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2 Our Washington Correspondence. Wasuinoron, July 29, 1856. Important Army Medical Report—Sherman’s Amendment to the Army Appropriation Bill— Expensive Results to the Conntry Should the Bill ltseif be Defeated —The Pension Bureau, Fe | The Secretary of War has communicated to the | Senate a lengthy report on the diseases in the army ofthe United States, which will make about one bundred and forty pages, folio, and covers the period of seventeen years, or from 1539 to the present time. it is prepared by Ass'stant Surgeoa Cool- ridge, but each sul report will be priated over the mame of its particular author, who will be held pro- feasionally responsible fer its scientitic correctness. This document will be of vast interest to the com- munity generally, but more especially to the medi- eal world. The adoption by the House this morning of Sher- man’s amendment to the Army Appropriation bill will entail much labor and confusion. By this amendment, no part of the military force is to be employed “ in aid of the enforcement of the enact- ments of the alleged legislative assembly of the for by some Southern Senators for like improve- ments, It is declared that this palpable violation of asclemn pledge, given by the North and West, is exciting Southera feeling, and will do injury to Bu- chanan, on whose choulders the responsibility of the improvement furore is placed. From appearances, very little would be required just now to draw off from the support of Mr, Bucbapan and bis party such men as Senators Toombs, Mason, Hunter and Butler. Both heuses of Congress are still busy with appropriation bills and private claims. ‘The Kansas contested election case comes up to- morrow, and will be decided in favor of Governor Reeder. A meeting of the Southern friends of Fre- mont has been held in this city, and the propriety of running electoral tickets in the States of Deia- ware, Kentucky, Missouri and North Carolina was considered, but no definite agreement had been re solved upon. It is quite certain, however, that Fre- mont tickets will be run in some of the Southern States, which, policy alone considereé, would be an excellent move. Letters are in this city from the western of New York setting forth the chances for Fill- more, ‘unless ie friends Teatir Heonsanlnos’” which, Territory of Kansas, recently assembled at Shawnee ‘Mission, anti] Congress shall have passed on the validity of the said legislative assembly of Kan- sas.” The bill thas amended will be rejected by the Senate, and a Committee of Conference will be the result. It is on the report of this committee that ,the hottest fight will be, and unless the republicans recede from the amend- ment the bill itself will be defeated. The result ae eaten upon oe ~ necessity e public funds to sustain , and wo see the laws execated as he is swora to under the constitution, without any regular appropriation by law. The stopping of wheels of government by Poca | the appropriation bills, is ridiculous non- sense. Our government will roll on in spite of fa- naticism or sectional disputes, whether they come from the North or South. The working of such Jegisiation is to create a deficiency in the expendi- tures of the government about double what the expenses would be if the money had been properly and timely appropriated. The army, for instance, might require ‘ive millions of dollars. Defeat the Army Appropriation and compel the President to go upon credit, and the result wouid be a deticieac: of twice the amount, and those en; in the silly policy of defeating the bill would be entitled to the entire credit of entailing upon the country the ad- ditiona! taxation to meet the deficiency. The deplorable condition into which the United States pension system is rapidly falling, is attract- po dag attention of Gap and steps will be to secure a proper efficiency in this bureau of ‘the public service. Wasurneron, July 28, 1856. A New Influence Against Buchanan—The Dis- union Party at the South-~Its Importance—De- sire for the Election of Fremont— Mr. Fillmore— Gov. Marcy-—His Reply on the Privateering Question--The Union and the Hrna.p. It is now certain that the State rights party of the Southern States are not heart and soul in the Buchanan matter. That allusion of his,in his let- ter of acceptance, to “squatter sovereignty,” has ereated discussion, and that discussion dissatisfac- tion, and that dissatisfaction is spreading. Loui- siana wil] go for him, but there is danger to him in ‘Tennessee. Mr. Fillmore is very strong there, and his friends eathusiastic. There is a very large body of men throughout the South who regard the dissolution of the Union as in- evitable. They consider it a mere question of time. Jt is a very grave question to them when and how the iesue of dissolution is to be made. It may be made hereafter on some issue upon which the South will Bot rally or unite—some question which, not in- volving the impulses of the people, may fail tocom- mand their co-operation. This party is termed the Southern rights party, and opposed the compromise measures of 1850, It then called on the Senate to Jeave the Union. It was led in Mississippi by Davis, in Alabama by Clay and Fitzpatrick, in Vir- ginia by Mason, in Georgia by Governor McDonald, ‘Troup and others; in Tennessee by Trousdale, and in Lotisiana by Soulé. In South Carolina the co- operationists, as they were termed, prevented Rhett and others from leading off. Foote, Cobb, Toombs, Stephens, Gentry, Stanton, Houston and Jere. Clemens headed the Union party. They got up a party expressly to save the Union. Fora time, they were triamphant. For a ime George Washington, the “stars and stripes,” the constitution and the Union, created a terrible commotion. Fraterna) blood was a shocking thing to talk about. But the tide tarned with the silent eonviction among the mass of the Southern people that Foote and Cobb were humbugs. The Southern rights, or rather the secession purty, again came into power. Toombs, Stephens and Cobb gave up saving the Union, while Henry S. Foote, covered with defeat, retired to Californie. Now, it is the opinion of the leading men in this pay that there can never come a better time or a tte g iesae than the present, and the election of Fiemont, to carry out the destiny of the South and West—the iseue of disunion. They believe Fremont’s election is the only thing which will unite the South. If the united } J elects him, so much the better; if not, he would c tainly be elected by the House, in case an election faila before the people. His earnest and intense de- sire is withdrawing thousands of active mea from the canvass at the South. ‘he State rights, or rather hern rights, men, represen: the talen’ acd influence of the democratic party, and it will be rfectty impossible to get up any enthusiasm for jhanan atmoug them. They 40 not desire his election. They stand as a man desiring a fight, but wanting the son on his side. They wish to be struck. The election of Fremont, they consider, will be such B blow ip the face, such en insult, that the Southera ple will to a man go for a separ ie Southera con | sry This feeling increases every day and iu proves the chances of Fillmore in the South. There | are men in the South who would give half their pri vate fortane to secure the election of Fremont by the Northern States. All the efforts at Washingto.. to suppress this (eeling have proved fruitless. The Southern rights men say the issue is no longer union or disunion, that being a mere question of time. The real question is the true policy 0° the South ia selecting the issue on which to meet it ia unity action and feeling. The ction Of Freemo | it is believed will secare thit | feeling which Mr. Calhoun lich which was wanting in 1550. cherished hope of the Southern rights party is ap, Mr, Buchanan's election by the people i« pa Mr. Fillmore would carry three, if no four Southern States, and the democratic candidat. would have to look to the N orth for victory. Mr. Marcy's notice, on whe part of the Ameri an wnment, of the privatecring policy introduced iving power a! Paris, will be a masterly and remarkable document. I am told by good aathority that the Secretary considers it the last great pablic question he will bave to treat of, and is beadiag all his powers to the task. It will finish handsomely his caceer as a diplomat, and he can certainly congratulate himself on tus saccess so far. He will retire from the Cabinet with more solid reputation, more European fame, and more actual political strength at home, than any man ia the y. He has won all the honors, #0 far, that have om won, and avoided the difficulties of t notwithstanding b of Nicaragua. “ It bas been the habit of the Union to sa; jast four years, to ite nineteen bundred su “Nobody reads the Hrnanp, nobody ever looks at tue Henatp.” Now, every afternoon, shortly after the last evening train from New York arrives, an exp vas may be seen darting away with a bandle of Hewatns nder his arm, for special delivery to the Presideat aod Cabinet These distinguished worthies could Lot rest unless they read it, and any morning, the ipquiaitive ip such matters, uy just calling on the President or any of bis constftational advisers, #il! ee for himself the Union neatly folded up, woread, while the Henan lies open, turned inside out, aud apsacked for its news. Lo! the poor Indian! districts of Pennsy!: , which, from correct infor- mation received here, are far from satisfactory. The other sections of the State, with the e: of Philadelphia, will give Fremont majorities. The it receives, by every California paces, confidential dence from the Vigi- Committee at San cisco. Their attac! ment to the Union is shown in every page of their , which is a running summary of 8. Gen, Wool has received instructions, by which he is requested to take no in the difficul- ties between the Governor and the Committee. This officer’s despatches favors the course which the citizens of San Francisco have taken for the correc- tion of long suffered abuses and evils. Anenormons mass meeting of the democratic party will be held in the a of Sent at Syra- cuse, N. Y., which w' dressed by Martin Van Buren and W.L. Marcy. Taois movement, so far as I can learn, was advired by Martin Van Baren, who is Dow anxions to get into the democratic fuld some of the thousands who, with him, joined the aboti- tionists in the Presidential race when it was neces- sary to put down Gen. Cass. On this glorious occa- sion the General should be invited, and presented to the assemblage by his grateful friend, the Chief of Kinderhook. "What a sensation thts extubition would produce. There is nothing like hatchet, and there is no man—I speak it with ail due reverence—who is more ready to overlook and for- give Pee, than Gen. Cass. 2 The Cabinet was in session for a short time this morning, on the late despatches from Spain. Gur London Correspondence. Lonpon, Jaly 18, 1856. Dearth of News in Political Circles—End of the London Season—Palmerstonian Tactics—Re- sults of the Parliamentary Session—Dulness of the London Trade— Its Cause the Pressure of the War Tazation—Abuses of the English Church Exstablishment—The American Difficulties Sent to Coventry— Musica! and Theatrical Gossip— Mr. Squiers and the Honduras Railway— Dudley Mann at Work on Another Italian Revolution— Health of Prince Napoleon, §c., §c. There isa tremendous dearth of ictelligence of any kind. 1 feel myself at a loss to manufacture a letter that will be worth whi-e to priot. What is called the “season” here, in fashionable parlance, ia just breaking up, and every kind of news seems to have “gone out of town” with the denizens of the “West End,” Louis Napoleon is reported to be failing in health; ‘at all events, he has been ordered by his physicians to leave Paris, and give up all business and exvite- ment. The Parliament is still surviving; bat ita lord and master—the Premier—is doing his best to get rid of it. By way of rendering the members of Par- Hiament still more unfit for their work, he adjourns them every now and then for some holiday excur- sion—to see a naval review one day, or a military dieplay another—which renders them unfit for le gislative duty for a week before, and another after- wards, besides keeping them in good humor, which cajolery no one understands better than that sly old fox, Lord Palverston. He is wonderfully given to have his own way, and he will rejoive at the mo- ment, not far off, that will free him from Parlia- mentary control. The Parliament bas been in session near seven months, and besides voting away vast suma of money they have done little indeed —nothing, I say, forthe benefit of the country. Many usefil | measures have fallen through and are postponed to next session, or to the next century, as the case ‘be * season” has been a very bad one for trade of all kinds, for it seems the wealthy classes have expended much tas than usual, though the con- trary was expected at the close of the war. It seems that all the world, rich ond poor, are suffer- ing from the heavy taxation now existing in con- sequence of the war. In addition to the usual wogh: of taxation, which in this country is enor- mously heavy, a double income tax is now levied, which takes from every £500. No wonder peo- ple groan under such inflictions as these. What, then, must be thought of a government that in the face of such extor ion comes forward, as they did the other day, with u proposition to give a retiring pension of £10,000 and @ palace besiues to the superannuated Bishop ef Loudon,who, for several in past, has been unable to perform the very ittle, if anything, be hus to do, and who has held this office for thirty-two years - receiving the smal! | matter of two milfion and a half of dollars £500,000! Is tt not amazing bar] such monstrou: and apy governmen' sopport th The h establishment of England. is the tic nuisance of the day, and the time is not far tant when it will be numbered with the defunct Cora law and rotten boroughs. For months past we have heard nothing bat the difficulties with the United States discussed in all places and in all ways. You could hardly take up a newspaper without the United States staring yoo in the face. After all this agitation has succeeded nd for the ‘he most sudden abandonment of the topic ten days past we have not had an artis Times on the familiar subject—mirabile di Since Lord Palmerston was forced by public opinioa to give up the quarrel, and submit to the bumilia- tion of having his Ambassador and Consuls thrown at his bead, the whole matter has been allowed to drop No wonder, for there was nothing to say bu’ express annoyance at the bungling of their own goverpmect bringing matters to such an unplea- sant termination. There is nothing going on in the way of nego- tiation at present. Lord Clarendon, for the first time in & couple of 3, has something like a rest, and Mr. Dallas has a chance to recuperate his energies for any new efforts he may be called on to make. ‘There is a Minister here from Hondaras, who has astonished Lord Paimerston by it the important fact that a tof that name really does exist in Central America, and that she is troe and lawfal ow of all the f dependencies that Great Britain has impudently stolen from her in past times, and that she means to insist on their entire restoration. Bravo for Honda ras! which is likely to play the part of the shrewd lawyer who pockets the property that clients are qnartelling about. J shall Ee more to say of this another time. The struggle between the rival Italian Operas thie year has ended to the advantage of the hitherto an- fortunate Lumley. Though he had far less talent than the other house, yet he has managed to carry the day, and has made money enough to set him on his legs bercafter. The tragedicnne who made such a noise in Paris lately, Madame Ristori, has heen playiag here for a month past, but her success has no’ been ade quate to the reputation she enjoyed. She has a fine ereon and is a good artiste, but has not the genius of Rachel, who still maintains her superiority. There is nothing new in the American world Visiters arrive in great numbers, but ‘they come like shadows and #0 depart quiers, the ex-author, is bere working away a’ © railway scheme for Hon Wasmixorox, July 29, 1856. ne River and Harbor Bletin = Com vine toms t nel and General Ce ‘ Southern members of Congress are out in f blast ageinst the iumprovement appropriations fur rivers and harbors, and charge apo Northern nd Western democracy a depaitare from the prin iples of the Cincinnati platform. This section of he Union, it is asserted, hae determined upon overriding the minority of the Sonth, while ref. g o her even the paltry pittan ¢ which bas been asked duras, and it will not be want of energy that wi! prevent ita suecess. Col. Dudley Mana is also here y engaged drawing up reports, bu: [ ¢ know what aboot. Mr. Dallas and family mourning for the loss of a near relative are in | | | } | Lowxpox, Fridsy, Jaly 18, 1856. be Bichoprie of London —Another Caffre Rising epeted at the Cope of Good Hope—The jution in Spain—Inerease in the English Liverpool to be Fortified, &., §e. ities there is little stirring. The chief cneion 's whether the Bishops of London and Dovbam can legally resign, and whether they NEW YORK HERALD SUNDAY, AUGUST 3, 1856. are not opento a cherge of simony for stipulating on a certain income on resigning. The fiery Harry of Exeter is of thia opinion. It appears that news bas been received from the Cape of Good Hope, by the government, that a Caffre rising was half expected. Troops are to be sentout. ‘There has also been a sort of insurrection in the hill Giehricte in India, and the Santals were still un- nie’ x But the news of the week is the insurrection in Spain. It partakes of the features of a regular re- volution. 7 es in the streets of » we learn that the There has been severe Madrid, with great loss of whole of Arragon, , and, it is believed, many other cities, are up in arms, Gen. O'Donnell is master of the situation. has fied, and the National Guard has been The Paris Moniteur announces that M. de Kisse- ef bas been appointed Russian Ambassador at It also publishes a list of geome hundred English officers and men upon whom the Emperor has con- fered Be Legion of Honor, grand crosses, crosses, Co, KC~ a ‘The Crimea is now com; ly evacuated. We have dates fiom Me! to the 27th April. she Bee) Sheets Bees OF ee out in 59 days, the shoi trip known. She is a cli with a screw and cog engine. She got up eigh' knots an hour ere has been a grand review at Woolwich and at Aldershot. The Queen on horseback, in a scarlet riding habit and hat od feathers. In the Parlramentary debates will find some interesting statistica respectin, of navy. France has 90,000 and Holland (?) more than Englard. A formidable coast guard is to be organized. Liverpool will probably be fortified. General Williams is still the lion of the day. Gene- ral Windham and other heroes are dropping in daily. The money market has been heavy. We have bad some heavy showers, with cold winds and hail. Our Paris Correspondence, . Panis, July 17, 1856. Count Morny’s Embassy to St. Petersburg— Gloomy Feeling in Commercial Circles on the Subject of Haly—The Revolution in Sprin—The Constitutionnel on Mexican and Spanish Rela- tions—Efforts at Rome to Dissolve the Murriige of the Princess Mathilde and the Prince Demi- doff—Scandale Chronique de Paris. The Monitewr announces this morning that General Count Kisealeff is the Ambasador of Rassia appointed to the Court of the Tuileries. We may presume, therefore, that no further impediments will be thrown in the way of M. de Morny’s depar- ture for St. Petersburg. That event will be a se- rious privation to sundry Parisian gossips, who for the last six weeks have so diligently employed them- selves in discovering reasons for the delay of the Emperor's Ambassador. At one time it was, that in all the Russian dominions a mas of sufficient private fortune could not be found adequate to the splendid expense of the office. A certain nobleman got jilted by bis lady love, who should have furnished the the yellow dust, and could not come. Then it was that the great functionaries were pouting at the Em- peror for so readily making peace; and then, that the Emperor himself was not altogether content with the Court of the Tuileries. And as for M. de Morny, he had the gout, he had dipped, like Mr. Place, in the affairs of the Credit Mo- bilier—he was afraid to leave Paris lest he should be gazetted as bankrupt during his ab- sence; and last of all,he was love sick—he could not tear himself away from the feet of the beautiful Miss Hutton, the daughter of an American dry goods merchant. All this persifiage will now have had its brief hour, and the two Ambassadors may proceed to business. It is something to have surmounted any diffical- ties on this head. Bat spite of gloved Ambassadors, bearing in their bands the white rose of peace, the times are omi- nous, and fearful clouds hang over the European horizon. The debste in the Raglish Parliament on the subject of Italy has, at all events, not satisfied the best informed circles of French society that the dreaded revolutionary war has been nipped in the bad. The language—the authorized language—of Count Cavour, fresh from the Conferences at Paris, cannot, whatever the English and French govern- ments may desire, fall still born. The tire in Italy has begun to ran, is running, and will ran, till it encircles the whole Peninsula. It is very well now to prescribe its bounds, to say, ‘‘Thus far shall ye go, and no fu~ ther;” the blood, the fury, the madness, if you will, of the people is up, and France and Mogland have either done too much, or have not dove enough This is the language almost universally used in se ciety wherever the subject has been mooted, aad 1 urderstate the fact when I say, that a very uneasy feeling pervades commercial classes on the subject of Italy, which the motion of Lord John P+ sl! ably treated as it is admitted to bave been, iis an dissipated. An opinion, in fact, seems to prevail that the lite war— smothered as it was by rulers in sheer terror of the ruled—will only follow the law which, like a Nemesis, generally applies to alt eudden and lent measures, and encountering, a no distant day, a sudden reaction. Hopes, daring the late strag gie, were nurtured, and aspirations indulged in, which are not to be strangled at once by the wimpie bidding of a dozen wiseacrea seated round a beard of green cloth at the Foreign Hotel of Paria. Armed Earepe may march to crush them now, should they dare to lift ap their heads, when such a state of things exist, an accident, a straw, the most trivial circunste connected with daily life, may prove a very Archio ian lever in upsetting the established order of a rule, and hosts of men m steel! have before now vanished like a vaper in presence of a people determined on ob taining their rights. Asa justification of this anxi the present state of Spain, whe: sula is declared ina state of sie asked, that canses these continua the damp which, from time to time, the governing Powers manage to cast over them’ Is it a mere love of lawless violence, a mere impatience of authority, a ~— desire fora general scramble’ It cannot be; what is now enacting in Spiia is part and par- cel of that which is heat ms the earth, like 4 ph rol no, throughout the whole Italian pevinaula. Your Esparteros, your O'Donnells, = Radets} aye our Palmerstons, and the all powerful Napoleon imself, cannot keep it down. Call it republic ae in, pave or social, call it what you will, it is the great instinct of right, which has enabled man in the civilized world to be what he is, and which, in spite of force, of persecution and the sword, will yet enable him in every part of the globe to improve his social condition. The Constitutionnel an article on the obser- vation contained in the Hexa.p, that more unlikely y, Men point ‘o whole peain What ia it, is breaks, despive things has come to pass, tha that 10,000 Americans should belp the Mexicans against Spain, and thus capture Cuba. It says:— The sentiment expreseed \n the ie, however, of « pature Ite cortals that a portion United States journa bat should not we Jost on Spain the inhabitants of Mexeo nad tae to earls and i brutal than give road to Mex the church Staten o the adventorers which the rev aid attract in crowds from the United ceiving the Spar jo quadron, the w 0 of thie Spaniah spain could take woud be, in our opin the squadron before Vera Crug, for in the disorganized state of Mexizo everything may be awaited irom her part The last passage, considering the prevent political state of Spain, reads oddly enongh ment the sas c erve hor bY an exoeRS Of Mm extremitios h ber weakness may dri and which would te her rnin. Christina, with her family and attendants, ne to Tronville to pass the bathing season Great efforts are being made at Rome to briag about @ dissolution of the marriaze between the Princess Mathilde and the Prince Demidoff, her hus band. The character which the prinseas bears in F is that of a generous subscriber to all works uf charity, but this does not defend ber highness from imputations of a character injnrious to her digaity as ® matron and princes. At the same time, ina capital where no one's reputation is considered unessailable, it is not surprising that even a lady in her exalted position, living apart from her husband, should be considered open to aseauit. The Count de would most delight to honor. So far, perhaps, hor | highness has nothing to complain of. When sh» eave up her love for her busband, she did not, I dare Nieuberkercke has been talked of as the one whom, | were ber marriage bond dissolved, the princess | tay, forswear all friendship towards his sex. But, tp apy other place than Parks, anecdotes like the fol- lowing would deserved!y be considered scandalous :— “Ab Princes,” said a viciter oneday, whata love of an Italian you bave there, pointing to a beantitul grey- hound that kept frisking atout the knees of her high- ness, and ever and anon leaping into her lap. “Yes,’, wnswered the princess, “ She isa beautiful creature, Canino brought her from Naples in his pocket for me, and | am £0 fond of her that she sleens on m, bed every night.” The room gradually filled wit! other vielters, and bye and bye entered the Count de Neuberkercke, Ina momeut the graceful canine uitted the lap of the Princes Mathilde, and flew to the feet of the Count. There were no bounds to her »y; she sprang to his waistcoat; she almost touched is lips, and when taking her in his arms he fondly paited and stroked her head—mon Dieu, quel fe vous aime! exclaimed the elegant crowd. Yes,” answered the Count, “but the secret is, the is my bedfe:low!” A flushed cheek, a bitten lip, and a rapid turn in the conversation is aaid to have been the result, and the Count finding somehow or otber that be had made a faux pae, very quickly COE eee he this any: lady has right ‘ow, & ly a to think a litte de trop. Thave no doube there is not a word of truth init. But one can quite under- stand that an exalted princess should be anxious to be emancipated from an equivocal positon, which exposes her to the malicious ingemiy of every scandal monger in the Court. It is to be hoped, there- fore, that the Pope will grant her highness’ prayer. Our Havana Correspondence. Havana, July 25 1856. Singular Rencontre of two Knights errant— Appeal to the Duello—A Fair Lady’s Injured Reputation Healed by a Bullet Wowmd—Amicable Termina- tion of a Deadly Feud—Commercial News— Health of the City, §c., Sc. We have had rather a singular incident since my last. It ig some three or four years since, at a club dining saloon in Paris,a young Ameri:an and a Caban youth encountered each other. They were sowing broadcast their first oats, and were of the tip of the ton. At table conversation was discussive and free, names, male and female, were inter webbed with strange stories, and social position did not save any from the sarcastic flow of wit. A lady of ele- vated position was spoken lightly of by the Cuban stranger, which touched achord in the bosom of the Yankee on his first travels ; and he replied by asking the question as in duty bound, ‘‘are you quite cer- tain of the trath of what you say in relation to that lady?” “ Certainly!—I never speak of any lady, or upon any subject, without being certain of my facts;” and he repeated the assevera- tion. To this came a rejoinder from the Yankee— “ Then I regret thot Iam compelled to pronounce you ae——I, and your story an infamous false- hood.” A rush between the parties prevented im- oe Rn gy enga, e i of aohes chivalry, as soon Bgl hs himeelt in the smiles of the lady of , in the box of the linister of the wo at the ] i He fess Fes < fely her 5 returned to hunt out the offen- encountered. On seeking him at it was found that he had before, and three months tinent, by the American, in person who had done him - gee aw a4 F a i i 8 ag E Fa é 3 “i caprice, having a few grains left. Mr. visited the Havana, and has been occupying his time, inoareful husbandry of his resources for rational enjoyment and for im in health. Last Satarday evening, while t: his accustomed aaa or returning therefrom to the city, at twilight, a carriage passed him at a furious e. A glance anda flash of intelligent recogni- jon told him that the person was there with who. he had the quarrel, as stated. To pur:ue the car- riage, and to arrest it in its career, was the work of & moment, and the Cuban was drawn from his cover. A few fierce words passed, and a blow trom Down East sent Mr. Cuban reeling into the street. The latter had a friend with him, who thought the intro- duction rather rough, and be was told that satisfuc- tion would be given if they cared to seck it. Concha did not get his Mexican armada to sea with quite so pe pote as these youths got their war tools ol i Sunday morning—in the carriage of the Caban-- the principals, friends and a sargeon were whirling along a narrow trip of beach twenty-five miles fro. Havana. 4 covert was found for tifteen paces; th parties placed, the word given, and the Cuan was “winged,” while the Yankee acknowledged, with gracetul bow, the proximity of bia adversary’s bu! to the organs of reflection. After a due display ol chivalry the Cuban gentleman. admitted his error; that he had long wished an opportanity to aimend the wrong done; but not kuowing his adversary, wd having left Paris the morning after their first +! venture, on a similar massion to the present, he lai not been able to return as promptly as he expected from a casualty upon the fleld that he could not mend. When encountered in Havana the promp* measures of the Yankee had prevented the acknow- ledgment of the injustice to toe lady, while the per- sonal repetition of insult, as they were leaving the opera, he presumed, could not be atoved for apology; wherefore be had withheld the words uu. | their interview on the field should have made them proper. ‘The steam frigate Antonio de Ulloa arrived from Vera Cruze yesterday, with Pacitic news not ret given to us in detail—our honor is safe. In business there has been evidence of inactivity in the market for Cuban products, caused by the high pretensions of the holders of sugars &c.—the stock of sugars is 245,000 boxes. Freights are dull; the last vessel taken for New York to load @ thousand boxes at 62) cents per box for — no inquiry, while sev. ral large vesvelw are waiting business Exchsnge—London 60 days. sight at 4 p-emiua New York and other Northern at 7 discount. HesIth as good as can be erg Consol i at Columbus, Mississippi, for bis bealth; the acting Consn! is with you al-o for his health, business, Xc., and the Vice Consul, Mr. Sivage is tolerably well, poe living in ‘his city of the dead—as you are pleaved to term it. Our Nebraska Correspondence. Omapa Crry, N. T., Jaly 22, 155. Opening of the Land Offices of Nebrask«—Its In fluence on the Country-—Desertion of some of Gen. Harney’s Soldiers—Effect of his Remowel j+ the Frontier—General News, §¢., §. T understand that a portion of the Nebraska lands will be in the market this fall—some time in Novem ber. This measure will have its good and bad fes- tures to the actual settler upon the public domain. Many, very many, have not the neodful to pay for their lands this full. They have been expecting by honest industry to make enough to pay for them and in this c'ass may be ranked many of our best settlers. They have been led to suppose that not until next spring or summer would they be called upon for this object. Their land coming in tuis fall will render it necessary to make some arrange ments for their benefit. Of course a number will | what we would term “hard pushed” to make botu ends meet. One good feature, however, is the effect it muet have in settling all the conflicting cliinm dts- bang pg ag a ee ma “a Bho ihe nominal titles to the land as now situated. Lam firmly of opinion that were all the surveyed lands of Nebraska to be at the present time, or indeed any time this fall to be offered for sale, the result, as far as the future prosperity of the Territory is concerned, would be . It would open to the hand of the speculator large quantities of ex ¢ land, which, if kept open six or eight monty i ger, would be settled by good and ho setters; whereas, if entered by the specalator in large qaan- tities, it would be idle for years, to the Gcttlonens of the industrious honest settlers around. The pro bability is thet only the ssttled and claimed ons of the Territory will be in market this fall. Most of the already declaratory statements of pre-emp- tion have been filed. 1 understand that nog A the svldiers in Gen. Harney’s command are riing. I have seen several who have been pointed out as belonging to that class. They reach the settlements from Fort Pierre, and generally stay bat a short time. I know not the reason for this desertion. Ip cotmon with the sentiment of the people of the Territory, I can bat deprecate the removal of Gen. Harney (rom the frontier service of Nebraska surrounded se we are by hostile & bes of Sioux In | dens and their allies, it wire’ such a man as Harney to keep them in sal ri pon A now almost mui ent of ite any trouble. He has deservingly won it, sad Bafmccease will, or railer nay, have to win it on hard contested fieids. | Som e little — is now to be apprehended from them, in a aa it of revenge, as soon as they know | Has) ey is well out of the country. Tle Territory ia rapidly settling up with good set- tlers, Pr je advancing all around. A stag: nation, so far as tapid advancement of town pro- peity, is looked for here. The general health is excellent. Our Euston Correspondence, Easton, Pa., July 30, 1556. Natural and Commercial Advantages of Easton~ Mts Churches and Public Institutions—Commence- ment of Lafayette College-~The Exercises and Orations--Addvess vf Governor Pollock--De- grees Conferrid, §e., Se. With the hope of escaping the caloining intensity of the extraordinary “heated term” which we hove had to endure for a series of weeks past, I sough> out this ancient and respectable settlement of the early founders of civilization in Eastern Pennsylva- nia, and have little reason to complaia of the choice I made for my place of temporazy sojourn. A very charming, thriving and hospitable place is Easton, with a population of some twelve thousand inhabi- tants, and a location of unsurpassed beauty for its advantages of natural scenery and picturesque sur- roundings. Its position ia greatly enhanced in a business regard, and made of great and rapidly m- creasing importance by the completion of the va rious railroads which centre here, and, with the canals, constitute an accumulation of business fa- cilities and trading advantages such a3 no other place in Pennsylvania is blessed with. It is the capital, too, of one of the most populous, thrifty and prosperous German counties in the State, and seems just now to have fairly waked up and realized its great natural capacities, with a spirited de'er- mination to use them to the very utmost of its ability. There area goodly number of churches here of the various denominations, those of the German Reformed stripe of course predominating. The public schools of Easton compose a marked acd highly creditable feature in the general view of this in- teresting place. They are numerous, well accom- modated, and highly flourishing. There is here also a flourishing and excellent- ly conducted female institute, styled the “Ophe- litan Seminary.” On the very summit of a high and almost precipitous bill on the northern skirt of the borough, stands the generous parent of all these liberal institutions of learning. T» Lafay- ette College, incorporated in 1833, is dae the high and everlasting honor of infusing into the popular mind of Northampton county a just and liberal spirit of appreciation of the all important subject of Educational retorm and advancement. And to this source we may trace the commeneement of the change in public sentiment hereabouts which has gradually led to the organization of a school system as general, complete, and efficient as any district in the State can boast of, and whose fruits are proudly visible on all hands in a general diffusion of intelli- gence, refinement of manners and orderly habits among all classes of people. The commencement exercises of this college were initiated by the usual services at the Brainard church Jast Sunday. The Rev. Alfred Nevin in the morning with a sermon on “ Christianity.” In the after- noon the Rev. President of the College, Dr. McLean, pea Piety, ee tegen iat Bormon tram Rev. De, Clark, of Philadelphia, On Monday ev the Junior class held their a 7 pod German Reformed church. orations young een composin: he caee wae Iaaly creltalie ie pte scholarship, and reflect much credit on the institution which has cultivated their natural powers with such decided succeas. Where all ac- SS ineidious to particular, too’ emphatically, bat ae eee a obacrnaion, that’ re follow nate were treated Tespective orators, matter of com} ‘and st le of rap @ manner decidedly above the ordinary re tite oF Pentey.” by J. Albert Liggett Brandywine Tae, Delaware. nite “Prospects of American Literature”—William aa pe prverena x 4 # vs. Literary Fame”—J. Pomeroy, Roxbury, Pa. yt gps “Popular Delusions”—William C. Roller, Wil- a5 5 Pa. * No Royal Road to Greatness” —B. II. Pratt, Dan- ville, Pa.; and “Moral Heroism”—John C. Wilhelm, Faune! s- "hens the exercises the and liveliest interest was manifested by the immense throng of brilliant and intelligent ladies and well dressed and appreciative gentlemen who graced the occasiou. At the close of each successful effort of the emulous orators, showers of wreaths and flowers were poured down upon their aspiring heais, and still more abundant showers of gratitied looks and happy veam- ing smiles from the faces of surrounding friends and relatives, giving a well merited and crowning tribu‘e to their triumphs. We am the, honmed wilnesses of the exhibition, and mach no- ticed for his dignitied simplicity of demeanor, and the ratified and encoui g looks with which he viewed the ceremonies of the day, the distinguished Governor of this Commonwealth, Hon. James Pollock. This distinguished gentleman was present, on invitatioo, to adaress the Washi and Franklin literary societies belonging to the college, and accordingly, in tne same church, on Tuesday Te pees to acquit himself of his task,in his usual able and impressive manner, before a very crowded audience, ehiefly composed of ladies, elegantly dressed and brilliant with good looks and a spirits. His Excellency opeved his address by calling the attention of the young gentlemen to the importauce of the p sition which y compat, Sort on the threshold of that practical life for wi they had been so carnestly preparing themselves; drew a graphic and vivid picture of its stern realities, and the re for increased and still progressive efforts in order to insure success In the rapid, har- rying and jostling career, full of trials, dangers and difficulties, which they were about to enter upon. He eloquently depicted the extraordinary tages which our liberal, social and political ins tions furnished the young aspirant in his pursi honor and distinction, and pointed oat the way (ur the snecesstul attainment of both. He strikingly and eloquently reviewed and contrasted the acqui- sitions of mind,the advancement of science and the improvements of ort since the medisval period. with the darkness and ignorance of that age, and elo- quently alluded to the still greater acquisitions which probably lay hid in the anknown future, full soon to be yielded up to the bold investigations of a futare Morse, Fulton or Whitney. The address was fited with noble and patriotic sentiments, and abounded in ardent and strong ex- precsions in favor ot the constitution, and earnest exortations to uphold the Union as the palladiam of our safety. In the closing paragraphs of his ad- mirable speech he paid a manly and noble tribute to the importance and natural equality of labor with the other professions, and nsly pla it on its dignity honorable ex- proper footing of natural cellence. The address was listened to with eager and Fea! gratified attention, and concluded PS irrepressible outburst of warm hearted ap- ne. i The closing exercises by the senior class and gra- duating members were highly creditable throaghont, and reflects mach honor on both the pupils and their Alma Mater. The oration were all of fal! average merit in poit of composition, and delivered with a grace and for.e of manner, and an easy distinctness of voice most agreeabie to “i audience. They were, too, of com- mendable brevity, an excellence not to be overly sk- in the “ “ be —— together The following is a list of the with the nares of the to the n:— Oration—““Latin Salutatory,” by 8. G. Logan, Wil- mington, Del. Oration— "Study of Man,” by John Clark, Chester county, Pa. Oration—" Allegiance,’ by James M. Salmon, Fowlerville, Pa. - he nang TRE and Revelation,” by 1) Banks, Oakland, Pa. Honorary Orstion—“Infinence of the Refo.ma tion,” by I. De Charmes Barclay, Bedford, Pa. Oratioo—"The Beautiful,’ by EB. M. Blanchard, Bellefonte. Oration—“Material of Thought,” by J. A. Patter- son, Academia. fl Honorary Oration—"Ethic Culture,” by D. Ker Freeman, . New Jersey. Oration—‘‘Misdirected Talent,” by Frank Ken- nedy, Belvidere, New Jersey. * Oration—"“Abase of Imagination,” by J. Paxton Vastine St. Louis, Mo. Oration—"Man made to do Good,” by David M. Heydrick, Bridesburg. Oration—'Freedom,”” by R. M. McCormick, N + thomberland county. 1 Oration—'The Reviewer,” by Herman Hambar- ger, Jeanaville, Pa. Oration —"eymmpathies of Genius,” by H. Bon kam, York, Pa. Oration—' Immortality,” by H. D. T. Kerr, Bas Wor eation-—" Qualifications and Rights,” by Owen Riedy, Lehigh count: 8. y- Conservatism,” by W. W. Hopkins, Ovation— Conowingo. “Oration "“Origin of Soviety,” by La H. Grier, Doylestown. ° Fe edictory Oration-~“ The Statesman’s Manual,” by Charles Cores, Smithfield. At the close of the exercises the aenal degree was onferred on the following gentlemen, composing { the graduating Claes :—S. G. Logan, Wilming 5 hu Chirke, Chester county; James D. 8. Banks, Oallan De Chanwes Baroay, Bedford; By My Beilefoute; Charles Vastine, St. Loats, Moy J Patterson, Academia; D, Kerr Freeman, Blair N.J.; Frank Kenedy, Belvidere, N. J.; J. Paxtc Vai St. L io™ David M. Heydrick, Brid . M. MeCorwiek, Northumberland count, - “mburger, Jeansville; H. Bonham, Yori W. Alex. M. Grier, Danville; H. D. ?. Kerr, Basto: Owen Riedy, Lebygh county; W. W. Hopkins, Con) wingo; LG. Grier, D sylestown; and Charles Core Smithfield. The honorary degree of A. B. was a conferred on A. Parker Porter, a graduate of WeJ Point aed forverly u student of Lafryette College. The degree of A. M. was conferred on the follov ing named persons, they having been graduates three years standing:~-W. P. andiews, 8.8. Kel ped qe homes G, Gayley, S. M. Gayley and Samu) . Mills. The honorary degree of D. D. was conferred on thi Rev. James Harper, Carlisle, Penn.; Rev. John Wei of River Tenace, Presbyterian courch, London; Re} Jas. R. Campbell, Serampoor, India; and Rev. Altre| Nevin, Lancaster, Penn. % The entire ceremonies of the interesting o¢casic| paseed off happily and most creditably to studen and faculty. During their whole con*inuance tt church was crowded with a brilliant array of beaut aud intelligence, and a degree of interest manifest inspiring most bopeful anticipations for the f) tre prosperity of the college. In his ck q marks the Rev. President, Dr. M:Lean, remarkey to our high gratiticacion, that the futore pec) of the college were of the most cheer ing characte Easton, Pa., Juby 90, 1856.4 The Annual Commencement at Lufaytte Co!leg?, The Exercises, Speeches, Se, Sx. The annual commencement of Lafayette Colle; was held to day in the German Reforme charch ¢ this place. The graduating class numbéred inv twenty-one. 4 The orations of the youug men displayed a amount of talent which we have never seen equal: on such occasions. Among the specches which were perticularly ¢ serving of attention were * The Influence of the fi formatin,” by R D. Barclay, of Bedford, Pa ; “ Tt Reviewer,” hy Herman Hamburger; and “ Symp thies of Genius,” by H. Bonkam, of York, Pa. whole of the performances were condu:ted in th most becoming manner. Oux Newport Correspondence. | Newport, July 29, 1853. Prospects of the Season—Southern Visiters makin themselves Scarce—An Old Proverd Iiiustrate —The Temperature of Newport rather Tropic. —Abandonmint of the Bay by the Regatta Clui —The Niro Fillmore ficuse—Hop at the Ovex, House—Amodio's Concert, §c. At length the season at this gay resort of folly a of fashion may be suid to have commenced, and sighs of hotel proprietors, stable keepers, sail owners, &c., have been transformed into smiles ¢ satisfaction. For some weeks past the prospect of profitable season for these gentry has been rath4 gloomy. The stream of travel seems to ha been turned in other directions, and, above all, the: has been observable a want of the usual number ¢ wealthy Southerners, whose lavish expenditare ha] hitherto done so much to increase the gains of thi hundreds who subsist upon what they acquire frog] the purses of pleasure seekers during the shojf summer season of Newport. This is undoubted! owing to the short sighted sentiment whi:h is present so prevalent among the Soutbern advoc: of slavery, that money expended at the North worse than thrown away, and that tbey can do 4 an injury by abstaining from visiting our waterin places. I think that, by depriving thenwelves the cool sea breezes, the magnificent drives, and th thousand and one nameless fascinations whic associate themselves with the very name of Ne port, that they are acting in that foolish and uaph! losophical way metaphorically though valgar! described as “ biting off their own noses.” Fort: nately we can do wi it 5 For the last few days Newport bas been fillio very rapidly, aud the hotels have assamed thei wonted aspe.t of lie and gaiety. The weather h been hotter than is usual at this place, which, a3 the world , has always borve the enviable rq putation of being remarkably cool. Lately, ho ever, it bas not sustained its fame; for the ad meter has stood at an average during the day of bd tween 80 and 90 degrees in the shale. eve: this ia not to be com; to the temperature ande which, I see by the Heraxp, you have been sufie| ing at New York; and beside: it lasts only as long: the sun is high. Shor'ly before sunset, e day, delicious breeze sets in the ovean, wit) it the souvenir of floating ice mountains, ich the more appreciated from the contrast whichi resents to the heat of the morning. We are, I be we, to have no regatta here this year. The | ott eee tera yachtsmen were 90 em e im} ions practised upon them last su mer, that they have decided to" test the speed ao at New Bedford, instead of in this beau Y= Notwithstanding this the season promises, as I be fore intimated, to be fully equal in gaiety to an) The Gerwanians discourse the san r jus 4s ever 2t the Atlantic, Ocean ant| Fillmore Houses, while at the Bellevue they have Roman Band all to themselves. By the way, new hotel, the Fillmore, deserves « passing notice] It ts a fine looking building, having, from ap ances, been erected at considerable outlay, is kept by the former proprietor Bellevue, within a few rods of which it is situs The dining room is quite a model, in which it sets a commendable example to the The apartment iv which so much time is passed as devoted here to eating and drinking, should be son thing more than a plain, square box of a room, w! whitewashed walle and a total absence of ornamet As to how the Fillmore House is conducted, “No knowing, I can’t say.” The other hotels are so known, that oi them it is necessary Lo sey bat littid The Atlantic is as well supported as ever, and pey| hape asses ony other in the numoer of q poses which leave its door each afvernoon. Th Jeean, with its if ag magniticent ball, by acknowledgment, the fincst situation of any, much the st hotel in Newport. There was a hop at the Ocean House, last ¢ ing, the second one of the season, which went much better than the first. Amodio is to give a con cert on Thursday next, upoa which occasion he wi be assisted by Miss Vail, Brignoli, and several othe| artists of distinction. We look forward to it as quail a treat. There are a great number of New Y¢ here. Besides the crowds at the botels, a larger re resentation than usual of the good people of foam have taken cottages for the season. Our Norfolk Correspondence. Nonroug, July 29, 1856. Health of Norfolk—A Medel City Inspector—E. haustion of the City Water Supplies— Sor Carrying into Effect the Projected Wat Works— The Season at Old Point Comfort— Approaching Yacht Race, &¢., §e. Tam truly glad to say to our New York fi that the health of Norfolk was never better; o new Inspector is indeed a tramp; I wish you such a one in New York; our streets are as clean the avenues of a park, swept every day, leaving ing anodoriferous “ to cause a pout on beauty’s li It is true, we are suffering for water just now, as drought bas absorbed all the moisture of our terns, showing very conclasively the necessity q building the new water works projected by one your talented citizens, us an it supply from the Lake of the Dismal Swamp, seven miles distant. This ter is the color of “ London dock, cypress water is and oa owent ond sees your Se overnment works here will pay ly for the & its the; have the water in tron tanks in the Na 5 h filled in the 1821, and it is no Yard, which were year veh & parch rain at a much , the great desideratum water their vessels with an article that will pure all the voyage. Iam satisfied this stork wi yield 20 cent to the holders, and its ae our city will be beyond measure, as inv: wi resort here to drink it for its medicinal qualit For diseases of the skin, and for disarrangement the stomach, it is a great antidote. Old Point continues to be the centre of attractio for the belles and beaux. The company contin to inerease; some five hundred persons are no: there. The ladies are all on the qui vive thie in nee of the great yacat race that is come off Totween the celebraied boat Freeze, merly owned and built in your city, and the Vii built boat Antelope. The bets are even up to dat 80 nearly are they matched. Temperatnre, 90 the shade tony. Superior Court—Spectal Term. lon. Jadge Hoffman Wilton FP Crark a aerer to amends onve to amend amended. © pt of $17 costs Are Le Another complaint plant er