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New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-05-21

To CONNOISsEURs.-Just received, per
steamer Arctic lot OF superior Line EngrSvings ser
the beat WORKS OF LAndseer Wukie, Raphael, Gerard
Dow, Reohena &c which viii be sold Al reduction OF
nom % to IS cent less Than hs published prices
Also variety OF MtExoteis Of pleasing subjects, 70.
mstksbly low. AlsO few choice pannngs. Tires Of
which. BY Armhelc, were bought hon the London tx
hioEon ard are considered by good judges equal
Landseeg Of whom he 10 rapidly bseJmng saccessfnl
rival carefully selected lot Of 6rstc'Sls EnErAvings
IN rlehv ornNmented gh frames. suitable for drawing
room OF trsrale hotel a. ess than half he prices usually
charged for such srueles IA GAEBANlrI,
0lder ard Ornamental frame Maker
myseH 50 Fultons, Brooklyn, near the Ferry.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-05-21

II WILLIAM II. bEBEE q Co., 1856
Efeadvsy will Introduce Saturday, May H. the hshen
Tor Geuilemens White Beaver Hats fnis style Will DO
sdsped to he season Tor which II Intended, and ior
sexnty Of fabric and outline eg0alod large "sorl-
meui Of Panama Legoorn and Straw hstsfor 0eeuem-n,
BOYS and Children, ofsupefoT style ard qua1y myooe
II Patent Tapestry, Three ply and
Patent Tapestry Ingram Carpe;s The most beautiful ance
ever offered and NJ prices al tho celebrated cheapest
Carmel Estabshne in the United states SO Bowery HI
~, AHDERsoEs Do rot fail 70 lOok al the n
The southern press., 1851-08-27
Por the Southern Press.
Summer Sketehcs.-No. IL.
BY MARY J. wrSDLE.

SHASNoKDALE STRINGS, Va, August 81.
The rain the soft, pleasant, psttering rain Of
summer it tinkles musically against the win
dow, and we fancy we can hear the low melody
of its fall upon the grass and the lawn below.
II is thoroughly rainy day-dark, damp, and
dismal-and the vsiters are reduced to the ne
cessity of depending on indoor resources for
enjoyment The elderly ladies' have retired to
their rooms, partly because they are sleepy, and
partly that the lovers might have coy e.iat to
themselves. The spacious parlor Is almost de-
serted. One lovely inmate seems very restless
and dissatisfied. She had bent for while over
an unfinished article Of needle-work, then cast
It aside in disgust, her neither lip painting after
the most approved style of angry beauties, and
her little heart throhbing with variety Of con-
tending emotions; none Of v hich were actually
pleasurable, except the one excited by torturing
a boquet Of beautiful flowers, till the whole
room was filled with the pesfume Of their 81
lent complainings. IL was a beautiful freshly
culled boquet There were bright young rose.
buds, the slender green arms in which they had
so long nestled. still clasped about them rs
though 10th to give them up, and clenIatis, with
their purple eyes full Of sweet loving thoughts,
and many delicate Towering thing peeped
from beneath sheltering leaf, and sat In state
upon its own slender stem like queen upon
her throne. Yet, notwithstanding, the lady tore
the delicate leaves to pieces, and cast them from
her in apparent unconsciousness Of her work ct
destruction until the floor around was spanged
with variety Of soft lovely hues.
Even this employm, mt seemed TO sffo d but
temporary qualification, and now she recnes in
the embrasure Of the window, one small hand
interposed between her cheek and the pane, and
the other crushing in its careless grasp bright
flower, the wreck OF her boquet. This seems
more satisfactory employment than either of the
others; for, though her manner is yet extremely
listless, she finds sufficient occupation for her
eyes in the large drops Of rain, as they come
pattcring on the grass.
Rainy days piH come, even at the springs;
but II is no punishment to be confined within
doors, with some joy.born spirits here. IL has
its advantage too; l. gives the gentleman fine
opportunity TO display the tone and compass OF
a rich, manly voice, and make known their
taste In the choice of fine passages from TEN.
4YsoN," selected with reference 10 some pa.-
ticuar ear.
Some Of the rebellious boarders, for want Of
more rational and elevating amusements, have
betaken themselves TO cards In the intervals
Of whist, worsted work is set in moton-the
tongues, however, go rather the fastest Of the
shaded. Dogs looking condemnation of the
instinct theory, which their fidelity and quick
conception have established for them, and men
and women owinr their parentage solely to the
creative genius of the fair hands above them.
The presiding genius Of this scene, Is read.
ing letter from the Herald--a description OF
The southern press., 1851-08-27

sy- The following article, translated from
the Handelsblad of Amsterdam, July llth, 1851,
upon the trade with the Southern and South
western States of America, is worthy the atten-
,tion Of the Southern people.
The South is too dependent upon England
II is of the highest Importance to open new and
more direct markets, wherein it's staples may
find not only ready, but more advantageous
sale.
Our principal difficulty Is the grievous disad'
vantage Of dependence upon set of speculators
In England, who, with perhaps no very large
means Of their own, but backed by the repots-
sion Of English capital, so play with the market
sAst very great loss Is entailed on the American
holder and upon the American grower.
Il seems TO us absurd that for few thousand
The southern press., 1851-08-27
SYMPATHY FOR THE CUBANS.
GREAT MEETING IN NEW YORK.

An immense meeting was held in the Park, at
New York, on Friday evening, in obedience to a
call published in the morning papers. 1t is de-
scribed by all as one of the largest meetings ever
held there. In front of the City Hall platform
had been erected, over which the flag of Cuba was
suspended, by cord running from the Hall to
tree. A band of music played patriotic airs,
speeches of highly inhammatory character
were made, and the greatest enthusiasm was
manifested. Banners were displayed from the
stand, bearing the following inscriptions: :" The
blood of so Americans cries for vengeance; =
q Third Ward Cuban Sympathisers;" :" Govern
ment, Protect your Citizens, or the People Will"
E. F. Purdy, having been loudly called from
the mass, was nominated President, and he inn
mediatey proceeded to return his thanks for
the honor conferred on him, and gave express
sion to the astonishment and Indignation ne con-
fessed feeling upon finding that the highway OF
nations could not be traversed unmolested by
American vessels and to comment on the con-
duct of the Spanish government in late transac-
tions. long list of vice-presidents and secre-
taries, in connection with the present meeting
and its object, was then read and endorsed by ac-
clamation.
Among the speakers were Hon. Thomas N.
Carr, Capt. Rynders, Judge Greene, of Cincin-
natl, Mr. Reed, of New Orleans, and MIR. Price,
OF Kentucky.
In the course of Mr.. Cars address, chiefly de-
nunciatory of the Spanish government, he stated
that later intelligence had been received than that
contained in the newspapers, which was, that
aGen. Lopez had gained conquest so great in
Cuba, that there was no hope of stopping the pro-
grrss of liberty there" which was received with
loud bursts Of applause. The cause of lib
erty, he said, was spreading from Cuba to Mex
leo, and he predicted that " in less than one year
the whole continent from here to Patagonia,
would belong to the United States" Bitter
complaint was made of the action of the U. 3.
government in regard to the movements of the
Cuban patriots. 1t was contended that it went
far beyond its duty in relation to those men who
had risked their lives in behalf Of Cuban liberty.
II was asserted that it had no right to govern
ment vessels for the purpose of intercepting the
Lopez expedition Six months, said the speaker,
will see Cuba no longer in possession of the
Spanish government. An allusion to the con-
duet of the American consul at Havana was re.
ceived with deep and bitter groaning. Had he
interfered in behalf of the American prisoners,
he thought none would have been shot.
A string Of resolutions were then submitted,
approved, and adopted
The southern press., 1851-08-27

THE SELF MOVING CARRIAGE-The Par.s
correspondent of the Philadelphia Bulletin, in
late letter, says:
1.-TWO years ago, described for an American
paper, the selfmoving carriage Of nj. Provost,
Since that time, NJ. p. has travelled in il over
great part Of France, visiting Tours, Saumur,
Orleans, Chatres, Havre and other places. He
is now in Paris on his way to Bordeaux. He
travels with ease to himself, for the force EN-.
ployed is not the muscular strength applied to
pedals or cranks, but the weight Of his person,
which puts in movement the machinery on much
the same principle with the weight Of clock
On ordinary roads, (they are Macadamized in
Francc,) NJ Provost travels from sixty to eighty
miles day. The carringe is about six feet by
three and the machinery not visible from the
outside"
A NATIONAL MAxIMUs HoMo-The nations
of Europe, stereotyped in the fixed forms Of
immemorial usage, could not be reformed and
regenerated with political new birth without
being broken up, melted over, and cast into
new mould. There was ospace large enough,
in any general division Of that old continent, to
hold the mould of the new man--that better,
greater grander form Of political humanity,
winch uOu, III MS merry, ueslBneu ana uelgneo
to bring forth, and rear up, as the Atlas, upon
whose shoulders was to be upborne all national
existence, virtue and prosperity. A new con-
tinet, which the Lord had hid in the treasure
house Of this western hemisphere, in the full
ness of his times, discovered and brought forth.
Here, where the towering Andes, Cordilleras
and Rocky Mountains stretch, for nearly half
the arc of great circle, the huge backbone Of
a mighty frame-here, where giant rivers hurl
herculean hoeds to bottomless oceans on every
side where lakes are seas like mighty wild
beasts Gagged in rocky barrers--where boundless
prairies, like mantles studded with Floras
many. colored gems, are spread, as royal robes,
over the shoulders Of nature, sitting queen and
nursing mother Of a countless progeny Of ma
tions- where vegetation syringe up in giant
growth--where trees grow higher and thicker,
skies stretch wider, and everything puts on the
dimensions Of greater magnitude than anywhere
else in the world--here, and here alone, could
the mould Of a newer, truer, and better humani.
ty be formed for the recasting into better politi
cal shapes all the old nations Of the world. In
short, here alone could mighty republic of
confederated nations present the adequate
forms, magnitudes, symmetries and perfections
of national marimus homo
The southern press., 1851-08-27
From the Charleston Mercury Of Saturday.
RIOT IN NEW ORLEANS.
NEw ORLEANs. August 2I

The Cuban lbeators, mostly Western men.
exasperated by the tone Of the Spanish paper
La Pdtria, this afternoon attacked the Office,
broke the windows and doors, threw the press,
cases of type, and furniture into the street, and
destroyed every thing belonging to the office.
There was no interference by the police.
After demolshing the office, the rioters pro-
ceeded to the segar store, corner Of st. Charles
and Graver streets, broke the doors and win
dows, and destroyed all the stock and furniture,
which were very valuable.
They then proceeded to the office of the
Spanish consul, and destroyed desks, furniture,
and property of all kinds The sign was broken
down and carried in triumph to the meeting in
Lafayette square.
The southern press., 1851-08-27

New ORLEANS, Aug l9.-Great excitement
prevails in the city relative 10 Cuban stfairs, and
fears OF collision are entertained between the
authorities and Cuban sympathizers. The mill
tary have been called out to act in case of an
outbreak. Sc great is the excitement that no
business is doing
The southern press., 1851-08-27
New ORLgAss. Aug. 2lst.

INTENSE EXCITEMENT AT New ORLEAEs-
Two MORE STEAMERS SAILED FOR CUBA.-The
excitement which prevailed in this city relative
to the Cuban outbreak, is most intense.
Two more steamers, filled with men, sailed to-
day to join Lopez.
The interference of the United States mar
shal was Of no avail. The fitting out and en-
barkation was done in defiance Of the au hori-
ties
The southern press., 1851-08-27

RECOVERY OF STOLEN Bosps.--Christial Ros-
elius, Esq, of New Orleans, one Of the executors
Of the McDonogh estate, has just succeeded in
recovering the Sl14,0O0 Of bonds Of the first mun-
cipality, with interest coupons attached, which
were stolen from the house Of the late John Nc
Donogh, shortly after his death.
The southern press., 1851-08-27

AvLuApLE Tarr.- lre isa tree in Mexi-
co, called the ehijoi, a very fine wood, which. ac.
cording to writer in the National Intelligencer,
in a very few years, whether left in the open air
or buried ; from this wood houses could be bull,
that would in few years become fre-proof, and
last as long those built Of stone the wood, in
green state, is easily worked il is used in bull
ding wharves, forts, &C., and would be very good
as railroad sleepers, or as q plank road.
The southern press., 1851-08-27

We respect an old maid if she has remained
single, because she has never met with the man
whom she loved. But II she has seen dozen
whom she would have been glad to marry, we
would not give much for her heart and all that is
The southern press., 1851-08-27

A NUT FOR THEoLoGIANs.-Somebo has
discovered a flaw ia the character of Bunyans
hero, Christian, or an argument against the con-
tribution boxes. Hear what he says:
Bunyan does not make his hero ever con-
tribute one penny for any religious enterprise,
though he has him to exhibit most of the Chris.
tian excelencies in great attractiveness and
beauty. II cannot be that, as he did not see
penny for hi, months imprisonment, he forgot
the root of all evil, for among other illusions to
money he makes Mr.. Littlefaith to be robbed of
all the loose change he had The fact that
Christian and Hopeful, aud others succeeded in
reaching the Celestial city without giving away
to the work of benevolence single dime, must
be very encouraging to. the money loving Christ
ians and Hopefus Of these days.
The southern press., 1851-08-27
New ORLEANS, Aug. %.

------ ------ NEW
Two thousand men this morning surrounded
the city prison, where the Spanish consul has
taken refuge, and threatened to demosh it, un-
less the consul was delivered up to them. About
fifty policemen are ON the ground. The segar
shops kept by the Spanish were nearly all de-
stroyed during last night. Minute guns have
been fred since sunrise in honor of the mur-
dered liberators. The bodies Of Victor Kerr
and Col. Crittenden attract many visiters, and
produce much feeling.
The southern press., 1851-08-27

THE HuRLoArE RocK.-About four feet OF this
Mons. Maillefert made two submarine blasts,
both of which were eminenty successful. Those
blasts were made by using the water as fucrum.
and withou, drilling. The charges fred were each
ofS1bs. weight and enclosed in tin canistersd
The powder was ignited by voltaic battery. The
Iron Float is now anchored 60 feet south Of Pot
Rock, and from it Monsieur Maefert fires the
charges When the explosions took place. the
iron cylinders sounded as If struck by a annon
ball, and the Iron Life Boat was also greatly ef
ected, although 300 feet distant.
The southern press., 1851-08-27

LINE OF STEAMERS FROM SAN FRANCISCO TO
LdvERPooL.-lt is said that Mr. Vanderbilt is
making arrangements to establish a regular
steamship line from San Francisco via Mica.
ragua and New York to Liverpool. The plan
proposed is for the new steamship Northern
Light to run between this port and Liverpool,
connecting here with the Promethus and the
new steamship Daniel Webster, which are to
make alternate trips to and from San Juan En-
deavors are making to secure the freight of gold
dust consigned to English houses, which now
goes by the West India steamers, and the tide
of emigration will be relied upon for sufficient
quantity of passengers. A contract has been
made for new steamer to navigate Lake Mica
ragua.
The southern press., 1851-08-27

The cause then was, the existence Of a
means, known to the sound trader, by which the
exchange was so reduced instantly. that in one
day all shipments of specie would cease, aud
the banks were in no fear of stopping them
selves or stopping the merchants But most
unwise administrators of the affairs of the coun-
try thought the people would become too happy
to have the regulations Of trads secured as per-
ranently as il is in Europe, where no state of
affairs in time of peace prevents the bona .f'e
merchant from realizing cash for his paper or
produce at triiing per centage over the legal
rates."
The southern press., 1851-08-27

the glittering upper crust OfNew York society
to a lady at his side. They are 6ne looking
couple, and seem as " they were really matched
on that matrimonial register, upon which they
do say lovers are paired off by bright winged
recorder as soon as the parties are born. He
is not very young she is about dare not.
She would never pardon me! Enough to know
that the years she numbers have a close sym
paihy with "sweet sixteen" His head shows
no Webster organs, telling the W orld what he
will one day be- She-but really il is delicate
thing to manipulate lady's character in this
chronological way. You will have some idea
of her intellect, perhaps, when tell you, dear
reader, that all the sensible gentleman of GER
tain age admire her.
Superiority in epstoary composition has
long been, by common consent, conceded to
women and there is certainly justice in the es-
tablished compliment. Like the " !Sapoir Par
lsr," the facility Is natural to the sex; it calls
into exercise that faculty they almost univer-
sally possess, of turning nothing to the best Ad-
vantage. Girls rarely experience the manly
failing of" having nothing to say" that apology
for remissness, SO oftea and pe.ulanty pleaded.
We doubt ii female sympathy can enter into
the hesitation of the boy whose epiatoary
griefs are feelingly commemorated, who, after
being confined to one room during whole day
for the purpose of inditing dutiful and ovirg
epistle to his respected relative, was found.
when released at night from his captivity, to
have proceeded no farther than the extremely
gratifying address of my dear AM" Such
sorrows, it must be admitted, are exclusively
masculine. Women always find something to
write, and perhaps Summer Sketch from the
Springs, on rainy day, is one of the few in.
stances where nonsense is preferable to nothing.
The southern press., 1851-08-27

SHANNoNDALE SPRINGs.-The company at this
delightful watering place has been rapidly in
creasing for the last week, and now numbers
more than one hundred and fifty visiters, gath
cred from every quarter of ourcountry Among
these we notice some who have earned for
themselves no ordinary reputation in the literary
word-Mrs. Southworth--a lady Of high and
native genius, who has by her books and her
stay among us rendered her name household
word and Miss Mary ]. Windle, Of Washing
ton City, a young and rising authoress, who, by
her popular Summer Sketches" published in
the Southern Press, and her contributions to the
leading magazines of the day, has won for her
self u more than respectable reputation among
the standard writer's of the times, and gives
abundant evidence of soon outstripping those
" swallows Of science and butterflies OF genius"
who fiutter for their spring, but soon pass away
to be remembered no more.
AS will be seen by an advertisement in to-
days paper, the chivalrous youths there assem-
bled have determined to hold grand tournament
on Wednesday, August 27th, which will be fol-
lowed by a variety of other interesting amuse.
ments, and will conclude with large fancy ball
on Thursday night. We are full assured, from
the interest already manifested, and the extern
sive preparations which are about being made,
that this will eclipse all of former years, and
suffer nothing by comparison with those which
have taken place at the most fashionable and
distingue summer resorts of this country.
Knights have already entered the list, to con.
tend for the prize, which places the crown upon
the brow "of love and beanty's queen" from
every section of our own State, as we'll as from
the neighboring cities of Washington and Balti-
more. We invite one and all, who delight to
witness these gay scenes, and to be present
upon such gala days, to join in, and forgetting
for a few brief hours, the cares and anxieties OF
business, lend their hearts to joy and hilarity.-
Warrenton (Va.) Spirit of Jefferson
The southern press., 1851-08-27

FREAKs or GENus.--"Kitty where's the fry
ing PAM"
"Johnny's got il, carting mud and Cham shells
up the alley with the cat for horse" :.
"The dear little fellow, what genius he Will
make but 90 and get it, We'er going to have
company, and must fry some fish for dinner
A cotsmporary, in speaking Of a newly invent
ed umetalI,c burial case" says it is fast getting
into use, a nd is highly rsecrmsaded by those who
have USED -Providtnes PoS.
The southern press., 1851-08-27

DREApFuL Loss OF LirE.-A fearful occurrence
is announced from Russia, which took place in
vladimir on the 1st OF July. According to an
cient custom, procession is always held on that
day, to carry the woodworking image Of the
Virgin from neghboring convent into the town
of vladimir and back again.. This time the con-
course was unusually great, snd just the pro-
cession was crossing the bridge, the latter gave
way, and 149 persons lost their lives 48 have
been recovered, more or less injured during the
fearful event. English paper
The southern press., 1851-08-27
EvENEMENT, oath July.

EvENEMENT, 24th July.
II is needless to prolong this article. There
is enough in these two passages Of French his
tory alone, to demonstrate the untruth of what
is so frequently reported about the cruelty of
Frenchmen. The French, on the contrary, are
the most humane people in the world not ex-
cepting our own, and il is their mission, by
means of democratic institutions, not only TO
reform government but to re.organize society.
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