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Rebellion nt Harper’* ferry—l'ntled States Troops Called Out—Blood Shed ! Washington, Oct. 17. —Rumors reached this city, this forenoon, that a serious in surrection has broken out at Harper’s Ferry, Virginia. The trains on the rail roads leading there have been stopped, the telegraph wires cut, and the town and all the public works arc in the hands of the insurgents. At first, it was believed that this story was merely an exaggeration of an affray among some Government employees at the United States Armory. Later dispatches, however, from Monoeacy, the nearest sta tion to the Ferry, confirm the first state ment. The ‘trains have been stopped on the several rail roads, and the employees killed. The negroes on the plantations on the Maryland side of the river have been seized, carried over, and made to join the insurgents. All statements concur in saying that the town is in the complete possession of the rebels, together with the United States Armory, Arsenal, Pay Office, and the bridges. The insurgents are composed of whites and blacks, and are supposed to be led on by Abolitionists. It-is supposed by some that the object of plundering arms, ammunition, and Government money, is for the purpose of effecting a general rising among the blacks of Maryland and Virginia. One hundred marines, with two twelve pounders, from the Washington barracks, went up this afternoon to the scene of hostilities; and will roach there about 8 o’clock p. ra. They have orders to clear the bridge at all hazards. Three compa nies of artillery from Old Point are also on the way thither, besides which six or seven companies of military from Ralti more and Frederick City, Maryland, have oflered their services, and have been ac cepted by the President. They have gone up on an extra train. The insurgents are said to number six or eight hundred, aud that they are un der the leadership of a man by the name of Anderson, who but recently arrived at the Ferry. One report from a merchant there says that most of the citizens have been im prisoned, and that many have been killed. All the roads leading to the town have been barricaded, and are guarded. It is believed here to be a move of the Abolitionists. Secretary Floyd received some weeks ago an anonymous letter, informing him that there would be a ris ing, and an attempt made to capture the Arsenal; but the letter was too indefinite and improbable to be believed. The re ports may now be greatly exaggerated, but there is undoubtedly a serious disturb ance occurring at the Ferry, and repi’Cr sentatives of the press have gono up with the troops to the scene of action. SKCONI) DISPATCH. Washington, October 17, 9J p. m.— Nothing further has been heard from Harper’s Ferry, except that the reports are generally confirmed. The insurgents have fortified the bridge with cannon. The suspicion here is that the disturb ance was caused by the failure of the contractors on the Government dam to pay the employees, several hundred in number, and that the negroes have been pressed into service. Several companies have been ordered from Richmond, and (hey will probably leave in a special train to-night. Gov. Wise is en route for Washington. Additional from Harper’s Ferry. Washington, Oct. 18.—A special dis patch to the Baltimore Sun, says that the Baltimore troops, and the Marines are under the command of Col. Lee. The army arrived near the Ferry at one o’clock last night, and learned that the Virginia rogiment, and the Frederick, Maryland, troops had entered the town on the op posite side. There was a good deal of tiring heard, and it was reported that nine persons were killed. The insurgents are in posession of the arsenal, and were willing to surrender; but they demanded safe conduct out of the difficulty; other wise, they threaten to sacrifice the lives ot two ot the principal citizens, whom they hold as prisoners. Among the insurgents are Kegg, Sea man, and Brown of Ohio, Todd of Maine, Aaron Stephens, of Connecticut, now dying, makes the following statement: The plan has been concocting for more than a year—the parties rendezvoused at a farm, a few miles distant, which had been hired for the purpose, by Cap tain Brown, ol Kansas notoriety, under the assumed name of Bill Smith. Later. —The battle, last night, was fought mainly by the rail road men; and one conductor was killed, and two others were wounded. It is thought the Abolitionists will be hung as soon as they are taken. Later from Harper’s JPerry—Outlaws Taken—Tke Armory Taken at the Point of the Bayonet. Washington, Oct. 18.—About daylight the demand was made to the outlaws to surrender, which they refused to do.— The marines then forced the door of the Armory, under a heavy fire from the in surgents, which was returned by the marines, who forced an entrance at the point ot the bayonet. After a few mo ments the conflict was over, and all of the living insurgents captured. The volunteers tried to shoot them, but were prevented. Ossawatomio Brown and his sou were both shot—the latter is dead, and the former is dying; he talks freely, and says that the whole object was to free the slaves. Audersou, of Connecticut, another leader, was killed. Three of the marines and several of the State troops were shot. Amongst those that were murdered by the insurgents were several of the first men of that section of the State. It is feared that the insurrection has many ramifications. In Baltimore, Washington and Alexandria, the authorities are all prepared for any emergency, if it occurs. The governments of Maryland and Vir ginia have taken every precautionary measure. The population are very much excited, and insist that the prisoners should be tried by a drum-head court. SECOND DISPATCH. Washington, Oct. 18.—A company of mounted men, under the authority of the President, left Baltimore this afternoon, tor the purpose ot pursuing the fugitive insurgents, and overtaking them in any State or locality of the Union in which they may be found. The United States District Attorney left here this eveniug to bring on the immediate trial of the prisoners. Three hundred Virginia military ar rived from Richmond this evening, but found orders to return, as their services were not needed. The most energetic measures are on foot to ferret out and capture all involved in the insurrection. Quiet lias beeu restored. Austin. Austin, the capital of the State of Texas, is in Travis county, where the drought has cut short the crops for the last two years, and outside of the usual appendages of ‘the seat of government.’ presents very few attractions. The State House is a huge pile of yellow limestone, with no pretension to architectural beauty or taste. The Governor’s residence is a duplicate of the mansion of W. It. Hunt, on Shelby street. This, with the new land office, is the only edifice of public buildings marked by any distinguishing peculiarities. The only object of especial interest I saw at the capital was the mon ument in the vestibule of the State House, erected to the memory of the heroes of the Alamo. As you enter, the name of Crocket stands out upon it in bold relief; upon either side, the names of Bonham, Travis and Bowie and under these, those of their companions who so dearly sold their lives on that memorable occasion. Upon the monument are the following inscriptions : “To the God of the fearless and free is dedicated this altar, made from tl*e ruins of Alamo, March G, 1836, A. D.” “Blood of heroes hath stained me. Let the stones of the Alamo speak, that their immolation be not forgotten.” “Be they enrolled with Leonidas in the k host of the mighty dead.” “Thermopylm had her messenger of 4efeat but the Alamo had none From the Savanafth News. Tle Harper’* Kerry Insurrection. Baltimore, Oct. 19.-—The dying con fessions of some of (he insurgents dis ciose tho fact that Ossawatomie Brown was (he sole concoctnr and instigator of the insurrection. Months ago he hired a l'atm in the vicinity of the Ferry, where he gathered around him several impov erished Kansas discontents and fanatics, witli whom he laid the plan to seize the U. S. Armory, hoping thus to insure a concentration of the slaves cf the neigh boring counties of Virginia* and Mary land, and to create a general, wide-spread insurrection. Tho insurgents state that on Sunday they were to have been reinforced by fifteen hundred men. Many citizens and government employmees were on Sunday night forced out of town by armed squads of while men and blacks. These spread the alarm and caused the assembling of bodies of armed men and military in the neighboring towns, who promptly’ concentrated around the Ferry, thus alarming the negroes who may have intended to join the insurgents. Tho rail road companies afforded every facility for the transportation of troops, and before the insurrectionists were aware of it, every outlet from the town was guarded, and themselves completely penned. Previous to their being thus surrounded, a portion of the abolitionists had effected a stampede among the ne groes on the neighboring farms, forcing them away against their will; others had conveyed government arms and muni tions to distant hiding places. It is also said that they plundered the Pay Office of the U. S. Armory of some fifteen or twenty thousand dollars in money.— About dusk on Monday evening the local military simultaneously attacked the town at four different points, and drove the insurgents into the armory iuclosure, where they sought refuge. The fight in the streets was very severe, fifteen of the insurgents and two or three of their as sailants being killed, and several wound ed. Matters thus rested until the arrival of the Marines aud Baltimore troops, when the armory was forced to surrender. At daylight on Tuesday morning, tho de mand was made upon the insurgents in the armory to surrender, which being re fused, the Marines proceeded to batter down the doors, succeeding in which, they were received with a brisk fire from the insurgents within, by which one man was killed, one it is feared mortally wounded, and two or three others slightly wounded. The Marines having forced an entrance, took the insurgents prison ers at the point of the bayonet, and liberated the citizens whom they held as prisoners, and whom they had threatened to murder in case they were attacked by the troops. The number of insurgents taken pris oners is not stated. Out of the original insurgents fifteen are dead and two are believed to be mortally wounded. Citizens Murdered. —Among the citizens murdered are Messrs. Fountain and Breakham, both prominent and much re spected citizens ; Joseph Burnly, Agent of the Rail Road Company, and George Turner, one of the first men in the vicin ity. Killed in the Fight. —Uvan Dorsey, rail road conductor, and George Richardson, of Martinsburg. Several soldiers sre seriously wounded. Latest. —Brown is not yet dead, and may possibly live to be hung. The arrangements of Gov. Wise to prevent the spread of the insurrection, were complete aDd most admirably exe cuted. The Governor himself arrived on the spot too late to participate in the at tack. He had seven infantry companies, two rifle companies, and one artillery company, all with full ranks, besides several local military companies under orders and eu route for the Ferry in less than four hours after the news of the outbreak had reached him at Richmond. Harper’s Ferry, Oct. 19, noon.— There are yet no signs of the fugitive in surrectionists. The Chambersburg and Bedford Rangers are searching the moun tains for them. Last evening a detachment of Marines and Volunteers visited Brown’s house and found a large quantity of blankets, boots and shoes, clothing and tents, fifteen hun dred pikes with large blades affixed, and a carpet bag containing documents throw ing much light on the insurrection, among which are a printed constitution and by laws of the organization, showing exten sive ramifications in various States of the Union. Among tho documents are letters from various individuals North ; one from Fred Douglas, containing ten dollars from a lady, also one from Gerritt Smith about money matters, and a che6k or draft by him for one hundred dollars, endorsed by the cashier of a New York bank, whose name is not recollected. All these are in the possession of Gov. Wise, who has is sued a proclamation offering SI,OOO for the arrest of Cook, one of the chiefs of the insurrection. Large numbers of armed men are now scouting the mountains in pursuit of him. Cook took tea at his father-in-law’s house, near the Ferry, on Monday night, only a few hours previous to the arrival of the Marines. It is re ported that on Tuesday morning he was seen in the mountains, only three miles off. Four wagons loaded with government arms had been recovered. The insurrec tionists did not rob the pay office as was at first reported. There was a large amount of money deposited there. Among the letters found in Brown’s house was the following, which we give as a specimen: “Dear Sin—l have been disappointed in not seeing you ere this to take charge of your freight. They have been here two weeks, and as I had to superintend the providing for them, it has imposed on me no small task. Besides they are get ting discontented, and if not taken charge of soon, they will go back to Missouri. They cannot be kept here much longer. If any of them go back it will be bad termination to your enterprise.” It appears that the insurrectionists had a printed constitution and by-laws for a provisional government of the Uni ted Slates, and had issued commissions from the War office, near Harper’s Ferry, of which the following is a specimen : “Whereas, W. H. Leeman, has been nominated captain in the army estab lished under the Provisional Govern ment: now, therefore, in pursuance of the authority vested in me by said Con stitution, we do hereby appoint and com mission said Leeman, captain. Given under my hand, in the office of the Sec retary of War, this loth day of October, 1859. JOHN BROWN, Commander-in-Chief. 11. Keys, Sec'y of War.” The following is the anonymous letter received by Mr. Floyd, Secretary of War, at Washington City: “Cincinnati, Aug. 12, 1859. 11 Sir —l have recently received infor mation of a movement of so great import ance that I feel it to be my duty to impart it to you without delay. I have discov ered the existence of a secret association having for its object the liberation of the slaves of the South by gen eral insurrection. The leader of the movement is old John Brown, late of Kansas. He has been in Canada during the winter drilling the negroes, and they are only waiting his word to start to the South to assist the slaves. They have as one of their leading men a white man in an armory in Maryland. Where it is situated I have not been able to learn. “As soon as everything is ready, those of their number who are in the Northern States and Canada are to come in small companies to the rendezvous, which is in the mountains of Virginia. They will pass down through Pennsylvania and Maryland, and enter Virginia at Harp er’s Ferry. Brown left the North about three or four weeks ago, and will arm the negroes, and will strike the blow in a few weeks; so that whatever is done must be done at once. They have large quantities of arms at their rendez vous, and are probably distributing them already. “ I am not fully in their confidence, and this is all the information I can give you. I dare not sign my name to this, but trust that you will not disregard the warning.” The following account of the arms of the insurgents was found, among other tilings at Cook’s house: 1000 pikes, made in Connecticut, with ‘handles six feet long, and broad, fiat two edged blade, one foot long,; 900 Sharp’s rifles; one box revolvers ; one box of swords. Brown denies that any others except those present at the Ferry are connected wilh the enterprise. His wounded son says that other parties in the North were connected with them. Still Later lrom Harper’s Ferry— Jurisdiction of the Prisoner’s Set tled-List of Killed and Wounded Rebels. Harper’s Ferry, Oct. 19. —The pris oners, taken in the late conflict with the insurgents at this place, have been com mitted to the jail of Charlestown, (Jeffer son county, Va.,) to await the action of the Grand Jury. They will be indicted aud tried in a few days. The arrange ment about jurisdiction has been settled in this way; the local authorities to try the prisoners for murder; meanwhile the United States authorities will proceed to try them on the charge of treason. Gov. Wise said to United States Attorney Gen eral Ould, that he had no objection to the General Government proceeding against the prisoners, if anything be left of them by the time the authorities get through with them. Brown is better. He has made a fuller statement, in which he says that he rented the farm, on which his rendezvous was located, from Dr. Kennedy, six months since, and that lie has paid the rent for it until next March, lie says that he never had over twenty-two men at the farm at any one time, who be longed to bis organization ; but that he had good reason to expect re-inforcements from Maryland, Kentucky, North and South Carolina, and the Canadas. He states fruther, that he had arms and am munition sufficient for fifteen hundred men ; that he had two hundred revolvers, two hundred Sharpe’s rifles, and one thousand epears, which were left there at tho farm, where he had, also, an abun dance of power and fixed ammunition. He brought all his arms, from time to time, from Connecticut and other points in the Eastern States, to Chambersburg, Pa. ; they were directed to J. Smith & Sons, Kennedy Farm, (bis assumed name ;) and were packed in double boxes so as to deceive the parties who handled them in transporting them to the farm. He says that .he made one mistake in either not detaining the train on Sunday night, or in permitting it to go on unmo lested. The mistake, he seems to infer, exposed his doings too soon, land prevent ed his re-inforcements from reaching him. The names of all his party at the Ferry on Sunday night, except three white men, whom Brown admits were sent away on an errand, are as follows; with their proper titles under the provisional government affixed : Gen. John Brown, Commander-in-Chief, wounded, but will recover; Capt. Oliver Brown, dead; Capt. Watson Brown, dead ; Capt. Aaron C. Stephens, of Connecticut, wounded badly, has three balls in bis body, cannot possibly survive ; Lieut. Edwin Coppice, of lowa, unhurt; Lieut. Albert IlazleU, of Pennaylvania, dead ; Lieut. Wm. Lee man, of Maine, dead ; Captain John E. Cook, of Connecticut, escaped; Captain John Kagi, of Ohio, (raised in Virginia) dead; Lieut. Jeremiah Anderson, of In diana, dead; privates—Stewart Taylor, of Canada, dead; Chas. P. Todd, of Me., dead; Wm. Thompson, of New York, dead; and Dolph Thompson, of New York, dead . These, with the three previously sent off, make seventeen whites. The negroes were : Dangerfield Newly, of Ohio, raised in Virginia, dead; Em peror, of New York, raised in South Car olina, not wounded* a prisoner—the lat ter was elected a member af Congress of the provisional government, some time since; Louis Leary, of Ohio, raised in Virginia, dead; Copeland, of Ohio, raised in Virginia, not wounded—a pris oner at Charlestown. Gen. Brown received nine wounds, hut none, it is thought, would prove fatal. There was about a bushel of letters dis covered from all parts of the country. One from Gerritt Smith, that informs Brown of some money being deposited t\t a bank in New York, to the credit of J. Smith & Sons. The letter appears to be one of the many, that informed him from time to time, as the money was received. Intereeting from Brownsville and Northern Mexico. New Orleans, Oct. 19. —Advices from Brownsville, Texas, to the Bth state that the yellow fever had disappeared from the city. The citizens had formed into batallions, and were standing guard night ly to protect themselves against the Guer rillas. News from Monterey, Northern Mexico, says Durango is in a deplorable state. The town of Durango was taken and sacked by two hundred robbers, on the 10th ult. The troops had arrived and dispersed them, killing a large number. The army at Montere}’ had pronounced against Vidauri, who, with Guazua, (Garza) had left for Texas. Marquez was defeated twice on the 10th ult. It is reported that Guadalajara has been taken by General Ogaron who is in com mand of the Liberals. Marquez has asked for reinforcements of General Woll. A Peculiar ami Remarkable Man. A traveling correspondent, who writes for the Greenville (S. C.) Patriot, in a recent letter, says: I forgot to mention in my last letter from Boston, my visit to the Historical Society of Massachusetts, and the library of Mr. Dowse, presented to the Society by that remarkable man. He was a na tive of Sherborn, and nearly connected with my family there. He commenced life very poor, and had a passion for books. As he made money he laid it out in books, and read them. He went on making money, buying books and read ing them, till he died two or three years since. Then he gave his books to the Historical Society, which are valued at fifty thousand dollars, and left forty thou sand dollars to charitable purposes, twenty thousand to poor relations, and thirty or forty to other purposes! He never had time to get married, attend a political meeting, go to church, or write a line for publication ! Ilis books are the best bound and best selected library in the United States. The Historical So ciety paid three thousand dollars for shelves and furniture for the room in which they are placed. Texas Cattle at Pensacola. The Pensacola Tribune, of a recent date, says: The schouer Monte Christo, from some port in Texas, arrived at her wharf yes terday evening, with a cargo, consisting in part of mules, ponies, horses and cows and calves. The disembarkation of this motley crowd was novel in itself, and witnessed by many spectators. ♦- The Central Georgian of the 19th, says: We hear some of the planters of this county boasting of their corn crops.— Some say they have made the best corn they ever made. The ears, they say, are much larger than usual. Corn is selling for less than we have known it for the last three years, at this season of the year—so and 60 cents per bushel. Heavy Robbery. The Savannah Rapublican of yesterday says : “We hear that a countryman, who brought to town last night a trunk con taining §3,000 in money and notes, left it in his wagon at the market, in charge of a negro boy, while he went to take his wife to a boarding house. On returning he fouud the negro asleep and the trunk missing.” Mr. Thomas 11. Clark, an old citizen of Tuscaloosa county, Ala., and formerly of this State, died at the residence of his son-in-law, in Tuscaloosa county, on the loth ult. He was in the 96th year of his age at the time of his death, and had Berved three years in the war of the revolution. Corn anil Hogs. We have additional and pretty full ad vices regarding corn and hogs, since our last. We find that the corn crop has matured pretty generally throughout the entire west, aud none of consequence has teen injured by (lie frosts of the past week. In Illinois there is no doubt that the crop is a large one; some of our correspon dents estimate it three times as large as that of last year, and some more than this. In Missouri there is no doubt that the crop is very good, both as regards quality aud quantity, aud from the let ters from various parts of that State, we think we do not over estimate it when we call th'e yield double that of last year, and the quality of the corn crop very supe rior. The following extract from a cor respondent at Lexington, in that State, is a fair sample of the advices: “Corn was planted more exteusively last spring than I ever remember before, and had the frost of June and the drouth of July uot in jured it, the crop would have been ,n my opinion, fifty per cent, greater than any ever raised in this State. As it is, we have an excellent crop, well matured, aud the yield will be more than double that of last year. The supply of hogs is good; the high prices paid for them last winter encouraged farmers to make un due exertions to take care of them and they have been feeding the new coin to them during the last six weeks, aud ex pect to obtain nearly as high prices for them as they a did last year. It. would be difficult to purchase any now below sc. nnd many farmers ask s£c , net. weight. I have not heard of any contracts.” Our advices from Kentucky, with hard ly an exception, report a good corn crop and a prospective large hog crop. Beef cattle are represented abundant through out the entire west, and in good condi tion. But the wheat crop is, without an ex ception, reported below an average. We might give numerous extracts from let ters, in addition to those above, but they would be but mere repetition, and there fore unnecessary. The conclusion in our mind is that the corn crop of the west, is the best gathered for some years, taking the whole country together. In 1857 the yield was larger, perhaps, but a great portion of it was ruined by the wet fall and the severe frost of November. AdJ as regards hogs there can be no doubt, we think, of a very full supply as regards number, and a large increase in weight over that of last year. Cincinnati Price Current, Oct. 12. China. There is no later news, but. the Paris Pays furnishes the following in regard to the movements of Mr. Ward, the American Minister : The latest news from Shanghai estab lishes beyond a doubt the arrival of Mr. Ward, the American Envoy, at Pekin. This diplomatist ascended the Ki-Tcheou Yun Hoj one of the brauches of the Pei ho, accompanied by alj the members of his Legation. Arriving at Ning Ho Fou, the Ameri can corvette, which had brought Mr. Ward was retained in port. The mem bers of the Legation, under the guidance of a Mandarin, were placed in a huge box, about five metres long by three broad, which was closed everywhere but. above, so as to prevent those it contained from seeing the country. This box, or traveling chamber, provided with all things necessary to the comfort of the traveler, was placed on a raft and taken up the river, and then up the Imperial Canal, as far as the gate of the Capital. Here it was placed on a large truck drawn by oxen, and in this way the Min ister of the United States and the mem bers of his Legation entered the town of Pekin. They were perfectly well treated by the Chinese, but were not allowed to see anything. The truck was drawn into the court-yard of a large house, which was to be the residence of the American Envoys, but from which they were not to be allowed to go out. At the last dates they were awaiting their interview with the Emperor. They had not been allowed to have any com munication with the outer world, but were permitted to send a dispatch to Mr. Fish, the American Consul at Shanghai, informing him of their safety. After the interview the American Min ister was to be re-conducted to the fron tier in the same way as that in which he came. A Deserved. Compliment. The Home Journal says: “Since the appearance of ‘Jane Eyre,’ no volume has fallen from the pen of a lady writer evincing more power and learning than the novel ‘ Deulali,’ by Miss Augusta J. Evans, of Mobile. The scene of the story is laid in a Southern city, and the characteristics of the surrounding coun try are well described. The heroine—an orphan named Beulah BeDton—is en dowed with a formidable will and an ex cessive spirit of independence, which en able her to rise from poverty and a me nial vocation to an elevated social posi tion and an honorable place in literature. Early perplexed with sceptical questions on the subject of religion, she examines the most abstruse metaphysical problems for the purpose of satisfying her doubts; and, finally after laying bare the fallacy of each, she finds that peace of mind which only can be obtained through the crucified Redeemer. The volume, simply as a story, is full of interest, and much skill is displayed in its development. The work evidently is written with a desire to inculcate in every soul a lesson of truth and goodness. We do not hesitate to say that in the production of this volume Miss Evans has achieved the highest rank among the novelists of her sex in this country. No more Seed! Head. The most disastrous news which has reached us lately, is the reported deter mination at head quarters to abolish the Agricultural Bureau, and to stop the distribution of seed. While we are not prepared to say that the country will suf fer much by ibis unexpected act of the Department, we cannot escape the pain ful convictiou that the damage done our Representatives in Congress will be irre parable. How now will they remind their constituents that they are remembered in Washington? What slight token of af fection for the dear people can they now offer? How many Districts which have heretofore blossomed like the rose, will now cease to be garden spots where mem bers of Congress have scattered broad cast the seed of their popularity ? The “Public Document,” with its worthless contents, is all that is left for the “gen eral muster,” and while their indignation will be justly visited upon the authors of the mischief, we beg them to remember that our present representatives are en tirely blameless. Expect no more seed from Washington. —Spirit of the South. Tlie Arctic Expedition. It appears that Lady Franklin sank, in the last expedition to the Arctic regions, all her remaining fortune, and that her failing health now detains her in the South of France. An “Arctic Naviga tor,” iu a letter to the Times, suggests that, besides re-funding to the widow of the officer who fell in the execution of his duty, the sum she paid for fitting out the Fox and her crew, she should be offered a home for her declining days in the pal ace of Kensington. The same writer also suggests that Capt. M’Ciintock should, by order in council, be allowed sea-time as a naval officer while he commanded the Fox, and receive his well merited knight hood, and that the officers and crew of the Fox ought to get the remaining £lO,- 000 reward for solving the'fate of the lost expedition. Charleston Courier. Anew Post Office has been established in Walker county, Ga., called Chestnut Flat. The following offices have been dis continued : Daviston, Talbot county; Brooks, Worth county; Cornucopia, Jones county; Celay, Jackson county; Ghentsville, Henry county; Gordon Springs, Whitfield county; Harmony Grove, Jackson county ; Harmony, Elbert county; and Location, Coweta county. The Shelby News reports the existence of hog cholera throughout that portion of Kentucky. Some farmers have lost nearly all their hogs. Day of Atonement. This evening the day of Atonement t begins and lasts till to morrow evening, according to the precept of Sacred Scrip ture. The day is appointed by divine au thority to alone man with his God, i. e. to unite him again with his Father in lieaveu, as the term ad unum or at one I signifies, whereas sins separate man from j God. The means to expiate sin and re-unite man with his God are stated in the Bible, in the words, Ye shall afflict your j Nepkegh ” This latter term signifies both* the man spiritual and physical. There fore, the affliction of soul and body is un derstood by it. The soul shall be hum bled before God in repentance of sins, and the consciousness of its weakness and evil propensities. It shall be hum ; bled before cur neighbor in confessing the wrong done .to him and the desire to ; make good what we have doue evil. The i soul shall feel the burning burden of sin : and attempt to quench the consuming fire by the tears of true repentance. The body shall be afflicted in a negative way. It shall be deprived of all pleasures, such as eating, drinking, &c. Thus the source of all sins, the sensual propensi ties shall be subdued and subjected to the reign of the spirit.. The will, the mind shall rule supreme this day, and the pas sions shall be silent. Thus man shall learn his own spiritual nature, aiul ap proach higher his God. • This day is called in Scripture “ the Sabbath of Sabbaths,” or the most holy Sabbath ; because it is a perfect day of rest. The body rests entirely, and the , rest of the sou! is complete. It is not i disturbed by carnal pleasures, its at ten* j tion is not absorbed by worldly specta cles, its rest is complete before God. to review its own doings, repent its sins, and prepare noble wishes and generuos principles for its guide in future. — Is raelite, Oct. 7. Additional l>y tlie North Briton. At Zurich on the third, all the Pleni potentiaries were present at the meeting of the Conference, when the articles of peace were read over. The Paris Patrie says that the treaty will be signed in a few days, and that the Central Italian affairs will be settled by the Congress. The London Times has another sharp article about San Juan. It says that the Island belongs to England, and stigmati ses General Harney as a fillibuster. The builder’s strike continue. The Times says that the agents of France,, Austria and Sardinia are solici ting, and tender the English founde ries contracts for a large quantity of ! rifled canuon. The latest rumor say that the French I preparations for China have been sus pense'], and indications of backing down | appear. Marshal Neil’s order of the clay } on joining his troops, at Toulon, have i been construed into admission of peace, j that is not likely to last long. The Paris correspondent of the London Herald says nothing has been heard on every side, but that preparations of war give a similar picture to the affairs of Austria and Sardinia. Minister Mason died at Paris on the 3d. A Paris letter says that the King of Belgium’s visit to Biarritz was in rela tion to a debt due to France by Belgium. He made a perfect failure. Sardinia urges the European powers to insist upon the formation of a kingdom in Upper Italy. It is asserted that the Pope has ordered passports to the Sar dinian Ministry, and it is reported that this give rise to the collision between the Swiss troops and the Neutral Italians at Cattolia. Garribaldi has been enthusiastically received at Bologna. He has summoned the Italians of Legation to arms, aud a collision is shortly expected. Beauties at Baden. Carl Benson, in a letter dated Baden- Baden, September 6, to the New York Spirit of the Times, writes thus : And now for Baden. The last fortnight in August brought something like a rush of visitors, not so great as usual, but sufficient to crowd the hotels. There is a fair share of female attraction, contri buted by several countries, and America in particular is represented by two re markable beauties from New Orleans and ! one from New York. It may bo said, moreover, of the ladies, that they are not : subject to the usual European criticism : upon our belles of undue physical fragility —they are all in good condition, and their | united weights, as the paragraph makers say, amount to certainly more than three ! hundred pounds. There are also among the latest arrivals two charming Russian Princesses, of a delicate and refined expression, very dif ferent from the usual Russian style; ; indeed, persons who do not know these two sisters generally take them for Americans. The Russian great ladies are generally a trifle too much got up, I and—l won’t affirm they paint, but they |look as if they painted. Then there is I the regular belle of the season, Countess Obelinska, and others, quos enumerate non necesse est. Notwithstanding the beauties and their equipages, it must be confessed : that the general run of the company at Baden is less magnificent and fashionable than usual. The tag aud rag and bob j tail of mankind do greatly preponderate. Michael Angelo. A number of interesting drawings and manuscripts by Michael Angelo have just been discovered in that house at Florence, which all Italian touristk will remember in the Via Ghibellina. The house has | been changing hands lately in conse quence of some law proceedings, and has now become the property of the Govern ment. A letter from Florence says : “The Government has appointed a com mission to arrange all the memorials, and I have been assured by one of the mem bers of the commission that there have been found in the family archives many drawings of Michael Angelo hitherto un known, and writings of the highest value, both original prose and poetical composi tions from his pen ; letters, not only un edited but quite unknown, from the most illustrious men of his time addressed to the artist, and tending to throw anew light on the events of his life. Let us trust that the students of art may rightly avail themselves of these treasures, and may finally write a complete story of Michael Angelo’s life and times. The commission is already engaged in prepar ing the materials for a complete and cor rect edition of his writings.” Origin of the Newly discovered Oyster Placer. The New York Times says: “Some time in the year 1841, a bed of young, or seedling oysters were found near tlie east beach, at the mouth of Nortbport harbor, and there was a lively time among the oystermen, while the deposit lasted, in securing them for the purpose of transplanting AmoDg others, a man familiarly known at Huntington as “Dick Scudder” was active with his little schooner in conveying away the oysters, his planting ground being directly across the Sound, near Norwalk. Conn. In one of these excursions, while beating over against a strong northeast wind, bis craft was struck by a sudden flaw and cap sized, spilling overboard thirty bushels, more or less, which were carried upon the deck. The precise spot where this accident occurred, nearly twenty years ago, is now covered with a busy fleet of oyster boats and vessels gathering a pro lific harvest from the seed thus acciden tally scattered.” We read that Col. Wildmun, cf New stead Abbey, died Sept. 20, suddenly.— The deceased was the intimate frieDd of the late Lord Byron, and purchased the ancestral estate, Newstead Abbey, for <£oo,ooo. The deceased was an old Waterloo officer, belonging to the 10th Hussars. It is stated that Newstead Abbey will be sold. Treasurer’s weekly statement by re turns received to Monday, 10th October, 1859. Washington Constitution. Receipts $1,136,099 99 Drafts issued 1,541,877 31 Reduction 405,777 32 Amount subject to draft 4,569,847 58 midnight Procession of the Sons of Malta in New Yorlt — Festival of the Seven Cardinal?. According to previous announcements, the Sons of Malta turned out last night for a grand moonlight procession. Ihe aristocratic Pro Patria Lodge issued tire announcement that the cavalcade would form at their room, No. 814 Broadway, and that “dominoes would be furnished at the Lodge room ; other Lodges invi ted to participate. ’’ At 9 o’clock our re porter left tire office to proceed to the den from whence was to issue the gallant Sons, and many were the difficulties he encountered on his way. Broadway was thronged with people of every age and size, crushing and crowding each other furiously in their anxiety to secure a frout seat on the curb-stone or a lamp post against which to rest their backs. Hotel balconies and frout lobbies were filled with gorgeously dressed ladies, and more than theusual allowance of tooth picking free-lunch eaters. At the street corners were ancient and venerable dames and their youthful and voluptuous daughters, nudging and squeezing for elbow room, and a place whereon to rest the soles of their feet. From Canal street to Union Square the crowd grew greater as you asceudeu. In the imme diate vicinity of Pro Patria’s room many thousands of open mouthed and wonder ing spectators were assembled, eagerly stretching their tortured necks to gain the first, glimpse of the promised specta tacle. Here, too, were many private carriages drawn up against the curbstone, the inmates of which were doubtless flat tering themselves on their advantageous positions. Long and eagerly watched the crowd, and still the procession ap peared net. A few of the masked indi viduals appeared upon the balcony, and various were the remarks made upoD their muzzled countenances. Cries of impa tience presently begin to arise from the expectant throng, and curious individu als begin to ask “where now are the He brew children ?” and other wondering youths inquire why don’t you “come out of the wilderness.” Soon a rush in the crowd denotes the coming down from above of the Spectacular Sons. Two by two, tramping heavily down the stairs, comes the expected procession. First a long string of men with -white or black gowns about their persons, their heads covered with a sort of night cap corres ponding with their gowns, a black and white one linked arm and arm, and this long string on reaching the street, turned their heads up Broadway, thus for a long timedisappointingtbe down town crowds. Arriving at Union Square, tho accom panying policemen make a furious dash at the crowd of spectators, and gallantly turning the switch, point the procession down town. And here the procession gets itself into shape, the last coming first, and the first last, and now becomes a proper subject for description Our reporter mounted upon the top of the stage, obtains a good view, and notes as follows: The procession was headed by sixteen small drummers, who beat their sheepskins to a never-varying solemn dead march, the drummers being prece ded by a small squad of brass-buttoned policeman, who in turn are preceded by a large number of ragged urchins, each with a big stick over his. shoulder, and these were preceded again by other small urchins without any’ sticks. Os course, these could not be called legiti mate Sons of Malta, but were the off scourings of humanity that will be found at all processions. Behind the drummers followed Malta’s proper Sons, the first dozen or so being dressed in stagy armor, helmets on and vizors down, with drawn swords and dangerously elastic steps. One of these fantastic individuals of im mense size, “all dressed up in blue, so,” was particularly profuse in his sword gesticulations, every movement of which seemed to say, in the expressive lan guage of the frontier Indian. “Ugh! big Injun, me!” Following these high digni taries was a small detachment of the black and white amalgamatedly dressed Sous, who preceded four others dressed in red frocks, bearing upon their shoul ders a gigantic book. Another squad of the black and whites, then came a cc.ffln shaped arrangement, covered with a black pall, ornamented with a brilliant tin Maltese cross. More black and white fellows, interspersed occasionally with an armored and vizored chap with a majes tic walk, or a comically masked individ ual who afforded much amusement to the assembled spectators. One person with a huge nose, dressed violently in black, is vociferously hailed ns the gentle Bo rneo, and receives innumerable lively punches in the small ribs from the out siders. Another sprinkling of black and white, generously dealt out in respectable doses of half and half, and the procession had passed. But the crowd ask “Where are tlie Seven Cardinals?” The question is as vain as “Who struck Billy I’atison ?” And our reporter returned to the office, asked the people he met if they could give him any definite ‘information regarding the Seven Cardinals, but not a bit of in formation could lie obtain. When we add to our report that the various flags and emblems of the Order were promis cuously scattered through the proces sion, and that several hundred of these queerly dressed persons formed the line, and that they presented an appearance similar to the processions of monks seen upon our theatrical stages, our readers will know full as much of the affair as our reporter or any one else who is not a member of the Sons of Malta can know. But our reporter insists upon asking once more, “ Where are the Seven Cardinals?” Tribune. • . —♦- Singular Hallucinations. A Paris letter writer tells the following rather amusing instance of hypochondria. An individual was arrested on Friday, who had taken off his clothes in the street, declaring that he stood in no need of gar ments, as every body must know him to be “Adam, the father of mankind.” On the same evening, another man was ar rested, on the boulevards, who had fas tened to his shoulders a'pair of wings made of wire, and gravely informed the crowd, attracted by his novel proceedings, that he was about to fly away. This person called himself an “aeronautic en gineer,” and was conducted to the Pre fecture of Police. A third case was that of a clerk employed in a commercial house in Paris, who managed to slip past the sentinel on guard, and entered the palace of the Tnileries, declaring to the amazed servants that he was the only son of Napoleon 11, and consequently the legitimate Emperor of the French. As this poor fellow has been shut up in a madhouse. Napoleon 111 has not much to fear from his rival for imperial honors. lor th'e Sun. Electioneering. Now the election is over, it may not be amiss to suggest that straight-forward honesty is the best policy even in poli tics. Buying votes —penning men—drug ging liquors—and illegal voting, will not pay. I do not say that all these things have been done, but if they have it is a shame and a blot upon the character of the country. These are not the liberties for which our forefathers tought and bled during the revolutionary war. LACON. ■ ♦- ■ An interior editor gives the following account of the origin of one passage often heard on the stage : One night, in Baltimore, Maereadyap peared in that character, and at the time the ghosts of Queen Anne, the two young Princes who were smothered, and the Duke of Buckingham appeared, Macrea dy was so overcome with liquor and ex citement he fell upon the stage. Quickly recovering himself, he involuntarily ex claimed, “ Shadows avaunt! Richard is himself again !” and from that time it has passed into the play. The Currant Crop. Letters from Zante (lonian Islands) of August 16th, 1859, state that the Currant crop this year is in a very prosperous condition. The blight, which for five or six seasons past has caused the destruc tion of the vines, has entirely disappeared. Zante would, perhaps, make twelve mil lion pounds, of a very excellent quality, Cephalonia thirteen millions, aud Morea fifty millions. TELEG-E lO_ — Ailill VAli rut sM^ 3TKAMKJ E XT X M > P aY . ALL QUALITIES SLIGHTLY ADVANCED I Sew York, Oct. 19, 1859. The British steamship Europa, with Liverpool dates to Saturday, Oct. Bth, has arrived at Halifax. Her advices are three days later than the North Briton s. Liverpool Cotton Market. —The sales of Cotton for the week were 55,090 bales. All qualities had slightly advanced, and the market closed with an improved trade demand. Additional by tlie Europa. Halifax, Oct. 19.—The sales of cotton on Friday were 10,000 bales, of which speculators and exporters took 8,000 bales. The stock of cotton at Liverpool was 580,000 bales, of which 540,0U0 bales were American. State of Trade. Manchester advices un favorable. All qualities of yarns have slightly declined. Quotations were barely maintained. Liverpool General Markets. —Breadstufls firm. Provisions quiet, but steady. London Money Market. —Consols were quoted at 95-$ to 95|-. The bullion hi the Bank of Euglaud has decreased .£27,000. Money was easier, but unchanged. Havre Cotton Market.—Tho sales of the week were 0,000 bales. Orleans Tres Ordinaire at 109f. ; Bus at 101 f. Stock 05,000 bides. SECOND DISPATCH. Liverpool General Markets. —Flour was firm Wheat firm; there was a belter tone early, but closed quiet. Coin buoy ant : all qualities slightly advanced under speculation purchases. Beef steady ; all qualities of inferior slightly declined. — Pork heavy and unsaleable. Bacon buoy ant; quotations nominal. Sugar active ; all qualities slightly declined. Coflee quiet. Rice firm Tea —quotations are barely maintained for common qualities, others firmer. London General Markets. —Breadstuff’s quiet. Sugar firm Tea quiet. Stock of Carolina rice exhausted. General News. —The steamship Kan garoo reached Queenstown on the (Ith. The Persia and the Oceau Queeu reached Liverpool previous to the sailing of the Europa. The Zurich conference still continues its sessions. It was reported that the Great Eastern would leave Portland for llollyhead the same day that the Europa sailed. Italiau affairs are unchanged. There was great agitation and numerous arrests at Naples. Late advices from India state that the discharged European troops have con sented to go to China. The American ship Congress is ashore in the English channel. It is expected that she will be saved. Tlte Outlaws at Brownsville. New Orleans, Oct. 19.—The steamship Indianola 11133 arrived, bringing dates from Brownsville. Texas, to Oct. 11, The Mexican outlaw, Cartirlas, with several hundred man, was still encamped above Brownsville ; and another attack was expected before the governmeat troops could arrive. Cartirias had issued a proclamation in which he declared that orderly, innocent people have nothing to fear, his object being to chastise the sheriff and the law yers of the county. A Federal Judge on Filibustering;. ’ New Orleans, Oct. 19—Judge McCaleb in the Federal Court to-day, delivered a strong charge against filibustering. Indian Depredations. New Orleans, Oct. 20. — The Indians still continue their depredations on the frontier of Texas. Several families were fleeing for safety. Runaway Negroes—Excitement in Kaudolpti County, 111. The St. Louis Republican, of the Bth instant, says: Recently, ten or fifteen slaves have been abducted from the neighborhood of Fredericksburg, Madison couuty, and the event has stirred up considerable feeling in that part of this State. On Saturday, the 17th ult., three negroes belonging to D. M. Fox, and two belonging to JohuM. Gohlson, escaped and made Hacks for Illinois. A large reward was offered for the recovery of the slaves, and a party was organized to go in pursuit of them. Believing the fugitives would proceed to wards the town of Sparta, Randolph county, Illinois, where there is a nest of Abolitionists aud underground agents, the pursuing party went in that direc tion. On Monday night, the 19th, it be ing anticipated that the runaways would attempt to cross Gravel Creek bridge, be tween Chester and Sparta, eleven men, duly armed, were stationed there to in tercept them. The negroes, who had joined some of those who had previously escaped from Fredericksburg, did make their appearauce at the bridge, as had been expected. When they came up, the white men rushed upou them, in order to surprise and secure them ; but the fugi tives were furnished with fire-arms, which they immediately began to use. A gene ral melee ensued, in which one of Mr. Gholson’s negroes was so badly wounded that he died in thirty-six hours, and it is supposed that two of Fox’s slaves were slightly wounded. One of the party stationed at the bridge, named Weatheringill, was arrest ed for the killing of Gholson’s negro, and conveyed to the jail in Chester, where he was locked up to await trial. The news of his arrest greatly exasperated the citi zens of Madison and adjoining comities, and a band of fifty or sixty persons was organized with the .avowed design of re leasing Weatheringill from the Chester jail. They crossed over on Monday last, and their appearance in Chester excited the liveliest apprehensions. The Mayor of the city issued a proclamation and called upon the inhabitants to assist in repelling any attack that might be made upon the jail for the rescue of the pris oner alluded to. A large number assem bled, in which there were from thirty to forty with muskets and other weapons, but their appearance did not seem to de ter the Missourians from their purpose. Everything indicated a scene of confu sion, havoc and bloodshed, until Mr. Fox personally called upon the mob to dis perse, and made a speech to them beg ging them to desist and return peacefully to their homes, leaving Weatheringill in the hands of the law. The appeal of Mr. Fox had the desired effect, and the medi tated assault upon the county prison was abandoned. Mr. lox was in this city yesterday. He thinks the negroes have made their way to Chicago, and believes be lias laid a train which will lead to their capture. He also reports that two persons, resi dents of Fredericksburg, Lave been ar rested for running the slaves off, and have confessed to having done so. They are incarcerated in close quarters, and will be tried in Madison couuty at the Fall term of the Circuit Court. East Florida. A correspondent of the Charleston Mercury, from East Florida, says : “Our winters are warm and pleasant; our summers cool and delightful, with almost always a pleasant breeze from the Atlantic or Gulf. Our hammock lands will produce from twenty to fitly bushels of corn per acre, and from one thousand to twelve hundred pounds of long cotton per acre; the pine Hinds six hundred to one thousand pounds of cotton per acre; but the pine lands are not generally very good for corn. Take together, our de lightful climate, the productiveness of our soil, combined with thehealth we en >y, aQ d it is one of the most desirable places iu the Southern country. Re learn that Judge Cook is seriously indisposed, and N. Smith Graham, Esq., hail been selected by the Bar to preside and continue the Court for a day or two until he would get better, which we hope will be soon. —Tuskegee Democrat. Tiic Waudei'cr Stolen ami ftscaped to Sea. Early yesterday morning it was ru mored mi the Bay that the famous yacht Wanderer, which had been lying in the stream below the Dry Hock for some two or ilirce months past, had put to sea in the night without, a clearance, and with out the knowledge of her owner, (in making enquiry in regard to the matter, we learned that the report was true, and the Wanderer had been stolen by a man calling himself Capt. Martin, who, with his crow, escaped with her down the river between twelve and one o’clock on Tuesday night The facts of the case, as we.l as we have been able to a-cei min, aie as fol lows : , Since- her condemnation by the Gov ernment and sale to U. A. L. Lamar, E-q.. the Wanderer, having been thor oughly overhauled, re painted and fitted, had laid in oeir port, occasionally Havana, and ouce or twice to the fishing bnks —and coming back to lier anchor age, which was shifted from time to time, but where she lay quietly with no more than a man or two on board, and with no apparent preparation for a voyage to sea. For some weeks past her sails had been unbent and she bad dropped down near the lower Rice Mill. A rumor hav ing been in circulation that she was wait ing here to aid in the escape gif the sla vers confined in our jail for having been connected with her previous \ojage to Africa, Capt. 1) y, of tlie revenue cutter Bobbin, had been instructed to keep a close watch on her. to see tha’ she did not attempt to escape with the slavers. Ac cordingly. the yacht was steadily under tlie surveillance of the cutter, until a i'ew days since, when she bad her sails un bent, was without a crew cr stores on board, and was in every respect un prepared to go to s - ea, it was deemed unnecessary to continue the watch, and tlie cutter, after being detained several days by unfavorable winds, put to sea on a cruise on Tuesday morning. On Tuesday, and perhaps for a day or two previous, persons on the lower Ray observed that tlie Wanderer was taking stores on board, and on the same after noon her sails were bent. On Tuesday evening Mr. Lamar, Ler owner, who had been absent, and but just returned to the city, met Mr. Collector Bostou, and stated to him that he had reason to suspect that Capt. Martin, who had been in ne gotiation with him for au interest in the Wanderer, and who, it seems, had as sumed command of her, intended to steal the vessel, and requested that he would instruct the officers of the cutter to keep a close watch on her. Mr. Boston in formed Mr. Lamar that the cutter had gone to sea, and that he had no means of preventing his vessel from being stolen, leaving him to employ such means as the civil authorities of the port would afford him. j On yesterday morning, the Wanderer having disappeared during the night, Mr. Lamar called on Mr. Boston, and notified ! him of the fact, and asked him to write to ; the American Consul at Havana and to I others advising them of the escape. Mr. ; Lamar subsequently (a few minutes after) ; returned to the Custom House and said to Mr. Boston that the Wanderer was j aground in the river, and requested him ! to furnish a steamer with which to go in ; pursuit of her. Mr. Boston informed Mr. Lamar that it was anew case in his expe rience—that the escape was a violation of the revenue laws, but it was his (Mr. L’s.) property that had been stolen—that he did not feel authorized, the cutter not being at command, to contract a debt on the part of the government to recover his vessel; at the same time informing him that if he would procure a steamer to go in pursuit of the Wanderer, he would in struct an officer of the revenue to accom pany him, and that he would lay the mat ter before the government, aud if pay ment of the expetise incurred was re fnsed, lie (Mr. L.) would be responsible. The interview between Messrs. Boston and Lamar took place about nine o’clock, at which time the Wanderer was seen from the Exchange steeple aground far from Tybee. Mr. Lamar procured the steam-tug Columbus, and accompanied by two Custom House officers, with a num ber of friends, well armed—among whom were several who had sold ship supplies to the Wanderer, yet to be paid for—left the city fifteen minutes past ten o’clock in pursuit. From the steeple of the Ex change the Wanderer was seen to get under way about half-past eleven, and on the arrival of the Columbus at Tybee, at half-past twelve o’clock, the yacht, hav ing a favorable wind, was entirely out of sight. We understand that the greater part “of the stores of the Wanderer were pur chased and taken on board on Tuesday and Tuesday night, the bill for which are unpaid. lie crew, consisting of twenty seven men, were also shipped on i uesday aud Tuesday night. She has two pieces of canvass with a full complimentofsmall arms and good supply of ammunition. We hear it. stated that her guns were shotted on Tuesday night, and that she was in a condition to resist any attempt to capture her. Capt. Wm ■ F. Black, formerly of the Richard Cobden, but latterly a shipping master of this port, who went on board on Tuesday night to collect his account, and a runner by the name of Ned, who is also a fisherman and pilot, and who went on board for the same purpose, were car ried off by the Wanderer. The transaction is one of the boldest and most high-handed outrages that has ever come to our knowledge, and, accor ding to our notion, approaches more nearly to downright piracy than any thing that the wanderer has yet been en gaged in. The man who assumes the name of D. S. Martin, and who is the concocter and executer of this successful scheme of vil lany is from the State of Maine, aud is an entire stranger in this community.—Sa vannah News, of 20 Ik. tils. Sun: I last night witnessed the drama of “ Ingoinar, the Barbarian,” u3 played by Crisp’s Star Company. I have not, for some time, seen any theatrical periormances, and, by consequence, am not so well qualified as I was some years ago, to judge of the acting and actors, yet some ol the old critical knowledge of the Drama, I think, stood me in “good hand” ljfst night. “ Ingomar” is, per haps of all Dramas, the hardest to play correctly. The scene is laid in ancient Greece, in her palmiest days; in the days when she was mistress of all that pertain to the arts; when song, poetry, sculpture, and all that is elegant and re fining were the marked characteristics of Greece. It is hard for a modern actor to conceive the character of the G r eek free man. Even the artisans and common la borers were so much imbued with the love for the beautiful, that we can scarce ly conceive the passionate admiration of the voluptuous Greek for music, song and wine. Yet, notwithstanding all this, the costumes, manners and customs of tbs most unique people that the world has ever seen, were very correctly repre sented last night. Though, for the sake of consistency, we hope that “ Alastor” will not make his appearance on the stage any more with a modern meat axe on his shoulder. We should as soon ex pect to see him with a gun. “ l’arthe nia” was admirably played; yet, even she, wants that self-possession or self consciousness, which constitutes the highest art by concealing art. The mist en scene of the farce was altogether too boisterous, aud, we think, that the “Captain,” Lucretia’s lover, was more like the conception of a pot house com panion, than the gallant soldier who wears the British uniform. Altogether, they deserve patronage, and we hope the people of Columbus will* show their ap preciation of the legitimate Drama, i u * stead of circusses and wonderful horse manship. OLD KENTUCK. R e learn that a telegraphic dispatch vas received in this city yesterday morn ing, which reported the sinking of the steamer Czar, upward bound, from Mo bile, at or near Tate’s Shoals. We have no particulars, except, that the officer-- of the steamer Tiger, arrived last nigh l at our wharves, confirm the report. There was probabiy no life lost.— Montgomery Muil, 18th.