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INTERESTING LETTERS. Nox» Casolina Polittes. @UR WIDi A WAKE CORRESPONDENCE. Waxs, N.C., August 18, 1853. North Carolina Politics—What Venable is After— How he was Deot—Troubles in the Democratic the two, gave the width of instances’ to be bot about and Camp—A Nev: Organ at Raleigh—Ex-Members \ Smith, civil engineer, of your city, whose testimony of Congress uy for the Legistature—Gen. Sawn- ; ders—Mr, Cli. ginan—The Navy Reform (?) in the Turpentine Country—Dobbin don't gee!—The Pacific Railroad Unpopwlar—The Public Lands Old States to come m for a Share with the New States, ete. You are doubtless aware that Mr. Venable, of this district, has been defeated for Comgtess by a majori- ty of seventy vores, and 9 whig candidate, 8. H. Rogers, elected by a small minority of the popular vote, in his place. { do not think, however, that you ure altogether “posted up” in the intrigues by which this singular resuit bas been achieved, and perhaps 1 can interest you a little with the account. You sce, then, when “Father Abraham,” as he is Yamiliatly called, got back home, after the short ses- tion was over, he teard in various quarters that a Jittle clique about Raleigh had determined upon Shrowing him overboard for the purpose of promoting W.W. Holden of tne Standard. Now, “ Father Abraham” is,perhups,one of the most accommodating men of his taleuts and popularity you ever knew ; Dut, not being « purty to this arrangement, which was very imprudet!y divulged, he natuzally deter- mined in his own miad to thwart it if he could, but kept very quiet. in the meantime the thing went on. A young man named Lewis was first persuaded to | take the ficld against Venable, and thereupon the | Ff. requisite hubbub and excitement were attempted to be raised about the danger of division, &c.; and, as a remedy, the Sta» dard proposed, ‘for the good of the party,” goon a convention, to reconcile the sonfiicting claims of Venable aud Lewis, just as if any reasonable person in this whole district supposed Yor a moment that the election of Venable was at all endangered. Th ing was so transparent that Ve- nable’s friends everywhere opposed the call, and consequently the convention was a failure. Had it met, there can be no doubt that the plans of the Triends of Holden would have eventually succeeded, and that individua! would have been the nominee. Venable, however, was wide awake, and, declaring himself @ candidate avowed his determination to run, whatever the result, nominated or not nominated. This of couree settled the question of Holden's suc- wession, To punish him for this independence, and also for the defew had himself met, as soon as the day for the prop meeting passed without the convention, he breaks ground cautiously in fa- vor of Lewis, whe e had always before snubbed; and only neglecting Veuable at first, finally open): wenounced and abused him; and at last declared that the file leaders had determined to support the op- ing candidate. The whigs, who, up to this time, faa Temained quiescent and hopeless, now saw a brilliant opportunity; and a few days before the elec- 4ion, seein, i the whole influence of the democratic organ openly thrown in favor of a man whom ie eld, knew oould not be clected, Mr. Rogers took the and ranin between them. As for the rest, Rogers isa th clever fellow, a son-in-law of the late ator Haywood, avd of course very strongly in fa- vor of the “one term” principle. He will hardly be suffered to bear the reproach of inconsistency in this, however, for, loug beiore the two years are expired, the unhappy state of things to which he owes his success will have ceased to exist. Ofcourse the eight or nine thousand democrats of this district can- not suffer themeelves to be misrepresented by a gen- fleman who is the choice of the remaining four thou. Sand only, their antipodes; and as a means of recon- ciling divisions and restoring that harmony which has unhappily been destroyed by tae Standard, I Jearn from a reliable quarter that steps bave been al- ready taken to establish a new and additional organ of democratic sentiment at the capital, and that a large eum of money and many hundred names have been already procured for that desirable purp se. Among the subscribers are many of the two thousand demosrata who, misinformed by the Standard, hon- estly voted for Lewis under the impression that he was the gtrongest, and are naturally indignant at being 50 deceived and humbugged into the support of anu aud .weak man, and the abandon- ment of their late seloved and able representative. The sentiment of the democratic party in this State is also undergoing a change upon the public land question, many prominent men of the party having already declared themselves eppoeed to the present unjust policy of giving the whole benefit of this common fund to the new States only, and this also will render the establishment of a uew organ here indispensable to Bags and success in suture elections. There is some difficulty in getting the right sort of person to take charge as editor, but I eas, if he will accept the proposal already made, they will supply this important need, from the Cape Fear country, and in a few days. It is deemed im- portant to the interests of the new organization, who are already known as the States Rights Democracy, par excellerce, that they should go to work without turther delay. The next Legislature will have to elect two Sena- tors in place of Messrs. Mangum and Badger, and Gov. Reid’s term also expires in 1354. The canvass for the next Legislature, which will have the dispo- sal of these important posts, may be then said already to have commenced. Indeed several ex-members of Congress are already in the field for the commons, and judging from a very complaisant letter of Mr. R. ‘MM. Saunders, (‘unhappy da) now, you know, pn the hench, Lehould ‘not be surprised if he does not resign the ermine and resume his legislative functions. Venable will probably stand for Gran- ville. Judge Strange, of Cumberland, is to take the place of Mr. Dobkin, Mr. Rayner will doubtless re- appear liere in his fayorite character of ‘the gen- tleman from Hertford.” Even the late Chief Justice May not ucreasonably be cf 1 Spa to desire to de- yote some smaller portion of his time than of old, to the interests of Alamance, his native county. Stanly, ye ew, has gone to California, aud McRae to ‘aris, but either ot these gentlemen would undoubt- edly consent to sacrifiee their present positions abroad at the call of the General Assembly of their native State. Besides these there are a number of other aspirants to Senatorial honors. fr. Clingman and Judge Ellis will run well on the democratic side, but Dobbin will xerely be interrupted again, while reeably engaged in cultivating the whiskers, and teaching the cotillon and Virginia reel to the American navy. On thewhole,a very nice time may be anticipated. The Pacific railroad meets with no favor here with the unterrified. Indeed, it is hard for an honest cor- vespoudent to say which is most unpopular just now, ‘that or the administration. There is much com- plaint here that the North Carolina appointments, 80 far, bave all been given, not, perhaps, to Dobbins’ district exclusively but to Dobbins’ particular friends only, while outsiders Bet nothing. It is not unlikel that the disposition of the public lands will, after ai, be the main test upon the elections next year. The injustice of the present system is very generally complained of, and a disposition evidenced to extend the organization to all the old States. It cannot be doubted that the Pacific railroad, the public lands, and the appointments, have ruined the standing of the present cabinet in North Caroliva, and weakened the supporters of the President. Tell Benton the public eye is fixed upon him, and his course, for the aext four years. We don't mind giving the Pacific road a few millions in land only, not money, but we must have some for Nag’s head also. Stir them up and give us fair play. Bopon. Our Boston Correspondence. Bosrox, August 27, 1853. Pleadings in the Case of the Metropolitan Railroad Company—The Encampment at Winter Island —The Danvers Institute+Mr. Choate's Ewogy saeco Webster—Mrs, Childs’ Life of Hopper—A Scotch Divine for Boston—Tanglewood Tales— Life of Mr. Rantoul—" Phocion"—Grrace Green- wood's “ Travels —Offended Whig Editors— Views and Intentions of the Temperance Men— | Temperance County Convention— Worcester Sta- tistion, §r, ee. The pleadings before the Mayor and Aldermen for and against the granting to the Metropolitan Rail- road C y to lay their road in our streets, have beeen very animated--Mr. Bartlett and Mr. Woodbury appearing for the petitioners, and Mr. Choate and several other gentlemen for the remonstrants. The Gnusiness was opened on Tuesday morning by Mr. Woodbury, who was brietly followed by Mr. Choate. Messrs. Ueigham, Harlow and Putnam, who ap- seared for diferent remonstrants, also spoke. Very “vigorous oppoeition was made by Mr. Brigham, who appeared on behalf of Mr. Hathorne, proprietor of the Canton street line of omnibuses. He showed- conclusively, I think—that in winter it would be im- yporsibie to ran the cars in the street; an arghment the @ull force of which no one canappreciate who has not “een To-ton streets at that igid seagon; and le men- | tioned oa outside report that the company intended | to sudstitute omnibnees at such times as snow should sbe on the ground. Mr. Harlow made a powerfal ar goment, baved on the width of our strects and that gf the cars ased in New York, aud, comparing was strongly in favor of the project. Mr. Choate made the closing argument for the remonstrants on Thursday, and was followed in reply by Mr. Bartlett. Both gentlemen acquitted themselves with much ability. The 8. D. M. V. M. had an omeellent time for their three days training at Camp Clifford, commencing on Plein Pr So ending last Lo The place selected for the encampment was Winter Island, a which commands Salem harbor, and on the extremity of which used to stand Fort Pickering. Every way the place was good. There were 38 f sar ee Toone and one (newly formed at Som- le) by ite officers, The fullest ,andone of the very finest in the State, was the urn Pha- lapx, Captain Winn. Ai the companies turned out well, and the whole force it, including muai- cians, was almost 2,300. The first day was passed in Grill and inspection after the camp had .been formed. On Thursday the troops marched brag = Salem, making a magnificent appearance. On Friday the grand review took place. The weather was fine throughout the whole time, being neither hot nor cold, and resembling less summer than autumn. There was a great deal less of those things that Gpeg prevail at such places—gambling, drioking, &c.—than could have been reason- ably expected. No accident. occurred to ren- der the occasion one to be dolefully remembered. The laying of the corner stone of the Peabody Institute ‘at Danvers, on the 20th, was quite a brilliant affair. Mr. Peabody gave $30,000 to the town of Danvers, of which he isa native, for the establist:ment of an institution for educational pur- eses, together with a public library. The spot se- lected for the site of the building is very fine, and is on the main street, not far from the monument erected to the memory of the Danvers men who fel in the battle of Lexington, in which action the mili tia of that place bore a very conspicuous and heroic part. It is nears opposite to the house where Mr. Peabody passed the ae ars of his life. The build. ing Is to be eighty-two feet long, fifty feet wide, and forty feet in height. The basement’ is to be of gra- uite, and eae feet in the clear; the first story, thirteen feet in the clear, and to be appropriated to the library, and the rooms connec! it; the second story, twenty-two feet from floor to ceiling, will be used as a lecture room, and, with the gallery, will accommodate not far from a thousand people. The oe part is to be of brick, and very strengly built. The architect is Mr. Richard Bond, of Boston ; the mason work and orbs will be done by Messrs. Henry Russell and R. B. White, masons, and Franklin A. Merrill, carpenter. The corner stone wa3 laid by Mr. Abbott Lawrence, after which that gentleman madea short buteffectivespeech. The other ee were Mr. Huntington, Mayor of Saiem ; Mr. eaver, Mayor of Boston; R.S. Daniels, first trustee, and ¢) an of the board; Mr. Upham, member elect to the next Congress, and representing the Danvers district; and Mr. Hillard, of Boston. Al! the speaking was good, and pertinent to the ocoa- sion. Quite a variety of documents were placed in the cornerstone, among them being an amusing document entitled ‘‘ An Epistle from the Present to Future Generations,” by Mr. Poole, of Danvers. It is to be hoped that it will bea very Hein Ee be- fore these documents shal! “turn up.” e Insti- tute isan honor to Mr. Peabody, and it will be the recipient of many donations, until it-shall answer even greater ends than those contemplated by its generous founders, James Munroe & Co. have published Mr. Choate’s enlogy on Daniel Webster, at Dartmouth, in a hand- some octayo gee aa of precisely one hundred poses. Though rather long in coming, it is not the less welcome on that account. It is a production that will live. Messrs. Jewett & Co. have just published Mrs. ons “ Life of Isaac T. Hopper,” a strong abolition work. T understand that the Scotch residents of Boston have called upon the Rev. Mr. Muir, of Glasgow, to become their pastor. He is of the Free church, a oo of great talents, and remarkable for his learning and pulpit eloquence. Our Scotch people are among the best of our population, and the course they have taken in providing so eminent a spiritual teacher and guide shows that the character of Scot- land for piety will not sufferfrom any want of proper conduct on their part. Mr. Muir is expected to ar. rive here towards the close of next month. He will be warmly welcomed, not only by those who are to be his parishioners, but by our clergy, and by the in- telligent public generally. ,_ Mr. Hawthorne's “‘ Tanglewood Tales” will appear ina few days, and so will Mr. Hillard's new work, pre- viously mentioned. The biography of Mr. Rantoul, swelled to an octavo of some eight hundred pages, through extracts trom his speeches and writings, will not appear for more than two months. It will be from ress of Messrs. Jewett & Co., 80 well known as publishers of Mrs. Beecher Stowe’s books. , The articles ayainst the new constitution, over the signature of “ Phocion,”* published simultaneously in the Courier and the Advertiser, have beon attri- buted to Mr. Hillard, but are from the pen of Mr. G T. Curtis. How apy one could have attributed to so elegant and livelya writer as Mr. Hillard, ar- ticles so essentially leaden, is among the cn- riosities of criticism. Mr. Curtis need never put lead ivto his pockets to prevent his being blown away. His pen would answer for that purpose, and leave him plenty of heaviness to spare for his mercurial neighbors. Nothing gives to the observer a stronger Erosk of the declining condition of the whig party of ascachusetts than the little ability tbat marks its present political writings. They are such as con- tempt cannot rise to. Yet there are whigs enough to do their party’s work, if their hearts and feelings were in the business. They have too much sense to make themselves prominent at this time, however, when ail their exertions would be of but smail ac- count, and when the result of the State election is seen to depend, not upon the action of the whigs, but upon that of discontented democrats or rampant temperance free soilers. Grace Greenwood's “Travels in Europe” are to be soon published by Ticknor & Co. Grace would please that Englishman who, ou hearing a woman pee would ask, ‘‘Has she travelled, sir?’ Per- aps he meant travailed, a sort of proceeding in which our “L.L.’s,”’ as 80z would call them, do not excel. She was at Rome for some time, in company with several other petticoated “bricks,” and she will give us a book as full of classical ideas, red republi- canism, Mazzini, Garibaldi, and all the rest in due order, as she can staff it. She is certainly a clever specimen of the clever branch of the sex that has lately sprouted from the tree of existence. Iam sorry, very sorry, indeed, to have offended some of those singularly amiable gentlemen, the edi- tors of the Massachueetts whig papers, by mention- ing & rumor—carefully stating that it was but a ru- mor--that they had had some consultation ahont their gubernatorial nomination, treatment of the new constitution, &c. That there was a consultation does not appear to be denied, only they say | was wrong as to some of the details. The greatest error into which I fell was in attaching any importance to their action on any subject. ‘hey are very much mistaken, if they suppose that any one would be at the trouble to misrepresent their conduct, even if base enough to do so. A party which came into power solely through the divisions of its opponents— which has no other hope for a continuance of that power, except through the continuance of those dis- gensions which is the sport of the breath of its ene- mies, a8 powerless over its own future as the most helpless of children, and which needs but one more heating to be split into fifiy factions, each more con- temptible than the other—such a party must be very egotistical indeed, if its members think any one would intentionally misrepresent their action. ta truth is the worst thing that can be said of them. The Life-Boot newspaper, organ of the Maine law temperance men, has laid down what will be the probable course of those men in the coming contest. Assuming that Abbot Lawrence, Henry Wilson, H. W. Bishop and 8, D. Bradford \will be candidates for the governorship, or gentlemen of similar views, the Life-Boat expresses the haat that its party will not nominate a candidate for the office, then as- sumes that the counties of Barnstable, Bristol, Hamp- shire, Plymouth and Worcester will make choice of Maine tere Senators; and these counties are entitled to fourteen members, or within seven of an absolute majority ef the whole Senate. It adviaes the tempe- rance people to pay Fh lt attention to the coun- ties of Middlesex, Hssex and Norfolk, which alyo elect fourteen Senators, and to exert themselves to his ure the nomination of Maine law men as candi- lates, by all parties. excepting the hunkers: aa it holds that in neither of the three counties thus named will there be a choice of Senators by the people, and £0 the Legislature will be compelled, in any event, to fill the vacancies by the election of men of its way of thinking. Attention is also directed to the other counties, but not so particularly as to those above mentioned, Suffolk being conceded to the foes of the liquor law. The elections of Representatives are alxo to be closely regarded. But it is not simply to promote the election of friends of the existing law that the exertions of the temperance men are to be directed. The candidates whom they are to support must he pledged to be in’ favor of what are called ‘ jndisious amendments to the law:” that ix, to make it as harsh and arbitrary as gre eb under the inspirations of the genius” of drunken fanaticism, can render it, This 1s an admission that the law which has been in operation for only about thirteen months and which Was pronounced perfect when it came forth from the hands of its maker, has fried to anawer the end for whieh it was passed. It is easy to see what would he the effect, if the temperence men, axa body, fol- low the advice of the Life-Roat, which is wnder- stood to spenk the sentiments of their leaders, With a vision not bait vo gong ag that oi the blindest of H : l t at i H that the CA peice, solution hy new of s ssi Se aoc Cot et ot more aitgahed, te the law — oo party, though there is no security: very course . that ‘are direoted to hot lead desire to see probabitity fs ya the whole business. same of the most noted men of the Btate being as whuce, and never voted any other than the Uae, eee ‘ihe ih was ce F proms tet ae 0 To pe Neale gr el a , con’ seem. rage. has been called for Plymouth, to-mect at ifpsston a the Sh ot Aucudt: eecond for Ree South anvers, August # th Land ‘ One was held Yesmouth Landing, 1. ia Haiapabire pom ye Please add those to your list of Massachusetts Conventions, @ interesting etatiatios, Ulastrative of the prosperity of the city of Worcester, have been it appeate that there are im red and thirty-two individuais, rms and companies, who each pay taxes on perty of the value of $20,000 and spyenie. ric a in the town iv Stephen . is taxed for $503 the next is Archibald M. Mor rison, who has $230,500; the third is isaac Davis, 215,000; the fourth is Levi Lincola, (ex-Governor) , i ‘There are ten individeals and firms who x03 On from $107,260 to $151,700; twenty: six from $54,600 to $93,450; about sixty-five who are taxed on from $26,500 to #44500. remainder range from about $20,000 to about $25,000. There are six nonresidents who are assessed on from $04,500 to $99,500. Judge Allen is put down at $40,500; Judge Merrick at ee and Judge Bar ton at $37,100. Worcester is rich place, and wes valued at $11,095,506 70 in 1850. Property seems to be more equitably distributed there than ia most large places. There are no business corpora- tions in the city. The population is about 21,000, having increased largely since the last State census was taken. Mr. McKay's great ahip isto be launched some five or six weeks hence. (nstead of “King of Clip- pers,” she is to be called the ‘Great Republic.” She will be of 4,000 tons, ALGOMA, Our Ogdeasburg Correspondence. OGprnssura, August 25, 1453. Ogdenshurg—Its Position and Prospects—Increase of Pondation and Trade—The Canadian and Western Trade—Steamboats, Railroads and Mail Roads—New Enterprise and Investinents $e He The location of Ogdensburg, on the St. Lawrence river, being above the rapids aad at the foot of lake and river navigation, gives it many natural advantages. Its water power is large and the country around it produstive, which, united with its connection with Boston and other Eastern cities, by railroads, and the immediate prospect of several railroads to radiate from this point, must secure to it rapid extension in trade and commercial impor- tance, Previous to the completion of the Ogdensburg Railroad, in 1350, the trade of this town was mostly confined to Montreal; but the channel that has thus been opened has brought it into commercial connec- tion with Boston and other seaport towns. The population of Ogdensburg since the opening of this road, bas nearly doubled, being now over 8,000, and its business increased four-fold. This is the nearest point to which the shipping of eur Western lakes and the river can come to the seaport towns, and, transportation being much cheaper on natural than artificial channels, a large amount of the produce and trafic of the ‘Western States and Canada is drawn to this port in finding an eastern or foreign market. So large has the tr: rtation from the West throughthis p‘ace become, that the Ogdensburg Rail- road, although possessing great facilities for trans- eae has not been able at all times to do the usiness required, without considerable delay. Large additions have been required and made to the sailing cratt PEE eS here to the ports on the western. lakes thro the Welland Canal, <A line of ten pro- pellers has been established by the exterprising, firm of Crawford & Co.,and several steamboats have been added to the steamboat line, to accommodate the in- crease of travel. Besides the advantages which Ogdensburg hag jerived from the construction of the Ogdensburg Railroad, there is a bright prospect of a large addi- iion to her prosperity and wealth by the constraction of yarious railroads now in progress. Ouv experience for the last three years has demon- strated the benefit of railroads. Agriculture in northern New York has received an impulse from the commercial markets which have thus been open- ed—the resources of this “ Siberian region’’ are be- ing developed, ond the “values” created thereby sees move than four times exceed the cost of the Toad, A company has recently been formed to construct a railroad “from Ogdensburg to Rome, and active measures are being taken to accomplish this purpose. This project must be of vast consequence to New York,as a large portion of the produce which now passes from this point over the Ogdens. burg Railroad to Boston, wouldjtake the Ogdensburg avd Rome road for New York,aud much of the trade secured to Bostou by this means would be transferred to New York. The subscription to this road is already sufficient to form a basis for its construction, and if it should be necessary to seck foreign aid, it must be the policy of New York to favor this undertaking in this respect. Besides these roads terminating at this point on the New York side of the St. Lawrence river, the Gieat Trank Railroad of Canada will touch at Pres- cot, on the opposite side of the St. Lawrence, and a railroad will be mostly completed this fall from Pres- cot to Bytown, on the Otawa river, thus opening Ue finest agriculturabhand lumber regions of Canada est. Ogden: burg ney be considered a terminus of this road for most of the pete that will pass over it, and much of the freight of the western branch of the Great Trunk Railroad will be here transferred to the roads leading to New York or Boston. The present trade of Canada with Ogdensburg is considerable, and, with these facilities for approach, it is destined to a speedy and very extensive enlarge- ment. In fact, there is no reason why the retail tradeeman of Canada West, as well as Northern New York, may not purchase his supplies cheaper in Og- densburg than in New York or Boston. Our large merchants purchase their merchandise of the im- porter, or at the guctions, thereby having the profit pa by the coun’ 7 merchant to the jobber in the Eastern city, and their goods sre transported tothem for a less price, because in large quantities. The merchant here, then, may sell at the same price as the Bastern jobber, (with the addition of freight,) and make more money, for the e: se of living and doing busices« here is much less than in New York or Boston. With such prospects, where can be found greater inducements for the investment of money, or more encouragement for the business man’ OSWEGATCHIE. Oar Long Island Correspondence. Isuip, August, 1 Islip and the Southern Shore—The Crowd Here— Fast Men, Sportsmen, Fishermen, Tle Mn, and the Ladies—\The Belles and Beaux--A Happy Family, &c., &c. I do not see any communications to your valuable paper from this place, and yet it is not one whose existence is generally unknown. The south side of Long Island has long been a place of great re- sort for all kinds of people—the fast man, with his 2:40 nag; the sportsman, with his dog and gun; the disciple of old Isaak, with his rod and reel; the vale- tudinarian, with his grunts and groans, and the lover of idleness, with his books—ali sorts and conditions of men, dye, and women too, have found this the place where their several desires may be most easily gratified. Years ago the speckled troit sported in all the tiny brooks, bubbling to the bay, and even now large catches are made in some of the less | known or better preserved streams and ponds. For one worn down by application to study or business, what can be more invigorating than the salt breezes fresh from off the ocean’ What will more easily build up a shattered constitution, infuse new vigor into an enervated frame, or lend on edge to a dulled and wornout appetite, than a breezy sail on the bay, and a bath in the roaring breakers: The Champlin House at Islip has long been a favorite stopping place, and the fame of Stellenwert has been sounded throughout the length and breadth of the land, as a first rate judge of good liqnors, and a right down cleverfellow. During the monthsof July, August and September the patronage of this house is great; seldom does a room remain vacant long and many are the unfortunates who are turned a for want of requisite space for their accommetation. The pariore are turned into bedrooms for their use. You may imagine in such a place how gwiltly time glides on, The company is generaty of the leet % Poi e eo premier ares fpecieess Rg the eit Mee Maat ant no leet tntereating daurhter, of West Twenty-sccond street, and others, i f | PELE} ‘lit i LbeF ri i i iz? ‘ t Our Parts Correspondence. Pants, Angust 11, 1353. Dulvess in the Political Circle—The Eastern D ficulty—Reswme of the Peace Propositions — Probabilitres of a Settlement—The Danish Ques- Con—Coperhagen ant English Cotiens—The AK rnovdji Treaty—A Russian Princess en route ~The Emperor and Empress—-The Coronation, Balls, Pardons, and Royal Movemeats—The Crops The American Consulate—Miscel ‘The utmost dulness prevails now, both in 1 and goesip intelligencé, and the duty of a corres pondent is quite a difficult task, despite the excite- ment of the Orieutal question —that “to be or not to be” of the present position of Burope. To begin with this “mach ade sboat nothing” of politics, 1 will mention that the between Russia and Turkey, which seewed to be so much embroiled that they could mot ke severed or settled except with a big blow, as was formerly the Gorda knot, have at last peaceably come to an end, and if no diplomatic dificulty occurs, Tam led to believe that Furopean peace will not be troubled, at least for the present. The news of the acceptation by Russia of the proposition which had been made to the Emperor, by the representatives of the four “reat Powers of Europe~the representatives of which were assembled at Vieana—has been received in London, in Paris, aud ia the whole of Europe, with a centiment of universal satisfaction. it had been supposed, and mentioned yesterday by some diplomats, that the evacuation of the Danubian pro- vinces would b¢ the cause of some debate; but such a b, esis Seems imposible, for the diplomats, who have Oe | the most difficult me of the qnestion, wil! fiud the meens to arrange tae pre- liminary matters. After all, the acceptation of the prppren’ made ly Ge pommaet has for imme- G uence the withdrawal of troops from the aes on the other side of the Prath river. only ulty which could now arise would be from the opposition made by the fanatic Turks, and the excitement of the nation. Whea the excitement reaches a certain degree, the government, whatever may be their secret desires or their private inten- tions, are often driven to a distance than that which they desired to go, and forced to, go formant, ite thei It is ~ that id no confidence is put as yet in the assertion. It is whispered that the intention of Russia has never been to evacuate the provinces, aud that the Euglisi is still angmenting at Spithead, with the order to be ready at all events; but no one can tell what is and will the issue of all these provisions. It would not be impossible that the question of peace or war would be changed from the east to the north, and would paas from the Oriental seas to the Sand and Baltic sea. Co en ia another city which is quite ticklish for England. Who can tell if Tussia will allow Great Britain to blockade its port onthe north’ If the question of Denmark, which fa quite warm in England, was complicated with a question of success and | the Bateh afar tures, in consequence of coupation ‘of the ant: Kian provinces, the matter would soon be auswered. n short, the last are by the cab: net of Bt, Petersburg has given to Nicholas great advantages, which were not stipulated by the treaty cf Kainard}i, which was already so favorable to Rus ia. itis well known that this celebrated treaty of letween the Saltan Abdoud Hamed aad the Empress Catherine the Second, had for particular effect given to Rusia all the country situated be tween the Dneiper and Bog, and to secure the inde- pendence of the Tartars of Crimea and Koulan. the only article which remained ambigious was the religious question, and particularly the establishment of the liberty allowed to the Catholics of the Greek sect. The greatest advantages are now offered aud granted to Russia on this point, which is the most panes of the question. The acceptation of Tur ey is now the important event to shall have the report within ten days. Princess Olga, the beloved daughter of the F ror Nicholas, is on her way to London, aud thi ney is the best guarantee of the matutenance of the peace of Europe. In Paris everything is quict and dull, and the ex citement of the Bourse is reduced to its lowest limits. The Emperor and Empress are stil! at the chateau of St. Cloud, and will remain there till the middle ot the month; after which they will go to reside in the castle of Trianon, where, according to report, they will remain as good aps fim sans etiquette, living far from official society and diplomata. Among the last bavardages of the court of Louis Napoleon, I have heard that he entertained the secret intention to organize the ceremony of his coronation for the 15th inst., without any pageant. This rumor was much believed, but I know from a reliable sonree that no idea of the kind has been entertained by the Emperor. The designs of the crowns of the Emperor and Euspress, ordered for the ceremony ,of M. Lemou- nier, the renowned jeweller of the empire, has not yet been accepted by ry who, having seen them, has ordered a few changes was told by M. Lemounier himself, who showed me the admirable stones of the crown, that the crown would only be ready in October next. Louis Napoleon lately manifested his intention to give a full and enfire pardon to Barb'+ and Rian ui, detained in the Fort St. Michel. A few days the Gascon poet Tasmin was dining at St. Clow i, and he begged the Empress to ask her husband the irdon fof M. Byze, ex-questor of the Chamber of epresentatives, who was exiled out of Mra This favor was immediately ited to M. Boze, who has been recalled Witho: i The ex-King Jerome is now rusticating at Mendon, } where he lives with The scarcity of g about the poor state of the erops in france, have suggested to the Emperor tho decree of the jth inet by which the exportation of grain and flour of all sorts is withdrawn from now till the end of Decem ber next. In the Danubian provinces the crops ary excellent this year, and they will send an imme supply of corn and wheat in case of necessity. Their value was low, but, owing to the revent news abwit Russia and Turkey, the sellers entertained the hope that prices would rise in a short time. At Rome, on the 27thrult., number of voung: men were arrested hy the pol though these persons were all provided with hag lish paesports, they were ail Itallans, and had come to Rome to create a revolution hy order of Koesath son Napoleon Boaapar and Mazzini. The prisoners ave twenty, oad werr all.conveyed to the Castle of San Angelo, ty be pied according to the lawa. Mr. Van Baren, e esident of the Vaited States was travelling in’ Kelgium, and arrived on Mriday Jast at Antwerp: he is ¢ expected’ in F > be present at the jefe of the 1th inst M. Rdward Duller,a very disting ria, whore novels and poe a had been publis Pairvie, La Phenic, He had also written several plays, which bad been quite succeseful in bis native land. Mr. MeRea, the new American consul, who h replaced Mr. Goodrich in that eape in Paris, * now modestly living at No.8 Place do la Bours ahove the office of ngston, ¥ & Oo, be has for the present opened Lis ofice, until find a more propitions snit of rooms to estab quarters, Mr. Chase, the secretary of Mr. rich, has been detained in that ca by Rea, and will he of great use to ony cons The General Despaus de Cabiere, who, wider the reign of Louis Philippe, Was unjustly acosed of collngion and sentenced to degradation, died on Sunday last at Paris. A few montha§ago the Empe- ror Louis Napoleon had restored him to his former position and dignity, B.A. It. Mr A Sexsinur Ou Fowy. “Judge vans. United States Senator from South Carolina,” says the South Carolina Patriot, ‘takes the old fashioned way of travelling, and passes through the country in bis own carriage, avoiding railroads and stages.” nowa, and we | in the details. 1 | n and the fears entertained a Jt is said that | ‘The Novelist James tn the South, OUB APPOINTMENTS ABROAD AND ORBITING APPOINT- MUNTS TO THE UNITED BTATES. (From the Richmond Examiner, Aug. 19. The London Times other i pete that fose no ity of mi sealing sed ie ing connected the United States, have been incessant and truly ferocious in Fare et the it of Mr. Soulé as our Minis- to Spain. w of their obsequious flankeys in this country, has been upon the fact that Mr. Soule, as a penber grounded of the United States Senate, was always fearless eloquent in denouncing the cruelty and cowardly in- humanity of the Captain General of Cuba, ia the massacre in cold blood, without the formula of trial, (a the gallant Crittenden and his misguided fol- lowers. These papers also assert that he has again and — expressed himeelf hostile to the best interests in, in advocating the acquiaition of Cuba by ) Reorite ed For fhe TeAene, fhe deansion mes, with an rance of the ual- led by the stupidity of its dull echoes in this Country, asserts that in the Sppointaas at of Mr. Soulé, the ad- ministration has exhibited a deplorable and barbar- ons want of all the etiquette and courtesy which a and should always mark the intercourse of civilized nations. They take the broad ground that no diplomatic or commercial papeoaanias ve can secure the confidence and esteem of a nation that has been the repeated object of his denunciation and abuse. They extend the doctrine to consuls, as well aa to ambassadors; and the T'imes, with the pro- yerbia! impudence and self-conceit of that organ of English sentiment, congratulates its readers upon the superior tact of the English government in such matters, The administrative policy of the party to which we belong having been thus assailed, not only by the whig party, but by the leading journals of Great Britain, we deem that we have a perfect right to point to an instance in this State, in which the British government, in makinga consular appoint- ment, selected a most envenomed and avowed enemy of this country We refer to the British Consul at Norfolk, the well known novelist, G. P. R. James, who, having exbausted his stock of ‘‘so.itary horsemea,” and ran- sscked modern and ancient history in search of ves for his hat-block novels, now holds the office to which we have referred. Some years ago, dur- ing the administration of Mr. Polk, and the difficul- ties growing out of the Oregon question, Mr. James, having despatched a “‘solitary horseman’ to the'press, and baving nothing better to do, indulged in a terrific war bh ainst the United States. And although Mr. James, fond asthe is of putting other people on horseback, does not often mount Pegas1s himself, yet upon the cecasion in ynestion, for the purpose of inflicting terrible chastizemeut upon the United Staves, le mounted upon the over-ridden beast of the poets, and galloped him at a furious rate to the top of Parnassus—to the sound of trampets, cannon, binnderbusses, muskets, pisto!s, and howitzers. Indeed, the usually grave hack of Grub street ap- ored, under the reins and spurs of Mr. James, a ar more belligerent animal than the war horse whose appearance, voice and perlormances are so elegantly set forth in one of the chapters of the book of Job. So blood-thirsty was Mr. James, so explosive with wreth, so determined to demolish the United States, to excite our slaves to servile insurrection, and to sack cities, rob hen roosts, tear down our flag, burn the capitol at Washington, and ravish our s ome, e mus that we seriously incline to the opinion that have written the poem we shall presently cite, orna- mented with a cocked bat, a pair of cannon in his breeches’ pockets, and a coat of that rusty mail of the middle ages, in which he has placed the heroes of two dosen novels, gracefully cast over his shoal- From the inflom: ble character of his poetry, we fear that, had Mr. James been incautiously touched pag engin a my? i or We poker, a few 5 © deli of the young poetic Dunder buss. he would bere cxplod ‘with th rapidity and wim of a barre! of Dapont's best gun- The poem. or song, was published in the Univer- ~ Dw jim Magezine. at a time when all men of more iscretion, money, and humanity than the manufac- turer of “ solitary horsemen,” earnestly deprecated a war for the barren sceptre of a few dreary degrees of 's frozen eo'l. dames, however, whose hobby, it seems, is the liberation of our slaves by force, pearaed itasa capital Or apy A for carrying out his most cher- ished Hence the howl of deep rooted and implacable rage which we publish below. Hence the fierce earnestness with which he calls for war. Our readers can judge for themselves of the merits of Mr. James's warwhoop. Jor ourselves, we can- audly aver, that unless Mr. James is more amicably disposed towards us than he was in 1846, he is the very last man that the Heglish government should bave specated, Consul to a slave State, or to any Stete of this Union. We wish that so inflammable and atrocious an abolitionist os Mr. James appears to be from his pro- duction, waa rather farther offgthan he is from the scene of Nat Turner's exploits. Perhaps the skele- ton of that Spartacus of ii jmes may be the hero of Mr. James next go" e may g00n expect his dishonored bones to be ‘cally placed by Mr. James op horseback, and in the shape of a “ solita horseman,” be seen ewmerging from the ‘kest and most gloomy recess of the Dismal 8 where the roots of the twisted cypress, the limbs ot the tangled wiper, the sound oF buil frogs, the wail of wood- the deadly hiss of the moccasin, the barking of foxes, the yelping of torkeys, the scream of the wild cat, aod the sweet dnicet notes of the romantic sbitepoke imparted a mild and melancholy solem- nity to the scene of one of (he most glorious struggles to Cart of the shackles of slavery that the nineteenth century has produced. Alem!” We flatter ourselves tat we have given a capital imitation of James's best style. Bot to bis song: “A cloud is on the Western aky, The tempest o'er the sea, And denkropt Slater ere blusteripg high, Hot nol a whit care wa. Gar gute rhali me . our stee! shall gleam, u “They coont on fends within the isle, 7 think the sword is broke; They fook to Leland, and they smile Birt lot them hide the stroke When rendered ore io hand aad heart, By robber war and pwindier's art, Home etiefs all ¢ y We'll tebe our waed, And draw the brand, As im the ancient day | “Ol, let them look to where in bends, Lor Lebp tncit bondemmea ory Ch let them look ore Mettial bands ipe out that Living lie, veees ath the ag of Liberty We'll aweep the wile Ariontic ea, And draw the bromd, As ip the ancient day vot, €avky miilions, through the werld courge drivee ations seat ! The tag of i tberty’s unfurled, ad fre sowed sont le “lover's bene iful thayet of gale ands bot to break his hoadonae's chain: my And Beite. And Cw As ca the eneiee «poem, ta the atrocity of ite sentiments erything that we have ever seen from | «of Roston. Mr. James has behaved him | we learn apd hax squatted very yuietly in tale town of Norfolk, and seeres te enjoy We know wothing wren bet the author is landers Were macnly aimed State. |i certeehiy the Lod seubinent ef very glarin con stinsate of this prod 0 of Mr Jam that of wil vensidde poopie ua and whea i card. i) did net Gil oti be he ity ee uneed pon ahd " it oe th ae of vidio, A , Wd. Pox ent friendly reinth ther, We questic post whic he we cup i. | the hogieh and « | stieke in Wis Shrewt } Mei a . be precio | prem ¥ whe. att he iuaker, «a } ene x on es of the waf ke wncias Gemth aber tabing our slaves from « ‘That ik to ey plain | ngtish, we will threaten to pat muskets ip the bamisel the slevee to sheet thew mune | + Hl, amd this “se ling wader the it Sart ond porest of tha tontiorial Scand cure caendes Sorte tape aka SPL ae aoe oa Is there such a prodigious betweea slavery and white slavery? And is net the of & class which has no oe if iil Ht Ly iff to call om suftiele at ee ee: , before we all wader the to fight the Americaa aleve ere mus! ie Chmy article from md of Mr. James. But the peopie of ave should make it principle that re aman has made himeelf prominent in denounciag slavery, am@ desiring its overthrow, without regard to the of property and the constitution, they should es- communicate him, place him in Paka’ cor and thus teach men of all nat that our ri cannot be assailed with impunity, Fo Miscellany. The following is a summary of the total quantity and value of gold dust taken into Melbourne, long, Adelaide, Sydney, and Van Dieman’s during the last hela iy and Geelmg, 2,835,046 ounces; Acelaide, 573,280 oumcea; 8 4 591,739 ounces; Van Dieman's Land, 247,492—€e- tal, 4,247,657 ounces, or, 176 tons, 19 owt. 2 qra. 28 Ibs. 5 o2.; which quantity, at 70s. per ounce, is worta £14,866,799 sterling. The population of Melbourne had, during the year, increased, by immigration, ne lesa than 77,661 persons; pang. an increase of 108 per cent over the census of 1851. A discovery has been recently made at Weinhei in Heese Darmstadt, of au almost perfect skeleton the extinct marine mammal, the Heritanssa Collinié, supposed to have been pat between the De- gong and the Manati. Itis still lying in the originat position in the sand, where it has been ento1 for ages. The great canal from the Marne to the Rhine wif have the water let into it on August 15, and will be joangaresed on September 1. The completion of this important work will open direct water commu- nication between the Rhine and the Seine. * M. de Beauregard, one of the oldest members of the French conservative press. died last week, of apoplexy. Ever since the revolution which made Louis Philippe King of the French, M. Beauregard bad been a leading writer in the columns of the Gazelte de France. A strange story is told of the disappearance of the Bishop of Orleans from his diocess. The Presse Re- ligieuse says he bas not been seen since June 22, and none of his vicars can give any account of him, This journal suggests that he may have undertaken some pions pilgrimage incognito, but personal friends of the prelate think it more likely that he has gone te La Trappe to seek temporary retirement, if not per- nianent seclusion. A young countryman (says the Jmpartial dw nearh tne bespitality of hese against whom | Nord) has called at our office to state that he is ready to make pilgrimages for persons who had vowed to do so, and to proceed to the farthest coum- tries, on being weil paid for it. We read in the Presse:-—The port Jasmin had said that if he were admitted to the presence of the perpen of France, he wonld not forget the pre- scribed, and particularly his fellow-countryman, whe has always had his sympathy. Jasmin was invited todine at the Palace of Saint Cloud, After having charmed all the parca present with some recita- tions of his poetry, he profited by the impression that he had produced to solicit the termination of the exile of M. Baze. The Emperor immediatelg granted it, without affixing any condition. The Paris Pacrie says:—Accounts have been r@- ceived from the Cassini steamer, lying at Shanghai. We are assured that the French Consal had, with the other foreign residents, held a gpnterence witl the chief of the rebels, in the coarsé of which the latter displayed the most friendly disposition towards all Europeans. We read in the Jndépendance of Brussela:—A letter from Turkey states that the Princess joso, who had left Malta to visit the Ottoman pire, waa near being murdered by a servant whom the had dismisssed. The Princess, however, wae either very slightly wounded or not at all, for the letter announcing the fact was written by (4 A letter from Vienna of the 2d says:-—‘ arri- val of twenty-six locomotives, ordered from the = ufactory of Sevaing, in Belgium, and from that of M. Maffei, at Munich, for the railway of Mount Sommer. ing, are shortly expected at Vienna. The tunnel of this railway, Which is 1,060 yards in length, ia ex tirely terminated. Reguler service on the line cam ames established before next spring.” The Madrid journals of the 3d state that the heat continued excessive. The thermometer marked thir- ty-five degrees Réaumur, (1103 degrees Fahrenheit. The heat cauged a great deal of sickness, and shrivelled up the leaves of the trees in the aveaues of the Buen Retiro, as in the middle of€Noyember. The Leho Agricole publishes detaits of the state of the harvest in the neighborhood of Paris, and sums them up in these terms:—‘On the whole, we may say that that the harvest is below the usual average, and that the importation of foreign corn will be ne- cessary. A colossal statne of General Paoli, intended for Corsica, his native country, was placed in of the entrance to the Paris Louvre, upon the 1lte instant, ander the grand colonaade. The statue, which is of bronze, represents the general in a stand- ing position, with bis hand on the hilt of his sword. A terrible storm of hail fell in the canton of Ville- franche, near Lyons, upon the Sth instant. The hafl stones generally were of the size of large musket balls, and some were larger. A woman, Who was | watching cows in the fields, was so injured about the head that she bad to be carried home and put to bed; the died next day. Several birds wore killed; all the crop of fruit was destroyed, and what re: of the vines was destroyed likewise. All the houges in fe villages moreover had their tiles and wiadows | broken. The Leipsic Gozette contains a letter from Athens of July 29, which says:—The Lord High Cox sioner of the fonian Isles has written to the Britisix Consul at Patras that he had received information that there existed a plot in that town for the purpose of attacking the island of Cephalonia, in order to village it, the conspirators being Greeks and Tonians. he Greek government has addressed to all the ho- margues of the kingdom a circalar enjoining them not to take any step which might give room > wove that, in present circumstances, advantage Be taken of the position of Turkey to get ap distura- ances ia the frontier provinces, A letter from Vienna, of the 6th,in the Post-Ampt Gazette, says:-—The religious picts lately discovered. in several places in the vicinity of Saftzburg, have led to investigations in Bavaria, where plota of the aame kind have been discovered, but not having amy ramifications. The Venice Gazette, of the 4th, publishes a sen- tence pronounced on the 27th ult., by the Court Martial of Treviso, condemniag a nobleman, named Antonio Rinaldi, fo ene month's arrest, and a nota- ry, named Antonio Fontana, to five weeks of the tame punishment, the former for having drawn up, and the latter forfhaving attested, a protest of and damages for the seqnestration of the property of Oniea Rinaldi, an exiled nobleman, a relative to M. Antonio Rinaldi. The President of the Province of Prussia has pub- letter from the King of Prussia, in ty exresses the Miia ave that he derived ¢ manifestation of attachment and kat a the people of that province during his recent vi A letier from Stockholm, of the 3d, states that the King of Sweden has issued an order placing at the disposal of the Ministry of Finance a sum of 00 000 thalers for improving the national defences, ‘The King of Prussia has conferred the Order of the Ted Fagle, second class, on the son of Prince Menschiko®. The Imperial Court of Paris has decided that am agreement between the director of a theatre and's, tractor or dramatic snecess” (chief of a ovtrary topublic order and morality, and ly no action can be maintained to compel the wer) con- ‘ | execution of it orto recover a sum of money paid Weve been seek et Com | ownection with it. Feretyn Theatricals, Viooatemps is at Wiesbaden, where he recentl gave e concert that ‘was patronised by all the éite of the visitors resident at this bath, He was assisted * | by Mesdamer Dockholx, Falconi, and Morita. | \ reeent prvelametion forbids in the theatres of Dore ond the benfewe the appearance of clowns, op Pate and people eveenting exercises of strength anda At shout ty be coastructed at Algiers, Tt © Cot omoment ef the tewn, and inaugu- mated with great ¢ An excellent troupe of singers already left Dar de | Munich. where a play fills ght. the sather receives for of the <4 receipte—if the 0, be gete 20. The other large Germany sech as Dresden, Frankfort, pay to the author forthe repre: ne Meee a certain sum, varying from £3 to £15 ctor in Germany is which, assum the month; thirty Urratrieal da twes in Berlin and Vienna ie a week.) wll be ight i } greet thestren of tee country have ome actor paid at thes rate. Po seeihe Lafarge bas left, it, appears, a five act i iY tempting Ute Une Fernme Perdue,’ ‘ Pike des aa oot only revised it, but has ) cobmeitted it to Rachel, who is said to be willing te oe ‘4 | perlore ipal character in it, em - ~. ct | Mftettat ag meceved the desoration of the Mad terwson ort got rid « ei | sthiishe for two military marches dedicated by bing which wr ane tramtine He eegrers La teties, | to tue Sytem