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COLUMBtr: Tlimuciny Morning, Juky IU. 10. LXRUBHT CITY CIRCI/LATION. Drowned. We are informed that a negro mun, property of Joseph Woolfolk, Esq., of YVinnton, was drowned recently in the Chattahoochee river, at or n**er Woolfolk’s Bend, under the follow ing circumstances. The man had been for sometime a runaway, and was Ircing ehasacdon the day in question. Ho ran into the river, and was drowned before assistance could be rendered. It is not known whether his drown- | iug was a voluntary act, or the result of cramp j or exhaustion, though he had been heard to cay that he would not be taken. There ia nothing known to us iu proof of bnd treatment; nor any cause shown why he should have expressed himself iu this manner. Coroner W’higbt held an inquest on the body, and the Jury rendered a verdict in accordance with the facts. _ Fruit, Etc. Our market is well supplied .just now with musk and water melons, apples and canto- ’ lopes. Peac es have come in, but aro not very plentiful. Plums and blackberries are scarce, but may occasionally bo found. Tbo water melons so far as we have seen, are not more than “good middling.” A first rate article we have not yet met with. The vegetable market is fair, being well sup plied with cabbages, cucumbers, tomatoes, ochre, green corn, squashes, beets, &c., &c. We notico a marked improvement lately in meats; mutton, shont, veal, beef, ham, are easily procurable, and nil of good quality. Chickens plentiful, and in great demand. — Country butter abundant. The State American Oonvontion. We are indebted to our friends of the En quirer, for a dispatch from Mr. Hagland, a delegate to the American Convention at Ma con, announcing the names of the Presidential Electors and their alternates. The alternates, we have distinguished by an asterisk (*). roil TUB STATU AT LAIUIK. Wm. 11. Crawford, of Terrel. *F. S. Bartow, of Chatham. B. 11. Hill, of Troup. *H. .V M. Miller, of Floyd. FOR TUB DISTRICTS. Ist. Wm. Law, of Chatham. *Aug. 11. Ilansell, of Thomas. 2nd. Wm. M. Brown, of Macon. * Richard Sims, of Decatur, <!rd. Washington Poe, of Bibb. , “E. 0. Cabaniss, of Monroe. Ith. Ed. Y. Hill, of Troup. *B. 11. Overby, of Fulton. 6th. Goo. W. Gordon, of Whitfield. *J. R Parrott, of Cass, tith. C. Peeples, of Clark. *Hirnm P. Bell, of Forsyth. 7th Eli 1. Baxter, of Hancock. *Jihua Hill, of Morgan, tttb. A. R. Wright, of Jefferson. * Lafayette Lamar, of Lincoln. Our renders doubtless remember the robbery of the American Express Company some time ago in Michigan, where the box was received in New Y’ork, apparently all right, but proved to contain no money when opened. White, the Messenger of the Company, together with bis confederates, King and Ayre, have been convicted of the robbery. Over fifty witness es were in attendance, and the Company have spared no pains to punish their delinquent agents. The Buchanan and the Fillmore papers, aro publishing results of numerous elections, held on steamboats, at large factories, the navy ynrds, etc., with a view of showing tho pros pects of their candidates. Thr grand total of all these votings, and of the statements made, prophecies, predictions, Ac. is as follows: Mr. Fillmore will be elected by an over whelming majority. Mr. Fillmore will not get a State iu the Union, unless perhaps, New York. Mr. Buchanan will be elected by an over whelming majority. Mi. Riichannn may get Pennsylvania, but will not carry a single other State. The Fremont papers tell us that he also will be elected certain. Hence there will be three Presidents during tho next term, and there will be no President at all. A Washington dispatch states that the trial of Mr Herbert, was to have taken place yes terday ; and that of Mr. Brooks, some time during the week. Mr. Brooks’ trial, if it be contingent on the recovery of Mr. Sumner, is not likely to come off’ soon, wo think. Sum ner continues to “play possum,” despite abun dnut assurances from his physicians that he is well. We expect, if the truth were known, he feels more mean than sick ; is not so much indisposed as ashamed. Ashamed of bis speech, ashamed - *■ his conduct during the as sault, nd ashamed of his deceptions since in feigning sick. Come, come, old fellow, this will never do. Rouse up, shake yourself, be a roan .’ Brooks will pay all tbo damages, and no doubt the Doctor’s bill too. And if you will only behave yourself in future, tho time may come when even the South will forgive your lapsus, and if you respect her rights, come to respect you. But at any rate get up, and take the stand. Every body is tired out with your delay. * The W. ft N. O. Telegraph Company, re cently declared a dividend of two per cent— the first since President Mowry of Charleston, took the helm. The line has been leased to the Magnetic Telegraph Company, who, it is Muted, will put it in first rate order forthwith. As the Magnetic Company have five wires be tween New York and Bashing on, where the other had but one, and that under lease, the recent change will be very advantageous to those using the line. “e published yesterday a dispatch, in ref erence to the mobbiug of a Methodist Confer ence in Missouri, by a party of pro-slavery nisn. Ihe Philndelphia Ledger says it is not true t that the Conference meets but once a year, and always in the month of October. Attemptod Eaoape. On last Saturday evening the British Barque Ringdove, Captain John Nutman, bound for Cork and a market, went to sea over tho Cape Fear Bar. At about 12 o clock that night Captain Nutman discovered oa board two ne gro slaves, who had concealed themselves with the view of making their escape from their owners. Ho immediately put back, and about 4 o’clock on Sunday spoke a pilot-bout in which was Mr. Frank Morse, a pilot, in whoso charge ho placed the negroes. Mr. Morse lodged them in Smitliville jail to await the claim of their owner*.— Wi/minoton (.V. ) Journal. This is the second instance recently, whore a British vessel, has acted thus handsomely. Tboir Captains arc entitled to much praise for the respect shown to tho rights of slave own ers, evinced in thoir conduct We published yesterday an account of a late scene in a Philadelphia church, whore the min ister, instead of preaching “Christ crucified,” peace on earth, and good will to men, regaled his congregation with diatribes on slavery. Since then, wc fine the following account of tho action taken in the matter, by the Vestry of tho Church. The Vestry of the Episcopal Church of the Epiphany, at a late meeting passed tho follow ing resolutions: Resolved, That tho members of the Vestry have learnod with deep and sincere regret, that the Rector of this Church has deemed it his duty to select the Lord’s day and the pulpit of this Church, as the time and place for the dis cussion of sectional politics, and while desir ing to entertain and express nothing inconsist ent with the highest respect for a gentleman holding so sacred and important an office, they feel it a solemn obligation to declare their dis approbation of tho substitution of such themes for the simple preaching of Jesus Christ and Him crucified ns the hope of a ruined wo Id. Resolved, That wo most respectfully but (Irmly protest against any repetition of such like sermons as that preached ou the evening of Sunday, the 29th instant. Resolved, That the Secretary be requested to communicate to tho Rector copy of tho foregoing resolutions. Footing up tbo Losses ThePariscoricspondent of the London Times writes : “ 1 am credibly informed that the French army buried 28,000 meu in the Crimea this wiutor alone. Exclusively of that enormous item, our losses and theirs arc very near iu proportion. Out of 200,000 men they lost more than 40,000. In our army of 97,000 men we lost upwards of 20,000. Os courso neither French nor English ever had such a number together at any one time; these fig ures relate to the total number of men landed from time to time in tho enemy’s country.” Tho American State Convention. This body met in this city on yesterday.— Preliminary to a permanentorganizution, Mar tin Kolb, Esq., of Cobb, was called to the Chair. Subsequently tho following gentlemen were selected as permanent officers of the Conven tion : President. —Dr. 11. V. M. Miller, of Floyd. Vice. Presidents —lst District, J. N. Lewis, of Chatham ; 2d, T. B. Howard, of Muscogee; 3rd, Thomas Battle, of Monroe; 4th, E. Y. llill, of Troup ; sth, J. J. Word, of Cass; 6th, W. J. Peeples, of Gwinnett; 7th, J. W. A. Sanford, of Baldwin ; Bth, Wm. Gibson, of Richmond. . Messrs. George Jones, L. F. W. Andrews, and A. P. Burr, were appointed Secretaries. On taking the chair, Dr. Miller made an eloquent and powerful address, which was re ceived with great applause. The number of delegates in attendance is very largo, and the greatest harmony and en thusiasm prevails. A ticket will be presented. Wc now go to press, and cannot give the final action of this very intelligent body.—Ma con Messenger, 9th. Rencontres in New Orleans. On the morning of tho Ist inst., Mr. G. W. Kendall, ex-postmaster of New Orleans, and Mr. T. S. McCay. U. S. District Attorney, met on Oanal street. New Orleans; Mr. Kendall seized Mr. McCay by the collar and beat him with his fist until tho bystanders separated them. Mr. McCay drew a revolver, which was kuocked out of his hand by Mr. Kendall. Both were taken into custody, but Mr. Mc- Cay declining to make any charge against Mr. Kendall, they were both liberated; the latter, however, being fined ten dollars for a breach of the peace. Tho following day another affray took place on tho same street, in which Mr. Kendall again participated. The Picayune says: “It appears that high words’ arose between W. G. Kendall and Mr. Thomas Adams, con cerning Kendall’s attack on U. S. District At torney McCay on Tuesday, and that Kendall, having at the time a knife in his hand, at tempted to strike Adams. He, however, caught a Tartar, for his antagonist kuocked him down with a well directed blow, and then gave him one of tho most unmerciful beatings that mortal ever got. Quite a number of per sons looked on delighted with the sport, and one or two small supplement affairs grew out of the general conflict. Strychnine. In Ceylon and several districts of India grows a moderate sized tree, with thick shin ing leaves, and a short crooked stem. In tho fruit season it is easily recognised by its rich orange colored berries, about as large as gold en pippins, the favorite food for many kinds of birds, within which are the flat round seed, not an inch in diameter, ash grey in color, and covered with very minute silky hairs. The Germans fancy they can discover a resem blance in them to grey eyes, and call them crow’s eyes, but the likeness is purely imagi nary. The tree is the strychnos nux vomica, and tho seed is the deadly poison nut. The latter was early used as a medicine by the Hindoos, and its nature and properties under stood by Oriental doctors long before it was known to foreign nations. Dog killer and fish scale are two of its Arabic names. It is stat ed that at present the natives of Ilindostuti often take it for many mouths continuously, in much the same way as an opium eater eats opium. They commence with taking the eighth part of a nut a day, and gradually iuerea; o their allowance to an entire nut, which would be about 20 grains. If they eat it directly be fore or after food, no unpleasant effects are produced ; but if they neglect this precaution, spasms result. The Fair Grounds. In our last tri weekly issue, speaking of the great improvements at the Fair Grounds, we stated the diameter of the internal ring of the Amphitreatre at seventy six feet. It should have been one hundred and seventy six. This was corrected for the weekiy, but another er lor was allowed to continue in the article as it appears on the outside of the weekly: the area of grounds is stated as comprising tweuty acres, when it should be thirty.— Montaomeru Mad Bth. TELEGRAPHIC ITEMS. Louisville, July 3.—The whig State Con vention met here to-day, sixteen counties be ing represented. They adopted the Lexington 4Vhig platform, adding a resolution that Con gress should pass stringent laws to prohibit the importation of foreign paupers and felons, and that the time for the naturalization of for eigners should be lengthened. Also, that this Convention deem it impolitic to make any nom inations and recommend to the Whigs of the Union to do the same, and hold no National Convention, but let every Whig vote for the candidate whose principles conform the near est to his own. Louisville, Ky., July 2.—Au American muss meeting was held here last night. Great enthusiasm was manifested. Garrett Davis was the principal speaker. Philadelphia, July 3.—A meeting of mer chants was held to-day at noon at tho Ex change, when a committee of five were ap pointed to draft an address in response to the Manchester Peace Address. New York, July 7.— The ship .'Southport, from llavro for Savannah, foundered at sea in latitude 41 and longitude 38. The crew ar rived at Holyhead. Charleston, July 7, 1 p. in. —Cotton.— Sales to-day 720 bales (60 for Spanish ac count) at lOi to Ilf cents. Extract from Mr. Fillmore’s Speech at Albany The agitation which disturbed the peace of the country in 1850 was unavoidable. It was brought upon us by the acquisition of new ter ritory, for the government of which it was ne cessary to provide territorial administration. But it is for you to say whether tho present agitation, which distracts the country and threatens us with a civil war, has not been recklessly and wantonly produced by the adoption of a measure to aid in personal ad vancement rather than in any public good.— [Cheers.] Sir, you have been pleased to say I have tho union of these States at heart.— This, sir, is most true, for if there bo one ob ject dearer to me than any other, it is the uni ty, prosperity, and glory of this great Repub lic ; and I confess frankly, sir, that I fear it is iu danger. I say nothing of any particular section, much less of the several candidates before the people. I presume they arc all honorable men. But, sir, what do we see? Au exasperated feeling between the North and the South, on the most exciting of all topics, re sulting in bloodshed and organized military array. But this is not all. Wo see a political par ty presenting candidates for the Presidency and Vico Presidency, selected for the first time from the free States alone, with the avowed purpose of electing these candidates by suf frages of one part of the Union only, to rule over the whole United States. Can it be pos sible that those who are engaged iu such a measure can have seriously reflected upon the consequences which must inevitably follow, in case of success ?—[Cheers.] Can they have the madness, or the folly to believe that our Southern brethren would submit to be gov erned by such a Chief Magistrate ? [Cheers.] Would he be required to follow the same rule prescribed by those who elected him, in mak ing his appointments ? If a man living South ot Mason and Dixon’s line be not worthy to be President or Vice President, would it be pro per to select one from the same quarter, as one of his Cabinet Council, or to represent the nation in a foreign country ? Or, indeed, to collect the revenue, or administer the laws of the United States ? If not, what new rule is the President to adopt in selecting men for office, that the people themselves discard in selecting him ? These arc serious, but practical questions and in order to appreciate them fully, it is on ly necessary to turn the tables upon ourselves. Suppose *hat the South having a majority of the Electoral votes, should declare that thev would only have slaveholders for President and Vico President; and should elect such by their exclusive suffrages to rule over us atjhe North. Do you think svo would submit to it? No, not for a moment. [Applause.] And do you be lieve that your Southern brethren are less sen sitive on this subject than you are, or lees jeal ous of their rights? [Tremendous cheering.] If you do, let me tell you that you are mistak en. And, therefore, you see that if this sec tional party succeeds, it leads inevitably to the destruction of this beautiful fabric reared by our forefathers, cemented by their blood, and bequeathed to us as a priceless inheritance. I tell you, my friends, that I speak warmly ou this subject, for I feel that we are in danger. I am determined to make a clean breast of it. I will wash my hands of the consequences, whatever they may be; and I tell you that we are treading upon the brink of a volcano, that is liable at any moment to burst forth and over whelm tho nation. 1 might, by soft words, hold out delusive hopes, and thereby win votes. But 1 can never consent to be one thing to the North and another to the South. I should des piso myself if I could be guilty of such evasion. [Tumultuous applause.] For my conscience would, still ask with the dramatic poet “ Is there* not some secret curse— Some hidden thunder red with immortal wrath— To Must the W’roteh who owes his itreatnes To his country’s ruin ? (Cheers.) Clay—“l had rather be right than be Presi dent. [Enthusiastic and prolonged cheers.] It seems to me impossible that those engaged in this, can have contemplated the awful con sequences ot success. If it breaks asunder the bonds ot our Union, and spreads anarchy and civil war through the land, what is it less than moral treason ? Law and common sense hold a man responsible for the natural conse quences of his act, and must not those whose acts tend to the destruction of the government, be equally held responsible! (Applause.) And let me also add, that whon the Union is dissolved, it will not be divided into two Re publics or two Monarchies, but broken into fragments, and at war with each other. New Iron Steamer for the Savannah River. Mr. John A. Moore, of this city, has contracted with Messrs. Harland & Hollingsworth, of Wil mington, Delaware, for the construction of an Iron steamer to run in the “Fashion Line,” on our river. Tho dimensions are to be 158 (eet long, 45 feet beam, and 51 feet hold. She is to be propelled by two stern-wheels, each 24 loot in diameter, and 18 feet face of buck et; driven by two high-pressure engines, 22 inches diameter, 6 feet stroke, arrayed with poppet balance valves; three boilers 15 feet long, 40 inches diameter, with 28 tubes 4 inch es m diameter each. This will be the widest steamer ever built at Wilmington, and her im- 1 mense beam will enable her to carry a large cargo on very little water, Her computed draught of water i 6 12 inches; her carrying capacity 800 Urns or 3200 bales of cotton With a cargo of 1000 bales cotton, she will i draw 24 inches; with 2000 bales, 36 inches.— ! Her speed will be great fora freighting boat say 11 miles per hour up the river. She is to be placed ou the line in September, and will form anew era in boating on our river.—Au gusta Constitutionalist. For the Daily Sun. IS IT NOT DELIGHTFUL! Is ft not delightful V. hen hope is almost gone, To Live one friend to cheer you. And aid you up and on! Not one to damn end censure. Nor blast your hope with doubt, But one with noble nature, To point the right course out. And is it not delightful To know you hove retraced Tin* path once followed blindly Until you wit disgraced: To feel and knot ’, in earnest Some have your weal nt heart, TTnbought by Hellish interest To do brother's port! True, I haTe been in sorrow— oppressed by irant ami shame— Nut dreaming of the morrow. • Friendship, but in name: Yet found, when ell seemed hopeless. J round, above, below, A lriendly aid and counsel, To shield me from my woo. Forsooth it is delightful To gratefully repay Tenfold the kindnoss given I u somo past trysting day: And clasp your benefactor, With lionost hand and true, And thank him for his timely aid, When none save him was true! li. Fifty Thousand Dollar Ring. A wine dresser of Albano, near Rome, is said to have found in a vineyard the celebrated ring of Polycrates. This ring, the history of which is f .miliar to all readers of Schillor’s ballads, was brought to Rome after the death of Poiyeratcs, 522 years before the birth of Christ; it was seen also by Pliny, and men tioned by him. The Emperor Augustus plac ed it in a golden case, and deposited it for safety in the Temple of Concord. The stone of the ring is of considerable size, and oblong in form. The engraving on it, by Theodore of Samos, the son of Talikles, is of extraor dinary fineness and beauty. It represents a lyre with three bees flying about; below, ou the right, a dolphin ; on the left, the head of a bull. The name of the engraver is inscrib ed in Greek characters. The upper surface of the stone is slightly concave, not highly pol ished, and one corner broken. It is asserted that tbo possessor of this ring has been offer ed §50,090 for it by an Englishman, but has declined it, expecting to make a more profita ble bargain with the Emperor Alexander. Blue Ridge Rail Road. We had tho pleasuro of learning, at Ander son, that a portion of the iron for the Blue Ridge Railroad had been purchased in Europe, and was shipped for Charlest on. The cars will be running on a portion of the Road, between Anderson and Pendleton, by December next. Large preparations arc making by the contrac tors for carrying ou the work at the tunnel, and the bridges and masonry along the line. We met Judge Frost, at Belton, on his return from the tunnel. There is now another rail road on tho tapis at Anderson, connecting Atlanta and Charles ton. This is to be the great line of travel from Washington City to New Orleans. It is said the money necessary to construct this road will be raised in tho cities of New Or leans and New York. Wc suggested that it would shorten, very much, the contemplated rail road, to connect Newberry, and Chester, and Anderson, and Atlanta, instead of build ing a road all the way from Atlanta to Char lotte.—Greenville (S. C.) Patriot. Chemical Analyses in the Patent Office. Dr. C. T. Jackson, of Boston, has been en gaged by the Agricultural department of the Patent Office, to travel through the countiy and make c iumical analyses of various kinds, with a view to determining the amount of nu triment in different grain—the amount of tan nin contained in the barks and other materials used by tanners—tho determination of the amount of phosphoric acid in the soils on the sea-board, supposed to bo exhausted, as com pared with the virgin s- ils of the West, and other matt* rs connected with soils. Ho will analyze tlu cotton plant—sea island and up land—also the soils in which they are grown ; also various grasses and the soils best adapted to their cultivation. The Underground Railroad. Eight valuable negroes are missing, three belonging t i Wm. Ou.man, Esq., of this town, four to Dr. Barraud, and one to Mr. Richard Riddick, of Norfolk, who a:.’e supposed to have taken passage on some vessel on Sunday night and sailed for the North. It is hardly possi ble that they could have eluded the vigilance < f the pilots and passed the capes to sea, it is presumed the vessel made her way up the bay with the it lention of running them to Phila delphia by the canal.— Portsmouth ( Va.) Tram script. Douglas Jerrold’s London Weekly, of a late date, has the following; “ Next week, we trust, these pages will be printed on nn engine planned by American brain, forged by American arms, and set up here on English soil by American hands— most noble specimens withal of our American brethren on the other side of the wave. Now. what need we caro for the red tape when we may bind both sides of the Atlantic together with the tapes of the steam press.” Costa Rioa Railway. Despite the civil war in Central America, a number of Liverpool gentlemen have issued the prospectus of “The Costa Rica Railway,” which is to extend from San Jose, the capital, to the Pacific. The exclusive right has been given for ninety nine years to Mr. Farrer. a gentleman now in Liverpool, who has resided tor many years in Costa Rica, authorizing him to levy rates, which will give 20 per cent, on the outlay, the receipts per annum being esti mated at £9,706, and the expenses at £7,006. Upwards of £2,000 shares have been taken up already, and a contract for tho construction ol ton miles of tho railway has been made. This portion of the lino will extend from the ! port of Punta Arenas to the River Baranca. i N. E. Rail Raod. It affords us pleasure to state that the North Eastern Rail Hoad Company have contracted for 2000 tons of iron, deliverable at the Com pany s wharf, in this city, in December, Janu ary and February next. It is intended that the remaimr for the completion of the road to llmington shall be trareported from thence to I’ lorenco, at the junction with the Chcraw and arlington ilailroad, in order to hasten'the progress of the work. The road, we are grat ihe I to lean, is progressing rapidly, and pas sengers wih be conveyed from Williamsburg by the Ist of Sept.— Char . Courier . While Col. Benton was speaking the other day, in one of the Missouri towns, the plat form gave way, but the old war horse was un hurt and declared that it was his prerogative to break through platforms, that he was bred to the constitution, did not suffer apostate abo lition renegades and mercenaries, with the pen leathers hardly covered by the livery of office, to define or originate his political principles. There wero twenty-four deaths in Montgom ery, during- the month of June: Whites 9 Blacks 15. ITEMS. Gov. Gardner, ot Massachusetts, l, K ciared in favor of Fremont fur the Presid... ■ Lieut. Maury lias conso led to del B course oflectures before the Lowell 1*... 4 in Boston next wintor. IjJ* It is stated that S. G. Got finch, i; 6Q ■ original Peter Parley, is pi. JUr i U g a v”’■ Col. Fremont for the vouug peop ,®M “ Tom, where shall we eo to r .i J to-day ?” “Don’t know, Di c k~upp 0 ° I V* to hear Ward Beecher.” Whit 1 day !” ‘ on The editor of the Greensboro’, N. q p I ot, has seen a couple of ingot. of gold’ .'Vfl from McCullock’s mines, weighins 45fi !* V of beautiful metal. ° ’ V M Tho Austrian Gazette learns from 8t p I burg that there has been a s: iSr p conflict* tween the French and Em.ibh V Kharkoff, in Southern Rueei-. * All mankind aro happier for bavin-* happy ; so that if you make hem happy ‘■ you make them happy many y eart . hcn c ,. £ tho memory of it. Not a single paper in Phil tdulphia has 1 ed the Fremont flag; nor has the nominal of I remont been ratified in tl it city. Sect * alism finds no favor in the city of Penn Tho Russian government ~i turning it-, 9 tention to the colonization ol its American M ritory. A large colonizatioi party Was i fitted out at Hamburg by a i.tuisian i Company. Kric It is now stated that Gea. Gadsden has a M back to Mexico to settle up his private alb 8 He carries out his own letters of recall ■ his diplomatic mission is definitely at an c !,B During the last six monfi not an hull J ment has been found for brt *h of the Li- 18 Law of Massachusetts, thou; ( rhcfact is rious that it is daily violate, in upwards 8 fifteen huudred places in Be.,- on. 8 During a recent thunder s ot m at Kensi J ton, N. H., the lightning jle* ended perpend! ularly in an intense disebiarg • into a pastuJ fluid, and made a hole about a foot in diamß ter and 30 feet deep, forming a well which so! filled up with good water. Machinery, says au exchange, has reuchj a great state of perfectior. Wc saw so J burnt peas put into the hopt cr of a coffee mil the other day, and in less th a two minutes 1 was occupying a place in a ;ncery windoJ labelled “Old Government J va.” Paul Stillman, Esq., rocen !y returned fro J Mexico, suffered amputation if the right fool in consequence of injuries rt ived from weal ing a tight boot, aggravated nd promoted b| want of proper attention an . counsel durinl the recent sieges of Puebla. The “ Sisters of Charity,” New York, aJ knowledge with gratitude tin very hand’sonil sum of $1,276, being the net proceeds oftlJ lecture delivered by Thomas Francis Meagheii Esq., for the benefit of the Orphausunderthe! charge. The complaint to which tho sJk worms il Sardinia have recently bee* subject is doJ prevalent in Lombardy. Tho worms areatl tacked when changing their ainsforthe thirl or fourth time, and the disease generally Drove! fatal. The salmon fishers in tho employment of *il Charles Ross, of Balnagown, Scotland, lan-k-1 in one of the salmon nets an eel weighing 2IJ pounds, measuring seven fee; in length, will a girth of twenty inches. This is the large J ever seen on the Kyle. Much anxiety is felt in reference to thl steamer Golden Age, which had been sometimJ over due at San Francisco at last dates. Thl Illinois brought in no news of her arrival.-! Among the pasengers on board the GoldeJ Age, were Mrs. Julia Dean Uayne, herhusl band, and others. The Moniteur states that :.i consequence ol the promise which the Empc or and Empresl of the French made to become the godfatheil and godmother to all children born in Francl on the same day as the Imperial Prince wul born, more than 3,600 claim .mts of that honoJ have addressed applications to his Majesty onl behalf of their offspring. The Boston Ledger state: that certain gen tlemen of that city are about o purchase a site for a large bakery, where brer ! will be manufa tured 25 per cent less than th : rates charged by bakers. There will also be branch shops to retail the bread, and the proprietors will be satisfied with five per cent, on their invest ment, and devoto the surplus, if any, to en larging the loaves. Notwithstanding the high prices ol’silk, the manufactories at Lyons arc r.ald to be actively employed. The commission agents have given large orders for the richest material for dress es, in preparation for the approachingfor the coronation in Russia. .A quantity of print ed silks are also be prepared for the American market. Velvet is also very much in demand, ! and hundreds of the weavers who have been in the habit of working at their own houses, but have lost their looms by the inundation, have obtnined employment at the luanufactories. Anew book on tho statistic; of Moscow states that forty eight years after i.)i death of Peter the Great there were in tae government ot Moscow 90 manufactories. In 1856, the num ber of spinning and weavii g manufactories alone amounts to 1485, omupying 117,677 work people. The produce of these establish ments is estimated at 65,9’ 1,694 silver rou bles. There are, besides, t 87 other manu factories, occupying 49,934 ,:nds, producing a sum of 5,500,000 roubles In all, 137,611 workmen, producing6l,47s.t l roubles —240.- 000,000 fr. ! A London letter to the Jo:; ml of Commerce says that Englishmen will r< m be disposed to ; make a bargain of this kino with us: “ will let you manage affairs is you choose in j the West, if you will let us u one iu the East. ! In all that you may do there you cannot fail to i benefit us, as has been the niacin nil that you ! have already done, and in ill that may do in the East; we cannot fail to h unfit you, as you ; behold abundant evidence if on opening the : ports of China, and in youi extended trade and navigation with Austra a and the Enft Indies. About Hooi i. A lady, whose garments U uted an immense circumference, entered astori in Boston, and m doing so prostrated some do: on of flowerpots containing valuable plants, which were ruined. The storekeeper intends to sue the lady for damages, so that the law may settle how large a space a lady’s circumanibicnts may occupy, A gentleman remarks, says the Albany Ar gus, that while riding in an omnibus, the other day, the vehicle was stopped at a crossing, when three or four females uttered, who, on taking seats, commenced suet a patting of the sides of their dresses, that fir. some time (being ignorant of the real object) he was under the impression that they were going to crow.