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will reach the United FEB FISHERINS. been ected, innlonats Se. crtoun ‘Miss Dix ieee 0 hae bee rating Newfoundland, from whence she Our Neva Scoun Correependence. returned ‘steamer. » Hauieax, July 15, 1853. Thad alenoes forgotten, to mention that our gov- Uncommon Appearance of Mackerel—Prospect of the Crops—Infertor Quality of Spring Mackerel ht ‘coast, viz:—One on Pictou Island, hanses aa tho ‘one on Whitebead some distance from the main land; —Vist of Miss Dixzand Mr. Crampton—Insane | Igland; one on Port Hood Island, Cape Breton; one Asylum—Chyect of Mr. Crampton's Visit—Hali- Merchants at Fault—Examination of the ‘Seminary of the Sisters of the Sacred Heart. . near the entrance of the Bay of Fundy at Purnice oil Rock, Ragged. Islands) near Shel burne. The three first will be of material advantage to American vessels engaged about our coast—par- Bince I last wrote, nothing of impertance has | ticularly thoce at Pictou sland and Port Hood; aad wanspired in this ‘ovality, if we except a large influx @f spring mackere! i wo the bays and harbors ta this maighborhood, Which they have avoided these four years; and large quantities are beifg taken at St. that near Ragged Islands to those passing eee the United States and Europe. News | frim Brithn Guiana. By the arrival of the bark Princeton, Capt. Seeley, Margaret's bay, Dover, Prospect, and other places | from Demarara, at this port, yesterday moraing, wo fQreund the coast. This, with the prospect of good @rops, bas given new life to the hardy fellows who Qahabit eur ses-cosst, and draw from the deep in many caces, their sule meaas of subsistence. It is to be hoped, however, that in any treaty that may be @Owcluded, by which the Americans shall be permit- ted to pariivipute in the in-shore fishery, it will be previded—and a correspouding provision should ap- Pear on our stgtute bovk —that the early ran of masokerel shall nut be interfered with, as the fish at this season of the year ure iu inferior condé¥ion, and by no means a fit artivle of food. Besides, this early eatoh interferes with their spawning, and cannot but bave an injurious tendency. Our o'ty bas lutely been visited by two distinguished strangers—Mixs Dix, the American philanthropist, and Mr. Crampton, the British Minister at Washing. tom. To Miss Dix the people of Nova Sootia owe a deep debt of gratitude. By her was the necessity of providing @ provincial asylum for Junatics first broaybt promiuently to the notice of our went and Legi-lature in an address, dated lontgomery, Alabama, December 10, 1849, From that time to the present the efforts of this noble- minded woman have been unceasing in the cause of the efilicted, and Let wibout eifect; for, by an act passed during the last session of our Legislature, has beeu made for the erection of an asy- , & site bas been {ixed upon, and the work will @ommenced forthwith. Whilst America may have reason to be ashamed of the “ fuss and feathers” made abvat Mrs. B. Stowe, the Black Swan, and otter American Baranmites, by the aristocratic uood'es of England, she may well be of ng such ao estimable character as Miss Dix, whose name will be remembered with tude and veneration over the whole coutinent, ages after the motix aod vutterflics of the Uncle Tom seboul will have deen torgotten. The visit of Mr. Crampton has created a vast deal of surmise and specul.tion among the wiseacres of Halifax. Divers causes are given; but none have hit upon the right ove—whi sh I believe will be found to be chiefly his own pleasure, and, peraaps, to eonfer with the Adm‘ral, at whose resi- dence be is stopping, on the course to be pursued by the fleet engaged in protecting the fisheries dar- ing the present season. That the question of reci- city Yas nothing to do with his visit, is obvioas | rae the manner ia which he very properly “ sawed off” some few of our merchants, wao with their ebaracteristic impudence, wisved to tender their advice to this exceliency on that subject. Of the Jeading houses, forgetting that Nova Scota possesses &@ government repre-enting the whole ple, with a few others of the upper ten of Halifax, called to- ra meeting of their order, whom they desig- nated the * Hulifax merch: pose of ascertaining whea he wonld be receive them. following, which I giv please call on the ditterent veatlemen who met at the room on Saturduy, and say to them that Mr. Crampton does net wish to receive the merchants formally, Yours &c., David Allison.” above, people consider Mr. Crampton to be @ sensi- ble map, and respect vim accordingly. The sonual examination of the Young Ladies’ Seminary in this city, presided over by the ladies of the “Sacred Heart,” of whom Madame Peacock is Lady Prioress, took’ place at the Coavent on Thurs- day last, aud was a very credita»le affair—between sixty and eighty pupils of all denominations beiag examined. There were present, among the élite of the city, his Grace the Archbishop of Halifax, the ladies of the General and Commandant of the garri- 3on, members of the Leyislature of Newfoundland, m roude for Envland. as delegates from that eolony, pnd several members of both branches of our own repared y ts.” by whom a commit | tee was nominated t) wait on Mr. Crampton, for the | His reply may be jadged from the | eutive:—‘Mr. Davidson will | From the | simulation Legislature. The majority of the visiters present being Protestants, at once proclaims the value at- tached to the institution by all classes ia this comma- | = h but a few years have elapsed since the roma question was established, its fruits are already abundantly seen. The examination gave al satistaction and at the close addresses were | by the Archbishop, who also distribated | the . Mr. Little, M. P., of Newfoundland, and the Hon. Mr. McCully, of Halifax. The convent isa Noble edifice, erected some two years since at a larze | a site immediately facing the southern froat | Horticultural Gardens, and, with its grounds, are to be beaatifully laid out, forms an orna- | to the city, and reflects the highest credit on community to whom they belung. G. ~~ ‘Hauirax, July 21, 1853. Mr. Crampton’s Departure — Everybody wn the dark, except the Admiral and Governor—Force engaged tn protecting the Pishertes—Bazaar by | the Sisters of Charity—Contemp'ated Harbors of | Refuge—Telegraph'c Line from Newfoundland — Miss Diz—New Light Houses on the Nova Seo- Hi tia Coast. | Mr. Crampton left on Saturday last for Washing- 4 ton. Of the result of his visit nothing is kuowd. Residing at the Admiralty House, he associated with few others than the Admiral and Licutenaat Gover- nor. During his stay, several large dinner partes were given by Sir George Seymour and Sir Gaspard Le Marchant, at which the members of the Hxecu- tive Council, the principal military and provincial Officers, and several members of both branches of the Legislatore met, and interchanged civilities with the British Minister. I see it asserted in several American newsptpera, that vessels fitting out for the fisheries in the United Btates this season, are arming, with the determinatioa of resisting the cruisers, and violating the treaty. ‘This has caused some little disquietude among our folk, and should such be found tobe the fact, I fear yld Bull will make short metre with them. The | yuisers this year are romewhat better prepared for | gard work than they were last season, being fitted | yat wholly by the Imyerial authorities, having three times the number of hands, and as they are ccm- manded Wy experienced naval officers, Jonathan had better sharp. The following force is at present actually engaged im the protection of the fisheries, under the orders of Vice-Adniral Seymour:—The Vestal, 26, sail-frig- ate; Devastation, 6, steam sloop; Basilisk, 6, steam- ; Argus, 6, steam: sloop; Netley, 6, cat Rose, 2, steamer; Durix, 2, Canadian steamer; Dart, 2, hired schooner; Bonita, 2, hired schooner; Alice po my 2, hired schooner; and Daring, 2, provincial The appearance of the Basilisk on the coast of New Brunswick, had given much satisfaction in that direction, and after communica tug with the shore she proceeded to the eastward. The mackerel had already made their appearance in t abundance there, and large quantities were ing taken with hook ond line, which | gag the fish from bruising themselves while in the nets and seines, and there wus every prospect of an abundant cated. The 12th of July being the anniversary of the bat- tle of the Boyne, the tables were fairly turned upon the orangemen, as there was held a grand bagsar, under the anspivesof the Sisters of Charity, which received files of the Royal Gazette, from Georgetown, dated down to the Ith inst. They do not contain apy political news of importance. The members of the Georgetown Town Council, were devoting much attention to measures of local improvement, such as sewerage, drainage of corpo- rate property, and a better system of market regula- tiona. Ata meeting of the Court of Policy, held upon the lth inst., the stipendiary magistrates reported upon the conduct of the Chinese immigrants in their re- spective districts. The reports were on the whole, highly favorable to the Chinese, asa docile and la- borious class of immigrants. The papers were or- dered to be published. A bill to guarantee the in- terest on a loan of £20,000 to the Railway Company, for the completion of the line to Muhaica, and a b to give power to the Company to purchase and take possession of lands and tenements to enable them to complete the line, was passed at the same sitting. Speaking of the weather and appearance of the crops, the Gazetie of July Sth, sa; “Since last packet sailed we have bad a continuation of rainy weather, but somewhat modified in ita inclemency. Bright and hot sunshine takes the place as nooa ap- proaches of a rainy night and morning, quickening the chilled soil, and giving vigor to vegetation. The | most promising hopes are now entertained of the | year’s crop—the fields everywhere surpassing exped- | tation.’” ‘The same journal adds—‘ The general trade of the colony shows still anything but a healthy gp- pearance. Imports of everything bat provisions are steady, but demand dees not appear to keep pace | with the supply. There will, one of these days, no | doubt, be a reaction, but it looms yet only ut a dis- tance. Country provisions are still scarce and dear, and the limited supply of salt fish makes us pay for thet article as a luxury.” ‘Two very extensive plantation fires had occurred; one on the west, and the other upon the cast coast, Tn the first case, the manager being sick at the time, | and under the influence of morphene, was nearly | burned to death. ‘Tho remains of the late venerable Archdeacon Lu- | gar, taken from the vault in which they had been temporarily placed in Barbados, arrived at George- town on the evening of the 12th instant, and were landed and placed in the Cathedral at an early hour the following morning. Upon Thursday, Lith inst., afternoon, they were conveyed to their last resting place in Bourda’s walk, attended by a vast concourse of persons, amongst whom were @ number of the | clergy, and the immediate friends of the deceased. THE CUBAN SLAVE TRADR—ITS EFFECTS IN BRITISIT GUIANA. [From the Rosal Gezarte, (Georgetown ) July a It appears as if scarcely a mail is now to reach us without bringing new accounts of a continuance of the any of slave trading. A short period has | only elapsed since we had it on the authority of the | House of Lords that one vessel had succeeded in | landing eleven hundred slaves on the coast, or iu | some of the ports of Cuba, a very small proportion of whom only conld bereclaimed by the British authori- ties. By the last mail the information has reached | us that another cargo, numbering eight hundred, had been safely landed, and of course sold on the island. | These are ascertained cases—the truth sublimed through every sort of obstacle, obstruction, and dis ‘But if we reflect npon the fact also re- | cently reported, that in oae day @ Britisi cruiser caught two vessels leaving the harbor of the capital of Cuba (Havana) armed with ail the implements necessary for this murderous traffic, we can come to no other conclusion than that the slave trade flou- ro in that island with ita pristine freshness and vitality. It is useless to trust to treaties, it would appear, to | put an end to this traffic. Except on the wide | waters, they cannot be enforced to the extent neces- sary to be useful. The trade is immensely proiitable, and it is not to be suppoeed that Cuban officials, liv- | ing in the low state or morality incident to a slave country, cannot wink ia cases where a run takes place not immediately under the eye of the British consulate. On the other hand, a cordon of armed ships on the coast of Africa, or round the largest of | the Antilles, can never be anything but partially successful. It might answer for a while where kaown barracoons only had to be guarded, or while it was | snpposed the places of debarkation were limited. | But we are well aware that the trade is in the hands | nor give satisfaction to | \ | such an event, in sending $200 000 to the Aruentine AddiMional news from the South Pactde. The letter of our Paname correspondent, published in Saturday's Hexacp, contained a concise summa- ry of the speech delivered by President Montt to the Copgrees of Chile, upon the opening of the ses- sion, on June 1. We giva our reacers to-day a fow more extracts from that document. The President mentioned the final adjustmeut of the difficulties be- tween Ecuador and Peru:— That the Peruvian government had two million doliars at the disposal of Chile for the amor- Ugation of the six per cent debt. His policy to be that of peace, to be on friendly terms with the gister republics, and at the same time to preserve the tranquillity of the continent,in carry: ing out which he had sent a legation to Bolivia, and would continue ty use his most assiduous eff rts for the reestablishnient of peace between those States. ‘The establishment of peace and order thro :ghout the country, and the A esectine he consequently feels in again placing at the disposal of the Chambers thore extraordinary powers with which he had been invested in September last. The restoration of tranquillity, which had enabled government to devote itself to the real reforms which were necesrary to the progress of te republic, and remedy apy abuses which existed in the various | branches of the administration. The better organization of police in various cities, The increased celerity of the mails, and more fre- qvent communication. The reduction on letters will come into force on the 1st of July. The introduction of postage stamps. ‘The grant of two thousand dollars towards the electric telegraph between Valparaiso and Suutisgo. The payment by government of $100,000 in liqai- dation aed the first quota of its subscription towards the Valparaiso and Santiago Railway, which bad been drawn fiom the public moneys; but after the amortization of the Peruvian debt of two million dellurs, the othor would be taken from, the funds, which are by law devoted to this work. The proposed line of railroad between Coquimbo and Serena had not as yet beea microred, owiag to the want of an engineer, but who had already arrived from the United States, to commence the work. ‘The importation of Sisters of Charity from France. The erection of a hospital for females, and that a new hospital in Copiapo is under consideration, an- other in Concepcion is ordered to be continued, and teveral have received pecuniary assistance. The establishment of public dispensaries. ‘The establishment of a lunatic asylum. Besides the territories already alotted to emigrants in Valdivia, it was in contemplation to establish colonies in the department of La Laja. Sevoral sums appropriated in the estimate had been distributed for the erection and completion of churches. Schools had been established in various parts, and the dotation of others had been augmented. The reform of the laws, passed 20th of October last, fixing the export duties on bullion and ores. Port Manco, in the department Lilapel, had been opened, and the constructioa of moles ‘in several ports bad been permitted. The pilot dues in the port of Constitucion had been abolished, anda fixed rate established for all Hy towed out and in by the government steamer fatle. _ The Presideut then closed his speech, stating that his tour through the southern provinces had been made with a view to convince bimself of the neces- sities of each locality, to be better enabled to propose ard adopt such measures as would ve to their further welfare. BOLIVIA AND PERU. The Istect advices from Bolivia and Pera are to the following effect:—The commencement of hostili- ties between Peru and Bolivia is drawing nearer every day, and war is inevitable. The government bad demanded the following satisfaction and redress for the insults received by their Charge d'Affuires in La Paz, and his recall with all the honors due to his +ituation:—The withdrawal of the inferior money and a cessation of importation of the same iuto Pera. ‘The cabinet of Sucre has refuse 1 to come of these demands, alleging that the late decrees is- sued by Peru, and measures taken, hal annulled the treaty of Arequipa regarding the cuinage of money in Bolivia, and that the government will not admit e Peruvian Charge d’Af- faires. The Peruvian government has therefore taken the ey steps to commence hostilities, and every thing is kept in readiness to commence the war a3 soon as definite orders have been fRceived from Lima. The justness of the cause has caused a strong teel- ing in tavor ot war, and the government has a satfi- cient force, perfectly orgauized, and well disciplined, at their command. It is, however, believed that before long the Boli- vians will open their eyes, and will not attempt to venture an engagemeut with so superior a power, but cffr soch terms as will satisfy Pera and re- estublish the friendly relations be.ween the two countries. It is sup by eome that the whole may end with the fall of Belzu, who, it is said, has prepared for | Provinces, across the Andes, where he intends to eck en asylum after his fall. The Minister of Peru, at’Rome, has requested the cifferent sculptors of the Roman Empire to send in models for an equestrian statue of Bolivar. The of clever Portuguese, men patient of fatigue, of great | price ofthe statue is fixed at 20,000 Roman crowns, energy, and no little skill—appalled by do danger, if | gain is in the way, and ably seconded by the black trader, to whom, or to his people, the wilderness is | twelve copies of it. familiar. New outlets for the trade can easily be | (upwards of £4,000), and 12,000 crowns each for COPTAPO. In Copiapo, saysa correspondent, the only spioe uns. found on the sea board of one of the four grand divi- | of conversation turn on mines and mining operat sions of the world. The fa:ts approve sion——Cuba is yet a great slave mart. The consequences to us of a continuance of state of things are obvious enough, and there is no necessity for repeating an oft told tale. The spurt tion, in consequence of the enormous stimulus ap- plied to every article of necessity by the extraordina- growth of the Australian colonies. as well as we do, and is making gigantic eforts to shut us from the market. Her machisery equals | ours in every particular, her command of capital is infinitely greater; while our Coolie or Chinaman, im- | ported at enormons expense, working or not as he chooses, receiving hbaral pay and extravagant al- lowane an never compete with the Africanslave, whatever their original cost, compelled at the whip’s end to give continuous labor. If we can put no faith in treaties, then, and war ships are a failure, how are we to be protected? In- dustry and soil will not avail ua against slave compe- tition, when the pressure of trade begins to be re- Jaxed by increasing production. We huve hitherto deprecated all leaning for assistance upon the home government; and had circumstances continued 43 we supposed them, we should rather have dropped the crutch and trusted to such energy and skill as we poseeseed. But in the face of a growing slave trade, which neither force nor diplomacy can put down, no alternative is left us; we shall be compelled to throw ourselves on the Gritish nation and crave aid. The best and mo-t obvious way of serving ua is somehow or other distasteful to the pl snter—that is, to get a share of the parliamentary loan for the parpose of drainege, and for the preparing land for cattle and implement labor. There is a strong indisposition to resort to other than the present mode of cultare, experiment hitherto not having answered expecta- tion so fully as to make people confident of success, even with ‘such meuns as a share of the loan would afferd. This doubt it is difficult to combat; but to our mind there is no question that the ox and the plough would answer as weil! here as he do on the thorough-drained lands of Lancashire—lands afew years yoy swampy and unproductive as the aban- doned front lands of the coust. The only otber method, immigration, if it must eortinve to be conducted in the same manner, will only go on increasing our difficulties, and be tn, Mel our already large debt. There are unquestionably, at this moment, signs of prosperity; but the im- posthume will one day burst, and let us take care that it does not burst t) overwhelm us. We throw out the-e hints for the consideration of wiser heads. There cannot be a question that the times ascume @ perilous aspect for us. DIED, On the Sth Juve, at Clifton, John Dewnie, Raq., late Firet Puisne Judge of the Supreme Court in Sritish Guiana. Four Morpsr i Viroixta—aA stranger passing order was established bere by the archbishop of | Halifax, some four or five years back. The pro- | coeds of the bezear, being intended in aid | of the Orphan Asyinm, in connection with | thoee venerable ladies, gave to it addtional interest. The selling was continued fortwo days, the articles on sale being of the moet auperb and splendid description. At the close of the proceed- jugs it was ascertsined that a sum exceeding three thousnd doliara had been sextized. Wontd that it | ‘Were treble that amount, for well does the intended | Object for which it was raived deserve it. Already, with the «ia!l means at their command, have these | noble Christian Ladies. fifwen clildcea, destitute of | parents aod friends, under their charge and keeping. | Lobserve, by thej varnals of our Assembly, thar that ody, atite lust session, directed au examination of the burbors of Maryuree, Aspy tay, and Pogt Hood, ya the Island of Cape Breton, witha view L) their m ent as harbors of retuze in that | seality. Bie secre, [ presume, will be performed by tie mentenuvineer Mr. Forman, who arrived from jand about a month since. mail steamer from Newfoundland arrived bore a tavern in Heurico county, about ten miles above this city, called in to have some refreshiaenta, and having taken from a bundle of nutes whatever amoant was necessary to pay his bill, and receiving back his change, proceeced on his way. Three notorious vil- lains, narwed John Browning, Jobu Smoote, and Wm. James Thorpe, who, we are informed, were in the tavern when the stranger incautiously exhibited his money, purs who had robbed sux When on their way the innocent ma Blackburo. piteourly to release oue on board it tm. protesting emphatically his nnecence; but Mr. B. having no knowledge of the affair, refused to interfere. The person then took out his money, which amounted to 58, and beged that he wouldtake charge of it. i being Loabaaas 4 ignorant whether or not the rge wastrue. The three proceeded onwards with then guilllese charge, and, #8 we uonderstand, ina different direction from that marked out by Mr. Blackburn as the nearest way toa magiatrate. In ¢ =. There is vothing of importance from | the course of the evening. they returned to the tavern, a L observe, feom the St. Joha's Morn | and, as we are informed, gave the proprietor a $4 mg , that Mr, Gisburne, the ginater, pro- | bill in payment for some drink, which he recognized moter, and manager of the gizantic telesraphic as having given to the stranger a short time hefure, page leg isto connect Newfoundland with | Up to Wednesday last all inquiry and exertions to continent of America, via Priace Edward Isl- and, is getting on prosperomly and well. Success attend him, for he deerves it. = to Canada will probably sald mb tbe dean's, oa thelr way out, wien ‘his lind ball have | ascertain the fate of the poor stranger were un- availing, and though two of the party, Browning and As the steamers | Smoote, were arrested on anapicion, no farther steps | were taken, beeause of eee 78 i— Richmond Whig, July 29." vee | sach & | Neither | tical news is listened to. | Flour and other alimentaries have risen conside- | in the sugar market ut the present time keoys us | rably, but the scarcity of small silver coin is still | from viewing very earnestly the prospects of the fu- | tore. Production has not kept pace with consamp- | cud arrested him as a fugitive | packet doat. | re, toa magistrate, with | charge, they were met by a Mr. | ched tan implored him mot | This Mc. B. algo de- \ th | Clined, not wishing to implicate himeelf in the atfuir, | of the City Liquor Agency, says the Lowell Qourtr, | concla- | In the ctreote, in society, in the theatre, miaes and | miners again are the words most frequently heard. President's felt. Business is repreeented to be in a healthy con- dition, and the construction of the railroad from Cal- the province. COMMERCIAL REPORT. We copy the following from the Valparaiso Mercantile | Reporter = VatParaiso, June 15, 1353. The stagnation usual at this cearom of the year, atill | pervades almost every branch of commerce. aad in | July, whea the commencenent of spring demaud gece rally begins to animate the market. The few sales offected | ocuriet ng ebietly of a few atray articles required by | trilers to aa thelr assortments. We hear of some Of prinis, ex recent srrivals, and s lot of America: | mentics, which have been taken on speculation ia antict- ‘ ar of their teking value when the spring demand sets The transactions in American gooda bave been some- what ore sctive, and sales ex Independence and Harriet Exving continue to be made. Narrow comentics aud isa- perials are in demand, but itis difficult for holders to tain higher prices, Sales, however, nave been elected the folowing rates :— Wicking bought up by two parties at $26 ; 100 bales burgs sold at ilc.: 28 ioch domen ties, 7c.; denims, 110 ; York stripes, 11 toll ize ; cos flannel, 11},0 to 126 ; bed ticks 103,¢. to lie. The de- mand tor Aunerican rough goods remsins steady, though the market has been weil #u oplied by late arrivals, Paoviciont.—Though the market bas beea supplied, seles ats moderate scale coutinue to be made ex inde- Pincense ond Harrist Ervieg at the following rates— ime mess beet, $16; rice. 6%0.; lard, in kegs 250 bble., le. ; hams, 200. Fiour.—For Concepcion brands, $8 4, and Santiago, $8 sre acked; but we bave heard of no purchases ry Istion, the great bulk of that now in course of ship: being on acveunt of the miliers. A parcel of 4000 obls. Awericsn, roid to arrive at $8. being rejected by the par- . ou account of inferior quality, has beeu ta brought 12,000 marks. Sn.ver.—The steamer for 'be mint in Santiago. have beow placed at $70 per million feet, oak and pine, Balve wor $8 $60. + i , pom 2 Faron. want cf tonnage is still very great suitable versels find ready employment After the of the steamer freights to England have adv: 10 per cent, at which we bear a number of ve taken vy in the courte of the day. The Briti rusps bax been ehartered ati 10 from Caldera to Li- vorpcol diueot. Morrisville, gives the details of a destructive storm of hail, which passed over a portion of Madison county on the 1%th ult. The sweep of the storm was about a mile wide, and two or three miles long. Inthe centre of the space over which the storm swept, the bail, of all sizes, laid upon the ground anile deep, the surface of the earta appearing as it does in winter after a fall of snow. Boulders of con- gealed bailstones weighing six pounds and upwards, were picked up, and exhibited ta Madison village. The crop, of course, were literally destroyed. A over On ndaga and Seneca counties. Many farmers rate their oases at from $500 to $400. A severe hail storm was also experienced in the southern towns of Caynga county, on Wednesday. Whole flelda of grain were cut up and destroyed. In Scipio, Col. Lyon hed bis crops destroyed, damaying him to the amount of $1,500. Mr. Leonard ring had I ‘ ae barley all royed, and many others wit! in the range of the ated that the hail was pile le of fences, and in many pla was over shoes. The force of the hail storm cut everything of the grain kind ull to pieces within its range. u bushels by Lowen Crry Liqvor Acexcy.—The first year expired on the 21st inst. The receipts and expen dituves, andthe stock on hand, aro offic.ally stated as follows: — | Expenditures, ni lnvore Fovewertené $10,019 37 Receipté.....s.c.e. 0 ssvene, ae 985 OF Amount of expend'tures over receipts, Amount of stook on hand . . 901 5 If we deduct from the expenditures $1,809 ie salarien and fixtares, we find the amount received for liquors sold $8,196 08. ratage of with any | message nor any other poli- | dera to Tres Puntos promises to give still more | | impulse to commerce, and forward the prosperity of Cuba knows | | survey of the northern route to the Pacific ovea! | feet capnot be expected 10 be dixpeiled before the ead of | | have been purely for local and Santiago consumption, | resold a Bogo' Few rsles have been meade at $7 9 ris.; the remainder is Lopen —American scarce. 6¢,000 feet, recent arrivals, it, and rival Haw Storms in New Yorx.—The Observer, at storm i lke character and equal severity passed | rm were more or less datnaged. | jews frem the Far West. COl» DANTON AGAIN IM THB FIELD. Sreast, July 26, 1858, letter just received from tis aad’ which shows that be nd dency in which made halt oes, in twenty days from the frontier and party Tea ope Jou the ether: halt (the were ly toepter y; other . un- tried part, by by) witb their animals reireshed and themselves in good heart. He took three days, while his mules were luxuriating in that former paradise of wild hor-es, E} Valle de San Luis, to ride three hundied miles, going and coming, to pe letters into the Santa Fe post office for his wily and friends, aud to find a guide in place of Leroux, who had been left sick at a post on the Ar- kunsas. The Timpa creek, at the mouth of which Beale and his party crossed the Arkansas, is just above Beut’s Fort, in west longitude about 1034 and north latitude 38, and is onc of eight smali rivers Cr creeks coming from the s»uthwest, and is one of the eight streams, counting from Purgatoire to Wet Mountain Valley creek, which fall into the Arkansas on that side, drawing their waters from skied a mountains, and fertil.zing a broad space, rich in wil, ‘wood oh ep xood for cattle, ludian corn, ard vegetables, all of which have been raised at the pueblos, and where there are as wel! beaten wagou roads as in the frontier counties of our States. So that, tothe extent of one-half the dis- tance on the central route, and on nearly a straight line, there ix the best country of any of equal extent that my geographical knowledge embraces, for set- tlement, and roads of all kinds, for footmen, horse- men, wagons, carriages, steam cars, and anything else that can be invented to go upon land. Hwrfuno, pronounced Wer-fun-o, a Spanish word signifying orphan; Butte, prenounced buée, a French word signifying an abr fe cerrendiceler hill or mountain, or face or end of a hill or mountain. The valley of San Luis, one hundred miles lon; yy lity or sini broad, and at the head of the De! orte. Fort Massachusetts, a new fort, established two years ago at the creek Trinchera, in the valley of San Luis, nearly opposite the Pass of El Sangre de Christo. and near the place where Fremont was led out of the valley by his guide in the winter of 1848-9, ea the heat of El Sis del esr What an idea it gives of the expansion of our people, com- municating even to the quiescent Mexicans, that there is now a settlement of some hundreds of fami- lies, and an American fort in sight of the mountain in which Fremont was overwhelmed, and in the very valley in which some of his men perished, and others ate their dead bodies—places then felt to be the abode of desol: ion, now within the pale of oul- tWation ani civilization. There was a ‘scientific’ man who published a book to demonstrate that steam power could never drive a vessel across the Atlantic ocean ; and just as the book got out of the preas a steamer came steaming along at the rate of three hundred miles a dsy, and others have been at it at the same rate ever since; and the ‘scientific’ book has gone to the bottom of the oblivious stream! But that Huerfano Butte!—solid rock, three bun- dred feet high, sugar loaf form, visible twelve miles: that colamn built by the hands of Nature to receive astatue of Columbus pointing to the west and sayin, to the magic car as it flies along, “‘ That is the roa to India.” Respectfully, &c. Tuomas H. Benton, Sanfa Fx, (N. M.,) June 9, 1853. My Dear S1a.—I shall write but a hurried letter. Harris Heap is keeping a minute journal. I arrived at Fort Massachusetts on ppemrentieth day from West Port; rested en route two days and a half. I came here to hunt up @ guide and to ensure my let- ters reaching home. I came from the Fort in little over a day and a half, and shall mount By horse to return in the same time as soon as this letter is finished. It is a hundred and fifty miles. The three days’ rest willdo my mules great good, a3 the grass in the valley of San Luis isvery fine. I came up the Arkansas to the mouth of the Timpa, crosved it, and struck diagonally over to the Hnerfano. The Huer- fano is the finest stream in all that region; the bot- tom and hills full of the finest grass, and wood abun- dant. There is much more of both than on the Ar- kansas, The plain between the Timpaand Huerfa, is filled with fine grass, and game abounds on We have nct eaten a single meal without game since. leaving up to this time. Ietruck the Huerfano a few miles above its mouth | and made frequent and beautiful camps upon it. About twenty miles from the mouth the river makes acanon. This is easily avoided by an epsy road, by | which you leave the river and do not come to it again for some fitteen miles. When you come upor it again, you see at about twelve miles distance on the river, the Huertano Butte, a curious pillar, sugar-loaf in shape, of solig rock, and about three huudred feet in height. The Toad all along the river is very ieee The Pass Sangre de Christo is an excellent She, though there is one about a mile or probably three miles higher up, (north,) very much lower, but sandy soil. Both are gogd. The valley of San Luis is the best land i have seen in New Mexico, and I have seen the whole of it. You know its size, and I have only to say that I believe on an average there isa stream of water for every two miles throughout the entire length of the valley. It is rapidly settling up, and, if protection is con- tinned, will’ soon show to great advantage. I find here all over the country the railroad the prevailing subject of conversation. Heap is taking very minute notes and sketches. We are all well, and progress oy; harmoniously. have it on my mind to go due west from Las Vegas de Santa Clara, and make a road if there is nove, but am not yet determined about it. 1 shall mise Leroux very much, but shall mot fail for want of Dim. The ludians are very troublesome, and a force of soldiers 's about marching against them un- der Col. Sum I beg you feel no iety abou us. I will take good eare of the mei Vi respect, your friend, Boute to the Pacific. LETTER FROM MAJOR STEVI. We have been favored with the following private letter from Major Stevens, who is conducting the Camp Neax Ligatsing Lake, June 19, 1853. We are now over one hundred and fiity miles from our starting place, Camp Pierce, wiich was named in honor of the President, and is beautifully situated on Lake Amelia, about ten miles northwest of St. Paul, and over three from Fort Snelling. My force is well organized, and my means of transportation as effectual as I need. I teel highly cncouraged, thos far, at the result of our labors, and my prepa- | rations, I think, are a good guarantee of success. Of the objects of the expedition you are well aware. As for myself, my mind is unprepared in regard to fixing avy particular line of for the great inter- oceanic railroad communication. My determination is to collect facts, learn the geography and to; ° phy of the country over which we pass, and develop the resources of this hitherto unknown region. Should a good live for a railroad be found, connect- ing the head waters of the Mississippi and Puget's Sound, | trust the day will not be distant when the railroad will be built. Alter a careful study of this question, I have come to the conclusion that if the routes be practicable, two roads must at an carly date be built—one con- necting San Francisco with the Gulf and Central States, and the other Puget’s Sound with the valley of the St. Lawrence. { bave no doubt as to the practicability of the southern line, and I trust no bas = eg occur in commencing it. When I eonsider the growing importance of our Pacific possessions, the rapid concentration of the commerce of China, Japan, and the Indies on that coast, making our country the centre of the com- merce of the world, I cannot but be convinced that two great roads will prove insufficient to supply its wants, and that we shall need turee and probably mo - mart the rail ther jut, apart from road survey proposed, other joy advantages will flow from thle expedition, I ve made it a special point of interest to secure the friendship of the Blackfeet Indians, through whose country we are to pass. To do this, I have engaged the services of Alexander Culbertson, Esq., whom [ have appointed, my, authority of the Indian Bureau, a special agent. He has lived among the Blackfeet for cver twenty years, knows every adalt male of that tribe, and possesses unbounded influence over them. I made his acquaintance at St. Louis, and found him to be a steady, intelligent, and reliable man. He joins the expedition at Fort Union, which I expect to reach about the 15th of July, and accompanies me to the bave ot the Rocky Mountains. By means of expresses sent by Mr. C. throngu the country, a ecuncil will be convened at Fort Benton, about four hundred miles west of Fort Union. This distance has a good wagon road the whole way, aud over it the Fur Comvany’s heavily laden wagons make the journey in twenty days. For myself, L expect to be in the territory in the early days of September. I presume this will be the last opportunity of sending letters back until our arrival in the territ.ry of Wash- ington. 1 am very truly yours, Isaac J. SigVENS, Srxavtan Rar~roap Accipent.—Coroner Morse held on ixquest this morning on the body of a re- spectable German woman, widow, as the papers found upon her tended to show, of Conrad & who came to her death under the following circam- stances:—She arrived in town by the Central Rail- road line last evening, aud left ber luggage in the baggage car. This morsing she weut tothe depot juetas the rain commenced, and to avoid getting wet, crept under one of the cars standing on a side switch, and commenced knitting. She was seen when first going under, by a German baggage mas- ter, who cautioned heraway. It appears, however, that she remained in ber dangerous position. After she bad been there some time, entirely out of sight of the officers of the road, a few cars were sent down the switch, and struck the gage cars, under one of which the woman was sending them along the raila. The woman, finding the cars in motion, en- deavored to crawl from under, whon she was caught by the wheela and run over. Her legs, arms and head were ternbiy erushou, causing death—Buffale Advertiser, July 26. aith, | Dersyaree Teo Tart TEMPLE AMD TAQUMY AT GABATOGA, 26, 1863 —Pusre ond ‘Saree ta Give. in harness, 45] scdbaup w First Heot — Flore Temple drew the pole, and on got- ting the word borh horses dashed off tu dec style Flora led to the quar'er pole, ta 30 enovode “soi ng three lnegts abred of the heree “Attr varaing ter by two Jorg copy broke up of Qusttec pole, or be would have come boue s! ad enck wich Flore Second Heat —a few bots sere mew made four to 018 ou the mare, but be:kers of the horse were shy. Afer two attempts, the horean were all, Flora lesdiag to the F state, in 38 seconds, leaving Tecony, woo broke Baring. six lenges brhicd After parsing the querter stake. Teoeuy geived on the mere and oa ", 4 weconts), be w: bone an 68. quarter pole) about ceo le-gths Third Heat — Geta were offered of tea to one on the Mare. but no tebora Both horsen started ut threword peck and neck but Taccny immediately br ke aod Flora reached the quater pols in 38 ~econd,, leadiag the horas atleast eight lengths ‘Toe bal mile pole wax resoned by Flora in 1 mieute 14 necumds, the norse being about six lepgtas in the rear. Flore came bom ia two mtautes thirty two second, leading bores, who had continued :@ wein on ber, avout three This was an exceedinuly ta ering the riate cf the track, sne time Com if ever beaten, CANADIAN RACKS. Br Hraciwraa Couran dontikaL —Thore reots came off om the 19th. 22st, and 23d ivstant [a cunnequeace of the continual rain sn the wth, chat day's race was pub off until the following dav. First Day—A sweepstake of $100, $25 forfeit, $100 add- ed; ove mile bests; Tut Clay weights. Mr. Lafram- boise’s Charley Riley waihed over. The Town Fiate of $120, entramoe $12, two mile heats. Turf Club weights, open to all horses, Mr. Laframboise’s Charley Biley ....... ig | Capt. Fane's (541 regiment). Frazer. 122 Time, 3:59-3:66. Exconp Day —Hurcle race of $80, added to « sweep- stake of $20 each; two miles over eigat hurdles, 3 feet 6 inches high, stiff timber, 11 atene Mr. Gillam’s (54th regiment,) Sucker Capt. Fane’s (64th regiment,) Frazer... . This was « go.d race till the thi:d hurdle, when Fx: fell, and Sucker won easily. Sweepstake of $20 each. to which was added $50; open tosil horses, catch weizht, mile heats—wisuer to be claimed for $100, ia the u-ual maanor. Mr, Laframboise’s Conserve ive...... ‘Mr. Gillam’s Belle Capadienne.. Time, 1:59-2:02. TaIRD Day.—Sweepstakes, $100 each, $25 forfeit, to which will be added $200. for three mile heats, Turf Club weights; to name and clase, and forfelt te be paid oa or betove the 1-t of Jnly, 1853. Mr. Laframboiee's b g Berry. 5 years, by imp. Sove 0@. Walk-d over for the forfeits. 4 puri trance $10 each added, opea to all horses. mile bests, best shree in five. Weights to pe handicapped by the stewards, Mr. Laframbcine’s ch. g. Charley , 6 years, Cadmus out of Childers 102 tba aoe gene Mr. Hamilton's ch. m Madelaine, 5 years, by Bovton, out of Tampasdam, 104 1b, Capt. Fane's (54tn regimen! a by Waguer, cam by Rudolpe 04 ibs, 1:50. 4 nting race, and consid- made has beea sel- seve 1 2 lid 22 sudo! Time, 1. deal of excitement was felt asto the re svlc of this race, pearly all the knowing ones being oontl dent that th re would win, aed three amd four vo one was laid freely that +he would win the first heat, ai three to two thatshe would win the purse, and even th: she would win in toreestreight haats, Her backers were, he wever, grievously takem ia as ahe broke her bridle ia the first heat, and rao off the course into the field, aad ae the boy jum ped off to stop her, she waa declared dis- tenced, alchongh she was first past the siand. The cision though stiio:dy in acomdance with tne rules, w not satisfactory to thore who waned to see 8 the proprietor of the track and oth stand, at once sub-eribed $100 for three in five for the same hori An immer the favori‘e, thragh not at such odds, except for the first heat, for which she was backed at two and three to o1e. First Heat —the wa’e bad the insige, ard brunded off with the lead, and at the half mile p: le had opened a gap of balf a dczen lengths. bat the lit le Cavadian horse new commenced to rup, and gradually drew up to She was +till, to all appearance, sore of tne heat resched the draw gatos, but the horse mad Cous rush from the distance in on the iasi: ‘wort excellent + lamced a winrer bya The odds now chif'ed to three to two on Riley. Second Heat —This heat was run very similar to the first, the mare eeding the first half mile. acd opentng a gop even greater thsnin the lext beat. The horse was fully two lengths bebiad at the draw gates, and {t was suppored that bis rider dii mot intend torun forthe heat, but, as before, om nearing the wiuning post, he gained oa her'at every jump. At the ladies’ stand he was bat « neck behind, and at the post if anythieg, a few inebes in front, but the j ght it wo clove that they made it a dead heat. Time. 1:50. Third Heat —The ricer of the little horse either made his brush sooner, or the mare tired quicker, as he pass ed her at the three quarter mile pule, and wen with ap Parent ease, in 1:54. ‘The fourth heat and the last, the horse led througheut, ‘aud wen carly, im 1:50 ‘This was the best raee ever run in Canads, and allow- tog for the heaviness of the track, is much the fastest time ever made here The knowing ones have seen enough to convince them that it will take s seaond Ber ry to give Riley his Province allowance, and bsat him, while in his pr trainer’s hands,—M. Herald, July 26, The Secretary of War and the flex c Army. A Washington correspondent of tue Mobile Register has the following relation of a scene be- tween the Secretary of War, (ica. Davis, and a * colonel in the regular army" it argues favorably, if true, for the ‘‘ privates of the regular army:”— The officer in question was a colonel, whose rogi- ment is stationed near Newport, Rhode Island. “ Well, General,’ says the Colonel to the Secretary, “ T have received Ais order, commanding me to leave the hotel at Newport, and take up my quarters with the regiment at the barracks.” ‘ Iam glad to hear it,” replied General Davis. ‘‘ I hope the order will subject you to no inconvenience.” ‘* No inoon- venience, indeed !” replied the Colunel, quite indig- nantly; “ why, sir, the place is a living tomb of misery and unhealthinesa, I couldo't endure the place a month. This has been known to my supe- riors in command, including the late Secretary of Wor; and I have been permitted to remain at New ort. where { am comfortably situated. I have not en necessarily negligent of my duty, as your order rota imply. Tam a soldier, sir, and know my luty. ah, indeed,” calmly rejoined the Secretary, “you have been living in ease and splendor, while the poor soldiers have been cooped up in a ‘living tomb of mivery and unhealthiness;’ you couldn't en- dure the place amonth; you area soldier, and kaow ve duty. Now, sir, I, too, am a soldier, and I now it to be the first duty of an officer to look after the welfare and comfort of those under his command. T have held office in the army, and always consider- ed it my duty to partake of the hardships as well as the Plead of my companions in arms. If, there- fore, barracks near Newport are fit for regiment to live in, I presume they If they be as you represent them, you have cer- tainly been negligent in not reporting the fact to this department, so that the soldiers could have been removed from that ‘living tomb of misery and unheslthiness.’ And until you make such 4 report I shall make no change in the order of which you comp!ain.” ¢ Colonel, in a perfect rage, departed uncere- moniously at this stage of the interview. The pro- bability is that the next time he makes a pilgrimage to the War Department, to plead for his own ease and comfor:, he will bring with him some kind words in behalf ot the poor soldiers. A New Yorx Meonanio—Wnm. H. Webb, Esq., raid to be the most eminent ship builder of New York, went passenger in the steamer Pacific, which left New York on Saturday for Liverpool. Though not yet forty years of age, he has built between sixty and seventy sail of large vessels, ranging trom 600 to 2,300 tons. He built the magnificent clipper ship Challenge, of 2,100 tons, the most perfect, in her outfit and design, of any vessel belonging to New York. When in London, she was the wonder and admiration of all who saw her, and so much was she spoken of, that the British Admiralty sent their dock yard naval architects to copy her lines. We are glad to see our eminent mechanics visitin; the Old World. Althongh our progress in nava architecture bas placed us first in point of speed, yet there are many new inventions amon our rivals across the water that are worthy of notice. It seems strange thut the New York press should allow so distinguished a gentleman to leave without some no- tice of the fact. If he had been a noisy demagogue, his fame would bave been heralded in large type; bat he is only a quiet mechanic; and althongh his works have reflected honor on our common country, yet he has never made a noise, and therefore, we suppose, is not considered worthy of notice by the press of the port he has done so much to honor. We once enjoyed the honor of an hour's conversation with him, and were favorably impressed with the ex- tent and depth of his mechanical attainments. Whether our New York friends thiuk so or not, we believe him to be a truly great man, and an houor America—Doston Atlas, July 25, are fit for you. Distressixo Acctprnt—Two Youxa Lapras Drownep.— On the 25th ult., abont aun down, two young womcu, Lodiska Miller, aged twenty years, and her sister, aged fourteen, daughters of Mr. Cor- nelius Miller, who resides on the wext side of the river, about two miles below the gillage, having crossed the river in a #mali boat, were returning, and when within about three rods of the shore, the eldest fell into the river, and in endenvoring to resone her the other wiso teil overbourd, aud betore heip could Teaok thom they were crowned — Fulton Patrva. ‘The Cuban Junta vs. Tho Commercial Advec= Geer + TO THE BDITOR OF THE BERALD. The Commercial Advertiser, in copying the eor- respondence of Arista, published in the Haxatp of Wednesday, and in ite investigation of its origin, has brought the Cuban Junta into the question in the most strange and singular manner. Although the Junta has not had the least share in such ence, it has pleased the Commercial to make it an object of comparison with other sources of forgery and misrepresentations, by gratuitously attributing to it previous publications of fulse mauifestoes, You will permit us, sir, to answer that charge, and todencunce it through the columns of your paper as a wilful calumny of the Commercial, the more unjustitiable, as none of its editors or per sons connected in its publication did ever receive the slightest provocation or injury from either the Junta or apy of its members. We challenge the Commercial Advertiser to pro duce any mauifestoes, or documents, or statement, published by, or obtained from the Cuban Janta or any of its members, which could be qualified as for gery, falsehood or misrepresentation against the Spanish government, or uny ot their empleyes, friends or sycophants. We wish the Commercial Advertiser to undor- stand that the persons who compose the Cuban Junta know how to appresiate the ebaracter of gentlemen, and of patric too well, and devoted to the cauce of their country, to employ in her defence other than lawful and worthy means, a3 becomes the cause of justice and liberty, im such @ language as will command respect cven from our enemies, and will enlist the sympathies of an en- Henteie community of freemen. e respect the party to which the Commercial Advertiser helougs inthis republic, and only to its editors do we attribute the unfriendly feelings they have always shown towurds the inde ndence aad liberty of our country, by the only possible means of obtuining them, namely: by a itisal revolation. But if it pleases the editors of the Commercial and other such papers to ally theraselves wita the Dario dela Marina and others ejusdem pur furis,to serve the cause of unexampled corruption dnd tyranny ea ablished in Cuba, that is no reason why they slould father upon others the forgeries and falsehoods that have their origin in the government of the i-land, and their unscrupulous servants, as is the ose with the corresprndence of Arista in question, ag can be found by reading the Duario de la Marina of the 11th May. The justice of the cance of Cuba, and the interest which this country in particular has in the preservation of the island, and her inhabitants, are too binding and too conspicuous to need forgeries and falsehoods to be defended, and to ensure the trizmph from all sorta of enemies, Cuba and the Cubans are well satisfied with the sympathies they have met with in the pe> ple of the United States, and in every freeman; and we leave the Commercial Advertiser, and the host of supporters of the Spanish government and their colonial administration, the task of setting them right before God or man. I remain, gentlemen, your obedient servant, Gaseask Burancovrr O1sxgeo9. Ameriean Gentus. Tam Recent Steawpoat LAW—A New Lit PResenvaa,— Mr. Nathan Thompson, of Williamsburg, a very peree- vering inventor and talested patentee, bas perfected a new and simple article 10 be ured on beard of sceamers, ships, &0., for the preservaticn of life in caseu of fire, collision, or other alarming aesideuts at ea. He calls tt “The Nautica! Life Bucket,” and exhibited a flui-hod model of one for inspection yesterday. It in made of gal- vanized sheet iron on the outside, andthe ioner part ia Ined with a plate of the same material, having the in- teratices firmly and zesure.y filled with cork woed,so as to render the bucket perfectly buoyant imthe water. The advanteges which Mr. Thempson seeks to realize, are, the furnizhing of a cheap bucket, which can be used on desk to carry water { and the production, at ihe same time, of Je of pcorerving the lives of two perious or the calawlty should force thera to jump ‘The plan seems vers feasible, and the buckot hes an ndvantegs over other Ji(s preservera. in not being apoiled by sertoration, &e, Some Western travellers look upon it with mud favor, aud we would recommend an inspection by captains of stesm- beats agents of companies, aud others inte ested 1a ose- rying out the new law. T. bas takea measures to mcure @ patent. List of Patents issued from the United States Pa- tent Office, for the week ending July 26, 1858, aud bearing date July 26, 1863:— Cyrus C. Bisbee, of Rochester, N. ¥.—For improve- ment in shower-bath tables. Richard ©. Bristol, of Chicago, Il.—For improve- ment in ro’ steam engines. William V. Burton, of Orange, Ohio.—For im- provement in ploughs. F. B. Hunt, of Westfield, Ind.—For improvement in mills for grinding apples and other substances. David A. James, of Cincinnati, Ohio—For im- provement in processes for making glue. Owen Redmond, of Rochester, N. Y.—For im- ement in lamps. Milton Satterlie, of Louisa, Ill—For improvement in seed-planters. William M. Warren, of Watertown, Conn.—For improvement in railroad-car seats. Eara R. Benton, of Cleveland, Ohio—Forimprove- ment in bran-dusters. Jacob H. Carothers, of Davidsburgh, Pa—For improvement in corn-planters. ylvecter Davis, of Claremont, N. H.—For im- provement in bee-hives. Ziba Durkee, of Alden, N. Y.—For improvement in the beaters of smut-machines. F. 0. Deschamps, of Philadelphia, Pa—For im- provement in omnibus lanterns. Jobn A. Elder, of Westbrook, Me-—For improve- ment in covering the backs of books, Daniel B. Hinman, of Philadelphia, Pa—For im: provement in dying yarn parti colored. Levi Pitman, of ‘Tom's Brook, Va.—For improved plotting theodolyte. Jackson A. Rapp and Edward 8. Wright, of Buffa- lo, N. Y.—For improvement in straining saws by compressed air. Frederick G. Vettercke, of New York, N. ¥—For improvement in dying compounds. evry Lee Norris, of New York, N. Y., assignor to Samuel T. Armstrong, of same place.—For im- provement in preserving Indiarubber in the liquid state. Dated July 26, 1853. Patented in Eogland February 24, 1553, Patented in France Murch 13, 1853, REISSUB. Josiah Warren, of Harmony township, Ind., ac- signor to Leonardo Westbrook, of New York, N. Y. —Improvement in composition for stereotype plates. Patented April 26, 1846. Reissued July 26, 1653. DESIGNS. Julius E. Merriman, of Meriden, Conn.—For de- ign for a sewing-bird. Elihu Smith, of Albany, N. ¥.—For design for a parlor stove. Hosea H. Huntley, of Cincinnati, Ohio, assignor to Daniel F. Goodhue, of same place—For design at H. Hunt! f Cinci: assignor losea H. Huntley, of cinnati, Ohio, of Daniel F. G ue, of same place.—For design for a cooking stove. Thomas toatl of New York, N. Y., assignor to North, Chase North, of Philadelphia, Pa—For design for a cooking stove. Reuben H. N. Bates, of Providence, R. L., assignor to North, Chase & North, of Philadelphia, Pa—For design for a cooking range. Tow Caxiroryta aspY.—The Baltimore Sun of the 27th ult. says:—We gave yesterday the particulars of a most horrible tragedy at Sacramento, n which both perpetrator and victims were stated to be Baltimoreans. It is true that they all were rom this city, and formerly resided in Old Town, where do now the parents of each, Joseph “. Strible is the murderer and would-be euicide’s name; his victims, other than himself, being his brother, Henry 8. Strible, and the latter's wife, Agnes Strible. The latter was the only one dead at the Jast accounta, though Henry, her husband, having his bead nearly split open, was not expected to sur- vive, whi'e the brother, Joseph, who had cut bis owa throst, it wasthought would recover. Tho news of tis teirible affvir, coming suddenly as it did upon the parents and relatives of the parties in this city, was of conree & most distressing shock to their fe ings. The aged father of the Stribles resides at the corner of Orleans and Aisquith strects, and is much reepected in that section and among those who know him. His son Henry, we learn, wert to California about three years ago, marrying his now murdered wife, whore maiden name was Agnes McLane, just previous to starting. She followed him to Califor. nia with the brother, Joseph, one year avo in June last. Up to the time when lust heard from vy their friends, the Magee are represented as baving been living happily together at Sacramento, and Henry, who took out some $1,000 worth of articles in bis line of business as tinner, when he first went to Cali- fornia, was understood to be doing a prosperous aud thrivieg trade, as the reward of his industry aud sobriety. That very fact, exciting the malice and envy of his brother, appears to have led to this double murder and attempted suicide, ‘tne Conpemven Cent.—Dayid Jowell was vi sited in his cell on Satarduy, by his father, accompa nied by the Rey. Mr. Douglass. A atill, we are informed, unmanned by the pros of the horribie death before } m, since ho says that it will kill bis wife and mother During the day, however, the consolations of religion appeared to take effect oa him, and he syoke ina more cheerfal strain. He voluntarily surrendered his ragor and a knife and | fork which he bad in his cell,to Sheriff Magill, suoitly alien Ue reveption Of tue dowtl warraal— Pittoleng Aw nal, July %,