Evening Star Newspaper, August 18, 1857, Page 2

EVENING ST. WASHINGTON CITY: TUESDAY ..................Aulgust 18, 1857. SPIRIT OF THE MORNING PRESS. The Union republishes an interesting letter to the Cincinnati Exguirer, from Mr. Robert J. Atkinson, Third Auditor of the Treasury, wherein that gentleman (who was formerly an Ohio Democratic State Senator) makes it very plain, indeed, that the recent defalcation of the Ohio State Treasurer is fairly attributable to the pertinacious refusal of the Republican party in the Ohio Legislature to meet the Democrats properly in the efforts of the latter to throw proper guards around the State Treasury—the latter having for years labored strenuously to that end, againt the opposition of their oppo- nents. The Intelligencer deseribes theaction of the Knoxville Convention upon the African Slave Trade question, on which it appears to have been for the most part engaged, so far. It seems that Mr. Bryan, of South Carolina, introduced a@ resolution recommending the abrogation of so much of the Ashburton treaty of 1842 as pro- vides for the presence of an United States squadron on the coast of Africa, to aid the pre- vention of the African slave trade. The Intel- ligencer says that— “An amendment to these resolutions, designed to guard their purport from misconstruction, and declaring that in the opinion of the Convention ‘it is contrary to the settled policy of the country to repeal the laws prohbibitory of the African slave trade,’ was, after an animated debate, lost by a vote of 40 yeas against 51 nays—a majority the Convention thereby refusing to pronounce an opinion adverse to the revival of this traffic.” As finally passed, Mr. B.'s resolutions are as follows : Resolved, That, in the opinion of this Conven- tion, the eighth article of the treaty of Washing- ton, rati on the 10th of November, 1542, to be annulled, under the provision of the clause of the eleventh article of said treaty. Resolved, That a copy of the above resolution be sent by the President of this Convention to the Senators and Representatives in Congress from each State here represented, with the request that it be laid before the ‘islatures of their respec- tive States for their consideration. —_—_— +3 U7 From J. Shillington, Odeon Building, we have Putnam’s Magazine for September. Pat- nam has abjured politics, apparently, and gone into pictures. The present number is most pro- fusely illustrated, and amongst these are some Spirited sketches from Hoppins’s pencil. wht rst AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCE- MENT oF ScigNcE.—On the second day of the session, the sections on mathematics and geology were organized and proceeded to business. Among the essayist and chief speakers were Commodore Wilkes, U. S. N., Profs. Bache, Dana, Sir William Logan, Mr. Ramsey, geologist, from London, and Prof. Snell. At night a grand soiree was given to the mem- bers by the National Historical Society of Mon- treal,at Bousecour’s Hall, which was attended by over one thousand ladies and gentlemen. Dr. Dawson, president of the association, opened the proceedings in an admirable speech. His alln- sions to the various nationalities present (Ameri- can. French, English and German.) all engaged in the same noble pursuit of science, were re- ceived with hearty applause. Exx-President Fill- more and other distinguished visitors occupied Prominent seats on the dais. The spacious hali was beautifully and appropriately decorated The names of Fulton, Morse and Dewitt Clin- ton, as well as of Watt, Laplace, &c., were scribed on the walls, and were interspersed with the stars and stripes, tricolor and union jack. Professor Hall, of Albany, delivered his retiring address as president of the association. The whole affair was happily conceived, and passed off in a most charming style. Spr enn Taz Sovrnzrn Comuenctat Convestiox.— This convention, at Knoxville, Tenn., after a ses- sion of four days, has adjourned to meet in Mont- gomery, Ala., in May next. On the second day a warm debate sprang up on the question of admitting Northern reporters, which was finally settled by admitting all re- Porters. A dispatch from Knoxville, dated the Mth in- stant, to the Richmond Dispatch, thus sketches The Convention yesterday adopted the follow- ing resolutions : equesting the General Government to instruct its diplomatic agents abroad to use their efforts to ) criomime @ reduction or repeal of the duties on to- co. Urging the Government to obtain control of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec. Calling the at- tention of the South to the importance of grape cultug:, and appointing a committee to Procure information on the subject Endorsing the reso- lutions of the Southern Bishops to build a col- lege. Appointing a committee to inquire into the propriety of re-opening the slave trade. And aresolution for the organization of a Southern Agricultural and Commercial Assce ation. A resolution. requesting the Governors of the Southern States to appoint five delegates each to meet in convention and devise means for starting a line of steamers from Southern ports to Europe, was adopted. All the resolutions reported by the business committee, heretofore noticed, were adopted, in- cluding one urging the United States Govern- ment to fortify the harbors of Port Royal, S. C., Beaufort, N.C., and Mobile, Ala., and making them coaling stations for Government steamers. Among the resolutions defeated was one en- dorsing Walker *s course in Nicaragua; one de- claring it inexpedient to investigate the propriety of reopening the slave trade; and one cal ing a national commercial and agricultural convention at Louisville, Ky. The ball last night was a magnificent affair. At least 2.000 persons attended. The ball room was radiant and everything passed off happily, notwithstanding the presence of so vast a crow and the intense warmth of the atmosphere. The bunquet was handsomely gotten up, and great hilarity prevailed at the tables. Afier due respect had been paid to the array of ternptin viaads, s; hes were made by Gen. Gideon . Pillow and several other gentlemen. ‘This festi- vai was a pleasant finale to the proceedings of the conventio.. eens Tux Goopwoon Cre axp THE AMERICAN Hoagses.—The New York Daily Times has some interesting extracts from the letter of an Ameri- can who witnessed the race. The day before the race. Suly 29, he says : ‘To-morrow the grand races come off. We start at nine in the morning by the express train. 1 will leave this open until we return and give you the way in which ‘Prior’ took them all down; the odds are twelve to one ayainst him. If the English show no more judgment in racing horses than they do in driving in the streets, I believe ‘we will fetch them. f honestly believe, if ‘Ten Broeck will ran his borses from ‘he jump he will carty the cep to America. One more day will prove whether my surmisesare correct. Thereis considerable talk in the papers about the Yankee horses.” ‘The day after the race, he writes: “Priday morning, July 31 Well, D., the races are over, and I am sorry to say we will not be able to bring the evup heme. {t remains-for the French to do thatsame thing. Monarque wax the boy, Riseber second, Fisherman th rd, Anton fourth, and Priorexs ith. ‘The papers will give youall particulars. { am glad ‘our horses Gere as well up asthey were. Fourteen horses started The Cup race was the fourthone. In these 1 had @echance to see English jockeys and horses, and ‘was so well pleased with them I told ‘Jim’ there ‘Was not an earthly chance for us; stitl he thought we were all right. These jockeys have a wrin- klein bringing their horses home that I never witnessed in America, and | am fully convinced that Ten Broeck will not win any race he enters for. Of the two, Prioress was my favorite before peo Pryor is too small, did not juinp far enough, seemed to be very restless, had not had work enough, I thought. Gilpatrick rode the mare, and a great many thought, at one time, she Would be the winuer, This morning papers say if she had had an English jockey on her there ix no telling where she would bave been But euough. A prettier place for a race-course can- not be —— out, and everything conducted in pegeenapsice (pak dy sick from the resalt of shes c telegcaph.” could go home by the The London Morning Star of August 4th says: “The American venture was not discouragii and it was attended by circumstances which rl doubtiess induce Mr. Ten Broeck and bis country- =o to prolong their stay amongst English sports- n ~* Both the American horses that Goodwood Cup evidently lacked anE mele peony aration. Pryor, in particular, seemed fat; and, i oom a. he displa: before ‘ere sur] yur so prominently in the nee ee ——— 0} The persons who were engaged in the Tur jot at Covingto: ne i oes pa Keutucky, some months D7 The slave that was shot in Ch ; few weeks azo. by the United States preg be were +g pe oe him, has since died of his of ‘wounds. covered. cer whom he stabbed, has re- WASHINGTON NEWS AND GOSSIP. Tar New Graxapian Istaxces.—We find in the Journal of Commerce of the 14th inst. an article explanatory of the policy of New Granada with reference to her isthmus transit route, which embraces many facts of interest and importance to the American public hitherto unknown comparatively, inthis country. We republish it below, by way of substantiating our remarks made a few days sinée upon the growing difficulties which New Granada is now ‘throwing around an amicable adjustment of the questions concerning her isthmus at present in issue with this Government. The reflecting reader will at once perceive in these details ad- ditional weighty reasons why the United States authorities should hasten to secure our great and hourly-increasing travel and freighting business across Central America, so that it may hereafter be beyond the contingencies of the eaprices of any such government as that of New Granada. It strikes us that there is no telling, with such @ power or government to deal with, at what hour the American public may find the Panama isthmus entirely closed to the crossing of Amer- icans or their property; or so hampered and embarrassed by unjust taxation in the face of the very letter of the stipulations of that Gov- ernment, as that the nominal right to resort to it will be practically useless. All such occurrences as those explained in the article we republish, tend to show the pressing importance of a policy with reference to other Central American isthmus transit routes that will render our countrymen entirely independ- ent of New Granadian facilities. Tue Istumcs Hpac — ress of hi it passed a law relative to the * se- colrvane fe sintinistration of national affairs on the Isthmus,’’? which is likely to prove ex- ceedingly onerous to citizens of the United States, besides exposing the two governments to un- pleasant political complications. By it the sov- ereignty of the Isthmus is transferred from the Governor of the State toan ‘‘Intendente General,” as an executive oilicer, vested with power to ad- judicate upon all questions relating tothe mili- tary force, national revenues, intercourse with foreign governinents, &c. It also contains a clause establishing a passenger tax, against which the United States government has already earnest- ly protested,—a tonnage tax, and custom house duties,—a large proportion of the revenues there- from to go for the support of the Intendente and his subordinates. The amount to be thus placed at his disposition is estimated to be not less than $180,000 per annuin. Of this measure the local ress of the Isthmus expresses a strong disappro- ion. The Centinela, which is regarded as the organ of the people, even ventures to suggest that separation from the general government would be preferable to submission to the obnoxious enactment. The Isthmus, it says, has been ‘‘per- fidiously sacrificed’? in the endeavor to get “abundant resources out of the railroad, and to obtain the means of paying the foreign debt.” It further remarks : **Such are the benefits which the Isthmus of Panama receives for being united to New Grana- da—such the indignities—such the insults, of which it is the victim. They tell us from Bogota, that on account of the sacrifices which the result of the pending question with the United States will cause it to make, New Granada cannot con- tinue purchasing at such high price the honor of having the Isthmus adorning the National Coat of Arms. Neither can the Isthmus continue pur- chasing at the expense of the sacrifices which are imposed on it, and of the humiliations which are placed on it, the horor of continuing a part of a nation unable to protect it, that only esteems it as long as it can produce revenues, as if it werea fendala pendage which gives it the means of ex- tinguiahiag the cancer of its foreign debt. Ifthe relations between the Isthmus and New Granada must continue on a basis of intolerable inequali- ty; if this situation must be indefensible for « long time, let us do now what we must do later—let us separate.”’ The Panama Star and Herald speaks in a simi- lar strain, and expresses adoubt whether the gov- ernment of the United States will calmly acqui- esce in a measure apparently unconstitutional and in violation of existing guaranties and treaties. That journal says : “We do not Celieve that this clever begs by which the foreigners on the Isthmus (for the whole burden falls on them) will be thus trebly taxed, will escape the keen perception of Mr. Cass at Washington, or be submitted to, by him, as a satisfactory settlement of that part of the de- mand of the United States that requires guaran- tees for the future. If these guarantees are to be purchased at the cost of the wwe and passen- Seay eae ee etnias am tan Gear's and fn tet aii thai?the’f led states has been contending for, for the it two years, will be lost, and the last state of the foreign interests, on the Isthmus, under its threefold unjust taxa- tion, will be worse than if the passenger tax bad not been resisted.” It has long been desirable to secure a recogni- tion of the Isthmus by the chief commercial gov- ermments as an international highway, subject to no oppressive restrictions; and the act of the government at Bogota is most to be regretted as indicating a policy hostile to the attainment of this end. Inxvextors.—A late able and interesting ar- tele in the Washington Union has given rise to many newspaper jeremiades concerning the pecuniary fate and misfortunes of American in- ventors generally, many of which embrace no little gammon. Thus, the fate and failure to accumulate, of that public benefactor, Eli Whit- ney, is mourned over as a disgrace to the na- tion. It seems to us that Whitney’s notorious want of thrift and business tact were at fault in his caze, rather than American gratitude. Like most men of genius in any line, he was incapa- ble of descending to the stern realities of busi- ness transactions, and was therefore bitten in tearly all his bargains; in making them, and then in the manner in which they were carried out. If men of genius fritter away their oppor. tunities to accumulate, and their means accu- mulated, surely themselves and not the public, are to blame. It is said that they are compelled to part with their inventions, generally, for a a mere song. We apprehend that, in the hands of such of them as make such bargains, they are oaly worth a mere song. They sell them for all they will bring, and the capita), shrewdness and energy of assignees most frequently make thom of substantial value, by bringing them into pub- tie favor, &e. It not unfrequently happens, too, that assignees are themselves terribly bitten in machinery patent rights. Our own opinion is, that of every ten for which inventors find purchasers at what they are willing to sell them fur, not half ever get back their money out of them. Such we believe to be the impression among the patent agents in this city, than whom no others are so competent judges in the prem- ises. The mournful case of Professor Morse, too, is another one of those being resorted to to prove the ingratitude of the American public to inventors. All know that his genius has ac- complished much for his country, though all know that he has been about as well paid pecu- niarily as any man ever was in any ago or elime for such public services. When he in- vented his electric telegraph machinery he was very poor. Out of it he has already become very rich—say worth a quarter of a million of dollars. The idea of newspaper-growling over his treatment by the public, i, to us, an amus- ing one, to say the least of it. Tne Svecesson to Mr. Moiiva.—A com- munication in the New York Herald of yester- day throws some additional light upon the an- teeedents of the distinguished gentleman who is said to have been recently accredited to this Government by Costa Rica. We republish it for what it is worth, being satisfied that its statements concerning his career in Central America are correct. It forms an amusing ad- dition to the account of him we republished yesterday from the New York Times, which was avowedly derived from his own lips : Cartarn Canty, THE New MINISTER PROM poeta ie pepe vag gg ty By Herald: a rm an article in one it yeaterda in whieh an interview is merrared with ptain Cant or Cauty, who comes to this country accredited minister from Costa Rica, I ain curious to know whether the name of the gentle- poe A or Samy. ‘There was a Captain aunty, , &ecording to his stor oc- = ied 4 prominent tion te spettiex society i Enyland, bad ridden im: and «teeple ‘chase, ‘and badofies Pee conn on the Derby and Ascot cups with Lord G— B— and the owner of wood. Atone of the Lon- don clubs the Captain, it secms, beagme ac- to take command of ‘Gen. apont numbering, according tothe °$ wecount but in reality only about in and Munos were to revolutionize the: of Nicaragua, make a coup: d'etat and divide the spoils. spoils. > The see! th the dim distance visio of empire up before him in a country ric! in mineral , where Cortez Teay mil tary laurels, where Alvarado had planted the sabe! id where nature su; plied be ae neds, without the necenaly of daily exertion, ed a all his little odds ends and mig’ with Munos; but imagine his ch in (to use his own words) ‘to find, on his we cout three hundred miserable lookin; wretches, each one with a shirtand hat on, a rot fifty muskets in the party.’’ The captain 2bandoned the enterprise asa hi one, and - settled down in the country. He found it much more profitable, it seems, to keep a hotel in Ri- vas, when the ‘Transit ComperF ative Tet opened, than to mix himself up with filibustering pro- jects. His son, who hasa ee deal of humor, ‘did the agreeable, and their business was becom- ing quite lucrative, when the Americans began to crowd in to keep opposition hotel. Wanti elbow room, the captain crowded out and emi- rated to Costa Rica, where he contracted and Built for that Government a small-sized steam- boat, for which he got a big-sized price. Subse- quently he went to San Francisco, and opened a club house over Wells, Fargo & Co.’s express office, but closed it again through the advice of his son. He then returned to Costa Rica, where it is said he edited a paper called the Seminal. It was his son, Col. rge Canty, who we are told defeated Col. Titus on the San Juan. Now, Iam anxious to know whether the Capt. Canty described above is the same gentleman who is announced as the new envoy ffom Costa Rica. If he be, one cannot help adimiring a des- tiny which places a man in such a variety of sitions, and renders him equal to them all. New York, August 19, 1857. J.M.B. A MecuanicaL ACHIEVEMENT.—Yesterday afternoon, a block of granite was brought from the stone warehouse, near Georgetown, to Penn- sylvania avenue opposite the Treasury build- ing, which is to be an ante or pilaster in the Extension, in place of the south pillar of the portico of the present structure. It weighs more than 34 tons, and was drawn to the build- ing in the short space of two hours, by five pairs of horses and six pairs of oxen, each ox of the team weighing at least 1,800 pounds, and the horses being large in proportion. In turning corners, it was of course necessary to resort to the use of jack-screws to turn the so tremen- dously loaded hinder portion of the stone wagon when its fore wheels jammed against its load. These jack-zcrews were of course hydraulic, and were two in number. With them, this re- markable load was moved by two men with as much ease as though it was “a mere circum- stance.” We have rarely witnessed a greater triumph of mechanical skill than was involved in the noiseless, easy, and apparently matter-of-course transportation of this huge block of granite. The teams of cattle (oxen) used on this occa- sion were brought hither about a week ago, and are said to have cost the contractors $300 per yoke. The six yoke started the immense mass before the horses, also hitched to the load, com- menced to pull. Tue Lavine or THE CaBLe.—The Navy De- partment has interesting dispatches from the Commander of the steam frigate Niagara, to the Ist instant, when that vessel was in the Cove of Cork, where she arrived on the 27th u!- timo. On the passage from Liverpool an ex- periment was made to ascertain how slow the ship could be made to go under steam, and one and a hnif knots per hour was the important re- sult. The ability to go at so slow a rate involves almost an insurance of suecess in paying out her share of the cable. On the 28th ultimo, the cable on the Niagara was connected with that on the Agamemnon, and messages through the whole 2,500 miles of cable, were sent and received in half a second: as we published from unofficial sources some days ago. Capt. Hudson (of the Niagara) had taken on board, from the Agamemnon, ten miles of the IaIBCL UE tu-cluvic CaViT, ww lt Lal Youu Brews mined (according to his request) that his ship should first pay out. Capt. Hudson adds : “ The engineers of the Company will have com- pleted their preparations this afternoon, and the vessels of the squadron (which are all here) will immediately leave this port for Valentia bay, and from thence on Monday, the 3d instant, secure the shore-end and commence paying out the cable. “ It will be a most singular coincidence, as Co- lumbus left port on his voyage of discovery for our Western World on the 3d day of August, just 365 years ago.” Licut-House Keerers Aprointep.—The Secretary of the Treasury has recently made the following appointments of Light-house Keepers. Viz: George La Vine, at Cheboygan, Mich., vice Charles Brannack, removed—salary $350 per annum. Bailey Willis, Assistant, at Old Point Com- fort, Va., vice John Biuxom, moved away. Return J. Hunter, Assistant, at Fort Point, Cal.,—salary $650 per annum. Ira H. Chapman, Assistant, at Point Bonita, Cal., vice Alex. Brown, removed—salary $650 per annum. Egbert Poinsett, at Dame’s Point, St. John’s Run, Fla.,—salary $500 per annum. Horace A. Hughes, at Cape Cod, Truro, Mass.,—salary $500 per annum. Jas. Small, First Assistant, at same light—salary $300 per annum. Thos. H. Kenny, Second Assistant, at same light—salary $300 per annum. Surveys ts Kansas.—The Commissioner of the Genera] Land Office has received from the Surveyor General of Kansas and Nebraska plats of the retracement of a part of the southern boundary of the Shawnee Indian lands from the point on that line two miles east of the southwest corner of the Shawnee reservation westward to the northwest corner of the Sac and Fox lands, situated in township 15, south, range 13 east, of the sixth principal meridian in Kansas. Also, plats of the resurvey of the southern boundary of the Pottawatomie lands, and the survey of the northern boundary of the Shaw- nee cession lands in Kansas, beginning from the southeastern corner of the Pottowatomie reservation, and running westward to the north- western corner of the Shawnee lands, on the Smoky Hill Fork, making about sixty miles, Bouxparigs to Be Run.—We understand that the Secretary of the Interior has requested the Secretary of War to have run off, by army engineers, the boundaries of the territory leased by the United States from the Choctaws and Chickasaws, (by tri-partite treaty,) in order that the former may locate upon it, for the time being, we presume, the Washitas and some other Texas Indian tribes it ix designed to place thereon. The territory in question lies between the 98th and 100th parallels of west’ longitude. Surveys or Doxation CLams 1x OnEGon.— The Surveyor General of Oregon has transmit- ted to the General Land Office eleven plats of surveys of the claims situated in the southern portion of Oregon, upon Gold river, a tributary of Rogue river, and the vicinity of Jackson- ville. The business of the General Land Office in Oregon, by the by, is progressing most satisfac- torily, we hear, which goes to show that the Surveyor General out there, Mr. John 0. Zei- ber, isa man of much energy and business ca- pacity. Tae Missouri Evectiox.—It turns out, as we anticipated, that it will require the official returns to determine whe has been elected Governor of Missouri—Rollins, (combination— American, Republican, and Bentonian.) or Stew- art, Democrat. Various statements in figures are published op both sides, none of which are positively correct. To us the chances ap. “pear to be ten to one in favor of Stewart's tri- umph. We shall see. Arrojxtep.—The nt has appointed Sdmner B. Chase Register of office at Osage, Iowa, vice James D. J resigned. Robert Brown, Register at Fort Des Moines, Tawa, vice Thomas A Walker, resigned. TraNspernep.—Mr. J.T. Taylor, » second class ($1,400 per annum) clerk in the Pension bureau, has been transferred to the office of the Secretary of the Interior, to fill the vacancy occasioned by the recent death of Mr. Joseph L. Peabody. Tax WeAtuer.—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.: Avaust 18, 1857. New York, N. Philadelphia, Pa. Baltimore, Md. Washington, D. Richmond, Va. Petersburg, Va 4, Montgome: A Lower 1 Tree, Mobile, Ale . Gainesville, M New Orleans, La. From tHE West. The following reports have been furnished by the National Telegraph line: Frederick, Md.. Cumberland, Mi ete Md larper’s Fe Winchester..2, Wheeling, V: Martinsburg, Va..........cloudy, cool. At Washington, yesterday, 9 eter was 30.066, thermometer 76°. This morning, at7 ee, the barometer was 30.066, thermome- ter 5 GEORGETOWN AFFAIRS. Correspondence of The Star. » Grorcrtown, August 16, 1857. Probably there is no point in our city where there exists more real necessity for gas lights than on Market street, in the neighborhood of the ca- nal, and Ritter’s warehouse. At this point most of the canal boats,@rading to our city, are in the habit of concentrating; and the locality being nat- iad rough, persons whose business calls them about the canal wharves after night fall, when there is nothing like moonlight to guide them, are allthe time in more or less danger of being Precipitated over some ef the high banks into the canal. But a few nights since, an individual, while passing along, slipped, and feil into the canal, and would doubtless have been drowned but for the timely assistance of two gentlemen, who, hearing him struggling in the water, went to his assistance, and succeeded in resenting: him from his perilous condition. Moreover, tnis is the landing place for the canal packets, and when- ever they are detained on the way, either by acei- dent or otherwise, until in the night, passengers (especially strangers) are often subjected to con- siderable inconvenience, by having to grope their way in the dark, through dangers such as we have before described, to some one of the lighted strects. The mains could be extended from Bridge street to this point at a very trifling expense; and, doubtless, the private and public consumption woud compensate the gas company for such an outlay. Wei ret to have to announce the death of our respect fellow-townsmman, Col. William B. Robertson. The Colonel was a native of King George county, Va., but for the last twenty-five or thirty ears a resident of our city, and an efficient clerk in one of the Government depart- ments. He died at his residence on the heights yesterday, after a protracted and painful illness. Many of the hands whostruck for higher wages at the coal docks yesterday, have signified their willingness to return to work at the former wages, $1.25 perday. But few of them, however, have been re-employed. Other persons have in most cases been emplo in their stead, and opera- tions at both docks again goes bravely on. A refusal on the part of the companies to re-employ them would doubtless in most cases serve them right, as they took advantage of them by strikin: ata time when the wharves were crowded wit! vessels awaiting for cargoes, and when scores of heavily laden canal boats were awaiting to get rid of their cargoes that they might return. We are pleased iv tearn that the canes Propattet Jame: Catheart reached Cumberland on Sat- urday. She was detained some six hours on the way, but succeeded in making the run up in about two days. If the above report be correct, and we have no reasons for doubting its truth, she will doubtless reach our city on her return on Thursday. We regret exceedingly that our enterprising fellow citizen, Mr. Vaniecwerken, of the Union line, had, during the excessively warm weather of last week, tive valuahie horses so seriously in- jured by driving them too rapidly in the heat, as to require the necessity of withdrawing them from the line. Their injuries are such as will doubtless prevent them from ever being of much more service. He also hada very valuable one killed. The fault does not rest with the drivers, but mainly with those passengers who, being de- ficient in sympathy for the poor panting animals, are frequently calling to the drivers to hurry up, and never seem satisfied unless the horses are kept going at arapid gait. We would remind all such of the old adage, *¢ The merciful maa is merciful to the brute.” We would remind the retail trade of the Dis- trict and Alexandria, of the sale of sugar on the wharf of F. & A. Dodge, to-morrow, at 120’clock. ‘The sugars to be offered are in fine condition, and all of excellent quality. ‘This will, doubtiess, be the last sale of the season, unless something shall occur to prevent iis continuing to be a losing busi- hess to the enterprising gentlemen. See adver- tisement. The following gentlemen have been elected officers of George Washington Club for the ensu- ing time: President, J. J. Rolls; Vice President, J. H. Howell; Secretary, A. J. Riley; Treasurer, C. A. Jamesson. Arrivals —Schr. Mariah Jane, Jones, Philadel- Phia, 291 tons of coal to Jackson Gordon & Co.; sehr. Embark, Donoho, Philadelphia, to Hyde & Davidson; steamer Columbia, Harper, from Balti- more, to same. 8. Tur BuxpeLt Basy.—The baby which figured so largely in the Burdell sham-birth, was put up for public exhibition at Barnum’s Museum last week. It was inspected and criticised,touched and fondled, and not a few of the female visiters kissed the ‘little darling,” a liberty the young- ster always resented by bawling vigorously when it was done, though usually its temper was ex- ceedingly placid for a two-weeks-old child. The infant seemed healthy and well cared for, and ve proof of its vitality by an appetite and diges- jon that was perfectly rdless of a nces. In all other Tespects Justitia Anderson (a name suggested by Warden Daly, of Bellevue Hospi- tal, and uiesced in by the mother) is like other female babies, and its existence vibrates between suction and somnolence. Mortanity oF CoLtecr GrapvatEs.—It is stated that Prof. Pierce, of Harvard College, has been recently canvassing the facts now accumu- lated in the triennial catalogues of that institu- tion, concerning the duration of life of its gradu- ates, and the results of his research are valuable. He finds that the probable duration of life after graduating, tsking twenty-one as the average age of graduates, is over forty-two years—or two and a half years more than the probable duration of life in other persons at the same . Acollege education is, then, favorable to long life. An- other result is, that the students who distinguish themselves as scholars have lived longer, on an average, than those whose standing was low. Habits of diligent study would seem, then, to favor health and life. A contrary impression has prevailed on both these points. To Preserve Heass.—The Herkimer Journal says: ‘ All kinds of herbs should be gathered on adry day, just before or while in blossom. Tie them in bundles, and sarpeed them in a dry, airy lace, with the blossoms jownwards. When per- tly dry, wrap the medicinal ones in pa, and keep them fromthe air. Pick off the leaves of those which are to be used in cooking, “_o and sift them fine, and keep the powder in hs corked up tight,’” Dr. Page, of this city, apie herbs should be bruised or crushed, w} ie in She grees state, and they dried. When so treated, they retain their color and odor for a great length of time. ANOTHER Hedy steed tHE Urrer Crrcies. It is rumored a highly respectable family on a fashionable avenue has Loon thrown into 4 distress by the conduct of an meee daughter, Ok pcre gute Soe opted if not inciple, has erse! et demabahoner Wem ‘ht give the partic- ulirs, which. ual, are spiced with romance, but refrain, the remark, that the tone of cer- tain fashionable circles has been tending down- wards, of late, in @ most lamentable manner.— New York Mirror. Bos WwW. —The dail . sup ption at water fal Boston 1s 14,008,000 Filony, aes pup that supply the rks are Pot to tmost * daily by leakage in the em! PERSONAL. pits cess Pteaident Lamar, of Texas, was in Mo- Judge of Circuit Indiana. eae soae dD) ~Z. ar a sses Ci did not wait to strike until the iron was hot, but made it hot by striking. ;+++ Hon. John Vanderbilt, of New York, and Wm. Elmslie, Esq,, of Bucks county, Pa., are at Willards’. 5g nnn rose that Mr, laren ee a is the editor of ‘‘Harper’s eekly. 5 ++ Hon. J. Glancy Jones returned to his home in Reading on Thursday, from an extended tour tothe West and Kansas. -+-. Hon. Stephen A. Douglas, of Illinois, ar- Tived at Madison, Wisconsin, on the Lith inst., en route for St. Paul. uable donation of some five hundred volumes to the public library of Newburyport. ..-. Sunday was the 80th anniversary of the battle of Bennington—an occasion on which “(Molly Stark” was not made a widow. «+.-R. W. Rainey, editor of the ‘in (Texas) Mercury, comand suicide on eke ‘f July, by taking laudanum. No cause assigned. -.+. Barney Williams and wife made $30,000 in California. Mr. Murdoch took abont $15,000, which he realized from eight months’ labor. .+.. During the Knoxville Soathern Convention, Mr. Yancey, of Georgia, rose toa expla nation in ee ofa a the ar ode = paper repo is speech previous, Whereby he was made to style the edtter of the Chicago Journal Sev 4 John Wentworth,’ in- stead of “‘ Long John Wentworth.”’ ---. Thomas Dick, LL. D.. the author of “The Christian Philosopher” is dead. A yezr or two ago his services in popularizing science were ac- know! by the gift of one of those scant Pensions which are allotted to the reward of }tabors. He was thrice married, and a widow sur- vives him. +++. The death of Eugene Sue, the celebrated French novelist, is announced. Asa writer, Sue Possessed great powers of vivid description and lively narrative. His works abound in horrible and mysterious incidents, and won favor with the lower classes by the vigor with which their wrongs and sufferings were contrasted with the vices and luxury of the rich. Notwithstanding his poclatians ae has alway eee aE myerR intly, as ¢ reat popularit; some 3 Sritinge enabled him todo. 4 7 It is said that towels wrung out of hot water and applied to the forehead and temples will speedily remove headache arising from neu- ralgic affection. S> AT A MEETING of the Columbia Club \L_¥ Capitol Hill, the following persons were elected for the ensuing six months: T. Day, President; Clabron Mockebee, Vice President; John Fagan, Reco. Al John Doviey, Financial Secretary ; Adolphus Frb, ‘Treasurer. it* HO! FOR THE QUAKER CITY! FRANKLIN PHILADELPHIA’ ASSO- TION.—A meeting of this Association wili be held inthe Hall of the Franklin Fire Company’s new Engine House,on THURSDAY EVENING. 2th of August, at 73g o'clock, for the purpose of electing a Chief Marshall, and for the transaction of other important business relative to their visit to Philadephia in October next, to participate in the firemen’s grand procession. Persons who desire to join the Association should make early application for admission, as the list of bers it shortly be closed. seen ere na Sn EO. R- CROSSFIELD, Sec. auls-T&Th —(States,2t) NOTICE.—An adjourned meeting of the l Western Hose Co will bab at their nse House, on TUESDAS EVENING, Auzust 18th. A punctual attendanne be roquedted, AE basi- ness of importance will be submitted. W. RIGGLES, Pres. W. J. FEENEY, Sec. au 17-2t THE REGULAL MONTHLY MEET- | ing of the Washi orticultural Societ; Will take place on WEDNESDAY, EVENING, the 19th instant, at Mr. Corcoran’s Building. on H street, between 13th and 14th atreets, at 7 o'clock. Kel premiums awarded a eae peeion wie nesday i ¢ Treasurer. aui7s 7 Ore. HUGHES, Sec. NOTICE.—Ministers of the Gospel, of all hk denominations, are hereby forewarned to unite in marriage William {. Fowler, of George- town. The law will be enforced against any one cies Renaing, he being a minor and an apprentice. au 15” VOCAL MUSIC.—C. L. IRVING returns many thanks to his music-loving friends and patrons for favors during the past winter and spring, and announces his V: Music classes at Temper- ance Hall closed until TUESDAY EVENING Sep- tember Ist ,at@ o’clock, at which time and piace, Evening and Night Classes for ladies and gentlemen will be organized. desiring a thorough knowledge of the elementary principles or of prac- ticing upon Glees, Choruses, &c., can be ¢1 Ee cee ce 'erms, essons, Vocal instructions giving to Schools and Acade- meg alsu, private instructions in Singing and upon e Piano. Application can be made to Mr. I. through the post office or at the inusic stores of Messrs. Ellis or Metzerotte. sii au l5 tSepti* BALTIMORE ICE CREAM DEPOT ! AND CON FEcTIONER a Berets gare a per eliver ity. Also, on hand 68 different kinds erie sige t e city, pai} I will aus ior 5 cents. Some on me a givemea he Furnishes Parties, Weddy 8, Excursions. &c, JOSEP! SHAF FIELD, Foreman at Weaver's, iy 27-1m* Opposite Browns’ Hotel. ICE CREAM AND WATER ICES, of the best quality, delivered to families, parties, fairs, and excursionists, at $1.5) per gallon, at the PHILADELPHIA ICE CREAM DEPOT, corner 12th and F streets. au 10-im* oe President and Directors of 3 Georgetown College hereby warn all persons not to trespass on any of the College walks or ape pa mngeh ys lag eed — With according to . roft resident : aud im JAMES CLARK, Treasurer. OTICE. G LICENSE.—The own- ' ers of Dogs in Georgetown are hereby notified that their T-icense will expire on the 14th instant, Packer homed orp — s — os aays from t ©, will sulject themselves to a fine. hope WM. LAIRD, Clerk. Georgetown, Aug. 13th, 1857. au 13-eot2ith ME. KLEIN & CO,, (from France,, M * ‘DRESS MAKERS, No. 391 Pa. av., between 434 and 6th sts. Picating. Fluting. Crimping, Dresses, Curtain Bleaching and Old Embroideries transferred to order, au 18-Im A CARD.—The undersigned have this PA Au- ‘ust 3) entered into partnership in the HOUSE CARPENTERS” and JOINERS’ BUSINESS; and, having erected a new and com ious shop in the rear of Jackson Hall, between 3d and 435 streets, are prepared to contract for and perform all work in their line of business, either in the city or country, With which friends or the public may favor them, onaccorm! ing terms, with promptness and dis- ‘They respectfully solicit a share of the pub- ‘epatronsg®. GEO. W. GARRETT & CO. They have several Houses and Lots for sale in different parts of the city, on accommodating ‘auié-eolm GEO. W. GARRETT & CO. iLT'S CELEBRATED. ENGLISH CAB. AULTS CELE EGS REED. ~ ‘ ared to fi ih Ault’s. Boris TT ea Toe Vas Ault’s Bullocks Heart, Ault’s um bay. Prambead Serer. and ai] other varieties of EDS. SE) Also. Spinach, Kale, Lettuee, Caulifiower, and all other kinds of GARDEN SEEDS. All the above are fresh, pace and genuine; the same superior quality as sold by us last and former years. and will give entire satisfaction to those who purchase from N For recomme! ions we refer to any person who hes, nonia wicuaale and retail, 01 . aes SAN‘ AULT & SON, Corner Calvert and Water sts., Baltimore, Md. 1 Ord sent by mail or by the Adams Express, which 3 fords Ae net fh quick means of carriage. au 18-Im eetenachnee ee se cl YODEY’S LADY'S BOOK, for Sept % GOPENS dor bale at JOR SHILLING LON’S. Arthur’s Home Magazine, onan an Household Words.” Schoolfellow, for September. do. No. 0 Nothing to Do; a companion to “N: to Wear,” one of peers by the author of “Castle Avone” nora D’Orco, anew novel by G. P.R.J: me , PH coo a new Books, Nowsers Basie, nev ‘ublics tions receiv: fast iol A tine rg of Stationery constantly on hand Saws 0S. SHILLINGTON, Ojeon Building, corner 43s st. ani Pa. av. au 18-St J Righeo ORDNANCE, a practical treaties, 1 ion, * A Treaties on Fire Arms, by Lieut. Simonds, Ben- gal Artillery, 1 vol.; 1857 3 Manual of Drills for heavy Guns, | vol.; London, r son Gunn . by Capt. Blakely, Royal Ar- Artillriate” Menualy Maior GriGiths, Royal Ar Scoffern’s W. ‘ar,1 ; London. earman’ iti 1 vol.: London. >" Bamet Arilery gmt formation hy Oat Officers D’Artillerie, Ric » @ 1 nine Wate Si Lea, cal Jacob, Bombay Ar- tillery, 1 vol.; § bOresp ent, Cob’ Artilere,| volt Part. ¢ Be afin kouiond dane iss Pondence 1 Yol. Traits sur Li Artillerie, par le General Scharnhorst, Syme yay ee Sea . FRANCK TAYLOR. T iin Yo coca Lor eRe 01 will cive « at Aniixoron Srutnes on WEDNESDAY, Se tember 2d. 1857, ticulars in a future adv Hy ene By order of rRnerp a . the Committee ta. au 18-3t XCURSION ol Ryland Chapel Sabbath School, WHITE HOUSE AND FORT WASHINGTON Sabbath School attached to Ryland Chape! The ‘Will give an Eoursion as above. on WEDNESDAY, The steamer Grorck NG: TON will leave her wharf,at the foot of Lith street, wise ~ mde m,, Al Proceed dowa the —— tothe i se, remain a ort t . She will then proceed a sufhcient dretence dowa ths Coece ii nel if qdedks where the cena hi . wh ee ery cKhie a “ or Sore ‘ickets FIFTY CENTS; children 10 cents; to nad of the Committee or at the Boat. B.F. Loy, 3 FP W.. Murtagh . F. iy ~ i. Pe . FS - on t7-28 7 ‘urtag' GP4ND EXCELSIOR EXCURSION TO NORFOLK, PORTSMOUTH, CHESA- PEAKE BAY, é&. TheIxrantey take plensure in at eo en ae ioe rons ey Wi very Tatistuetory and successful EXCUR SION of last year, thus presenting . programme un- sur; or excelled in ats attractions—The Poto- mac River. the Coa Bay, Old Point Comfort, Hygeia Hotel ard Visitors, the extensive fortifien- tion Fortress Monroe, ee Raps, Norfoik, P. mouth, Gosport Navy Yard, Ship of une Pe: SS frigate Colorado,Dry Dock, » ospital, &e., &c. The comfort and pleasure of their patrons wil! re- ceive particular attention. canke Speed for the preservation of good order ve mn he The safe and commodious steamer Pownatan having been chartered will leave her wharf F Ki - DAY, August the2tst.at2 p.m.,and arrive at Norio’: on Saturday 1 a.m., and return to Old Point at 5 p.m., and remain there wntil the time for the depir- ge for Washington; arriving home Monday a. .t a.m. A Band of Music is engaged,and the ser- + polds, ofthe Ei Dorado Huvse, perior vices of Mr. J.C. Rey: secured ax Caterer. Extra sleeping aecommodations will be provided. Umnibuses wiil leave the Navy Yard and counect with the Boat. ickots will be onsale at Todd & Ce.’s. J. Hamlin’s Capito: Hil. and J. O’Donueli, Druggist, Novy = committee and company, or on the Single Tickets THREE. DOLLARS ; gentlemen and lad: j 2nd $1 for each additi 5 Bere vants 3 rs Piney Point 81 9. j Commi: of Arranssments. Captain J. Y. Davis. Lieut. J. F. Tueker. Sergeant Jas.Coleman, Sergeant B. F. Beers, Edward Reynolds, Corporal F.H. Sage, ino. McNamee. Surgeon W. B. BUTT, Treasurer. 1” Members of the Contributing Roll of tho Comey wel et ay Capt. Davis for Complimoa- tary Tic ets to the Excursion. . au 13-8.Ta.W&Th HIRD PLEASURE EXCURSION To OLD POINT, PORTSMOUTH, & NORFOLK, The steamer Maryianp will leave Washingtou upon an Excursion to the above p! = on SATURDAY, August 224, at 9 o'clock a. m., arriving at Norfoll early next morning, and leave again at 10 0° id Point. where neing, that far will remain until 6 0’elock ime to visit Hampton, Fortres:. ygeia Hotel, to enjoy the Sea Breeze, to Fish and Bathe. The next day can be acreealiy spent in visiting Norfolk and Portsmouth, the Navy Yard, Dry Dock. Naval Hospital, ke. Retarnine, the Maryland wil! leave Norfolk for Washington Monday afternoon at 40’ clock. ‘The table will be abundantly supriies with all the delicacies of th: ‘ashington and Norfolk markets. Good Music will be in attendance. fe Passe, pe pe for the round trip, 66 Jeman . “ault-ot 7 9** WM. MITCHELL. LOST AND FOUND. AME TO THE PREMISES OF THE SUB seriber, near Rock Creek Church, a small sized COW. The owner can have her by proving property and paying for this advertisement. au 18-St* ALKER. IVE CENTS REWARD.—Ran away from the subseriber, an indentured apprentice, name ROBERT H:NES, about 17% years of age. All Tsons Are warned acainst hiring or harboring sad iy, 28 the law will be faily enforced on nll euch. WM. RUTHERFORD, fu 18-3t* Marble Works. E, bet. 12th and 13th sts. M beresity UP, on the 17th instant. ANDCALF. The Cow is a dark red line back, with x mottied head and face.€ eas The Caif is about four weeks old. The¥e-4 owner will please call, prove property, pay o charges, and take therm ee _ ELIAS E. BROWN, au 17-3t* 18th st. west, between H and I. N°. TICE OF COMMITTAL,—Was committed to the Jau of Prince George’s county, Maryland, on Tuesday, the 28th day of July, ion, ae a runaway NEGRO MAN JACOB SEYMOUR, — He isa very bright mouiatto, abo: inches high,no marks: jut five feet five or s: perceptible, by which he can be identified. He sp pears to be abont twenty-five years ofl age. Had on when committed neat and cleanly clothing. He Pig 18 free, and has followed the water asa live hood. The owner, if any, of the above described negro, is requested to come forward prove property, pay charges. and take bim away, otherwise he will bo disposed of as the law directs wiw DANIEL R. DYER, Sheriff. au 7- =a 6) REW ARD.—Ranaway from the subsori- $200 ber, living near Upper Mar!borough, rinee George's county, Md.. on the ol April, N O MAN. DAVY GR - about 27 years of age, 5 feet, 6 inches high—a dark muintto—bas a large bushy head, with whiskers round his jum size and down look. He may hire himself in the District, where ne has relatives, or make lis way to some free State, os he left withont any provocation. I will give Two Hundred Dollars, if taken out of the State—$10 if taken in the District. or any other part of Marylaw i. and $5) if taken i this county, In either case be must be sot pet him. je 9-tf WILLIAM J. BERRY. WANTS. 000 Ladies, at 59% Penn. avenue, alot of cheap Shoes and Gaiters. gheaper than ever before offered m the United N. B.—Ladies and Misses Gaiters and Morocco Boots 65 to 75 cents ; fine Heeled Gaiters $1.9: Slip- pers 50 and 625 cents; Childrens Shoes 25 to 6° ets. omember the number—53%; Penn. avenue, be- tween 2a and Sd streets. Lo ANTED—Ten HOD-CARRIERSand MOR- TER MAKERS. Apply to ALLEN & JACKSON, Plasterers. au 12-2t* ANTED—A good HOUSE SERVANT. One todo the work of a small family. None need apply except such as can come well recom mended. Apply to JOS. SHILLINGTON, Odeor Building. au 18 St ANTED.—Six or eight HOD-CARRIERS. The usual woces given, and none mood are.’ but steady men, Apply to WISE & CALLAHAN, street, Isinnd. au 18-4" No. 103 4 ii V ANTED IMMEDIATELY .—A COLORED WOMAN, who is a good Cook, Washer. mi Ironer, Good wages will +9 given. Apply at 42) 11 street, corner of 11th. au tg it WANE IMMEDIATEL A WOMA™ to Cook, Wash, and Tron, to take ch: of the dining-room. A slave woman preferred. recom ions required. Apply at No. 3 street, between sth and Sth streets. A SMART, ACTIVE COLORED GIKL. assist in the Work of a small family, 18 Wanted At 255 Penn. avenue. honesty re- quired. auf? LARGE ERS WANTED ON THE WASH INGTON AQUEDUCT —To steady, 0!» who work out their months. the United $1.25 per day, charging board at the rate vi Ting, from Sto lgmmiles up the Caual . Ce IGS, Captain of Engineers in charge of au 13-lw ‘ashington Aqueduct. WANTED —In the family of a entleman resid: t ‘ city. a good - One who. cna bring recommendations foetal he aul Reference as to — i nt GRUTCHETT, oor. BOARDING. OUNTRY BOARDING—A CUessamodaced with DGARD is foe sou Falis Church, Fairfax county, Va.. ten miles from Wash from Alexandria, by address ing JO. county, Va. it aRTLEET Falls Charch, Fairfsx au 15-3t agen Oe eee SBR