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Our Verment Correspendence,; Monrreizr, August 10, 1853, Vermont and Her Scenery—Green Mountain Girls—Rural Pleasures—Removal ef the Mili- tary School—‘Young America” im the Green Mountams, §c., §c. Vermont is a State somewhere “out of the » world,’ as is often remarked, noted for its Yankees and Green Mountains, but from which we hear little ‘in the popular journals; not that i#s scenery offersno theme of delight for poet or proser’s pen, but many other places are not so noted for their greenness, con- sequently they zeceive more attention from the cor- , Tespondent. But there are many attractions in Ver- tmont not so wholly “green” as one might suppose. + Bhe will vie, without comparison, with any State in ‘the Union in buxom lasses. Yes, her “ Green Moun- tain maids’’ are not without the admiration of a few dachelors, to say the least. 1 During the almost insupportable season of cholera ‘8nd fever—to say nothing of the utter stupor that per- ‘vades the intellectual faculties, in midsummer in the vity—I have left the crowded dens of city life, for, as Tk Marvel says, ‘‘a season at my country farm house.” Sometimes on foot, fish-pole and blanket in tow; at others, partaking of the generous hospi- tality of the hardy farmer's lazy team, which only needs a bell to remind one of the herds among the zigeag passes of the Alps. After following, as curi- * esity directed, among the hills and valleys, along the stream that, half lost in the ravine, noisily tra on to the wide, absorbing ocean, I have found myselffor once amid the mountains and lakelets of Vermont, it is @ luxury not found in dull “city life,” to go out to bathe with those light trippin; milkmaids in the sweetest clear pools that rapture pyes ever beheld. {t is not for lack of enterprise, or interest mani- Yested by Vermonters in the progress of the Union, that secludes them from more fiequent notice; no State possesses more true Americanism than this ermont; no State is more firmly allied to the ‘cause of freedom. Yet there is probably less known ‘ abroad of her internal affairs than any other of the New England States. Five years ago, and she had no other conveyance than the stage coach, no iron horse snorting ‘around the curves in her valleys, to take one to the city and back between breakfast and tea; the d'stance of two weekstravel was between us and New York. How stands the contrast? Why ‘pne can don his beaver to his core jaca and in two days ride he has seen the ©: Palace andis at home again; he steps to the city ye often, and feels himself somewhat “‘citified.” Along the west- ern border one has a fine view of the Green Moun- tains, and finds himself within a few hours ride of the Hudson. Or, if one would be left, almost any- where, among the freshest groups of foliage, the most inviting scenery of all the world—a Switzerland in America—he will take the train up the Connecti- cut to the numerous lakes and happy retreats among the highlands; but should he wish to revisit the capi- tal, he has but to step on board of the Central, and find himself winding along the valley, in near view of the ‘Camel's Hump, and suddenly set downinthe jaunti- est little retreat that the gods ever selected for man’s abode. Finding myself somewhat at home, with the Heravp to read, and the exchanges loaned by the gentlemanly editor of the Patriot, I have resolved ppon this quarter for a summer rendezvous. Here stands the State House, a monument to Ver- ‘mont’s good taste. The happy effect produced upon ‘the visiter, can only be described by the eye. Situ- Sted upon a rising plat, from its top overlooking Many a neatly constructed villa, and far more beau- “tifal thax the rest, the long chaia of mountains that a. ea in the distance, with the smooth channel of Onion, silvered over at sunset, reminds one of ‘the meandering streams of old Italia. Everywhere among the inviting scenes of Vermont ne will encounter the genuine Yankees, of pure Ethan Allen blood, than which none can boast a better. They seem to have taken the impress of their character from the bold, lofty mountains, whose Eneer ered heads afford a symbol of the Vermonter's Referring to this reminds me of one of their Doblest brothers, Colonel Ransom, who lost his life ‘while paring his country. Colonel R. was, be- fore his exit, en; d as one of the most promi- ment members of Norwich Military University, and endeavored to obtain the removal of that ition to Montpelier, which wish, were he now alive, he might see granted. At;the recent com- Mencement the trustees, by an unanimous vote, de- cided to remove that institution to this place, pro- vided the citizens would contribute ten thousand dollars towards the buildings, which the enterprisin citizens will make no delay in raising. With a mili- ‘tary school in so pleasant a vee, surrounded istaut day do hoor to the memory of her ‘arly lo hogor e of her early . A railroad now under consideration, and for which a charter has been obtained, to connect with the Connecticut at Wells river, and centering at Montpelier, will add greatly to its prospects. Young icans in Vermont, and es; ly here, have reason to ‘‘thank heaven and take courage” that old fogyiam is on the wane—the dead spirit of con- servatism is growing ‘“‘beautifully less.’ Long enough have Vermont's brightest orbs been driven westward to find free scope for their pro; ive powers, But this is growing lengthy, and I doubt some whether your readers will to devote more time toa communication from so cold a place as this. I will hastily add that the come and go bits of weather, little sweet showers of ‘dog days,” are a Jo: which I wish the million and one readers of the LD may taste; but it can never be found out of Vermont. B.S. 8, Tar Lats Cou. Buiss.—Ceneral Twiggs, on the occasion of the decease of Col. Bliss, issued the fol- lowing general orders : Heavquarrers WestERN Division, | East Pascagoula, August 5, 1853. { ‘The Major-General eo elie with deep regret, announces to the division the death of Lieut. Col. W. W. 8. Bliss, Assistant Adjutant-General, late Chief of ‘the Division Staff, and formerly the Chief of the Staff of the Army of Occupation in its arduous and memorable compan. under Major-Gen. Taylor. On the tof the 4th inst. he died, a victim to the leadly epidemic. A narrative of the services of lamented officer, would be superfluous here. They are familiar as household words to his comrades of the army, often on the lips of his fellow-citizens, and graven on the records of eventful periods of his country’s history. In many official writings are preserved the evidences of a fal, acute, and adorned with taste and . Of blameless morals, upright and affec- tionate in_private life, he has, in and devotion to public duty, left an example still more worthy of emulation than the brilliancy of hisfame. His en- Aghtened exactness and attention, in even the smallest duties of life, could only -be equalled in merit by the modesty and temperance which he dis- layed inthe noon-day of reputation and at the ‘height of success. By order of Major-Gen. Twiggs. Geo. W. Lay, A. A. A. G. Jersiy Crry Bank Roppery—Casz or CaTaa- ‘RINE Kennipy.—tin the case of Catharine Kennedy, ht before the Chief Justice by virtue of a writ of habeas corpus, in order to obtain her discharge from imprisonment on a charge of being accessory to the robbery of a bank in Jersey City, the motion for ber absoiuic discharge, withont bail, has been denied. ‘The grounds of the decision are, that the Justice acted within his jurisdiction ; that the warrant of commitment is regular and legal; that it contains sapon its face a probable cause for the detention of prisoner, and that the magistrate by whom the warrant was issued, took proof before issuing it, which he adjudged to be sufficient to warrant the commitment. Under these circumstances it is held that upon habeas corpus the court will not decide ‘that the committing magittrae erred in adjudging the proof to be sufficient to hold the prigoner to an- swer. Nor will the court anticipate the action of the Grand Jury. The decision is made without preja- dice to any ee or in behalf of the prisoner tobe discharged upon giving bail— Trenton Amert- can, Aug. 17. Desr2vctive Fire.—On Friday morning, about o'clock, A fire broke out in the cotton factory of Messrs. Woou2; Chapline & Co., which destroyed the picker room, witii most of the machinery which it -contained, and exteriding along the roof consumed * the main part of the third story. The machinery in the third story, consisting of spinning frames, winders, twisters, &c., was much damaged, and some of it destroyed. The loss must be heavy, Yhough it has not yet been ascertained. The ma- obinery in the first and second stories is uninjured, except by water. There was an insurance on the Broperty of $10,000, of whish $8,000 was in the Vir- inia Fire and Marine Insurance Com , and 2,000 in the Franklin of id eg ‘he fire is supposed to have originated from the friction of the machinery, or from some other accidental cause— Wheeling Intelligencer, Aug. 13. AN Invas1on.—The State of Maine is threatened ‘with an invasion from Canada. The arrangements are all perfected. Fifteen hundred Montrealers have volanteered. Portland is to be taken on the 23d; and, asif conscious of their strength to overcome all re- «sistance, the invaders have sent on a committee to mony, the | Sei ong Ae ipo jan coma » Nay, more: ye Sel eir camp pom —e the shores of Casco Bay. But will our Yankee friends it such athing? By nomeans. As the invasion is not « warlike one, but a trip of plea- sure, and as the fifteen hundred men are not armed soldiers, but members of the Mechanics’ Institute, householder in Portland must, for the honor of ‘Yai . Bectent encampment. Let the invaders have a of Yankee hospitality, that that onrs isa Seer es ete Our Ogdensburg Correspondence, Oapznspuna, N. Y., August, 1863, Route from New York to Ogdensburg—Village of Ogdensburg—Its Characteristics—Sociahty and Morality—Amerweus Vespucci—Plate Presenta- tion—Rossve Lead Mines— Their Extent and Fu- ture Prospects. bs As this place is on one side of (American) creation, it is but little known, particularly to the fashionable world of travellers. It does not lie on one of the re cognized routes, although not very remote from & much frequented one, that to Montreal. At the present time, travellers for Canada and this place land at Plattsburg, on Lake Champlain, and after a short ride to Mooers Junction, the Ogdensburg pas- sengers stop, anc await the arrival of the train on the Great Northern Railroad from Rouse’s Point, and are conveyed to their destination. To the real go-ahead traveller, the route to Ogdensburg from New York offers great attractions; for, by leaving the latter place at four o'clock, P. M., by the express train on the Hudson River Raifead, you reach Whitehall at midnight—take supper on board a fine, well conducted boat, sleep soundly (if you cay,) until six next morning, and after a very luxu- rious breakfast, land at Plattsburg at eight o'clock. Here the cars await the arrival of the boats, and start directly forward, so that you reach Ogdensburg by one o’clock, P.M. Here, then, in about twenty- one hours you have accomplished nearly six hundred miles, and that, too, without fatigue or the slightest discomfort. Your head may, perhaps, feel slight'y dizzy, and your pins may be a little shaky; but that son pasted off, and you feel as fresh asa “four year old.” Ogdensborg should and must be better known, for it will yet bea place of mark. The location is a remarkably beautiful one—the waters of the St. Lawrence at its base, it rises gradually from its bosom, terminating in a vast extent of wooded land, and commanding from the height a landscape of in- describable beauty—the Oswegatchie winding its course to the river, the Canadian shore 4 boldly in front, and presenting its variegated tee f while on every hand the St. Lawrence, with its island-studded bosom, fill up the panorama, pre- senting altogether one of the most picturesque scenes T have witnessed ina long time. Then the village itself, with its four or five thousand inhabitants, is by no means an inconsiderable place. Its streets are wide, clean and well cared for, (excepting some of the side walks, where the rough places are made de- cidedly plain to the sight and the touch, particularly of corned individuals;) it has its hotels, its churches, its theatres, its lecture rooms, its streeta for com- merce, and its promenades; it has houses of all sorts and all sizes, and of all kinds of architecture, and of no kind of architecture; its belles and its beaux, its newspapers, and, in fact, everything that constitutes a thriving and important village. Ata no Modal distant day Ogdensburg must become one of, if not the most important towns on the northern fron- tier. The county of St. Lawrence, in which it is situated, is great for its grazing properties, and the roduce of butter and cheese is immense-—the faci- ites for conveying it to Ogdensburg, and thence to New York and Boston, are exceedingly good; #0 that with these advantages, backed by a proper degree of enterprise, it would be difficult to prevent its “ma- nifest destiny.” . Socially, Idon't know much about the viliage; but eo faras ido know, the citizens are a pretty nice kind of People, although they do say that, generally, they] are not so sociable as they might be; and that, with some, the idea of gentility is rather outré. Ru- mor says this, and I only. repeat it. Asa moral place, { hardly know what to say about it!—there is no, public immorality—it does not flaunt its brazen dageiie the streets, nor shock you by open acts of al leseness. Here, ina large house, situated in the centre of the village, surrounded by high walls, that defy the most prying curiosity—that might pass in fact for a nunnery, 80 deeply, darkly my lous is the out- ward jappearance—after a life of vicissitudes, of excitement, re] Americus Vespucci. One of the most Citizens of the e is Col. Chas. L. Schlatter, late superintendent of the Great Northern Ri , Which is, by the by, a monument of the skill and us, as it was constructed under his direction. He isa gentleman who could never fail to become popular anywhere; amiable and ur- bane in manners, lively and sociable in disposition, animated and sparkling in conversation, he is alw: wi welcomed in every circle, and wins the friendship and good opinion of all. With these qualities, it is not surp: that he became highly popular with the employes on the railroad, and that on his retiring from the office of superintendent, they should precent him a testimon:4! of their res- pect and esteem. This they did in the shape of a massive service of plate, which is now exhibited in the window of Messrs. Seely & Freeman, of this village; and a very superb affair it is—consisting of seven pieces, all magnificently chased and orna- mented. The presentation took place at Rouse's ee a tow wee 8 pace and the cocasion. a8 sits ig! grat fyi concerned. ie Colonel bas Mee, io ‘be proud of the testimonial, anda better deserved one never was bestowed. Since I have been in this part of the country, I have paid a flying visit to the mines of the Great Northern Railroad Company . at Rossie, about twenty-eight miles from Ogdensburg, and was greatly impressed with their vast extent, of which few persons have any idea. Over 100 men are regu- larly employed there, laying open shafts and levels, and I learn that the quantity of ore exposed to view is sgh great. At the upper mine, a level 300 feet long is rich with ore, almost throughout; in some 4} places it is very wide, and must yield, it is believed; an abundant supply of lead. Both mines are said to be looking better than ever before, since the present company has worked them, and indicate a success- ful result, beyond radventure. New smelting works have been erected, in consequence of a defect in the flues of the former building. These will be completed very shortly, when smelting will re-com- mence. I should presume, however, from what I heard at the mines, that not a very great quantity of lead can come forward until the first levels in both the minesare laid open. It will take afew months it to accomplish this; %o that the stockholders will have to exercise a little patience, and give the miners a fair chance. The working of these mines has had the advantage of the superintendence of experienced Cornish miners, and I doubt if any mines in the country have been 80 een aay, prepared, with a view to the ultimate fall develope- ment of their riches. TRAVELLER. A Frency Recetre For Gerrinc 4 HvsBaxp on a Wirg—An amusing cause was recently tried be- fore one of the correctional courts of Paris, the par- ties being two booksellers, each of whom charged the other with a violation of his patent rights, in publishing and selling a certain pamphlet entitled “Instructions for the use of grown girls who desire to get married.” Bach thought that he was the sole editor, whereas it turned out that this piece ot litera- ture had existed and enjoyed some repute for up- wards of a century. Here are a few of the questions and answers con- tained in the catechism of Cupid :— Q.—What thing is most necessary to grown girls ? be married ? A.—Marriage. Q—At what age should ge A.—That depends upon their beauty. Q ce what age should the handsomest get mar- ried? A.—Commonly at sixteen or eighteen. Q.—Why at that age ? illating power each, which by maltiplied geat power ed to an engine of five hun and pany Ix horse pews and this, by multiplication of pulleys, gives to the whole inery a lifting power of 4,960 tons. This estimate, of course, does not allow anything for friction, which, when over- come, will somewhat lessen the amount of power which can be made available; but all unite in the soe tele there is, after ee reo Syenpone, a surplus r over what wi juired raise the week be The hulks of the two steamers are distant from each other seventy-two feet, from centre to centre, between sides; and the bridge trusses are framed in and firmly fastened, by means of derous iron bars and bolts, to the ‘hulk of the Hradison; while the Lexington is secured to the angle of the trusses by means of what mechanics a “universal joint,” leaving the latter vessel free to turn in an: direction, or even to make a rolling, side movoment, and yet be kept in her proper place, and under the management of her helm. The object of the Lex- ee ee oe tome r weight pgs be attached to the derrick, on the other side of the Madison. Coal and iron in large quantities are now being taken on board the Lexington for ballast. The Madison, it is said, has a moasurement of 1,000 tous in addition to the machinery and the weight of the engines, now on board. Tke Turf. MASSACHUSETTS RACES, Camprmce TeorrG Park, Aug 5 —Match, mile heats, best threo in five, in harness, between Farmer Boy and Blue Morgan, Tho following is ‘ Farmer Bo; Blue More. Time, F B f After the trotting match John Stetson, the undertook to draw a sulkey around the teat minutes and fifteen reconds. lestrian, in seven He performed the feat in six minutes and forty-five seconds, having thirty seconds to spare. Ava, 9.—Match $1,000, mile hes Lady Vernon to skeleton wagon Lady Litchfield to sulky. ‘Tine, AvG.19.—Match, mile and repeat, in harness, F. Goodwin named Blue Morgan. .. J. Somerindke named Farmer Bo: Time, 2:42 -: ts, best three in five, te toe me Arrociovs Munpers 1x Darron, On10—The town of Dayton was thrown into a state of intense excitement, on the day before yesterday, by the re- rt that a mother and son had been murdered near 6 city that morning. An old widow lady, named Young, lived within a few miles of Dayton, ata place called Slitertown, on Wade's ran, where she owned a corn mill, Mr. Young served in the Mexican war, and on his return had purchased this mill. Since her husband's death, Mrs. Young has supported the fa- mily by selling cracked corn aud corn meal in the Dayton market. Frank Dieck was a son-in-law of Mrs. Young, and there had been serious quarrels ia the family, all growing out of the right to the mill property, which, to a small extent, Dieck had assiat- ‘purchasing. Mrs. Young and a son of fourteen years, started for the market, in Dayton, before dayli nd wagon were seen on the lone,and on search being made the dead bodies of the mother and son were found a little way from the roadside, horribly mangled. Mrs. Young's skull was broken and the brains scattered over the trunk. Her body was found some twenty yards from the road, where it had been dragged. The son’s body was found near by, in the top of a tree recently felled. Dieck was pursued and arrested about a from the scene of the mur- der; his shirt and clothes had been washed in dirty water, but still bore the stains of blood. Another $00.0 Mies: Noung lias jeu azceeted, and will Lely in custody until the trial, to ensure testimony for State—Cincinnati Commercial, August 15. Mysteniovs.—It will be remembered that some ten days since, four men were found in the Ohio river, with several deep cuts in their heads and on their bodies. e (Coroner held inquests, and the jary returned the verdicts that they came to their death by some means unknown to the jury; but sup- rosed to have been murdered. ‘Ihey were buried in Potters’ Field. On Friday last, from the description given of the aboye men in the papers, three gentle- men applied to the City elon for the privilege of exhnming one of the bodies,which permission was teanted and the body was taken up. It was identi- ied as being that ofa man named Parker, whose body was taken to his friends in New York for inter- ment. The gentlemen who applied for his body, say that some two weeks since, a party of six men had been murdered at a certain place up the river, and that the four men found at our landing were evi- dently of that party. They were in search of them 1r- derers, and thought it best to keep back tor the nt the location of the affray and the further par- ticulars—Cincinnati Gazette, August 15. Wesrern Emraration.—The Independence (Mo.) Messenger publishes the following account of the emigration over the Western plains this season, as copied from the record kept at Fort Laramie:— Men. 9,698 Mules... 2,136 Women. 2,248 Cattle. Children. 3,058 Sheep. Horses... ..6,416 Wagons. .. 3,600 Mr. Carroll Hughes, who has just returned from a trip out on the Plains as far as Sweet Water, about eight hundred miles out, estimates the whole num- ber of loose stock which travelled on both sides of that river, to be 250,000. He ed Independence Rock on the 4th of July, at which time most of the emigration had pa: He noticed on the whole -trip only six or eeven fresh graves. The Indians had given no trouble to the emigrants; no war par- ties were seen. Sixauiax Case or Deata.—On Saturday last, a young man, son of Mr. Bond, of the firm of Bond & Tidd, curriers, Woburn, died; the circumstances attending his decease were remarkable. On Thurs- day last, while in his usual good health, he was called to remove some hides from a wagon; he had a slight scratch upon his face, so slight as scarcely to be noticeable, and during his work he incau- tiously touched the spot with his hands; immediatel, a redness was observed, swelling sates aoe 5 and extended over his face; although he the best of medical aid, the poison which he had received by innoculation was too active and too powerfal to yield to remedial treatment. The poison was received from the hides. This is the third death which has occurred in North Woburn within a year, from a similar cause.—.Boston Chronicle, Aug. 16. Fatat Fire iy ht pap line teg a fire occurred in the village of Lancaster , by whic! six or seven frame dwelling houses and other build ings were destroyed. The premises were situated at the eastern entrance of the village, on the plank road. and took fire, it is suppose A.—Lest anything might occur which should re- flect on their honor. ° oes those’ not handsome, when should they mai pale goon as the boys ask them, go as not to lose the opportunity. ‘ The following prayer is also prescribed to young girls desiring husbands :— “0 Lord, he ast remed Adam of the case, aad ho gave to ve for his companion, send me, yon spase, ® good husband for ‘ay companion, for thy non0T, and that we may have children to bless thee.’ Tf a event, prayer Kyrie—I would wish Christ—to be married ; Kyrie—I beg all the saints Christ—that it may be to-morrow. Saint Marie—every one is getting maitied; Saint Joseph—let it soon be; Saint Nicholas—don’t forget me; Saint Mcderie—let me have a good husband; Saint Bartholomew—let him be handsome; Saint John—let him love me tenderly; Saint Spire—let him be inclined to laughing; Saint Andrew—let him be to my taste; Saint Severin—let him not be addicted to wine; Saint Nicaise—let me be at my ease— Saint Augusta—from to-morrow. For the use of boys desiring to find a wife, the following are some of the terms of the litany :— Saint ie—every one is getting married; Saint Joseph—let my take place; Saint Christine—let my wife not be mutinous; Saint Reine —let her not be worldly; Saint Gregory—let her not be given to glory; Saint Perpétue—let her not beat me; Saint Mathew--all for the glory of God. oth, is very anxions to hasten the fe ne ei recite ie day the following Biniy Bownecs.—A letter in the New Orleans Picayune, dated Tampa Bay, Au, 3,aays that Billy Bowlegs, the chief of the Florida Indians, had h promised failed to come to Fort Myers, tl d to do so immediately after the corn dance,” lig aha pon Pa a Myers, inevers hieetaes smal p and it was expected that “ Billy” would bia eppearagce d, from the fire which has been ba for some time inthe adjacent woods, and which in the present dry weather runs along the meadows as though the grasswere so much ywder. The fire spread with soMuch rapidity that she inhabitants had scarcely time toescape. One family, in which were two or three children,gucceeded in saving all but one by Sone from the upper windows. We regret to say that one | Sg in the flames— Buffalo Advertier, August Ax Evgerive Jupictary 1x Texnesser.—The Bé- gislature of Tennessee, at its last session, left it with the people to decide by vote at the reeent State elec- tion, whether the ease of that State should be elective or not. The Nashville Union expresses fears that the proposition has failed, in consequence of a failure of the voters to place the*proposition on their tickets as the law directed. It says there is no doubt but three-fourths of the people are in favor of the ition ; but amidst the excitement attend- ing contest for Governor, Con; and the Le- gislature, the question as to amending the constitu- tion has heen overlooked. Axoramn Yacut Race at Hui1i.—On the 12th instant another spirited race came off between the Green Yacht and the Odd Fellow, the latter sailed by that veteran navigator, Ca) Roland Worth- ington, so well known as the Neptune of Hull. The air was very light, but it was soon apparent that the Odd Fellow was nowhere, the Green Yacht sailing round and round her, both when “by the wind’ and ‘going large.” There is to be another trial between these boats on the occasion of the first spanking breeze of wind. Murper in ViroiniA.—An old man, an Italian, who is said to have been unable to speak English, was killed by a man named William Hill, neara ggery in Amberst, a mile anda half from this city, on Wednesday night. Hill is said to have used an iron bar in committing the act. We hear rumors to the effect that it was a cold-blooded and villa- nous murder, but we abstain from them, in the absence of reliable information. Hill not as yet been arrested —Lynchburg Virginian, Aug. 13. Governor Be: , of Connecticut, visited New tent pe a THE CRYSTAL PALACE. Austrian Department—Her Mineral and Ag- aicultural Resou:ces— der Manufactories, Exports and Imports, & , do. The machine arcade is now ready to receive con- tributions, and exhibitors will do well to make all possible despatch in occupying the room already al- lotted te them, as it is understood that all space will be re-appropriated which is not taken up by the Ist of September next. The picture gallery is also ready for the reception of paintings, and the hanging of them will be com- menced on Satarday next. At last the great works of our own artist, Hiram Powers, are on exhibition. The ~ Eve,” “Greek Slave,” ‘‘Proserpine,”and ‘Fisher Boy,’ of the great American sculptor, have been submitted for the ad- miration of visiters. The “‘ Eve” was placed on ex- hibition on Tuesday, and the other two pieces were displayed yesterday. They are located in the east nave, surrounded by a rope guard, and attract more attention than any other sculpture in the Palace. Crowds gather around them constantly, and each has new encomiums to bestow upon these truly meri- torious works of Vermont's illustrious son. It is dif- ficult to say which of these pieces are superior to the other, all of them beaming equally with the evi- dence of superior genius on the part of the great master who gave them being. Every American will view with pride thee great works, which speak 80 eloquently of the native talent of our country. “Eve” is owned by Col. John T. Preston, of South Carolina; the “Greek Slave” by Hiram Powers, and the other two pieces by Sydney Brooks, Esq., of New York. A few more packages have been received in the Palace, within the last few days, from the Italian States, containing several pieces of sculpture,and among’them, a bust of Washington, said to be some- thing of a superior order. Besides the packages of statuary yet unopened, not received in the Palace from the vessels already in our harbor, wa understand there is more on it journey across the ocean. The collection of statu ary already arranged in the Palace, surpasses any other, perbaps, ever displayed in this country; and uo one interested in the fine arts should neglect seeing it. To view the sculpture alone, is well worth a trip from any distance between the furthest, boundary of Maine and the Rio del Norte. The greatest number of pieces is contributed by Italy, the mother of the fine arta,and the home of the greatest masters. Most of the statuary on exbibi- tion is for sale, and Italy is deserving the liberal patronage of our citizens for the great interest she has manifested in our industrial exhibition. ADMISSION TO THE PALACE. Aggregate numberof visiters AUSTRIAN DEPARTM . Before entering upon a series of articles descrip- tive of the industrial sections of this department, it may not be uninteresting or uninstructive to our readers to take a rapid review of the agricultural and commercial resources of the Austrian empire, and of their immediate bearing upon our own com- merce. §o little is known by the public generally respecting the sources from whence the wants of a large and rapidly increasing population like ours are supplied, or of the exact degree of importance which our relations with other countries assume, in proportion to the extent to which we are dependent’ upon them for the raw materials or manufactured articles which we do not produce ourselves, that some such introduction becomes absolutely neces- sary. Besides serving as a compilation of facts that will prove always useful, it will facilitate the in- quiries of the visiter to this department, and spare him the trouble of seeking for information in a variety of channels, which he may not find easily accessible. The Austrian dominions may be said to comprise nearly 1,400,000,000 of acres of productive land, from which, owing to the varied character of the soil and climate, almost every species of produce can be obtained. In average years the aggregate yield of grain amounts to about 444,800,000 bushels. The other agricultural products are proportionably considerable. The last returns of stock exhibited 3,000,000 horses, 4,000,000 steers and oxen, 7,746,000 cows and 27,000,000 sheep; so that, if we add their value to tha of the cereal and other farm produce, it will show a total of $1,225,000,000. Inthe same year in which this return was taken, the imports of grain amounted to 1,953,000,000 cwt. and the exports to 2,169,000,000 cwt. Of the cattle about 223,200 head were exported. Travellers speak highly of the system of agricul- ture pursued in the Lombardo-Venetian provinces. The horned cattle are inferior to none in Europe; and owing to the extraordinary fertility ot their soil, the Lombards are enabled not only to supply the wants of a dense population, but to export corn and other agricultural produce to other parts of Europe. In the valley of the Po, for instance, extensive meadows, irrigated by the streams that descend from the Alps, yield no less than six crops of hay in the year; so that, favored by nature as well as by their own industry and skill, the peasantry of this part of Italy present a striking contrast to those of the Papal and Neapolitan States. The other pro- vinces of the empire have been making successful efforts to improve not only the character of their stock, but the whole system of their agriculture; and Upper Austria and Bohemia now present a3 satisfactory evidences of careful farming as are to be met with in almost any part of Europe. Asan illustration of the benefits which have resulted from the labors of the agri- cultural socicties formed with this view, w> may mention that at the London exhibiticn the specimens of Austrian, Silesian, and Hungarian wools excited a good deal of attention for the fineness, equality, and elasticity of their fibre. The jury, in awarding the prize medal to the best exhibit- ors, came to the conclusion of testifying their sense of the peculiar value and excellence of the felting or carding wools adapted to the manufacture of the finest kinds of cloth which were exhibited in the Austrian department, by recommending the trans- mission of a council medal to the government of that empire. In the variety and extent of its mineral produc- tions, Austria may be said to surpasg ¢yery count;y with the exception of Russia. There is nd species of ore in metal but that of platinum, which cannot be obtained in abundance from the mountainous ridges which intersect her territories, Her produce of quicksilver is nearly equal to that of Spain. Besides gold and silver, large supption of tin, lead, copper, and iron, are drawn from her provinces, and eprich her by the amount of their exports. In the quantity and quality of the latter ore extracted from her mines, Styria may be said to rank first in im- portance of ail the mining districts. Its iron and steel are’ considered the best in Europe; and in the mamnfacture’of arms, which gives Brescia and Pael such a celebrity, they are found to be uneqaalled from their superior temper and compactness. Of fossil and brown coal, the Austrian dominions pos- sess an inexhaustible snpp) ; but owing to local causes, this branch of mining oj has not ex hibited that developement which might have been- expected. Within the last five and thirt; hr how- ever, the rate of production tawtnoreased tenfold, and with the extension of other branches of awuet and the multiplication of railroads, there is no dou! that it will assume a still greater importance. The products of iron exhibited in the Crystal Pa- lace are principally from Styria, and have been brought to their present degree of perfection by the application of sclence. Th province is, however, not the only one in which the manufacture of iron work has been prosecuted with success. Atthe Lon- don Exhibition, the “iron paper” contributed from Neudeck, in Bohemia, was adjudged to be superior to anything of the kind produced either by the Eng- lish or foreign manufacturers. It soon attracted the — \ ae as thin ESS a largely employed in yn making. enterprising party connected with the iron trade took immediate ste, to imitate it; and although the result was not qui jal to the inal, before the exhibition closed thin rolled iron of a quality superior to any thing of that had been rodaced in . plumbago and coal, set If from this we deduct 8,293,000 for that portion of zinc si phar; 28,180,500 florins (4,064,011 dollars; products which Loy epee of 19,886, by private operations, The gold and silver included in this cal- culation, and which amount respectively in value to 7,507 and 124,395. marke, are almost entirely ab- sorbed by the coinage of the State; but Austrian coins, whose intrinsic or real value exactly corres- nds with that of the denomination they bear, are, defiance of the severe laws which have been framed to meet the evil, melted down in considerable quantities for the pesniaes of trade. The imports of old and silver Ho ies, are nearly balanced by the exports of gold wire, gold lace, chains, and other articles of fears The exports in quicksilver amount to an annual average of 234,100 Ibs., or about $295,323 in value. Aust produces more raw See dag? than she con: sumes, which may be attribu the fact that her native ore is inferior to that of Russia and Sweden. It may be said to attain its highest value when used in the manufacture of percussion - rare, the tate vano-plastic pia Pega cd and of which Austria on a large trade with foreign countries. Lead is also found in sufficient quantity not only to meet the home demand, but to supply the ee ‘a considerable foreign trade. It would occupy too much space to go through the list of the different mineral productions which constitute the chief sources of her commercial wealth, and we will therefore content ourselves with observing that in Bohemia some of the precious stones used in the arts are tobe met with; such, for instance, as the garnet, ruby, Celia methyst, hyacinth, jasper, cornclian, and caleedony. The greater part of these are to be found on the estates of Prince Lobkowitz and the Count Von Schonborn. It is to be He hie that Austria does not contri- bute to our collection a complete series of ens of her mineral ores. At the London exhibition, al- though nothing like a unity of purpose was visible in their arrangement, specimens were exhibited from the various mining establishments of the country. There was, however, much left to wish for even in this collection, the more particularly when it was ‘ed with the complete and beautiful series of British ores exhibited by Mr. Samuel Blackwell, and which formed one of the moat interesting features of the exhibition. No country, pithaps, possesses greater facilities for the assem- lage of such a collection than Austria. Besides the Museum of the School of Mineralogy at Schemnitz in Hungary, there is also the collection of the Mu- seum of Industry at Vienna, anda host of smaller institutions of a similar character, diffused through- out the country, from which a complete classitication of minerals might have been obtained. As we have alluded to the Museum of Industiry at Vienna,a few words respecting that remarkable establishment may not decined out of place. To the credit of Austria, be it observed, tha’ although the idea of such an institution appears new to some ofthe more commercial and cae paald States, it was formed Epwanie of thirty years ago, by Professor Von Kees, who was then chief inspector of factories of the Austrian empire. It consisted at first merely of the raw produce and manufactured articles then in use in Austria; but there were subsequently added to it, by way of comparison, a vast variety of the produc- tions of other countries. The collection contains upwards of 12,000 specimens, and the descriptive catalogue extends over 2,300 octavo pages. It forms the mest complete trade museum in (sg el The manufacture of earthen and stone ware is car- ried on with great success in several of the Aus- trian provinces, more icularly in Lower Austria, Bohemia, and Moravia. The annual value of the articles produced in stoneware and delft alone, is about 2,500,000 florins, or $1,225,000.. There are extensive manufactories of porcelain in Bohemia, and the productions of the State factory at Vienua are worthy of compa- riaon with those of Sevres, for the elegance of design and purity and excellence of quality which they dis- play. The annual value of this manufacture, sore ther with others more or less directly connected with it, is little short of $21,000,000. The manufacture of glass and mirrors constitutes one of the most important branches of Austrian in- dustry, and forms a prominent item in her ex; je The beautifully tinted and Ree ey lags Bo- hemia bas for some years formed ef ornament of the salon in almost every civilized country, and it is now getting into table, anc eneral use for the decoratfon of the dipner even more uiaay pe J. This is no doubt to be attributed to the reduction in price consequent upon the improvements effected by the application of science and the more extensive developement of the manufactnre. Glass-making is one of the most ancient, as it is also the most gene- rally diffused, of the industrial pursuits followed by the people of Bohemia. The low price and superior quality of the materials obtained upon the spot, con- joined with the experience and skill resulting froma long acquaintance with the different pro- cesses, have combined to produce a degree of excellence in this manufacture which no other people have succeeded in attaining. The specuasns contributed to the London exhibition were of surpass- ing beauty, both as regards elegance of design and purity and richness of coloring; and when we come to notice this section of the Austrian department in our own exhibition, we have no doubt but that we shall find the same qualities displayed. The statistic results of glass manufacture show, for the whole of the Austrian dominions, an annual production of 42,000,000 pounds of glassware and mirrors, in value amounting to more than $8,510,000. Out of this, the exports of Bohemian glass alone amount to mot afk: Anetra bund: y Ot ‘silk, Austria possesses a more abundant su; than any other State in Europe. In the Lombanic. Venitian provinces, the cultivation of the silkworm, andthe manufacture of silk itself, are carried on upon a very large scale, and we have seen some spe- cimens from Milan, which, for elegance of d and richness of quality, might have been compared to anything produced from the Lyons looms. The production of cocoons throughout the Austrian do- minions amounts annually to about 500,000 cwt., of the value of $22,550,000. “Lombardy alone possesses 3,068 reeling establishments, (for the preparation of the cocoon into raw silk,) with 34,627 ket- tles, employing 79,800 men, without taking into calculaticn the smaller establishments. The total number of kettles may be estimated at 40,000, Ae occupation to about 95,000 persons, for fifty laysin the year. This estimate does not include the province of Venice, in which about half the number of hands are employed. The Tyrol con- tains 559 reeling establishments, with 5,885 kettles, and about 13,000 workmen. The value of the total production of raw silk in the Austrian dominions is estimated at bags of $23,000,000. The raw silk undergoes farther preparation in the throwing-mills; but the whole mass of the production is not thus worked up within the empire, for the ex of raw silk are found consi ly to exceed imports. A balance of raw silk, amounting to 589,000 ibs , is taken eff by foreign consumption, and the other 3,518,800 lbs. are retained by the States of the em- pte, two-thirds of the latter being worked op iu mbardy alone, which province is reckoned to possess 500 ieee with 1,239,000 spindles. e production is about 989,000 Ibs. of tram and 1,189,000 Ibs. of organzine, making together 2,179,- 500 Ibs. of thrown silk. The throwing mi‘ls of Venice exhibit proportionate results. The throwing precesses impart to the total production of raw silks in the whole gales increase in value of upwards of one million of dollarg. The further conversion of the thrown silks into ailk goods is almost exclusively confined te Vienna, Milan, and Como, but manufac- tures in which It forma part of a mixture, have obtained considerable extension. By far the greater portion of the thrown ‘ilk is exported to foreign markets. From a combination of results arrived at by carefully estimating its results iu the different pro- |] ylaces, it appears that the cultivation and manufac- ture of silk in Austria amounts to a gross annual value of $28,910,000, and thatthey employ more than 800,000 persons, some for the whole year, and some forshorter intervals. The trade in the production of silk and silk manufactures may be considered a3 one of the most valuable branches of Austrian com- merce. In 1847 the imports amounted only to $587,- 310, whilst the exports were $15,521,647. As the prices set down in the official returns are far below the market prices, we may fairly estimate the value of the exports for that year at fifteen millions of dollars. The cotton manufactures of Austria have assumed, within late years, an extent and importance which are likely to give them a minent rank amongst her industrial resources. repld proarons that she has made in this branch of industry is shown in the clearest manner by the quantities of cotton imported at given periods:— SBS cys oved pars cece es 65,900. Cw. 1893 ety VS 143}000. + 239,600 “ ‘ -370,800 “ + ave 447,300 From 1843 to 1847 the average value of the cotton imported amounted to $6,319,810. The exports during the same period were comparatively unimy t, amounting, on the average, to only 17,000 cwt. a year; so that the whole quantity imported may be considered as into the home consumption of the Austrian/dominions. In the year 1847 Austria contained 6,125 spinning machines, and 1, The en stock of cotton of all ' pa enema by A ingest sad Ad tious for the same year, of cotton yarn and juc for . a was 397,240 owt. The number of hands, either or indirectly em) in this branch of 1 Waa 60000, by the i ta are the manufacture of We have mow taken a cursory view of the pal sources of industry from whence the Austriam empire derives its commercial importance. There are mapy other branches of manufacture, such, for instance, as leather, woollen ode, paper lace and embroidery, which contribute up the amount of her ex) ; but it would take up too much a; to enter into a detailed notice of . Of for which many districts are so celebrated, we have no very accurate statistics; but the total annual juction ma; estimated at al production may be estimated at about forty millions of eimers, or about 496,000,000 of gallons. The sg- Srogate value of the fermented liquors and ardent es its produced throughout the empire, is estimated. at 60,000,000 of florins. ‘The manufacture of machinery, 0 toa variety of causes, the principal of which was want of @ suitable raw’ material, has not progressed with the same rapidity as the other branches of Austrian in- Suatry.. Of years, however, the engine builders have been able to compete with the foreign makers in some of the principal articles of their trade, and “ tages gre steam Sngines, for rect use, planing machines, grooving ‘tools, spinning ‘mules, mills, cranes, indles, €., to the value of 10,000,000 florins ‘sual In the manufacture of surgical instruments, and of optical and philosophical apparatus, the Austrian makers have attained a high degree of exocel- lence, and their productions in this way are muck esteemed by scientific men. At the London exhfbi- tion the Imperial Polytechnic Institution of Vienna contributed some beautiful surve: instrumenta, constructed under the direction of Stampfer, which afford the means of measuring a vertical angle of eight degrees, by which the difference of altitude between two stations when ot. exceeding fae length of the measuring staff, can easily be mined—an improvement of great value in a hilig country. A iris trade is also carried on in musical instra- ments and clocks, in the manufacture of which com siderable skill and ingenuity are displayed. In Prague excellent astronomical clocks are made, which have been pronounced equal to the best manufactured abroad. A watchmaker of Trieste, named Under- walt, has recently invented three-pendulum lt two of which are moved by the disengagement hydrogen gas, which renews at stated times their windings up. The maker states that one will go for twenty years, and the other for thirty, without evem requiring mounting. They may even be made te wind up for a century without any alteration in their form or dimensions. The third is called a barome- trical clock, and constantly winds itself up by the pressure of the atmosphere on quicksilver. culated to go for centuries ; how far the maker’s © theories are likely to be borne out by the results, we must leave to posterity to decide. In chemieal productions the home is necessarily large, owing to the rapid increase of manufacture; but the supply is suffivient not only te meet the demand, but to leave a considerable excess forexport. Saltpetre, although an article of State monopoly, is chiefly manufactured by private indivi- who are bound to deliver their productions te the State. The amount preduced is speci of phosphorus, glacial phosphoric acid, aeetic acid, bromine, prussiate & an, ultra- marine, and a variety of other chemical products. An 3) insignificant article, the match, employs a vast number of persons nufacture, and bids fairto become an staple of ar In connection with diet wd Mecapsndier ‘ion an important discovery which been effected within the last few years trian chemist. Our readers ate not perhaps a that the makers of lucifer matches are ct tos Tae, the ph is reduced to in- Inded, the jorus is reduced toa nocuous conditon jad may be Sa aed end sedaced to fine powder, in which state it’ is wa bger’ gue hse 8 able for the pr of the manufacture, credit of this discovery is due to M. Schrotten, of Vienna. We shall now proceed to show the sguregate value of the exports to and from the United Statesand Austria, respectively. We have before us a general statement of the quantity and value of the following }, Wares Stl ete of the growth and manufacture of the United States, exported to Austria from the lst of July, 1851, to the 30th of June, 1862, from which we extract the following results : DOMESTIC PRODUCE. Consisting of lumber,oak bark and other dyes, nayal stores, beef tallow and hides, pork, cotton, to~ bacco, wax, spirits from molasses, turpentine, mana- factured tobacco, castings, copper and brass mana- factures, drugs, uncolored cotton manufactures, books and maps, paints and varnish, raw produce,an@ Taanaturtaned articles not enumerated. $2,402,706 FOREIGN PRODUCE. Coffee, cedar granadilla, mahogany wood, dye wood in stick, raisins, pi- mento, cussia, segars, ginger, coc and merchandise not cnumerated.. + 329,800 Dota ine da snl ewes oo ee+ 82,732,606 Direct Imports from Austrian Ports. Consisting of. garden seeds, cotton maufactures, silk do, linens, wearing ap- parel, scythes, cast steel, other steel, lassware, books, wood, manufactures of jo, raw hides, wool, white and red wines, wines in bottles, cordials, olives, fruits, sterine,, manufactured hemp rage, and manufactures not enumerated.......... “ From other than Austrian Ports. Consisting of manufactures of wool, silk, flax, iron and steel, gold and silver, brass, leather, paper, wood and glass, and watch crystals, plated wares, earthen do, wear- ing apparel, buttons, clocks, drugs and medicines, ravings, manufactures of India rubber, lucifer matches, medicinal preparations, surgical instrnments, music in sheets, paintings, pencils, and violin Total Sept $460,197 TOTAL FROM THE UNITED STATES TO AUSTRIA. Dowestic produce. $2,402,796 Foreigr... s+. 3.29,889—$2,732 685 FROM AUSTRIA TO THE UNITED STATES, $808,682 Indirect imports........... $308,637 DER Petr keectrrckesckes 162,160 —$460,79T DORR: ic sv aresscsiosoe te aaicinns vee" 93,193 488 The aggregate value of the commerce of the twe countries would, therefore, appear to be by these latter figures; but tp ed at a correct estimate, it shoulMl be borne in mind that a large quantity of goods of various kinds, partiou- lerly cloths, are annually imported from Austria, of which it is almost impossible to ascertain the amount, many of them being taken by the Austrian mer: chants and manufacturers to the semi-annnal fairs at Leipzig and Frankfort-on-the-Maine, where they are sold to German, Dutch, and American mere! and importers, and do not, therefore, appear as articles imported from Austria. In cloths alone, we have reason Me know tise moeeraoeel tenn ge dollars worth come co every year, which no account can be taken in the treasury caloa- lation. We may, therefore, safely estimate the indi- rect imports from Austria as amounting to at least a million of dollars. From the same returns, we find that the tonnage of American vessels which cleared from the United States for Austrian ports, was, in the ieceed 14,024. That of the Austrian vessels which for the United States in the same year, was 13,400, exhibiting a total of 27,424 tons. WASHINGTON NATIONAL MONUMENT. CONTRIBUTIONS. To cash on hand........0.-.e+e esse seed Contributions for August 16th and 17th. Fram the Washiogion Hopabilo, Aug, Woh m the Washin; mblic, Aug. 16. tthe ‘recel at the of the soci city, during the month of July, amounted At the recent centennial anni of Masonry, in Nashville, Tennessee, “ brethren of the mystic tie” subscribed $451 55 towards the S"Suring the preseat month, a check for a thowndl * Darin, e present month, a chec! a dollars fas been received from the of the society in New York—the contribution of visiterste - the Crystal Palace. From the Ist to the 18th inst., the Merten Aw the Mogument grounds were unusually re haa- pao Salary having been bestowed by stranger, most erners. The column is now one hundred and thirty-cigtt eet in height. Srormxe Tere Li9Rsom. Appleman in New Haven has canghs in his Tage’ 10th dag of June, with wide- mouthed bottles fied with flies, bugs, fil and vinegar, over three pein a jaye the a caught, wes forty owe Ce. the amount of flies, &¢., empnat of ocgupa: qnagla.