The New York Herald Newspaper, October 9, 1853, Page 2

THE CRYSTAL PALACE. Spectmens from the Amertean Coal Fields. Not the least attractive partef the Exhibitien is the maimeral department, under the supervision of Prof. Silli- man. The collection of specimens ia se vast and varied, representing x0 many great interests, that the visiter is at once struck with the power, gramdeur, and wealth of the vation, in minerals yet embedded in the bewels of the earth. ‘Fhe deposit of leading magnitude and importance to the country is coal. We purpose, therefore, to take ep this merning ihe “Black Diamond,’ as this mineral is commonly, and we may say justly, called. ‘There are three distinct species’ ef coal known, via.: anthracite, bituminous, and cannel ceal; but there is, geologists telus, an almost indefinite number of varie- ties, ccoupying every possible shade of difference between ‘the mont perfectly formed anthracite om the one hand ‘and of eammelon the other. They rum into each other— a writer om the subject obserres—by such slight variations that it is almost impossible to tell to which species certain varieties belong. Providence haa thus, as im all His works, down the benevolence of His character, by furnishing es with as great a variety, in this most important fuel, as there is in tho uses to which it is to be applied. There ix no one kind ef coal that will ‘auswer for all purposes; mor ia there amy kind that is useless or unsuited to some purpose. It is for the'want of the knowlege of these facts that people often pronounce certain kinds of coal poor, or evom worth- Joss, because they do not deport themselves in the same manner in Gre that other coals do with which they are acquainted. Every variety of coal is suited to the pro- duction of some specific effect, and gains a corresponding variety im the treatment of its combustion. It is not pretended that all kinds of coal are of eyaal value any more han that all kinds of woodare. Thirty yoars age anthracite eoal was thought to be utterly worthless because it would not burm im the grates then in use ; and it was remarked ‘hat it never would burn until the last great conflagra- tion. But a small change in the ferm of the grate soon showed it te be the most valuable fuel ever known. ‘This country, however, is not only favored with every variety of coal, but hasan area of square miles twelve ‘mes greater than any other country. The coal fields of the United States embrace an area of 134,569 square miles, ‘those of Great Britain and Ireland only 11,859; those of ‘Spain 3,408; France 1,719. The British Nerth American colonies, whick have an area of 18,000 square miles rank next te the United States, and they, im comparison, fail into significance. Of the 153;669 aquare miles of coal land in the United States Pemnxylvania has about 16,000 miles, or one-third of its entire area. Within the State is embraced anthra- cite, bituminous, and semi-bituminons coal, while the ether coal Staten are almost exclusively made up of the bituminous and cannel species. The authracite region of Pemnaylvania, though comparatively nothing in superi- ial area placed by the side of the bituminous lands—falling short of 400 -quare miles—produce more tons of fuel than ‘the almost boundless fielda of bitumimous coal scattered ever twelve States. the ether. Now Yi the Thiladaiphie and Sot Tap' allen et tho Wade Det Lue Grew Rings lurrovaaerr Company, whose lands are also of the Hazleton and Beaver Meadow Range, is situa- ted in the middle of the Shamokin basia, and eomsequent- embraces all the veins of that basin. The quality of the coal stands unexeclled, and is pronounced “a to the best Lehigh, Hazleton, and Beaver Meadow. It con sists of both the white and red ash varieties. Of the seventeen veins on the company’s property, thirteen are white ash, with an aggregate thickness of fifty-seven feet, and four are red ash, aggregating twenty-five feet. The veins ha run of about turee miles, furnishing an | \- exhaustible supply of coal. In this estate there are 2,500 acres, all of which is coal land. The company is building a railway to connect with the Philadelphia and Sunbury road. It will be seven miles in length. There is also in course of construction two large Collieries, two coal breakers, and one hundred miners’ houses, with exten- sive facilities for the shipment of coal. ‘Tus Exc MOUNTAIN LevKovEagnt ComrANY own 6,000 acres of land, ameng the most desirable coal property in the Shemokin basin. Upon this land are already two col- lievies, and workmen are active in preparing two coal breakers, a steam sawmill, about 100 miners’ houses, as well as a lateral railroad, one and a quarter miles long, to intersect the Philadelphia and Sunbury road at the town of Shamokin. There are fourteen veins on its estate, aggregating a thickness of 105 feet, witha ran of two ndahalf miles. Tese lands embrace four individual tracts, adjoining each other. Though now in one boily, each of them may be opened by separate lateral railways leading to the Philadelphia and Sunbury road. Four col- lieries can thus be established, from each of which it is estimated 1,000,000 to 2,000,000 tons may be annually taken out. This property is near the town of Shamokin, where the Shamokin creek cuts the Big Mountain at right angles, th h the railroad runs from Philadel- phia to Sunbury. Tux Cannon Key Inrrovewenr Comt ing of 2,000 acres; lies 4 short distance west of the Shamo- kin Gap, near the town of Shamokin, 1,800 acres of which are underlaid with prime anthracite, ‘Some twelve veins have been proven on this property, and are found to ag- regate in thickness, seventy-tive feet of coal. Accord- ing to the estimate made of the Philadelphia and Sunbury Company's land, this extent of coal would produce 148,- 272,000 ‘tons. The veins have # runof three miles in length. The Carbon Run Railroad, being built by this ce ne will be when finished sbouk tazye miles and 2 balfin length, running through the prover from east to west, and connect with the Phil delphia and Sun- bury road at Shamokin. This lateral road will not only transport the coal of the semen, but will command the trade of other lands in_ the vicinity, thus producing for the stockholders more than ordinary revenue. The im Perens are two collieries, one coal breaker of the largest class, with eighty miners’ houses, and other faci ties calculated to make ita heavy operation. The veins are of the purest quality of white and red ash coals. ‘Lue Susqvamanna Coat ap CoaL Mountain Company, though comparatively small, is among the most valuable estates of the Middle Region. It consists of upwards of one thousand acres of land, all of which is underlaid with coal of @ quality unsurpassed anywhere. Especially is this so when appled to the manufacture of iron. dence of what we say, it need but be stated that ina small foundry atShamokin, with » small cupola and small fan, and without sufficient blast to give it ir trial, with 1,900 pounds of coal there were smelted 13,200 pounds of iron, or seven pounds of iron to one pound of. This company’s land lies about five miles east of Shamokin, and has acontinuous range of about two miles. The Mount Carmel branch of the Philadelphia and Sunbury Railroad passes through the whole extent of the estate, thus doing away with the usual necessity of constructing Js to top the main road. ‘The company is now mak- ngements for sending to market a large supply of Fleven veins, varying in thicknes« from five to twenty fect, have been discovered, and, by means of shafts, &e., the extent, position, and thickness of four of them have been determined, which respectively measure six, e The great depository of anthracite im Pennsylranis— which Tayler, inn his statistical work, regards as the only one, in fact, of material value on this continent, and which forms the most interesting assemblage of isolated coal basins that the world has yet produced, or the goologist inyestigated—is divided into three distinct coal Belds. | They lie in the counties of Schuylkill, Dauphin, Lebanon, | Carbon, Northumberland, Luzerne and Columbia, and are | watered by the Susquehanna, Schuylkill and Lehigh, and | their numerous tributary branches, They are called. Ist. The Schnyliili or Southern Region, which extends | from the Lehigh; 16x Mauch Chunk, om the east, to its | western terminus, at Dauphia, on the Susquchanna—a distance of about seventy miles with # widih at its | greatest breadth of six miles. | 24. The Mid@le, or Shamokin Region, extends from Buck Mountain, on the Lehigh, the Suequehanna—in length 34. The Wyoming, Wilkesbarre, or Northern Re extending from its northeastern end, om the headwaters | Sef Lackawanna Creek, to its eastern point, at Shickshinny, en the north branch of the Susquehanna—a distance of upwards of sixty miles. Fach of these regions, as well as the bituminons and eannel coal fields of other States, have apecimnens on ex hibition. Our remarks to-day will be confined to those of the middle anthracite region of Pennsylvania. Thers are from this region some twenty-six, taken from the lands of the companies we shall presently notice. These specimens, though unpretending, and not of the huge bulk of others on the ground, will compare favorably with the best anthracite in the Fair. In point of purity, ex freedom from slate and earthy matter—dosiderata of the | first importance--these coals Professor Rogers, who analyzed some from the same beds, says will rank with the very | purest to be met with in the anthracite country. This is the decision of all persons competent to pronounce upon | (he quality of a coal upon inspection, Iron as pure and | strong, the Professor gives it as his opinion, oan be manc- factured from the anthracite of this region, as is pro- | uced from charcoal. In short, these coals are recom- mended by their specific gravity, large proportion of ear- | bon and consequent combustion, and long continuance and unifermity, their general cleantiness, &e., &c. ‘The Middle Region has remained for some years, it may be said, almost wholly undeveloped, owing to » want of facilities for veaching market. This difficulty, we are | gratified to know, is being rapidly overcome by the con- | struction of railroads leading to the principal markets of the country, and the formation of improvement companie within the region itself. There aro already some nine or ten of these improvement companies, besides individual rations, all of which are actively engaged in putting lands in condition for the ig of a large quantity of coal... First in order of these companies is ‘Taw PWLADELPSIA AND Sunpcry Raitroan Comrary.—The jands of this company embrace 3,000 acres of the best coal preperty of the region, running from east to west six niles, lengthwise with the mountains and coal_ measur The veins of coal on the land, some sixteen in number, | can be worked in parallel lines the whole of this distance. ‘AM a point in the veins respectively numbered twelve and thirteen, there is a working breast of coal of at least 500 ‘ards, affording incomparable operations. Fron: s calea- Teton before us, by a practical geologist, seven of the six- teen veins of coal belonging to this company will produce two hundred andeighty-three millions sixty-six thousand tix hundred and sixty-six tons of coal. Veins Nos. 1, 3 | and 3, in the conglomerate series, underlie the 3,000 acres, ‘Their thickness is set down thus:— No. 1 is 9 feet thick. No. 2 in 7 feet thick. | No. 3 is 6 feet thick. Making feet, or 7% yards. the Mohanoy, ten miles bout fifty miles, or ‘om ion, Equal to, in tons .. 99,146,046 Veins Nos. 5,7 and 8, of the ‘and measure respectively 11, 6, and 13 feet in thickness, and will yield im tone .....- pales secesensees 136,520,000 Veins 12 and 13 weed at Cas ee me “4 ted thickness of 15 feet, and wil fr hy ick Ae cieeeesees 48,400,000 | yield, in tons, Thos producing, in tons, Deduct from this, for waste, ; h usual'nHowance in other coal fields, and thero is left, in merchantable coal, 158,711,111 tons. This enormous quantity, it must be recollected, is independent of the | other hide veins not eotnted, which will produce millions ‘ef tons more. At least one-third of the coal of this estate is above water level. Om this property a double coal breaker is being erected, 101 feet long, 62 feat wide, ‘and 70 feet high, which will contain eight breaking | rollers, prepelled by a fifty horse power steam enginc. ‘One hundred and fifty houses, for wives, with six rooms ‘each, are also unider constraction. The railroad of this company, which-extends from Sunbury, on the Susque- hanna, to Mount Carmel, a distance of trenty-seven miles, runs through this property. By this railway, and through its projected connections, they will be enabled to reach the markets of New York, Baltimore, Philadelphia and the lakes of the great North * Te Loceer. Mocxrais Coat Axp Linon Compary possess an estate of 6,250 acres of coal land, equal to the best coal property im Pensaylania. Professor Blake, of Boston, gare | Pie coal am analytical test, and found it to contain | 9677.100 ports of carbon, and 3 23-100 earthy matter | only, being freer from impurities than coalygpronounced Sey in the markets heretofore, There are Foren veins, the thickness of 8 feot, 12, 18, 30 and 4745 feet, which are ron in aix different localities, by the three basins extent threugh the whole property, 8 diatance of upwards of five miles in length. The company is now constructing three coal breakers, ope steam saw mill, and one hondtewd miners’ houses, “The quantity of merchantable of this company ix almost inc aleulable. ching market will be—first, to Boe the Coat Rua Railron, ten. miles in length, oly ny conuects with the New York amd Cattawisan road; {e Phitadeiphia, over the Minchill Extension, which intor sects the Reading ed hiladet sunbul yi nna Fed Steunbery Pend to the lakes, by the Sanbary and Erie route. It to remark here, that all the com operations, with two or Maree excep will ave like sccess to the saue ia tetnrnuect Caxpanr’s Laxns consist of Kes Iupnoreuret Company's Laxns consint of somos, adjoining the Locust Mountain Company, east and wont, with & hasit of ‘coal near Jcth, and ® tract of 600 acres adjoining wetphle and Sunbury and Lake Fidler properties. Of the ‘acres 2,200 are entirely unierlaid with coal of supe oo t being the Hacloton and Beaver Meadow eer quay well’ as the conl of the othur companics, an stated above, the 23:,066,666 slate, &a., one-third, the | range, to ting etearn and manufactur Bei nes ie ree cheat ‘The marmot veia, the jugular, and ail the other voing, are fouod on this pro- ‘and millions of fons of coal above, water * the of the 3,000 aerea is timber land. ‘The company is | three colleries, with break of the largest and miners’ houses. The Coal Rua malles under construction, ix the pro- oad will be one of the most Tk connects with the | Moha | difierence. 1 | aleo # track of 1,800 aer | to accommod | of Penneyh | work of bia decor and window: during the fire stood on the | nine, twelve, and five feevin thickness. “Taking the cal- culation of the unexplored veins, seven in number, 17,869,000 tons, Tus Y AND SHAMOKIN IMPROVEMENT COMPANY, AND vey Zenne ‘NN AND SHAMOKIN IMpRovEMRNT CouPANy, are both located in, and enibrace the entire width of the western end of the Shi Little Mohaney creck on ¥ on the south, 2 of Zerbe’s run noy mountains number of ¥ tion of tl extending from the to that of the main water gap and Moha- ion of the coal basin. The ties is twelve, and a por- beyond the averae thick- three of them alu Vein of the Pottsville basin, The er nature than that of the other 5 we proceed westward, it is ob- er and less compact, and served, grows sat’ the extreme west- , which will account for the named company owns 2,000 acres of 1,200 acres of ¥ aid with coal, while the latter is in posression of 1,700 acres of coal land and 8,600 acres timber land. The only outlet for both com- is on the Susquehanna, ten or twelve miles below ern end of the ¥ ‘The Sunbury, by way of the Trevorton Railway, hastening to completion, which at that point counects with the Buiti- more and Susquehanna road and the Pennsylvania canal. s to accommodate an extensive trade are this port of the region. In addition to these chartered companies there are indi- vidual ownerships under firms worthy of mention. Awong them are Mesers. Helfenstein & Boyd, who have five hundzed acres of land with four viens’ of one and a balf mile ru feet. ‘These are known as the Old Lake Fidler Mines and have been very modrately worked for two years. At prevent a heavy coal breaker and a number of minors? houses are being erected. Wevsrs. Hegins, Dewars, and others, have 300 acres, one and a half-mile ron, and {wo veins eight feet thick cach, and one six feet thick. The collieries of these gentlemen have been worked heretofore, but to no great extent. Mevsrs. Longneeker, Bannegardner & Helfenstien have which embraces all the veins of the basin, with a run of one mile, A colliery has hers been in operation also for a short time. Improveme under way i «array of preparatory workable force in the Middle Pegion will give a tolerable idea of what may hereafter beexpeeted from that coal basin. The production has jot, thus far, in any one year, exceeded 30,000 tons. The moprevements above, if taxed to their full capacity, will vatie to well this figure to millions. It is therefore a matter for eongratulntien that the other regions—unablo last season to supply the demand, and no better prepared the multiplied wante for coal this year— will bave, in this coal field, hereafter, an auxiliary abund- antly competent to more than fll up all dedcieucies. In fact, we ennuot see why the Middle Region, with the ex Jway improvements in contemplation and under ay, stopping i eart of its deposits, may not ulti- mately overrea onnage, the regions that have all along had a monopoly of the trade. The Schuylkill, the Lehigh and Lackawanna coal fields, nia, this ill exceed but little, if any, the shipments of 185 is no well groun ied reason for believing either that their tonnage ean be greatly augmented in future seasons. If this be vo—and the facta keem to bear us out in the position—we repeat, it its matter for congratulation that we can look to the Middle Region for the supply of a portion of the largely increased demand. The increase in the supply of coal must keep pace with the yarious applications of it to new purposes and object | and perfected in grat iron works, The means of using it are greatly improved 4, and stoves, and furnaces, and and he is’ certainly an ‘old + ite usefulness will not still be and steam facturing power of the United States is not at present indicated in the consuraption of coal, as it is in England, andas it will be with usins very few years, ur forests hitherto have furnished fuel for every want. This resource is fast disappearing, and even where there is an abundance it will be reserved for other purposes than fue and inost eventually take the place of wood altogether. England consumed upwards of 32,000,000 tons of eoal last year, while the United States scarcely used one-sixth of that quantity. This disproportion, no one will pretend to say, can continue for any length of time. Until, how- ever, we approximate her more closely, we cannot mea- sure our greatness, commercially and otherwise, by our consumption of eoal. Rep River Rarv.—A few days since we stated brietly that the removal of the Red river raft haa been again advertised for contract by the United States govern- ment, the former contractors having failed to complete the work, and abandoned the enterprise By a eommuni- cation » hich appears in the National Intelligencer, it wema that the rait is so formidable that its removal is thoaght impracticable. According to this writer, the great raft | was originally one hundred miles in length, and not ten miles of it has ever been removed. Through this whole extent the river is obstructed byan immense aggregation of logs and trees, which have to be dug up and «awed out. ‘The attempt to remove thir creat raft was ndoned many years ago, and a new route adopted for navigation, by way of Bayou Pierre, Shreveport, Lake Caddo, and a cara) from thence into Red river sbeve the rart, which is used to thie day. This, however, i+ also annually ob- structed by a raft at th@upper end formed by every freshet. ‘The writer of the communication allurted to is astonish ed that the government hss not advertised for contracts to keep open this cbannel instead of attempting the re- moval of the great raft, which he comsiders as persnanent asthe Falls of Niagara. This, however, seems but a temporizing policy ard in these days, when science ac. complixhes seeming impoustbilities, it ia not likely that the hea river raft will long defy the skill of our ingenious engineers and mechanics. If ten miles of the hubdred ha e niready been cleared of obstructions, there is no rea- com why the rest cannot be; andthe Red river is too im- por ants stream to remain permanently chokod up with timber. —Phvadelphia North American, Oct. 6. IvcipertTs aT THE LATE ‘Firm at Borrato.— ‘There were several incidents concected wilh the tire of | yesterday morning. The keeper of the grocery in the Piper Block, on tie corner of Rock and Evans street, in- forn s ny tha’ he saved hix *hopand goods from being des wo ijrlly throvgt the inatramentality of a large Kk which he heppened to have on hand, aw dle several times aucteeded in exting ub fier they had communicated with the wood. wl of wrich was much the tian e« burned, Two & ys, who tank of ‘he canal, were struck by « stream of water, ard, jump ng back, one of them fell into the canal. He was re dwith much difficulty by a driver who witvease the eceident. Three females were found in » wooden ehianty on Le Cow street, in such « beastly state of intox cation that they cruld not be ary 1 toe vonse of | their danger, The flemes had then comrauniested to the renr of the shanty and the smoke ant heat were no oppreceive that the men who divcov could searcely remein in the room. They sistance of two firemen, and carried them out of the reach of cenger. The remains of x lad, apparently about six xeon years of oz0, 8 canal driver, wore discovered much burned in the ruins of Cowin's «able onthe canal It ia anpporee be was 40 ot rendered powerless by the smoke.—Buffaly Advertiver, Od. 6. APromrwents By TAB Presipent.-John W. H. Underwood, of Georgia, to be an Awsociate Justice of the Court of the United states for the Territory of Utah. Wm. W. H. Davis, of Pennsylvania, to be United States Atturney for the Territory of New Mexico. Charles Bloomer to he United Bates Marchal foe New Mea v's lands, consist: | ¢ used, this tract will produce, independent | in, two of seven feet thickness and tivo of six } Anthracite is the substitute, | J avleep a” not to be awoke notil , | Ther® three questions a’ the budget of the year, w . Panm, September 15, 1883. ‘The Royal Footivttios at Dieppe—4 Northern Tour Contem Operations im Paris—No» Drputicr— Political Ministere im Paris —Ilinces of Messrs. Badinger ond De Teom, Ge., Go. The festivities of Dieppe are over, and the Imperial cou- ple have returned from that seaport to St. Cloud. The roughness of the temperature, as well as the last dimi- culties about “ that’? question d’ Orient, bave induced the C1 icf of State to return here; ani on *aturday lavt, (10th after having been at the festival given in their honor by the Common Council of Dieppe, they left that city by a special train at two o'clock, aad entered the depot af St. Cloud at six o’elock. The Fmperor will remain there till the 20th inst., and on that day he will leave Paris alone, to make a short journey to Arras, Lille, Valenciennes, Dunkirk, Boulogne—(what a sou venir for him)—and thence to the Camp of St. Omer, Helfaut, Abbeville, and Amiens to Paris. After his re- turn the Emperor will take the Empress to the Castle of Compiegne, where they both intend remaining during the month of October, the shooting season, ‘The sojourn of Louit Napoleon at Dieppe has been quite favorable to that city and to its port. By a deerve published in the Moniteur, dated Paris, September 10, all the works necessary for the immediate improvement of that seaport are to be undertaken without delay. The scarcity of grain, the Oriental question, and other various causes, are agitating in a most extraordinary manner the diplomatic, financial and commercial populs- tion of Parix, This agitation has somewhat increased by the whispering made at the Bourse of yesterday and to day that the Emperor had ordered his Minister of State to make a loan of one hundred millions of francs to the Pank of France. How is it that such a need of so much money is now felt by the chief of State, who had twenty-four millions of franes at his disposal not long ago? How have these twenty-four millions been spent? And what will mortgage the new loan made to the bank? Ad these questions are passing ont of the mouth of each in li vidual, and they have much lessened the eathusiasin of all those who were in favor of Louis Napoleon. Be it remem- beved that whenever some one feels the purse of a French- man he is no longer his friend. — This is particularly the case now-a-days in the state of fever which prevails in France. Nevertheless, this news ofa loan has had an ina- mense influence over the stocks, and has created a panic atthe Bourse. An immense number of speculators have been severely bruised. It is again rumored that the coronation of the Emperor is fixed for the 24 of December next, and, that without having any care for the Tope the consecration would be made by fhe Archbishop of Paris, assisted by all the clergy of Fiance. I am somewhat entitle] to annoance here that nothing has been decided on that subject. Louls Napoleon has not said what would be his projects, which, no matter what they are, or will be, will only be known at the last hour. In the meantime the two crowns are under process of execution in the ateliers of M. Lemonnier, het crown jeweler. I haye seem the articles, and they are magnificent. F Nine members have just been elected to the LeRislative As- sembly, to replace those whe had either died or sent in their resignation. These nine deputies were all presented by the government, and they have obtained the majority against those who were presented by the opponents to the govern- ment. After all, these elections were not made as they ought to have been, and in several departments the num ber of voters was only the half of those who were to vote —namely, in the department of Loire, where out of 7,182 votes only 19,245 went to the polls; and at Orleans, among 9,069 voters, 8,009 refu vote. The name) of these new members of the legislative body are Messrs. Ro- eolphe d'Or Augus evalier, Nogent de St. La rent, de la Guistiere, I gny, de Cadore, General Lebreton, and 6 ets. These ‘ons will give a majc v ul de Cham; a govern- whiel is the solution of the problem of a pe y of con- course, which was so mmeh hop in 189%, by the cir culorres of MM. tle Versigny and de Morny 4 ret revolutionary societies are forming in Paris, , not only of France, but also ir mall villa the naz ber ns i een proved at that reunion th ind him a sort of gov me men who were his aids whilst he was in power in Hungary. He has even now his Prefect of Police near him. Apropos of Kostuth—I will mention here that at Pauren, in the Voralberg, a gardener, who had composed rden th plants of lettace the accusation of ‘ossuth, now made up in salad the name of Kossuth in his and cresses, WAS sent to pt being a conspirator. Poor leaves. ‘The arrival of fo: 2 grain and wheat in the seaporta of France is daily increasing, though the price of these articles of food is far from being lowered. it was remor- ed that several persons had been arrested by order of the police, under the accusation of monopolizing wheat and flour." ‘This is altogether false. It is true that in Prussia, at Perlin, about twenty persons, who bad undertaken the speculation of this article of food, have been arrested, and that it was found out in their correspondence that ties bad communication with French xpecalators. They bave been warned not to conti uch a trade, and many bs who had no regular license were expelled from Ber The +tatue of Marshal Bugeand was inaugurated at Periguemny on the 6th inst., with the utmost pageant and several speeches were delivered on the oceasion, e-logies of the illustrious French hero, The son of Mar- shal Buguead and his widow were present at the ceremo- tue itself is a magnificent work of art. ts still continue their pilgrimages to Frohs- to confer with the chief of the State as to what shall be done in presence of so many treasons, not only of the nobi , but ab f members of thi Ly 4 who are ail “departing for Syria,” that is to say, torning Nuyoleonites. The Count of Chambord has given no opi- nion, but he has only invited his last friends to keep faith- ful to him. Alas! Henvy IV. fought to conquer a crown, and he won it i In Spain, it is rumored st Madrid, that the Cortes will be summoned on the epoch of the Queen's confit nent. Itia certain that the Ministry is now completed, for Mr Calieron de la Barc cepted the portfolio of Fore Affaire, and has ar: Madrid. No doubt that during ided the three great quostions the next session will be de m which are so much agitating public opinion in Spain. h the financial position, last, the restitution of ‘the property claimed by the heirs of fon Manuel Godoy, Prince of Peace. In Switzerland the intercourse between that republie and Austria is always difficult. The Austrians are en- gaged in the construction of a blockhouse on the of the between Tauser and Munster. Neverthe less, the Fe Couneil has decided, on the 5th inst., that two Italian refugees, Clementi and Cassola, who were de- legates of Mazzini and the secislists of Lombardy, should be expelled from the country. ine it is ramored, with some eredit, that the Pope iring to get rid of ‘the French army, which, in his eyes, exert too much control over the affairs of his States. Fius IX. would desire to have his own army, and to be only protected by the neighborhood of the Austrian troops. It is doubtful, however, whether the Pope will obtain from “his son’” Napoleou the withdrawal of the French arm; Several ricts have taken place on the occasion of the high price of wheat, and an innumerable number of peo- ple have been arrested. Everywhere there is inquietude and anxiety At Neples the people are under the terrible inquisition of the sentence just rendered in the trial of the affair of the 15th of May last. Among the gentlemen sentenced to death there is certain Joseph Massari, who is said to have been present at Naples on the 15th of May, whilst it ix proved that he was at Milan by certificates of Aus- trian officers, Such is the way they render justice in the Kingdom of Naples. ‘ The terrible question, (a Damocles sword,) of peace or war ix still impending over our heads, though it is considered as certain that Russia will accept the modi- fications made by Abdel Medjia and his minister. But at Constantinople public opinion is opposed to peace. Chosren Fashaw, though a man eighty years of age, is oppored, with all the people and army, fo any accom. moedation, and France and England are falling into low estimation in public opinion. The Turks say they will not be made to bear all these expenses of war for nothing —that they must fight, and that, then, if they are trod- den down, they will see about peace. ‘The Dukes of Nemours and Cobourg arrived at Priras on the Sth inst., with their wives and children, From the Caucasus we receive the intelligence that the Circassians have made a desperate attempt against the Russians garrisoned in the forts of Gortogajowsk and Ten gisk, They have lost a large number of their troops ‘We have now many charges and consuls of the United States in Paris. Mr. foule, the worthy ambassador of the mighty American republic, is still here, at the Hotel du Frinee, but he intends leaving in a few days. Mr. Bel- mont, charge for the Netherlands, is also fn Paria, and stops at the Hotel du Rhin; he will leave on Monday next, v ium. Mr. Daniel, charge to Turin, has also been in Faris for 2 week, but he has left this morning en route for Fiedmont, Mr. Jackson, the new ambassador to Vienna, who arrived here by the last steamer, only posted through in haste, bearer of important dispatches, which, I ain told, were relative to the difficulties now pending be tween Austria and the United States, about the atiair of Koezta, in Smyrna, Mr. Lee, consul to Bale, in Switzer- o gone to his post. The city of Paris and our ‘al climate has been quite bad for many of these Mtr. conte has been anwell for twe Mr. Badinger, charge of United Stated to Denmark, has been laying in his bed for two weeks, owing to @ vevere attack of bilious complaint. Mr. De Leon, consul and charge of the United States for Alexand been dangerously sick, owing » bawels, Never have [veen s man suffering so much, 1 during a few deys his friends knew not what to think of it; fortunately, the strength of that gentleman, and his exeelient temper, have taken him out of danger. He ix now fast reeovering, and will soon be able to sail for Alexandria, BWR, Pants, September 15, 1853. Opening of the Shooting Season— Statistica of the Sportemen ‘and Poochers—Scvere Storma and Larthynakes~The Pri menates and Prowchaders of Paris—American Travellers ond their Continental Games—Regatta at Boulogne ~Rail- wey Zoology—A Sjuosh “ Fete" Curiovitien for Barnwm—Paris Thectricals and General Wiseellony, ; In general the Parisian population are fond of excite ment of any sort, and there is particularly a kind of sport which is considered as the greatest by the larger part of the male people mean shooting, The opening of the shooting season is expected with the utmost anxiety by all the amateurs, and when the moment arrives the | city is almost deserted. It has been calculated that there | are one hundred and sixty thousand Sportsmen with « petruiseion stamped by tho government in France, and four hundred and eighty thownand poachers; aud that the , auckey geal for the yume ohat by them iy worth thirty. , | distance of three miles. has also | terrible inflammation of | and Potato Substitute | permit costs twenty-five france, tem of which are fer the city and fifteen for the government. This tax is pro- duce of 2,400,000 francs to the public treasury, and of 1,600,000 francs for the cities and counties—total, 4,000,- 000 france. The opening of the shooting season, though it had been postponed three weeks from the usual time, has not been as good and animating as was antici- pated. The sportsmen are all complaining of the small quantity of game which they have met in the flelds and woods, and they do not know how the market is so well furnished with all sorts of game whilst their bags are soempty. | am told that» system of poaching is now carried on on the most ext Inary scale. This is a dis- honest business, which ought to be repressed by the govern- ment as well as any other larceny. But who cares about it- We have had a very severe equinox thix year. During the first week of September, till Sunday last, the wind, rain and snow have made their appearance, and in the Pyt renees on the Sth of September the snow covered the mountains. Since Sunday last, with the only exception of yesterday, we have enjoyed the most magnificent sun, and the autumn season promises to be spleadid. It is hoped, however, that the fruits of the country—as the pes,pears, apples and figs—will not be as much attacked FF ihe ridéom or other diseases, as it is generally feared. eagriculturists and wine makers are quite puzzled about this disease: and a very celebrated agriculturist pretends that the earth itself is subject to a very serious disease which cannot be explained. The earthquakes, which were very scarce a few years ago, have now-a-days become quite numerous. In Switzerland, at Soleare, a very vio- lent shock was felt last week, and we receive the intelli- gence from Athens that on the Uth of August last that country was also convulsed by one of these wonderful phenomena. Paris is #ltogether deserted. The public promen: on the week days are as hideous a8 possible, and on Sun days they are filled with people of low class, riding on “Done” horses or driving dirty earringes. The Parisian people are particularly fond of promenading on Sundays, and as often as the sun shines they leave their houses, the husband, the wife, and children, and promenade to the i On Sunday last, the weather being quite it has been calculated that 77,824 cir- yiages have been out of Paris by the gates of Rossy and L/Etorte. The Bois de Boulogne was filled with promenaders. The steamboats for St. Cloud and Boulogne carried 10,000 people. The railways for the neighboring cities and villages ‘took more than 13,000 people, The streets of Paria were as empty as if an Jndwe was raging in the capital. I vitited the works made in the Bois de Boulogne, and was quite astonished to see how advanced they were. The pipes for the tunnel of the water to fill the lakes and rivers are ready, and there are nine hundred workmen daily employed in laying them down in the ground. It is said that the whole will be ter- minated by the end of March next. ‘The Americans are still out of the city, and many have not yet left Hambourg, Wiesbaden, and other places which they seem to like a great deal. ‘At Dieppe, Havre, and Boulogne, several quiet, hones and amiable Americans have taken their quarters. There were many to be seen on Saturday last at the regatta which took place in that city. The ex-king Jerome was present, seated under a magnificent canopy of green velvet, adorned with Imperial engl His "501 Prince Nepobeouis weal an boaths off a) skh ontied: ‘Ariel, supervising the arrangements of the regatta. The boatw hich first gained the stake was called La Capri- cieuse, a fine specimen from the navy yard of Asniers, where it had been built. ‘Ihe railways of France are daily increasing from north to south, from east to west; and if this building fever con- tinues we are led to believe that tra in France will soon be as easy as it is in the United States.” Tho trains are already’ so well organized in Europe that the distances between the capitals of Europe are now thus regulated :—Frem Paris, to Berlin, by Brus- sels and Cologne, forty-three hours; from London to Ferlin, forty-two hours; from Berlin to Vienna, thirty-one Lonrs; from Berlin to’ St. Petersburg, one hundred and from Londen to Munich, sixty-two Strasbourg, en hours, ‘The Lanube takes the passengers from Vicons to Constantinople within seven days. 2 is, nevertheless, a project, which is now being execution, and when completed will give the people the facility not to travel any more for the pleasare of Europe. A company, with capital ns of franes, have sent ¢ the most renowned daguerreoty pi pws of the cit o London to it will be exhibited in a large museum, where, leaving the ball, the spectators will make the tour of the world and behold the places as if he was oa the spot. What will Barnum say about it? Is not this a great project? Fray tell. The Garden of the Plants is in mourning. Sagete ' vebra is dead. Alas! the gnificent ani- wasin this garden since 1826, and which was | im Cried from Alriea. was the only one of his species in 1 ce. This huge donkey with a striped robe was still as wild and kicking as it been when it came to Paria. He was immediately stuffed for the Museum. ‘The hippo- potamus is, on the contrary, as healthy as possible, and is daily visited by an immense number of people. Apro- pos of animals—the beast tamer, Bil of whom I have ly spoken, was rescued from death, at Geneva, by the magnarity’ of the lion, in whose cage he was display- ing his experiments. ‘The lioneas suddenly entered ina violent rage, and suddenly rushed upon Bihin, who, without losing his sangfroid, ordered the guardian to throw water upon her. In the meantime he ordered the lion to disen- cuge lim, and the animal, taking his female by the throat, forced her to release her hold of the tamer, who was severely bitten. A bad play altogether for the man aud for the animals. ‘The kéte of the Squashes, which is every year cele- brated in Faris at the markets, was particularly remarka- ble on this occasion for the large of the pottron which btained ihe premiums. This huge vegetable weighed 4 pounds and 8% grains; it was three metres long, aud nine metres wide. Never had such an immense vegeta- ble been seer in Paris. It must be remarked that the culture of squashes is worth 1,800,000 franes a year in he departments of the Seine and Baulene of Paris. The mammoth squarh of this year was grown in the valley of oraphat, near St. Mondi. ‘The pctatoes are diseased this yearg and government ed with much favor, the presentation of a new ve , which i# ealculated by its excellence to re- place the decayed pate with much advantage. This new vegetable is called La Fristillare, and is nothing less than a bunion, known among the botanists as the ‘Im- perial Crown.’’ I have tasted it—well cooked with butter —and it is as good as the potato. No doubt it will soon become popular. ‘Lhe cholera is daily increasing, and it advances towards the Continent. It iy well known that this dreaded plague iy now in England, but the number of deaths is not pub- lished by the English press. raging. At Stockholm there were 610 cases, of which 233 died, and only 182 were cured. The pawnbrokers, for fear of propagating the disease, have decided not fo receive any thing on mortgage but jewels. In Copenhagen the disease is somewhat decreasing, though out of eleven eases ten died. Near the village of Bessonais, in the Lolre Inferieure, there is a woman who, for the last two years, after hav: ing been violently sick of an intermittent fever, is now living upon a glass of fresh milk a day. She is, nevert! leas, very atrong, and walks to church every Sunday, a In Belgium, a phenomenon more credible has been known for the last thirty-five years. ‘There is living near Delft, in the village of Pynacker, a woman named Engeltje Vanderblise, who, since the month of Say, 1818, has not swallowed particle of food, and since the 10th of March, 1822, has drank neither wine or water, She is reduced to a skeleton, but enjoys good health. On the 2éth of August last she celebrated the sixty sixth anniversary of her birthday. Who will ex- plain this wonder? The police have lately seized a large quantity of china reprerenting libidinous figures, which were manufsetured in Paris for exportation. A German exporter, on whose premises the figures were detected, was taken into custody to answer the charge. ‘The Duke of Montpensier has recently bought the house of Fernandez Cortes, situated at Castileja, at Cuesta, vear Seville, and has had it repaired and retitted, to be kept as ‘a Fouvenir of the renowned conqueror of America. Where is Harnum? A woman of Bordeaux gave birth last week to a wonderful child, whose eyes are placed on the cheeks, and under each eye isa hole, which are ita mouths. There is a a lip under the nose, to which two large teeth are attached, and its forehead is as round ax a ball. Ite legs are curved, and it haw six fingers to each band. This horrible being is alive and kicking. Who wants to buy him? ‘A magniticent discovery for manufagturing silk has jast been made by Chevalier Louelli, of Torino, director of the Sardinian telegraphs to the apposite a la Tocquart for the manufacture of silk goods. Franklin is decidedly ‘done b.own.”’ Franklin had stolen the thunder, but he never thought that electricity would replace a weaver. This is quite mortifying for Jupiter—is it not ? ‘The celebrated traveller, Mme. Ida de Speiffer, who was recently in the Malaceaislands, at Batavia, took passage in the American ship Hero, bound to Sun Francisco, all the large | In Sweden the disease is | ne, had performed one of their dramas, called “Le Voile de Tentelle,”’ in which M’lle Thuill'ce made her rénfrte, and which proved quite successful. The plot and incidents are quite dramatic. ‘The American ponerse. of the prairies, San Francisco, the gold mines, &e., of Mr. Auguste Mailly, is now ex- hibiting on the Boulevard du Temple, at small theatre, near the Cireus, which is nightly filled, without leaving room for the last coming. It is rumored that Mme. Grisi and Mario refuse to go to New York, on the ground that the whole of the money to be deposited has not been placed in the hands of the banker, No matter how it is, it must be confessed that the managers of the present age are much to be pitied, Now here are Mme Grisi and Mario, who each ask 159,08 francs for six weeks; Mme, Alboni refuses to sing for leas than 2,000 franes a night; Tamberlik, the Italian tenor, has refised an engagement of 145,000 francs a year at the Grand Opera; Fornier, the renowned ballad singer, made the same refusal to M. Roqueplan, and Mie. Cruvelli re- fuses to sing in French. The manager of an opera will now require fo he a millionaire before undertaking his ba- ainess, Very funny, indeed, BH. R AMERICANS IN PARIS. Hon. P. D. Vroom, & suite, Mr. & Mrs, Hall, Baltimore, U.S. Minister to Prussia. H. Joseph, New York. Hon. P. Soulé. Minis- H.R. Rogers, do. ter at ; D. Kimberley, New Haven, G. Tollock, New Orleans. W. M’Kim, Baltimore. F. H, Moreland, Charleston, Thos. Swann, do. H.H. Madgeword, do. E. H. Grandin, Trenton. E. Powers, Baltimore. J.M. Porter, Easton, Penn. R. W. Gibbes,Jr., Columbia. W. A. Kain, Florida. c.8. harpsteen, New York. A. Porter, Savannah. Jackson, Penn, Pratt & family, Ohio. do. Dr. C.F. Henry, Mobile. do. J. W. Green, New York. do. J. W. Gerard, New York. Ruf. Fish, Montgomery, Ale. G. Mackay, Washingtoa. 0, A. Fegram, Virginia. F. Lance, Charleston, York. Smith Cutter,Jr.New A. J. Bleecker, Mrs. Bleecker, James Bleecker, 8. Thorne, R. E. Coxe, Alabama. W. Mar, Philadelphia. Railroad Intelligence ANOTHER RAILROAD FHOM 1HM St. LAWRENCE TO NW YORE. In addition to the railroad from New York to Ogdens- burg, and consequently with Bytown, on tho Ottawa, via Prescott, to which we have already alluded, we find ano- ther has been commenced, under the name of the “ Black Kiver and Utica Railroad,” which begins at the latter Place, and terminates at Clayton, on the St. Lawrence, twenty miles below Kingston, near the foot of Long Island, around the lower part of which the boat from that city has to make @ detour, and pass near Clayton, on her way to Cape Vincent, with a branch line from Philadelphia in this State, which intersects the main line twenty-tw> miles south’ of Clayton, connecting with Ogdensburg. The distance from Utica to Clayton ix one hundred and eight miles, and the length of the branch line to Ogdens- burg {s forty miles, In connection with this road, another is about to be opened, from Utica to Binghamton, in furtherance of which a large amount of capital has been subscribed, a company organized, and directors have been appointed.’ The main road from Utica to Clayton is under contract, and, we understand, a thousand laborers are at work on the route, the grading is in successful operation for a great portion of the distance, and the entire line, it is expected, will be completed by the Ist of July, 1855. It will pass throngh Oneida, Lewis and Jeierson counties, and will run near Trenton Fults. That portion of the line from Utica to Trenton, it may be as well to state for the information of the travelling public and persons transact- of June next, in time for summer travelling. BUFFALO AND PITTSBURG KAILROAD. The Cattaraugus Whig announces that the bids for the construction of the Buffalo and Pittsburg Railroad, for the entire length of the road from Buffalo to the State line have been examined and decided, and the con racts have been awarded to George Law & Co. Mr. Blackwell, chief engincer of the road, is now engaged in surveying the route of the Lafayette road, which is to connect the for- mer with the Allegany Valley R This road ts to be completed in fifteen months, ed to the Buffalo and Pittsburg Company for a term of ten years, for six per cent per annum—the Buffalo and Pittsburg’ Company to Dave the exclusive use and control of it for that period. They have also made s coutract with the New York com- pany owning the coal beds in the valley of the Teunang- for transporting three thousand tons of coal per to this city, for which the Coal Company agree to pay one and a half cents a ton per mile for transportation, together with all the expenses of loading and unloading! From careful estimates it has been determined that this buriness alone will pay an annual interest of ten per cent on the entire cost of the road. M, Doane, a gentleman well qualified for the post, has been appointed resident engineer, to superintend the building of the road from Machias to the State line, or about one-half its whole Tength. BT. CHARLES AIR LINE. The first division of this road to St. Charles, says the Chicago Democrat of the 1st_inst., will be in full opera- tion by the Ist of January. The grading is nearly com- pleted, and track is being laid at the rate of half a mile a day. ‘the whole line has been surveyed, and is contracted for to be completed by the Ist of January, 1856; but at present the part between St. Charles and Galena remains untouched except by tha surveyors. Noone doubts but the contractors will fulfl their contract in good faios .in the time specified; but, considering the energy with which the first division has been pushed, the friends of the road can see no reason why there should not be the same despatch upon the whole of it. Itis not to be expected that the contractors, whose financial ments contemplate a two and a half years’ can change it withont some sufficient inducersent. This they have given to understand would be found in an additional stock subseription of $500,000, payable in monthly instal- ments of five per cent. With such a subscription they will engage to complete the road by the Ist of January, 1855. Of course the coutractors ask no additional coun pensation; but as calls can only be nade at the rate of twenty-five per sent per annum, on the present _subserip tion, money cannot be realized fast enough from that rourée to enable the contractors to commence work alone the entire line of the road. ‘THR MARIETTA AND HILLEBOROPG BATLROAD CON- SOLIDATIO! It ie stated that the proposition for the consolidation of the interests of the Cincinnati and Hillsborough and Cin- cinnati and Marietta Railroads embodies, as one of ite principal features, the following agreement :— Said new corporation, formed by such consolidation, shall make the best practicable connection with the North: western Railroad Company through the city of Marietta, and that said connection shall involve and inclade— 1. A favorable site'for « highbridge over the Ohio river, #0 as not to interrupt the navigation thereof. 2. The rhortest distance to the city of Baltimore, in Maryland, leading through » proper bridge crossing of said river. Wo grades or curves less favorable than those em- ployed upon the said Northwestern Virginia Railroad. Although the direct connection at Parkersburg is abandoned by the consolidation, it would appear from this agreement that every care is to be taken to secure the trade to and from this city over the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad via Marietta. CHICAGO AND MISSISSIPPI RAILBOAD. The second division of the Chicago and Mississippi Rail- roud, connecting Springfield and Bloomington, will be opened in the course of a month. Chicago will thus be placed in direct railroad communication with the Missis- tipi river, 297 miles distant. ihe remainder of the line, between Bloomington and Joliet, is under contract, and will be completed, it is thought, by the Ist of March, 1854. From Hoomibgton to Vontine the grating is mesriy finished. ‘This road when completed, forin one unbroken chain of communication between Alton on the Mississippi and Chicago on the Lakes, and thence on to the seaboard —being the first to join hands between the Atlantic Ocoan and the “Father of Waters.”” It runa through a beautifal and fertile country, and its termination at two of the most important cities in the Blate of Mlinois, eannot fail to render it one of the most productive roads in the Union, It will be the most direct route from St, Louis to New York and Boston, and, as the navigation of the Missisippi is seldom obstructed to Alton, it will furnish one of the most reliable thoroughfares in the Western States from New Orleans to our Northern Atlantie States. The rond will be very easily built. |The grade ix tight, the course direet, nnd the character of the foundation on which it is laid will require much less power to operate it, and l@s expense to keep it in repair, than almost any other road in the country. The agricultural, mineral and tnining advantages are unsurpassed—the climate {4 healin- ful—-and everything invites » large emigration of the best laxe of foreigners. Judging from these facts, and many othere we have not time to enumerate, we doubt not the Giieayo and Mississippi Railroad will’ prove # valuable stock investment, ax it certainly will be a great secommo- Lecidedly Mrs, Beecher Stowe has left Europe, She will not eulogise the French people if she writes about thera. The only person for whom #he cares ia Mad. Sand, who showed her much kindness, MM. Fredericks and Pinna- her, of the United States, who have now established a magnificent daguerreotype ‘saloon at No. 21 Boulevard da Cayucines, have taken the portrait of the writer of * Un. cle Tom's Cabin,” which may be called pressed. Tt will be engraved by one of the best artists, and is to be added © (he next edition of the abolition book. I take great pleasure in announcing to the amateurs of paintings in America the arrival in the city of New York Of M. launeur, @ celebrated marine painter, who took with him a collegtion of fine pictures and left for New York, He deserves to be well received in the land of the free hy all the admirers of real genius. While he was in Russia he obtained an immense success. ‘The theatrical news has been quite interesting this week by the re-opening of the Grand Opera, For the last three months the painters, gilders, npholsterers, and other workinen, had taken possession of that magulf building, axd when it was first shown to the pul Monday last, there was but one shout of admiration utter- ed for the mognificent pageant which bas been made there by the government. This the now stand as the finest in the work mixed up with gold and the erin tbat theatre quite bedoming f the black eos f the gentlemen. The addition to the gas lights ix numerous, and the sight is dazzling atwucn bright light. ‘the performance selected by the managers, Nera. Kequeplan and Nigoin, was the renowned oper \ wy Huguenots,” of Mayerbeer. scenery, of | es, and properties, had been renewed, ‘and ‘l ral new parts of music to was adu ble. The fection, ‘The kmperor though they were well cherur | and Lmpress wer received, there was no ent At the Gpera Cor the new work Seribe, Mt. George, y, called “<The } three acts, hax met with the best approbation of the public. The poew is armatory, and the music is very har- | inenious and melodious, At the Theatre Lyriquos, the re-opening took place with fw new melodramatic opera of M.M. Masson and #*#*, the musie by M. Vogel, which is called “La Mo-Nonense,” and conteins many fine gems. ‘The miseen scene is perieet. At the Theatre Frangais the new comedy in five acts of Alexander Lunas, called La Jeunne do Louis XIV." ia In rehearsal, and will soon be exhibited. At the Vatideville Theatro, Messieurs De Goy and Moles vitta bade thice act ploy performed, culled “La Battuille jason, dation to the travelling community. Anes? ov COUNTERFEITERS Ix CrtcAGo— Within the last two wecks, a considerable amount of counterfeit bills on the Unadilla Bank, having been put in circulation, and of a character very likely to deceive even good judges of money, the attention of Sherif Bradley and his deputy, Pinkerton, was attracted, and they net to work to trace it up to ite authors, They ascertained that several suspicious parties were expected here by the Michigan Southern Railroad, last Monday evening, and ar- rangements were made accordingly. On Tuesday it was ascertained that» man named N. B. Latta was selling counterfeit money in large quantities to retail dealers, and subsequently, on the same day, he and bis wife were arrested as they were about leaving the city. In their poskevaion was found both good and counterfeit bills on the Unadilla Bank, and also a large amount of jewellery, which has since been identified aa # part of that which was stolen in this city some time ago. At ten o'clock on the same (Tuesday), evening, the Sherif also arrested & man named Henry Barcus, a’ brakeman on the Michigan Southern Railroed, and found a large amount of counter- feit Unadilla bills upon him. On Wednesday, at ten o'clock, the «heriif alto arres Stephen Wheeler, an complice of Latta, and found @ large amount of the same kind of spurious bills in. his possexsic Coptain 8. W. Harding, a prominent well known asanold and estimable citizen of this city, was arrested, on surpicion, having been seen in company with the other parties arrested, and $220 of the bad Unadilla bills were found in his possession, —Cniesgo Prt dune, Sept. 29. 4 man named Willams was tates Hotel yesterday, who might justly be styled @ “will man,” oata nothing that {4 cooked, nor drinks anything but water, His meats, pota- toes, and all his vegéiables, cabbages. turnips, &e., are raw. He alleges that be has not eaten any cooked food for several years, and that any deviation from his present mode of living would most pr bably cause ais desth. He resides in Iowa, and is on we way to Washington, to make h purchase of bome United States Iand.—Cincinnati Ga- wile, Ort. 6. a Dvatu ov A Murprrer—We learn from a letter received yesterday, that the man Summons, who was arrested in this city hy officer R, M. Moore, on the 7th of A Witp Max. stepping at the Unit February, for the murder of two men on & fiat boat in Bayou has just died of yellow fever. He was con- } fined ia Vi (1a.) jal. —Lowisvilte Courter, Oot. & ing business in that direction, will be finished by tx Ist Laeuna pe Tamanmos, Yucatan, Aug. 96, 1058. diene Kidnepped and 8e'd oc Slaves by the Sracouael ‘The Way i to Done-The Spanish Slaver Lady Sufelh to be Tried as ouch— Attempt to Disguise hor Character. A government officer informed me (ow days ago that the authorities had received information from the su- preme government to the effect thats large number of Indians—men, women, and children—had been kidnapped by # Spaniard named Juan Andruse and his who had sold said kidnapped Indians toa certain Dom Francisco Marty, who held them as slaves in Havans, It appears this Andruse, having arrived in = small schooner at an unfrequented place on the main land of Yucatan, called Asuncion, he there decoyed some thirty Indians on board his vessel, under the pretence of pur- chasing contraband goods; and it is stated that the In- dians, having made up the large sum of $2,000, went om board the schooner, taking the money with them te pay for the goods, which were to be smuggled on shore. Upon the Indians arriving on board the schooner they were easily induced to believe that the goods had beem hidden, for greater security, a litiledistance further down. the coast, and so the poor creatures felt no apprehension upon finding themselves sailing from their native village, Instead of going to Sancti Spirito, as they had been told, they soon found themselves prisoners at the Ysla Mugeres, where they were shipped on board a Spanish smack called the Alerta, belonging to certain Don Francisco Marty, of Havana, to which place they were sent to be dealt with as slaves. So that Andruse and his confederates not only kidnapped the unfortunate Indians but also stole $2,000 of their mone: With regard to the Spanish slaver alias Suffolk, although these authorities eat on iooted upon her in the light of a slave ship, but, on the com trary, have placed every obstacle in the way of the Bri- tish Vice Consul and the tommander of the English brig- of-war that came here to look after her, they (the Yuese tan authorities,) having merely detained her because of the informality of her papers—she having no clearance or other document from Cienfuegos, in Cubs, the port of hee departure, other than the false documents furnished by Mr. ex-Consul Vivo—yet since the attempt which was re- cently made to take her away from this place the autho rities have been more watebful, although after she was brought back Mr. Juan Gutierres, the captain, has bem actively engaged in disguising the appearance of the Suffolk as much “as possible. The igure of Fame is recognizable; the carved work on the stern is all takem off; even the rig of the ship is altered, and she has al- ready taken in a large quantity of logwood to serve as bal- last. ‘The three hundred casks of water which she had on board when she arrived here has been all put on shore and the casks destroyed. Indeed, these authorities have in no way interfered to prevent’ the Spanish crow, who have been on board of her all the time she has beou here, destroying the evidence of her illicit trade, which other= wise would have served to condemn her a thousand times over. IN. P. S—I have openod this to add that the Mexican schooner-of-war Oajaca has just arrived from Vera Crus, with a picked crew, to take the Lady Suffolk to that port, (Vera Cruz,) where she is to be tried as a slaver, Interesting from Texas. By the Southern mail last night, we received our fall files of Texas papers. Our dates are from Galveston to the 22d instant, from Houston to the 23d, from Indianola to the 20th, from San Antonio to the 1dth, and to cor- Teapondingly laté dates from other parts of the State. We regret to perceive that the yellow fever still pre- yailed at Galveston and other towns, in some of which it had, indeed, rather increased in virulence. ‘The Galveston Cwilian, of the L0th ult. epidemic rages with unabated violence, and to constitute the darkest page in the hista wire fortunate city. The di nant as well as more extensive tofore visited Galveston. Its says :—The ‘ems destined y ase is certainly mo than any which | 3 here- iliar victims are the ungcelimated, but even those who have before had the fever have been attacked, thought lightly, in some in- stances, and, in one case, a native child died with black vomit, ’ Alrendy about two hundred persons have fallem victims, and thice times that number have been attacked. As the mortality is confined almost exclusively to the um acclimated, most of whom fem to have been already at- tacked, we cannot but hope the worst work of the epidemia isover, We dare not dwell upon the suffering and gloom which surronnd us. The darkness is relieved, however, by daily and nightly deeds of magnanimity and seli-saeri- fice which refect honor upon human nature. Among the late deaths at Galveston, from the epidemic, we observe those of Major F. R- Sanderson, U and Professor Ruter, who had arrived there severance, ‘the News says:—The exami ner’s jury elicited evidence to the effect that Major Sand- ervon had been robbed either before or after his death. testimony given, as wellas the statemerits made bj himself, proved that he was sufficiently supplied wit money for all his wants, and Lad therefore declined all pecuniary aid from his brother Masons. After his deat nt two dimes could be found in his pocket book, or about his person, or in the trunk which he had taken to his room. On last Saturday morning, an Irish servant girl of the Palmetto House passed off a one hundred dol bank note, of Alabama, supposing it to be one dollar, and received change accordingly. ‘The investigation of the robbery wax immediately entered upon before Justice Kump. The girl above referred to, and the clerk of the )aimetto House, were last Monday committed fortrial at the neat Listrict Court. Col. Thayer, the proprietor of the Palmetto House, has been under arrest since Saturday: last, but his examination has been postponed on account <fhis being unwell. We understand he will be examined lefore the magistrate’s court to-day. The evidence ap- jears to establish the fact that a robbery has been com- mitted, beyond a doubt. The chargo made by affidavit embraces both the robbery of Major Sanderson and Pro- tessor Ruter, both of whom eaie oyer on the same bout, stopped at the same house, and were sick there at the same time. Professor Ruter'y death did not take place till last Monday morning. From the saine paper we quote the following paragraph: —We are glad to announce that a letter fronts friend cs ables us to contradict the report of Col. Wm. T. Austin’s death. This letter states that was taken sick at Mr. Gae- ton’s, on Oyster creek, a little above Richmond, where be lay for eight days with the yellow fever. He was after- wards able to return to his family in Washington, and is now well. The same letter says there were four deaths im Houston bE 18th ult. A corresp6ncent of the News, writing from Né ches on the 13th ult., saya:—About @ week igo eae nawed James Sartin was murdered near Henderson by his son-in-law, named Graham. Sartin had left Hendersom on his way home, and according to the statement of Gra- ham, who confestes the deed, stopped at his (Graham’s) house, and attempted to treat Graham willy violehoe: When Sartin afterwards mounted his horse and rode off, Graham shot him in the back. This statement was nob fully credited by those who bad examined the position of the murdered body, and it was suxpected that Sartin had been waylaid. However, Sartin wasa violent man, and had previously threatened Graham. Moreover, Sartin had some time since killed his own brother. It its singular fact, then, that the murderer of a brother should perish by the hands of his own son-in-law. We are glad to learn from the Houston that the yellow fever was there assuming a milder form, at the same time that the number of cases were diminishing. The telegraph of the 2x1 says: The weather has beem quite cool for the last three or four days, and hopes are entertained that few more cases will occur. The thus far has been confined almost exclusively to the cen- tral portions of the city, and the few cases that have o¢- curred in the outskirts of the town have all been of » mild type., We hope ere another week has passed that we shall be enabled tg say that the city is free from an epidemic. = We copy the following paragraphs from the Telegraph Major Scott, the mail agent of the State, has started on = tour through the Western counties, to regulate the mails in that section. We learn from the Colorado Tribune that the work of removing the raft in the Colorado river is not pi favorably. A number of workwen were lag 3 move the logs, and, after cutting a few cords of wood, they all abandoned the work. ‘The editor of the Tribune thinks that about one-third of the appropriation will be squandered before the work ix fairly commenced. We understand that » large number of the representa- tives and senators from Eastern Texas, are pledged to vote for a bill authorizing the main track of the Pacific Rail- road to be constructed through the State, on the parallel of thirty-two degrees north latitude, with a branch to Fulton, Bed river, and another to Fullerton’s Bluff, om ¢ Sabine. Destructive Fire en singburg—Lose from [From the Troy Whig, October 5) fre broke out in the extensive and well known bed- stead manufactory at Lansingburg, on State on taturday night last, about half past iz o'clock, wrntck cee sulted in the total destruction of building and contents nid injury to adjacent property. ‘Ihe bullding was of brick, four stories high, about 80 feet front xtended in the rear about 120 feet, The re originated in the basement, where all tho machinery, neluding ® 30 herse power steam engine, planing and sawing machines, &c., was operated. Tho ti imme- diately xpread to the stories above, which wero filled with seasoned timber, manufactured stock, varnishes, &c., and all attempts to arrest them were to no purpose, Among the property destroyed was some $4,000 worth of manufactured stock, most of it parked for ‘shipment. But for the fire all of it would have been shipped to-day. ‘The third story of the building was occupied by Thomas Curran and John Ames, brush manufacturers, and J. M. Fuller, machinist. There was nothing saved from this story, ‘and the loss was from $1,000 to $1,200, ‘The frame dwelling on the south, owned by Thomas Sales, was saved in a badly damaged’ condition, The far- niture was mostly got out. ‘The frame dwelling on the north, owned and ocoupied by Dr. Taylor, was also much damaged, but can be re- paired. Furniture saved. ft h of the dwellings were insured in the Hartford ina. A frame building, west, in the rear of Mr. Still's mane- fuetory, and oceupied by Coorze Nichols, sulfered consider- ably, the roof being mostly burnt off, Furniture saved im a Cumnged condition, ‘The destruction of the bedstead manufactory isa serious loss to Lansingburg, and will temporarily inconvenience wholesale and retail dealers who have long depended uy on it for their supplies. A large number of men will also be thrown out of employment. We regret to say that Mr. Still had not # dollar of Insurance. Notwith~ : ng this, itis his intention to at once commence building on another location where he can have more roem, and recommence his business. ~The manufactory destroyed wae third in extent and Duriness to any of tho ‘kind. in this country. It manu- factured almost exclusively for the New York and Phila- delphia markets. Mr. Still’s lows was about $12,000, and the losses ef the others probably amount to $4,000 or 86,000 more, Freer Mayon or Nawront—The world-renowned and fasbion-fai city of bape od being ii ted for f d or perate attompts Ma nat niccosded mae cratic person of George H. Calvert, munjortty of obe veto, =