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PUBLISHED DAILY AND TR1-WEEKLY BY EDGAR SNOWDEN. alexaniTriaI FRIDAY MORNING. JUNE 9, 1854. The intelligence from Europe by the last arrival is, that Austria and Prussia have joined England and France, against Russia, so far, at least, as to unite in an agreement to main ain the integrity of the Turkish empire, and in the demand that Russia shall evacuate the Turkish territory. Whether this new al liance, which places Russia in direct conflict with all the yreat powers, aud ultimately, we presume, with all the powers of Europe, will have the effect of inducing the Czar to enter into any further negotiations, or to sus pend his present course of proceedings, re mains to be sccu. In fact, the war, from its commencement, seems to have dragged on slowly and heavily, as if all parties, impress ed with a sense of the fearful magnitude of the struggle, if once fairly cutered on, paused and hesitated at a line of jxdiey, to pursue which might render it impracticable on cither side to recede, or assume again peaceful re lations. Considering what Nicholas did for Austria, in the day of its extremity, when Hungary was in arms, he must look upon the present conduct of his former Iricnd, with any thing but satisfaction. Gratitude is as rare with princes, as with people generally. We wish we could sec, either in the prospect of war or peace, hope for the liberties of the masses of Europe. _ The Baltimore Patriot gives a vivid pic ture of the condition of the country, in a merely political sense, and to winch it has been reduced by party sway and party man agement. It says:— “The Executive l>epartment is the Marquee of a victorious general. The offices and rev enues of the country are his magazines. There his elated followers meet to congratu late each other upon a triumph over their countrymen—to part amongst themselves the mantles and the jewels, and the daily bread of those whom they have overthrown, and to unsettle the Executive brain with the insidious fumes of flattery. I rum this vic torious camp the deteated are driven in herds to political execution. The Govern ment sustained by the arms and tribute of all, is given in monopoly to those whose sole merit consists in successful deception or numerical strength. To secure a participa tion in this groat spoil, legislation has put on the livery of party. Measures are tested, not by their necessity or their usefulness, but by their party effect. Their success de Cnds not upon the merit of their principle, t upon the men who have been their ad vocates. Congress is a stagnant pond in which the interests of the country lie rot ting, whilst nothing moves upon its surface unless impelled by the winds ot interest.” Is there not both power aud trutli in this picture, painful as is the contemplation ? And we ought to look at it steadily, and each one, in his sphere, endeavor to briug about a wholesome reform. Archbishop Hughes’s reply to Gen. Cas* s speech on Religious Toleration, h;is beeu published, and is^six or seven columns b>ug. The speech of Gen. Cass, aud the Reply of Archbishop Hughes, refer to the reasona bleness and propriety of procuring from for eign governments the recognition of the rights of American citizens abroad, unaffect ed by their religious doctrines. The subject is discussed on both sides with dignity and courtesy—but we do not see that Gen. Cass’s principles with regard to religious ireedom, are or can be successfully controverted. In deed, Archbishop Hughes says ne agrees with Gen. Cass in his eloquent denunciations of absurd maxims and wicked pretensions On the part of civil governments, to control con science, or to dictate or prescribe to their sul» jects what they shall believe. The points in dispute, are, as to what are “rights’*—“con science,** and the expediency and practica bility of the proposed move of Gen. Cass, with regard to citizens of one country living in another country, and subject to the laws of the country in which they may reside. We have received from James Eutwisle & Son, Exchange Block, King street, Part 2 of the Chemistry of Common Life, by Prof. Johnston, and published by the Appletons of New York. Part 1, we have already no ticed. This series of popular essays on Chemistry, as applied to common life, will be found very useful and instructive. Also, from the same, a copy of the Trial of Matt. F. Ward, of Louisville, for the murder of Prof. Butler. _ Gmeck, it seems, is to come under police regulations, in order that peace may be preserved; and an army of observation, or occupation, or what you please, is to encamp near Athens, in order to assist King Otho, in his efforts to restrain his loving subjects from taking part against their old and hered itary enemies, the Turks. ^ e li'c to see strange things both at home and abroad. A writer in the Richmond Enquirer very properly urges the establishment in ^ irginia of manufactories of Boots and Shoes, so as to save at home the large amounts that are annually expended at the North for these ar ticles. We no reason why there should &ot bo Southern boot and shoe factories, nor why they should not be as successful as they are in Massachusetts. ___ -- Ad Attempt is made to excuse some of the eilnossne in the fugitive slave case, in Bos ton, whs swore that Anthony was in Boston before ho loft Richmond. There is no ex caso whatever for them. They swore falsely, i^i pognred themselves with a trill, thinking they did God’s service thereby. Excite {•■Atidtm as it is excited in these men’s -ffi-A. »»d they will swear any thing. The comer stone of a new Baptist Church w tod in Fredericksburg on Tuesday last. The Fredericksburg Herald says that an Agent of Barreda & Bro., of Baltimore, the , Peruvian Agents for the sale of Guano, has been on a visit to Tappahannock, for the purpose of ascertaining the local advantages of that place as a general depot for the guano i trade of the Rappahannock Valley. The last Norfolk Argus states that new potatoes and “snaps” (green beans) are sell ing at 12J cents per quart—strawberries get ting scarce—and raspberries coming into • market at 25 cents per quart. Ripe toma toes, about the size of walnuts, from Bermu da, are selling at 25 cents per dozen. Santa Anna has turned M. Cevallos, Judge ! of the Supreme Court of Mexico, out of office, because “he won’t support the present 1 administration” in Mexico. Our neighbors are. it will be seen, thus learning and prac tising “Democratic” usages, and coming up i to the standard of the partv. 1 - - 4 The Washington correspondent of the Philadelphia Ledger observes that the news from Spain and the contents of Mr. Soule’s despatches are, to some people—those especi ally who have made themselves known bv introducing warlike resolutions into Con gress—distressingly peaceable. The Philadelphia Ledger says, that “the Democrats in Philadelphia are astounded at the result of the recent election in that city, and are at a loss to explain the cause of the terrible defeat they have sustained.” W. P. Conway, esq., of Falmouth, ^ a., has been elected President of the Fredericksburg and Gordonsville Railroad. Mr. Conway will make an energetic and faithful officer. The joint worm has been uncommonly des i tructive in Spotsylvania. Telegraphic Despatches. i New York, June7.—The Mayor of Brook lyn has issued his Proclamation forbidding ! the interference with the rights of the people | or citizens to meet peaceably together in the public streets, or elsewhere, for the purpose of public worship. He forbids all professions on Sunday to or ! from i>la<*es of worship, the assembling of crowds, tic., without a specified object, under | penalty of prompt arrest. Concord, X. II., -June 7.—The Legislature assembled to-day. J. E. Sargcant, of Wentworth, was elected President of the j Senate; and George Williams, of Lancaster, and Charles lK>e, of Hollingsworth, clerks, all Democrats. In the House, Francis Chase, Democrat, of Conway, was chosen Speaker o' er Mason W. Tappan, of Bradford, Free Soilcr, who was supported by Whigs and Free Siilers. The vote stood, Chase lob, Tappan 153—scattering 21. Philadelphia, June 7.—There is great re joicing among the Whigs, Temperance men and “Know* Nothings." A procession of the latter, with hats craped, and a hand organ playiug the dead march, have just passed Third and Chestnut streets. Newport, R. I. June 7.—The funeral of J the late Judah Touro, of New Orleans, was solemnized to-day in the Jewish synagogue with imposing ceremonies, and with every demonstration of respect, in which the city authorities and public bodies joined. Many Hebrews from abroad were present. Albany, June 7.—The eleventh annual session of the American Institute of lloinneo pathv is in session here. About SO mem bers are present. Dr. L. Clary, Chairman; Dr. Guy, General Secretary; Dr. Cox, of Phil adelphia, Financial Secretary. The procee dings have been characterised by much in terest and vigor. Albany, June b.—The Commissioners of the Canal Fund, have extended the time for the acceptance of the canal loan of SljMM.l, IHMI to the 22d instant, at noon. Virginia Coal Fields. iteni"? of tht lUiltunore l’ntriot. C p m be k l a n l >, J u nc 5.— H a v in g j ust ret u med from a short though interesting tour through the mineral regions of the North Western part of Hampshire, and the North Eastern part of Hardy Couutics, Virginia. I am surprised at the immense undeveloped mine ral wealth of these two counties, or rather this portion of the two counties. It is great bevoud anything l could have conceived.— Indeed in the tracing of this secondary for mation 1 have at times been much puzzled in its varied presentations. AV e meet with so many obstructions or barriers that seem in surmountable, and indeed from surface imii ' n.tiiina would tho IllOSt WHl’V HStrHV. These obstructions or faults are produced from various causes, attributable to slides, breaks, washes, &e., and onl v to he reached by excavation. Sometimes mlture develops, but these developments almost always occur where there have been faults, and displace much of the original; ami this can only be traced by disjoint are of the strata and lumi mt\ also by a difference of organic remains in successive layers. These features are , traceable here, at almost every point. 1 find the rich deposits of mineral occupy ing universally the same position, and their form synonymous throughout the country, ; scarcely varying a point except where there are visible actions of the elements; and the only instance 1 have met with was in the Eastern part of Hampshire County; and there we see the variation of their axis only j two points therefrom, diverging North East by East, per compass; making no allowance for the variations of the compass. '1 his fre quently occurs from local attractions. I have known it to vary as much as 13° 7V East. i I find at this point great exertions being made to develop the great Coal and Iron : fields here met with—and know of no section I of country that must in time form so great a field for operations as this. Mr. Everett oh Slavery. The Ttica (X:Y.) Daily Observer quotes tl»e following extract from a speech delivered by Edward Everett in the House of Repre sentatives, in 1829. The New Haven (Cou j nectieut) Register expresses the hope that the political clergymeu of New England may read it carefully. 1 “Sir, 1 am no soldier. M v habits and ed ucation are very unmilitary: but there is no cause in which I would sooner buckle a knapsack on my back, and put a musket on I my shoulder, than that of putting down a I servile insurrection at the South. The great | relation of servitude, in some form or other, ! with greater or less departure from the theo 1 retie equality of man, is unseparable from I our nature. Domestic slavery is not in my [judgment, to be set down as an immoral or i irreligious relation. No, sir; the New ies 1 taoient says: ‘Slaves, obey your masters.’ I ; cannot admit that its duties are not presup • posed aud sanctioned by religion. I know i of no way by which the form of this servi tude can be fixed, but by political institu tions.” # . The Savannah Republican copies the above and says;— “At the great celebration at Plymouth Rock last summer, Mr. Yeadon of South Carolina, in the course of his speech, referred to the furegoing statement in the presence of Mr. Everett and the company present. Mr. Ev erett seemed pleased with the reference, while a few abolitionists hissed. We have this from Mr. Yeadon himself.” News of the Day. I “ To show the very age and body of the times. ” The steamship Asia, Capt. Lott, on her last voyage from Liverpool to Jersey City, with one hundred and sixty-eight passengers, most narrowly escaped the fate which doubt- i less has befallen the steamship City of (Has- j j gow. On Sunday, May 2K, at half-past G P. j M.. in north latitude 44 deg. and Ion. 40 deg. j JO m. W., in a dense fog, fell in with an ice berg of fearful size and elevation at least one hundred feet high. Her vigilant captain, Mr. j , Lott, and his chief officer, Mr. Anderson, j being on the lookout, were the first to notice i | it, and as the fog partially lifted, gave the! order “hard at starboard,” at the same time giving the needful signal to the engineers on dutv below, 'fhe order being instantaneous ly obeyed, and the ship, which was going very rapidly, quickly minding her helm, they just grazed by, and clear of the immense island. 1 A very few minutes more and none would have existed to tell the sad tale. An accident, which it is feared will prove fatal in its result, occurred at the rolling mill of Messrs. Elliot on Block street, Baltimore, near the Draw Bridge. Some of the work men were engaged in breaking up old cast- j ; ings, preparatory to using them in the fur nace. This is done by placing a quantity in a pile beneath a heavy “pea,” a hammer j which is raised up to a considerable height, j . something like the hammer of a pile driving machine, and then let suddenly fall upon the ; mass. Mr. Thomas J. Thompson, the weigh- ; i master, ami receiving and delivery clerk ot j the establishment, was passing at the time, i and stopped to see the effect of the blow.— The hammer came down, shattering the mass, one piece of which, about the size of a man’s fist, flew olf with great force and struck Mr. T. in the forehead, mashing in the skull in a shocking manner, and rendering him insensi ble. A correspondent of the National Intelli gencer in referring to a recent report made 1 bv the President of the Montevue Mining and Manufacturing Company, says, “that | the citizens of Washington and Alexandria ! have a deep interest in the improvement the ; Montevue Company have undertaken.— When the Alexandria, Loudoun, and Hamp shire road, the Montevue road, the Pittsburg and Connellsville road, and the Alleghany : Valley railroad have been completed, wc shall have a most desirable and verv direct railroad communication from Washington, ! by the way of Pittsburg to Buffalo. By this ' route from Washington to Pittsburg the dis | tance will he less than din miles.” Combinations of various Kailroad Com pa- j ! nies in New England have been recently J I made, with a view to economy of expenses j and to a more uniform rate of charges. The ! Boston Courier states that: 'flic seven allied northern railroads comprising the Lowell, Nashua, Concord, Northern, Central, Cana : da, and Ogdensburg—by their full committee, j ! decided yesterday in favor of the expediency | of procuring a large number of express freight : ; cars for the “through business,” and of erect ing a mammoth merchandise depot at East ; Boston, connecting with the Grand Junction j Kailroad, of which the Central road is a large proprietor. The New York bank statement for last week shows a reduction in the amount of spe- : cie held by the city banks of about $700,000. j i The increase in the amount of loans is unex j peetedly large, reaching nearly to one mil ! lion of dollars; showing that the banks have become liberal, while the demand for money 1 from them has increased. This, the Post ; say>, was owing to the increased speculation in stocks last week ; or rather the increased speculation evinced in the stock and share market was the consequence of the increased bauk facilities. According to the Richmond Bulletin, and ! it says its authority is reliable,) Mr. Win. II. ! Cole, of Caroline county, Ya., lately killed in his field a huge black snake, and upon cut ting the reptile open, found snugly stowed away in the stomach fire young hares. But the most wonderful part of the story yet re mains to be told. One of the bares, which j must have been hut recently swallowed, re- j vived shortly after it was taken from the body of the snake, and ran away into the i ' hushes. j The difficulty in the Columbia College, N. ; ! York, which led to the expulsion of the whole ! of the Sophomore class, has been amicably j settled. Five of the class—a committee from ; the whole number—waited upon the Presi dent with a request to he reinstated. They were permitted to be so, upon making an apology for the disturbance committed, ex pressing that regret in writing, and pledging j themselves individually and collectively, not i vi «mv iiku uoiuiuaiau uuuauvi. Mr. Fuller, Chairman of the House Com- j mittceou Commerce, is about to bring for-I j ward a bill, the Washington Star says, | i which will embrace as its leadiug feature, j ! an obligation on the part of all American j sea-going vessels to carry apprentices accor- j ding to tonnage, who are to he educated pro- : fessionally and otherwise, and to be treated j according to rules laid down by the Govern- ; ment. Messrs. E. Iliggin & Company, in their monthly circular, dated Liverpool, 19th May, §:iys, that: “The shipments of goods to the | United States in the month then ending i were not on a large scale. More activity lias | been apparent, however, within the last few j days, and the packets for some weeks are ! likely to sail full. The shipments are made j chiefly in the very superior class of sailing j vessels recently despatched.” A young lady of Cumberland, Miss Martha Bruce, was shockingly burnt hv the ignition of caniphene on Suuday night. She was ; tilling a lighted lamp, when the oil ran over I and caught on tire, burning hor most dis- j ! tressingly on the arms, knees, hack, &c.— : With great presence of mind she extinguish ed the flames by jumping into a rain barrel. 1 She is doing well, although her sufferings have been excrutiating. ! A letter from Cumberland dated June 0, says: “Another break in the canal! It seems that the history of the work is nothing but a succession of breaks. This last one occurred on Saturday, a short distance be j low Williamsport, on Holleman’s division. It is reported to be in the same spot where a i break occurred hist summer, and boats, it is said, will not be able to pass until Thursday.” Mr. Joseph Porcovry, proprietor of the Central House, Woburn, Mass., died of chol era in that town yesterday morning, after j an illness of 16 hours. Mr. P. had been suffering from an attack of diarrhoea for sev- j oral days, to which he paid no attention. Dr. Clark, city physician, was called to the j case, which he pronounces to be a genuine one of cholera. According to accounts from Washington, the difficulty between Mr. Borland, the Amer * ican Minister at Nicaragua, and the Grey I town authorities, is to be settled promptly, } by sending an American man-of-war to hunt i up the authors of the assault upon Mr. B. • The Eagle Hotel, in Leesburg, has passed | into the hands of Mr. P. W. Johnson, who has refitted and repaired it. The Cumberland Telegraph says:—“On Saturday last the powder car on the Balti more and Ohio Railroad caught on fire, and before it was discovered some 200 or 300 feet of safety fuse, and sonic loose powder ^ero consumed by the fire. It was fortunate that the discovery was made before the kegs had caught, or the result would have been terri ble to relate. The train would have been blown into atoms, and every soul on board killed. The flames were extinguished by the hands on the train with a few buckets of water.” On Wednesday afternoon the marriage of Mrs. Mowatt and Wm. Fousliee Ritchie,esq., son of the venerable Thomas Ritchie, of \ ir ginia, took place at Ravenswood, L. I., the residence of Mr. Samuel G. Ogden. the father of the bride, in the spacious mansion of the Gibbs family, which had been specially pre pared for the occasion. About two thousand invitations were issued to the numerous friends of the bride and groom, and of tneir respective families. Two men, who arrived at Hagerstown, Md., on Saturday last, and registered their names as Johnson «fc Brother, were arrested on Sunday on the charge of hiring a horse arid buggy to go to Georgetown, and n<»t re turning it. The Herald says it has been as certained that they are the two prisoners who escaped from the Washington penitentiary on Friday last. Richard Wickham, of Savannah, Georgia, was bitten bv a rattlesnake on the 27th ulti mo, while engaged near that place as one of the assistants of the city surveyor. Me dical aid being called to his assistance, the doctor immediately cut out the wound, and used means to extract the poison. The pati ent was doing well when heard trom a few days alter the occurrence. A Buenos Ayres correspondent of the New' , York Evening Post gives an account of an j important change in the constitution of Rue- j nos Ayres, which will make all persons born in the country, of whatever parentage, citi zens. It has led to some discussion between the government and the French minister, and our Consul has written to Mr. Marcy \ for advice in the premises. Commodore Newton, commanding the Home squadron, says that his refusal to sa int#* tin* Snanish flarr at Havana—about ” r ” which so much has been said—was not sim- i ply because the official Gazette spoke con- , temptuously of the President, as the Wash- | ington Union alleged, but was on account of the pending difficulty relative to the M ar- ! rior seizure, which he conceived au itidigni- j ty to the United States. The St. Louis Intelligencer of the 30th ul timo says: “We learn from a friend who has j just reached the city from a trip through the Missouri river counties that hundreds of Mis sourians have been eagerly awaiting the news of the passage of the Kansas and Ne braska Territorial bills, and that a very large emigration will immediately cross the river.” A grand panorama is in progress of paint- ; ing, in Washington, by the popular Indian painter, Stanley, assisted by Lamb, a scenic artist of excellent repute. It represents the wild and beautiful scenes of the journey over the plain and mountain, through forest and prairie, from the head waters ot the Missouri to the Pacific ocean.' Four or five children were poisoned at Pittsburg a few' days since, by putting in their mouths pieces of glass. The glass was covered with white lead and other substan ces, used in manufacturing glass, highly poi sonous in their effects. Two of the children remain in a dangerous condition. Mr. Chapman, editor of the Chanticleer, at Indianapolis, I ml.,—the same who in 1840 was told to crow—offers himself as an independent candidate for Congress in the Indianapolis district, subject to the votes of the people on election day. On the Nebraska and slave question, he stands on the platform with Houston and Benton. Among the recent patents issued from the Patent Office, is one for a machine for wash- j ing bottles; another for a moth killer; a third, for improvement in machines to print sub scribers’ names on newspapers; a fourth for i improved eyelet machine, and a fifth, for improved machine for cleansing and w ater- , ing streets. All useful enough in their way. Mr. Wm. Robinson, of Wirt county, Ya., died of cholera in Cincinnati, last week. It is stated that tw*o fatal cases have occurred at Guyandotte, Ya., two at Kanawha Salines I 1 * 4 I II 44 . 1/ . - _4.. mm UI1H HI jjOllg I\iiu.ix'. n.i Va. Eight cases appeared at Gallatin, Ten nessee, on the 31st uIt. Mr. .Jerome, the Whig candidate, is elected Mayor of New Ilaven bv a majority of 710, and the otlier Whig officers by an average majority of more than 500. The Aldermen elect, with one exception, are all Whigs, and Coimcilmen stand 15 Whigs and 5 Democrats. The St. Louis Intelligencer of Friday, says “prime beef cattle are selling in this and most of the Western markets, from $7 50 to $8. This is full 33 $ cent, higher than they have ever been known before, unless for a week or two at a time.” The bill for the consolidation of the sever al railroads between Baltimore and Sunbury, has passed the First Branch of the City 1 Council, with an amendment providing for the route to tide water. The project is now iu a fair way fora consummation. Tuesday, JuneCth., was the day fixed for the opening of a railroad communication between Cincinnati and Louisville. The time between the cities will be reduced to six hours. It is stated by the Delaware Gazette, on the authority of a gentleman who passed the wagons before the Wilmington powder explo sion, that the drivers were smoking segars. A person, it is stated, has left Boston, hav ing the authority and cash to purchase An thony Burns, the fugitive slave, lie pro ceeds at once to Richmond, \ a. The farmers in the neighborhood of Cum berland, say that the Grasshoppers are mak ing their appearance in perfect swarms, and are doing an immense amount of damage. Mr. Phillip Mallory of Orange, lost a most valuable negro man, and two horses, some two weeks ago, from a stroke of lightning. Nicholas Bain, who committed the receufc horrible murders on Long Islaud, has fully confessed his guilt._ Dales aromatic tooth powder —For healing diseased Gums, removing Parasitical Animalcule, Fetid Matter or Tartar , from the Teeth, and leaving them perfectly clean, and brilliantly polished, without injury to j the enamel. |p~ Nicely put up in glass boxes, | and for sale by JOHN A. MILBURN, N. E. cor. King je 9 and Wash-sts. j OA BOXJS English Dairy Cheese, for sale by ! £)U »> 16 R H HUNTON. Foreign Mews. A despatch from VV arsaw, dated May 24, 8«iv8 that a corps of grenadiers was daily ex pected there. It would be under the com mand of Gen. Rudiger, and be stationed to the south of the town, on the Bug, Narvew, and Welschel, in order to be able to operate either against Prussia or Austria. A letter f rom Constantinople, under date ot May the 15th, mentions as follows: “The ship Phoebe has just arrived from Abasia. It brings the continuation of the news that the Russians, losing all hope «'t defending the coast in consequence of the blockade, have evacuated their positions from Batoun to Anapa—an extent of -<H 1 leagues.” The ship Descartes quitted the station ot Sebastopol on the 11th. At that date the tleets were cruising before that place, hut the fogs were so thick that the admiral’s ships were obliged t > tire guns in order to make known their respective positions. The \ ienna correspondent ot tin* London Times, of May 27, confirms the account of t lie signature of a procotol by the representa tives of the Four Powers, asserting their determination to maintain the integrity of Turkey. He adds, that Austria and Prussia will now demand the evacuation of the 1 urkish territory, and that accordingly a draught of a note to Russia has been sent by the confer ence to Berlin for the approval of the Prus sian Government. The Dantzic correspondent of the same paper, states that no steamer had arrived there from the Baltic fleet up to that date, and that two week*’ despatches and one mail were waiting there for conveyance to the fleet. The London papers of May 27, contain the following telegraphic despatches: Paris, May 27.—According to intelligence from Malta of the 22d, the division of Gen. Forey has left to-day, in 14 steamers, for Athens, which city it will occupy. On the 25th, the Russians were manoeu vring to cut off the communication between V arna and Sillistria. An English division was to embark at Con stantinople for V arna, while the French force was to march on the Balkans. On the 11th the combined fleets were still cruising before Sebastopol. According to advices from Frankfort on the 25th, the Ministers of Austria and Prussia have presented to the Diet the joint deelara ration of Austria and Prussia, announcing the continued cordiality of the four powers. and declaring that the prolongation ot the struggle between Russia and Turkey con stituted a danger for Germany, and that the integrity of Turkey must be maintained. After this declaration, five protocols of the proceedings of the Vienna Conference were laid before the Diet, the fact of the Austro Prussian Treaty was notified to that assem bly, and the other German States were invi ted to adhere to it. The Bourse rose again. A Greek Bishop was arrested at Pesth on the evening of May 18, as an emissary of Russia. Important papers were found upon his person. Six more Russian vessels had been taken as prizes, and put into the port ot Memel, where prize-masters were put on board, and they were despatched to England. A telegraphic dispatch, via llermanstadt, from Bucharest, of the l'.Uh, stutes that the Russians, since the lbth, had unexpect edly suspended their cannonade against Silis tria. One explanation of this may come from the circumstance that the vanguard of General Luders, about the ldtli, experienced at the hands of a Turkish division, a defeat, accom panied with very serious loss. On the evening of the ’Jbth of May, Lord Clarendon stated in the House of Lords, that the treaty between Austria and Prussia would ; be laid before the House as soon as the pro- 1 toeol in which it had been embodied was re ceived. With respect to Greece, the noble lord hoped, when the papers relating to that coun try were laid on the table, that the House would see that the coercive measures about to be adopted were absolutely necessary. With respect to Persia, the last intelligence received by the Government was to the effect that Persia had determined to remain neu tia! in the war between Turkey and Russia. A report was current in well informed cir cles at Paris, that France will augment her army in Turkey to 17<MM> men, in order to carry on the war with vigor, particularly ns no complaints about sacrifices which j thecountrv must make, are to be beard any where. The army of St. Oiner will be divided into 1 three divisions, and will be extended toward the East. One division will be commanded, j as already stated, by Gen. Baraguay ddlil liers, another by Gen. Pelissor, and the third by Gen. d’Arbouville. Of the troops that are to be eoneentrated in the neighborhood of Marseilles, one division 1 O 1 will be cantoned at the i’ennes, and another in the commune of St. Yietorof, between tiie | Pas-des-Lanciers and the railway. These troops will be about 2o,(MM) in number. It j is also in contemplation to quarter a division , in Marseilles or the suburbs, but this has not | been definitely decided on. The Moniteur announces that den. Forey, commanding the 4th division of the army of j the East, has proceeded to the Pirieus, with the view of taking possession of that port. A body of English marines, which have been placed under the command of den. Forey. form part of the expedition. The Moniteur publishes the report of the budget, from which it appears that the re- j ceipts for the year are estimated at Ol2.213f. aud the expenditures at l,of»2.0;ji),- j MOcT., which leaves a surplus of .4,OiSl/JUof. — Denlli iiya Bear. The Journal de Quebec says:—“The coro- j ner was called on Tuesday to make an in quest on the body of a farmer, named J. 11. Cantin, who lost his life in a combat with a bear on Monday last. It appears that at i noon on that day a bear, which had already been *?en in that neighborhood, had attacked j one of Cantin’? cows, and he determined to follow the animal, armed with a fowling piece. Jn the evening a discharge of a tire- < arm was heard at a great distance. 11 is pro longed absence having excited fears for his 1 safety, a party of neighbors set out to seek for him, and the following day found his corpse in a state which indicated a terrible struggle between the man and the ferocious animal. He was completely disfigured, and his gun broken in many pieces lying around < about him. Near to him was the bear, j pierced with two balls in the Hank and ' shoulder. Cantin leaves five children. The ! hear his since been sold at Quebec for £4.— He weighs MOO pounds, from which it may , be judged what kind of an adversary poor Cantin had.” Major Wjr»f. The Court Martial in the case of Major Wysc, has found him guilty of dMiedience of order* in refusing to embark on board the steamship Falcon, and he has been sentenced to dunuis*ton from the service, as a punish- ! ment therefor. The Court, however, accom panied its finding with a recommendation that he be re-instated in the service and rank; and a petition has already been nume rously signed, soliciting a remission of bis sentence at the hands of the President.— ; The sentence of the Court was one which the ! strictness of military discipline imposed up- j on it, but we cannot doubt that its recommen- i dation will be readily acceded to by the Presi-; dent.—Baltimore American. ARD.—300 lbs. No. 1 Lard, just received at 1 je 6 WHITE S, Post-oifice corner. The Letter* of Au«cb»r«l*. Jlddressed to a Greek Merchant in Smyrna. j LETTER I. Smyrna Bay—Ilomer—Glover who wrote Leonidas—Zeno once a Merchant—Ana* charsis reaches Washington—Is left alone in the Capitol—Ilis musings when alone. Dear M.—Anacharsis has reached the Capitol of the great Republic. Washing ton falls far below New York in commerce and population; but it is the centre of much greater political interests. This city looks to Manhattan Island, when a President is to be made; but Manhattan looks to A\ ashiug ton for its scale of Custom House duties. The mountain of Cynthus casts its shadow over the whole Island of Delos. Delos, how ever. is a small strip of earth, though it once heard the lute of A polio, and the bugle of Diana. What do you think of a Constitution which overshawdowa more than thirty Inde dendent States? And, at present, tho States are working together in a harmony which Apollo would not have disdained, except for ! the Nebraska bill introduced bv Senator * Douglas. You could not be better situated, for mer cantile purposes than at Smyrna. That city retains much of its former prosperity. Its bay is fine, and its harbor better, perhaps, than the Pir.eus of Athens. You have been prosperous ever since you left the last men tioned place. Wealth has been the conse quence of abandoning your native spot. Cities with their population have died out that once stood contiguous to Smyrna. The Greek peasant loiters idly among the ruins of Ephesus, and the tent of the Turk is planted where Sardis stood, and the Paeto lus murmurs sadly on, from the sands of which Croesus made himself rich. But the city is remarkable for more than its commer cial position. It was the birthplace of Bion, the Pastoral Poet, and it is one of the seven cities claiming the nativity of Homer. That great Minstrel might have strolled in boy hood on the banks, and among the olive trees, of the Meles. How his eagle eye must have admired the waters in sight of Smyrna. >■<1 • ... _ 1.1.!. ....... .... ..1.1 .,a>n Llllrlt* IS I1U one cttll 114 lino 111/^ nwiiu piv tending to the least classical culture, who*e mind does not, at times, revolve in that orbit which leads round the Genius of Homer. His works are a fountain of light from which tints have for ages been supplied to the Is lands and Colonies of Greece. Tradition has long reported the Smyrna Hard as blind: but surely this blindness must have come over him in the evening of his life. There must have been a time when his eve was open to the mountain towers, which rose in rich contrast with the vales of Greece. It i must have sparkled in beholding the works ! of nature, and the operations of man, and those customs which give picturesqueness to the Shepherd, or the Chief. It must have gazed on those qualities which appear as dif ferent in men as their faces, whilst he disen tangled the threads which render complex the web of liuuiau character and passions. His genius burnt brightly over Troy; hut it fell down from its meridian altitude and threw softened rays on our Chiefs who left that ruined city, and especially on Ulysses going back to Ithaca. Like the fabled n n , chameleon his fancy took its hue Ironi every object on which it found a moment’s repose— The orb that rules the day. Or moon that reigns at night, Or stars that thi>h away In rays of borrow d light. J | And on the restiff cloud, Or when it finds repose, Or charg'd with thunder loud. When thunder storms arose. And down the vale of green, Where docks reseek their fold. And Shepherds idly lean. Mnl wreaths of evening gold. Or on the mountain high. Whose pinnacles of snow, Keep cold beneath the sky. Though Sims in fervour glow. The rainbow’s pupil He. That taught him all its lines*, Which run o'er land and sea, Where'er its colors choose! Hut why pursue the theme; The theme might endless be, Old Homer’s lin* long dream Of Heaven, Karth, and Sea. There is much to rdea.se in the niercan I # 9 9 tile character, when it is united with kind ness of heart, and a cultivated mind. Long indeed, is the list of benevolent deeds done by merchants. A statement of them must he omitted, for it would fill a volume. Xor is there unv thing in commerce adverse to mental improvement. Glover, a merchant, in London, wrote a poem about Leonidas, our Spartan King. It was popular for a time, and it breathed the spirit of freedom. It was admired by Lord Lvttleton, of Hagley Park, England, who had expressed the same love of liberty in his “Persian Letters." This semi-Greek Poem shows great research into the antiquities of our country: hut the names of our mountains, and heroes were too hard for the mouths of the English people, and the work was laid on the shelf. Hut our own Zeno was once a merchant in the Island of Cyprus, lie was, however, fortunately for the cause of Philosophy, wrecked near the harbor of Athens, and reaching that city fell in with the writings of Zouoplion, and was so charmed with them that he devoted the rest of his life to liberal studies. My Smyr na correspondent may not be so acute a Philosopher as the Storic alluded to, but your ; relined ta*te and extensive information are well known to Anacbarsis. For this reason it is mv wish to send you a few letters from America. It will be my aim to avoid Greek as much as possible, for we are not writing to edify the learned at Ox lord. They will be sent to you in a printed state, and this will give the Americans an opportunity of know ing what Anacbarsis thinks of their Govern ment. Twelve letters, and but twelve, are found among the other precious remains of Plato. Mine may fall somewhat short of that number, and they shall be like what you ore, that is unpretending and inoffensive, lie who travels, but at the same time keeps the fruits of travel garnered up in bis own mind, must either be unable to write, or too selfish and indolent to bestow on others what he has gained by observation. It is a circumstance of some importance ' when a Greek reaches Washington. Hut few of our nation have ever been seen on its ; avenues, and my costume excites attention. It is not pleasant to be gazed at, even by Sen- j ators, but they know their indebtedness to ! Greece for those forms of government which they are helping to administer, and those models on which their own eloquence is fash- j ioned. Don Carlos or Sadi may come here from Seville or Shirauz; but what is either of * them compared to a Greek of twenty-one, j ali\e with all the fire of patriotism? Judge then of my emotions, when the railcar stopped j in sight of the dome which crowns the Capi tol. The banner of Independent America floating on the summit of the building indicated that Congress alias the Anipbvc tions, were iu session. After securing his luggage Anacharsis mounted the steps that lead up to the Rotunda, the niches of which are filled by national pictures. There are surrenders on land represented, but none ou the sea. * Astonishing! Why is there no can vass glowing with the naval victories won in the last war with England? Why are not the bold waves of Lake Erie, and the more restricted waters of Champlain rolling^ in sight of the multitudes whe frequent the Cap itol? American Thermopylae# and Mara thous are there; but where is Salami*?— Not that my taste is for scenes of war!— Mercury once stole the sword of Mars and whether tried by the Judges on Mars Hill, or by the Amphyctions, he ought to have been absolved from all penalties for the theft. It would be far more pleasing to see the niches teeming with the products of Ag riculture and a peaceful Commerce, llut as battles have been fought both by sea and land, and must be pourtrayed, then imparti ality to each branch of the service ought to be observed. Hut a Greek forgot that the | Americans are rather fond of what is called i terra firnia. They talk of skipping about three thousand miles over the Pacific and getting some strips of earth called the Sand wich Islands. This may lead to blowing of the whales. Our Aegean isles are at least secure, for we have fought Persians and Turks by millions, and we can tight thous ands of Yankees. Congress had suddenly adjourned. Tho members of both Houses came pouring out of the Halls. They went olT to their respec tive lodgings, und there was silence in the Capitol. The Greek was left alone, and he was strongly tempted to a kind of soliloquy. Oh! mv country, long have thvsons been wa ding through the ashes ot humiliation, in which thy glory is embedded. TheTurklias been pilfering*thv sheaf. Thy monuments of Art have been borne away by straugers.— Thy halls of Legislation have been closed.— The chisel of Praxiteles and the pencil of Zeuxis have been still. The voice ot elo quence has been hushed, and the Muses have refused to unfoli their inspiring wings over the bards of Greece. Hut, thou art still alive. This is our Architecture. These are our Paintings, and these are our Institutions.— Our sun of science, our moon of taste, and ourstT of empire, have all been transferred to a Western sky. They gild this noble structure. A few tears were burning on my cheek, as Auaeharsis proceeded from the Ca pitol to a city of strangers. You shall hear more of Congress in the sequel. Do not set down my weeping to overacting, for there was no one in the Capitol, before whom your corresjHjiidcnt could overact. Crow* can Count Tlircr. A few months since we were riding in a stage coach with several gentlemen, when the conversation turned upon the subject of crows, ami many interesting anecdotes were related. One gentleman said that he knew that crows could count—at least as tar as three—for he had often proved it. Being trou bled with crows in the field he had often at tempted to shoot them. But they knew what a gun was as well as he did, and therefore kept out of his reach, lie then concluded to put a small booth in the field and place some carrion—a dead horse, within gun shot. From this place he supposed he could fire ac them when they alighted to eat. AN henever he would enter the booth, the crows would all sit upon the distant trees, and not one would come near till he was gone. Then all would alight except the sentiuel. who re mained to give warning if danger ap proached. The gentleman, finding his plan to fail, thought he would deceive them. So he took his son with him to the booth, concluding that when they had seen one go away, the crows would think Hie coast clear, and de scend to the bait. But when the son left the booth a crow sung out caic, c«n\ rate, (there goes one,) but not a crow would leave his place. The next day. the gentleman took two per sons with him to the booth, and then let them depart one at a time. The crows on the trees saw the first, and cried out, “there goes one," in their own peculiar dialect, then when tho other went, “there goes two," but they would not light, for they had counted three when they entered. The day following, the gentleman took three others with him. AN hen they went out one bv one, the Crows cried “there goes one" —“thero goes two"—“there goes three." And when these men were out of sight they all alighted, and the gun of the fourth man did its work. The gentleman stated that this thing had been tried repeatedly, and it was evident that crows could count as far as three, but thero their arithmetic ended. AA hen they will as cend to the higher branches of mathematics is yet to be ascertained. In the meantime others can bring on the incidents of crowuolo gv.—Olive Branch. Price* of ProvUiou*. Wt take this occasion to inform the city butchers, that cattle are coining forward rap idly from all parts of the country. Wede sire them to hear this fact m mind, and to in form the speculator* of it, the next time they go up to the Bull's Head to buy. On Thursday last, a train of* V) cars, load ed with cuttle left the Central Railroad Repot in Buffalo. There were <'>Ohead of cattle on the train, which is the largest load of cat tle that ever left that port. Our South-wes tern eon temporaries have a similar record about scarcity. Therefore, don't believe too much in the scarcity theory. It is true to a certain extent, hut nut to the extent reported. In regard to some other articles of food, w e are cognizant of certain tricks of the trade, which go to explain why it is we have to pay so dearly for what we eat in the vegetable li e. We are informed by a person who ought to know, that it is the practice of par ies bring ing vegetables and fruit to thismarket, to des troy them in large quantities if they do not hrint/ theirrxjHrted juices. (The motive, of course, is well understood.) If this be true, it is an outrage on the public. F<mm1 is ordina rily dear enough, and scarce enough, without its being made so by this wanton w aste. If there is no reason for the present high prices of beef, in our opinion there is still less for quoting Hour in this market, at retail, from $10 to $12 per barrel. It is not preten ded that there is a short supply of that article. Our storehouses here are full of it, and the shipments to Europe have all but ceased. The arrivals by river and canal, moreover, continue large. Speculation, doubtless, is largely at work, also, in this direction. The*millers of St. Louis, we see, are begin ning to turn their attention to New York, as the market for their best brands of flour.— Prices at New Orleans and along the south ern coast don’t pav at the present high rates for wheat. One of the principal millers there is now' manufacturing two thousand barrels of hi* first brand for New Y'ork. Others w ill follow. We are glad of it. In the common course of things, it is reasonable to infer that whatever tends to augument our supplies must help to reduce prices. The St. Luuia brands are welcome.—X. T. Exp. MR.s E. CAMPBELL, is prepared to a* commodate a few families or single gen tinmen with Board at her residence at “The Plains," Fauquier County. Va., situated in a healthy neighborhood with delightful water, and not more than two hours ride from Alexandria. Day and transient boarders on the most rea sonable terms. The Plains, je 0—eo3wr __ PORTE MOXAIES.—A very complete as sortment of the most approved styles, and of superior quality, just received, and for sale by jeO_J. A. M1LBLTRX, Apothecary. SMALL HAMS.—1U0 small sized Hams, juat received at je 6 WHITE S, Post-office corny. CHIEDAM SCHNAPPS —-6 case*, all war. rauted, for sale by je 5 JOS. GRUIEb. t ?