Ohio State journal (Columbus, Ohio : 1849 : Weekly). (Columbus, OH), 1853-06-21

              ''' """" 1 i iii.i.i.i ! " ' VOLUME XLIII. COLUMBUS, OHIO, TUESDAY, JUNE 21, 1853. NUMBER 43. lUtckln Oljio State Journal IS rUUI.lSEKD AT COLUMBUS KVE11Y TUB3DAY UORNWa, M BCOTT BASCOM, JOOUUL lOODIKSS, HIQE IKD FIARL tTUITfl IMTUKOI OH Kl. TERMS Inntriahlii in wivmt.: In Columbus, f3.00.TMr; fey null. SI. GO i clubs of four snd upwwOs. 91.2J: of too slid up-nran. t 00. TUB DAILY JOURNAL U furnished to cltr subpcribsrs st M 00, U11 by DiiUl st $6 00 . yrtr. 11IU Till H KEKLY JOURNAL Is S3.00 jtst. RATES 0FAlVERTI8INQIN Tint WEEKLY JOURNAL 111:1 in a Se ' So f o So 8t 7&2 !i&3 60 4 006 006 00 8 00 75 1 251 762 '268 GO 006 006 W 8 0(1 12- nuarst, 1 001 763 2&S 004 G06 006 60S 0011. 17. 2i l tour) 1 aquar, column, s4 Column, L olman, 1 26 i 2t3 004 000 006 008 0010- 14. 23r cbuigMbU monthly, t20 ysar wsskly . chntttilB quarterly cfauiKVAtil quarterly , cbfciigKftble 4"Wrly.... , 10 Ilnat of thU sfsnd typo I nwkoiuHl a square. AilTertlmtmsntt orJeml on the Inutile evIuslrHy, douhl th soots rt,ts. Ail laftdad notla cb&rgwl duubls, uul mwurwj u U olid. 21 Uussiaii cgcni. THE GAMING COUNTESS. A frequent viaitor to tho fashionable aalonns of St. Petersburg!), was Colonel Hermann, a ynung man orig. inally of a German family. Ho had served under the Russian flag without atiy opportunity uf achieving tho distinction for wliich he panted ; and now that the fall ot Nnpoleon, and tho pacification of Europe, hud cloaod every uveiiun tu military eminence, Hermann fait the oecestity either of extinguishing Ilia ambition, ur turning it tu mmo other channel. It might bo tupposed ho had ail up tod tho form or course, at hit wny nf lift was very quiet and unpretending. Willi a sufficient income to live retpecinbly, be made no effort to increase it, even by the resources of play. ludeed, hit abstinence from all games ol chance, became tho subject of general remark; the more especially an ho frequented the gimbling saloons, and appeared to watch the vicissitudes ol tho play, if not with feverish interest at leant with ettrn-cit ntteniiou. " One wuuld think," laid hit friend Novoritch, 41 that at you am evidently interested in the game, you must have the mme reasons for abstaining from curds n are supposed lo Millnence tho old Countess redntovno " 1 Suppose," replied Hermann, "that herreosnnnaro merely devotional. Wlum we are about tu quit tho world, it is natural to prepare by quitting it amusements ; but 1, who urn just entering irt lit, cannot pretend to nuy such praiseworthy moiiven. The truth it, 1 do not chonso to sacrifice a turu coinpulsnco tor thu chance of a superfluity," But tlil wan not all the truth. In fact.lt was tho de-1 termination of Hermann to acquire wealth, us the only i path to distiction that now offered; and bo taw tin means ot effecting his purpose with rapidity, save at the gambling table. Hit prido preserved him, at least for tho present, from associating with aliarnert to loam their nrtt ; indued, he thought ho could very well ditpeniu with their expedients, Naturally of a calculating turn nl mind, bo had taken up the idea that, by studying tho play of others, bo would bo able to reduce tho chances to a system; and, in tho meantime, ho laid by all bin spare fundi, as a capital to commence with when htit system should be perfected lo be put i.i pruntico. " You do tho lady's piety ton much honor," mid Novaritch. " 1 hough she i.t now in birr eighty eevonth year, she still takea a part in tho distiipatimia of lituh-loiiablelife; and is in much request in nunc) y. not uuly from a repututiou for wit, which the justifies by saying very little and uti olil woman must not only havo a good dual oi wit, nut an uncommon tunre ot wisdom, if the is not garrulous in company hut tlieru is another attraction about her, in n mysterious tradition, which perhaps, however, was only invented to explain her inditl' retice to curds." " I never had the pleasure of hoaring it," said Her mann; "cau you gratify my curionity J" " The ttory runs," taid Ntivaritch, " that tome sixty years ago she was nn a visit to Paris with her buobuiid, aud plunged Head long into uie iiisiipatioiis ot mat licentious capital. Tlio sums sho lost at nl iv weroetior- mout, and made teriunt inroadt into her husband's fortune. Kt latt the incurred a 'dubt of liumr('(!) whicti nor uutiiatiu tirmty totu tier u wa itnpuihto t pay, lor ttiey wore completely ruined. In her despair the had recourse to Urn celebrated Count Saint (ier-main, a myslerioiia adventurer, who proftjsml lo have attained the art ot making gold, ol prolonging lile, re-torinc youth, and other ot those oner h is lor nhidi K our humanity it always foolishly yearning. Hence e wns in muuh request with thoBe who had tin other resource. Ho waa, ben id en, well received in good so ciety, and Ibe Countess hnd often met with him in the first circles. It it ovon taid thero wm considerable intimacy between them; but wo must suppose that I all scandal. "4 My beautiful Cntinteii,' taid the thauinaturgist, ' I could easily band you the necessary funds; but 1 am sensible anything like pc uniary tniiiaiintiont tudly diitnrb tho romance of friendship ' (I am not turu that was the word ho used ) I think I may venture to confide to you a marvel-out secret, which will nrnro than redeem your loir.es : but it is with great hesitation, ns, considering the source whence f derived it, which I am not at liberty to name, it may work you ill, directly ur indirectly. But I have tome hope t rut, men for my sake, you will faithfully follow my directions, and thus your rink will be less. "The Oountcst was eau'er with Iwr protestations. oatui uennum men snowed ner wree cards. " to-night," said ho, " you will stake heavily on tho first of these cards, and you will win. To-morrow night, you will risk the winnings in addition to ihu stake, on the second card; ami the next nn'litnll you have staked and all you have won, is to he risked on the third card. You wdl inovitably win ; but, Iron. Hint hour, yon must ' renounce cards forever, ur some d rend till misfortune will attend you." "The story it, that the Countess faithfully and successfully followed the dirrcti mi given her, ar.d never tourbed a card since." "Uah I" aaid Hermann; "aba might win throe night running, by nrcidmit; it mijd.t also be known that she bad been in convertntion with that splendid charlatan ; but probably ihoseure the only facts of tin-case. And supposing there was such a secret, and that the could make iv further use of it herself, why did not the confide it to smiio of her family, who might profit hv it?" " From fonr nf mme mislor'uiio to them by their not conforming to all tho obligation. It is oven said she waa once prevailed on by a favorite nephew to intrust him with the secret, iu view of promoting hit inarii iie with a young lady in wliotn the took an interest. Uu luck'ly the nephew was not content with the winnings of the thiid night. Ho went toan tiller saloon, thinking of repeating thi tamo process, and staked everything on the brat card, and lost ami, or course, snot Dim-self."" The idiot!" exclaimed Hermann, and thenstniling, he added, " but what are we better, to give a moment's credit to inch ligmenit of the brain T " But in tho solitude of hit chamber he reasoned somewhat dilVrently. "OT course," taid be, " Saint Germain, in hit pretentious to the supernatural, was amusing himself with popular credulity; but it does not follow that be was not master of tome of the deeper mysteries of nature. And t am not prepared to tay that lie may not have brought to perfection the discovery which at yet oludet my ttudy." Hermann then save himself up to a maffoificont rev- erVi at to the use he would nnke of his winnings if the secret ever came into his possession. He taw himself Ibe master of a princely estate, ennobled, elevated to power, and connected hy marriage with the imperial race. Suddenly awnking to the reality of Ins position, at an obscure fond if n adventurer of humble fortune, without influence, Iriemlt or connections tho contrast waa not to be endurud he sprang to bit feet, and, hastily snatching un his clonk and cap. rushed into the street, and wandered he knew not whither. Hit attention wat suddenly arrested by a palace, gleaming with a thousand lights; carriages were incessantly rolling to or from ibe door; and, at the guest. passed in, be beard thenamet of princes, nnd geuernlt, and cnmicillora of State, and high-born duniei. " Whose iialacu is this V ho iniiuin d of a slander- by. " The uouuiest reuaiovna t. Hermann's resolution was instantly taken, and, as ne of the princes passed in, Hermimn stepped in tern to the great slain, be slipped behind one of the ij .i .t,.l...i .;.).. ,.ri i. il li. nit tin to bis innenuttv to hnd tome excuse it tie mot lv one on the way, be lightly paseeifup the winding I r-oate. me tounus oi music nnu reveiry nooriseu frheti he bad reached the floor which wat the I le of the hall ; but ho passed rapidly tin tu the II or Ive, without meeting but nersou be knew. All th i were oioaeu. and tie tiotKi lor a mumeui nsna- which to attempt. At last be opened one nt n 1 ire, and found bimselt in a dark room, hut saw at lremity a climmering of light, Ihrouuh tho cra k I loor opening into another apartment. 1'roceetling at door, be cotitlv nuslied it nnen. A ladv was Id with her back towards him. At the sound of frtteps the started up, and covering her face with i lamii, exciaimeit ! no uro you t inn ou wiiuio Unt are yoa heref " I in yours only, indyr exclaimed nermann, "un, ..k.. .).. ... I..t... lt m. for rmft.. at least the poor consolation of pouring out my I bet ore yoa, even it my next moment routi oe io rtL t .1- il. I I UDi iBirett oi wumeu. irom ine iiri amuiuin i k'shald von. I conld not rett dav or Die lit till I I behold you one mort. Your beauty bat been ever present to my tight. . Your name has been treasured in the depths of my heart!" In truth Hermann would have been much perplexed if suddenly naked what that name was, and, at yet, he had never teen the lady's face in hit life; though from the well rounded arm, and finely moulded hand, he judged be was not pissing the limits of probability in alluding to tier beauty. The young lady uncovered her face, but it hardly deserved the trouble ; the foaturei were passable, but wanting in expression. Even the novelty and excitement of tho situation, had failed to impart anything like animution to the insipid prettinest of her countenance." What a lovoly arm!" thought Hermann, " nnd tint it dhould bo thrown away on tuch a face. Well, all tho better it speaks the amiable simplicity most needful to my purpose." And he was on his knees, in an attitude of deprecating humility, while bit eyes were gazing into hers with an impassioned tenderness it wns equally impossible for her to resist or to imitate. " I fear," said the lady, you mistake me for tome one else. Do you know 1 lint I am only Elizabeth, the poor cmibin of tho Couuteet, hardly as well treated as her waiting-maid V "Yes, charming Elizabeth, I am nware of all that, and it wns to rencuo you from a posit on so unworthy of you, that I have risked my lite to find my way to you. Hut why do I say I risk my life T Tho Countess cannot but havo heard of Colonel Hermann. She cannot but know that I am of a good family, worthy to match with hers, and that I possess an honorableindependence- Dearett Elizabeth, I hut wait your consent to ak hert." "Oh, but she would never Consent even to too you." " Do not be too a-ire of that," taid Hermann, and tearing a leaf from his tablets, ho wrote, iu hit most legible hand, n few words iu the French language. " Givo this secretly to the Countess," said he; " if she t-ikos nn notice of it, you will only have to say, when questioned, that it was put in your hand by a stranger, who disappeared the next moment. But If it has the eil'ect I expect, you can judge, by that, of my itifbienco, and have no fear of the consequences." Elizabeth, with tome hesitation, descended to the ball-room; the Countess was seated in a fantcuit, gazing at the festivities with a quiet smile, rather of good breeding than of enjoyment, The attitude wot one of languor and iiidillerence. But at the conversation of tome players just rising from a card table reached her oars, a sudden flush of animation kindled in her eyes. One of the gentlemen hail just declared that the run ol'lurk he had now witnessed was without example. "You know little about it," taid ilia Countess, as, leaning on two of her attendants, the approached the table. She paused a moment, und then taking up the pack of cards, and running it over, sho muttered, " Yes, once more before I dio." At litis moment Elizabeth wus nt her tide, and slip ped tho note in her baud; the Countess opened it, glanced at its conte nts, and dropped the cards with an iippjl ting groan but -die. thrust the unto into her bo-lout, and Htnkitig ot)' Imt utteu:lautn, and almost forc ing her way tlirouHi lh aneMs who were gathering around to offer their service., she said lo Elizabeth, " Lead the way to my cliambt-r, and then ' Elizabeth, rather appalled at her success, conducted the Counters to her chamber the old lady tank into her eay chiir, and called for a glass of wine. I'm ready," taid she; "send him hero, and keep watch that no one intrudes," Iu a few momenta Hermann stood before her. The Contest gazed at him in stupefaction. It waa evident who ever ana tiau expected to toe, ic wan notnermann Bo not alarmed, most noble Countess," raul Her mann, gently and respectfully. " You suo before you a young man born wiih lofty aspirations and refined tastes, which fortune forbids hi in to indulge. not is to you for what you alone can grant. Do not lieaitato, noble lady, lo placo wealth at my disposal, for by all that it cucred, I will make a nublo, generous use cd it !" " A singular robber !" said tlie Counter, half uti. consciously " After nil, wai there ever tuch a person us lliiiuluu luualdim I " How much did you any 7" inquired the banker. " Forty -seven thousand roubles," taid Hermann, coolly. There waa a general exclamation of turprite, and every eye turned to Hermann's impassive face. " Excuse me," taid the banker, " but yon know that five tboutand roubles it considered pretty high play." " It may be to but do you stand, the game or do Lyon nott" " ur course 1 do ; but I would beg leave to observe that, though I have entire confidence in all my customer!, the rules of the game require a deposit of the stake." Hermann bad converted all hit funds Into one billet, which he now handed to the banker. After narrowly scanning it, the banker bowed, and laid it on the card He then dealt. Atencamoup on the left, and a three on the right. "Three wins!" exclaimed Hermann, showing bis card. The banker turned pale, and with a forced smile, asked if be must settle at once. " If yon please," taid Hermann. The banker took out hit pocket book, counted a roll of money, and handed" it to Hermann, whose acquaintance! gathered around him, congratulating him on bis brilliati dtbut, Hermann smiled slightly, bowed and retired. Tho next night he again made hit appearance. Every one made room for him, and theneogerly gathered around him, at he stood by the table, waiting hit turn. In addition to hit billet be now deposited hit win ningt of the preceding evening. The dealer turned up a seven on the right and a five on the loft. "Seven wint!" exclaimed Hermann, ihowing hit card, and in a moment after, he pocketed tho ninety-four thousand roubles, ami with a slight bow ditap-pearcd, amid murmurs of astonishment. The strange ttory of his unexampled fortune spread through the city, and the tabion was so thronged (he next night that it was with difficulty be made bis way to the table. He staked hit ninety-four thousand roubles, while a deadly pallor came over the face of the banker. The cardt were turned an ace on the right, a queen on tho left. "Ace wint!" exclaimed Hermann. "Your queen loses!" replied the banker, sweeping the ttaket to himself the moment Hermann turned bit ca.il. Hermann took up hit card could ho believe bit eyes 1 By what accursed fatality had he, iu his baste, drawn the queen of spadet instead of an ace 1 As he stnod gazing at the card the face appeared to asm mo n fantastic resemblance to that id' the dead Countess, and to be grinning at htm derisively. He tore the card to pieces. Wat it imagination, or did he hear a groan at every fragment 7 He rushed madly away. Novnritch stood looking after him till he disappeared, and then said, sententiously, " He had the devil's own luck at the start, but, somehow, the devil always deserts his friends nt the critical moment." Sraucla iu Northern JnMa. Editorial Correpntilenee ot the N. Y. Tribune. B&YAHD TAYLOR'S LETXEB8. The City of Akbar. Aqa. Northern India, Jbd. 10. 1653. Agra is still called by the natives Akbahahad the City of Akbar from the renowned Emperor to whom it owes its origin. All its former splendor grew up under his reign, and all its architectural remains, except the Taj Mahal, date- from this time. In this respect it diners from Delhi, which, although ttill called by the Mnliiimttifdntia Mlmliinliitnithul flrom Hindi Jeban. the He re- j grBt)dson of Akbar), it more especially tho Capital of ttie Mogul Emperors, and Dears mo memorials oi many successive relent. Yet I doubt whether their combin ed feebler ligh ts can equal tho tun-like lustre of Akbar's name, uud whether their city, with all its stores of historic associations, can to interest and attract the truvelcr at this, the capital of the groutett muu who ever ruled in India. " Mn.ioni," suid nermann, " do not insult me and i Tho muieru cjty ! Oot eveu the shadow of the on- yourseli by so unworthy a construction of my words. cjent jat IUI wholly pusscd away, except It is not my purpose to rob you of anything that can ll0 pria cjty jQ itself and tome ruined placet on bo of value lo you. But I wuuld implore ol you, by t lho ballk of lll0 jumiia. But for nenrly two miles in all tho happiness you havo ever known, by nil your avery direction, the moundt.rumaitmof walls ami other pet. ot U'jppiuesf io come iiih uonnteaa aignea indications of habitations are abundant. JHuchmoro wtn to be seen a few years ago that, at present, but as heavily) ininiht mo with the tccret of the three win ning cauls." "Canyon put faith in such idle reports!" taid the CounteM, with a sneer that wat almost lot in a sltud-d.r.Hermann was on hii knees, but be sprang to bis feet, atid drew a pistol, which ho pointed at the Countess. " Do not tnllo with mo. lady ! All my hopes on earth rest with your nuswer. I demand youracret apeak will you answer met" Tim Countess rose to li(?r feel; n scarcely articulate, sound escaped from her lips whs Hermann deceived, or did she answer " Yes T" Slio threw up her arms, and fell back iu her chair. " Speak answer me name tho cards !" He took bur band, but let it drop. He threw the door open, and rushed out. Elizabeth, vho wat on the wMrb, rauhi hit arm he tore himself away, at no exclaimed, " Tho Countess is dead and I shall be accused !" Riizribt'lh rushed to the Countess. Her screams tilarmetl the houe. The guests poured in with the domestics. By order of the physicians, who were un- witline to tive up all hope, the waiting-manfs convey ed thu Countess to bed, and proceeded tu remove Iter ball dress a note tell nut ot Iter bosom. " Thie may perhaps throw tome light on the sub ject," taid olio of the surgeons, Hie handed the note to a priest. m:b ecclesiastic opened ine note, anu read aloud these few but bikuiIicuih words " You am expected. Remember Saint Germain!" A shudder ran through tho assembly. Tho priest dropped lho note, ami tnnking tlie aign ot the cross, rapidly disappeared, nud was toon billowed by the guest, though witu more decoioiis (enure. Tho domestics were nut slow iu following the guests. Some, indued, won appointed to keep watch hy the dead, but none could lie prevailed on to remain i in tin tame room. At tu Elizabeth, the hud been carried lo bed raving. "Fiend! monster! wretch outof my tight!" "Poor Elizabeth!" thought the servants; "she must have seen the evil ono when be enmo for his own! " And ynt the dead Countesa wat not quite alone all that night. At about two o'clock in the morning, a mm was standing at ner neuside, gazing earnestly at her gtinstty face, tho more horrible that the f ilte ringlets and the ball-room wreath of msct had uot yet been removed from hrrhead. "Dead I and toon to be. buried I and such a price- lest secret to be buried with her! Do parted spirit, wherever and whatever limn art sutlering, come back, if it be but for a moment, to tell me that secret for he old brhke wore constantly taken to cunatruct new buiLiinga, these vestiges gradually disappeared. The population, which once numbered more than half a million, has dwindled to about 70,000, and the native citv has little more to interest the tiaveler than any ordinary Indian town Indole, lor instance, lucre is one principal street, passing through its whole length lo the gates of the Fort, and in thit ore situated ibe residences of the wealtheir inhabitants, which are generally of brick or red sandstone. The voraudahs and hanging balconies, with their exquisite Saracenic arch I es, curved ornaments and stone lattice work, remind one of Cairo. Tho street it also a tort of bazaar, and i during tho day presents a very busy aud aniuuted scene. It is so narrow that two vehicles cau with dif ficulty boas, while all ibe other streets of tho city are only attainable by pedestrians. On the side lacing tho Jumna, there ore lew striking buildings, except the Custom House, once the palace ol a ricti native. Bioue gbautt, here and there, lead down to the holy stream, which li now to muctl ilimimaneu uy uie ury teason, that it doet not occupy more than ono third of its usual bed. On entering Agra, I waa taken to the traveler's bun. oalow. which ahindi un a waste plat of ground, ailioin- ing the i'ark. The succeeding day wat to cold, dull and rainy, that I remained in duort and retted my shattered frame. Mr. Tliomatoa, the Governor of the North Western Provinces, to whom 1 bad letters, was absent ut Benares, but I wat most hospitably received by liev. Mr. Warren, an American Missionary, under whose roof I am now sojourning. Under bis guidance and that of Mr. Hutton, Editor of Tho Aiira Messenger, I have seen all the obiects of interest in ihe city and vicinity, except the Taj Mahal, which, as the crown of all, I have reserved tor tlie last. The Fort, which contains the I'm ace, oi ARuar, and Beyond the arsenal, and in that part of the Fort over looking ibe Jumna, it the monarcn a palace, still in a tolerable state of preservation. Without a ground plan, it would be difficult to describe in detail its many count, itt teparaio masses oi nuilding and detached pavilions which combine to form a labyrinth, to full ofdaxzlinff architectural effect!, that it it almoat im possible to keep tbe clue. On entering the outer courts, i wet at once reminded or the Athambra. Mere were the tame elegant Moorish arches, witb their tapering abutments of open filigree work retting on slender double snails a style at light, airy and beau tiful that it seemed fit only for a palace of fairies. Akbar's palace is far more complete than tbe Alhambra. No part bat been utterly destroyed, and the markt of injury by time and battle, are comparatively sligut nero a cannon-ball lias Durst its way mrouicu the mar ble screen of the Sultan's pavilion i there an inlaid blossom of cornelian, with loaves nf blood atone, bat boen wantonly dug out of its marble bed; the foun tains are dry, tbe polished tanK in too " aim ot Mirrors," it empty, the halls are untenanted bat this it all. No chamber, no window or ttair-caseis wanting, and we are able to repeople tbe palace with the household of the great Emperor, and to trace out the daily rouiine or hiadnltet and pleasures. 1 lie tubstruotions or the palace are ot red sandstone, but nearly the whole of lis corridors, chambers and paviliont are of white marble, wrought with the mott exquisite elaboration of ornament. The paviliont overhanging the river are inlaid, within and without, in the rich style or h lorentme mosaic. 1 hey are pre ciout caskett of marbM f,tflr'Bi? n" over Wl,n jasper agate, cornelian, blood stone and lapit lazuli, and topped with golden domes. Balustrades or marble, wrought in open patterns of such rich design that they resemble friugesof lace when seen from below, extend along the edge of the battlements. The Jumna washes the walls, seventy feet below, and from the balconies attached to the zenana, or woman's apartments, thero are beautiful viewt of the gardens and palm-groves on the opposite bank, and thai wonder of India, the Taj, shining like a palaco of Ivory and crystal, about a mile duwn the stream. Tho most curious part of the palace is the Bheeik Ma hal, (Palace of Glass), which is an oriental bath, the chambers and passages whereof are adorned witb thousands of small mirrors, disposed in the most intricate designs. The water falls iu a broad sheet into the marble pool, over brilliant lamps, and the fountains are all to constructed as to bo lighted from within. Mimic cascades tumble from the want, over tiabt ot veined marble, into batins to curiously curved tliat ibe motion id' the water produce! the appearance of fish. I'liia bath must once havo realized all the fabled splen dors of Arabian story. The chamber! of the Sultans and tho opon courts connecting tbein are filled with lountains. though the building it an incrustation oi goiu, marble, and precious stones, water it tiui its most ueauitiui ornament. i nnin inese iciry precincts noi tho garden, ttill overrun with roses and jessamine vines, in the midst of which fountains are playing. There it alto a court, paved with black and white marble, so us to form iftachiti board. This it a game retembling backgammon, but instead of ivory pieces, it was played on thit colossal board by Akbar aud hit wivet, or eunuchs, with girlt, who trotted from tquare tu square, at the movet were made. Before leaving the Fort, I viaited tbe Motee Musjeed, or Pearl Mosque, as it it poetically and iuttly termed It la, in truth, the peurl of all mosquet,of small dimen sions, nut absolutely periect in style and proportions It la Jilted on a lofty Baud atone platform, and from with out nothing can bo seen but ilt three domes of white marble and gilded tpiret. In all distant views of the Fort theio domes are seen, like silvery bubblet which havo rested a moment on its wails, and which tho next breeze will sweep away. Ascending a long flight of steps, a heavy door wus opened lor me, and i stood in the court-yard of the mosque. Here, nothing wat to be teen but the quadrangle of while marble, with the mosque on itt western side, aud tho pure blue of the sky overhead. The three domet crown a deep corridor, open toward the court, and divided into three aisles by a triple row of the must exquisitely proportioned Si raceme archet. The Motee Musjeed can be compared to no other edifice that I have ever seen. To my eye it is absolutely perfect. While its architecture is the purest Saracenic, which tome tup pose cannot exist without ornameiit, it hat tbe tevero simplicity of IJoric art. It has, in lact, nothing which can properly be termed ornament. It it a tanctuary to pure and stainless, revealing so exalted a spirit of worship that I felt humbled, at a Christian, to think that onr nobler religion has never inspired itt architects to surpass this temple to uod and Mahomet. After visiting the palace, Mr. Warren accompanied mo to the tomb of Akbar, at Secundra. about six milet from Agra. Secundra takes itt name from Alexander, whose invasion or India hot thus been commemorated bv tho Moffuls. The great Macedonian, however, did not penetrate so far at this, hit battle with Porut having been toiighton the jnoium.or nyuutpet, ueyonu Lahore. The road to Secundra it ttudded with tombt, nnd there are manv remains of palaces on tho bank of the Jumn i. The tomb of Akbar Hands in the midst of a large square garden, which has a lofty gateway of rcu snnusione in mo centre oi encn ui n biuob. nuiu these four gateways, which are upward nf seventy feet hiidi. four orand causeways of hown atone couvorge to me central pianorm, uu which iuo uiduiuiduiu stands, tuo iniormeuiaie spaces are nueu wuuurnuife, man so. banana, nalm and Deepul trees. In the cen ter ol the cause ways are immense lanm anu louuiouii. The platform of solid stone which terminates these maantficent approaches is about four hundred feet square. The mauanlnum, which It tquare, measures more titan three uuuarea inui on a aiue, aim rises in five terraces, In a pyramidal form, to the bight of one hundred feet. Around each of the terraces runt an arched gallery, mrmunded by a row of cupolai, rett-ing on circlet of small pillart. The material of the edifice it red tand stone, except tho upper ttory, which is ot white marine. A long, descending passage leads from the main entrance to a vaulted ball iu ttie center of the structure. Licht ia admitted through a few small openings in the dome, bnrely infiicient to ahow you a plain tomb, in the form of a tarcophacut, with a wreath of fresh roses lying upon it. Beneath it is the dust of Akbar, one of the orratett men who ever wielded a scepter; the through their ua b ab$,u through a hole in the door, tu a monitor atanding outside. Tlie murderers, confined for life, (of whom there aro several hundred) are mil exempted, but eo through the numerala wtule the work at paper-making. I brought away a sli' ot of paper, mude entirely by theae wretches, und will pre-seut it to Kiug Bomba whenever he is ready to write Ota abdication. There it a monthly examination of th- premiers, and they who can read a short ttory, and repeat Ilk-multiplication table of whole uumbers and fiat-lions up to 10x16, 0x25 and Gxfi. aro entitled n vinit from their friends, a bathe in tho Jumna, if Hindoos, and u visit to the Tj, if Moslems. The more advanced tcbolart are obliged to piss iu writing, ilio U u ol astronomy, simple and compound interest, Arc. There it great emulation among the prisoners, and their progress is very rapid. As one result of Ihe bysiem, in their moral improvement, it will be enough to state that in 1851, before il was introduced, lho number of punishments administered lor ofleimeseominitted with in the jail, was h)W; in 1852, since its iolrnHiicli n. the number so punished was 18. It ia not much to the credit of tho Government that it only allows the miserable sum of fivo rupees 50) a mouth, in support of so important nn experiment. I have ruu ihis letier to a great length, and there U much still untnid. To-morrow I shall make an excur 1 tlon to the ruins of Zullepor Likrce, in company I with Mr. Sharer, one of the Secretaries of tbe Gov ernment. B T. I oxti$a Correspondence. Paris. May 30. 1851. Court Goiiip-Tho expected Revolutionary Crisis Tho Emperor i Management of the Laboring CIrsboi of Paris The War Qaonioo in the East. All.r.i.l MniM Mi,mm1 or Pearl Mosouo. is one of the ere ute 1 1 structures of tho kind in India. It is fourth descendant In a direct line from Tamerlane, about a mile aim a nan in circuit, nnu m woiy embrasured battlements of red sandstone are seventy feel in hight. Nothing can be more imposing than lho view of tliis immense mass of masonry, rising high above the buildings of the modern city, and almost overtopping tlie domes of tbe Jumma Musjeed, which stutids without its gates. Itt appearance, nevertheless, It very deceptive with regard to its at ran gib, for the walls, impregnable aa they look, are mere shell, and would not stand a single day't cannonading. Before entering the Fort, 1 visited tbe Jumma Mus-ieed. Tna froui of the mosque facet the principal gale, a broad, enclosed square, wuicu how u-uv. which 1 yarii, and, in return for that moment, I will j matket-placo, intervening between. The mosque assume an ago of thy tufleniittt! Comeback! speak! 'stands nn a lofty platform, which it reached by a tpa rimi mailt nf Bteot. In India all placet ol worship, except the inner thritu s the holy of holies are open to the conquerors, wno wai m, uwiru uil.-r.. Hindoo and Moslem put their shoes from oil their feet. I should willingly havocompliod with this form, as I did in other Mahommedan countries, but was told that it waa now never expectod ot a mi-mpoan, and would be in fact, a depreciation of hit dig nity, i lie jumma Aiuseru '""""'""j -... . ruiu. The wollt which inclose lho tore court are tumbling dtiwu.aud Ihe inlaid inscriptions v hichsurround ihe lacado are falling out, piece by pltco. The body of tbe mntque it divided into a central and two small er BKle-hallS, MCll OI WHICH nmim U'" ui hy a lofty, arched purlal, aud it aurmouoled by atwell-ing oriental dome, of corresponding proportions.. In i..i. nft.t of Mecca, the mosque of course nccu- pies the western sine oi iuoi-oui., ou adjacent corners rises a lofty and graceful minarot. Thit it lho plan upon which all Indian mniquet aro built, and ihey vary in architectural beauty, according as the portals, the dome and minarets approach a true artistic proportion. Crossing by a drawbridge over the deep moat which irromuU ihH Fort, we imssed through a massive gate way and up a paved ascent to tho inner entrance, wii.cn shows considerable taste. Uconaitltof two octagonal nnswer me! Il might be the glimmer of the lump on the dead face, but it did seem as if a ghastly smile spread over her countenance, and as if her staring eyes, which no one had yet closed, winked nt him: desperate at he was he could not benr it, and hastily gliding out of the room, he mude his escape from tho palace. At he rapidly travorsed the streets, he cast a frequent glance hohmd, nail apprehentivo oi oeing lonoweti uy me horrible apparition. He entered his lonely rooms. It seomed to him as if there waa a rustling of a robe on the ataira. He llung the door to, and locked it, aud then laughed in a mocking wny at the folly ot audi a precaution to ex-dude a supernatural visitant. The only light was from the conl tire. A lamp stood on Ihe table in the front room, ready to bo lighted; throwing open me ioiu ing doors, he advanctd to the bible; as he came near to it, he raised ins eyea 10a mirror wmcu nung over u and bo stood motionless. Hi fleeted in the elan, he taw the Conn test standing behind him her countenance disfigured alike by lho ravage t of time and the distortion of death ; the false tresses still waving around it, with the wrcoih of roses twined among them; in one of her hand, which wat elevated, aim held three cardt. Even in tho horror of that unutterable mo- ........ 1... -.u.nl liia nnvn iini.il lli.si t-nnlsi- lull hnw ... i.A ...rn ..f'.i r,.,r ,n whirl, iimv wapa i inwsri. nf red sandstone, inlaid with ornamental de lo be blaved t He began to name them, "Ace," he aignt in while marblo. The paatage botweeo them is tawherheadshakedisteiitiiigly. " Three.seven, ace." covered by two domes, whtchaeetnto rise irom ao- At each word tho apparition nodded, aud, at the last, crelitma ol prumaiic iiatueinet, as tu uie uon,.-. w me three timet. He turned round but no thero waa no Moorish Alhambra. I nit eiogam poruu, uu waver, m the grandson of Baber, the conqueror, and the grand' lather ot Mil ah Jehati ; In him culminated the wisdom, the power and (he glory of tbe illustrious tine. I doubt if the annals of any family that ever reigned can furnish six successive raonaichs comparable, in tbe ffreatnest of their endowmenti and ip lend or of their role, to Baber, Hutnaycoo, Akbar, JehanShir, Jehan and Aurunr-Zebe. On the summit of tbe mausoleum, which is open to the sky, and surrounded by screens nf marble, wrought Into patterns nf great richness and variety, stands a second tomb, under a pavilion nf marble, covered witb a added dome. This is exquisitely sculptured, contain ing the ninety-nine names nf God, In raised Arabic characters, infolded in elaborate tcrob-work. At each corner of the upper terraceare two marble turrets, the domes of which are covered witb gilded and emblazoned tiles. The screens of marble filigree around tho aidet are arranged in panels, no two of which nre- sent the snme design. There are small openings, at intervals, through which I looked out on the level country watered by the Jumna-Gel low, tandy tracta near lho river, but receding into groen wheat fields nnd dark mango-groves. Agra was almost hidden from aijiht by the trees, but above them row the spires of two Christian churches, Ihe red battlements of the Fort, and further off the dome of the Taj, a til-vnr disc, likti the sibbout moon, lutt ban ning on the horizon. A warmth and tunny silence, like that of Egypt, bung over the landscape. What I had seen of the splendor of the Moguls, and what I then saw, over powered me like a magnificent aream. Wo in America hear to intle ot these mingi, ana even the accounts we get of English travelers are gen erally so confused and unsatisfactory, that you must pardon me, it, io a" erupting me aetcnpuon, 4 iuo mv-.irin dotnils. I thouuht tho Alcazar of Seville and ihe Alhambra of Granada bad already presented me wiih i i. ureal tvnes of Saraceuto architecture, but I was mistaken. 1 find here, in India, conceptions of Art far nobler and embodiments far more tuo-cesBhil. There it a Saracenic, as distinctly at there ia a Greek and a Gothic school of Art not tho Interior, visible presence be again looked in the glass, but it only rehVded his own image. He lighted the lamp, and, on tho blank page of the first book ho opened, lie wroto the lignrea U7 I, to mep tuo secret ever ac-ceaaiblu to liimsolf, mid at the saino time unintelligible others. Mechanically h looked at tho title-pnge of the book; it was tho Bible his dying mother had given him years ago I With a shudder he hud it aside. lie leaned his head upon tut arms, anu tninai position fell asleep. He dreamed that ho stood before a table heaped with gold aud bank-notes; that nt one side stood the stead of opening upon the courts of palaces, nshertyou into tho waste ot barren mounus, ouvrrnu wmiwiun-r-ed grass. But over the blank red walla in front, you see three marblo domes, glittering in tbe sunshine like new-ftlleti snow, and ttill further ihe golden pinna clea of Akbar't palace, and these objects hint that your dream of thu mauailiccuco of the Great Mogul will not be entirely dispelled. h..i tir.t Ut ns visit the modern Arsenal, whubwas once tho dirvan, or Judgment-seat of Akbar. It was formerly an open portico, or loggia, the roof resting on three rows ot piiiart, wuicu wuu mmim,. . Countess ollcring him the three wiuiiing cards, which crnio archet; but at preienl, ihe outer row ol arches ho had already tukrn hold of, when hit mother ttood being wtdled up, it formt a tpamous hall, divided into inroe ansios. nn "!" - id there a crooked tcimetar or uaute-axe at the other side, with a look of entreaty to Hing them away j he glanced Irom one tu the other, and then at the table, mid ho awoke. Tho morning was far advanced; the sun ahone brightly through the window-blinds. All nature teemed cheerful Hermann! spirits rosi and as lie despatched a heariy breakfast, he smiled nt Ihe phantasms of tho night. "What does It all amount tnl" thought he. "I frigbteued the poor old wnnnu to dentil in my absurd curiosity, and all tho rest is tlie creation uf an imagi-nution disturbed for the time by tho shock. It la curi ous, indeed, I should think of those tbt-ae particular cards, anil remember them so well. 1 hree, anven, ace vos hero they are written down. Well, lor mere J- .!... -o i i i. i .I.- t curiosity, l win ry wom uniiw in ni;'iu. In the evoniug ho repaired lo one of the moil fashionable aaloons. Hit appearance was hardly noticed, as It wns supposed ho only came, as usual, at a mere spectator. But at tho moment Ibe dealer out a new pack, be asked if he might draw a card. " With rj I nature." taid the dealer. Hermann drew one, and made a mark on the back with bit pencil will. h.i-n ..n, of ancient timet, are ranged around tho pillars and be- iufHMo ii.n on lies in (hose nvmmetricai groupings pecu liar to instruments of death. At tbe interseoiiont of the central arches hang tricolored bannert of red, blue and yellow, witb lho names of the Biitith victories in rn.lift Inscribed upon them in English and Sanscrit. The great curiotity, however, it lho celebrated gatot of Somnanth, which were enrried oil by that tlern iconoclast, Sultan Mahmood ol Glmzneo. Somnanth wat a holy Brahminical city on lho coast ot uoojerui, anu noted at that time for the wealth and magnificence of itt lemplet. It it related ot Mahmood, that, alter nov ink An iha nit ami eominenceu ueniuiisuiNK " idolt, the Brabmint ottered him immense sums it he would tpare tbe deity of their great temple. Man mood wat only tempted for an iusiant. "Truth," ho said. "It better than gold," and railing bit iron mace, he smote the idol, which, as it split, poured Irom iu hollow body a ttore of sold and leweft far exceed iug what the Brabmint hadotlered him. This incident baa afforded subject for poetry to Bucko rt, the Ger man, and Lowell, tue Anierioao poet. but tba equal of these. Mr. Warren alto took mo to vitit lho Agra jail, in which a new and Intonating experimeut it now being tested. The jail here ia a aort of geoeral penitentiary, whither prisoners are sent from all parla or the norlh-w...im nn.vlnret. The number at pretent incarcera ted it about 2,800. The-Jail incloses a apace ot about 40 acret, wherein are numbers of small buildings and mauufncloriei, at the priaonert are all required to labor about eight hourt a day. Dr. Walker, tho 8u-iieriiitimdent. who formerly had charge of the jail ut Mynpoorie, introduced a ayitem of prison education i. u-i m successful that when he waa promoted to the management of the groat central jail at this place, he determined to continue it. up io ine present iimn. MO'hteen months since the introduction of the tvttetn, its effect on the moral character of Ibe prisoners . . i i i i, is... it. iv.il.- lias been strongly maraeu. n. wr. ior po-rienced great dihVulty, the prisoners suspecting that .inm mvaiHi-lniis Christian doctrine lay covert in the multiplicatiou-table and the spelling-book; but the line tor S perseverance to wrougni upun mem mm nu i of those omptoyed at labor within the jail (700 being kept upon the roads, in fettered gangs) are willing scholars. Mr. Wulker was kind onoogh to conduct me Ihrough the jail, and put the priaoners through their exerciaet. It wns a moat remarkable spec table. Here were hun dreds of men tented at their loumt, weaving carpets, tinging the multiplication table in thundering chores. " 'JWm fimea ttotlvt." ssiiK the monitor, io a thrill fo: "One hundred and forty-four t'1 bunt out tbe chorut. iu all torts of voicet. We went into tbe blacktmitht' The court season terminated a few days ago at the Tuilleriet with a grand ball. The Court has retired to Saint Cloud to spend a month, from whence the Imperial Pair will drive frequently into the city no doubt, in order that their loyal subjects may not forget how they look. From Saint Cloud they goto Fontainblenu, where a month or more will be spent in hunting and in grand fetes, to which all the aristocracy of France nnd of other countries who may reside in t'urs, will be invited, rotes will be given, ilto, in the village aud in the great forest for the 'mil-ion.' From the) palace of Fontuinbleaii the imperial party will proceed to the EauxBonntt, (mineral springs) in the Pyrenees Mountains, which aro now being prepared fur their reception by Dr. Dor ml, one of tlie court physicians. Tho precarious health of both the Emperor and Emprest hat decided them in making a residence of perhaps two months in the healthy atmosphere of the Pyrenees, After that they will visit various of tho twenty -nov en palaces belonging to the Emperor throughout France, ao at to distribute his annual thirty-one millions salary as equally as possible amongst his subjects. During tho fall bit great uorih- ern tour, tu long in contemplation, will beaccomplished. It wai arousing to look over tlie various statements made concerning the late indisposition uf the Emperor. Tho benevolence of the Court journals kindly dictated various supposed causes, always ovadhig the real unit. That be wat troubled with boils (certainly u most vulgar disease to attack an Emperor!) on a part which verifies the adage that ' uneasy it the head where tilt 'a crown and that the aid of the Court surgeon was found necessary, is very true. But the journuls generally add that the Emperor had ou attack of albumin uria, and that M. Jobert deemed it becbsaary to perform the operation of lUhrotrily for itt cure ; an opera tion which they say be submitted to without a grimace A strange operation, that, for tho cure of albuminuria1. The fact is, it was an operation for tbe dilatutiuti uf a stricture i and the reasoo why ho did not make a grimace, wus because he bad been operated on fre quently before in the tame way, and wat used to it. The health of the Emprets is improved sufficiently to enable her to ride out. Sho appears more beautiful iban evsr. I had an opportunity o a a few feet, last Sunduy, in the Wood of Bologuo, where sho was promenading with the Emperor, en voiittre, at a alow walk. The natural paleness of hor skin has been rendered clearer by her late indisposition, and has given her a inuro ethereal and mild ex pression. Various cnuset are utsigued for the lato unfortunate event which occurred to ber Mjes(y ; but the most probable is the one which is generally under-1 stood in the medical quarter. It it taid that her Ma jetty, having been accustomed to a gay, active hie, repines every day with the pnioiWiko coiidittuu which is imposed od her by her master, who keeps her as cloae at if the waa a mistress who needed watching; that the it not allowed to see her former friends at usual; and that being anxious to visit a certain Madame de D., a lady of fortune, but not titled, with whom she had before her marriage beeu intimate, she was abruptly informed by ber maid of honor thai she was now an Emprets, aud she must be more cautious who she acknowledged aa friends, and that it would be very unbecoming of her to viiit an untitled person. Every womau must have a friend to whom alio can confide her little secrets of happiness or of misery ; it is quite natural; but this poor creature, of a delicate organization, highly endowed aod proud, accustomed to gaiety, and lo admiration, hated wiih (be hatred of; a serpent by every member of the Bonaparto family but the Emperor himself, and kept within his iron grasp by the constant vigilance of his minions, ber mother tent away, naturally enough, after ibe abrupt refutal of the maid of honor, fell into a melancholy mood, lo which she cried incessantly aud refused to see any one for two days, when tbe symptoms commenced which terminated io her accouchement eight days after. She has now a dry cough of an intractable character, which has given rite to apprehetisiont of a teriout nature. The truth it, she is one of those beauiiful, talented children of nature, endowed with a high, delicate organization, who attain their maturity early, for a brief season accomplish a bright and bril liant career, and then, like a dazzling light, suddenly expire, to leave the world in wonder at their extraor dinarv history. That tbe lives of both the Emperor and ihe Empress of France are dettlned to be short, scarcely admitaof a doubt; and that they will die unhappy, as regards temporal aflfairt, it no leu doubtful Tho great criait which mutt toon arrive in European afiairt It fast reaching a tolution. I can say with great confidence that the republicans were never iu better spirits than at the pretent moment. Their confidence and their hopes of deliverance, instead of being cooled off, are ttrongty on the increase. The great body of the people of France are noi tat is fled with their present coudition, no matter what may be auid to tho contrary they have to support the costliest court which France bat ever had ) they labor bard barely to tupport lift and are curtailed of many of the comfurtt which they formerly enjoyed ; and I know It from conversa tion aud from actual observation, that the French people are not at all resting at eate with thu present con dition of thingt. All ihe tatitfaction that ia manifested it merely negative, aud would be changed iu a moment with a utile nppoting inlluonco. America, which i Uie beat foreign customer uf France, is sending but few orders at the present moment for goods, and as hi own resources are developed will send less aud lesa A commercial orialt exiatt at pretent in Franco, and il tbe foreign exportation of tbe country continue to decrease as other countries increase in matiufuchiring facilities, there will be no other solution than starvation or a reform of government. The cry for bread is always Irreaiatible, and mutt be heard. The btst ol financiering won't bring resources where none exist Tho commercial people of France see this pluiu enough, nnd at this moment a general gloom and limit. Tbe prid - ol ihr IViaiaut, however, is to tome extent enlisted in the mutter, and there it uot mud: complaint nn this account. If Louis Napoleon is per. mitted to romaiu five jeari Emperor of France, he will matto sncli a chauge in this already uioguificenl cny, that its old friends wiil hardly recognize it. You receive hy ihe steamer, I notice, all sorts of rumors concerning the difficulty in the East on the question of tho Proterturulo of the Holy Places: one time ili it it is settled, again that war is inevitable, and again u speedy (.oluliuu is anticipated. I repeat to you wh it I s iid ou it firmer cccasioii, that tho question is far from biijg settled, and tlmt events have just trans-piivd which prove that tlie complication, instead of tending to ii solution, hat been growing thicker and darker, doting tlia whole peril .d of Prince Meutschi-kutV's resilience near ihe Divan. That gentleman has now left Constantinople, with thu positive refusal of the court of the Sultan to the insulting demands of Rut sis ; whiln preparations for war ore going on by every nation either remotely or intimately interested in the affair. Russia, in effect, demands the rich! to exercise lominion over a pari of the legitimate subjects of the , Sultnn.tciMin the dominions of ihe Sultan ; that is, she demands an interference into the private rights of an independent S'aie (of course wiih ulterior objects in view). The decided denial by ihe Sultan to the right of such int. rferenco must meet tho npprovnl of the wholu world of nations. The position which ihe Em peror Nicholas lias taken is known to be ono wh'ch has been many year maturing, and ono from which ho will not readily recede j yet it is still hoped that the combined verdict against lho justice of his demands mty infiiieiice him so far as to render possible t ie avuidance of the terriblo crush which would otherwise ensue. iHisecllaii!. A MISSISSIPPI STEADIER. Mr. Ekastus Bkooks, of lho New York Express, thus describes thu famous steamboat Eclipse, now run-mutt on tho Mississippi Hiver: The Eclipse is hor name, and her proper name, for in magnificence she eclipses all the river bouts in Ihe world. The cost of ibis aleittner was 1.15,(!00. and her length is :(ti5 feet. The cabins are like a Fairy Land iu tho gorgeousncss of their filling up, in their many comforts, and rich decorations. The S ute Kuoius are furnished with double or single beds, and these are as wide as the double and single beds of one's own chamber. Every State Room husita wardrobe, its two life preservers, ilt bIcovU for washing, a small bathing lub, and such domestic comforts us one traveling for u week, would covet and enjoy. Like nil tho up-river boats, this, of course, had double pressure engines. Some details of the Eclipse may not be uninteresting to Northern readers, especially as this is the greatest hunt that ever llo ttcd upon the Father ot Witters, or anywhere upon the navigable streams of tho Great West. The Eclipse was built nt New Albany, Indiana, in 18") 1, und wus but one of twenty-three boats built at the sumo place during the name year. Sho has eight large and sevuu small boilera, and carried on this trip, as tar as I came iu her, H,"i pounds of steam to ihe square inch. Evening and morning it was the tame. Slio is guaged, however, for 1711 pounds to tins aquare inch, and therefore bus so much to spare, and is wilting to spare so much as she it tho fastest bout on Die River, Every twoniy-fuur hours her contnmpiion of fnel it 13(1 cords of wood, nud five hundred bushels of Pittsburgh coal. The wood at the cheapest points on lho rivor, is $2,50 per cord, aud at New Orleans tho pine wood u-ed, costs fivo dollars. Thu average cost of fuel is $J.(J(J to JfJ bi) a cord lor wood, and twelve cents a bushel for coal. The cylinders of the Eclir.se aroelev. en feet stroke, aud thirty-six inches diameter. Ttie hucKOts are lourteeu teet long and :Jo inches wide, aud the wheel is forty-two feet in diameter. The speed we made was between 13 and 11 miles nn hour, and nil tho time up stream. Every half hour wu passed a boat, and tho best boa's we met with, seemed to bo stationary as we glided by ttieia. Nothing could be more spirited than n sail in such a steamer on this magnificent river. Tl --- ' '; of New York hardly "" '""" comfort, and ine scenery ol the rivor every hour reveals a succejision of new beauti-s. Between Batun Rouge and New Orleans the distance by the river is one hundred andthirty-live miles, and we passed over it iu 10 hours and lf minutes, and nt thin rate tho Eclipse will travel her 1400 miles from N- Orleans to Louisville. Ine cost of u round trip on this boat is f IMIOd, or only twt. thousand dollars less than the cost of a round tiip in cie of the Ocean Mail Steamers between Now ork ami U-vaim via Now Orleans. The passage is $-10 fnm. Louisville to Now Orleans, and $40 from New Oriohtia to Louisville. Much of this expense is paid for, in tho amount of freight carried, the boat being rated at Vi30 1 tons, Government measurement, but carrying in reality 1800 tons, drawing uino feet and a half loaded, and fivo aud a half feet light. Hor trips aro mndu during seven of tho twelve months only, and so fur this costly pile has yieb d no profit lo tho owners, owing to her inimenso cost of construction, equipment, ami necessary daily expense. Tho Eclipse, ii is nn fiction to any, is a boat six stories high. There is the lower hold lor lreiut, nnd immense quantities ot it nrei atoweo there, bound up or down tho river. Thero is the deck from which the furnaces are led, where tho deck passengers sleep mid on which ibe machinery resit There ll tbe grand S tloon of more llinil three hundred feet, and fancy can hardly piot tre anyihing more beautiful. Thero is a rory above, with ball room, sin to rooms, and berths for lho whole body nf officers. The Pilot bus his quartets lar above, nnd his othce looms up like the ihe cupola upon a c-istie. MEXICAN AFFAIRS. Anna's Government is poorer than any of itt predecessors, and wants numey worse even than we want lauds. Consequently we slnill get a few additional provinces, and Mexico another indemnity. In this wny Mexico will ultimately h sold out pieco-meal, and we having the exclusive right of pre-emption will get it at our own price. IMPORTANT MOVEMENT. The people of New York are about to have a chance to vote on au amendment to lho constitution of that State, bo at to enable them to finish the enlargement of the Erie Canal. A plan wat devised by lho Whigs in 1851, but tho Supremo Court of the State pronounced it unconstitutional, and ol course it fell to the ground. The following we find in the Now York Courier and Enquirer. It is the whig plan : " We learn by telegraph from Albany, that tho Com mittee of Conference, on the Cuiial Question, have agreed on the following points amendatory f the Constitution, with a view to the enlargement of the Canals: 1 The Canals shall be finished bv borrowing $J 000, OHO, without inx, but on the ttrength of the revenues. 2 $1,500 000 shall be borrowed to pay the Canal revenue, ceriihcaies, making in all f 10 500 000. 3. The Cunals sh)tll be completed in four years. 4 It shall bo made imperative tin the Legi-lalureto provide lho means 5 I he cun'racts ol 1851 are to be repu- linted. G Til" work is to be let nut to the lowest bidder. This basis of agreement, involving tbe en targemeiit ol the Canals tr-m iheir own resources and without taxaljon, it is confidently believed, will com- mmd die pi most unanimous voieof both Houses of the L"gisb)ture. That it will meet wiih ihe concurrence of tlie people thero is not the least doubt, fur it is foun ded in wisdom, and will, if carried nut, greatly increase the internal prosperity of the State of Now York. It is a mailer ol congratulation that political gaming over ihis Canal ques'iun has thus been brought to uaught by a harmonious union and tlmt so promising an end is in prospect," FouiiTH of Jii.T We perceive, Indiciiions umonu our numeroui exchanges, that the people in vur out parts of the country are awaking to the fret that the anniversary of our nniinnal independence is approach- nig. mo orators are chosen, the money tor pyrotechnics appropriated, the bunting uired, regimentals brushed up, nnd pennies are beginning to be carefully boarded, lor the exigencies of lho greai day. Some, whote nerves ure unequal to the loud clangor of a re-I'icing people, nr whose tastes are averse to gunpowder, are bethinking themselves of preparations of another sort and will tay on tho murniug of the "glo rious fourth" "adieu, Ihn city's ceaielris hum The b nun If uf trntanl (Me, adieu f Grp'-n (Mil., nnd silent pl-ns t wo come To sp -iid bits hu iduy wiih you I" It is time tlmt our city huhors were thinking of the necessary provision for the gratification of their children's anticipations. We have beloro now suggested that tho money appropriated be not spent in mere ico-o mm somite, inn dial a mile more rational Use be made of il. by giving the people a display of fire-works in Ihe evening on some public square. Doing this, and putting a check on so much noise of guns and crackers on privnto account, will be tmlidoun. Them in n doubt of it. The ciiy is not rich, we know: but if money is appropriated at all, let it bo for something that will be creditable and nlease Ihe oennle. Wo observe tlint the town of Now Bedford expends $2000. Kochester, l.irther removed from Revolutionary memorials, may spend one -fourth Unit amount, nerimns. Give Ihe boys a place for letting off their exliuberuuce, and keep the streets free of ear-splitting noises and miscuiL-vuua iire-woras. itoeluster Democrat. A Ft.oiiinA Hammock. Tlie editor of the Ocala (Florida) Mirror, noticing an erroneous statement on tins suhjeel, gives the following description of a Florida hammock, which the writer of Ihis knows to be materially correct: "There are some few swamps on the streams that look like the swamps of otherregions. save Ihe growth, it being a mixture of pulmetot, live oak, magnolia, lynn, and on undergrowth of laurel, mock orange, Sic, Mingled with vinos und jasmine. But it genuine hammock n u nin, nry, roiling spot, set uxr an oasis in the pine larreu. The borders aro generally verv thick under growth: further in vou find the closrer of undergrowth, covered wiih lb. lar.inlkind. Il is I-,, ,i. i , l"u, "I ilirou.h I, 7'Ht " 0'"1 ,h rvu" is an.... I y lo " bn,1" wbfch Ii. rive, fad, VI r l,rR". r.e, r '.-!... v,h?c , "rv' li 7,V "'C"i""1 c1'"""'1' illl.l. Biil.-W r.:...rk,ble, wbeuVou find yourself descending U' ihe pino barren. TherAj no mud in them, and fewer snakes than in any new country we have ever seen, and we havo seen noi a lew nun tries. Hamilicks aro of various sizes, from some which include arVut nn acre of ground to others fifteen miles long aiw several miles wide. shout, where the nrisoners.by a refinement of punish ment, were mane 10 iorge uioir iomou, .iiduihiim fettered, "tints, final firffm," tang the Solo, as he raised his hammer. "One SHmdrtd and toto," was ronred In sniwer. drowning the clans ana Dana ot tbe rn in ih wnmnn's denaritnenc mere was a snrui tempest of vulgar fractions; the cooks recited aatru-..nR.ie.i i-rt. -nil mixing their rice. Even tbe hardest cues, oontioed In solitary oelli ware golug .lisinclina- tlou to took iuto the future pervades thit class of per sons in Paris. 1 kuow it because I have talked to many of them, and becaute it it palpable ou every man's countenance. In the meantime, Ihe Emperor, to give enconrage-meut to the working classes, has undertaken to metamorphose Paris from a city of crowded ttreelt and fil thy alleys Into oue of broad thorough fares, public squares, and airy salubrity. One hundred thousand men are now engaged iu Paris ou these worm, ai uie expense of the city and general government combined. Demolitions of good houset and hnd aro going on in every quarter of Paris ; and the town has, all at once, become atduaty even as New York, it mat no poasmie. Rnlondid six smd elidit tturv ttoue buildings, not old either, are torn down, tome placet successively for half mite, lo widen and straighten a street, and ut ethers to make nubile tquarei. New quiyt, iiw pibices new fountains, and public decorations of all kinds, are I being contlructed in all quarters. Artists ore lilting the palaces, churches, and other public buildings with the finest works of art. Tuo cost ut all mis is enormous, and the increase of taxation is in proportion. Living is also dearer, for the Increase of home rent in consequence of the extensive demolitions, Is about one The question of a war with Mexico is thus mm irily disposed of by the editor of the New Yoi k Courier $ Enquirer. It it now conceded that both the; American Commissioner, and Surveyor, have aigned the arliole fixing the boundary, and that their action it fiual in the premiet: We observe a peculiar alacrity in some quarters lo erald a new war with Mexico in consequence of the MesHa difficulty. The thing is simply ridiculous; nay, worse ttiau that, it is an insult to our national character. Is it lo be tuppostd that this couniry is, without one liueuf negotiation or one syllable of public debate in Congress, abruptly lo go to war with Mexico for bold- tig on to a miserable luile p ilch uf territory, which she hat aiwuys und possession 01, anu nearly an ine world behoves she truly ownar Are wu not snit-nmi wiih the nine hnndrrd thomnnd aquare milet we htve already compelled Mexico tu tutreiider to ut without overwhelming heragnin with our gigantic strength be ause the ventures to doubt whether she ever agreed to give up a ietty barren tract, all oi which, with the exception ol b strip nino mih-i long and one or two wide, is not worth tlie parenmem n would ihko io map Itt "Ventures to douhl!" do we tiy 1 No! She knows it was a certainty. The fact is unquestionable that sho never did agree to give up Una M mil la Valley. No sophislicul art on our part, nor any brute force can do away tho lact ttini ihe only tn-a'y ever made by Mexico ceding territory io Un couniry that uf ttua-drtluoe Hidaltfo stipulated lint ibe boundary line should be fixed by a Hmnl of Commissioners from I with iiutiiitia. mid lint that hotiiubirv line should "be rl eiouslv remectt d bv each ol the two republic, and ! Journal. no chang thnll ever bt made rxeept iy the txprtu and free content of both tuition lawfully guvn by the general government ut each in coolormily with its own constitu tion ;" uorcuo it be contended that the Commissioners did net so Hgree upon aud eslahlih a certain boundary line. The records of the Commi-aion prove it moil explicitly ; as also dous the map signed by the Chief Astronomer nnd Surveyor of the United Stales Boundary C'ontiiiii''u by the iiiitnic'iou of the Secretary of the loleri'-r uti heutiiaiing the "boundary liu-airoed oooii bv the 0'imiliint.ioliers. April 2(1, ISM." There never Wii.s n bond or a deed which operated as a more p. ff.-cl esloppol ilriii these documents agniust any claim that we mny now set up lo iiu Mesilla Vul ley, which lies South of tint line. These documents cm i be viti.iteil only by proof of ft and ou the purl ol the Mr men ii a. cuts, nnd of tins there Is no pretence. Consequently ail the htlk about the mistake in tiling he liiiual point ol the hoiimlHry line is ol no account whatever. True it is, that Hie point was taken entire in r IVrenct to the supposed position of ihe El Push, and tint K Prtso proved nfierwatds tu Imve been erro- uly located ou tbe map, ami lo ho halt a degree (utiher South t but il there be misiortune in the error. ute must bear it, tin 1 1 1 we can gain ' the express and free consent" of Mexico " lawfully given by thu (i-'iieral (toveriunuut in contormi'y with its own constitution," tu change the boundary line predicated upon it. To attempt to get rid of it by brute force would cover (he nati on witb infamy. The territory in ones- tiou, if we ro.illy care for ii, can be pure bused for a trifle. Mexico is most urgently in need of money, and lo gain it will consent lo any new territorial arrangements upon her northern borders, if approached iu au honor able and friendly way. The Washington correspondent of the Courier wrttrs lho following paragraph in relation to this subject. Wo think it will cud as ho suggests, by another Indemnity and another slice of Mexico. We hope ll will all emtio widieiit a wr ; Ttie Mexican war p tnic Ins passed over. It is conceded that ibe Cabinet compries ability snlficieut to settle the Mimilla question without a resort to arms. We shall have a one active negoiMUon beiure the next meeting of Congress, utid Uie result will be a supplementary treaty to tliat of Oiiadaloupe llidali-o, correcting some of its defects, nnd bringing our boundary liuo considerably lower down Hie Bio (Jr.inde, nnd extending it west to the Sierra Madra, the frontier which Gen. Taylor advocated in his dispatches, prior to Scott's brilliant campaign of 1817, after which we were, of course, much better em it led to it. Santa Thk IW.rirTmn at PiiiniiKi.pttiA. The murder er, Spring. tail the penalty ot hit crimes yesterday, at Phil-idelphm, by the forfeit of Ida wretched life. He died, as the terriers say, bravely, and protesting his innocence wb eh means, lint he left tho world the snme hardeind, irredeemable scoiunlr l that he had too long existed thit, We are glad the nn was hung, not lhai banging Iirevonts murder, or mes aught to arrest the upraised mile Not iniA it Is wrth much by way of example, but solely because tufih wolves at Arthur Spring are unfit to live. Wi'h tes nrit than a wolf or a tiRer, ihey d serve lho wolf's and 'iger's end eiiinc'mn. Thero are now lying iiuiW sentence of denin in our City Prison, two men couvicteu ut the murder id their wives, under circumstances nf nrmpg ratid brutality. Another man is yet tu be tried f.f the same crime. And we record el-ewhere a most dn.bolicid murder of a young girl so astounding, that it reminds us ol the murders of Helen Jewrtt and Mary R.,get, and will protluce as much excitement. The Aldermen latt night ollerett a rewnrd of $;000 and Upwards, for the discovery of ihe murderers k Murders of the most brutal character, have been very frequent in our community of la'e. The gallows it but a tmall impediment to their commission, but we certainty breathe freer when a murderer it bangid, N, Y. Time,. Bonnets without fronts we are used lo t hut the lait Parisian eovel'y lis bonnet without a crown ! "These. bonnett." says a Paris letirr "have three great quilt- ties light as a feather, transparent as gauze, vid hanging on ih-be-id like a NenHiliian plaiean. This buuuet is un assembl ig-t of H iwers, ribbons and lace; a point of tuffttaB richly embroidered, serves at a tup-port to a deep black tare, embroidered in large dots wiih straw, which shades the knot of tduittd hair which fills on ihe nape of the neck. Wo have said ' bonnets without crowns are we sure they have any front f We can scarcely say ; if tbe narrow black lace which ed;;ei it, and pla fully fnl'a on the lorrheiid and gracefully encircles the face, is ih only front we certainty dare not give I hit cuiTart the name of botinel. Ou each side btinclieiof tlowers.at Well as ihe broad strings, complete the harmony. The designs are embroidered to match the plateau This bonnet requires particular attention in the dretsinu of the hair. Ttie summit of 'he head must be left free, and the hair arrang' d quite low. These bonnets are destined to create a sensation in the fashionable world ; but only the very pretty and the very young d-tre to adopt tins novelty. Home A great comet will be due in a few years. It it one of the In cest oometa described by European or Chinese observers. Itt periodical course It about three hundred yean. It wat teen in the yean 104. 3DJ, 081, 975, hi: am in 13U, and the last time in 1550 al-wat described as shining wi'h an extraordinary brilliancy. Atrotiomrs had agreed in announcing ill return in 1818; but it hit hitherto fniUd to appear, and, nccoidtOR lo ihe quaint expression of M Babinet, up to ihis monieni is living on its brilliant reputation! Anxious as all others litd been, at the non arrival ol this rare ami reu'iwinil vixiler, W. Homme, aided by the preparatory labours of Mr Hi ml, with a patience and de voted-nsss truly (lermnn, went over these calculations, nnd made a new estimate of the- separate Bed combined action of all the pluiiels upon ihis comet of three hundred years. Tlie result of this severe labor gives its arrival August, 1058, with an uncertainty nf two yean, more or less; so that between 18,'i(l and IRIiO we may hope lo see that great luminary which, in 1.lit!, caused Charles V. to abdicate. Riirripan on Vanity." They talk (saya 8. one day to Lord H . ) of avarice. Ins, ambition, as great passions It is a mistako: they are little passions, Vanity is the great commanding passion of all. It is this that pro-ducea the most grand ami ben do deeds, or impels tu the most dreadful Crimea, Save me but from Ibis passion and 1 can defy (he others. They aro mero ur. chins, but this is a giaut," An ur and down rkpi.t. During the examtnailnti of a witnsai, aa tu the locality uf stairs in a house, ihe coiinael asked him "Which way the stairs runt" The witnest, who, by the way. wns a tinted way, re plied, that "One wny tlioy ran down stairs." The learned counsel winked bulb eyes, and then took a look at thu felling. Why," aks a correspondent of the Baltimore Clip- pfr, " should di-Mii ami marriage notices bo paid lor T To which ibe t-vifrvr replies :"r or the very best reft inns; one isii advertisement of copartnership, and tin i tber is a notice of dissolution. Business is business." Tho number of castlea of which there am existing remains la, in England, four hundred ami sixty-one; Wales, one hundred and seven t Scotland, one hundred and lifty-tivo; Ireland, one hundred and twenty. To ttl, eight hundred and forty-three. The fragment! of the bachelor who "hunt into lean," on reading Fanny Fern's description of Uie hap pinett of mttricd life, have been found.