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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 ** • ’ ' * * ' *' ; ' * " " ' t 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 133