eggs, 12 cts. dozen; pears, 37<a62cts. peck; best print bntter, 31i'a)33 cts. lb.; best roll do., 22(u>25 cts. lb.; whortleberries, 10(5 12 cts. quart; live chickens. $2.50 (53 per dozen; plums, 18 cts. quart; cucumbers, 6;sjßcts. dozen. The fish market was lightly supplied, with the exception of hard and soft crabs, which were offered in great abund ance. Hard crabs were held at 12(2)18 cts. per dozen; soft do. 75@$1 per dozen; fresh mackerel, 25 cts. to $1 each; taylors, 25(2 50 cts. bunch; white perch. 12 a37 cts. bunch; crocusses, 12(225 cts. bunch; yellow perch 12al8 cts. bunch; fresh halibut, 12 cts. per lb.; cat fish, l(Xa 12 cts. bunch; rock fish, 25>.a50cts. bunch. There were no very large rock offered for sale singly in market during the morning. ARREST OF A MURDERER.— Between 8 and 9 o'clock on Saturday morning last, officers COURTS, BROOKS and RY AN arrested a colored man in the vicinity of Light street wharf, on suspicion of being the party who killed the man KINO, also colored, on Wagon alley, on Thursday night. Upon being questioned he gave his name as JOHN STE PHENS, and slated that lie resided in Bath St., near North. He was taken to the office of Justice Loo AN, where an examination was had, which resulted in his being fully identified by several witnesses, among whom was KING'S wife, as the man who committed the murder. One of the witnesses named CHARLES JOHNSON, testified that he was near KINO'S house on the night in question, and on seeing the accused run, he attempted to catch him. upon which the accused turned round and cut at hiin with the same knife with which he hail committed the fatal deed but a few moments before. JOHNSON, supposing he would also kill him. lied, by which the prisoner made his escape. He was fully committed by Justice LOUAN to await the action of the Grand Jury. CONFISCATED.— On Saturday morning the clerk of the Centre Market seized 37 lumps of butter, purporting to be one-half pound in weight each, but not coming up to the standard, they were confiscated and sold for the benefit of the city. RIOTOUS PROCEEDINGS. —Yesterdav morning about 4 o'cl<ck, some disorderly characters, in the North-Eastern section of the city, created quite an excitement by going to the vicinity of the Harford Avenue and Hoffman street, and there acting in a riotous manner by stoning some bouses in the neiguborhood, and ill-treating the inmates. Copt. BRASUEARS hearing of their proceedings sent a |os.se of the police to the locality, who soon made all quiet by arresting a number of the rioters. PUILIP STAYLOH. MICHAEL CONNER, JOHN MARTIN, DANIEL HAYS and DANIEL MCKINI.EY, were arrested by officers R. PINDILI.. THOMAS BRASUEARS,DEAVERS, WIIITAKER and STANFORD, and brought to the Middle District Station House, when they "were committed to jail by Justice MEARIS in default of security for their good behaviour, and also fined for throwing stones in the street. ROBBED. —A man named MICHAEL TRACY came to the Western station house yesterday morning, in an aj>parent ly helpless condition. Upon being questioned, he stated that he had been workiug iu Washington, 1). C., and while there was taken with an attack of the ague, which j>ros trated him to such an extent that he was forced to return to Baltimore to his friends; when within three miles of the city, he was ajqiroaehed by agenteel looking man wliocom menced a conversation with him. They had not proceeded far, when the stranger attacked him, and took from him his carjet bag and $5 in money. At his own request he was committed to the almshouse. DEATU OP AN OLD PlLOT.— Yesterday afternoon, about s o'clock, Mr. SAMUEL C. BISCO, an old Baltimore Pilot, died at his residence, No. 125 South Wolf street, in the 68th year of his age. The deceased had been unwell for some time, but nothing serious was apprehended until within a few days jast. when his disease took an unfavor able turn. He was a member of Howard Tent of the or der of Recliabites, and washighly esteemed by his friends and acquaintances. PASSENGERS FOR BOSTON. —The steamer Wra. Jenkins, under command of Capt. W. A. HALLET, left her wharf at 3 o'clock on Saturday afternoon, with the following list of passengers: Miss Mayo, Miss Kimble, Mrs. McKim, all of Baltimore; E. Monell, of Salisbury, Mass.; J. B. Gale, do.; G. Claggett, J. Chipman, G. Chipman and family, T. Gallagher, Dr. McKim, P. McTreen, of Boston; S. Hatch, Miss Sarah P. Warner, Laurel, Md ; Mr. and Miss Good win, of Charles county, Md.; Prof. A. W. Clarke, of Ches tertown, Md. THE MALTBT HOUSE.— It will be seen by an advertise ment in another column that a change of proprietorship has taken ]>lace in this well-known house. Mr. HENRY M. SMITH has withdrawn, aud is succeeded by Mr. L. U. MALTBY, who has for several years l>een connected with the establishment. The rates of boarding have been re duced by the new proj>rietor, and from his experience in the business it is fair to infer that the "MaHW" will here after, as heretofore, be second to none of its kind in the country. SPRUNG A LEAK. —The schooner Arlington, Captain MIRCH, New York, was lying loaded with coal at the American Coal Comj>any's wharf, at Locust Point, on Fri day, when it was found that the vessel was filling with water through the cabin windows. She had alread}' re ceived 150 tons before the mishaj) was discovered, which induced the officers to have her towed around to McKim's wharf, below the cojiper works at Locust Point, where she was run on shore to prevent her sinking. ROBBERY. —On Saturday morning during the absence of the inmates at market, the residence of a lady living on St. James' street, was entered by thieves, and a small box containing upwards of fifty dollars in gold and silver coin taken therefrom. Entrance was effected through the rear, and it is supj>osed by parties acquainted with the prem ises. The police were soou informed of the occurrence, but have not as yet made any arrests. FORGERIES.—LAURA JANE OLIVER waa arrested on Saturday last, charged with forging the name of CHARLES REDGRAVE to an order for $6. She was committed to await a further hearing, by Justice BOYD. A man named MCPUILLIPS was also arrested, during Saturday, on the charge of forging the name of JOHN CARROLL to*an order for Bs. He was released upon bail, for a further hearing by Justice BOYD. BITTEN BY A VICIOUS DOG.— On Friday afternoon, Mr. HENRY FORREST, the guard at the jail gate ou Madison street, was attacked and seriously bitten in the leg by a large and ferocious dog which came iuto the jail yard. The dog, which l>clonged to a man residing in the neigh borhood, was soon afterwards shot by one of the deputy wardens of the jail. THE SHREWSBURY CAMP.— The gathering at this great Cam]> must have been immense yesterday. On Saturday afternoon tlie trains on the Northern Central Railway were dispatched filled to their utmost capacity, and many jersons were unable to procure seats until the departure of the 10 P. M. train Police Intelligence. JOHN BATTEE was arrested by officer HA USE charged with assaulting and beating JAMES ELLIOTT. Justice BOYD committed him to jail in default of security to an swer the charge before Court. Sergeant CROUCH arrested POMINICK MALONEY on the charge of assaulting and beating SARAH MCDERMOTT. He was committed to jail in default of security by Justice BOYD to answer at Court. GEORGE RATTCLIFFE was arrested by officer ENGLISH, charged with throwing stones in the street. He was fined $1 and costs by Justice ENSOR. Officers RYAN, COURTS and BURKE arrested JOHN GILL JOSEPH VANDANIKER and JOHN THOMPSON, on the charge of assaulting and resisting officer J. BURNIIAM while in the discharge of his duty. Justice LOGAN committed them to jail in default of security to answer the charge before Court. W ILLIAM SPEAR was arrested on r'aturday by officer Jos. ELLIOTT on the charge of insulting a hidy on Balti more street. He was released on security to keep the peace by Justice MEARIS. LAW INTELLIG CRIMINAL COURT. —Hon. HENRY STUMP, Judge. FRED ERICK PINK.NEY, Esq., Deputy Suite's Attorney, prosecut ing. The following business was disposed of in this Court on Saturday last : FREDERICK MLI.LF.R, charged with assaulting and beat ing PATRICK WILKINSON, was convicted, and liued ss and costs—total £13.30. FRANCIS GARDINER, charged with assaulting A. HAR MAN. Declared "not guilty." WM. TALHEIMER, charged with assaulting WM. HOFF MAN. The accused not ap)>earing when called, his re cognizance was forfeited, and he was ordered to pay the costs. ROSA ALB ACH, charged with assaulting Mrs. JULIA GOR DON, beating her and spitting in her face. Veruict of "not guilty." SAMUEL HOLLOWAT, (negro,) charged with assaulting officer ELLIOTT in the discharge of his duty. Found guil ty, lined $1 and costs —total $7.94 —and ordered to be im prisoned fifteen days. MICHAEL FAURELL, charged with assaulting his wife, and resisting officer WORK in the discharge of his duty, and kicking him. Found guilty, fined $2 and costs —to- tal slo.3l—and imprisoned 12 days. The recognizances of JAS. CALDWELL and JNO. BELL MAN* were forfeited, neither answering when called. Adjourned to Saturday next at 11 o'clock. BALTIMORE AND THE WEST. An important meeting of Railway or -ators was held in 'Cincinnati on Friday. All the .wincipal Railway Companies, whose lines radiate from that city and their principal Eastern connections, were represented. The purpose of the meeting was to establish uniform rates of freight, and after mature deliberation the following tariff of rates was agreed upon, to take effect to-dav, August 23d, and con tinue until further notice, viz : 4th class. Hour, wheat, per 100 lbs. perbbl. pr.lOOlbs From Cincin'ti to Balto., - 50 80 45 do Phila., - -55 110 50 do N. York, 57% 95 55 do Boston, - 65 110 From Madison, Ind., and Louis ville, Ky., to Balto., - CO 105 do Phila., - -65 115 do Pitt'b'g, 45 80 From India'is to Balto., - 50 90 do Phila..- -55 100 do I'ittsb'g, 35 60 INDICTMENTS AND JURY VERDICTS. Before the adjournment of the British Parliament, Lord Campbell gave notice of two important bills which he proposed to introduce at the next session. As they relate to matters of interest on this side of the Atlantic, and may furnish an incitement to leg islation on the same subjects, in our own State, we copy his lordship's brief statoment of the object of his proposed bills: The object of the first bill was to prevent a prac tice that now exists of clandestinely going before a grand jury, and preferring bills of indictment for perjury, conspiracy, obtaining money under false pretences, and such offences, for which there was not the slightest foundation. The result, however, was, that the grand jury, behind the back of the party accused, were induced, sometimes rather hastily, to find bills of indictment upon which a warrant was obtnined, and the party was appre hended and imprisoned until he found bail. There should, in his opinion, be no bills found without an examination before a magistrate or proceedings before a judge. The other measure would have re ference to the great inconvenience that had imme morially prevailed from the practice of requiring an unanimous verdict from a jury. They had of late experienced great inconvenience from the rule, be cause the individuals on juries were independent in their thoughts, and did not defer sometimes to the opinions of the judge, or to the opinions of a large majority of their own brethren. He propos ed, not that the minority of a jury should be gov erned by the majority, but that if, after certain deliberation by the jury, they all agreed except one or two, the verdict of those who had agreed should he considered as tantamount to the verdict of the whole 12, subject, however, to be reviewed, and, if necessary, set aside. THE DAUGHTER OP GILBERT STUART. —Tbe Boston Evening Transcript says: Among the sufferers bv the late fire in Broinfield street, no one excited more sympathy than the talented and excellent daughter of America's greatest portrait painter, Gilbert Stuart, whose memorable picture of Wash ington alone entitled him and his posterity to last ing national gratitude. For many years Miss Jane Stuart, who inherits much of the good sense, wit and geniality of her illustrious parent, has main tained herself and sister by artistic labor. She be gan, we believe, by copying her father's historical portraits, and caught much of his vigor of expres sion and admirable color; but recently she has giv en new evidence of original skill and taste; her por traits of Mrs. .Tared Sparks, Miss Lyman, the Bev. Dr. Lothrop, Mrs. 11. G. Otis, and others, have won much admiration. After a severe winter's toil at the easel, Miss Stuart went to her native city of Newport, B. 1., a fortnight ago, for rest and recre ation; and now her little collection of specimen por traits and the artist's materials, left in her Boston studio, with probably some exemplars of her fath er's genius have been destroyed." DEER HUNT. —A party of eight gentlemen from this county, on a deer hunt of a few days last week at Jenning's Gap, Augusta county, killed eight deer. Another, but larger party, from the Univer sity and vicinity, is hunting at Crawford's Springs. —Charlottesville Va. Advocate. The Emperor of Bussia has conferred upon Dr. Charles A. Leas, of Baltimore, the order of St. Stanislaus of the third or highest degree, in testi mony of medical services rendered during the late Crimean war. Bobert Dale Owen, the American Minister at Naples, writes a letter to the N. T. Freeman's Journal, denying its report that he had become a Catholic. The Texan says within the last week, over $12,000 have been abstracted from letters between San Antonio and New Orleans, mostly between San Antonio and the coast. The Republicans of the fifteenth district of Ohio have nominated William Helmick in opposition to Gen. Burns, the democratic candidate. EUROPE. THE ARABIA'S MAILS FRANCE. TUB CHERBOURG FETES—DEPARTURE OF TIIE EMPEROR FROM PARIS. PAULS, August 3, C P. M. —The Emperor, the Em press and their suite left St. (.'loud this morning at halt-past nine for Caen, on their way to Cherbourg, the Imperial train left the station of the Pucd'Am sterdam at 9 o'clock, conveying Count de Chasse loup Laubat, Raron Beaoistd'Azy, Viscount Ducha tel and several directors of the Western Railway, M. de Laperiere, manager of the working, and M. Coindart, the Secretary. On the arrival of the train at St. Cloud, a short pause ensued, after which their Majesties took their places in one of the Imperial carriages, accompanied by Marshal Yaillant and M. lumber, Ministers of War and Public Works (Admi ral liamelin, Minister of Marine, had gone tlie day before,) the Princess d'Essling, Countess de Labe doyere and Countess de Lourniel, ladies of honor to the Empress; Generals Fie dry and Neil, first equerry and aid-de camp to his Majesty, and the other persons appointed to form part of the Impe rial suite. A considerable crowd had collected in the neighborhood, and loudly cheered their Majes ties. A telegraphic dispatch, published in the second edition of the Mo ruin a Po*t is as follows: __ PARIS, August 4. —The Emperor and Empress ar rived at Nantes, and were receivedbv the Prefect of the Seine and Oise and the other authorities. They were rapturously applauded by the people. At Evreux their Majesties proceeded to the Pre fecture in the midst of cries VEmpereur V* a I Their entry iuto Caen was a veritable ovation. The cortege traversed the town, which was wholly illuminated, and with splendid decorations. At this hour (9 p. M., Tuesday) their Majesties aro enteriug the Ilotel de Vilic, to assist at the public ball given there. Queen Victoria left Osborne at noon on the 4th, on board the royal vaeht Victoria and Albert, ac companied by the royal Albert, and arrived in the roadstead at Cherbourg at 7v. M. They were salut ed by the whole French fieet and the forts. The Pera, with the members of the House of Commons, left Southampton on Wednesday morn ing;, the 4th, at four o'clock. The Ministers of Bavaria, Saxony, Hanover, Ba den and Sardinia, have joined in freighting a stea mer at Havre, to attend the fetes at Cherbourg. 1 he Russian Minister, M.de Kisseleff, is to go alone. M. de Hatzfeldt, the Prussian minister, has not re covered sufficiently from his indisposition to be able to attend, and M. tic llubner, the Austrian ambas sador, though invited, has not vet received the in structions of his Court as to wliether he is to go or not. The Nord of Brussels, however, asserts very positively that Lord Cowles is the only member of the corps diplomatique who has received an invita tion, and it suggeststhat the others who may chooso to go on their own account will be in a false position, because no place will be reserved for them. It is said that the Western Railway Company of France have received 43,000 letters, asking for free passes on the railway to go to Cherbourg, and that they have actually admitted the claims of 10,000 of the applicants. By the side of this statement it will be curious to see a return of the number of people who go to Cherbourg from Paris from mere curi osity, and at their own expense. I t is expected there will be nearly 400 sail anchor ed in Cherbourg roadside, including men-of-war, merchant steamers and yachts. Among the persons who have received official invitations to the fetes are the living members of the family of the engineer who in 1781 devised the system of cones, which was adopted for the con struction of the breakwater at Cherbourg. DEPARTURE OF QUEEN VICTORIA. OOWES, Aug. 4.—People here were early on the qui rive this morning to witness the Queen's depart ure for Cherbourg; but as the only way by which they could be enabled to gratify their curiosity was by taking a boat and going round to Osborne, and as the time for the start was considered to be very uncertain, but few persons witnessed the interest ing event. . The fieet, it was stated, left Spithead at 4 A. M., and proceeded down Channel. A small squadron, however, was off Osborne this morning, including the royal vacht, the Victoria and Albert, her tender, the Fairy, the Osborne and others; and shortly after 10 o'clock some of these got under weigh and proceeded down the So lent to the westward. The Osborne was the first to leave, and she was followed by the Black Eagle, Admiralty vessel; then went the Fairy, and the Fire Queen, leaving the stately royal yacht attend ed only hv the little Trinity vessel. Just before noon tliebargeof the royal yacht was rowed across to the landing-place on the beach be low the royal mansion, and her Majesty, who was attired in a light-colored costume, accompanied by the Prince Consort, the Prince of Wales, and the Duke of Cambridge, arrived from Osborne House in a pony carriage, and immediately stepped on board the barge of the royal yacht, which, steered by the captain of tlie noble vessel, the Hon. Joseph Llcnman, as "Her Majesty's cockswain," was soon alongside the vessel, which was lying a short dis tance off. As SOOQ as the ro\*al party were on board, the Victoria and Albert steamed away towards Cowes, on their way through the Needles passage to the coast of France, with the Admiralty Hag at the fore, the royal standard at the main, and the jack at the mizen. The pier at Hyde was crowded with visitors and others who were anxious to witness the departure, and who were trying the utmost powers of" their optical aids to sight in order the better to view the royal departure. As the Victoria and Albert passed through Cowes roads Her Majesty and the Prince Consort were ob served standing at the port side of the vessel intent ly scanning the crowded state of the parade, and the fleet of yachts then lying there, or sailing about the waters of the Solent. All the vessels dipped their colors as the yacht passed, which com pliment was also paid to her Majesty bv the Royal Yacht Squadron, who lowered their white ensign, which was then Hying at the signal post in front of Cowes Castle. The royal yacht, followed by the Trinity vessel, was soon out of sight on her way westward. As from the Needles it is only 60 miles to Cherbourg, it is anticipated that her Majesty would arrive off the French coast in about five hours after leaving Osborne. The weather during the morning was most agreeable, and the trip across will no doubt be exceedingly pleasant. OSBOIIX, August 4. Her Majesty and his Royal Highness the Prince Consort, embarked at 12 o'clock to-day, in the royal yacht Victoria and Albert, and got under weigh immediately for Cherbourg. The Prince of Wales and the Duke of Cambridge accompany her Majesty. The Earl of Malmesbury and Sir John Packing ton have also embarked in the royal yacht. The suite in attendance consist of the Countess of Desart, the Hon. Mary Bulteel, Earl Delaware, Col. the Hon. Sir C. Phipps, and Mr. Gibbs. Col. the Hon. A. Hood, Capt. Du Piat, Viscount V'alletort. Col. Tyrwhitt, and Col. Chapman are embarked in the Black Eagle. ARRIVAL OF IIKLL MAJESTT. CHERBOURG, Aug. 4.—The Queen arrived at Cher bourg at five minutes past six o'clock, P. M.; after a very fine passage. Aug. s.—The Queen and Prince Consort are ex pected to breakfast at the Perl'ecture with the Em peror at twelve. To-day their Imperial and Royal Majesties dine together on board the line-of-b'attle ship La Bre tao-ne. The weather is cloudy. The town is crowded with visitors, and in all quarters the greatest excitement and animation prevail. GREAT BRITAIN. THE ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH. Arrival of the Agamemnon and Valorous at Valentia Landing of the Cable — Advance of the Telegraph Company' Stock —Interesting Particulars and Com wientn. By this steamer we have some of the particulars so eagerly looked for, of the arrival of the Agamem non in Valentia Bay, after successfully laying her portion of the cable", and of the feeling with which the important event was regarded on the other side of the Atlantic. The following dispatch was the first announcement of the Agamemnon's arrival, and we subjoin the other dispatches and extracts from English papers: VALENTIA, August 5. To the Directors of the Atlantic Telegraph Company: The Agamemnon has arrived at Valentia, and we are about to land the end of the cable. The Niagara is in Trinity Bay, Newfoundland. There are good signals between the ships. We reached the rendezvous on the night of the 28th, and the splice with the Niagara cable was made on board the Agamemnon the following morn ing. By noon on the 30th, 265 nautical miles were laid between the two ships; on the 31st, 540; on the Ist of August, BS4; on the 2d, 1256; on the 4th, 1654; on anchoring at six in the morning, in Douglas Bay, 2022. The rate of tbe Niagara during the whole time has been nearly the same as ours, the length of cable paid out from the two ships being generally within ten miles of each other. With the exception of yesterday, the weather has been very unfavorable. V AI.ENTIA, Thursday, August s.—Her Majesty's ship Agamemnon arrived oil' Douglas Head early this morning with the end of the telegraphic cable; the communication between Ireland and Newfound land complete. Mr. Bright is now makiug arrange ments for landing the end, and thus bringing to a successful termination bis anxious and difficult task. The following second dispatch has been received by the directors of the Atlantic Telegraph Com pany: V AI.ENTIA, Friday morning, August C.—Electric communication is maintained perfectly. In answer to the signals from our coils they returned to us this morning. at 8.40, accurately to Greenwich time, as directed, the pre-ai ranged landing signal. The complete instruments which were on board the Nia gara for speaking cannot possibly be adjusted for some days. QCEENSTOWN, Friday evening.—The Agamemnon and Valorous have arrived in this harbor. [ From the London Times.] By a chain of electric communication, extending from Trinity Bay, Newfoundland, to this metropo lis, we are informed that the last attempt to lay the Atlantic telegraph has succeeded, and that the" Old and New Worlds are actually linked together by the magnetic wire. The intelligence is so much the more gratifying as we have been led, in common with the rest id' the public—and surely not without very plausible reason —to something "like despair, not indeed of the ultimate success of the underta king, but of its success with the existing machinery and under conditions apparently so unfavorable,— It was not unnatural to apprehend that a cable which had parted at the bottom of the sea, and again within a few feet of the stern of the vessel that was paying it out, would never be stretched in safety across the Atlantic. But the feat has been accomplished and the relish of the surprise is onlv the greater from previous disappointment and un certainty. Although the weather was unfavorable the cable seems to have been paid out with the greatest re gularity, the quantity of cable discharged from the two ships being tlie same everyday within ten miles. On the first two days the amount paid out by each ship was about 130 nautical miles, or at the rate of between five and six miles an hour. On the Ist of August each ship had paid out 170 nautical miles, or at the rate of seven nautical miles an hour. On the second this rate was increased to seven nau tical miles and live-eighths, so that the result seems to show that a greater speed can bo attained with safety, than has been calculated on. We are told that there are good signals between the ships, but, of course, we wait with much anxiety more precise information as to the rapidity of communication that has been maintained. We sincerely congratulate the promoters of this great enterprise upon the triumphant success by which, alter so many delays and disappointments, they have been rewarded. * It is difficult so sudden ly to realize the magnitude of the event which has just taken place; the accomplishment of this mighty feat comes upon us not in the gradual and tenta tive manner in which most scientific exploits have been performed, but with a rapidity worthy of the agent which it employs. The steam engine, the other prcat discovery of our time, has Ih'en perfect ed little by little, and no one can exact! v say when it was that each of the triumphs which it has suc cessively achieved became possible. Practice was so far ahead of theory that high scientific authori ties argued strongly against the possibility of re sults, and were not refuted by counter-arguments, but by the accomplishment of those very results, tlie possibility of which they had denied. With the Atlantic Telegraph it has been just the contrary.— Theory had shown the practicability of the line/ but practice lagged infinitely behind it/ Instead of pro ceeding by slow degrees, the projectors have leapt at once to a gigantic success. We believe that we are correct in stating thatsoo miles of telegraph have never before been success fully laid under water, and yesterdav wo received intelligence that a communication is fully establish ed beneath 2,000 miles of stormy ocean, under a su perincumbent mass of water, "the depth of which may be calculated in miles. Only now, when it has succeeded, are we fully able to realize the magni tude and the hardihood of the enterprise. Over what jagged mountain ranges is that slender thread folded; iu what deep oceanic valleys does it rest, when the flash which carries the thought of man from one continent to another darts along the wire; through what strange and unknown regions, among thingjfaow uncouth and wild, must it thread its way! Tt brings us up tidings from the vast abyss, but not of the abyss itself, but of men like ourselves who dwell beyond. Since the discovery of Columbus nothing has been done in any degree comparable to the vast en largement which has thus been given to the sphere of human activity. We may, now that this the most difficult problem of all has been solved, be justified in anticipating that there is no portion of the earth's surface which may not be placed in im mediate communication with us. We know that we have in our hands the means of a practical übiquity. Distance as a ground of uncertainty will be eliminated from the calculation of the statesman and the merchant. It is no violent presumption to suppose that within a very short period we shall be able to present to our readers, every morning, in telligence of what happened the day before in eve ry quarter of the globe. The Admiralty will know, to within a few miles, the position ol every ship in her Majesty's service. The intelligence of a Cadre war or an Indian mutiny will reach us before the first blood that has been shed is cold, and we shall be able to economise the whole time consumed by the ordinary vehicles of intelligence. We see with not unnatural satisfac tion that the advantage of the discovery will be the greatest to those countries the possessions of which are the most remote, and, therefore, that England has more to gain than any of her rivals. More was done yesterday for the consolidation of our Empire than the wisdom of our statesmen, the liberality of our legislature, or the loyalty of our colonists could ever have effected. Distance between Canada and England is annihilated. For the purposes of mutual communication and of good understanding the Atlantic is dried up, and we become in reality, as well as in wish, one coun try. Xor can any one regai d with indifference the position in which the Atlantic Telegraph has placed us in regard to the great American republic. It lias half undone the Declaration of 1775, and gone far to make ns once again, in spite of ourselves, one peo ple To the tics of a common blood, language ami religion, to the intimate association in business and a complete sympathy on so many subjects, is now added the faculty of instantaneous communication, which must give to ail these tendencies to unity an intensity which they never belore could possess. We are most happy that it has fallen to the lot of this country to carry out an enterprise in which hu man nature is so deeply interested in concert with the only other nation on the globe in which the (lame of science is fanned and kept alive bv the breath of freedom. Let those who are assembled at Cherbourg to celebrate another development in the art of de struction, and to fete the inauguration of a fortress avowedly designed to threaten the independence and prosperity of these islands, rcilect on the true nature of the enterprise which lias thus been exe ecuted, and turn from the contemplation of science degraded into the handmaid of slaughter and devas tation to science applied to her legitimate ollice, as the conciliator,the benefactress, and the enlight ener of the whole human race. A military mon archy has created Cherbourg; political freedom and commercial enterprise have made the Atlantic Tel egraph, and they have nothing to blush for in the comparison. [From the. Timet' City Article.] The Atlantic Telegraph Shares of £I,OOO each which were yesterday oll'ered at £240, immediately advanced this morning, on receipt of the telegram of success, to a nominal quotation of £OOO to £BOO. Later in the day it was found that holders were ex tremely fi. m, and the final price was £BBO to £O2O. The first through message from New York is now awaited with the utmost interest, and most persons connected with the American trade, are sanguine of the permanent impulse it will give to the commercial intercourse of the two countries, and the economy it will also effect by frequently preventing the profitless shipment backward and forward of goods or specie. As the Niagara is announced to he in Trinity Bay, Newfoundland, the connection with New Y'ork will most likely be established with great dispatch. The land telegraph through Newfoundland runs from St. John's, skirting Trinity Bay, to Cape Itay, on the other side of the island ; thence there is a cable to Asbpce Bay, Breton Island, which connects with the lines through Nova Scotia and New Bruns wick and the United States'system down to New Orleans. The working of the land line of about 250 miles across Newfoundland has not hitherto been quite satisfactory, but it answers ordinary purposes, and there is an intention ultimately to avoid it by running a sub-marine cable from I'lacentia Bay to Cape Breton. The financial and general position of the Atlantic Telegraph Company now appears to he as follows: Their original paid up capital was £350,000, and this has since been increased to £450- 000, an additional £31,000 having been raised a short time back, and £75,000 in shares having been crea ted to be handed over in payment for the exclusive privileges assigned to the company immediately on the successful completion of the undertaking. Although the aiuouut to participate in dividend is £450,000, the capital actually received is £381,000. Out of this the charge for the entire cable has been paid, with all other expenses, and a small cash balance is still in hand applicable to the cur rent outlay. It is understood that the only addi tional capital now intended to be raised is the small sum that will bring the total t0£500,000, and which is required for the stations, Ac., that remain to be established. The colonial concessions of the com pany give them an exclusive right for 50 years as regards the Newfoundland coast and the snores of Labrador and Prince Edward Island, and twentv tive years as regards Breton lsiand. They have also a similar privilege for 25 < years from tlie State ol' Maine. From the respective Governments of Great Brit ain and the United States the terms obtained are a payment of £14,000 per annum from each for the transmission of their messages for fifty years, until the dividends amount to six per cent, on the original capital of £350,000, after which each Government is to pav £IO,OOO a year, such payment to be de pendent on the efficient working of the line. Pre viously to the failure of the first expedition, which sailed "on the 4tli of August, 1857, and lust 583 miles of cable, the £I,OOO shares touched about £1,150 or £1,200, and the lowest point has been £3OO, a sale having been made at that price since the attempt last June, when there was an additional loss of 480 miles. On the present occasion it appears that nearly 500 miles of cable remained, the total paid out from the two ships, having been only 2,022 miles. The Liverpool Northern Time* of August 6, thus alludes to the effect produced in that town by the news: THE ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH CABLE.— So little ex pected was the intelligence which reached town vesterdav morning, respecting the successful lay ing the Atlantic Telegraph Cable, and so intense was the feeling of surprise it excited, that the ex pression of gratitication both on 'Change and throughout the town generally was much less de monstrative than one would suppose such news was calculated to call forth. The announcement at first was scarcely credited; it was "too good to be true," and thus the pleasure which the realization of one of the grandest projects of the age was exciting in all was for a time damped, by hearing doubt, which all felt, but nobody liked to express. The moment for a "demonstration" was allowed to pass, and so in place of enthusiastic cheering, the "llags" at once became rife with speculations as to the proba ble effect which telegraphic communication will have on our markets, stocks, <tc. The general opinion seemed to be that speculators will be injured by the change, and that capitalists, who can watch the turn ot the market and buy in stanter with ready money, will gain. We do not know how this may be, but the intelligence that the change is near at hand, had a marvellous effect on the shares ot the company, whose undertaking, happily, success is now about to crown. Atlantic Telegraph shares, which a few days since were as low as liluo, were soon quoted XsOO, and a sale even was reported at £900! We trust that the next in telligeuce w ill be that the cable has been success fully landed both at Valentia and Newfoundland, and that the communication is as perfect as it was last reported to be. At the Town llall and some of the principal hotels, flags were hoisted in honor of the event, but there were not a few who thought that it should have been also celebrated by the peal of joy bells. THE OUTRAGE AT JIDDAH. The Moniteur announces that the Governments of France and England have come to an understand ing with the Porte in reference to the present hor rible events at Jiddab, with a view to due repara PRICE TWO CENTS tion. The conduct of the Ottoman authorities will he strictly inquired into; and" all guilty persons of whatever rank will be punished according to their deserts. Indemnities payable by the towns who have had any share in the massacre will be given to all who have suffered either in person or property. Accounts from Constantinople to the 24th July state that 200 persons have been arrested at Jid dah, and that Istnael I'acha, General of Brigade, appointed commissioner extraordinary to inquire into the Jiddah massacre, left on the 18th ult. for is destination, 011 board a steamer. He is iostruct c. .° P r "chiim martial law, to place the town in a * .'""'h ai| d to punish the guilty with the gi ca est 1 igo,. A contribution of monev will be imposed on the town soHieiently ample to indemnify the families of the persons killed and to make good the pecuniary losses of those who escaped. J l -i!i " reueh commissioners are to be sent 'doah to watch over the measures concerted .vith the I lorte tor the Punishment of the iniscre a, ~ ~, r( ' , veSßl! ' of "ar is also to proceed to the bed Sea and act with the British vessels. Information has been received of the arrival at Jiddah of Ismail Pacha, the envoy of the Sultan. MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS. A great lire had occurred at Antwerp, which de stroyed the Exchange, with its magnificent bronze cupola, arcades, and the Tribunals of Commerce. The chambers of the Syndic, with the city archives, are completely destroyed. The abdication of the King of Holland is believed probable. The Prince of Orange will he qualified, by age, to ascend the throne on the 4th of Sep tember. The renewal of diplomatic relations between France and Naples is rendered probable from the fact that Antonini, the representative of Naples, when the French Emperor withdrew his ambassa dor from that country, has returned to Paris. Knins have injured the French harvest, which will not be so good as has been expected. The men arrested at St. Etienne, on suspicion of being engaged in the manufacture of shells for the assassination of the Emperor, are to be transported forthwith, without trial. The Belgian Chambers had rejected the project for the fortification of Antwerp. The war of extermination between the Christians and Turksin Bosnia continues withoutintii—.ssion. On tlie 22d ult. there was another general encoun ter. This time the rajahs were defeated, and sought a refuge on the Austrian Territory. General O'Bonnell, the present Spanish Premier, carries his admiration of the French government so far as to have resolved to imitate in Spain the new division of France into military commands. The papers annonnco the death of 41. Soyer, the celebrated professor of the culinary art. The Queen of Greece, as Regent of the kingdom, has just issued an ordinance which invites architects of all countries to send in plans for a museum of an tiquities at Athens, for the establishment of which a Greek merchant, named Bernardaki, some time ago left a legacy. The well-known horse Stafford, so celebrated for his vicious propensities, belonging to the Imperial depot of Cluny, has just been sold by order of the French Minister of Commerce, and only brought 25 francs. The purchaser is M. Lescheres, a proprie tor in the neighborhood. The Espnna states, on the authority of a letter from Melilla of the 20th ult., that the Moors, after carrying off all the crops, had opened a sharp fire of artillery and musketry, on the Spanish garrison, and hail done some damage to houses in the town. The Marseilles journals state that in that city commerce, with the exception of the corn trade, is languishing. They add that in the course of two days 100,000 hectolitres (each equal to 22 imperial gallons) of wheat had arrived there and prices had fallen. A meeting of the Scottish Australia Investment Company took place in London on the 30th, when the report was adopted and a half-yearly dividend declared at the rate of 10 per cent, per annuaui, leaving a reserve fund of £0,825. The half-yearly meeting of the London Discount Company was held on the 3d. The nett profit of the six months was stated to be £10,874. A dividend at the rate of 5 per cent, per annum was declared, and the balance of preliminary expenses, amounting to £3,000, was written off. The late Prince Joseph Dietrichsteinlias bequeath ed property valued at a million sterling to be equal ly divided between his four daughters. The Paris correspondent of the Times states that the number of English Visitors ac piat Paris is not more than a fourth of the usual average RUST IN OATS—WHAT IS IT? Throughout the whole southwestern portion of the Union, the oat crop has suffered from a terri ble blight, whieh from its resemblance to the fun gus substance that sometimes attacks wheat by that name, has been called rust. So far as we are in formed, rust in oats has hitherto been unknown. Wo have never heard or read of anvthing of the kind, in any section of the country. The fact that it is thus unusual opens a wide ana interesting field to the naturalist, and, in this case, to the entomo logist, as it invites investigation in a channel, so far as we ascertain, heretofore unexplored. While in West Tennessee, a short time since, we took occasion to examine the blade of the oat under a microscope (kindly furnished us by the Baily Troupe) and were greatly surprised by the phenom enon which the grass revealed. Since then we have followed up those examinations, by the aid i f more powerful instruments, at the Medical College in this city, in company with several scientific gentle men, among whom where Drs. Briggs and Buchan an. of the medical faculty. The cause of all this destruction of the oat crop is a living worm, too small to he plainly seen with the naked eye. A single blade or leal' of the oat sometimes contains hundreds of them. They lie encased in the tissues of the leaf or blade, where they have been germinated beneath the epidermis or thin pellicle over the exterior portion of the blade, and as they progress in development, the skin of the leaf is raised into curious puffy blisters. The growth of the worm subsequently ruptures these, and it escapes to feed on the plant. When first released from their covering, they are of a beautiful, clear, red color, almost transparent, but soon begin to change color and form, getting more opaque and dark in appearance until in the course of transformation, they become a black bug, with legs and wings, and they attack the head or grain of the oats. Under the microscope, the dust which remains on the leaf closely resembles that on the wings of butterflies. How this innumerable army of infinitesimal worms originated is yet a mystery. It is a singular fact, however, that whenever the greatest quantity of rain has fallen, there the oat crop has fared the worst. In our recent trip through West Tennessee, we saw but a single field of oats, between the Mis sissippi and Tennessee rivers, which was not a failure, or into which it would not be folly to put a scythe blade. That field was near Denmark, in Madison county, and was sown very early. It is well known that more rain has fallen in West Ten nessee this season than in any other part of the State, hence the extreme wet weather must have had some agency in the production of this animalcule. 1 tis also well known that moisture and heat will pro duce and multiply animal life, millions per hour and therein we judge is the secret of this destruc tion of the oat crop. It is one of those cases of natural phenomena which occur only at a certain stage in the growth of plants, and under peculiar states of temperature and weather. It may happen next season, or it may not occur again for many seasons.— Southern Homestead. THE Tins AND DOWNS OF MERCANTILE LIFF..— An incident of the late monetary crisis was related to us a lew days since as having occurred in this city, showing in a forcible manner the hazard attending mercantile business in this country. A merchant of Boston had, by a patient attendance to business, and general uprightness of conduct, for a number of years, accumulated a fortune of some two hun dred thousand dollars while yet in middle life, and it seemed an assured matter that the remainder of his days would be spent in the enjoyment of this ample competence. A few months before the crash, excited bv a rapid rise in an article in which he trafficked, lie ventured in it nearly his whole capital, and declined to sell at the repeated advances which were ottered to him. Finally, the tide turned, and the article went with tremendous rapidity down and down, until nearly all of the accumulated fortune was involved in the wreck. A short time afterwards signs of insanity were detected in the merchant, and he is now and has been for some months an in mate of an insane asylum.— -Boston Traveller. AMERICAN DEMAND FOII ENOLISH CATTLE.— At the recent agricultural show held at Chester, England, a number of agents were present making purchases of cattle to export for breeding purposes. Two Durham bulls, for which a high price was paid, were bought for shipment to Adelaide. Mr. Sand ford Howard, editor of the Motion Cultivator, has purchased twelve head of Ayrshire cattle for the Massachusetts Agricultural Association; he has also twelve head more of the same breed ready for ship ment. Some splendid Southdown rams, purchased from Mr. Jonas Webb, of Cambridge, are consigned to Colonel Morris, of New York. FATAL ACCIDENT. — As Mr. John W. Young, who resides on the Leesburg turnpike, a short distance west of this city, was crossing Hootf's Run, on Fri day night, in his cart, by some accident, the horse lVll off the bridge, carrying witli him the cart, which, in its descent, upset, throwing Mr. Yonng out, mid catching him under it, the side-board fall ing across his neck, either breaking it or choking him to death.— Alexandria Gazelle. The Jews of London intend to present to Lady John Russell a boudoir suite, consisting of table and four chairs, composed of solid silver, as a mark ot their sense of the obligation they owe to her hus band. The democratic congressional district for the tirst district, New Jersey, met at May s Landing on Wednesday, and nominated George A. IV alker, of Atlantic. The President has appointed Atherton Hall, dep ute nostinaster at White Hall, N. Y., the order of fitii July, designating H. W. Duel for that office, having been revoked. The health of Savannah is said to be remarkably good. There were only ten deaths during the week ending on the 18th, a'nd of these seven were in fants. The Knoxville Keijisler states that the telegraph is now in operation to Greenville, and will in a few days reach Knoxville. From Knoxville they ate rapidly building the line to Chattanooga. The powder used in firing a cannon, at Sandwich, Mass., to celebrate the success of the Atlantic Tele graph enterprise, was purchased in 1812 to tight the English with. The swamp fever has broken out among both whites and blacks in the lowlands of the Mississippi, occasioned by the receding of the water. Tke Navy Department lias sent a complimentary letter to Capt. Hudson and bis associates.