Weekly Reveille, Volume 37, Number 52, Vevay, Switzerland County, 20 June 1855 — Page 2

murdered by the Indiana, end ever lince at cetUm period! and certain time* in the night, terrible groaningi might be heard,* then bis ghotUy form might be aecn, itanding by the roadside as if to diapnte the passage of alt who should pasa that way. This was the story believed and told by some superstitious persona to their neighbors. When 1 came to thia place In going oat I saw nothing peculiarly atrange or uncommon except it was an old stub which atood'on the upper side of the road. It was on oti f e side burnt black while on the other the bark was stripped off, and being thus exposed to the weather it had liecome blceched white: further than this 1 saw nothing.

t A Short Chapter on Hay. i The great importance and value of the t hay crop of our country is known to evi ery intelligent farmer and slock feeder, is 1 true. Bat that fanners generally are not I i folly aware of the vast superiority of! t bright, sweet bay over the yellow musty i stuff which generally fills thoir mows, is notoriously true. Indeed, the mode i of making hay that has generally been 1 recommended by writers on this snbject, is calculated, in my humble opinion to lead to an erroneous practice. Many in consequence of their loro of novelty, or in their great hurry to arrive at perfection, have discarded in a measure the good rule of making hay while the sun shines, and recommend a system of cutting the grass bo green and putting it up with so little curing, that it must result in partly at least destroying the value of the hay. That good hay cannot be made by. cutting the grass as green as it really should be, and putting it up the same day, is frequently set forth’ as a conclusion deduced from observation and experience. Hay that is stored away before it is properly cured, will invariably heat to such a degree as will destroy its value in a great measure. Any person that both makes and feeds the same hay with his own hands, will soon notice the difference between that which has . been sufficiently cured, and that which is not. He will occasionly find some that has turned to a yellow color, and has a strong musty sceut, and by casting his mind back to the time it was made, he will invariably recollect that it was put up greener and heavier than the rest. t To have the best quality of hay, the grass should certainly bo cut green—sooner than is customary with most farmers. Cut before the seed ripens, in all cases, else the sta[k becomes hardened, and loses much of its nutricient quality. When the grass is in full bloom, is probably the , best time to cut, as it is done growing; : and if left standing longer the stalk becomes woody, and the blades die and dry i up, which diminish their value very much; i and if cut sooner, the hay is lessened in i quantity and probably in quality. There- < fore my advice is to cut your grass while in full bloom, cure it thoroughly, put it < up neatly, and store it away plentifully in I proportion to the slock you intend to winter, and my word for it it comes out in i proper quantities, it will be of such a i sparklingquallty as will make yourDur- i hams literally shed tears of joy.. , i [From the Dayton Journal, i As Extraordinary Pee. —A gentle- ] man who has just returned from a visit \ to the German town of Minister, In She!-’ ' by cp., gave us an account of a strange ( festival of the Homan Catholics, which ho witnessed on Sunday last. It was intended as a commemoration of the entry ( of the Savior into Jerusalem. . The day j before the fete, tbo road along which the ] procession was to pass; was spread some j five or six inches thick with bulrushes from t the neighboring swamps, so that the mud < was completely covered and the people j could pass over it “dry sired.” Arbors, ( were " also erected, spanning the way at < regular intervals. At the appointed time J the procession was formed, numbering t 1,000 persons. j At.the head rode a priest, personating the Savior, and mounted upon a jackass! t He was attended by a number of boys in ( costume, who carried a flagon of wine; t and whenever the priest reached one of the j arbors he dismounted, the boys presented t him' a cup of wine, which he drank, then \ turned aud blessed the people, remounted i and proceeded to tbo next arbor, where j the same ceremonies wore repeated. t After reaching the church, which is large 1 and splendidly ornamented in the interior, £ there were other exorcises of the same \ character with those already noticed. • £ Those who participated in this extract- t dinary festival were German Catholics. The incidental ceremonies were not concluded without an unstinted indulgence in Q “larger beer*’ and sour wine.

Details of the Atlantic's News, j ! The London Timet, .in its leading. • article of May 29,. speaks. as, follows of i the importance of the capture of Kertsch: L | Among the other immediate advantages f j resulting from the occupation of the straits p may be reconcd the interruption of the , supplies which the Russians ! in the Cri- ) mca have hitherto drawn from the Sea of i Azof. Very large quantities of 1 wheat, , flour and oats were found at Kertch, and > upwards of 60 vessels engaged in the'seri vice, of which half were burnt by ■ enemy, and half taken. The mainlen- , ance of a large army in the interior of the ; Crimea will become a task of insuperable. [ difficulty; if the .whole of its supplies and i food have to be brought by land across f the steppes north of the Salghir. The; , Crimea itsejf does not. produce corn enough to feed its own spare population, and it was by communication with the inexhanstablc granaries of tho Sea of i Azof that the Russian magazines were supplied. This circumstance may serve to account in part for for the fact that the Russians have not attempted to throw very large reinforcements into the Crimea. Tho strength of their army must bo regulated, not only by the numbers they may be abld to convey there, but by the mcana of supporting them. When people talked of Russia’s power to throw 20U.OOO men into the Crimea, we contented ourselves with replying that it was easier to find the men than the food necessary for their subsistence. We now venture to. assert that it is easier for the allied powers, having’ the command of the sea and the coasts, to. maintain 200,000 men in the Crimea than for Russia to maintain qtie hundred thousand in the interior. 1 • .*, ~ r * The great probability now appears to bo, that on the advance of the allies, in whatever direction they may. resume the offensive; the-Russians will find themselves compelled to retreat, from inferiority of numbers and want of supplies, and the more so, as the Sea of Azof being navigable for our steam’gun boats, their basis of operations may bo threatened in tho rear. These circumstances confirm and encourage the hopes wo have never ceased to entertain of a speedy and triuinphant termination of the new campaign in the Crimea; but they do not lessen onr enthnsiestic admiration of those heroic soldiers who by their endurance and valor; have at least won a portion of that glorious reward for which they have coutended so long and suffered so much. The people of England and the most intelligent nations of the continent of Europe will hail with enthusiasm these indications of renewed and Increasing success. The London Sun of Juno 1st says;— Nothing can bo more satisfactory’, than the reports of continued success of the expedition under" Sir Edmund Lyons and Sir.Qco, Brown. These gallant officers accomplished without difficulty or loss the important objects, in tvhich they wore , engaged. Tho Russians fled on their nppcikrance, without the slightest attempt at resistance, Kertsch, the emporium of the extensive .districts abutting the Sea of Azoi/as well as the Hon; the. position from whento food was chiefly, supplied to the army in the Crimea; Kcrtcli, . where shot, shells and Mtuio balls were manufactured for. the use of the garrison of Sebastopol, and through which communication was maintained with, and reinforcements obtained from the army’ of the Caucassus, was surrendered, into pur 1 hands with scarcely a shot fired in their \ defense. The troops by which it. was garrisoned scarcely allowed, themselves ' timo to blow , up -their fortifications,— Vast quantities of cereals, corn oats and 1 flour were also destroyed, and ’ several vessels; but many more fell into our hands, which they did not venture to take \ time to make way with. ’’ 1

1, A Carious Story. j *. Mr, Silk Buckingham; im hia. recent. ■ autobiography, relates a curious story of the time when he was a prisoner on board a French ship short of water; For the prisoners, a water-cask was placed before the mainmast, on its bilge, • or lying athwart tho deck. Into the 1 ■bung-hole of this cask was inserted a long ’ musket-barrel, with its muzzle rearing in the muddy deposit, which is sure to’ac-j cumulate in all alrip’s water that are stationary or at'-rest. The touch-hole ofsi the musket*barrel was about three inches I 1 above the outside of the bung-bole, and ; over this was a mettle cap, secured by a ' padlock. The key of the padlock was 1 placed in a small bat secure iron box at•' ; the maintop? mast-head, attachea to the j* cross trees. Every prisoner, therefore, 1 who wanted to. drink, had first to go to the mast-head to get the key, then, after ■ unlocking the cap the gun barrel, to ( suck as. much moisture as he could j the i first half-dozen mouthfuls bring as much 1 mud as’ water; and when bo had slaked i his thirst by the thin thread of water he i could suck, up through the touch.-hole, < he had to rcloek the cap, and take the j key to the mast-head, there to be deposited for the next comer; aud severe punishment was threatened to "any one who , passed the key to another without taking , it to the mast-head as ordered. There- ] stilt of this ingenious arrangement was, ( that no one went aloft for.the key till he ( was so parched with thirst as to find it , i adorable, while tho muddincss of the deposit,. and tho extreme fatigue to the ( lungs and. mouth in drawing up water ' through such a lube, soon tired the driiik- ' er and obliged him to desist ■ . ]

| Calliornla Hems. / . San Bebvaadiko Cocstt.—This i* the largest county in California in extent of territory, albeit, one of the most thinly populated. From the Lon Angela Star we learn that a census had been taken within the city limits of San Bernardino, and the result, as ascertained, numbers 1,000 belonging to the Mormon chntch, and 300 Gentiles or outsiders. ! K7“ At Iowa Hill the Jamison Obmpa|ny, with ten shares, took out $5,000 during the week ending. May 7, making the gross receipts of the last four weeks 623.000, less expenses 8500 per week—620.000. 620,000 clear yield, or 82,090 per share. The company have ground enough stripped to yield five times that amount.— Placer. Co. Berald. Mimxo is Calaveras,—On the Calaveras, at Stewart’s Hill, discoveries of hill diggings have been made, of almost fabulous extent and richness. On Thursday last Martin’s company fook out 88,000; and another c uhpany takes out, as we are credibly informed, . 35,300 daily. The claims on the bill average almost equally as rich. ■ Nevada Diggings,-—From the Grass Valley Telegraph we leam thala party of miners at work at Long . Hollow, about two weeks since, struck a very rich quartz lead vein, from which they have since been Inking out from three to four hundred •dollars per day using only a hand mortar. Hoacu’s Hill.—Low & Co. took out 90 ounces last week. This is the result of 45 days work, making a total yield of more than two ounces per day to the hand.. Tins .company has been in over two months.

TERMS $1 PSB ANNUM. S3* aTBtCTLY IK ADVAKCE. JES .To name entered until tbe money le paid. To paper eent after the time for which payment has been made.

The Tews from Europe.

By a late arrival from Liverpool, we hsve lale and important news from the seat of war. On the 22d and 23d of May, a tenible engagement took place, in which not less than eight thousand soldiers were killed and wounded. The news is very favorable to the allies, they having achieved rather brilliaiit success in the engagements. The allies had also made a brilliant and rapid advancement on Tchernaya, in which they succeetledift retaining the Russian lines without much loss. The Russians abandoned their camp and retreated to the bills.

My walk helped me amazingly. Time flew rapidly by, and it was not <U a late hour that 1 took my leave and set out for town. The moon was high op in the heavens and shed a soft mellow light over my path. I had traveled slowly along for some time thinking of everything else but ghosts, when as I was ascending a slight knoll the thought popped into my mind that I must be in the immediate neighborhood of the haunted ground, so I commenced looking about me for the appearance of the wonders of which I bad heard so much but never saw. Presently I saw to my utter astonishment the far-femed ghost sure enongb; his tall ghostly frame clothed in white looked ghostly indeed, • Although not a believer in supernatural spirits, I must confess [ had some rather, queer feelings about this time. Well, there I stood gazing at him for a few moments like Hamlet of old, when, thinks I to myself I'll icon see what you are made of old fellow, so gathering up a large boulder 1 was in the act of throwing it when a huge owl started up with a loud squawk, and flew over my head, flopping its wings directly into ray face. 1 felt my hair begin to raise upon my head, when I let drive my boulder directly at him. The next moment whack it took, not the ghost, but the old white slub. The JjOUTart

Another brilliant success was that of a secret expedilionof the allies, directed to the sea of Azof. The expedition obtained possession of the fortress of Keruch, and now commands the sea, in which there are fourteen of the allies steamers. The Russians, on the approach of the.enemy, blew up their forts and set Ere to four steamers, thirty transports and half a million sacks of bread stuff*, to prevent them from falling into the hands of the allies. France and England have decisively declined attending the conference at ■Vienna.

The allies bad blown up the magazine at Aroboab, destroying about llK) meichanl Teasels. They had also destroyed the founder; near Kerlsch, where shot, shells and bails were manufactured. The garrison at Sevastopol drew most of its supplies from Kcrtschj the capture, therefore, of the latter place must exercise speedy influence on the aeige. The cholera bad broken out among the soldiers, but cot very fatal, Belgium had joined the allies. Seven hundred and fotly-six Russian prisoners are in the bands of the English, while the Russians have but 108 privates and 10 officers belonging to the British,

Why ilicrc is do Rain in Peru. • In Peru, South America, rata is unknown. The coast of Peru, is within the region of perpetual south-east trade winds. Though the pcruviah shores are on the verge of the great Southern Sea Boiler, yet it never rains : there.—The reason is plain. . The .‘south-east trade winds of the . Atlantic ocean first strike the coast of Africa. Traveling; to the north-west, they obliquely cfo;_s the ocean tjntil'thfiy reach the coast of Brazil. By this lime tVy are heavily ladcnod with vapor, which"they continue to bare along across the continent, depositing itus they go, an 1 supplying with it the sources of the Bio de la Plate and the southern tributaries of the Aiuizou. • Finally they, resell the snow capped Andes, and there is wrung from'them the last, particle of moisture that that very'low temperature can extract. . Beaching the .summit r '"f that range, they now .tumble’ down /iis cool aud dry winds on the Pacifjq slopes beyond. Mtvting-with no evaporating mirfacc, and with no temperature colder than that to which they were Vubjected to on the -monntian tops, ’ they reAclil/llte ocean before they become with fresh vapor,- and?before (her have,; any which the Peru yian climate’can 'extract. Thus we see how the Andes reservoir from which arc supplied the rivers of Chili and Peru;

| ■ \ Nr.w Orleans, June 14 ! We' hive advices from Urazbslu the i10th. . ; ; . j. On - the 27lh‘Monterey was attached, jahdtaken by tbii: revolutionists! ■ (.Ten. Uardenas with G7. other officers were taken prisoners. ’ V Twenty-six cannon, with olher iminitiems of.war, fell into the hands, of the opponents of the government. • It is reported Cararajal and Capisiran had crossed tlw Uto Grand, and cncountcr■cd government IroOps.

Full of a Bridge.

Nashville, June 16, P. M.—About G o'clock this evening, about half of tho cross Umbers supporting the floor of tho suspension bridgv oyer the Comberlcutl river at this place, gave way, in the centre, precipitating a large wagon with si shortest loaded with twelve'thousand pounds-of groceries, and a buggy and horse, into the r.vor below. ■; Tire wagon-driver bad one leg broken, while the, man in cth buggy swum a>!iorL\ nninjmvd. It is reported thmtherewcreseveral foot p:isseiigers .on the bridge at the lime, who, it is feared, are lost; hot nothing certain is known. The Umbers which.broke were 3c w. ones, having just keen put tinder.

Wheat From France.

There have lately been imported four varieties of wheat: The Hungarian wheat, tho Neapolitan white wheat, well suited for Southern States, but too tender for the Northern; the Saumer Wheat, and the early Noo wheat. As the two latter have the property or ripening some days before our common varieties of wheat, if they otherwise succeeded in this climate a great point will be accomplished. A single week gained in tho ripening will often secure the crop from the injury of the rust or the fly, independently of the advantage gained in tha market. The Saumer wheat is origidally from the valley of Anjou, a south-eastern province of France, and is a very remarkable variety of Winter wheat The ear is strong and full, of ft reddish color, and is very much esteemed by farmers. The straw is very white, and grows higher than that of ordinary wheat, while it is also larger and sweeter. The Noe wheal was introduced by Mr. Do Noe, and is commonly known under the name of blue wheat;' and, owing to its hardy and protective nature, is gradually superseding the Saumer wheat in the cental parts of Franco. It is much sought after on account of its precocity for a meslin or soiling crop. It would succeed well as a March wheat if sown early.

.When the steamer-Driver entered the Baltic ■ to sene the vessels with* the official notice of the blockade she found the American veaael Samuel, Appleton; of Boston, in one of the portsand served h« with a warning to clear out; within four days. The Driver afterwards went out cruising. She fell in with the Appleton, and an officer Van sent oh board to examine her papers, and. found them in perfect order, whereupon the officers demanded to see the bill of-lading. The captain of the Appleton objected to this, and began to.make difficulties. The officer of the Driver insisted on bla demand.’ The Appleton bad just turned' out at a port in tlie* Baltic 60,000 rifles, £0,000 revolvers,-besides about 800 balcs of coUon as an ostensible part of her cargo. The ship was carefully overhauled, but nothing was found.

Tbe Indian* Iilquor Lavr - Is in force, and no fearful; rebellion has laken The brave men who in the excitement of political discussion breathed forth threali nsngand slaughter against the friends | of the law, like quiet, peaceable, sensible rep ubticana bow to the wilt; of the ra a jotily, ■ and acquiesce in the measure the people decide to be necessary for the preservation of

J STEAiiisjMT Explosion—The boiler of the steamer Empire, lying at Whitehall bn Lake Champlain, exploded on the 7th inst., .tearing the forward part of the boat to pieces, and.scattering .the: fragments in ever}'direction. -Two men who wero bii board were thrown a considerable libtmice, one of thorn'landing upon a pile of coal in a neigh,boring , canal boat.— Neither were seriously injnro»I. ;

Mom: Departures okCoac.—Upward of one hundred am) seventy-twojmirs of boats and barges laden with cortl hayc left Piltsgurgsince the late rise. These‘ raft?, nt.a low. (»timale,. win bolilao average of ten thousand bushels each, makinga total of thice million fonr hundred and fort}' thousand bushels. By the previous fitwhets, four million eight hundred and sixty* two thousand sis hundred and forty:three bushels bad departed, which swells ttyc entire amount to-eigh: million llm-e himnred and two thousand, six hundred and forty three bushels thus far this year. -

Silver Coinage. —A letter from Washington says that the Treasury is now burthened with the custody of over five millions of dollars in small silver change, from half dollars to three cent pieces. Two or three years ago there was a universal complaint of the scarcity of small coins, cither American or foreign. Mr. Hunter's coinage bill was passed, slightly reducing the actnal value of our silver coin and providing for its more rapid manufacture. The expected results have followed The wants of circulation have been fully supplied; but another less desirable cousc* quencehas issued, to wit, this small change has become a dreg. People will not take it, and the law makes it a legal tender in sums of not over five dollars. Though tke inconvenience of an inadequate supply of small change was a serious one, prudent financiers expressed doubts of the soundness of the remedy adopted, at the lime it was proposed. ( Orders have been issued to suspend the coinage of quarters and halves, and the operations of the Mint are much reduced. —Philadelphia Inqtnrer.

the virtue and integrity of the country, ;

The spirit of .mobi'cracy finds but few advocates. Let the law be sovreign is the general sentiment of the country, and though mob rule may for a while, as in Kansas, or as in Clay county prevail, yet U meets tbe hearty con? demnalion of the great mass of our feilowcitixens, and be who may venture to put himself forward as the leader in such scenes may expect to- find a merited fame of infamy.— Atchison and Axkold ate .blended for tbe ■ future. . . . We admire the manly proclamation of out •Governor in reference to the Clay county riots, from this let-all factions learn that the State. isreadyand capable to defend bet own honor at any and every sacrifice. If the conduct of Governor Wright, and also of Neal Dow as manifested (it tbe Portland riots, were imitated in every part of our Union, the violence of faction would never stain the fait page of our country's history. Europe is tbs seat for revolution, America for lavy and order. We are proud of our country.' We love her for her hills and ralieyii/her! inland seas, mighty riven and bread savannahs; bnt above all we love her for the patriotism of her peo- ■ pie. The conviction is |eVer*l. Ihat it is better to bear a real or fancied wrong than to redress U by .Violence; and rightly is ibis the case as the people are honest, and piompl to repeal that that proves itself not to he for the general good. .' •

jCaT.A letter .frOm Bureauco., 111., says all the warehouses along the railroad are lull of grain, ami many bushels are ■piled.up in hags along the. track, and long trains of ears groan under the weight of grain with which they are loaded.— All the farmer!- have planted from ono to thirty acres more than last year, ami all now looks well for a heavy crop.

£-jT Free Public Libraries, fur the of tho people of Ireland, ary to bo formed iu that country, ami tho. British government is to furnish pecuniary assistance. The government appears to be as anxious now to retain the Irish race in the home of- their ancestors; as they were violent a few years ago. in driving them away.— The.Irish exodus to tho laud of promise in the West, has openedtho eyes of the, Britons. •

Boteleb Elected.— It is reported that over 500 votes were cast for Faulkner, at the late election in Virginia, by persons residing out of that Congressional district, Mr. Bolder, we ore Informed, will contest the seat of Mr. Faulkner, and surely if the above facts are made to appear, ho wilt have no difficulty in securing his scat as the legal representative from the Berkley district for the’ next two years. Mr. .Faulkner received mono majority in'Pago couuty than there are legal voters residing there.— Balt. Clipper .

Too Late for the Baby Snow.-—The wife of William Olmstcad, of Bloomfield Monroe county, 6., on'the third of June, presented her.husband with three fine children—one hoy and two girls, weight, 5 lbs. 12 oz; a lbs. -i oz; 5 Ids. 15 oz.— One has a white head, one a black head, and the other a red head. 'All in health.

Inquiries have been made whether bounty land warrants can be located in Kansas and Nebraska Territories; the Washington Union, by the authority of the General Land Office, answers, that warrants can only be located on lands subject to private entry, whereas there are none such in-the Territories named, and will not be for some time to come; but they wilt bo received in payment for, valid pre-emption claims in those Territories on the completion and returns of the sur-. veys/or when the claimants are in a condition to prove up their claims, even on the settlements made prior to tbs survey.

■ Jt5T Gen, Quitman delivered a lecture a few days ago, at Jackson, Misi., before a large audience, in-favor, of tho private conquest of Cuba. He . argued dint liiia was the only plan, as the attempt to purchase had failed, and its public t-onquest would be rendered barren by the; emancipation of the' blacks. before . thoi Island could como in possession ’of tho United StatCS. - 1/ -L 1 -'V

: -(Kr'There has been received at tho Patent Oflice several bushels of forty days* maize, or Indian Corn, from*, the south of Spain, reported to ripen in six weeks after planting. It .is designed to be distributed for experiment in the higher latitndes of the .United States.* "

A Sight'# Adrenture. ’Tvu sunset, snd the evening bells bad rang, And the golden rays were o'er the bill-lops flung,' Which gave the trees their richest glow And tinged the rivet' like molten gold below; Along the hills grating cattle might be seen Seeking their homes in the tong drawn vale between, While cottages glitleted white and gardens flonriihed green—’Twas transport to inhale the bright pure aif. I bad been very busily employed during the day, and when night came 1 felt as though 1 had a forty pound weight in the top of my head, which ia by the way no t«y plea ts at feeling I assure yon. Fresh air and a little exercise t knew was a sura remedy for heavy beads, so I concluded I would walk oat to see a friend, who lived a mile or so over the bill. It «u out of those beautiful evenings which we ofien aee at this season of the year, and the setting sun lit up the woods in the most magnificent style, while the birds sent forth the joyful notes of their song, of the closing day. and -

Descekdahts op Mantis Luther.— The Bedford, (Penna.) Inquirer says that Mr. John J. Luther, now residing in that place, is a lineal descendant of Martin Luther, the reformer, of the eighth generation, and his family consists of himself, wife, three sons and one daughter, and he is yet in the prime of life. He I has also five brothers and one sister residing in Saxo Coburg, Germany, all with ■! families. There is also one other family of the descendants of hU great forefather jin Saxe Coburg, and a number of fami- | lies in the State’- of Bohemia, Germany. There is also another family of his descendants (Dr. Luther's) in Harris burgh, Pa. j They are all, both in this country and Germany, connected with the Lutheran Church. i

The Loss of the Fashion. —She ran into tho bluff bank on the Indiana shore at tho head of Three Milo island, while trying to penetrate a fog that had sprung up. She struck the bank so hard that the collision knocked her chimneys overboard, and the bow of the boat left an impression in tin bank some 15 or 20 feet above water. The boat lies head up stream, broadside to the shore, the water on the lower side beiug up to tho cabin floor.

. OOr Tho harvesting of early wheat was commenced in Randolph county, Illinois, on last a&d it promises a most abon'dant yield. ■' In; a few. days we. shall have new Flour from how wheat.' ‘ Tho later wheat in the; same ' section,' loots wdl;

. Soothers Iiuxois.— -Wheatj rye, oats and gross perhaps never , looked better, and there is scarcely a shadow of dahger now that the crop will riot be a bountiful one. Com is backward, bat on immense crop has been, planted.. Wheat fields were patting pa their golden -tint two weeks ago; and os far north as JOake Michigan wheat was. reported.m blossom on the 10 th of Jane.

The Clay Monusiest at Pottsvillk, Pa.—Eight sections of the iron columns bare been placed in their proper position. The cap of the column, and the iron etatne of ilr. Clay alone remains to be raised. On the coming 4th of July (less than a month from this,)*the monument will be fully completed, and will be inaugurated with very interestl&g cerbinouies. It is a notable and creditable fact'that on the 4th of July, 1855, Pottsville will be the only place in the United States possessing a completed monument to the memory of the illustrious deceased.

Evansville last Monday, in obedience to the requisition of the Governor'of Indiana, a company of 56 volunteers was raised to assise in quelling tho insurrection among the Birch Creek reservoir rioters of Clay county.

Kr The Lafayette Journal relates the following singular circumstance: Day before yesterday a well-dressed man called at John Duticls at the Battle Ground, and securing the loan of a shovel went off toward Davis’s ferry. In about two hours he returned, bearing a bag containing 81,200 in Mexican Dollars. He gave no explanation of bis conduct, except that he bad "dug ap” the money near an old log house, that stands above the railroad bridge North of the Ferry.

jCST On the 5th of June*-in. Kingston, an important town of 9,000 inhabitants, on the Hudson, in Ulstircounby, the whole American ticket was elected lover the Fusion, by majorities ranging from i05 lo 150. The Fusionista made a desperate effort, and at the .close of jhe polls were sure of success. ; Old Ulster will give a good account of herself next fall.

Fibe ns Madison— The extensive slaughtering and packing establishment of Godman & Phillips, on the hill, was destroyed Wednesday night; pack, lard, slaughter houses, stable —everything was destroyed. Tha establishment had been thoroughly repaired for tbs last year’s season, and was in fine order. - The fire was doubtless the work of incendiaries: it was discovered in three places—at the ends and in the middle of the pack tbe same time.

jpg* The prospect for an abundant crop in Texas was never more flattering. Corn, cotton, sugar and wheat are all doing well. Wheat is now being harvested and is taming out better than was anticipated.

tCT The Democratic Convention which assembled at Jackson (Mis.) on the 5th instant, made tbe following nominations for State officers:' For Governor —John J. McRae. Stcreiaiy of, Slate —A. B. Dilworth.

QCr Jasies Bell and J ohn P.. Hair have been finally elected as U- S..Senators, by tho General Assembly of .New. Hampshire—Belt for the Jong, and. Halo, for the short term.

Auditor —Madison McAfee. JVeaiwcr—Shields L. Hussey. Clerk Supreme Court —J. T. tJims.

SST Neal Dow bas made a long official statement to tbe City Council of Portland, giving a detailed history of the late riot; he asserts that but for tbe action of the military, the liquor agency would have been tried, and die City Hall destroyed. The Board of Aldermen endorsed tbe Mayor's statement.

Obkoos Poirnca. —The general election in Oregon for delegates to Congress, county officers, and to 611 vacancies in the Legislative Council, is lo be held on the fourth Monday in June. Gen. Jos. Lane the Democratic nominee for Delegate to Congress, and Gen. John P. Gaines the K. N. nominee, are stomping the State, together.- Both parties are out with full tickets.

The loss will fall heavily upon the enteipming'owncra, bat the houses will be rebuilt in time for fell operations. The loss is estimated at $10,000; insured for $4,000. ;

Hon. Jeff. Davis was wailed upon by a commitieo appointed by the Convention and addressed the body.

learn Irom the Cincinnati papers that the steamer Switzerland will lay op at this place during the summer.

*■ Earth's feature* m harmoniously were link'd She seemed like one great glad tom with life ; instinct, Tbat felthetTen'a ardent breath and untie* below— ' lu flash of hie with cdneenteueeui glow."

To Mike Yeast.-— Take one handful of hops, one apple, one potato sliced, boil in two quarts of water; while hot strain off and «tir in wheat floor until it is thick •s paste—coaria floor is best. Grate one largo apple, one large potato, place them in a gallon jar, poor in the batter, when sufficiently cool, add a litOeyeastjin twelve, hours it will be fit for use.

Coan ur Tassbi* —The Georgian Savannah June 8, says com is backward—it was only just begun to tassel. Wheat harvest is over, and the cuop is a good one.

The steamer Young America sunk, below Bardatown, Upder Mississippi W Wednesday last, by striking a snag. .

0gr Two men named Joes Ltsov and Eichasd Mjxltb, were tried at Lafayette, on Thursday afternoon* for tranegmdng the Prohibitory Liquor Law. They were gacb find $50 and coSts.Which, after spending a few hours in jail, they paid and were discharged.

As f climbed the bill our quiet town aeemed twice as. large is it r«Uy was, and appeared .most beautiful wit lay iprctd'outlatheTal* ley beneath.' My road led past or near the place where tntuj yean ago a man bad been

(Kr A bottle of. whisky, supposed to hevobeen buried for at least 2()0 years, has been 1 foVnd lately by eome at Ayr, in Scotland.

05- The army worm is doing conrid- • erable damage to the crops county, Ky. I

OCT We have very little news pf Importance'tbia’week;