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fo Lamang fe ae SPIRIT OF THE MORNING PRESS. The Jute//igencer tefoices oyer the prospect of the speedy triumph of the oceanic telegraph enterprise, and moralizes ever the vastness of the undertaking, and the victory of science to be involved in its sutcess. The Union's leader of Sunday morning em- braces an interesting resume of the late Con- gressional elections. Counting Mr. W. W: Wal- lace (Demotrat) as having been elected from the 2d distriet of Tennessee, over Maynard, his American party competitor, the editor writes down the Democrats to have gained eleven mem- bers from the six States—North Carolina, Ken- tucky, Texas, Tennessee, Alabama, and Mis- souri. This morning, however, we perccive that doubt exists as to the election of Mr. Wallace. The last Nashville Union received here con- cedes his defeat, we regret to have to say. The Union (Washington) in the course of the ar- ticle on which we are commenting, expresses hope of the defeat of Rollins, the combination candidate for Governor, in Missouri. Ninety counties give him an aggregate majority of 2,484 ; leaving eighteen counties to be heard from that gave Buchanan an aggregate majoriiy of 3,061 over Fillmore. Now, as the weight of the corrections of first-heard election returns always makes handsomely in favor of the Demo- crats, we feel very sure that Stewart has beaten Rollins; though the St. Louis Republican thinks otherwise, we are in duty bound to add. ————+s+e-______ From Mexico.—By way of Iavana, Mexican news to the 25th ultimo has been received The elections having all proved favorable to Gen. Comonfort, the result was rejoiced at greatly, salutes of twenty-one guns being fired at all the Principal cities and towns. Scandalous rumors had been circulated against Comonfort, and, among the accusations, it was said he intended to sell the Isthmus of Tehuantepec to the Ameri- cans. It is thought that some additional light will soon be thrown upon the Sonora fillibuste:- ing expedition. All Crabbe’s correspondence had fallen into the bands of the Mexicans, and is soon to be published. i>* The New York Picayune hints at a diffi- culty in the intelligent transmission of messages by the submarine telegraph in consequence of the difference in time (some five hours) between Lon- don and New York. For instance, how odd it will be to have a message to the following effect: * Lonpon, Tuesday, Oct. 20, 1 o'clock p.m.— The Emperor was shot a few moments ago,while going home from the Italian Opera House,whith- er he had gone to hear Verdi’s new opera.”? An extra would, of course, be issued in New York at eight o’cleck in the evening, worded Probably to the following effect : “Louis Napoleon was shot at to-morrow morn- tng at one o'clock, while geing from the Italian Opera House. No further particulars.”” Tue Scientific ConvENTION aT MoNnTREAL_ The eleventh annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science opened at Montreal on Wednesday last. Among the members and guests of the Associa- tion were Professors Lovering, Dewey, Hare, Bache, Henry, Silliman, and Olmstead, from the United States; Professors Dawson and Howe, Mc- Gill College; Prof. Hincks, Toronto; Mr. Ram- say, of the British Geological Survey; Prof. Kel- Jand, Edinburgh; Mr. Woodall, Oxford Univer- sity; Professors Thompson ahd Miles, Bishops’ College, Lennoxville, and Hon. Thomus Ewing, of Ohio. Among the thirty-eight papers submitted to the Association was one on the physical condition of climate of the United States, by Professor Joseph Henry; also one on Ice Phenomena, by Professor Henry. Professors Dawson, Wilson, Henry, Pierce, Olmstead, and Dr. Lyuch were elected standing committee. An invitation was received from the Maryland Institute to hold the next meeting of the Associa- tion in Baltimore. Suocxinc Catamity.—The New York pape:s give the particulars of the collision and loss of life on the Long Island Sound, about two o'clock on Saturday morning, between the Fall River steam- er Metropolis and the New London and Norwich Propeller J. W. Harris, which resulted in the al- most instantaneous sinking of the Harris, carry- ing down with her fifty human beings, and acar- go of assorted merchandise, valued at between $50,000 and 260,000. : From the statements given it is quite evident that the steamer will have to bear a large burden of the blame attributable to the collision. The J.W Harris was valued at about $22,500. After the collision the passengers of the Metrop- lis, some two or thiee hundred in number, formed themselves into a committee, and proceeded to relieve the immediate sufferings of such of the wrecked passenzers and crew as had been saved, and raised $495, which was distributed among them. An invalid gentleman on the Metropolis, named George Tappen, from New Bedford, Mass., on his way South, with his wife, for his health, be- came so nervous and excited, in consequence o¢ the accident, that he went intoa paralytic ft and immediately expired. Book Notices. Mormonism; Its Leapers axp Desicys —B John Hyde, jr., formerly a Mormon Elder and resident of Salt Lake City. New York: W.P. ban & Co. For sale in thiscity by Franck ‘aylor. This unpretending work gives us the best in- sight into Mormonism of any expose yet issued. So many catch-penny affairs have been published under this head that the public has srown dis- trustful. This, however, bears interior evidence of being the work of one who has witnessed what he has described, and is, moreover, written ina dispassionate spirit calculated to give it weight. Tux Youxc Mzy’s Macazinx, conducted by Richard C. McCormick, is a handsome perjodi- cal, and seems to be well filied with original and selected matter. Amongst its contributors are some of the ablest writers in the country, The African Repository for August opens with an interesting article from Rev. T. J. Bowen, of the Baptist Mission, (Yoruba.) on Central Afri- ca. From the Repository we learn that Mr. Bow- en has prepared a Grammar and Dictionary of the Yoruba language, which are soon tobe published under the auspices of the Smithsonian Tastitu- tion. From the publishers we have No. 2 (new se- ries) of the Democratic Review, well filled, hand somely printed and embellished with Portfaits of Hon H. F. Clark, of New York, aad Henry C, Marpby, Minister to the Netherlands. From Fowler & Wells, New York, we have, “How to do Business,” a pocket manual of prac- tical affairs, and guide to snecess in life, being No. IV. of the valuable series of “Hand Books for Home Improvement,” issued by this com- pany The Westminister Review (J uly) received from ‘Taylor & Maury has the following table of con- tents:—1. Ancient Political Economy; 2. English Courts of Law; 3. Suicide in Life and Literature. 4. French Politics. Past and Present; 5. The Sonnets of Shakspeare; 6. “Manifest Destiny” of the American Union; 7. The Testimony of the pana en oe and Diplomatic Intervention ; poplar of George Stephenson; Contemporary From J. Shillington, Odeon Bui the fine September number of poe pr Book, already noticed in our column: s. Tue Great Hastexn.—The ents Vessel are now nex otiating for three voy eeserens the Atlzntic instead of one. ‘This wifl enable re- turn tickets to be issued in America; and if the ship pays, we may see her panently on the Por station. Upward of six thousand tick- ets have already been issued. Says the “State of Maine:” “it is our deliberate judgment that the great Eastern wil! continue to run to America iu- stead of Avstralia, and be merely a pioneer ship American four-days of the European N line of ce-ah steamere UF John Ellis, a police officer of Cincinnati, ‘was da rously st as nge: = feo o we caine: by his wife WASHINGTON NEWS AND GOSSIP. A Sensation Letrer.— We have seldom read a more amusing budget of false statemen‘s concerning public affairs, even in that journ' - so famous for w ing tosmorrow what i! yesterday on matters of interes#— than is embraced in its (fi New York Hera/a's) “Our San Jose Co midence,”? bearing date July 25th, ultimo, and published on Thursday last. We waited for some days ere potic ng it, simply to ascertain if it might be a Portion of a: plot to deceive the American public for the purpose of speculation. That is, to see whether similar efforts to deceive the public would not speedily appear in the columns of other “ sen- sation”? journals. AS none such have made their eppearance, we proceed to prick the bubble, feast some over-eager persons, with more loose eash than brains, may be taken in by buying nominal—moonshine—“‘stock”’ upon faith in it. The letter to which we refer is as follows : “Since my last communication the final veto has been put upon the strugyle for the right of way over the Isthmus of Ni: ‘ua, by our Pres- ident giving the grant to his oli ally, Mr. R.C. Webster, and his former bitter opponent, Mr. J. C. Harris, son-in-law of Charles Morgan.’ I have made diligent inquiries as to the reason why our Government admitted Mr. Harris’s name in the pad grant, and have ascertained the following ts: “ The = of right of way over the Isthmns, which Charles Morgan & Sons had bought from President Rivas, contained the condition that Morgan & Sons must carry the forces of the re- public aud any emigrants 2mounting to 10,000 by their steamers, receiving in pay a certain amount of land. When Costa Rica declared war against Nicaragua she declared hostilities only avainst filibusters, net against the patriotic patty in her sister State. Consequently, in conformity with the laws of dations, Costa Rica had no claim by conquest to that which she had gained by the force of arms. Morgan, Garrison & Co., having acted up to the tenor of the grant given by Rivas, held a fair claim to the right of way over the Isthmus; and our President, taking this view of the case, readily agreed to the plan of amaigama- tion proposed by Messrs. Webster & Harris, and gave these two gentlemen the control of the tran- sit. Mr. Anderson, who returned to Costa Rica as the agent of Messrs. M.O Roberts & Clark backed by the personal presence of Mr. Power, of the Star and Herald, of Panama, has been fairly outwitted, and is now looked upon by the Gov- ernment and people in no enviable light. He left this country in January last as Mr. Webster's secretary, and in playing the part of betrayer has lost all position he formerly held. “ Commodore Vanderbilt bid also high for the golden prize, but the Commodore's agent, the notorious S. M. Spencer, is not endowed with sufficient shrewdness to play the part of a good negotiator. The fight has been a severe and hard contested one. Some of the aspirants denounce their competitors in the most unqualiticd lan- guaze. ‘* The conditions of the charters are not gene- rally known, but it is said to be far more liberal than the one formerly given to Mr. Webster. Ni- caragua has given in her adhesien to the contract. The Nicaraguan Senate assembled at Managua early in the present month, and the ‘Transit boun- dary and other questions met at once with a sat- isfactory solution, the Senate agreeing to the ‘treaty’ proposed by President Mora. The treaty ratitied, arrived by special courier two days azo, which put an end to all possible rupture between the two republics; each State ix to rtici pute equally in the dues and profits aeciechia tro the ‘Transit contract. Mr Carey Jones, commissiou- er from your governinent, is still here; ne has had, several interviews with our President, and the public is informed that his mission is of the most satisfactory and cordial character. Our yovern- ment has sent on (in compliment to Mr. C. Jones’ visit) to Washington, Capt. Canty, clothed with diplomatic powers, and we are told he is instruct- ed to assure the Cabinet at Washington that our government is only too anxious in her foreign re- lations to meet the wishes of the people of the United States. * * * * ‘From Nicaragua the accounts are satisfactory. The dictators Jerez and Martinez are moving on with care and circumspection. General Canes remains at ——— (the new seat of government in Nicaragua) with a force of four hundred Costa Ricans, and so long as he is there no fears of in- ternal trouble may be looked for. He bas public- ly announced that, in the event of the Leonese and Granadians creating fresh disorder, the de- | peg of Rivas will at once be annexed to Costa ica, this desideratuin being the wish of the en- tire population of that department.”* Now, it is very evident to us that this letter was written on the steamer—not in San Jose, Costa Rica—and is false in its material points ; because the election for President, Senators, &c., of Nicaragua was appointed to be held on the Ist of July last, and it was impossible to know by the 25th of that month, July, (the date of the pretended letter) even the resu/t of the election. Of course the o-called Dictators, (in the letter) Martinez and Jerez, could not have power, and, what is more, would not dare to alienate and part with a portion of the terri- tory of Nicaragua—admitted to be hers, ac- knowledged by all to be hers. Seeing this dif- ficulty, the pretended correspondent has re- course to the Senate of Nicaragua. But the term of the old Senators had run out, and a new Senate was to have been elected on the Ist of July last, together with a new President; who was to be Sacaza, as agreed on by both parties, which we explained not long since. Now, the result of that election could not pos- sibly be known by the 25th July, as the com- munications in Nicaragua from the different departments with the capital, require a much longer period of time than the one mentioned in the pretended correspondent’s letter. These communications are difficult, and subject to greatdelays. Besides, if the elections took place on the Ist July, the new President would have to issue his summons or convocation of the Con- gress before any Senate could meet. All this required much more than double the time men- tioned in “ our correspondent’s”’ letter. Bat our own information coming by the same steamer puts to flight this budget of bogus news from Central America. What has been done there concerning this transit route has been done by Costa Rica alone. That Government has consented to the transfer of its own grant of that which was not hers—the Nicaragua transit route—by Webster (to whom it was made) to Mr. Harris, the son-in-law of Mr. Charles Morgan. The public are familiar with the history of this grant from Costa Rica to Webster; so we need not comment on it. We may add that, in consenting to its trans- fer, the Costa Rican Government has pledged itself to use its influence with Nicaragua to get her consent to, and acknowledgment of, the validity of the grant in question, which the Costa Kican officials themselves know will prove useless; as to admit her claim to joint owner- ship in the transit route, under existing cir- cumstances, will be for Nicaragua to surrender her sovereignty and separate nationality. Be- sides, General Canaz, still in command of the Costa Rican troops yet in N icaragu:, has written to bis Government the truth concerning the state of growing dissatisfaction, hard feeling and jealousy on the part of the functionaries, civil and military, of the latter Government, against the continued presence of Vosta Rican troops in their midst, and the now evident dis- Position of Costa Rica to hold a portion of Nica- Tagua, including the transit route, if the United States will consent. . Yet this never-to-be-forgotten letter unwit- tingly makes plain two or three truths which Central American correspondence, evidently in the same interest, had falsified : Ist, that a na. tive government does exist in Nicaragua ; 2d, that the idea of speedy war between the two political parties in Nicaragua is a humbug. The Stur’s readers will remember the steadi- ness with which we have explained and main- tained these facts against the statements of the universal telegraph, pressed into service to create contrary impressions in all quarters of the Union. The truth is, it is now certain that the Gov- ernment of the United States is not to be in- duced to consent to place the Nicaragua transit route to California and Oregon and Washington come directly under the control of the ish Government, as it would be doing in acknowledging the validity of Costa Rica's at. tempts to usurp it, in essaying to grant it—as being hers—to Webster. While there was hope of that, it was good policy on the part of specu- istors in Co "s grant of the transit route, to represent Nicaragua as continuing to be torn to pieces by internal discord, and as being with- out mt of her own. Now, however, their Pplicy mast necessarily be a contrary one. A 18STER.—The New York of contains a long account ofthe tain @anty said to have been accre i ‘to supersede that accomplished an lish tallow S0 mieh of it as describes the redoubt= able Captain, for 'the amusement of our reli: who are familiar with the diplomatists station’ here; for they will comprehend, at a glance, that Costa Rica has injected into the midst of those gentlénien @ very éddfish Indeed—th Mold such a position. There are other matters of interest “in the extract we make; "not the most unim= portant of which is thatit makes plain the truth of our repeated intimation that, for our Gov- ernment to admit Costa Rica’s right to this transit route, would be to hand it over into the keeping of England : The Costa Rican Minister—His views o, agua Matters—Mission—Mr. Carey the Tennessee. Captain Canty, the newly appointed Minister from the Costa ican Government, arrived in this city by the Central America on Wednesday last. One of our reporters called upon him, at the Clar- endon Hotel, the morning sueceeding his arrival, and gathered from him some interesting facts connected with Nicaraguan matters that have never been published. Captain Canty first went to Central America eight years ago He was then a Captain in the British service, but from having become attached to Central America, and having purchased a large quantity of land, he threw up his commission and setiled down like a native. He regards him- self as good as an original inhabitant. * £ * & * € General Canas, Commanding-General of the Costa Rican Army, has his present headquarters at Rivas. He has only some 600 men stationed there at the present time. The General paid a visit of inspection to Greytown in the latter part of last month. He was received with distin- guished favor wherever he went. He remained two days at Greytown with Col. Canty, a son of the Captain, who, at the ere time, has com- mand of the San Juan river from Greytown to ‘San Carlos. Col. Canty, too, was the brave officer who manfully defended the fort of Castillo Rapids against Col. Titus and his 300. Mr. Carey Jones, recently sent to Costa Rica b Mr. Buchanan, arrived at Jose about a mont! ago. He had not presented his credentials when Capt. Canty left, but was to do so ina day ortwo. Nicar- ones and Mr. Jones’ mission was understood to be one of uiry into the general condition and resources of Costa Rica the countries contiguous. Mr. Jones lad the misfortune to fall in with a noto- rious sharper, named Tom Edwards, on his jour- ner and was robbed of his loose change—3600 in gol d. Edwards had been arrested, and locked up in jail at San Jose, to await his examination. * * * 7 * * * The contract made with Messrs. Morgan & Sons, relative to the opening of the Transit Route, compelled them to bring their filibusters to the United States. When this batch have left the country all the filibusters will have been re- moved, except a few who have agreed to take land and settic in the country. Capt, Canty will remain in the city a few days and then go to Washington. He has an infirmity of the eyes from which he is nearly blind. He canght cold a few months since, and since then the eyes have been nery much inflamed. He pro- oses to have. them treated while at the North. he Captain is a solid man and very affable. He wears military whiskers, and bas a thick growth of sandy hair, which he keeps cropped short. Tue Prorosep New Scuoor PresprtKRian CoxveNtion.—We clip the following from the Richmond Dispatch of Saturday last : ‘THe PRESBYTERIANS.—The following para- graph from the Washington Star appeared in our per yesterday. One of the committee of the resbyterian Church, who has the matter of the arrangements for the Convention in hand, informs us that itis entirely incorrect. The paragraph reads : “St. Louis, Mo.; Wilmington, Del.; Baltimore, Md ; Washington, D. C.; all cities in slavehold- ing States, will not be represented in the Presby- terian Convention called by the seceders from the General Assembly to meet at Richmond. The Presbyteries of Clinton, Miss.; Union, Holston, Del.; St. Louis, Mo.. are either for independency, or for going to the Old School, or for non-action, but almost wholly against the project of a new sectional Assembly.”? “One of the committee states that they have received letters from a jane number of Delegates from the Presbyteries of Holston, Union, Kings- ton; New River, in East Tennessee; Richland, in West Tennessee; Harmony Presbytery, in Ken- tucky; Osage Presbytery, in Missouri; the Pres- bytery of the District, and from all the Presbyte- ries in Virginia. The Presbytery of Lexington, South, in Mississippi, have ee delegates who will no doubt attend. The prospect of hav- ing a large and imposing Convention, says one of the committee, is far beyond the expectations of most of the friends of the movement, notwith- standing the gloomy vaticinations of those who are opposed to it.” The paragraph quoted by the Dispatch from the Scar, should have been credited as having been taken from a communication in its col- umns—not to the Star, per se. Our own hope is, that if such counsels as controled the action of the late General Assembly at Cleveland are, for the future, to rule in those convocations, the efforts of those engaged in getting up the pro- posed Richmond Convention may be crowned with entire success. Else, in ten years, the New School Presbyterian Church in the South will be among the things that were.. The destruction of its usefulness there would be a grievous event, indeed. Those at the South who oppose the proposed Richmond Convention can prevent the new organization of their Church through- out the South, only by curing tho increasing tendency of its Northern wing towards aboli- tionism. Otherwise, the result is as plain as that two and two make four. Taz New Mewners.—The following is a complete list of the members of Congress chosen in recent elections—Democrats in roman, Amer- icans in italies : “ NORTH CAROLINA. TENNESSEE. Dist. Dist. 1. Henry M. Shaw. 1. Albert G.Wa 2. Thomas Ruffin. 2. W. W. Wall 3. Warren Winslow. 3, Samnel A. Smith. 4. L. O'B. Branch. 4. John H. Savage. 5. John A. Gilmer. 5, Charles Ready. 6. Alf. M. Scales, jr. 6. George W. Jones. 7. Burton Craige. 7. J. V. Wright. 8. TL. Clingman. 8. + Zollicoffer. KENTUCKY. 9. D. Atkins. 1. Henry C. Burnett. 10. W.‘T. Avery. 2. Samuel O. Per ALABAMA. 3. W. L. Underwood. 1. Jas. A. Stallworth. 4. Albert G. Talbot. 2. Eli 8. Shorter. 5. Joshua H. Jewett. 3. Jas. F. Dowdell. 6. Joseph M. Elliot. 4. Geo. 3. Houston. 7. H. Marshall. 5. Sydney Moore. §. James B. Clay. 6. Ww. R. W. Cobb. 9. John C. Mason. 7. J. L. M. Curry. 10. J. W. Stevenson. MissoURI. TEXAS. 3. Joseph B. Clark; to 1. Guy M. Bryan. till vacancy. 2. John H. Regan. How 17 was Done.—Mr. W. R. C. Webster, the person to whom Costa Rica has taken the liberty of granting Nicaragua’s isthmus transit route, has written to the New York Times a long letter in explanation of certain personal charges against himself. In the course of it, after describing his exploit of wresting from the filibuster Walker, the river and lake steamers, of which that individual deprived the rightful owners, it will be remembered, he says— “The result of this success was further—the Possession by Costa Rica of the Transit route, to- gether with the lake and river steamers—the lat- ter by the laws of nations legal prizes of war. Further came as a con juest, or, at it, an event pte yh a ogmes ea sare of the exclusive | ati ‘ransit, with the property thus So it seems that Costa Rica’s claim to the transit route is now to be urged on the ground of conquest. It strikes us as being quite as impudently urged on that ground, as ever before. Sho re- took the property in question as the ally of Nicaragua, and, according to this Mr. Webster, coolly appropriated it as her own, instead of handing it over to the government of Nicaragua with whom she was engaged in the war as an ally, to be promptly restored to its owners. Tar Ex Paso axp Fort Yuma Wacon Roan, The Superintendent of the United States Wag- on Roads to the Pacific, on Saturday received a letter, dated August 4, ‘from the gentleman in charge of the second divi of El Paso and Fort Yuma Wagon Road. . He is remaining at Des Arcs, Arkansas, in consequence of the sick- so [ho ys Bi 0 pee So ee Mr. Molina. We re-pab- Choyaihe Enbians h ness of several members of his party. He ex- pects to be able to leave on the morning of the 4th, and to push om. to El Paso as rapidly as possible. Col. Leach left Des Aros, as before stated, on the 28th of July, to overtake the ad- oS a 2 i "3 _ Tas -_ e CatrLe.—The rumor in this ti Sun, saylbg that the staal 800 bead ‘of cattle on the way to Utah, to be used for the subsist- ence of U. 8. troops there, is certainly correct. ccording to information that reached the War Departnient this morning, they were taken by the Cheyennes not far west of Fort Kearney, as they were being driven to Utah ih advance of General Harney’s army. They were under the charge“of their ownéfs’ drivers and hearders, and were the property, not of the Government, but of army contractors, on whom the loss alone falls. Their abstraction cannot affect the ne- cessary supply for the troops now on the way to Utah; as a sufficient number had gone ahead in safety, to render it certain that there will bo plenty of beef there for the troops. Tae ELEction 1x tHe First District oF Norra Carouixa.—We have the following in- Jormation direct from Windsor, Bertie county, N. C., where the returns of the recent election in the first Congressional district were counted. It is official, and therefore positively correct. Viz: Shaw, Dem.—Chowan, 55; Martin, 374; North- ampton, 182; Halifax, 193; Currituck, 444—1,248. ‘mith, Am. W.-—Hertford, 182; Gates 19;” Pas- Vashington,' 8%, ertie, $8; ‘Tyrrells tote 200 Shaw's snooty, 33 I ea ‘ Aw Acting Commissioner.—Charles E. Mix, Esq., Chief Clerk of the Indian Bureau, has been appointed Acting Commissioner thereof, during the absence of Mr. Commissioner Den- ver, who on Saturday last left Washington on a tour through Nebraska, and perhaps some other portions of the Indian territory. His visit to that region is, of course, connected with the business of the Indian Bureau. Purtic Surveys 1x OrEGon.—Returns of a diagram of surveys in Oregon have been re- ceived at the General Land Office, showing the extension of the coast meridian in Oregon ‘nrough townships 20 and 25 south, on the range line between ranges 12 and 13 west of the Willamette meridian, crossing Umpqua and Coos rivers. Diep.—Still another Clerk of the Gencral Land Office—Mr. James B. Hunt—died on Sat- urday night, we hear. He had been an invalid, from consumption, for some time. ArrointeD.—The President has appointed Thomas Welsh postmaster at Montgomery, Al- abama, vice M. B. Blue. Tas Weataer.—The following report of the weather for this morning is made from the Morse Telegraph line to the Smithsonian Institution, The time of observation is about 7 o’clock a. m.: Avcust 17, 1857. New York, N.Y. Philadelphia, Pa. loudy. Baltimore, Ma -cloudy. Washington. cloudy. Richmond, V: je ‘warm, raining. Petersburg, Va loudy, warm. Raleigh, N. C.. loudy, warm. Wilmington, N lear, very warm. Columbia, 8. C. Charleston, 8. C ear, warm. Augusta, G: lear, very hot. Savannah, Ga. lear, Warm. Macon, Ga. lear, hot. Columbus, Ga, clear, hot. Montgomery, Ala. -clear, warm. Lower Peach Tree, Ala...clear. Mobile, Ala ... Gainesville, Miss clear, warm. New Orleans, La... clear, pleasant. From THE Wxst. The following reports have been furnished by the National Telegraph line : Frederick, Md.. ining. Cumberland, Md -clondy, pleasant. Hagerstown, Md cloudy, cool. Harper’s Ferry cloudy, pleasant. Winchester... -cloudy, pleasant. Martinsburg, Va cloudy, cool. Wheeling, Va. -cloudy, warm. At Washington, yesterday, 9 p. m., the barom- eter was 30 215, thermometer 70°. This morning, at 7 o’clock, the barometer was 30.198, thermome- ter 73°. Rain on Saturday night, 0.480 inch. ——<——— oo -clear. From tug Sanpwicn IsLaxps.—From our file of the Honolulu Commercial Advertiser we glean the subjoined items of interest : On the 26th of May, King Kamehameha received the American missionaries at the palace, and during the interview a beautiful Bible was pre- sented to him from the American Bible Society, which has lately prepared an edition of the Bible to be presented to each of the sovereigns of the world. Wm. L. Lee, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, died of consumption on the 28th of May. He was from Sandy Hill, New York. Elisha H. Allen, formerly of Maine, has been appointed to fill the vacancy. The Privy Council, at a session held on the Ist day of June, ordered “* That all Chinese Coolies found about the city, having no honest means of livelihood, shall be arrested as vagrants.”” Also, “ That all Chinese Coolies found prowling about at unreasonable hours of the night shall be arrested. and detained until the morning as suspected per- sons.’? ‘The schooner ‘* Mannokawai,”’ Capt. Paty, had returned from an exploring expedition, a consid- erable portion of the time of which was occupied in looking after islands and banks which do not exist or are erroneously marked upon Blunt’s chart’s. Armong these are Polland’s, Neva, Bun- ker’s and Massachusetts Is}ygds. Laysan Island they discovered to be ‘lit€fally” covered with birds ; at a low estimate there 00,000. Seal, turtle and fish were numerous on the beach, and might be easily taken. These animals were evi- dently unaccustomed to the sight of man, as the seal and turtle would scarcely move at the ap- proach of the explorers, and the birds were so tame and plentiful that it was difficult to walk without stepping upon them. The gulls lay enormous large eggs. Some months since, an Irish gentleman named Monserrat, carrying on the auction business at Honolulu, attended a State ball, where he in- dulged in familiarities with a royal princess, far less satisfactory to her brother, the King, than to the romantic and not over prude young lady. The King ordered him to leave the Islands, and the order was obeyed; but he soon after returned. The King, fearing that his presence would cause a renewal of the disgraceful conduct of the royal flirt, again ordered the Hibernian to leave. is he refused to do. On Wednesday, May 20th, Mr. Monserrat was given to understand that he would be allowed to remain in Honolulu long enough to settle up his affairs, and would, for that purpose, be granted his liberty on parole, which, however, was de- clined. It became necessary for His Majesty to sentence him, which was done at 2 o’clock on Thursday morning. It was very brief, and si ply sentenced the prisoner to perpetual banish- mrpral i to return to this kingdom under penalty of death. At half past 3 o’clock of the same day, Monser- Tat was put on board the clipper Y. Blade, for San Francisco. His majesty, yp team = meha, sent Monserrat one hundred dollars, that he might not say he was sent on without means. This he declined, however. In the cabin Mr. M. appeared quite overcome, peels, when his friends left him and returned to port. The first railroad constructed in the a was built and put into operation on the 26th May. Though at — only a couple of hundred feet in length, it will not be long it will be e: - tended to the old fort: {~The German Turners, of Norfolk, had a fine celebration near that city on Monday. i> The sheriff of Polk county, N. C., was murdered about ten days ago, in uttem: to levy an execu ion. Some of the count: papers are squibbin; att eat stories told about rs. Censinguon in the New York }, Which they say cau only squeeze out three columns a day lately, and feat ‘they are drying up. Sranisu Coin —It is said that in Albany and all the western towns articles of agreement are being signed by business men, to the effect that onan : er ed 12th pasion Sp only tp be taken in exchan; < proper ntrinsic valuation, = & . PERSONAL. Kidwe val: H, Seyege, Tommi and the Hon. Z| Rais SALOON, woo NCom) . Navy, has gone to the CCMONDAY EVENING) Augdet, 1, Hot Springs in Ff: REA of the New York SELECT READINGS BY in flying visit to Eu- MES. HELEN MUZzy MR. P. BANGS Tickets Pitty Cents.” i EXCURSIONS, &c. E* CURSION Ryland Chapel Sabbath School, WHITE HOUSE AND FORT WASHINGTON - Be eae lon. H. F. k Hon. Edwin Cros- ne ts weit 8 ¥., a. ot. Ee ‘Mass., and at Capt. A. J. Smith are at Willards’. rs Macaulay sa) whieh best a Charles Dickens be worked out b not are bad, and, and left alone.” -.M. F. A. Delane, {* those means are most plish the ends ;” and that all ‘‘ good ends can good means. Those that can- may be considered so at once, Esq., long eonnected — the management of the London Times, died wate, Sabbath School attached to Ryland Chapel on the 29th ult. aged 64. The News says: “As KDNESD AY en ne above. on Bincher was called the arm, and. Gaeisenau the Ww. D DAY, August 19th,1a57. head, of the Prussian army; so Delane and Sterl- Smonce,, Wasurpe wae The si Ton will at Re’ciock her wharf.at the foot of 1th ' 4 be said to have been in their day the my. and o down the riverteths and the articulate voice of the Times.’ | White Honse, where she will remain a short time. «++. The telegraph announces the death of the | <¢ ¥ il then proceed a sufficient distance down the river to enable her to return and visit the Fort be- tween Il and 12 o’clock, where the company will “trokets PIETY CE 8? aug 0 t 5 ENTS; ren 10 cents; to be had of the Coumnitees or at the . - Committee. J.T. Petts, jor ranklin Dexter, formetly a distinguished lawyer and Whig politician in Boston. "At the iT he occu; for many years a ition, being esteemed. both for hie learning’ tnd elo” quence, and his services being much sought after in criminal cases. His love and knowledge of | B. F. Lioyd, the fine arts were great, and his fastidiousness | _ %u!7-2 led some one to remark that he was “a man of great distaste.’’ GEORGETOWN AFFAIRS. W. J. Martagh. pure PLEASURE EXCURSION 1 OLD POINT, PORTSMOUTH, & NORFOLK. nny ened Manveasy will lesve Washington Correspondence of The Star. pon CeERe cahove Grorcrtown, August 17, 1957. | ySATURDAY. August 2a. at 9 s. m., srriving at Norf r coal wharves this morning present an-un- | e&rly next morning,: Ow his Zz Pp y, usnal degree of life and business activity. Since Re affording ample 5 a aes esate voy A ened our report of Saturday 64 boats have got in, all of enroe, the ypeM, lotel, to enjoy the them laden with coal, from Cumberland, excert 4 t° Fish and Bathe. “The next day ean be wee CARTS t iting Norfolk and P. the Ni Ford, Dry Dock. ‘Naval Igepal ees for two. The whole number of tons brought by these F ee Maryland wil! leave Norfo: is 6,820. At 40'clock. The coal docks are completely thronged with ‘he Ex sgeiryl abundant 7 ied with at! the a, pecs f seo _ ney ose drawn | de ‘st f the, am and Norfolk markets. +, doubtless, by a strike bands. > Eat yt tad tea a an ve str for , ie oyers, however, to pay the advance, consequi nt- WM. MITCHELL. ly operations so far as the unloading and loading of coal is concerned, has come to a dead halt, ex- cept what little is being done by the bouts’ crews. This state of affairs is greatly to be regretted, from the fact that the canal is Pessisorets lined with boats heavily laden with coal, all of them anxious to get off, most of them having already f TT AREN, UP, on the 17th instant,a stray COW" ANDCALF. Tho Cow ma red line hack, with a mottied head for. The Calf 1s about four weeks od. The owner will please call, prove property, pay been from home at least a month. harces, take th 4 = At the river wharves there is quite a fleet of a ee AS FE. BROWN, large schooners anxiously awaiting cargoes. At | au 7-3t* Isth st. west, between H and I. the American Company’s, Ray’s Dock, there are REWARD.—Strayed on the 1th inst,, three or four; and at (he Borden Company's, are | @D REWARD.—Strazed away on the 1th i the following: Lucy Church, Wildin, awaiting | one of her hins. She had a rope on her horns 230 tons, for News N J.; Reindeer, Kiuner, | when she left. The above reward will 220 tons, for New York ; Isle of Pines, 250, for | civen for her return to No. 413 10th street, between Dighton, Moss and others. G and H. a wu 14-3 The following vessels loaded at the last nemed I OST.—Between Mr. Parker’s Grocery and Mr. docks last week: H. Beales, Johnson, 400 tons, | fs ‘Tucker's Hardware Store, Slo In cold. in x for Boston, and Coast Pilot, Brown, 400 tons, to | Pocket Book. The finder will be suitably rewarded same place. bs leaving the same at the Star Ofiee. an 15 St” A valuable ltorse belonging to Mr. P. T. Berry, OST.—As I have been legally notified by the while engaged in hauling corn to the brig Ande: Cotati er Tenis tate BOUKTT ver on Saturday, backed overboard at the wharf LAND WARRANT for one hundred and twenty of Huntly & Bro. with the cart attached to him, | scres, No. 9,021 was i on the 16th of January, and was drowned. - 1857, in the name of James Grifiin as Private in Cap- Owing to the tardiness of the feed to this level | fait Hicree's company» Virginie Mulitia, War 1812. of the canal, the water still lacks nearly a foot cf 9 a fands.nor rs , such Land Warrantfaas never come to mv hand=, being at its usual beget nya poner boats ex- | to the owner, and as every reason exist that said perenceconsiderable itficulty in getting in tothe | warrant bas been lost, musxent, or stolen from the wharves, mail on transient from Washinton city, D.C. The whole number of boats now cogeget. Berlin, Virginia; and the object of this xd transportation of coal upon the canal is 250, capa ble of carrying over 27,500 tons. This num r will doubtless be considerably increased before the close of the boating season, if navigation shall remain permanent. The first lot of new wheat flour oes og city by the canal this morning, consigned to H. LGR Y 6 Sweeny, Esq. Our mills have, however, been iW ‘i igh—s turning out small quantities for several days past. | dark mulatto—has a larce bushy head, with, Mr. J. Dyer has commenced, onthe corner of } whiskers round his medium size and Gay and Congress streets, the erection ofa first | ook. He may hire himself in the Disirast. where he class brick dwelling for Dr. Snyder. has relatives, or ¢ his way to seme State, as he left ep reed ony ——— i= give ar Wheat—white and red $1.40a$1,60, but | faee' wo Ti Signe rgd little offering, owing doubtless to the continua- taken im the District. or any other part of § and $3 if taken in this county, In either case he tion of wet weather. Some lots of damp wheat | must be secured so that have sold as low as $1.20. Spectator. je 9-tf et trim. LLIAM 3. BERRY. I> A Scotc* t has been started in New York, styled ‘ne ib American Journal. WANTS. i™ Mary Elizabeth Copps has been committ:d ANTED.—A CHAMBER MAID.—None need to jail in Norfolk ieaeewer acharge of larceny. | aint eee Fang ~~ perfectly endentans “a hes i7~ The Cynthiana Age has ninecockerels dis- | fiowee APPT —— layed in full crow over the defeat of the Know | — Rothings in Kentucky. I> A sunfish, ninety feet six inches long and four broad, and weighing 1,000 pounds, has been captured in Hempstead Bay. The fishermen of the vicinity never met with such an animal be- fore. in the ment is to give ivan the notice required by law. _au 1S-wew EDWIN BRADSHAW, Attorney. 200 REWAR D.—Ranaway from the subsori- bs ber, living eg age pepe wnce George's coun! -» ON pry NEGRO MAN, DAVY GREE RAUGHTSMAN WANTED,—An Architeo- Enl susplovtnset tnrnosieite cx capone CBRE: men Appiving ones . BASKING. Architect” Pann avenues, fi ANTED IMMEDIATELY.—A WOMAN to Cook, Wash, and Iron, and to take charge eel of the ae. A a? en 2 ey | A Vermont paper speaks of it State ax | recommendations required. pply No. 69 follows: << There sy bat oot clty ts Dats Stale, onal | street. between Sin ans Sth stvonts. __wa 7-8 nota soldier. We have no police; and no mur- SMART, ACTIVE COLORED GIRL. to der has been committed within the State for the A assist in the Work of a small family, is wanted last ten years.” at 255 Penn. avenue. Reference as to honesty re- >> A man by the name of John Stewart, who | Wired. ae deserted his son when achild, attempted the other V ANTED—By a respectable WOMAN, 8 Site- day to sue out a writ of habeas corpus before one ation as Cook. age recommendations can be of the associate judges of Snyder county, Pr., | s!ven. Address Box No. 10,at this office. au 17 with a view of taking the lad, now sixteen yea:s WADNZED IMMEDIATELY —A COLORED old, from his master, to whom he had been ap- WOMAN, who is 2 good Cook, Washer, and. prenticed, at Beaver Furnace. The judge de- | Ironer. Good wages willbe given. Apply at 428 F cided that the father had no right to the boy street, comer of Ith. on t7-1t 107 The Southern Literary Messenger, ina no ANTED—A WOMAN to do the general tice of Mr. James’ latest’ novel, «“Lecno‘a D°Or- Housework of a small family. Also, x «mei co,” says it knows of but one writer who has Girt. ame ‘at Sa6 I street, near corner of 4th. done anything like justice to Mr. James,and this | _*" is Alison, the historian, in one of whose latest | \\7ANTED.—At 315 Penn. avenne, a good COOK volumes there is an estimate of his literary fame, WwW and two CHAMBERMAIDS, Gerinan pre- very different from the flippant criticism of some, | ferred. Apply at once. nu 14-3 who have probably never read his works. LA BORERS ant BZEE,ON, THE Wasa- Bos- NG s Zi 'CT.—To st vy, #0 v Ga invade Sek eee ae Foctrperes men, who work out their Tonthe: the United States person on the platform, and, rushing out, found pt) Ln By sod ariaay Sanging Dane ak shee wee at aman named omas Coran hanzing on t> the Apply on the line from 5 to l4 miles up the Canal iron brace of the platform, by one hand, and being 4 M from Washington, D.C. EIGS, dragged directly in front of the forward trucks Captain of Engineers in charge of He aig in pee 4 ig saree forward | _#0 1S-Iw Washington Aqueduct. car. r. Porter dropped his tern, pulled the ANTED-1L family of a gentioman residin; bell rope, seized the man by the collar of his coat Ww ae yoy ae n pood “oy COOK, with one hand, and turned on the break with the other, succeeded, as soon as the train had slacked its force, in drawinz the man across the platform, and thus saved his life. One who can bring recommendations esty, and cleanliness will find reguinr wages. Apply to J. ner of 6th and D) streets, ASHINGTON AQU the Washington Aqueduc for skill, hon- t—0 ME NOTICE.—An adjourned meeting of the | gt Wi |. Laborers, Drillers, Blast: Western idee’ Company will be held at their ener: Sond sues mel uaaeap aeproreoens oh The jose House, on TUESDA VENING, August 18th. A punctual attendance is requested, as bu: ness of importance will be submitted. W. RIGGLES, Pres. W. J. FEENEY, Sec. au 17-2t THE RE LAL MONTHLY MEET- ing of the shington Horticultural Society will take place on WEDNESDAY EVENING the 19th instant, at Mr. Corcoran’s Building. on Hl street, between 13th and i4th streets, at 7 o'clock, The premiums awarded at the late exbition wiil v by th. rer. Mail gr Welaseey orsign, given by the United States, and by Contractors, The works now going on embrace tunnelling, masonry in stone and brick, excavation and em Apriy un tho line orat the (fie in Georges on ie or the ioe in Groorgctown, pe : MC. MEGS, * Captain of Engineers im charee. FOR RENT AND SALE. For other™ For Rent and Sale” notices see \st pare. OR SALE.—A HOUSE and LOT, on Massa iy dt-colm CAL — credil ‘med chusetts avenue, near {2th street. Jt will bo — tata hr Pool sapacie aoe pce rhe sold at private sale furcash. The f and Lot is inthe Nort rn Cities, by procuring money on the | 0n¢ of Lhe prettiest situations in Washington, wr' li cod water and fruit trees, and ether conveniences. Ronts for 310 per mouth, and has a good tenant liv ing init at the present time. representation that he is my son. 1 take this means to caution the public against the impostor. I have but one son living, who Sree in Califorma. SAAC HOLLAND, an 17-3 THOMAS ROBBINS. Assistant Door-Koeper U. S. Senate. = = POR SALE.—Lot No.2,17 Washington, lath August, 1857. eee TR Eee es Oring 2 footie Hass uycnucaat 25 feet 3 inches on north Lestreet.. This Lot is one 3.—Ministers of the Gospel, of all Sapcaipsicoenenerhon *rorewrivd to | among the most elixible Butlding Lots in Washing- denominations, are hereby ite in mari William 1, Fowler, of George- | ton. and wil! be sold at a low price. town, “Phe law’ will be enforced against any one 1 have also, for sale. other Lots in this city. thus offending, he being & minor an apprentice, NICHOLAS CALLAN, _Bu 15-St =: fe 4 Comms ieee of peste, VOCAL MUSIC.—C. L. IRVING returns | 8007-3" No 218 F trots many thanks to hus musio loving friends and | FOR RENT.—The three-story BRICK HOUSE trons for favors during the past winter and spring, End announces his Vocal Muse classes at Perper? ance Halli ciosed until TUESDAY EVENING Ser- tember Ist, at o’clock, at which time and piace, Evening and Night Classes for ladies and gentlemen will be organized. Those desiring a thorough knowledge of the elementary principles or of prac- ticing upon Glees, Choruses, &c., can be gratified by uniting with these classes. Terms, 22 lessons, $5. Voeal instructions giving to Schools and Acade- Prong alao, private instructions in Singing and upon ¢ Piano. Application can be made to Mr. I. through the post office or at the music stores of Messrs. Elite or Metzerotte. __au I5 tSepti* BALTIMORE ICE CREAM DEPOT AND CONFECTIONERY, 36th street situated on lSth street, opposite the new ext sion of the Treasury department, and within a step Penn.avenue and Willards’ Hotel. The honse contains 1 good rooms, besides stere room and vaults for fuel. The location is one of the best im the city fora professional ge: in or ® business |. Apply on the premises, No. 474. au 17-t0cti* x OR SALE CHEAP — A comfortable BRICK UWELLING, situated on the northeast corner of 4th and N streets north. Price $1.150; half in cash, balance in six and twelve months, or if all =n m eash less will be taken. Apply to.POLLARD WEBB, No. 512 7th street. au 3-tf DERRABLE ROPERTY FOR SALE. SUMMER KESIDENCE of Geo. M ath about two hours’ ride from the District of Columbia. bet best ICE CREAM tain: t 400 and les beau tnd WATER ICES at S150 per gallon, delivered to | itt he eae couiains about 40 acres, and lies beau” an: at ofthe city. Also,on 68 different kinds | 4 part, wyh or without the stock. of Ca . ap ome in the city woe pe Dalendtegon hy ier ne jase there isa fine new house nearly fe. 5 one, come and besi fami residence, 8 great deal 01 Purnishes Parties, Weddings, Ex retone, £0. excellent fruit, and some fine horses and cattle. JOSEPH SHA pd) a2 he since roverbial for its healthfulness and de- jy 2-1m* Gnonite Bro wns’ Hotel. : _ further tioulgrs inquire nt hus residence, ™ > 7 corner of Fayette streets, Georgetown, EERSONT, DESIRING, GOFERE OF | BYR" of even ar oka of ihe gion pa SANE COR ream arengachene Se steetora’ | oS oq eZ coon cigs dey e ie or w ADAMSON'S opposite the Post Omics. ‘nu lea a a il -story Bi LL : Jo CREAM AND W AFm JOE. cas | winced eccow orice etd emis BHILNORLPHIA ICE CREAN ot the | ovenne. ch Gas Fixtares, Warm Cold, ond howe; PHILADELPHIA ics RES i Baths. A Pump of excellent water in the yard corner 12th and F streets. = Im poor yo % ox de § Brick St: th pe ae te President and Directors of | House upon the promines. Apply t0 POLLAR MCF Georgetown lene. re mere oll persone WEBB, No. 512 7th street. au S-tf t s erry da on ain of being ‘dealt, with according to | FFOUSE, AND * rer 3 audim~ JAMES CLARK, Treasurer. | Dwelling, COLLECTOR’S OFFIC: E; ort Hatt, sngdere Inprovenuante, water nad oes NOTICE TO TAX PAVERS-DEDUC- | Sle credit would be civen Apply to EK. LUNDY. TION FOR PROMPT PAY MENT—NO- | No. 12 Bridge street, Georgecown, or on the premi tice is hereby given dat the Taxes for the year 1857 | ses. au l-eolm Grenow due, and payable nt this fice, ee otis | JTOR RENT—A conveniently arranced BRICK dednotion of 19 per cont. ix al of Bep- HOUSE, with ten Rooms and Basement, on L. current year on or before the 15th day street, between 7th and &th east. Rent fe ger ee seisphigssaee JAS. F.HALIDAY, | num, ELIZABETH STILLINGS. y 2%5-eotf leetor. za >'T iN y OF OR RENT t table and conveni- Ne ee 4 nt BikloK GUBHS on Fayette street, nd- THURBDAY EVENING, ir, aod will be for'rent om the athot August. The Ret ba meen Sia Mars So