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VOLUME XI.-NUMBER 1671. CHARLESTON, WEDNESDAY" MORNING, MAY 3, 1871. EIGHT DOLLARS A YEAR. A RPKESENTATTVE MM. SKETCH OE THE CAREER OF PETER B. SWEENY, OF NEW YORK. A New Figure Looming Up on th?- Ho* rlzon of National Politics. [FROH OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.] NEW YPAK, June 23. There are but few prominent men in the State of New York who are so little known, personally, to the great public, as Peter B. Sweeny. His mode of living and general de? meanor are peculiar to him, and while his fame as a political leader is almost world-wide, his desire to discharge his many and important duties quietly and witho?t.oBtentation, bas re? moved him, in a great measure, from the public gaze. THUS it happens that his great intellec? tual povaers anti his calmness and 'endurance In times of political excitement and striife among the party giants are fully known only to those whom official engagements or social intercourse have brought frequently into his society. Mr. Sweeny is wholly a New Yorker. His thoughts, his energies, and his untlrlDg zeal seem to have been inflexibly devoted ' ta the good government ol his native city from the dey tjfc left the law office of the late James T. Brady to the present time. And lt may be here stated, without fear of contradiction, that he has accomplished more useful reforms in the chartered rights and privileges for the City^i New York than any man living or dead. And herein lies the grand secret of Mr. Sweeny's strong hold upon the confluence ol his fellow-citizens. His friends aie confident that bia important services to the great metropolis will not be forgotten. The successful administration of the munt-, clpal government of New York 1B largely due-' to Peter B. Sweeny. The latest Instance of bis energy is the Viaduct Railroad, which was originated by him, and which 1B destined to work an entire revolution in the mode ol transit throughout the whole length of the is? land. This qiiestloc of railroad accommoda? tion for the moving millions of our inhabitants was one of the highest moment; tnt Mr. Sweeny grasped the Bubject with ar, ability which showed that be fully comprehended the magnitude ot the work, and the Legislature of the Stale promptly passed the bili prepared by him for the consummation of this great measure of relief to ail o? our citizens who are more immediately interested in the upper wards of the city. Tue Yiadnct Railroad will ?trove one ol the grandest measures yet devised or the convenience of the masses of the peo? ple ol this great and prosperous metropolis. His Intellectual forecast penetrated the nec? essity of reform, and he at once applied him? self to the gigantic work; and whatever differ? ence of opinion there ma; be among intelli? gent and thoughtful men as to the wisdom of the plan ol government for the Ol tv of New - York, now In sucoeastul operation, that plan 1B the offspring ot Mr. Sweeny's mind, and no more perfect scheme has yet been submitted for public consid?ration. The utmost harmony, accountability and official responsibility have been substituted lor the chaos and irresponsi? bility In all the public departments, which had rendered New York City the standing subject of ridicule throughout the land. Years of patient thought and profound study had made Mr. Sweeny master of the subject; and inspired with anxiety to serve his lellow-cltl zene, with whom he was In sympathy and the most perfect accord, he drafted the principles of our present chartered rights, which are likely to remain through all time a monument to his matchless Industry, tact, and legal acumen. Mr. Sweeny has long since, by common consent, passed into the order of marked and distinguished men, and nfs usefulness can hardly much longer be circumscribed within the limite ol' the city or the State of New York. His enlarged and statesmanlike views already command the admiration and enlist the friend? ship of the ablestmenln the Union. In the Emoire State the honored names of William L. Marcy,'Silas Wright, Martin Yan Buren, C. C. Cambrel eng, and a host ot Other gi eat lights, who, for more than a quarter of a cen? tury, led the Democratic hoBts to victory, -under the triumphant banner of Jackson and bis successors, are no more. Those departed and honored statesmen have left a bright re? cord, to which the Democratic party may proudly point for ages to come. The mantle ol Silas Wrighl|fall8 gracefully upon the shoul? ders of Peter B. Sweeny, while the executive talents of Marcy and the far-reaching political sagacity ol Martin. Van Buren ar? reproduced In the development ot Sweeny's power to organize governments and create radical Changes in the fundamenta] laws upon which all chartered rights and constitutional powers are based. . It has been said that Sweeny's character ls original and peculiar. So lt ls. His cabinet of personal friends and advisors are few, able anatexperlenced; thus 'chosen because of the necessity of perfect harmony of sentiment in his private connells. And hence his Invariable success. Glited with a keen and active mind, and fortified with the best talent in the Sute at bis command, failure In what he under? takes ls almost impossible. Mr. Sweeny 1B a safe, Bound counsellor, of quick conception of all matters submitted to his Judgment, whether in relation. to men, principles or measures. It is his unrivalled quickness and tact as a political leader that must, ere long, force, him Into the higher walk s of national politics as one of the repre? sentative men oi the great Empire State in the councils ot the Union. In the walks of social life, Mr. Sweeny ls a kind, genial, unassuming gentleman. His benevolence ls as unobtrusive as it ls far reaching and bountiful; indeed,his charities are so modestly bestowed that even his most Intimate friends are seldom made aware, ex? cept by chance, ol the extent ol his good deeds. 8ucb", in brief, ls the character ot the loremost man in the Slate of New York. The name and fame ot Peter B. Sweeny, together with his brilliant record, will pass into the his? tory ot his native State as worthy to be placed side by side with her most distinguished son? The poisoned shafts of a prejudiced and a licentious press m ay-assail, but can never In? jure his unsullied character.. These are eventful times, and the year 18T2 will mark an epoch of extraordinary slgni? cance In the history of the American l alon. The farmers of the North and the great planting Interests of the South are alike in? volved In the Important struggle io:- the change of the administration ol the general {rovernment. The American people must be eft free to prosecute all branches ol trade and industry, without the constant annoyance and espionage ol' the officials temporarily in charge of the government; and a prophetic vision may point in the dim distance to the coming mia who ls to relieve thc nation of the incu? bus which now weighs it down in all direc? tions. Strange and startling movements in national politics are at hand, and the name of Peter B. Sweeny may yet be even more con? spicuous and Illustrious than any of those who have hitherto seemed foremost In the race for the highest honors in the gift ol the American people. _ THE INDIAN MASSACRE. NEW YORK, June 26. A letter from Fort Griffin, Texas, June 7, says : "I suppose you have heard of the great slaughter of Indians here. The cavalry met some two hundred men, women and children, and showed them no quarter-killing all they could lay their hands upon. Such yelling I never did hear. Every man was for himself. The infantry was In the reserve and caught all stragglers, not even one escaping, orders hav? ing been given to show no quarter." WASHINGTON ITEMS. WASHINGTON, June 26. Grant comes Friday to attend the Cabinet meeting. Bo. i 'ell reports on Saturday. A committee report no counterfeit bonds in those redeemed or purchased by the treasury. The authenticated Alabama claims aggregate thirteen millions. HELIGOLAND. A Description of the leland -Coveted by Prussia. A-correspondent o? the Pall Mall Gazette writes: I see the Heligoland question has turned up again, and a few words of desociptlon may not be without Interest to your readers; for there is no place litte it on the face of the earth.. It is a tall red hill, rising straight out of the waters, with a sand-bank on one side. On the sand, and part of tbe way up the hill, i3 the town, or rather village. It was inhabited in former .times by.I pilots and wreckers, but now they have degenerated into' lodging-bouse keepers. Heligoland is the Margate 61 Hamburg. Thither strerun the citizens of that rich oity to gamble at rouge-et-noir (at least they ..did when I was there) and to enjoy sea bathing. There ls a regular season in the summer. month?, and sometimes many passengers j that are-brought in the steamer are obliged to sleep on board and to go back again, the island being full. Every house probably takes Jn lodgers; but then there are not very many houses. The bathers resort to a neighboring sand-bank, a sister Island,which the Governor, it wi:l be remembered, sometime ago stocked with rabbits, which began eating up the'grass that held the sand-bank together, so that the Heligolanders became furious and talked of | shaking efl the English yoke. However, the rabbits were all shot, and the Islanders were pacified, and nothing more was said of their old Frisian Constitution. Their language is German, but they detest that nation more even than they do ourselves. They are not English, though they are English subjects; they are not Germans, though tbey speak German. They are Heligolanders, the noblest of created beings; all foreigners are skit, which, In their homely dialect, means dirt. The top of the island hill ls flat, ar"- as well as I caa remember, about the size o. the Green Park. There is a well known Btory or a man from the far West-and therefore accus? tomed to see land only on a small scale-who paid a visit to-Ehgland. When asked how he enjoyed himself, be replied very mucb, only be nj ve- went out at night for fear of lairing off. In Heligoland there is really a danger ol such an accident happening tc any one, whd, from the force of jablt, should continue to walk too long in any one-dtrectlon. WASHINGTON NEWS ASD?GOSSIE. Grant'? Prospecte. A Washington letter in the Ballimore Sun says: Whatever may be appearances on the sur? face; it ls not at all likely that General Grant will be renominated by the Republican^. The delegation In the National Convention from the State of New York will doubtless exercise a controlling influence in that : body, and it ls not probable- that that delegation will be for General Grant. On the contrary, those who know best conjecture-that no matter whether lt be the Greeley and Fenton wing or that ol. Conkllng or Murphy, in either case it will not ultimately be for Grant. It is much more likely, ? in the latter event, to be for Seward, or some new man. Thc Blaire for the New Departure. Hon. F. P. Blair, Jr., though performing the role of an ultra Southern Democrat, 1B suppos? ed to be of the opinion that the Democratic party should follow tbe "new departure." It ls known that the Blair lamily are "in to win," and are not willing to take the chances of another Seymour and Blair arrangement. Their more recent favorite for Presidential honors is Hon. Lyman Trumbull. Malls Between the United States, Ger? many and Scandinavia. An additional article to the postal conven? tion between the United States and Germany has been recently concluded, to take effect immediately, which establishes a reduced In? ternational postage charge ol six cents per single rate on the dicect letter correspondence exchanged with Germany, Austria, and Lux? embourg, by means of steamers of the Baltic Lloyds line, plying between New York and Stettin. Unpaid letters forwarded or received by this line ol steamers will be charged with double the prepaid rates, and lettere insuffi? ciently paid will also be charged with double postage, less the amount prepaid. COMMUNISM IN NEW TOBE.. The Real State of the Case. A New York letter says : Since the diabolism of the Paris Commune attracted the attention of mankind to the principles there expounded and enforced, much nus been said about the existence ot a similar element In this country, and ' especial? ly In New York. Well, we have an element of j this kind here, and it makes no eecret of'ts sympathy with tnej.rufSanB who have done their utmost to disgrace and ruin France. It ls composed mainly of members of the Inter? national Worklngmen's Society, a branch of which was organized In this city about three years ago, but it has many sympathizers outside of the class there represented. The tree-lovers are with lt heart and hand, though some of) them pre? tend to deprecate the horrible acts committed In Paris; all tbe social and moral reformers sympathize with it, and many of them Justify the frightful outrages of the Reds; a lar^e number of our would-be "scientists" encour? age lt by sneering at revealed religion and maintaining that nature ls the only God, and at lea et one of our leading Journals patronizes lt by palliating, or trying lo palliate, the shock? ing excesses ot the suppressed iconoclasts in France. The fundamental idea of the New York Communists is Identical wltb that which led to the late reign of terror In Paris. Its substance ls that labor must go up and capital come down. It would be unjust to the working classes to say that tbey, as a body, approve this revolutionary idea. Some, however, do approve lt, and these fully share the wild notions oi the demagogues and aDarch ists*who lately ruled the French capital. But the significant fact in connection with Com? munism in New York, Is that it has the sym? pathy and. encouragement of the miscellane? ous reformers who propose to reconstruct the social and moral system. I have not con versed with one person of this class who has j not defended the leading principles ol Com- j munism and advocated tlie nonsense known as "the solidarity of humanity." It ls not considered probable that-for many years, at least-Communism will become strong enough In this country to threaten any serious dan? ger, but the fact that lt Ls here, and steadily growing, is one that cannot be disputed. THE WKATHER THIS DAT. WASHINGTON, June 26. Threatening or rainy weather will probably continue during the night from St. Louis and to South Carolina, clearing away very general? ly on Tuesday. Clear weather, wfth Iresh winds, is probable for Tuesday for the Middle and Eastern Stales and the lakes. Yesterday's Weather .tieyons of the Signal Service, U. S. A. Place or Observation Augusta.... 29.99 81 w Light. iClou?y. Baltimore. 30.07 76 S Fresh. Clear. Boston.?... 30.91 83 W Fresh. Clear. Buffalo, N. y. charleston. 30.05 83]SW Gentle. LLRaifl Cheyenne, W. T. 29.35 83 E Fresh. Fair. . Chicago. 30.03 70 E iFrtsh. Fair. einclnnatl.*.. Corinne. Utah. K< v West, Fla... 30.11 S3 N Light. Cloudy. Lake City, Fla.\. Mol lie. 30.15 82 W Light. Lt.Rain Nashville. 3U.00 86W Gentle. . Cloudy. New Orleans.... 30.1? 83 NW Gentle. Cloudy. New York. 30.02 74 cm.Clear. Omaha. Neb. Philadelphia. Portlmd, Me. 1. San Fraucisco..J 30.09JC1 sw Brisk. Pair. Savannah. 30.02 si s Gentle. Cloudy. St. Lout's. 30.01 ?91/ NW Gentle. Fair. St. Paul, Minn..i .?. Washiogton.D.C.l 30.02 75?C"m.Cloudy. Wdminirton.N.C!-30.W SI!N iLhjht. cloudy. Norfolk". 30.00 7"|NE Light. Cloudy. Galveston. S0.X191S (?entle. Clear. Mt. Washington. .'. SSS THE HOPS AT WEST POINT. THE COLORED CADET DECLARES THAT HE WILL SOT ATTEND. He Didn't Go to West Point to Fly About -with Silly, Giddy Giris-Brigham Young's Boy. [Correspondence of the New Tork Sun.] WEST POINT, June 22. Contrary to expectation, the hop tint was to have Inaugurated the series did not come off -last evening, but was postponed until Mon? day. .The actual settlement ot the question as to whether Cadet Smith will or will not at? tend is therefore deferred. -The Sun man had an interview with the young man this morn? ing, however, and teamed enough to enable him to set the young ladies' minds at rest with respect to "that horrid Smith." He will not attend the hops for reasons which the reporter thought reflected great credit upon him- He said In reply to an Inquiry upon the subject: WHAT THE COLORED CADET SATS. "Go to the hops ? Oh, no. I've had trouble enough. I've been court-martiailed twice, and I don't want to be again if I can help lt. .I came here to get an ?ducation, and to pre*-' pare myself for a commission In the army. I didn't come here to fly about with a lot of silly, giddy girls. IM want to enjoy the company of young ladies, there are enough of my own color in the place where I belong-good sensi? ble girls, too. I'll walt Until next year, when ri! get a furlough and go home." Reporter. Where Is your home ? Mr. Smith. In Columbia, South Carolina. My father lives there. .1 don't Lnow whether you've ever been there, but society there is very different from what it is here. They don't exclude colored people from white society there. I know several young colored ladies'there that are .welcome even at the levees of the Governor of the State, who is a white man from Ohio. Reporter. You will go to Columbia then to spend your lurlough ? Mr. Smith. Yes, slr; and I'm sure PU be welLireated, too. TBE COLORED CADET OK WEST POINT LADIES. Reporter. Several young ladies up at the hotel are much exercised lest you should go to the hops. Mr. Smith. You may say In your paper, If it is worth saying, that BO long as I am at the Academy I will never go to any ball or enter? tainment, neither will I pay a cent toward felting them up. As I said before,. I came ere to study, not to make a fool ot myself, like some of these white fellows do, over a lot of giddy girls that don't care a snap for their little fingers. They think because I'm a col? ored boy that I don't know anything. Well, let them think so.- I tell you I've seen a good deal within the last mooth. These young.girls.. that come up here to flirt with the cadets and lead them on on a string are not the kind of girls we have South. If they were colored I wouldn't associate with them. Reporter. Why * Mr. Smith. Well, because I don't think they know anything but to make foots ot cadets; and when they go away the last thing they think of is the poor cadet that they have been trifling with. "Nigger Smithy as they call me, may have colored blood In hie veins, but he isn't a fool by a long shot. MISERY LOVES COMPANT. Reporter. How do the white cadets treat, you now ? , Mr. Smith. Oh, very much better. I let them alone and they let me alone. Besides, Pve got company now-Mr. Napier, and then in September Mr. McGee, ot Alabama, comes. Then there will be three of us. We'll be com? pany for each other. There ls one thing I've made up my miad to though; if they Impose upon me in any way I'll defend myself. I . don't think they will though. You see, I'm pretty stiff on my legs (and tue cadet straight? ened himself up.) "I guess I can take care of myself," be added with* a smile. And BO this settles the bop question, and doubtless'the silly and giddy girls whom cadet Smith talks-aixoui--wt?-?eux mum ium,itu. WHAT BRIGHAM YOUNG'S BOY SAYS. Another celebrity here, and .one who at? tracts much attention, ls the son of Brigham Young. He ls a plebe, and is Just now under? going the hazing process. His name is Wil? lard Young, and he ls a atout, active, Intelli? gent-looking lad. The Sun man had an Inter? view with mm this morning, and lound him quite communicative. He bas been here since' the Slat ol' May, and came direct from Salt Lake City. In response to an Inquiry os to how he thought he should like lt, he Bald lt might do very well for the last three years of cadet llfer but the first year he thought was enough to try the patience of even a Mormon eal n t. "When I first came "here.'- he said, "and when they commenced the hazing, I thought. I shouldn't rest easy till I bad flattened out some Of my persecutors, but I've come to the conclusion that lt's better to stand it." The reporter looked at bis stout limb and powerful frame, and thought that the flatten? ing out process would be an easy one for him. WHAT BRIGHAM'S BOT BELIEVES: "What have you been doing all your life, Mr. Young ?" asked our reporter. Mr. Young. I have worked nearly all my life In the canyons and around Salt Lake City. I have driven a tej>m for a long time, and have been used to rough-and-tumble scenes ever since I was born. Reporter. Who appointed yon here ? Mr. Young. Mr. Hooper, our delegate ln Congrees. . Reporter. Was your father pleased to have you come ? Mr. Young. Ob, yes; he was delighted, and I am determined to graduate irom here it I live, come what may. Reporter. Yours ls a pretty large lamily, Isn't it ? Mr. Young (smiling.) Well, yes; I have six? teen brothers and twenty-two slstere. Two of my brothers are in New York now. Reporter. You have been brought, up in your father's faith, I suppose ? Mr. Young. Oh, yes, slr. I believe In Mor? monism, and shall practice il when I grow up to manhood. OUTRAGEOUS CONDUCT OF CADETS. Reporter. How do the cadets treat you here ? Mr. Young. Oh, very well, considering I'm a plebe. There!- one thing, though, that they make us do that I think ought to be stopped. Reporter. What ls that. Mr. Yopng. Why, if the cadets see us go by they spit out their quids of tobacco on the grass and then"order us In the most peremp? tory way to pick them up with our fingers and carry them off the ground. Now, I think that's a shame. I know ll ls only done to annoy and degrade us, and I've about made up my mind to put my fist under the ear of the first fellow that orders me to do such a thing again. I don't believe that there's any sense In such things, and I'm sure.I didn't come here to be a menial. BRIGHAM'S BOY DOWN ON COLORED BOYS. Reporter. Do you have anything to do with Mr. Smith ? Here Mr. Young looked up with surprise. " Mr. Young. No, slr, most decidedly not. Smith is a nigger, and has no business here with white boys. Notice him ? I guess not. Reporter. But you'll have these colored boys in your class. Mr. ' Young. I can't help that, and it wouldn't maKe any difference if the -whole class was colored except myself; I wouldn't have anything to do with ihem, that's all. Reporter. Then you don't believe in send? ing colored boys to West Point ? Mr. Young. No, slr, (with great emphasis.) . Reporter. Will you attend the hops ? Mr. Young, (with a look of surprise.) Why, certainly, if I wish to. Why shouldn't I ? Reporter. There ls no reason whv you shouldn't. HERE A YEARLING CORPORAL * demanded Mr. Young's presence at drill, and he had to leave. The drill that followed was amusing. The plebes were divided into squads and placed In charge of cadets, who put them through their facings in the most relentless manner. The cadets seem lo vie with each other in Beeing which can be the most severe and tyrannical drill-master on the ground. The poor plebes get lrlghtened ne-yly out ol their wits at the stern commands and the sharp re? primands that inevitably follow exhibitions ot awkward men. THE FROZEN SEAS. Battle of the Frost Giants-Phenomena of Ice Fleets. A correspondent of the New York Evening Post, writing from St. John's, N. P., furnishes an interesting account of the formation, range, size, Ac, of icebergs, from which we make the following extracts: INVASION OP AN- ICE-ARMY. No grande, sight can be Imagined than the gradual'approaon of a great lee field toward the ?and, drifting before .the pressure of a nor'easter. From the-hill summit the gleam? ing ice-line is seen ten miles off, stretching north and south as far as tbe .eve can reach. Nearer and nearer it comes, and then the ap? pearance is that of a vast invading army,- all clad in white uniforms, and closing in, wlttr steady, determined tramp, on the devoted country^ As the white squadrons come nearer the advanced guard ls seen, consisting ot small floating fragments of ice, far ahead of the main body, like a cloud of uhlans feeling the way before the invading host. In stately columns they advance, grand and graceful as a vast flock of snow-white swans, with a leader at the head of each. The floating masses in the twnguard are ot all shapes and sizes, some as large as a clutch, others no bigger than a man's head. Heie and there a huge mass, the size of a hil? lock, towers above the rest,'suggesting the Idea of a general ot division, surrounded by his staff, and wearing a helmet with nodding plumes above. Immediately behind these move the serried ranks of infantry, \z compact Ale; and In laney we can see the sun's rays gleaming from their bright bayonets, Clouds of cavalry guard each flank, and in the distance the Immeasurable host comes oh In solid mass, and now, as they near the laud, scouts are de? tached, and little clouds of sharpshooters are deployed. These cautiously feel their way along the shore, searching every Indentation, entering every creeK, groping meir way Into the harbor, until Us whole surface ls covered with the invaders, who close-up their ranks, and press closer and closer together: As the pressure from the army behind le felt Increasingly, the advanced guard . pile themselves one on the other, In most fantas? tic shapes, till the whole surface ol the harbor ls a compact mass of Ice blocks, rising at times to a level with the decks of the vessel; and, with perfect safety, you can walk over the glittering bridge. Tbe .ships are close prisoners, chained In icy fetters, from which there ls no release till the wind changes; and theo, in reversed order, the Invading host de? parts. The vanguard becomes the rearguard; the pressure lrom behind relaxes; the leaders are seen moving among the distant ran ka and arranging the march. The retreat begins, and soon only a few stragglers art? seen In the har? bor, staggering about in a dissipated manner, as if they had been drinking, and their com? rades had taken their departure before they had slept off the fumes of {he liquor. In a few hours, not a while speck Is visible on the ocean, and the green waves aye dancing where the Ice neills were lately spread. RANGE OF THE ICEBEROS. AU these continents and Islands of ice are formed in Baffin's Bay, chiefly on the coasts of Greenland; and on the bosom of the great Arctic current they are carried southward. Soon alter passing our coasts they encounter the warm waters of the Gulf Stream, as, at the BankB of Newfoundland, it turns of to? wards Europe. There the higher tempera? ture of the atmosphere, aided by the warmth of the water, speedily dissolves the Ice masses, and very seldom are any Ice-floes or Icebergs seen further south than the fortieth degree of north latitude, although Icebergs have occas? ionally drifted lo latitude 42 deg. and been en? countered near the Azores. ' It ls different in the Southern Hemisphere, where Icebergs ar? met at various points off. the Cape of Good Hope, between latitude 3C deg. and 119 deg. It Is on record that. in 1829 an iceberg two miles In circumference and 150 feet high was seen near the Cape of Good Hope, in latitude 39 deg. 13 min. If the Ice islands that float past these shores travelled as far, they might reach Cape -St. Vincent, and there, being drawn by the current that always sets in from the Atlantic through the Straits ol Gibraltar, they would be drilled intoth* Mediterranean, their cloudless*Bkies and balmy ?ir. ***'""*""' MEMORANDA OF TH fe BERGS. In point of fact, these Icebergs and Ice is? lands ar? doing a great work In the economy of nature, and lew o Hier agencies have played such important parts in the past annals of geologic histor*-. It ls calculated that up? wards of twenty thousand square miles o? drifting ice come down every year out if Baf? fin's Bay into the Atlantic, moving In winier at the rate of Ave or six miles a day, and reaching as far as two thousand miles from their origin. The icebergs are the offspring.of the Arctic glaciers, thrown off in prodigious numbers from the fringes of these ice rivers at their termination in the ocean. Storms and tides assist at the' birth, and then in mountain masses they float off into the ocean. There size ls sometimes enormoue. Captain Slr John Boas saw several of them in Baffin's Bay, aground In water Alteen hun? dred feet deep. The visible portion of an ice? berg ls only about one-ninth part of the real, bulk of the whole mass, BO that If one be seen, as is very commonly the case, one hundred leet high; Us lowest peak, may perhaps be away eight hundred feet below the waves. Bnt some icebergs have been seen rising three hundred feet over the sea, and these, if their submarine portion sank to the maximum depth, must have reached trie enormous total height of' twenty-seven hundred feet-that ls rather higher than the Cheviot Hills. In the American Journal of Science for 1843. (p. 155,) mention is made of an Iceberg aground on the Great Bank, of New? foundland. The average depth of the wa? ter was five hundred feet, and the visible por? tion of the berg from flity to seventy leet high -so that its total height must have been little short of six hundred feet, ol which only a tent h part remained above water. At ibis moment, as 1 look out of my window I see three Ice-, bergs near the entrance of our harbor. The largest is seemingly, at Its highest point, sixty, feet above the wave. It is a grand sight, about six hundred leet In Jength, having the lustre of refined sugar when the sun's rays full on lt, and appearing like chalk when the sun is obscured. At one extremity it has a tower not unlike a lighthouse; the other end slopes In terraces, down to the sea. I observe a dark spot in ifs side, which in? dicates that it has packed in its Interior some fragments of granite or gneiss torn lrom the sides of ap arctic mountain; and .this lt is conveying to the banks of Newfoundland, where, on melting, it will drop its burden, to help In building a future continent; so that, like aa industrious navy, it Is laying the foun? dations of Islands yet to be. The coast of La? brador and the Gulf of St. Lawrence, for a dis? tance bf seven hundred miles, is strewed over with ice-borne boulders often six feet in diam? eter. These blocks have, Jn some cases, fallen from precipitous cliff* ; others have been lilted lrom the bottom of Hie sea, adhering by their lops to the ice, while others have been brought from lotty mountains far inland, by rivers, or embedded in the glacier. In this way thee? blocks ot 9tone are carried across profound abysses ot ocean'aud deposited Hun? dreds of miles lrom the parent hill. The bed of the sea lhat lies in the track o? Die icebergs must, therefore, be covered with a thick stra? tum of mud and sand, plentifully Interspersed. with boulders of all sizes, with which bergs ' are charged, and which are dropped as they melt, gradually filling up the submarine val? leys as year by year the deposit goes on. . THE ALABAMA ABO CHATTANOOGA RAILROAD. " MONTGOMERY, June 26. The decision of the United States District Court, placing the Alabama and Chattanooga Railroad lu bankruptcy, was1 to-day reversed in the United States Circuit Court, at the cost ol the petitioner below. The road was order ed again into the possession of Stanton & Co. FROM THE EACIEIO COAST. SAN FRANCISCO, June 26. Tbetroopsbya forced march surprised the Amador rioters. No resistance. The rioters threaten, but have no chance for resistance. The ship Otage, has arrived from Hong Kong with three hundred Chinese, and a full cargo of merchandise, consigned exclusively to Chinese merchants. THE SCOTCHED COMMUNE. ELECTION PROSPECTS IN FRANCE. Thiers Indisposed-The Ministerial Criais tn Spain-Burning of ? Cotton Mill at. manchester-Snow Storm at Shields. VERSAILLES, June 26. Thiers ls slightly indisposed. Perslg'ny de? clines Assembly candidature. The govern? ment has favorable reports regarding election prospects. The Communists in Paris are quiet, but are still organized. MADRID, June 26. The majority of the Cortes are caucusing over the King's refusal to accept the resigna? tion of the ministers. '' LONDON, Jone 26. 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