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A Plonster EnIterprise, Away up in the Sierra Nevada M n. tains, so high in the w air lose their respective gravity,,,nd sticks of wood refuse to float on i&dyr face. is a boant* sheet of wator l P.d Lake troa . y 1.500 feet tit - est body ,Q f er on earth, ever vi. gated by a steamboat. - Surrounded. by pighty peaks, wh6sesifnnuits are clutied in mantles of eternal snow, while they look down) on valleys where eternal stm mer reigns, this lovely lake seems be -qlnd the reach ot civiliz;tLion, and con . 8detated to solitude forever. But science has n!ready seized upon it as a fit suhiect, for another of her tri umpihs. and a daring engineer, Col. A. It. %'on Schmidt, or tis cit., hits de. terinined to turn its vast volume of water to a practical use. lie has incorpora ted a company with a vast capital, and will actunily comienee the work next month of 117nneling the ontains. to draw its pure wtters to the California si(Ie. The waters are to be tirned into the channel of a Ptreatt and carried over lie IIhill. which skirt the vallev of the Sacra nnto, i i hence I Irough canal amols mg .tle PI:lcier mines, down to the level or the capitll cily'; thence across the val.. ley Iowanl Coast RItIge, alld inliate lY tio.Sahi Francisco. TIhis enterprise woul,], if enrried ont, Si"lllY. a' dozotn '111crior towins with d -ciois water. if a iturty unknown else -wilel, pr via(il th iwniiers withi waiter toarry (on tOir work dburinm tho (Ir% reasotQ, irro- ite thou ands of acres of now tunpi productiv4 land, taking it. blos som as the rose. aml lastly, supply. Cor 1.1P ti otoet come. tie toeiting niillions who will iniibit San Francisco. It will take a life-time to carry out Ill.% 0 .1n ;. '.1 '11 , .. . , . -tr SunItjkdt,- wIo engineered to coR pIlte the Spriiig Vralley Water Works, by which San C5Francisco is supplied wil hI wILIer from a distance of forty niles, is c(n1idetit ot its feasibilitv. The route bv which the water would re.ach San Francisco is nearly 200 miles long; but nevertheless Von Schmidt is thoroigh lv in earnest., and as I said, proposes .to commielioe work next month. To any man who has scaled the dizzy heights o)f i hie. Sierra, and seen the trenen onts ohqlaeles to be overcome, the project looks like the freak of a disordered im agination, bit the child may be already, born wiro will live to see it a faqtc ao complisled.-Quien Sabe? -S" Fan cis Cor. 01ieago 'ibunic. DAN9: OF STEl.. OOLLAAS.-We mentioned the other day thatmyoung men. liad been poisoned by the arsenic con tained in the enamel of steel c9llars being absoibed into . their systems. It seems the steel collar alqo has its ilan. gers for tho wearer. The -inventbr of steel collars is an Einglishman, of the Iane of John Smithson. Smithsen, 4 who is six.feet high, went re:ently to a tavern in Oxford street, London, where -1 the doorway is so low that Ile was oblig ed to stoop to enter the house. The'act of stahpipiA daused the points of the steel collar which the unfortunate man had on to be forced into the neck. nd Smith Pon fell to the ground, littering aterri bly cry. He was raised up covered vitloMciod., A doctor.was immndiltely sent for, who pronounced the wound to be a md?t serionsene,'and the life-of tle patient in imminontdsangar. UUTTR ITIdUT CHUdNNG.--At a recent meeting of the American Insti It t Fattnier's Qhipb,A ire Sylvester. sta ted tha( ue had"fredtf6 exieriment of making butter by btnding tIhe creami in. linen and that mn another bag to keep it clean, wvhikM he buried shoutt eighteen inches deu ~nd-after 24 hotnra he trook it uip ud4a f~d the cream as thorough ly coifaWed intIo butter as it is by chiurn-. ing. It is just in the coigdition buttter'is when it is "icome"l rIthouit being adher-~ fid by the dasuher. It was worksed in the uisualI way, and made as goofl butter as ever waschmurned., . It is positively assorted in New York paupeis that First Assistantn Postmastor Gene-ral Rin'lalI will.,alcceed $tretaty Hlarlan in the. Ipterior Deparwoht in a few weeks. Gt. LEr.-A correspondent of th Richmond Times, writing from Lexing ton, has the following concerning Gen Lee: " Hle has a' comfortable hous well furnished ; and while his salary i ioAkorgs, his overy wanb,is supplied an oftntinies anticipated. Every stage that enters the villag( brings him a parcel or box, sent by Express, and these boxes and parcel ,contain almost every- imaginable thing rtoln books and pictures down to cloth iig ind provisions. T'hiese boxes come from every quar ter of the globe, but chiefly from Balti more. Ille other day, a littlo girl lviii somew fotmiles in the country, sent tli General a present of apples, and the Vry ntext evening, to her great joy, and ale ainimit of her parents, Gen. Lee rode up, abighted, entered the house, and, after returning his thanks, paid his litt'e friend a visit of some length. I e is not at all unsociable, is free, yet cautious in conversation, but his visits are made chiefly to tIfo ladies. . Sometimes his patience is tried by persons reqesting him to sit for his.pic ture or bust., itd. ot) one occasion lie was heard to declare ,that lie lind rather stand t lie fire of half a llozen of the bost nirksmien in the army of Northern Vir. ginia, than be vexed by the 'continued solicitations of artists, photographera-anid the like. le % as particularly worriod a few weeks ago by .an old lady fromi the S'outh, wolie iniibted oi having a lock or ven "three threads of- his hair, which ile promised faitifully to carry back to % ytmung feniale friend in A labama or 3eorgia." After considering the dificulty, Iie iersuaded the old lady to put tip with i ;1.toraph in place of the lock of hair. 1eneral was firm- He is also anuoyed >y letters on all sorts of subjects. One >f these lately receive'd, was from an old .Voman in England, who sent him a bill or four dollirs, which a man of his name, Robert E. Lee, had borrowed 'ron her in 1862. As the old lady was !vidently in earnest and the letter gen Iine, the Gdneral promptly replied, and roved an alibi. The New York lerUd says there is a greitt want of Southern fire-eaters just now at Washington, D. C., where there tre a lot of Radic<d Copgressmen, all %nxious for a reiominiation, and all ex trenioly dotiful about their chances of zetting it. They foel that nothing. will save then from oblivion except sone stirring excitemeit thatlshall make mar tyrs of them, and cause out-biurst of pop ular sympathy in th,-jr . favor. , Bor a good ftogging, a. trifling and not very painful stab- or pistol shot, "lot necessari ly vital, they will pay roundly. If the attack upon them could'be made by a notorious Southener and were performed in public anid acconipinied by the phrase, -Let me kill this great Union patriol," or words to that effect, five hundred dollars would not be too mndlh for sthe job. Tir POETS LAUREATE OF FNGJ.AND. The succession of royal poet-or Boots Laureate-from the timod the "Fat.ier of English Poetr3," have beon as follows, *ith the date of 'their accession to office: Geoffry, Chaucer, A. D. 1373 Henry Scogan, 1400 Jolm1 Kay, - 1461 AnariMr Hattukd, .1485 John18kelton ~ ~ . 151 Edpmd.$8tner ~ 1590 Samuel 'Danlel, - 15901 B'en'-Jolinson, 1615 Sir W. .Davenant, K., '163fi John Dryden;~ . 167C Thomas Shiadwell, 168{ Nalhure, Taty~, I60I% Nicholai'Rowe, 1.71 Tiadranceo'hasder, 1715 ColTeyCibber, -,- 173( William Whitebead, 1751 Thoma Whartog~, 178f bort Southeyv, 181U Wiliam Wordsworth, 181: Alfred Tannyrnon, . 851 A Botanical Wouder. A Boston journal describes an exkrnordi nary. "frost flower" of Russia, which has becenlproduced, it is said, in a tenperaure of artificial cold, in (lie following werds: Thi. w:nderful plant, or rather tlwer, is found only on the Northern bon ndaries of Siberia, where the snow(As eternal. It was discovered, in 1863, by Count 18winoskoff, the eminent Russian botanist. who was ei noble<d by lie Czar for his discovery. Burst ing from (le frozen snow on the first lay of tlie year, it grew to (lie height of three feet, anl flowers on the third Jay, remains in flower For twenty-four hou rs, and then dissolves i1self into its orcgial element stem, lenves and flowers heir of tie finest snow. The stalk is aboit- o ne inch in il atneter; tle leaves, three in minmher, in the broadeEt. part are an inch -mind-i-half in width, nin-ire covered wi th infinitesimal copes of snow ; they grow o fily on one side of the stalk, go tle North, cA'rving graceful. ly in the iuue direption. The flower, when. fully expanded, is in shapei aierfect, biar. The potals are three inches in liengthi, hilf an. inch wide in the broadest pnris, and ipiring sharply to a point. These are also i nterlaced one with another, in a beautiful ;inn'ier, fotming the mios delicate basket of frost-work that the eye ever beheld, for 'ruly this is of frost work lie most won lerfuL Th day:after the hirth of le "flower of snow" ar: to be a een '6n'-hfo extremities thereof. trembling and glittering like dia ionds, (lie seeds o r this wo.derful flower nhotit as largo as a pin's heal. The old botanist says, whii fi rat lie behekl this flow er: "I was cdumib 14 1h' astonishment ; filled with wondermont, w hioh gave way to joy (le inost ecstatic -on hholding this wonder ful work of natue e, this remarkable pho nomenon of snow ; t, -ee this flcwer spring. ing from (lie siowy desert- born of its own composite atioms . T touched thettem of one ligItly, but it fell s. my tonph,and a mor sel of snow only re. nained In r4i hand." caihering some -of the flowes in snow, in order I* proser-. a the little dismond-like seed, lie hied to St. . Petcrs.ht g, with-to hii-the greatest prize d( 1s life time. i h rn tar thgV am kept in lighted w ith the br ir ting ' 0 r foi ' d1erful "frost flowe r." Oar trieia n 1(os - ton succeeded in 'obtaining several of the seeds, and all tli -ough Jhe summer 'and nutumn they have been imbedded in snow. brought. at great expense from the White Mountains nud cot lst of Labrabor ; and they now have (lie Mos t unbounded .satisfiction and pleasure in a nnouncing that all signs are favorable to I1 e realization of their fond est hopet. the pro. luction of the -flower of snow." The snov r and ice are in a large glass refrigerator. with -t(le thermometer forty-five degrees below- zero, and the solid bed of snow has already begun to show little fissures an' I a slight bulging in the centre, unmistali ble evidences of the forth cotning phenom oi ton. Tucr OnFAT ?4M I IATION Frno4 IRELAND. -The lall Ma' I ( set1e, in a late number, thus gives the 'Einj llsh view ofilie Irish emi gration: "Although I abo r is scarce and wages high in every part of Ireland, -tho diodis to America is rai lidly on the Increase. From. Cork alone a t yav arage of fifteen hipnidred embark weekl y, rjnd from. tle other Ifish ports the mi grat inn to tle NewAVorld',A)y way of Liverp ool, is proportionably rapid The imaster w isli )f every Irishman beloi. ingto the lov -er imiddle anil lower chus seems tobe ,b . lealve his country forever, an obj.o(. which. tie ' Irish paterfamilias seeks to attain by st ndi ng forward across tib At. lantia his har lies t and most promising sons and datgbtert!, pI ovided with all the money lie can raise, toe trn iore for lie transpomt of (lie rest of the family. In this way, pot only an, immo- .ase ;%miount of latbor, but alo an imnense a niount. of rpecie is daily lZst to Ireland, an d aeqidred by America. The young and th,.indutrious, lie flower of the population, q -part-4 ho old and the feeble and the Rickly renjaiO heltind, awaiting im patiently' the transn,ission of means to fol low. It is de ilorabl e (hat this should be so, but. so it 1 s. . A.ast>I.-Th) P Charleston Cjourier of the 9th ma ys Lie,itenant H-. W. Hen dricks,of the police, assisted by detective officers Farroii and Dotes, has succeeded in ferreting a tnt and arresting a unumber of colored me-i chiarIed wvit.h being im plicated in th o muirder of B3. 8. Rhett, Esq., on Tu'cnsday last. The pa rties have been comum.t,< td for trial. jieui tenant Hendi icks in di his nasociate' ofi -cer.4 are e.ntit.lt e tot be -thanks of the -commnit,ty fc'r th:or 'Vigilanico and per severing bfibrtts-inta is ease as well as i the breaking up o (lid yeenft, ,.band cl burglars who in feted ibtis city. Th investigation of .tie parties accused wvil come lip this tn o:ning. The total of0men furqised1by t State.of Nedork trgg the rebel i.qn falls byp, jile shlrt of& 00 Nilscellneons.. UTICA, N. Y. July 7.-Tio Ma Chine Works of Rogers & Co., nea this city, were consumed with thei contents on Wednesday. Loss up wards of $200,000. BIOSTON, July 7. .. Geo. Peabody haf made another gift of $100,000 to the Institute established by him at Souti Denvers. NEW YoRK, July 7.-Money and other necessary relief is being sent for. ward liberally to the sufferers by thc Portland fire. The Board of 8tock 13:okers has subscribed $3,000, and th Corn Exchange, $1,000. Private cot, tributions are coming in. Boston has aieady subscribed $25,000 in private contributions ; Newburyport $10,000, There will be a general movement in the Northern cities of this character. 'the fire in Portland was caused by a boy throwing a fire eiacker among some shavings. At the meeting of the Chamber of Commerce, in relief of the Portland sufferers, Mr. A. A. Low, President, and Col. Elliott F. Shep herd, acted as Secretary. On motion of Moses A. Grinnell, 'acommittee of twenty-five was appointed to collect subscriptions. Capt. Noye annomneed ti the meeting that himself and other had already collected fiv.Q thousand dollars,and forwarded it to Portland. The Board of Health and Quarantine Comnissioners, have determined to remove their buildings from Sey. mour's Point to est Bank. Two eases of cholera arg4eported to-day. There were four q.es of sun-stroke yesterday and several arereported to day. The therni6meter at 8 a. m., was 9e; at 3 p. in., 97. From Mexico. Nnw Yonic, July 7.-The latest a' - wanle. T I ,UMUI and there are large accessions to the'' ranks froni the Imperialists. They have gained several important vielto ries reently, and are now beseiging Tampico, which they veii-likely to cap ture. The idea of aiekation to the United States widely-..Prevails and is popular among the 'Liberals. The yeflow fever has abattd in Vera Cruz. News via Sans Ffancisco states thiAt the Liberals have taken Santiago, atid threaten San Blas aid Topio. NEW YORK, Jun6 7.--- e Cholera report for the weei as' made to the Hoard of Health yesterday, shows twenty-two cases, jx were genuine ca.sos of Cholera beyond dou-bt, and four were fatal. From Washilngton. WAasxoTON. July 7.-P)aymaster Pauld ing, has been found guilty of the charges preferred i ennnection with the lefunct Merchants' Nutici-al Bank, and sentenced to be cashiere-1, to pay Ave thousand dollars fine, and an imprisonment of one year. VASUINoToN, July 7.--Senato--Mr. Mor. gan presented the remonstranco of the New York Chamber of Commerce, against the passage of tile bill pending in the 1Iiuqe ; the remionstrants state that the Tarift Bill would be injurious to the. commercial. Me. chanical and manufacturing interests of tie country, and would not increase the revenu< of the Government. It was referred to tie Financial Committee. The bill to incroast and.fi,x a military peace establishment will called up and' read, but prior to any actior on it, the Senate adjourned. The House W4s engagqd in the conldera tion of the Tariff bill. RRrJGIOUB TESTS IN Noirur CAnou vA.--The, following is one of the provi sions of the Constitution of North Caro ina : "No person who shall nlenyv the he ing of Almighty God, or the divitno at' thority of both the O1(d and Now Teste ments, or who shall hold - religious.oph ionls intcomlpatib;e with the free~dom~ t safety of the $tbte, shall' be cap*ble < hohhn1g any omce or pla -of trnst, ( profit in any clvii depart,ment of' th State." " . A f9reign lei.t4l-writer speak( 'of % nyson as "h'olding.England's lyfe'." "11 Imnutst, have Aeen -the -poo, vendinlg T) ?o,ddtd ThIe, - / . Stewart's wealth,is now eitimidatik ifty millions. An old Italian'ih Memphis was beaten to' death by five Austrians recently. This is tho opening of hostilities. The'wheat crop in North Carolina is said to be an average one. Corn and potatoes promise a large yield. Every inhabitant of the United States pays threO cents a day for internal thx alone to the United States Government', dt thi' Amount is at that rate. ',cinnatti hnastbscribdd nearly a million' d Iirs to 1ho new Southern Railroad, tloie to Knoxville and Charlestoi. Oile thousand carts, containing one hun. drt d-thousand dollars worth of furs, are on their way to St. Paul fron the trapping country. It is estinated that upwards' of flfty thousand sheep have been killed. by the re. ocut severe weAther in Ohio and Michigan. - Ai tethus Ward was net, on his landing in England with an offer of X4,000 and all cx penses paid for a lecturing tdur of sir months'. The fir,ance of- Anstria are considered in a desperate condition, and yet her debt is only $1,200,000,000-abopt one-third of ours. Hor population is greater than ours. The cholera'is slowly progreshing in New York from.the quarantine to the city. 'the wenther is repr'sdnted to be favorable' M6e preservation' of healib. An inveigati'on into the So 'cotton' fraiids is to be hird in the They are estimated at $10,000,0,'. eielpslve of an immlense amount of other stea1I,n Philadelphia is dissatisfied beo4ao 4one of her citizens have represented lie State In the United Stat es Senate for thir years, and none have filled the Gove chair for sixty yeafil. 'AiYl~biemica rmixture' i atnalgan. It is never manufaotfre "in large quantities, though it haw been adver tised- for sale in Sair Francis-o, one firm claiting to have as much as two hundred ounocs for sale. The amount is not large, but when it id understood that the explo sive power of one oune of sodiuta is equal to that of about twenty-five pounds of gun powder, or two and 'a lalf pounds of nitro glycerine, it, can readity be conceived that even fifteen or twenty ounces exploded in one place, would ereate itsmense havoc. And when one furtler reflects that even so little a thing ae a spoonful of watef com ing in contact with two hundred ofees of sodium would cause an exposif equil to that.which would be occasioned by the igni tion of 6,000 pounds of powder, or the con cussion oftW0 poulyds of nitro-glycerine, we can forri some conception of its treien dous destru'tive power. The Boston public library contains 123,000 volumes. Its lar ests contribu tors are Joshua Bates, of ondon, who gave $100,000 worth of books, and Theodore Parker, wIo left 11,000 books and 3.000pamphlets. In 1865 pearly 195,000 books were lent, on an aver age of '08 per day. The greatest num, ber given out in a single day was 1,464 The superintendent reports a constant improving character in the cifoulation, and that it is tending strongly to the inore substantial and useful class of books. Wo TlT V.joWINo.-Professor Blot said, in 'his last lecture att Boston, on Saturday, that flour should never be kept, in barrels or boxes, but in cloth bags, and this mode of keeping is all that makes. European flour better than A merican. Horse flesh, lhe said, was inferior to beef, though there are efforts being 'Tmade~ to introduco its use .into Franoe', in" account of its cheapness. h(cartoon of' . he last "Kladdera datel..>r ''German Panch," represents a, big snider, adorned wWh' the Emperor Na r ofeon's head, waiting quietly in its lareweb, while 91l kinds of insects, rpseti ng tjJe thf iganStates, rare (fing and caught iit"ih, to be de vourel in timie by the .L,'Verial glatton. r' B3neath arcs Rouhot's wod Mthe Corps a ILegislatMPf"'Honest tio.&firpy and liber ty ofaction." ____ n President JohhnaWskds shts rekps the c aunh of five thousA~ (Jqoal,a ty<ls the' e, e Met roolitanuit I(h4sI, viuooptt .cuc nYaxhiington.