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Land Office Report.
[OoNOI-ODtD.]
Under other treaties with various tribes of In
juns, indivKiual leservations have been illowed
a a voi! ear;} peuod in the operations ot our
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iiy me treaty of 1860, with tlie Choctaws, nu
merous reservations were allowed, and patents re
quired to be issued to the reserves under the 14th
article, and to purchasers from the Indians under
the 19th article and supplement to that treaty. —
Tuesc and other kindred treaty operations, have
devoied an immense amount ot business upon this
office, but such has been the progress made in it
that we are prepared to issue patents on demand
in auy uneontested case, where the proceedings are
found regular.
JhJy the act of Congress, approved 27th January,
1851, Congress authorised a grant of the “ right ot i
pre-emption to certain purchasers and settlers on
the Maisou Rouge grant, in the event of the final I
adjudication of she title in favor of the United !
States.”
The itaison Rouge title, in a petitory action I
came before the Supreme Court of the I uited ;
States in 1845, in theca-e of the 1 nited Stan ■- vs. >
King Sz Cox©, mid again iu’-db and decisions
i en rendered agio --l H, •«». ih a was » '-V
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W .he pub.ielaftfSs of *ne United States, -■ ■
iSQBgHPTi that the ■•onfoigei. :y .-=»>:ir■ -. ; • •
of 27 th January, 1851, had occurred, j
and accordingly my predecessor, on the Bth of j
March, 1851, dispatened instruction* to the proper j
laud officer to give effect to tire said act of 27th j
January, 1851. .
Since then, the attention of the Department has |
drawn to the fact that there is another suit i
under the acts of 1824 and 1 -44. be: p
Court, being the case of b'<\v
against rlie L nited States, in wbh-b
rests on the Maison Rouge title.
Hfcmd has been taken that there is no t.roprie'x
under said
last mentioned
appeal.
my communication to you of the foth ult., it
■ «sh°^ u that this office has taken a different view
* I ®aUcr, and declined compliance with an ap-
I® the a l *?* 1 tor H BUB P eas i° u of the notices under
the January, 1851, in consideration of
*6th M,av °f rhe aforesaid 7th section of the act of
I j 4 * the decree of the Supreme Conn
J ihfe?'contempictequiremeut of the
will not, howt%
returns shall nave b, _ei + hc act f ::T
--■■jj^Kurveys.within the exterior Ji n ,.„given
HHpe time willyetelrtf.se hei'.. r ,- ,p ff the-
in the way of disposer ot ' tl ' 't'/A claim,
limits of the said claim ine “ Ui „]]]
u «• recommended that a general law
ia| lllc '['>e to tne act passed in t , 'C •’ snni ‘^L
HH|?> be enacted, so us to r ..» e Aiai '-h Kb.cH
HBb° "■«nk» «uo«i.„,
and in I,;/;.., V ' XT o
-‘■L agins:
SgE&Sfe&Mfrd Marc■ , : i
for
jTStlers in the event , 1 t e ! , ( , ' tl0118 to «*r
title of the said De \> e t n ‘ lul a<lju
|m lilted states.” The s r " 1 ' in
i having Court of ,
\--BflM|ir n, ihon of Arpens'
HUHM
I underact of 4th September, 1841, for schools and
other purposes, by declaring that all such certifi
| cates which have been or may be hereafter issued,
shall be regarded as conveying the fee.
The ueceesity for regulating, by act of Congress,
the survey of the lands in California, is urged at
length and with characteristic ability.
The propriety of extending the United States
land system over t he Territoriee of Nebraska, Utah
and New Mexico, is also respectfully submittedt.
When the surveys are established, every facility
should be afforded to those persons who nave se
tled prior thereto, to seeuro their houses, either
by grant or purchase. The hardy, industrious,
enterprising populations are appropriately refer
red to.
Land offices should be created in California,
Oregon and the territories referred to, with a re
gister to each.
The township lines alone should be extended
over the valuable deposits ot the precious mine
rals, and all lands containing those deposits be left
free to the enterprising industry of all citizens of
the United Slates, and those who have declared
their intention to become such, to work and mine
at pleasure, without let or hindrance, except so
(ar as tbe salutary regulations of Jaw may dictate.
Reference is made to the able report of a former
votnmissioii of the General Land office, dated
Nov 29, 1845,0 u the subject of the mineral lands
• n ii.. Upper Mississippi, and the actual loss to
be g venniient in cash b\ the leasing system. A
bei.ef is expressed-lhat similar legislation will be
i voided in regard to the mineral lauds on the
Pacific.
iiie wse policy ot granting public lands to
schools and other institutions of learning, is
brought to notice u a very eloquent and im
pres*i ve manner. The report apprizes Congress,
at length, that the public schools of the District of
Columbia, alone, have not heretofore enjoyed this
liberality of Congress. The effort of the citizens
to establish a judicious system of education is
handsomely set forth.
The closing part of this very able report, being
of absorbing interest, I again copy therefrom, as
follows:
The grant for the Mobile and Chicago Railroad,
made by the act of 26th September, 1850, so far as
the State of Illimis is concerned, where the se
lections have been completed and the lands re
, tained :>y Uva Government brought into market., i
• strongly in point in support of this view. Here
the great anxiety was manifested to obtain lands
| along the road, even at the enhanced minimum,
and thousands of acres were disposed of that
I would probably have remained unsold for many
: years.
■ .Hr, then, as grants of this character are con
• the - verest. cri’icLm cannot justly charge
■-I'ations of the compacts with the sever
•» • ■ which they were acquired, to wit:
, - ■ = h c . coo-e-.lced a common fund for
> * - ' the States; nor as the
■ • mot;- of the pledge made of them
!> ••• ,v ••'■ 2oth January, 1527, for the redeinp
. f \'iH nubile debt.
osts railroads in the U. States
' ■ ■ ■ to on, about $25,000 per mile. The
». ■ • s- -o-lions; or 3,840 acres per mile would
, ze SIO,OOO at the double minimum.
; T balance of over $15,000 per mile, would have
to : a furnished by the State, or the individual eu
t> • I■■ 1 ■■ to which the construction of the road
: might be entrusted, and it would be unjust ts the
I intelligence and foresight of citizens to suppose
\ that works of this kind would be undertaken
; without a fair prospect of completion, and the re
j alization of reasonable profit from the investment.
The act passed at the last session of Congress
i granting the right of way and the privilege of
{ taking the necessary material for the construc
i tiou of all such roads from the public lands, is a
; fair introduction to this policy. The facilities
furnished by such roads, so far as human agency
can accomplish it, will annihilate time and space,
and like adamantine bonds bind together this
mighty and wide spread republic.
With these views, I respectfully recommend
that grants ot the character be made to the seve
ral Sta es for every work of the kind they may
undertake; and especially to the States west of
the Mississippi; for the construction of railroads
from that river along the fertile valleys watered
by the streams that descend from the Rocky
Mountains, to the foot of those mountains, and
that like grants be made to the State of California,
and Territories of Oregon, Utah and New Mexico,
tor routes leading from the Pacific to the west aide
of those mountains, leaving the transit of the
mountains to individual enterprise, cr the en
-1 larged libera’ity of Congress, in view of the im
mense facilities and advantages that would enure
to the commercial interests of the country from
such communications.
The protection that would thus be extended to
citizens residing on the frontiers, the inducements
to settle on these lands, and the facilities that
Should be furnished the government for transport
B 'Pg annuities and goods for the Indians and men
I fNmilitury stores for the frontier forts, would
7 such grants, aside trom the pecuniary
. I Or, iWing out of them.
■ eprpbine pf States of lowa and Missouri should
I on tlie Missdcstruct such ■ road from sgme point
ary of those St3s’ fgr west °* tiie Western bbnnd-
Louislana should' JU the State of Arkansas and
I construction of a s *V ! manner undertake the
benefit of those Sr-it. ° l i' rn f° r the mutual
tor those purposes thi * liberal grants be made
cure their oompJetioii the&9 measure “ will * e
and many tiow t l ®/ are once commenced;
Atlantic and LiifiX W,lf Bee the water, of the
travel of each other fl n? Ught within a few da >' 8
•uart and medium of Un] tmde^tST 7 196001110 ttie
at ?d overflowed ialLl 6 ' 1 ! 10 *u» the swamps
isiana by the Acts n j- t f ra L Jt , ed to the! State of Lou
Jptemir 18,ib2ut^0 r Slj’^
"f const meting the n’ecZ* 6 JU . st,ce
the country frnn * ,e , ve <2*l d
; 1 ' r olof., r e , r(l ann
i:i!( ri r ''f
referred to in this report, I beg leave to refer to
the accompanying documents and tables.
The reports of the Surveyor General of Califor
nia and Oregon, not having been received in time
to accompany this report, will be submitted with
a special communication. For the same cause no
esti mates are submiticdfor Surveyor in California;
they will form the subject of another communica
tion at an early day.
Cjjnmiclf & Stntiml
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA.
Friday mormxg dec k 31, 1852.
Warehousemen, in this city and Hamburg,
will please have their respective stocks of Cotton
carefully counted at as early an hour this morning
as convenient.
The Fakir of Siva
Gives the last but one of his popular entertain
ments to-night, at the Masonic Hall, on which
occasion Miss Bruoe will introduce a selec
tion of h r choice bal ads. To-morrow night the
Fakir disposes of three- hundred dollars worth of
beautiful among which are a
diamond ring, &c., &c.
Naval. —The United States steamer Massachu
setts, Lieut. John C. Carter Commanding, sailed
fr»m Valparaiso on the 15th ultimo for Norfolk,
Virginia. She will, however, touch at Rio to land
the Brazilian Minister, Lieut. Carter having, at the
request of the Hon. Bailie Peyton, tendered to hm
and hi*suite a passage home.
The frigate Baritan sailed from the Lobos Is
lands direct for the United States some two or
three weeks ago, leaving only two American men
j of war at present on the Pacific station. Captain
Bladen Du’auy, of the St. Lan-tuce, takes com
mand of the squadron.
The Norfolk Herald says the contractor for the
Princeton’s engine has sent down twelve workmen
to overhaul her boilers and ascertain whether they
are susceptible of improvement. In the meantime
the Princeton’s stores are being taken out; her
officers have been transferred to the Macedonian,
and her crew to the frigate Columbia.*
Advices from St. Jago have been* received °t
Havana to the sth inst. On the 2d and 4th Bjght
shocks of earthquake were again felt there. The
inhabitants were leaving the city in great numbers
fleeing from the menaced destruction by the con
vulsions of the earth and raging epidemic.
Three physicians of high standing have arrived
there from Havana, having gone down to render
their assistance to the inhabitants of the unfortu
nate city,
A long list is published in the Havana papers,
comprising the names of the most respectable in
habitants as having left for other parts of the Is
land, and the New Orleans Picayune finds in the
notices of deaths, several names of ladies and
gentlemen of high standing. This series of unfor
tunate events had given a new impulse to the con
tributions in other pans of the Island for the use
of the sufferers.
Accounts from Sagua de Tamano and from Ba
racoa, say that the earthquake was also felt there,
but a few minutes later, and with much less se
verity than at St. Jago.
Land Sales. —The sale of Massachusetts lands
lying in Maine took place at Boston last Thursday.
The whole of the land disposed of amounted to a
million and a half of acres or more. The lumber
upon ♦he land is of immense value while the whole
soldfor a song not yielding quite 37% cents per acre.
It is estimated that the parties will clear a million
of dollars apiece by the transaction.
lowa. —feov. Hempstead sent hk annual message
to the lowa Legislature on the 6th inst. He says that
under the present license system, the traffic in in
toxicating drinks has extended without control,
and he recommends that a judicious license sys
tern be placed under the control of the local au
thorities. Heis strongly opposed to a pape; cur
rency, and urges the General Assembly to prohibit
the circulation of all denominate 33 under ten dol
lars. The receipts into the Treasury during the
year have been $139,683; disbursements $180,631. J
The funded debt of the State amounts to $81,793-
75—of which amount $26,795.75 are payable at the
option of the State.
Results Outrunning Anticipations. —ln answer
to a circular issued in 1837, by Levi Woodbury,
Treasury,
Correspondence of the Baltimore American.
THIRTY-gECO.YD CONGRESS— Second Session
IN SENATE, Dec. 27.
The chair laid before the Senate a comunication
from the War Department, with a statement of the
unexpended balances of appropriations for that De
partment.
Also, a communication from the Interior De
partmeut, with an account of navy pension fund.
On motion of Mr. Weller, the select committee
on the charges against Mr. Bartlett, the Mexican
boundary commissioners, were authorized to em
ploy a clerk
Mr. Ca*s submitted a resolution directing an in
quiry into the expediency of granting land to
Michigan and Winconsin, toaid in the construction
of certain railroads in those States. Adopted.
Mr. Gwin introduced a joint resolution, directing
that the census of California, taken by the State
authorities, be printed with the returns of the
United Stages census, and after long debate it was
passed.
A bill for the relief of Thomas E. Parsons, who
in 1808 on the coast of Louisiana was injured in a
successful endeavor to save the lives of seven A
mericaa seaman, among whom was the present
Commodore Jones, was taken up and passed.
A motion to adjourn till Thursday was rejected.
The private calendar was taken up, and on a
motion to postpone Jthe first bill on it, no quorum
voted.
And after a variety of motions, on which no
quorum voted, the Senate adjourned.
HOUSE.
On motion of Mr. Stanton, of Ohio, a resolution
was adopt d, calling for information from the Pre
sident relative to claims that paid or are
stil 1 pending, made by Custom" House officers,
under a new construction of the law,
Mr. Meacham, of Vermont, moved that 100,000
copies of the report of the Superinteudant of the
Census, be printed for the use of the members,
which was referred to the Committee on Printng.
Mr. Stephens, of Georgia, moved that the joint
resolutions of the Senate for conferring the brevet
ank of Lieutenant General upon Major General
Scott be taken up, upon which a call of the House
was ordered.
There. being only 147 members present, Mr.
Stanley, of North Carolina, suggested that the
member from Georgia should not press the motion
in so thin a House.
Mr. Stephens declined acceeding, as he thought
whether the House were full or not, members
would arrive at a correct conclusion.
The yeas and nays were then taken as to sus
pending the rules, which was negatived—yeas 74,
nays 70—there not being a vote of two-thirds.
Considerable time was spent svith reference to a
resolution authorizing the receiving of reports of
committees against which there should be no ob
jection, provided that no bill be put upon its pass
age without the unanimous consent ot the House ;
but there being no quorum voting on the passage
of the resolutions the House adjourned at half
past two o’clock.
European Intelligence.
We learn from the New York papers that the
steamship Canada reached Boston about half past
eleven o’clock on Saturday night, and at four
o’clock the next afternoon Mr. Baily, the Chief
Clerk in the Boston post office, started with the
foreign mails in a special train, for New York,
where he arrived about ten o’clock—having made
the run in six hours. The run between Boston and
Springfield, a distance of one hundred miles, was
made in two minutes loss than two hours. Mr,
Baily having been detained by an accident on a
former occasion, was evidently determined to
make up for it this time.
The Canada’s advices are to the 11th instant.
A letter dated Southampton, Dec. 9th, says
“ The United States mail steamship Washington,
Capt. E. M. Fitch, which left Southampton on
Wednesday afternoon with the semi-weekly Ameri
can mail, met with a heavy gale of wind in the
Channel during the night, and a sea having struck
the forward part of the ship, damaging some of
the deck works, forecastle, Arc., she put back into
Cowes roads this morning, and will come up to the
Southampton docks this evening to repair. The
damages sustained are understood to be by no
means serious, and the Washington, it is expected,
will be ready for sea again on Saturday. The
United States mail steamer Frankbn, Capt. J. A.
Wotten, having had a new intermediate shaft
fitted at the factory of Messrs. Summers & Co., of
this place, left this morning for Havre. She will
leave that port for New York, touching off Cowes
for mails and passengers on Monday next.
Speech or the American Minister at the Guild
hall Banquet. —At the grand annual banquet
given by the Lord Mayor ot London on the Bth
instant his lordship, after the usual loyal toasts had
been disposed of, said he was delighted to have
among his guests the’representative of a country
between whom and this country an interchange of
a friendly feeling was so much to be desired, and
gave “ His Excellency the American Minister and
the Representatives of Foreign Powers.” [Cheers.]
Mr, Ingersoll returned thanks. He regretted
that he was not accompanied by more of his fellow
1 Ml iUlo olnn ; tViot rnigrlit lia\ T 6
! seen the assembled loyalty, and he might add, the
assembled beauty, present in the hall. If so they
would have been satisfied of the truth of the old
adage that, “T! > absent are in the wrong.” The
country wdiieh he had the honor to represent was
excelled by none other in love and admiration for
the people of this countiy. They derived their
knowledge from the same instructors, and their
habits from the same examples. Tiie charters of
the middle Wes, the Bill of the
were
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[From the Southern Ladies' Book for .Kovenwer.]
THE DEATH OF THE YEAR.
BY GBO. D. PRENTICE.
List! list! what fearful tone was that which rose
Upon the wind of midnight? Nature sounds
No knell o’er earth for the departed year,
Yet when its last breath passed into the void
Os the by-gone eternity, I heard
Echoed within the chambers of my soul
A sound, perchance the shadow of a sound,
Wild, strange and dismal, as it were a wail,
A low and blencid wail, from all the graves
And sepulchres of ocean and of earth
Upon the stilly sir. Oh was it not
The solemn voice of old Eternity
Uttering one cry, one wild and deep lament,
For his dead ch Id!
The year, alas! is gone
Forever from the world ! He seemed too strong.
Too mighty e’er to die. He laid his hand
On breathing m lli ns, and they sank beneath
The green grass of the grave; he blew aloud
The trumpet-blast of battle, and dark hosts
Met in the mortal shock, and when the flame
And smoke of conflict had gone by, they lay
Like autumn’s red leaves on the plain ; he passed
O’er earth, and at each wave of his broad wings.
Volcano, earthqaake, whirlwind, storm, and flood
Sprang up beneath the silent spell, and wrought
The fearful errands of their destiny ;
Yet now, his own great mission done, he lies
On scorched and broken pinions with the dead.
There, there to sleep.
What is Time?
A giant-power stern, vast, and bodiless,
That we may feel, but never see. We gaze
With aching eyes into the past, and there
We see a thousand shapes of light and gloom
Floating like atoms in the pallid beams
Os monrnful memory, but the perished year
Is all unseen. From thence we sadly turn,
And, gazing on the future, we behold
Dim, countless phantoms trooping from its dark
Unfathomed ocean to the lonely shore
Os earthly being, but the coming years
Are all invisible; And then pause
And gaae above, around, beneath, and lo!
Our eyes are startled by the mighty deeds
Os the now passing time; the iron weight
Os his stern presence rests upon our souls;
We feel the awful spectre touch our brows
With his cold deathlike finger ; and we hear
The deep and mingled roar that rises up
From all his mighty doings on our earth;
And yet he has no form to cast its gleam
Or shadow on our sight.
The parted year
Called forth from earth a blooming Paradise
Os sweet spring-flowers—he waved his autumn wand
And they were not. He woke in human souls
Myriads of hopes and joys and burning loves,
That seemed like things of immortality—
He touched them and they died. Another year,
The gift of God, is cast beneath the skfes,
And what is darkly hidden in the still *
And silent depths of its mysterious months,
We may not know —thank God, we may not know.
We only know that with each passing month
And day and hour, the low, deep wail of grief,
The maddened cry of agony, the shout
Os fierce ambition, the loud thunder-shock
1 Os bloody conflict, and the knell of death
Will echo, each, its one brief moment o’er
The sea of time, and then be swallowed up
And lost forever in the onward sweep
Os its unpitying waves.
i The midnight skies
Are weeping silent tears as if they grieved
For the old year, and the pale stars look sad
And tremble, as if living,, sorrowing hearts
Were throbbing in their breasts. In vain ! in vain!
The faded year is nothing now. The flowers,
The birds, the waves, the thousand melodies
Os vernal life and nature will come back,
But he returns no more. The winds may search
For him ;n their flu- journeylngs; the grand
Old ocean with its thunder-tones may call
Forever to him in its ceaseless dash
Beneath the heavens ; the bright and burning stars
With their high tones of Eden minstrelsy,
May speak his name in their eternal sweep
Along their flaming paths ; the comets wild
May seek him by the baleful blaze they spread
Through realms of ancient night; but noneof these
Shall ever find him, for he liveth not
In all the universe of God. Years die,
And centuries die, and there will come a day
When the dread ant el of the Apocalypse,
Standing on land and sea, will lift his hand
And swear that time shall be no more.
Yet thou,
Oh man, wilt never die. The earth will pass
Like a wild dream away, the very heavens •
Be rolled together as a scroll, but He,
Beneath whose feet the sun and stars are dust,
Hath said that thou shalt never die. Those great
And awful words of the Omnipotent
Are caught up and re-echoed to thy soul
By all the world of nature. A deep voice,
That tells thee of thy immortality,
Speaks in the breeze and in the hurricane ;
Blends with the gentle music of the stream,
The loud rush of the cataract, the peal
From the dark bosom of the cloud, and all
The thousand mystic cadences of night,
Deep mingles with the everlasting roar
Os ocean in his wild unrest, and swel's
Forever in the angel-symphonies
Sung by the stars around the midnight throne.
Louisvilie, Ky., 1852.
The North and the South.— The Baltimore
American, in reply to the sneers of some Noi th
em journals at movements to advance Southern
nommer. 'al interests, says:
“What is the North to do without that assailed,
vituperated, agitated, convulsed South ? What is
the basis of its commerce? What is the basis of
its industry? What is the basis of its exchange?
What is tno basis of its manufactures ? W aat
feeds the l*oms of England and France? What
buildrtpd freights its ships? Hard as it may be
for thaUregion to acknowledge the fact, the only
reply is: Ihe South and its _,apor !
In 1850, the La nor cf he South gave those cle
which American commerce at the
a moment, in the follow ng
Bij ißoprtic CcUgrup!}.
Senator King’* Health.
Tlie Hon. Wm, R. King is in rather a more dan
gerous condition, and the U. S. Mail steamer
touched at Forfeit to take him to Havana to spend
the winter.
Louisiana Election.
The Whigs of New Orleans concede that the
Democratic ticket is elected. Huberts, democrat,
majority in the city is 1268.
Charleston Market.
Thursday, Dec. 30, P. M.— Cotton. —A good de
mand has prevailed to-day at the former full pri
ces. #OO bales were sold at 7>£ to 9>£ cents.
New Orleans Market,
Tuesday, Dec. 28.— Cotton. —There was an ani
mated demand to-day with sales of 20,000 bales [at
an advance of %to % cent. Strict Middling
cents.
New York Market.
Wednesday, Dec. 29. — Cotton. —The sale* to
day are 800 bales —prices unchanged.
Terrible Accident- Explosion of a Gas Pip*.
New York, Dec. 25. —At an early hour last even
ing, an explosion of one of the Manhattan gaa
pipes took place, in thisoity, near No. 419 Broome
street. It appears one of the main iron pipes,
having worn away with rust, some portions of the
material became weak, and the pressure of the
being very heavy, the pipe exploded, and the
gas escaped with such force as to penetrate
through the earth in all directions. It being di
rectly opposite the dwelling of Mr. Edwin B.
Clayton, the coal vault became densely filled with
gas, ana making its way through the crevices, the
family in the upper portion of the house suspected
something was wrong, as the smell was quite
offensive, but thinking it emanated from the street,,
nothing more was thought of it. Shortly after Mr,
Clayton went below stairs to the basement, and
wishing some coal brought np stairs, he requested
the servant girl to go to the vault, and fi.ll the
scuttle.
Mr. Clayton followed her to the door with a
lighted camphine lamp, and the instant the unfor
tunate woman opened the door, the gas ignited
from the blaze of the lamp, and she fell upon the
flagging. Mr. Clayton also received, and was
prostrated by, a terrible shock. He was almost
suffocated, but yet retained his voice sufficient to
cry for help, which was heard by the family, who
hastened to his assistance, and, while in the act of
removing Mr, Clayton, the servant crawled out of
the vault into the entry, with her flesh burned to
such an extent as to drop from her face, arms and
hands. Upon reaching the entry, she rolled over
on her back, quite helpless, and in the greatest
agony. Medical attendance was instantly pro
cured, and the wounds of both Mr. Clayton and
the domestic were freely bathed with sweet oil,
and other medical applications, which somewhat
alleviated their intense sufferings. The suffering
servant girl is in a dying condition, and is not ex
pected to survive. Mr. Clayton is doing well, but
should he recover, his face will be disfigured.
Cincinnati, Dec. 27.—The heavy rains during
the latter part of last week, have caused destruc
tive floods in the Great and Little Miami rivers.
The Miami Canal is broke 10 miles above, and will
require two weeks to repair. The Whitewater
Canal is also broken. The Miami and Cincinnati,,
and Hamilton and Dayton Railroads are much
damaged, and, on both, the trains are unable t*<
run—on the latter, several bridges have beeni
washed away.
In Indiana the floods were very heavy. On the
Madison and Indianapolis Railroad, several Ridges
were washed away. A freight engine with 10 ears
fell through the bridge iff Pleasant riv r, and 8
men connected with the train were missing. In
the vicinity of Madison much damage was done to
property, and several lives were lost.
New York, Deo. 17.—Advices from Port Au
Prince to the 14th state that the yellow fever waa
more prevalent than for 80 years past. Upwards
of 50 Americans had died within a few months,
among whom was Captain Rogers of the schooner
Sarah Maria, Capt. Deers of the schooner John
Tyler, and Capt. Waar, of the schooner J. C. Ros
col.
Boston, Dec. 27th.—The barque Forest Princa
trom New Orleans for Boston was wrecked on
Nantucket on Friday. Her cargo will be saved iD;
a damage I condition. The vessel, which is insur
ed in this city, will go to pieces.
New York, Dec, 27th.—The brig Edward Tel
lette of Newbern, N. C., was totally lost on th
night of the 2nd inst., midway between Guada
loupe and Antigua. Capt. Crabtree and the crew
arrived at Antigua on the 3rd in an open boat.
Washington, Dec. 26. —General Pierce held a
conference with invited friends, yesterday, regard
ing bis Cabinet. Senator Hunter, of Virginia, had
the refusal of the Treasury Department, and de
clined it; be may fee urged into the Department of
State, though disch ed to accept office.
SPECIAL NOTICES.
The Giant Girl respectfully tenders herth aais
to the Ladies and Gentlemen of Augusta for their liberal
patronage, and informs them that she will continue her
LEVEES at MASONIC HALL on FRIDAY and SATUR
DAY only, from 10 A. M. until 10 P. M., as she will posi
tively leave this City on Monday next. dBl-2
Harmonic Verein, —The members are re-quested
to assemble on SATURDAY, the first of January, and come
prepared to pa(y up their dues. Punctual appearance at
OX o’clock, P. M., required. By order of the President,
Sec. pro. tern.
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