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FURTHER intelligence by the
BRITANNIA.
From the Livepool Times, Sept. 30.
England.
A good deal of rain has fallen in various
parts of England during the last week. Indeed
the weather has generally become unfavorable
throughout the country. It may be hoped,
however, that the harvest is pretty well gather
ed in, even in remote parts of the country,
and that a few days of rainy weather will
not materially affect the general results, as far
as the grain crops are concerned.
Long continuance of wet weather must,how
ever, materially affect the potatoes in their
present diseased state; and a fine dry genial
October must prove a great blessing to the
farmer and to the country. There seems now
but very little doubt entertained that the wheat
crops are so far deficient that we shall require
considerable supplies; but the abundant har
vest on the continent, and the favorable reports
from the United States combine to keep the
corn market without any great fluctuation.
Ireland.
On the 23d inst. a bill for high treason was
brought against J. Cormack, E. Egan, W.
Peach,T. FinaneJ. Preston, T. Cunningham
and T. Stark, and sent to the grand jury, who
in a few hours returned a true bill against all
the accused, excepting Cormack and Cunning
ham.
The state trials were resumed at Clonmel,
Mr. Smith O’Brien was placed at the bar. Mr.
Whiteside applied to postpone the trial. The
court overruled the objection, Mr. Whiteside
then handed in a plea to the same effect, which
he requested to be put on the record, in case
he should adopt ulterior proceedings in the
matter, which after a long discussion was al
lowed. Mr. O’Brien then pleaded not guilty.
The south of Ireland continues tranquil,—
The marauding parties whe had lately been
seen on the hillsappear to have withdrawn to
their homes. Several arrests have taken
place.
France.
The events of the French revolution flow
on in rapid and interesting succession. An
other crisis had been gotten over without an
appeal to arms in the streets of Paris. The
elections are now terminated ; and it will be
seen that besides the return of Louis Napoleon,
Achille Fould, and Raspail for Paris. Count
Mole has been elected to the Gironde, and has
. taken his seat in the National Assembly. i
' Ths Government Candldtttes"liwve oeeif all
unsuccessful. The Prince left London very
quietly and almost unattended, and on the 26th
took his seat in the National Assembly. His.
entrance caused some emotion in the Cham
ber, but the formalities having been proceeded
with, the Prince was declared, without opposi
tion, a representative of the department of the
Yonne. His certificates of birth and nationali
ty were dispensed with. The Prince then as
cended the tribune, and in a brief written
speech, declared his adhesion to the Republic ;
to the defence of the order and consolidation of
which he declared that no man is more devoted
than himself.
The Assembly has decided upon a single
Chamber by a majority of 241.
Notwithstanding the external appearance of
tranquility in the capital, the Government is far
from being at ease. A meeting of the com
manders of the several legions of the National
Guard was convoked a few days since by Gen.
Cavaignac, to obtain information as to the
spirit which prevailed in the several legions. A
second meeting had taken place, at which the
colonels accidentally absentfrom the first were
present. The commanders in general express
ed their opinion that if the rappel should be
beaten, the national guard would come out in
considerable numbers ; but some of them ex
pressed much apprehension in the event of any
Bonapartist movement, and felt but little reli
ance on any cordial co-operation, while the
Government entertains even more distrust of
the garde mobile than of the national guard.
Spain.
The Heraldo, of Madrid, of the 22d, states
that on the 17th a severe engagement of some
hours’duration, took place between Cabrera,
at the head of a numerous band, and two de
tachments of the Queen’s troops, at a short dis
tince from Labajol, in Catalonia, and that,
eventually, the insurgents were routed, and Ca
brera, himself, compelled to fly into France—
The provinces of Ciudad Real and Toledo had
been proclaimed in a state of siege.
Germany*
The advices from Frankfort, of the 21st inst.,
state that tranquility was entirely restored in
the town, which was occupied by above 10,000
Austrian, Prussian, Hessian, and Wurtemhurg
troops. The loss of the soldiers, during the
fighting of the 18th inst., is estimated at 25 kill
ed and 70 wounded ; but the loss of the insur
gents is unknown, though it may be supposed
to be greater than that of the troops.
The Danish Government has issued an offi
cial circular contradicting the report that it was
disposed to accept any modifications on the
conditions of the armistice.
An insurrection of an alarming nature broke
out at Cologne on the 26th of Sept. It com
menced in consequence of the arrest of three
individii ds charged, it is said, with being con
cerned in a plot for bringing about a Republi
can movement.
The most recent intelligence, however, of
tie insurrection is to the effect that a sanguina
ry engagement had taken place in the vicinity
of Stauffen, in which the insurgents were com
pletely and were so effectually hemmed
in, that they had no alternative but to surren
der.
Italy.
R<IMF. —kT— ha?
resignation of the Ministry, and has nomina
ted a now Cabinet.
The Paris letter of the Times mentions, on
the authority of a communication from a high
ly informed quarter, that the Austrian and Sar
dinian governments not having been able to
agree as to the term for which the armistice
should be prolonged, the British and French
representatives at Turin and Vienna proposed
as a mezzo termine, which has been accepted,
that the armistice should be extended from
eight days to eighty days, until Austria shall
have agreed with the mediating Powers on the
basis upon which a definite treaty of peace may
be concluded.
Our Paris letter also states, on the same au
thority, that the King of Naples has accepted
the mediation of (ireat Britain and France, on
the express condition that his right to re-estab
lish his dominion in Sicily shall not be contest
ed. King Ferdinand lias further commanded
Gen. Filangeri not to suspend hostilities until
the British and French Cabinets shall have for
mally admitted the King’s right to recover pos
session of Sicily as the basis of the mediation.
The French Government has already indirect
ly admitted the demand of the King of Naples.
The Patria of Florence of the 21st instant,
states that an engagement had taken place be
tween the Neapolitan troops and the Sicilians
at Abi reale. ten miles from Catania, in which
the Neapolitans were defeated.
Prussia*
Berlin. Sept. 26. —The cholera is subsiding.
In other respects the news is unimportant.
The Disturbances at Cologne—Cologne Sept.
26.—A1l political and social associations are dis
solved ; public meetings prohibited ; the bur
gher guards dissolved and commanded to give
up their arms ; the existing authorities retained
in their offices, and the citizens being called up
on to prevent the adoption of extreme measures.
The Radical papers have been suppressed.
The barricades were removed without any
engagement between the troops and the insur
gents, who. although they had seized arms from
various shops, retired before the troops.
Hungary*
Late advices which have come to band state
the Hungarian troops have gained a victory
over the forces of Crotia. The latter is said to
have lost 1500 in killed and wouuded.
Danubian letters inform us that 1200 recruits.
Poles and Germans, from the Principals of
Cherson, have cut their way through the Rus
sian camp during the night to join their own
ranks.
Insurrection in Baden.— The Republicans
under Struve have made a successful outbreak
in Baden, and have proclaimed a Germanic
Republic.
When the last accounts left, the Republicans
were completely masters of Lerrach. The
revenue collectors had taken the oaths to the
Republic; martial law had been proclaimed
against traitors and reactionaries.
Liverpool Markets*
LIVERPOOL, Sept. 30.—Cotton.—We have still
to report a flat market for Colton ; —the spinners la
boring under a stress of bad trade, seek by every ex
ertion to lay in raw material al lower rates, and the
demand is confined almost exclusively to qualities or
dinary to middling, or good middling at the outside;
for anything above these there is scarcely any inquiry
except it be for exportation ; on the other hand, prices
have been driven down to such a low point, that, not
withstanding the unremitting efforts of the buyers,
little impression is made, and though occasional lower
sales have been suoiuittedto during the week, yet the
general market has been at the quotations of last week.
In Braxils, Egyptians, Surats, and Sea Islands,
there is no change. The sales have amounted to 26,-
270 bales, of which 800 American are <xi specula
tion, and 2420 American, 170 Bahia, 700 Surat, and
160 Bengal fur export; and 6690 Atn-erican have been
forwarded into the country unsold during the month.
The American descriptions sold during the week
were—24o Sea Island, 7 a 123.; 70 Stained, 3$ a
5(d. ; 3680 Bowed, 3j a 4fd.; 12.930 Orleans, 2| a
6d., and 5100 Mobile, 3 a 4fd.
The cooicuiitee’s quotations to-day lor fair cotton are
—Bowed, 4d.; Mobile, 4d., and New Orleans, 4>d.
The imports this week are 26,479 bales ; this year
1,293,287; same time last year, 857,108. The esti
mated stocks are 527,180; same lime last year, 399,-
960. There are taken (hie year by the trade. 1,012,-
240 bales, by speculators 58,350, by exporter* 116,-
040; same time last year, by the trade. 797,770
bales, by speculators 269.700, by expjrtera 95,510. —
Liverpool Mail.
LIVERPOOL, Sept 30. — Grain. — The value of
American Flour remained nominal at »S to 325.. and
Canadian sweet at 28 to 31s. par bbl. Indian Corn,
at th*' same market realised 35 to 365.. at which rates
a good demand prevailed, chiefly for export to Ireland.
In Indian Meal transactions took piace at 16s 63
to 17s. fid. Influenced by the reports from London,
the trade al Liverpool, on Tuesday last, was steady,
but by no means active. Wheat was in demand at a
deci me of 2d. to 3d. per bushel ou the rates of the
I9ih. Indian Corn was also Is. per qr. lower, 375.
being taken for round yellow Jersey.
Hal* and Half.—An Anecdote.—We
heard a good one a tew days since, of an old
German woman, who keeps an inn somewhere
in the Whig county of Somerset. Be it re
membered that, though the widow was cut*
enough in her particular line, she was consid
erably out of sons on political matters. ‘‘Have
you any Cass men in this neighborhood ?”
inquired a traveller, as he sipped his last cup
of coffee. “Na*.” replied the widow. ”uae
cash men.” "'All Taylor men. I suppose, then.”
said the stranger. “ Nae, nae bayfor men.
too.” answered the old lady. •• What, all for
Van Burea here 1” continued the (*ntletnan,
in astomahmant as be rosa from th* table.
■■ Nae. no pody gvesh for Van Pnreit. too,”
said the widow. •• Weil. then, who the mis
chief ark they going for ?” inquired the travel
ler. who, by this ume. began to think the old
lady wa* quizzing him - Vy, about one half
of ’em goeah for an Old Teller dey calls -Rough
and Ready.’ and de oder half goesh for anoder
s eller dey call* ' Old Zhaek.' ” replied the
widow, as she proceeded to clear off the table.
Hash, Com
Augusta, ®a.:
MONDAY MORNING, OCT. 23, 1848. '
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The Free Soil Men.
The vote of the Free Soil men of Pennsyl
vania, at the late election, was generally given
against Johnston, the Whig candidate. The
N. Y. Herald says:
Wilmot’s district gave a heavy majority against
Johnson, (viz: Tioga, Bradford and Susquehanna
counties,) 1700 majority in the aggrogate—a proof
that the Whigs received very little aid from the free
soil men. W ilmot’s own majority in his district was
3,400, showing a difference if over 5000 between
the vote received by him and that of Gov. Johnston.
If the free soil men bargained with the Whigs, the
former were certainly treacherous.
It should- be borne in mind that theA?ASB
men all voted for David Wilmot. But why
should they not ? Mr. Cass had about as much
to do in the matter of reviving the famous or- j
(finance of 1787, with a view to apply its re
strictions to all the territories obtained of Mexi
co as Mr. Wilmot, or any other Northern po
litician. No one denies that Senator Cass ex- I
pressed his “ deep regret that Mr. Davis had
talked out the last hour of the session, and
thereby prevented a vote being taken on the
Proviso bill from the House, and him (Mr.
Cass) from recording his vote in its favor.”—
Kuo wring where the heart of their Presidential
candidate is, the Wilmot provisoists care little
about his equivocal speech to draw Southern
democrats into his support. Old Zack, how
ever, will conquer both the Van Buren and
Cass factions in Pennsylvania, which are now
engaged in the laudable work of applying the
tomahawk to each other.
South. Carolina Election.
The returns from nearly the entire State have been
published, and where Taylor men have been elected,
they have been so designated. We think we speak
within bounds when we express the opinion, that of
the one hundred and sixty-eight members of our Le
gislature, not more than thirty will vote for the Taylor
Electoral Ticket, if indeed such a ticket is voted for
at all.— Mercury.
Are we to infer from the above that the elec
toral votes of South Carolina will be thrown
3 wayi Os ’given to V that Northern mon 'With
Southern feelings,” Martin Van Buren?—
Surely, after all that the Mercury has truthfully
said about Lewis Cass, the “ equivocal betray
er of the South,” since his nomination at Balti
more, the Legislature of the Palmetto State
cannotbe duped into the support of a practical
abolitionist, who prays for the extinction of
slavery everywhere ? Strange things do some
times happen; but this is not possible. As the
position and standing of Mr. Cass have under
gone no change since the Mercury taught its par
ty in South Carolina to regard him as unworthy
of their confidence and support, we look for no
tergiversation in the Organ— no endorsement
by the Legislature of the alleged right of the in
habitants of territories to exclude slavesand
slaveholders from New-Mexico and California.
To endorse Mr. Polk and the Wilmot proviso
in the Oregon law ; and Mr. Cass and the righto,
negroes, mulattoes. and mestizoes to keep
slavery now and forever out of territories ac
quired at the cost of much South Carolina
blood, are things not to be expected of the Le
gislature of that State.
flour Barrels.
The Charleston correspondent of the Caro
linian writes under date of October 4, as fol
lows:
“ We had a conversation with Mr. J. K. Bevin, of
this city, who has the patent right for manufacturing
flour barrels in thia State and Georgia, and lor
which a premium was obtained at the Buffalo
Fair. Mr. B. intends to establish a steam factory in
this city ; and, if an inducement was offered, he
would also establish one in Columbia, or some other
place in the upper part of this State. The factory
here will be in operation in November next. We
think a factory of this kind is very much needed in
our State, and hope such steps will be taken as will
secure it. Mr. Bevin has a contract now for five hun
dred thousand nail kegs, for a Philadelphia factory,
at 12 j cents per keg delivered there. Mr. B. will
again call on us, and we hope to hear from some one
interested on the subject.
“ P. S. One hand can make ten barrels in a day.”
The best place for Mr. B. to establish his
factory for dressing staves and setting up flour
barrels, would bo outlie canal in this city.—
Water power is something cheaper than that
of steam. Stave timber is abundant on the
bottoms of the Savannah river, and in the up
country,through which railroads pass. The
consumption of barrels for packing flour, and
steam dried corn meal for export, is soon to be
immense at this place.
Gen. Butler an Abolitionist.
Under this head, wo copied an article into
our paper from the Alabama Journal, in which
Gen. Butler was charged with “ voting exact
ly as Mr. Fillmore did in the Creole case.”—
Hence, as the democrats had charged Mr.
..uii M .. At .Ku—toi, and had
adduced his vote in the “ Creole case" as evi
dence of the fact, Gen. Butler, who voted
“ exactly as he didwas equally obnoxious to
the charge.
The Constitutionalist of Saturday morning
copied the article, and pronounced it “an
outrageous calumny, wholly and absolutely
false.” After such a denial an intelligent mind
would have supposed that some evidence would
have been introduced to disprove the charge of
the Alabama Journal; but strange to say, not a
word of evidence appeared—hence, the denial
rests upon the bald assertion of the Constitu
tionalist.
It is true, the Constitutionalist copied from
he Floridian an article showing the votes of
Mr. Fillmore and Gen. Butler on the reso-"
lulions censuring Joshua R. Giddings, who
had introduced a series of obnoxions resolutions
in regard to the slaves on the Creole, but by
what rule of argument that journal expected to
prove that because Mr. Fillmore and Gen.
Butler voted differently on the censure re»o
lutions, that therefore they did on the *' Creole
case.” the reader is not informed.
The Alabama Journal said “ they voted alike
on the Creole case."
The Constitutionalist pronounces it false, nnd
proves that they voted differently on the resolu
tions censuring Joshua R. Giddings !
After such conclusive proof as this, of the
falsity of the charge, which displays in an emi
nent degree that journal’s familiarity with the
law of evidence, let no man assert that Mr.
Fillmore and Gen. Butler voted alike upon
any question during their official terms of ser
viee, if so, the Constitutionalist will prove the
assertion "false," by showing they voted diffe
rently on Che resolutions censuring Joshua R.
Giddings !
.More than half of those who will vote for
Gen. Butler, are persuaded to do so because
he is proclaimed by his friends to be “ no slave
holder and an Emancipationist.” Statements
which no friend of lus at the South, so far as
we have seen, has pretended to controvert.
••Tlxe Great State of New York.”
“We begin to have our hopes brightened for the
cause in Chi* mighty and powerful State. Always
heretofore reliable—always staunch and unflinching,
how snitnating, how cheering the reflection, that we
are not left entirely without the hepe and expectation
of seeing this glorious star of the confederation once
more enrolled among the leading luminaries of our
democratic constellation.”— IFas/iimrton Cnion.
“New York always before reliable!” In
1838 the Whigs carried New York, elected
three-fourths of the Legislature,and Mr. Seward
Governor. In 1840 they re-elected Governor
Seward, and gave Gen. Harrison a large ma
jority. In 1846. they elected Mr. Young Gover
nor, and defeated Silas Wright —the great
gun of the'democracy. In 1847, the Whigs
swept the State like a tornado, placing Mil
lard FiLLRoRE in the high station which he
now holds by some thirty thousand majority !
And now that Cass and Van Buren have split
the democratic party through the middle,
Ritchie affects to believe that the half of his
friends in the Empire State can cast more votes
than the whole ot them. Can senility go be
yond this!
Great at Figures. —The True Sen sets
dow'n lowa, II iseonsin. tisor-ia
and Florida as States “conceded to Cass.”
and Talks of Delaware, ilaryland. and North
Carolina as “claimed by both parties.’’
Whigs Ido yon need any stronger evidence
than the above that the cause of Lewis Cass i*
utterly hopeless, if you only all vote, and per
suade every friend of Old Zach to do like
wise ? Work then, for a glorious victory is
sure to crown your labors.
Deaths in Boston.—Mr. Jeremiah Mason a
dininguishedjurist and advocate, and for many
years an eminent and iuduenual member of
Congress from New Hampshire died at Bos
ton, to which place he had removed 20 years ;
since, on Saturday evening last ; and on the j
same day Mr. II illiam Lawrence, for many
vwn m eminent and successful merchant, dis
tinguished for his active benevolence.
Another Stbamboat for Charleston.—
The Philadelphia American. r of Wednesday,
«y«:—“We loam that the Atlantic Steam
Navigation Company, of tilts eity.are about to
lay. a; Birely', yard. Kensington, the keel of a
swamship of more than a thousand tons bur
then. which is to be completed and placed on
the ho. between this city and Charleston, by
the beginning of April next. The new vessel
is to be constructed with ride paddle-wheels.
Messrs. Merrick A, Towne, of Southwark, we
hear, are to build her machinery. It is intend
ed that ah* ahag be aupenor, in every reaptet. I
A remarkable incident occurred on board the
steamship Columbus, during her last passage
from Charleston to Philadelphia. The Co
lumbus left on Saturday, and owing to her en
countering a heavy sea, she did not arrive in
Philadelphia until Tuesday. The Philadelphia
Times says:
“ On Tuesday last, two days before she sail
ed, a box was shipped on board, and the freight
paid on it, which was marked ‘ L. Mishaw,
Philadelphia.’ The box, as an after discovery
showed, contained a live slave, a loaf of bread,
and a jug of water. The discovery was not
made until after the steamer got above New
castle, when the vessel put back, and the slgve
was put in jail at that place. He proved to be
a man named Moses, the property of Miss
Mary Brown, a wealthy lady of Charleston.
It appears that after eating the bread and drink
ing the water, he cut his way through a bale
of cotton and devoured a large pound cake and
a jug of wine in a box, which a newly married
couple were sending to their friends in Phila
delphia. He next got into a box of pomegran
ates and cat them. Capt. Peck, of the Colum
bus, kept the circumstance private until yes
terday, thinking that some inquiry would be
made for the box, but no one came for it.”
The Pecan Mast which is now beginning to
fall, the Texas Democrat says, will prove a
source of considerable profit to western Texas
the present season—being very abundant, and,
considering the dryness of the season, of ex
cellent growth. We understand that many in
dividuals west and south of this are turning
their attention to the gathering of this fruit,
with a view to ship to foreign markets ; and,
indeed, it would not surprise us if it should
prove of greater value to the west than the
cottonerop will to the planters of that staple
in other portions of the State.
Liberal. —Elisha Harris, Governor of
Rhode Island, has given SIOOO to the Universi
ty of Wisconsin.
From the Chattannooga Ga et
Triumph of the Southern Railroads.
We notice in a Murfreesborough paper, that
several merchants are advertising goods “just
received direct from New-York via. Charles
ton.” This speaks volumes in favor of the
great SouUwrn liuo. of Railrnadu, hjlilt and
eing built. If goods are now brought by the
Southern route, through this place, to be haul
ed one hundred miles across a bad mountain,
who can figure up what will be the amount of
transportation in a few years over the Southern
roads, when the Georgia State Road is com
pleted to the Tennessee river, and the line con
tinued to Nashville I Is there not room to
suppose that the business will be iucreased ten
fold.
But in addition to the completion of thesb
Roads, as means of increasing the trade on the
lines, there are other auxiliaries that will come
in to the aid of the grand enterprises. The
navigation of the Tennessee rivw and its tribu
taries, will be greatly improved, thus affording
facilities for the transportation of goods up
and down the river, and to parts not adjacent
to the railroads, and from which will be brought
the cotton, corn, wheat and other products of
those sections to be carried over the roads to
seek a market in tlie South. In addition, the
resources of the country will soon be more
fully developed. Enterprising citizens will
come—lands will be improved—millions of
acres that have remained in forest since the days
when the giant race held sway over the coun
try, will be put in cultivation, and will go to
swell the mighty torrent of trade that must be
borne across the country to the Southern At
lantic seaboard I Chattanooga, from its loca
tion, must share largely in this general prospe
rity, and must beeome, what its friends always
calculated on, a city worthy of the name and
of the country. When we contemplate these
things—when we witness the present rapid
growth of the country, and look through the
vista of a few years to its high destiny; we al
most forget the comparatively unimportant is
sues on mere political questions.
Sword to Major-Gen. Butler. —Interest-
ing Correspondence.
We extract the following from the Frankfort
Commonwealth:
The Legislature of Kentucky, at its session
of 1846-7, passed a series of resolutions com
plimentary to Gen. Zachary Taylor, and the
officers and soldiers under his command, for
their gallant and soldierly bearing in the Mexi
can war.
The resolutions made it the duty of the Go
vernor of Kentucky to have swords made with
suitable inscriptions, to be presented to Gens.
Taylor and Buffer, in the name of the people
of this Commonwealth.
Some time since Gov. Owsley sent the sword
intended for Gen. Taylor to Baton Rouge, by
H. I. Bodley, Esq., by whom it was presented
to the old soldier.
Lient.-Col. T. L. Crittenden being deputed
as 6>e bearer of that designed for Gen. Butler,
visited Carrollton on the 25th ult., and deliver
ed to Gen. Butler the beautiful and appropri
ate testimonial of the esteem and regard of his
native State.
Gov. Crittenden’s letter and Gen. Butler’s
reply we give below:
Executive Office, Frankfort; Sept. 22, 1843.
Maj.-Gen. FFwt. O. Butler— Sir: The Legisla
ture of Kentucky, on the 23d of February, 1847,
passed a series of resolutions complimentary to Gen.
Taylor and the officers and soldiers under his com
mand. The fifth of these resolutions is in these words:
icr.sotvctj, '• Tb ot , G..oruor be, and is hereby
empowered and required, to cause to be made a
sword, with suitable devices, and presented in the
name and on behalf of the people of Kentucky, to
Major-Gen. Wilham O. Butler, in testimony of his
daring gallantry in heading his brave division in the
desperate charge against a battery in tho battle of
Monterey.”
My jWedecessor lost no time in carrying into effect
so much of the resolution as directed him to procure a
sword with suitable devices; but your absence
Mexico, and the uncertainty as to where you were to
be addressed since your return, prevented its trans
mission to you before the expiration of his term of
office. Tiie agreeable duty of carrying into com
plete effect the intention of the Legislature is thus
devolved on me. . *
It would have been an additional gratification to
me if an opportunity of delivering it to you in person
had been afforded me; but as so much time has al
ready cjapseJ since the passage of the resolutions, I
do not feel at liberty to permit further delay, and 1
therefore send to you on this day, by Lieut. Col.
Thomas L. Crittenden, the splendid token of the ap
probation and gratitude of our noble State. I know
that you have won this high compliment by your gal
lantry and firmness; and your past life is an abun
dant guarantee that should you ever be called again
into the field, you will be found us heretofore, true to
your country, and esteeming it a privilege in such a
cause to occupy the post of danger.
I have the honor to be, with the highest respect,
your obedient servant, J. J. CRITTENDEN.
Carrollton, Sept. 25, 1848.
To his Excellency J no. J. Crittenden, Governor
of Ky.— Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the
receijit of your letter communicating the following
resolution, passed by the Legislature of Kentucky on
the 23d day of February, 1847:
Hesolved, That the Governor be and he is hereby
empowered and required to cause to be made a sword,
with suitable devices, and presented in the name and
on behalf of the people of Kentucky to Ma|or Gen.
William O. Butler, in testimony of his daring gal
lantry in leading his brave division in the desperate
charge against a battery in the battle of Monterey.”
I had also the honor to receive by the hands of
Lieut. Col. Crittenden the magnificent sword provi
ded for in the above resolution. For this distinguish
ed evidence of the approbation of my native State, 1
feel a sense of gratitude that 1 will not attempt to ex
press by words.
In the battle of Monterey every man of my divis
ion, I feel assured, did his duty, and did It well. For
myself 1 claim to have done no more. I do not,
therefore, sir, receive this noble tribute, for myself,
but as an honor conferred equally upon all the officers
and soldiers who composed the gallant division which
it was my good fortune to lead. I receive it in the
name of the volunteers of Kentucky, of Tennessee,
of Ohio, and of Mississippi—in the name of those
who fell and those who conquered at Monterey.
From the peaceful aspect of our national affairs I
feel authorized to indulge the pleasing hope that I
will never be called upon to draw’ the sword awarded
me in defence of my country’s rights. 1 will try,
however, to leave it in the hands of some of my kin
dred or country, who will not forget where it was
won, nor by whom it was presented.
Permit me, sir, to thank you for the very kind and
complimentary manner in which you have been
pleased to execute the duty devolved upon you. I
am no little gratified that it has been performed by a
personal friend, who, by his able efforts in the coun
cilaof the nation, contributed largely to the success
of our arms in the late Mexican war; and that the
sword awarded me was presented by a gallant broth
er soldier of that war.
With high regard, very respectfully, your obedient
servant, W. O. BUTLER.
Shipwreck and Loss of Life*
The brig Harriet Newell. Capt. Warren, ar
rived at Wilmington. N. C.. has on board Capt.
Alchorn and one of the crew oftheschr. Mount
Hope, shipwrecked during the disastrous gale
of the 29th ult. Capt. A. gives the following
particulars of the melancholy disaster:—
We sailed on the 22d August. 1848, crew of
six men .and myself. At 4A.M ,on she 30lh.
took in the jib and three-reefed the fore-sail
with every appearance of a dreadful hurricane.
The hurricane continued to rage until 2 P. M.,
when the vessel was capsized by a heavy sea.
and before the masts could be cut away she fill
ed with water. When the masts went she part
ly righted, the main-mast going in the partners,
and the fore-mast about ten feet above the
deck. By this time she was full of water, and
every man had to lash himself—the sea making
a perfect breach over her. Some time during
the night, one of the men, Giles Manchester,
was washed overboard.
The next morning about 8 a. m., John C.
Smith and Thomas Fitzgerrald were washed
overboard and drowned : the same night Aden
Hegward—the steward—died from fatigue, on
the wreck. The same day the mate’s. Seth
F.vans. hands were beaten to pieces by the
mast, which was continually washed over the
wreck. The next morning she rolled over
to her beam ends—her larboard quarter being
about one foot out of the water —and continued
to settle gradually ’till 4th September, when
the schooner Abigail. Capt. Jones, of Balti
more, bore dow n for us and took the mare.
J. Dow. a seaman and myself off that evening,
almost dead, having eaten nothing for six days,
and drank nothing but salt water, and took us
to Falmouth. Jamaica. We were quite nnable
to help ourselves—even to eat —for 13 days,
which time the mate was quite delirious.
I must sneak in the highest terms of Capt.
Jones and others m Falmouth.
Arrival of Troops.—The ship Birming
ham. from New York, lying at Four Mile Point,
has on board two companies of the 2d regiment
U. S. Artillery—one to be stationed st Ogle
thorpe Barracks, in this city, the other a: the
Augusta Arsenai The latter company, com
manded by Captain Anderson, numbers forty
three men. The former (Captain Rowland’s
company) now in charge of Lieutenant Totten,
has also forty-three men. Lieutenant Van Bu
ren is attached to the latter command. Captain
Rowland and Brevet Captain Clark, are ex
pected to arrive her soon.
The order stationing Duncan’s company at
this post has been countermanded on account
of the want of stables, and that company has
taken postal Fort McHenry, near Baltimore.-
From the N. O. Picayune, 16th inst.
Lase from Toxas.
The steamship Palmetto, Capt. Smith, ar
rived this morning from Galveston, having sail
ed on the 15th inst.
From the Galveston News, 10th inst.
Col. Hays' Expedition.—The Huntsville
Banner has an interesting letter from Col. Li
kens of the Rangers, dated at the “Liana Sta
tion,” giving some particulars regarding Col.
Hays’ expedition to Chihuahua. The letter,
which is dated on the 10th ult., states that Col.
H. and his party left the “ Llano” on the sth
September; his route being up that river to its
head, thence over to the Nueces, and marching
also to its head, would then pass over to the
Puerco, near where that river intersects with
the Rio Grande.
Col. Hays intended examining all the cross
ings on the Rio Grande and all the passes
through the mountains on what is termed the
lower route, and as soon as this is completed
he will change his course and travel over the j
Llano Plains, (the upper route,) which is the I
most direct, and would have been followed at
first, could he have obtained guides.
Col. Hays wakes this tour on his own re
sponsibility, unaided by Government pay or
authority; and from his known character, as
well as the information which has already been
obtained in regard to the route, a successful re
sult to the enterprise is confidently predicted.
The public services of Col. Hays have alrea
dy rendered the State greatly his debtor, and
there is, perhaps, no service within the reach
of individual enterprise which would place
Texas under greater obligations than that in
which the Colonel is now engaged.
Col. Hays and his party were escorted by
Capt. Highsmith and thirty-five Rangers, arm
ed with Colt’s revolvers and guns, well mount
ed and provided with subsistence for thirty
days. They expected some fighting on their
way, from the many wild tribes of Indians,
some Os whom are known to be hostile ; but as
this is their usual business no fears are enter
tained on that score.
The Chihuahua trade amounts to about two
millions of dollars annually, and the cost of
transportation is estimated to cost 33 j percent.
On the route through Texas, should the dis
tance, as calculated, not exceed 500 miles, the
expense of transportation would not exceed
ten percent. —a difference of several hundred
thousand dollars, which could not fail to turn
the trade this way.
The Victoria Advocate of the 28th ult. says
that the Texas Rangers have not yet been dis
banded. The same paper learns that Brig.
Gen. Harney isto rake command of the forces
on the frontier of this State.
Col. Likens informs the editors of the Hunts
ville Banner, that a band of Waco Indians stole
from the Llano Station about thirty-five head
of horses and mules, and were pursued by a
detachment of Rangers to their village, a dis
tance of over two hundred and fifty-miles.
They succeeded in recovering their horses and
mules, after an absence of twenty-one days.
The Victoria Advocate of the sth, gives par
ticulars of several horrible murders recently
perpetrated in Goliad county, supposed by In
dians. A company had left DeWitt in pursuit.
The Advocate says:
Really, we are very much surprised that,
these savages should venture so far into the
settlements ; but it only shows the ruinous pol
icy of the War Department in disbanding our
ranging companies, and the necessity of pla
cing an ample force along our entire frontier.
We think the Governor should cause three or
four companies to be raised forthwith, and
pledge the faith of our State to pay them if
the Government should refuse to do so.
The same number of the Advocate has the
following information in a postscript:
Murderous Work by the Indians.—By
the following note we are pained to learn that
three of the valuable citizens of our valley
have just been killed by the Indians :
Clinton, (DeWittCo.,) Oct. 12, 1848.
Dear Sir— We had a fight with the Indians
yesterday on the San Antonio River. We
were whipped. John York, James Bell and
James Sikes were killed; three wounded. We
want help at Tumlinson’s, on the Coletto.
Wm. P. Patterson,
J. J. Tomlinson,
P. Dowlearn.
We learn verbally that Joseph Tumlinson,
James York, and H. R. Young are the wound
ed persons. We have not been able to learn
the number engaged in the battle.
This is truly bad news, and our citizens must
be on the alert. There is no doubt but that it
is the Camanches.
We stop the press to add a few particulars to
the above. A letter from J. N. Smith, Esq.,
of DeWitt, has just been received in town.
From it we learn that the number of Indians
is about 200. The fight took place west of the
San Antonio and near the mouth of the Cibo
lo. Our men were led into a narrow defile,
and by largely superior numbers defeated with
the loss as above. Indian loss not stated. A
company of men are preparing to leave here
this evening. May they chastise the Indians.
They will go to York’s settlement or Goliad,
from whence the line ofpursuit will be taken up.
From the Rio Grande.—The schooner Pa
nama, Capt. Porter, arrived yesterday from
the Brazos, having sailed the 3d. We make
some extracts from the American Flag of the
2d inst. :
From the Interior.— By the mail from the In
terior, received here on the 30lh, we have dates
from Monterey to the 25th ult. We extract
from letters which have been kindly shown us
the following :
44 We received last night a letter from Chi
huahua which e»t«tz?3 that the drttgoojis which
left Monterey for California, on the 10th of Ju
ly last, had arrived in Chihuahua on the 25th
August, and were to start from there to Diego
on the 2d of September. All those who had
taken with them .Mexicans for servants had lost
their animals on the road. Capt. Kane, Quar
termaster of the California expedition, had two
thousand dollars stolen from him, as also the
wardrobe of Mrs. Kane. The dragoons had
been well received throughout the route, but
had lost a great many of their men by
New Paper. —We have received the first two
numbers of a new Mexican paper, {EI Herat
do.) published at Saltillo, in the second num
ber, of the 18th ult., we notice that the electoral
college have declared Sr. D. Santiago Rodri
guez Governor,and Sr. Don Jose Maria V'iesca
V ice Governor of the State of Coahuila.
Some sixty Indians have been committing
depredations within some twelve leagues of the
capital and the Department of Parras, murder
ing the inhabitants and stealing their animals.
Theeditorof the Herald complains bitterly of
want of energy in the Government, and the in
dolence of the inhabitants for allowing such a
state of things to exist, whilst they have such
ample means to prevent it.— Pic. 17th inst.
Bain’s Telegraph.—We have before us a
slip specimen of the practical efficiency of the
telegraphic apparatus of Mr. Bain, which was
yesterday put in operation in this city and in
connection with the York, Pa., fine. The
plan is a very simple one, the local batteries
and magnetic agency being entirely dispensed
with, and the original electric current being
thrown upon a strip of paper from the point of
a needle. The paper is prepared for use by a
chemical process in which it is saturated with
acid, and in passing under the needle the char
acters are distinctly formed upon the surface by
the oxidizing quality of the fluid. No impres
sion is made, but a clear deep blue mark is left
upon the paper. The characters used in the
experiment we witnessed were those of Prof.
Morse’s alphabet, but we understand that Mr.
Bain has an alphabet of his own invention
Balt. Sun.
The Fourth Infantry.—The ship Suviah,
which sailed from the Balize on the sth inst.,
for New Y ork, having on board the 4th Regi
ment of Infantry, from Pascagoula, under the
command of Brevet Maj. B. Alvord, encoun
tered a severe storm in the Gulf, and having
lost her rudder, was compelled to put back to
relit. She arrived at this port on the 16th inst.
The storm, in its fury, lasted from the 7th to
the lOth. On the Bth Lieut. Christopher R.
Perry, of the 4th Infantry, died on board in the
height of the storm. He was a gallant officer
and a son of the late celebrated Com. Oliver IL
Perry, from Newport, R. I. Six men also died
on board, and one was lost overboard. The of
ficers and passengers on the Suviah commend
in high terms the conduct of her master, Capt.
Gardiner, during the very severe storm.
Arrangements are now making to have the
regiment sent to the North by the steamer Cres
cent City, which leaves to-morrow.-— N. O.
Picayune. 17th inst.
The Elections.—The Advertiser seeks to
account for the whig gain on the ground that
the Barnburners in Pennsylvania voted for the
whig candidate. Os ceurse they did. they al
ways did, thin is. according to loco statements.
Now it is well known that the Barnburners in
their convention at Reading resolved not to di
vide, except on the Presidential issue, but to
stand by their party State nominations. The
well known correspondent of the N. Y. Herald
now travelling in that State, is of the opinion
that there is no division in the democratic par
ty now, but that there will be an important one
on the 7th of November, which will tend ma
terially to swell the majority of old Zack.
If, in fact, the Barnburners had voted for the
whig ticket it would have made little difference,
as the Advertiser says they are mostly
Whigs.
So also in Ohio. Both candidates. Ford and
Weller, are free soil men, and both it is rea
sonable to suppose, get the free soil vote of
their party. If the re has been any loss to Tay
lor it is because he is a “slaveholder” and a
•■slavebuyer.’’ the evidence of which is furnish
ed by Southern Cass men.— Montgomery Jour
nal.
Turpentine.—One hundred and ten barrels
ot Turpentine, the product of our own County of
Mobile, were landed on the wharf here on Sa
turday last and sold for three dollars per bar
rel cash.
e rejoice to notice that the attention of
the people of Alabama is beginning to be di
rected to this branch of business We have no
doubt it will be vigorously prosecuted and
yield a handsome profit.— Advertiser 17fA inst.
Rich Mine.—We learn says the Corpus
Christi Star, from one of the traders who re
cently arrived from beyond Laredo, that a min
ing company with a capital of $400,000 were
making arrangements to work the mine be
tween that place and Monclova, and that some
of the machinery had already arrived. Tiie
mine is said to be a very rich one, and has not
been worked since tiie expulsion of the Span
iard*—we presume owing t 0 its proximity to the
Indian ranges. For years many of the poorer
people have washed out the metal in small par
cell. and more than SIO,OOO thus procured has
been brought to Corpus Christi in exchange
lor goods. Now that the Indians will be kept
in checx y our soldiers, the company can pur
sue its labors uninterrupted, and we wish them
success, not omy for their own good, but for
the benefit it must be to Corpus Christi.
Wisconsin.—lt is stated, on t*he authority of
one of the member? of Congress fmm that State,
mat Wisconsin will vote for Van Buren. Ra
cine has been strongly Democratic. At its late
charter election the vote stood: For Norton,
(V. 8.,) 131; Meade. (Taylor,) 171; Bryan,
Case. ) &4.
From the Florida Sentinel.
One who knew Him.
Columbia County, E. F., Sept. 30, 1848.
Jos. Clisby, Esq.—Dear Sir : I wish to say
a word for Gen. Taylor from personal know
ledge. Men in high station, whether civil or
military, seldom permit those ofthe people who
approach them, to forget that fact. Candidates
will sometimes encourage a familiarity before
the election which they will not permit after it,
if successful. Most of the U. S. Army officers
on service in Florida, have not failed to remind
us by their demeanor here, that they consider
ed themselves among inferiors. Not so with
Old Zack. I became acquainted with him at
Fort White, during the Seminole War, and he
was always the same plain, friendly, sociable*
and unassuming man, putting on no airs or lof
ty pretensions—courteous and respectful alike
to high and low, rich and poor. He would vis
it the private soldier in his tent, and converse
with him freely. I have seen him, when one
of his waggons bogged, throw himself from his
horse in mud and water, put his shoulder to
the wheel, encourage driver and team with
cheerful exclamations, and laughingly remount
his horse after a hard and dirty tug, and some
times a long one. He was not then known as
“ and Ready, ” but he had a “ ready ”
hand for work or a fight, and he was “ rough ”
enough to the enemy. He was a man of re
markably quick apprehension and business-like
habits. He did everything without fuss or pa
rade, it was done well and quickly. These
things I know to be true, because I have seen
them, and I could say much more for him, had
it not already been better said, by others.
Now, we poor people, love a man, who can
meet and part with us like Old Zack. Let us
rally for him on the 7th of next November, and
when we have elected him President, we shall
find him still as courteous and attentive to the
poor as he is to the rich.
Yours, truly, S. Worthington.
Pennsylvania Congressional Delegation.
The following is a complete and correct list
of the Congressmen elect, the votes of the
doubtful districts being now ascertained :
1 District—Lewis C. Levin, native.
2 “ Joseph R. Chandler, whig.
3 “ H. I). Moore, whig, gain.
4 “ Johr. Robbins, Jr., dem.
5 u John Freedley, whig.
6 “ Thomas Ross, dem.
7 “ J. C. Dickey, whig.
8 “ Thadeus Stevens, whig.
9 “ William Strong, dem.
10 « M. M. Dimmick, dem.
11 “ Chester Btider, whig.
12 u tl David Wilmot, dem.
13 “ Joseph Casey, whig.
14 “ C. W. Pitman, whig.
15 “ Henry Nes, whig.
16 u McLanahan, dem. gain.
17 “ Samuel Calvin, whig.
18 “ Andrew J. Ogle, whig.
19 “ Job Mann, dem.
20 “ R. R. Reed, whig.
21 “ Moses Hampton, whig.
22 “ John W. Howe, whig.
23 “ James Thompson, dem.
24 u Alfred Gilmore, dem. gain.
Whigs 15, Democrats 9.
From the N. O. Picayune, 19th inst.
Late and Important from Tampico*
The schooner Renaissance arrived yesterday
from Tampico, having sailed on the 6th inst.
She brings us the important news of an out
break in Tampico, directed against the milita
ry force stationed there by the Government.—
The details will be found in the following let
ter;
Tampico, Oct. 5,1848.
A movement was made on the night of the 29th ult.,
by the National Guards of Tampico, for the purpose
of banishing the military from the town ; the force of
the latter was about 10S men. Their reasons for ta
king this step was that the military intended to disarm
the National Guard, and pronounce lor Santa Anna
as soon as their force should be stronger; and a rein
forcement (f 60 men was already en route to join them
from Tula, and another large one from Huusteca.—
The National Guard consisted of about 150 uien. arm
ed with muskets; and they congregated in front of
the Court-house and demanded that the ayuntamien
to should b 3 convoked, which having been effected,
they demanded that the military should be ordered to
leave. A message was then sent to Col. Tenorio, in
command cf the military, to that effect, to which he
replied that he was ready to do so, provided they
waited an cnswer from the Supreme Government at
Mexico, and that meanwhile he would retain his po
sition in the Military Hospital, and not have any thing
to do with the town. This was refused by the com
missioners named by the National Guard, Messrs.
Pablo Castilla and Jose H. Gonzales. Things re
mained in his state until next morning, the 30th, when
two commissioners were sent by the military to see
if they could come to some other more advantageous
terms, butthe National Guard contirued firm, saying
they must leave immediately. The commander-in
chief of the National Guard, Manuel Solorsano, be
ing frighteued, now refused to be, as he said, at the
head of a sedition, and insulted Pablo Castilla with
some expressions, when the people of the town and
the National Guard cried “Death to Solorsano, ” and
Castilla put himself at their head, and al 10 o’clock,
P. M., the Nacionales being eager to fight, were
formed at the Court-house, The shops of the town
were closed, and every thing wore the semblance of
a row. Amongst the National Guard were many men
who had figured in tne Federal cause in 1938.
All, however, was stopped by the military offering
to evacuate on the following morning, (the Ist of Oc
tober.) Tins, however, Col. Tenorio did not do, al
leging that he was not ready. His object obviously
was to gaia time, and get in the reinforcement from
Altamira. The National Guard was now much ex
cited, and Tenorio wrote in a promise to leave on the
2d, at 3 o’clock, P. M., which was granted. During
the intervening •ght, a party, consisting of about 30
men, under Adjutant Jose 11. Gonzales, succeeded
in effecting an entrance into the house of the Ameri
can Consul, Capt. Chase, and obtained possession of
a small howitzer that had been left by Col. Gates for
the protectioijW tSe town against the Indians.
MrT to deliver it up during the
previous no wish to fav<sr either party,
and the entrance was effected by the captain of the
party having his force concealed in an outhouse, and
advancing to the door with a letter from the alcalde.
Mr. Chase was in bed, but he got upto admit the
bearer, when the party rushed forward, behaving,
however, with great respect to the Consul, and not
molesting him further than to gain possession of the
piece, when they left the house with it.
Next day, the 2d, Castilla made the necessary pre
parations for the attack. The military were now in
the fort known as the Powder Magazine, which is a
solid stone building, with a fosse round it, on a hilt
outside the town, and near the cemetery; but all
bloodshed was saved by Tenorio evacuating with his
force to Pueblo Viejo at about 1 o’clock, P. M., when
the National Guards advanced and took possession of
the fort. Had the National Guard not shown the
firmness they did, Col. Tenorio would have waited
until he was joined by the 50 men that were expected
in the same night from Altamira, when there would
have been some fighting.
The National Guard of Tampico consists of 600
men, but had only 150 muskets. Pablo Castilla is
now their chief. He has issued two or three procla
mations, the copies of which are enclosed.
There is a rumor in town that the Ministry in Mex
ico have made a pronunciamenlo in favor of Santa
Anna.
Cotton Picking in Texas.—The Houston
Morning Star of the 14th furnishes the follow
ing information in regard to'the crops:
The late dry season unusually fa
vorable to the cotton planters, and they are
taking advantage of it to secure as large a cot
ton crop as possible. We saw an extract from
a letter from a planter residing on the Trinity,
stating that the planters there had more cotton
than they could pick out. The crop on the
Trinity this season will probably be one
third greater than that of last year; and we be
lieve the crop on the Brazos and Colorado, ow
ing to the favorable weather, will be much
above an average one. Several planters who,
a few weeks since, almost despaired of making
half a crop, are now cheered with the prospect
of a full crop. Even in the eastern counties,
where the continued rains of the spring and
early part of the summer caused such a growth
of grass, as almost to choke the cotton plants,
the favorable weather stimulated the planters
to new exertions, and it is probable that there
will be nearly an average crop in those coun
ties. The cotton in all the undulating region
is opening so finely that ordinary hands can
easily pick out from two to three hundred
pounds a day. The six best hands on the plan
tation of B. F. Ellis, Esq., on the Trinity, lately
picked out 2065 pounds a week, averaging 344
pounds a day; and the best hand picked out
401 pounds in a single day.
The Camden (Ala.) Banner says that the
prospect of the cotton crop in that county has
undergone a favorable change. “The damage
anticipated from the worm and rust, it says, has
not been realized. The weather, too, has been
in every way favorable: planters have been
industriously gathering, and have been agree
ably surprised at the produce. It is now the
general opinion, particularly of farmers in the
interior of our county, that the present crop
will surpass what has been the expectation ot
many, and will far exceed the last year’s crop.”
Nashvills Railroad.—Wc understand that
through Mr. Stevenson, a purchase has been
made of a site at this place, for the depot and
other buildings for the Nashville and Chatta
nooga Railroad. The selection was made at
the upper end of town, immediately on the line
of the Western and Atlantic Rail Road, of six
acres, and was obtained of Col. B R. Mont
gomery, for $2,500. This is another evidence
of a determination on the part of the Company
to go on with the Road to completion. We
hope when the cars are put upon that Road,
and through to Nashville.it will stop the mouths
and nib the pens of a few seers who profess to
believe the Road never will be built.—Chatta
nooga Gazette.
The “ Strange case in Surgery. ” —We
gave some account a few weeks ago, of the
wonderful ease of Mr. Gage, foreman on the
Railroad in Cavendish, who in preparing a
charge for blasting a rock, had an iron bar driv
en through his head, entering through his
cheek, and passing out at the top of his head,
with a force that carried the bar some rods, af
ter performing its wonderful journey through
skull and brains. The iron was in diameter an
inch and a quarter, and in length three feet
and seven inches ; the upper end of the iron,
however, tapering to the diameter ofone-fourth
of an inch. We repeat the dimensions of the
rod. as we observe some of the papers that co
pied the article substituted the word circumfer
ence for diameter, thinking, perhaps, the story
told in that wav would be quite as large as could
well be believed. But we refer to this wonder
ful case again to say that the patient not only
survives, but is much improved, the wound in
his head has healed, the scuttle in his roof is clo
sing up. and ue is likely to be out again, with
no\ i-ible injury but the loss of an eye.— H'ood
stock (Ft.) Mercury.
Shirwreck.—Capt. Crosby, of the barque
Acadia, arrived at this port on Saturday, in
forms us that on the 15th inst., in lat. 34. lon.
75 30. he fell in with the wreck of the Br. brig
Osage, of Salem, dismasted, rudder carried a
way. and in a sinking condition. Took from
her Capt. Madison and crew, and brought
them to this port. The Osage was bound from
Port au Prince to New York, with a cargo of
log vood.— Ckarlateu Courier, 23d sart.
An Elopement in high life came off in Phila
delphia last week. A member of the orchestra
of the Italian troupe at the Chesnut street
theatre, succeeded in winning the heart and se
curing the person of a wealthy young lady of
West Walnut-street, an only daughter of one
of the " upper tens." The family were justly
very loathe to give up their cherished child to a
needy adventurer, remarkable only for the
quantity of hair growing about his mouth.
2litgitgta, (5 ft.:
TUESDAY MORNING, OCT. 24, 1848.
The Difference between Northern Free
Soil Democracy and Mr. Fillmore, on
the Slavery Question.
Democratic journals at the South do not
cease a day from falsely charging Mr. Fill
more with being “an abolitionist,” and an “en
emy to Southern institutions.” The utter
shamelessness of these misrepresentations,
made by presses that know them to be untrue,
finds an exact parallel in the Van Buren jour
nals at the North; one of which (the Liberty Free
Press, of Utica) thus assails the Whig party
and its candidates:
u The Slave Power shows no quarter. Not satis
fied with securing to itself the nomination at Philadel
phia, of a man who owns 300 slaves, lives on the banks
of the Mississippi, and raises 1200 bales of cottnn, it
has demanded and obtained the degradation of the
man who was placed on the Presidential ticket to ap
pease the aroused spirit of the free states. Millard
Fillmore has bowed his neck to the yoke, and now
grinds in the prison house of the southern philistines.”
“ But, the humiliation of Fillmore does not stop
here. A few weeks since, some, “ Richmond (Va.)
friends” wrote to Brooks, of the New York Express,
to inquire if Fillmore believed in the power of Con
gress to abolish the inter-state slave trade, or held
extreme opinions on the subject of slavery. With
out waiting to consult Fillmore, Brooks replied to the
Virginians, indignantly denying that he held any
such opinions as to the power of Congress, or on the
subject of slavery generally. Brooks then informs
Fillmore of what he had done; and under date of
Sept. 13th, the latter replies approving of his course,
and says, among other things, “ You will therefore
perceive, that you did me no injustice in representing
to your friends that these were my sentiments.”
“ Poor degraded Fillmore! He bites the dust and
lets the Southern Juggernaut grind over him. He
denies the power of the Federal Government to touch
slavery in the district, or the slave trade between the
States !”
What patriotic citizen, who has the feelings
of a true Southerner, will unite with Northern
fanatics in a joint effort to blast the fair fame,
the national reputation of an upright statesman,
because he will not minister to extreme popu
lar prejudices either in the slaveholding, or
non-slaveholding States ?
Will any Cass journal at the South, let its
readers know the truth in regard to the intense
hatred felt by the abolitionists and free soilers at
the North, toward the Whig candidate for Vice
President? Mark the language of insult and
contumely heaped upon a man who scorns to
countenance in the least the anti-slavery schemes
of thousands of strong politicians in the Free
States. “ Poor, degraded Fillmore I He bites
the dust and lets the Southern Juggernaut
grind over him. He denies the power of the
Federal Government to touch slavery in the Di.9>
trict of Columbia, or the slave trade between the
several States. 11
It is for taking this noble, anti-sectional stand
in the State of New York, that Mr. Fillmore
is everywhere calumniated and stigmatized as
an abolitionist, by the Cass papers in the slave
holding States. The Liberty Free Press, (an
influential paper in the centre of the State)
opposed Mr. Fillmore as vehemently in 1844,
when he ran for Governor, as it now does
while a candidate for the Vice Presidency; and
yet, Southern Cassites would fain make the
electors of Georgia believe, that this great and
good man is unworthy of Southern confidence,
although denounced at home by Van Buren
Democrats, as one that “grinds in the prison
house of the Southern Philistines.”
The injustice and wantonness of the attacks
constantly made on the distinguished gentle
man, who is associated with the Louisiana
Planter, on the Whig Ticket, must re-act on
the party which attempts to profit thereby. Not
content with the gross misrepresentation of
Mr. Fillmore at the South, these unscrupu
lous partizans are busily engaged in searching
records to find titles to slave property held by
Gen. Taylor, to be sent North and used to
strengthen the anti-slavery feeling in that quar
ter of the Union, and favor the election of a
President who “prays for the abolition of
slavery everywhere.”
Anti-slavery prejudices and power are nourish
ed into consequence in all the non-slavchold
ing States by the aid and comfort which they
receive from Southern Democracy. Northern
Democrats thought it would help Cass and
weaken Taylor, for President Polk to sign
the Oregon bill and thereby recognize before
the whole civilized world, the constitutional
right of Congress to exclude slavery from all
United States Territories.
Mr. Polk, being indebted to Mr. Cass’
friends for defeating the nomination of Mr.
Van Buren at the Baltimore Convention in
1844, and for his own elevation, could do no
less than obey orders, which he did with a
whining school-boy protest, that betrayed at
once the consciousness of wrong-doing, and
the lack of moral courage to veto the Bill.
* If Gen. Cass should be so far fortunate as to
reach the Executive Chair, he will be found
tied to the car of abolitionism with chords ten
fold more stringent than those which bound his
immediate predecessor. The hasty annexation
of Texas, and the unwise conquest and pur
chase of a large share of a neighboring repub
lic, with its free States and anti-slavery inhabi
tants, have changed the whole Democratic pol
itics of the nation. The party is not what it
was four years ago; nor can it ever return to
its position, influences and principles of that
epoch.
Agricultural Education in France*
The Paris correspondent of the N. Y. Com
mercial Advertiser says :
“On Saturday the session was occupied with the
splendid project of the Minister of Agriculture and
Commerce for agricultural education : the bill was
discussed with marked ability by the Minister and
without much ability by others; it is in the order of
the day for to-morrow and will probably be adopted.”
We do not think it a matter of much impor
tance through what process of instruction the
masses are educated in France, provided the
work be well done. The lack of intellectual
and moral culture among the millions of voters
in the young republic, is doubtless a great mis
fortune. It is an evil which cannot be reme
died in a year nor a generation ; but its unhap
py influences can be lessened from this time on
ward by a system of free common schools, es
tablished and maintained by proper and effi
cient legislation. Having made every man in
the nation a sovereign, before he can either
reader write, no time should be lost in qualify
ingthose untaught, unfledged rulers, to govern
France with wisdom, moderation and success.
No doubt field, garden and fruit-culture may
be blended with mind-culture in the suburban
and rural districts of the French Republic, with
much advantage.
A popular appreciation of the necessity of de
veloping the whole intellect of thirty-five or six
millionsjof people ism thing of most difficult
attainment. So soon as a common and unani
inous effort to improve shall be made, the el
evation ofthe masses will be alike certain and
most auspicious to the human family in Eu
rope.
Ohio Legislature*
It will be seen by the Telegraphic despatch,
received in Charleston, that the Democrats of
Ohio claim the Legislature, just elected. The
claim is based upon this state of facts: In the
last apportionment of that State, the Legislature
divided the county of Hamilton, giving two
members to the city of Cincinnati, and three
to the county. The Clerk of the Court, at the
recent election, has taken upon himself the
responsibility of declaring this law unconstitu
tional. and has given certificates of election to
the five democrats of the County having the
highest number of votes, ejecting the two
whigs who were elected by decided majorities
in the city.
A Voice from the Grave.—The Rochester
Advertiser furnishes the following scrap of po
litical history, extracted from a private letter
addressed by Silas Wright, to a gentleman in
Monroe county, New York, under date of April
18, 1847. Speaking of the qualifications of
Gen. Taylor, whose name had been suggested
as a probable candidate for the Democracy, he
proceeded to say•
“ I know nothing of his tastes and qualifications for
civil administration. Some brave and successful sol
diers have those qualifications in perfection; and some
have not a single one of them—but in civil stations
are wholly destitute of moral firmness. (Jut friend
Gen. Cass is one of them—a good soldier in his
day, but afraid of his own shadow in a civil office,
and a perfect time-server and demagogue. ”
Few great men in this country have possess
ed equal coolness and caution in forming and
expressing opinions of the merits, or demerits
of others, which ever characterized the late Si
las Wright. He knew Mr. Cass well, and
thus knowing, pronounced him to be, tl a per
fect time-server and demagogue' 1
It Mr. Calhoux were to express his esti
mation of the public character of Lewis Cass,
would it differ any from that of the lamented
Wright ?
A Capital Illustration—The following
capital illustration of Mr. Van Boris's sudden
loveof freedom is from a speech of Mr. Bra or:
“ Mr. Brady, bi an illustration of Mr. Van Buren’s
late-in-the-day enthusiasm for Free Soil, to'd a capi
tal story of an Indian squaw, wh» enlisted the sympa
thte. of a traveller b> bluer wailinss for a child
wbmh. as tt suwequemly appeared, had died twenty
v ear* before. On being reproached with deceit, the
old squaw said that she knew that her papoose had
ueen lying tn the grave twenty years, bat (with -a
fresh burst of gnef) sne couldn't stand it any longer.”
Ssow.—The mountains around Frostburr,
Md., were whitened with snow, for the first
time this season, on Wednesday morning last.
Still They Come.
The Wytheville (Va.) Republican, a Demo
cratic organ of the “ Old Dominion, ” repudi
ates Cass and has declared for Gen. Taylor.
The independent Editor is too patriotic to en
deavor to aid Gen. Cass to “interpolate his
opinions upon the Southern Democracy;’’ and
like the Charleston Mercury, he regards him
the “equivocal betrayer of the South.”
The Sugar Trade. —We notice that since the
opening of the Illinois Canal, large quantities of Su
gar are now transported by that route, to the Lake
country, instead of via. New York, as heretofore.
Here is evidence of the fact, copied from the St. Lou
is Republican, of the 10th inst:
The canal boat, General Fry, was receiving a cargo
yesterday, for Chicago, amongst which we noticed
100 barrels molasses, 50 or 60 barrels sugar, and
about the same number of city rectified whiskey.
The steamer St. Louis Oak started out with a barge
in tow, having on board 55 liiids. sugar, destined for
the same place.
All the Lake cities and villages, from Chi
cago to Buffalo, are receiving their supplies of
sugar and molasses, and to some extent, coffee
and whiskey, by the western inland route. The
inland commerce of the United States has
reached about $600,000,000 per annum.
Failures in Philadelphia.—A correspon
dent of the New-York Post, writing from Phila
delphia, says : “We had at least five heavy
failures last week. These are hardly a begin
ning of the end ; for if the banks continue to
refuse discounting even genuine business pa
per, the trading community must come to an
almost general suspension; and if the banks
do not pursue this course, they will have to
suspend specie payments before Christmas.
This comes oi overtrading and long credits.”
From Santa Fe.—Mr. Janies H. Bullard, of
the firm of Bullard, Hook & Co., arrived at
this place from Santa Fe, last Friday. He
brings no particular news, with the exception
that the trade of that country is greatly over
done. All was quiet in Santa Fe and its vicini
ty. Mr. B. brought several letters to citizens of
this city, one of which we were favored with a
perusal. The writer complains that the Gov
ernment has left the country very poorly pro
tected—there being only 210 officers and men
left in the entire territory, to preserve good
order. Major Beall has command of the mili
tary force. He had received petitions from
Thomas Peralto, Albuquerque and other points,
asking for troops to garrison the frontiers, as
the inhabitants were in constant danger from
the daily incursions of the Indians who con
tinued their depredations. Major B.’s present
force will be inadequate to defend the Terri
tory, and he will not be enabled to comply with
the above petitions for troops, Lieut. Col.
Washington, appointed, it is said. Civil, and
Military Governor of New Mexico, was ex
pected at SantaFe, from Chihuahua, about the
20th of September last.— Lexington (Mo.) Ex.
Assassinations in Rome.—Lately assassina
tions and attempted assassinations, have been
of constant occurrence in Rome. An Ameri
can bishop was severely wounded, and a priest
was murdered in the public streets. The Rev.
Mr. Hearne, late of Manchester, was stabbed
while taking an evening’s walk, but he suc
ceeded in arresting his assassin as he aimed a
second blow. The fellow refused to give up
the name of his employer, but glorified in his
cold-blooded act, regretting its failure. No
cause can be assigned for the brutal outrage.
The Bible.—lt is said that in 1804, accord
ing to the best estimate that can be obtained,
there were in existence only about 4,000,000
copies of the Bible. Now there are more than
30,000,000, In 1804, the Bible had only been
published in 48 or 49 languages; in 1848, in
136. In 1804, it was accessible in languages
spoken by 200.000.000 of men; in 1847, it ex
isted in tongues spoken by 600,000,000. Dur
ing the last year, 1,419,283 copies were issued
by the British and Foreign Bible Societies
alone—4oo,ooo more than in any year before
except in 1845.
Those who have read Dombey & Son will
remember the incident where little Florence
was enticed off by an ugly woman, who robbed
her of her fine clothes and cut off her beautiful
hair. The Journal of Commerce records a si
milar incident which occurred in New York.
On the 4th inst. a child about three years old,
playing in front of the house where she lived,
was enticed away by a grown up girl in poor
apparel, who said she would take her to see
her aunt and give her some candy. The child
was soon missed by the parents who inquired
of the neighbors and found that some of them
had seen the girl leading the child away. This,
of course, made them very anxious and in
duced a vigorous search; but no trace was
found of the lost one till evening, when she was
brought to the city rendezvous of lost children
by a woman who said she had found her nearly
naked in the street. The woman went imme
diately away and has not been seen since.
The child says that the girl took her through a
hundred streets into a house, where she took
off her clothes and then turned her into the
street.
Judgment before Argument!
Long time ago. there dwelt in a city of the
West, not far from Pittsburg, a worthy gentle
man who held the responsible office of justice
of the peace. He knew some little about law,
and a great deal of natural justice. His deci
sions frequently excited the indignation of the
young lawyers who pleaded before him ; but
he never suffered himself to be influenced by
the statutes which were brought up against his
opinions, or the indirect threats of disappoint
ed law expounders. In fact his office was a
court of equity in every sense. It was useless
to bring law in opposition to his sense of right.
He used to say, “ 1 am a justice and bound to
administer justice, and no petty technicalities
shall ever make me decide against the teach
ings of iny conscience.” It is hardly necessary
to say that many curious things happened in
the office of this independent justice.
A case was one day brought before the squire,
which certainly required his peculiar system of
administering justice. John Doe had sued
Richard Roe for a just debt, but Richard had,
by the aid of an attorney, found a loop-hole by
which he expected to creep out of the necessi
ty of payment. The case wore a very doubt
ful aspect, and both parties engaged lawyers to
plead for them.
The squire heard the witnesses patiently,
rose to his feet, wrote a few seconds at his
desk, seated himself at his desk and gave signs
of being ready to attend to whatever might be
said. The counsel for the defence made the
most of his quibble in a speech which lasted an
hour. When he had concluded, the plaintiff’s
counsel rose and labored and perspired for
another hour to overturn the quibble. He also
finished ; and then followed a slight pause.—
The squire sat still, puffing a segar and appa
rently quite at ease. The lawyers both pick
ed up their hats, looked at each other and then
at the motionless squire. At length the coun
sel for defendant spoke.
“ I suppose you’ll require a day or two to
think about this case, squire.”
“ Can’t say I’ll ever think of it again,” re
plied the squire, with an air of mingled indo
lence and indifference.
‘‘What do you mean?” inquired the other
lawyer.
“ What do you mean ? gentlemen*” asked the
squire.
“ We wish to know when we may look fora
decision,” said the defendant’s counsel.
“You may look for it now, ifyou please,
gentlemen—here is the docket.”
“The docket!”
“ Yes. I enteied judgment for the plaintiff
(looking at his watch) a little better th.au two
hours ago !'*
“ This, gentlemen, is my ’
But the lawyers did not w ait until the sen
tence was finished ; nor did they ever again
appear before the justice, without being sure
that they dealt in plain facts, unaccompanied
by law technicalities and quibbles.
Hydrophobia.—Dr. T. N. Haller of York.
Pennsylvania, publishes an account of a cure
performed in a decided case of hydrophobia,
the patient being a lad twelve years of age.—
The boy was bitten in April last; the unques
tionable symptoms did not appear until the 2d of
October. The treatment and result are thus
described :
Drs. Mcllvaine and Fisher were called in
consultation, and the patient was ordered two
grains of acetate of lead and two grains of Do
ver’s powder every four hours—to drink free
ly of diluted acetic acid, and have his spine free
ly rubbed with equal parts of Granville’s lotion
and olive oil. Under this treatment (although
but little was hoped) he commenced in ten
hours to show symptoms of amendment, and
has been gradually improving to this time. He
has now taken 80 grains of each article, with
out producing any other sensible effect upon
bissvstem than tranquilizing the spasms and
producing sound sleep. He is at present very
much debilitated, but craves food and water;
rests well and is anxious to be at play with his
associates. Should any change occur in his
case, I shall send you the result.
Abuse of Gem. Taylor.—The following
gross calumny goes a litile beyond any thing
we have yet seen. Jt is a decided improvement
upon the charges of other Cass pacers that
Taylor is a coward, a knave, dec., &c. The
Carlisle Volunteer says:
“ There is a man in the borough of Carlisle
now, who witnessed Gen. Taylor torturing one
of his slaves, by hanging the poor black devil
by the two thumbs to the limb of a tree, when
he, (Gen. Taylor) with his own hands, whip
ped him with a cowhide, every ten minutes for
two hours, and laughed at the fun! The gen
tleman who told us this was present, and wit
nessed the cruel treatment, and if necessary, is
willing to make oath to the above facts.”
We have no doubt, says the Richmond Re
publican, of the willingness of the above “gen
tleman” to “ make oath” to his statement. Not
a bit of it. The man who could fabricate such
a story, would have no hesitation in swearing
to it. Wonder if he is any relation to the
“ gentleman” in Ohio who stole a hog and was
naturally incensed at Gen. Taylor for not ap
proving of chicken stealing.— Mont. Jour.
Shipwreck and Loss of Life.—The ship
New Jersey, Capt. Wellman, arrived at this
port yesterday from New Orleans, in distress,
reports that on Saturday last, in lat. 30 35, fell
in with the wreck of the schr. /Eratus. of Balti
more, from Havana, bound to Boston, from
which he took four men, being the only sur
vivors of her officers and crew, she having
been hove on her beam ends in the gale on the
night ofthe 13th inst.; carried away both masts,
filled the vessel with water, washed the captain
overboard, and drowned the mate, a passenger,
two men and a boy in the cabin. -The follow
ing are believed to be the names of the persons
lost; Jurkins. master; Jno. Heightman,
mate; Jno. T. Smith, seaman ; W. Ciark,do.;
Jas. Yeo. cabin boy, and XV • R- Maud, passen
ger. — Charleston Courier, yesterday.
Henshaw, Ward & Co. of Boston, failed
vesterday—their liabilities amounting to £120,-
000
LATER FROM EUROPE.
ARRIVAL OF THE
STEAMSHIP NIAGARA.
From the N, Y. Herald of October 20.
The steamer Niagara, Capt. Ryrie, made a
splendid run of 12 days, and reached Boston at
half past 12 o’clock yesterday afternoon. She
sailed from Liverpool on Saturday, the 7th
, inst.
One of the passengers on the Niagara from
Liverpool, Mr. John Doyle, states that he was
arrested on his arrival at Halifax on suspicion
of being an Irish sympathiser. He was taken
from his state room by a soldier attached to
the regiment of Fusileers, Halifax, but as no
ground appeared for the charge, ho was re
leased, and he came to this city. The Chartist
trials in London have been concluded ; con
viction has been the uniform result. Dowling,
the Irish confederate, Duffey, Lacut, Fay, and
Mullings, were sentenced to transportation for
life.
Several of the less prominent conspirators
pleaded guilty, and were subjected to fine and
imprisonment; against others, the Attorney
General abandoned the prosecution, content
ing himself with binding them, in their own re
cognizances, to be forthcoming when called
upon by the authorities.
The trial of Mr. Smith O’Brien, at Clonmel,
is still unconcluded. An application was made
to have the case postponed, on the ground that
Mr. O’Brien had not received, previous to his
trial, a copy of his indictment, and a list of the
witnesses to be produced against him.
In England, a man on trial for his life, has a
right to be informed upon those points, but ac
cording to the decision ofthecourtat Clonmel,
in Ireland, no such right exists. Another point
of dissatisfaction was, the great disproportion
existing between Protestants and Catholics up
on the jury panel. After sundry attempts on
the part of the prisoner’s counsel to gain some
thing for his client on these points, the trial
was proceeded with. Saturday, Monday and
Tuesday were fully consumed in examining wit
nesses on the part of the crown. As usual in
political conspiracies, traitors have been found
amongst the Irish, who have given evidence
which will go far to support the indictment
against Mr. O’Brien.
The St. Lawrence, 44 guns, Capt. Pauld
ing, arrived on the 3d inst. off Cowes, in 24
days from Norfolk, (the St. Lawrence is on
her way to Germany,) to communicate with
Mr. Bancroft and the American Minister, and
the consul of the U. States at Cowes. She
sailed on the following day. The St. Law
rence is to be stationed in the Weser during
the winter, for the protection of American inte
rests in the present unsettled state of Northern
Europe. *
From the Postscript of the European Times.
Some of the Parisian Journals mention the
report that Austria has definitely rejected the
Anglo-French mediation. We have not been
able, however, to ascertain what the foundation
for the report is. Advices have arrived to-day
of serious disturbances which have broken out
at Lyons. It appears that early on Tuesday
morning, the Gardes Mobile of Lyons, whose
corps has been recently dissolved, presented
themselves at the Perfecture, to demand the
month’s pay which had, they said, been pro
mised them. Being allowed to enter the hotel,
they possessed themselves of it, and kept the
Prefect in custody for three quarters of an
hour. Crowds assembled around the building,
but a regiment of dragoons, returning from
exercise, charged and drove them away, also
clearing the hotel and releasing the Prefect.
The vicinity of the Prefecture was then occu
pied by the military. The alarm caused was
so great that the shops in the vicinity were clos
ed. At half-past 9 o’clock a group of 20 Gardes
Mobile disarmed the two sentinels of the Mon
de-Plete. They then attempted to force them
selves into the guard house, but the men occu
pying it, having barricaded themselves in it,
they did not succeed. They, however, broke
all the windows. At 10 o’clock, 200 Mobiles
presented themselves at the Hotel de-Ville,
with a red flag—being charged by the soldiers,
they immediately dispersed. Another account
says, that notice of what was passing having
been given to the military authorities, the 9th
dragoons were sent to occupy the Place de la
Prefecture. After having cleared the place
and its approaches, and having charged their
carbines, the company dismounted, and enter
ing the Prefecture, cleared the interior court
of the insurgents without resistance. At half
past 12 o’clock, a battery of artillery had ar
rived upon the Place de la Prefecture, and
cannon was planted so as to sweep all the ap
proaches. At the departure of the last ac
counts, the insurgents were endeavoring to
raise barricades in the rue Mercier. Singular
Reports are circulated against the National As
snmbly. It is certain that agents haye been dis
covered, who have been employed in corrupt
ing the operatives, to induce them to make an
attempt upon the Assembly, with the cry of
“ Vive] Barbes ’” “Vive Raspail!” It is af
firmed, however, by some, that these things
are got up by the government itself, to enable it
the more easily to crush the red republic. We
learn that mutinies have taken place, of the
Garde Mobile in the barracks of Montreuil, in
consequence of a distribution of bread which
did not please them. The courts and interior
of the barracks were barricaded, and cries of
“Vive Napoleon!”—“A has Cavaignac !”
were heard. It appears that, in consequence
of the decision of the Club of thfe Institute,
the Government has determined not to make
the vote on the Presidency a cabinet question.
We learn from Vienna, that Count Lamberg,
who had [been appointed, by the Emperor of
Austria, commandcr-in-chief of his troops in
Hungaryand Croatia, was assassinated on the
29th ult., on the bridge of Pesth, by a student.
Gellachice, the Ban of Croatia, was continuing
his march, in spite of the injunctions to the
contrary of the Emperor.
Continental Intelligence*
In Southern Italy, matters do not look so
promising. The King of Naples refuses the
mediation of France and England, between
himself and his former subjects in Sicily, and
threatens an immediate resumption of hostili
ties.
Germany is still in an unsettled state; the
Southern provinces have again revolted, but
have been suppressed by the energetic mea
sures resorted to by the Government,
to Prussia has escaped revolution only by the
bmission of the king at the eleventh hour, to
sue wishes of the National Assembly.
tliThe anarchy of the Austrian empire appears
be nearly complete, in Vienna, we have a
spectacle of a reactionary court awaiting the
concentration of a large military force around
the capital, to carry out its retrograde policy,
and of a triumphant National Assembly.
One district of Hungary, dependency, is al
most overrun with the troops of another Aus
trian province. The Ban of Crotia, elated by
his success, is no longer willing to act as the
tool of the central government, but threatens
to set up on his own account. The Vienna
Cabinet, alarmed at the new turn of affairs,
has sent a commission to stop the further pro
gress of the victorious barbarians.
The regent of Germany has issued to the
governments of all the German States a circu
lar manifesto. officially recounting the facts of
the rising in Frankfort, on the 18th, and its
prompt suppression by his government.
The attempt of Struve to proclaim a repub
lic at Baden has utterly failed. Gen. Hoffman
came up with the insurgents near Staufen and
completely routed them ; and then, passing by
Crotzingen, advanced through the Hexenthal,
or valley of the Witches, in two divisions, on
Staufen, which he completely surrounded.
After a somewhat obstinate resistance, the town
was taken by storm. Some houses were burn
ed down, a great number of the defenders
slain, and some hundreds of prisoners taken.
Among the latter was Struve himself. He and
eighty of his immediate followers wqte imme
diately tried by court, condemned / und shot.
A corps of about 1000 escaped into the Mun
zerthal, but they are said to be surrounded by
a large body of Wurtemberg troops.
In the sitting of the constituent Assembly of
Prussia on the 2d, the Minister of Foreign
Affairs stated that he fully expected that the ne
gotiations with Denmark would lead to a pa
cific arrangement.
The Frankfort Journal, ofthe 3d inst., says
that the diplomatic relations between the cen
tral power and the French republic, are now
completely regulated, and that at Frankfort, as
in Paris, permanent ministers will represent
both countries.
France.
On Saturday a scene occurred in the Nation
al Assembly of unparalleled confusion. A mem
ber having commented severely on republican
braggarts and the government apathy towards
them, the members of the republican party be
came so exasperated that they rushed simulta
neously towards the tribune, attemptingto scale
it, but were prevented by the officers until the
president suspended the session.
The moderate paper the next day contained
bursts of indignation against the regular Re
publicans. Report says that in consequence
of this affair the government will propose uni
versal suffrage, but to defer the election of
president until the people vote on the organic
law, the executive government to act in the
mean time.
This is only rumors, however, for the Cabi
net Council has resolved to support the amend
ments proposed by Flocon, that the National
Assembly shall delegate the executive power to
a citizen receiving the style of President. Thus
the government takes position against the mod
erate party and known majority of the nation.
Paris continues in a state of excitement. The
Assembly having decided, after an able discus
sion. Lamartine prominently taking part there
in, on but one Legislative Chamber, this de
cision was carried by a large majority. The
Socialist’s banquets are being held all over the
country, and too frequent for quiet, as speeches
and unseasonable, as well as incendiary lan
guage against the government is freely used.
Austria.
The Vienna correspondent of the Kolena
Zeitung asserts that Russia and Prussia have
promised their assistance on the Italian ques-
The Paris Presse states the reply of the Aus
trian government to the offer of mediation by
England and France, in substance as follows :
—First, Austria denies that the war underta
ken by Charles Albert can establish any pre
tensions over Lombardy ; that the guarantee of
the treaty of Vienna, in favor of Austria, finds
a new support in the right of conquest estab
lished by Marshal Radetsky, and that no alter
ation of territorial equilibrium can be justly
made by two only of the seven powers who
guarantied the treaty of Vienna. Austria,
however, proposes the convocation of a gene
ral congress of the powers of Europe at In
spruck, with the view to concert measures for
the independent administration of the Lombar
do-Venetian territory, and the durable tranquil
ity of the peninsula beyond the Appenines.
Hungary*
The Pesther Zeitung, of the 20th uk., con
tains a detailed account of the battie between
the Hungarian and Croatian forces, which was
fought on the 18th ult., in the vicinity of Szala
Egerezegh.
The Hungarians, under Count Terek, mus
tered 18,000 men ; the division of the Ban’s
army, which attacked them, amounted to 20 r
000. The Croatians were completely routed,
and lost 3,200 men, 17 pieces of artillery, and
13 standards. The loss of the Hunnarians is
quoted at 123 killed, and 192 wounded. •
Prussia*
Berlin passed through an important crisis on
the 25th ult., the day on which the new cabinet
were to pronounce their decision on the* ques
tion of ministerial interference with the views
and political opinions of the officers of the ar
my, the very question, it will be remembered
which caused the resignation of the last cabi
net. The radicals relied on the refusal of the
ministry to execute a former resolution of the
parliament on this subject. Everything was
prepared for a revolution, and they seemed to
feel a painful disappointment, when the Pre
mier, Gen. Pluef, read a copy of a proclama
tion to the army, by which the parliamentary
resolution was fully carried out. No pretence
lor an outbreak was left for the present. The
crowd which surrounded the building dispersed.
Switzerland.
The Gazetta Ticinese, of the 22d, announces
that the blockade of the canton by Radetsky
?a*}J, inues ’ consequently, the treaty of
Ib4o concerning the postal communications
between Lombardy andthe cantons of Lucerne,
Zunch, Berne, Uri, Basle and Ticino, having
been violently infringed, Switzerland is virtu
ally in a state of war with Austria. It is gener
ally believed that Switzerland will depart from
her state of neutrality; that 10,000 men will be '
immediately sent to the frontier, and a reserve
of 30,000 called out. Several thousand Aus
trians are stationed between Lucerne and Ug
giate.
India.
A further overland mail has arrived from In.
dia, bringing dates from Calcutta to the 20th,
Madras 25th, and Bombay the 31st August.
Maj. Edwards and his troops were still en
camped before Moultan. The reinforcements
despatched from Ferozepore had not yet join
ed them, but were hourly expected. In the line
of one of the columns advancing a heavy fire
had been heard in the direction of Moultan.
A Sikh auxiliary force was also on the march
from Lahore. The insurgent inhabitants were
attempting to quit Moultan, having heard of
the approach of the British and the Derwan to
prevent them building up the gates. In spite
of the unhealthy season the march of the rein
forcements had not been attended with any re
markable casualty.
An outbreak has taken place in the Hagerah
districts, in which Attock is situated, the key to
the north-western frontier of India; and Col.
Canara, a European officer in the Sikh service,
had been murdered. We are afraid that the
delay caused in despatching troops to succor
Maj. Edwards, has induced the insurgents to
make this movement, presutqing upon our ina
bility to suppress the rebellion.
Commercial and Financial Intelligence,
The tendency of the cotton market is still
down. This week the official quotations for
middling and fair Orleans are reduced |d., and
though for other descriptions the quotations
are continued, the turn of the market for all
kinds is decidedly in favor of the buyer, and
no possibility oI effecting sales on a large scale
without submitting to some farther sacrifice,
the consumers showing no disposition to buy,
and the current wants and speculation being
dormant. In good qualities the decline is |d.
to _|d per lb. The quotations now are for fair
uplands and Mobile 4d.; and for fair Orleans
4jd. ; middling Orleans as well as upland 3fd.:
scarcely anything is doing above 4d., and the
chief business under 3Jd., prices being lower
than at any former period. The sales for the
week amount to 23,750 bales, of which 3,300
have been taken for export and 600 on specu
lation, and the American descriptions consist of
3,016 bales upland at3| a 4.|d.; 12,200 Orleans
at 2A a 5d.; 4,810 Alabama and Mobile at 3|
a 4d. and 150 Sea Island at 7 A a 12d. per lb.—
The corn markets have undergone little or no
change and Indian corn continues in moderate
demand at 35 a 365. 6d. per quarter, which last
is now the top price for the best yellow. Corn
meal 17s. 6d. a 18s., and little here. Flour,
duty paid, 32 a 335., and sour 29 a 30s. per
bbl. The duty on wheat remains at 4s. per
qr., and on flour 2s* per bbl.
The money market continues easy; the
fluctuations in the public securities during the
week, have been only trifling.
From Messrs. Baring’s Circular.
LONDON, Oct. 6.—The recent arrivals of colo
nial and foreign produce have been extensive, and
the markets this week have been freely supported by
large public sales, which, on the whole, have gone off
with more animation than we have had to report re -
cently, and generally at full prices.
Breadstuffs are rather cheaper, as is also cotton —
and the iron trade continues depressed, but fair busi
ness is doing in the wool and silk manufacturing dis
tricts. There is no change to notice in our money
market, which continues easy ; with an abundant
supply on short terms, but there is less disposition to
extend engagements.
By the overland mail, which arrived 3d instant,
wo have received advices from Bombay to 31st Au
gust, and Calcutta to 20th August, but the commer
cial news was unimportant.
Cotton remains dull at Liverpool, and the trade at
Manchester continues unsatisfactory. Os 12,000
bales Surat, at sale here yesterday, 2000 only were
sold, from 2|d. to 2|d. for ordinary and middling, up
to 3fd. to 3jd. for good fair to good—the remainder
being bought in above the value.
The corn trade has been dull throughout the week,
and [lower prices must have been submitted to, to
effect sales, which factors generally were not dispos
edjto do, and in our quotations little alteration wiMfl
consequently be found. Some
d >!!• Il L i:i --.qi) at SJ . ! r '
and ’.l . f«r line yellow _ 4 - *
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week.
which retail sales only would be practicable. United
States red wheat, 445. to 48s. per imperial quarter;
United States white wheat 50s. to 545.; United
States flour 295. to 31s. per bbl., for superfine best
brands; United States Indian corn, 335. to 355. per
480 lbs. ; United States Indian corn meal, 17s. to
17s. 6d. per barrel.
HAVRE, October 4, 1848.— Cotton.— The trans
actions continued dull in our market since the depar
ture of the last steamer, and prices again declined f.l
a2on U. S. descriptions. To-day, however, there
is, in consequence of satisfactory news received from
Paris, a better feeling manifested, and prices have
become settled, at f. 60 a 61 for middling (our tres or
dinaire) and f. 64 aJ6S fur fair (ordinaire.) The total
sales of the week amount to 4000 bales, at f.53a67|
chiefly in middling descriptions, against iOO bales’
import.
o , 1848. 1847. 1846
Stock... 57,500 46,400 46,500
Pjlce3 ...f.51a80 f.Boa 112 f. 68 a 105
General Twiggs.—The Corpus Christi
Star has the following remarks on the appoint
ment of this gallant veteran to the command of
the Bth military department. The editor knows
his man well, and speaks of him as all do who
have witnessed his straightforwardness and en
ergy in every station he has filled ■—Delta.
If such be the fact, then indeed will the de
partment be in luck, for a more just and ener
getic man cannot be found in the American ar
my. In ashorttimethisbordercountrywould
be as quiet, under his administration, as an old
settled section. He would be just to Mexi
cans and Americans. Although it may be a
little too far out to place one who has rendered
the country such services, still, for the interest
of the frontier, we should be glad to see him
here. With the exception of Buena Vista,
“ old orizava,” as they call him. has been in
every fight under Taylor and Scott, and in
nearly every instance the pioneer and working
general. There is no general officer who en
gaged the enemy as often, and with pride we
say, not a regiment, company, platoon, file, or
even a single man of his division ever gave
back one inch to an enemy. We know this
well, for we followed his victorious command
from this line to the Grand Plaza in the city of
Mexico. We reiterate that for the interest of
the frontier, we wish the gallant soldier and
just citizen may take command of the Bth de
partment.'’
The Lakes.—The entire line of Jake coast
is 5000 miles, of which 2000 constitute the Brit
ish coast. The following is the result of the
survey of the U. 8. Topographical Engineers:
Lake Champlain 105 miles, greatest width 12,
average width 8; Lake Ontario 180, greatest
width 52, average width 40; Lake Erie 240,
greatest width 57, average width 38; Lake St.
Clair 18, greatest width 25, average width 12 ;
Lake Huron 270, greatest width (not including
the extensive bay of Georgian, itself 120 miles
long and averaging 45 miles in width,) 105, av
erage width 70; Lake Michigan 340, greatest
width 83; average width 58; Lake Superior
480, greatest width 135, average width 100.
These lakes may be considered as connected
throughout the whole extent. Lake Champlain
connects with Lake Ontario by means of the
river Richelue, the lock and dam navigation of
St. Lawrence river, the Ottowa river, the Ri
deau Canal through Canada, and the Cham
plain and Erie Canals of New York. Lake On
tario is connected with Lake Erie by means of
the Welland Canal through Canada, and by
means of the Oswego and Erie Canals through
New York. Lake Erie is connected with Lake
St. Clair by the deep and navigable strait of
Detroit, 25 miles long. Lake St. Clair is con
nected with Lake Huron by the navigable strait
of St. Clair, 32 miles long. Lake Huron is con
nected with Lake Michigan by the deep and
wide strait of Mackinaw, and with Lake Supe
rior by the strait of St. Mary’s, 48 miles long.
Hints to Ladies.—Men of sense—l speak
not of boys of eighteen or twenty, during their
age of detestability—men who are worth the
trouble of falling in love with, and the fuss and
inconvenience of being married to, and to
whom one might, after some inward conflicts
and a course perhaps of fasting and self-humili
ation. submit to fulfil those ill-contrived vows
of obedience which are exacted at the altar
such men want for their companions not dolls;
and women who would suit such men are just
as capable of loving fervently, deeply, as the
ringletina, full of song and sentiment, who can
not walk—cannot rise in the morning— cannot
tie her bonnet strings—faints if she has to lace
her boots—never in her life brushed out her
beautiful hair—would not for the world prick
her delicate finger in plain sewing; but who
can wark harder than a factory girl upon a
lamb’s wool shepherdess—dance like a dervis
at Almack’s —ride like a fox hunter—and whilst
every breath of air gives her cold in her father’s
gloomy country house, and she cannot think
how people endure this climate, she can go out
to dinner parties in February and March with
an inch of sleeve and half a quarter of bodice.
—Mrs. Thompson.
Chinese Carving.—The means by which
the concentric balls which come from China
can be carved, one within the other has long
been matter of dispute. No jointing is to be
discovered, but a recent traveller states posi
lively that each ball is constructed of two pieces
tba edges cf which are to finely scraped down
tnat the edge of one hemisphere is made to
overlap it, counterpart with the greatest nicety
Thus one ball is easily enclosed within anoth
er. The joining, are then united by a pecu
liarly strong cement, aided by the employment
of steam and pressure. He said that any ort
who wishes to make the expensive trial will
soon ascertain the fact by applying a very pow
erful heat to one of these balls, which will open
at the joints iu due time.— The Builder.
losses by ship wreck on the Anwri
can Lakes, this summer, amounted to £l4/220
in property, and 12 lives.