The New York Herald Newspaper, November 11, 1859, Page 2

2 rover, of tho former Transit Company— bathe eid koe are spattered, ant the establishmuat is ‘otherwise considerably out of repair. ‘A log house, siluated on @ commanding eminonoa, in a clearing of a fow yards square, a substitute for a forud- cation, i, yisible to vessels approaching the anchorage. This work of defense, mounting a single honeycom'ad six der, is garrisoned by about twenty-five Bquathd Look ‘soldiers, armed with the old flintlock musket, upon prowess in battle I will not presume to commont. us one the recent appoiutment of Professor Di:nitr, renfesentative in Central America, the gover certainly displayed much wisdom. We have pleasing counts fro of that section, Nicaragua he will leave a most happy im, tinez and his Cabinet. Conversing , tongue, and being a Catholic in religious faith, will greatly jnorease his influence aad render bim acceptable to though with the subtle aud complicated diplomacy of these wernments he may not immediately become acquainted. fre will find them singularly well posted in the politics of the United States, Our Consul at San José de Costa Rica, Dr. Hino, is a geu- tleman of rare attainments, well qualified for the respou- sibilities of his position; and Mr, Raa Runnells, at San Juan del Sur, is just the official to watch over Amorican: interests in’ Nicaragua, This gentlemay, who on- joys the friendship ani couiidence ' of Prosi ‘dent Martinez, has lately obtained the publica. tion of the laws of Nicara in tho Gavia official—a journal edited and pubdliseed in Managua by Senor Don Anselmo Rivas—for the benefit of Americans residing within the jurisdiction of the government, aiso the promise of tho organization and maintenance of a military guard for the protection and safe conduct of pas- sengers, mails and treasure over tho Isthmus, whenever the route shall be in guccessful operation. ‘The covtract with Mons, Bolly for the reopening of this transit expired on tho 15th day of last September. Des. pite his efforts to obtain an extension of timo from the go- vernment for comptiance with the terms thereof, it has been awarded to the American Consul at San Juan del Sur, Mr. Ran Ranne!ls, who expects shortly to be oa his ‘way to the United States, with the view of organizing a company, &¢. ‘The United States steam frigate Saranac loaves this fore- noon for Panama, where sho wi!l exchange her crew and officers, and probably return hither, ‘The Cyano remains in the roadstead, and the other vessels of the Pacifle squadron are shortly expected. ‘ ‘The health of San Juan is excallent, Durivg the rainy season the calenturas or fevers are of a mild and tracta- bie character, but this being the last and most moist month, rofreshin breezes and entire immuuity from al! unpleasant feelings. OUR PANAMA CORRESPONDENCE. Panama, Nov. 2, 1839, Great Precautions Against a Walser Invasion in Nicara- gua—A United American and British Naval Lookout for the Fushion—The Harbor of San Juan det Norte Filled Up, dee. By the arrival of the United States flagship Roanoke, of {he Home Squadron, at Aspinwall, on the 26th uit., from. San Juan del Norte, learn that every precaution was taken by the Flag Officer and the commanding officer of H.B.M. naval ships toeprevent the landing of Walker and his men in Nicaragua. H. B. M. ship Valorous wa despatebed in search of the Fashion as soon as the first in- telligence reached San Juan that she had sailed from the United States with alot of filibasters on board. I or- der to prevent the landing of the expedition, the U. 8. sloop St. Louis was stationed off the mouth of the Colora- do, the Sabine off San Juan, and the Preble off Chiriqui Lagoon. Thus it will be pbrceived that bad the Fashion succeeded in getting off from the United States, she would have been captured by one of the above ships-of-war. ¢ harbor of San Juan det Norte is said to be com- pletely destroyed by the bar at the mouth of the river. ‘The English steamers are compelled to anchor some five miles from the shore, in the open roadstead, and somo days the sea is so reugh as to render it impossible to land. passengers and merchandise. After this month] under- stand that these ateamhers will touch at San Juan but once a month, instead of twice, as at present. All idea of open ing the Nicaragua route may be considered as abandoned, Without the expenditure of immense sums of monoy, it will be utterly impossible to make the Transit available dor travel. OUR ASPINWALL CORRESPONDENCE. Aspinwatt, Noy. 1, 1859. New Transit Contract of Ran Runnels—Reported Terms of the Deed. The Saranac, lately from San Juan del Sur, bri news that Ran Runnels, Consul at that port, has rea effected a contract with Nicaragua for opening the transit. It is said to be ‘signed, sealed and delivered” by the high contracting parties, and two copies go home under seal—one for your late correspondent on the subject, the other for the State department. They are in charge of a gentleman on his way home. The contract is for fity Years, exclusive, &c. No passenger tax is to be paid, tha ernment receiving only fifteen thousand per annum. fits is another link to the Nicaragua transit entangle. ment. the OUR RIVAS CORRESPONDENCE. Rivas, Nicaragua, Oct. 20, 1859. Transit Route Factsand New Revelations—Ran Runnels and His Negotiations—M. Belly Endeavoring to Raise Cash and Fuils—Englishmen Creating a Walker Invasion Alarm—Position of General Jerez—President Martines Firm Before the People, dc., &c. ‘Your correspondents in Nicaragua have made so many errors concerning the Transit that I have concluded to give you the facts. In New York the rival companies seem to be satisfied that cach holds a yalid contract. They advertise in the Heraxp to leave on the 5th inst. for San Juan del Norte; ‘but as up to this date the mails haye not arrived, it is to be presumed that the Commodores were only jesting, or that the ships got lost on the ocean track and made As- pinwall instead of San Juan del Norte. The contract for the transit across the Isthmus has been secured by Ran Runnels, That matter is settled; Ran Runnels has the papers in bis breeches pocket, and he is now waiting for leave of absence from his government to go on to New York to organize a company. By the terms of the Belly contract that distinguished individual and prince of humbugs was compromised to pay to this government (Nicaragua) onthe first of October ‘the sam of $40,000, He has failed to comply, and conse- quently forfeits his rights. His agent here, Mr. Levas- seur, wrote to his government that Belly had paid the money in Paris to the Nicaragna Minister,and asked that the contract be confirmed. The governrnent replied that be mistaken, as tho representative of a Paris bad informed his government that iy could not even accommodate him by cashing | a draft for $600. The government here are other visit from Mr. William W emaely alarmed about an- # grand reception on the | : nor was circulated by two lishmen, recently arrived from the United States. The stated thet they { their information from H. M.'s Con’ at Pi deiphia; onr @onsal has a the Presi it that the rep vise, Tuolice that you \p Cyane correspondent informs | you' that Terez onsely popular, that he will er: ; merbing of 20th ult. its revenue and strengtbcoing the revolutionary cause by inducing he belief that the act was dietated by fear. For geveral days Curing the latter part of October strong southerly winds prevailed ia the bay of Tanama, With the exception of the upsetting of a canal boat near this Place, by which some four natives were drowned, { hoar ‘of no damage caused by the gale. A dewchment of 266 United Capt. A. J. Smith, First dragvon: ‘W. Root, Sixth infantry, aud Capt. Buford, goons, arrived out in the steamer Atlantic, and proceed to their destination in the steamer Goldeu Gate early on the tes troops for Oregon, Intelligence bas been received here of the loss of the ra on the 25th of September, nine miles south of Lambayeque. She was bound to Catao from Sydney, which pyit she left in ballast on the 7th of July, baving’on board three passengers, who, together with’ the officers aud crew, were all saved. The vessel is a total loss. Thave also to record the leas of thy Atnsrican bark Rienzi, 422 tous, of Boston, bound for Rotterdam, with « fll eargo of nitrate of soda from Arica. She encountered agovere gale on the 20th of August,dn latitude 27 4 South, and longitude 96 30 West, which ‘continued to rage with great violence until the 24 of September, when (the yeasol meantime having sprung aleak and being in a sinking con- dition) sho was abandoned by the offlcersand crow, aud itis supposed she soun went down, for whe: ast sven, at about 4 o'clock P, M,on 2d September, she was on her broadaido and her bow : under water. ‘Ono of the ship's boats, containing Jas. Frailey, the mute and Ave of the crew, is supposed .o have swamped in the Leavy sea. Tae following are the names of the missing:—John Hargraves, steward, native’ of “Liverpool; George Wiliams, seaman, Engiand; Robort Warren and Thos. Cunningham, seamen, of same; Frank @ust, seaman, France. Mr. Frailey, Mato, Was also a native of Liverpo:t. ‘The boat contain ing the captain, five uf his crew and one pasenger, was out at sea twenty-seven days. One of the unumber, Geo. Wilson, seaman, a native cf England, died on 23d f Se] tember, from exhaustion, and 30th September the rema: der reached the coast of Peru, some seventy miles velow Pumbes, in a mest pitiable condition. Fo: tuna: , they fell into the bands of some friendly Tadlans, who did all they could to alleviate the sutferings of the unfortunate matizers. 'A short time afterwards the party reached Pumbes in lering from the effects of long exposure in an open boat at sea, The captain, C. Seabury, goes to the United States in the steamer Atlantic. The others were not in a condition to travel, and were left ia the hos. pital at Pumbcs—one of the mumber, Edward Sweeney, seaman, of Brcokivn, New York, was not expected to sur- vive when Capt, Seabury left there ‘The North Star, which left New York in company with the Atlantic, bas hot yet arrived at Aspinwall. ‘The Cortes is still awaiung here the arrival of the North Star at As- pinwall, with passengers and mails. The passengers from New Orleans, which came out in the Daniel Webster, to go by the Cortes, have been detained here in consequence of the non-arriyal of the North Star, sinco the morning of the 28th ult. OUR ASPINWALL CORRESPONDENCE. Asrinwaut, Nov. 1, 1859, Schooner Nautilus, of New York, in Port—Trarels at the Chiriqui Gold Graves—Death of an Officer's Son—An Amerian Seaman Mangled by a Locomotive. The schooner Nantilus, which caused some stir in your city during thesummer, from a rumor Uaat she was out for the African e trade, arrived here on U October, from Chiriqui or Bocas del Toro. She at the latier place from New York about the 19th of Sop- tember. You will remember that the Nautilus was put up for Australia and then changed for Chiriqui on the Atlantic, proposing to take passengers for the huacas, or “ Grave Diggings.’’ She brought down and left at Chi- riqui Mr. Hance, of Georgetown, D.C, ber owner, D. Ball, Charles Coffin and Mr. Ghenter and Son. Tais party had left for the interior to search for gold, and make their way across the Cordillera for the huacas, when the Nau- tilus sailed for Aspinwall. May good fortune attend them; butif they return bodily safe and sound, it will be almost a miracle. Henry Brooke Kelly, aged seven years, son of Licut. Henry B. Kelly, of the Tenth infantry, U. & A., died on the 28th on tho Daniel Webster, just as she was entering the harbor. The wife of Lieut. Kelly, daughter of Col. Morgan, of Louisiana, | ‘w Orleans on the 20th with her two children to join her husband at Camp Floyd. The lost son was quite sick when they left New Orleans. He wes buried at Aspinwall, by the side of Lieut. Aby, by the Consul and some of the officers of the Roanoke. William Patterson, of Mass., ascaman of the bark Cuba, of Boston, Captain Bates, was run over afew days sinee by a locomotive on the Panama Railroad, and had both his feet terribly mangled. One of his legs has been am- phtated, and it is probabie he will lose the other. He was lying on tho trac, xbout two miles from Aspinwall, ina siute of intoxication—at least it is so said. He had de- serted the bark about three days previous, taking away all bis clothes. He is in the hospital of the company. IMPORTANT FROM THE SOUTH PACIFIC. Earthquake at Copiapo—Half the City Destroyed and Great Loss of Life=The Chilean Minister in Peru Murdered=In- surrectionary Movements in Valparai- so—A General Shot and insurgents Exe- euted—The Blockade- of Guayaquil Raised—President Castiiia States His Reasons for the Act~Trade Reports, &c. ‘The steamships Valparaiso and New Granada arrived at Panama on the 2ist and 28th of October, with twenty- seven passengers, $150,000 in specie from Valparaiso and intermediate ports, and the South Pacific mails. By this arrival we have advices dated Valparaiso Sept. 30, Islay the 7th, Callao the 10th, and Paits, Peru, the 17th of October. ‘Tho Valparaiso did not touch at Gusyaquil, Ecuador; but by way of Paita we learn that the blockade of that port has been raised, and the Peruvian ehips-of-war or- dered elsewhere. By the New Granada, from Callao, which port she left on the 16th, we have highly important news from Peru and Chile. ‘The British ship Minnchgha, from Caldera, had arrived at Callao, bringing intelligence of a terrible earthquake at Copiapo, by which more than one-half of the town was destroyed, and causing a great loss of life. The shock was sensibly felt at Caldera. The Captain of the Minnchaha reports the water as having receded some twenty-three feet in the harbor, and says his ship swayed to and fro as if ina heavy sea. ‘The Caldera and Copiapo Railroad bas suffered, itis said, considerable damage, in consequence of which no train could pass over the road when the Minnehaha sailed. The Chilean Minister to Pera was murdered on tho night of 15th October, at Chorillas. Tis makes two foreign Ministers who have been aseassinated in Pera within the last eighteen months. Cortainly there appears to be very little security to life or property in this dis- tracted country. The government is powerless to pro- vec , and is constantly in dread of popular out- Granada, the greate prev rumor having obtained that a revolntion would break out there. All the shops were el arly hour, and troo; ar his remarked at the great feast of San on the 3¢th ult. The Martinez government stands on a firm basis; the country is progressing as well as can be expected uniter her pecuniary difficulties. ‘The government have opened their eyes to the scheming policy of the British and French. The consequence is that ‘Americans are now apreciatca much more than at any time since the Wai ar. Mr. Chavtc3 Carroll Hicks, who has been enjoying the fine climate of Nicaragua for the last four months, returns to New York via Panaina on the 22d, by thé United States frigate Saranac. NEWS FROM NEW GRANADA. Dates to the 7th ult. have been received here from Bo- Rota. The Tiempo, of Bogota, received intelligence on the 6th Df September of a great battle at Cyncepcion on the 20th Of August, in which Marquez was killed, and Corena, Canales, Mendoza and 390 soldiers made prisoners. “All pur chiefs have boen wounded,” says the Tizmpo, “and ‘Captain Cardenas killed."’ Honor to those who have died for liberty and justice! Long live the republic! Lor Mhe State of Santander, whose valiant citizens constitute the best ‘quadrilateral’? that can be invented for tho Protection of Granadian liberty! OUB PANAMA CORRESPONDENCE. Panama, Nov. 1, 1859. Continued Agitation in the States—Bolivar in Arme Against the Federal Government—A State of War De. . dlared by the Executive—Movements of the United States | Squadron—Strong Gales in Port—March of the Troops Tor Oregon—Loss of a British Bark—An American Bark Wrecked at Sea—List of Blen Missing—Non Arrival of the North Star at Aspinwall. ‘Most of the States of the Confederation are still in a fer. ment; but, with the exception of the State of Bolivar, no ‘Open hostility to the constituted authorities has as yet shown itself. The Legislative Assombig of the State of Magilalena has Protested against certain fetorat laws as contrary to tho spirit of the constitution y all the other States are equally opposed to the same laws, yet their antagonism to the federal government, if \t doos not manifest iteeif in @ny stronger manner tian by protests and remon- *Strances, may yet be al and overcome after the moeting of the next Congress, more espeoially should ‘wise cotimgc! provail in that body. ~The aot of the Executive in declaring the Confederation to'be in a state of war, and closing the ports of Cartha- gona and Cabinilla against foreign trace, is not caiculated to improve tho oxisting atate of thing#, but upon the con (rary to weaken the federal government by diminishing | Gene SERIOU! TEMPT TO DISARM TH PARAISO WHEN BY THE RIOTE! CONGRE: UARD OF VAL- AL LEAL sHoe EXECUTED— N OF THE A STRINGENT ARMS ACT— 78 TO AMERICAN DEALERS—TRADE DULL —RE- HE CEPTION OF FOREIGN FLAGS. The news from this republic, save the disturbance which occurred at Valparaizo on the 18th of September, is unim- portant. Whilst high mae: 1g performed on that day, in | honor of the anniversary of the independence of Chile, some riotous persons attempted to get possession of the arms of the Nationa) Guard, who drawn op ne in front of the church in which the ri ligions ceremonies were conducted. Shots were exchange between the troops and the rioters, and the utmost con- sternation ensued. General Vidaurri Leal, Intendente al of. Valparaiso, who was in the church, went out into the square to quell the outbreak, but nefome he could render any agzistance he was shot, from the effects of which he died afew hours afterwards. As soon az he was een to fall, the disturbers of the public peace fled, and the National Guard were left in undisputed posseesion of the ground. ‘This event has produced great excitement in Valparaiso and other parts of Chile. General Vidaurri Leal, it will be recollected, was chiefly instrumental in putting down the revolution in the early part of this year, in the de- cisive battle that was fought at Cerro Grande, in which action he commanded the government troops. For his gallantry on that pointed Intendente General of Valparaiso. Great honors have been prid to his memory by the nation. fis remains woro sent to the capital of the republic and interred in the cemetery. No time wag lost by the government in recommending to Congress, then in session, an appropriation for the support of the | widow and orphan children of tho deceased general, and both houses very promptly responded, by voting the sum of $50,000 ns a token of the national gratitude many valuable services rendered the State by | Vidaurri. ‘The greater part of ¢ insurgents have boon arrested, and two of the rit lers were shot before the sailing of the Valparaiso. Among those arreeted are Senator Don Francisco Ignacio Osea and his two sons, who, on accoun! of their great wealth and position, are highly 4 persons. The whole uumber of p attack on the National Guard did not exceed ‘The Congress of Chile a/journed ou the 80th September, but it was believed that the President would call aa extra, session. The Minister of Finance, D. Matias Ovatic, havi dered his resignation, the Minister of the Interior Foreign Affaire will discharge the daties of the office » a successor to Signor Ovalle is appointed. A deorce has been published forbidding the introd of firearms, ammunition, &c., under certain rost into Chile. As a very profitable trade has booa on of late years between the United States and that try in firearms, we insert the decree: seded by the were | occasion he was ap-¢ Art. 8. Ko vensel on Pkt ian ACMA Or AMMuuition tiniess for itton Pepa oo Sha wedto remain ia auy port of ihe At arma! cai Custom House stores. te rea ie of transit ends, since tteaunul be renewed un ‘elthe: ean they be gold for local consumption spgelal permisslop from government. ‘Signed by the President of the republic, The only ports of entry for foreign figs are Ancud, Valaivia, Tatcahnano, Constitucion, Valparaiso, Combs and Caldera, and Lota aud Corunel’ in ballast; aul vessels from abroad entering any other port, are liable to seizure Cousting trade 18 prohibited to foreig flags, but they may discharge portions of thelr original cargoes in one of Mure ports, and load Chilian produce for a foreign port. All communicat on with the ghore is prohibited until after the visit of the port and revenue officer, who wil require a@ geueral maniestof the cargo, or the bill of lading, and a list of stores. Twenty-four hours are allowed for correction of errors or omissions. Kor any mistakes discovered afterwards, the captain is subjected to fines or seiaure, Passengers’ luggage i 4 ( Basiness was very dull im Valpara‘so. There had been quite @ number of heavy failures iu the north and south of Chile, The Uabilities of some of the commercial Lousea that suspended amounted to $300,000. Copper in bars is held at $20 cash; but from 800 to 1,000 quintals have ged hands lately at $19 5), cash. consequence of the scarcity of coal, the copper have suspended operations, If do not resume ness 8000, copper ores will probabiy advance in price. The market of Valparaiso is overstocked with flour, and prices ranged from $4 $4 50 per quintal. The mar: ket was barren of Carolina rice, though a supply was s00n expected. deposited Ia the ag Unele Ceeak “without a PERU. BLOCKADE OF GUAYAQUIL RAIgED—A CHANGE IN THE GOVERNMENT OF KCUADOR THE CAUSE—Ar- PROACHING MARRIAGE IN HIGH LIE, ETC. ‘The only thing Of public interest from Peru is tho pro- clamation of President Castilia, declaring the blockade of Guayaquil atan end. The proclamation is dated at Paita, Oct. 6, 1859, whither the President had proceeded some time since, and thence to Guayaquil, accompanied by a fleet of eleven vesse!s, as previously noticed in tho HeRALD. Castilla says that upon his arrival at Guayaquil he found the administration of Generals Robles and Urbina super vernment of Gen. Fr aquil, and that of Junta of government.at Quito, at the head of which was D. D. Gabrial Garcia Moreno—the military division at Comenca, and which was tho strongest of the Ecuadorian army, having mutinied and dispersed, a portion pronouncing in fwor of the Quito government, and another for that of Guayaquil, the residue having gone to various points. Tn view of this state of affairs, continues President Cas- tilla, I have thought fit to order all the troops oa board the ships to land, for the purpose of refreshing them and fumigating the ships. Moreover, the troops will be quar- tered in various parts of the province, whore their health, morals and discipline will be the better preserved, ‘The President closes by saying that he will despatch in afew days from Paita to Guayaquil a detachment of the Peru- vian squadrov, which he thinks can effectually aid towards celebrating the preliminaries of a treaty which will give Peru sufiicient. guarantees that she will be re- spected for the future aud satisfled for ‘tho present; in other words, this naval force is to diotate to Eucador the terms of the settlement. All political prisoners in Pera have been liberated. It is rumored that the Hon. Mr. Jerningham, British Charge d’Affaires to Lima, is soon to lead to the alter a fair daughter of this city. ght for the United States is $15 per ton, and ves- are in demand, jetter from Lima of the 19th of September, gays: ‘The government of Peru has entered int> a contract with Dr. Edward Cullen for the introduction of 25,000 Irish emi- grants. The principal stipulations of this contract are, that the emigrants have to renounce all allegiance to their government and have to become Peruvian citizens; that the government of Peru hasto pay their sea-passage, and that every colonist has to receive a few fanegadas of land (cach fariegada is about nine English acres) somewhere at an elevation of 4,000 fect above the level of the sea. Wo bave never seen a colonization contract with £0 vi or so undefined conditions as this one has; nothing is said about the transportation of the colonists into the interior, nothing about their maintenance in the wilderness until their first harvest is gathered, nothing about their rela- tions to the Peruvian government, nothing about tho localities where the colonists are to be established, nothing about their administration, nothing about the indispensa ble preparations for the reception of the colonists, as roads, houses, &c. British G na. HER LUXURIANT VEGETATION—THE VICTORIA RE- GIA—REMARKABLE NUT—VEGETABLE WONDERS, British Guiana, lying within the tropics, where a con- stant summer prevails, contains a vigorous and luxuriant vegetation. The grandeur of nature’s gigantic efforts, displayed there in the vast size, varied forms, and extra- ordinary rapidity’ of growth of the vegetable kingdom, Strike the stranger accustomed only to the less luxuriant aspect of colder climates, with astonishment and delight. ‘The peculiar and distinguishable feature of the coast of a is a fringe or belt of mangrove and courida trees, immediately bebind which comes the cultigated strip of land. The intervening space, back to the base of the mountain ridges, is covered with well watered savannas of great extent, and dense forests. In these primitive scones, gigantic trees raise their lofty crowns to aheight unknown in our northern latitudes. Clusters of palm trees, of all the vegetable forms the most grand aud beautiful, rise majestically above the sur- rounding vegetation, waving pinion-like leaves in the soft breezes. Nature, as if not satisfied with the soil allotted to her, decorates with vegetable parasites the trunks and limbs of trees, the stones and rocks, These parasites, interlacing the branches and trunks of the forest trees, are called Lianes, or ‘‘bush ropes,” which, in ‘many cases, after surmounting to tho highest limbs, descend to the ground and take root again. The forests of Guiana are capable of affording supplies of timber unsurpassed in quality and durability for ‘Duilding purposes or in beauty for houschold furniture or fancy work. Birds of brightest plumage, insects and reptiles, in inexhaustible yariety, people the otherwise silent solitudes of these vast domains. It is literally a vegetable realm; even the surface of the water ia covered with ‘a carpet of plants, interspersed by magnifloent lowers. Tho splendid Victoria Regia, tho most veautial spoct- men of the flora found in the western hemisphere, grows in great profusion upon tho surface of the lakes and rivers. The following graphic description of this flower is from the work entitled “Brazil and the Braziliang;’— Of all the nymphacea, the largest, the richest, and the most beautiful, is the marvellous plant which has been dedicated to the Queen of England, and which bears the name of ‘Victoria Regia.’”’ It inhabits the tranquil waters of the shallow lakes formed by the widen- ing of rivers. Its leaves measure from tifteen to eighteen fect in cireumference; their upper part is of a dark, glossy green; the under portion is of a crimson red, furnished with large salient veins, which are cellular and fall of ajr, and have the stem covered with elastic prickles. They are thus describea:— The flowers lift themselves about six inches above the water, and when full blown have a circumference of from three to fone feet. The petais unfold toward evening; their color, at first of the prest white, passes, in twenty four hours, throagh successive hues from ‘a tender rose tinge to a bright red. During the first day of ‘heir bloom they exhale a delightful fragrance, and at the end of the third day'the flower fadesaway and replanges beneath the water, there to ripen ita seeds. Naturalists and travellers become enthusiastic in their admiration when they behold this plant for the first time. Jt was discovered by Sir Robert H. Schomburgh, on tho first day of January, 1837, in the river Berbice, British Gniana. He named it in honor of Queen Victoria. The cultivated regions of British Guiana—the towns, plantations and settlements—are all within fifty miles of ‘the sea coast. be hed that isa dense and almost impe- netrable forest, abounding in inexhaustible treasures of » woods. This region is seldom visited n by the inhabitants of that country, of obtaining the rich woods for expor- Excursions into the interior are made with open boats upon the rivers, There are no roads nor foot paths by land. On these inland yoyages the native Indians are employed to prope! the boats, and when on shore to clear away With their cutlasses the underwood, vines, &c., which render the forests impassable. On sitch ogeasions itis customary for the party to go on shore early in the afternoon, anid ecek a suitable place to eneump for the | night, where they may suspend their hammocks between two trees, and build fires to prevent tho unhealthy effects of the decaying vegetable matter, and as a necessary pre- caution against the attacks of tigers and other wild beasts. Among the innumerable variety of trees, fruits and nuts which abound in this productive region, there is one, the ofa tree, a nut, which is more remarkable and curious than all others it is called the snake nut, While the voyageurs are selecting a place for their night en- campment, should they chance to discover any of those snake nuts upen the ground, they quickly abandon the site, return to their boat, and proceed to gelect another place. The natives regard the presence of this nut as a warning that its locality is inhabited by venomous snake, the bite of which is certain and almost instantaneous denth. It is said that such a snake is found in the vicinity of the tree bearing this nut. ‘The co-existence of the nut and the snake is a subject which we shall leave for the imaginations of others, as we have not been able to glean apy facts which explain why they are thus made com- panions. ‘This remarl rosembles a bitter walnut in external appearance, yet Jt often attains the size of an English walnut. It grows with a smooth husk, covering a thin stone or shell. When dried, the outside of the shell is of a dark brown color, wi je is whitish, and has a beuntiful, pearly-like surface. The kernel, or embryo of the nut, grows in the form of a snake, as it lies coiled upon the ground. One end is large, resembling the head of a snake, and from this it gradually tapors in coils to the other extremity, Its entire length, if un- coiled, would be from six to eight inches, according to the size of the nut. When grocn, or fresh from the the kernel may be thus uncoiled, and bottle of spirits, in which condition it appaa ature snake. While the nut is frosh the kernel is white and fills the shell, but when it has been kept for along time the kernel becomes shrunken, hard and of ‘a dark wooly appearance, resembling a dried snake, Oa first oponti the shell, the eerpentine form of the embryo may b Unctly observed, although it is entirely covered by a thin brownish skin, which may be easily removed, when the perfect form of the enake appears, with coils more distinetly separated than in the real snake. In the embryo of a fresh put, the © re filled with a woolly or downy substance.’ This b 8 in drying, yet is casily removed. When vegetating {ts root germ springs from the small end of the kernel. ‘The appearance of the interior of the kernel, undgr @ microscope, is very much Art.1, All arms, whether firearins or others, ganpowderand ammuoition, shall henceforth not be introduced into the coun try ecial permission of government, who may ; maay be considered convenient The only r for Liasting mines. canon'y be totroduced into the cous Valpariiso, like that of a plece of coarse grained maple sugar. While Sir Robert FE. Schombargh was in British Guiatia, he discovered this nut in Demarara, and gave it the name it. now bears, ophiocuryon puralozim, of paradoxical snake nut. 7 ake mit tree oom this aingn lar seed, is said to beton mens of this remarkable vegetatable production were sent fo the oxinbition atthe London Crystal Palace iv 1851, also to tho extyidon at Dublin, A few of these nuts have been brought to New York by Mr. Bernhard Reis, who was a resident of Demrara tor twenty years, and for several years the Veneaustan Con- sul for British Guiana, He travolted much in the interior of that couutiy, and t him are we indebted for the pos- session of a specimen of this wonderful nut, and for many of these facts pertaining to it. The snake nut ig truly among the most remarkable and seemingly paradoxical productions of the vogetarte king- dom, Why the kernel of a nut growing on a certain kind of tree should invariably assume the formof asaake in a coiled, position, 18 one of the mysterios of nature which Fhe does not reveal to casual observers, After extensive et fruitless researches in the most complete works pub- bed on natural history and botany for some acoonnt of this curious and mysterious nut, we have come v the con- clusion that it belongs to that neglected class whose his: tory has never been recorded, American Armes de Precision—Rifle Cau: non, Minie Rifles, and Other Modern TO THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD. ARTILLERY SCHOOL, To-day I strolled into the angle of the fort used asa gun yard, and containing the ordpance workshops. In one I found a beap of queer looking slugs, which I discovered to be the specimens of projectiles which have been picked cannon now under trial here. They are much battered, many of them with tho coa's of lead which once started the “hard road they've travelled’ upon them. In ap- pearance they all resemble an ordinary champagne bot- body, and with the cup or concavity at the bottom. Before attempting to describe them—which I wish give seme idea of the principles upon which they are based, explain the object which they propose to attain, and gun, and the other precision arms of the day, all depend more upon the champagne bottle shape of their projectiles their results. vantages of this peculiar shape first, to gout of the gun by a tight squeeze, preserve the force of all the powder; and, secondly, toget the slug through the air afterwards with as little resist- first object, i. ¢., squeezing through the guu barrel, various plans are adopted to stretch or expand portions of the fill the bore and (as it is termed with rifles) take the grooves. Another way to attain tho tight fit is to insert small bore, so that the soft metal must take tho grooves, as in the Armstrong and other breech loading rifles. screw on the inside of the gun, and by making the slug take these grooved, e., screw around a litle as it flies out its flight. The slug is kept by it straight on its course, point foremost, and free from ‘wabbling,” all of projectile or slug than to any other shapo yet tried. ‘Advantage is taken of the slug’s continuing point foremost rises, from the momentit leaves the muzzle, as when it falis to the ground at the end of its flight; ‘the point is plosion, at the moment of striking, to the shell, by simply attaching a percussion cap to the part which is’ sure to ing: Projectiles. Fort Movnom, Va., Ost. 2, 1330. } corner, among old iron, pieces of broken guns and scraps, up on the beach after having been fired from the rifled them in the world ragged and torn, and other marks of tle, pointed or sharpenod st the mouth, oylindrieal in the to do for the bencfit of your readers—I had better some modes of attaining it. The rifle cannon, the Minic or slugs than e any peculiarity of the rifles or guns for e i. ¢., 80 a8 to let no gas escape around the slug, and thus ance as pozeible and inas straight a line. To attain the slug by the action of the powder or gas, aud so make it the slug by a large back door and force it through the too ‘The rifling is simply cutting the thread or grooves of a thrcugh the gun, this rotary motion is continued through- which is more likely to result to the long and poin'ed throughout its dight—for such is the case as well when it ever foremost. Advantage is taken of this to secure an ex- strike first, and which touches ni duce concussion. Minie prcicciion or slugs, fired from rifles the grooves of which twist to the right, are found at long ranges al- ways to strike to the right of the point aimed at; if the coves of the rifle twist to the left, the slug strikes to the feft of the point aimed at. ‘This “drift” of the slug, asit is called, is now accounted for by considering the s:ug, as it were, falling upon a cushion of air as it moves forward; and as it rolls upon its own axes at the same time, it must roll upon its cushion of air towards the side to which it is made to rotate by the rifles or grooves. Your shooting readers can verify this fact of drift by shooting a slug from one of Colt’s revolvers at an object on the water, say half a mile dis- tant. As the revolver has a twist to the left, the slug will be found to strike to the left; then ye of the government rifles with its twist to the right, the slug will be found tostrike to the right. So much for the theory of slugs; and if your readers have followed me as carefully as I have the slug, they will be able to go back with me to tho pile of old iron in the ordnance yard, and we can examine some of the ragged slugs thereof. Remember, they are all cylinders, with rounded or cosical points, or rather all; either solid or hollow champagne pottles, sharp at the top or mouth. In testing these projectiles, the first one tried with satis- faction was Sawyer’s, patented three or four years since. It has no expanding cup, but is made to fit by a coating of soft metal swedged into bands and grooves, to correspond to those of the rifle cannon from which it is fired; the metal coating, upon the tenacity of which much depends, is made of lead, mixed with a small quantity of copper. In the lead, at the ‘point of the slug shell, is screwed a plug of iron; the lead here is not in contact with the point or front of the shell, upon or into which point the cap is placed, so that when the shell strikes, tho lead point is crushed, tho iron plug in it is driven upon the cap, so as to explode the shell. The practice with this slug bas been, so far, very precise, both with the small and large calibre. ‘The next in the order of trial was a simple slug of cast iron, sugar loaf point and soft metal cup at the base; it was fired from a wrought iron throe-pounder, roughly rifled at this arsenal, and B gpe remarkably ac- curate practice. It is, for guns of small calibre, a suc- cess; whether the soft metal at the base will stand the proof when applied to large calibres remains to be tried. Here it may be well to remark that the principal difil- culty in applying the Minie projectile to large cannon is, that the same eoft metal which will follow around the thread or ves of a rifle or small gun, when there is but asmall charge of powder behind it, is very apt to tear straight out, for the muzzle, when a large charge is exploded bebind it; of course, if it ig a tight fit for the grooves, and is driven directly through without following them, some of the lead or soft metal is pecled off. Tnis is technically termed “stripping.” ‘To explain this tendency to pet fe in leaden slugs fired from rifles, suppose I a 8 Jead screw in an iron. socket, and, instead of extracting it by unsorewing it, should pull’ it straight out; if it fitted the socket it would be apt to tear all the thread off its own surface in coming ont, and this would be stripping; so that although the lead of the greased Minie musket or rifle slug stands the twist or half turn of | the small arm when the small charge of powder is be- hind it, when the same lead is subjected to a propelling charge ‘fifty or a hundred times as great, tho lead not having increased in strength in proportion to'the force be- hind it, gives way and strips; and that is what I meant when 1 remarked concerning the coating of Sawyer’s projectile, that much depends upon the tenacity of this coating. ’Hence, too, the possibility that, although tho slug last described of Captain * * * ’s, although it has pounds), may not stand the test of heavier charges. This test for heavy charges is not a matter of such importunce as many imagine, for it was proven in the campaigns of Napoleon II. that light artillery guos, precision arms of great range, could be used promptly and with success against the old heavy and clumsy guns of the Austrians, In long intervals of peace large gans and heavy projoc- tiles multiply, but in the rapid necessities of war some- thing handy is sought for, and tho huge artillery is left as a monument to show how mach time, powder, iron and patience there are to spare in times of poa ‘The two described are not all which haye ben tried hei ed's projectile, or slug, composed entirely of iron, with n sugar loaf point and cup at the bottom, as in Capt ue besides possesses the merit of simplicit; ‘The rim of the iron cup is found to take very Ww Another, Sigourney’ patent, is sill cheape consists of a slug all cast iron, and fom the descr resembles the French projectile, about which has been written; it is all of cast fron, has the p top as in the first described, but from tho bottom of the slug to the base of the sugar loaf, that is, along the sides of the cylinder, are a couple of flanges, or wiaga, which fit corresponding grooves inthe gun. Tt is liable to the objection that the cast iron flanges break, and the deep grooving necessary Keng the gun. But some modification of this projectilo—say wrought iroa tlauges and hoops, the slug to be fired from niesly reamed steel or brass cannon—may prove unobjectionable The best large calibre projectile of all of those tried so far, is, I think, Dimmick’s; it has no flanges upon it, but iS an expanding sing, same shape us tho second slug I have described,’ bat composed of iron, with the cylindrical cup at the bottom, coated with Babbitt’s metal; the only peculiarity it has {s a projection or bulge in the ‘contre of the cup at the bottom, with a view to dircct tho flames or gas towards the rim of the cup. It was fired with great accuracy, especially the slugs of large calibre. e above are the most successful of all the projectiles tried. Others, and gome quite novel ones, were cxperi- monted with—Wheat's gun, for instance, wherein, in stead of one chainbor and one charge, there are two or three, which come in at the sides after the slag has been started by tho main charge behind it. ‘These new charges are to catch the flame, and give the slug some extra kicks to urge it in its forward course, = Another is to have egg shaped slugs, with belts of rub- ber around their waists to make them take the groove Slill another plan is to have a separate cup of soft mots ug having a bevellet and ridged bottom is expected to fit and sif loosely in this wheu loaded, but, the fit to become a tight and fixed one when the chatge drives the cup upon the slug ¢0 us to mae it take the grooves, hese two Inet mentioned slugs, with several others, are yet nutried, and some of them may prove best of any. Besides the rifled caunon, which make some noise, a quieter and very useful improvement is being tested hore for heavy cannon. The old clumsy doubtices all, both in tho army and navy, besuporseded by the wrought iron owrringe, which is fothd strong, light, Cheaper and more durable tan the clamay “chassis” and carriago of oak or cypress. ‘Tho carriage now under trial here, and which’ has proved equal to the severest tests, is something like the carriage of boiler plate used in the Russian armamonts. These negian carriages have had shot to pass through them ont disinounting the gun or disabling the carriay, to say nothing of their freedom from the marderoxs splin- tore into which any shot may smash the wo » mach L hope this item of wrouglit iron gun carring and navy will prove interesting to the Pennsylvania workers, A similar change is required in the present heavy and uncouth wood rmy iron carriage to on fleld and siege artillery’, jaye, when rail and steam do the bulk rristion for armies, light and strong iron carriages, with breaks to break 'the recoil, instead of an extra hundred or two pounds weight In ench wheel, 1s wat the service must Lavo—light (long range) artillery, nd carriages, wad plenty of it—ao that if an upon our shores, guns, carriages aud their tuke the cars; not three or four, as BOW orgAn both guns m be succeeded £0 well in a field gun (the slug weighed nine | "s, has stood the test of large and small calibres very | NEW YORK HERALD, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER Il, 1859. ized, to the ten thousand meu in our army, but a hun- dred guns to every ten thousand men. Don’t let tt be aa in tho laet war with Ragisad: for then, while the English vessels were slowly winding and warp- ing their way up the Potomac (where they coolly gutted transports und warehouses, aud oven hauled up and re- paired vessels in which to stow our flour and tobacco,) the authorities at Washington had only a few heavy guus and heavier carriages ready, which they started over the hil's for the works to be built on the river banks; but lou; before they reached the river they stuck in the mud, au so remained until the Euglish left that neighborhood. ‘The Persians say ‘’tis a fool alone who won't profit by his own experienco.”” ‘Another improvemont necessary to our artillory service, is slower powder. We surely don't want the same sort of powder to drive a slug through an iron tube, with safety tothe tube, as is required to split a ruck, and yet we use just the same. Some contrivance ts needed to reduce the rapidity of the explosion, to spread the bursting force, all the way and all the timo tho slug i in the tubo, and to refuce the shock which makos re- coil against the bottom of the bore. Recent exporiments with a cake of powder stuck full of wires running fore and aft bebind projectile, gave a long range, and reduced the recoil by dispersing the re- actuary force amoug the wires. J hope thege dull details about gunnery and projectiles will make somo of your millions of readers buy some of the many books which every nation is now printing on this subject. In the English army, navy and yeomanry or volunteers, schools of practice, ‘lessons in the uso of arms,’’ are starti hand, while the ting up on every strength and skill of our right arms are departing from ws. ‘There ig not a State in the Union which has its quota of arms from the government; scarcely a man that don't wink with both eyes at the pop @ biank cartridge; many who never heard a ball or slug sing. ‘This should not be; and iCanything I_have written should turn atte tion to the use of arms by my countrymen 60 as to in- crease their skill or knowledge, I shall be amply repaid. Finances of Tennessee. ‘The Comptrolier of the Treasury of the State of Tonnes see has submitted to tho General Assembly tho usual an nual report upon tho finances of the State up to October 1, 1859. A marked difference is observable in the receipts of 1858 and 1859; those for the frst year being $669,141 41, while thoge for the latter are $1,178,958 47—making $500,- 812 06 in favor of 1859; butthe difference is attributable to the fuct that in 1859 the Bank of Tennessee paid $420,- 403 82 into the treasury for the two yours, not having paid anything in 1868. On the other hand, the disburse- ments for 1859 exceed those of 1858 by $202,760 09. The list of special and mostly temporary expenditures for the two years endiug October 1, 1859, runs up to $242,188 71, of which the most important are the arrear- ages of interest dae in 1857 and the amount of the railroad sinking fund. The ordinary expenditures for 1858-59, in- cluding all the appropriations of the last Legislature, are yess than those for the years 1856-57. ‘The amount dis- bused to public schools is about equal to the largest sum ever given to them by the specified tax cents on the $100 of taxable property, together with the interest upon the several funds in the Bank of Tennes- see, appropriated to that purpose, and its various other sources. ‘The Comptroller considers it safe for the Legis- lature to reduce the present State tax from 18 1-16 cents to 5 cents upon the $100 of the taxable property, a lighter tax than the people have paid for seventeen years, and perhaps the lightest tax of any State in the Union. The estimated receipts for the next two years are $1,310,620, as follows:— Chancery =“ Supreme“ Escheated land... 1,000 ‘Turnpike dividends. o 33,000 Bonus from banks and insurance companies...... 25,000 Bank Of Tennessee......s000esereeeees Proceeds of uncurrent money soid ‘by ‘Treasure Carthage and Hartsville Tarnpiko Co., interest... Mansker’s Creek and Springville Turnpk. Co., iut. The estimated expenditures for the next two year as follows:— 1,200 State prosecutions $140,000 00 Convicts to penitentiary”. wi + 21,000 00 Bounty to County Agricultural Societies. + 20,000 00 Executive exnenses « _4,300 00 Agricultural Bureau + _12,000 00. + 110,000 00 + $000 00 ‘Academy fund. + 86,000 00 Executive salaries. . + 20,000 00 Wolf scalps... . ‘200 00 eat expenses. 2,000 00 Public arms. 600 00 Interest on pi | 418,776 00 Tagine expenses... + 80,000 00 Publicprinters... + 25,000 00 Common school fund. + 440,000 00 Statelibrary.. » _ 5,000 00 Deaf and Dumb Asylum + 16,900 00 Insane Hospital * 40000 00 a! fey. eeat a + 10,000 00 sports Supreme Court, + 25,000 Memphis Hospital. He * 10,000 % Road Commissioner's salary. + 4,000 00 State Geologist... melons * 8,000 00 Expenses running boundary lines. + 105000 00 Attorney General's salary. 3,000 00 State Librarian » + 1,000 00 State debt due in + 66,665 66 Expenses of tax sale a1 + 2,000 00 Warrants issued on lands and pi + 24,946 33 Weights and measures...,..... + 6,500 00 Total......sssseeseeess ++ +404$1,560,488 99 In the tax table we find that there are 129,831 itres in the State, whose estimated value is $100,060,257. Jzrrrreon’s GraveE—A student of the University of Virginia, writing from that institution, states that “no vestige of the marble slab that designated the last resting place of the author of the Declaration of Independence’ remains to point out the spot, The visiters to his tomb, by chipping off fragments, have completely demolished it, and by piecemeal carried It away. An uncouth granite pedestal, disfigured, alone remains to mark his grave. Heavy Damacss ror Breach or Promiss— A Miss Thompson, in Tennessee, has recently recovered $15,000 in a suit for breach of promise against a man named Patterson. ‘The case excited great interest, as the ‘most eminent counsel of the State were engaged upon it. ‘The verdict is the heaviest ever rendered in a case of the kind in Tennessee. PERSONAL. CARD —THE FIRM ABOUT OPENING tional theatre, under the name of Nixon's way connec ed wih Jas. M, Nixon, formerly of of Nixon & Co.’s Mammoth Circus. M db pattereerge ie icra Rooms, with Board, may be had at 96 Cliaton ree See NFORMATION WANTED—OF JOHN. 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Address J. @. 1, Herald oilise, OOKKERPHR, &0.—A YOUNG MAN, AGED 25, horoughiy experienced in double entry, cashier's dutlon, desires immediate employment, temporary or permanent; has’ experience in the retail hardware business; would aot as Assistant or otherwise, Kxpectations moderate. City refer. ences. address box N, Courier and Enquirer office, 162 Veart tree DUCATION ACQUIRED AT ALI, AGES —INSTRUC- {, tion in English, Clnasies, Mathomatins or Freach, at the Freldences of pupils, by & graduate of Yale College, speaking Freneh, of untch experience. Address tnstructor, derald ollice, f ARSE ING ROO} MDOOKKEEEE RE NE DOATER rr ares ihe No. 348 Broadway, Appleton’s Building. , th fall parties ppileation, Gat GoMeLern WORKS, new nad beautiful edi. lous, printed in colors, for sale, R. Fins Winter Term of the Rockland Female Institute, at xk, on the Hudson, will commence No Por adiniasl ayaredlars containing full particulars address L. 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Nov, 21, ai 734 0" ‘COUNCILANIC CONVENTION. Furie Suulye Josep Bogert, "George Harington, : merapanabe 5° fon Francls Kelty, William Carter, Linn, Felix Dougherty, Samuel J. Montgom street, cots at 69 Vandana Gu Thureday evening, Nov. 2, ab el JOUN LINDSA’ aaa Y, JOSEPH RuGERS, JOHN TRWIN, 13” WARD, tea Mi FERNANDO’ WOOD, MAYORALTY co;tY! v1 ENTION. James A. Flack, David C, Meali Heury Kling, Bernard Gormley, Charles Roster’ Gustavus Reta, Jas. V Henry A, Sima, Win’ Ht Mettiuney, Charles Seba Michual Sehwab, . H. McKinney, Char! er, lichaal Adolphus Mai ‘kewitz, jowkirk. SUDICLARY. CONVRITION, Thomas H. Ferris,” Edward L. Murphy. "ALDERMANIC’ CONVEN FOX. ‘William IH. Crossman, Thomas Braiser, George J. Ferris, 8 fesse Woods, COUNCILMANIC CONVENTION. Hugh A. Bradley, John Grabam, John Kelley, John Fennell, Richard-Bamfleld. WARD CONVENTION. Charles Bearfield, Matt ten, Denis Kehoe, ‘Thomas Nettifeld, Melancton T! Benj'n Carpenter, Morris L. Binswanger, oe Hausenfuse. George Harp. THOMAS a 001 OHAS. BEARFIELD, TH WARD.—A REGULAR MEETING OF THE OLD 13 Line Whig Committee My ig will be held on Friday e fies eco = ne ee eee e r. 2 OG. Warkinn, Secretary. ai LOR Astprimery election held Nov. 10, 1859, at the ‘corner of a ‘House, ‘wentieth street and Taird aven: to the call of Mozart Hall General Committee, the’ following. ticket wa by 114 od beaeahaired—- sryor$ FERNANDO Woop. Dai byt ea hl AND ALMSHOUSK CONVENTION, Forbes Holland, John ©. Lyat, James G; Calfes, Tames! Joseph Cau'teld, John Cl James Owens, Richard 0 Michael Loonan, Joseph Wilson, Edward Marrenner, Teese H. Pratt, Richard Gaug! by Daniel Ly Thomas Kiernan, Charles Richard Daiton, Stephen O- Hara, 'm. Sinnot, iam Baird, Farrel Reiley, Peter Coyle, Joseph D. 7 Owen McCarthay, Pi Priuty, JUDICIARY CONVENTION. W. Drake pices Thomas V. Oliver, ‘obert Singleton. COUNCILMANIC CONVENTION, Fran O'Donuell,” Tames Coelaiie ¥ a james Bruton. ALDERMANIC CONVENTION, Robert Ennerer, Deidrich Kleim, Jobn tee ‘Wm. 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Townes, dJobn Gariand, ‘Thomas Higgins, ingemach, George Cormack, N. ©, Husted, John Cronk, Edward Eaters JOUN Bu ONT, HENRY SCHNOOR, JOHN JASPER, mere di CORPORATION NOTICES. NORPORATION NOTICE.—THE COMMITTEE ON ) Wharve, Piers and Slips, of the Board of Aldermen, will meet on Fridty next, Nov. 11, 1859, in room No. 8. Oity Hall, af Zovelock 7. Mo All persons interested tn the completion of the contract for the enlargement of the Baitery, are hereby 1 to be present at the above mentioned time and place, FES) aot, HENRY SMITE, i and Sips. ___ MATRIMONIAL. : AGED %, OF ATRIMONIAL—A GENTLEMAN, rcalth and religement, desires to make the acquaintance with a are of an affectionate and agreeable onng, lady or widow view tomarriace Address wiih name, in full Charlie, New York Post office. ASTROLOGY. A ncmee TO ALL.—AS MADAME MORROW IB aveventh daughter of an astrologist, she has a fal ct oy adhere mura and ols of the to the LES OO! Snsulted it his ma, ti Broadway. on any affalre MM Ull 10. BN, BNo sharge um STROLOGY.—MADAME LEAVY CAN BE Ci ed about love, marr! and absent friends; she ta as ts Se hamag, wer a ry Lowa fo oe rear. Ladies 2 entlemen, a ‘CAURCE By y iteky‘numbers.. Charge extra, o> Triage, and given ADAM RAY.—THIS MYSTERIOUS LAD’ A wonder to ull, her predictions are so tr Ine eam avenue, near TwentyMeventh st 6P.M. Ladies, 25 cents; gentlemen, 20 cents. ~ even! M8, NEMLINGTON'S PREDICTIONS ARE CER- tain —She learns you bow to succeed in business, how to obtain wealth, how to be beloved by your heart’s ‘dol, how reclaim drunken or unfaithful husbands, gives lucky m1 at her residence, 12 Sixth street, near the Bowery. N. B.—WHO TAS NOT HEARD OF TITRE CELEBRA’ Madame PRRWSTER? Sho has been consulted thousanda in toils and other cities feels confident she hag ne equa) fe or husband, also ‘of her visitor, at 251 Third avenue, above T' gentlemen $1. HI, dics 50 cen 43 CHRISTOPHER STREET —IF YOU WISH TO HA) Ee) ire information of your affairs through life then foil to consult Mra. H. ROKDKR, the only truo seer indy of information~the knowledge of which will save years of sorrow and cars. Her ollics isat No. 43 Street, uear Sixth avenue. QOBRISTOPEER STREET—MRS. H. ROKD! 43 This astonishing acd never faling, astroloneh fied adv, bas returned to thia olty, and gives (rae, inirs with and in regard to hoalth, Ww offaira, Journeys, law suite, difloulty in ot friends, sickness, &o, Mra. Rooderauccoeaa give her a cal