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GROUND, on the north side of Queenhithe Dock, in the City of London. Plans of the Ground m a y be seen, and. further particulars obtained, upon application at the Archi tect's Office, Guildhall. FERDINAND BRAND, Comptroller. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, MAY 30, 1861. GREAT ,WBSTERN RAILWAY. CHEAP EXCURSION t 3 the WEST of ENGLAND, offering facilities for visiting the BAT H and WEST of ENG LAND AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY'S SHOW at TRURO. on the 3d, 4th, sth, 6th. and 7th of June. .- On FRIDAY. the 31st of May, an Excursion Train will leave PADDINGTON at 8 a.m., and Reading at 9 a.m., for Wes ton-super-mare, Highbridge, Bridgewater, Taunton, Tiver ton, EXETER, Barnstaple, Bideford, Starcro ,, s, Dawlish, Teignmouth, Newton, Torquay, Paignton, Rrixham-road, Totness, Kingsbridge-road, Plymouth, TRURO, Penzance, and other stations on the Cornwall Railway, returning from Plymouth on .Monday, the 10th of .Tune.—For full partiou lars, see handbilD. PRICE 4D . STAMPED, SD. No 21,500. PU.BLICATIONS. AMERICA. ties, among which confiscation of property, enor mous fines, and even the penalty of death, are enumerated, to send cotton into the Free States. Thus Lowell and its kindred factories will be re duced to ruin, it is said, and the North to the direst distress, if Manchester can get cotton and Lowell cannot, there are good times coming for the mill owners. NEW NOVEL BY THE AUTHOR OF "HELEN LINDSAY." Now ready, at all the Libraries, in 2 vols., 215.. LIVERPOOL, MAY 29. The City of Baltimore, which touched at Queens ;own yesterday, has arrived. The accounts from the blockading squadron are nteresting. The Charleston Mercury, of the 13th, IN6KING AND ACTING, BY A CLERGYMAN'S DAUGHTER. Author of " Helen Lindsay," " Our Homeless Poor," &C. Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. G REAT WESTERN RAILWAY. BITNGERFORD RACKS. NEW NOVEL BY THE AUTHOR OF "JACOB BENDIXEN." Just ready, in 3 vols., HOMELESS; or, A POET'S INNER LIFE. By 31. GOLDSCHMIDT. Author of "Jacob Benz dixen," (cc. On THURSDAY and RIDAY, the 6th and 7th of June, an Excursion Train will leave Paddington at 8.0 a.m. for HUNGERFORD, calling at intermediate stations, and re turning each day from Hungerford at 7.0 p.m. Fares there and back, 6s. 6d. Ist class ; 4 s. covered carriages. Tickets only available on the day of issue. Ordinary Trains to Hungerford leave Paddington at 6 a.m., 8.30 a.m. (ad class), 9.20 a.m., 11.45 a.m., 3 p.m., and 5.15 p.m. Up-trains from Hun., erford 6.10 a.m., 8.40 a.m., 11.30 a.m., 2.40. p.m , and 6.35 p.m. SCINDE RAILWAY COMPANY.-INDUS STEAM FLOTILLA. The Directors are prepared to receive applications for DE BENTURES at par, in sums of not less than £lOO, for the unappropriated portion of the £83,0.0 Debentures about to be issued for the purposes of the Indus Steam Flotilla, bearing interest at 5 per cent. for five years, renewable for a second period of five years, and payable by coupon at the Banking house of Messrs. Smith, Payne, and Smiths, No. 1, Lombard street. The bonds will be dated on the Ist of May, 18q, and will bear interest at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum from that date on all monies paid on or before the 30th June, 1861. The payment of the principal and interest is guaranteed by the Secretary of State for India in Council, as will appear on the face of the Bonds. The Debentures are convertible into Indus Steam Flotilla Stock at par, at the option of the holder. ' Forms of application may be obtained at the offices of the Company. • . - By order of the Board, THOMAS BURNELL, Sec. Scinde Railway Offices, Gresham-house, Old Broad-street, May 25, 1861. RESTAURANT and CAFE DE L'EUROPE, D and 10, HAYMARKET, adjoining the Theatre. Joints in succession, from four o'clock 2s. Od. Soup and Joint 2s. Pd. Severn Salmon, or other Fish and Joint 3s. ed. The Cafe Dinner of Soup, Fish Entree, and Sweets 3s. ed. On the Oaks Day a Haunch of Venison at 7 o'clock. Sup- Pers after the Theatres. T HE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL FETES at the NEW GARDEN, SOUTH KENSINGTON, W. The GRAND FLOWER and FRUIT SHOW, on JUNE 5. Admission JUNE 6 The GRAND ROSE SHOW, JULY 10 ss. Od. The GRAND DAHLIA SHOW, SEPTEMBER 11 2s. 6d. The GRAND FRUIT and CHRYSANTHEMUM - SHOW, NOVEMBER 6 2s, M. NOVEMBER 7 t is. Od. Fellows, Ivory Tickets, and persons registered under the Debenture Agreement, Free. Doors open each day at 1 o'clock. Tickets may be had at the Gardens, South Kensington ; Messrs. Addison and Co.'s, 210, Regent-street ; Messrs. Leader and Cocks, 63, New Bond-street ; Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, old Bond-street: Mr. R. W. Olivier, 19, Old Bond-street Mr. Sams's, 1, St. James's-street ; Mr. Wester ton's Library, Knightsbridge ; Keith, Prowse, and Co.'s, 48, Cheapside ; and Vacher and Sons, Parliament-street. Tickets sold on Days of Shows will be charged 2s. 6d. extra. All the Shows will be held under Roofed Buildings. After the opening, on June 5, Bands will play on Wednes days and Saturdays, in June and July. As the Works in the Garden are still in progress, the Coun cil have decided that the right of entry to these Promenades Must, for the pre , ent Season, be limited to Fellows, who (except on Fete Days) may personally introduce two Fiend+, the holders of Ivory Tickets, whn may introduce two Friends, and to those persons whose names are registered under the Debenture Agreement ; and on Saturdays after 1 o'clock, by Tickets, price 2s. 6d. *„,. Ballots for Election of Fellows will take place on the 24th and 31st of May. By Order of Council. AND. MURRAY. MR. - W. S. WOODIN'S NEW ENTERTAIN MENT. the CABINET of CURIOSITIES, POLY GRAPHIC HALL, King Wil lam-street, Charing-cross, TO-NIGHT, and EVERY EVENING (except Saturday), at Eight. Private boxes, X 1 ls. ; Stalls and box stalls, Is. ; area, 2s. ; amphitheatre, ls. -A plan of the stalls may be seen, and seats secured (without extra charge), at the Box office, from 10 till 4 Morning Performance, Saturday, May 11. A ROYLL ROOMS. - GRAND MUSICAL ENTERTAINMENT, 'with the Celebrated BAND, Forty in number (established eleven years), chosen from the Philharmonic Concerts, Royal Italian Operas, and the Household Troops. Conducted by Mons. Lamotte. Cornet-a-piston, M. Boulcourt.—Dancing at Nine o'clock.-la. admission. THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY ROOMS, High Holborn. Open every evening at 8 o'clock.— This popular and magnificently appointed Ball Room, de cidedly the most fashionable and best conducted entertain ment in the world. The very excellent band, under the able direction of Mr. Packer, is constantly introducing the choicest and latest music of the day. The wines supplied are of the very choicest quality. The refreshment rooms are elegant in the extreme, and replete with every comfort. Admission throughout, ls. EVANS'S MUSIC and SUPPER ROOMS. — Gentlemen meet as usual every evening. Mackney as ever--Sydney's admirable New Song--1 he Lee Family's elegant Performances, superior to anything yet seen. Four- Part Songs, Glees, Madrigals, and Classic Vocal Music form e main elenapnt of the pntprt.innauf “t vans's to glees extremely well sung."—Athenwum. 110YAL NATIONAL LIFEBOAT INSTITU TION.—The AID of the public is earnestly solicited to enable the Institution to continue the maintenance of its 108 Lifeboat Establishments in a state of efficiency. Bankers—Messrs. Willis and Co., Coutts and Co., Herries and Co. Secretary—Mr. Richard Lewis, 14, John-street, Adelphi. ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road. Patron—Her Majesty the QUEEN. President—His Grace the Duke of Buccleuch, K.G. Treasurer—Edward Masterman, Esq. This hospital relieves distress in its most helpless shape, that of disease aggravated by destitution. With more ade quate funds the Weekly Board could make immediately avail able 500 beds for the relief of the large mass of suffering in this metropolis. Its present resources, supplied entirely by the Voluntary Contributions of the Public, enable it to afford, in addition to its In-patients, effective Medical Assistance to an average exceeding 2,000 Out-patients weekly. Contributions are received by the Treasurer, Edward Mas terman, Esq., Nicholas-lane ; also by Messrs. Coutts and Co. ; Drummond and Co. ; Berries and Co. ; Ransom and Co. ; Prescott, Grote, and Co. ; Smith, ,Payne, and Co. ; Glyn and Co.; Jones Loyd and Co. ; Barclay and Co. ; Denison and CO. : Williams, Deacon, and Co.; Overend, Gurney, and Co.: Nisbet - and Co., Berners-street ; Masterman and Co. ; and at *he Hospital. J. B. OWEN, M.A„ Chairman of the Weekly Board. THE VIGOUR OF YOUTH RESTORED IN FOUR WEEKS by Dr. RICORD'S ESSENCE OF LIFE. NO CONSULTATION NECES~AItY. This wonderful agent will restore manhood to the most shattered consti•ution, whether arising from self-pollution, excesses, nocturnal emissions, the effects of climate, or natu ral causes The time required to cure the most inveterate case is four weeks ; and, if used according to the printed in structions (which are very simple), failure is impossible. This life-restoring remedy should be taken by a'l about to marry, as its effects are permanent. It is acknowledged by the medical press to be the greatest discovery ever made. Success in every case is as certain as that water quenches thirst. —iii.Rilord's Essence of Life is sold in cases, with full in structions for use, at 11s., or four quantities in one for 335., and may be sent to any part of the world, carefully packed on receiot of remittance or stamps. Dr. Ricord's Sole Agent in London is Prout, Patent Medi cine Warehouse, 229, Strand (five doors west of Temple-bar). (Entered at Stationers' Hall.) THE SECRET INFIRMITIES OF YOUTH AND MANHOOD. Just published, the Twenty-fifth Thousand, SELF-TREATMENT SIMPLIFIED.' Spermatorrhcea, or local weakness, nocturnal emissions, general and nervous debility, premature decay of the system, rc_potency, and impediments to marriage, &c., cured by LOCAL MEANS, without poisonous drugs or other ques tionable so-called remedies, which have hitherto proved abortive, although generally used by the English faculty. The important fact that the many alarming complaints, originating in imprudence and excess, may be easily removed without medicine is clearly demonstrated, and the entirely new and highly successful treatment, as adopted, fully given, by means of which every one is enabled to cure himself pri vately and at the least possible cost. Sint to any address post free on receipt of six stamp s by Dr. Watson, U.S., F.R.A.S. ; Member of th e Medical ciety, Rouen ; National Academy of Sciences, Paris ; Fellow of the Imperial Institute of France, &c. &c., 27, Alfred-place, Bedford-square, London. Consultations daily on all those ailments peculiar to youth, manhood, and old age, which tend to embitter and shorten life. Persons unable to visit town may have a printed form of questions to fil l up, which will supersede, in the majority of cases , a pers onal interview. Prepaid letters promptly answered. "The temporary relief obtained by means of purgative Medicines is purchased at the high price of the aggravation nd it the perpetuating the disease.' —HENRY, M.D. NO MORE PILLS OR ANY OTHER PHYSIC POR CONSTIPATION, INDIGESTION (DYSPEPSIA), PALPI TATION, NERVOUS, BILIOUS, AND LIVER COMPLAINTS, DEBILITY, DROPSY, EPILEPSY, PARALYSIS, COUGH, ASTHMA, CONSUMPTION, BRONCHITIS, SORE THROAT, FEVERS I)U BARRY'S delicious HEALTH RESTOR ING REVALENTA ARABICA FOOD, which, at a ew pence per day, saves fifty times its cost in Medicine, and tires without purging or any of the uncertainties, annoy noes, and ruinous expenses incurred by medicine, cod liver oil, or visits to distant climates. _ Certificate No. 36,418.—We find it the safest remedy, An drew Ure, M.D., F.R.S. ; Dr. Harvey; Dr. Wurzer ; Dr. Shor land ; Dr. Campbell. We extract a few out of 56,000 cures : Cure No. 1,771. Lord Stuart de Decies of many years' dyspepsia, Cure 49,832. Of fifty yea indiscebable agony from dyspepsia, nervousness, asthma, cough, constipa tion, flatulency s pasms, eute si l kness, and vomiting , Maria Joly, of Lynn, Norfolk . Ina 47,121. Miss Elizabeth Jacobs, of extreme nervousness, indigestion, gatherings, low spirits, and nervous fancies. Cure Campbell, Syderstone Recto No. 54,816. The Rev. James T. near Fakenham, Norfolk of Cure No. indigesti"n and liver coroplai7t,s.di Laxton ,Leicester, of two years' 56,814. Mr. Samuel W. Reeves, 181, Fleet-street, Lonronhcea. Cure No. 180. Mr. Mess, cc nstipation, indigestion, and debilityc2s years' nervous ness,deb Cure No. 4,028: Rev. John W. Flavel, 16 Eight years' dyspepsia, un tl g i t c o r n am, spasms, and nausea , Rec tory, Norfolk. Cure No. 3,906. Thirteen years' cough, indi gestion, and general debility, James Porter, Athol - street,' Perth. Cure O. 58,314. Miss Elizabet h Yeoman near Liverpool, of ten y ears' d y s p e p sia, and all the ' a a r teacre nervous irritability. Cu re No. 46,270. Mr. James rs of Roberts, timber merchant, of Fernley, Surrey, of to years' diseased luncts, spitting of blood, liver derangement, partial deafness. Similar testimonials from 56,000 patients who can he re ferred to. The Food is sold in canisters , 11b. (a. 9d., 21b, 45. ad,, 121 b. 241 b. 40s. ; super-refined quality, 51b. 225„ 101 b. 335. The 121 h. , and 241 b. canisters carnage free on receipt o f goat -offic e order by Barry Du Barry and Co., 77, Regent street London ; Fortnum, Mason, and Co., 182, Piccadilly, ; Abbis, 60, Grace chure h- s treet; 4, Cheapside ; 83 and 156' Oxford-street ; 330 and 452, Strand ; 49 and 60, R a nd ; Batty, 16, Finsbury -pavement ; Phillips old co.. tea dealers ; Atty, Wood, and Co. , K in g &feet, city, anclls7,Bigh ELollran; and all gloccra, Hurst and Blaekett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. Now ready, in 1 vol., with Illugtrations, RECOLLECTIONS OF A FOX HUNTER. By SCRIITATOR. " Scrutator is one of the most graphic and eloquent histo rians of the sports of the field, and for vital interest and utility this is decidedly his best production."—Stmday Times. Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. MAP OF L ONDON.-GRATIS._ On SUNDAY last, May 26, was presented gratis with the DISPATCH, the Fourth of Nine-Double Sheets, to form, when complete, the most perfect and useful Map of London ever published, to contain 27 square feet upon a scale of nearly 10 inches to the mile. The price of the " Dis patch" with any Division is, unstamped, sd. : stamped, to go free by post, ad.—Order of any News Agent in the Kingdom, or from the Office, 139, Fleet-street, London. Send 4s. 6d. in stamps for nine papers and perfect Map of London. An Invaluable Six-sheet Map of the UNITED STATES of AMERICA, with Six Papers of past or future dates, price 2s. 6d. ; by post, 3s. Maps sent on roller, 2d. extra. On Sunday next, June 2, ISLANDS of SUMATRA and JAVA, and on July 7 the Tourists' Map of the LAXES of KILLARNEY. T HE PRESENT DISTRESS IN TRADE fully explained in J. GROSSMITH'S " GOVERNMENT UPON FIRST PRINCIPLES." The ("Rae IS there predicated of the monetary difficulties ex perienced in 1860. The Crisis is at hand. Anxiety in bus. mthuest• animate rint torture. Ct a e a ll has fly exereisi:de,GoPvtierniitTneonftsmootrivai is lost, All denominations of Constitutions are carefully examined in J. Grossmith's "Government upon First Prin ciples." Kent and Co., late Piper and Co., Paternoster-row. Jest published, price 25., free by post, 2s. 4d., SPERMA TORRHCEA. By F. B. COURTENAY, M.R.C.S.E., And formerly Surgeon to the Metropolitan Infirmary for the Cure of Strictures of the Urethra. ON " The aim of the author is to present a common-sense view of the Causes, Nature, Consequences, and Treatment of this Disease, as also to free these questions from the Professional Fallacies, the Popular Delusions, and the exaggerations of Quackery by which they have hitherto been surrounded, to the destruction of the health and happiness of thousands. These objects are discussed in a common-sense and highly practical manner."—Medical Circular. London : H. Bailliere, 219, Regent-street.' IMPORTANT TO OWNERS OF HORSES.- After long experience, deep researches into chymistry, by the aid of costly machinery, I have discovered the means whereby oats, beans, and ollcake may be entirely dispensed with in the feeding of horses and cattle. I have now invented a compound meal, composed of locust beans, Indian corn, linseed, &c., at £l6 per ton, which is equal in value to .C2l worth of oats, beans, or any other feeding material in the market. Two quarts of this compound meal, weighing 31bs., at the cost of to., mixed with a peck of chopped hay, is a feed I'or a draught horse, and superior in every respect to three quarterns of oats, costing 7d. 14 barrels weivh net 1 ton 1 cwt., at 16s. per cwt., £l6 its. net cash, free, delivered by my own waggons to any station in London. Nothing less than 21 cwt. sold at the manufactory, and orders must be accom panied with cheque crossed, made payable to the inventor, JOSEPH THO R LEY. Steam Mills, Caledonian-road, King's-cross, April 8, 1861. Single barrels, weighing cwt., may be had for 305., at 77 , Newgate-street, City, or of any of my accredited Agents in the country. THORLEY'S CONDIMENTAL FOOD (mixed wi h crushed Oats, dz.) for My Horses.—Read Admiral Roue on the English Racehorse. 40s. per barrel, containing 448 feeds. THORLEY'S CONDIMENT for My Cows. Increasing the quantity and enriching the quality of Milk. 40s. per barrel. THORLEY'S COMPOUND for My Sheep. Sold in barrels, containing 44S feeds, with measure rnolosed, and carriage paid to any railway station in the ingdom. THORLEY for Ily pigs. 40s. per barrel. THORLEY'S GLEANER is Published every Monday in time for poet, and contains forty Columns cf valuable information, including Mark-lane Report, Agri rultural and Sporting intelligence up to time of going to press. Price One Penny. Order of any Newsvendor.-77, Newgate-street, City. No. 8, GROSVENOR-STREET, BOND-STREET. A wririmAL TEETH uu a NEW and TM - PROVED PRINCIPLE.—Mr. ESKELL'S PATENTED INVENTION (protected by her Majesty's Royal Seal, July, 1860), for adapting Artificial Teeth on Moveable Bases by Self-adhesion, are fixed without springs or any fastenings, without pain or extraction, restore perfect articulation and mastication, rendering detection impossible, and last a life time. "An admirable contrivance for remedying the defects of nature, without requiring new sets of teeth."—Sun, July , 20. " Will doubtless be extensively patronised."—Court Cir cular, July 21. "Unrivalled for its utility and economy."— Morning Post, July 20. Coasultations free.—Terms strictly moderate. " 8, Grosvenor-street, Bond-street ; Old Steyne, Brighton; Bennett's-hill, Birmingham. GIVEN AWAY TO NERVOUS SUFFERERS. HENRY SMITH. M.D., of the University of Jena, has just published, for the benefit of Nervous Sufferers, a FREE EDITION of his valuable work, THE WARNING VOICE TO YOUNG MEN (120 pages). A medical work on the cure of Nervous Debility, Loss of Memory, Dimness of Sight, Lassitude, Indigestion, Dislike to Society, Spermatorrheea, Local Weakness, Muscular Re laxation, Languor, Listlessness, Depression, &c., which, if neglected, result in consumption, insanity, and premature death ; with plain directions for perfect restoration to health and vigour. The book will be sent, post free, secure from ob nervation, to any address, on receipt of a directed envelope and two stamps. Address, HENRY SMITH, M.D., 8, Burton crescent, Tavistock-square, London, W.C. Just published, price Is., post free for 14 stamps, with Pho tographic Illustrations from Life, D ISEASES OF THE SKIN. By ROBERT J. JORDAN, Licentiate of the Royal College of Physicians, Edinburgh, Member of the Royal College of Surgeons, England, &c., o. Author of " Skin Diseases and their Remedies," &c. Price 2s. 6d., by post 2s. 10d., Hours of Consultation from 11 to 2, and 5 to 8'; or by ap pointment. To be had from the Author 29, George-street, Hanover square, London, W. For qualifications, see Medical Register. a, GREAT MARLBOROUGH-STREET, W.. NEAR THE PANTHEON. DR. CULVERWELL, Member of the Roya l College of Surgeons, Licentiate of Midwifery, and APO hecaries' Hall, London, can be consulted daily (only) as ,bove, on all oases of Nervous Debility, Languor, IlloaPaoltYs foss of Memory, Sterility, and all Punctl.mal Derangements 1 both Sexes, emanating from early and excessive indul owes Has Just published, price ls. ; by post, li BUMP S, 18 sealed, No. 4, An entire new and original Work, entitled OURSELVES. Synopsis : The Physiology and Anatomy of our Generation -The Origin of Disease—Symptoms, Treatment, and Cure. &lso, an Exposition of. and Remedy for, all Urinary Derange nenta and Marital Disqualifications, MALE. The modern treatment of Syphilis, Stricture, Blennorrhagi a Gonorrhoea), Sperrnatorrhcea, Impotency, and all Diseases of the Urinary Organs. with Prescriptions, dfo.l FEMALE. The Physiology and Anatomy of Women—Functional Ir regularities in Health and Sickness—Choice in Marriage — Their Expectancies and Disappointments—The Cause and ftemoval of Sterility—The Theory and Symptoms of Gesta tion—Use of the Speculum. Also, No. 1. HEALTH, HAPPINESS, and LONGEVITY; On Debility, Nervousness, Dyspepsia, and Indigestion, No. 2. their Obligations Happiness, LOVE AND MARRIAGE : M tch 8 and Disappointments ; Love Ind other a es. terility Removed, and Healthy Off- Wing secured.; THE CASE BOOK 100 Cases of SPERMATORREHEA, Their Causes, Symptoms, and Treatment, Conf6IISIOIIII and Cure by Cauterisations, Galvanism, &o. &c. &o. To be had of Mann, 39. Cornhill ; and the Authors. Advioe to the Working Classes fee Half-a-Guinea; (SPECIAL NOTICE. Dr. Culverviell is the only legally qualified medical practi tioner living of that name, and can be consulted (only as shove). DR. CURTIS' MEDICAL WORK, MANHOOD • A. MEDICAL ESSAY ON SPERMATORRIkE NERVOUS AND GENERATIVE DEBILITY, dao . Just Published, the 150th thousand, with numerous plate s, in a sealed envelope , p rice ls., Sold by all Booksellers, an d sent post paid, by the Author, for 12 stamps, ANHOOD : the CAUSE and CURE of PRE- Fl MATURE DECLINE IN MAN, with Plain Directions for Verfect Restoration to Health and Vigour. By Dr. J. L. CIIRTIs, 15, A:berniarle-street, Piccadilly, London. CONTENTS: INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER on the Physiological Structure and Functions of the Reproductive Organs. CHAPTER IL—Causes of Spersnatorrhcea and Impotence; Early Vicious Indulgences; Dangers of Neglect. CHAPTER lII—A Review of the various Disqualifications of Marriage: whether resulting from Youthful Abuse, the Follies of Maturity, the Effects of Climate, or Infection. CHAPTERS IV. and V. on the modern Treatment of Gonorrhoea and Syphilis. The Book concludes with numerous varied and interesting eases, to which is added th e Author's recip e of a preventive Lotion. REVIEWS OF THE WORK. "Curtis on Manhood.--This is a truly valuable work, and should be in the hands of young and old. Sunday Times, 13d March, 1856. "The author has conferred a great boon by publishing this little work, in which is described the source of those diseases which produce decline in youth or more frequently premature old age."—" Daily Telegraph," March 27, 1856. " This work, which for twenty years has stood the test of professional criticism and empirical hostility, treats in aplain and sympathising manner on the various disqualifications and impediments arising from nervous excitement and de• bilitY ; and to invalids suffering from youthful errors and excesses it will be found valuable and useful."—Record. London : Published by J. Allen, 20, Warwick Lane, Pater noster-row; Mann. 39, COrnhi lL W 00111Ultatlinr - 19 t 4) 3 and 0 U. 9 ;1, 411 0 4 Y 8 1 PAW a steamers belonging to the Virginia Steamship Com pany, and offered to pay for them, Mr. Heineken asked Mr. Sewarti's reasons for considering it an act of treasolf if he (Mr. Heineken) should accept Go .vernor Letcher's cffer. Mr. Seward answered that the Executives of all those States now in insurrection against the United States with the design to over throw its Government were parties to their treason, that if it was treason for them to buy or seize yes , - sels to be used against the Government, it was equally treasonable for any one to sell them vessels or receive pay for Teasels seized by them for sach purpose, and that the Government would visit on such seller or receiTer all the penalties of treason. The following rumour, o had been telegraphed from Washington : " It is useless to lisguise the fact that the lead ing members of the diplomatic corps in Washington are engaged in constant and anxious discussion on the course it may 3e necessary for them at any day to adopt. They have recently received urgent in structions from their respective Governments to in form them with the utmost precision of the chances of the two sections in their present deadly quarrel. It is leaking out that the Governments in question declare that their commercial interests are identi fied in a great degree with the South, and that if they are forced itto taking sides with either, they will be compelled to look carefully after cotton and free trade. England is disposed to move cautiously in this importan: matter, and is playing her usual game of urging France to take the chestnuts out of the fire. The country may not generally be aware that there is at this moment an agent of th• French Emperor travelling in the South, by the name of Baroche. He is instructed to say that he is simply collecting information for the Commercial Bureau, for the Minister of Politic Works, but this artifice is too transparent to deceive the most credulous. He is a political more than he is a commercial agent, and Lis despatches, regularly forwarded to riz, necessarily exercise great influence over the mind of the Emperor. What may be the final con clusions of France, whether she will think it her interest to play into the hands of the revolutionary party in the South, remains to be seen. It was understood that an army of 15,000 Fede ral troops would be concentrated in and about Fort Monroe. says : " The steam-frigate Niagara, which it was stated some days since was coming off this port to blockade the harbour, was first noticed off here at an early hour on Saturday by pilot. boat No. 4, then outside the bar, and also from the steeple of the Custom house. The pilot-boat had observed in the offing on Friday evening what appeared to be a merchant ship bound into this harbour, and which not being in sight on Saturday, was no doubt ordered off by the Niagara.. Towards midday the frigate disap peared, but returned off the port in the afternoon. On Saturday Capt. Robert Lockwood, pilot, in boat No. 2 (the W. Y. Leitch) took to sea the schooner Minnehaha, for Baltimore, and soon after leaving the schooner outside he went on board his boat, when he made in the offing, standing in, a square rigged vessel. Night coming on, and the Niagara being in sight, he thought it best to send his pilot boat into port, and to take his skiff and one hand and proceed to the bark. He reached her about '7 p.m., and found her to be the barque Hilja, from Liverpool, in ballast, consigned to Messrs. R. Mure and Co., of this city. The tide being too late to get her into port, he remained on board during Satur day night, his skiff being taken on deck and carefully stowed away. On Sunday morning, it being calm, the pilot was unable to get her under way, and at half-past 8 she was boarded by a boat from the Nia gara, commanded by Lieut. R. L. May, who informed the captain of the Hi lja that the port was blockaded, the rebels inside having fired on Fort Sumter with a garrison of less than 100 men, gave him a Yankee paper containing the latest news, and mentioned that an army of 100,000 men had been landed on the coast of Louisiana. The captain of the Hilja informed the Lieutenant that he was short of water and requested to know if the Niagara could supply him; but he was informed that the frigate had a shorter supply of that than any other necessary article. The following is a copy of the endorsement of Lieutenant R. L. May on the papers of the Hilja : " Boarded May 12th, and ordered off the whole Southern coast of the United States of America, it being blockaded. The report of the removal of the remains of Washington from Moult Vernon by the Secession ists was totally false. . The Virginia papers report continues arrivals of Confederate troops, and their departure for points not designated. "R. L. MAY. " ' Lieutenant United States Steamship Niagara.' " The officer remained by the Hilja for about 20 minutes, when he left. The boat's crew had each a revolver in a belt attached to the waist. Mr. Lockwood left the Hilja about 10 o'clock, and reached the city in his skiff, accompanied by a valuable boat hand, who remained faith ful, although appearances indicated that the boy had only to open his month, when he might have had a passage to some other place than ' Dixie's Land.' The Hilja went off during the day, and will proceed to the British provinces. "The British ship Monmouth, from Liverpool, and the ship General Parkhill, from the same place, were seen off the bar yesterday, and were ordered off, and we understand that the Niagara had pre viously sent off three other square-rigged vessels. During Sunday the Niagara went well off shore, accompanied by two of the above vessels, and while she was absent the British ship A. and A., Captain Hutchinson, from Belfast, stood in from the east ward, when the Niagara made after , her ; but the ship having much the start was run into shoal (From the Special !Yorresponclent of the Times.) water, where the frigate could not well approach MONTGOMERY, CAPITAL OF THE CONFE her, when the Niagara put about and proceeded DERATE STATES OF AMERICA, MAY 8. south. Should the boats of the Niagara omit to board the A. and A. before morning she may be got In my last letter 7 gave an account of such mat intoters as passed uncle . my notice on my way to this port with the aid of steam. The race was city, which I reacted, as you are aware, on the flay anxiously watched from the wharfs and also by a 4. I am on difficult ground, party of gentlemen who were out in the pilot-boat night of Saturday, the land is on fire, the earth is shaking with the Rover, Captain Evans. They went alongside and spoke the ship." tramp of armed nen, and the very air is hot with The same carnal of the following day says : passion. My communications are cut off, or are at j best accidental, aid in order to reopen them I must " The British ship A. and A., from Belfast, which get further away from them, paradoxical as the we reported in our last issue as having anchored statement may appear to be. It is impossible to near the outer buoy of North Channel , after having know what is going on in the North, and almost been chased by the Niagara, escaped being boarded the same to learn what is doing in the South out of by the man-of-war on Sunday night, and was sue- eyeshot ; it is useless to inquire what news is sent c essfully towed into port by the steamer Gordon, t o you to England. The telegraphic communica yesterday morning. The officers of the Niagara tions are now broken, so are the mail routes. supposed the A. and A. to have been ashore when Newspapers and letters now and then reach well she anchored, she was so close in; but in this sup position they were mistaken, and the ship has got kn own people New here from York in six or seven days. Events hurry on with tremendous rapidity, into a port, where she will make a most superior and even the lightning lags behind them. The freight, say about lid. for Uplands, and lad. for eo le of the South at last are aware that the p Sea Island cotton. The British ship Susan G. -le P " ankees" are preparing to support the Govern- Owens went to sea yesterday for Liverpool, and it was ment of the United States , and that the secession rumoured that she was boarded by a boat from can only be maintained by victory in the field. the Niagara, and her papers strictly examined ; but There has been a change in their war policy. They the pilot who took her to sea informs us that he now aver that " they only want to be left alone." watched her closely after she got outside until she and they declare they do nor intend to take Wash had almost disappeared, and that no such event took ington, and that it was merely as a feint they spoke place. She was, when last seen, going off finely, about it. The fact is them are even in the compact with all her canvas set. So far as we can ascertain, and United South men of moderate and men of ex no outward bound vessel has yet been stopped. treme views, and the general tone of the whole is " The Niagara was about ten miles south-east reg ulated by the prepond eranc e of one or the other from the Ship Bar yesterday, and was there at the moment. I have no doubt on my mind that visited during the afternoon by Mr. Robt. Bunch, the Government here intended to attac k . her Britannic Majesty's Consul at this port, who at heart to reduce Fort Pickens as Washington—not the least soon as and p o o s c s c i u b p l e y . left the city about two p.m. in the steamer Charles- _ that they h ad it m uch . ton, and proceeded on board the Niagara, where he Now some of their friends say that it willbe a mere utter of convenience whether they attack was received with the usual salute, and had every or not, and that, es for Fort Pickens, they Wash courtesy extended to him, and every matter in re- • et i w n iql ° c n . ertainly h let it alone at all events for the pre- Alllation to the blockade satisfactorily explained. sent, i nasmuc h as the mei acing attitude of General neutral vessels now in this port would be Bragg . obliges the enemy to keep a squadron of allowed a reasonable time to leave, but none would be their best ships there, and to retain a force of Re gulars they can ill spa ' re in a position where they allowed to come in. The A. and A., which got in yesterday, and whose manner of getting into port to the climate. They has discovered, must soon lose enormously from diseases incidental position is of little val ue rather disturbed the nerves of some cotton ship pers, will be allowed to go unmolested. All open States hold Tortugas am,' letters for masters of foreign vessels expected here they have their forees W , will be received on board the Niagara and given to uae so long aE4 too, the t u ha n t it t e h d e the parties when they come off the Bar, but no ,: a li m ee rti T sfi h e ey d, a ar v e er a y t r p es r o e federates are preparin s Key sealed communications will be received. A fl eet organised gcr th P . e conflict and when t e b s e t y . B w u l t i l t m he ak C e o , n; is expected off here shortly, when the blockade will of eight or ten sail, with Commodore Stringham . difficulties presented to suppose, in their do advance all along the be rigidly enforced all along the coast. They ex force by the nature of I se u t t .h n e e t a s strong advance , n o o f u e nough, h b , e t s h t i e l y e domestic resources , and in the pressed a willingness to have supplied the Hilja to invasion, or, at all events to inflict a very severe chastisement on the invaders, and t heir excited the country, to bid defiance with water, but the captain sailed off in such haste that it could not be done. The commander of the Niagara was pained at the position begin to think they can defy, not merely the United acts upon their m indsthat th e y manner of speech so he had to occupy in reference to the seceded States, but he intended to carry out his orders. Mr. Bunch says the Niagara is a formi dable- States, but the world. Thus it is that they declare looking ship, has a noble crew of about 600 men, i s they never can be conqu ere d, t h at th e y w ill di e t o loaded down with provisions and war mate ria l, a man, woman and child fi rst, an d t h at if 50,000, or decks piled up with shot and guns of the most for- an y number of thousands, of Black Republicans get midable size. The only Charleston ships o rdered 100 miles into Virginia, not one man o f t h em s h a ll off have been those reported—say., the Monmouth , ever get out alive. Behind a ll thi s t a lk, h owever , great resolution, and fixed the General Parkhill, and the Hilja, all from Liver heir strategy consists in pool. The Eliza Bonsall, the Sir Allan M'Nabb, there keepingis immense ciuiquiet t till i l I energy, they principles of action. ate, have not yet been seen. Several other Brit ish have their troops well in vessels have been ordered off, two of which, it is hand, in such numbers and discipline as shall give said, were bound to Savannah, but their names we them fair grounds for expecting success in any did not learn. No vessels appeared off this harbour campaign with the United States troops. They are on Monday, so far as we could see or learn, and the preparing with vigour to render the descent of the Niagai a had a quiet day, but she keeps steam on all Mississippi impossible, by erecting batteries en the the time, and moves rapidly when under way." commanding levees or embankments which hem in On the 14th the American ship Arago, with a its waters for upwards of 800 miles of bank, and cargo of tobacco from Richmond, Virginia, valued they are occupying, as far as they can, all the stra at 150,000 dols., was seized in the Chesapeake by tegical points of attack or defence within their the gunboat Quaker City. There was a prize crew borders. When everything is ready, it is not im placed on board by Flag-officer Stringham, of the probable that Mr. Je ff erson Davis will take the co mmand of the army, for he is reported to have a squadron, her destination being New York. The high ambition to acquire reputation as a General, following gunboats were on the blockading squad- and in virtue of his office he is Generalissimo of ron—The Harriet Lane, off the mouth of the James the armies of the Confederate States. It will be and Elizabeth Rivers; the Monticello, off York remarked that this plan rests upon the assumption River ; the Quaker City, at the mouth of the that the United States cannot:or will not wage an Chesapeake Bay. The Dawn and the Yankee were offensive war, or obtain any success in their at anchor off Fort Monroe waiting orders. The a ttempts to recover the forts and other property of the Federal Government. They firmly believe steam frigate Minnesota, Flag-officer Stringham, the war will not last a year, and that 1862 will arrived off Old Point Comfort on the morning of behold a victorious, compact slave-holding con the to hold its own against the world, or 13th inst. The ports of Florida had been put federate Power of 15 States under a strong Govern under blockade since the 6th inst., and the yacht ment, prepare d . . that por tion of it which may attack it. I now but 'Wanderer, of slave-trade notoriety, had been seized repeat t he sentiments and expectations of those off Key West by the Crusader. The steamer City around me. They believe in the irresistible power of Richmond, arrived at Philadelphia from Wash- of Cotton, in the natural alliance between manufac ington, reported having passed the United States turing England and France and the cotton-pro steamer Yankee 30 miles south of Cape Henlopen, during Slave States , in the f orce of their simple with three prize s t eamers i n c h arge . tariff, and in the system of free trade, which, however , intere sts er,by a rigorous which a r i se ou t ,if a From Cha r l es t on we l earn t h at ac ti ve prepare- legislation they will inte r d ic t to their neighbours in tions were goin g f orwar d to i ncrease th e d e f ences o f the Free States, and only open for the benefit of their 1 the State along the seaboard. On this subject the foreign customers. Commercially, and politically, Charleston Mercury, May Orders have been i ssue d f rom h ea d quar t ers for never was there su ch confidence e x hibit e d b y any the immediate organis a ti on o f th e 9th R e giment pee S. C. V., which will be made up of citizens from havple in the future as they have, or pretend to have, in their destiny. Listen to their programme. the parishes and district s o f our sea coas t, all of It is intended to buy up all the cotton crop which w hom are acclimated, and by th e i r h a bit s o f life are can be brought into the market at an average price, acc ustomed to boating and shooti ng . Th e y know and to give bonds of the Confederate States for the thoroughly every island and inlet on our coast, do amount, these bonds being, as we know, secured no t mind exposure, are familiar with the use of the b y the ex p ort duty on cotton. The Government , s mall-bore rifle and the hunting knife, and if called with this cotton crop in its own hand s , w ill use it as on to meet invaders will do it an an old-fashioned a formidable machine of war, for cott on c an do any and wonderfully e ff ectual manner." thing, from the establishment of an em p ire to the Mr. Seward , the Secretar y o f State, had written securing of a shirt button. It i s a t once ki ng an d subject, master and servant, captain and soldier, a n important letter to G. Heinek en, agent o f the artilleryman and gun. Not on e b a l e o f co tt on w ill be permitted to enter the Northern States. It will be of Virginia, haying seized 0 0 made an offence puniohable 'with Virginia Steamship Company, Washington. Go- Ter= Fetcher, From Havannah we have advices to the 11th. The Southern privateer steamer William H. Webb entered the port of Havannah with the United States flag flying, and sought a clearance from the Consul-General. This was denied, when the vessel was immediately transferred to British subjects, hoisted the Union Jack of England, and sailed for New Orleans. The sugar-market of Havannah was still dull, and sugars heavy (no sales), at 51- reals to 6 reals for No. 12. Stock, 225,G00 boxes. Molasses 12 reals per keg, and nothing doing. Freights active for all European vessels ; no inducement for United States bottoms. THE CIVIL WAR I A lIERKA. The planters have agreed among themselves to hold over one half of their cotton crop for their own purposes and for the culture of their fields, and to sell the other to the Government. For each bale of cotton, as I hear, a bond will be issued on the fair average price of cotton in the market, and this bond must be taken at par as a circulating medium within the limits of the Slave States. This forced circulation will be secured by the Act of the Legislature. The bonds will bear interest at 10 per cent., and they will be issued on the faith and se curity of the proceeds of the duty of Ith of a cent. on every pound of cotton exported. All vessels loading with cotton will be obliged to enter into bonds or give security that they will not carry their cargoes to Northern ports, or let it reach Northern markets to their knowledge. The Government will sell the cotton for cash to the foreign buyers, and will thus raise funds amply sufficient, they con tend, for all purposes. I make these bare state ments, and I leave to political economists the dis cussion of the question which may and will arise out of the acts of the Government of the Confede rated States. The Southerners argue that by breaking from their unnatural alliance with the North they will save upwards of 47,000,000 dols., or nearly £10,000,000 sterling, annually. The estimated value of the annual cotton crop is 200,000,000 dole. On this the North formerly made at least 10,000,000 dole. by advances, interest, and exchanges, which in all came to fully 5 per cent. on the , whole of the crop. Again, the tariff to raise revenues sufficient for the maintenance of the Go vernment of the Southern Confederacy is far less than that which is required by the Government of the United States-. The Confederate States propose to have a tariff which will be about 12 per cent. on imports, which will yield 25,000,000 dols. The Northern tariff is 30 per cent., and, as the South took from the North 70,000,000 dole. worth of ma nufactured goods and produce, they contributed, they assert, to the maintenance of the North to the extent of the difference between the tax sufficient for the support of their Government and that which is required for the support of the Federal Govern ment. Now they will save the difference between 30 per cent, and 121 per cent. (171 per cent.), which amounts to 37,000,000 dols., which, added to the saving on commissions, exchanges, advances, &c., makes up the good round sum which I have put down higher up. The Southerners are firmly con vinced that they have "kept the North going" by the prices they have paid for the protected articles of their manufacture, and they hold out to Sheffield, to Manchester, to Leeds, to Wolverhampton, to Dudley, to Paris, to Lyons, to Bordeaux, to all the centries of English manufacturing life, as of French taste and luxury, the tampting baits of new and eager and hungry markets. If their faits and sta- tistics are accurate there can be no doubt of the jus tice of their deductions on many points ; but they can scarcely be correct in assuming that they will bring the United States to destruction by cutting off from Lowell the 600,000 bales of cotton which she usually consumes. One great fact, however, is un questionable—the Government has in its hands the souls, the wealth, and the hearts of the people. They will give anything—money, labour, life itself i --to carry out their theories. " Sir," said an ex- Governor of this State to me to-day, " sooner than submit to the North we will all become subject to Great Britain again." The same gentleman is one of many who have given to the Government a large portion of their cotton crop every year as a free will offering. In his instance his gift is one of 500 bales of cotton, or £5,001 per annum, and the papers teem with accounts of similar " patriotism" and de votion. The ladies are all making sandbags, cart ridges, and uniforms, and, if possible, they are more • fierce than the men. The time for mediation is past, if it ever were at hand or present at all, and it is scarcely possible now to prevent the processes of phlebotomisation which are supposed to secure peace and repose. There was no intelligence of much interest on Sun day, but there is a general belief that Arkansas and Missouri will send in their adhesion to the Confede racy this week, and the commissioners from Virgi nia are hourly expected. The attitude of that State, however, gives rise to apprehensions lest there may be a division of her strength ; and any aggression on her territories by the Federal Government, such as that contemplated in taking possession of Alex andria, would be hailed by the Montgomery Go vernment with sincere joy, as it would, they think, move the State to more rapid action and decision. Montgomery is on an undulating plain, and covers ground large enough for a city of 200,000 inhabi tants, but its population is only 12,000. Indeed, the politicians here affect to dislike large cities, but the city designers certainly prepare to take them if they come. The lines of the streets run at right angles over this plain, and the houses are sparsely sown at the margins of the broad avenues, most of them with a little garden or enclosure, and trees around and in front of it, so that the city looks like a vast aggregate meeting of small country par sonages. The houses are of wood, painted white, or of red brick, many only one story in height. The churches are numerous, small, and rather eccentric in the character of the architecture. There is a large negro population and a considerable number of a colour which forces me to doubt the evidence of my senses rather than the statements made to me by some of my friends that the planters affect the character of parent in their moral relations merely with the negro race. A waiter at the hotel, a tall, handsome young fellow, with the least tinge of colour in his cheek, not as dark as the majority of Spaniards or Italians, astonished me in my igno rance to-day when, in reply to a question asked by one of our party, in consequence of a discussion on the point, he informed me he "was a slave." The man, as he said so, looked confused ; his manner altered. He had been talking familiarly to us, but the moment he replied " I am a slave, sir," his loquacity disappeared, and he walked hurriedly and in silence out of the room. The river Alabama, on which the city rests, is a wide, deep stream, now a quarter of a mile in breadth, with a current of four miles an hour. It is navigable to Mobile, upwards of 400 miles, and steamers ascend its waters for many miles beyond this into the interior. The country around is well wooded, and is richly culti vated in broad fields of cotton and Indian corn, but the neighbourhood is not healthy, and deadly fevers are said to prevail at certain seasons of the year. There is not much animation in the streets, except when " there is a difficulty among the citizens," or in the eternal noise of the hotel steps and bars. I was told this morning by the hotelkeeper that I was probably the only person in the house, or about it, who had not loaded revolvers in his pockets, and one is aware occasionally of an unnatural rigidity scarcely attributable to the osseous structure in the persons of those who pass one in the crowded pas sages. MONDAY, MAY 6. To-day I visited the Capitol where the Provi sional Congress is sitting. On leaving the hotel, which is like a small Willard's, so far as the crowd in the hall is concerned, my attention was attracted to a group of people to whom a man was holding forth in energetic sentences. The day was hot, but I pushed near to the spot, for I like to hear a stump speech, or to pick up a stray morsel of divinity in the via sacra of strange cities, and it appeared as though the speaker was delivering an oration or a sermon. The crowd was small. Three or four idle men in rough, homespun, makeshift uniforms leant against the iron rails enclosing a small pond of foul, green-looking water, surrounded by brickwork which decorates the space in front of the Exchange Hotel. The speaker stood on an empty deal packing-case. A man in a cart was listening with a lack lustre eye to the address. Some three or four others, in a sort of vehicle which might either be a hearse or a piano van, had also drawn up for the benefit of the address. Five or six men in long black coats and high hats, some whit ling sticks, and chewing tobacco, and discharging streams of discoloured saliva, completed the group. " N-i-ne h-hun—nerd and fifty dollars ! Only nine h-hun-nerd and fifty dollars offered for him," exclaimed the man in the tone of injured dignity, remonstrance, and surprise which can be insinuated by all true auctioneers into the dryest numerical statements. " Will no one make any advance on nine hunnerd and fifty dollars ?" A man near me opened his mouth, spat, and said, " Twenty-five." " Only nine hunnerd and seventy-five dollars offered for him. Why at's radaklous—only nine hunnerd and seventy-five dollars ! Will no one," &c. Beside the orator auctioneer stood a stout young man of five-and-twenty years of age, with a bundle in his hand. He was a muscular fellow, broad-shouldered, narrow-flanked, but rather small in stature ; he had on a broad, greasy, old wide awake, a blue jacket, a coarse cotton shirt, loose and rather ragged trowers, and broken shoes. The expression of his face was heavy and sad, but it was by no means disagreeable, in spite of his thick lir, broad nostrils, and hi g h c h eek-bones. On hi s head was wool instead of hair; his whiskers were little flocculent black tufts, and hi s s ki n was as d ar k as that of the Ate Mr. Dyce Sombre or Sir Jung Bahadoor himself. lam neithe r sent i mental i st nor Black Republican, nor negro worshipper, but I con fess the sight caused a strange thrill th roug h my heart. I tried in vain to make myself familar with the fact that I could, for the sum of 975 doll. be come as absolutely the owner o f that mass o f bl ood, bones, sinew, flesh, and brains as of the horse which stood by my side. There was no sophistry which could persuade me the man was not a man— he was, indeed, by no means my brother, but assu redly he was a fellow-creature. I have seen slave markets in the East, but somehtm or other the Orientalism of the scene cast a colouring over the nature of the sales there which deprived them of the disagreeable harshness and matter-of-fact character of the transaction before me. For the Turk, or Smyrniote, or Egyptian te, buy and sell slaves seemed rather suited to the eternal fitness of things than otherwise. The turbaned, shawled, loose trowsered, pipe-smoking merchants speaking an unknown tongue looked as if they were engaged in a legitimate business. One knew that their slaves would not be condemned to any very hard labour ; they would be' in some sort the inmates of the family and members of it. Here it gr4ed on my ear to listen to the familiar tones of the English tongue as the medium by which the transfer was effected, and it was painful to see decent•looking men in European garb engaged in the work before me. Perhaps these impressions may wear off, for I meet many English people who are ',the most stre nuous advocates of the slave system, although it is true that their perceptions may be quickened to re cognise its beauties by their .participation in the profits. The negro was soldto one of the bystanders and walked off with his bundle God knows where. " Niggers is cheap" was the only remark of the bystandess. I continued m y wa lk u p a l o ng, wide, straight street, or more properly, an unpaved sandy road, lined with wooden houses on each side, and with trees by the side of the footpath. The lower of the two stories is generally used as a shop mostly of the miscellaneous store kind, in which all sorts of articles are to be had if there is any money to pay for them ; and in the present case, if any faith is to be atta c h e d to the conspicuous notices in the windows, credit is of no credit, and the only thing that can be ac cepted in exchange for the goods is " cash." The unfailing photographer, who may now be regarded as the pioneer of civilisation, and who marches, with his friendly sun, to the western desert, is, of course, here ; and so is the German confectioner, the French jeweller, the Irish dry goodsman or wet goodsman, as the case may be ; nor is the Birming ham gun trade quite unrepresented, nor are music and books without their " emporiums." At the end of this long street, on a moderate eminence, stands a whitewashed or painted edifice, with a gaunt, lean portico supported on lofty, lanky pillars, and sur mounted by a subdued and dejected-looking little cupola. Passing an unkempt lawn, through every shabby little wooden gateway in a brick frame, and we ascend a flight of steps into a hall, from which a double staircase conducts us to the vesti bule of the Chamber. Anything much more offen sive to the eye cannot well be imagined than the floor and stairs. They are stained deeply by tobacco juice, which has left its marks on the white stone steps and on the base of the pillars outside. In the hall which we have entered there are two tables, covered with hams, oranges, bread, and fruits for the refreshment of members and visitors, over which two sable goddesses, in portentous crinolines, preside. The door of the Chamber is open, and we are introduced into a lofty, well lighted, and com modious apartment, in which the Congress of the Confederate States hold its deliberations. A gal lery runs half round the room and is half filled with visitors—country cousins and farmers of cotton and maize, and haply seekers of places great or small. A light and low semicircular screen sepa rates the body of the House, where the mem bers sit, from the space under the gallery which is appropriated to ladies and visitors. Inside this fence are rows of seats and desks disposed in semicircles, and there is a similar disposition of armchairs, close to the table, at w hick sit the two or three official reporters and officers of the House. The clerk sits at a desk above this table, and on a platform behind him are the desk and chair of the presiding officer or Speaker of the Congress. Over his head hangs the unfailing poi , trait .3f Washington, and a small engraving, in a black frame, of a gentleman unknown to me. So much for the brick and mortar part of the buLding. Of its living furniture one might have more to say than I have if he had fuller opportunities ; but as far as I could judge, an assembly of more calm, determined, and judicial-looking men could not be found in any country in .the world. No one who cast his eye over those grave heads, some massive and full, others keen, compact, energetic—could doubt that he was in the presence of men with a great work on hand and with great capabilities for the execution of their task. Seated in the midst of them at a senator's desk I was permitted to " assist," in the Franch sense, at the deliberations of the Con gress, Mr. Howell Cobb took the chair, and a white-headed clergyman was called upon to say prayers, which he did upstanding, with out stretched hands and closed eyes by the side of the Speaker. The prayer was long and sulphureous, one more pregnant with gunpowder I never heard, nor could aught like it have been heard since " Pulpit, drum ecclesiastic, Was beat with fist instead of a stick." The rev. gentleman prayed that the Almighty might be pleased to inflict on the arms of the United States such a defeat that it might be the example of signal punishment for ever,—that this President might be blessed, and that the other President might be the other thing,—that the gallant, de voted young soldiers who were fighting for their country might not suffer from exposure to the weather or from the bullets of their enemies ; and that the base mercenaries who were fighting on the other side might come to sure and swift destruction, and so on. Are right and wrong mere geographical ex pressions ? The prayer was over at last, and the House proceeded to business. It must be re membered, by the by, that this provisional Con gress of the Confederate States is a very curiously constituted body. It consists of delegates sent by the Convention of each State in the pro portion in which that State was e ntitled to send representatives to the Senate and t o the House of • Representatives of the Unite d States; and, as the Convention of the Southern St a t es which have se ceded did not refer their a cts to the p eo p le of their States, it may be assumed that the Congress isnow sitting without any direct ratification of its powers from the people beyond that implied in the forma tion of the Conventions. Although each State has several delegates in Congress it is only entitled to one vote on a strict division. In this way some curi ous decisions may be arrived at, as the smallest State is equal to the largest, and a majority of the Florida representatives may neutralise a vote of all the Georgia representatives. For example, Georgia has ten delegates ; Florida has only three. The vote of Florida, however, is determined by the action of any two of its three representatives, and these two may, on a division, throw the one State vote into the scale against that of Georgia, for which ten members are agreed. It will readily be understood how many difficulties of this kind can arise, but practically we are assured they do not present them selves. No one can tell, however, whether they do or scarce passed bundle do not, for the Congress transacts all its business in secret Session, and finds it a very agreeable and commendable way of doing it. Thus, to-day, for ex ample, after the presentation of a few unimportant motions and papers, 'the Speaker rapped his desk and announced that the House would go into secret Session, and that all who were not members should leave. The only business which was not routine was in reference to a resolution passed at a public meeting in a parish in Louisiana, which, on the mo tion of one of the delegates, was read out from a newspaper by the clerk at the table, and which pledged the planters to tender to the State and to the Government " the whole of the annual proceeds of our crops, deducting only what may be neces sary for our current expenses during the continu ance of the present hostilities." auctioneer, a small crowd at the fountain. Another auettriying to fat, flabby, perspiring, pu ff y man, was box beside sell a negro girl who stood on the !, As I was returning to the hotel there was. another like a London him. She was dressed pretty e ds of leather patches, that her shoes were mere ahre ! : m o u ut of place, except passed muster in and her bonnet would ha ve . "Not sold to-day, Sally ; had servant girl of the loweror the New Cut. She, too, in her the buyers from hand, and looked out at a pair of "Niggers were cheap ;" still here large sad eyes. woman going for an ups e t - was this youngpuce of 610 dollars, but no one would bid, and the auc tioneer, after vain attempts to raise the prices and excite competition, said, you m ay get down." She stepped down from her box and walked off down the • main street without further notice, while the aucti oneer sauntered away in another dir ection. In. the ' ' evening it was whit. / - . 7 " - ed about that the Congress `ant act which recognised stated States and the Confedei gulated the conditions of letters condemnation and payment of is nati papers contain the reprodui typographical errors, of your eorresponusa, _ letter from America, which he would not here allude to, were it not that the papers in question accuse him of misrepresentation in stating that it was General Jackson who introduced "the distribution of spoils system." He is glad to find that M. de Tocqueville, who was in America at the time, laboured under the same impression, and he is forced to maintain the accuracy of his assertion. TUESDAY, MAY 7. The newspapers contain the text of the declara tion of a state of war on the part of President Davis, and of the issue of letters of marque and reprisal, &e. The object of this war measure is to depreciate the value of the shipping of the North, and to pre vent the vessels of the United States commercial marine getting cargoes abroad. The G overnmen t here conce i ve they have a right to demand from foreign nations that their flag shall be recognised, and their law officer declares the Confederate Stalls will maintain their right to issue letters of marque in the face of the world. It is the right of a belli gerent Power, and it was respected, they say, by the courts of laws in the United States in the case of the South American Republics if any formal re- cognition of their Governments or of their inde pendence was made by any Power. The refusal to admit the privateers of the Confederate States to exercise the rights of belligerents in the right of search, will be taken as an act of war, and as a proof of alliance with the enemy —that is; the Govern. ment of the United States. It need hardly be ob served that the protection of British interests de mands that an efficient squadron of vessels be at once sent to the American waters in the face of such contingencies as will inevitably arise. But it may be asked, who will take these letters of marque ? Where is the Government of Mont gomery to find ships ? The answer is to be found in the fact that already numerous applications have been received from the shipowners of New England, from the whalers of New Bedfor3, and from others in the Northern States for these very letters of marque, accompanied by the highest securities and guarantees ! This statement I make on the very highest authority. I leave it to you to deal with the facts. To-day I proceeded to the Montgomery Down ing-street and Whitehall, to present myself to the members of the Cabinet, and to be introduced to the President of the Confederate States of America. The offices of the Government are contained under one roof in a large brick building of unfaced masonry, which looks like a handsome first-class warehouse. On the first landing is a square hall, surrounded by doors on which legible inscriptions are fixed to indicate the offices of " The President," " The Secretary of War," "The Attorney-General," " The Secretary of State," of " The Cabinet," &c., and on a landing above are situated the offices of the other members of the Government. The building is surmounted by the flag of the Confederate States. There is no sentry at the doors, and access is free to all, but there are notices on the doors warning visitors that they can only be received during cer tain hours. The President was engaged with some gentlemen when I was presented to him, but he re ceived me with much kindliness of manner, and when they had left entered into conversation with me for some time on general matters. Mr. Davis is a man of .slight, sinewy figure, rather over the middle height, and of erect, soldierlike bearing. He is about 55 years of age ; his features are regular and well-defined, but the face is thin and marked on cheek and brow with many wrinkles, and is rather careworn and haggard. One eye is apparently blind, the other is dark, piercing, and intelligent. He was dressed very plainly in a light gray summer suit. In the course of conversation he gave an order for the Secretary of War to furnish me with a let ter as a kind of passport in case of my falling in with the soldiers of any military posts who might be indisposed to let me pass freely, merely observ ing that I had been enough within the lines of camps to know what was my duty on such occa sions. I subsequently was presented to Mr. Walker, the Secretary-at-War, who promised to furnish me with the needful documents before I left Mont gomery. In his room were General Beauregard and several officers, engaged over plans and maps, apparently in a little council of war, which was, perhaps, not without reference to the intelligence that the United States troops were marching on Norfolis Navy-yard, and had actually occupied Alexandria. On leaving the Secretary I proceeded to the room of the Attorney. General, Mr. Benjamin, a very intelligent and able man, whom I found busied in preparations connected with the issue of letters of snarque.lEverything in the offices looked like earnest work and business. On my way back from the State Department I saw a very fine company of infantry and three field pieces, with about 120 artillerymen, on their march to the railway station for Virginias. The men were all well equipped, but there were n ammunition waggons for the guns, and the transport consisted solely of a few country carts drawn by poor horses, out of condition. There is no lack of muscle and will among the men. The troops which I see here are quite fit to march and fight as far as their per sonnel is concerned, and there is no people in the world so crazy with military madness. The very children in the streets ape the air of soldiers, carry little flags, and wear cockades as they strut in the highways, and mothers and fathers feed the fever by dressing them up as Zouaves or Chasseurs. Mrs. Davis had a small levee to-day in right of her position as wife of the President. Several ladies there, probably, looked forward to the time, when their States might secede from the new Con federation and afford them the pleasure of holding a reception. Why not Presidents of State of Georgia or of Alabama ? Why not King of South Carolina, or Emperor of Florida ? Soldiers of fortune ! make your game ! Gentlemen poli ticians, the ball is rolling. There is, to be sure, a storns gathering at the North, but it cannot hurt you, and already there are eondottieri from all parts of the world flocking to your aid, who will eat your Southern beeves the last of all. Virginia seems in clined to set up for herself, or to divide herself into two " Old Dominions." Here are Messrs. Henning sen, Pickett, and other gallant gentlemen, quite ready to help you and themselves out of their little difficulty by their swords and their pens, and no one can say how far the family of Kings may extend on this good Continent if the fear of a common enemy should ever permit the States to gratify their private jealousies. One word more as to a fleet. The English owners of several large steamers are already in correspondence with Government here for the purchase of their vessels. The intelli gence which has reached the Government that their commissioners have gone on to Paris is regarded as unfavourable to their claims, and as a proof that as yet England is not dispose& to recognise them. Is is amusing to hear the tone used on both sides towards Great Britain. Both are most anxious for her countenance and support, although the North blusters rather more about its independence than the South, which professes a warm regard for the mother country. " But," say the North, "if Great Britain recognises the South, we shall cer tainly look on it as a delaration of war." "And," say the South, " if Great Britain does not recognise our privateers' flag, we shall regard it as proof of hostility and of alliance with the enemy." The Government at Washington seeks to obtain pro• mises from Lord Lyons that our Government will not recognise the Southern Confederacy, but at the same time refuses to give any guarantees in re ference to the rights of neutrals. 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