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Inclined’ < Urrel. Wo board that prince of story-tellers, Tom Calloway, got oif the following, ! amidst bursts of laughter, tlic other j night. Squaring himself and stretching ; out his legs, he began: i “There was om:c a little, slim-built fel low, rich as a .Tew, and independent as tho devil, riding along a highway, in the State of Georgia, when lie overtook a man driving a drovo of hogs by the help of a big, raw-boned, six-feet-two specimen of humanity. Stopping the .last named in dividual he accosted him: “ ‘I say, are these your hogs?’ “ ‘lso, sir, I’m to work by the month.” “ ‘What pay might you be getting, friend ?’ “ ‘Ten dollars a month, and whisky thrown in,’ was tho reply. “ ‘Well, look here, I’m a weak, little, inoffensive man, and people are apt to impose upon me, d’you see! Now, I’ll give you twenty-five dollars a month to ride along with me and protect me,’ was I Mr. Gardner’s reply. ‘But,’ he added, as a thought struck hitn, ‘how might you be on the fight?’ “ ‘Never been licked in my life,’ re joined the six-footer. “ ‘Just the man I want. It’s a bar gain ?’ queried Gardner. “Six-footer ruminated. Twenty-five dollars—double wages—nothing to do but ride around and smash a fellow’s mug oc- ■ casionally, when lie’s sassy. Six accepted. ; They rode along till just at night they 1 reached a village. Dismounting at the j door, they went in. Gardner immediate- j ly singled out the biggest man in the room, and picked a fuss with him. After j considerable promiscuous jawing, Gard- j ncr turned to his fighting friend and in- : timated that the licking of that man had i become a sad necessity. Six-foot peeled, went in, and came out first best. The next night, at another hotel, the j same scene was re-enacted ; Gardner get- j ting into a row with the biggest man in ‘ place, and six-footer doing the fighting. At last on the third day, they came to i a ferry, kept by a huge double-listed man, j who had never been licked in his life.— j Whilst crossing the river, Gardner, as ‘ usual, began to find fault, and “blow.” ! The ferryman naturally got mad, threw j things around kind o’ loose, and told them j liis opinion of their kind. Gardner then turned to his friend i “from tho shoulder,” and gently broke the intelligence to him, “that ho was sorry, but that it was absolutely neces sary to thrash that ferryman.” Six-footer nodded his head, but said j nothing. It was plainly to be seen, that he did not relish the job, by the way lie shrug ged his shoulders, but there was no help for it. (So when they reached the shore, both stripped, and at it they went. Up and down the bank, over the sand into tho water they fought, scratched, gouged, bit and rolled, till at the end of an hour the ferryman caved. Six-footer was tri umphant, but it had been tough work. Going up to his employer, he scratched his head for a moment, and then broke forth. “Look here, Mr. Gardner, your salary Sets mighty well, but—l’m—^of—the— opinion—that you are inclined to be quar relsome. Here I’ve only been with you three days, and I’ve licked the three big gest men in tbo country ! I think this firm had better dissolve, for you see, Mr. Gardner, I’m afraid you're inclined to be quarrelsome, and I reckon I’ll draw !” Tahama Gazette. An Oltl l’cnUenlinry Bird. Tho Nashville l’atriot, of the 23d in stant, says: James It. Tarlton, alias James Shel ton, was received at the Penitentiary day before yesterday, ito which institu tion he has just been sentenced for the sixth time. Ho comes from Campbell county for live years, having been found guilty of receiving stolen goods. lie began his first term in the Peni tentiary, May 18, 1832, from Greene county, for three years; liis second term, July 7, 1887, from Itoane county, for six years; his third, December 8, 1843, from Humphreys county, for ten years; his fourth,September 11,1854, from Grainger county, for three years; liis fifth, April 21, 1858, from Putnam county, for one year; and his sixth, July 21, 1859. When liis fifth term expired, on the 80th of March last, he had served in the Penitentiary, twenty-three years out of the twenty-seven since his first incarcer ation in 1882. When .lie entered the prison tho first time he was 81 years of age. lie was sent up for larceney every time except the last, when liis crime was ; the next thing to it. When his present term expires lie will have represented six different counties in the State prison —Greene, Itoane, Humphreys, Grainger, Putnam and Campbell. Tarlton is certainly a hard case. On entering the prison last Thursday, he re marked to Col. Johnson, the Agent of the Penitentiary: “Well, Colonel, 1 have eomo back to die with you, this time.” His eldest sou is in prison with him, having been scut up last fall for twenty -0110 years. —♦ “*• Another Prize Fight in Kentucky. The vicinity of our city has again been disgraced by one of those brutal affairs known as prize lights. For two hundred dollars, two men named McCarty and Kearney met yesterday, twelve miles above town, and horribly battered each other. Three steamers, crowded with passengers; left the wharf at an early hour—the Charm, Pink Varble and Em pire. They were accompanied by music, Hags and refreshments. Arrived at the “ground of arms,” the “mill” took place. Sixty-six rounds, hotly contested, took place, when Kearney was declared the victor. Ou the twentieth round McCarty broke his hand, but- continued to fight with desperation until his second, Aaron Jones, threw up the sponge as a signal of defeat. McCarty was loth to “give it up so,” although one of his peepers was out and the other completely bunged up. There was considerable dissatisfaction expressed at the result, and the Pointers who backed Mr. McCarty were much dis heartened. A large amount of money changed hands. On one of the returning boats there was a general fight, which was concluded on the wharf. A young; man nourished a knife very briskly, and cut three men through their clothing, lie was stopped in his slashing proceeding by the presentation of a pistol. When the boats reached the wharf there were at least three thousand persons present to witness the arrival of the victor and vagabonds.— Louisville Democrat, July 20. Flaxen Ringlets. Poets have often sung iu raptures of blue-eyed, laughing, flax-haired girls, but Geo. Bpeight, of Loudon, a thorough ly practical man understands things bet ter than those dreaming rbymsters who make sonnets to their sweet-hearts. He has just taken out a patent for making plaits and curls for head-dresses and other head ornaments, and employs llus sian or American hemp dyed to the ex act shade desired, and glos-ed up with aromatic grease, and curled to adorn the head of some happy fair one either with flowing auburn or raven locks, as may be desired. When it is taken into conside ration that long brown hair for making ladies’ artificial curls costs from §lO to §l2 per pound, Mr. Speight may be con sidered a sort of benefactor to all those individuals who are deficient in natural cranial ornamentation, although we think his invention will rather spite the girls in Normandy, who cultivate their hair ex pressly for our wig-makers. Scientific American. The Kentucky Election. Louisville, Aug. 2.—Thirty one coun ties heard from show a Democratic gain as compared with the Gubernatorial elec tion in 1857 of 7,088. The Democrats have carried the State by a large majority, probably 10,000. The Legislature is Democratic on joint ballot—contest between Simms and Har ; lau very close in the Ashland District— s Simms probably elected. John Y. Drown, democrat, elected to Congress from the Fifth district. Jn this county the Democrats gain three iteprcscutativcs to the Legislature. The Presidential Race. Correspondence of the Charleston Courier. New York, July 27, 1850. 1 have seen several statements in the ! (Southern papers, that if several caudi j didates arc run in 1800 fur the ITe iden j cy, it will throw the election into the House of Representatives, and then the Black Republicans will be sure of elect- ! ing their man! It is just the reverse. If there was no other way to prevent the I election of a Black Republican candidate, running several candidates before the people would do it most offectualiy. Wc will suppose one branch of the Democ racy nominate at Charleston Henry A. Wise for President. The other branch nominate Stephen A. Douglas. The Na tional Conservative Tarty nominate W. C. Preston, Hives or Crittenden, or some Old Line Whig, The Black Republicans nominate—as they will do without any , supposing—W. 11. Seward. Here are four candidates in the field. No one eould I be elected in the Electoral College of 3b6 votes, unless he got 154 votes No can- ; didate (unless it was the National Conser vative man, who might make a sweep, | like Harrison did in 1810 and Taylor in 1 1818) would probably be elected by the ! people. The Con-Elution then provides that the election shall go to the House of Repre sentatives, and that from the three can i didates having received the most votes in j the Electoral College of 306 votes shall i be selected and elected the President. My opinion i3 that Seward, or the \ Black Republican candidate, would not be in town at that time. Ilis ticket would I be No. J, destination Salt River, for what ! State, let me ask you, is sure for an Abo i lilisnist when two Democratic candidates j are in the field, and a conservative man, | carrying with him Whigs, conservative | Republicans, Americans and dissatisfied j Democrats? Name the State if you can ? ; The Black Republican (be he Seward or Chase) could not carry New York, I’enn i sylvania, Ohio, Virginia, Massachusetts, Illinois, Kentucky, Indiana or Tennessee, j and unless he carried one of those great ! est States he would not reach the House. But we will grant that Seward does reach tlie House, and stands No. 3, and that the conservative candidate is No. 4, how then ? The House of Representatives, if Kan sas is admitted, will be composed of members from 34 States. Each State has a vote, 34, and 18 votes are required. The election would finally come down to a choice between one of the Democratic candidates and the Black Republican. Let us see how they would run. For the Democratic. 1 For Flack Republican. Virginia 1 Connecticut 1 South Carolina 1 Vermont 1 Louisiana- 1 Rhode Island ;A Arkansas 1 Wisconsin 1 Delaware 1 New Jersey J Florida 1 New York 1 Alabama 1 Ohio 1 Georgia 1 Pennsylvania 1 Texas 1 lowa 1 Tennessseo 1 New Hampshire 1 Mississippi 1 Indiana 1 California 1 Maine 1 North Carolina 1 Massachusetts 1 Illinois 1 Michigan 1 Minnesota 1 ] Oregon 1 1-1 i Kentucky I Count in Kansas 1 , Missouri lj j j Black Republican 15 i There are 18 Democrats 19 I Add Maryland lj | 191 That vote could not be altered to favor j the Black Republican candidate, for if, as j is most probable, the National Conserva- j tive candidate should be one of the three, j lie would be elected by the House of Rep- j resentatives, if Tennessee, Kentucky, j and Maryland were to elect “ Opposition j members,” for, in that case, all the States : I have counted as Black Republican, ! would go over in a solid body, and vote j for the National Conservative in prefer- j cnco to a Democrat. This would give j Rives, or whoever the candidate might be, 15 votes, which, added to Maryland or j Kentucky, would be a tie; and with Ten- j nessec, one more would elect the Presi dent to be inaugurated in 1861. The Tribune sees danger and defeat in the future; and in an editorial leader of | the 25th, it begs, beseeches and implores the Old Whigs, the Americans arid Oppo- ; sition, not to leave the Republicans. It j offers to consider the claims of any Whig ! or American before the convention, to nominate, and all sorts of things. It will j boos no use. The National Convention j will make a nomination, and will carry j many of the Free States that the Tribune j now deems sure for Seward. ZOUAVE. . The Tea Plant. Tho Washington correspondent of the Charleston Courier, in a letter of the 29th ult., says: The public have of late been very much interested in the progress of the tea ; plants now growing with promising evi deuces ab.otit them. Ail tho plants which i have been set out in the reservation al lotted for the purpose, thrive remarkably i well, even in the open air, and the assur ance is given that they will be able to : withstand the winter of this latitude, as portions of the finest tea growing country of China from which many of these plants have beeu taken, suffer under as severe winters as the average of this latitude. The Commissioner will not dispose of any plants until after the meeting of Con gress, when they will have become more j hardy and able to withstand any change in temperature. According to the knowl edge in possession of the Agricultural I Bureau, portions of tho State-of Florida are eminently fit for the production of this plant, also portions of South Carolina and Georgia. According to Mr. Fortune, the appointed agent in China for the se lection of tea plants—a gentleman whose experience extends back during a resi dence of fifteen years in China—almost all portions of the middle and Southern j States present all the requisites for its j culture. It is greatly to be hoped that a ! good result will ensue from the laudable j efforts of the Interior Department to af | ford anew source of profit and wealth to the gre:.t productions of our country. ■ New Postal Arrangement. Col. Helm, the efficient Consul-General at Havana, and the Captain-General of Cuba, have made a postal arrangement, which gives security for the safe conduct j i and package of the mails of the United ; States by our steamers or sail vessels. The principles are determined, but the details not yet digested. After the Ist of November all mails for the United States are to be made up at the oftice of the Consulate-General of the United States, and by a responsible officer of the United States placed on board the steamers or sail vessels. This arrangement was communicated to the readers of the Courier by a special dispatch ou Saturday.— Charleston Cour. Arrival of tike Overland 3lail. Sr. Louis, August 1 —The Overland mail, with San Francisco dates to tbe 23d‘ofJuIy, has arrived. She reports the seizure of a large quan tity of coffee which had been shipped by the Captain of the runaway bark Mes ‘ senger Bird, from Tahiti. Extensive gold diggings have been dis covered on Walker’s river. Considerable excitement prevails in Nevado and Eldo rado counties, in consequence. Open hostilities have been commenced between the Creeks and Cherokee Indi ans, in consequence of some of the lat ter being murdered by the former. Arrival of tike Northern Fight. New Y’ork, August I.—The steamship Northern Light has arrived, with Aspiu wall dated to the 28d July. The revolution in Peru had been sup pressed, and an amnesty granted. California Wines. In the San Francisco Herald, it is stat ed that the present stock of California vines now under cultivation, will yield §50,000,000 of wines and brandies, in twenty years from the present day. The vine product of the Golden State increas es at the rate of fifty per cent, annually, and the quality of these is equal to the best imported. In all the wine-growing countries, where the people use wine at their tables, and where a bottle of it can be obtained for three or four cents, > drunkenness and bar-rooms are unknown, j From (lie Istlimus of Panama. The steamer Moses Taylor, with $2,- 1 15,000 in Specie, and California advices | to July Oth, lias arrived at New York, ; The news from California lias been antic’ ipa ted by way of New Orleans. At l’an , ama, and on the Isthmus generally, much excitement Lad been occasioned by the accidental opening of some of the Indian ; graves in the Ciriqui district, and the dis covery therein of large quantities of gold en images, idols, &c. As there are sup posed to be thousands of these graves equally wealthy, hundreds of persons had gone thither, and already many thou sands of dollars worth have been taken out and sent to Panama. The Panama Star and Herald has the following in relation to the matter: We have been favored with the perusal of two letters lately received in this city ■ from David, from most highly respectable j and reliable parties, giving some particu lars of the gold discoveries in ilie Indian j graves. One of them, which we trans- I late, says: “The principal event here is j the discovery of great riches in the sepul j chres of the original inhabitants of Chi -1 riqui. At present over a thousand per ! sons arc working in the district of Boque ren at the places called Marnudo andßu galita in opening the “Iluacas” (Indian ! graves) there, and it is calculated that at j least nine arrobas (225 lbs.) of fine gold have been extracted. “There is a tradition that in former times a (Spanish ship obliged to put into one of our ports from stress of weather for repairs, brought off a-box of earth from the shore for the galley fire place, and that on arrival at home on removing the box a thin cake of gold was discover ed at the bottom of it; the circumstance gave rise to a large immigration to the district, and the city of La Estrella was founded, where the richest mines between Cano and San Martin were for many years worked, but the depredations of tlie fili busters and the hostility of the Indians compelled the inhabitants to abandon the spot, and they retired to Costa Rica where they founded the city of Cartago. Not withstanding many attempts made to dis cover the site of the city and its gold mines, it is still unknown; but it is thought that these discoveries will induce fresh explorations, which may at least lead to the discoveries of the rich aurife rous deposits known to exist in the prov ince. The number of huacas throughout the country is very great and may yield immense treasure.” The other letter to which we allude, says: •‘ I saw SIO,OOO worth in the hands of one man alone, and there are others who have still more. There are millions of these graves all over the country in this j province, and also throughout Central j America, enough to employ thousands of j men for many years. It is only three weeks since the diggings commenced and I the amount of wrought gold discovered is I enormous.” The letter goes on to say that agricul ; ture is quite deserted, and that provi sions, liquors, clothing and tools would 1 find a good market. These accounts come from most relia ; ble and ‘disinterested sources and are j worthy of every credit. Chiriqui is a I beautiful and healthy country, sparsely populated by a quiet and simple people, j As the graves are scattered over a vast i extent and far from any settlements per- j j sons who think of trying this novel mode I of mining should go well prepared and ; not trust to the present resources of the j country. We saw yesterday (July 13th) at the j office of Messrs. Carbrero, Hourquet & j Cos., some twenty pounds of gold images, idols, &c., recently taken from an Indian “ huaco,” (burying place,) near David, in this State, and brought here f6r sale, by Mr. Manuel Fernanda. It is currently j reported that the company who are en gaged in the speculation have taken out some*sßo,ooo worth from this same “huaco.” Among the lot we saw some curiously j wrought alligators, similar to those found j in the Indian burying places of Peru and j [Mexico. At what date these relics of an- I tiquity were deposited here no one j knows, some of them look old enough to j | have been made by Tubal Cain. The alii- j gator seems to have been in great venera- j tiou by the aborigines of these countries I as well as of ancient Egypt. No doubt large quantities of manufac- I tured gold lie buried all through North j and South America in these Indiaa liua- j cos. In all of the wars between differ- j ent tribes, no enemy was ever guilty of j disturbing the resting places of the dead, j Heavy Decline in drain. The following, from the Chicago, 111., Press, in relation to speculation in wheat, was written previous to the arrival of the news of the armistice between France and Austria: At no period in the history of tbe grain trade of our city has the wheat market undergone such sudden fluctuations as have occurred during the past eight or ten weeks ; and in no previous year has there been as much money lost on the same amount of wheat. On the 12th of April last standard spring wheat sold at 90 cents in store. Shortly after this date the European war broke out, and bread stuffs all over the world advanced, so that on the Ist of Ma} r the above grade sold at $1 to $l.O5 —daily advancing till the lGtli, when it reached $1.30. Since that | date its course has been steadily and ! alarmingly downward. On the first of June $1.15; on the Ist of July 92 cents, and yesterday in closed dull at 56 cenls —a decline of 74 cents in sixty-two days, We give its downward course in the fol lowing : May 16 $1 80 to s—;$ —; May 23 $1.12 to $1.20; May 30 $1.19 to $1.17 ; June 6 i $1.09 to sl.ll ; June 13 §1.03 to $1.05; June 20, 94 to 96c. ; June 27, 92 to 98c. ; July 2, 89 to 91c.; July 9, 75 to 85c.; j July 10, 56 to G2c. At Milwaukee the decline has been j equally great. On the 10th of May last j No. 1 spring sold at about $1.43, while on Saturday last it sold at 70 cents. This ! altogether outstrips the decline of 1857, which has hitherto been quoted as “the sudden decline.” Iu that year standard ; spring wheat rose on the 3d of July to $1 ; 30 f. 0. b., and fell to 50c. in store on the 24th of November following—a heavier but a mora gradual fall. Later from Itlatanzas* A gentlemau who came by tho brig Hayward from Matanzas, has furnished us with the following information, he having sailed from that port ou the 24th of July. The market for sugar and mo- j lasses was generally dull, but‘holders were firm; 8} reals for No. 12 Dutch standard clayed sugars; Muscovados, j 01 to 71 reals; Molasses, clayed, 3 j j reals ; Muscovado, clayed, 41 to 5 reals; ; over 11,000 boxes sugar had been ship ped from the ports es Havana, Matanzas and Cardenas withiu the last three weeks. The health of Havana was bad, and much yellow’ fever prevailed, but Matan zas and Cardenas were quite free from j fever. The Hayward saild in company with the barque Mountain Eagle, Y'atel, : for New York, and British barque Eagle for the Clyde. Left in port the brig Chat- ; ham, Simpson, to sail for Boston July 27. Charleston Courier. A Fife-preserving Crinolixie. Glory to Crinoline ! After having been the cause of a hundred deaths by fire, it has at last actually saved a life ! It hap pened this way : Day before yesterday a lady in Carroll street, clad partly in am ple double expansion, self-regulating, pa tent extension skirts, was standing—as careful housewives will—on the second story, wiping the glass on the outside. A child passing below, she attempted, for the fun of the thing, to drop the cloth from her hand on the littl eone : but some how managed to drop herself at the same moment. Down she went a distance of eighteen feet, to the pavement, but not with any ungraceful keeling over or hea vy blow in striking. She sailed down parachute fashion, presenting the grace ful form of an old fashioned decanter.— When she alighted, she struck with only sufficient force to cause some smarting on the foot—bless her sole! Would not a big crinoline be a cheap dress for aero- j i nauts ?— Buffalo Advertiser. me Hard Work of Crime. The Rev. Dr. Cummings’ very truly j says : There may be something dashing and j exciting in the trade of the pirate or bandit, for those gentlemen are well fed and live easy ; can play the guitar and have pleasing quarters—at least in the pages of novels. Rut the poor town rowdy in America really works Larder and is worse paid than any apprentice or hired laborer. Take as an instance of the work he has to do, a bold crime, and what one would suppose to be a crime that paid well—burglary. Associates are required to enter and rifle a dwelling; nights, or at least Lours of sleeplessness, ; hunger and dreadful uncertainty are passed; exposure to cold and dampness; and long and hard work has to be en dured to saw, or pick open doors and windows, and when at last the dwelling is entered and dangers overcome of | watchmen out side and a bullet or two inside, what is secured? Some clothing, a little cutlery, a few old spoons, and occasionally a little jewelry. These things are disposed of for one-tenth of their value to receivers of stolen goods, and each of the associates received six or eight dollars, which are promptly spent for liquor, or gambled away at the card table in some miserable grog shop. It is a common thing to find in houses bur | glariously entered that the first place the poor thievs have rifled has been the re frigerator and the closet, unable to wait j for something to eat and drink, although : j every moment of delay might have cost ; them their lives. They are also fre quently detected by being found with ’ clothing on their person which is recog nized as having been stolen from some dwelling. Who works harder or is more poorly paid than one who takes part in doings like this ? And yet this is a fair average instance of crime in large eities. Once in a while we hear of a bank-safe being blown open, or an express office or jeweler’s shop successfully entered and robbed. But these events are of rare oc currence. and I speak of the ordinary run of luck in the profession. The small rabble of thieves, “knuck,” and “litters,” “sneak thieves,-” and “shovers” of coun terfeit money, as they are elegantly styled among themselves and by the police, are ragged, ill-fed and unsavory. A recent ! official work shows that the average du- { ration of life among the girls who have J given themselves up to a life of shame is j only four years, and from personal obser- j vation among victims of this class for ten j years, as chaplain, for Bellvue, the lar- j gest public hospital of New York, I should j judge that the closing year of the four is i generally embittered by disease, painful j consumptive symptoms and low fever, ag- j gravated by the free use of poisonous i gin. Ihave also noticed among (lie grown- i up boys and half-men, who live as stable I rowdies, dock loafers, and small hangers- j on, of shoulder-hitters and pot-house po!- j j iticinns, that very many are willing to j I give up their chances of life and home for j j Central America and yellow fever, and ! follow any filibustering chief who will j j pay their expenses out. Young lads of J j this description do not make enough at j j mischief to keep body and soul together, j j They live three-quarters of the year by j j sponging on their poor mothers and sis ! tors, who take in washing or sew ; and a j boy who has energy enough and respecta bility enough to keep steadily at work I j selling papers, lozengers, or peanuts, is i : a prince to them in character, success j and general happiness. Tike VoEiig Widow on a Sleigh Rifle. It is summer now, but it avas winter, clear and cold, and the snow was finely packed, when Dr. Meadows was one of a sleighing party, which he describes, so far as he and the young Widow Lambkin were concerned, in the words following: The lively Widow Lambkin sat in the sleigh, under the same buffalo robe with j me. “Oh, oh! don’t!” she exclaimed, as we came to the first bridge, at the same time catching me by the arm, and turning her veiled face toward me, while her lit tle eyes twinkled through the moonlight. “Don’t what?” I asked. “I am not doing anything.” “Well, but I thought you were going i to take toll,” replied Mrs. Lambltiu. “ Toll,” I rejoined ; “ what’s that?” “Well I declare!” cried the Widow, her clear laugh ringing out above the I music of the bells, “you pretend you ! don’t know what toll is !” “Indeed, I don’t then,” I said laugh j ing : “ pray explain, if you please.” “l T ou never heard, then,” said the Widow, most provokingly, “you never heard that when we are on a sleigh-ride the gentlemen always, that is, sometimes, wlieu they cross a bridge claim a kiss, and call it toll. But I never pay it.” I said that I never heard of it before; but when we came to 4^ e next bridge I ; claimed the toll, and the widow’s strug | glcs to hold the veil over her face were j not enough to tear it. At last the veil ’ was removed, her round, rosy face W'as j turned towards mine, and in the clear i light of a frosty moon the toll was tak en, for the first time in his life, by Dr. Meadows. Soon he came to a long bridge, with several arches; the widow said it was no use to resist a man who would have his own way, so she paid the ; toll without a murmur. “But you won’t take toll for every J arch, will you, Doctor ?” the widow said | so archly, that I did not fail to exact all ; my dues, and that was the beginning.— But never mind the rest. The Lambkin I had tho Meadows all to herself the next ! spring. _ Didn't Know to Whom Ike was Talk ing. The new General Superintendent has j commenced well. At all hours of the j night he may be found walking through : , the streets, in order to see how policemen attend to their duties, and also to keep 1 | liis eye upon the officers of tho force. A j night or two since he found a policeman | sitting ou a hydrant smoking a cigar, j The General watched him for a few mo j meats and then bade him good evening. The salutation was gruffly returned.— “l r ou are taking it ooolly,” said the Gen eral. “That’s none of your busi | ness,” returned the patrolman. “Proba ! bly not,” was the reply, “but do not the rules and regulations of the department require you to keep moving ? Possibly I am mistaken, but I think so.” “Now, look here,” said the officer, “you had better move on, *or I’ll arrest you and : lock you up. Do you hear?” “I beg pardon for interfering, but excuse me. Please take my card.” The General moved on, and since that the policeman is j said to be considering the propriety of resigning. The above is said to be lite rally true.—A". 3'. Express. Price of Slaves. In response to the many enquiries made j from persons at a distance, as to the prices that slaves are commanding in this market, we publish the annexed state ment, furnished by reliable authority : No, 1 men, 20 to 26 years old, from $1,459 to $1,500. | Best grown girls, 17 to 20 years old, from $1,275 to $1,325. Girls, from 15 to 17 years old, $1,150 to $1,250. Girls, from 12 to 15 years old, SI,OOO to $l,lOO. Best plough boys, 17 to 20 years old, $1,350 to $1,425. Boys, from 15 to 17 years old, $1,250 to $1,875. Boys, from 12 to 15 years old, §I,OOO to $1,200. Likely families, and also boys and girls, command high prices, as there are several gentlemen in market who are pur chasing for their own plantations in the South.- Richmond Dispatch. pm Death of a Noted Trainer. W e see it stated in tbe last Spirit of the Times that Col. Gibbon’s far-famed tiaiu er, Samuel Laird, is no more, he died at his residence, at Colt’s Neck, Mon mouth county, N. J., aged 73 years. He has long been honorably connected with the turf, and the improvement in the speed of American horses has probably owed as much to him as any other man. He trained Fashion, (which his son, Joe Laird always rode in her great matches,) Mingo, Monmouth and Eclipse, and oth er well known race horses. We published, some time ago, a brief account of a decision, in the High Court of Appeals, of the State of on the subject of the l ight of free persons of color of other States, to take, under the laws of Mississippi, a bequest of property in that State. The judgment of the court was against the right. It struck us, unlearned readers, as a very remarkable decision, and we perceive it was so considered by one of the judges of the Court itself. The court is com posed of three judges, two of whom con curred in the opinion. The third, Judge Haudy, gave a dissenting opinion, which has since been published at length in the Jackson Mississippian. Judge Handy examines the laws and judicial decisions of the State of Missis sippi, and arrives at the conclusion that they are adverse to the judgment just rendered. He concedes that it is the policy of the State to prohibit emancipa tion in the State, and to obstruct eman cipation ont of it, by Mississippians, which may take effect in the State. He holds that free negroes, though they may not be citizens of other States, have, as subjects or resident inhabitants, rights such as the States choose to con fer, and that this internal policy of theirs is entitled to be respected by the State j of Mississippi just as her internal policy is entitled to their respect, and that it is against the comity of States and the rules of law, for Mississippi to refuse the aid of her courts to carry out the internal policy of other States when her own soil, jurisdiction and policy are not affected. I Though Mississippi does not permit enian- 1 cipated slaves of her own to take the be quests within the State, Judge Handy holds that she cannot rightfully refuse to permit that class, resident in other \ States, to receive the benefit of devises j of property in Mississippi which they j could under the law of their domicil. The opinion is too long, elaborate, and technical for us to give an abstract of the legal argument, but the above is a summary of the conclusions, which, if they are not law, are very good reasons — JY. 0. Picayune. ♦- Burying tile Dead. A letter from Solferino, after the battle describes the burial of the dead as fol lows : “At one point, by the side of the road, ten cr fifteen peasauts were burying the dead. They gathered them from the field upon hand-barrows, from which they were rolled into the hollow places on the i roadside, from which gravel had been taken to repair the track—and after five | or six, or as many as the space would hold, had been tumbled in, a foot or two jof dirt was shoveled over them. No at tempt was made to remove any of their ; clothing, or to lay them side by side, or in any particular position. They were ftrmbled in just as it happened, and were ! covered up just as they chanced to fall, j In many cases they were laid lengthwise, ; in single file, and then covered over—a I second row being next put in, then a ; third, a fourth, &e. In this way over two hundred had been buried in a single place. It will take a long time to dispose of all the dead, and the carcasses of the j horses also; and if this excessive hot weather continues the health of the vicin | ity cannot fail to suffer,” Toniato Catsup. Having recently had several calls for the following recipe, which has before appeared in our columns, we re-publish it for the benefit of our readers : Eds. Sun: As, the season has arrived for tomatoes, probably some of your read- ; ers would like to learn how to preserve them, as a most delicious condiment. The following method I have found to surpass anything, French, Chinese or Hutch, that I have ever tried as a condiment: To a half bushel of skinned tomatoes add 1 quart of good vinegar, 1 pound of salt, ]- pound of black pepper, 2 oz. of African cayenne, j pound of Allspice, 1 oz. of cloves, 3 boxes of mustard, 20 cloves of garlic, G good onions, 2 pounds brown sugar, and one hand full of peach leaves. Boil this mass for three hours, con stantly stirring it to keep it from burn ing. When cool strain it through a fine sieve or a coarse cloth, and bottle it for j future use. It will improve by age, and create and give zest to appetite, almost under the “ribs of death.” Q. A. P. Dark. Hours. There are dark hours which mark the history of the brightest years. For not a whole month in many millions of the past, perhaps, has the sun shone bril liantly all the time. And there have been cold and stormy days in every year. And yet the mists and sha lows of the darkest hour disappeared and tied heedlessly. The most cruel ice fetters have been bro ken and dissolved, and the most furious storm loses its power to harm. what a parable is this in human ‘life—of our outside world, where the heart works in its shadowing of the dark hour, and many a cold blast chills the heart to its core. But what matters it? Man is born a. hero, and it is only in the darkness and | storms that heroism gains its greatest ; and best development, aud the storm bears it more rapidly on to its destiry. Despair not, then. Neither give up; j while one good power is yours, use it.— j Disappointment will be realized. Morti fying may attend this and that one—but only be honest and struggle on, and it i will be well. The Coosa River Survey. AVe learn from a friend that Captain Rhodes, of Rome, with a party of gentle men have m;rde a survey of that section j of the Coosa river between the Ten | Islands and the railroad bridge, in this ! county, with the most satisfactory results. In the present stage of the river they 1 report a depth of ten feet of water, three ■ fourths of the way, while the remaining fourth will average three feet in depth— they report a depth of thirteen inches on i the worst shoal. This shoal is composed j principally of boulders, which may be re moved at a comparatively trilling cost. It is proposed to put a steamer on this section of the river in the course of the ensuing twelve months, which will ply between Ten Islands and the Bridge in the winter season, and will, perhaps, run as low as the Talladega Springs du ring the summer. AVe wish the enter prise every success and hope to see it in operation at an early day. Talladega Watchtower. Iu the speech of Kossuth, delivered in Glasgow, there occurs a passage which deserves enshrinement by itself, for its impressive truth and beauty : * “I have lived too long and too practi cal a life,” said he, “to do vain things Sympathy—what is that? A sigh, that flutters from the lips of a tender girl, and dies in the whispers of the breeze. Peo ple in their individual capacity may know of sympathy, but when a people’s aggre gate sentimenls become collected in the crucible of policy, sympathy vanishes in the air, like the diamond when burnt, and nothing there remains but an empty crucible surrounded with the ashes of gross egotism, The time has not yet come when nations will act from sym pathy. That may be done when the world shall know of one Christian nation on earth. Until now. I know of Chris- j tian men and women, but I know of no Christian nation, because I know of none which, in its national policy, ever has acted upon the Christion command, ‘Do unto others as thou wouldst have others do unto thee.”’ A Golden Wedding. The leading topic of gossip just now in the fashonable circles of New York, is the grand wedding which is to take place between Senor. Estedan St. Cruz Ovieda, of Cuba, and Miss Fanny Bartlett, daugh ter of Capt. Bartlett, late of the U. S Navy. The Senor is reported to be worth $4,()00,000. lie is about 00 years old, and she is in her teens. lie has ordered for the bride SOOO,OOO worth of jewelry, and a sister pf the bridegroom has sent Miss Bartlett a little present worth SIOO,OOO. Girls—don’t be envious ! AVho of you would sell yourselves into the arms of an old superanuated Span iard, merely to be loaded down with i baubles. Account of tire Circumstances ulilcli preceded tire Armistice. A Paris letter in the Independence of Brussels gives the following account of the circumstances which preceded the Armistice: The Emperor of Austria having caused a demand to be made iu the trench camp if it were not possible to obtain the re mains of Prince Windischgrnetz, who was killed at Solferino, the Emperor Napoleon I caused them to be sought for—and they were recognised, partly by his uniform, and partly by some letters from his new ly married wife, which he had about him. The corpse was placed in an artillery wagon, and conveyed, accompanied by an officer of the staff and an escort, to the Austrian headquarters. The of ficer expressed to the Emperor the con dolence of the Emperor of the French; and his Austrian Majesty (who was just recovering from a somewhat severe indis position) begged, not without emotion, the officer to convey his thanks to the Emperor Napoleon, and to express his sorrow at the death of so many brave men in the French army. This led to some remarks on the cruel necessities of war, and from what was said, the Empe ror Francis Joseph was able to perceive that those necessities were regretted as much by his opponent as by himself. The Emperor Fransis Joseph afterwards sent the son of General Urban with a flag of truce to the French camp, as is known, and the Emperor Napoleon by an i autograph letter proposed a suspension i of arms. It is added that the latter has carried liis courtesy to the extent ot neu tralising, for the signing of the prelimi i naries of a truce, the town of Villafranca, although the usages of war would have ! justified him in requiring those formaii j ties to take place at his own liead-quar : ters.” Mr. Dallas’ Speech. Our Minister in England, George M. | Dallas, made a speech at the 4th of July ! dinner given by the American Association in London. We extract from it the fol lowing paragraph : There was a regenerative stimulus for homogenious populations in the very word “ Independence.” It was at pre | sent infusing fresh life, and rekindling energies which had lain torpid for centu | ries, in one of Europe’s fairest and most j interesting regions. The sound harmon ! ized with onward and upward aspirations, and was therefore almost magical in its ; effects. Where identity of race, of lan guage, of literature, of sentiment, of thought, of manners, of faith, of tradi tions, of customs, was the product of ages, their union and independence j ought to be, and must be, irrepressible ; hopes. Such was the case in ’7O, and such was Italy’s now. (Cheers.) He ! avoided allusion to the merits of the pre sent war, or ofits origin, or of its actors, referring to it only as resembling their colonial contest in its fundamental and j soul renovating wish for national inde ! pendence. (Hear, hear.) Many and mournful differences in the two situa tions might doubtless be shown; but among thosa differences let them not rank the seemingly inconsistent and | dangerous aid accepted from an ar bitrary monarch. America could nev er disclaim the gratitude she owed to that same France, under the rule of a Bourbon, whose succors iu blood and treasure, were now, under the rule of a Bonaparte, being similarly lavished ! on the plains of Lombardy. (Great cheer ing.) Independence, then, has lost none ofits attractions since July, 1770. Why | should it not franklj’ recognize still in j cipidnt natioualities, however weak or however strong ? Ulooily Duel. Count Bethleu, the Hungarian, at pres ent in the staff of Prince Napoleon, is the one who fought the duel wi/h Prince Es terhazy. The quarrel was a political one, and great importance was attached by the Austrian party to the death of Bethlen, whoso patriotism, combined with his immense wealth, had rendered him obnoxious to them. In the first fire the Count was shot through the body. When the Esterhazy faction saw him fall they instantly dispatched an express to Vienna to announce his death. To their great surprise and consternation, how ever, they saw him rise|to his. knees and fire at his antagonist. The ball struck Prince Esterhazy between the eyes and killed him instantly. Newspaper Decision. The Supreme Court of Indiana has made a decision, which has an important bearing upon the interests of the news paper press. A controversy existed re lative to a charge for advertising between the Commissioners of Hamilton county and the Patriot newspaper. It was held by the Judge that “the published terms of newspapers constitute a contract. If work is given to newspaper publishers, without a special contract contravening the published terms, the publisher can charge and receive according to the terms so published. It is not necessary to prove what the work cost or was worth; the publishers have a right to fix the value of their columns, and if so fixed, no other question need be asked, but the price thus charged can be recovered.” Later from Mexico. New Orleans, August I.—The steam ships Indiana and Arizona have arrived from Brazos Santiago, with dates to the 29th, and Indianola to the 80th July. | They bring §17,500 in specie. Degollado was at Tampico on the 22d, actually preparing anew campaign. Garcia, at Matamoras, had issued a proclamation, calling the Liberals to arms. Juarez’ decree, confiscating the church property, was enthusiastically receivsd. A conducts, with six hundred thousand j dollars, was en-route for Brownsville. Two hundred and thirty deaths from yellow fever had occurred at Ileynosa. The report that Santa Anna was at the \ Capital was discredited. Unfortunate Accident. We regret to learn that Dr. It. A. Flem ing, of this place, jumped from a window in the second story of his residence, while asleep, on Saturdry night last, sus taining serious, but it is hoped not dan gerous injury. The concussion was so great as to affect the spine, and produce partial paralysis. We are happy to hear, however, that the injury is not as great as was at first apprehended, and that there is some probability of a speedy re covery. This will be a fortunate escape, considering the height from which the leap w T as made, which was so great that instant death might, under ordinary cir cumstances, have been a very probable result. Eujaula Spirtl. Election Day in Montgomery. The Mail, of Tuesday, thus describes the scenes on election in Montgom ery. Really, Montgomery is becoming a belligerent city: Avery large vote, as compared with ‘ previous elections, was polled in this city yesterday. Notwithstanding the unusual number of votes, there was less noise than we have heretofore witnessed upon similar occasions. There were several knocks-down, however, besides one man stabbed and two shot. These latter cases are serious, and we hear that Robinson, one of the men shot, died last night. He was shot, it is alleged, by C. L. Watts. Tle Crops ill Western Texas. The Indianola Courier of the 23d says : We have accounts of the most reliable character from almost every portion of Western Texas, and are assured that there has never*be;n such a prospect for crops in this country before —especially the cotton crops. The crop of cotton planted this year is much larger than that of any previous year, and it is but fair to estimate that, if no disaster be falls it before now and gathering time, the yield will be more than doubled. Treasury Rett ipls. Washington, July 29.— The balance in the Treasury on the 15th was nearly five millions. Receipts last week $2,250,000, Drafts paid $1,010,500. Drafts issued $2,114,000. Cotton Manufacture atnl Culture. The development both of the produc tion and the manufacture of cotton lias been without a parallel in the history of any human indtt-try. Two hundred year:; have scarcely elapsed since cotton manu facture is first n i tit iuned in history, and then it was ,-o small a: to p.irsess no im portance. Indeed but met} ymishave passed since goells wi re fir.-t manufac tured from cotton alone, and then it was the work of the hand the yarn being spun and the cloth woven in the dwellings of cottagers. Arkwright’s genius gave cotton manu facture the importance it now possesses, making it the sinew of British power, and a benefaction to the human race. From the year 1860 we may date the real importance of this species of human in dustry—an industry which has expanded witli a rapidity, and to an extent, that ren lers the contrast ot years within the computation of a human life, Jruly aston ishing. In 177-5 the importation of cotton into England, for the consumption of its factories, was only 4,764,589 pounds; in 1857 it had risen to 1,023,886,528 pounds, an increase in eighty-two years of 1,019,- 121,939 pounds. In view of the rapid progress of cotton manufactures, we are at a loss what limit to place to the growth of this species of industry. Cotton cloth, in some of its varieties, has come to be the common clothing of the world. The cheaper it is produced the more extensive its consump tion. The extension of human inter course, and the enlargement of the fields *of commerce, open new avenues for its dissemination. But the limit must at last be reached. The rapidity of the increase in the pro duction of the raw material has quite equalled the extension of its manufacture. Previous to 1790 we exported no cotton. It was not a staple product of any State : nor was any expectation placed upon it as a future source of wealth. But as the invention of Arkwright en dowed the cotton weaver witli new pow ers, and built up manufacturing industry to its present incalculable value, so that of Whitney gave new energy to our agri curists, and made the cotton growing States the arbiters of the world of com merce. In sixty years the export of this great staple has rison from nothing to 3,- 700,000 bales. With unnumbered acres of cotton lands, needing only the hand of toil to make them fruitful, where do the powers of production end ? Though the capacity of the United States to furnish a supply of raw cotton for the world is undisputed, the manufac turers are testing the capacity of every island and interpropical region to find new field for its culture. Will they succeed in procuring a sup ply so as comparatively to be independent of the United States ? If industry and indefatigable effort, regardless of expense and undiscouraged by failure, can suc ceed, they will ultimately triumph. But, confident in the necessity of social insti tutions similar to. our own to secure the profitable culture of cotton on a large scale, the planting interest of the cotton States regard their efforts with supreme indifference. We believe, in our day at least, unless we adopt a policy suicidal to the culture of this great staple, we have nothing to fear. We are by no means certain, under other circumstances titan now exist, that the production may not be so stimulant in the United States as to glut the market, and diminish the present profits of this great industry. Under the stimulus of present prices, the cultivation of cotton is now extended to the full capacity of plant ers to buy additional labor. The coining crop rnay show a large increase upon that of the past. At what point of production the supply shall so largely exceed the de mand .as to produce a decided reaction, it is impossible to decide. For the last quarter, a decided falling off in the sales of cotton manufactures has been experienced in England. This may continue. The power to manufac ture lias certainly not been decreased, but the means of several nations of Eu rope to buy have been suddenly curtailed. Poverty follows in the train of war. And its waste is now felt in all the nations who have been compelled by a State ne cessity to mobilize their armies. Not less serious upon the power to be profitable consumers of cotton goods has been the insurrection in India. We shall not be surprised, therefore, to witness a decline in the amount of sales of cotton fabrics the present year, to be followed, perhaps, by an expansion in the future. The possibility of overproduction of the raw material, especially when the fact of considerable increase in the exports of cotton is witnessed from Egypt, from Sontli America, from the West Indian Is lands, the Pacific Islands and Southern Africa, is not to be denied, and it became the policy of the cotton planters to guard against this result as energetically as the Manchester Association labors to increase the sources from which it may be ob tained. Millions of men depend for their pros perity—nay, their comfort—upon pre serving the present relations as nearly as possible between the supply and de mand of this great staple. Asa failure of production to keep the mills in motion would revolutionize the commercial world of Europe, so a surplus, sufficient to reduce the price to the mere cost of production, would annihilate millions upon millions of value in this country, by throwing down the price of every spe cies of its property. Industry which has exhibited such re markable expansion, and is easily capable of almost unlimited growth, as that of cotton culture must have a limit some where. It is not the policy of the South to labor to find this limit, in order to ac complish any fancied or probable political advantage.— Ji. O. Picayune. Where to Plant Peacß Trees. Those intending to plant peach or j chards would do well to consider the fol ! lowing before determining upon location : After several years experience and close observation, the writer has found that those peach orchards planted upon an elevation having a height greater than the surrounding lands, produce a crop of fruit each year ; whilst those planted in ravines, or depressions, or on level land, usually fail, at least two years out of three. The cause of this difference in fruiting, I think, is this : Upon elevated locations the winds are more constantly in action than in depressions and on level lands, and in consequence, evaporation is car- j ried on more rapidly, drying up the hu midity or moisture on the buds that may have collected there. Therefore, the frost does not penetrate the vital partof the bud or bloom. On the other hand, if water remains upon the buds, it congeals by only an ordinary frost—thus killing the fruit. Some writers, I see, are recommend ing the planting of peach orchards on land closely and densely surrounded by heavy forest trees; my observation would dictate the reverse. The day pre vious to the severe frost of the 221 of April, 1859, there was quite a quantity ot rain fell in the morning ; about twelve o’clock the wind commenced blowing quite severely, and continued until even ing; upon lands where it had free access among the boughs, the orchards bid lair to yield an ordinary crop: but in other localities, where the wind was obstructed iu its motion by adjacent forests or hills, and the water left upon the buds, the crop is almost an entire failure. Artesian Well. The artesian well, at Charleeton, S. C., is tubed to the depth of 1320 feet, and supplies 100,000 gallons every twenty four hours. Its temperature, when it reaches the surface, is about 83 degrees Farenheit, its taste slightly alkaline, and it is thought to have medicinal qualities. Glass deposited in it for a few hours re ceives an iridescent coating similar to that at the artesian well of Grenelle, near Paris. A trough near the well on one of the great thoroughfares of the city, is supplied with this water for the use of horses, which manifest a singular avidity for it, many of them refusing to drink at their stables in the morning in the expec tation of receiving their supply at the trough on their way to their stands. How to Avoid tle Danger olT.ight nln§. The following seasonable advice is hum tlu’ Scientific American : The earth and atmosphere are saturat ed with electricity, which ordinarily re mains iu a state of equilibrium. When this condition L diflurbed we have tii phenomena of thunder storm —which is simply an effort ot nature to restore the electric equilibrium betwesu the atmos phere and the earth. The atmosphere in such cases is converted into a huge Ley den jar : the lightning is simply disrup tive discharges through the intervening air; and thunder is the sound caused by tiie violent and sudden compression of the air, producing waves; hence the iong continued roll like the discharge of artil lery. Lightning is the most subtle and irresistible power of nature. A single flash can shiver the tall mast of the war ship, that might bid defiance to a can nonade, or renil the lofty oak of the for est to splinters in an instant; and a sin gle bolt has toppled the tall church spire to the dust in tlio twinkling of an eye.— What is the puny power of man before such a mighty agent? It is physically frail as a teacher or a trembling ieat. Armed in the panoply of science, howev er, man, like a weak but skilltul general manivvers his forces against the otherwise destructive power and convert danger into comparative safety. The discovery was made when Frank lin proved the identity of lightning and electricity with his little kite. Electri city possesses the peculiar property of flowing along or through what are call ed “conductors,” such as copper, gold, iron, &C.; and taking advantage of this, the American philosopher suggested the erection of tall rods of iron or copper on houses or ships, to (oj> the Leydeti jars of the atmosphere, and convey their charges quietly to the earth. The sug gestion carried out has saved thousands of lives and millions worth of property, hence all houses should be provided with conductors ; but as is the case now, per haps the great majority of buildings will always be unsupplied with such agencies. In all such cases, it should never be for gotten, the lightning always seeks to I pass the earth by prominent conductors ; hence we have an explanation of the cause why trees, masts of ships, steeples of churches, towers and chimneys are often struck, and why the persons referred to above should not have been standing so near the fire on the occasion of a thunder storm, which cost them their lives. In such storms, persons in houses should sit or lie in some place as far distant as pos sible from the chimney, and the most ex i posed part of the wall—the middle of the room, if it is large, is the safest locality. Sailors on the sea should keep far as pos i sible from the mast, and farmers in the fields should never take shelter under trees. Horizontal strokes of lightning sometimes take place, and several per sons'tiave been struck while sitting at nu open window during thunder storms. Ev | ery window of a room in which persons sitting, in such cases, should be closed ; a flash of the fluid, which would pass through an open window into an apart ment, will be conducted down through the floor and wall to the earth if the win dow is shut. We have thus given dircc- I tions to be followed by all persons dur ! ing the prevalence of lightning, and we ; have set forth the science of the ques tion, so that all may not only see the j reasonableness of our remarks, but the | seasonablencss also. .+ [CorresiiiinJence ot the Liverpool I‘ost.] Tiie News of Penec in Piedmont. As you may easily imagine, the news of what people call the preliminaries of the peace, has been received with great astonishment, both by the Piedmontese | arm and by the people of Lombardy. No body would have thought that Napoleon could give up the idea of thoroughly hu -1 miliating a power which has always | shown the greatest contempt for his par venu origin and for his dynasty. Besides this, the Italians, who are such adepts in the art of self-torturing, are already bu sily engaged in foretelling all sorts of ills, and their restless imaginations tell that both the interests of their chosen I King and of Italy will be sacrificed by the European .Courts in a Congress. If we are to believe our coffee-house poli ticians, the Venetian provinces will bo handed over to anAustrian archduke, who will shortly prove to be notbiug better than a second edition of Leopold of Tus cany. Others say the priesthood will govern, a9 it did before, the Romagna; others, that Florence and Modena will be compelled to take back their unworthy l princes, with the shameful taunts of min ions and spies. I do not know how.far those rumors may be relied upon, but what. 13 dertain is, that a compromise of such a nature would not answer the ob | ject of the war that Piedmont and Franco have so nobly and so triumphantly initi ated. European diplomatists may think what they like, bnt in my opinion, it is impos sible to set Italy at rest if the Venitians are not called to partake of the liberties which have been already granted to their | brethren in Lombardy. To have an Aus trian Prince in Venice, although sur rounded by a national army, and advised by a national government, would be the same as having Viennese influences in full work, it would be the renewal of the present contest before two or three years can elapse, ‘Washington National Monument. Washington, July 31—The construc i tion of the Washington National Monu ■ nient, after a suspension of several years, is about to be resumed. Systems to raise j funds for t. e prosecution of the work ! have been put in operation, and it is pro posed to request the postmasters through i out the country to give aid to the enter prise by placing boxes within their re spective offices, for the receptions of contributions, and forwarding the re turns to Washington. A few cents a month from the thirty thousand postof fices would suffice in a few years, to raise the shaft to its intended height. The postmasters of many of the principal cities, including those of New York, Washington, Boston, Brooklyn, Balti j timore and Charleston, have already ex pressed their readiness to lend it a cor dial co operation. The Postmaster General lias written a letter to Lieutenant Ives, the engineer in charge of the Monument. He says “it is the privilege of postmasters and others associated with the postal service, in common with all other citizens, to give ) to this enterprise such supjiort as their judgments and feelings may prompt. It is as citizens, and not as officers, that their influence will be invoked, and I doubt not that, in this laudable endeavor worthily to illustrate arid perpetuate the fame of the Father of his Country, they will yield to none in the promptness and earnestness of their co-operation.” ♦ Boss of a West India Mall Steamer. The new propeller Plantagenet, at As pinwall from Liverpool, the 9th inst., re ports the loss of the Royal West India Mail Company’s new and magnificent steamship Paramatta. This event took place on or about the Ist inst., when the Paramatta was twelve days out from England, on the coral island of Anegada, lUe most northerly of the British Antilles, about sixty miles from St. Thomas. The Paramatta was the first of anew class of iron steamers now being built by the Company, and was on her first trip out. She was one of the largest and fin est steamers that has ever sailed from England, being 3,500 tons register, Bi>o horse power and about 400 feet in length; aud as the Company are their own un derwriters, it will prove to them a severe loss, probably not less than a million of dollars. They have been exceedingly un fortunate, having lost, on an average, about one vessel each year for the past nine years. The mails and passengers of the Par amatta were fortunately saved, but it is feared the cargo, as also the ship, is a total loss. At last accounts she lay with her bow in twenty feet water, and her stem in thirty feet. The island ot Ane gada is a coral formation, and at its southeast extremity is a low reef extend ing ten miles outwards, upon which ma ny vessels have been wrecked betore. y. O. Picayune.