, 1860-01-14

k1LL,SG UlsrS.oS.--Onc Of our country ex-
rhan.es, while admitting that tho prospects Of
the Enion look bndlv enough, has. nevertheless,
unlimited confidence in its ultimate safety. in
nny subject iefure the country to death, and in
tl,at May disunios will die the death Of the
damned.
The Pope has responded to the counsel OF
France, to reform Ills administration, by sr-
painting Commission of Cardinals, y ho have
reported their trst reform. to.wit: that any
lady who shall go 10 confession with bare arms,
cr low ucck dresses, or in criuulinc, shall noi
he shriren By tllc priest!
-Atraction engine for common roads, cara.
blc oil dragging thirty fire tous and one hundred
and twenty men on a lcvel, Mt the rate Of five
miles an hour. has been shipped from, England
to the Nariposa copper. mines, on the great dcs-
'ert near Fort Tusnn, to be used on this desert
sixty miles across, in transporting copper. DC.
\ NEW PROCESS OF PArER MAKING a large
factory. capable Of making 30 tons Of pn,ier per
week. has becn erected iu bordeaux. The pa
rer is to be made Of African plants by the pro-
are required for 81 tons Of paper. The inventor
1u5 now small mill in Marsci:les, in which he
is milking two tons per week, at 30 per cent,
lcss than paper Of a similar quality can be made
far from rags.
DIR. I.yingstore's Letter ia the New Yo,k
Geographical Suciety, from Tette Xamtasi, o2d
February last, spe1GR Of two kinds of native
cotton in the valley Of the Shire. one hayins.a
wooden feel, and the other u long fine stnpfc.
1t grows Spontaneously from the roots after the
stalks rot down.
Martin II. l;ovee, Of Wisconsin, The auti-
death penalty advocate. Aus begun system Of
agitation for the repeal of capital punishment in
the State Of New York. He shows that there
has not only bcen no increase Of the cr me OF
murder in Wisconsin, Rhode Island, and Mtchi-
gan, since its abolition in those States, but de-
cidcd decrease Not one murder has occurred
in Wisconsin, 4 State Of million Of people. in
the last eighteen months.
AS the Hon, Stephen II. Phillips, the Attor-
ncy General Of Massachusetts, was walking
through Portland street n boston on Monday,
lie slipped upon the sidewalk and fell hcavily
upon Ills right arm, By which some Of the bones
oi the forearm were broken, Dr. Gay set the
limb scon after, and Mr. Phillips subsequently
appeared in the supreme Court, bnt as he snf-
fercd considerable rain. he Was excused from
attendance aud returned home. 1t will be rec.
ELECTED ilat similar accident occurred 10 the
left arm Of slr. Phillips only few weeks since.
Jonx I;rLL ASp DRorHER JoNAruAN.--An in.
| te.cs.iug article III ladckreod on tho tight vi
the l'eiEo las the following passage:
| An American boat visited one oil cur vessels
| and on Wishing ia leave Ee7, The officer found
all hif tIsen Ltd got 0Ah Ot AHe ,upat. -Attei
some delay they wcEo found looking very hot
! oke-bsHrn,el aud Fyhttsa. "nolloa, sirs,
s.il The officer, with assumed severity, :" don'
yoa know .ve are neutrals :. What have got
been dolng," "Dcss pardon" said the gallap
| fellows, looking very LAshfu1;" (" they were rer,
xi,ert-laudcd at the bow gun, sir, and so vi
s:r'd them help for fellowship's sake" the,
lad been hard vi il for an hour Gallant Amer
leans! you and your sdnliral did u,o1s that do.
to bind England and the United States tosethc
than Mi your levycrs and pettifoeging roliti
Clans have ever done 10 part Us.
Cexylc11os or. An Ixxocxxr MAx.-1nforma
tion. i.as within few days past, been receiver
lty Cor. 'Chsst, which clearly proves The limo
cencc Of a man named Cotttrili, who las spcn
several years in The Pennen.iary upon chare
of assou. Colteriil and another mau names
Townsend we're convicted and sentenced Fl OF
Wash pEton county, far the crinc Of arson
having, ~ wAs then clearly proren, fired III
barn of ueghbo:. Cotlerilt's wife, who WI
then on terms Of improper intimacy with ma
named Dye, was the principal witness agains
him, her evidence being sufficient TO convic
The frue state Of facts, M i,ow c1hibi' ed, show
TINT the wife was prompted by Dye to swea
falsely for the purpose Of putting him out Of tb
Way. Townsend, who is still in tue penitent
ary, a:serts TINT Cottcrill WAS not with him {
The Hsiug Of the barn, and bad nothing wha