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The captain and one of the mates, we are
informed, arrived in the city from Cohasset in
the noon train to-day.
The following statement is from Captain
Oliver himself:
“ Saturday, 5 P. M., p’assed Cape Cod, with
a light S E. wind—weather thick; hove to
with head to the N. E.; at 4 A. M. wore ship
and stood South; at 6.} made Minot’s Ledge.
Not having room to wear ship, ventured to run
where we saw a brig at anchor, inside of the
light. The violence of the gale and heavy sea
caused us to drag our anchors, when we cut
away the masts, and held on fora short time.
The gale increasing, she dragged again,
struck, and thumped heavily for about one
hour before she broke up.
•* Previous to breaking up, the jolly boat was
hanging by the tackles alongside, when the
■tern ring-bolt broke, and the boat fell into the
water. The captain, second mate, and two
boys jumped into her to clear her, wh' n about
twenty-five passengers jumped in and swamp
ed her; the passengers, together with the se
cond mate and two boys, perished. The cap
tain caught a rope hanging over the quarter
and was drawn on board by the first mate.
•• The long boat was got clear shortly after,
and a heavy sea coining on board cleared her
from the vessel, when a number of passengers
jumpe I over to swim to her, but all perished.
The cap .tin, Istmate, (Mr. Comerford,) eight
of the crew, and two passengers, swam to the
boat and reached the shore in safety. Ten oth
ers, seven men and three women, came ashore
on part of the deck. Total loss of life, 99
saved 21. Twenty-five bodies have washed
ashore this morning.
The other brig which was seen at anchor near
where the St. John went ashore, was the brig
Kathleen, Captain Barnaby, from Piclou to
Boston, with coal. She also drifted ashore,
and still remains, with loss of chains, anchors
and rudder.
Mr. Elliot, British Consul, left the city for
the wreck at an early hour this morning, to
render ail assistance in his power.
In the harbor some trifling damage was done
to several vessels at the wharves, but the fleet
in port generally rode out the gale in safety.
Some anxiety has been expressed for the safe
ty of the packet ship Washington Irving, which
left this port on Saturday afternoon for Liver
pool, bnt we learn she was towed well out into
the bay, so that she undoubtedly cleared Cape
Cod, and gained a good oiling before the storm
came on. Cap». Clapp, of the brig Lysander,
from Cienfuegos, reports that at 1 P. M. yes
terday, wind N. E , Cape Cod S A E. 18 or2o
miles,saw a large ship beating out. and thought
■he would clear the Cape. This was undoubt
edly the Washington Irving.
Riot in Philadelphia.
We find in the Philadelphia Inquirer the fol
lowing account of the disgraceful riot which oc
curred in that city on Tuesday night:
Dreadful Riot—Houses Burned, and several
Persons Killed and Bounded.— lt is with sin
cere regret that we record the occurrence of
one of the most dreadful and sanguinary riots
that has taken place for many years in our city.
So far as we have been able to collect the par
ticulars, it appears that a gang of men and boys,
amounting it is said to several hundred, and
mostly armed with guns, pistols or knives, ho
vered about St. Mary’s street, which is chiefly
inhabited by colored people, and those not of a
decent and orderly class, generally speaking.
At the same lime, there were several knots or
crowds of colored men hanging about, and two
or three collisions occurred.
* This was the state of things shortly after nine
o’clock. Before ten, an attack was made upon
a tavern at the corner of Sixth and St. Maiy
streets, called the California House. Tins
place was kept by a colored man, who was re
ported to be married, or at any rate, living with
fcMjdnte woman. Whether such was really the
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perty in that portion of our metropolis.
From the Baltimore Sun—By Telegraph.
Philadklpnia, Oct. 11, 2 P. M.—The dis
turbed dtsinct. from Shippen to Pme. and
from fifth to Seventh streets, is stdi invested
by the military, though nothing has occurred
to disturb the peace since their arrival. The
force on dutv yesterday and last night consisted
of about 250 men, under Col. Bohlen, and
they were this morning relieved by mlmiui the
•am? number from the second brigade, under
command of Geu Bennett.
\esterday afternoon, a detachment, under
Col. Murphy, were dispatched into Moyamen
amg. inconsequence of certain existing reports
and at the Commissioner’s Hall they took pos
awion of two aiuall brass pieces, brought from
Mexico by Major Scott, and presented to the
corporation This was done through fear
that the rioters might gel possession of them to
use against the military. The same detachment
eexrened the .Moyamensmg Hose bouse, but |
found none of tha men, arms and ammunition. I
which that lying vixen. Madam Rumor, had
posted there.
Th* morning the coroner held an inquest |
upon the body of Jeremiah McShane, who I
died at the hospital last evening, from a gun
*hot wound in the head, received on Tuesday ‘
night while looking from a window, at the ;
corner of Lombard street, which house he vis- I
itod to tee iua swter. Two doors below. Mr* J
Smith, a respectable lady, received a wound
in the head, in a similar manner. There is
hopes of her life, though the ball is not yet
extracted.
About thirty prisoners, whites and blacks,
were examined before the Mayorthis morning,
and mostly committed for trial during the pre
sent term of the court. The principal offend
er is George Hosey.a colored man, well known
as perfectly lawless, who has amassed some
property by being principal dog-catcher. Du
ring the riot, he acted with the Moyamensing
rioters against his own color, and is believed
to have fired the shot that killed young Him
melwrigbt, the fireman. He is held for riot,
arson, and murder.
|k The feeling is general among the citizens
the authorities both of the city and county
derelict in their duties, and as the
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letter- from our Canadian cor-
to the 3d m-t He writ* s. on what
reliable authority, that the feeling in
’annexation to tin Cmu-.l States i.X be
general in Upper Canada among the
classes, and that the question only
be fairly started to become universally
ffißpuhr. The Montreal Gazette, which once
pjjp e out for Independence, now admits that
is the only resort, and presents a
to divide Canada into three Slates and
HKurocure their admission, as such, into our
Our correspondent enters into the
at some length, and shows that the
of -'‘•a step upon Canada, would be
hi He says that
''merit is on the
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Tennessee and Georgia
rVVe were pleased to find, on a recent visit to
Dalton, that the workmen employed on this
road are progressing very rapidly. Already
about 70 miles are graded. Gen. Greene, the
contractor, is erecting a saw mill in Dalton,
which, it is estimated, will saw 10,000 feet a
day. So soon as this gets in operation he ex
pects to begin to lay the rails on the road al
ready graded. A tender it is expected, will be
running on it to convey materials forward, on
or before the first of January next. The com
pletion of this road will give a new impulse to
the spirit of enterprize in E. Tennessee and
N. Western Georgia, and draw still closer the
chords that bind in one the interests of the
States in which it lies. Atlanta, and the cities
below us, will reap rich benefits from this road,
as well as the cities and country above and be
yond it. Gen. Greene is by this time, we pre
sume, in Nashville, ready io present the claims
of this road to the members of the Legislature.
We cannot for amoment suppose that that body
will refuse an appropriation to a road which
will afford an outlet to a large, populous and
fertile portion of the State. The State would,
in a very few years, receive back, through the
additions that the rord would make to her po
pulation and the taxable property in her
bounds, her own with usury.— Atlanta Intdli
gencer.
Financial Condition of the State of
Alabama.—The new Legislature of Alabama,
just elected for two years, has a critical condL
tion of affairs to meet and adjust, during their
time of service. The State debt is large, and
the funds provided for the payment of the in
terest uncertain and diminishing.
The State owes a bonded debt of $9,170,550;
to trust funds, bearing interest. $1,215,000; ma
king a total of debt of $10,385,550, of which
the annual interest is $542,579. The expenses
of the State annually are about $120,000. The
total amount required for expenses and inter
est on debts is, therefore. $662,579. The re
sources of the State consist only of its tax bill
and about two millions (estimated as good) of
the assets of the deposit banks. These last
funds, it is thought have been employed, in
part, in buying up Slate Bonds at the market
prices. If true, the amount of annual interest
payable will be considerably reduced. The
tax bill produced last year $44,000, showing a
deficiency to be made up out of the bank as
sets of above $248,000. The payments will
be varied, of course, by the amount of bonds
that may have been withdrawn and the conse
quent absorption of the assets of the bank.
Still, there seems to be no expec*ation that the
present tax bill, which is so much complained
of for its severity, can raise enough to meet
the whole of the interest on the debt and all
the State expenses. The bank assets must
soon be exhausted, and on this Legislature will
depend the formation of some system for main
taining the State credit hereafter.— N. O. Cres
cent.
The Weather—Health of the City. —
On Saturday, the wind chopped around to the
North, and blowing pretty briskly all Saturday
night, introduced us on Sunday to cool, bra
cing, autumnal weather, such as we have been
praying for, for some time. Il diffused general
joy and pleasure all around, and swept from
our atmosphere every element of disease and
discomfort. Nothing could be more accepta
ble, at this time, than this little touch of winter.
A few fatal cases of violent bilious fever had
begun to create apprehensions of an epidemic.
These fears, however, are entirely dissipated,
by weather cold enough for a frost. But for
the strong wind on Sunday night, the earth
would certainly have been sprinkled with the
sparkling jewels of that blessing of Heaven,
which is nowhere so highly appreciated as in
this tropical city. Our city may now be said to
be purified. Our atmosphere will be found
life, health and vigor-giving to the people of all
climes and countries. Our absentees cannot
hie home too swiftly. To strangers, to the nu
merous host of emigrants, who yearly flock to
our city, we say come, come--there is room
enough for you all in a city, the healthiest in
the Union, and destined, by a proper applica
tion of industry, enterprise and capital, to be
the greatest in the Union. There is room here
for all kinds of ambition and labor. Men who
will set to work resolutely, need not go to Cali
fornia, or any other distant province, to make
money and get rich. New Orleans offers a fine
field for all kinds of industry. It presents, too,
advantages for pleasure, comfort, health and
long life, not enjoyed by any otiier city in the
Union.
With such delightful weather as we have at
present, and with an early return of our absent
and floating population, the coming business
season promises to be one of unusual activity
and prosperity.— N. O. Delta, \)lh inst.
ColdWkathir.—The weather for three
days past has been very cool for the season,
and there would probably have been frost in the
neighborhood, it the nights had been calm.
Fires are quite common in parlors and stores.—
Sac. Rep. I‘dthinst.
The Wkathkk, during the past week, has
been quite cool—siifliciently so to render fires
comfortable throughout the day. We have
also had several light frosts; not sutfiri —
materially to a*T.'
planter®
Cl ... ,uieuig»'i>t merchant
now m M ssissippi, writes to the
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daily vr<»iinu ’hr-v . p .‘.H,- ;•> :>:<. pri-
HgLlctters, <fcc. his now a fixed tact that » urpl.tn-
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and many will n•( go haif; but tak , :
of ail. I think it wj: ip :uo-.ti rd<
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heavy and eoatintied
Atlanta.—Our prospects are every day
brightening. The musical notes of the saw,
chisel, trowel and hammer rise higher and flow
quicker every day, and the crack of the team
ster’s whip and the creak of his wheels, swell
the music and prevent its monotony. In plain
English, business of every kind is on the in
crease. Our streets and wagon yards are be
ginning to be crowded with wagons heavily
loaded—those arriving with cotton ; and those
departing, with goods tor country merchants.—
Intelligencer
Thk Potato Crop. —We merely mention
ed last week, that the rot in this valuable crop
was quite prevalent in this vicinity. Since that
time wo have made partcular inquiry, and
find that its ravages are exceedingly destruc
tive. It prevails ail around us. In Carlisle
we are informed that the crop will be barely
sufficient for the inhabitants. One man in the
easterly part of this town has a held often acres
which he will not attempt to dig. Another a
field of five acres, the whole product of which
be sometimes since otfered for a hundred bush
els. but could find no one to accept his offer.
In another part of the town a large field of
them is completely worthless, while directly
over the fence, on the same kind of land, the
crop is entirely sound. A near neighbor dug
some twenty-five bushels a few days since, a
part of which were rotten at the time, and in
three days afterwards they were a complete
mass of offensive matter—not a sound one
among them.
The loss on this crop will be very heavy in
this vicinity, and we have bo doubt it will be
tell all over New England.— Concord (.Vass >
Frcrataa.
Ricbmomd Kipxaprise Cask.— W. C- Park
burst was committed at Richmond, on Wednes
day. for examination before the Hustings Court,
to be held on Friday, the 9ih of November, on
the charge of kidnapping three colored chii
dren. and selling them as slaves to Mr. Levy,
of Richmond.
Augusta, <£fra.:
MONDAY MORNING, OCT, 15, 1849.
“ The Foreign Organ,”
The zeal and energy with which the Wash
ington Union has defended the course of the
French Minister, M. Poussin, and the coarse
manner in which it has assailed the Adminis
tration for his dismissal, has very justly secured
for that journal the soubriquet of “the foreign
organ.” The senior, however, seems exceed
ingly nettled at the new honor he has won for
himself, and seeks to ward off the force of the
epithet by the following reference to the dis
tinguished services he has rendered the country
in two wars! Hear him:
“The senior editor of the Union (he says) is per
fectly willing to leave the justice of the accusation
and the propriety of the epithet to be tested by all the
incidents of his whole life. xVo man teas more ac
tive in bringing on the war with England in
1812; and for the verification of that fact we appeal
to the resolutions we brought forward at a large
meeting in the city of Richmond, recommendin'’ ‘‘
measure to Congress. We appeal to th'-
of the Richmond Enquirer <!•’-*
say. without hesita**'
with mor**
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A Pertinent Question.
The Raleigh (N. C.) Register has repeated
ly' propounded to the North Carolina Standard,
the central Democratic organ of that State, the
following very pertinent question without re
ceiving an answer:
“ Will you, in the event of the passage of a Law,
by Congress, prohibiting the extension of slavery
into the Territories, submit to that Law, or raise
your voice in favor of Disunion 1”
Mobile Railroad.—The Tribune statesthat
Mr. Riddle, the contractor, has arrived in Mo
bile, and will commence work immediately on
the Mobile and Ohio Railroad.
False Invoices.—The N. O. Bulletin of Sat
urday says: We briefly noticed a few days ago
that $20,009 worth of dry goodshad been seiz
ed by the Collector of this port, on the charge
tl<xt the lot was imported under a false invoice,
which undervalued the goods some thirty per
cent. Yesterday the necessary papers were
filed in the case by Mr. Bradford, acting U. S.
District Attorney, who placed them before
the United States District Court. In all,
'here are sixty-seven packages, and had they
’ ' Veen eyes of the appraisers, the
~ z 'nld have netted quite
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Washington Branch
answer to the numerous inquiries, botn ...
and verbal, (says the Washington Gazette of
the 13th inst.) that have been addressed to us
on the subject, we are gratified to state that
we have recently received a letter from the
President of the Georgia Railroad Compa
ny, stating that the services of an Engineer
have'been secured, and that he will be able to
enter upon the survey of the route, not later
than the Ist of next month. We have every
confidence that a liberal proposition will be of
fered by the Georgia Company after the survey
is completed; and believe the road will be se
cured beyond a doubt, if our own people are
but true to themselves. The momentous in
terests at stake, repudiate all questions as to
their action, when this matter shall have been
brought properly before them.
An Impostor.
The Savannah Republican of Saturday says:
We feel called upon as a public journalist, to
expose tlie imposition which a man, calling
himself Charles M. Collier, has attempted to
practice upon this community. He pretends to
be the son of the Hon. Mr. Collier, of New
York, recently a candidate for U. S. Senator,
before the Legislature of that State, and seeks
to make the impression that he is intimate with
many of the distinguished men about Wash
ington and at the North. He has been expect
ing a fine buggy and a span of horses for some
time, but they have not arrived yet and will
not. In this way he has sought, in particular
circles, to produce the impression that he is a
gentleman of leisure and good connections,
and to introduce himself into some of our best
families. With others, he was a merchant wish
ing to establish a house in Savannah, or get
employment as a clerk. At one time he was a
Jew and at another a Gentile.
He is rather a genteel looking person, with
a florid complexion, light hair, five feet ten or
eleven inches high, and has a pleasant address.
He has the German accent, which he accounts
for by saying he was educated in Germany.
Having come in contact with a German citizen,
however, he acknowledged to him that he was
a native of Bavaria, had been employed for
some time in Stewart’s store, New York, and
was then looking for a situation as clerk. We
understand he left a few days since to visit
Messrs. Toombs and Stephens, with whom he
pretends to be well acquainted, but expected
to return in a short time. He borrowed mo
ney enough to pay his passage over the Rail
road, and is probably sojourning at this time in
Macon or Augusta, or some place farther West.
It is hoped he will return, as he failed to pay
his board bill before leaving.
Mr. Crawford, Secretary of War, says the
National Intelligencer of Thursday, we under
stand, has left the city on a visit to the North,
and will be absent about ten days. Mr. An
derson, the Chief Clerk of this Department,
being confined to his house by indisposition,
the temporary appointment of Acting Secretary
of War has been given to John D. McPher
son, Esq.
Governor Manly, of North Carolina, has is
sued a proclamation setting apart Thursday,
the 15th day of November, as a day of prayer
and thanksgiving throughout that State.
At the Bourbon (Ky.) Agricultural Fair Mrs.
Chapman Coleman, daughter of Gov. Critten
den, received the premium, a SIOO cup, for
the best silk quilt, made with her own hands.
It is a wholesome indication to see the la
dies contending for premiums in manufac
tures.
Mr. A. W. Babbitt, who has been elected to
represent the Mormon State of Desert in Con
gress, has arrived at St. Louis. He states that
the graves with which according to letters
heretofore published, it has been represented
the whole route of the California emigrants
was strewed, are, in most cases, only the
graves of the surplus provisions, which accor
ding to the usual custom <>♦ ♦ t, ‘
have ho-” ’
..*< xjwinn, of the
.uiiean squadron, which sad event took
place on the 4th of September, on board the
United States flag ship Constitution. Captain
Gwinn was a native of Maryland, and entered
the naval service in 1809.
Balloo.v Asckksion.—Mons. Victor Ver
dalle made a balloon ascension, feet npward.
from Red Bank, opposite Philadelphia, on
Thursday. A Philadelphia paper, speaking of
the ascent, says:
“ When it had raised about one hundred feet,
Mons. Verdalle placed his feet on the topmost
bar of the frame, and in this dangerous position
u.. n « with his head downwards. He then
' affixed to ropes hang
-.»ned two or
when we
nningthe
id waved
»st in the
distance. * he dews
heavy—the coldness of ui« ata of air
rapidly chilled the rarefied air in tne balloon,
and it began to fall. It had taken a westwardly
course toward Woodbury. N. J., and in five
minutes after it went up, must have descended
near that village.”
Pork axd Bkef P acking in Chattanooga—
The Chattanooga Gazette of the 12th inst., has
he following notice of an establishment for the
above purpose, about to be located in that city,
which is destined to effect an important influ
ence upon the provision trade of this and ad
other cities and towns along our great South
ern lines of railroad, if it shall succeed—of
which we entertain no doubt:
in another column will be found the advertisement
of Messrs. Armstead & Turner, who are about estab
lishing themselves it this place in the Pork and Beef
Packing business. They are now erecting the ne
ct"iry • wildings, near the Depot of the Western A:
Atlantic Railroad, and will be ready to commence
operations as soon as the weather will admit. We
have for a long time entertained lhe opinion that this
was a favomi u | such an enterprise, and we
are glad now to see such men as Messrs. Armstead
A Turner rngtging tn it- Gen. Armstead is from
Virginia, and tavorably known m this section as a
large cattle dealer. Mr. Turner, we understand, has
for many > enra, been extensively engaged in this bu
siness in the city *f Baltimore. They come here with
the experience and capital necessary to insure suc
cess.
Winter’s Mill.—Ao experiment was made
this morning at Winter’s' Mill, in the piesence
of several genliemen.to test the speed of grind
ing corn, with one pair of stone, which result
ed as follows: One bushel i« sfr/y /»co seconds !
or al the rate of sirtof bushels per hour, nearly,
and that too without healing lhe meal any more
than at the ordinary rate of thirty bushel* per
hour! The wheel used, is Rich's Centre \ ent
Wheel. Beat this who can !
Timed by J no. C. Leitner. Thos. Ragland,
Saint. Flourney. Dr. Andrews and others.—
Clfwfrßß £ Adorer
The President in Baltimore.
The President’s visit to Baltimore during
the exhibitions of the Slate Agricultural Fair
and Cattle Show, and the Fair of the Mechanics’
Institute, has afforded the Old Hero an oppor
tunity to mingle extensively with the citizens,
from whom he has won golden opinions. He
reached the city on the morning of the 10th
inst. The American says:
“ His arrival was quite unexpected, as it was gen
erally supposed that he would not leave Washington
until this morning. He was accompanied only by his
servant, and proceeded nt once to Barnum’s City Ho
tel, where he will remain during his sojourn. Soon
after breakfast he visited the exhibition grounds of
the Fair and Cattle Show, where he spent several
hours. Whilst there he was waited upon by a com
mittee of the members of the Maryland Institute, and
through its chairman, Joshua Vansant. Esq., invited
to visit the Pair of the Institute, now being held at
Washington Hall. The President, in reply, express
ed the warm interest which he felt in all that related
either to the mechanical or agricultural interests ofthc
country, and the pleasure he would take in comply
ing with iheinvit»’ : led to him.”
° • n • • ■ c both Fairs and was
• r »st cordially by all
d at the opportuni
by the hand. On
«nemoon he took his depar
i‘or Washington, which is thus chronicled
by the American of Saturday:
Our honored and beloved Chief Magistrate, who
came among us unannounced, and whose movements
have been marked with the sincere desire to avoid
d splay or parade, was occupied throughout the whole
of yesterday in visiting the Fairs and inspecting the
different objects in our city to which his attention
was attracted. In the morning before breakfast he
visited the Lexington market, and examined with
much interest the abundant supplies of meats, fruits,
vegetables, and other edibles displax ed fur sale. He
expressed hiinsqjf much gratified, and spoke of the
market as among the .finest he had ever seen for the
abundance, variety and quality of its supplies. The
visit was made in the must quiet and unostentatious
manner, but his presence in the market becoming
known he was soon surrounded by crowds who wish
ed to see their President and take him by the hand.
Before he had concluded the tour of the market he
had after him, as may well be imagined, a retinue of
no little magnitude.
At ten o’clock the President, accompanied by Gen.
Tench Tilghman, proceeded to the Maryland Institute
Fair at Washington Hall. He was received at the
entrance to the Hall by several of the officers of the
Institute, and in company with them and the Super
intendents of the Fair, Messrs. Bently and Gore, was
conducted through the saloons. The President spent
a considerable time in examining the machinery inf
the lower saloon, at the ingenuity and beauty of whichs
he expressed the highest gratification. He then pass
ed to the upper saloon, where he also examined with
much interest the handsome and varied collection of
useful and ornamental articles there displayed.
The President spoke of the Fair as a scene of great
interest and attraction, and remarked in warm terms
on the high credit which it and the Agricultural Fair
reflected on the farming and Mechanical interests of
our City and State. Such exhibitions, he said, were
new to him, and he only regretted that he had not
more time at his command to spend in their exami
nation. During the stay of the President at the Fair
a large number of visiters were in attendance, by
” of w'.iom he was received with the most cordial
of good feeling and respect. The ladies
.rked in their demonstrations of esteem,
ery step the President found himself con
oy bevies of the gentle sex, for all of whom he
promptly extended hand and an affable and
nt word.
er spending a couple of hours at the Fair, the
President proceeded to the Cattle Show, and was
present during the delivery of the Annual Address
by the Hon. Senator Pearce. Here the evidences of
respect which had before greeted him were again
repeated with a warmth and enthusiasm which
evinced how effectually his quiet unostentatious yet
sterling virtues have won their way into the hearts
of the community.
At four o’clock in the afternoon the President was
conducted to Monument Square, where the two com
panies of Flying Artillery from Fort McHenry passed
in review before him. The appearance of the troops,
as they rode several times at a rapid pace around the
Square, was imposing in the extreme, and won from
the large assemblage who witnessed the manoeuvres
many expressions of admiration.
The President returned to Washington in the cars
at 5 o’clock yesterday evening.
From the Washington Republic.
The Union is not satisfied with the denial
given by the National Intelligencer to the ru
mors that a sharp correspondence had taken
place between Mr Clayton and Mr. Cramp
ton, or Mr. Clayton and the British govern
ment, upon the claim set up by the latter to the
Mosquito coast. We are not able to add to the
assurance of the National Intelligencer on this
subject; and we must beg leave to correct the
Union in some of the inferences which it draws
from the brief editorial with which we intro
duced to our readers extracts from certain Lon
don papers, supposed, partially at least, to re
flect the opinions of the British government in
relation to it. We did not “concede the fact
that a diplomatic correspondence has been had
between this and the British government,” as the
Union argues from our introductory remarks;
nor are we aware that any has actually taken
place up to this time. We desired to be under
stood as expressing a belief that the United
States would contest the British jurisdiction in
the Mosquito territory, in the exclusive propri
etorship set up and insisted upon by a portion
of the London press.
The Union, in noticing a rumor even of a
correspondence, cannot help displaying its fo
reign partisanship. Without having the least
grounds for imagining any want of spirit in the
zldministration on this or any other subject, it
intersperses its columns with such interjection
al innuendoes as.—“ if the Administration is
recreant and craven”—“ if it has truckled to
Lord Palmerston”—something terrible will
come of it in time. Its friend M Poussin, or
its friend the King of Prussia, or any of its
“ foreign relations” who have had to deal with
the Administration, might calm its fears upon
the score of “cravenness,” or “recreancy,”
or “ truckling.”
Speaking of “ truckling,” will the Union
enlighten the world as to the course of the last
administration in regard to the British claim to
the Mosquito coast? Will it inform us what
Mr. Buchanan or Mr. Polk did when the Bri
tish authorities caught and crowned the “sans
culotte Iridian,” under whom it now sets up
title to territorial jurisdiction ? What did the
administration, of which the Union was the or
gan, do for “the principle proclaimed by Pre
sident Monroe, and reiterated by Jackson and
[ehue!] Polk?” Did it interfere in the matter
when the progress of British acquisition upon
that coast was brought to its knowledge ? What
did Mr. Polk do for the principle reiterated by
himself? What did the Union in awakening
public opinion in relation thereto ? “ Recreant
and craven,” forsooth ! It is fit that rhe organ
of an administration which split its wind and
evaporated its courage in shouting “54 40,”
and settled down, collapsed in both, upon 49,
to twit any government with “truckling.”
The Union’s anxiety to know what the Govern
ment has done, or is doing, or is going to do, in
relation to the Mosquito question, is owing to
its eagerness to find out something to blame.
If it does not take care it will commit itself to a
course of action that may coincide with the
views of the Administration. This would be a
terrible fix for a journal which has proclaimed
aloud that, “ whatever face the future may
wear, it means to oppose the Administration of
General Taylor and his cabal to the bitter end.”
Crossing the Alps in a Balloon from
Marskillks to Turin. —M. Arban, a French
reronaut, ascended in his balloon from the Cha
teau des Fleurs (the Vauxhall of Marseilles) at
half-past six in the evening of the 2d Sept., and
alighted at the village of Pion F orte, near Tu
rin, the following morning, at ha f-past two,
having accomplished the distance, about 400
miles, in eight hours. The particulars of this
voyage are related by M. Arban, himself, in one
of the Marseilles papers, as follows:
“ I ascended from the Chateau des Fleurs on Sun
day evening, the 2d Sept., at lialf-f>ast six. At eight
I was over Hie wo»»d of Esteret, where I ascer.ained
that I was at a height of 4,000 metres. The tempe
rature of the air was cold, but dry; my contigrade
thermiMncter marked tour degrees below zero. The
wind was smith-west, and sent tne over Nice. For
>urs I was surrounded by very dense
cloak no longer sufficed to keep me
ered much from cold feet. I, neverthe-
- e<l to |>roceed and traverse the Alps,
knew I was not far distant. My pro
st was enough to raise me above the
*. The cold gradually increased, the
steady and the moon lighted me like
lhe sun (comme le soldi en’plicn jour.) I was at
the foot of the Alps; lhe snows, cascades, rivers, all
were sparkling; lhe ravines and rocks produced the
masses of darkness, which served as shadows to the
gigantic picture. The wind now interrupted the re
gularity of my course. 1 was occasionally obliged to
ascend, in order to pass over the peaks. I reached
the summit of the Alps at eleven o'clock, and as the
horizon became clear, and my course regular, I be
gan to think of supping. I was now at an elevation
of 4,600 metres, it was indispensably necessary
for me to pursue my journey, and reach Piedmont.
Chaos only was under me, and to alight in these re
gions was impossible. After supper, 1 threw my
empty bottle into the snow beneath, where, possibly,
wine adventurous traveller will one day find it, and
be led to conclude that another before him had ex
plored the same desert regions. At half-past one in
the morning I was over M<Hint Misto, which I knew,
having explored it in my first journey 'o Piedmont.
1 reconnoitered the position, and discovered the mag
nificent plains of the mountain. Before this certain
ty, a singular optical delusion, occasioned by the shin
ing of lhe raoon upon lhe snow, was like to make me
think myself over lhe open sea. But as the south
west wind had not ceased to blow, I was convinced
by this fact, as well as by others I had noticed, that I
could not tn? over (he sea. The stars confirmed the
accuracy of my compass, and the appearance of Mount
Blanc satisfied me that I most be approaching Turin.
Mount Bianc to my left, on a level with the top of
which I was, being far above the clouds, resembled
an immense block of crystal sparkling with a thou
sand fires. At a quarter totbree. Mount Viso, which
was behind me, prove * to me that I was in the neigh
borhood of Tuna. I determined to alight, which I
did without any difficulty, having ballast enough to
go much further. I alighted near a large farm yard,
where 1 was surrounded by several watchdogs, from
whose caressses I was protected by my cloak. Their
barking awakened the peasants, who were more sur
prised than frightened at seeing me. They admit
ted me to their house; informed me that it was half
past two, and that I was in the village of Pion- Forte,
near Stubini, six kilometres from Turin. I passed
the remainder of the night in the farm-house, and iu
lhe morning the peasants accompanied me to the
Mayor, who delivered me a certificate, attesting my
arrival. &e. After packing up my balloon and ear,
1 set out for Turin, where I arrived at nine in the
morning. I immediately sat down to write to the di
rector of the Chateau de Fiearis, in order to relieve
the anxiety of my wife, frieoda, and the Marseilles
public who might be interested about me. I then
repaired to M. Hois le Comte, the French ambassa
dor. who gave me a passport. At eleven, the same
morning, I attended the ciiarch of la Madre di Dio,
where a service was performed in honor of Charles
Albert's death. The ceremony was followed by a
review of the national guard. In the evening. I went
to the theatre d’Angeunes, where Sigier played Louis
XI. I could hardly believe that the evening before I
was at the Chateau des Fleurs, at Marseilles, 140
leagues off.”
Santa Anna.— Ed Lecero, published in Pa
nama. says that information has just been re
ceived from Jamaica, stating that Gen. Santa
Anna is laboring most earnestly to return to
Mexico. Once there, he will have himself pro
claimed Dictator, will annul the treaty of Que
retaro, and renew a war with the United Stales.
It says. also, that he has sent $200,000 to dis
tribute among his partisans, and is making an
effort to obtain 500 insuien to land at Tampico
and join his parly there, which is very numer
ous. — Picayune.
Canada. —The Montreal Herald of Tues
day holds the following unequivocal language
in reference to the measure of annexation to
the United Stales :
Jnneza/ion should be immediate.— ls we have
reason to wish fur an incorporation with the
States of the American Union, like reason
prompts us to desire that this incorporation
should take place as speedily as possible. A
state of political transition, is a state of person
al and social misery. Here is no tranquility :
no improvement. It is of the utmost impor
tance for the inhabitants of Canada, as the
world believes they are about to pass through a
revolution, that they should do it at once. But
it is hardly less desirable that there should be
no unnecessary delay, if we look to the inte
rest of Great Britain, and to the continuance
of that affection for her, which a majority of
the colonists still entertain, and still desire to
preserve. We would bring about the inevita
ble separation, by and with good will.
Nothing could be more disastrous than the
prolongation of a state of sullen discontent,
till, having become utterly unbearable, some
pretext should be seized <>Q as an excuse to in
flame men’s minds to hatred, and armed op
position. Nothing is more to be avoided than
the continuance of depression and 4nisery, till
an army of invaders should be received as de
liverers.
Ship Building in the West. —T he Cincin
nati Atlas, of the 21st ult.,,has a sunjmary of ail
the steamboats built in thejUnited States, from
1824 to 1848, inclusive, entire number is
estimated at 2,310. The(>resent steam
boat building is about2o9 per annual of which
more than two-thirds areiuilt uigpn the lakes
and Western rivers, having <j4M3&nnec‘.ion with
the tide walers of the ocean. The official re
turns show for 1848 the amount of ship build
ing and tonnage on the lakes and Western
rivers:
No. Tonnage.
Lake Ontario3s-••• •••-3,727
lake Erie*««»6812,194
Lakes Huron and Michigan3os,3ol
Mississippi river 336,256
Ohio river 15025,253
Cumberland riverlsl
T0ta130252,688
Os the above there were—ships, 2; brigs, 13;
schooners, 62; and steamers 130 —making a
total of 207. The total of the tonnage on the
lakesand Western rivers is about one sixth of
the whole of the tonnage oi the United States,
with an annual increase in a much larger pro.
portion than on the tide gqHer.
Facts for our con-
temporaries very justly reurarks :
Next to farmers, mechanics are the most nu
merous and the most important class of the com
munity. Whatever promotes their interests, of
course promotes the interests of the public.
They, like farmers, have great facilities and
great inducements to become men of science
and of profound knowledge. Every mechanic,
in every operation, brings into use some princi
ple of science, which principle it is, of course,
his interest and his convenience to understand.
Every apprentice boy, no matter how assid
uous or how rigorous his employment, if he
spends a few minutes daily in useful reading
and other modes of improvement, is certain to
be a man of future influence and respectability.
That apprentice who seeks most assiduously
the interest of his employer, promotes most
effectually his own interest; as character is the
best capital a young man can have for the com
mencement of business.
Mechanics, like farmers make sage and en
lightened statesmen They are well educated
for legislators, and for other offices, because ed
ucated in schools of experience. Who can be
better qualified to make laws for aiding the ope
rations of business, than those engaged in these
operations?
In 1826 a few farmers and mechanics, in a
small village in Massachusetts, organized a so
ciety, entitled the “ Millbury Branch of the
American Lyceum;” its object the mutual im
provement of its members, and the “diffusion
of knowledge over the globe.” From that
humble, but dignified and republican origin, has
arisen the general institutions of lyceums, now
in operation in almost every section of both
continents, and in many of the islands in the
Atlantic and Pacific.
It is evident that if farmers and mechanics
through the country generally, should enlist in
earnest in the great work of self-education,
thiy might reform and perpetuate our republi
can institutions, and hand down pure Christian
republicanism to posterity. Without that step,
it is equallyevident, that though the American
republic may retainits name, republicanism,
especially in America, will soon be known only
among the things that were.
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Com
pany have made a most favorable arrangement
with some English capitalists, for the entire
quantity ofiron required to lay their road from
Cumberland to the Ohio river. The particu
lars of the arrangement are said to be, that the
iron is to be paid for altogether with the bonds
of the Company, which are to be guarantied
by the Messrs. Baring for 2£ per cent. The
entire cost of the iron, delivered in this coun
try, is not to exceed S4O per ton. The bonds
being guarantied by the Barings, will always
be at par in the English market, and as there
is now a certainty of the completion of the road
in two years from the Ist of June next, the pro
bability Is that they will rise even beyond that
point.
Another Ruined City Discovered.—Leon
de Laborde, a member of the French Institute,
and a traveller and explorer of great repute
and eminent qualifications, has in the press a
narrative of his late visit to Asia Minor. He
has published in advance a chapter containing
an account of his importanLdi«covery of the ex
tensive remains of the city of rEzani, which
the ancients built on the edge and the left bank
of the Ryhndseus, and which Strabo classes a
mo ng the great cities of Phyrgia Epictetus.—
Walsh's Paris letter.
Another Land Slide.—We learn that on
the other side of the river, opposite the Water
Works the levee has caved in as far as the road
—say about three hundred feet.
We also hear that the-piles that were driven
by the Second Municipality for the protection
of Carrollton, have commenced falling in, and
that some twenty or thirty of them have disap
peared. The bank continues to cave in at
points near Carrollton. We trust that those
whose duty and interest it is to prepare against
these dangers, will not be backward in their ex
ertions.— Pic Bth.
Robbing the Dead.—ln the month of Oc
tober, 1848, the vault of the Van Rensellaer
family was entered at midnight, by some sacri
legious wretches the coffins were broken open
and the silver plates forcibly wrenched from
them. The ghouls then proceeded to rob the
bodies of every article of value, cruelly muti
lating them to obtain the rings, <fcc. After
having completed their horrible work, they left
the vault, and, notwithstanding the most unre
mitting search, no clue could be obtained by
the police, of them. A short time since, one
of the number, probably apprehending danger,
or conscience smitten, turned State evidence
and exposed the names of his associates in the
crime, but they got wind of it. and made their
escape from the c\ty .-•■ Albany Knickerbocker.
The New Y’ork Courier stales that the
Messrs. Harpers will publish before a great
while, from the pen of John C. Calhoun, a
Treatise on the Elementary Principles of Go
vernment and the Constitution of the United
States; and that it is so nearly complete, that
he expects to prepare it for publication in his
leisure hours during the coming session of Con
gress. The Courier adds:
It is generally understood that Mr. Wesbter
has marked out the plan of a History of Wash
ington's Administration, and he has done some
thing towards its execution. We trust that
current political events, important as they are,
and much as the public good requires his at
tention to them, will not be allowed to inter
fere with the completion of this great work.
We need, and the world needs, such vindica
tion of Republicanism and Americanism as.the
works of this kind from such men would give.
The steamer Tennessee, belonging to the
Savannah line of steamers, has been sold to
Messrs. Howland &- Aspinwall for the Cali
ornia trade, for $200,000 in cash, which is to
be paid on the delivery to the purchasers after
the present voyage. This is we believe the
first instance that an American sea steamer has
been sold for as much as the original cost
($165,000.) It is a good bargain for both par
ties, as she is a first rale vessel, and an uncom
monly fast sailer
S. L. Mitchell, Esq., will in a few days lay
the keel of another steamer to take her place,
which is expected to equal, and if possible, sur
pass her in speed.— N. Y. Journal of Commerce.
The St. Louis Republican of the 17th says
that Col. Benton intends being in thatcity to
attend the Pacific Railroad Convention. Af
ter the Convention, he intends making a tour
through as many of the southeastern
as his time will permit before the meeting of
Congress. It is also his purpose to return from
Washington at an early day next season, and
continue the agitation of his appeal from the
instructions of the Legislature to the people,
up to the time of the holding of the next Au
gust election.
Cure for Dysentery.—We are informed
that a medical gentleman of high standing in
his profession, invariably prescribes ice, and ice
only, for his patients, in dysentery, and in most
cases with success. The ice is to be pounded
small enough to swallow it, an J the patient is to
swallow a small quantity of it every three or
four minutes, until the disease ceases Three or
four instances have come within our knowledge
in which violent cases of dysentery have been
cured within the course of a sing’e day by this
remedy.
FiveMilesof Loaded Wagons—On Thors
day of this week the receipts of wheat in this city,
as near as can be estimated, were 21.000 bush
els ; allowing 40 bushels to be brought by each
wagon, 525 wagons were required to bring this
quantity. The receipts of flour and other
kinds of produce were also heavy ; allow 175
teams loaded with other produce besides wheat,
and we have a total of 700, which is doubtless
within the true number ; allow a space of 45
feet for each team, and we have a procession
of five miles of wagons, laden with the pro
duce of the soil, coming into our city in one
d&y. —Milwaukee Gazette.
Accumulation. —Fools and idiots are often
successful at accumulation.
An illustration of what a little money will be
come in time, if put out on interest and
property taken care of, is afforded by an inci
dent related to us yesterday by an old resident.
He stated tha* about fifty years ago a bequest of
SIO.(MX) was left to an idiot on Long Island.
He was then in his infancy, and is consequent
ly now but little over fifty. Soon after the fa
tiler’s decease, three respectable inhabitants of
this city, all of whom are yet living, were ap
pointed trustees for the care ofthe bequest,
with authority to appropriate s<>oo annually
for the idiot's maintenance, which was accord
ingly done. This left at first but a small accu
mulation. but latterly the increase has been
rapid, and the principal now amounts to over
SIOO,OOO. Should the party live twenty years
longer, as is not improbable, he will die worth
a quarter of a million of dollars. Pretty weli
for a fool—-.V. Y. Jour. of Commerce.
2lngusta, QM.:
TUESDAY MORNING, OCT. 16, IK4L9
Agricultural and Mechanics’ Institute.
During the three days exhibition of the Michigan
State Agricultural Fair at Marshall, the number of
tickets sold were as follows :
14,060 tickets, at 12 1-2 cents 81,750
1,200 “ of membership, at 81 81,200
Detroit JFree Press.
This Fair was noticed a few days since in
our Editorial Correspondence, as illustrating
the onward march and rapid progress of this
young State in the development of her re
sources. In making the above extract, how
ever, we have in view a different purpose.
During the last year we have repeatedly urged
upon the citizens of Augusta, the formation of
an Agricultural and Mechanics’ Institute in this
city, which shall have annual or semi-annual
exhibitions, without however, as yet, any suc
cess, save perhaps the very common response,
“ It would be a most excellent thing”—“ We
ought to have it”—“ Why don’t you get it up?”
&c.,&c., and such other evidences of appro
bation. He who uttered the sentiment that if
a thing had been said a thousand times, the
repetition of it again might accomplish good,
was not without experience and wisdom gain
ed from a thorough knowledge of mankind.
Believing in the truth and sound philosophy of
the sentiment, we propose to review our re
marks in behalf of the project—and we cannot
better illustrate the advantages to the city
(apart from any benefits to the country at large)
than by the above extract in reference to the
Michigan Fuir. We presume no sane man
will require any evidence to establish the fact
that the sojourn of 15,000 respectable, intelli
gent mechanics, planters, and other citizens,
for two or three days would materially benefit
the city of Augusta.
That fact admitted, let us examine the rela
tive positions of Marshall and Augusta. The
former is situated near the centre of the State,
from east to west, on the line of Railroad
connecting Detroit and St. Josephs, or New
Buffalo, with no other greater facilities of in
egress or *egress than is afforded by the com 1
mon roads of the country. In Augusta we
are on the confines of two States, with extend
ed railroad communications, running to the
very heart of each, added to which is a navi
gable river, all of which may be brought into
requisition in the transportation of visiters,
and the products of the land, whether agricultu
ral or mechanical And we may here enlist to
a very great extent the people of both States,
and excite a generous rivalry for the premi
ums offered. Augusta has therefore greater
facilities for getting up a large fair than Mar
shall. If she wills it, it will be accomplished,
and we shall be annually greeted with thou
sands of our fellow citizens from the States of
South Carolina, Tennessee and Georgia, all
eager to wi ness, and contribute to, the progress
and improvement in the industrial pursuits of
the country.
To will it requires the expenditure in ad
vance of a few thousand dollars, (of which the
Georgia Railroad should give one thousand, in
consideration of the great benefit to the com
pany,) to erect the necessary buildings and
fixtures, and to enable the Institute to offer the
most liberal Premiums—such as will attract
and command hundreds of competitors. We
have a spacious unimproved Common, which
is well adapted for an exhibition of that cha
racter, and it could be obtained for the asking
—with the privilege of erecting whatever
buildings, and making all the improvements
necessary.
Who, then, of our enterprising citizens will
move in the matter —who will lead off with a
subscription? It only requires to be started
to succeed, and every man in Augusta, we
care not what his business, is interested, deeply
interested in its success.
Cotton—Tile Manchester Spinners.
The Savannah Republican publishes the fol
low ing extract of a letter received by a mer
cantile house of Savannah, from Manchester,
per steamer of 22d September:
‘•Within the past few weeks trade in Manchester
has been very dull and declining. For the first six
or seven months of the year, the exports were enor
mous, and appear to have glutted the markets for
British Goods—hence a reaction has taken place, and
together with the enhanced value of Cotton, is in
ducing some manufacturers to close their mills entire
ly, and others to work short time. Within the last
week we have visited at least fifty of the largest and
most respectable spinners in Lancashire. They
generally bold large stocks of Cotton, and will not
purchase at Liverpool, at the present rales of s}d. and
sjd. for ‘middlings.’ No orders of consequence will
tjo out to the States'tolay down at Liverpool over 4£
forthat quality. Trade is so bad that the prospect of
a short crop has no influence except with speculators
at Liverpool, and manufacturers in the long run, ge
nerally continue to defeat their objects.” .
Os the source whence the letter came we
know nothing—whether the writer was a man
ufacturer or cotton buyer for speculation—if
either or neither, his remarks should not pass
unheeded by the American people, and espe
cially by the people of the South, who are
so deeply interested in the value of the sta
ple. While they should influence to pre
vent if possible, wild speculation, because,
as he justly remarks, the spinners always tri
umph in the long run, as well over the specu
lators as the planters, they should speak trum
pet-tongued to every Southern man, aye, to
every .American, to unite all their energies and
all their means to build up a home market
equal to that of England for the purchase of
our cotton. We are plainly told by the Man
Chester spinners, that they will not give more
than certain prices for particular qualities of
cotton, no matter how short the crop, and the
whole manufacturing and commercial interests
of Great Britain will unite to sustain them in
this determination. In such a state of things,
in the face of the fact that they have always
triumphed over the planters in keeping down
prices by their combinations, what is the obvi
ous policy of the growers? Most assuredly to
build up and sustain a rival purchaser at home
—rear cotton factories on every waterfall and
in every village and town where steam can
with propriety and economy be employed, and
you at once establish a rival to these insolent
British manufacturers, who will be always in
the market for your great staple. Is there any
man who has a pound of butter or a bushel of
potatoes to sell, so stupid as not to appreciate
the advantage of having more than one pur’
chaser for his commodity? We think not.
The same laws govern in the one case as in the
other. The butter and potato maker, equally
with the cotton grower, will be victimised, so
long as one purchaser controls the value of
their productions. It is not only necessary,
therefore, that you rear factories, but that you
foster and cherish them by protecting Ameri
can skill and industry whenever it is necessary
to develope the resources of the country.
Railroad to the Ohio.—Preliminary steps
have been taken to form a company having in
view the construction of a Railroad from Nash
ville to the Ohio river, opposite Evansville,
Ind., being an extension of the line now con
structing between Chattanooga and Nashville.
By thischain of roads. Savannah and Charles
ton will be connected with the trade of the
great West, for which our Northern cities are
now making sueh vast efforts.
The Telegraph has now been extended as
far as Sackville, N. 8., on the east side of the
Bay of Fundy—thns dispensing with the ne
cessity of running a steamboat express to St.
John, with the foreign news for the Associated
Press. The wires will reach all the way to
Halifax, ere long.
Show.—There was a fall of snow on the
mountains above Frostburg. Md., on Wednes
day night. Rather early for October.
To Travellers Going North. —The new
and elegant Steamer Republic will leave
Charleston for Baltimore, on Thursday the
13th instant, after the arrival of the South Ca
rolina Railroad Cars.
Mr. Ritchie in Mississippi.—The Mon
roe Democrat, a prominent Locofoco paper in
the State of Mississippi, disgusted with the
scurrility and political debauchery that daily
fill the columns of the Washington Union, thus
rebukes its editors:
"It seems to us that the Washington Union
is daily lessening its hold upon the confidence
of the country by its low, and, as we sincerely
believe, undignified attacks upon the opposi
tion.’’
There can be no doubt, as the Monroe De
mocrat says, that the " Union is daily lessening
its hold upon the confidence of the country
and. if the same undignified, disgraceful course
of conduct is persisted in much longer, no per
son laying claims to respectability will acknowl
edge that he either reads it or consents that it
shall go in to his family.— Washington Republic
The Southern Democrats charge General
Taylor with partiality to the anti slavery interest
—and they have undoubtedly succeeded in Ten
nessee and Georgia in turning the popular pre
judice against him so far as to defeat the Whigs
in the late elections in those States. But if
there be any truth in the charge, why is it
that we see Hunkers, Barnburners, and
abolitionists, amalgamating at the North un
der the banner of “ Democracy," and op
posing General Taylor on the ground that
be is a Southern slaveholder; not to be trus
ted on the Wilmot proviso; and that his is a
Southern Administration? Power obtained by
the union of such conflicting elements cannot
be expected to eadure; sooner or later it must
fall asunder from the very rottenness of the
foundation upon which it rests.— Norfolk Her
ald.
From the Charleston Courier.
Tl*e Kalis of Tallulah.
The Tallulah Falls are situated on the Tal
lulah River, which unites with the Chatuga to
form the Tugaloo. and is the boundary between
Habersham and Rabun Counties, in the State
of Georgia. The Falls are distant about 13
miles from Clarkesville, aiW are not far from a
Log Cabin Hotel, or itssite^li terally a “Rough
and Ready” kept by
one Taylor, not “Old Zach,” but doubtless (if
still alive) one ofthe readiest,although he may
be among the “roughest” of that glorious vete
ran’s supporters. The writer is informed that
the “Rough and Ready” Hotel has been sub
stituted by an establishment, a shade or two
better, kept by an enterprising individual,
named J. M. Beale, who has two sonrand two
daughters, the former bearing the ambitious
names of Rolla Sylvester, and Churubusco,
and the latter those of Tallulah and Magnolia
Grandiflora. Rolla Sylvester is said to be an
active and intelligent little fellow, about nine
years old, who acts as guide of the visiters of
the Falls, and the explorers of their beauties
and wonders. From the Hotel, there is a
good carriage road, terminating within a few
yards of the Falls. At the highest point of el
evation of this road, are enjoyed a very com
manding prospect, and a view ofthe Curryhee
Mountain, rising, very like the Stone Moun
tain, in solitary altitude and grandeur. The
name of “Tallulah. ” although exquisitely
beautiful in sound, means “Terrible,” or “The
Terrible”—the River, it is said, by Richards,
in his “Georgia Illustrated,” was called “Ter
rora” by the Indians, and the Falls only,in their
vocabulary, bore the name of Tallulah. A
name more euphonous than Tallulah, or more
phonetically and poetically expressive of “the
terribly beautiful,” or, as Byron phrasesit, in
his lines on Veliro, the “horribly beautiful,”
can scarcely be selected or conceived.
The Tallulah Falls do not present a single
cataract, but constitute a series of cataracts and
cascades, five in number, some of them at con
siderable intervals apart, and the whole line or
series extending a mile or thereabouts along
the river. Poets or tourists have designated
each fall, or cascade, by some beautiful, appro
priate and expressive name. They bear the
following appellations, in the ascending suc
cession— “The Serpentine,” Horricon” or
“Silver Water,” “Oceana,” Tempests” and
“Lodore.”
But above and below the Falls, the river
flows through a deep and fearful chasm or ra
vine, five or six miles in longitudinal extent,
varying from 1000 to 2000 feet in width ; wall
ed in both sides by precipitous and perpendic
ular rocks, composed of gigantic masses of
dark granite, varying from 500 to 1500 feet in
altitude, at different points ; and mingling the
grand, the sublime and the beautiful, in a com
bination of unsurpassed, il not unequaled po
tency and charm. Huge monarchs of the fo
rest grow in the crevices of the rock, in vari
ous places, and, in others, the ivy, the clematis
and the muscadine, interwoven with the ver
dant grass, and with numerous wild flowers of
lovely and various hue, hang, as a rich tapestry
about the walls of the abyss. The level of the
river is, as already intimated, hundreds, if not
thousands of feet, below the level of the adja
cent land, and the Falls seek yet lower and
more awful depths.
The first and favorite view of the Falls is
from a point, just below the terminus of the
carriage road, called “The Devil’s Pulpit,”
whence you look down a precipice from 800
to 1000 feet, in perpendicular descent, on the
river, flowing like a ribbon below—the Falls
seemingly dwindled into mere rapids, and their
foam alone telling that they rush with more
headlong impulse. From “The Devil’s Pul
pit,” which is an immense cliff, overhanging
and projecting far over the chasm, is command
ed a fearful extent and depth of ravine, and
also a fine view of three of the Falls. A pre
cipitous foot path, considerably above this
point of the river, gives access to this awful
abyss, but my guide erroneously, 1 think, as
sured me that the view below would not com
pensate the time and trouble, expended in the
descent; and I did not urge the adventure. A
recent writer from Boston, who achieved the
descent, to the very brink of Oceana, thus
describes the stupendous scene.
“We will descend, by the winding and diffi
cult path, pointed out by our guide to the very
base of the precipice, and to the very brink of
“Oceana.” Now with the thunder of the cat
aract sounding in your ears, ahd the iris arch
spanning the misty cloud above, you gaze up
on the frowning walls which rise on eitherhand,
and confess your own littleness ! O God I how
grand the scene ! How Nature mocks man and
his puny works! We Bostonians, are accus
tomed to look upon B'inker Hill Monument as
quite a tall pile of granite, but three such mon
uments placed one upon The other, would hard
ly form a shaft lofty enough to serve as a lad
der, wherewith to scale the massive walls,
which here hem in the foaming waters of the
Terrors
A narrow foot path, along the right bank of
the river, frequently diverging towards and
bordering on the edge of the precipice, leads
to successive and enchanting views of the
whole series of cataracts and cascades, each
successive view rising above its predecessor,
and terminating, at last, in a very climax of
beauty. The second fall, Horricon, is a more
lovely and graceful cascade, —the third, ‘ Oce
ana,” grows bolder in beauty and stormy
fierceness.—the fourth, “Tempesta,” is a roar
ing cataract, —and the fifth, “Lodore,” is a
beautiful and yet fierce rushing torrent. In the
descent to “Lodore,” or “Tempesta,” a rock,
called the “Trysting Rock/’affords a welcome
place of rest to the weary tourist.
After completing the succession of views a
long the precipice, I descended with a party of
adventurous ladies in love with the beauties of
nature, to the basin of “Lodore,” the upper
most, or fifth fall, in the ascending line, which
is at a less depth than any of the others.
Around this spot a recent tragical event had
just casta melancholy interest, when I visited
it, twelve yearsago. There it was that, but a
few months before, the pious Hawthorne, “a
Scotchman/ (says the Boston writer,) by birth,
who had just buckled on the armor of the
Christian Ministry, and promised brightly for
religion and his race, met an untimely and mys
terious death. He had descended to the ba
sin of this fall, in company with several ladies
and gentlemen, and, resolved on the
luxury of a bath, he remained alone, while his
male companions, with the promise of a speedy
return to bathe with him, attended the ladies up
the rock. On their return to the spot, in less
than thirty minutes, they saw the clothes of the
unfortunate Hawthorne,by the side of the pool,
buthe, alas! was nowhere visible—and the
horrible suspicion of his fate forcing itself on
their minds, they procured the necessary in
struments for the purpose, and drew up his
lifeless body from the bottom of the pool,
which was ascertained to be about thirty feet
in depth. Yes! he, whom but a little half hour
isnce, they had left in health and strength, and
buoyant spirits, full of intellectual and religi
gious promise, instinct with young life, and
bent on wholesome exercise and innocent re
creation, was now locked in the icy embrace of
Death—the white foam of “Lodore,” his wind
ing sheet —of Death, choosing this scene of
nature’s wonders, Tallulah, the Terrible, to
assert the mastery over mortal man, and prove
himself, indeed the mystic King of Terrors
Nothing whatever transpired, or appeared, to
shed any light, on the mournful catastrophe,
and it doubtless will ever remain a veiled and
inscrutable mystery. The body of the deceas
ed clergyman was interred at Clarksville, with
befitting rites and honors; and the staff and
hook, with which it was recovered from the
watery gulf, were yet on the spot, when 1 visi
ted it.
From the basin of the uppermost fall, I pro
ceeded along the rock to the next and perhaps
the greatest of the Falls, “Tempesta,” and,
from a seat, on the bare roots of a large and
venerable spruce pine, overhanging the basin,
enjoyed and luxuriated in a long and protract
ed view of its cataract leaps (said to be one
hundred feet in perpendicular descent), in two
successive and continuous cascades, into the
pool or gulf below. Here I banqueted my eye
on thechrystal stream, broken and whirled into
whitened spray. and flashing forth dolphin hues
from innumerable dimond drops, as it dashed
down the precipice, and, then, curling, at the
bottom, into snowy foam, in fine contrast with
the deep green waters below, or rising in the
recoil, with upward impetus, and falling again
“in clouds of gentle rain.” Here, too, I feast
ed my charmed ear on “the roar of water,”
and both heard and saw the fierce winds wres
tling with the torrent element, at times flinging
it fantastically about, and causing it to spin, in
fine streams, from the side of the precipice, as
if there were lateral fountains in the rocky
rampart. To add to the fairy enchantments of
the scene, Iris frequently wreaths and arches,
in prismatic glory, through the mist, rivalling
the celestial bow of promise in the richness and
variety of its hues. A gentleman named Hanks
is said to have fallen down this terrific cataract,
and to have miraculously escaped with his life.
With Niagara, and its stupendous wonders,
not only enthralling the fancy, but overwhelm
ing and subduing the very soul with amaze
ment and awe, by its vastness and sublimity, al
most transcending the limits of human concep
tion, and certainly beggaring the power of
description, the Tallulah Falls cannot pretend
to * comparison, but they may be said to unite
the lovely and the terrific in a singular and un
exampled degree, and to excel in the wildness
and grandeur of their adjacent scenery. They
are in the language of divinely inspired poetry,
“ beautiful as Tirzah, and terrible as an army
with banners,” —and few can behold them with
out being “transported by the view,” and
piously lost “in wonder, love and praise.”
While inferior to Niagara, they are decidedly
superior to Trenton Falls in New York, to
which they bear a greater resemblance and as
finity, than to the great cataract —wonder of
the world.
A portion of Byron’s description of Velino,
(quite an ordinary cascade, I learn.) exactly
suits Tallulah, although as a whole it is inap
plicable :
“The roar of waters ’. from the headlong height,
Tallulah cleaves the wave worn precipice,
The fall of waters ’ rapid as the light,
The flashing mass foams, sh iking the abyss.
The Hell of waters ! where they howl and hiss,
And boll in endless torture, while the sweat
Os their great agony, wrung out from this
Their Pblegethon, curls round the rocks of jet,
That gird the gulf around in pitiless horror set,
And mount in spray the skies, and thence again
Returns, in an unceasing shower.”
******
“ Lo ’ w here it comes, like an eternity,
As if to sweep down all things in its trick,
Charming theeye with dread—a matchless cataract.
Horribly beautiful! but, on the verge,
From side to side, beneath the glittering morn,
An Iris sit?, amidst the infernal surge,
Like hope upon a dea'.h-bed, and, unworn
Its steady dyes, while all around is torn,
By the distracted waters, bears serene
Its brilliant hues, with all their beams unshorn,
Resembling, ’mid the torture of the scene,
Love, watching madness with unalterable mien.”
I did not descend to the basin of the great
fall, although there is a path, from the top of
the precipice, by which i may be reached, but,
after descending beneath the roots of the Spruce
Pine, and looking down into the gulf I return
ed up the path way. by which I had descended,
and retraced my route to the “ Rough and Rea
dy Hotel.” in time for dinner.
Our fellow-citizens, John R. Mathews, Esq.*
and Gen. Abbott H. Brisbane are or were own
ers or part owners of the Tallulah Falls, and I
would suggest to them, or to any other pro
prietor of so wonderful and glorious a handi
work of nature, the propriety and policy of
erecting a suitable hotel—a “ Cataract House,”
of magnificence and elegance, corresponding
with the surrounding scenery, for the accom
modation of visitors. It would doubtless be a
successful and remunerating enterprize, now
l hat Railroad connexions have rendered it easy
of access, and as the Falls possess in them
selves attractions of such high order, that they
need only to be known, in order to draw crowds
of both Northern and Southern visiters.
My recent delightful excursion, to the moun
tain region of Georgia and Alabama, has reviv
ed and renewed impressions derived from my
visit to Tallulah, twelve years since; and my
muse has accordingly thus ventured to pay in
adequate homage to the “ matchless cataract.”
TALLULAH.
“ Beautiful as Tirzah.l Terrible as an Army with
Banners.”
Tallulah ! thy mountains, they pierce the blue skies ;
And, on their tall summits, thy fierce torrents rise—
They leap—and they plunge —and, with lion-like
roar,
In cascades and cataracts madly they pour.
Beauteous as Tirzah! she unfoldeth her wings,
With terror full-plum’d, her banner she flings !
Thy chasm, Tallulah, is cleft thro’ the rock,
By earthquake convulsion, or volcanic shock;
Built up are its sides, with precipitous walls,
A mile in extent is the line of fierce falls.
Terrible as armies, her banner appears ;
Beautiful as Tirzah, the mantle she wears!
Sublime are thy cataracts —deaf’ning their sound;
With thunder and foam, down their pathway they
bound ;
Wide and deep yawns the chasm of rock where they
flow,
And Iris bends o’er them her prismatic bow.
Beauteous as Tirzah are Tallulah’s bright wings !
A terrible charm to her fierce banner clings !
The first of the series, so deep is its flow,
It seems, from the height, but a ribbon ofsnow;
Yet broad is its current and rapid its tide,
As, down in the deep gorge, it madly doth ride.
Beautiful as Tirzah the cataract’s foam !
Terrible its banner as cohorts of Rome.
The second’s a lovely and graceful cascade,
Grown bolder the third, as it rises in grade ;
The fourth, as a wild bounding cataract leaps ;
The fifth, as a fierce rushing torrent it sweeps.
Terrible Tallulah ! thy banner unfold !
Beautiful Tallulah ! both lovely and bold.
On her top-most cascade, there lingers a tale,
The muse of Tallulah doth plaintively wail.
The pious young Hawthorne, beneath its bright
wave.
In spring-tide of life, met a watery grave.
Beautiful as Tirzah is glad life’s young bloom !
Fearful as Tallulah the early death doom !
Sublimely the great fall, with roar and with hiss,
In double cascades, shakes the dreadful abyss ;
The road waters spin from the rock’s naked side,
As if there sprang from it a lateral tide.
Beauteous as Tirzah, are thy bright dolphin hues!
Terrible as army of war-banner’d Jews.
Terrible Tallulah! thy dread torrents’ roar !
Beautiful thy cascades, which gracefully pour!
“A Hell of Waters!” with fierce noise and wild
foam.
Thou boil’st, like a cauldron, under heav’n’s high
dome!
As Tirzah, beautiful in all and in part —
As “ army with banners,” thou terrible art, r. y.
Episcopal.— Alarge number of the clergy
and laity of of the Diocese of New York have
published a protest against the act of the Epis
copal Convention calling upon the House of
Bishops to terminate the sentence whereby
Bishop Onderdonk was suspended from exer
ciseing the functions of Bishop. They state
he was convicted ofgross immorality—that there
is no doubt of his guilt, and that he continues
without repentance. The protest is signed by
twenty-seven clergymen and forty-one of the
laity. Alas, poor Bishop .’ The Onderdonks
will be known in the world.
*
Large Bequests.—Miss Demilt, who lately
died in New York, has left bequests to the
amount of $70,000, among them the following :
Mechanics’ School, $5,000; Mechanics’ Li
brary $5,000; Institution for the Deaf and
Dumb, $5,000; Institution for the blind,
$5,000; City Dispensary, $5,000; Northern
$4,000; Eastern Dispensary, $4,000.
The Russian war steamer Kamchatka,
which vessel was built in New York some years
since for the Emperor Nicholas, has been to
Maderia, whither she conveyed the Duke of
Reichstadt. She put into Southampton both
going and returning, and the Times says that
upwards of £IO,OOO in Russian money were
spent in that place by her officers and crew.
The Tunes add—
The Russian officers politely allowed the
inhabitants of Southampton to visit and inspect
their ship. It certainly is a very find one, but
cleanliness is not considered on board one of
the cardinal virtues ns it is on board an Bnglish
man of war. What astonished a visiter most
was the mode of feeding the common sailors.
A large wooden trough was filled with a sort
of porridge made of ground beaus and some
fatty matter. Two men stirred it with rakes
so as to make the admixture perfect. This was
served to the seamen in basins, and the
men, squatting on their haunches, ate it by
means of wooden spoons with evident gusto.
Within the last year and at an expense of
400,000 thalers, the Prussian Government has
laid down wires fo r the Electric Telegraph ex
tending over nearly 900 English miles, and
connecting Berlin with Frankfort. Aix-la
Chapelle, Hamburgh, and Stettin. Before the
close of the year it is expected that the line to
Oderburgh will be in operation, and, by ajunc
tion with the Austrian capital will receive in
telligence, in a few minutes, through Vienna,
from the Adriatic Sea.
Mr. Fagar, of Winchester is manufacturing
mantel pieces, of rare beauty, from a new dis
cription of marble found in Augusta county,
twelve miles from Staunton. This stone is
translucent, of a tawny straw color, veined
throughout, and closely resembles agate. Be
ing capable of a polish fully equal to that of any
marble known, and far superior to most, its
beauty, in a large mass, may be conceived
Alex. Gat.
Lawyers in California.—Capt. Tobin, on
his way to California, is writing letters for the
N. O. Delta. From one dated Tobago, we ex
tract the following:
Os nearly two thousand passengers now be
tween Chagres and Panama, there are about
six hundred lawyers, and of them four hundred
go out with the expectation of being returned
to Congress, or the Legislature, at least : seven
teen are electioneering for the gubernatorial
chair, and twenty-one embryo senators are al
ready calculating the savings to be made on the
mileage allowed by Uncle Sam from San Fran
cisco to Washington, and back. “Blessed are
those who expect nothing, for they shall not be
disappointed.”
The amount of British manufacturesnowex
ported is said to beenormous. Up to August of
this year, it was twenty-five million dollars
more than the same period in 1848.
Later from Yucatan.—-Capt. Nichols, of
the brig Melazzo, arrived at New York on the
Ist inst, from Sisal, Yucatan, reports that when
he left the Indians were within fifteen miles of
the place, and it was expected that an attack
would soon be made. The inhabitants were
greatly alarmed, but the authorities were pre
paring to give the Indians a warm reception—
and they were strengthened by some five hun
dred men from Merida.— Picayune.
The Little Rock (Arkansas) Democrat of
the 18th ulttimo, announces the death of C. W.
Wilson, after a short illness, at his residence
near that city. He had been appointed by
General Taylor, Receiver of Public Monies at
that city, and was in the discharge of the duties
of the office.
TAe Weeping Willow.— This tree in England
was planted by Pope, the poet. He received a
present of figs from Turkey, and observing a
twig in the basket ready to bud, he planted it in
his garden, and it soon became a fine tree. From
this stock all the weeping willows in England
arid America originated.
Nuns taking Railroad Stock.—The Grey
Sisters, of “Sieurs Grises,” a community of
nuns in Quebec, have taken £200.000 worth
of Stock in a projected railroad from Quebec
to Halifax.
An Oil Spring has been discovered in the
country inhabited by the Chickasaws, at a wa
ter-fall near Fort Wachita. It is similar to
British oil, exudes from a rock overhang
ing the falls, and is said to have effected aston
ishing cures of rheumatism and kindred dis
eases.
DR. SIMMONS’ MEDICINES.
rpilE CELEBRATED remedies of Dr. A.
JL Q,. Simmons, consisting of his
VEGETABLE LIVER MEDICINES.
ANTI-FEVER BITTERS,
VEGETABLE TO MG, and
PURIFYING PILLS,
are to be had, at wholesale and retail, of HAVI
LAND, RISLEY & CO., Druggists, who are ap
pointed general agents for Augusta and vicinity.
A discount made to dealers. au22-w
WANTED.
HIDES, Green or Dry, at the
UvfVF Augusta Tan Yard, Kilburn’s Ware
house, for which the highest cash price will be given.
JOHN G. SLEDGE,
s!7-w2 Agent for L. A. Dugas.
DISSOLUTION.
HUIE FIRM OF SPEARS & WILCOX, here-
I tofore existing at Sylvian Hill, Hancock coun
ty, is this day dissolved by mutual consent. All
business of the firm will be settled by F. Spears.
F. SPEARS,
SAMUEL A. WILCOX.
January 5. IR4B.
William J. Owens. Philip Robinson
GROCERIES.
THE SUBSCRIBERS beg leave to inform
their friends and the public that they are now
RECEIVING AND OPENING THEIR
SUPPLIES OP GOODS,
All of which have been recently selected in New
York, especially for this market, comprising every
article usually kept in their line.
Persons desirous to purchase are requested to call
and examine their stock ani prices. Their store is
on Broad-street, next door to G. T. Dortic, the same
formerly occupied by Hadlby & Owens.
s6-d6£wtf OWENS & ROBINSON.
COTTON GINS—PRICES REDUCED.
THE UNDERSIGNED have on hand a lot
of COTTON GINS of all sizes, made by an
experienced manufacturer, whose Gins have given
as good satisfaction as any made in this State, which
are offered for sale for cash or approved paper, six
months with interest, at the low price of *1.25 per
d The above GINS will be sold thus low in order to
close sales and reimburse the undersigned for ad
vances made on them. .. fODC „ w r-zinn
au2s-w3m GIBBS & McCORD.
SPRING HILL MACHINE SHOP.
£1 FOR BUILDING AND REPAIRING
/Mall kinds of COTTON AND WOOL MA
CHIN ER Y—making large SCREWS AND
GEARING, of all kinds—TURNING IRON,
WOOD, &c.,
ALSO, WOOL CARDED AND BATTED,
six miles from Augusta, on the Louisville road, where
the proprietors will be grateful for all orders —or they
can be left at C. A. & M. H. WILLIAMS’S, Augus
ta—or directed to Richmond Factory P. O.
nfi-wly HACK & DU VAR.
TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.
Transmitted for the Chronicle & Sentinel.
LATER FROM EUROPE!
ARRIVAL OF THE
STEAMER CALEDONIA.
ONE WEEK'S LATER INTELLIGENCE.
Baltimore, Oct. 12, P. M.
rhe Caledonia has arrived, with Liverpool
dates to the 29th September.
The Markets*
Jhe Liverpool Cotton market was dull,
though American descriptions maintained pre
vioue prices. Sales ofthe week 33,000 bales.
Imports 332 bales.
The accounts from the manufacturing dis
tricts are discouraging.
Corn has declined Is. per quarter. Flour is
also lower—23s being the quotation for West
ern Canal.
Miscellaneous. —Accounts from Hong
Kong to the 26th July stale that a heavy flood
had occurred in the neighborhood ofShanghae,
doing immense damage to the Cotton and Rice
crops.
Comorn still holds out.
Mr. Rives had arrived in Paris.
PRIVATE DISPATCH.
Baltimore, Oct. 12, P. M.—The steamer
Caledonia has arrived. Cotton was duller,
though prices were the same as by the last
steamer. The sales of the week amounted to
28,000 bales.
Charleston, October 15.
Advices from Baltimore to this afternoon
state that the Washington papers contain Sec
retary Meredith’s reply tea letter from Messrs.
Barclay and Livingston relating to the reci
procity navigation laws. Secretary Meredith
says, that owing to the recent alteration in the
British navigation laws, British vessels, from
British or other foreign ports, will, under ex
isting laws, be allowed, after Ist of January
next, to enter into our ports with cargoes from
any part of the world on same terms and im
posts as American vessels. The Secretary
has issued a circular to this effect.
Barron, the British Consul to Mexico, and
suite, arrived at Baltimore yesterday by an Ex
press train from New York, and left to day,
en route to Mexico, accompanied by fifteen
others.
New York Market.
Baltimore, Oct. 16, 5 P. M;
Advices from New York of Tuesday afternoon re
present the Gotten market firm. Sales of 2000 bales.
Fair Upland II J to Ilf; Orleans 12fc.
Rice 3j to 3f.
Charleston Market.
Tuesday, Oct. 16, p. M. — Cotton — Sales of 1100"
bales at 10| to 11 cents; also 1000 bales, to arrive,
at 10g cents. Prices full.
EXTRACTS FROM OUR EXCHANGES
FOREIGN NEWS.
FURTHER BY THE CALEDONIA.
From the Charleston Courier of Saturday.
The British steam ship Caledonia has arrived
at Halifax, with Liverpool advices to the 29th
ultimo.
The Cotton Market.— Speculative purcha
sers are not disposed to support the market,
and manufacturers and spinners find no in
ducement to anticipate their wants in the pre
sent state of business. The sales of the week
amount to 33,000 bales, and the imports dur
ing the same time are only 334 bales.
The reports from the manufacturing dis
tricts represent trade as languid, without any
prospect of improvement, particularly as the
recent advices from India are unfavorable.
During the week the prices of American
Cotton have not changed, but at the same lime
it is difficult to buy or sell on satisfactory terms.
The continued dullness is not attiibuted to any
change in the.accounts of the growing crops,,
which are still unfavorable, but to the discour
aging state of the Manchester Markets. Surat
Colton quoted at 4to 4£. [Our dispatch gives
no quotation for any other description of Cot
ton ]
Other Articles— Baring's London Circular
of2Bth, states that the Colonial Market was
heavy during the week. Lower prices were
accepted for Coffee and Sugar. The Corn
trade was dull, and was Is. per quarter lower
than at last accounts. Flour was also cheaper,
and23s was the top price for Western Canal;
in the Grain trade generally, prices have rather
a downward tendency.
Money Matters.-Money was more in de
mand. There was no marked increase in the
price of American Stocks. In several instances
106 waspaid for U. S. Sixes, for investment.
India Affairs.— The overland mail arrived
on the 26th ult. bringing dates from Calcutta
to the Bth Aug., from Hong Kong to 261 h July,
and from Manilla to the 14th of that month.
Business was dull in China..
tions had taken place, which were uofng sen-*
ous injury to the Cotton and Rice crops.
The Cholera . -This frightful disease, which
has committed such dreadful ravages, is on the
decrease.
Politicallstellioesck.— Austria and Hun
gary.-Nothing has yet transpired relative to
the resolution of the Sultan not to yield the
Hungarian refugees to the demand of Austria
and Russia, except that a Russian officer, high
in rank, arrived at Constantinople to demand
their extradition ; no doubt, but requisite fa
cilities can be furnished the Hungarians to
get out of the Turkish domain, and go where
they please.
The latest intelligence from Vienna extends
to the 23d of September. Comorn had not
surrendered, and there is nothing of importance
from that quarter. It is reported that the Hun
garians made a sally on the 13th and obtained
some advantages over the Imperialist troops.
Nothing definite is yet arranged as regards
Hungary, but there does not appear to be any
insurmountable difficulties in the way of a final
pacification upon the basis of a complete union
with Austria. The Emperor of Russia has re
turned to St. Petersburg, and his troops are
gradually withdrawing within the Russian fron
tiers.
France.— Perfect tranquility prevails through
out the French dominions, and there is no pre
sent prospect of another political agitation.
From the Chatleston Courier of yesterday—By
Telegraph.
Further by the Caledonia.
Baltimore, Oct. 13,2 P. M.—The latest
Telegraphic accounts state that in Hungary
the greatest confusion still prevails.
At Comorn the officers and men are in a
desponding state, laboring under the convic
tion that resistance against the combined Aus
trian and Russian forcesis useless. Georgey’s
conduct has helped to increase this feeling.—
The London News, condemns Georgey's con
duct, and states that Kossuth. Bern and Dem.
binski, are at Widden, in a state of positive
destitution.
Accounts from Constantinople of the 13th
September, state that the Emperor of Russia
employs noarguments at Court for bis demand
for the delivery of the Polish and Hungarian
refugees at Widden, but says in letters that he
will consider the escape of one of them as
caucus belli. If the Sultan does not give a
simple yes or no to his aid-de-camp, he threat
ens to return to Warsaw. The Sultan per
sists in his resolution, and is backed by the Fo
reign Ministry and the Grand Vizier, Maho*
met Ali Pacha, but a ereat majority of the
Council, are alarmed at the threatening tone of
the Czar’s note, and no official announcement
of the Council's decision had consequently
been made. There is reason to believe that
the Turkish Government, urged on by the
English and French Envoys, will reject the de
mand.
It is supposed that the Emperor of Russia
will put his threats of war into force, should
the answer of the Sultan be in the negative,
although nearly the whole of the Turkish fleet
is in the Golden Horn, quite ready for service
and could defend the entrance of the Bospho
rus; yet the Turkish army bears no proportion
to the forces that would be brought against
them. The Emperor would march against the
Turkish frontier in a few days. Sixty thousand
Turkish troops are concentrated around Con
stantinople, but the English fleet could not
reach Golden Horn sooner that fifteen days.
The Russian fleet could be in the Bosphorus
within twenty-four hours.
The greatest anxiety prevails amongst all
classes. The greater majority are opposed to
war, as destructive to commerce and industry.
There are British subjects among the refugees
confined in Wedden. Generals Guyon, Long
worth and O’Donnell are named.
Baltimore, Oct. 14, 1 P. M.— Still further
English News.—The Caledonia's mail has just
reached here, and the circulars and papers are
before me.
Wilmer <fc Smith’s Times, quotescotton dull
with spinners, butthat a fair speculative inqui
ry exists and prices of American descriptions
sustained. The sales of the week amount to
33 020 bales. Fair Uplands quoted at sfd;
fair Orleans and Mobile 5Jd; S. Islands, good
to fine 15 to 20d, same prices as by former
steamer. Barings and other circulars quote
the same figures, the imports of the week only
322 bales. .
Red wheat 6s 4d to 7s per bushel. Canal
Flour 235; Ohio 25s 6d. White Corn 27 to
29; Yellow 275. Meal 14s. Provisions un-
Ch ßo g mth affairs are still in an unsettled state.
The Pope has issued another decree, propos
ing a basis for a temporal government.
Mitchell, the Irish patriot, inconsequence of
being in a bad state of health, is permuted to
go where he pleases, provided he does not re.
turn to the British dominions. He proposes
going to Germany. .
The other political news is entirely unim
portant.
From the Charleston Courier. —By Telegraph.
New Orleans, Oct. B—B.8 —8. 25 P. M. Ihe
week opens with an active demand for Cotton .
Already 1,500 bales are reported sold.
Five Steam boats, lying at the Steam boat
landing were destroyed by fire last night. It
broke out on board the Steamer Falcon soon
after eleven o’clock. A strong north wind
communicated the flames to the Illinois, then
to the Marshall Ney, North American, and
Aaron Hart. All exertions to save these boats
were unavailing. The Robert Morris and
America shoved out as soon as the fire com
menced, and were saved with trifling damage
only. Two hulls ouly are in sight now, the