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ENNl'i ... -for Tb? Tribune
?v sinxiis h COOS*
wwoo god, or goddess, or tho listless feature,
8killed only in tho weary ort to bore .'
?/byname vu coined in sunny France, thy nature
Pervades each human haunt the wi 1c wor'd o'er i
But, for tho Render, let no critic wary
laaputrn the Mo.se?she keeps no dictionary
I fancy tbou'rt a goddeas, for tly beauty
Ia languid in its etatue like repose i
And thine the feminine but thankless duty
To eigh regret o'er many a withering rose,
Fold thy soft hands, and breathe thy wea*
complaining , ?
From faded lips, no hopeful utterance deign
Too oft the gentle bride her features sunny
Turns toward the subject of her queenly power,
Whom four short weeks have surfeited with honey,
As Adam tired of Eden's rosy bower,
And whispers," Let the tirm of self and thee
Receive an added partner?Ennui.'
The man whose hoarded wealth has given him
leisure,
And the loved right to do no earthly good,
Steers his light bark to where the syren Pleasure
Lares with soft music o'er the Summer fl >od,
Till.on life's sea becalmed, th> fingers leaden
Close o'er his heart and all its puls* s deaden.
The stagnant pool, whoso green and siumhoring
Are only by unsoemly reptiles stirred, [waters
Symbols the life of all thy sons and daughters
Whose helpless croakings every esr hath heard;
And few the faithful hearts and spirits daring
That never ahrank beneath thy touch un
aparing.
Thy votariea leave their aweeteat draught untasted,
Their finest gold growa dim with gathering rust,
And half the vigor of their years is wasted
By yielding prematurely dust to dust.
But ah! what shadow falls across my door?
Thine, monster, thiue! I yield, and write
no more.
Wendell, Man. Saturday, Jan. \h.
for Tbe Tribune.
The Duties at the I nlied State* toward the
Asaerlean Kepubllc* -Ac,-~ a and ( lav.
The Tribune of the 1 Ith inst, gave expression
to tbe well-established public sentiment of the
United States, when it said that the United States
being " by position and sympathy the natural ally
S)f the younger Republics of this continent, it be
somes this country to manifest a cordial interest
in their welfare, and an earnest desire to
?erve them to tho extent of her power. Tho
present crisis manifestly calls for a revival of
that policy inaugerated in MM-S7. by Messrs.
Adsms and Clay, and ao unworthily, virulently
assailed by the opposition of that day "
There are passages in the article in The Tri?
bune equally grateful to the sound American sen.
timent of the country, to which I propose to refer
fully in another connection. My preaent object
la to ahow the nature of that glorious policy in?
augerated by Messrs. Adams an I Clay, aud to
this end 1 shall quote their own language, from
the public documents and speeches of that period.
The people at large cannot keep this policy too
steadily in view, nor bo too rigid in requiring
exact conformity to it on the part ol the American
SJovernmeht. The following psssages. presenting
an outline of this policy, need no comment i
Hi trad from the litl rucl?SSM if John OjJVK I
Adams to Mr. A >i>r.i:sox, mpp$mmmm Minister
to Columbia, Mai/ 17, IM 1i
" We have constantly favored the standard of
independence in America. Disinterested?
ness must be its own reward . but in the ustah
tishment of our fature political and commercial
relations with the now Bopwblios of America.it
will be necessary to recur oft OB to tho principles
in which they originated j they will serve t > mark
the t>oundaries of the rights which wo may justly
claim in our future relations with them.
counteract the ej/ortt tvhuk, U cann 't to douotmi,
European negotiation* tri ' sswAmssn to steal
the furtherance of then ??'ietl and tuitiopo
itztng contemjdations. To promote these
events (tho security of their im! ipendooco, and
the permanence of civil and religious freedom) by
all the moral influence win. h we cm exercise,
whether of example, of friendly counsel and per?
suasion, ia among the duties which devolve upon
is, in tho fonnstion of our future relations with
our Southern neighbors. It is highly im
Eirtant that the tirst foundations of the permanent
ture intercourse between the two OQUBtrloi
should belaid in principles benevolent and liberal
in themselves, congenial with the spirit of our in?
stitutions, and consistent with the duties of am
TerssJ philanthropy. The emancipation of
the South American Continent opens to the wholo
race of man prospects of futurity, IN which this
tVnson vtli be called, in the discharge oi it* duties
to posterity, to take a eotmpicuous and leading
port. It involves all that is precious in hope, MM
Sill that is desirablo in existence, to the countless
millions of our fellow creatures which, in tho pro?
gressive revolution of time, this hemisphere is
destined to rear and maintain.
"That the fabric of ourse>cial connections with
oar Southern neighbors may rise, iu the lapse ol
years, with a grandeur and harmony of propor
tioas corresponding with the magnificence of the
means placed by Providence in our power, and in
that of our descendants, its foundations must be
laid in principles of polities and morals new aud
distasteful to the thrones and dominions of the
older world, but coextensive with the surface of
tbe globe, and lasting as the changes of time
Such were the principles which President Ad?
justs, in a message to Congress | March 15, IBM) ou
the subject of the Panama Mission, expressly de?
clared it was hia intention to further and capry
into effect, in accepting the proposition for that
Convention of Republican States. " That Con?
gress,' he said, "sprung from the urgent, imme?
diate, aud momcutous common interests of great
communities struggling for independence, aud, as
it were, quickening iuto life.''
Extracts tnm President Adam*'s Message to t Vi
frre*t on the subject of the Panama aawstaos*.
" The late President of the United States, in his
Messsge to Congress of the M of December. I -
while announcing the negotiation then ponding
with Russia, relating to the north west coast of .
this comment, observed that tho occasion of the
discussions to which thst incident hai given rii-\
had been taken for asserting as n principle iu
which the rights and interests of the I uitei states
were involved, that the American continents, by
the free and independent condition which they
had assumed and maintained, were thenceforward
net to be considered as sutce. ts for future oaaoal 1
aation by any European t>ower. The principle ,
had first "been assumed in that negotiation with
Russia. It reated upon a course of reasoning
equally simple and conclusive. With tbs si (op?
tion of tho existing European colonies, which it
was iu no wise inteinU .1 to ...slurb, the two
continents consisted of several sovereign and in?
dependent nations, whose konltotios covered its
whole surface. By this their independent coadi
tion, tho United States enjoyed the right of com- 1
mercial intercourse with every part of their pos?
sessions. To attempt the establishment of a et k>
ny in those possessions would be to usurp, to the
exclusion of others, a commercial intercourse '
which was the common posaeaaiou of all Itooold
jsot bo done without encroaching upon tho exist?
ing rights of the United States. The Government
of Russia haa never disputed these positions nor
manifesrted tbe slightest dissatisfsction at ti.eir
tisvmg been taken. Most oi the new Amenoau 1
Republics have declared their entire assent to
them, aad they sow propo*. amoait the aubiecU
of consultation at Panama, to take into considers
tion the means of Ms*Bf Sassau. the mntt\M
?f that principle, aa well as the means of resisting <
interterenco from abroad with the domeatic con?
cerns of tbe American Government-''
The same Messsge refers to the advice given by
Washington as a rule for oar Qovermant in con- ;
ducting its foreign affairs, and continues.
" While adheriog faithfully to tbe spirit of that 1
administration, I cannot overlook tho rerbctioo,
that the council of Washington in that instance
wai band spefl the cir-omtttDfM in which
; our country und the world around n? were
i allotted at the time " wat gi.cn. /Inat toe
reason assicned hy hini for his advice Wore,
that Enrope had a aort of primary interest,
which to ua had cone or a very remote relation.?
That hence ihe moit be ensteed in froqaotrt con?
troversies, the cause* of which were estentitlly
I foreign to our eotkcerni That onr detached and
isolated situation enabled as to pursuer* different
course That by our union and ra;n 1 g-o vth, with
' an efficient Government, the period was not far
distant, when we might defy material iajeWy from
external annoyance ; when we m'gi.t take such
an attitude as shou'd cause our neutrality t> be
respected ; and, with reference bo belUg*reot na?
tions, might choose peace or war, as oar interests
guided byjustice, sbouid counsel."
Amorg the articles of agreement fixed upon at
Panama, waa one (see letter of Mr. Halazan to
Mr. Clay) for the common defense of the Ameri?
can Kepublice on substantially the basis laid
down by Mr. Adams. This Mission and its ob?
jects, it is well known, were defended and sup?
ported by Mr. Clay with all hia pswer and elo
I quence.
Extract from Mr. Ci.av'i Utter of In*tr<tr'>on%
to Mestrs.P"i?5f.tt and Sekok am, De It f I
from the United St ilts to the l'anarn. i Con
/tress.
"From the northeastern limits of the United
States in North America, to Cape Horn in Booth
America, on the Atlantb ()cean, with one or two
inconsiderable exceptiona \ and from the same
Cape to the 51 st degree of north latitude in North
America, on the Pacific I tcean. without asy ex?
ception, the whole coasts and countries belong to
sovereign reaident American powers^ There is,
therefore, no chasm within the prescribed iiuiits,
in which a new European colony could now be in?
troduced without violating the territorial rights of
acme American State. An attempt to acquire
such a colony, and by its estaVtishnii.-.t to acquire
sovereign rights for mv Earapoai power, must
be regarded as an inadmissible eacroachniant"
This was in accordance with the sWOlitBOsstl
early put forward by this ditfnguisl.ad American,
b 1M8, at whatev.-r hnzar-J, b? wfl the recog?
nition of the independence of the Spanish Ameri
ean Colonies. In one of his speeches he said i
" In the establishment of the independence of
South America, the Inited States have the deep?
est interest. I have no hesitation in asserting
my lirm belief that there is no question in the
foreign policy of this OewflslMt which has ever
arisen, or which I can conceive as ever OOUUlilug,
in ti e decision of which we have had, or ean have,
to much at atake. This interest concerns our
politico, our commerce, our navigation."
In another number I shall ahoW, from document
I ary evidence, what haa thus far been done to carry
thcao principlea into practical etlect, and what re?
mains yet to be done to the fulfillment of the obli?
gations which we owe to our sister American He
publics. _ _ PAaTAMA.
The Atlnntlr Hterunet*.
Tv the K?lten cj The Tribune:
As you have ao liberally appropriated your
coluima to tlie publication of a long artiele over
the signrture of Filopanti, professing to be a highly
scientific and mathematical exposition of the Col?
lins and L'unerd steamers, which article commune
inL' in error and endine in wrong conclusions, is
we'l calculated to deceive many of your patrons
on a subject they feel a deep and national interest
in, will you please to give place to the following
\ simple facts 1
First, I will give you the dinici:siona of each
steamer, and then show that instead of the Atlan?
tic and Pacil'.c having ",000 nominal horse-power,
and the Asia only -e>< , that the Asia with less
tuncnge, and less diip'at ement, has actually got
the neatest engines.
Atlas) i rasst Mt? Asm
LeogIS on deck. 2<t'?feet 9 1 KMl 1 feet SMtkSi
Ureauih afheoaa. IN ?? 4> ? ?<> ? M ??
PO| th ot hold. S2 " M - it " t/M -
Toiii sgelcustuin housej.'7'i ? BJtaj - ;;|R ?? 2<Vi "
Load draught. 1 SO " ? " tfi "
Diameter of cylinders... 80 Inch. IS lach. S3 Inch. yti Inch.
I .* ' 11 ri of stroke. -'feel I teol in feel 9 feel
Mondnal horse power
(t>olli ermines). Klii
Dl?me''r ol wheel. Ifi " Bl " " 3o "
Length ot hurkels. l-'J " 11," lljj " y| "
The term tiominal horse power has become a
mere conventional unit lor expressing a certain
size of trj linder without reference to the power
nested, and the actual horse port er exerted by
either the Amerif an or English engines greatly
exceeds the nominal. This is owing to the in
creased pressure of steam which has been adopt?
ed in botli eoutitiiea since the rule* for calculating
nominal horse power were ftajtabliahed by Watt.
The English designate the sixe of their cylin?
ders by 'horao power,' the Am er tans by ' diatne
ter of cylinder and length of Stroke As will be
seen by tho table above, the Asia has cylinders
one inch larger in diameter than the* Atlan?
tic* or Pacific a, and same length of stroke. Es?
timating the nominal horse powerof eaih by rules
established in the English practice, j,,,; Ac ;iave
for the Asia Mb horse power, lor the Atlantic and
Pacific MM horsepower.
lnorderthat your readers ataj fig ire r them?
selves, I give both rules
En st i The square ot the diameter ot cylinder
in inches, multiplied by t' e cube rootof thc'lentrth
of stroke in feet, and divided by 4", will give the
nominal horae power, thus i
a*X\''S
-?nom. norsepower,
as .
a being the diameter of cylinder in inches, S the
length of stroke in feet.
isxond: The square of the diameter of cylinder
in hiebet, multiplied by the velocity of ,i tton in
feet per minute, and divided by 0 000, will give
the nominal horte power, thui? *
a-XLS . ,,
~tJw~~-"omlut'h>r,e ',ower
a being the diameter o cylinder in inches, b the
number of etrokea per minute. 6* the length of
stroke in feet.
It it a mistaken notion rjiat thi C-nardors carry
but aeven pounds of tteam per square inch, and
tl Americans twenty live orthirtv The average
' pressureof the Cuttarders is about thirtetTa poands,
and the average pressure of tue Oolfms steamers
j has been lets thai tixteea pounds
It ia seen that t.'io eajglima uf the Asia exceed
\ in power thote ot the Atlantic and PACific From
the above statistics we rind that the imrneraed
midahip eection ot the Ana * N s pare >eet Jess
than than tho fttdJe or Baltic, and N s -nare .*tJet
|esttfctnthe Atlantic giving para a are foot of
immersed midship lection, t) the
An time. 1 i*-H">hvrs-p r. Pactvi . in : i I ^.,epow r,
B?at,Tii.ltl-100bors?'pow?r,!A>:?. 1 t-l" tsv power.
giving to the Alia an important aJvaata?? over
cither of the OttaTS.
I nder this view of the ?-t.to it zuiy be' atktjd
how can the Collins steamers expect t.i equal the
speed of the Alia I The a kSWOT it, by their iu
periority of mtsilel, which unquestionably ^ea
the Collins steamers great aii.a-'.trtges. an'd when
they, l.ke the new Cunarders. can oomaiaotl a I
picked crew, who have dtstiiig-i shci tlhemielrttj :j
by yean of t nremitting and eitieient tervKe, t'iey I
will equal aid lurpait their nva s. Wiiyoothe I
Kngiish cngineera boasting!/ aai.-r:. "ftpt km I
tht Collins steamers st ithe tl n*el ? '
dot,*'
nH are admitted good j idgos tod it i. aa be 1
flattering to the frieada of tho C dlias itoameri to
know that the new Cunaid ships Arabia v.?l r*..-.-- I
tit, tow o:.it.-? l g to t- . e ...i
iteamert, are OODViasj thota troth M -egardt in- I
created letgtl. tud susVpotsat of mjOdtsl, and To- I
buitr boilert.
'1 he English runniiig'y kuaslsvatst ?| e power of
their engines, giving the impiosiiou, ;aat witu.eas
dimensions, the y are mere peilect a-.-i more ef?
fective, while the Amenctm have* foo'.nilf
overrated the j>ower of them, and given the lie*,
that notwithttandmg groat eagicca. great cxpoa
diture, and great effort, their engines are impor' I
feet, and do not work up to their power. Hence
comei the frequent expression, ?' You can build
Ike skips, but i/o* must fro to England for >tonr en
ftMt>* The miaforture It, the frten l* of too
American Steamen have done them the greatest
injury, and illustrated the philosophy of the com?
mon ex pretaion, " kslled man Iness: Hy over
e-atimtting, and premature boasting,?thereby cre?
ating onreaaonabie anticipations,?they havedoae
the steamen more serious injury, than all foreign
competition comb.ned for no sooner does the ac
tual performance fall abort of the high wrought '
and visionary cxpectationi. than the very- veeteii
whi -h foreignen have candidly pronounced warn- |
out e t.als in the worid. are. by dsan lift sal them
?elves, and those who, like Frlopanti, "feel adeep
intertst, ' cried down at failure a. The American
Steamers of the tint Traut Atlantic Lin-", were
materially injured in the aame unreaionaLle man?
ner- , ,
If the engine of a Ottawa steamer breaks a
tide-lever, throwing one engine into a perfect
I wreck, and the tteamer com-s int^ port with one
I engine andre'turrs to Europe with cue engine,
Lothii-g it taid about it
If half a dozen men are wathed ov<.rboird dur?
ing a single pattage, in consequence of the kVM>
i narir.c ex-ursiona of the ship, nothing M sanl
i about ,t. It the tteamer is sixteen or eighteen
! davtmakirg apaisag.-. t. -thifitMssai l about iti
I it is conceded that she must have had an unusual
'? bnisttrens r*??Se- With the Cunahrs every
i tbbg is right, and all is looked upon as QOtsMgW
accidents that will happen under tne best of man?
agement. But hon- is it with the American
I steamers 1 If they are longer than usual making
' a passage it is supposed they have met with an
accident. If the engine is stopped on the passage
for the most trifling cauae there is immediate
, alarm, and every passenger considers it his privi?
lege to visit the engine room and inspect the con
! dition of the machinery-, and seems to be ambi
I ticus in being the first to write and publiah an ex
I sggerated account of the "accidents and deteu
, tious " of the passage, with criticism on the mal
construction of the ship and machinery. While
on board of an Kogiiah steamer the engine room
, is inacceisillo to passengers, excepting on praise?
worthy occasions It ahould be borne iu mind
' that the Atlantic and Pacific were built to com
pete with the America, Europa, Canada, Ac , and
1 not the new and mt re powerful steamers which
have been built since, or the still more powerful
i steamers r.ow constructing?tho Arabia and Per
| aia. and from the immense sums now expending
for new and more powerful steamers it is evident
j that the Yankees have frightened the Canardcrs,
if they don't eventually surpass them.
To Filopanti's statement, that the Baltic cannot
consume less than 1,100 lbs of coal per hour, and
must carrv, to insure a safe passage, 1,800 tuDS, and
faan indications "privately obtained," sets down
the weight of engines snd boilers at 1,800 more,
makmg an segregate for propelling power alone
of 3,W5 tuns I I will simply say, that the engines
and boilers weigh M8 tunsi and the coal "bunkers
have stowage for 1,050 tuns, which affords, in or?
dinary weatcer, two or three days extra coals.
The idea of providing the Collins steamers with
no feet paddle wheels,' elevating pillow blocks,
and extension connecting rods, may do for" theory'
i but never for " Practice.
FOREIGN ITEMS.
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Miss Martineau t new book hat at last made ita
appearance in London. It is called Letten on the
Lav s of Man's Nature and Development, by H. G.
AtxJRSORand Harriet Martiseac; 1 vol.octavo.
Miss Martineau has also undertaken a history of
: the British Empire during the last half century; it
is to bo in six volumes or if parts, which will
be put at the low price of .r>s. a volume or Is. a
part Of course it will be popular in its character
and tendencies. Mr Roebuck's history ot the
preat constitutional struggle in Kngland during
1-30 and 1831, which rcaulted in the pasaage of
. the Reform Bill, will very shortly he published.?
Walter Savage Landor has an eighteen penny
i pamphlet on Poj/ery, British and Foreign. Tho
eighth edition OS* Eliot Warburton's Crescent an I
Cross has appeared. \ work by Major Edwards,
' cailed A Ytar on the Punjab Frontier, is also
amoDg the novelties. Dr. Achilli, who was so
long imprisoned at Rome, has issued a vohtmo of
! "Important Disclosures" called Deal tags icith the
Inquisition. Wltttsan Johiaolasn, Esq , has printed
a work on England as >t Is, which is said to he
a faiiure. He however, thinks that England is a
failure and ao is even with his critics. He sees
nothing but ruin and despair iu the future, the
Constitution having already been destroyed. Mrs.
Jameson has a volume illustrated with eleven
' etchings by her own hand, called legends of tiie
IfcRilllsr fTrtfsrS A two volumo novel boaratho
appellation of The First Ansrel, but as to what
paradise the angel hails from we are not informed.
Choice Specimens of Med;,real Art Workmanship
is an elegant and successful publication, illustra?
tive ol the old manner of decorating houses.
?No sort of intoxicating beverage, whether
Bj ii p. f pitits, beer or cider, will be admitted to a
I pla- e in the World's Fair. The continental wine
! growers are in despair at the exclusion of their
? products. Two ladies of Southampton will ex"
j hihit a gigantic piece of Berlin embroidery. It
: has cost them ten month's labcr, covers three
thousands square inches and represents Abraham,
! the Father of all Nations, offering up his son
i [tftSjC Bpoa tho Altar, with an Angel appearing in
tl c elf u If, R Ith distant landscape and scenery.?
; Ou the top, looking through the foliage, is sym
tolical representation of the eye of tho Almighty
i figuratively uttering the sublime expression in holy
writ. '? Lay not thine hand upon the lad." A
group of Statuary by Eng' 1, a Hunganaii soulp.
tor will also be exhibited. It represents an epi
( sodefrom the con :1 let of the Argonauts and Ama.
. ions.
jj ?Sir E. Bi uvtn LtTTor. has written a new
U play which is to be performed by literary ama
I tears for the ber efit of the proposed fund for dis
j abled literary men.
?The widow of Listen, the surgeon, has jtaa)
I received the grant of a pension of ?100 a year
jj from the Civil List.
I ? BUcLISl has painted Macready i t tiie char
: acter of Werner, sail to be excellent, better even
than Lawrence's Kemble at Hamlet. Corbould
has painted in water colort, for Prince Albert tbe
Cathedral scene from Meyerbeer's Prophet.
? Books may, after March 1, be sent by mail
from England to any of toe colonies, at t>d for
those not exceeding I lb, those not exceeding 1 ib,
Is, not above 8 lb, -Ja, and so oa?alwaya iu ad?
vance. Each parcel must comist of only one
volume, must be opeu at each md like a news?
paper, and contain no writing but the address.
?A CalTorniaa correspondent of the Daily
Mars furnishes a curious picture of the morals he
j has seen in El Dorado. He writes thus: " Per
j baps the blackest page of American California is
j the history or iives of the females. Husbands
j arrive here with their wives and families, but
. they are not generally leng on shore when their
I better ha.ves cut connection for other and richer
j men, so that the poor disconsolate husband*, in
stead of minir.g for gold, have to nurse their ' wee
: ants. Youcg damsels, however ugly or da
I formed, are tooa picked up andapitced. P.re and
I sword are no barriers to men t passions here, nor
is sge a preToatir?
?Travelers to Prussia must hereafter ; rovide'
tbemaelvea with passports in order, or they can't'
get iu.
?A Fren, it criminal named Landais was lately
sentenced to furry years hard labor, imprisonment'
by the Assizes of tbe Onto for robbcr.es ar.d at?
tempted aisats.nat.on. Tea. with pswtiooj sen"
tences, makes above a hundred years la tbs. gal?
leys, to which he is condemned.
?In Australia there are the highest trees us the
world. One of an unknown kind has been found
there measuring HO feet from the ground to tbe
lowest branch. At the base this tree is M feet
in diameter and at the hight of the first branch U
feet; at the ground its circumference is 130
faet. at three feet high, LOO feet. This tree is
perfectly sound . it stands ia a forest of sassafras
Another sort of great tree there is cailed EucaL
yptt* gtgantea. It rites to the hight of 300 feet,
and often has 40 feet circumference. Its bark ia
excellent for tanning, being twice as strong at
oak bark
? A public sale of Ttl pictures and IS designs,
Ail by modern artists, took place at Paris on tbe
-th ult. The concourse was large, the tod
dir.* animated, nr.r] the price* were generally
high. A Ymwag Woman a! her 7'<??/>'. by Cb. Be.
rargs-r, brought l,w'0 francs. Sheep Pattunatr,
by MIe. Rosa Bonheur, -V<00 ft. > a mail piece
by Brascassat, representing two goats, 3,000;
Th.- Hn^.e Mtrket, by Van Schenkel, MOOft.
Ti > Sifrol a Fr iictr, by Brias,MOO. Camelt a't
the ll'atenne P^ce, by Marilhat, 5,000 fr.; Sri/to.*,
on /Ac SW, by Ary 8cheffer, 1,500 fr.; A Mother
teaching her uhiUren to read, a saiad rouu.1 pic?
ture, by Paul Delaroche, 4,500 fr ; three piecea
by Horace Vernet, Rerice of Napoleon at the
Tutlenet, (in black and white,) 3,000 fr; An Epi?
sode of the Sieire of Saratov t, 0,10J fr, Th.:
Good Samaritan, 7,-100 fr . Soldiers playing Dice,
ostomea of the middle agea,? by Meissonier,
|,fU fr ; A Turkish School, by Decamps. 21,100
francs.
? A French company have nndertaken to light
the city of Pesth with gaa.
?Mr. Webster's letterto Chevalier H .Isemann
ii published and commented on by the press of
Paria. The National, which ia not wont to like
anythirg proceeding from a Whig administration
expresses ita aatiafaction with the tone and lan?
guage of our Secretary of sftate in the atrongeat
terms.
? In Oct. .-19, Lord B?, belonging to one of
the richest familiea of England, took a hackney
coach at London for a place abcut three milea dis
taU oa the Thamei, which aervei as a ateamboat
lar.dirg. Arrived there he got out. telling the
coaclman to wait, and went on board a steamer
for Cowea to see if his baggage had been brought
on boar'. according to orders. By accident he had
mistaken the hour, and was no sooner on board
than tho boat put oil', before he could return to pay
?he coachman. Tho latter, knowing his customer,
determined to wait, hired the place where he had
been le t, put up a shelter for his hursea and him
?elf, and ataid there several monthi. Lord B.
came back last Octcber.having forgotten the whole
affair, but has just had to pay 1.700, at tho end of
a law suit, for the servicesof the coachman during
the period.
? There are now in arms in Europe '.00,000 men
more than in the hottest part of the career of Na?
poleon.
?Sometime since the discovery of tigantie
eggs in Madagas -ar was spoken of. Three of
these eggs have arrived at Paris, one broken on
the route, the others whole, and M. GeoU'roy Saint
Hiiai.-e baa laid them bef re the Academy of
Sciences. They are of very different shapes, one
being elliptical, the other having its two ends un?
like eaeh other. They are about thirteen inches
in diameter the long way and nine the ahort. in
circumference about thirty inchea <>no way and
twenty live tho other. The ahell is one eighth of
an inch thick, and containa about TJ gallona, or as
much as i 3."> hen's c-pga, IfJ condor's eg??s and Sj
ostriches eggs. Mr. 8t. Ilila ro has decided, from
the examination of aome bones found with one of
the eggs, that they were produced by a bird. It
now remains to discover this t iirgest of the feath?
ered race.
?8chutler, the engraver at Frankfort, is about
to complete an engraving of Raphael s J/ii'fann'Z
di IIa sidta ou wbi< h he has been engaged for
many years. The D?sseldorf Art 1'nion arc na
' gotiating for the plate.
?The painter Nicola Kanieridied intboAbruz
; zi in December, aa?d 101 H? n?ver drank wine
I nor any other spirituous beverage, and kept Ida
j memory and a cheerful spirit to the last.
?The art critic of the Paria National falls with
' out mercy upon Charles Mullcr'a Last Appeal of
the Victim* of the Terror (a work :J0 feet long),
which has been ao much praised among the pic?
tures of the Inhibition now open at Paris. He
says it is nothing but a horrible blot, a vile
[ shadow cast uj o:i the immortal work of the ltovo
j ution, nothing but an envenomed work ot party
spirit, by which M. Midler may got plenty of
, portiaits to do from people of certain classes, but
; which ean never justly bo admired as a su:ceasul
piece of art. Apart from the tendency of the
t picture, the conception ia poor and monotonous,
. the style small, ti.e execution unequal and co?
quettish. The arrange incut ia theatrical and the
portraita it containa arc like those of Dubufe the
elder. M. Dolescluite, in the !>ebat?, praises the
, picture, though he thinks it treated too much like
' a L-ri,, e, and net enough like a historical work.
Of course, M. Delescluze has no fault to lind with
its political character.
?The Rabbi s College, at Padua, Italy, pro
: poses a prize of MOO for the beat work on the
political and religious hiatory of the Jews from
the Brat siege of Jerusalem to the time of the laat
collaborates of the Talmud.
?The tine arts are cosmopolitan, and though*
they love warm skiea, do not fear cold ones ?
1 Music has at last penetrated beyond Siberia, to
! Kamaehatka. On the ctb of last August, Mad.
; Christian:, who is well known ia Germany as a
player on the violoncello, gave a aucceaaful Con
cert in Peterpaulahafen, at the houae of the Go
rernor European virtuosoa have before made
their way as far aa Irkutsk and Kraanojarsk, to
get their aharo of the carningi of tho miners, bat
I no one ever went as far aa Madame Chriatiani.
? It is said that A aber the composer, is not a
; Frenchman, but a German of Swabia, and that
hia real name ia Auberle. This was proved on
occasion of a legacy recently left him in Germany.
? Tue birth day of the Emperor of Russia waa
; celebrated in Moldavia with great pomp. Tnia
' unfortunate principality ia losing even the aha low
; of independence.
? The Austrian Government have introduced
. the Historical Manual of P^tz into the achoola of
the Empire, on the condition that tho author shall
rewrite the second part and make it conclude
with tho year 1815. As the author wrote it, the
last edition contained an account of the events
of Lite1 and '4J, including the wars in Hungary
and Italy. This it aeems will uot do for Austria
which is called by the liberal papera, the China
of Germany. The revised edition will soon ap?
pear
? A new tenor named Vlairalt Lag made hia de?
but at Parif, with great applause from the pub
? lie. Hector Berlioz, however, tella him in the
i Debats, that though his voice has a fair juality
and a remarkable compass, it is rather hard, wants
lawfliill!Ji and atandi in need of long and arduous
discipline.
?The Louvre haa been enriched with a fine
proceiain model of the paiace of the Emperor ot
Chka the details of thia air guiar building, eleven
stories ;u bight, are given with an astonishiug '.
MM uto.neai.
?A Tuscan actor, who was playing at tne
theater La Pergola, in Florence, on the nth alt. I
was hiaied by the audience, and flung hia dagger 1
into the pit. Two of the audience were Wounded, ;
and a riot would have followed, if the enraged
player had not been immediately apprehended by ?
the poi.ee.
?An old officer cn the retired list, residing at
Creteil, near Paria, lately committed suicide from
grief at the death of his Lone, which, aince his
Wairement from tl e service, he had nuraed with J
tho moat assiduous care, and when dead he had
boned in hia garden. Some neighbors, becoming
alarmed at net seeing him appear as usual, en?
tered the home, where they found lum hinging in
his bed room. A letter was ly ing on the table,
which contained these words. N Ms p mt 1. Mft
deed, aral I ctr.net nrvirc It." '
? K?nigsberg in Pmsua ii nid to b? one of the
wont placea in the worM for scandal.
?In Daniah Greenland copper mines have been
found whoie ore yields M per cent, of pore metal.
?The King of Dahomey has had iome co.lina
made at Hamburg for tbe nie of himielf and the
member* of hii illustrious family when they shall
have departed this mortal HRj. They are in a
tty le of great splendor, tbe King's own box coat
bag?HOOt. At ea<h aide of the head are fixed ,
liquor caaet with decantert aid gl?ttet, ao that '
the defunct may be able duly to wet his whittle.
The cuiiin is lined with cushions of rod tatia, aud
adorned on the cutude with urname.its of bronze
aad carving. It it supported with a lion of metal
at each corner.
?An Italian picture dealer at London lately
bought an old picture for a song. It proves to bo
a portrait of the I'rinccss Colouna by Michael An
gelo and is valued at 8J0.000.
?The Cologne tiazette calls upon tho Prussian
Government to help the Art-Academy at D?ssel?
dorf by giving it more money and creating a pro?
fessorship ef sculpture.
?A picture denier at Prague has wit:.in a short
time sold 800,000 copies cf the. Emperor oi Aus?
tria a portrait.
?The Catholic D>rectory, juit pubiiihe 1. con?
tains a list of the names of twenty live ministers
of the Established Church of England, three
American ilpitcopalian minittert, one Scotch
Presbyterian minister, one Genevese Protestant
minister, and one French Protestant minister, who
joined the Church of Home during the year -
Also two Lords, three Countesses, one honorable,
two country gentlemen of wealth, two captaiuain
the nrmy, one member of Parliament and one
Doctor of haws.
?A Miss Gres.-y JarmOB t pas tie wu lately
exhibited at the CloriuatTsjU Polios) Co jrt, and
contained no Uli than ten pounds pi foathort
which the was charged with having stolen from
her lodging!. She denied the ro'ooery, aad de
clared that ten \ ounds of" feati.ers was tho usual
complement of the bustles she wore.
?Tbe consistory of Breslau, iu Prus>iau Silesia?
has issued a circular, reminding not on'y clergy?
men, but all other clerical functionaries, that it is
unbecoming their sacred calling 11 take oat game
certificates, or to ,oin in shooting or sporting in
general.
? In a letter recently published, Prof. Newman
says that it is a mathematical certainty that, If
tho existing population of the world were to in?
crease for about eleven or twelve centuries st the
same rate as the British population has done for
some time past, no room would be left on the solid
earth for men, women, and childron to stand upon,
allowing only a square foot for each.
?The total population of the kingdom of Swe
ilen is estimated at 3,883,1)00, viz: 1,-20, ?00 malos.
and 1,080*800 females. On the 1st January, IStn,
tho population was J.Jln.JOz, so that the increase
! in the last live years has been 116^88, or ti per ct.
?The Prince of Wallach.a has published an
order stating the conditions under which gipsies
may in future be soid: I. Families of gipsies shall
I never be parted. -'. All sales of more than three
I families at a time are declared illegal.
?The therry v utage of 1849 has turned out
very bad, and it is said that not one-tuth of the
produce can be made available. The vintage of
I champagne of 1850 is also bad, and there will be
? a short supply of sparkling wines.
?A wealthy Lombard nobleman, who lately
I died at home, has bequeathed a monthly allow
j ance of thirty scudi (?.beut .tri) for the mainten?
ance of his dogs, and a monthly pension of tifteon
! scudi for ihe person app i ted to feed and tend
I them.
?A recent cumulation made in Vienna giv es no
less than 1,883 journals and pap rs as actually
known in Europe, not including therein Austria.
There arc of cuurso many provincial papers uot
included in this list. Tho fuilowiug comparison
is curious: in Parit 1>,0 pnpert of various kinda
are published , in London, "7. in Herlin, Tt| in
Leipsig, 68; in St. Petertburg, :sih Tho number
of journals published in Germany, exclusive of
Austria, in tho German language, is IIB, nearly
three times s -, many as Paris and London put to?
gether.
?The Persian sect ot Bab.a, whose main doe
trine is said to be the denial of the existence of
God and who recognize no other authority than that
of their chief, has at last been extinguished. They
had been persecuted for two years, and their
Chief, Bab de Shiraf, put to death at iauris, when
they betook themselves to Lingrian, which they
fortilied. The city waa stormed by a considera?
ble body of troops under Mehemet Chan, and
most of the Babis fell in the struggle. The piitf
oners will doubtless all be hilled. They sro ao>
cused of scandalous offensei against ti e rollg n
and morals of the country.
FURTH r R CALIFORNIA NEWS.
-S)
The Uuickaiiver .Ulnea or California.
The California Courier gives the following de.
scriptioa of the Uuicksilver Mines of New-Alma
den, near Santa Clara i
Tbe works are situated in a little valley at the
foot of the hills which contain the treasure, aud
: the buildings for lurnacee, the ollioea, stables, und
? resinencea ot the operative!, altogether orm a
protperout village, retembiing, in a meature,
tome of the manufacturing villaget of the Atlantic
Statct. With the number of furnacet now iu op?
eration, lrom one hundred and seventy fivo to two
hundred bands are constantly employed. Over
,000 were expended by tins company ia the
preparations necessary prior to the commence?
ment of remunerating operations The current
. expenses are now about 110,081 per month and
th e yield of quicksilver is about 7fiC > pounds for
the same period?worth, we are told, at tho pret?
ext low rates, 883,790. Extensive additions and
improvements of the works are now being made,
and will, when completed, treble the produce of
the mines.
The cinnabar is br ught down from the hi'Is, at
present, on pack mules. It ia in contemplation to
construct a railway which shall perform the
duty, and Uius effect a great saving, Large aud
improved furnaces are Oeing c mstrua.. l. and
in every department, no capital or labor it tpared
necessary to secure the benefits arising from
experience, or afforded by the genius ot toe in?
ventor.
The furnaces now in use are what are kfl jwa as
the "cylinder." The cinnabar, having been bro?
ken in small pieces, is turown into the cylinders,
and subjected to an slmott white heat, wnich ex?
pels the metal in the form of vapor. The vapor
pastet through a retort and condenser, and it then
drawn off ready for battling.
Within the Company's grounds, aad by the
I banks of a purling stream which supplies the
place with tee purest ? mountain dew, we wore
shown a mineral tpriog which we doubt not will
prove a Saratoga in future years, to f .OM who
seek ust<-red health ana energies at rs ouut.
We drank freely ol the water, aad found it quite
as pleasant at any of the medicinal springs of
New-York or Virginia. Its analysis gives car?
bonate of sods, chalybeate of iron, and a slight
trace ot sulphur. It it beautifully clear, light,
tparkung and effervescing.
Gri//i l Bear Eacoisiik -On Monday last,
a* Mr. Chailea Packwook, who resides about 88
miles frosn tats eity, bobs Murphy's rancho, was
out hunting mulea, he auddenly came in tight of
two large grizzly bears,directiy in the trail through
Rl n ho wat compelled to pass. As no other
meant ol escape preaented iUelf, he .1,amounted
rrom his horse and went toward a tree, f >r tho
purpose of climbing it to get a shot at the animals,
but t>ee bears scented him and reached tne tree
shortly after he did. Ho had coiuuieoccd ascend- i
ing the tree and had got up several feet, wnon the
largest oi the bears followed him.seized him by tbe
heel, (.ragged !.i,c down, aud both fell to the rround
t- I tl ,r. Ja the fall, Mr. P. lost hold ol his ritle,
Bud tl e otar spriogiog tt SB* throat, bo turusthis
' gl *? ' Ii d Bog vs .- ntg .-.? i oath tfl save him- 1
seif The animal irr-n. liajfeely crushed both boot*
of the fore arm, and too other severely tore the
Mesh in moothfola from his lees. A severe tassel
enetted, d?rfet; whb-h Mr. I' get hold of hit rfaV
and holding it out with his It ft hand, ho ?bot the
largest beer wheu OfU| two feet distant ,'roct it
Tne bear staggered oil a few steps, ottert: * plat*,
live rriea, and died, while the other ran off ta4
stt hy it Mr P. endet-, "red to rolotd La rite,
but wta unable to do M witn one hand. He it t
now-r Holly ethleth man, and the preservttioa of
hit life is attributable to that fart, together tritt
hit molnesa and presence of mind. Dr. Corey,
of this city was called in. and he hat prorjoe^ceti
the woundt of Mr. P. M be not very daageroet,
Tm Place thi i PI* it Li mi s.?Wa hav?
al way a been under the. p . laloa that the goM
washer or rocker waa used in all the tnioet m
' California, but we met w Ith a gentlemen the oth.
I cr day quite conversant with mining along Scott I
I river which ia aitutted between Samoa tad
I Shasta) who Informedut that there wta uotttia
g!e ro'-ker in ute along the whole ttretm ! The
; Diinere there depend entirely upon pen etahuaj,
ard picking ap lumps, as the trails wh'cb the id-'
venturer! are compelled to travel over to reach
that point are 10 rugged and ptwdpife .1 thatto
get washers there Wouhi be attended with great
difficulty. Mr. J. Hoop, a gentleman whoeettata
menta can be rootdred with i redence, informed
us that hit brother made Ot.oeo at the aunei oa
Sett t river, in the short lime of two weeks ?
none oi the pieces he obtained were under the
vtlue of *?. 50, while the largett tu w-'rth #900.
We saw several which wote worth trout 0100 to
t oo Mr K. desires u* to say, lest some might
be misled, that hit brother had a lucky e'aim. and
tint mtny who were there eugaged were only
realizing the average yield of the miners in other
tectioLS of the country. The btr to which wt
base referred, is about four milea f oot where
! S.ctt't river eniptioi into tho rvlamtth
Tin Mi5i*i:s tr tiieirWokk.?During the list
' week the prayer of tiie miuera was answered?
! rains, gentle and severe, were visited u,h>n there,
j and they are now diligently engaged m wtihiai
j tho dirt wbieli had bei . t * tfiat pur
peso Probably not l> si than ?10,000 worth of
j gold is taken out daily by the miners bore and b
! the immediate vicinity. Money haa been "vary
tight, to use the eurieut expretsioo, tor the past
, threw months, bul >e MW be <miug at .>?? p'ooti
fu], |Sonora Herald.
Love and SiK im:.? Mrs lUmblet' i, aa act?
ress in fan Francisco, i 4eeoed birswU oa account
ot an attachment which she entertain id tor tu
actor named Cold. Her husband ha?i ig diieov.
er. (1 tho tact, threatened to shoot the la'.ter anlest
h -instantly left the city, which he promised to
do. HereujKin Mrt Hn ubleton swallowed a dote
of poison, from the effects ol which she -lied in teo
minutes. Coad, on hearing of this, atttaWptod to
poiioa himielf, but waa prevented.
Of* kor Col.. Coi LI IB.?We learn stye the
Journal of Commerce that the laWpsjneara of Cos
tomt of this City fiave held a meeting having for
itl object the presentation to Col. Collier, upon hie
retirement inm otih o. of a iplendld goblet, mtJe
of California gold, and studded over the outiide
withspeeiment. The A'1' aaya 11,801 wereiub
icnbed at the meeting.
Av ther Imuan Skikmijii.?On Friday lut,
some lilty Indiana attacked a small pr-cy of meo,
tome hau dosoa fat number, while they were it
I work in tho vicinity of P'eaaant V'atiey, locating
i a ranch. The result of the light was alee Indians
1 killed, and one white man wuuudcd in the leg by
I a rifle ball. i Prescript.
Briix.es l N OAliroMi t.?Mosire. Heath and
Fmory have thrown a aplondid bridge over the
i Stanislaus, which, we beii ve, it the f.rat in Cali?
fornia.? Stockton Tiinet.
litrtlie.
In San Jose. Thursday, Nov. It, 185e, Mrs. J iha M. Mar
?by, < f a daughter.
t-aii ?? p;ace, Thursday, Dec. i: 1 ?', Mis. James F. Reed,
of a son. .
OREGON ITEMS.
??a ?
From the Milicauki-e (Oregon) Bta* we learo
that Capt. Frederic Morse, of the sehr. Merchant?
man, from San Francisco, was killed al that place
I on the teat of December by tho bursting of a can
i non.
A large party left Milwaukee on the 2d of Jana
' ary for the gold regions ot Oregon.
Okloo.n Cual.?Capt. M T. Timmoiis.of Olym?
pia, near I'.. et S Sound, called no us itie other
; day. He aas s the report of coal having boon loatd
' in his neig i> i hood is t ue, and an excellent IT
! ticlu it ia lor all tho pwpoiet for which coal is
' uied. _ |MilwauKeeS?ar.
State uf Louisiana vi. BZaWOTOKSOff John
' McDoROOH.?This important case came up for
trial yesterday before Judge Buchanan. TiiO
States of Louiaiana and Maryland brouglit luit,
? aa our readers w ill remember, agaiuit the Execu?
tors of the late John Mi D.aogh, claiming hit its
metse property and Of an averment that the be
I questa of hit will in fav.ir of the cities of Now
; Orleans and Baltimore are illegal and void, from
tl eir nature aa well at from ll.o in> npicity of
, those corporation! to accept such legacies. Thi
j Ktate of Louisiana wia represented by the Atter
j ncy General, Itaac Johnson, and by Messrs. hi
i more and King and Miles Taylor. The State of
Maryland was represented by Isaac Johnson and
1 Messrs. F.lmcfe ud Klag. Tne Kxe ilori lp
j peared through Christ an Houseliua and Len
: Pierce. Tho City of New Orieana hy Handed
, Hunt and Messrs. Graible and Preui. Tbomu
I J. Dnrai.t appointed b) the Court to repre?
sent absent heirs, excepted to the validity of t
sirvioeon him as binding to the City of Haiti
i more, behaving corresponded with the autbori
: ties ofthat city, and received no authorization to
a't in their behalf. The exceptions of Mr. Di
rant wore sustained, and the City ot Baltimore
was consequently with'it a representative. A
number of witnesses were|examined in the cut.
If. Grivot, Esq., attorney for the Executon, wit
: examined as to the revenue of the etute- Hit
testimony excited a good deal of surprise in Court,
aa it went to ihow that the g.oii receipt! of the
estate were only thirty afajsw hundred m nan ptr
inonth, subject to a deduction of twenty percent,
for cxpensea of colleeti. n. The impression hid
been very general that tne income of Mr. McDon
ogh'i citatc waa about t wo hundred thousand dol?
lar! per year. There a-o nany perso- s in the
State, who have never ci i..yed the rep .tatioo ol
being vr ry wealthy, whose revenues ex- oed those
of Mr.^McDonogh'i citato
The wonder ii how, wit!, comptr&tivo.y so lim
iied a revenue, he couid have accum hate? so
large a landed estate, ai the taxei and the costs
of preiervation, joined to ti e large price paid by
him tor the property, would seem to hate required
a much greater aum than tiiia yearly income.
The object of introducing tins testimony was b>
ahow the impracticable and illegal nature of the
be utata; as, with a<> small a revenae. it would
take some two or three hundred yean before the
annuities could be paid off and legacies in fivor
of the cities takee:^t In tho meantime, the
revenue being invested ia ; r perty at 9 nponnd
interest, would absorb all the property iathe
State ol Louiiiina. j \. O. Delta, iIth.
DftATN Ol Herr slroiMtaV?Oa fueeday
ev ei.ii g lot, a large osrtBOMW of people were as
* mbled on North Boulevard ?t, near the Market
i.'cuie, to witness toe a.iptralleled wat of the
wire man, Herr liynir.ger. He had an .oanced,
through handbills and the public priat?, that ho
would wtlk the length of a wire ttret.d from
the pinnacle of the Htate H .uie tower? i teet?
to a point oOO feet from in bate. The ?. j/elty of
the performance (which wtt next to " w ?Ikingon
nothing,") and the cele' r.ty of the performer, ex?
cited the curioaity of the community, aad brought
them to the ipotingrer.t nMsshsjn when it was
inn-unced that the faajt WM tri come tsff Herr
took hn position or t! > tjwer, and cn u.neaced
with admirable aWsdshtas and telf potiession. h.s
perilous descent. He nad proceeded ahoot half
the diitance, when, to the oorror of thoee preient,
one of the lapporti gave way, and the da. og per
former was precipitated heaulongto the ground, a
diatan., of over forty feet. He was t Aen op
with hit head frightfully braised, and wtt other?
wise injured. Helinge'.ed until a boot I a clock in
the evening, when he died. Hit wife w. ? travel
irg with him, and ii, by ins death,throw i without
reaources upon the world. The falling p., .? struck
a son of Mrs. t roff, mtki.i; a deep gti. acroea
hit skull from the crown to the forehead. The
wi Uni was dresied by Or. Aden, who n. - .nut ui
that the patient is doing well.
_I Baton Rouge Advecsu. uUt.
VaXI alle Cargo).;.?The ship Oregon, CaoU
Fi ui cleared at 8avatnr.ii on the Utk instant tor
Havre, with 2,191 bales Upland, and 465 hales Sea
liland cotton, weighing 1 S!>?,uJ7 lbs. Valued at
tl' r KM 3!'.
The ship Italy, Cant Heed, cleared at <'ht/lee
ton oa the 14thInet n.r Lirenoti, with i,t" > balee
L plen , and 80? balea ScaisitmdcoUe.i, w -ighuig
- I :bs N'alued at ?*?*,???