The New York Herald Newspaper, July 25, 1858, Page 3

SUMMER RETREATS. WEST POINT. Wasr Por, July 17, 1858, Panie Summer—Visiters to the Point— The Cadet Encampment —“ Deviling Pleves” — Trial of Breech Loading Carbines—Cadet Hopa—The Recent Examination, §c. I think you are about right in the opinion that the panic has interfered sadly with summer recreation this season. No doubt there are many votaries of the fashionable plan of shutting up the front part of the house with the idea of humbugging friends that the family “has gone to the country.” A great many this year content themselves with going but a short distance from the city, and in fact everybody is obliged to radiate at distances regulated hy the Jength of the purse. Thus one ruralizes at Hoboken at the expense of six cents ferriage; another ad- vances a step and takes a shilling sail to Staten Island, or to Long Branch for fifty cents, and so on; the distance and pleasure increase together until you reach Newport, for six weeks, and spend all the money they have and more too. Of watering places near New York, I think West Point is one of the best. You have the bracing atmosphere of the Highlands, excellent bathing in the Hudson, romantic rambles on the hills, and the surrounding Revolution- ary reminiscences, sufficient to recuperate physical weakness and keep up a good patriotic feeling. ‘Phen it is so near the city that come up and spend a day or two and ran back without Josing much time by the journey. You can come by the cars in about two hours, if you get an express train, or by the boat in about three. The pleasant- ‘est way by far is by the boat. You start from New ‘York at seven and reach here by ten, having break- fast on board, at a total expense of but a dollar and arter. If you eome by the cars it costs you a dliar, ‘and yon don’t have any breakfast, or a chance to see the beautiful scenery of the Hudson. You might better pay the extra quarter and come by the boat, considering that vou get your breakfast in, and only have to get up an hour earlier. One great attraction of the Point to the summer visiters is the encampment of the cadets, which con- tinues from the middle of June until September, rain or shiae, and is a fair sample of the soldiers life, with the exception of bett@r rations, no fighting, not very hard duty, and a fine chance to see the ladies resident or visiting on the Point. The encampment this year is on the west of the Parade ground, the ondete” uarters oooupying about two hundred and fitty square, unsheltered by any but a few poms trees planted near the of the sentinels by the kind forethought of Major Delafield. It gives the young gentlemen, however, an excellent idea of camp life. There is a cadet officer of the day taken from the firs! class, with his adjuncts of corporals, sergeants and guards, and the daties are practiced as they would be in active service, the rds bein; kept to a strict accountability. The recitations, wit! the exception of infantry tactics, are suspended du- ring encampment, the duties being mainly of a milita- and somewhat arduouscharacter. As early as five Gelock the Parade ground may be seen studded with * plebes,” or the new cadets, being drilled by the older cadets, and the way they are * put through” is enough to excite the commisseration of the beholder, and the most decided objections of the “ plebes.” A. good story is told of a youn con og of the third class, who had two “ plebes” ander drill, and waa exercising them in the double aek. step; one of them was not precise enough in his movements, and the serjeant addressed him thus. “ Be careful now, Mr. Smith; obey the order quickly, or you will put out the whole squad.” At eight o'clock there is a epee parade, and during the day arms to be cleaned, artillery practice, avd work at the batteries. The third class of last year, now the second class, made some good firing with the sea coast battery yesterday, being, oy the way, their first trial with that’ batvery, The evening parade takes place at about seven o'clock, just before supper, and is viewed in fair weather by many.of the v| of the hotels. ‘Dhe cadet battalion does not now appear to the beat advantage, because the best clasg has jast graduated, the worst class is just coming in, and the furlough class is still out. But even with these disadvantages they present a very fair appearance, and are by no means unappreciated by military men. I noticed ain Garland, of your Light Guard, at the pa the other evening. He came up on the yacht Silvie, with a party of friends, and appeared to be much pleased with the battalion. He is, by the a juate of this institution. “tee the favorite amusements of the old cadets is that of “ deviling plebes,” by which phrase the an- initiated may understand “ bothering new cadets.” A favorite time for this sport is at night, when the lebes are placed on guard. One genius this Baa a diagram made of the location of every pl in the camp, aud had fine sport playing all sorts of tricks on them. A nomber of gentlemen are now ander at, awaiting eourt martial on charge of lassoing a “plebe” while on guard, and dragging him some distance. It was very fine fan for the boys before nf oy canght, but may be somewhat of a serious matter for them. They seem to take the matter rr pleasantly, however, and their tent is always the jolliest in the camp. In je of the risk of punishment though, the practice “ devilling plebes” has been carried on from time immemorial, and doubtless will continue. When a “plebe” gets put on guard for the first time in the night he naturally feels somewhat nervons, and sel- dom retains any clear impression of the multi- plicity of orders which he receives. Ten chances to nA in his trepidation, he does not ran the cor- porat through before he has achance to give the countersign. Only last night one of the “plebe” pentinels faa a flerce encounter with one of the cor- rails, npon whom he charged bayonet without giv- fe him a chance to give the countersign, and would have run him through had not the corporal proved to be the stouter of the two. A“pleb” has a far more exalted idea of the rig- ors necessary on his post than an old cadet has. ‘The other night a few jolly spirits, stopping at one of the hotels, were roving about the outskirts of the eamp in search of fun, when t! were challenged pe of the “pleb” sentinels, “Who comes there?” “Will you take a drink’ was the answer. The vir tuous “pleb,” however, instantly cried “halt,” and shouted “ of the guard!” The te pe vn d were obliged to halt until the corporal arrived, whic was no little time, as the corporals gouerally know the “pleb’s’” post, and, anspecting some devilling, have no very desire to interfere with it, On this occasion corporal advanced to hear what the company wanted, when one of them asked, “What sort of weather will it be to-morrow?” The corporal replied, with some digaity, that that was “rather out of his sphere of duty.” “Will you take # drink?” said the other. “Now you talk,” said the corporal, and atter » hearty swig he bade the com- ¥ pass unmolested, An old cadet sentinel was one night on gaard, when he heard a footatep approaching, and soon re- ised a friend from the hotel. The following jay ensned :~ “Who comes there ?” “A friend.” “ Advance friend and give the countersiga.” “Take a awig from this bottle." ‘Taking a swig). “Friend, the countersign is pass. camp this a is called camp Jefferson Da- vis, in honor of the Secretary of War The cadets this summer, as usnal, have had a series of cadet the Academic Hall, which, for want of a room, has done very well. The hops have is far very well attended by the ladies of the Point and those at the hotels, to whom, as well as to the cadets, they are a weleome pastime. The music of the a is no i pM my The are nom open to tl ta, bat are Mlonded renerily but by the higher classes, to whom the ladies seem to accord the most of their fa- vors. Though the hop cannot be considered as part of ‘the mil education of the institution, it is recog: nized by Major Delafield, the commandant of the , a8 a necessity, which, while it does not harm The cadets, is beneficial in shaping their tastes to In- dies’ society ani fitting them for it, when, without these opportanities, they would form other and less elevating predfections. Major Delafield seems to maintain a fatherly care over the cadets, and is not blind to their natural faulta and prejadices, and the allowances which ought to be made for them. He often attends the hops himself, as also do member of his family. The cadets are forming bright antici oft leasures of the closing hop, in the part of p ast, when, from the crowded at- tendance expected, it is designed to secure, if poasi- ble, the large mess hall fora bail room. The present hall is obstructed by foar uncouth pillars, and, be sides, the ceiling is very low, and the room is too small to accommodate those who will attend. The official —— of the Academy for this year has been recently published, giving the standing of the cadets in tl different classes, as determined at the general examination in Juue. 1 to give you the names of the five beat in each class, who Will by law be attache! to the next Army Re- ister. The names have not been published, and it } 4 excite some emulation among the young gen- men. First Clasa_.Wm. C. Paine, Masa.; Moses J. White, ise. ar Dixon, Tenn.; William H. Bohols, EE 5 jamnel 5 rlando Wagner, Pen: Third Clase, ~ iter MoFarlaud, N. Tardy, Jr, N. ¥.; Horace P Bowen, N. Y.; Benjamia F. Alvan, Jr., 8. Of the number of candidates for Academy iitiey but sixty-six have been admitted, or not one-half of the applicavts. ihe p»pular ij rance of the nec ifivations ia such it boys are often sent who are raily not capable of reading well. Of those admitted ‘this year one is twenty years and eleven months old, or within four weeks of being tov old to enter. Another is twenty years and seven months old. All the “plebs” have not cape become sufficiently well drilled to join the battalion, A commission, consisting of three army officers— Major Alfred Mordecai, Capt. Thos. J. Rodman and Capt, 'T. 8. Lardley—is now engaged in (eord the breech loading carbines presented for competition, as was done last year. There are but about one-third as many entries. Some of the firing bas been very good, but as the experiments will be continned a week hence, no definite results can yet be stated. West Point never looked more delightfui than pow, and I think it combines as , if not more, patos od than any other place so near New York, for a quiet and pleasant summer retreat. Foreign Miscellany. The following new and important facta concerning the vine disease form the subject of a paper just pre- sented to the French Academy of Sciences by M. de la Vergne:—l. The cidium does not spread to any alarming extent, except when the temperature is day and night above twenty hegre Decoiarnts (68 Fahrenheit), aa is the case in the neigh! of Bordeaux, from the end of May to that of Sep- tember. Whenever northern winds prevail in the interval, or frequent rains lower the temperature eve ico Bid growth of the oidium is stopped, to acquire vigor as soon. as the sun adds warmth to the humidity with which the parasite issa'nrated. The same vine plant is not always equally ag a to the attacks of the oidium, nor at the same of the year; nor are different species of vines equally invaded in different soils or situations. Hence the operation of sulphnring need not extend to every point attacked, or be repeated during the who.e du- ration of the malady. A French steamer left Havre lately for St. Peters burg with a cargo of colonial productions, Cham- pagne wine, and articles de Paris, and 1,000,000 fr. in specie, ee The Courrier of Rheims complains that the con- sumption of Champagne wine has of late years been on the decline, and in proof it states that whereas in 185657, 8,490,198 ttles were exported and 2,468,818 sold in France, in 1857~'58 only 7,368,310 were exported, and 2,421,454 were sold in France. In the former year, the total was 10,959,016 bottlee, and in the latter only 9,789,764. A letter from Nuples, dated on the 19th ult., says:— ‘the eruption of Vesuvius may be considered as having nearly if not altogether terminated. All ap- nce of fire disappeared on Tuesday night. ‘here was a slight action and a flow of lava from two of the craters on the following day, but so in- considerable as to excite no alarm. In fact, so far as appearances can be trusted at present, the erap- tion, which has now coutinued so violent for three weeks, may be regarded as terminated. The earth- juake shocks have recommenced. At 7 A.M. on the 13th, it was vertical and undalatory, and lasted eight seconds. Another shock was felf at Spinosa on the 16th, which lasted twelve seconds. Neither of these prodaced any damage. The same district was devastated by a terrible hailstorm, the stones weighing above an ounce. The loss of life resulting from the typhoon mentioned in my !ast letter as hav- ing taken place at Sala has not been so great, ac- cording to the official journal, as was feared from the tenor of the telegraphic despatch. It is now stated that only twen'y-two lives were lost. The Austrian government hae this year omitted the usual celebration of the anniversary (the 101st) of the battle of Kollin, fought on the 15th of June, 1757, between the Austrians and Prussians; the jatter, under the command of Frederick the Great, were defeated with great loss. No allusion to this Austrian victory is made in the order of the day. Another Vienna letter in the Cologne Gazette, says:—Reports from the Anstrian Consuls in the Lower Dannhe state that the present moment is very favorable for the ynportinto Turkey of Aus- trian productions, especially manufactured articies, such productions having become very rare in Turk- ish markets. Military manoevres on an extensive scale are now taking place at Vienna, and it is remarked that they differ from those of previous F peo in this respect, that they are carried on with masses of troops, in order to instruct the officers and accustom them to command. The anaual horse fair of Kronstadt, Transylvania, has this year been far below its | sae reputation. The of horses which usually are sent there, ater having passed the winter in Wallachia, were almost entirely absent, the Turkish govern ment baving purchased nearly all of them while still on,the pasture grounds. The Reminaiare sors states that the harvest Russia promises to be magnificent. of Russia, we are reminded of a state- ment we have seen, to the effect that the present Emperor has not only reconstituted the Russian Bible Society, which was suspended under Nicholas, but that he has made a donation of 25,000 roables (£4,000), and has promised an annual subscription of 10,000 roubles ep. The consequence of this patronage is inary activity, and a new edition of 30,000 New Testaments, in Finnish and Esthonian, has just been printed, while religious tracts and books are circulated in immense naum- bers. ‘The Asiatic cholera has again made its appearance in London. Its first victim attributed his malady to the earn stench arising from the Thames, on which river he was employed as a lighterman, ‘The return to Parliament of the number of licensed houses for lunatics in England and Wales, and the number of patients on the Ist of Jauusry last, gave the following results:—In the metropolitan licensed houses the number of private lanatics was 676 males and 630 females; and of pauper lunatics, 490 males and 827 females, showing a total of 2,623. The pro- vincial licensed houses contained of private lunatics, 754 males and 743 females; and of pauper lunatics, 603 males and 547 females—a total of 2,647. The number confined in lunatic asylums, exclusive of licensed , was 16,154. ‘The official retarn respecting British fisheries for the year ending the Sist December, 1857, shows that the total quantity of herrings cured daring the pe riod was 680,813] barrels; the total quantity brand- ed, 218,992; and the total quantity exported 967,160, being a decrease upon the preceding year of 29,1744 barrels in the quantity cured, of 4,289 in the quantity branded, but an increase of 19,5494 barrels in the quantity exported. The quantity of horri caught, vey veda op a to Aa barre A a upon preceding year o! 21,304 barrels, ‘These two quantities give total penx of the herring fisheries for 1957 at 666,9343 Is,. presenting a decrease . the preceding year ee barrels bP omy _ returns in i cod and ling department for 104s owt. were cnred dried, and ere barrels cured fn pickle, and the total quantity exported was 34.310 cwt., being a decrease in 1557, as com- pared wit 1856 of 5,896] ewt. in the quantity cured dried, and 2,248) barrels in the quantity cared in lity exported. "The nember of boats emplored dur: e mi em) ar ing the yea a 12,877, manned by 43,014 fisher- men boys, and with those engaged in the shore curing and other departments of the fisheries, the total number of persons employed was 93,596. The Leeds (England) Mercury of 234 of Jane, saye:—It would seem that the high price of corn which has prevailed for many Fe has yielded to the influence of successive good seasons, and that a eycle of cheap food has now fairly set in. Within the fast twelve months the inperial average price of wheat has fallen from a quarter to dis. 7d. quarter. Since the repeal of the Corn laws we ave had a period of two dear years, then of six cheap years, afterwards of four dear years, and now we havereached the first of another series of Sisek Xet’ree heatipeotabiy te favored. with three 72 favored with three or four years of pleuty and cheapness; and if this should be so, it will be a great mitigation of the evils of diminished trade, and will itself be a principal means of reviving trne prosperity. Mr. Disraeli has promised a deputation of noble- men and members of Parliament interested in the progress of the fine arts in Ireland, that the govern- ment will contribute towards the creation of a na- tional gallery in Dublin. Notwithstanding Derby, the majority on the £10 county franebise bill in the Honse of Commons, the London News shows that it is in some danger. Six notices of amendments have emanated from the conserative party. The Rev. Mr. Tait, of Ragby, (England) has re- ceived a letter from the Rev. Carstairs Douglas, dat Speakin, d Amoy, April7. The missionary writes:—‘The missionaries here memorialized Lord Elgin and the American envoy on the su of rel 3 tolera- tion for Chinese Christians. the opiam question we said nothing, feeling that no words of ours could at all add to oo wah po og ee missionaries to that deatructive traffic. of the evil is terrible, among the edacated classes especially. It is really very dificult to find a teachor ho, dots not smoke. e lower classes are also fearfully infected, and seldom seek to be cured until they are past remedy. The only alternative is the mode in which death is to come—disease or atar- vation, or bath combined. Let the people of God in Britain come ‘to the help of the Lord against the mighty.” NEW YORK HERALD, SUNDAY, JULY 25, 1858. Monament ts Ethan Allen. we. the Burlingtoa (Vt ) Froe Press, July 13.) Ethan Allen monument ia now lete, ex- cepting ite atone, and this, prope , will be ele- its place the present weel When thai is done the structure be a becoming one, s situble- both to the State and the object of itg erection— creditable to the taste and care of the coma ee and to the fidelity of the con'ractor. It isap in Tuscan column of ‘granite, the whole height fromthe base of the pediment to the top of the abacus beit forty-two feet. When surmounted by the colossal statue of Allen, to be sculptured by Mr. Mead, the entire structure will be fifty fect in height, or a little more. On ench face of the die there is let in a white mar- ble tablet, four feet in length by two and a halt feet in breadth. The inscriptions we give not only ver batem, but lincatim, lit rctim and punctuatim, “The: are in a plain, de-ply cut letier, and in goo taste. The intention was to have no marks of pane- tuation used, such being in agreement with highest authority in regard to monumental inscriptions of their character. As an illustration of the extreme difficulty of securing absolute accuracy in such me: chanical work, it will be noticed that, through some inadvertence, the inteation was foiled in the inscrip- tion on the north side. We are informed also that quotation marks are to be applied to Allen's famous remark at the gateway of Ticonderoga. WaT BIDE. iAosrhaaihhadatintaaranaian nana cebaibantoredenars | ‘VERMONT a 3 3 3 To EYHAN ALLEN N BORN ; IN LITCHFIRLD Cr 16TH JAN A D1737 0s prep 3 IN BURLINGTON vr 12th FaR A D 1789 z AND HURIED NEAR THE SITE OF ‘THIS MONUMENT. QMO IORI II LEI DNIODE BO DEDORDE INDE DE SOUTH SIDE. ON EIEIO DELL OD OE LEDEIPLELEDLTELE DOLE SE DE POLE DEPP: ‘TUR LEADER OP THE GREEN MOUNTAIN BOYS IN THE SURPRISE AND CAPTURE OF TICONDEROGA WHICH HY DEMANDED IN THR NAME OF THE ORMAT JENOVAT AND TAB OONTINENTAL CONGRESS ereeeeerersees@ 3 : i BAST SIDE. Qeeecceseresenensennee nee neste seer test sete re eee TAKEN: PRISONER 18 A DARING ATTACK ON MONTREAL AND TRANSPORTED TO ENGLAND BE DIRAKNED THE PORPOSY OF HIS ENEMY BY THY RESPRCT WIECH HB INSPIRED For THE REBELLION AND THE RESEL. QLD ILEO LENE POSE TELE EDLETELE NOTE NE TENE ® wre rrersneten anne rere nees oe: NORTH SIDR. AODOLOLE LEA OOLOOL TOLLED DODD NE DOLE LE 1 HG) WIELDING 3 THE TEN AS WREL AS TER SWORD, NE WAS THE *3 SAGACIOUS AND INTREPID 3 DE OF THE NEW HAMPSUIRE GRANTS, AND 2 THY ARDUOUS STRECGLE WICH ARSOLTED IN TI SOVEKAIGNTY AND INDRPENDENOR oF THUS STATE. Pevnvorsereeoseseee sess sene Monument to Preston 8. Brooks. {From the Charlestoo Mercury, Jaty 14 | Yesterday we saw a very beautiful monument to the memory of our lamented Brooks, which is now completed. This monument is of the obelisk form, pure marble, of the finest quality, and finished in the most artistic and workmanlike manner. It is fourteen feet high from the pediment, and five feet square at the base. Near the top or point of the obelisk is a neatly desigued arabesque, wad below, in the centre and front side of the monument, is the coat of arms of the State of South Carolina, elabo- rately worked and carved by an artist of great skill. Below this, and on the die of the obelisk, is an ivy wreath, in bold relief, encircling the following ap- propriate inscription: OLOOLENEAOIELETOUOLOSEDOLELE NOODLE MELE LODE 18% Borm m Bagete!t vilage, in august, 1810, ¢ ; Blected to the State Laginiacnre to 1844 ; = Electea Captain of Company 0,-Palmetio regunent, in > 3 1846, and served during the Mexican war. 3 to Oongress in 1853, g And died in Washington Cisy, D. C., 2742 Jan., 1867. p Sse POO TE LOLE TE IPCOLE POCO TELERE FETE EE On another side, in a similar wreath, will appear the following:— eecereecrosvevarionestatee te sort receaoce rt nere ret > ? Ever apie, maoly, jast and heroic; iliusiratiog trae irene vetiea oorsiees 8 ved family in untimely end. aahids POCO OCTOLL OE POOOREOEIDLELERELEPEDERELE 2D 10 bE And on the obverse side to the above this inserip- tion will be placed: — ee eernrorecerere rere ® era a has never pillowed upon her bosom a truer C Nor heaven opered wide her gates to receive a maaiier spirit. POOL EELOIILE IELEDOLEDILOLOLELE DE HE DEOL LEED On the back of the obelisk is this inscription:— AOOOLOIOLOIIOELOPENE TODO SOLO DOLE MODODOLE DE g Preston 8. Brooks will be lovg, long remembered, 3 As Obe ib #bOmM the virtues loved to dwell; Tho’ ead to a8, and dark this dispensation, We tnow God's wisdom orders all things well, eereornerreree eeresere 10 renereer This monument is a work of great beauty and ornament, simple withal, and expressive in its tow- ering position of his spirit ef whom it is a memo- rial. 3 MASTER SPIRIT ; 3 3 renveered) The San Jacinto Moaument. Gov. Lubbock, of Texas, has issued « circular ty Treasurers of the various coanties 'n State, in bebalf of the San Jacinto Monament, to accor ‘With the resolutions adopted om the 2let of April Whereas, it has bean heretofore resolved by those as- sembing oo the battle ground to erect a suitable mona. ment over the remains of the brave men who fell aad ing out of this object, until it is accomplishet, ‘That we moat respectfully aod earnestly ro- quest the citizens of our State W come forward im aid of 20 b| Resolved, teat the Chief Justice of exch and every solicited to prepare and fection preciocta of their re- Salem Minas, Register, July 19.) y meeting on Tharaday eveniog inet, at Hall, to take measures for the erection of a mepument pear the soene of Leslie's repuise, Mayor “ile to the chair and Henry Woestlaat wes remarks by the chairmen, J Vinesat Browne From a com aittee apporated “ vous presented the follow ing rejort: — ibe Iacoente of the period Caterer to the Revolution, ity : i 4 men, which was sta, , under the comand of It nod take possession of the Rame of his Brice snic Ma made on Sunday, the 26tn day divine service in the afternoon, wasuapectingly resting in the i i # Af i HE itary beyond their reach, when, J length convinced thal it would de the eafest and most politic course for him to make sone overtares towarde a cComprom'se and endeavor to effect by diplomacy whet 't was in vain any longer to think be extorted by force pledgea his word and } a Lg wens remove on 90> raetion, would march A peaces! man per not above fifty rode beyond the br: , and then re tarp, Without molesting any person or . That his them." The compromias was wate. Too troops ‘pasest U wee ial bridge and immediately returned to Beta, (rusteated that the fires defasce Geet stand : i Further resolutions were reported, ‘or the appoint neat of a committe to nominate ward commitions to odtain eubseriptions ; for the chairmen of ward committees to re See Mayor when they have canvassed the!r wards, order that a meetiog of subscribers may be called to organize a Monument Asscation, for communicating the ‘rerun and sarntnsrcomeaping mom oo a . somm' tee to communicate with natives of Salem and vicinity re ee tet ee pro Tre New Yoax Wieat Cror.—The Rochester Union says that reports as to the state of the wheat in and other adjoining counties are con- fi a. An old miller, who haa traveled some within a week about the Genesee Valley and in Genesee county, says the wheat harvest has commenced, and the isa fair one. He states that the mischief done by the weevil is slight, and far less than was anticipated. Another miller has letters froi differ- ent parts of the valley, which tend to confirm the statement of the one first named. The quantity of wheat raised thereabouts will be small, compared with some previous years, and a far Jess breadth of ground was sown. Our Bosten Correspondence. Boston, July 15, 1858. Massachusetts Politics—A Demoeratic State Con- vention Called— Meeting of the Staie Committees of the Banks Party—The Gardner Know Nothings, &c. ‘Two things that have recently taken place in thia State may be held to indicate the opening of our annual political campaign. The first is the action of the Democratic State Committee, which body, a tort- night since, isaued a call for the meeting of the De mocratic State Convention in September. The demo- cratic journals urge immediate and zealous action, and a large convention is expected to assemble, Among the persons named for the democratic candidacy are Mr. Choate, General Cushing, Judge Abbott and General Butler, it being takén for granted that Mr. Beach means to retire. The recent orations of Mr. Choate and General Cushing, de- livered on our national anniversary in Poston and New York, have brought them prominently before the public, and either of them could easily get the democratic nomination, but neither desires it or would take it as things now are. Mr. Choate has no wish for office, or to be a candi- date for it. What he docs for and with the demo- eracy is owing to his belief in the sectional character of the democracy’s foes; and he thinks he can labor more effectually from a position implying disinterest- edness than as a party leader seeking the usual ob- jects of such leadership. Those who know his career will see that this is in perfect uni- son with his past history. Repeatedly has he refused as high office as he could now be nominated for by the democrats, or by any combination of parties that here could possibly be formed. Executive position is not to his taste, and he was not Governor of Massachusetts while the whigs ruled because he would not take the office. He was once Senator, and resigned his seat before the expination of his term. He was twice » member of the House of Representatives, and would not con sent to enter that body a third time. He will not be a candidate for Governor. Disinterestedness is not the peculiarity of General Cushing. He will not be a candidate for Goveruor, because he means to be a candidate for Congress. The republicans of the Newburyport district are di vided into a number of factions, each led on by some person who is desirous of being nominated for repre- sentative. Most of these factions will disappear after the nomination shall have been made; but it is believed that sufficient division will have been caused to lead to the ‘gets up of a second republican can- didate, who will draw away votes enough to leave the democrats and national waigs plurality, uniess the larger part of the Know Nothings should go over to the republicans, and that is not exvected. The vote in the district for Governor in 1857 was as follows:—Republican, 5,393; Kuow Nothing, 4,150; democratic, 2,310. This doves not look very favorably for the democrats; but Gen, Cushing is the last man to despair of cess, and his friends think that he would be sup- pocves for Congress by a large number of voters, rrespective of party, just as he has repeatedly been so supported when a candidate for the Legislature. All will depend upou the action of the Americans, or Know Nothings. If they have preserved their or- ganization, and should bring out and strongly sup- port a candidate, the democratic nominee would be well placed for success. Even if hesnould be beaten he would be ina position implying leadership, and that, it is supposed by most men, is as much as Gen Cushing in his heart expects The administra has treated him so coldly that it isall the more ne sary be should receive some mark of approbation from the voters of his party at home. Gen. Butler's nomination would not be very satis factory to the supporters of the administration, as he was one of those democrats who affiliated with the free soilers, and who often uttered anti-stavery senti- ments of an ultra character. He is not in the confi- dence of the men who have the confidence of the administration in this State. Judge Abbott, who, like Gen. Butler, is of Lowell, is much better situated than is that gentleman for the chieftainship of the democracy. Asa ng man, he was a popular leader of the party wheh it was nearly twice as strong as it now is, and served it well in the Legislature, both as a Senator and as a Representative. Looking far ahead, he had the sa- gacity to see that the al ce between the demo- crate and the free soilers must be of a temporary nature, and he held aloof from politics for some years, devoting himself to his profession, in which he won an exalted reputation both as a high toned lawyer and asa man of learning. He was elected a member of the frase | ‘oavention in 1853, expressly on the ground of hfs ability, and knowledge of the subjects which that body would have to discuss. When the Superior Court for the “County of Suffolk was instituted, he was made a jus tice of it, and by common consent the first place on that bench was assigned to him, in fact, if not ia name. He held the office down to the close of the year 1857, when he voluntarily left it, to the general regret. Jt was that he would have remained in the court until he should be called to the of all our courts; but he saw fit to withdraw, and no man has a at the bar. He is the best man t could be nominated for the office of Governor by the democrats, and probably would get a larger vote than any other person in that party. He is now in his forty-third year, and was elected a representative at 21, and a Senator when he was but 27 years old. The other event alluded to is the meeling of the State Committees of the Know Nothings aad of the republicans, on Tharsday, the Lith, They repre rented the two parties that made Mr. Banks Govern- or, the one the regular republicansyand the other those of the Know Nothings who were opposed so Gov. Gardner. The Ce licans are anti-slavery men, who wally believe there ig something ia “ the movement for om;” the Know Nothings care nothing for that movement, beyond that it is useful in way of getting and keeping control ol the State spoils, and in their hearts they would prefer a union With their old Gardiner tseoslanee, evel that be effected with ge | to themselves. They hate their present allies, and will some dayor other let them knowit. There was a good deal of bickering between the two committees as to the name of the Banks Party and about the time and manner of calling a int State convention. Finally the matter was assigned to a sub-committee, which is to i days. It is expected the Convention 1 be called to meet on the %th of September, at either Worcester or Springtield. [t will, beyond per- adventure, nominate the present State officers for re- election—Governor, Lieutengnt ernot, Secretary of State, Treasurer, Attorney General and Auditor. There is considerable disaifection in the Banks party, but not e to make it possible that it can be beaten. It is known that many persons have been | disappointed who have sought for places, t as | they cannot act in union their grief will not be called into @ volume Calculated to make a political freshet. What the Gardner branch of the Know Nothings will do is unknown to all but themselves. They were more than 37,000 strong at the last election, and, after deducting from that namber all who may have left them since that time, hy | ought to be powerful enough to effect men if organized and well led. Mr. Gardner himself has apparently retired from politics, and if his friends should resolve upon action under their old they would have to select a new leader. at they may thos act, is not improbable, as they are powerful in seve- ral of bn ge ne districts, and may be ena- bied to the elections there if they shall pro ceed as a Ly, while they could do very little as © mass of floating voters. ‘In Suffolk county, which forms the greater part of two districts, they were numbers so large as to be able to have their way if united. Then could have an effect on the Le- ey elections which, in view of the United ‘tates Senatorial election, ough! to be thought of by them and by all other politicians. Govannuent Exrenses.—The thik the adminis | nal says that the Papers tration of President Buchanan thould be, sondacte! wit bo more expense then thet of Presideat Waaroe, To Hllas trate the fallacy aod nonsense of such talk we give a ape cimen of rome of tbe caages which demand an increased —_ 18t5. a town Jour- an, 1458 32 1,096,000 17,088 Nomber of States Nomber rs Paris, is one It is that which, ihre dary ean Sh » Will cross u a ixth ar- rondissements, and come ont near the Church of St. Fustache and the Halles Centrales, This street hits already heen declared hy decree to be of hie utility. Tt will be abont 1,200 metres in Tongth. and 20 metres in width, from the rue du Temple, Chateau New Granada. OUR ASPINWALL CORRESPONDENCE. pill shall be reseneidered and the modiseaiions re Asrinwatr, Jaly 5, 1868, aonnran iy ae, (Presiden rome New Way to Celebrate tha Fourth of July—A Sputh Ame- | tion" snaition or omisrion to we Hill in ile, Grigias) sbape te rican Capitalist from Lima for New York—Shipment of {piseduced, ihe President cam again send in bask: for Treasure for England— Inauguration of the New Oonsth thition—Q@rand Dinner and Ball—Magniloyu:nt Demon a Hiration of Sardinia cnt Brance—the Sale Bleeim for | Rouea'tnthe Bl uf then de two hounen coast ogres bo Governor— Rights of Foreigners and a New Tribunal of | *luseaare droppe Settlement uf Dis} ~The New Port and Pobice Regu lation Law Promulgaud—The Island Ports Closed Against Foreign Trade-—The Exodus from California FxECUTIVE rowrR To be exorcised by a Promdent, wh enters office on the ist of April after bis elec'ion, io case ie death or ADeemes one Of ihhee desigaco. io de elected annually by Uonaress shall teke bie plage; ifnodesignedo i¢ present then the Altorary General of the nation, ani in defauit of hm the oldest Secre- Should I (ail to give you a smaller qua:tity of nows tary of Bieta, ‘han wena} from the Ixthmus, ou must attribute it tothe | | 5! ily oblivious effects of the eighty second acniversery of the glorious “Fourth,” whicb has been celebrated here in « ae net manner that would giadden tr» heart of old Joun Adams. | lear tee forces personally; appetntta slices aot prohibited One day was not suifisiont; so the Fourth of July was | Qutore Congress acnusils within eight ceya of v4 opening, commenced on the evening of Thursday, the Int, and Bo cotimaice end reveou: sevens: pee ab nay acta of war exatanod seat uninterruptedly until noom of Monday, | Septaia ‘canes sraut petecia and copyrights; wame with the the » wi there was a general breaking ap, to | ecasen! of the henas enionels of the army : it to le mail \ettera and see the steamers off. Not only =| jopianrs tod erst ancual reports to ¢ Foan, and were native and naturalized citizons off the bag LT ac. te TT United States engaged in the celebration, but tho | omee foreign citizens generally, resident in Aspinwall, ag well 7 asthe citizens, mostly officials, of New (iraueda, who joined heartily in the festivities on the Fourth, and seemed to regard Washington and Bolivar as twin brothers, But I am anticipating. Being only a nowe correspondent, IT must bring up eventa im weir regular order, from tue sailing of the Moses Taylor, and then !f these suilice not penege 1 shall be allowed to dilate on matiers come. n 5 pe the aon. from Lima, by the olivia, is with the consent of Congress sa7 Res to thelr clare war when Con xrens decrees it, an raticn Ip case of invasion ot mp com iy hen calied THK JUDICIAL POWER. judicial power of tae confede:suon !s exercised by the Senare, the Supreme sourt, end the te\nunal tte law entad- Vehes | The Svoreme\ourt -he}. ot consist of loss (han three Maxintrates, Their du'ies consist in taking cognizene of all aeations arieing #ith foreign Members and agevts: in canes ‘ee mipat the Prenident a a aeor the deetgnacos the A orpey Gener#) and sge i 5 4 i vt taiween the Biniee nod te federal goversanente tween the or Maritime priven and breach of maritime lew: 0 decide 1 \e see hetween citizens of different Mates, toate taser a eat Snag Ya much surprieed this contioman may be w see his name in | that take place in any state to the pi of foreigners; \o int, end his virit home announced ia the Heaaty, yet deo bertiong ara fora comiracts and oe ra io ee Sap iety pore Mere ved — i. And Lelative ta interastante ronten: to! publie revenue, te The who have rovenily organized & company 0 | ante ot Staten, King ae "Ee aoe Hon or federal ay to giv hetr opinion on polmie of law re- ber ribenale, establish @ line of Amorioan steamers to ply on the ferred to them } TNE RIGHTS OF ENDIVIDUATA. ‘West court of touth Awerics. Mr. Bioth boloogs to the Bouse of Fitzgeraid, Booth & Do., of @nitimore. Ge bes | an ge The federation recarcizes to aii inhabitants oad been residing m South Amorica, actively eugagelin mer | personay cing through vha Mate indivitual security: which. cantile business wince 1841, and having the control aud j Cousiata! 0: being arresien, mace primnecs ur. deiattend management of the vessels owned by his compaay, eu | except tu vir'ue of pre eaisiing laws. vor juleed by exira- in the South Pacif!s tende, is practically anit’ tho | trordmary commissions or tribonaia wer panied withoat Foughly familiar with the comaierce of tha! region, lis | being Beard uns ars sulle voor Matus, facilities and wacts, He bas, by ms iouivideat fe a trav effort, built up avd secured a large inercantilo business, | S7ibs press. Mahl of iravehng ithow ie ersising all protestions sud tesdee @ Ok WIthOnt saeurt and in addition he has recontly ereciad w Inrge airaue | Co, esualliy in inw,ivivas tity of domulie. tron evwrctes ce ule fragdom = nai os Palle, gible of grinding. bundred om right io ia without ting Woda cits to apd twenty five barreis of flour ver cay. Tao engineer, on to public au’borities n Ope state to aajoy inery, &o., were all builtia Baltimore. Being % other Ptaten equel prtviley: the citizens thers Att, £& Stracgers in (haconfed+raiion or wo may come ba Ae wate ciel riehts ond giaranians ae ce them com/orming wo the laws and wuthori intelligent geaticman—prar cal in hia views —au jo Dia Dusivess. avd iatine'ely familiar with the t of the South Pacific, there is no man more competent to ad- vie relative to the establighment of the prop’sed new OF ELECTIONS, line. Your merchants who feel a interest in | . The on) this mattor, as also the Panama — Raitroad | O54 let ows Company, should not fail tw seo and consult | tives ova direct iy ‘his gentlemsau. George W. the Cour Py also, who accomoa nies Mr, Booth, a native of Pitta! » Pa, visiting bis home for the first time after an at we of thirty seven ears, during which time be has resided at Arica, may ¢ consulted with propristy end advantage. The British steamer Thames, which lett here for 8. Thomes on the 244, took avout $700.000 im specie for Hogiand. ‘Sho had but few passengers. The ipanguration of the new constitution wae duly cele- brated by toe Siate officia's at Aspinwall. About 0000 «& ‘most liberal, ample and suttadie collaioa was spresd in one ot the roome at the City Hall, to which many foreteu Fesidents were iovited. Champarpeand other mild stimu Janis abounded, mod the ceremony was daly performed amid the poppieg of the corks and ‘dihog’ for “nes ments.” Among the litter, the most significant was the Wosst proposed by Senor localisio,® gentiemaa Loluing the positops of Sardaviaa Consul aad French Consular Agep@at thie pore Hs wereathed the New Gravadian, Sardinian and French tage into ove piece of vuuating, aud waved it over the country for the joint and better pro- tection of the government in general, and the Isthous in particular. Whether cr not Seoor /) malsio has taken a wsieur Belly, | canoot eay. His toact jeneral by Attorney The noreme Conrt, Oover ror? of ater, commanding offiverson duty canvas be elected 10 Cor green ie be reformed when tbe demand ie rity of the fists Lugialaiures. Hintion of 1A53. tha sPditional act of 1866, 13th of May ead Lub of To tbe foregoing | statistical facts relat! deration — cot be ont of p'sos te add a fow }o the various Btates of the Confe witb s population Teureamptaliver, ogi be revenue ts The mixta contains rine evileges, Hodiesls B caine 2960 square leagues, IK21¢7 inbsbi- {\ning returns three ren three resresmatatives and aliire; ravennie $19 600; empl x colleges, eich! printing ofiees |, Tanja It contains three one over es ‘390 851 jehwilants, 'bree th. Phe candidares are Don Jose é de Odaldia, In Aspinwall 4 very close, the former paving e Cundin mares, 6.000 sjuare lesgues 617,448 inbabitants, thr ne wom sepreoeniatives, ibisty five in swe lagte- & small majerity. Ip the villages oa the lige of the | Ialure: revenue 8132010 capital, Rogots, It oon ina thirteen rons, and few districia thet have been heard roy | Fane: from, daidia ia several hundred ahead. It will | geneiien tna topresmerotise thitty ia wade begilaner be some time before the result is establishet, owing fal, Gastamare.” It eoutaine two ool: to the want of commaatisation throng out the different de- uments The knowing ones think Obaidia is elected. oreiyn citizens feit little and maaiiested leas interest in the election. Dou Hurtado already fitle the post of Intendents General. As this is & bew offlie, created by @ national law, trelve months ago, wich has just gone into effrct, it is proper that J shou) refer both to the official aad the law, pertcularly as the latter relates wo forciguers, aad its chief object purports to be the protection of the lives and ere of fore'gnere, resident on or passiag over the Lrg The law provides that all national affa'rs in the State of Panama eball be under a Special Administration, to be or ‘aod regulated by the execaues powe! of New Firat among the ‘pre-eminent objecta”’ of this Specias Administration, the cbief of which Is stylet [aren dente General, is the “secarity aad protection of foreign- ere, their pertons and interests, conforformebly to pubic treaties and to the common rights bet ween a Its effect will pe to transfer al! questions ters which may be subjects of negotiation between the go- vernment of New (iranada ana the represeatatives of other Powers in which their subjects or citizen ‘ofcrm three periodicals, are 135 108 inhsbiiants, three niaUves, ‘hirty one in stale Legislature, 993.000; capital, Paname It contalos one eollege, 4 ofices, and four periodien « 400 square leagues, 378 374 inhabitenta, three representatives. ibirty five in Biate are; revenue, 00; cap'tal, Bucaramange It contsiua eleven colleges, seven printing offiees, and four pertodicais. The Rutan bhatt we x) Briush Position in [sshd [8% Petersburg (June 22) tt of London Tele- a ‘graph. The sentiments ute by the St. Petersburg Gazette with respect to the present English opera- tions in India are of a very various character. The id of the old and conservative party—the Pichella (Bee)—is, if not the steady supporter of Englirh supremacy in India, yeta very moderate and well wishing spectator of the efforts made by Sir Colin Campbell and his gallant army. The Rus sian Invalide, the offic rmy paper, has during the last vib 8 ars assumed a highly national garb, deem- yp } paemenrt =e 7 te — and Arete tn most things and count which have not the advantage of being authority will exercise « supervisory coutro!, and the re | “Russian, Towards En " y gland, however, even this de nwa be to prolong negotiations on any matter of paper has shown greater fairness than towards Ger. Teend a copy of the law,as I find it translated here. pap Lage particularly Austria, the common victim ‘The Intendente Gameral will occupy the same relation to- | of whole press of this empire. But if these pen le a oe Ly ine Gv pond ad fo gee mest Eogeaten too powerful, or have ve aut ear all Complaints; 00 mach respect for > ah my x, ae be pect for the only country in Earope While on the subject of iaws, let mo bere atate that the | ig anot! “project of law” relative to ‘‘potice regulations of the ports,” &o., which was published in the Henaip some sonal liberty is a perfect ‘trath, there ir paper in existence in St. Petersburg, which omits no opportunity to empty tbe vials of its bors’ time ‘since, has b: ‘by th wrath over unbappy Albion. | am sorry to that House of Represeatatives, and oticialty promuigesed az | this paper is the leading paper of the fberal party ‘the law of the country. It was introduced by Moequera, | in Rnssia, and, as far as any paper can be so in Rus- er hy ph eae ~ sia, the journal which directs that latent and still “) p Me |, Pelatiece “ i i Sestatees of tes pot very product of national feeling here—popu lar opinion. True, it is to be seen from the columns of this Anglophobie Ve that most of its exaggera- tions are called forth by the articles published occa- , and declaring 1a which of them arsepals and dry docks shall be constructed.’’ Section 8 Of this act is as follows: — “The ports of the isiaudeof the Confederation ahall be sionally in some English journals, which treat the Russians as if they were a set of cannibals, or at least barbarians. re i4 a Russian proverb to the effect that the echo is louder than the original sound. cloved to foreign trade, both ou the Avanti: aad Paciflo.— consequently, only coasting trade Can be carried oa wiih This section js in open and flagrant violation of the treaty between Now (ransda and the Uaited States, aod The following article, extracted from the paper {s & most wanton insult. An attempt at its cuforcement Ve i) wi , would prodoce instantly an open rupture Detwee them bya $e, Vavemeedl) wll gino en adage” the of jadging r the truth of ol The chief port of New Granada, article runs as follows: — spawall, is wituaced on the i#laad of Manzanillo, and i clearly comprenenied in the provisions of the act’ The wharves of the United ‘When In 1833 a terrible epidemic decimated the ranks States Mail Steamship Company, and the Atlantic tor- | of the troops in Kast [adia. the officers, while burying to the evening thoee of their comrades who hed died i the minus of the Pacama Railroad Com: upon i; all eaaidoens gel course of the day, used toning ® song in which the fol- the mails, ot and freight for Osiifornia are landed on this ialand tne Congress of Now Granada have | lowing lines cloeed it to foreigo trade. [ learn that the Uaited Staten Fg Resta So bevtnee whe diet, Conmuls a! Paoame and Aspinwall have each protesied And bim who will die m In this terrible song, compored by ap offcer who soon afterwards Dimaelf fetl # victim to the pestilence, are some otber lines, hidirg onder the mask of ext ing Of profound deepondency tere they are Ha, ba! let them thivk of their mothors ‘Who hops to ree them again. In oor opinion the English soldiers would be quite ae jestifiod at present if they resamed thin deatn soog from the enow covered heights of Himalaye down to the fit const of the Indian Ocesn, 7, liver Clseneen, fevers of different soris and the inexorable cholera de- Aguiat tbe enor cement of te acts. The Sonora, from San Frapcwo, resched aoema this a. She briogs only about three hundred paason gers. e California excitement in on the Frazer river 201d discoveries equals that of Califoraia in 1849 and ‘80, And thousands are hurrying off. Rvery old vease! and steamer bas been in requisition, acd each is loaded down with passongera. fhe exodus from Califor. one country. THE NAW CONSTITUTION OF THE CONPRORRATION. From the Panama Herwid, june 26 ) ‘ Om the 24¢ of inst month the republic of New Granada coared to exist. ‘‘ fhe Granetian Confederation’ is now the name by which i: declares iteolf (by the frst article Recast eaters amaty | eee ey coo! - our Aware, consists of tbe States of Antioqala, Bolivar, 1: pe Ad meee gr ‘Cason, Seemaren, mate ia stataped on And now Sa ; » Faaume ana 880 | cast an eye on the sick Jit, You wil learn that ton ‘pee be second article ‘ct countitation thete cont of every re destroyed ina year: 1 val fini are tnces that divided. tbe Viceroyalty of Ne fo tha lpiretn age aiied reeiment ia Indie has ated, Granada, ia 1810. from the ‘Captain Generalcies of Vous. | Set te yearn of Indina Iifo. This explains the palefaces zasin apd from the Eupire of Brasil; and of the soldiers, whom two yoara ago we sew land in uch tisionally, on the other sido, the catabliehed by oe enmmunt trenty whh Houstorin'1886,'and those at Preseat idle Be hy Aad it from that republic. Mareb, 1867, We purpors, a briefly ax possible, to give our reed. | Sremer, Wa know Wm from susan’, Besides tes ere an idea of Pea Ce the federal gov- | who have fallen or deen dieabled by the sword of the ernment, as laid down io new -_ enemy. In order to bring 60,000 to the field of battle, the ‘The aball be exerctemd by @ Congress to make, | Commander in-Chief must bave an army of 80000 at his arr to execute, and e Sag rekttan te thrice disporal, But as bis whole force of sick men and sound the constitution foreign we « urpanved 50.0, the alive part 8 Army Powsi die val Vang Fea Ay to suppress the Indian rebellion with such insdequac Ferulation of wevebia. how rei eee Shiro urelization ot Stebel sorvisus ant : ya at ge a a eT iach fale ton at et ther bik of their mower the disenestons fe © tha, covernect. a.cuare, 99 ween om esr of tne tly “ant ny 2g aan aud passed hy aa adgolntermajor'ty, rove the law, br can return |’ for recowsideration. ‘six to tee daye If he does ao on the ground ftientionality or Inexpectemcy, and hha Are approved By one hours, i eaguot be conaitared again that paraion; Da’ Hf both chambers devinse the President's objections unfoand ean not reins his coneent If he President's ob jecdons are only opposed wo one or ! Eng! insecurity, ia not in & position w tend fercemente, and mean #hile the josurrection gaine sty eneth, And the longer the fire of rebellim remains on yaenched the more furiously it borne. If France now begins a war inorder to roestabligh Firone of @ better foundation and will find boreel io a One mess. a: