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2 AFFAIRS IN. EUROPE. Our Paris Correspondence. Panis, May 19, 1855. Biterview Between Mr. Mason and Count Walewski—The First Stage of Power—His Critical Position Eastern Afairs— Visit to the Catacombs, _ As interview occurfed yesterday at the official resi- @enes of the new Minister for Foreign Aairs, between ‘@at centieman and the Minister for the United States, which lasted more than three-quarters of an hour. The gabject of it bas, of course, mot transpired, but I am given te understand that Mr. Mason lett the offisial resi- deseo of Count Walewsky more pleased and ‘‘propi- ‘tated’ than since his mission to this country. There was an abruptness and general brusquerie in the charac: ter of M. Drouyn de !Huys which took away half the pace, even whem he was bent upon evincing the most eenciliatory policy; and to Mr. Mason, who, notwith- wtanding his suaviter in modo, is said to be slike firm ‘and sensitive, the recent official change is probably not naceeptabdle. The conduct of the United States Minister im the matter of M.Soulé was, to say the least of it, quite up to the dignity of his country; and the stern manner in which he refused all communication with M. ‘Drouyn de }’Huys and demanded an immediate explana- ‘Men trom the lips of the Emperor himself, was never Seugotten. Count Walewsky, who speaks English with perfect facility, is known to have expressed himself ia mest Gattering terms regarding the sentiments of the ‘Masperor towards America—that he had his Majesty's eemmands to cultivate and cherish the good feeling ef her representative, and to demonstrate by every act hale desire that nothing should interfere with the pre- went intimate relations of the Emperor of France and ‘the Empire-Republic: that his Majesty witnessed the @emecurse of American visiters to his capital with the most unfeigned gratification, and that everything he ¢Geunt Walewsty) could do to promote the pleasure of ‘their sojourn, would meet his Majesty’s most earnest wiebes. ‘There can be no reasonab’e doubt that Napoleon is, at the present moment, particularly anxious to keep as few ions in the fireas possible. He has mow arrived at the first stage of his career of power. He has well nigh werved the septennial period of probation which insured te the Patriarch of Israel the possession of his first help- wate, and must now gird up his loine and be prepared to wtart om another course of trial, if he would preserve ‘the immortality he has so boldly bid for. The horizon be- foxe him is lowering and threatening. A headless corpse attests im the sight of the whole world thet his gigantic soeasures hang only on » gossamer thread, which a more nervons hand and less blinking eye than the Jast, msy wadely sever. The English alliance, like some fair tem- ple supported by Corinthian columns and walls of gra- nite, msy, sfter all, be brougat to the ground by one of these physical convulsions which defeat the wisdom and calculations of man; already tremblings of the earth Dave been felt, and the atmosphere is still charged with elestrie matter, At Sebastopol, the progress is nil. From the yeeesses of the Tuileries the Imperial hand pulls the wires which direct the movements of the siege; but 20 ether important ¢/ produced than the ciegust and aesignation of Canrobert, and the substituti of General Pe! second in command, who! the former chief subsides into. At home, in the capital, notwithstanding all the blasts of trumpets which for two and more have heralded the advent of an Exhibi- Which, notwithstanding ite prototype in England, was to take the wind out of the sails of any previous ex- poriment—notwithstanding that the ordinary course of commerce, of prices, of police, of municipal arr: ment, of winter festivity, of work, of house accommoda- tion, of building, and of general public convenience have deen violently interfered with—notwithstanding that no man fer the inst six months has been able to walk the streets without danger of a fallmg scaffolding, or, at the Jeast, a peil of whitewash, and thatthe provinces have been stirred and stimulated by every inducement to give up their quiet inbabitants, and remit them in shoals to Paris, where the wonders of the earth were to be spread Defere them, and good cheer and gaiety, such as would make their hearts gla¢—the Grand Universal Exhi- bitien, if not ® failure, treads so closely upen the heels of one, that plain, practical men, unin- Minted in State mysteries, may be excused for calling it se. Those denizens of ‘the departments who have jemped at the oait, and been landed ia the metropolis, ‘already smarting, ore writing home to tneir country cousina that ali they know of the famous Exhibition, as yet, is this—that it is currently reported it will not be ‘finished for two months; that, for the time beicg, it is lit- te else than a vast workshop; that, nevertheless, the enor- mous sum of five france is, during the whole month of May, demanded for admission, and, as if to render such ‘extortion ten timer more impndently extortionate and intolerable, they are rerainied if they give gold at the oor neebange will be given; and that, as silver is at pre- sent reatly in demand as to render money dif- eult to obtain; they are expected to do as preple do at a charitable bazear, psy a trifle over the demand, wether than be so {liberal as to avk for cash in return. ‘Waat there may be no mistake, behold the haadwriting on the wall Entrie cing france. Qu ne rend pas de monnais. Net the Provincials only, however, but foreigaers of every deseription, and the inhabitants especially, are die- gested and thoroughly out of temper. Erary article of is avgmented 45 per cent,all the world bas been tarn- 4 out of doors in consequence of the enormous reats de- manded by the proprietore, who, in their tarn, are fu vieus that ro one comes to'take their apartments, and that shey should have been such dolts as to give congé te their former tenants. The legitimiats are everywhere making the most of this state of things—everywhere Janghing at the Imperialist Exhibition, (the French de- test being laughed at)and everywhere prognsticating that the is nigh, and Henri IV, not far off, who, ‘likes liom shall eat of the ‘spoils, or, in ether words, speedily come and kick out the wretched ea les, put np a bantam cock in lieu, and with the lily of France at his button hole make hiself exceedingly com- fortadie at the Tuileries. Op this account it is, and many others, that Napoleon desires to add nothing to the number of his unfrends just now. He knows fall well the Russian symosthies ‘of the United States, and be knows that unless he, of his own arm, can do something to break down the dom: nant prestige of this forrsidable Northern Power, his qameis up. Be has, by his tocantations, conjured up areb spirit of war and desolation, andif be cannot hhuri him back, cowering and slinking, toa deeper re- oess, be stands in the eyes of the world a false magician, who merits degradation and death, Napoleon knows this 4oo well, ania month will not, I am credibly informed, elapse cre ho will be in the naddle, sword in hand. The sta- eof bronze imitation in front of the Palais d’Industeie bere, seated ona superd charger impatiently champing the bit, and plunging, as it were, to get away from the ‘empie of Peace. the Emperor, faciog the Kast, with Dared bead and hat in band, seems cheering on ‘the le- gions of France, is emblematie of those coming events whose shacowa may be already perceived. To make this Deantifal counterfeit—now of plaster and zine—the solid Drenze it represents, he must act in flesh and blool what he there but mimics The Revue Francaise gives » most interestiag azcount of recent vistt to the catacombs of Paris, to gain accons to which js now almost impossible,owing to the naniorous fatal secidents that bave occurred in consequence of Parties losieg their, way among the conntlens lanes of jutsan bones, which in guant aud grim array are there piled up. It is calculated that the catacombs altogether eovtain the remains of not fewer than from eight to 4en millions of human beings, and they are so divided into streets and squaros as to form a complete sabtarra- nean town, The streets or galleries run, on the whole, to the length of several leagues. Such & maltitude of skulls and bones still impregnating the air with the odor of the dead—is s solemn spectacle, indeed, and if not caleniated to render = man wiser, at least it maker him sadder. An everything is to be Ahrown open to the curiosity of the visiters of 1855, perbaps the catacombs may be included, ualoss ths goverement are of opinion that such qn unwholesoms Hferous boon would, like the robe which Medea gave the ride of Jaron, be fraught with death Pants, May 23, 1855. A Ramble Through the Exhibition—Its Incomplete Aspect— The American Department a Drear Expanse—Cabinet Work of the English Department—The Gallery of Fine Arts, de. If glass and stone could speak, and ery aloud like poor ‘human nature when in grievous strait, the voice of the Palais do l’Industrie would be heard from the heights ef Montmartre to the summit of Mont Valertess, for mever was architectural monument so sadly put upon end misused. Men and gods seem alike to ill treat and ‘torment it—the one to render it the very Temple of Mar- plot, the other to subject it toa perpetual interchange of wan and sleet, of storm and bitter east wind. ‘On Sunday last, the whole worla seemed to be spread at its feet. A quintuple line of equipages, for the most part escorted by servants in flaunting liveries, and con- veying precious toilettos, whose exquisite colors were uly equalled by the exact taste and judgment which reduced the ensemble to such perfect harmony, moved to ‘and froin the grand avenue of the Champs Elysées. Mounted cavalry en grand tenu, with brazen helms and floating horse hair, mingled carelessly among the eles, and gave additional animation to the scene; while on the promenade, on either side, where thousands of ‘Dewutifully dressed persons were sauntering and basking im the genial brightness of the sun, groups of Zouaves, ‘with turbaned head and Tarkish pantaloons, broke the monotony of black crats, and gave additional zest to ‘the toilettes of pedestrian ladies; and then, to add to the scenic effect, there was the splendid uni- form of the Guides, whose briltiant corps is, par excel- ence, the lady-killer of Paris, To see these gaady sol- @iors with bear skin cap, richly embroidered jacket and @rimson pantaloons, their formidable broadaword jingling at their spurred heels, pushing their way saucily and Soantiy throngh the admiring erowd, the old Pretorian geard of ancient Rome forcibly presented iteelt to one’s saalat wer rogeonty?, t49, Yop porslbility of thelx future interference in the making and unmaking of ‘And all this goodly crowd looked as if the fame of the great Palace ; gether; and as the lofty fagstafie at tte portals unfu the gay and flattering banners of France, and br fountains tossed up to high heaven their faire, waters, of Industry had brought it to , one almost fancied the Temple of Concord)’ oiine down and smiling upon ita devotees But few sought to crose tts threshold, for right across the -ptrsuce path was written; “Entree 5 francs,” words, 45 powerful for the prevention of all intruders 85 “+45 the flaming sword to guard the portals of Parad’ 9, Shert, indeed, was that gleam of sunshine, and ‘ine next day and the next, the dropping banners, the perished airof the proud cavalry on guard, the drowned officials, as stamding at the gate they looked in vain for a visiter, the sosking walls, and the gloov.y sky, were terribly emblematic of the desola- tion within. I entered the building, but it was only tovery shortly retrace my footsteps, for the cold dank, air, the yawning vacancies, the indescribable look of desolation that everywhere prevailed, made it more than flesh and blood could stand, There was something inexpressibly melancholy,and even mocking, in the numerous banners floating on either side under the crystal roof, the tri-co- lor occupying one side, and the stripes and stare of America a large portion of the other. One thought of some ea!) ship wrecked on a lee shore, her ofaping flanks showing her state of desolation, and the c flaunting on her rigging from stem to stern, as if to cheat herself into the belief that ail was well. In despair, [ rushed out and made for the American restaurant, where all sorts of American restoratives are gdvertised: bat the demon of desolation was everywhere, and even sherry- cobbler looked surprised and startled tha? any one should open bis lips to him. To day, however, encouraged by a rag of sunshine, Iput on a bold heart, and beseiged the Palace at the ear- lest hour I cou'd gain admittance—that is, ten o'clock —snd have just returned, after an inspection of some three hours. Considerable progress has uaquestionably been made since the installation of the 16th—a progress which bas certainly not been interrupted by the numbar of visiters. The department of the Etats Unis still pre- sents a dreary waste; not anitem to break the monoto- ny of solitude. Fortunately, in the body of the transept before it, there are several beautiful specimens of wood carving, Of an ecclesiastical character, from Belgium, whose lofty and pretentious outline leads away the eye from dwelling upon that American vacuum which imme- diately faces the viriter on his entrance. On the French Cristallerie de St. Louis, comprising two superb jiers on crystal pediments, and vases of every conceivable form and color, is very attractive. Among other objects is a lion, who has accidentally set his foot on a boa constrictor, in whose coils he is immediately enveloped; and astonished and petrified, he sees the mon- ster’s open mouth and forked tongue within inch of his a. The whole is beseni the size of life and in glass—glass spun and colored with such exquisite art, ‘that the fur of the lion’s akin looks aa soft and feathery as if the monarch of the forest stood » living thing be- fore you. The sward he walks on, the flowers whi ier the borders of the case, are all glass, and vare'so faithful to nature, that you almost expect to in- hale the odor of the beautiful mignonette and moss rose that fascinate your eye. Mons. Tahan, so well known for his charming maga- sin at the corner of the Rue de la Paix, occupies a cen tral Portion of the transept with a fine specimen of bois sculpté, though it may be doubted whether eo much labor has been well bestowed on such a subject. Itisa voliere or aviary. The cage is some four teet high by as many broad, and is supported upon branches springing out from « centre, which likewise throw off other branches supporting eight cupp—say eighteen inches in diameter; these, filled with flowers, surround the base of the voliere. The whole is pechaps’ nine feet from the pune and as many feet across the base. The carrvin, is of the most elaborate description, on dark oak, osc! cup presenting a chef d’auvre of the art. The branches are sculptured with such exquisite art that you almost tremble as the birds flutter in the cage they support, lest any agitation should snap them. No doubt the whole work bas been done to order, for everything will depend upon the position in which it is ultimately to be laced. In any confined space, such a cimen of nished labor would be entirely lost, and under the best of eircumstances, many will thiak that a volier: was not the fittest subject for suck mediwva! beauties. ‘The Knglish department in cabinet work hes alroady greatly astonished the French, who imagined they had a monopoly of taste in this handicraft, Some bureaus, or library tables in walnut, and wainscot from the ate liers of Hollond, Banting & Gollow, of London; ward- robes inlaid with ivory; and chairs of fragile form for bedrooms, or a more substantial, luxurious shape for salle @ manger, have attracted geveral admiration. Then, the papier mache from Birmingham, of which panels richly painted in highly colored designs are made for drawing rooms, is looked upon as & rare and striking no- yelty. The Indian department, too, has miny rich and deautiful articles to offer—priceless cashmere shawls, ta- bles inlaid witha thousand precious woods, and chess men of such elaborate workroanship that none but the gos- samer fingers of the softer sex should dare to touch them. The glass cases of worked silver and costly jew- elry, from Stow & Mortimer, Garrard & Hancock, of Lon- don, are enough to take away one’s breath at sight of the treasures they contain, Some of the flagons io dead silver, and the Shakeperean shield, are perfect models of art in ine, which nothing can approach in France. Alike for finish and design, nothing can exceed it. Many of the jewels are understood to be the property of Queen Victoria, and im intrinsic value and setting are priceless specimens. There is a necklace of rose pearls, whose color rivals the flower which gives thema name. From the few instances I have given, it will be evident that, mutilated and shorn of its fair proportions as the Exhibition undoubtedly is, it possesses already abun- dance of material whereon to feast the eye and iastruct the mind; and though the tout ensemble suffers from the general incompleteness, it is rather a relief to the inqui- Ter not to have bis powers of admiration too much taxed atthe outset When at length this vast undertakin shall have heen perfected, and its immense spaces fille with the treasures only waiting the absence of the ham- mer, the saw, the bricklayer and plasterer, for consign- ment, a very gorgeous spectacle will be given to the view, and doubiJeas the sal seers will then be that so fair atermination should have had so inauspicious a com- mencement. The gallery of fine arts requires a letter to itself. This, at all events, is no feilnre, and will richly reward th visiter for many and many an bour of close inspection. The English department is admitted by the French to be infinitely the best—not that asa nation the English compare with the French in art, but t! ‘mons over are chefs ’euvre from the pencils of the best living artists, for which immense sums have been paid; and per haps this is the only occasion when such a collection will ever again be seen together. There is a fair girl, by Cush— student, with her crayon in hand—and Cromwell, by lacy, and portraits by Messrs. Carpenter and Grant, and Maclise’s ‘Ordeal by Touch,”’ and Ward's ‘‘Death of Montrose,” and s thousand things of the sort, that the mort untutored mind can estimate at a glance; and the French are complaining eadly that the echool of France is: not at all adequately represented. Indeed, it is well un- derstood that many whose position in life has enabled them to secure the finest works, have refused to lend them to an exbibition under the auspices of a govern- ment they repudiate, Still, there are many works of high excelience, and well known io the annals of fams, belonging to the French and other schools, which will amply repay attention; and the gallerie des beaum arts cannot fail to be an object of constant and growing in- rest. There ts also a collection of water colors and minta- torer of incowparable beauty, and all of which have realized remunerative sums ofalmost incredible erent. Paris, May 24, 1855. Speculations on the War—Party Murmurs against Lowis Napoleon's wernment—Prince Napoleon's Republi- can Tondencies—The Industrial Exhibition~Liberality of the Emperor toward the Working Classes— Attempted Suicide of an American in Paris—Financial Difficulties of Spain. It is to be hoped that the fine weather which, like some modest maiden coyly refusing to say ‘ yes,’ smiles and frowns alternately, though the former gradually predominates, is fairly inclining to give ita assent, ani by its gladdening beams dispel the murky clouds 0’ spleen and jeour dificiie, which now weighs down the political sky ; for, certain ic is, that go where you will, among clacees divergent as the poles in sentiment and social opipion, you hear but one expression—that since the re- volution of 1848, the future of France Was never more dim and impenetrable. ‘That reereant shot in the Champs Elysées, say the {m- perialists « tout priz, has done it all ; and perhaps, in so far as rousing the timid and confirming the waverer, ‘well nigh overborne and mystified by the apparent pros- perity of the country, they are right. The shot im the Champs Elysées, if it failed to cut short the life of the Emperor, has done much to disperse the mist with which, Uke some of old Homer’s heroes, a goddess had enshrined bim, and his frail mortality stands now pelpably re- vealed. The Republicans, who sighed for the perfect law of liberty of the United States, and who Has hitherto ac- quiesced in what he believed « fatal necessity, has taken heart of grace ; and many who responded se blithely to the national loan, begin to tremble for its security, They hear that another lan must be bad recourse to, and another fearfal levy of men; they hear of the war producing no results, and of a strange mode of waging it, not with the marshal’s baton of old, but by an electric wire, touched with the Imperial hand, and nothing but disasters, disappointments and vexation, accruing from so novel a proceeding—they hear of uncertainties in Engiand and lakewarm allies everywhere—they hear of ail Europe being s volcano, of Spain in the throes of efvii discord, of desperate finance, and of rottenness thronghout—of Itsly, too, straining upon the start, fall of secret societies, and ready at once to unfurl the bemner of the republic and cut the gordian knot which the policy of France has {mposed upon her, the moment that an inch of blue sky enables her to penetrate through the Cimmerian darkness which has hitherto surrounded her. The le- gitimista are not idle to take advantage of such a state of things. They point to the failure of the Grand Ex- hibition, .about which so much was said, which was heralded with such fanfarronade of trampots, and say the reason is that the country is mot with the govern- ment—that the national loan was only responded to because of the per centage—that new, when the gov- ernment asks of trade to lend its wares and add to the nation! it refuses to do smyth of the kind. pe bowie bask, sither in eontenopt or distrust, thejabot ight hand, who has shesgalensly licked up the crumbs which have fall- en from Inj table, who has fed of the food of deepotiem till he is full to surfeiting, is a rotten staff which breaks under the Imperial shoulder. It is even said that he would not hesitate todeclare the Republic to-morrow if the pressure of hiy cousin’s presence was removed; that ministers dare not trust him with the army, ¢tcetera, Verily, Lonia Nepoleom has sown the whirlwind, and he does not reap the storm it will be that he has a force and power of genius which the world, dazzled by his success, bas perbaps been but too prone to give bim credit for already. If he does triumph, he may eine. m7 “Alone I did it”’—for never ‘was @ man on a pinnacle Jeft more completely isolated. ‘The practical werking of this Grand Exhibition is known to have given him the moat profound vexation and annoyance. Yesterday he and the Empress visited it, and it was easy to see, as his eye traversed that vast area gaping with abortive recesses, aad looking for all the world like a living illustration of commerce desert- ed, the mortification experienced. ‘‘You are alone in the world,” he said, addressing the members of ths Commission; ‘you have but little to attract, and upon that little the doors are closed. I cannot one you to bear the loss, but the workmen whose hands have erect- ed this fabric, and to whom we are indebted for what- ever of interest it possesses, must be at once admitted. On Sunday, therefore, I shail require that the doors be flung 0; to a)l who desire to , OD my guarantee to 1acfinnigy this sooraing a notice to thht effet cppeara ia cordit ‘a notice el appears in fhe Montieur, and it is very probable Mat hecos? forth Sundays will be free hey hey The permission extends likewise to the salon beaue arts, giving to the public what at present private indi: viduals are required to pay ten frencs for. Tbe Grands eaux at Versailles are announced to play once a fortnight during the whole period of the bition, and the official journal again and again repeats that every museum and palace will be open without the usual billets d’ admission on all Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sun- days of every week, from one o’clock till three. The Government evidently sees the necessity of straining every nerve to overcome the discontent which is so uni- versally prevalent. The trade of Paris is beside itself at missing Re promised stimulus; the proprietary feel that they nave rendered themrelves a great analuag. stock by the exorbitancy of their deman<s; the hotel pers rimly at their empty beds; and the peopie smile scornfully at the notion of their being asked to pai four sous each for what they consider their o aa di- work, In fact, the uncertainty of all business affairs— in France, espécially—has never been more Ce Lt illustrated than im this Jong looked for year of 1! the manner in which the government stands in the mages, spite of all its im, its military array, and gagging of the pr ph terse A great commotion was caused on yin the neigh- Dorhood of the hotel St. Marie, Rue de Rivoli, by the news that a young American had thrown himself out of a win- dow on the fifth floor. It turned out that such was the fact, and strange to say, that the young man was not very much injured by the fall, his body having struck on the three Lalconies of the floors below, and then having f en witbout much force on pavement. He had re- sided about a menth in the house, and was always re- warked for the eccentricity of his behavior. Three days before throwing himself from the window, he hai at- tempted to commit suicide by swallowing the contents of asmall bottle of laudanum, but was discovered, lying pearly senseless on the bed by a waiter, who came to his bedroom with » letter. Medical aid being prosured, avd the stomach-pump appNed, the laudanum was re- moved. But while confined to his room in consequence. it was that, during the absence of his nurse, he rushed to the window and threw himself out. Whea taken up after the fell, and found to be much shaken, be was moved to the Hospital Laribossién, where he now lies. He had, it seems, attempted to put an end to himeelt at Rome, with opium. His friends are said to be wealthy. In corrotoration of s remark I made above, as to the great financial difficulties of Spain, ’ the Journal des Débats states ‘‘that Senor Madoz, tbe Minister of Finance, proposes three plans to be employed simultaneously to mee’ the difficulties, First, by tbe augmentation of certain mupoats on fixed property, oil, wine and meat; secondly, by an appeal to the good’ will of capitalists for a Joan’ of fifty-«x mil: lions of francs; thirdly, to subject all thore who pay a direct annual contribution of 200f. to a forced loau, as an advance reimbursable, and to be productive of terest of eight per cent, Senor Madoz calculates that with there resources he shall be able to provide for the extinction of the floating debt, and for the wants of the treasury until the time when the State sball have alienated or disposed of the properties held in mort- maip.’ It needs no gift of recond sight to predict that the day is rapidly approaching when Spain will be but too thank- ‘ul to receive from the United States the proffered in- demnity for Cuba, 7 On the state of Italy the Détats hi which is confirmed by ee I tionary spirit is aroused. An unasual the following, “The revolu- agitation has been observed im several im) cities, which coin- cides with the P ties. Some of these agents have been arrested, papers of consequence been seized, and the proofs of a vast conspiracy been found, the object of which was an in- surrection in the central States, Enough is known to show that danger exists, but not suflicient to igi The New Cam in the Crimea. (From the London Times, May 25.) It is now generally admitted by military authorities both in eo in France, and in the Crimes, that the siege operations which have been directed with so mach courage and perseverance ageinst the southern side of Sebastopol for nearly eight months, are not of themselves likely to produce any decisive result, and that the al- \ied Powers must look to other means for victory in the Crimea, and the eventual reduction of the fortress. We have not ceased for the last six weeks to urge by every means in our power the extreme importance of opera- tions of a different character, and above ell the nesessi- ty of commencing them without delay. The latter part of April and the mouth of May are probably the Gnest parts of the year for mili movements in that cli- mate; the soil is not yet parched by the sun; the plains are covered with vegetation for the sustenance of the animals of the army; and the trovps are not exposed to the beats and fevers of midsummer. We trust that it will net be found in }, 28 in Fo many other instances in thia war, that when the right thing has been done at last it has been done too late; and, at any rate, we be- lieve that the time has now arrived when a large portion of the allied army is prepared to take the field. The circumstances under which we enter upon tle more active period of this campaign are highly favora- bie. A now general, who is known to be an officer of great energy, enterprise and resolution, takes the chief command of the French army. The whole reserve of the French troops assembled at Maslak was reviewod by the Sultan on tne 12th of May, and the embarkation of thia soe army of picked troops (for such it may ‘be call commenced on the same Gay. On the 14th two divisions of infantry under General Aurell ani Gene- ral Herbillon put to sea; and on the 16th they were fo!- lowed by the ¢ivision of the Imperis! Guard, 7,000 straog, under General Regnault deSt. Jean d’Angely, and by the cavalry, meluding two regiments of cuirassiera, réckoned nearly 1,000 sabres, These troops sailed from the Bosphorus with sealed orders, and their destination was not known at Constantinople, but it hat tained that they proceeded at once te Kam ing to the Freach statements, the onal srmy of thirty thousand men raises the effective force of our gallant aliies in the Crimea to no less than 125,000 men; the Turkish army under Omer Pasha at Upatoria, amounts to upwi of 50,000; the British egained its strength of 30,000; end the Sar- dinian contingent acde 15,060 troops—being, in all, a combined force of 220,000 men. Even assuming these returns to be somewhat ated, it may be confi- dently asserted that the allied armies do not fall far short of 200,000 men, and they consist, in grest part, of the finest teoops in Europe, We know not what other causes there may be for cespondency in the great enter- prise in which we are engages. For ourselves, that isa feeling which bas never entered into our minds, and Dow more than ever we are confident that a more powerful and intrepid army never took the field, and, if the ability the commanders is at all equal to the strength and spirit of the men, such a force ought to suffice to sweep the Russians in less than six weeks from the Crimes. We can venture on no predic- tions, for in this extraordinsry war the expectatioas mort reasonably and confidently entertained have beea too pe naan Bg either by inevitable accidents, by unaccountable oversights, or by the evils inseparaole from a divided command; but we acknowledge ‘that we sbould feel surprise amounting to astonishment if armies Ike those which General Pelissier and Lord Raglan have under their commsnd do not speedily and triumphantly aecomplish great and decisive results, Those armies are now of four times the strength of that gallant: host which landed at Old Fort last September, and drove the Russians from the heights of Alma in three hours, The men are far more inured to the fatigues of war than they then were; the officers better soqusinted with the theatre of war, with ti enemy, and with their own duties, Eapatoria = Balaklava, which me be considered i) the extreme and right ot our position, are connected by an ean: steam anvtgstion of tear hours. The whole "Sonat be tween these two points is at our command. rafe anchorage for the fleet and transpor long the whole ebore, a beach admirably adapted lending, streame of water running down from the interior at short distances, and an open country highly favoral to the evolutions of an army. It is said, and probably with trath, that Omer Pasha bas declared that he would undertake to advance upon and occupy Simpheropol with his own troops, supported by the French army of reserve under General Regneult de St. Jean d’Angoly, ond we cannot entertain a doubt that uct an operation is perfectly feasible, even without any material dimina- tion of the forces hitherto engsged in the defence of our lines of countervaliation and in the works of the siege, But, in facf, nothing can be more dangerous to the forces, or sdverse to the mata objects we have in view, than the Beare et ns al May Mod the narrow space of groun ie ya, the harbor of Balaklava, and the lines of Sebastopol. Al- ready the presence of a large camp, confined for se long ® period in those limite, surrot by the graves of the dead, and al] the abominations of without sewers, There is for eld plot ra effect the Russian soldiers, for to ex! uy e lor this hour thave attempts wpon our lines have never been zepeeied, an6 maha strong reason to conclude that Foon act BS, at Sale iE: stopol ¢ power o| allies, invest the place. It would relieve us from the whieb has hung upon our rear and placed us in come res] leaguered army. It wo have nothing more to hope from would enable us to hold our gro' attacks, Above all, such a victory would instantly cbange the course of opinien at home and abroad. It would show the world that the hard ships of the winter bave not ited us from bringin; into the field far exceoding thore of last year. It would convmoe our timorous al- Jies “to a certain extent’? that, after all, the winning cause is that of the Western Powers. Above all, it would close the craven lps of those who recommend ace in the form of submission instead of in that of vie- poses For auch a victory we most earnestly pray, inas- much as nothing else can give us peace with security and honor; and, unieas we are misled by our confidence and our hopes, such s victory it is in the power of the allied forces to obtain. The Failure of the Late Allied Expedition to Kertch. [From the London Chronicle, May 22.) * * * * * ce of the British nation has been sorel; 1e t events connected with the war; bu’ never has so bitter a disappointment been created, or 80 bumiliat a blow been dealt to our justifiable cond. dence, as by the details which. have now er ga country, upon the late intended expedi' led external , and it 4 without fear of fresh bearing Kertch ’ We aro not surprised that fury and discourage- ment should have inv: ‘the ranks of our army, that our officers and soldiers, who supported in silent pa- tience the terrors of the winter cam , should gpenty resent this outrage to their military + By a fooiisl error, or an uncalled for and injudicious interference with the actions of the allied commanders by the war authorities of Paris, an inconceivable amount of injury has been inflicted on the mili prospects of France and Great Britain. When we reflect on the consequences of this insane measure, we can well comprehend thet a sullen diseontent has succeeded the en- thusiastic ardor which reigned im the breasts of the allied soldiers, and thet Admiral Lyons, whose ambitious and patriotic aspirations were on the point of reslization, should have fallen ill from chagrin and disappointment. The recall of the expedition to Kertch, when in sight of the point of landing, cannot be - tised in too warm language. It was an act alike 1mpoli- tic and incomprehensible. A Bad sore of any similar messures of injudicious interference will scarcely be borze with patience by this nation, waose honor and material intereata are thus madly sacrificed. ‘The failure of the second bombardment of Sebastopol d the allied commanders of the utter ho > Bt session of the town without having first completely invested it. A series of operations in the field which would lead to that result were then deter- mined. The powerful French reserves encamped at Con- stantinople, and the Sardivian contingent, were ordered to proceed at once to the seat of war in the Crimea, with a view of commencing without delay the operations in the field against the enemy. Asa prelimi- nary step, it was judiciously deemed essential by the allied Generala to o:cupy Kertch and Kaffa, in order to intercept the means of commun'cation possessed by the Russians in that direction, and from whence they de- rived considerable supplies in men and provisions. A ‘well conceived plan was then drawn up, and the destina- tion of the expedition maintsined im profound secresy. From a telegraphic despatch addressed by Prince Gort- nebakotf to his Court, did we first receive the tidings of the departure of the expeditioa, and subsequently of tts inglorious return. Tne mystery in which the latter act was at tirst enveloped has now been cleared up, and in a most unsatisfactory manner. «On the 4th and Sth of May, @ fleet comeing the finest screw-steamers possessed by the allies, having 00 Dayonets, with an adequate strength of artillery, s small force of cavalry, and means of land transport, quitted the ports of Bala- vaand Kemiesch, and steamed in the direction of the Sea of Azoff. departure of the fleet been observed by R telegraphed the fact The troops comprising expedition were the flower of the two armies, and were animated with a sentiment of delight on their being released from the distastetal inac- tion to which the past had condemned them. To Sir George Brown was entrusted the command of the Bri- tish force. Admirals Bruat and Lyons accompanied the expedition in person. Noaccident occurred in embarking the troops, nor in the parsage to the rendezvous, Onthe morning of the Sth the fleet came in sight of land. Four hours more would have witnessed the landing of the exp2- dition, and the sun would have set on the complete suc- cess of ourarms. At that moment an express steamer, bearing despatches to Admira! Bruat from General Can- robert, hove in sight and approached the Montebello. The contents of the despatch were clear and simple. In consequence of a telegraphic communication received from Paris, the expedition was ordered to retrace its steps at once and return to Kamierch and Balatlava. ‘The order could not be discbeyed, and the fleet in con- sequence returned to the Chersonene, with Fo, more fury, diss) tment and despair than were ever borne by ship or before. On the following day the troops disembarked and resumed their oli position. Apger and dissatisfaction rapidly through the ranks, General and private alike felt the evil influence of the mysterious return of the expedition. The same day the Cabinet of St. burg marvelled and re- joiced at this sorry termination of an enterprise that threatened to determine the future prospects of the war. The American Minister at the English Lites rary Fund Dinner. ‘The report of what fell from Mr. Buchanan, the Ame- rican Minister, at the annual dinner of the Literary Fund, in London, bappsned to be so imperfect as tocon- vey anerroneous impression of his Kxcellency’s re. marks. To correct that impression, we give a fuller and more accurate repor My Lorn, My Lorps axp Grxtiemen—I esteem it a pri- to be invited to reepond to this sentiment in favor ¢ literature and science of my country. The ap- plause with which it has been ieyog by the present distinguished company proves that it is no unmeaning compliment, but has precesded from the heart. I am proud of the advacce which my countrymen hare made in literature and science, and am equally proud that this has been juetly appreciated bya British audieace of such high author:ty on questions of literature and science that there can be no appexl from its decision to any higher tribunal. The time was when the ques- tion might have been justly askeiin this country— Who reads an American book? That time has pasaed away; and, judging by my own intercourse with English society, itmight with equal justice be asked Who has not read an American book? I find that everywhere throughout the United Kingdom, the works of American authors are now published and circulated. These, how- ever, bear but a hoger seni small proportion to th» number and variety of the works of distinguished Brit- ish authors, 1 ving end dead, published and circulated throughout the United States. In ttle more than half a century fromthe present hour, with the blessing of God, these works will be read and admired, will influence the life and the conduct aud the destiny of a huadred Pops intelligent Crise | preg the ge and ic oceans, speakiag same language with ourselves. What a bond of union must thia prove to be tween the kindred nations! It must not be inferred, that although oe of your approbation, we estimate our attainments in literature and science beyond their proper, value. We freely admit that ours is nothing more han the early promise of a y and vigorous youth; but we live in the confident hope that our matanty will more than justly tnis promise. We have but fairly commenced the task, but as we aim at excel- feneo in literature and geience, we shall never relax our efforts until, if possible, we may attain « place in the temple of fame on the same proud eminence with yourselves. ‘We will try”—yea, “we will try.” This base beccme a motto of our country. ‘We have many reasons for belie that we shall prove successful. Ai the principal ot these is the un- doubted fact that literature and science occupy that ex. sited position in the opinion of our countrymen to which they are so justly entitled. This is weil calcu- Jated to give an :mpulse to ambition. There is no class amongst us who stand higher—no, not one—than the class of eminent authors, For the trath of this asser- ‘ti think I might with confidence appeal to the ex- peri of gentlemen now present. Such men are every- where received in the United States ae public | enefac- tors, ‘the republic of letters is « universal republic. and embraces within its limits all civilized nations. Several of ita most distinguished representatives are now within the sound of my d the educated people of all na- tions are their constituents and judges. These true re- prerentativen of the of civilization may fail to receive justice from their contemporaries—they may be too in advance of their own age to be ay > ciated: Dut posterity never fails to do them ice. Whilst the generations of politicians, and, with rare ex- ceptions. even of sta‘esmen, pass away with the events with which they have been identified and are forgotten, such pame) ose of Shakgpeare, and Milton, and and Newton, flourish in immortal youth, and their works will constitute the improvement and delight of all generations. On the other side of tlantic, such names, not to specify those of living authors, are as familiar es bowehold words, not only amonz the learned, but among the masses of the people. These, by the blessings of heaven, have generally recotved a com: mon echcol education, and are able to read and to relish the standard works of your best authors, I delight in the reflection and the bope that the literary and scien- tific men of Great Britain and the United States will constitute a sn gee bond of peace and friendship be- tween the people of the two countries, Your men of this clees belong to us, as our men of the same class belong to you. We have each a commor Vom wr ia both. ey cannot fajl to exercise a mutual and most bappy influenee on the two nation It has been the misfortune of both, that almost ever since ion of distur! . fanen aie s4 veranrents, The irritation arising from t:— tween the t there can always be , and their unhappy conre- , 1 trust, be always averted by tl redue- jong and common sympathy of the men at the fread of Convention at Philadelphia. the the eroaper New England, such as Massachusetts, New Hempebire, Maine, &c., the Know Nothing has aly raised the abolition fieg. In the South it nata- rally shows more circumspection; nevertheless, it may be assumed that the majority of the rhiladelphia con- vention is opposed to slavery. journal of a free State—the New Yorx Heratp— hos venturee to say, in treating this question, and that without fearing to wound the susceptibility of its nu- merous readers, that ‘‘the African, free in the North or slave in the touth, constitutes @ race socially as well as politically inferior—that this inferiority has been im- posed by the Creator, and that, moreover, the three millions of slaves that the South reckons amongst its population are the happiest beings of their race, from one end of the globe to the other.” The differences between the North and the South of the Union on the subject of slavery are therefore less radical than they at first sight be Lin At bottom they are as to the native iafe: ty which they attribute to the black. The Southerner, however, more consistent than his fellow-citizen o( the North, conclades that this inferior teing should be bound down to the torced cultivation of the earth, whilst the abolitionist of the North claims for the black a liberty wnich he is aware that he would either not know how to use, or that in using he woald abuse. But as arbitrary ic is ttle used by party politi- cians, the question of slavery will continue to serve asa battle-field to the rival interests of the agricultural South and the manufacturing North. Besides, whether the victory remains with one or the o! , the black race will reap no immediate acvantage, and can only count for its definitive rehabilitation on the progress of Coristian ani sentiments amongst the whites, and on the developements which it will itself give to the ideas of order, dignity’ and morality im- lanted by the Creator, without distinction, in ai jividuals of the human race, whatever may be the color of their faces. The Instruetions to Commodore Me Vauley. [From the Washington Union, June 5.) In consequence of the many idle speculations and per- versions which have ap] in certain journ as to the cheracter of the instructions given by the Navy De- partment to Commodore McCauley upon sending our Gulf ‘quadron to cruise in the waters adjacent to Cuba, we have applied to Dobbin, and obtained for udlication a copy of those inetractions, woich appear low. It has deen announced that the Spanish Minister of Foreign Affairs has recently announced in the Spanish Cortez that the officer who arrested the course of the El Dorado on the high and sub. jected her to visitation, was not justified by his in- structions in so doing, and that Captain General Concha has issued his proclamation, announcing that the decree subjecting the island to a state of nic has been repealed. It be seen that the instructions to Commodcre McCauley sre explicit, firm, and decided, whilst they marifest a er regard for the mainte- nance of pacific relations with Spain. They remove all room for doubt as tothe wisdom and decision which have marked the policy of the administretion in rd to the late sions perpetrated by Spanish ‘oficlals, showin yy clearly do, that the rights of our citi- zens ation cannot be infringed That the pres McCauley in the Gulf, with instructions so distinct and emphatic, has exerted a happy influence in preserving peaceful relations with &| , admits of no farther doubt. But the instructions are so full and direct to the points in issuetbat further comment is unneces- sary. They are as folows:— Usirep Sates Navy DEPARTMENT, Washinatox, April 10, 1855. Sm—The department has determized to assign you to cial duty, and place you temporarily in command of e home squadron. Reposing confidence im your prudence, experience, and patriotism, I have selected you for the discharge of certain duties, always delicate an‘ responsible, the proper execution of which may involve questions of na- tional honorand peace. ~ Recent events in Cubs, and on thehigh seasin the vicinity of that island, are of a character calsulated not merely to attract attention and excite the solicitude of this government, but to call for constaat vigilance on your part, in order tvat the rights of our countrymen and the interests of our commerce may be neither wan- tonly assailed nor carelessiy disregarded. It is hardly necessary that I should undertake to recite with par- titularity all the circumstances which are worthy of your consideration; but I deem it propar to call your at- tention to the conduct of the eommanier of the Spsnish frigate Ferrolana in firing at the United States mai steamer EB} Dorado, and subjecting that vessel to delay, visitation, and search about eight miles from Cape San Antonio—an occurrence which, if approved by the Spasish authorities, is likely to disturb the fi re- lations between the two governments, and a course of Brooeeding which, if persisted in, cannot but provoke t Ineed not remind you, Commofore, that the right of visitetion or search of our vessels on the high seas is one the existence of which the United States heve steadily refused to recognize, and the exercise of which they will witn equal firmness ever refuse to tolerate. e President instructs me to sayto you that ifany officers in command of a ship-of. wat be present when an outrage of the character heretofore msntioned is per- pacers ree hyully bearing our f he wall promptly interpose, ve the arres ‘an ship, prevent the exercise of the assumed right of visitation or search, and repel the interference by force. The Pre- sident isnot unmindful of the present disturbed condi- tion of Cuba. But, whatever weight may be attached to there considerations, the excited apprehensions of the authorities of that island, arwing, it is believed, out of the condition of ite internal affairs, and not any movement in this country in violation of our neutralit laws,can work no suspension of national law, nor recoaci a submission to the violation of any right resulting from the law of nations or peg stipulations. The United States reck no collision with Spain. The officers of our navy are desired and expected scrupulously to observe the law of nations and uniformly to extend all courtesy and respect to the fiags of other powers. Sat these rules do not require consent for a moment to the deliberate violation of principles held eacred by the United States, and withont the observance of which peace, however desirable, cannot be maintained. The conduct of the authorities of Cuba in overheuli and searching our vessels cannot rest on the ground rs territorial jurisdiction, and this government denies the existence of any state of facts to warrant the exercise of belligerent rights. Your instructions are confined to cases arising om the bigh seae, because, as at prevent ad- vised, the cffensive acta which have been committed are of that charaeter. Other olfensive acts, however, un- doubtedly might oecur within the proper territorial ju- riediction of Cuba, to which this government could not and would not submit for a moment. Should such a case arise, you will immediately report the facts to this department, and await further instructions, uniess your prompt interpositions should become necessary for the preservation of the lives and property of the citizens of hepate “this despatch, you will recel ecompan; jespateh, you ive a of the recent letter of Mr’ Marcy, Secretary of State, Wo Mr. Cueto, the Spanish Minister at Washington, to which our attention is specially invited, as setting forth with Jatinotnese and force the views entertained by the Pre- sident on this subject. ‘The vessels constituting the home squadron, uader your command, for the present, are the San Jacinto, ptain Stribling; the Jamestowm, Captain Crabbe; toe Falmouth, Commander Shaw; the ceton, Commander Eagle; and tbe Fulton, Lieulenent Commanding Mitch- ell; to which other vessels will be added at the earliest practicable moment. The Jamesto Captain Orabbe, having been origi- wy assigned as the fiag-ship of the African squadron, is designed, only seeaperesity, to form a part of the home squadron, and is probadly now cn her way to Key West, at which potnt, after fouching at Havane, she will awalt your instructions. I en you a copy of i Bagh i jons to Captain Crabbe. department denires yeu to proceed immoedi- ately to Philadelphia, where the steam frigate San Ja- einto is now lying, and designe’ as the flag-ship of the home squadron, and, after hoisting your broad pennant on board of that vessel, you will direct your course first te Havane, at which place ou wil) seek an _ intervie our acting Fu), precure from him all the information bearing upon the duties of the home squadron, and then regu late your cruising, and the movements of the ships under your command, with a view to the protection of the rights and interests of your country. Ideem it unne:essary, Commodore, to multiply sug- gestions to one of your long experience and excellent judgment, or to enlarge upon the importance of doiug everything in your power to preserve discipline, and to promote a cheerful and contented spirit ‘among the om. OU Sradlavadl second oremurs nity to ki ‘ou will avail you: every opportunity to kee the department advised of your movements, and the condition of affairs within the limtts of your station, Wishing you an agreeable and successful cruise, I am, very ney hg? obedient servant, 6, DOBBIN, Secretary of the Navy. Com, Cus. 8. McCavtay, appointed to command Heme Squadron, Washington, Tun Fine at Sovrn Boston.—At about seven o'clock this morning a fire originated in the ropewalk situated between Firth and Sixth streets, South mn, coused some oakua, vy Se hpegd of ‘ oe on person been lig! is . Tl 7 flagration spread with fearful rapidity, aoa nefore out fire lea vanslags, gels cay had the flames, ome out recent fom Feate waleed 108, purchay by the Suffolk Vead at $2,500, and covered by {1 the ro) iteelf—loss $1,500, tneuranes, $000—and eight were entirely destroyed. Four other dwelling hous considera! burnt, the lon of were I; which is estimated at $2,000, A stableand varnish build- ing, owned by oe hg Dexter, India street, was also de- atroyed: loss $1,000, no insurance. A decoction mill, owned by Ward & Booth, adjoining the above ttemwi [From the Marion (Miss.) Republican, May Some time since we pu lished an account of the der of Mise Thornton, an intr: Gasten, Alabama, en masse at Mr. William McKiroy’s, mesdy passed a series of resolutions, Earn | themselves ge en Pb aus s prosseded to Li ‘Sat took the miserable yy force from the here he was confined. ‘On Friday last, after due preparat carried him to the spot where he so crasily m his innocent vighes, sak beet: Bin abe 68 6 stake. ae About three thousand persons were wi nessed, with various emotions, the “kedtal’ a We were present, but hope that we will mever wit- ness a scene lise it. The pyre was cords of light wood. in the centre,of wi was a green trad = selected in consequence of ite indestructi- ire. On the top of the pile of l'ght-wood the criminal was placed, and securely chained to the stake. While in this situation he confessed hir guilt, stating that he had BO acoomplice—tbat he was actuated by lust alene—tha . he had at! ted 10 violate her person, but had failed and to the atrempt he had cruelly murdered hec by beating the poor innoc creature with » stump that while he was doii implored him to carry she would conceal the After this confession was made the match was ap- plied, and in a few moments the devouring flames were gnveloping the doomed n-gro; his fearful ‘thi the air, while the surrounding negroes nessed his dreadful agony and hornble eontortions sent up an involuntary howl of horror. His a, though excrutiating, were short; in a few the flames had mye him entirely, reveal- ing now and then as they fitfully swayed, hither and thither, his black an‘ burning carcass, like a demon Of She Se, grinning as it ia hellish triumph at hls tor- mentors. all was over, nothing was left but the and charred skeleton of this human devil, te Ny avenged, ama with the stench of burning flesh, yet justice was satisfied; the law of retaliation was inflicted as nearly as it could be, while the example made of this wretch had, no cout, a salutary effect the ‘two thousand slaves who witnessed his execution. ‘We are far from approving of the infliction ef meb law, yet, in aggravated cases like this sr ebalitien will manifest itself, and im view of the enormity ef the wretch’s offence, we, as 8 public Pagan Renaz etd ret we have neither time nor inclinat te con- », the conduct of the people of South Sumpter. Juse tice was inflicted by them. and s thousand deaths of the kind were too good for a devil like negro Dave. the heavens were reeting Life of Parks, the Murderer. {From the Cleveland Herald, June 2.] Many of our readers are not familiar with the life of this strange man, and of his true hus! , Bone are, robably will not be; but from his life, as writtem by ‘imself whenin jailat akron, we present the incidents. Of bis boyhood he says nothing. save that he was born in the village of Bolton—Lee, Yorkshire, was @ weaver by trade. It bas been said thathe was at the age of twenty five released from prisom after a confinment of seven years for some criminal that at that time he was ayain arrested for tried and convicted, and agaim im; med. the first, and equivocates as to the latter. His second ar- rival in the United Btates, ee is a very singular incident that he never spoke of his first visit,) was im 1841. He obtained work at Lonsdale, R. 1, and in Bristol Getting into quarrel with one Jim De Welf, he sought revenge, and with one Gardiner, broke the tomb of his father, having been led to believe that the remains of the ld p? deposited in a silver coffin. Senpecteiee, how- ever, being rewarded only by finding a silver late. For this robbery he was convicted in ptember, 1842, and semterced to two years confine- ment, At the same time he was tried for an attempt to escape from the prison while awaiting trial for the reb- dery, by threatening tho life of the jailor, convicted and sentenced to additional years of imprisonment, all four years. After bis mlese he obtained work at different factories in the vicintty, but only for a short time—his bad character having followed. him. From those he went to Paterson, N. J., but finding there men who knew him, he led to Phil He soon found employ me: al pa intance, and recogni y an old acquaintance, He became, while at the latter place, one James McKeunon, who had also E i ih i e was discharged. acquainted with been convict, and the latter, rompted by hatred towards a former employ- . Ke er, James mpton, of Manyunk, near Philadelphia, who had been obliged to discharge him on account of his reputation, persuaced Parks to assist him in his robbery. Fer the robbery ot Kempton hs was sentenced to four years. After bis release he came to Cleveland, ‘While on his way here be became acquainted with one Ann Carpenter, of Michigan, and w! here they lived together, passing as man and wife. Of the murder of Farner’ Hotel, he hy Shaan used, but roan ‘armer’s , be has at both he denies, Fora time he kept a boasding house for rail- ee best in Berea, and im 1862 kept a saloon on Pitts. reet. Upto the time he came here he was known by the name of Dickenson, whion is his real name, but because the knowledge of his crimes followed his name, he changed it to that of Parks, by which he has here al- ways deen known, Jn the autumn of 1852 Parks returned to England, and was married. Alter arriving in this country in, in March, 1863, with his wife. he informed her of pre- vious change of nat What reason he gave her for such change is pot known; but ioasmuch as she was ig- norant of that fact uutti their arrival here, she of course knew not of his infamous career, and therefore not the leact of his great offences was the fraud he practiced upon his snaaavectiog wite. Among his fellow from the old country ‘was one Wm. Beatson. man éid not, however, come here till the eariy part of April of thé same year, when he immediately soaght Parks. He had ia his pos- session a sum of money. Lhe circumstances of the murder for which he was yesterday hung, as de- tailed by ny vmod are, in brief, as follows :— Parks and Beatson were together drinking many times on the 13th of April, im this city, the day before the murder. Beatson had s large amount of money, and Parks knew it. During the dey, the 13th, and that evening, Beatson was quite drunk, but Parks sober—the former ——. 4 canal ge beer. ake said ey were going Pittaburg Promired to take care of Beatson. Tey a them; bat f them. they at Hall’s tavern. They re!used liquor, Beateon still drink! mh Pigg aeid ayes m go im, udson, an t him off the track; but Beatson wiahed to wiay all night, and they were told at Hall’s thet nothing would be gained by the morning train. #y left the tavern, each emoking, and Beatrou having filled his case. The conduct ot Parks was such ae to draw out the remark from Hall that he (Parks) intend:d to rob Beateon, and that Boat- son was #0 drunk as to lssve his overcoat. On the next morning, half a mile trom the tavern, where thé pail- road runs over the highway, blood was found, also button from Beatson’s vest, his cane, a strap from his stock and his cap. Bentaon’s clothes were found in the canal; and on the second day the headless body of Beateon was found with a stab in the neck. Parks was traced to where i in the neck was made w! ‘The defence in s most remarkable one, viz : that Parks and Beatson. after leaving Hall’s, the night be- ing very dark, took the railroad track; and comiag to ‘the railroad bridge over the highway, they fell through between the tim! the ondge Rot being a distance of twelve leet; that Parks was but on recovery called out to Beatson, and recei no reply, theme for him, and few Cleveland, picion would attach to him a4 @ murderer, and concety- ed the idea of putting the body of Beaston out of the way—wbich he did, first cutting off the head and strip- ping off the clothes, Parke was tried, as our readers will resollect, in Sum- mit county, convicted snd rentenced to be hung. fore the day apponte?, however, ® now trial was ed, and the venue changed to this county, His trial here, last March, resulted in his sesond conviction. From the time of his srrest up to bis last moments he ned ote his ben wmet ae we ations but very jew bave any ¢ou' ol is guilt. denyin: the commission of the murder, he did not, while on the scaffold, allude to the motives that actuated him in cutting off Beatacm's head, save that they were known only to himself; nor did he speak of his actions ex- cept in general terme. A desire for ‘an itsh- desire to have his name continu: papers, characterized him for the last two years. That his ature was brutal every circumstance shows, while no action indicates the telent of the ‘‘accomplished vil- ‘ain,” or any sympathy for humanity. $F More Caiwea ExvistMenrs mn PutLaDELPata. On Saturoay afternoon before United States Commi sioner C, F. Heaz'itt, # bearing took place of Wm. Van Sebwatrenhorn and kmsauel Van Sshuminsky, who ars hi with having enlis‘ed, on or about the 15th of recruits for the English army in the Crimea. The witnesses testified thet they went to the office of the defendants, No, 87}, Front street, and there met the ac- cused, who int the former that they were to bind themnelves to enlist for three or four years. They were told that they would get thirty dollars bounty, and eight dollars per month, and if peace should take place during the time for which they were enlisted, they would get pay for the whole time. They were to go to Halifax, and would get $16 down, and be credited with $15 in clothing. A number of persons had already been sent—the batch om Saturday last. Some of the witnesses stated that they were told by defendants that they could not be enlisted here, but might do so when they got to Halifax. The witnerses were ali Germans, and could be A ‘understood throngh the use of an in- te Rs defentants were held in $500 to answer, ond the witnesses wet rent to Prison, tn detaalt of bail, to tentify.— Philadelphia Sun, June r] PSE eee ae |