1834).(alexandria, va.) 1858-07-31 [p ]. - chronicling america...mountwashington, n. 11., july 24,...

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ALEXANDRIA:SATURDAY MORNING, JULY 31, 1S5£

News of I be Day.

"Toshow the eery aye and body ofthe TimesThe Empire City briugs information fro

Havana that the trade in coolies is still oa

ried on. Twelve hundred of these unfortoate beings had been recently landed (rom t

Chilean, Peruvian, Spanish, aod Bremen rc

eels already reported at Havana. The Hbibad lost two hundred aod eighty-eightthese irom natural causes and suicidestransitu.The news frooi the Pacific in relation

the deposits of guauo, which Com mod x

Mervioe could not find, aro favorable,cargo of 400 tons has been landed at tlSandwich Islands, aod a ship has been dipatched to lay down proper moorings at tisland.Now that the Secretary of War has retur

ed, it ib supposed that the wagon road expdition (under the superintendence of 1Boale) from Fort Smith to Albuquerque, a1

thenoo beyond to tbe Colorado ot the Wewill be organized. The camels yet renin

ing in Texas will be placed under his charand his views in respect to tbe personnelthe expedition wiii, of coarse, be man

consulted.A letter to the New York Tribune, fr

Mount Washington, N. 11., July 24, say?This morning we found tbe thermometer30 degrees, and the mountnin top white w

snow. The pools of water among therewero crusted with ice. Dr. C ,

C and myself mounted the roo1" ofTip Top, and saluted with snow-bailsparty as they came out to see tbe sun riOur California contemporaries indulge

a rrsnot eoriflftr nf nrfhnfTrrtr»hV in npint» * v». 'U. V. r

the title of Fraeer river, pomo giving itFrazer'e, others as Fraziers, others as Feer's. The correct mode is "Fra-er," andword should not be used in the possesscase. The river was named after its diverer,a gentleman now residing in CunaLord Kichard Grosvonor, Lord Ilei

Cavendish, and the Lion. Mr. Ashley loft

Anthony, Minnesota, on Tuesday, the 2finst., on a buffalo bunt in the wilds of hotab. They went with the same great pawhich Mohammed Pacha, the Turkishmiral, was to have accompanied. They v

be absent in tbe wilderness some six wee

A company of about twenty-five persewill leave Milwaukee tbis week for Frairiver, via St. Paul. A company is aboutleave Pawtuoket, K. I., and in New Ycoity, at a meeting ol Germans on Wcdnosdnight, fifty signed a pledge to go. Smparties are forming in other sections of i

country for tbe same destination.At Kingston, Jamaica, on the 10th of J

ly, there was a loud cry for laboring bamThe immigration commissioners had app

1 Al AA AAA ; Jpropriatea }1W,UW w promote we iniroui

tioo of East Indians, and n like cum lor r

bringing over of Chinese. Twenty-five dlarn bonus is offered for the landing of u frAfrican apprentice.The commencement exercises at Yale C

lego (Connecticut) began this week. Tcandidates for graduation uumbnr one budred, of wbiob twenty-two are from Oonn<ticut, and seventy-eight from twenty nthStates and Territories of the Union, andfrom foreign countries.

II. G. I>avis connected with the Baltinv1and Ohio Railroad, as their agent at Tieinont, in contu quence (f receiving the n

poiotment of President el'the Savings' Baiat that place, has felt it to be bis duty to

sign. The road baa lost one of its very b<agents.Among the patents ispeud for the we

ending J uly 27. are, one to George S. Bi*hcof Washington, D. C., for improvementcoupling for railroad cars; one to Lnllrauer, of Washington, for improved ornt

bus register; and one to Ellyson Yerbv,Washington, for an improved batter machuOn the 17th instant, the last sad and sc

emn rites of sepulture were performed by tlcitizens of Adams oounty, Mississippi, inclding, of course, the city of Natches, over tlremains of the late lamented hero and stateman, Gen. John A. Qiitman.The Scoretary of the Navy hue advertisf

for proposals for steam machinery for tlscrew propeller sloops of war to be constru

ted at the United States navv-yards of forimouth, N. II., Boston, New York, PuiluJephia, Gosportand Pensacola.Some English farmers bare discarded tfc

ordinary scythes in their mowing this yeafor an implemont in all respects the sarn

except that it is fifteen inches shorter. Itstated that the result is a saving of one-toiiin the labor.The Academy at Lyons, France, has uffe

ed a prise of 1,'JOOf. lor the best work on t!meaDs of openiog freeb sources of laborfemales, and of placing the wages of woror

on a level with those of meD, where eqnaliiof eervioe is rendered.

1 be Cbarlestowu Free Press savs:."VNhave authority for saying that the Burbeeiin Clarke, was not either intended as aFaullner or anti-Faulkner Barbecue, but as ano

fashioned one at which all parties could ei

joy themselves."Bradford Allen, the eminent manufactu

ing jeweler, in Providence, R. I., who dieon Sunday last, fell a victim to malignaierysipelas and pneumonia, induced by ta

ing a cold bath while his blood was very mu(heated.A writer io the National Inteligencer, eu

gests the idea of erecting a monument

bronze, to the lloo. Edward Everett, on tb

premises at Mount Vernon, as a mcraoru

of his efficient aid in acquiring the domaii

The yellow fever appears to be prevailinto a greater or less extent all over the Islan

of Cuba. At Cienfuegos, its ravages are r

ported to be fearful. The people die rapidl;and the beat increases every day.A sou of the Hon. C. J. Faulkner, age

about 10 years, accidentally shot himse

with a pistol, on Monday last, the ball takineffect in the leg. At latest accounts it bapot been extracted,

ALEXANDA boy named Peter Murphy bad one o

bis le,re, just bolow the knee, cut off byhawser in tbe Lumber District, at AlbanjNew York, on Wednesday, lie wan stanc

ing on the dock, with one foot inside the loosk "bite" of a hawser, one end of wich was 31

taebed to a steamboat. The boat startinout into the stream, stretched the hawse

^ taut, completely severing the leg. One (

his hands, also, was shockingly mangletsplitting tbe thuib and tearing off the tir

gers. lie was conveyed to the bo«pital u

soon a« possible, but there is little change c

L his recovery.George P. Elgar, well known asaleadin

member of the Young Men's Christian A:

sociation in New York and recently tfc

publisher of a religious paper, that lived hia few weeks and was known as "The Waof Life," has been arrested aod lodged i

Eldridge street jail. The affidavits on whictbo warrant was issued allege that Mr. E<

gar obtained at different times, jil.COO wori

uof paper for the publication of his journaon representations that it was a prolitab

mconcern aud that ho was able to pay an

debts contracted lor it, while be was in rea

kr" ity insjivent.u" The public sohools are every where becoo

iog the great "institution" of tbe couutr

p9and nowhere does the subject occupy agrea

0f er space than in tbe "Empire State." Mijn lionsol dollars are annually raised for tl

purpose, on the logical argument that itcheaper to educate and euligbten tho risicgener ition and infuse correct moral print

r3 pies, than it is to punish criminals in jaiA and penitentiaries. In New York there

ie but onu drawback upon tho success of piis- Miry schools. It is tho regular and neve

he ending disputo about the use of the Bible i

a school boog.n- One or two New England papers are argio- ling the question, \> tio Killed iuagee:A.

murderer who was hanged in Boston a fe

ad weeks ago, but whose body exhibited ei

«t, dence of lifo and vitality at the subsrquein- dissection. A report ol the jr>st mortem e

go, amination, published in the Medioal and Scol gical Journal, suggests the idea that Mag

aly was not killed by tho hangman's rope, b

by tho scalpel of tho surgical operator; th

om enough lite remained alter the hanging Iproper appliances to have fanned it inan active fl imc.

at A boy, too years old, named George Pric

^ ner, tho son ol aOerraaD widow, in Brooklysuddenly disappeared on Friday week, ai

the w«9 missing until Monday morning, when 1;iur dead body was bund in a largo trunkise. chest in the house of bis mother. On Fridr

jQ while the mother was absent, tho decea6was at play with a companion, and evideni

,D£ got into the trunk to conceal himself, whetas self-adjusting lock closed the lid upon hiYu- and he was smothered,the The newly elected polico of New Orlealve went into office ou the first of July, aod tinn- . . _" " : -La

^ number ot arrest* tor tne nrst eigmceu ua

irvf^e frP8pnt mont'1 amounted to one the

sand three hundred and thirty-seven!* theso, 1,199 were white persoue, and 1

3lb slaves. The Picayune says that in theco- quarters of the city where the turbulent,rtv f iruier times, congregated at night, cornpaind- | tive quiet and order.prevail,rill The Philadelphia Bulletin of Saturdsk8 says:.A huge boa constrictor, which w

)tl9 kept as a show at a tavern in Walnut sireBerabove Eighth, escaped this morning, ai

to working its way into a yard in theneigbbc>rk hood, it mounted a tree and bid deliancelav those who proposed to capture it. At laall accounts hissnakesbip was still cntreDcbtbo among the brauohep of the tree.

We learn from the Troy (N. Y.) Timtfu- that great excitement exists at Benningtode. growing out of a remarkable case developro-there, which seems to involvo a probabiliic- of the murder, by a farmer of the town,be good circumstances, named Nathaniel Spcol- lord, of bis wife, and the dangerous poiso«« ir»£» nf his child and servaut girl in hie eiCO *"h " .

Wploy.We are continually told, whilst the men

ures proposed by the loaders of the Demcratic party, relative to Slavery and tho Tc

ritories, are in prepress, that, if this, or tl

other, passes, tho Slavery npitation will I

settled.and we, as continually see, that not

re of these measures, when taken up and ca

id- ried out as party or political schemes, puccct

»p- in effecting the object. Notwithstanding a

nk that has transpired, the Richmond Enquirre" now declares that, "the slavery question wi

not be allowed to sleep. The peace of tl

ej£ country and the prospects and hopes of tlUnion, are ulike to be jeopnrded, to ke<alive the slavery issue, the pabulum upc

jh which the Riack Republican party have su

,j. sisted. Slavery in the Territories is to Iof the issue in 1 SCO. Upon it tho whole cou

ie* try is to he convulsed, and, if possible, tlUnion endangered."

1CThe Union recommends that the numb

uof the Judges of the Court of Claims bo i

,a. creased. Tbere are wanting other and mo

important improvements in the organizatuand po\?er of that Court, that the numb

ae of its Judges. And of these, the Union sayc- "Let its judgments be final, and tho adjud:s- catcd debts of the government be paid i

'I* others pay. In cases involving large amountand in such as the law officers of tho govori

10 ment tbiok involve important constitution!r* or legal principles, an appeal should bo a

f' lowed to tho Supreme Court, whose decisic

'J should bo conclusive upon both parties."The Petersburg Kxprees mentions a vis

r* paid to Petersburg, by Thos. G. Brougl3e ton, esq, editor of the Norfolk Ilerald, or

10 ot the most estimable gentlemen and betcitiznn9 in the Comonwealth. Ho, by con

mon consent, is acknowledged to be tbe Notre tor of the Virginia Press. Though ove

.i an A ton Mr Tt 'a has lost htj| lurrcDwiv oiiu »v ii, » *.. ^ « - j ~ ..

Ij. little of its brightness, his face none of thbealthfa! glow of youth, and he movos with

J firm and active trend, llis connection wit11" the Norfolk Herald commenced in 1819 an

we hope many more years of health, proir- pcrity and happiness may be all -ttcd him.>dIt nil) be recollected that the veteran editcnt celebrated his golden wedding a few month, since.k- - .

jh The public exercises at the close of tbsession, at the 1'iiiversity of Virginia, too

ft- place on Thursday. There are some 30f>' graduates in the various schools.but a few

10 only received the degree of A. M. and A. I.some teu or twelve. Amongst the gradt

3" ates in the Law School are Charles T. G>o^ rich, of Fredericksburg, and P. Bell Sraitl

of Fauquier. G. R. Calvert, of Sbenandoale" delivered the valedictory address before tb^'.Columbian Society, which is highly spc, ken of.idIfj Three young men, on a pleasure excursiong in a sailing boat, near Chicago, were drown4 ed, on Wednesday, in oonsequenoe of th

upsetting of the boat.

RIA GAZETTE \Mf The Iiluc Jlidgo Republican complimentsa Mr. James Barbour, of Culpcper, for his ^

r, steady and uniform services to the I'emocraI-oy and the State; and for his receot course in "'u

6 declining to enter the mclec for the ofnee ofGovernor; and predicts for him future honors tlv

£ at the hands of his party.l'e

)f ..

we

j South Carolina and Texas hare sustained fasj. almost simultaneously the same losses in tho fr(J.« United Statee' Senate. Judge Butler and na^ General Husk both died in the recess last jt,

year.and tboir respective successors, Judge .riR Evans and General Henderson, both died ex

duringtbe following session. Such a remark- .

ie able circumstance is worthy of note. ^

it . .._

y The visitors at the White Sulphur Springs, frcn iu Greenbrier, are not ae numerous now, as tbih they were this time last vc-ar. But the num- pa

j" bjr is increasing.and so are the complaiuts C1!

I oT want of accommodations, inconveuicnce, !"li)lle and bad faro. j t)i

£ Mr. Winston, of Culpeper, late U. S. 'u

Marshal in Kansas, has come on to Wash- ,!i ri

0. ington, to get at the reasons for his unexpect- so

yf ed removal from office.a removal said to be ur

». without iust cause, and not acceptable to the c"

|. people of tbe territory of any party.

jfl Tbc U. S. authorities have seized Home

12 $80,000 worth of Cuba box Sugars, just Hr

brought into Now York and Boston, in con- r;i

.8 sequence of some "irregularities" in tbe in- w

" biVOICC8.1 nt

r" Several slaves ran off from Hampshire l''4S County, Va., and Dorchester County, >ld.,u

last week. ^

a Tbe post office at Kilmarnock, Lancaster te

w County, Ya., has been discontinued. .qn- » «Si

Tele graphic l)(np«l<hm.x. Boston, July 26.Just as the stenmer

)r_ Kuropa was leaving ft r Liverpool, intelli- j0ee gence was received that the s'enmer Newut York is ashore on tbe Mull of Cantyre, andat nad become a total wreck. She parted on w

or the 14th inst., at a point twenty fcot before ,et0 the after-bulkhead in tbe furebold, and very a

near the fore-bulkbead in the afterbold. Noj. thing was visiblo of her from tbe ruckH except a

the top of her engines. trn> The Persia's last run occupied exactlyid nine days, six hours, and twentv-two min- ^lis utce. ar

or Boston, Julv 29..The Tremont Temple 'fliy, congregation, (Baptist church.) by a vote of med seventy-six to seven, have extended a call to m

cly tbeir former pastor, Mr. Kalloch, (of fa- ^a mous memory,) who appoared bcLro them J,

m, and announced his acceptance. jwISt. Louis, July z\i../varices irom »ood*- £ville stuto tbut a man named Scroggings, nl- hi

leged to bo the louder of a band of horse ut

thieves and robbers, in the Sooth, has been tli

arrented in that city, and messengers have G>u* been sent to Fort Scott to procure evidence ui

P! against him. Several murders are charged n(' * to have been committed by Scr ggins, both qt'f6 in Fort Scott county and ou the llig Blue.

ft1 Washington, July 2'J..The frigate Sh- cr

bine is being prepared at New York lor thetlag ship of the Brazil squadron, and theeloop of war Cyaneat Norfolk for the Pacific

as squadron. The steamer Fulton, now at Nor0t,folk, has been ordered to Washington to prol(jpare for the Paraguay expedition, and the yCsteamer Water Witch has been ordered to

t0 be prepared at Washington for the same ob-«

jeCteJWareham, Masc., July 2S..A!*in Gibbswas knocked down and dangerously injured, hiand robbed of five hundred dollars last even- 01

' iDg. His life is despared of. The two menn> wno robbed Gibbahavebewn arre-ted in Tannedton, and a portion of the money w as found in

their hunts. wi

.'J I .

10 Lpuisvili.k, July 28..Tho stenoior Fulls 1"«

if- City, when tbirty milos below Memphis, on 11.n- the upward trip yesterday, broke a piston tj(ii- and drove out her cylinder-head. Five dock ,

passengers were scalded aod two drowned.Toronto. July 29..The Canadian govern- J w<

,8* ment was defeated to-day in the Parliament '»

o- on the question relative to the seat of govern-ip- mont, tho House annulling tho decision of

ie tho homo government, making Ottawa the |ICcapital. The ministry had resigned. 11

36 Dixon, III., July 28..lion. J. F. Farns- j*|10 worth was nominated tc -day, by one majorr"ity, as the republican candidate tf tho second>d Congressional district, for re-olcction to Con- ^dl ereps- ofer Portland, Me., July 28..Cox and Wil- (j.. lisrus, convicted of murder on board the brig

Albion Cooper, havo beon sentenced to be36 hung on the 27th of August. a

16 New York, July 29..Tho atenmer Knn- pr?p garoo aailtd henco to-day, with Dearly .8200,- iu)n UOO in specie. gib. Doston, July 28..The Naushon House, di

at Wood's Hole, was burnt to the ground fc<

yesterday. ot

n-- »thChesapeake nml Otilo Canal Ifrport. Q|

ity the thirtieth annual report of the Presidentand Directors of this company it np- prpr pears that the financial affairs of the companyfrom l«t January, 1857, to 31st March, thD" 1858, when the cfficiul term of the present Tlre Hoard commenced, were as follows: On the 4ij»n 1st January, 1857, there remained in tho doer treasury, alter paying current expenses, an f.

unexpended bul-nce of ?59.703 GO. Total th

j receipts from 1st January, 1857. to 31-d of oa'* March, 1858, from all sources, 8234,030 45.»p Kxpenditures for same period 8280,074.05, in

fli leaving a deficiency ol 846,043 GO, alter ah- «.»

Forbing the whole revenues, in addition to irvthe uuexpended balance on l-t January, nn

1857, of 8o9.703.C6 and the 871,500 borrow- \\.1- ed during last year. j un

»-< 1 .»i..iD in view 01 100 urgem ucvcasmco o: me j»r

Board for protecting and completing tbe ofworks at Pauis Xos. 4 and 5, tbey bavo been wc

^ compelled to appeal to tbe coal companies to «u

extend tl.e loans procured from tbetn in I3~ 1857, and payable from the revenues of tho w!ie preseot year, to next year, to which, it is nn

<t stated, tbey bat# readily assented. HtIt is apprehended that, even though the \\"

trade on tbe canal should be much greater 50tban formerly, and if the Board succeeds in tlJ(

r rendering navigation reliable, it will require isit two years to place tbe work and the finances yoe in as good oondition as tbey were two years "tiea ago.b This aspect of its afliiirs dyes not speakd very favorably of its late management..s- Cutnb. Telegraph. 8D(

II nun led House In .\fw York. pjjIn one of tbo most fashionable and ccn- jn<

tral localities of the city, says tbe New York io(Express, at tbe corner o*t two pleasant streets, rat

e stands a boure of elegant exterior, which bus kilk been unoccupied for years: many times Las t*

0 it been taken by parlies, either ignorant of larits mysterious character, or determined not >Jj

r« to heed the popular rumor; a bustle of cleans- nie5. ing bas been evident for a few days; cart- ihi

load6 of lurniture have been taken in, and tiej_ tbe aspect of the building has been cheerful

again; when, presti! there is a change. The'» furniture is brought out and carted away;i, tbe window shutters are closed; tbe place is iue deserted, and silenoe and gloom reign undis- rat

)m turbed. It was taken just before May; but Stiin a week or two there was a bill on it, bear- theing tbe cabalistic words.'This house to lei;' W<and such is its present condition. It bas gotlooked very desolate in tbe moonlight for a uiiifew evenings past, alongside of its brilliantly isft

8 illumined neighbors. Many believe it is lorrtftllj "by spirits banned." apj

i VIRGINIA ADYLetter from llie Orkney *]»rli»K»«the Editor <>f' Ike Alexandria Ga~' ttc:

Dkknev Strings, Shenandoah Co., Va., *

ly 27, 1858..Yesterday morning we leftIs payable and bills receivable, with ac- n

n business, uud it* cars, and our quiet lit- pcity, Alexandria, all behind a?, and we j ent whirling away over the Orange rails as

t as the iron horse could carry us; then poj the Junction we inovc along over Ma- bssa« to Woodstock.from thence we stage 1

to Orkney, and the whole route is one of '1

indeur and boauty, to tny mind not to bocelled in aoy country on this habitable a

ibe. We reached Orkney a few minutes '

st eight o'clock at night, at a cost of 5*0.25 1

<ra Alexandria through. Here we found l

ings all astir. The music stops.dancers t

use.s tcial groups break up.the politi- s

in holds his tongue, ail t> see the ar.ival*; t

to Comes the cheering salute Irorn friends '

eg parted; the polite request from one of 1e proprietors to the strangers who have e

si arrived, to walk in and register, and af- 1r a good wasn, a nice supper, arid a drink '

Din the celebrated Bear Wallow, we are r

on wrapped in the arm* of Morpheus, and Iider two good cover.i :.- with windows all t

used. ("Think of ii you who lie swelter- I

g with the beat, with bricks and mortar '

i around y >u: what a change of atmos- iiere can be found in a day's travel fro in 1

iino, and that too at «o small a c <st."j Wo '

ose this morning strengthened and invigo- c

ted, and now we must s illy out to see c

ho is here, «fcj. There are ab ut sixtylarders, with rooms reserved for a goodly £

ituber more, and ad appear to be enjoying c

eniHolvert, i conciaer tue waters equai iu i

>y iu this country. l'or the dy-peptic, themilitated uitiu or woquui, tbey are invaluae,aud tbe cures these Springs have effec-d are most wonderlul. Toe waters ofrkney are no humbug, and I predict thatless than three years from this time these

jriugs will bo the resort of huodrcdp who>w know nothing of their healing and ingoratingqualities. 1 huve not been herong enough to speak knowingly of the faro,jffice it to say, toe two meals prepared sincey arrival have been all any one c midish, but 1 may say uiore about that hereat-r. Tney have a hand ol Colored musicians,1'iano, Swings, Bowling Alleys, and otherducemonts to attract the pleasure seeker.id 1 notice just beside me id tnc main en-

aoces to tne dining room, a pair ol i airink'ePlatform Scales, which olfer an inicementto the invalid to try hi; weight on

rival, and frequently during his stay..bo streams have a lew trout, the almoin*deer unJ other gauie, and there are

any points of interest in the neighborhoodattract. Here too, are those who have no 1sire after any of the things I have named, 1

ho, with a lew friend-, their l'ible and 'iod books can here a in id these solitudes ol 1

iture, sweetly commune with each other, *

id their asj iration- point them whilst taus '

ey converse "from nature up to nature's '

od." 1.1 a few divs you may hear from 1

e again, as 1 intend "juitc a tour amid theMghhoriug counties, ui iking this my head-1 larters,und when I am sufficiently pstoi, 1

iu shall hear from me about the wheat '

op of the Valley, tfce. Yours, 1

A bl'tiSCKIBEK.

Leflfr from Koi-kV>rl(ltff lUvlk.» » ' * '» -1 J /'.. ii.o mc enaor <>j tro Ait jcanuria <j<i^ m iRo(

KitKii)i;t. Bath, Juiv 28, I bave(t seen no communication in the Gazetteon) these mountains, and have determined to

rite a few lines to your valuable paper, in

der that your readtrs may not be behindindin knowing what is going on in tboincral world, about here.The rush to the mountains of Yirg'rtia thisaeon is very great, uiore especially when2 take into consideration tbo "cra-b" of lastill. I spent a very pleasant week at theock tVluai, a short time s.iDre, and at no

do while there did the crowd number lessan four hundred. When we left, there?re more than live hundred at that place.tnong tho visitors from your city, were

rancis 1. Smith, esq. atid family; Mr.ooff, the Cashier ol the Lxchaogo Bank,id family; and many ladies, whose nnmc

would not be proper to mention. 1 am

ad to say that the health of the families of»tb the gentlemen mentioned, nio.-t rapidlyjproved while I was there,lion. John Letcher; Judge Richard I'.. I'ar- '

r, of Winchester; Judge Powhatan hilts, 1

Miss.; Judge Stearns, of lia., ami Lieut 'jvernor Leake, are among the notables who '

ivo been there during the last ten days. '

CH Tuesday evening last, in company with '

large party of acquaint ances, your corres- J f

indent reached theso Baths, and after bath- f

g his wearied limb* in it- pure and health- j r

ving waters, and enjoying a tare that would 1

i honor to tiio St. Nicholas or Antor House. Jels justified in saving, that for him, and all 1

hers in search of health and pleasure, it is r

e healthful El Dorado ot the Virginia '

uuntains. fCol. Jordan, the worthy and gentlemanly f

oprietor, is a host in himself, assisted by fntlcmon who thoroughly understand every- 1

iug necessary to the comfort of his guests, *

re temperature of the baths, one o! them >

feet by CO, and the other 'J." by 50, i« >*J r

grees, or several degrees higher than the 'r-fained Sweet Springs. Having tried Iwith, >

e writer gives the preference to this, be- 1

use it is more p!ca«ant in it- temperatuc. "

r Indies, this water i- said to he »ho fioestthe world. It- strengthening eff-cts are v

powerful, that females have been rostored>m great we ikness to comparative healthd strength, in a few weeks' time. 0 v.

lie thinks it the best water in the world,d believes that in time it must become as 8

eat a resort a- the White Sulphur, lie is Jthe opinion that two thousand visitors |mid come here if the accommodations were I v

ftioient. The crowd at the White Sulphur, 0

understand, number over one thousand, 8

io are complaining very much of the fared accommodations. The Sweet, Old arid;d, have about l.OUO between them ; the '

arm 2UU; tLe Hot 250, the Kick Alum v

0, and this place, which is new, (thi« being 1

? tirst season since the cabins were tuilt.) | ~

fill d up. In a few days more I will write 1

u again in regard to the medicinal quail- H

s ol the Baths. S's. 11

i. - aKitlllc»iiukr«. |l|

Mr. Harrison fuller killed four rattle- tiikes about ten days ago in less than twen- e

minutes, while on hi- way ti a friend.. s

ey measured respectively four feet twj, '1:hes, three feet seven inches, three feet six btbes, and three feet two inches long, with bties from0 to 13 on each. Mr. Samuel Durst n

led one on Meadow mountain that hadelve rattles, and was very largt; but tuegest of all was killed una day last week by\ T. B. Garlaz, near W,iri.;ckV tnid. lie Jsasured tcur feet six inches in length, w.«s 11

ee inches in dianteter, ainl had tilieeu rai.- li3.. Cui/tUrluiul 'Tilei/nif/i. j

Tile Harvest In >arili Germany, (iThe crops in Prussia and North Germany ti

general are good, particularly in l'ooio v>

na. (J unpUiots, however, continue fr.:m ol

esia, ISaxunv, and the Kbiue respecting pdamage doue by tbo heat. Kistern and 01

;atern Prussia have reason to hope for a ut

)d middling crop. The news from Bobe- a;a and the Kingdom of Sixony is very sat-; Tictory, and what has been said of a lai- ele of the crops in Hungary refers, as now t!)ears, to siDgle districts only. a

ERTISER.-july 31Tiir Curries uf K lc hum ml. I

Under this bead. tb«> N irlulk Herald domesa columo uf t'd.t rial prui;e tj theIessr». Curno of Richmond, for the "strong z

radical sense, dauntless enterprise, anil jb' veall, the high and indomitable princi- jlo of ptrsfeeraiirc" which (bey have display- ^

Jin enlarging and building up the shipping v

ateiest in Richui md. The Herald save: .

Tho business family is composed ot tnroe ^rothers, i>avn!, .lohn aud William. The

r

tend as well a* the elder of the brothers, is ^hivid, who is undoubtedly entitled to the (uarter share of the the credit ot originating |ncir various enterprises, however much he ^nay have been aided by the cud judgment ^

,nd determined industry ol -John, iind latter- ijy by tho shrewd business talent uf William,lie youngest of the three- They are yetimparatively young and we may reasona- j

>ly hope for mauy turther years of useful- |icss from thorn, and the establishment i ftill further enterprises, or the greater ex

ension and perfection of those now in band. ;'l'avie Currie" is weil known for otber than jlis mere business qualities, for.the veryou 1 of humor, the life of conviviality, and jiberal "as Prince ot 11 >yal blood,".there islot another gentleman in Virginia, who can

ally around him u more extensive army ofjooq companions, aud devoted personalriends. His liberality is liko his enterprise (

icrfectly conclusive. As he has been etui- |lently successful in his business operations .

n the face ol predictions to the contrary, so

io has grown rich iu open violation ot tho

'inuiicy a inicklc 4c," and otber saving saiaif tho frugal nation Iroru which tho Currieslesceoded.

'

Tiio Herald then enumerates the severalintcrprises by which the Messrs. Currie haveistablisbed their reputation a* the "fathers of |lie shipping interest of Richmond, and themad of the present shipping interest of fVirginia." It then remarks:Tuore is a lesson in this iittlo history of j

bese gentlemen that contains a world off

valuable suggestion, and an example worbyof all heed, and careful imitation..fhey have shown that here io Virginia even,'some things" may not only he duue "asveil" as other things that now occupy excluivecer.fijenco and attention; but tnat bet- {er. and much better things can be relied up-id, as the result of tbo proper elTirts. Theyjave shown by their triumphant success in

lie lace ot adverse predictions of 'the shrew-!eit and most experienced,' the value of iulependentthought and action. They havedown that the doctrine ol is no:

tlways the best doctrine, and have set an exunpiethat thousands may follow to theirinnur arid advantage, and to the credit andveil being of the commonwealth.

Scotch Wnter Pipes.Several of our contemporaries having expressedmuch indignation that the contract

or the great quantity of iron pipe requiredor the water Works at Washington was likely0 bo given to a manufacturing company at

ilasg iw, in Scotland, instead ol to Americann inufucturers, cud having severely censuredho officers of the < -verniijcnt for their su::>>sed preference of the foreign article, Mr.Vleigs, the chief engineer of the W ashingtonAqueduct, has written tin- following explana:i-II whictr seems to entiredv exculpate the1 iverrimont from all cause of cctieurctn thenatter:"An adverfHcment for the materials and

work needed to complete the aqueduct was

( ublished for two months utidor the laws otjongrcsd. This advertisement engaged thatlir> lntv,idl PAiar.nri^iI.Ik slin'.cl have:be contract, and tuo contract for the remain- '

leroftbe iron pipes, many milts of which 8

lave been already furnished by a citizen of «

JaaxJen, X.J., under a former contract, was '

iwarded to a citizen of Philadelphia, .Mr. t

L iwrenco Myers. Thus were all parties 11reated with equal fairness, and the interests <

)f the United b.ates, which paysfor the pi res, Jprotected. The price is low. The contract ' :

is too largo to be filled by one man's means t

in the required time, and Mr. Myers negotia- 1

:es with the groat iron masters ol Philadelphia '

:o assist him; but I suppose.f >r I know notti- !ing of the matter.he finds their prices too

bigh for bis contract, and seeks better term*

abroad.If this he so, who is to blame? Is it the en- f

jineer, who, acting under the laws, invitediaircoinpetitioD, the contractor who seeks tonake the best terms he can, or the Paila h !- '

fihia manufacturers, who allow a S.Mfc.'i firm '

:hree thousand miles off to undersell them atheir own door-?"

lie ware of .Mtflit Air. ;Tho popular notion, which regards tiic i

light air of tiro dog days as unhealthy, isoncU * 1 i j n..naii»hrt

Hill nil.* UHUll U''Lil uul lU'.'J, i;ui IC, in m;iiuc- 1

e*s, substantially correct. At trint season i

)f the year, the atin '.sphere is full of poison- c

)uh exhalations from deenved matter. These c

kxhalatior»s, though genci ited most freely in c

he day time, under the influence of a fervid i:un, nre borne upward into the higher regions *

if the air, by the current which the sun's iarefaction creates, and ire, therefor© com- jlaratively innoxious. I»ut tli" trght exltala- n

ions, though le-s d<*nse, are. from the absence j t

if such a current, left on the surface of the ,

arth, where, bcirg inhaled, they produceover-, wliijh are frequently of the m >st d in-

(jemus type. Persons accustomed to urc.mlarativelywell drained city, where those cxlalati.ns are less perilous than in the or>un-

ry, frequently bring on themselves strioii- .

Ilnesses, by walking in the night air, out of i

own, or by sleeping, with open windows, in .

ocalities where these exhalations abound. t(dany a fair young girl, tempted by a beau- ^ifuI moonlight, has, at this season, lingered ,!

nt, uubonnettesi, till latent night, an i « i in - tjnt.ed the seeds of a disease, which in few v

teeks. si nietimes in a few days has carried <:

icr to the grave.. Unit Aint'r, | r

Tlir Willie Siul|>ltiir Springs, ,t

If things be carried out as d jscribe I at the a

ib ve healthful resort, (a- s'uted Ly a corros i'

lOfulenl,) one would think the agitators of I

'pleasure" at our Virginia Sulphuric render- «!

uu/.,were putting themselves through a our-e 11

f apprenticeship to go through the great 1

ulphurio mystery of the hereafter. Listen: ;i

"At tbe 'White bulpbur,' the register calls "

jr over soveohundred, health seeking biped*, *

#ove ar il matrimony the object with tbe 'joung. health with the infirm, politics withfie politicians, and the fam table with theamblers. i'hesc are the recreations, on theapis. J'ntree, walk-, laughs, signs,peculations, tlirtatim, scandal, anil jokesrc cumin >n to nil. Dressing three tunes n

day arid a ball at which some lair one* are

?areely'dressed,'every night, take up themc of the young ladies: hut there is an in- °

titutijti here that exi-in nowhere else in'

uch rich order.the colored servants..here arc tully one thousand servants andihorer®, male and female.white and black, *

ond and free, here. 'Tis all grar.d, -uhlune,lagnitiquc. pretty good!".likh. Kh<£. t|

\ ewxpn |>e i ».

Aoc rding to a Philadelphia journal, the jjI'jllctin, there arc supposed to he at ou threeboueaud newspapers and periodicals put- qshed in the liuited States, with a circnla-on amounting in the aggregate to nearlyix millions, and icr the year protabiy tove hundred (uiilioos. Tnis includes not only iiie daiiy pre«*, but also the tri-weeklv, aeni;- I'eekly, week'v, monthly, quarterly and all IJther descripu >ns coming under the head of jeriodicals. All the rest of tbe nations ot the*rth united do not publish as many peri-

*

iieals as the United States, nor Joes their [(

Sgregate circulation amount to s > much.. qhere are no morning papers in I, toduo or ,|,Isewhere that circulate so many copieo as do 0

ie papers of the largest circulation iu Phil- jdelpbia and New York.

, 1858.. -» - frur.r (.old .MInei were lilt-

covered*Tho first white miner who worked on Fraor'sriver was a Scotchman named Adams,

le happened to be traveling through New

Jaledooia early last year, on bis way to

ifit some relatives, and be stopped at ono

f the trading posts of tho Hudson's BayCompany, where he met a brother Sawij,and an old acquaintance, named Merlin.The latter entertained him in a

riendly manner, and told hitn bow thendians living on Frazer river had been(ringing gold dust to the post to trade with,tying that they had dug it on the river bank.Tnis statement was listened to by Adams,vitb greedy ears, and bis resolution was soon

akeu to examine intotbe matter for himself,le had heeD a miner in California, and knewjow to go to work, lie accordingly pmviiedhimself with a pick, shovel and large tintan,and went to tho dwelling-place of a coramtamily that bad been in the babit oftriugirig g >id and (be gold dust to the posr.ile found the squai\» engaged in washing inlaskets, and he soon satisfied himself bywashing a few pans of gravel that he was

n rich diggings, ile returned to the post,made a r.oker, purchased some provisions,vent back to his diggings, hired a couple>f Indians to help him, and worked iudusytor three months, in which time he dug upwardsof $1,000. l>uring all this time belever saw a w'jito uian save when he weot

.0 the trading post to purchase provisions, furwhich he was compelled to pay extravagant.trices; flour at $i per pound beiug the cheap-jst article.

In the autumn he became tired of livingmay from white SJCtety, and he went downo i'uget Sound, where he engaged as a saileron board the American steamer constituion.Mo told his story there, showed hisrold dust, and attempted to induce variousperson" to return with him, but did notluceeed for a long time. Finally, in Xolemberlast, ho found thrco brother sailirs,who went with hiin. They arrivedit the diggings on Frazer river, seven

nilet above the mouth of Thompson's river,ibout the middle of Moeeraber, uod therehey remained until March, when theirir. visions gave out, when two of tbem wentlown to Fort L ingley, and bought a canoo

oad ol provisions and trinkets for the Indianrado, with which they forthwith returned.L'hey were the only white miners on theiver during the winter.U nite the water was low thoynover made

e«* then £8 a day, and sometimes as high as

;">U: and nono of them knew more than thato he made by any one, though they were

old that persons of their acquaintance were

nuking as much as £100 and $200 a day..fbe winter was Cold and thev lost about a

nootb's work oti account of the frost and ice.joe of the party, a Canadian, had his feet<ad!y frost bitten, and he has gone to tboSandwich Islands to tako life easy, unless he;ets well. Snow fell three lect but did uotapt iong. There was no rain, and it is saidhat little rain ever falls in the Frazor valley.

An Kptdeintc lit ilie Country.The fever which has been prevailing so

(atally for marly a y>ar, at Peterstown, jiiles county, Va., has become more violent.F »rty additional esses are announced. The .

ditor of the Advocate has visited the doomidneighborhood, and says:"A more desolate looking place we have

never visited. Nearly every businoss establishmentin the place was closed, and onlyin occasional female form, droseed in theiombre habiliments of mourning, was to be«eeu. The graveyard which wc visited inhe neighborhood was a fearful confirmationi! the sad reports w hich have been in circuation.There was many a mound of frpsb>arth. alas, tot) many to allow for a momentl>e consoling hope of the exaggeration usualti cases of such general distress. What fa:allove for the associations of a home, insliich the family circle is so often ruptured,

ii account for the adherence of these poo- .

ile to their present locality?"A Koniaiice !*«| uanlietl. (

The Manluto Independent, of the 17tb, '

jays: 5"Uno of the Sioux cheifs recently returned 1

rom Washington, brought lack with him ;

in addition to hi;1 household. in tbo shape of 1

i white wife.a good looking fashionablelressed y )ung woman, about twenty years of '

ige. From ono of our citizens, who went up (

;o the agency on the same boat, we learn (

tint si.o manifested considerable disappoint- i1nont at the aspect of nfl'airs on her arrival.I'lic romance f the thir g was pretty effectual I

y "squashed" by the appearance of the ir>- 1nates and surroundings of her now home. JShel> mined all offers of assistance from the officers *if tlie boat, who were anxious to roturn her to 1

utilized society, protesting her ability and 1

ntenrion to attend to hur own business, and v

idvising them to do likewise. They left her 0

n an eight ly ten feet mud. hovel, in com

anywith a couple ol 1'icotah matrons, who 1

ilso, we believe, had claims upon tho affec- *ion of the chief in question. f

\T I lit; IMA .At Rules held in the Clerk's fOffiri <>t trie Circuit Court of Alexandria j

'oir 'y, o.i the lib day of January, lh-OSj Chris- copher Mi-.ili', plaintiff, against Lett is S. Prit- chartt. J P> Johnson, and James Sutton, defirnantsIn Chancery. The object ol this suit is ^0 attach in the hands ol J. B Johnson anil Iati;e« Mitton, the two home defendants, the sum

1 t> Ml in their hands, as garnishees or subI'tiarfsol sanl LewisS Pri'chartt, owing to orn coining ilue to the said Lewis S. I'rifchartt, 0

u absent lieicndarit or so much thereof as mayie Miltu i" nt to -a'lsty the said sum ol -"fidO.S'i,11fh interest thereon Irorn tiie'.'tii day ot l>eember,I No?. un'ii paid, claimed to be due theorrij !aiiiaut from said I'ritchartt. The deferi- ^ant f.ewis >. Ptitchartt not having entered his c

pi"-,iia: ce and given security according to the t< <>i As-etnhl) and the rules ot tins Court, and .

pearing by alfidavit tfiat he is not a resi- ^eat ol Tins State,. It is ori/nfil that the said ^eieiniant appear here within one month afterie publication o| this order, and do what is tie- ^es-ary to protect his interest in this suit, andlit a copy ol this order be forthw ith inserted ^

i the Alexandria Lazette. a newspaper publish- v

i in the city ot Alexandria, once a weeg for f1iiir successive weeks, and posted at the front ^nor ot the Court Houseof thisCouiity. n

A copy.'1--te R. A. SINCLAIR,Clerk. fCiliaToI-llf.H Nkii.k, i-. y jy 31.w4w

I * l'PEKVILLK FEMALE INSTITUTE . 1Ij Kev. l»EU W. HARRIS. Principal, aid-ji: by competent a-siMants . 1 tie »xerrises o! *ii» ir.s'.itu'ion will be re.-timeii on ihe tiist (.londay in >eptember. ami will close tlie last sI June next. I be scholastic year is divided dito two se-sions ol live months each, beginning r

Cspeciively Inst ol September, ami lirstot Feb- pnary. 1 tie system ot Instruc'ion is thorough 1n<] practical. The institution is tuj msbed.'i'h a tii e Philosophical ami Chemical Appa- La*, us.'o which additions will be made lrorn ctrie to time.Maps, Olobes. Charts, &c., 6tc., »i lilustia'e the subjects taught.

Tkhms j>er ge-sion ol live months. r>aril, lumtsned room, luel, ligtits au-' fwashing0<J ; hui'ion in primary depaitment 12 &0 aDo advanced Kng'ish branches.... 10 00Do Ancient or Modern Languages,

each 10 00 fcis'rtictior! on l lano 20 00 | ^»e ol instrument 2 50 nrawing 10 OoIjpjieiville. jy 31. lawGmC' K Y MOL'R'S G C A N O and WHF.A T^ DRILL.I am now ready to supply Seylour'scelebrated Guano and Wheat Drill .hose who want will please send in their orerseatly. or I rnav not be able to supply theirtders. DRAYTON G. MKADK,

Agricultural Warehouse, No. 12, Fairfax St. '

jy 31

[fun the alkxavd&u 5

II o in .

Oh 1 it' ther^ be on ear'ri a

More tlear than a the r»«f

Which memory love-, to r .

The brightest an-1 the be-*W here we from !il<- » severe,; .

May tur.i with willing je,.Assuredol kind jiroitttum id

This hallowed retreat ;

It is that spot where love ha* f,*..Its own pure dwelling p!a.-e

And where affection's golden i».

From heart to heart w e trace

Though boasting not the ,j, enSome proud paia'ial dome

We cling with loudness to r

Our o-vn, our cherished n-.tir'

The stoims ot lite may ga'neiTheir bitter turiousi.ess.

And round our pathway scatv;

The seeds ol deep distressAnd e'en our choicest hopes nia. srr.:

Like meteor-rays tolly.And in their desolating track ,

Leave but a starless sky%

Yet, here we have a solace L:t.Amid this stern array.

That throws a Uainol sunlight -

The dark, beclouded waj ,

Revealing to the burdened heait,Some hope of joys to come.

Whilst Irotn the wreck, tin r.

The sympathies oi home

But should a foul Jistiu»t in allIts bideousness intrude.

Exhibiting the blacktni i<<rrnOf

banc tn^raliluilt.The weary one in sadness turnsFrom such a dread cx|«o>e

To bear alone, this worst ol it. »

Accumulated woes

Shocked by the treachery or thovHe loved, alas ! too w> II

His heart with anguish bearing w

His lips refuse to tell,His only consolation is

The iirm assurance given.That blighted hopes are never si a

Amid the hotnes <>; Heaven!Alexandria, July, I hr>& HAKit,. '

[CoviMI \i< Air:Tlie Legal Profession.

Id view of the oiaDy aspersions which fr: jtime to time have been cast upon the pr lionof law, should not a voice it rec

itranOe arise to proclaim against the

insiDuationR of ignorant aocuHore. Vi.we rell-ot upon the nature of these cbarj.nvolvinp, hh they do, the characters if:'neaped in the profeesn n, even th ughtpreceed from ignorance, we deeply <inthe intluence which they have upon the j.lie mind.

It is said, no one can ba a member cf Ilegal profession without falsifying. N i

jvby is this unjust imputation? \\ bo ir.<anted the profession? Certainly, n t

lawyer. The people, then, must hare on;sated, and do sustain it! It may to a»»

sow is this? Suits, warrants, Ac., originwith the people. These, it will bo adosoiild (or ought) not occnr, except a J.:-'?nce of opinion existed between the r*' |tonoerned. Now, each believing fun.- .

<

ight, and, indeed, baring more or less trt

>n his side, it follows, that pleaders or In %pers must exist as a natural eonsoijii r, *- |Hut, does it also follow that they sh uiin order to prove the justice of their -ids-iVe think not. When a case is carrel '

awyor what does he promises-- that he *

io all he can in order to gain the case1 N.but, that, he will present the facts f;ase in ns clear a light as possible. Avin the presentation of these, he di t rt ::

jvidence, by equivocation and f»i:s"I <.!s a personal, not a professional fault ^

vdmit, that, in some instances tempta' '

:o falsehood do arise. Yet, are these {iuw t,\ fhn lawoni^ I lino nnf t!i»> in _!.M.... w »w. .

^

jy over-praise commit the satii'; err i ;

loctor, the farmer, all of every vocato n hi"

equally as cogent temptations; anJ, maj >

3ut ad J, are led astray just an often.Again, 'tis assorted, we believe, by « »

hat their prices are too high.they >

Iheir clients. The principles c! p"!it:cooomy show differently. The oi"«'

iuie, and talent, necessary to he exrer:n order to acquire a thorough kn"wl< !>:he abstruse mazes of law, taken inf a v

rill show whether their charges arc : ir too low.As a corollary deduced from the*e n«-'

ions, it is said, it is absurd for h t"hriobo a lawyer! Would it not t»e a dir."''o any country to have such a profes-H'- [s'o honorable man, Christian or not, i- |iable in telling a falsehood. Let in iice hcic tu Christianity, too, by say ii10 profession ought to exist, wit iiu '

ir.cts of which a Christian cannot er.'er

We are not a mem her of the pr * -i r

Vo love to honor it. We love, cherish, «

evere its sublime principles. We aic "

nd almost worship the minds of thus* *'

,ro capable of fathoming its vastlynd wrestling with ite mighty tri*iO«

Fill I."

[L'oM«' s l» At'

Having seen a statement of cl»o title* *

Mobility in llayti, lately puhli-l i " 1

io» be supcifluoiis to mention that toe 4

ain of a vessel recently from St. I' mr; ,

ays it is very generally beiievt. i th*"'lount de Lnnimuilt, is a nntivs i M,f

Iria, who tormerly flourished in tr;-:»« a confectioner; and that th>' Mii'pf

Terrier, once belonged to a g-r ' in'

sirlax, who was a famous K >x hunter, »

rho gave bin norvnrit bis lre*'.| m l' Iiui over to bin brethren in the V.'be Count de Lemonade h tl»»* m *t t'14' Iaan at Court; ami '/< 'I r \ect rusher in more wav* than "r."

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I .EPISCOPAL HMiH M "K

J UINIA, AT Howaud ON Ti!.-: I!4

IILB8 WSSTOK ALEXINDKM.H* .l"MNilJIKK, Km TOR. I Op nex'tittitiofi will commence on U"/vay of Srptffnbrr. 1 he Kf "

ourse ol Ancient and Modern !-«*' -

NaturalSciences. Mathematics)rawing, Ac.TtUIS..per session p.iv

iy^eemi annually, hi advance ' 1"omnriencement ol the sessioi. a: Tecond Wednesday in FebruaryThis charge includes Board. I

egular course, and Modern bar.'*ue|. Washing. Mendinghort, except Books, Stationery.nd what is furnished to the pi ,

Music and Drawing are ex'ia

Pamphlets, containing a luil *

chool will be sen! to thou 4

Applications lor entrance or oi '

nation, addressed to the Hi«toti'oet otiice, Theological Senui aiv r~ ft

'ounty, Virginia.n a y w n t v ( k S .

Rt. Rev. William Meade. D I'Kt. Rev. John Johns. !> I>The Clergy of the Diocese . IThe Professors of the Universityjy '^4.eotSepH

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