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■ flit v are is not known; no list of their Mnif' ha* 1
bet'n published. Several rep«*fntnuve* am *»d
to tx- among them. M. Orejipo >» one ol there.
His wife is probably with him, for she »’arrested
last week, t»t her house, find hurried off. to prison.
Her onh child, a daughter of fourteen, was left.
E'irtnc’Sncand another It lend ot M. Greppo.hsve
written to Minister Morny, M Lg him to send the
oitherto the father or mMlii-r, hut will what
rmeeeas 1 am let informed.
Another Iran 'port-ship is in waiting at Marseille,
and a third at Bordeitix.
A decree oppenred in Saturday’s Monitcur, ban
ishing sixty-six memiier* of the fate Assembly and
sending sixteen more into temporary exile. Strange
to ,-nv, tliis produced a great sensation, though
i verv body knew that the decree only sanctioned
what had been already done. The legalisation y f
violence, shocks the habitual ideas of *he * !Je*
Bourgeoisie aim-st a- much as the violence 1 •
It would he a great mirttke t snp; •* • ♦'»«
decree iiLst spoken of comprise- 'he dtlietJl T>a„t >f
the person*banished, or *v*‘ii tuioi. t > J.'
tive. subjected to that measure. General < aVU.g
--ia.-s name is imt found in it. nor Eugene hues,
nor Pierre Umax-, nor Michel <d* IVmrges,) nor
d. 1 ame.msisV nor those ol a dozen otiicra ofle-s
note. V« t all till -e have received private orders to
Vraiee. or have e,-Caned after learning that
warrants had been 'issued for arresting them.
Some ofthe exiles are ill extreme pecuniary dis
tre-.-. 1 know one who had no other means of
supporting a will-and tell children than his pay an
repre . nlative or ins jier.-onal exertions, lie lias
le-ei. suddenly driven into exile.
(treat number- of person* not representatives,
have I en privately-ordered to leave the country.
P- of tlies.- t«-)ono to the Paris bar and faculty.
Twelve of lh<- principal citizens of Orleans have
1 ■ n banished in the same way. Vtjyy lew of the
names in tills category are published in the news
papers. Tin* President seems determined to make
a clear sweep of his enemies before commencing
liis work of national regeneration. This will do
him little good unless lie heal the great evils of
tite country : lie may transport or exile every So
cialist in France, anil it will do him rio good unless
lie takes away the causes of popular discontent.
These liars'h measures have excited a great deal
of dissatisfaction in the upper classes. This feeling
finds vent in the saloons : the jtouttr* have been so
tree in their expressions that the two most influ
ential of the Government papers think it necessa
ry to menace them with prompt and severe punish
ment. As the police has access, in some way or
other, to most of the saloons of Paris, the men
aces of the Journals have spread among their fre
quenters, what is termed, in official phrase, “a
salutary terror.” Politics are no longer spoken of
except among intimate friends. The safest place
for such a discussion is on the noisy and fashiona
ble promenade of the Houlevarde des Italiens.—
There some of the members of the late Assembly
still meet each other, ns if by accident, arid dis
cuss the affairs of state, protected from spies by
the publicity of the place and the noise of the car
riages.
Pom i.akitv of the PuKsint.vr. —Louis Napoleon
is still quaffing the delicious draughts of a fresh
popularity. While his enemies are flying, panic
struck, into foreign lands, or are borne by the Win
ter winds to the marshy and tropical island of
Gini-nne, ot are imprisoned in the .tails, hospitals
and churches of the departments, he is hailed as
ibc “pacificator of the world,” the •• restorer of
civilizat ion,” the “ inheritor of his uncle’s genius,”
Arc. When lie appear* at the opera, the crowd
make* the houses ring with huzzas.
His former opponents, not excepting M. Unpin,
bow low before liim, and beg to he permitted to
retain their olliccs. Swords arc presented to his
prefects, in acknowledgment of their devotion to
him. His cousin, i.ttcicn Murat, has been elected
grand muster of the Masonic order. Ilis bust in
marble is to be reproduced in so many copies that
one nmy he placed in each mayoralty. The Grand
Ditches* Dowager of Baden is about to eome to
Paris to organize the Court. Bull after hall is giv
en by the leaders of fashion ', Botlischild, Prefect
Berger, and Prince Callimaelii rival each other in
elegant re-unions and sumptuous banquets to fete
the President. Not a voice against the new con
stitution is now heard. Never had any power a
fairer eoininenecmcnt. If Louis Bonaparte he a
man of genius, lie wilt soon give proofs of it.
Yours, &c. B • B.
Front the Sutional hUeUiijtiior.
Presentation of a Xleilnl to Mr. t lay.
This verv gratifying interview took place, by
appointment, yesterday, at Mr. Clay’s lodgings at
the National Hotel. Thu Committee charged with
this welcome duty were deputed front Mr. Clay’s
New York friends, political anil personal, who
had prepared this volunteer ottering in token of
their appreciation of the services rendered by the
illustrious statesmen to hi* country and mankind.
They were admitted to his chamber at three
o’clock, and wi re received with that graceful ur
banity for which Mr. Clay is so distinguished.
After a short pause, during which the company
privileged to lie present ou tlie occasion were invi
ted to lie sealed, Mr. Daniel I llmatin, Chairman
of tiie < 'mmnittee, rose and delivered the following
Address :
CITIZENS or NEW Volt* TO HENtIV OI.AY.
Sttt: During the half century of your public
lile, your ndmiring countrymen and friends have
accumulated around you ninny warm testimonials
and enduring memorial* of your great services to
your country and mankind. To add to these
another is the purpose for which we now eome to
you.
In the mime and behalf of a large number of
citizens of New York weotl'eryon this gold medal,
and beg your acceptance of it, to lie preserved in
your family mid by their descendants we hope for
ages.
Il lias been onr effort to make it valuable as a
work of art, (of an art but little practised in onr
country,) and as a perfect resemblance of your
'lineaments. We think that t.lii* -o-o-a b«« t...e,,
successful ; flint no medal ever struck in this
country surpasses it in beauty, and that it ii the
best likeness of votir features'ever yet attempted
l,v mu art. In this, and in numerous easts from
the same die, the form and expression of your
countenance will he faithfully transmitted to dis
tant p.'steritv. And as “recorded honors shall
thicken over*’ volt and “generations yet unborn
do homage to your memory,” this memorial will
increase i'll value, and l.<; fondly cherished, as are
now the like images of Cicero and Brutus, not only
hv the antiquary and historian, but by all_ whom
patriotism and eloquenceetui kindle to admiration.
All national medals hitherto struck iu tins coun
try have been commemorative oftlie triiiuinlis of
Aiui-l'icim arms, but
“ Peace bat It Iter victories
No less renowned Ilian war.”
Then let the triumphs of peace have their me
morial honors too. And let the first American
vii lor of peace, thus commemorated, lie the man
who, for a whole age, lias ranked us the first eiti- *
zeii of the Great Republic.
Daniel Ui.i.mann,
('has. M. 1, Kitin',
Jos. M. Pan k,
A. G. PIH'KHAM,
Smith J. Kastman,
Committee.
The manner of the delivery of this Address could
not he exceeded in grace, emphasis, or appropriate
feeling. ,
Mr. ('lav received the address standing, with the
deepest attention, and then proceeded to observe
that, although it hud been Ins liubit, in addressing
public bodies, larger or smaller, to speak extempo
raneously, ho had been induced, on litis occasion,
as well out of profound respect to the Committee,
as in regard to his feeble state of health, to depart
from liis ordinary practice and reduce his reply to
writing. He then read, iu a linn though somewhat
feeble voice, the following reply :
Gentlemen : This is among the most interest
ing and gratifying day s of my life, although 1 have
been confined’to these rooms' for a long time by a
tedious mid doubtful illness. You have cotne
here, the representatives of a large and enlighten
ed body of ardent and devoted friends of mine in
the city of New York, to present to me a beautiful
and costly gold medal, intended to commemorate
mv public life. On one face of it is engraved all
the great public measures adopted iu the National
Council* in which 1 was supposed to have had any
conspicuous agency, and on the other a remark
able and accurate likeness of me. Tito time and
the place of presentation, and tile friends who have
contributed this splendid testimonial, give to it an
inestimable value. The time is when 1 tun about
to retire forever front public life, and when 1 can
not expect much longer to linger here below; tlie
place i- the eitv of Washington, the principal thea
tre of those public services which have commended
themselves to your approbation. Throughout my
public life 1 have been blessed, every where in the
baited States, withniore or tower true friends, to
whom 1 am bound by the strongest sentiments ol
gratitude ; but no whore have they surpassed those
in tlie eitv of New York in zeal, constancy, and
fidelity, and in distinguished and various demons
trations of their infection and attachment. Whilst
one is in tlie ardent pursuit of public life, and is
belli up for its highest honors, it is not practicable
always to discriminate, among liis supporters, be
tween those who bestow their suffrages front pure,
patriotic, and disinterested motives, and those who
are actuated by selfish ends ; but on this occasion
no such difficulty i xist-. You have oome.ut much
personal inconvenience, to tlie bed of a sick and
afflicted friend, to present- to him, in y our names
and in tite name of a numerous body ot liis person
al and political friends, whom you represent, a
most precious token of your esteem and affection
ate regard. That friend lias no t now, and never
will have, any public patronage to dispense. The
high and honorable and disinterested character ot
your motive* cannot, therefore, be questioned.
Gcutlenien, i request you to accept yourselves,
and to communicate to mv absent friends whom
you represent, my cordial and heartfelt thanks,
and my grateful and profound acknowledgments,
for this rich tribute to the sentiments which they
dotnothe honor to entertain towards me. 1 should
have been most happy to cave expressed my great
obligations to all ot them personally, if it had been
iu my power.
1 shall soon pass from the jurisdiction of my con
temporaries and of the present generation to that of
history and posterity, if the one shall deem me
worthy of any record on its page-, or tradition
shall transmit any recollection of me to tlie other.
It i not within my legitimate province to express
tiny opinion on my own public career or public
deed-. That office belongs to them, and I shall
consider my future fame fortunate if it shall lie re
garded by them with a small portion of tlie favor
with which the partiality of vourselves and your
associate* now contemplate it.
1 shall -cm appeal- I>ofore a higher aud more
holy tribunal than an earthly one, which can mi
erriugly,judge of the motive's as well a* the acts
of man. To that tribunal 1 shall look forward
with eoni|v<vro and confidence that 1 shall be ac
quitted oi liuvnw even beer prompted, iu the dis
charge of mv puhhg duties, ny am mean, or sor
did, or selfish ends, o*l veilanimated bv any other
purpose than t-> p’omou'xbe lmaor, the prosperity
and glory of onr common JNmtry.
Medals are generally -t rue sbv tlie authority and
paid for out of the public TreliWv of Govern
ment, and most frequently are to reward
aud signalize tlie triumphs achieved ihqyar. But
that which yon now sohimlh tender to mv accep
tance is the spontaneous offering of privaVv oiti
zens, from their private purses, for public servW*
exclusively hi the eh d department. I shall fondly
and gratefully cherish and preserve it whilst life
endures, and transmit it to uiy descendants tinder
the hope that they will receive and carefully guard
it. with eiuotionsof lively gratitude to ttVy New
York friends, as tim proudest and richest legacy
that I could leave them.
During the delivery of this beautiful and appro
priate reply the most perfect silence pervaded the
chamber; every eye was fixed on the toll and
commanding form so long known to the public,
Imt respect and admiration were mingled with a
tender regret on witnessing tlie evident struggle
between the unimpaired vigor of tlie mind and
the feebfe-uc--oi'its now emaciated and shaken
tenement. Yet the vy e still glittered with unsub
dued lustre, and at times the tones of liis voice
rose into an emphasis which reminded one of other
days.
Tlie manuscript having been laid aside, Mr,
Clav proceeded to n more minute examination of
the Medal, at- which lie had, prcMOiis to nrplyn.g,
onriwrilv glanced. It is of pure ‘ahfornm gold,
massive and weighty, and is enclosed tn a stiver
ease, winch opens w ith a hinge ... the manner of a
hunt itio watch. On the lace of the medal is a
fine head of Mr. Clay, i" 0 * 1 felicitous rathe likc
„e * and conveying th? characteristic impression
of ids feature* in » higher degree thauany oftlie
busts or Me dallion* usually-seen. The relief is very
high a ! must hBV « required a pressure of im
mense nv.-rio give it its fullness, idiarpness, anJ
delieac' of outline. The reverse exhibits tlie fol
lowing inscriptien : i
Senate,
lsofi.
Speaker 1811.
War of I*l-.- with Great Britain
Ghent ISH.
Spanish America 1522.
Missouri Compromise 1821.
American System 1824.
Greece 1*24.
Secretary of State 1*23.
Panama Instruction* ls2B.
Tariff Compromise
1833.
Public Domain 1833—1*4,1.
Peace with France Preserved ISS3.
Compromise IS3o.
. CA.-TI.I-> IN THE EIRE.
Alone in tlie room one winter tiigiif,
IV l„-n tlie worki without was dark and cold,
I gazed in the gtowingroats whose light
Flickered over the walls like rays of gold ;
And I -ai a castle glittering bright,
And a shining Ixtnner, with many a fold,
Waved over tiie battlements gilded I,rigid.
Amt gay forms bent from the turrets old.
I looked again—’lira* changed, and where
Were the garden, bright with tiie prdu.l arid gay ?
A dim old church was the ca-tte fair,
And the knights were mouldering tnmlrttone* grey
Ant tiie banner waved on the lonely air.
Palely it waved ere be sank to decay.
And iu burning words it was wr, - here,
“ Thus do the beautiful fails away !”
And still I gawd—it wa« changed once more;
A bright lyre, twined with a laurel wreath,
Seemed on the listening air to pour
With a music tone it- mystic breath :
The shadow- gathered the hearthstone o'er,
But the golden harp strings seemed to breathe,
As the firelight -lanced dimly on tlie tier,
“ 'Ti- Tiiot-cirr, alone, tliat may conquer Death !”
Til IKTY-siHGO Vli GOAGRESS—I irwt Spdfiuii. ;
IN SKNATK, Feb. I*.
Tite Chair laid before tlie Senate a cotntnuniea
tion trom tlie War Department, enclosing certain
estimate* for fortification- in the bay of San Fran
cisco. Al-o, a report transmitting 82 copies of tiie
Army ftegister.
Mr. Jones presented the petition of ten Uun
garian refugees, asking tliat Congress would grant
them land in the same way that it was given to
their brethren who are now settled in lowa.
'Die joint resolutions of Mr. Clarke, re-affirming
tiie doctrine of non-intervention, were taken up,
and Mr. Clarke addressed the Senate in support of
them, liis position* were defended by copious
extracts from tlie writings of Washington, Jetter
son, Jackson, Polk, Webster and others. After
an executive sc-sion, tlie Semite adjourned.
HOUSE.
After tlie journals had been read, Mr. Grey, of
Kentucky, addressed tlie House with reference to
charges brought against a relative of liis by Mr.
IJiiyly, of Virginia, during the debate on llic Mexi
can indemnity bill, which lie felt satisfied tliat gen
tleman would* withdraw were lie acquainted with
tin- facts i,f the ease, and who was under n misap
prehension in supposing that the receipt for the
Mexican payment whs given previous to the arrival
of Mr. Shannon in Mexico.
After lie had concluded, Mr. Orr, of South Caro
lina, moved that Mr. Burt be excused from acting
on the Committee on Military Affairs, in conse
quence of ill health, which was agreed to ; the ap
plication being made with tlie consent of Mr. Burt.
Mr. Peaslee, of New Jlamp-liire, moved that tiie
rules be. suspended tocnublc him to introduce a re
solution requesting tlie Secretary of the Navy to
furnish the House with information relative to the
number of steamships employed in tlie carriage of
the ocean mail"; the amount of money which lias
been paid ot advanced for that service, whether
they lin o been Imilt according to contract, and
whether they are ill all respects fitted to lie
converted into war steamers of the first class ; and
if so wlmt expense it would he necessary to Incur.
Mr. P. explained that liis object was to obtain
that information which the House ought undoubt
edly to possess. Il* lie were correctly informed,
the amount at present appropriated already is §l,
900,000; and that which Congress is bound to pay
tinilcr the present contract is about ten millions of
dollars more. There were applications for other
lines brought forward during tlie last session, which
would bring up tlie appropriations to nearly six
millions, and ten million* annually.
There is before Congress a memorial of < ’. Van
dcrbiiilt, stating that he has a semi-monthly line of
steamships between New York and San Francisco;
tliat tie runs a line between flic two oceans, over
which lie has received tin* right of transporting
passengers : and offering to transport the United
States mail, direct between Now York and Sail
Francisco twice in t-aelt month for an mutual com
pensation of $230,000, and weekly for twice tliat
sum. *
Mr. Welch, of Ohio, moved to suspend tlie rules
to enable him to bring in a resolution instructing
tint Committee of Ways and Mentis to report in fa
vor of such a protective tarilf on iron, aud other man
ufactures, n* will secure them against competition
The motion was nogativod—ayes 00, nays 10S.
SKNATK —Feu. 10.
Mr. Downs presented the petition of \V. -1!. Glo
ver and James J. Wright, praying that a contract
4 >■••••1- o-ii.li t.liein by tile lYiatmualci' General, for
the transportation of tite I . S. Mail m steamers
between Now Orleans and YeraCruz, via Tampico.
Keferred.
The bill making land warrants assignable as
amended by the House, was referred to the com
mittee on public lauds.
The Senate then took up Mr. ( 'larks’s joint reso
lutions on non intervention.
Mr. Cass-read hi* speech on tite subject. He
considered the subject in all its bearings; be de
precated any demonstration of violence, and main
tained tlie right, justice and propriety of an open
declaration of our opinion upon tite subject of vio
lations oftlie law of nations.
HOUSE,
Tite first business before tlie House was that
which was left unfinished yesterday- the resolu
tion calling upon the President to station a regi
ment of mounted rilleincn in Oregon.
Mr. Gorman, of Indiana, took the tloorund con
demned the removal oftlie mounted rille regiment,
. which In- said was expressly raised to preserve good
relations with the Indian tribes, and for the pro
tection of inmiigraiot* on their way to Oregon, and
to be stationed in that territory. These troops, lie
said, had been sent to Texas, where an additional
regiment was certainly required : but they should
either lie replaced by another in Oregon or sent
back there.
Several others addressed tlie House; ainl tlio
whole day was spent in discussing the subject,
when a motion was made to vo-consider tlie reso
lution, and to lay it on the table, which was agreed
to, mid the House adjourned.
IN SENATE, Feb. 11.
The chair laid before the Senate a communica
tion from tlre Secretary of State, transmitting, in
reply ton resolution of the Senate, the report made
by the board of commissioners on claims against
Mexico, together with a statement that the amount
awarded by the board was $3,208,814 Pli, and tite
sum specified in the treaty for the payment ol’tlic
war $3,230,000, leaving a balance of $11,03 t'4 un
expended.
The Chair laid before tlie Senate a message from
tlie President, enclosing copies of the correspond
ence between the British Government and tlie
American Minister at London, with respect to tiie
Prometheus affair, which was not read, Imt order
ed to be printed.
The resolution of sympathy for the Irish exiled
patriots was taken up.
Mr. Seward addressed the Senate in support of
the resolution.
Mr. Badger followed in opposition to tlie resolu
tion.
Mr. Cass replied and Mr. Badger rejoined.
Mr. Mason opposed tlie resolution.
Mr. Underwood desiring to speak, tlie Senate
adjourned.
HOUSE.
Immediately after the Journals were read, Mr.
Stratton, of New Jersey, introduced a series of res
olutions. which had been passed by tlie Legislature
of that State, and which it was directed should be
transmitted to Congress and the Governors oftlie
different States, expressive of its adherence to tlie
Constitution; and pledging itself to support tlie
Compromise measures, us a final settlement of the
question which at the time of its passing agitated
the country. He concluded by moving that the
resolutions lie laid on the table and printed.
Mr. Gkldings, of Ohio, addressed the House,
and was responded to by Mr. Stanley, of N. ( '.. in
which botli were somewhat personal. The resolu
tions were finally laid on tite table, and ordered
printed.
Tite House then went into Committee of the
Whole on the State of tlie Union, on motion of
Mr. Houston, of Alabama; and took up the joint
resolutions explanatory of tlie net granting bounty
land to certain officers and soldiers who have been
engaged in tite military service of the United States,
struck out tlie first section which forms tlie first
section of the Senate’s Bill, and which had already
been agreed to by the Committee, amended tlie
second clause, and while tlie third clause xvns un
der discussion relative to the payment of revenues
iu t l.o land office, u motion was tint to tlr t the ( 'om
mitteo rise, ami the House adjourn.
SENATE, Feb. 12.
Mr. Miller presented tlie joint resolutions of the
Legislature of New Jersey, sustaining tlie Com
promise acts, and instructing tlie Senators from
that State to oppose all propositions for tlie repeal
or alteration ot any of those acts.
Mr. Seward submitted a resolution directing tliat
tlie expenses incurred in the reception and enter
tainment of Louis Kossuth and suit*.- during their
late visit to Washington, be paid nut of the contin
gent fund of the Senate, tlie same not to exceed
$3,000.
The joint resolutions upon non-intervention were
taken up.
Mr. Clemens addressed the Senate upon the topic
of rendering material aid to Hungary. He alluded
in severe terms to Kossuth. He commented upon
liis bad taste in visiting tlie Senate with an armed
guard. He considered him an orator, and nothing
but ail orator. To style liim a hero was ridiculous.
That mail could not lie a hero who. with an army
of one hundred and thirty-five thousand tneu,
shrunk at the first moment of personal danger, and
yielded up ids authority to one whom lie had con
sidered for months a traitor.
After further remarks, the subject was postponed
till Monday week, and
Tite hill" granting land to lowa was taken up,
postponed, and the Senate adjourned.
HOUSE.
The Speaker, during tlie morning hour, called
upon committees for reports.
lhe hill granting about a million and a half of
a. re* ot tlie public lands in Missouri created a short ;
discussion, ,
lhe morning hour having expired, the House
.Sr''l’ "'e 1-ill* on the Sp aker’s table, and the t
rtV iov'! I''-m tlie IVsident of (
tin l U.V-,1 states, winch were received Yesterday, ]
tnuisimttiag tlie reports of the head.* .if Depart- .
toents. and a eopv of the despatch fi -nvarded t . the :
American Mim-no -,t Winn, and the correspon
dence which loiWvM. with her Britannic Ma- 1
,ie*tv s Government, relative to the firing into
the American steamer Prometheus hv tiie British I
brig of war Express.
Among tlie contract* entered into ivy tlie Post t
Office Department, which was reported, was ~t K. .
for running a mail steamer from that leston t,. K*v i
West, and theuee to Havana. ' (
A bill authorising the Secretary of the Treasure ,
o pay irsttin-sufficient to satis!) ‘a judgment ob- <
tallied against ( 01. Mitchell for a tros-pass commit
ted by him while serving iu Mexico in pursuance i
of order- from ljts superior officer. t
OUR PlO TU R E .GALL ER Y.
A CHAPTE.R ON BLOOM ERISM.
MBS. BLOOMER, I
(In Winter Dress.) From a Daguerreotype Portrait, j
BI.OOMKRISM
We had supposed that tlie excitement in regard
to tlie new costume was on tlie wane, but it ap
pears by the following “Card,” that tlie ladies arc
determined “not to give it tip so. ’ Fourteen
“strong minded” females in New\ork have iatelv
issue 1 the subjoined earnest and energetic "Ap
pul to the Anitrienn Public for (he Freedom if Ame
rican Women,:"
We tlie undersigned, American Women, beg
leave to present tlie following facts to tlie consider
ation of the public.
We nave been for years oppressed, and many of
us have had our health seriously injured by tiie
unhealthy and uncomfortable forms of dress adopt
ed by the women of our country front fashions
made by foreign modistes.
Some months since, being convinced, that, like
our Fathers, we had “the inalienable right to life,
liberty and tlie pursuit of happiness," wc changed
. onr dress for one short, light and easy—-which was
named by the common voice, from one who wore it,
tlie “Bloomer Dress.” Tlie advantages of this
dress are seen at once by almost ail sensible peo
ple. But the result of our wearing it lias been, in
New York and other cities, and in some country
places, a uniform system of insult and outrage.
Ladies of irreproachable character, walking in tlie
streets ot' New York, accompanied by their hus
bands and brothers, have been followed by a rab
ble, have been hissed and hooted, and most in
sulting words addressed to them.
They have borne this ill silence, hoping to out
live it—but there is a limit to human forbearance.
Wc wish now to understand whether wc have a
civil and political right to wear a decent and healthy
dress, and whether wc ure to ho protected in the
exercise of tliis right, or whether tlie New York
\ public is a mol) by majority. Wc want distinctly
1 to understand whether Kossuth and Hungary arc
to ho lauded and assisted, and American wives
j and mothers to lie crushed.
W assert humbly, yet firmly, that we wear the
improved dress in obedience to conscience and
common sense, and that we are not only ready to
live for the principle of freedom for which our
fathers lived and died, but to die for it also, if need
lie. We, contend for no fashion, no particular form
of dress, but for freedom to act in obedience to en
lightened conscience. We contend tor “Life, Lib
erty and tin- Pursuit of Happiness.”
Tlie fashionable dress worn by the women of our
city is unhealthy at all times; and in bad weather
leads to indecent exposure and great discomfort
and evil. If wo are condemned to this dress by
the despotism oftlie mob, how ranch better is our lot
than that of those equally oppressed ill foreign lands
. by the tyranny of tite few ? Is a mob of Ilaynau’s
| P> in- preferred to one
1 Wc ask protection of tlie law, and of our fellow
citizens, in tlie exercise of our inalienable riglits, and
: we believe it will be effectually given by our na
tural protectors tlie moment this subject, is seen id
1 its true lighl.
’ Wc ask help of our brothers because we are suf
feriug fin-tin- principle oflniinaii freedom, for God
and the right.
f Mrs. I'n i.ini: \V. Davis, Mrs. MB. Govt: Nichols,
- N. It. (Jni-a xu, Mrs. Mmv A. Tomii- r,
Mrs. 1!. 1!. Neal, Mrs. A. Hctciiisox Patton,
Mrs. It. E. Mkiuiii.i., Isabel Paknkij.,
Mrs. It. (t RA V, K AIHA It IN l. Tl-. 101 I’.LKTT,
Mrs. M. Sii.l, Mrs. M McCarthy,
Mrs. llkai ji i: It vwlev, Mrs. Fannie Nurkis.
lii allusion to this somewhat extraordinary offu
’ uSiill •» I *i> • !•< I* Ipliin oentonn' ( »ii \ I tlllill IvJ) •
i
“One emmet but remark how very exceedingly
adequate is the language to the occasion. Being
i “not only ready to live” for freedom to wear a
Bloomer dress, “but to die for it also” is heroic
beyond till praise, it lias the appearance of tiie
true patriotic metal, needing onl// to he annealed in
the furnace of common sense and sound judgment
to lie of prcoiotis value. But it </(« « need'temper
ing, most manifestly, even if it lie genuine metal,
or mettle, which we are. somewhat inclined to
i doubt, because inn following paragraph tlie fair
ones seem to abandon till idea oi “dying for it,” and
sensibly “ask protection oftlie law” and their “fel
low-citizensamt notwithstanding the signers
arc prominent members of the woman’s equal
riglits-and power-w ith-mcti associations, they de
clare their expectation of protection from “their
Mr. Venable,of N. ('., advocated tlie passage of
the bill, and entered into an explanation of the
particulars of the transaction referred to.
After some further discussion tlie bill was refer
red to the t 'oinmittoe of the Whole.
A bill appropriating $72,000 for the purpose of
purchasing hooks, to replace those destroyed by
lire, was reported and referred. Adjourned.
SENATE, Feb. 13.
On motion of Mr. Gwin the private calendar was
postponed till one o’clock.
On motion of Mr. Gwin, the hill to cstiiljiisli a
navy yard and depot on the Bay of Suit I Francisco,
was taken up.
Tite private calendar was then taken tip, after
wlwell tlie Senate adjourned till Monday.
HOUSE,
On motion of Mr. Daniel, tiie House resolved it
self into ti commute of tlie whole fortlie considera
tion of private claims, with which the House was
occupied till the hour of adjournment, when tiie
House adjourned to Monday.
Letter from Air. Thrasher.
Tite foliowing extract of a letter from Mr. John
S. Thrasher, written after liis arrival in Spain, will
be read xvitli interest:
C'aiuz, Si-ain.
1 arrived here on the 3d it st., (January,) after
a pleasant passage. 1 found here letters of tlie
kindest tenor from Mr. Barringer, our Minister
tit Madrid. Mr. Burton, our Consul here, has been
exceedingly polite aud attentive. As yet, tiie
Minister w rites me lie has no news from Wash
ington, but lie doubts not that he will obtain my
immediate liberation so soon as he can act officially
in my bo half. On my arrival here every conside
ration was shown towards me. Soldiers were sent
off from the eity to take two other fellow-prison
ers of mine ashore. But, for me, a separate boat
was sent, with two gentlemen, dressed in plain
clothes, to accompany me. Instead oftakiligme at
once to my prison, they led me over tlie city ami
showed mi.- ail tite principal edifices, public walks,
«&e.
Here, in prison, 1 have a tine, large apartment
to myself; and, when taken out from among the
other prisoners, Gen. Lopez’s mulatto boy to wait
on me. 1 have the range of the whole building
and have been able to improve in a great degree
the condition of tlie prisoners here. They com
prise all who are not Americans or English.
While at Vigo all the Lopez prisoners, who were
still there, came on board to sec me. The ship’,
decks were, at one time, full of them. They gave
tin- a very enthusiastic reception.
The mail steamer from Havana has not yet ar
rived—she left on the 4th December last—but to
morrow I hope to hear front home. I am in good
health. Your obedient servant,
John S. TintAsiixtt.
Latli: i rom Mexico. —-Scßcrc Hurricane at I era
Cruz. —By tlie arrival this morning of the brig Her
cules from Vera Cruz, xve have received a copy of
the Ecu dil Comerdo, of January 14tli ult. Front
this paper we learn that a violent hurricane c-'ru
moured blowing on the 12th aud continued for
two days. Nine vessels were driven from their
anchorage and stranded on the rocks. They were
the French bark, Princess Francises, tlie French
brig Cantabrie, the Spanish ship Judio Erraute,
the American bark Rosina, the American bark E.
Wilson, the American schooner John S. Somers,
tl.e American schooner Kobt. Spcdden,tlie Flngiish
brig Susan Green, and the Mexican schooner Pri
liu-ra Cauipeohana. Os these, tlie Princess Fran
visen and tlie Koiiert Spedden went to pieces, and
it was thought their crews had perished.
Three other vessels were in a very perilous
condition, among them the Mexican strainer Nep
tune. The Filoniena also, xvitli all her cargo was
driven ashore ; and three small vessels, one Mexi
can aud two American, among them one of tlie
launches which went front here to the Isthmus of
Tahuantepee last year.
The amount of silver exported from Vera Cruz
last year was $7,1*0,481, and gold $47,537.
Congress assembled on tlie U-t ittst.
The Hercuie* left YeraCruz on tite 28tli tilt., and
brought $15,""" in specie and fifty six California
passengers.
Tlie brig Azores, from this jiort, arrived at Vera
Cruz on tite 27th.— Pic. 7 th in A.
Tite Biekmoud Times publishes the follow ing
note lrotn a corres(eiudental Buchanan, Botetourt
County. Ya:
A few days ago, whilst some men were engaged
in blasting but limestone a short distance below
this place, for tlie purpose of making a lime-kiln,
thev came across what seemed to be a cave, with
an-entrance some six or eight feet in ht-ight and
upwards of one hundred feet long, with two'apart
ments. lit tiie first they found some earthen ware
and a large atone cross ; on tlie cross there was
some earving, but it was so much defaced by the
hand of time that it was scarcely
After they found these things, they came to Buch
anan and’made known their discovery. Some --f
the citizens, xvitli lanterns, proceeded immediately
U i tlie cave to make further search. ’
Thev found nothing in tlie first room but what I .
have already mentioned, but on entering the »e- ;
eond apartment were surprised to find a skeleton
sealed on a huge iron chest," with its back resting
against tiie wall. On opening this chest they
found it to eoutaiii gold coin, perfectly smooth on ]
oti* side aud a cross with some characters on tlie (
“titer. Tlie gold in the chest, by weight is worth t
seven hundred and eighty-three dollar*.
How these thing* came iu this cave xve are not j t
ul| !e to imagine, for the coin is one which we have | 1
never seen before. (
I MBS. PARKER,
(In Winter Dress.) From a Daguerreotype Portrait.
| natural protectors" and finish with the following—
I “We a-k help ■ of our hr"t/u rs, because we are suffer
ing for the principle of Unman freedom, for God
and the right I'’
“With all courtesy we assure the fair appellants
that they are “suffering" for no such high ends. If
they “sutfer” at all, it is for wearing a peculiar
kind of dress in the street, offensive to the dcliea
cv and good taste of all but themaelvea; and that
the uppellant- are wrong and the community right
is proved by the simple fact that, although the
Bloomer costume was introduced and is st ill worn
by a few ladies of unquestionable respectability, it
was eagerly adopted by depraved females, who
quickly perceived its adaptation to that notoriety
• which is peculiar their life. The fact that this class, >f
women preferred and eagerly seized upon the Bloom
er costume sealed its fate, for the female portion of
the community thenceforth instinctively shrank
from thus attiring themselves, and their husbands
and brothers commend them for so doing."
One of the New York papers, also, comments
upon the “appeal" us follows :
“These ladies must see that dross within legal
limits is a matter of social regulation, controlled
by general usage and public opinion. A particular
kind of dress is recognized as proper for females
and another for males. And any striking depar
ture-on either side will inevitably encounter not
only the prejudice, hilt the sense of propriety, of
the public at large. If a gentleman, for example,
were to promenade Broadway in a bonnet or petti
coat, lie would very justly meet with general atten
tion. Why should tile ladies expect to commit
similar departures from custom with greater im
punity ;
“It is not to the purpose to say that Turkish la
dies wear this dress, and that therefore it may he
worn here. The usages and fashions of one na
tion are not the law for any other. Various styles
of dress obtain in various Eastern and Indian
countries, which would scarcely he tolerated here,
even by the Bloomer devotees.
The Bloomers arc clearly sincere and earnest in
their belief. But that doe's not ju-tify tlieir pruc
| ticc. Their address, moreover, is too much “intiie
’ E teles vein" for good taste or tor effect. There's
I a decided touch of the ridiculous in this feminine
L proclamation of a readiness to “live and du" for
tlie right to wear pantaloons:—and it is not relieved
by their appeal to their “natural protectors” to
stand by them. They are mistaken" in supposing
. that “our fathers lived and died” for freedom in
' dre Wasington was opposed to such interven
' tion. We appeal to the Farewell Address, and his
proclamation of neutrality, to sustain our position.
, “If these, ladies are disposed to wear the Bloom
er dresses, they should be, and of course will be,
’ allowed to do so. But they will inevitably meet
with a good deal of ridicule, and they must make
up their minds to bear this as well as they can, us
, part of the penalty which departure from social
usages always incurs. But public appeals of this
I sort only make the matter worse.”
Our illustrations, which are intended to represent
I the Bloomer Costume for winter, were copied from
a Daguerreotype engraved as a “Fashion I‘late”
lbr “The Lily,” a Monthly Journal, devotdll to the
Emancipation of Woman from Intemperance, In
justice, Prejudice juid Bigotry,” &0., edited and
published by Mrs. Bloomer, in. Seneca Falls, N. V.
The figure on the left is Mrs. IS. herself, and that
on the right, represents her friend, Mrs. Barker.
Mrs. Bloomer, in the January number of “Tin:
Lily,” furnishes her readers with the following
' directions for making the costume:
i “Broadcloth, velvet, tweed and merinos arc used
• according to the taste and means of the wearer.
■ Thcdress is usually made with a yoke at the neck,
I and plaited waist, without b.idiee nr whalebones,
t and a full skirt set on with a licit or cord; or a
- plain waste, buttoned part way rip in front, and
, then open, display ing an under kerchief, or hull'
> vest. * * * The Irowsers are worn both
r full and plain, according to choice. The full ones
t are more to our liking. We think them not so lia
ble to get muddy as the plain, straight ones, fortlie
< reason that they are gaged up several times, and
set closer about the ancles. They are made like
- children’s drawers at tlie top—open at the sides,
1 and button to a w aist.”
• Coasting.—The ladies and gentlemen of South
Boston are at present enjoying a pastime unknown
to the denizens of the city. No sooner lias the
moon risen above the horizon, than all the streets
leading from the top of Mount Washington are
■ possessed by parties of ladies and gentlemen, and
are converted into coasting ground. Large sleds, ca
palile of carrying six or eight persona, arc used,
and with a gentleman in front to steer, several
ladies in the rear, and another man behind to give
a start, the company are able to dash swiftly dow n
a gentle inclination, and then run a longdistance
by the. momentum gained. The sport is very ex
citing, and attracts not only a large number of par
ticipants, but many spectators. The coasting is
continued till midnight, and the lotul shouts ofthe
merry coasters, mingled with the cheers ofthe spec
tators, make the scene one of novel and animated in
terest. New Bed ford has always been consider'd tire
great coasting city, but several New Bedford ladies
who were present last evening, informed 11s that
Sontli Boston lulls were much better adapted to the
sport than those in theirjown city.— Traveller.
Extract from a letter of a literary gentleman,
dated London, 13th January, 1852:
“We have enough of Bloomers here of late,
They serve at the bars of public houses, dressed in
pants, straw hats and ostrich feathers; also in the
segar and coffee shops—the sigu-brar.l being;
1 A genuine Bloomer serees constrintly h •/•<’.’ An
old devil, who keeps a eandv shoo in this neigh
borhood, who buried her sister only live days ago,
has doffed the sable and arrayed herselt as a Bloom
er, for which caper she ha l her windows broken
last night. She is the veriest ugly woman that I
ever saw; with a face of brass, and the foot of a
. dromedary.”
Superiority of French Rifles.—Sir Charles
Shaw, in a letter published in the London Times,
calls attention to the great superiority of the rifles
used with such terrible effect by the Tirailleurs dc
Vincennes in the recent Algerian war, and suggests
that weapons of the same description should he
used by the British troops against the Kaffirs.
The invention lias, since 1846. been considerably
improved, and, instead of now being effectual at
655 yards, merely by the use of a hollow eyliudro
eonique ball, engrafted upon M. Dclvigue's inven
tion by Capt. Miule. as precise tiring can be done
at 1500 yards. At the distance of 765 yards the
rifle would, to a certainty, knock down a lifeguards
man in spite of his cuirass, and a front of men at
1100 yards. By the adoption ol“ this destructive
machine. Sir diaries argues that the Kaffirs may
he shot far more effectually, and far more econo
mically, than they possibly can be by the present
muskets.
44 Soldarite.”—This is a favorite word of Kos
suth’s. It is French, and has not yet found its
way into our dictionaries. It expresses generally
that the life of man is not exclusively the life of aii
individual, but a life which he possesses jointly
with his rave, that men live in eotida, soldered to
gether in one, if we may say so; that each man is
an indivisible indissoluble of the life of all liren,
and all men are indivisible parts of each man. St.
Paul gives its meaning thus: “For, as wo have
members in one body, so we, being many, are one
body in Christ, and every one members one of an
other.” See also Epliez., iv., 25, and other places.
No word in English conveys w hat is expressed bv
“soldarite,” or “soldaritv,” as it is now general
ly printed. With this definition the reader will
readily apprehend what is meant by the soldaritv
of nations, now often used.
Further by tile Kuropa.
Boston. Fob. y.—The Europa, from Liverpool,
via Halifax, reached her dock at East Boston at
7.15 last eveuiug. Iler mails were despatched in
the early train.
The Europa passed, on the aftenio .u ~f the 6th
iust.. the t ’ -iiard steamer America, lienee.
Messrs. Henderson and Smith, of tlie reading
room have received the following latest intelli
genee :
Jig Electric Telegraph.
Pauls, Friday Evening.—The Moniteur denies
the statement made in some journals that the
President had addressed any private communica
tion of apolitical character to the l*c*|>eor to any
of the sovereigns of Europe, and declares that
nothing hut official communications have passed
between the various Governments.
The Herald states that the President will com
municate with Ministers through the newly crea
ted office of Minister of State.
A decree has been issued naming the chiefs of
battalions, •captains and adjutants, of the re organ
ized National Guard of Paris.
Paris Bourse—Fives log.so ; Threes 60.2".
EnglanJ. —The Eoudon Times says the certifi
cates issued by the Spanish bond-holders for Ihe
portion of the debt which the Spaniards have re
solved to confiscate w ill hereafter be recognized at
the stock exchange, and may consequently !•«
quoted in the official lists.
At a meeting of the Norw ich Union Fire Office
the report rea l showed that the business of the
office had increased from £42,863,293 —the total
amount insnred in 1-il—to £62,004,308 in 1351
in which last year the income from premiums, ex
clusive of duty, was £131,383.
Avgusta Orphan Asylum.—We are pleased to «
have it in our power to announce that the City <
Council of Augusta, at a called meeting yesterday", <
resolved to appropriate the annual income froin
two hundred shares of Georgia Railroad Stock, to- ’
wards the support of a Female < irplian Asylum.— s
It also authorized tlie Committee on the South 1
Common to report to a future meeting a suitable 1
lot to be granted by tbe city for the erection of
suitable buildings J'or the use of the Asylum.
Thus have our city authorities done tlieir part
handsomely and judiciously.' The rest devolves
upon individual ’ Ixmcvolcuce and generosity.—
(JonM. d■ Rep. </ yesterday.
A Strange Freak cf Nature.—\Yc were visited,
at our office, a few days since, by a man named* R.
H. Copeland, a native of Ijiurens District, S. C.,
but now residing in Heard county in this State
who presents in his peculiar organize ion a very re
markable natural phenomenon. His right arm,
and hand and right log. are affected in such a man
ner as to exhibit in every movement the nature
and motions of n snake. The arm affected is
smaller than the other, its muscular developement
different sensation much less acute, and its action ’
altogether lieyoud the control of his will. Tlie mo
tions of the arm seem to he impelled by a seperate
mid distinct volition, or an instinct entirely its
own—the instinct of a rattle shake. The charac
ter ofthe movements is shaped to a Considerable
extent by external circumstances, as any sudden
noise, startling appearance or the like, the arm
sometimes suddenly forming itself into a coil, the
hand darting from the coil as if in the act of stri
king, at other times the arm and liatul have the
movements of a snake, under full headway making
his escajie, the limb preserving the pecu
liar tortuous motion of the reptile. At such
I. ics the rapidity of the motion is truly astonish
ing. The action of the affected parts is coutiuu-.
ous. The muscles are never entirely at rest, though
sometimes the action is less intense than at other.
Tin- whole ot’tlie right side of the body is affected
1 in this manner. The right eye has a snakish look
which is mu to be seen in the left,, and in the for
; motion of his teeth the contrast is singularly stri
j king. Outlie left side of tbe mouth, both "in the
upper and lower jaw the teeth arc well formed and
regular while on the right side, ah- ve and bglow,
they are extremely im-zular, crowded, and fang
like.
Mr. C»i> now aliont forty six years old -and lias
been thus affected from the time of his birth, llis
is one of those curious eases which sometimes occur
in which the effects of intense fright with tlie pa
rent is seen in the unnatural organization ol'thc oil
sj iring. —Atlanta Intelligencer.
Fire in Sparta.—lVe learn that the Male Acade
my at Sparta, was entirely consumed by fire on
Tuesday last. The tire occurred about noon. Wc
regret that our neighboring village should have suf
fered so much for the past two years from tire,
which hut for the enterprise of her people. 11 good
portion of it must now have remained in ashes.
\Ye do not doubt but that the Academy will he
replaced in due time. Sparta will never allow her
school to go down. —Central tieoryutn, 10/A inet.
Collin’s Line of Steamers. —A writer in the
Washington Union furnishes the following state
ment of the condition of the Collins line of steain
- ers, as certified under oath:
The cash cost of the Collins Line of
steamers ready for sea was *2,04-1.142 71
While the present condition of the
company is as follows, viz:
Os the whole amount of
stock subscribed < 1,182,-
000) there was paid in. .#>1,009,900
The government loan was. B*3,Odd
The company have borrow
ed and issued bonds for. 700,000
Tlieir floating debt is now
exclusive of interest, say. 1,000,000
8,184,900 00
Tlie company, therefore, have sunk 850,000 00
And no dividends have been paid to
stockholders.
The actual average cost of each voy
age to England and buck is 65,215 04
The actual receipts of each voyage lias
been 48,286 85
Deficiency each voyage 16,928 99
Or for twenty voyages 088,274 40
i High Bricks of Property.—At tlie sale ofthe
property of Messrs. Ului it Walker, which took
, place at tlieir plantation in this district, 011 Thurs
day and Friday, the sth and 6th inst, the most cx
-1 traviigant prices were realized. There were one
hundred and forty-seven negroes sold, comprising
children at the breast, one, or two superauuiilcd
1 women, and 011 cdi -eased fellow. A large portion
• of them consisted of children and old men and
wonu?n. Notwithstanding, they were sold at the
l average price of four hundred anil ninety-nine dol
> tars per head. Thirty-seven mules were sold at ail
; average price of one hundred and forty-eight dol
-1 lnrs u head. Corn was sold at one dollar and six
cents per bushel l'or cash. Fodder one dollar and
> two cents per cwt., cash. And yet cotton, the only
source from which tlie money can he drawn to nay
-for this property, is worth only seven and a halt
, cents a pound! What etui the, matter be ? Surely
I a fatal infatuation has seized upon tlie people.—
: Newbury (>'. C.) Sentinel.
I Cold Weather in a low Latituke. —The keeper
1 of Egmont Key Light House, writing to the Editor,
in a letter dated 16th January last, says: “We
have laid ice here three-eighths of an inch thick,
I, and the Fish have been so chilled us to bo tumble
, to navigate. Numbers of them have been washed
. up on*thc beach—among which I saw several small
sliovel-nosed Sharks. Our potatoes, watcrmel
-5 lons, peppers and most other vegetables are all
killed. Amazing weather for this latitude. '
I We have similar aeeounts from Indian River,
where alsi . the fish in shallow water stiffened and
• perished, and a few days after, all tlie beasts and
t birds fond offish held a perfect earnaval over the
victims. The tisii in those latitudes are not all
prepared for cot-4 ivi-atlier . —Moridet Sentinel.
, Know.—Just as we were going to press we Imd
’ a very fair specimen ot a regular snow storm. If it
should hold on as it has commenced we shall have
. some, ehlinee of a snow hailing spree. -.Pulton
1 Time*, lath inst.
1 It is said that a discovery has been made of the
> causes, and of the sure .mode of prevention of the
1 explosions of steam boilers. A memoir on the
subject lias been presented to Congress, and is to
' be printed for examination.
1 Os tlie gold coinage at the Bhiliidelphia Mint
for the year 1831, amounting to upwards of 52,n0d,-
" 000 about 45,000,0u0 were of double eagles. The
' double eagles seem to have been coined expressly
‘ for facility of export.
‘ The New York Mirror says that Hon. Daniel
Webster lias consented to deliver an address in
that citv on the 23d of February, when Washing
ton’s birth day is to he commemorated—the 22d
1 li thing on Sunday.
: Mad. Bonaparte Discarded.—The New York
1 “Tribune” comments upon the last act of lamis
I Napoleon,—the dis arding of Madam Bonaparte,
liis mistress and the mother of his children, (a lady
, said to have been born in Baltimore.) Comparing
him with his uncle, .t says :
“The Emperor Napoleon has just run another
parallel by discarding the woman who has hitherto
shared his prosperous, as sue had previously done,
liis adverse fortunes, preparatory to the espousal of
a Royal Princess from one of the reigning houses
of Europe.
“Napoleon heartlessly divorced the partner of
his humbler and his rising fortunes after'reaching
the summit of power; but not till after sbe laid for
years shared with him tlie exaltation and splendor
of Imperial sway; he put her away baseh, if you
please, but royalty; with tenderness, reluctance,
and every manifestation of regret; lie rendered a
reason tor liis infidelity which had something of
grandeur and loftiness in it—in putting away an
old wife for a young one, a child of the people for
a daughter of the Caesars*, lie seemed to sacrifice
liis personal happiness to secure that of France.
Josephine had still a palace, with queenly slate
and consideration; though deserted by him who
hud sworn to love ami cherish her through life, she
wa-honored and esteemed both by himself and by
the world. But tlie woman who had listened ered
uously to the vows and clung to the stormy fortunes
of ‘Napoleon the Little’ is turned off in the first
flush of his triumph, as if she were, a camp-follow
er-—banished from France like a felon—expelled
from Baris by force, with the children ofthe Usur
per in her arms, and compelled to seek an asylum
m England from the ingrate and villain whose
vows she had been weak enough to believe.”
Tlie Mobile police succeeded 011 Saturday la>t in
arresting four rogues, upon whom was found the
large amount of about fifty thousand dollars in
spurious money. Two had been lodging at the
Exchange Hotel, one calling his name Woodruff',
from New Orleans for Charleston, when ho regis
tered it, and the other Morton, of Columbus, Ohio
-—the first coming there on the 81st ult., and the
other on the 3d inst.
We perceive in the London Gazette of the 23d
tilt., the official announcement of the appointment
of John F. Crumpton, Esq., as Envoy Extraordina
ry and Minister Plenipotentiary of her Majesty the
tjueen of Great Britain to the United States;"and
that of Sir Henry Lytton Bulwer as Minister to the
Grand Duke of Tuscany.
The members of tlie New York Bar intend to
present to Charles o'Contn r, Esq., a Iftmdsome ser
vice of plate, as a token of their admiration for the
ability and generosity he displayed in the trial of
the Forrest Divorce Case.
Destructive Fire at Blshwutc. Williamsburg.—
The Rone Factory of Tliursby A Sons, on Remsen
street, Bushwiek, took fire vesterdav noon, while
the workmen were gone to dinner, and was totally
consumed, with its contents. Four'small dwelling
houses on the opposite side of the street also took
fire, and were destroyed. The total loss is proba
bly notlessthan tJInO.OuO. One hundred and forty
persons have been thrown out of employment by
this calamity.
Cool Impudence.—Kossuth in a late speech in
Ohio, gave the following, among other reasons for
tlie formation of Hungarian Societies :
“My second reason for forming these associa
tions is, that the cheers of the Jnople are not recorded
in Washington city ; but when I can show the re
cords of these associations : when they have join
ed together and art in unison; when they consist
of hundreds of thousands, perhaps millions of
people ; when out of the small drops of individual
sympathy a vast ocean has been formed, then, in
deed, though their cheers may not be weighed,
tlieir names and influence will be.” [Loud and
long-continued applause.]
This, to our mind, is among the coolest speci
mens of impudence within our recollection. A
man who hut yesterday was banished from liis nn
tire land, and is indebted, in a great degree, to the
munificence and magnanimity of the American
Government for his escape from death, lias scarcely
landed on our shores, where he proclaims himself
a mere guest, ere he boldly asserts his purpose to
force the adoption of his principles through the
agency of the people in primary assemblies]
We are as much disposed to extend a cordial
welcome to tlie oppressed of ail nations, who si ck
an asylum on our shores as any one, but when a
man comes among us, who daily partakes of our
hospitalities, and thus abuses them, and that too,
when lie declares he has no intention of locating in
the country, we feel that there should be some
power in the government to eject him in the most
summary manner.
Blockade of a fart of tiik Coast or Africa.—An
English paper announce* the establishment of an
effective Mockade by the British squadron, under
Commodore Bruce, of that part of the Western
const of Africa in the Bight of Benin, between the
Ist and 4th degree of longitude East of Green
wich, liadagry excepted. At first sight, it maybe
supposed to l>e with the king and people of Lagoa.
But the blockade extends much beyond the terri
tories of tlie sable potentate.
readily ascertain who are the sufferers. The loss,
we believe, falls upon tlie Road, as insurance is in
cluded with the freight. $10,009 will probably
cover the loss—sav SB,OOO for the ootton, and
$2,600 for ears and injury to the road. Some ten
to fifteen yards of the superstructure were des
troyed, put it will lie repaired during tlie night,
and no interruption to travel or freight need lie
apprehended. The fire approached so near Mr.
( Widy’s house that it took tire, and was with diffi
culty saved.
WEEKLY
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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1852.
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The French Constitution.
In this morning's paper, we publish the new
■ Constitution given by Louis Napoleon to the French
people. It is, on tiie whole, a most extraordinary
document, and confers upon the so-enlled President
all the powers of n Dictator. In truth, a Consti
tution more in accordance with tlie views and
“pinions of tlie absolute Governments of Europe,
could not have been formed. It confers upon the
President ail power, and under it he is necessarily
as complete a despot as ever existed. To us, it is
wholly inexplicable how a people, whose love of
liberty was so intense as to become a passion,
i could, by a single step, so degrade themselves as to
- submit to such a government. But yesterday, they
' boasted theirs was the “ Model -Republic,” tluit
we in America were ignorant of tlie elementary
principles of republicanism, and to-day they are
t tlie most willing nml abject slaves of a despot.—
- How fallen! How degraded !
, Mr. Fillmore in Tennessee.
i The Whig party of Tennessee met in convention
at Nashville, a few days since, and determined to
c send delegates to tlie Whig National Convention,
v whenever and wherever it may assemble.
The convention was largcly*attcnded, and nearly
e every portion of the State was represented. The
4 following resolutions, showing the sense of the
convention, were unanimously adopted:
1 A’i ■■nlceil, That Millard Fillmore is the decided
e choice of the Whigs of Tennessee for the next
- Presidency, and our delegates to tlie National Con
n volition are hereby instructed to use all honorable
efforts to secure the nomination of this able states
* man and distinguished patriot.
I Resnlced, That we hereby recommend the Hon.
V James C. Jones, for the office of Vico President of
v the United States.
if Itesnlcec. That wc have nil abiding confidence
y that the Whig National Convention will nominate
- candidates for tlie Presidency and Vice Presidency
ivho arc sound on the Union and the Compromise
measures, and in favor of maintaining tlieir finality
r in principle mul substance, and we therefore ap
•, point delegates to said Convention to aid in making
e said nominations.
" We can only say, that the Convention lias much
'l greater confidence in the Whig National Convon-
II tion, and the nominations it will make, than we
indulge. We have no idea that either tbe National
'' " hi" Democratic Conventions will adopt any
. sound resolutions in relation to the Compromise mid
1 1 slavery. That they will, both adopt a series of auihig
'! nous resolutions,such as those ofthe democratic cou-
I j vent ions of Is-14atid I,34B,'which Chase, Sumner,
G hidings, Sbward and Preston King, will support
as zealously as the disuiiionists and secessionists of
|J the South, we have no doubt, resolutions dosign
e ed to mislead and deceive the people, and which
a- may and will be construed to sustain Freosoilism
at the North, and tlio very opposite at the South.
0 These are the opinions wc entertain of the prnba
c ill" action ofthe two parties.
® The South, if she would act in concert, has the
’ power in her own hands, and could elect her own
t President without difficulty. But there are too
- many local aspirants for place, tlie only hope for
® whose success, in the estimation of tlieir friends, is
in ad homing to the old party organizations. Hence
0 we see such expressions of confidence as those of
II the Tennessee Convention issuing from various
I sections of the South.
Suppose the fourteen Southern States should
unite, and east their votes for any one candidate,
k Such a thing might readily lie done by nominating
* a reliable man upon the compromise question, and
'> of enlarged, liberal and conservative views in re
>' lation to other questions that have hitherto divided
1 parties. Does any man suppose, that with the vote
of fourteen States, (the detection in the House,)
r he would ho defeated ? Snell a result could scarce
ly lie possible, when tlie. other seventeen States
f would he divided necessarily between two other
s candidates.
|. There is abundant time to accomplish all'this,
r and fortlie 1 nion party of t-ho South to accomplish
r it without difficulty,:md certainly without any allil
-1 iation with Freesoilism.
The idea that such a party would necessarily lie
i sectional, is altogether Imaginary. No party can
1 lie sectional w hoso principles are based upon the
. constitution, the preservation ofthe Government
* and the faithful execution of the law mnl the na
. tional compact.
' James F. Nisrf.t, the new Editor of the Journal
<(• Messenger, makes his bow to the readers of that
Journal in a very neat and appropriate address.
* 'Ye welcome him most cordially to the fraternity.
The Journal and Messenger.— ln our lioticc of
[ the debut of the new editor, we alluded to the
; change of policy of tlie paper in relation to the
| propriety of sending delegates to tlio Baltimore
Convention. M'e have now the pleasure of laying
the article before our readers, and wc feel assured
it will command respectful consideration.
Information as to the whereabouts of Elijah
" hitehead, who left this place two months
ag« for Oglethorpe, to lie gone days, and
who lias not been heard from since Ids 1 departure,
will be thankfully, received by idslie left a
wife and five children, who stnqWe Dim to lie
dead. His family arc now in distressed circum
stances, and any one having a knowledge of liis
whereabouts will confer a lasting- favor and benefit
on them by giving them notice of tlie fact. Will
other papers in the State please give publicity to
this notice ?
Sir Henry Bulwer.— Tlie National Intelligencer
of Tuesday says : We understand that intelligence
of some importance has been received by the Nia
gara. Sir Henry Buiwcr, who lias been expected
to return to this country, it is now said will not
come, not being in a state of health to encounter a
winter voyage. It is probable therefore, in the ab
sence of another Minister, that instructions will be
given to the very respectable gentleman, Mr.
Crumpton, the British Charge d’ Affaire*, to enter
into any negotiations that may become necessary
between the two countries. It is also understood
that the correspondence on the affair ofthe Prome
theus is finally and satisfactorily concluded, and
we presume that copies will be immediately com
municated to Congress.
Information W anted.
1. Are the “potent, grave and reverend seniors,”
whose wisdom adorns the Seriate Chamber at
Washington, sent there to make laws for the coun
try. or to make speeches for liuncambe t
2. How much ofthe time ofthe Senate, and the
money ofthe people, is to be wasted, tluit would-be
candidates for the Presidency may “define tlieir
positions,” touching Kossuth and Smith O’-
Brien I
3. Do these Senators wish the country to goto
war with Austria, or Great Britain, or both, to en
force justice in behalf of those illustrious exiles !
4. If not, what signifies all this speechifying.'
5. \\ ouid it not lx; well for these Senators to
“read, mark, and inwardly digest” tlie following
incident, w hich is an unadorned fact ?
At a town meeting in v. New England village,
various /Jiincombe orators used up a large part of
tlie day, in making speeches, just about as practi
cal!) important as those of tlie Senators referred
to. At last, a plain old citizen, who never opened
Ills lips in public before, and was never known to
do it again, put a stop to the flourish, by address
ing the chair, as follow. :
M-i./erut./r, I wish somebody that is some
thin’, would get up and say somethin’, whereby
“ we may know somethin’, and be able to do sorrie
-4 4 thin’.”
6. Is there no “single speech” Senator in the
Capitol, who can “go and do likewise ?”
_ Lacon. (
'.Mr. Gatlin, the oldest man in New York, lias en- I
tered his 101st year, and -walk-, round the ltatterv I
every morning. j
The Pacific's News.
The rumored invasion of England by France, on
the authority of telegraphic despatches from Lon
don to Liverpool, us will l>c Been by reference to ,
oar telegraphic head, Is n very j>rom'mcnt .feature (
of the news by the Pacific.
The more reliable statement of the London Daily ,
Sows, that the British Government has ordered
homo several ships of the lino, and the almost uni
versal apprehension in that country of an invasion
by France, {five rise to fears that the peace of
Europe may not lie long preserved.
'lhat. Loots Napoleon will presumo to rush into
a war with England, before ho is fairly seated in
power, we do not believe, but that lie could long
retain the power lie lias assumed, without a foreign
war in aid of his nisei limit ions, to occupy the
French people, is, of course, not to tie expected.
The reported rumors uro doubtless of little im
portance, except as showing the excited state of
feeling in England, in regard to tho ultimate do
signsoftlie usurper, andtho destinyoftiie “Grand
Republic.”
Medal to Mr. Clay.
A day or two since, we published a notice an
nouncing the arrival of a committee at Washing
ton from New York, charged with the patriotic
duty of presenting to Mr. Clay a most chaste and
elegant medal, from a number of his personal and
political friends in the latter city.
That agreeable duty was performed on Monday,
at Mr. ('lay’s rooms, in tlie presence of a few inti
mate friends: a most interesting account of which
from tho Sat tonal AUellujttnvr we give in another
column. Such a tribute to the high smiled patriot
ism and distinguished services of tho sage and
statesman could not fail to touch a chord that
thrilled the generous heart of “tho great American
Commoner.”
For while it conferred upou him the highest hon
or the liberal hearted donors could bestow, tho
cheerful offering of patriotism to one of the most
eminent men the country lias ever produced, the
donors have signally honored themselves.
The Medal is said to have cost three thousand
dollars and to .have been in the hands of the artist
eighteen months.
“To Mrs. Mary Cowden Clarke, this elmir is
presented by a few ladies arid gentlemen of Ameri
ca, as a tribute of gratitude for tho unequalled
industry which gave t lie readers of English tliroiigli
out the*world her Concordance to Sliakspeare.
The chair bearing the above inscription lias been
presented to Mrs. Clarke by Mr. Lawrence, our
minister in London. It is made of rosewood,
elaborately carved, and in a part of it is inserted
a small piece of the celebrated mulberry tree plan
ted at Stratford by Shakspenrc. 'Flint this relic is
, genuine, proof is furnished by documents from
the public authorities of the place, who presented
it to Garrick, and among whose effects it was found
after his dentil. On the top rail of the chair is an
exquisitely carved face of Sliakspeare, in ivory,
from the Stratford bust, surrounded by a wreath
of oak leaves and laurel, while the wings of two
swans, also in alto-relievo, extend over tho head
ns a protection. On the lower part are the marks
of Tragedy and Comedy, w ith appropriate em
blems. The oh air is covered with rich satin bro
oade.
Important Invention. —The Washington Tele
graph states that Mr. I)e Bibery Inis invented one
of the most important life-saving and swimming
apparatuses we have ever seen. Application lias
beeu made by Mr. Do B, for a patent, it is a kind
of frock, or doublet, of ordinary dress material,
I made double, interlaid with small metallic boxes,
i fluted. This doublet may be worn as an overall
on ship-board, and it is impossible for tho wearer
to sink below the shoulders, and Mr. B. asserts
that a person may remain in the water any length
. of time, and tho water lias uc effect whatever oil
1 tlis buoyancy of tho dress.
' New Oreeans Medical ano Sukuioai, Journal.
— Through tho politeness of the Editor and Propri
etor, we have the January Number of this truly
valuable Journal on our table. Wo have ever
viewed this as one of the most valuable of our
’ Southern Modical Journals, whether we look
( at its typographical execution, the variety of
its contents, or the ability with which it is eon
, ducted. It is a periodical that, should he on tho
] shelf of every Physician who wishes to become
acquainted with the protean diseases of our South
I western country. Among its contributors, wo ob
serve the names of some of tho most distinguished
■ Physicians of the (south. This work is published
Bi-Monthly, at $5 per annum in advance, and con
t tains 144 octavo pages. A. llkstkr, M. I)., Editor
|. and Proprietor,
Southern Medical and Sukoioal Journal.- -Tho
i February No. of this valuable periodical is on our
i table, with its usual variety of original, miseclla
. neons and editorial matter, and we cordially re
commend it to the Modical profession. It is edi
ted by Prof. DlniXb, and published by James
i Met 'affefty, of this city, at $3 per annum, in ad
i railed.
Medical Examiner and Record of Medical
Sciences. —'The January No. of this excellent and
longHtanding journal, lias been on our table for
j. some days, and ive are glad to sec that it has not
diminished either in interest or variety by age ;
but on the contrary, lias improved under the
I management of its present aide editors, Messrs.
Smith and Biddle. This work is issued monthly
by Lindsay and Blakiston, of Philadelphia, at
j $3 per annum in advance.
Fire.- —A lire broke out last evening on tlicprc -
1 mises of Foster Blodglt. jr., recently burned,
. and only occupied as a stable, Avliicb, but l'orllie
) promptness of our fire department and citizens,
would have proved a very disastrous one, otving to
t the high wind. The loss was trilling. No tire had
been on the premise*, and there is tto doubt that
it was the work of an incendiary.
Germany has 87 governments. The most impor
-1 taut is Austria, in the Southeast—only a part of
Avliich is in Germany proper. The governments
consist of 6 kingdoms, 27 duchies, and 4 free cities,
which last are little republics.
Tiie Ne>v Minister from Great Britain. —The
National Intelligencer says it lias been confirmed
that the lion. John F. Crumpton lias been .appoint
ed Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipoten
tiary from Great Britain to the United States, in
the place of Sir Henry Bulwer, avlio lias accepted
the appointment of Minister at Florence.
Mr. Crumpton lias for several years been con
nected with the British Legution to this country,
and a good part of tho time as Charge d’Affaires.
Though Sir Henry and Lady Bulwer Avill certainly
be missed in the society of Washington, it is yet a
subject of congratulation, since they do not return
thut avc are to have here as the representative of
the Government of Great Britain, a gentleman of
tlic character and experience, and thorough fitness
for his high trust, of Mr. .Crumpton, who is already
so fumilitir Avitli tho institutions and principles of
our Government ns to need no probation.
Tho Kossuth hut fever is prevailing in New
York to a considerable extent, pretty much all the
oartmen, porters, fishmongers and kindod classes
have donned the Kossuth lint, Avitli a turkey’s
Aving for feather. Aspiring and beardless young
men about town have consequently resorted to
these uncouth hats and caps.
I loos.—The pork packing season closed at Cin
cinnati a few days ago and tlic result slioavs a de
crease in tlic number of hogs packed of 130,884 as
compared with the previous season.
A correspondent of tho National . Intelligencer,
writing from China, says there are scarcely any
foreign manufactures and produce consumed in
China. The opium trade, and some importations
of raw are the only counterbalancing
sources of reimbursement for nil the money left,
there for teas, silks, &e.
The Cincinnati Gazette states that Mr J. A.
Lynch, of that city, lias, by corresjiondence, in
duced tho corporation of Galway, Ireland, tosarnl
a block of tlicir native marble, with an appropriate
inscription, for a place in the National Monumental
Washington.
A subscription list to tho proposed addition of
the capital stock of the Perisylvaniu Railroad Com
pany was opened on Thursday at Philadelphia, and
the whole of th cnccessary amount of shares was
pledged to bo obtained by those present, comple
ting the $ 1,500,000 of undivided subscriptions, and
securing the conditional corporation subscriptions
of $1,000,000 The total capital stock will then be
$10,000,000.
Fine Cror Cotton.— A lot of 87 bales of the crop
of Mr. Greene Moore, of Greene county, was sold
in our market yesterday for cts., by Messrs.
Wright, Simpson & Gardiner.
South < aroi.ina Railroad.—The followiuggen
tlemen were elected Directors of the Koad at the
late meeting of stockholders in Charleston :
Wade Hampton, Andrew Wallace, C. M. Furhani,
G J. Shannon, \V. C. Dukes, ilonrv Gourdin,
John Caldwell, John Bryce, A. Burnside, Alfred
linger, ker Boyec, W. B. Pringle, G. A. Tren
holm, 11. W.Conner, J,. J. Patterson.
At a meeting of the Board of Directors, Jlknrv
W. Conner aviis re-elected President.
Irek Banking in New Jehskt.—A report on |
the operations under the General Banking Law 61
New Jersey represents that during the last year
fifteen banking associations have been established
under that law, based in all oases upon securities ,
of public stocks only. These amount to $774,- ’
145.28, less $149,20tl returned by the treasurer tor
the like amount of bills withdrawn from eirculu -
tion. The gross amoont of bills issued is $916, j
811: the total amount in present circulation is t
$767,602. • ‘
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aasaßsaai
Items.
On the sth inst, as the steamboat train from
Providence to Boston was coming over the road,
an unexpected addition to the number of passen
gers was made, in the shape of a fine, chopping,
healthy-looking boy, of German parontago. Tlic
conductor, Mr. Wilson, behoved witli great pro
priety and presence of mind on the oocasion, and
with his characteristic politeness, charged nothing
additional for the fare of tho intruding stranger.
Tlic steamer Arctic, which sailed for Liverpool
last Saturday afternoon, took out $925,000 in Amer
ican gold, SIOO,OOO in American silver, £2,678 in
British go'U, and £4OO in British sllvor. Rather a
valuable freight, that.
Much properly mid several vessels ivereeitlior in
jurod or destroyed by a hurricane which commen
ced at Vera Cruz on tlic 18th uit., and lasted for two
days.
Tlic St. Louis Republican is informed, by a gen
tleman engaged in tlic pork business, that there
will be but little moat barrelled in St. Louis the
present season. Tho principal cutting has gone
into bulk sides for bacon, limns, too, will be
scarce, for principally they havo been taken for
Eastern account, in stveet pickle.
A Srlit Gomkt.—A correspondent of tho Boston
Traveller slates it as a fact, that Bieln’s Comet was
rent in twain in November, 1845. There is no
doubt of tiie fact. Tho tAVO pieces AVcro seen both
in Europe and America. One Avn* larger and
brighter than the other, and side by side they re
tired into tiie distant cgions of space, in tho same
path t lie unbroken comet have pursued.
Tho portrait* of tho great African Generals and
leading men in Franco, thut always attracted
crowds to tho simp windows of Vienna have nil
at once been withdrawn, as is supposed by order
of tiie police, and none are to be had for love ormo
ney.
Marshal Saxe computed that in a battle, only
one ball of eighty five takes effect. Others, that
only one in forty strikes, and no more than one in
400 is fatal. At the battle ot Tonrnny, in Flanders,
fought on tiie 22d of May,0704, it is calculated that
236 muskets shot wore expended in disabling each
soldier avlio suffered.
There nrc ninety-seven establishments in En
gland, mostly in Cheshire and Worcestershire,
Avliich manufacture salt. These Avorks produce on
an average 800,000 tons of salt per annum, of which
one-lialf is exported to tiie United States and Can
ada, tiie Baltic, Scotland and Ireland ; and the re
mainder is consumed at home in alkali mnmifrc
tures for domestic purposes and ns manure. Tho
toAvn of Noweastlc-on-Tyne consumes 70,<>00 tons
annually.
The number of booksellers and publishers in
Germany (including Bohemia) is 2,651. The great
est number are at Berlin, 129 ; Lelpsie, 145 ; Vi
enna, 52 ; Stuttgardt 50; Frankfort, 86. A centu
ry ago there Avero only 21 booksellers and publish
ers at Lcipsio, and 6 at Berlin and only 850 in all
Germany.
There are 5,458 physicians in Prussia, or one for
each 2,000 of population.
The British society for the lYopngation of Iho
Gospel in Foreign Farts, announces thut tho jubi
lee contributions already amount to £BO,OOO. Tho
year being but liulf spent.
A curious English version of St. J ohn's Gospel
lias been discovered in Archbishop Tenisou’s Li
brary al Loudon. It is supposed to date from tho
twelfth or thirteenth century.
Dodge hud such a full houso at Noivbiiryport
lhut a thu audicnecjliad to laugh perpendicular/]/ there
being no room for /literal smiles.
Love is like a potato, it shoots from the eym
but becomes less by pa(l)ring.—HoSton. life.
A telegraphic despatch from Washington says
that Col. Doniphan lias boon appointed Governor
of Utah, ill place of Brigham Young. A happy
change.
John 11. (look, Esq., Cashier of tiie Farmers’
Bank of Virginia, died at Richmond on Friday
last.
Mu Dougl as for the Presidency.—Tho Jackson
, Association of New Orleans have nominated the
Hon. Stephen A. Douglas, of Illinois, as a suitable
person to receive the nomination of the Baltimore
Convention for tho Presidency.
Tho Memphis Engle & Enquirer notices the fact
that public meetings have been hold nil along the
lino of tlic 'lew Orleans, Jackson and Cairo Rail
road, from .soli, Miss., to Jackson, Tennessee,
which indicate great enthusiasm among the people
in regard to the contemplated enterprise.
The Whigs of Shelby county, Teun., liiiao ap
pointed delegates to tlic Whig State Convention,
and passed tiie following resolution:
IlenolneJ, That we will support any Whigs se
lected by the National Convention, as cancfidates
for tiie otliecH of I'resident and Vice President, who
are in favor of a faithful adherence to the Com
, promise measures us u final settlement of Ibe slave
ry question.
Gov. Ujliazy’s daughters, who are highly educa
ted, mid Avere raised in the most refined society, it
' is said, may be seen daily at work in lliu cornfield,
witli a boo, on tlicir farm, at New Buda, lowa.
Tho State of Louisiana, it is said, will present
tlie first instance of any State in the Union being
in the whole represented by adopted citizens, in
(lie Federal Senate, Mr. Soule mid Mr. J. P. Ben
jamin ; the latter just elected to succeed General
Downs, both being of foreign birth— tho former a
native of Franee, Hie latter of tho Danish island of
St. Thomas.
Passengers for California.— Ah an evidence of
the inerejsed Crowd of passengers now flocking to
California (O'test their fortunes, the, fact is men
tioned Hint the splendid new steam ship A'ete Yurt.',
which left. that, city on Monday last, for Oltagres,
was so crowded Avitli passengers, that a largo num
ber of tickets were returned to persons who had
purchased them, it being found impossible to ac
commodate them, r
Nf.av Banking House.—TlicJNcav York|Timcs says:
The establishment of a now and Avcaltby prh’ate
Banking Houso by Mr. Alexander T. Stewart, tho
Avell known silk jobber of litis city, and Mr. Corco
ran, ot Washington, is tho eurrrent talk of the
street to-day. The concern Avill wield a largo capi -
tal, as Aveli as an extensive domestic and European
influence.
A Black Snake on the Snow.—Mr. A. 11. Sim
mons, of Urbiinn district, Frederick county, Mary
land, lutcly found near Ids residence, a largo black
snake, moving actively over tlic snow, and killed
it.
Tlic railroad Time Tables between Buffalo and
Ncav York, it is said will be 17 hours after tho di
rect road from Syracuse to Rochester is completed.
To Albany in 12 hours, and from Albany to New
York in five.
The Western papers note the occurrence of riots
on tiie line of the Steubenville railroad, between
the Corkonimi mid Furdown Irish laborers, in
which several lives have been lost.
Tlic House of representatives of Ohio, on tho
Atli inst., refused to pay the expenses of M. Kos
suth, Avliile on his visit to that State, a resolution
directing an appropriation for this purpose was laid
on the table in thut body, by a vote of 45 yeas to
29 nays.
A late English paper estimates the value of Furs
sent to thcjmarkols of the lword during the year
1850 at s3o*ooo.oo'. Russia a'eac supplied of this es
timate skins to tiie value of $10,000,000
Boston has had fifty-two successive days of
sleighing. What is singular, with so much snow,
they havo had nothing like the quantity of ice ex
perienced in more southern latitudes. Boston
harbor lias been free and open, and vessels have
arrived and departed daily without obstruction.
The N. Y. Herald has the following despatch, da
Washington, Feb. 6.—We are gratified on be
ing able to state Hint Mr. (Jay’s health is daily im
proving. He fools very uneasy, liowoA’or, about his
wife, Avho is failing rapidly; and it is supposed he
will ienA'c for Ashland, where she is, as soon as lie
regains sufficient strength.
Philadelphia, Feb. B.—An immense assemblage
of both sexes convened last night at the Chinese
Museum, in favor of tho Maine liiiuor law. Great
enthusiasm was evinced for the object of the meet
ing, and a number of eloquent speeches were deliv
ered.
Boston, Feb. 7.—Tiie new fillip Lady Franklin,
was launched this afternoon, and being’fully rigged
and without ballast, was capsized by the wind as
soon as she touched the water. There were about
forty persons on board, but they all succeeded in
clinging to tiie rigging until they were rescued, re
ceiving no further injury than a cold bath. There
was an immense concourse of spectators, and tiie
excitement it occasioned was most intense. It is
thought she will bo righted without much trouble
or damage.
Baltimore, Feb. 11, 8.15 P. M.—ln the United
State# House of Representatives on Wednesday,
resolutions were presented from the Legislature of
New Jersey in favor of the Compromise and Fu
gitiA-e Slave Law. A discussion ensued on a mo
tion to print them, in tiie course of which violent
personal language was interchanged between
Messrs. Stanley and Gcddcs.
General Cass, in bis speech in tlic Senate ou In
tervention, deprecated any demonstration of vio
lence, and maintained the right, justice and pro
prieti of the open declaration of opinion upon the
subject of any violation of the J-iiAvof Nations, in
order that the silence of America might net be
Const rued into acquiescence.
The Pacific had not arrived at New York on
Wednesday—consequently, the Cotton Market was
unsettled, us operators were awaiting her advices.
Bosson, Feb. 10,—Jitters from Europe announce
llie sale of the new Cunard steamer Arabia to the
West India Mail Co., to supply tho place of the
ill fated Amazon. It Is likely the Asia will al
vio he sold.
Boston, Feb. 10.— The following is an extract
from a letter dated V. H. ship Saratoga, Macao,
Nov. 27th :
“We shall leave this place in a feAV days for the
North, mid aliall visit other port* open 40 onr com
merce, among them the followiug: Shanghai,
Ningpo, Fauelmu and Amoy. There is very little
trade with any of the pod# .except Shanghai and
Gimtiii. j
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