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VISIT OF THE u. S. STEAMER PRINCETON TO THE
BIRTH PLACE OF CoLUMBUs.-The u. S. steamer
Princeton, during her shor: stay at Genoa last
month, took on board a number Of the citizens
of that place, and made trip to CogoIetlo, the
the birth place Of Columbus. The run was
made in an hour, and on firing the village a sa-


lutte of nine guns fired. which brought al the


inhabitants to the shore. The landing of the COM
pany and some of the incidents on shore are thus
described by Edwards Lester, in q letter to the
Washington Union:


"The commander, the officers, and the guests
landed amidst silent and excited crowd of a
thousand rustic admirers, and were met by the
Sindaco of the King, who, on being told that the
ship in the ofng had come from the country of Co.
lumbus had discovered, to visit his birth place,
showed the party at once. with thousand incli.
nations and thanks, to the house whose inscirp.
tons declare that within its walls the great navi-
gator first the light.


"lt is strong, well-bui stone mansion, landing
on the beach, inhabited by revenue officer, and
devoted on the first floor to the sociable purposes
af cafe, where the villagers, who have a few
soldi 10 spend, assemble al times to talk over the
glory of their great citizen.


'Wh hile the party were standing in the room
in which Columbus is said to have been born, il
was proposed to eroct bust to him in the chur.b.
where he was baptised, and which at tha, mo.
ment was ringing out merry chime in honor of
the strange visitors. The proposal was received