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Weekly Chronicle & Sentinel.
JIV WILLIAM S. JONES.
C to MO LE &S BN TINEL.
TUB WEESLI
l« FobtUHed t very Wednesday
AT T\r » OtfLLSRS FEU ASSCII
.1* ABVASCe.
TOCLffIM or I '.'•>!'"lOTAtH *e*K»* «• T «
fix s ;• PijcrWiß latent for oaf pit, thaiftt
making t?ie Fft!*r *! Gw rate
Hl ’v CdPiES POKTBt DOLLARS#
<r ft fr</ copy 1 j aii who raajr procurtu» « **aUcrib«rf, aad
•rv&rfl u« the money.
CHRONICLE to SENTINEL
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An! *iV* *>tii iat office, an 4 D4iW to iubtortbers
at V.:f• '4 ! nsf r-naweJj:
rr .. j ft per odd am.
1;•/. t'if f 4 w “
- UtnsO? AUVERTISIIfO.
v»>Fiti.r. v**rt iy-Cee cent# ftqnareClO lino* or
pf *! ; f v and fifty eent* for each ■**>•**
Jill- ;f UVU
EDUCATIONAL. _
una rwuOT «au* *»» school,
ei'AfiTisncuc motbiot.
YSACTLTV V I.WUU CTIOT-fi'T. t. cuhtih,
j in ,<>, t-ia.ructor in Mo-sl »n-l Mental
f. -( IV • i |,t!-r.itun. Rev. WM C'JR-
Tv. P. . .. Air. I .♦• u t tli fs-unl fietanoe.
A, Ci -r ><.* of I>*vi»o:.e v>6fieasl Imtfev.
r,-.-/ ».••• T. D'ViSH, (•» »4|>U Os 111. orl'hratH M.
I//1H) Jf.-.,;, ittta* BaShlo. S. Y., fcvswrty
I, iiaiilM «f . i Cvni Mil. nny, anil other cathedral
’ 'efcwcjrti ut tiu no-' r :»Mt havingrecommends
, t , -■ -yaa-l" ’y.isf of thosecoocrtrie*.
i - •!<>. a. WtUß'»3, Instructress
Jf? !*r' viiV Wrkin; : ' , i Mu4>t Sl*'r* M. BLATCHLEY,
JftMrdctrfi? in Vuc*i .*n<l trutnimeaWl Sluidc.
If TKHSId „
/>;• T«rmo/ Ivitf th* of Tito. Mcntit*,
I’U ;ojjlsin Adwtnce.
T,«:r >^:, n ~Vu<tll,U l> ,»ut ri?nt f2.*5 QD
, , is . r Mua wa iiiny, sues #nd light* MW»
'dvw incloil'i .i r-nhulrte r/>»ir*« of Eng Huh
1:1 ro I , i Mfiu) ftlik-H all the popiU are ex*
j'■ ;:‘t-> i|pP Till following are ojjtlooal ani im? be
t’.Ki « n-.‘ (to vhok or in v \vtJ 1. 1 may neent deeirnbfe.
.M irtic—: v o ll%rr*. incluiJtng Vocal iiQ
Mail 20 00
Useofl’iftno, ; 50
Jlt,i a: • i i'oilntlng, 20 00
No crj i : -4 !)«, M ■ iborvhjye will be made in connection
wit!) t!.»; Hcliaoi, ex:cpt for Uookj and Htitlonary actually
flifl eurn ny term* bcjdne Wedn-fday, ICth February,
bnl r.y y laity arrivi ig a fortnight after tbe Term hM
b*cu»i, .; charged frn?» tlv beginning of the half month of
h> r k Tivtil. :io pup.! U l aku i for li-fa than one term ; nor
aoy re era! aUoirH fer, egoept in the cane of •Irknei*. It
iie#pery d,.p;ra ,)* tbatthe puplU enter at the com*
iaer*c. njLnt of the Term.
M «-m t’"r*i*, .ttl ■ unpinning of the eighth year of
tlnfire • ii»: ;Ib »'ranle«l in calling attention to
th« U’ji'i: op ■ ;o -n.ral health with which It has been
fv. . jirj.i t’,; vi »h character forwxMl morale an-i it»-
t i , m ..v.i-nt?, which the numerous gradufttee of
i. i. In til ** m ii*‘ in. The Prlnclpate if equally firore.l,
l pet!) of reHftloue ilrmneee and
I id. ’ ul-y, »• .i: *d:i rnlnationnl di«tinclione of Chris*
t;.ij.,<-!; »: i ..an- t •f**i constantly represented in
Vhi' • • m . ; in -in ngthe.lrln'sres.ing charges fer useful
at 11 i.ii ■ j‘« d*’.:ic4 and in affording theto by the best
m , t..; .Tuoiuplishmenla of an American lady thM
am . r-!. jnnlfl-wtSll
/, LKkINOTOK, OA.
T*III JE'r rcieoeof this licftilemy. now temporarily sas
t» w 11 he res.r iedagain on the First MONDAY
iuJA ft i •' A’ nr.?. Tho Trustees take pleasure in an*
nt» jn<- .<? to the people of Ogtethorpe comity, and to the
jgu’ -f •ie/»l!.T, that they have been so fortunate as to
X e«.' :ro, i I'.ry ir, tho service* of Mr. Thomas B.
\ ye ,t.. i , e,l of Miss E. t. Killias, Id the Fe*
I . tll , ,f., f the Academy. This fact alone, they
f ><>ui. i-r a gu: ii.fj of siicccsi, and predict that ths
tr,> ■ \& <.f eh.- ojy will have the gratification of seeing
it i i n mo.-.' lio-.rlf i ng condition duriog next year than at
any pi at* j . All who have attended the examinations and
« x ■ on i in .A-aietny, the present year, will rea'liiy
te :y tiitr: *v rw* re Pupils more prnlleicnt, or fenchen
m*»r. v* nmphshod and da» rvlng. The Trustees having at
t! r dtsp ui I a iartfo I timn fun I, arc enabled not only to
.. a avi lh. •-Vi" <' r ’ r~fulnt in the respective de
p- a ii sos the A a i-uiy, but also to furnish every con
veoh: j that may re i<Ur traction a pleasing duly, an l
b.fiiug ad ' ghiftil task. T.hcy ore confident tliat no
i.- . mini hollo. . gr ater to tho** who
w> ito k'lve t.ir c tiidrt n a sound, practical educatmn
• * which so often
lea 11aoyoung n*My, fhan Mesou Academy.
f*:ud-s.LA a * prenn* d lor my Clans In College. Board
cv»!.» ll>.* . i l in fntuilios, or at the Hotel, as low or
lo r •( .n in any n*' /hboHag Village. There aro two
IV i •.!. ig f.d F » !,of and four months duration
i • .* dy. A v . rati rt of two weeks It glveu at the
okt. a of thaformsr.
TURKS.
Fwr Ou.u-4':) -tting, Reeling, Writing, and Mental
Arlf.h.jK’tikj, per Quartor, 44 00
Baaoa.i Guis* —Artibinelfo, Geography, L’ugllah Oram
mtr, Jt'iailo.j and C/mpoaitloQ, per
Q-! 1 M tor, $5 00
Taun Ouu»—Alg-’-'rA, Own.' try, Mathematics, Na
tural Philosophy, Agronomy, Cbemlf*
try, Rhetoric, Ryda. Christianity, Men
tal ><l Mural Hr len«rt,pftr Quarter,.. $8 00
foram Clawh* f/ «n t M igei, Ancient and Modern, per
q . . r, *B 00
Tor further particular#, addrer*
GP-ORGE R. (ULMER,
nO-rUm Chairmen Bohhl Trustees, Lexington, On.
"sofnsEapf: rouses.
sX.iiitClSE4ef thislnstitution will berammed
jl v., ■H-.i m» ■.•!> \y. In January next, under the
m-n'rv ’I us Mil fniWiVVllg Heat A oi liiHvuelaiu:
it.a. rn.TUM, A. M. President and I’rrfescor of Mental,
Mor it a’rl Hat-ural rthtepocs.
E ,!i r '.t S.'jirrctCH, Prof. of Matheinaltes and English
Litorotm-e.
tn ,< j \NIS C. Kriil.OCtO, anlsttutt Instructroas In
• c» and !l Lit« a Info.
M. i.DV, AH IV, Prof, of Vocal r.nd Instrumental Music.
,\. ill INllAdl’, Professor of Modern Languages,
JV riling and Dr. dig.
Ma i i ■ i’L l NllA:tT,lnetruetrcs»ln Fancy Nordic Work-
M. V. JOHNSTON, lostructraw In the Preparatory
l)cp irtmcnt,
itATio or Tpmos.
Primary Chum* ,18 00 per annum
O!' ".-ifttr On -•* 82 to #0 80 *
Mu ic e.i tlic Plano, Harp or Guitar fio 00 “
>l, I, rn I,.".urn r.nti 20 00 “
raOillrg an 1 I'iaclßjr, each,...... 20 00 n
iiitai d in private families from 10 to ,12 00.
Tuition per term, payable In advance.
JOSEPH 11. MORRILL,
dJ 1 t’n-’y. Board Trnslom.
OEOXWXA FUJCAIiB OOLLEI’E,
LipUliitittn C pUr,granted in 1i49.
FACULTY:
nrr>. Y. n ow.vn, President,
and Pro' - rel J" ■ ’-i-matta end Moral Science.
p, M.iPB, Pinfr ir of Natural Sdnuoo.
T. 1!. lIiMSfIAM, Plnwtatof MtWto.
/••• ;n\f .'l. tl.'i.i/.':r..VL T , Pr-fwwrof BcFea I*Mre\
The .'riultywc »i >•! 11 agvifpa competent assistants
i vutvPAU l f ‘h 1833.
p.u le ■ Term emu nc.i...„ January 10th.
jr E? milnalian February IPth.
»i “ •* March I'Mh.
■. ; M “ ** April 2Clh,
< ico.-, i‘ ?in:l;iv July srrt.
/ u-1 . 1 -laiion com- ,• ii« July 4ih.
,t- I- Hen andCoacmiT Jnly ft-.
■ .-ill n .■ July 7th.
■ «; t ielnrrca.e of ti n Mm.-al Dcparirasnt, Prof.
IP,- ■ " -I- ■nr in <c-v fori: fir the purpose of pro
. r‘i • a Vfi.g Instiuctlon In Masio, bat
c,. Vrre-i .1 ■ - u-c.rlinent of Mathematics to
p, , - ■ o: ■ 'i nc o -’ 1 .levoto his whole atteotloo.
r. ... : iafj I’l.ui ■■aply l >any officer of the Cot-
If- LJJiW M. UOIr.’.OLAU, »rn. Fao.
dUI-tf
Wivijiro c; c eboh bohool.
rjaffiH P " iij' T.T-lthis Institution, wfDopen
A oa MUMMY, tito 10th January, 1«».
nuAlll) OF IXPTIIUCTORB.
TMT.LtA'I A. 1100 Rita, Principal.
Tot. I. <i ’ iN’OHTON, Assletant.
MAI IN! A 0. I'Ha, Asv’.ifauL
Mrs. PA*.Alt 0. nOOPHa, “
ff.llrs MARIA L. ltOCjltRP, “
Tctrto*.
yy,--- levy Dei arlmc.it, Ist Plops ,19 SO
•* " 'NI " 20 SO
Os" --‘ate '* each ** 20 SO
-■ ec. -i risno 40 00
FariNc' i-fwmatlcnor.a be had by addressing the Prfn
olpiistM.-i -v ,:li. dfl-trOm
sithatich xvanted.
a I,\l'V r’t > lots ha^d much experience in Teachlngln
1 - «ouM like a sltnaHun In a
t.ui lr r -.-Huai so tescii. She is qu*!lßed to giro instrno.
i. . ... r.vel ) br.A‘f"l.'-, elso, French and Music.
• ,ic ~:, •f ■ i ices ami testimonials from funner pat
roc-csfi ho adduced. Address through the Post Office, D.
r. r. Area to,OcorgJ*. n'2-dAw
WANTED.
AOITV tTHW. as Teacher of tha common English
_.. pm." -,, hr a yeß’-.g Ocntleman who can come well
r . * •., i -■*. v.-n. c the ttrot of Jaiiu
».ry i-rct. A l.lreii, port paid, X. Y. It, Mcrzella, Colum
nty, Oa oSI-urtf
THS PAIEAB HOUSE
y NEW ARRANGEMENT.
lt -. . V", aril-arc f.C‘4 a'l'l comniedlous HOTFI. jffiE
* 1, - it in c'uvieof 7- M- late er thefcji
jfi ~ip,,Mae -, 1.1--0, tt Is situated uearly equi-dß
taw i-c t Wv.-a tho Rlecr ant Depot, In the moot tiuvinesa
n»rt of ih.- city. The r-'prietor brings to his aid much
;X ■ .-• i'» IT-cl Keeper, and a will to make his
. i. to all who may patronise It. An Oroni
; 5,, . i vi ; - 'crgvrs to and from the Steamboats and
Ui- ill !v vs bo tn time ter those who stop atthe house.
S M. I.ANIEIt, Proprietor.
Cl-.ittaneoes, Tonn., Jan. 18lh, ISIS. janJO-dßw#
LOST,
BUTWKI.'Y Poweiton ami Ponhle Wells, abont the 15th
r -i::. V, I-t-.ro BOUNTY LAND WARRANTS
i ,? ts ii • e u-‘..> No,. Tti.SSt, issued 15th Aug. ISSO, and
«4 i, i d Ist Scot. 184:1, to U. Oeopcr, lather and heir
of’ f. W. C p, .cr t 1 for services rendered by the
la-: - Oopt-Cc" cun's and Wheat's Companiea of Geoe
r i and Tennessee V, untrera during the Mcaican War.
N cr harir-g traasfe-red these Warranto, I hereby can
.... as not to make an illegal use of them, and the
l - -art -*.it" -A Washington no: to re-issne or patent
tl. ,n. to i-1 self. DAVID COOPER.
PossnP on. Dee. *. h, 1552 wßt-ddo
notTch
or.s.vvr-n from my ptaniation, near Union
ilrt-en County, on Hie morning of the JHSC
Ist i:.. r , a " ill .iso' dark ltrown lIOSSE, nearly f lici,
a -mi 1 s v-i 110 sour oi: Itls l u k; bi, fore top mane out oat;
car ■ • i:s .mad wi ll up. and movcewell. Any informa
tl,-.n ~-’o'v -• th.inktuily recered,ora suit*.
Lie n wardlor his delivery to me.
J. B. HART.
Ji-r reon I!ad-. r inaa>y 11,1555. janlt-wit
"'notice.
STBAYHH frotsj the plantation of Tfcos. Wha
lev, H ft ■ -. codu-ty. oa the 25th of December
la-:.0..- i lid. MARS,dyvjraold,blaie in the face,
.. the 1 k,. -. :-«d by' Sa Idle. No other mark reeol-
K'o* it. Also,a* tbs *V' c time,onaOSEY HORSE, Syeara
o , dark streak on bis i«ft *b<wMw. The sakl animals
. -t p->cli .-e lof * Mr. Bworferd and Dorsey, of
T <rc T I, TV mar be making their way hack again.
' aov ' -Tt-IM • -.1 eonoerntr.e them will bo thankfnlly re
;* *•whalet, o*.
s.--a:?:ero Rec rder will publish three times,
An . f trKurd .iccownt to F. H. W
-20 DOLLAES BEWAED.
RAY WVAY from the subscriber, near Hawkins
v » (>a on the 25th November last, my Ne
rr i i I’M'i’ He is about 25 years tdd,s fset,
or H> in tie. high, weighs about Ittl« 115 lbs.,—nsJß,
par, 1., about him recollected,excoit avesy high
pro --tire fen-bead, and black. He is probably making
’ « ,vti i free State when last seen. He wastraTtmng
K som- Hi',known Irishman. The above reward will be
-wu >aCh iLf ° r! °* ti<,n ‘ hl “ 1
CO?IsThTEaSHIP NOTICE.
•—.itr ■.. ..... - THIS DAY formed a Copart
! <v“, tinder the naiße and ••^^J^qSScbr*
X!'. .11. V.'t tliv nurn-K es i.-nnsa«,n« the GROCERY
BUSIN a v. •e»,-Vr ifc and
pa-o. -isgeol (heir friends and the pubiM rrnt r aily.
:• e • Kesaro. Pldniay A Clayton » Warehouse,
Broad street, Augusta, Go. _ _
M. l '-0.0,0, | t. T.Wawmt).
Nov. i-l, In’2. _ n*4-dd«tr«
Thoai indebted to the undersigned, either by note or Age
count, will please make payment without delay. . _
M. L. ALLEOUD.
"I tOLTIXU CLOTHS,""ot wasTanted quality, furnished
l i and put up in bolta to order.
J M-ii Stone H aeter, prepared ter hacking MiDStonea,eheap
nd of the Lett qnahty, ter sale by
WIL K. 6CHIRMEB,
*lB ntf Anffioffia, (2t
1893. rKOSPECTuS 1893.
OF Taft
MMMMTIfAMI
VOLUME XL FOR 2853.
Br. DAUEL LElEpl
AND > Editob*.
d. BEpqoro. j
TERM.—OKE DOLLA-R A YEAR OT ADVABCE.
The SocrngiiK Cultitatok is i«»ncd e.cry month,
And i« erclu.ivcly d*rot«d U Affricalture. Horti
caHure, Eierieultarc, I)omCHtic*r.d F»nn Economy,
and Husbandry, the BrcedinEar.-I Kan.ntr
of Domcatic Animals, Pooltiy and See*, and the
genera) routine of .Southern I’iftnlir.K and Farminrr.
Tho first number of the r.e-ar tolhbio for 1950, will
be iesned on the fim of January, it will ba print
e-i on a ahectSO by li inchea, each number f< rm
iog 83 pa*c«, or >M rm«a per year, with NEW
T7i% FINf PAPER, AND BEAUTIFCI. IL
LUSTRATIONS. It will afford full and free dis
cuaaion to ail topice of interest to the Agrieultural
community, ana will b® in every reapect ths bs*t
AoaicrLTi.n.i. Pabbe is the South ) and eqcaito
any in the Union!
Frltnds «r Soothem IrrltoUare!!
The CftnTATrjßWtathe I'smr journal established
in the Cotton Growing States, exclusively do voted
to the intercut* of the Planter; and a« it ha* over
been an earnest and consistent advocate of those
interests, we confidently truaUhal, having fostered
and sustained it thus far, yonrcordialand generous
support will bo oontinnedand increased.
Pj.AtrnntS, FAK!fEB*,tt*BI)KNEK». FECIT GEOWEES,
6toce Uaisßin, N ccsHr.yvr.K, and all connected in
any way with the cultivation of tho soil, will find the
HomrsrKßN CtT.nvaroH replete with new snd valua
ble information; and richly worth ton times the
rifling sum at which it is afforded.
TER3IB OF THE CULTIVATOR:
ONE copy, one year, it::::: *I.OO
MHHEd'*.' '’* •' .
TWKNTY-rFvEcoptea, *20.00
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bills ot spsciß rAVi.-ro Banks received at
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riait.
W. S. JONES, Publisher.
Augusta, Ga., November 17, 1852.
THE SOUTHERN ECLECTIC”
PROSPECTUB.
OH the first tlay of MARCH, IS**, the nnder*lgned will
ifgue the fimt number of a Monthly Mftgaxiue, under
the title of “ THE SOUTHERN ECLECTIC,” to be com*
posed, mainly, of critical uritrtifm* from the current Pe-
Literature of the United Mat**, Great Britain,
France and Germany.
With this object in view, measures will be adopted to
securo for our use, the leading Reviews, Magazine* and
Journal*, published la this country and in Europe. These
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tents, as may be best adapted to afford profitable enter
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of the Eclectic.
The Foreign Periodicals will ba sent to us by mail, di
rectly from tlitor rexpedite office* of publication ; so
that the articles we shall select from them will not only
he contributions from the most distinguished Authors of
F.nrope, but, reaching us without the delays incident to
other mode* of transmission, will be almost as f e*h as if
written expressly for our work.
Extracts from the French and German publications will
be translated for the Eclectic by accomplished French and
German scholars.
It will be readily admitted, we presume, that the above
class of Literature, when properly winnowed, embodies,
on the greatest variety of subject*, the select productions
of the best writers of the age. From the ample resources
Mitts brought within our reach, we shall attempt to supply
a growing demand, on the part of a considerable portion of
the reading public, for a Periodical in which all subjects of
general and permanent interests shall be embraced, and
in which these subjects shall he discussed in a style and
spirit suited, not only totheAigAer Intellectual Uiete*,
but also to the more Practical and Moral eentiment* of
the people.
In our selections, therefore, from the various depart
ments of learning, those productions will be preferred
which most happily combine Practical instruction and
jßtMcal precejtt with the Mghert literary excellence.
In relation to general Politic* and Religion, we will en
doavor to lay before our readers such facts and such dis
cussions as will afford them just and liberal Tiews, without
reference to any particular creed*, parties or sect*.
As there is no Eclectic, at this time, in the ictwle South
or South-weet, and as it is our object, in part to supply
this deficiency, the advancement of Southern Agriculture,
Southern Literary Works, Southern Institutions, and Sou
thern Interests generally, will be kept in view as a pri
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A Condensed Monthly Review of Current Topics—Lits
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ail dry abstractions, unfruitful speculations, professional
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d* JOHN U. FATTEN, Editor, Augusta, Ga,
IMPOBTANT TO UHL OWNERS AND HAND:
FAOTURKKS.
Uhrtvalled Improvement in Water Wheels.
THE 81' BSURIBERB arc gole agents for making and
vending tho best Water Wheel In the world, knotrn m
Vandewater* Water Wheel. We challenge the World to
produce its equal. It hae but recently been introduced to
the public, and found to be far In advance of all other
wheels, both in power and economy in water, every drop be
tas effective, and none wasted. This Wheel is not in the
least affected by back water. As we prefer them being
placed below tall water In every Instance, consequently we
get every Inoh of head; they being entirely of cast iron,
simple of construction, are not liable to get out of order,
and are more durable than any wheel now In use. We
have recently pat one in operation for George flchlcy,
E?q., at his Delville cotton faotory, to whom wo would give
referenoo. flee certificate annexed.
All orders for Wheels or Territorial Rights, will meet with
attention by addressing the subscribers.
JAGGER, TREADWELL A PERRY.
Albany, New York.
Orta tholr Agent, J. J. Risaa, Augusta.
[craririCATE.J
Aqourta, Ga., March 24,1881.
Jagger, Treadwell A Perry—-Gentlemen :—I hare the
gratiilsction of Informing yon that yonr Vandewater Wheel
was snocoorfttlly put In operation at my factory last week,
and It worked So perfection. Its simplicity, durability, and
nnlfbrmity of speed, are recommendations alone; bnt above
all, its hlffaset encomium Is the small quantity of water it
takes m compared with other wheels. I hare been using
one of Reuben Rich's Gontre Tent Wheels, of three feet
and a half diameter, and sleten inoh bucket, the discharge
openings measuring 480 Inches. 1 displaced that and put
n ono of tours of six feet diameter, with discharge open
ngs measuring 370 inches, and your wheel run the same
amount of machinery that the Rich Wheel had driven, and
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osl-wly
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~ NOTICE OF DIB3OHJTIOIL
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ICHRONIOLE & MM
POETRY.
Prom the Louisville Journal.
Here Is another posm from Laura Lorrimer. NFbsS a
soul of beauty and genius and poetry and psaaon is hers!
THE APPEAL.
Tis twilight to the world Hut to my »->nl
*Tii midnight-darkness. Thou hast quenched the light
Wltieh cos: a halo o'er it, and hast dung
Love's burning incense from the inner shrine.
Thy brow la still as mtient as when
It paled and crimsoned with a nobler dream,
And not one shadow from thy pe-jared *oul
Ha* stolen upward to those calm and yet
Wi!.Mpt*,aklDg features. HercuUneum-like,
They’re nhrcuded in ths ashes of their truth.
Who, gazing cn that proud-wreathed 'ip, could deem
But that thy »ui was like a golden lute!
Oh mocker, with the bay wreath on thy brow,
Tarn, turn its glory from me ere my soul
Is incarnated madness,era its wing
Upon the billowy swell of passion heave*.
On th? blue field* of Heaven like watchdre* bum
The radiant atars, but cold and strangv they fold
Their robes of brightness round them, and tho wind’s
Wild se-enade wails sadly through the dim,
Huge forest till my very soul goes mod
With the de*p awe, which, like a midnight hears*,
Droops heavv on it, crushing ah its throbs.
Oh ! thou art pitiless! Yet, by the hours,
Once oh so doa >ly bleated in thy love,
By the stronsr heart, which, bleeding, writhes on earth,
By the proud brow now blended to the dust.
And by the lifetime shadow resting there,
I pray thee hear me!
'Tis our hour of tryste,
And, in those moments hallowed by its sweet
And blissful influence, of erst I sent
My soul to ho.d communion with thy own.
I thought not then these lip* would ever breaths
A prayer for mercy, or that this wild heart
Could throb so heavily within my breast.
Oh ccA 14 the hoerdel ar.oiish cf my soul
Tor Agpn? womd be engraved upon
The annals of the world: if all the prayers
Which quiver upward from its depths for thes,
Wire a blazing gem upon thy brow,
Tboa'dst bear a brighter coronal than e'er
Circled a monarch’s head; and if Its love
Could but be uttered in one burning phrase,
Witii all its boundlessness, oh, it would b«
An untranslated language to this earth.
Oh once thou saidst onr love was traced upon
Eternity’s broad arch, and registered,
In brght star-letters, on the amethyst
Which bends above us, and that we would meat.
To breathe our vows, on every purple cloud
And golden mist that veiled the setting snn.
And thou hast said that if my soul did turn
From thee and frr in thy worship, thine would seek
It out and flash before its aching aight
The awful record of its broken vows.
Now, where art »hou ! My spirit wanders lona
Upon a vast Sahara, with no sound
To break the dreadful solitude! Yet, oh,
I have no chiding word, bright one, but /,
1 bed not been thus false. In the great world
Thou wilt find many, it may be, to lone.
But none to tooraMp thee as I. Tby songs
Float forth from thy deep spirit like a gift
From Time into Eternity, and for
Each one another burning gem is wreathed
In the bright coronet which binds thy brow.
But, oh, I clasped them to my soul before I
The world had maddened o’er their lofty sWeIL !
And they were angels to it, beautiful *
And holy angels, and child-like it played ,
With their soft plumage, till it fell asleep :
Robed in their glory.
Now, with every ere,
I weep to flr.d them gone, for, one by rne,
The world has claimed them, they are mine no mors
As thou art mine no more; yet lam thine ,
And thine for ever. Thou canst not destroy
The SMil that links itself with thine in all
Its dreamy wanderings.
Though thou mayest strike
It down to the cold earth, and hold thy way
Amid the shining host* that wave their wings
Above Elysium, yet It still will riss
And blend with thine as shadows blend upon
The wave’s blue bosom, with a soft embrace,
And, when the graves of burled centuries
Gleam, like white tombstones, in the mighty past,
’Twill bend beside thee still, and tdl its love.
Lauoa Lobbuik*
Cumberland Iron Works , Team.
Hemarkable MB. Found In a Bottle.
The following startling letter, purporting to have
becu found in a bottle on a voyage from San Fran
cisco to New Fork, is supposed to be the Inst adieu
of a fond lover at sea to his inamorata at homo:
My Dahlih’ Julia.—Wo aro goin’ down! At
least, so the fust mate informs me, very soon ; and
that kind gentleman advises mo to du up my Lit
tle choars beforo tho fatal stroke ends my kareer on
yearth. I fool very queer, havin’ ct no breakfast,
and my supper havin’ gone tho rong wa. Tho
waves is rollin mountain hi, and our dyin stnard
pork and molasses tied to a string ; no—a string
tied to tho molasses and tho pork poared on; no—
a stooard tied to tho pork—well nevermind. I feel
very sad. The captain is very kind hearted, and I
am so soft shell stummick’d that he is always or
dcrin mo below, and I fool constantly like comin
up. Oh 1 if I was a shoar, I’d never come to sea
agin, never, never.
Jist to plage mo, they’ve been and salted all the
wotter. Thi« morn in I was sick tu my stummick,
and undertook to git a drink. Oh I you’ve no idear
how salt it was, 1 asked the malt what the cause
was, and ho said it was on akkount of mil the pork
barrels bavin leak’d.
Thero now, wo’ro are a goin’ 1 I heard the cap
tin say to a large collorrcd gentleman, “ You’d bet
ter light the lamps beforo you go down”—and and
I can feel it, two I The ship is pitching, and the
salors is a doing up the sales to take ’em ashoar,
thoy can swim—-what can I do 1 I ain’t used to
tho Klimate, and the wotcr is so damp that it came
into my bunk last night. All you’ll ever know
about me will bo this ere bottcl, and that yon can
not rely upon over getting very sartin, tho whales
is to thick in this longertudc.
w** There! we tc going, going down! Now,
I must seal the bot .
Tho rest was illegible.
Get Married.—Young man, if you have arrived
at the right point in life for it ; let evory considera
tion give way to that of getting married. Don’t
think of anything else. Keep poking about the
rubbish of the world, till you have stirred up o
gem worth possessing, in the shape of a wife. Ne
ver think of delaying the matter; for you kaow de
lays are dangerous. A good wifo is the most faith
ful and oonstant companion you can poa ibly have
by your aide, while performing the journey of life
—adog isn’ta touch tohor. Sneean “smoothyour
linen and your cal ea” for yon—mend yourtrow
•ora and perohanoe your manner* —sweeten your
sour momont* as well ns your tea and eoffao for you
—rnfllo, perhaps, your shirt bosom, but not yonr
tcmpor;aml instead of sowing the seeds of sor
row in your path, she will sew buttons on yonr
shirts, and plant happiness instead of sorrow in
yonr bosom. Yea; and if yon are confoundedly
lazy, she will chop wood and dig potatoes for din
ner ; for her love for her husband is such that she
will do anything to pleaso him—except rccciye
company in her every day clothes.
When a woman loves, she loves with a donblo
distilled devotedness; and when she hates, it is
on th* high pressure principle. Her love is as deep
aa the ocean and as strong a hempen halter, and
aaimmutablcas thorock ol'ages. She wontchange,
exoupt it is in a very strong fit of jealousy; and
ov.n then it lingers as if lothtodepart,likeevering
twilight at the windows of the west. Get married
by all means. Ail the cxensca yon can fish up
against doing the deed, ain’t worth a spoonful of
pig.on’e milk. Get married, I repeat, young men!
Concentrate yonr affections upon ono object, and
not distribute them crumb by crumb among a host
es Susans, Marys, Lorans, Olivos, Elizas, Augus
tas, Beteiee, and Dorothies.
A OSBEE T abuse. —Rev. Wm. S. Baleh of N.
York now traveling in the Iloly Land, metat Syra
In the Arohipolago, a Greek, ednoated inthlsoonn-
Iry of whom he says:
"We sailed on Mr. Evangelidos, the American
Cons.l, a Greek—a Macedonian by birth, but an
American by education and spirit. A more conge
nial spirit I have not met In many days. He has a
large soul, and chorishes broad and liberal views
of unman rights, responsibilities and duties. He
is a true man. X little expected to meet his like in
this quarter of the globe. By him I was intro
duced to Gen. Bozaris, brother of the lamented
Marao Bozarics, immortalized in this country by
hianoblo heroism in the cause of liberty, and in
oura bv tho requiem of Fitz Greene Ilalleok. This
man bore his dead brother from the field of
slaughter, and then returned to fight with redouble
ardor t e battles of his country. He is a fine,
venerable old man, still holding the office of Gen
eral, and serving as senator in fiiscountry. He is
poor in this wond’s goods, has tho care of a large
family—of his own and his brother’s—but wavers
uot in his love of freedom, and hia admiration of
onr own great Washington.
I)r, Srßtjta axd tub T nocoiiTLEss Yorxo lady.
—Dr. Spring, of New York, once related that da
ring the period of a revival of religion in that city,
a young lady, tho object of high hope, the centre of
wide influence, capable of noble things, yet caroer
iug on the giddy steep of fashion aud folly, created
inhim no email solicitude, as he would have to
givean account for her soul, every sventic to which
seemed most sedulously guarded. lie delayed the
visit of counsel and exhortation; and delayed, till,
rebuked by conscience lie could do so no longer.
As soon as he called, and wna ushered inlo the sa
loon, the first and only person whom he saw was
this young lady, bathed in tears, who immediately
cxclaimod. “My dear Pastor, I rejoice to see yon.
1 was fearful I was the oniv one who i ad escaped
your friendly notice.” What a rebnke to fear!
What an encouragement to hope aud to action.
Insane Through Excessive Jot.—A writer des
cribing the Lunatic Asylum at Blackwell’s Island
says:
“Here 13 a woman whom joy has deprived of
her senses. Her husband and child were on board
a vessel which was wrecked. Going down to the
shorn every day, as if with the wish of being near
er the beloved objects that lay buried beneath the
sea. suddenlv she beheld them landing from a ves
sel which hail picked them up and sated them.
An overwhcling flood of joy preyadod her besom,
and then reason was gone forever. She never has
known them since, but sits on what she thihks the
same rock, where she r.sed to bewail their fate,
wringing her hands, and moaning most piteously!
while every week the husband and son come and
gate on her face, in hope to rouse one gleam of
memory, but in vain.”
Railroad speed.— The express train from Bos
ton to New Bork, carrying the t T . S. mails and
English mails brought by the steamer Europe,
made the trip in five hours, five minutes actual
running time. The distance is 28S miles, thus
showing an average running speed of nea: y 47
miles an hour, or 41 miles an hour, including
stops. This is probably the greatest speed (for
any considerable distance) ever made in this
country.
A Novel L.aw Scrr.—We mentioned sometime
ago the escape of a grizzly hear from the freight
train of the Stonington Railroad. The bear gnaw
ed through his cage, and breaking put of the ears,
made his escape, and took to the woods, where he
was afterwards shot. The owners of the bear
claim damage of the railroad, and have given no
tice that thev shall institute legal proceedings...
Preridtnoe Journal.
Mail Robbers Cacoitt.— The deck hand alluded
to in our notice of the mail robbery on tha Chatta
nooga, has been arrested, and with the boy Gib
son, lodged in Huntsville jail. His name is Isaac
Shackelford. Thev both make full confession of
the robberv. Their trial will come off in May next.
There appears to be nothing in tbe way of a long
sojourn at Wetumpka.— ChatUnocya Adi.
In Gardiner, Me., Benjamin F. Shaw and Har
riet N. Howard announced in regular business
form, over their signatures, that they have formed
a matrimonial co-partnership for life, or as long as
>hof aan lire in tarmony.
AUGUSTA, GA., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1853.
nw.
r From the Xea-Fori Daily Tima.
Spaoitb Politics.
» Spain, they asanre us, is on the verge of revolu
tion. Why, and the moans, we are unable to see;
only that the recent retro-setive measures proved
to be as thoroughly unpopular as they ought to be,
and one ministry has had to give way to another,
i Nobody cares about Spanish politics. Spaniahpa
triotiani is about as specious a commodity as Cas
tilian humility. There is no libera! party to enlist
foreign sympathy; or at least liberalism en the
peninsula means something so near despotism off
of it, that, for all practical purposes, it may be put
down in the same category. The contention for
office is of the average interest of that supposed to
exist between the lion and the unicorn fighting for
tho crown, in which little feeling for either bel
ligerent party Las, we are assured, over been
aroused.
. But, just now. Bpain is of more than ordinary
interest in cia-Atlantio eyes, because we happen to
havefailen in love with the daughter. Any revul
sion in Spanish politic* may ultimately touch our
interests. It is net impossible that s combination
may, one of these days, slip into favor at tha Es
curial, which may be diapeaed to part with tho
gern of the Aatiiies for a consideration. We can
only keeptaiiy of them, and ’bide our time.
Gen. Narvaez, who had the honor of presiding
over the councils of bar Catholic Majesty, when our
former propositions were scorned, is now an exile.
Gen. Narvaez ia called a Liberal. A little more
than two years ago, he was found wanting in the
spirit requisite to prosecute certain administration
reforms, pressed by persons behind tho throne, and
throwing down his office—it was on the 14th of
January, 1551—lie set out post-haste from Paris.
No one oould account for his sudden disappearance.
Had he been an American cashier, his accounts
would have been overhauled suspiciously, and in
quisition made as to tho comparative measure of
his assets and liabilities. Ilis government, how
ever, seemed to bo satisfied. The Queen sent for
Signor Bravo Murillo; a lawyer of the first reputa
tion, and a thorough parliamentary tseficisru, A
’ ca' frT- !jq*tw diy In d"t H-* n'e in !r mr* pro£^J
to introduce the reforms, none of which amounted
to an organic, or at all momentous change. So ad
mirably, indeed, was tho part of Minister played,
that he succeeded in winning the confidence of
everybody. The world at large commended his
moderation, and tho Cortes was with him. The
estimable Martinez de Is Boss, poet, orator, diplo
matist aud libera!, was his Vice-President of the
Council. And the Court, who had belter reason
for the faith within them than any other of the
parties concerned, overwhelmed him with marks
of liking, and wnited patiently the timo which he
incessantly promisod, when tho wholaale “re
forms” he was booked for might be accomplished
safely. While the course of Louis Napoleon re
mained ambigious, the policy of the Minister was
masterly inactivity. It was 'in November, 1851,
that the subject urged itself irresistibly upon his
attention. Gen. Narvaez, foregathering, no donbt,
some intimation of the projected amp d'etat of De
cember 2, returned suddenly to Madrid. M.lstu
ritz, the ambassador at London, a moderate and
highly esteemed politician returned at tho same mo
ment. Tho coincidence was startling. It had been
pretended by Signor Bravo Murillo that the contin
ued residence of Narvaez abroad waa essentia, to the
perpetuity of hia government. His svstar was the
signal of a lively opposition in the Chambers. The
Chambers were dissolved. The act of December
9 occurred, and tho question of the threatened
“reforms” was definitely settled. Daring the past
year, Bravo Murillo haa been pressing them ten
derly upon tho consideration of the Cortes, step bv
step, messnro by inoasnre, and generally sncceedeii
without aerions resistance.
The freedom of printing was abruptly curtailed
by an not framed in the prevalent Parisian fashion.
Proscontions agsinst the jonrnsls followed, and
then enmo the finishing stroke, wherebv tho npper
ohambor of tho Legislature was made hereditary,
in other words consorted into a special instrument
of the Crown; and the lower chamber, by the
adroit method of raising the electoral qualification,
was placed in tho scmi-sristocratio position from 1
which the other had just been translated. The i
subject was hardly breached before a spontaneous
and general expression of disapprobation reaohed 1
the Court. The opposition organized fieroely in •
Madrid itself. Gen. Narvaez fancied his time was 1
come, and plsoed himsolf in the front. Ho was '
invited to retire to France, and then to Italy. The ,
metropolitan junta was brokon up ; bnt the ruin
thus spread abont himself by Sampson Murillo
Agonistee, tumbled upon his own head, as well as
upon the rest; and, unable to save his mistress, '
and alarmed at tho popular tumult, the ministry
precipitately withdrew. Martinez de laKosa, un
deceived at'last, was the first to resign. The “re
forms” which sit so lightly on Republican France
are intolerable to tho Spaniard, and the Govern- '
ment lacks strength snd sclf-roliar.ee to enforce J
them bayonet-wise. Tho prospect seems to be
tlist the Constitution will not bo seriously dis- 1
turbod.
Tho new Prime Minister ia the Condo de Alcoy, '
former Captain General «f Cuba. His polities are 1
as liberal as is consistent with Spanish notions.—
His antecedents lean decidedly away from the late <
royal encroachments. It is hoped that may asae- (
linrations will he introduced into the Government t
of Cuba, thanks to hia experience in that Island; i
and the probabilities ail favor the belief that hia t
Exeollonoy Canedo will prescntlv be gathered to 1
his friends on the Peninsula. With this agreesbl* t
aspect of Spanish politics, we may congratulate (
oursclvos that her little Majesty was so ardently ;
addicted to reform. If the reform have a differ- i
ent direction from the one intended, so much the t
bettor for tho atorling cauae of free principles, and <
so much tho worse for kinglings, the last, effete \
relics of a dynasty, who atrive weakly to mock the ;
giant strokes of that noeus homo, Louie Napoleon, i
Bounty JLanda. 1 j
We find in the Athens Danner, the following 1
communication from the Hon. J. Y. Hili.txr : J
Washington, Jan. 14, 1863. |
Cot. llolskt: — Dear Sir; Having received (
several lotters Irom my district asking me to intro- ,
dnec beforo Congross a bill to have the benefits of |
the aot of 23d March, 1852, extended to the widows ,
and minor children of such porsons as had died ,
before tho passage of the act, and who would havo
boon entitled to county land under its provisions,
may 1 answer their numerous communications
through your paper, and say that I drow up a bill I
for tho purpose of extending the provisions of tho j
aot referred to as I had been requested ; and, un
der tho rnlcs of tho House, gave notice of my <
intention to introduce it. I also addressed a note !
to tho Commissioner of Ponsions asking him if ’
the construction of tho said act excluding widows I
and minor children would bo adhered to f I re
ceived from him the so lowing reply by which it 1
will bo soon that tho construction at first given to 1
that aot has been reversed by tile department, and 1
that the widows and minor children of persons 1
engaged in removing tho Cherokee Indians can ■
now get their bonnty land upon making applies- 1
tlon. Os conrso It will not he necessary to havo I
any fnrthor legislative action; and tho bill which I |
hail prepared will not bo introdneed.
In order that this communication mav havo as 1
wide a circulation as possible, I ask the Mountain |
Signal and Southern Herald to publish it, aud
also the other papers of tho State.
Very reßpoctfully, Junius llilltkr.
Pkwom Omcß, Jan. 18,1358.
Sir: In answer to the inquiry in your letter of
tho 8d ins*.. I have to reply that the aet of March
22, 1852, has been construed by the Donartmont to
inolndo tho widows and minor children of de
ceased officers or soldiers, as onder the act of
September 23, 1830.
I havo tho honor to be, very respectfully, yonr
ob’t. servant, J. £. Hiaih, Comm.
Hon. Jnnlns Hillyor, 11. It.
Tna Jar ah Expbditioh.—Tho Boston Post pub
lishes the following extract from a letter received
from a gentleman who has just rcturnedj to this
conntrv from a trip to China, rela'ivo to the feel
inge of the Japanese, toward the expedition ex
pected from the United States.
“I was informed by a gentleman, a native of Ja
pan, that the Braporor is ready for tho American
expedition. lie exhibited a letter to mo, which ho
had just received from one *of his countrymen,
then on the island of Jeddo. Tho people kept a
strict lookout all over tho coast; and their Urea
wore already burning on the mountains at night,
in ordor to bo prepared in oaso the squadron
should appoar at night. One million of soldiers
are ready and at hand. The ooaat is all set with
gnns, while in tho bay of Jeddo, where the fleet
is expected, there aro countless war junks, and
the whole bay is surrounded with innumerable
forts. The expedition will find the Japanese
muoh better soldiers than they anticipate.
* * Tho presents had better have been left
at homo. A trade will not soon be opened with
that country, except by force.
The London Times, reviewing the stock and
financial affairs during the year 1852, says:
“ Throughout tho whole period the extreme
range of Consols (which was only per cent, both
in 1350 and 1*51) has been f>)4 per eer.t. while tho
total sustained advance eincc the beginning of the
year has been B'< per cent- In railway shares the
fluctuations have beer, great, but the general ten
dency has been towards a decided rise, and, in
some eases, {inch as Caladonian and Eastern coun
ties, the recovery has beon equal to I*o percent.—
In the United States Securities there has been con
tinued firmness, and a general advance of from 4
to 8 per cent. The Bank bullion, on the Ist of
January, was £17,557,541; it reached £22,282,188
on the 10th of July, and it is now £20,742,150. At
the Bank of Frsnee tho total at the beginning of
the year was £22,750,000, but, although there was
a considerable subsequent increaso, the amount
has now receded to £20,450,000.”
Fro* Nicaragua. —We find the following com
munication in the New-York Herald, of Saturday,
dated
Saw Jcah del Nobtb, Jan. 2,1858. —The Bolire,
or British Honduras, has been elevated to a colony,
the superintcndentconverted into a Governor, and
a constitution given to the people. This province
extends across the continent, and with the recent
ly created colony of the Bay of Islands, foreshad
ows the sequel to the Mosquito protectorate.
The famous Monroe doctrine, so exultingly pro
claimed and reiterated, seems to have been scat
tered to the four winds, for the heart of this Wes
tern world is occupied by the moat powerful of the
European States, and her vessels or war are con
stantly hovering around like birds of prey, chip
ping off a bit here and there, and plastering it on
to some colony or other, elongating a boundary
line here, and seeing yonder a forest of mahogany
trees, forthwith proclaiming it Beliae—acting un
der instructions, of course.
The possessions of Great Britain in the Western
tropica seem to be increasing, and it behooves the
American government to bo vigilant, lest some dav
thev will be shut ont from communioatian with
tfce'Paciflc States at a critical moment.
It is rumored that tho Central Americana have
re-possessed themselves of Limas, from which
thev were ejected in September, 1851, by H. B. M.
oeh'ooner Bermuda, now here,»cd have again hoist
ed tho Central American flag, in tho room of the
Mosquito. _ IL L. S.
Mail Bobbert.— On Thursday night last, 20th
Inst., the letter bag containing tho Huntsville mail
was robbed on board tho steamer Chattanooga, on
her passage up from Whitesburg to Gnntorsville.
The mail bag and fragments of letters were found
next morning in the wash-room, and othera also
secreted among the cotton bales. Fortunately the
perpetrator of the robbery was not an adept in
crime. A Rabin boy upon the Chattanooga, by
tho name of Stephan Wilson, waa arrested th’a
next dav at GnnteraviUa, (ne having left the boat
at that place) snapicion being excited bv hi* show
ing the halves ol several bank bills. We under
stand that he confesses to the robbery, and impli
cates a deck hand employed on the boat as the in
stigator of the rabbery. It ia not known whether
any valuable papers were lost. Such letters and
parts ol letters as were recovered, we beiieve are
in charge es the Fostmaabar at this place.—Chat
tanooga Advertiser.
The London (Juartariy Eeview, in answer to the
question—“ What is man I” says, “chemically
speaking, a man is 45 pounds of aarbon and
nitrogen, diffused through five and s half pailfuls
tintoaf
From Ikt lSatUm V* .Kwn.
RBTORT OF TOE SECRETARY OF TOR C.
B. TfIKASI RY.
Wo have received a coprcf m’.ereetinj? offi
cial report of Hon. Tboc:’x .Calvin. Secretary of
the Treasury, made to Cornea* aider date ot the
15th inat. It sets out ae uawd tilth tabular state
ments in detail of the neaiplf&d expenditures
of the government the previnta jf-cal year, with
estimates for tha current end <Qext succeeding
rears. The substance of these is then given as
follows:
By the last annual rCpiort from this Department
the estimated total receipts and means from ail
sources for the year ending the 30th June, 1852,
were $82,411,<45 <B. The estimated total expen
ditures for the same period were $50,252,909 59;
leaving an estimated unappropriated balance in
tl.e Treasury eu the Ist of ,ast of *11,453,748
*9. The actual balance in tfcr'Trea
sury at that date was *14,833,188 37
From which deduct the balance of
appropriations already n>»;e for
llie same fiscal year, unfcrawn,
bat subject to draft, on tue Ist
ot July last, of £ 8,103,815 43
so the payment of which thwactaal
balance in the Treasury on that
date of *14,632,138 37 wuaf liable,
and the actual unappropn u-d bal
ance in the Treasury on tic Ist qt
July last was 8.528,890 89
The estimated receipts ft>*he current fine.: year
as submitted in Deoeinbcr, J 2841, were fifty-one
million eight hundred thonsjtnd dollars. The ac
tual receipts so far ae ret urng have been received
for the five months ending %h* SPtu N.vember,
being #22,220,299 20, indicate tits then estimates
of receipt* to have been nearly correct.
The then estimated expendtturee as submitted
to Corgsess for the current fiscal year were #42,-
692,299 19, and the unappropi sled balance ju the
Treasury on the Ist July, 1 S 3, pr .vided no addi
tional appropriation* beyond the estimates then
submitted should be made AX.&Wro,*s. was esti
mated at .$20,886,448. Conyrresfr/-however, in its
appropriations exceeded ti v ea'ltsjsies submitted
hVVs Do -for a ty
* Os postage,,
about ten millions of dollars.
The actual expenditures for the current fiscal
year, as sppropriated and authorized by Congress,
(exclusive of the sum to be applied to tie redemp
tion of the public debt,) therefore, amount to #53,-
860,679 09, in plaoo of #42,392,299 19, as estimate!
by tho Department; and the balance in the Trea
sury at tho end of the carreot fiscal year is estima
ted at $5,372,079 61, after allowing the sum of
#7,199,479 77 as applicable to the redemption of
the public debt.
This, however, it must be observed, is the unap
propriaUd and not tho actual balance which will be
in tho Treasury at tho dato specified. The actual
balance undrawn at that date, presided Congress
creates no unexpected demands upon the Treasury ,
to be liquidated prior to July next, may bo esti- I
matedat about ten millionsof dollars, after having
redeemed during the year more than seren mill- 1
ions of dollars of tho debt. I
For tho fiscal year ending on tho 30th of June,
1854, tho total rccoipts aro estimated at fifty-one
million two hundred thousand dollars, whioh, with '
the estimated balance in tho Treasury onthe Ist of 1
Jnly next, will give as the estimated tetsl means 1
for the year the sum of $56,572,079 51. 1
Tho estimated total expenditures sot that period
are $46,203,753 60, loaving an estimated nnappro- ]
priated balance in the Treasury on tho Ist of July ‘
1554, off 510,888,325 91, without other deduction
from the available means of the year towards tho [
reduction of tho public debt, excopt the sum of ‘
$586,681 for the purchase from tho land fend of tho *'
loan of 1847. 1
PUBLIC DEBT.
The public debt on the 29th of November, 1851,
was $63,560,395.29, exclusive of tho stock author
ised to ho delivered to Texas by set of Congress of
9th September, 1850, amounting to ten millions of
dollars,of which five millions of dollars of certi
ficates were ready and awaiting the demand of
t hat State at th e data of tny last an nual report; that
amount has since been delivered to the authorised
agent of tho State of Texas: thns increasing tho
aggregate registered deb: la 567,660,595 26. Tho
following redactions have been made since tho
last annual exhibit of the public debt, op to the Ist
January:
On account of the debt of the District cities. 560,000 00
On account of the old funded and unfunded
debt 2,148 89
On accountoftheloanoflf4B 1,111,400 00
Do. do. 1846 9 74
Do. do. 1847 660,100 00
Do. do. 1848 6,000 00
Treasury notes paid In specie, er received
as k such 60 00
Mailing a total of 52,423,708 13
The publio debt on tho lat January, 1853, was
565,181,692 18, (as per statement,) exclusive of
tho remaining five millions of dollars deliverable to
Texas under the act of 9th September, ISSO, wlion
the provisions of thst law are •'illy complied with.
Sinco the above date an a Jditional amonnt of
the public debt has been redeemed to the extent of
about two hundred and fifty thousand dollars.
Tho Department possesses no authority to pnr
ohaao at aratc above par value any portion of tho
6 per coni. loan of 1847, and which is only redeem
able in 1867, except to the extent of what balance
may remain in the treasury from the receipts from
the salo of publio lands, after the interest en that
loan has first been paid from auch receipt*. As
the amount of that stoos forma so largo a portion
of the public debt, it would be desirable that Con
gress should removo that restriction, bj authoriz
ing it* pnrehaao at the current market value. Ify
thus giving a more extended scope to the appli
cation of any surplus fuDds in the treasury for the
purchase of tho publio debt, it would probably en-'
able tho Department, to procure it on moro favor
able terms.' v 4 :
Some doubt* have existed n» the direot and
rtti’i o •':i PrpaiisMt»i»' i «!\v
some of the other etooks at rate*?above their par
value, and in order t» remove ah uncertainty en
the subject, I would rccommenrj that express au
thority should bo vested in the Department to pur
chase nt its discretion, at the current market value,
any portion of tho existing public debt, to tho ex
tent of ODy surplus means on lined, provided the
available balance in the treasury should never bo
reduced below five millions of dollars.
WATS AND MEANS.
The receipt* from duties on foreign merchandize
for the laat fiscal year exhibit a decrease as com
pared with tho preceding year of $1,678,411 SO.
This is deemed bat a temporary decline of the re
ceipts from that source, whl'st it shows how un
stable is tho reliance placed upon the large amount*,
which, in timea of high prosperity, ate expected
from that branch of tnc revenue.
Tho slightest disturbing causes fblt in the chan
nels oftrade, at once unfavorably afl'CCtthe Trea
sury ; so any favorable irapotns given to commerce
from causes often accidental, tends for (Be time to
a sudden expansion of its revenues. This is ob
servable, to some extent, in the receipts from du
ties on foreign goods for tho pcriei S above men
tioned. The acquisition of our new Territories on
tho Pacific, followed by the development of fholr
immense mineral resources, f>vo a Corresponding
extended basis for commercial operations. The
sadden drain of foreign merchandize from tho At
lantic ports to tho Pacific left a vr.cnnm to bo filled
by fresh and largor importations of foreign dntt
ablo goods, which of coarse was followed by a cor
responding inoreaso of rood pis into the National
Treasury.
The repeated and .disastrous conflagrations at
tho principal ports of tho Paeiflo, destroying mil
lions of property In foreign goods, tended to a still
further increase of foreign importations. The
channels of trade, however, having onoo more
accommodated themselves to these, new clrcnm
atanoes. we find a gradual dlmlnntion In the year
of nearly two million doll»rs. A new discovery
of mineral wealth, though not within the bounda
ries of our own country, yet within the reach of
its enterprise, is followed by increased bnoyanoy
in trade, and a corresponding Increase in Iho
revenues arising from it. By referring So my
former annual reports, th* views of this depart
ment may be found aomewhat in detail of the re
sult* which, in my opinion, msy be expected to
flow sooner or later from nlejlslatlen whleh tends
ao injuriously to affect, if not to a great extent to
destroy, somo of tho prominent manufacturing
interests of tho eonntrv, by giving to the foreign
producer the control of the'supplies of our heme
market. Tho iron interest* was cited to *how th*
effect of permitting th* surplus foreign preduc
tion in ail their various stages of mannlfcctnre to
be thrown upon our msrkets atslmost nominal
prices, and consequently upon the payment of
comparatively nominal "duties. Importations of
bar, pig and other iron for the year ending JOth
June, 1845, were 102.723 tons, producing duties
amonnting to $1,794,784; and for the year ending
30th June, 1852, the imports were 486,149 tons,
producing duties amounting to $5,372,812. Thus
it is seen that while th* quantity imported has
increased about four and a quarter times over that
of 1845, the aggregate duties reocived is less than
double the amount rccoived from that source in
1845, and that too, under a heavier rate of duty
at the latter period.
This enormous increase in the importation* of
iron, at prices so far below the fair or usual cost
of production, both here and abroad, while it
produced no corresponding benefit to the Treasu
ry, destroyed in a good degree the competition of
our own producer and mannfaeturer. The reenlt
then foretold is now partially realized. The foreign
producer, by a reduotion *f prices on his part, and
of duties on our part, having poeeesred himself of
the control of our, raises the prices of
iron, it is believed, beyenathe remunerating point,
and certainly far beyond the rates ruling, during
the period of the late hopeless struggle of our own
mannfaeturer to sustain himself.
The effects of this state of tilings are felt in the
very large increase of dntiea consequent upon the
suddenly enhanced prices of iron, which mast be
paid by our consumers, and with the most nn
lisvorabio influences npon our numerous railroad
enterprises now in progress, whilst it isl attended
with no corresponding benefit to those whose capi
tal embarked in th:a branch of manufacture has
been totally lost. On the other hand, by this rise
in the prices of iron, it may be expected that a
new stimulus will be given to that branch of
American labor, which may again be met by simi
lar consequences, when it shall have become a for
midable competitor with the foreign producer,
ending in a destructive reduction in price, and a
redundant supply. _
Whilst the foreign commerce of the country
and the foreign market for its productions are
undoubtedly of great importance, yet they both
probably receive an undue share of consideration,
for they respectively sink into relative insignifi
cance when compared with our internal and coast
wise commerce, and with the home market.
There are no records which will enable the De
partment to give the correct amonnt of our inter
nal and coastwise trade, but some idea may be
formed of its vast extent when it is recollected that
the annual value ofthe agricultural, mineral, and
manufacturing productions of the eonntrv is no!
less than three thousand millions of dollars, as
shown by the statistical returns cf the lata census ;
a large portion of which is transported by river,
canal or coasting vessels, or on railroads, and
which in the coarse of trade change* hands several
times before reaching the domestic consumer; ma
king in the aggregato f n amount of traffic count
ing hv thousands of millions; whilst the whole
amonnt shipped to foreign countries is but one
hundred and forty million* of dollars, being only
one thirtkth pert ’of the entire production of the
country, which thus finds an outlet in foreign mar-
single article of coal annually transported
coastwise, and in canal boats, or on railro. ds is
i of sufficient bulk to tarnish full cargoes for four
I times the quantity of all the American tonnage
1 employed in foreign commerce, and probably af
fords the means of livelihood to a greater number
es persona than the latter.
The coastwise trade to and from tho American
porta ijj the Gulf of Mexico is of itself probably
nearly equal, in point of value, to the entire ex
port of American productions to foreign na
tions. , ...
A striking difference between the magnitude
and importance ofthe home market and the fo
reign one ia to be found in the statistic* of expert*
of what ia familiarly called the famine year of 1847.
There was some difficulty at that time in procur
ing sufficient shipping, including both American
and foreign to ponyey oar hrcadstir.f* to the tarnish
ing nmtions of Jlurope, zpdy«t oqr entire exports
daring that year of the two principal articles of
food—lndian corn (maize) and flour were only
about three per cent, of the former, and about ten
per cant es ft* latter, eetimeted on the whole crop
produced in the United Slates ;i caving ninety
, seven per cent, of thojlndian com, and ninety per
cent, of the wheat crop for the supply ot the home
market where it was actnally consumed. Oar ex
f ports of breadstuff's at present are only about one
third of what they were during tho above year
of unusual demand; exhibiting in a .fid more
striking contrast, the immense difference between
the home and foreign market in favor of the for
mer.
Tho mcro tolls collected by the canals and rail
roads on the transportation of merchandise for the
internal trade of the country, exceeds in amount
the total valno of all the broadstuffa purohareJ
from ns by foreign nations.
The annua! value of tho crop of Indian corn, of
wheat and of hay, each respectively, is fully equal
to the cutire value of our productions exported to
foreign countries. The annual amount of the
manufactures in tho States of New York or Penn
sylvania, in either of those States, greatly exceeds
the value of such export* ; and even those of the
comparatively small State of Massachusetts is fully
equal to all the productions of the country con
sumed by foreign nations.
The latter State probably consumes breadstuff,
that are producod in the middle and western
States to a greater amount thsn is shipped to all
Europe, with the great additional ad vantage of this
being a regular and uniform demand, not depend
ing on European crops or the caprices of foreign
governments in tho regulation of their commorce
and the assessment of arbitrary and ever varying
duties, aceordingto their own actual wants and
circumstances. Yet all those immense agricultu
ral, mineral, and manufacturing interests, which
arc almost exclusively connootoa with the interna!
trade of tho country and tho homo market, receive
greatly leas attention and consideration from the
community than tho comparatively small amount
of our foreign commerce.
My viewa of the beneficial results which would
follow a tariff with fixed aud reliable, rather than
with sliding, and consequently uncertain ratea of
Unties have undergone no change. I now recur
te them as a iaty imposed upon me by the acts
establishing the Treasury Department. "
Tha importations «<foreign merchandise, (table
tli# ■ - ••..dies Vi>th>Tiine.tas:,
amounted t •... .7. #307,109.T8S
The experts tor the same period
wtre, of domestic merchandise. .#154.983,447
Foreign merchandise re-exported. 12,037,048
Total exports #168,967,490
The imports of specie, during the same period,
were *5,503,544
And the experts of the seme 42,674,185
In tobacco, (table T,) the exports show an increase in
quantity of 41.152 hng-heads, and of value nf {SI j,082, har
ing been In 1851,95,945 hints., rained at $9,219,251: 1852,
187,097 hhds. valued at #10,03!,253.
The exports of rice were 113,783 tierces, valued at $2,-
470.029—being an increase in quantity of 14,143 tierces,
and of value $209,102, as compared with the previous year.
The exports of breadstuff* and provisions amounted to
$25,556,887, being an increase of #3,907 636.
The aggregate exports of domestic merchandise show a
decrease, as compared with the previous year, of $24,490,-
535.
The exports of specie show an Increase of $13,201,338,
and an excess of exportation over importation of $37,170,-
691.
Is the next subject treated of—tho operations of
which, particularly atlPliiladelphia, liavo been con
ducted with remarkable promptness and doapateh,
so much so ssto removo all cause of complaint on
the part of depositors.
After referring to the fact that contracts have
been advertised for building tho branch mint at
San Francisoo, and expressing a fear that none can
bo obtained for tho $300,000 appropriated—and
stating also that it ia necessary Congress should, in
addition, authorise an appropriation for a site—tiro
Secretary calls attention to the inoonvonionoc com
plained of by the peoplo of California, growing out
of tho law or the last session prohibiting the re
ceipt, in payment of dnos, of gold ingot* and bars
from the United States assay office at San Fran
cisco. Two other very important subjects are
then treated of under this head, as follows:
The inoonvenienees arising from the searoity of
silver coinage, says tho Secretary still continues,
and to such an extent as calls loudly for somo le
gislative action to r-medy the evil. The only rem
edy, it is believed, is the adoption of tho principle
embraced in the bill which passed tho Senate da
ring the last session, making a new issue as silver
coinage of such reduced weightaswill allow it to
circulate with the goldcoinage of established weight
andfinoness. On this subject the Secretary re
marks :
Tho principal objection which has been urged
against the prposed new silver coinage is, that it
conld not, withoutaviolstion of contracts, be umdo a
lcgaltonder for tho payment of debts, and tha t gold
would therefore hereafter he the only legal tender.
It is true that horeafter the laws of the U. S.
havo recognised the coin of either metal as a legal
tondcr, arid if it was at the option of the creditor
to alcct which he would receive, there would be
a very serious objection to clmuging either tho
weight or standard fineness of any portion of the
ooin. But this is not the fact, as it rest* with the
debtor to say with which description of coin lie
will psy his debts, and the natural and inevitable
consequences of the premium wliioh silver now
bears havo been to establish, praclicaily, gold ns
tho only legal tender. Nor can any legal or equita
ble objection be advanced to continuing gold ns a
legai tender, as it is not proposed to reduce cither
tho weight or the finonoss of that description
of coin; so that every creditor MUI conlinno to re
ceive precisely the same quantiflbf gold for any
given sum, as at the time h havo mado his
contract. Nor does the present, or any future
increased depreciation in the value of gold form
any just reason against its being continued as a le
gal tender, at its present weight and fineness; for
such depreciation in its actual value, if not in its
relative one as regards silver, has been progressing
gradually for some centuries, and all that can be
said is, thst the depreciation is more rapid nt this
time than formerly, and it ia but a natural result of
the uncertainty and want of stability In human as-
Mr*.
' in Che'preterit state of tiiifitta'i'ft edime it:* •t.'f'Ar'
this subject, not only the public smigg, bit also
tho wants and cenvcnicnac of the entire orimmnni
ty, require that some measure should he adopted
to furnish a silver currency, and the subject is,
therefore, respectfully but earnestly tecommended
to the prompt attention of Congress.
The attention of Congress ia again called to tha
subject of making mint certificates receivable in all
dues to tho government, and dispensing with the
present bullion fund, which is maintained at an
annual oxpense of from throo hundred and fifty
thousand dollars to four hundred thousand dol
lars, which, it is contended, might bo saved in in
terest by tlieappUcation of that fund to the redemp
tion of'the public debt, besides the great advan
tages to tho business community end tho general
trade of the country, by throwing the amount of
that fund into circnitation, instead of keeping it
constantly as dead capital in the vaults of the mint.
In support of this recommendation tho Secretary
says:
The amount of the bullion fund during tho Inst
year lias been nearly seven million dollars, and it
nas been applied to the immediate redemption of
mint certificates, so soon as the deposits of gold
dust were assayed and their value ascertained,
which has generally bcon in twenty-four to forty
oight hours after suoh deposits were mado, and tho
bullion fund was then made good as soon as such
assayed gold oonld bo worked into coin to bo again
employed in the redemption of other certificates.
The plan which the Department would rccom
mond would he, to isaue certificates under tho au
thority of Congress, to bo duly registered and
signed nt the Treasury to tho needful amounti soy
six or seveu millions of dollars, in sums of one
hundred, five hundred, one thousand, flvo thou
sand and ton thousand dollars each, payable to the
order of tho Treasurer of the Mint, to bo distribu
ted in due proportions to the Mint and it* respro
tivo branchos; and so soon as any deposit of gold
bullion was assayed and its valno ascertained, to
pay the amount to tho depositor in the abovo cer
tincates, exoept tho fractional part of one hundred
dollars, which would always bo paid in coin. These
certificates being reoeivabfo in payment of dues to
the United States would at all times command
their fall par value, and would promply and choer
fnlly be received on deposit as cash by tho banks,
and held by them as speoio capital, until their cus
tomers required them for tho payment of duties
or lands. They would acoomnlnto principally at
the great marts of commerce in tho Union, and
conld bo transmitted by mail by the different re
ceiving officers to such points as the Treasury
might direct, avoiding nil tho risk and expense
which now attends the transfer of pnblio funds in
specie from points where it is colicctod, snd not
required for public expenditures.
As these certificates were paid in at tho large
commercial seaports, the gold so soon as coined
conld be sent to such points from the nsint or the
brnnoh which msy have issued the certificates, and
the latter would then be returned to the mint or
it* branch for thepurpose of being again issued to
now depositors. The expense of transmitting gold
coin to the points where it mifht he required in
order to redeem the certificates which had boon
received by the pnblio officers, would of course be
paid by the United States, and would require but
a small sum, probably not the twentieth part of
the amount which would be annually saved in in
terest by applying the present bullion fund to the
redemptioa ot tho public debt.
No objection could bo urged to this plan on the
ground that it would be a paper currency, for it is
merely a certificate for an amount of gold already
actually in possession of tho government. These
certificates would not be intended for circulation,
nor would they circulate from hand to hand, but
would remain with banks, bankers, or individuals,
until required for a oayment to tho government:
and th* receiving officer should not fie permitted
to re-iaaue, but only to held them until they are
replaced with the gold in legal coin, from the bul
lion for which they were originally issued.
These certificates should likewise always be re
deemable at the mint after a reasonable time being
allowed for the coinage of th* gold bullion, which
might be fixed at not exceeding twenty days after
the' bullion had been assayed.
It is not proposed that the certificates thns issu
ed by the Mint and its different branches should
be indiscriminately snd generally received at all
points of the Union, a* in such case the fluctua
tions and the groat differences in the rates of ex
change between different piacos would cause them
to be used as remittance, and thrown a heavy ex
pense npon the Treasury lor tho transportation
between distant peinta of large amounts in specie,
sufficient to equalize exchanges, at least to the ex
tont of the issue of such certificates. In California,
for instance, the exchange on the Atlantic States is
nsnaiiy at about four percent, premium; and, con
seqnentlv, ail the issue of Mint certificates there,
would bo immediately forwarded to New York, to
be used in this latter point in payment of duties,
and the United States would be obliged to transfer
at a hcav-v expense all the coinage of the Branch
Mint at San Francisco, in order to redeem its cer
tificates in New York. ...
The remedy for this wonld be, to make the is
sues ofthe Mint and its existing or any new branch
es in tne Atlantic States to be receivable only at
the Atlantio seaports, those issued by the Branch
Mint at New Orleans to be receivable only at the
porta on tho Gulf of Mexico; and all the above at
any ofthe land offices in the Atlantic and West
ern States; while the issue* ofthe Branch Mint at
San Francisco, ao soon as it is put in operation,
shall be receivable at all the custom-houses and
land offices on the Pacific.
If the present system is to be continued, and a
bullion fund of aeven millions is to be maintained,
the balance in the Treasury cannot conveniently
be reduced below twelve millions of dollars, as
the system of an Independent Treaaujy cannot
be conducted with a le«* available balance than five
millions, so a* to have the needful amount at ail
times at tho numerous point* where the public ex
penditure is made.
trnvrr or tbs coast.
A column or so is given to the progress of this
important work daring the four last sears. The
whole coast ia divided into eleven sections, and in
ten, active operations have been carried on daring
thia whole period. With only one link of twenty
six miles south of the Chesapeak to fie filled up,
an unbroken trianjnlatiop now extends from the
month of th* Ecnueoec river, in Maine, to the
harbor of Beaufort, fin North Carolina. The topo
graphy and hydrography have made corresponding
progress. The dangerous shoals along the sea
coast of Delaware, Maryland, and Virginia, Hat
teras shoals and Frying Pan shoals, have been
made known to the navigator in excellent pre
liminary charts. The survey of the Chesapeake
Bay is now nearly completed, arid that of the
rivers flowing info W has' te;n commenced. In a
few years an unbroken series, with points well
determined by astronomical and other observa
tions, will cover the coast from the Penobscot
river ia Maine, to the St. Mary'i in Florida. On
the western coast, in conaequonee of the extraor
dinary difficulties in securing hands and moans
owing to the discoveries of gold, the survory did
not fairly get under way till about three years
siuee. A very good preliminary reconncissaneo
has been made of the whole coast, from San Diego
to tho straits of San Juan do Fees, and of nearly
every important harbor. Tho triangulat'on of tho
Columbia river baa been extended thirty-three
miles from its month. The latitudo and longi
tnde of over 8.200 points havo been given to tho
public, and furnishes information of great valno
ror general and local purposos.
aUSOELLANKOCe.
The remainder of the report is devoted to mis
cellaneous subjects. _ ltisanuouneed that the con
tract for the extension and re-organization of tho
Baltimore custom House Building has been con
cluded, in conformity with the act of the last ses
xion. The erection of tho new Custom House at
Richmond, Va., lias been delayed in order to
secure from Congressman additional appropriation,
the purchase of tho site therefore haviDg exhaust
ed much of tho appropriation made at the last
session.
Later from Havana.
By tho arrival of the steamship Isabel at flharlea
tou, we have dates from Kavaia to tho 2id imt.,
her day of sailing.
Among the list of consignees wo observe tho
firm ofW.S.A T. H. Robekts, of Augusta.
Weeullfrem the Courier tho following items of
news:
By tho following communication from Dr. Finlay
to Capt. Rollins, which has been politely handed
to ns by tho latter gentleman, it will be seen time
the small pox has almost, if not quit , entirely dis
appeared from Havana:
Havana, Jan. 21, ,853.—Dear Sir:—l liavo re
ceived your iottor ot yesterday requesting me to
inform you as to the presont state of the epidemic,
small pox, from which wo have suffered so much
during the last two months, and should havo re
plied sooner, but waa desirous to get tho returns
from the hospital previous to doing so.
During the tnon’fcs of November ,rd T>-v-*Ti,bol".J
the epidemic waa very sovere, and I think read led
its climax about tho middle of December. To
wards tho cud of that mouth, there was already a
very notablo decrease, which has gone rapidly' on
until tho present time. Tho cases aro now few
aud isolated. There is also a great difference in
their nature; those of real small pox arc of a very
mildcharacter, and agreat proportion of the now
cases arc of varioloid and chicken pox.
You will see by the returns for tho hospital of
San Juan do Dios, whero I havo a ward that tho
number admittod in December waa 71, and in tho
present month, up to the 21st, tho number is 26.
Os those, 21 occurrod in tho first twelve days, leav
ing five for the remaining nine days. Th'ero lias
been no caso yesterday or to-day. I regard tho
epidemic as at an end!
Wishiug you a good voyage, I remain,
Yours, truly, E. Finlay.
[Translation.]
Cases of small pox received at tho hospital du- ]
ring tho present month 26
Casos oftho small pox reeoived in December... 71
Hospital of San Juan do Dios, Jan. 21, 1853. .
Havana, Jan. 21st.—Messrs. Editors Now Su - ,
gar is coming in very slowly, and sales of small ,
parcels havo taken piaco ot very full pricos to fill ,
up vessels, and our market continues deprived of ;
intorest. ,
M stanzas, Jan. 21.— Messre Editors :—Wo havo 1
nothing new to icport since our last. Sales of Mo- '
lasses havo boon made on contract at from 2}£ to 1
2% rls. for clayed, and B’£rls. for Muscovado. Os i
assorted, half white and half brown Sugars, there i
are nono ; white alone is quoted at from Bto BJ£ t
to brown alono from sto 5% to SJj'; yellow i
from 5t01% to ; Muscovado, inferior to fine
from 4to rls. Exchange on London at sixty f
days sight is quoted at from to 11 per cent. <
premium : on New York and Boston at from<
to % per cont discount. Freight to' tho United i
States $1 per box Sugar, $5 per hhd. Sugar, $2 per <
hhd. Molasses, of 110 gallons, shipped.
Ket West, Jan. 22.— Messrs. Editors'. —l wrote '
you on tho 11th inst., smcc when wo havo had 1
three fine wrecks ; and the cry is, still they come. *
Our nowjyear has commenced under auspicious 1
circumstances, and if our harvest continues as good ’
wc may expect a favorable crop.
The English brig Cambvsis, of . Port Mario, Ja- }
moiea Robert Wilson, muster, with a cargo of six
hundred bains cotton, arid forty six hundred bags j
corn, from New Orleans for ’Liverpool, arrived I
hero on tholfith inst. She sprung aleak in tho J
Gulf and crossed tho reef at Key Vacas; then *;
hirod a pilot to bring hor down to this port, inside '
of the reef, and got nshoro in sight of this or the 1
Pelican shoals, when about forty bales cotton wero n
taken out by the wreckers. Sho has been diß
ohnrged for examination. 0
On tho 17th, tho ship Nathaniel Kimble, of e
Maine, Howe master, from New-Orienna for Liver- v
pool, with 2800 bales cotton went ashore about 2 0
o’clock that morning, on the Dry Reeks, near a
Sand Key, 8 miles from this; during the night 1
they cut away her mast; tho wind was very fresh 8
from the west, which caused licr to roll heavily, '
and it was late in the day before tho boats oftho *
wreckers oould approach the ship to save her S
crow, as there was a very high sea; since when, 1
tho weather having become good, they have ccm- 1
menced saving cargo; them will bo about 1000 'J
bales dry, the balance will bo very much damaged. ll
The ship lays on her side, aud her decks have been d
out away to get at hor cargo. 8
The British ship Lucy, ot Liverpool, Gcorgo
Heselton, master, from New Orleans, for Liver- v
pool, with a cargo of 8250 bales cotton, is ashore ®
on Loe Koy, 20 miles above this. Hor cotton is 11
now coming down. Sho is on tho insido of the c
reef in sovoral feet less water than her draft. Near- c '
ly, if not all of her cargo,, it la thought, must be E
removed bofore she floats; as sko lays on sandy
■’buWwwpuiw vrt& ejmipar ~..,,4.
Salvage haa been decreed in tho Case oftho 0
barque George Thomas, of 18,588, equal to 25 per f
cent, on vessel and cargo, wreckers paying 25 per J
cent, of court expenses, wharfage, labor and stor- n
age. She is now loading and will leave for New 0
York in a few days. ii
Yesterday, the schr. Elizabeth, of , from f
Galveston, with a cargo of co*ton, arrived here.— v
She had been run into by a vessel at sea, aud car- r
ried away her bowsprit and head sails ; they will ii
bo replced, and she will leave in a few dnys. 1
P. S.—B P.M.—The steam ship Fulton, Captain
Murray, has this moment arrived with tho Hon. a
W. R. King, Vico President, on board. Mr. K.’s ii
health is better than when ho left Norfolk. Ho a
designs remaining in this city several days if 110 c
finds the climate agrceablo. He goes on shorn to- t
morrow. Miss King and Mrs. Elder end Dr. Me- c
Comb are on board. The two former aro at the f
residence of Hon. Stephen R. Mallory. il
From, the Baltimore American.
Later from the South Pacific.
The steamship Cherokee at New York, brings
late intelligence from tho South Pnc-iflc.
From Chili wo aro informed that much excite
ment oxists in coußcqnctico of tho imprisonment
of an American oitizen without just provocation.
Matters are said to havo arrived at such a crisis
that a blockade of tho port of Valparaiso by tho
United States squadron hod beon threatened.
Tho advices are from Valparaiso to tho lfith,
and Caliao to tho 28th u!t., by tho arrival of tho
British mail stoamor Bogota at Panama.
The most important picceof intelligence is that
relative to tho threatened trouble between Chili
and the United States, growing out of some indig
nity to an Amorican citizen. A letter, dated Val
paraiso, December 15, says:
This great and glorious nation is in somewhat of
a quandary at present, respecting a certain Ynn
keo, by the namo of Stewart, who has been most
iniquitously dealt witli by this Government. I
suppose you havo heard the particulars of tho
case ; I will not, therefore, detail them. Suffico it,
to say, that our efficient and accomplished repre
sentatives here—Col. Peyton and Mr. Dner—have
long sinco acted with promptness and firmness in
the matter; and I am most happy to stato that onr
Government lias fully approved tho course pur
sued by their able representatives, and have order
ed tho commander of the naval force on this sta
tion to nse all means in his power, shoit of firing
on the town, to insure tho immediate release of
Stewart. A blockade of the port by our squadron
is talked of, but I do notpresnmethe Government
will for a moment refuse to comply with Col. Pey
ton’s demand for Stewart’s release. Should they,
however; prove so fool-hardy, the arrival of the St.
Lawrence boro will at once settle matters. A few
days’ blocksdo of this port will at oneo bring them
to their senses.
Extract from a letter dated Valparaiso, Dec. 18:
Tho French ship Sonsonattc arrived here on the
81st, with a cargo of 200 ladies, for California.
The captain says ho has had a most delightful,
pleasant and agreeable voysgo. I presumo I atn
bound to believe him; but, poor fellow, ho looks
most terribly nsod up—pale, thin and nervous, no
doubt produced by his anxiety for his precious
freight. Tho young ladies quito enlivened our
streets for a few days, and one or two of our soft
hearted estranjeroe 'tried hard to induce somo of
them to remain, but it was nogo. Tho ladies say
that, having come so far, thoy aro determined to
see the elephant; of course’ these aro not their
words, hut it conveys tho meaning very fully.
Peru. —Dates from Lima to 25th December havo
come to hand. The Lima Monsagero of the 21st
contains a commnnication from the Peruvian Secre
tary of State to tho American Charge des Affaires
at that eapitol, of which the following is an ex
tract :
“Tho attention of tins Government has been
directed with great satisfaction to the terms of the
note of His Excellency, Mr. Everett, dated 15th
November, transmitting to Sr. Omoa the resolu
tion of His Excellency, the President of the United
States, with a dlstinot acknowledgment of our
rights to tho Lobo# and other islands along the
coast of Peru, of which sho is now in possession.
“By this declaration,that Government has only
confirmed the high confidence which the Govern
ment of Peru has always reposed in the spirit of
justioeand friendship, with which the Cabinet of
Washington has cultivated relations between the
two Republics. Happily those have novor encoun
tered serious difficulties—all questions which havo
hitherto arisen, having been settled in a man
ner the most honorable and satisfactory to
both countries. Now that a new proof of
these honorable sentiments on the part of the
Government of the United States has given lustre
to the amicable relations beforo existing. I am
bound to express to you tho satisfaction 1 feel ill
the assurance that this result will strengthen the
bonds of a perfect understanding between tho two
governments in time to come and promote a just
respect for the honorable character which distin
guishes the high functionary who presides over
the destinies of the country of Washington.
Extract from a letter dated Lima, 23th Decem
ber, 1852:
The news of the settlement of the Lobos ques
tion has been received with great satisfaction. It
has been ordered that the vessels which were sent
out to load guano at those islands, but which, pre
vious to this arrangement between the Peruvian
Minister at Washington and ti e contractors, bad
been chartered by tho agent of Peril at alow freight,
shall receive twenty dollars per ton, like aH other
vessels coming under the ooutraot. Gn Wednes
day, the iiid instant, a magnificent dinner was
given at tho Pal sec to Mr. Cloy, thb American
Charge d’Affaires, and other resident Americans,
together with Mr. Miles, the bearer of despatches
from the United States, who has beon treated with
much attention by this government.
The Plea or Self-Defence.— lf Cuba be essen
tial to our self-defence, will not Porto Rico and Ja
maica be just as essential after Cuba is acquired 1
Is not Canada just as essential, and theu New
Brunswick and Nova Scotia 1 How are we to get
them! If our safety depends upon tho acquisition
of the territory that is next to ns, then we shall
not be safe till “ the whole boundless continent is
ours,” nor then shall we be safe till the islands
are annexed, nor will the Islands be sale till the
further main land is brought under mo stripes
and slurs. To such absurdity dees the plea es
self-defence carry rb; nowhere short of this can
we step, if wc abandon the safe principles which
lie at the foundation of republican gtv;iani«r.t.—
Providence Jvuraal.
Dates frora Port aa Prince, have been re
ceived at New Yoik, by the brig Croton, /to tbo
28th Deeetnbcr. The Fever was still prevailing to
a great extent, and was very fetal among the ship
ping. Tho first mart of the Croton died of tho
fevor.
VOL. LXVL—NEW SERIES VOL.XVII.--NO. 5.
'- I From Me London Biamintr.
s j Tbe Trade of Manchester District In 1853.
‘ I A brief survey of the trade of the mannfaotur
® i ”>ar district* during the pant twelve month*, will
exinbit in general a* satisfactory result* as can be
r shown, perhaps, iu any former year in the history
of the cotton trade, aud afford another indioation
!, j‘ an , v were w ®ntiug, of the groat goneral proeper
-0 i f y ot the country.
‘ At the beginning of the year the market wa*
“ J nßt recovering from the reaction which followed
the high prices current in 1850 and the early part
of li>sl. The estimated supply of cotton from
diilorcut quarters scorned to bo abundant, and
* oaine forward very freely to market; price* were
moderate—almost low—but stoek* of all sort* #f
' goods and yams woro generally light, as producers
during that time had boeu successful in effecting
1 SH los. Aa soon a* prices seemed to have touched
the lowest point, and confidence bogan to be re
’ stored, a degree of activity pervaded the markot,
' which lias been ovry stoadily maintained till with
; iu tbo past two months. The demand kept slight*
- ly ahead of the supply, prices advanooo, and, te
spinners in particular, let! a broader margin for
profit than they have enjoyed for some years, al
though the position of manufseturera, more espe
cially of those who have had to purchase their
yarns, has been much lose favorable throughout
the year than that of spinners.
Tho quantity of cotton purchased by the trade
has boon unprecedented, and tho consumption has
been also greatly increased over that of former
years. The bulk as well as the value of our ex
ports of oetton in a prepared state may not heve
been so large as in the previous year, but the quan
tity estimated to have bean taken by the home
trade surpasses that of any former season, and is a
proof of the present healthy and sound condition
of the country. In one particular feature we think
tho present state of those districts peculiarly sat
is factory; wo mean in tho abundant employment
afforded to the industrious classes, and tho high
remuneration given for their labor. We believe
that at no lormor period tiiat can be named have
tho claims of labor beon placed so nearly on an
equality witli the influence ot oapital as they are
at the present moment; and at no time have thjg
rrooi/Pietotitiig popt'.' rion been in so independent*
a position as they are at prosont—without the as
sistance supposed to bo derived from combina
tions or trades’ unions—ns regards entering into
engagements respecting tho re wards of their labor.
To return from this digression. Tho supply of
ootton received into this country has beon greator
in 1852 than iu any former year, and mote than
sufficient for our wants. The stoek in the oountry
on the Ist of Jan. wassmall—porhaps smaller when
considered in reference to theconsumption-that at
tho samo time in recent years; but aa arrivals wero
heavy in aping, stocks kept equal to demand, and
we close t.« year with a cousidorable larger stoek
than was estimated two months ago. The stoek in
tho ports of the Kingdom is 657,000 bales against
404,000 at tho samo time last yoar, being an in
crease of 163,000 bales. Stocks in spinners' hand*
cannot, of course, lio accurately estimated, and al
though somewhat less than at tho poriod of great
est activity, iu October last, they are to be fully
larger now than thoy wero twelve months ago. ,
Au abundant supply of tho raw material is of the
utmost importance to tlio prosperity of our trade, 1
and with a freo outlet for tho produce of our in
dustry, there is nothing affecting tho trade of our
spinners and manufacturers whioh forms a subjoot
of greater anxiety than an apprehended deficiency
of a supply of cotton, a state of things which tends ,
to create irregulartios and violent fluctuations in
the progress of tlio trade. Happily, suoh fears for '
tho next twclvo months sre without foundation.— t
Tho estimates of the American orop and tho vory
largo arrivals at the ports are more favorable than
in any former yoar—oven than last, when there -
was a vory large increase over previous yesrs— j
and tho quality of tho ootton brought to market i
allows more than on average degree of fineness.— '
Tho supplies from Brazil and Egypt cannot even be '
guessed, but as they worn very'large last yoar, it i
osn soarcoly bo expected there will bo any inorease,
oven alth .ugh the good demand and full prices
which lmve been current lioro may have stimulat <
cd production to tlio utmost. ]
Tho imports from India for last yoar wero much i
less (liaii in 1851, principally on account of the
largo shipments from Bombay to China; but as 11
tho latter market has been much overstocked, and t
prices havo fallen in consequence, it is expected
by India merchants that tho imports into this ooun
try will boot least 100,000 baloß in excess of last 1
year. ,
Blocks of yarns and goods in the hands of pro
ducers are extremely light, perhaps less than wo :
havo scon at the same time for some years, and, al- *
though tho demand has been very moderate for the c
last few wooks—a result of the fall in prices pro- ;
dttced by advices* of the abundant supply of cot
ton—yet producers are generally working to order, ‘
and show no groat anxiety te sell. 1
It would be hazardous to prodiot the future state ]
of our trade, but so far as an opinion can bo form
ed from die faots and circumstances now before us r
we do not hesitate to speak favorably. Tho state
of our country is in tho highest degree satisfactory, ,
and is likely to lead to tlio continuance of a good
trado. Tho coutinont has not increased in its eon- *
sumption of our goods for two or three years, and t
trade to that quartor is not very encouarging at pre- i
sent; but our exports to America—North and
South—and to our Eastern possessions, continue 1
to incrcnso, and advices from those markets show
them to bo in general in a vory favorable state.— i
The abundance of capital in this country will tend
to the very samo result, stimulating activity and in-
dustry in other quarters, and all re-acting in the t
general prosperity of the kingdom. ;
Under circumstances so favorablo to the material .
well-being of our manufacturing population, we 1
cannot doubt but that oduostion, with its refining t
and harmonizing influences, will be more extend- i
cd amongst tts, aud thnttfikjur prosperity iuoreas- t
es, wo shall see agradual but sure progresee in the "
moral character of tho pooplo. t
cues,—An important lmprovemnnfm
ftwturo of wrought iron, was made at Newark, N. 1
J., two or three years ago, and a few week* since 1
an association at that place put it into successful j
operation. The improvement, it is said, consist*
in the production of pure wrought iron, directly ’
from the ore, with mineral coal, thus dispensing j
with tho time and money-consuming processor t
reducing itfirst to pig iron, and thenoo into wrought
iron by puddling, or with charcoal. The Newark T
Advertiser says:
“The chief advantages claimed for the invention t
are that tho iren is produced for some twenty dol- 1
lars per ton less than tho puddle or charcoal iron, r
and that is it worth ten dollurs per ton more, on ao- c
count of its superior quality, that a greater quan- f
tity of tho iron is extracted from a given amountof
ore than by tiic old procoss, and that it is tlio only e
process by which pure wrought iron can bo pro- r
duecd.
“Tho rationale of tho invention is that tbe iron is
deoxidysed by heatiugn mixture ofthe pulverized I
ore and coal in close tubes, so tbatin the combustion i
of tho coal the oxygen i« absorbed from the ore, c
and pass off in an teriform state. The residuum is .
taken from tho tubes and worked into balls weigh- *
ing about 100 pounds each. These are taken to t
tlio trip-hammer, by which they are reduced to p
blooms. Two tons of tho iron are now made per
day, audit requires about two tona of ore, and 0
one ton and n-lia!fof coal to produce one ton of
the wrought iron. The iron is extracted and per- j
footed by a continuous procoss, simple In its op
eration, and therefore is said to bo mere uniform, 9
and altogether superior to that made by other pro- I
cosbcs by which tlio ore or iron must undergo two ,
suocossivo exposures to tbo flro before it oan be re- ,
dneed to wrought iron." *
Information from China states that Dr. Parkxr,
United States Consul, had given the Mcthodiet j
Missionaries, at Fnb-Ohmi, assurance that hia au
thority should bo oxeroisod to cauee the officers of
that city to fulfil their treaty stipulations, and see r
that our city missionaries were no longer an- r
noyed by tho petty officers and others of the ,
place. 1
“Tnra is a Giibat Cobntky.”— The N. T. Mirror,
in noticing Diatnrnell’s Railway, Steamship and
Telegraphic Book, remarks:
Look along tho pages,and nnfold the map. 'What
an exobition of railway lines and net-work 1 What
a display of tho energy of the Ameriean people.
It would seom as if every important road in the
Union would noon bo laid with iron rails. Stage
coachoe will be forgotten. The loeemotite will be
as familiar a sight ns tho horse. In lilt, the first
railroad of any publio importance in the United
States was oonatruoted. How Mr. Watnrnell mnet
pnblisk quite a volume to enroll them all. In 1107
Fulton waß makinghismomorahleeiperimantwith
a steamboat. How there are more than three
thousand steamer* on the waters of the Union I In
1848 Professor Morse astonished the nation with
liia telegraph in (munition. Now there are twenty
thousand milea of lightning route* 1 A greet eonn
try—and becoming greater every day.
Practical Abolition.— Benjamin Walker, Bsq.,
of Jamaica, writing to his brother in Charleston,
8. C., uses the subjoined langnago. Ue is sn En
glishman who has resided on the Island for many
years, and after a personal investigation of the Ab
olition operations of his own Government, says:
“I hope and trust you will never be imbued
with anti-slavery doctrines; and if many could
witness the ruin of interests, both moral and ma
terial, tho misery of families, and the desolation of
all which I now see around me, occasioned hy the
emancipation of tiie negroes, tbere would be lass
agitation in your oountry on that mueh vexed ques
tion. I hope the people of tho South will “hold
their own.” Emancipation meant confiscation
and misery to both race*. Lot people come to Ja
maica and judge for themselves, and witnesa the
white raoo driven from their hearth and home by
the destructive policy es the mother oountry. An
Exodus of the white race haa already commenced,
and 1 am preparing to join in the stream, and
abandon a worthless and ruined country.”
Tub Schoolmaster \V anted. —The following,
says tho Mobile Advertiser is a copy of a bill sent
in to a gentleman some time since:
nosafada 1 50
ataehinonimomagin 50
*2 #0
Pade, Josef
Can any of our readers intorpret it f At first
we took it for apothecaries’ Latin ; judge enr sur
prise, then, when the key was given to ua, to find
tho above inscrutable items were simply these s
“ A hunt ha(f a Jag," and “ a taking him horn
again."
Can any of onr readers heat that t
Eire. —we mentioned some weeks ago, that an
attempt was made, during the Christmas holidays,
to fire the gin-house of Mr. R. H. Wardlaw, of
this place, whose plantation is a few miles below
the village. The perpetrator of this hellish deed,
not being satisfied with his failure, haa at last
burned the gin-house, withtwenty bales of cotton,
a portion of which belonged to Mr. Jus. M. Per
rin, also of this place. The fire was discovered
Bat urday morning, a while before day, bot too late
to do any thing with it. This diabolical act is the
more surprising and strange, when we consider
tho fact, that Mr. Wardlaw is on the most friendly
nr.d intimate terms, with his neighbors, an unas
suming and quiet man, and a remarkably humane
master. Being at peace with all men, he haa, con
sequently, no cine to suspicion any one. The
act had its origin in the heart of some one fatally
bent on mischief, and it is indeed to be regretted
that no traces were left, that might lead to detec
tion.—Abbtviiit fanner, ‘itth in.it.
A meeting of influential cititens was held in the
Asior House last evening, to provide measures
for tiie relief of tha inhabitants of Madeira who
suffer from a feilure of th* vine crop. A commit
tee was appointed to collect subscriptions.— New
Yank Tim*,
Accioent at Bell’s Mill.— During the severe
ga!o ofSnndar night, the west gable of Bell’s now
mill was hiown in upon tho upper floor, breaking
jt through and carrying the whole mass on to the
floor be/ow. The side walls were also injured, and
some of the troughs and gutters carried away.
The damage is considerable and will rotard the
successful operation ofthe establishment for aorjk
days. —Chattanooga Ado.
Miss Frcdorika Bremer haa ta *
work entitled “Home* in W
her impressions of America, derived fa* & it
cent vi tt to tha
Items.
A broker, in State-etreet, Boaton, deeply aV
I (orbed la speculation, being aaked the other moiis*
> ing “how do you dot" replied abruptly, “ about
’ two per cent, (month.”
A Pernambuco letter of Decombor 19th, says
that the Brazilian alave trade is effootually at ii
| »hed in that quarter.
The Chair of Medical Jurisprudence in tho New
1 York Medical College has boon aeoepted by the
Hon. Joel Parker, #f Massachusetts.
A letter from Mias Catharine E. Beochor, in the
New York Tribune, diselosos as she inclines to
think, the sooret of tho phenomena known as
spiritual rapping*, writings and manifestations.
She attributes them to tho will of the “ medium"
aud to eleotrioity.
Madamo Sontag has taken Caatlo Qsrdon, N. Y.,
forthreo months—May, June and July—and w ill
produo* a series of operas iu the bost style.—
Csetle Garden has beon secured by the celebrated
Julian, and hia promenade concerts are recom
mence there in August, after thooloso ol the opera
season by Madame Sontag.
An Army Court Martial for tbe trial of Col. Giles
Porter, adjourned from about two months since,
met on Tnesdey, in Washington. Gon. Church
ill, President, and a full court are prosont. Tlio
charge* arebaeed on cireumstaueoa that ooourr.d
at Fort Brown, inTcxaa.
It is now stated that Robert L, Stovons, Esq.,
of Now York, nol Mr. Vanderbilt, is the weultl y
steamboat owner of New York, who proposes i e
prepare for an European trip a steamer yacht, ui w
nearly completed, furnishing her in the riche >t
planner, at a ooetof |50,080 over ordinury ships f
tho kind. »' **
It is said that Mr. Fillmore will givo a matrui
cent party on retiring, a la the second Adams an 1
Tylor,
It is said that tho Hon. R. F. Stookton, of No v
Jersoy, contemplates resigning his seat iu tho U.
S. Senate.
Metropolitan Hall, in Now York, la to bo con
verted into a Hotel, to bo eallod the Lafhrgo House,
Thore wero 186 deaths in Philadelphia Inst week,
and 109 in Baltimore.
An unknown vossol was lost Doe. 29th, near
Waterford, Ireland, with all on board. Sbo in
supposed to have been a Greek vobbol.
The Pilot boat Commerce, with Messrs. Smith,
Soott, Betts and Colo, pilots, on board, has boon
absent from New York for twenty days, and it in
feared is lost.
Fifteen hundred bales of ootton woro sold at
Louisville, on the 19th Inst., to be sliippod to Bal
timore and Philadelphia. Qrdors wore also rc
oeivod for eight thousand bales more for tbo same
markets.
Tho export* of breadstuff's from this country t*
Australia are becoming important. During the
past week engagements for the transportation of
50,000 barrels of flour from Now York to that ool
ony were made, at the rate of 8 50 and $4 por bar
rel freight.
Marshall Radetsky, by tho last accounts, was in
disgrace and about to resign tlio government «f
Lombardy. Ho had differrod with tho Emperor
In regard to some oondomnod criminals in Mantua,
and had offondod tho bishops aud priests by soma
now regulations.
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, though still
incomplete at Pcttibono Tunnel, affords a speedy
communication daily with tbo Ohio. Tlio train
containing about 60 passongors, including a nnm
ber of Baltimoreans, whioh loft Wheeling at T
o’clock on Thursday morning, landed them snfoly
in Baltimore before 4 o’elook on Friday morning,
the actual running time being less than 19 hours.
Tho Pettibone Tnnnol will bo finished about tba
Ist of March, when the whole distance will 1 *
mado in 17 hours.
It appears from the Massachusetts registry of
births and deaths for 1851, that the duration of tha
lives ofagrioulturiata was 12 years above tho gen*
eral average, nearly lOabovo that of the common
laborers, and 18 per cent, abova the average agi
at death, of mechanics.
The receipts of the Baltimore and Ohio Rail
Road, daring the month of Deoembor, were slßl,
118, of whioh $160,211 woro from the main atom,
and sßo,#oß from the Washington branoh, allow
ing an increase, as compared with the samo month
last year, of $69,872; and this inoroasc is prior to
the opening of the road te Wheeling. With noar
ly $200,#00, monthly, from way Height and travel,
the amount of receipts, when the road become*
the oondnit for the trade of the Ohio, will
greater. JjU
: r m
Telegraph Company. The proposition
Ai.de* and Ennv has been very favorably reaHl;
among tho members of both Honses. The pro
jectors eay they are ready to put the first message
through to San Franciaco in leas than fourteen
months from the date of the grant.
The report es the New Orleans Charity Hospital
for the year 1852 shows tho following totals: ad
mitted, 18,#81; disohargod, 16,057; deaths, 2,098,
of whioh 889 were of yellow fever, and 815of chol
era. From the Unitod States, 1,799; foreign
countries, 16,641; uncertain, 181. Humber re
maining under treatment, 994.
Some two hundred girls, all Americans, aro em
ployed in ornamenting and finishing poroelnin
ware in tho city of New York. All of thorn ex
cept four are employed in the process ot burnish
ing the gold after it comes from tho furnaeo, and
the painting ia all done by experienced male art
iete. It ie probable that heroafror females may l>e
employed in tho painting branoh.
During the last year the Camden and Amboy
Railroad Company carried 149,864 throngh pas
sengoT* over their road betwoou Now York and
Philadelphia. The number of way passengers on
whom transit dnty was paid to the State of Now
Jersey was 6,727.
The widow of the lato Wilbur Fisk, first Presi
dent of the Wesleyan University, is now livir -
in poverty. A snbsorlption has been proposed t >
raise two thousand dollars,'of whioh Mrs. F. shall
receive the interest during her life, and then tho
ftmd to go to the college.
The Now York Tribune ntfitos that 6. F. Nesbitt,
Bsq., ha shown tho Postmaster General an om
bossed stamp for prepaid onvolopes, which ha*
been acoepted and the manufacture will at one*
proceed. Such, however, is the Inbor and eare rt
qnired for their prodnotlon, that none will be rea
dy for delivery nnder three months from this
date.
Gen. Pierce, it is stated, refused to soo separ
ately either of the New York delegations, which
waited upon him last week in relation to h'.a
oabinet appointments. Both delegations, friend*
end opponents of Mr. Diokinson, were therefore
compelled to unite. The mission is also said to
have effected nothing.
The Gnano diggings seem to be thought almost
as inexhaustible as the coal beds. A traveller osl i
mates that tho throe small Chinohe Islands off t) e
coast of Pern contain 250,000,000 tons ofpu e
guano!—a long prospect for the farmers. The
work of digging and loading is piotured ss a
most forbidding one; endyet the laborers contrite
to be happy.
Paris proper has more than a million of soul
including #O,OOO strangers. Os these 180,OOOareric t
or earn more than sufficient for their wants; 800,-
000 are in an unsatisfactory or wretchedconditioi ;
150,000 are constantly In tho hospitals or rocoivii g
charity from other sources. There is an average
of one indigent to every 12% inhabitants.
Aoeording to the trionnial assessment, jnst com
pleted, there are in the State of Pennsylvania 505-
188 taxable inhabitants, the countiescf Forestand
Montour exoepted, no returns being received from
them. If we allow 14,000 inhabitants to these
two counties, and fix the proportiom of taxable*
to population at 1 to 5%, the popnlation of Penn
sylvania at the present time would bo 2,7v7,781.
The Cincinnati Timoa states that recently two
experienced gamesters tested their skill with each
other, and, after playing all night,( one rose from
the table loser fill,ooo. The next evening they
went at it again, and in the moraing, one of the
two was loser daring the night, thirty-liar thoutand
dattaril He gave a oheek for the money.
The Desert News asks“ Who has the bat
time of it, the pope or the sultan—the man with bo
wife, or the ono with two hundred and fifty |»
It is estimated that three thousand persons are
constantly employed in Washington market, New
York, and that the aggregate yearly sales of pro
duce exceed twenty-eight million dollars. It la
among the largest produce macketa in the world.
The Susquehanna River is frozen over at Sub
bury, Pa., the ice being more than six inches thick.
Since 1849 the Legislature oi Ohio has appro
priated 1406,575 for thee reetion of the now State
Capitol. It U supposed it will be ready for the
next Legislature to bold ite session in.
SnAitPowsit iNTBK Enitkd Statx*.—The HT*.
ebanics Review, published in New York, gives a
tables of statistics of the nnmbcrof stenmVngirea
and Iwsomotives prodniwd in a year at thodifferent
establishments in the United States, from which it
appears that tho steam powor created in a einsle
Tear in the United States is eZI to
nresen'tlVv’lu l ll *^‘ cal !abor . nt 1h »
0067^626,780’men!* 60 ' S " d in ‘ h ° Uth
The Columbia (Tcnnc s , c#) intelligencer makos
mention of a very remarkable family in Maury
county. The hr of the family is Mr. John Ken
nedy, who r^Mes
some eight miles north of Co
lombia. jle has eighteen children living—all fully
Sfrowr,— eetenty-f&ur grand-children, and Jiflu-crid
Jrtat-grand-childron—in all, one hundred and/or-
If-three! There ha* not been a single death la
th* family since the year 1806. Jl remarkable
tally, truly 1
The Hon. Bnfns Choate has been appointed At
torney General for the Stato of Massaolmeettaj
wbieh appointment he has Meepted.