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CHESS COLUMN. SOLUTION OF PROBLEM V. Published in our last number, page 133. WHITE. BLACK. 1 Rook e I—g If K g B—f 8 (1) 2 Knight e s—d 7 ■ R c 7—d 7 : 3 Rook e 2—e 8 ■ K f B—e 8: 4 Rook gl—gßf Mate. * Note. (1) If the Blacks were to make any other move they would be check-mated imme diately. "We give below a game of Philidor, reported by De la Bourdonnais, page 138: GAME V. WHITE. BLACK. 1 Pawn e2—e4... P e7—es 2 Bishop f I—e 4 B f B—c 5 3 Pawn c 2—c 3 Kt g B—f 6 4 Pawn d2—d4 (1). ...P es—d 4: 5 Pawn c 3—d 4: (2)... .B c s—b 6 (3) 6 Knight bl—c 3 K eas.—gß 7 Knight g I—e 2 (4) P c 7—c 6 8 Bishop c 4—d3 (5) P d7—ds 9 Pawn e 4—e 5 Kt f 6—e 8 10 Bishop c I—e 3 P f 7—f 6 (6) 11 Queen dl—d2 (7)....P f6—e 5 : (8) 12 Pawn d4—e 5: B cß—e 6 (9) 13 Knight e 2—f 4 (10).. .Q d B—e 7 14 Bishop e 3—b 6 (11) P a 7—b 6 : 15 K’gcas. —gl (12)... .Kt b B—d 7 16 Knight f 4—o 6 : Q e 7—e 6 : 17 Pawn f 2—f 4 Kt e B—c 7 18 Rook al—el P g 7—g 6 (13) 19 Pawn li 2—h 3 (14) P d s—d 4 20 Knight c 3—e4 P li 7—h 6 (15) 21 Pawn b2—b3 P b C—b 5 22 Pawn g2 —g 4 Kt c 7—ds 23 Knight e 4—g3 (16) Kt d s—e 3 (17) 24 Rook el—e 3: ....P d 4—e3: 25 Queen d 2—e 3 : R a B—a 2 : 26 Rook f I—e 1 (18) Q e 6—b 3 : 27 Queen e3 —e4 Q b3—e 6 (19) 28 Pawn f 4 —f 5 P g 6—f 5 : 29 Pawn g 4—f 5 : ... .Q e 6—d 5 (20) 30 Queen e4—d 5: f ....P c6—ds: 31 Bishop d 3—b 5 : Kt d 7—b 6 32 Pawn f s—f 6:(21) R a 2—b 2 33 Bishop b s—d 3 K gß—f 7 34 Bishop d 3—f 5 (22) Kt b6—c 4 35 Knight g 3—hs R fß—g 8f 36 Bishop f s—g 4 Kt c4—d 2 37 Pawn es—e6f K f7—g6 38 Pawn f 6—f 7 R gß—f 8 39 Knight li s—f4f K g6—g 7 . j 40 Bishop g 4—h 5 (23) NOTES. (1) You move this pawn two squares, for the double purpose of masking the play of the ad versary’s bishop, upon the pawn of your king’s bishop, and of establishing your pawns in the centre of the game, which is especially impor tant. (2) When you have two pawns a-breast, as in the present position, you must maintain them there, not advancing cither of them, till your adversary shall propose to exchange a pawn of his own with one of yours; then you will avoid the exchange by pushing the pawn attacked one square forward. (3) This bishop, instead of retiring, might give check. In such case, you should cover with your bishop; and if they take the bishop, you should take again with the knight, supporting your king’s pawn. In this game, Philidor re frained from making always exactly the regular move, in order that he might give frequent il lustrations of the best manner of playing pawns. (4) If yon play kt. f 3, it would prevent the advance of your bishop’s pawn, the Blacks might then play kt. f 6—e 4: and then play P d 7—d 5 which would break your centre. (5) You withdraw the bishop, because the Blacks, by playing P d 7—d 5, would force you to exchange your king’s pawn with theirs, which would break your pawns of the centre. (6) The Blacks move this pawn, in order to make an opening for their rook, which they suc ceed in, whether you take, or let them take. (7) You should not take the pawn which is offered you, because then your king’s pawn would lose its line ; while, if you let it be takeß, you replace it by the queen’s pawn, which you will afterwards support by that of the king’s bishop. These two pawns bound together should cause you to win the game. (8) They take the pawn in prosecution of their purpose of opening the line of their rook. (9) They move this bishop, to enable them af terwards to advance the pawn of their queen’s bishop. You might take the king's bishop of the Blacks with that of your queen, which would compel them to double a pawn, but that would expose their queen’s rook. Moreover, a doubled pawn, when it is connected with oth er pawns, is not a disadvantage, especially when its position is near the centre of the board. (10) Yourking's pawn not yet being in dan ger, your knight attacks their bishop in order to take it, or force it to retire. (11) It is always dangerous to allow the ad versary king’s bishop to bear upon the line of the pawn of your king’s bishop; and when the pawn of your queen cannot be interposed, you should oppose to it your bishop of the same color with his, and take it for any other piece as soon as you shall be able to do so. (12) You castle on this side, in order the bet ter to support the pawn of your king’s bikhop which you will advance two squares as soon as your king’s pawn shall be attacked. (13) The Blacks advance this pawn in order to prevent your coming up with that of your king’s bishop agaipst their queen, which would give you two pawns abreast upon their ground. (14) You play this pawn for the purpose of enabling you afterwards to advance that of your king’s knight. (15) The Blacks push up this pawn to prevent your knight from entering into their territory, and compelling the displacement of their queen, which would instantly give an open field to your pawns. (16) You play the knight with the intention of advancing afterwards the pawn of your king’s bishop, which finds itself supported by these pieces. (17) The Blacks play thus for the purpose of cutting off the communication of your pieces, and breaking your pawns, which they would in fallibly effect by advancing with the pawn of their king's knight: but the Whites must prevent this, by sacrificing a rook. (18) You play this rook in order to support yourking's pawn, which would remain exposed when you should advance with that of your king’s bishop. (19) The queen of the Blacks returns to this spot in order to ward off the mate which is med itated. (20) The Blacks offer an exchange of queens, in order to avoid the mate with which they are threatened by the bishop and the q ueen. (21) When, toward the conclusion of a game, you have a bishop, you should take care to place your pawns upon squares of the color different from that of your bishop. This prevents the pieces of your adversary from getting between tmm mwvmm hsm in vjouesxsje. your pawns. Such is the general rule token one is attacking , and has pawns passed. But the rule is reversed when you are acting on the de fensive. In such case, pawns should lie placed upon squares of the color of the bishop. (22) Here is an example of the rule given in the preceding note. If your bishop moved on the Black squares, the adversary’s king could place himself between your two pawns. (23) No matter how the Blacks now play, you may push on your pawn, recover your queen, and win the game. The New York Post says: Paul Morphy has been playing lately several games of chess at the rooms of the New York Chess Club, in the University, with the Hon. A. B. Meek, a leading player of the South, giving him the odds of a knight; also, with W. J. Fuller, Esq., of this city, giving him the odds of a castle. Mr. Morphy won every game. i»i FUN, FACT, AND PHILOSOPHY. (Csreftilly prepared for the Southern Field and Fireside.) A young man at Margate having been cross ed in love, walked out to the precipice, took off his clothes, gave one lingering look at the water beneath him, and then! His body was found next morning in bed. The Postmaster General decides that a pen or pencil mark, made for the purpose of attract ing the eye to a particular article or portion of printed matter, does not subject matter to letter postage, as insisted on by some postmasters. Speak but little, and to the purpose, and you will always pass for somebody. A stranger from the country observing an ordinary roller rule on the table, took it up, and inquiring its use, was answered, “ It was a rule for counting-houses.” Too well-bred, as he con strued politeness, to ask unnecessary questions, he turned it over and over, and up and down re peatedly, and at last, in a paroxysm of baffled curiosity, inquired, “ How in the name of won der do you count houses with this?” ■Within five years in Indiana there have been erected twenty-seven hundred (2700) school houses, at an expense of eleven hundred thous and dollars. ($11,000,000.) Nothing prevents a person from being natu ral and easy, so much as an extreme anxiety to appear so. Rev. Thomas Whitmore tells a story of hav ing attended church recently to hear an eminent • divine, and the subject of the morning’s dis course was— 1 Ye are children of the devil.' He attended the same church iu the afternoon, when the text was— ‘ Children, obey your parents.’ Important Fact.—A French cook has stated that there are precisely one hundred and thirty one different kinds of wine which a gentleman may put upon his table without a blush. Though the great book of nature lies open to all, how few there are who so read as to under stand it. A school-teacher relates a queer story of one of his scholars—a son of the Emerald Isle. He told him to spell hostility. “ H-o-r-s-e, horse,” he began. “ No, not horsetility,” said the teach er, “but hostility.” “Sure,” said Pat, “an’ did’nt ye tell me the other day, not to say boss? Be jabers, it’s one thing one day, and another the next.” Costly Floor.—The most beautiful Dining room floor in the United States has recently been laid at the ladies’ ordinary at the American House, Boston. It is an inlaid mosaic floor, com posed of 5000 pieces of wood of four' different growths—manogany, rosewood, black walnut and white oak, artistically arranged in magnifi cent figures. Pretty nearly all men are benevolent when it don't cost them much. Tom never sees poor John suffer but he thinks Sam ought to help him. An Irishman who was very near-sighted, about to fight a duel, insisted that he should stand six paces nearer his antagonist than the other did to him, and that they were both to fire at the same time. A cubic inch of Gold is worth $146 ; a cubic foot, $252,288; a cubic yard, $6,811,776. The quantity of gold now in existence is estimated to be three thousand millions of dollars, ($3000,- 000,000 which melted into one mass, could b 9 contained in a cube of twenty-three feet. Scandal, like the Nile, is fed by innumerable streams; but it is extremely difficult to trace it to its source. A New York paper says “that a very great business is done in neck ties” in that city. Cer tainly not half so great as there ought to be, says the LouisviUe Journal. The manufacture of coal or kerosene is carried on very extensively all over the country, and is said to be very profitable. The highest yield of oil from coal is said to be one hundred and ten gallons from a ton of coal. He whose ruling passion is a love of praise, is a slave to every one, who has a tongue for detraction. To sprightly Sue, dull Thomas said— “ A witty girl, I never will wed." “It cannot be,” quoth Sue. “because You fear the old Mosaic laws; For wit and you are not within Prohibited degrees of kin." One of the oldest locomotive works in the country, is the Taunton, established in 1847. It has manufactured to order nearly 300 locomo tives, which are now running in almost every State in the Union. True friendship is like sound health, the value of it is seldom known until it be lost. Quoth Tom, “ Though fair her features be, It is her figure pleases me.” “ What may her figure be)” I cried; “ One hundred thousand /" he replied.— Holmes. Mr. Sebastiaxoef. a Russian savan, has dis covered an old MS. of Ptolemy’s Geography in the Monastery of Mount Athos, and has made photographic copies of the maps, for the classic world. The reason why so few marriages are happy, is that the parties have spent much more time in preparing traps than cages. —All you that want a mate, And to marriage do incline, If you have slid through '63, Now don't through ’59. , A cottage at Sing Sing, belonging to Robert Oliver, was recently burned. It was the head quarters of Gen. Washington, during a portion of the revolutionary war, and was known as the “Washington Cottage.” The loss was S3OOO. Hypocrisy is the homage that vice pays to virtue. —De la Rochefoucault. “Illustrated with cutsl” said a young ur chin, as he drew his pocket knife across the leaves of his grammar. “ Illustrated with cuts!” reiterated the school master, as he drew his cane across the back of the young urchin. It is said that ten thousand copies of the “ Idyls of the King ” have been sold in this country. PERSONAL. Madame George Sand is bringing out a new novel. Leigh Hunt, the author, died in London on the 28th, in the 15th year of his age. Every man of eminence, it is said, has tried his hand at poetry, except William Pitt. Henry T. Tuckerman is correcting the proof sheets of his new volume, “ The Character and Portraits of Washington.” A public banquet to'Lord Brougham, will be given at Edinburgh, about the third week in Oc tober next. The New York Day Book says: William Gil more Simms, the poet and novelist, has just fin ished his “ History of South Caroliaa.” M’me. Anna Bishop, the celebrated singer, formerly so popular in this oountiy, has returned to New York after a long absence. Ex-President Fillmore, it is stated, is about to make a tour of the New England States, and while in New Hampshire, will be the guest of Ex-President Pierce. At the recent commencement of Emory Col lege, Oxford, Georgia, the degree of LL. D. was conferred upon Professor N. C. Brooks, President of the Baltimore Female College. Rev. Dr. Hawks, of New York, has de clined the Professorship of History, recently tendered him by the Trustees of the University of North Carolina. It is a strange fact that so great a critic as William Uazlitt, used td characterize so great a writer as Washington Irving, as “ a mere filagree man." Literary. —Messrs. Gborge Augustus Sala and Edmund Yates are jpintly engaged upon a fantastic work, which is tp describe the imagina ry invasion of England byr tho French. Oliver P. Baldwin, Esq., of Richmond, Vir ginia distinguished for his brilliant eloquence, wisdom and humor, is, wq are glad to learn, pre pared to take the lecturing field for the coming winter. Gen. Wool was seretiaded at the Revere House, Boston, on Saturday night. When the music was all over, tho perpetrators thereof were informed that the veteran was quietly snoozing at Camp Massachusetts. J. P. Kennedy is engaged in preparing for the press a uniform edition of his works, includ ing “Swallow Barn,” “Horseshoe Robinson,” “Rob of the Bowl,” and the “Biography of William Wirt” Douglas Jerrold’s library is soon to be sold at auction. The collection is said to bo small, but well selected, and to be curious, from tho fact that many volumes are presentation copies, and contain the autographs of the authors. M. F. Maury, of the National Observatory, Washington, has accepted the invitation to de liver the annual address at the State Fair at Nashville, Tenn., on October 11th. Lieut. Maury has also accepted an invita tion to deliver the annual address before the North Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical As sociation, to be held at Decatur on the 19th of October next. Washington, Sep. 12. —Commander Maury is still engaged as one of the Consulting Com mittee of the Atlantic Telegraph Company, in examining the specimens of tables best suited for the ocean telegraph. The story that he, when a midshipman, was married to an Owliy ee Poinces, is contradicted “on authority.” Miss Mary Ann Evans, author of “ Adam Bede,” has already received from Messrs. Black wood for that work upward of $20,000. She is engaged upon a new novel for tho same pub lishers, which is said to be of a different char acter from any of her preceding works. The Nashua (N. H.) Gazette says it is the in tention of ex-President Franklin Pierce to spend tho winter with his wife at the Bermudas, where the thermometer scarcely varies more than four degrees during tho year, ranging usually from seventy-one to seventy-fivo de grees. M’lle Taglioni has just been officially appoint ed, by the French Minister of Stale, to bo in spectress of all the dancing classes of the ope raj and to perfect such pupils as she may consider likely to become first-rate performers. The friends of M. de Sartiges, the French Minister, says the Times, are much distressed at learning that he has been pronounced by the physicians at Plombieres to be in a very dange rous state of health. An enlargement of the liver, in combination with an inflammation of the spleen, threatens the most serious conse quences. Col. Tuos. T. Fauntleroy, U. S. A., First Dragoons, (a native of Winchester, Va.,) is ap pointed to command the Military Department of New Mexico, in place of Gen. Garland, whose health prevents his return to that command.— Col. F. will assume the post immediately. Bishop Gobat writes from Jerusalem that the king ofAbyssinia favors the dissemination of the Bible throughout his dominions- It is cir culated in the vernacular Amharic dialect. The Bishop also states that conversions to Christi anity have been made among Turkish soldiers. John Esten Cooke, of Virginia, is the author of a volume, just issued by the Harpers, entitled, “ Heury F. John, Gentleman, of Flower of Hun dreds, in the county of Prince George.” It is an historical romance, vivid, but faithful in its col oring. The time of the story is 1774-75, on the eve of the Revolution. Lord Dunmore, the last British Governor of Virginia, with his family, are prominent characters in the volume. The Duke of Wellington, in his Private Ex planatory Letter to Mr. Canning, in regard to a misunderstanding between them in 1827, used this language: “I am not in the habit of deci ding upon such matters hastily or in anger; and the proof of this is, that I never had a quarrel with any man in my life.” Captain Travis, the crack pistol shot of Amer ica, has challenged the Audubon Club to furnish a man to shoot a pigeon match with him during the Illinois Fair; the Captain to use a pistol and his opponent a fowling piece. The match has been accepted, and a forfeit deposited. The particulars are as follows: Abbey twenty-five birds, twenty-five yards rise and fifteen fall; Travis with pistol and single ball, twenty birds, ten yards rise and fifteen fall. Tho health of Rev. Dr. Nott, the venerable President of Union College, is improving. He has been spending a few days at Albany, N. Y., and has so far recovered as to be able to ride out. It is the first time in fifty-six years that he has been absent from his post of duty at the commencement of the collegiate year. More than four score years have left his intellectual powers as vigorous and unclouded as ever. It will be remembered that Mrs. Blandina Dudley, of Albany, was recently found to have executed a deed of trust of all her property to Rutger B. Miller, of Utica, under circumstances justifying a suspicion that it was procured by fraud. Her relatives determined to contest this document, but finally agreed to a compromise, by which Miller agreed to resign all claim for , SIO,OOO. Mrs, Dudley, however, did not assent to this arrangement, and acting under the advice of counsel, refused to pay over the SIO,OOO. The miscellaneous and law library of the late 1 Mr. Choate will be sold,by public sale during the month of October. The miscellaneous library comprises upwards of seven thousand volumes, including a large number of very valuable works, serials, and standard authors, classical works, Ac. The law library will comprise upwards of three thousand volumes, and, of course, one of the best libraries in the States. The eight volume of Bancroft’s History of tho United States will be published in a few weeks; the history including the period elapsing from , the battle of Bunker Hill to the final signing of the Declaration of Independence. Mr. Ban croft’s first volume was published twenty-five years ago. The seventh volume, published last year, is the first of a series of four, extending from the outbreak of the Revolutionary War to the Peace of Paris in 1782. It is estimated in Harper's Weekly that beyond that date—the for mation of tho Union —Mr. Bancroft does not in tend to proceed, inasmnch as our republican sys tem since then, is too much of an undecided ex periment to be treated in a satisfactory manner by the historian. Death of tiie Oldest Printer in the Union. Wo regret to announce to-day (says the Hart ford Press, of the Cth) the death of Col. Samuel Green, in the 92d year of his age. He had for some time been extremely feeble, and his death was not unexpected, either by himself or his friends. He died at tho residence of liis son, Dr. G. S. Green, in this city, atlialf-past 12 this noon. Col. Green was the oldest printer in this State, possibly in the Union—and was long ac tively connected with the newspaper press in Connecticut. — i»i mm NEWS SUMMARY. The New Style of Envelopes. —The Consti tution says:—“A number of orders for the new patent envelopes having been already filed in the department, tho Postmaster-General has di rected that the contractor furnish half a million of the seK-ruling envelopes ordered by the De partment in boxes and packages suitable for im mediate distribution to the post offices. It is expected that the envelopes will be ready by the Ist of October.” A Circus Enterprise.— Howe’s & Cushing’s United States Circus Company are performing under a tent in Ireland, travelling through the country, and compelled, for the want of tavern accommodations, to encamp at every place where they show. A letter dated at Clonmel, August 22, from one of the proprietors, says: We have applied to the owners of the steam ship Great Eastern to take us and one hundred horses to America on her first trip; and it is our intention to put a temporary ring on the up per deck, and give equestrian performances to the passengers in fair weather. The track of the ring will bo made of India rubber matting, the same as is used in the London theatres when circus performances are given on the stage; and the gymmastic tackle, the tight and slack rope fixing, and the trapez apparatus, are to be attached to the rigging of the ship. As the Great Eastern is likely to bring out some eight or ten thousand passengers on her first trip, the circus will stand a chance of draw ing good “houses” on board every day of tho passage. Fearful Tornado in South Carolina. —The upper portion of Sumter District was visited Friday last by a tornado unequalled probably in severity by anything of the sort that has ever transpired in this section. Tfie well remem bered visitation of a like character, in the Fall of 1852, during which the Rev. Mr. Elliott was killed, while travelling in his buggy, has, from the information before us, been surpassed in se verity by that of which we now make mention. Dead Letters. —Congress having at the last session, adopted a resolution calling upon the Postmaster General to report at the next session what further legislation, if any, is neces sary to diminish the number of dead letters, or provide for a return of the same to the writers thereof, that functionary has sent circulars upon the subject to all the postmasters of the country. Many of these postmasters have already report ed, agreeing with the views of the Department that most of the letters returned as dead were so returned by reason of mistakes or imperfec tions in the direction, and from the fact of the existence of a large tioating population in the country. As the Post Office-Department appre hends that the taking of letters from tho gen eral boxes, and flie transferring of them to the advertising list, too often prevents their delivery, an order is about to be given, requiring that no letter shall be advertised until it has been in the geueral boxes at least once a week. In the lar gest cities, the duty is enjoined upon postmast tersof making proper search both among the let ters that are advertised and those that are not advertised, no matter what the additional labors that may be imposed. A circular has been is sued to postmasters containing some fifteen sec tions relating to dead letters ; also, a form of circular from the dead letter office to postmas ters, informing them of the presence there of a letter of interest to the person addressed, though not containing valuables, and inquiring if he could bo found, and was willing to pay postage for the return of the letter, with one cent addi tional. The number of dead letters yearly re turned to tho department is two and a quarter millions. The number containing valuables is twenty thousand.— Washington States, Sep. 17. From Utah. — Another Indian Massacre. — Utah papers, received at St. Louis, furnish an ac count of another massacre of d party of emi grants who were attacked by Indians. The ass air happened July 24th, on Raft River, Oregon, where the emigrants were attacked by a band of Shoshones, and six men and one woman of the emigrants killed and six men and one wo man wounded. Some of the latter are not ex pected to live. The Indians then robbed the wagons of $1,700 in money, and drove off a large quantity of the stock. The attacking Indians were the same party who were reported recently to have been se verely chastised by' the troops under Lieutenant Gray. The Great Eastern.— The City Government of Portland, Me., have made special arrange ments to do honor to the arrival of the Great Eastern. The programme includes a public din ner, ball, general illumination of the city, ringing of bells, salutes of artillery, excursions in the harbor, military displays, and other manifesta tions of public rejoicing. A committee of the City Government has also voted to extend invi tations to President Buchanan and his Cabinet, * to Gen. Scott, to the Governor of Canada, to Gen. Williams, (commander of the British forces in North America,) to the Governors of the several States, and to the Executives of Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, to visit Portland during the visit of the Great Eastern. A telegraphic dispatch from Portland, Maine, dated Sept. 18 th, says: Official information is re ceived here that the Great Eastern leaves Holy head for Portland on the 15th instant. The Washington Constitution says: Informa ! tion has just been received at the State Depart ment from our Minister at Berlin, Mr. Wright, i that Christian Ernst, an American naturalized citizen, who had been compelled by force to en ter the Hanoverian army, has, upon the remon strance of our Government, been discharged from the service. The Sax Juax Aff.ub.—lt is said that Mr. Buchanan intends sending Robert J. Walker as a commissioner to settle the San Juan dispute with the British Governor of Vancouver. We have received by the overlaud mail dates from the Island of San Juan to the 20th ult. The affairs of the Island were generally un changed. The Americans still have possession, and their force is increasing. The Assembly of British Columbia urged Gov. Douglass to appeal to England to demand the withdrawal of the American troops from the island, and to maintain her rights to the whole archipelago. At the island of San Juan there were five hundred American soldiers who hare thrown up earth works ; and the harbor of Victoria was commanded by field pieces. Tho island is now in a complete state erf de fence. General Harney says that he will call for vol unteers from the Territories if he is attacked. General Harney has written toGovemor Doug lass, stating that he occupied the island to pro tect the Americans from insults from the British authorities of Van Couvcrs, and the Hudson Bay Company’s officials. The British Admiral has refused to obey Gov. Douglass, to bring on a collision ; and he also refuses to order the British North Pacific fleet near the island. It is the Admiral’s intention to wait orders from the Home Government. The American and British officers are on friendly footing. The San Juan Difficulty. —Lieut. Gen. Scott has sailed for the seat of difficulties on our north- . western boundaries, ne is accompanied by Adjutant Gen. Thomas, Lieut. Col. G. W. Lay and Assistant Surgeon Charles H. Crane. Upon .his arrival at San Francisco he is to be taken on to his destination by special steamer, unless the regular one for carrying the mails is ready to depart. The General is also empowered to con trol tho movements of mail steamers after reach ing the Strait or Gulf of Georgia. The President has said that our right to the Island of San Juan is clear, bat the Senate rarely presses extreme claims at the hazard of war. Hence Gen. Scott’s hands are not probably tied up with instructions, but in the hope of a paci fic solution, or with a view to deferring a deci- * sion, a large margin of discretion will doubtless be given him. The Times has an editorial in regard to Gen. Harney’s occupation of the Island of San Juan. It says that England will not tamely submit to such an exercise of power. The subject of the Washington Monument, at Washington, is assuming a similar place in the public mind to that held by the Mount Vernon project, and tlie hope is well founded that the results may be as happy in both cases. The contribution boxeswhich are now posted at even the smallest country post affices, are gathering funds rapidly. A coi respondent of the National Intelligencer gives that paper a desription of the plan for its erection. We quote; “The base of the obelisk part of the monu ment is eighty-one feet square; its finished alti tude, according to the original design, is to be six hundred feet, and to be encircled by a grand pantheon temple two hundred and fifty feet in diameter and one hundred feet high; surmount ing the portico of entrance to which is to be the colossal statue of Washington, thirty feet high, represented in a chariot drawn by six horses, driven by Victory, all of colossal proportions. “ The magnificent terrace which crowns this pantheon, seven hundred aud fifty feet in circuit, is opened in the centre at the four cardinal points, and surmounted each with the symbols of immortality. On each face at the foot of the great shall are tablets of the Revolution— York town, Trenton, Monmouth, Brandywine, Ac. “ The pantheon is surrounded by a colonnade, numbering in columns with the immortal signers of the Declaration of Independence, whose statues are to be placed here against the out walls of the cellar within. The columns of this colonnade are of American order, and stand on a high stylobate; they are to be twelve feet in diameter and lifty feet high, enriched with the coat-of-arrns of every State in the Union—over which is a massive balustrade fifteen feet high, forming a second colonnade surrounding the terrace. “The cellar of the pantheon is entered by a grand flight of steps in front of the portico.— Here is represented tho glorious galaxy of he roes of the Revolution of 1776, the compatriots of Washington, whose statues will also grace the scene; and above the statues, are to be rep resented tablets on the walls of battle and other scenes in which they were engaged, whether in the forum, on the land, or the sea. In the cen tre of this spacious pantheon, within the court of the obelisk, are the mementoes of Pater Pa trim. Ascending the flight of iron steps here, (surrounded by the beautiful mementoes of a grateful people placed on the wall,) and reach ing the grand terrace, an archway under the bal ustrade leads by a flight of stone steps down within the height of the great entablature , where a vaulted gallery conducts to a series of cabinets , one for each State of the Union; where are to be deposited the records of the names of the contributors toward the erection of the monu ment “In the height of the stylobate, or grand base of the monument, will be a series of apartments, disposed in such intricate form as will rival the celebrated labyrinths of Crete, Egypt, Lemnos, or Tuscane. While these vaulted passages are necessary to the structure above, they will con stitute one of the most curious subterranean apartments in the world.” The Assemblies of Bologna, llomagna, and Parma, had declared in favor of the annexation of those States to Sardinia. The Pope had been seriously ill, but was re covering. England had presented a note to France, in quiring in regard to the concentrating of French troops in Algeria. t 141