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CHESS COLUMN.
A corresdondent recurs to Problem II of our
chess columns (F. &F. page 109,) and, unen
lightened as tojits solution by the very broad hint
given in our subsequent number (page 116,) asks
how Whites are to check-mate the next move,
after Blacks have moved P. C 6—c 5 ?
We are almost sure that, before this, our cor
respondent has discovered the mate intended.—
Lest he should not have done so, however, we an
swer: The second move of the Whites'check
mate B. d 6 e 5 f.
Would’nt Philidor Jun. or Philo-Philidor be a
better selected nom de plume for our correspon
dent than “ Philidor?” We will gladly reply to
our friend, whatever his signature,fcbut we felt a
modest blush suffuse our cheek while addressing
instructions in chess to one who signs himself
Philidor.
SOLUTION OP PROBLEM IV.
Published in our last number, page 125.
WHITE. BLACK.
1 B a s—b 6 t K a 7—b 6:
2 Pc 7—cß + (1) Kb6—a 5
3 P b 2—b 4 f -Mate
XOTMS.
(1.) The Whites, moving the pawn to c 8,
exchange it for a knight and check.
OPENING 11.
(De la BourdonnaU, page 7.)
WHITE. BLACK.
1 P e 2—e 4 P e 7 —e 5
2 B fl—c 4 B f B—c8 —c 5
3 P c 2—c 3 Kt. g B—f 6
4 P d 2—d4 P e s—d 4 :
5 P e 4—e 5 P d 7—d 5
6 P e s—f 6: P d s—c 4 :
7 Q dl—hs Q d B—d 6
8 P f G—g 7 : R h B—g 8
9 Q h s—h 7: Q d 6—e 5 f
10 Kt. g I—e 2 Q e s—g 7 :
11 Q h 7—g 7 : R g B—g 7 :
12 P c 3—d 4: B c s—b4f
13 K el—fl
In this position the Whites have a fine game,
and the more pieces by one pawn. Both par
ties have played regularly.
problem v.
(From De la Bourdonnais, page 27.)
white. black.
King on b 1 King on g 8
Rook on e 1 Queen on b 3
Pawn on b 2 Pawn on c 3
Rook on e 2 Rook on c 7
Knight on e 5 Pawn on f 7
Pawn on f 6
Whites to play and mate in four moves,
Solution to this Problem will be given next
week.
THE GAMES OF PHILIDOR.
During his lifetime, Philidor himself gave to
the public nine of his own contests, played upon
three different occasions, without sight of the
boards. These, with the exception of perhaps
one game, were the only specimens of the great
master’s plays that were known to exist until
Mr. George Walker, in the year 1835, published
a volume entitled: A Selection of Games at
Chess, actually played by Philidor and his Con
temporaries. now first published from the Original
Manuscripts. These games were recorded by
Mr. George Atwood, a Fellow of the Royal So
ciety, and one of Philidor’s opponents. At his
death tho manuscripts fell into the hands of Mr.
Joseph Wilson, a Fellow of the Society of Anti
quaries, and another of Philidor’s adversaries.—
At the decease of the latter, about 1832, his li
brary was sold at public auction in London, and
Atwood’s three chess-manuscripts were bought
by the bookseller Thorpe, from whom they were
purchased by Mr. Walker. Walker’s book con
tains forty-seven games, before unknown, and
he subsequently published five more, selected
from the same manuscripts. These, together
with the blindfold games, and one Paris contest,
which had been preserved, made the entire num
ber sixty-two. To these we are enabled to add
six games now in our possession, and hitherto
unpublished, enlarging the list of the great mas
ter’s extant combats to sixty-eight, all of which
wo propose to publish in the Saturday Press.
The sixty-eight games were played against
the following opponents:
Atwood 17; Beaurevoir 3; Bowdler 7; Bruhl
18; Carlier and Bernard 1; Cotter 1; Jennings
3; Leycester 6; Maseres 1; Nowell 1; Seymour
5; Sheldon 1; Smith 1; Wilson 3.
The following table shows at what odds the
games were played,
odds :
First Move 10
Pawn and Move 11
Pawnand Two Moves 14
Queen’s Knight for two Moves 4
Queen’s Knight for Pawn aOd Move 8
Queen’s Knight 4
Queen’s Knight and Move 5
Queen’s Rook for Queen’s Bisho’ps Pawn and
Move 1
Queen’s Rook for Pawn and Move 10
Queen’s Rook 1
The earliest game to which a date is affixed
was played May Bth, 1783; the latest June 29th
1795. All but one were played in London, and
the majority of them took place at Parsloe’s, in
St. James street, at which place the Metropoli
tan Club was established in 1774. None of
them were played even, tho smallest odds given
by Philidor being the first move. Os the sixty
eight, there were played
Without sight of theboard 18
Over the board 50
Looking at the result of the contests, we find
the following to be the
score:
Philidor 33
Opponents 20
Drawn 12
Unfinished 3
The longest game contains seventy-eight
moves; the shortest consists of eighteen. For
many particulars concerning the circumstances
under which these games were played, and for
a critical estimate of Philidor’s stylo and strength,
the reader is referred to the forthcoming Life of
Philidor by Professor Allen.
N. Y. Saturday Press.
Messrs. Rudd & Carleton have just published
The Book of the First American Chess Con
gress, containing the proceedings of that
Congress, held in New York in the year 1857,
with the papers read in its sessions, the games
played in the Grand Tournament, and the strat
agems entered in the Problem Tournay, together
with sketches of the history of Chess in tlie Old
and New Worlds; by Daniel Willard Fiske, M.
A., Official Secretary of the Congress. Editor of
the Chess Monthly, eta
Paul Morfhy has determined to make New
York his future residence, and to enter upon the
practice of law.
XKE SOVXSSKS vsmat mx® bxjuksxh*.
FUN, FACT, AND PHILOSOPHY.
(Carefully prepared for the Southern Field and Fireside.)
Two Negatives make a Positive. —Once, at
table, Pitt was expatiating on the superiority of
the Latin over the English language, and cited
as an instance the fact, that two negatives make
a thing more positive than one affirmative could
do. “ Then your father and mother,” said Lord
Thurlow, “ must have been themselves two neg
atives to have produeed such a positive fellow as
you are.”
The name of Washington was originally
“Wessyngton,” which signifies, “a person dwel
ling on the meadow land, where a creek runs in
from the sea.”
Man never so beautifully shows his own
strength, as when he respects woman’s weak
ness.
A fellow who got drunk on election day,
said it was owiDg to his effort to put down party
“ spirit.”
The average issue of copyrights for books fbr
some years past, so far as may be ascertained,
has been about three thousand per annum. New
York leads in the number of copyrights, and is
followed by Pennsylvania and Massachusetts.
A head properly constituted can accommo
date itself to whatever pillows the vicissitudes
of fortune may place under it.
A negro being asked if his master was a
Christian, replied, “ No, sir, he’s a member of
Congress!”
M. E. Church, South. —Since this church has
been in operation—fourteen years—its missiona
ry revenue has increased from about $60,000 to
$215,000.
The duties of religion, sincerely and regularly
performed, will always exalt the meanest, and
exercise the highest understanding.
“Good bye.” —This phrase is an abreviation
and corruption of God be wi' ye.
Adieu. —This is from the French a Dieu, (to
God.) I commit you to God, or Good keep you!
An old man, who believed that what was go
ing to be, would be, was one day going through
a region infested by very savage Indians. As
he would never go without a gun, some of his
friends tantalized him by saying there was no
danger of the Indians, that ho wouid not die
until his timo come anyhow. “Yes,” said the
old fellow, “ but suppose I was to meet an In
dian and Ms time had come, it wouldn’t do, no
how, not to have my gun.”
Educational Statistics. —There are 4,000-
000 scholars, and 140,000 teachers in the public
schools of the United States. There is one
scholar for every five free persons. In Great
Britain there is one scholar to every eight per
sons. In France, one to every ten.
Prefer the private approbation of the wise
arid good, to the public acclamation of the mul
titude.
Gen. Zaremba had a very long Polish name.
The King, having heard of it, one day asked him
very good humoredly: “Pray, Zaremba, what
is your name ?” The Gene»l repeated to him
immediately the whole name. “ Why,” said the
King, “the devil himself never had sueh a name.”
“ I presume not, sir,” replied the General, “•he
was no relation of mine.”
Churches in New York and its Suburbs.—
Within the limits of New York and Kings coun
ties, which for all practical purposes, may be con
sidered as one county, there are 420 churches,
seating comfortably 350,000 persons. The ag
gregate salaries of the pastors in these churches
amount to $620,000, or an average of about
$1,750 dollars per annum, each.
Sound not the vain trumpet of your self-com
mendations, and forget not to remember your
own imperfections.
About the only person we ever heard olj
that wasn't spoilt by being lionized, was a Jew
named Daniel.
Within five years, in Indiana, there have been
erected 2,700 school houses, at the expense of
eleven hundred thousand dollars.
It is folly to attempt any wicked beginning in
hope of a good ending.
When you want to release yourseif from a
promise of marriage, breathe your vows of love
after a feast of onions.
An exchange says the longest straight line of
railway, in New England, is seven miles, in the
town of Rumnev, near the White Mountains.—
On the Pittsburg, Fort Wayne and Chicago road,
there is a piece of seventy miles in an airline, in
Northern Indiana.
Lies are hiltloss swords, which cut the hands
that wield them.
“ Where shall I put this paper so as to be
sure of seeing it to-morrow?” inquired Mary
Jane, of her brother Charles. “On the look
ing glass,” was the prompt reply.
There are fifteen daily papers, eight semi
weekly, eleven semi-mouthlv, thirty-nine monthly,
and one hundred and eight weekly, printed in the
city of New York.
Always be up at sunrise, if you wish to have
golden prospects.
A Hit. —“ Did you present your account to
the defendant?” inquired a lawyer of his client.
“ I did, sir.”
“ And what did he say?”
“ He told me to go to the devil.”
“ And what did you do then ?”
“ Why, then —I came to you.”
It has been estimated that the number of
private carriages maintained by New Yorkers,
is not less than from 15,000 to 20,000, without
including the swarm of light fancy vehicles,
driven by “fast” men on theßloomingdale road
in fine weather.
Religion and medicine are not responsible
for the faults and mistakes of their doctors.
Once on a time an Irishman and a negro were
fighting, and while grappling with each other,
the Irishman exclaimed :
“ You black devil! cry enough. I'll fight till
I die.”
“ So’ll I hoss 1” sung out the darkey, “ I al
ways does.”
In 1858, the wheat crop of Ohio, grown on
1,698,412 acres, was 17,655,483 bushels. This
year it is estimated that there are 2,000,000
acres in wheat, and the crop 30,000,000 bush
els.
Indolence is the rust of the mind and the in
let of every vice.
“ Thomas,” said a troublesome family visitor
vO the footman, who had been lingering round
the room for half an hour to show him the door,
“my good fellow, its getting late isn’t it ? now
soon will dinner come up. Thomas ?" “ The very
minute you are gone sir ” was the answer.
PERSONAL.
Com. Stewart, the veteran of U. S. Navy,
waa eighty-one years old on the 28th of July.
Chief Justice Taney of the United States Su
preme Court, is in the 83d year of his age.
Dr. Hawks has declined the Professorship of
History, recently tendered him by the Trustees
of the University of North Caroliha.
The President Los recognized Heinrich Mul
ler as Consul of the Free City of Bremen, at
Savannah, Ga.
The grandson of Marshal Macdonald (fore
most of the first Napoleon's famous generals) is
now practicing law at St. Louis.
Letters from Strakosch, it is said, give the al
most positive assurance that Piccolomini will
re-visit the United States this fall.
John Wesley, so widely known as the foun
der of Methodism, it has just been discovered,
was christened “ John Benjamin Wesley.”
The two sons of Robert Burns, the Scottish
poet, are at present in Ireland, where they were
welcombed with demonstrations of respect.
Dr. Haynes, one of the companions of Dr.
Kane, will organize shortly another Arctic ex
pedition, under the auspices of the American
Scientific Association.
Simrock, the celebrated professor of the Uni
versity of Bonn, is confined in a lunatic asylum.
The recent political excitement in Germany has
destroyed the balance of his mind.
P. T. Barnum has made a beautiful artificial
lake in East Bridgeport, Conn., a mile long and
one-eighth of a mile in width, upon the banks of
which he intends to build a new Iranistan.
Mr. Ten Broeck states it a private letter to
a friend in Memphis, Tenn., that his total win
nings since his present sojotjru in England have
amounted to $440,000, to gain which he has
only risked $20,000.
At the recent commencetient of the Univer
sity of Alabama, the degree of “ Doctor of Di
vinity” was conferred, upoij the Rev Geo. W.
Carter, a distinguished minister of the Metho
dist denomination, and professor of Ethics, Met
aphysics, &c., in the University of Mississippi.
The Major A. J. Doxels<n who died recently
at Lafourche, Louisiana, wis not Andrew Jack
son Donelson, the adopted of the Hero of
the Hermitage, and candidate for Vice Presi
dent This gentleman resides at Memphis, Tenn.,-
and was in good health a $w days ago.
The death of Robert Wicki.iffe, will render
necessary the return of Co\ Preston, now at
the Court of Madrid. The estate of Mr. Wiek
liflfe is enormous, and Mrs, Preston, the wife of
our Minister, is one of the three heirs who in
herit the whole.
Miss Blackwell, the female physician, who
has lately lectured in England with marked suc
cess, has returned to her professional duties in
the United States. She was offered tempting
rewards to remain in Britain, but preferred to
come home and complete the work she has well
begun.
A letter from Old Point, Va., says John Sty
le r is living a mile or two from this place, in a
neat cottage, as I understand, with no profes
sions to style or ceremony. He has grown
somewhat older, of course, since I saw him last,
in the White House in 1841; but still walks
with th*e ease and elasticity of a much younger
man. By his side was liis handsome wife.
We see it stated in the Baltimore papers that
the Hon. Reverdy Johnson is about to visit
Paris, to have an eye taken out. Some years
ago, while witnessing a duel, the ball from the
pistol of one of the parties struck a tree, and
glancing into his eye, destroyed its sight. The
serious operation of removing the whole ball of
the eye has now become necessary', and sur
geons advise a resort to Paris skill.
By the way, Mr. Crittenden must be a very
venerable old gent. I was reading a list of
United States Senators in 1817, and J. J. Crit
tenden was Senator from Kentucky. That was
forty-two years ago. No man can be a Senator
under 30. Probably Mr. C. was 45 when elect
ed. This would put him pretty well up to fig
ure 80. I met him when he was last in New
York, at a friend’s house, and he acted more
like a gay, hearty man of 40 then, and his char
ming wife (formerly Mrs. Ashley) who must be
over 60, looked 30. It is rare that one meets
with that race of ladies of the old time. You
see them on canvas in the parlors of old families
—not on the floors.— Charleston Courier.
Crockett's Log Cabin.— On the Mobile and
Ohio Railroad, not far from Jackson, in Tennes
see, says an exchange paper, still stands the
humble log cabin, 18 by 20 feet in size, built
and occupied, while he lived in the District; by
the far-famed David Crockett. Its logs are
fast decaying, and desolation surrounds it, but
no traveler passes it without an eager desire to
look upon the humble roof that sheltered one of
the truest representatives of the American pio
neer—a hero and an honest man. Near it is a
railroad station, called Crockett's Station; around
it, perhaps, will arise a town, to bear and per
petuate a name as familiar to his countrymen as
that of Jackson.
The election of Gen. Samuel Houston as
Governor of Texas, of which he was the first
President while it was an independent nation,
suggests a retrospective glance at his history :
His childhood and youth were spent in the
Cherokee country. His first step in public life
was keeping a school in Tennessee. Next he
was clerk and county' auditor. In 1813 he en
listed under Gen. Jackson, and served with him
in the Creek war, was wounded, and made a
Lieutenant. Next he studied law' in Nashville,
and was twice elected to Congress, serving from
1823 to 1827. He was then chosen Governor
of Tennessee, and, after entering upon his'third
year in that office, resigned: returned to the
Cherokees in Arkansas, and applied himself
zealously to a defence of their rights, and the
assertion of their just claim upon the U. States
Government. He went to Texas on a visit, and
was elected a member of the Constitutional
Convention, which met for the purpose of pre
paring the State for admission into the Mexican
Union. Santa Anna rejected the constitution,
and Gen. Houston took the lead in arousing the
Texans to arms. He was elected Commander
in-Chief of the Texan troops, conducted the w r ar
vigorously, and brought it to a successful ter
mination at the battle of San Jacinto. He was
the first President of Texas: then a member of
the Texas Congress; then President agaiu.—
Upon the annexation of Texas, in 1544, he was
elected United States Senator; was twice re
elected ; a*d in March last made his farewell
address to that body, from which he was about
to retire voluntarily. He now took the field ns
a candidate for Governor of Texas, with the like
success which had attended all his previous en
terprises.
“ L'Empire e'eat In Pair."
(avant.)
L Empire e'eet la Pair an gun.
(apres.)
NEWS SUMMARY.
The People of Alabama at the recent election
voted by a large majority against annual sessions
of the Legislature.
South Carolina. — A census has recently
been taken in this State, and gives an aggre
gate white population of about 304,112, show
ing an increase of only 25,527 upon the census
of 1849.
Land Suit Decided. —The suit for the owner
ship of the “Picket Survey,” consisting of 75,-
000 acres in Southwestern Virginia, has been
decided in favor of Geo. W. Browne, and the
decision confirmed by the Court of Appeals.
Richmond Dispatch.
Senator Douglas on Woman's Rights.—
Since the appearance of Mr. Douglas’ epistle to
J. B. Dorr, of Dubuque, lowa, the Senator seems
to have been taken with a mania for letter-writ
ing. The Bath (Me.) Sentinel gives publicity to
the following:
Washington, July 14, 1859.
Mrs. Lucy Stone — Dear Madam: Your kind
letter of the Stli instant, wishing me to be pres
ent at a Convention of the Ladies of the North
west, to be convened at Chicago on the 12th of
September next to devise measures for the pro
motion of the happiness and protection of the
interests and rights of the Female sex, has just
been laid before me. You are right, my dear
Madam, when you say that I take a deep inter
est in all that concerns the ladies of our great
and glorious country’. And I need not now, af
ter so many years of faithful labor in the cause
of popular sovereignty, assure you that you have
in your endeavors to obtain the liberty of gov
erning yonrselves in your own way, subject only
to the Constitution of the United States, the full
confidence of my undivided sympathy. I regret,
dear Madam, that business of great importance
will prevent me from being present at yrnur
Convention.
I have the honor to remain, &c.,
S. A. Douglas.
The Atlantic Cable. —The Atlantic Tele
graph Company, at New York, has issued an in
vitation to inventors, patentees and manufac
turers of submarine cables suitable for ocean ser
vice, to be submitted to the company for testing
and experimenting. The invitation extends to
all persons engaged in the business, in whatev
er country they may reside ; the object being
to get the very best cable that can be manufac
tured.
The First Telegraphic Cable. —A number
of the Hartfort, Ct., Times, of September 7 th,
1857, which has been sent us, speaks o? Col.
Sam Colt, the “ revolver ” man, as the inventor
of the first telegraphic cable ever made. It was
made by r him, and laid in the bed of the East
river, at Hell Gate, New York, and on the beds of
several small streams on Long Island on the line
of the “ offing” telegraph' constructed by Col.
Colt, in 1842, to Coney Island, and Fire Island
Inlet. It was in successful operation for six
months, and was finally chafed off the rocks,
and broken at Hell Gate. The London Civil
Service Gazette awards to Col. Colt the honor of
being the inventor of the first “ submarine insu
lated wire ever put under water and successfully'
used.” Is not the Gazette mistaken ?
New Orleans Picayune.
The Great Eastern. —Extensive prepara
tions are making in Portland, Me., for the recep
tion of this ocean monster, which is to sail for
that port on the 15th inst. The New Yorkers
are anxious she should pay them a visit; and as
there is not sufficient depth of water for her to
enter the harbor byway of Sandy Hook, it is
suggested she might reach there through Long
Island Sound. Thousands of persons from all
parts of the country’, will visit this floating won
der while at Portland.
Proceedings op Anti-Slavery Fanatics at
Barnstable, Mass. —The Grand Jury of Barn
stable county, has indicted Capt. Borland, of the
brig Robertson, Gorham, the owner, and Capt.
Bacon, of the schr. Elizabeth, for kidnapping a
negro. The negro had escaped from Florida on
the schr. Elizabeth, and being discovered upon
arriving at Barnstable, was sent back to Norfolk,
Va., in the schr. Robertson. The negro’s name
was Columbus Jones.
Minister Ward. —A private letter from Hon.
John E. Ward, our Minister to China, states
that he was in Shanghai on the 28th May, en
route for Pekin with the other ministers.
He had been detained within thirty miles of
Shanghai waiting for the tide. His ship has
suffered no injury. He writes in fine spirits, and
is very hopeful of success in his mission.
Savannah Morning News, Sept. 13th.
Boston and Charleston Steam Line. —lt
gives us pleasure to announce definitely and
confidently the consummation of arrangements
that have been reported in progress for the es
tablishment of a steam-ship lioe between Bos
ton and this port. The arrangements are now
concluded, and the line will soon I eput in ope
ration, consisting at first of two iron screw steam
ers of 1150 tons, and a draught (when loaded)
of feet, and a cotton capacity of 1400 bales.
The dimensions of the steamers will be—length,
210 feet; breadth, 34 feet; depth, 17 feet.—
Frst-elass accommodations -for fifty passengers,
and all the appointments and accommodations of
the best steamships will also be provided. The
gratification which this announcement will impart
to many readers will be enhanced by the con
sideration that this important and mnch needed
extension of steam service, has been obtained,
in good part, through the enterprise and efforts
of many of our enterprising citizens.
This new line is but the beginning of improve
ments that will be incorporated and carried on
with equal spirit, if co-operation is afforded by
all interested in the increasing trade of our
city.
We shall soon be enabled to give particulars
more fully, and meanwhile we eongratlate our
readers far and near on the prospects before us.
Charleston Courier.
Georgia-made Railroad Iron. —The Griffin
Empire State says that on Thursday of last week,
eleven car loads of railroad iron passed through
that place, on the Macon & Western road, ship
ped from the Atlanta rolling mill to some point
below. Every year Georgia is becoming more
independent. If not already, in a few years
more she will be able to manufacture everything
•he needs. Her mineral wealth is inexhaustible.
We long to see the day when she will not have
to look to-the North for anything—when she
will import her own goods—when she can, in
deed and truth, be ealled the “ Empire State of
the Unions
Extensive Telegraphic Enterprise—Lines
to California and Salt Lake. — Contracts have
executed in New York by the Western Union
Telegraph Company, the Missouri Telegraph
Compouy, and the Missouri, Kansas and Utah
Telegraph Company, by which the former Com
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a dr. V n
pany have become the controllers of all the Tel
egraph lines west of St Louis; and areange
are now in progress, and ample means provided
to extend the lines of the two latter Companies
under the general superintendence of Chas. M.
Stebbins, Esq., from St. Louis to Fort Smith, 600
miles on the route of the Butterfield Overland
Mail; and from St. Louis to Atchison and Utah.
The latter is now in successful operation, a dis
tance of about 400 miles west of St Louis, and
the line to California via Fort Smith, is in good
working order about 300 miles west of St Louis.
By the latter line, which will soon open another
section of about 200 miles, the Associated Press
will receive very full reports of California news
three or four days in advance of the arrival of
the Ovorland Mail at St Louis; and within the
next few months it may be reasonably anticipa
ted that the California and Utah lines will he
roine the most important sources of exciting pub
lic intelligence.
We learn from the Mount Vernon Record
that the work of putting Mount Vernon in good
condition has been fairly begun. Since the first
of July, workmen, under the superintendence of
a competent gentleman, heve been busily engag
ed in repairing out-honses, tracing and cleaning
up the old and almost forgotten paths, and forti
fying in some measure the sacred spot against
the ravages of decay. The Record also states
that $15,000 of the fourth and last instalment
for the purchase of Mount Vernon has been al
ready paid to Mr. Washington, leaving only
about $30,000 to be paid to complete the pur
chase.
Mr. J. B. Armstrong, of this District, has in
vented a machine for measuring distances, which
promises to be very useful. It is attached to a
buggy or carriage wheel, and so arranged as to
strike at every mile. A person may travel
where there are no mile posts, and at the end of
the journey, by this simple machine he is ena
bled to tell the exact number of miles he has
traveled. Mr. Armstrong thinks he can fur
nish them at about eight dollars. They are said
to be very correct, and will no doubt find ready
sale. —Barnwell (S. C.) Sentinel, Sept 10.
A dispatch from Freeport, Sept. 7 th, says :
The Illinois State Fair is a complete success.
Not less that twenty-five thousand people were
on the ground, and the receipts for the day
amounted to five thousand dollars. At the
steam plough exhibition this forenoon, Fawke’s
machine plowed an acre in eleven minutes. The
number of agricultural implements on exhibi
tion is larger than any previous year. The Far
mer’s Convention meets this evening for the pur
pose of discussing matters pertaining to agricul
ture. Friday will be the last day, when pre
miums amounting to sixteen thousand five hun
dred dollars will be awarded.
A Fink Specimen. —We were shown a few
days since a nugget of gold from the deposit op
erations of Mr. Rufus Asbury, on the old Loud
Mine, weighing one hundred and sixty-three
pennyweights. Mr. A. is working old works
on that portion of the mine operated on many
years ago, and he informs us that he frequently
finds specimens weighing from ten to twenty
pennyweights.
Dahlonega(Ga.) Mountain Signal, Sept. 10.
Capture op the Supposed Murderer op
Mike Walsh. —lt will be remembered that Mr.
Mike Walsh came to his death last March in
New York under circumstances giving birth to
the belief that he had been murdered; an In
quest was had, and a warrant was issued for
the arrest of one Patrick Mulbolland. Mulhol
land fled to Kansas, but returned on Wednesday
to New York. He was immediately arrested,
though it is thought hardly probable that he
can be held.
Fight with Indians. —Fifty Killed. —lt has
been stated that a fight occurred on the 4th ult.,
near Fort Mohave, New Mexico, between Major
Armi3tead, with twenty-five United States
troops, and a large body of Indians, in which
fifty of tire latter were killed. The Indians sur
rounded the troops, and were driven off, but,
when the soldiers were returning to the fort,
made another attack.
The American College at Rome. —Under
the direction of the Propaganda, works are go
ing on with great activity in the convent of the
Umilta in Rome, to prepare it for a college.—
This great building (situated at the foot of the
Quirinal, towards the Corso), has been bought
by the Holy Father for thirty-three thousand
dollars, and is destined as a college for North
American ecclesiastical students. The Bishops
of the United States, who are about fifty in
number, have recently sent thirty thousand dol
lars to the Pope, for the necessary works; and
before the end of this year the place will be ar
ranged, and will be able to receive one hundred
students. The French College has lately rebuilt
the church of St. Chiarn, and by the side of it,
a large establishment contains sixty students.—
Spain has begun works for a national ecclesias
tical seminary. The South American College
opened last year with thirty-five students.
X. Y. Evening Post.
The Treaty with Mexico. —The following
are the concessions said to have been obtained
by the reported treaty with Mexico.
1. Rights of way across the Northern States
of Mexico, and ports on the Gulf of California,
with guarantees for their protection and safety.
2. Rights of way and valuable privileges of
transit across the Isthmus of Tehuantepec.
3. The privileges of erecting and maintaining
warehouses at the termini of the several transit
routes.
4. The right of transporting troops and muni
tions of war over such routes, and to send troops
to protect them in default of Mexico fulfilling
that duty.
6. Free entry and transit of goods belonging
to American citizens in Arizona, through the
ports of the Gulf of California and across Sonora.
6. Entire and unquestionable freedom of re
ligious opinion and worship throughout the Re
public.
7. A clause indicating the willingness of the
Mexican Government to accept a modified pro
tectorate at the hands of tire United States, in
other words to solemnize another treaty in the
form of an alliance, offensive and defensive, but
in substance creating a protectorate whenever
the Uuited States shall signify its willingness to
enter into such engagement.
An American Bark Fired Into. —Captain
Hamilton, of tire Bark Armenia, at Boston, from
Constantinople, reports that while passing out of
the Straits of Gibraltar, August 6th, the Spanish
fort at Tarifa Point fired twice on the Armenia.
The first was a blank cartridge, the second a
round shot, which passed through the lower
main topsail and portmast studding sail.
The Times' Paris correspondent says things
are going on badly at Zurich, and the dissolution
of the conference in a few days -ts probable. A
congress on war seems to be the only alternative
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