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RE0 WEE C OJ I! I VM ROB T. A. THOMPSON, Editor. TKllMy.?per annum, in adrnnoe. If piyment bo lU'l vyc'l until tiftor the expiration of 1 t'x> your. $'2.00 For Dix months, 75 ccnts, in ) ?<lvuncc. Ailvoi'ti^omonts inserted at the usual rutc.?. ) PICKENS C. ir.? S. C. : - ? | Saturday Morning, August 15, 1857. | AbsentThe Kditor is absent this week, and craves the indulgence of his patrons for whatever of imperfection may appear in this number. To CorrespondentsWo liavo several communications on hand? thoy will appear next weok. Thero are on cur tablo one or two articles,unaceom pan ied by the name of the authors ; which under our , rules, can., bo published in this paper. The answer to " J.'s" enigma is Trkston S. Brooks. Tho other enigma, being of a nature personal to the Courier, although com- ; xdimcutarv. is roRneelfnlW dec,lined, for rtbvi ous returns. E H. Britton, Esq. We neclectod, at the tinio of it? insertion, j to call the attention of till' public to the card of Mr. Rritton, who 1b located in Columbia 1 ?s a Collecting Agent. It is a rou! pleasure ! to do ho now, and we commend his Agency to thoso who may havo buHinoflH to tranaact i in that city, lie in punctual, competent, and I reliable. ... j The Serenade. The citizens of our village wpro compli- I Tnented with a Serenade on Saturday evening ! last, by a company of young gentlemen from Greenville, who are in our midst, plamuro I and sight-Rcoing. The music was of the very best, and, with a delightful evening for its enrapturing cadences to float through "mom ory h waste," it was not only a happy pointing of the week's end, but soothingly grateful to the Honses and finer feelings of our kind.? The thanks of us all are returned for this kind treat, with our bc6t wishes for tho enjoyment of the party, and a SHfo return to their homos. Temperanco. The .State Temperance Society of Snith ?rolina met at Chester on the 21st ult., and continued in session for two day*. The meeting was a harmonious one, and a good deal of business was transacted. Committees for I each district were appointed " to urge upon the people tho organization of old Societies, ?1 n i ^-.1 .ij.viio, I.uui^t WVVlliriJO , illiu II1U .IJIll'illl Wl temperance," &c. For Pickens, under this resolution, Messrs. M. M. Norton, Joseph ; J. Norton, Rev. AV'm. MrWiioiiTER, Titos. G. Booas, Wm. S. Grisiiam, and L. B. .Jounson were appointed. Death of Hon. Thos. J. Rusk. The recent intelligence from Texas is truly Astounding as well as melancholy. On the 20th ult., Thomas J. Husk, United States Senator mmmiltnil cni/?ifln Kb self through tho head *rith n ritlo. Senator Rcsk was n native of this district. Ho emigrated to (Georgia when quite young, and re- | moved to Texas during her p^rugglo for in- 1 dependence, and took an active part in the I ft trying scenes of that period. Gen. ltrsK was J a man of ability, and greatly, beloved hy the i people of Texaf. Ilis popularity South was | also great, and hia name had been connected 1 with tho Presidency by men of position and j influence. ]Ii? denth. nndpr nnv ciivtnmttnn. ' oea is to be lamented, but more especially in ! tho manner in which ho deprived hiiusolf of life. The following is tho only particulars , wo have seen : " No special case was assigned for thedeed, j but it is supposed that the mind of Senator ; Husk has been much disturbed lately in con- 1 pnquencc of some allogod connection of his j brother-in-law with forgeries on the I.and Dc- | pnrunciu. mo mailer, it in surmised, preyed upon him to such an extent as to induce this tcrriblo result." The MilitaryThe nftxt is Review week, when we shall have the honored Chief of the State and his unite in our midst; and, we do not know that wo could give them a more appropriate introduction, tlmn by appending the following article from the Edgofield A<lrcrtiser : " Uur military reviews nro now in progress. His KxccMcncy Governor AUston an<i suite, j Adjutant General Dunovant, and Major Gen eral Smith and suite, aro in attendance. Our | town has had an i -usual interest attached to ; it for tho fow past lavs by the pv&eCnco of the?e gentlemen. It is noeilli?*a to say that they aro winning golden opinions in passing. How could it he otherwise, when affability, high tone, intelligence, and sooial warmth so manifestly characterize them all. lYl.-.- 'AII.I, .....I ?... . Homewhat. indisposed : but was improving ; wliou ho left uh yostordny morning. Ilesides the military duties of hin tour, his Excolloncy is Assiduous in his inquiries as to matters of i a civil nature, and ospcoiallv in reference to the working of our present f'reo School >ys- ' tem, which subject ho evidently has much at j heart. We are, more convinced than ever that our legislature, in selecting him the Chief Magistracy of the .Stnte, made an admirable choice. Lot uh say, that old Edgefield wishes him a pleasant summer anil a successful term. " Our iertlings are not lees warm towards tho 80verm members of hin present military cortege." Storm.?On Friday afternoon last, Macon, Cm., wits visited by the heavioat rain and storin over knovn to h*?vo fallen in that vicinity. Several fimall dwelling houses and stable* were vrosbod away, and tho fitretl culverts and railroad tracks woro considerably dam* Suicide.?Joseph Rvan, agod about fifty years, an inmato of the Ropov Hospital, at | Charleston, cut his throat on Friday evening j last with a razor. Ho \va.i well educated ! an<l Htatod that ho had been ft school toucher ] in TcnneMoe, & j Interesting CorrespondenceTlio following paragraphs nro tnkon from tho interesting eorrespondonco of "E. K.," in the Edgefield Advertiser : " Passing through tho ancient villago of Pemllutou tho other day, 1 was pleased to ho informed that ?. change had como over tho spirit of its dream. The pedplo thero are "hotting their houses in order" to rocoivo, in a becoming manner, tho ears and tlio traveling world. Tho good citizens of that liightoncd community expect tlio coming of tho locomotivc before noxt Christmas. The country nrouml I'eudlcton is rich and well improved. The handsome residences with their surroundings of green-sward and forest trees present a picture of rural beauty, upon which the eve may rest with delight. On Seneca [ river, four or five miles West of ''Pendleton, J tliere are seven or eight plantations, comnris- j inn large bodies of the richoit quality of low- { land. These tracts are all in Pickens, and constitute what might lie called (ho garden of the District. '"Fort Ilill," tho late residence of Mr. Calhoun, is in this group plantations. 1 crossed the Seneca just al>ovo the line of the Blue liidge Railroad. The bridge over which tho cars are to pass, is to be nine hundred feet lonpr, and sixty feet above low wator mark. Messrs. Gunu <fc Co., arc tho , contractors for building tho piers. They have j no inconsiderable portion of the matormlo on j the ground. On the river bank only half- a i mile above, they have opened a quarry oftho finest granite, tlio workmen say, that is to l>e found on the entire route. To bring the huge blocks of granite down the river in n b'?at but a light task. The contractors i expect to iinisli their work next year. Out I in the river bottom the piers are thirty-iivo feet high?eighteen feet beneath the surface and seventeen above. On the ton of the piers a frame work of wood, twenty-three foot in height is to be placed. So it will be almost impossible for the freshets either to undormino or over-top the bridge. " At "Slab Town," 1 had the happiuess of spending n night with my last porceptor, the kcv. J. Lcland Kennedy. This gentleman's reputation as a Teacher, attracts a large nunii?i.: 1 ! in i *?i nvuuviuo IV inn nuuuui wui'J )C?ir, UllU it will never ho othorwiiii so long a? lio may oonHCut to teach. Than Slab Town, how much soever its name may bo lacking in euphouv, 1 know of no placo nioro favorable in every respect to "the acquisition of knowledge and virtue." Tho climate in salubrious, ] the tone of tho neighborhood moral and rofined, the teachings thorough, efficient and elevating." Tjrr. Atlantic Scumarine Tei.kgraph.? Tho proceedings in rogard to the Atlantic telegraph cable, in England, arc exceedingly interesting. We extract the following from an articlb on the subject, in the London Time# on ine z-ttn uit. : Tito Agamemnon Ieaies Oroonwich to-dny nnd aftor tho adjustment of her compasses | proceeds at once to Queenstown, where tho oilier vessels composing tho squadron?the I Niagara, Susquehanna arid Leopard?will ' also rendezvous. During the trip from Sheer- I ness to Queenstown exporiuieuts will be made 1 by laving down about twenty miles of cable, | in order to ascertain that everything is in good working condition. By this means the stiiVoess of the paying out gear, of which con siderable distrust is entertained, will be accurately tested, and the amount of rink known which the scheme will have to encounter in I mid-ocean. j Those trials, however, are to bo strictly private, and none but those actually connected with the operations about to bo undertaken, will be allowed on board. Aftor taking in coins ai v{neensiown tne tour vessels wilt start t<?gcther for Valentin Buy. It has boon thought advisable to alter tlie arrangement by which the cablo was to have hocn joined in mid-sea, and the Agamemnon and Niagara then make tho best of their way to shoretho former to America and tho latter to Ireland. Now tho plan is to submerge the whole eablo in a continuous lino from Valentia Bay to Newfoundland. The Niagara will lay the first half from Ireland to t fie middle of the Atlantic: the end will then he joined to tho other half on hoard tho Agamemnon, which takes it on the coast Newfoundland. During the whole process the four vessels will remain together and give whatever assistance is required. While it is being laid down messages will he sent hack to the coast of Irelnml. reporting each day's progress, and if necossary, of course, each hour's. Scientific men will look forward to the result of the under-1 taking with the deepest interest, an pome wonderful clcctrical phenomena are certain to be. observed during the process ofsubmcrg ing. Those most nearly interested in the plan are sanguine as to all being successfully completed within a month, and the state of the J markets at New York known every morning : throughout England. Most earnestly do we ; hope that their fullest expectations mnv he ! il.An.rl. ? . - :..r- i ?1>" i" i conceal that the risks of failure to the present I plan are many ami most-serious. Skrioiu Encoi ntf.b.?About four o'clock yesterday afternoon, a tight occurrcd in a room i near the corner of 11asell and Meeting streets, betwee n two free persons of color, named Simon Cross and Joseph Allstoiv, in whioh the former rccoivod a blow on the head with a tailor's goose, which seriously injured his skull. I>r. Pottigrew, who was called in, examined tho wound and found the skull fractured. lie was alive at ten o'clock this morning, but in not oxpoctcd to survive <lui u?y. 'rhc affair commcuced in a tailor shop occupied 1 ?y 11 colored nmn named Mclvinljiy, and tlio |?*? rtio?i, at first, wuro thought to be boxing in fun, hut tho contest waxing warm, and tho oomhatant.s becoming excite!, blows began to be dealt in earnest, when Cross seized a lap-board and dealt his opponent a blow on the lioad, cutting him pretty severely.? Cross then ran down tho steps and out in the yard, where ho stopped and wns conversing with some ono. Allston then' seized a hot gooso and going to the window, threw it down upon'the head of Cross, with tho result above Snecilied. Allston nnncftrml with liiu .?-> ? > .-?ol before tlm Mayor tiiin morning, and was turned over to a Magistrate without o&auaina tion.?Charleston News. WAsiiivnTojr,'1 Aug. 7.?Tho inxtruotioti?< I to Minister Forsyth, respecting tho now Troatv with Mexico, have not yet gone out. Tho Administration became convinced that no time would ha afforded for a negotiation under thoGomonfort dictatorship, They will not enter into a Convention rqBpcetingTohu?intepeo. independently of conventions on other nujiject*. They iutond to make a great Trea! ty wi,th Mexico, and it must lie lnado with the liew Constitutional (Jovernment. The parties to tho TohuanWiec grant? /-' i ~ e.;.,^ 1 I??;- > Iiiiiivjf lA-uoiciiim iJrilJUillIIl?llOJIO TO 111(11.100 Corn on fort to ofTd- a Tchunnt'opcc Tronty at onc'o. ponding oMfn*pfH5inl Minintor to conflludo it. but it will not bo nccoptod horo. Tho New firanndn negotiation in likely to ^coui>y much time. f, ' > ? Ponnings and Clippiugs. Wheat and Floor.?Tho quantity of wheat brought to Augusta on the Georgia Railroad, during tho month of July, wm oao hundred and Gi\y onn thousand throo hundred aud tw<mty-BOveii bushels. Tho quan-< tity of flour brought down in tho eatno timtf, was sevon thousand three hundred and twenty barrels. And only about ono thousand bushels of corn. Horned.?The jail at Crawfordsvillo, Ga., was burned on tho 2d instant, and ono prisoner, a negro man, porished in tho flames. Gone.?Archibald Camnboll. mrofl 1ft1 i , "o? ? years, and an active participant iu tho Revolutionary war, died in flrconbrior oouuty, Va., on Monday, 20th ult. Torttrk in Italy.?At N?ploi?, ft boy thirteen years of age, ft non-commissioned officer and two othor persons, have died in prison of torture. They wore charged with being conccrncd in Milano's attempt on the king's life. Served ntM utaiit.?last wcok a disciple ef llrigham Young attempted to preach th? Mormon doctrine in Smith county, (Va.) and though warned hy the citizens refused to desist. Ho was accordingly seized, tarred and feathered, after which ho made a rapid oxit. In tub Field.?F. 1). Richardson, Esq., it announced as a candidate for Major of Charleston. ?>o i'aupkrs.?jtiiir.uDotu City county, vs. contain* nearly 8,000 inhabitants ; there is not n single family compelled from poverty to depend on public charity for support?a fact which npoaks loudly in favor of the industry of the peoplo. Lafayette's Birthday.?The 6th of ?cptombor will be the one bundled anniverrar^ of the birthday of Lafayette. Tho. Boston ? ' suggests that the day should be celobra< Sou in some special manuer by the people of this country. , _ Dead.?Hon. .John Rivers, a distinguished and aged citizen of Charleston district', diod on inc oa inst., in tlio i act year oi his age. A Df.ar Prick.?An English paper informs us that it costs as mnch por annum to support the family of Prince Albert, as it docs to support forty thousand faiuilios of working mcu. Bvrralo, August 3.?The prize fight between the two Philadelphia rowdies, Brndloy and Rankin, took place on tho Canada shore on Saturday. Bradley was declared victorious after fighting 0110 hundred and fifty rounds, in tho presence of 4,000 spectators drawn togethor to behold the brutal exhibition. The fight lasted two hours and fifty minutes, and both parlieu wore eevorelv punished. I Dead.?Hon. J. C. Dobbin, n member oi ! President Pierco's cabiuot, died in North Carolina Inst week. ArrotNTED.?Mr. I)e Wilton Snowden, of Maryland, lms boon appointed to a sccoml elnss ($1,100 per annum) clerkship in the Bureau of tho Third Auditor of the Treasury, rice P. M. Fortier, resigned. Distressing Suicide.?Mrs. Margaret Stevenson, of Pittsburg, Pa., quarreled with ber husband a few days ago, beoauso ho wished her to take bonrdorH, and drank sonic corrosive sublimate, from the cffects of which slio died on Tuesday. Struck nr Lic.nTNisa.?During a noverc thunder utorm on last Friday uight tbelighti ning struck a lorgo Toenet tree in Mr? Chamher? Hardin's field, near Easton, Md., and killed eight fine hoga that were ideeping under the tree. The ninth one was also atruek and badly ntunned, bnt recovered early next moruing. Augusta, Aug. 7.?Samuel C. Scott, Tost' master at Collicr'n Po?t-office, Edgefield Di? irioi, o. v., nas neon arrestee hy Ueneral ?Jas, L. Maguiro, special Post-office Agont, nnd b now in custody in this oity. Tin w*s arrest ed by cvidonco from tho use of a decoy letter. I Vr.Tr.R AV Sot.mr.Rsor 1812.?Subscription* aro being raised to build a home for these veterans in New York. Ft is in. jnded to lie a permanent homo for tho disabled aud roi tiro I, wlvo have served as volunteers, and we I hope the enterprise will moot liberal encout; agoment. (Jen. ftxnsnrv.?linn .Fn* A . Charleston, (and lato Miniator t*> Mexico,] h*?t\d!5 the list of delegates appointed to Knoxvillc from the city of I'ensaeola. Tho oarl^ sovvicca of Gen. Gadsden in ami for Floridt arc well remembered. OrriCKR Kim.f.d.?Thu Shoriffof Polk coun ty, N. C., was murdered last vrcok, while attempting to levy an execution upon ?om< : properly. Killed i?t Lioiitnino.?John Trnpp, > young man rosiding near Millcdgeville, fla. ! u.tontlo u., i:..v?_r? i- .. nun luoinuvij BIIIDU ll^lliiuu^ 1HMI r TIURl \v09k. ^ A.v Enormous Frog.?A frog, mcnnurinj from tbo tip of tho nose to the ond of the toa j 14 inchos; lougth of body 7 J inches; aero* i tbo back .1} inchoa, and weighing i pound was oaught in Nowburyport, Mans., on Fri ; day last. WKAf.rn o* NABfivn.i.p.?Tho*. J. Ilaild l4rt Aa/ \r.-L. jii. ? - ? f v.i.j ikwvMivi in iiiMiiviui), huh Qinup xiis ro port, showing tho luwosaed value of the t?*a blc property iu the city to ho over $11,000, ; 000, an increase of $402,401 ovor tho l??t a? I Bosuinont. A GrICAT MkMMER OK Parliament,?sr i John Prttton, the successor of Mr. Bright,fo! i Manchester, in tho IIouhc of Commons, wio^hi i about four hnndml and fifty pound?, an J ii ! tho largest member *;f that hody. h East TwfNKssF.k Univjsksitv.?President Cooko ??rtd all Iho ProfossorB iu Eosl Tonnesgoo Wuivorsity have resigned, and the Board ?( Trustees have clocted Kov. Thomas "\V. Humes President, and Messrs.1 Kirkpairick, Qriswold aud Uutlor, Professors. QI'Ieu Mistakk.?Mushroom catsup, was, by. mistake, administered at tho saenuneut, iusteuvi of tho oustoiuary(Toat vrino, at a villogo near Shorborne a few Sundays since.? The substitution caused considerable consternation, as the nature of the draught was not immediately discovered, and it begun to bo whispered that the* wino whs poisongd. A Youtiivui, Or fender,?TIio Major required Win. Rand, a lad of twelve years of age to enter a bond, yestorday, $50, for drawing a knifo upon two or three larger boys who attempted to whip him. SiTNDAr Gamjm.ers Arrested.?On Sunday afternoon lant, the harbor polico of Boston, Mass., arrestod sixteen young men who had just arrived from nn island in the harbor, where, it war* alleged, they hud spent the day in gambling. Three sweat cloths, four packs of curds, and four pair of dice were also noised by the police. Cioisc Ahkad.?The Cincinnati (Ohio) C!affttc says rat killing in now one of the staple amusements of that city, which now contains .fo-v less than twelve public rut-nits, all liber J ally patronized by tcrrigrn and men. A Gold Croi\?A colored man, employed a Rnloon at Weaverrille, California, took from the crop of a chicken a pieco of gold valued at one dollar and forty coiiIh. Later from TexasTlio steamship Galveston arrived at Xcw Orleans on the 3d. The Galveston Civilian, of the lst., in its commercial article, nays: Although corn has been greatly injured by ilpiinrrKK in Htiu sifofft anrl ij ???l V..X. n??v ... % ? WK>V"IIO l/a\>MVUIU a fntr crop of the hitter seems now to bo al, most certain, though particular neighborthopcls hnv.c suffered much from unfavorable fwcathcr. The Crop will douftllc?* be-much larger (linn that of the year now eloping. Cotton still arrive* slowly at this port, and the receipts will doubtless continuo Hmall until the now crop begins to come forwnvd. Tho Galveston Xuwh learns from a pentle' nnn from Sabine Pass, that the work 011 tho 1 Mexican Gulf an < Henderson Railroad has, for the present been suspended. Bohvcen ten and fifteen miles ofthisroad hnvo been graded. Tho charter requires twenty-five miles to he completed by the 15th of Novembor next. The Victoria Advocate learns that the pros pects of the Military Institute at Uutcrsvillc arc vory flattering. Professor Forshcy has . left for the North to procure a library, and chemical and philosophical apparatus. The Galveston Herald cays the I'ovrdorliorn, Victoria and Gonzales Railroad CompaI ny is ahout to organize with a view of prosci outing tlie work. A correspondent of the San Antonio Ledger says that a vein of stone coal has been discovered on (June Creek, in Gillespie county. Transportation of English Convicts.? The London correspondence of the Philndel Iphia American writes: An interesting batch of convicts are about j to bo conveyed to Froemantlo, in woHtorn Australia. Among thoin are Paul Strahan and Hates, the hankers of the Strand. .Stra| ban, to mv personal knowledge, began life ; with ^1,500,1(00 in cash, and estates worth at the lowest fraction $1,250,000. Tnis largo fortune was loft to hi.by tho late Andrew Struhan, the king's jirinter, (George the Fourth's reign,) who himself died worth in cash nlone $">,000,000, and estates of creat ! value besides. Strahan's real name is Snow, and ho took the name ot' Andrew Strahan when ho came in possession of the wealth the old innn left him. lie is now a miserable con j vict! Itobson, the Crystal Palace forger, ami . Redpath, of the great Northern frauds, are of the party also. Agur, who stole the gold : from fhe Southeastern Railw.iv; Seward, tho : barrister, known as "Join," tho penman othi ors equally notorious, will perform tho voy UK? together in the fame ship. Boston, August5.?A disastrous gale, on the'J'Jd of July, caused groat Ions of life among tho fishermon on the north shore of the I Providence of New Brunswick. The. Miramichi Gleaner, of that dato, learns . that sixty boats have beou lost, supposed to bo owtled hy partio* living between Noguac 1 ami Thfvanio, and that fifty one died bodies have boon picked up between these two plaoe.?. I t is calculated that two hundred boats were 1 out fishing, and many more disasters, it is feared, have occurred. The master of n coaster from Shrrlinrt nut into Kgmont Hay, Prinen Edward's Inland, during the storm, and ho counted ono hundred and thirty fishing oriifts that had run in for .shelter. lie state* that thero wan great destruction among the fishing boat*, a num, hor Imving floatod ashore. I Xeit Oiu.itANs, Aug. 7.?-The rAturnn Indicate the election of Hunnols (Democrat) as Governor of Texas, and his majority over 1 Houston is now ptaccd at 12,000. i The legislative election*, an far afl heard from, have resulted in favor of the Dcmoorats. St. Louis, Aug. 0.?Hulling, the Hlack Republican and know Nothing candidate for itorernor in tuts state, is dtftejstod by .Stew, art, Democrat, by from five to ten thousand majority. DuiWqi'b, Aug. 4.?The Democratic mal jority in this county in about 1,500. The majority against tho now constitution j? 2,000. > In Scott county, tho Donfdcraui have olec! t$d their sheriff and judge by a small majority ; tho Republicans tho balance of the officer.*. Death of Beranger, the Poet. i, The Kuropa brings us the announcement of tho death of Piorro .T<vin d? ft>Ahi?r , .r -7 } tho great song writor of France, whose stirring effusions have bound him to the ur heajrjft Myopathies of tho French peo pie:. , r " Beranger the gvaud-son of a Porta tail* <" or, was )>orn in that city on tho 17th of - August, 1780, and until tho age of fourr teen was alternately tavorn-boy and printer. His literary life commenced at the ago of seventeen, but his early offotta at comedy, cpic and religious poetry, woro uot pubr lished. In 180H, without rrsourcca, pat? ronH or encouragement, he threw himself ? almost in despair, upon the protection of lAicien Bonn parte, who, pleased with his * ' A orudc pocius, gavo hiui good advioo and substantial assistance, and allowed him to use and draw tho salary fining to him as i a merubcr of tho institute, In 1805-6 Be- ' ranger edited tho " Animles dos Museo! in l?08 he rcooived a amnll clerkship in i the university. In 1815 his lirst coflec- i tions of 801)gg appeared, although they wore i already well known in literary cirolcs. His second collection, which appeared in 1821, wore too liberal to suit the ruling powers, and he lost his oftioc and was sentenced to thrco months imprisonment. Seven years lator a third collection subjected him to nine months' imprisonment and a fine of ten thousand francs, which was paid by the liberal party of France. When the revolution triumphed, ho steadily refused tho tido and honor* with which his friends wished to load him. During the reign of Lou5b Phillippo he lived in retirement and published his fourth and last collection of songs. When ihe revolution of 1848 led to a republic, he was elected a member of the national assembly, an honor which he declined. The later years of his life have been passed in revi? ing ins early poems and preparing a ' uiotionnire Historir|uo," of tho political, poetical and literary celebrities of France. Beranger was the lim ns of France; without, the depth and mellowness of the Hoard of Ayrshire, he knew how to strike the chords which vibrate through the popular heart. The god of the Parisian* i?the god of pleasure, and none poured out more joyous and fragrant libations on his altar. The disciple of Kpieurus, Bacchus and Cupid, he loved to celebrate tho fleeti : .1 ii J ii <* i - i mjj (jii-ti..una 01 me any in inc graeeiui anu glowing numbers of his charming verse. A child of the people he was at home among their joys and sorrows; he loved best to chant the praiwos of liiactte in her garret, and to crown the frugal meal with lyric praises of the wine which the blouse* drink. Hut his lyre had deeper chorda ; his sympathies were with the free thoughts and free iiiipulnos of France. Although battling always for a republic, he uniformly declined its honors ; like an honest and independent poet, he preferred to the vexations of politicians the triumphs of his muse, ami jim own perennial good humor. The death of such a man in a calamity to Franco; ho who has for half a century written their songs will be mourned alike by the inmates of St. Cloud wliopc youth lie delighted, and by the laborers, students and grisetts of the Latin Quarter, who knew his lyrics by heart, and who dearly loved the u little song-singer of Paris." Tkrium.k Accident at Niagara Fai.i,s.?An accident of a serious character occurred at Niagara Falls yesterday af _l ? r ->-i l- ?. ivi iinuui luur o ciorK, n appears that as xisual a number of persons were strolling about visiting the various localities of interest, and a number had descended the Biddlc stairs to the beach of the river, and gone towards the foot of tlir cntaaract. Suddenly an immense overhanging rock, weighing probably from thirty to fifty tons bceanio detached from the bank above them, and fell with a tremendous crash to the bottom. The concussion was ?o jjreat ns to split, it into fragments, and the pieces flew in all directions. Three persons were soriously injured?one of them, a Mr. O. \V. Parsons from Cleveland, Ohio, it is feared fatally. The others were a gentleman who was stopping at the Cataract house, whoBe name we have been unable to learn, and a boy about 14 yearn of age, who resides in the village of Niagara. Thin boy had his leg broken, and the gcntloman at the Cataract Iloi'se, had, hh wc understand, both a leg and arm broken. Mr. Parsons, however, who is a guest at the Clarendon, was the principal sufTorcr. One piece, of the rock struck Uim on the aftuuintv a il'inrfai'ana , b V. ?.! ? skull, nnd another piece crushed one of his hips in ft frightful manner. lie was immediately taken to his hotel, and surgical assistance procured. The professional gentleman who attended him expressed, as wc understand, but little hope of his recovery. The unfortunate man was able to give such particulars concerning himself, as to enablo hia friends in Cleveland to be notified by I telegraph of his condition, nnd some of I them are. expccted to come on immediately. | Mr. Parsons in connected with some ono | of tho raiirondH centering at Cleveland, in the baggage department, and has a wife and ono child* Ho was on an excursion for the benefiit of his healthThe operation of trennning was reported to for tho purpose of rclioving the prewmre of the broken pieces of skull upon his brain, and contrary to the expectation of the medioal mfen, he was in possession of hie faculties this morning, it is barely possible iKot lift >??? vtauv iiv iimj ICW?V?? Wc loam thilt a sou of Mr. Abmm Van Slack, tobacconist, of this city, wns present on the beach at tho time the Acoident ooourred, but fortuuately escaped uninjured. ?Jlochatcr American. Loht uaitiuoad Tickets.?The Court of Cuyahoga county, Oliii^ has recontly decided that a pnsscugor who loses bin ticket rminnf rivmirn n Ho'iIumiiI ?.. .. . V.V|,.. . N/ l* AUUUVMU VVIIIJJiUIJf W pUW him over their road withoilt'purehnsinganothor. The ground for the decision is that the tickct being negotiable by delivery, any one picking tip tho lost tickct could ride upon it, and hence the Company would be subjected to frequent impositions. In thin oaao it wa? held, too, that the Company have a right to make all reasonable rules and regulations for the benefit of the public and their own protection, and that the Tickct Agent, having Hold a ticket to the nlaintiff. the latter wn? nhlir?>/l if n?? " "??? to give it to the conductor; if not, they had the right to cjoot him from the earn. Further it was held thHt panRengcr* are not 1 lessee* of the ears, on the purchase and delivery of tickets; but even then may bo ojected for nnn-oorapliance wiU? ihe regulations. Tho Company, in (moHi* caso, however, mny bo liable for breach of duty ' common camera, and for damage resulting ' from detention or othcrwu. s=^-T?TTT. J. Lola Montee in Proper Person. Lola Montcz has at length rnado a hit? * decidedly feminine hit?not one of those' uncouth masculine blown, for which she received such an unenviable notoriety. Hho appears, at InHt, to have found her proper fjphere, and she shines in it with all the splendor Bho or any other woman should be content in umpiring to. What could hate ever possessed a woman with such really fine sensibilities to become ko coarse will now forever bo a mystery, after tho reocnt exhibition sho has given of her abilities. She has recently bison delivering a Jec* turo. in Canada and at lJutfulo, whero she enraptu d her audiences, not only with fln? mnnnor nf her duliverV but a!:'-o with the matter. iShe possesses, perhaps as large a fund of knowledge of the follies of life an any poison living, and iH fully caprw hie of holding up the mirror reflecting these follicH an *ny one. We extract from the Hamilton, (Canada West) Spectator, the following paragraphs relative to portions of the lecture, describing ecrtain ladies of England and Franco fur t.lu'lr lioanfv : Lola considered the English, Tri??h, and Scotch women to be the handoomewt.'?' Spooking of beauties, she gave the palm to thfc well-known liuchcw* of Sutherland, who moved a natural queen and was >ho paragon among the beautiful aristocracy of England- ? Lady Bleasington was a marvelous beauty; Kings and nobles wore at hor feet. In Italy they called her La Diva?the goddess. She wan voluptuous, with a neck that sat on her shoulder* like the most charming Greek modol.s. She had a wonderfully beautiful hand, and an eye that when it smiled captivated nil hentto. Hera was a far more intcllectu.il stylo of beau'ty than that of the. Duchess of Sutherland. The present Duchess of Wellington (when Lola r>aw her, Marohioncss of Dourno) was an admirably beautiful woman, with littlp nr nninmtinn Sho. wn* n fihrt picoc of sculpture, (tut) as cold an a picco of sculpture. The nio't fftiiiously bnwiiful family in Kngland was the great ShcrMsn family.? There were two sons, both, said Lola, known to herself, who were considered the handsomest men of their day. There were thrco daughters?the Hon. Mrs. Norton, well k nown An iliiu diil^ rsf ilm Atlnvitfo tkr.MmU ? * r ? v-.-- "v/ hor poetry and her misfortune*; Lady Blackwood and Lady Seymour, the latter of whom wan the. ijucen of Beauty at the famous Kglihton tournament. Those three were coiled the three Orac.00 of England. Speaking of French heauticH, Lola flirt praised tlie Marquise de 1st Grange, and afterwards the Empress Eugenia, Whon Kola last paw Eugenia, she (Eugonia) was certaiuly one of the most vivacious, witty and sprightly women in l'aris. * All the portraits in this country greatly exaggerated her size, for Eugenia wan really a small woman. Before her marringo with tlic I'hnproi, and when she Wan tho beUr, . of Madrid, she evinced a high admiration for Louis Gottsohnlk, the pianist, who, by the way, had carried off, unwittingly, half a million hearts from the United.Statep. Eugenia caused him to ho received into tho most aristocratic families of Madrid. Ijola then went 011 to sketch the various characteristics of the beauties of the vnri. ous countries, and took occasion to hit Lord Brougham (although we fancy *e heard the conceit before.) The Comtantinopolitan ladicn, with whom corpulence was beauty, would, she said, have clicitcd from that polished gallant the exclamation, " what quantity !" Loin dftcried all cosmetics. She recommended thrco things?tempcrancc, c.xcrciso and cleanliness, as prCaorvativcs of beauty. The bath, she said, which waa universal everywhere but in Britain and America, wan the br*t "wn*h" that could bo desired, although indeed it wan mentioned thnt tincture of benxoiue, precipitated by water, wa? vjaed by the beanties of Charlc-rt Il'a reign, and really brought blood to the surface. Bran might be advantageously used in eonnco.tion with the bath. A well cultivated mind was that which gave not only eloquence to the tongue, bjufc lustre to the eye, rcrmillion to tKe cheek, and lighted up the whole pertfop.'db^hough the vory body thought, j^la moralised much and well, and when in this Vein drew lorth the heartiest applauee. St. Louis, Aug. 5.?:^vice?froir Lcotetiworth state that the most intense "excitcinont prevails at Kansas city,, growing out of the robbery ami murder of a Mr. Stevens, on Friday laat?oh also the aubscqucnt .! discovery of an organised band of murderers. Two men named Barnes and Quarlev, > ? were immcdiutoly hung w U?* eitixene.? .. r' Barnes made a confession implicating Hovera) rcspectablo oitizento as confederated of* the 1 J uaua. Further advices from Leavenworth on Monday, HJiy that Woods and Knowlton, companions of thoac hung on Friday, aro ,|'' ^ being tried by the Judge*. Tho Vigilanco Committee and the people aro intensely excited, and have oxpresacd a determination to Lynch the prisoner* at all lrnards. Judge , Lecompte and Gov. Walker had addressed the peoplo, but failed to pacify them. ? -*+? mm I ? k * ** ? i ijvbvque, lowa, July28.?Daten of the j 26th have Keen received from tho Sioux agency via St. Paul's, reporting that 10,000 Indians wore defying the troops, and that n renewal of hostilities was unavoidable. Tho settlers were flying for protection. Got. Medary wan at the agenev, cn* ' deavoring to proserve pence- II? sustains .. ^ ' tho aotions of tho Superintendent in hus- ^ penning Iho Jiulinn ??nuitie.s untJI the Sioux notion should deliver np the infninons bond of murderer* The Sioux ntUl roftwe, nnd are trying to bring nbout & collision with the Government troop*. . The telegrnpio dispatch from the Secretary of War refusing to grant the requcat of Governor Mcdary for ponni*iion to arm the volunteers oooailonedT. t Two hundred men had boert'prcplWd, and determined to mareh thither If ncffepl for tho protection 0/ the frontier. t >