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THK INAUGURATION.
PrnMeM Plrrre'a luaugurAl ViMrrit.
Wzshinotoh, March 4, 5 P. M.
Washington city wu» crowned to cxocos to-day
by person* from all quarter?* of the country, to
wilne** the inauguration ol Prc-hleul P erce. The
va-Uliruhg winch bad been accumulating tor some
day* (Mat wa* greatly augmented by Urge and rue*
ce»*ive train* of raifroa>t ear* wh.eh witmiitiriced
ariiving lrorn Baltimore shortly alter dut lgbl, and
wtitmfcd a?moat hourly up to the nine me inaugu
ration oeremouie* commenced, Route of the tr*l Ir
bra* a* many ar one thousand passenger*. buow
re ii nenco-1 tailing about 8 o'clock A M. and con
tinued without imermiaxioh during the day, hut
tin* seemed to have hit li.tie etc> t in dataping
tliS euimn-ianm of the vast asicniblage. The
para le of the military are* Very line, and tin
movement* of lb* various companies to the round
of martial mimic, the dashing u> an 1 fro of richly
oapariaeued horsemen, and showy and highly
decor stud vehicle*, —all tended to give the Nation
al Metropolis a lively and animated appearauoe.
It was said by parson* who have had every oppor
tunity of being perfectly conversant with the mat
ter, that navsr on any previous similar occasion
bad so many persona visited Washington a*on this
—but this may be aocouuud for by the vastly in
cross d and tnuth mors rapid mean* of communi
cation;—<md in this connection 1 may mention a
single fuel: 1 met gentlemen in Washington who
bait left their homes in New Tork on Thursday
evening at nightfall, who had witnessed the in
auguration, and who would be at home on Satur
day morning fully prepared to enter on their
Various pursuits, having been absent but one bmi-
H»*s day.
About 10 o'clock the variona military oompanie*
and civiu associations commenced assembling in
front ol the City Mali, and trom that hour uutil
noon the square sud the streets leading thereto
wars the scene*ol the most lively internet. The
vsrious oompanie* from abroad were c-ioric l into
Una by their military brethren of the District, and
the Liw Greys, of Bdtnnoro, Capt. France, who
were on their return from a visit lo Petersburg and
Richmond, weroeeoorted the entire distance irom
tne lie ter city by two flue companies. By no
means the least attractive feature of the day was
theFiyi g Artillery from Fort McHenry, the mili
tary perfeciion of which seemed to be the admira
tion of all beholders.
TH« PROCESSION.
A few m'nute* alter 12 o'clock the procession
reached Willard’s Hotel, where Gen. Pierce l ad
taaeti up his quarters, andafew minutes later com
menced moving in the following order :
J. D. Hoover, R*q., Chief Marshal, and Aid*.
Major A. Nicholson, Marshal of the Military Di
vision and Aid*.
Col. lliekay, in command of the military.
Company K. United Bute* Flying Artillery,
Fort Mcllenry, Col. Taylor commanding.
The fcmaraon Artillery of Portsmou b, Va., Capt.
Burdett.
The Mechanic Artillery, Capt. Duffy, of Alexan
dria Va.
The U. 8. Marine Guards from the Washington
Navy Yard, numbering 100 men, oornmuuded by
Lieut Grayson.
The Wa hington L’ght Infantry, Cant. Tute.
Tho I.sw Greys, Cap. Prance,of Baltimore.
Tiia National Guard*, of Harrisburg, l'u., Capt.
Garland with a flue baud of music.
Tli* Walkor Sharp Shooters, of Washington,
Cap'. Bradford.
The First Baltimore Sharp Shooters, Capt.
Lilly.
Too Montgomery Guards, Capt. Keyscr, of
Washington.
Toe Mount Vornon Guards, Capt. Ashby, of Al
exandria, Va.
The Boone Biflomen, Captain Bright, of Wash
ington.
The Continental Onarda, of New York, Captain
Dtrrsh. This flueoompaiiy was habited in Uni
form precisely aimilar to thut worn by our Revo
lutionary forefathers, and werotho “observed of all
otiservers.” Tiiey weru accompanied by Adkin’s
celebrated baud.
Tne National Grey*, Capt. Bacon, of Washing
ton.
The Washington Guards, Capt Hoffman, of Bal
timore,
Tne Jaekson Guards, Capt. Bhillinghcr, of Bal
timore.
Tlie Continental Guards, Capt. Wilson, of
Washington- Dress somewhat similar to tlmt ol
the New York oompaiiy of the same name, al
though not quilo so porfoct ail iinitution.
Th* Gurinau Yeagers, Captain I’ruoht, of Balti
more.
The YoungGusrda, Captain Richardson, of Rich
mond, Va.
The German Yeagers, of Richmond, Va.
This closed tho military escort. Immediately
following, in a splendid open carriage, came Presi
dent Filiuiore and Ihe Presidentelect, Gen. Frank
lin Fiore 1 . Then came, in handsome carriages,
the members of tho new Cab net, and personal
friends tho new President, followed liy the Uni
ted States Marshal of the DisUiet of Columbia, and
his deputies, the Committee of Arnugomctits of
the United Bt lies Senate, the corps Diplomatique,
and otli»r dignitaries.
The Jackson Democratic Association of Wash
ington, and the Democratic Association of Alex
andria followed, and wero suooßoded by a strong
delegation of the Empire Club of Baltimore, in a
mammoth omnibus, drawti by eight gray horses,
richly caparisoned; the Pioneer Club of Baltimore,
J. M. iiirncr, K*.p, ohlef marshal, assisted by-
Messrs. Lamb rt B. Norwood and Boynton Betts,
and '.he Deiuoorulic Association of Baltimore, ntur
ahded by Col. Lloyd, asai* ed by various aids.
Tiia Columbian Fire Company of Washington,
•ml the Manhattan Company of New York, wero
the only tiro ooiiipaules in the lino, and were sue
eoeded by a large oonoourse of citizens on horse
back and on foot, which closed the procession,
O’he line of prooession was enlivened by a largo
number »f Bauds of music. It moved down Penn
sylvania «veuue to the Capitol, which it rcuchcd a
few minutes alter one o’clock, P. M.
The PrusidetH ami President elect, and other
distinguished gentlemen, wero immediately cs
corted to liie S-mute Chamber, mid ns soon us tho
vast throng had heuome somewhat stationary, they
appeared upon tho eastern portico ol the Capitol,
■where the oath of offite wa* administered to Pre
sident Fumes by Chief Jnstieo Tani.t—several
other members of tho Supreme Court being pre
sent. Tile now Chief Magistrate then proceeded
to deliver his Inaugural Address.
/The address wd. be found hclow.j
T, e scouo on tho portico during tho administra
tion o*'' the oath, and the delivery ol tho address,
was imi'osing in tho extreme. Prominent in tho
fora ■•round stood tho in-ootning und outgoing
Presidents, t.'te Chief Justice of theßnpreme Conit
and liis asaodai**, t l ' o now Cabinet and the old
Cabinet, Senators god Representatives, tho mem
bers of the Corps Diplomatique in the gorgeous
uniforms of their rospootive oountriea—all uncov
ered, amidst a driving snow aform, whilst the cho
sen ruler of this great Republio solemnly took his
oath to maintain the Constitution inviolate. The
ls lies, too, never wanting in patriotism, in spito
of tho storm, thronged the portico, and imparted
by thei»* presence additional charms to th© oeoa
»i°". . ....
Tho ceremonies boing over, the crowd qn et y
thinned off, and soon but comparative y few ecu d
be soon about the Capitol.
President Piano*, it is understood, will not take
possession of tho Executive mansion for s. mo
days, so mo ncoo.-sary repairs being now making to
It.
The Inaugural Address.
My Countrymen:— It is a relief to feel tlmt no
heart but my own can know tliu porsouul regret
an l bitter sorrow over which I have boon borne,
to a position ao suitable for others rather than de
sirable for myself.
Toe circumstances nndor aliloli I havo boen onll
ed for a limited period to preside over the destinies
of the Republic, till mo with a prelouud eunso of
responsibility, but with nothing like shrinking or
apprehension.
1 repair to the post assigned me, not as to otto
sought, but in obodieuco to the unsolicited ex
pression of your will—answerable only for a fear
less, faithful and diligent exorcise of my beet pow
ers.
I ought to be, and am, truly grateful for the rare
manifestations of the natiou’s confldenee; but
this, so far from lightening my obligations, only
adds to their weight. Tou have summoned me
in my weakuess; you must sustain me by your
strength.
When looking for the fulfillment of reasonable
requirements, you will not bo unmindlul of the
grout changes which have ocourred, even within
the last quarter of s century, sml the consequent
sugmontation slid complexity of the duties imposed
in the adiuinistratiou both of our home and foreign
Whether tho elements of inherent force in the
republic have kopt pace with its unparalleled pro
gression in territory, population and wealth, bus
been the subject of earnest thought sud discussion
on both sides of the ocean.
l,~«a than sixiv three years ego, the Father of
his Country mado the (then recent) secession of
the important State of North Carolina to the Con
stitution of the United States, one of the subjects
of Ins special congratulation.
At ihsk moment, howover, when the agitation
consequent upon the revolutionary struggle had
hardly subsided ; whsu wo wore just emerging
from the weakness and embarrassment* ol the
confederation, there was an evident consciousness
of vigor eqmd to the great mission »o wisoly and
bravely fulfilled by our father*.
It not » prwutnptoon* iwunncd, bntaoalm
faith springing from a dear view of the sources of
power in a movement constituted like ours. It is
no paradox to Bay that although comparatively
weak, the new-born nation was intrinsically strong.
Inconsiderable in population and aparent resour
oew it was upheld by a broad and intelligent com
meheneioi of right*, and an all-pervading pur
poso to maintain them, stronger than armaments.
* It came from the furnace of the revolution, tem
rerOd to the necessities of the times. The thoughts
of the' men ofttiat dav were as practical as their
sentiin cuts were patriotic. They wasted no portion
ot tbeir energies unon idle and delusive specula
tions but wi th » Ann and fearless step ad voiced
i ,i. 0 Governmental landmarks whioh had
hitherto circum.sor.bed tho limits of human free
d .m, and planted their standard where it has stood
against the dangers "hick have threatened from
abroad, and internal agitations which have at tunes
fearfully metiaccd at horn.*- They proved them
selves equal to ihe solution ofprphlein,
to niidor.-tand which their mitlu* had been illumi
nated bv the dawuiug lights of the revolution.
The object sought was not a tliiug dreamed ot—
it was a mill realized. They Inal exhluJtcd not
only ihe power to achieve, but wdiat all history al
arms to be so much more unusual, the capacity to
maintan it.
The oppressed throughout tho world from that
dav to the present have turned their eyes hither
ward. not to fiud those light* extinguished or to
fear that they should wane, but to be constantly
cheered by their steadv and increasing radiance.
In this our country baa, in mv judgment, thus lar
fulul edit* highesiduty to suffering humanity.
It has spoken, and will continue to speak, not
Only by its won!* but by its sets, the language of
•yinpathy. encouragement and hope to those who
oarue-tly lisjen to tones which pronounce for the
largo-t ration*,' liberty. But, alter a'l, the mo-t
animating encoinwgcmeni and potent appeal for
ttcodom will boiu it* own history, its trials, and
itetriunphs.
i‘re eminently the power of onr advocacy repo
ses in our example; but no example, be it remem
bered, eau bo powerful for lasting good, whatever
apparent advantages may bo gained which is not
based upon tho eternal principles of right and jus-
U Our fathers decided for thoinsolves, both noon
the hour to declare and the boar to strike, they
were their own judgea of the circumstances under
whioh it became them to pledge to each other their
lives, their fort"lies, and their sacred honor, for
X lie acquisition of ihe priceless inheritance trana
tied to u». The energy with which that great
ojn.dict was opened, and undor the guidance of a
mam fast and beneficent Providence, tho uncom
plaining endurance with which it was prosecuted
to it* co.’summation, were onlv surpassed by the
wisdom a.' u * patrioiio spirit of concession which
characterize, l all the counsels of»of die ear y ’ether*.
One of the in* ,t impressive evidences of that wis
dom is to be fou.’’’J ‘ha »«, that the actual work
ing of our system >* dispelled adegr.epf solici
tude which at the «?“*“* disturbed bold hearts
and far-roachiug intellv ct9 '
The apprehension of dai.."*™ from extended ter
ritorv, multiplied States, aocti.m nested wealth, and
augmented population, has pro*, to be unfound
ed. The stars upon your banuo.~ ' l ? vo become
nearly three-fold their original nnmn.‘ ,r ! - >ou f,
donse.'v populated possesaioua skirt the sh«.’ re *
two great oceans, and yet this vast increase
people and territory has not only shown itself
compatible with the harmonious action of the States
and Federal Government, in their respective con
stitu'ional spheres, but has afforded an additional
guaranty of (be strength and integrity of both
with an expewienae thus suggestive and cheering,
ttiv administration will not bo eon trolled by any i
timid foreboding* of evil from expulsion. ,
Indeed, it i* not to fe* disguised that onr atti- i
rads at a nation and oaf position on tha globe j
reader the aeqeiaiiiM »t eertaia poMweieu mi g
.• :• '.. J ‘ . - I
with n 'n*r fiiriwliolfoi* eminently inipwrtent for
our protcc ion il not in the future essentia! f>r
*he pr. —l»ai ion <?t the right-* of commerce aad the
peace of the world. ....
bhuuM I hey be obtained, it will ho through no
grasping spirit, but w ith a view to obvioue nation
al interval am! arcurity, and in a manner entirely
consistent with the strictest observance of national
faith. ... ... .
Vt c have nothing in ottr histo,y er position to
invite c/gre—lMl; we t are every thing to beckon
ne to tho cultivation of relation- of peace am ami
y witnill nation*. Purges, therefore, at once
j;,„t ~,,,| bo sii-rofloauUjr marked in tlie
c iodoct of oar foreign ctlsir*.
I iutmd that mv administration shall leave no
foal hoc upon our fair r.-rord, and 1 trust I may
- oeU give the as-nranoe thut no act within it?
legirimivie scope of rny constitutional control will
b - I'lh-rOo l oil tin? part of any portico of our cit -
jictis w i-.ti cannot challenge a ready ju-tifllation
U-fore the tribunal ol the civilized world.
An o iiiiihisirstion would he unworthy of eon
:1 I no ut l.ome or re-peet abroad, shonid if cease
c r,eed by the c-Mivk-'icn that no apparent
advantage-can fa- purcl a-ed at pricesodeaf e* that
of national wrong or dishonor.
It is not your privilege a.-a nation to apeak of a
distant past. The striaing incident* of your his
tory, replete with instruction, and furnishing
abundant grounds for fcopcfulconfl ienoe, are com
prised In a period comparatively short.
Bat if your past is 1 mlted, voorfatura ia bo*nd
lesa. Iu obligation*throngh the unexplored path
way Os advancement will bo limitlea* a* duration.
Hence a sound and comprehensive policy should
embrace not lesatbe distant future than tlie urgsut
present. . ,
The greet objects of our pursuit as a people are
best to be attained by peace, and are entirely con
sistent with tbe tranquil ly and interrats of the
rest of mankind. With the neighboring nutiona
U pr. n onr con-. net we should oultivate kindly and
fraternal relation*.
We can desire nothing in regard to them so
much a* to see them consolidate their strength, and
pursue the paths of prosperity and happiness, ’ll
in thecotir-c of their growth wo should open new
chaurtelsof trade and create additional facilities ,'or
friendly intercourse, the benefit* realized will be
equal and mutual.
Os the complicated European systems of nn- |
tional polity wc Imve heretofore been independent.
From their mass, their tumults and auxleties wc
have been hup; i.y almost entirely exempt.
While these uro confined to tee nations which
cave tin rn existence, und within their legitimate
jurisdiction, they cannot affect us except as tiiey
appeal to our sympathies in the cause of human
freedom and universal advancement.
But tlie vast in'.ere-ts of commerce are common
to all mankind, and tlie advantages of trade and
international intercourse must always present a
noble fluid for the inornl influence of a greut people.
With tlieso views, and honestly carried out, we
have a right to expect, and shall, under all circum
stances, require prompt reciprocity. The rights
which belong to us as u nati >ti are not alone to be
regarded, but these which pertain to every citizen
lin iiis individual capacity, at homo aud abroad,
must he si rcdiy maintained.
So long a* he can discern every fi'nr in its place
upon that ensign without wealth to purchase for
Inin preferment, or title to secure for him plate,
it will lie his privilege, Hinl must he hi* acknow
ledged right, to stand unabashed, even in the pres
ence of princes, with u proud consciousness that
lie ia himself one of a nation bt sovereigns, und
that ho cannot in legitimate pursuit wander so far
from home, that the ugent whom he shall leave
behind 111 the place I how occupy, will not which
see that no rude hand of power or tyrannical pas
sion I- laid upon him with impunity.
All must realise tuat upon every sea, end on
every soil where our enterprise may rightfully
seek the protection of our flag, American citizen
si ip is an inviolable panoply f-?r tho security of
American right.*. And in this connection it c«n
har lly be necessary to rc-affirm a principle which
should now ho,regarded us fundamental. The
rights, security and repose of this confederacy
reject the idea of interference or colonization on
tins side of tlie ocean by any foreign power be
yond present jurisdiction, as utterly inadmissible.
The opportunities of observation famished by
my brief experience iu* a soldier, confirmed in my
own mind tlie opinion entertained and acted upon
by others, from the formation of the Government
tlmt the maintenance of large standing nrmice in
our country would be not only dangerous but
unnecessary. They also illustrate the importance
—1 might well say the absolute necessity—of the
militury science and practical skill which ha* made
uni! army what it is, under tlie discipline and in
struction of officer* not more distinguished for
their solid attainment*, gallantry und dovotiun to
the public service, thuu to unobtrusive bearing
and high moral tone.
Tho army, a* organised, must be the nneleu
around which, in every time of need, the strength
of your military power, (the sure bulwark of your
defence,) u national militia mav be readily formed
into a well disciplined and efficient organization.
And the skill and self-devotion of the Navy assure
yon that you may take the performance of the
past as tho pledge for tho future, and may eouti
dently expect that the flag which lias waved its
untarnished folds over every sea, will still float in
undiminished honor.
1 But these, like many other subject*, will bo ap
t' propriutoly brought ut u future timoto the attsn
, tioo of the co ordinate branches of tho Uovern
inent, to which I shall ul wuy* look with profound
respect ami with trustful confidence that they will
- accord to mo the aid and support which I shall so
; much need, amt which their experience and wis
i dom will readily suggest. Iu tho adminislratiou
, of domestic affairs jon expect a devoted integrity
, in tho public service, and the observance of rigid
< economy in all the departtuentso marked as never
, justly to bo questioned.
If tlda reasonable expectation ba not realized, I
frankly confess that one ofyour leading hopos is
, doomed to pisappoinlinent, and that my efforts in
i a very important particular must rosult in u hit*
■ milisting failure. Officers cn bo properly regard
• ed only in the light ot aids for tho accomplishment
ot those objects, and as occupancy can colder no
i prorog tive, nor importunate desire for prefer
ment ol any claim, the public interest imperative
i )ydemands i hat they be considered with Bole re
ference to thoduties to be performed.
Good citizens may well claim the protection of
good laws and the benign iuflneneo of good go
t vormnont, but thn claitii for ollieo is wliat tho peo
i plo ot a republic should never recognize. No rca
, sonablo man ot any party will expect the adminis
• tuition to be as regardless of its responsibility and
1 of the obvious elements of success, ns to retain
■ persons known to bu under tho inliucnce of polit
-1 icul hostility and partizan prejudice in positions
which will require uotouly severe labor but cor
dial co operation.
- Having no implied engagements to ratify, no
, rowurds to bestow, no resentments to remomber,
d and no personal wi-hes to consult in selections for
! official station, 1 ahull fulfill this difficult and
t dilicnto trust, admitting no motive ns worthy,
1 either of my character or position, which does not
- contemplate un efficient discharge of duly and
s the best interests of my country.
I acknowledge obi gutions to the masses of my
- countrymen, ami to them alone. Higher objects
s than personal aggrandizement gave direction and
s energy to their exertions in tho late campaign, and
j they shall not be disappointed. They require at
1 my bands diligence, integrity, and capacity,
- whorover there are duties to no performed.
Without these qualities in their public men,
! stringent laws for tho prevention or punishment
1 of fraud, neg igetico and peculation will bo vain.
With them they will he necessary, lint these are
i not the only points to which you look for vigilant
j watchfulness. Tho dangers of a concentration of
) all power in tho general government of a confed
eracy so vust as ours, are too obvious to be disre
garded.
You have a right, therefore, to expect your
> agents in every department to regard strictly the
l limit* imposed upon litem by the Constitution of
i the United States.
The great schetno of our constitutional liberty
rests upon a proper distribution of jiower between
■ the State uml Federal authorities; and experience
1 has shown that the harmony •md happiness of our
f people must depend upon a just discrimination
' between tho separate rights and responsibilities
of tlie States and your common rights uml obliga
-1 tious under the general government. And here,
in my opinion, arc tho considerations which
should form tho truo basis of future concord in
regard to tho questions which have most seriously
disturbed public tranquility.
1 If tho federal Government will oonflne itself to
• the exercise of the powers cleariy granted by tho
constitution, it can hardly happen that it* aetiou
1 upon any question should endanger the institution
of tho Suites, or interfere with their right to man
age matters strictly domestic according to the will
1 of their own people.
1 In expressing briefly my views upon an impor
-1 taut subject, which lias recently agitated 'lie na
tion to almost a t'earlul degree, 1 am moved by no
l othor impulse than an earnest desire for the per
-1 palliation of thst Union which has made us what
we are, showering upon ns blessings, and confer
-1 ring a power ami influence which our fathers
■ could hardly have anticipated even with their
* most sat guiuo hopes directed to a far oil future.
1 The sentiments 1 now announce were not mi
knowtt before the expression of the voice which
■ called me here. My own position upon this eub
f jeet was clear and unequivocal upon the record of
" my worils and my nets, and it is only recurred to
* at this time because silence might perhaps be mia
contrucd. With the Union tnv best and dearest
1 earthly hopes arc entwined ; without it what are
I we individually or collectively—what becomes of
' the noblest field ever opened for the advancement
* of our race in religion, in government, itt the arts
1 and in alt that dignifies and adorns mankind.
I from that radiant constellation which both illu
initiates ourowii way ar.d point* out to struggling
nations their course," but let a single star bo lost
1 and If there lie not utter darkness the lustre of the
* whole is dimmed. Do my countrymen need
' any assurance that such a catastrophe is not to
• overtake them while 1 possess the power to stay it ?
■ It is with me an earnest and vital belief that as the
’ Union has been tho source under Providence of
our prosperity to this time, so it is n plcdgo of a
coutiuiiauce of the blessings we have enjoyed, and
’ which wo arc sacredly bound to transmit undimin
-1 ished to our children.
Tho field of calm am! free discussion in our own
1 country is open, and will always be so, but never
has bei n, and never can be traversed tor good in a
I spirit of sectionalism mid unchar tablencss. The
I founders of tho ltepublio dealt with things as they
were presented to them, in a spirit of self-sacrific
ing patriotism, and ns time has proved, with a
comprehensive wisdom which it wilt always be
1 safe for us to consult. Every measure tending to
strengthen the fraternal feelings of all the mem
bers of our Union has had my heartfelt approba
tion.
To every theory of society or government,
whether the offspring of feverish ambition or of
morbid enthusiasm. Ml ciliated to dissolve the
bonds of law and affection which unite us, I shall
iuterposo a ready and s'ern resistance.
1 believe that involuntary servitude, as it exist*
in different States of this Confederacy, is recog
nized tit the Constitution. I believe that it stands
like iinv other admitted right, and that the States
where it exi-ts are entitled to efficient remedies to
euforce the constitutional provisions. 1 hold that
tho laws of 185 h commonly called the conipto
mise measures, arc strictly constitutional, and
ought to be unhesitatingly carried into effect.
1 beiiere that thee nstpqnd au'horhiesof this Republic
are hound to regard the rights of the South ia this respect
as thee would view any other legal ami constitutional right,
and that the laws to euf-rce them -ha-ill he re«pee ed snd
obeyed, not with a reluctance en-out-aged by abstract
opinions as to their propriety iu a d fferent state or s M-it’ty,
but cheerfully, ard ...-cur-hug t--the de.i-ions of the tribu
nals to which their exposition bet ngs,
Sneti have been and are my c--avtctions, and upon them
I shall act. t fervently hope that the question is at rest,
and that no sectional, or amb tl -us, or fanatical excitem nt
may again threaten the durability of our Institutions or ob.
scure the light of our prosperity, hut let not the fouoda
tioo of our hope r.*st upon man's wisdom.
It *4l not be sufficient that sectboat prejudices find no
place in the public deliberations. It will not be sufficient
that the rash c -uoaela of human passion are rejected. It
must be felt lhatihere is no nati nal security but in the
nriiou's humble, ackuowtwdfwd 4 lendence upon God and
his ovetruiing Providence.
We have been carried in safety through a perilons crista.
Wise counsels, like those which gave us the constitution,
prevailed t> uphold it. Let the periot be rem mbered as
an admrn-tioM, and not »s an encouragement In any s.c
tion ol the L’uion to matte experiments, where open
me ts are fraught frith such fearful haaal d.
Let it be impressed upon all hearts, that beautiful as rnr
fabric is, no earthly potter or wisdom could ever re unite
(ts broken fragments, Standing, us 1 do, almost within
view of the green slope* of St on .-(cello, and as it were,
within rearh of the tomb of It ashinyv n, with aS the che
ri.-hed m- mories of ihe past, gathering around me like «o
many eloquent voices of exhortation trom heaven. 1 can
express no better hi pe f-r my country than the kind pr-vl
denee which smiled upon our father* may enable their chil
dren to preserve the blessings they liavu inherited.
EgtoitANT Vessel yott Liberia.—Tba American
Colonization Society is making preparations to
start a vessel from Norfolk, Virginia, tlie first of
May, with emigrant* for Liberia. On< kundrtd and
tretnty-tight perron* have already allied for a
passage; of whom one hundred and fourteen are
•om Virginia, fifty-two from North Carolina, s-ix
from '"botnesy. three from M.isaachnsetta, one
from Obi* rom Pennsylvania, and one from
New York. -
_ „ , . , " - . T 'ration* resident
The Members of the ioreign - ~ bvin
at the sent of government, on Monday, ■- ’ *
citation, vi* ted ti e Errici-eou chip, a"ud expresm.,
as they dot.biles* felt, great admiration for tl a I t
peculiar and beaniifxi uutoLiuery of her ealcrie eu- I ■■
giiiee.—*V«f. inUi. i<
i
Osrrupbndtnct oj (a* BaUimort AtntrUxtn.
THIRTY-SECOND CONGRESS,
SECOND SESSION.
IN SENATE, Fab. 26.
The army appropriation bill was further amend
ed and passed.
The civil and diplomatic appropriation bill was j
considered, and numerous amendment* were :
agreed to. At about four o'clock the further oon
sidcration of tbe b.ll was postponed nnlil Monday,
and some private bills were acted upon. After
which tbe Senateadjou-ned.
HOUcE.
After the reading or a personal communication
from the lion. A. 11. Stuait, Secretary of the In
terior Department, relative ta certain allusion* to
himself occurring recently in debate, it waa laid
upon the table.
The House next agreed to the report of the com
mittee of conference on the disagreeing vote* of the
Iwo House* urmn the Military Academy (West
Point- appropriation bill.
Gn n.o.i m of mr. Houston, the Houso then went
into a committee of tho whole on the state of the
Union, (Mr. King ofNaw York, in the chair,)
wherein amendments to the naval appropriation
bill wert considered and diaenssed in five minute*
speeebee until a late hear. After which the said
uill naa duly passed.
Mr. Fay, on leave, Introduced a bill authorising a
street to te laid out over the lauds connected with
tlie Government Hospital at Chelsea, Muss. And
than tha House adjourned.
IN SENATE, Feb. 28.
Mr. Hunter movd to take up the elvfl and di
plomatic appropriation bill.
Mr. Uuucrwood opposed the motion, he desir
ing to take up the Bennet land bill. He would
regard the vote ou tbi* motion a* a test vote on
that bill.
After some debate, the motion of Mr. Hunter
was agreed to—yeas 82, nays 7.
Mr. Walker, by consent, reported back the let
ter of Mr. Kennedy, the superintending clerk of
the census, asking an investigation of hisw nduct,
which had been referred to the select committee
lon the census, by mistake. Mr. W. said that if an
investigation was ordered by tlie Senate, he would
prove all he had*aid concerning Mr. K., and much
more in addition.
The tint amendment of the civil and diplomat
ic bill was one appropriating $300,000 to pay back
duties paid on good* destroyed by fire in New
York, in 1845, and #IOO,OOO for goods destroyed by
fire in California. Adopted.
Other amendment* wero agreed to—amongst
them tbe following—
To remit all duties on machinery for spinning
and weaving flax, not in use in the United States.
To authorise tlie Secretary of the Treasury to
cancel auv outaanding debenture bond* given pre
vious to July, 1850, upon the importation of fo
reign coal.
To authorise tho Secretary of tho Treasury to
nurcha-e any of the outstanding stocks of the
United Ststes.
Authorising tho business of the refinement of
gold for coinage, by private individual*.
For a custom house at Richmond, seventy-five
thousand dollars : Norfolk, twenty thousand dol
lars; Bangor, Me., fifteen thousand dollars; Bath,
Mo., twelve thousand dollars; Belfast, twenty
thousand d dlare.
An amendment classifying tho clerks in the
Trea«nry, Interior, War, Navy, and Post Office
Departments into four classes—lst at nine hun
dred dollars; 2d, one thonsaud twohuudred ; Sd,
one thousand five hundred; 4'.h, one thousand
eight, hundred. Tl.e chief clerks of bureaus to
receive two thousand dollars ; and chief clerks of
departments two thousand two hundred dollars.
One disbursing clerk in each of War, Navy and
Post Office Departments, and threo iu each of tho
Treasury and Interior Department*. No clerk to
'•n ho-ontter appointed unless he bo examined a d
found qua -lied by the head of a bureau and two
other clerks.
air. Feint said the effect of the latter proviso
would be to give to a head of a bureau the whole
appointing power; enable him to fill tho offices
with his cousins, nephews, brothers, &c. He mov
ed to strike it out. Lost—yeas 13, nays 24. Tho
original amendment was then adopted.
Mr. Hunter moved an amendment appropriating
two hundred and forty thousand dollars for the
purchase of site* aud the construction of houses in
Washington for the Vice President, and tho sever
al Secretaries and Post Master General.
This was debated at length—Messrs, Borland,
Bradbury, Butler, Rusk and Dodge opposing it;
Messrs. Mason, Jones, of Tennessee, Hunter and
Downs supported it; it was then rejected—yeas
23, nays 24. Tho vote wa* subsequently re-eon
sidered, and modified, so a* to increase tho sala
ries of these officers to #B,OOO per annum, which
was adopted—yeas 40, nays 15.
Fitly thousand dollars was added forabridgo at
the Little Fulls of the Potomac:
An amendment, appropriating #150,000 to war-Is
supplying Washington und Georgetown with wa
ter, to be obtained wherever and brought in by
such mean* as tlie President tnnv determine, was
otferod by the committee on Finance.
Mr. Pratt referred to tho fact that the Potomac
rivor from which this wutcr would ho obtained was
owned by tho State of Maryland, at d she had con
structed'along said river a gran.l work which re
quired tho wnter of that rivor. He therefore mov
ed to provide that should it bo necossary to go into
tho State of Maryland to obtain such wutcr, tho
assent of tlie Legislature of thut State should first
bo obtained.
After considerable debate, tills proviso was
adopted—ycaa 80, nays 20. Tho amendment ns
amended was agreed to—yeas 35 nays 15.
Mr. Ilnntor, from the Committee on Finance,
moved »n amendment allowing railroad iron to bo
imported with a credit of five years for tho duties
thereon.
Mr. Mason moved te nmond it by providing for
tho total repeal ot all thoso du'ies.
Mr. Broahoud and Mr. Miller opposed the
amendment, and while the latter was speaking Mr.
Hunter, by direction of the committee, withdrew
his amendment,
Mr. Mason offered amendments increasing the
allowance to Ministers to England, Franco, Russia
and Spain, #6OOO, for house-rent, &c., and #4OOO
to the Minister to Turkey.
Ho then renewed his amendment, tinderinstrnc
tions from the Legislature of Virginia, for arepeal
of tho duties on railroad iron.
Mr. Douglas moved to modifying it by snspend
tho duties on railroad iron for three years.
Messrs. Miller, Beward, Cooper und Brodfioad
opposed his amendment.
Mr. Sowardis now speaking.
HOUSE.
Tho House at a late hour on Saturday, having
passed the naval appropriation bill, and having
uegativod four previous motions to adjourn,
On motion of Mr Hamilton, of Md., a bill was
taken up aud passed authorizing the issue of an
American register to the burquo May, of Balti
more.
A resolution was passed oalling for the corres
pondence by tho American Minister at Madrid,
with reference to the expedition fitted out from the
United Btates against Cuba, and tlie ultimate release
of tho prisoners connected tlierowith.
On motion of Mr. Walsh, of Md., tho rules were
suspended, for the purpose of passing a bili grant
ing a pension for nveyeurs, equal to the half-pay
of a Major, to Frances. E. Baacu.
A bill granting pre-emption rights with respect
to ungrantod land* on lines of railroads, securing
sottlors on lots of one hundred und sixty acres, was
on motion of Mr. Brown, of Miss., tuken up and
passed.
The llousothon resolved itself into committee of
the whole on tho state of tho Union, and wont
into consideration of the amendments of tho Sen
ate to the dofi rionoy bill, among which was one
that was agreed to, paying reporters at tho rate of
seven dollars a column.
An amendment suspending action as to tho
mint at California, was opened by Mr. Marshall,
of that Htate, nnd was ultimately negatived.
Another prohibiting the manufacture of bars
anil ingots of gold of standard fineness of a less
weight than flvo ounces, called forth a protracted
discussion ; during which the committee rose, and
the House passed a resolution limiting debate to
live minutes.
Tho committee resumed, and tho amendment
was passed.
An amendment to pay to California the amount
ot duties collected before that State was admitted
into the Uni in, proposed by Mr. MeCorcle, was
m gatived; wiio afterwards proposed a smaller sum
(three hundred thousand dollars) for the purpose
of concluding iiis explanatory remarks, which wub
negatived.
Mr. Marshall moved another sum for tho pur
po-o of expressing his viows as to the treatment
which Cnlitornin had reoeived, which, if persisted
in, lie contended, must drive California to shift for
itself. The amendment was negatived.
The remaining amendments were taken up and
disposed of. After which tho committee rose and
tho Houso adjourned.
IN SENATE, March 1.
Mr. Hunter moved to take tip tho civil and di
plomatic appropriatiatiou bill, which motion was
agreed to.
Tho Chair laid before tho Senate the annual
report of the Regents of the Smithsonian Institute,
and of the coast survey Bervice, which were order
ed to ho printed.
Mr. Rusk, by consent, reported the post route
J bill, with numerous amendments, which were a
. greed to. Among the amendments was one ma
t king all railroads and parteof railroads post routes;
also, making the salary of tho Assistant Postmas
ter* Generul SBi.HX) a year each, and providing for
their future appointment by the President, by and
, with the advice and consent of the Senate, and
pnnisliingtheoountcrleitingof stamped envelopes.
The bill was then passed.'
The civil and diplomatic appropriation bill was
l resumed. Soveral amendments wore proposed
i and adopted. One appropriating $29,090 for refit
, ting and refurnishing tho President’s mansion.
, The amendment of Mr. Mason to repeal all du
| ties on railroad iron was taken up.
Messrs. Butler, Shields, Hunter, Toucey, Bor
land, Mangumatid Bright, though in favor of the
amendment, wero unwilling to legislate upon the
subject oftho tariffby nomeansof tho appropria
tion bill; and after farther debate the amendment
was rejected—yeas 19, nays 36.
' Mr. Bradbury then moved a scale of salaries for
the judges of the U. S. District Courts.
Mr. Prutt moved to make the salary of the Dis
trict Judge of Maryland $2,500 per annum, which
was agreed to.
The amendment as amended was debated at
some length, and was then, by consent, withdrawn.
Mr. Hamlin moved an amendment, giving Wen
dell & Van Bonthuyacn slß,ono, to cover losses as
printers to Congress. This was debated and re
• joeied.
An amendment explaining an act of last session
so as to allow Mr. Ritchie five thousand dollars for
oertain printing, was adopted.
Mr. pish submitted an amendment to establish
an office for the refinement, melting, parting and
okaying of gold and silver bullion and foreign
coins, and for casting the same into burs, inco's or
discs; with the necessary officers, <£c., which was
adopted—yea* 38, nays 11.
Mr. James ottered an amendment to pay Clark
Mills twenty thousand dollars for constructing the
Statue of Jackson, and to make it the property of
the United States. Adopted.
An amendment allowing the President to pur
chase, for thirty thousand dollars, Iliram Power’s
statue of “ America," was debated and rejected.
An amendment adding fourteen thousand
seven hundred dollars to the former appropriation
for paving Pennsylvania Avenue, from 17th street
to Georgetown, was adopted.
An appropriation of two hundred thousand dol
lars, to enable the President to purchase Winder’s
building, was debated and rejected—yeas 21, nays
29.
HOUSE.
Yesterday, after the report was sent off, the
House remained in session till 7 o’clock, and the
Comuiitue of the Whole on the State of the Union
took up the amendment of the Senate to the army
bill appropriating five hnndrod thousand dollars
for fort fications at San Frausisco.
Mr. Evans, of Maryland, spoke at length in fa
vor of fortifying the sea-board generally.
The rules having been suspended, a resolution
was passed, yeaa 1”7, nays 37, for paying extra
compensation to person* employed about the Capi
tol.
The yeas and nays having been again taken, the
Houscsuspeuded the rules and went into Commit
tee of the Whole for the purpose of amending the
Senate amendments to the army bill, when the
Calitorinia fortification amendment came up in or
der.
A great number of trivial amendments were
moved, to enable members to make five minutes
speeches. Among others.
Mr. Walsh, of Maryland, spoke in favor of the
defence of the coast, and condemned the evident
feeling to reject the amendments ot the Senate.—
He referred to Cuba, tho critical situation of the
fisheries, the police measures of France and Eng
land, and the negieotof Congress to perform e mo-t
important dnty under these circumstances. The
unprotected atate of California, he eaid is a type
of the oonditiona of the entire Republic; as the
chief cities of the Union could, in ease of war, he
laid under contribution In e saw hours. Gs ap
P uled to the western member*, and urged
— *e in favor of amendments for defending the
to is the beat market for their skaa
sve-boerd, wne>- '-reties*.
dost agriaaltural
.. v- Vc
After expending about three hoars in discussing
the pro; o»ed amendments, to the amendment,
on motion of Mr Orr, of S. C., ilia committee rose,
and the House pesee d a resolution terminating
the debate on the section which had beta under
consideration.
The House again went into committee, when the
question was taken, and it refused to concur in
the amendment ot' the Senate ; Teas 66—najs 71.
During the di.-cusaion which took place, Mr.
Biddle, of Delaware, apjcalol to the committee in
favor of completing the fortifications on Pea Patch I
Island ; for which object it had been surrendered
to the Government.
When the amendment proposing SSO, COO for for
tify ing Sollers’ Point come np—
Mr. Walsh, of Md., stated that this amendment
came bef.ire the committee under different circam
stane s frt>m any other, owing to the insufficiency
of Port McHenry, and Port Carroll, on Sellers ;
Point, commanding the channel of the river. The
work, he said, lia i been recommended by a com
mittee of officers, and a foundation had Seen ele
vated to the surface or tiie water; and an appro
priation had become necessary to prevent its going
to decay. He concluded by alluding to the in
competency of the bravo hearts and stalwart arms
of the people of the West to withstand the broad
side cf an invading enemy in the esse of hostili
ties.
Mr. Buyly, es Va., opposed the amendment, on
the ground that gthtra equally important been
rejected.
Mr. Florence, of Pa., endeavored to introduce an
amendment appropriating a sum for the defence
of Philadelphia; and expressed a hope that, next
session, the entire system of fortifications would be
taken up by Congress.
The Committee refused to concur in any of the
fortification amendments.
An amendment of the Senate authorizing the
President to decide, after proper inquiry, as to
transferring the superintendence of the armories
to civilians was concurred in.
Mr. Evans, of Maryland, before the deoision took
place, again expressed his opposition to the change
contemplated by the House, and in favor of the
Senate’s amendment, lie said he was satisfied
that placing the armories under civil superinten
dence would not be conducive to the benefit of
the public or individuals.
The committee are engaged at the time of closing
this report in the consideration of the othtramend
ments, a motion that the committee rise having
been just negatived.
IN SENATE, March 1.
After the letter of yesterday was closed various
amendments to the civil and diplomatic bill was
nude.
Messrs. Mason, Pearce and Bright proposed sev
erally, propositions having for their object an ar
rangement with the creditors ot Texas, so far as the
five millions of money under the indemnity act is
concerned, and tiiey were debated till near one
o’clock, when they wcrcall rejected. Other amend
ments were proposed, but the Senate, finding it
self without a quorum at nearly 2 o’clock, adjourn
ed.
'Washington, March 2.
Mr. Hunter reported tho Indian appropriation
bill with several amendments, and also the naval
appropriation bill without amendments.
The civil and diplomatic appropriation bill was
attain taken up.
An amendment reserving from sale the land
along the proposed routes for railroads in the sev
eral Sates, was debated ut considerable length and
rejected.
A large nnmber of amendments were proposed,
all of which, after debate, were rejected.
Mr. Brodhcad moved an amendment, giving to
alt tho soldiers of the Just wai 160 acres of land—
and this too was rejected.
And at half-past one o’clock the bill was passed.
The House resolution providing for the printing
of the returns of the seventh census, was taken
up, amended and passed.
The post office appropriation hill was taken up
and amended in several particulars.
Mr. Weller moved an amen ment granting n
million and half acres of laud to Messrs. Alden A
Eddy, for a railroad lino to the Paoilie, which was
debated and rejected—yeas 21, nays 26.
Mr. Houston moved to postpone the bill, to ena
ble him to speak ou the Monroe doctrine resolu
tions—lost; yeas 15, nays 18.
Mr. Gwin moved to amend the bill by adding
thereto provisions authorising the Postmaster
General to contract for a semi monthly mail line of
ocean steamers between San Francisco and Shang
hai via the Sandwich Islands.
Mr. Pearec opposed the amendment.
Mr. Houston uvailed bitnselfof this amendment,
which lie reg rded as a war measure, to deliver his
speech on tho subject of foreign relations. He was
opposed to any professions of what wo will or
ought to do. He was for letting onr actions speak
for themselves. Ho ridiculed with great torce the
several resolutions introduced—protesting against
particular matters.
Mr. Gwin then supported tho amendment, and
alter debate it was witndruwn, and the hill passed.
The army bill was returned from llou-e with
several of the amendments disagreed to. The
Senate insisted ou its amendments, and a commit
tee of conference w as appointed
Tho bill to establish tho territorial government
of Washington was taken up and passed.
A motion to take up tho bill to establish a terri
torial government of Nehrusku was debated and
rejected ; ycus 20, nays 25.
Tito navy appropriation bill was taken np.—
Amendments providing for the removal of ob
structions in the river below Wilmington. N. 0.,
and in tho Savannah river, wero adopted. Also,
an appropriation of SBB,OOO for the enlargement
of the grounds and buildings atthe|Naval Academy,
Annapolis. Bill yet under consideration.
The Senate having adhered to their amendments
to the Deficiency Bill, a committee of conference
was appointed by the House to confer with one
from that body.
A Bill authorising the Consul in Havana, or any
other place, or a Judge in the United States, to ad
minister tho oath of the Vice President eloct, was
read and passed.
Tho llouso then took up the amendments of the
Senate, to the Army Appiopriation Bill; and
agreed to the amendments making appropriations
for fortifications, which had been rejected in Com
mittee yesterday.
The yeas and nays wero taken npon the vote of
$50,000 for Fort Carroll, on Sollors’ Point, for the
protection of tho harbor of Baltimore; which was
agreed to—yeas 85, nays 73.
Mr. Stanly, of North Carolina, callod the atten
tion of the Speaker to tho number of strangers in
the hall, occupying scats, some of whom stood op
and wero oounted on a division ; and were thus
engaged in transacting tho business of the coun
try.
The Speaker called upon tho officers of tho
House to enforce more rigorously the rules.
The yeas and nays wero taken upon the amend
ment of tho Somite, authorising the President to
institute an inquiry into tho propriety of transfer
ring tho superintendence of the armories from
tli i military to the civil power, which was agreed
to—yeas 81), nays 73.
The House then went into committee of the
whole on the stato of tho Union, and passed the
bill granting appropriations for light-houses,
buoys, Ac.
The House resumed, and agreed to an amend
ment, recommended by a committee of conference,
to the bill authorising tho payment of $19,50u to
Col. Fremont, which provides that that sum shall
not ho paid until tho Secretary of ti e Treasury
shall bo satisfied that tho amount haß been ex
pended for the public service.
A bill extending pre-emption rights to Californio
was then read a third time and passed.
M'. Houston, of Ala., called the attention of
members to the amendments of the Senate to the
Civil and Diplomatic bill, constituting eighty
pages. It would bo impossible, he said, to get
through these by tho ordinary modes of legisla
tion ; he, therefore, moved to refer the bill, with
amendments, to the Committee of the whole on
the State of tho Union, and to suspend tho rules
in order to prevent debate.
Ho subsequently withdrew his motion, which
was renewed by Mr. Hubbard, of N. H., but after
wards withdrawn at the request of members
around him.
The House resolved itself into Committee of the
Whole on the State of tho Union, and took up the
amendments.
On motion of Mr. Houston the committee rose,
and n resolution was passed limiting debate on the
amendments to five minutes.
Mr. Smith, of Ala., after alluding to tho time
which had been lost during tho session, by ad
journing over and the absence of members, gave
notiee of a motion to suspend tho pay per diem in
all such cases in future.
The Committee resumed, and proceeded to dis
pose of the amendments, notwithstanding the pre
vailing confusion, and it being near four o’clock,
Mr. Thaddeus Stevens, ot Pa., expressed the
hopo that called npon ns they wero to vote in the
dark, members would vote down all tho amend
ments.
Tho Committcee is proceeding with their con
sideration, concurring in some amendments and
rejecting others. Messrs. Houston and Phelps
who have taken a position at the Clerk's desk, ex
plaining their nuture as they aro read. The
amendments therefore will probably be disposed
of daring the present sitting; thoscr commended
by the Committee of Ways and Means being for
the most part agreed to.
A message has just been received from the Sen
ate, stating that they adhere to their amendments
to the Army Appropriation Bill.
IN SENATE, March 2.
After the letter of yesterday wasclosod, the de
-1 hate on amendments to tho naval bill was contin
ued. Amendments to complete the contract for
the construction of a basin and railway in connec
-1 tion with a dry dock at California, was debated
and reiecled.
Mr. Mallory moved to add to the bill the one
passed heretofore by the Senate to reorganize the
navy ot the U. States.
Mr. Hall moved to umend this by adding—a bill
for the establishment of a conrt for the iuvestiga
’ tion of claims against thcU. States.
Pending these, the committees of conference on
the deficiency bill and the army appropriation bill,
made reports, which were concurred in.
The Senate, at half past 9, adjourned.
Washington, March 8.
Mr. Miller presented the credentials of the Hon.
Wm. Wright, Senator elect from New-Jersey for
six years from the 4th of March, 1853.
A bill making appropriations for the completion
of public buildings in Minnesota, was passed.
The Naval Appropriation bill was taken up.
Mr. Hale’s amendment was lost.
Mr. Mallory, addingthe bill for a reorganization
of the Navy, was agreed to—yeas *2, nays 20.
A message was received from the House asking
the appointment of a second committee of confe
rence on the Deficiency bill.
Mr. Hunter moved that the Senate appoint eneh
committee—the report of the first oommitteehav
ing been adopted by the Senate and rejected by
the House.
Mr. Badger opposed the motion; he commented
in strong terms upon the course pursued by the
House, iu refusing to concur in any important
amendment adopted by the Senate. The Senate,
under the House, had equal legislative functions
with the House, and it should not be reduced to
the mere privi.ege of registering the decrees of the
Home.
Messrs. Pearce, Davis, Mason, Hunter, and others
supported the motion, which was agreed to—yeas
40, nays 3—Messrs. Badger, Borland and Brod
head.
The amendment providing for the execution of
the contract for a basin and railway in California,
was renewed in a modified form and agreed to—
yeas 27, nays 24.
A committee of conference was ordered on the
civil and diplomatic bill.
Mr. Miiler moved an amendment providing for
an exploration cf Africa north of Liberia, and
alter some remarks en the subject of colonization
it was rejected—yeas 20, nnya M.
Mr. Gwin moved an amendment directing a con
tract with Mr. Ericsson fora propeller frigate, with
a caloric engine, at a cost not exceeding $500,000.
This was rejected—yeas 18, nays 27.
An ameadraer.t proposing the construction of
one steam frigate, two steam schooners, and two
steam sloops, all propellers, waa rejected—yeas 13,
nays 23.
One appropriating 1890,000 for a navy yard and
depot i t or near New Orleans was adopted.
One for the incorporation of the Texas navy into
the United States navy was opposed by Mr. Rosk, .
to which Mr. Pratt moved as a substitute one giv
ing them the pay of officers off duty, bnt no grade.
This was rejected, and then the whole amendment
was rejected—yeas 20, nays 82.
Several other amendments were offered, allot
which were rejected, amougthem the oft attempt
ed one to purchase Winder’s building in this city
now used by the Pension Office, which was this
time rejected by yeas 15, nays 24.
A motion to abolish the spirit rationa urea reject
ed, yeas 14, nays 23.
The bill was then passed.
The lighthouse bill wus taken np and passed.
Committees of conference were ordered on the
civil and diplomatic bill, and on the post route
and post office appropriation bills. The report of
the second committee es conference on the defi
ciency bill wae concurred in by both House*—so
that bill is passed.
The Indian appropriation bill was then takes «p
and several amendment* were debated.
hr- v L '.A" -7 it a. -•*' •’ >•. - r
HOUSE.
The sitting yesterday lasted till twelve o’clock
last ev<-ni ug, ami got through wirh the SsnateV
amendments to the civil and diplomatic bill; but
the clerks having been unable to complete she
journals, they were not read Ui a morning.
The Ho n«e resolved itself into committee of the
whoie, and considered the amendments of the Se
nate to the posloffice appropriation, most of which
were rejected ; among them was one appropriating
a sum of money tor placing an ioe boat on the Po
tomac, for the conveyance of the mail during win
ter; the discussion was conducted under the -vc
raimites’ role.
Tue committee of the whole rose, and its decis
ions wero confirmed by the House.
A.nniaher ofbtts were pasoed amid a scene of
nnparulelled contusion ; one of which was the
Georgetown and C jchoetin railroad bill.
Mr. W alsh. of Md., eudeavoted without success,
to indue- the House'to take up the Senate bill for
the relief of Lewis 11. Bates, H. Bates and Win.
Lacon, formerly merchants of large capital, re
duced to poverty by the action of the offloen of
government, and now day laborers on the Capitol.
A bill was passed to remunerate W. Hsrard
W igga tor losses sustained during the Kcvolulion
ary war.
Mr. Stanly submitted a resolution requiring the
officers of the House to keep strangers without the
bar, which was agreed to; and the Speaker called
upon them to perform their duty; end if they net
with any obstruction to report it to the House.
Reports of committee* were received, and re
ports of heads of departments were submitted by
the Speaker, and ordered to be printed or re'erred
to a committee of the whole on the elate of the
Union.
A motion to anapend the rules for the purpose
of taking up the private bills of the Senate on the
Speaker's table, was negatived—tellers having
been appointed—yeas 80 nays not taken; and a
motion is now pending to suspend the rules, for
the purpose of taking up a private bill.
Congress. —Both Houses of Congress remained
in session during nearly the whole of Thursday
night and np to noon yesterday. It will be a dav
or two before the hurried and confused proceed
ings of the last hours in both Houses will be re
duced to such consistency as to attord a clear idea
of wliat lias been d.ne and what left undone by
onr National Legislators. , The annexed letter
from our correspondent shows that all the appro
priation bills wore finally passed.— Baltimore Amer.
bth inst.
Washington, March 4.— After the close of the
letters ot vesterday, the two houses were engaged
in proceedings on the several appropriation bills.
These were contested by the two houses on tho
amendments, and various committees of confer
ence were constituted and their reports wero de
bated and rejected. e
Towards 5 o’clockthis morning; however, a better
spirit prevailed in the two houses, and the reports
ot the conference CQtmmttecs were adopted, und
all the appropriation hills were passed.
A large number of private bills were also passed
during the night.
The Senate, in the intervals, had under con
sideration the homestead, the bill granting land to
the indigent in-ane, and the bill granting 160 acres
of land to tho old soldiers. The bill to establish a
territorial government in Nebraska was also de
bated.
At 12 o’clock the presiding officets of the two
Houses pronounced their respective bodies ad
journed tine die.
SENATE.
The Senate re-assembled, and was called to or
der by Mr. Cass.
A resolution was then adopted, authorizing the
Hon. Lewis Cass to administer the oath to the new
Senators.
The following named Senators were theneworn
in : Messrs. Atherton, of New Hampshire; Ben
jamin, of Louisiana; Clayton, of Delaware; Doug
las, of Illinois; Evans, of South Carolina; Everett,
of Massachusetts; Houston, of Texas; liant(r,of
Virginia; Jones, of lowa ; Sebastian, of Ark u sas:
Stuart, of Michigan ; Thompson, of Kentucky ;
Thompson, of New Jersey; Toombs, of Georgia;
and Wright, of New Jersey. Mr. Wright, new
member from Alabama, not present. There is a
vacancy in Maine, Rhode Island, North Carolina,
Alabama and Mississippi.
The Hon. D. K. Atchison was chosen President.
The Senate thenawraited the arrival of the [’resi
dent elect, und accompanied him to the eastern
portico, where he was inaugurated. The Senate
then re-assembled, and adjourned till Monday.
Curresponler.e l of the Bi t mere American.
From Brazil and River Plate.
Rio de Janeip.o, 12th January, 1858.—After a
promise of peace and prosperity to the River
Plato, which wo had reason to anticipate early in
the past yeur, from the overthrow ot Gon. Rosas,
that unsettled Government became involved some
few months since in civil war, and at our last
dotes from tlioic, to Ist instant from Buenos Avres
and 4th instant from Montevideo, tiie city of
Buenos Ayres was besieged by the troops and
people ol tho interior, who are hostile to the pre
sent Government, beaded by Col. Lugos and sup
ported by tho Actual Minister of War, General
FJores.
The people of the South, however, wero in favor
of the Government, and unless assistance was
rendered the besiegers by General Urquiza, no ap
prehension was entertained of their being able to
enter the city by force. The city was under mar
tial law, und only provisions and munitions of war
wero permitted to bo landed, and tho loading of
vessels was stopped.
In conseqneueo of tho siege, and inability to
proenre siipp ies from the Interior, Flour was per
mitted, by spocial decree, to be entered for thirty
duvs from 27th nit., ut a duty of 12 per ecu*.
In Montevideo the state of atfairs in Buenos
Ayres had depressed trado for articles of import,
euve provisions and breadstnffs, and tho with
drawal of supplies of produce from the interior to
Bnenos Ayres, would, it was expected, direct the
trado for those articles to the former place.
Tho “ Convenio ” previously noticed among tho
principal doalers here in dry goods still continues
in foreo, and we have to notice continued dullness
in our market for that description ofimports.
Coffee.— A continued good demand for this ar
ticle both for the Unitod States and Europe ena
bled dealers to maintain the figures given in our
last, and large transactions took place in this arti
cle. The receipt of bettor accounts from the Uni
ted States per Sierra Nevada, arrived on tho 3d
inst., Iti twenty-two days passage, produced activ
ty in our market, and large sales were made, prin
cipally for that quarter. W e now quote 8(900 per
arrobc for mixed lots of good firsts and superiors.
The Buenos Ayres Revolution.
Through two channels wo have intelligence of
tho revolution at Buenos Ayres. The first is
brought by tho ship Grey Eagle at Philadelphia,
and the second which is later, comes by the steam
er Cambria per Liverpool.
Philadelphia, March 3.—BythcshipGroy Engle
from Kio, we have accounts of a revolution which
occurred at Buenos Ayres on Dec. 11th. Alsina
recently elected Governor by one vote, was forced
to resign by a military force under Gen. Flores,
the Minister of War and Col. Lagos. The revolu
tionists who were outside the city, kept up a con
tinual skirmishing with the outposts, and prepar
ations were making by the Government troops in
the city to give them Ii warm reception.
Halifax, March 3.—Advices from Buenos Ayres
to Jan. 2nd state that on the dav previous a revo
lution brokeout in the city, headed by the Minister
of War. Manuel Pinto bad been appointed Gov
ernor—a provisional Government bud been es
tablished, but the fighting continued at the last ac
counts.
New York, March 3.— Advices from Buenos
Ayres to January 2nd states that tho revolutionary
party had triumphed and Urquizawasoverthrown.
Philadelphia, March Bd.—The ship Gray laglo
has arrived here from Rio, with dates to the l»tli
January. She brings a cargo of 5,000 bags coffee.
The affairs in the country wore in a tranquil con
dition. Strenuous efforts were making to sup
press the slave trade in conjunction with an Ameri
can and British man-of-war.
A slaver was rnn into the Mozambique Channel
with a full cargo of Bluves, which aold for enor
mous prices. Tho captain escaped, but tho vessel
and crew were captured by a Brazilian cutter and
men imprisoned. Tno steamer John L. Stevens,
from New York, had just arrived. The barque
Maryland sailed for New York. There wat much
sickness among tho shipping.
The Slav* Trade in a New Shape.—A corres
pondent of the Journal of Comment, writing from
Havana, Feb. 11th, gives the following aeeountof
the arrival of the coolies in Cuba, and their pro
bable prospects as laborers: »
On the morning of the 7th, arrived from Amba,
Singapore and Jamaica, the British ship Panama,
Fisher, 62* tons, 181 days passage, with 231 Asiat
ics, coolies, on board, to be introduced to the la
bor of the Island—purchased for a service of four
years. Tne loss on the passage was a considerable
per eentage, being 80 thrown overboard. The
speculators in this material are Messrs. Viloldo,
Wardrop A Co., who have permission of the go
vernment to cover five thousand subjects. This
cargo is yet held in quarantine.
On the Bth instant, arrived from Amon and St.
Helena, the British ship Blenheim, Molison, 808
tons, 104 days passage, bringing to the same con
signees, 412 coolies. Died on the voyage 83.
Money will be realized by those who hnve the pri
vilege of making the introduction, and English
capital will find some play; but I doubt very much
whether the purposes of English philanthropy
will be realized; for, reasoning from the past, at
the expiration of four years, nearly all will have
been sacrificed, while the condition of African
labor will be unmitigated. A short term and cu
pidity strain tho hash over tho poor cooly and he
dies—is secreted if he lives, and advantage taken
of his ignorance for extended time, when once
merged in plantation service, where investigation
cgn be avoided.
Snip AsnoßE.—Capt. Mills, of the ship Florida,
which arrived here on Wednesday, from Liver
pool, reports that when off Tybee, on that day, be
, tween 12 and 1 o’clock, be saw alargoshipgo
ashore on the breakers at Warsaw bar, or in that
vicinity. He was too far off to make out her name
or the exact place where she went ashore. The
steamer Calhoun went to her assistance Wednes
day night, but has not yet returned. Several ru
mors were current last evening as to the name of
tho vessel ashore and the damage sustained by her,
which on inquiry turned out to be without founda
tion. The Calhoun will doubtless return sometime
to-day, when we shall be able to obtain full partic
ulars. The ship was seen yesterday afternoon
through a spy glass from the deck of the Gordon
as she came in from Charleston.
There are several vessels now due here from
Liverpool and other ports, and the presumption is
that the ship in distress is one of them. Among
others now due, tho following may be mentioned:
The Wm. Miles, K. Cobden, Devon, Acadia, Al
cyone. and Clyde from Liverpool— the Planter from
Whitehaven—the Dunbrody from Waterford—the
Wm. Botsford from Fleetwood—the Catneo, Ox
ford, and Argyle from the Clyde—and the Inde
fatigable from the river Thames. Persons ac
quainted with the locality where the ship went
a-hore, think she may be got off with but little
damage.— Hat. Rep., 4fA in ft.
Steamer Sun Sunk— The steamboat Sun, which
left Fulton Ark, on the 17th, for Shreveport, struck
a snag at tho mouth of Black Bayou on Monday,
the2lst, about two o’clock, p. jl., and sunk in te'n
minutes. The Sun had on at the time 707
bales of cotton, with hides, peltries Ac. The cot
ton was mostly picked up by the Texas Ranger
which came up the next morning. The passen
gers lett on a keel boat for Shreveport on Wed
ne-dsy evening, and came to this city on tho S. W.
Downs. When they left the boat was lying di
rectly acrogs the bayou, inclined conside’rably to
one side, her cabin and a portion of her lower deck
at the stern above the water. The Texas Ringer was
alongside making efforts to raise her. The navi
gation of the bayou is entirelv obstructed, and oou
sequenUy all access to upner’Red River until the
be at is raised, or the wreck removed, is closed.—
Tbe Sun was anew boat,and was re urningon her
first trip to the upper Red River.—Pie. 28.‘A vU.
Financiering— Mr. k .f us Mayland has been
for some time past keeping acconuts with tho Bank
of Charleston and the Planters snd Mechanics
Bank, in each of which he had a deposit. Tester
day he deposited in the P. and M. Bank a check
.on tbe Bank of Charleston for $250, to be placed
to the credit of May land and Bro. He then went
to the Bank of Charleston, and dejio-ited a check
for 1240 on the P. and M. Bank, and subsequently
he drew all the deposits from both banks. At
the usual hour for the exchange of checks the trick
was discovered, and search was made for Bulbs,
but he was non tit, having left in the boat for Wil
mington. His Honor the Mavor, upon being ap
prised of the circumstances, 'immediately sent a
telegraphic despatch to Wilmington for his arrest,
and we will be proheblv again ’ favored with his
presence by the return boat.— Charlatan Meroury,
We learn that a bust of President Fillmore, "by
Dr. Horatio Stone, tha eminent sculpt r of New
York, of pure Italian marble, is now in the r< turn’*
of the Capitol, previout to ita being deposit- d In
the Presidential Mansion. It is a tribute of re
spect by gentleman of both parties to our moat ee
tieaabl* Chief Magistrate.-
WEEKLY
Cjjrfitittlc & Scnfiiitl.
AUGUSTA? GEORGIA?
WEDNESDAY MOSITTNG. MARCH 9, IMS.
MOSEY T MO-NEY!! j
Our necessities must plead our apology for call- ;
ing the attention of all those indebted to this Of
fice to their liabilities, and soliciting their prompt
discharge. That they are generally small, forms
no excuse for the deiav of payment, indeed it fur
nishes the most conclusive and forcible reason
that they should be promptly paid; because it is
of these small sums, that tfie great aggregate is
made up that sustains our very heavy expenses—
now amounting to over tiftt dollars per day;
all of which has te he paid in each and at tho hew
dan
This ia a EvocnUle teuton tar the settlement of
these little matters, when most of our friends are
realizing the reward of an abundant harvest. We
hope they will avail themselves of the opportuni
ty not only to pay what they owe, but also to pay
a year k advance.
Who will neglect us, or forget to discharge their
duty toward us in this hour of need 7 We shall
see, and we promise all such, that their papers
will be discontinued, iff mean what we say.
Mr. B. B. Beck, is our authorized Agent for the
collection of debts due this Office. We commend
him to the kind courtesies of our friends.
The Inaugural.
We present to the reader this morning, the In
augural of President Pierce, foreshadowing tho
policy of his Administration. Like all similar
documents, it will be read with eager interest by
ail classes, both political friends and opponents—
the great mass of both of whom, we are inclined
to think, are disposed to judge his administration
fairly and candidly, reserving to themselves the
privilege ofdetcrminingupon its merits by itsacts.
This is as it should be, and we are pleased to see
the new administration enter npon its duties un
der sneb a favorable state of public opinion.
Neither our timo or space will permit any ex
tended notlceoftheaddress this morning, nor is
this deemed essentially necessary, asall who feel any
interest in publio affairs will read nnd judgo for
thcmssclves. A slight glance at it, however, induces
the impression that there is much in it unexception
able ; while his proclivity to Filibusterism, or the
doctrines of “ Young America,’’ and his intimation
to pursue a proscriptive policy, do not commend
themselves to our approbation. We are, however,
not among those who attach any greatimportanco to
Inaugurals, which are generally unmeaning gene
ralities, designed to catch the popular ear, rathor
than to define any particular lino of policy. Wo
prefer, therefore, to await tho subsequent develop
ments of the administration as tho data upon
which to base an opinion, as to tho wisdom of its
measures.
A Liquor Law for Georgia.
We publish this week tho proceedings of tho
first “ Liquor Law” convention for Georgia; Tho
time has arrived for a thorough discussion of the
question and we undertake it with a full view of
the consequences to ourself and to others.
We shall of pose tl e passage of any such Law—
not because we are insensible to tbe facttliat many
evils arise from the use of ardent spirits—but, be
canso we would resist tho introduction of a ptinci
ple in the Government of Georgia which strikes at
tho root of all Constitutional liberty, or tho princi
pie of protection to minorities, and because it is a
practical application of a most odious tyranny. If
the raajoriiy of a county or a militia district have
a right todetormine what tho minority shall drink,
they have an equal right to determine what they
shall eat, and what they shall wear; on the same
principle they may regulate all their movements
by law, trom the kitchen to the bed chamber.
The use of Tobacco Ims killed its thousands;
Ten and Coffee are said by many to be diletcrious
to health; gluttony or eating too much, has killed
its tens of thousands. According to tho principle
asserted by the Liquor Law advocates, a majority
in oacli county or militia district canid prohibit
the übo of Tobacco, and Tea and Coffee and pro
scribe Graham bread and water as the only legal
diet.
We clip tho abovo paragraphs from the Albany
Patriot, to show what shifts and porversions the
opponents of the Retail Liquor traffic aro driven, to
sustain themselves in their opposition to that inca
suro. Passing over the assertion, that the preven
tion of retailing liquors, “strikes at the root of all
con titutionailibcrty,” as simply ridioulous, bo
cau e -all governments have the right to abate
nuisances, especially such as destroy life and pro
perty and corrupt the morals and good order of so
ciety, wo note the very adroit perversion of tbe
purposes of the advocates of the prohibition. It
has not been asserted by any advocate of tho moa
euro, that they have tho right, or even tho desire,
“to determine what the majority shall drink.” So
far from it, they yield to all men the right to drink
what and when they please; they only desire to
prohibit the existence of retail shops—which afford
such extraordinary facilities for tho destruction of
human life and proporty, and the promotion of
crime and destitution—ayo, squalid poverty.
It may bo true that “tobacco has killed its thou
sands,” and “ gluttony its tens of thousands,” and
that tea and ccffeo aro prejudicial to tho health of
many persons; but wo presume no Bane man will
assort that cither, or all combinod, contribute tho
one thousandth part ns much to promote depravity,
vice and poverty, with all their attendant train of
evils upon society, as the retailing of liquor.
Governments aro instituted for tho benefit of
the governed, and Constitutions and Laws enacted
for tho protection of the public and private rights
of tho people, and the prevention of crime. Ours
is a Republican Government, which recognises,
fully, the power of tho majority to govern within
the limits prescribed by the Constitution, and it is
equally tbe duty of tho minority to acquiesce in
and submit to the exercise of such authority.—
Nothing can be more republican, in its character
than tho measure proposed by the Convention ro •
cently assembled at Atlanta, which is to leave the
decision of tho question, whether they will havo re -
tail shops in their midst, to be determined by the
people, who are to fee affected by them. If this be
“tyranny and oppression,” our Governments and
all their laws are but systems of tyranny
and oppression.
“Is there a plaoe called Paulding, Miss! Is there
a paper published there called the Clarion I And
did such a paper publish the story of a man of the
name of Clarke, in Clarke county, in that State,
throwing his knife point foremost at his negro wo
man, and compelling her to dfaw tho some from
her body and bring it back to him, to throw again,
till she was covered with fifty bleeding gashes I
And did this same man, Clark, whip his wifocruel
ly, and out off her ovclashcel (eyelids) and finally,
did this monster kill his negro man, by shooting
him?” —Macon CUitstn.
We are prepared to answer all tho inqnirics of
the Citizen in the affirmative. We saw the Cla
rion, and read the narrative offsets, which was re
lated witli all the air of truth, upon the authority
of a gentleman who was present at tho investiga
tion. Pauldingjis in Ja*per county, which adjoins
Clarke county. The impression made on our mind
on reading tho horrible detail*, was that the mon
ster Clark:: was deranged, for no sane man could
perpetrate such cruelties, either upon his servants
or the wife of his bosom. The cause assigned for
the brutalities to his wife, (cruelly beating her and
outting off her eyelide, not eyelashes as the Oiliten
has it,) was that she did not compel the negro man
to come from the kitchen to his master in the house;
and the offence of tho negro man was that he did
not come when sent for. That of the negro woman
was equally trivial, but we do not now recollect it.
We are not a little surprised, however, that the
Abolition organs of the North should seize upon
such a story, and give it to the world as a case il
lustrating the treatment of the slaves of tho South.
They might, with as much propriety and equal jus
tice have offered it as an illustration of the treat
ment of Southern husbands *to their wives. The
one would have been equally true and just ns the
other.
Tbe Cabinet.
A telegraphic despatch announces the following
Cabinet appointments, which have ail been con
firmed by the Senate:
W. L. Manor, of Ncw-York, Secretary of State.
Jakes GoniniE, of Kentucky, Seoretary of tho
Treasury.
Bobt. W. McClelland, of Michigan, Secretary
of the Interior.
Jeff. Davis, of Mississippi, Secretary of War.
Jas. C. Dobbin, of North-Carolina, Secretary of
the Navy.
Jakes Cakfbell, of Pennsylvania, r Postmaster
General.
Caleb Ccshiko, of Massachusetts, Attorney Gen
eral.
South Carolina Congressional Election.
The following is the result of the late Congres
sional election in the fourth and sixth districts of
South Carolina. In the other districts the late
members were re-elected without oppoeition.
FOURTH DISTRICT.
... Brooks. Pickens. Sullivan. Marshal.
Abbeville ..188 409 130 993
Newberry..s2l 119 221 121
Lexington.. 414 49 126 128
Laurens. ...139 87 959 60
Edgefield.. .826 873 61 ICB
„ . . 2098 1492 1474 1415
Majority for Col. Preston S. Brooks 606.
SIXTH DISTRICT.
Boyce. Moses. O’Hanlon.
Richland 243 810 74
York 484 402 83
Fairfield 870 92 19
Kershaw 128 243 12
Chester 308 847 42
Sumter 568 876 00
' *549 2270 180
Majority for Col. W. W. Boyce 279.
Bale of Crrr Lots in Savannah.—The Repub
licanenya: At the sale of Cjfy Lots, on Saturday,
purchasers paid from ten to fifty per cent, on the
appraised rates. There can be no stronger evi
dence than this of tho confidence of oof people in ,
the fatnre growth and advancing prosperity of Sa
vannah. Waste lands that oonld have been bought
for a song, a few years since, now bring two, three 1
and fonr thousand dollars the lot. To Railroads
are we mainly indebted for this change—a fact ,
which ebonld urge ns onward in the great enter- (
prise still before ns. (
We understand that fonr of these lots, on the j
south side of the Park, are intended for a Catholio t
cathedral.
Tha *4 loti sold, were appraised at ti 1,770, and .
brought $53,52e. •
t
W*. M. Thacxiiut, tbe distinguished Nor* Hat, »
te delivering * eottree es lecture* la Cherieetou. 4
The eptiitsmrn.
The following picture of the rush at Washing
ton for the spoils, presents quite a humiliating
spectacle. Tho artist, however, is a Democrat,
and we presume no ouo will question its faithful
ness, because ha is sketching his friends, and is
doubtless more disposed to flatter than detraot
from them. The South-Side Democrat is published
at Petersburg, Va., and is a leading journal in that
section:
Correrponden.ce of the South-Side Democrat.
Washington City, Feb. 22,1853.— They are still
pouriugin u|>ou us. Uundredsarrivedaily to par
ticipate iu the division of tho spoils. It makes mo
sick ut heart lo witness the eagerness with which
meu, apparently iu every way qualified to earn
much mere than a livelihood in the pursuit of in
dependent business, rush to clutch place tinder the
government, as though under tne impression thut
n they foil to fasten themselves oil the treasury of
the United States, they and theirs are doomod to
starvation. Among them I pcrceivo tho faces of
ail the veteran politicians of the party; the
political wire-workers by trade, who, for many
years post, have undertaken to shuffic and cut
the cards at homo, in every State in tiie
Union, and in Washington on such an oo
easiou. They are well nigh all known to me per
eonaliy—mianv ot them having been in Congress
within the last twenty or twenty-five years. ißUp
poso that at this moment there are quite 100 ex-
Ueinoeratic members ofCongress in Washington,
oil of whom have come hither either to beg offices
for themselves or others. They are a band of liar
pies, who are drawn together onlv by the smell of
the prey which they have scented from afar off.—
They seem to fatten ou their expectation—take
Col. Thomas P. Moore, of Kentucky, for an exam
ple. This gentleman, who was known, when he
was politically alive, by the soubriquet of “ Free
Tom Moore, and who has never faded to attend
at Washington, when a democratic President was
about to bo inaugurated, from 1828 to 1853, looks
young enough and hale enough toclamor for some
thing “ fat” once in four years, for twenty years to
come. Office holders, tojudge from his appear
ance, neither dio nor grow old.
However, the veterans in office seeking and
office holding are doomed to be sadly disappointed.
It is well understood in Washington, that having
previously held office, is about to be regarded as a
substantial reason for refusing ail application, un
less the party can show very strong reasons indoed
for a contrary ruling in his particular easo. Au
adherence to this general rule is absolutely neces
sary ; mado so tj tho fact that cx-offieo holders
enough to twice fill all the offices in the gift of the
new administration, are already clamoring for
place.
The correspondent of the Xichmond Enquirer
indulges in very much the samo strain, and tho
correspondent of tho Charleston Standard touohes
thorn in the following manner.
“ I nevor before saw such a crowd of cx-dcmo
cratie Members of Congress as are now in Wash
ton. Their name is Legion. They attend, bent
on the errand which draws the Lazzaroni of Na
ples in such throngs around tho church doors of
that magnificent city. Give I give! I give!!! For
the love of the Mother of God, give! 11! is ou tho
countenances of each, if noton his lips.”
The Laws and Journals. —We are informed by
Mr. Hood, Secretary of tho Executive Department,
that a coyy of the Acts of the lust Legislature has
been forwarded to the Clerk of tho Superior Court
of tho respective Counties, for the benefit of tho
County. As soon as tho Journals are completed,
and tho remaining Laws bound, tho whole will bo
distributed.— Fed- Union.
We are glad to seo this announcement at last;
for our people havo been living under laws for
fourteen months, of the tenor of wliioh they were
totally ignorant. For this state of thingß tho Le
gislature is responsible, in electing a Printer who
was unable to execute tiie printing in time.
Imposition.— Tho Hon. Z. Pratt, of New York,
who is now sojourning in Savannalf, has addressed
the following note to tho Editor of tho Georgian. —
Mr. P. is one of tho most extensive Tanners in tho
Union and lias amassed a princely fortune by his
business:
Savannah, Mareh Ist, 1858.
Editors Georgian:
Gentlemen, —There is a person travelling in this
section of the country, with a certificate, dated
Prattsville, December 24, 1852, which was Bliown
to me, with my signature, recommending a patent
system of tanning, by George Laycock, Doncaster,
York county Scotland. I Bay that certificate is a
forgery and imposition on tanners.
Z. Pratt, Pulaski House.
Tns Isabel — California Passengers. —By re
ference to tho advertisement of Messers. Morde
oai & Co., of Charleston, in another ooluinn, it
will be seen that the rules of paasago by the U.
8. mail steam ship Isabel, connecting with the Pa
cific Mail Steam Ship Company’s Lino to San
Francisco, are ns low as tlioso fixed in Now York.
The Isabel will leave Charleston on tho loth inst.
on her next trip to Havana, where she will con
nect with the splendid steam ship Golden Gate.
England’s Humanity—Or the Art of Scalping
made Eaey.— lt is generally known, says the Boston
Poet, that savages wero emploped by tho King of
England, George 111, and paid at so much per
scalp of man, woman and ohild, during the Rovo
lntionary war. A few items from this terrible
trade in human flesh may interest some of our
readers, and show them how this paternal King
strove to crush out tlio noblo spirit of independ
ence of our early heroes. Here is a list of a num
ber of packages that wero Bent by one James
Boyd, from a Capt. Crawford, to tho British Go
vernor of Canada, Col. Hnldiman. These packages
of scalps wore found among the baggago of the
English army after the dofeat. of Burgoyne, cured
and dried, with Indian marks upon them. Tho
letter accompanying them read thus :
Package 1. Containing forty-three scalps of Con
gress soldiers, killed in different skirmishes,
stretched on black hoops four inches in diam
eter.
Pack. 2. Containing ninety-eight farmer’s
scalps, killed in their houses, on red hoops, with a
scalp’s figure of a hoo paintod on eaoh to dcuoto
their occupation.
Pack. 3. Containing ninety-seven farmer’s
scalps, on green hoops, to show they were killed
in the fields.
Pack. 4. Containing one hundred and two far
mer’s scalps, eighteen of them marked on yellow
flames, to signify that they were burned alive.
Pack. 5. Containing eighty-eight scalps of wo
men, hair long and braided, to show that they were
mothers.
Pack. 6. Containing ono hundred and ninety
three scalps cf boys of various ages, on Binall
green hoops.
Pack. 7. Two hundred and cloven girl’s scalps,
big and little, on small yellow hoops.
Such is the stuff of which English royalists
were mado in the day “ which tried men’s souls.”
General Pierce’s Carriage and Horses. —On
Thursday, the splendid carriage and horses pre
sented by the Boston people to Gen. Pierce, arrived
in New York cn route lor Washington. Tho
horses, which cost $1,400, aro of a light bay color,
with switch tails. Tho carriage is a vory costly
one, the materials nsed in its construction being n!‘
manufactured in Now England. It weighs about
1,800 pounds, and cost about $1,500. It is mado
in tho French oalecho stylo. Tho whole equipage,
including harness, Ac., oost $3,500. This hand
some present will bo presented to Gen. Pierce at
Washington, by Messrs. Dunbar, Riddle and Fet
ridge, who are the oommittoe on behalf of the Bos
ton people.
Mississippi Senator.— B. N. Kinyon, Eiq., de
clines the appointment of U. S. Senator, to suc
ceed Walter Brooke, tendered him by liis excel
lency Gov. Foote. In transmitting Mr. Kinyon’s
letter to the Jackson papers lor publication, Gov.
Foote says: "Having now mado all proper efforts
to secure tho full representation of tho State in
the Senate for the twelve months which will ensue
the 4th|of March next, and these efforts having
proved so lamentably abortive, 1 shall take no far
ther steps to attain the desired object, and shall
leave the whole matter to be disposed of as the
good people of tho Stato may decide at the bal
lot-box in November next.
A Ladt in Broadcloth. —The Lynn Bay State
says, that Miss Lucy Stone lcctnred in that city on
Tuesday evening, on “woman’s rights.” Miss
Stone has tho credit of practising what she preach
es, and lays direct claim to the breeches. Sbe ap
pears in a handsome suit of broadcloth, sack, pants,
and good thick boots, and lacks tho bcavor to make
her a good-looking man.
If that is all slio "loch," she is oertainly a very
extraordinary woman.
Honbbtt Turned Up.—lt is said shat Profes
sor Anderson at prosenl, in Charleston, has re
ceived a letter from Louis Napoleon, Emperor of
tho French, inclosing a check lor £3O, which ho
borrowed some ycara since from tho Professor in
London, accompanied with a present of a diamond
ring, and an invitation to visit Paris. This will be
cheering nows to all who were the Emperors credi
tors in the times that tried his soul. *
Female Medical Doctor.—The Baltimore Sun
of the 2d inst., says “some time ago we introduc
ed to our readers Dr. Phcbe M. Way, a graduate
of the Female Medical College of Pennsylvania,
who at that time was about to commence the prac
tice of medicine in this city. Os course tho lady
has had to encounter tbe general prejudices of so
ciety, and the force of popular habits; but we
learn with considerable success and with a fair
prospect of finally surmounting.them all, and es
tablishing herself usefully in her profession.”
Mammoth English Ships.— Tho largest mercan
tile ship in the world, the screw steamer Hisma
laya, of 8600 tons measurement, built for the Pe
ninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company
is nearly ready for munching at London. She will
be propelled by screw machinery of 700 horse
power. Tho largest man-of-war in the world has
just been put in commission by Captain Henry
Byam Martin, son oi the admiral of tho fleet—
She bears the name of the Duke of Wellington,
and carries 131 guns. She has engines of 780
horse power, screw machinery, and she will have
a crew of 1100 men.
The Three Cent Pieces— The Philadelphia Led
ger, in giving the coinage and operations of the
mint for the month of February, as detailed in the
official table in the monetary department of the
Son, remarks as follows:
Rather more than the usual monthly number of’
quarters, dimes and half dimes has been coined.
Should the new coinago law go into operation on
the l»t of June next, this labor will have to be all
done over again. It would be wise if Congress,
before its adjournment would bring the three ceDt
pieces up to the same standard with the ne w ha! ves,
quarters, and dimes. It is a very convenient little
coin, and there is a general desire to continue it
in circulation. Aa now made, there is rather too
ranch copper in it. After a little nse, it changes to
a greenish color, and becomes greasy to the touch.
By bringing it to the standard fineness of the new
coinage bill, this would be obviated, and without
any visible change in its size.
Finance* of Virninia— 'The finance committee
of the Virginia Senate estimate the Treasury re
ceipts for the yearthding 80th September, 1858, at
•1,517,588.49, and the disbursements for the eame
period *t $1,486,788.84. The liabilities of the
State amount to $9,949,585.
It ia estimated that t’- e damages our fishermen
•Detained last anmmer from the interruption of
theix bualaea* by the British fi**t sent among
*hem, were aet lata than * quarter *< » million */
Seilara,
New I’ubttrftl;on>.
The Southern Eo lectio, composed chiefly of selec
tions from the bent jour Lain of Europe, conduc
ted by J. H. FnTts. March, 1858. Published
at Augusta, Ga. Terms, f 3.00, in advance.
Tlio first number of Mr. Fitter's new Eclectic is
before us. It is a neat Magazine of 80 donblo
columned pages, in the stylo of the London Quar
terly Keviste, printed on new typo, and presenting
ultogtlier a very attractive appearance. Tho list of
contents (which wo give below) embraces a great
variety of articles of general intoroet, and the work
cannot fuii, in tho hands of its taatoful and accom
plished Editor, of proving highly aocoptablo to all
readers of taste and intelligence. Tho Eolectic is
the first work of tho kind over attempted in the
South—it is peculiarly a “home enterprise,'' and
richly deserves and shonld roceive the gonerous
support which each enterprises rightly claim. We
commend it to tho examination and favor of our
friends and tho public. Address J. H. Fitten
Editor Southern Eclectic, Augusta, <Ja.
CONTENTS or SOUTHERN ECLECTIC EOB MARCH.
Dauiel Webster, Wet-minster Xnrieu.
Thackeray’s Henry Esmond, EeUstis Jtstises.
Thomas Moore, Eraser's Magaoine.
British Free Negroes, Fraser's Mugasirm.
Calhoun and Clay, Fraser's Magatine.
Creosoting Timber, Colburn's Monthly.
The Goldeu Guillotine, Dublin University Maga
zine.
Capt. Fitzroy Smith’s Adventures in Connaught,
United Sercic* Journal.
The Critical Condition of Belgium, United S*i~
vice Journal.
Tho Proposed Tripartite Convention, London
Times.
England and tho United States, London Times.
Napoleon and Eugenia, London Spectator.
On the Literature of the Island of Cuba, Weser
Zeitung.
Miscellaneous Reviews. —lngcrsoll's Second
War between tho United Statos and Great Britain,
Athene*!/ m.
The Poetical Remains of William Sidney Walk
er. Gentleman's Mugasins.
The Pronunciation of Greek, Westminster and
Tait’s.
Tho Earth, Plants and Man, Ao., Athenaeum.
Austria in 1848-’49, Wtstmenster.
Homes of American Authors, Westminster.
Historic do la Restauration, Westminster.
Alison’s History of Europe, Westminster.
Poetry.— Burial at Sea, llogg's Instructor.
A River Thought, Eliza Cool's Journal.
The Bush with the Blooding Breast, Household
Words.
Our Paris Correspondence.—Note.
New Books.
The Dean’s Daughter, or The Days we Live In.
By Mrs. Core, author of “ Mothersand Daugh
ters.” “The Banker's Wife,” <fco. Ac. Now
York : D. Appleton & Co.
A brilliant and oxoiting tale of fashionable life,
interspersed with enough of tho improbable and
romantic to givo it a zest for those who prizo this
class of fictions. Mrs. Gore always writes with
piquancy, spirit and vivaoity, and tho work bofore
us is a very favorable specimen ol herbost stylo.
For sale by Geo. A. Oates & Co.
Beatrice, or The Unknown Relatives. By Catha
rine Sinclair, author of “Modern Accomplish
ments,” “Holiday House,” Jano Bouverie,”
“Tho Journoy of Lifo,” Ac. Ao. New York:
Dewitt A Davenport.
“ Beatrice” belongs to a olass of writings which
wo do not particularly affect—namoly, religious
novels, mainly devoted to tho building up of ono
elans of professed Christians at the expenso of
another, or all others. The present work is in
tended to sound the “ huo and cry” against the
Jesuits, who seem to loom up to the imagination
of the fair author in all tho gigantio deformity of
tho Ogres and Genii of tho Fairy Tales. Now
for our part, wo never did, nor do wo now, con
sider tho country in the slightest dungor from
Josuitieal influence, or the sproad cither of Pope
ry, High Churehism, Mormonism or any other
“ism" in particular; but those who ontortaiu fears
of tins kind, and who are fond of controversial
theology will find “ Beatrice” a work of groat inter
est and power—though, as a matter of oourso, it is a
decidedly “ ons-idea ’’ and anti-Catholio produc
tion.
For sale by Geo. A. Oates A Co.
Harper's Magazine, for March, 1853.
Putnam’s Monthly, “ “ “
Tiie Knickerbocker Magazine, “
Woaroalso indebtod to Geo. A. Oates &Co.
for copies of the above magazines, each of which
is so excellent in its way that wo dcoliue institu
ting any comparison oftlioir respective merits, but
Would advise those who have the taste and loisuro
to pornse them, to subscribe for all.
Harper’s Magazine. —This nonpareil of Maga
zines for March, has been laid on our table by
Messrs. J. A. Carrie & Co.
Hats—Spring Style.
The Spring stylo of Gentlemon’s Hats, just in
troduced by J. Taylor, Jr., & Co., are, wo think,
decidedly in good taste. Thoy are very light nnd
combine noalnoss and elegance of finish. Call and
sac them.
Hall Storm In Alabama.
We are indebtod to a friend at HaynoTillo, Ala.,
for the following account of.a severe Hall Storm at
that placo:
nAYNEViLLE, Ala., March 1, 1858.
' EdUort Chronicle: —About one e’clook, P. M.,
yesterday our town was visited by a sovero Hail
Storm, which continued for about on half hour.
The windows in the Conrt-Houso, Gin Factory,
and greater part of tho dwellings woro completely
riddled, in Romo not a whole pane being left on
the west side. The hail stones were generally the
size of largo marbloa—many as largo as guinoa
eggs. Tiie streets wore literally coverod and whito
with them, and presented quite a novel Bight to
the South Alubamisn. The hail storm was suc
ceeded at 8 o’clock, P. M., by a very heavy thun
derstorm, accompanied with a small quantity of
hail. This morning it is quitoeool, although it was
disegreoubly warm on yesterday after tho hail.
Yotirs.
Gen. Washington's Disinterestedness.— When,
in 1775, the chief command of the armies of tho
United States was toudered to Gonoral Washing
ton, In so urgent a manner that ha could not do
cline, ho pledged himself to exert ovory power ho
possessed in the service of the country; and in
replyingto Congress he entered this emphatic
disclaimer:
“ But, lest somo unlucky event should happen
unfavorable to my reputation, I beg it bo remem
bored by ovory gentleman in the room that I this
day declare, with the utmost sincerity, 1 do not
think myself equal to tho command 1 urn honorod
with.’’
And when the war was over, in 1788, he thns ac
knowledged his gratitude to t’uo Giver of nil
Good:
“ Perhaps, sir, no oocasion may offer more suit
able than the present to express my humble thanks
to God, and my grateful acknowledgments to my
country, for the great and uniform support I .have
received in every vicissitndo of fortune, and ior
the many distinguished honors which Congress
has beon pleased to confer upon me in tbo course
of the your.”
Florence <fe Nashville Railroad.— Tho Flor
ence (Ala.) Gazette of tho 12th ult. gays, the Com
mittee appointed by tho Florenco A Nashville
Railroad Company to visit Tonncssoo for the pur
pose of uniting tho Tenn. A Ala. Railroad, and
tho F. & N. Railroad, at tho State line, have re
turned, and wo are rejoiced to loam that they were
successful in their visit. They report the Tennes
see and Alabama Railroad Company as advancing
rapidly, and in a highly prosperous condition.
The road through this county will be looated at
once, and by tho first of May will bo under con
tract from Florenco to tho State lino. We sincere
ly congratulate the friends of this great enterprise
on the bright prospoots ahead. ‘
Railroad Subscription.—' The City Council of
Chattanooga has subscribed SIOO,OOO to the Stock
of tho Wills Vulley Railroad, on tho following con
ditions :
Ist. That not a dollar shall be called for until
the whole read from Gadsen to tho junction shall
be graded and ready for the superstructure.
2d. Tho Depot buildings of tho Company (hall
bo locutod in Chuttanooga.
A ftlUw coming out o I the tavern one icy morn
ing, rather blue, fell on the door step. Trying to
reguin his footing, he remarked, “if, as the Bible
says, tho wicked stand on slippery places, I must
belong to a different class, for it is more than I can
do." *
Punishment Well Deserved.— At the Steuben
County Court of Sessions, George Palmer and
Samuel Allen were severally convicted of obstruct
ing the New York and Erie Railroad at Andover,
and sentenced each to four years and eight monlhq'
imprisonment in Auburn State Prison. They
morited even heavier pnnishment, but perhaps
this salutary sentence will have its proper effect in
detorring other men from such dastardly practices.
Mr. Dobbin mentioned in connection with
the Cabinet, is a graduate of the University in
North Carolina, and about 83 years of age. Mr.
Guthrie is a wealthy and intelligent citizen of Lou
isvillle, Ky. He is a man of fine appearance and
dignified manners. Mr. McClelland is the present
Governor of Michigan. He is a resident of Mun
roe, and a man of excellent character and sonnd
judgment. Judge Campbell is distinguished for
his legal attainments. He is a Soman Catholic in
religion, and was a candidate recently for the
Bench of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.
Names of Cities and Towns.—A writer in the
National Intelligencer complains of the Dames
given to new cities, towns, Ac., in this country,
and says that he himself is a citizen of Dretden,
close by Vienna, on the road to Naplee, between
Antwerp and Corinth, in Indianna, near bp Frog
town!
Messrs. Baring, Brothers A Co., announce the
change in their Agency tor the United States,
from Mr. Thos. W. Ward to Samuel Gray Ward,
who is now the sole Agent and Attorney. Sir
Thomas Baring, when in this country last year,
was urged by various parties in New York, to
transfer from Boston the principal office of the
firm to that city, but after a consideration of the
subject, he decided to continue the Agency of
the Barings in Boston.
Steamboat Henrt Clay.—The trial of Mr. Col
lier, in theU. S. District Court of New York, one
of the owners, and of the Captain and others, oUD
cere, was on motion of their counsel on Monday
morning, farther postponed to the April *,erm—
the ground of postponement, as before, being the
absence of witnesses.
Steamboat Keindeee.— The District Attorney of
New York has entered nolle proeequies in the case
of Capt. Farnham, and Mr. Bartlett engineer. The
cose of Capt. F., it will be recollected, was tried,
and the jury could not agree.
The telegraph line between New Haven and
‘Waterbary, Conn, in manged in the following
liberal way: Instead of paying by the word, you
p«y ky the minute or hour. The tariff la ten seats
for the first live minutes, and sue sent per miauls
afterwards. For a quarter, yon may converse is
JW heart’s content.
Mr. Fillmore—'The Oily Authorities.
The Motional Intelligencer, of Wednesday, con
tains tho following noiieo of llio visit of the City
Authorities of Washington to tho Pro-ideal:
Vis lop Respect.—ln accordance with a resolu
tion ol tho City Council* of Washington, and
agreeably to appointment, «tie member* c f tho
Board of Aldermen and Board of > oimeoii Coun
cil, with tho Mayor and other Lxcciltivo elilct is of
tho Corporation, waited on President Jndiuoro
yesterday, to tender their respects and pood
wishes in taking leavo of liim on his ro.iri incut
from office and from the seat of government. Air.
Maury, the Mayor, addressed the ITc.-hteut, us
follows!
Mr. President: Tfio corporate authorities of
the City of Washington wail upon you in a bn ly,
ns a manifestation of tneir Id gh ris|u ei a id
for tho purpose of taking loa .e of yon u n your
retirement from the exalted »tatinn wlm liy.iiumw
hold; Hud in doing so thtlv de-ire to i\pns- to
yon their grateful acknowWfyni-o.i f..rt;<- Mini
new which yojt have unifJrn iv shown towuni: our
city, and tho lively iutcrdU which you have : n. s
taken in its prosperity,/end their earnest hopes
that on your return to private life you may, sur
rounded by your family , livo to enjoy many years
of uninterrupted health/ and happiness.
I now, In the name oft the Corporate authorities
of tho City of Wnshllngtou, cordially bid you
farewell t
REPLY OB PR’ tSIOENT FILLMORE.
Mr. Mayor and Gentlemen: This is an honor
which I did not antit Ipate, hnd urn, therefore,
unprepared to expres i in suitable language tho
gratefully emotions which it nutund in- pin -? 1 cun
assure yea, howevor, tlaut 1 feel tut 1 un entitled
to the congratulations of my friends W the ap
proaching termination, of my official labors and
responsibilities. While I shall retro from this
exalted station without a single regret, 1 cannot
lunvo your delightful ol ty, where 1 have ever be< n
treated with so much k indness and consideration,
without feeling a pan: Jof regret at the several ee
of so mnuy social tie s which have been to n.o
sonreesof nnalloyed li. ippincss. If, in the course
of my brief admmistra Lou, i have been able to
aoeouipiisb any thing t J promuto tho prosperity or
add to the attractions of this lovely city, heaving
tho name of tho Immort ul Washington, this reflec
tion will ever bo to mo in source of sincere grutifi*
cation.
This city stands upon • spot recent ly selected
from tho wildorness, ami ooliseeruted to’iho rxcln
sivo use and control of this gre at nation, ll should
bo adorned as becomes such a nation, and render
ed an attractive object of lovfipoid admiration to
tho whole pcoplo. It is tho emblem of our Union,
and should bo tho pride of every patriot. Acting
upon thoso views, 1 liavo cheerfully lent all my
otforls to beautify and adorn it, not merely for tho
sake of tho residents of tlio city, i pt as an object
of just national pride, and as a means of btronglli«
omng our glorious union.
With my profound acknowledgments for this
signal mark of your respect, and mv sincero
Frayors for the continued prosperity of ycur city,
bid you an utfeetionato ftrcwell!
Unwritten Kisses.— By Funny lun.s-X t>rns’-
bloootomporarysays : “Thewomenoligmt' >nako
a pledge not to kiss u man wl.o use loliur oo.”
So they hiull out tho deuce of it i-, all the
handsome men use it in eotno shape! And hiss
ing is u little luxury not to bo dispensed w iilt 1 As
to a femsie kiss, faugh! there’s no nb-rveseence
in it, it’s as flat us an nnmixod soda powder I If
i’in victimized tliat way l ulwnis take an early ap
plication of soap and water ! You will se,- women
practioe it sometimes, j nst to keep their Imi d in,’
(lips 1 mean,) but it is a miserable subsiiictto—a
shaui article I done balf the time to tamnlize so me of
the malo uu lienee I (1 !;opeto be pardoned I rturn
ing ‘State’s evidence,’ but I don’t care a pin if I
ain’t!) Now kissing is a natural gift, (not to\be
acquired by any bunglor;) when you meet a gilt ed
brother, ‘nmko a note on’t,’as Capt. Cuttle say *.
There’s your universal kisser, who can’t ibsim
guish between your kiss and jour grand-m 'll ers,
faugh 1 There's your philosophical traiiseendeii -
tnl kisser, who goes‘through the motions in tlio
air i then there’s—oh! my s.-n-es!—tl .-v say
thero’s suelt a thing as ‘nfcwritlou l uube,’ and
‘nnwritton poetry,’ I liavo my private suspicion*
that there aro ‘unwritten kisses.’
FANNTIins not only a remarkable tulont for de
scribing a kiss, but sho has evidently a taste for
tlio thing itself, and knows how to approointo
it. She is a glorious woman, mid her heart is in
tho right place, or Bho nevor could liavo such just
conceptions of the requisite “little lu.cury.''
The Tunnel Machine. ,
Tho following from tlio North Adams Transcript
is the firsthand only attempt we lmvo seen to ex
plain away tho pregnant silenco of tho tnnnul
machine at tho lloosao mountain :—“ Tlio facts
nro tbattho rock is not yet blasted away sufficient
ly to bring tho machine up to tho face of tho rock
at the tunnel, und cannot bo with the utmost e:t
ortion for somo little time ; but tho work is con
stantly progressing. Tlio tnaohlno now stands
somo way back from the tunnel, ngain-t tlio
lodge, which hits boon loft for a little way for tho
purpose of having sotnothing to experiment upon,
but It thorovg? - ** to great disadvantage, and as
it affords but just about fuco enough to cut a full
circle, it leaves but a slight she.il on top, which
’theblasting breaks down, rendering it trouble
some. But the working of tho machine is qnito
satisfactory, aßtlio directors will bo ready to show,
by practical demonstration, to a committoe of
tho Legislature, whenever they may eeo fit to
visit it.
Valuable Dead Letter.—The Washington w
respondont of tho Baltimore Sun, writing under
date Feb. 28, soys:
Quite on Important discovery was this morning
made by tho officers of the dead letter office. ], s
Soptombor a gontleman of ono of the Wcsto'n
States purchased a farm farther out in the ’• Eden
of America." 110 was going in person to survey
his new possession, but instead o' carrying n sum
of |2,500 about him, profurred consigning it to
the mails. On arriving at tho town which v a< tho
terminus of his journey, be inquired at tho’post of
fice for tlielottcr which contained the treasure, hut
owingtoa failuroof tho mail on that particular
day, or some other cause, lie did not receive It.
Tho alledgod loss was communicated to the depart*
ment in this city, and prompt measures v. iyo adopt
ed to ferret out tho cause. To-day, however, tho
letter, ciiolosing live five hundred dollar hills, iir
good money, was received us a “(load letter.” Tiro
owner was immediately apprised of tho discovery
and will soon again be in possession of the funds.
Cholera Among the Iloos.— I The Louisville
Courier states that there is a fatality among tho
hogs at Milton, Ky., and other points, nnd that it
has boon alarmingly destructive to tho hogs at
Carrollton, at tho distillery of ltoot & Snyder..
They have lost upwards of 600 hogs in 10 days, or
about 60 per day, with but little abatement of tiny
disease.
George Poaßody, Esq., of Londoii, Ims rrmde n
further donation of SIO,OOO to tho town of Dan
vers, to bo appliod to tho moral and mental im
provement of its citizens. Last year, it will bo
remembered, Mr. Poabodygavo tiie town $20,000
for this purpose.
A Fancy Buoot.—Those of our citizens who lijra
to look at a Very superior made Fancy llug-y,
should call at the shop of J. Uurlbxrt AlhioTiiEii,
and examine one which thoy have just fiuishid.
Coinaoe non Fxbruaht.—Tho Treasurer of the
Mint at Philadelphia publishes the following state
ment of ths colnago at that establishment during
tho month of February:
G01d.—116,040 Double Engloa.... *2,300,P00
20,188 Eagles 202,'MW
61,888 Quarter Engles ]2u’7ls
2*8,486 Gold Dollars BOfi^S
*1,*31,280
Silver.—44,9oo Quarter Dollars $11,050'
#6,000 Dimes 5i.;,00»
185,000 Half Dimes 11,750'
2,700,000 Three Cent Plooos Bl.ooO'
s3,< 39,560*
Copper.—2oo,oßl Cents 2,0"0 81;
$3,041,589 81
COLD BULLION DEPOSITED.
From California .*8,517,080-
From other sources 01,500
*3,643,000
SILVER BULLION.
Deposited *13,000'
Capt. Erastus Perkins, of Norwich, Connecticut,
was 101 years old on the 17th ult. He is apparent
ly »• robust as most men of 70; and has lost a son
who lived beyond that ago. *
The numbor of vessols arrived at the port of Ban
Francisco, during tho year 1852, was lio4, with an
aggregate tonnage of 613,268. The clearances for
the same period were 1655 ; aggregato louiw'o,
462,0*4.
The sorew steamship City of Norfolk, lato'of t ho
NewTorkand Richmond lino is preparing by
Messrs Maillcr* Lord, to take freight and pas
sengers to Australia. Bite is to have iuime Uiato
despatch.
Torpedoes on Railroads.—On somo of th, o cas- 1
tem railroads they uro now using torpodoei, j n or
der to alarm the conductors and urrest th. o t.ains
when any drawbridge is hoisted to tho safe run
ning of tho cars. Tho torpedoes uro pV,ced on tho
track, 500 yards distant from tho o!>.a, uc .t:on and
the explosion caused by tho runni r,g o vor them i». '
bud enongh to be heard all over the train, comu
nicating tho alarm with absolute certainty to all on . .
board.
Florida has a white pop nlat ion of less than 50,000 vjl
—smaller than any other of tho thirty-oil: States, ™
yet St. Augustine is the oldest town in the United
States, having beon founded in 1604, and the “City
of Key West,” is tho most populous town in the
Stale, and is tho. aouthorumoat settlement in tho
United States.
The General Assembly of Rhode Island ad
journed on Friday. The ten hour bill was passed
by the concurrence of tho Senate iu tlio Uouae
amendment.
Hancock Steam Dual Company,
At the Annual Meeting of tho Stockholders of
the Hancock Steam Boat Company, held on tho
23th inst., the following get'emeu were elected
Directors for the ensuing year, viz:
Col. Thos. M. TtntNER, Sparta.
John Fosteii, Savannah,, *
JohnC. Cahmkmiaeu 1
Dr. D. 8. Chase,
John R, D.ow, j. Augusta.
James B. Simpson, i
CiiRLES Al 1‘ o,VIT, J
At a meeting 0 f tho Board of ’Directors, hold
yesterday, Jor.N C. Carmichael, E sq., was unani
mously elected President, and Mr , Jas. R. Simtson,
Vice President.
, i. following resolution was unanimously adopt
ed:
Retoleed, That the sincere thai-.lcs of this Com-
Sany are due to our late President, Col. Thomas
1. Turner, for his long continued efforts to pro
mote tho prosperity of tho Company, and for tho
faithful aud ablo manner in which ho lias dis
charged tho duties of his offico.
A true extract from tho minutes.
John R. Dow, Secretary.
SauoyCjtt Lots.—The Savannah Journal of
Saturday afternoon, says: The sale of city Lois
this morning was well attended, the bidding spir
ited, and high prices, made. Up to -the time of
our leaving the ground, eixtcon lots had been &d
on which the city valuation, previous to saJwau.
slß,lßo.oo,—they brought $10,773.00, being ffi S‘>s.
above elty valuation. The lota sold duriag’om
stay wars situated in Troup, Wesley, Cr«v"*uf
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