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28 LITERARY. WILU.VH W. IIANN. Kdilor. Xlie Southern Field and Fireside 18 PVBLISHED EVKiIY BATIHDAY. TERMS —$2.00 a year, invariably in advance. AH Postmasters arc authorized agents. TRAVELING AGENTS: CIIAELES PEXBLE, LOVIS CoRMICK, .1 1 kin Stocktos, William Clark. W. 11. Crane. W. M. 1!i rsell, W T. Beall, Wm. P. Bottom. L IS. White. Edward A. Hill. R. D. Phillips, IS. A. Rees. Henry Tyler, Joseph! r < amp, J. W. Taliaferro, J. B. Overstreet, Each Traveling Agent has a written authority to col lect ami receipt for subscriptions, signed by the Proprie tor, and his signature verified by the Mayor of the city I of Augusta, w ith the sval of the city attached. SATURDAY. JUNE IS, ISM*. PREMIUMS TO POSTMASTERS —FIVE HUN DRED DOLLARS IN PREMIUMS. We invite attention to the premiums offered to the Postmasters of Georgia South Carolina. Alabama, Mis sissippi and Tennessee, Tor the largest lists of subscribers to Tiif. Soother* Fielu and Fireside. See Prospectus. — NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS. It will bo impossible to send receipts, in future, to each subscriber, owing to the large number <>f subscriptions coming iu daily. The receipt of Tim Sovthern Field and Fireside, after the money is remitted, will be evi dence to each subscriber that his money has been rc [ ceived and his name duly entered on the mail book. —■+»+■ TO CORRESPONDENTS AND REGULAR CON TRIBUTORS. We have received during the jmst week ; Ralph Maxwell, or The Husband's promise fulfill oil a tale by Hall. A Sketch—by Lavra Lincoln. Common Thoughts, No. 2.—by Novissimvs. And the following poetical contributions. The False Treasure—by Wallace. Night and Day—by Evelyns. At Sea —by R. B. To Lizzie of the “ Ilill,”—by Nettie Noiiodv. Jeptha's Daughter—by Q. 11. S. T. My Brother's Wise —by Hall. The Mocking Bird—by same. Fourth of July, 1559, a National Song. A Mid night Sigh—by 1). A. B. Sonnet—byP. 11. 11. My Dream—by Mavd. Verses, composed during a Storm, by J. A. 11. T. Lines for Miss W's, Album. The Deluge—by Henry Cleveland. lliccory Nut Gap—by Mrs. M. The Star of Empire—by 0. 11. W. We decline the following articles of prose anil iioetry. of which the reception has been heretofore acknowledged, viz: Italia—A song of the Angels—An Oyster Roast— Better I much Better!—Awake Oh South!—The Loafer —Mattie Neei. PRIZES. We have received to compete for the Prizes: An Essay on Literature, L. A. W. The Young Poetess, (transferred)a poem. The Snow-Storm ami Wreck, a poem. The South, a poem. To my Wife across the Sea. a poem. You have come again, by 11. D. G. The Creek Maiden. A Vision of the Night—by Lois. A New Made Grave—by same. An appointed Tryst in the World to come, by same. Anniversary, by the same. — mmt- NEW BOOKS. MounUtin Scenery.— The scenery of the mountains of Western North Carolina, and North-western South Carolina, by Henry E. Colton. This seems to be a most desirable r< ide me cum for any one who visits foe pleasure or business the regions indicated in the title. It lias the form of a complete guide-book, with a fine map and several lithographs representing the most remarka ble views. Published by W. L. Pomeroy; llaleigh, N. C. The June number of The Knicberbocker, of New York. It contains a handsome portrait of William H. Prescott, the historian, (accompanying a biographic sketch) and an interesting table of contents. The Southern Medical and Surgical Journal , for June—edited by Des. Henry F. and Robert Campbell of this clly, with its usual budget of scientific matter. — ■ « DOMESTIC SUMMARY. Explosion of the Steamer J. C. Lawton. — It is our painful duty to record the explosion of the steamer J. G. Lawton (which occurred about eight o'clock last evening, at a place called Gum Stump, (alxmt twenty miles up the Savannah river,) and the loss of J. S. Montmollin, Captain Keebler, the pilot a man named Gotie, and four deck hands. A boy, whose name we were un able to learn, died since the explosion, on board the steamer Excel, which was near by at the time of tlio accident, and which brought the wounded and dying to the city about o’clock last night. There were live or six per sons on board the Excel who are more or less scalded, two or three of whom are not expected to survive. The steamer Excel was iu sight at the time of the accident, and promptly rendered assis tance. She took oil' the killed and wounded and brought them to this eity. The boat is a total loss; and was sinking when the Excel left. Savannah News, of June 1 Ith. Mount Vernon. —From the Secretary’s Re ]>ort in the ‘‘Mount Vernon Record'' we observe that another installment often thousand dollars has been paid over by Mr. Riggs, the Treasurer; to Mr. Washington. Out of two hundred thou sand dollars purchase money, only about thirty thousand dollars pow remain to bo paid. But, “apart from the sum requisite for its proper maintenance and safe guardianship, the Regent ascertained from reliable sources that it will re quire about twenty thousand dollars to restore the grounds and make the repairs necessary to arrest the rapid decay now going on.” The Atlanta National American of June Ith says: We understand that the first ear load of now Wheat for the season, was shipped from Calhoun, in this State, on Friday last, It was received here in the evening of the same da} - , consigned to New York—immediately trans ferred to the Macon k Western railroad—reach ed Macon at seven o’clock next morning, and Savannah on the same (Saturday) evening. As the Central railroad Company now own and control a line of steamers, we presume the Wheat will be in New York in about five days from the time it left Calhoun! New Georgia wheat was sold yesterday, in New York, at two dollars a bushel. From Washington. —Recently received in formation from Madrid, of an altogether reliable character shows that however desirable it may be for the United States to acquire Cuba, there i no prospect whatever of such a consummatio nor is there any probability of the negociation n > of tme sowms&ir arxs&n juto yxusxiis. : a commercial treaty between Spain and this j country. Tiie contract for carrying the mails between New Orica ns and Key West, semi-monthly, has been relet to the Southern Steamship Company. They ars to receive sixty nine thousand dollars, or eleven thousand less than heretofore. The Company also agrees to extend the trips to Ha vana. the postages to lie the only compensation. It is known that Mr. Mason, onr Minister to France, is desirous of retaining hie position more on account of his family’s preferance to remain abroad than his own, ■ and that his resignation would long ago have lieen acceptible to the Pres ident, The rumor, however, that Senator Sli dell will lie his successor is generally credited, although the truth of the report- is not placed beyond doubt. The Picayune, in an editorial announcing the ap]K)intnient, says that Mr. Slidell could have re ceived it two years ago. but expressed liis de termination not t it, unless there was a strong probability of his being able to negotiate ; the ncqusition of Cuba. The Side Wheel Steamers. —The New York correspondent of the Charleston Courier, under ! date the fid inst. says: the price paid bv the j Georgia Central Railroad Company, for the three j Savannah steamers —Augusta. Florida, and Ala bama —was two hundred and seventy thousand j dollars. It was nominally a cash sale: and par- j ties who ought to know say it is a fair price, and more than they would have brought at public auc tion. The Wines of California. —The cultivation of the grape in California bids fair, in the short space of twenty years, to transcend in impor tance the working of gold mines. The State Reg- j ister, for 185 ft, informs us that the increase of | vines from 1836. to 1857. was fifty per cent., and i seventy-four percent from 1857 to 1858, and j about fifty per cent, since then on the whole stock, being a greater increase than compound ! interest would yield. It is estimated that when \ the present stock of vines when matured, exclu- ' sive of the proceeds derived from the sale of the i grape and the manufacture of brandy, will reach ten millions of dollars. In twenty years at the ! rate of progress above indicated, the vine pro- | duct of California will be worth fifty millions of j dollars. There is a promise of a very abundant grape crop in Ohio. A letter from Cincinnatti says ! that grape vines there have bad the fullest bios- | sums known since the vineyards in that region ' were planted: and unless some blight or mildew ! strikes them, the crop will be immense. A party of Lieutenant Beale's men bad been j attacked at Pah Utah Springs by the Moliave ; Indians. Passengers report three thousand Texans en- ' camped near Fort. Belknap, for the purpose of : exterminating the Caddo Reserve Indians. The | Governor of Texas had called for United States ; troops to proceed against the marauders, and j three companies of dragoons, under Major Van | Dorn, were on the way from Forts Washita and 1 Belknap. A dispatch from Independence says: A party of soldiers had surprised eighty lodges of In dians near Pawnee Rock, killed forty-five, in cluding twenty women. OFFICIAL REPORT OKMAJ. VAN DORN. j Headquarters. Wichita Expedition, j Camp on Small Creek, about 15 miles [- South of Old Fort Atkinson, May 13, 1859. ) Captain : I have the honor to report that, as- j ter a march of over two hundred miles, I have j just come up, and had nil engagement with a party of about ninety or one hundred Comauchee ludians; and that 1 have succeeded in killing, wounding, and capturing nearly the whole num ber. Forty-nine are dead on the field, (fifty, in cluding one killed a few days previous), live are wounded, and thirty-six are prisoners of my guard. More than a hundred animals are captured, and the whole camp is destroyed. The fight was quite a sharp and bloody one, and took place on foot in a thick jungle, or brush covered ravine. Eight Comanche women were unavoidably, and unintentionally killed. . 1 have, with great regret, to report that Lieut. Fitzliugh Lee, Acting Adjutant, was dangerous ly, and Capt. E. K. Smith quite severely, wound ed. Also, that several non-commissioned of ficers and soldiers were killed. Arizona Mines. — A private letter has been recently received here, from an officer in the army, stationed at Fort Buchanan, which states that the mines of Arizona, which are now worked, , are paying- a large profit. One mine worked by Capt. Newell, and others, about fifteen miles from the Fort, produces seventy-five dollars per | day at an expense of only fifteen dollars. The j Heintzleman mine, about lift}' miles from the \ Fort, is also realizing large profits to the owners, j The discovery of now mines is of frequent oc currence. There can be no doubt that this i country, under the enterprising spirit of Ameri- | cans, will prove the great source of silver pro duct.—Los Angelos Vineyard. Texas. —We have advices of the 2ud inst., from Galveston The excitement on the northern frontier about the anticipated conflict between the armed set- i tiers, the U. S. authorities, and the Reserve In- \ dians, was intense. Judge Bradford has de- : clined holding court at Belknap and Jaeksboro’, | in consequence of thip state of affairs. The wo men and children of the settlers are fast leaving ! the country, whilst the settlers are congrcgut- j ing, arms in hand, with the determined purpose ' of driving the Reserve Indians out of the State. j The whole frontier, it is thought,, will soon be j in arms, and united for this purpose. One of : the leaders In this movement, Capt John R. Baylor, we know well, and no braver, cooler or : more determined man lives, ne is a man, be sides. whose integrity and honorable course, in 1 all circumstances, can be relied on. He lias lived on the frontiers from boyhood, is thorough ly acquainted with the Indian character, and we are sure that nothing but absolute necessity could have driven him to the bold, decided stand he has taken in this matter.— N. O. Picayune. Threatened Revival of Anti-Rent Diffi culties. —There have been, within the last two or three weeks, occasional indications of a re newal of the Anti-Rent difficulties, on the Van Rensselaer Manor. The complete settlement of the legal questions involved in the Anti-Rent quarrel, which at one time was a troublesome element, not only in the Courts but in political affairs, had led to the expectation that the ten- | ants would hereafter rest upon their legal rights, and avoid all further attempts at violence and intimidation, to which frequent resort was had several years ago. We still think such will be i the general course of the tenants, whose good ; sense and judgment must satisfy them that for cible resistance to the laws will prove as futile i as it is criminal.— Journal Commerce. Law School at Athens. —The Hon. Joseph ! Henry Lumpkin, of the Supreme Court, Thomas R. It. Cobb, Esq., and Wm. Hope Hull, Esq., propose to establish a law school at Athens in connection with the State University. Watermelons were offered in the Savannah market on Saturday at filly cents. The Selma (Ala.) State Sentinel conjectures that the Alabama and Tenuesse railroad will be finished as far as Talladega early in July. Cultivation of Tea. —The Agricultural Bu reau of the United States Patent Office has just i received a case of tea seed from the llong-Kong, per ship Eagle. Another lot, now on their way on board the > ship Romance of the Seas, will complete the stock. Numerous applications for these seeds are received by every mail. Most of the appli cations come from the Southern States. The plant may lie cultivated as far north as the South- j ern j>6rtion of New 3 ork, and some propose a trial of the seeds in Massachusetts. Iu China, tea is grown in climates that make ic-e often j inches during the winter. A Richmond paper states that there is more tobacco on storage, and for inspection at that , place than lias hitherto been warehoused at an} . season, and that it lias been found advantageous to call in white labor to prepare it for market. Until tlie present year, negro labor lias been us ed exclusively in all the departments necessary to fit tobacco for delivery and exportation, but now. as a matter of economy, it is found that I gangs of white laborers can perform the work i iu a satisfactory manner. Two fugitive slaves, named Rolcert Over and j John Moore, were bung at Brantford. Canada , . West, on the 7tli inst. for robbing her Majesty's I mail. | John Goodnight, convicted of negro stealing. . at the last term of Fulton Superior Court, was j sentenced to ten years in the penitentiary. Terrific Storm of Gnats. —The Louisville Journal says a terrific storm of gnats prevailed in that eity on the night of the Gth inst. Places j of amusement were rendered unbearable. They , | were snowed on the hotel tables until the chan- | 1 deliers had to be put out. and lights placed at a j ' distance. Streets, santums, and in all places , where lights were visible, gnats prevailed. Eyes, ! ears, and mouths, were exposed to the annoy i mice. Everybody strained at gnats, if they ; didn't swallo.w a camel. Storms and Floods in tiie Nortii-west. — The Hood of 1851 cannot be compared with the ; present as regards damages, for at that time I there was but little property, relatively speaking I to be damaged. At St. Anthony and Minneapolis, the storm j and flood have been terrible destructive, and \ property to the amount of hundreds of thou j sands of dollars have been destroyed and lost. The pier on which the Turn-table of the upper | bridge at St. Anthony stands, (the bridge is a i draw-bridge,) has been moved down stream l some thirty feet! Another pier nearer shore has been swept away, taking about one hun ; dred feet of the bridge with it! The water was level with the bridge at 10 A. M. to day, I and is probably over it by this time —there is | great danger of the whole bridge going! i The Suspension bridge is as yet intact, being j about three feet above tlio water. The fifth | pier (from the St. Anthony side) of the lower | bridge lias gone, taking about one hundred and fifty feet of the bridge with it! Both adjoining piers are being undermined by the flood. The Suspension Bridge is probably safe, unless the ! one above it should come down in a body. At least one hundred and thirty thousand | dollars worth of logs and lumber have gone ! over the falls within threo days. Two small ' shingle mills were carried away. Milledgeville, June 15.—The Democratic ! State Convention met to day. The Hon. Joseph E. Brown, was renominated as a candidate for the office of Governor, by ac clamation. Resolutions were adopted re-affirming the Cincinnati! platform, expressing confidence iu the ability and patriotism of President Buchan an—and approval of the principles of the Inau gural address, and the annual Messages of the President upon the subject of slavery. Milledgeville, June 15.—A meeting of the delegates to the State Democratic Convention from the Eighth Congressional District was held here to-day. The delegates recommend Warren ton as the place for holding the Congressional | Convention, and the 22d of Jun» as the time. New Wheat. —The New York Courier and Enquirer, of Tuesday, says: Some six hundred bushels of new Georgia Red Wheat, being the first considerable arrival of the season, were sold yesterday by Messrs. Waring k Son, brokers, at two dollars per bushel The quality was very find, and the condition good. Peaches for the Northern Market. —We learn that twenty-nine boxes of Kalmi.'fpcaehes, from the orchard of Mr. James Purves, and i seven boxes from the orchard of Mr. Wm. Gregg, ! arrived yesterday, by the South Carolina railroad, j for shipment to New York, in yesterday's steam er. We are also informed that twenty boxes nr ! rived from an orchard near Augusta. The Kalmia peach crop will be comparatively inconsiderable this year, Mr. Purves having made about half a crop, and Mr. Gregg about a j fourth of a crop.— Charleston Courier, Thursday. MARKETS. Charleston, June 15. —Sales of cotton to-day GftO bales, at prices ranging from Bto 12 cents. ! Middling Fair 12 cents ; firm. Charleston, June 16, 1 P. M. — Cotton. — | There is a good demand to-day but no stock of ; feriug. Yesterday's advance is sustained. Sales 300 bales mostly at 12 cents. Savannah, June 16.—There was nothing do ! ing in the Cotton market to-day. The market | was firmer, and had an advancing tendency. \ Sales of the week 260 bales. Receipts of the i week 1,585 bales, against 3650 bales at the 1 same time last. The receipts at this port ahead | of last year is 175,45<\bales. Stock 26,960 bales. New York, June 15.—Sales of cotton to-day i 3.000 bales, at } cent advance. Middling Up lands 11 f cents. Flour declining; sales 5,000 barrels, Southern $7 30 as7 50. Wheat heavy sales, 3,000 bushels; White $1 75 a $1 80, and Red $1 70, New Georgia Wheat $2 per bushel. Corn declining; sales 24,000 bushels; White 85 a 920, and Yellow 88 a 90c. Spirits of Turpentine heavy at 47| a 48. Rosin dull. Rice inactive. New York. June 16.—Sales of cotton to-day 500 bales with a quiet market. Flour declined 10 cents per barrel, with sales of 7.500 barrels ; Southern quoted at $7 25 a $7 40. Wheat de cling; white $1 79 a $1 92. Corn declining; sales 17,000 bushels; mixed 82$ a 84 cents.— Spirits of Turpentine heavy at 48 cents. ’ Rosin firm. Rice dull. A corresjiondent of the London Literary Ga zette, alluding to the numerous cases of death from accidental poisoning, adds: “ I venture to affirm there is scarce even a ! cottage in this country that does not contain an : invaluable, certain, and immediate remedy for : such events, nothing more than a dessert spoon ful of made mustard, mixed in a tumbler of warm water and drank immediately. It acts as an emetic, is always ready, and may be used in any ease where one is required. By taking this simple antidote, you may be the means of saving many a fellow creature from an untimely ond.” FOKEIGN SUMMARY. The War in Italy.— The following are the official bulletins issued by the Sardinian Govern ment : “Turin. May 26.—300 Austrian Infantry, with 130 Cavalry, and two pieces of cannon, I marched yesterday morning from Gallanti to Sesto Calendis, but were met by a body of Chas seurs des Alps, under Capt. de Cristofores, who repulsed them, taking several prisoners. The enemy has retired to Somno.” " A message from Vereso announces that, at 4 o'clock this morning, 5000 Austrians attacked Gen. Garibaldi's corps; three hours later the enemy was repulsed at Malmati, on the road to Como. The Chasseurs des Alps fought valiantly, charging the Austrians with the bayonet. The country round Verese is in insurrection. Gen. Garibaldi is in pursuit of the retreating enemy. “ To-day the Emperor went to Vercelli, ac companied by Generals Yaillant and de la Mar mora. His Majesty was received by the author ities, the clergy and the population, who saluted him with hearty plaudits.” A telegram via Berne, also reported that Gari baldi had beaten the Austrians at Verese and ta ken some of their cannon, and it likewise says that the losses were great and that the inhabi tants of the surrounding county had revolted and risen in arms. Garibaldi had issued a proclama tion calling on the Lombards to rise. Vienna, May 26.—A brigade of the enemy had taken up a strong position oil the Lesia, close to Candia, but during the nights of the 24ih and 25th inst., the Austrians constructed a battery of four pieces of cannon and four howit zers, and opened fire about 4 o’clock, The sur prise was so great and the results so favorable, that the enemy was forced to change his position three times, and finally abandon his enenpe ment. The Paris Moniteur of the 27tli publishes a bulletin from Alessandria to tlio effect that noth ing new bad occurred, and that the health of the army continued excellent. The Times’ Paris correspondent writes that letters entitled to some credit, state positively that only 4,200 French troops were engaged at Montebello. The Austrians are admitted to have fought admirably in line, but not so well in close quarters, or when the moment came to cross the bayonet. Other accounts estimate the French forces in this action at fully 12,000. It is said that Gen. Forcy's coat was riddled with bullets. Private accounts say the real loss of the Frenc h was 1,000 to 1,100 men. The Times’ Pavia correspondent says the Austrians admit that the French (ought splen didly. From the heights the Austrians beheld the noovelty of train after train of French troops arriving by railway from Voghera, disgorging them, and immediately hastening back for more. France. —On the 26th ultimo, the Empress received the members of the great bodies of the State, and addressed a speech to the President of each body. Her Majesty said to Count Moray, President of the Corps Legislatif, that she de pended upon the enlightened patriotism of the deputies to maintain, in their several depart ments, that confidence which all most feel in the energy of the army, and when the day of victory shall have come, in the moderation of the Emperor. Her Majesty further said that she reckoned upon the support of the entire uation, which, during the absence of the Chief it bad chosen, would never be found wanting to a woman and chid. Loud and long applause followed the conclusion of the address. Advices from Marseilles that the steamers ar riving at that portion from Italy, were crowded with passengers. The English were leaving Tuscany, the Roman States and Naples. Germany. —Accounts from the southern States of Germany reiterate the reports that the war excitement there was most iutense. Ex planations are said to have been demanded respecting the passage of Austria troops through Bavarian territory. At the sitting of the Federal Diet at Frank fort, on the 26tl>, the minor German States vo ted that in certain eventualities, military mea sures should be taken. Prussia claimed that in such case the initativo should bo accorded to her. Hungary. —The London Advertiser states that Kossuth intended to quit England in eight or ten days for Hungary. He goes, in the first instance, to Genoa, with the full concurrence of the King of Sardinia and the Emperor Napoleon, and will there concert with Gen. Klapka and other eminent Hungarian officers who are waiting to receive him, measures for throwing off the Austrian yoke in their native country, and for restoring its independence. Naples. —lt is said that all'tlie powers, with the exception of France and Sardinia, had ac knowledged, by telegraph, the new King of Naples. The King was proclaimed at Caserta on Sunday-, the 22d, and the garrison took the oath of allegiance the same day. The garrison of Naples took the same oath on the 25th. The capital was tranquil, but it was feared that Court intrigue might give rise to trouble. The King, confiding in his army w r as making pre parations to suppress any outbreak of a revolu tion de palais, lie bad ordered the arrest of several suspected persons of distinction. Madrid, May 27.—According to advices re ceived from Lisbon, the Portuguese government have declared to the Cortes its intention of re maining neutral durng the present war. Berne, Friday, May 27, 7 P. M.—According to a message from Mugano, of to-day, Garibaldi left Varese this morning for Como. Dardanelles, May 26.—The French frigate Pomone, yesterday, chased the Austrian schoon er Madonna Assunta, from Constantinople for Barcelona; also, an Austrian vessel from Con stantinople for England. To avoid capture, both ion ashore on the coast of Troy. The Pomone captured, and towed into Teuears an Austrian barque, name unknown. The London Observer says: Among the offi cers wlio distinguished themselves, the young Captain Bonaparte is mentioned. (This is the grandson of Prince Jerome by his marriage with the American lady, Miss Patterson.) A letter from Frankfort, dated the 27th of May, relating to the sitting of the 26th of the Diet, says: “The result of the last sitting of the Diet is that Prussia has again rallied to her policy various delegates of the Federal Governments who were opposed to her at the commencement of the war in Italy. The greater number of German Prin ces, therefore, leave it to Prussia to take the in itiative in all military measures, with a view to guarantee the Germanic Confederation against foreign invasion. This right Prussia has never ceased to claim, founding it upon her double quality as one of tlio great Powers and as mem ber of the Confederation. From this sitting Prus sia, by the firm and prudent conduct of her rep resentative at Frankfort, has re-acquired the first place in Germany ; she must be considered the sovereign moderator of the destinies of the country, and neither Bavaria, Saxony, nor Han over lias henceforth the slightest chance of draw ing by their bellicose demonstrations the whole German Confederation into a general war, the duration and consequence of which it would be impossible to foretell.” e must, however, add that these explana tions in the Diet have nothing to do with the llavoverian proposal for the mobilization of the Federal army. The Diet has not yet deliberated upon that proposition, which is actually before the Military Committee.” Ti Rix, Tuesday, May 31.—The first details of the tight at Palcstro have arrived here. The enemy was intrenched at Palestro. Casalino, and Vinzaglio, but, after an obstinate defence, our troops carried the •entrenchment at the point of the bayonet with admirable bravery, took two pieces of cannon, and many small arms and pris oners. The loss of the enemy was very great, but the extent of our loss is as yet unknown.— Yercelliwas yesterday illuminated, The empe ror traversed the streets on foot, and the town was en fete. The King passed the night at Tor rione among the troops. Alessandria, May 30—2.50 P. M.—The Im perial headquarters are about to be removed from Alessandria. Before leaving this city, His Majesty wished to pay one more visit to the wounded at Montebello, and he proceeded to the chief hospital where he was received by the Piedmontese commandant of the fortress and the medical staff. The wounded Austrians, French, and Pied montese, are placed indiscriminately in the same wards, and receive the same attentions. The Kmperor had a kind word to say to each. His Majesty had some conversation with the Austri an Colonel. Iluttel, and he informed that officer that he, as well as all his wounded companions, should be sent back to their country, as soon as they were in a fit state to be moved. “Mat 30—1.50 P. M.—The King has crossed the Sesia, with his army. His Majesty captured Palaatro after a sharp combat. All the advant age is on the side of the Piedmontese.” The Headquarters. —A letter in the Debats says Marshall Canrol)ert’s headquarters arc at Pontecurone; General Renaud’s are at Caseo; General Trochu’s at Castelnuovo. Gen. McMa hon’s headquarters are at Voghera. Turin, May 30.—Garribaldi has received re inforcements at Como. The artillery had been organised, and a national guard mobilised. Vol unteers are hastening to increase the militia. The national movement is spreading, and the ' town of Leeco is free. The Austrians, in con siderable force, have occupied Bobbio. Berne, May 23—(via France). —An insurrec tion has broken out in the Valtelline. The popu lation is repairing in masses to Sondrio, the centre of the revolutionary movement. The Austrian gendarmes, who have retired into Switzerland, have been disarmed by the Swiss authorities, and sent into the interior of the country. The Federal Council have dispatch ed troops to the frontier of the Grisons. Gener al Garibaldi’s vanguard is at Cantee. The tele graph to Como is worked by Sardinian em ployees. It is stated that eighty thousand Sar dinians are at Varese, and that a French corps d'ermee is expected there. Berne,. May 30—(via Germany).—Gen. Gari baldi, yesterday, suffered a defeat by a superior force of Austrians, and has withdrawn into the Canton of Tessin. China. —Baron Gres, the French Plenipoten tiary, left this on the 7th instant, in the Audtt cieuse, for Singapore, whence lie returns to Kurope. M. de Bourboullon, at present at Macao, is now the French Minister, and the lega tion will lie removed to Shanghai next month. The Bishop of Victoria has also left, on a visit to Australia. From Cochin China there are more particulars ' of the taking of Saigon, which does not seem to have cost a single life to the allied French and Spanish force. The booty is said to have been immense, both of arms and copper cash. From Shanghai there have come rumors which may possibly have some influence on the course to be pursued by the British Minister to China. It is said that the Russians have estab lished their legation at Pekin, and that their Minister has been attended by a large retinue, but that he lias already had a difference with the Chinese Government, from his refusing to communicate officially with anyone but the Km peror himself. It is also reported that Tien-tsin (where the treaty was concluded) has been oc cupied by a large number of Chinese troops, and “ difficulties” are apprehended when our Minis ter advances to Pekin with the ratified treaty. Business is almost entirely suspended at Can ton, and the rumor that the city is about to be evacuated by the allies is one great cause of fear. No teas are making their appearance, and almost no purchases are made of our imports except of manufactures used in Canton itself; and the im mediate neighborhood. It is reported that the rebels who held the possession of the passes to the tea districts, have intercepted the small re maining quantity of this season’s tea which was on its way down, and are interfering with the cultivation in some districts. Later from Mexico—Battle in Chihuahua — Pesquiera’s Movements.— The overland mail at San Antonio, Texas the 2d inst., brings in telligence of a bloody battle recently fought at the village of Corriletos, in the State of Chihua hua, Mexico, between the two parties now deso lating that country, in which the liberals were victorious. “ Several hundred” are said to have been killed on each side. From Sonora and Sinaloa, the courier reports that Gen. Pesqueira, recently victorious at Guay mas and Mazatlan, had been elected Governor of the two States and thus formed the nuclus of a strong power in Western Mexico, which was preparing to set up for itself. A large amount of money had been sent to San Francisco for the purchase of arms. From this it would ap pear that still another element of discord is about to be introduced into this unhappy country. As to the opposing, or Church party, the fol lowers of Gandara, lately defeated in Sonora and Sinaloa, it is stated that their property has been confiscated and the leaders sent into exile.— About u hundred were taken out by the last steamer to San Francisco. Pesquiera was be lieved to be firmly established in power. —K 0. Picayune. Later from Mexico. —A special dispatch to the Charleston Courier dated New Orleans, June 13th, says: “Advices from Minatitlan to June 4th, have been received. Gen. Miramon had arrested Zuloaga and Miranda at Marquesas, and sacked the town. Gen. Wollliad been driv en back from Tampico, where the U. S. war steamers Brooklyn and Saratoga remained, un der the orders of Minister McLane, who was at Tampico. Gen. Robles remained at Jalaps, and had cut off communication with the capital. It was feared that the specie conducta, previously reported had not got through. Vera Cruz re mains healthy.” M There is nothing which so improves human character os the patient endurance of wrong.