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From the Nete Orleane Bulletin, tSlKult.
Uter from California.
The D. 8. Mail steamship Falcon, Lieut. H.
Rodger*, 0. 8. N., oommtnding arrived yester
day, bringing the 0. 8. mail from California, two
hundred passengers and one hundred and fifty
thousand <jol for* on freight and in the hand* of
paaeetigera. The Faloon sailed from Aspmwall
on the afternoon of the 19th, at 6 o'clock. The
Georgia sailed the eame time for New f ork, with
850 passengers an" #9,#00,000 on freight. The
ateamahip Union went u>-*s on the evening of the
18th, via Kingston. The road* on the 1 thmns
are in good order, and passenger* make tr.e pa»-
aace to and from Panama in ten hoar*. Th.
health of the town i* fine, business i* good, and
the many buddings that are in course of erection,
ihow conclusively that the town i* rapidly pro-
arrival we have received San Erancisco
dates to the Ist inat. We take the followmg aom
mary from the Herald :
During the past fortnight local occurrence* have
not isxsseseed any extraordinary character. From
the mine*, reporta are with reaped to the digging*
sufficiently favorable, but we regret that we have
to chro dde, a aerie* of atrocities unexampled for
villainy and arnelty, and which have in a great
measure been perpetrated with impunity, fne
robber and murderer, Joaquin, still pursue* 1 1*
careerof crime, and each day there arrive* from
the interior a atory of aome new deed of atrocity.
A-« wav t>e timu/ine-J, there in little of polite or
ffaoizatioti io the uiouhUmds of Oeiifbroie. Mtn
five in aoitlemen'.a, comparatively isolated, and
which, from imperfect po*tal arrangement!*, can
h ve but little correspondence with each other.
The road* which traverse the gold region arc also
for the most part mere mule trail* with house*, oc
curring upon them at wide intervals, and when in
addition are considered the numerous secure bar
bora which tho mountain fastnessesfurnish tile rob
ber, the wonder ia that such an organization as Joa
quin’* rang has for,, the first time sprung up.—
There are said to be white men acting with him,
but we think with all the advantage* they possess,
that it will not be many day* before the entire par
ty „„ caught and brought to the condign pun
ishment th<-ir crime* deserve. They will be hnnt
•d down like wolves, an l will receive a* little
haa been painfully excited by
the mortality aboard steamers recently arrived
from Panama. The Golden Gate lost twentv
three of tier passenger* from yellow fever, und the
W infield Hcotl as many as forty-one from the same
disease. The disease attained its full virulence
after leaving Panama. No case is reported as ari
sing in this city.
The we;*thcr recently haa presented us with a
Muond odition of the rainy season. Copious show
ers have fallen during the night principally, but
their effect* will not bn amiss.
The Monumental City steamship, sailed on tho
ltthfor Australis. Oueof Adams A Co.'s messen
gers ha* also been despatched for the same desti
nation. It is intended by the Kxpress Company
to establish a regular communication. The New
Orleans will follow the Monumental City on the
6th ot March. Both lake many passengers. Nu
merous sailing vessels are also leaving for Aostra
lis, and there is a strong disposition among the
miner* to try their fortunes in tho South Pacific
El Dorado.
The hand Commission is making good headway,
and of late the petition* Os claimants have been
coming in with much increased e rnestness.
There have been many arrivals of ships, and
breadstuff* and other provisions have fallen oon
aiderably in price.
The proposition In the State Legislature to mc
moraliae Congress to dissolve the Land Commie
nion, meet* with no favor.
Competition among tho steamboats on the route
from this city to Sacramento, lately reduced tho
* fare to fifty Mills in the cabin. Kate* have, how
ever hem restored to the old standard.
The Sucramentun* are busy with plans for the
Construction of plank roads and railroads to com
nmnicite with the interior.
The subject of tho division of the State is still an
important one before the people, though its advo
cates in the Legislature were quiet.
Ad .decs from all quarter* of the State are favora
ble to Ibe miners. Considerable excitement exist
ed among the miners in regard to the new diggina
near Curiisvllle. it •* said that tlirue Mexicans
took out #BO,OOO in three days.
The Columbia Gazette says two Mexicans com
menced Kinking a hole on Wednesday of last week
below Camposeoo, and struck a pocket from which
they took out by 12 o’clock on Thursday, (5,700;
one piece of which weighed eight ponud*. 11l
one hour they washed out 200 ounces in their Mcxi
ean bstlaia*.
A lump of gold, weighing 247 ounces, was
picked up nt Yaukoo Hill, on the 25th lust., val
ued ut (4250.
A large purty of Frenchmen at Los Angelos, re
port having mot in Lower California, a hraco ot
Mexican desperadoes flying Irom this country,
who boasted that they Imd murdered thirty Aine
riuaii*, and were retiring to Sonora until the storm
thou Id blow over. Atm yet the Frenchmen per
roltled the villains to pass, and made noolfortto
rid tho world of such monsters.
Tho total amount subscribed and contributed at
tho polls, in < aliforiiiu, towurds the erection ol the
Washington Monument, up to the 17th inst.., was
$6,687 711. On Washington's birthday, tho Ban
souio Hook and Ladder Company, of Sun Francis
co. contributed (lnoo.
Tho splendid clipper Trade Wind, which had
arrived at San Francisco, 102 days from New
Vors, on llie 4th December, caught fire between
decks, originating irom the galley. Alter eight
Ilnur* of hard labor, it was extinguished with out
trifling damage to «ome parcels of merchandise in
the vicinity of the fire.
A move has been made In the legislature to ap
propriate SIB,OOO to assist the immigration which
may coine over tho plains next summer.
Since November 21st, 1852, t.ieru have been
82 shocks of an earthquake within the limits of
tho State The effect* of these continued shocks
oil the desert have been considerable ; so much bo
that the wutors of New Uiver, the big Lagoon, and
Other points of obtaining water, which tiado their
appear.nee on the surfueo in 1848 ami 1849, have
now disappeared, and in their places volumes of
sulphurous mud and offorvoseontaulphur huvo ap
peared. This willproseut a serious obstacle to tho
emigration by the Gila route this soason.
Tho El Dorado News says tiist gold dust con
tinues to pour into riuoervillu in unprecedented
Quantities; 70,i’00 ounces per week may be set
own us a fair avorage purchased by the regular
dealers in gold dust, and tho coming season bids
fuir to be one of unprecedented prosperity.
Advices from Oregon are down to the 19th of
February, anil represent the mines in the vicinity
of the Oregon settlementa as exceedingly rich.
Tlie a Hairs of the territory arc progressing favor*
bly. und ugrioudiire receiving proper attention.
News from Vancouver's Island rouch tho 12th.
One or two English Bhips from Liverpool arrived
in January, w.th a largo number of immigrants.
Three Chinamen were hung l>y a mob, on tho
, lflth, near Mud Springs, for stealing s9uo from an
A lead mine hua been discovered lately at Forest
Bill, near Yaukoo Jim’s, which promises to yield
■well. Twenty-five thousand dollars is said tohavo
been refused for tho eutiro claim.
Tho papers boforo ua nppoar to bo little olao
tliau a record of niurdcrv, robberios and outrage*.
Wo copy u few paragraphs byway of illustra
tion : ,
Indian Octraois. —Mr. Kliodos write*, undor
ditto of the 20th, 'list tho Indians on the Sacra
mento route to Yrcka, near tho Sugar Loaf, some
tliroo day* since attacked a train belonging to
Horsoley’A Dunlap, but wore Hual'y repulsed, not,
however, until they hud killed six mules.
Ou tho sumo day they attacked another train
•■belonging to Archer and Owens, the rcsnlt of
which was tho killing of Owen, tho wounding
* of one of the man in tho left shoulder, and driving
off the entire lot of pack mules. There wore but
three mon iu the train, lur. Kliodos’ informant
being one, he saving his life by flight.
The remains of tho unfortunate Owen, w ho was
highly esteemed wherever known, wore lound the
next day and recently interred.
The ’ Sacramento route between Shaata and
Yreka i* extremely hazardous. Open hostility
has boon declared by tho ludiaus, and murders
and depredations ensue whenever an opportunity
occurs.
One ok Joachim's Band llvno. —A letter pub
lished by tho Union sajs:
Jacxlion, Feb. ITth, 7 A. M.
Messrs. Etlitor* :—ln the absence of your regu
lar correspondent, 1 would intorin yon that one of
the party of robbers who have so long eluded tho
vigilance of tlioir pursuers, was taken to day, a
few tmlos below bore triod before the citizen* of
this pluce, found guilty, and lniug at s>f P. M.
lie now swings from a true two doors from whore
I write, as a warning to all evil doers.
The evidence against him was of such a charac
ter as to satisfy every one of his guilt. A unm
oor of Chinamen swore positively to several arti
cles of clothing worn by tho Mexican, as well as
to the idlvidaalhimself.
Over a hundred men have left hero, in different,
directions, with the hope of briugiug more of tho
vallains to justice.
Yours truly, Ditson, Jr.
Moxk Murders.— Through a note received by
the Stockton Journal, from Brown’s Express, da
ted at t'uullcrsville, February 14th, wo leurn that
two Chinamen were attacked about ten miles from
that pluce, and both, It is supposed, mortally
wounded. One was snot through the lieek, and
the other through the body. Suspicion attached to
some irishmen or Mexicans, aud a party started
out from Oonltursville in pursuit, aa soon a* the
deed wa* known.
Ban Joaocin.— I The frequency and atrocity of the
murders which arc being committed iu tho San
JtMCquin country are rousing tlie people occupy
ing the infested districts to tho liveliest indigna
tion and apprehension.
Tho San Joaquin Republican, of the 19th, pub
lishes the details of seventeen horrible murders,
all committed within seven days, in Calaveras
county an 1 thus paints the condition ol society
which “ exists in that important region—fur worse
than tbul which prevailed in the early days of its
settlement. No man dare travel a step unless arm
ed tv the teeth, or sleep without haviug firearms
always iu his grasp ; life is not safe for a day, and
the utmost excitement prevails at every camp ”
Most of the murders are attributed to Joaquin
aud his gang, and robbery is always tlie accompa
niment of their acts of blood. Joaquin himself
is said to have been the assassin who murdered
tho sheriff' Yubu some lime last year.
jhe mining intelligence is favorable. There arc
anppueed to bo over four thousand persons en
gaged in tho different locations, mining. Provi
sions wore getting more plenty, with a gradual re
duction of prices; flour 50 cents, sugar 45, coffee
75, boot' 25 cents per pound. The floods had been
very destructive, •msing considerable damage to
the dams of miners, and other propel ty. During
the flood ou Rogue river, a party of seven men
were drowned while on the island—the water
having overflowed the land they wore ou. Tho
only numo of those reported is George I‘aimer.
Sonora.—The Sonora Herald of the 17tli says:
The delightful whether we have now been enjoy
ing »o long, is producing tiie mast beneficial effect
upon the state of affairs in this vicinity. The
roads arc in flue order, and freights are down to |
about four cents, which enables the merchants to I
lower matortaily on the prices of their goods, every
one is busilv employed, and business ot all kinds
is brightening. The bankers sre taking in tnc
gold dust iu large quantities, aud everything be
tokens increased prosperity to the whoia country
during the coming season. Tho water companies
are all furnishing their beneficent supplies to tlie
industrious laborers, and arc keeping tuojsauds of
miuers in work, who would otherwise be com
peted to lie idle.
Sandwich Island*.
By an arrival at Sail Francisco on the 22d, ddfes
from the Sandwich Islands to tlie 7th of Fobruarv,
had been received. The Polynesian contains tho
following:
Joint Stocw Comfany for Worrino the Sugar
Plantations. —Au adjourned meeting was field on
the evening of January 21st, at which the Com
mittee to prccuie subscriptions reported progress,
aud informed the meeting that they had got sl4,
OuO subscribed, aud that tlie proprietors of two
plantations ou Maui stood ready to dispose of their
estate*, and bike stock to a considerable amount
in the Company.
Il was also announced, that gentlemen from
•broad had given au authorization to a resident
here, to take stock ou their account to the amount
of from SI»,UUO to $20,040, wiion a company
should be incorporated and organized.
The prospect for » full crop of coffee on the
plantations is very encouraging. Tlie yield at
Hanaiei will probably not be less thru 176,000 lbs.
On Hawaii, the plantations are steadily improving,
though the y ield this year will not be over 75,000
’ lbs. The quality of the Sandwich island coffee is
oouaidered rullv’equal to tho best foreign.
Fine fields of wheat are growing on East Maui,
and there will be about *SO acres to harvest next
fall It is estimated that the yield will be about
%t bushels to tlie acre, though lust year more than
that amount was raised to the acre. A flouring
mill ha* be«p ordered from the 6utea, which, it ia
toped, wiU arrive within six month*, end ie to oott ■
Alt' tti A ‘ .. - . tilrdt ißltl 1-- ’
slxmt SIO,OOO. It is to be erected at Wailuku, on
Maui, and driven by steam.
The quantity of (and on Maui alone, capable ot
producing wheat, ia *",000 acres.
China. —The San Francisco Herald contains the
so lowing news from China. The dates are up to
the27th ot December;
Th* Rebellion - —From the reports which have
reached ns, we infer thst 6u, having been left to
exercise his own discretion, haa, by instilling a por
tion of hi* own energy in the officers who set un
dar bisorders, obtained more decided advantages
over the “ rebel ” than any of the special commis
sioner* deputed from the Court of Pekin, and his
threat* against those who turn and flee are not
mere empty words, for it Is said that, ss examples
to others he li»* caused several such cowards to be
executed, one of them being a mandarin of the
second class.
Whether it has been owing to such discipline
we know not, bot upwards of a month ago (No
vember IS) he routed a land of four hurdred
prisoner*, amongst them the leader of the baud
end his counsellor.
Veh, fin's successor in the Governor General
ship, l.a* also b*en successfully carrying out the
plan* of his predecessor in Kwang-tung, hiving
captured “ several ten* of rebels” neur the lleul
ingPass; and if the rest have thereupon diaper-ed
the service is more important as regards trade,
than Sii’s more brilliant achievement*, for the
Mculing Pots is the great gale of the traffic of the
province.
Railroad Accident.
The Baltimore Arneriem of fueslay, contains
the following detail*of the late accident on the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad :
Kaii.hoad Accident. —lntel igence reached u*
yesterday morning of tlie occurrence ot un acci
dent to a trrin on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad,
accompanied with the m lancholy result ot the
death of eight pa-sengers, and injury more or less
scriou* to a number of others, it will bo seen by
the subjoined despatches that the accident occur
ed on Sunday afternoon, to the train which left
Wheeling on the morning of that day. Wc be
lieve til t we arc quite correct in Buying that thi*
is not. only the first occurrence of the kind which
has resulted fatally , bur also the first from which
any serious bodily injury has befallen a passenger
on’thie road, now in operation for some twenty or
more year*.
Cumberland, March 28.—The intelligence reach
ed thin city this morning of a sad and fatal acci
dent which befcl the passenger train from Wheel
ing yesterday about 8 f*. M., ut u point on the Bjl
timore and Ohio Kailroad, 79 mile* west of Cum •
herland, caused by the ruunii g off of a part of
the t am at a curve on a high embankment, and
the precipitation down the slope of the two hind
most cars of the train, containing a majority of
the passengers, about 5" in number. By this ca
tastrophe, Mr. Daniel Holt, of the firm of licit
i & Multby, one of the most esteemed and enter
prising citizen* ot Baltimore, and four other per
sous were instantly killed, and several other* in
jured—two or more fatally and other* seriously.—
i The passenger* dead, or probably ao, are Mr. Holt,
Mr. Lane, Mr. fiaihe, Mr. Gist and child, und a
?r: unglady uot named—all bat Mr. Holt upparent
y stranger*. A Mr. Turner and family, of fiteu
' benville, Ohio, slightly but not seriously injured,
i are the only person* named as injured.
After the best cure having been taken of the
dead and injured, thetruin came into Cumberland,
s and a car waa despatched to the scene of distress,
J with a physician and necessary comforts, by which
all will be brought into Cumberland early this eve
, nine, when we shall have fuller detail*.
i The accident seems, as far a* can now be ascer
tained, to have been caused by a sudden checking
1 of the train (though not going at high speed) at a
- strong enrve, aud the dislocation, first of the front
wheels of the »eeoml engine from the rails, when
- the rail* became deranged, and the ear* were
- thrown down the embankment as previously sta
ted.
» There were two engines attached to tlie train
J in couseqiicnco of the heavy grade, but the former
- engine did not get off the track. So far a* we are
Informed, we can see no reason to believe that this
* accident, deplorable a* it is, might not have hap
- pened ou any of our great mountain .outee, or
that it can be considered us peculiar to any one of
! them.
Seeonrl Despatch.
Cumberland, March 28, A. M.—The following
" are the particulars of the distressing accident
’ which occurred on the Baltimore and Ohio Kail
* road, yesterday afternoon. Tho train consisted of
* a bagguge car und three passenger curs, and was in
charge of the most cautious and skillful conductor
‘ on tho road, to whom no blame cun possibly be
£ attache l . The cars were drawn by one large and
1 one small engine. When passing the 80 foot fill
• ipg on Section 76, a.d descending a curved grade
1 of 116 feet to Cheat riv r, the large engine started
' the units binding the rails to theohesnut cross-lies.
All the euis got over safely except tho two last, pas
9 sengcr curs, which by the parting of tho track, were
thrown down the river aide, fulling a distance ot
over one hundred toot, aud making four somersets
' in their fearful descent. Tho heavy trucks of the
* car* caused tho loss ol life by crushing the pus
’ sengcr*.
Os some forty persons in the two cars, the f >l
- lowing wore killed Daniel llolt, of tho firm ol
" Holt & Multby. Baltimore; Aurelius fia lie, mip
-3 posed to bo from fiouth Carolin; Louis Deline, a
French emigrant,returning homo from California;
1 Richard Clayton, of Wcllsville, Va.; a young Indy
“ and middle aged gentleman, supposed to bo from
9 Kentucky; ——Small,stip-sonof Robert Murray,
‘ a Supervisor of the Railroad, and a child of Mr.
* Giese, ot St. Louis. Mr. Gieso and lady were both
. severely injured, and with three other of the chil
-1 dren, uro now here.
' The iiaines of the wounded and further partlou
’ larsoftiii* deplorable disaster cannot be ascertain.
ed until the train reaches here at 5 o'clock this
1 evening. This is tho first instance in which a pas
1 sengcr was ever killed on the Knud siuee its con
st riicliou, and great efforts will l o made by the
' Company to prevent the recurrence of a similar
1 disater.
Third Despatch.
1 Cumberland, March 28th, 7P. M.—The express
' train arrived about six o’clock, bringing tho dead
’ and wounded of tho lute disaster. The following
I list of tilt) wounded is furnished by Dr. Thos.
; A. Healey, who, at the request of the Kailroad
[ Company promptly repaired to tho scene of the ue
J. cideut this morning: —S. F. Clide, sevorely in
jnred in tho buck; Adam Zoll, ot Rockingham
' county, Va., slightly injured; Goorgo Calvert, ol
1 Upporville, Fauquier Co., Va., not very seriously;
Aoncr Florence, of Salem, Fauquier Co., Va.,
[ slightly; II A. Turner, with his wife and four
children, of Baltimore, bruised and burnt by the
; fallingof the stove upon them—they will get well;
G. A Taverner, ol Alexandria, Va., injured in the
1 back, will probtbly rocover; Robert Morris,
, brakesman, slightly injured; Gardner, of Balti
more, a brukesmnn, severely injured; 0. Sanders,
of Shelby co. Ky., severely burnt and cut; Dr.
Cadwailader, a merchant, probably of Louisville,
had his thigh broken in throe places, and is in
jured in the breast; ho ia vory dangerously hurt.
Ail of tho übovo, with tho exception of Gardner
and Ca"w dlader, huvo been brought to Cumber
land, where every attention is being paid them by
our physicians and citizens.
The bodies of tho dead, whose liamos have al
ready been forwarded, were also brought down,
aud will bo deposited iu the vuult boro for remo
val Vy their friends.
fourth Despatch.
Cumberland, March 28th —The gentleman and
l*dy mentioned in tho first despatch wore Dr. Cud
wal’luticr, mentioned iu the second despatch, and
Miss Issues, of Indiana, on lior wav to Philadel
phia, to visit her friends. fiho was killed instant
ly. Dr. Cadwailader may possibly rcc ivor.
[Captain Rawlins, tho conductor of the train, ar
rived in Baltimore last ovuning witn ten of the
pa*songers who wont down the embankment.—
Captain Rawlins has his hand rather badly cut,
and is otherwise bruised, but no bones injured.
Tiie passengers who came through were ali more
or less bruised or scratched, but all seemed in ex
cellent spirits, notwithstanding tho mishap. Mrs.
Ogle, of Pltiladelrihin. states that she was lying on
th* »ofa, in tho ladle*’ saloon, at llie time ot the
overturn, and the sofa being fortunately fastened
totlic ear, she managed, with the aid of the sofa
pillow, to preserve herself from any harm, although
she followed the ear in its four evolutions down
the embankment, alternately ou tho ceiling, side
and floor.]
The Late Railroad Accident.
The subjoined despatch, received last night,
give* tho lu't at particulars in reference to the con
dition of the sufferers by the accident on the Dal
timoro and Ohio Railroad ou Sunday. Tho des
patch was received by Mr. Parkor, tho Gouerai
Superintendent of tho road:
Cumberland, March 27th, 6 P. M.—Tho condi
tion of tlie sufferers is us followsß. K. Vaughn,
knees bruised badly and face cut, Miss Wiley,
badly bruised. Mrs. Mathidk, injured in the arms
and cheat, and face bruised—her son’s faoo badly
bruisod and cut. Andrew Bray, arms and breußt
burned, and feels acre. Mary Short, flesh wound
in the baud, and lace biuised. A. G. Stabler,face
out, and bruised generally. David Albangh. face
cut and braised. Mary Rudy, foot and side hurt.
Hugh McClelland, face cut and bruised. Mr. Qiesc,
back strained. Mrs. Giese, face dreadfully bruis
ed—face of oneeliUdent,tboothersligttly scratch
ed. Mr. Turner, strained and bruised in back.
Mrs. Turner,slightly burned—four children, oue
face bruisod, ono badly burned in face, others
slightly injured. Mr. Clarke, knee badly bruised.
I’e om 1 Calvert, shoulders and back sprained and
bruised. Mr. l.a vender, an editor from Alcxan
drin, Virginia, sprained ai J bruised in back. Mr.
ficlly, head burned and face bruised. All tlie above
are improving rapidly and out of danger. Mr.
Close, injured in the back and abdomen—the Doe
tor thinks ho will got well. I »ill report the con
dition of those ielt behind as soon us 1 hear from
them
Second Despatch.
CbsißKitLANn, March 29. flic ears to-night from
Wheeling brought doxu the body ot Flavel S.
Wooten, residence uot known, making the eighth
victim of tlie aeo dent. They also report that Mr.
Gardiner, tho brakesman, and Dr. Cadwailader,
of Now Albany, lndiaua, who are still in the
neighborhood or Cheat river bridge, well taken
caie of, and doing well.
The child ol Mr. Giese, of St. Louis, was buried
here to-day, tiie parents receiving tho sincere
sympathy ol the community.
' All the wouuded now lure are getting on finely,
and the physicians iu attendance consider them ail
out of danger. Tho railroad company has provi
ded amply for tho comfort aud convenience of the
wounded!
Tho investigation as to the cause of the accident,
renders it certaii that there was no neglect ot
duty on tho part of any one connected with the
train, and the wounded speak in tho highest
terms ot the conduct of Cupt. Rawlings, who
though seriously injured, svcuied regardless of his
own condition until all were extricated from the
wreck, and taken chargta of by those who escaped
’injury. The spreading of th" rail by the foremost
locomotive, and the breaking of the’coupling, was
an event that could not have been foreseen or pro
vented. Tho train was moving ut u moderate fate,
and tho utmost caution was being used in descend- ]
it g the grade.
The following additional information respecting
tl c accident is derived from 'wo of the passengers j
who were in the train—Mr. Abat aud Mr. Henry, '
■ of Louisville. They are sojourning for a day or I
j two at Barnum'e. The Patriot says:
Mr. Abat is considerably bruised, and Mr. llenrv
slightly but will be able to go on to New York, as
they iutended, in a day or two. Wc learn from
those gentlemen, that in the two cars which went
over the precipice, there were seventy-feur possen
gors, only twelve of whom were able to come
through to Baltimore yesterday—the others, who
were not killed, living too badly injured to be
brought tGKi;er thaii’Oninberland.
W e also learn 1,1 ..g Mrs. Giese acted most nobly
*nd coolly. She was i«cgmtcd badlv. and oue of
her children was instantly tided, and with her
taco literally covered with blood’, pfofcpd up two
of tlie child/*:: jn I er arms and went to tli.e creek
near by, aud bathed and washed them so that the*
soon revived. One of these little ones died alter
thev arrived in Cumberland, There were four
of 1 1ies«, and ihe only small chfidrsu in the ears—
two survived with their gamuts, fhis family
were also from Louisville.
We are pleased to record that everything was
done for the sufferers by Ur, Rawlings and the
uninjured passengers, that could be done to re- j
lieve them und mitigate their sufferings. There j
were several shanties and one or two dwellings
near at hand, where the dead and injured were 1
taken, and made as comfortable as circumstances
would allow, ilr. Rawlings wgs considerably
bruised, and he was indefatigable in rendering as
sistance to those requiring it, and labored con
stantly for three hours in haviug them removed to
comfortable quarters.
Wholesale Destruction or Letters. —On Wed
nesduy last, seven hundred bushels, or about one
million, ot d-a.l letters were destroyed, in ac
cordance with the usage of tiie Post office Depart
ment. They were caned to Monument Square,
and spread over a line of two or three hundred
tcct, when the match was applied. Tlie entire
mass of combustible material wus soon in a blaze,
aud several hours elapsed before the conflagration
was oomplcted; the official atteudents meanwhile
raking the burning fragments to facilitate opera
tions.—Republic.
Kxi'lodon of the Farmer.
The “Galveston News” of tlie 25th give* tho
following account of the dreadful steamboat ex
plosion, of which wo had a brief telegraphic re
port. This mtd event occurred about 11 o’clock
on tbq night or the 28d, when the Farmer was
about ten miles from Galveston, end what adds to
its horror, there is too much reason to believe the
resultof gross and culpable recklessness:
The steamer Neptume and Farmer again under
took to race lost n ight, coming from lions on to
Galveston.
About 11 o’clock the Farmer blew up, a little
west of Pelican Island, in sight ot Galveston.
The number ot killed and wounded has not yet
beou ascertained. The NeptauC was close by
when the explosion took place, and immediately
look off the survivors aud some of tiie killed and
wounded.
Among the killed were 8. E. Hart, W. Hubby,
T Hole, the assistant barkeeper aud several
others.
Missing and supposed to be killed arc Capt.
Webb, the commander; Thomas Pritchard, the
clerk; Caleb Robertson, who kept a coffee house
in this city: Win. Warner, second Engineer, and
C. H.6te'ns.
Among the wounded are Mr. Dixon ; Blakemsn,
ihe mate Curtis, the engineer; McCormick, the
pilot; G. Hunter, of Cincinnati; and Mcßeyuolds.
The ladies all escaped uuhnrt. We learn that
the Neptune was aoout an hour employed in
taking off' the killed aud wounded. The sreue of
distress is described as heart-rending in the ex
treme. The Neptune returned immediately after
discharging tier passengers, to renew the search
for the missing, aud has not yet got back.
We learn there were soma Any passengers on
the Farmer, but we cannot get a list of names.
Mr. E. M. Stock pole was slightly w .ended. It
is said that be was expostulating with Captain
1 Webb against auch reckless exposure of the
live* of his passengers, when the boat b ewup. an"
was getting the passengers to sign a written pro
test.
hi nee writing the above, we learn that Mr. Dixon
1 is not expected to survive, and that Mr. Reynolds
is very badly, though it is hoped not fatally, in
jured.
1 \\ e have just seen Mr. Westrop, the steward of
‘ the Farmer, who is very badly worn ded, and can
r hardly he recognized. Wm. Hale, assistant
r steward, is badly wounded, oue leg being broken.
Ilis recovery is doubtful.
Mr. Hunter, of Cincinnati, is severely hurt.
Mr. Burn am, of Maine lias had Vo have his arm
" amputated.
James Cotton, of Houston, is one of the missing.
’ Mr. Geary, formerly connected with the Journal
j of this city, is also among the missing.
• Half past 7 o'clock, A. M.—' The Neptune has
j istcome ir. with the body of Mr. Sterne, the only
• one of the missing that has been found. Nothing
can be seen of Capt. Webb or the rest. All tlie
• forward part of the Farmer is blown to atoms. It
is tho opinion of al whom we have seen, that ful
ly half of the passengers are lost.
Mr. Dunicvy, carpenter, is among the missing.
■ Philipt Maudoi, a s(exiean, from Guadalajara, em
ployed iu the steward’s department, died this
a morning about ten o’clock.
<- The mail, books, paper* and money are Inst.
The boilers are also totally gone. We add the
li names of some of the passengers who are saved :
C. M. Ilubbv, W. Snodgrass. Mr. MeCown. T.
e Martin, Rev. Mr. Petway, Clias.Dranard, Mr. Tur
h ley, slightly hurt; J. P. Davie, 51r. Stansbury, S.
A. Nichols, Gen. Sherman.
h Ex Governor Wood, with some two or three
i- others, left the Farmer while the boats were lock
ed together, and was on the Neptune when tho ac
- cident took place.
e PatMr.ejers Hounded. —G. Hunter, of Cincinnati,
a severely scalded; ilr. Mcßeynolds, of Galveston,
't severely scalded and leg broke; E. M. Staekpolc,
u of Palestine, slightly hurt: Mr. Barnum, of Maine,
e arm amputated since; George Morgan, of Hons
i- ton, slightly scalded; Dr. Juuman, of Crocket,
slightly hurt; G. W.G.ubbs,of Y’azoo City, thigh
n broken.
; r LATER-RECAPITULATION.
0 Friday Morning, March 25—The steamer Star
"■ State, with a number of our c tizens, spent most ol
’’ yesterday at the wreck, and ut night came in with
l£ live dead bodies, Mr. Cotton, Mr. Geary, and t iree
" negroes. She also brought some of the furniture
ofthe Fartnor. She has again returned this morn
ing to the wreck witli a cannon, in hopes of rais
g ing the bodies of the rest ofthe missing,
it T. F. Koyall of Yazoo City, is unhurt; Mr.
I Woodird, Manager ofthe Houston Railroad Com
<f pany, ia missing; C. St. John, formerly of Lyueh
ii burg, but residing at Belleville, Auaton county,
ir died last night at 11 o’clock,
e There are yet many passengers whoso names
d cannot be learned. They were mostly Btrangers,
I- and their names will probably be found on the
e registers ofthe Houston hotels,
d Thirteen of the Farmer’s crew have been killed.
*. In addition to those already named are the follow
i ing: Lewis Bilderbrai.d, Charles Swizer, and one,
e name nol known. Also, two negroes of Mrs. Gar
if diner; ono of Capt. George Delesdernicr; one of
s James Cox. of Houston; one of Thomas Westrop,
ie died yesterday.
i- Os the crew saved without injury are three lie
groes of Thomas Westrop; one do. of Mrs. Gur-
I- diner; one do. of Col. Jolm Manly; one do. of
»!' Capt. Brown; second cook name uot known,
i- Fritz, a Gorman, was wounded; also another Ger
a man, was slightly hurt.
i; Those make fourteen of the crew saved, provi
y ded the wounded all recover,
n Messrs. Mcßeynolds, Dixon, Halo and Hunter
, are considered in a very critical condition,
r. Passengers killed, who-e bodies have been found,
li eight; officers and crew killed, thirteen.
I- Pa sengers escaped, including wounded, twenty;
adding to these eight killed, and supposing, ae
i- cording to the best information,thatthe total mini
i- her of passengers was forty five, wc have seven
s teen otliers missing and consequently killed, mak
i- ing tho total number of souls lost thirty-six.
i- Further. —The steamer Stnr State again return
re ed from the wreck of tho Farmer at half past two
r o'clock this afternoon, bringing tlie bodies of Capt.
Webb, Thomas Pritchard, clerk, A. F. Dunlev,
carpenter, aud a German (uame uukuown) who
s was a passenger. Three of these bodies were
il found by grupling about sixty yards ahead of the
g wre ck. It is knownthat thereure five others killed
■ whose bodies have not been recovered. One of
;l these, the second engineer, it is supposed was
blown to atoms, as the bricks of the furnace were
- scattered with much apparent force iu tho dirce
u tion of his usual position.
f It is believed that but a small amount of money
; was in the clerk’s charge, as the safe which Mr.
, I’ritcliuld, the second clerk, had formerly held tho
r key of, was sold in Houston, and Mr. John, tho
it chief clerk of the Farmer, remained here on her
; last trip, und held tho key of tho other. As the
e second clerk hud then no sale into which to de
, posit money, wc presumo that he would not re
ceive any large amount.
, Mr. Cleveland, our deputy marshal, who wasde
. snatched to Bolivar, by our postmaster, to obtain
, the letter mail, found there by Levi Parr, has re
- turned. The lock of the bag appears to have been
. blown off, but the packages of letters, so far as a
r casual observation could dot rminega|rautr to be
j Point Bolivar beach for miles with
fragments of tho wreck. Tho pieces are generally
- as small ns wood would bo split for kindling pur
, poses.
From the National Intelligencer of Thursday.
Death of .Mrs. Fllluiore.
I It is with unaffected sorrow that we announce
■ the death of Mrs. Abigail Fillmore, the excellent
l wife of Ex-President Fillmore. She died yester
day morning at Willard’s Hotel, in this city, aged
• fifty-six years.
Mrs. Fillmore was thoyouugcst child of the late
- Rev. Lemuel and Abigail Powers, of New York.
i fiho was attacked on the Gih instant with bronchial
• inllauimation of the lungs, which was soon follow
, ed with a suffusion of water; a combined disease
. was thus formed which resisted the most eminenl
> medical skill. All that affection could suggest aud
• a sympathizing community offor, was most cordial
ly rendered to the sufferer.
i She has left her bereaved family and friends a
i most worthy and estimable character; meek, un
ostentatious, gemlo. and dignified, she adorned
every relation which she sustained; an affection
ate wife, a tender and dutiful mother, aud a most
amiable and beloved frend.
She endured tlie distress of her illness with sin
gular patience and uncomplaining fortitude, re
maining conscious and sensible till very near the
lust. Site expired at 9 o’clock, A. M., without a
struggle or a groan, surrounded by her afflicted
(amity, in hope of a blessed immortality.
Her remains will bo taken to Buffalo for inter
ment.
As soon as the President was informed of the
above melancholy event, ho addressed to Mr. Fill
more the following kind letter:
Executive Mansion, March 80, 1853.
Jly Dear Sir: Information has just reached me
ofthe death of Mrs. Fillmore. I begvoutonc
cept the assurance of my earnest condolence in
tin- great bereavement.
Tickling to my deep feelings of sympathy, and
in testimony of reaped for tho memory ot the de
ceased, 1 have directed the mooting ot the Uabi
net this day to be suspended, andthepublic offices
to be closed*
1 am, with great consideration, your friend,
Franklin Pierce.
Hon. Milliard Fillmore. Washington.
The President also sent his Private Secretary to
the Senate to give informally, to that body intonna
ton ofthe decease ol' Mrs. Fillmore, ami that, in
consequence of that event, lie should make
• fficiaf communication to them during tho day*.
The proceedings in the Senate we subjoin :
Immediately after the reading of the Journal—
Mr. Seward rose and said he desired to submit a
motion which he felt would ot once receive the
favorable consideration ot the Sonate. They had
received tlie melancholy intelligence of tlie death
of Mrs. Fillmore, wife of the late President Fill
more. She died this morning, and, as a mark of
respeet to her memory, he moved that tho Sonate
do now adjourn.
The motion was unanimously agreed to, and the
Senate adjourned to 12 o'clock this day.
The Mayor of the city convened tho Corporate I
Councils last evening, iu order to give expression
tothe general feeling of respeet hik! sympathy in
spired by tho lamented event. The following are
their proceedings:
Mayor’s Office, [
Washington, March 80, 1858.)
To the Board of Aldermen and
Board of Common Council:
Gentlemen:— I have to communicate to you the
painful reformation of tho death of Mrs. Fillmore,
wife of ex-President Fillmore, which event took
place this morning at Willard’s Hotel, in this city;
and 1 have convened you for the purpose of en
abling yon to adopt such me snres ns may be pro
per on this melancholy occasion to testify the re
spect ot tho Corporate Authorities for the charac
er of the deceased.
This is due to the memory of this excellent La
dy, not only as the beloved partner of one of our
most respect at d ande-teemed ex-Presidents, but
j as one whose vir.ues and amiable qualities adorn
i ed the exalted station which she so recently oeeu
I pied, and which have endeared her to so many
liriends in this community.
I will most cordially co-operate with yon in any
measures you may propose in token of our respect
and sympathy in this afflicting bereavement to Mr.
Fillmore and family.
Respectfully, John W. Maurt.
In pursuance of tt.e above recommendation, the
following resolutions were unanimously adopted
by both Boards of tiie Council:
Reenleed, That the City Councils of Washington
have heard with feeling of profound sorrow ofthe
death ofthe wife of Milliard Fillmore, ex-Prcsi
dent ofthe Cuited States, and that wo tender to
the afflicted husband and children our heartfelt
sympathies aud condolence in tneir melancholy
bereavement.
Resolved, That the City Councils will aeeotnpa
ny the remains from licr late residence to the rail
road depotto-morrow morning at five o’clock.
Ree lceJ. That the Mayor transmit u copy ofthe
aforegoing resolutions to ex-Presidei.t Fillmore.
N. Callan,
President of the Board of Common Council.
B. B. French,
President of the Board of Aldermen.
Approved, March 30,1858.
John W. Maurt, Mayor.
! A Heiuxisk.— A ’fain ly consisting of a mother
j and four children w»s residing in the third story
j of Krostman’s factory al Cincinnati, which was t
burnt during Saturday morning. Finding herself
cue off from retreat, in conseq ncDce of the stories
beneath being on fire, the mother ascendod to the
roof carrying her children with her. Here, tying
one of her babes to her shoulders, she boldly leap
ed across au alley six feet in width to the rocf of
another building, from wlmnec, leaving her bur
den, she returned, and in like manner carried
over in safety each of tne others. The act was
witnessed by a large concourse of spectators. The
mother was in feeble health, and nothing bnt ma
ternal love could have carried her through so try
ing a sceuc. We are unable to give her name;
but, whoever she may be, she is a true woman, and
her devotion deserves to be remembered. Her
furniture waa ali destroyed.— Cincinnati Gazette.
Early.— New Irish Po'atoes were selling in the
Nashville market, on Saturday last at thirty eenia
per peck.
•v -a "riv*: • ’ -V-'' ’■ "ii
Washington Territory.
The following detail* respecting this new Terri
tory, crested at the recent session of Congress,
wii! be read with interest. They arc copied from
the National Intelligencer of Saturday:
Among the few acts of positive legislation con
summated at the session of Congress just conclud
ed, that organizing the new Territory of Washing
ton is one ot the most important and interesting.
It adds another step to that ladder of empire, on
which this growing nation is mounting' to the lof
tiest heights of political greatness. This ultima
thuk of out domain forms the north-western block
in the huge mosaic whereon our national energies
are to expend themselves. We need not to look
forward to a longer territorial probation than be
tween five and ten years, ere this far-off land sha'l
seek an honorable* entry into onr great family of
States.
“ Washington Territory” (so named with singu
lar inappropriatei.es*, and, us contributing fresh
confasion to our alreadv confused notneuc ature,
will have to be changed,) comprises the northern
portion of the recent Oregon Territory, and is
bounded on the south by the Columbia river, up
to near Fort Walla-Walla, (some two hundred ana
ninety mile.-,) where the parallel of forty-six degrees
of latitude intersect* it; theuce by this parallel to
the crest of the Kocky Mountains; thence the
boundary follows this’mouutain crest to latitude
' forty-nii e degrees, and theuce runs west on this
1 para'le! to the Gulf of Georgia and the Straits of
Fuca to the Pacific, by which it is limited on the
west. We derive from a scientific and well-in -
1 formed source some particulars respecting this
Territory, not readily accessible to the public,
> which we present to our readers.
“ Washington Territory” lies chiefly between
I latitudes 40 deg. and 49 deg., and between longi
-1 tades 110 deg. and 125 deg. west of Greenwich.
The boundary initial points and parallel* must
1 scon be accurately determined, and it must be de
- oided whore the crest of the Bocky Mountains
really i*. This latter problem may not be easy ol
1 solution, for Lewis and Clark, Father de Smst,
• the Irving Astoria Map, and the Indian Bureau
- and Topographical Bureau maps, all represent
these mountains differently. Lewis and Clark ex
f hibit four distinct ranges, with which the best ret
I cent explorations essentially agree ; indicating a
t least three paiallcl ranges running nearly north
• west, instead of the more prevalent indication of a
single north and sonth range. Exploration may
• show the necessity of a more definite eastern
a boundary. On the north, the mouth of Fraxcr’a
river is s» near to latitude 49 deg., that a portion
'• of it may be found to tail iu the Vn ted States,
II though this is improbable. There are thus several
important geographical questions connected with
s the boundaries ot this neophyte State,
y “ Washington Territory” has within its limits
It portions that were explored and others as nearly
e unknown as can be found west ot the Mississippi,
t The Columbia river was thoroughly surveyed by
- Captain Wilkes, two sheets out of six being now
publirhcd. It was surveyed by Belcher, in 1689,
and two sheets are published among the Admiral
i- ty charts. The Coast Survey has twice surveyed
its mouth, and published one sheet. A compari
son of these several surveys with Vancouver’s in
i' dioatos a remarkable degree of shiftingiuthesand
o banks at its month. Shoaiwatcr Bay has been
: surveyed by the (.’oast Survey, but tile survey is
not published. Grey’s Harbor has also been sur
voyed, and the survey published by Capt. Wilkes.
>• The Admiralty charts cover the Straits of Fuca
and many harbors on the mainland and ouVan
o oouver’s Island. A Coast Survey reconnoissance
has now extended up the entire Pacific coast and
!- along the south coast of the Straits of Fuca, and
will soou bo published. The surveys under Cspt.
i, Wilkes and his narrative give full information of
i, all the group of islands in the Gulf of Georgia,
:, and the channels leading to and making up ru
!, get’s Sound, with much detail. The shores of this
i- wonderful network of channels are so favored in
t, soil and location that they must soon possess great
b value. Through a surprising extent of line they
are directly accessible lor ocean vessels, and form,
ns it were, an immense network of harbor. They
ir present the foundation for a kind of agricultural
>f Venice, fur into Ihe heart of the west half of W ash-
I, ingtou, tlio resourcesof which they will greatly aid
e in developing. Fort Nisqually und Olympia, at
■ e the Southern extremity ol Pugot’s sound, must
i rapidly advance with the growth of the Territory.
The interior portion of tliissection is but imper
fectly known. Tlio land office surveys north of
r the Columbia have as yet made but little progress;
l.nt tlio sketches prepared in that offioe give more
i_ recent und correct information than is elsewhere to
be found on the section between that river and
’ Puget’s Sound. On penetrating further towards
the Kocky Mountains, the country is essentially
, unknown. The narrative of Lewis and Clark, the
e book on Oregon Missions, by Father de Kmet, pub
lished in New York iu 1847, and Irving’s Astoria
1, (the last edition) uro the chief publications of val
uc on this ground. Thebe servo merely to show
that the cmiutry bordering the Rocky Mountains
between 46 deg. and 49 deg., on both sides, is still
,f a fine field for exploration. Much may be expect
i i d from Hr. Evans, who is engaged in a goologi
’ cal rceomioisanco of tho old Oregon Territory
, which lias taken him much nmong the Kocky
Mountains and over their basal plains.
( f With afield every way so requiring examina
,_ tiou, it is fortunate that the newly appointed Go
vernor of Washington possesses so many peculiar
qualifications for his station, and espeeiallly a
j_ thorough training in geographical science. Go
vernor Stevens, Into a Lieutenant und Brevet
r Major of the Corps of Engineers, and now just
entering on his duties as Governor of “ Washing-
I ton Territory,” lias been the Assistsnt in charge
’ of tlio Coast Survey office for ovor throe years. A
... lieud graduate at* West Point, a highly efficient
constructing ollieer of Engineers, distinguished on
Gen. Scott’s sniff in Mexico, ho lias discharged
the laborious and difficult administrative duties
e's liis recent position in so excellent a manner as
to elicit frequentencoimnms from Professor Bache,
. tho Superintendent of the Coast Survey, aud toaf
u ford every guarantee that lie will make liitnself most
usefully felt in the sphere on which he is entering.
We expect, from his energy, from his liberality of
views and attainments, that lie will not permit his
e present term to expire wi bout presenting to tho
B pnbliea tolerably complete map of the Territory,
) and suoli reports a* will give a clear conception
j- of tho stirtnce, soil, resources, products, and
n peculiarities of a region so soon to beewme a State,
e with a voice in our Nutinnr.l Councils. Those who
best know him arc confident he will be able to
accomplish this, and much more, in addition to
- those important and laborious duties whieh will
devolve on him in organizing and puting into
1 thorough operation the machinery of anewTer
-5 ritorial Government.
3 Seizure of San Juan.
Tho New York Tribune and Herald of Friday
publish a correspondence from San Juan, Nicara
gua, giving an account of the alleged seizure ot that
Capt. Hollins, commanding the U. S. sloop
-1 Cyane. According to the accounts, the pre
' vtous difficulties which had existed between tho
1 authorities of the town and the officereof the Ni
-1 caraguaTransit company had been brought to an
a issue bv a writ of ejectment against the Compa
ny’s officers. In the meantime the Cyane appeared
1 iu the harbor, und the subsequent occurrences arc
f thus detailed by the correspondent of the Tri
" bune:
On the morning of the 12th instant the City
'• iirshal, accompanied by two carpenters, proceed
ed to execute the writ of ejectment, but he was
ordered offby a Lieutenant of Marines.
1 The Captain of the Port went on board the Cyane
1 and notified the Commander that the land abreast
• of which he was lying was Quarantine ground.—
1 He was answered with an order passed forward
for another detachment of marines ashore, and
5 was then informed by Commander Hollins that he
should prevent tlio execution of the writ aad that
I no boats could pass from tlio town to tlia xorth
■ side of tho Bay, tints blockading the harbor.
3 Tlio flag of the city was then immediately lower
-1 ed ant! the city government dissolved. The flag,
i however, was subsequently hoisted on the 14th,
one of the correspondents says, at the suggestion
of the British Consul, who had in the interval re
-1 turned from Blcwfields. Information of the eonrse
pursued by the Commander of the Cyane was de-
I spatchod by the authorities of tho town to the
British Admiral at Jamaica. A protest liasalso been
i adopted by the citizens and served on tho American
and other resident consuls. The note in which
Commander Hollins made known his intention to
protect the Company’s property is as follows:
U. S. Snip Cyane, j
| Harbor of San Juan Del Norte, or Greytmcn, >
March 11, 1853. )
Sin;—After tho interview I had with your honor
this morning, before your Council Assembled, I
have to stato most respectfully, that 1 cannot per
mit any depredations upon the property of the
“Accessory Transit Company,” whose depot is lo
cated upon Puuta Arenas, at tlio entrance of the
harbor. lam respectfully, sir, your obedient ser
vant,
(Signed,) Geo. N. Hollins,
Commonder of U. S. Ship Cyane.
To His Honor the Mayor of San Juan del Norte,
or Grey town, Nicaragua.
Health or Femalea.
We quote tho following from an article by Dr.
Wm. E. Coale, in the Boston Medical and Surgi
cal Journal:
Tho fact that an English woman live half a cen
tury before she begins to wane, while our females
reach their prime mostly at little over half tho
age, und that anotlnr lurstrum liuds them on the
decline, ought strongly to arrest our atttciitiou
and induce us to examine whether wo are right in
attributing all this difference to climate, and whe
ther we might not find iu seme error or habits of
early life, at least a partial explanation of the dis
parity.
“To be brief then, after this preface—to state
broadly our convictions—we thmkjlhut this is radi
cal error to make a difference between the physi
cal training of a mail-child and of a woman-child
before nature has mode a difference in their physi
cal being. So long as there are the same muscles
to develop®, the same organs of digestion and as
j simiiation to be sti minted, the same apparatus oi
respiration to bo strengthened—so long should
the means of doing this be tho same in each sex. A
system of physical training so planned should, we
also hold, only be varied as new functions, come
into play, which in the future oevelopment of the
being, may require special care, and then we al
low that ibis training may be modified—but then
only so far, and at such times as the demand of
the last may be paramount —no longer and no
further. We canuot but believe that were the
physical female under 12 years of age looked upon
in the light in whieh wc have placed tier, and that
were the course we have sketched out pursued in
bringing her forward to tho uses of womanhood, i
those uses would be more properly performed and ,
with far less wear and tear to the geueral system,
than that whichitis now the daily pain of ujrnost '
every physician to witness, and which indeed of- ,
ten makes her a wreck long before she has served ,
her ultimate physical use—hercrowning office, as
a mother.
We would go farther, and say that the same er- i
ror is made ill her moral tramming also—and with '
the close connection in viow between the moral
and physical being, this cannot be unimportant-
Her moral training should be such, that while it i
made her not less a woman, it should enable her ,
to rise above the hundreds of arbitrary convention
alists that now in every way fetter her—that mould
every thought and control every judgment—that 1
under the names of “propriety,” “refinement,”
‘ custom,’’ “fashion,” exert an absolute tyranny
over her from the cradle to the coffin. This ty- •
runny is broken throu h only in a lew individual .
cases, and then by arebcliion which for want of the
verv moral training that originally permitted the 1
oppression is often so outre in its aspect as to ex- '
pose her to the charge of unsexiug herseif, and to ,
render, if not repulsive at ieast the object of ridi
cule and sarcasm. In short we wish that woman (
should be taught to know her proprium and to <
make herseli tit to fill it—not as the antagonist in j
the slightest sense, but as the compliment of man
the other half oi a beautiful unity. While the
physical training we urge would never enable her
toeing bass, the moral training would never fit t
her tc the rostrum, the pulpit or the hustings; t
but on the contrary, it would enable her to see s
clear'y the unfitness for these, and still further it
would enable her to see as clearly a hundred ‘
duties around her, which are peculiarly hers as a t
woman, and the full and faithfu performance of t
which would savo her from that carkmg care, that s
discontent most often unrecognized by herself,
that listless aimlessness that now saps the moral,
and necessarily the physical vitality of hundreds
of her sex—that wears them down in mind and c
bojv that brings them sick headaches, crooked c
spines, flat chests, hysterics, premature age. t
Trre Ob to Bank Tax Law.— The warfare between
the OhioStuU authorities and the Ohio Rinks, re- ~
lativc to the bank tax, which the banks declare to ’•
be illegal, was commenced at Cleveland on Satur
day. The TreaSrer of Cuyahoga oonnty opened t
the vaults of tho Cityßank, andseiaed the ‘mount
of the taxes due. ’The keys were purposely left
where l.e could get them. The amount distrained
was 139,000. I. G. Deahler, o! Buffalo, to whom v
the bank had previously assigned its interest m ti
the money, caused it to be immediately replevined. a
The question will now be tested by the United
States Courts. The banks decisre that the law is
intended to destroy them, and that they will wind
up their affairs if the United Suttee Court deoidee °
againet them. 1
WEEKLY
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~~ AUGUSTA, GEORGIA.
WEDNESDAY MORNING APRIL 6, 1863.
OCR WEEKLY PAPER.
Fob some time onr friends have complained,
and, we regret to say, not without cause, at the
quality of the paper on which our Weekly has
been printed. This has grown out of onr desire
to sustain home enterprise, by giving onr patron
age to Southern Paper Miffs. The consequence
wss, we have been compelled to use an inferior ar
ticle. It is a source of gratification to ns, how
ever, aa we know it will be to onr readers, to an
nounce that these complaints will not again be
made, unless some accident shall force ua to use a
poor article of paper, as the South Carolina Mill is
now making a good article, and promisee to keep
us supplied with paper equal to that of the best
Northern mills.
A Chapter oa Broken Hearts.
Ocn Lady readers will not, we presume, require
any apology, and we certainly shall offer none to
the rudei sex, fbr the space occupied in this morn
ing’s paper with the very entertaining letter of
“ Meta” to her friend Belle, on “Broken Heartß.”
And we think they wiil^concur with us in the opin
ion,that, while it displaya throughout high intellec
tual capacities and great felicity of expression, there
are many passages of rare beauty, evincing pro
found thought. How much of fiction mingles in
the extracts from her journal, we, of course, do not
know. Since, however, the gifted young author
has been persuaded to submit a few of them to the
public scrutiny, (this is the first article from her
pen ever published,) we believe that most readers,
like ourself, will desire to be made more familiar
with the contents of the pages of that journal.
Mr. Clayion’s Speech—The Monroe Doctrine.
In this morning’s paper will be found an extract
from the speech recently delivered by the Hon.
John M. Clayton, in the United States Senate, on
Central American affairs, and in defence of the
Clatton and Bclwkr treaty. The extract refers
particularly to “ the Monkob doctrine,” and shows
the action of parties and partiaians on that ques
tion.
The Louisville Journal introduces this extract
to the attention of its readers with the following
remarks:
“ It will be seen that while John Quincy Adams,
Henry Clay, and Daniel Webster were battling for
the Monroe doctrine I he Democratic party in Con
gress were opposing it with all their might. It is
true that Mr. Polk recommended tho doctrine in
one of his messages, but be was careful not to act
ou it during his administration. It docs not seem
that he forgot bis speech against it, from which
Mr. Clayton has given a fine extract; neither
aid Mr. Buchanan forget his speech against the
doctrine, and hence he was very particular, while
Secretary of State, not to act in contradiction to
the sentments contained in his speech. What
was Federalism twenty-five years ago is now
genuine Democracy, and yet wc have it on unex
ceptionable authority that Democracy is one of the
most consistent things in the world !
“The truth Is, there is no prominent subject on
which Democracy has not been on both sides. It
has long since repudiated the creed with which it
began its precious existence, under the protection
of Gen. J aekson. and it will not be many years be
fore it will repuaiato what it at present pretends
to consider vastly important. If Democracy should
ever take a sort of pious turn, and need an idol,
we would respectfully suggest the chameleon, as
the very fittest of all animals for that purpose.
“We corameud tho extract from Mr. Clayton’s
great speech to all our readers. W'e could not, we
are sure, offer them anything more acceptable and
appropriate at the present time.”
Southern Masonic Female College.
We take great pleasure in calling tho attention
of the reader to the communication of “ A Mem
ber of the Grand Lodge,” in referrence to this
young and flourishing institution. From our
knowledge of some of those connected with the Col
lege, wo have no doubt his praises are well merit
ed. We always feel a lively interest in whatever
is calculated to advance tne cause of education, and
it affords us sincere pleasure to herald the morits
of this institution, and commend it to public favor
in common with ail others of like character.
A F ire oecured between 1 and 2 o’clock yestci day
mor ing in tho house, on the east side of Camp
bell, between Broad and Reynold streets, occupied
by John O’Neal as a private boarding house,
which was pretty much destroyed with nearly all
its contents. Tho piornpt and efficient action of
tlie Firemen, however, confined the fire to the
building in which it originated, although the Bap
tist Parsonage, adjoining, was two or threo times
on fire. The Firemen did themselves great credit.
There was an insurance on the furniture of 82,009
in the Hartford Company, and $2,000 on tho house
iu the Augusta Insurance & Banking Company,
which will fully cover the loss. The house belong
ed to one the heirs of the late John Moore.
Such was the progress of the fire before it was
discovered by the inmates of the house, that two
of the boarders made their escape by leaping from
the window of the second story, by which they
were seriously injnrcd.
The Southern Eclectic.
The second number, that for April, baß been
laid on our table, filled with the cream of the Fo
reign Periodicals, equaling, if it does not surpass,
the first issue in intci est and variety. It is indeed
a most excellent number, and we cannot omit the
opportunity of again urging upon the friends of
Literary enterprise attho South, to enlist earnestly
aud cordially in its support. This is particularly
incumbent upon Georgians, and especially on the
citizens of Augusta, in whose midst the work is
published. Specimen numbers may be seen at the
Book Stores, and we sincerely hope our ownpeo
pie will not be wanting in their duty to home en
terprise.
Edited and published by J. H. Fitter, AugUßta,
Ga. Terms, $3 a year.
Price of Gas.—A committee of citizens of
Charleston, have been engaged recently in investi
gating the price paid for Gas in various cities, who
report the following as the result of that investi
gation :
New York City, $8 per thousand feet,
Brooklyn $8.50 per thousand feet.
Philadelphia, city proper, the worka being
owned by the city, 82 per thousand feet.
Kensington and Northern Liberties, $8.50, but
may have been reduced recently.
Newark, N. J. $4 up to first instant, now re
duced to $8.50.
Washington City, $4 per thousand feet.
Boston $3 per thousand feet.
Baltimore, $3.60 per thousand feet.
New Orleans, $4.50 per thousand feet.
Savannah, $5 per thousand feet.
In Augusta, we pay etven dollars per thousand
feet, two dollars more than is paid by any city
reported on by the committee. This we have al
ways regarded an exorbitant price, and wo think
consumers should take the matter in hand with
view to its reduction.
Office Seekers on Hand.— The Washington
Correspondent of the New York Commercial Ad
vertiser, writing under date the Ist April, says:
“To-day being reeeption day at tho White
House, the passage leading to the ante-room of
the reception room in the above building, was so
thronged with visitors at an early hour, that the
door hud to be locked, and none but Senators,
members of Congress and other distinguished in
dividuals were admitted.”
A» it was “ all-fools day” this unceremonious
ejectment of the eovreigne, may have been a little
piece of wagery in the President and Cabinet.—
The Spoilsmen were evidently in a pitiable oondi
tiori.
Cue Speaks.
W’e subjoin tw» extracts from the Presentments
of the Grand Jury of Cass county, for tho first
week of tho March Term of the Superior Court,
which speak in decided terms of the Liquor traffic
and the disgraceful practice of treating by candi
dates :
“The practice of treating by our candidates for
public office, at our court grounds and other places
of public resort, we consider a very reprehensible
one, and one deserving our condemnation, as it
seeks to substitute liquor for merit.
“In the discharge of our duties as citizens and
Grand Jurors, we feel it our duty to join in the
effort of previous Grand Juries of this county, to
put a stop to the retailing of spirituous liquors
in onr midst. We recommend to our representa
tives in the next Legislature, the adoption of a law,
giving to the people of each county the privilege
of endorsing on their ticket, license or no license,
and that in those counties where the people shall
vote no license, none shall be issued.’”
Covinoton, says the Madison Visitor, is improv
ing more rapidly than any town in this part of
Georgia. Many buildings, pnbiic and private, are
in process of erection, and a spirit of progress and
enterprise seems to bo generally diffused. The
edifice for the Masonic Female College, is worthy
of admiration ; but its architectural beauty is, we
think, somewhat marred by that superabundance
of orament called, in common parlance, “ Ginger
bread work."
The institution is, at present, under the able
supervision of President Fulton, and will no
doubt subserve the purposes of its erection. —
Every Mason should feel interested in its pros
perity, and labor therefor. So mote it be.
Smlll Pox at Atlanta.— The Intelligencer of
Thursday the 81st nit. says: We are glad to state
that there is no longer any probability of the
spread of this loathsome disease in car midst.
The single case of varioloid, reported by us last
week, is the only case that has appeared in the
city, and the individual has already entirely re
covered. Our friends through the country need
have no further feats on the subject.
Small Pox in Oolethorpe. —The Democrat ol
the 80th ult. says:—This disease is on the wane in
this vicinity. There is but one case now on the
sick list, and that one, of a very mild form, and
convalescing. We have good reasons to hope for
its extinction with the cases on hand, and that m
ten days to be able to announce that there ia no
small-pox in ihe vicinity of Oglethorpe.
Good Dividends. — The Mechanics’ Bank yeeter
day declared a semi-annual dividend of Six per
ceDt., and the Brunswick Bank five per cent., for
the same period. ,
The Hon. Jno. J. Crittenden, of Ky., and fami
ly, and the Hon. C. M. Covbad, of La., arrived in
this city Wednesday afternoon, and took rooms at
the Augusta Hotel.
Plank Boas Subscription.—The City Council, i
yesterday, subscribed Twenty Thousand Dollars ,
to the stock in the Plank Road Company. This is i
as it should be. The road will be built. i
The Railroad to Eatonton, baa been completed
and care ran regularly between that place and i
•onion OS the Central Railroad. 1
New Fubllralloaa.
Harry Muir: A Store of Scottish Life. By the
author of “Mrs. Margaret Maitland," “ Merk
land,” etc. Three voia. in one. New York:
D. Appleton &Co.
The “land o’ cakes” has long been renowned in
song and story, and all who take pleasure in tbe
perusal of tales of domestie life, and are moved by
tbe “ still sad music of humanity," will find much
to admire in the story of Harry Muir.
For sale by Gxo. A. Oates & Brother*
Harper’s New Monthly Maoazinx for April 1»
before ns. It contains continuations of “ Notes
from the Copper Regions,” “ Crusoe Lilb," “ Ns
poleon Bonaparte,” Ac.; a very interestingartteln
on “The Mormons;” “France—her Emperor;"
“ Bleak House,” Ac. Ac., with numerous elegant
illustrations.
Forsale by Jos. A. Carrie A Co. end (iso. A.
Oates A Brothers.
Putnam’s Monthly.— Tho April number of this
capital magaMoe is also ou our tahln. It Is eon
stantly increasing in interest, and gaining In popo I
lar favor. “ Harper” must loo* well to Us laurels,
or “ Putnam” will divide them with him.
For sale by Geo. A. Oates A .Hurritaa*.
Medical Works.
The Medical Examiner and Runontm •>» Mam
cal Sciences. —The March number of this work
has been on our table for soms days, aud from the
> hasty glance that we have given it, wo find that It
is freighted with its usual variety. It Is publish
ed in Philadelphia, monihly, by Lindsat A Blae
lston, at $3 per annum in advance, and edited by
Dr* F. G. Smith A J. R. Riddle.
Southern Medical and Surgical Journal.—
The April number of this valuable medical peri
odical is promptly on our table, with its usual va
riety of original and miscellaneous matter. We
1 take pleasure in recommending this work to our
readers. It is published in this city by James
McCaffertt, at $8 per annum in advance, and
edited by Professor L. A. Dugas.
The Southern Journal of the Medical and
Physical Sciences.— This is a new candidate for
' pnbiic favor, and judging from tho number before
us, (which is the2d, not having received the first,)
1 it is a highly creditable work, gotten up in the
1 very best style. The typographical part of the
1 work is neat and beautifully executed. Its table of
1 contents is rich and varied. It is to be devoted to
Medicine, Pharmacy and Dentistry. Tho present
number contains 80 octavo pages. Tho Medical
Department is edited by Drs. J. W. Kino, W. P.
f Jones and F. A. Ramsey. Pharmacy and Chem
istry, by Dr. R. O. Curry. The Dental Depart
’ ment, by Dr. B. Woods. Corresponding Editor,
Dr. Tnos. A. Atchison, ofKontueky. Tho work
i is published bi-monthly, in Nashvillo, Tenn., by
J J. F. Morgan, at $2 per annum, in advance.
J Nashviele Joubnal of Medicine and Surgery.
r —Tbe March number of this excellent Medical pe
i riodical is on our table, containing its usual varie
-1 ty of original and selected matter. It is edited by
‘ Professors Bowling and P. F. Eve, and published
, iu Nashville, monthly, at $8 per annum in advanco.
s The Eclectic Medical Journal. —This work is
published monthly in Cincinnati, by Abbott A
J Bentley, and conducted by Professors J. R. Bu
t chanan and R.S. Newton. It contains 47 octavo
l pages of reading matter. Its original communi
' cations are well written, and its selections good;
I and it wonld prove interesting to those of our
readors who are desirous of becoming acquainted
i with tho diseases ot the North-west. Price $2 por
annum, in advance.
i ’
j American Commerce w ith China. —The report of
the harbor master at Shanghai, (Mr. Nioholas
Bayiics,) shows that from January 1 to December
81, 1852, tho American tonnage exceeded that of
1 any other nation. The number of British vessels)
was one hundred and two, with a tonnage of thirty
’ two thousand seven hundred; of American ves
r aels seventy-one, with a tonnage of 40,865. The
whole amount of tonnage was 76,910, and the
number of vessels one hundred and eighty-seven ;
r the remainder, besides English and American,
being almost equally divided between French,
* Danish, Hamburg, Spanish, Hawaiian, and Dutch
’ The exports of Tea from Shsughai in 1852 wore
57,675,000 pounds, which is about equal in amount
, to the exports of tho two previous years. The ex
ports of Tea from Shanghai to Great Britain, from
I Jnly Ito December 81, 1852, were 17,825 ;to the
United States, 15,400,900.
Past Present and Future Progress.— I The edi-
tor of tho St. Paul Minnesotian writes : “We
s wore at one time ono ot the only three white men
residing within the limits of the present Slate of
1 lowa, which has now a population of over 400,000.
In onr own beautiftil Territory we have mado
1 many trips between Prairie du Chain and St. Pe
! ters, and from St. Peter’s to Traverse dcs Sioux,
i when the hotels we lodged at were in tho open
air, and our table furnished from the supply we
carried, or from the game killed on the route.
1 Yet, with tho blousing of God, we hope yet to tra
-1 vel in a railroad car on a continuous route from the
1 Minnesota river to New Orleans, and very proba
bly to San Francisco.”
The Department of Stato has decided that the
United States Government cannot grant a passport
with the protection incident thereto, to a foreigner
desiring to go abroad, who has only declared his
intention to become a citizen, as it is commonly
called, filed hiß first paper. Tho final oaih must
be taken, and a certificate of citizenship obtained,
before a passport can be granted. This is impor
tant to those of foreign birth who may wish to
visit the old country before the completion of their
naturalization.
The Brazilian Slave Trade.— According to an
official report of the Brazilian Government, it ap.
pears that tho number of Africans imported in 1848
amounted to sixty thousand, and in 1849 to fifty
four thousand. In tho year 1851 the number was
reduced to throe thousand twohnndred and eighty
seven, of which one thousand and six were cap -
tured by Brazilian cruisers arid declared free.—
During tho past year, ono vessel, and one only, it
is said, is known to have landed a cargo of slaves
on the coast of Brazil; and this occurred last June,
The Brazilian Government deals very summarily
with the slave traders. Any person fonnd con
cerned in tho traffic, no matter what his rank cr
condition may be, is imprisonod or banished with
out ceremony.
Turks Islands papers extending to the 2d inst.
have been received, but the only item of interest
ing news that they contain Is an account from
Port au Platte of tho installation of General Santa
anna, on the 15th nit., as President of the Domin
ican republic. The master, mate, and crew of a
slaver, seized at Port au Platte, have been con
demned to imprisonment.
V The Directors of the Crystal Palace have deter
mined to organize a separate department of mine
ralogies], mining, and chemical products. Messrs.
Benjamin Silliman, Jr., and W. P. Blake have
been engaged to olassify and arrange the speci
mens in this department, and it is expected that
the mineral resources of both Europe and Ame
rica will be richly represented. A geographical
arrangoment is to bo observed.
The Plymouth (N. C.) Villager of Wednesday
last, says:—“The seine*on the Roanoke are doing
a pretty fair business, tho freshet having subsided.
The shad arc mnch larger and better flavored than
those taken in former seasons, and will probably
command much better prices. The seines on the
Sound will soon be in operation, with a prospect
of doing a good business.
Attempt to Kill an Army Officer. —An attempt
was mado on Tuesday evening, on the life of Major
Pemberton, at Fort Hamilton, New York, by a
corporal named White, of whom the Major had
made a complaint for misconduct. It is alleged
that White drew out a pistol and was about to fire,
when the Major at a bound, knocked it out of his
hand; a straggle ensued, and both fell. The noise
drawing the sentinels to the spot, the beligerants
were separated, aßd the corporal was conveyed
to prison. The Major is badly wounded.
One eveningof last week, while the 7th regiment,
better known as the National Guard, of New York
city, was on parade Miss Divver, the daughter of
the late Adjutant of the regiment, waa introduced
at her own request, and shook hands with every
member of the corps then present. This child was
adopted by the regiment soon after the Adjutant’s (
deoease, and is supported by a yearly assessment
on each member.
The Virginia House of delegatee has adopted a
rule not to allow absent members their per diem,
unless they have previonsly obtained leave, or are
sick; and any member absent on the day of the
final adjournment, is not to be paid return mileage
For the remainder of the present session, speeches
are to be limited to ten minutes.
Tobacco Chewing.— During a debate in the Uni
ted States House of Representatives. Tuesday, on
“tobacco chewing,” Mr. Stanly took occasion to
say that “chewing is a vile, anti-Christian, barba
rious habit, introduced into civil life for purposes
of degrdation. One half of the boys who grow mp
topers commence their course by smokiug ci
gars and chewing.” True, every word of it.
Charles Jnhbal, formerly the tutor of Kossuth’s
children, Charles Andrasffy, Von Devenyujfala,
Casper Noszlopy, and Samuel Sarkozy were exe
cuted on the 3d inst., at Pesth for the crime of
high treason. Andrasffy was shot in the Neuge
baude, and the other three hanged at the usual
place of execution before the Ulloer gate. “A
great crowd,” says the Prate, “was collected.
Sarkozy suffered first, then Juhbal; Noszlopy, the
last, was the only one who showed no signs of re
repentanee.”
It is said that there is great difficulty in getting
vessels in Baltimore, and that foreign freights
still keep up. A few days ago fifteen hundred
barrels of flour were sent from Baltimore to
Philadelphia, where freight was secured in the
steamer City of Glasgow, for Liverpool at 2s. 6d.,
which is considerbly lower than could be had in
Baltimore.
A new umbrella, called the “ Mushroom,” has
made its appearance in Paris. It has no handle,
and snstains itself over the head of the wearer.
An adjusting apparatus fastens it to the bat, and
when not employed on duty, it may be rolled up,
and carried in the pocket.
The block of limestone from Braddock’s field,
intended for the Washington Monument, is at
Pitfcburgh, finished and ready for shipment.
I DglUb KU-rUuna.
In England, says the New York Courier <t En
quirer, • forty shilling freehold makes one voter,
and one voter make* two pound sterling. Ho it
appears iroin the recent investigations of Parlia
ment into tho corruption* of tho lato general elec
tion. Attempts are making to unseat mare than a
hundred different members, on the ground that
they owe their *eaU to bribery, and In ton instan
ce these attompi* have already been snecosalul.—
Home forty or fifty Parliamentary Committees are
now engaged In svafolting out the corrupt trausac
lions «f e!ini'e«f,il candidate*, and their labors
are revealing an amount of political profligacy
In all parfios whieh startles,the whole nation.—
Kvsrybndjr who knows anytfdng of Hogarth has
acini'* idee of tha ay«l«m of electoral bribery whioh
Hoed to tm prsetfued In England In the palmy days
When Wsipiric and Sandwich were in their prime,
end tbs nid borough of Sudbury which was wout
to advettlw in the newspaper for the highest bid
f«r its spiM In Parliament ha* yet *omo hold upon
| msnV rsenllsetlnn*. lint it was supposed that
With the Reform Hilt and with the increasing so
hrtaty and sdii'alloti nf the people, this venality
find bvrmna pretty innoh extinct, and that tho
Working* of the British Constitution were every
year belter tallying with it* theory. Yet this
seems tn have been a delusion, for wo have the
word ofth# London Time* that “all parties soeru
to agree upon this point, that at no time since the
extension of Hie sulfrugo has there existed corrup
tion so wide-spread und so uhumelcss as the late
olootlon."
The data boforo us show that tho avorage price
of votes over tlio country bus boon about forty
sliiliings. At '.hat price is valued by thousands of
froe-born Britons that franchise which slone has
given their country Its proud pre-eminence am mg
the nations of tho old world. In small constitu
encies and large constituencies this mercenary
spirit seems to have been equally prevalent. Itia
soon no worso in Blackburn and Kyo than in Lan
caster and Hall. In tlio lattor great commercial
town full one-fourth of the voters, it appears, re
ceived an electoral largess in soino shape. These
largessos though they are occasionally given in tbe
way of office or other special government favor,
usually take tho most portablo form of solid cash.
The most ingenious devices arc mado use of to
evadotho statue, of which tho favorite ono perhaps
is to extend tho hand backwards among tho agents
and friends of the candidate to be voted for, and
receive the consideration without tho voter’s
knowledge of the particular person who gives it.—
What are we to think of the political morulity of
that people among whom such practices are ex
tensively provelont? Money indeed is spent, in
our own elections ; but comparatively littlo goes
to purposes of direct bribery ; aud the men who
are paid for their votes, almost invariably belong to
the very dregs of our population. In England all
voters are men of more or less property, and there
by have iu some sort a position in society; and yet
votes aro sold among them to an oxtent and on a
system such as has never boen even dreamed of iu
tho lowost political precincts of Moyaniensing, or
1 the “Bloody Sixth.”
Austria and Turkey.— Tho terms of the recent
settlement between Austria and the Ottoman Porte
have been, says the Boston Courier, but imper
( fectly and not very authentically made public.
The most intelligible fact—taking the settlement
for granted—is that of tho cession of Kleolc and
' Sntorina to Austria. These narnos, the read
, er will seek in vain on tho ordinary map. They
are two towns or small districts of the Turkish pro
vince of Herzegovina, situated on tho waters whioh
disembogue themselves into tho Adriatic, among
f that cluster of islands lying between Spalatro and
i Ragnsa. This happens to bo the only point at which
• the Herzegovina touched the waters of the Adriat
f ic, all tho rest of that territory being hemmed in by
, the long strip of Dalmatian coast possessed b>
r Austria. This peculiar situation has hitherto pre
. vented Kleck and Sutorina from beoomming ac
. tjve seaports, for, though capab !o of being used
i for navigation, no vessel can approach them with
; out passing through Austrian waters. For this
reason the Turkes have made no use of them as
, places of maritime trade, but have allowed all tho
. commeroe of Turkish Croatia, Ilerzogovina and
i Bosnia to be carried ou through the Austrian sea
, port of Daimatia. From this eoast Austria obtaiua
her snpplies of naval stores and her sailors for her
ships both mercantile and warliko.
I The acquisition of Kleck and Sutorina by Aus
tria may have, continues the Courier, considerable
effect on the commerce of the Adriatic, by estab
lishing new marts of trade. All the commercial
powers of Europe, wo believe, have treaties with
Austi is, by virtue of which their ships are allowed
to navigate the Austrian waters. A now aveuue
of trade will, therefore, be opened with the Turk
ish provinces in that neighborhood, which may
not be without matorial effect upon the social and
political condition of those Christian subjeots of
the Porte who inhabit this part of the Ottoman do
minions.
The glass for the New Y'ork Crystal Palace has
been made in New Jorsey, by Messrs. Cooper &
Belcher, of Capetown, near Newark, who have
contracted to supply tho managers with 40,000
feet one-eighth of au inch thick, enamelled by a
new process, invoked by Mr. C., one Os the part
ners. In the Crystal Palace of London it was found
necessary to cover tho glass with a cotton cloth to
prevent the ingress of tho sun’s rays, bat Mr.
Cooper’s invention saves tho necessity for this.
It has an effect similar to that produced by ground
glass, being translucent, but not transparent; so
that the sun’s rays are diffused, and yield an
agreeablo light to those within the apartment, en
closed, without being visible to those on the out
side.
The Flying Machine.— Tho Washington Re
public of Monday says:—The ADroport was again
exhibited by Mr. Porter on Saturday night, at Ca
rnsi’s Saloon. To see this miniature, sylph-liko
vessel, with its gay nnd airy saloon filled with au
tomaton passengers, (looking out at tie windows,)
actually elevated in the atmosphere, and paddling
its way in any direction by steam power, accord
ing to the dictates of its own helm, touds to
strengthen the hope that tho untiring projector of
this means of asrial navigation may succeed in
bringing it to a practical result. Mr. Porter aeems
to be satiguino that a machine on this principle
can bo constructed, capable of making two trips to
California and back iu the coarse of a week, carry
ing two hundred passengers; thus, at one hun
dred dollars a berth, realizing a snug profit on the
investment. Experiments upon a large scale will,
however, best prove tho practical utility of this
mode of serial navigation.
Blind Harry Has Gone Aloft.—Tho N. York
Times announces tho death of Henry Franklin, a
blind sailor, in that city, on tho 21st, whom most
of the oitizeDwand visitors of New York, foryears
past, will recollect having seen selling cigars from
the steps of public buildings, (led and guided by
his faithful dog Jack, who, with the most devoted
attachment to his master’s interest, caught or pick
ed up the coppers or the silver which the charita
ble have thrown to him for his mastor’s depend
ent family. He died of a disoaso with which he
had been afflicted for years past, aneurism of the
heart.—His death was peaceful aud happy; his
faith in God firm and unflinching. Ho remarked
to a friend but a few hoars previous to his death,
“I am waiting to go ; lam all right; my anchor is
in the right place ; it holds good.” As tho writer
of the paragraph from which we quote bade him
farewoll, he said, “I shall be gone before yon re
turn ; bat I will see you on the'other side. Onoe
I was blind, bat now I see.” His ftmeral took ,
place from the Sailor’s Home, No. 190 Cherry-st.,
Tuesday, 2Sd, largely attonde.i by bis fotmer ship
mates and friends.
The Missouri Legislature has made the following
appropriations: For the erection of a Deaf and
Dumb Asylum, $86,400; Lnnatie Asylnm, $57,- :
000; Blind Asylnm $20,000, to State Agricultural 1
Fair, $4,000, to Geological Survey of tho State, '
SIO,OOO.
A zinc sloop, the first manufactured of that me- )
tul in Europe, has been launched at Nantes. Iron t
is used to a slight extent in tho frame work, and t
the decks and upper works are of wood. She ia t
said to be of a very elegant build, and to draw )
but very little water. t
Father Gavazzi, tho Italian orator, made a speech |
on religious matters, in the Tabernacle in New
York, on Wednesday evening, to a crowded
house. Some of the papers allege that hiß remarks t
were very intemperate, and calculated to create
discord. Ho declares himself a crusader for the j
freedom of Italy, and an enemy of Austria and the
P °P C - „ E
Bane of East Tennessee.— The Knoxville
Statesman of the 80th ult. rays: The failure of Mr.
Chittenden, the principal stockholder renders the
failure of this Back, if not certain, at least highly
probable. She has during the last few days
redeemed a large amount of her paper, in gold
and silver, and will doubtless continue to do so as
long as specie remains in her vaults with which to
redeem. Holders of her notes would do well to
present them promptly.
“There were present at the Howard Atheneum,
(Boston) on Monday evening, a gentleman who
had attended a theatrical performance in Boston,
tixty years before, and was at man’s estate then.
He was the venerable John Hancock, of Beacon
street, son of the immortal John, of Revolutionary
memory, who is over eighty years of age. He
looked quite hearty, and appeared to enjoy the
entertainment with infinite relish.
Wo learn learn from the Paris corrospendence
of the N. Y. Courier Dee Etats Unis, that the Em
peror Louis Napoleon contemplates, after the coro
nation, another journey through the deportments
for the purpose of showing the Empress to the
people. But as we learn from the same corres
pondence, the day is not yet fixed for the corona
tion ; nor is it absolutely certain that the Pope
will perform the ceremony.
The Director of the Philadelphia Mint has gone
to Washington with a view to procure directions
from the Secretary of the Treasury in relation to
the new coinage and other matters connected with
the Mint. The new silver coin, it is expected, will
be issued by the Mint about the 15th of April.
The Mint has about half a million of dollars worth
of silver on hand.
The New Bedford Standard says that a codflah
was brought into that market on the 24th alt.,
weighing seventy-five pounds. When the flub was
dressed there was found inside twelve flounders,
one haddock, and two ducks.
A bank, with a caapital of two millions of dol
l&rs, is soon to go into operation in Chicago,
'•>.*. ... I' iftjsSSisAK - * " '« -l-Ja&t A.
Jamaica Newt.
By the arrival of the British steamer Conway, at
Savannah, we have later datos from the Island <
of Jamaica. We ouil the following items of nows: '
Jamaica. —A singular and fatal disease, hitherto
unknown in that region, had broken out among ,
the sheep at Salt Ponds, Jamaica. The sheep
{generally the best breeding ewes,) are turned ont
in the sleeping pastures, apparently in perfect
health ; they are found on the following morning
lying down os if asleep, and on being raised they
stagger about and die in a few minutes. In some
eases they ore found dead. An internal examina
tion shows the heart to contain a quantity of oon
gealed blood; the brain is eoft, and a small qusn
tity of reddish fluid is found in tho skull. The
disease is so rapid, that even after the first symp
toms are detected, no treatment has time to show
any effect. It seems to have been brought on trom
exposure to the late very severe weather, wbicli
commenced shortly after the üßital season for
shearing.
A Surge number of ooeliea, of all ages and sexes,
had arrived in Jamaica, who it was thought would
return to India. Some evil disposed persons
(says the Standard,) have advised thorn not to en
ter into any contnct* with the “bockrus,” with
out first having the money p’uced in their hands.
Acortespondent of the Jumaiaa Standard, writ
ing from Westmoreland, says:
“ 1 regret to state that tho small pox prevails to
a fearful extent in this, the windward part of the
parish. The people are dying rapidly, ail without
medical aid; and many, particularly the Africans
located in the 11 bush,” without any assistance
whatever being rondered them. Nothing has been
done by the authorities to alleviate the distiess
under which the people are laboring, except send
ing snch cases as occur at Savunna-la-Msr to the
poor bouso for treatment.”
Tho Falmouth Chronicle states that small pox
still prevails at Savanna-la-Mar, and soma deatliß
have occurred during the past fortnight.
Wo extract the following paragraph from the
County Union:
Gold in Jamaica.— We state, on tho most perfect
authority, that several lumps of metal, pronounoed
by parties competent to form an opinion to be
gold - , have been picked up in Hector's River,
forming, we beliove, the boundaries of Manches
ter and Trelawny, and that they hare been for
warded to be analysed. The Crown Surveyor for
Cornwall, who is our informant, is about starting
for the spot to investigate the truth of tho reports,
aud will oxplore tho nvor, over which, to prevent
diggors, there has already been placed a restrictive
guard.
Tbk Ericsson.— The Now York Journal of Com
merce says—
The public not boing In possession of fnll and
satisfactory information with regard to th#per
formances of the calorio ship Ericsson, and her ex
cellencies and defects, as developed by her South
ern trip, tho most exaggerated and improbable
.stories'have been circulated. A oommonly re
ceived rumor is to the offeot ti at the cylinder- bot
toms have burned out,—a result whioh was pre
dicted by borne—and this is looked upon as ex
plaining tho silence and accounting for the fact of
tho Ericsson being at Williamsburgh. Others
spoalt unrcsorvodly of tho “probable failure.” It
is not best to arrive at conclusions too hastily, on
any subject. The invontor of the new mode of
propulsion has achieved a triumph, though one
that has not yet been fully demonstrated to bo
complote, and tho civilized world stunds in ex
pectation, until the successor failure ofthe princi
ple involvod, shall be fully established. As un
derstood by ur, tho main difficulty hitherto eu
, countered, has arison trom tho want of a perfect
connection of two sections of an air pipe, near the
bottom of one of tho oy indors. Though con
nected by rivets, the working of tho cuginopro
■ vented such a perfect union of tho parts as to
nilow of the full use < I the power otherwise avuila
blo. It is said tbutit has been determined to sub
stitute a single casting for tho dofectivo parts, and
that tho difficulty will bo obviated at once. This
ohange Is now being made. The other engine has
boon perfect throughout; mid when both are com
plote, it is believed that the Eriosson will bo in a
much hotter condition to prove her capabilities.
There ore no Icbs than four or five Frenchmen
who claim to have applied the principle ofthe
Ericsson engine before the application was made
in this country; but M. Foucunlt, the scientific
gentleman whose name is well known from its
connection with the pendulum experiment a year
or two ago in a long and elaborate article in the
Journal dee Debate, gives tho oredit of it, incon
testibly, where it belongs, to Captain Ericsson.
Sinator Everett.— The speech delivered a few
days ago by Mr. Everett upon the Central Ame
rican questions, has placed him, says the Baltimore
American, in a commanding position in tho Cham
ber. Bat the deference with which ho was listen
ed to—as an authority rather than as a co-equal
debater, does not surpiise ns. And why 1 Simply
because Mr. Everett, entered the Sentato and ar
guad the question like a etateeman.
It is a pity that this valuable quality—statesman
ship—ii becoming such a curioety in our delibera
tive assemblies, that it strikes their mombers
dumb. The public men of Amerioa who oumo up
on the stage within the last twenty-five years,
have been so stained with party politics at homo,
that when they rise to address their colleagnes,
they were denied the attentive oonfldenoe to which
they are probably entitled. But Mr. Everett is
not of this class. Tho world is quite aware that
he has always voted with the Whigs; yet tho
world knows quite as well, that the right of opin
ion has never been degraded by him into political
eorvility. At home and abroad he ia recognized as
the accomplished scholar—the national hearted
American Ambassador—tho industrions Represen
tative—the calm Minister of State—thesclf-sacrific
ing College President, who was always ready with
his learning and eloquence to charm a loeture room
or elighten a Senate.
These habits of thoroughness in the performance
of his duties, have been tho sources of Mr. Eve
rett’s power. Men rely on him. No one ever
dreamed that ho would trim to tho wind, or
swerve from the right for the rewards of authority.
Office has sought him. In all hiß writings and
speeches he is the uncompromising enemy of exag
geration and over-statement. True moderation
balanced his judgment. Nor ie the character of
his style different from that of his logic. What
Pops was in poetry, Everett is in eloquenco;
profound sense is ever adorned nnd illustrated by
tho most graceful fancy.
“Regit anlmos, dlctU et pectora mulast."
The net amount subject to draft of tho Treasurer
ofthe United States on the 28th ult., was $18,054,-
297.90; of which $85,108.88 was in the hands of
the Assistant Treasurer in Charleston.
The Burning Coal Mountain.— That portion of
the Broad Mountain called the “Fiery Mountain,”
from the fact of the Anthracite coal at that point
being on fire—which has been burning for the past
fifteen years, is situated about five miles from Mi
norsville, aud fifteen from Schuykill Haven, Penn
sylvania. It is now considered a very dangerous
experiment to travel over the mountain as it is sup
posed that in many places tho surface is a mere
superficial crest, or shell, tho coal being consumed
to tho surface, nnd hence the least pressure
thoreon, it is presumed, might break through and
lot the adventurer down into tho fiery chasm be
low. At tho base of the mountain in one place, a
e*recm of water almost boiling hot comos out.—
The surface of the mountain presents a desolate
appearance as far os the eye cau reach.
The Fire Department of Baltimore haa adopted
apian for a paid organization, which is recom
mended to tho consideration and adoption of the
City Conncil. They propose ten motion engines
and hose companies, four engine companies, und
three hook and ladder companies. Tho apparatus
and houses are estimated to cost the city $61,240,
and the annual expense including the sslaries of
the officers and men is estimated at thirty-eight
thousand dollars, being not one-fifth part of the
value of the property destroyed annually by row
dies connected with the present department.—
They propose that the chief engineer to be elected
by tho firemen, shall have a salary of eight hun
dred dollars ; four assistant engineers one hun
dred dollars; four engineers one hundred dollars;
six foremen at one hundred dollars each; and all
the regular firemen each fifty dollars per annum.
On the 19th ult., there arrived at St. Louis, via
New Orleans, about three hundred and thirty per
sons, Mormons, on their way to Balt Lake, chiefly
from England. The St. Louis Republican learns
from Mr. Wheelock, late presiding elder of the
Church in that city, and just returned from Eng
land, that there are more ships on the way, chiefly
freighted with members of the Church and their
families, fie estimates the number expected by
those ships at from twonty-flvo hundred to three
thousand. He is advised of the arrival ol a ship
at the Balize with about three hundred persons
from Denmark. Arrangements are making for
the transportation from Europe next year, of about
ton thousand. The growth of this body is one of
the most singular novelties of tho day.
J
Kobbers, CouRTERFirrERs, Ac The trials of Dr.
Roberts and others, at the late term of the Superior
Court of Monroe county, for the robbery of John
Jackson in October last, (says the Columbus Jin
qxtirer,) has elicited some facts which the commu
nity would do well to notice. It wsa shown that
these desperadoes, having been driven from Ken
tucky and middle Tennessee by the officers of jus
tice, took refuge in the mountains of east Tennes
see, near the railroads, in order that their move
ments might be more rapid, and where they could
pretend to engage in some honest business. It
also appears that they are a portion of an extensive
and well organized band of villains, now engaged
in flooding this State with counterfeit money, and
committing forgeries of every character and to al
most every amount on the people. When these
measures of fraud fail, they resort to burglary,
highway robbery, and even murder, to carry out
their infamous purposes. We can do nothing
more than to warn our fellow-citizens to be on the
watch for suoh scoundrels; hunt them dowu, and
enforce against them the severest penalties of the
criminal laws. If this fails, they must try some
thing else.
A British Parliamentary paper just published,
gives a most satisfactory statement relative to the
continued decrease of pauperism in the United
Kingdom. The number of adult able-bodied per
sons relieved, both in-door and out-door, has
diminished during the year 1852 from 127,471 to
118.257, or about per cent. The reduction
during the last four years has been from 201,644 to
116.257, or per cent.; a most satisfactory re
sult. And what has been the case as respects
Ireland! In January, 1849, tho work houseein
Ireland contained 185,184 paupers; in January,
1858, they contained only 138,764. The out door
relief at the former period was extended to 423,855
persons, at a weekly expenditure of £11,170; at
the latter, only 8,058 persons wore so relieved, at ;
a weekly cost of £9O. The total number of ,
paupers, in and out-doors, receiving relief on Ist
January, 1858, at 565 unions in England, the i
popu ation of which was 15,157,505, was 781,488,
or Ito 21. The total number in Ireland was
141,822, in a population of 6,615,794, or 1 in 46.
Again a most satisfactory result.
The Hon. H. A. Edmundson has been nominated '
for Congress by the Democrats of the 12tb Distriot
of Va. (
Item..
Last week, in tho neighborhood of Bytown,
Canada, tho enow was lying t j 'itches deep in tho
woods.
In 1820, the population of Wuthiiigtoirwas 18,-
247. It is now estimated to be over 50,000.
John P. Hale will remove to New York city this
month, uud there resume tho proctio ofthe Law.
Tho Troy (N. Y.) Times says nails ore advanc
ing, and notices s sale of 1000 kegs at 7 onus per
pound.
It is said that the Collector at Vera Cruz lias
about $800,006 in hand, collected from duties,
whioh he refuses to pay to any onfi except Santa •
Anna.
Tho block of limestone from Braddook’s field
intended for the Washington Monument is r.t
Pittsbnrg, finished and ready for shipment.
A package of fruit trees and scions has been
sent from Rochester to Oregon by mail, Upon
whioh $32 postage was paid.
The sugar honso cure of consumption is said to
boa humbug, and many of tho men why work in
the sugar house dio of that disease.
The President, by and witli tho advice and con
sent of tho Som.to lias appointed tho celebrated
Kit Carson to an Indian agency, in mid for New
Mexico.
Queen Isabella, of Spain, has conferred upon
the Empress Eugenic, of Franco, tho royal order
of the Noble Ladios of Mario Louise.
“A lady moving in tho first circles in Cincinna
ti” has boon detected in n number of tiu-lta in the
retail shops. Sho is described as a victim of tho
thieving mania.
Tho great frequency of rail road accidents in
England is to be matter of inquiry by a Committee
of the House ol’ Commons.'
A proposition is pending in the Pennsylvania
Lutfiiluture forthesslo of tho public works of the
commonwealth.
A right whale was caught oil’ East Hampton.
Tj. 1., on the 15th ult. Forty barrels of oil wore
extracted from him.
The Detroit Tribuno puts down the amount of
flour now in store and awaiting shipment at
Detroit, at $95,000 barrels.
John F. Snodgrass, Esq., has been nominated
for Congress by tho Democrats of tho 11th District
of Virginia.
A good lady at Watertown, N. Y. recently
refused to let nor daughter dance with a young
Cambridge man, because blic understood he was a
bachelor of arts.
The survivors of tho late accident on tho Balti
more aud Ohio rail road, aro all improving, and
will soon rccovor of tho wounds and injuries tliov
received.
A Pleasant Incident.— During tho last week un
agreeable Couture was exhibited in tho ladies’ or
dinary at Brown’s Hotel, in Washington— net less
than six brides with tlioir happy husbands being
soated at tho Bame table. The several parties wore
atrangors to ono another, but when it was dis
covered that thoy had all recently entered into the
marriage state, u" reunion" was suggested, which
was readily agreed to, uud, separated, to them
selvos, several hours were passed most delightful
ly by tho company.
The Central Bank is the iiamo of a new bank
which wont into cfl'eot in the city of Now York on
tho Ist iiist., with a capitul of $200,000 and the
privilodgo of iuoreaslngit to $1,000,000.
Tho sufferers by famine*at Madeira wore vory
grateful for the provisions sent from Boston by
barque Nautilus. It was tho first succor that ar
rived, and they return tlioir acknowledgments
through tho U. 8. oonsnl.
Tho Boston Post states that Gov. Stovons, tho
nowly appointed Governor of Washington Terri
tory, is to bo pnt in cliargo of ono ot tho three sur
veying parties which will ho sont out to explore
the several routes for tho Pacific Railroad..
Tho Charleston Courier learns that the number
of wrecks in the vioinity of Koy West, in 1852,
was 3t, whioh is muoli loss tliu i in any previous
year, tho avorngo for tho past nine years being
83 6-9. The amount awarded for salvngo during
the same porlod was $94,762 against $75,862 in
1851—average for nine yours s97,lß6—the amount
of expenses incurred $87,789, against $89,238 in
1851; tho total amount of salvage and expenses
$162,581, against $105,085 ; and the vuluo of ves
sels aud cargoes wrecked $731,800 against $941,-
600—average for the tiiao years $961,067.
Tho Maoon Tolograph is pleased to learn that
the capitalists and businoss men of Macon are dis
cussing tho project of establishing a lino of bouts, to
ply between that city and tho port of Brunswick.
The enterprise is prououucod feasible by tlioso
most expeiiencod in similar undertakings, and it
is said that fast boats, with a capacity to carry 700
bales of cotton, can bo constructed, to run from
Brunswick up to the Maoon wharves nine months
in tho your.
Tlie Editor of tho Newark Duily Advertiser, in
a lettor from Italy, says that sovoral hundred refu
gees under arrangomont with the Sardinian Go
vornment, were to be sent in a I'ow days iu a public
ship to America.
Two more locomotives for tho Nashville and
Chattanooga Railroad have just been received at
Nashville. Ono Is very latge, weighing about
thirty tons, and is designed for pushing tho trains
over tho high grado at Cumberland Mountain and
is catled the “Cumberland.” The other is small
weighing only twelve tons, and is called the
“Shelliyvillo,” being intended for tho Slielbyvillo
brunch road.
A project has boon sot afoot in Now York, for
the establishment of anew company to furnish that
city with gas. Tho gas is to bo manufactured by a
process patented by Professor Allen, which it is
said, will enable it to be made “ much faster, much
cheaper, and much more brilliant, bccauso riclior
in carbon than any other gas in tho world.”
The people ol Brooko and Hancock counties,
Virginia, aro advooating secession trom that State
and annexation to Penusylvaniu, bccauso the Le
gislature of Virginia has rofttsod the right of way
to the Pittsburgh and Stoubenvillo Railroad.
Tho Washington Republic states that operations
havo boon resumed upon the Washington Nation
al Monmnent. Tho Sampson Hook and Ladder
Company, of San Francisco, has forwarded a con
tribution of SI,OOO, and similar liberal aid is ex
pected from other associations in that city.
The eleotion in Connootioiit for Stato Officers, a
Legislature and for members of Congress, took
place on tho 4th inst. There were throe tickets In
the field, whig, democrat, and freo soil.
Tho Gaston and Weldon Bail Road, it is said',
will bo completed by the middle of this month,
when Norfolk will bo placed in daily communica
tion with Raleigh, the capital Nortli Carolina. Tho
Seaboard Rail Kgp too, is in lino trim and undos
cxcellont management. Tho passenger train makos
tho run between Portsmouth and Woldon, N. C.
(80 milos,) iu 8% hours, witli perfoct regularity.
At Portsmouth they connect with the splendid
steamers of tho Baltimore Buy Line, so well known
for their speed, comfort and safety.
The American lady, stated to have been arrested
at Heidelberg, for "having a numbor of pamphlets
of a revolutionary character in her possession, was
a M’lle Ilitzfeldt. Sho hod reoentty arrived from
Amerioa, to which she fled fn 1849 toVvoid prose
cution for the activopart she took in'tlio revolu
tionary movumente in the GrqjiS Dneliy of Baden.
j Banking is increasing rapidly in Massachusetts.
The Boston Daily Courier of the 25th iust., says :
“ The anxiously looked for report of tho Bauk
[ ing Committee of tho Legislature upon the nume
rous applications for the increase of Batik capital
■ was made in the Senate yesterday by Mr. Kellogg’
its chairman. The document otoup'ies some forty
i p r fifty pages, is able arid searching in its opin
ions and details, but is too long for a proper analy
sis at the present moment. The committee were
asked to inoreose tho bank capital of tho Ftate
Os this increase, Boston asked alone
#13,450,000, and with Cambridge and Koxbury
asked for $14,050,000, leaving $*.045,000 for other
localities, fho committee have granted 15,050,000
to Boston and vicinity, out of the #7,350,000 which
they have reported in full. Five new banks in '
Boston have a capital of $2,700,000, and un iu
creaae is given to othors of $2,050,000. The total
amount granted to now banks is $3,850,000, and
tho increase to old banks amonnts to $3,500,000."
British elections, even at this hour of the centu
ry, are apt to bo savage affuirs. Tho Loudon
Times, in viewing sorno of the evideneo us to the
prevalent practices, says—
“ A Lancashire fanner had received an order for
three hundred fighting men to do tho rouglt work
of tho election, with tho instrgetion "that tho
beet fighting men and poachers would be prefer
red. 1 ’ At tho ‘Craven Iloiffif,’ on the nomination
day, and for some days before, two thousand men
ate and drank as much and as fast as the iundlord ■
could supply them. They were introduced in #'
parties, with orders from tho known friends ot the T
cause—which cause or what cause it mutters not
to enquire. About one hundred of them had
bludgeons."
The Bichmond Enquirer contends that the re
port of the fiuance committee of the Virginia
Douse of Delegates showing the State debt to be
$82,758,177, and resources only $4,818,511, is erro
neous, and udds:
“ Without entering into tho details of tlie sub
ject, it must suffice to say, at present, that upon the
principles and rules by which merchants imd prac
tical men of business state thciruccountsof ai-sests
and debits, the Btato debt is short of $17,000,000,
and her property, having market value—exclusive
of immense interests which she owns, valuable to
herself and to the publie, but not susceptible of
assessment at pecuniary price—is at the least
$18,000,000.
Pauperisic in Massachusetts.— A new system
for the support of paupers is about to be adopted
in Massachusetts. Each applicant is tarnished
with a new suit of clothes, and told to go to work.
If he pleads sickness, he is dispatched to the hos
pital, where, if be is shamming, hospitul aiet soon
brings hlm to his strength. If he runs off with
bis new clothes, a description of tho fngitivo is
dispatched to the other almshouses, and it lie ap
plies for relief to them, he is taken in and com
pelled to work till he has paid for bis outfit. This
plan seems to be well devised to keep persons out
of the almshouse.
New Orleans is said to be tho largest coffee
ketin the United States, if notin thoworid.Of
the hundreds of vessels which havo arrived at
that port from Bio within the last twelve years the
N.o. Commercial Bulletin find, that thirty eight
of them have brought from 7,000 to 16 000 haVr*
averaging 8086 bags each. Os ibis number aevfn’
teen, averaging 8216, were consigned to one house
Two of tho cargoes, one of 18 ono and
stiem.’ b ® iDg b y tho ship Columbia, of
Philosophers say that abutting the oyeamakea
the sense of hearing more acute. A wag sug
gests that that accounts for the many close eyes A
that are seen tn our churches every Sunday morn-
A Convention of SpiritualiSTis to be held «*
BpriD(ffleld, Mass., oa the Bth and 7thiwt. W ‘
. .. a 1 * fit' £ •• , .’l, 1 V.