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COLUMBUS: Friday Morning* Spl* HO* Ik* ft - LAROKBT CITY CIRC CITATION. Fine Sculpture. We dropped in at the Marble Yard of Mr. Henry McCauley, on the corner of Oglethorpe and Randolph streets yesterday morning, and were pleased to witness the progress making in the art of Sculpture, in our city. We were particularly struck with u monument gotten up for Talbotton, to the memory of Milo 8. Mathews. The design is handsome, and the mechanical execution excels anything of the kind we have ever seen. The imitation of fine embroidery, from which the lettering pro jects, is perfect. •-- ♦ * The Lumpkin (Ga.) Plaindealer, has dolled its neutrality, and hoisted the names of Fill more and Donelson. Tae National Intelligencer, since the ad journment of tlie late Baltimore Whig Conven tion, has taken position for Fillmore and Don elson. The British Mail Steamer Tay. We published a day or two ago, a dispatch, founded on news brought by the brig Union, stating tliat this vessel had been lost near ho bos Island, which appears, from the following extract from a Havana letter to the New Or leans Picayune, to be incorrect. The wri*cr says: “The British steamship Tay, for thesafety of which serious apprehensions had been enter tained, was reported to Vie safely anchored at the bar of Tampico on the sth inst. This news was brought to Havana by the Knglish war screw steamer Tartar.’* We hope this intelligence may prove true, but the news by the Union is of latest date, and we fear is more correct. Brunswick, Georgia. We learn from the Herald, that the Town Council of Brunswick have adopted an ordi nance requiring the Mayor to procure an ac curate survey of the original Town Commons of Brunswick, and also of the several tracts of the same sold agreeably to the Acts of the Legislature in the years 17i)7 and 1835, and also of the present Town Commons, and to have a portion of tlie same laid off into Lots corresponding in size with those in the old Town of Brunswick, and to execute leases for a term of thirty years to all persons wish ing to occupy the same. We copy two sec tions of the Ordinance: Sko. 5. And be it further ordained, That the Mayor is hereby authorized to execute leases for a term of thirty years to all persons wish ing to occupy one or more of said lots, at an nual rent of ten dollars for each corner lot, and seven dollars for eaeli other lot, to be paid semi-annmilly in advance, and lenses to be attested by tbe Clerk and Treasurer of the city. Heo. 6. And be it further ordained. That the said leases shall be renewed to holders there of at the expiration of the thirty years for a reasonable annual rent (exclusive of the value of the improvements) to be determined by three assesssors appointed for that purpose by the Judge of the Superior Court of the Bruns wick circuit. Old Jack Frost. The Montgomery Advertiser says this hoary headed old gentleman, the precursor of genial tire-sides, buoyant spirits and lively times, made his appearance on Tuesday, and dispel led whatever anxiety may have existed in re gard to another visit of yellow fever. He is rather in advance of his time, yet we were glad to greet, him, unprepared as we were in many respects for his advent. Old wardrobes were yesterday morning dusted and brought hi to requisition. * Important Invention. The Scientific American has a description ot a locomotive to burn coal and produce a perfect combustion—no smoke nor sparks— and effecting a great saving in the expense for fuel. It states: The boiler is placed in a frame in the usual manner; the furnace has a grate 4 feet (J inches by .'1 feet, and is enlarged at the top, and extends over the whole length of a series <>f vertical tubes, (horizontal tubing is enr ployed on all common locomotives) which oc cupies a space between the forward drivers and the truck. This tubing forms the bottom portion of a descending flue of a large area, which is continued from the bottom of this part of the boiler to the smoko arch in front. It also forms a low box entirely underneath Ihe common boiler proper, and serves ns a counter balance to the boiler and machinery above, and gives great stability to the engine while running. The ends ot the tubes are also placed where they do not come in con tact with the intense heal of the fire box. lly this niiangeniem oi the furnace and tub iug, a large combustion chamber is provided at the top of the tire box, which is supplied with a jet of warm atmospheric air pipe run ning from the outside of tlie smoke arch backwards, and distributing the air among the hot gasses from the furnace. This jet of warm fresh air checks the too rapid escape of unconsumed gasses, (smoke) and supplies them with oxygem. and they ignite, produc ing a perfect combustion. This arrangement embraces the philosophic principle of con suming smoke. The Providence and Worces ter Railroad Company uses an engine of this kind, and reports a saving of two-thirds of the expense it was previously at for fuel substituting coal for wood. Alexander O. Morton. Ihe question has been asked iu frequently or late, what has become of Sandy Morton. We find the following account of him in a late number of the Now York Daily News : Thk Hon. Alex. C. Morton.— We are re quested by Judge Morton to state, in answer to tlia many invitations from our own and neighboring States for him to address Demo cratic meetings, that ho has already made en gagements which will occupy all his leisure tune until after the 14th of October, and that his movements on the stump from that period, t o the day of election, will bo controlled by the Stute Central Committee. The grand jury of Shinnston, Virginia, re cently found a uue bill against the postmas ter of that village, for circulating and deliver ing to subscribers copies of the New York Tri bune, an affidavit having been previously made • v a Mr - George Slocum, that the journal in question was an abolition document. T K I^EGrR-A-I^JtUO. THREE DAYS LATER FROM EUROPE. ARRIVAL OP THE CANADA. +- - Expressly lor the Daily Sun. New Youk, Sept. 114—10} i>. w. The British Royal Mail Steamship Canada has arrived at Halifax with advices from Liv erpool to the 13th inst., being three days later than the Indian. The cotton market opened active in the be ginning of the week and closed quiet on Sat urday without any change in prices. Sales of the week 50,000 bales, ol’ which speculators took 7,500 and exporters 0,500. Trade in Manchester reported quiet. The Money market had become more strin gent, and Consols declined to 03} to 93J. From New York. New Y'oue, Sept. 24. The cotton market was buoyant to-day and prices better. Middling Orleans 12}, Fair Uplands 13c. From New Orleans. New Orleans, Bcpt. 24. The staple is coming in freely. The market to-duy was active but steady, and 5300 bales, changed hands without any quotable change in prices. Corn—white 05c., yellow 750. Mess Pork s2l per barrel. Lard dull and price unchang ed. Freights—Cotton to Liverpool fifteen thirty seconds. New Orleans, Sept. 25. There was a brisk demand and an excited market to-day and 9,000 bales changed hands at an advance of |c. to |c. Middling 11.1 to Ho nour has declined one shilling. Corn is tending downward. Freights—Cotton to Liverpool half penny. *. Correspondence of the Daily Sun. More Fires near Glennville—The Magnet ic Telegraph—-Weather, &c. Glennville, Ala., Fept. 24, 1856. Eduor Sun : An incident which occurred this morning just before day, illustrates the old proverb that “misfortunes never come singly,” and throws a ray of light upon the origin of the late fire in this place. Mr. Din kins, late proprietor of the Mansion House hotel, has a farm about six miles frqm Glenn ville, on which is a plain dwelling house, and several out-buildings. One of these, built for the use of his children, and another used as a kitchen, were destroyed by fire this morning. The former building contained a quantity of bagging and rope, which was consumed : and it was with much difficulty that the dwelling was saved. An overseer from an adjoining plantation, whoarrived early upon the ground, expresses his opinion, as I am informed, that the tire must have been of incendiary origin, and thinks it was put into the houses at the door. Suspicion attaches to some negroes, but, as nothing is yet positively known, and no examination has been had, 1 forbear fur ther comment for the present. Many of the boarders at the Hotel have suf fered severely. Mr. Knight, engaged in put ting up the telegraph wires between your city and Apalachicola, was stopping at the Hotel, and lost his watch valued at $175, together with some clothing. Dr. Wellborn lost, some valuable books, and the entire wardrobe of himself and lady; also some paintings, his notes and accounts. Other boarders lost their entire wardrobes, books, &o. During the tire a cannister of gun-powder and a couple of re volvers were heard to explode, but Ido not know to whom they belonged. Mr. Dinkins took to the forest on the morning after the fire, having with him several hands, and they have gone to work getting out the timber for anew building, lie is a man of great indus try and energy, and will, 1 have no doubt, soon re-establish himself, with the assistance of a generous and public-spirited community. The posts for the Telegraph from Columbus to Apalachicola, via this place, and Eufaula, are being distributed along the main street bore, and 1 presume the wires will he along in a day or two. I have not learned whether or not there will be an office in Glennville. The weather was cold enough this morning lor frost, but owing to the excessive dryness 1 have heard of none on highlands. Possibly and probably, there was slight frost iu the low grounds. I notice many cotton wagons going through to Silver Run. The high prices quoted in the Sun are causing the farmers in this *■■■ tion to hurry off their crops as fast as possi ble. Comparison of the rates paid in Colum bus with those of other markets, result very favorably indeed to your market; and ldo not believe it any exaggeration to say that your buyers otter better inducements to planters than those of any other inland city in the South. How do you manage it ? It is the unanimous opinion of planters in this section, that the cotton crop of this region will fall short of the usual average, fully one half. As it is the first seriously short crop for ten years, they take it resignedly, and without grumbling. Truly, yours, T. \V. L. P. S. Since writing the above, a gentleman residing a short distance from town and not immediately on the “Ridge,” tells me he saw plenty of frost this morning; and in riding over his place to-day, saw the effects of it very plainly on the cotton leaves and potato vines, both of which were considerably “sing ed.” I anticipate, however, two or three weeks of warm weather, before tho first “big” frost—the frost proper. At this writing, (Tuesday r. .v.) the weather has greatly mod erated and Is not cold enough for frost to-mor row. _ T. W. L. The Greenville (S. 0.) Enterprise, announ ces the death by poison of Mrs. Baldwin, wife of Berry Baldwin, of that district. A negro woman, belonging to Mr. Baldwin bad been accused by Mrs. Baldwin of murdering her child, aud it is thought that, in order to pre vent detection, she. or sonic one else, conceiv ed the plan of causing her death. He view of the Cotton Trade. The New York Shipping List, the standard authority iu commercial matters, in its issue of Sept, lti, has t lie following remarks upon the business ol’ the year just closed: It lias been our practice hitherto, iu pre senting our Annual Statement of the Cotton Crop, to limit our remarks to mere marginal notes of explanation, but the increasing mag nitude of this important branch of our na tional commerce—for such it now deserves to be entitled —would seem to call for more ex tended remark upon the more prominent fea tures of the trade during the fiscal year just closed, based upon such accurate aud authen tic data as we are able to command. The year has been one of unqualified prosperity for all engaged in the business, and notwith standing the heavy yield, planters have been enabled to obtain uniformly high prices. The trade of this port has apparently fallen off, a circumstance which discovers a satisfac tory explanation in the large increase of transitu business between the principal South ern ports and the markets of Europe. These operations are mainly under the control of parties in this City, acting in the capacity of speculators, brokers, agents for Foreign spin ners, &c. It has frequently happened that, when the stock here was reduced to a com paratively low figure, parties who operate in transitu Cotton was purchasing from twenty to thirty thousand bales per week, and not unfrequently turning the staple over two or three times in the period which used to suf fice, under the old system, of making but one fair profit out of it. The theory of certain parties, based upon an incorrect estimate of things as they are, favors the impression that the Cotton trade of New York is on the wane, but like all other theories, resting only upon the basis of the imagination, it fades away before the recital of the hard facts that stare it in Hie face. New York being the centre of the world’s trade on this Continent—the grand focus for all the latest intelligence from the old World, and all sections of the new, the rendezvous of nearly all the most important lines of ocean steamers, the entrepot of more than five eighths of the entire foreign commerce of the country, the readiest medium, financially and every other way, between the producer and consumer, the planter and agriculturist here, and the factor and manufacturer there New York being sill this and much more besides, we repeat, it must continue to control the cotton trade of the country for a century* to come. But it is sometimes inferred that the American cotton trade at large is destined to an eventual -decline, in consequence of the constant endeavors of Great Britain to seek new fields for its cultivation by means of what is called free labor, near the pyramids of Egypt, and among the sickly malarias of the East Indies. These experiments, we think, have been sufficiently tested to justify the con clusion, that the cotton planter of the United States lias nothing to apprehend, for at least a generation to come, from any competition from these sources, liven did the endeavor to cultivate the plant iu the Indies succeed to any considerable extent, it must be conceded that the remoteness of the producer from the manufacturer, must always give us such an advantage, as regards low freights and expe ditious transit, as would vender the Colonial speculation comparatively profitless. There are many other considerations and arguments which might be adduced to substantiate this conclusion, but these, we take it for granted, are not required, to allay any serious appre hensions of domestic ruin from this species of foreign competition. Contrasted with the preceding season, the year just closed, as wc have already observed, may be considered one upon which the trade may well be congratulated. The monetary panics, the droughts, and the ravages of a deadly pestilence, in some of the Southern seaports, the periodical embarrassments con sequent upon the changing fortunes of the European war, all contributed to render the Spring and Summer of 1855, memorable for the drawbacks and discouragements, not only to the cotton interest, but to the general trade. Far different are the characteristics of the twelve months under review. With nothin* to complain of in respect to the Crop itself, the interior streams, during (lie whole sea son, have enabled the planter to forward with promptitude, to the now ready and remunera tive markets abroad. Many of the New Or leans and Mobile houses, which had been compelled to stop payments, improved tho ear liest opportunity of returning prosperity to redeem their acceptances, and in many in stances, with interest in full, thus re-estab lishing, on an honorable basis, credits which the unanticipated misfortunes of the year be fore had, perhaps, temporarily impaired. The crop of 1855-56, if will be seen by the accompanying figures, was 3,527,845 bales, which has been so liberally disposed of, that the supplies on hand, on both sides of the Atlantic, are down to a figure which encour ages the expectation that quite as much, in the aggregate, will be required for actual con sumption, at home and abroad, in the course of the year on which we have just entered. Thus much by way of retrospect. !o revert to details ; our market opened steady in September, 1855, with a fair busi ness, but during the remainder of that month and throughout October, under <!:■■- inline? of adverse accounts from Europe, and heavy receipts at tli South, a gradual decline en sued, prices having ‘ lien upwards of one cent on nearly all grades during that pew-. 1. About the beginning of November, we receiv ed advices of a heavy fiv-u in some of the growing regions, which, in connection with the paucity of our stock, caused a reactiona ry movement; blit the response from Liver pool to our frost accounts not proving as fa vorable as we expected, the market again took a downward turn, and prices gradually rece ded for several weeks, when intelligence ar rived of the acceptance by Russia of the pro position of the Allies as the basis for peace. Under the influouee of this welcome news, \ greater animation was manifested in the mar- ■ kot and prices were once more in the ascend- - ant. This feeling coutinim.l for several weeks —the market being supported, mainly by i speculative shippers—-when prices took an other turn, and the improvement obtained on the strength of the peace propositions was quite lost. Subsequently, during a period of many weeks, which brings us down to the last of April, the market was very strong, and a rise of fully one cent was realized. Our do mestic spinners were, during nearly the whole of this period, the most heavy operators, tak ing on an average 12 or 15,000 bales per week. Early in May, a complete chuime seems to have tnken place in the minds of our leading exporters. Larger holders, who had been sanguine of such an advance in Liver pool as would enable them to recover their investments in the staple, were disappointed, the market again becoming dull and drooping. The depression was not of long duration! however, lor the reduced supply not onlv here, but iu every part of the United States, now began to attract attention, and holders became in lifferent about offering their sup- i plies: ias the high prices checked eon- j sumption, the market assumed an inactivity unusual for the season, which continued throughout duly and August, holders all tlie time maintaining an unrelenting firmness. The year closed with a reduced stock, both here and at the South, and tlie supply iu manufacture’ hands at the Eastward being al so limited, the inclination of prices was to a higher range. From th<‘ Savannah Journal. Kansas News—Gov. Geary. The first steps taken by Gov. Geary, howev er unsatisfactory they may be to the contend ing parties in Kansas, are well calculated to enlist in his behalf, the confidence of the country. He has disarmed the volunteers front Missouri on the one hand, and made Lawrence too hot for Lane on the other. So we infer from the fact that tlie latter lias ta ken up his line of march, with 150 of his banditti, in the direction of Nebraska. The new Governor is determined that Kansas shall no longer be the field of conflict between stran gers from the North and the South, who have repaired thither to ,vage civil war. The friends of peace, everywhere, should give him thanks. As regards contributions for the relief of settlers in the Territory from the South, there never was perhaps so much necessity for them as now. All the operations of industry have been for weeks suspended. Our friends have many of them been plundered and driven from their homes. The crops gathered are most sadly deficient—owning to necessary neglect of them. The result must be that many resi dents will have to return to their friends in the States, unless relieved by generous oiier ings from the South. Let not those offerings he withheld. The following are the latest newspaper ac counts that have reached ns ol the movements of Gov. Geary. From the St. Louis Republican, Sept. 14. The steamer Morning Star arrived yesterday from St. Joseph. Among the passengers wc notice the names of Maj. Deas and one or two other officers of the United States army. We learn from Kansas that Gov. Geary had entered upon the discharge of his official du ties. On Wednesday last, Sept. 10th, lie was to have issued his proclamation, at Lecompton declaring the territory in a state of insurrec tion. This would be followed, under the in structions of the President, with a demand upon Gen. Smith, in command of tlie depart ment, for a military force sufficient to repress all disorders and to disarm all armed bodies found in the territory. Gen. Smith, no doubt, at once proceeded to comply with this requisi tion—for his instructions authorized him so to do. The Missourians who may be in the territo ry will not resist the legal authority, and will retire. Lane’s ruffians, organized as the “Ar my of the North,” will be required to disband and disperse, and in their actual condition (almost in a state of starvation) they will he glad enough to do it. The lmrse thieves and plunderers of houses all over the territory will meet with no favor, and will seek safety in flight. In short, by the prompt action of Gov. Geary and Gen. Smith, we have every reason to expect that quiet and security will be secured to the territory during this week. Undoubtedly, if any of the parties now in arms in the territory attempt to resist the civil and military authorities in the measures now pro posed, it will be Gen. Smith’s duty to fire up on the insurgents. He has GOO or 700 men at his command—quite enough to put down any forces in the territory. Nothing but decisive action of this kind will be of any avail. Almost every man in the territory is armed for self-defence. Business is neglected, and it is only by tlie adoption of the most stringent measures, by the restora tion ot law and order, by the punishment of the numerous bands ot horse thieves, murder ers and plunderers, and this under the law, and by the dispersion of Lane’s Army of the North, that those objects can be accomplished. We hope soon to hear that this has been done. - Gallant Conduct. Apalachicola, Fla., Sept, 7, 1850. To the Editors of the JY. Y. Express . Our town was thrown into great excitement to-day by tlie arrival of two sailors from the wreck of the steamship Florida, lost in the harbor of St, Joseph, on the 31st ult., an nouncing the thrilling incidents of the disas ter, and the safety of one of our most estima ble citizens, Mrs. Simmons, with her two young children, who had taken passage from New Orleans to this place. The ship was blown ashore, with anchors down, under a Ijdl head of steam. Previous to her striking the shore, the sea stove in the upper cabin, when the lady with her children descended to the dining saloon, and begged all she saw to take one child, while she would endeavor to save the other. No one, however, gave her any assistance, until she saw a gentleman of the name of Winchester, and claimed his aid. He promptly told her that he would stand by her to the last, and most faithfully did lie re deem his pledge. He placed her with her children and servants in a state-room, and held the door to keep out the force of the ra ging sea. the door was, however, burst in, and the only chance left was to pass them out of the window on to the lee guard. After procuring a Spaniard aud a negro to receive the children, he got out the lady ancLservant .cel l.i dtod i!icm to tlie rail) After taking the children to a place ot safety on the upper deck, lie was uimlue to again reach the lady, and there she remained until daylight the ~’ “taking a complete breach over her during the long and dreadful .right. The drifting boards, &e., had bruised and discolored her body and race, and yet the heroic woman withstood the horrors of the dismal night, and although denuded of all her clothing but an under garment, was found by the gallant Col. Winchester alive, and informed of the safety of her children. Her husband has just re turned from St. Joseph, with all hands sale and sound, and the town is in a jubilant state at the preservation of one of our most inter ring Hd agreeable ladies—from a fate so awJul to contemplate. The gallant Colonel (who, by the by, has just been wrecked iu the recent gale at Last Island) is of course, a Lion, and is now being entertained by the gentleman whose wife and ell lit iron lie preserved. — A Funny Bet, but a Safe One. A friend of ours was an eye witness to rath er a singular bet, made in Nashville the other day. A noisy Know Nothing was bantering the company, desiring to ‘back his judgment’ by betting on Fillmore. For sometime, no one seemed disposed to “take him up.” or to notice him much in any other way. At last, a stanch old Democrat from Alabama, hauled out his pocket book, ami proposed to stake one hundred dollars, that lie could name one county in his State, that would give Buchanan a larger majority than any State in the Union would give to Fillmore. The bet was taken by tbe Fillmore man. and Jackson was the county named by the Alabamian. That coun ty will give about twenty-four hundred major ity tor the Democratie ticket, and if any State iu the Inion beats it for Fillmore, the Know Nothing wins.— Atlanta Intelligencer* GENERAL ITEMS. ** Sin” says Barrow “is never at a if we do not retreat from it, we shall further on we go, the more we have m 1 back.” 0 c % There were 115 deaths in New Orleans s ing the week ending tlie 14tli i Ust pF® were from yellow fever. ’ The Charleston Courier says: from all quarters concur generally i n izing the belief that the incoming crop o f. | ton will be considerably below a good Cv ’ age. Hon. Howell Cobb, of Georgia, addres j Democratic meeting at Kimberville, l> a Thursday. He has now five appointment j speak in different towns in Pennsylvania* j present month. We learn from the National Era, that : electoral ticket for the State of Marylandp i been agreed upon by the Fremont men in th! ! State, and will be published in a lew dav, * Punch says when a woman says of anot i ! woman, “ She has a good figure.” y ou ! be sure that she is freckled, or that she s, j or that she is marked with small pox. j> m ‘J j she simply says, “ she is a good soul,"’ may be morally certain that she is both , ‘ and ill made. Mrs. Fitzsiinons, O’Connell’s favorite an most accomplished daughter, has nearly cca pleted her long expected Life of her father! We notice the death of her husband, fi er ~ of tlie Hanaper in Ireland, announced as hav. ing taken place in July, in Italy. Paul Stillman, an employee in the New Ye Novelty- Works, died last Tuesday, from tl", effects of wearing tight boots. 11c had the on his feet only two hours. Mortification in, which made amputation necessary, aE ,j utter prostration of the system followed. “ don’t care so much about the bugs,” sail Mr. Woraily to the head of the genteel privat. family in which lie was boarding, “ but the the fact of it is, inarm, I hain’t got the Wool to spare—you see that yourself.” The “War” in Kansas seems to be about closing. The Missouri Republican states that the “ Border Ruffians” will retire from territory, anil Gen. Smith is about to take Lane’s “ army of the North” in hand with the United States troops. It is understood that no volunteers will be called on from either Illinois or Kentucky. Characteristic Instance. The following is an extract of a letter iVcm a gentleman of Memphis, who lias recently re turned from a Northern tour with his family and a negro servant girl: “You ask me, with much solicitude, about Marion. It was a risk, I acknowledge, to tab her on, but my wife had confidence in her am] insisted that she should be trusted. “ She was approached at every place wt made a stop, with offers of freedom, plenty et money, a white husband, and other tempt*, t ons, but invariably replied that she was well treated and happy, that she had a kind master and mistress, whose children she loved as her own and that she wished nothing better than to spend the rest of her life with such protec tors. At Niagara, New York, Long Branch, N J., Cape May, Philadelphia, Newport and oth er places, she was tempted in every way possi ble by white servant girls and free negroes, but she invariably communicated to her mis tress, within a half hour afterwards, every word that was said to her. She asked the girl who approached her in New York, how much money she was paid per month? “Sixdollars per month,” was her reply. “ What time do you go to bed and what time do you get up,” said Marion. “We retire at 11 or 12 and rise at 8,” was the answer. Addressing herself to one of the girls, “ What number of rooms do you clean up.” fourteen was the reply. “If you get sick who attends you ?” The doctor, to be sure. ,l Who pays the doctor ?” Wc do ourselves. “If you happen to have no money who pays the doc tor then?.” Now, says Marion to the girl, I prefer to return to tbe South and live with my master; when I am sick he pays the doctor to attend me; lie gives me clothes and board that conies to much more than six dollars per month, and if you wish me to leave my- master and mistress you must offer better induce ments than I have yet seen; for, to tell the truth, 1 never knew what real hard, laborious work was until I saw it among the free per sons of the North during my short trip here. The consequence of all this, as you have al ready conjectured, is that Marion is now with us, delighted to place her feet again upon slave territory, and happy that she is not a servant girl of the North. Arrival of the Great Republic. This huge ship, the pride and boast of the American merchant fleet, not only on account of her great size and beauty of model, but al so for her unsurpassed sailing qualities, hii arrived back Lome, after an absence of nearly two years, during which time she has been em ployed, together with a large number of other American ships of all sizes, iutbe French Gov ernment transport service during the war in the Crimea. Some idea of her capacity may be gathered from the fact that on one of her trips from Marseilles to lvamiescli she earned 497 cavalry horses, for whose accommodation tlio entire length of the two between decks wits partitioned into stalls, besides over 5,000 troop: and tbe provisions and forage necessary for the voyage. On lier last return trip from Sevas topol she brought to Marseilles over 3,000 in fantry, besides her own crew and a large corps of cooks, servants, and waiters required lor tbe commissary department, and this, too, with her hold full of guns of great size, shells baggage, and the necessary water and provi sions.—,Y. Y. Express, * Celestials in California. A California paper states that six clipper brought recently about two thousand China men to San Francisco. The editor goes out” say-: “It is very amusing to sec them streak ing through the street, following the cat' l ’ 1 containing their baggage, tho drivers of which, just ior sport, drive on a short (rot, and Ligh ten tlio poor Johns with the idea that they are about to lose their traps. Wc saw a flock, a day or two since, of fifty or more in tot chase of a job wagon ahead, that was moving off at a lively pace, containing n let of goo‘-F and chattels that smelled of camphor, vod and opium smoke. The wind was bio via. strong dead ahead, and the tails streainec straight out 1 -hind, aud snapping in the breeze, and the Celestials hollowing ‘ High* yah ! liigli-yoo! ’ A flock of them came across a donkey having with it a juvenile don* kito about u week old. This was something new. They hall yali’d anu walked round ij several times ; finally one of them discovered that it had a tail, and undertook to unfold it he took hold of it and straightened it 0,It : I hey all gathered around, deeply interest : in the now specie of (John,’ when the new in stitution resented the idea of a relationship by letting drive both heels into the reeept' l ’- “ of the party, knocking down a half dozen and putting the balance to flight.”