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U'KDXKSDAV MORNING, A "J (J I ST !.*>, 1S60.
The New \ urk Herald, an ardent supporter
of Mr. Buchanan'sadministration, and which
stood bv Breckinridge until it became evi
dent he was a '"no ehancc" candidate gives
the following sound adviee to its friend.-:?
"The democratic party is smashed, and its
fragments are scattered. It can no longer
resist the revolutionary current <?!' black re
publicrnisui. What, then, istheduty of the
conservative elements of the democracy??
It is incumbent on thetn, us they would save
the country from the consequences of the ad
vent to power of the republican party, to
Come together and consider what they ought
jo do in the emergency. If the democratic
party, split into two factions, which are as
hostile o> each other as they are to republi
canism iiself?as hostile as ever the cavaliers
vve to the roundheads, or the house of York
to the House of Lancaster?if, thus divided
into two hostile camp?, the democracy can do
nothing against the common foe, and if there
ij i.o probability of reconciliation before the
election, th-iii the best thing that can be done
is to aseertaiu whether there is any other coii
sevative party in tlie country which, with
ih-jir aid. would be strong enough to stem the
torrent of revolution. From the indications
iurnished by the elections in the South, the
Upton party, represented by Helland Everett,
is the strongest, and is just the conservative
ncclei'ri around which the divided forces of
the Democracy could rallv without compro
mise or huu.iliation on either side. The on
ly alternative left is that they both come to
the assistance ol the I'nion ticket, and help
io deleft black republi*'auisni. These two
tactions cannot fairly ask the 1 nion men to
unite with them, for they are not united them
selves and it would he useless for the (. uion
ists to join either of them. ludeed, it would
be impossible lor them to agree as to wliicii ot
the two democratic camps the\ would llock
'o in the different States. Hut the I niou
prriy ait- a unit. They seek the same ob
ject as the democracy the deleal ol iej.ul>
'icanLm?and they have no quarrel with
either section o! it. Why, then, should not
both sections ot democrats marshal them
selves under the standard i>1 the I niou men
lor this election, to avert the pressing danger
?nd prevent tin* ascendency' ot it desperate
.Lotion, who have proclaimed a sectional war
ajainst the Institutions ot the S.nth, whose
i esolt <'an onlv he the dismemberment <>t ih?
lede'.al republic? it is clear that with three
?onservative tickets in the field, all divided
iro'O each other, itnd acting against each oth
?" is much as against tin* enemv, the re
;.cblican party must triumph l?*youd all
doubt, A house divided against itself can
not wttnd. 1 he great mass <d the conserva
live elements ol the North are anxiously
loo'.ingfor some way in which they can re
i.:t the onward march ot republicanism.
'? be only practicable way is that which we
h. 7. pointed out. t'l two evils the deuio
cl'i oy ought to choose the lesser. It is a les
e"il to elect Hell than Lincoln; and as the
I'K'titr now rtaudsoue or other must be elec
Tlit .New \ ork Tinio.s t>l Monday says:
. e~terday, shortly before (> i?*?? li?*? k, P. M.,
ihe Crei.t Kastern steamed up tin* bay on
her return from her trip to Annapolis ttoads.
"!er rrrival was not anticipated hv the crowd
rurali'/.ers who were abroad at \\ eehaw
!;an, Lloboken, Jersey eitv, Staten Island,
Lotg Island Shores, the liatt?*iy and along
? hs -\'evv i ork docks to Chri>loph?r street,
o'l" which sin* anchored. Nevertheless, all
'..ho were within hail, when her guns tired,
e '.nie rushing down to the water's edge, to
see her ;'s .'-he passed. She looked magnifi
cently, ::nd dashed along ar a rate that leit
ihe ci*iy craft t'nat strove to emulate her, far,
end tar in the back-ground, or rather in the
oaelt water, t Ml'< Tiristopher street she droo
ped ruohor. To-day she will be on exhibi
tion, at the old price of fifty cents, steamers
io i"be, without extra expense; visitors every
half hour from Hammond street wharf.
? ?o Tuesday and Wednesday, she will also
er hioit, and on Thursday she will sail lor
Europe.
here is trouble among the ditVerent reli
gious bodies at St. -John, New lirunxwick,
?ouching the precedence to be given theui at
ilu1 reception of the Prince, l lie Presbyte
rians having addressed to the Colonial Secre
tary r. 'etter concerning the precedence that
would be given to the religious bodies in the
} restitution ot addresses, received lor reply
iiii'i the Church of Kngland stood first, and
ilie Church of Koine next. The Presbyterians
m o.ice took tire, threatening to wash their
hr.mis of the whole concern. What will be
.Ik. upshot is not known. It appears that
the precedence given to the Roman Catholics,
rfter the Church of Kngland, is not merely
;n inmerial regulation, but is a!>o touiuied
on tin enactment of the Legislature o? the
province.
Serious complaints are made that the ecu
us is not being taken with the care reijuired
in so important undertaking, and that it vv ill
consequently be imperfect ami unreliable. -
The officers appointed to thi^ dutv have in
some instances performed it in such a man
ner as to lead to a distrust that they have been
negligent, anil that consequently the whole
enumeration must be incorrect. So impor
laiit ".nd expensive a proceeding a> the tak
ing of the census should have been conduct
ed with the utmost attention and by the b?--t
men that could be procured. Competency,
sh >uld have been the fir>t recommendation
in the appointment of the ussistant marshals.
The following is a recapitulation i! the ap
propriations for the lust session of the Thir
ty-sixth Congress as given hv the N. ^
Herald:?Legislative, Lxeeutive, Judicial,
<'ivil and miscellaneous appropriation* >1.".,
l2'.? .*t<27.0; for Ihploinatic and Consular cx
pensCs 1,158.38000; tor the Indian Depart
inent. Revolutionary, Invalid and other pen
{.ions 3,427,223 2.'; for Aimv, !? ortifications.
Military Academy and Military Roads 1 .*?,
-17'?,*Jo2 01; for Naval Service l",4t>I,<*30 <>2;
?or Post office 1 >0})i?r:ment for LsG'*, 24,7o7,
322 %; Do. do. do. tor 1 s?*. 1, P>O24.022 7">
Total, $87,434,80;> 74.
the New York Commercial Advertiser
sensibly remarks that conrtt-sy?requires the
people oi this country to refrain Ironi nil
public demonstrations in recognition oi the.
Hhtou Renfrew l?\ any tnjitiiji title or in any
/nribod wanner.
There was ;i considerable gathering of the
people of Lornyrx, at August Court, on
Monday last, notwithstanding the heavy
ruin which lasted all day. Had the day
been favorable, it was expected that a much
larger number would have been in attend
ance. Alter the business of the Court was
over, the people were addressed by Mr. Kil
guur. of Md.. and Mr. 15. 11. Shackelford,
the W"hig elector for this district, in able
and eloquent speeches. Mr. Shackelford's
argument was acknowledged on all hands
to have been very convincing, and he re
j ceived unqualified praise from his political
| friends, mid from several of his opponents,
i Of politics, we can say, that Old Loudoun is
j "in the ring," and will give a glorious vote
| for Bell and Everett. Her Whig majority
j will probably be larger than it ever was before.
During the speaking in the Court House, on
Monday, one Democrat arose, and publicly
proclaimed that, though he had never before
in his life given a Whig vote, he would at
O o
the Presidential Election vote for Bell and
Everett, 'l'he Whigs of the county are in
the best spirits, and, intending to do their
: whole duty, ask their brethren everywhere
' to '"do likewise."
Some of our ladies who expect to confer
the honor of dancing with them upon the
Prince of Wales, if he comes here, have not
been a little amused that the l'rince, in the
dance, gives the lady his left hand, and she
is not permitted to take his right, as being
contrary to etiquette. That's well enough
as long as he remains in Canada, among his
subjects: but here in the I nited States he is
among equals, among sovereigns, and our
belies will remind him of that fact. Princes
are somewhat rude, but gentlemen are never.
They will tell him that it is well enough to
be a prince in Canada, but in the 1'nited
States In* has to be a gentleman: they won't
dance with him without his giving them the
right !?and.
The Kichmond Enquirer, of yesterday, an
nounces the change mentioned in the Oa/.ette
of Monday. Messrs. Ilitchie and Dunna
vant retire, and the paper will, it is annouc
ed. be hereafter conducted by Messrs. 0. ?J.
Wi.se and \. Tyler, two ot the late iirui, and
W. B. Allegre, esq., who has been connec
ted with the Enquirer office for eighteen
years past. The old firm still continue to
carry on the -Job Printing, Binding, and
Lithographing establishment lately connec
ted with the newspaper office. The Enqui
rer, nl yesterday, presents lhe cards ? >aluta
to) v ami valedictory of the various gentlemen.
The Alia California says: ?"Our need is a
national road through the centre ot these
I nited States, from ocean to ocean. Leav
ing the Atlantic at Norfolk, ami striking tho
Pacific at San Francisco, a national foundry
.should be made near Richmond, to which the
coal tielils oi \ srginia would be available;
another near Cairo, central to the valuable
iron ores oI Kentucky, Missouri, and Illi
nois. and .still another, at sume distant day,
where food iron ores may, in time, be found
in the Creal Basin. .National foundries, or
armories, :it or near these, points, would be
'apable of perfect defense."
(?en. A-a Bogers has been re-elected pre
iding instiee of the County Court of Lou
The rain of Monday extended over a eon
idcrable portion oi the State, and has done
i great deal of good to the corn crop.
viif a im.i x/:ivs.
An association of V irginia ladies has been
organized fur tin* purpose of accomplishing
the erection, at Point Pleasant, near the
inoutli of the Kanawha river, of a Monument
commemorative of the memorable ami des
perate battle fought there on the 10th of Oc
tober, 177-I. between the Virginians ami ln
: dians. Steps have been taken for a grand
celebration of the approaching anniversary,
I when it is proposed to lay tiie corner stone.
! Mr. Willis l>e Haas, the historian and ar
elweologist, has been selected to deliver the
| oration on the occasion.
The rensusis showing a great falling off
I in the slave population in Western Virginia,
j They are being rapidly sold and removed
South. The returns of the census of Wood
i county show a heavy falling oil' in the slave
population: and we now have the census of
Cabell county, which shows only 210 slaves
ami ten free negroes, against .'?S0 slaves and
eight free negroes in lS"?0.
The Riehnioud councils have, by resolu
tion. expressed their satisfaction that an ex
ecutory agreement has been entered into be
tween the President of the .James River and
Kanawha Company, the President of the
Roard of Public Works, and a company of
capitalists, which, when ratified, presents a
reasonable hope for a speedy accomplish
ment of this important work.
On Thursday, in front of the Court House,
at Petersburg, eleven hundred and ninety
three tree negroes will be oifered for sale, for
a sufficient time to enable them by their al
lowance per diem, to pay their taxes. In
Alexandria there will not be thirty offered
in both districts.
Hr. K. Newbury Clark, on Saturday last, !
j extracted a tooth from Kobinson Co's. cel
ebrated performing lion, at Ruckannon, Va.
The operation was witnessed by some thirty
or forty persons, and proved highlv satis- I
factory to his lioa highness, as well as to
the spectators.
A couple of members of a Richmond mil- J
itary corps, while playfully fencing with j
fixed bayonets in their muskets a day or two j
since b- came a little incautious, ami one of
them sustained ijuite a serious injury from
the sharp pointed bayonet ol his comrade's j
gun.
K. N. Kll'ington, ol Nottoway county, an '
aged citizen, was found dead in his bed on ;
Sunday m ?rning, by his servants, lie died
: "1 apoplexy.
The population of Lynchburg is about 7,
2'M, a small increase on ISoO.
No art excepting that of photography, has
progressed and improved so rapidly as that
I ot dentistry. Forty years ago it was not a
, distinct profession, lor all doctors then offici
ated us tooth pullers, with tunkey levers of
the ni >t rude description; and as for supply
ing the place of old teeth with new ones, it
was never done at all. In IvJO there were
' only ;;?? practising dentists in the 1 nited
States- in Is*,?i> there were at present
there are about The invention of arti
ficial teeth has given a wonderful impetus to
this most useful and beneficial art.
In the Rank ol I.upland, no fewer than
sixty folio volumes, or ledgers are daily tilled
with writing in keeping the accounts! To
produce these sixt\ volumes, the paper hav
ing been previously manufactured elsewhere
eight men, three steam-presses, and two
hand presses, ure constantly kept going with
in the bank. In the copperplate printing j
department, I wentv-eight thousand hank
notes are thrown oil dailv; and so accurately
is tlie number indicated by machinery, that
lo purloin u single n..te without detection, is j
an impossibility. '
NEWS OF THE DAY.
" To show the very age andbody oj the times."
Judge Amy, of Kansas, lias filed in the
General Land Office, the necessary papers to
obtain the right of way for the construction
of a railroad through* Southern Kansas, to
connect with the Galveston railroad in Texas.
The commissioner of the General Land Office
has, in conformity with the laws of Congress,
granted the necessary instructions to the land
officers having control of the lands through
which this road will pass, to reserve the right
of way and lands for depots and water stations.
Mr. Amy left Washington on Monday, for
Kansas, and with a corps of engineers will
at once proceed to make a survey through
Kansas and the O-age and Cherokee Indian
country, with a view to the permanent loca
tion of the road through this Indian territory.
The construction of tins road will connect the
Western country with the Gull of Mexico,
and open the travel ami resources ot' a large
portion of country in Kansas, the Indian
territory, and the States of Texas, Arkansas,
and other States, which is now of compara
tively little value.
A ueat and charming maiden in Indiana,
the fortunate possessor of a considerable pro
perty, became engaged for marriage to a green
unattractive clumsy boy of eighteen years.?
The day for the wedding was lixed, the course
of rustic love was running smooth enough.?
One day the groom-expectant appeared be
fore his mistress with wrinkled brow quiver
ing chin, eyes filled with tears. "My father
says I sha'ut marry unless 1 pay him for my
time." This was all he said. The woman
at once sent him to the sharp parent with in
structions to learn the lowest rate of exchange
at which the time could be transmuted into
money. "I will t?ell you"?said the father?
"for $200, and not a cent less." "And I will
buy von," returned the damsel, when the
offer was communicated to her. She paid
the money, married the property, and has
since so assiduously cultivated it, that a
great improvement, personally, morally, and
intellectually, has taken place.
The Indian Bureau has received informa
tion from J. L. Collins, superintendent of In
dian affairs, Santa Fe, New Mexico, that the
troops that were ordered from I tah to that
department are now arriving. One company
arrived July *2'Jd, and several others are ex
pected in a few days. The Indians are in a
condition now that must lorce the commanding
officer to take some steps to check their
forays. The Indians are stripping the settle
ments, especially on I he west side ol the 1 i i??
Grande, of the last vestige ol stock. A
number of robbei ies have already taken place
on this side of the river. A party of Mexicans
made a campaign against them but a short
time since: when they readied the Indian
country, they divided the command in two
divisions. One party of about SO men were
attacked by a large party of Indians, and
some thirty of the former killed, and twelve
or fifteen wounded.
General William Walker, of whose depar
ture from the island of Ruutao, on the "Jlst
of June, we have before had accounts, arriv
ed off the \ucatan coast enroiite to .N icara
gua, on the 1st nit. He had with huu five
\essels and five hundred men. all well equip
ped. full of spirits, and amply supplied with
arms, ammunition uml provisions. From
Ruatan, off which \essels made their rendez
vous 'he \ovage was a most prosperous one,
and the whole tleet passed down the coast in
splendid style. The expedition first came to
anchor at the island of Co'/.umel, ofl the coast
Yucatan, when- it remained, communicating
with the mainland and completing the pre
parations for the expedition till the '2<hh uii.
It then set sail for Nicaragua direct, where
it is believed, long ere this, to have effected a
landing. \\ bile off the coast ol \ ucatau the
expedition received reinforcements of men,
and was supplied with provisions.
A difficulty occurred at Starke, Fin., on
the Florida Railroad, on the -Sth ultimo,
which resulted in the death of one person
and the dangerous woundingoi two or three
others. l>r. llollingsworth, a citizen of
Starke, having expressed his disapprobation
of the conduct of certain persons calling
themselves "Regulators, was attacked,
while in his own dwelling, by a party of
them. l>r. llollingsworth, assisted by his
little son, a boy only thirteen years of age,
repelled his assailants, killed their leader, a
man bv the name of howling, and severely,
if not mortally wounded several others. A
number of shots were tired on both sides.
Thadeus Hyatt, of the city of New \ ork,
is now on his way to the West, lie, it is
said, goes to Kansas to inquire ?nlo the con
dition of the people of that territory, who
are reported as on the verge of starvation
from failing crops. The statement that a
suit has been instituted against the serjeant
at-arms of the Senate by Mr. llyatt, is errone
ous. His intention is to prosecute, in the
State courts, the individual Senators who
voted for his imprisonment: but these suits
are now necessarily delayed, iiis counsel
having been instructed to defer them until
his return from the West.
1 lie commission upon claims oi .American
citizens upon Paraguay, fur alleged injuries
to their business by the wrongful act of the
government of that country report that in
the ease presented, that of the Khodc Island
Manufacturing Company, so-called, there is
no good ground for the claim for damages.
Some '00 was the amount of alleged
damages by the acts of Lopez.
The original cost of the (ireat Kastern
was S-l.She stands chargcd to the
present owners at ?2.1 .">(?,000. Of this
amount S500.000 is preferre<l stock. The
holders of this stock wiil doubtless soon
own the ship, and they are likely to find her
an elephant which they cannot manage, and
which wili be to them only a great bill of
costs.
From the Hawaiian Islands, advices are
up to the 2.'id, 300,000 acres of land on Ha
waii. one twelfth of the whole area of the
kingdom, was sold for SJl.loO. h contains
half a dozen good sized volcanoes, lour or
five large sheep farms, and an immense
quantity of pulu in the rough. The pur
chaser was ('. C. Harris, es<{.
Philadelphia, on Monday, had violent
showers of rain all day, and the streets
were flooded. Many cellars were overflowed,
several culverts have caved in from the un
usual volume of water and much other
damage is reported. The storm was accom
panied with some sharp lightning. Two
boys were struck and one of them killed.
The Memphis papers announce the death
of Mrs Augusta Walker, consort of J. Knox
Walker, former private secretary of Presi
dent Polk. Mrs Walker was formerly Miss j
Tabb, of Lynchburg, where many of her |
friends and relatives now reside. She was j
an estimable lady.
A ladv writes to the New Vol k Post that
the beds in the forty apartments provided i
for the Japanese in that city, were curtained j
around with the richest and most expensive
laces. The most absurd extravagances were |
indulged.
The first steamboat ever built in Kansas!
was launched on the 30th ult., upon Kansas i
river. It is called the "Kansas Valley." and ;
is '.io feet long 13 feet beam, with side wheels,
ami draws only one foot of water.
Z. A. \ oubanks was shot and k 11 i ?*d at.
Albttuy, c?a.. ou the Sih mat., in un uitruy
with his brother-in-law.
Much ill will liud fur some time existed be
tween the families of Mr. Bruce Wynne and
Mr. Quinn, of Castalian Spring*, Sumner
county, Tennessee, and on theolst ult., a
child of the formeV having been beaten by
one of theQuinn's children, Mr. Wynne went
to the house ofQuinn with aguu, and called
on the latter to come out. Wynne's wife
seized her husband and endeavored to take !
: him away, when Quinn tired twice on him,
| inflicting wounds that caused his death in a j
' few hours.
In New York on Sunday, Patnell Calahan, !
j a young man about twenty years of age J
, while under the influence of liquor attempt
, ed to commit suicide, by stabbing himself
| with a common table knife, lie will die
| from his injuries. Calahan states that he
i had been on a spree, and that while seated
; with some companions in his boarding house,
! a conversation took place in regard to cour
| age, and that he snatched up the knife and
stabbed himself in the stomach, to show
! that he was not a coward.
James S. Slaughter, who has obtained
j some celebrity as the person to whom lion.
Wm. L. Yancey addressed his famous "scar- j
bit'' letter about "precipitating the Cotton !
j States into a revolution," died suddenly at '
j Atlanta, (Ja.f on the 10th inst. His death !
i was the resultof laudanum, taken to relieve |
| the effect of intoxication, lie was a man of j
| talent, and in LSf>0 was editor of the Alaba
I ma Press.
I The X. York correspondent of the Charles
j ton Courier says that "Lora Montez is nei
j ther out of town nor dead. She is, however,
still here very sick. Although her life was
! recently despaired of, she is now better, but
' her permanent recovery is not looked for. I
? The seeds of consumption are so firmly root- !
j ed that she will never be able entirely to !
; remove them."
; The Augusta' (<?a.) Dispatch states that a 1
j negro boy who killed a white man, was j
} burnt at the stake at Station No I I. on the j
i South Western railroad on Friday last.? |
Twelve j >ersons took him from the Sheriff's
j custody, giving bonds for his re delivery, af- j
, ter which they tried, .sentenced and oxecut
1 ed the murderer, returning his ashes to the j
! officer.
An Knglish gentleman writes to his friend
j in Canada that the Prince of Wales is a good
hunter. "He rides most fearlessly and des,
parafely at anything, and I am pleased to
tliinlc that there is not a sovereign in Europe,
; or a President in either South or North |
1 America, who could line with him across a
stifHy enclosed country. That's the sort of
stuff, in niy mind, that Kings are made of."
I'll ere is among the inhabitants of the
I wenty-lburth \\ aid of Philadelphia, a man.
! /'? years old. who is a native of Last. Ilohum,
Persia, and who is a believer in the Moham
j medal) religion, lie is fauiiliar with all the
Oriental ami Kuropeau languages. lie is
! now engaged in making mathematical in
| struments.
tJovernor Seward, ol New ^ ork, arrived at
Bangor, on Saturdav morning by the steam
er Webster, and was received on the wharf
| by crovvifs ol citizens, lie was waited <?u at
the Bangor House in the afternoon by the!
! Hid** Awakes and an unusual crowd, lie I
spoke a few minutes.
I ...
j I he steamer Mount Vernon, from New |
\ ork, reports that the schooner Areola,
I Capt, Foster, from Norfolk for New Vork.
j with a cargo ol grain, has gone ashore ten
miles north of tMiingoicague. The Mount
Vernon took off the wile and son of tin*
captain. i
In New Orleans, on Sunday, a row of |
' buildings on Koval street, extendinir from
! i " ? ? I
J Custom House street to Bienville, and occu !
j pied by furniture, liquor, and piano stores,
was destroyed by lire. The loss amounted i
to S.iU.tll.H), which is mosrlv insured.
Montreal basset a good example, having
made a small contribution Ibr the aiJ ,,f thf
suffering people of Syria, which they pro
mise to increase. One gentleman of New
\ ork has contributed Slot), and another in
Boston has tendered Si,WO.
Col. Schwar/waelder, of the New York
i fifth regiment, has given one hundred did- I
i lars to the drum corps of Ins command, to
? enable th <*m to challenge all the other drum
| corps of the I nion. They are going on a
i drumming tour soon, n la X<>iuir<.
The government expedition under ('ol.
! Lander lias met with .serious trouble from
the Pahutes Indians in Honey I.ike Vallev.
Several whites have been killed h the con
flicts. The expedition had observed the Ith
of duly as a holiday.
Clarence J. Prentice, second son ofdeorge
I >. Prentice, of the Louisville -Journal, was
married at the American Legation in Paris,
on the 14th of -July last, to Mademoiselle
I Amiiie. second daughter of Henri dc Kalken
i stein, of Strasbourg.
Captain Thomas Walker, of Boston, cap
tain of ship Ariel, has boon made a Knight of
tlie Tower and the Sword by the Portuguese
monarch, for his gallantry in rescuing the
officers and crew of a Portuguese vessel.
Lerdo Tejada writes that the Constitution
al government lias received reliable intelli
gence that Spain is fitting out an expedition
to give moral support to Miramon's third
expedition against Vera Cruz.
A treason-league, called a "League of Free
dom," has been formed by sympathizers of
Booth, in Kipun. Wisconsin, the avowed ob
ject being to prevent his arrest by the L nited
States marshals.
The Prince of Wales left Charlottclown,
on Monday. The whole fleet ol .six vessels
will go to (Quebec, but only the three smallest
will go to Montreal. The Prince will visit
Ucrniuda alter he goes to New ^ oi k.
The (Wilkes') New ^ ork Spirit of the
Times says that a report which has lately
been in circulation to the effect that .Mr. Ten
Broeek had sold I'mpirc to ;i sporting Fisg
lish nobleman, was without foundation.
A number of buildings, including a rail
road depot, were destroyed by lire, on Satur
day at Mobile. The loss amounted to from
S7o,IMMl to SlO0,OlMl.
Lord Lyons, with his private secretav, Fred
erick War re, left the Brevoort House, X. V.
on Saturday, for Saratoga Springs, en route
for Quebec to meet the Prince of Wales.
The members of the Southern Literary
Society have, we understand, commenced a
joint novel, each member to w rite one chapter.
The I . S. frigate Constitution, bound to
Annapolis, was spoke the '.'th inst., ofi illock
Island.
The Indians of Vancouver's Maud have
all been disarmed, bv a surprise, bv the
whites.
?John C. Harvey, of Richmond, Va., sailed ;
from New \ ork last Saturdav. in the steam- !
er Illinois, for Furope.
A new (ierman Presbyterian church in St. .
?Joseph, Mo., was dedicated on Sunday the
Oth instant.
F. Atkinson, of the firm of l>. 0. Foller
?t Co., of Paduca, committed suicide ia^t
Friday evening.
The Philadelphia IJ rays intend participat
ing in tin* military ?meainpiueut, to be held
at luik, Pennsylvania.
POLITIC A L.
Missouri.?Tiie latest accounts intimate
that General Reid (Democrat) has beaten
Mitchell (Opposition) for Congress in the
Fourth District. The vote is close, but Reid's
chance is the better. The members elect are
probably as follows:
District 1 ? Irancis 1*. Blair (Hep.) vice
Barrett (Dem.) District 2?James S. Rol
lins (I'nion) vice Anderson (Dem.) District
o?John B. Clark (Dem.) re-elected. Dis
trict -I?Elijah W. Norton, (Dem.) vice J.
Craig, do. Districto?John W. Reid. (Dem.)
vice Woodson, do. District 0?John S.
Phelps, (Dem.) re-elected. District 7?Jno.
W. Xcell, (Dem.) re-elected.
It is certain that the regular Democratic
ticket for State officers is elected throughout.
Arkansas.?The returns from this State
are quite imperfect, but they indicate the
election of Johnson as Governor, and Hind
man to Congress?regular Democrats. In
the other district, it is understood that the
regular Democratic candidate for Congress
is likewise elected.
The W ashington correspondent of the Phil
adelphia Press writes: "The overwhelming
defeat of the Breckinridge ticket in Kentucky
has not been without effect upon Mr. Breck
inridgo himself. Letters from hint to his
friends here, in \\ ashington. have very much
discouraged the latter, and it is said that
some apprehensions are felt that he will re
sign some tune before the election. His
ttiiioiir pro pre has been deeply offended by
that crushing defeat. He thinks that l?y
withdrawing Ins name from the field iie may
regain his former position in the Democratic
party, and make himself one of the foremost
candidates for the Presidency in 18f>4."
Senator Douglas is reported as having
made at the late Rhode Island Clam Bake
these remarks: "I am asked why I don't
advise my lriends to make a union ticket
with the secessionists. Why don't you make
j oil and water mix? A union ticket between
[ an interventionist and a nun-interventionist!
! Never on .earth! 1 am willing to act with
| all men who agree with me in principle, and
; against all men who are in favor of disturb
: ing the peace and harmony of this country
) by dragging the negro question into Coii
| gress."
Gen. Sam Houston, in a published letter
: to J. U. Smith, esq., dated Austin, Texas,
! July .11. defines his position by saying that
i he has n<>t withdrawn from the field, as has
I been reported in some of tiie newspapers?
j that his name was presented by his fellow
citizens without any agency of his own?
i that he "does not weigh success against
| principle, uor abandon a cause from motive^
j policy"'-?and that if it is the wish of the
! people to vote for him, they have a right t<>
j do so, and if they do not it must be recollect*
i ed that he has not asked their suffrages.
Hon. Kdward Bates, of Missouri, who is
j on a visit of a few days to a friend, 'in
t Xorristown, was complimented l>v the Nor
| ristown \\ ide-awakc Club with a torchlight
i serenade on Friday evening. The citizens
in large number, attended the club. The
Judge acknowledged the compliment in a
neat address, in the course oi which he paxsed
a high eulogium upon the patriotism and
honesty of Abraham Lincoln.
The Boston Post thus patriotically refers to
th<* di.Miuioii letter of Mr. Urr, oi South Car
oliua: "We think Mr. Hit's sentiments in re
lation to a dissolution <>t the I ui<>n are tin
sound vind mischievous. It is such letters as
he and Mr. Keitt have lately written, that
have done much toward creating the slate nl
things which all patriotic men in tiie cun
try sincerely deprecate."
fhe Buffalo Commercial Adyertiser; Rep i
learns that the Courier of that city is about
to strike the colors of Douglas and Johnson,
and to hoUt in their stead the national ban
ner upon which is inscribed the names i?i
Bell and Kverett. This is an important ac
Cessit oi.
A new Bell-Kverett organ, called the liven
ing Post, made it.> first appearance at Cin
cinnati. Oil Friday last. It is a lively, rat
tling sheet. The Constitutional I uion, alsi?
an organ of the Bell and Kverett party, \\;i>
issued for the first time on Saturday.
.\. Buryvell. esq., an eminent lawyer of
Mississippi, and the Hon. Mr. Boyce, of
South Carolina, have written forcible letters,
threatening that the cotton States will M'ccde
il Lincoln should be elected to tiie Presi
dency.
The Southern Herald, published at Pul
ton. Mississippi, and hitherto neutral in pol
itics. lias announced that during the present
canvass it will support the claims of Bell
and Kverett.
I he Daily .News, of Jackson. Mississippi,
has renounced its neutrality during the pre
sent canvass, and will .-upport Bell and Kver
ett.
The Bell and Kverett men had a rousing
mass meeting at Savannah, on Fridav last.
The speeches were full of fire, and the entire
proceedings showed purpose.
Hon. II. \. Johnson, candidate for the
\ ice Presidency on the Douglas ticket, ar
rived at Augusta. Ga? on the 7th inst. He
was to speak at Warrenton, <>n the Will.
At B rook vi lie, Montgomery county, Mon
day last, another Bell and Kverett Club was
organized.
< i |{ AN D I 'l.HillT OF SlMuTIN'i, SfAKS. ?The
X'ew* Haven (Conn.) Palla liuin of Friday
evening contains the following communica
tion :
"Observations made here last night, s 11f? w
that th?r annual meteoric display of August
has not lailed this year. lietween ID I'. M.
((.hh) ami A. M. (h'th) fii'r /niitilmf ami
???tj/t/ firr different shooting stars were seen
by :i corps of observers stationed on the top
of a high building in thi> city. Mo.-t of tin
meteors moved in paths, which, it' traced
back, would intersect in the constellation
Perseus. Many of them were more brilliant
than stars of the lirst magnitude, ami left
sparkling trains. Alter 11 o'clock, the light
of tlm moon interfered with the observation.*,
and doubtless rendered invisible many of
the smaller meteors."
Cool. ?Mr. (Jurney (Mrs. Fry's father)
was a strict preserver of his fjanie. I pun
one occasion, when walking in his park, lie
heard a *h<>i tired in a neighbouring wood:
he hurried to the spot, and his naturally
placid temper was considerably rultled on
seeing a young officer, with a pheasant at his
feet, deliberately reloading his gun. A* the
young man, however, replied to his rather
warm expression by a polite apology, Mr.
(iiiruey's warmth was somewhat allayed:
but lie could not retrain trom asking the in
truder w hat he would do il he caught a man
trespassing on his premises. 4,1 would a*k
him in to luncheon." was the reply. The
serenity of this impudence was not to be re
sisted.
Xovki. Kr.MK.nv fok Whooi'ing-Ooich.?
(Ireat numbers of children laboring under
whooping-cough now visit the gas works in
Preston, for the purpose of breathing the ex
halations from the gas lime. It is said that
all the little sutterer.s feel considerably reliev
e 1, and many are absolutely cured by this
simple reined v.- -fivston (Hiiy. ) dimnlltiii.
In Xew \ ork, on Monday, the porter ot
the Greenwich street iSu \ 111 liaok. was
iubbed ot $0,000.
for EIG X MISCELLANY.
In the recent discussion of the Naval hsti
mates, in tnc Corps Legislatif, the l0OU\
ljelvcrneguen made a serious attack upon 1
^construction used in the trench
Navy. The Knglish and Americans, he said,
had adopted a very superior method. I he
t'rooeh ships were lmilt by engineers who
hid never been to sen- The consequence
was that the ships nl the line were ail too
deep in the water to fight the.r lower-deck
tier of -uns. The I'.rctagnc, so n.ucl. admir
cdin harbor, was obliged almost constantly
^ ch.se her .ow^k pom
I no purpose. f,r she consumed l20^"s?00^
1 iter dav, and had only stowage for 400 so
! that she could only steam V, days instead ot
L4 as intended. He also said that engines
nl'iced in ships of die line were so unequal
power, varying from 500 to 1,200 horse
I ,??Ur, that i. would be found ....possibleRfor
them to combine their inovenient. Six hrst
rate frigates, which he named, and
which each C;'St three mil ions, would
wlnen earn, c ^ --- ? .
neither sailnor strain; and ten other
| smaller frigates, all constructed ?"e
e same principle, had all proved equal
ctive. The Corps Legislatif had voted
i v ...1 Iwi nnnPH it
and tiie
lv defect! v
i lv defective. 1 He uorps ~ '~vr
; 2":Sf. millions lor the -Navy, and he hoped it
! would not all be spent in the same way.?
! The "im-boats, he said, .foundered even in a
! r,.v|,fbrecw, and the new transports, made
Scarry 10' )0 men each in China, cost as
j much as a ship of the line and had on y four
i "uos to defend themselves with. In tnue o
war thev must be laid up or captuied.
On the very day that Garibaldi entered
Palermo, a young and beauuful nun. Igi^
ciu Kiso, the sister and daughter
: patriots who had been basely shot left the
convent, and amidst a shower oi balls and
?rrai?eshot, a cross in one hand ana a poignard
in the other, placed herself at the head of
Garibaldi's column, crying '1> >wn with the
tyrant ! Vengeance'.' She kept her place
; as Ion" as the lighting lasted, and her tour
! a-eous altitude electrified the volunteers ?
i Ever since that dav the name of Ignacia Kiso
has been held sacred. When she passi m
I the streets the soldiers bow low and bless
her with the most profound respect. Gari
baldi himself pays her great attention, and
loves her as if she were his own daughter.
\t a recent trial at Southampton, of the
?cw 1 lolvhead packet, the Lemster, the fast
en time ever made was accomplished by the
vessel The trial was made over a distance
of a measured mile, and repeat, in order to
tost the rate of the vessel with and against
the tide. The result, as reported to Govern
ment officially, the average oi the runs being
| taken, was as follows:?Average_ time per (
mile ."-in knots per hour li.iSi; uules ,
,,.r hour "l'?:i. This>peed, which surpass- |
1 es anything hithert. achieved by marine en- |
.fines'is univ approached by the Royal yacht,
U.e Victoria ami Albert, the best; run ot
which was Ki.S-T knots, or U.omO miles
| per hour. .
The latest intelligence from Guatemala is
I contained in tin- annexed extract from a let
I t,?r ??'fb.* eouutrv is politically tpnet, but
i .-reat diss it.sfaetum is felt at the increasing
| debasement of silver money coined at the
i national mint, which, according to the decree
1 .,i tin' President. must be received as a legal
: liMl(ler. i, is whispered because no one
dare sav s . openly, that this is all owing to
! the IVesident's owning the silver and lead
uiiiift of (.'hiantla, which do not prove very
! omlitable. There is also a large number ot
I nt.M-t.-it gold dollars in circulation, and
I they arc so ' well executed as almost to delv
j detection."
I .trdJ llwsell has appointed Lord Pulter
| in lu the responsible post of British cominis
,iouerto Syria. No better choice, savs the
| Tunes, could have been made m so ditheult
i and delicate an appointment, lor, to much ac
j ..naintance with the country and with the
; habits of the people, Lord Uniterm unite
?r?at tact and ability. The nobleman men
tiun.'d is son ot the Hon. Mrs I nee Black
wood, authoress of the "Irish Km.grant s
Lament. . _ ,
The l'ieduiontese ministerial organ at lur
(The i):?in?one,) has published what pu
no'rts to be the text of a secret treaty between
Victor Iv.imanuei and the French Kmperor,
| bin which it pronounce* all a sham. I ue
i K,,..lish papers sav that this is a ruse on the
! ?t the Dpiuioiie, and that there is noth
; i? li..- lreatv that does not eont.no Court
i devoir's extraordinary speeches when the
I nnHCration of W ?as beh.re the 1 urin
' Chamber..
The immense ilcmaiul in hnglaiul tor
Americau st?wii?u; machines is exciting won
tier-:. It is e>tiuiated that not less than
ilO.nOi) American machines will he sold in
(.iivat Rritain the coining year. One Ameri
can factory turnsoiit every week nearly l,00n
machines. An Kngiish paper has no doubt
that American manufacturers will he pre
pared to supply 'Jdii.Oiti) sew in ? machine dur
ing tiieyear lSf?l.
Advices !iav?' heen received from Salvador
to loth -July. Several towns near the coast
have heen visited with frequent and severe
shocks of {earthquake, by which much val
uable property was destroyed. On the-1st
and 22d June there were fifty shocks felt
at Santa Maria de Outuma, audit is rumored
that the town of San .Vicente was destroyed.
The remains <>f a Roman theatre and a
temple dedicated to Apollo, have just heen
discovered near Pierrefonds, near Com
piegne, under the detritus of the forest.?
These ruins belong to the best period of Ro
man art. The bas-reliefs arc said to be ad
mirably executed.
The Saturday Review speaks of a story
that the ladies of the congregation of a fash
ionable preaeher in l< union, are subscribing
a fund to procure him a divorce.
A company of French Zouaves arc about to
give a series of drill performances at the
Princess' Theatre, Londou.
The Czar of Russia, by an imperial ukase,
has placed Ibieign merchants on the same
footing as the native traders.
The expeiist-Mif maintaining the army and
navy of France, for the current year, is esti
mated at >i"7,'n?t>.
? ??? <M> ??
Stk\u1''ij in Coi.i.isio.v with a Wiialk.?
On last .Monday forenoon, as the St. John
steamer Kasrern Cit\fwason her way from
Boston to Portland, she ran upon a whale,
knocking oif her fore-foot and causing a
slight leak. At that time the vessel was
about ten miies X. N. 11. of Thatcher's Is
land, and was going at her usual speed. A
school of five whales were in sight, playing
about, when suddenly one of them rose just
forward of the bows, and was struck on the
side, about two-thirds of the way back from
the head, causing ijuite a shock to the ves
sel. The whale dove instantly, and not be
ing seen again, was supposed to be killed.
It was a large whale, judged by those who
saw it to be seventy-five feet long. A few
minutes after another whale was seen com
iuir toward the vessel at great speed, and it
was expected that the creature would attack
the steamer, but at two lengths distance it
suddenly "dove" and disappeared.? Boston
/ iiii't7f /*.
Mr. Richard l>ollard, a well-known dealer
in wigs, toupees, Ac., in Philadelphia, died
on Friday, in the both year of his age. The.
establishment of the deceased was well j
known throughout the Tinted States.
The census o| Philadelphia shows a popu
lation of o.l'i.y l!' in thirteen o! the wards of j
tb?* otv. From this it is estimated that the
enure population wi^i exceed oOO,UOU. |
Warrenton Springs.
Correspondence of the Alexandria Gaztttt
Warrenton Si-rings, August 12th, Im,
?"Shall 1 go to Warrenton Springs to!
| night ?" asked I of myself, last Friday eve.
I ning. "Can you get there?" was the res.
i pouse. "I shall try," said I?so I starts]
And, sitting in the half-lighted car tliut
; night, surrounded by sleepy travellers?ni(?,t
I of whom had?been sold by the Great Ka>t
j ern?looking out upon the misty darkness
my thoughts reverted, among other thin?4
to summerings in by-gone days.
You often hear it said, that the time f?P
1 concentrated musing upon our past and fu.
ture lives, is when we are alone in the
| or fishing in some shady creek: but these
? are not the times, and such remarks ha\e
j no weight, except that of (lit* years thev bear
with them. No; the time for the attack ?f
| remorse for past conduct, and that f?>r fraiu.
iug resolutions for our future course, i ^i,e[
i we are travelling, with no companion ar
S night, in a crowded railroad ear; win n th
jar of the revolving wheels'marks an.l re.
minds us of the hours, and the snort of the
locomotive, as it approaches each station,
i the years of our fleetly running life. Then
j it is that the minds retrospective glance ha,
! fuller scope, and the pictures in prospective
loom up more boldly.
While absorbed in my reveries, the con
I ductor called out "Beulton,'' and when I
j had gotton on the platform, a gentleman
J who lived in the neighborhood, kindly iovi.
j ted me to spend the remaining portion of the
night with him. and early in the moruio^he
carried me over to the Springs, about six
miles distant.
I have "done" (and been done for intuitu
the fashionable and fascinating watering
| places; and ere 1 became as now, almost a
! staid bachelor, have had my annual longing
i for the rush and crush of the inland resorts,
j and have sighed for the :?eH-side, with its
I short commons and powerfully long hills.
I But I have grown wiser now. There is fun
i enough at the White Sulphur and at Sar: -
toga; but Warrenton Springs are the ^jiriu?.
for me.
While sultry August is pouring its hot
breaths, loaded with malaria, through the
chinks in the brick walls of our thriving
city, I am far away from the hum and noise
of its dusty and rough paved street*, and
from the clauior of its railroad and steam
boat whistles, seated quietly at my table,in
room No. '2~>, Kowdy 11 ill?the reputation of
which building, among all other old thing*
I at these Springs, is rapidly passing away,
and its rooms, so often in former years the
scene of bacchanalian orgies, are now be
ing transformed into the coziest of ladies'
boudoirs.
Warrenton Springs is memorable amon^
fashionable young ladies for the many oppor
tunities for unobserved flirtations, which in
beautifully laid out walks and promenade
grounds afford; and not less known and ap
preciated by managing mammas, for the
eligible young men who here do congregate
?less ol the "swell mob" character tliau are
found at other watering places. Saratoga
and the White Sulphur are the Arcadian
retreats of Hungarian and Polish "Counts,"
with unpronounceable names, and unmen
tionable characters, and New \ ork barbers
in "disguise," who>ponge upon a credulous
public, and, bv a great parade of bra.*\ con
trive to snare in their net? niiMiipectingand
sentimental young ladies, thereby causing a
great deal of talk and scandal before the
adventurer is got rid of, and the nine davs'
wonder is lost to view.
The register exhibits a few names from
the North, but by far the greater number
are from the Southern States.
Among the many belles now here, 1 would
mention the Misses S s, of Norfolk; Miss
tJ , of Culpeper; Miss ?, of Fred
erick; Miss T , of Alexandria; and the
Misses lJ and T?, of the District; and
when these, with their associates and beam
go through the iiia/.y figures of the dance
as they did the reel last night -in the bril
liantly lighted ball-room, a rare picture of
beauty, pleasure, ami youth is pre.-ented.
Though the water of these Springs is very
beneficial in some diseases, it is rarelv u>ed
with persistence snflieient to produce a radi
cal cure?those tiding it generally adding?
tiy. The taste to myself is very much like
the smell of <>tJ eggs, and yet you will see
bevies of beautiful girls quaffing glass alter
glass, with evident gusto.
It you are lbnd of a good breakfast, do a*
1 did, and arrive just belore breakfast time;
and if. after eating the tender and juicy
mutton-chop or beef-steak, the cool and sweet
butter, and the white bread, you don't ex
perience a calmness of mind, and a feeling
above the generality of sublinarv matters
1 am not a judge. If you add to this, the
excellent attention and willing service, (but
Sam's hopes were of the deferred kind.) you
will doubtless say that it is much better to
stay a month or two here, than at one of the
Northern watering places, with surly negroes
for waiters, who require twenty-live cents at
every meal, before they condescend toatt?*nd
upon you. The writer speaks of things a*
they are, and not from a desire to give noto
riety to the place.
In conclusion, Mr. Iludgins, assisted, a*
lie is, by Messrs Roberts, (ireen, and Cole
man, each one of whom "can keep a hotel,''
compose a corps, which, for gentlemanly be
haviour and polite attention to guests, re
mains to be equalled.
01 the village of Warrenton, I will say.
that the idle lounger and loiterer, in summer
time, need seek no fairer spot to rest his loot
upon. Its inviting appearance, the neatness
of its streets, and the cool quiet and silence
pervading them, were truly refreshing., and
meeting, as 1 did there, my good and true
friends, W. II. B?, of Rappahannock, and
T. M , of N'ew Orleans, my trip to War
renton was rendered one of the pleasantest
in my life.
The gentleman at whose hospitable hoii*e
I staid on Friday night, who drove me over
to the Springs next morning, and whose in
imitable anecdotes enlivened our early ride,
will please accept my thanks for his kinJ*
ness; as will also Dr. W. II., for his kind
treatment, including that "night cap"
"m irning bitters." (il'TTA.
A MonkEr Commits SuiriDK.?A mMn
named Shay has, for a week or two past,
had on exhibition in the store at the corner
of Aqueduct and Buffalo streets a collection
of monkeys, snakes, sea-dogs, Jfcc. One o!
the monkeys, named Jack, was a mischiev
ous fellow, and it required all the caution
of the proprietor to keep him out of trouble.
A group of animals, called the happy family
are kept in the show-window, which had
doors on the inside, thus making it air-tight;
and the family were thus left on Saturday
night. -Jack was up to his tricks, and soiue
time during the night got to the gas peo
dant and turned on the gas, and on the
proprietor looking after the family yc^
terday morning, he discovered the inonkev
dead?he had been suffocated. The rest
monkeys were very siek, but they recover*
after air being admitted to them.?liocfnxt*''
/rn ion.
Antonie Cainhre, under sentence of death
at New Orleans, died in prison on the 'tl
inst.
Ex-Chancellor Stephen Cocke, of Miss, di^l
in New Orleans on the 7th inst. ^
Bank chucks at cost.?f in*? a
Checks u:i the Several banks i? A,c*a. ? r
bound ueaflv in 100, 2(10, tool -ISO (.'llueks, wba
will cluae oat ttl Soit. JuliS li. PAKKoP'
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