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in A § remarkable as the nce of . Then, abe deserves especial! nod wage from critics, be- while she is substantial enough t> grapple with Beethoven, Mozart, and Handel, she seems to have the fantasy, the tradition, the freakish deli- pons Ae! the half-pensive half-humorous sentiment which befit the music of Chopin. We havo heard no one play his Notturni, Stadies, so elegantly and capriciously as Malle. Her matinée was further interes! as affo a Rearing of M. Franchomme, the best of Parisi violoncellists, also of a small Franchomme, who, if be not too early made a Prodigy ought one day to take rank among the greatest vi oloncellists. Happily, for the moment, there is not much fereign musical news to claim attention. The stir of rumor, &c., however, regarding “ L’Africaine” of M Meybeer, the probable time of its produc- tion, and its possible cast at the Grand Opera of Paris, sesmns to be beginning. The recent musical festival at Lille is described as having gone off with great spirit. , Mdlle. Fanny Elssler has taken leave of the stage at Vienna, in the ballet of ‘* Faust,” leavi ‘ her neither peer nor successor as rog: combination of versatile pantomimie genius with executive brilliancy. It has been said, however, that the name will not be lost to the publi jince there is a chance of the family giving to the stage er of promise. Never were singers more ded than at the present juncture. Mad’lle Rachel was announced to give a grand matinee dramatique at Willis’s Rooms, on Tuesday, the 23d instant, when she will recite scenes from some of her most celebrated parts. Mr. Hudson will perform a few nights at the Adelphi, previous to his departure for the United States. Mrs. Fanny Kemble’s readings still continue to be well attended. Mad’lle Adele Alphonse, announced in tho bills as “the favorite pupil of Donizetti,” and who has for some time yee held the position of prim: soprano, at the Opera Comique, Paris, will make her firet appearance before an English audience a / the Surrey theatre,zin “ Lucia di Lammermoor.” Miss Helen Faucit has been efgaged for three performances at the Olympic theatre. Saddier’s Wells is again closed, and it is not likely that it will be opened until September, when Mr. Phelps will return to the management. The Brighton theatre is ‘‘to be sold or let.” It is likely to be converted into a chapel. [ All the theatres during the past week have been | well attended. On Tuesday, money to a considera- } ble amount was turned away at the Haymarket and and the Strand were Meara. uw Lyceum, and the Adelp! crowded to excess. In all the operas which have hitherto heen per- formed at the Surry establishment, a most credita- ble success has been achieved, but in none has it been more deserved than in Wallace’s ‘* Maritana.” To those who prefer pure and simple melody to the contorted harmonics so frequently attempted by aspiring musicians, this work must afford the ut- most gratification ; it abounds in the first-named quality, and displays in its whole construction, and in the treatment of the principal themes, a mu- sicianl; age orgs 2 and skill which serve to endow Mr. allace’s natural ability with astill greatercharm. Almostall the solos ugh- out the opera possess the elements of popularity, without the least approach to vulgarity, and being at the same time very melodious, are rare examples of the two qualities combined. Our Caraccas Correspondence. Caraccas, July 4, 1851. The Venezuelean Fourth of July—Its Celebration— The Agitation in the United States, §c., §c- The anniversary of the glorious 4th has rolled round again—and may it conciliate those extrome factions who are agitating a country destined by Heaven to harmonize the jarring elements of the human race, where, under the wide spread braashes of the never dying tree of liberty. a brother Briton, Frank, or German, can repose with equal security with a native American, whose arms are ever extended to receive and welcome to their embrace, a8 friends and brothers, the oppressed of every elime! Preparations have been made by the authorities to celebrate the forty-first anniversary of the national independence of this distracted republic, which is the 5th of July, although its celebration commences on the 4th (this day), at 12 o’elock, with the firing of cannon, and ends to-morrow at noon; consequently, the illumination takes place to-night. This method is observed in the celebration of all reat feasts in Venezuela; probably the custom has Been borrowed from that ancient book, which says, « the evening and the morning was one day.” The institution of slavery in Venezuela has never —— the country. Bolivar decreed, in 1822, ‘at all children born of slave mothers, from that period should be born free, the children serving | the owner of the mother until they should arrive at twenty-one years of age; consequently there are no slaves at present under twenty-nine years of age. ‘Thus the system of slavery, and consequent servi- | tude, will gradually cease. t | Americans at a distance, behold their country as whole—one glorious and undivided union of | States, perseual interests, and national identity; but, on ening over the files of the Herald, they | behold President Fillmore and his cabinet minis- | ters er from the common centre, talking to the sovereign people as they pass along from city to | city, pointing to the constitution, or articles of | confederation, as the polar star which alone should | direct them in their course, and instruct them in | the only mothod of perpetuating our glorious Union, which bids fair to consolidate and frater- nize the whole universe; and, already, tyrants are trembling before its mighty influen jox- tism is tottering on its battlements Fruth penetrate its ancient walls. j We also behold the speeches and resolutions of | the fire eaters of South Carolina, proposing to se- | cede from that glorious compact, because Gar- rison, Smith, Thompson, Abby Kelly & Co., are | holding abolition. meetings in the North, and de- | nouncing the Southern tlaveholders as thieves and robbers. Such fanatics will find hearers, as old Miller did, when he fixed the day for the disso- lution of .this globe, but afterwards acknéw- Jedged he had made a mistake of two thousand | years. So let us defer the dissolution of the Ame- | rican be gle two thousand years, until the grand | olation es place. “le let us Idok at the United sus for 1810 and 1850. The whit has increased about 24 per cent, the « . tian 21, and the free negro population 9 per cen’ It may be naturally asked how this difference rises; and the answer is obvious :—The increase of the white population over that of the slaves is princi- | pally effested by immigration, showing the increase | of the slave population by births, nearly equal to that of the whites ; and as the increase of the slave lation is more than double that of the free negro, this fact demonstrates beyond a doub’, aud beyond refutation, that negroes in a state of slavery are better fod, better cared for, and more happy, than they would be if free. ‘We hear a great hue and cry, and the whole country is oonvalae about asi —the North- | ern fanatics and abolitionists rejoicing at a rescue, and the Southern fanatics threatening to dissolve the Union, whilst all true Americans are laughing at the folly of both. When they behold that God has sent the South more than seven hundred thousand mdditi Javes in the ehort space of ten years, and will send them at least # million more the coming ten yoars, what have they to complain of ! By kind treatment the slaves wi I, under God, in crense to overflow the Southern States in a few years. [tis then the Southern planter will give free- dom to and send to the North those he has no use for. It is then we shall see a re-action. These same fanat- ies of the free States will hold meetings denouncing the right of the slave breeders to send their negroes to annoy the white ple of the North, aad the State legislatures will pass laws prohiting their in- troduction. We shall then see what we shall see. In the meantime, we shall seo thatmighty torrent of Anglo-Saxon freemen, step by step progressing southward, overrunning ‘srovinee after province in Mexico, thence on to Central America as far as tho « Isthmus of Panama—the natural division of North d South America. And will the stream coase re? No—it will continue. New Granada and Venezuela will eventually become States of the reat American confederacy. Children who are now born inthis capital of Caraccas, will live to see that glorious day; gentlemen of intelligence are now cduonting their children in this city in the English lan e, in anticipation of that great event. La; is but eight days distance from Washing to’ steam, at nine and a half miles per hour. ‘Ihe great body of the people of Venesucla would now open their arms to embrace the Ameri- can constitution. . We behold the immigration from Europe, flow- ing to the Northern States as fast as ships can be found to convey them, there in a few years to learn the principles of self government, and become free citizens; Boing thus enlightened, they emerge into | wind, after holding out ho; Our Naval Correspondence. U. 8. Frigate Conorzss, IsLanp or St. CarHerines, June 6, 1851. } Notes at Sea-—Arrival at Rio-—Religious Celebra- ‘ tions, &c., He. You will perceive by the date of this that we ‘and Mazarkas | have at last quit the river, and Monte Video is no. longer head-quarters for the U. S. forces on the coast of Brazil; and very glad one individual is, that such isthe case, I assure you. I am very much afraid that the river weather was beginning to affect my health, so that our leaving there was a matter of special and unqualified enjoyment on my part. The passage up here was pleasant and interesting enough; each succeeding day the weather became more mild, and every body appeared to enjoy its cheering influence. We came to anchor here on the 2d, a dull, misty kind of day, and it was not till next morning the glorious landscape lay revealed before our delighted eyes. I do not know how to give you @ description of this enchanting island—I am not equal to the task. It differs from magnificent Rio, and yet one would hardly know which to prefer. In Rio, the character of the scone is grand and im- posing; bold, rock-faced mountains, clear, well de- fined peaks, rushing cataracts in the distance, and the rest of the picture filled in by sober, solemn high lands. This is the outline of her scenery; but here all is changed. To be sure we have high lands and mountains, and picturesque houses to fill up the view, but the peaks are gently rounded, the shamelessly naked rocks are clothed in a perpetual suit of green, and the whole face of the landsca, wears that soft, dreamy, voluptuous look that marks the Italian school, and that Durand delights to give to his pictures. ‘The Rio scenery reminds you of a bold but beautiful woman challenging the admira- tion of the world; the St. Catherines, that of a modest, retiring beauty, that wins its way insensi- bly to the heart, and retains its place there through lit. Such a view as I can take in a minute’s space of time, will be remembered as long as ‘‘memory holds a seat in” my poor brain, and can never be recalled but with the most pleasurable emotions. Talking about return reminds me that just a zee ago to-day we dropped dowa sion off the hos- |, preparatory to our voyage to ‘‘furrin parts.” e time flies! Just think, Ihave been at- tached to this ship nearly fourteen months! In about that length of time, ahead, we shall be look- ing for our relief out here. The time will doubt- less pass quickly enough, a8 we have some places to visit yet to the northward. The fruit here is abundant, cheap, and good, and the manner in which it is consumed on board the Congress, is frightful to behold; iti bought that am *‘ outside barbarian” would natu- rally suppose we were trying to get a cargo of fruit for some other market. Iam ashamed to say how many oranges I eat daily—but then I am so fond of them, and they are so good. Monpay, 9th.—Here we are fairly at sea again; and, faith, you would think so were you on board, for the old ship is pitching into a head sea, perfect- ly regardless as a of nerves. left the ‘Island of Tranquil Delights” yesterd#¥ morning, and my heart grow heavy within me as its dim outlines faded from sight inthe glorious sunset of a tropical sea. We miss the light and graceful canoes, laden with golden fruit, that were wont to steal so noiselessly over the calm surface of the bay and around our ship; and oh! how I miss those pleasant rambles on shore, where the narrow road is bordered on either hand by the orange, pine apple, bananaa, our tender sensibilities or deli- coffee, and a great many other trees, whose names Iam unacquainted with, where the “perfumed air” steals upon the senses and lullsthem to repose, and where the rude hospitality of the natives is extend- ed in every house, however humble, that you meet. Is it not too bad to think that, in all probability, we will never visit St. Catherines again ? Wepnespay, 11th.—Three days out, and just as far from our port of destination as when we left Santa Ci a. The reasonis obvious, however, for I would defy any vessel but a steamboat to make headway against such a strong wind andugly sea. The prospects are a little brighter this moru- ing though, for the weather is squally and r % and, besides, give other infallible indications of a change of wind. I predict our arrival in Rio for next Saturday. ne were etonealy. aroused from our listlessness, evening, appalling cry of ‘a man overboard,” am tating a a a the deck, I found the ship’s headway had been already deadened, the life buoys cut adrift, and # volunteer crew in the quarter boat ready to be lowered. For- tunately for the man, at the time he fell, the top- sails had just been clewed down oe Boog “taking the second reef,” and other sail had been takea in, so that the ve, d had comparatively little headway on. His cry for help had been heard, andthe prompt measures of the officer of the deck had given him assurance his safety would be looked after. He gathered courage as he saw the topsails taken aback, and deliberately swam to one of the life buoys and divested himself of his pants, so his white underelothes could be better distinguished in th increasing darkness of the squall. He was picked up and brought on board, to the great satisfaction of every one. My old schoolmate, Ned Simpson, | went in the boat after him. A little while ty and the poor fellow would have been beyondrescue, for the squall! came down upon us fast and furious. Sunpay, 15th.—Still at sea, in despite of all my anticipations to the contrary. The hard-hearted to us of a speedy change, obdurately hauled into its old quarter, and blew heavily again for a couple of days. To-day, however, the weather is delightful, the sea smooth, and the wind fair. We shall not be overa hundred milesfrom Rio at meridian, so that our proapects are bright. 16th.—We are lying becalmed within thirty miles of Rio, with the Concorado, the Garia, the Sugar Loaf, and the ‘Tijuca in the distance, with their heads envel: in clouds, tantalizing us by a seeming proximity, but whose real distance, | am afraid, will be very little lessened from us, unless the sea breeze soon sets in fresh, and enables us to close in with the land. We an English ship of war last evening, evidently nt and suppored to be the Tweed, Lord Francis Russell | commanding. 18th.— We are safely moored again in the ‘* most beautiful harbor in the world,” and, strange to say, wo have the man-of-war anchorage almost entirely to ourselves. There is a large French frigate bo- low us, near Fort Santa Cruz, waiting for a fair wind to sail for the Pacific; a Dutch brig-of war is algo near us, bound out; and an English steamer, coaling further up the bay. ‘These are all the naval Lcces at present here. It was really painful yesterday, when we arrived, to see the place so gerted. The English admiral had sailed for Monte- video, and the Brazilian squadron were already there, so that our old“ stand bys” were sadly missed. However, our spirits were raised very much, whea we found the fever had entirely dis- appeared from the town, for we had augured most minous azcounts from the state of th in the We are just as much at hom f we bad nover quitted the place, sily is it to fall naturally to the traces”’ ina woll regalated ship. We aro daily looking for the steamer Sus- quehanna and the sloop Jamestown, @he former for the East Indies and the | tter for this station, and the wonder is they have not arrived b We were afraid we should miss ti our fears were unfounded, as you perce! Fripay, 20th. —Yesterday was the grand day of the year in city, it having been the “‘féjta of Corpus Christi,’ and the Emperor hambled him- self £0 far as to walk in procession bare-headed, and belping to. support the bry 4 over the head of the bishops who carried the * [iost.” It is the only occasion on which the Emperor ever walks in pro- cession through the streets. Tho city presented a most bril.iant appearance, and, on the whole, | thirk it was much the prettiest show! have ever seen here. What with the ladies in full dr y colors of the silk and satin drapories displayed fem every window, the brilliant uniforms of the milita: ‘the gold and silver church arrangements carried by the Holy Jrotherhoods, the fine music, and the crowds of well dressed peogte thronging the streets, the whole affair was really splendid and interesting. 23d.—I was strolling about the pa bg gem forenoon, and a display of fireworks in it of one of the pal churches, induced me to enter, and Iw ll rewarded. It was one of the fostivals of the church, and the whole place was most bril- liantly illuminated by a vast quantity of candles placed before the grand altar and the patron saints of the church. Such a display of gold and silver, and flowers, is seldom witnessed, (except in Uatho- lic countries,) in the “ house of God,” as was here resented to my astonished sight. Just fancy ® | large altar, the whole front of which was massiro embooeed silver, and rising from it in terraces were rows of candlesticks of the precious metals, while vases, filled with natural flowers, stood all about | the interior of the edifice. Each saint had its own particular altar, worshippers, and candlestic! id stream, which can never be dammed u; p dye poor Horn. However, the writer bas fixe pty? 1900, when the southern +a be Yeo ie the whole ceiling was hung in draperies of eve gay color, and of the most expensive ‘0 crown all, a splendid band of music, and a fall chorus, gave us some exquisite pieces of music in Vue truly operatic style. Ovwr Canadian Correspondence. Monrreat, July 30, 1851. Complexity of Canadian Politics—Probable Change of the Seat of Government—Musical and Theutrical Affairs— The Canadians in Search of a Northern Bl Dorado. A coalition cabinet would seom to be the highest aim of Canadian statesmanship, for rumors are each day circulated, fashioning a ministry in ac- cordance with the aspirations of one party or the other. The latest tale told presumes a combina- tion of the ‘clear grits” and Hincksites—in other words, the high tory party are no longer in favor with the French Canadians. It is true that each section, in their respective portions of the Province, has an established church to defend. There is, - moreover, a closer affinity between the two classes, upon relij » social, and political points; yet rumor will have it that a reany has been ratified between the “clear grits” and * Hincks.” ‘This fact, if we accept it as such, pre-supposes a surrender by the ‘clear grits” of their Americanized notions of elective institutions and republican economy; or else Mr. Hincks must have recanted, and, forswear- ing his contempt and aversion for American insti- tutions, he must have porped the maxim of the ahead “clear grits.” ‘The probabilities incline a spoetor to doubt the veracity of a rumor sur- rol by such palpable contradictions; never- theless, no man can pronounce with safety upon the acts of any one of our paid public men who are in the political arena. @ corrupting influences of an abortive revolution leave traves that require @ generation to efface; and there has been but little in the morality of the Governors deputed to this Province, since that epoch, to check or chastise the venality and political profligacy now become a normal condition of our society. One of the few men who have kept their hands clean, is Mr. Desinaahe and he has the double merit of likewise adhering to his principles; yet his name has not yet been introduced into = of the proposed combi- nations—a fair fen pe ion that honesty is not an essential condition ef colonial statesmanship. Tho House of Assembly will soon be prorogued; and as the present House expires by limitation, be- fore another meeting of Parliament can take place the Governor will the next House together at Quebec. He ean do soin the body of the writ of summons. ‘The great activity displayed in Quebec, in pressing forward the alterations and improve- ments required for the service of the goverament, induces the belief that the removal will be an early affair. Several of the underlings, such as clerks, secretaries, and that genus, have secured houses, and enter spor, possession in September. The musical world were justly charmed “ith Parodi, who gratified the citizens by giving two concerts. The want of a theatre is keenly felt when a star of Parodi’s order appears. An indi- vidual, named J. Joseph, a commission merchant, oe Saga erecting one, but meantime the audiences suffer. There is a small room, called the St. Law- rence Hall, in the upper flat of a hotel, and a crib of a place, which Skerrett dignifies with the title of his ‘“‘bandbox.” The coming advent of Jenny Lind compels the people to inquire. where they can hear her. That she will come, ani that the tickets will pe sold four dollars each, are two facts currently believed. Sir W. Don is giv- ing a few representations here, before he relin- quishes the profession, as it seems that the patron- age he enjoyed in the United States enabled him to remit £2,000 sterling to pay off some debts, and that act being accomplished, ho withdraws from the stage. ¢ leaves this for Wisconsin, on a hunting excursion. The party set off almost immediately, and do not return until the middle of September. He then embarks for England. There is a company now engaged working the gga mine, formerly the property of Mr. Delery. rhe locality is on the upper waters of the river Chandiere. ‘The whole region, extending some distance into Maine, is pronounced by Mr. Logan, our geologist, to be auriferous, and exploring — ties are out searching the streams of the modern Pactolus. We have an unlimited quantity of rain, and the weather cold. The thermometer in- dicated 54 deg. Fahrenheit, on too successive mornings. Hotels full of Americans. B. Our Boston Correspondence. Boston, July 28, 1851. Politics in Massachusetts—The Parties and their Factions—Gover nor Boutwell—The Union Party —The Next Legislature—The Natick Cobbler, §c. The state of politics in the “ Bay State,” at this time, isan interesting study. ‘There are, nominally, but three organized parties in the field; but each is split into several factions, which, in some c: hate the other portions of their own party a great deal more than they do those of the opposite parties. Thus, there is a complete “hodgepodge” of poli- tics and politicians. A striking feature in this “haggis mess” is the “coalition.” Last year, the whigs were beaten by the “coalition,” and the Lo- islature elected a democratic Governor. Governor utwell is a shrewd, sharp, and keen young man— &@ genuine specimen of a Yankee country shop- keeper—a well-intentioned man, who finds that office of Governor pays well; and he is ¢: desirous of being re-elected. therefore, has spread his sails so as to catch all the breezes of pularity which he thinks will be likely to help fin over the course once more. When he was in- ducted into office, there was some little appearance that there nig be agreat ‘‘ Union” party formed, which would be com d of whigs and democrats, and sweep the State, this fall, in triumph. In case of the success of this “ Union” movement, Governor Boutwell probably thought that the possession of the gubernatorial chair would have been ‘nine points of the law” in his favor, as the “ Union” candidate. The precedent of the whig party in 1825—stealing Levi Lincoln away from the deme- crate, and making him a whig Governor fora seriss of years—wasno small encouragement to Mr. Bout- well that they might do the same with him, under scmewhat similar circumstances. Whether the Governor’s aspirations run in this direo- tion or not, it was a little remarkable that his “inaugural address” savored strongly of ‘ Union- ism,” and decidedly pe the cold shoulder to the free oilers, who had just Pay him half of the votes which elected him. But a new phaso was soon put upon (he political firmament, and all pros- ect of a lnion party was totally annihilated. M course, av ‘ho democratic party was in a hope- less minority, ‘he only reliance for @ re-election must be upon the continuation of the ‘‘coalition.” Accordingly the free soilers were conciliated by the weight of ['xecutive influence being thrown in favor Senator. This lost the Governor many of his ong the “ national” democrats, who wore Jeased with his “inaugural.” But this loss, p pe, may pick up by somo other expedients. The v of the seven thou- sand young men of the volunteer militia constitute anitem not to be overlooked; and the Governor has made an investment of some fifty dollars or more in gilt buttons, epaulettes, sword and belt, and a plumeless chapeau, which may secure him the support of the military. Besides the military, the eyes of the people that attend the reviews, at all of which the Governor appears mounted on his | eharger, as “‘commander-in-chief,” may | tracted, and perhaps some of their votes caught by the shine of his accoutrements. depend w the keeping together of the “‘ coali- tion.” If the demosrats and free soilers san work together as generally and as harmoniously as they did last fall, there is no doubt about their carrying the Legislature by a most decided majority. T whig party is agitated with dissensions between t friends and opponents of Mr. Webster ; but | factions will, with tolerable unanimity ay aside the national issues, and work together for the re- covery of the State government. The indicatio | are now pretty certain that Mr. Winthrop will be the divided — of the democrats and free soilers, he will be sure of being elected. But the | democrats and free soilers who have “rung in’ upon the State offices by means of the “ goalition are determined to keep the ‘coalition’ tog: another year, for the purpose of keeping effices. In order to ke sure of this, they nerve, and encouraging their the most extravagant ho of They have raised a fund, and future suce hired a “ the purpose of keeping the discordant ‘ coalition” puttied together. This “pilgrim” makes himself very busy with his important daties, and evidently feels the weight of his iamensely responsible under- taking. I once knew a Yankee who, having been sent out to England as bearer of despatehes to the American Minister, conceived so high an idea of his importance before he got ready to return from his “foreiga mission,” that it took two steamships to bring him home across the Atlantic. The import ance of this man was no touch to that of our ‘pil- grim,” who officiates as the grand high priest to tie, and er tied, the marriage knot of the ‘‘ooali- tio He basupon hie shoulders tho fate of two parties, certain—that is to say, the democratic and the freesoil—and, perha ys, is negotiating for tak care of the interests of the whig party also. takes his comfortable trips around t reports to his democratic and fre | that all is safo, and that the ‘‘ooali be “put through.” He has begun, however, t | a little in his faith; and Tam told that his lat report is, that the “coalition” will need all the vo | they can get to keep the State out of the hands the whigs. itis by no means certain that he will notcarry his freight to the whig market, notwith standing ho is now being paid by the democratsand freesoilers for picking it up. ‘This important p go and indefatigable broker of ‘coalition, 4 tk and digher,” je nobody else thas the Boted of the election of Charles Sumner as United States | be at- | But after all, the result of the State election will | the whig candidate for Governor; and as against | pilgrim” “to traverse the State, for | means; and the mass of the people have sym) with it. It is already dead and cold, and by ¢ the several State conventions have met, it will not have friends enough left to give its carcass # descent burial. Ihave many other things to write about the poli- tics and politicians of Massachusetts, but have no more time to-day to devote to them, and must ask them to wait patiently for another letter. VinpIcaToR. Additional Particulars of the late Tornado in Ohio, Maryland, d&c. {From the Cleveland (0.) Plaindealer, July 31.) Our exchi from the eastern part of the Re- serve give most appalling accounts of a recent hail storm, which to have done immense damage. The Lake county Telegraph says:—* A most ter- rific rain and hail storm visited section on Sa- turday last, accompanied with wind, which blew a perfect hurricane. It extended but a few miles u; and down the lake, and on the lake it extei some ten miles or more. The hail was unusually large, and came down with terrible force. Consi- derable property was destroyed. We have no time to figure up the hundreds of panes of glass which were broken. We know that there was a continual stream of men loaded with putty and of 98 going from our hardware stores during Mot + me buildings lost all the glass on the cast ond horth- east side. Many acres of oats, barley, and corn are entirely destroyed—the oats and barley being com- | letely thrashed. The corn is broken down, and | mm many es where the hail was not accompa- nied with wind, the stalks wero left complotely we of leaves. We have not made an estimate of the amount of damage done to the crops alone, but know of several who estimate their logs at three or four hundred dollars. The roof of « shed in the south part of the town was taken off, and carried some five rods, half of it left, and the balance car- ried some ten rods. A barn in Richmond was un- | roofed. Moses Morrell had two cattle killed by the unharmed, were twisted off, and the splinters scat- tered in every direction ; 0 ers wane Sieh co ter tke roots, while others again were . shorn of their limbs and foliage, and nothing but the tem- pam somibed and bi: sannining. The pike, from a few hundred yards west of this place tothe widow Yeast’s, is li encumbored prostrate trunks ang branches of trees. _ The damage to buildi is great, amount- ing to many thousand ‘doll "T append @ list of ae sufferers, as far asl can, at present, ascertain nT He Brown’s house, barn, and were levelled with the ground. Damage probably $1,000. Jacob Blocher’s house (just put up) is a complete wreck; his barn was torn down, and his fencing and crops partially destroyed. Damage estimated at $1,500. Viiow Yeast’s house considerably damaged; barn and other out-buildings, fence, &c., pros- trated. Damage $500. Henry Bruce, several thousand dollars worth of the most valuable timber, erin. &o. Aza Beall and W. M. I’. Magraw, small loss, principally in timber. . John Spiker’s house and stabling had the roofs blown off, his crop of grain destroyed, and stock injured. Damage, $100. israel Garlitz’s farm almost entirely dostroyed. Damage not ined. Henry Garlitz’s"house and barn capsized, and fence and grain destroyed. Henry Durst, of Adam, had his house, barn, and fencing destroyed, one of his children instantl: killed in the ruins, and his wife badly injured. Damage to property not ascertained. Others were more or less injured; but to what extent I am unable to ascertain at present. falling of a treo on them. Svores of horses and | cattle were most unmercifully pelted with large | hail stones. Our oldest inhabitant never witnessed a like it before—trees were uprooted, fences | os ed, and limbs of trees blown about like | chaff. i} The last rabies. 9 Whig has the bah eee | Saturday, the 1¥th instant, Windham, in this | county, was visited by one of the most destructive hail storms we ever heard of. We are indebted to a friend for the particulars—‘The storm com- meneed about three o’clock in the afternoon of that | dsy, and continued some twenty minutes, extend- | ing about two miles from cast to west, and de- stroyed almost every thing in its way. Corn-fields, wheat-fields and other grains were completely de- wesaes The farm of Mr. Henry E. Canfield was totally swept of every thing in the shape of field and garden vegetation. His fruit trees and dahlias were either entirely broken down or torn up. Mr. C. showed us some corn stalks, (which were left standing,) and they presented the appearance of having been pelted with a club. ¢ remarked to us:—‘I have nothing left on my place from | which I can get a single meal. My corn and wheat, except perhaps a* small patch of potatoes, beans, tomatoes, grass, grape vines, &e., &c., are all gone. ‘The garden vegetation of Mr. Can- field looks as if it had been chopped up fine with a knife; and thus it was in all the range of the storm. The house of Dr. Southee was very much in- jurcd; every pane of glass on the wost side was roken, leaving nothing but the sashes, and these were much injured. On the north side of the build- ing, also, very ee were demolished; the house looks as if it been struck with millions of spent bullets. Canfield and Southee appear to be jest losers by the storm The size of the hail stones wore from a hazel nut to an English walnut, but of a different shape, the most of them | being long and irregularly formed. The hail fellin | very ange [ Crepe and in the gutters and holes | did not lisappear until ten o’clock the next day. To sum up the whole damage done by this storm, as near as itcan be dove with any degree of ao- curacy, it is estimated that 3,000 panes of window glass were broken; 39 acres of corn partially injured, with large quantity of oats and some wheat. The above description gives but a faint idea of | the desolate appearance of this part of Windham. | It is said to contemplate the loss sustained by many of the farmers there in consequence of this provi- dential visitation.” We are informed by a friend, just from Warren, that the eastern part of Trumbull county was visited by @ most violent and destructive hail storm, on last Saturday, accompanied wita heavy rain, and vivid lightning. Some ten or twelve barns were burned up, after being struck, and the wiad | rostrated and destroyed everything in its way. ields of wheat, corn, &c., were entirely destroyed. The damage must be great, bat we have received | no further particulars at the time of going to press. ¢ Warren Chronicle says, that in that township the lose Was qincigell in gorn, oats, aad timber. The Chronicle has the following particulars :— On the north, Champion seems to have been ter- ribly visited. The wing eroye aro wholly ruined. petro Gaskell, of the Western Reserve House, sustains a severe loss. A large barn, in which was stored three hundred dozen of wheat, fifty bushels of old wheat, and almost his entiro of hay, was struck by the electric fi and wholly oon- mee. At this point [od re hail oo — as as geese eggs, geese, turkeys, an hens, Dausnavee ther shrek t Mr. G. has also lost his eorn and oats, and is with considerable stock, destitute of means of wintering them. He assured us that $1,000 would not make him whole. The large crop of corn on the county furm shares the fate of all the rest in the neighborhood, and is ruined. The sufferers are so numerous, that it is impossible to name them; few have escaped. Mr. Weiss lost a cow by lightning. In Southington, a log barn, belonging to Mr. John Stroup, in which stored seventy-tive dozen of wheat, was struck by lightning and consumed. Corn is ruined; oats but little better, and grass in the meadows materially injured. | Farmington is good deai fo a in the in- jury to corn, oats, ana grass, thoug! some parts of the town there was but little hail. pasos oY the fury of the storm. A barn | belonging to Mr. Brace was unroofed and blown to | pieces, and his orchard was also blown down. A school house was struck by lightning and shivered to a8 to be of no value; and three dwellings were struck but no lives lost that we have he doubtedly the crops have suffered as ino borhoods. « In Mesopotamia there was but little hail, but a eg wer of rain, that raised the small runs into mighty torrents, and inundated much low and corn land, entirely destroying the cd crops, | tn Bristol, as far north as the centre, much da- | mage was done by the bail and wind, both to the | growing crops and the ferest trees In Bazetta, a large, and, as we are informed, well ‘ing to Solomon Cline, was strack by lightni destroyei. From this to the cen- tre ot Bazetta much damage has been done; be- yond that point but little. In Howland and Weathorsfield, mach damage was done to the crops and timber, particularly ia the neighborhood of Niles. In Liberty, a barn, belonging to Peter Carlton, was struck and burned up, together with its con- tents, repreeented as very valuabl nd the crops | in that direction are represented as in a ruinous condition. | We also learn that a barnin Poland was strack | and burned, though we have no particulars. Also, | that the lower bridge in Youngstown, across the Mahoning, is blown away. Such a terribly destructive storm has never be- | fore visited this section of country. The greatex- | tent over which it extended, the exposed condition | | of the crops, the dreadful effect of the electric flui will long cause it to be referred to as the “ g: | storm.” it would be utterly impossible to imag’ even the loss sustain The storm extended ov some of our best farm country, tilled by ente prising men. On Si lay, before the storm pasted through Champion, Southington, Farmin, ton, to Meeopotamia; everywhere the crops looke:t fine, and we felt rejoiced that every garner was to | be filled to overflowing, and the husbendman was respinga golden harvest. Since the storm we re ‘over the same route, and how changed the almost as if desolation reigned art sickened at the ruinthat met us | | ere reverses, and hope will again urge them on to renewed labors; the | fields will again produce their accustoned crops, and all will again be bappy: [From the Camberland (Md ) Civilian, Aug. 1) | From a gentleman who came down from Acci- dent after the storm, we lcarn that its ravages io the neighborhood of Selbyport and Accident were moet terrible. ‘Thousands of trees were blown down, stopping up the roads and producing a wildernes: of contusion diflieult to conceive. Houses were wn- roofed, barns and stables overthrown, and fiei oy v destroyed. A+ Solbysport, a child was killed by the falling of a roof, and mm the same vicinity woman wns carried off hor feet, and tern to pieses by the horricane. The names our informant beard mentioned, but does not remember. ‘The storm seems to have lesped ovor large ¢ of country, and fallen on secluded plac h », barn and stable of Mr. Koo fo ath of Frostburg, were unroofed, and sash ve fury of the tempest, that one of the bea he stable, so large as to require cight mer it, wes carried a distance of nearly two miler he neighborhood, however, no other damage ‘texas to have been done. ba A correspondent, writing from Little Meadows, Tessar eounty, soygi—Jt ig witerly impossibly | while remainin, ‘ order prohibtcin _Another correspondent, writin; from’ Grants- ville, states that two children of H A. and Henry J. Durst were killed by the failing of a point gf The palates, farm houses, fences, and crops of Joel Beachy, Henry Brown, Jacob Blocher, Peter Yeast, H. B. m. Frost, and others, iruce, the damage to each ranging trom $500 to $2,000. Interesting Documents, PROTEST OF MESSRS. BARNARD AND SIDELL—COPY OF THE LETTER ADDRESSED TO MAJOR BARNARD BY THE GOVERNOR OF TEHUANTEPEC. ; Tenvanrerec, June 3, 1851. Sir—The Secretary of Despatches of the Su- peeine Government of the State, in a supreme or- f i Ks 23d May, among other things, says what fol- “His Excellency, the Minister of Relations, in an official of the 22d of last month, says the follow- ing to the Governor of the State:—‘ Sir—In a sepa- rate note I communicate to you the decree passed to-day, bythe National Congress, annulling that of the 5th November, 1846, which prorogued the pri- vilege conceded to Mr. Jose Garay to open an inter-oceanic communication across the Isthmus of Tehuantepec. The President, deeply appro- bating the constitutional duty by which he hus to enforce the orders of Congress, orders you to pub- lish im ecatale said decree, and that you suspend immediately all scientific works going on, either at Tehuantepec or at Coatzacoalcoas, causing all the Americans employed on said works to fave the country, or permitting them to remain as long as they desire, it being understood by them that for no motive will they be allowed to continue said work, and that they will be subject, as all other strangers, to the laws of the nation. You will com- municate to me the result of this resolution, accept- ing the assurance of my y teaneg I transeribe for you the orders of the Governor, for your intelli- ence. I have the honor to insert it for your in- formation, and so that complying with it exactly you may suspend immediately all the secoadary ies working under your orders in the Isthmus of ‘ehuantepec, be they either scientific or hydrogra- hic Spee, You may returtf speedily to the nited States, forwhich be so kind as to send me a list of the individuals, so that it may be proved and they obtain their passports from the supreme au- thorities, informii ose who wish to remain longer in this republic as private individuals, and, like all other strangers, they will be under the lexican laws, and the vigilance of the authorities, taking care to take out letters of security to legal- ize their residence. Before concluding this note, I should inform you that forno motive or pretext your works or ought to be, outed by the commission of w! you are chief; on the contrary, | shall order them to be suspended, a:cording to the order inserted in wt oar you, thls te, my di m offer you, this time, my distinguished considera- Hen. Vd a gy A r Maxino R. Ortiz.” 'o the Chief of the American Commission, Major J. G. Barnard, U. 8. Army. Fru Cory OF 11E REPLY OF MAJOR BARNARD TO HIS EX- CELLENCY, SENOR DON MAXIMO R. ORTIZ, GOVERNOR OF TENUANTErEC. : Ex Baraio, June 9, 1851. Sir:—I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of the letter of your Excellency, and of the paper enclosed ry) the act of the Co 33 of Mexico, by which the grant under which com- mission, of which [ am the head, is acting, is de- clared as forfeited and null; also informing me that the works of the survey must cease, ani mem- bers of the party return to the United States, ex- cepting such as may choose to remain with letters of security, under the general protection of the laws of the republic. While deeply on gee the course ofthe government, and protesting against the ac- tion under it, as involving in deep injury those in whose service the members of the company are en- gaged, I have, nevertheless, no other course than to comply with your orders, so positively expressed, and have, in consequence of them, caused the labors of the survey te cease, and the members of the com- mission to return, with all despateh, to the United States, except a few who will remain under the pre- sent conditions, in charge of such property as can- not now be disposed of, until final orders on the ey be received from the officers of the company inthe United States. I send, as you een, pliased to order, the names of those who leave the count well as those who will remain, Uhave t onor to be your excelloncy’s obedient servant, J.G. BaRNarp, Chief Engineer Tehuantepec Survey. ConsvLate ov tHe Unrrep Srares, Crry or Tenvanrerge, Kepublic of Mexico. } iy this public instrument of protest, be it known to all persons, that J. G. Barnard, Major United Svates army, ‘and William Il. Sidell, Civil Engi- neer, citizens of the United States, agents of whom it may concern, did, on this 11th day of June, A. D. 1851, personally appear before me, Charles R. Web- ster, Consul for the United States of America, at this place, and enter their solemn protest against the government of the republic of Mexico, t ents and officers of said government. The said Major J. G. Barnard and William IL. Sidell, agents as afore- said, hereby protesting ~ pe the said government of Mexico, its officers and agents, declare and say ‘That on the Ist of March, A. D. 1842, a grant was made by the Mexican government to one of its citizens, having for its object the construction of a road or canal across the isthmus of Tehaantepec, and that the privileges of said coucession were, from time to time, extended by the legal acts of said government, until, in the year A. D. 1550, all the duties having been complied with by the said citizen or his assignees, and the tights under the concession remaining in full force, “and the honor and public faith of the nation having beon pledged, under the most solemn protests, to the Erantee or his assignees, whether natives or forcign- ters, that all the conditions o1 Oey of the govern- ment should be honorably fi by thom to obtain a ther urvey of the route, with a view to the imme construction of the works necessary to its being properly opened. That in pursuance of this, the said Baraard, one of the protesta: with a party of engineers, came to the sthinus of Tehuantepec, in the month of | ecember, A. D. 1860, and entered upon the duties with the greatest activity, his part; and the funds ample. Th date of his arrival until a few days since, labors were continued and —— with success, when they were suddenly brought to a close by an order of the Mexican government, as unexpected as un- just, wp My operations of the survey were required to discontinued, and the hembers of the surveying parties were compelled to leave the conntry,or obtain other sanctions (or their protection | than those which had from the | firet been sufficient, and a portion of the work of the greatest importance left incomplete, thereby de | —s materially from the value of the whole eer vey. That the said order hy whieh the works were stoppedand the engineers requited ty Wem wae On We | form of a letter fom the Ge cemnre of Soden pen, dated June 3, ISM, ans sing Mem Me venoms of the State of Oajacs, ae vrdten oom vie Moanin of Relations of the Sap: voruanown vl Mestoa, requiring the diseom te of the works ie com Fequence of & law, which was epotowed, peated by the Meaican Congress, and signed by the President of the Kepublic, the 2M ef May, A. D. 1851; which said law declared the grant ander which the survey wat being condasted forfeited and null, n the ground that the provisional |'resident of the Republic, Salas, in the year, A. D. 1846, tran- seended his powers in extending the time for the commencement of the work, whereby, as it is as- d, (the work not having been commenced.) hts under the concee-ion wero forfeited. And Barnard and Sidell, agents as aforesaid, de- dere and say, that the said law under which the the further prosecution of the work was isewed, is, in their view, unconstitutional and unjost, for the reason that the said President Selae, was by the decree of hie sppointaneat fully : it was resolved at the ¢, po y the legality of the extension fully recognised on divers occasions by =, government under L7 even these reasons not Ca no duiticial decision has been doesnt eal comet gislative or executive can hts accorded under grant wae da Bari be phi 9 nard & Si further ing, sey that the survey hay ig. been on the faith of the most solemn and public nition of the rights under the 00 > and wit the favor and good will of the gov: and with orders from the said government to local authorities to give every aid, protection, assistance, it wasrght to assume that the works would not be violently interrupted before comple- tion; and peting under this assumption of the goq@ faith of the Mexican government, the work wag projected and unde , but by the recent actiog of the said government the rpeckng have beem disay ted in their reasonable expectations, the benefit anticipated cannot be realized; ‘and vast expenditure of time, toil, and anxiety, and tl outlay of capital, have been made without the possi- bility of an adequate return. And for these and other injuries resulting from the action of porerenant, not only to the projectors, but to dividuals acting under or with them, the said Bare nard & Sidell, agents as aforesaid, in their owa names, and in the name.of.the. com under whighy they act, enter thisas their solemn and formal protest agaioat the said Government of Mexico and ite of and agents as aforesaid, reserving, foe theme salvos, ane pasate’ my ae or 4 whous ey may be acting, the right to claim receive from the raid Goverament of Mexico, its ol and agents as aforesaid, full indemnity for the acts of the said governmont, its officers and agenteg and for all other and further damages and injuryy as may inthis matter be made to appear as rei ing from the aforesaid unconstitutional, unjust, infuriowh conduct of the said"Government of 4 : co, its officers and agents afores: nf : BaRNaRp, Chief Engineer Tehuantepec R. R. Co. ‘ W. H. Stet, - Associate Engineer Tehuantepec R. R.Co. Duly attested by the certificat) and seal of offiea of Charles R. Webster, Esq., S. Consul, at tl city of Tehuantepec, on the 11th day of June, 1861.) ELoremENtT—ALMost.—The station house, las® evening, was tho scene of a highly interesting dra matic cere The striking difference bes tween this and those to which we are usually ace tomed, being that the performers in the case were real, and of course acted to the life. Am honest German, returning home last evening, dise covered with no little anxiety the absence of hig vrouw and one of his little ones. His paternal andl malevolent feelings were aroused, more especially as appearances indicated the simultaneous de; ture of a young gentleman boarder. He immodid ately commenced pursuit, and found the absconding couple snugly ensconced in the evening train f New York. Pen cannot portray the pent-up feel+'- ings of the husband and father, as he gazed upom the, tohim, most unlovely scene. Immediate ac tion was demanded and taken, and the mother and child appeared upon the platform in a shorter s; of time than is employed in recording the fact. feelings of an injured man were now fully aroused, and directed towards the cause of the domestic dis- turbance, who, luckily for himself, had made hig escape from the car. The tragic scete now com~ menced; hither and thither, behind and before the train, across and back, the infuriated husband pure, sued the disturber of his home. Spectators as+ sembled, and the destruction of the “nice young man” was momentarily expected, aa the now more thoroughly aroused vengeance of the pursuer seem determined on satisfaction Meantime the maj character stood indifferently gazing upon the scenes, forming @ strong contrast in point of excitemens with her liege lord. When approached and qui eect as 5 hag! Rs! oe Lape. eae replied, “Ob, nothing; I think any husban ve foolish.” The writer and the weipea here al The cars were about starting, and the hus' blinded b; e and the darkness, thought he dis- covered his object making tracks up the rail so tracks made he, but in reality our would-be hero was clambering into the baggage ear, gextersaaey assisted by the master of the same and sympathet bystanders. ‘‘ All aboard,” shouted the and the victims of petticoated sovereignty were soom pursuing opposite directions, to the extreme satie- ction of at least one, and the ultimate chagrin of the other. How affairs terminated behind the scene, “deponent saith not.”—New Haven Pallay dium, July 29. A Srroxe or Conscrencr.—The following nos tice ~ been issued from the Post Office Departe ment:— Post Orrice Derartuent, July 30, 1852. The Postmaster General acknowl having received, under cover of a letter signed m.ulus, one hundred doliars, in two notes of the Bank of ‘Washington, part or all of which sum, the writer sayr, is due to the Post Office Department. The Filth of the City. TO TUE EDITORS OF THE HERALD. 1 was gratified, in common with many of my fellow-citizens, to seein your paper of Saturday, some well deserved strictures on the condition of our publicstreets. There is, however, a way to improve them. Let it be forbidden by law to throw anye thing but pure water into tho streets, and let them be awept, and the side walks washed, daily. 1 ama not an irer of everything in Boston; but the practice of washing sidewalks daily, and swee, streets, which prevails there, and the fact t nothing but pure water is permitted to be throwm into the streets, are matters worthy of imitation.; I have observed in London and , that the streets are kept clean, except in particular loca~ lities. The same is true of Brussels, Milan, an Florence; while in Rome and Naples I have seem the vilest garbage and the most filthy ordure lying in the most frequented thoroughfares. 1 seems incredible that New York, which has better facilities for keeping herself clean than Lon: Paris, Brustels, Milan, Floreace, or Boston, sho: be in the filthy condition of Rome and Naples; and lam sincere], — to find that your valuable and widely-circulating paper has taken hold of the subject. Go on, and you will be backed up by Many Citizens, Deatn op Mra. Bache McByvens, Beq—'The sudden death of this well known and highly reapectable mer- chant, has excited the deepest regret among @ large cir- cle of friends in this community. He fell suddenly victim to apoplexy, beirg attacked while walking the streets of Paris with a friend. At the time of his death, he was President of the New York Insurance Company, which office he had filled for thirteen years, On heari of his denth. the Board of Underwriters held a spec! meeting on last Saturday morning, when, the President having announced the death of Mr. MeEvers, the follow- il ty of this city ha hor rt . That th Jeeply @ deceased in this aftticting in ased, close theie edines of this meeting b¢ publish im the papers of this city. ELWooD WALTER. , Secretary Board of Underwriters. Mr. McEvers was the head of the long established. and well cEvers & Co., Exehan, rohant, and man of bus- ness, be had the confidence and ¢steem cf all who know him. The transactions of the house have been largeand fuccestful, and we are glad te hear that the business of the firm will be continued by Mr Artbur Leary, the sur= viving partner. Weenly In the City and County of 3 be 24 ¢ of Deaths Brine hSan ited States, SNe 4. ee, t: Germany, Dy France, a 1 unknew i ‘Fae ‘