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Weekly Constitutionalist. JAMES GARDNEE. From the iV. Y. Journal of Commerce, Sept. 22. Additional by the North Briton. The steamship North Briton, from Liverpool arrive.d at Quebec yesterday morning. She brines dates to tke Bth inst. Steamship Northern Light, on the Bth Septem ber, from Southampton, with four days’ later news from Europe, arrived here last evening. The steamship Niagara arrived at Liverpool on Saturday, 4th September. Thd%teamship Europa arrived at Liverpool on Saturday, Sept. 4th. The screw steamship Great Britain from New York, arrived at Liverpool on the 7th inst. from the London Timts, Sept. 6. The Chinese Indemnity. —A mercantile letter from Chinagtves particulars of thejlatest reports current at Hong K-»ng regarding the new treaties. The English treaty was said to be much more lengthy than the others, and tins may, perhaps, partly ex plain the delay in its receipt. The accounts re ceived .i few days back, from Paris, said that the indemnity to be paid was one million two thousand pounds sterling, but failed to mention whether this was to be shared between the two powers, or was merely the amount for France. According to the present communication, while one million two hundred thousand pounds sterling is to be paid to Frauce, England is to receive three million two hundred thousand pounds sterling—a difference which, should it be confirmed, will have a most important effect on our future specie move ments. Moat of the advices seem to agree that these inde unities are to be paid out of the cus toms’ duties at Cauton, and there likewise appears to be a general impression that, although the Em peror has succumbed to all demands, he will en deavor to tiod means of evasion, as soon as the immediate pressure upon hioi shall have been re moved. Tue Herald says: It is stated that the treaty be tween England and France on the one hand, aud China ou the other, contains fifty-seven articles, and that the indemnity to be paid England and France amounts to live hundred million francs. From the Times. The Chinese Treaties. —Within the last few hours we have been put in possession of several private letters written from the Peiho to persons in Lon don, and these enable us to understand in more detail the negotiations that have taken place be tween the European powers and the Court of Pekiu. Our readers were previously informed that on the 4th of June two Chinese ministers of high rank baa arrived at Tien sieu. One of these was a Chi naman, the other a Tartar. The senior, Kwei liaug, is described to be about seventy-three years of age, a benevolent, looking old man, not over bearing in speech or manner, and evidently a “ Soother of barbarians.” The Tartar is a quiet Tartar, thoughtful and intelligent, and in the pos session of a feature unusual in a Chinaman’s face— a very large nose. One of the letters from which we quote describes him as not unlike our Oliver Cromwell. These people declared themselves upon their cards to be “plenipotentiaries,” and upon the faith of this declaration the English and French Ministers consented to meet them. An isolated joss house on the steppe South of Tien »iu was t..e appointed rendezvous. It was arrang ed that Lord Elgin should have liis interview first, and then Baron Gros; the Russian was to come third, and tbfe American last. All this took place according to the programme. On June sth, while the thermometer in the sun stood at one hundred and thirty-seven degrees, Lord Elgin and his en tire suite, with not a few naval officers as specta tors, and with a guard of one hundred and fifty marines, p~oceeded in long procession of palan quins to ihe b» I f c reference. T* c Chinese were civil t»nd ceremonious, and after tea and compli ments Kwei-liang opened the Duri/ar by saying that tiis imperial master hud received Lord Elgin’s letter, and had, instead of answering it, deputed bis servants to arrange matters speedily. Lord Elgin replied that he was glad to see the Imperial ministers, and that his Queen had granted hint Certaiu powers to arrange all matters on a safe and proper footing, lie added that he was prepared to show Ins credentials publicly if the Imperial Commissioners would do likewise. The man darins ass -tiling. Lord Elgin’s powers were prod .«• d, and a Chinese translation was read aim Mr Wade. The scene is described to us to b —: an at ibis moment very interesting. The minis'. * re eager in their attention, and a troop of s. cr«-tunes aud clerks who bad been taking notes in the back-ground pressed forward to tlitTtable There was evidently more surprise than pleasure in the effect produced by the a tuple ter os of the document. It was now Kwei liaog’s 'urn to show the commission tinder which be aud hts brother Commissioners were to act. A piece of vellow cloth was first produced by a verv intelligent looking young Mandarin called “iVn,” sub-prefect ot some district in Chi li. Kwei-uaiig received it most reverentially, held it above his head for a moment, then opened it, aud took fr. in it aver y scrubby bit of paper, which he banded to Mr. Wade. While Mr. Wade read off in English lie contents of this paper, we are told the scene was as dramatic as a Chinese sing-song. Every Mandarin’s eye was silly watching the ex pression of Lord Elgin’s face, and as that, expres sion grew more severe as the reading progressed, exclamations were interjected by Kwi-liang, “ Such power* aa Lord E»gin possesses are uu known tu Chiu*;” “Seals are never attached to commissions in China,” and so on. There was good re i- n tor Lord Elgin’s grave displeasure, for the edict ran somewhat as follows: “ Kwei liang an t liwa-shana, &e., were directed to pro ceed !■> meet ilie strangers of England and France and to itiqu re into their purpose in ascending the Peiho. It hey found them sincerely desirous of putting mi end to Hie war, the Commissioners were to grant them their demands, provided such de mands did not infringe the customs of the Celes tial Empire,-lie dignity of the Emperor, or the will of Hi- p-ople; and in the event o. the demands bein/ ot su :h character, they were to refer them*to the Emperor or his pleasure to be made known. When this d cumeut had been read to au end Lord ELiu arose, and ordered his chair to be brought, v.tvtng to Kwei-haug, in a curt manner, that me powers of the Imperial Commissioners were un>aiisfaetory. The Earl’s chair was hur ried up, me guard presented arms, the band played “ God s .ve the Queen,” the staff entered their i hairs, and the Mandarins were left making Ape**-lie* to demonstrate that it was quite impossi ble th i to y could ever receive larger powers than those 11 iey Pad just opened. Tints ended the first act of this comedy. The circu.ii» .tmes.ne worth recounting, for they show the char.tc *-r of the people with whom we have todeil; iheir impudence and their duplicity. No alsehuod is too bold, no subterfuge too transpa rent for them They ob ain the interview upon the solemn assurance that they had full powers ; they Hen . x..tbit a mere commission to receive -demand-, amt there can he no d>?ubt that they had behind totier seia of powers increasing in degree up to any nece.4s.ftiy point. The next act was of a very similar kind. On the Bth of June it had be come known iti-it Keying, our old friend of 1842, who deceived Sir Henry Pottinger into a belief ilia* he (Keying) entertained a friendship for all the barbarian race, and a private and personal frieo lM»*p f r Sir Hearv himself—dt became known that thiS'Kevmg hud arrived at Tieo-sen. Keying Lad beeu degraded on account of the treaty ot Naukin ; be was now gent down to redeem his credo bv coni- undtng the barbarian councils. .Poor Kev Di’s tactics were only an imitation of those win h he had sees succeed for a while at Canton. He intrigued to get himself appointed a co-coumin-*jone', and succeeded. He tried through the Aim nc ns to induce the English toenove the ships “ever >o little wav” down the river, promis ing that upon that he should obtain mastery of the negotiations, and would settle all things. *At the same time he ordered the populace to manifest ill will to rue strangers, and as at Canton so at Tien sm,quiet E iropean- were insulted and stoned. But Keying was not so fortunate as Hwang, in having a Stiaut'e- zee to deal with. Lord Elgin and Sir Mi chael Se% uiour were equal to the occasion. Captain Shenard Osb«*ni, with his galley’s erew. and with Captain Detr and Mr. Oiipbanl helping him as vol tinte- rs. scaled the grea gate of Tien-sen, kicked the Tartar post before them, aud let in one hundred mantles who were in march upon the city. This force marched through the city with a band and fl couple of howitzers, administering a good fright to six delinquent householders, who bad en couraged the mob, and quieted Tieo-aro for the j res * °f the English occupation. Keying’s indus try was not confined to this imitation'of the great \eh and his successor Hwang. Ho eutered into strict relations with the Americans and the Rus sians. Some of the letters before us speak confi dently to the truth of reports current in the expe dition that the Americans bad offered to guarantee that if Lord Elgin would not insist on opening the Yang-tze, aud would give up the demand fora minister at Pekin, a treaty should be at once ar ranged. The Russians, on’the contrary, were said to be doing the utmost to preveut any Europeans but themselves being tolerated at Pekin ; and the Americans, who, to do them justice, have not much secresy in their diplomacy, were loud in their expressions of a virtuous horror of the opium trade, and urged the Commission ers to stick to that as tlieir point of con flict. Keying was becoming embarrassing. For tunately, however, Mr. Wade had found among Yeh’s "papers a report from Keying to his mas ter, urging him to make no account of the treaty of Nankin, and describing it as a mere snare to delude the barbarians. The next move in this plot and counterplot was to send Mr. Wade and Mr. Lay to the two ministers to read this docu ment in their presence, and to declare that Lord Elgin and Baron Gros could hold no communion with a man who had officially put forth these dis graceful counsels. This coup was decisive. The two Commissioners, who had their own reasons for hating their new colleague, communicated this intelligence to Pekin, with the further information that the confidence of the barbarians in Chinese Commissioners was now so much shaken that there was much danger they would soon believe in nothing but the sign manual of Hien-fung him self, aflixed in their presence. This opened up the difficulty of the Kowtow, which is still said to be so strong a point with the Emperor that he would rather lose his throne than waive it. We shall probably see how far this is true. We have heard these tales of Chinese obstinacy and devo tion too often now to be much guided by them. However, the terror was great enough to induce the Emperor to recall Keying to Pekiu, and to au thorise his Commissioners to sign a letter promis ing a treaty in the terms of Lora Elgin’s demands, and couched in language dictated by Mr. Lay. This letter forms the next important step in these negotiations, and marks the term of their progress when our last news left. It is not now we hope the mostimportant document ever signed in China, for its importance has now been superseded by the treaty, but up to the evening of the 11th of June, when that letter was written, no such concessions had ever been dreamed of by a Chinese minister. Our correspondent’s knowledge of this official document is necessarily not exact, but we believe it will be found that the conditions which this let ter promises as the basis of a treaty are as follows : First: The residence of a British minister at Teiu-sein, with access to Court, and direct commu nication with the ministers. An official yamun for him during his visits to Pekin. All official docu ments to be written by him in the English lan guage (to be accompanied by Chinese translations until the Court of Pekin has procured interpreters). An English college similar to that kept up by Rus sia to be allowed at Pekin. Second : China to be ppened to all the world; persons to go whither they please, aud do wliat they please, under a passport system. Third: The Yang-tse to be opened to its com merce trom its mouth to its source. Fourth : Christianity to be tolerated. Fifth : Indemnity for the war and losses at Can ton to be paid for by the two Quangs, the asioUnt to be agreed on by special commissioners at Can ton. The tariff to be corrected, the custom house system reviled, and the English to aid the Chinese sjppressiou of piracy. Sixth: in proof of the friendship and good will of the Emperor of China towurds the Queen of England, a special embassy shall be sent to Eng land forthwith. If we are justified tn our confidence that these are the terms of the treaty which was signed at Tten-sen, on the 28th of June, seventeen days af ter the signature of the letter, Lord Elgiu has ful filled all our desires, and has surpassed all our expectations. The terms are familiar to the pub lic as identical with those the necessity of which has been so importunately urged in these columns. So far as diplomacy is concerned, we shall have no more to say in this matter than to speak words of thanks and welcome to the man whose sagacity and unswerving purpose have brought about such great results. Os course, we know that all these conditions, though signed and sealed and ratified with all solemnity, are but points of departure whence the Court at Pekin will shuffle: but this is another matter, and lor oilier men. The game has been brought down; it is for the cooks to pre pare it for the table. The Atlantic Cable. —The stoppage of the sig nals through the Atlantic cable was announced in the English papers of the fith, in the shape of a letter from the Secretary of the company. The letter says that intelligible signals ceased to be re ceived from Newfoundland at one o’clock on the morning of the 3d, from some unknown cause. The Directors and a corps of scientific and practi cal electricians were at Valencia investigating the matter, with a view, if possible to remedy the dif ficulty. The quotations for shares immediately became quite nominal, the only price named being four hundred to five hundred, without any opera tions. The London Times says that a similar difficulty is understood to have occurred temporarily a short time back, and the hope is that the accident is merely one of those to which the cable must be liable until the necessary measures shall have been completed for protecting the portion near the shore. Some disagreements between the elec tricians and the Board of Directors have latterly existed, and these, it may be presumed, tend to embarrass the general proceeding** Mr. White house, who styles himself “ Electrician in Chief, aud one of the four original projectors of the At lantic telegraph,” writes to the Times that he be lieves the injury to the cable to be in the home end, which he had foreseen, and had on one occa sion repaired. U-* apprehends that there is little cause tor anxiety, and thinks there is nothing in the obstructions calculated to damp the most san guine hopes of ultimate and complete success. Mr Whitebouse complains of the summary man ner in which he has been dismissed from the ser vice of the company. A banquet took place at Killarnev on the 7th inst., in honor ot the cable. The Lord Lieutenant of Ireland attended. lie emphatically denied that he absented himself from the Dublin banquet from sectarian bigotry or per sonal hostility to the great enterprise. Official necessity was the sole cause of bis non-attendance. The toasts included the President of the United States, Cyrus VV. Field, and Capt. Hudson, the officers of the Niagara, Ac. Wrecks. —The Shipping Gazette says : Daring the mouth of August the number of wrecks re ported in our columns was one hundred and twelve, making a total duiing the past eight months of one thousand and eighty. The Daily New*, Sept. 0, says: Sir Colin Camp bell (Lord Clyde): In a letter’received from Lord Clyde on Friday, the gallant Conitnander-in-Chief, refers to the hope “that bis swoifl will soon be re turned into the scabbard for the last time, never to be drawn again.” Cardinal Wiseman in Ireland. —The Freeman*s Journal of Saturday, chronicles at great length the movements of the Cardinal since bis arrival at Dundalk. His reception in that town appears to have been a perfect triumph. The houses and streets were decorated with flowers, arches and all the other paraphernalia to be seen on a day of gen eral jubilee. Homage to Science. —The Times says: It is stated that the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland will confer the honor or knighthood upon Mr. Charles Bright, the successful projector of the great link between the i W L d ' i ' A c,jrk states that . r al? been reee ' Ted bj 'be committee of the intended banquet to be given at KiUarnev JESSS T U> the Chairs rff the Atlantic Telegraph Company, and that the gnCe tbe fea,iTi, >- wth Lis Wfd-wtday.Sept. B.—The luiih, Aeicm city article, of last evening, save • “ The funds were strengthened to-day by an extraordi nar> nin the Paris Bourse, coupled with tbe satisfactory progress of tbe monthly settlement of console, and that there was a fair demand for mo ney in commercial channels.” The Montgomery liquidation is expected to prove unfavorable. AUGUSTA, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1858. From the Columbus Times, Sept. 24. iteturu of -Ur. Forsyth, Minister to Mexico. A good deal of speculation has appeared in the public press, for the last two months, in relation to the return of our Mexican Minister to the Uni ted States, and the causes and circumstances of his withdrawal from the Mexican Court It has been sometimes asserted that his recognition of the Zuloaga government of Mexico, was disapproved by the President of the United States, and that he was recalled on that account. It has again been said that, haying himself suspended his diplomatic relations with the Mexican authorities, his conduct had not met the approval of his own government, aud that he was ordered home, in consequence. We have it in our power, from an authentic source, to contradict both statements. The recognition of the authority and government of Zuloaga, as President of Mexico, by Mr. Forsyth, was ap proved by the Administration at Washington, and that government was recognised by our own in ail the forms of diplomatic intercourse. Nor has the conduct of Mr. Forsyth, in pnplstiug against the forced loan imposed by Zuloaga upon American citizens resident in Mexico, and the sus pension of his ministerial functions by him, in con sequence of the arbitary and tyrannical enforce ment of that decree, been either condemned, dis avowed or disapproved by the President of the United States. On the contrary, Mr. Forsyth’s conduct has been approved by our Government, and he has been directed to speak to the Mexican authorities the determination of the United States to protect its citizens against the unjust, illegal and arbitrary exactions of Mexico. In sending a national vessel to conduct Mr. Forsyth to the United States, our Government has given a public manifestation of its regard for the firm and truly American conduct of our Minister under the criti cal circumstances in which he was placed. It is true that many persons, both in the United States and Mexico, believe and assert that this "approba tion” and this ship of war are all sham—a clever piece of diplomatic finesse, to recall an unaccepta ble Minister without giving him and his friends offense. Why, they ask, if the United States Government is really offended with Mexico, and is determined to take effective measures of redress, why was not oiir Minister instructed to preseut an ultimatum and then withdraw, if it failed? Aud why withdraw its legation from Mexico and yet permit the Mexican Minister, Gen. Robles, to re main at Washington ? Why does it not semi him home at the same time it recalls our own Min ister? We confess that there is something mysterious in the action of our Government in this matter; nevertheless, we oannot suppose that the Admin istration has resorted to a trick to get rid of a minister who, if distasteful to it in any respect, ought to have been recalled in an open aud man ly manner. We shall be very slow to believe that Mr. Buchanan, or Gen. Cass, has lent himself to an intrigue to make Mr. Forsyth a victim to ihe malevolence and spite of other parties. We know that it lias been currently reported, for more than a year, that certain parties, high in the esti mation and confidence of the President, have been moving heaven and earth to obtain the re-call and disgrace of Mr. Forsyth. They have had, and, perhaps, yet have important ends to effect in Mexico, and may not have found our present minister as pliant to their purposes as was neces sary or desirable. It was natural that they should be anxious for a change and the substitution of one more manageable and favorable to their views. If these things be so, (for which, however, we do not vouch—we only give the current rumors of the dav,) doubtless,' efforts, and it may be repeated and constant efforts, have been ma-ie to prejudice Mr. Buchunan against Mr. Forsyth, and induce the President to remove him and fill the vacancy with a Minister who may be more compliant to their will. At present, however, we have no reason to believe that the President lias been influenced by any such unworthy motive in re-calling Mr. For syth. We feel confident that the step taken, whilst it deprives the United of the services of an üble, honest aud faithful representative, was deemed necessary to vindicate the rights and honor and promote the interests of tbe country. We are informed, from reliable authority, that Mr. Forsyth will return to the United States in October," and that his numerous friends, iu this city, will have the pleasure of giving him a hearty welcome in a community of which he was once a highly esteemed and distinguished member. From the Baltimore Sun, Sept. 23. Additional by tlie Niagara. Halifax, September 22,—The steamer Niagara arrived here this morning at an early hour, with Liverpool dates to the 11th. The steamers City of Washington and Nova Sco tia arrived out on the 9th inst. Heavy reinforcements for the Indian army had sailed. A convention has been concluded between Eng land and llrazil for the settlement of the outstand ing claims of either government. The ship Ann had arrived from Australia with nearly two millions dollars value in gold. The forcible abduction by the Roman inquisition at Rologne of a Jewish child, under the pretense that it had been baptised secretly by a nurse, had created a painful sensation throughout the Jewish world. The Jews of Londou have taken the mat ter up. England . —There is nothing new in regard to the cable. The directors were to meet on the 11th to discuss future action, and the shipment of the shore ends from Plymouth to Valencia was sus pended. The London Times says that the condition of the Atlantic cable is unaltered. Signals continue to be received, but they were too uncertain and faint to be intelligible. Continued experiments still in dicate that the injury is near the Irish coast—pro bably within three miles. The Liverpool Post says that the experiments prove beyond a doubt that the defect arises from leakage, at a distance of two hundred and forty miles from land. Queen Victoria visited Leeds on the 6th, and per formed the ceremony of opening the town hall in that city. The Queen had an enthusiastic recep tion, and the decorations and illuminations were on a splendid scale. The Daily News 9 city article says ihe funds were strengthened on the 7th inst. by an extraordinary and rapid rise in the Paris Bourse, coupled with the satisfactory progress of the monthly demand for money in commercial channels. The stopage of the house of John Plows Sc Co., of London and Rio, with considerable liabilities, has been announced. There was a remarkable increase of ease in the discount market, and it was difficult to obtain any terms for short loans. Messrs. Archibald, Mont gomery A Co., Australian merchants, had sus pended for about sixty thousand pounds sterling. Gold was flowing into the Bank of England. The telegraph between England and the Chan nel Islands had been formally opened. The ships Abby Langdon and Harriet Frances, befi re reported ashore, are total wrecks. The for mer has gone to pieces. Prance. —The latest accounts from the depart ments announce a gradual improvement in com mercial affairs. The Paris flour market was quiet but firm. Wheat was dull, and buyers demand a reduction. The French wine and brandy market bad a drooping tendency. A telegraph dispatch from Paris reports a dread ful railway accident on the Heights of St. Ger mains, killing seven and wounding fifty persons. Prince Napoleon went to Algiers about the 2oth of August. Germany. —The German papers give a rumor that Queen Victoria will visit Berlin, to be present at the accoucbment of her daughter. Jiiusia. —Letters from Warsaw mention that three ships of war are on their way from St. Peters burgb to the Gulf of Tartary, in order to join the squadron on the Amoor river, which has recently received reinforcements of several vessels. A lawyer not over young or handsome, examin in K a young lady witness, determined to perplex her, as he thought, and said : " Miss, upon my word, you are very prePy!” “I would return the compliment if I was not on oath ! said the young lady. New Orleavs, SepL 21. —The deaths from yel low fever, during thirty hours ending yesterday at noon, numbered one hundred and seven. from the X. Y Etching Poet. Pant Morphy iu the Old World. In the vear 1575 Paoli Boi and Leonardi da Cu tri, two cltiess players of Italy, went to Madrid to encounter Ruy Lopez and Xerone, the cliampious of Spain. Tile Italian strangers were introduced by ambassadors to the royal Philip 11, in whose presence the famous chess joust was held. A few years after the commencement of the seventeenth centurv, Gtoachina Greco left the sunny regions of Calabria, crossed the Alps, und begau, in the capi tals of England and France, a long and splendid chess career. Still later, in the year 1534, La Bourdonnais, the Frenchman, passed the English Channel and boldly defied the chess athletes of Britain to meet him in the chequered field. But neither the adventurous spirit of the Italian knights, nor the zealous ardor of the Calabrian, uor the boldness of the great Gallic chieftain, can compare in chivalric daring with the exploits of our young aud distinguished countryman, Paul Morphy. They had only to sail overall inland sea or a narrow channel, or climb a chain of moun tains, to meet one or two adversaries; he has cross ed an ocean to encounter a multitude of celebrated opponents —opponents whose natural talent has been improved by years of study and practice, and ripened by the wisdom of manhood. Our country, whose "chess history begins with Franklin, lias never been able to boast, hitherto, of any players who could venture to meet the skillful practitioners of the Old World. But in Mr. Mor phy she now possesses a champion who, we are confident, will everywhere assert, with success, the chess supremacy of America. Paul Morphy, as we learn from his biography in the Chess Monthly, was born at New Orleans, the 22d of June, 1837, and has, consequently, just at tained his majority. His father was a native of South Carolina, but of Spanish parentage. Paul graduated at St. Joseph’s College, near Mobile, in 1854, and bus since been engaged in the study of the law in his native city, lie is of short stature and slender form, and possesses the dark hair and eye of the South. In manner he is eourtcous and gentlemanly, and in conversation agreeable and refined. As a chess player he is distinguished above all living players by the rapidity and depth of his combinations, by the unering accuracy of his memory, by his thorough knowledge of the theory of the game as elaborated in books, by perfect self-possession, and by his unvarying and studi ous courtesy to his opponents. In short, ns a dis tinguished adversary remarked, he is the very Crichton of chess, as chivalrous as he is bold and skillful, and we doubt whether the past would be any more successful than the present, in furnish ing his superior. The commenced the practice of chess at the age of eleven, and in a few months was contending, with uniform success, against the best players of the Crescent City. He victories at the National Chess Congress, last fall, are well known. In June lie left tins country for Europe, and has since played with many of the foremost members of the British chess community. His score at the last accounts, stood as follows: Keen, (lames. Barnes 7 M0rphy....19 Drawn 0 Bird 1 “ 10 “ 1 Boden 1 “ .... 5 “ ....8 Hampton 0 “ .... 2 “ ....0 Kipping 0 “ .... 2 “ ....0 Lowe 0 “ .... 0 “ ... .0 Lowenthal 8 “ .... 9 " ....8 Medley 0 “ .... 3 “ ....9 IMougredien... .0 “ .... 2 “ ....0 Owen 1 “ .... 4 " ...,0 Pawn ami Move. Owen 0 Morphy....s Drawn.... 2 Blindfold —Eight Games at Once. Opponents.. 1 Morphy..6 Drawn.. 1 Consultation Games. Staunton » „ Morphy, i 2 Drawn.. 0 Owen... f Barnes.. ) This is exclusive of a host of panics at the odds of Rook and Knight with inferior players, of which Mr. Morphy has not yet lost one. The games with Lowenthal were in a match for five hundred dol lars. Staunton, whose arrogance and conceit were strikingly manifest in his comments upon this match, has since encountered Lowenthal in the tournament at Birmingham, and failed either to win or draw a single game. The unfairness and want of courtesy, and perhaps honesty, which Staunton has displayed for years towards every prominent member of the chess world, have left , him few friends, even in England, und good judges are confident that Mr. Morphy could, with ease, give him the odds of pawn an ’ move. Mr. Morphy left London for Paris on the 31st of August, to meet , the celebrated Hurwitz. He will also play a match with Anderson, the chess-king of Germany, in October or November, and will not return to America until he has successively overthrown all the magnates of Europe. No American can look with iudifference upon Paul Morphy’s marvellous efforts to confer upon his country the fame of su perior excellence in that ancient, subtle und scien tific pastime, which kings, statesmen, warriors and sages have for ages delighted to practice, und which alone of all games bus received the sanction of the priesthood of every church—Catholic, Pro testant, Moslem and Buddhist. The Cireat Conflagration and Explosion at ANtrachan* Concerning the great calamity which has befal len the flourishing commercial city of Astrachan, of which the English papers by the last arrival furnish so meager an account, we find full details in our German files. According to the Cologne Gazette, the fire broke out about 10 o’clock on the evening of the 12th of August, in a warehouse of cooper’s hoops, on the left hank of the Volga. In less than fifteen minutes the flames extended to a neighboring lumber dock, which was totally de stroyed. Meanwhile a high wind having arisen, by half past ten another dock and several dwelling houses were in flames; and the fire rapidly spread ing, it was found neccessary, in order to arrest its progress, to tear down the buildings in its course. This apparently checked the conflagration in the direction of the wind; hut about three o’clock some burniug brands were blown upon a lumber loaded bark lying in the harbor, and in a few minutes the flames shot up mast high, communicating to other vessels lying near, and soon a whole fleet of burn ing vessels parted their anchors and floated down the Volga, in their course setting fire to others. After floating some five versts, the burning mass brought up at in uninhabited island, where some of the vessels sunk, others burned to the water’s edge. Near this island, however, two of the ves sels came in contact with a bark loaded with pow der, which had arrived the previous evening, and a tremendous explosion ensued, setting on fire a large government provision warehouse and a pri vate lumber depot, which were entirely destroyed. At ten A. M. on the 13th, several of the burning vessels left their anchorage and floated towards the so-called Czar’s Roadstead, where the flarm s communicated to seventeen government vessels, loaded with provisions. A bark, with a cargo of ammunition, and three ships freighted with cloth, all belonging to the government, were likewise consumed. The property destroyed in the city comprised one hundred and twenty-one dwellings, eleven docks, many of them full of goods, and a stone church dedicated to the Virgin Mary. The number of vessels lost, and the value of the prop erty destroyed, have not yet been ascertained. Astrachan is the capital of a province of like name, and is situated on an island in the Volga river, about forty miles above its mouth. It has a population of about seventy-five thousand, em bracing Russians, Armenians, Tartars, Persians and Hindus. The surrounding country is very fruitful, and abounds in gardens and vineyard*, while the river is well supplied with fish, a staple article of inland trade. Astrachan has been for many years the seat of a flourishing, if not an ex tended commerce. Its exports comprise leather, linen, woollens and other European manufactures ; while its imports, mainly from Persia, consists of raw silks, manufactured silks, scarfs, goods of cotton and silk, cotton, rice, rhubarb and other drugs. —New York Post Jerrold went to a party at which a Mr. Pepper had assembled all his friends. Jerrold said to his host, on entering the room : “My dear Mr. Pepper, how glad you must be to *e£ all your friends muttered P* Utica, N. Y., Sept. 21.—The Republicans of the twentieth congressional district have nominated Roscoe Conk ling for Congress, in place of C. B. Matteson. Official Report of Interments. Savanna u. Sept. 23 I 7 o’clock P. M. ’ \ The following is a list of interments in the citv cemeteries for the last twenty-four hours : J IN LAUREL GROVE CEMETERY. Frank Floris, nineteen years, bilious remittent fever, Portugal; John Uyer, twenty years, chronic hepatitis, Germany. Both these men were from the Poor House and Hospital. IN THB CATHEDRAL CEMETERY. Thomas Lyon, forty years, congestion of the brain, Ireland. W. T. Thompson, Chairman B. H. Savannah Fetes, Sept. 24. From the Baltimore Sun, Aug. 23. Terrible Adventure—A Man Seated on the Valve of a Balloon Carried into the (IClouds. We have already given a brief account of the recent balloon ascension at Adrian, Michigan its subsequent descent and its second ascension*and runaway with the aeronaut while beyond his con trol. The Detroit Tribune has the follow ing thrill ing uarrative. It makes the flesh creep and sends a shudder through every nerve: The first ascension took place about, nine o’clock in the morning. It was on the occasion of a large Sunday school celebration at Adrian. The batloou was a very large and well-constructed one, being about the height of a two-story building when inflated and ready to cut loose from its astenings. Messrs. Bannister and Thurston took seats iu the car attached to the balloon and ascended safely and steadily. After remaining about forty nifeutes m the air. sailing towards Toledo all the time/, i t*v alighted in the woods in the town of Riga, in fant about eighteen miles West of Toledo. Severa. men came to the assistance of the adventurers, and they proceeded to prepare the balloon for packing"to be tuken back to Adrian. In doing this, the monster balloon was turned over and par tially upside down to disengage the netting and to reach the valve. To do tliis, Mr. Ira Thurston, one of the aeronauts, took off his coat and got astride of the valve block. He then suggested that the car be detached from the balloon while he should hold it down w’ith his weight.. This proved a feat fill calculation, for no sooner was the still inflated body relieved of the weight of the cur thun it shot into the air with the suddenness of a rocket, taking Mr. Thurston along with it, seated upon the valve of the balloon, and holding on to the collapsed silk of the uir ship in that por tion of its bulk. In this perfectly helpless condi tion the ill-futed man sped straight up to the sky, iu the full sight of his companions, even more helpless than himself. So lar as is known, there was no possible means for him to secure his de scent, whether safe or otherwise. The part of the balloon tilled with gas was full twelve feet above him, so that there was no chance for him to cut it and escape. He could only fling to liis precarious hold and go whithersover the currents of the air should take him. Without regulation or control of any kind the balloon continued to mount upwurd, sailing oft' in the direction of this city und Luke Erie. The fatal ascension took place übout eleven o’clock, and at a few minutes past noon it was seen in the town of Blissflcld, Lenawee county, apparently three miles high, and about the size of a star in nppcurunce. It was still going up and on! At a quarter past one o’clock it wus last dimly visible, going in the direction of Malden, as ascertained by compass bearings taken by parties observing it. What is his exact fate bullies conjectnr. hut that it is horrible, almost beyond precedent, there can be no doubt. There is not one chance in a million for u successful escape. Whether the unfortunate irian/mts ramed up so high to become bo ii(iin bed and senselem*, death ensuing, or w hether he fell off’at length from his tremendous altitude, to have his breath sucked from him in liis fearful descent, and to be sunk in the lake or dashed into a shapeless mass upon the earth, it is doubtful if any save God will ever know. A dispatch published in yesterdays’s Sun, an nounced that she balloon came down the same , day if ascended, on Baptist i reek, Canada, und , that Mr. Thurston was seen on it a short time be fore. Search was making for Ins body in the mul shes near t It< * i. k** Mr. T .iir n was an experienced balloon having l#eii* several,and this being I is fhirly-M enth ann o ion. He was former! resident hi , flie vicinity of Lima and Roches' *r, in western , New York, but has laffeily resided in Adrian, | where he was extensively engaged iu business as , a nurseryman. He was a widower, having lost v his wife last winter. He leaves an interesting v daughter, about seventeen years of age, to mourn j her father’s unknown, terrible fate. | The Florida Boats.-— The steamer St. Johns, v which should have reached here on Tuesday, did l not ar.-ive until yesterday morning. The long de- i lay she made, created an impression that she had ) been quarantined, which we learn, was not the r case, as she had been kept back by bad weather. 1 That she was not quarantined, however, is not due to the authorities, but simply to the fuel that (/’apt. i King did not a tempt to stop at any port where he was informed that he would be muuo to undergo any delay. A gentleman who arrived here the morning the • St. Johns sailed ami went to the boat from the * cars, was not allowed to laud ut St. Marys, even ‘ Ito pass through, though the landing ot freight j was permitted, consequently he had to make an ■ entrance on the return of tin* boat which was al- 1 lowed. At I ernandina they were met. with a small 1 boat, the occupants of w l.i' h informed Cupt. King that Ins boat would hayo to perform twenty-one days quarantine before she could approach the wharf at Yellow Bluff* landing. Below Jacksonville, they were informed that, five days quarantine was necessary before they could approach the what for land any freight. Capt. Km*, however, went up the river as far an Palatka, and left all his freight, except that for Jacksonville, which was brought back to Savannah. Owing to these impediments the St. Johns, which leaves this morning, will on ly go as far as Fernundinh, us pet card of agents. >nvdtnuih ttepuhhmn, S'-pt. 24. A Catholic Pkust Appointed Chaplain to thk Oregon Ahmy. — We learn that Father deSrneihas received a despatch from Washington, requesting him to join General Harney at New York, ns chap lain to the army in Oregon. A part Irom all con siderations of a religious or spiritual character, there is eminent propriety in the selection of Fath er de Smet for this position. It was he who first preached the doctr» ..*s of Christianity to the northern (Jltrunr n'.iiie India's, and he is conse quently regard'd wilh especial reverence by those tribes who dwell in the country which is the thea tre of the Oregon Indian war. There cun be no doubt that his influence over them will facilitate the realization of the purposes of the government. In no part of Oregon is the “ Big Black Gown” unknown or unappreciated. His influence over the Black feet nation is supreme,'and the Flat heads and adjacent tribes arc scarcely less submit* sive to his counsels. The government has, there fore, consulted its owrn interest in his appointment to the chaplaincy of the Oregon army. If he shall not be able to array these and other tribes on the side of the authorities, he will at least secure their neutrality. As we have observed, he is known among all the Indian nations in the Territories of the United States a* the Big Bl ck Gown; and from the hanks of the Rio Crande to the banks of the Colombia, that title is recognised. He will, therefore, be able to render important services in the pending campaign. The subjugation of the Indians, is, it is to be presumed, the policy of the government, and Father de Smet will be an effi cient agent to carry out that plan. St. Louis Demncnrt. The Cp.ew of the Dolphin.— On yesterday, five of thecrew of the Dolphin, witnesses against the sla vers, and one of the slavers, was brought up from Charleston and lodged in jail. We learn that Sheriff Dent has given the witnesses six rooms on the lower floor, known as the debtors' rooms. It is greatly to be regretted that the government deems it ne cessary to resort to such stringent measures to se cure the testimony of these men. It really appears a hardship, that men who have simply discharged their duty should be subject to confinement. We have no doubt, however, that everything will be done to secure their comfort. The other slavers will be brought up on Satur day.—Columbia Carolinian. VOL. 37-IN O. 40. From the New York Atlas. A Prayer for “ Yom Ki|»i»ur.” BT R. JACOBUS. Goa ofJKay.n! lerucl'e father 1 'y children, humbly pray through thy mercy, un this great and solemn day. lhou canst read the fearful history or each heart before thee bow'd ; If sin and falsehood, truth or Borrow linger neath the "cap” and “Bhroutl." • Morcir.ll an.l kind, 01.1 Father, Change the heart that falsely criea : l*hl thy angels aottly manner l arriimlng anthems from the skies. Change the soffl,,* lips that jeereth. At the promise thou ha t given, " 2 1,1 justice, hilt in mercy titeml to them one hope of heaven. T< V l !! h T'“'"Bride they standetb, r Inn In unbelieving scum If one prater In truth asceudeth, t i. 1 S .«“•*> l !>c"> to thy throne, hasten, I ather, to the sorrowing Lamentations rent above TrembHiig lest our sins outnumber All ruturc hope of pardoning love. Solemnly the •> Shcpbar" t wumleth Ttu 'Ti"?' w; ‘ke from sleep T y'K d . er, yfJ or 5 8 of Buried uillll.ns. In their vaulted prisons deep: Kenmnilng 'is that ere the morrow W e may be summoned to thy throne. There to fiat re. ording angels Meeting But our fearful doom. tlioe, when In mercy Thou didst set apart this day. Summoning up thy scattered children Kound !hy throne to f;u»t and pray. Mmjt high, and only Qod of Israel, -‘Ki'ccl atoned for errors past, rp, ! , ho . doomed for years to wander, 1 ,iOU u claim thy chosen ones at last. * A white cap and gown used by Israelites on the dav of ur Y e'n“ g "* t ' * m^craat, «d of death, and thus* - ME, V, ÜBll> urge them to true repentance. U nm * sounded on that day, emblemat , t. the horn to he sounded on the day of Resurrection. : Fro ™ O ‘"%’s Vegetable and Animal Pht/siologv. Bathing. The pro* of a healthy skin demands the removal ot rot ire epidermic layer, by frequent . ablution, al\vV« accompanied by the liberal use | <*f that valuable detergent—soap. For the strict purpose of health, neither a plunge nor a shower bath is necessary—the latter is even ] obnoxious to some temperaments; the most com ■ sortable and healthful form of bath is at the same 1 time the most facile—a sponge bath—expedition » in its use being the most important element. » The bath itself should never exceed five min utes; the rubbing (the most essential part of the piocess) occupying another five minutes or more > —an amonut of time that every one can ufTord at 5 the beginning of the day. This bath should be ' taken immediately on rising in the morning, as ut such time reaction is greater and quicker than at any other period of the twenty-four hours. ; It is very necessary to attend to the tempera -1 ture < f the water, and of the room in which the * bath is taken. During hot weather, water may be r used at the ordinary temperuture of the atmos phere, the room indicating not less than 7u° Fah- J renheit. But at a less external heat than 70° the [ water should he warm, or ut least tepid. * A sudden cold chill on the surface of the body is prejudicial to health; it checks the circulation ' of the blood to the external surface, interferes with 4 the secretions, and particularly arrests the excre ting power of the skin. 1 It is a popular belief with mothers, that wosh ! ing young children daily, in cold water, makes them hardy. This is a grave mistake; the feeble circulation of a child requires the aid and assis tance of warmth -warm wat*»r and warm clothing. The greatest medical man who ever lived—John Hunter- recommended three rules for the man agement of children, nod they express the sub stance of a volume; ho m)*: “Give them plenty of milk, plenty of sleep, and plenty of flannel.” ’ For udults to bathe after a meal, or after fa tiguing exercise, is eminently dangerous. Three fatal cases were recorded by the New York papers, alt occur ing within a year, from this sole cause; • he first was the death of an American lady of re finement and position, fmrft taking a bath soon alter dinner; » f Sergeant linine, while alone in a warm hath; and of Lorenzo It. Sheppard, of New York, and under precisely similar circumstances. Those persons who do not happen to possess a pnnge, may rewort to the following plan with eat advantage : us soon as you get out of bed in ic morning, wash your hands, face and neck; then, in the same basin of water, put your feet at once for about half a minute, rubbing them brisk ly ut the time j then, with the towel that had been damped by wiping the face, feet, Ac., rub your whole body well, (without the addition of more wuier), fast and hard, mouth shut, the breast pro jecting. Allow five minutes for this operation. There is yi t unother plan, superior in some of its effects to all that has preceded it; at night, when you go to bed, and whenever you get out of bed during the night, spend from two to five min utes rubbing your whole body und limbs with your hands, as far us you can reach in every di rectum ; let it be done briskly, quickly und hard. By this practice the softness and inobiiity of the skin will he preserved, which too frequent wash ing lias a tendency to destroy. Yellow Fever.--By the report of the Hoard of Ll* alth, for yesterday, it will be seen Ihat there is at present no increase in the epidemic, not with* standing reports, current iu the city during the day, led to the belief that, the number of inter ments for the preceding day (eight,) would be at least doubled. It did happen that there was an unusual number of interments yesterday, including hi ill born cases, some from rnunia-a-potu, Ac. Ah these were charged by rumor to yellow fever, and their number considerably exaggerated besides. Tlie weather continues much us it lias been, with u somewhat milder temperature at night: Office or the Hoard op Health. I Mobile, September 20. f The number of deaths from yellow fever for the tweoty-four hours ending at six o'clock p. m., this day, is seven. liaiinky Hlhnoon, M. D., Secretary. Mobile I Ala.) Mercury , Sept. 21« f. From the (Mme.) Denpcrat, Sept. 18. Death of Col. Cobb. Col. Joseph II Cobb died ut the residence of Mrs. Moore, in tins city, on Wednesday evening last, after a long and painful illness. Col. Cobb was a native of Georgia; be came to this State when quite young and settled in Noxubee. A few years afterwards lie removed to this county, which he made the I dace of his permanent residence’ The deceased, for some twelve or fifteen years, oc cupied a large space in *he public eye, not only of dim, but of nil the adjoining counties, and indeed of the whole State, lie represented Noxubee coun ty in the lower branch of the legislature in 1842, and in 1 8- r >3, he was elected to the State Senate from this county. Hut Col. Cobb, though perfect ly honest and consistent in his politics, was at variance with the great mass of voters in the State on most of the leading political questions of the day, and hence, notwithstanding bis tine talents, he was never very successful in his career as a public man. He was a graceful, fluent speaker, and a sprightly, vigorous writer. A large portion of his leisure noiirs he devoted to writing essays —sketches, stories and critiques—for the maga zines and reviews, many of which were much read and admired. As a fan, Col. Cobb was universally respected and esteemed for the many excellent qualities both of bis head and bis heart, and his memory will long be cherished by hosts of admiring friends. But we must leave it to some one, longer and more intimately acquainted with the deceased than we were, to sketch his oharactcrstics and record his virtues He was only about forty years old at the time of his death. Thus has been cut down, when he had just reached what may be termed the meridian of life, one who was formed by nature end bv education to be the pride and ornament of the circle in which he moved. He has left an in teresting family, and several children to mourn his untimely death. “Green be the turf above him.” Nothing IK it. —A venerable grandmother, alter returning from church one night, asked her grand son for a gourd ot water. " Give me a light,” she said, wishing to know what she was drinking. “ There ain’t nothing in it, grandma,” replied the voung hopeful. “ How do you know, Johnny f” “ ’Cause, \ felt in it I” The old lady fainted.