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PUBLISHED DAILY AND TR1-WEEKLY BY
EDGAR SNOWDEN.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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