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VERMONT JOURNAL, FRIDAY MORNING, MAY 25, 1855. the French and Italian bands made the air vocal with the choicest music for hours. Cardi RECENT PUBLICATIONS. versy, by reiterated charges oi faisebood. BELIGI0 US INTELLIGENCE.

Rev. Mr. Alden, of Westfield, Massachusetts, Original Portraits of Washington. Several new, or rather old, portraits of Wash troversy. And we cannot-help remembering that the people of France and England have absolutely nothing to do with the management of the war.

It may have been pressed upon ascent was very tiresome, owing to the aliperry mad. Gibbon declared, it was the only time when he had ever found the big spurs of the country of any use, for when he slipped and fell, he raid that he should have immediately gone to the bottom, if he had not dug his spurs into the soil and held on. The new of the lofty cone shaped mountain, however, clad in brilliant mantle of snow, from summit to base, repaid the fatigue. Gibbon took a sketch of it, and nearly froze in the operation. A herd of vicunas (the wild Peruvian sheep) were seen near June 4th.

Started again; traveled over a heavy rolling country the South side of the hills coveted with verdure, the northen, bare and rocky. Nine miles from Morococha, entered Pachacbaca. Here, the little stream they were following from the mountain joins the larger and winding Yauli- Pachachaca is a village of 200 inhabitants. Barley, cabbages, onions, 1 and eggs, in the shops, were the only strange sights the expedition saw, though they them--. selves were objects of great curiosity to the inhabitants.

The neoole took them for peddlers xou endeavored to hold me up to contempt Dy satire aud ridicule, and finding that your curses upon me, like chickens, have come home to roost upon yourself, and that your satire and ridicule have rebounded to the point from whence they started, you now, with covered hands," would throw the insect from the window into the street, that is, if he would let you. I shall buzz under your window, during my good time, and, may be, find ingress again with in your vrrace 9 iuai lciv. Safety in Travelling by Railroad. There still exists a vague yet very distressing pprehension in the minds of many that travel ling by railroad is the most dangerous mode of locomotion ever devised. It is with them what going West used to be, a feat not to be undertaken without solemn leave-takings, ad justment of unsettled business, and sundry oth er preparations for a departure which is very unlikely to be succeeded by a return.

As one of these fearful men somewhat hyperbolically expressed it, They count themselves as good dead at the start, and if they get through alive, call it so much clear gaim." And yet fig ures, (which, as every body knows, "cannot demonstrate beyond the possibility ot con tradiction, that so far from railroad travelling being the most dangerous, it is in truth the safest mode of travelling now used. The man who mounts his horse or gets into his carriage to go a dozen miles runs far greater risk of life or limb than he who enters a railroad car to go the same distance. It may quiet the nerves of some of the timid ones to read for themselves the statistics which prove what we have as serted. In Dr.Lardner's Railway Economy, we find a carefnlly prepared tabular view of the risks of accident to railway passengers. From this it appears that the whole number ot persons killed on the railways of Great Britain in two years was 413, the total travel of passengers during the same time being 1,830,184,607 miles.

Of the 413 killed, only 28 were passengers, killed from causes beyond their own. control while 23 passengers and 232 employees of the companies 255 of the 413 were killed through causes which they might have prevented, and 96 others were killed by carelessly crossing or standing upon the track. 351 of the 413 were killed throngh their own fault. It thus appears that the chances of a fatal accident to a passenger travelling ten miles are only one in six and a half millions, and in travelling a hun dred miles one in six hundred thousand. In going from this place to Boston by railroad the chances that the passenger will get killed are 1 to 464,285.

This is certainly a very low ratio of danger. It is comforting to notice how very small a proportion of fatal accidents to passengers happen from causes beyond their control, while the great majority are occasioned by the carelessness or recklessness of the persons themselves. The report of the number of accidents on railroads in New York, constituting a part of the Annual Report of the State Engineer and Surveyor, very strikingly confirms the deduc tions made from the statistics above. The num ber of miles travelled on 16 roads was 47 7, 611,422, by 12,256,714 passengers, the number of different travellers being probably ten millions. Of these only twelve were killed and thirty injured, the remaining 9,999,960 being conveyed in perfect safety.

give entire the tabular classification of these accidents. Killed. Inj'd uuiDing on or on trains in motion 12 lb Fell or thrown from the train 6 Collisions of trains -8 Trains thrown from the track 11 12 Run over while standing on the track 8137 Collisions at road crossings 6 At work on or standing by trains 5 Standing on platforms 3 Other accidents 27 26 159 110 The Report goes on to state that, not one passenger has lost his life during the year from causes beyond his control. Those who were killed met their death either by jumping from a train while in motion, by standing on the plat form of the car, or by some other act of personal carelessness. Eighty-one persons, more than one-half the whole number killed on all the railroads in the State, were run over while standing on the traek.

These statistics show that travelling by rail road is not extra hazardous," that ordina rily it is safe, and that the causes of danger are so far under the control of passengers and con ductors that the number of accidents may be greatly reduced. With regard to the most fre quent causes of accidents railroads are perfect ly manageable, and the greatest dangers arise from the voluntary imprudence of individuals. Hon. John C. Spencer, of Albany, died on Thursday, the 1 7th instant, after a long and painful illness.

He was the eldest son of Chief Justice Spencer, was born in 1787, and was one of the ablest and most distinguished lawyers, not only of New York, but ot the United States. He had filled many posts of honor in his own State, and had served in Congress. He was Secretary of War in 1841, un der President Tyler, and in 1848 was Secretary of the Treasury. He removed from Canandai- gua to Albany in 1839, when he was called to the Secretaryship ot State for New York. The Case ok Judge Lorino.

The arti cle in our last week's paper had one typographical error, which deserves correction. Near the close of the second paragraph in the second column, substance of all human laws," should read, "subversion," The writer of the article desires to say, that the salary, emoluments and patronage of Judge Lo ring's office, were not so important as he supposed, at the time of writing. But this, so far from excusing the attack, seems to render it more unbecoming, and discreditable, in the instance, and equally. in principle, subversive of all judicial independ ence, and reasonable and just responsibility, We publish, this week, the first of some half-dozen articles, condensed from the official report of the Exploration of the Valley of the Amazon, under the U. S.

Government. We are sure that our readers will thank us for pub lishing them. We find them condensed and ar ranged in the Albany Evening Journal, from which they are copied. The Virginia election was to have taken place yesterdsy. According to all accounts both WrsE and Flocbsoy will be elected by about 15,000 majority each.

The Christian Examiner and Religious Miscellany, May, 1855- Boston Crosby, Nichols Company. We have delayed noticing this number of this able and interesting Review, with the purpose of commenting, somewhat in detail, upon the character and quality of the articles. But procrastination has, as usual, proved the thief of time, and we are now compelled to say, we have not found leisure to read thoroughly any but the leader, The Present Theological Re action in Germany. This paper has given us great satisfaction, in the thoroughness and ap parent candor with which it discusses the im portant questions at issue in the religious con troversies in this country and in Europe. And while we could not adopt the views of the writer, but should, to some extent, sympathize with those there combatted, we must accord to this article great research, and apparent ex- mption from onesided and narrow views, over strained or mistaken constructions and infer ences, which disfigure a considerable portion of the ablest controversial treatises and tracts of the day.

The other articles of the present number are, Druses (or) Unitarians of Mount Lebanon, ably written Landscape Gar dening Auguste De Gerando The Four Hal cyon Points of the Year; In Memoriam; Rev. James Flint, D. Book Notices, The notice of Gilfillan's Third Gallery of Portraits and Blackwood's article upon Bar-nuin, and the Revelations of a Showman and the parallel in point of morals, between Bar- num and Coleridge, the poet, whom Gilfillan announces as the largest and most spacious intellect, that has hitherto existed among men certainly not a little amusing, when we re member what unmeasured laudation the disci ples of Coleridge, upon both sides ot the Atlantic, seem always disposed to lavish upon their master. We concur fully with the reviewer, in his expose, both of the weakness and miserable toadyism of Gilfillan, and the utter heartless- ness and abandoned moral obliquity of Coleridge. He may justly, in our humble appre hension, be ranked where Pope ranks Bacon, among the brightest meanest of.

mankind, And it is perhaps one of the most striking fea tures of the spirit of the day, that men are most ambitious of being esteemed shrewd and learned, even at the expense of all credit for com mon honesty and the most every-day morality and decency, and are getting quite ashamed of all pretensions to conscientiousness. These things are' now reckoned among the sure indi cations of Old Fogy ism and Silver Grey Fos silising R. Horace Waters, the well known and ex tensive music publisher and dealer in piano fortes, No. 333 Broadway, New York, has sent us the following sheets of music published by him. Any person sending him SI will receive the four pieces by mail, post-paid Sparkling Polka," by Thomas Baker; Lilly White, Schottisch, by James Bellak 'Tis our child in Heaven," song, by I.

B. Woodbury: Our Boys," a song of the Young America school. by Thomas Baker. LitteWs Living Age, for this week, contains Madame de Maintenon The Emperor Nicho las French and English at Constantinopli Palmerston and the Know-nothings Napoleon in England besides shorter articles and poet- More Basswood Paper. Some time since we noticed the trial of the experiment of making paper from basswood.

We now state that the entire edition of the Al bany Evening Journal of the 21st instant was printed on paper made from basswood by Geo. W. Beardslee, of Albany. The paper is fine. strong and handsome, but seems a little too stiff.

A very slight yellow tinge observable is attrib ted to impure water its manufacture. Small parcels made wtth filtered water are perfectly- white. The Journal says it is so nearly equal to the best paper used for news purposes, that any word of apology for whatever slight defect the Craft; may discover in it, seems superfluous. Mr. Beardslee has by late experiments, produced specimens of almost every degree of flexibili ty from blotting paper to paper of the harsh est linen texture, Mr.

Beardslee has been equally successful in i i ms wini nitewooa, opruce an Buckeye. From each he produces a clean, flex ible and beautiful Paper. He has also worked up Pulp from Pine, Cedar and Hemlock, and it possesses all the good qualities of that secured from other woods." He has also produced, from these several woods, various shades of unbjeached rapping ot the very strongest texture. ,1 .1 na i Indeed, we can imagine no end attained with Cotton and Linen rags, in the manufacture of faper," which cannot be reached by Wood whether it be in the production of Wrarmin Paper, News and Book Printing Paper, or Bank Note Paper. The results which Mr.

Beardslee has already reached, justify the most sanguine expectations. He hag reached results which justify him in immediately entering upon the manufacture of the article for market. That he will be successful, we cannot doubt. We are sure that our readers and more particularly those who are acquainted with the manufacture of Paper will be astonished at the results thus produced from Basswood. It must be recor- nized as the most important discovery of the age.

In North Carolina, the Grand Jury in Buncombe County have presented Know-Noth- tngism, and we believe the same course has been taken in one of the counties in western New York. We give the presentment of the North Carolina jury State of North Carolina, Buncombe County Superior Court, Spring Term, 1855. The jurors for the State, upon their oaths, present inai iney nave reason to believe thai a combination of men, commonly called Know-Noth ings, exists in this county, one of the objects of wuiv.il io, i7iiimii iiit.ii i i exsra-juaiciai oaths, secretly administered, and by other secret obligations, and by threatening those of their members who offer to withdraw from their order, to control citizens of this county in the ex ercise of their right to vote conformably with their own tree will, as contemplated by the constitution and laws of this State. And the said jurors are ready, if the honorable Court shall so advise, to furnish, for the information of the Court and the Solicitor for this State, a list cf witnesses to prove these facts. And whether this is a violation of the criminal law, and what is tneir duty in the matter, they, the said jurors, are ignorant, ana pray tne advice ot the hon orable LOurt in the premises.

D. J. Roberts, Foreman, And fifteen others. We think that will do" for Buncombe." The following stanzy was picked up recently within the bar of a certain court-house, We would rather not say What court-house was. Now arter aettin her 7 weekr Thi Kpart ia rain' for to adjourn And eny won ho jmtie stales Hay kam aeat keM take hi tarn nal Wiseman also made a discourse on the occa sion, in the Conservatory, to an illustrious audi ence.

ONE WEEK LATER FROM EUROPE. Continued Fighting before Sevastopol, with Doubtful Snellen. ATTEMPT TO ASSASSINATE NAPOLEOS. The Baltic, from Livepool May 5th, reached New York Friday The War. The siege of Sebastopol was progressing and the allies were apparently gaining ground.

The bombardment however had slac-k-enned, if not entirely ceased, in order not to exhaust the ammunition. Lord Raglan admits that it had uot produced the result looked for. The list of casualties to the allies was not heavy. The general impression in England appeared to be that the seige would be abandoned for the present, and that while Kamesch and Balaklava are left to the defence of a few corps, the main portion ot tne allied troops would try to penetrate into the interior and cut off supplies from sebastopol, and tben completely invest the town. Numerous reinforcements were constantly reaching the allies.

The French reserve of men near Constantinople, was expected to be sent to Balaklava. Russian official accounts to April 24th, represent the damage sustained as of little account, and actively repaired during the night, while the sallies were generally suc cessful. J.ne loss sustained Dy tne garrison from the 11th to the 15th of April, is set down at 7 subalterns and: 436 men and 6 superior and 34 subaltern officers and 899 men wound ed. The English captured the first Russian rifle pit, on the night of the 1 7th after a desperate encounter, in which Col. Graham Kdgerton, the field officer in command, was killed.

The following night the second pitwas attacked, and almost immediately abandoned by the Rus sians. According to the statement ot two Polish deserters, there are 100,000 Russian troops in the vicinity of Sebastopol. The latest telegraphic news from the Crimea is to May 4th. On the night of the 1st a sharp engagment took The whole of the Russian rifle pits -on the front and left attack were taken, witn 1-2 mortars and zuu prisoners. Abe affair brilliant for the allies.

3f)n the 2d the besiegers took possession of some very important Russian works of counter approach, after a fierce engagement. On the 3d the Russians attempted to re-take the positions which remained in possession of the allies. The forts on the north side of the harbor had taken part in the cannonade, carrying their shots clear over the town into the lines of the' allies. Canrobert speaks to the French troops of immediate operations. Orders have been received to.

prepare transports before Sebastopol May 4th. General News. The Vienna negotiations are of course at an end. Lord John Russell had reappeared in his seat in Parliament. He had stated the substance) of the negociations the protocols will be submitted to Parliament.

jraniamenc naa passeu mxieeu miuiuii luau A strong feeling against the present min istry is manifest throughout England, and indignation meetings in regard to the conduct of the war have been held in many places. The telegraph between London and the Crimea is per fect, except a small portion across the XJanube. Dispatches reached the British government in a few hours, but: were not generally communi cated to the public, although nightly questions were asked in Irarliament as to the news. Ministers declared that they should exercise due discretion in the publication of the news. A meeting of citizens has been called in London, to organize an administrative reform association, and similar meetings prompted by men of all political parties are to be held in Liverpool and other towns.

Attempt to Assassixate Napoleon. Tbff Emperor of France narrowly escaped assas sination on the evening of the 28th while on his way to join the Empress in their usual evening ride. A well-dressed man, an Italian named Pionozi, approached as if to present a petition, and as a policeman was about to inform him that the presentation of a petition in the streets was forbidden, the man drew a pistol and discharged both barrels at the Emperor, but without effect, one of the' balls however grazing the Emperor's hat. The Emperor proceeded on his ride and attended the comic opera in the evening, where he was greeted by an immense outburst of loyalty and enthusiasm. The British residents in Paris and the corporation of London congratulated Napoleon on his fortunate escape.

Pionozi is in close confinement and in a terrible state of excitement from rage and fear. No political cause for the attempt had been discovered, and it was believed to be an act of revenge. The insurrection in Silrine Russia had extended to three other governments. Twenty landed proprietors with their wives and families had been destroyed. At St.

Petersburg every article of consumption was at famine prices. A few cases of cholera had occurred at Maslak Erzeroun was being fortified. There was a movement of troops on the Persian frontier. Bajazid is reported to be in the hands of the Russians. The king of Prussia is ill of fever.

Mehemet Ali has been recalled from exile. Mrs. E. L-Pere of the mission of the American board, died at Gaboon, Africa, Feb. 24th.

FOREIGN ITEMS. Napoleon imitates his uncle's grand talk about destiny. When the French senate came to congratulate him on his escape from assassination, the other day, his majesty said I tear nothing from the attempts of assassins. There are existences which are the instruments of the decrees of Providence. So long as my mission is not accomplished I run no danger." Yet he may find that destiny has appointed his end in a place less desirable than the desolate island of St.

Helena. When men imagine themselves to be indispensable to the purposes of Providence, it is usually a token ot that pride which goeth before destruction." -c The experiment of stocking the rivers and ponds of France with fish by artificial methods, is now extensively practised, and with entire success. In January and February nearly a million fish in an embryo state were distributed in the inland waters of France, and 50,000 salmon and lake trout have recently been placed in the ponds about Boulogne. A man named Roylstone recently died at London, by his own act, who had reduced gluttony to a science had made a god of his belly," worshipped it with earnest and costly devotion, and died a martyr to it at last. Ten years ago he was worth one hundred and fifty thousand pounds sterling, which he has since squandered in the gratification of his appetite He had agents in China, Mexico, Canada and other places to supply him with the rarest delicacies and a single dish sometimes costs him fifty pounds.

At length, on the 15th of last April, nothing was left him but a solitary guinea, a shirt and a battered hat. He bought a woodcock with the guinea, which he had served up in the highest style of the culinary art. He gave himself two hours for an easy digestion, and then jumped into the Thames from Westminster bridge. i Japan wag visited by a severe earthquake id December last, whereby the city of Obosaca, the largest city in Japan, and the town of Simo- -da, were destroyed, and Jeddo much injured-Simoda presented a complete scene of desolation and ruin. After the shock of the earthquake the sea receded with great rapidity, and as soon returned with such increasad volumeas to flood the whole town to the depth of six or seven feet, sweeping away houses, bridges apu temples, and piling them up in a mass of ruin.

Five times during the day did the sea advance and recede in this manner, spreading desolation far and wide. The largest junks in the were driven from one to two miles above bign water mark. About 200 of the poor inhabitant lost their live, by the overflow, the remamaer ington have recently come to light. It is said that a Danish artist, Westmuller, executed a keness of the great chief when at the height of his living renown. For more than half a century this portrait has adorned the walls of a chateau in Switzerland, but within a few years came into the possession of a New Yorker, travelling in Europe.

It has been engraved by New York artist, and will appear as the frontispiece of Irving's Biography of Washington. A correspondent of the Boston Transcript says of it The portrait is in excel lent preservation there is much nobleness in the general effect the moulding of the brow, the expression of the eye, and the erect, vigorous, resolute, yet elegant, air of the figure are eminently worthy of the subject the old-fashioned but well-adjusted coat, slightly sprinkled with powder from the hair, and the delicately executed frill, have the true old school air of a gentleman, while the face has more strength of character, more of the leader, the warrior, and the statesman blended with its characteristic be nignity, than any other portrait of Washington in existence." Another original portrait, of rare merit, has been discovered in Paris, by Don Piatt, Secre tary of Legation. It was painted in 1795 by the celebrated Wier Muller, who went to the United States for that express purpose, and has not only the merit of being a magnificent painting, but the only, portrait taken of him at that period at. the time before age had left its marks, indeed, at the prime and vigor of his life. The Detroit Advertiser says there is another original portrait of Washington, in the interior of in the possession of a descendant of Washington's" family physician, to whom it was presented by Washington himself.

It has been kept as a family relic," several generations, and is highly prized. The present owner refuses to part with it on any considera tion, but we understand he intends to bequeath it to the government of this country, upon his decease. In the mean time, we hope the portrait in Paris will be procured, if possible, and held by the United States, or by some one of the States. aj Danville. A destructive fire occurred at Danville on the morning of the 22d which consumed the banking-house of the Bank of Caledonia, the residence of the Cashier, S.

B. Mattocks, of which the banking-house was a part. the out-buildings belonging to the same, the tavern-house known as the Weatherbee stand the barns and sheds belonging to it, five horses, two cows, several carriages, a quantity of hay. grain, tarming-tools, etc. Abe nre was discov ered about one o'clock, A.

M. It commenced in the upper part of one of the tavern barns. and as a violent north wind prevailed at the time, it speedily swept through the entire range of buildings, notwithstanding the most vigorous efforts of the citizens to stay its progress. Most ot the contents of the houses were saved. The Methodist Chapel, south of the banking-house was in most, imminent danger, and was barely saved from destruction.

The vault of the bank successfully endured the action of the fire, and saved all the valuables. We do not learn the estimated loss, nor the exact amount of insurance. What insurance there was, we understand, was in the Vermont Mutual. There are very strong suspicions that the fire was the woik of an incendiary. The late Joseph P.

Fairbanks. The following is an extract from a private letter from a gentleman in Massachusetts, formerly a resident at St. Johnsbury It is with sorrow that I see in the last Jour nal the announcement of the death of Joseph P. Fairbanks. There are but few men that Vermont could not better have afforded to lose.

A somewhat intimate acquaintance for the past few years had led me to esteem him as, all things considered, I esteem no man living. He was, indeed, to my mind, all that a man should be in uprightness, integrity, benevolence, and true piety. His life seemed to fulfil to the let ter, and in the spirit of the requirement, do justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God." I could fill a volume with en comiums upon his many virtues, but it is unnecessary. They may all be summed up in the words that will most readily fall from the lips of each one of his host of friends, We loved him1 Yet, "Who Bhall mourn when the righteous die? Who shall weep when the good depart? When the soul of the godly away shall fly, Who shall lay the loss to heart? Bell Smith Abroad. As many as twen ty-five books have been made from materials originally appearing in the National Era.

An other is now added to the number by the vol ume whose title we give above. It consists of a series of piquant and interesting letters from an American lady resident in Paris, understood to be Mrs. Don Piatt, of Cincinnati, wife of the Secretary of Legation. She has keen observation, ready wit, a rapid, flowing style, and her graphic pen does ample justice to the many in teresting things which she saw and heard in the French capital. The volume is handsomely published by Mr.

J. C. Derby, and is illustrated with numerous designs by Parisian artists. The act of the Massachusetts Legislature called the Personal Liberty bill, designed operate in a manner to work Judge Loring out of his seat, and to obstruct the operation of the Fugitive Slave Law, was vetoed by Gov. Gard ner, but was subsequently passed over the veto, by a constitutional majority.

The Governor says, in his veto, that many of the provisions of the bill have his hearty approval. But the opinion of his constitutional adviser, Attorney- General Clifford, and the written opinion of all the members of the Supreme Judicial Court, that some of its provisions were unconstitutional, and in conflict with the Congressional enact ment on this subject, induced the veto. McIndoe's Falls Academy. This insti tution, which was chartered in 1853, appears to be in a very flourishing condition. A fine building has been erected at an expense of from S5000 to $6000, a chemical and philosophical apparatus has been procured, and a library of about 700 volumes has been furnished for it by Mr.

Henry Stevens. The aggregate attendanoe during the past year was 340, and the number of different scholars 308. has acepted a call" to the pastorate of the Bap tist church in Windsor, and has commenced his labors here accordingly. The Westfield News-Letter says "Our citizens will miss Mr. Al den, for he has always taken an active part in the cause of education, temperance, and every ob ject which had for its end the melioration of the condition of man.

But as we ought not to be selfish in this we will simply say, that if Westfield looses, Windsor gains by this change." We understand that the Rev.7 John B. Wil- lard, ot Harvard, is soon again to otn-ciate in the Unitarian pulpit in Windsor. Mr. Willard has preached here at two different seasons formerly, and his labors have been quite acceptable to the society. The Baptist Home Mission Convention met at Chicago May 14th.

The attendance was very large. There were delegates from thirteen states. The report of the Provisional Committee was adopted. Resolutions were passed unanimously approving of the course of the Committee and minority of the Home Mission Board, and strongly condemning the major- ty, and directing the Convention to organize a new A great conciliation meeting was held in the' afternoon, Dr. Armitage and all present pledging themselves to the harmony and co-operation.

The books' published by the Methodist Book Concern amount to not less than 1000 differ ent volumes. The periodcals of this denomina tion have the following circulation The Meth odist Quarterly, 3000 National Magazine, 000 Ladies', Repository; 20,000 Christian Advocate and Journal, 30,000 Sunday School Advocate, 1 80,000 Missionary 000. There are also newspaper organs of the sect in all the principal sections Of the country. The King of Belgium is a Protestant, though his subjects are" mostly Catholics. The King of Saxony is a Catholic, though the greater part of his subjects are Protestants.

The Kjng of Greece is a Catholic, though most of his subjects are of the Greek Church. Of the 15,500,000 European subjects of the Sultan of Turkey, 000 are of the Greek Church, 260,000 are Catholics, while only 3,800,000 are Mohamme dans. The Congregationalist has some useful direc tions for church goers. The following is for those who are alwavs late The tramp ot late coming feet up the aisles, and along the galleries, is a great annoyance to every serious-minded worshiper-and has no tendency to sanctify the minister. So many heads are set on pivots, turning like well-oiled weathercocks to every gentle blast from the opened door, or even every rustle of silk and muslin, that a preacher loses the countenance of half his congregation when the interruption oc curs-: and is in danger of losing his own coun tenance, and something else beside.

We believe we have never noticed the new ly established dogma among the Roman Catho lics the Immaculate conception of the Virgin Mary. On the 8th of December, 1854, two hundred full-robed ecclesiastical dignitaries, in eluding 60 Cardinals, and 140 Archbishops and Bishops, representing every quarter of' the globe, besides many other lesser office-bearers of the church, assembled in St. Peter's Cathe dral, Rome. After due deliberation the Im maculate conception was proclaimed, as a doc trine of the Roman Catholic church. Although Archbishop Hughes and others declare that this is in conformity with the general opinion al ways entertained in the church, it has not been before authoritatively proclaimed.

The cere mony is thus described The grand procession was formed at the Vat ican at 8 1-2 clock in the morning. It i eluded the Pope's choir, the civil authorities of the city, and the whole papal household, en cos tume, with the candles and various other in signia ot festal occasions, and moved in solemn state to the cathedral, chanting the prescribed Litany. A long line of officials preceded the rich baldachin of the Pontiff. A more sump- tnous cortege coula scarcely be conceived. The spectacle in the church after the Pope mounted the throne, surrounded by the gorgeous suite, was, perhaps, too oriental to suit western notions ot religious liut the services were nevertheless performed with becom-ina dignity.

After the chanting of the Evan gelists in Latin and Greek, Cardinal Macchi, as doyen of the Sacred College, conjointly with the prelates present, including the Bishops of tne (jreeK ana Armenian rites, presented at 1 1 i i 1 .1 i i mt: iuui ui liic tuixiue peuuou iu lot; iatin tongue, of which the following is a free transla tion, viz: That which for a long time, Most Holy Father, has been ardently desired, and with full voice demanded by the Catholic Church, viz the definitive decision by your supreme and infallible iudsrment of the ImmacnlatA Cnnnpn. tion of the Most Blessed Virgin mother ot Kjroa, lor augmenting her praise, her glory. and her veneration, We, in the name of the Sacred College of Cardinals, of the Bishops of the catholic world, and ot all the faithful, hum bly and urgently pray, that in this solemnity of j. tie iuost uoiy irgin may be accomplished the common desire. For which end, in the midst of this august Sacrifice in this Temple sacred to the Prince of the Apostles, and in this sol emn assembly of the most ample Senate of Bishops and people, deign, Most Holy Father, to raise thy apostolic voice and pronounce tne dogmatic decree ot tne immaculate Con ception of Mary, by which there will be joy in Heaven and great rejoicing on Earth." The Pope responded that he willingly re- ceiveu me petition, dui aaaea mat it was necessary to invoke the aid of the Holy Spirit in order to answer it.

ine veni ureator was then chanted by the choir and the whole assembly after which, the Sovereign Pontiff read aloud but with a tremulous voice, (in Latin,) the fol lowing DECREE "It is a dogma of faith, that the Blessed Virgin, in the first instant of her conception, by the singular privilege and the grace of God, in vir tue ot the merits ot Jesus Uhnst, Savior of the human race, was perserved exempt from all touch of original sin." The pronunciation of the decree was instant ly announced to tne world witnout, by the can non of the Castle of St. Angelo, when all the bells of Rome forthwith commenced a joyful cnime, and tne innaoitants displayed their vari ous colored satin and damask ensigns from the windows and balconies of the city. The gloomy streets suddenly became as gay as the flower- bordered waixs ot a pleasure garden. On the conclusion of the church ceremonies. with a hymn ot thanksgiving, in which the whole vast congregation joined, the procession was re-formed, and returned to the Vatican, the Pope being borne in a pontifical chair to the Chapel of Sixtus where, in due form, he crowned the image ot the Virgin with a crown of gold, sparkling with precious gems.

Among the distingisuhed spectators of the ceremonies were the Queen of Saxony, the Diplomatic Corps, and the chief officers of the French garrison. The entire city was illuminated in the evening, including the cupola of the Vatican; and government by the people but now the ruling powers, and they alone, have control of the whole matter. If we can believe that these govern ments are actuated by a desire to protect the weak that they are striving only to restrain the government of Russia in its despotic ambition, and secure to Turkey its rights and its notionality, then we ought, as a nation, to sympathize with them, and give them the moral aid which would be afforded by our approval. But it is difficult for those who bear in mind the character and antecedents of those who manage the reins of government in France and England, to place confidence in their present professions. Louis Napoleos, the great head and front of the allianae, who is soon to assume the command of the allied forces, is too well known in modern history.

He can have no sympathies with the oppressed. His present eminence was attained only by violence and perjury. He has volunteered once to reduce to bondage the suffering Italians, when they were making an effort to throw off the yoke of oppression. And how is it with Palmerstos, and the English government Have they ever before taken the side of the oppressed Have they ever even raised a voice of. protest or of remonstrance against the usurpations of tne despotisms of the old world Poland, Hungary and Italy can answer.

And Ireland, in louder and more unmistakeable tones, can tell ns the character of the government of Great Britain. Such are the managers of the Russian war on the part of France and England. If they are successful, what can reasonably be expected of them Does not their character and antecedents indicate pretty strongly that they will, be governed entirely "by the consideration of their own interests And it must be borne in mind that their interests are not the interests of the people of their respective countries. Lotris Napoleon the English aristocracy these are the parties to be benefitted by success against the Russians, as the war is now waged If on defeating Russia, these powers should find a portion of the sick man's" estate necessary to reimburse them for their expenses, can we doubt that they would take it If then they thought a war upon free institutions and free governments conducive to their interests, would they hesitate to commence it These are some of the considerations, we be lieve, which make Americans hesitate to ex press sympathy for the allies in the Russian If the views of the people of France and England could be carried out, and the war be conducted by honest men, upon just principles, and for the ends which the people have in view, the hearty sympathy of America would be with the antagonists of Russia. Now, our country is fully justified in withholding her countenance from both parties, and looking up on the allies with distrust and suspicion.

In concluding, we must take this opportunity to congratulate the hree Press on securing so interesting a correspondent from London as Griffith." Our readers will be interested to know that the correspondent of the Free Press is none other than Maherbal," whose letters in The Journal from Berkshire Coun ty, a year or two since, attracted so much interest and the friends of Mr.MATTHEW H. Bcckham, formerly of Chelsea, and more recently a tutor in the University of Vermont, and may be gratified to learn that he is both "Griffith and Maherbal." An Editor va An Archbishop. A long and bitter controversy has been going on between Archbishop John Hughes, of the Roman Catholic Church, and Hon. Erastcs Brooks, of the iV. Y.

Express, who is also i member of the New York State Senate. Thi war commenced by Mr. Brooks charging, in his place in the Senate, that Archbishop Hughes, in his own individual right, had possessed him self of church property, in his archiepiscopal dis trict, to the extent of some five millions of dol lars. The Archbishop replies substantially that he does not hold five millions' worth of proper ty, but that, as an individual, he scarcely owns more than the bed which he sleeps. Brooks returns to the charge, with copies of the official records, to show that the Archbishop does hold in his own right, as plain John Hughes, immense amounts of property, in the city of lork.

J. he Archbishop rejoins. pleading that all the specifications of Brooks prove nothing. The Senator again comes out insisting that the named parcels of property be long to John Hughes, because they have not only been sold and deeded to him, but that he has actually sold some parcels again, as in the ordinary business transactions of other owners of real estate. Here the Archbishop asks an armistice often days, that his attorneys may have time to examine the record of deeds.

The ten days hav ing expired, the Archbishop finally appears at length. Although he admits the holding of property to the amonnt of about $140,000, he pronounces many of the statements of Brooks false. But the proof of falsehood is hardly sat isfactory, and the general opinion (Protestant) is that the Protestant Editor and Senator has the advantage of the Right Reverend Priest of Rome. He certainly has better preserved his good temper, as the following extracts will show: When Mr, Brooks wrote this he knew as well as I do that I am not the owner of a sol tary square inch of ground on 50th or 51st street, and with this knowledge in his mind Mr. Erastcs Brooks has exhibited himself in the light of a man who has no regard for veracity.

and who is therefore, utterly unworthy of notice. take him consequently with covered hands, to the nearest open sash a tcindow, and send him forth with the single mental observation, go hence, wretched ana vue insect the world has space for you as well as for me' John, Archbishop of New York, To this elegant effusion the Editor of the Ex press replies as follows But, good Archbishop, I am not to be so dismissed. You commenced the war and I intend to end it. If the insect has stung you, and you have been unable either to heal the wound, or have the sung extracted, it is your fault, not mine. There is something to me, even more ludicrous than wicked, if possible, in the bitterness, and boldness of your denials of the truth, and in the frequency of your personalities.

Early in life 1 was taught that in controversies and intercourse among men, no gentleman ever insults another, and nobody else can. I know the advantage 1 have over you in this respect, and mean to maintain it to the end, bv an ab sence of all foul epithets, and all exhibitions of bad temper- Yon forced me into this contro and the woman from whom they got their supper and breakfast seemed offended, because they would not sell her some of their candles, and importuned Gibbon for the sale of his straw uat. is The men here wore short woolen trow sera, buttoned at the knee, together with long woolen stockiegs. Everything in the shape of provis- ions, clothing. is brought from a distance.

June 5th. On the route they passed a curi ous looking place, where a small, stream, pouring over a cascade, spread itself over a broad surface of soft rock, about 250 yards wide, cros-. sing the valley down Which they were traveling. The rock sounded hollow under the mules' feet, and "Herndon feared they would break through, every instant. After crossing it, they -saw it was a thin crust for a stream of water was issuing from beneath it and flowing into the road.

The rock had the appearance of having 1 once been liquid which led them to think it was lava, and that there had been a volcanic eruption in the neighborhood. In the afternoon, after a ride over a stony and dusty plain, bordered on each side by rockv mountains, they reached the bridge of Or- ova. This is a chain suspension bridge, of about fifty yards in length and two and a half in breadth, flung over tne river iauxa wmcn Is a tributary of the Ucayali River. The Yauli stream joins this river here, on its way down to the Amazon. The bridge consists of four chains, about a quarter of an inch in diameter, stretched horizontally across the river, from strong stone work on each side.

These are interlaced with throngs of hide sticks are laid on them and lashed down, forming a floor. Two other chains are stretched across, about four feet above these, and connected with them by throngs of hide these serve for balustrades, and would prevent a mule from jumping off. The bridge is about 60 feet above the water. It is very light, and rocks and sways under the motion of the mules. The heavy articles are taken off and carried across on the shoulders of the bridge-keeper and his assistants.

The toll was 12 1-2 cents a mule. TO BE COJfTtStrCID. VERMONT JOURNAL. Windsor, Friday, May 25, 1855. Outside Pages.

On the first page, A Girl's Dilemma Personal Appearance of the Apostles The Jews of Jerusalem Andrew Marshall, the Negro Preacher Exploring the Amazon, the first of a series of very interesting Articles. On the fourth page, a beautiful piece of Poetry, from a frequent contributor to The Journal and a variety of interesting and amusing Items. America and the Russian War. Griffith, the London correspondent of the 'Burlington Free Press, in a recent letter on the War with Russia, manifests much surprise and indignation at the want of sympathy on the part of the American press with the allied troops. The Free Press endorses, editorially, the sentiments of its correspondent, and.

con demns the endeavor on the part of some lead' in journals to turn popular sympathy in this country away from the allies and towards Russia, in the present The N. Y. Daily Times is mentioned, both editorially and by Griffith," as the American paper most deserving of reprehension, under this head. Now so far as any American journal has manifested sympathy with the course of Russia In this contest, we are as willing to condemn it as the Free Press or its correspondent can be. Our readers well know that we are not especial admirers of the political character of Cass.

He does, however, sometimes express sentiments that we approve and his remarks on this sub ject meet with our hearty concurrence. He said in one of his latest speeches in the Senate When these troubles commenced, the sympathies of this country were with the Turks, and so far as these are concerned, they are so yet. Turkey was the injured nation. Demands were made upon her absolutely revolting to the moral feelings of the world. An independent community was bullied by Russia." Again, in speaking of the extraordinary disclosures made by the British Ambassador, of his interviews with Nicholas, and the proposals made by the Czar, he says I know nothing more atrocious in the dark catalogue of diplomatic atrocities, than this unprincipled scheme of partition.

Its equal is only to be found in the graphic pictures of robber life spread before the reader of Gil Bias. Neither does the present position, nor do the antecedents of the Russian Government present to an American any elements of hope. nor any grounds of sympathy. It is an unmiti gated despotism, Doth in principle ana practice." These remarks of the Michigan Senator, we believe to be the words of truth and soberness." We believe they are as true now as ever. We have viewed with distrust the reported last words of the Czar in reference to the relations between his country and ours.

Such, too, we consider the general sentiment of the American press, as well as of the American people. Notwithstanding all this, as the war is at present conducted, we believe that the governments of France and England neither possess nor deserve the sympathy of Americans. As far as the people of those countries are concerned, we appreciate and admire the motives which actuate them. The present war is popu lar with them, because they regard it as a just and righteous war, undertaken for the defence of the weak against the oppressor. They are in the midst of the war excitement.

Their friend and neighbors are perishing by the word of the Russian, the inclemencies of the climate, the wasting of pestilence, and, more than all, by the incapacity of their generals. But all this suffering they look upon as a sacrifice for the cause of justice and humanity and they have some thoughts, too, of national glory and military honor and are content. But we, here, are in a more favorable position for form- log a calm aaa opinion of the con..