EUROPB AND A.\lER|l‘.\.

On both iiiiles of the Ailsntie—in Europe where there is war, iind this country Wliere there is pciu-o--tlis deliberations of the re- spective gov--ruiiieiits are. 0‘ "[0 l""'-"'3'" ‘"“’ merit, the subjects at’ ultﬂilflting interests to the

-cople of each. Each waits with aii_xioty to see iiow its rulers and diploiniitists will pcrlorin the work before them. arid the ghsiice of each is aiixi-nisly turned frilln its o_wn uﬂsii-_ii to that oftliootlicr. ‘ Never before. In_tlic liistory.of either, win the work before its rulers of a more iiioiiicntous cliarnctcr, and never bel'iirc did either need, that counsels should be marked by higher wisdom. No stronger contrast was ever presented than exists between each, both in riainre of government and condition o aﬁiiirs, and yet with the deliberations of eiicli. the interests of the other are intiuiatel y blended. The Powers of Europe at war. and the Govern- ment of the Unin-d States at peace, are both, in fact—the one, in the approaching Peace Ne- gotiation. and the other, in its Congress just oi-ganis-.-d—on the threshold of deliberations of the gravest importance, separately to each, and 'oiutly to all. And ‘there is a bush, and a

reathlcss waiting. as it were, on both sides 0 the Atlantic, to see haw monarcliical diploma- tists and legislators. on the one hand. and lie- puhlican dlploiipitliits and legislators on the other,_will cuter at once on the gigintic tasks before ism. . While in Europe the grand question for deli- berati-in,is Peace or War. the questions before our presant Congress are many and complies- ted. and in some of them are the elements froiu which ill-judged diplomacy and violent legisla- tion eau cause both civil and national war to spring . Our relations with Great Britain have already been the suhjeet of deliaie before the Senate. .'.l‘hs points in dispute with Great Bri- tain, relating to the Central American question. anl the alleged violations of the neutrality laws, have formed the foundation for exciting speeches, and the same question will doubtless soon come before the House. With 5 in too. we have seine shire to settle. and his must also be part of the work of the presentcongrsss. And last of these foreign matters of dispute comes the aﬁliir of the sound Dues. And by the side or the work of settling these dilicult. delicate, and exciting foreign questions. stands the equally grave and momentous task of set- tling the conflicting claims of the Kansas dele- Estes, and the al'.ire of that Territory generally.

veu while Congress has been just organized itselfiiit-a readiness f'or work, there comesa cry of «outrage frosi Kisnsts, which dciuitnds an instant in-aring and cni-rgetiiiactiiin on the part of the g|V«'I'l|IIl\lIfi. And witi these iiffairs of more serious import. tho country waits to sei- Luv Con-_gi-ess will address itself to those of minor. although still of great importance The Nivy R.-.iii-ing Board has already engiged the attention of the Senate, and its coming hcforc t'ie ll-run; is lo-iked forward ti with great inte- rest. 'l‘lie decisions of the B Mfd have not met with the gt'|t£I'|l approval of the country. and toe action of Fongrcss is dcuiunded to ri.-ilress the wrong. where wrong has been coiniiiitn-d. T in T-it-iﬂ'. the Secretary of the 'l'reasury. hiring submitted a plan for its iuodificatioii. will also eoiae before Congress, and the settle- ment by that body of the coiilliietiiig views on the so‘-jcct, is a matter of great interest to the country. And last nfall,uniong the important I) isiiiess that we need at prescntiucntion eonies t.‘ie aiiouiailous qucstion.ol' Utah and the Mor- mons. IC‘I'i|\'€I’fl1tl’ Young Governor of Utah or not? Are he and the beastly comvnunity. over which lie rules, above the iowrr of the United States. or are they not! ' ‘no people of glue other States wait to see this grave question [so settled by Congress.

And thus, while Europe noses at the present

in-uncut before the threshe d of the Conference-i

of Peace, we pause before the door of Congress. That the watching is one of deep anxiety on both sides cannot be denied, but while we are encouraged to believe. that this second Peace Ncgotiaiiaa in Europe will not bean fruitless as the last. we are firm in the belief. that our Con- gress will legislate for the best interests of the country. and that all the existing questions. botli f'-irciga and domestic. wliic seem so dilﬁeult of ailjiistnient without iiolent resorts. will fiiiil at the hands of Congress is happy solu- ti in. We have strong faith in Aiiicriiiau patri- 0'llm. Wild“!-. and prudence, uuil believe that t icy are over ready to rise above all sectioinil

and party dil'-reiiccs, when iuiuiiin.-iit occasiimsi

require it.—-\'ith ie.-ice, secured in Europe. and our progress advanced b the I0lfilt'lllf.lII of our difiicultiesat home and a road. tlverc would seem to spread out, before the nations on both sides of the Atlantic, a future. capable of being made one of iiiiexo nipli-d sdvani-eiuei.-it and prosperity, y following in the paths of o libe- ral and enlightened peace, and one foriuiiig is happy and to flu! present anxious pause harm..- the dcliherations of ltiuropi-an and Ami-riciin diplonutisfs and legislators —N. Y. Cuim.-r and L'Il"|lf7‘¢!‘.

IKAJOR GENERAL WILIJAMS, C. B.

IIAS"zAItDi’§: GAZETTE, iruaii1‘i‘J.i‘i‘ti'iE'f 29.

latter part of the yarn I800, nnd entered ilie royal Artillery (in which service his falhier before him had attained the rank of l.ii:iiIi-nniit-Coloiicl) at the age of tivi-iily-livi-.

For some fifteen years past lie was em- ploycil print-ipnl|_v, if not entirely. in the iliplouiaiic tllllitfii, and had just success- fully l.‘0ll(‘llltl8tl Ilie settlement of the 'I‘uico-l’crsizin boundary ipicstion. when the war with ltussia afforded to Lord Clarendon the opportunity to test his isl- enls in it new sphere, liy nnininiitiiig him her Briiaiinic Majesty's Mililiirv Coin-

iinissioncr to thc 'l‘urkish l“t)l’(:t'.‘rl.l|i Kars

wiili the rank and rctinue of Brigadier- General.

How well General Williams acquitted liiinsielf of tliclrust reposed in him, and justified the siigociiy evidenced by Lord Cl.ircni.loii in his choice, let not England only, but the united voice of the cabinets and armies of Europe decline. in this iiislnucc, at any rate, “ the right man was put iiiio the right place," iinil rarely has history presented to our notice the parallel fact ofn General more honoured in tlic circuinstiinccs attending his defeat, than it falls to the lot of most uien to be in the acliicvciiiciit of the most complete success.

Wlmtever liuaisn skill and forethought, left toils own reiioiirccs, could plim,— whatever the liighcst order of moral cour- -ier: and of physical endurance could a- chieve—-it will be readily granted in Ge- neral ‘Williams and the heroic garrison of Kim: ('|‘urkish. Polish, and Hungarian, iis well as British) that in each and all of these qualities they were severally and pre-einineutly distinguished.

Ilow is it then, that the honours of the Bath. so liivishly dispensed in llm Crimea, slion'd in the case of General Williams, up in the present Iiine at least, have been witlilicld—hc being notoriously (willinul ilispurngcnient ofollicrs) the only British Gcucriil ciigogeil in this present war upon whcsc jiiilgiiieiit, tactics, iiiiil licariiig. and "8lIfllClt'llC_V for ilie position in which he was pl.-iccd,”liesct as that pnsitioii was by faiiiinc us well as by f-ms, tlic iiiitioii- -‘ll verdict of upproviil has been pronoun- coil. iviilioiit the slightest iiiliiiixlurc of izeiisllri-. ftivii first In last?

(icncriil Williams lIt|§ four sisters living --llircc in liritisli North Anicrii:u,iiiiil one in the United Stnics. He has also it nici-c nt Wiiiizhiesii-r, iniiiricil In llrcvct l.ii-iit.-Coloiicl 0'l'l..lloriin, of the Win- clii-slcr llitpnl liiittiiliou.

It only l’t'llIilllIlt for the writer to add that liispulilic quiilitici-i is ii iliploiniitist niiil soldier, si.2\'crc:l_v lt’.\‘lt.‘fl as they have In-i.-ii. prior to rcceiviiig Ilic impress of uuIion's grntiluilc and udiniratioii, are at least iqiiiillcil, if not snrpnsseil, liy the upright and bcnigniiiit character of the mill].

Letters from General Williaine, dated Tillie, Doc. I4, hiivc In-on received at lirzi.-iouiii. The jonrni-y from Alc.vaud- ropol was uccoiiiplislicil in five days. On the iii-cond nml Iliiiil day the country, nioiiiitiiinous and grand, was well wooded iiiiil covered with i-ego-tiiiiiiii; on the fourth and liist,llii.-_i lriivi-ll.-il over ii plain, ilic inud retiiriling coiisidi-r.ihly their pro- gress. Thu (ii.-iicnil is i-iiclinnti.-d with tlic cliiiiiilc of 'l'illis, which he says is quite isquul to that of Italy.’ lli: and his stuff enjoy the most robust lirziltli, and continue to rcci-ivc from ilic lins- sinii uutlioriiies every iiuirk of attention and courti-sy. Urdcrii w--ri: expected from St. l'oicisluir,-_; relative to their ulti-iior ilvsliiinlioii.

By the lust stcniiicr froui Constantino- plc we learn that fioiii.-riil Williiiuis ha.- bceii sent uﬂ' to Muscntv. who-rc ho. will remain ii ||lls0l.I‘.f, inn.-it prolriltly, till Ilic

The gallant subject of this memoir was [|f('llltllf!i|l’lt.'I of peace are si5iicd.—lllus- horn in Anizapclis, Nova Scctiii, in the trated News.

State Reform School for Uirls. The object of the

Asrtuit roa livsiiirurics.-—.\ ietition is before

of an asylum for iiiehi-iates, wherein they iiiny receive such treatment as shall restore them to soundness of health anil sanity of mind: and also to afford such facilities as shall render the asylum ft self-supporting institution, for the now iniserithle vii.-tiins of inteniperaiice. The nutlior of the etition is the same lady who in 1854 petitions the Legislature in beliiilfof the

petition is certainly it rod one. iind there is I‘-‘IIOOII ‘to believe that its accoinplisliuient is feasible. Institutions for inebi-iates exist abroad. and it is said to have been attended with much success. We have seen it stated that in Sweden. hospitals exist where inehriates are cared b the simple process of givin them their favorite drink to the exclusion o every other bcvera e, and ﬁivoring with it ever article of their food, until the taste and sure of gin, rum or brandy. as the case may be, be- comes nauseating that the disgust can never be overcome, and their craving up tite for it is eatiated. it is not uncommon ‘or physicians _in England to make the care and treatment oi inebriates a speciality, and one of the most talented of English poets, now deceased, was durin the latter and most useful years of hir life afiving monument of the benefits ofjudici- ous and friendly treatment for it vice which unaided, be witsutterlyincoinpetent to master. We hope the prayer of the etitioners for an asylum for inehrintes will be ally considered by it committee of the liegisliitiirsyand the ex- ediency of establishing such an asylum cars- ally investigated. Ev--n if it should not he deemed advisable in the present state of the ﬁnances of the Commonwealth to make an appropriation at once for this object, the bene- ﬁts which would be likely to result from such an institution mlgl‘it'be' ‘made the subject of careful inquiry, and the facts iven to the pub- lie in a re ort. which would‘ raw attention to the necessity of making provision for a class when condition is truly pitiablc. If there is

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the Legislature, praying for t c estahlishuieiit, Laird

A HIGHLAND Wiiiow.—-At his death the of'——-, in Argylesliire, left a bran-

liiful young widmv, of course ll‘.'C0llS0lal)l0

for his loss. After the burial and ban- quet, clzuismrn and-clanswonii-ii, attr-iid- cd by the piper and ﬁddler, coiivciicd for a dance in the castle hall, resolving in mitigate their grief with the 1-liglilaiid ing; when, unexpectedly, the widow ll8l'SPlfC3I1'le in. all weeds and tours, with the tip of her nose scarcely peeping from her crapc cap, and she sealed herself

-inournfully on a bench. The gentlemen

who was to lead down the dance thought he could not, in good breeding, ask any other lady then the mistress of the house to stand up with him, and, with a deep sigh she consented. He then asked tlie disconsolate widow the nameof the spring i. e. the nine she would wish to have played. “ Oh,” said she, “ let it bee. light spring for I have a. heavy heart.”- New Monthly.

MAKING Pnsrsnstioss I-‘OR Ax Accu~si\'1‘- A curious accident occurred on the New Albany and Salem railway. 'l‘lie pas- seuger train, having four cars’ ﬁlled with passengers ,came to the bridge over Salt creek, near Bloorningion, and the engi- ne-r, fearing that the heavy rains, which had swelled the stream bank full, had rendered "the-bridge insecure, directed the passengers to get out 01' the cars till he. could test the strength of the bridge. He crossed on foot, and -then directed the. ﬁreman to start the engine, jump off, and he would catch it on the other side.

any '-‘ medicine for a mind diseased," by an

appetite for strong drink; an asylum ‘for int

jp icious administration would be of incalculi» la beneﬁt to the eoinniunity.—Bo:. Jour.

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The London Times has is remarkable article upon the diﬁiculties between the United States and England. in relation to Central America. and practically concedes that the American interpretation of the Clayton and Bulvver treaty

British pretensions in that quarter. The Tinies M .

ys. ‘-Let us take our stand on the literal con- struction of the Clayton and Bulwark u-e..r_v, which accomplishes for us all that we can rea- sonably in Central Ann-ricii. Let us frankly ive up our questioiiahle right to the Mosquito protectorate and the Island of ltuntun. and, hy- ivay of delivering ourselves of the whole eni- barrassment at once and forever, throw the worthless si-ttlciiicn of lializc into the bargain. In return, let us call upon the Amt-riciin (iii- vcrnment "Of. III.l_V to cilia;-|-we in puniun gf ﬂu- treaty, in rcspeotof vrliich we have hitherto had nothing to coiiiplaiii, but also to root out the gang of piriitcs and murders who have taken forcihlc po-sci-siuii of the State of Nicaragua. and hold it in defiance of the will of’ both countries. Such iin exiiniplo would do more to carry out the intention of the treaty than any amount of roteetioii to drunken savages or occiipation o nortliless islands.”

Tint RICIII-IS or 'l'.isi.ic Sloosrsis, Citirowivii. ‘our Hum/red Dollars to a Bur-Ir¢I.—'l‘lie Sc-norn Herald says. 'l‘urncr ifs Uu., engaged in mining on Montczunin Flat. at the base of lablii Mountain, lately struck upon the richest lead of old that we believe has ever been found in Ca ifornin. some time since they sunk a shaft upon their claim iind struck upon good pn_v dirt. The shaft was about twenty five fen-i deep and was very wet The erected a ii.-Iiiin for the purpose of boiling the water. and have since been actively en god in drifting and taking out pay dirt. until on Saturday last they struck upon the wonderful ricli lead before mentioned. in the first ten buckets of dirt taken from it there was four thousand dollars worth ofgwld! The lead is l|IIlIt'l' narrow, but scarcely a luin;i of the sin of ii man's list can taken out that docs not held from fifty to one hundred dollars.

Cu A.~inGii~ !\ls:1'r:iu.—-.\ singular fact hm- jiisl been hniuulii to llulrl in l.onifuii. i-i lt'|[iONl to gas meters. A c.m-fol exaiiiiiiniiiiii of the ins works in that l‘.ll_t‘ has o-ziiihlisiod this fin-i. lhii the lower the q-iiility of gas, llw greater itw Vt lo- »-iI_v with which it ll-tun llironuh the mrtri 2 ihiii is, the qiiniiiiiy rt-gt.-ii-n-d is increased in proportion -is the quality is in iioiaiml.

Wiiniii: urn F.i~iii ass Uinis Prioii.—.\ gooii anecdote is mid of one of tho Uhippr-wa lnniiin.- now iit the North. lie was naked why the In- -liiins did not copy the dress ol'nur people up ri-,p.iud :---Me think we started your fasliioii-; your men now Wl‘lll' blanlu-is as we 0, nm‘ your women paint their faces and wear t'ei.~ then."

is just.—lt recoinmends the ubandonluent of

’l‘he train started, and on rcachingtlic centre of the bridge it gave way, and the locomotive and cars were plungid. into the stream and instantly disappeared from view.

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NATURAL Mons: or Si:rrLiivc A Bar.- Two persons were the other day dispu- ting asto the best quality of each olher’s hay, and a wager was made on the sub- ject, but the worthies were at a loss to tiiid a paity competent to decide the question, which was consiilerd a knotty point. At length one of the (llS|7lllt:lllS, Mr. Win Taylor, siiggr-sir-d that the ques- iioii should be refi-ired to a liorsi-, tlo

roperiy of Sir 'l‘lioniiis Eiskiiie, Bart, one ofthc officers oftlie Royal Deiibigli Militia. 'l‘lie ll0l)lt'. iiiiiniiil, luring accus- tomed to partake. of the very bcst food, was presented with a small quantity of each party's hay, the same beiiig placed :1 short distaiicc apart and the question as to quality was at once decidid by tl:e horse showing it dccidrd ]'lfCli'l'f'll(‘e for the hay of the other individual who Slig- gested the experiment. The other party was perfectly satisﬁed at the result. cheer- fully paid thc wager, and 8.Cl{llO\Vled'bL‘(l liiiiiselfni fault.

DELIIGE IN 1m: Pi..i.\'rr Sii-i'rax.—ln it recent work isntiili-d "The New Theory of Creation iind Di-lugc." among other startling predictions it is stated that it is probable the rip“; which suI'l'0|sI|(l Saturn are composed of water. snow or ice. which at some future time may desoi-nd and deluxe the planet, as ours was deluged inthe days of Noah. It now appears that this event is likely to take place a little sooner than was iiiticipiited. for Sir David llrcwster says :

" .\lr. Utto Starve and Mr. ltond lune lately studied with the great Mniiicli telesi-ope at the Ubsi.-rratory of Pulkoway. the third ring of bat- urn. which Mr. Daiisels and Mr. Boiid discovi-r- ed to be fluid. These iisironoiiiisrs are of the opinion that iliis fluid tilt}; is not of very recent foriimtioinand tl.-atit is not sulijcct to rapid change ; and they have l'0|Il0 to the cxtriiordi- nary coni-lnsioii that the inner border of the ring has since the tuie of lluygens. heen gru- illlillly npproacliiiig the liody of Saturn, aid that we may expect. sooner or later, perhaps in some dozen of years, to see tho rings united with the body of the planet.”

At the recent riiiiiiicri-sry festival of the Burns \aiItIt'lat'l)lI. iiil.'inr-inalii, hlr. Kennedy of ()1- Wfil. "lit" |I|es*'tIlt d to the society is lfIt'plt"Itl‘I i-Sim i-live Mi Ind bv Iluri-i-. snd upon which rho 5;-pct l|iI;l oltru. played In his “sweet [Higlilsnd i :crv.i

The l.nIiitivillo- ( Ky. ) Courier It-gtlnuiu ﬁg‘ ihe i-old Wﬁllitttf has ruined hall a million dollars oorih oi potatoes in that city.