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New-York daily tribune., 1854-08-23
T oNG ISLAND RAILRoAD-Leave BROOKLYN for

1 ONG ISLAND RAlLRDAD.-Leay Brooklyn for
II Greenpor 10 A. ION Saturdays only S45 NJ,
Monday $50 NJ II NJ as p. for Yap
hank 345; Hemps sd r. NJ Jamaica 7; and Wedn-s
days Saturdays ooy for F.rninsdae 80 r. NJ returning
Thudsy and Monday For Brooklyn lesys Jamaica at
syosset AN and AS PM Ysphank sos Nj Gesnpor AM
NEW ROUTE NORTH aud EAST via ALBANY.
~ ALBANY NORTHERN RAILROAD REOPENED.-
Trains with all East EAGLE
Bldse Leave Albany Tor Rnaod Gas A. NJ, 10
NJ $50 4. Leave Albany ior 5araIoss 6F ~, lo:&
A SPIN
Th, pleasant and expeditions The road Is laid
with heavy continuous rail- the equipment and o the
approved and elegant consucon and the fares cheap b.
other
Ticket oicss Peor Line Steamers
careful that marked through
via Albany Northern Railroad July 4, 1854
". GIBSON Superintendent:
NEW--YORK aud PHILADELPHIA aud the
~ SOUTH and WkST via the NEvJER5EY RAILROAD
U. g. NAIL and IMPRESS LINES-Lesve New.York Dot Of
Cogandtst at T. add 10 AN, aud and pm Through
-Four Hours Fare 81 Is in 4 - 75 s5 and s.
way stations Through cieis sold Cincinnati lat 10
and for Baltimore, Washing Norfolk bag
ssse checked to Warrington in and 10 AN and 6P.M.
NETWORK to the WHITE MOUNTAINS d.
IN RECTBy Rairoad Hartford Spn g6ed Bellows Falls,
indsor hite River Wells River Lttletonbase
nouusnssDd via Montpelier Burlington Adams
Point TO OgdeDsbugh and Montreal Ticket 0fcesNew Haven
Railroad corner OF Roadway and Csn and Of 18th st.
Ard Fh Express Trains A. and " Baggage checked
aloash FRANCIS HYDE General Agent. No l52 Soutast
New-York daily tribune., 1854-08-23
kEW-YORK and ERIE RAILROAD.-Passenger

~ Trains leave Pier foot OF Dvsne st. as follows viz:
Buffalo t1tss at ~ for Buffalo direct without change of
bagssgs
Drnkbk Express, ate A. NJ, for DunklrH
Nal a. st M tor Dunksrk and Buffalo and Intermediate
Stations.
N1y Express. at p. 81, for Dunkrk.
hotAland Pas,euser AZ L. NJ tfEon ot Of Chambers
fnfHon Sor Surern and iEternf fditte Stations
May faenEer AZ p NJ for Osvlle intermediate Staons
nighi Express AZ 8 r. N Tor Dunkuk and Buffalo.
EmsAnt, p NJ for Dunsrs and Buffalo and internede
Stations
Or SUNDAY, only one Fxpre's Train n6P M
These Express Trains BgnsO with dfstsss nenad
steamer on Lsse Ede fr all the Lake. Dsnkk
xb The Lsie Shore Railroad for Cleveland Cincinnati
Detroit Chicago. &c.
D. C. DcCALLUM, General Superintendent,
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had been, measures would have been taken to
repel SO wanton and barbarous an attack but
we have at this time no further interest In the
place than that which results from the com
mercial undertakings in which British subjects
may be engaged there. II is impossible. how.
ever to lose sight of the fact, which stands re.
corded in solemn treaty, that Great Britain
waived and relinquished her rights to the pro-
tectorate OF the Mosquito coast and of Grey.
town. its principal trading station, on the ex.
press stipulation with the United State, that
they would, in conjunction with ourselves,
guarantee the neutrality and security of the
passage" The object of that treaty was to
promote the construction Of the communica-
ton between the two oceans for the benefit of
mankind, on equal terms to all, and for the
protection of the same"
1t is certainly most extraordinary violation
of the spirit of that treaty that an American
ship of war should have presumed, in defense
of at best very doubtful cause, to attack and
destroy the principal commercial station sit
uated on this very line of communication which
the American government is expressly bound
to maintain and protect. The act of Captain
Hollins speaks for ITSELF II is, indeed, without
parallel in any history with which we are ac-
quainted, for the place was wholly incapable of
firing shot in its defence, not man was
killed or wounded in the attack, and the enter
prise was one of mere destruction. The Ameri.
can papers from which we have extracted these
details record them with the strongest express
sions Of shame and regret, and we cannot doubt
that the publicopinion of the enlightened classes
in the United States will condemn these pro-
ceedings as strongly as the judgment of every
other part of the world. There is in this case
no war and no provocation to account for or to
palliate such a measure. Far from being at
war with the States of Central America the
government Of the United States has always
affected to regard them with interest; and the
first proof given of this interest is an act of
violence which would have disgraced buca.
neer. Indeed, considering the species of pro-
lection established by the treaty of 1850, and
the engagements contracted by the United
States towards this country and the whole
world for the security of the passage, this out.
rage of Captain Hollins's is contempt of the
authority of his own government and gross
breach of faith to every nation which may have
mercantile transactions carried on across the
isthmus of Nicaragua.
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Making Gold Pens.--We saw this beautiful
Ionic gold pen, with which we write commence
from little chip Of blackened gold, and rise,
through different processes, TO become an nipple.
ment NJ for the use Of poet philosopher or states
man. There IS much work in the manufacture of
such pen-more, by far, than any one would
suppose who carelessly writes sonnets Herewith
10 his mistress's eyebrow. or throws OF sermons
or reports, with no thought interrupted in its ex.
precision by that pest Of authorship, a bad pen,
The gold Of which the pen is made is sixteen
carats fine, and is prepared in the rough by lew
ellers. II presents FL first an appearance alto.
gether unlike pen, having something the form OF
the end Of a straight up and down two story house
with peaked roof and a chimney thereon. The
first process is TO shape the pen in the rough
which 10 done by a blank die, beneath press of
immense power. slight notch across the point
is then filed, in which are laid two minute iridium
points, which are soldered in their place by means
OF a blow pipe. The point is then ground smooth
upon an emery wheel. and the pen is boiled in a
little weak acid 10 remove the black II is then
passed through a small pair Of rollers and drawn
very thin. then hammered and hardened at the
point. and passed through a pen die that rounds
the pen 10 the form il is TO bear. The process or
making the split is very delicate and requires
much skill. A tin wheel, ground perfectly Thin
and placed in lathe is prepared with slight teeth
and upon this the pen is placed hatwise 10 be cut
The wheel goes between the two points that have
been soldered on. In this, and the subsequent
filing and rounding Of the point, great care must
be observed, as the pen is spot " the points
are broken. The split then applied upon anotker
wheel, OF iron, TO render the points even and
prevent their slipping by. This is considered
the most difficult part Of the work, and here the
makers SIN must show itself 10 preparing the
pen for touching the paper to the best a1vaniage.
IN the manufacture Of this pen under notice. by
Mr. r. A Spon, Ibis care has been well Observed
aud stamps its maker as one well up in the pho.
sophy Of pcu-making. The pen is then polished
On an emery wheel. and its edges rubbed with q
fne stone 10 remove ell roughness. after which a
little rouge and alcohol is passed over il 10 give il
greater and permanent lusire. This process, we
earn al gold and silver manufactures have 10
pass through. The inside oftbe pen towards the
point is rubbed with fine stone, and the polish
1ulled, in order 10 admit Of the retention OF ink,
after which, and lastly, the point is placed upon a
copper cylinder, and made smooth, and the pen is
lone One dozen and a half Of these pens one
nan may make in day, though the process is |
shortened by having number in preparation al |
he same time.
The Ionic pen, manufactured by F. w. Snow |
co. VI Washington street, is in use among all /
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The LUNAR WoRLD.-Mr. Champion, in a
little book entitled "The Lunar World" draws
the following interesting picture of the appear
ance which the surface Of that satellite would
present to visitor from the terrestrial globe:
"Choose the period Of the last quarter, and
direct our way to that dark shadowy spot
marked N in the map, and situated at the
northeast portion of the lunar globe: it is the
Mare Imbrium, or Sea OF Showers, as it is
called, though no water is to be found there
and no shower ever cools or moistens its bar
rem surface. 1t is about seven hundred miles
in extent every way Let us cast our eyes
around, and what do we see? boundless plain
or desert, stretching away as far as the eye can
reach on every side, save in one or two points,
where a chain of lofty mountains can be per-
ceived, whose brilliant, pointed SUBMITS, gilt.
tering in the sunbeams, just appear upon the
distant horizon. The light that glares upon
the plain is intense, and the heat Of a tropical
ferceness, for no cloud shelters us. BY that
light we may perceive, scattered over the plain,
an infinite number of circular pits, of different
sizes and depths, varying from a few yards to
some hundreds in diameter, and sunk in the
body or crust of the planet; some of them but
q few feet, and others to an unknown immea
surable depth. Above the sky is black, out OF
which the sun CLEANS like red-hot ball; and
the stars sparkle like diamonds, for no atmos
phere like ours exists, to give by its retroactive
and reflective powers the delicious blue to its
heavens, and the sofened shade to its land
scape. The lights and shades are indented up
on its features deep and dark, or intensely
bright; no softening away in the distance, no
gentle and beautiful perspective; no lofty twi.
Ill IL 49, i
from the scene. All the shadows are abrupt,
sudden; all the outlines sharp, clear; appear.
ing startingly near even when really distant.
No sound follows our football, or is ever heard
in that silent place; for there is no atmosphere
to conduct it no fresh breeze blows on its
mountain tops, signs through its burning des-
erts, rustles through its brilliant green of for.
ests, or waves over meadows the silence Of
death broods over its arid wastes and rocky
shores, against which no tides or pillows
break"
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EXTENSIVE
BOOT AND SHOE ESTABLISHMENT,

JUST OPENED IN IRON HALL.
q r. HOOVER has fitted up, In an at
~ Iracuve style, the large and spacious store in
lion Hall, Pennsylvania avenue, between 9Th ana
ioth streets, and furnished il with perhaps, the
largest and best selected stock or BOOTS AND
SHOES ever exhibited in this city.
II is the determination Of the undersigned 10
make tins establishment excel, in all particulars
every other of the kind in the country. Wi,htbis
view, he has made arrangements for a regular
supply OF every article in his line OF business with
the most celebrated manufacturers in this country
and, IN future, every variety of Boots and Shoes
Tor Ladies, Gentlemen, Children, and Servants.
may here be found
NO expense has been spared in fitting nm hi.
establishment so as 10 make il attractive as place
Oh business He will spare no effort TO win a lib
era share Of public patronage. His prices shall
De moderate, approxmating as closely as possible
10 those OF the manufacturers
ihe following are among the articles iust re-
ceived = -
FOR LADIES.
Black, bronze and colored Caters, thin and thick
soles
White and black satin Slippers, and English Kid
Slippers I--
French and American Morocco and Kid Sinners
N MOROCCO walking Shoes OF every variety
Toilet Slippers, enameed and worked, French
and American
Jenny Lind Buskins, Polkas, and other styles of
Dress Shoes
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SCHOOL In FAUQUIER.
ON THE FIRST DAY OF NEXT SEP

~ TEMPER, snaH open bOAhDlNG SCHOOL
for boys, at
Benvenue, Fauquier County, Va,
Three and half miles from Rectortown, depot
on the Manassas Gap railroad. and five miles from
Middleburg, Loudoun county The subjects taught
in the school will be all the branches of an Eng
lish education, Mathematics, Ancient Languss gen
French, Spanish, Chemistry, and Natural Phioso
ply. Those who expect TO complete their educa-
ton at our University, may be thoroughly prepared
10 enter any class they choose in that Institution.
The expenses of whole session of ten months
for board, tuition, fuel lights, &c., will be two
hundred dollars, payable, one-haf in advance, and
the other the first of February. If pupil remain
with me for a less time than five months, he will
be charged at the rate of S25 per month.
The location which l have selected is very
healthy and very accessible. My object is TO es-
tablish permanent school, and hope TO succeed,
by using all the proper means within my power to
secure The comfort happiness, and improvement
OF my pupils and the SATISFACTION Of their parents
ence as Teacher in the school of Mr.. Frankie
Minor, of Albemarle, and those who wish to learn
OF my qualifications referred 10 him for nor
nation, and also 10 the following gentlemen The
Faculty Of the University Colonel H. B. Powell
and General Asa Rogers, of Loudoun, and Judge
Tyler and Colonel Lloyd holland, Of Fauquier.
" MY Post Office is Middeburg Ioudoun
county, Virginia.
July 9-tf WILLOUGHBY w. TEgRs
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Frightfal Railway Aecident-rhe Gin,

Frightful Railway Accidentl-The Cincin.
matt Tunes Of the 18th says: About 81 o'clock yes.
terdsy morning, Mr.. Vendusen's passenger train,
which left Cincinnati al a. m, met with a most
serious accident when some three miles west Of
this place. The train was passing around a curve
in excavation, bey ond which was n heavy EN-
bsnkment, and just as II got within view Of The
terminus Of the excavation COW appeared on the
track, and before the cars could be stopped, she
was under the wheels The most frghiiul result
wac the consequence. The locomotive Jumped
over the COW, at the same time breaking loose
from he tender, and. aighing square tn. track,
ran safely on. The baggage car was thrown down
en- enibankment Of about forty feet, turning twice
over before reaching level ground. In this car
were some half dozen persons, excepting Two Of
wnom, strange to reiaIe, escaped with Lul sIg BIT
| scratches. Two Of them we're seriously IL not
fatally injured. Dir. Hsnweil Locke the express
messenger was by several pbysicisns. who soon
arrived, pronounced IN a dying condition, and
such intelligence was borne throughout the coun.
try by the passengers no were on the next train
He was insensible, and up 10 o'clock this mora.
ing has remained in that condition. HIS injuries
NOT flesh wounds nor broken bones, but what
is worse, they are internal, and perhaps chiefly ia
the head.
Mr.. John keenan,, the mail agent, was the other
person who was badly hurt. lie, however, can
converse and bis case is more hopeful His inju.
ries are chiefly sprans aud bruises The news
boy, lad Of some fifteen years Of age, was exri.
caied from beneath the top Of the baggage car,
which had slid of, with scarcely scratch upon
him. The baggage master, Mr.. Gardiner, ped
with slight injury 10 ANGLE and few cuts bis
forehead; and George, the colored "trsin-boy"
came out yet better, for he complains OF nothing
but little Stiffness. That eli who were in his
car were not killed outright is the great won1er
Of ell who have seen tue wreck, which is the
most complete smssh-up that ever occurred in
this region OF country. The first passenger car
was next 10 90 off Il pitched endwise down the
hiIi, and was completely riddled 80 the trucks
which passed through the floor. tearing the SEES
loose and throwing them, together with thirty or
forty passengers, into one great heap at tbs lower
end. Such a sight Of bloody noses and limpns
people was, perhaps, never seen in one company
before. One man bad shoulder joint displaced,
enother bad severe cash cut in his face, one bad
his hnger smashed, another foot scrsped bot, OF
ine whole number, not one was seriously injured.
some SIX or eight under the care ofihe physi-
oisns here and also the good citizens and y
more friendly community could not be found in
any country. The friends Of the injured, who. !
ever they may be, can rest assured that no care
will be omitted which can possibly be given for
the relief OF the sufferers. The second and last
passenger car remained safely on the track
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Anecdotelof AlbonI.-The character of AIboni

Anecdote\of Alboni.-The character of Alboni
is compound of winning frankness and strange
caprice She has often been compared TO Ger
man student, having all the sang froid and cour'
age usually attributed 10 that class. An amusing
incident occGrred during her stay at Trieste. Hav
ing heard, on the day Of her arrival, that caba
against her was being organised, she wendell her
way 10 the estaminet, and mingled amongst the
consprators--her short locks, full figure, and de-
gage air, rendered itdlffcult 10 divine her sex.
q am stranger" said Alboni, addressing her.
self TO the Brutus Of the cabal shut if there's fun
on hand. count on me-" agreed was the re
ply. 1--WE are preparing 10 hiss down canta-
trice this evening" What has she done--any-
thing wickeda" ave know nothing about her,
except that she comes from Rome and We wish
no singers here, of whose reputation we are not
the creators" "That appears 10 me fair enough
Now, as 10 the part ] am 10 taks in the affair =
Take this whstle-each OF us carries similar
one. AT signal which will be given after the
air Of Rosina, in the Barber Of Seville, you have
but 10 add 10 the tempest which will be raised
81 comprehend" said Alboni; and faithful 10 heI
disguise, she received, from the hand OF her dupe
pretty black whistle, attached to red ribbon
That night the theatre bent under the weight OIL
spectators. AT the rising of the curtain, "Alma
viva" and Figaro" two favortes, were listened
10 with attention bnt when Rostna appeared In
the scene in which she addressed the jealous tn
tor, a half dozen whistles sounded their shrl
notes through the house, unmindful Of the sigma
to be given by the leaders of the cabal
Alboni advanced 10 the foot-lights, and displayed
the whistle. suspended around her neck. Gen
tlemen,n said She with a smile, sce must not hiss
me, but the cavatna. You have commenced toe
soonn There was a moment Of silence then
thunders Of applause rang through the house
The cantatrice was that night recalled eleven
times, amidst showers Of bouquets :" had nc
idea that you were aware of this caba,n said the
director after the performance, as he kissed her
hand. MY dear impressario," replied she, " it is
here as in politics; you must conduct the move.
ment, or else be swept away.-Conrt Journal
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From the London Times Of Ane. 0.

we have never professedly considered the
species oil protectorate exercised by the British
government for a long series of years over the
mosquito coast as possession of any pract;
cal advantage TO the interests or honor OF This
country, and we learnt with great satisfaction
about four years ago that a treaty had been
signed at Washington, by Sir Henry Bulwer
and Mr.. Clayton, the Amt rican Secretary of
state, for the purpose Of placing the comm.
nicstion between the Atlantic and Pao;6o
oceans by way Of Nicaragua under the Joint
protection of the maritime powers most inter.
ested In the prosecution Of that undertaking.
ihe spirit OF that treaty was perfectly fair and
just; and If any exclusive right had ever been
claimed or exercised by the British oovern.
ment In Its former relations with the Mosou;,o
Indians, as far back as under the Spanish Jo'
minion over Central America, those r;obts
were cheertalIy,. and, we think, wisely rein
pushed In exchange for a positive engage.
men. from the United States government tbat
they would cooperate with ourselves in the
only object which gives peculiar value and
Importance to that part Of the globe-namely.
tne opening OF secure line Of communication
between the two oceans, and the establishment
OF Two free ports for oil nations at each ex.
tremity OF the canal. For this purpose the
commercial stations at which this transit Is
carried on would naturally become important
iree cities, like the Hapseatic towns Of Eurone
having no political character or strength. but
respected 6y all the world for the services thew
renn p, 70 the best interests Of society.
ms oeing the principle which the British
goyernn's"t les ior some time past proclaimed
s se se.e0 "p1l H reference to the passage
81 NlcaIae @.th the full concurrence Of The
on IN otates 1t Is with considerable surprise
spa legre. mat we learn that Greytown, at the |
b,oa'n u ,oe ryer San Juan, has recently
useu s.'sckea and destroyed by one Of the |
- ~. .naorolnary outrages ever committed |
state.
Greytovn is not British possession IL It !
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classes OF commercial men. and its excellence is
universally accorded Mr.. Snow is preparing a
case of pens for the Maine charitable mechanic
exhibition al Portland next month.
The Ionic pen is an invention, as probably all
are aware, of Mr. George Simpson, Of the Mer.
chants bapk, whose ingenuity has been directed
10 various improvements, Of which he felt the
need from bis own experience. The /" fountain,
also an invention of Mr. Simpsons which is
added 10 the pen if desired is valuable addition
to such as in writing do not wish TO take ink
often, as IT admits Of the writing of whole page
without interruption.
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of Cuba. or Notes of !

TUBA.-History Of Cuba, or Notes Of a
~ Traveller in the Tropics being Political
Historical, and Statistical Account Of the Island,
from its discovery TO the present time, by Maturn
M. Ballou, price SO and IS cents Nordurfari, or
Rambles in Iceland, by Pliny Miles, ST. Things
to be thought OF, addressed to the Young, 90
cents; The Controversial Discussion between the
Rev Dr. John Cumming and Daniel French, esq,
on the Differences between Professionalism and
Popery. All the new books of the American
Tract Society and Sunday School Union.
GRAY 81 BALLANTINE,
Aug IL Uh street.
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Movements of Ocean steamers.
THE POST OFFICE.

THE NORTHERN AND EASTERN MAIL is opened at
o'clock, a. m, and ~ p. m. closes at 4, p m,
and 9, p. m.
THE GREAT SOUTHERN MAIL is opened at s, a. M
closes al 6, p. m. The Southern Mail, as far south
as Wilmington, North Carolina, arrives al 81 m;
closes at 9, p. M
THE NORTHWESTERN MAIL is open at u, p. m;
closes at 3, p. m.
THE WESTERN MAIL is open at o'clock, a. m
closes al 3, p. m.
THE NORFOLK MAIL arrives at IL, p. M; closes
at 2 p. m. daily except Sundays.
The CALIFoKNIA MAIL direct closes here on Sd
and 18th of each month, at 2, m.
WARRENToN MAIL arrives at H., a m. closes
al 10, a. m.
WARREsToN SPRINGS arrive at IL, a. m. closes
at 10, a. m, and 9, p. m.
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CHINA, GLASS, AND EARTHENWARE
ESTABLISHMENT.

7h street, betacecn Louisiana 0uenss and ID street
THE SUBSCRIBER HAS JUST RE-
i ceived, from the north, splendid assortment
OF China, Glass, and Earthenware; also, magnif
cent Girandoles and Lamps of many patterns,
adapted for halls and parlors.
Paints, boiled and raw, linseed oil, putty, win
dow glass, Of every variety, always on hand.
Clocks, brushes, &C., and every article for gen
eral housekeeping kept for SALE
C.S. WHITTLESEY, 7fh street.
Nov 20-1v I'm,
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eCHHNfs-ia am prepared TO fur
~ nisn from my quarry, opposite the Little Falls
ana adjoining the quarry of the late Timothy
oNeaie, any quantity Of stone that may be needed
Tor building purposes. Apply TO the undersigned,
al his house on ii, between 10Th and 20th streets
IN the First ward, TO Mr.. Paine, al the quarry
July u WILLIAM r.. SC0TT
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