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taut question oi *iW lovoiveu ux ui© matier S|S|SS£'i 18 fplie Ashburton treaty) supersedes that TlMM4ur tks acti of British cruisers, this question of search has beeomo one of • prac tical character. As sneh it was met by the ((President by the prompt denial of the right of visitation, and denouncing its exercise as • violation of tlie sovereign jurisdiction of the United States over their own merchant ships, and by the dispatch of the West In diJof a competent naval force instructed to renej every effort to visit or search such ‘Tfa, then, with no extraordinary gratifi- the final settjementof the disavowal of any sucl right dwxW! Kilthesbury, and his distinct recognition of the principle of international law so explicitly laid down by Gen. Cass to We need not my that thia auepicious con clusion ofasuidect which, perhaps more eign relations, has excited and agitated the ptibiis mind of America, is iu the highest de gree gratifying to our national pri le, aa we believe it to be honorable to both nation*— It had become evident to the leaat thought ful observer of the two countries that the United States claimed—-humanity to her flag toil without endangering the peace of the weeid r and, as this question was presented on the basis of a violation of that eomnnwHy tho government of Great Britain had either to justify the course of its cruisers, or, on the < other hand, at onco and forever accede to the principlei of international law laid down by the American government. Lord Malmesbu ry in tbs most prompt and honorable man ner adopted the latter court©. We eongrat ulato the country at this most auspicious eon- It is thus seta bow tiro high interest of tbo nation arc promoted by intrusting to the hands of such statesmen as James Buchanan and General Cass the discharge of executive Bt ot tie Oriel Engineer m the preUannsry Sur vey fcr tte Bwariia <8 U> Atlantic If Sail Boa*. We have received from Dr. Screven • copy of the “Chief Engineer’s report of the preliminary. survey for the extension of the Atlantic 6c Gulf Road, in which an investi gation into the cost and advantages to be de rived from the three lines surveyed, are’ care tolly compared and examined. While on this subject, we would take sc est Sion to correct a typographical error which hae misled our friends in Tbomasviile and other places. Ia the report which we published some tome since, the following sentence was erro neously printed. “We find No. 3 longer than No. 2, by 2,873 feet, and an excess of #f|over No. 2,323,287.” It should have been printed, an excess of cost over No. 1, which makes a very material difference sad wh very well calculated to mislead those interested in the Road in 8. W. Georgia. Ws> notice that Mr. Heriot.has been charg ed with saying in bis report thst all three of the lines were opal so tor as business pros pects were concerned. Whoever hss done this did not read hie report carefully. He merely canvassed the business advantages of Kaos No. ! and 2, and considered them as be- subsequent portion of his report, he refers to the met that business may be de rived from Florida by line No. 3, and in this respect also considers it preferable to lines No. l and 2.— Sav. Georgian. HOBRIBLE CUB OP MABREM Os A BOMB. On Sunday evening Mr. Barney wont to drive his K|we into the stable, when one, that had hitherto been very gentle, refused •merrier the stable. Aiter running her about nntfi ho wat completely exhausted, he con cluded to leave her in the yard. About midnight the neighbors were alarm ed by an awful betlowiog and groaning, and coming to the yard where the mare was eon fined, found'that she had attacked a calf in the yairi r and had literally stamped it into or two ■>f flesh Grind last Monday. ’ ■ ■ - 1 > following be established ai post roads in Georgia. , i From Doctor Town to Tlolmcsvitlo. - From Holmesvillc lo Doctor ‘J'own. it From Doctor Town to Waynesviite, via From Newman to Carrollton. y From Doctor Town, via Holmesvilie, Oc t mulgeeriile, to Feronia. i From Little York to Boxville. ~ i From JonesbOco,to Stock bridge, i From Palmetto to Carrollton, via River r town and Cbanceville. 1 From Tbomnaon to Lincolnton. - From 1 Franklin to LaGrange. From Seward via Mount Vernon, to Bat tleground. „l_. J. i_. 1 , From Wareaboro to Irwinsvill* From Blakely, via Stanford’s Store, in t Miller county, Curry’s bridge on Spring Crook, and Hutchinson's Ferry to Quincy 1 From Greenville, via Woodbury, Thunder P Spring and Tepid Springs, to Thomastou. - From Ellejay to Jasper. From Columbus, via Kings Post Office > Cusseta, to Green Hill. i From Americas to Holley Grove. From Vienna to Phieyard. i From Hawkinsvillc. via Dawson, Abbe ville, and House Greek, to Irwinville. i From Newman, via Bowenville, Carroll ton, Bowdon, Georgia Arbacoccbee, Warren, to Oxford Ala. From Gainsville, via Brown’s Bridge, and Coal Mountain to Gumming. From Clarksville to Carnesvitte. From Clayton, via Htiopee, to Blairsville. From Atlanta, via Gainesville, Sulphur Springs and Caraesville, to Hartwell. From Lexington, via Wolfe Skin, to Wat kinsviile. From Warreuton, via Gibson, to Fenn’g Bridge. From the city of New York, via Savan unh, Georgia, Thoifmsvillc, Tallahassee Flor ida, St. Marita to New Oiieanse Louisiana. From Forsyth to ttnsselville. From Boxviilo to*Bugar Creek. From Marietta, via Powder Spriugs. Salt Springs, New Manchester and Campbeltown to Fan-burn. Fro® Morgan, Calhoun county, to Blake ly ia Early county. Hu Crops ta Middle Tennessee. From all tbe information we have been able to gather in free conversations with tbe people, and by a careful examination of the newspaper reports from the different sections of the State ajjd of the South, we conclude that the wheat crop, most of .which has now been harvested, wul prove to fall from one third to one-half short of last season. Tbe oats crop of Davidson, Wilson and Ruther ford counties, will prove to bo almost total failure—Scarcely realising the seed sewn; while in Williamson, Maury, Giles, and the counties in that portion of Middlo Tennessee lying south and west of Nashville, the crop will net yield more than half its usual return. The cotton in all Middle Tennessee, where the people continue the folly of planting it will of necessity now, be a very short crop. ’The cold weather in the early spring, tbo sabse r quent wet weather, and tbe accumulation, at a later period, of tbe cotton louse upon it, aad #he consequent bad stand, will cut it short, according to the best information we haver been able to obtain, at least one-half.- We can not say ‘.bat this is a matter of much re gret ; for the truth is, our soil and climate are not adapted to the profitable growth of cotton and tbe sooner apparently accidental circum stances shall convince our planting friends of tbe folly or attempting to force the soil to yield what It i* not adapted to tho produc tion of, the better for all concerned. The corn erop, we think, though not so forward as wo have seen it at this season, is still very promising of a bountiful harvest. In some localities we hear complaints of the corn “frenehing” very badly .especially in low damp places. rr MM Os all kinds of fruits and vegetables, tho promise of abundance was never more en couraging. Ofapplos,peaches,pears, plums, cherries, apricots, and berries of all descrip tions, the supply ia and promises to be utilim ited.—Nashville Newt, 3 Oth. . i GOOD HUMOR. Keep lu good humor. It is not many great calamities that embitter existence; it the putty vexations, small jealousies, the little disappointments,the minor miseries, that make the heart heavy and the temper sour.*-*- Don’t Igt them. Anger is a pure waste of vitality; it fa always foolish, and always dis graceful , except in some very rare cases, when it fa kindled by seeing wrong done to another; and even that noble rage seldom mends tbe matter. Keep in a good humor. No man does bis beat except when ho fa cheerfal. a light heart makes nimble bands, and keeps the mind fair and alert. No mis fortune is so great aa one that sours the tem per. Until cheerfulness is lost, nothing fa lost! Keep in a good humor! The company of a good humored roan is a perpetual feast; ho fa welcome everywhere— eyes glisten et his approach, and difficulties vanish in his presence. Franklin’s indomit able good bnmor did as much for bis country, in tbe old Congress, as Adams’ fire, or Jef ferson’a wisdom; he clothed wisdom, with smiles, and Boftoned contentious minds into acquieacene. Keep in good humor. A good conscience, a sound stomach, a clean skin, are the elements of good humor! Get them and fccep them, and—be sure to keep in good humor. LOLA MORTEZ OH HOOPS. Lola Montez delivered a lecture at New ark N. J., on Monday night, on the‘“ comic aspect of fashion,” during which sho declared tbe female fashions of the present day were moderate in comparison with those of former times, and the satires af Juvenal and other Roman writers were quoted to show tbe ri diculous aqd excessive practices indulged in by tbe Romah ladies. The hoop skirts of the present day are diminutive compared with those of former times, arid instead of grum bling a4 laughing at them, tbe men ought to be thankful that sufficient breathing room fa left unoccupied “by them. Tb lecturer maintained them to he conduct vs to hdaltli and much better for the wearers than a load of petticoat* Many a woman has perished, she said, on whom, if a coroner's inquest had been held, the verdict would have been, “ died of petticoats.” | f THE WIRE-GRASS REPORTER. I THOBAITIUk, GEORGIA. WEDNESDAY nrThe WisfrOiAM Reportkr U tbe Official Organ for publishing the Sheriffs’ Sales of tbe coun ties of Tel mi r, Berrien, Ware, Colquitt, and Tbom i M; also, for publishing the Advertisements of the Ordinaries of Clinch, Colquitt, and Wars. THE MAIL*. We have received a letter from Laurens county stating that tbe Reporter arrives very irregularly, sometimes a week or more after publication. v] Tbe paekages are mailed regularly every Wednesday, and ought to be received of Saturdays without fail. The fault certainly la in the railroad, and we hope our friends will put the blame where it belongs. There 1 are some people who think that nothing is of ’ any value or importance which does not go to or come from Savannah. ’ BLACKWOOOD’B MAGAZINE—AMXR(CAR EDITION The June number bat been received. Tbe list of contents is, The Poorbeah Mutity; Tho Punjab; Wbat will he do with it; Blood ; Religions Memories; Tbe first Ben gal European Fusileers after tbe fall of Del hi; Tbe cost of Whig Government; May Day; The defeat of the Factions, &c„ dec. Published by Leonard Scott & Cos., 79 Ful ton St.; entrance 54 Gold St., Nejr York.—- Price 83.00 a year. BOUTHEBH LITERABY MESSENGER. ’ The July number of this valuable periodi cal is upon our table. It comes laden with the rich fruits of a pure literature. The Mes senger is at all times a welcome visitor, ami it should be to the fireside of every South erner at heart. This number is tho first of the new volume and is a good time to sub scribe. Published at Richmond, Va., by McFarlane, Fergnsson & Cos. Terms—s3 per annum in advance. ’• ■ . MEMOIR OF OEM. DAVID BLACKS BEAR- * We have been favored with one of these books by the author, Stephen F. Miller Esq., and have perused it with pleasure. It carried us back to days long since passed and gone, and stirred up a flood of melan choly, yet pleasurable memories. Some ot the sons of Gen. Blacksbear are near our own age, and being schoolmates, a friendship sprung up between us in our youth, which nothing, we trust, will ever mar or disturb while wo live. Many, many times when a boy, at their kind invitations have we been to their fathers house, and we remember the General much better than many other great men whoso acquaintance we have made long since. Although he was a man of great dig nity of character and possessed of an iron will, yet ho was very affectionate to his cliil-. dren and.exceedingly kind to their friends.— We shall always remember him with vener ation and respect. His biographer speaks truly when he aays that he “ was a man of note, and is worthy of a place among public benefactors. He did not it is true, fill so wide a space as some; but ho acted his part with as much patriotism and integrity as the greatest.” Every Georgian ought to buy lids book. DISEASE AMONG THE CATTLE. This disease, whose ravages have been worse ‘perhaps in Florida than any where else, but which exists to some extent in all sections, atm, continues among the stock in this county,‘and is becoming more general and more fatal. There are various opinions as to tbe character of tbe malady. think, and that too from close examination, that the disease which seems to be making n universal sweep of the deer, is not the black tongue, but a sort of murrain. It is said al so, that although among the cattle, the ma jority of cases are black or sore tongue yet murrain exists among them also. We havo no doubt but this fa. the true state of tbo case, although we have no di rect knowledge on the subject. We might have had this knowledge but for an untow ard incident which happened to us a few mornings since. A failliful old servant, gave information that a fine cow belonging to us was affected, and gave it as his opinion that it was murrain and not tbe black tongue, although her mouth seemed to be a little sore. He asked us to go down and examine the beast, which we accordingly proceeded to do. We went irtto the pen, and passed along by the sido of tho cow, giving a casual scrutiny as wo passed, intending to make a stand in front of her for a few moments. Just as #e got before her she threw up her, head, looking wildly at us for a few seconds, and then with a snort, a lowered head and elevated tail, made at us. We bout-faced instantly.and marched through tho pen at the rnto of about a mile a minute, and cleared an eight rail fence without laying hands thereon. We then looked back and the cow was standing where we left the earth and committed ourself to the air, looking more astonished than angry. The old ser vant was at the other side of the pen, with one hand on the fence and on his bowels, bent ala ost to the ground in a .fit of laughter. Straigbtoing himself up and gath ering bieath ho exclaimed: “My Lord, master, you aint gittiu’ old yit,” and he bowed himself again in a ca chinatory paroxism. Not seeing anything’ particularly funny in the transaction ourself, i and feeling indisposed to pursue our investi gations in regard to the cattle epidemic we left the place. If it should bo our misfortune to loco any { more of our stock, we would as soon lose j that cow as anv other. „ - ‘ . • i • m , t ,? MAIM TBUHK RAILROAD. We publish to-day a letter from Mr. Her iot Chief Engineer of this Company, in which certain mist a&es occurring in the prin ted report sent in by him in accordance with a resolution of the Board a -abort time since, are corrected. These mistakes have und*ubtedfy ’ done some injury to the Main Trunk Company, and it was unfortnnate to Bay the least of it, that the proofs were not moie closely exam ined and those mistakes prevented altogeth er. The explanation certainly places things in a very different light from* what they were before. While on this subject we will take occasion to say a word in reply to the edi tor of the Tronpwlle Watchman, in regard ‘to stopping the work at the Alapaha. The editor grunts a little, a very little and that very weakly, at the location of the road, but approves, yea, applauds the action of the company in resolving to delay the work.— The reasoning which the editor sees proper to use to sustain his position is altogether ab surd and unworthy of his good sense. In the first place, it was solemnly promised that this thing should not be done, and is the editor prepared to justify bad faith 1 Again, is it necessary that the company should have every dollar in cash that may be re quired to build the road ? Has any road in Georgia, or in the United States been built exclusively on this principle? Not one, nor will one ever be. The Decatur county ar gument is too ridiculous to talk about. You are the only man, Col., in all this country who sustains that action of the Company, and rely upon it, you will be left entirely alone,for they will not stick to it themselves. Those of the directors who wc have seen re fuse to defend it, and we have no doubt but the resolution will be, as it was intended, a dead letter upon their minutes. Neverthe less we would got be understood as opposing further subscriptions, on the Contrary, wo j hope they will be made. Every dollar that is now subscribed will insure corresponding aid from the State, and none of us have so little sense as not to know, tiiat the more money the Company can command, the soon er the road will be built. What we object to is this, pretending one thing and protend ing another, and we are sorry to see the edi- j tor of the Watchman setting up a defence for what is transparently indefensible. In ‘ the article of ours, upon which he animad-j verts,, we but expressed ttfe universal senti-, ment of the people of this*county and of Lowndes, also, so far as we heard the people speak, and the position is consonant with both common sense and common justice.— But the editor of the Watchman is twenty one years old and has the right to think and write as he pleases. We shall pursue this subject no further neither now nor hereafter. Its disenssinn can do no good—it may do harm. accident; We are informed that the horses ran away with the stage, between this place and Alba ny, on last Friday night, by which the dri ver and several passengers were more or less injured. It is reported that two ladies from Tallahassee were worst hurt. The drivers on this line arc expert and carefnl, and it is due the traveling public that the teams should be entirely safe. $25,000 PAID IN. We learn that the State Treasurer receiv ed $25,000 from the Treasurer of the State Road as the net earnings of the State Road, for the month of June. More bad news for the enemies of the State Administration. Wo clip the above from the last Federal Union, and take it as another link in the chain of evidence going to establish the wis dom and efficiency of Gov. Brown’s Admin istration. Georgia has a Chief Magistrate of whom she may well be proud. | [COMMUNICATED.] VL Magnolia, Ga., July 7th, 1858. Mr. Editor :—Your fishing frolic was no where compared to one in which I participa ted last Thursday. There were 14 of ns with one twelve foot sein in the Suwanoo chee Creek, and we caught thirteen hundred fish that we saved, throwing away hundreds of Catfish, Perch and Gar. We fished only four hours. It beats all the up-country sein ing I have ever seen, and 1 assure you that I have attended many in the last .year. The crops here are unparalleled. Judge Morgan, Win. S. Tomliuson and Jacob Watson have crops which they defy Southern-Georgia to equal. We will put Clinch against any county in Georgia. Very respectfully, - . F. THE ATTACHMENT LAV—IMPORTANT DECISION. The Savannah Republican, of the 3rd in stant, contains the following note from a cor respondent. in reference to an important deci sion rendered by the Supreme Court, in ses sion in this city last week, on the Ist instant: Macon, Ga., July Ist, 1858. . Editor Republican— Dear Si': The Supreme Court decided this morning that the attachment and garnishment act, passed 1855-’6—generally known as “Cone's” at atchmcnt and garnishment law, and which py the fifty-fifth section repeals “ all acts and parts of acts npon the subject of attach ment and garnishment”—does not repeal the statute Dec. 27th, 1845, “ exempting the wages of journeymen mechanics and day la borers from process and liability to garnish ment.”. This decision will be hailed with delight by the class of persons thus relieved from the vexatious process of garnishment, but the profession will regret to see the Su preme Court making instead of declaring the law. Yours, sj: Bibb. Whatever “ the profe&ion ” may think about it, the people wll rejoice over the prac tical abrogation of a statute for the punish ment of prompt pay masters and to author ise public interference with every man's pri vate business. —Macon Telegraph. r Written for the Wire-Graaa Reporter. The Engineer of the Atlantic dr .Gulf ft. R. does not deny that in the communication addressed to the Board of Directors that the estimates therein made in regard to routes No. 2, (Brunswick liner) No. 1, (Troupville line,) and Springs line,) was i presented to tlicTDirectors as it appeared in handbill form, nor as reported in the Georgian as an extracWrom the min utes of the board, but goes back to bis report which the Directors did not deem sufficient ly definite td justify thorn in determining the line of the rdad. This is conclusive from the resolution proposed by Mr. Mclntyre asking the opinion of the Engineer in regard to which was the most practicable route. The report submitted very prcpcrly the not giving any opinion as to the route to be chosen, leaving the directors to form their own opinions npon the estimates as present ed. The Directors, for purposes best known to themselves, called for the communication referred to in order to alictit the opinion of the Engineer a$ to the most practicable route, without saying between what points, but they aT$ answered by presenting three lines from the initial point to TbomasvHle and cal culating cost &e., without reference to the Western terminus of the road and its cost from the initial point on the Brunswick line to Thomasvillc and to the terminus on the Chattahoochee river. Now bom is it, that the Engineer upon, this road, from its initial point to the Western terminus on the Chat tahoochee River, should respond and furnish estimate ß covering but little over half the length of the proposed line of road ? How and in what manner was his attention called to a partial estimate and bis opinion called for as to the most practicable route upon an unfinished survey or upon preliminary sur veys, the estimates upon wbicli may be ma terially varied upon the location and perma | nent survey of the road. If the communi cation is incorrect, and the report was too in -1 definite for the Directors to act upon, they are now left at sea, and this great enterprise is left to chance, or conjectural estimates and opinions. Caijtins be so ? Was there not an object, a scheme formed by the Directors and opinions elicited from the Engineer con formably thereto, to skirt the Florida line in | building this road. The thing is patent to | every reflecting mind—there is no escape from it—cover it up as you may,the pretense is too shallow. The scheme was concocted “ intraparities,” but when brought to tbe light, thj gloss would wot conceal the charac ter of tlie transaction. The estimate of the cost of tbe road to its Western terminus it appears is not made. Three lines are considered nil, -ending at Thomasville. The Brunswick line, the Troupville lino and the Mineral Spring- line. The Brunswick line is estimated as the cheapest to Thomasville by $23,287, that is cheaper than the Mineral Springs line, as recently explained in Engineer’s communi cation to Savannah Republican. After Blin ding to the cheapness of the Jirunswick line, he says: “ These smnll advantages of the Bruns j wick line over the Mineral Spring line will, in my opinion,be more than connterbalanced by less curavature and lighter grades on tbe latter than the former line.” Mark it, in his opinion, a mere opinion in tbe absence of 1 any surveys or estimates. This opinion is . expressed under tbe disqualification thus sta ted by Mr. Heriot: “ The Mineral Spring line labors under the disadvantage of be ing only an experimental line, while the Brunswick line enjoys all the advantages of a located line. When the Mineral spang line shall be located it will, probably, be found the least expensive of the two.” The Mineral Spring line then is adopted, based upon probabilities, and opinions and not’ oh facts or estimates. Stop gentlemen, this is tojb important a matter to be decided upon probabilities, opinions and conjectures. Give us the facts and figures, made upon a perma nent and accurate survey; Mr. Heriot says the additional cost of construction on tbe Mineral Spring line will be “connterbalanced by less curvature and lighter grades than on fthe Brunswick line.” How did he ascertain this. It seems that the Mineral Spring line has not been located by any accurate sur vey. He says when this shall be done “it will probably be found the least expensive of the two.” This matter is worth enqui ring into. What is the maximum grade per mile on the Mineral Spring line ? What is the greatest grade on any one mile and from what point to what point ? and tho respect ive grades on each and every mile? and so also on the Brunswick line. This is necessa ry to institute the comparison. It will be born in mind that the grades, curvatures,and bridging have been ascertained, and esti matea in regard to the Brunswick line have been made by other competent engineers.— The estimates of Mr. Heriot is open for le gitimate contest, and the decision of tbe board therefore the proper subject of review. Give us the exact grades and curvatures — the loss of time consequent thereon—the in jury and strain of engineers employed—the damage to the track where curves exist-—tbe probable damage of running off.&c., Ac.— These calculations should embrace the entire lind to the Chattahoochee. Tho object of the Legislature, and tho provisions of the charter liave been entirely overlooked.*— The road, if built on the lower line, wiH not develop South-Weatero Georgia. Tie tine runs below Waresboro, Magnolia, Mill Town and Troupville, and is to finally reach Tbotn asvillo only to injure and iuurauerish it. The Mineral Spring line will not off distant from Monticello, Fla., exceeding 18 or IQ miles.-. Tk. Cenlril FI, Rd, f™, East is about completed to Menticello. A road isuUlseady in operation from TallaW see to St. Marks. So that building*. road, not exceeding 20 miles long, from the Atlam tic &, Gulf Monticello would put Tallahassee and St. Marks ia communication with Savannah. This, then, would form a competing lino with tbe Central Fla. Rend designed to connect with what is known as Mr. Talies or tbe Fernandina Road opening a communication between St. Marks, xalla hassee and Fernandina. Such a connection with the Florida roads as above referred to, it is evident is the first purpose to be aecom plished. Thiß being done, the completion of the road to flibmasville and Bainbridge would be delayed for years. Besides it would thwart the design of the citizens of Thomas connty and the people of Thomas, ville in ultimately building a Railroad from Albany going North. With this communi cation Thomasville, when the Atlantic & Gulf R. R. readies it, would be the railid^ <> centre of South-Western Georgia. To pur sue the policy indicated by the Director* of the Main Trunk road, this desirable object would be defeated, and seriously injure Wf** people living below, the South-Western road intermediate that of the proposed line of the Main Trank road. This vast region of the State would still be undeveloped, and the patriotic purpose of the Legislature defeated.* Is it possible that this interesting pprtion of Georgia is to be overlooked ? Can such s policy be insisted upon any longer? What? tax the citizens of Georgia to build a road stretching along tbe line of the State for the benefit of Florida t Never. This is a sub ject which addresses itielf to the pride of ev ery Georgian. It is but the rightful demand of justice, by an injured people, sternly made upon the board of Directors to retrace their steps. Surely the interest of ao many peo ple will not be sacrificed, the will of the Legislature disregarded, and. the charter ig nored to carry out any scheme based npon no higher considerations or stronger reasons than those presented by the Engineer. It seems to me that the directors have given a very unwise assent to tho bare opinions,prob abilities and conjectures of Mr. Heriot. The true policy should be to complete the road npon a line best adapted to the development of Southern Georgia to the Chattahoochee river, looking ultimately to a connexion with Pensacola and the West. Our system of railroads would be greatly forwarded. Let it be a Georgia road iu furtherance of a great system which is to add to the com merce of the State. I still believe .tbit the directors will not perpetrate so great a wrong, but consider well and act wisely, that peace may abide among us, and that the work may progress harmoniously. 1 * A Citizen Interested. j t |- t - THE COMING STRUGGLE lO* CUBA. Since the days of Cervantes, who pdt ah extingnisber on Spanish chivalry, nothing has appeared in Spain so facetious, says the Richmond Dispatch, as a late article pf La Espana, of Madrid; upon tlie chances of war between Spain and tbe United States, and recommending the invasion of'this country. All the details which La Espana sets forth, of this hopeful enterprise, are admirable, and especially the employment of gunboats.— The Congress of the United States did not authorize at its last session, one third hf the number required by the necessities of our count ry. It will therefore be an act of real friendship, if, Spain will build about fifty and , send them over here, with such an intent as will wan ant the naval officers of the United States in taking possession of them. We [ dare say that our navy department will furn ish plans and specifications to the Spanish government of the kind of vessels required, i and agree to take them off the hands of t Spain, without her leave, as soon as they ar rive in this country. However, it is melan choly to behold signs of dotage in a nation once exalted in the possession of an “Invin cible Armanda,” but whose military and na val capacity is at present beneath contempt, aud whose richest colonial possession displays the Spanish flag by tbe aufference of the Uni ted States, which, if half as unscrupulous as i Spain in former times, would long ago have i absorbed the ererfaithful Isle.— Dispatch. ii Extraordinary Baps Oaao. The community of Paris, Ky., is in a state of niudh excitement consequent upon the trial of Robert H. Champ, accused of com* mitting a rape upon the person of Mrs. Sallie B. Champ, widow of his deceased brother.— The preliminary trial has taken place, and resulted in the commitment of the accused for regular trial. Ho was proven to be worth $40,000, and bail was required to the amount of $15,00®, bis brothers-in-law, the Congletons, going on his bond. Tho Paris Citizeu says: Mrs. Cbamp was brought into the court on a couch, the case having been put off Friday iu consequence of her inability to attend. — The wealth and high social position of the parties attrrcted an immense crowd to wit ness the trial. Fearing the relatives of Mrs. Champ might deal summarily with the pris oner if released in the crowd, it was announc ed that he had failed to give bail, and the sheriff oft with him in the direction of the jail, whence he drove off in a buggy with his son, His attorney bad previously applied to the Judge for a guard for the jail, but he did not consider be bad authority to grant one.iL ’ It was proven and admitted by Mrs. Champ that a Gipsy a short time since foretold that she was to be ruined by her brother-in-law- Mrs. Cbamp also dreamed, the night previ ous to the occurrence, that she was dressed in a white gown, and that Champ stabbed her, She had persons up examining the house daring the night. It is not oar inten tion to give the evidence in the case, ss the regular trial is set for the second week in July.— N. r„ Daily Ntw. The Uviathan was opened for exhibition on the 24th ult. The vessel is qof <0 in full Iritn,