BY This Mornings Mail.
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IL Hon. CALEE CUSHING, American C0mms.
sioneI 10 China, has forwaJGed to the National
IDstiiltc, al Washington. interesting descriptions
of Aeon IN Arabia, aud Bombay. Both OF these
Ds peys have been pgbIished IN the National In
telIigenceF.


I'm taking plssession Of Alden, in Arabia
saws Mr. Cushing (" tbe EagLsii Government has
recently acquired ysfy important military post
ON the southern shont Of Arabia, near u tie
Straits of Babe-Msndei, winch commands the
Red Sea and the rea OF Arab.S, as Gibraltar does
the Mediterranean and P9rtipn OF The Auanuc.
Alden IS, even more than Gibfaltar, castle oi
Natures own construction. At Gibraltar Eng
land has excayated for herself citadel IN the
heart of d limestone mountain; at Adeh t'ie hds
planted herself in an ancient crater, and sits
secure within the pumeYsl fortress formed by The
lofty sides Of an ettinct volcano"


SCHOONER SUtK, And Two LIVES Losr.-We
learn from the Exchange Reading Room Books,
that the schooner Samuel Hllswe Capt VIM.
Ford. Of and from Baltimore bound to Richmond,
laden with slack ,Jime, sprung leak on Sunday
morning last, near Love Point, IN the Chesapeake,
and sunk almost Immediately. Tae Captain,
and the cook, colored boy were drowned. The
balance Of the crew, consisting Of two white men
and one colored, were rescued from the maln.top-
mast, the only thing above water, BY Capt Wad.
son and crew, of the British brig Herald, which
left this port the same dav for Halifax. They
| were taken on board the Herald, and afterwafc
transferred 10 the British brig c. w. Wallace, enc
arrived here Yesterday morning. Bait Sun.