Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1858-07-12

the cars IA few miiee shove the beautiful little
town Of Liberty, efhe county seat OF bedforo
county, }, where Won have an almost unobstructed
view ffom near the base TO the summit.
= NAV here venture q passing remark about u
crops The wheat r. all cut and shocked about
over the fields, ana p,dgiug from appearances. as
well es hfarsay, the crop is good one The
corn, however, does not look so welt until ytu
reach Roanoke county: but there IT is fourishing
In rich INSURANCE, and man grows latter oy
Just before reaching Bonsack's Depot you pass
Coyner;s Black and w bite Sulphur Springs.
rhis /. place of coBsid cradle note, beautifully
ming james formeriv Of Richmond, Va. The
management Of the place is in the hands Of a
man with great, long, unromantie Dutch name,
came up yesterday, several parties stopped over
at Bopsacks where they took omnibus for
Covner's, half mile back.
II seems to u ,e the Railroad Company ought to
stop the cars light at the Springs, where the
visitor would on ly have to walk about hundred
yards 10 reach the hotel, and throw this out as
la suggestion.
All salem, tn beaItiful seat Of Roanoke county,
the counties of Botetourt. Bedford and Roanoke
corn .r near Bonsacks.) there is stage line run
ming out some seven or eight miles TO the RI ID
popular resort and at Shawsvlle. further on In
Montgomery county, another line of stages to the
.aTns 'ss rsaeh d the
&c Big Tunnel Gone Of the finest pieces of work
to be found an5where,) and Immediately on
passing through 1t you stop at Devils Den"
and you and your baggage, and wife and chill
dreD II you have any, land If not, your sweet
heart are ira nsferred TO the cars, which run
| about mile dc 'wn to this delig htfnl spot, and
House. into viii ch the rail runs. The Yellow
Sulphur is four or five miles beyond, and Chris
| tiansburg Is the st oPping place, where you take
This place, how ever, is as far as have got
and am sure my imple description, very i'm
perfect as 1t Is, has 'een sufficient to charm you
with the country ID the route. l find here
every thing I'm the W. )rld that reasonable man
could desire, and more besides. The best living
imaginable waters that act ii he charm, scenery
that can hardly be sur, passed weather as pleas
ant and invgorating - can be found in the
world, and clever people all round. The number
Of arrivals up to last nightare three hundred and
seventy-eigbt.
But as Shall have more 90 say of this place in
future letter, will now only add that never
travelled n smoother or finer railroad or in
more comfortable cars In MY life, nor met with
more polite End accommoda ting officers tbsn
did Yesterday between Lynch bury and this place
But now recei We the adieus OF
MONSIEUR ToNsoN.
INDIAN AFT AmS.-The Department of the
Interior is in receipt of dispatches from Mr.
Elias Rector Superintendent of Indian Affairs
in Indian Terri tory, enclosing a communica-
ton from Indian Agent Douglas G.. Cooper,
l.
dispatch accompau les one from Mr. Daniel G.
Major, astronomer to the surveying expedition
employed to survey and mark the eastern and
western boundaries If the Choctaw and Chick
asaw country, and to determine and mark the
98th meridian west 10, ,gitude. He says that it
is now ascertained that the 9Sth meridian is AZ
miles IL chains and a Few links west of Fort
Arbuckle.
The Agent reports aft irs in that district as
quiet. Wild Horse creek had been SO high as
to prevent the surveyors from going to the 98th
meridian, and they were to start on the next
day. There was a report at the Fort of battle
between the Texans and friel IDLY Indians COM
bined against the Camanch, IS, in which 70 of
the latter were killed, and the Texans and
their allies lost but 8 men. This report came
from Texan from Gainesville. The Delawares
and other Indians, who live near Red River.
say that the Texans have killed 73 of the
Camanches settled ON the Brazos Reserve.
Agent Cooper thinks the report of its being
the Indians on the reserve who were killed
cannot be true. He supposss it was the un-
friendly Camanches on the plains, if there is
any truth in the report.
DECIMAL CURRENCY.-lt is stated that an
interesting report has been received by the
Treasury Department from Professor Ale1an
der, now in England, en- gagged in endeavorinc
to secure a uniform cure ncy for the two coun.
tries, us authorized by the last Congress. He
says the decimal currency will be readily
agreed upon by the Commissioners.
MEXICAN AFFAIRs.-The Washington CORES.
pendent Of the New York Herald, under date
Of Saturday last, writes on what authority we
know not, that reliable advces from Mexico
to Washington bring information that GeneraI
Vidaurri. with nearly 200 troops, was march.
ing towards San Luis, and on bis way to the
city of Mexico. Zuloaga's downfall is regarded
as inevitable"
The INDIAN WAR.-The New York Times
correspondent in this city says the Secretary of
the Treasury reports that upwards of six thou
sand dollars were paid to j. Ross Browne alone.
for salary and travel, during the year 1857,
while examining into the late Indian war in
the Territories of Oregon and Washington.
THE WAR DEPARTMENT. As Secretary
Floyd left the city yesterday afternoon, for
Cincinnati and other places in the West and
expects to be absent some ten days or two
weeks, Col.Wm. r. Drinkard, the efficient and
attentive Chief Clerk, has been author zed to
fill the position of Secretary of War until the
return of Mr.F.
The WEArHER.-The following report of the
weather for this mornings made from tho Morse
Telegraph line to the Smithsonian Institution.
The time of observation is about 7 o'clock:
July ~, 1853.
New York, N. Y..........clear, very warm.
Philadelphia, Pa. ...... clear very warm
Baltimore, Md ........... clear warm
Washington, ID. C........ clear, wind 5
Richmond, Na............Clear, tn. %, wind s
Petersburg, va ............ clear pleasant.
Norfolk, Va ...............th. so, wind >
Wilmington, N. raining.
Columbia, 8. C............ CLOUDY, cool
Augusta, cloudy, cool.
Savannah, Ga ........"...clear. tn. II, wind Sc
-llacoa, ia ........ss..... CLOUDY, =. ri.
1 Column bus, ia. .s...clOudy. .-.