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From the NeU York Express June %.
ine steamship Union, which sailed from Aspin-
wall on the 18TH instant, at g. D. m arrived al this
port at one O'Clock to-day
Steamer Georgia, direct for New York. and
Falcon, for New Orleans, sailed in comnanv
with the Union.
On Monday morning lasi Purser J. Bush died Of
Chagres fever wv "
We are indebted to the purser of the Union for
favors 0i io'
Inc Union brings us copious files of California
received. PS'4oueiy
We are indebted for them to Messrs. Berford &
Cos California Express and to Messrs Antbonn
q Co OF Maysville 5
h,t e nave inc Panama Herald of the 18th instant.
ou Ts 40 not see In it much additional news
visit 70 AsnOr,a n0'aao, had left Panama to pay
vsi' ~ AsPnwali, where, ii is said he ooes for
.he purpose OF fixing upon the sites Tor the nnhIc
Ouiiolngs In that city, and at the same tins tn .e
CrueeI road and judge for himself as to the rnea.
| sures ne can adopt TO further the We've of oil
classes residing in the city by repairing ,he bad
passes, ano commencing system of continuone
REPAIRS which will keep up the character oe tS 20
route until the railway is complete.
The Star says:
"The 18th instant was probably the warrrest
cay experienced in Panama for wears past tn
thermometer stood at 81 in the shade The MS.
nves pfeolct either an earthquake or very heavy
more proba BILE than the former''
Inc Union arrived at Kingston Jamaica. on tbe
22d instant, at p. m, and sailed for New York
at O'Clock on the evening of the same day. en-
countering strong tides and severe gales in the
Caribbean Sea. - NC
Files OF the Morning Journal, with dates to dav
OF SAILING have been received at the express Office
Inc difficulty between the Executive Council
ana the Legislative Assembly remained as at last
advices. The Legislature meanwhile was 70 naast
again on the 2sth. The Journal SAYS
ihere1s to be no alternative between rebellion
and the dismissal of the present members of the
council, ano appointment OF some more obedient
and subservient creatures to the will of tbe A.
sembly.' 'A0 ne
The Inspector General of Police. Alexander Nj.
Leod, esq, died on the 4th
Spanshtown. f'0O az
Inc governor OF Demerara had arrived al Kipgs
ton, to embark for England.
ne Journal has some advices from Apticua
Le.atise 70 'ae yeiow lever there. good many
deaths had taken place. and no little uneasine:s
was the result.
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WHERE Is THE WISER 2-On Friday last. at half.
past four p. m, Samuel Lawrence, ESQ.,, was in
Boston, having left Lasalle Illinois, at three
O'Clock wednesday p. m. preceding He came
called at Buffalo. was sped over the plain BY the
lightning express" train to Albany and whisked
over the Western and Worcester railroads to Bos
ton Once-and within the memory of the mid
die aged man of this day-Buffao was considered
quite "out west.'' Chicago, but yesterday, was
"far OF land" Now, merchant shakes hands
and bids good bye to his customers one hundred
and eighty miles west of that and in tlco daus and
1t is. in fact only eIeven hundred AID fty miles
Boston Journal
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THE PoTATo RoT.-Professor BoIman. Rns-
sian Councillor of State, has published a work ON
the prevention of potato rot. He discovered acc;-
dentally, and has subsequently verified by experi.
ment, the fact that seed potatoes thoroughly dried
will produce sound crop. The New York Courier
which gives an account of the discovery, says;
"Ihe temperature required to produce The de-
sired result is not very clearly made out, Mr.
boilnan,s room, IN which his first potatoes were
dried, was heated TO about seventv-tvo degrees
and much higher. BY way of experiment. he
placed others in the chamber of the stove itself
where the thermometer stood at one hundred and
thirty-six degrees, and more He also ascertained
that the vitality of the potato is not affected even
if the rind is charred - "a
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HARBoR or New YoRK The merchants of New
York have addressed memorial to the Legisjs.
ture ofthat State, asking that body to take iinme
diate measures Tor the better protection of the
harbor of the city from encroachments. Thew
urge that for a long series of years encroacbmeufs
have been made, and are still permitted to pro-
gress, without that attention and regulation which
the importance OF the subject demands, in conse-
quence Of which the harbor has been seriousjv In
Jured. This is particularly the case with East
river, whose width has been narrowed and its
currents changed, and in reference to which mea-
cures have been adopted which threaten to impair
Its character and usefulness. In the same manner
aeverai haroors OF Europe have been entirely ru-
med by filings in and encroachments
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formly imposed. Thus we notice in a re-
cent London periodical-the Nautical Stand
ard, of the llth of June-that WILLIAM
NEWTON, master of the Greenwich steam YES
sci Waterman A, whose limit, as prescribed
by the legally appointed inspectors, is 347
passengers, was tried before court of alder
men, and fined IS, and further sum of IS S.,
being 5s. for each of twenty one passengers
beyond the number specified in his certificate,
and this, though it was shown by the defence
that. the occasion being Whit Monday, the
throng was so dense that the captain could not
resist the pressure of the crowd upon his boat,
1t being ruled that it was the duty of the com
mander OF boat to use adequate precautions
to resist such pressure. Thomas Long, Of the
steamboat Waterman No. /, was fined sf20
for like offence, and JOSEPH BALL, of the
''Naiad," was fined fl0.
Pricing as we do these delightful excursions,
! it is our wish to see them continued, and be
come more and more popular with the public
and profitable to those who conduct them; and
to this end, together with a proper regard
for the safety and welfare of the public,
we commend this subject to the earnest
consideration OF those who are empowered to
create and to administer laws on the subject;
and we would especially urge the Propriety of
attending to 1t without awaiting the admoni-
tions of such disastrous occurrences as have
recently aroused public attention to the fla
grant abuses practced by many of the railroad
| companies of our country.
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SOUND DocTsIEx The following ia from the
New Bedford Mercury:
'fThe poorest business an honesi man can en-
gage in is hat Of politics for the OF it's rev I'd
While he is poor creature and an unworthy
citizen who neg ects bis political duties and sacri-
fees his political btrihright to bis business or hs
ease, the man who makes merchandise of bis poll
teal principles, md pects pay for maintaining
them, ia quite as foolish a. be is base"
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The Word as atuary.r
To the Editor of the Republic .

To the Editor of the Republic:
sIR: May ask through your columns why Mr..
Robert Walsh and the writer of the "Ion' letters
In toe Baltimore Sun use the word "statuary" in
the sense of statues or of sculpture? Vide extract
from letter OF former in your paper of to-day, and
letter OF latter in StD of to-day. These gentle
men are certes among the best of philologists and
when they employ words, We should suppose,
must know what they doing.
SOPHOMORE.
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We ask attention to an advertisement in this
days paper, offering to lease for term of
years Charles Island, one of the Galapagos
group of islands in the Pacific Ocean, few
degrees west of the coast of Guayaquil. We
are informed that the statement which is in
circulation in the newspapers, to the effect
that the Mormons have purchased or leased
this island, and are about to settle on it, is en-
tlrely incorrect
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mat Is played upon the shingles,
By the patter of the rain.'"


LAcoNIc EXPOSITION OF LAw.--The New York
Evening Pos. says:
"Thc late Judge Thompson, while presiding in
the United States circuit court in the city of New
York the trial of criminal case, was requested
by one of the counsel to charge the jury that they
judges both OF the law and the fact. The
judge, replied, Il shan't; they amt This is 4he
cieverest specimen Of laconics, one, which we
remember to have heard of since Casa famous
despatch to the Roman Senate; and, what's more
to the point 1t is good law"
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WHEN Is GoISG TO RAlS?-The Baltimore
Patriot of last evening asks this question, which
is strictly applicable to Washington, and says
This Is the question asked everywhere. The
Louisville Journal seems TO think they have not
bad their share, and says:
at has rained ell az ound us, but hardly drop
has fallen here. We nearly choked I'D with
dust The crops in immediate vicinity are
suff ring greatly.
Way down in Alabama-perhaps near the
Sawnee river-they are crying also for rain; and
in Mobile they beginning to think there is no
such thing. Here is what the Register of that city
of the Goth instant, says
Grain has now become subject of doubt and
curosity-ike the mastodon. We hear OF tive
see the signs-we expect its coming-we are pro-
missed and We want it, and yet it comes not Talk
of tempest in teapot, we have lately had TWEEN
ty. Nay, in he fuss, their whole contents have
been split, and yet the dust is not aayed. Pshaw!
the elements like spirits will not come when thew
are called. As Professor Peabody says on straw.
berry culture, water! water! water
"The Regfster tells our own story. We have had
all sorts OF signs-east winds, clouds, and, we
think we are not mistaken in saying, drop or two
OF rain But that is so long ago. that no bush or
flower or field anywhere about cherishes
sign Of remembrance oft. The result is insub-
ordination in the vegetable kingdom-the corn re-
fuses to grow, the gardens put on the look of de-
cay, and the grass Ia whitening in its spite. But
the rain has fallen, and is still falling Startle not
gentle reader, at the bold announcement, it is
true-for we have the evidence of the jackson
Mirror, OF Louisiana, and there is no going behind
what the papers cay, OF course. That paper of the
10th instart with just pride said:
"'Refreshing showers have fallen in different parts
of this parish and in the adjoining parishes from
day to day Tor the last week, until the crops are
revived and all growing to the hearts content of
farmers, planters, and gardeners
They must have pleasant time in Louisiana
with these refreshing showers. We would not take
one drop from them, but how glad would all be
here ii we had now some refreshing showers. All,
how delighted would be every ear to hear what the
poet has not inaptly called 'the melody of nature
q" That subdued, 81 duing strain,
That is played upon the shingles,
By the patter of the rain %
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HAMILTON SHIELDS, Esa., died at Norfolk last
week, 10 the sixty-sixth year of his age. Mr.. s.,
at the close of the war in 1915. in which be com
manded company of volunteers from Isle of
Wight county, established the american Beacon,
which, as the senior editor, he continued to con-
duct with ability and industry till 1884, when he
retired from the arduous duties of his profession
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importance in Philadelphia and New York which
few persons attach toit A fact is mentioned by
the Lancaster Independent Vhig, which shows
this strikngly. II is, that a single forwarding
house in that city, Messrs. Pow & Misher, has.
since the beginning of the present year, cent 1888
head of horses, by railroad, to Philadelphia. So
exceedingly great has been the growth of this city
as yell as New York, that the number of horses
required for use is Immense, and constantly aug
fnenilng. Hard work. warm weather, disease,
eaSusuy, age, and other causes, diminish the
number OF our "o'se, continually, and the chief
supplies to replace them, and to meet the growing
demand, are derived from the interior of our own
State and the great West. ~
philadelphia North American
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NeW Pnhli1afinnS

DoMEsTTc Cookery, Useful Receipts and HINTS
TO Young HousSkeepers, is the title of an excellent
little work by Elizabeth E. Lea. fifth edition of
which has just been issued by Messrs Cushings &
Bailey, of Baltimore. We speak from experience
when we say that this will be found most useful
book in every family for the purposes indicated by
it's title
The book is on sale by FRANcK TAYLOR, book
seller, Pennsylvania avenue, a few doors east of
the National Hotel.
HOUSEHOLD WosDs-McElrath and Barker, OF
New York, publish an American edition of this
velst. 1t is made up in monthly parts, and sold
at twenty cents part number.
HARPERs MAeANSE.-This magazine has a ted
nothing in spirit value in the July number,
which has just reached US. 1t has much interest
ing reading; and among its pictorial beauties the
sketches of the Upper Mississippi end those of
Lake George struck being very fine.
Copies can be obtained of JOE SHILLIsGToN,
corner Of Pennsy lvania avenue and a. street, and
of BUcKlseHAM, under the National Hotel.
The ART JOURNAL OF LoSDos We have re-
ceyed No. 81 OF this meritorous work, published
in quarto form, and containing number of beau j.
tiful engravngs. The work is published by
GEoseE Virtue, in London, and may be obtained
of the agent, Mr.. b. w. FERGUSON, ON 7th street,
<, in this city.
The MINING MAsAzIsE, for July, 1858, edited
by w. j. TE NNEy, at New York, has been for
warded to US. We should suppose this to be a use
ful publication to all persons interested in minin
operations, whether of gold or coal.
PACIFIC RAILROAD OF MssoUp-A copy of a
pamphlet, containing documents exhibiting the
organization, condition, and relations Of the Paci-
&c Railroad Of the State of Missouri has been sent
US, for which our thanks are rendered.
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WAR RISKS IN ENaLAND- The London Morning
Chronicle of June llth says: "The threatening as.
pect of affairs in the East has occasioned some
change in the general character ofthe under writing
business transacting at Lloyd's. The policies now
granted generally include the words free of cap.
ture. About nineteen twentieths of the business
done is on these terms.''
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BEesAR MAKING CHANaE.-In Baton Rouge,
La, German beggar, apparently blind, solicited
aims of gentleman, who jokingly offered him
five dollars if he would change 800 bill. Ina
CINE bis surprise when the beggar quietly took the
hundred dollar bill, and after placing it near his
defective eyes, deposited it in pocket, while
with the other he took out a filthy wallet, from
which he counted out ninety five dollars, which he
handed over to the gentleman, leaving the contents
of his wallet still unexhausted.
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The Holly Springs (hiss Banner announces
the death at his residence there of Judge Joseph
w. Chalmers, ami ADDS that " Mississippi has Lost
one of her noblsst sons, the oar of its ablest
lawyers, and society one of her brightest orna-
mepts" Judge C. was native of Halifax county,
Virginia
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To KEEP BIRDS FROM PICKING FRuIT.-As the
season is coming on for the depredatons of birds
beg to report my experience OF last year, when
saved my currants and gooseberries, by winoine
colored worsted around and across my bushes. and
my cherries by hanging up several pieces of tin
with strong Unread In the different trees two pit ces
being hung enough together to clash with
the wind, which sound, with .he bright reelection
OF the tin in the sun, certainly frightened sbep,
away; and had my due share OF fruit, whicb. the
preceding year, | was obliged to relinquisb to
them Agricatlt,ual Gazette
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CoSsfcTIcur LEolsLAruRE.-A despatch from
the office of the Hartford Times. dated the 2sth
instant, says:
The Senate, this afternoon, passed an impor-
ant bill, providing that in case of attachment tor
debt, there shall be an equal distribution of pro-
perty among the creditors.
"The bill authorizing the cities of New Haven
and Hartford to issue bonds for tt purpose of rails
ing money to supply said cities with pure water
has passed both Houses.
1.-The bill provide, that S 300 900 shall be raised
by The city of Hartford, and $3.50, 900 by the city
OF New Haven
"The House has just rejected the bill passed by
the Senate for the abolition of capital punishment,
by large majority.
"Both Houses of the Legislature have passed a
resolution to adjourn sine die on Friday"
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Correspondence Of The Phila. North Amrican.
WAsEINGToN limo

The Cabinet is said to have Mr.. Buchanans in
structions under consideration Mr.. Marcy has
been engaged Tor some time in preparing them
BAT Mr.. Buchanan insists on having authority to
conduct all our important diplomacy with Eng
land in London. The premier is not disposed to
lose these opportunities to make personal reputa
ton by negotiation here. The Cabinet will sustain
Mr. Marcy. Probably MIR. Buchanan sees how
the cat jumps, and will not start for some time, if
at all. This lie the secret Of his failing to go last
week.
am satisfied to-day that efforts will be made to
settle the fishery question here. There reason
to fear MIR. Champions powers the subject were
not sufficiently pie; but it is now understood
there is no such difficulty, and that the question
is likely to be satisfactorily adjusted soon
Mr.. Walker leaves for New York to. morrow
or Thursday, to make arrangements for his de-
parture
Judge George r. Barrett, of Penns yvania, has
been appointed codifer of the revenue laws under
the act OF the last session appropriating thou
sand dollars for thst purpose.
Several clerks in the Navy Departme Mt were re-.
moved to day.
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LauoR Law IN NEW EAnpsHIRE.-The New
hampshire House of Representatives-l2I to ia
mas 'Sussa 10 take the Mains Liquor lato from the
faoe' which settles the fate of the measure for a
year in that State
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Inc Savannah Coarier states that al 100 600
have been subscribed to the stock of the Brun..
yick and Florida Railroad Company. A large
part Of the road is already under contract
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The Augusta (Ga.) Chronicle and Sentinel re-
grets to learn that Powell Calvert the foreman of
Messrs Finn & Osmond, was instantly killed
Wednesday afternoon, by the falling Of a timber,
while engaged in the construction OF the Mclean
bridge, on the Waynesboro' railroad. He was
originally from Chester county Pennsylvania, and
had been about four years in Georgia. lie vas
very worthy man, and leaves wife ana Jour chill
dren, who were dependent upon him tor SUPPORT
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CO. Subscribers to the TRI-wEEKLY REPUB-
Lie will no doubt be gratfed to learn that the
DAILY PAPER will hereafter be sent to them
at The same price they hare heretofore paid t0r
the former
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The following special despatch from this city
appears in the New York 7smts Its most mate
rial statements, however, are doubted or ultoge
ther discredited by many:
WAsHrNaroN, Monday, June ~
It is rumored that Government has been ad
vised from quarters entitled to the highest credit
Of the celebration of a treaty between Spain and
Mexico for the remuneration Of the latter to the
former. The treaty, it is stated, was soemnly
signed by Generals Canedo and Santa Anna while
the latter at Havana, subject to ratification by
the court of Madrid. and by the Mexican soon
as he should be firmly seated in the dCtstorial
chair. These notifications have been received
and an expedition, it is said, s organized on the
northern shore of Cuba, destined to carry six
thousand Spanish troops to Vera Cruz where they
| to support the coup d'etat which Santa Anna
has resolved to attempt
II ia likewise asserted that the departure of the
expedition will be the signal for general in sur
rection the island. The Cubans resolved
not to let capital chance slip without attempt
| ing their emancipation; and, if We may believe
reliable authorities, the movement will certainly
prove triumphant.
A gentleman who has the best opportunities Of
acquaintng himself with the secret drift Of things
in Cuba and who possesses ,be confidence of Gov
ernment writes: 81 am told Judge era ~ ord the
newly -appoin ed consul at the Havana, does not
propose TO enter upon the duties of his office uu4
October. If this is SO, depend upon il he will never
as consul. The fate of the Spanish auth, ri ty
will have been sealed ere then" Y
Commenting on the despatch the Baltimore Pa
tiot remarks:
"Tbe weather is hot, and 'rumor' lie just the
only source for political agitation-it WON'T do for
parties to attempt to act. So eregard the above
II ia very interesting; looks very fonda ole and
furnishes food for conversation and opens the door
for political dispositions. But of course there can
be no truth in it-that ia in the story not that it
was not r,smored. The idea that SAINTS Anna is go
ing to annex Mexico to Spain! The author of the
report is prince of jokers and shouts have high
seat given him in the Crystal Palace at New York,
on the opening of the worlds fair the re next mon
he would be the observed OF all observers Well,
the story is something TO laugh over, and for that
the author ought to be thanked, though he does
challenge wild creduty."
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MORE ABOUT THE AILANTHus-The heavy rain
OF yesterday afternoon and evening beat to the
ground the greater part of the blossoms from the
alianthus trees in streets. and to day the at
mosphere is almost entirely free from their IN.
pleasant odor. Yesterday the thick air seemed to
conhne the efhuvium and prevent it from disper-
sing, so that peraons no easily affected by the
perfume of flowers were sickened by it.
The greater part of the ailanthus trees planted in
our streets appear to be of those which bear only
staminate tlOwers-sometimes called the male
plant. The ailanthus is di9cious tree-that is TO
say, the flowers which contain the fertiIizng prin-
ciple on different trees from those which bear
the seed vessels. The trees which bear the stami-
nate flowers are easily distinguishabIe by their
little green star like blossoms, such lay etrewn
upon the eide walks in such abundance this morn
ing. 1t is these only that diffuse the odor which
many find so dsagreeabie and even unwholesome
The plants bearing the pistillate flowers have no
parcepuble odor, and may be known by their
punches Of seed vessels resembling what are called
maple kegs At this season the kegs are small and
Of a green color, but perfectly formed; in short
time they will be of reddish hue.
1t Is only ailanthns trees bearing the pistillate
flowers that should be planted in our streets AS
the roots OF the aanthus throw up sue kers with
extraordinary profusion, it is most easily and
naturally propagated by transplanting the suck
ers Those which are taken from the roots of a
tree bearing pistate flowers, will in like manner
bear pistillate flowers only, and in this the
gardeners will be able to furnish with the greatest
facility, a supply of the kind desired. The allan
thus is so rapid in its growth, and perfectly free
from insects, that it is one of the very beat for
planting in large towns, and we should be sorry to
see any attempt to extirpate it. If, however, the
ordering of the matter depended upon US, we
would have the male plants cut down without re-
morse, and their places supplied with those which
bear pistillate howers.-N. Y. Epening Post, 2sh