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the morning news. BY JOHN M. COOPICIt. WILLIAH T. TH0MPSON, EDITOH. T R R M S 1 Ilally Paper $4,00::::: Tri-weekly ® 200 All new Advertisements appear in both papers. Faahlonable Life In Paii»--Drr»». A Paris correspondent of tho St. Louis Republican (jives some very readable aocounts of fashionable lile at the headquarters of fashion, and the reason why French woman appear to better advantage than those of any other nation is said to be thefact tliatin France there is no predominant fashion. The ladiea think every tiling of dress, but it is the dress of material, of color and of form, and thoy are selected solely in reference to the wearer. In England all persons follow a custom, and so in the U, S. The difference, however, between an English and American lady in Paris iB that the former give themselves up to the taste of their dressmakers, while the latter go on their own hook. The following is a picture of a French dress maker in Paris : Some of these indies live in great magnificence in PariB. Your readers would perhaps like to have some little idea of it. An American friend, a very un affected, lovely woman, went to the most fashionable iiiantua maker hero to have her dress made for the President’s ball, and she thus described her visit: “ 1 scut word to madam to know at what hour I should go to her; the servant brought back a rose colored scented note containing these words : ‘ Mad ame will receive Madame N to-fhorrow morning at 11 o’clock.' I wus a little vexed ut this oxtreme elegance, but went the next day at the hour specified. A servant in rich livery opened the door when 1 rang, and then closing the door sank down in a velvet chair in the hall, which it seems he never quits except when the street bell rings; another ser vant in tho same livery stepped forward us soon us I entered, and went before m i up a magnifi cent flight of marble stairs carpeted with imperial Wilton. At the head of the stairs, he threw open a door, and I was ushered into a splendid saloon, carpeted like the stairs, furnished in crimson and gold, and the walls hung round with a great many fine paintings in rich frames. When 1 hud had time to examine the room.nnotherservant, likewise in livery, entered bow ing like a Chinese mnndurin.aud requested me to enter the fitting room, at the same time opening a small door covered with a mirror. The fitting room was small, but the walls were entirely covered with mirrors, which were draped at the ceiling with gold colored B atin. 1 had hegan to be very much alarmed, and to think that I must have made some mistake and got in to the house of some foreign priuce. While I was debating whether 1 should run or stay, another door was thrown open with great ceremony, and madame herself was announced. She is a large fine look ing woman, nud came in likea duchess. She was dress ed in embroided silk, with a rich lace bertha, apro- lussion of bracelets and a points d' Anglcterre cap up on her head. I was so frightened that 1 did not dure say one word about my own taste, but left everything to her. She begged my pardon in the most polite manner possible, for having keptme waiting, and beg ged also that l would excuse her if she seemed to look at mp very closely, as it was absolutely necessary in her profession, in order to know wlint to recommend to a lady. After I had told her that I wished the dress for the President’s ball, and she had scrutinised and consid ered me for a few moments, she turned to the servant and said, “bring me No. 7." I wondered exceedingly what number seven meant, but the man went out and soon returned with a large box tilled with elegant and. costly silks, all, however, of one style and only two colors, pink and white. She begged me to select one to my taste, which I did ; the servant then brought a white silk pincushion, and held it while Madame-:— fitted my dress. She was quite shocked to find I wore no corset, and insisted upon my having apair. This I declined, saying that 1 hud never worn any in my life, and should feel very uncomfortable to put one on now. “ Well but," said Madame , “it is impossible for you to go to the President's without one.” “ Why should I not go without one there as well os nnywere elsel" “ Because, Madame, the President is exceedingly particular about ladies' dress, and he dislikes very much to have ladies go to his ball enckemise. I could not help laughing at this, but told her that to please the President, or any body else, I should not wear a corset. Seeing me so determined she no Ion- S r persisted, but before 1 come away, told me that ove all things, 1 must never wear the same dress twice to the President’s ; that he was extremely fas tidious about that, and so was the Due de , the Marquis, &c. 1 told her the President must be a Ve ry extraordinary man if he remembered all the dress es that were worn ut the balls. She said he whs, and that he did remember. Well, said I, Madame it is a very good thing for you at any rate. 8he saw at onco thut I understood her completely, and colored slightly as she laughed, and answered “ yes." Some of the dresses at the Freident’s Ball are rep resented as quite unique. Thus this correspondent describes the Grand Duchess of Baden, a relative of the President Napolean, as looking like the pieces of raw meat mentioned in the adventures of the renow ned Slnbad, as thrown into the valley of diamonds, and drawn up again stuck all over with precious stones. This lady is 64, immensely tat and red, and possessing the most splendid emeralds and diamonds • in theworld. The huge Duchess promenaded with the President, “a little man with a great preponder ance of nose. ” Wc give another extract from tills letter: There is no civilized nation with more vanity or natural coquetry than tho French, and the ladies would no more think of wearing a dress, a enpe or a head dress which was not becoming to them, than they would think of taking a December bath in the Seine because somebody else was simple enough to do it. At a large ball or soiree, like that of the Presi dent’s laBt week, you will see every possible variety of Color and make in dress. A fashionable lady here studies her complexion, her form, her style of beauty, even the shape of her head and the cut ot her features and she is too anxious about her good looks to disfig ure herself by wearing an unbecoming article of dress merely because the fashion books say that “nothing else is worn.” For instance a brunette would no soo ner wear blue or yellow than a blonde would wear n scarlet or bottle green. A lady with a neck and arms will not, because her mode-book snys she must, display her misfortune to all the world by wearing a very low dress and very short sleeves; neither will n tall woman d ress her hair in a pyramid on tup of her head, nor a short one bring tier's all round at the sides. TnrilT (Iamcum nt Wnahlngitoii, The Washington correspondent of tho N. Y. Coift- mereiul, under dato of Jufto 14th says : ? The consultation meeting of curtain members of Congress at Mr. Hoc rotary Meredith's, which took place Oil Monday evening last, lias attracted observa tion. It was a general meeting, and will no doubt serve to give impetus and direction to the movements which are taking pluce throughout tho country for a revision or radical change of the present tariff system, under which the leading pursuits of industry have be come so much depressed. Mr. Vinton and Mr. Hampton, both members of the committee of way* and means were present, and took un active part in the deliberations of the meeting. Mr. Hugh White, of New York, thought that the best mode of proceeding in theHouse would be by rnising, n select cninmitee, to which it was objected, that a se lect committee could not bo obtained and it was not advisable to make an abortive attempt. It was also explained that the causes which had operated to pre vent any practical action oil the purt of the minority *f tile committee of ways and means, upon the subject, would soon cease to exist. Those Whig members ot the committee, from whom any action can be expect ed, are Messrs. Ducr, Vinton and Hampton. Mr. Toombs is understood to be thoroughly indenti- fled in feeling and purpose with the free trade majori ty of the committee. They have all been, of course, much occupied in tbe preparation of the appropriation bills, which labor is now completed. Mr. Vinton is also a member of tile investigating committee on the charges directed against the administration of the Home Department, and in that capacity has been em ployed witli little interruption for mnuy months past, ft was, therefore, resolved.to leave the subject in the hands ol the minority of tlfe ways and means commit tee upon tho faith of Mr. Bayly's promise, publicly made, not to make any opposition to its preparing a report. The next point of consideration was the principle of the proposed alteration, l’rotection to domestic industi y was the open object professed by all the speakers, as it is ol the Whig or onti-free trade par ty at large. The impossibility of any effective pro tection upon the ad val rem principle was recog nized, but there was some discussion ns to whether it was better to adopt specific duties in name, or to im pose ad valorem rates on an ntficiol valuation. The ssue of the deliberations upon this point was a re solution to adhere to the old Whig protective doctrine of specification. fl AVAST SJA HI o Thursday Morning:, Juno !20, 1830 Private IMspatcliewt Charleston, J une 18, P. M. Amount of sales to day, 19,000 bales at full prices. We quote strictly fair at 13(. Ciiableston, June 19, P. M. The sales of cotton, to-day have reached 2,500 bales. Prices firm and full Gen. Twiggs, with several other army officers, came passengers in the steamer St. Mathews, from Florida, yesterday afternoon, and left in the Charles, ton boat of the same evening en route, for the North. Firemen worse than the Fire! During a recent alarm of fire in Philadelphia, a watchman, who was hastening to the scene of conlla- gration, shouting “ Fire I Fi-er-r-r!ns he went, en countered a pale, respectable looking gentlemen, who, by his manner betrayed much trepidation. “ Where! where is it, sir?" demanded the nervous geutleman. “ There, sir, there I right at the corner of Sixth and Lombitrdl Fi-er-r-r/" added tile watchman, as ho was about to go. “ Where, sir—which way ?" “ There,” said the watchman, pointing in the direc tion, while the man breutlied n faint “thunk you,” and turned quickly towards Market-street. "StopI” said the watchman, “you’re goiug right the wrong way I This way’s the fire I" “Oh d—n the fire,” said the etrunger ; “it’s your firemen that I want to keep out of the reuch of," And away.he went,as if all the Killers and Smashers in the city hud been ut his heels. The gentleman wna a stranger in the city, but lie was in tho iiubit of reuding the newspapers. Trade with Japan. Some of the F.nglish newspupers are agitating the subject of forcing u trade with Japan. A writer in the United Service Journal, after rccupituluting the fail ure of both this country and Fiance to open peaceful communications with the Japanese, recommends that Great Britain should now try her hand, and in a fash ion that could not be refused. He urges the dispatch ot a magnificent embassy, accompanied by a fleet, so that if friendly overtures fail, powder and ball may carry the point. His argument is that Japan has cer tain commodities necessary to the comfort und luxury of other portions of the world, and that hence she has no right to close her ports or refuse to exchange products and manufactures with European nations. The earth, he maintains, is the common heritage of all. This reminds us of the sylngism.by whicli some crazy Puritan once sought to defeat the wars upon the Indians, “ the earth is the Lord's and the tullness thereof; we are the Lord’s people ; ergo the earth is ours alone.” Or of the pedlar, who, when people would not buy his wares, fell to and thrashed them. The writer, however, after all his logic, admits that whipping tlie Chinese into opening their ports, has not made them buyers of English manufactures ; and we do not see how lie can expect a ditferent result in Japan. It is not strange in nn age like this to see such doctrine gravely advanced.—Phil. Bulletin. Fashions fob June.—Home Toilette.—The un settled weather has caused ladies to be very undeci ded with respect to their toilettes; indeed, light and transparent dresses are only just now beginning to be generally worn. For the morning, loose open dres ses in pale-colored cambrics—pink, blue, primrose, or lilac, with mantelets of the same material, are ex tremely comme ilfaut. The collars and cuft's worn with these morning toilettes are of fine white cam bric, either plain or plaited. For walking in public f 'ardens, barege dresses, plain or figured, are genernl- y adopted; but glace or damask bareges are the most recherche. Dresses of shot silk form also charming toilettes. The skirts are less full than those of last year—but, to compensate for it, they are trimmed with graduated flounces up to the waist—as many as five ure worn, and they are pinked and stamped at the edges. The bodies are tight, and open in front; a cord connects the two sidcB of the corsage, and buttons, cither of silk, coloured atones, or steel, are placed on the centre of this cord. The sleeves are wider at the bottom tban at the top, and are trimmed with two small flounces; from beneath them a large lace sleeve falls over the hand, leaving the lower part of tbe arm uncovered. This form ot sleeve is very becoming to the hand. Some unsuccessful attempts have been mode to bring square bodies (a la vielle) into favour; buttliis form narrows the cheat so much, that few young ladies can make up their minds to adopt this ungraceful fashion. Promenade Dress. Among the different head dresses, we have remarked one which is worn by young girls who wear their hair in short full ban deaux. It consists of a wreath of buds of the rose pompon and of lilies ofthe valley, which forms a point on the forehead, and large bunches over the bandeaux. The wreath, Pessi rosette, is most becoming. For small soirees young people wear on each aide ofthe head bows of ribbon, with long ends which fall on the shoulders. Mantelets are very slightly altered; they are, how ever, rather more closely fitted to the figure than last year: they are all made of taffetas glace, and trimm ed with pinked ruchcsot' the same material for young persons, and with wide black luce for married ladies. Boston, June 15.—A daring attempt was made last night to rob the Matapan Bunk in Dorchester. The robbers fired a pistol at the Bank watchman and the ball passed through his hat. The watchman fired in return, when the robbers tied, leaving a lot of skele- - . ton keys in the road. Tho watchman gave chase, one month s time. 1 when the robbers faced about and threatened to shoot him if ho advanced. One of the robbers was wound- «d, as wlion they left,his companions wercobliged to lift him in:o the buggy wagon. Gold Dust.—Messrs. Valentine, Brokers of New Orleans, have deposited in the Mint, of thut city for coining, since it lias recommenced operations, 9699 ounces of gold dust. The Treasurer’s (of the Mint) receipts for this amount show that the average vulue per ounce of this dust, is $17 66. Cniitain Tatuall, of the U. 8. Steamer Saranac, The N. O. Picayune of Friday lust, publishes the following letter in vindication of Capt. Tatnall’s course in relation to the Havana prisoners. The Ed itor says the letter is from high authority. We pub. lish it in justice to Capt. T., whoee conduct in this affair, it will be remembered, is said by some of the Washington letter writers, to have been disapproved by the President. To the Editors of the Picayune : In your daily paper of June 9,1 find published a let ter from your Havana correspondent, signed -Pere grine,” who undertakes to narrate certain transactions which had very recently taken place in Havana. Pere grine seems inclined to ca6t censure upon Capt. Tat- nall, of the U. S. steamer Saranac, for having inter posed and prevented the U. S. Bhips Albuny and Ger- m ant own from attempting the re-capture ot the two American vessels seized upon by the Spanish Admiral on the coast of Yucatan, and the liberation of the persons found on board, and who were taken to Ha vana in the brig Habanero, ami convoyed by tbe frig ate Esperanza. It is true thatthe Albany and Germantown did leave the port of Havana for the purpose of re-capturing til e two vossels .alluded to above, and, if possible, of re leasing tho prisoners taken at the Island of Contoy, whom the Captain General seemed determined upon hanging ns pirates, (for such was his threat to Coin’r. Randolph,) but in resolving upon this course, Com’rs. Randolph and Lowndes were governed by their gen- era! instructions to protect our citizens and property on the high seas; whereas, Capt. Tatnall had been sent from Washington in great ha6te, with specific in structions to aid the authorities of Cuba in arresting find defeating the buccaneer expeditions known to be fitting out in our country to invade the territory of a friendly power. N«.W, admitting thaf Com’ra. Ran dolph and Lowndes Were right in what they Intended (which is not entirely clear,) surely Capt. Tatnall ought not to be blamed for preferring to submit the matter to the Government at Washington for their de cision. Nor should it be overlooked that Capt. Tat- nail, in accordance with his well known noble nature, put himself to infinite trouble to furnish the Captain General with such testimony, (obtained at Key West) as placed it beyond a doubt, and satisfied even the vindictive authorities of Cuba that the Contoy party had withdrawn from Lopez’s gang many days before the descent upon Cardenas. Indeed, Capt. Tatnall and Judge Marvyne exacted a promise from the Cap tain General that the threat which that functionary had made to Com’r Randolph should not be enforced, but that the Contoy m?n should be tried as persons who had abandoned the expedition, and in the mean time be treated with all possible lenity and kindness whilst confined. 1 beg that the aboveexplanation may appear in your next paper, tor Capt. Tatnall is the last person in the world to be suspected. of doing aught not character ized by good judgment, goodness of heart, and con spicuous gallantry. Ho is, in truth, as the whole navy will attest, the embodiment of all that is admirable and heroic in the gentleman and officer. TbUth. Georgians in California. We clip the follow ing paragraph from the California correspondent of the Rome Southerner: Col. John H. Watson, from Muscogee county, Ga„ has been elected one of the Circuit Judges ; he has jqst resigned his sent as a member of the lower House ol Representatives. Col. F. H. Sanford, of Georgia, is also elected one of the Judges. Among many old acquaintances I found here, Col. 3. R. Bon ner, well known in many portions of your States. Rev. Dr. Borin«r and family, have just ari ived here in the steamer Tenneesee—all in good health. RP The roWdies of Pittsburg have a refined way of showing their rowdyism. Itis by throwing oil upon ail ladies they see with silk dresses on. Four la dies hod their dresses spoiled in this wuy un Tucadcy last. A Flying Machine.—The following curious ad vertisement lately appeared in the London Times: “Rescue of Sir John Franklin:—To the rich and chivalrous. A gentleman, whose claims to common sense, respectability, and talents, are corroborated by university distinctions, honorary medals, and works of art and literature, offers to construct for £8000, ami in Ibree months, a flying machine, able to travel in the air at the rate of 100 miles a hour. The ex pense of an experimental trip would be £.100, and Wouldn’t Mix.—One or two of the Notional Division from the South left the National Temperance Proces sion in Boston on Tuesday, in consequence of some colored boys being among the Cadets -of Temper- Death in a Family—“One of the most distressing ance - bereavements we have been called on for along time to record, says the Harrisburg (Pa.) Intelligencer, has occurred in the family of Dr. Thomas Duncan, of Duncan’s Island, in this county. His whole family ot children—tour in number—were suddenly struck down by the relentless hand of Death, in the short space of a few days. Their disease was the malig nant scarlet lever. Ellen Dorsey, the eldest daugh ter. an interesting little girt, died on the 2d inst., aged 6 years and W months; Renj. Stiles died on the 4th inst, aged 3 years and 3 months; Greenbury Dorsey died on Thursday, the 6th inst,, aged 8 months, and Dorsey on Friday tile 7th inst., aged 5 years and 4 months. But a few weeks ago WeVare called on to record the death of Dr. Duncan’s mo ther, and si) shortly after follows the terrible afflic tion above. It is truly a distressing bereavement." Washington, June 15—T>. M. It is given out that there will be two new propositions lor'aeomproniise, on the California and slavery questions, offered next week, making fourdis tine (propositions, supported by what may be called four parties. Death of George Handy, Esq.—Wc regret to lesm says the Philadelphia Bulletin, thut George liaudy, Esq., of this city.died recently on his way'down the 'Ohio river. He lied gone as an eboort of Mrs. Hall of Wilmington, who was going to Maysvillo. Ky. Go the way she took the small pox and suffered severe ly, but is convalescent. Mr. Handy, refusing to leave her, also took the disease and died from it, alter a Abort but severe illness. They acted perfectly right. Fatal Theatrical Passion. An accomplished and beautiful lady, aged only 17, who had slump ns a f irivate theatrical in her circle of friends nt St. Louis, ately committed suicide by taking arsenic, under depression from tile refusal of her father to permit her to udopt the stara as a profession. She said thnt life had no longer charms for her. One of her re quests was characteristic of her devotion. It was, that a copy of Shakspeare might be placed upon her bosom in her coffin 1 A petition is circulating in Massachusetts, ad dressed to the members of Congress from that State, which breathes a conciliatory and patriotic spirit, and closes with this lnnguage : ‘■\Ye desire to he represented in Congress ns men acting with forbearance. We trust, tfoenedore, that yuti will he induced to give a ready support to those measures which will most speedily produce, and will longest maintain the spirit of union. A Church blown up.—A meetiiig-honse dt Greenwich, Mass,, wns blown tip by a mine of powder underneath, the whole interior of the building being destroyed. The Ucnrse house was burnt, also witli the hearse within it. These outrages are supposed to have been perpetrated in revenge for temperance movefocnls, by ,thc church, or neyipns connected with it. Literature.—The Boston Post, speaking of the prize tragedy of Mohammed, written by a Baltimore an, which has just been published, says: Mohammed, as a literary work, is neither worth the $1000 which it received from Mr. Forrest, nor the handsome white paper and elegant type in which it has been arrayed by the publishers. It does not contain a single line above mediocrity or one passage to be remembered, while it is filled with verdancies and crudities of all kinds. We should think it a boy’s first attempt at working out a man’s conception. In point ol style and in the value ofthe poetry, itis Infe rior to thousands of plays which have gone to obllv ion within the past century. The Baltimore Clipper thinks that if it had been written by a New Englander, the Post would probably have entertained, or expressed a different opinion. If he did, he would be actuated by prejudiee, and not by a spirit of just criticism. From what we have seen and heard of tho tragedy, we think the Post is fully sustained in its opinion by the demerits of the production. The award caused quite a surprise at the time to all except thoee who were aware of the true motives that prompted it. Mr. Macreadv was shortly to visit Baltimore, to play an engagement at the Front Street Theatre, and Mr. Forrest, in pur suance of his determination to drive the English tra gedian from the American hoards, had made his ar rangements to play against him on the same nights^ at the Holiday Street house. Every means had been resorted to by Mr. F. and his friends in Philadelphia and New York, to prejudice the public mind against Mr. Macready, and tho opnortunity was deemed a favorable one to make capital, by awarding a prize of one thousand dollars to a young Aincr icon author—a Baltimorien. Accordingly it was duly announced in the papers, thnt Mr. Forrest had awarded said prize to a young gontlenten of Baltimore, notwithstanding it had been given out for months previous, that of all the tragedies submit ted for the prize (some fifty in number, it was said), not one was deemed worthy of representation. Had the author been contented witli the money, and al lowed his MS.to repose among Mr. Forrest’s reject ed pluys, he would have saved both his own and Mr. Forrest’s reputation. But by giving the misshapen thing to the public, be has exposed the shallowness of the device of his patron, and the poverty of his own genius as a dramatic writer. A census of the towns is Massachusetts was taken by the Assessors in the spring wlthvefeeenceto the state valuable and representation in the Legigla tura, and the result shows an enormous incrense ,in the population of several of the towns since 1840. Wocester has increased 111 per cent, Somerville 211 per cent, and Chelsea 157 per cent; the smallest in crease is that in Wrentham whicli is but 4 per oent. The whole number of towns returned ns yet is 29, the averrtge lhortiase being 59 per cent. The Wor- cestcffHpy conjectures that tho number of inhabitants in the state will not tall far short of a million, which it thinks will retain to Ahem their .present numbor of Repi'etentattves in Congress. llook Notices. Talbot and Vernon. A Novel. New York: Baker to Scribner. This is a well printed, cloth bound volume of soma 500 pages. The story is one of uncommon interest, in which the writer has aimed to illustrate the strength of circumstantial evidence, and the fallacy «.f the too common opinion that such evidence ought in no ease to be relied upon for a conviction. The writer, in his preface, admits that men have been improperly con victed upon circumstantial evidence, and that others hove been buried alive, when supposed to be dead; but he contends thnt such things cannot occur without gross carelessness. “For," says he, “as there are certain indications about n corpse which are absolutely inconsistent with life, and without which, no ono with ordinary good sense would presume death, so there is, in every case of guilt, an inference from the cir cumstances to the truth, which is inconsistent with tlie supposition of innocence, and upou whicli men are perfectly safe in acting." The incident chosen by tho writer Tor the illustration of his hypothesis—the case of a forger—is most admirably adapted to the purpose, and in the elaboration of his subject, the author lias shown himself to be a shrewd observer of men, and a profound reasoner, as well as a graceful and ngreeuble writer. The scene of the story is laid in the Great West, and the author has given us some life-like sketches of character and scenes peculiar to that sedtion. While the book is calculated to interest every reader, the legal man will find it no less profita ble than entertaining. Conquest of Canada. By Eliot Wubbubton, Esq,, author of “ the Crescent and tho'Cross," “ Hoche- laga," &c. New York. Harper Sc Brothers. This is n reprint in two hnndsoine volumes, and embraces a faithful history of Canada from the first discoveries of tho French in 1504 to the surrender of Quebec in 1759. Ill his history the English author hus done justice to the French. The advantages and difficulties encountered by the French and English monarchies in their early efforts to colonize the New World are fully considered, and a rational and philo sophical reason given for the superior success whicli attended the latter. The work is nterspersed with copious notes and references, and supplies u vuluable link in tlie great chain of colonial history. Life of Jenny Lind. By G. G. Foster. New York : Dewitt Sc Davenport. A memoir of the Swedish Queen of Song, the World’s delighting Jenny Lind I The uutlior has been to great pains to gutlier from lie most relia ble sources everything of interest connected with the career of this highly popular and interesting per sonage, and has presented her to tlie reader in nil her nutive attractions of character. An Easter Offering. By Frediuka Bremer. New York: Harper Sc Brothers. This is a six cent pamphlet, containing two short domestic stories, from tlie pen of the popular Swed ish Novelist. Antonina, or the Fall of Rome. By W, Wilkie Col lins. New York : Harper & Brothers. This is a deeply interesting historical romance, and will be read with absorbing interest by all who take it up. The scene of the story is laid in Rome, in the fifth century, and tlie incidents upon wliich-it is found ed are detailed in the “ Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire.” The name of tlie author is new to us, but if we may judge by the masterly skill displayed in these pages, he is destined to take a position by tlie side of, if not even above Bulwer, as a historical Nov elist. The characters are vividly drawn and most strikingly contrasted, while the skill with wuich tlie incidents, often terrible and startling, are made sub servient to the general effect, is truly remarkable. The novel possesses all the fuscination of Bulwer’s Last Days of Pompeii. It appears as No. 141 of Har per’s Library of Select Novels. The Daltons, or Three Roads in Life. By Charles Lever. New York: Harper &. Brothers. This is a six cent pnmphlet, in which the Harper’s give us three chapters of a New Story by Lever. Ot course it is goo#, or he would not have written it, nor they have' published it. But we shall wuit for further installments before we read it. Liny Leigh. A Domestic Tale. By Charles Dick ens. New York : Dewitt & Davenport. This is a short, pleasant story from Dickens' “ Household Words." It is a neat pamphlet of thirty- six pages, and contains, besides much entertainment, a considerable amount of useful philosophy. Dictionary of Mechanics, Engine work and Enginee ring;. By Oliver Rybne. NewYorkj D. Apple- ton, Sc Co. This truly vnlunble work has reached its Ninth number. We cannot say more than we have already said in commendation of the Dictionary. To the me chanic, tbe man of science or the student, it is invalua ble. The number before us treats of dressing Mill stones, Drilling Machines, Dry Docks, Dynamometric cranes, Dynamometers Earthwork, Electricity and Electric Light. All these subjects are illustrated with fine engravings. Great Meeting |n In the Boston Journal of the 14th in proceedings of o large and enthusiastic m fin ' 1 the whigs of Salem, Mass, convened for ,h llng *4* expressing their approbation of the com P,lrpo,e of by Gen. Taylor’s administration, both 7° pnr, '*d tlie foreign and domestic affairs of th" 1 regarii lo From the tone of the speeches delivered """"D - sion, the resolutions adopted, and the enth,,? ° le °«>- prevailed, there can be no qu c ,ti on ,h Whi 'h popularity of Gen. Taylor in Massachusetts whole account of the proceedings ,i «■ He that Mr. Clay’s name is once mentioned Silsdee presided, and in his address nsl (. M, h>r comium to the character of Gen. Tayl ■ gh (l >- he expressed the hope that tho iwonle tv land would promptly decla e their rcadines.7 port a Southern and Western President „ "‘P’ so fully up to the New England standard"' 0 ?' Ufham, in the course of his speech to n, A Mr. said: lne toeeting General Taylor was indeed a citizen oft • but where, tie would ask, is the North?™ who is more true to our rights, or cnn,d? Sta, '«m«n sentiments, than he. He is even Tow ,^ ^^ whole front of Southern opposition, ^' ^”8 the not aid in extending the institution wil1 territory now free. Mr. Uplinm said persona! knowledge, when he said there J7 kefr «» of those who were opposed to General lion, taking it for granted that he wJuldT! T opposite ground on this subject, who now »l ke ? he is eminently entitled to their resneet „ s th,t deuce—and the time would come X', co * discharge tho duty resting upon them h. .®“’ t rendering credit when credit is due ’ P u f>'icly In conclusion Mr. Upham remaritoA a. . . supported Gen Taylo P r in 1848 suppon Mm' Bba and their confidence is growing C verv I,™ , n ,™' who supported him in 1848 honor him now » be found swelling the ranks of those Wk d T !l achieve his last great triumph in 1852. 0 ' hl111 1 he sentiment of the meeting in regard to the terra rial question now before Congress will be undsr.7 , from the following resolutions, which, with off were unanimously passed. ' ncr,, Resolved, That the people of all parties demssi.v immediate admission of California inSZ UnW with her present Constitution, unembarrassed undelayed by implication with any other m™, whatever; they are justly indignant that a Stated posed ot the enterprising, energetic, and mtiZ sons ot every member ot our Confederacy, if ,» £ tory and growth a glorious monument of the mis, and genius of our people, whose Constitution hi? hie offering to the cause of freedom and humanity and which bnugs such a contribution to the ws2' greatness, and power of the Union, after having2 promptly and warmly welcomed by the TreE has, tor mon ths, been knocking in vain at the door, of Congress. The people demanded that those doors l, opened immediately. Resolved, Thnt the people of Massachusetts as th.;. Representatives in the State Legislature hove unani- mously declared, will ever earnestly insist upon the application of the principles of the Ordinance of 1787 to nny legislation by Congress for the civil corert ment ol tlie Territories, but we arc willing that such legislation should be deferred for the present to cive opportunity lor the people of New Mexico, following the example ot California, and the suggestionsoftho President to frnme a constitution for themselves anil claim admission to our confederacy as a State. ’ Resolved, That the recommendations of the Pres;- dent, on this subject, evince a wisdom and spirit worthy of his character n'nd station, as the patriotic chief mngistrate ofthe Union, whose duty It is to respect the convictions of all parties and all sections of our common country, and who has proved that he respects our conviction by not ashing us to aban don them. The adoption of his policy by Congress would terminntc the conflict between the north and - south, without'humiliating cither party, and in ac cordance witli the rights of tbe Territories and tho principles of liberty and justice. Resolved, That it has now become the duty of all Three Strong Men. By AlexanderDumas. Trans lated by Fayette Robinson. New York:DE wittSc Davenport. There is a romance of the Modern French school of course, in which the author depicts the sociul evils arising from the laxity of morals among the upper classes of Parisian society. The story abounds in in cident, intrigues, plot and passion, ami lacks more of the usual concomitants of that class of Literature. Latter Day Pamphlets. Edited by Thomas Cablyle. New York: Harper Sc Brothers. No. IV.. for April, is a raking, scathing, caustic, bit ing, Cnrlyleieh Political Candle on the abuses of New Downing Street. To American admirers of Car lyle’s crudities and oddities of style, these pnmphlets do'not luck interest, even though the reader knows nothing, and cares less of the abuses against which they are directed. The above works are to be had of Mr. John M. Cooper. [jp 1 A writer in the New York Commercial sug gests that instead of the British Government expend ing £760,000 annually upon the squudron, one seventh part of the amount be laid out in sending to the coast, at £ 10 per head, emigrants who would colonize the country. The only objection to the proposition is that there is too aiuch practical good sense in it. Modem pliil- anthrophy discards all plans that partake of the ra tional or practical. PhilHnthropby is so elevated a virtue in its own conceit, thut it looks beyond its true objects. If half the money that has been expended in the glaive trade by Great Brituin, had been employ ed in colonizing back again the descendants of those Africans <who were brought from their native shores in British vessels, and by British capital, there would now be ao need of protecting the coasts of Africa with her fleets. Such a policy would have peopled Africa with an enlightened nnd improved race of blucks | and would hove been the Inst atonement that the Eng lish people could possibly make for tlie wrong done the African savage, of indeed ho lias suffered wrong by a captivity which has been the means of elevating him in the scale of human being. Cotton Blankets.—Machinery has lately been invented, by which blankets, that to all appearance are entirely wool, are chiefly made with cotton. The cotton-thread is wound with woollen thread, pretty umicli as fhe steel wire of a piano is wound with silver wire. The process is performed so cheaply that the difference in the price of the material makes a good large profit to the manufacturer, while he can afford his article comparatively low. geo, totally fori rescue of the incorruptible magistrate, the plain re. publican, nnd the honest man, without fear anil with- I out reproach, who has brought to the chair of Waff. I ington tho spirit of the Father of his Country. Let 1 the people rise in their might. Let them meet in I their primnry assemblies and re-echo through the I land their pledges to him who never falters ana never I fails in their hour of danger und the path of duty I and who is gloriously upholding the Union end the I Freedom, the Honor nnd the Peace of the country I Point Coupee Crevasse. The New Orleans Picayune of Friday speaking of I the Cre'vas8e at Point Coupee, says : ] The great crevasse brings disaster upon the rich- I est nnd moat populous part of the State. Hundreds j of plantations must be overflowed, houses will be I curried away, stock destroyed, and crops ruined. 'It J is impossible to estimate tlie loss, present and pros- t pective, which this inundation threatens. It will in E all likelihood cover up a region of fertile country si I large ns some whole States in the Union, and driie I from their homes a vast multitude of ou r most indus- I trious and most valued citizens. All this follows from I a break in tho levee ofthe Mississippi not wider thu I the space between Canal und Common streets, through which the floods are pouring with frightful I und irresistiblj violence. j The True Delta of the snme date snys: I Every boat arriving from above brings iorr ow|iil I intelligence regarding the state of the rrret,^whicn, at many points, has swept away the feeble nuns raised to confine its torrent, and, with hopes, tlie all, of hundreds of our most industn citizens. It impossible to muke, even by spp ■ irontion, any thing like a correct estimated thee mous injury sustained already from the crevasses huve occurred ; but it is certainly no exagger* suppose, that it exceeds several millions. Wa J the most valuable plantations of the State at parnbly injured, while the diminution of the gi crop of this season, from overflow a' 01 ]?' JJl very seriour indeed. An immense breadth try is now under water, and tlie great ere ' ported by our attentive correspondent in » * ning’s pnpor, as having occurred opposite . rn, must produce loss nnd suffering, it notac to the numerous planters residing between , , sissippi at that point, and Berwick s Bay pas. The New Comet.—A correspondent of the ton Traveller says this new visitant is now ai biota the naked eye in the constellation ^ rs ^ Its northern declination being about ~~ e “ ' .j right ascension 16h 20m. It will contfoue ° * ^ the earth until the middle of July, when jj,| its minimum distance from us ot sbon * en i millions of miles, or less than one milt o distance. As it is also approaching “ ie sun ' • Un come five or six time* brighter than no the 20th June, is geocenfrict position 0 j j„. the stars Alpha and Iota Draconis. On t e ^ ^ ly it will be seen a few degrees to t ie ^ bright star Arcturus, in the constellation Boo ■ ^ ing rapidly to the south, it will {joss ne ^ £r Spica Virginia Oil the 23d ot July, and w . a i re idy descend below the southern horizon. ^ [>],■ fnst increasing in brightness, ih will pfol i tiuctly visible to the naked eye during „ B , 0 h> July. It is a singular fact, that the firs . j,y elc servntions of this comet were repreec .jj s j 0 o with meats which made the probability of son ■ our planet a matter of serious appreliensio United States Mint- , go0 s. The Philadelphia Inquier is indebted to _ den, of the U. States Mint, for the following ing information : Amount of gold bullion received from i3 o0,0d» the l6t to the 14th inst. is about.- Tlie gold coinage during the sain 1 $1,163.1- riod, is ••••'"''-eased.P° r .' Since tlie gold bullion fund l)* 8 e pn jd in two o suanttothe recent law, depositors s P which >» " three days Bftor the bullion is re , n as8 ay. I , soon as the value can be determ - < vvliieb provements are now rapidly in P . gve millions enable the mint to coin irom lour t dollars per mouth. the business in The following is a statement ot t sta te*, office of the Assistant Treasurer of to for tile week ending this day. *51,713 7 1 ' Receipts ■*! .71,463,571 -o Payments