Evening Star Newspaper, August 18, 1858, Page 2

EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON OITY: WEDNESDAY.............. August 18, 1858. SPIRIT OF THE MORNING PRESS. The Intelligencer, in publishing the Queen’s dispatch uncurtailed, says : « We may now remark upon the felicity of the terms in which, as completed, her m is conceived ; nor will it escape the attention o! ow readers that though the reply of the ——7 was indited in ignorance of all the ome the Queen’s communication, it could hardl =e been more happy or apposite if he had bad re him a perfect copy of the dispatch to which he ‘was called to re ae ‘eats oa The Intelligencer, further, ‘ing of “* - ners as sas element of civilization,” thinks that a larger infusion of that benignity which springs from the genial culture of social habi- tudes is greatly needed to give a crowning grace to our distinctive “ American civiliza- tion.”” The Union, under the caption, “Stump quib- bling in IMinois,”’ continues its comments upon Judge Douglas. 1 32 17> The Canadian Parliament was prorogued on Monday. GG The boiler of Dexter & Brothers’ cotton mill, at Pawtucket, R. 1, exploded Monday morning, tearing the building into fragments, nearly destroying a grocery store, and making complete wreck of an adjoining drug store. The mill took fire and was totally destroyed. A boy was taken out of the ruins, very seriously injared. i The West (Fla.) correspondent of the Charleston News states that the body of Mr. Sa- los, the Spanish Consul, who was drowned on the 27th ultimo, was found floating in the bath house of Senator Mallory, but gives no further Particulars, or any intimation of the cause of his death. He entered the bath at 12 m , and must have been drowned two hours when dis- covered. 10> The Russian Cabinet bas addressed anote to the governments of Berlin and Vienna, in which the concessions of Denmark are placed in strong relief, at the same time that any desire to appear officious is studiously avoided. The French and English Cabinets have not despatched notes, but have made verbal! declarations in favor of a pacific settlement. Count de Buol considers that the last Danish note has rendered forcible measures unnecessary. Statistics or Great BRritain.—A Blue Book containing the finance account of the United Kingdom, supplies some useful statistics, of which the following is a cursory survey. The total income for 1257-58 amounted to $330,505,- 000. and the total “ordinary”? expenditure to $40,610,000. The net produce of the Excise rev- enue was $69,550,000; of stamps $37,350,000. The Post Office revenue was $15,190,000. The income tax yielded a net reyenue of 255,990.000 The interest, &c., of the public debt was $117,565,000. The value of all the exports from the kingdom in 1857 was $930,972,655, and that of the imports $681 ,075,(00 (official.) The real or declared value of the produce and manufactures of the United Kingdom exported last year is calculated at $610,- 330,000-—2,045 new vessels of 423,477 tons were built last year, and there were registered at the end of the year 37,014 vessels, of 5,519,154 tons employing 254,135 men. The vessels employed in the foreign trade include about 27,000 British and Irish, and 23,000 foreign bottoms. rae Tur Sitver Minus oF Azizona. —The Cincin- nati Gazette publishes a letter of June 17, from an Exstern emigrant, who had reached Tubac, Arizona Territory, on the way to the silver mines of that region, through many hardships and perils from hostile tribes of Indians. Tubac is mainly composed of the members of the Santa Rita and Sonora Silver Mining Company, whose mines are now paying, and with new machinery and apparatus already contracted for, will yield @ very large amount. The writer, with his part- ner, also an American, was to start on the Isth for the Salero mine, distant fifteen miles from there, in the Santa Rita Mountains. It is an old Spanish mine, and was worked many years ago by the Mexicans, but they were all surprised and killed by the Indians, and the mine has not been worked since. It is supposed to be very Tich. The Indians are still dangerous in that vi- cinity, but there will be five, all armed with Sharpe's rifles and Coit’s revolvers. With such weapons five white men are equal to fifty In- dians. PERSONAL. +++ Miss May and Signor Brignoli will sing in concert at Nabant on Saturday evening next. ---- George Watson, Superintendent of the Great Western Railroad, died at Springfield, I., on Sunday morning. ---. Chief Justice C. Pinckney Smith has been Selected at the bar of Jackson, Miss » tO pro- nounce a eulogy ou Gen. Quitman Vienna letters mention that the son of Ba- ron de Bruck, the Austrian Minister, has become & convert to Catholicism -- A. A. Holcombe, late of the United States Navy, was found dead in his bed at the Prentiss House, Vicksburg, last week. ---- The Hon. C. C. Clay, who has been so- journing for some fortnight or xo at Point Clear, made a brief visit to Mobile on the 9th inst. Gen. Pierce and lady are now in the south rance, aud would arrive in afew days ai Paris. The distinguished traveler will be the guest of the American Minister, Mr. Mason -..- A. H. Dawson is lecturing in New York on Mount Vernon. The Journal of Commerce in informed that his defence of John A Washbing- ton is quite a successful one, and it knows of nothing that # good man could more desire, than the removal from his mind of unpleasant preja- dices against any individual, especially when those prejudices do that individual injustice «--. M. Villemot, the new redacteur en chef of the Pans Figaro, gives an amusing accou:t of bis having passed twenty-four hours in Prison (dungeon No 9) for neglecting a summons to do daty as a national guard. He was in Belgium when the notice was lrit at bis house, and might as @ matter of course, have obtained the reversal of bis sentence by appealing. But he says that an appeal would have taken up the greater part of his time for a fortnight, and he therefore delit = erately resigned himself to dungeon No 9 fur twenty-four hours, as being the least of the two evil: --+. Miss Blount asserts bp, lament that she and De Riverie were lawfully married before they made the tour to New York, and bad lived as man and wife for weeks before the separation. The secret of bis pertinacity, then, is simply to bold onto the prize already won. The fact of bis having another wife now living in the State of Pennsylvania, seems to be, in the present Status of the case, the only family obstacle to his ‘success. -.-- The Columbus Sentinel thus describes Miss (De Rivere) Blount: She possesses what iscalled Jo common parlance, asweet face. Her mouth is small and delicate, and the under lip stands out ina saucyand mostdefiant manner. Hereyes are dark blue, with a soft and melting expression When at rest, but at moments emitting a luminous flash, which plainly indicates that when aroused she is not without a portion of iuat boldness of spirit which so eminently characterizes ber ma- proms Parent, and aie bas been Sepinven ina ef sO eriatic during Pear ost uring the few mont face is ee or casioned, no doubt, leep shade of me! wei porn ones of melancholy seems to per- by a: h A few small freckles may be pen onal faint smile. be per eye, Which, instead or ‘aation he oo — Sar acemally de, penits ive it a piquancy which enbances 1 er Lizkt brow t quantity, was drawn back from her ene im bead, and dressed a ia chinotre,astylewhich bot few ladies adopt, as it is seldom coming, at indy very attractive and suitable to this young ler symmetrical form is her great She is about five feet six inches in etght: amon delicate wais , as lythe and graceful in Ler men? ments as the most ultra connoisseur could desire Her carriage would elicit the praise of every oue, 80 graceful and fairy lke in ber tread, that As she moved along the sward, Fen the flowers crushed by her foot, Would raise their heads to g4ze at her. Her feet are small and beautifullysbaped, having that yraceful curve of the instep, which is only found perfect in southern climes dec-ived as to their beauty and size. As she tripped down poh of the hotel, accompanied by ber escort, we had an excellent opportunity of satinfying ourselves on this point Having the good sense not to wear only plain costume in travelinz, we need nut give an elabo- Tate account of her toilette We may not be be- dheved by the ladies, but Miss Blount was travel- lag with only oue trunk, and small one at that! ‘This is almost incredibie to believe, aud we assert is with many misgivings, but it isa fact. We cannot be WASHINGTON NEWS AND GOSSIP. A House or Correction Necessary.—In all large towns and cities, there will be more or less vicious persons, whom it behooves society to punish for their crimes, and, as far as possi- ble, place them in conditions that shall render them incapable of exercising a pernicious influ- ence on their fellows. Hence, we find every such community supplied with a prison-house. Yet, although this is right and proper, and abso- lately necessary for the protection of society, it does not follow that no discrimination should be made between those who become obnoxious to the penalties imposed for violations oflaw. Society cannot be justified, when it is possibly avvida- ble, in placing in contiguity such as have only taken their initiatory step in vice, and others who are evidently beyond any possibility of re- clamation. Certainly not; for, a8 one of the paramount objects of punishment is to effect the redemption of the offender, what tends directly to frustrate that design should by all means be prevented. Now, to shut the novice up in the same jail with the accomplished villain, is to thwart the chief purpose for which he is impris- oned; as it is subjecting him to baleful influ- ences which will naturally weigh him down to greater depths of infamy. The duty of society to discriminate between criminals, in the administration of punishment, thus beeomes evident; but where to draw the line of demarcation is difficult to determine. That it cannot be fairly done, we admit, but that it may approximate so nearly to what is just, as to be infinitely better than its utter disregard, is clearly demonstrable. It is im- practicable, we know, to distinguish between criminals of similar age; but when disparity in this particular exists, then a distinction be- comes easy, and no rational objection can be urged against it. Thus, every one will ac- knowledge that it is unjust to punizh the child- criminal as much as the criminal of full age; because the inexperience of the former is a reasonable palliative. And, again, he can be but a novice, and, if placed in a favorable situation, may be possibly reclaimed. True, the grown-up offender may, in some cases, be even more of a novice, but that is difficult to ascertain, because perpetrators of crime often escape detection, and it is, therefore, out of human power to discover what amount of wick- edness they have committed, whocan, perhaps, be convicted of but a single offence. The appreciation of these truths by the ad- ministrators of law in every city, generally leads to the escape of juvenile offenders alto- gether, unless provision has especially been made for them. Therefore, such are allowed to grow up, perpetrating one misdemeanor after another, until they pass that age when their youth Pleads effectually in their favor. By this time they have usually become adepts in crime and confirmed idlers. Moreover, if detected in law-breaking now, they are pun- ished by confinement in company with their seniors in years and vice, from whom they only learn more villainy than they knew before in- ecarceration. In this manner vice and lawless- ness gain allies, and society loses those who might have become its useful members, if it had provided properly for them. This necessary provision is none other than the establishment, in every city, of a House of Correction, where youths may be placed to punish them for criminal practices, without subjecting them to the pernicious influences under which they are necessarily placed when in common jails; and where, by surrounding them with promotives to virtue, they are ele- vated above the contamination of iniquitous associates. It is, therefore, demonstrated that society should establish these institutions, for two cogent reasons; namely, to protect itself against crime, and to protect its younger mem- bers against irredeemable corruption. But, while this is the duty of all communities, it is fourfold more the duty of the citizens of Wash- ington. Here exist all the reasons in its favor which can be urged in the case of any large city. The temptations to crime are nowhere superior to what they are here. This, too, is the metropolis of the nation, and visitors come hither from all parts of this country, and from almost every other country in cbristendom. The latter, especially, regard this city as the index to the nation, and from the impressions it conveys to their minds,they deduce their opin ions of our national character. They cannot easily realize that the capita! of the country is behind its other cities in any important respect, and we ought not to be thus behind. Yet we are behind in this feature, which is a very im- portant one; and we would, therefore, urge our citizens to take measures at once for the estab- lishment of a House of Correction for the vicious youth of Washington city. Heaven knows we have enough here to make this necessity most glaringly apparent. As OvrracGeous Arrain.—Qur readers have already been informed that the office of the Er- change newspaper, in Baltimore, was attacked & few days ago by a party of ruffians, who beat the clerk and another person present, and par- tially demolished the furniture. The cause of the outrage was the publication in the E.r- change of an account of certain acts of lawlezs- ness perpetrated by a gang of rowdies, who ac- companied an excursion from Baltimore to St. Michael’s. Their conduct was denounced, and a proper rebuke was administered to one John English, a police officer of notoriously bad character, who was implicated in the proceed- ings. This policeman subsequently visited the Exchange office, where he tehaved in a dis- graceful manner, demanding the nawe of the author of the article in question, and threaten- ing vengeance, unless a denial of the statement (which he had prepared and brought with him) was promptly inserted. One of the proprietors of the Exchange told the officer that himself and partner were alone responsible for what was published in its col- umns, and he would not, therefore, divulge the name of the author. As for his denial, he would publish it. And publish he did, but with such comments on the officer’s insolence and the character of the note, as the circum- stances demanded. The consequences of this truly praiseworthy conduct were the visitation and outrage upon the office by the aforesaid ruffians, who are the officer's friends. After- wards, a reporter of the paper, Mr. Allen For rester, avery worthy young man, was called to the door of his residence one evening by two ruffians, and attacked with a cowhide. In the face of these cireumstances, which are all clearly shown to be true, it is surprising that any man, claiming respectability, should attempt todefend or palliate the conduct of the scoundrels; and little did we dream that any newspaper would so demean itself as to set itself up as the justifier of such an outrage. Yet sucn is the case; and the newspaper guilty of this act of meanness towards its contempor- ary, and of disgrace to the fraternity, is none otber than the Baltimore American, which claims to be more respectable, conservative, and independent than ali the other newspapers Pablished in that city. It published an arti- cle soon after the occurrence, in which its sym- pathy with the outlaws was so manifest as to draw upon it the very general animadversions of ite contemporaries. On Tuesday it sought to defend its position by afurther appeal in be- half ot the cowardly villains, and an effort to lay the blame on the Exchange. After ex- pressing its doubts of the truth of the state- ment published by the Exchange, it adds: “If the facts stated were true, it does not al- ways justify their publication to the eye of pru- Tae cee of their tendency to create breaches ofthe peace. If evils exist, and the laws are violated by persons in office, the law affords a remedy. The Mayor or any policeman may be indicted for acts of omission or commission; and a who is unwilling to take the responsi- bility of a legal proceeding has no right to the sympathy of the public when his violent lan- bas provoked, not justified, an assault. = We have been and tne community has been long aware of the ill conduct of more than administrative and judicial functionary, but we have abstained from assailing the private char- acter even of a public man. We have not thought ourselves public censors, still less a tribunal to jadge and punish. We can blish public things—we will never violate private character. We are of opinion that to ridicule and jeer our jblic men is no* the way to strengihen the ands of those in powef, and that scurrility, however much it may increase the notoriety of a journal, does but Tittle for itscharacter. Official character we leave as the law leaves it to the judgment of the tribunal when invoked legally, and when not so flagrant as to require that re- dress, to the unexcited opinion of the public.’ Now, as to the American’s charges of scu:- rility and of assaults on private charaster, &c., it is wholly uncalled for, as none of the articles in the Exchange, relative to this matter, at least, contains anything of that ‘description. The first article was a commendable denun- ciation of outlawry, and a dignified statement respecting the public and official character of s member of the Baltimore police force. Subsequently, the editors of the Exchange have only denounced that gross injustice to the community on the part of the Mayor, pelice force, a magistrate, and the State’s Attorney, which has saved the ruffians from merited pun- ishment. The only motives we can perceive for the American's course, is, sympathy for the ruffians and the fact that the Exchange is its successful rival for the business of the com- mercial circlés of Baltimore, and most pitiable motives these are, truly. Toe Carnouic Cavreu iw tHe Uxiten Srates.—Wggind in a late number of the New York Heraldgthe following important and very interesting ( istical) synopsis of the progress of the Catholic Church in this country : ‘+ In connection with the laying of the corner- stone of St. Patrick’s Cathedral, we published yesterday a very interesting sketch of the rise and Progress of the Catholic Church in this city. No one can read that sketch withouta feeling of won- der and surprise. Aud yet the bistory of the Catholic Cbhureh in New York is but a counter- part of its history in the United States Fifty years ago there were in the whole United States one diocess, two bishops, sixty-eight priests, eivhty churches, two ecclesiastical tions, one college, and two female academ At that time the entire population of the caaby was seven millions. Axsuming the present population of the country to be twenty-eight millions—five millions more than the census of 1850 showed —it would follow that we had quadrupled our population in the last half century. Had the Progress of the Catholic Church barely kept pace with the progress of population, there should be at the present day, on the basis of the foregoing statement, four dioceses, eight bishops, two hun- dred and seventy-two priests, three hundred and twenty churches, eight ecclesiastical institutions, four colleges, and eig ht female academies belong- iny to that denomination “But how do the figures actually stand? Why, in this single arch-diocess they are more than doubled, as we showed by our article yes- terday. In the whole United States, instead of four dioceses (which a proportionate increase would have given) there are forty-one; instead of eight bishops, there are thirty-nine, aud two apostolic vicars; instead of two hundred and seventy. two priests, there are eighteen hundred and seventy-two ; instead of three hundred and twenty churches, there are two thonsand and fifty-three, besides eight hundred and twenty- a stations ; instead of eizht ecclesiastical in- stTutions, there are thirty: instead of four colleges, there are twenty- and instead of eight female academies, (bere are a hundred and thirty-four. Jn other words, taking the number of priests and of churches as a basis of compn- tation, the Catholic church has increased, within the last half century, seven times as fast as the population. ** These are remarkable facts and statistics, and inay well challenge the astonishment and consid- eration of ail men. To what cause is this unpar- alelled yrowth of the Catholic church in this country to be attributed? Tue Principal cause, of couise, is to be found in the immense emiyra- tion here from the Catholic countries of Exrope ; but still the Catholic emigration should bear to that of all others the pisportios of twenty-eight to one, to make that the only cause, and statistics will show that no disproportion exists. Stull the immense influx of Catholics toour shores must be set down asthe preponderating cause of this won- derful growth of the Catholic church here «There are, however, other potent causes that have operated to the same end. Catholicism bas been the great conservative religion of the United States ‘The Catholic church will not tolerate any innovation ; it crushes out all heresies, aud is the foe to everything in the suape of ‘isms.’ Aboli- tionism and spiritualism it utieily discounte- nances. Its confessional system enables it to detect and weed out the first traces of doubt or infidelity in the minds of its suvject; and hence it ts not liable to those defections which break up all other churches into such infinitesimal parts. ‘Thus while the Methodist, Baptist, and other cuurches, have broken to pieces on the slavery question, the Catholics have stood aloof and avoided the danger, and hence their church pre- sents to-day that wonderful growth which we have described .’” The Herald hits the nail on the head in concluding that the conservative influence of the Catholic church, as manifested in this country, has, of late years especially, greatly served to gain friends for it among those who have aught to lose by the failure of the com- munity to recognise the obligations of individ- uals to higher authority than their own pas- sions and prejudices, which, under the name of religion, are so extensively pandered to in those sections of the Union where so many of the churches are in fact but little else, save temples for the gratification of the hatred of their frequenters, and for burning the incense of praise to themselves. Thousands in all the States of the Confederacy, educated to dislike the Catholic religion intensely, in view of the fact that its influence is directly antagonistic to that of the bastard “ spirit of the age” which teaches that man is accountable only to himself so long as he can manage to keep clear of the meshes of the law, have come to regard its spread here with unalloyed favor. Another powerful cause why the Catholic Church is so rapidly increasing in all the ele- ments of substantial power in the land, while so many other Christian Churches are losing wealth and their hold on the minds of men, is of course in the superiority of its discipline and the completeness of the devotion of its ministsy to the cause in which they enlist. The fact teaches the greater wisdom of the rules of that Church in securing for it what all Christian Churches aim at. Viz: Substantial power over the popular mind. Americans are accustomed to believe that it is governmental power almost entirely, that secures for the Catholic Church its European influence, though finding that its believers on coming to this country rarely relax any of their devotion to their Church and its government. It is rare to find our own countrymen comprehend the fact that it is replete itself with elements of in- fluence which really render it even far more independent of government countenance and aid, than the Church of England in the British realm. Statistics like these we publish above fram the Herald, should open the eyes of all to the substantial attributes of recuperativeness which it possesses. It is in this land of free- dom without government aid, and has had to make its way against as unconquerable preju- dices against it as were ever entertained in any land. Nevertheless, in its strides to impor- tance as a denomination of the Christian Church in the United States, it has already far distanced all other churches. The Baptist and Methodist come nearest to it in the race; but we faney that in the increase of its mem- bership, wealth, and tLe substintial influence of its counsels over the non-professing Christian mind, it has already outstripped the increase (proportionate) of all the other churches com- bined. Birps ov a Fearuzr Frock Tocerarr !— On the 3d proximo, Mr. John B. Haskin, M. C. from Westchester county, N. Y., is to be hon- gored with ap ovation on the part of the opposi- tion of all shades in the district he represents. The New York News publishes the following list of “distinguished public men’ (as the Phrase goes) who have been invited to make speeches on the occasion. Viz : Hon Stephen A. Douglas, Hon. Preston King, Hon. Henry Wilson, Col. John W. For- ney, Hon. Wm. H. Seward, Hon. Horace F. Clark, Hon. Henry Winter Davis, Hon. Clark B. Cochrane. Itis a pity that they could not all stump Illi- nois together in behalf of Mr. Douglas, every man of them being an ardent sympathizer In the cause of re-election, as well ss in that of the “Douglas Democrat’’ whom they are to aid on the 3d proximo, as explained above. Facts, such as this invitation, speak to the common sense of honest men, in language too strong to be argued or hunnifuggl«d away by sophistical declarations of continued identification with the Democratic p=rty of the United States. Tar Nicaracvuay Coxmissiongr.—General Jerez, the reputed Commissioner from Nicara- gua to adjust the differences between that Gov- ernment and the United States growing out of the modifications proposed by Nicaragua to the Cass-Irisarri treaty, is now in the city, and has visited the State Department, but we have not learned that he has as yet communicated the object of his mission to the Secretary. Gen. Cass.—It is stated that this gentleman intends making a brief sojourn at Stonington, Conn., a8 soon as the treaty with New Granada, and some other important business of the De- partment, is disposed of. Tar Wearner.—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: AvoGusT 18, 1858 New York, N.Y. lear, warm. Philadelphia, Pa. lear, warm. Baltimore,Md. rlear, warm. clear, wind & Richmond, Va. loudy, warm. Petersburg, Va. Wilmington, N.C. Columbia, 8. C. Augusta, Ge y- Savannah, Ga. cloudy, 76°, wind SE Macon, G3 rainy, Columbus, Ga. cloudy. Lower Peach loudy. Mobile, Ala itormy, ther. 79. Frederick, M clear, pleasant Hagerstown, clear, pleasant. Cumberland, M: ‘lear, pleasant. Wheeling, V lear, pleasant. Mariet‘a, € cloudy, cool. Parkersburg, -cloudy, cool. Cincinnati, O -clear, pleasant. Barometer at the Smithsonian, at 7a. m.. (cor- tected for tempera 29 912: at noon. 29 832. Thermometer, at at noon 86°. Max- 7 a.m. imum yesterday, $8; minimum last night, 74. fe ssn POLITICAL. Hon. Thomas Corwin has been nominated for Congress by the Republicans of the seventh Congressional district of Ohio. The people of Hancock county, Miss , have nominated for Congress, to succeed Gen. John A. Quitman, John J. McRae. Hon. William H. Welsh, late Speaker of the Pennsylvania State Senate, has been nominated for re-election to the Senate by the democratic convention of York county Hon. J.J McRae, ex Governor of Mississippi, was in Mobile on Sunday, the 8tb instant, en route te Point Clear. ‘The Governor is spoken of as the probable successor of General Quitman in Congress i> Mr. Thomas + ith, who resides in the immediate vicinity of Richmond, Va., has a sinall field of egtton, which is considered a curi- osity by all who have seen it. It differs but little in appearance from the ordinary kind, except in color, whieh is as delicately crimson as a maid- en's blush. Not only is the stalk of this gorgeous Lue, but the leaves also, the vividness of color fading, however, as it approached the margin of the leaf, into a purplish green. This is not the effect of disease, or any extraneous substance connected with its culture, but a peculiarity in the plant itself, every stalk Possessing the same rich and healthful glow, and as thrifty as any cotton in the country. ANOTHER TELEGRAPHIC PRosEcT.—A Line to Havana. Yucatan, Merico, Tehuantepec, Nica- ragua, Panama and San Francisco —The suc- cess of the Atlantic cable will encourage the es- tablisbment of lines,with more or less submarine wires, to other portions of the globe. Among these is the proposed route from Key West (Fia) to Havana; thence to Yucatan, across to Tebuan- tepec, and down to Panama, and ultimately to San Francisco. In 1556, Horace B. Tebbets, Esq , of New York, well known from bis pioneer efforts in the build_ ing of the Newfoundland Telegraph, visited Florida to obtain from the Legislature of thay State the charter of a company to establish a tele- graphic connection between Key West and Ha- vana. He did not succeed in getting through a special act for that apes) nit achieved the passage of a general law, broad and liberal enough to encourage him in bis efforts. Mr Tebbets theu went to Havana, and enlisted the co-operation of Messrs. Torresas and Sama, and another gentleman, all larye and enterprising capitalists, throngh whom application was made to the Governor General of Cuba for the necessary xtant; covering a period of twenty-five years. The Governor General approved the Project in April, 1557, and the papers were then sent to Madrid to receive the royal ratification. This would undoubtedly have been given loag ago, but for the fact that the Spanish Government pre- ferred to wait for the successful completion of the Atlantic Telegraph line, which was then a matter of serious doubt. The main advantage to be de- rived by Spain from the Cuban telegraph, was considered to depend on the triumph of the grest ocean enterprise, as Madrid will then be brought in complete telegraphic communication with Havana. It is supposed that the royal assent will be given immediately after the Atlantic line has been put into oo Operation, and that Mr. Torresas, who has been at Madrid for some time past to forward the interests of the “Caban Tele- graph Compaay,” will retu-u to Havana with the ratitied documents some time in September nex:, bil the company will be formed, aud go to work. ‘The distance from Key West to Havana is only seventy miles, and the coxt of laying the cable, it ix said, will be about $5004 mile” The cable will be of the “ three-threaded”? patiern—that is, with three tnsulated conductors. The Magnetic TeleyrapuCompany have agreed to build a beanch from Savanna, Ga., to Key West, so that at no distant day, New York can be put in telegraphic connection with Havana The advantages of such a line to shippers and traders in New York and elsewhere are too obvious to need pointing ont. The same compaay propose to run wires from Havana to Cape Antonio, the extreme westerly point of Cuba; thence across the channel to Yn- catan, a distance of about 40 miles, where the line will connect with one already built to the City of Mexico. They also Propose to extend the wires from Yucatan to Tehuantepec on the Pacific, about four bundred miles, and south from ‘Tehuantepec to Panama, about cleven hun- dred miles, Leet 3 through Nicaragua—thus affording telegraphic communication with the United States and Cuba for the steamboat and railroad companies at Panama, the steamboat company of Nicaragua, and to all sbips that may choose to send messages from those points Lastly, this company propose to construct a line from ‘Tehuante, to Santiago, where there is already a line to San Francisco, three hundred mites North. The distance from ‘I'rhuante; to San:iago is not far from two thousand ‘nites, The line will pass through a country pretty weil settled. We will ro* undertake to say how xoon, if ever, all this will be accomplished, but it is‘all within the purview of the company.—N. y. Journal of Commerce. ALLEGED OvTRAGEe oN aA Youxc Woman — Isaac Brash, engaged in a fur store, in New York city, was arrested by officer King, of the Lower Potice Court, charged with having, on the 2d dav of Juiy last, violated the person of Caroline Wille She alleges, in aa ateavit on file before Justice Osborn, y Brush then being in the Upp: Fr part of bi there se force and violence, and against her w 1, violated her eh’ + She s gied to esca and c: isd for elP but her efforts were unavall e! ing. Brush was beld to bail in the sam of $1,000 to answer the charge. Pe isa net eet i ea Lae UL The particulars of a shocking murder are reported in the Moutreal papers. A man named Patterson and his wife both got drunk, quarreled, and the husband beat and stamped the woman todeath. He was found asleep in bed the next morning, and the body of the woman lying on the floor of the room, A littie son only four years old, saw “daddy beat mammy with acane.”’ —$___ The Equator—An imaginary Line. ates the wera. alae The Cable—A real line, which unites jt. Romance in Real Life. The Washington (Ohio) Register bas cooked up the following bit of romance, and affirms that it is genuine: “We have lately the possession of some facts relative ton incident, which conclusively demonstrates that beauty and worth unadorned, are far move valnabie than all the tin- seled drapery of earth. Not many miles from Washington, on one of those gently undulati farms that look so pleasant when covered wi the verdure of Ju retty country residence where a retired trader and his wife, with their only son, live inthe erjoyment of wealth and ease. As we are not permitted, of course, to name the parties, we will call the Mr. Landen. Among the “helps” in the bouse was a German girl, who possessed remarkable beauty There was anair of superiority ia her manner and address; but the Landen’s were somewhat a proud ple. and always treated eed ike many folks do hired girls, with distant auteur One pleasant day last summer, the old lady and utleman had gone to visit a friend, some mi ex ‘istant, but Frank, being busy at something, did motaccompanythem. Soon after the carriage was gone, Frank heard the sound of music. Some- what astonished, he stole into the house, and ped silently into the sitting room. There sat ary (as we will call her) with the guitar, which she Played with a skillalmost artist! Afterex- ecuting a brilliant lece, she glided into a sweet French air, and then, with rich voice, full of pathos, sung one of the chan-sonettes of Beran- ger. The youth was entranced, and, when she concluded, he could not forbear an exclamation of surpriseand admiration. ‘The girl tarned bas- tily, when she saw the young man at the door, whom she thought was out with his parents ; she turned pate with dismay, tottered a few stepsand fell fainting on the sofa. Frank ran to ber aid, but was in a condition not much more rational ; he had something of the family pride, a.d was of a shy, retiring disposition. Imagine the blushing, confused young man. supporting with his arm the form of a lovely girl ina fainting tit! Frank had never before felt the power of beauty, but he was not overwhelm- ed, and, before sprinkling seme drops of water on her face, he took a hasty, thrilling. hesitating kiss. That kiss was fatal Mary recovered from the swoon, but Frank could not escape the effects of the kiss; study, amusement, everything was at u stand; he seemed to be walking in a dream, and buried in restless thought He would have treated the girl with some attention, but n word, not a look could be win from her; ahe sued ber occupations with ber usual dilige . and ected as if she had forgotten the guitar scene. Seeing no other meaus, Frank one day took ad- vantaye of the absence of his parents and can- didly avowed his att ction, making honorable and frank proposals * We have no-space to describe the girl’s confu- sion, nor the avowal the eager lover won from her of the existence of some very tender senti- ments in her own bosom ; also her own narration of how she came, with «nck acquirements, in suck a situation. Her father bad been driven from Austria for Liberalism, and died poor and broken-hearted in New York. Mary went to Cincinnati, and then came into the country to bire out. When all had been explained, she insisted on the whole thing being openly declared to Mr_ and Mrs. Landen; she would be a party lo no clandes- tine measures. The disclosure was made, the parents were indignant, and Mary was sent away. Months of despair ensued Mary would cou- sent to uosecret correspondence. Frank's health began to fail, and the doctor to shake his head The crisis was irresistibie. Mary was sent for, Frank got well, and they are now a happy pair, and Mary is the affectionate daughter-in-law of a couple who think her the greatest blessing Heaven ever sent them. ‘Traly, ** Lowliness is young Ambition’s ladder.”” N ATTEMPTED MugpeR — Peter Young, althouzh not yet twenty- of ave, is one of the desperate characters in New York city. He has only been out of state Prison two years, having served a term for taking the life of a man during a drunken fighton Mulberry street, near the Five Points. The jury in that case brought in a verdict of manslaughter in the third degree, and bis imprisonment was Hgbt in consequence. Yesterda’ noon his sister called to see himat the corner of Park and \ul- berry streets, where he lives, and he endeavored to compel ber to submit to bis inboman lust. ‘The sister refused, and be seized a large knife and attempted to stab her with it, but she ran from him into the street, and made ber ex: ape ‘The sister told another brother of the treatment she had received, and the brother called to repri- mand the gross offender, when the latter at once rushed at him with a cheese knife, and would doubtless have murdered him on the had not bystanders interposed and saved his life. ‘The oificers and members of MASONIC the Most W. ip'ul Grand Lodge of Free and Aocepted \ iy District of Co'umbia, — requested to meet at rege lt of i e eorcetown, LO-MORKOW AFTER- Oo. 5. Gs NOON, August 19th, at 40’eloek, for the pu e € tone of the Masonic H il to be sreeted by said todge. ¢ Frater: ity. in good stending, at on the oc asivn. The me &re invited to be acd Master. HWasRZMAN, Grand Se . By order of the Te mee GUARD—There will bes au 18-1t meett:g of this Company en WEDNES- i léth instant. The new wni‘orm meeting will be present. Gentie men desirous of joining or aidicg the Corps are ine vited to attend.” By order: 2° J. G. DUDLEY, Sectv. aul? COLLECTOR’S OFFICE, CITY HALL, t a JULY 19, 1858. ‘O TAX-PAYERS.— Abatement for’ Prompt Payment —Notice isherely given that the taxes for the year 125% are now dae. ard payable at this office and that the jaw allows an abatement of eight for the curre..t year if paid on or before the September next. venience of being delayed in ~ndancs during the last few tux- payers are iavited to ea] or their bille at an earlier gE JAMES F. HALIDAY, i¥ 19 endtd Collee or. f CASH PAIDFOR FURNITURE — { Housekeepers breaking up are reapectfully informed that we are at ail times prepared to buy their entire stock of household effects (in large or email quantities) forcash. BONTZ & COOMBS, au 6-2m No. 369 7th t.. bet. Land K. LEATHER-LEATHER-LEATHER, . _ FRENCH § PATENT CALF SKIN. Now we time for shoemakers to buy CALF SKINS very cheap. Prices ra: ge from S19 to $5. C SHAFER, Terms easy, h J No.510 lath st., below D street. au 13-%t* EY’S LADY'S BOOK FOR 8+ PTEM- R—Received and for sale at Shillington’s Magazine for September old Words io Ladies’ Nationa! Magazine Ar hur's Heme Magazine Chambers’ Journal for August. Dick Markham or Smiies and Tears, by the au- thor of ** Minnie Grey.” he Flower of the Flock, by the author of the astie and the Cottage.” ‘Together with all the New Books and Newspa- pers, received as fast as issued. and for anle at SHILLINGTO Odeon Building, cor. _au 18—3t. STILL GR A PRic ¥ GOOD: Prior to making a change in my busin of September, 1 sali sell off the remain stock of rich farey dr s« Silke, figured Jreandies, Musi nd Koves, colored and Rov “igured Swias and Cambrie Flouncings and ot, all 1 ancy Goods will be of- ivw, and many at haif price, to close out duriag this month. Ali sales at thase |: w rates must be for Cash. T must sgain request all parties indebted to me to call and settle their bills te the Ist of September. The accounts of those ailing to de so will be placed in other hands for seiiement. DUCTION IN THE mn the Ist rof my JW. COLLEY. eu 18-27 S523 7th st.,$ doors north Pa. ay, CAL AND M4 ‘TH Tic LASSI ACADEMY. EMATICAL subsoriber, a graduate of one of the first Universities in the country, and having ten years experience in t seminaries of learning, will open a $ ny for Bors, on G street, between !8th oth streets. (First Ward.) on Monday. the 2d of August, The very besi refer ence given. . Tznms: Latin, Greek, French, Geometry, Algebra, &c., por quarter S10 h, Mathematics, and English. English alone, in primary departme: Payalle per quar nVerinbiy in advance. The Principal receive into bis femily a Pe t will rders, who will receive grat.s th vante ac evening schoo!. marly applioat sho id be made, as only a select ber will be avmitted Apply persouaily, or by note. to the Principal, 213 Gu streets. aul?-W&F NE BROWNE EXTENSIVE ASSORTMENT 4 OTHER FUR™ITURE, at Privarx Sare, Theeub-criber having completed tis assortment of Furniture, woud rezpectiully ton, and the pubtic, to call and examine his «tock for them- se ves. consisting | e any. nut, an Mand other Hedstende.” herry, Jeuny Lind Fine Walnutand K 0+wood Etrgeres, Ladies’ Cab- Fice Mahogany and W ainut Sofas irs. Pine solid Oak Marble top nad Otuer Govtare Cham- Fine Mahogany and Wa'nut Dressing and other ¥ MAHOGANY, WALNUT, ROSEWOOD AND Invi-e the citizens of Washing- f fine Mahogany, Walnut, Cherry, and other Wart- “inetx and Whatnets, Bureaus, and Sid Fine M 8 ideboards. y Sad other Chairs of every descrip- top, Centre, Sofa, and other Tables, aes, and Crockery Ware, Looting My parpose is to selkas cheap ‘person ih dates tates heme she: P ‘ms; andi Witidpotatedir ther ieee, Porenee eying Novis Tip erreat, tion. Fine Marble ina, Gi __ EXCURSIONS, PIC NICS, &o. OUN M Ad A Ly dd THE TOM OF R PINKY P OLD POINT, = ORR as PORTSMOUTH.” ‘or the accommedaiien of fumes aad others whing to e1j.y the luxuries of fresh = Fiansttrat oo ue wlvend ometon Petenwer POWBATAN wri leave Washingtoo ERY saTUKD. mn ‘for the above » and coutin’ wring thi season. from ber berth. at © CO” pan wharf, foot of 6h street, arriving at Piney Point at Spm. same dav, Old Prant at 48. m.. and Noriok 5 a.m. Sunday morning. Returning wi! leave Norfolk on Monday at 4p. m., Old Point at 5 p m., Piney Point at 3a. m. Tue-~day, and arriveat Wan: ‘at 10 a. m. om same day. ‘Are (including meals) to Piney Point, 2: Od Point and Nortolk, 5,.and fr the round trip. 8%, poetes meals. —— onan pa bal- price. ree State rooms ex aan ers will be taken up aod landed at all the landings on the P as Y¥.at on, OLOMaAC. ‘oF tigkets and further information a ice of the Great Southern and Soutiwes ticket office, No. 572 Pa. avenue, three of ag 3 satel. ortothe Captaum on board th CHARLES E. MITCHELL, Capta: EORGE MATTING. jy 21-4 Superintendent P. 8. B. U WANTS. WANTED—An Overseers uation by an rienced farmer and gardener. cumbranceisawife Refererocs through the city post office, “J. H. aI MIDDLE AGED LADY. EXPERI in making ladies’ nd oh:idren dresses. to obtain & situation in Washington City or @ +, - rons. No obicction is mai washing med © ood treatment is preferred to good payment ; an: the best of refe-ences can be given. Address box No. 18, Star Office. tal eu 16-3:* Wwantr D—By 4 respectable woman. ins sma! family to do cookine. and werhing. Inquire at No. 436 lith street. betw en Gand H streeta ay "8-3" WwW ANTED—Two Saleswomen None need xpply but t recommen ted &% understan oughly, and possessing & very pint Fa. cy Store. No, 14, vtwaen wth and 9ih sta. WwW ANTED—A peat and comiortabie in the Vieiity of 4% street and Pen’ avenue. Apply immediatelyto A J.FA au 18 3t* Ada as’ Exor-s« USTLER WANTED; a white man @ocus- tomed to the care of horses. N appiv. w. Ww Penenyi au l7-st* ANTED—A SITUATION as housekeep inarespectable Americaa family. by a mid- dle-nged iaty. who perfestiy understands French cooking, ‘ond: mantus making. & nm all etries, The best enoee aay, cities. Adéress, within . ost wa TE D—A good SALES-WOMAN ina Mul- linery avd Fancy Guoas Sto e. None except & competent person, who can come well recom pended, need apply. Address B., Box 347, oe. WAST D—CULPEPER MILITARY STITUTE. he Trustees of the © Military Institute wili Appoist, September, an Instructor to fi Muguages in that Insticution. A well eduented FE) ropean, es ) CAL Speak me languaces ves en ~~ sired. Applications, stating sniary requi eth er With good reod minendatione. must be eddressed to the REV. JNO. COLE, President, of Trustees, Culpeper C. H.. Va. B-tf p AN A emall HOUS! ote _— ith stolen an th ‘of the city. Price not to exoe aa Poti Office i =" FOR RENT ARD 8. ‘ {sxe rinst Pace.| ou ARMS FOR RENT AND SA te rent my Home Pince for the next - at is immediately over the upper Ki Branch idee,within ¥ miles of Centre Ma nes euning's Bridge.) It bas ali the cor hor, and [think the orchards alone wiil there I ask. 1 will aiso hirettwo or three N Wits the Pi ‘ 1 haveasmall Place within three miles of Bindersburg, Prince George’s county, Md..eontain- ing 187 acres, which I wish to sell, which | will dirpose of reasonably. Cali and see me. Ap me at Eastern Hil, near Benning ei ya 17 St Dr. W. A. MAN Fee SAI.E—A two-story Frame HOUSE con taining 9 rooms ; ti en Lots 25 feet fronts, running ia) feet deep, all downin peaches, rx epri- cone ron scapes, vs ofthe 5 = 4 ‘ersons desirous of purchasing cali joo! for themselves, ou the corner of G and 13th ats. and Pa avenue, east. For further information a re of D. CARROLL. No 575. aul > ‘T—The large room over Richard J. ocery Store, corner ot Sth and 1) sts. ect cupted by Gideon's Bindery. Inquire « RICHARDS RK ei i Fek RENT—A three-story BRICK HOUSE, comfortably furcished, untal the ist of Novem ber next, at y to ‘S per wonth: after thet time the house will be for rent without furniture | For par- tioulars inquire «f ROBERT H. BROOM, at Mrs. wi No. 425 south side Penn. avenue. Gere OPPORTUNITY TO ORTAIN A 3 GOODAND st SSFUL BUSINESS The advertiser being about to retire from bus wil Sispoee of hs stock of GROCERIES, QUOKS, &ec., on the most favorable term: location is one of the best in the city, avd * v successful aud renumerative trade tas Leer carried Ou since the store was opened, The stock is fresh, in good erder, and of moderate amount. Good reasons will be given for the present proprietor re firme from the business ‘Ton mare business knowledge aug halite, and th Asmal! capital.a Fare chance is offered. Apple to WALL& BAR- N ARS, Auctioneers, 9th street and Pa. avenue. picasant summer location. Inquire ofJ, D RV NAR’ ‘ orto MRS. DAVIS, 273 iy 36-1, For KENT—TWO ROOMS in the third stor, of the building cocupied as 9n offite ty Cc, Kd Woaliach, and immediately opposite the Coty Hh Aprly te RICHARD) WALLACH. cy LOST AND FOUND. OST.—Thie morning, between 12th street, Washington, a LACCOUNT BOOK, with the pame of Fravei on the cover, contaipiug two due bills, and some bills for cleo” tion. The finder will rece ve x liberal reward by leaving it at A. lee’s Feed Store, 12th sireet. be tween B ard C streets. fu ie itt I OST—A card cxse, containing a cheek numbered 4 1.127, fo- $24 5, dated 1th inst...m taver of facut. J. R. Hamilton, or bearer, upon Wan. Flinn, the payment of which bins been stopp: datthe Trems urer’s Oihce. Any ove hnding t 1 leave it at this offi = REWARD r $5 joxtant, from the reside: scribersa b tcht BAY HORSE: bind mone some White spsts from the gear marks, above reward wil civenty WM. L.GAT) Band avy Var BOARDING. 1 OARD —A few rentiomes can be negommodated with BOARD at No. 453 10th street, between and F. — 4 ee Teo" able ROOM with BOARD a me gprate fam. street, between G and BH. within a walk of the Treasury Department, Bes kvine. with handsomely fu: Rooms, and table Boarding seleét charadter, ens be obtained st 529 H street, vetween 6th end if application be made evon, and easy terms A few geutlemen osn be. Li aR Dand pleasant RG MS 0 52 Pa avenue, between 2d and streets. near St Charles Hotel. a0 lv im” Georgetown and STRAW HATS! g C, hs For Mey Bova, ax. Curve From this day ment of 8) RAW portion of them below cont, for carn. Call early and get dargains, auch as I hove vot off before, LA 424 Pa.ave., bet. 4'yn Le GREAT BARGAINS » fy GENTS’ DRESS HATS OF ALS. COLOKS. In order to redacea large stock of ATS, the accumula.ion of xevernl years | have seis immed to seli them without regard to cost iff you wanta superior Hat fora very »: t oul at LAN oI Hat 8u lf-e0lw 4% Pa. ave.. bei PLASTeERER’s HAIR. Ve have effected arrangements which wi | eunhie 8 to furnish Pinaicrer’s Hair, (in quai tises ef lov ~)8t following rates : it No. 1, at 18s cants per bushel, No. 2. at 16 cents per bu No.3, at 14 cents per bu ELVA’S & THOMPSON. f w i 9.20%w 35 Pa. ay. ene tie Red W heel, CUMBERLAND CUA Just arrived per Cansl, an perior Cumber Oi Suitable tor faints, oon mother onreo of that se Seeerted an qu tities ly, me. and binekseryet ioe purposes ; rete which will be disposed o! at tue Very lowest joes. prio’. GEO. L. SHERIFF, iy street, Caunt bi, 5 su tS eost ir) a _ TINE WINES, LIQUORS, BRANDI ND F ING WINKS. 130 LORS. 2 . Bsa The subscriber has ust received lot of superior old a 7) iad 7 or atu 4 very end aquors, which he «fiers — - aod bottled es kita |