-.. ~ .,.r., ....,,... ,__‘,__, «.--rL-er.-x THE GREAT EXHIBITION. final. auuavtouvunt sou CLOIIIO ‘run ‘lIIlIl‘l‘l0l. -0ue'uf the innst nuurerously attended meetings of the Royal tasioirers. was held on ' uesdiiy, is the I-Lxliibition building. It was presided over by Prince Albert, who came from Osborne Izlull for that purpose. It was resolved. that tlte Exhibition Id it, close to on public on Saturday, the not of October. and thstaoreyul prtgesttt or ceremony should be connected with that event. It way also decided that a meeting of the Commissi- oners should behold in the building on Wednesday, the toll: of Qcteber, forthe purpose of receiving the several reports of the JON“. and for taking leave of the foreign commissioners. Upon ‘ it is ' ‘ ‘ ‘ to r of the exhibitors, _V twirl. foreign end local aomrrttduioners. and members and secre- V tee of the local committees throughout the country. At the close 0!‘ proceedings of the meeting. ttfhlioti will begivert to the ex- hibitors to reniove their goods, subject to such regulations as may be uiude by the Executive Cotnmittei. The in te of the juries, Old _ names of the persons to whom ites shal have been l\\‘.'|nI- dl will afterwards be published. It is the intention of the Iluyttl c0!llIIiIIioners not on ly to present medals to the Individuals to wltotu “IO juries may have awarded them, but to mark their sense of the exertions of all the exli'tbitors—nnd also of tits jurors. the foreign Ind local commissioners, the chairmen, treasurers, and secretaries 0‘ IWII committee, and other persons who have tendered services Il_I>f0tlioting the Exhibition, and at the some time to present them VIII! a permanent ttietnoriul of the undertslting—by distributing ute- to each, accompanied bv a certificate. and it inted cop , of 0 reports ol the jttrors.—()f the three models, the esigus of w ich W_ere originally approved, that by Mr. Leonard Wyoa will be dis- lflltnted to the prise-men selected by the juries. I‘hat by M. Bon- srurde|—-the great in-td.il -will be given in certain cases recom- mended by the Council of Chuirmen—itot us a mark of excellence in degree on the part of those who receive it, but for reasons which the'ConncilofChuirmen have been requested to state specially in their reports. The tucdal designed by Mr. Adams will be given to the jurors. In addition to these. the Commissioners intetrd to cause two other medals to be strut.-k—one of each will be given to esch exhibitor, and the other. to each of the local cotnmtssioners. members and secretaries of local eotuniittt.-es, and other persons who have assisted in ,n citing the great undertaking. The great number of medals. books, attd certificates which will thus have to’bu presented, will render their distribution upon that occasion a matter of iuipouibilitv. 'I‘l:e lioyal Commissioners have come to tlte conclusion. that it will be most desirable to fix n lintitotl period. within whicli.ettclr individual may make such arrangements or receiving medals, books. and certificates frotn the Corittuissiotr- or as titay best suit his personal convenience. Due notice will be given on this point. as sooti as the Cotntirissioners are able to fix a time for the distribution to t:otnttient.'e. \Vith respect to the dis- I of the surplus. no decision was come to; and no plan was, we licve, propounded for that purpose—it being considered prema- ture at resent to come to airy nclusion upon the subject. We do not like this hesitation. Why not decide it at otrco upon tip- propriating the surplus to the preservation of the buildiirg for the ublic I P On Monday, the Exhibition was opened at nine o'clock and clou- ed at six. instead of opening at ten and closing at seven, us on previous days—the gradual shortening of the day having led to this alteration. Owing. probably, to the chartge not being generally known, the number who availed themselves of the early hour of visiting the Exhibition was cotnparativoly small; the totttl number arriving up to ten o‘clock, bcittg not more tltan 3.478. \Vitliitt the next hour H.000 arrived. The ut:mber adniittcd during the eu- lI|‘0 day WI“ 51.52.’). The atrtottnt received was £2.lilI I6, of which sum £5 was the produce of the sale of season tickets. Dur- ing the day, tttatty of the visitors were surpised by seeing. towering high over the diminutive throng, what was at lintt considered to be a colossal statute; but upon closer exnrrtinution, prov- ed to be the futitouu gittutt.-sa frottt Lapland, wlto is upwards of seven feet in height. She H ltaritlsnttte and wt-ll-proportioned. and, as might be expected, attracted cottsiderahle notice. She was uccoutpattied by a female attetrtlartt in the costume of a Lrtpl.-tndur. who. although of a fair averago height, appeared by ltcr side a pet- feet dwarf. On Tuesday. the number of persons who visited the exltihitiort was 57,069. 'I'he amount rect-tvod for lItIIltIllI0l|I_WlII £2,773 I6; for the sale of season tickets, £8; making the total receipts for the day. £2,'l8I 18. ,.~ ' On Wednesday. the number of visitors tvas -H.567; and the gmonnt received, inclusive of .CI I0 for it season ticket, was £2,- I8 18. WI-18'!‘ INDIES. ' ‘Accounts from the West Indies have been received to the 26th I I. The St. Lucia Palladium h:ts an account of an em tion of the long dormant volcano on Mount Pelee, which took "ace on the night ofthe 5th of August. The whole town, in the tnitriediate vi cinity of the mountain, wits covered with ashes. 'I‘|te inhabitants were obliged to fly from their houses, aitd seek refuge in a neigh- bouring village. V oucsrttc I-Iaurrtou a'r Matt1'tvtQui;.—A fflflilflll eruption of the long dormant vocalano of the Pelee Mountain on the Island of Martinique. t--ok place during the night of Tuesdnv, the 6th ult. Like the great and mentors‘-le eruption of the St. Soufriere in l8l2,the plreutrmeuon at lilartiuque is d—ecribcd as having been act-otnpanied Wllll “ a noise similar ttr the ap- proach ttf thunder, still nearer and nearer, with a vibration that affected the feelings and hearing." An eye witness says at daylight on the 5th. he observed three streaming chimneys ofuniolte on the Peels mountain. One of these was of ti dense black color, rexenihlittg the utnolte from u steamship. though ten times more voluminous. The other two were formed of a whitish smoke The whole town and surrounding country was covered over ith ashes. The population of Prcclteur had to fly from their homes during the night, sttd come the whole way to St. Pierre for shelter. The Pelee Mountain, which is the highest land in Martini- que, stands in the ninth of the Island, and, accordin-; to the map published by authority irt l83l, is represcittetl as hearing an altitude of 4.438 Entrltslt Icet frntn the level of the sea. It is from this mountain chiefly that the numerous springs issue by which the island is watered; and. although strikingly char- acterized with the indelible rnsrltu ofun ancient vulcauo. we do not renteutlter to have ever fallen in with the record of any of ‘its eruptions. E. & N. A. R.ttt.w.tv.—A large and enthusiastic meeting of the friends and supporters oftbe European and North Ameri- can Railway, was held at Portland on the lllth u!t.—IIon C. No es in the chair. Several zentlcmcn addressed the meeting. an a number of resolutions itt favour of carrying out the pro- ject were adopted. We nttbjnin the concluding resolution:— ltrrnlved, That. while we regret the existing uncertainty in New Brunswivlt and Nova Scotia, as to the particular mode by which they will construct the portions of the road within their borders. are liable unfavourable tti effect the appeal for subscrip- tions to ortr own citizens. we see in it, from our knnwledue of the circnutstaut-es, no reason for suclt uttfavnumhlo influence; no reason todelay the subscription for the ctrmpletinn of the part in Maine; no reason to doubt that those Prttvittces will curly determine between the several modes now under their consideration, and early enter upon the ctrnetrttction, and pro- secute to completion in full time. to run their carrs in connexion ‘with ourowir th-, portion witttin those Provinces respectively. 3!. J.:Irrt Courier. His Excellency Sir John Harvey is expected in the steamer from Euglztttll. g___ — UNITED STATES. 1' IIIICTI or 1-i-ts: HAVANA sr.tssacau.—'t-uuursi.: arcs- in new cacuaite! . A dusptttch to the Charleston papers. dated New Orleans, Slut instant, says that a party of Cuban llberatortt, mostly western men. exasperated by the tone of the Spanish paper, La Patritt. attacked theoflce of that paper. broke in the windows and (IO0I'l,.lfld threw the press. crises, types and furniture into the street; in fact. they destroyed every thing belonging to the rifles. There was no inter- ereuce on the part of the police. After demolishing the Union the rioters ended in the cigar store on the corner of_8t. Charles and Grevier streets. broke in the doors and windows. and ed all the stock and fixtures. which were very valuable.- 1 o'clock the rioters west to the ofloe cf the Spanish Consul bareyed desks. furniture, and y of all kinds. They also broke down the sign. which they curried in triumph to u inset- % hid in Iafuyettu square. Ausher &pIteII dated lid, as mob of uteu, surround- ed the city piston this nrcrnlug.. re the Smuislt Consul lunl is- 5'5 .3 £3‘ In relhgu, sail threatened tedetuolish it, unless he was delivered up is .- wue sheet IO. pslies en the greund.—.'(surly all the cigar by fisslurds were destroyed. Yesterday urinate gurts freluurbfl niht. in bensureftlte murdered liners- «celse houses were ob! destrsysd. .thsSpsirlsk csussl reeslved several letters from the Ansrissuubstrdussdtsdsltvsrthsntsu eenuilttss it 2; who eslled eu blur. render then. _ Tire Celina sews crested t excltsurent at Isvuuuuli._ A tre- mendous town nreeiing was eld there on -'l‘hersdxy evening. A eominittt s vtttsxppointcd, and after several speeches as u journ- ttrcnt was carried till Friday. PHILADILIHIA, Aug. lb.-—As itnmenes Ifass meeting was held in Independence Square this evening. to condemn the proceed- ings of the Spanish authorities in shooting the American isoners at Havana. Col. John Swill, the presid ng otlicer. in to ing the chair, spoke of the massacre of the prisoners iii fittio terms of ¢0lItI‘3llllIIl. on, and ur ed it as a dot of the American (iovcrttmeat to itt‘e.'fore. Mr. Jo n Cadwallu er. in introducing retiolutioue c:.p.ess've ofthe meeting. contended that it was the duty of the American government to protect every pen tie on the Anieriean coutineirt who were oppressed. Mr. (atdwaliader was followed by Gotierul Smith, I‘.'. A. llotver, Colonel Small, and scverul others. all of whom expressed in unqualified tcrnts their itulignatimr at the barbarous oottduct of the Spanish authorities at lIav:tna. 'I'lte meet- ing evirtc.-d great entltusiasiit thtiiughnttt the procttt-tlittgu, and was one oftlto largest uvst.-tttbla;-,eu ever rzouvonod itt this city. Nuw Ottnuarsti, August 21-'I'he excitement on Cuban affairs is still very great. and there are no signs ot abatement. The prin- cipal streets are thronged with rioteru, arid the property of the Spa- riiatrdu is destroyed in all directions. 'I he Spanish consul has lrmett burnt iti etligy; In the mean time our antlturities are doing It.tII|Ittg to check the lsvt lessons: of the ntob, which seems to reign su- llfllllllfo DEI'|‘lll.lC'l"IVl‘. l"ias: A1‘ M.tssti.i.mv, Orrin, Aug. 21.—.\ fire broke out at one o'clock this tut-rttittg. tvlricli destroyed the Iiagle llotel and the .-\tio.-iican Iloutro, together with an etrtire block of buildittgs. ‘I‘ltt: town pro.-ucnts it truly do lorable aspect. The Pliilttdclpltia Sun says “the best bite we ever had on u fishing excursion. was the bite we took along with us. Mlillco.-I.ate intelligence frotir the northern part of .\lesicn, states that the crops are almost complete failures, atid itirtiteuue uuutlrertt of cattle had perished for tvttut of food and water. ‘ At Vera Cruz, Aust 21. the citizens rose against the go. uument, to oppose the collection of the taxes. The military we uculletl out. and several persons were killed before the disturbance was uelled. ' q Snurrtzttxv I"I:vu:n A1‘ S:a.—'I‘lte uclrootter Grecian of iVar- ren. Me.. from Ilarien, tint, for 'I'ltourtit-ton, ut ittto llolnios’ Ilole recently in distress. having lost by southern llisver. till ltatnda. (save the captain) five in number, four of wltom were btitied at sea. 'l‘lIl£ Rl()'l‘ IN NEW UIll.I".ANS, (From the JVew Orleans Crescent. Aug. 22.) _ Yesterday New Orleans was alive with excitement and movemertt. 'I‘he streets were thronged with people, and angry and violent crowds paraded through the city, brettliittg itito tlte sugar and ' shops kept by Spaitiards, gutting them of their contents, and H- troying every thing they could lay hands upon. lfour levees had given way and the current of tho .\li.isippi permitted to ritsli through our streets the turmoil confusion. and :rgit.itiott, could not ltave been less. \Ve will briefly detail the ittcitluiits as they occurred. 'I'lte iirelancltoly news of the fate of Critteudcti Kt,-er, Brandt. and their cotrtpzittinns, cast early in the morning, rt dcep shad! of glutttn over the cottttiiuttity. 'l'lte several ltuttdrctl jiliouslerox l|'l\\' iii the city itirtttediately put on ct-ape. Up to II a. tu., no sign of disorder was tnanitosted. About that time an " Extra" of it very otfeniiive and improper chavuctt-r was i.-uuetl by La Union ttIlicc- the otlice of the Spttitisli organ in this city. It was an irritable out. rage upon the feelings of the friend and I’L'l::lI\'cd, nuntc.-rous in this city, of the gallant dead and it was at once gt.-ucrailly known that tlto Uiriotr otlice uoul-I tie itIl:ICI(t.‘tI and gotten. About tliis_titnt-. Spattiartls still further fanned the spreading tlaute oft-xcitettueut by public retitnrlta, some of it most brutal, and all of It most ullieirsivo character. The Spanish Consul also hoisted his llstg. Tlicy had presumed too rttuclt upon the perfect impunity of the p.-tut. About -I p. rn., a crowd outcrt-d the ollice of La (‘titan and in it few titittutea it was is total wreck. The editor ttttrronly escaped with his life, through the i.tt-r traction of Mttyor Crosstttutt. 'I hence the crowd prom-sided to the corner of (iratier and St. Cltnrlcs, where u very utltous Spnttiard, Iloniagosa, lcudetl the Corinna cigar shop. some dtettronstrations were tirade. but the doors were closed, when after .he expiration of an ltour, Iloui:tgos.t appt-tired at one of the doors with u drttwn ktrtfe in his IIIIIILI, and expressed a desire to sltetlllltv it itr four or live cursed Yankees. A rush was made. when Rotiingosa. made his escape in the are. closing the doors tiftt.-r Itttit. tired. \VtltIlIIIitIg three pcrsotts. one so- verely. ‘I'ltc ruins -vfst. Charles furnished the materials with which tlto doors were speedily lrattt-red in, every window broken. the shop gutted, and a costly stock of cigars scattered in :he streets. limitat- gosa made his escape to u back door, run up street under a shower of missiles, his face. utreutning with blood. and himself hotly pur- sued. Ile succeeded in sheltering Iiituself in the city prison. ‘ Tito crowd proceed to the utiice of the Spanish Consul. I he was ppt tit Ironic to see company. They gutted his attics. and tore down its it it. Tlifiuce the torrent of the people poured down Poydrns to attack the U. S. Excliauge. A !t.ipp ' riinturk from the bar-ken r, ttttd a speech frotit Diatrict Attorttcy Iieyuolds, diverted them roiti their pt:-po.-is, and after taking “ a drink all routtd,” free, they cott_t:u- trated upon the Jetiu_v Lind Coffee House. corner of St. Charles and I’otdi.lo. It was gutted in a few tttiitutex and the streets straw. ctr with the wreck. About this titne (8 p. m.,) an immense crowd had gatltcred in I.ttl'a ettc Stpire. It was addressed by Judge Walker, and Col. l"iel , the l.oui.~iaun regiment. Col. Christie was called for.; but did ttot speak. Judge \Vitlkor very sensibly advised the crojd to bottle their wrath for use in Cuba ; tlte article would very well hear exportation. btrong resolutions, dctiunciatory oftlre Spanish autho- rities. were passed iii a hurrah. Couchtt, Lnptuin General of},'ubti was then hung in clligy, and burnt autid the shouts of tire crowd. A cry was raised for “ White lIall." colli-c house tipposi _lho St. Louis Hotel. and about atltousatttl pcrsouspourotl dow that. direction. On their way u ttunilrer of Sptittislt sltoptr iti Iixclttittge Alley wore broken into and gutted. At this IIItI|lI(‘.lII we cannot my positively, but lttpptist.-, White llall. a large and costly estab- lislrtttcttt, was rzlt.-arly gutted. . Througltnut the day and night the Spanish population was to the utmost trepitlatiou. 'l‘ltt:ir shops were gt-tnerttlly closed. 'I'lte ex- cited mass of " guttors" seem to ltuve entire cotttroul of the vrhole city. No tvatclttnen or tnilitatty were visible. and the uutltortltcs were powerless. or would not act. The city was given up to a lrtatts of frenzied tttcu, everv iittitttottlgrowittg more and more eatfitetl. and we knmv not what record we ttt-iy have to add to this. '_I'lto streets at a late hour were tltronged with men, shouting, hurrying, to tttttl for, rittd rejecting we know not what. Arming them there were not so far as we. utid otiicefl 0f "'0 lllfillflil "Ink. =IItI0{I the jilli/iuslcros could see, any of these. “ emigrants." At dt - ferettt points. Recorder (iettois, Col. Christie, and Attorney Roy- nolds, were the only persons who sought to arrest the progress of scenes. which, for the credit of our city, notwithstanding the strong and bitter provocation of them, we cannot but deeply regret. Et.r-:c'rMtc.tr. Srottits.-On Thursday week Mr. Reynolds. farmer. of Stratlsctt. had sixteen sheep ft-edit g in 3 field, and during a violent thuntlerstortn. they took shelter under a tree, which was struck by the lightning, and all the sheep were killed on the spot. A thunderstorm of great violent-e. httt of short duration. passed over the town of Sunderlan-I on Friday evening. St-t-er.tl houses were struck and damaged. A boy was struck dead iii the street. and a woman, who was struck lost both speech and ht-sting. By the gentle sppliratittu of galvattism she recovered both faculties in about fifteen minutes. 'l‘he storm seems to have had an extensive range. In the south it did g;eat damage. A poor woman was struck dead at Culcht-ster. At Rochester the storm was vere violent. The Cathedral was struck by liizlttnirtg, and one of the pinnacles was knocltned till’. 'I'lte church at Frimlslrury was set on fire by the lightning, bttt flames were quickly extinguished. A labouring man at a farm near Worcester was killed by a llsslt. At Wenliatn. Manningtrce, and other places. several persons were stunned. _ _ When I wrote to you last. I mentioned that the Mississippi had gone over its banlte to an extent never before witnessed by the oldest lrthabttantsoftltis country. The water in still up ttnusu -lly high, and the crops are entirely deetroped in the low bottom iamls along the Upper Misslsuippi.—Mttny a pour la- bourer has been deprived of all his hard earnings for the list live or six memos. and man a family bus-been rendered heme- loss lrv this extensive orettlovv, I ssvr a friend. a few days ago. who lately moved to this place from a town uotne distance up the river. (Canton I think is the name of the p|nce)._who told rno tlrst the water had been about eighteen inches rleqr in his parlour, and otlrefrnoms on the llrst floor. for more than a month past. Hts fortune showed unmistakable signs of the mundation._ It is estimated that there in at twenty llve index of sevt-ere in New teen rniles will be added this year. At Monmouth, Illinois, a new style for gt-rrtlemr-n‘s dress has made its appearance. It is a sack enet reaching to the hips. with pants closely utility the body and -limbs.‘ and fastened III the knee. after the inanner of the old‘style. with Imtg stock- iirns. Tussrh an attached to each base, and complete the unit. We suppose this to be a set el'to the change in lb ls- dius ccstuats. - resent one hundred’ and cry, to which about thir- Nesr York. Angst tI.—'I'he tetal stuount ofsgele seated tron thbpsit stuns 7th January lust, exceeds 0 .000, . E, H’. V I Iuhsqusutly. smut. be III feveedh err- floaung.-ulu Barnes. a young lady in Cincinnati, eater ed a closet with a lighted candle, when a gust of wind shut _her in. and her clothes being ignited, she was burnt to death with- out cltunce of escape. ‘ . An English Journal says that hundreds ofltves might ltuve escaped the etfects of poison by this simple receipt: A large tru~uptronl'ul of made mustard mixed iii a tumbler of warm WI- trr, uttd snalluwcd as soon or possible. It acts as air instant emetic. sufllciently powerlul to remove all that is lodged in the stnttrat-It. A plan for the exploration nftbe interior of Africa has rro.-ntlgv lit-en vulrmittetl by Liam. Wstkitts oftlte U. S. Navy to the United States Gtrtcrrttnettt, which if carried out. promises to he oft.-sserttial bettellt to the natives, attd to the interests of coin- mt-rce. In conseqtrsnee of continued drought. a prospective famine is ht-uinrtiirg to be lII‘l‘tIlIt‘lI lit the Strtrtlrerrt States, rrupetrially in Get-rt.-is, Alalrzttua. and Mississippi. The west and the mid illc States will however have it stiperabuudaut supply, llr. Frattklia. in summing up the ttornestic evil» of drttttlt- enm-sit, *- llnoaos without windows, gardens wiliout f--tic-re. ticltls without ttllune, barns vi-itbont roofs, children without clothing. principles. murals, or manners.” A small qmtutttv of vinegar will generally destroy immediate- lv iIil\' inst-t-t that may find its war title the r-tornaclt, and a lit- tlc salad oil will kill any inset ' that may enter the ear. '|'lrt-re is a woman now living in Georgia, one hundred and thirtr -lltree _vra.'s old. who lies the active rise of ltcr faculties. roatlu without glasses, at.d is only a little deaf. I“.ttht-.r Mtttltew. whoce health has greatly failed, will leave the United States during this tnortth for Ireland. Upward! of thirty tlrousatt-l Mortnons, or latter-dsy saints. are supposed to be itt England at the present time. The probability is, that anger will ere long be manufac- tured to considerable extent frotn watertnelonu. It\'l‘ES'l‘ FIi().\l CALIFORNIA. New Yotur, September 4th. The Steamship Panyttrrtcus, Capt. Churchill. arrived this forenoon. Tue Prtrtrretltcus brings two II|Il'llIl’t'd and seventy-livo passengers and California news to August Isl, two weeks later. In the hands of passengers tlteru is some $350,000 in gold. tvlnlu on frcigltt there is but $50,000, consigned to 'I‘liompsou dz Ilitcltcock. 'l'lto steamer Independence arrived at San Jttan di-l Sud on the lmh August. Her passengers were there trattelbrred to tire l’rnrttelltetts- The Oregon is reported to have nearly two millions on board. She left San Francisco Aug. 7th and overtook the Promethetts at Acapulco. The reports front all the mining districts are more favorable their at any period during the present year. and the sltiptttt-.ttts of cold ll" Annual and Septe t-ber will dotilttlt-as exc-~ed those of any previous mt-ttihs. The most rcmarltalrln features of mining operations are the numerous utttlertakings by cotnpaniea fill filo": llte veins and trlbutarir-s to divert the water frottt their clrntinels. Extensive canals are constructed on the tributarics of Callaveraa, Tuolumnc. American and Yttlra Rivers. to carry water upon placcrs known to be rich but Will!- out water power. There is a fair procpettt of a prartit-til and successful beginning of quartz tninbtg. with heavy imported lI1tt(‘IiIltEl'y. 'I'lte unprorctlentetlly Ifltv stage of water in all the rivers has hen especially favorable to enterprises of the first class. Many dflmmlntz cotttpztniesare nlrcarly at work in the beds of streams Stwefal Of the t‘h tnnels have been exposed for miles. and some rich deposits have been struck. and there is a prospect ofa full vie-ltl for the noxt three months. 'l'he crinul prnjt-,t-ts, at first aucct-ssfttl on it linrilml scale. have been untlcrtrtken on large p':tt~s, uttd with a heavy c:rpii:t|_ The project for turning the South Fork of the -lmerican. several miles tliroiitth the hills ttr the valleys and gulch:-s about Placervi-‘le. is the moat gigantic one on foot, antl the company is about to he irrttanizetl with such i-ottli~5enr-e that stock frotn it quarter to halfs million will ‘'6 rendilv taken by the miners in that vicinity. The-re is an increased confidence oftlie ultimate success of quartz mince, and the belief is every day becoming more cent-ral that this will become the great and permanent sottrco of gold. The Ice Itfpruspectintr is passed. Combined capital and la- hof diteclefl hv svstt-matte and at-it-ntifio principles will succeed wltern a blind trust in fortune and individual effort has failed. The '“bJ'*’-Cl Of r\s!ricnlIure is beginning to attract consider- Ible Inlafeslt ulthnur_vlt the past \\'inter and Spring were on- usually rlrv. Experiments bare proved eminenllv successful. and there is u stronfl desire among mnnv who came here more sojourners. to settle permanently in California. and gather aroitnd them the comforts nfa home. It is estimated that there are already 25.000 persons settled and devoted to Agricultural pursuits. The lrttlian hostilities have ceased in the Southern and Eas- tern ImYtl¢'l'H and broken out on the Northern frontier. A util- nary expedition unrler command of Gen. J. M. Estelle. will :t_c(-nmpartv the Indian Comrnisuioners in their tour of negotia- tnrn tn'Clear Lake. thence to the sources of the Sacramento, alter which thev will proceed to Klammtth River. The hos- Sledlndisns on Rogue's River have been dispersed but not sub- II9 - Navigation on the “- low stage of water There are about as itt San Francis- since the fire in htav. F.xtens'!ve preparations are in progress for the manufarture 0'' hllckr Mill Quarrying Stone, to fill numerous building con- tracts. Two companies of overland ernisrranttt have arrivctl in the mitt" from Illinois. Michigan. and Wittt-nnsin. A fire twcurrel at Sac-ratncntu city on the lflth, which des- ‘"‘.V“'l “lulu ltnuttt-.-. The loss was small, yet it is the largest tire that has occurred in that fnvttvcd citv. Gnltl mines are now worked in Caraon’s Valley, on the eas- tern declivitisu of the Sierra Nevada. rivers is suspended on account ofthc urrdred and fifty sub.-tt:intinl brick hous- resrly all of which have been erected Telegt:n_plilc! Tit: San Fruits or 1-its Cnaut Irtvastoit!—CottrtItita- -rrnrr or -rite Gasae-t--rttto or Lovtiz.-—Pait:iv Krt.t.rn on ‘rat: Finn or BATTLI —l-‘iv: Hntlnaln inn Fir-rr-six Aiitratcsue Sitar. arm ONE lltmnanp aan l"ttrrv-viva curt- ntcmrttn to THE G.u.t.ttvs ——Ncvr Ynax, Sn-r. 5.—We ltavn PFIVNI ti rlespatch from New 0r|ertns.unnnunrina the arrival of the Clwrtrkee at her wharf in that port. on the 3rd inst.. with the details of the arid finale of the I/rpez expedition. Authen- etic intelliirem-e from Havana. of Ann. lat. save that all of the invaders have been either ltillt-d or made prisoners. Just prcvimls to the capture of Lopes the patriots all deserted hits. and tied to the mountains. He wandered about alone for some time. httt was fimillv run down by the hloodhnurtds. and cap- tured on the 29th of August. and carried to Havens. Where he was izarrotted on the let of September, at 7 o'clock in the mor- nine. His last words were, " Adieu. dear Cnbs!”—I‘revious to his death he d'-clared that he had been greatly deceived with promised aid in Cuba. Puuuenqcru on the Cherokee, who wit- nessed his rxeeution. say he died tnanfully. Spanish tmcunnttt state that of the whole number of Patriots landed from the Psmpero and from other quarters. rrvtt nua- nttxn iao rrri-vstx (all Americans) have been already killed. and one rtuttnaxn AND rtrrv-rtvu more are now in the prisons of Havana. The Hungarian General Prugsy was killed at Posse. It is said a small body nfirrsurzertte still hold the rnountrtins near Poerto Principe. It in reported that the one huntlred and FITN- llve prisoners have been sentenced to the chain-hanging for ten vears. ' Laborde, lute Spanish Cnrruul at New Orleans. had arrived at Havana in the Empire City. He says. he should have been lynched had he remained. ,—:_ 1?t§s9zit11iiin>’" "c‘M1M°a at-L EUEBDAY. IBPTIMBEB 10. 1851. I ltavs seen lately a number of new copper coins, that from the quantity poured at once into the circultttion. rnu~t, we think. have been imported for the purpose. They are extremely uupretenditrg. so much so. that it is itnpossibls pr tell which is the obverse and which the reverse; rte nneueerrts to silver them. and they boaatof as parent country: " speed the plough" and " success to the fisheries" are both eertululy appropriate motions for Prince Edward Island, but us we have been in the habit of sending oft’ quantities of hulf-pence sseh as they were to Newlbuedlsad, It is probable that the menu- Ikcturer intended that these should be continue to both colonies. the o h for Prince Edward Island. and the split codfnh for New- iidlartd. They were much wanted. although vie should prefer their being issued under the sanction of the Government, as is the ease in the surrounding and other colonies- Oa passing along the street North of Queen Ftp!-rs. on Bstsrtlsy last, we perceived a number of pictures ranged e orig the paling be- tween the residence of Mr. Gates and the adjoining house. sird a crowd of persons. of all ages utrd both uexolt I005"! 0" Willi 0030? and adnririn eyes. Various were the criticisms ofi'ered. and ex- traordinary the ptedilr-ctiorts manifested by different individuals for the different lflbjflclu which were there submitted for their up nba. Iion; still more eitraortlittairy were the reasons given for the criticism or the predilectiott. llut ltowcvcr dttfereiit were our own taste and judgnti-ut in the matter, we have it proper reaper-t for the-irs. itnd were pleased to see numbers of the plates leaving the fence to adorn the wttlls of hubittttions both in Iowtt rind cnuiitry. It isii proof. and it most grtttifyitrg one. of the progress of the wealth that is quietly and silently ttccuttrttlnting in the Colony; for people are always itrore or loss wr-altlty. when their appropriate it part of their surplus enm- iugtt for the gratilitutton 0 their ll'IIIB of the beautiful. \Vhett the crnvitig:-‘nf Ilic intelli-ctual nppt-tite are. thought worth of being cnti-rt-d for, it is a proof that those of the animal have can tibutt- dantly suti-atictl. “'49 could not but remark. however. that the pre- vailing taste was manifestted in tltu selection of those cotitttirrittg the briglttest uttd gaudieitt colors. It is itaturttl. It is the ti.-tine desire thtrt is llIflI|Ift‘t|I0(I by the child that trends down the inure tl--licttte protluctituts of nature in his race after the dnudt-lion, upon which, after the lapse ofn few yenrtt. he loolts with ittililfert-rice or cutttetirpt. Without t-uti-ring into the diavussion. whether it taste for the fine urtu can he acquired. or whether it is not a gift of nature. a something that must be born with it person; it is clear lltat it may. when it exists, be purified. ltehglitened and ItlIp!tl\’t:tI§0f this every person must be cottsciou-, when he sees a child ttdtrtiring those toys which he recogttizes as the objects of his own youthful ud.t.irtion. It is now nuivc rsnlly ndntittetl, that taste is not rtltoge‘lter capricious and dependent on the tcrttperttzttent of the ittditidunl; that there are cer- tartt rules It which it is governed; and tlitit tltouc who would aspire to be cunni ered as persons of correct taste ntost study tltnse rules. \Ve are pleased. tltt-rt.-fore, when we see such advertiseitieuts us those of the “ American Art L'tiioti" occupying it share of the columns of our newspapers. We are glad to see brought within the rettclt of fatuilit-u of ittodr.-rate itreuua oppttrtuttitit-.s not only ofortto- tticrrtttrg tltcir npurtttret-Li, but of fmtteriitg and iucnlcating u love for those pl‘t)|M'ltr-llitetl fur irtenl.-tl gratifrctttiotts, which are the best proofs ofa sound and virtutttta education. For a stthscriplion ttf I"i\'e Dol III“. annually, car-h int-tube: receives a lztrge original ettgrtivittg, with aortic other sitiiilnr works of art. as inentioned in our last. Speci- tucns of these may be seen at the store of Mr. J. J. l'ippy, where can also be seen the " Ilullr-tin oftlto American Art Union." This is tl public.-ttiun itr quarto. rtr-cortrpniiicil also by one or fIIOft' engrav- ings or l‘l(,‘IlIIlj:il. line before us (that of July, I85l) is illustrated by up etching of Woodville'tt picture of the Guru: of Chess. ttnd an etching in outline taken from the last t‘I7tl[\Iel’ of Cooper's Pioneers, rind YI‘|ll’t‘tlPlIItl "liver litlittgltstrr and his wife Eliztbclh meeting |.r=:ttltcr Stocking at the grave of his old r-oiirpnnion, ffhingach oolt. Ilotlr pit tunes tire evci-lleut i-pet-irircus of the progress of Art itt . ine- rrcu. \\'t: hardly kitow bow Tltirtv-one Sltillin and Tltree-pence t‘lllI be laid out with rt grerttt-r certnittt of an n equate return, than by ‘a aul-sctiption to this publication. n forgot to add. that there is it kind of lotto-ry every year, wherein each of the subscribers is en] trtlr-tl to a chance of receiving a Painting. peice of .“cu|ptu tr, Sta- tuette in bronze, Medal. or the like, without any additional expense. 1. D. IIAIZAIII, I-'.sq., Sin; In our xtpcr nf'l‘uc.sd.-ty the 26th ult.. is an address inserted, sigma by fitltn .\l‘Into.«lt, \\'i|linrn Cooper and Martin Mclnuis, and ‘addressed to His Iixcsllenc Sir Alexander Bannerntan. pur- porting to be fruit: the " Inltabttatttst of King's County." Now. as an iultabitttttt of King's County and having a good many ac- I||l:IIlll.llICt.'I in it. I was rather nstoniztlu.-«I to hear of this address Itc- ing pttlrlialtod and never heating of it before it was in print. But IItI\V was the some of the l'ounty taken ? \Vu.s rt rcqu't~rti-tn nu- ttierottsly or respectfully signed ? sent to the Sherilflo call it (nutt- ty ttt'.'t-ttttg for the purpose trf considering the subject? or if -1-, did tltnl. olliccr call such meeting.’ and through wltat clmnn.-l.’ lint tlte .\I. I’. I'_.’s of the County cull meetings in their tlitf-"rent dis- tricts.’ and if so, when IIIMI where were they held? 'I'ltt~se are the usual trtotles of calling county nteetirrrts to ulmrin tltc sense of u courtly on tiny itrr-ti-titre ofititportance; but .:-A i".r us I can learn, these have been all dispensed with in the prt:;‘mtl instance, and a few of Cooper's dttpce mot sotncwltcre near the lientl of Cardigan, and at the r-upgr-.-tiott of that (..uuiriitg old l‘ox) uni.-deceiver, pre- sumed to call tliem-elves rt County llloctirig. I out sorry that John M‘Itttoslr, who I believe to be an honest, well-riteaniug, though rather it conceited man, should allow lritn- sclfto lie lon er led or rather duped by Coo icr; the other who signs the tttl-lrcss. cottstder belorv contempt itse f. I trust Ilia Excellency Sir Alexander Banrierman, is by this time convinced. that the address by Cooper Gt Co., which he so ably iinswers, is not the .-\tIdre-it of King's Count . but merely the hpwltug oftbe Old I-‘ox. whose it in und who.n t e Governor has I0 colt"-pletcly Celffltc I. Will any one believe, that any of us To- nants _liu_s no free-will or cannot speak. but as our Landlord pleases, when II is well-known that Cooper. .'vI‘lntoslt and most other To- unnts h.-iv_e all been speaking and writing against the Island Pro- P’"~"°"'! ""“'-9 ‘9"=|' l33_2---Ind. II for I as ltnotv, were never found fault with by the proprietors for so doing. Ciro ;- wt". diamined by the Govermttent from several little ollices Ii: held. for sortie Irertsomsble resolutions which he got posited at some of his meetings «nil _.\|r. Joseph Coffin was eashiered from being a Captain of .\lt|tti:i. and lIf.<|tcl|tIed front being a J. I'., merely for being Chair- nrau of it meeting where two Resolution; wyiugn by (j,..,l,er. "my clearly trottannable, were pll9.It‘d Ilut I never heard of it Proprie- tttr or his agent, making any perentptttry deuumda for mm, 0; min‘ '"'.V l“""l| Iltmrurcy ton ard any of his tenants, for any share such tenuttts lrtd taken in these nit-t-tings. lltero are not twnttty men in the County would give expression to the fItl8’dftIfy scritttuctits tlt-it Cooper has put into his Addnm,. and which makes Sir Alexrtudt-r say. be "dc:-ply cnmmiscralcs with rr_s." that poverty is far too prevalent. and even distress in many IIIIIIIDCPII, none will deny_ um] ,m|,... ‘he Pom“, mow M M. forotlto blight of that root appeared, or sotrte substitute found for t_t, tlto new, settler tn the woods cannot subsist, as he cannot Hog in (train. lurtttpu ttrtd Carrots in unllicient quantities to I(l'BpI1IlIl° self and family itr food. Ilut he is not to he the slave of the Pro- rfifiltlft nor yet ttr hold him at open defiance. 'l'lte Laird run more- J take my roperty for rent. but he cannot sell myself or chil- rert‘: lhere nre. Islr.ll continue to speak and think III I please. and if my I.antllnrd were to come to me to-morrow and ask me to vote for his friend or rrotttiuee at the next election, I would at once flatly and perhaps, rudely refuse him. I am. Sir, Yours, &c.. _ _ A Kttso's COUNTY Tutvsrr-r. East Section of I\ing‘s County, 80th August. ll-bl. - I".S. Ifa Court of Enchant were established here (as it ought to ltnve been, and dtutbtless would have been but for Coo .r’a dogged interference) would the great Agitator trust a jury ofnlhe people that he hurt so long ettdeavoured to exaupornle against the Proprie- tors to decide a case between himself as proprietor and a person who 2:":.;.::;::;::":.:'n22.::':- °' W‘ W ‘M °*-W" - ~- We insert with much satisfaction the letter of our worthy and re spected porrespondent “ King's County Tenant." and we fully agree with lttrn. that ineettngs called and held in the mnnngg .. ,,,,. that at Alley‘s .\IiIle, in which the Address to the Lieut. Governor _W|l K01 "P. cannot be in any shape or manner considered as s k. mg the sense of the inhabitants of the County. But this is aiznys the resource of those who havi their own'private measures to iiarr do rs not act in the open constitutional manner pointed out by obit correspondent. at the County Town or sonic. \\'t.'II Lttotvti central place In’ the ttanction nfnrcn who \t-mild rut.-o intro. ,1,“ up Pam“ Z 3,. y,.“_ lug. our frietttl atnl t-tltt.-rs of the same Item , w ' (I never huyg sum-rod un rtdtlrer-s which is filled with such “ ly sentiments " to have gone forth to the world an expressive of so of the ‘IQ of King's County. Sir Alexander has said in h reply to hing", that the terrsngly Cooper 6: Co., "that lie was not anon» until not of Ittng’s County were in A state of obj-rt -nlnni.-sion to uni.» |. lords." His Excellency might have gone further and stated that he did not believe it. and then he would have only agreed with up," who had the assurance to endeavour to palm sn' gross a falsehood upon him; for they themselves knew that neither the tenants of l(tng‘tr nor any othpr County are in any such state of vuusulagu or any thing approaching to it. but that on the contrary, they have given their support to such men as M'lntouh and Con , whose whole star has been by one sweeping act to deprive the andlordu of every‘ acre of land they hold in the Colony, without any respect to law, justice or equity. Iir consequence of the late appearance of (Whe|en‘s) R Gttsetlr—nc copy having been left here until afier one tfcloefi duy—-we are unable to ntuke any reply to the obueputlogg 0., g.f urt ele in last week's No., relative to the illegal and urteertsthatlonal dismissal of the Fire Wardens. We shall, however. take up the matter in our next. It is a rtnrtter of too much nee to |I|. safety of the town, and to the welfare of the eenturuulty in l, to be sufleretl tobepssssd overluths suuinerymeueu my Iiditcroftlre R. G. isevidsutlyauuiuubtitfieufl. Ilad a meeting of the County bun nnyuly he“. L-