Evening Star Newspaper, August 21, 1858, Page 2

| EVENING ST. WASHINGTON OITY: SATURDAY.......... SPIRIT OF THE MORNING PRES The Inteliigencer backs up the New York Erpress in opposing party conventions to nom- inate candidates for public office ; and, farther, refers to an attack upon the independence of the Georgia Judiciary, made in an attempt to abolish the State Supreme Court, for a decision rendered as to the banks of that State. The Union avows that the Republicans, hav- ing had the lobby under their protection for years, are should have interfered with their schemes of Plunder; and, consequently, resort to every means to defame his Administration. As an example, it shows that Mr. Trambull, who votes for every conceivable appropriation and strains every muscle to increase the expenses of the Government, is utterly amazed that its affairs are not carried on as cheaply as they were when we were collecting fifteen or twenty millions of revenue. The Union, also, says: “«Gentlemen of the highest intelligence, who have traveled through Kansas, report that there is almost universally expressed, all Co a decided opposition to admission into the Union as aState. They allege that their populstion is too small, and that the reverses in business have made them too poor inctir the increased ex- penses of a State government.’’ Ty U7 The proprietor of the Boston Courier has «sess Atigust 21, 1858, | &c., has caused a fine of the numerous work oa r sales} g, | to be built at the rear of his@l it room, ’ | which it sets off in capital taste. it WASHINGTON NEWS AND GOSSdP. Puiue’s GaLLeny.—Our enterprising a:sigh- ‘bor, Franklin Philp, book and picture sedler, is full of fine pictures and engravings. We know no more agreeable resort in Washig-ton that same place, where are to be found de- cidedly the best collection of paintings, water color and crayon drawings, and engravings, we ever saw offered to the public, in the Federal Metrepolis: Among those most worthy of note ted that Mr. Buchanan | ®e the following. Viz: Shipon Fire, (French) by. Tronville. Coast of France, do. do. The Trapper’s Cabin, by Stantey. Marine View, by MacLeod. Harper's Ferry, do. Portrait of Cartisle, by Johnson. The Drunken Man, do. Sketch from Life, by Baumgras. Various Cabinet Pictures, copies from Ger- man artists, original water-color drawings, by J. @. Philp, of London, and various speeimeng of chromo-lithographs. Of these, the “‘Ship on Fire,” in the delicacy and fidelity of its conception and execution, is unsurpassed by any marine painting ever seen in this country. Stanley’s “‘Trapper’s Cabin” is the best thing so far coming off his easel. The time will arrive when, as a faithful and yet thoroughly artistic memento of American notified the American Telegraph Company of | border life, it will sell for many times its that city, of bis intention to prosecute tnem for having given his special and private dispatches F from Portland to the Traveler newspaper. {> Late advices announce that Gen. Twiggs had ordered an expedition of four companies of weight in gold. MacLeod's view of ‘Harper's ‘erry’’—a subject peculiarly well adapted to his accomplished brush—is a strikingly beauti- ful and effective picture; while Jobnson’s *Drunkard’* is surpassed in its line hy ne cavalry and fifty infantry, to be provisioned for | other painting now in this country. three months, agajust the frontier Indians. Col Titus’ company passed Fort Chadbourne on the 29th, for Bonora. that Vidaurri left Monterey on the 27th, with a second column against the capital. He would unite with the forces of Zuazua. Col. Coronado was preparing to join him frem Durango. Vi- daurri was expecting a bloodless victory. & New Featuas.—The Syracuse Journal, in describing Tuesday’s cable jolifieation, say: “A new feature was introduced—and such a feature! All of a sudden, and all at once. four- teem locomotire*sent npa shriek from theirsteam- whistles which shook the firmest buildings to the centre, deafened every ear, and penetrated, as we verily believe, west fo Lake Erie and east to the tide-water. There is to description, in pue- try or prose, which cam convey any just idea of the noise.” @@ Curacoa advices to the 4th imetant, have been received Political affairs at Venezuela were quiet. ‘The French and English fleets were still lying at Laguyra. Gen. Gregori Monagas died in prigon at Mara- caibo. Advices received at Curacoa from St. Domin- go indicate another revolution in that republic, General Santana being opposed to the nomination for the Presidency. eee 1L> The celebration at Pittsburg, Pa., in honor of the completion of the Atlantic telegraph, took place on Thursday evening, and rather exceeded the public expectation. The programme was well carried out, and the whole affair was je - baps the most brilliant demonstration of the Kind ever gotten up in that city. All the public and many private buildings were most splendid- ly itlominated. Over fifteen hundred lights were displayed in the windows of the St. Charles Ho- tel, which presented a most dazzling spectacle The civic procession was also imposing, and an itluminated regatta, consisting of several deco- | oq that tated rcw-boats, enlivened the scene on the river. POLITICAL. Hon. Bion Bradbury has been nominated as the regular Democratic candidate for Congress in the Sixth district of Maine. The Republicans of Michigan have nominated Moses Wisner for Governor. The Republicans of the Fifth District, Me. have renominated Israel Washburne for Con- gress. Hon. J. R. Wortendyke, Thursday night, re- ceived the Democratic renomination for Con- fess in the Fifth Congressional district of New jersey. in the First district of New Jersey Judge Geo. A. Walker, of Atlantic county, bas been chosen as the nominee of the Democtatic party for Con- gress. The Hon. Freeman H. Morse bas been renomi- nated for Congress in the Fourth district of Maine. The Democratic (Douglas) Convention for the Seventh district of Illinois has nominated James © Robinson es their candidate for Congress. William Hubbard has been nominated for Con- gress by the Democrats of the Eighth Congres- sional District of Ohio. The Republicans of the Fifteenth district of | cattle. The Camanches then started their Ohio bave nominated Wm. Helmick, in opposi- tion to Gen Burns, the Democratic candidate. Benjamin Stanton has been renominated for Co! by the Republicans of the Eighth dis- trict of Ohio. in the Tenth distric: of Indiana the Hon. Chas Case, present Republican member, is nominated for re-election to Congress. cues ional district of Ob’ Tuesd: ees trict of io, on Tuesday, nom- inated Mr. N.H. Van Vorhes. 7 The Hon. David Kih; was nominated for Congress by the Republicans of the Fifth district of Indians, on Tharsday. PERSONAL. Capt. A. Gibbs, U.S. A., and Lieut. Col. . Winder and family, are at the Kirkwood. ---. Gen. Joe Lane, United States Senator elect from Oregon, was to be honored with a military — civil procession in Indianapolis on Wednes - y last. . ao —— apse wees at Mont. o1 Wb a ur Springs, Virginia, Au- ee Tih, viz: He ame of Texas; Winston, of p rte, and James C. Jones, of Tennessee. --.. The party of literary travelersto the Adi- tondac region returned to Boston on Tuesday, afier anabsence of afortnight. Mr. Agassiz, it is stated, proved to be the best shot of the party. - Hume, the sorcerer, is not rec Catholic. When he reverted to the forbidden practices of the black art, he did so in the face of = kuown censure of the Church.— Freeman's ournal. Lady John Russel! a boudoir suit consisting of a table and four chairs, com; of solid silver, asa mark of their sense of the obligation they | dian tribes in this region, they will undoubtedly owe to her husband -++» The Prussian Moniteur announces that the King of Prussia will prolong: bis residence at Tegernsee | than he lately decided, the air of the mountains baving a decidedly favorable ¢ffect upon bis health. ---- Hon. Jno. C. Allen, Clerk of the House of Representatives, bas returned from his visit to his home in Illinois. Whilst he was gone he suffered from severe illness, but we ate state that be is now quite recovered ----Capt. John Davis, for twenty yearsa James pg Epes ye oe died st Richmond, on nesday 5 is charge of by the Masons id Odd Pelion aca carried to Norfolk and buried on Thursday, where a large number of 2 the funeral Ceremenion. puna a epson ---- A despatch from Paris says it was there that the King of Holland intends torands cate. The Prince of Orange, the heir completes his eighteenth year next he will — to ascend the throne. The Motives of the King’s.abdica said Profound mystery = ene a | -... Among the recent Hotel, are the following ; Gen. Harney, U.S.A : a wstus chell, collector of the port of New rork, ne” pe Ward, N. Y.; Hon. John Secbrae, Bi. v Senator Fiteb, Ind. ; G N. aa een ti ¥.,and John E. Ward, Ga. sees rt Dale © at Napies, Loy : letter to the Re a mma worea! mex” '< report t! become atboiic ytthout peed b= . body, be bolds to the Unitarian doctrine. says be ts writing a work whieh, thouyb es tne subject of religion, will satisfy his ‘what his religious views are. -«+ A bell isto be given at the Fillmore house, Republican Convention of the Eleventh | whoo; ---. The Jews in London intend to present to | body of Kickapoos, who started to bis assistance PPY ‘© | steal bis horses, and and Odd Fellows, and | stole a tothethrone, | harsh measures with the ca, month, when | but following Indian % Cooper's directions, arrivals at the National Party, Kawin Crosswell, N.Y ; | bear? Preeman’s | of ¢: We advise all who would pass a few minutes most agreeably, to drop into this fine gallery —__ of art in passing up or down Pennsylvania Mexico.—By advices from Mexico we learn | #venuc. Tue Derrepations or Tae CAMANCHES.— Fort Arsucaze, (C.N.,) Jaly 27, 1558. To the Editor of the Star: ‘The country in this vicinity having lately been much disturbed by marauding parties of Indians, below I give you an authentic account of the oc- currences. The facts are as follows: Robinson Thompson, a Chicka:aw, came in yesterday morning, before reveille, and stated that as he returned from camp meeting on Sun day evening, July 25, he stop; ed at the house of Smith Paul, a white citizen, distant from this post about two miles. While there, Paal entered, and said that a great many horses were tied under the trees, near his fence. He (Thompson) went out to look at them, and thongbt they be- longed toa party of Wachitas, who had just ar- rived and were about toencamp. Knowing many of that tribe, he left the house, intending to visit them; but not seeing their horses when he left for that purpose, it occurred to him that they were Camanches, and he immediately mounted to come to the post and report it. A short distance from the bouve he was surrounded by a number of Indians, who asked him, in Caddo. if he was an American. He xaid, No, he was a Chickasaw! On which one of them brandished his lance with one hand, and struck his breast with the other, saying that he himself was a Camanche. Several of the Indians immediately shot at Thompson, whose horse fell dead under him, pierced with three arrows, and he himself escaped with ex- treme difficulty to a thicket, being closely pur- sued bythe whole party—from fifteen to eighteen Indians, some mounted and some on foot—who shot at him with a rifle and with arrows. He concealed himself in the thicket, and lay stili. About balf an hour after this, he heard tattoo beat in the tison, but dared not move, as he could still hear the Camanches. Next morning, at daybreak, he came in and reported these fagis— baving rei concealed all night in the thicket. The same morning immediately after reveille, Jobn Wilkins (a white citizea) came and report- 1 his horses had been stolen the same morning. He stated that he returned from camp- meeting late on the previous evening, and did not go to bed until towards morning, and then he saw thatall his horses were safe in his yard attwo o’clock, a.m ; but at daylight, when he awoke, he saw that his fence was down and his horses stolen. Smith Paul, (a white citizen,) at whose house Thompson had stopped the previous evening, came in soon after and reported that his herd of horses bad been stolen by the Camanches. He seid that he missed his horses when be got up, and on going to look for them he found one of them in the Jane near his house, shot with an arrow ; soon afterwards he found a bell that had been cut from one of bis horse’s neck ; also, some hobbies that had been taken from their legs. Perry bilge B Mrs. Hall, Casey, Kearney, M Fitzpatrick, Mrs. Hawkins, and others, al! ci zens of the Choctaw nation, came in soon after and rted the loss of all their borses. Lieut. Fowell commanding post) immediately ordered 8 scout consisting of two non-commissioned otti- cers and twenty-five men, under the command of Lieut, Otfley, to follow the Camanches’ trail. ‘Lhe scout started at once, accompanied by Black Beaver, (a Delaware and post interpreter,) who acted as guide; aud by its rapid pursuit compelled the Camanches to abandon their breakfast, (hot roast meat ;) they having stolen and kilied some at a gallop across tne prairie, and of course were soon out of reach of the infantry. Mra. Haw- kins, who lives about four miles west of this post says, that about sundown on the 25th she heard a noise and saw some ladians approaching her house; she was much frightened, and bid herself in the corn field close by; the Indians, about fif- teen or sixteen, (whom she knew to be Caman- ches,) stopped in the yaid in front of ber house. and yelled, and held a war dance, an exhibited many savage demonstrations. They concluded by driving up and stealing ber entire berd of horses. This party carried a b red flag, and passed very near the place where she lay conceated All of the horses were stolen from east and west of the post, and distant from two to six miles in either direction. 1 am assured by the Choctaw, Chickasaw, and Delaware trailers that not less than seventy Ca- manches lad tbio in this transaction, having ne ted into small parties, which operated upon different herds of horses a: the same time. At the time I write, I bave certain information of more than eighty horses which the Camanches shot of excaped with on Sunday night and Mon- day morning last. ©. Major, U. 8. Astronomer, has made a requisition on Lieut. Powell for aid for the sur- veying party under A_H. Jones, U.S. Surveyor, now engaged on the 9th meridian, and distant about $0 miles from this post. The garrison of the post consists of only one company (F) of the Ist infantry, commanded by Lieut. Powell, who ognized asa | could not send any soldiers to his assistance, us there are no public animals whatever at this post, and the men could not have reached him in time to give the required assistance. Under these cirenmstances Lieut. Powell! procured a trosty immediately, and as they enjoy a reputation for honesty aad bravery superior to most of the In- render effective service. This morning, (July 29,) the great chief of the Wachitas cume in and said he wished for a ‘talk,’? he was — by three Keechis, The two chiefs of the Kickapoos being present, the Wachita chief formally opened the council, He said that in conformity with the advice of the Indian Agent, D. H. Cooper, he had always endeavored to conciliate the Camanches, sjal- ly those near him; but they still continued to = tl Professed great friendship towards the Wachi and when re- monstrated with they acquiesced in everything that was said, but always stole more horses be- fore ge bis camp. A few days se they achita weman—as soon as this gross outrage was discovered a number of his youn, men went on their trail, overtook, and captu the perpetrators, (who were nine Camanche war- stan naar tale cities tural sbesnived tet even wo i is extreme insu al rom red Camanches, they treated them ki. vice for the tribes to Benet tnd in oalty - b », stole the best horses of the Wachita chiefs the same night, thereby Scag 8 fresh insult to his le. I wish, said he, to ask the White Chief a question: How long am I to for- They steal our horses and outrage our tmust I stand asietiy kA see then young men, and wait till some are dead resist! Tam already sure are full ‘and are not our friends. come outrage. “The ficodly tak that followed a t the recovery of the wounan’ was desired by the who came and stole the horses of all night. nanu: aCamanche chief, Doasth that ‘ke has recently his ad- saghetl “Bi 16 Cob Momnan sacked a white settlement om the Arkansas in retare for hie pest courtecles, The i owing | rivets and say that they have sous, ! Eg One ae the — of es nowy pol i Compre de ajor Macom! Lord Hidblesdale, G. Chadeick SH. Tagart, Couat Henry Titlany, { Stewart, and T. Freuacheiti, Walden Tell, W iiliam Henry Jones, will ee vand Photadipe. | ats te ae avoid the pursuit of the Americans. remhige, the fs Pye nnd E wt des Tenet, they wilt steel grown i not rena, they lery for the exhibition [7 for the lady or gentleman of refined taste than: thing we have, and we shall starve to death! ee 120 miles from my village and a from u Place are the lodges of Camanches, Kiowas, Cheyer a) and Arrapahoes—all of in plunder and robbery. have given them food,and , they number altoget! d people! Where shi jefs said that they and theif] yo Taen mangling to hel thelr friends th white mem, the Chocktaws and Chickasaws, ai the Wachitas, against the Camanches; who, t knew, bad determined to do all the injury th could inthe mat In reply to a question from Lieut. Powell, they said they would immediate- ly send some of.their young men to the assist- ance of Mr. Jones and party. The Wachitachiefs further said that the ‘hes had boasted that they would steal in the nation a sufficient number of horses to enable them to make a strong attack on the Texas frontier. Lieut. Powell advised the Kickapoos to unite with the Caddoes and Delawares, and send as maty iting Men as they could tothe “Great Spring,’? which is about six miles east from the Wachi iL and forty miles west from this post, there tp form a camp for their mutual - tection and defence, (making at the same time every possible concession that would tend to con- ciliate the Camanches, but resisting to the ut- most if attacked by them,) there to await the re- turn of the Indian agent, or until he, (Lieutenant Powell,) could receive suitable instructions from the General commanding the department. They agreed to do so; and the principal chiefs of the Caddoes and Delawares, Kickapoos and Wachi- tas, will assembie in council as soon as ible, and then proceed to the vicinity of the Wachita villages. The number of horses lost by the Wachitas and Keeches, within the last month, is very great, in addition to the large number stolen from the citizens of this district, which this last depreda- as caused to exceed 160 horses stolen by the Camanches within the last forty AU the tribes, who are well dis; toward the whites, complain of the wrongs and outrages inflicted on them by the Caranches. A number of families of citizens bave come into the post for protection, which has been af- forded them in all cases. *4*. Tar Sawren Ririe Caxxox.—tThe Seerc- tary of War recently ordered experiments to be made with the new rifie-cannon of Sylvanus Sawyer, of Fitchburg. Mass., and the results, | 80 far as reported, are said to bo entirely suc- cessful. It is the opinion of the Ordnance of- ficers that this gun is unrivaled. Its line shots are so exact that at the distance of a mile an ordinary-sized tree need hardly be missed once in fifty times. Mr. Sawyer superintended the firing, and in seventeen shots at a mile’s dis- tance the furthest was not over three fect from the centre. This cannon has a rifle groove which forms a cirele in twenty feet. The one used for experimenting carries only about a six-pound ball, and has been fired upwards of two hundred times without injury. It is cast of the Alger iron of Boston, and the ball is shaped like the Minie-rifle ball, and filled with powder, so that it explodes after entering an object. The discovery of Mr. Sawyer consists in adapting the cannon ball to a grooved gun. To effect this the iron ball is first tinned, and then coated with lead, with ridges on the sur- face fitting the grooves of the bore. The official report of the experiments will probably be made at an early day. “Spactator’’ Aproap.— _ . (Correspondence of the Star } New York, Aug. 20, 1858. Soon after our arrival we heard the bh avy booming of the cannons at the forts below,.and in alittle while afterwards the noble ship Niagara hove in view, literally bedecked with brilliant flags, from her cut-water, over her top rigging and down to her stern post, and slowly steamed her way up to the navy yard. Duri: her pas- sage, the shores and shipping on cack side, ond the multitude of steamers that Hterally covered the bosom of the water were perfectly crowded with human beings, and from every quarter there went up from the immense multitude, long and loud huzzas for the noble ship and her gallant officers and crew ; and at night the demonstra- tions of applause in the neighborhood of the nav: Fass were such as to have one to suppose that alt rooklyn was in a blaze. The trip to us, thus far, bas been one of more than ordinary pleasure and profit, in the way of bodily health ; and from | Sangean indications, we have strong hopes that a few more days of such exr reise will fally restore us to our furmer sound- ness of body. We are now about to sally forth, as the old Cal- ifornia gold-bunters say, upon a Prospecting ex- Ppedition, and what we see in the shape of the wonderful, we will try and communicate in an- other epjstle, unless we shall run foul of the elephant before we get through, in that case we shall shape our course westward, instanter. re gone on shore but once since our arri- val, we have had no opportunity of forming any thing like a correct conclusion in regard to the piace. But from what we bave seen, our opinion is pretty much like that of the Exquimaux who was taken into London. after surveying the — pretty well, he was asked his opinion of it. e pl ave a significant shake of the head and re- : “Poo much houses, too much people, too much noise, too much everything. Frorwa Raitroap Reserves.—The Acting Commissioner of the General Land Office (Jos. 8 Wilson, Esq.,) has issued instructions, under date of 19th inst., to the district officers at Tal- lahassee, Newnansville and St. Augustine, Florida, directing them to restore to pre-emp tion the U.S. reserved sections of land lying within the six-mile limits of the different rail- road routes in their districts. These instruc- tions are issued in virtue of the provisions of the act of Congress of 3d March, 1853, which extend the pre-emption features of the act of 4th September, 1841, to the class of lands above described, from the date of the “‘ definite loca- tion’’ of the railroad routes for which Govern- ment lands have been granted, until the ‘ final allotment’? of the alternate or railroad sections to the State. The above lands having been ab- solutely withdrawn, however, for more than a year, have not, since the withdrawal, been sub- ject to pre-emption until the issuing of the in- structions above mentioned. From our RockvitLe Conresroxpext.— Rocwvitix, Angust 20, 1854. To the Editor of The Star: The case of the condemnation of the !and on Conn’s Island, Great Falls, which has occupied a jury and interested this community for the past ten days,was yesterday given tothe jury, at noon, The closing argument on the part of the United States was given by Rob’t Ould, Esq , of George. town; and a more powerful argument—one more clear, more compact or more effective—has never been beard in the old court-bouse of Rockville, Following and replying to such distinguished advocates as ex-Gov. Lowe, of Md., and Hon. Robert E. Scott, of Fauquier county, Va., it { enough to say that Mr. Ould fully sastained hi; self, and that his colleagues and the agent of the United States were eager in their conyratulatio: upon the success of his argument. He has in th: contest, so long and ably fought, earned a distin tion which must benefit him in all his future ca- reer. The importance of the case, and the necessity of an able defence of the United States, will be | ceived by the dicectors of the n Company: understood when it is known that the common Teport js, that the President of the Great Falls Manufacturing Company claimed # million of | tic communication is. maiutained viously made, but subsequently suspended. At White Hall, the old postmaster, Mr. Hall, is retained, and the app§intment of Mr. Buell, which was also suspended some time ago, is ow resci: . ‘qe of i made by » With the @vowed Purpose. gf es@ouraging the breed Of mules, it bought four miles at & thousand dollars apieoe, instead of paying the same price for four fine jackasses.”” Mr. Buch- anan, we suppose, was not aware there was a quartette of editors attached to that journal, and that they were all in the market. Tae Epiror of the Baltimore American says: “ We claim no infallibility for the American, its conductors are not exempt from the preju- dices and liabilities to err that afflict other men.”’ These are superfluous confessions, in- asmuch as the facts were disclosed some time ago, and are still very apparent. Leave or Assence of three months has been granted to the officers and crew of the steamer Niagara, and they have been detached from service on that vessel. The Niagara will un- dergo considerable improvement at the Brook- lyn Navy Yard in the meantime. Comixa Home.—The sloop-of-war Plymouth was ordered to Vera Cruz some time since, to bring home Mr. Forsythe, the American Min- ister. to Mexico, and Mr. Henry, who went thither as bearer of despatches. An Iwrortant Titte.—There is now pend- ing before the General Land Office a case involv- ing the title to nearly the whole of the site of city of Portland, Oregon. Orverep.—Dr. Wm. F. Patton has been or- dered to report for duty at the Naval Hospital at Portsmouth, Va.,on the 5th of November next, in the place of Dr. Lewis W. Minor. To ne Apsent.—Attorney General Black in- tends leaving the city this evoning for Penn- sylvania. Tax Wraruer.—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: AvGust 21, 1858. New York, N.Y cloudy, pleasant. Philadelphia, Pa. cloudy, pleasant. Baltimore, Md . cloudy, warm. Washington, D. cloudy, wind SW Richmond, Va. clear, 8°, wind S Petersburg, Va clear, ther. 78. Norfolk, Va» clear, th 76, wind SE Lynchburg, Va Bristol, ‘Ten.. Wilmington, N. 7. clear, warm. Columbia, S. eooeclear, warm. Charleston, 8. clear, 78°, wind 8 Augusta,Ga «clear, warm Savannab, Ga. clear, 73°, wind SE Macon, Ga. clear, warm Columbus, Ga. Lower Peach Tree, Ala Mobile, Ala .. Gainesville, ML c New Orleans, Li clear, th.63, wind N Barometer at the Smithsonian, gt 7 a.m. (cor- Tected for temperature.) 29 974; af . 29.976 Thermometer, at 7 a.m., 75°; at noon 77°. Min- imum last night, 66. - ——— aoe The Atlantic Telegraph. Mr. Field sent a message to England on Wed- nesday and received a reply on Friday, as fol- lows : VaLentia, Aug. 19.—The directors have just met. They congratulate you on your success. The Agamemnon arrived at Valentia at 6 o'clock on the morning of the Sth. Weare just on the point of chartering a ship to lay the shore end, as no time is to be lost in sending them out. A dispatch from Catlonease, N. F., Aug. 19, says: “The cable is working beautifully. A Mr McRay, at Cyrus station, sent a very wee pcs message, to-day, to the agent at Liverpool, re- specting the steamer Europa, which was dam- aged by the collision with the Arabia.’ Mr. Field persists in bis resignation of the act- ive managership of the Atlantic telegraph, owing to impaired health and the pressure of private business. There has been some curiosity to know who are the American stockholders in the Atlantic Telegraph Company, as well as the aggregate amount of stock owtied by them. The last ques- tion we cannot answer fully. The whole amount of the capital is £500,000, of which amount, we are told, Mr. Field owns one-tenth. That is £50,000. How much of the remainder is owned in America we have no means at hand just now to enable us to state accurately, but the follow- ing is a complete list of the American stockhoid- ers: Cyrus W. Field, Peter Cooper, David Dud- ley Field, August Belmont, John C. Green, Wil- son G. Hunt, Jacob Little, A. M Lawrence, Matthew Morgan, Henry G. Marguand, G. T. Trimble, B. H. Van Anker, West Reid, John Hughes, Estate of Mortimer Livingston, Messrs. A. A. Low & Bro., Messrs. Duncan, Sherman & Co., Messrs. Schnard and Gebhard, Messrs. W. A. Sale & Co., Messrs.,Phelps, Dodge & Co, Mrs. E. W. Perkins, all of New York city ; R. Stevens, Esq., of Saratoga Springs, N. and Wm. Dow, Esq., Montreal, Canada. By the steamship Arabia, at New York, from Europe, we have some of the particulars so eager ly looked for, of the arrival of the Agamemnon in Valentia Bay, after successfully laying her Portion of the cable, and of the feeling with which the important event was regarded on the other side of the Atlantic. The following dis- patch was the first announcement of the Aga- memnon’s urrival, and we subjoin the other dis- patches and extracts from English papers : : VaLentia, August 5. To the Directors of the Atlantic Telegraph Company —The Agamemnon bas arrived at Va- joe and we are about to jand the end of the cable. The Niagara is in Trinity Bay, Newfoundland. There are poos signals between the ships. We reached the rendezvous on the night ofthe 26th, and the splice with the Niagara cable was mede on board the Agamemnon the following morning. By noon on the 30th 265 nautical miles were laid between the two ships ; on the 3ist, 510; on the Ist of August, S84; on the 2d 1256; on (he 4th 1854; on anchoring at six in the morning, in Douglas Bay, 2022 The rate of the Niagara during the whole time has been nearly the same as ours, the length of cable paid out from the two ships being general- ly within ten miles of each ake. With the exception of yestefday, the weather has been very unfavorable. Vavestia, Thursday, August 6 —Her Majes- ty’s ship Agamemnon arrived off Douglas Head early this morning with the end of the telegrapbie cable; the communication between Ireland and Newfoundland complete. Mr. Bright is now making arrangements for landing the end, and thus bringing to a successful termination his anxious and difficulttask. ~ The following second dispatch has been re- Uantic Telegraph Vawentia, Friday morning, August 6.+:Elec- perfectly. In clear, pleasant. clear. clear, ther. 81. clear 3 dollars damages, while Captain Meigs, the Chief | answer to the signals from our coils they returned Engineer of Aq damages would not exceed three hundred dollars. Tas Sroop-cr-Wak CyANe.—The officers of the sloop-of-war Cyane. having reported the: selves for duty at the Norfolk navy-yard Wednesday, that vessel was to be put in com- mission to-dey at one o'clock ; but would await further orders from the Department betore rine corps, under Lieut. Baker, paraded the streets of Portemouth on Thursday, and are re- ported to have made a very soldierly appear- ance. They numbered twenty-four privates. been appointed a captain's clerk in the Navy, will go out in the Cyane, the Pacific squadron. - Post Orricg Aprointuant.—The New York postmaster a) itments are at length dis- posed of satisfactorily, no doubt, to all parties, except probably those who are disappointed in not being selected themselves. The President had loft the matter entirely to the Postmaster General, and the latter gentleman sustains tho proposition appointments of Mr. Fondsy, at Troy, and Mr. 05 ,ucw Grattan, at West Troy, which had been pre, | ly ang qugcessfully against the memnon aud Valorous have arriv \ ‘The following ts from an En, ceived by the Arabia: i is the cable recails to memo sailing to join the Pacific squadron. Her ma- which but’s few mouths ago pera of some of the earliest friends of the enter, wi in the company. We remember that, after, the second pailing of the cable, Mr. Brooking, the deputy chairman of the directors, was wicdoone Thomas W. Upshur, Esq., of Norfolk, who hes | opposed to proceeding decidedly any the enterprise. He would ings of ‘directors, but wrote instead, urging the board to Prine an a failure; to sell, out ve a the he ueduct, maintained that the | ‘0 us this morning, at 8.40, accurately to Green- wich time, signal. on board the Ni bly be adjnsted f as directed , the pre. landing The complete instruments which were ara for speaking canuot possi- Friday ‘Evening —The i vening — a. cf in this ier. URENSTOWN, glish journal, re- The detided suécess achieved in the laying of ry the despondency the minds ‘were alxo ai the heaviest stockholders any further with the en- id, when he found he could not brio; z his colleague and the acting to take his in to his way of thinkin: ticiptitenta tha peccentene ar tie! iow in ¢] be A rowil of Liverpapht sects 9 to not atte: them a the ey jeld stoed out firmly againat every te an ‘ot 3 such and efforts of others, be succeed: ne jority of to. to a third trial. * ie There on the part of the which the Las cock, Snipe, neea Bird Turtle served in st the above de!icacies can be foued at Company for improving the navization of the upper complete in one volume octavo, made up cuuefiy of him before first decails of his connection with given in eil, pages ; price 75 cents ; au 21 Leighton Diteon, author of Cireassia, or & tour to the Caucssu: "Memos of ae eed Sixty Yeara, being an eniar, af the A ‘a, 1g niarg: Joha W. # rencuis, M. D. 1 volume ; price $1. eons ee of ony thu Chamber. ieee vari In Chiaa, to ariie en as we keep the Beat pds co nu sees is own character, sec: led in bri Bay about sixty would seem iting by the nlshete Tr thats the possibility of trans: Of Professor Whitehouse about 3 words of average lencth per minute, or by the system of Professor Huzhes—assuming that each elec- trical impulse may be made to print a complete letter—about tea or twelve words per minute. We understand that the Company Propose to ive Professor Whitehouse ample time to test is ‘system thoroughly; after > Thompson will test his inventfon, which ixquite different from that of Professor W hitebouse, and afrerhim, Professor Hughes of New York wilt have an opportunity to test the capabilities of bis most. extraordinary invention, ich is, we un- derstand, about to be introduced upon one of the lines between Londen and Liverpool. All tor Leve. A romantic marriage ocenrred in Magomania, Wisconsin, asbort timesince. The groom was one who some seven years ago had left bis wife to go to California, and the bride was the wife that was left. After he had been gone two or three years, bis wife received information that he never intended to return, and with the advice of her friends, she applied for and obtaloed a divorce Not long since the wanderer returned, and called upon his former wife. Their faith ‘was plighted anew, and in a due time te led her to the altar. for the second time a blusbieg bride, ‘‘over the left shoulder,’* but a happy one at that. A few weeks since, says the New Orleans Cres- cent, we mentioned t e marriage of a German widow in the th r! di: trict to her fifth husban four having outlived few days since this fifth husband took the yellow fever. He died, and on Friday he was buried. This singujar and most remarkable fatalit among the husbands of one lady would ciev'e doubtful talk among that lady's uaintances, were sbe not known and respected, and the causes of death of her different husbands well known to their friends. As it ir, itis one of the most curious instances of fatality we ever heard of. The editor of the Harrisburg Telegraph is in- formed of a singular adventure which occurred on the passenger train of cars arriving at Harris- burg from the East, on Saturday evening week In one of the cars a young gentleman was seated, apparently deeply occupied in reading a book be id in bis hand, until be got to Lancaster. At place a very handsome young ly entered the cars and took a seat opposite to him Before they bad been long in the train, the eves of both met, and they recognised one quaintances when very young, having been sep arated by their parents moving a) hose of one to the West, and the other to Philadelphia The two soon became enrapt in earnest convers: tion; fell ardently in love with one another, and by the time they arrived at Harrisburg, had solved to be united as man and wife, and travel on their journey to the lady’s home together Accordingly tbey toek lodgings at a hotel, sent for a minister, and were united in the bonds of connubial bliss, and, taking the next train, were off on their bridal tour. i> The Canadian Parliament have passed an act changing the law of interest Hitherto the legal rate has been six per cent. but by the new act individuals may allow and exact on any con- tract or agreement any rate of interest or discount ‘which may be agreed upon. {i A storm of rain, acoBmpanied @ith hail- stones, ax large as hens’ ezgs, visited Danviile, N.J., Wednesday, doing considerable damage to frees and crops. iG The Philadelphia North American says the fall style of ladies’ bonnets will be Rtaced with clusters of artificial currants, fox grapes, cherries and otber fruits, done in glass of the least poxsible thickness. The new bonnet is unique affair, resembling a cabbage leaf trimmed SSS SSS eS REGIMENTAI, HEADQUARTERS, 1 vEECNTER RA. BEY Stisetom Aw gust 29, 1853.—Hy the unanimous vote of a numer- ous meeting of the Officers of the R fast Monday evening, it was determined to the Columtian Armor m MONDAY next, the 25d iastant, at 9 0’oloc! uniform, to wait upon the President and of War. Every commissioned officer of the unteers wi | therefore be punctual to the time. By order of Cor. Hickry. 3 It H OBER, Adiutant. AT A MEETING OF THE MONUMEN- tal Club. he d on Wednesday last. the follow mg reso utiol = Resolved, ol- was uusnimously adopted : hat we tenjer to the gentlemanly rreprietors of Arlington Spring our warmest thinks for there w ring +xertions to contribute to the company present ata Pic Nic of our day, the 10th ins: , at their Pavilion, satisfied that nothing was left them which con'd \ tend pleasures of the da to them for the systematic ar povilion, their excellent catering, and the good o-der thal is maintained ; and, that we advise ail who may be desirous of spending adelightfal pti by ali means to vi it Arlington Spring. ut E. W. EVE. See. REV. DR. CUMMINS will (by Divine per- mission) presch in Trinity Church on SAR TH next, both Morning and Night. au 20-2t* NEW BUILDING ASSOCIATION.—A meeting of the above Association will be held on MONDAY EVENING. August 25d, at 8 o'clock, in the Washington Select School-room, corner of 10th and G streets. Subscribers :o stock will please be prompt in attendance, as the consti- tution will be presented for adoptios, and election of officers take piace. Persons derirous to take wl e Lavited to attend. Au 20-3t tS TS Sino PAID FOR FURNITURE — | Housekeepers breaking up are respectfully informed that we are at all times prepared to buy their entire stock of household effects (in large or i quantities) for met ONTZ & COOMB No. S89 7th et, betel ate K. au 6-2m FALL STYLE 424 GENTLEME \’= URESS RATS, 424 for 1458, just received at LANE’S Fashionable Hat and Uap Store, au 21-e03t No 4% Penn. avenue. EW FLOUR, first of theeeason. from Ray & Bro.’s Arlington Mills, for sale by re LL& a ie ‘enn. AY: nue, adj in au 21-3t Kirkwo.d House. OTICK.—1 hereby forewarn ail persons from harboring or trusting my wife. Mary Nicholas. on my Account, a8 we have se; ed, and I will not be re*ponsibie ior any debt: may contract from di JOHN GEORGE NICHOLAS. au 21 3:* thie dat Was binzton, August fist, 1853. Freese ORTOLAN AND RER received every afternoon, served ue in the best style by JaM WORMLEY, No, Sid I street. be. tweon i5th and i6th sts. He lies families with them om in boxes to send toa diatanes. BIRDS. This way, costiemen. if you WAvt somethi: in the way of FISH, FLESH, or You can get Wood- Urtoian, end Bue Wi name in part—Nheephe: Perch, Rock. Clams, Al BIRDS are au 21 2w’ Duek. In the Fish line " fresn Mackerel rag ii—Hard Crabs ‘ste: Green is and soup every A J. D. HAMMACK Restaurant, No. 24 and 2% Pa. avenue, Au 2l-iw three doors above Willards’ Hotel, A NEW CHAPTER IN THE EARLY LIFE of Washirgton—A narrauve history of the Potomsc, of which he wn= the first President; pre and [chewy gag origwwally drawn up by yashington himseit, or examired and reviewed m befor they were made of record. being the enterpri: {178 octave °" WRANGK TAVLOR. ther as old ac- esi ot 8 OR NING i! summer | Bo: D. with Kand F. ill refer the pubhio: pe ae to the exeurm Withers’ Celebrated Cotsiion Band hes beet EMEM R Washi RLING JONDAY. of the Ci NG ‘ON 3? A st 2. ah pied PS entiemen's Tickets. 50 cents ; Ladies’ ic ees ‘Tickets. * has. - ~ ~ © themsecives that they agree Punt make, Ue the moh pienaneh bg bas bern ovanaed for the will be se Prices. The erase wu b ide du man and ind by fn Bo “i every tween the day it will leave ari oocnsl Refreshmen' caterer at Aqueduct at 7's honr afterward: Boats imgton and | ‘Trokete, admitting 8 gentic 75 cents; single tickets, 5. cents. B an 17 eo" “COM. OF ARRANGEMENTS. THE AT 1 ~h To WHT. ONDA a nee acento Das soterttencnarenertalnnieer WE GRAND COMPLIMENTARY EXCURSION GI CITIZENS oF WASHINGTON, Fe the purpose of sserstine them for tye Testrecnost that their eppearance Skit t re. ae pert rer The Committee, and te aes of the Band. assure the indies snd centiemen Washington, Georgetown and Alex they During eveni in whieh they will pisy 1 G. Lorch, the favorite caterer, and pledges himself pieces M ‘Tops. syivants Syenue. im the F ret Ward, at7 1230 Ommibus fare (by Lat orgetown, to or from ¢ where in the cents, return trip at night, when it ice of Arrangements on the "W Undden, city, 122 ti Favs. Goldemith, _Commuttec om the pari of the Mrlstary. maha eer eTh, pourts GRaND ANNUAL EXCURSION o fivor them wi CPS iC ‘rook H G. Lorch. Davis, Ss Bachelors, weason. the Band will given some of their most 4 te ‘Navy Ward, or else, ‘ Navy the s will Be 29 conta. t of Cozens * ‘ht, oonwell. Capt. Tait. ‘ dy TO THE WHITE HOUSE PAVILION, On THURSDAY, August 25, 158. The Committee of Arrangements hav leted all the necessary preparations for this un fally imvite ovea: af frends, lic generally to Every — tien accidents of an the Bachelors w: s1on, may be cert: pleasant time. To those who are fond of Portnnity could expecially wi ‘ere o Me ail ¥ The Cott o’elook the pub h their pi in of having ‘there's Stang 10. will leave at a reasonabie a wharf and aiso at Biagcden’s wharf. Coaches rOUNT Ww. er THO. all be in readipess at the corner: enue to VERNON ING convey a the city ety cere wharf git ‘AS COLLYER runs tog gitrly ve, Tuesday and Friday TOMS OF ‘ernon and the tombof Washington, the wharf, at the foot of 7th street, at 9% a. m.. turning abou’ it 26 p.m. Fare ‘Wishing to F teh, crabs, afforded and Piney Point For PINEY FOLK For the accom: ee Sea Bath modntion of families and_othiers joy the ~~ of fresh an HATAN wit D. fan m.. Old Pomt at 5 imeton Bt 10 8, m. on same day Fare (includin Point Passengers will be landings on the P: For tickets and further information apply at the ofhce of the Great Southern and Southwestern Brown's’ Wotel, or to the Captain en bourd the oy otel, or Cs in on rd tl Boat, foot of 6th street. CHARLES EK. MITCHE ORGE MATTINGLY Superintendent P. 8. B. ticket office, iy 21-d No. 372 Pa. ondary al atSa. m. Tuerdny, and arnveat Was ‘ompany. ught at a lo A A and give constan’ HAMMACK’S R, Su 2l-lw RA WING INSTRUMENTS WANTED.— ‘x of g004 quality Drawing Instruments will Ww figure. Might answer if not A ddress, through Post Office, Compass. GOOD COOK WANTED.— & good COOK, to whom I will pay Wage: it employment. Apply at Jp. estaurant,above W uiards’ Hoge). I wish to employ ood 4 ——————— ANTED TO RENT—With a view of Pur- oha-ine—A small FARM of from, 38 to 5) neres, within6 miles of Washington. Addrees B. C.at ce, st.ting price and size of farm. . iJ an 21-e03t* W sift iAncuages in that Institution. A wel! PER MILITA t Tastees of iA IN- Su the ist of of modern jeated Eu ace whe can speak the languages fluently, is de- sired, er with good tothe REV. J of Trustees. © Pplications, stating salary required. togeth Fecommendstions, must be NO. COL w'peper C. E. President H.. Va. of the Boara jy B-tf — eee WANTED—-A small HOUSE, ors part of a house, with kitehen, m the Price not to exceed $250, Office. ty. ost QUSE WA borhood of the erntral part of the Address Box ', je 2 NTED TO RENT—i h- Capitol. and erst ofjt—ecenthe Hill—contaiming nine or ten rooms. for « family. Possess: address to be given by the ist of at thus ung terms and location. LOST AND FOUND. -v« § Lu © whi tr be xiven for reoovery, i" REWARD.—s: of 18th instant, .—A. few BOARD office, withow Jetaber. Phen: t delay. sta- iy 2h trayed or stolen, on the adark red NUPEA. IW; a on her forehead ; fore boofs, and twe ik. The above any ivformation os At may lend 1. Q re UEK No, 81 A street south. Capitol BOARDING. © at No. 452 can loth ROM PARIS TO ETHIOPIA—T! Pa- doybe France, Eavetned b hiagie tp Cosaee &o.; 1. Kaaken be Madame De B—,one noes of the past and revised edition raary Discourse delivered before the +» ¥. Historical Society (November -7, 1858,) by York, or Rein t nn les D. Life of Perthos. the eminent German Bookseller, 2 . FOWLER & GO. an oa eente 2 OF pe A tantly on band lags Jars. o . G Tumblers and White dciley Jars roen Tumblers Jars, reczera, jue Wi bi ier ohildi = pe ¥ Kite Washers, plated Forks and’ Spoons? Or the Test unt and American Catlery,of the best c'asa, — and Japaoned \Waite:s, im great Ginss, and (| are we deem it 44 ae obtained st 529 B st ifappliettion be mad B orders. Sener presen rareeeer area araneeeE EEE UEEEEEEETTT be acoommodate d street, betwee 2 au OARD.—A comfortable ROOM with BOAR D oan be obtained ina qr street. between G and H, walk of the Treasury VA K DING. with handsomely furnished Rooms, Kearding of a select obaracter, ean be rest, between 6th aud 7th sts.. le soon, and table ¥ terme, dated with ying at wuisey o other na ion The OHIO CATAWBA Ri equals but oxoels the beet I and fi.ver. . Cramp, wo PUR. eye B1.25 OAR DING.—A few Ez Necsus Paar oe A near St. Charles ii Less nown. This ststement i Cartifientes of our most distiog wibhms ment. i en can b’ Fase 0 Oa BRANDY, 8.N. PIKE, Sole Propnetor, 1s ana 3 psoas sees, Cincinnati, Ohio. ate fam.iy at O79 Ish minocies’ au la 7" lem: in bs acoommo- and cated <p 4 vemue, between Hote “su in ire Remedy for Dyspepsia, Fis Pe! ose nd “MReeut st. corner castomine will please forward “these family a of at G ethis te Lancvor, Low Spite, ow DAN. B.CLARK