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€t)c dollar Neats. o Tit FrHg' Xew#. • The steamship Washington arrived at New York on Thursday afternoon from South ampton, which port she left on the 12th Sep tember. The Washington brings the important in telligence of the tali of Sebastopol. On *h Bth utl., the Allied forces attacked the de fences ot Sebastopol, and the French succeed ed m gaming possession ot the Malakoff The English who attempted the Redan were uwi successful during ihe night. The Russians m Ibe exacerbation of despair, be gan to Sii.k theil ships, blow up their maga zines .no burn the.r City, and on the follow ing mot oing Sebastopol was evacuated and •ommu.iicaiton between the north ibi\a and the town w as broken off. The following telegraphic despatch, re ceived by Lord Furniture from Gen Simpson, appeared in the English morning journals of the 11th inst: “ S. bastopol is in the possession of the Al lies. The enemy, during the night aud morn iug, evacuated the soutli side, after exploding their m ig azotes aud setting lire to the whole of the town.” All the men of war were burnt during the . with the exceptiou of three steamers, winch were plying about the harbors. The bridge communicating with the north side is broken. Gen. Simpson repons that the casualties in the attempt on the Redan were some what heavy, but there was no general ofii cer killed. In a supplifftorit of the Moniteur the fol lowing telegraphic dispatch, received by the French Government from Gen. Peliasier, appears: K-arubeiu i aud the South part of Sebasto pol no longer exist. The enemy perceiving our solid occupation of the M..ukutf, decided upon evucuatiug the place alter U..vuig destroyed aud blown up by mines ueaiij uli the detences. Having passed the night in the midst of my troop , i can assure you that everything in the k ii .tbeluai is blown up, aud from w hat 1 coulu see the same must be the case in front of our left tine of Hack. This immense suc cess does the greatest honor to our troops.— Everything is quiet on the Tchernaya. The assault ou the Malakoff was made at noon of the Bth iust. Its redoubts and the Redan ot Cureeniug Bay were carried by storm by the French soldiers with admirable intrepidity to the shouts of “ Vive i’Empe reur. The Redan of Careening Bay was not tenable owing to the heavy tire of artil lery v\hicti was poured upon the first occupi er.- ... .hat work. O uehoidmg the French eagles floating on .ic .u.viukoff, Gen. de Sulles made two attacks on tue Central Bastion, but did not succeed, flic French troops returned to their trenches. The losses were serious. The plan of the battle appears to have been as follows: The place was attacked in four sections. The British troops attempted the storming of the Redan, the French attacked the Malakoff. The extreme right of tue French made a diversion of the Little Redan, and a united attack of the English, French aud San’ niaus was made on the central bat tery. All the attacks were made simultaneously with great spirit and energy,but the one which was eminently successful was led by Gen. Bosquet and Gen. McMahon, on the Malakoff'. Bum the Redan and the Central Bastion were at tunes in the hands of the storming parties, but mi accurately did the guns ol the Rus sians cover these, that as soon as the English h..d gaiued possession of them, it was found impassible to bold them. l’uc following despatch is from Prince Gortschakoff, dated the night of the 9th : The garrison of Sebastopol, after sustain ing an infernal lire, repulsed six assaults but Could not drive the enemy from the Malakoff* Tuwvr. Our brave troops who resisted to the last extremity are now crossing over to the northern part ol Sebastopol. Tile enemy louml uOthmg in the southern pail but blood-stained rums. On the ‘9th Stptemocr me passage to the northern side Was atcon.p siitai wan the loss of 100 men. VV\ lei., 1 i'„.ei a say, 500 men, previously Wounded, oa luc sou.burn side. Tin ... tell.gence of the fall of Sebastopol vv. s reco.veu ... L * u*.n with demonstrations ol gitu. j..y. .vi .he various theatres and pi..ccs oi pntn.c amusement the fact was offi cially announced, ami the bauds at each place immediately played tlie national anthems of England ana France. Throughout E grind the demonstrations The Ei gl.sh hiss in the assault on the Redan is estimated at 2,000 killed .md wound ed. i . A.nerica arrived at Halifax on Thurs ilaj ... u nnu h ', uriugiufc turee duja laier in teiugc.ee. Her news confirms that received by the Washington and gives some addition al details. TUB SARDINIAN REPORT. Gen Marmora writes that the Russians have withdrawn from the town after having set it ou lire, blown up ail the public build ings und works of defence, and sunk their last ships. The Sardinians have lostTo men in the trenches. FROM GEN. PELI9SIER. Sept 9ih,B o’cik.P. M. —The enemy has sunk his steam-vessels. •he work of destruction continues under the fil e oi ourmortarsas mines are successively sprung at different points. — it in my duty to defer entering the place, which has the appearance ol a great furnace. Pi me Gortsch k If, being closely pressed b\ >.u. hie, lias demanded au armistice to carry .ts ui> wounded. The bridge near the fort ot Si. P..ul has bt-eu destroyed by the l>*. ‘ imuj? ■■■....,?g 01. .veil. IVeare w .tclii. g tile movements ol the enemy on the Telici nayu. Fit M ADMIRAL BBUAT. Crim. a, Sept, io, li P. M.—l inspected 10-u \ Seo .atopol l.d lis lines Ol deletiee.— Tbe n.u.d ca... ot lorm au exact picture ot our viet. ry—me lull extent of it cuu only be under.si od by ail examination of the place it self. The multiplicity of works of defence aud tue material means applied thereto, ex ceed by far anything seen in the history of the war. The capture of the Malakoff’ bus placed m the hands of the Allies a large amount of material and immense establish ments; the importance of which it is not pos sible to state exactly. To-morrow the allied troops will occupy the Karabeluaii and the town, and uuder their protection an Anglo- French Commission will be occupied with making out a return of the material aban doned to us by the enemy. The exultation ... our soldiers is very great. •September 12th : The enemy has destroyed Hie remainder ol his fleet. Nothing now re mains afloat. the allies are hastening preparations in case of Gortschakoff attempting to reach Perokop or to unite with Liprandi. RUSSIAN REPORT. The Russian paper, the Brussels Nord, says the resolution of Prince Gortschakoff exhibits the energy of a great. Commander It waves Russia from an inextricable position, into which a false interpretation of u point ol honor would have thrust her. The Russian army centra ted north of Sebastopol will henceforth have that unity of movement and action winch until now it has wanted. The Sebastopol of the South is replaced by Sebas topol ol ibe North—a formidable position, bristling with innumerable guns which a compact army henceforward will defend.— Impartial history will do justice to Prince Gortschakoff’, who, by making a momentary sacrifice, aud avoiding useless effusion ol blood, has preserved for Russia an army trained to war by a struggle of a year’s du ration, and placed taat army in a position which enables bim to command tbe situa tion. TFIE BALTIC. A dispatch from Dantzic, under date of the 14th iiisiaut, suys that the block ships are expected to be * ordered home on Monday next. Prince Frederick of Prussia, is at present on a visit to Queen Victoria. The Times suggests the celebration of a day of national tlia..k.>giviug on account of th fall of Sebastopol. It is rumored in the clubs to-duy that the al lies found 1,‘20U guns within the lines of Sebas topol, aud also ihut the Russiaus are falling back upon Baktsch.serai, but rumors from Pans ure to the effect that Prince Gortscha koff w 11 certainly hold the uorth side of Se ba ;topol to the last extremity. From the Same source we learn tbe allied Admirals have sent a dispatch, stating that it ts not expedient to enter the burbot of Sebastopol unto Fort Constantine shall have been silenc ed.lt is conjectured that the Allies will attack Fort Constantine from Fort Alexander and Artillery Bay. DENMARK. A leterdated Berlin. Aug, 4, nays: Aus tria is said to huve offered her mediation to Denmark, in her difference with the United fcjtutea* Doubts are eutorUutied as to whether SAVANNAH DOLLAR NEWS the United States will consent to the com p: .mbc which Denmark intends proposing, of lowering the Sound dues generally, but j Prussia would be quite ready to accept it. RUSSIA. A telegraphic dispatch from St. Petersburg j states that the Czar intends leaving there on the 13 h for Moscow. At Warsaw he will be ; attended by Count Nesselrode, who will it is ( thought, arrange an interview for him with the King of Prussia. FRANCE. On the night of the Bth inst., while the Em peror of the French was at the door of the Theater Italian, at the moment the carriage containing the ladies of honor of the Empress stopped at the entrance of the theater an in dividual who was standing on the trottoir discharged, without taking aim, two pocket pistols at the carriage. No one was hurt. The man, who hau more the appearance of a maniac than an assassin, was immediately arrested. The name of the individual arrest ed is Beilewarre. He is about 22 years of age, and was burn at Roueu. When 10 years of age he was sentenced to two years impris onment for swindling. ENGLAND. The funeral of the late Mr. Feargus O’Con nor took place at Kensal Green Cemetery on the afternoon of the 10th ult., and was at tended by a large multitude of his friends and the supporters ol his political principles. A complimentary address was delivered by Mr. Junes, late of Liverpool, to the people assem bled around thegrave. It was estimated that not less than from 15,000 or 20,000 persons were present at the cemetery, all of whom vuietly separated at the close of the proceed ings. * Queen Victoria has sent an address of thanks to her army, and directs Gen. Simp son to congratulate Marshal Pelissier on his brilliant victory. THE LATEST. [By telegraph from London to Liverpool.] London, Saturday, Sept. 15, 11 o’clock A. M.—The Paris correspondent of the Times says it is reported that 25,0)0 men have em barked at Baluklava fur the uorth of Sebasto pol ; also, that the Russians are in full re treat toward Perekop. At one o'clock P. M., on the 15th ult., the America passed the Collins steamer Pacific, Capt. Nye, from New York ou the sth ult., goiug iuto Liverpool. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGECE. In the English Money Market the animation at the receipt of the news of the fall of Sebas topol was very great. Consols for money closed at 91 to for money, and 90% to 91 for account. Exchequer bills (March 11,) to 47. Foreign securities showed a slight ad vance, but there was subsequently a reaction. In the Corn market the demand for new English Wheat was brisk, at an advance of fully 2s. per qr. Foreign Wheat command, ed a steady sale at 2s. advance. Prime coun try Flour had also advanced in price. There j was an improved demand for Barley at au i advance of Is per quarter. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET. Messrs. Brown, Shipley & Cos. report the i j market easier in consequence of the increased { I stringency in the money market, and the ad j ’-aiiced rate of discount by the Bank; prices, I j however, were not quotably lower. Messrs, j ! Dennistoun A Cos. say that the market open | ed at an advance of %and but afterwards rece j ded and became dull at last week’s prices.— ! The sales of the week amounted to 46,000 bales, of which speculators took 6000, and ex | porters about the same quantity. The sales ! of Friday were 6000 bales. The following were the authorized quota ; lions : New Orleans Fair, 7%; Middling, 6%; Uplands, lair, 6; . ; Middling, 6% ; Mobile, | lair, 6%; Middling, 6 3-16; Ordinary to Good | Ordinary, 5%(£5~ 4 ; l .ferior, 4@5%. Messrs. Dennistoun A Cos. quote Uplands, fair, 6%. Tbe stock on hand amounted to 514,000 bales, of which 329,000 were American. LIVERPOOL BREADSTUFFS MARKET. The quotations vary materiilly, but most firms report the market suffer and in some instances slightly u’gher, with a buoyant tone at the close, especially for wheat, which is generally quoted at an advance of Id. to 2d. Brou n, Shipley & Cos. call the market dull, ana other circulars say that it is quiet aud unchanged. Western Canal Flour is quoted by Brown, Shipley A Cos. at 40s. a 415.; Philadelphia and Baltimore, 41s. a 425.; Ohio, 425. a 42. Od. White Corn, 455. ; Yel low Corn, 395. Gd. a 4us.; Mixed, 395. a 395. Od. White Wheat, 12s. 3d. a 12s. 7d.; Red, 1 Is. 6u. a Us. 9d. The weather had been very favorable and the crop accounts were of a satisfactory character. ENGLISH VIEWS OF THE VICTORY. The London Times of the 12th has the fol lowing article on the present position of af fairs in the Crimea. It will be observed that “ The Thunderer” is far more sanguine of the ultimate success of the Allied forces than it was some few weeks since. This great aud almost unexpected success of the Alliqp has given a more hopeful tone to the English journals; aud even those which have been most violeut in their attacks upon the gov ernment, have ceased hostilities while they rejoice over the victory. The first question which presents itself to our consideration, after we have given ut trunce to these feelings of exultation and of gratitude which the glorious termination of tlie siege of Sebastopol excites at this moment throughout die Empire, relates to the military consequences of this victory, and to the strate gettcai measures best calculated to bring the campaign and the war to a speedy and tri umphant termination. A tremeudous blow lias been struck at the military power and fame of Russia, and her naval forces in the Black Sea huve been annihilated. The courage, the preserverance, and the in cessant labors of the allied armies have al ready disposed of the arguments of those who contended that Sebastopol was impreg uaule until it should be invested, and that the Russian soldiers were invincible within its re doubts. li now appears from Admiral Bruat’s despatch that the mortar boats of both squad rons took part in the attack, aud threw shells against the marine batteries, so that from the heights of lnkermanu to Streletzka Bay the whole fortress was encompassed with a storm of fire, aud au enormous number of men must have been engaged in the works. Nevertheless, upon the final establishment of Gen. Bosquets division of the French army in the Malakoff’ tower, Prince Gort schakoff instantly proceeded to execute a pre arranged plan for the destruction and evacua tiou of the town. All that night the harbor was illuminated by the lurid glare of burning ships, and from time to time the explosion of vast magazines rent asunder enormous piles of masonry, while au all-devouring conflagra tion swept like the scourge of Heaven over the devastated city. Sebastopol has perished, like Moscow, at the hands of her defenders, while her success ful assailants witnessed the awful spectacle unscathed. Means of retreat had been secur ed by a long bridge of rafts across the great harbor, and for many hours large masses of troops were removed by this passage to the northern side; hut at 8 o’clock in the morn ing of the 9th this communication was stop ped, the whole of the works and town be ing then evacuated, if, as is probable, anv of the Russiaus remained on the south bank after that hour, they must either have perish ed in the lire or fallen into the hands of the besiegers. About 500 of the wounded, we know, re mained m the Fort St. Paul, und for them au armistice was asked ; but, with their ac customed indifference to the preservation ol life und property, the Russians were deter mined to destroy the city rather than to capitulate, aud they executed their design. The positiou of Prince Gortschakoff’s army, after the main body had effected its retreat across the harbor, was therefore as follows: His extreme right, consisting of the corps most actively engaged in the defence of the place, rests upon the Severnaia Work, or Star Fort, and holds the strongly intrenched positions on the north shore, where, no doubt, considerable preparations have been made for this emergency, llis centre covers the Belbec, and is protected in front by the field works thrown up along the ridge of Inker mann. i1 is left wing consists of Liprandi’s corps, occupying the ground from Mackenzie’s Farm to the heights of Altador on the Backshiserai road. No uttempt was made by the relieving army under Liprandi to direct a diversion during the assault of the Bth, and the severe defeat of the 10th of August appears to have satisfied the enemy that the lines of the Tchernaya were not* to he carried. But the result of the general assault and the occupa tion ol the southern side by the Allies en tirely changes the strategical positions of the combatants, also the objects of the cam paign. The struggle for the possession of Sebas topol is at an end. That prize is in our hands, and us the defence of the fortress und the harbor was the grand object of the enemy, they have nothing left on that spot to contend for. The mere occupation of the north side of the port is a barren advantage, for though it might hold u garrison, it cannot shelter a defeated army ; aud it is obvious that after tho failure of the maiu object, all the ability and geueralship of the Russians will be re quired to save the whole body of ttieir forces i tn tlie Crimea from destruction. We therefore infer that the northern forts will either be held for a time by a limited garrison, or more probably, altogether aban doned, in the hope of saving the army.— Never was an army m a more critical posi tion. They are confined within a peninsula which affords them no other fortified posi j tiop, no sustenance for the troops, and no Water beyond a certain line. The sea, cover | ed with hostile vessels, surrounds three sides of the theatre of war, and the fourth is sepa rated from the Russian base of operations by steppes und marshes. The allied armies already occupy strong positions at Eupatoria and Yenikale, which can be reinforced in a few hours by sea, so as to threaten the Russians in their fiank and rear; and while it is impossible for the ene my to hold his ground in the south of the Crimea—for which, iudeed, there is now no further object—to retreat iu this season across the country is a formidable undertak ing, while the loss of a battle in the open field would be absolute destruction. The Russians are in a trap, from which the Chan gar road and the Isthmus of Perekop ure the only means of escape, and even there their communications may possibly be intercepted. No doubt all these contingencies have beeu foreseen; Prince Gortschakoff’s plan of cam paign has long since beeu made. Judging, therefore, from the accustomed tactics of the Russian army, as well as from the extreme difficulty of his present position, we incline to the opinion that be will adopt the course ot a general and immediate retreat. To hold the Crimea without Sebastopol,aud eveu after the harbor of Sebastopol itself has been transformed by conquest into the base of operations of the invading armies, would be a bootless and unprofitable task, and the danger is greatly aggravated by the fact that the whole body of the Allies, with unlimited means of naval transport at their command, will shortly be at liberty to advance upon any part of the peninsula which is accessible from the coast. These immediate consequences of their own success in the siege operations -must have been considered by the allied general*, und the moment is now arrived when they may proceed to open the campaign of which the reduction, of Sebastopol was the first prelim, inary. That field operations of this nature have long been contemplated by the allied governments is obvious from the large cav alry force they have continued to send to the Crimea. The British army alone can bring upwards of 3,000 sabres and lances into the tield, and the French cavalry is still more numerous and impatient of the inaction to which it has hitherto been condemned. Hitherto the contest in the Crimea has been confined to one single object, und with the exception of the action of the 20tb of Septem ber on the Alma, and the flank inarch to Ba laklava; it has been a war without a single tactical movement. Gen. Pelissier lias shown iu our humble opinion, very admirable mili tary qualities since he assumed the command and he has been ably supported by Gen. Simpson; but the present state of our affairs ! deserves to call forth abilities of a still higher ! and more brilliant order. | The Russian army in the Crimea is proba ! bly not superior to the forces of the Allies in j numbers, aud it is measurably inferior to them in resources aud supplies, as well as in those moral qualities which at once constitute and enhance Xhrjirestige of victory. On every occasion ou which they have encountered an enemy in this war—whether Turks, French, English or Sardinians —the fortune of war has deserted the Russian eagles. For them to ad vance is impossible, fur the whole coast is guarded by the enemy, and no Russian ves sel floats on those waters. The stronghold on which the Czars had ac cumulated during the last two reigns an in calculable amount of warlike stores for the subjugation of the East has been reduced to a blood-stained rum by tbe troops who were glad to escape with life from its burning walls; and the question od which the atten tion of Europe is now fixed is so longer the fate of Sebastopol, but how is the Russian army to escape from the Crimea; or to main tain itself there ? We trust that no consider ations whatever will prevent the allied gen erals from giving the most vigorous and im mediate effect to the great advantages they have won. Beyond the time absolutely required for the removal of the wounded no armistice should be conceded. To give the campaign its full effect its success must now be ren dered absolute and complete. The Russians are a people who will deny to the last that any advantage lias been gained over them, and Prince Gortschakoff’ boasts in his account even of this sanguinary defeat that he was extremely successful in carrymgofhis army. Fighting, as they are, in closed lists, with out the means of escape, the defeated Rus sian army should be compelled to lay down its arms, or to light a general action, which would crown the series of our success by a still more decisive victory. The Peninsula itself is besieged and well nigh invested by our lieets and armies, and if the command of a single road be lost the whole line of retreat, and the ouly line by which supplies and com munications can reach the Russians, is gone. Such we take to be the relative position of the belligerents in tlie Crimea, and, with the means of action at the disposal of the French and English Generals, we have confident hopes of a glorious result. Important to Shipowners. —The fifth sec tion of the Registry Act,approved December, 31, 1792, requires that “every owner resideut within the United States, of any ship or ves sel, to which a certificate of Registry may be granted, (in case there be more than one such owner,) shall transmit to the Collector who may have grauted the same, a like oath or affirmation with that herein before direct ed to be taken and subscribed by the owner, on whose application such certificate shall have been granted,and within ninety days af ter the same may have been so granted,which oath or affirmation may, at the option of the party, be taken aud subscribed, either before the said Collector, or before the collector of some other district Court of the United States or of a Superior Court of original jurisdiction of someone of the States. Aud if said oath, or affirmation shall not be taken, subscribed and transmitted, as herein required, the cer tificate of registry, grauted to any such ship or vessel, shall be forfeit aud void.” Iu the instructions of the Secretary of the Treasury, which were issued on the 2d of July last, the collectors of the different ports in the United States were notified that the law of 1792 is still in force, and the duty of seeing its provisions executed, was strictly enjoined on all officers of customs. It ap pears, however, that here, and in many other places, but little attention had been paid', for many years, to the mode of registry above prescribed,and on this accouut it was deemed inexpedient by Mr. Redfieid, the Collector of New York,that a sudden transition should lie made to extreme severity, which would have had all the apparent odiousness of au arbitrary revival of a dormant enactment.— Mr. Redfieid accordingly wrote to the Secre tary of the Treasury, requesting that his in structions might be modified. The conse quence of his representations has been, that the Collector has this morning received a letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, authorizing him to give notice, immediately, to all parties who have not complied with the provisions of the sth section of the act of 1792, that their Registers have become forfeit and void, and that unless they take out new Registers, and fully comply with the require ments of the law, within ninety d/iysfrom the date of such notice, their vessels, will, after that time, be charged with tonuago duties, on every entrance from a foreign port. This modification of the instructions of July 2d includes the relief sought for by tbe Collector fur our shipowners. Y. dour. Com. Condition of the Free Blacks at the North.—Of all tbe papers in the world, we should have expected the New York Tribune to be the last to represent the true condition of the free blacks oi” the North. And yet, even that violent Abolition sheet, in its issue of Saturday last, thus portrays the character of this class of the Northern community : “Nine-tenths of the free blacks have no idea of setting themselves to work except as the hirelings and servitors of white men ; no idea of building a church, or accomplishing any other serious enterprise except through beg gary of the whites. Asa class, the blacks are Indolent, improvident, servile and liceu tiu|j| ; and their inveterate habit of appealing to white benevolence or compassion, when ever they realize a want or encounter a diffi culty, is eminently baneful and enervating.— If they could never more obtain a dollar until they shall have earned it, many of them would suffer, and some perhaps starve ; but ou the whole, they would do better and im prove faster than may now be reasonably expected.” New Post Offices. —The Postmasr Gteene ral has established the following new Post Offices in this State and Florida : Guy’s, Ware Cos., Georgia; Win. Guy, postmaster. Pine Mountain, Rabun Cos., Georgia; Jas. Billingsly, Jr., postmaster. Aspaluga, Gadsden Cos., Florida; L. C. Armistead, postmaster. Mount Pleasant, Uadsdeu Cos., Florida; Gen. W. Fogg, postmaster. Hanging In Old Times. A correspondent of the Bostou Transcript ?ives the following incidents:—While John lancock was Governor of the Commonwealth, Rachel Whall was hung in Bostou for high way robbery. Her offence consisted of twitching from the hand of auother female a bonnet, worth perhaps 75 cents, aud running off with it. The most urgent applications for her pardon were unsuccessful. I metitiou this not to the disparagement of the Governor, lie doubtless acted from a sense of duty— thinking it best for the community that the laws of the land—however frightfully severe —while they were laws—should be executed. A lad of eighteen years of age was hung in Salem lor arson, during the administration of Governor Strong, similar appeals iu his favor beiug considered and overruled. Yet the in telligence and humanity, alike of the Execu tive and of the Council, notwithstanding the result arrived at in both these instances, were unquestionable. , Within the same period, a gentleman of this city saw a girl oi 17 hung in London for stealing a silver cream pitcher. Edward Vaile Brown was hung in Boston for burglary com mitted in the house of Capt. Osias Goodwin, iu Charter street, and stealing therefrom sun dry articles. I once owned a set of the Old Baily Trials, (1775, 1825,) embraced in a series of perhaps 58 quarto volumes. The earliest ot these volumes containing the de tails of the unfortunate Dr. Dodd, for forgery, whose touching appeal lor mercy, here recor ded, was fruitlessly enforced by the splendid eloquence of Johnston. In a late volume, long after the commencement of the present century, eight separate capital convictions are recorded us one day’s job of a single tribunal, the culprits being all boys’and girls between the ages of ten aud sixteen, and their offences petty thefts. Ouc case I remember of peculiar judicial atrocity. A young girl of 17 was indicted for stealing a roll of ribbon worth three shil lings. The prosecutor’s testimony was to this effect: “The prisoner came iuto my shop and bought some ribbon. 1 saw her secrete this piece also. I personally knew her, and was in the most friendly aiyl sociable terms with her. When she left the shop I accompanied Lor, and her i*,y arm, which she ac cepted. We chatted together. As we reach ed the corner of a street leading to the Bow street office, I turned toward it. She said she was going in another direction, and bade me good morniug; I said toiler, ‘No! you are going with me ! I saw you steal a piece of my ribbon!’ She immediately implored me for God’s sake to overlook it, and restored to me the article, 1 said to her that I had lost mauy tilings in this way, and was re solved to make her an example —that I was determined to have her life !’ and he got it. 1 can never forget how my blood boiled us 1 read the testimony of this cold hearted wretch. In view of the judgment of a merciful God far rather, it seemed to me, would I have beeu in the place of that poor, frail, erring girl, even on the scaffold, than iu the place of her heart less accuser. 1 rose from tlie perusal of these volumes, horror-struck with the continuous record of unconceivable legal cruelty. It appears to me that the 70,000 hangings in the reigns of Ilenry VIII. were matched by an equally long list of persons condemned to be hung in the reign of George 111. Since this time much has been done in England by Romilly, Brougham, Mclntosh and Sidney Smith, and as much—perhaps more—by kindred philan thropists on this side of the Atlantic. California Waterfalls. J. M. Hutchings writes to the Mariposa Gazette a description of the Yo-Semity Val ley aud its waterfalls. Mr. Hutchings, Mr. Ayrus, and Mr. Millard, both of San Fran cisco, and Mr. Stair, of Coulterville, for a party to visit the pluce named. They appear to have started from an Indian village on the Fresno, where they procured two Indian guides. Mr. Hutchings says : From Mr. Hunt’s store, we kept an east of north course, up the divide between the Fresno and Chowchilla valleys; thence de scending towards the south fork ol’ the Merced river, aud winding round a very rocky point, we climbed nearly to the ridge of the* middle or main fork of the Merced, and descending towards the Yo-Semity valley, we came upon a high point, clear of trees, from whence we had our first view of this siugular and ro mantic valley; and, as the scene opened iu full view before us, we were almo-t speech less with wondering admiration at its wild and subliup grandeur. “What!” exclaimed one, at lellgth, “ have we come to the end of all things Y’ “ Can this be the opening of the Seventh Seal?’’ cries another. “This far, very far, exceeds Niagara,” says a third. We had been out from Mariposa about four days, and the fatigue of the journey had made us weary and a little peevish ; but when our eyes looked upon the almost terrific gran deur of this sceae, all, all was forgotten. “1 never expected to behold so beautiful a sight!” “ This scene alone amply repays me for my travel!” “ I should have lost the most magnificent sight that I ever saw, had I not witnessed this!” were exclamations ol pleasurable surprise that fell from the lips of all, as we sat down to drink in the varied beauties of this intoxicating and enchanting scone. On the north side, stands one bold, perpen dicular mountain of granite, shaped like au immense tower. Its lofty top is covered with great pines, that by distance become mere shrubs. Our Indian guides called this the “ Capitan.” It measures, from the valley to its summit, about two thousand eight hun dred feet. Just opposite to this, oil the south side of the valley, our attention was first attracted by the magnificent waterfall, about seven hundred feet in height. It looked like a long fc broad feather of silver, that hung depending over a precipice; aud, as this leathery tail of leaping spray thus hung, a slight breeze moved it from side to side, aud as the last rays of the setting sun were gilding it with rainbow hues, the red would mix with the purple, and the purple with the yellow, aud the yellow with the green, and the green with the silvery sheen of its whitened foam, as it danced in space. On rushed the water over its rocky bed, and as it reached the valley, it threw up a cloud of mist, that made green and flourish ing the grass, and flowers, and shrubs that slumbered at the mountain’s base—while towering three thousand feet above the valley stood the. rugged and pine-covered cliff's, that in broken and spiral peaks gird.e iu the whole. Passing further up the valley, oue is struck with the awful grandeur of the immense mountains on either side —some perpendicu - lar, some a little sloping. Oue looks likfypj lighthouse, another like a giant fcapital of immense dimensions; allure singular, aud surmounted by pines. Now we crossed the river, and still advanc ing up the valley, turned a point, and before us was an indescribable sight—a water!all, two thousand two hundred feet in height— the higest in the world. I rushed over the cliff's, aud with oue bold leap falls one Uhou sund two hundred feet, then a second of five hundred feet more, then a third of over five hundred feet more—the three leaps milking two thousand two hundred feet. Standing upon the opposite side of the val ley, and looking at the tall pines below, the great height of these falls can at a glance be comprehended. About teu miles from tlie lower end of the valley there is another fall of not less than fifteen hundred feet. This, with lesser falls and a lake, make the head of the Yo-Semity Valley, so that this valley is about teu miles in length, and from a half to one mile in width; and although there is good land enough for several farms, it cannot be con sidered, upon the whole, as a good fanning valley. Speckled trout, grouse, aud pigeons, arc quite numerous. Independence of Nova Scotai.— ln the late Legislature of Nova Scotia, Hou. Joseph Howe, of Halifax—a member of the Cabinet —made a speech in favor of the independence of the Province from British rule. He said that the British Americans have but a slight chance to rise iu the army and navy; that companies have for thirty years beeu allowed to monopolise the mines and minerals of Nova Scotia; that the interest of the colonies may be seriously affected by the decision of the mother country to engage in wars in which they are not consulted ; that there was a fail ure of government to support the schemes for railroads throughout Nova Scotia; that the colonist has not the same advautageas an Englishman in attaining political eminence ; that but little attention is shown to colonists in England, Ac., Ac. A Windfall. —We are informed that a young lady, one of the assistant teachers in the Webster Grammar School, of Cambridge, has received information from the proper authorities in Para, Brazil, of the death, at that plaee, of a Mr. S., who has left property to her, by will, to the amount of $70,000. — This bequest, so unexpected, comes from it disappointed suitor or the lady, who, in de spair at his rejection som e eight years ago, wandered away to South America, and made a fortune t here. The teacher referred to is a lady of estimable character, who has many qualities of head and heart, that endear her to a largh circle of friends who will rejoice at her good fortune. — Telegraph. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1855. S E BASTOPOL.. As Described by an American. The Nashville, (Tenn.,) Gazette publishes a letter from Sebastopol, written by Dr. John H. Morton, of Williamson county, who is prosecuting his profession in the service of the Czar, iu Sebastopol. We make rome in teresting extracts from the letter, which was written at intervals betweeu the 4th and Bth of July:— * * * * * * * You have no idea how much destruction one bomb will create, if it be a large oue,aud tbe French are helping us to them at present of enormous dimension and in considerable quantities; the effect of which is, we have onsiderable numbers of men wounded and killed every day. I had formed a very erroneous view of Se bastopol from the different drawings I had seen of it. You remember one we had which represented the city as if it was situated on a, level plain, Ac. You a 3ee a little engraving but very bad, and one that docs not represent one half the ground, over this sheet of paper Nothing but a sight with the natural eye can give a man any idea of the place anv way cor rect. It is naturally a very strong place, but I cannot see that the Russians have any ad vantage in the location of ground, the hills all around on the south side are equally as tall as those of the city, ami those that arc held bv the Russians. One thing, they have a decided advantage in surrounding com pletely, as they do, three sides of us, and with their vessels half the other side. All their tiro is concentrated to one point while that of the Russiaus has to be divergent in all direc tions. You see the advantage at once that this gives them; when our men are off” duty they are nearly exposed to the same danger as when on, because the bombs and cannon balls are whizzing and bursting all over the city all the while. When the Freuch, on the other hand, ure off duty, they go back to their camp, which is situated without shot of any of our guns. I believe that there is at least half as many killed in the city while off duty, as there is at the bastions at the present time. During the time that they are attempting to destroy a battery, of course more are killed at the bastions. All the fighting, save that which is done during an assault or sortie, is done from behind the bastions. You know some thing of the construction of a bastion, 1 sup pose. Tt is nothing more than an embankment of dirt, with places cut through for cannon. The French have the same as we do, aud in this particular we have no advantage over thenqand then they have a decided advantage ot us in their artillery, which will carry much further than ours; we have excellent artillery though, but it is very heavy. Another thing they have that does a great deal of execution —the Minie rifle. You have heard it spoken of in high terms, but its value as an instru ment of war has never been spoken of in terms too high. We lose a great many men from them, aud these French know so well how to take ad vantage of every little rise in the ground to make a rifle pit; four or live of them get in here, and one shoots while the others load lor him, and they do a vast deal of execution to artillerymen. These pits are thick all round the city, aud you may shoot at them with a cannon, but with little effect, for as soon as he fires his rifie he dips down in his hole,and you see nothing more until you hear the crack of his rifle again, and they are pret ty sure to get a man; and the balls, which are conical aud very heavy for a gun,generally go through and through; you never find them lodged without they had struck a bone, which is sure to be broken and shattered in every rendering amputation neces- But Russia has the best soldiery in the world. They have no fear about them iu this particular. They are different from the sol diery of all countries; it is impossible to get up a panic in the Russian army ; they will stand with the stubborness of a mule, and be shot down by thousands, aud never think of running, without they ure ordered to do so. They know nothing hut to obey; you might order out a thousand of them against a mil lion, and tell them to stand and fight; if they had au officer with them that would stand, 1 believe the last one might be shot down, and you would never see the least movement to wards running. . Although we lose a good many men, I do not think more than the enemy when thej r make an assault upon us ; then we rake them down—yes, by thousands. 1 have seen two assaults made, with the attempt to take the Malakoff’ hill, or tower as it is called, fthe tower that stood on it has been knockea to pieces some time ago, but it is now fortified with bastions,) ou the 15th of June. Y'ou have long since read accouuts of it in the newspapers. They made two desperate at tempts to take it, during which their loss must have been truly immense. I never wit nessed such a sight before. One of them took place about daylight, and lasted until 8 o’ciock, and when the sun was two hours high it was as dark as midnight. We rather got them, though—drove them back over their dead, which lay in heaps all over the hillsides. This must have been a bad day for them.— We lost a great mauy men, but we cau afford to lose a huudred where France can oue. The Russian soldiers are like flies—kill one and ten will come and take his place. By the sinking of the ships, thereby form ing a barricade, we have no use for only two of our fortresses, those nearest the sea ; by this means we can take the cannon from the others to fortify from the land side, which we have done, but the cannon of the fortresses are most too heavy is the ouly fault one could have using them on land ; but. although we have taken a great many cannon from the fortresses tor this purpose, there is enough left here to sink the whole of the immense fleet that is lying out here, if they were to at tempt to enter the harbor. The fortifications for this purpose, I think, are on a scale too grand. Y ou can form no idea from engravings what an appearauce these fine fortresses make. A cannon ball makes but little impression ou them ; in fact, none of importance. On the north side of the bay is also a suc cession of hills, some of which are very high, and running in every direction. Y'ou find on them all bastions, facing in every direction. These bastions aud redoubts extend up the bay for a mile or<*su from the city, and some of them are very effective, pouring nearly a continual stream of balls across the bay into the enemy’s battery, which is nearest the bay. I think it very doubtful whether Ihe French would be able to hold this city, for any length ot* time if they could get possession of it, from the fact that the hills ou the north side are taller than those of the south, and the city and the batteries on them, I think, would force them to leave it. In the main they have been attempting this, from the land on the south side. I will finish this by saying it is the best fortified place 1 ever saw.— There is nonfTtill or mound where a cannon could be placed where a cannon could be placed with advantage, but you find them. Russia has a hard hand to contend against France. England is not known here in the fight at all; you never know her name but in derision. Even the French prisoners that are here in the hospital refuse to eat with them. My word for it that all this friendship that exists between France and England does not extend to the hearts of the people. I believe the Frecnh have more amity for the Russians than they have for their colleagues. A man naturally feels a little lonesome here when he is by himself in a place like this, with no other American. Lam the only man left. Those who have been here are either dead or left for home. When J arrived here I found two American physicians, but they left soon after. They were not well pleased, and before I saw anything of the benefits to be derived by being here, they prejudiced me a great deal against the place ; but I fear it was their own fault, in fact I know it was, if they had anything to complain of. ’Tis true, things here are not as one could expect to find at Paris. Every thing is very dear here—you pay 25 cents lor every plate or portion of your soup, your beef,your bread, mutton, butter, Ac. Coffee and tea every time you order is 25 cents. They pay a man, however, enough for him to live on the cheap scale, and make his dinner off of two plates, but an American must not do that. The of ficers of the Russian army ure the nobility, and although they receive but little pay from the government, they spend a great deal of money. And another thing, they are all edu cated men. You find scarcely any of them who do not speack fluently two or three dis-i ■ forent languages besides their own. In this* ‘ respect they are superior to us. Tbe Polish officers are, if any thing, superior to the Rus sians. They speak all the European langua ges except the Euglish. I cannot account for this fully that so few of them speak English. There is one Pole who occupied a bed in my room that speaks well six different lan guages. For a description of Sebastopol, it is im possible for me to give you it in full. It is a very pretty place even now, although it has had a shower of bombs and balls poured into it for the last ten months ; but you know that this would alter the appearance of any city. One of our cities would have long ago been in ruins, from the fact that we used a great deal of wood in the construction of our houses, which is not the case in Russia. I have no idea there is a house in this _place covered with anything made of wood. Tin and brick are used fur that purpose altogether; if it was otherwise the place would be burnt up in a day, for when the rocket falls In a house everything of a combustible nature goes. There are some beautiful buildings here, bath private and public ; some line churches, one magnificent one. The library building, which is situated on the highest point of the city proper, is a beautiful edifice. It con tains many valuable things, models of ves sels, Ac. The books are all taken out at present, but you find them iu most of the newspapers of tbe day. The Maison Noblique is another beautiful building, situated near this port. It is a kind of assembly or club building. I roomed in it for a while. The buildings of the place are mostly made of a kind ot stone that abounds here to a great extent—a white soft stone, that resembles marble much, and which can be dressed up very easily. .Sebastopol is situated on three hills, or rather covers one hill and the sides of two others, and on the south side of the bar or harbor, aud about two miles from the sea.— The harbor is about a mile wide, with several little inlets, one of which runs out between the two hills, and separates Corobe hut, as this portion of the city is called, from -the city proper. Across this little inlet is a tem porary bridge, a little south of east from the Marine Barracks, and about a verst or three quarters of a mile from them is the billon which stood Malakoff tower, and which s now defended by a bastion on a grand scale. The Maison buildings are situated as it were at the foot of the hill, and from them to the tower is the portion of the city called Coro beina; a ridge runs down from the Malakoff hill to the bay. On this ridge we have two excellent bastions, but the ground where they are situated is considerably lower than the hill fronting them, which are held by the French, ancf on which they have some excel lent guns. From the Malakoff’ tower, run ning all round the city, is a succession of smaller hills, those immediately adjoining the city being held by us, aud the others by the enemy. We have ten bastions besides the Malakoff tower on this side of the bay ; these form a complete semi-circle, or encircle the city on this side. Death in tlie Midst of Life. This is the title of a Sermon preached on Sunday week by the Bishop of New Jersey, in St. Mary’s Church, Burlington, with refer ence to the late catastrophe on the Railroad. It thus opens : It is related of the distinguished Robert Hall, that having written a Funeral Sermon from the words, “Iu the midst of life we are iu death,” he searched the Bible long to find the place to announce them from, and won dered that he could not. They are in that which is ouly not the Bible, the Book of Gomtncn Prayer, and if not Scripture, were conceived aud born of it. 1 venture the opinion that they have been uttered from more hearts within the last four days than any other sen tence iu our language. And I have been so perfectly possessed with it myself, that it must be the theme, although it may not be the text, of what I say to you this morning : “In the midst ol life we are in death.” You all remember liow beautiful a day was Wednesday. We may suppose such weather constantly in Paradise, i spent the morning on our unsurpassed Green Bank with two friends, one more than thirty years, who had come to put their children at the College.— They left me, with their little sou, in the most perfect enjoyment of all that makes up life, to return to their home in N. Y. In less than an hour, I heard of what had happened on the Railroad. 1 thought at once of them, and rather flew than ran to find their mangled bodies. God had preserved them perfectly uninjured. There came to me, from Boston, twenty years ago, a young man,* who had early taken a high stand at the Bar. He was of patriot name; the very blood of Bunker Hill, llis father bad adorned the Bench, llis brother has not been surpassed, as a histori an, iu modern times. He had lived carelessly and away from God. But his heart had been touched. It had melted under tbe Gospel. It yearned to preach Jo others the unsearcha ble riches which ban been more than rubies to itself. And he asked me to receive him as a candidate for Holy Orders, i did. There are many here who must remember him. He studied faithfully, and well. He was ordain ed. He went to Salem, as the Minister of the parish. He was most acceptable as a preach er ; and, as a pastor, most devoted, lie mar ried as lovely a woman as ever lived, llis life was filled to overflowing with the double tide of usefulness and happiness. But, “ this is not our rest.” llis health failed. He sought in vain its restoration, lie went to sea. He died on board the ship. He left a widow, without children. Possessed of a handsome fortune, and what is better, with the sense that it was not her own, she was another Dor cas, in the “ good works, aud the alms-deeds which she did.” At ten o’clock on Wednes day she started, with two dear friends, upon a tour for health and recreation. And, iu little more than an hour had yielded up her soul to God. Is it not true, that “in the midst of life we arejin death ?” Do we or can we know “what shall be on the morrow?” Which one of us might not have beeu in that disastrous train ? Which one of us might nqt have been of that dead company which tilled our streets with coffins, and hung our houses and our hearts with sackcloth? My brethren, there can need no preacher to bring this mournful Providence home to your heart of hearts. Those nearing trains. The signal to break up. That carriage on the track. The crash. Cur mounted upon car. Car rushing through the midst of car. The cloud of dust. The storm of splinters.— The groan. The shriek. The wail. The wounded. The mutilated. The crushed. —The torn asunder. The buried alive.— That fearful row upon the bank. The hurt. The dying. The dead. Our public houses filled with the maimed aud mangled. Our public hall a receiving vault for unknown corpses. Our private Houses so many hos pitals. Every man a servant. Every woman a nurse. Through that whole day business checked. The social current all directed to one point. Not an act, not a word, not a thought, but of the wounded, of the dying, oL the dead. The very centre of our city ir choked grave-yard. There is no human elo quence that is not beggared by such sermons as that scene preached to every heart. God spoke, and man was still. “In the midst of life,” all felt— “ in the midst of life,” —“we are iu death.” Hu then draws the following lessons from this fearful disaster: I. As teaching so strikingly the uncertain ty of life. “What more familiar thiug than to get into a car? It is as common as com ing to church. Who among the happy, the gay, the thoughtless, that crowded the cars on that day, for one moment entertained a thought of what should be before many hours had elapsed. All ages, every condition, either sex, involved in oue promiscuous ruin.” No time to say farewell —an instant, and an end ! Is it not true that ‘’in the midst of life we ure iu death ?” 11. “We learn from this disaster tlie terri ble violence of death J’ “Wiiat au exponent of the awfulness of sin,” he goes on to say, after rapidly sketching the more prominent features of the scene—“what an exponent of the awfulness of sin by which so foul a blight was brought upon this beautiful creation ! What an index of the sorer curse which it has brought upon the soul which was the image of its Maker!” 11L “Aud then another lesson of this fear ful Providence, what at’ veller is Death — And the Bishop dwells ou the complete dis regard of woruly distinctions and classes, where the high born and the lowly, rich and poor together, wore gasping out their lives, side by side ! and for all one Judge, for all one issue or the other, eternal happiness or everlasting misery. IV. And then he says, “What a lesson of the sublime powei * of a, great sorrow! Throughout the whole community not a thought but for the sufferers. Each heart and hand open —self for the time forgotten. 1 never saw so perfect a reflection of the first community of Christians. I never im agined so many reproductions of the Good Samaritan. V. “ What a lesson of the nearness of the judgment! My beloved, what a fearful thought! We rise up, in the morning, with our sins. Our thoughts are of the world, and self. We are engrossed with sense. We step into the train that is just starting from our door. We are whirled off’, a mile or two. Our mind is set on our business, or our pleas ure. Our heart is far from God. There is a blast Pfitna that shiill whistle. There is a jar. There is a crash. We are crushed with the ponderous weight of au iron wheel. The body has made its own grave iu the loose sand. The startled soul wakes in another world. And the appalling wail, which knelled it out of life, is only lost in the clang of the archangel’s trumpet.” VI. “My beloved,” he concludes, “there is one more lesson : that, to prepare for this there is but now. Tn the midst of of life, we ure in death.’ ” And lie goes on to urge the necessity of not trusting the precious gift of time, but to begin at onec, aud fight the good light. So ends a sermon of singular force and beauty, which we regret our limits will not permit us to quote more at length. It is al together a deeply impressive {Sermon, and we are glad to see it in print. CU Frescott, Esq. [From the X. 0. PicayuneJ Napoleon’.** Revenge—The Humllta -11m? of i jogland. The Corsican t - nddfa is neftrlv accomplish ed, for the humiliation of E’..grind approach ed its consummation when Queen Victoria stood reverentially before the tomb of her country’s mortal enemy in the wierd torch light which flickered along the walls of the In valides. She stood there as the dependent of his nephew—a suppliant to the mercy of the Napoleonic race, {which knows no mercy for its foe—a Queen in name beside an Emperor in fact. Did the spirit of Sir Hudson Lowe hover around the scene? Did the laugh of the “ old guard,” which, according to the German legend, attends the nightly reviews of L petit corporal ou the dreary shore of St. Helena, ring scornfully through the sombre walls ? No'; it was but fancy, but the ven geance of the Napoleons was a reality. The visit of Queen Victoria to Paris was little more than a conqueror’s pageant, iu which she acted tlie part of a dist inguished captive, which could not be endured by her for a moment, if a single drop of Boadtcea’s blood remained in the veins of modern royal ty. She was received with a magnificence which threw her efforts at display on the oc casion of Napoleon’s visit to London into the shade and showed, as Sterne says, that “they do these things better in France but the cheers with which the Emperor was greeted in London were not bestowed upon the Queen in Paris, and she passed onward to St. Cloud, s spectacle to be gazed at, and not a guest to be honored. Some years ago this same Victoria refused to permit a distinguished English actress to appear at the private theatricals in Windsor Palace, because her character was not sans reprochc , and yet she was compelled to accept the companionship during her ten days’ so journ in Paris of the Emperor’s cousin—the notorious Mathilde, who is the Nmoud’En clos, the most brilliant and brazen courtesan of tlie present, day. Mathilde is divorced from her husband on account of her innumerable infidelities,and is living in opeu adultery with a “fast” attache of the Court. In the same carriage with her the prudish Victoria rode to the Grand Opera and beheld Albert—some what noted for his susceptibility—exposed to all her witchery and fascination, while beside her sat her superior and her master—the “mad-man of Boulogne,” who was one of her special constables iu ’4B ! Who says that truth is not stranger than fiction? Who hints, after this, that History is not a greater ro mance maker than Walter Scott or Alexander Dumas ? “I noticed,” says a correspondent of the London Press, “that while the Emperor con versed wit the Queen in the Royal box at the Opera, a sinister smile, half of triumph and half of sarcasm, parted his lips occasionally and flickered over his inscrutable counte nance.” What did that smile mean ? It was a faint revelation of the proud thoughts which were swelling within his heart. It is said, St. Helena is isveuged. The Parvenu is the master of the hereditary Sovereign. The triumph of France is almost complete. The houseless wanderer—the madman of former j'ears—the prisoner of Ham—the dependent of Mrs. Howard—the special constable of London, is the ruler of France to day, and France is the ruler of Eng land. Craft has done the work of the sword —but the final retribution—the grand denoue ment of the drama has not arrived yet—not yet, Oh, Destiny!—not yet. It advances, however, darkly and steadily “as the shadow of the Gnomon. Gaze ou, poor gilded puppet at the pantomine on the stage, aud dream not of the tragedy which awaits your country and yourself. So said that Smile. Such was the mealing of the faint revelation of the se crets of that hitherto inscrutable counte nance. Victoria has returned to England amid the congratulations of the London press. But what has she learned during her visit ? That France has a magnificent army on her own soil, while England lias scarcely a single sol dier; that the French people are aroused and invigorated by the Eastern war, while the English are crushed aud depressed; that the birthright of genius is more potent than the birthright of blood; that she is a mere pawn l hough bearing a royal crown, ou the chess board of European politics, tn the hands of the most skillful and masterly player of his time. Such is the bitter lesson she must have learned, unlqps the imbecility of George 111 be inheritable with his crown. Arrest oi'Municipal Officers. At. New York, on Monday, Aldermen Her rick, Moser, and Drake, and Councilmeu Wandell, Cooper, and Healy, were arrested to answer recent indictments by the Grand Jury, charging them with official corruption. The charges are briefly as follows: Alderman Herrick is charged with re ceiving from Edward Waring SIOO on the Ist of June last, for his influence in the matter of the 86th street grade. Also, with receiv ing similar sums for the same purpose, and from the same man, or other occasions. A second indictment against Alderman Herrick is on the complaint of W. R. Jones, who charges him with asking a bribe in the matter of the contract for raising the Joseph Walker. Alderman Drake is charged by W. R. Jones with asking a bribe for his inflence ih the matter of the Joseph Walker contract.— Sum not named. Alderman Moser is charged with asking SI,OOO for his influence iu the same matter. Councilman Wandell, of the Finance Com mittee, is charged with offering to go in favor of the SIO,OOO appropriation for the exten sion of Canal street, Ac., in consideration of a sum of money not named in the indictment, William L. Wiley is the complainant. Councilman Cooper is charged with offer ing, for the sum of SSOO. to use his influence to release Peter Palm of his contract for cleaning streets in the 11th Ward. Councilman Healy is charged with asking a bribe of SI,OOO tor the farmers ou their ap plication for a stand or position for their wagons west of West street, neer Washing ton market. The accused were taken before Recorder .Smith and held no answer the allegations.—• ‘The report that two police justices and some of the heads of departments were indicted, is not correct. The Journal of Commerce re marks : “The Grand Jury have performed a signal service at this juncture by examining into the conduct of several public functionaries. — They have thus tar only commenced their labors. - A wild field lies before them ready for their future action. If the public shall be equally ’true to their cause of justice, those will he elected in November who will save themselves and the city of New York from the deep disgrace which gross misgovern ment and corruption have inflicted.” The Extension of the Capitol Building. —The work on this magnificent buildiugpro gresses steadily, developing almost daily something more, in esse , of the grand aud beautiful plan on which it is to be constructed. A well-informed geutlemau, who has recently made the tour of Europe, remarked to us a day or two since, after carefully inspecting many of the detailed plans of the work, that taking into consideration its situation, mate rials, Ac., the modern world will contain no thing besides, in the shape of a building, to compare with it,when completed, iu grandeur, elegance, good taste, and the scientific and mechanical skill displayed iu its construction.. It will be a monument of the eminence of our engineers, architects, artists and nrtizans of this particular age, such as will exist in after times in no other country whatever, as worthy of striking future nations and generations with awe; aud as the pyramids are to the minds of those now living on the earth. We write in sober earnest ou this subject, as will be fully appreciated so soon as the work has sufficiently progressed to permit those who view it casually to comprehend the minute style of finish and completeness of the whole vast pile.— Washington Star. * A PkrfectCure for Hydrophobia.—Dr. Clras. Kid, of Kingsland, announces that chloroform is a perfect cure for Hydrophobia. The doctor says, a teaspoonlul of either ether or chloroform is to be sprinkled on a hand kerchief and placed ou the person’s face to smell, and a red hot poker is then, within halt-an-hour, to be applied to the bite. If these two thiiqgs be donfe, if, in other words, the bite is “freely Cauterized”—if the poison ous matter be destroyed, there will be no reason to apprehend hydrophobia. A Figiit in High Life.— We learn that a fight occurred iu Richmond (Mo.) the other day between Hon. M. Oliver aud Gov. King. They were separated just as the Governor was in a fair way of getting well whipped.— The Governor struck the first lick. The quar rel occurred in the Court-room, and originated in the examination of witnesses. The Judge fined them SSO each.— St. Louis JVows, Sept. 21. jLgT* It seems that housekeepers who wash their silver ware with soap aud water, as the common practice is, do not know what they are about. The proprietor of one of the oldest silver establishments in the city of Philadel phia, says “that housekeeper^'ruin their sil ver by washing it iu soap-suds—it makes it look like pewter. Never put a particle of soup about your silver—then it will regain its original lustre. When it wauts polish,take a piece of soft leather und whiting, and rub it hard.”