The New York Herald Newspaper, May 15, 1871, Page 5

THE DARIEN CANAL. Operations of the Surveying and Exploring Expedition, THE WORK ALMOST COMPLETED. Aapid Survey of the Napipi Route from Cu- pica Bay to the Atrato—The Line Pronounced a Success. Yhe Tuyra-Atrato Route Not Yet Determined. WPetails of the Exploration Over the “Divide” of @i2 Feet Along the Napipi to the Atrato-- Twenty-seven Miles in a Straight Line from the Pacific to the Atrato—Confidence of the Expedition in Its Success—Tho Tuvra- Atrato Route Regardod as a Disap- pointment—Explorers Still Absent from the Saip—Lifa Along the Tuyra—Opinions as to the Result of the Expedition. PANAMA, May 3, 1871. By way of supplement to my last telegraphic Gespatch announcing the discovery of an inter- oceanic canat route from Cupica Bay to the Atrato, 36 will be necessary to allude more fully to the de- talla of the survey and otherwise explain the grounds upon which it is confidently pronounced @ success, Commander Selfridge claims that al- thongh the examination of the line first commenced tm January from the Gulf of Darien up the Atrato and Paranchita rivers and up the Tuyra and Cué rivers irom the Pacific may not realize the exvecta- tions previously formed, owing to the alutude of the mountainous barrier, nevertheless the labors of the expedition have, up to the present, been amply re- ‘warded by the important result which nas attended the survey of what is generaily known as the “Na- Pipi route” from Cupica Bay. It 1s not to be in- ferred, however, that the other route, thas upon which the expedition originally started, and which, after @ reconnoissance, the commander stated had a “divide” of only three hundred fect, has proved @ failure, since the exploring party from this side has not yet returned to the ship. They are expected here in a few days, when the official information will at once set aside all doubts on the subject. Mean- while the intelligence communicated by the pro- vision party which leave here and return once a Week 18 not sufliciently encouraging to sirengthen the hopes entertained a month ago, For five or six weeks past the two parties—that from,the Atlantic side and tnat from the Pacific—have been energet!- cally prosecuting their surveys in the immediate vicinity of the ‘divide, without, however, discover- img the great depression said to exist in that direc: ton. By this time nothing has been left undone to Solve the problem, as tne party left the “divide” over two weeks since on their returi to Chipagana. But as they are drawing a line through the woods and are not following the course of the river, Weir pro- gress has necessarily been very stow. The twenty= one men on the sick list at Boca Paya are, with one or two exceptions, recovering, Everything con- sidered 1 have reason to believe thatthe entire operations of the expedition will have been finished by the 10th inst. As to tho Napipi Various opinions are entertamed. It has been re- peatedly mentioned in contradistinction to many other discoveries across the isthmus, but it is very questionable whether the line has ever recetved the thorough Investigation which this expedition has Made of it. To be sure it is extensively Known to those interested in the subject, but previous surveys have never attracted that attention which wouil tend to enlist popular recognition, Moreover, une Bumerous statements set forth by THE ADVOCATES OF RIVAL ROUTES Must be received with caudon. In many cases Personal motives and not the common good have in- duced adventurers to proclaim, with unblushing im- pudence, the feasibility of certain routes of which they knew nothing. There has been written about the Isthmus of Darien, more trash and iion- sense, than has ever engaged the attention of scientific men, It would be useiess to refer to ihe Mmnamerable absurdities which characterize the effusions of the unscrupulous seif-styled explorers who for the last tity years have paid fying visits to the isthmus. According to some there must be a dozen routes for a ship canal; yet here we are, after 200 years, as far advanced as ever, unless, perhaps, it be determined that this route, by way of the Napipi, is suficiently practicable for the parpose intended, That the great Atrato Tiver has its natural advantages for a stip canal Jew will dispute. It has been explored and reported on by Trautwiae, Kennith and General Michier ana others, to say nothing of the extensive examination made of it by this expedition. ‘Neither can 1t be denied that it presents obstacles which would re- quire skil! and ingenuity to overcome. Where the Atrato debouches into the Antic, in the recess of the Guif of Darien, there is an ugly bar, for the removal of which various methods sug- gested, Then the mighty current flows rapidiy, even in the dry season, and notaing but the most Poweriul tugs could ever tow a vessel against it. The river, with all the minor objections that might be urged against ut, is, nevertheless, regarded by the officers who have examined 1 entirely suitable Jor the object in View. AS previously Wentioned, the survey of this route from Limon Bay, which is @ short distance trom Cupica Bay, and about 200 miles from Panaiua, Was commenced in the middle of March. Comuander Seliridge iiaving made nis reconnoissance from the Paciic aiong te Napivi tothe Atraco returned to the steamer, which was anchored svout a mite irom shore, She survey foi- joweu immediately, Mr. F. Coliins, master, and Ensign Payne being in charge, and taking with’ then. four seamen and four iachereros, ‘The “divide,” which rises apruptiy from tue shore, was ascer- tamed io be exactiy 612 feet. An old Judtan tratl, by which, no doubt, the inhabitants of Dariea in former umes Were Wont to convey their smuggied goods irom the Atlanuc to the Pactfic, crosses the mountains aud continues along the Napipi. Ashort distauce further ou au e.evaicd plateau is reached two or three miles in extent. The trail goes over this plai¢aa and strikes liilis between seventy aud eignty feet iu height. Teu miles irom the Pactiic the Napipi runs through a gorge known as the Hucal range, the height of which 1s about four hundred feet. Following the tru tue Rancho Grande is met with, being about half way between the divide and ne aaeey Jt i8 about uv feet avove tne level of e $ea, THE VOLUME OF THE NAPIPI being estimated at 1,000,000 tons per hour would, it is claimed, perinit of lockage up to this pomt if necessary. ‘The country ts broken until we come to the Doguado river, wiich is twenty-five miies to the Atrato, Tie surveyors weat to Work with all po: sible despaich, and having crossed the “divide, Jost no time ta pushing forward along tie trail. The Napipi was found to be very crovked, & fact showa by the result of the survey, for whiie the party travelled sixty-nine miies and @ halt to reach tho Atrato, they subsequently ascertained the distance ina straight line to be only twenty-seven miles. Arriving at the Raucho Grande, which is the head of canoe navigation, there being very little water im te river from the “divide” to that point, the ai eniered the canoes which had previously pecn engaged for them for tis purpose of con- veying provisions. Tue usual amount of suf fering from mosquitoes and sand fies had to be endared, ‘Toward evening one of the canoes gene- rally stared some disiance aneal of the other im order to puid & rancho tor the night upon the banks and cook some necessaries. Operations were carried on watt! abous dusk, and the party commenced afresh ihe follow- ing morning at daybreak. Nothing of an unusual character occurred to mark the progress of the party, and the operation througtoué was that rou- tine description so well known in connection with such surveys, The height of the Atrato above mean tude at the junction of the Napipi was fonnd to be miy forty-one feet. ‘The party started to rewura on the 1vtd ull, and arrived on board the Kesaca e1ghe days afterward. The Naplpl ows througl a moun- tainous country for #ous thirteen miles from the aividing riige, As L have aiweady intimated py wlegraph the propositions of Commauder Selfridge an relation to the route and the grounds upon which he claims success for the survey, thirteen locks he considers Wotld be suficicnt from the Atrato to the junction of the Doquado river, from which, among ‘oter sources, the supply of water 1s expected, fben @ suiicientiy deep cut could be made, and, aiter tumeiling througs the divide, descend to the Pacific by nine locks, As already moutioned, the distance from the Pacifi¢ fo Hie junction of the Napipt and Alrato nvers is poder thirty mules, andirom we rouie. NEW YORK HERALD, MONDAY MAY 15. 1871.—TRIPLE SHEET. Atrato to the Atlantic about one hundred and twenty miles, which, if the canal were constructed, would make the entire DISTANCE FROM OCEAN TO OCEAN about one hundred and fifty miles. ‘This in brief ig the route recently surveyed and of which such ardent hopes are entertained. Whetner the canal will be constructed in the direction dl- luded to remains to be seen. Doubtless many are ready to condemn tt at a glance, owing to wie en- gineering difficulties to be. overcome, but it would be @ sorry compliment to the great men of the present age were it to be positively asserted that the physical obstacles which it may present were isuperabie, considering the magnitade of the object parposed to be realized. But there 1s a dim- culty which besets this enterprise that the most brillant engineers cannot remedy, and that is the whereabouts to find the efficient necessary labor. It 18 generally admitted that the achievements of onginasting science are alone limited by expense, Dat the question of labor certainly requires mature consideration, Tobe sure. a large portion of the population o! Carthagena might be relied upon, but at would assuredly reauire great reward to induce white laborers Lo work 1p the interior of the isthmus and expose them-elves all the year round to the in- fluence of the cimate. So far, however, a3 the line trom the Pacitic along the Napipf is concerned, the climate is much better in every respect than in many portious ot the istnmus.” Indeed, the sur- rounding scenery of Limon Bay, the salubrity of the atmospliere and the excellent water found in seve- rat directions proved quite a source of enjoyment to | the members of the expedition, and contrasted strongly with the sickly exhalations of decaying vegetation in the vicinity of the Guif of Darien, and up the Atrato river. Without further discussing the question, itis well to mention that this route by tue Napip! is regarded as a successful one by Commander Bellridge and the oiticers who surveyed it, He not apprehend that any insurmountable aificultes stand ln tie way of competent engineers, and estimates that the en Ure cost of constructing the caval wili come within $10,000,000, Thus the expediuon confidently relies Upon the fact ot having satisiactorily solved the question as to the feastiility of this route, Whether 1t will be selected as the precise locality most ciigt- bie for the great work 1t is 1mpossible to say, but it iy certainly a matter for congratulation to know that the strenuous and unfagging efforts of this expedt uon, than which a better organized ora more tho- roughly equipped one never sailed upon such ao en- terprise, have peen rewarded to that extent that the commander points with certainty to the fruitin! re- suit of his investigation. Well and traly haa it been said that the execution of the ei con- templated — project would be the mighticst nations which tho physical circumstances of the globe present to the enterpeise of man, THE TUYRA-ATRATO ROUTE. A full description of this route has already ap- peared in tho HERALD, The line was commenced early in kebruary last irom the Guif of Darien, ou the Allaotic side, and from the Gulf of Bau Miguel on the Pacific, About three mouths have elapsed since operations were actually begun, and yet, even ut this date, it is impossible to say what the resul¢ Will be, since it would be almost unjust to predict a faullure before the oificlal report shall have been laced in the hands of the Commander, Karnest opes are still entertained that the route will be an- nounced as & suitable one, and that the unceasing energy, courage and wonderlul perseverance of the explorers on both sides sliall be Crowned with a de- serving triumph. An eye witness of many a hard day's Werk and Many a Night of torture inilicted by the villanous insects, I can aver that the onicers and men of tis expedition have prosecuted their labors with a vigor and resoluteness under adveise circnmstances that would tmdeed be diiticult to surpass. From the manner in which matvers were pushed forward and the willingness displayed by ail hands ty contribute to the success of the pro- Ject, however great tne incidental suferings might be, it was evident tiat If @route lay in this airec- tuon they would dnd it. Ip previous letters the pro- posed line has been alluded to at length, the only link wanung being the hgight of tne divicd u piece of information whicit is @il important to the success of the expedition and very mach desired. ‘to be sure, Coumander Selfridge, alter making his recon. noissance i January last, announced that he had discovered a route With aa elevation of sv feet, as measured by bis pocket compass; that It was not more than ten feet wide at the crest, wine the base was Hot even a mile and & mt it may be men- tioned by way of explanation that Commander Sel- fridge ascended the Atrato. and having entered the Cacarica river for some taties, landed adjacent to the “<iivide” tm question aud then proceeded on foot Now, the regular surveyiag party ft the Wnited states smp Guard in did not ascend the Cacarica, but branched oif into the Varanchita river, upon the recowimendaiion of one of the engineers who had Mace @ hasty recounoissance of.it the week betore. it wasup the last mentioned river the party were pusuing forward when Lieit the Atlantic side tor vacific, in March. No time was lost in com- mencing operations up the Tuyra river, and when ui seca, having anchored at Chipagena, @ large iorce Was immediately despaiched to the mouth of the Cué river, with orders to continue through the vailey of that hame unul the “divide” shoulu be reached. What ius already been described ‘at length in reier- ence Lo the progress along the Cué, had proceeded some distance up that river it was abandoned, OWlg to its tortuous course, and a way Was cut through the woods, This method of proceeding proving excvedingly tedious the expiorers returned to the river. Not th least «diticuiiy to be contended = agaius arose from the fact that the provision: whica in the first instance were conveyed in canoes from Pmogana wo the meuth of the Cué, fad to be carried by hand through the woods up’ to the pio neer party at the front, And Us reminds mine of the higgardiiness and ught-fisted propensiti by tne natives at Pmogana, who, perceiving, with thelr usual amount of CHARACTERISTIC NG, that they were ture or less depended upon, a5 the the steam launch could not go to the Cac, owing to the shallowness Of the river, struck for hard bar- wains for the hire of their canocs. The journey Trom Pinogana to the mouth of the’ Cué generally occupied adout loriy-eigut hours, aad wwe owner of Uke canoe in most instances retuscd to carry an ounce more than le stipulated for. Gad It not been Jor the energy and. executive ability of Mr. d. D. Keily, one of the masters trom the Resaca, who had been placed in command of the steam launch, lhe consequences might have been very serlous. Information as to the progress of the party was frequently received, vat the intelligence was never of that encouraging nature that many had been led to expect. Towards the beginal of Aprilia lurge number of men feli sick, including neariy ail the natives, Who possess no Such power of @udurance as they are geuerally cre- died with. {ndeed, the seamen from te sip in luany cases proved themselves to be superior to the Macaeteros OL thelr OWN ground. tis but Just to the officer in command, Mr. Eaton, to state that al- though sorely distressed wiih an achmg foot, he nevertheless continued the march with only five others, the reminder having been sent back to Boca, Chica to a temporary hospital erected there under the charge of Dr. Fussell. LT bave already given ine details o: Mr, Eaton's survey, and wiil only add that sufferings and privations endured during lis iude- fatigabie career were Bot @ whit less than tu Atlanute side. When Mr, Barnes, accompanied by Mr. Couden, crossed the aivide ob April 3, leaving their party near the lead waters of the Paranchita to await their return, ke communicated with Mr. Baton a few days afterwards. Jt is evident they must have come over in @ mhore southerly direction than that crossed by Commander Selfridge, ior the elevation found by Mr. Barnes was more than trebie that discovered by the former in January last. How- belt, Barnes and Couden returned to their party on the Atlantic side in order to proseeute a more VIGOROUS SEARCH FOR THE DEPRESSION said to exist in the vicinity of the expioring grouna, while Eaton’s wen continued their march to make the eonnecting tine. Up to my leaving the Resaca, twit, to forward despatches, no further been received relative to the opera- tions of ether party. Notwithstanding this state of Tacts hopes were entertained that an elevation of 400 feet Would be obtained, and inteliigence to that On the moroing of the 21st the steam launch, in charge of Mr. Kelly, left the Cnipagana ior Pino- gana, @ distance of about fitty mules, to have lorwarded by canoes another cargo of provisions to the mouth of the Caé river. It was generally expected that Mr. Eaton's party would cominence their recurn vo the steamer on the 20th April, by which date the ‘«ivide’’ was to have been examined, drawing a line from the mouth of the Cué, which would occupy about a fortnight, so Uiat the party ts daily expected on board the Kesaca, which, upon their arrival, will lmmediateiy weigh anchor for Panama. Meanwhtie the hydrographic Work and triangulation are being acuvely carried on in the vicinity of Chipagana, uuder the supervision of Commander Selfridge. ‘The Resaca 18 anchored about # mile and & bali from the settlement, on opposiie shure, where the current heavily, and were it not for the which the expertit success in sonu reat undertaking in vats engaged, and the hopes that pgree Wii compensate for We Vist amount of trou! hardship and anxiety Which mark the enterprise, life on the Thyra would be unendor- able, Althongh not possessing the same marsay aspect whieh renders the route from the Atianuec side So disagreeabie (0 traverse, there is, neverthe- less, & Most uninviting appearance presented on ail sides, and When the Water 18 low (ie maddy banks show themselves in all their hideous deforauty, while rank and decaying vegetation coutriputes Its odoriferous mite to the sickiy looks of Avery- thing around, It takes a strong nerve to drive away THE APPRNIENSIONS FEVER which the Tuyra at times Unrefres}ingiy -uggests, Fortunate is it that the current hows so swilily, for otherwise the mortality among the inhabitants of the various setiiements along the river would be something enormous, As it is, even the natives do Not escape the imularious effects of their surround. oe But it must be added Wat tnd vie havoc which Is very freely indulged in by the machete: contributes largely to their speedy the celebrated “Jersey ligituing’’ could n pare With the ferocious uid sold In the setiiements either m point of pungeuey or certainty of aim at the heartstrings of bibe it.) Aged men at any of vie settiements are indeed few and far between, hor are the walks to the neighboring churchyards permitted to grow geen, The several taneraia | witnessed at Pino- gana strongly Linpressed me with the idea that the rave has few terrors for the people of that mieresting jocality, When the soul a poor man takes its tight the body, after bemg “waked”? and howled over by ao party of women well primed with winskey, is put into the common coiin and carried to the cemetery, A hole has wready boca dag, and the re- mains are dumped into 1¢ without much ceremony, clay Is thrown over, and after some wild scream the botue js paased agouud, and all retwry i. eveut in favor of the peaceful intercourse of | tt Will be unuecessary to recapitulate | Aiter the party | displayed | wileh marked the progress of the pariy fro the | effect was eagerly awaited on’ board ihe Resaca. | occasioually ruhs at ive knots an hour. Thae passes | those who frequently im. | fice ready to bury half a dozen on the same terms, ¢ majority of the natives being indolent and igno- rant are readily imposed upon by some of the more my of their sable companions. They work jusv sumMiciently to provide for the commonest necessa- ries, content with the anticipation of a prolonged carouse, after which they become penniless and must work again, merely to repeat the dose; and so they live (rom year to year, almost without Knowing the object of gheir existence. In pomt of cleanness or deportment they are assuredly tar beneath the Indians, whom they affect to despise, gnd whose territory they invade in search of india-rupber. Easter and Christmas times are the two great periods of tne year when these rubber unters abandon themselves to the full swing of their barbaric amusements, the principal } one being the drunken fandango, in which tuey are jomed by tue women, who, in lieu of sing- ing, scream until they are hoarse, Chipagana ts, perhaps, the dullest piace outof prison. So far as health is coacerned, a well-regulated pemitentiar’ Would be tne more preferable. ‘The huts are all huddied together, the atmosphere is stifling and the swam» atthe eastera end, through wich tae pigs gambo} and grunt, is SUFFICIENT TO CREATE A PLAGUE, The monotony of the day 1s occasionally varied by the speccacics presented in the narrow lanes, A little naked urchin mounts @ good-sized hog of his oOwi evony color, which, perhaps, trightened at tae encumbrance, starts off- at a good pace, Then the halt-starved cur dogs, by a of frohe, but in reality to dispel the thoughts of hunger, jom in pur suit, yelping at @ great rate. AS a general thing, the hunt 1s maintained with spirit until the boy Tumbles mto the gutter, where his watenful parents } oftentimes find him asleep, Bongos arrive at inter- vals from Panama with provisions, ior which the natives kuow how to charge a good round stm, There are no hapitations along the Tuyra river after leav- ing Chipagana until Santa Maria is reached, the next being Moleneca and the last Pinogana, They all present the sae forlorn, sleepy, Woe-begone as- pect, and are totaily devoid of interest except tor the old associations connected with them. Here and there the remains of an old Spanish fort may be seen, but time and the withering influences oi the climate have rendered them so many irreclalavie wrecks, Those regions were never sought in the first instance to render the weaith of the soil acces- sible aud available by permanent improvement of the means of jnvernal communication, but to nastily rake together by any means, nowever violent or ne- farious, susticient of the precious metals to purchase ailfe of laxury and indolence ta the Old World. The | gold hunter, the man-killer has been here; the buc- caneer has cut bis desperate path across lis rugged Tastnesses; the Spanish souwier has fought and died to preserve the hidden treasures to which Is coun- try claimed the right; the schemer has led hither his vietiin to. og on its inhospitable shores, but all have leié the region of Tuyra river a3 wild and deso- Jate as they found it, Bue wether by this route ‘or any othe: the time has come when the dream of centuries must be realized. The bainer across the isthmus must be brokea—an enterprise Wiich not only the demands of commerce bué the volve of the hurricane which howis around the Cape loadly proclaim to be one of immeasurable importance and necessity. It is only by the earnest Jabors OL such an expedition as that now engaged in the present survey that the country ean become known. Stoulad it appear that the route by tie ‘Tuyra river and up the Cue isimpracticaple for canal Purposes it will require no future exammaition’ to | settie the question, so far as this portion of the isth- mus 18 couverned., The investigation has been of tue most compleie description, but if the route does not exist, by Way of the Paraochita river from the Allantic 1% will be somethiug to Know it, Even though the much-talked-of “divide” should thr out to be more tian four hundred feet, when is not unlikely, there are those who would oifer strong ob- Jections to this route because of 113 lengih, and more especially Oo account of the Vostsum tiat would be | required to complete the work. Undeterred, how- | ever, by the VARIOUS EXPRESSIONS OF OPINION which his expioration has given rise to Com- mander Seifridge has worked zealousiy since the commenceinent, in the hope that a route does exist in this direction, An important result of the expe- i dinon will be the revabie knowiedge as to this section of the fstumus it wil impart to tae world, The Spaniards nave left scarcely a percepuble im- } press, benedcial or otherwise, upon its wild and tangied surface. It retains the same uncieared, } uncaliivated, unwholesome disirlct Jor centuries, | The forests are still th impenetraoie Jungies of huge trees and matted underwood, swarming with Venomous repules, It 1s certain, however, tat the Spaniards were well xequainied with the shortest roa: mt Ovean to ocean, and that, in fact, that the | country was better known two centuries ago than It ) IS ab the presentday. But ali well-organised expe- i ditions contribute 60 much to the Knowledge as to the shortest, the most icastule and the cheapest } Toute across the isthmus, On the 21st ult, as already mentioned, an open launch, rigged as a sioop, set sail irom thipagana for Panama, m charge of Lieutenant Curtis, to con- ; vey atches and return with the mai. Tae other engers were Mr. Crawley, captaiu’s clerk, ! the geologist and your correspondent, together with | @crew of four men. ‘Ihe distance to Panama was | about 120 miles. With a fair breeze the litiie craft scurided down the river in good style; but once into | the Guif of San Miguel we were becaimed until even- ing, When the launch was inpelied by a gentle wind. | Of Punta Lorenzo nota ripple was to be seen on | the broad expanse, aud so anchor was dropped until one o'clock In the morning, when we again got | under way, ‘Tre beautiful Pearl Islands were | passed towards evening, but other calms succee ling the lauuch did not arrive at Panama until the 24th. ; Much speculation ts indulged in here as to the re- sult of the expedition. ‘Those who have been cos- nected with the city for years, and who seem to have posted themselves thoroughly upon the subject of ; Cana:s, are not inclued to regard the present sur- vey with much favor, and contend, perhaps with | Some excusable degree of prejudice, that the shortest i and only feasiple route across the isthmus is by way | of the Chagres river, the entrance -to which is now | being sounded and examined by the oMfcers of the | United States steamer Aipsic. The Resaca willleave | Chipagana about the oth inst., and, after landing | the omtcers of the expedition at Panama, will proba- ; bly proceed to Catia. The United States*storeship Guard, now lying tu the Gulf of Darien, bas orders to be in Aspinwail before the 15th inst., on or about which date she will ciear for New York. ‘These are the state of facts up to the present date. The Cupica-Ahato route 1s confidently asserted t be asuccess, while that by way of the Tuyra ana Cu | river's does not warrant the bright expectations pre- viously formed of it, jndging by the inteiligence con- veyed irom the mountains nearly a month ago mn rela- tion to the height of the elevation, The rainy season is close at hand, and ocfore many days the operations of the expedition mnst entirely cease. i A STATUE TO FITZ-GREEVE BALLECK. The friends of the late gifted poet, Fitz-Greene Haueck, who may desire to contribute towards -the erection of a fulllength bronze statue of him, for which a site has been selected by the Commission- ers of the Central Park, are invited to forward tneir subscriptions to any member of the committee named below. The sum of $12,000 is required for the erection of the statue, a considerable portion of which amount has been already subscribed by citi- D zens of New York. The officers and committee having charge of the work are as follo amuel F. B, Morse, President, No. 5 West Twenty-second street; James Grant Wilson, ‘ciary, 15 East Seventy- fourth street; Benjamin i. Field, Treasurer, 21 East Twenty-sixth street, Trustee: William C. Bryant, |S. B. Chittenden, Hamilton Fish, William Kembte, Samiet B. Ruggles, Wiluam iH, Appleton, William {. Blodgett, Andrew H. Green, Evart A. Duyckinck, Jonn H. Gouriie. The following are among those who have already sabseribed to the fune John M. Bixby.. 3500 A. Onkey Hall. $100 Moses H. Grinnell 2 F. B. Mors » Loo Hamilton Fish... Wm. Cullen Bryant.. 100 Ben). I. vield..... lian C. Verpiauck. 100 Frederic De Peyster.. W. ©, Moore, + 100 {1 S, B. Cluttenden. William T. Blodgett.. 100 Benj. &. Winthrop Wm. Walter Phelps.. 100 Jas. Gordon Benn David Dudiey Field., 100 Joun David Wolfe George H. Boker..... 50 Jas, Grant Wilson. Jonn A. C. Gray Autred Peil... ‘Thos. Hall Fatle. A Lady Friend 100 John Roberton, » David stew 109 Joan Bigelow a) Win 100 Geo. W. Curtis. + Willtam Nibio........ 100 3} » lo elisworth {IN THE MISSISSIPPH, TRE GREAT CREVAS! Arrest of the Man Who Cut tae Levee. (From the New Orleans Republican, May 9.) ‘The sheriff of St. Jon the Baptist parish reports to the G py that Lie Bonnet Carre levee was cut { by the federal forces of Bonnet Carre camp in 1863, and almst every year since timtt tine it has been cut by Mr. Edward Porche, owner of the plantation Where the crevasse ocourred. Mr, Porche has been arresied jor cutung we levee, and has given bonds {in the sam of $1,090 to, appear before the District Court m October next.* The St. John the Baptist Plowey of Vie 6th says:—Lhe crevasse at Bonnet | Carre is sill ronning in atl tts mad fury, and even ail efforts to siop the wiienmng of the break have proved fruitiess, and the work has been abandoned, and the unchained waters of the Mississipp! go tearing over the beauuful felds, carrwng destruction aud desolation with then Froin a poiat near tie break Me scene ts traly heart Tendiug, and wonld move with pity any but a ma j devonl of human feeling. 'Tts true a little care and | watchtuiness would have prevented ail this ram, | but when we view the terrible retribution, the ro- memprance of telr error Is drowned in the milk of human kindness, Where once stood those neat ilt- Ue collages, the Dappy wolues of many of our most honest aud imdustrious citizens, now rush the fierce and angry waves, dashing to pleces j the result of years of toll, uprooting the | very trees which once surrounded — them. Hl Above and below, as far as the eye can reach, the delds so lately covered with @ wealth of sugar cane, are covered wilh & vast sheet of water, the cabina deserted, whte far beyond an occasional Sugar House lice its head above the surface, Most of the planters for some distance have lett their howses and found sheiter with some of thelr more lavored neighbors, Tho water has aca reached some of the low lands in the rear of Joseph L. Bour- gois’ plantation, at the upper line of this parsed and we are infor that It is some distance below Ken- nervile. Many of the planters m1 the upper portion of the parish have put up draining machines in order to save their crops. The only nope we have 48 a continued fail of the river, and the prospect for ‘the same Is quite favorable at present; bat we hope that the severe lesson we are now receiving wiil not soon be formoiten by the people Of tls parish. MUSIC AND THE DRAMA. Music, ITALIAN OPERA.—Miss Kellogg, Mme. Himela, Ca- roselli and Susini form the quartet for “Martna”” this evening. “Faust” will be repeated on Wednes- day, “The Sicilian Vespers” will be given on Friday, and the season will close on Saturday night with a performance of “Robert le Diabie,” in which Miss Kellogg will for the first time essay the Ole of Alice. THEODORE THOMAS.—This celebrated leader and his entire orchestra commence a summer season of popular concerts at Central Park Garden to-nlrht. The programme is better than any Philharmonic one we have heard this season, comprising selec- tions from Beethoven, Wagner, Remecke, Thomas, | Bruch, Mendelssohn, Kossim, Strauss, Adam and Lumiye. That is variety enough. Evrerre.—This admirable society wiil give their last concert at Assoctauion Hall on Weduesday, Tae Soloists will be Miss nerd, Miss Sterling, Miss Barron; Messrs. Clark, Kemmerta, Hoss, Lewenberg, Matzka and Brannes. Mr. Morgan is the conductor. SULLIEN.—This chef Morchestre, who has gained @ high reputation In London and Parts, and inherlis much of his renowned father’s talent, will com- mence @ season of v rumenta concerts and /eles Wee at ‘Pe on the 2th mst, exe Concerts Will be given on Tuesdays, Fridays ; and Sundays during ihe summer, ANNA MEHLIG.—Th's accomplished pianist bids farewell to New York on Wednesday next in a grand Matinée at Stemway Hall, in which sie wil be assisted by Ole Bull and Thomas? orchestra. MISCELLANEOUS ConvERTS.—-Ole Bull has a benefit Hien. | at | at ihe Acade riques de Leon Ste pway Rail to-n on Thursday, and Miss tues privaie Lestinionial coucert is ‘The Drama. O.yMric.—A new adaptation of Ainsworth’s | novel, ‘Jack Sheppard,” will be produced at this | theatre to-night, 4 stroug one, comprising M Fox, | Pearson aud Mordaunt and Miss Harland, 4 Prior and Jennie Yeamans. GRAND Opera House.—The opdra boge season | will close this week, and on Monday next the Lon. | don, Paris and New York pantomiune company will | open with “The Three Hunchbacks,” Firre AvENUE.—byron’s beautiful comedy, “Not Such a Fool as He Looks,” will be given Units evening for the first time, with Charles Mathews as Sir Simon Simple, Davidge as Mould, Miss Linda | Deitz as Miss Felicia, Miss Moraut as Mrs. Merton | and Mrs. Gilbert as Mrs, Mould. Boorn's.—"Winter’s Tale” enters upon its fourth week this evening, and willlikely keep the boards for We remaiuder of tue season. WALLACK’s.—“Randali’s Thumb’? has proved i such an unqualifiea success that it wilh be me ac. | traction at his standard theatre wall Mr, Moss opens his summer season with *itie.” NiBLO’S3—"'Kit” has got into suiooth running or- der now, and its success alier the Shakspearian Jasco ought lo convince the managewent taat the theatre is only suitavie Jor spectacies and seusa- tional plays, Miscellaneons Dramatic Notes. “Rank” enters upon its second week at Lina Ed win's, Its successor is not yet named. “L) Africane”’ will be given to-night at the Stadt. Whalily will be the attraction in the new Bowery play, “The Gola Belt.” Little Nell, the California Diamond, opens at Mrs. Conway’s Park theatre, Brooklyn, this week, Delenanty, Hensler, Sheridan and Mack open at the Globe to-night. Jos Hart appears in “ihe Tempter Foijlea,”” Joseph Murphy closes his engagement at Wood’s on Saturday. James H. Budworth appears this week at the Comique as “Oileubach, tue Dutch Actor.’” Dan Bryant has some very amusing [eatu his bill this evening. Newcomb & Ariington’s Minstrels have many no- } Velties to mtroaace in tiele performance. Tony Paswor as two companies and seven new stars. Miss Jean #urnstde will make her d¢bit this even- ing in drainatic recitals at tne Unton League Clup theatre. ‘Lhe programme is @ very attractive one. MUSICAL REVIEW. J.N. Pattison & Co, have issued a small, cheap and very Pandsome edition of Strauss’ works, con- venient in size and clearly engraved, The pub- lishers intend following this edition with the works of other celebrated European composers mm simiar form. Ditson & Co,’s editions of the Italian operas, scores and librettos are the best and cheapest we have seen. Nota note 1s omitted in the score, and copious explanations of the various acts accom- pany each opera, The life of tho composer and the argument of the opera are added to each work. W. A, Pond & Co. publish the following:—"Chant du Rouel.” Lysberg. A sparkling, characteristic work, in which an imitation of the hum of the spin- ning wheel is given. The theme in 6-8 time is re- peated inthe middle o1 the work by the leit hand, while the right accompanies it with an arpeggio figure very like the “Spinnerlied” of Litoit, “Rondo Criotlo.” G. W. Warren. An unmeaning, labored and uninteresting arrangement of cercain queer themes, Which strike us as being of Hungarian origin. “La Coquette.” Maz! A work of undoubtet e@. beaten path, too. tts worthy of a composer who has made his mark in the domain of trae art. istling Leaves.’ idyl G. Lange. A pleas- ing and popular mazurke, without avy special merit tn Une themes. “solitadte.’? Reverie. Homer N. Bartlett. In the first and last paris of ths work the composer seems to have been inspired with a desire solely to exhtbit nis Knowledge of counterpoint. Tne etiect is ike what would be produced by a writer who searches the dictionary for polysyliamc and rarely used words, and scatters tuem tirough IMs © wituont understanding the proper use of them. ‘The best part of the work Js a palpable plagiarism from 3 on caprice. J. H. Goodrich, ence, and ont of the } Chopin, scherzo.” F, Brande! A musicianly work, but hardly as interesting as others we have seen written by the same composer. A figure is 1troduced 1a oue of the themes, which 1s a strong reminder of Gottschalk. Hi. N. llempsted & Co., Milwaukee, publish or Campano'’s beautiful litle songs, entitled, to Me.” or RAILROAD Di Coroner Hermann yesterday commenced an inves Ugation in the case of Thomas Reiliey, the youth of twenty years, who was killed, corner of ‘iwenty- fourth street and Tenth avenue, early Saturday morning, by belng run over by a@ train of freignt cars, with steam dummy attached, pelonging to the Hudson River Railroad Company, as heretofore pub- jished im the HERALD. John Reiley, a brother of deceased, stated that he gotaboard the trajn at the depot (‘Ihirnerh st and Tenth avenue) and rode down to Twenty-fourtu | street, where, seeing deceased on the sidewalk, he | told him to get on the rear car. Without 8. eing more of bis brother the witness rode down to Garrow sircet, jumped of and went to his work. Later in tie aay he learned that Thomas had bgen killed. The to- vestigation Will be continued on Tuesday. At the inquest on the body of Pat Madden, Jr., who was killed Friday evening by @ train on the Froshing Ratiroad, heid Saturday, in Long Island City, two witnesses only were examined—Mr, Newell, Who was riding in the Wagon with the Maddens, and Mr. York, the flagman. Mv. Neweil testified that } they saw the fagman and he warned them of dan- ger, but that the eider Madden, who is not ected to live, struck the horse with a clu attempting to cross before the train arrive He stated tha they had been drinking. Mr. York testified that he attempted to stop the pariy. The imquest. was then adjourned until to-day. A permit to bury the body was | granted by Coroner Tewksbury. A large number of Witnesses have been summoued, and it is expected a verdict will be given to-day. On Saturday evening James Bailey, engineer on ; the Rockaway branch of the South Side (Long Island) Railroad, was killed vy falling between Wwe eugine and ears. CRUSADE AGAINST THE LIQUOR DEALERS. The Board of Excise of Hempstead, Long Island, have resolved to grant but four liquor licenses, There are about forty dealers, The Board is of the opinion that it has the right to act as it pleases, and expresses Its determination to force the unlicensed | dealers to suspend. ‘The Excise Roard of Greenport has refused to grant sy licenses. It has decided to ald the tem- perance folks in crashing out the liquor traffic. An ‘uppeal to the courts is to be taken in both cases. MISSING BROORLYNITES. Richard Orpen, @ patrolman attached to the Fifth Precinct station, has been missing since the 2d inst. On that day he drew a month’s pay, and his family and fellow oMcers are seeking for him, Edward Powers, a magnetic doctor, missing from his residence, No, 652 Lafayette ave- nue since Friday afternoon last. He is about fifty- two years of age, and his wife thinks he was in a Wwoubled gtate of mid When she*jast ua, ] has been | the senten 4 Ol the frame { the sweets and courtyards with thelr 1 } and T found that a youug.Al | danger is past. THE LAST SHAKE. Our Correspondent in a Chi- lean Earthquake. Graphic Description of the Rumblings, Tumblings and Convulsions. The Effects in Santiago, Valparaiso, Talea, Chillan and Elsewhere, An Intrepid Priest at the Altar. SANTIAGO, March 26, 1871. we were standing iu the portals of re the words which head a despateh re- here to-day from Curico, in the southern part of the valley In which this elty stands, and applying td the whole of Chile I thing dt sums up the situation with a terrible tersenes At about eleven o'clock yesterday morning Chile Was convulsed by a shock of earthqua powerin! experienced m twenty years, and at twenty minutes past five o'clock in the afternoon a repetition of the awilul phenomenon occurred of About equal force, but somewhat lesser duration, These two major temblores were also followed by numerous minor shocks up to this evening, but | now, that an gnusually copious shower of rain has fallen, the fear of the danger has passed, and the people are once more tranquil, ‘The exact tie at which the city of Santiago was affected waa four minutes before eleven o'clock, that being indicated by the stopping of the town clock in the piaza on the tower of the Intendencta At that hour all the churches were thronged with worshippers, the majority, of course, being women, engaged in celebrating the Feast of Annun- ciation, All places of business were closed, and the town wore a hotiday aspect, all religious feast days bein; here — more zealously observed than the Sabbath, Suddenly slight thrill of the earth was felt, lasting two or three seconds, and then a violent tremuling emotuon ensued, followed without intermission by a distinct rolling or twisting movement, the whole phenome- non having a duration of about seventy seconds, Butin that brief period the city barely escape beingamass of dusty rain. The houses rocked, creaking and cracking; chureh towers swayed with "a sweep of three or four fect in the air; the bells in the steeples ‘vere rung by the movement, dogs barked, flocks ot irightened pigeons hovered over the city, and dismayed humanity rushed into the streets and squares blanched with fear, smiting on their breasts and uitering ‘“mésericordia /? Then came a lull of rest when the motion had ceased, and in a few minutes peopie were back in their houses and anxiously wondered wiiether such a termble shock could have swept through the lana without having razed some city to the ground. At present we have only partial reports, and the gravest fears exist that great damage has been done, either further south. ward or in Peru or Bolivia, to the nortn of ua, Next came examinations of walls and estimauons of damage, but chese, it napptly discovered, were slighi; so slight, in fact, as to create some surprise, One of the wails of the Archbishop’s paiace was reut open, leaving a fissure of about two centimetres in breadth and one of the inner walls of the Inteadencia, as also of the Cale Santiago, Was similaily cracked its entire height. Several flagstat!s were broken and the interfor walis and heavy earthera-tied roofs of a large number of dwelling houses were considerably injured, In the churches there was experienced more or jess panic, a3 the terrified assemblages hurried to the doors, and many persons were contued and some severely trampled upon. At the Chureh of the Merced it 1s reported that two women had their arms broken, and in most instances women were the personal sufferers, But it must be said also that in these panics most of the fault hes with the genticr sex, forthe women of Santiago, as of most Spanish countries, insigt upon wearing long, trailing skirts, and when a rush 1s made, these being tram- pled upon, their wearers are thrown down and scores of others fall over them, It is asserted here by those who were preseut at tne time that the doors of the burning Church of the Compata were by this means blocked Jul of human be:nws and the World was appailea by a tragedy in Which Over two thousand lives Were lost, ‘1uis Was eight years ago; but ine iadies have n ra of th » yesterday une of the of- jeiaimg pri i nimselt, Upon per- ceiving the severity of the sock and the calamity Which” 1s 2 io portend ne ceased im the service, calinly recommended the congrega- to leave ine Guilice, and, resignediy turning to altar, bent Ms Head revereutiy upon his hana, as sh eugayed i silent prayer, the periect seal of plous resignation, He igintained wis altiiude Until ail tie danver had passed. With regard to the extent of the motion im the femoior L have Just deseribed itis didicult to estis mate the rise or fal! of we earth, put at the ume of Is occurrence J happened to be in the rooms young New York artist who is here painting Scenery, Large paiutings upon the Walia were ‘ound, aiter the excitament Was over, toghave swung wid regnained two and hail incaes oif the level; but tis can only iudicate paruaily the vibration, for there was considerable irictton as the heavy irames el aied the Walls, aad ihe naLs supporting the lower edges were iu some cases broken off, while m every instauce the pretures had been thrown off from tel suppo The rooms rocked #0 as io pro- duce a& sensation of giddmess, aud te umbers creaked with asound fully as oud aa the creaking of & Wicket basket when heavily strained. Ou the op- posite side of tue street is @ large building, intended jor aiegisiative and Odicial Meddquarters, in a ual state of compleuion, and t US OF {11S St ture seemea fo SWay Wii a SWeep Of LWo eet from the vertical ime. Ata few minutes before one o'clock in the after noou & second shock Ovcurred, but Gi siaght force and duration, and people generally were becomiug more tranauilized up to twenty mintes past five o'clock, When nearly everybody Was at dinner, and then @ third Rcene of panic ensued, as # heavy, trembling and swinging movement was seit. Again the houses creaked, trees quiverea and swayed, chandeliers, pictures and ail pendant objects were swung VIC of the fountains was, im numerous cases, das over the brim, # height of noc less than four or inches. Servants rushed pale and breatil gatly about, aud the waier in the basms ed mistresses, nusericordias were again thonsanas of voices, and in about fifty seconds the storia had abated. Nothing very serious seems vo have tesuiicd from this sho. And now came the really anxious time as night setiicd down upon the convuised and frightened | city, ond it was found that quite @ strong, cool breeze was prevailing. Tue more expericieed im- habitants augured much danger if this wind pre- vaiied without rain for any length of ume, as rain is always the supplement to an earinquake, even { though, as here ac present, rain may not be expected for Some Weeks yet Co comme, this bemg only we commencement of the fail. or rainy season. ‘To ve wake was at least oad enough, but to be asleep uring an carthquake carries with it sometiing ter- rible in the mere anticipation. Awske one may rnsh into the patios, or at least make an effort to escape; but asleep a ialling wail may prolong iat slumber into the haze or eternity. Hundreds of peu pie siept in the pacos, Mmprovising beds, aud lay to snatch what rest they might under the lignt of the staré, While In the suparbs of the ely scores of pour persons, whose houses were not built wita court: | yards, slept im the streeis. I contess to the most appalling iear L have ever expertenced—and | have feli many—bat they ditiered widely from tnis fear: nerican deatise here was by no means loth of my Company a8 a vedielow. A room alone Would have scemed lonely last nist to | either of a3, and We siept together with our clotung on, ready for a das inte the street, with the doors ir and a hight burma ahnize At three ofviock in the morning, while in a dozing and restless siesp, We Were awakened by a sharp shock, which shook the bedstead so that our bodies quivered; but, by the time we (uly understood it, 1 had ceased, and, waking and turning in nervous restlessness, We passed the remainder of the night. About seven ¢’cioek tis morning a heavy shower of rain commenced failing, and the Sabbath is a damp and muddy one, bat that whieh bring: these Inconyeniences Is Joylully halied, like “the bow t the heavens,” ad the assurance that the Several siigat tremors of the eartit have been fet during the afternoon, they tudi- cate omy the subsiding throbs of the great subter- ranean convuisions of yesterday, Bach of the heavier shocks Was accompaaied by tie heavy Tumbling noise beneath the earth, resemoling we roar of a furious wind, and the general direction of tie Wave or shock seems to have veen from horti- cast Lo southwest. To-day we have telegraphic and mail reports from many places down che Santiago valley, as well as aiong the line of tne Valparaiso Rauway, bringlug news of the breaking of wwis and tie failing of houses, but nO uews Of any great calamity has yet been forwarded. At Linares and chilian several nouses fel), but thelr occupants had alveady escaped. ‘Al Taica We chureb of the Mat eudered ramex e the most | et altered their fashion, | ; & word, severely, large fizaures in the walls having opened iN several places and several of the arenes Were also broken, Seven shocks were experienced, and the force of the earthquake at that place has not beem equatied since bs. o We churcees rung with the moveme the people rus in argo hutabers to the Matriz, desiring to enter tue church, many among them being [rautical enough to ex- elm aloud:— “Queremos morir en la casa de Dios!” (we Wish to die 1 the house of Goa), ‘The priest, however, ordere< the doors of the edi- fice to be closed, and, had a great calamity befallel It Would have been LO ls good sense hat the people might have attribated weir escape tom pemg crushed by consecrated wall at least, And they are generally the most dangerous, (becaus the highest walls in these countries. ‘the cross ou the Lower of the church of San Francisco was casved to the ground and broken, and portions of (ie watis were also throwndown. A state of tl! most terror seized the people of Talca, and Women aoa children crowdeu the streets utcering piteots laticuladon At Curico the first shock 13 reported to have bes felt at eleven o'clock, and to have been succeeded by three lesser cues, These were followed by the heavy afternoon shock at hakl-pust five o'¢ This Was fell to be more severe, buteof bricier duration than the first sock, and & number of broken wails ana roofs bear jess to 1ts might, Rancagus secms to have experienced the first shock jater than any other place as yet heard lrom— viz., hal-past eieven o'clock, Peopie rushed into the strects ima site of Une most fearful terror, aud the wr was resonant with panie-stricken erles and mis ricordias, At ong o’cloek a second shock re- newed the drcad el vie innapitants, and then a tew hours of relict Was teruuaated at thirty five minutes past five by a but heavy shock, which was accompanied by very loud rumblings and the creak~ Ing of Goors aut Windows, the cries of women and. cnildren, ahd succee ed during the night by several minor siloc Most of the iuhabitants passed the night wifhour unaresing, and ta ute open alre Kain cominenced failing Here at three o'clock in the: Morning; but ibis ratuer a strange incident of the whole phenomenon that at Chillan, Linares, Talea, Curtco aud ali pouty so far heard irom south of Hancogua, the ram commenced tailing daring the enV At San Felipe, Liailial, Limache and other small LoWas Uie shocks were severely felt, but no serious damage result . A very siugul tient, however, occurred om the Ine of the southern r about sixty mules Ke of morning trad Was runn Uli speed and crosslug @ country Tot WIL & large oX-leam wagon, containing: south of Sant. nue t siX persous, laen and Women, ‘ihe ‘wagon was compieiely demolished and all the occupants were killed mstanuy. Diligent seaven tatied to discover, the heads of vives of the victuns, nor were their names even kuown for some days atverwards, It is Alirmed kat the oxea became frightened by the Shock of earthquake, Witch Occurred & moment pres) beled BCLOe4 the track just in trot of the advancing train, The Stake in Vulparaiso—Lojury to Public and Private Buildings Child Killed by a Falle ing Cornice VALPARAISO, March 29, 1871. The heaviest shock of earthquake known in Chile for fifteen or wwenty years occurred on Saturday last about eleven o’¢ ock ia tre forenoon, and shook this city to Its foundations. Its throes were marked by extreme Violence, lasting over one mimute, and suc. ceeded by an equally Leavy, though briefer, shock shortly aiter five o'clock P, M. <A considerable shock, also, was felt at one o’clock the same day, but in comparison with the others it was unworthy of notice, a8 Was also one which was slightly appa- rent ata little after elght o'clock at night, In the first suock the Chureh of the Merced, iu tue Almen- dral, savered somewhat, sustaining one or two frac- tnres in the walls; and a heavy cornice in faliing froin a house injured a little girl ‘so that she died on the iolowiy day. The two severest convulsions Were suci as to cLeate mtense fear among tne people, and as each occurred huadreds of persons ran ter rifled jrom the jlouses ito the streets, many being | Ina state of aegiigée by no means usual ior street attire. Some ten or a dozen houses wiso were more or less 1njured, in some of them the walls being 80 much broken us to render them unsafe for occupa. ton. ‘The bell of the Custom House, as also those of several oi the churenes, rung im consequence of the violence of the oscillations, and considerable pro- perty in the torm of glassware and botiled tint wines, &C., destroyed In various stores an warehouses. The waters of the harbor were much agitated and a@Wwave was greatly feared, but fortunately none came, owing to ihe great height of many of the houres in tue Calle Pianchada, Calle Aduana, Calle San Jaan de Dios, Calle Cochrane and other streets. ‘The loss of ule would have been terribie had the shock been more sev The houses on the Cerrt too, are Astanding menace to the lower town, ant oppling down three or four hundred feet, as they ay do in any great (eidlor, they will crush every thing bencath them, Acommission has been appointed by the Inten- dente to examine and report upon the extent of damage done, So Wat no injury may result Hereutter fron: undiscovered iractures in buildings. No inform: has as yet been brought from along the cous! showing that damage has resulted to the seaboard tow! A LiVERARY CHIT CHAT. Mr. WILLIAM Moxris, the English—or rather Scottish—poet, is golug to write an account of bis tour in Iceland. MR. PERCY FiTZGERALD has im the press a new biography, entitied “Tue Kembies,” which gives an account of Jolin Philip Kemble and his si-ter, the celebrated actress, sarah Siddons, M. W. Viterbe, the Utrecht Professor of Jurispra- denee, has lately written a remarkable pamphiet in French, entitied “La Reconstruction de l’Empire @slemagne et Ja Liberte de PEurope.” As in his foriner writings, the learned author Is by no means favorable to Prussia, and entertains great fears of the lust of conguesi displayed by Prussianized Ger- many. He puts great faith In the united efforts of the neutral Powers, and he expects much from the action of the Engls. i’ariiament. The most inter- esting portion of the brochure are various extracts from the letters of a noted South German “National Liberal,” whose name, however, is not given. Tue LONDON AVHONAUM annonuces that Mra. Anne biza Bray las nearly compieted a memotr of Joan of Are. Last ycar she published her “Revolt of the Camisatus of the Ceveanes,’? aad the year before her ** of the Good St, Louis.” When it ia stated that Mrs. Pray isin her eighty-first year and that both tue works last mentioned are notable for the freshness of mind and power of research they exnibit, it will be seen that she ts @ remarkable In- stance of the preservation of the mental faculties | untmpalred at a very advanced age. Tne work | which first gave Mrs. Bray reputation was suggested by the poet Southey, and published some tinrty-five ¥ THE DrATu of Nr. Samuel Haikett, Edinburg has lost onc of her most learncd sons, and Great Britain one of the a)lest of ner literatl, Mr. Halkett could “read all and speak most of the living lan- 3 of Europe,” aud was a zealous student of the Eastern tongues, both Shemittc and Indian. So retenuve was bis memory, said Sir Willian: Hamilton, that he hardly knew what it was to forget He had oeen keeper of the Advocates? Library since 1843, Mr, Halkett leaves incomplete avery valuable work—a dictionary of British anony- mous and pseudonymous literature—for wich: he has been engaged during Sfteen years in collecung materials frou every quarter. AMESICAN SociaTy is tae title of a new weekly paper publishel by tie New York and Hartford Pablishing Company of this city, As its titie indi cates it is a journal of fasntonable iife, Its mechant- cal execution 1s admirable, the type being large and clear and the paper tinted. Making all allowances for the crudiiles which seem inevitable in the drst number of a paper, American Soctety ia a decided improvement on other publications of the sind. Its contents are tree from all objections, thers being none of those ieatures which have made society papers mere vehictes for the circulation of domestic scandals. One of Its features—deseriptions of the private pieture gulieries in the United Staves—is especially deserving of praise, as it makes the pub- lie familtar with the treasures of art which adorn the homes of our wealthy citizens. The present number contains a portrais of Mile, Nilsson, aud each numper will be tilustrated by a likeness ot some eminent lady. Altogether American Sociely prog 1ses to be a decided success, New Publications Received. From D. Appleton & Co.:—Copy of the new edition of Miss Youge’s heroft,” and “Good Por Noth- + ing’; a novel, by Whyte Melville. From Lee, Shepherd ana Dillingnam:—R. H. New. el)’s (Orpheus ©. Kerr) Varieties” in verse, and a “Bandbook of the Adminstration of the United States?” From James R. Osgood & Co., Boston:—Joln Hay’s “Banads” and Bret Harte’s * From SR. Wells & Affections of the Nerve: George H, Taylor, M. D. From Nichols & Hail, Boston:~ “Bread Winners’? By an anonymous autnoress, From Beiknap & Bliss, Hartford:—“Pifty Years in the Magic Circle.” A narrative by Signor Bits of his professional life, &e From H. Dayton & Go.:—"The Commercial Trayeie Jer’s Guide Boos.”