Washington telegraph., 1851-08-13
Correspondenoe of the Telsgraph.
New YoRK, July a3, lo5l.

New YoRK, Jhlg a3, lo5l.
The British mail steamship, America, arrived
at Halifax, last evening, with Il passengers, ln-
cludng the new Lord Bishop of Nova Scotia
The cotton market, at Liverpool, throughout
the week preceding the Americap's departure,
was dull and quiet. Prices, OF ALI desc''p'ions'
had given way.
A private letter, by the Cherokee, informs me,
that lhe first struggle for Cuban Independence
occurred Oh the 4ih oi July, when conflict lock
place between the Spanish troops and the people,
which resulted in the flight oil the military who
left 20 killed upon the tlcld-a general engage
,nent is hou.ly expected al Principe, the garrison
Of which place amounted to 2,4oU men, oelote she
rising, but the soldiers are daily passing over TO
iusurgents tis expected that, withIn thirty days,
the revolution will have become general, all over
the island.
1t is certain, that the idea of "occuPyng,
sliberatiup,' aud ultimately "annexng Cuba
has pot been entirely gwen up, by the more nope
(u among our ''Patr'otlc; 0ut what they are
actually doing, toward bringing about me coh-
summation" SO ''devouledly to be wished, (by
themi your correspondent knows not. AS now
ever. straws show which way the WIND blows
may not be amiss 10 inform your readers IN tins
connection, that seventy seven veteran hungarian
Hussars Of who came to thIs country, amer The
disastrous termination Of their struggle Tor liberty
have lust called FROM this port, southward-l CAN
moi say TO what point-in search OF military SER
yice.
Steam communication across the Atlantic, bids
fair. in few shor, years, 10 supercede The spen-
did lines Of Packet Ships, which, but the other
day. were deemed unsurpassed and anapProaclla-
HE Ros,o., ! see, is abou, TO epter the field oil
competitiou with New Y ork and Philadelphia. A
line of steamships to Liverpool is projected by the
modern Athenlans, with every probability OF sue
cess. The wealthy firm of opoHsrd q I'leson,
the owners Of the Packet Ships known as the
"Dramatic Line," have already launched Two
propellers of gigantic dimensions. 1 hese proper
lers almost ready to sail, or rauef steam; ana
two others, now on the stocks, viii be :auhcheo,
shortly Moreover, strenuous efforts are being
made here, by some Of the real trends OF Ireland,
to purchase large steamer, to ply between tins
port and Galway. In connection With tins enter
prise, funds are being raised in Dublin. Cork, and
other cities, throughoM ireland, te place second
steamship the line, in order to pracucaliy de-
monstrate the alleged superiority oi galway, as
the Transatlantic Packet Station.
II is confidently expected by the more sangune,
that Archbishop Hughes will subscribe, at the
very least, S 900, 'loT The cause, seeing that,
in IS4S, when he simple Esbop, he was
able to afford $500, to buy shed,--an object
decidedly less ulilitaran, aud, some are apt to
thick, less evangelical, than the present, IN us
aim and tendencies.
The Madrid correspondent of Paris paper
gives an account of "a successful experiment with
a flying apparatus. The fyrr was MISS
Juanita Percy, who weighs some 240 bounds, but
who, nevertheless, moved lhraugh the air, by the
help of wings, with great ease and rapidty She
ANNOUNCED that she would rise GOT feet IN The air,
and i9 a distance Of 1900 feet; but, when she
WAS fairly aoat, she eEipced no inclination 10 stop:
aud greatly exceeded her programme, both IN
length and distance, to the surprise aad delight o.
the assembled thousands. Her wings are said TO
have spread Of some fifteen feet, AID TO be fas
tened by ligaments of great flexbiIily. They are
arranged SO as 10 move with great rapldity, and
they make noise like Windm;
see, by the Paris papers, that gentleman of
iha, city, also, announces that he has invented
complete apparatus for flying, which he proposes
10 exhibit on the Champs de Mars, in the course
Of the present month This gentleman says, that
he and his two move up and down, in the
air, with all the facility eli a swallow; sknnlng
along, pear the ground, or rpoying upright To the
sky, at their pleasure; and that the three have,
several times, flown across the Seine.
The Immigrant Runners, those harpes who in
fest our city, and whose unholy trade consists in
practising the greatest frauds un tie miserable i'm
migrants that throng our Wharves, hnding that,
as our Municipal Authorities did not dare to put
the slighies, check their iniquities, the Mayor
of Albany, who is not obliged to solicit their sweet
voices on election day. had come down to endeavor
to arouse City Fathers from their shameful
lethargy and that an exposure OF their tricks was
threatened, assembled, on Saturday last, in solemn
concave, and passed string of resolutions. In
their holy newborn zeal, theY have published
these resolutions and placaIded them round the
wharyes. They denounce tho abominabe extor-
tion of owners Of the steamer, Ney World, in
charging So, to Albany, and DECLARE the deter
minalion OF their virtuous body to support the op
position Boat which charges only 2;s cents.
This is really rich, and, as a specimen Of cool,
modest, assumption u outraged, high-toned mo-
rality, apd yrtuous indignation, has seldom been
surpassed.
l have condensed, from an English paper, the
following anecdote, which will afford your youthful,
readers an illustration of the result of earnest,
active, perseverng and practical industry, when
combined with moderate tact and talent !
sorry to say that agriculture, horticulture aud their
kindred arts, are e-notregarded in this country,
avenues 10 greatness. Let this anecdoie suffice
TO dspe the illusion:
Some thirty years ago, young gardener, who
worked for twelve shiilings week, at garden
near Cbiswiek, about five miles from London,
offended his master r>2nd was turned off, Ho was
standing unemployed. one day, at q garden gate
near the town residence of the Duke OF Devon
shire, who, happening to pass, aseeriained that e
was lourpeynan gardener out OF work,
pleased with his intelligence and mauaers, and
asked him to call the next day, at Devonshire
House. The call resulted in his being sent down
TO Chatsworth, in Devonshire. There he soon
reached, practical and scieutifc gardener, the
very head Of his profession, which position he lad
long maintained, before he was known to tile
world as MIR. Paxton, The designer OF The Crystal
Palace!
Yours truly.
PETER PIKE.
New YoRK, July %, 1851.
The steamer Ohio will sail for Cha gres to .day,