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From the .Ni1c York .4Lbion.
THE SAILOR PRELATE.

II was IN the year 1880 that Sir Francis Drake
returned in triumph TO his native land, after
cessful expedition against the Spanlards IN the
south Seas. He anchored at Deptford, and Queen
Elizabeth honored the brave admiral by dining on
board his ship. After The banquet, her majesty
conferred the honor of knighthood on her enter
tainer, and inquired Of him whether he wished TO
name any captain in his feet peculiarly dlstIn-
guished for vaor.
$50 please your majesty" said Drake, many
there are in every ship who have borne themselves
night brayey as the subjects Of their gracious MS
fress should but one there Is who merits praise
above all for by his steady daring alone three good
lv oaleons were taken lie stood himself at the
guns until victory was declared, although nm
ger OF his right hand was shot off and he received
various erievous wounds. His name ~ William
LYON commander Of the .9lbion."
"Let him be introduced into our presence, SAID
the queen, 1--WE love to look on brave man"
Sir Francis bowed, gave the necessary directions,
and after a brief delay Captain Lyon was ushered
into The royal presence. He was good featured,
finely formed man, with the blunt, manly bearing
Of British sailor in the present instance slightly
dashed by consciousness Of his position. Her
majesty received him with that kindly manner
which she knew 30 well how TO combine with dig
nify-a species Of "king-craftr which seldom fails
~ secure for soveregns the warm love Of their
,,eonle She asked him several questions touching
he late expedition, which he answered in a sensi.
he respectful manner; and the queen dismissed
HIM. saving, "You deserve to rise, Captain Lyon
and we now pledge our royal word that you shall
have the FIRST vacancy that offers" She then CAV,
him her hand to kiss, and the gallant seaman re
tired.
About three months afterwards, as the queen o.
/, sts,e day was giving audience 70 her mobiles, Caf
tain William Lyon presented himself ana crave
an interview with her majesty. Good Queen Bes'
among whose faults indifference TO the wants an
wishes OF her subjects could not be classed, WI
ingly granted his request and smiled as she aske
him 10 make known his wishes.
please your majesty, come he said, ITO u
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Captain Dent, United States Army, reports
favorable result OF his tedious second survey of the
Southern California route from the Mississippi by
Fort Smith (Arkansas) and Santa Fs, along the
Canadian rivers as far as Choutcau's trading posi-.
The distance is less than by the old route, and the
country is altogether more favorable than was at
first supposed. 1t is also favorable for a mil
road-the grades in no case exceeding ten feet in
mile' and this only at a few points, as it may be
carried on level prairie nearly all the way to
Santa Re.
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Causes OF Failure In Business.

1t is said by political economists that very large
majority of all men who enter into mercantile bust
ness sooner or later fail A writer in the Provi-
dence Journal makes some calculations to show
that the failure of is directly attributable
rather TO profuse expenditure of their gains In Nv
inc bevond their incomes. and in rashly extended
onerations. undertaken to sustain such career,
than to the generally unrequitng nature OF business
pursuits. This is undoubtedly the truth, and 1t
sufficiently accounts, without reckoning the n1u-
ence of other social and moral causes, for the I'M
equal distribution of property, which Is the occasion
of so much jealousy and heart-burnlng among our
Jealous and over-sensitive countrymen. itappears,
bv recent statistical report, that one-haf of the
whole property of Providence, with population of
forty thousand. is in the hands of one hundred and
seyenty-fye individuals. And if the inquiry could
be pushed little further il would probably be found
that most of these individuals have been through
life men of frugal and industrious habits and mode
rate desires.
The subject is one of general interest, and we
commend the following extract from the communi-
cation in the Journal to young men of business:
at will be found on investigation, that the large
estates of the one hundred and seyentyhve indlyl-
duals. who possess one-half of the whole property
in this CITY, have been solely acquired by persever-
ing diligence and economy, rather than by bold
enterprise; which, when successful, induces habits
like success in drawing the prizes TO lottery.
Every one becomes surprised IN examining the
Annuity Tables in familiar in the Offices OF
Life Insurance ompanies, at the astonishing az
gregate amount Of the daily expenditures of small
sums when compounded with interest, and finally
summed up at the termination Of long life, as ex-
hibited in the following abstract:
Table sotcing The aggregate rdiue, tch compound in
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7 H E R E ? u B L [ G..
WASH N GTON:
THURSDAY MORNING, JULY 70, ls49
THE CALIFORNIA AND NEW MEXICO APP
POINTMENTS.

Upon whose responsibility were they made.
When we alluded to this subject few
days ago, it was for the purpose merely of
exhibiting the authority upon which the APP
pointments for New Mexico and Caliior-
MIA were made. We then showed that
the appointments of Indian Agents, for
Santa Fe and the Salt Lake, were not the
creation of additional agencies, but trans
fers only of agencies established elsewhere
to those points. We showed that these
transfers were made under the law which
authorized Mr.. Polk to make similar one
during his Administration; and that the
substitution of sub-agencies for those trans
ferred, and the appointment of additional
sub-agent. for our new possessions, were
made by authority of the same law under
which Mr.. Polk made similar substitution
and appointed three sub-agents for Oregon.
As we had never heard Of the Union'S gain
saying any thing which was done by Mr.
Polk, we entertained reasonable hope that
it would be satisfied upon the citation of
such precedents. That journal now objects
to the transfers because, when the law
organizing the Indian Department was
passed, California and New Mexico were
not the property of the United States-a
position just about as tenable as it would
be to say that the President of the United
States had no right to send troops into
those territories because they were foreign
provinces when the War Department was
organized. Besides, the Union contends
that Congress failed to pass law creating
additional agencies for New Mexico and
California fact which left the President
no alternative but TO make transfers, OF
leave those territories without agencies
The exigencies of the public service re
CURED agencies to be established in them
if for no other purpose than TO carry ou
our obligations to Mexico, which required
us to keep our own Indians within our owl
territories, and TO return Mexican prison
ers, who were mostly in the hands. of tn,
Indians. Complaints. have already beer
made Of our hardness in executing on
stipulations in this regard. These consid
erations, and other obvious advantages o
: making the transfers, induced the Presi
dent TO take that alternative, and they
were made.
But the UniOn's bravado on this subjec
was for another object than TO dispute thu
legality of these acts; it was to get up al
! impression that the Government had len
itself corruptly to speculations in gold dig
: ging. II denies that it accused the Cabi
net of such fraud, whilst il says that j
spoke upon information which, if true, i'm
! picated a member Of ii in getting up min
ing expeditions at the expense Of the Gov
eminent Leaving the difference between
charging the Cabinet and some member of i
; with dishonorable connivance at, or par
ticipation in, plunderingth the treasury, to the
: solution Of ADLER casuists in defamation
than we are, proceed to dispose of the re
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At Marietteville, Maryland, immense quarries
Of soap-stone have been discovered, which have
given rise to the manufacture of variety of arti
cles, the utility of which is obvious. The Boston
Post thus speaks of several which have attracted
attention in New England.
The first novelty was full-sized bathing tub
made apparently to last as long as the 'rock of
ages" The sides, ends, and bottoms are sawed
out Of the solid blocks and then tenoned, grooved
cemented, and riveted together. Leaking or cor
rosion are altogether out of the question II must
also be entirely free from odor, which always
arises from tubs in which wood, paint or solder is
used. Messrs. Jackson & Co. say they can be
furnished for nearly the price as wood or
lead tubs The government has ordered supply
of them for the West Point Academy
The next article was factory roll, to take the
place of the wooden or copper roll used in cotton
factories They are preferred over the latter kinds
ofroll because they neither warp, expand, shrink,
nor corrode, and are much more enduring Within
six months the agents have received, from the most
celebrated factories, orders for more than IS 900
worth of these rolls
Then there is 'soap- stone dust,n ground, bolted,
and prepared for paint, founders casting mouds, or
substitute for oil and tar, in preventing friction
of car wheels or other machinery.
The small water pipes, to line the iron or lead
pipes of the aqueduct, for keeping the water pure
and cool. will come into very general use as soon
as their use and Importance become known.
Their soap-stone filters are already in great de-
mand.
They have also stone prepared for pudding, to
be used in iron feunderes and it has been found to
answer the purpose completely.
We also saw other articles more generally known.
such as cooking ranges, stoves, CRATES, frepaces,
beautiful as marble; lining for furnaces, coping for
brick walls, sinks, pantry shelves, ntels and ss
for windows and splendid specimens of the stone
in block slabs.
In the Revere House the hreplaces throughout
are fitted up with this enduring and available ma
eral. 1t has been in use over two years with very
large fires, and is as sound and perfect as when
first put up.
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The following paragraph seems to relate to Mrs.
Fanny Kembe Butler
Something Like A Btt of Ro,~.

Last Thursday week there came a very pressing
message from distinguished Phadephian TO the
DIstn troupe, demanding their presence at Pbils-
delphia, at any price, on the next night The de-
mand was promptly complied with, and that tai
ented iamliy rendered themselves las the French
sayl al tfanwell at the time appointed. As soon
as the wItchIng hour Of the night had struck a car
rage drove up 10 the door Of their hotel and thev
were summoned. Taking their silver-toned tubas
WIN them, they got IN, and having been driven un
one street. and down another, they came 10 a stand
still IN front of stately mansion in fashionable
neighborhood, allghted, and found piano-for,e
standing near The curbstone Thereat Willy in
continently seated himself and commenced the in
PRODUCTION TO the Soffriva,n which the Sar horne
poured forth upon the midnight air, with ali their
magic beauty. The sound drew TO the window,
(behind which no lights, however, appearsd) seye-
raj attentive listeners, from whom an occasional
whispered exclamation Of how beautiful "isnr
u charmingf' Oh divine ~ was heard, between
the pause OF the music.
Then Henri Distn gave his unriyalled petform-
ance OF the reciiaipo and aria from +" Ia Somnam-
oula :" All Is lost now" and ." Still so eeptlv:f,
ana TINS was followed by the famous trio. yanne,
Goblet" to which the brothers Distin do ,,,ob
ample justice. One or two other pieces intervensd
ana the serenade was concluded by tho whole
uouPes performance OF the Der Freischutz" fan
tasia, their chef-d'euvre. ''''
Who could have been the fair recin,so, oe -
delicate compliment The performers did ~,
know They were only informed that !, mns,
take place on that very night as the adv Cor rhor,
was intended was TO leave town the neY, morn.
ing who could she be And who was The tss,e-
ful giver OF the compliment
we cannot say; but may we not infer,
Inc next day after the serensde there arrived =,
the Asior House in this city lady, whose literary
ana n's,ronIc talents have long been the admiration
., sI VINO know her, publicly and privately; one
whose domestic relations, too, have formed the
op'c OF no litle regretfol comment, Of late among
.ne admirers of her genus; and who, within tbe
'as' year, has delighted thousands in this and other
cues, by her charming delineations Of the besu,es
o. the greatest bard She had been spending SOM.
ume IN Philadelphia, and was on her wsv No Mas
sachusetts, accompanied by both Of her daughters
from whom circumstances had long sepersted her
" the conclusion to which these incidental cir.
cums'ances seem TO point turn out 10 he the true
one, who, among the many that have hung enrsp-
tured upon the eloquen, tones of that wife and
mothers voice, az tho golden words Of Shakespeare
Constance, Cordelia, Rosslind, Viola, have faI.n.
from her bps, will not, with all their hearts. re-
jo'ce'--1N " Sunday Mercury
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Two Sicilies, who is naturally anxious to
stifie republicanism SO near his own cap
ital. These three forces, French, Spanish,
and Neapolitan, each animated by cor
dial hatred to the other two, resulting from
the memory of old prosecutions and hostil-
tiles, can scarcely remain in such prox-
unity without collision; and there is little
doubt that the smallest difficulties among
the armies near Rome would again en-
kindle the whole Italian peninsula.
The emeute of the Red Republicans,
the last accounts from France teach us,
have been repressed only. The party is
yet powerful and energetic, receiving, it
is said, daily increment from the numbers
who have become offended at the policy
Of Louis Napoleon. Who can say what
may be the result of another attempt to
destroy the present powers' All can see
that, if successful, telegraphic message
would convert Oudinot's besieging army
into allies Of young Italy. That such an
attempt would be successful is made more
than likely by the circums lance, that, al
most for the first time since the first revo-
luton, the great cities of the south of
France do not watch the course of Paris
and follow in her footsteps, but march
pari-passu with the capital towards what
seems the object of the wishes of all
the nation.
The crisis in Hungary seemed slowly
approaching. Hitherto only the advanced
guard of the Russian army had appeared,
and there was good reason to think they had
been defeated. The Hungarians were de-
termined and sanguine; their troops are
brave and disciplined, and both their per-
sonnet and materiel far superior to that of
the Imperialists. The contest is certain
to be hardly contested, and battles as bloody
as those of the Empire will be fought in
the plains and valleys at the foot of those
mountains which have for SO long time
been free from the foot of the invader.
Should the Hungarians triumph, not they
alone achieve their freedom, but Venice,
Ancona, and half Germany will have a
strong temptation to shake off the incubus
of Austrian rule. The recent Hungarian
embassy to Paris, which was kindly re-
ceived by the French Minister of Foreign
Affairs, indicated that they have not de-
pended on themselves alone, but sought
assistance from the natural enemy of
Russia and Austria-Turkey; and though
their agent was not openly received, there
is at least a possibility that religious ami
mostly and long jealousy may induce the
Divan to strike one more blow to eface the
memory of the many insults to which it has
been subjected by the Muscovites.
There is no doubt but that crisis has
come, and that a contest between liberal
and despotc principles is about to occur.
Whether the people of the disturbed coun-
tries will adopt and maintain the theo-
ries of direct self-government is doubtful,
but any change from the system which
has so long oppressed them must be fol-
the better.
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The Union copies an article from the
Newbern IN. CO. Republican, charging that
Mr.. Ignatius Mudd, Commissioner Of Pub
lie Buildings in Washington city, was sent
out by the Executive as an emissary to
Mr.. SANKEY'S district to accommodate
matters there. This is one Of those mise
rable falsehoods which, appear where they
may, always find their way to the Union
fit receptacle for the mendacious efiu-
sions of the whole country.
We are requested by Mr.. Mudd to say
that he never was in North Carolina in all
his life; that he was never, at any time,
south Of Richmond; and that, since his
appointment as Commissioner Of Public
Buildings, he has not even crossed the Po-
tomac.
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ton Of mineral wealth, whilst intimidating
Indian tribes along the lines of the emf
grant travel by display of force. And
if the public exigencies make it advisable
that the officers of Government, other than
military, go along with these expeditions,
why should they not The troops and
transportation are already at hand, and it
is as well to keep them advantageously
employed, as to let them go into disuse.
The Union says one hundred and six
teen mules and horses were furnished
Mr.. Collier and party. We neither know
nor care how many were sent We sup
pose enough for the purpose were put in
service, and think more; for we do know,
and the Union can take another fit upon
the announcement of the fact, that the
President ordered extra mules and horses,
belonging to the United States, to be taken
out by the various military expeditions for
the purpose of relieving the emigrants on
their way to California nay, more, Gen
eral Taylor has givcn positive instruction
that at proper intervals relays Of mules and
wagons Of corn, and other subsistence, be
sent along the line Of emigration, that
our people may not perish without help, and
die for aOant Of food!
The departure of the emigrants for Cal
ifornia has been aptly called second
Exodus. They have gone in companies
of tens and companies Of hundreds
Many of them are ill provided for such a
trip; and were they all properly equipped,
the casualties Of such an emigration would
overwhelm numbers of them. To assist
the helpless and succor the unfortunate
men, women, and children; to prevent
the miserable and heart-rending scenes
which restitution and the frenzy of starv-
alton have occasionally produced along
those distant and difficult routes, General
TAYLOR, upon his own motion, has given
orders that the troops in the pay, and the
means in the possession, Of the Govern
ment be employed. All the expeditions
sent out, on whatever other duty, have been
instructed, and most Of them provided, in
relation to this merciful duty. All of them
conduce to the safety Of the emigrants by
keeping the Indians in fear; all of them
comfort and cheer the wanderers by the
knowledge that their Government is watch
ing over their safety.
To carry out more effectually our treaty
stipulations with Mexico; TO provide with
some degree of certainty for the enforce
ment of the revenue laws; to reinforce the
commanding officers in New Mexico and
California; to intimidate the Indian tribes
along the lines of emigration to rally
and enspirit the emigrants themselves;
and to save the straggler, succor the sick,
feed the starving, rescue from destruction
such of our countrymen and countrywo-
men as may be overtaken by the casualties
of long and hazardous journey, the Pre-,
sident has pursued the course herein
stated. In view of the law and the ext
gencies of the public service, as com,
mander of the army, and as Chief Ma
gistrate caring for the people, he ha'
ordered these things to be done. He ha'
done so upon his own responsibility, and
is prepared to submit the motive and the
act to Congress and his country.
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We rejoice to learn that the health of
this estimable lady improved greatly dur
ing yesterday, and strong hopes are enter
tanned by the physicians of her ultimate
recovery from her present alarming ill
ness.
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STEAMER U. SrArEs.--Among the passengers
by the Canada, the arrival of Capt. Palmer will
have been observed. He left this port in charge of
the steamer United States, and having handed her
over to the agent of the Prussian Government who
purchased her, he remained seven days in Eng
land, and returned, reaching Boston in thirty-fve
days after he left New York.
There will probably be some difficulty in de-
termnng the ownership of the fine steamer he took
out The Prussian Confederacy which bought her
is gone, part to the King, and part elsewhere; and
it is difficult to decide which owns her. The King
will probably claim her. but the States, which con-
tributed largely and with him, will resist.
~ Y. Journal Of Commerce.
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The u ). ship Independence is not expected lc,
sail from Norfolk before the 2O,h inst
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The Mopiew of the 9Th publishes the weekly state.
ment of the Bank Of France and its branches The
specie in its vaults rises to 3l2 mliOns-lO millions
more than the preceding week The amount Of effects
under protest remained, as before at 3,5OOOOO.
The bills receivable at Paris and by the branches had
fallen Million and stood at only 40,0O00OO At Paris
there had been an Increase OF 1000 000i but on the
other hand falling OF of 100000 in the Departments.
The Bank had u circulation 402 0OOi bank notes about
tbs same figure the preceding week. The Treasury
is credited with 5000 600 1000 GEO more than in the
last statement. The different accounts current have
diminished 1000 O0O and at l0s0O0000 s3,0O00o0
at Paris and % 600 600 in the branches.