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COLUMBIJB: Tuesday Morning, August 5, 1850. liAKOEST CITY CIRCULATION. Prominent Citizens Dead. Our community has lost within the past lew , days, several well-known citizens. Hon. George Troup Howard, (late of this i city,) son of Major J. H. Howard, and late Judge of the City Court, Savaunab, died last week at his father’s residence in YVinnton ; bis ‘ remains were interred on Sunday afternoon. Mr. John Kyle, of the firm of Kyle, Eve- - ritt & Cos., and one of our most prominent dry j good merchants, died suddenly yesterday j morning, after an illness of a lew hours. Dr. Thomas Hoxey, one of our oldest citi- j zens, died, as wo are informed, at Nlontvale Springs, Tennessee, on Saturday morning last, and his remains reached the city yester- i day. The funeral will take place at'J o’clock I this morning. New Cotton. The first bale of new cotton was received in this city yesterday by Messrs. Hunter & Gnm mell, from the plantation of Mrs. Ann E. Shep herd, in Stewart county. It classed middling fair and sold for 12J cts., Mr. E. It. Shackel for boing tho purchaser. This is the second, if not the third, year in succession that this energetic lady has outstripped all her mascu line competitors.— Sav. Rrp. Any. 2. The above bale of cotton was received in this city on the Hist ult., by Messrs. Hughes & Daniel, sold at auction by A. K. Ayer, and purchased by Mr. Alfred Garrard at \2fy cts. We bad two reasons for not noticing the transaction at tho time. One, that on that day wo hud been eight miles into the country, passed several cotton fields and were particu lar to see if the cotton had begun to open, and did not discover one solitary open boll. The other, that we were satisfied the bale had been gathered at the cost of much time in search of scattering bolls, by an ambitious overseer; and that the effect of the announcement would be to givo a false impression abroad as to the real condition of the cotton crop. Wo venture to assert that where one plantation is now found within tho range of this market, that has upon it one bale of open cotton, two will be found not to have 50 lbs. Burning of tho John Jay. Tho steamer John Jay, was destroyed by lire near Garfield, on Lake George, New York, on tho evening of the 29th ult. She had on board, 73 passengers besides her officers and crew. Six of the passengers were lost, to-wit: Miss Sherman of Albany, N. Y.; Mr. Rensliaw of New Orleans ; Mr. Metcalf of Cherry Valley, N. Y.; Mrs. Twing of Boston; and MissC. A. Fleet of Brooklyn. Tho lire is said to liavo been caused by the burning of pitch pine wood, which choked up the smoko pipe bo as to drivo the fire and smoke into the fire-room, compelling the iiro nmn to retreat to the deck for air, without giving him an opportunity to close tho doors of Hie firo-boxes. The sparks quickly ignited the wood-work over head, and the boat was enveloped in Humes almost instantly. The passengers blame the captain for not running on shore immediately, as she was near a sandy beach at the time, instead of allowing her to go on for tho purpose of trying to put out the tire and saving tho boat, and at last being com pelled to ruu on some rocks. Others attach no blame to any one, and say that tho captain did everything in lhs power to prevent the ca tastrophe. A full investigation of the affair is to be had. Congressional Per Diem. The U. S. Senate, on the 30th inst., took up the bill regulating the pay of members. Mr. Collamer proposed a substitute: “ That they shall receive for their attendance at the ses sions twenty-live per cent, additional to what they arc now entitled to by law. The bill wns referred to the committee on Finauce. We had supposed that members of Congress were already sufficiently compensated ; if they are to receive higher wages, there should be some provision by which to secure less talk and more work. Beverly T. Wells, formerly of Richmond, Vu., has been tried and convicted of murder, at Benicia, California, and sentenced to be hanged on the Bth instant. The Richmond Dispatch says that while Mr. Wells resided in that city, he was much esteemed by those who knew him, and was an industrious, peaceable citizen. So much for such associations as are to he found in California. The Ohio River. The Louisville Courier says the river is fall ing slowly at nil points, and the Lower Ohio will soon be in a worse navigable condition than ever. In the canal, there are about three feet water, which is more than can be found on several of the bars below. The weather, though clear and dry, is remarkably pleasant for the season, the heat by the thermometer uot reaching higher than 85 yesterday in the shade. Attack by Bees. Recently Mr. Holden, of Fairfax, Va., was driving a team of horses to Alexandria, and stopped at Mr. Wm. Gooding’s on the Little River Turnpike, to feed, when a swarm of bees lighted on ono of the horses, and stung the animal so intolerably that ho died before they could be driven oft'. The horse had just been sold for SIOO. - Inoculation of Death, The Petersburg Kxpress states that Dr. Vick, of Sussex, while conducting a post mor tem examination a few days since, upon the body of a colored woman, accidentally cut his hand. A portion of the virus from the body entered the wound, and communicating with his blood, caused death in a short time after wards. , The City Sextou of Montgomery, reports 18 bjrttbs in that city, for the month of July, ten were whites, and eight black and col ored; twelve of the whole number were chil dren. Gen. Tom Thumb Robbed. Gen. Tom Thumb has bet i robbed at Cincin nati of his box of jewelry and presents, valued at $20,000. Union of the Hards and softs. The two wings of the Democratic party met in separate Conventions, Syracuse, New York, on the 30th ult. After an organization in different Halls, ar rangements were made fr ,r a consolidation ol the two bodies. In the Soft Convention Mr. 15. F. Angell said, as a believer that but one j sentiment animates the Convention, he would ask leave to offer tho following resolution: Resolved, That a committee of five he ap pointed by the Chair, to announce to the other j Democratic Convention sitting at Corinthian ‘ Hall, that this Convention is organized, and | in pursuance of a recommendation of the Na i tionul Democratic Convention, instructions of ; i ouv constituents, and in obedience to the spoil- ; taueous dictates of our own hearts, we are now j ready to unite in one body for the purpose of j consolidating the Democratic party in one sin- - gle organization, and nominating one electoral J and State ticket, so that, harmonized in prin ! ciplc and action, and reanimating our friends j j in other States by the spectacle of our broth erhood, and pledge of our success, we may march together to a victory, which shall save the Republic in the crisis that threatens it, and perpetuate the Union of the States by the \ Union of the Democracy, and that wo invite j j them to designate the time and place of such ! I meeting. L. B. Shepard, of New York, said, that ns the resolution so evidently gives words to the sen timents of the Convention, he felt it unneces sary to make any remarks upon it, and wished to second it. The resolution was adopted, and the Chair appointed the following Committee: It. F. Angell, L. iff Shepard, W. C. Crane, *S. B. Jewett, S. D. Fairchild. In the Hard Convention, Judge Beardsley offered the following resolutions : Whereas, The consolidation of the Democra cy of the State of New York upon the platform adopted at Cincinnati, and to favor the elec tion of Buchanan and Breckenridge is essen tial to success; and whereas, the principles avowed by the two sections of the Democracy of New York are in accordance with those of the National platform, therefore Resolved, That this Convention now pro pose to the Market Hall Convention an imme diate union of the two Conventions into one body, for the purpose of nominating a single State electoral ticket, and merging the two ex isting organizations. Resolved, That a committee of one from each Judicial District be appointed to commu nicate these resolutions to tho Market Hall Convention, and arrange the time anyplace for a joint meeting, and agree upon the per manent organization of the United Conven tions. The resolutions were received with loud cheers, and unanimously adopted. The Delegates of the Soft Conventiou then came into the hall of the Hards, and the Con vention was organized anew by the appoint mant of the following officers : For President.— The Hon. W. C. Crane of Herkimer. For Vice President. —P. B. Sweeny, of New York, A. B. Conger, of Rockland, E. iloes, of Columbia, L. Stetson, of Clinton, D. Moul ton, of Oneida, O. Crocker, of Broome, T. M. Howell, of Ontario, and J. Granson, of Eric. For Secretaries. —YV. YV. Sanger, of New Y ork, YY r . M. Tweed, of New York, R. P. Tur ner, of Livingston, and YV. E. Bryan, of Gene see. After the appointment of a committee to draft resolutions expressive of the sense of the United Democracy of New York, and to select an Electoral ticket, the convention went into the nomination of a candidate for Governor, which resulted in the choice on the 4th ballot, of the Hon. A. J. Parker. The Convention gave three cheers for the nominees, and adjourned over to the next day, when they were to receive the reports of the committees on resolutions and electors. SECOND DAY. The Convention re-assembled pursuant to adjournment, and proceeded to complete the nominations. Judge Vanderbilt was nomina ted for Lieutenant Governor, by acclamation, and J. L. Russell, on the second ballot for Ca nal Commissioner. After some other aud minor nominations the following Presidential Electoral ticket was presented to tho conven tion and nominated by acclamation : Pist. Dist. 1. IV. Sidney Smith. 2. John Kicc. 3. p. O. Maloney. 4. Henry H. Howard, a. M I’. McCormick 0. Jolni Cochrane, Ch in n, 7. Richardson 8. \V. W. Laugh. ‘J. Cioverneur Kemble. 10. Sam Fowler. 11. D. li. Olney. 12. 11. Hogaboom. Id. J. 1,. Holmes. 14. Peter Oagger. Id. J. Thompson. IC. P. P. Ellsworth 17. J. Tillinghast. 18. J. Speaker. 10. It. A. Leslie. 20. S. Vandeusen. 21. Edward Tompkins 22. D. P. Brewster. 2d, Alfred Fox. 24. T. G. Alvoord. 25. Pomeroy lucher. 2ti. T. M. Howell, 27. It. I>. Barto. dr. 28. IV.C. Rhodes. 20. O. ltice. do. Dean Richmond. 31. E. Williams, dr. 32. dolm Ganson. 33. T. A. Osborne. The greatest harmony characterized the pro ceedings of the Convention throughout, and should nothing transpire to mar that harmo ny, there is a prospect of their carrying tho State. That Luoky Typo. YVm. Howes, a journeyman printer in Mont gomery, Ala., recently came into possession of 4! 75,000. The fattest take he ever had. The above item has gone the rounds of the press lately. The Montgomery Journal spoils the pleasing picture, in tho following comment: “After dilligent inquiry wo can hear of no such printer in this city. Our prin ters are all poor, as they are everywhere else. It is difficulty to imagine how such an item could get started, without any apparent foun dation.'’ —— Haunch of tho Light Water. Anew light draught Steam Boat, built by, and at the Ship Yard of, Mr. S. M. Papot, at Savannah, and intended for the freighting bus- | iucss of the Alapalm and Ocmulgee rivers, was launched on Saturday. ♦ The City Sexton of Augusta, reports thirty seven’ interments in that city, from the first day of July to the first day of August. Os this number eleven died out of the city, and were brought in for burial. Os the whole number 27 were whites—ten, black and color ed. The Batavia (N. Y.) Times announces tho death of Jemmy Johnson, head and chief warri or of the Tonawandas, and who was the succes sor of the celebrated orator Red Jacket. Ho had reached a very advanced age, and was oue of the best known and most esteemed of j his tribe. Congressional. YVashington, July 29.—Tho Senate refused, by a vote of 44 against 23, to order the en grossment of tho hill appropriating $75,000 to test the practicability and usefulness ol Rich ardson's Atmospheric Telegraph.. The House proceeded to act on die various | amendments? reported from tho Committee or the YVholajto the Army Appropriation bid. Mr. Barbour’s amendment to the clause ap- ‘ preprinting $.3,275,000 for the pay of the army ; by adding a disapproval of the code ot the al leged law's of Kansas in the manner in which they are enforced, expressly declaring until j they shall be confirmed by Congress no part of the Federal military forces shall he employed j for their enforcement, etc., and the amend ment to this amendmen tdeclaring the laws of Kansas null nnd void, were read find rejected —by yeas, 88; nays, 89. . The House concurred in Mr. HliermanT- j amendment offered yesterday—by yeas, 91; nays, bn. The biii was then ordered to ho engrossed by 93 against 30. Before the vote was announced, Mr. Camp bell, of Ohio, said, having been assured by Mr. YYashburne, of Maine, that the Senate would amend the bill by taking out tho obnox ious feature, lie would record his name in the affirmative. He should feel constrained to I separate from those with whom he usually acted in the vote on the amendment of Mr. Barbour and Mr. Sherman, with refer ence to Kansas, as they were introduced in vi olation of the rules arid usages of the House. It was the duty of the Committee ou the Judi ciary of Territories at an early period of the session to have introduced a measure propos ing a proper remedy for the difficulties in Kan sas. Now seventeen thousand men were em ployed in defence of the Pacific coast, meeting danger in every form, yet gentlemen proposed substantially to withhold supplies from the atm}', because in 1851 a legislative mistake was made. Why was not such a proviso as that on which the House wns now about to vote at tached to the deficiency bill, which contained an appropriation for the supplies of members ? Why had this matter been postponed till the end of the session ? lie wished it to be dis tinctly understood that he would go ns far as those that would go farthest for fair and legi timate legislation relative to Kansas, but he would not consent to the accomplishment of the object in the indirect manner proposed. Mr. Giddings explained why he did not. move a similar restriction in the deficiency bill, saying it would not have been germane to at tach it to a measure providing for the pay of Congress; but the House was now providing for the support of the army, which the Presi dent was using to overthrow the Constitution. The amendment which Mr. Campbell complain ed of was to preserve the Constitution and the rights of the people against Executive usurpation. YVould his coleague aid the Pre sident to overthrow the liberties of his coun try ? A voice. Good hit. Mr. Campbell replied that Mr. Giddings knew well that appropriations for the army were in the {deficiency bill. He (Campbell) un derstood that some similar provisions were to be attached to other appropriation bills, the effect of which would be to defeat them. He was unwilling to take the responsibility of withholding supplies from the various branches of the public service until the House shall have done its duty in sending to the Senate some bill by which all the troubles in Kansas may be settled. He would favor it upon it3 own merits. If the Senate, in defiance of tne pub lic will, should refuse acquiescence, then he would favor withholuing appropriations ns a last resort. Mr. Giddidgs aga n wanted to explain. Mr. Davidson objected. Mr. Giddings—l wish to know whether tho gentleman from Louisiana (Davidson) lias tak en the guardianship of my colleague. Mr. Campbell—l can inform my colleague ; no man has the guardianship of me. Mr. Giddings—l want my colleague to un derstand that he proposed to yield the iloor like a gentleman, but the gentleman from Lou isiana (Davidson) undertook to control my col league. Mr. Campbell expressed his belief that the laws of Kansas was founded in fraud, and said if the Committtce on the Judiciary bring in a bill to repeal them, he would vote for it, and for the repeal of the Nebraska Kansas act, and for organizing anew, restoring the Missouri Compromise. But because°a political party had done great wrong, and the Executive ex ercises liis functions corruptly, in a spirit of usurpation, he should not- embarrass general appropriation bills. Mr. YYashburne said his faith w as in a Com mittee of Conference rather than in the Sen ate. The bill then passed bv a vote of 89 against 80. On motion of Mr. Dunn tho House recon sidered the vote by which was referred to the Committee of the YY’hole on the state of the Union, the bill to amend certain acts of the Legislative Assembly of Kansas, and secure to the citizens of that Territory their rights and privileges. Mr. Dunn submitted a substitute, re-organ izing Kansas, and providing the usual Terri torial machinery. Provision is made for the freedom of speech aud tho press. Test oaths of whatever kind are prohibited, and civil or unusual punishment are not to be allowed ; all criminal prosecutions now pending in any of the Courts of Kansas, imputing to any per son the crime of treason, and all criminal pros ecutions for alleged violation or disregard, whatever, of what are usually known as the laws of the Legislature of Kansas, shall forth with be dismissed, and every person thus re strained of his liberty released. The bill also restores the Missouri restric tion—provides for the encouragement of set tlement aud education—and repeals all parts of the Knnsas-Nebraska and other acts in con flict with this bill. Mr. Sneed moved that the hill be laid <>n the table. Motion lost by 77 against 93. Mr. Dunn’s substitute wns agreed to, and the hill thus amended passed by a votft of 88 against 74. July 31.—The Senate passed n bill amenda tory of a bill for defrnoing the expenses incur red by Indian hostilities in California. Also passed 18 YVestem and Northern river harbor bills. Mr. Geary, of Penn., whs confirmed as Governor of Kansas. In the House the Kansas election cu-e win- I taken up. Mr. YVnshburne, of Maine, admit- I miited that- neither YVhitlield nor Reeder wns legally elected, hut, as the latter received more votes than the former, he urged the | House to admit him instead of Whitfield. Mr. Smith, of Term., enquired if might or right was to prevail in this case. Mr. YVnshburne said the House was coiupo- ! tent to admit either. Mr. Stephens replied, deprocruting the i course of that party who could thus trample I on the rights of the people guaranteed by the ! Constitution, ns in the case of Sherman’s j amendment to the army bill, restricting tlie people from bearing arms in self-defence. Mr. Sherman replied to Oliver’s minority j report, and endeavored to maintain the truth ; of the statements of the majority report. Mr. Savage declared that the whole trans action was an assault On justice and truth. He said instead of facts, the majority repoit was composed of the grossest misrepresenta tions and falsehoods', not to say perjury. - They were entitled to no credit whenever. The’ statements were ns base and fictitious as any ever uttered by Munchausen, lie con tinued denouncing Aid Societies, their suppor ters and abettors. | Mr. ((liver followed defending the minority j report. lie said the House would be lost to nil justice find decency, to admit Reeder. The , clerk commenced to read a statement from Reeder, who is now sick at Philadelphia, but before concluding, the House adjourned. —_ ——■ Letter from Mr. Toombs. We find the following letter from Mr. Toombs, published iu tho New Y ork Herald, in company with a letter Iroin Athens, Ga. Washington, D. C. July 8, 1850. Dear Sir : 1 received your letter on the Ist inst., together with its enclosures. Your let ter to the London Times has become unneces sary, as you will perceive loom the present state of the questions discussed, and, besides, if is altogetner too complimentary to me, lor | me to lmve any agency in sending it. As 1 . supposed, when 1 wrote you, public opinion in England is right in regard to our difficulties, and has made itself felt in Parliament, and j oven tlie great Thunderer, (the Times) feels and bows to it. Our danger is not from abroad, it is at home. The election of Fremont would be the end of the Union, and ought to he. The object of Fremont’s friends is the conquest ot the South. lam content that they shall own us when they conquer us, but not before. Respectfully yours, R. Toojibs. Btorms and Tornados. Washington, Wednesday, July 30, 185(5. A terrific thunder storm raged here for an hour this evening. The only damage as yet known is tho striking of the Engine House of the Baltimore and Washington Railroad Com pany, the frame projection of which was entire ly burnt. Baltimore, Wednesday, July 80, 1850. The storm has also been very severe here, but we hear of uo damage. Providence, Wednesday, July 30, 1850. A letter from Green Island, Straits of Belle Isle, dated July 7, speaks of a terrific storm which occurred there July 1, during which at that place twenty-nine vessels went ashore, and three vessels off Dog Island were lost with all on board. Only tw r oof the ves sels that went ashore are named —the brig Samuel Cook and the Schooner Sarah Louisa. Three hundred and fifty-four men were living in tents on Green Island. Only one vessel there hud ridden out the gale in safety. Carlisle, Pa., Wednesday, July 30,1850. Avery heavy rain and thunder storm occur red here last night. Five barns and one dwel ling were destroyed by lightning. The barns were filled with the entire crops. The losses are heavy. Other losses are reported in the county. Cincinnati, Wednesday, July 30, 1856. Almost a tornado occurred here yesterday afternoon. Rain fell in torrents. Trees were uprooted, and awnings demolished. On Third street some buildings were blown down; killing one man, and wounding five or six others. We find the following in the Selma Sentinel: Knowing that so celebrated a wit, and humor ist as Jonce, always appreciates and enjoys a good thing, even at his individual expense, we give the following from an exchange, to make sure it will meet the eye of our contemporary. “A. S. S.—The Montgomery Mail proposes that Buchanan men be branded on the flank S. S. for sqattcr sovereignty. A correspond ent suggest that tiie editor of that paper be branded A. S. 8., for anti-squatter sovereign ty in particular, as well as his merits in gene ral.” ♦- Satisfied, at Last. A committee of ladies in Syracuse, New York, actuated by the kindest feelings, lately visited the woman who calls herself Albert Guelph, and who married a Miss Lewis of the city, and satisfied themselves that the pre tended husband is a woman. The visit was for the purpose of convincing Miss Lewis that her supposed husband was a female. The health, happiness and future usefulness of this young lady depended on her being undeceived; for not withstanding all that had been said she still clung to her with nil the devotedness of a true wife and never until this visit has she been sat isfied of the deception practised upon. She then, in the presence of all, declared herself to be perfectly convinced, and renounced her, pretended husband forever. [Chicago Times. The Calliope. The Calliope or steam whistle was attached to the Canonicus, and created quite an agree able excitement as the steamer passed down the bay and back, awakening the echoes of “Old Dan Tucker,” “Pop goes the YVeasel,” &c. Steam whistle gives no idea of this in strument, which is a whole steam orchestra. This Calliope consists of a series of pipes of different sizes, through which the steam is pas sed ; these are connected by wires to a table, upon which is a series of keys, like the keys of a piano forte ; by touching a key the cor responding valve is opened and the required note produced. We suppose there is hardly any limit to tho volume of sound that, can he produced. ♦- General Goicouria, Walker’s new Minister to England and France, has arrived at YVashing ton. He brings important news from Nicaragua to our Government. He was to cull on Secre tary Marcy, post him up in regard to affairs in Central America, and then leave YVashington for New York, from thence to England by the first steamer, so as to be there at the final settlement of the Central American cmbroglio. Col. Brooks’ Election. We observe in the YVashington Star a state ment that Col. Brooks had six votes against him; this is a mistake. A single vote in New berry was blank, nnd is supposed to have been given by u fifth cousin of a friend of Sumner’s. Columbia S. Carolinian. —~ ~ ♦ Tho Houston (Texas) Telegraph, of tho 20th ult. says: During the ia a t week we have observed a ■‘-light increase in the number of waggon arri vals, and somewhat more activity in our mar ket. There is, though, litle business yet, us the old crop has pretty well nil got in, and the picking season of the new is just beginning. An Austrian political economist lias calcu lated that with the annual money paid in sala ries to the prima donna of Vienna, “a hundred square miles of marsh land might tie turned in to fruitful corn fields.” The Post Office nnd Quarter Master’s Store, with their contents, at Indian river, Florida, are said to have been consumed by fire on the 17 th | ult. Origin of the fire unknown. GENERAL ITEMS. In the tow’n of Liberty, in Texas, a fine 0 f i 525 is imposed upon every man who utter an oath in the presence of a woman. It is stated that Judge YVartroUS, of the l S. District Court for Texas, is to be impeach. s ed. Elijah Fillmore, Esq., an uncle of the Ex. .1 President, died at his residence in lieaiiiugton * a tew days since. Saratoga is about lull, it wns estimated J on Monday tliatthe number of strangers iu tL, f village was 10,000, yet the hotels and boarding ! houses manage to make all comfortable. The celebrated landscape painter, Thom:,- \ Doughty, died on Wednesday week in New Y ork, of disease of the brain. He wns in great i pecuniary distress. Tho quarterly conference of the Camille ] Circuit (Georgia Conference) on the 12th July f! passed a resolution declaring that the lottery 1 system is immoral and irreligious, and contra. I ry to the spirit and intent of the Methodi-t 1 discipline. Berlin letters say that the Queen of England 1 is decidedly expected to visit that city in Sej. ’ tember next, on the occasion of the niarriagi of the Princess Louise, of Prussia, with the 1 Prince Regent of Baden, but nothing has been 9 officially settled on the subject. “ Two years ago,” writes the Paris corm I pondent of Le Nord, “there died at Versailles- 1 incomplete obscurity, a personage who has , fi name in history—Count do Bombelles, who ‘ after Napoleon 1 and the Count de Nieppen I was the third husband of Marie Louise.” An altercation occurred at church on Sun day week, in the county of Franklin, Va., be- 3 tween Mr. YVm. Keen Edwards and Dr. Clem ents, in which the former wns dangerously if j not fatally stabbed, and the latter severely beaten with a stick. It is stated that the last California steamer 1 did not, as some expected she would, bring the money to pay the interest due on the Cali fornia State debt. The interest is overdue one month, and fears are entertained tliatthe State : creditors will have to wait many months lon ger for their money. John Hall, of Kendall’s Mills, Me., one day j last week, was carried over Ticonic Falls on a jam of logs, having for his company some three I hundred logs, tossing and pitching in every I direction. He was taken out below the lower bridge, with only a few scratches on his body His chance for life was not one in a thousand YVm. Mills, Esq., the author of a recent En glish treatise on horse shoeing, puts a gutta percha protection across the sole of the foot, and secures the shoe on the fore feet by only three nails in each. He has followed the prac tico with six horses for seven years, and con siders a larger number as very bungling. The New York Times states that the com missioners appointed to select a site for a post office in that city—the President, the Post master General, nnd the Secretary of the Inte rior—have pretty much agreed upon St. John’s Park, for which they have offered $850,000, while $1,000,000 is asked. R. R. Coz, London, has obtained a patent for fuel made of equal parts of coal dust, spent tan bark, cow manure, and four per cent, of gas coal tar. These ingredients are mixed to gether, moulded into blocks, and dried, when it is ready for use. This artificial fuel will burn very well, but its cost cannot be much less than that of common coal. The editor of the New York Pathfinder, who was formerly a spiritualist, says: “We know one individual in this city who has spent up wards of twenty five thousand dollars in pro mulgating spiritualism within the last two years, and probably will spend twenty five thousand more before he discovers the old ad age that a loci and his money are soon parted Mr. Barnes, an overland emigrant to Cali fornia, had to winter among the Mormons, wli levied a tax of twenty two per cent, on all hi effects! One per cent, was a county and ten! toiial tax, one per cent, a school tax, and twei ty per cent, a “fort, or city wall” tax, a wot! now in progress by the people of Brighin City. A young man named Chauncy H. Wells, re siding in Northampton, Mass., has been shot twice and poisoned once within the last eight months. The supposed assassin was a forme; suitor ot Mrs. Wells, who takes this erratic method of manifesting the “love he bore for her.” J he criminal court of Breslau has condemn ed a lady of rank, the Baroness Von Z., (daugh ter of a Major General,) to six years’ solitary confinement, besides a fine of one thousac dollars and prohibition of connubial rights dur ing that period. The charges brought again?’ her were swindling and forgery of documents Robberies are numerous at Cape May this year. Tn addition to several already stated we learn that Monday, Mr. Jones’ room at the Mansion House was entered while he was bath ing, and his trunk broken open and robbed el a gold watch, chain, studs, and two hundred and fifty dollars. Iroin all parts of New Brunswick, we have the most flattering accounts of the variou growing crops. Hay is most abundant. P tatoes look excellent, and every other descrip tion of farm produce is the same. In Nova Scotia the farmers are reveling in plenty, the prospect of crops promising an abundant siff> ply. Brother Grant, one of the many wived elder ol Utah, in a discourse on a Sunday’ morning, thus gave his experience of the peculiar insti tution of the Salt Lake Saints: “You canm , alter it: you cannot revoke this eternal la” ! If a man has fifty wives, and the fiftieth is tb ! best, does the most good, she will get the I greatest reward, in spite of all the grunting I on tho part of the first ones.” G. Gillen, of London, has taken outa paten 1 i for making globes and shades composed ol - prisms of glass. They are strung together ! and made toassunietheproperform on a frame ! By varying the shape of these prisms, very beautiful and novel effects are produced. Anew method of laying down the T. rail- I by which it answers the purpose of the endle-- rail, has been invented. Tho ends are match ed or morticed, forming a compound joint, so that they slide into one another, forming a lock or brace, and making it equally as firm as any other part of the rail, nnd entirely preventing 1 the ends from settling, which causes such o noise or chucking on tho cars. It has been tested and is said to work well. Mr. Hilliari formerly a rail road man, is the inventor. The Abington (Mass.) Standard tells tho following: “The Rev. Mr G., a clergyman of a neighboring town, being recently absen from home on business, his little sou. a youth of four years, calmly folded his hands ami asked the blessing usually pronounced by bb father at their morning meal. At noon, be ins asked to pronounce the blessing, h*’ replied with a grave face, ‘No, I don’t like I the looks of them taters.’ ”