The New York Herald Newspaper, November 2, 1868, Page 4

4 GOLD The New Fields in Asia and Africa. Mining in Shangtimg, China, and at Bamangwatd, Africa. Chines sular Notices. THE RUSH AND ROUTE Wew Openings for Commerce and Christianity. Sy mail from Asia and Africa we lave the follow- ing interesting details concerning the new lately opened in Shangtung, Chefoo China, and the Bamangwato territory in Southern Africa, which have been already noticed in the HEn- ALD by telegrams from Europe aud through official reports received in Washington. Our files from China, dated in Shanghae on of Augnst, contain the following statements—the latest—wiil respect to the moyement from the cities pire towards the Shangtung gold mines, of the er @ne paper says:—The gold fever still rage: evidently becoming more infectious every day. ‘the world and his brother,” including consuls and Our Own Correspondent,” have made a the mines, and the most flaming accounts are re- ceived from the “ diggings,” which are being thor- oughly prospected, in spite of the combined opposi- dion of mandarins and “Fung-Shuey.”? The steamers #o Shangiae continue to run with tull cargoes, even A large business has ‘deen done in copper \cash, of which extensive ship- vat enhanced rates of freight. ments have been made, Prospecting at the Mines and Experiences of the Miners. {From the Shanghae News Letter, Aug. Our special correspondent writes under August 5, from Chefoo, as follows:—You.will doubt- ess be glad to learn of our safe return here and the success of our prospecting survey among:the Shang- tung mountains and ravines, in search of that goid which the Shanghae newspapers have of late so oiten been bringing up to the notice of thelr friends there We organ- three—a Californian, an Australian and a General Ward's (American) man— och’s Temple, Our ‘fort was near @& mandarin’s tomb, where the hinese said immense: specimens were buried. A att was sunk, but a storm coming on flooded our iain and we retired demoralized back to our camp. eThe next day we prospected some six miles to the Morthward and towards Lookout Mountain, fifteen Our China boy and wuletecrs ck upon Chefoo, but (and at home, to gaze and go mad upon, & prospecting party o! immediately on our arrival at Swenty miles from Chefoo, on the 2th ult. faniles south of Chefoo, arly evinced a desire to fall bi Imperial Edict and Con- (N AFRICA. NEW YORK almost all the streams in the eastern portion of the province after heavy rain.” Another well educated man, acquainted with the district, the fact in nearly the same words, and the other day 4 man, a scholar trom Hai-ys said that it was found in the rivulets in his neighborhood. But while it thus appears to be very widely distributed there are Several places which stand out pre-eminent. The first 18 Kieu-dien, seventy li (there are three li to a mile) 8. E. from Lai-chow, Intitude 37 degrees 12 min. da E. id nincty-five li N. E. relating to the rich- quartz and the sand are current among the people, which, of course, have to be taken cum grano salis, 1 was told that a teacup- ful of the quartz, ground down, would sometimes yield two ounces of gold and that 100 catties of the Band Was worth about 1,000 cash; {was also in- formed that many years’ ago a man came from Shen-si with 300 Wwers, ald in two months cleared 50,000 ounces after paying all expenses and #0 on. ‘Two or three years ago @ company of respectable men, belonging to the neighborhood, made a propo- gal to the Chi-Lien mandarin to work the mine, but he demanded 10,000 taels in hand before he would allow them to commence operations. 'They offered 3,000 taels, but did not venture ona er sui, more especially as they could not tell how much more might be demanded after they had commenced. The mandarin remained tnexorable, and so the pro- ject was givenup. I mention this to show why so few care to engage in the mining of the precious metals. The jue metaitorum lies with the Emperor and government, and they have no scruples in the matter of squeezing. The mandarins also say that they are afraid of disturbances among the workers: of such mines. Another place famed as a market for gold dust is Ku-hien, about eighteen miles west by south from Chefoo. Jt is procured in the sireams which flow from the Lau-sze-shan. 1 have passed several old gold washings on the banks of the river which flows past the town, A third place is Kow-tew, near Ning-hai, sixty li southeast of Chefoo. In ay last purer, having passed through # district 100 to the southwest of Chu-ching, lon. 119 degrees 45 minutes K,, lat. 36 degrees 1 minute N., apparentiy full of minerals, and having arrived at the et of Kwun-sae and finished my work, I in- quired of the inukeeper—as my custom was—about the products of the district. He toid me of a won- derfu! hul about ten li south of where we were, Waich he afirmed was full of metals. It was cailed the hill of the “Seven precious things,” and ge iced gold, silver, oe. lead, tin, tronand coal. He fur- ther said that it had been mined up to the close of the Ming dynasty, but was now forbidden. Deeming his story t0 be too good to be true, I sent out my assistant to inquire quietly about it, and he returned e old felds district, the 15th affirming that the matter was well known, s, and is and that two or three persons independent! ” confirmed the innkeeper’s report. ‘Thoug! “All | no one cares to engage in the reguiar operations of mining for the reasons already stated, yet any one is at perfect liberty to search the streams. Accord- ingly, every year a good many of the natives engage in this employment. They often find auggets of varying size, Which isa great temptation to perse- vere in spite of failure. And yet last year I have been told that the gold washers made on an average about one dollar per day in the district of Tsi-bya. rush for OMcial Notification to Miners. Whereas it has come under the observation of the undersigned that encouragements have been indis- ereetly held out ae public press and other- foreign aaventurers, for the. purpose or digging vent for the purpose ot for the gold reported to have bean discovered it Shangtung; and whereas a formal request has been addressed to the undersigned by the local authorities here, under instructions from the Tsung- li Yamen, to prohibit the resort of foreigners to the interior for mining purposes. Notice is hereby given that the undersigned can on no consideration whatever further the objects of their nationals in the direction indicated until in the discretion of the high authorities at Pekin erienny prohibitions shall have been medified or removed; and meanwhile they hereby inform their countrymen that they will be prepared to support the authorities in maintaining treaty stipulations. VTE. BRENIER DE MONTMORAND. A. TETTENBORN, H. P, HANSSEN, Ww. > oie GEO. F. SEWARD. . BASIL DIXWE: . B. FORBES. SHANGHAE, AUgUST 1, 1568. 14) date of rst we kept them compeny and went on E seeking gold in the deep’ ravines by the The Chinese Edict. ways. We raised 1 mundic, biack sand Tie Taonial of Shaughae bas sent the following ant except | and were going f il whenthe head man of « by ordered our packs to “nn as otherwise we would hay: own packing. At the miles south of Chefoo, pen obliged to jolJen TUM Temple, we balied and put up night. That afternoon a rough map of the country was made from (he vop of Lookout Mountain. ‘The ne rnd watched some th: At was after the rains, and they were evic ing @ good thing of it. They wed & vessel, something like a bread tray, a blunte Aippet and sp earth than we could with our tin pan the gold Was evidently lost in. the ral all the trays showed at least thir minutes’ washing. We Fe! 1g Hage near pn’? We moved on, day we went down to acreek near by Chinese washing out gold, iy mak- Ww Wooden le and got through @ great deal more A portion of ng, yet nearly rents after a few ol A spot some iittle nailer | despaich to the Treaty Consuls:— Ying, the Taoutal, would inform the Consuls that on (Ne seventh day of the sixth month (July 26, 1863), he received from the Loard of Foreign’ Affairs at in 2 despatch, stating hat the opening of mines is strictly prohibited by Chinese law and that hitherto the Chinese merchants are not permitted to work them. Now, in the vicin- ity of Yien-tai and near the sea, since the opening of the place to forcigu trade, Chinese and foreigners o “t in considerable numbers, and if corrupt undrels of the tntertor, along with foreign wan- dering vagabonds, should secretly dig for mineral wealth and aequtre riches, not only would it be a great injury to the people's Fungsnut, but also it is vo be feared that it would easily give rise to quar- reis, wherefore the Board of Foreign Af. do our fifteca tor the d rake, distance above these fellows, and with x pan svon } {TS writes to each of the foreign Ministers brought. up the color with’ two shovelfdls gniy. | Tesident at Pekin, requesting them to order the Con- ‘This satisfied us of the richness of the creek, suis at all the open ports to act in accordance with when we went back to our qi rs the Chinese fol- | We prolibitions and strictiy prolithit all foreigners Jowed us with their dust, © of which we bought ling thither; and the “Tsoong-li Ya- ate fui exchange for Mexicaus. After another satisfactory prospecting tour of some twelve ravines we changed 2 range of mountains which bordered the view at a distance of fourteen miles to the ‘The mountain sides ig the hills and our camp 1 west of Lookout Mountain. were very rough and broken by deep and metimes diillcult of passage, ended to ail ava p more that we tra sly eultiv re, attic disconcert us wien elves most alouc in our deep couferences i fraction of Ww was al i to Meved our: with ul We ready tom iON. is ha e Bai han Wi 2raped on the sist ult. kK. which we attempted t of @ pi A sol ‘Dut could noi for places, and for the led during our ten ied valleys and te population of Chi country people very friendly and ick t ‘orei¢n Board,” also writes to the Com- muissioner for the three ports the Futai of Shan- tung province to order all the local magistrates au the ports to examine, and at all the places formerly yielding gold, etrietly prohibit all persons, waether Chiuese or foreigners, from working for it. And if ¥ Villanons Chinese should secretly pursue tis business, then, according to Chinese’ law, punisi them. And ifany forergners should engage in the Dnsinesa, then order the local magistrates, along € » Immediately to prevent them, is the common entrance for mak'ng auth. abrupt yet cul- dany of them get passports under ences or proceed Without passports to the Jern ports, when immediately along with the suis, to prevent their engaging in this business, tthe board also writes to act in conformity to ese order Aud the T the Consul re the inst we be- ‘aoutai having recetved this, now writes to esting hin to examine the foregoing, and hereafier if any wandering yonds wiihout means should W it to repair to Yien-tai, the Taoatai hopes the Consui Wil immediately preveut them. 0 crass, ca was he ed down among t. Aud when foreigners apply for passports, for sport- st deco clits of ike mountain, Washing nis twenty. | ig in the Interior, he hopes the Consul will examine is to the v vedof adry | Clearly as to what businesa they are gomg on, and slow our ¢ 5 were future opportuni te. und over it wiih th ad our “shenz »o rough an mule litter, wier for the animale to nightspent ina temple at the foot or the hi struck of towards valley and re west of 1 being up, ha “Pluto rang The next day was mule to the distance of eigiit miles beyon we returned to camp, packed up and down the valley in the northeast Chefoo, whica was reached on the second «: after, or the party of Suangtung min to refit. On the folic region recommended bj was made, in cempauy with some frien Shanghae and a well known mineralogist of The direction veing e es, our point oi » hours’ trav £, snur sleeplug quarter dawn @ Village was visited, but darin’s proclawation ha and the vill ws weil u fers and fo but the | e path was le Where we rested, anc a to a close. broke up and wer ing day a Visit to @ made & At early eves uid and comfort were 4 pointed to the notice for turn with thelr poles. After & e westward, passing @ broad camp disvant tairween miles briag our excursion towards the vot of the ravines and hills h inst., wheb the first prospecting the Rey, Mr. Williamson southeast of Cacioo twenty- been there before us, ers nade no sign, but evidenuy wished Gar muieteers were clamorous for bang given to foreigners or oO What place they are golng to hnnt, and to ed in the passport before aiixing uy foreigners wohout passports re- ple alt of tai aud suen places to dig for gold, and 6,7 oF ppen in the way of an uprising against d Bteep , the Chinese magistrates cannot atford them any protection. ‘Taoutal hopes for a favorable reply to this despatel Ninth day of the 6th month, 28th of July, 1868, We append a circular letter which the United States Consul General has addressed to the United States Consuls in China, The letter is mteresting, as giving an authoritative view in the matter, aud also a3 showing what difficult questions arise in China. ‘There are about @ dozen different Con- suls at Shanghae—for instence, each one with a colony of bis nationals to took out for, It is woudel int that with go many jurisdictions so few collisions of authority occur. Perhaps it 18 because a Con- gress of States can be had by simply calling a meet- ing of Consuls. UNITED STATRS CONSULATE GENERAL, SHANGHAN, August 3, 1868, GENTLEMES—At a recent trial in the Court of this Consulate objection was taken (o the jurisdiction on tho ground that the vessel tn and upon which the commission of the offer ‘was charged was a foreign one. This objection, so taportant in its bearing, has been heretofore taken betore me and has received sanction in various quarters. Having given it much attention, and arrived at conclusions on it, and the iis we 1, ume nd, then uck « 1on fe y there- at home mining ds frou Chefoo. 2 maw needed; rhidding pond scoundrels, seeking | coll ‘a questions involved, which seem to me conventent places to dig jor gold, A learned sino | worthy of support, and asthe matter is one of in- logue of the party quoved the golden max- | terest to our countrymen in China, I have prepared ims of Confaccus (who, aShengtungite, | for your information tue following statement of my born, brod and burie MLOws views:— cise terins ail of his © ld not feed ly rule has been to take jurisdiction of all persons ®@ beggur in cis ins of bad | on board America) vessels within my distri Fungshuedon » snd after a | when offences have been committed on si brief look at che hills te was indl- | by perso t citizens, jurisdiction of while catod thereavouls, We packod up dau iclt for Chefoo | ii a port of Christendom be taken by the aut evo, The g letter from an old Austr sian miner of the country and not by the consular re; tive of our country, and to take jurisdiction over Americans a olfences on board ships of ts we prusals— other flags, Whea such offences are of £0 grave a To rue Eprrows oF Tt SMANGHAR News Ly character that the loca! authority ia a port of Chris- SHANGHAK, AUg tendom would supersede that of the Consul. GexreeeN—For your information | | e | My general consular authority, as distinguished that i hove just reiurued irom the Cheloo gold | from my jndtclal authority, justifies me tn taking fields, after ‘pr a tuera for Lavee weeks. | Jurisdiction in ordinary matters of discipline and My 1 t di 1cfoo Was sixty muics, | regulation over al persons on American ships © di y district, This is @ recognized au wih no faveravle result to pay white | thority allowed by the governinents of civil. men; be fr ized States to wnlar officers, And while my trict, 1 procedure in fuch cases is often conformed to pro- the soil cedure at common law, rather than to the inquest sion of ofiee of consuls at large, the ditference i# 1 Chin athoriti orders froin Pe y # Tiouine, sled on th y lo Com a on the 9 and try it you come! ¢ dental only and Laine 9 not confuse our conception of the principal involved. | My special authority as @ jndicial omcer, with functions admitted and directed by the treaty, by etyof Congresd apd decrees made in pursiance vide treaty with China, article cleven, and the 1 June 22, 1560), justifies me in taking over all Americans committing offences either to follow the wording of the treaty, or in any merchant ship.” visdiction of the irst kind, then, ts that hould have as Consul In a port o: Christen. y sanctioned by international prac- jurisdiction of the second kind 13 special, ual, aud i4 authorized by a ¥ nit aifected, and by statutes In vccordanee therewith, te De ustraila when ow quently that persons, not cltt- “plu ped up.) Yours, very tuly, tthe United , take passage on or belone V crews of our ships. If tuese commit offences Hxtract frorn “Notes on tho Productior ay | Cts crave chavacter by whom should they be dealt tneraljot Shangtung,” by the Kev, A. Williamson, of It is urged by some that the Consul of the ship has Chefoo, Pablished tm the “Journal of the N.C. | Authority to try and devermine al rising on a of Royal Asiatic Sock naw series, No, 14, | S4)P of bls country in the waters of China. Bienen OF Royal A! bat ’ : his propoeiiton secs to me fuadmissthle, he- December, 187. caive—Fitst, Lo do so would be to exorcise terris When I first began to make inqnities rogard- | torial authority wher no authority of the sort oxist, {ng the minerals here was astonished at | No nation claus the right to exercise jurisdiction {ie wnivereailty Of the knowledge of the exls | over tue citizens or sub,ccts of anotnor in matters of tence of gold and the spate regarding 1% | ordinary concera, tmless such persons are Within 16s Eyory one seemed to kuvw of it A native | territorial sway, A blip on tue bigh sous is perieoly literary friend said that “it was found in the sand of HERALD, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1868.-TRIPLE SHEET. the territory of the nation in which Ites her owner- pose, and the courts Of the nation thus acquire the might to deal with all people on board, and they ac- quire that right, generally speaking, in no other way. Bui i is manifest that a consular or other foreign court in China has only extra-territorial authority. On this point 1 quote from Mr, Cushing's opmion, (Opinions of Attorneys General, pages 618-519.) ‘Phe locai courts of each govern- ment, being exterritorial ones, haye no territorial jurisdiction, but only a jurisdiction as respects pete pope its own citizens or subiegtag” and ing simply this personal authority it seems to me clear that they cannot exercise a Jurisdiction which Ijudge is purely territomal iu its character. It true that the Consular courts do take jurisdiction over the (ships themseives of their country in many matters. “l’.r instance, | exercise & more or less ad- matraley Juriadionsa. But this jurisdiction may be lered, I think, to come to me from and de- nds on the ownership of the vessels, The other jurisdiction would be the reverse—it would come from the ship. And the proposition would be inadmissible again, because—z. Jf it be granted that the foreign court in China oan exercise a jurisdiction which is terri- torial in tts character, in order to exercise such jurisdiction over a ship in Chinese waters, ii inust be demonstrated that the waters of China are the same as the high seas, or at least that the government of Chima has made a waiver of its natural rights over them, which authorizes us for these purposes so to consider them, neither of which is the case. We have no rights in Chinese waters excepting such as are sanc- Uoned by our treaties, and the general provisions of international law, And it is admitted on all sides that the natural right of the Chinese to police their own waters, and, at least for revenue purposes, to board foreign ships, remains with the government. Nor, on the other hand, has China made the waiver indicated, Wliat, as we have seen, she has walved is jurisdiction over persons, which watver is made to (he nation of those persons, and nowhere, at least in terms, to the nation of the ship in whick the per- sons may be. ‘There is @ principle adopted by our government. Which may seem at Orsi sight to affect the subject of this discussion. I refer to the declaration by Mr. Jeverson, which we find everywhere in our text books, **the simplest rule will be, that the vessel being Aimericah shall be evidence that the seamen on board are such; and the indorse- ment thereof oy Mr, Websier, “in every regula ly documented American merchant vessel the crew Who navigate it will fad their protection in the fag which is over them.’ (Wheaton, sec. 109.) This principle, laid down in terms so broad, must neces- sarily be construed in view of the circumstances under which it was made and of the whole discussion in Which tt arose. ‘Those circumstances grew out of the practice of the Brilish government of linpressing seamen from our ships, and the declaration was made as to the right to do this on the high seas. it has, I believe, this bearing only, and certainly cannot be construed to work, a8 it were, the bestowal of citizenship, Indeed Mr. Webster’s correspondence in the matter ended with the words, “the American government ia prepared to say that the practice of impressing seamen from our vessels cannot hereafter be allowed,” And it would seem that this was the point intended to be settled by the discussion in which oveurred bis declaration before quoted, and as well in the previous discussion of the same matter in which occurred Mr. Jetferson’s declaration. (Vide Dana’s edition of Wheaton, sec. 110-7. and vol. 2, pp. 253, e¢ seq. Am. Dip. Code.| In view of what has been said the justice of the rule stated by me at the outset will be seen, J think, ‘Thereupon, of course, arise questions as to the ex- tent of consular jurisdiction tn the States of Christen- dom, for a discussion and determination of which I refer you to Wheaton, paragraps 101 to 106 inclusive, One other feature of the case remains which per- haps deserves notice. Granting that the Consuls or other judicial fungtionaries in Uhina, of the several nations, are the only oflicera in China who have the right to take superior jurisdiction over their respec- tive nationals in China, or on any merchant ship m Chinese waters, by whom or in What manner may arrests be made? Strictly, perhaps, the Consul of the offender, in virtue of the waiver of authority made by the government of China to his govern- ment, and by his government comuitted to him, might arrest, with or without other sanction, ® person on board a ship of another nation in Chi- nese waters, but this 1 should, on grounds of cour- tesy, if tor no other reasoa, refuse to do. And itis suiicient to say in this connection that the Consul of any nation who showd retuse to sanction the arrest of any person on board of @ vessel of lis ution, sich persou being charged with some grave oilence, or to make the arrest himself, at the re- quest of the Cousui of the offender, would cieariy comuit @ breach of that comity waich is so gene- rally and vecessarily observed here between oficors: of different nationalitics, and very certainiy incur the displeasure of his superior oficers. And in review 1 may say that the conclusion thus: arrived aton legal grounds is the most sattsiactory one on grounds of public feeling and conveutence, ‘There lave been many tastaaces where persous who have committed serions otfences on board ships in China have been tried in China, I beiieve a natural sentiment has in every case led the oficer concerned ou behalf of the slip to waive jurmdiction in favor of the proper Consul of the offender, 1 think it likely to be always #0. Lat least should greatly object, even if my legal right were established beyond dou to try a Britis or French subject when courts of those natioualities are existent ere, side by side with my own. A copy licreof will be sent to the Legation and to the Department of State tor approval or revision. 1 have the houor to be your obevicnt servant, GEORGE FB. SEWARD, = THE AFRICAN FIELDS. anemones ~ By muatl from the Cape of Good Hope we have the following reports from the Airican gold flelds dated to the 26th of July [From the Natal Mercury, July 14.) ‘The news from the gold fleles, received on Friday, 4s corroborative of our previous advices, It musi be nembered that te leiters from sec town ToUght to Potchefstroom by Lr. Solomon, referred to er discoveries by the diggers than (ose set torth in the letters received subseguentty from them and dated the 4thof May. Up to that time they had been workiag in the valley of the Vatu river, and had been Nuding gold in small grains, some of which re of the sizeof large pins heads, They were en searching for the true reef, which, according to the later inte.ligence received week before lasi, tiey discovered, and found it to surpass th if expeciations, Upon receiving this latter information, which, if we are not very much inistaken, Was received before the reguiar direct let ters came to hand, Mr. McKenzie, the missionary at Maticustown, had senv off express katirs to return With reports and specitnens. These yere daily ex- pected at Secheli’s, where Mr. MeKenzie was to ar- rive jrom Mayen’ As soon as he apps press would be forwarded to Potcheistros tis further and final news was mone: pected. Our readers snouid mark the fact that this second despatch gives us an account of ouly the earlier pre ceedings of the diggers after their arrival at Ran huoban, which they reached by a nine inatead of a twelve days’ wagon journey. It is highly satisfactory to find that the natives were quite frichdly aad that even Moselekatse needed only a hiptie diplomatic treatment to secure his co-operation and to secure for igen parties admission to the northern gold elds. Captain Biack has loyally civen to Ramakhuoban the name of “Victoria goid fields.’ May not this create confusion and would not the origimat destg- nation of ‘Victoria and Albert" give to the locality a no less loyal signification and prevent any mistake as to its African situation? By the next mail we ought to hear of Mr. McKen- zie’s arrival, with whatever tidings he may have to commufiicate, Meanwhile our government siould, we think, take steps to represent to the northern chieftains that the objects xought by the Queen's ects in titeir territories is nothing more than the acquisition of precious metals. The Discovery. {From the Transvaal Argus, July 6.) Poteneistroom was thrown into a state of con- siderable excitement last Thursday alternoon, the 2d inst., when it became known thai the Rey. Mr. Mc; #o anxiously expected bere, had arrived. The excitement became intense wher it was escer- tatned that the reverend gentleman had brought in- tellegence of a late date direc! m the Victoria gold fields, was the bearer of severai letters from the diggers themaeives, and, moreover, had brought a sample of gold from the new diggings, Of course we went to see, having been attacked for the time boing with ali the symptoms of the gold fever, Tho sample was minutely inspected, aud we now de- ciare On the sacred word of an editor that the said sample requires but to be seen in order to dispel the strongest donbts of even the most sceptical. The | yin,” ax the gold discovery has been termed, bas resolved itself fato a stupendd The sau- ples produced by the Rev, Mr. Me ie, Which can 3 of quaris ized, richiy, very riehly studded wit sold pit some larger even thy ead, imbedded in the stone, and ye er pices, parts of the same ey been to hia & yuse, and eso to Grehatastown; the uve not seen, bat the reverend gentle. sus that they are richer far than those brougit by bim to Potchefstroom, and that all are parts of the same stoue taken from the surface, | picked up close to where the diggers are now at | work, tn fact at the ontspan place. These pieces of ¢ the superior richness of those uew | how be secu at Air, Rei quartz fully pre and vast gold fields, to which the name of V orie has been given, in Honor of her Majesty the Queen nd. Ali doubt i may at oni © becy felt ous jer, to bo sfellod. We for ‘ourselves cherished relyiug on Herr Mauch’s state J since repeated by lin tn @ sp: no} ily mavte to wa, w | expressions used by hia in Argus, (daved Deceiaver he stood as it were riy time could not we his haw letter to the Transvaal when he stated t nt, and for some mn these vor ficlas of gold for the ¢ broke on hs fight, If the prece of A Which Mr, Van | der Byl took to the colony, and which | wis scarcely noticed Won'd produc proportionacely from cieven wv ‘fourteen ouueos per fon, a8 stated by the Suantar, what will not such quarts as is now exhibited by tho Kev. Me, MeKenzie producer We hesitave to express an opinion, for it would be set down 28 altogether fabulous. The Guesinm, ereiere, <f Lv oawiwace of these Yast atthe agrict dinner, when he sald t would itimately bo proved thut the new gold f Burpass in riches cither the Califormian or Aus- | tralian felis, which fact would fully warraut the and equally rich gold fields in Matchin’s territory being satisfactorily set at rest, the rush will undoabi- edly come Which We asserted would take piace when first this tmportant announcement was inade, and which a certain writer in the Graaf Reinet Advertiser 80 courteously ted “an after dinner wander- ing,” at the same time expressing his surprise that respectabie colontal editors could transfer it to their coluinns, When the aheonbry was first publis.ed by us we deprecated any sudden rush and advised the exercise of great caution, not knowing at the time what mala be the disposition of the powerful native tribes in the immediate vicinity of those gold felds; but we now consider ourselves war- ranted in inviting ail to come who may choose to do so and to come quickly. From the natives they have nothing to fear. Matchin has already tendered his allegiance and territories to the British government, has appointed two Englishmen as agents, to whom the nominal fee of one pound sterling per man for six months 18 to be pald, and the British tag already Hoats above the Victoria gold flelds. At the “Diggings”? and the Yield. ‘The Transvaal Argus of the 24th of June has the following:—We are indebted to Mr. A, Forsaman for the following intelligence relative to the gold fields, extracted from a@ letter received by him from sir, ‘taylor, dated Secheli’s, 6th of June:—**We have just received news here that the gold jield is turuing out well, The Rev. Mr, McKenzie sent an express to Mr. Black for him to forward a reliable statement, On their return—that of the express—I will again write and intorm you of the results.” The Rev. Mr. McKenzie is expected in Potchefstroom within a fortnight, when We trust that he will be able to com- municate such tnformation as will effectually re- move any doubts that tae still be entertained with respect to the richness of these gold regions. Mr, Solomon, who has’ just come down from Secheli’s, informs us that the diggers, now about sixty strong, had struck @ vein of gold in the quartz, and that & small piece of quartz, about one inch and a half jong, contained gold vaiued at three pounds sterling. We trust that on the Rey, Mr. MeKenzie’s arrival this statement may be confirmed, Missionary Report. ‘To 718 Eprvor oY THe NaTAL MEKcuRY:— PorcHerstRoom, July ¢, 1568. On Saturday evening I had the pleasure of 2 long conversation with the Rev. Mr. McKenzie, of Baman- quato, an enlightened gentleman and devout mis- sionary, who came to these parts ten years ago with the ilrst Zambezi mission, Isuall only touch on a few points of the utmost importance which, somehow, have escaped the vigt- Jance of ed ” whose voluminous extra will be before you. » McKenzie tells me that Moselekatze has yoluntarily fixed his southern boundary on the N’Khuewi river, in 20 degrees 30 minutes south, fifty miles north of the Victoria diggings, acknowledging Matjen’s claim to the country south of the N’Khuezl. So by virtue of Captain Black’s Saktng “(posseaaton— nine points of the law—if you allow Matjen’s peti- tion to pass for point No. 10, not only the Victoria diggings, but the whole of Matjen’s land, wit, the ‘old district extending, as I am about to show, down Gokwe and Seruli rivers, are now and henceforth British territory. He also informs me that since Mauch’s discovery he has found an ancient, but well got up and prenecres smeliing oven on the banks of the Gokwe, from which fact we may saiely infer that the quartz run extends down for a considerable distance towards the Limpopo, and that the southern gold flelds are much more extensive than even Mauchimagined. On being asked whether he had not had an inkling of the existence of the noble metal in that locality before, Mr. McKenzie Scr A ay Cente “No, It 18 a most complete and vona'ide new discovery, and Matjen’s tribe were as much astonished at itas i,” saying, Who on earth can have made these holes and what rr He also states that game is not at all @carce near the Tatin, and that one nunter could easily supply a party of thirty diggers with meat. That the climate is healthy even in summer. That not only the Tatin but also the Ramakhuobin and the Sasiin, all atfu- ents of the Limpopo, are richly gold bearing, and most probably the Gokwe also. Captain Black isa ‘canny Scotchman.” He sent us down plenty of gold dust and just one piece to Mr. Forssi “to show that it was there.” It is fortunate that Mr. McKenzie, who likewise hails from Auld Reekie, was more liberal. People at the cape have at last got into a white heat on seeing the small rich samples forwarded there through Mr. Van der Byl, and on finding that the big lump, sixty pounds In weigitt, iu which no gold was visible, con- tained {{ at the rate of eleven to fourteen ounces per ton, What wil they say when they see the nuggets? Geographical Description. Dr. Petermann’s “Geographische Mittheilungen’? contains an elaborately written article of which the following are extracts:. Carl Mauch’s travela and bia discovery of gold fields in South Africa (map of the Transvaal stepub- he, & * % In Natal our explorer, m considera- tion of his late travels, and especially of his discovery ot gold Held, Was well received both by the public und government, He writes:—‘* Government have allowed me the use of ail instruments in the observa- tory during my stay here; and | am being hospitably entertained by Major Erskine, the Colonial Secretary of the colony, Whose second son Vincent, at present maztstrate of Ladysmith, desires to accompany ime on my third tour into the interior.” ‘The natives in Moselekatse’s country bad watched Mauch with great distrust, 80 that he had only been abie to bring a few pieces of quartz with him to Potchefsiroom, It is not improbable that the gold fields are tdentical with the “Ophir” of the Bibie, ana with the localities from which Solomon obiamed his treasures. It is impossible to form even the least {dea of the tnpor- tant la‘tuence this discovery must have on the beau- tiful, rich, and remarkably heaithy iniand territory oF tins continent. Dr, Petermann goes on to say that a Scotch settle- inent is already prospering in the Transvaal, and the vtch are the best colonists on the face of the earth; thelr jrdgment in regard to the fitness of countries for colonization may be relied on. v pt the ‘Transvaal, which has been com- piled by joint labors of C. Mauch, F. Jeppe and jerensal, with the assistance of the Surveyor ul, M, Forssman, F. Hammar and J. Brooks. it is of the greatest value, giving new and tnteresting details of the Utrecht, Wakkerstroom, Heidelverg and Waterberg districts. The river system of Dela- goa bay, Which on all previous maps was incorrect, has also been specially set down, is bay is the natural port of the republic. The ma» will be six times the size of the “Mittuellungen” (a ito) and in ihe ‘on of 1: nd froin 22 deg. n 23 deg, to beyoud aprising the whole of tie Trans. vaalrepuplic, the larger portion of the Orange Vice State, Basuto territory and Natal, and the entire Zulu and Amaswazi countries. It isin course of preparation ever since October, and will be ready for publication about June or Jaly, redounding much to the labor of German explorers in South Africa, O, Mauch and F. Jeppe in particular. ‘Transvaal, in its present extent, coniains, according to our lave plan. metrical calculation, not leas than 6,152 German square miles (six English to one German), and com- pares with Prussia, Which covers 6,301 square miles, ‘8S five to st What an extent of territory for mil- lions of European emigrants and colonists! We are giad that the merit of these explorations and the imporiance of the results so far obtained are being duly recognized by the German pubic, and that peo- ple commence to take @ practical interest im the matter. Already we have received from a most in- fiuential persouage of high rank in Beriin a con. munication, dated the 2d of April, enciosing a project for working the gold felts with a German company. We have reason to know that Germans would be pre-eminently welcome there. We deduce this, among others, from an interesting letter from Offer of Cession to the English—Lettor of the Chief of Bamangwato to His Excellency Sir P. E, Wedehouse, K. C. B., Governor of the Colony ef the Cape of Good Hope. SHOSHONG, TOWN OF THR BAMANGWATO, | March 29, 1868. May it please your Excellency—1 bog to #ddress You as the representative of her Majesiy Queen Vic- tori und as tae Governor of the Cape colony, which, Lunderstand, is the iargest community of white men in Southern Africa, 1 Would remind your Excellency that traders, hunters and traveliers have lor yeard visited the Bainangwato country, aud more recently the Lake Neamt distiies, the country of Moselekatse and the region of the Zambesi, 1am happy to that during all this period no blood haa been shed, nor has any serious disturbance taken place in the intercourse between my people and the traders and hunters referred to. Some months ago | was in- formed that gold had been tound iu Shashe district, + of my eountry traversed by the road lea to Moselekatse; and, further, that the saine inetal has been disgoyered in Mashonaland, which lies to the northeast of Moselekatse. 1 have since learned that suitable tests have been applied to the ore im tie Cape colony and in Niical, und that it has been pronounced by qualified jucges to be gold. Lam also told that, witnout refereneé to the verritory of others, the districts in which gold ore is to be found in iy OWn country are so extensive, and likely to be 80 productive, that large numbers of gold diggers may be ex} speedily to make their ap- arance. Iam further informed that the majority, if not the whole number, of such gold diggers will be British subjects. Now, I conceive it my duty, in cir- cumstauccs of such peculiar importance, to seek the counsel and the vid of her Majost ‘s goverument, The Jransvaa! government, through Commandant Jan Vilj desires me to hand over to the republic the district in question, and assures me in return of the protection of Lue republic should the gold diggers moiest my people. I shall deciine to consider tits or any other overture until I hearfrom your Excellency. 1. Tbeg then humbly to submit to your Excellency, as her Majesty's ropresgatative, that the gold field or telda in the Shashe disirlct are situated 1M the couatry which belongs to ine, as chief of the Bamanxwato, the boundary line being my country and that of Moselekatee ts at Mokobes Town. 2, I would uot willingly give up this terrliory without com- ensation. Pon aving, however, no reason to belleve that my clafm owner of the district’ in question would be ignored by her Majesty's government, { beg to state my willingness to leave the amount of compensation and the manner of is payment as questions for future settlement, 4. While 1 have hitherto lived on terms of friendship with Enwilsh visitors and with a few English residents, I feel Utterly unqualited to govern such @ community as that of ‘old diggers i8 described to be, May it please your Excel- fency, these gold digyera are your peovle; therefore I invite you, and I bey you, to come and occupy the gold country, in ino fir as it Is at my disposal, and to govern the gold digzers in the name of the Queen of England. Meanwhile and until Thear trom your Excellency it is my intention to exicouraye such gold diggers as make thelr appearance by granting Shem ‘permits to dig nominal price, by enrolling the names of such pormit holders and by empowering one or some of their number to administer justice in the goldtield ; \d these stops I shall take tn the earnest hope that speedil iy weak efforts to sustain law and order among Brith subjects may be superseded by the advent of the power of Engiad. “Thave the honor, &¢ MACEN, X Chief of the Bamanugwato. mark, Effect and Probable Consequences of the Dis- covery. (From the Natal Mercury, July 25.) Let us now pause @ moment and consider what will be the immediate effects of this astounding dis- covery, a discovery which, in its results, will eclipse and cast into the shade the most wonderful inve tions of human genius in this age of wonders. What- ever impediments our government, which lays claim to these gold feids by its recent proclamation, may raise to obstruct the rush—whatever barriers it may erect to stem the tide, onward it will roll, like some mighty and trresistibie flood, rushing onwards, tear- ing down and swallowing up all that impedes its way. The rush must and will take place, the mighty avalanche will gather strength and swell into mighty proportions as It speeds along in its course, consign- ing to destruction whatever opposes its progress. It must be obvious to all that the influx of so large a population as will be attracted by the all-powerful influence which the precious metal exercises will effect a complete revolution in all our relations; commerce will assume such mighty proportions as will baffle the wildest fancy; landed property of every description will immeasurably be enhanced in value, for it will be in eager demand; and—shail we say it?—we trust a blueback will become a cartoelty fice only for its rarity, being superseded gold, Our farmers, too, will reap coiden harvests; an impetus will be given to agriculture such as it never has experienced be- fore, lor all these thousand mouths must be fed. And let us impress this fact upon the attention of our agricultural friends, that the larger the quantity of breadstuffs they grow the less we shail tmport and the more money will flow into thelrown pock- ets, Hitherto we have studiously avoided this sub- ject, being content to let the gold discovery work its own Way, finding its own level. But ere we lay down tae ee Jet us regard this subject from another point of view, and in doing 80 we would briefly repeat our rewarks made in December last, ridicnicd by some at the time as “prophetic,” that it would seem that the native races had fulfilled their destiny; that civiliza- on and the blessings of Christianity will now be carried into the very heey this vast continent by the white man, who will be attracted to this part of savage Africa by the allurements held out by that magic word—gold, Wili not the influx of the many thousands act alse os a check pon the vile tramc in haman flesh which Dr. Livingstone tells us is carried on in the interior? We do not only hope this, but pray that it aay be so. In conclusion let us ask, What will be the effect produced on certain European Powers by the intel- ligeuce we now announce to the world? The discus- sion of this poiat, however, for obvious reasons, we leave to our contemporaries beyond the Vaal. MUSICAL REVIEW. ‘There 1s nothing that tends so much to elevate the musical taste of the people as the course of train- ing to which pupils are subjected in the conserva- tories. It is astonishing what a number of excellent pianists may be found there, Ata soirée given by the New York Conservatory of Music on Thursday last we heard two little girls play some exceedingly dificult pieces with an ease, brililancy, dash and clockwork precision which would have shamed many public performers, When a littie girl can play 8 spinnertied by Lito, an impromptu by Chopin and take part ina Bach concerto for string quartet ond two pianos, there is littie fear but that such a course of musical tastraction will soon sweep the trash away from the publishers’ shelves and re- place tt with genuine works of art. Another phenomenon of fifteen years of age will soon make her début as a pianist, playing Mendelssohn's *«Capriccio” and Liszt's “Concerto,” with orchestral accompaniment. Our stock of planista is develop. ing fast, and every one that comes from Europe as a star is completely taken aback to find his equals and sometimes superiors here in the persons of boys and girls not yet out of their teens, The success of “Genevieve de Brabant’’ has set all the publishers at work to get out fantasias and p>tpourris of it ‘without end, and next week the city will bo Nooded with them, We hope they will do better with the the President of the republic, M. W. Pretorius, dated July 20, 1867 (conaequently before Mauel’s gold dis- covery}, from which we extract the following: ‘The so is productive and the climate healthy higher parts are adapted for catue, especially sheep; the lower ones, protected from the wiads by high mountains, for the culture of ail cereals, of sugar cane, coffee, cotton and tobacco, Fruit trees grow aud bear quickly. The mountainsare rich in metais, such as iron, copper and lead; even gold and ativer re there. We only want the necessary appilances, ols, and chiefly men experienced in intnimyg, to pring the treasures slumbering in the deep to the light of dey, [hope that in time this want will be uppl and I should be fespeciaily pleased to see man miners here. Perhaps this will soon be the se , in my desire to enter Into close relations with Prussia, i have already taken the first steps and have sent a letter to his Majesty the King. I have a consul representing our country tn Londoa, and wish to have one in Berlin also. We expect to acquire a port of our own, nd T hope to see the befriended Corman fag waving there. The most iinportaat pro- duets of our country fit ior exporiation are as yet ivory, ostrich feathers, wool, hides, tobacco, &c. At a jaicr period £ am_ persuaded il will form our principal export. We have bo coin of our own se tat current being the bnglivi. Gur owa mo. consists in bank notes, of which T sead you a s ple, a one pound note, For industrious colonists of oo Character we have plouiy of room; and it iy iny wish to get @ large nainber of Germans of that stamp. ‘There are @ ood many Germans hore ale ready, and ali doing weil. Our worst aud most ops pre ¢ Want i8 that of Competent physicians and of teachers in all branches of science, elementary aa well ag higaers Muste, foo, Is aitogetier ra and the country will not in to true inveiiectual jie until both science and ars all be Wkly ree sented here, Rontes to the [From the Natal Meccury, July 25.) The folowing table of distances berweon the port and different sta t routes to the gold fields through Natal are authenticated by Mr Jolin Gray, Who recenily visited Pvevorias— Fins? ROUTE. ANOTHER ROUTE. Mit ailes, olifcldes To Martizburg "vo Moot river ‘To Mvidelvorg, of 220 elberg is, we believe, well say i rds Of aie ATE to bo found |i alo rn Hetweon Heidelberg and ihe Vatin, on the first route, there is w Tew hours’ trek trough the 8, 2 in abune “ny,” whlob ig rddep at wight without lajury bo tie Cae, To Mauch’s Staiioa,. 258 “4 . i600 1 0 miles between Marrismith and | music of this opera than they have done with the other works of Offenbach, for it deserves it, Fan- tasias of any tolerable merit are scarce now-a-days and are in considerable demand; so hurry up, Messrs. Pianists, and set your brains and fingers to work. t W. A. Pond & Co., publish the following:— “Telegram Waltz," Strauss, A very neat and cor- rect edition of this charming work. “Flowers of Spring,” songe, Retsiger; “Frolic of the Frogs,” walt, J. J. Watson; “Black Key Ma- gurka,” Herzog; “Lauterbach Maiden,” Loffler, are reprints of well known pieces which we have criti- cized before. “Grecian Bend Mazurka,” Da Costa, cannot do ony harm, even if taken from Lingard, a 1 is weil arranged. “A Kiss For Your Thought,” ballad, Arditi. A trifle, pleasing in some respects, but nothing like what might be expected from such @ pen. Fly Away Polka.” Herts. A pretty little piece, not pretentious in the jeast, but good for the parlor, “Pre Old Maid’s Prayer,’ a parody on the “Siaid- en's Prayer,” and a clever one at that. Louis Tripp, of Lowasville, publishes the fol- lowing.— “LT Will Tell You ‘Truly,’ song, J. W. P. Price; words by GF. Fuller, A stirring baritone song in both melody and words, but poorly arranged for tae piano, ‘ “Vesper Devs," song and chorus. Price. A Sort of melody, autante grasiosa, whic, not interesting: or pleasing in itself, ts w worked up. Jt would scem as if the composer Lectod the most ungrateful of themes to display his | powers a9 a musician “Tin Very Sad Lo-night, Dear Mi chorus, Pur A pretiy iictle t for the minstreis, ‘piny Birdlings of the Atr. nther,? song and ng, Well adapted Price. A good tht A shoo The words, by George Cooper, foul. sean Strand,” song and chorus. Price. One Tucker order of songs. Verbena sap. ers of the Sea.” Price, The same ree wpply to this, DPachauer & Co, publish th “Salve | a A, Davis to rank with some of tho: The French and German ce » vocal and organ parts | ‘The uccompaniment is also very pleasing. ten ina style which betoken: An excell the tra mician y, of Chicago publish the following — ) and “Angel of Sivep.” Pretty ile thir gs, requiring 7 ploce in, JF one of Lingara’s song, “Walking have seen. It will bu a ty A, Carey. vor ‘in the ball room. ‘owtiows Wali’ W We oie sur prised at this house publishing such a piece of trash as this. ‘ablo's Song,” in the Spanish Gypsy, Misa Willis; words by George Eliot, The music is even worse than the last, “On the Sea,” “ihr Auge’? and “Above a Star ts Falling.” Robert Franz. Thre? of this favori'e song writer's best songs. The lust is @ periect gem, “Lattie Nell”? George Linley. There are few of Wambold’s cong’ which have becoine suc: & favorite pit Ban Francisco Muistrels as this simple little “Walking in the Park,’ a minstrel gong adapted to the music of Lingard’s song. . 1 Voices,” J. Kk. ‘Thomas. A tory beantifa song, ike Some of the earlier works of Popular i “Electric Spark Galop.” A. H. Fernald. Another trashy affair, hardly worth publisuing. There are some gross mistakes in it, “Italian Guinea Pig Boy.” Unworthy of criticism. “Breathe not that Name,’? Gugliclino, A beauti- ful ballad, which wins approval at once. “Bird Whistle Man” gong, Arthur Lioyd. Words and music trash. FINE ARTS. The National Academy of Design and the Brooklyn Academy of Design, ‘The National Academy of Design will open the see- ona winter exhibition on the 27th of November, The school of the Brooklyn Academy of Design opens for pupils to-morrow evening. The academy has induced Mr. Beecher to lecture before them, and the reverend genticman is expected to appear some tame this month. BIERSTADI’S VESUVIUS AT PUTNAM’S GALLERY, This landscape or flre-scape, or whatever it ts, is apparently an attempt to portray the baraing crater of Mount Vesuvius. Asa work of art it is a very poor thing. We were expecting something worthy of Bierstadt’s penell on a subject so grand and sublime, Nor can we conceive how this arist could risk his reputation by sending over to us this third rate pice ture, it might barely pass for the work of an ord nary artist, or perhaps a student; but surely no critic would for a@ moment suppose that it was seriously painted by the arlist whose name it bears did he not sce the name on the corner. The effect of the lurid light is tolerably fair; but this is all there is init. A little intention is shown here and there of power of color; but it is only show. The sky i badly composed, and although the artist had a good opportunity to show depth, force aud light, there ia nothing in it. The sky would answer for any ordinary picture. Indeed, the work seems as ifit were painted in the studio, and not from the awful and almosit indescribable effect such a scene as the eraptions must produce. There are a dozen artists in New York who could paint a better picture than this one and use for their studies noting mors than the common prints found in the shops. The foreground is without interest or sentiment, There is no grasp, no boldness, no breadth, such as we have been accustdmed to see in the former works of this artist. ‘The American school of landscape now leads the world, but if many pictures like this are put forth by the’ masters of the profession we sirall not be able to hold the proud position claimed by us in this department of art. Mr. Snedicor, 768 Broadway, has remodetled his gallery anit has it filled with a large number of first class American pictures. Among them area number of landscapes by George Inness, a new pio- ture by Twit, one by Constant Mayer and two by Samuel Coleman. Mr. Snedicor has added twe rooms to his already large establishment for the prt vate exhibition and sale of works placed in his charge. His specialty fs the sale of works by American artists, and to this busincss he gives near- ly all his time. Mr. Kuoedler is preparing for a vigorous cam- paign. He ts about to place on exhibition for a limited time Bougerau’s ‘Sleeping Innocents,’* which is one of the best pictures in this country. 16 represents two babes, evidently twins, sleeping sweetly and perfectly. The drawing, composition and exquisite delicacy of flesh tints and pearly tones on these figures are things of beauty which will long linger as bright visions In our minds, This picture has been sold to Me, August Belmont for $5,002. It is well worth the moncy. Mr. Knoedler will exhibit a number of fine foreign pictures during the winter, so that with tue old and the new galleries on Broaa- way a good deal of activity in art matters may be expected during the season. Mr. Gurney ts exhibiting a very fine ptoture of Miss Kellégg and another of Mile. Tostée. Mr. Frye’s gallery attracts everybody by Mr. J. Thompson’s new picture of “Home, Sweet Home THE AQTISTS, William Hart has the resalt of his summer's work in his studio, and has finished his fine picture of “Morning” ,in Bear river Notch. It is one of his best works, He is now at work on two smaller works—“The Tappan Zee” and a sunset, which show forth all that tender sentiment and exquisite color by which this artist is so justly celebrated. Mr, Hart has also a number of beautiful water color and pen and ink studies from nature, which will serve him as notes for his winter painting, Glibert Munger has taken a studio for the winter on the corner of Fifth avenue and Fouriecath street. He has been sketching at Niagara Falls all the past summer and has a commission to do “ihe big falls” on a large scale. Mr. John Roy Robertson, who returned about aycar ago to Baltimore after a prolonged absence in Bu- rope, has remoyed to New York. We have seen a& his studio, 25 Union square, an admirable portrait of Napoleon UI, and several other works that exhibit the skilful drawing and exquisite coloring for which. Mr. Robertson is distinguished. He is one of our most thoroughly trained American artlsis, On hig easel he has a charming picture—Folly’—which might well pass for an idealization of opera vouse. Edwin White has settled, after his summer fight, in his studio im the University building. He has just finished two pictures, one his “Country Studio” and the other “Translating.”” He is painting again om his large picture called the “Signing of the Compact by the Pilgrim Fathers,’’ 4 Mr. Perry has a picture on his easel of an old base- ment kitchen in the country, with the figure of am old woman engaged in boiling clothes, This artis® is one of our most conscientious workers, and the present picture promises to be very fins. Mr. Bispham, the animal painter, is at present en- gaged upon a large composition representing 4 Hom and a lioness, The latter has been killed by a hunter and lies upon the sward. The lion is standing over the body, apparently vowing vengeance against the slayer of his companion, The work in its unfinished ate shows a great deal of power and promises well, Mr, Bispham bas another picture of a tiger and her cabs, which gives the royal beast with great fidelity to nature. He has just finished yery cleverly the heads of two horses. A. L, Rawson ts now revising the proofs of his do- signs which are intended to illustrate Henry Ward Beecher’s “Life of Jesus Christ.” This book will soon make its appearance and will doubtioss be re garded as “a sensation.” We have examined the engravings which were executed by Mr. Lintom trom Mr. Rawson's sketches. They were done tn the Holy Land by the artist, and are doubtiess com THE CASE OF CHARLES MASON, THE ALLEGED WIE mun~ {Prom the Lockport (N. Y.) Journal, Oct, 30.) We jearn that within a f some of the i 8M: important dia n the justice of his convicrio while Professor Hadiey had the aco fon for analysis Bum had se Wyoming cou wile mspecting certain appear Joctor progent, who 48 condition. Res of th ov It se 0d ca of Mrs. ‘Te aination for p achof the lat hich he cave in good faith supp ich he had seen was t . toment in writing to the eect that b a seen the stomach of jason while It pom session of Professor Had ft that it Was in a caa- cerows condition, whic sment, We uuderstand, was procured for’ hin w to ane to tte Governor for the Os tis matier came to the who had citarge of the pr there st be some miistak ¢ t vm the fuck that the condition of ti hi physicians and surgeons on the preliint: nation of Mason before the police magi that they had testived tha they haa f of Mis, Mason was thorow inquire tt cerous coudition of the stomach, meas once inkon to discover and trace out and the foregoing Cts ascer-ained. y discovery of this singular mist Cig of tnatabt measures to eet tie np periavs all he resulis of a solemn tria Would HAVE been Sol Adide. AB ihe dovtor wha made this ike bas taken measures ly BC. bag inabeR rigal a9 harm Will Cou of it