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THIRTY-SECOND CONGRESS,
SECOND SCTBION.
IN SENATE, Jaw. 88.
On motion of Mr. Mangum, it w»
xrben th« fte-ate adjourn, it adjourn tin Monday
roxto-it baing ateted that Mr. I'earoa, who
h*' c spoken on Saturday on thaTcXa* defc. bdl,
*a< too indisposed to como to the Senate lor
**Th*Ghairl*id befbre the Senate e
the Preside*, drilling to tmnamit cerum cor
respondent* relative to treaty *" h .
a* negotiationa on th# aobjeot lave nol jet teruo
"%{■ Both, from the aelcct committee to whom
w*. r.,furred variona project, for railroad- to toe
PwiKo, reported a subatitute for them a.l, which
W Th°; d pri»U cMeKdit which there waa no ob-
Semita'then adjourned till Monday.
HOUSE.
It war propoaed to uko up the Senate bill aho!-
lahinff imprisonment for debt in the District of
Columbia, but it wa* objected to; and Mr. Jones,
of Tenn., gave noOoe that be ehould move, on
Mondav, to oonaider the bill, aa there exist* the
greatest instance of hardship under the present
law whioh oan be imagined.
It being private bill day, the Homo went into
Committee of the Whole on private claim-, to
which there was no objection; several of wine!.
W Tbe fTeiimittee rose, and the bill* which were
reoommended wore read a third lime oud leased.
Replied motiona were made to adjourn and
** The House twice refused to adjourn over til!
Monday. ....
Considerable time was occupied with a mo'ion
to lav on the table ttie report of a Couiroitta of
Conference, on a bill extending the time for re
ceiving half pay and pensions; pending wlrch a
motion prevailed that the Ilouae adjourn. Ad
journed till to-morrow.
Washisst.uc, Jan. 25, ISM.
The Senate is not in session to-day.
\ HOUSE.
V A bill was read a third time and passed, to ona
\ ble Brig. Geo. Rdey to settle hi* accounts.
\ The motion to lay on the table the report of the
on Peu»i -ns, which came «p from )«*-
■Mrday, was negatived— yea* 29, u«Jp> 129, and the
' diwiTJ^on V oecnpil4''nearly an hour,(
followed, on the motion of Mr. McNair, oi I’cnn
sjlvrtda, the Speaker re-appoint the Hcleet
Committee cm the foundation of fhc Capiiol, to
enable tie! Committee of lest session to report,
which they had not then an opportunity of doing,
which was laid on the table.
The llortse then went again into Committee on
private claim*, and wore occupied for aorue time
Vitii two bills, of no public importance ; ono of
which wa* ter granting a pension, which wn* car
ried and the other returning duties paid on the
importation of a machine for generating gaa, by
the Philadelphia da* Company, which wa* reoom
niendad to be laid on tbc table.
The Committee then roae and the House ad
journed.
IN SENATE, J*w- 81.
Tho ohairlald before the Honato the official army
and navy register for 1853.
Tho deficiency bill wa* received from the llouae
and referred to the oommittee on finance.
Mr. Hide presented two petitions praying tho re
pro.l or modification of the fugitive slave law,
whioh were laid on the table.
Mr. linnter submitted a resolution which was
agreed to, directing the appointment of a cornmit
teo to examine and count too roturna of vote* for
President and Vice President of the Uuited States,
and to inform the persona chosen of their election.
Merer*. Hunter, Pearce and Bright were appoint
ed the committee.
Mr. Borland presented the credentials of his col
league, tho Hln. W. K. Sebastian, re-elected for
aix year* a* a Senator from Arkansas.
After petitions and reports, none of which wore
of any publio importance, o message was received
from tlm House, announolng the death of the Hon.
A.U. Buell, of Naw-York.
Mr. ho ward addressed tho Senate in terms of
high praise and commendation of tho many merits
and virtue* of the deceased, und offered the usual
and appropriate resolution*.
Mr. Hamlin followed in a tribute to Ins dooeuaed
tVio" resolutions were adopted, and tho Senate
HOUSE.
Immediately after reading the journal, Mr.
Jones, as Tennessee,moved to tuko up the Berime
bill abolishing lroprlaonment for debt in tho Dis
trlet of Columbia. , „ .
The bill having bcon reported, and rend a Ilrst
and second time, Mr. Jones movoil that, it be
made tho spoeial order fur to morrow at ono o -
clock, whioh wa* sgreod to.
Mr! Jenkins, of N. Y.. then arose and an
nounced the death of tho Hon. Alexander H. Bu
ell one of the did (‘gates from the State ot New
York and entered into a brief history of his private
Jifu ami publio career, lie was born In 1801, amt
by industry and punctuality sncooedod in acquiring
wealth and nflluonoe. He was taken ill about u
foiniffbt niriOfij, and hi* d»Heft*o bttfned tho »kill of
his physicians and disappointed tho hopes of Ins
relatives and friends: ou Sunday morning, at 3
o’clock, he passed from time to eternity, leav
ing au aged father, an affectionate and discon
solate wife, and ohildren too young lully to uppie
oiate tho loss they havo sustained, to mourn the
afflicting bereavement. Mr. Jenkins concluded
by moving the ueual rosolutioue, and thut the
House adjourn.
Mr. Ives of N. Y.,followed with a similar ex
pression of feeling and testimony of the worth of
tho dopartod momber ; and also moved that tho
dark ot the House pay as usual, the expenses of
transmitting his reinaiua to hia nativo hmlo, and
of the committee which aocompaniea them.
_ The resolutions having boou passed, tho llouso
to-morrow.
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i ' IIP praying l n ' r<■; o-.il ol 1.,i
MWhrint resolution appropriating
■HK be expended by the State of New York in
eredlng a monument to Oenoral Nioholaa Herki
mer— referred.
A bill for tho relief of Mosos Olmstcad was ta
ken up and was amended by providing fora pen
sion to the widow ol Lieutenant Col. Craig, who
waakllled In California in July last.
A resolution aiibmitted by Mr. Miller, directing
tUo nrcpuruU<>u of ooiihuh stutifitici* rolutinjf to clout
mutes, to be tiirniahed the institution* for the care
ot tlioee persons, "*» adopted.
On motion of Mr. Pratt, tho Honato took up tho
Houso bill, appropriating **,315 to the legal rep
resentatives of Bernard Todd, of Baltimore coun
ty for property destroyed by tho British ot llio
tmiool the attack on Baltimore, in 1811, und utter
n brio! explanation by Mr. I’ratt, tho bill was pare
llouso bill forth* relief of Gcueral Bonnot Kilov,
and nsenable him to settle liis accounts with the
United Slates was taken up, oud after a long do
bate on the motion to refer it, which was rejected
the bill tvaa ordered to boongrossed.
Mr. Uwinn olijuotod to it* third reading to-day,
ha desiring to have attached to it a hill granting to
California ihreo million dollar* out of tho civil fund
colUvicd in that Stato before her udtmaston into
the Union.
The I’sciflo Railroad bill was taken up. Several
amendment* were propoaed, and it waa thou post-
Senate took up tho resolution* reportod at tho
lust session by the committoe ou foreign relations,
relative to the ditty of this government to protect
the right* of itsoitixena nneerthe Garay grant, for
k railroad over tho lathmus of Tohuuntopao.
Mr Mason addressed the Senate for an hour and
a i »ls in vindioatloil oftho Ouray grant in tavorof
a oommttnieatiou by Tehuantepec with tho Pacific,
us tho !>•*.' and most practicable route, and in ear
nest exposiuion of the dutioa of this Government
to protect this grant, now owned by its citizens.
Mr. Dowua OL'laiued tho floor, and tho Senato
adjourned.
HOUSE.
Mr. Dunham, of Indiana, from tho committee on
u»y» ami moans, reported a bill, snd submittod an
amendment. Tbo object of tbo bill is to authorize
an issue of silver eoim»t(o, of leas wuigbt than that
at present in circulation, to bo received by public
departments ill lass eurna than five dollars, in pay
ment of duos; and makes gold the standard of
value, and silver subservient to it. lie explained
at length, tbo nature and object of the bill, atnl
staled and mot the objections that might be urged.
The *ignor*go ou the coinage of silver is to be mere
ly auth’olonl to meet the expanse, and is to be limit
ed to on* half per cent.
The morning hoar having expired before ho con
du led, tlio bill was ordered to bo printed.
Mr Joues, of Tennoasoo. moved to take up the
bill abolishing the giving ball and imprisonment
for doht on mesne proOW*. Congress, he said,
aoinetimosiuoe, ahclishou’ imprisonment on It ml
process, but uot on mesne process, in consequenco
of which person* may bo committed to prison.—
Tbo object of tho first provision Ot tbo bill is to
nbo'.isli imprisonment on mesne process; the se
cviid, though in general terms, is to effect the liber
ation of an individual, whoso case is one of peca
lisr hardship. ,
Ha came on from Now Mexico to prosecute a
claim of twen’y-four thousand dollars, wiiieh liad
bee, i awarded by Congress, but who had beau
coiifl.ned for several months at the suit of thu at
tornev who had prosecuted his claim, and who, it
w«n stated by Mr. Clingman, had received three
thousand dollars.
Mr. fiwes'iaer, of Ohio, did not consider the ex
planation iu order—the bill being one of a general
Jones concluded by moving the previous
auction; under the operation of which the bill
was read a third time and paaecd—yeas 181,
D \he ilouae then went into Committee of the
Whole, and took up the bill fot* toesupport o. the
* Various amendments were moved", awong others,
one restoring the superinteudvuoo ot tbo armories
*°Mr'’evmTs?of'Mary land, opposed the umeud
meuta, the afoot of which would b« to crea.re ap
pointment* for political partisans. lie contended
1... t the armories !>ad been badly managed under
civil management, and that the price ot arms hfcl
been much reduced under military superintend
“’S considered this an attempt to create a new
sarvioc which would not be under proper control,
«n,i he's""-oslod to that portion of the House about
,“ocime sum tstwer to vito it down. If, however,
he said, it WHS decided to make a change, they
ehouid call ou tho Saerctary of W ar to make a re
nort and to show vrtut it cost* to manufacture
LJ *„d, if artcr that was done u appeared to be
necessary to take away the military supariuteud
enee, ha should uat offer further opposition.
Mr Gorman, ot Indiana, wlio had submitted the
amendment, said the subject i.ad been before
Co.nrress during three years, and a .'-••pys-t had Oe. a
rmbi’ishcd. A careful investigation iisJ buen gone
into in tli3 report, and a comparison itud bio i
imde net ween the expense of tho military and
suit siinwriniendeuee, which hsd tieen less urs.-e
--tbV f lrmar than the latter. He denied that tlio
oiijec: of tho amendment was to provide for poliu- !
cal partixai.a.
Mi Inge.soli, of Conn., was in favor of the amend
ment on tlie groUsid that American citizens should
not be placed unde." military rule ; and cited cases
of what h# ooDMtlaM><i to be hardship, in inch
workmen wero not perenitted to read books or pa-
Dcre during the houraof idbor, and were compelled
to be punctual in their attendance and attcution to
their duties at Springfield.
Mr Stanley, of N. C., opposed the eowndment,
and entered iuto a disquisition upon «*• *ldy and
prevalent u»e of tobacco, which is proh.'hitcd w the
irmory at Springfield, and predicted l.bet if the
amendment were carried, the armor.ee wo«*<he
filled with Mump speakers. and the workmen
would get an masa meeting* instead of attending
to their work*. ......
Mr Wilcox, of Mlai«, attributed the proposition
to a vile apirit of demagogueism, which prevails
in this country, and the prejudice, that exist
•gainst the military rule. He had been tinctured
with this spirit, he aai J, when he went to Mexico,
but found it subversive of discipline; and «as
satisfied that military man instead of civil, shout.'
wxarase ootnmand in oaaea of emergency, aa bang
Rafter <jtydifi»d by tbair education,
He was de*ir.oua Unit a report should be made i
by the Secretary ..f War on 'he subject, but waa !
astir lied that nothiug could 1* adduced toinduce l
him todbaugehis mind with referenewto the pro- j
poaed change, to which he was opp>»c4. ;
1 " r Ha!!, of Mo., followed in si) port of tbc ■
amendment, after which the Committee ro.-:o.
The Senate resolution appointing a Cotamiftee j
to invert mute the votes fur President and \ ice i
President of the United State* wa* then adopted.
Mr. Houston, of Alabama, moved that the d«- j
bste an the bill before ikg Com mil'ex cease in one
hour after the Jlcoae wren goes into Committee.
Several me -rages from ttie President; pceoav- j
panying report* trom the Dejnrtmeaia, were re
ported. The House then adjoured.
IN SENATE, Feb. 2.
Mr. Davis presented tiie memorial of Dr. Ciias.
J. Jackson, ou the'.subject of tho ameethetic agent
oaed iu snrgical caws.
Mr. Firh prvrented the memorial of the chamber
ot tkgmuorce, New Yerk, in favor of the. intprove
utem of the navigation of Cape Fear rivsr, Nortn
Carolina,
Mr. Seward reported a bill to Sec- j
retary of the Treasury to i—tic cortifiuatea of
registry or enrollment* to American-built vessels,
owned in part or in whole by persona of foreign
birth, but wiio have taken ste[«> 10-V-come natu
ralized citizens : whicii was eonaiderod and order
ed to a third readieg.
Ti e Senate then proceeded to the consideration
of the bill to amend the present warehousing sys
tem, by the ealabiiabmc .t of private bonded ware
houses.
Mr. Hunter explained the bill. Jtt present tl.c
I Government had public weltthonsos, and p»d*
were lift allowed to be planed in tl.a private wa/e
--housi-s tiii the public oni - were fad.
Ti e public ytarebonst* -.vere obj clod to because
tl ey were inconvenient situations, and contained
*o tniicb tnercdiaudbe that it v.-s m.p to ob
tain insurance on. deposits. it was «ttj*-
|i mod ti.at the Govern met,l would find that it would
be ckrai cr and h>-*t to all to ewe the bnsiuiof
wureiion-ing to private c inpetition. it Wa* found
to t;c the cs*o in Great Bri aim
Thebtli (dlowa the wnrehonalng In the public or
private warehouses, until such th ,c ea t-ie i.-asea
of the Government ytarebon*ea shah expire, when
the public warehouse* shall he discmitlnue:!, ex
cept in those port* where there may be- no private
warehouses.
Tno proprietors of the ware-hone** to pay to th*
United titshi* atmilolly a license of from IfiOO to
for the privilege of keeping su -h. The
hill extend* tbc time Juring which goods may he
warehoused to time yars for oonsumptiou and
cr) ortatiou, instead of two end one year a* now
provided. *
Mr. Brodhead "i jected to the last provision,
extending tho time for warehousing three goods;
arid it being now 1 o'clock, the si-doct wu»ji*»t
poned till to-morrow.
The bill to re-orgnnizp the navy was taken up.
Sir. Stock ten submitted various amendment*,
which were ordered to he printed, end the bill was
thou postponed.
On motion of Mr. Bor'nnd, the Committee on
Printing wa* ordered to enquire end report mea
sures for printing the aenventb census.
T lie subject of tho right of way on the Isthmus
of Tehauntepec was taken up.
Mr. Downs addressed the Senate foran honr in
urging tho importance to the Uoiied States, that
the right of way over that Isthmus, now in the
hands of American citizens, should he maintained
and protected by the Government.
The subject was then postponed till Tuesday
next.
Tho House bill f <r the relief of Brevet Brigadier
Oenoral Kiley, wa* taken tip and passed,
Tho Pacific Uni!toad bill was taken up.
The substitute of the select commit tee providing
for the construction of u railroad and telegraph
line from the valley of the Mississippi to the P.,-
cifie ocean, ct such point* us tho President may
designate. Tim mud and lino to bs constructed by
contract. Public lands and $20,060,000 arc approi
ated to construct said road.
Mr. Brodl.ead submitted a substitute striking
out all of the bill, nnd appropriating tloO.oiX)
for a survey und recomioiasancu ot the proposed
routes for the t o id.
Messrs. Bright, Brodhead and Bayard support
ed the amendment, and Messrs. Borland, Welier,
Htitnltn sn'i Rusk opposed it.
Without taking any question t'ne Senate adjourn
od.
The HonßOtook up the bill authorising the issue
,f of a depreciated silver currency, when Mr. Dun
„ tiHtn closed hie remark*; during which lie stated
j that there lutd been issued Inst year thrieecnt
pieoß to the amount of half n million of dollars,
j the nominal valne of which exceeds tbo intrinsic
value 20 per cent., yielding a profit to Hi Oovcrn
-0 nientot nearly tlo’o.ooo. Tlio Spanish coin, ho
Wlirl, is appreciated in value 12 per eont., and the
object oftiiO bill is to huvo a silver coinage of the
appreciatod valne ot'six,
Mr. Johnson, ofTtnn., opposed what lie termed
u an unooiirtilui trial tinkering with the coin of tlio
" country. lie alluded to the reduced value of the
eagle under the net ot IS-14, by whieh it is reduced,
' in comparison with the British sovereign, nine per
8 cent ,nnd contended tliat llic proper course would
" be to call in aII the three cent pieces and issue a
silver coinage of a proper value. Should the hill
" go into operation, he said there would he two de
' soriptiona of gold coin of the same nominal value,
v and three of silver, in circulation.
J The inorniiig hour expired beforo lie had oon
elude ! his remark*.
( A motion to?” into committeo of tlio whole on
* the atiitc of the Union was then negatived, and tlio
' House proceeded with the business ou the Speak
? er’e Inhio.
5 A hill was taken up granting to the State of Wis
' cousin the right of wav mid a donation of public
' land*, for the benefit of ruilrouds in that State.
A motion was made to hiy it on the table, which
J was negatived ; Yeas 78, nays 88.
* After some farther discussion, tho motion was
1 renewed, and the yeas and nays being again taken,
it was negatived: Yeas 70, nays 81.
" On motion of Mr. Carter, of Ohio, tlio House ad
| journed.
IN SENATE, Fnn. 8.
Mr. Underwood, from tlio eominitteo on tliccon
-0 tlngont fund, reported a resolution rejecting tlio
petition of James Kobertson, claiming damages for
imprisonment, by the order of tho Vice-I’rosident,
two years ago, under an impression that ho iu'.tfn-,
dotl to assault Mr. Clay. This resolution was agreed)
c tO
- Also a resolution giving Robertson 8150 in nd
-0 dition to 8100 already paid biin, in full payment
j - and satisfaction of all oonecivatile elsim against the
1 Senate. debated and thui laid. ou the tabic;,
' yens 25, > Ai. W
L Mr. ih/jB when speakJg on t'c-wM
[ Seraona ns !>'• i. -ui |f the imVhorftUs oH
1 Washington did iiWchlniPfl-oper to do so,Tt might J
1 be well tor Congr hS todim-gurd the claim* of that J
corporation in its applications'**: Congne*. 1
Tho bill to amend the warelioilsijig system waal
takeu up.
Mr. Miller opposed the bill ns extending faeili-J
ties to foreign manufacturer to the injury of tjfXn
American manufacturer. The bill was tnen p>*t
ponoil.
The hill to rc-organixe tlie navy of tho United
States was thou taken up.
Mr. Stockton submitted sixty-six amendments to
tlio bill, tlio firstof which, involving the question
of making the personnel es tho navy “ active '■ ex
clusively , was the only oil- debated, and was adopt
ed—yens 80, nays 14. The rooming amendments
wore'ail adopted at one vote. The bill was then
order, d to bo engrossed, and to be printed as
amended.
The I’aciflo Railroad bill was agrnn taken up.
The question pending was ou Air. Krodhoad’s
substitute, oontliiing the. work to n survey and rc
comiohiiuco of tho uivsi practicable rmito.
Messrs. Weller and Husk opnosod the auiond
nioiit. and Messrs. Bayard and Cooper, supported
it. The Senate then ndj turned.
house.
The roll having been called and the journal read,
the bill authorizing the issue of a silver coinage
again ciiuio up, when Mr. Johnson, ol Teuu., con
cluded his remarks.
Mr. Slndton, of N. J., supported the bill ns origin
ally it from tho Satiate, and contended that the
ii-sMt . the proposed description of silver coin will
moo , fisting difficulties.
Before he had concluded tho morning hour ex
pired.
The House then went to the business on the
Speaker's table, and look tip Ihtpending
tore-oousidor iiio vote by which the bill t'*-*nWf'
railroad iron free of duty was laid on the tuble,
and iui other to lay tho motion to re ■consider cu
the table.
Tho yen* and nays won then taken on the latter
motion, wh'ell was carried—yeas Vo, nays ,"2.
Report* from Departments wore reported to the
House.
Alter some discussion as to the order of busi
ness on the Speaker’s table—Mr. SI udey contend
ing that tho unfinished business f yesterday, be
ing the Wise mein Railway bill, lutd the preference,
and the Speaker deciding that it went over to be
taken up in the fifth class, tlio House went into
committee of the whole ou the state of the Union,
after sustaining the speaker’s decision.
Mr. Davis, of Mass., entered into a defence of
tho Springfield establishment, and maintained that
it is cllle'u inly conducted, and tor the udvaiitare of
the country ; pending which, tlio committee rose,
and tho House adjourned.
IN SENATE, Fob. 4.
Mr. Seward presented memorials praying the
suspension of the steamboat act of last session.
Mr. FUli presented tlio memorial of members cf
the Now York legislature, praying that measures
be adop‘o.l so a* ti aeeliro the freedom of con
science to Americans while in foreign countries.
Mr. Ituo-vr submitted the following resolution
which was agreed to :
Unsolved, That the two Houses will assemble
in the Uliambor of the House ot I’.-presenlativet) on !
Wednesday, tho 9th instant, at 12 o’eloak, and the j
i‘resident ot the Sonata pro turn -hull be the pro- ]
siding officer; that one person shall bo appointed I
a teller on t' o par: of the Senate and two on the I
part of the Hou-oof Representatives, to make a list j
of tbo votes as they shall he declared; 11 -it the ro- !
sultahall bo delivered to the I’rc-sident of the Son- i
nto pro tom., who shall aunonriee tho state of tlio ]
vote and the persons elected to the two Houses
assembled ns more: aid whieh ahull be deemed a do- I j
duration of the persons elected as President and j :
Vice President of the United States, and together '
with a list i f votes, be entered on the journals of ’
the two Koutas.
Tlai resolution was agreed to, and Mr. Hunter
was appointed telkir on the j art of the Senate.
Mr. Houston aubmiiW a resolution directing an 1
enquiry as to the expediency of re-organixing tho 1
marine corps so ns to dispense with nil officers
above the grade of captain.
The House bill granting the right of way to the
Niagara Fall* and Lake Ontario Railroad through
the military reservation ot Fort Niagara, was taken
up and passed. i
House bill for extending for two years the time |
for emigrants to Oregon to take the benefit of the j
grants of land to actual settlers, was taken up, i
amended and |«**vd.
Vhs bill to amend the warehouse system by e*- i
tabiishing private bonded ware, - uses, and extend- J
lug the lima during whieh.lmports may remain ;
warehoused, whether Intended torco sumption or )
ft* aap-vtatioß «»three years, was taken np. j
Mr. Bwitcraupt-;m I ho bill for some time.
Mvs-r.,. >1 slier, J)«vis tad Brodhead opposed tliat j
part of the bill ettendi.'.g tbo time to three years, j
daring which goo is intended for consumption I
uiav r< main warehoused,
Mr. Davis moved to add to the 4t’n section, tho
words that nothing in this act contained shall ex
tend ti e time for withdrawing good* lor consump
tion beyond one vtar.
Messrs. C.winn, -Seward and Toneey opposed tho
amendment. After some fnrihcr debate the
amendment wa- a reed to wiiheutohjeciinn.
JJr, Miller moved to except from ti e articles al
lowed So be thus wire housed, iron, bloom bars, ;
pigs, rotk, alahs. and castings of all kinds.
This amendment was rejected—yeas IS, nays
S 3, as follows.
Ya»v—Messrs, Bell, JJrodhcad, Clarke. Cooper, ■
! Roof. O. y cr, Jones, of Tenn., Mangum. M Uvr, ,
Mortal!. I ravt, (smith, Sprnauce, Underwood and ,
Wade-—l 5. t ,
Nays—Messrs. AA.trw, Atchison. Badger, Iby
ard, Bmubaiy, Bright, Bailor, C«*s, Chariton, J
Chase, detains. D -iga of Wl».. Dodge f inta, j ,
Douglass. Downs. K.-k-k, FVh, F.’jmatrie!:. Gwin, j ■
Hamlin, Houston, II outer, Jones of lowa, Mnijyum, I ,
Norris. Petit, Busk, Seward, BuielJs, Sumner, i
Toncev, Walker, ami 45 o:irr—US.
Mr. Bright sr.id be wea in favor of the bill aa one
atet> towards free trade. t
Mr. Walker moved to amend the bill by except- v
jng from the goods ti;us allowed to be warehoused; t
•witgst, e-irn, barlev, beef and pork. He said Can- j c
ad»A.-wid furnish New York with those articles I r
earlier m she spring and later iu the fail than the | s
WeMarnAupsw- ; e desired her tohave no ad van- j >'
t*ge ovt'T those Mio*’-' . I s
Jlr Gw 11 was in fiuca .Ot abolishing nil duties ;
on breads! offs .'id tuuvi J. -.*,**! on iron tov. | -
After further <iv'’' Ht « ‘tua -mv.>*wuj was re- j
jeet d—voiis x*) 4 myp 59, J ,
Tbo Kill was ibeii passed. *, >
Mr. Clcraena notice t1i»« Monday be J
wouid ask to be beard on the joiut ntjon &f- j
JriDirg tb# Monroe doctriue, '< *
The Paciffe Rail roiul hill was taken up. j
Mr. Davit addreased tbetwaiate at length in its |
sutjjort.
Mr. Dawson followed onpneirar it. and. support- j ,
ing Mr. Brcdhea l's substitute.
Mr. Douglas eddrt-sred the Senate for more than
an hour in earnest support of bill.
The Senate then adi-ipmed.
HOUSE.
There not being a quorum present, it waa mov- 1
ed that tiicre should be a call of the Hoove, which ,
was negatived— yco* 59. nays fit. There being a |
quorum at thia time present, the joareala Were
read.
A discission of an hour and upwards in dura
tioti followed ou a question of privilege, tho speak
er bavii g decided mat a motion made yesterday
by Mr. L‘> >tv, to rt-ecnaidcr the vote wiiich tabled ;
the Wisvons.ii bill, subsequent to the motion to •
adjourn, wa* before the House.
Mr. Jones, of Tennessee, appealed against the
decision of the Speaker; and the appeal was laid
on the table—yeas log, nay* 57.
■Mr. Deuß, of N. Y., moved to lay the motion to
| re-eon»idcr upon the table; and the yen* and nays
j ■ aving been ordered, it waa decided in the nega
i tive—yea* 82, nays 91.
Toe motion to reconsider was then agreed to—
yen* 86, nays 89.
It wa* tt tn moved that the house go into cora
mir.ee of the whole on the private calendar, and
the yea* and naye were ordered, pending which j
the motion was withdrawn, accompanied by a mo- |
tiou to re-coc*ider the bill.
The ;■ ec* and nays were then taken npon a mo- i
tion to adjourn at twenty-five rainotes before three j
o’clock, wiiich was negatived; yea* 61, nays 194, j
at ten minutes before three.
H via:- ...n moved to go into cr.tr.mitee of the :
whole on the private calendar, upon w hich the i
Tea- and nay* were ordered.
Tue motion to adjourn having been renewed at
three o'clock, it was negatived—yeas 71, nays 84.
Mr. MutriiaSi, of California, moved that when
tl-e House inijourtf it adjottrn to meet ou Monday,
wl I di wj* negatived.
! A motion was made to adjourn, and tellers were
appointed on a call for the yea* and nays, and 41
.vigir.g in the affirmative, the yeas and nays were
'•or-h-red; and the motion to adjoura was nega
tived—yea* 78, nay* 81.
A call of the House was then moved, and the
yeas ai d nays were demanded, which was nega
siv. d. Tellers were appointed, bat there was not
a sufficient number voting in the affirmative,
i Ail adjoarnmen* vvas again moved and the vea*
srnl nay * again taken, when it waa carried—yea*
: 7-. nay* 7')'.
The Hu use then adjourned till to-morrow.
Forkioxasd Domestic ColtJtEiicE.—The coast
wi-o trade to arid from the American porta in the
Gulf of Mexico I* of itself, says Mr. Corwin, proba
bly nearsy equal ip, value to the entire export of
American productlcns to foreign tuvti' n-g
Another illustration of tbu mngnitrfdc of the
homo trade is found in the fact, that in the Irish
famine year, there was aorioua difficulty in oh
tainingatiippiug, both American and foreign, suffi
cient to convey our corn and iiourtotho famishing
nations of Europe. And yet our entire exports
were only about three per cent of the for • er and
ten per cent of the latter, estimated on the whole
crop produced in the United States.
The mere tolls collected by tho railroads and ca
nals for the transportation of merchandize in the
internal trade, exceed the total value of till :ho
breadstuff* sold to foreign nations. The annual
value, of cither our crop of Indian corn, or wheat,
or Imy, is equal to the entire value of ail our pro
duction* exported. So does the annual amount of
the manufacturers of cither of the States of Penn
sylvania or New York, or even the small State of
Masvaclmsett*. This le-t State probably con
sume* more breadstuff? of the Middle and Western
mate*, than are shipped to all Europe, beside the
large additional advantage of a uniform demand,
cot dependent ou tho lluctuntiug wants, or ca
prices of Foreign Governments. Yet- this im
mense domestic trade receives vastly less attention,
than the comparatively small amount of foreign
commerce.
Were tiio latter estimated merely according to
its pecuniary value, alone, it would not attract tho
h:gfi oou-dderalioti that it does, and has always
done, and wo may add, ought always to do. But
its service cannot be adequately appreciated with
out taking intothe calculation its importance ns an
agent of civilization, refluent nt, improvement
and intelligence, bringing contributions from every
nation, of things most excellent in it, and putting
us on an equality of progress vvilhnut go'-w'
through it* painful und tedious gradations. And
thia Knot all. Foreign commerce, including the
coasting trade, furnishes another and a distinct
arm of national power, being upon the Ocean what
tho onroiled militia is upon the hind—the nursery
of the Navy, the pride of the country, and tho
rival ol tlio Army in glory. The Navy is the child
of the foreign and coa-ting trade and the fisheries.
It was this department of our force which spread
tlm American name over every land in the wa of
1812 and plucked up oar honor by the locks, when
it was almost overwhelmed and lost upon our
northern frontier. Tho Ocean too is to be the
scene of our future struggles with a foreign foe
who will rarely come to *cck us on our own shores.
Tito army may he desired tor conquest, but the
Navy wii’l be wanted for defence.
There needs to bo no rivalship bet ween our in
ternal industry, or trade, and the foreign. There
is room enough for both to flourish. In fact, they
are mutually helpful. Our manufacturers and our
agriculture both receive a stimulus from it foreign
vent; our commerce with other nations is de
pendent on the surplus productions of our ovvu.
There ought to bo no quarrel between those who
have so deep a mutual iulcrest to bo the best ol
friends. And there would not, but for the nrtifico.
of politicians, who seek to elevate themselves upon
somo dogmas. They cannot flourish by living at
peace among themselves. Mutual jealousy and
warfare are to them a necessity, and this antagon
ism cannot be kept alive and made productive to
them without platform and system making. An
idea, a theory, a creed must be invented, wiiich
they oan assume as a device upontbeirstandard.
Upon this it is their policy to mount and gallop
into power. For this they argue and harangue;
for this they fight, and the test of the principles
they uphold to accomplish this Belfish design, is
their availability.— A’twarl Ailv.
From the .V. O. Picayune, lot inet.
Later from Texas.
i By tlic arrival of tho steamship James L. Day,
Capt. Talbot, wo have roaeived dates from Galves
■ ton to the 23th ult. /
Va-XUs; select. cornniiltQO in tho llouso, to whom
\ Vi ' w"'<wTuf into oftho Governor’s mes
. c i ciiuing to yliinrs JA n frontier, and tho
cwnpantes ofM out, have made J lucid
OS”- vlio Oovcmortat his
■Coarse, urni a>i „rjV
' King tho payment orllttKcers by the
. also in joint resolution f-f 'the proebruihent JRrojo ’
£ reimbursement of the Fete by the United jlfcrS,.
’ Ttie Gazette thinks thetjLxii) be no diilieiflty in
passing both. Gon. Tjpraut was tiie chairman of
the committee.
A bill was introducedftnlo the Senate on the 17th,
making provision for the payment of the difference
between tho sealed and face Vulue of the debts duo
by the late Eopubiiaol Texas, inland, it fitly cents
an acre. After somo discussion, it was indefinitely
postponed.
The Sau Antonio Ledger notices the arrival in
that town of a part of tho original attaches of tho
boundary commission, consisting of Messrs.
Bierce, Jones, Thompson and Lawson, assistants;
Major Bartlett, agent; and Capt. Tunsill, quarter
master of the division,
The State Gazette, of tho 22d nit., lias the fol
lowing noticeoftt singular discovery mado in Aus
tin :
*' Tho lower part of a Windsor chair leg, about
eight inches long, was found in this place yester
day in a now well being dug, forty lett under
gmund. The pieco found is handsomely turned,
and painted yellow) with black rings around it.—
Tlie paint, as well a* the wood, is in a good state
of preservation. The piece found resembles in
every particular, chair legs of tlio present day,
having tho same nub at tboiower cud and thesunie
turned rings a few inches above. When found, it
Jay below a strata of stone some twelve or eighteen
iiisiigs through, and several stratus of tho sumo
kind hud hpsn dug through above. How it came
there, or when deposited, is clothed in the insorn
tiblo mystery of the pa..£. All wo know about it is
that it is as wo i.avo described ;t, and that it was
found at tho place mentioned.”
Tile Marshall Kepublican of the 15th Ins*.., pub
lishes the report ol Mr. Touriiadrc, oldi f engineer
of the Vicksburg and Shreveport Railroad, who
was employed to survey the route from tho Louisi
ana line to Marshall. Ho furnisiies estimates of
the cost, of tho road, and is fully satisfied of tho
pruodeabiiity of the entire route, and that the road
c ill be 1 iiilt at a less cost than almost any other of
similar extent in the United States.
A ToucniNo Sronr.—Tiie Boston Post, of tlio
25th nit., in the following brief paragraph tolls a
touching story:
An indu-trions Irishman in this city, who had
accumulated a little property, sent home for his
wife and six children, and paid their passage out
in tlio ship Moses Wheeler, which arrived here last
week, utter a very lung and stormy passage. Tho
poor man, who bad been watching with great anx
iety fur tbo stiip, immediately boarded tiie vessel
upon her arrive , and found that his wife and chil
dren had all died, and instead of welcoming his
loved ones to the home ho had provided for them,
found himself alone in the world.
Saur. of a Faotokt. —The Ames bury (Miss.)
Manufacturing Company have sold out their estab
lishment tathe Salisbury Mannluetnring Company.
The price paid for the real estate and machinery
was one hand red thou-mid dollars. TheAmes
nury Company have on hand goods finished and
unfinished to the amount of one hundred thousand
and about fitly thousand dollars in cash. Tho
stockholders will receivo bv this sale about one
thousand three hundred dollars per share. The
original cost of shares was ono thousand dollars.
We have heard a rumor, w hich wo have every
reason to believe is correct, to tho effect that the
steamship Union, t'ant. K. Adams, has been sold,
and w-i 1 bo removed from the lino between this
port and New York. If such be the case we trust
that Umnediacte steps will bn taken to raise sub
scriptions for tlie purpose of the building another
steam ship to take her place, as we conceive
it to be highly necessary for tiie interests of our city
that no interruption tor any length of time should
take place iu the semi-weekly communication with
New-fork.—tit. (X or.
We understand that tlie Chamber of Commerce
at its last meeting Friday, unanimously passed a
resolution instruct! - g the President to invite Cant.
Ericsson to visit Charleston with the propeller
bearing bis mime, and worked by the new motive
power w hich promises to effect so entire a revolu
tion in the field of commerce and manufactures.—
This indicates a laudable interest on tho part of our
Chamber to gratify our citizens, as all must be cu
rious to witness the operations of this new won
! derin industrial science, and we trust that it may
: be compatible with Cant. Ericsson’s engagement*
;to comply with the invitation.—CVi. Cour.
j (1 ' n Ivi \.uaii s.—The Wesor Zeitung, pnb
j lished a' Bremen, gives statistics ot German emi
i erstion from that port for the past year. They are
; as follows: in the regular emigrant packets, 57,825
i passenger* in 8 4 vessels: in othervesse s 145 noa
i scnpcrs in 20 ships; m the Washington and Her
j manti, 11 passages, 781 passengers—making an
1 aggregate of 839 vessels and 5c,551 passengers.
I In 1548. tiie number of passengers was 02,872; in
; 1 in. 25,775; 1851,87,489. Os the f>s.s.‘>l passeh
j gers of the li-t year, £9.638 came to New York,
113 landed at New Orleans, 18,077 at Balti
more, 2.271 at Galveston, 1,4+1 at Quebec, la 28 at
Philadelphia, 71S at Indiunoia, (Texas.) u-o at
Charleston. 25 at Kio Janeiro, and 58 at other
ports. Os ixU tho vessels which Sett Ziremcn during
th." year with passenger*, the F. J. W ichelhansen,
1 wa**tbc only one suffered any injury, she
having been'compel cd in October to run into an
English port for repairs.
A Loo itonvr. for thi: N. A C. Railuoap.—
We notice that a fine new freight engine called the
C. T. Foilard, has been purchased 'by the Na»h
viile & Chattanoogi company sad placed upon tho
end of the road. It will be brought into immedi
ate u-o by Mr. Crandall, tor transporting material
f ,r tracki.ijing and also in removing rook from the
recent slide th.it occurred about? milts from town.
The employment of this powerful engine will ta
elliiat* the progress of the work ou this end of the
liuc. —cFtafhmo pfa -idr.
A - . - , extensive stock "rower re-idir-g in the vidui
tv of Ka» .viile, and no* on his way to Georgia
with a si-lot, lid lot of mules, was in cur office yes
terd.iv, and expressed the opinion that upon the
i .r.ip etion of ihe Nashville and Chattanooga Rdl
road, the transportation oflivestcck w ould be im
mense; for said ho. "the Georgia market snspu-s
--cs any I ever visited, and I have been engaged for
the past twelve yours in driving stock to different
1 art* of Louisiana. Mississippi, and AMbabama.”
Ada. *
Excmxo Drsoioscaxs.—The Buffalo Commercial
Jennie that recent disclosures have been made in
CiiaUaucae oouuty, K. Y'. : which implicates highly
respeeUbiv persons iu an extensive system Os
coinage, thieving, and other miadeeda.
From Ur .V. Q. Pita your, ZU! \ i
From Tampico.
By the f-iioourr Wil i Pigeon, Copt. Msn-j we j
hove received oar correspondence and papers frein j
Tampico to the 12tii last. The Wild Pigeon left j |
The Comercio de Tampico ho* tho following j
proclamation from the Comomlonte Cassano va:
“ Last night, between the Uonro of 1 and 2. a ter
rible but necessary and beneficial oet of justice !
ho* been executed on tha traitors who ooutcmpla- |
ted destroying, at o single blow, the triple object ;
j of oar obligation—the integrity of the nation, tho I
principles of social regeneration, and the dearest 1
guarantees of the people.
“ Respectable persons informed me eontirmally i
of the di-organici ng and rapacious views of Don
| Rufino Rodriguez ord h;s ferocious sotelite*. !
Itamora of a contemplated attack upon the eastom |
house and sack of the city were prevalent-" * * j
“ My determination, seconded by the conned 1
to disarm the sateiito* of Rodriguez and seize the j
chiefs, was earrted to a successful termination last !
night with the loss of only one mar,."’ * * * i
“ A conned of war condemned Rodriguez to j
death, which sentence was executed at 2 o'clock j
: this morning.’
I The following letter from oar correspondent |
j contain*other particulars:
I (hrretpondeoee of the Picayaw.
T .urico, Jan. 12,185!.
j Gentlemen— Presuming that the events cou
| nested with the affairs ofthis country may interest
I you and your numerous subscribers. I beg to ad -
j vise you’of the narrow escape the quiet people of
J this city had from robbery and murder hv a band
of r.rtned ruffians from Victoria under "the com
i mand oi' Ksfiuo Rodriguez. These rosea!* formed
part of the escort of our new Governor from
Victoria to this place, who have been here several
days, end, during the night of the 11th iust., the
officers of the regular army discovered a plan
which the Victoria troops had concerted to place
their own chiefs at the head of affairs, and at the
same time to sack the town. At 2 o’clock this
morning the troop* of the regular army, under the
orders of their officers, assailed the robbers, and
in thirty minutes disarmed and confined them.
The firing was very sharp for a few minutes, but
only thirteen persons were wounded, one mor
tally. Rodriguez, the chief, was taken to the
Cari.po Santo and instantly shot. Tho second was
! arrested and placed in double irons. Now, at 8
o'clock, A. M., all is quiet and every bouse open,
i a* if nothing had happened during the night.
t It appears’that the force from % ictoria was com
posed of nearly two hundred men, all convicts,
many of them" known to the community of this
place as murderers.
The State Government under his Excellency.
, Ramon I'rleio, is now installed in this place, and
. every thing appears to bo carried on under our new
f ruler* with the tame liberality a* under Arista and
i Ke-pectfully, yonrs, Era Witness.
Tim t'-movio, in its leading columns, merely
- eaTs, “Tho manifesto of Gen. Casanova will in
t form onr readers of the events oflast night.’’—
s We are somewhat skeptical about the justice of
1 j Casanova's movement. Rodriguez hail been for
e sometime the soul of the revolution at Tamanlipas
and was placed at the head of the national guards
. instead of Casanova, who thenceforward hated
3 him.
a Advices by the Wild I’igeon, of a later date than
1 our letters or papers, state that a counter move
ment had taken place at Tauipico against Casano
I va, who had consequently left Cor Vera Cm*,
f The Government chartered the schooner Ed
. ward Bernard to take troops to Vera Cruz,
f We have also received the following documents
relative to tho seizure of gold dust belonging to
, some returning Californians, as mentioned by us
; some weeks since. These Californians came pas
sengers in tiio Wild Pigeon.
Consulate or United States or America, 1
Pout or Tammco. j
, By this public instrument id protest, bo it made
i known and manifest, onto all w hom it may con
cern, tiiat on this the 31st day of December, in tha
> year 'doer Lord or.e thousand c’ght hundred and
e "fifty two, personally appeared before me, Frank
s' liu 'base. Consul oi ti'.e United States of America
t for Tampico and its dependencies, John A. Tyler,
- Moses E. Milner and Jesse Jones, citizens of the
l United States of America, who, being duly and
t solemnly sworn upon the Holy Evangelist of Al
i mighty God, did declare and say that they, the
said appearers, on the'r way from California to
, r New Orleans, arrived in this city of Tampico on
* tho x2d day of December, 1852, and found the
o place in open revolt against the Supreme Govcrn
t ment of Mexico, with Col. Francesco Casanova as
t chief of the revolutionary party, and having read
Y the first article of the act of said revolutionary
‘ party, oi’ which the following is a true copy, viz":
1 they acting under the act of the revolutionary
. party.
j, They deemed it necessary to remain quiet in
1 their hoarding house, but when preparing to leave
1 on hoard the schooner J. Trnmen, for Now-()r
--1 leans, on tho 25th day of December, as aforesaid,
1 they were arrested by custom-homo officers, as
1 stated on page one, and robbed of (1,733 50, being
* the fruits of their joint industry for several years
1 iu the remote regions of California; that at tho
time of the seizure they bad not violated any law
of Mexico, a* they were not in any boat, nor
* was the gold coin or dust taken from or in the
Mexican Republic, hut oouiallycarncd and brought
r with them from California, us aforesaid. They
1 were compelled by their distressed situation to ac
cept an offer made by the custom-house guards of
* fifteen hundred and twenty-five dollars if they
j would conform to the sentence.
f The appearers, John A. Tyler, Moses E. Milner
s and Jesse Jones, did make their solemn protest
1 against the custom house guards before F. Chase,
j- U. S. Consul at Tampico.
* This done and protested at the city of Tampico,
‘ the day and year first above written.
> In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed
1 my name, and affixed the seal of my office, at Tam
-1 pieo, this 31st day of Deecinbor, 1832.
Franklin Chase, U. S. Consul.
We, John A. Tyler, Moses C. Milner and Jesse
Jono*, with several other Americans, left San
Francisco on the steamer Golden Gale, on the 16th
November, 1852. We loft her at Aoapulco, pro
cured our passports, and started through Mexico
for the sok: pnrpoao ot buying inttlos to take to tho
United States. Atthe city of Mexico we obtained
new passports, and proceeded on towards tho liio
Grande; but within twenty-five or thirty leagues
of Tampico we were told by an interpreter that
oar American money would boos no use in the
purchase of mules. Accordingly, wo came to Tam
pico f >r tho sole purpose of exchanging our money
for liixican coin ; but while here, for sufficient
reasons, wo changed ountninds and to
go ifcvawr to Now Orleans. got
do j
ksalOr.;'.v i hcpfttiuSmmv* ‘ fl W *rtr to the
.guard-wPfcir for the pnr/w I *>f mtviins oujrenggage
sedrelni i*. Wo were immediately sciwuLvir pock
ets rifltlo, and our persons robbed of all ont money,
while in urined posse stood ready to enforce obedi
eneo.
Wo remon-trated and told them this money and
gold dust had all been brought from California.
That ws were strangers, and ignorant that there
was an export duty on money; that wo were at
all times ready to pay whatever per centage the
law required." To nil these appeals they, however, !
turned a deaf ear, and toid us that tho whole was
confiscated ; and their judge had sanctioned and
cun firmed the confiscation.
lly this outrageous robbery we wore left among
strangers, without the moans of subsistence or
reaehmgournaiivo land. While in this destitute
situation tho officers of tho customs oamo to us,
and proposed, if wo would sanction, by writing,
their procetsdii gs, they would restore us"a part, of
the money which they had deprived ns of. We,
therefore, reduced to the last necessity, tied un
dvi' protest before Mr. Chase, our American Con
sul, consented, trusting and believing that our
Government lias both tho ability and disposition
to uire us redress, and we take this oportunity of
saying that Mr. Chase, our Consul, has labored
une nsingly in our behalf, and has gratuitously
done all that was possible to bo done.
Signed by Jso. A. Tyler,
Musas K. Milner,
Jesse Joses.
Consulate or tme 11. S. or Amf.bica. )
Port of Tampico. j
These are to certify nnto all whom it shall or
may concern, that on the day of the date hereof,
Juo. A.Tyler, Moses E. Milner and Jesse Jones,
can.o before me, the undersigned Consul of tho
United States of America for Tampico and its do
pendencies, who voluntarily made oath that tho
tacts sot forth in tho preceding document by them
signed, is true in every respect.
In testimony whereof 1* have hereunto sttb
cribcd my name, and affixed tho seal of my office
at Tampico, this eleventh day of January, 1853.
Franklin Chase, U. 8. Consul.
Tonnage of the Atlantic States.— The follow
ing statement of the tonnage of tho Atlantic States
from 1825 to 1532, inclusive, accompanied tho re
port of the Secrets y of the Treason :
Slates. 1855. 1830. ‘is®. 1858.
Maine 174,721 202.778 529,i>69 892,806
Massachusetts 882.4!* 496,923 824,995 707,700
Kew.llsmpshire.... 24,251 22,780 23.771 24,891
New-Tork 316,940 896,293 658,875 1,184,836
Pennsylvania 71,1*4 11*1,447 147,812 237 507
Maryland 146,691 96,898 118,164 204.517
Virginia 57,541 88.682 80,705 72,533
South Carolina. ... 27,286 16,7 4 19,625 46,735
North Carolina S9.UO 42,1*66 89,-62 5\62t
Georgia 16,611 9 253 16.140 25 7-45
bonis: ilia 29, 5-2 74.435 170,625 25,3,176
Fioriia 533 4,482 11.855 2,669
Total tonnage. .1,423,112 1,82-1,910 2,417,062 4,133,410
Dreadful Calamity—Twenty Lives Lost.—
We learn from a reliable source, says the New
Madrid Journal of the 15th, that four coal boats
were sunk at M rriwether’s bend one day last
week, and ont of twenty-one men, who composed
the crews, only one mun escaped. The survivor
states that there was a high wind blowing atthe
time, and while rounding tho bend the waves ran
ovor the side ol tho boats, causing them to sink
immediately. We did not learu where the boats
belonged. —LcuisvilU Jornal, Jan 26.
“ Carl Benson,” writing to the N. Y.Spirit of
tlio Times,” from Pari?, says:
“ Chantilly has been sold. It was the last and
concludingportion of tho Orleans property dis
posed of. The purchasers were English, Mr. Ed
ward Majoribanks, and Sir Edmand Amrobns;
they gave the nieo little sum oft 816,000 cash
down with f 1,600,000 moro to be paid in various
instalments.”
Counterfeits.— Fonr dollar counterfeit bills of
the Bank «of the State of North Carolina are in
circulation, well calculated to deceive. Sonic are
made payable in Charlotte, and others in Morgan
tou. We saw two of them in Chester a week
since. A close observer will perceive that the
paper is coarse, and some of the names are written
in bine ink, wh ! «h may at once identify them.
Our community is so often stocked with North
Carolina monev, that it behooves everv one to bo
wary.— Yorlti'lt (S. C.) Remedy.
Fatal Railroad Accident.— The express train
on the Harlem railroad, which was duo here at
o'clock last evening ran against a rock that had
fallen on the track near Croton Falls. The loco
motive was brokin to pieces and the engineer and
firemen were both killed.—iY. Y. Com. Ado. S d
inst.
The New York Journal of Commerce lias adopted
a resolution declaring that it would be highly inex
pedient to provide by law for changing a seignio
rage on the coinage of gold at tlie mint of the Uni
ted Slates and its branches.
President Fillmore, it is said, will be accompa
nied on his Southern tour by Secretaries Conrad
and Stuart, and probably otaer Secretaries. The !
President nas Umar been in the Southwest, and is
ai.xious to see the great valley of the Mississippi,
and its great mart, New Orleans.
A bill is before the Pennsylvania Legislature to
allow citizens of siaveholdiug States, passing
through that State, t# bring their slaves with
them, and those who visit Pennsylvania on busi
ness or pleasure to retain their slaves with them
for the space of six months.
The people of Arkan.-as are becoming sensible
of the importance es internal improvements to the
prosperity of their State. The Legislature hosjnat
chartered half a dozen new companies for the con
struction of roads.
Tssrntomr Excluded. —ln a recent ease of Man
slaughter before the Court of Common Picas at
Worcester, Judge Merrick excluded the introduc
tion by Government, of the dying declaration of
the man who was killed, on the ground of hi« d»-
ba'icf in a future state and in the existence of God.
—2>Vko.>. Ado.
Twenty-one different Railroads, which are either
in operation or in course of construction, or ore
projected, will centre in Ci‘ cinnatti. They sever
ally reach, or are intended to reach, set. Louis,
Indianapolis, the Upper Mississippi, Fort Wayne,
Chicago, Dayton, Sandusky, Toledo,
Columbus, Springfield, Picqna, Wilmington,
Zanesville, Parkersburg, Wheeling, Chiliioothe,
Marietta, and other point*.
W&HUY
Cjrrimitlc
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA.
WEDNESDAY MORE 150. FEBRUARY 9, 1853.
Death el Jaiie tujrre.
It is with sincere regret that we ennounee the
death of the Hon. Nathan C. Satee. which oc
curred at his re.-ider.ee in Sparta, 0Q Friday last,
in tho full vigor of matured manhood. He oecu
i pied a high positron in his'vjoptedState, not lees
as a man cf sterling integuty and the strictest pro
| bity, than as a sound std learned jurist. He had
I repeatedly represented Hsncockirbnty in both
j branches of the Georgs Legislature, where he
earned for himself a wei merited reputation for
> h:s efficient business mpAcity; and for severs
! years occupied a seat or'the bench of the Superior
Court, a position wlich h* filled with eminent
ability.
His los* will be dr: ply felt not only in his im
mediate vicinity bn throughout the State where
he was known.
The l nion- -The Democratic R evlew.
Tit* Wastingfra Vi ion seems not to sppreei
atc very highly the efforts of its co-laborer the
Democratic Rt itic, in advancing the cause of
democracy: if are draw a eoncluakm from the fol
lowing p-rngiph, extracted from the Union of
Tuesday:
“In the las week of January, the November
and Decsmbernumbars of the Democratic Renew
—the organ o the self-styled progressive and fart
l men—came Vus freighted with its usual cargo of
buccaneer no rail tv and savage denunciation. The
semi-occsurmal appearance of this piratical print
is in keepinf with tho irregular and illegitimate
purposes otihe plunder party which it represents,
and whoso ntcrests it seeks to promote, by its un
principled Jorajs in the field of politic.*. The
style, too in which it is written, partakes, by
analogy, <- the character of its ethics; and as the
one is bull jwofiigato disregard of the principles
' of commo. honesty ; so the othertreats with cou
-1 temptuon scorn the rules of comraou sense.
The half educated writer who makes up its arti
• c'oa, convys bis contraband sentiments by the
\ disguises ad concealments ci'tjSe guilty smuggler,
| and cos trips, either from iifoapacity to speak
; with an hucst candor, or the design of
1 masking hisufeit aim to meaning in
swelling epithets,
The Union may regard tlffiWuJpßVing ono’s
friend,” but we imagine that Review will not
f so esteem it, and may perchsnqk think the less of
, it the better. M i/h this, however, we have noth
, ing to do, as our object in introducing the para
graph is to afford another and very apt illustration
of the discord /hat reigns among the different
factions of the forty.
These clcnieif* are scattered far and wide, and
in many instames have taken deep root—altogeth
er too deep to he ea-ily eradicated. We think it,
i therefore, altogether doubtful whether the factions
’ can be long hfl J together by the spoils. This is,
of course, men conjecture, yet a few week* may
make some jnportant developments, inJ’eating
pretty conelopively tho sueoe.-e of the efforts,
which, it is sad, Mr. Piekck is making to recou
! cile the difiertnt wings, and bring thorn into har
, : monious aotioi.
Claims on Uovernnent.
The following remarks of Jfr. Mace, contain
ono of the r»ost severe and jujt rebukes to Con
gress, for its culpablo negligence in relation to
claims against the Government, that wo recollect
to have seen, He pres**ts a true pieiuro of the ac
tion of Congress on this subject—such action as,
on the part i>f individuals, would be denounced by
every honest man as corrupt *id dishonost. Yet
the great mass of the people, frho feel no intcroat
in claims, look on quietly without a mnrmur, and
when, after years of patient toll and untiring per
severance,* claimant demands to be paid interest
for the long delay of a delay for which
Congress ia alone responaible, (there is always an
universal clamor against suej claim of interest,
upon the ground that Government is always ready
to pay its debts. And, strange to say, this clamor
is raised by men who affect td be honest, and who
arc familUr with the long established policy of
Congress in relation to Government claims.
Bet to Mr. Mace’s remarks which we find in the
Xational Intelligencer. They were made on Friday
nst in the House of Ileprosejitatives.
Mr. Mace, rising to a privileged question, asked
the House to discharge him from any further ser
vice as a member of thqCohimittee of Claims, snd
before the House ahonl'J take action upon his re
quest, he wished briefly to state his reasons for
tnis course. He said Ui’e entered upon the dis
charge of ills duties fai hfully, and could *ay that
every member of the committee bad profitably and
efficiently been engage! in the discharge of "duty.
The committee had prei ared for the action of the
House a vast number c bills in behalf of persons
who h»d honest and jit t claims against the Go
vernment ol the' UuiUv. States. The action of tho
House, however, had bi ;n such that the committee
had been called but on< j during the present and
last session of Congrer.. He,therefore, wished to
bo discharged fro e fui her servieo on the com
mittee, as he did notdi <irolo bo involved in tho
examination of so muc i business when Congress
would not act upon it. [f it was the object of the
House to deuy justice t* claimants, they and tho
country should know it Having said this much,
having washed his han s of the injustice which
had been inflicted upo numerous ‘claimants to
his cert>iu knowledge jand having placed these
facts upon record, nip it being unimportant
whether he should be (discharged from further
service on the commUuqor or not, he respootfully
withdrew his request. \
Haynb & jtir.srfc.-'/.ho celebrated speeches
rcEolG*L,_, i> in a neat pamph
let form of sflßy Feuding & Co., of Bos
ton—price 25 contsjM
These great efforts'of the two distinguished
Senators, which abound in bold doclamation and
fervid eloquence, unsurpassed probably by any
debate over heard in tho Senate, are well remem
bered by a large class of readers, to whom a re
pernsal would bo instructive and highly entertain
ing. They may bo obtained from tho publishers
through tho mail.
Kntland and the United State*.
The National Intelligencer, in tho following para
graph contradicts the statement made by the
Washington correspondent of tho New York
Ceurier and Enquirer, (published by ns a day or
two since,) in relation to tho pending negotiations
between England and America.
Tho Intelligencer says:
“ In o ir paper of yesterday we sllndcd to some
statements in tho New York Courier and Enqui
rer in reference to the negotiations understood to
bo ponding with England; and we expressed the
opinion that, from The precision of those state
ments, they were likoly to be authentic. We are
informed from a source in which wo place entire
confidence that anolpia not the case ; and that tho
statements quoted by us, and similar onos in other
journals, are throughout inaccurate, and, it refer
ence to some of the most important details,
wholly unfounded.
Brunswick & Florida Railroad. —The Watoh
man, published at Thomas ville, Ga., understands
that tho Engineers on the Brunswick Road are
within twenty miles of that place. The Watch
man says;
“They are surveying 1 not ti bet' but direct lino
from tho Alaimha to this place. The Corpis of
Engineers, four in number, have eight hands
with them, and arc clearing out the track six feet
wide. We may expect them at this pises, we pre
sume, by the latter part of the present week.”
In reference to the Road itself the samo paper
says:
“ Wo arcinformodthntit is contemplated by the
contractors to place three thousand hands upon
tho road at the earliest practicable moment, ana to
use every effort to build the road to this place by
the close of the present year. This may seem an
incredible short time to build a Railroad one
hundred and fifty-six miles in length in the short
space of twelve months; yet when wo consider
that this route is one of the most favorable in all
the Southern country—that the contractors, Messrs.
Collins it Alexander, oro experienced, persevering
and energetic men—we mast admit that the thing
can be accomplished, if sufficient force be placed
on the work.
Daring Mail Bobbery.
The Clarksville, (Tenn.) dej'ereontan says: “ A
most daring robbery of the mail on tho route be
tween Paris and this piece was discovered on
Monday, the 21th. Tho mail not arriving at the
proper time, tho contractor, Mr. C. S. Danel, left
iiere for the purpose of ascertaining the cause,
fie found the mail bags ripped open and tho lotters
scattered about in the woods, about ton miles
from this place. The robbery was perpetrated by
the mail carrier, a man by the name of Lovring,
and it is supposed he left hero on the steamor
America Sunday night. He came to Now Provi
dence Thursday night .jgtiLbxpgbt a new auit of
clothes. The contractor hae telegraphed the boat,
and it is probable the sooundrel will be caught”
The Chronicle furnishes a list of letters from
which money was taken, from which it appears the
robbci was poorly compensated for his adven
ture. The amount in money was only about one
huudred dollars. The drafts obtained, of course,
will be of little value t# him.
Young's Maxxuth Cobs.—Wo ore indebted to
the agents, (Messrs. Davis, Kolb & Fannino,) for
a small sack of this very superior corn, which we
thankfully “ acknowledge,” and would commend
to the attention of our agricultural friends. Bee
advertisement.
Senator Diios, of Kentucky, arrived in this city
Saturday afternoon. We are pleased to learn that
his health has improved since he left Washington
City.
Caloric steaxbbs in Mains.— Capt. Isaac Gags,
of Augusta, has applied to the Legislature for in
corporation of himself and associates as a “ Calorie
Navigation Company,” with the intention of navi
gating Massachusetts bay and the cfasts and rivers
ol' Maine.
Tbe Faccltt of the Medical College gave their
annua! supper to the Students on Thursday eve
ning last. there were present aboutone hundred
and fifty, and the evening passed off nlcssantly.—
Professors Newton, Miller, Means and Ford
were respectively called out by sentiments, and
responded in appropriate addresses.
Northern- ExaiAN<u._The Banks have advanc
ed the rata to X per cent prem. for Checks on the
North. A similar advance has occurred in Charles
ton.
VIUONOTON AND MANCHESTER KiILROAD.—We
Irarn on the anthority of a letter from General
Maerse, President of this road, that the staging is
now reduced to 75 mile,. On the Ist July next, it
will be reduced 40 mile,, »ud the whole 'road will
be completed by the Ist November next. It is
now certain too, that the Augusta and Waynes
boro’ Bead will be finished by the same time.
The first Shad of the season has reached Nor
folk, Virginia, and the editor of the Herald, to
■whom it hae been sent, is smacking hi» lips.
Uuartroiuu Races.
The anuu&l meeting over th i Washingtou Course,
Charleston, commenced on Tuesday with a four
I mile race, Purac SIOOO, for which there were there
I entries, viz:
C. f. Isabella by Boston, dam by Eclipse, * years
old-entered by T. K-Goldsby, of Selma. Ala.
Ch. h. Jeff Davis, by Hero, data ont of imported
Marigold—entered by Col. W. 11. Sinklor.
R- g. Lawson, by Wagner, dam Minstrel* dam
—entered byC. <fc N.Green, of Richmond, Va.
Jes Davit was the favorite at three to one
against the field and the result showed that the
confidence of his backers was not misplaced. He
won with ease in two heats. Time Tm. 435. and
7m. 565.
For tho second race, for the “Hutchinson Stake,
two mile heats, there were 26 entries of whom the
following contended:
1. C. c. by Glencoe, dam Castanet, out of Betsy
Robius—entered by Tiios. Pnryear.
2. C. e. by Boston, dam Barbara Alien—entered
by Jas. Tslley.
8. C. f. by Boston, dam by Glencoe—entered by
T. B. GoMsby.
4. C. c. bv Tempest, dam Lacy Wood—entered
bvChaa. A. Hamilton.
B. c. by Sovereign, out of Celerity, by Levi
athan—entered by P. S. Fowler.
Puryear’s colt was the favorite against the field,
winnin'with ease in two heats. Time, Bm. 445.
and 3m. 465.
Neither of the heats in either of the races, we
judge from tfce report* of the Charleston pre s w ro
well contested, therefore afforded little interest or
excitement.
Alluding to the attendance, Ac., the Courier re
marks:
“The©pinion we expressed as to tho prospects
and promises of the Races of the present season,
was fully justified by the first day’s performances
and incidents on yesterday. Tho day was fair,
mild and lovely, seeming one of Autumn’s balmi
est days, intercalated in iho midst ut Winter.
The Course accordingly, was thronged at an
early hour, by an array of beamy and fashion—
the fair sex iu their lovliest livery of smiles and
beauty, appearing in larger numbers than we have
witnessed tor years past. The Club stand indeed
was almost monopolized by these “ better halves”
of humnnity, and ail other available posts of ob
servation were occupied to tlieir utmost limits.
There was also a very good attendance of gentle
men—comprising not only our own immediate
community, but visitors from all sections of tfce
State, and from other States. We observed
among them his Excellency, Gov. Manning, aud
prominent leading citizens of various portions of
our State. The tiaek was in good order—a little
side, as m-glit have been inferred from
inconvenience from this shnrecVas :fo\ J* QrXC
at has been feared by many.” V
CffAiTANOoaA Baoon.— The Adverliter says:
Ramsey & Son have finished killing hogs for this
season. They have slaughtered two thousand
hesd which will be pnt into bacon. We were
much pleased with the neatness and taste display
ed in trimming the hams and preparing them for
tho smoke house. They have one hundred thou
sand pounds now smoking which will soou bo
ready for market. Av eraging the hogs attwo hun
dred each,and deducting Jz for the lard, bones, &0.,
they wiil have not far from three hundred thou
sand pounds for sale, which in quality will com
pare well with any offered.
Robber ARREfTm.—About a fortnight since a
carpet bag, containing $48,000 in cash, certificates
of stock, etc., was stolen from a baggage room on
tho Norwich and Worcester Railway. A man
named Patrick Barnes being suspected, tho Sheriff
was put upon his track, and finally succeeded in
arresting him and recovering the property. Barnes
was committed.
Pittsburgh Iron Trade. —Accounts from Pitts
burg represent the iron trade as highly flourishing
and a further enhancement o( prices anticipated.
The Pittsburgh Gazette says that tho stock of Al
leghany metal brought down by the lute rise is
nearly disposed of, the bnlanoo on hand being held
at an advance and firm, and that four hundred tons
St. Charles sold in the early part of the week at.
*44 per ton, six months. Manufacturers liavo all
advanced tho prices on bar iron, and if the present
prico of pig metal is maintained, they will have to
make a still further advance on the manufactured
article.
The Havana Affair. —More recent advices from
the Island of St. Domingo havo showu that the
previous reports of a movement on tho part of
France to possess itself of the port of Samana were
entirely without fouudation. The late Paris pa
pers also contradict tho story in direct terms, and
the National Intelligencer of Monday, in an ar
ticle on tho subject, says—“ Desirous of putting
the inattor beyond doubt, we have made inquiry
in the proper quarter, and we learn that official in
telligence has been received from Mr. Rives that
it is utterly destitute of foundation. He has been
assured by the Imperial Minister of Foreign Af
fairs that it was a fnblo from beginning to end.—
Not a single French vessel of war was at Satnana or
in its neighborhood at the time oftho reported oc
cupation, and no orders or instructions bad been
issued to autliorizo such a proceeding.”
Change in the Canadian Tariff. —Tho follow
ing articles, heretofore subject to a duty of twelve
and a half per cent, ad valorem, have been placed
in the list of goods paying a duty of two and a half
per cent, from the 18th inst., when imported for
the manufacture of locomotive engines, viz: Hoop
or tire for driving wheels, bent and welded; con
nection rods, in pieces; frames and pedestals,
rough from the forge; and brasß or copper tube.*.
In England much) indignation is expressed at
l '!»* —»*Ukct nLty 'llpvefuuicu.t ill CmD-
Fkitingrtb. wx-jsof its wot home and foreign,
into a'3 per cent, stock. Porugal had contracted
loans in England, amounting to £10,000,000 at 4
and 5 per cent. Upwards of £5,000,000 of which
is now held in England. After neglecting to pay
ths interest, and forcing its creditors into several
compromises, it now declares that, instead of pay
ing four or five per cent., ns it engaged to do, it
will only pay three. What is this but repudi
ation ?
Relief for Madeira. —Tho barqno Nautilus
sailed from Boston on tho 20th ult. with two hun
dred bbls. flour and a largo quantity of corn, con
tributed by the citizens for the relief oftho starv
ing inhabitants of tho Island of Madeira. A simi
lar expedition will leave New York in a few
days.
The member of tho Corn Exchange have sub
scribed five hundred dollars for the sufferers.
Age of Sheep. —The age of shocp may bo known
by the front teeth. They are eight in number,
and appear the first year all of a size. In tiie
second year tho two middle ones fall ont, and their
place is supplied by two larger ones. In the third
year a small tooth on each side. In the fourth
year tho large teeth aro six in number. In the
fifth year, the wliolo front teeth are large. In
the sixth year tho whole begin to get worn. In
the seventh year some fall out or are broken.
It is said that the teeth of ewes begin to decay
at five or six; those of the wethers at seven.
The Caloric Ship. —Copt. Ericsson replies to
the invitation of the Philadelphia Board of Trade
to visit that city with the “Caloric Ship” thut the
vessel will shortly prococd to Norfolk, in compli
ance with tho wish of the Secretary of the Navy,
and that if on the return trip to New York, it
shall not too much “ interfere with the destination
of the ship,” all concerned will be most hnppv to
gratify the desire of the Philadelphia Board of
"Trad*. Wo hope Capt. G. may be iuducod whilst
in our Bay to extend his trip to Baltimore.
New Yop.k Canals. —Tho official report of the
Commissioners of the Canal Fund of New-York,
dated January 21, is published. The tolls on the
canals for the last year were *5,173,222, and reven
ue from other sources *5,928, making a total of *3,-
179,145, subject to deductions for cost of repairs,
and for interest and principal of tho State debt,
*2,899,045; leaving a clear surplus of *230,099.
This latter sum is applicable to the completion
of the canals. The canal debt of tho State is now
*17,091,269. The appropriation of *400,000 annu
ally after the year 1855, as contemplated by tho
constitution, cannot be carried into effect out of
the surplus revenues.
The Comptroller’s report makes tho entire debt
of the State $24,823,993, as follows;
General fund debt *6,339,693
Canal 4M)t 15,501,269
Canal revenue certificates 1,500,600
Contingent fnnd debt 933,038
*24,328,997
The proprietors of tbe N. Y. Evening Post have
contracted with Capt. Ericsson to furnish them
with a calorio engine, and it is already, they say, in
estate of considerable forwardness. The patterns
have been prepared by Capt. Ericsson, and the ma
chinery is being made by Messrs. Ilogg & Delama
ter, of New York. It is to have sufficient power
to drive one of Hoe’s rotary presses at the rate of
10,000 impressious an hoar, and four job-officc
presses, with a reserve force of two or three horse
power, and yet is only to occupy the space enclosed
in a cast-iron box six feet square and between five
and six feet high. It is to bo finished and in ope
ration by the middle of April. Should the experi
ment succeed, and there seems to be little doubt
that it will, the proprietors of the Ncw-York Even
ing Post will be entitled to tbe thanks of tbe entire
press of tbe country for their instrumentality in in
troducing some substitute—to use their own words
—“ for the Tartarean furnace and boilers which
now make hideous the vaults of all our larger print
ing offices.” The great simplicity of the machine
ry, which will render fewer repairs necessary, arid
the diminished consumption of fuel are also ad
vantages which will be duly appreciated by the
fraternity. The Post promises, moreover, prompt
ly to make known the success or failure of the ex
periment.
Kah.road Breakfasts. —A good idta. —By an ar
rangement just completed, passengers before leav
ing Buffalo for Now-York, while purchasing their j
tickets at the office there are handed a bill of fare,
from which they select such articles as they desire.
The orders are immediately forwarded by a tele
graphic communication to the refreshment room
at Warsaw, and numbered tickets are handed to
the different passengers. Upon arriving at War
saw, each finds upon the table whose number cor
responds with the card, the breakfast he ordered
in Buffalo, and the train waits 20 minutes for him
to eat it.
Most of our readers will recollect the Spanish
sailor, Antonio Lopez, who, whilst under sentence
for murder, was pardoned by Governor Hunt, of
New York, at the intercession of the Spanish
Minister. He went to sea immediately after his
release, and recently, while in Mantanzas, on a
alight provocation, murdered a ship-mate. The
clemency extended to him woe evidently but little
deserved.
Another ttraiuiwlck Rubble.
Th* signs of the times are auspicious through
out tlie country for financial bubbloa, the certain
aequents ofaeoutftuied high state of individual and
national prosperity, in the absence of that circum
spection and diligent caution which should always
exerciac a controlling inflneneo upon those who di
rect the legislative and financial affairs of the
country. As evidence tiiat tho ball is already bo
iug pnt in motion, we subjoin a few extracts from
New York papers, noticing a new Stock just in
troduced into Wall-street trom Georgia.
That there are explosive properties ia this Stock
we presume that very few of the sagacious men
of Georgia will question, and wo think it quite
probable Wall-street will sooner or later geta be
nefit.
The New York Prpreu says:
“ Tho stock introduced yesterday at the board
under the uamo of tho Brunswick Land Company,
consists of over three thou'-and acres of land, iu
the town ot Brunswick, in Georgia, embracing an
area of nearly three miles directly on tho w ater
front. The harbor of Brunswick is considered
one of the best, if not the host harbor in the State
of'Gcorcia. Besides the city lots already survey
ed and located, tbo Company own several tracts of
land adjoining and in the immediate vicinity, com
prising 1 465 acres. Tha sum of six hundred
thousand dollars has already been expended in
land and in improvements. Tlie best timber lands
in the United States are watered by tho Altamaha
river and its tributaries—this river being tho larg
est river in the South, extending into tlie interior u
distanoo of onephousaud miles.
“ Under the authority of Georgia, a canal is in
progress of construction, connecting this river
with tfce port of Brunswick. The sum of (550,000
has been expended on the work, which is nearly
completed. Os this cum, (50,000 was subscribed
and paid by Georgia. Its length will be twelve
miles. Four steam mills arc in the course of erec
tion, and it l* confidently believed that at least
550 vessels will be laden with lumber for tho En
glish and French markets, and for tho Northern
States, during the next season.
‘‘Tlie other link of communication is the con
struction, by the Brunswick and Florida Railroad
Company, of a lino of road from Brunswick to tbo
Gulrof Mexico, via Tbomasville, in Georgia, and
Tallaha*sco, to the port of St. Marks, in Florida—
with a branch from tho main line at Troupvillo, to
Albany,on tho Flint River. This read is now un
der contract, and in course of construction under
the most experienced and energetic management.
The company propose to extend their road, at tho
earliest practicable moment, from Thomasville to
Pensacsla in a direct line.”
Tlio N. Y. Timos says:
“ A new lan d or City Lot scheme was introduced
from Georgia, called the Brunswick Compnny. The
nominal capital is three milliou dollars, of whioli
■ two hundred thousand is put iu
market,Parting at twf-nty Jicrcej>i» Th*i>r,. B r» 7 ;
tors claim for Brunswick, on tW Atlantic eo.qt,
about sixty miles south of Savannah, a maritime
position ofsuperior character, and they virtually
propose, we believo, by aid of tlio Canal and Rail
road, which are to oonneet it with the interior of
Georgia, to make it a rival shipping port for cotton
and limber, to that city. The prospectus of the
Company, and the report on the canal and railroad
wore freely circulated in Wall-street to-day.”
According to tho N. Y. Post, no salos of tlie
bonds could ho mado. It says:
“ A new slock was introduced at tho board this
morning, denominated tho City of Brunswick Com
pany. It is a land Company, situate on Brunswick
harbor, Georgia, and is organized under charter,
obtained from the Legislature of the State ofGcor
gia. No sales were effected in it.”
Brandy and Shuars. —During tho calendar year
New York city imported cigars to tho amount of
*1,378,7-11, and other ports, say 40 per cent, of the
whole, would swell tho total to *3,131,216. It
also imported in 1852, French cognac and other
brandies of the value of *1,494,635, which would
bo swelled at other ports, ullowing New York
figures to represent 60 per cent, only to the whole,
to *2,487,181. So much in value was brought into
tho oounlry, and probably tho quantity consumed,
entered the mouths of our citizens.
Such statistics ai these and the following,
which we givo in a tabular form, tnako a bad show
for tho temperance cause, and yet wo believo that
ea :se has more active supporters now than over
before.
Imports of Wine, Beer and Distilled Ppiritß, durlug tho
year ending June BU, 1552.
Av. cost.
Quantity. Value, per gall.
Madeira wine 216,f.53 $168,917 *0,17.95
Sherry wine 168,610 97,6-0 57.93
Sicily wine 91,746 22,503 24.59
I’ort wine 6.4,816 240.28$ 39,07
Claret wine 2,702,612 405,850 15.00
Other red wines 1,172,316 229,850 19.56
Other white whines 985,879 195,870 20.94
Brandy 2.751,810 1,792,729 65 14
Grain Spirits 665,361 291,886 4.5.02
Other spirits 859,677 93,940 27.51
Beer, aie A porter f’m Eng., 262,888 186,961 71.18
Leer, ale & porter fin Scot., 110,753 67,804 61.22
Cotton Manufactures in Russia. —According to
a recent official report upon the manufactures and
domestic trade of Russia, there are in tho Empire
ono hundred and fifty-eight manufactories of cot
ton, divided among thirty-six provinces. The
amount of goods manufactured is, about one mil
lion five hundred thousand pieces, estimated at
tlireo million silver rublea, and giving employ
ment to about fourteen thousand threo hundred in
dividuals. About half of these goods arc printed,
adding a value to tho abovo of sorno two million
silver rubles, and employing somo five thousand
laborors additional. About six hundred and fifty
thousand pieces were woven upon power loom nnd
tho rest by hand.
Later from Port au Prince.— By the arrival at
New York the brig Isabella Reed, Capt. Rioo, wo
have advices from Port au Prince to tho 17th of
January.
The reports of tho ravages oftho yellow fever at
that port are still very distressing. Tho chief
mate oftho Isabella Reed, Mr. Goorgo Hutchings,
died oftho disease on tho sth of January^
Capt. Rice report! that sick men ftjro «jnt on
'C w* * - s- • *La luli t>* r *‘* * 9. ' -u-eu efr
tal in nearly nine oases out of ten. Ifo nlh reports
that there is no hospital, and that it iSf Often diffi
cult to find any, place for the sick.
Several vessels in port had lost both officers and
men by the disease.
Fire and Loss of Life.—A firo occurred on
Wednesday night in a building in the rear of 75
and 77 Nassau street, New York, occupied by N.
W. Roberto, Miohael Doheny, and other attorney s;
T. S. Wall, architect, Ducommon & Son, watch
ease makers; T.J.Morcein, manufacturing jeweler;
W. S. Haywold, engine turner ; and others.
Mr. and Mrs. Pinkerton, with ono domestic, tho
keeper of tho building, barely escaped with their
lives. Two brothers nntned Collins, who slept in
an upper room, were burned to death. They wore
port monname ’manufacturers, and young men,
much respocted by their neighbors. It in said that
on taking their bodies to tho station house, more
than three hundred dollars were taken from tlioir
pockets.
Another body has been found, hut not identified,
and ono man, whose name we havo not ascertained
endeavoring to escape by jumping out of tho se
cond story window, broke both his legs and ro
coived other injuries, which are pronounced
mortal.
Tho total loss in property, real and personal, is
supposed to amount to twenty to thirty thousand
dollars.
Thendeb Storm in February. —There were a
number of flashes of lightning obsorvablo in Balti
more and in Philadelphia on Wednesday night.
In New York there was not only lightning, hut a
violent clap of thunder, followed by a drenching
shower of rain. The weather would havo done
no discredit to May. At Richmond, Va., a thun
der storm of unusual violoneo commenced botweon
1 and 2 o’clock on Wednesday morning. The
lightning struck several houses, and, in one in
stance, a horse was killed.
One Hundred and Twelve Years Old.— The
Rochester Advertiser states that James Knight,
living in Bloomfiold, Ontarie county, (N. Y.) will,
in April next, be one hundred and twelve years
of age. Ha was born in Queen’s county, Ireland,
in April 1741. Within the last eight or nine
months a marked change has taken place in his
intellectual capacity; but, asido from this, he is
apparently much the same as for many years past.
He resides with his son, who is seventy-two years
old.
Washington Monument. —lt appears that tho
contributions in aid of the Washington Monument
Fund, made at the polls dniiug the last Presiden
tial alection, in compliance with tho circular of
the board of managers, amount so far to $16,000.
Tho monument has now reached an elevation of
124 feet.
Boston loe Crop.—' Tho recent cold weather has
given assuranco that tho Boston ice dealers will se
cure a good crop. Tho work of cutting and hous
ing is said to be going on vigorously.
It is said in Washington, that the Californians
who are soon to gather there in great numbers,
will use their influence to secure a Cabinet ap
pointment for the Pacifio coast, Mr. Gwin is
spoken of as the most prominent candidate. The
Navy Department is assigned to him.
Tho Camanche Indians, according to a letter
from an officer of the U. S. Army stationed in
Western Texas, are in an extremely deplorable con
dition. Being hedged in by military posts, the
buffalo nearly all gone, and the deer driven across
the lines, they are almost in a state of starvation.
Cool. —The Louisville Courier gives the follow
ing account of a cool transaction which took place
in that city at tho burning of tho Louisville Hotel,
a few days since. One of tho boarders, carpet bag
in hand, descended from the third story, which
was all in flames, and marching np to the clerk at
the office, around whom the hot cinders were
dropping, told him that he believed he would move
his quarters, and wanted to know how much his
bill was. The clerk turned to tho ledger, counted
it up, made out tho bill, took the money, and po
litely bowed him out, at tho same time expressing
bis regret at his sudden departure.
According to the Pitsburgh Gazette, the Penn
sylvania Railroad has now more business pressing
upon it than it can do, and there seems no proba
bility of its slackening. The boats which ply reg
ularly botwcon that port and porta below all come
np heavily freighted, and boats heretofore engag
ed on other routes, are coming there well freight
ed.
Frvx Points New York Citt.— Bishop Janes,
of the Methodist Episcopal Church, assisted by
clergymen of other denominations, on Thursday,
laid the comer stone of a new Mission House on
the site of the famous Old Brewery.
•\V'n <E ,—According to Mr. Kennedy’s report on
the census, the importation of wine amounts to
six millions gallons, and the consumption to twen
ty millions leaving the home product at fourteen
millions. The returns, however, give only 221,248
gallons—the remainder of the fourteen millions
being made of cider, tnmipa, logwood, &0., &0.
Tiie Tbxascrt Notes'* outstanding on the Ist
inst. amounted to |120,8U 94.
TUe Iron Trade.
The subjoined Glasgow Circular, on the Iron
Trade of Europe, will bo rend with peoulir intoroat
by nil thore woo desire to be informed ou the sub
ject, which at this timoisone of grave importance.
If the facts nnd arguments sot forth by tho writers
bo true, and we have no sufficient reason to ques
tion either, the law of supply and demand, which
were generally opposed to have produced the
great rise in the valuo of Iron, liavo really had
nothiug to do with the matter. It appears that the
stock of pig Iron ou hand in Scotland was at the
dale of tho circular SOU,OOO tons, against 350,000
tons at the end of 1851, and against only 80,000
tons at the end 0f1847. It is therefore apparent
that tho trade has been controled by speculators,
and by thorn tho present advanco Jins been pro
duced :
l’io Ibo.v.—ln looking at the abovo statistics fbr
the causes of the groat advance which has taken
place in the price of Kg Iron, being upwards of
one hundred per cent, in eight months, wo find
an iucrease to the stock of 100,000 toua over lust
year—u production as largo as ever known—and
still increasing; and, on inquiring into tho state
and prospects of the trade, wo find that we com
menced the year with the largest stock over known,
as, notwithstanding tho low prieos ruling since
1848, the stock hud increased from 80,0" O tons, at
the etd of 1847, to 850,000 at. tiro end of 1851,
being lor ISSI about 180,900 moro than tho ave
rage of the previous six years, prior to which pe
riod wo have no correct statistical Information;
and thero being 114 furnaces in blast, there ap
peared no prospect of any immediate improve
ment in prices, as it was evident stocks would
continue to increase, unless the production was
curtailed. These facts—with the prospect of con
siderable competition from tho newly-discovered
field of minerals in the north of England, where*
in tho face of tho miserable state of tho trade here,
a number of furuaces were in course of erection;
and several of our most intelligent iron master
having personally visited that district, tho trade
became satisfied that they could produce iron
tliore as cheaply ns in Scotland, although not per
haps of equal quality—increased the gloom which
had so long prevailed; and the first four months
of this year were, perhaps, the most disheartening
onr iron trade ever experienced. The price gradu
ally recoded till the end of April, when it reached
355. a 355. tid. for warrants, and 84s. a 84s. 6d. lor
scrip. In tho meantime, the price being 1 rom ss.
to los. below the cost of production at most of the
works, several of tho iron masters, seeing no cud
to this stato of matters, as stocks, notwithstanding
prices and freights, were as low as over known—
were supposed to bo increasing—resolved to stop
their works, nnd 12 to 14 furnaces wore eventual
ly -out out; roports wero also circulated, that sev
eral largo w orks must bo stopped ore long, unless
some change took place for the better. This in
dueod several parties, who wore convinoed that
boforo longthe trado would work its own euro— by
made about. 86s. to 875., with tho view of being
held over for several years, if necessary, till this
anticipated reduction of the make was accomplish
ed. This gave nfinnuess to tho market, which,
on the purchases being followed up by tho trade
and speculators, gaud a greatly increased demand
for malleable iron having taken pluco for ship
building, shipment, and other purnosos, and tho
general trade of the country rapidly improving,
prices rose to about 455. in tho month of June,
when mo tot tlio dealers and brokers hero, being
of opinion that a further advanco was ttnwar runt
ed, commenced to realize, and prices, consequent
ly fluctuated between 445. to 40s. till about tho end
of August. The markot afterwards got wholly in
to the hands of speculators; prices advanced rap
idly ill September, and continued to do so until
ten days ago, when it reached 775. 6d., and wo
closo tho year at 78a. to 745. for G. M. F>. warrants.
The arguments in favor oftbe a peculation are, the
cheapness and abundance of money; and expect
ed rise in tho rate of wages, every 6d. per day add
ing 2s, Od. to 3s. Od. to tile cost ofprouucing a ton
of iron; tho extraordinary dcinund for Bar Iron
of all kinds, with every appearance of its lasting;
and high prices being oontiuiicd, as tho works
erected cannot supply the demand; (but it must
not 00 overlooked, that the experience ot the last
seven years proves, that no raw article sympathi
zes less with tlio manufactured llinn Pig Iron,
the means of producing it fur exceeding the con
suming powers of tho'manufactories now estab
lished and supplying tho shipments at the same
lime;) the reduced stocks in America and on thu
continent, with a likelihood ot an alteration of the
duties in Franco nnd America. But on tho other
hand, wo have a stock of four hundred and fifty
thousand tons, and 113 furnaces in blast, with tho
probability that before the shipping season is fair
ly commenced the stock will bo five hundred thou
sand, an , tho furnaces 12u to 122 in blast, as some
sixoreight aro preparing, nnd it is stuted that
arrangements aro making to prepare a uood many
more, and should present prices last, there will in
all probability be a number moro built, two new
works being already arranged for; and in addition
there aro seventeen new furnaces orceting in the
north of England, and many of the American and
Belgian furnaces aro a'so going into blast, the sour
c ty of nhipp ng is also inercaa'ng, and I’roigl tshavc
very much advanced; the order- for heavy casting
are'taken out of the market, many of tho founders
complaining that they have not had fewer ere erg
on hand for four years, and there is little appeor
nnce of many heavy orders being in the markot
this season, it is impossible to give an opinion as
to tho course of tlio market, but. wo trust specula
tion will not bo carried further during 1358, us it i»
evident, unless there is some cause for tho great
advance, which ivodo not perceive, that the result
must, sooner or later, be similar to that produced
by the speculations of 1845, which ended in dis
appointment and loss to almost every one connect
ed with the trade; and this result appears more
certain now than it did then, tho furuaces erected
being one-third moro than at that period.
December 31. VVm. Connal & Co.
Old Salts on nkw Duty.— lt is said that since
confinement was substituted for flogging, on board
our vessels of war, that the number of sailors
under arrest is so great as to impose much addi
tional labor upon those who do nothing worthy of
punishment. Tho “old salts” have, howevor,
themselves devised a remedy, and have formed
“ committees of vigilenco,” who pounce upon an
idler and apply tho “ cal” themselves, with such
effect that tho man dooß not think it expedient to
shiik duty a second time. It is remarked that as
sure as this castigation is undertaken thcro will be
a vessel ip sight, pr e'-no. ob.iqct in the air or on
| the watci, I ' gild’ll tlie tm'
culprit, wtiioh entirely engrosses tbs attention of
the officers on deck. As soon ns tho “caf’-ing is
over, tho object of his curiosity disappears.
Valuable Diggings.— Threo of the Chincha Is
lands, on tho coast of Peru, on which Guano is de
posited by birds, aro said to contain 250 millions
of tons of tho manure, worth 1250 million pounds
sterling, or upwards of 7000 millions of dollars.—
Tho number of human beings and vessels thut find
employment in this trado, and tho fortunes ao
quired by it, show that other “diggings” than
those of gold may boos value to mankind. As i
universal fertilizer of the earth, increasing the foot
of its inhabitants, it possesses an importance that
surpasses all other “ diggings,” in proportion ar
food is superior to ovory tiling elso.
Hons Packed in the West. —Tho Cincinnati
Price Current lias obtained returns from tho foi
lowing States, In whole or in part, of tho business
in packing hogs during the last season. From tin
general tenor of their advices, tho I’rico Current
thinks there can be no doubt as to a deficiency in
weight, throughout Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana
and a still greater deficiency in tho yield of lard.—
Tho former, it thinks, is certainly Jive and the lut
tor ten per coat.:
1851-2. 1852-3
Ohio 508,988 540,61*.
Indiana 267,124 368,271
Kentucky i 198,500 817, OW
Tenncssco L 7,000 17,001
Illinois j 4,000 16,00(
Total 985,610 1,281,864
Increasoso fur 296,274
The Macon, Ga., Citizen learns that tho Bruns
wick and Florida llailroad is now in a 9tato of active
progress, and that in two years it will bo finished,
according to contract,from Brunswiolt to tho Floridi
Line, in Thomas County, at a point some 18 iniler
fro o Tullahnssc. Gen. Call and other influential
persons in Florida, aro urging the people ol Leon
County, Fia., to commence, immediately, the con
struetion of a railroad from Tulluhassee to tho ter
minus aforesaid, to complete tho railway oommuni
cation from the Gulf to the Atlantic. There is al
ready a road from Tallahassee to St. Marks, and
there seems, says the Citizen, to bo no doubt at all
as to tho early opening of this grand route from
Northeast to Southwest. It is, continues the CHi
zen, obliged to boa popular and expeditions route
if opened by Jun. Ist, 1855, for travelers to and
from New Orleuns, Texas, &o.
Insurance Case.— A somewhat poculiar Insu
rance case was recently decided bolore one of the
District Courts at New Orleans. Tho plaintifi
had taken measures to have his property, the Ny
ades theatre insured in the Sun Mutual Inaurana
Company. Toe company had agreed to mako the
insurance, bat it was not finally consummated be
cause tho book-keeper of the plaintiff w.-s no!
present at the time the Insurance Company’s agent
called to oollcct tho premium. Tho latter, however
said that it was all right, and that he would cnl
again. Before he did call again the theatre tool V
fire and was totally destroyed. The insurance
was claimed, but tho company denied that it war
responsible, The jury, howcver/retnrned a ver
dict for the full amount claimed, SB,OOO with in
terest.
Later advices from Buenos Ayres have been re
ceived via Boston. Political aspects are again
stormy. Urquizs is reported to have crossed tin.
Parana with his artillery, deposed the Governor
of Santa Fo, and established Gen. Galan in lii
plnce. The Buenos Ayresn Government, in the
mean time, is collecting a large force on the fron
tier at St. Nicholas, and has dispatched two tlioas
and men to Entre Kios to incite the people to re
volt against Crqnixa. One of the divisions of the
Buanos Ayroan troops had disembarked in the
face of great opposition at Gitalaquayoha, which
was captured. Urquiza has issued a proclamation
to the people, urging them to pay noheedtothc
arguments for war. The eonntry is again in the
samc unsettled state as at this time last year.
The U. 8. Senate, after the 4th of March next,
as far as is now known, wil 1 consist of thirty-eight
Democrats and twenty-one Whigs—Democratic
majority seventeen.—Tlie number of Democrats
already elected or holding over is thirty five ; num
ber of Whigs nineteen. Vacancies to be filled by
Democratic Legislatures, throe ; by Whig Legisla
tures, two; vacancies, in which the result is doubt
ful, three. __
It is well known tliat much attention has been
attracted in Denmark to the question of the com
pensation to the owners of the emancipated slaves
in the Danish West Indies. Last year the Finance
Minister offered 40 Spanish dollars for each slave
the owners demanding $75. This year ho has
brought in a new bill raising the compensation to
SSO a head. It is expected that this sum will bo
accepted by the House, and a disagreeable ques
tion be thus set at rest.
There are three kinds of men in the world : the
“Wills,” the “Wonts,” and the “Cants.” The
former effect everything, the other oppose every
thing, and the latter fail in everything. “I will”
builds our railroads and steamboats. “I won’t”
dont believe in “experiraente and nonsense
while “I can’t” grows weeds for wheat, and com
monly ends his |days in the alow digestion of a
a court of bankruptcy,
""■’’■'l.lJ.l'—j'.'L 1 , ijiiimiii'.ii. i i■ n .1 a
United Males unit Gr. at Itrilatu.
The New iorli Courier of Tuesday morning
learns by a special tolcgwphio despatch froru its
Washington correspondent, that the steamer Aft i
ea brought important despatches from Mr. Inger
•*oU, to the effect that negutiationsare, for advanced
towards tho framing of a treaty by which all mat
ters of disagreement between England and tho
United States wilt bo settled as nearly u» possible
definitely.
Tho Courier goes on to say:
There is reason for Itelioving that apodal in
structions liavo boon rent t • tho British Minister
authorizing him to conclude an Arrangement ot
the points more recently mooted upon terras here
tofore agreed "pon with Mr. Eiervtt, who semis
to bo reaping honors rapidly by Ids adutiut*'ration
of his department., u „ are advised ti „» n;* first
proposed, that a Joint Conuntssiwn shall bo ap
pointed for tho settlement of such muiital aluiuia
of American oitimis and British subject* upon
those Government* respectively, as have arisen
since 1815. In the liev place it issm . cstti’i that u
Uommoi cud Convent lon shall consider and nr
i untie the subjects i f reciprocal trade, ti e ft-,. nav
igation of the St, Lawrence ut.d tho He. JiiinV
together with tho partial throwing open of the
American coasting trade to provincial firi'ish ves
sels, (granting then; for this p-o-o-American
registers) and the material extension ol the i t of
American manufactures mid produce to lars fteo ■
into tho British provinces.
It is designed also tlmt this Convention shall de
tormino tlic Fishery question, which her it-’ a
t.v's Government isqidie »i In „ M so. , | eod
ou a basis very f-vorablc toil c eo 1 q'j ~ .
gotiatlon includes also the iiif-.iis ofCoiitral Ame
rica, but thesearo very propel!y In V,a cmmiiiuod
to the consider..non oi am j „tun. <j ,v< l.'. imi. bo
mature is tho form wine! tho project Inis row ns
smnod, Unit ihe dt q , i. ! i.s received warrant the
expectation that it will lie entirely ncvoti.i nded '
suder tho present a Imini-tralion. UuJnt t, o
present aspect of the in <:o!;ation, it cam o’ bo too
soon concluded. If its terms ami tic...ds lo en
tirely consistoiitwith tills representation of ks
scope and intent, it will iuttiied hen << inm-i ii.iso
boncfioiui to both parties; a reciprocity which is
not all on one sidy. M''iuitimo. w hat mo tho pros
pects of such a treaty in the Bueno ? fhc , rosins
condition of tin: Committee on Foreign Ail'nrs, is
suchtliac it will h» dliP.onlfto ret its quorum to
gether. BcnutorDoug! is isineapMcitati d tor hu»i
ncss by his recent mnavinvfu, and two oit.er
mombers are too unwell to appear in their scuts.—
Under these cireumstiu.-. es, il, is believed that tho
subject will, for the prosettt, not iccci.o deliuito
consideration.
CoiNsor. rots J.’.Nu.u.v.—The Treasurer of tho
Mint at I'ijiladelpi in rope rts the entire coinage of
that establishment for the month of (January at
#4,904,938, as follows :
GoGo-w2ft1,223 PnuMo Eagles $4,024,401
11,480 Pandas ] 1
-
5i1ver— 8,125,042 Tiiroo-ConfiPieces. .. ■■ : 7 •.»
t4.fs!3,;»S
C0mm—386,079 Cents 8,800.7#
4,140.021 ricccs #*,9' it,OS-3.79
Gold bullion deposited, from California 4,917,-
000, other sources 43,500, looking 4,902,500; sil
ver bullion, 14 j "00.
Tnutoiurmb I!aob.—The advices by tho On
nnrdsteftmi r Africa, which left Now York, about
six o'clock Tuesday evening, were received at tho
Picayune office,by',tlio Southern (Morse) line, nt
eight o’clock, fifteen minutes, while a deanatch of
tlie samouows bytho National Vine, wont through
at twenty minutes past eight—difference between
tile two lines five tub ntes.
This is ab tit as close a race a-, was ever run hv
the opposition lines, and allows tlio admin 'do
working order both must have been n.
Sanchez Navakro. —Amongst the arrivals at
Washington, wo nolieo that us Mr. Sanchez N'avn
oro, a gentleman well known to many oillc #f
tho army, 11a owner of several large cl dea, or ha
ciendas, in the neighborhood of Saltillo. Wo un
derstand this gentleman has oiuiins for pr > erty
carried off by tho Cumauchoa living in Texas,
amounting t> four hundred thouaaml dn'Vs,
which,on account of tie eleventh article of tlio
treaty of peace with Mexico, may one day have to
bo paid by our Governin' nt.
Mrs. Mary Ana, wife of Cnpt. Ebom-rcr Thcmp
son, (an 1 only daughter of tho lido ll .ni v T , ~
son, Esq.,) died at Dunham, N. 11., ou the lillh ulc.
Slio liad b;on sick with civuni; thin, but her
doatli was sudden. Her hu-band, who v- .* also
suffering from the same 'dUcuse, was catted to her
chamber,by the infonna'ion that she was iU ng.
in going up stairs, ho fainted and fell, mid r. 'it
expired. Thus in tho fame hour b'dli has build
and wife dosed their earthly existence.
Indiana Bankinu Law.—Wo learn from tho In
dianapolis Journal that a bill is before the Sonata
instructing tho Stato officers not to receive any
new applications for hunks under the general kw
of last winter. Thomson given lor this bill in
that'Wn'l-Btrcot operators, Nnv Y ork, ere about
to secure charters for banks iu many of the ootin
tics, for tho purpose of Using tho notes in Now
Y’ork, instead of carrying on a legitimate b.inking
business in Indiana.
The annual eommeucomcntof the Female Medi
cal College took place in Philadelphia, on the t7th'
nit., boforo a crowded audience In tho Musical
Fund Hull, The lady graduates, torn* nine or tea In
number, ocouplod seats on the platform, and.their
appearance was greeted with lend applause. The
degrees wore conferred by Professor Cleveland.
The St. Louis Evening News States that large
quantities qf grouse, quails, deer, and, other
1 gamo are duly soul (rom that place, nlmo-l, 1 «ry
MppMto.-Ui yt .. . ~,. -wf» v. .
/Sate. They are shipped to various p Hits the
Ohio, nnd iir someinstiiUcun lmvebcon -out as far as
Baltimore, Philadelphia and New York. So large
has this export been this reason that these a ticicst
arc now commanding un unusually high rate '‘iig
Tho annual report of the Boston Chief of I’jflKq
states thnttho wiiolo number of complaints a!,JFft
rests by the police, in 1852,-Was 4'i4i', b«ing iua
loss than U'sl, wliioh decrciiso is in par , owing to
the less number of complnats for violation of city
ordinances n, id tho licenso law lost year, than was
tho case in 1961—the number of license In .v casus
atono being 574 less Inst roar than during the plu
vious. During the ln»t year, the whole number of
arrests of minors was 113 loss than iu 1 • 61.
The ptipero bring intelligence of the dcrth of two
able scientific mon—tho docutso of Sears 1). Wnllc
or, Esq., the ominont Astronomer and ids'.lierr.r:i
tloiiin, whioh took place rl the bom oof l ie bi>r—
-1 ihcr, Judge Walker, near Cincimmti, on the Bth
if January; and thedeath ut Bt. Thomas, on tiio
19th January, ol' l’rof. ft. It. Adams, of Ainhcnt
Coliego.
1100 Trade.— Tho Louisville Oorior of the 29t!t
alt., pay*!—From all tlio Information tro li.vo
been able to gather, there will be an axe mln tlio
number of hogs packed throughout the West thin
teason over lu*t, of fully three hundred thousand
hog*. In the average weight of tbe hogs pinked,
I it is estimated that there ivlll be a falling (ifof S
l per cent. The deficiency of lard la cati _ aited at 19
per cent.
The Cincinnati I’rion Current eMlmi tea the num
ber cf bogs packed there, from all aonrer •, at CBl,-
171—a gain of nearly t«tt thoa-an l over the previ
ous year. Tho excess in til's city lit one hundred
thousand, in Indiana one hundred and sixteen
1 thousand, and Ohio forty thousand. From other
points f\tll returns have not been received.
Exiles from Catuhnk. —A recent letter from
Surinam says—
“A few days since, the American lui- Mermaid,
from Cayenne fir Boston, two d o:; out, di.cov
ered threo of the exputtiated Frcncbiti n eoui'idcd
on Board. The 11 1 rtutiid bcinr a tqgulnr trader
between Boston end Cnynhno, tho ri'Ju.n vie up.
prehenarvo of diffiettlly on his return' should bo
take them to the United Slates, and tberefi i 1 put
into Surinam, where 11.0 French Manner Vuvo*
ronr was lying, and cormnuu'iatcd with the V!.’ S.
Consul, who recomui'fWv l tie unfortunate irdi
viduals to remain on beard tho Merinnl,. Tbe
aptain of the Voyttgeiir then deniMnhd of tho
aptain of the Mermaid tho: they shon d ho de
livered tip to iiii't, wbieh was‘refiue.|; and lie
mttiediateiy aailed for fi.ycnne, f.,r instructions
Torn the Governor. The sfeani-r ri tinned in the
29th lilt., when the Tjernudd had t .'d.-d, end the
refugees had left, tidier in her or swine other ves
sel, lor tlie United .Slutes.”
A Great Work Accounts mm.— Wo learn from
tho Portland Advertiser that the railaon tho wiioio
line of tho Atlantic and Bt, Lawrence Railroad
from Portland to island Pond, tiio point of junction
i with Urn St. Lwroitce and Atlantic Jb.it*. id, are -
laid, and that tho locomotive has past ed up to that
point snd back. The lust rail was laid late ou Sat
urday night.
The Indianapolis and Uollefonlaitte Railroad was
opened the whole distance to Union on tho Slat
ult., thus completing tiio air line from Cleveland
to TerraHautc, within 170 mile* of St. Louis.—
PaStonger* bound for St. Louis can now pass tho
whole distance from Boston to Terra liaute by
railroad via Buffalo.
Tho Senate of Itiiodo Island Ims again refund,
oy a vote of 17 to 15, to go lute convention with
the House of Representatives for the purpose of
choosing a Senator of tho United Staton. One
Whig voted wlt!i the majority. With this excep
tion, every whig in both Houses voted to go into
convention.
The Tax on Banks in Onto Use .n-iTitutional.
Judge Bates, of Ohio, ou Saturday pronouruel
the law of that State, under winch the bank., have
been taxed double the amount of other property,
to be unconstitutional, and l.as granted an injunc*
tion restraining tiio Trc.xiror of Franklin count y
from tiio taxes claimed to bedtte from the Frank
lin and other banks.
Tho Hamburg and Edgefield Plank Bond, on the
24th nit., declared a dividend of fourteen par cent
on the stock. Nineteen miles of the retd, leading
to Edgefield, huvo been completed, and five on tl.o
branch. Tiio entire road, it is thought, will be
completed by tho 4th of July next.
The imports of foreign merchandize at Now
ifork for January, lt>s3, show an iporeuso of two
million four hundred thousand dollars over tho
corresponding month of last year, but are less by
two million dollars than tiio total for January,
1851.
In tho Khodo Island House of Representatives
on Tuesday a petition was piescnted fra judi
cious system of licensing. Tito petitioners any
tho Maino law has been productive of evil
rather than of good. Tiio Providence J nrnnl
thinks the liquor bill previously in roduooi, and
which is fully as stringent us tne old law, will not
pass.
Tho lower House of tiio Illinois Legislature haa
passed a bill, 42 to 25, to build a bridge over thg
Mississippi river at Rock Island,