The New York Herald Newspaper, May 11, 1859, Page 5

pine ear pial 4 cause, only seme five or #x mombers, pi feuted theanselves; afer waiting til! bulf past eleven a.M. the preeident adjourned the meeting to an indedutte period, PROGRAMME FOR TH® WERK. Wavsespay, May 1. American Anli-Slacery Siety.——second dry-—In tho Oty Assembly Rooms, Broadway, ws 1044 o'clock A.M, bs 1d o’olock P, M. Natunal kefe Convention—Sicond day.—ta the Beocture reom or the New York Historia! yy, Seooud corner of Eleventh street, at 10 A. M. American Tract —Avademy of Music, Business a Se siasion: of oMvers, &c., at pine olgoos a Public meeting at same place at ven o'clock A. M. cae ae amet oe | it three o’cloc! 5 ‘ Henry Wilkes, D. D.; the Rov. 7 Poeodore L, Cuyler, the Rev. Henry Aighland Garnet, et oi ALM, tn Church Anti Sta ic the Church of the Puritans, on Union square, Addresses entiemen. bi rot Dr. Sones and fea ca Union, f t seven o'clock P. M. Migrated atumat of the 2. 1, Union Se 1, at half pag! three o'clock at L teen's Ohrtsan Tron —Dod worth Hall, No. 728 Broadway, at balf-past scven o'clock P.M, To con- Ainue two evenings. ‘ American Home Missionary Soviely.—Avniversary ex: ‘igea in the Church of the Puritans, at huif past seven ik P.M. Te for Meliorating Oe Conitition o) The American Bie Jews —Yor election of oMcers, at four o'clock P. M., in its office, room 27 Bible Honse. Universalist’ Sunday Schools of New York and vicinity, fm Dr. Chapin’s church, at half past two o'clock P. al. Tuvrapay, May 12. American Bible Svctety —Aaniversary inthe Academy of Muric, at 10 o'clock A.M. The meeting for the traasnc- bein business will be ued in the Bible a9o'clock ‘American Tract Society of Boston.—Church of the Pari- | tans, Union square, at 10 o'clock A. M. New York Institution for the Deaf and Duinb.—Exhibi- bition in the Academy of Music, at 4 o'clock 2. hi, Five Points House of Industry (ale, 1'ease's) —Acadomay of Music, at 734 o'clock P.M, Anurican Congregational Union Collation.City Asse bly Koomm, Browdway, at 734 o'clock 2. M. v ‘man's’ Rights Convention.—Mozart Hall, National Broadway, at73, P.M. * rsd PH House of Indusiry.—Academy of Music, at Bb Foreign Baptist Bitle Society.—South Baptist ghurch, Twenty filth sircet, near Bghth avouue, wt 7% FPrupay, May 13. American Boart of Commissioners for Foreign Mis- sions.—At the Academy of Musio, at li 4. M. Youny Men’s Christian Union Collation.—At Dodworth’s Ball, evening. Baptist Home Mission Society —Catvary church, Twen- py street, between #i{th and Sixth wyemues, at 1034 ‘M. To continue three days, Sarvrpay, May 14. Baptist Historical Society.—Tabernacie church, Second avenue, at 73 P. M. Monvay, May 16. ' Baptist Publication Socirty.—Taberuacle church, Busi- | ‘Bees meeting, at 10 A. M, ae Tomoat, May 2, re roan Janagers of the Baptist Misiona’ nion.—s First Baptist church, Broome street, at 10 A. itd Tucrapay, May 19. American Baptist Missionary Union.—-First Baptist | chured, at 103 A. ML | Colvred Home.—At the chapel of the iastiiution ih Sixty Bfth street, near First avenue. ‘Tuurspay, May 26, ‘The Colored Friends —At the inatitution in Sixty-fifch street. Mar or Wasurncron Heroues--Toe Grown or THE Urrer Exp or New York.—Kurth and Rosa, city surveyors, have sent to this ofice for our inspection a new and original manuscript map of Washington Heights, beautifully exe- | cuted and colored, and of very Jarge size, being | on ascale of one inch to 200 feet. It embraces the upper part of Manhattan Island from 155i street to Spuyten Duyvel cre The desiga is to show the portions of thia region inhabited, every building being distinctly marked, and the comparative elevation of the ground at every prominent point, by means of contour linea, dotted at various intervals, indicating the height | above low water, jast as a seacoast chart ex | hibits the various depths known as sounding: The mud, the salt meadow and the trees are al pointed out by appropriate marks, Thos the rise and fall and the gradiog of every loculity in this region are made plain to the eye. Tor instauce: | Manhattanville is marked 165 feet above low water. Ajta Vista, at Port Washiogton, the high- eet point in the Twelfth ward and on this island, 260 feet above low water, The latter is about midway oa the map between 155th street and | bbe northern boundary of the isiand. ‘The information from which the map is drawn is derived from official sources-—the maps of tbe Harbor Commiesioners and of the United Stat Coast Survey. Kurth and Rosa, who were em- ployed on this survey, and are, therefore, well acquainted with the subject, got it up for the ove of the commissioners for laying | ont the streets and avenues of Washington | Heights, in anticipation of the act appoint- ing them being passed by the last Legisia- ture. As that act did not pass, the map is open for sale to such persons as want it— ready, for example, for any committee who { may be appointed by the property owners to prepare a plan for the adoption of the next Legislature. Its accuracy cw easily be veritic by compariog it with the ollicial data to whi we have referred. } i at Fort Washington is so steep that it f ( feet in 400 feet, rendering it utterly impractica. | ble to construct rectangular, Llevel stre after the fashion of the lower part of the city. The ground presents the same features all along the Hudson on one side, and towards Hurlem river on the other, so that fortunately the pic- turesqne element cannot be destroyed, unless at | a cost far beyond the value of the groand. ‘The map shows how winding roads may be co structed along the slopes, avoiding the dectivi- ties, ond rendered gentle and gradual in asceut and deccent. In this map the line of the | Tenth avenue is prolonged to Kingsbridge, which continuation is imperatively required by the necessities of travel. This line avoids the Heights, running between the Ridge and Harlem river, ond east of the Kingsbridge road. From | the Tenth avenue, at the widest purtion of this | region, to the Hudson, is only eighteen bundred | feet (six hundred yards), There is, therefore, | Ho necessity at present, nor for 2 long time to | come, for sny other avenue in the interval | tween it and the Hudson, The Tenth avenue, if prolonged to Kingsbridge, must cross Sherman's creek, which is indicated on the map, and must be filled up. The improvement in the navigation trum the | Fast river to Spuyten Dayyel creek, adopted ia an act passed by the last Legislature, is also ; shown on the map. The route to and from the Hudzon, by the mouth of Harlem river, would be very circuitous, and the improvement coasists in { wideaiig and deepening a little creek at 222d street, and prolonging it in a straight line into Spnyten Duyvel creck. The object is to | facilitate the communication between the North | and East rivers, and to obviate the necessity of | ing round the southern end of the island. This fas been long advoeented by the Harbor Com- miseioners, by Mr. Beach, of the United States Coast Survey, by General Tottenham and other authorities. The iraflic between the Hudson and | the Sound is very considerable, A proposition | was made fo continue Sherman's creek to Tubby | Hook for the same purpose, but it wes abandoned | on account of the necessity for so many draw- | bridges. Were it not for ‘this difficulty, a cut from Sherman’s creck could be easily accom- | plished, the ground being all low, with the ex ception of the space of 100 yards, which twenty feet above the level of the Hladson, the im rovemeat about to be carried into effe not only will the double of shortening the ront be Lig and of re ¢ East river of numerous small ov; pede the movements of ste nel veesels, but a vast amount of iow priced wharf ms will be created—a prime necessity for New ork, where the price of wharfage is injuriously high—and extensive lumber, lime and brick os- tablishments, wanted for building, will pe pro- vided in consequence of this desirable ch: By ect, object be accomplished between the Sound and eving the lower part of ft, which im- amers and large agee, The neighborhood of Harlem will ere long be Jnid out in numerous dooks and pliers, and soon that waste marsh will be alive with business and frottful of dollars, We take this opportunity of again urging on the property owners of Washington Heights the | importance of holding a meeting coon to fix upon | some plan of laying out the streets for the adop- | tion of the next Legislature. Tere is a splen- | did map ready to hand, and which, we dave say, ean be obtained sta reasonable rate. [tia the ; Very thing wanted—the deaideratum supplied, | | Mongola) poseessing vast herds of oorged gate aud | great oi | awiser i not a bette | pariiamentering, but | Man naturalist sent out here by the Russian Geographical | three Oorracks, his bod: | and habits of the be NEW YORK HERA The whole matter ean thus be retiled at once; and the place will be saved from the machina. tiene of jobbers, ready to sucrifies to their own cupidity the interests of the property owners and the natural beauty and the healthy character of this magoiticens fuubourg of Lhe dive of thy eisy of New York, Sketches of Lite o ey the Amoor nnd in East, sber | TINE SONGARI—POStAL CoMMONIUATION ALoxe rr | AMOOR—MB. SNELSRHOPE—-INE HINGAN MOUN- VAINS TRAVELLING DOGS—& NATL IN TROU> BLE—THE NATURALIST R49 UDE—HIS COGLECTIONS— ManTCHOO ViLLAGKS—AKKIVAL AP AIGOON, OB SAKTALIN-OOLA BIEL KKUURT FOR THE NEW YORK HERALD, Proceeding upwards on our journey, we reached the mighty river Songari, 260 versts from the Ussury, on the 17th of August. Tho mouth of the Songari pre- sents an epormous tissue of branches, islands and lakes, probably sixty versts and more in width. This :aagnif. cent river flows from the head of Maatchooria, and is said to be navigable a great distance, although the Russians obly thirty evs hours from the steamer, tuey had eudered ® great den) from cole an? rain; the wind forced them to Temain close io shore, aud Dad wo not kept a sharp l90K- out we Bhould have missed thom elogethur, Tuy deicate ‘adies apd children, drenched to whe skin, looked gratefa ay they were jifled on boar of the hoepliable wane Aus A fick Rusainn puysician, who died a few a afterwards, sod who bad been exposed Lo tho fatigues of tho’ vopege tor seven werks, growing duly worse, NO! wiihetacduig bhe care of bie wile, exo tod the Compassion OL every one, We learood from these pasveugere that ‘te Sluika bas consumed more ume in cutting wood aad repairing her sliding valvee, wich would not hold stoam, in rupmng. ‘hen the current was strong she made Do headway at all; some days they gained not more than twenty vei end, floally, the patsengers became so dis- guested, that they left ber without regard to further conse- quences, From Buriab to Zeya the distance is estimated at 250 versty, The moupiains on the southern bank recede, and the corthern shore is x continued plain; the river again forme an archipelago, and wints through a labyrin- thian channel, —— isiands overgrown with willows, and partly with birch and «lm, We now see cu tivate! flelde, largo herds of cattle and houses, and fine groves of tail trees, under the abeiter of which the Maawhoo vil- lages, With symumcirical rows of houses, had a very pleas- ig appearance. For 6 distance of forty versts the banks on both sides are thiekly studded With villages and vabitations, The Mautchoos, men, women and childrea, have ouly explored it two hundred versts from its mouth upwards, It las been justly asserted that tho Songari bears the game relation to the Amoor ag the Miesouri does tothe Mississipp!. The country watered by it is eaid to de a real paradige. Some large Mantenoo towns, with populations of 100 to 300,000, are situated on this river, commencing come 250 miles above its juaction. Dense forests of tho best Umber and the richest agricultural lauds extend on both banks for many hundreds of square miles, only asmall portion of it being mountainous or hilly, We found the wild grape ta full maturity, a kind of wild cherry, and other fruit growing spontaneously in the most wonderful abundance, Tho Ruesian government is establishing at present & posial communication all aloug the Aawor river, the utility of which will be realized clearly in the winters of 1858-'59. At distances of about twen- ty-five to forty versts houses are built, containioy elarge room well heated for the accommodation of the traveller, a smaller apartment and bath for the same; two more rooms, kitchen and bake oven for the inmates of the station, anda stable large enough for a dozen | horses, Somo of the stations are kept by pioneer settiors, who receive assistance from government, besides the reve. nue that will accrue from their mail contract; others, and so fer the majority of them, are peopled by soidiers, Cos- facka on foot aud on horseback, who are settied win their numerous families, herd and property, forming ex tensive and handsome villages. We had on board an officer, private secretary to Gene- ral Mourayieit, who had orders to examine these newly established stations, and report on thelr progress and prosperity. This gentleman, Mr. Alexander Dimitrievitch Shelekhoif, of creat wealtn and aocomplishments, who held office under Mourayictf, from motiyes of honor and a only, Btopped at every station, made miuate quiry about the uealthy aad the sick, the progress made in building houses «nd working tho’deids, the pro. visions in their magazines, feed for the cattle during the woter, wood tor applying tke government steambuats, &e., carciwly noting down thelr resources acd want, From Marinoweky to Khsbarovke there are iwenty-#x such atationg, many of which we visited in company with this oillver, being invited by Lim to dose. Tueir situa toa is geverally picturesque,on a steep portion of the bank, in the viclity of oak and birch wouds ; tbe tempo- rary huts, erected of willow branches, stand’ cluso tu the eige of the bank, and tar back sweyp in a graceful oval or bulf circle the new and substantial log houses, with Gouble ficors, ceilings and windows, plastered ou the in and oniside, aud surrounded by handsome fences of wil- low work. From Kbabarovke tothe Hiagan mountains, which we were now approaching, we passed eighteca’ such sia- tiona, Furtuer on they ar abited vy the mounted | Cossacks, the very best Kind of sotuers for these | posts, most all of them beiwg wealuhy (through the | smuggling trade carricd oa by tue wie the Uniuece and | Losses, nau flocks of sheep. Every station (there are sixty-nine between Marinsky | and Port Streika) will be supplica for tue winwer ot | 1868-59, with ior and sivigos to tranapors the mail and pagscugers on whe ice, which heretotore could ouly b omnplished with dogs, and wus witended itt | 1, expense and irroguiarity. Taere are no Toads Whatever on the banks of the river, the native vil- logea comtnunicating in surmmer by oinges, in winter by | Gog bieigbs. ‘fue food fer mese’ dogs, vonsistiog of sua dried igh, must be ¢ sed trom the batives, Who exact ie the dogs, WhO are of & peculiar race, resen are wanted to travel quick and al Ga: at jeast three times; ten or twelve of draw a thousand to files bundsed pounds very easily, and keep up a brisk trot for hours; they stake ‘their | thirst by pickiug up @ mouthful of saow as they run jong, ald their 8p ea same or tion 10 the nuraber ¢ ant rhe quaatiiy of deh giveo them us the eteam in the butler of an engine to the fuel Lurown into the dreplace. In visiting a station eomewhere ite tho mouth of the Songari, the weu-coramiasioned offiver tn charge complained of @ Manichoo gaard in nis vioiuity who baa burned some hay cut by bw men and left w dey. fhe secretary of sMouraviel!, whose civil rank was equal to that ef a colonct in the arm intely advised him to send for these Manichoos, ‘Tne old architnandrite, Father | Avvakoom (Habakkuk), had ala come oa shore, and seived as interpreter. “The Mantchoos, six in numer, | headed by their officer, and bis secretary, appeared, and when charge] with ‘the offence, provested violently against the accusation, whether they knew Chat thy to the conditions of the end Chire, vo live onethe northern bauk of which they pleaded ignorance. During Atte Mauteboo secretary, r vely chap, a dispute with the Ruseian ser ina teboo and haif Russia ing sony what excited ta proclaiming the tnnoc i8 party and chargieg the Others with trespasaes, he was admonished by our oill cer to behave t £ Father Ayyakoom askel tuem a time the arriod on balf Man- tary, two Cox the neighboring’ b turned in an with long twigs, and pi scious little follow. Fathe <tt> tell him that he w ior, and the lively f became puddenly quite choy 8 bad him astripp: in rplte of The Mantehoo offic ie or tw S features Tas order given, the Co: twinkling of an eye, laid it on rather’ briskly. em all of on his knees, asking pardon for bimssif aut party, evideatly doubtful whether the same proc 2 awaited £ uot, At first the litie sec y ii uttered loud gr: t pro! y gelling used to | like the cels to being skinned, behaved quite courageously | during the balan f tue twenty lashoa, saw the » tho poor fellow's back, aud could not help Officer to puta stop tit, Hedid so, but mate the ar chimandrite tell them that a eimtar punishment wonid | be inflicted for every offence committed by them, and that they should Jeaye tae northern banc withia tweal four hodrs or they would be driven away by for The liltie Mantehco secretary bad got on bis loge again ¢ did not wait for farther | pet away ia the diresti their guard bouse once, take to Lis cxnoe powerful and kuont ioving neighbors, Having proceeded 110 versts above the mouth of the | ongari river, we entered the region of tho Tingan mountaius, wilich enclose and conflae the mighty waiers of the Araoor, forming maje rinto, at the b | ie blutfS of solid geanite and | of which the current sweeps along with | aatovighing rapidity. As we did not reach a station in time to be supplied with wood, the steamer had to be | stopped, and men wore sent oat to cutit, We also went | ashore, entered tho dence forest which covers these moun- | tains tothe very brink, ond bebeld the moat luxurious | vegetation, equal to what we had sceu in the interior of | Mexico ana Central Ainerica. Here grew the cork tree, | the wild grape aad cherry, dowera of the most curious | Shape and colors, and a world of strange louking insects which have not yet been described by the naturalist or embodied in the collections of museras, Our steamer made now but slow progress, the newly cut Wood being green, and not generating suiicient steam, while the current increased in rapidity. On August 21 we roached the station called Radde, after a youcg Ger. Society to collect aud degcribe the fauna and flora of thie comparatively unkrown country, Mr. G. F. Radde, a na- tive of Dantzic, Prussia, received us with the utmost cor- diality, and showed us his collections, which are #0 exten Bive that bis hor ‘8 ota pletely stocked with them, look- ing like a zoological museuin. “He hag obtained beautil specimens of the panther, wolf, fox, reindeer, sable, & his \pebttegles are collections contain many entirely new specimens of butterflies, &c., uniuown and unheard of wi Evrope aud America; a silk worm which feeds upon the | leaf of the oat; and innumerabie plants, among waich is the valuable ginecny root, which is of equal importauce to | | thing more, | bows, th crowded to their doors to see the steamer pass; sine rected us with profound bows, but all seemed de- rsined, as is usual with Orienta!s, uot to look astonished or to evince the least curionity. At leogth we got aglimpee of the Mantchoo city Aigoon, called by the Chigese Khat-lup- dzan-Tchen, and by the Mantchoos Sakhalin-ovla-khoton, Before reaching this town, aituatet1 en the right ban« of the Amoor, we saw several large villages, some of therm two or three versis loug, all on the same side of the river, Above the town is the harbor of the Mantchoe ir thirty or more large janks, ‘ul war fleet of the Amoor waters, but now laid up, partly bigh and dry, others riding at aaovor. At the request of a number of us passengert ho wanted to pay & visit to this curious city, the captaie, who wasa very obliging gentleman, received a report from the en. gineer that some repair of a bo!t or screw would make @ detention of au hour or two necessary. hie eandied us to satisfy our curiosity, and we will next describe the manner ip which wo were received opon landing by tho Mantchoo police, and led by them through the city. JHE CILY OF AIGOON—MANTCHOO POLICEMEN AND TRADRRS—A CliINBIB BANQUET—AN OBLIGING Car- TAIN—RRMINISUE OF LOLA MONTEZ—ZEY A RI- VER—THE NEW TOWN OF BL 4GOVESTCHENSK —PRE- PARATIONS FOR CONTINUING OUR JOURNEY TO TCHITA—MANTCHOO PAIR—THB COMET. Sakbalimoola-khoton, or Aigoon, is enclosed by a palit sade, and protected by a email citadel containing ten guns of coarse workmansbip, covered by roof of bark, g carriages, and roof painted red. Near the guns were s»me soldiers with sticks in their hands, which seemed to be | intended for slow matches. As acon a8ewe had put our feet ow # raft which formed the lauding place, a number of Policemen and soldiers came to mect us, some on horse. back, and all armed with short swords, of which they bad two or three within one sheath. In their rear was quite a crowd of the inhabitants, who had bad plenty of time to collect while the steamer was pearing the town and blowing the steam whistle; they are pushing one avother from the raft, somo to get a better look at the yellow haired barbartans, and cepecialty at the latices among us, others to drive a bar- gain with pipes, fans, &, &c. The police, however, drove them back unceremoniously with their whips and hich were painted black 4i the point to represent and we were thus enabled to land, and commenced ovr march into the town, surrounded firat by tae police and soldiers,and next by a motley crowd of Mautshoo citi- women and children. We were now parading through a principal etreet, wong bok sides of which ran a tall fence. Tarough the | open doorways of this feace we observed in tus back ground two story houses of fanciful wooden frame and | tattoo work, with tasteful balconies, and windows highly ornamented, at which stood blentchoo women in rich silk dresses, their brir braided not low than eighteen inches above the head, and lols of flowers adorning their persons, with cbildren in like costume playing oa mate spread | upon the ground. We stoppel for the purpose of entering 4 door in this fence; but our polive took posgession of ths entrance, motioning ux to procead, as they could not per- mit us to enter, although the people inside seamed well suough inclined to fuitiiour deeiro, aud looked ceggera at the policemen for baulking it. Whenever we mede a mo- tion to enter a doorway our polite but peremptory essort at once stopped us, saying in broken Rusgian, “no asters, no good,” and inviting ve to move forther ap the street. At last we reached another port of the town, and still under the guidance of the police, who kept driving back the increasing multitude, we entered geome stores, where conning Mari! oo tradesmen, baring been nvtified beforehand of our arrival, exoored to cur view much wares and trinkets as had undoubtedly been on their hands | since the last century, and for which they asked enormous prices, We purchased various little articles, bought a Mantchoo policeman’s bat (of fantastic shape, with the insignia of his rauk on it) from off his head—for these Mautchoos are all remarkably fou: by purchasing somo Cninee and Mantchoo books, such as almanacs, and the works of Confuciui the influite 1s | . omnopg Whom were the old Archimandrite Avvakoon, | and farnsh all convoys, soldiers, and sailors with ration: LD, WEDNESDAY, MAY 11, 1859—TRIPLE SHEET. Geversi Mouravieil up the river, would be ready to for- ward the pasrergerstrom Zeya, Our disappointment was great when we tay pocbing of the Lena, and were told t Stretyinak., We had butone 3 ei cD stent op shore, and remove with hag end bags: the suine, Or to dovire means, as well ar we could to served the rapid flowingstrean. "The fall season tad bow commenced by copious raina, and we were told that within six woeks time, which would take us lo the beginnivg of October, the dritt ice would set 1 on the upper Amour river, aod impede our progress, We bal thus bo time to spare, for the least delay would reduco us to the necessity of stoping at some point on the river and waiting for winter «nd a snow or ice road to set in, Fortunately there were some thirty #atiors, former! belonging to the corvette Olivuzzo, left ben n4 tn the Puck fic, and now to be trapsferred to some other vessel at Cronstadt, who hed come thus far with the same ateamer; apd to the officer in charge of them we applied, askiog bim to let ovr persone aud luggage go along ia company. ‘Thig was granted, and we now felt an intense interest in the busy preparations for the journey which was to carry us, before the winter season fet ia, lo Irkutsk or ab least to Tehita. A large cutter of some 80 tons, strongly built, and intended to carry heavy guns, drawing uoar three foct (a Russian colone!, Zaroonin, who happened to be travelling with us, had studied the art of ship building for several years in the United States, being sent there by his gover ment, and he had covstructad the cutter at Shilka), #. Placed at our oieposal by the oiler in commund at Zoya; aod our thirty sailors were Lard at work, patting in new planks, caclking it. shaping a emall mast aod oar and roofing in with birch bark and matting asmull place io the centre, where ihe passengers could lie down at night. No sooner had {: become kuown that the sleamnox! Tena was bot tobe expected than a number of pas kengers applied to be towed up by these same thirty sail ore, although ihe orver given to their odlver by the Go vernor of Nieolaesisk wag to coaduct the men wi lay to Irkutsk. At length ho agreod to take the largest number of mele pasrencers that the confloed spice in the centre would permit of; aud we were thus seven in all, aiternalire Cotenel Zaroobin—s good natared eld bachelor, who speaks Eogtish tolerabiy—and three more Russian officers Some Mantehoo traders were just holiing a kin tof falr 8, a dozen or twenty in uambor, nesien soldiers, trading old boats an! drams of weak arrack, not suf Of these for pleces of uniform cleatly weak however to exclude cass of dd. Mapicboor we bought hetnp ropo, very well made, for the rig of the entter, some peculiar caps, and varions trink. xrits, ela. They alto bad for sale p silk gow 08, pies, Eweet cakes, &e Hed by thom arrack, made probably of a plan uey Of America, seemed to be tue mata arti Heretofore we had traded with the natives liv ing along the river for fish, giving thom ba exchange blue cotton drill, ealled by the Rugsiaos duba, which auswers all the purposes of money, and is preferred by then, ‘They measure by spreading tholr arms as {ar fro a the body as possible, and for one or ‘wo such lengths, being about Bix feot each, they gave usa large quantity of deli. clous carp, salmon and whitetish. Bat se Mastchoo traders knew the vulce of silver and copper too; they oag, Tice, millet ; buba spirity weighed eaeh piece in little scales, looked and chattered a good deal, wanted ‘moro be fore they would give, and seemed to be not » whit better than oir most tricky wooden nutineg ven tere athome. Gold coin is not liked by them, a: (bey have ‘been too often cheated with it; still they have some idea of its valuo, whereas tue natives along the river know no- thing about it, and accept a five vopeck piece of copper or silver, but positively refuse an eagle, gainea, or imperial. Several years back they frequently exchaaged asable skin for a co'dier’s brass button; others received brass counters in payment. Some Gillacks near Nicolaesfek, aud Goldes near Kiei, have got an inkling of the value of a Russian bank bill; others who are more unsophisticated had ac- cepted ip payment pieces of colored paper, the torn off labels of me«nufactured cloth or Hinen, aud offered them to us, praying that we stould exchange them for silver. Our cutter being now ready, provisions for the men ob. tained from the government magazine, (thess government magazines are placed at digtauces of about 80 versts aioug the whole Amoor river, as well a3 along the Shi for eight to ten days) frech meat, egus gers being bought, » loug rope fastened to cutter running through a hole at the top o for us pagson- stern of tue ho mast, aot | throng a ring at the bow, by which she was to be towail, the journey commenced on the 20ch August, 0. S. (1858); on the » ght of which we saw for the first time the comet, some twenty degrees above the horizoa, The Feejee Isiands, OUR LERUKA ORALAU CONNESPONDENCE, Laka Oran, Mes Sovrm Pacnic Oceax, D , 1868. American Commerce in the South Pacifio—The Wh Trade—Former Hostility of the Fecjerans to Americans— Beneficial Results of the Visit of the Jehan Adame— The beejee Chief cn his Good Behaviour—The Natives Kindly in their Relations with American Residents— Testimonial Voted to Commander Poutwell—Cannabaliom ind to on the Tstands—Cultivation of Cotton and | Inducements to American Settlers, de, de. mmunication frou theae islands informed you | in detail of the many changes that are rapidly taking place here in this group, their origin, their probable resalts to American commerce and to the American whaling Interest in the Feejcean archipelago. 1 therein made known to the American public the nefarious system, the existence of which cou'd not be doubted, and which is too palpable | to be denied, which threatened our commerce with these Deautiful and productive islands, and which, if no: checked effectually, would ultimately bave crushed aad caused American trade with this portion of the South | Pavitie to become a dead letter in meroantile phiruse- | ology. To abandon a trade cMering such beneficial resuits to | amusement of the etorekeeprrs, who, at every book that ed into our hauds for a quarter or half a dollar, eet up shouts of laughter aod chatted away at a fearful uo doubt setting vs down ae contummats greenhorne, Und conviction they invited us (0 sic down in their pr upon @ long pletform coveret wih matting, | te: to joriake of their hospitality, Some swevtiweats, tee withovtsugar er milk, in cape no larger than a taitor’s thunble, and rome bot’ stew, probably of rats tails or the we were the other inen who je of tueir wares to | eutraila of dogs, were get before os, and wi occupied in tasting the tea aud politely dectinin deheacies, the store in front was ict wth bad come frotu every direction to disp 2, for which privilege they would very likely pay a per- | age io our hosts, the owners o: the premise. | s® We now pautomined to them that wo would buy no- | they made “bonne mine au Jew,” then pointed at our plaia dress, and wanted to kuow why we did not wear uniforms like ail Rus- sion office On being told that we were Americans, they repeated “ Melicuns,” an@ seemed to have some koowlecge of such beings ag‘ seiicaw for they shook henda wih ue, sayiog, “ Mander, r,? Inealug “friend.”? We were completely surrounded by a dense crowd of tradesmen, wll bowing profoundiy, or ratuer juchuing the upper part of the body downward to the Anees, Claspivg their bands, aud calling ou mander,? when a met town arrived, inviting us to bis hou eame summoning the passeng: tinketg, therefore, we hurried in the dir ibe janding, again’ preceded aud followed by policemen aud a large crowd of people, arsong whom were women who reached over to us ani gave us pretty artificial ng up our mawais | jon towaurda | ilowers inade of rice paper, for which we banded them | | the rest of our loove change. Some ef the Russian officers, with their ladies come on shore, the latter creating tho utmost astonish. ment, had been at the Governor's, aud pariaken of his hospitality, They told us that, after the exchange of poli y Were sealed on matw, aud well dressed ser- yants brovgh im a eplendid lookiog dinuer of sixteen or eighteen aiflerent dishes, which, upon closer investiga- tien, turned ont to be pork, and pork only, prepared in as many different manners.” This was followed by somo ccufestionery, tea, and a liquor eimilar to alcohol, which was bested in gmail copper veseels, and imbibed hot out of neat little China cups. When returning, their ladies iuad bees clorely beset by the curious, who would tako beid of their giovee, bood 8 to feel them and make sure that they wero hunvan beings, thelr own wo- men being dressed quite diterently, in’ something like the Bloomer cestame, and boovels and crinolines being unkuown articles wita them, Tho steamer wae again plonghing {is way upward through the rapid current, all the passergers look- ing Pleascd with the obliging captain and. engineer, who had known presisely where and what time to stop cn account of neceseary repairs—just like a certain Russian officer, who, ordered by the Emperor Nicho- las to conduct the bewitching! but refractory Lola Montcz, Comtewsa de Landsfeld, &@., etraight to the frontier, fell suddenly wick, first’for twenty-feur hours, and then for another twenty four hours, in the cily of Riga, through which mishap her numorous aiiirers, in cluding the highest efficers of that city, were onabi more to show the charming Comtesea their devoti to give her substantial proofs of their friendship. fe reached the mouth of Zeya river, thirty versts above Aigoon, on the same evening, The river banks on both sides are lined with large and smal! Mantchoo yil- jages, and tho valleys chow an extensive cultivation. AS far ag tho eye could reach we saw beautiful ficlis. ome groves of tall trees, evidently plantad for adi the bonuses, and large gardens with vegetables in luxuriant the Chincéo as rhubarb or quinine is to us. We | growth. left highly gratificd with the roception we bad met | — The Ruesians discovered the Upper Zoya river in the Mi b, end with what we had seen ant hoard. | severteert utury; coming from the river Tugur acrous ir, aud French, and ashe related to us with great eloquence | and vivacity his excursions t2 company with two or | guard, or explained the names ful, Ufolike stuffed birds and | beasts, he addressed cach of his listeners in tueir own | native tonguo. it requires not a little moral and physical courage to dwell for years solitary and alone in this wild and out of the way région for the purpose of study only, and we hope that on his return to St. Potersburg, and after Mr. R, will have arranged and described his valua- blo collections, the dae praise of the whole scientifc world and other substantial rewards will be reaped by this learned and onterprisivg young man, Having passot the narrows caused by the Hingan, we approached tho Duriah or Nimoar river. Here we saw several dcer ewimwing tho river, and the steamer being stopped aude boat lowered, we caught one alive. Here also wo metthe stenmbost Sailka, which had started from Nicolacfak with somo oficers and ‘their famnities on board a whole month before 13, viz.,on the 3d of July, but had bocn making little Leatway, eepasiaily againnt ‘tho rapid current in tho iingan, had been abandonod by tho pas- Sengers, who preferred to tale their chance in small native bouts or canoes, and was now returning to repair damages, or, which would he far bettor, to be Inia up entirely, as her hull is hogbacied aud ner etigiue, bult at Potrottsky, worthless, Sittce we had left the Songari our course hat been gralually to the north of wert, and wo began to fool x | shange in the temperature, tho nights being cool and mosrjuitoce gelding scarce, ity ‘§ & heavy rain wo overtook soma of the Shilka’s pawsengere, rowed alongs by Cossacks, j who, nling to return to their homes on the headwaters of iho Argoon and Shiike, had also Jeft Nicolwefile on board of that yessol.’ Aithough | spoke English fluentiy, besides Russian, German | th 19 Hingen Mountains, they descended the Zeya valley more than a thousand versts to ite mouth, and erected Stations. At present they have consirucied in the imme- date vicinity of the mouth a large village and barracks for the soldiers, but with their usual untiring energy have again chosen @ more eligible site a fow versts highor up the Amcor, where a town has already sprang up called Biogovestchensk. A number of fatnilies arc settled here in comfortabte houses, 2 church has been orectod, streets and public places iaid out, trees planted and barracks built for the regiment of infwutry whose hoad- quarters are to be here, with stables for the cavalry, sheds for the parks of artillery. and handsomo dwollings for the officers, so that next to Khabarookajor the Uesury, Biagovestchenak will soon bo the most important town on the Amoor river, sul i So far our passage up the river had been highly agree- able. In twenty-two days, of which ten only wore running time, we had travelled 2,000 verste; the weather bad been beautiful, and the change and variety of scene | had afforded censiant amusement, The groatest her- mony Imi prevailed on board; everybody was plens- | ed, and we consluded to express our eatinfaction, in a style here altogether novel, by a card to the | captain and office is being done, and signed by vs, it was translated into Ruesian and also signed by throe’ Rus sin merchants, the military and civic officers. who were passengers thinking it against the rules of the servics to append their ramos. However, this did not preveat thom from bighly applauding this method of showing approba- tion, and all Joined in the interesting ceremony of hand- ing tho document to the captain, made still more so by | the liberal low of champagne and some stronger beve- Tages consumed oa this solemn occasion, | ne steamer Amoor wes destined to oas far ag and return from thepeo to Khabarooka tad Nico!aoats! ’ being expected that thy Leva, witich had takeg Goyarapr- who had | | vancement of American interests fin: hand. | | dit they belie our countrymen engaged in the commerce of these seas and islands, to relinquish the advantages accruing the whale and other fisheries in the Feejeean waters, to | allow oar trade between these isiands and Chiua to be | para’yzed and submit to its passing into other haude, to | forego our rights on and around the islands of the Feejee archipelago—to do all this without any adequate return is neither honest to our country nor just to ourselves, and is certainly not Amorican. | The commerce of a nation, the rights of her citizens gaged iv that commerce, tle protection of the ships ghted with the mercbanilite for the increase of the national tradlc, and the lives of the many employed on | board thoge ships, and their safety in a foreiga port | guarded, are toatters of vital importance to a country | the Mage of whose auips deck every sea aud wait on t American ships have been acous. #, und the success which has at- waters bas given 2a inpe e which has ret mber of shi figheries. Apart from this e - tween these islands and China (at present chielly in the hande of Americaus and transported in American veseels), tattle weil calculated in a short time to prove exceed ingly advantageous, offerin; does, a two fold benodt in giving to our shi ia and China trade, a cargo which, in that country (Cuina), will at ell times command a ready market, or furnish a good paying traa- sit fre to our owners. The many avenues that present es in the Feejee Islands, the Lomerons opportu offered to the spectator, and the nd alasrity Which American enterprise evinces in n cial traffics baye caused our couatrymen to be sedvlously watched and annoyed at every opportunity that presented If. Feejeeana, long school ir hatred and distike to Americans, aud who bitberto have permitted no oppor- tunity to pugs lo iiltveat, rob and murder our country- mien, ately received a shock, from the recoil of which they have not yet recovered, In a former communication I informed you of the visit of tle American corvette John Adams, and the action taken by her commander, E. B. Boutwell. Tho visit of tui ship ‘was calculated to restore order and confidence, and our expectations thus far have been fuliy real:zed. The haughty and arrogant deportment of tha Chief, Tai Viti, or Thakambau, (now entirely dependent on strategy and good fortune for the retainment of the tottering throne what alone saves his avgust neck,) bas undergone @ great cbange, and he appears to be wounded not only ia mind aud body, but in his finatces also. Pound by explicit aud exacting documents, drawn up | with a tact that does credit to the experience of the officer charged with this important mission, dreading a second hostile vinit from the commander of the John Adams, with little consdence in the ecclesiastical power that his be- treyed him, distrustfal of all around, and watching the lapee of tithe when the messevger from the great Ameri can war chief wili visit his territory and demand the pa; ment of his bond—the great Feejeo chief—the Polynesia cannibal aod savage-—siands at last tamed and subdued, The eecret encouragements of the opponents of the ad- it diMoult to dispol the vision that havuts his sablo Majesty, who, like his prototype of kingly notoriety, would give his “kingdom for a horse,’ if by 80 doing he could outride the conse. quences to which his former course of brusality and mur- der, combied with cannibalism, have subjected him. The obligations under which ho is now placed, the docu- ments ably penned which bind him for his future con duct, the fisancial engagements which the lapse of time wil draw upon bim, and the consequences of their non-fuilll- | ment—tho fear of arousing a second time the anger of a nation whero power he bas so intely feit—the desire ment of a large 1 to crush those who have led him on to des- truction and left him on the brink of the pre- | cipice of despair, and the position to which he is now ed, combined, have had the effeot of caus ing the Feejee King to seriousiy meditate apon the couras, under these circumstances, thé most favorable for him to | pursce, Fad the commanders of the ships of war, sent out by our government gome years past, adopted the deci- ‘e and eftective plan pursued by the Commander of the | john Adams, the recital of many a heartrending tale might have been spared your readers. | The result bas proved what I have before aseorted, that you may threaten the Feejecans with the punishment for crimes Committed, but not until the smart of the chasten- | ing rod hag been felt by them does reformation take place. | long a8 threat only follows threat, and no more, so long o, as they had been taught, that Amorican power Was imaginary. ‘The deception has, however, been | dispelled by a lesson as just and ceserving as it was prompt and effective; and so long as the impression the visit of the John Adams has made remains, 20 long may you expect to bear of tranquillity at theeo islands. The | execting, unflinching and deterinived conditions which | characterized the negotiations and investigations institwted | by Commander Boutweilon behalf of the Amorican citi- | zens resident in Feejee, the opportunities ailorded by that | officer to all eriminatod and accused, and the geno. rous admission of ail testimony in their favor; the impartin| feeling that pervaded the inve ipstcuieg and | the soundness of the policy in the deciding intricate and entangled questions, tlie clear and experionead man ner in which he explained our laws, and tho lborality with which ail doubts were admitted on belialf of the | guilty, have mado a very favorable inpression among the | native chiefs, butespecialiy so among the American resl- | dente st these islands, ant here, } fect convinced, tanght | pote chiesg aad people that to play fuise with ug would | gegements with the Fecjee cannibals (which may prob | wetand honger, aud the exposn | of a home. | tho French army ander the first Napol only tend to jeopardize them more, and be met with a re- tribution no less terrible thoa Jur American Yeterests abroad iron maxy cares rotarded Dy the mjucicwis mtercourse of our coubtry men, and ai though s Visi ty theme isbante may for a Gow deny (Mo those parties officially cugaged to take their part in cour Missions Of @ Hisar Qevure to Lbae Of tar Jobn Adawes ) the society of the pleasing aud euliebicned, and a renew al of friendly intercourse may be refreshing, after a long passage by bea, still its effect, in most cases, 4 debrimu- tal, and telis most unfavorably (or our couptry’s intere-*t, et} cially so when these visits are conetrued by the ties for their own benefitand to our disadvantage, The commanders of American sbipa-of-war sent out to these ixlands by our goverpment for the euppression of out- Tages aginst our covnsrymen cannot be too guarded in the Cultivation of friendly relations with those whose incividual interests are no less antagoniatic to our country- men’s than are the territorial ambitions of their country to the hovorable acquisitions of our republic, aud ia their acceptance of what may, at first sight, appear to them to be eivilities and hospitalities, actuated by pure and disia- lereated motives, must use that discrimination aod pru- dence 20 vasentially uecessary. Unloce this i at point is kept in view, and our relations with other Powers ‘abroad limited to their wortbineas, and the undue derercace hitherto shown Ww thote in wany cages uuworthy, is ‘econtinued, it is uacless for the American govet ment to be ‘despatching ships of war to theee islands, whose commanders, deetning the approbation aad hoapi- lulites of forcignere of more importauce than tue defence of the rights of their countrymen, allow themsulves to be cajoted and deceived to sich an exient that they have come and gove without ever iuvestiguting the clatus or aliempting to dis-barge the miesion upou which Wey were despatched, and for the fuiSlment of whica they were responsible io our government. Businers cemandivg my presence at one of ny commer- clal establishueats ou One of the isiaud wiadword, I resolved to make an exploring exposition, ant on wy way to visit some of the spols marked by the band of the avenger. On arriving at a emall island whico lay in my way, and on which resides an American ongagad exten sively in the bech le mer trade, I landed aud was struck with'the altered ¢emeanor and conduct of the nativ habiting it. Their former brutality and dogged sullen backed by the treacherous expression of their couate narces, which has hitherto caused us to view them ith suspicion and distrust, bad given sway to an evident desire on their part to conciMate and secure our good will, and by evincing & manifest satisfaction in serving us, lo make nds for the many annoyances win which they had fe our community. My friend, Str. Worts, of Massachusetts, assured me that the chauge was as healthy as sincere, aud that siace tae burn- ing Of their towns by the Join Adams, which had cauged such ap impression to be made opon them, they had al- tered, aud much for the better, My premises are now ‘safe, remarked he, from the pluuders of the robber; my stock ig no longer Milled and carried away; my children gambol on the grass before my house without fear; my boats are no moro eked; and above all, saiil he proudly, the flag that you saw on the staf'as you passed through my garden, which is emblematic of justice, me ‘freedom, is no louger insulted, ‘ibe ange Waa certaiply gr@it, and we lave much to be thankful for, The following day I coptinued on iy way to the south- ward, and in the evening arrived at my destination. The accounts I received from my partuer pleased me excved ingly, and the confident tone in which my countcyman spoke ascured me that our government bad indeed taken an effective ond beneficial step. Sosaiutary hat been tue rveeults of the visit of a ship of war to these islands, that, in his opipien, our community has now uo cause to fear any immediate encroschncnia upon our rights, and crippled position of the Feejce klug precludes the yosai bibty of his daring to tranegrees. No one instance of plander or murder has since ocour- red ‘nour community, and the most desired tranquility existe throvgbout the group. By an arrival jast night, from the island of Malolo, { formation reached us of thy American whaler Geo: gia of and belonging to a port in Rhode Laiand, having unfor tunately becu driven on shore. The geutieman who ie interesied in the vessel informs me that Capt. Duryee has written to bm on the subject, stating that the injary eived by bis ship is slight, and that after having dit arged a Bmall portion of the cargo he expects to bs | lowing sentence: “Much troubl this unhappy cire and anxiety have Texperiencad since stance touk place, Lut I trust tame my endeavors to secure the vestei from further injury aay prove saccessful. Since my misfortune I have re- ceived the eympat?y of the Chief of this Island, and the Willingnese with which the uatives have worked, to assist me ib this dileroma, is well worthy of my notice.” This is indeed gratifying, an? is appreciated by as, ¢ dreams for the last ten years have becn as. wet his stiil more brutai clues aud py state of things nerves w that the Boutwell in the Jokn Adams has ma fo grateful do the mershers of our com vseistance for the restoration of orde that at a meeting which was beld at the h Gur priveipal merchants on the 2d inst., maouely resolved, vices rendered by commander E. B. Boatwell, of the United States ship Joun Adams, on bebaif of the Ami eng residing and doing business at the Feejee nd the arduous, iptricate aod unpleasant duties performed by that cilicer, which have resulted ia the most beneficial effects to our community, it is hereby r foived. that in gratitade for the said services, we bay determined to present to that oficer aes\imonigl, expros- five of our bigh appreciation of nis ser Inthe cet- tement of Americen claims at these tslands—tne abi with which the investigations were conducted, the im- portislity which marked the proceedicgs, and the amica | thattor the furtherance of this deeired and merited com- | piment, all the American and foreign residenis eymon- thizing in our cause, are invited to for the purchase cf @ suitable te:timoutal to be presented | to that ollicer, to commemorate lis visit to Feojeo, and to be accompavied with an autograph ican citizens residing at the Fer joe Island. “And bo it further resolved, that our sincere and grate- ful thanks be presented to the oiticers and crew of the United States ship John Adams, for the indomilable courage displayed by then in the chastisomen: of the enemies of God and their contry, the alacrity with which our guilerings wore relieved and ‘our wronge redressed, the impediments fo brayely dared and go preguant wits danger, for the risk of their valuable lives im our cange and for our benefit, for the wounds recvivet in the have ended in death), for Whe sufferings experienced fr to the treac fire of a etill more treacherous foe, and th evgagements with the Polynesian savages. it further rerolved, that the American Consul to these islands shai! be delegated to receive those testimonials nd t them. T need harely remark that this summons wag readily responded to, and hae received the hearty co.operation not only of our countrymen, Dus many of ‘those residents who having become naturalized and proud in the privitegs thus enjoyed in the national freedom which eutitles them to all the rights of the native born, and admiring the sonnd and Chr tenor of our constitution, take up arme in our ¢ fending ovr interests with a vigor that docs themselves, aa also to the country of their adoption. One of the conditions stipulated in the treaty ratidod by Commavder Boutwell, on behalf of the American govera- ment, was tothe eilect that Tui Viti, or Taakamban, the King of Feejce, was to abstain from eating human flesh and as a proof of the beneficial eit uiting from that treaty T am placed in posse following fact; The inhabitants of one of the most 'n towas 90 the large island of Vita Jevo having on rigbts of the inhabitants of aa island a 8 dis tant, and ceclising to restore the booty plundered by them, were threatened with war by the aggressed, and on the following morning their town was invaded by toe islanders, and he: ied off and put t death, and their bod d for a feast or jubilee. Tui Viti becoming acquainted with the circumstance, straitway despatched a messenger, and at the risk of his larity peremptorily forbade their eating the dead fet 8 of their fallen foes, declaring thst if any one charged with that crime was brought before him he wonld cause him to be put to death. This edict, coming from such a few lea! the flesh of their fellow men will not be openly commit ted for the future; and, howover mnch they may re socret fexets, their public enterta‘nmuents wili no longer be furnished by the corpses of their slain or murdered victims. ‘The commercial eMairs of thegroup are ina very pro mising State, aod, should we not be troubled with any more wars, promise well. The beche-le-mer trade is large. ‘The cultivation of the cotton plant is attracting much attention, and is progressing favorably. On the estate of Mr. Samuel Van Wick are to bo secn some splendid specimens of the sugar cane and cotton, aud some at- tempts are being made to introduce rice, coffee and indigo. ‘The climate of these islands encourages the cultivation of these desfrable products, and the richness of the so.! war- rants the many experimerts being made. ‘Those islancs offer splendid iuducements to our cown- trymen desiring to emigrate, where thoir services will be rewarded by an unsparing band, and the fruits of their labors will be the ownership of acres of tine arable land fit for the cultivation of grain, or other products best ted to their views, besides cMering them a healthy ce [rom most of the diseases prevalent in crowd Ticans s¢ 4 tiong in that portion of our republic ce n pay a yisit to these islands. Poverty is here un- nm, bupger never felt, and the facilities offered for ing of habitable’ dwellings preclude the possi lity of any porsons emigrating to Feejee being in want Jand belongs to thoze who cultivate it, and finer and richer goil is not to be found in Oveanica, Mr. Josrrmt Guivat died on the 9th instant, at ‘his resi- dence in Gloucester county, N. J. His death was occa gioned by dropey on the chi The dovoaset was a Fresehman by birth, and whoa a mere boy he served in leon. Within the last year or tero he received from the Emperor Napoleon li]. the St, Herena medal, which waggiven to all survivors of the grand army, in what part of tho world they may reside. Mr. Glonat wag a printer by trate, and when he tiret went to Philadelphia, about tweaty-five yoars ago, ho worked at the cago, Me afterwards married Mrs. Deschamps, who was at the time extensively engaged in the omuious businces ip that city, and he assumed the management cf the omnibua lines which ste owned. He extended the business greatly, and was long known as “the Napoleon of omuibue propristors.”” Much prosperity of the district of Richmoad was ovming to Mr Glonat’s line of coachor, whisk he raa thither when tho district was very thinly setiled Tas Fisaixe av Seacouner Point is remark: ably sucecesful, Scup, bass and blue fish are taken in great abundance. [t is reported that the salea ef Saturday reached $2,(00, The fhermen get from forty to fitty cente a barrel for scupand blue fish. For tautog and bass the standing price is ono and a half centsa pougd, Por. chasers aro plenty, end at one time last week ninetean echooners were wailing to carry the products of the neta to New York, Philadelphia aud other places. Ome voagel from Prince Sdwards Iziand was among them. Providence Journal, May 10. bie to float her off, and couciudes bis letter with the fol- | ‘“IBat in consideration of the valued and importantaer- | ble acjuttment of our wrenge Aud it is further resolved, | becribe their names | teslimoniai from the + de. forward them to proper pergons depated w preseat | °° edit to | oxched upon the | source, is a safe guerantee that the horrid custom of eating | brisk, and the exports of sandalwood and cocoanut are | of the | INTERESTING FROM SOUTH AteERica, | | Gar Montevideo Correspondence, ; MonTevIpHO, March 8, 1859, Interetting and Affecting Boent—Guliantry of United States Sarlori~ Hescue of Three Soanish American Seames from @ Spar— Enchusioen of ive Prvests anik Peapie, de A tate event Das caused an immense sencation, duced @ furcre, the like of which I ravs never wit: ucesed before, aad all owing to tis dariog and gallantry of one of Uncle uin’s Yeuteosnts ‘The morning of the frst of March broke anon as with & terrible gale from the southward and eesiward, tha wind blowing a hurricane, and directly againat toa wourn- erp and exposed part of the city Ou lookiog 12 this die rection the inhabitants wero horrified by sceing threg men clinging to a mast which projected a littic way out of the water, among the breakers, and to whom it ap. peared impossible to render succor, Thourands of peopla were on the beach, directly in sight of the poor creatures, and yet unable to help them; among them were priests, with crucifixes in their hands, praying toGod that tha sufl-rere might be spared—but nose dared to venture oug in that fea, It so happened that Lieut. James H. Gillis, Uaited States bavy, was on shore, and going down towards the beac ‘was attracted to the crowd; the moment he saw the poor creatures bis mind was made up as to hia duty—he did not hesitate, but at once offered his services, and at the same tie called for volunteers, Ten American sailor from the different ships tn the harhor at once came fors ward; they manned @ boat belouging to the Sabine, which happened to be lying at the wharf, and put off towards tha wrecked mariners; after prodigious labors, and rowing egainet ceas of Immense height, they came in rowch of the breakers. The seas were breaking over the threa peor men, who had been clinging all night to the spar with the evergy cf despair, and who were now so much ex- baveted that they had not the force to let go their hold. It is difficult to imagine or deacribe the intense anxiety of the thousancs who witnes#ed the sight oa shore, nor of tha poor fellows, who feared that Lieut, Gillis and his crow Would not gueceed in getting them off. Sea after sex rolled over them, and their beat was momentarily im danger of beipg dashed to pieces among the breakers. At length they reached the spot, and tiveraily were compelled. \o crag the poor wretch<s from their bold, they were so stiffened by cold, anxiety, fear, and tbe position that they had «®umed all wight, Wat they were unable to move When pulled into tne boat, {ft would have done sou good to have heard the vivag which were given out by the forty thousand spectator who bad witnessed the feat; acd wen, after an hour of more puthng, they reached the landing piase, our frievd Gitiw and his brave volunteers came well nigh being smothered by their enthusiastic friends 1: was in vain | Mr. G. showed them that be was ore and wae shivering with cold—he mist stop and soa | herds with them. Some, wito true Soamh fervor, wrbed to embrece and kiss bim, but this was a litle wo kind, and was respectfully deciined. ‘Tue affair is in everyoody’s mouth, and every boty epeaks of the daring anc gallantry of the young lieutenant. The government of the city proposes to present nim witht a gola medal. The vessel belonged to the Argentine Confederation, and the Chargéd’)Afuirs of that country bas written @ Warm letter Of thauk®, and ofjprs of service to Mr. Gills, | who, with the modesty of Wue bravery aud merit, had responded by saying that be hos done nothiug more than | hig duty—thit a6 nimself was toy thankful ja being a hum- | bie wstrumeot in the bands of Providenes in guving the | lives of three {cilow creatures, and that, donbuews, any | other cilicer would do the same thiag enould the opportu- Usirep Starrs Srrasum Meracower, wity oller. MONTEVIDEO, Maveo 23, 1559. } The Metcomet at Saint Caharines—Honor to the Memory of Governor Gaines’ Daughters—Tetimonial by the Laliang to Our Seamen, ce. | During the stay of the Metacomet at St. Catharines a | bea 1 pra. | | ard was erected by the officers to the memory of | the two daughters of Governor Galves. These young ‘were accompanying their father to Oregon in the | United Sintes store ship Supply, in 1851, mut imbibed the | seeds of that fatal digease, yellow fever, at Rio, which | after leaving that place, aud proved fatal val of the veseel 4 Cathartnos. e by side, ina beayttul valley near pain land, and 81, ‘thie moet the , rage, On th | eye cf any ef the relatives of the dec » it will bea satisfaction for them to kaow that the graves have not been disturbed, and that the spot will be bald sacred by all who taay visit tt, par y by Americans. ‘The Italians residing here presented str, Gillis, United ces Navy, with » beatiful album, cootatping a picture w svene of the rescue of the men from the epar, witia | their autographs. The Confederatioa also gave tim & gold } mecal, and siiver ones to the boat's crew. OUR BUBNOS AYRES CORRBSPONDENOE, Beaxos Ayres, March 9, 1959, tof Our Exploring Bxpeditions on South Ameriza—The Sulado River—Its Climate and Nawigation— Pro- Gucte—Hxtert—-The Work Unidertakea— Its Cost Privileges Given Contractor, d ‘The United States Exploring Expeditiong to South Amert- ca, while contributing (0 the science and treasare of tha | world, bave been still more serviceable to these lands ources of wealth. of toe Amazoa and the La | Plata were unknown as to leogth or depth to thosa who | thronged thetr shores, and as thoroughfares of internal | commerce were to useless. This is capcuially tha bistory of the Salado, tributary ef tue La Piata, which empties into that noble stream at Parana, the capital of the Argentine republic, at the distance of about five buns dred miles from the ocean, The Salalo maintains its vos lime well to a great cistauce, and can be made navigable for 81x hundred mites. ‘the country draived by this river is most prolific im all the prodncta of the warm latitudes, 1; becomes navi- tweaty- fifth degree of south Intitude, | 828 a fatitude of seven degrees, The villages | and cities near iis source can welt be called interior merce is by raeang of ox carts, whictt their distant, bat best market,” about ch time and labor mast inate additions | to the price of goods, The rate of trassportation each: | Way being from $190 to (Spanish) per ton. This river, onc Je bavigabie, would drain the pro- ducts ot one of the richest regions of tne globe for tha Whole extent of its length, and for the breath of one bun- cred leagues, becommg thus the outlet of a region em- Ia the pastursge of sheep ¢, and in the growta of cora, Lobacea, rice, coflve, indigo and sugar, that country is known to be capable of i any ouber, | fer al! the disadyatages enumerated ft was found, | upon interrogativg nino commercial houses in tha | ety of Rosario, that these did anaual baginees with thoee far off places to the amount of about forty tong, | Then thcee nine houses are Duta fraction of the trade of | one city, which otvides the interior trafic with half @ places. T fact’ must Fooner or later attract the attention of liberal minded capitalists, and one distiogaished for | public spiric has undertaken a work of national impor- | tarce. Mr, Stephon Ramms, a Catalonian by birth, bag entered into a contract with the Argen\iae goverument to | Moke that river navigable, He has risked ju it a princely | fortune, and is aided by assurance of any needful aid from | other eourcee, | _ It is estimated that $500,000 (Spanish) will do the work | aud place onthe river threo small steamers. Dredging, | removing of timber, and the erection of abont a dozem | Gama, with locks, will be the nature of the work. tne | locks will be made of an almost imperishable timber, | found abundantly where it is necessary. Government has given to Mr. Ramma the exclasive | right to navigate that stream for thirty years, and hag alto relinquished upon ali good transported ‘upon that | river one-half of the dutice charged npon all other goods | imported. if the river were once made navigable, euher | of these two sources of income would moat+abuadantly repay expenditures and provide dividends, This river will also be the outlet of the extensive mine- | raldeposits fourd ix the hills which its waters drain, From those mines we now receive silver aad copper, | while the more common metals, as iron and lead, arg | algo found in rich proportions. | _ The world is interested in this enterprise. It is tha | Most extensive and far reaching commercial enterprise | that ever originated in this country. Its effect upon the | peace of South American nations aust be as marked ag upon their commerce. ! or | | iu developicg their iutrins: | Many of the rich tribu | bracing 180,000 equares miles. | and cai | | Ten Steamers See Ge at Pittsburg—Losa 000. The Pittsburg Post gives the following list of the steam- a which were destroyed by fire at that place on tha 7th instant:— The Henry Graff, Captain McClintock, a stera wheel, built at Bellevernoa in 1855, and owned by G. L Mo-Jia- tock and J. Hellenbach. She ran between this port and ‘St. Lewis, and was worth about $15,000. The Council Blud, Captain Lewis, stera wheel, 200 tors | durthen, was built at California in 1359, and is owned by | S. Lewis and Wm. Dilworth. Sho was in the Si. Louis trade, and valued at $16,000, Tho J. WH. Conn, Captain Woodburn, stern wheel, builé at Shousetown in 1856, and owned by J. Woodburn, B. By | Woodburn, J. C. Anderson, Neitoa Crooks and J. W. Con- vera, She was in the St. Louis trade, and was worth | about $12,0C0. The eons, Captain Harry, stern wheel, built at Feee- dom in 1857, and owned by W. C. Harry and J. Gray. Sha rap ix the Cincinnati and Louisville trade, and was worth | $15,000. one Panola, Captain Mason, built in 1858, at Browns. ville, and owned by J. H. Magon, J. Pringle, W. But. at $14,000 | fipgton and A. J. Macdougal. She was valu | or $15,000, and was up for St. Louis. The James Woods, Capt. Herdman, stern wheel, built | at California in 1856, pits by Bernard John, J. Me- | Cowan, H. A. Wood ‘end Mark Sterling. Capt. Herdman recently soll his interest. She was valued at $20,000, and hag been ruaning to St. Louis. | The Commerce, Capt. Hendrickson, stern wheel, built | at Freedom, in 1856, and owned by David and’ J. 8. Hendrickson, Charles Cavin, William Parkinson, F. Novin, J. 4. Robingon, J. W. Rowley, Harrison Mason and Mark | Sterling. She was in the St. Louis trade, and wortlt | $12,000 or upwarde. @ The Cremona, Capt. Doyle, stern wheel, built at Pitts- | burg, im 1856, and owned by Androw Ackley and Ross | J. W. Doyle, She ran in the St. Louls and Louisville trade, and was worth $14,600 or $15,000. | ‘Tho Belmont, Capt. Trimble, stern wheel, built at Cali- fornia, in 1856, and owned by Trimble & Bros., and be ney, Loughran & Broe., Beaver county. She waa in t! Loulaville trade, and was worth $9,008 or $10,000. : ‘Toe Jennie Gry, Capt. Beers, mara wheel, aereth at Monongahola City, and own rt Eiiza J. Barwon, She rau in the Lov-aville trade, and wag Worth $10,000, | i