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F -*ncii Government had at Oitnuu. Tho
... <-‘U«u from tb« would discuss
Emperor., .I“** *'° r 0 morel that Fraooe ap
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T 1 * w " »7l «■»irer tor war, ar.d fnsiat »*>»*
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th« Solan «nd i the Dardanelles
<h C!rt TSSTcK SSSopl.. Admiral
f» T a« C J.72received order. to move
Sf^JTg,gi.h Wto Con*tootinople. ,
****". ndectloa of the Turkish modifies
‘ 7«reilinoern et Constantinople on the lMh,
SSKp— CTi ™.' ,id not ooonr - The M,E “
rf&riJEU* off vleUr, tb.Sui
' . -, n - i n it* procession, without molests
{t;. ‘ w» diepleeeed at the Foreign
w nnnffii.fr the fleets to Constantinople, re
* : V tl* step » onneceetery end derogatory to
aT.*!wrom Trieete stole tbet t belter feeling
a in the Divan between the Wer and
U1 r ...rt.ee.
4, .: |. new arrangement Ir stated on by Eng
-1,. * ; n the V.enne note bed cansod Austria to iu
.* the Euffltah end French Minister* that it war
n'.t lor Aoatria to assent to anyfartl.tr
' j 4.. The inoel perfect accord wan said
~ nr tween Russia and Austria touching
T.-rrv. It wav rumored that Kueaia bad de
-1 the cession of a Turkish province In pay
|J, o‘ the expense* of occupying the Prlnoipftb
' Tne Russians were atill eendiog forward de
ta* , no. nt'. the Principalities. she Turkr
e-orting foriiUeetione all along the Danube,
y ~t.io- PoliUeel affair* are quiet. Meetings
, < ailed in aevoral cities tc sympathise with
< , f , .k Ilhrlrliana, but they wore thinly at
tei. ied, nelof regarded as Russian demonstra
l 't_The Emperor bad returned to Pari*.
Mat v » .ruling rumors wore circulated on the
n r...' t. U.e rtf set that the Russian Minister
\ tu\ <1 t b*w and that Austria had
•>- 1 ira-.ee and England, that il they gave ac
... „.i to Turkey, Acatria would side with Rus
; 4 occupy Kervia. Both reports were doubt-
- i._ Narvaez had returned, and the Colonial
i.,,,1 bjen suppressed. A new ministry
, ..... u formed with Calderon do la Barca as
y ~.’*r of Foreign affairs.
tier P it- i*l* has been appointedCaptiun-Ccno
r .( Cnh-i in plsee of Csneae. ,
Imv -The time lor the free Importation of gram
In-.. Il.r Two h.ciiieshad beou extended till Juno ;
at Quarantine grounds had becuim- j
t, >.*d n all vessels from tho United Stales to Ne- |
J.,, - i.itte. N'aw Oileena vessels were excluded ,
*'aTstkia]—The l.mperors of Austria and Kusaia, j
J,s Ounntz on the 24th. Great military dis- j
r, . and off privato conferences had takon place.
' | arsfU—Mr. Bernard, the Anicriean Mim'ter, !
h.i i,e«n proaeuted his letters of ro all. Gov.
Vrn- -a. h's eucacsear, was daily expected. j
i-XM-Tbo cholera bed entirely disappeared .
’ | vi,n'*vi| l '"m.* —'The Indian mail had been tc- ;
ls/1 Ml, ed with « alcutle dates of August 20th, and
Ji i'.uy of the Both. Famine and sickness wero
previ. iM gat Usngoon. liur-uah was ouiet. , ,
<; „„t„«mi.l .Hairs In India wero satisfactory.—
The i l- i. 0.0 insnrgeuta continue their advance on
p ( t Money and provisions were scarce at Pc- .
kn Ahire I li.et at Eoglish and American ahipa
Wi re blocking < klang Ki..og. The London papers
had started another foolish story, that Mr. Mar
shall, mo Ainenoau Minister, had offered the Em
pe'or a loan ot |1,000,000 on l.ehulf of the United
Biiiiea and active a-sislance. Canton was quiet.
Tl, MJ was nothing later regarding Com. Perry’s
movmi' t*. Tno steamer Powhatan and ship Van
dslis I, ul gone U- join the Expedition.
t Aferaiu*. —Australia advices say that Flour
was honor reshipped to England, bales of produce
w, rs being forced at Auction, and priocs had fall
en An ~er cent.
Too stock of Flour at Port Philip was 60,000
W.U , and Sou vessels, with ear <oe» of goods, were
in tho htrbor.
Lvoliicigu on London 2 per cent.
W. L. B,oii h. a correspondent of tho Now York
Tribune, sided John Mitchell to escape. John
Martin, had since reported himself at his placo of
Ttmtini K Stohm.—A groat storm prevailed along
the Kngli-h and Duteh coasts on the 26th and26ih
nit,, doin: immenae dumage. A screw steamer of
A'nslei.Lm wee lost in tbe Znyder Z -e, oud 100
persons perished. The irou sloamor Oammos'.on
bound from Hull to Hamburg was lost und sevorel
person- droonud. The American packet ship No-
Vi, went ashore in the Mersoy. end severul pessen
?sru were drowned. Tbe ship America, t'or Bin
raneisio, wunt s-ltore uc.tr Southport. Many
Olliers were damaged. The American ship South
erner, found,sred nt sea Sept. 10th, on her passage
from Gla-ffow to New York.
Tne Mnnohesier market was depressed.
Losoos M«n*y Mabxkt, Oct. I.—Money was
tlgh't r mid the rule us interest had been advanced
to A per ce.it. 'lhe transactions in Ainarican
Stock .vine smell, nt slightly lowor rates. Con
suls hud deiiiicil to 03,a
ASdiilonal by Ihe Canada.
The ship Rhein, from Hamburg for Now York,
witbttvn hundred passengers, lied pnt iuto Ports
mouth with eliol, ru on board.
(tenoral .1 tiuii de la I’nzuola isappointod Captain-
Uenu.al nf Cubs, aud General Prria, Governor of
the Pnilliplnn Islands.
Tnx Bastibn Quibtiob. —Tito Austrian Lloyds
ta\ -, under date of Constaiitiuople, Sept. 16, that
tho Powers had noi, to tiial date, induced tho Porto
ton ,opt tho Vienna note, but the Sultan had de
cided not t > issue an appeal to tho nation at pres
ent.
A Vienna letter of tho 2lat states that Lord
Wusiermuruland had received instructions from
his Government to insist that the propoaed duels
raiion that the Vienna note contains nothing dan
gerous to tho sovereignty of the Sultan, should be
Drnwn up in the form ot a protocol, as otter the
interpretation given by Russia to tho nolo, England
nog I i in viie hut could not press the Sultan t , adept
It. in reply to tlila notification, the Austriuu Plen
ipotentiary Is eeld to have informed the Kronen
and BriiLli t,,. rusentatives, that from the position
the We.'ern Cabinets hod token, it isnowimpos.
elhle for Austria tuassent to any collective deoUira
tion io the form Os a protocol. Confirming this,
Vie r a correspondents stale tiial the inort perfect
accord exisic I butwoou Austria and Rus.-ia with
re.imct to Turkey.
Tho Cologne Gazette further intimates that Aus
tria is endeavoring to quarrel with Turkey under
tho pretozt of indemnity duo to Austrian subjects.
Tho Trieste G iz -tto states that Russia demands
tho province i f Dnviston (f) m payment of ex
penses in occupying the Principalities. This pro
vinco posmssrs vsluiblo mines and forests, end
oomrniind i Uaikistsn und Ciroassia.
Confident expectations arc expressed in Europe
that American privateers will not uccopt letters of
Marque from Ru-sia.
Tho Russinua hs.l sent forward detachments to
Ksleiel and Guirgebo, which lutter placo they ap.
pear new to make llietr centre of operationa.
Tho Turka continued to erect defensive works,
and all points from Varna to Nicooihin wore forti-
Bel-
Gaxxr llmrAta—Tho Court continued in Scot
land,a d homo polities presented a complete blank.
Mr. Gladstone, the Ct aneelloi of Idiu Exohequur,
he- made a spoeelt in tho North of Scotland, but
avo'ded public affairs.
Sir J:uiies Graham, at a dinner given to tho Lords
of the Admiralty, who were with tbe ilocl at Cork,
elate I that, although arming was going on in the
naval department, these preparations were made in
tbo spit it of pence.
Fever.—Abbas Pasha had prohibited tho expor
tation ol grain from September 28, hut on tho Con
sul's romonstranecs, Itad promised to extend the
dste to Nov. 80.
Aivi'itu.—The period for tho froo imporation of
bioad-ltiil's into tin, Two Sicilies is extended until
th„ on i of May next.
Ton h quarantine ia imposed on ships from
the United Stu.es, while vessels from Now Orloaus
are excluded altogether from Neapolitan ports.
Atsituua —Advicesfrom Port Philiplo tho4th
July ere receive 1. Tho market.- woro torpid, and
fovo I-a'o-at auction were taking placo. Prices
had tY.lv , (in pet cent. Flour was doing re shipped
to England, aud there was a slock of SO,GOO nbls.
On har.d.
Tineo hundred vo-sols, with good cargoes on
boird, wore in the harbor.
Tim escape of John Mitoholl IVjitt Australia is
OJnfirmed. Ho vailed at the police office with a for
mal ro-ignation of Ida parole, and while the officers
were ictdiiig it, he stepned out, mounted a hor.-»
in w illing aud role off, accompanied by W.L.
Bin tli the correapondent of the Tribune.
Mr. Martin has since reported himself at his au
th rixou place of residence.
FictLENisscr I'ouTioa.—lt in very curious to a
looker-,>n, in ihese days of Freosoil ard Locofoco
mums tvringa, to observe the over-changing ro-
Utuiuw of l'lceanil and L >oolooo politicians. Only
■ few weeks ago tbe Washington Union, with a
ministerial air, road the Ne»v York Evening Post
end the Buffalo Kiyulic, the two principal Freosoil
o gun of Now York, out of the Democratic
party for their openly contemptuous treatment of
the ’ Haiti woro Platform. Since then political
©ve il' f • lowed taeh other rapidly in New Y'ork,
mi l the i i d Hunkers having become disgusted at
the Adm ni-tralion, the Evening Post and the
Buffalo Republic are at this time bv far the most,
powurf' I and influential organs of what the Wash
ington Union itself avowedly cou-idored the Ad
ministration party of that state. Tbe Union de
nounces the Oid llnnkcnr as the Administration's
cue urea. and the two papers which it so lately
road out ot the Douioetatic ranks are now warmly
co-op. rating with it, and roally doing more to sus
tain the Administration in New York than ary
doicu other | ipers in that State. This should be
a lass hi to tho Adiniuistratiou about permitting its
Organ to undertake to read out of the Democ-atic
party anv thing under ltouvcu that’s willing to bo
raekonfil a p irt ot it. Where now would the Ad
miid. timiui.dic m New Y’ork without tbechampion
sMpunho Evening Post and the Buffalo Repub
lic! —Lottiiotihi
Tho rabid leaders of the Abolition party, headod
by Gcrrit Smith and others of his stamp, lately held
tneir Male meet.i gat ‘Janas ota, N. V. Tho usual"
amount of miotic bloaphomy and detestable doc
trines adorned the proceedings. The Constitution
was the great theme of their manioc ridicule, nor
could the iinast 11 lira French socialist object that
their platform old not give him full room for his
pteuluriroukl. . r
Now re ark, and let it be iterated and roitor
ated into the ear ofllicNa'ionalJDemocnicy andai!
other supporters of the Constitution. Contrary to
the r usr.a' liab t, they did not nominate any State
ticket—albginv, m excuse,thattho majority of
tho Dsmocra io party have principles identical
with their own:” they would not, therefore, di
minish flie chaness of their friends—the bolting
Softs, of Syraeu.-e 1 The objection to John P.
Hal • appeared to be that he was an open friend to
the Freesoll Interest—a consistent man, who docs
not a car a clout: fi wiu the spoils. Mr. Gcrritt
Smith and his frieuds are of opinion that John Van
Buren, advancing his Abolitionism uudor the
flunsy veil of his Barnburner and Soft usee inter,
can do more for the treason which it is their in- 1
fernalo jeet to advance. So the game goes.—A'. I
Jo national Dnn.
Pernau. rot, Va , Oct. 10—The United States |
steamer Alleghany left on her trip on Wednesday,
but returned to her auehorage off the Hospitable
on Saturday evening.. Her Chief Engineer, Mr. j
Patter. ott, informs me that knots per hour,
was all that could be got of her with all sails set, '
United with all the steam the boilers eonld make. !
-They went as lur as Cape Henry, when they i
fouud » general smash in her machinery. The cu- I
gma train* of east iroo abont I>s inch in thickness
was broken, and spread open I inch, caused by the
expansion of the ship—lt being built of iron,’and
gives more than wood, and the engine Bettiug
athwart the ship instead fore and aft. 8
The who'e ship is pronounced a magnificent
humbug troin stem to stern. The machinery how
ever, except the boilota, would do good service i(
Lmt t", !* *v* d v T° and drivt!n b > * ooJ boilers.
Kegmeem »id before the sailing
of the Alleghany, that ber boilers were loully de
ficient—a>r. Halt. Amtr. ,
Colusiqv ox Railhoad—
There weie three oollisious ou the Hudson Biver
Ksilroart ou BA irday night, oansed by* misunder
standing of a sw t :h-tender at Tivoli, Dutches*
oouuty. The express engine waa demolished, but
no passengers injured eerlonsjy, though several
were hurt. A fireman named Abraham Folonwaa
to severely injured that ho died in two hours af
terwards at thy hotpi to whieh he was carried. The
engineer Pearsofi was wounded in the arm. One
or two cattle oars were destroyed, and several
feeovee and calves killed.
Oorrrtymdtnct oftht Tnu Delta.
Yellow Fover—Crops, As.
WootiYtLLß, Mias., Oct. 7,1888.
It was my intention to leave tbia county (Wilk
inson) to day for my Feme in New Orleans, but,
being disappointed in so doing, I concluded to eend
yon a tew items of Information, wbiob may be in-
Irreating to your readers aud the public in gene
ral.
I have noticed several counter atatementa in the
“D.lta” relative to the health of Woodville—l will
give you the trutb. There were yesterday (6tb)
to cases of yellow fover and six deaths, ('area Have
also ooenrrvd upon plantations in the vicinity, un
doubtedly, from oontaet with prrnons from Wood
villa. The cases, so far. have not been nearly so
malignant as at New Orleaos, and other places on
the river. Tbia may be owing to the situation of
tbe place and the character of it* inhabitants. A
mong tbe deaths by fover, I notice that of Mrs.
McGsosland, at her plantation; she was an esti
mable lady, lbs widow of an old citizen of Louisi
ana, Gen. Robert McCatulsnd, and a sister of the
late J udgeCbinn. It is tbeeamest wish of all that
an early frost may soon arrest this work of death
and desolation.
The crop- are bad, as bad as they well conldbe.
This place, where I now arn, will not yield one
third, the adjoining plantation not one half of lout
year’s picking; other places are in like condition,
the ML and/yrnu not only fall off, but the plant
itself appears to be blighted as if with frest. The
weather now is quite cool with heavy dews. A
good rain would hoof much service, it certainly
would add grosiljtopersons!comfort,undperhaps
j to general health acJ infuse new lifo into tne oot
; ton plant. “•
• f'BOYiDHircg, La., Oct. 5,1858.
! Since my letter to you of the 28th ultimo, nine
I teen csrw of yellow fever have proved fata), making
j one hundred and nine deaths, in all, up to yester-
I ,) s y evening. There are now about lorty cases
< down, most cf whom are doing well, and nut few
j in a dangerous situation. No new cases in the past
two dava, and I hope we will have no more. The
mortality of our town has been dreadful, as not
exceeding two hundred and fifty persons (white
and black) remained stter the fifth death occurred.
1 regret to relate that the writer of the letter,
copied in the True Delta of the2otb, aud his wife,
now lie side by sine in the cold grave. This Lone
instance of seven wherein families have lost both
parents.
Tho nights and mornings are quite cool at pre
sent, but wo do not expect the fever to abate in
town entirely until frost. My next I hope will give
more favorable news. Yours truly, J.P. I*.
CoLtMßfb’wFntiT I.xiTi.li.—ln a late number of
the Sorlh Dritieh Renew is an interesting article
on “ European Navigation in early times.” Speak
ing ot the letter, announcing to tho old world the
discoveries of Columbus, the Reviewer says:
“On the arrival of his first letter in Spain, it
was speedily published and issued from all tiie
principal towns of Europe. In Italy, the letter
was even versified ai.d sunjr about the vtroots. In
England, Sabautian Cabot tells us there was g»c*t
talk o’ the m w discovery in all tbo court of Ilecry
Seventh, “ insomuch that ail men wiiii great ad
miration affirmed it to be a thing more divine than
human to tail Ay the wert into the eaet, where the
tpeci* do grow, ly a v.ay that waj never known before."
It wassupposed, of course, that India had been
reached by making the eireuito! the world whence
the tiutno of West Indies was given to the new
islands.
After a short introduction, Columbus gives, in his
letter, a rapid sketch of bin. ante, naming Iheseveral
is'ands upon which he lauded, and of which ho eas
ily took possession in tho namo of his sovereign*.
Those were N->rlh('a ; co,LittlelnngnaGr«;atliißgua
Cuba and others of less note, and lastly St. Domingo.
Os those island! he gives a most enticing deserip
ti"n, spesking of high flowering trees, throngs of
nighliugaios, and beautiful birds, liob pastures,
honey, new and delicious fruits, valuable harbors
au.l abundance of fre-h wat r, Os the inhabitants
lie suys: “ They goalways naked as they were born,
with tho exception of some ol the women, who use
the covering of a leaf or small hough, or an apron
of cotton, whioli they prepare for that pnrpose;
they are timid and lull of four; when I have rent
one or two of my men to any of the villages to
] ,peak with the natives, they have como out in a
disorderly troup, and have fled in such haste at
tho approach of my mon that fathers have forsaken
the r children and ohi'dreti their fathers.
“As soon, however, as they seo lliat they are
safe, and have laid aside ail fear, thoy are very sim
ple und hoDest, and exceedingly liberal with all
they have, none of them refusing anything lie may
possc.-s when l.e is masked for iq hot,on the con
trnry, inviting unto ask them. They exhibit great
I Vj lor ull others in preference to themselves.
The Indians practiced no idolatry, and believing
all good things in heaven, thoy inferred Columbus’
ships had de-cendcd. Thus tho Spaniards wero
every where introduced a- “cale-tlal beings” und
‘ inen, women, children utid adults, young men
and old floekud to thorn, some bringing lood,
others drink, with ortotiishing utfeation and kind
ness.”
Ootumbns describes Cuba us being larger than
Groat Britain, and affirms that in a di taut pro
vines, which bo did not visit, tho men aro born
with tails. Moroovor ho was told of an island whose
inhabitants )nd no hair and Which abounded in
gold more than any ot tho rest.
This memorable letter closes with tho following
sublime st ruin: “Therefore lot the Kii garni
onr princes and thoir most happy kingdoms, and
all other provinces of Chrietondom, render thanks
to onr Lord aud Saviour Jesus Christ, who has
grentod us so groat a victory and prosperity. Let
procession-be mad,: nml sacred feasts ho held, and
tho tomplss adorned with fostivo houghs. Let
Christ roj >ico on earth, aa ho rejoices in heaven,
at the pro-pool of tho salvation ol>o many sonlsof
so many nations hitherto lost. Let ua nlso rejoice,
a« will On account of the exaltation of our faith, as
of tho increase of ourteinporul prosperity, of which
not only Spain, hut ull Christendom will ho par
takers.”
Thus sublimely was tho New World inaugurated.
Savannah Courier.
The Washington Sthtem of Ooncuolooy.—
When Mr. Soerotury Guthrie sent his far-tumod
epistolary rebuke to Mr. Collector Bronson, he laid
gren stress upon tho unanimity in tbo Cabinet in
the matter ot politico oonchological science, and
guvo tho Collector to understand, very distinctly
that lie must bo careful to introduce into the Cus
tom Homo as many specimens of “soil” shells as
of “hard” ones; in fact, tho honorable Score
tary seemed to intimato tiial if any prolorenee was
shown, it ought to be toward tho t>oft specimens,
assuring Mr. Bronson that “tho President aud Ids
Cabinet, wiiii entire unanimity," recognize both
kinds or shells as entitled to preservation. For
ourselves we do not see how “unanimity” can bo
other than “entire,” having never heard of oven
u Democratic Administration that was jiartiallj
unanimous ; hut wc toko tho expression in tho
sense intended—an unqualified assertion of tlio
unanimity of tho Cabinet on i lint point.
But how stunds tho fact? A correspondence
has como to light between Mr. Bontou and Post
master General Campbell, which shows that the
latter gentleman does not agree with ins co
laborors in the science of political conohology, and
doc- not now believe that u soft shell L worthy a
place in the spoils museum. Mr. Benton had re
commended Mr. li. F. Wutson lor Postmaster at
St. Louis. The appointment was not made; a
correspondence between Mr. Benton and Mr.
Campbell ensued, aud on the 28th of Soptombor
last, live days only prior to Mr. Guthrie’s “entire
unanimity” letter, tho Postmaster General assigns
iu* a reason for not appointing Mr. Benton’s nomi
uea, that “it has beet, represented that Mr. Wataon
was engaged in tho frceaoil inovomont of 1848, and
signed a public call for h meeting ol tile friends of
freoaoil.”
Now , what is tho Washington system of politi
co! conohology i
Mr. Sootct'ary Davis defines it ns n willingness
to stop inquiry into bygono opinions and asso
ciation.-, and a readiness to adhoro to tho u comp<ze!l
of 1852.”
Mr. Secretary Guthrie defines it aa n unanimous
unanimity that hard shells and soft shells have
equal claims upon the spoils.
Mr. J’o..toaster Campbell says it consists in pro
soription of all who wero free soil men in 1813,
without any reference to better behavior since.
And to confound this eonltt-ion, the same gon
tlomun appointed u prominent freosoilcr to the
postmaetersliip in this city.
Os cbnrso it is notour province to explain the
contradiction bo!ween tho lettered'Messrs. Gnth
rio and Campbell.—A’. }'. Corn. Adc.
New Yens, Oct. 18, 1838.—Tho trains of the
Harlem Bond were donsoly crowded on Tuesday
afternoon and yesterday morning, with hundreds
of persons, whoso curiosity wits excited to such
a pitoli. as to prompt them to abandon llioir busi
ness, families, ntni all 01-o, for ti e purpose of
witnessing the brutal exhibition in the ling.bc
twbou two human beings named Yankee Sullivan
and John Mi.rrir.ay, which it was ascertained
would certainly come off between tbo hours of 11
o’clock, A. Al., and 8 P. M., the ground selected,
near Boston Four Corners, on the line ot the New
Tork and Harleut Railroad, about one hundred
miles distant from this city.
Tho fight was witnessed by nearly throe thousand
persons. It was governed by lue usual rules of
the friae King. At three minutes before two
o’clock in the afternoon, Morrissey entered the
ring and the fight commenced. On the first round,
tho first blood was in favor of Sullivan. Sullivan
played carefully, and went down very often to
avoid hits. Ou the thiity soveiith round, a cliffi
eulty arose between the seconds, during which,
time was called, which cali, it is alleged, Sullivan
did uot hear, on account of tho confusion. Mor
rissey was ready, and his friends took him out of
tho ring, aud claimed the fight for him. The
judges decided he was the victor. MorrisseY was
very much cut up, and his face horribly mutilated,
but proved himself to boa game man, bat not a
good sparrer. The tight was tor #I,OOO aside.
The outside nets were SIOO to SSo in favor of ilor
rissoy.
The light lasted fifty-five minutes, and was vig
orously contested on both sides. Sullivan mount
ed a black huadcrchicf to show that he was bound
to win, or never strip for another llrht.
Achock for f 100 has been sent to the Mayor by
Mr. T. G. Hodgkins, whoso establishment wus
damaged by tiro a few evenings since, us a testimo
ny ofpia appreci i! i .i. of the admirably discipline
and efficiency of the police in tho protection of his
property, whieh ho suggests may bo the noneleus
of a fund -.miliar to that of the fire department, for
the benefit ot the widows and options oV policemen
who may die in tho faithful peiforrnance of their
duty.
The New York Mirror iv introducing an appa
ratus for heating their office by gas, which they
expect to accomplish with the hint from ono com
mon gas burner, costing b it 15 cents per day—
Cor. halt, dm
Oldkst Uatt.jt Cui'Reii tx A tit lur a—A eorres
aopdent of the Christa n Cnroni'c e. writing from
Newport, K 1., says of the Fir- Baptist church in
that city: “Though usually bearing the date 1«44
it wu- really constituted in 160 S, anil is the oldest
Baptist church in America. It stands a monument
of the preserving care of God : tor it is the only
Church in all New England that ha- exi-tei ior
over two hundred and fifteen years, that has uot
departed from it- original fud'i; every other
church iu Now England of the same ago having
gone over to Unitariaoism. _ Its fouuder and first
pastor was the distinguished Dr. John Clark, the
original projector ol the settlement on the island:
tho man who, in 1651, with Obadiah Hctmes, aud
f din Crcudal, was imprisoned iu 80-ton, and con
demned to a une, or to bo whipped, for preaching
Baptist soutirncuta in Massachusetts. It was he,
too, by his owu nuulded but persevering efforts,
who obtained that distinguished charter of Rhode
Island, the root of our American liberties—secur
ing perfect liberty of canacicr.ee to all. Though
this church lias existed two hundred and fifteen
j y ears it hap had but thirteeu pastors, including
' Rev.S. Ad am, its pro-cat successful incumbent;
, and a largo proportion of its present members are
descended from those who first constituted the
1 church.
Fr m tf.t VourUr and EnQnirtt.
I Water Srons ox Lark O .via mo — Ve have au
thentic and particular accounts of the waterspouts
on Lake Ontario in August. ’William Wickitn,
E-q., of Bodus I’ciut, New York, witnessed tho i
phenomena. In a letter to us, doted October 6,’58, !
be thus describes tbo wonder. “On Tl.oradav.the
18th of August, between 9 aud 11 A. M., the water !
directly uader the point ot ths spont appeared to
be raised from ten to twonty feet in a circular form,
and was in the gretast commo'ion, in a perfect
foam, and appeared like a mnuudof about fifty feet
diameter. The cloud extended iu a line east and
we-t, and at one time was within tho distance of a
mile. I should think there was as many as ten or
twelve pei pendicnlar lines pendant from thecioud,
apparently the size of a man’s arm, but two of
which reached the water, the smaller one passing
rather farther from os than the larger one. It was
J Kfand sigbtand called out the whole people of
the village. I think the cloud wus from thirty min
utes to *u hour in passing."
waterspout was seen on the sth of July,
lhe northern shore of Lake Ontario. It
fhTcwlrrW 1 *P t ' 4liin ß spectacle, and, while
tbe observer e eyes .-ere open at it, a terrific peal of
thunder rent it to atoms. ’ jj.
The Barah Sands is advertised to leave I.iverr.ool
or 1 ortland, November ]7ih, ttod Cleopatra j
fur the same port, December ijui. I
Team Mexico.
Bt the arrival of tbe steamer Texas at New Or
leans, we have dates from Vera Cruz to the Bth <
inet., and the City ot Mexico to tbe Bd. We coil *
acme items of newa : ,
The Trait d’ Union, of the Ist loot., ■totes that 1
tbe poet of Minister of War, made vacant by the |
death of Gen. Tornel, and whieh bad been filled I
ad interim by Don Suarez Navarro, had been per
manently supplied by toe appointment ot Don
Lino J. Alcona, who took the oath of office on the i
26th alt. Tbe same paper adds that some excite- i
ment bad been created by Senor Navarro’s having .
been ordered, on Hie 80th nit., to Acapulco,
whence be was to be embarked far Manilla, in con- i
sequence, it is alleged, of some act of insubordina
tion.
On tbe 23th nit., funeral ceremonies were per
formed in the city of Mexico in honor of the me
mories of the Victims of the war of independence.
Tne authorities of every cltae and a number of
notabilities ware present on the oecaejon. Similar
ceremonies were performed at Churubuaeo on the
12ih alt., in honor of the memory of thoee who fell
on the 2uth of Auguet, 1847, on the ooemion of
the American invasion.
The cholera continues its ravages at Oaiaca.
Tbe Academy of Arts and Science* bad been
closed. A number of well known citizens are
named among tbe victims.
A decree re-establisbinff the Jesuits in the Re
public has been published. It is dated from Ta
cuyebaya, tbe 18th of September, and is counter
signed by Senor Lares, Minister of Justice. They
are placed in the same position in nearly every res
pect as they stood in before they were banished.
Tney are to be considered es Mexican citizens, with
all the rights and dalle* attaching. Tbe property
is all to be restored to them, with the exception of
tbe college of San lldefonse and its apourtenances,
of property devoted to military purposes, of auch
as lias been sold to third parties, and of their plaoes
of worship converted into parish churche* or other
religions institutes, with consent of the Ordinary,
I or of the respective bishops. Funds raised for
their aid during the first year are relieved of the
duties which would otherwise have to be paid on
them. Four members of tbe order who happened
ti be in Mexico. Dr. Basilio Arrillaga, and Fatbera
Lyon, Rivas and lcara, have addressed to the Pres
ident a communication, in which they invoke
b essings on ins bead, and explain the pions and
quiet course they intend to pursue.
A circular baa been issued, dated tbe 22d uIL,
recommending tbe authorities to see that all so •
reign residents are in possession of their letters of
safety. Another circular directs the prevention of
tbe circulation and exposure of immoral and inde
cent pictures, and of such as contain any offensive
allusiou respecting religion or the authorities.
Among other returns required from the local au
thorities, is one of tbe benevolent societies estab
lished in the several States.
Some twenty executions have now taken place
in various parte of tbo Republic; there are now
some sixty awaiting sentence; and still robberies
as audacious as ever continue. The diligence
from Vera Cruz and Puebla was robbed at La
Cruz de Hermandez by a band of eleven robbers,
on tho 22th nit., when a horse and mnle and
property to nearly the value of $2,000 was token
from the travelers. However, as it is believed
that the ringleaders of most of the band that have
hitherto been concerned in these affairs have been
token, it is to be hoped that the severities being
pursued towards them will soon effectually check
them. .
A letter had been received from Gen. Arista,
stating that he had recovered from bis malady,
and purposed goiug to witness tho operations be
tween Kussiaand Turkey should war break out.
Twelve bandits wore lately arrested at Cande
laria, in Zacatecas; four of tnem attempting to flee
were shot, three being killed on the spot.
The ravages of the Indians continue apparent
1 ly without chock.
A Tunnel through the Alps.
The French engineers are bnsily employed in
perfecting the bold project of excavating a tunnel
under tho Alps, to connect the Piedmontese rail
ways vith those of France 1 It ia proposed to pass
through the mountains from buss ana Bardonecbe
to Modana in Bavoy, by a lino ten miles shorter
than over Mont Cenis. It ia to be eight milos in
length, and a mile below the highest point of the
pass; the estimated cost is a million and a half
pounds sterling. An excavating machine some
what aimilar, wo should think, to our own Hooaac
1 borer, has been contrived by Chevalier Muds, the
chief engineer, for the accomplishment of the
undertaking. The tnnnel ia to be ventilated by a
tube lying on the ground, carried on as the work
advances, and provided with fanß to maiutoin a
: proper current of air. The Chevalier hopes tosno
■ ceed in accomplishing his herculean labor in flvo
' years.
1 This is an undertaking which throws our Hoosae
’ tunnel business entirely into the shade. Boring
I the Alps! It is an event, the possibility of which
t our ancestors never dreamed. Napoleon built the
i famous Simplon road over these mountain bar
■ riers; Chevalier Maus would construct a passage
through them. The work of Nupoleon was for the
i purposo of carrying war and conquest into the
- heart of Italy; that of Chevalier Mans will unite
i tho two countries by the interests of. social and
* eommeicial intercourse, and will aid in sending
1 forth peace on earth and good will among meD.
By the completion of the tunnel, the hitherto al
f rn’sst impassable barrier which separates Piedmont
, from lior neighbors will be romoved ; but lovers
1 of the picturesque will doubtless still prefer to
* encounter the keen air, tho rough roads, aud^sub
- lime scenery of a passago over the mountain, to
1 tho more rapid trausit of tho railroad car.
I
Farther from California.
' New-Yoke, Oct. 9.—The steamer Star of the
1 Wes;, from ban Juan, has arrived, bringing Cali
’ foriliu dotes of Sept. 16th, brought by tho steamer
1 Cortes. On tho 18th the Cortes passed the Uncle
Sain bound up. The Star of the West brings 600
■ passengers, SBOO,OOO in gold on freight and SBOO,-
000 in the hands of passengers.
The majority for Bigler, democrat, for Governor,
is only 1000, while the remainder of the democratic
ticket is elected by 4to 10,000. Garrison, demo
crat, has been elected Mayor of San Francisco, and
tho whole democratic city and county ticket was
chosen. Both branches of the Legislature are
laigcly democratic. Tho people of San Francisco
had adopted tho revised charter.
The Sierra Nevada arrived at San Francisco on
the 15tb.
Governor Lane, of Oregon, aud Lient. Alden, of
the Army, had been both wounded in an engage
ment with the Indians on Rogue River, the latter
sevoroly.
Advices from Honolulu of the 18th state that the
Small Pox was ragiug there terribly.
Dr. G. M. Duvall, of Maryland, had been shot
dead in a streot fight with S. J. Downs, of Sacra
mento.
Dr. 11. C. Gillis had been seriously injured in a
streot fight with C. K. Drow of San Francisco. —
John Potter, alias Baltimore Jack, had been kill
ed at Downiovilla by a man named Muntz. In an
altouipt made by tho citizotm to lynch the latter,
ThaJaens Purdy, District Attorney, hod been
shot dead.
Gov. Bigler’s majority in Sou Francisco was only
9 votes.
Further intelligence from Honolnla states that a
strong political movement had been commenced to
compel tho King to discharge his ministers Judd
and Armstrong. A memorial signed by 18,000
persons to that offect had boen presented to his
majesty. Tho indications were decidedly revolu
tionary.
The battles with the Indians in whioh Gen. Lane
aud Col. Alden were wounded, took place in Rogue
River Valley on the 2Tth of August. There wore
00 whites and SCO Indians engaged, and the skir
mish lasted four hours, when tholndian Chief Sam
proposed an armistice, whioh was granted. 10 In
dians wero Rilled, and 80 wounded —thewhiteshad
8 killed and 8 wounded. Among the killed was
Captain Armstrong. Tbe Indians have continued
those outrages nt other points.
An attempt was made at San Francisco on tho
12th, to sell tire State’s interest in the wator lots
in contempt of tho injunction from the Superior
Court.
At the sale of water lots one was knocked down
to Mr. Solovor, Auctioneer, when tho whole board
of Commissioners were arrested.
Tho Express box of Messrs. Adams & Co., con
taining $25,000 in specie was stolen from the stage
botwcon Sonora and Stockton.
San FbancisPo, Sept. 16.—A fair business has
boen done during the past week, though the elec
tions have somewhat interfered with trade. Tbe
demand for the interior has improved, and the lo
cal consumption is considerable. Tbe heaviest
transact lona have been in Provisions. Flour bad
declined to sl6 for Gallego. At the close it was
nominal at $lB. Sales of outside brands at $17.60
a $3.
Baltimore, October 11— Mr. Barnabas Bates, of
New York, whoso efforts in the cause of cheap
postage aro widely known and appreciated, is
dead.
It has boen discovered in Boston thatG. W. Ma
son has committed fbrgeries to the extent of $200,-
000.
IMrttOVSDLIVIXO AMOKS TBE LABORING CLASSES.—
■ The official returns show a great improvement in
the social condition of the laboring classes of Great
Britain,axis instanced in the increased consump
tion of articles required for comfortable living. The
following list of items of articles, of prime use,
consumed by the laboring classes of Groat Britain,
present a striking aud gratifying contrast:
1842. 1852.
Sugar, cwts 3,868,466 7,172,847
Molasses, cts 589,640 809,286
' Tea, lbs 87,355,911 54,718,084
Coffee, lbs 28,519,646 34,967,958
Commenting on the above table, the correspon
dent of tho National Intelligencer says: “The most
remarkable item in the two lists is' the increased
consumption of sugar. The large reduction in the
rate of duty has no doubt bad some effect in pro
ducing tbe result; but the principal cause has no
doubt boen the improved condition of the laboring
whieh is also proved by the immense in
crease in tho consumption of tea. althongh there
had been no redoetiou of duty. The comparative
ly small increase in the consumption of coffee is
no doubt owing to the introduction of ohicory to
so lurge au extent as materially to check the con
sumption of the genuine article.”
Biltimorb and Ohio Railroad—J fontily State
' mtnt. —Tho B. ard of Directois of the Baltimore
and Ohio Ktc.road Company hold their regular
i meeting yesterday afternoon.'
The revenue for tbe month haa been as follows:
Main Steam. Wash. Branch. Totals
Passeugor-—549,643.98 $24,47e.24 $78,127.17
; Freight 190,651.49 7,250.79 197,902 27
$289,800.41 $31,729.08 $271,029.44
The receipt* of September, as compared with
tho-e of tho previous month of August, show an in
crease from the main stem of $22,289.02, and from
l the Washington braueh of $2,581 26; makings total
increase of #24,920. The receipts in Beptember of
, 1852, wero $192,625.48; showing an increase for
; the same month in ISSB ot $78,408 96. On the
main stein there has been au increase of $15,-
; -40.55 from passengers, and of $65,788 81 from
freight as compared with Beptember of 1852. The
bn*iues year of the Company closes with the month
of Beptember, and the annual meeting of the
Stockholders will bo held on Monday next, at
which time the report of the President and Di
rectors will be made.— Halt. Amer.
Female Delicacy. —Above every feature which
adorns the female character, delicacy stands fore
uio-t within tho province of good taste. Not that
delicacy which is perpetually in quest of something
' to be ashamed of, which makes merit of a blush,
and simpers at the false construction its own in
l genuitv has put upon an innocent remark ; this
spurious kind of delicacy is as far removed from
good taste us from good feeling and good sense;
but the high-minded delicacy which maintains its
' pure and undeviatiug walk alike amongst women
j a- in the society of men, which shrinks from no
necessary duty, and can speak, when reqnired,
with seriousness and kindness of things at which
it would be ashamed to emit* or to blush—that
j delicacy which knows how to confer a benefit with
i out wounding the feelings of another, and which
understands also how and when to receive one—
i that delicacy which can give alms without display,
’ and advice without assumption, and which pains
' not the most humble or most susceptible being in
creation.
From Havana—We are indebted to the officers
of the steamship United States for late Havana pa
pers. They contain no news of any importance.
The yellow fever is still bed in the Island. Tbe
cholera, too, ia raging with great violence in some
portions of the Island. The deaths of several no
table characters by the latter disease are recorded,
it has been very fatal on the plantations in the
neighborhood of Matanxaa. One of tbe moa* lm
o-tant it tries in the Diario ia the statement of the
fa. that a lady in Havana had just Drought into
the world four children atone birth. This is pretty
good for a Castilian - dime, bat in l’ankeedom,seven
are becoming quite common.— .V. O. Ditto, llfi
inti.
The War Department has contracted with the
owners of the new steamship Ban Francisco, to
convey sis eompanioe of U. 8. troopato California
end Oregon, from New Yorfc.
J-
8c Berur4 Dag, Or »W« la the Alps. [
Most of oar readers ere aware that the passages |
of the Alps between SwitaerUnd sod Savoy are .
the most dangerous iu tho whole range of the I
natural “cloud oapttower;” and that oo the rl ght ,
table land afforded on the top of the Great t>t ; I
Bernard, an hospice has stood for ages. It U aup ■ i
ported by the voluntary contribution* of all na-
and Protestant. Mssaulmann and '
Hindoo, Christian and Pagan, all find herea neutral
ground for the flow of that chanty which differ- :
enoe of creed or race, or dime, can naver wholly
dry ap. And truly it is a noble inrtit-tion—fcr
the hospitable monks, though their revenue is l
scanty open their doors to every stranger that ,
presents himself. And that is by no means a rare
occurrence, for in these lofty regions the traveller
is often overtaken by the mo*: severe we.ther, <
even after days of cloudless bfeanty, when tfce gla- ,
dera glitter in the sonshue, and the pink ]
rhododendrons appear as if they were never to be
sullied by the tempest. On these dreadful oc- !
cations tne storm comes on with the swiftne:s of
lightning; drifts of snow choke up the roods, and .
dreadful avalanches sweep into the valleys, earn:-
ing trees and fragments of rock before them. In
these scenes of awful grandeur the monks mingle,
doing their sacred, God-like ministry. They de- '
vote themselves to tho dangerous task of searching >
for those unhappy persons who may have been }
overtaken by the sudden storm ; and they are us
stated in these Christian eftioeaby a breed of dogs
peculiar to tbe establishment, and whose renown
is as universal as that of the cbivalric monks them-
The sagacity of these animals is remarkable.
When the traveller, benumbed with cold, and
wearied in hia search for the lost track, yields ;
to the stupefying influences of frost, and sinks (
to the ground for the now drift to cover him—it is 1
then that the exquisite docility and keen scent of '
these admirable dogs is called into action. They
are sent out in pairs, and though the perishing .
man be twenty feet beneath the snow, the delicacy
of emeli with which they can trace him, offers a
chance of escape. They scratch away the scow
with their feet, then set up a hoarse and solemn
bark, which brings tbe monks and laborers ol the
convent td tlieir assistance. To provide for the
chance that the dogs without human help, may
sucoeeed in discovering the unfortunate traveler,
one of them has a flask of spirits round his neck,
to which the feinting man may aoply for support,
and another has a cloak to cover him.
Tbe dog of the great St. Bernard, a spot 8000
feet above tbe level of the ses, is, indeed, a beauti
ful and wonderful animal. He belongs to the spa
niel-breed. but is peculiarly large and powerfu',
particularly high upon tho legs, end generally of a
milk white, or a tabby color. The breed having
been cultivated with immense care and a*siduity
for such a number of years, and the natural fucu!
ties of this fine specimen of the dog, having been
sharpened by generations of training and expe
rience, it is not surprising that their intelligence
should be so highly developed, that actually a kind
of language ha- been established between them
and the monks. Tbe instinctive intelligence of
these dogs is shown by the curious fact, that if a
whelp iB placed en the snow for the first time, it
will begin to scratch i*, and sniff übout as if it:
search of something.
As in the humane community, so in the canine,
there are degrees of excellence; and among the
dogs of Great St. Bernard, this ruio was strikingly
apparent. The sagacity of some of the dogs is ab
solutely astonishing One whose portr it i‘ pro
served, was one of the most splendid animals the
convent ever possessed. Daring the wars of the
Emperor Napoleon it was known to all travelers
who crossed the passage of St. Bcrnarii, and now
the monks, around their blaring fire, tell tho story
, of his extraordinary career.
He died about tbe year 1818, in an attompt to
. convey a poor traveler to his anxious family. The
Piedmontese courier arrived at St. Bernard in a ve
ry stoimy season, laboring to make his way to the
little village of St. Pierr., in the valley beneath the
mountain, where his wife and children dwelt. It
I was in vain that tho monks attempted to check
1 his resolution to reach his family. They at last
gave him two guides, eacli of whom was aceompa
-1 nied by a dog, of which one was the reman sole
1 creature whose seivices had been so valuable to
mankind. Descending from the convent, they
1 were In an instant overwhelmed by an avalanche;
1 and the same commou destruction awaited the
f family of the poor conricr, who wore toiling np the
mountain in the hope ot obtaiug some nows of
! their expected. They all perished.
’ But the most affecting incident recorded of this
1 gcncrons creature is embodied in our illustration.
1 Ono day ho found u child in a frozen state be
-1 tween the bridge of Drouay and tho ice-honso of
1 Balsora. He immediately began to lick him, and
' having succeeded in restoring animation and the
* perfect recovery of the boy, by means of his ca
resses, he induced tho ohild to fix himself round
! his body. In this wsy he carried tho poor little
I creature, as if in triumph, to the hospital. Thebo
-1 dy ot tho dog, wo believe, is stuffed and carefully
* deposited in the Museum of the town ot Barn,
' with tbe little bottle in which ho oanied hope and
1 life to the perishing travellers,still suspended from
’ his neck.
i t
f A New Railroad to the Pacific.— Recent sur
veys have revealed the astounding fact, that a bolt
’ of country, varying from ton to ouo hundred miles
■ broad, extends quito across the continent, from
' the Atlantic to tho Paeihc, which is so lovol that a
railroad may be extended the wholedisianeo with
! out traversing a mountain range. Tho Pacific
1 Railroad may bo extended in an air line from S~C
ramento to San Diego, on this routo, with as litt'e
’ difficulty as on an open plain. Thissiugalarfeuiure
in the surface of the continent seems to have boon
intended by nature for a great national thorough
fare. Tbo great backbone ot the North American
i Continent Boems to have been broken down on this
■ line, to let the Pacific Railroad pass gently over it.
r Tbo groat chains of tho Alleghanies on the ea-t,
l and those ot the Sierra Madro and Sierra Nevada,
1 on the west, sink down on this line to more insula
ted hills, and tho country slopes so gradually from
the summit lands, east and westof tho Mississippi,
, that the rivers along this line run ill nearly eostcr
! ly or westerly directions.
On the western sido of the continent the Gila
I river runs almost due west a distance of five hun
i dred miles, and table lands south of its siepo with
i a gradual elevation of ten or twenty feet to tho
> mile, to the highlands, at its sources west of tho
Kio Grande. From this point the country slopes
by a gradual descent almost imperceptible througli
the Mesilla valley to l ho plains around El Paso, and
r west of the river these plains gradually slope up
wards to tho table lands between the Pecos and this
river, and th so lands slope with an equally gradual
descentto the valley of tbo Pecos. This valley is so
elevated that it is batons or two hundred feet below
the general level of tho table lands extending from
it to the sources of tho Colorado, and from the
sources of that rivor to tho Mississippi, theru is not
a single hill or inouutain range to prevent the con
struction of a railroad to the Mississippi, opposite
Vicksburg; from this point to Savannah railroads
have already been surveyed and completed on
nearly half the routo, and, what is worthy of re
mark, these roads extend iu tt line almost duo east
from the Mississippi to tho Atlantic‘Ocean, without
penetrating an elevated range of hills or moun
tains.—Houston (7'eras) Telegraph.
Erroneous Theories in Medical Science —At a
meeting of the Academy of Medical Science, in
New York, on Wednesday evening. Dr. Detmold
exhibited a thumb which was torn from tho hand
of tho late owner during the day. One tendon
was left attached to the thumb, somo six inches
loDg, and sundry uerves which liud broken at
various distances'above the point where the mus
cles had separated. The point that tho Doctor
made from tl.ts text was, that the common doctrine
was not always true, viz: that in tho living body
the tendons are rnptnred more easily than the
muscles, while in tho dead body tho muscles are
most easily rnptnred. In this caso, which seemed
to be a fair one, the tendon evidently was brokon
only after tho endo! tho thumb had boon removed
some inches from tho hand. Tho contrary doc
trine, that the muscles hold out longest, is laid
down in all tho books, and is the belief of all
orthodox schools. Another instance of an error
perpetuated through centuries, was the doctrine
that, iu a gun-shot wound, tho smaller opening is
the one made in entering, and the larger one in
passing out. But a more extended experience in
gun shot wounds shows that the axiom is not gen
erally true. Another was the popular belief, which
all manner of old books have endorsed, that spon
taneous combustion had occasionally taken place.
The belief, however, being brought to the test of
legal examination, Liebig proved that no authen
ticated caso had ever occurred; that wherever
they were spoken of they could be traced back to
tiie Middlo Ages, or to the more zealous than wise
statements of enthusiasts for certain reforms.
Original Revolution Incident. —Tho New Ha-
f Ten Courier gives the following account of the
> siege of Yorktown, in 1781, which has never botore
* been in print, and illustrates the difference between
theory and practice;
With Hamilton, Knox, and others, there were
present, behind a redoubt of hogsheads and pipes
of sand, about 400 American troops. A general
order had been given, that when a shell wr.s seen,
• they might cry out a thell—hul not to cry a shot,
1 when a shot was seen. The reason of this dietine
t tion was, that a shell might he avoided, but to cry
- a shot would only moke confusion and do no good.
) This order was just then beiug discussed, Colonel
, Hamilton remarking that it seemed unsoldierlike
, to halloo a shell, wh le Knox contended the con
trary, and that the order was wisely given by Gen.
Washington, who cared for tho life of the men.
r The argument thus Btated was progressing with
i a slight degree ot warmth, when suddenly, spat I
1 spat! two shells fell and struck within the redoubt.
( Instantly the cry broke cut on all sides, “a shell!
a shell!" and such a scrambling and jumping to
’ reach the bliuds and get behind them for defence,
i Knox and Hsmilton were united in action, how
ever differing in words, foi both got behind the
blinds; and Hamilton,to be yet more secure, held
| on behind Kuox, (Knox being a very large man,
and Hamilton a small man.) Upon this, Knox
’ struggled to throw Hamilton off, sad in the effort
s himself, (Knox) rolled Hamilton off towards the
shells. Hamilton, however, *er»mbl>'.l baric again
, behind the blinds. All this was done rapidly, tor
in two minutes the shells burst, and threw their
deadly missiles in all directions. It was now safe
and soldierlike to stand oat. “Now,” said Knox,
“now what do yon think, Mr. Hamilton, about
crying out ‘shell’—but let mo tell you not to make
a breastwork of me again.” Dr. Monson added,
> that ou looking around, and finding net a man
r hurt out of the more than *OO, Knox exclaimed,
“It is a miracle 1”
Case of Captain Gibson.—The Washington
- Union publishes a letter from Captain Gibson, re
■ gretting the course pursued by the New York pa
pers in denouncing Secretary Marey for mak:C7
, inquiries as to his character for trutbfulne s and
fair dealing, which had been made for the purpose
1 of ascertaining the correctness of charges made
against him to the Department. He also expresses
! his satisfaction with the proceedingsof Mr. Marey,
, and his instrucuoua given to Mr. Beimont, our
Charge d’Affaires at the Hague, in relation to his
demands on the Dutch Government for damages
1 for illegal imprisonment and other outrages alleged
to have been committed on him. As the case now
stands, the Dutch Government is called upon for
its defenoe in the course pursued towards Captain
Gibson, and it remains to be seen whether his iro
-1 prisoDaientcan be justified or not under the laws
of nations.
South wist Pass, Oct. 12.—The towboat Thomas
McDaniel exploded her boilers ou the bar at noon
to-day, with terrific and sad effect. The ve.-sel
herself is badly damaged, and it is believed that
8 lives were at once sacrificed, besides several
others being put in great jeopardy by the wounds
received.
Captain Francis, of the vessel, was blown over
board and is badly hurt. Robt. Elliot, 2i engineer; 1
Samuel League and Alfred Walters, stokers ; oue
deck hand and two colored boys, ore reported
badly scalded.
Three colored boys, belonging, respectively, to
Henry Johnson, John McLean and Mrs. Smiler.
are missing. The wounded are on board the tow
beat DeSoto, which is on her way up, and ought to
arrive about midnight.— X. O. Pie., 18 th imt.
Bivital or Religion ev Columbus. —For the
two last weeks, a very extensive revival of religion
baa been going on in’the Methodist church in this
city, under the pastrol charge of Kev. W. G. |
Conner, who has been assisted in his labor of loto
by Rev’s. Evans, Arnold, Duncan and the local
ministry of the city. We are informed that about [
20 have professed religion, and upwards of 60 sc- i
cessions have been made to the church.— Oelum- [
but Inquirer.
Protestant Chinamen. —The Nevada (California)
Journal mentions it as a curious fact that many
of the Chinamen in that region are Protestants,
who take oath on the B ble in courts of justice,
and aay they were converted in China by the la
bor* of a missionary, whom they name with much i
love. They are peaoeable and industrious, and I
give practical evidence that “ their faith is iiiostra- j
ted by worke£
There are now built and in process of building 1
no lwe than seven Roman Church edifices in ,
Chicago. One of these, now building, wilt be j
worth SIOO,OOO, and two others, already erected, .
an estimated to bo worth $40,000 each.
WEEKLY
(£|nraick £ J&fntinel.
AUGUSTA. GEORGIA.
Tb* Agricultural Fair.
Thb Annual Festival of Planters, and those who !
take a lively interest in the progressive improve- !
meut of Agriculture and its kindred pursuits, has j
already drawn to our city an immense concourse of j
citizens from this and the adjoining btales, all ?
eager to witness the exhibition, end the manly and
honorable competition for the numerous elegant .
premiums offered by tbe Association. Tbe num- j
ber of visitors dow in the city are probably over <
two thousand, and a much larger number is ex- j
pected to-day, which will be sUll farther increas
edto-morrow, on which the Fair is opened to the
| public.
1 Os the ground’, the arrangements and the prov j
l pects of an entertainment worthy of the great and ,
noble cause it is designed to promote, it becomes t
us cot to speak. We may, however, venture to I
repeat tbe opinion expressed to us by several in- '
teliigent gentlemen, who bave visited the Fair
Grounds in tho North and East, and especially in
| New York; all of whom assert that tho grounds
are uot surpassed,ifequaU£d,iojbeauty or excellence
j of arrangement by any they have ever seen. They
I assure us also that the prospect for a splendid exhi
| bitiou is exceedingly flattering; already far surpass
ing iu some of the departments, any previous exhi
bition ofthe Association, and they believe will ex
cell them in every thing. This, we need not as
sure the reader, is a sincere gratification to us, uot
only because of the location, but of the lively in
terest wo feel iu tho improvement of Agriculture.
Our citizens wiil pardon us a word in conclusion
to them. This is an occasion which brings to our
cilv a larger concourse of visitors, to remain for
several consecutive days, than has ever been in it
on any occasion. 6c largo indeed, that it is quite
impossible for the Hotels and private boarding
bouses toafford them accommodations. Itis there
fore, a fit opportunity for the display of that gener
ous hospitality which has ever distinguished the
warui-licartod sons and daughters of the South.
Let then, the citizens of Augusta not be wanting
, in such an emergency. Almost every family can
| afford some accommodation, and wo trust they wiil
1 t cordially unite in a comu-on effort, to make our
i visitors as comfortable as possible. Throw open
j your doors then, and invite them to como in and
i partake.
Kecrriary (imbue—Collector Bronson.
Wmi the humiliating picture of the Adminstra
tion, as presented by Mr. Secretary Guthrie, in
his letter to Mr. Bbonson, tho Collector of New
York, our readers arc already familiar, as also with
iho very just comments of tho Commercial Adver
tiser thereon. It may not, therefore, bo uninter
esting to tbe reader, to observe the spirit of the
New York press en that extraordinary document,
and we subjoin a few oxtracts :
The “ JS'athiml Democrat," a Hunker organ,
acquits tho l’resident of blame, though, no doubt,
moat to blame for tnc letter of Mr. Guthrie. Wo
quote: —
“ Wo have been considerate and merciful to the
Cabinet; but there are limits to faith, and forbear
ance hocomes cowardice when tho impunity is
made the pretext of still further outrages. The
camel may bear a heavy loud, but thcro is a period
to Uh endtiranc , ana rather than be crushed to
death, it-will turn upon its task-masters—and so
wiii we upon every member ot the Cabinet wbo
breaks faith with the Democratic party. We will
not make brick without .-traw —we will notsupport
aDemocrolio Cabinet when it ceases to be worthy
of the name. The letter from Secretary Guthrie
to Collector Bronson, is an insult to the Democra
cy of Now Y’ork, a violation of our State rights,
and the first avowed application of that “ plunder
screw,” wh ch, it is hoped, will lay the public
opinion of tho country prostrate at the feet of au
imperious oligarchy. It is au insult to Democ
racy, because it avows, as tiie conviction of tho
Cabinet, that our political organization can only be
held together by the “cohesive power of the
public spoils,”—a libel hitherto coullucd to the
British Press. It is a violation of State Rights,
because it seeks to influence tbe internal politics
of this Stale by u centralization of patronage in
tiie hands of tho Federal Government, and is an
undue interference with tho appointing power of
the Collector of this port.”
The “Sun,” favorable to the Administration, re
marks :
The letter, if writton as published, shows that
President Pierce stilt hopes to harmonize tbo party
by means ol the “spoils.” This is not keeping
strictly to his Inaugural doctrine that “a claim to
office,” for party services, is what tho p ople of a
republic .mould never recoguize. Secretary Guth
rie commits u grievous error when be undertakes
to prescribe any other rule for Mr. Bronson than
fitness on tho part of llioso appointed. We s rong
iv deprecato the glowing disposition of the Foderal
Government to extend its control ovor State and
municipal affairs; and wc would rejoioe with a’.l
our heart, ifthcre wore a prospeetthat public opin
ion would so emphatically pronounce against the
practice of making Tcdoral offices engines for
swaying local politics, that no National Adminis
tration would henceforth daro to lavish its patron
ago upon the idle, unprincipled, and factious men
who disturb and corrupt the administration of Mu
nicipal nud State affairs in every part of tr.e Un
ion ; but if U.o Administration wish to drive out
the Collector, they should proceed boldly. This
course would secure at least somo respect, even it
it failed to win approval. We trust Mr. Bronson
will not, since matters have assumed their present
shape, gratify a small clique of hungry expectants
by resigning", llis true course is to continue in
the faithful discharge of his duties, and should ho
fail to give satist.iction to the powers at Washing
ton, let them take tho responsibility of his dismiss.
Itisccrtuiuly uot his policy to relieve them of a
portion of their difficulty by stepping out upon
what might by the majority, bo considered an in
sufficient hint.
Tiie “Cbunet'” (Whig,) remarks of Mr.Guthrie'a
letter what almost every body feels, and says:
“As far as our knowledge goes, itis in its en
tire spirit and in the condition of things which it
reveals, without exception the most degrading,
pitiable, and despicable, communication which
h*s evor been Rent from any ono important officer
of this Republic to another. It covers tho whole
nation with slmmo, except its authors, for they
must ho shameless.”
The “ True National Democrat'' (Froesoil,) talks
to the Collector in the fallowing abusive style, and
with an air of command that he must resign:
“ For our own part, wo should feel dieguetod at
our manifest venality and contemptible spaniolism
could wc hesitate. Solf-rospeot, a proper sense of
honor, the regard that upright men owe to public
opinion, all these would rise up in open rebellion
in our bosom, could we daro, in obadienoe to some
baser impulse, dream of submitting to a humilia
tion so pointed, so provoking, aud so notoriously
deserved.”
The “ Tima" (Freesoil Whig) says:—
“ The lino of conduct marked out for him is ex
actly opposite to that which he has thus far pur
sued; and no one who knows him supposes for a
moment that ha will change the shadow of a hair
under auy each menaces as those which arc but im
perfectly concealed in the. Secretary’s letter. It is
said that he is expected to roßign;—but he will
probably not gratify tho Administration in this
particular. If they wish to get rid of him, wo
presume, they will bave to take the reponeibility
of turning him out.”
Agricultural Premiums.
Tin-: ricli display of tie Premiums of tho Agri
cuiturni Association, on exhibition at the Store of
Messrs. Clark & Co.’s, attracted, during tho day
and evening yesterday, numerous visitors, all of
whom seemed highly delighted. Wc have never
witnessed so fine a display of Silver Waro, in tho
shape ot Pitchers, Cups, Goblet., dee., &0., all of
which are got up in the best style, and exhibit a
highly cultivated taste in the design andexeontion.
They will bo ou exhibition daring the day, and all
those who have a taste for tho rare and beautiful,
should call and see them.
Homicide.— At a late hoar on Saturday night, an
altercation occurred in the street, between Peter
F eagan, one of the City Watchmen, and Augus
tus Cap.tledge, during which Caktledoi shot him
with a pistol, oi which be died in a few minutes
A Coroner’s Jury found a verdict accordingly.
Hon. Miller Grieve, late Charge to Denmark,
passed through this city on Sunday, on his way
home.
Frost. —We were visited cn Sunday Morning
with a slight frost, which in some localities, nipped
very tender vegetation. The atmosphere was,
however, too dry for it to do any damage.
Tih.ni.. in Wall Street.— The New York cor
respondent of the UaUimort American, under date
Get. 14, says:
“The Canada’s i.cws is creating some stir in
Wall street. Tho passage of the Dardanelles, by
the combined flsets, strengthening the probabili
ties of war, has greatly increased that want of
confidence hitherto noticeable in business houses
hore, who have mercantile connections on the oih
cr side of the Atlantic. The effects of these advi
ces on ’Change, has been most apparent, and ru
mors of antic.patod failures among tho fancy stock
jobbers are current in every direction. Moses A.
Wheelock, Vice President of the Stock Board lias
already fulled.
Fire —Between nine and ten o’clock last night,
a fire occurred in tho stable of Mr. Blakely, on
his lot, corner of Green and Campbell streets,
which, with its contents, was entirely consumed.
The adj .'mine owe ling, occupied by Mr. Horton,
was endangered, bnt it was preserved by the effi
cient and prompt effort} of the Fire Derpartment.
Hie furniture, doubtless sustained some injury in
the removal.
Frost. —Tho heaviest frost of the season occur
red iu Nashville, on Tuesday morning, the 11th
inst.
The Chixcha Island Outrage.— lt is stated that
full reparation will be demanded for the outrage
at Chincha Islands, and advantage taken of the
, departure of Hon. Samuel,Modary and his suite for
1 Chili to rend dispatches to Mr. Clay, instructing
I him to push the demand with vigor.
The Ovi eland Emigration- to Oregon and Ca-
UFORNLi. —Tbe comma uding officer at Fort Kearny
report* that the last of the overland emigration for
| Oregon and California cf this season passed that
; fort about the 15th of August. The total number
i during the searon were as f0110w5:—9,902 men, 2t
; 252 women, 8,058 children, 5,477 horses, 2,190
| mules, 105,792 cattle, 8,708 wagons, and 48,195
; sheep. This doe,- not include that part of the emi
j gration which passed on the north side of the
j Piatt River— Star.
The Jefferson (Texas) Herald, of the 24th alt,
furnishes the following scrap of intelligence. The
“greasers"’ had better be looking out:
From Mr. C. N. Stanly, of this city, just relum
ed from Dallas, we learn that great excitement ex
ists in that portion of the Trinity county, in eon
sequence of the contemplated* difficulties with
Mex Ico. Mr. S. inform* ns that companies are be
-1 ing formed in every quarter ready end eager for
the fray.
The Holyoke cotton mi!!, at Holyoke, Mass., it is
stated, made a clear profit last year of over SBO,OOO,
or over 16 pet lent, on the capital invested. It
manufacture* coarse cottons.
Tbe Georgia r.lectlea.
Tax following well considered and expressed
article of the Baltimore American, tunas a mo-t t
sound and correct view of the late election in this J f
State. Wherever properly understood, the result | (
of that election cannot be regarded otherwise than ' t
a most signal rebuke of the Adminhtfiation. Its I
friends at first thought to give the FreesoiUp-| £
pointments of Dxx and others tho go by, by their I
silence; finding, however, that such a policy s
would not bo countenanced by the intelligent . i
voters, they sought to explain auo apologise, . l
while a few of the more reckless and inveterate j
spoils hunters attempted to delcnd tho policy of ap- j j
pointing Kfoc&oilors, and thus oiuko the issue bo- |
fore the people tho approval or condemnation cf |
that act, but they were driven from every field, and '
were forced, from their candidate for Governor
: down, to appeal to, and beg the people for tlieir ] ‘
I votes,-because they were Democrats:
j Poucr or tue Amhxbtration—Gxoeuia Elec
i tion.— We consider the result U tlieljeurgia elec
tion amongst the most significant po.iticul events
! ot the season, and particularly reply!a with ad
j monitions to those who at present administer tLc ;
* Federal Government.
! The State oi Georgia is one of tho most icdcj en- ,
j dent and prosperous members of tho Union.
Blest with uncommon physical advantage:-, she <
I unites all those industrial interests which are I>-
dispeusible to independence- Comparatively trto
from tbe mania for salaried office, and indifferent to
party decrees, she has mauiteatod an innate -p; re- ,
Station of political justice and a wise perception f |
her true interests. Tho rcsnlt of [ üblic opinion in |
Georgia may be,thoreforc, fairly regarded asa lair
exposition of Atnorieau sentiment, unbiassed by
the love of power or the fear of party.
We have, therefore, chosen to consider the late
Georgia election as in Jieativc of the acceptation
in which the policy of the Administration is hold
by the country generally.
The organization of tbe Gubernatorial ticket in
Georgia was peculiar. Mr. Johnson was the can- i
didate of tho Democratic party, and maintained j
tbo measures ofthe administration.
Mr. Jenkins took his stand upon the Compro- I
mise platform of 1850. lie advocated tho righis «. f !
he States and the nuion of the States —an admin
istration of the Federal Government according to j
the Constitution aud net according to the Platform
of party. He repudiated the issues of Bank and :
Tariff as obsolete and exp loded, ne contended
for au equal application of the public lands, instead
of a partial appropriation to the benefit of particu
lar sections. lie avowed a sympathy for the op 1
pressed of everycountry, but opposed intervention ;
and entangling alliance):. As he bal appealed tc
the peoplo of Georgia without respect to party, we
could not have claimed his election as a Whig vie
* tn*v. We cannot, therefore, consider his failure a
Whig defeat.
Although Georgia had given in 184$ a majority
1 for Taylor of more than two thousand—yet upon
' the exiting sectional contest which lo’,lowed, *iu
i elected Governor Cobb, the oompromi.se Democrat
i ic candidate by a majority of 18,000, and in lso2,
upon a similar issue, she gave Mr. I‘icrcs a maj rri
ty of thousands over Gen. Seo’t. She now eleite
the Gubernatorial candidate, representing and de
fending tho administration of Mr. Pioico, by a
meagre majority of less than one thousand I
i The causes of these remarkable flue! u it.onn arc
, susceptible of a very simple solution.
Mr. Pierce was taken up as tbo Union and Com
1 promise candidate for'.he Presidency, and received
- something like the same support which had been
given to Governor Cobb upon the same issues,
the patriotic and tolerant doctrines taught by Mr.
8 Pierce from tho portico of tbe Capitol, confirmed
i tho enthusiasm ot his friendsand almost, disarmed
tho apprehensions of his opponents; for he main
tained, in tho hearing of assembled thousands, the
> integrity ofthe Union and the sanctity of tho law.
> Though somewhat dilatory in applying the prin
b ciples which ho had so eloquently announced—
though many important foreign missions wort
postponed until tbo Cabinet coulu weigh in the
8 hallow of its band the comparative parly efficiency
of the various applicants, or perhaps until the
3 diplomatic uniform could be conformed to the
8 Spartan severity of the official pattern —the people
1 boro, with good humor, a delay supposed to bo in
8 separable from an entiro change of programme
0 and performers. Tho only State paper emanating
0 from tho administration has been viewed by all
1 parlies as a just exposition of Amerioin nationali
-1 ty. Tho loud laudations of the several Depart
y mouts, for the economy and industry with which
8 they arc said to be conducted, has been gratify ing
' to all good citizens. Whilst everything which wc
>, have mentioned has thus tended to strengthen the
r popularity of Mr. Pierce, lie has liad u > opportuni
ty ty of making any authentic declaration of ids
8 opinions upon particular measures of legislative
t- policy. Ho has suffered, therefore, no detriment
0 from that sourco.
8 What then, we ask, lias oaused the almost unex
e amplod deel-ne in the popularity ofthondminiali i
-8 tion, as evidenced by the result of tho Georgia etce
'> tion, and wc may ad lby vbo southing ai d indig
-8 nant paragraphs which wc copy in rc'cronee to the
3 audacious letter of Mr. Outline ? Wo answer that
8 it is to be found iu tho extraordinary policy of ofli
f cial appointment piromiacd iiy the administration,
and by tho fear— wc have almo.-t said tho convic
tion—that Mr. Pierce is departing from that posi
tion to which ho owed all his popularity and mil is
success.
* It is very well known that the sensitive appro
f honsion of tbe South in regard to any in'crferehce
? with their interests has been tho sole rule of poli
ty tical division iu that section for tome years past,
8 and that this has been tho sole test by which they
* havo been inclinod to try the political merits of
8 any administration. Yet they all boro tho indtea
-8 tions with composure. They saw that the Cabinet
was oomposed of the most discordant materials.
' They were told that each member was a hostage
1 for tho harmony of tho fiction to which ho bolong
* ed. They bolieid lucrative and responsible offieei
* committed to their most embittered foes. They
8 wore told that all divisions of sentiment would b)
r thus composed, and that tiie Democratic. party
* would rally around the administration in invincible
* unity. But this patriotic millenium has not fol
-8 lowed. Tho most dangerous factious have joined
their shields in an impregnable phalanx, and cn
* conraged by tho tolerance, strengthened by tho
l patience of the administration, they have openly
8 renewed the war with their recent antagonists.
* If the administration had dealt with these offend
-8 ers in a spirit of just severity, they would have
t been condemned to an offioiu! exile until they
8 should havo expatiated tlieir offences by good
8 works and contrition.
B But tho extent to which this policy has boon eur
■ ried has astounded those to whom the administra
tion has owed its elevation. Mr. Guthrie, who
“■ seems to regard tbe treasury key tho scoptro of
8 Slate, has openly threatened tbe compromise Do
- mocrats that unlessthcy admit their reive and im
placable enemies to a full participet'ou in all the
s emoluments of office, they may themselves expect
removal. It might happen that with a moderate
share of independence, or ajmtt indignation, the
" compromise Democrats might abdicate, and leave
8 the Freesoilors in exclusive pcsswsion. Wo
i might then witness tbo singular spectacle of an
8 administration indebted for its power to the friends
r of the compromise and the Union, yet repudiated
8 by officials in organised opposition to both.
f Tho result of tbe Georgia election, and the ir
remediable division In the Democratic party, have
s been, we think, but tho legitimate consequences of
■ the unwise policy of the administration. And it
the administration shall porsevore in tho extraor
dinary policy of Mr. Guthrio, wo shall have to ro
t cord not only popular rosults of a more decisivo
a character, but we shall perhaps witness au organ
s ized opposition in tho national legislature, before
e which tho obligations of party anil tbe spoils of
n office will bo as ohaft to tbo whirl-wind, and
o which will be organize!upon the Whig principle of
r opposition to tho abuso of power and executive
y dictation.
Remarkable Case. —Michael Hogan, of New
Hartford, whose skull was fractured by tho kick
of a horse, August 81st, is fast recovering, and
whioh is very remarkabio in the ease, although
conscious, ho could not. speak uutii the eighth day
when ho commenced talking in monosyllable.!,
aud is now connecting words as a child when be ■
ginning to talk.
The Mesilla Boundary.— Mr. J. Disturnell, of
New York, has last published a map illustrating
tho Dispatod Boundary betweeu tho United States
and Mexico, copied from atuheatio source*. This
map shows the improper location, on the treaty
map, of the town of El Paso, which it would appear
led to the difficulty between tho two governments.
The maps published by this gentlomnn, it will bo
remembered, were cited as authority before Con
gress last winter. Mr. Disturnell has also issued
his “ Railway and Steamship Guido ” for 1858,
recently corrected, which, with all others published
by him, may be hud ut the bookstoros in this city
Guano Coming. —Captain J. I. Steven*, master
of the ship Realm, in a letter to the New York
Herald, gives tho names of seventy ships which
loaded at the Chincba Islands with 05,883 tons of
Guano, between July 14, aud September 12. Tivo
of these ships cleared di.eot for New York with
4,800 tons; eleven for Hampton Hoads with 1,980
tons ; five for Baltimore with 3,020 tons ; one for
St. Thomas ; the destination of all the others ap
pears to be Callao. They are, however, ail Ameri
can vessels. This will be very acceptable news to
the farmers who know tho valuo of this
but have been unable to obtain it.
Mitchell and Martin— The New York Times
says that the escape of John Mitclied and John
Martin, associates in exilo with Thomas Francis
Meagher, is a certainty, letters having been receiv
ed detailing tho manner of their escape. IT cm
fear that their safe arrival in this country would bo
jeopardised by a publication of particulars, tho
Times has been requested to rclrain irom giving
them publicity for the present.
Legal Decibton as to the Rights of Traveller .
A gentleman brought an action recently in oue
of the Ohio courts against tho owut.’s of a steam
boat on which he had lost a trunk containing $2,
000. The court held that they were bound to pay
for the loss of ordinary baggage, but not for uny
thing of unusual value, unless it was inr.de known
to them beforehand, so that they could take extra
care, and charge an extra price for carrying it. Ac
cordingly, the jury brought in a verdict allowing
him s3oo—the value of the trunk and the clothing
in it—but disallowing the $2,000.
Coombs do Co’s Expreis.
Itwill be seen by reference to their advertise
ment, that Messrs. Coombs & Co., have completed
their arrangments for expressing packages from
New York South, into South Carolina, Georgia,
Alabama and Tennessee. See advertisement.
Clinch County is reported, iu the Savannah Re
publican, to have given 155 majority for Jenkins
John Y. Mason, of Virginia, Secretary of tho
Navy under Mr. Polk's administration, and cow
President of the James River and Kanawka Canal
Company, has been appointed minister to Franco
and has accepted the appointment.
The Washington Union states that the amount
of Stocks redeemed at the Treasury last week, was
$506,050. Notice is given by tho Secretary of the
Treasury, that he is prepared to purchase $7,00“,•
000 more between now and the first of December
next.
The Monament recently erected at Tarrytowa
Westchester oonnty, in commemoration of and on
the spot where Major John Andre was captured, on
the 28d September, 1780, wa* dedicated on Friday
with appropriate ceremonies.
The Salem Register says:—“Abbott Lawrence
has announced bis intention of bestowing $50,000
on the Lawrence Scientific School at Cambridge,
in addition to the same amonnt given by him to
that institution some eight years ago.
The interesting and imposing ceremony of lav
ing the Corner atone of tbe Monument, to be erect
ed to BrigadierCountPuLASEi, in Monterey Square
Savannah, was witnessed on Tuesday afternoon by
an immense concourse of citizens, among whom
were a great number of ladies.
—
TIM* Wnihingtoa Democratic Organs. j
Tl.o Washington Union considers the course of ;
the Dickinson section of tho N' w York dotuporacy j
fa.tionsanl indefensible lor Gov. Dickinson’' 1
past po-ortons in regard to the slavery question it j
has no 'disposition to hold him responsible—fi r
hie present position it regards him “as subject to
censure.” Tho Union sympathises with the Van ;
Bc.ren section ot the New York Democrats. Not
so with tho new Washington organ, the Sentinel,
as will be seen by tho following extracts from a .
recent editorial artiolo iu that paper:
“ Many attempt, have been u ado to destroy tfce j
freesoil organization of New York ; but none of
them have been suefiessi'nl. Since the Baltimore j
Convention, many race on J iacn have entertained ;
(ho hppe that a pcro.ancui. reconciliation could bo ;
cff cted. and that tbo fraesoilers would abandon ]
their heresies if they were treated with leuierov,
and assured that tiioy would not be ostracised tor
past offence* sgai at the democracy, its tradition-,
and its usages. Under this boliof, and because oi
tlieir professions of contrition and repentance, a
conciliatory policy was adopted towards their..
Bui forb .usance ha.- oi y increased their insolence,
aud kindness nns only added violence to tha
sclUsli ami fnrrupt purposes which bave hitherto
controlled them. T ey kept np their separate or
ganization, aud went to s-yraeuso not to serve, but
to rule the rcgU-ar national democracy, winch thev
had so often outrt.ee 1 by teul and unprincipled
defection. They bad no feeling of contrition and
repentance, but summoned to their aid a corpse of
bullies and blackguards to cany out their infamous
I purposes.
li is an insult to tho public intelligence so aver i
\ that such tuni are nart cud democri s; and it i<
■ disgusting to the last ,1 -g-ee to bear them pry/' ot <
i cgidar nominations a: d party defection. They '
■ arc the mo; who elected tie Buffalo platform, v/bo '
defeated General Cass, and whoso political move- «
manta have never boeim gutated by higher motjyca c
i than personal revenge him the npods ot office. Iho
eerie iof resolutions wi.ich th«ac men adopted at t
I Syracuse, were adopted lo defraud the public, and i i
i tiny exhibit iu bolt! relief their utter d' stitutioiii o.‘ j ;
\ nil principle. No longer than the rcce.nt se-sion j
;of tbs New York iegi. laturo, the freesoil' rs bud (
| rotucc-j to vote foe r.eolations endorsing tho Bai
thuoro p alform without roervatioh, and the i’ro
Isi lent’.-it :’ -.rural address; and even in the con
i vcnliou called to choose delegates to the Syracuse
convention i’self, they fai.cu and rcfu-cu to sue
i tain the prir.eiplvs ofthe national democracy. But
I having determined on a course of violence', they
! attempted to conceal their purposes; and tbo man
i ner in which that effort was made by means ol a
I -cries of fo-olntions which was a mockery a id an
j address replete with falsehood, must fill every :n
; teliigent mind with unutterable contempt and ah
| horrouce.”
I “Itis au insult,” says the Sentinel, “to the put - I
i Us intelligence to say that such men arc national j
• democrats.” Well, that is just what the Union, j
the c the. organ, is saying and a-soverming every j
day 1 Tho SeutiuM coutiudcs its article with to!
j following paragraph:
i “W a have net entered into this contact willing- j
iv. Wo deprecate tho idea of giving a nati nuJ ,
character to the New York conflict. But wo sen I
.It tb same t me, that it absorbs tho attcnliou ol
i r whole country, so that wc could not remain si- I
lent ill justice to our readers, aud without hi,.., |
I Kisrooicd of motives which we never entertained. I
We havo also foil ittoboimpossibioforus to rand I
■ dc while such a man a- Da.'.icl b. D.ckinsou vva
nunted by Unprincipled man, and the orgaoiz tint j
ot the National dcumoracy iu New York wa»as.-uil
-1 od by a coalition of base dem.gogucs, backed ip |
..nd sustained by a corpse oi bruisers aud b ... lt t
i guards." >
Secretary Guthrie’s Getter.
This famous latter has caused a great out-brcal: I
■ | of indignation 5u Now York, and cannot fail to j
lid further widen too breach in tiie Democr.; 'c
ranks iu thalStatc, and load to further broaches in
1 all parts ofthe Union.
i j Tho Tribune has aqu .ry on this metier:
' I “ Shall wc not hear from Collector Bronson iu
' reply to the recent : By Authority’fulroiuatio.n from
j Washington? ili.herto, wo havo not oh ervod
! ! that the Collector has hi gun a tort corns) oudet.ae
• i with uny body, Lor conic out at the small end of
; auy ouo began upon him by any body oltc.”
! I The Herald preaches along sermon from the
i ; same text. Wo give tho beginning:
’■ ] “ There never was a more bare faced shamelts:
11 attempt, made by any cLninDtration— not ovcnix
■ ! coptiug that of the - valiant Captain Tyler u> g.ig
‘ i j.alic opinion, and to cram men who havo sunk in
' I public‘-'-teum down people's threats, than a: proa
-8 ! cut. Never was tho Cabinet and its menials more
t i avowedly engaged in buyifig up votes througl.gov
i ernmont patronage —never was the buying ai'-
' j soiling of places for rowdy polirtcU.ua and grog ,
‘ ! simp'patriots so openly sanctioned or officially
" | enjoined.
' i The Express species, 100, after the same fashirn
t | of the Treasury Edict:
■ i “ Se-rotary Guthrie has issued an edict or ro
i ! soript from the Paradise of tue Washington Cu
■ | leslia!.', which very much reminds us of some that
- ! wo haw. occasionally Iromthn headquarters of ifco
* j run end worm, in Peliiri! Wo lmv* never read i
more i npu tent document I No hai.d in the Tren-
I v.-y but a green one,—just such Mr. Guthrie is. j
; j — would liave lent his name, and consented lo bo ;
- ; tbo instrument, to tho doing of such a dirty job
■ I before tho eye* cf iho whole people! Wc have
> ' never before seen the purer ortho Federal Govern-
f ’ men .so palpably “ brought into conflict with lhe
■ freedom of opinion.”
1 Tho Courier aud Enquirer devotes a column to
5 the ginorat topics oi tho day.
“There is a vulgar, but very true saying about
i dirty birds, which is forcibly brought to mind t y
’ the recent lottcr addressed by theSocrotrry ot the
) Treasury to tbo Collector of the Port of New h ovk,
t which we publish tiffs morning. IT not Mr. Guthrie
J merely disgraced his own party by that peform
once we should havo allowe l it.tr um.oticcd,
l for the * uuierrified ’ atul the 'terrified* ofthe
Democrats bave shown that they arc both ableuml
r willing to look after their own dirty work. But
r the writer of that letter is a Cabinet Minister of
the United States; its recipient is at the head of
- the R jvenuo Department of tho commercial metro
i polis of the country : and tho disgrace, therefore,
■ which will necessarily cud justly ensoo upon tire
1 giving of that document to tho world attache* to
tho nation, as well a- to tho party who placed
- titcso gei'tlon.on in thoir official positions.”
Tho Mirror says:—“Our 1 Lord of tho Treasury ’
\ | has got. Ids foot in' > a scrape that ho cannot gut
1 ; out of without difficulty. Wc shall look for a
- ; scathing reply from Judge Bronson to his now
' I and puny whipster in p-.l lies, and then there will
3 j bo one of tho largest indi rn .tion meetings in tho
I ! Park that was over hold, wi'hout distinction <f
3 | party.”
’ i Collision on TnE Hudson River Steamer Hen-
II ; mine IirDNON Da.uagdd and Uun Ashore. —The
4 ; steemar Hendrik Hudson, which loft New York
1 ! on Saturday evening came in collision with a eloop
j laden with lumber ivlieu near Hyde Park. The
„ j vessels came together with such force as to break
V off'tbo bow of tha Hudson, and to carry away tho
I greater portion of tho “apron,” so as to render tho
‘ steamer unfit for service. Soon after the accident
o occurred, tho steamer was found to make water
- very fast, when she vrae run ashoreiasido of Soptts
° Island, below the heavy bluff. After gaining the
1 shore the pumps were manned, and In a very
if short tiino tlio water was all pumped out. The
8 steamer Now Jersey (now culled tho America)
soon after came to her cssistarice, when her pas
sengers aud freight tvoro taken on board. They
i, rcaoiicd this city about noon on Sunday. During
, tho transfer of the passengers and fr light tho llon
-1 dnk did not Lcnko much water, audit was thought
h that, she could bo taken satbiyto Now York, re-
V nnired and romme iior plaoeiii the linohi a day or
two. Tho sloop i iimediatert. filled with viator, but
’ | did not sink, owing to being laden with lumbor.
A Uoosier Dcdgs. —They have a stringent anti
liquor law in Indiana, bnt manage to evade it to n
great degreo. Tna following, as related by ono of
•ho country newspapers, is She latest invention of
the ooininittca on “ways end means i”
On Snmiay lust, itt the camp ground some four
miles east of this, i s a eoupio ofbioods were seat
ed on n log in tho wood >, lamenting tuo scarcity
of w.-.t-r and absence of anything stronger, a chap
walked np and offered to soil them a small water
melon which ho hold under his arm. They told
him they didn’t want it: but iie insisted that it
was s good mi-ion, will iinVirretl, aud flilully ihrnst
it under their noses, at trie same time removing n
plug to show them it was good. The effect was
magical. It was instant!» purchased, and upon a
further examination, was found to contain shout a
quart of tho pare Juice of the coin. Melous ad
vauccd.
i John A. Dix, tiio President's pet Freesoller, in
1 n late le'ter takes strong ground against the Foci Co
I Railroad os a Government work. Ho favors, how
ever, the grautir.g of public land* by Congress to
aid in its construction. V.’e are not casuists enough
to ace tho difference In [rlnciple between grants cf
"lands or money by tire Government to worku of
i Internal Improvement. Yet we flail our demo
j cratic friends North and South inveighing against
| giving money and arguing in I vor of granting
i lan-'la! If the latter is conaUtutioiusl, so is tho
j former.
The Tumurnbia North Alabamian says : “It is
tho cpiiiio.i of several intelligent planter* with
• whom iv.) have conversed, that Hie cotton crop ot
i this region will not average more ticau 7vo pounds
. sendee ton to the acre. T toy say that, n.any planta
tions will fall below that figure.”
I Fer.clon observed to a prievt who was complain
iog to him of the dances of tbo peasantry—“ My
friend, neither you r.or ir.y myself need to dance
; —wc can be happy in onr own way ; but it danc
ing wakes these poor people happy who have so
i lew enjoyme.iti!, why nliould they uot daaoc 1 ’
j Electrical Engine.— At the Mechanic*’ Fair in
! Bo ton was exhibited an eagir.4 moved by an elec
trical battery, which is driven at a speed O. two
I hundred a.d fifty revolutions per minute. This
; power has proved more costly in former expori
| men's titan steam, but it is thought that such dis
coveries have of late beeu made, that shortly itwill
! be tlie ctieapest motive power m tho world, and
‘ Mationary machinery, railroad cars, ami everything
, else, will bo tun by lightning.
A Suggestion - .— M. Gail'ardet, in hi* last letter
from Pari* to the Or*rri*r dea Kiola Uni*, says that
Mr. Soule has gone to Madrid with a court dross
made of velvet, and embioidered with silk, but Sir.
; Belmont’s taste being different, he wiil sport a blue
i coat with American buttons nt tho Court of the
Hague. M. Gaillardet thinks that this diversity of
iudrment will make the Ain iricon representatives
! an ambulating mcvaic, reminding or.e somewhat of
tho caprices in the clothing ol flinequln, if the
Cabinet ut Washington does not issue a decree to
regulate the matter; and he suggests that the sub
ject is so important tiiat a mass mcetiijg of Demo
cratic tailor* should immediately be held in the
Park of the Metcopolitan Hail, to give Mr. Marey
tho benefit of their views.
Toe New Governor of Florida.— I Tbo Hon.
Janie* E. Broome was inaugurated Governor of
Florida on the 8d iustnnt. In Ms inaugural ad
dress he takes grouDd for the removal of the Semi
nole Indians, considering them a biight to tho
prosperity of the State, in violation of treaty obli
gations, and in open defiance of tbo power, au
thority, and importunity of the Federal Govern
ment. He says that he will consider it a part of
hia constitutional duty to see that the law of the
last session of the Florida Legislature providing
far thier finul removal be faithfully executed.
An experiment was lately tried in England, to
ascertain how quickly a railway train, under a full ,
headway, might be stopped. The train wa* allow- ,
ed to attain a speed cf fifty miles an hour when i
three brakes were applied, tbe steam shut off, j
thfi eqginedisarranged. It came to a dead stan , j
after Binning about five hundred jards. fi
pdrbncnt wa* tried to asc-itaiu if a c an
iePcoolt i be seen in season to atop the train.
Yellow Fever Inicl.igeuco,
Ti c Vicksburg Whig Os the 4th inst,, say»:—
I Ten deaths occurred within the city limit* from
i Friday, 12 o’clock, M., to Monday, I*, M—three
days. This shows a duoided diminution in the
city, but wo regrot to say that them aro many j
cases of sickness in tbo suburbs, an 1 more deaths i
; within the last week than formerly.
Thoroia eerta'.uly buough of disease in the town, ;
* but we heard of fewer cases on yesterday than
on former days.
Tbo Missitaipplan of Friday the 7th but, says; j
j Wo regrot to stele that thoro is still a great deal of i
sickness in JacKsrm— indeed, considering the i
i sparse lies a of the population, and the number of 1
: new eases for the pa t three days, we oannot an- I
| nonuce that thore is any abatement whatever. !
We give the Sexton’s report up to 12m. yesterday, |
i republishing the whole list from Ist of September, j
I I On Wednesday, tbero wore 4 deaths, Bof fever,
I and wo heard of U now casos and relapse"; yes
terday 2 deaths, and several now eases up to the
] time our paper went to pro-s. Tlio physicians
I ato unanimously of opinion that families who
; havo left town should remain away.
! Tho C:tddo(Li.) Gazette, of tho 81th ult., says:
Wo Irani from tho steamboat Shrovcpori that
’the towns of Ca.npto and Grand Evoro oro en
• ; tirtly deserted. Many small pieces in the interior
i ! of ia is State, unconnected by navigation with tho
Mississippi, have also been visited with tho pro
• vailmg sickness and tearful mortality.
The wether for the. last few days has turned
quite chilly, morning an 1 evening, and indeed in
the shade cue fee’s cold. Wednesday morning
we had a dense lag about 4 which clearest
off giadually to lino weiithor v t\'o cannot con
coho how disease can lurk around ns.
W ■ can gather to information concerning thorn
this week, our town being entirely avoided by our
country friends; indeed wo licar if« detd ofs.ck
ucss among tho planters.
The Shreveport South Western, of lit 23th, has
tbo following:
During the last wo-lt tho mornings and even
ings were to cool as to render fir. s indiepema
hio. At midday :he heat in the sum would be
insupportable, while in the shade the north wind
ms do it ili-agrosahly chilly, ft was in fact what
isin New Orleans called the “real yellow l'ovor
weather.’’ ... ,
Tbo r ''or opposite Uiia p a- '.- Is rising slowly.
Within the pilot w,ok it han li en about two feet.
Tho oouUaelor to carry tho mail between
tjbrovapcit and Grand Keoro died r. few days
nnCii; uiid Mr, Cockrell, tho sub contractor, hav
ing b" on taken < If by the fever, no null is curried
on the route.
Too id.revep irl Democrat, of li.o 2'Jth, contains
a lint of 21 deaths in that town front tho 18th to
' the29th, inoltuve. Tho Democrat nc.ds:
At leant tb’ee-foutti, Dj our citizena arc now ,
absent—hen from tho dreadful fteottfgo that so j
deeply ahiicfsoar devote 1 community. His wot] j
-much bitter lor those thatare gone ami lor titooo j
that remain.
One lie is worthy of «roto —no case, has occur i
red or. tho hills in tho vicinity of the town; in ,
fuel we ii.,vo enj yed more than ordinary good j
health. Within tliico or four hundred yards of ;
dio Oat-Mill lieu o tlioro is a population of about I
200 —nearly half the pop ltutiou of tho tevrr —and |
net aca-e id's e-tiheao among them of any descrip
Hon. Ti c i air i- pure, bracing and healthy, us
much so as in any country situation in the parish.
The weather is i <at bountiful. At the bagm
uiug of tin wet k a liulo too cool, but since most
lovely, settled tali weather.
Flats Hoad.
•V«’e are indebted to E. 15. Walker, dr.. Book
keeper, for tho following comparative statement of
the buslno.' aof tho State Boad. It presents a very
flattering picture:
Iscoaaijftts Weitn'nanfl Atlantic Railroad, ft-jd. 1858:
ll|>*rel«hts horn lieurjta U.d'road (11,(51 66
l)owa rt >. do. do. do 5,4 f tO9
Up do. do. Major) A Western I .Bead 3,'i!>9 17
Uoan co. to do, , do. 4,1*65 79
Deal do 5,914 Ut
Passengers 14,74 s 16
Mail 1,1 (’6 66
M seeilaneoua 1.829 25
Total 549,089 67
Ikcomi: Jor September, 1552. *
From Fr* i;; 1 *Li 825121 c 6
41 l*u nngira 11,16- 70
« Mad 1.1 OOS
Total 337 4« 4 p 0
j Totallnoreaie 1853 over Sept. 1852. .511,029 27
i Tho following tab os exhibit the comparative
j earnings of tho Bead for tho three years past, end
Ing September OO'.h:
Ttiiu Hhcwlndtht Mil itMMMOf h’- ihra and Atlantic
ll.tll i.ad <tu< intj the Jl*' at year s ending September
BlkA, 1861,1552, mid *s5J.
18.0-'sl. 185 -lil. 1352-'53.
s*? *,899 44 824,902 117 *80,409 69
13,2 8.'5 91,124 68 4 *l4l !G
28 1,6 1 8 27,869 92 46,94 61
28,961 25 22.9.6 40 41,881 J)9
88,2*1 98 25.152 C 2 4 4,721 66
34,480 c7 4 , ill 85 6 1 03 17
27 4'7 23 43 051 17 88,14 81
i 20 869 91 41,642 70 29,664 06
14 *.62 94 59,627 ‘29 26,621 17
17,822 ISO 25 116 o,i 29, 67 53
2'2>4 7t 2 , 44 -S 58 99,7 4 OS
1:7,214 S« 97,46180 49.099 57
tiiZflii 44 *315,170 62 $178,370 00
Those' amounts have boon derived from the iol
lowiug sources :
IfDO-’M. IBS'-’M.
Passeesters.... 889,030 85 5110,955 01 6141,158 8s
M„H 10,O()<M0 IS l ull 00 .1,00" dll
Jp-lghw 181,371 59 849,21101 321,883 43
Miscellaneous.. 1,82'J *25
Total 6*85,1)23 44 *373,170 02 *473,375 00
TliCatro.
Mr. Cnisr's Company lias been performing nt
Concert Hall, to full houses, for several nighb.
It was our good fortune to viluc'. the porfornv
atice, on Friday night, when the “ Sranger" nud
>* Hr. and Mrs, Whitt" were presented ton large
and discriminating audience, with most decided
effect. The Company,as a Whole, fully equalled,
while Mr. end, Mrs. Crisp and Mr. Buxton,
(Fuller is an old and well established favorite
here,) surpassed our highest expectations, ‘not
withstanding tlie very favorable noli' o wo had so
often rea l of their capacities. Mr. (jitir'.-i
“ fUrtmgtr" and Mrs. C’e “J ire. UalUr" were*, in
our opinion, finished productions, displaying at
once just conceptions ol their rospoctivo characters
and tho great power and influence of accomplished
and skill! u! Artists.
Hr. Boston’s ‘•‘Polar WHiU" vra a decided hit,
and elicited throughout the most enthusiastic ap
probation oftho audience.
With suoh impressions of tho combined talcniof
the company, wo should bo wnutiug in justice to
them and tl:o. admirers oftho drams, not to com
mend them to the most favorable consideration of
the public, and a liberal patronage. It is now, that
r.uch ail opportunity is afforded t j witness tho le
gitimate drama in Augusto, and we sincerely hope
that those who have a taste for it, will show their
appreciation of tho high merit of this most excel
lent company.
0!o Ball’s Colcnv, in Potter county, Penney]Vi
i,la, has wo regret to hear, turned out moiit un
fortunately. Hot more than forty emigrants re
met n upon tlio lends, which Ho on Kettle Croat,
and are said to ho poor soil, illy fitted for culliv-i
--tion. Mr. Bull expended large sumo of money in
improvements, such as erecting a /ino hotel end
other bnildingo, but a serious difUcu'ty about the
title tothe land pnrobasod by him, he* thrown the
whole enterprise into coDfasion, end rosnlted in
si; expensive lawsuit.
Tna ConOEtt ExtbaodioX Case. —Attorney-
General Cushing lias givon his opinion attho callo f
tho President, upon the erne presented by the ap
plication of tho British Minister, for tho re-arrest
of William Colder, who was demanded by tho
British govorumont, ur.dor the extradition treaty,
upon tho charge of forgery. Colder was broa ht
beforo Judgo Edmonds,in the city of New Yoik,
end, upon examination of tho test’jn'ouy ngain--t
him, it was not aall’.oicnt to justify his delivery.
An application was made to tho court for tho de
tention of Colder, until further testimony could
he adduced in support of the charge against him,
and Judge Edmonds deeidod that ho had no pow
er for ihi- purpose. Tho same application was
made to the President, and tho opinion of the
Attorney-General is that the President lias no
power under the treaty or tho law, to interfere, but
that the British government can re-eommeneo the
procedure against Coldor, with new and additional
testimony. Colder wdl, meanwhile, remain tree
from o tody, and if polity, ho will, of course, not
await the re-ult of the new proeeM against him.
Custom House' Elvekukb.—We annex a tablo of
'he Custom 110 urn lievenucs for the'y i r ending
K9di June, 1858, wlijeii it will bo seen, amount to
§M,631,665.52, against §17,859,328 Bdfor 1852, and
$49,017,507.92 for tho fiscal year endingßo U June,
1851. Kew York, as u-'-ai, figures tho largest, Ire
■ng abont two-thirds of the whole. At the fivo
principal ports, comprising Plow York, Bostot,
Philadelphia, Now Orleans end San Yranclsco,
the aggregate exceeds fifty-four millions of dcl
'•irs : , , .
New York §3B 289,841 58
Boston .7,208 043 52
Pi I. .dolphin 4,537 04(1 HI
3-. limore 133,48* 90
N. w Orleans 2,023,421 82
da.i Franca c a 1,794,140 #8
Onarleaton 482,290 19
I’or*land 350,340 22
Savannah 125,755 SO
St. Louis 294.700 7.3
Cincinnati 251,540 90
Hew Ilaven 125,183 4‘)
Mobile 102,981 47
Louisville. 43,ft07 @7
Oswego 128,887 27
Kiehtnond 73,992 93
Norfolk 81,255 51
All other districts 1,678,2< 8 04
Am’t ofcua. rec’d during fiaral year., 58,981,385 62
Yellow Fevek at Dksiopolm.—The Demopol’is
Sentinel ci ilcnday contains h coin muni'alien from
lira. Aahe and Heflin, dated on tho 6<h insi., in rc
-I'it'on to yellow fever. They state that Ihe first caso
was that of a servant, who had been exposed to tbo
influenceof the disease fr. Mobile. Other servants
on the tame lot were then attacked. The letter
conclndes as follows:
:l The eases have largely increased in number
during the last lew days, and many of thorn have
assumed all tho characteristics of yellow fever. We
wouid advise eve-y family in town to remain qui
etly at heme, as the panic bps extended throunh
ont the country, and perron's at a distance would
lai! to render proper attention to aoeh as tnjghf to
seized with the disease after leaving town.’
A Uchkeb Pamb.—TheiiostonCourier 60} r | '
I the fir a* number of a new weekly paper> er ;* u ‘
I the National Democrat, was issued Ju a “* J ‘
1 Saturday last. Its principles are charoc eriz <
| its name.
1 , t . . , tl iar*tood that they could oulj get
«* W,bal *'"""tited in the Poston Post last
5 C ° m V and that ibe editors have
irown so virtuous •'nee, that they now r f,se to
"sbliah anythin*ou the “adamantine sue, even
for pay- r
Tiie vote of the people of Providence, It. 1., was
taken on Wedr.eeJay, on tho question of bringing
water from Ton Mde< river,in Seek nk, Mass., to
that place, and was decided as fjllows: Yeas, USB j
noes, 9SO.
N|ns persons died of yellow fever in Mobile on j
the 9IU sn<i lilih last.
Native I.end.
Hon. W. 0. Rives, onr Minister to France, par
took of a complimentary dinner given I y some of
h s persontd and polit cal friend-, at Gharlottarillo,
\ a., on tho loth iust. The principal inoidont of
the ocoaaioOi was a speech fro n the dis inguished
guest, in tbo course of which lio expressed himself
in these most fe ling and touching tonne, a nohlo
tribute* to the land of his birth:
“Much has Uueu sad or written as tothe na
ture of ho sentiment, whioh binds us to oir na
tive laid. Many lave trotted It us a spoon-of
| in-tinet implanted even in the breasts of at, imaa,
j independent ol uny superior to tho lores or rea
t son. 1 know nit h ve this m. v bo, or wlist may
* have been the o xperiet co of utheia, but lor tny
i stlf, I havo never been lu n foreign „* an ry with
j out feeling my hcait yearu more un*l more toward*
| t-10 land of my ualiviiy, uud like the captive la
■ roaFnes when they hung their hurp upon toe wil
low, I have fdlt, %< Ilow nhill we »iug ihe L ird’s
, stng in u st-ango land," and with them have been
tii-idy to exclaim—“ If I forget ihee, O, Jerusalem,
let my rignt hand forget her cunning." 1 return
to you then gent emen, be ss-ure l, nono tholes*
n pa riot and u Virginia pairiot lor ha ing been
abroad. On the contrary, 1 return, biting my
Slate and country if it weie possible to do so, mire
than ever, lor baying seen how blest her lot is
übovc the other nations of tho earth. It is here
only that mail is bom to the fn 1 inheritance of
his’ facuhiea; here that on anboundcvl eerier is
openod before him, froe from the shackles and
restraints imposed by the tradi ion of an elder
ami less perfect political civilization—and I ore too,
as if to iurnish him with every advantage for mn
ning so great a carder that nature has crowned
h im with her richest material gills of soil, elm ate,
noble navigable rivers,inexhaustible subterranean
wealth. It would seem to have been the gracious
i design of Providence, that man should reach his
| highest destinies in this Western world of cm-s ;
; and 't is not a more poetic dream when a groat
1 Christian philosopher, (lbi.-hop Berkley’) who vis
-1 ited tnr si,ores from tho old world moto than a
century ago oveu then prefigure I in immortal
verse the tuturo golden ago, in i*s highest uud beat
sense which wus one day to be realized in America:
j 44 #n hippy climes the seat of iancceuct 4 ,
Whue nature gu des aod virtue ru’e-* 4 ,
Where man sha’l not impose f r ti uih and sense,
The pedantry of courts and schools:
44 There shall be sung a second gulden age,
Thu rise 4 fempire sr.d of aits,
The good uqd greit Inspiring Epic rage
The wisest herds and noblest hearts. 44
I I.si each one of us gentlemen, according to Ida
1 means and opportunities, labor lor tho fulfillment
|of this noble prophetic vision. 1 coti.e hack to
I labor with you in .this holy cause, hore in our
j unlive btute which is doubly dear, aa ft ought to
! be to us ail, and I enlist this day as a private and
‘ I volunteer in tl.o set vice.
Remedy for Chouiba.—The following mode of
treating this terrible disease was oommnnlcjled to
the lin'd sh press, by Mr. K. W. Bask, the well
known Riston TiavcUor and Orientalist. The
Editor of tliuCiiutlcslon Courier publishes it, und
adds:
"In 1,819, wo saw a very violent caso on ship
board comp i.Vuly onrod b/ tlio use of precisely tbo
same r ,4 n.edics—iliuted we believe that many of
our shipmasters for years havo used the treatment
in such cohos most successfully, generally, howev
er, adding salt to the other ingredients."
“While residing in Cairo, in 1858, wlifii the
oijolcra was raging there, I was informed that an
Kmli.-hmun in a small neighboring village hud «f
--iteLb uspeody uud pat feet euro m every case of
in t diseuso which ho hud an pppottuuity oft’eat
itig. Tlio number of tlio case- was 62, and many
•>: them wereviry malignant; and I subsequently
icami that his mode of btenpractis
! , d witii equal success in Spain, (Jonstimiinop'e,
4 and ltiil a, and was never followed by typhus or
typhoid lovi r, width proved fatal In many casos
when tho cholera its it had been subdued by other
means. Upon apply ug lo him, 1 r ceived the mi
loving divic ions, winch 1 practised in a few cases
which tuurwsrd occurred in my liou-c aud else
where, and with invariable success. 11 the patient
have not vomited tho poisonous matter, wlnoli is a
characteristic of tlio diseuso, und which resemble*
rico w.tar, give a tublespoontnl of powdered mus
tard ill a tumble.-ol cold water, as an tmutic. Af
ter tho vomiting (wh-thor produoed by the diseaso
or by tlio above means,) within a low minutes give
a wine glass ot hraudy with ton grains cf powder
ed capsicum (Cayenne popper) stirred up in it.
This generally produces almost immediate relief,
mid within an hour rest, perspiration und sleip. In
a few cases it was found necessary to give a half
doso of the brandy aud capsicum after half an hour
or more. A second Imif-itoso was never required,
but, should it bo required, it may' bo giv n. No
otnev fluid should no drunk before recovery. To
acbc’erno convalo-ounce, it has been suegested
tln.t 15 druf s of a mixture of spirit of ammonia and
eulphurio other, hi equal parts, may be udvuntage
otisiy given three or four times dining tho fnllow
ii,g (l Tlio above quautity of brandy and enp
* sicum Is lor au adult, patient suffu ...g u severe at
-4 tack: in other casos two-thirds or half of that
quantity may suffice, as I havo proved by oxperi-
I cue *
I.KTtKR FBOM J L BItONSoN. —Wo giVO below a
letter from J mlge Biouson In reply to au invitation
from t iie Tammany Society to be present at a fourth
of July jcelebration. It was written in July, 1851.
It is brief, pithy, and suggc-s »ve. Likceverything
that ws have soot: from the pen of Judge Bronson,
it contains a volume in a low sentences. It is emi
nently national in its apirit:
New York, Juno 80, 1851.
Gentlemen : As I must of necessity bo absent
from tho city, I cannot accept your invitation to
attend the celebration of tlio approaching anniver
sary of American Independence. Whou thosovo
ral’eitutos shall luarn to mind their own business,
without meddling with the affairs of others, and
shall bo faithful to the Coi stitutlon as it is, with
out rejecting any part of it, tho Union will stnnd
too strong for its enemies, without and within.
And whon the democracy shall build again on its
old foundations, without constructing new plat
forms to catch the factions of the day, it will regain
i's ascendancy in tboßtato and the nation. Pre
suming that yonr society desires to bring about
these important cuds, lorn, with cordial good wish
es, truly yours, Greenk <J. Bronson.
Tiie yellow fovr.r has disappeared from I’ensa
c l.i, fin., and in tho Navy Yard eulirely abated.
The accounts, however, from Milton and the neigh
birliood, represent it es boing fearfully on tho in
crease.
Advices from Turk’s Island, to the 17th ult.,
have been received. A good deal of salt had been
raked, and a scurcity of vessels to take it sway was
complained of.
Moses Wlioelock, vice president of tho New
York Board of Brokers, it is said, has failed for a
heavy amount.
Mr. Wood, late Governor of Ohio, on iris way to
Valparaiso, touched at Jamaica, and formed rather
an unfavorable opinion of the effects of the aboli
tion of slavery on that island. Ho aays:
“Wo saw many plantations, the buildings di
lapidated ; fields of soger onne half worked, and
apparently poor, and nothing but that which will
grow without tho labor of man appearod luxuri
ant and flourishing. Tho island itsolf is of groat
fcrtili'y, and one of the best of tho Antilles, but
nil tho large cs’atcs upon it are fast going to ruin.
In the harbor were not n dozen ships of all
nations; no bnsiuecs was doing, and everything
7011 heard spoken was in Iho language of com
plaint. Rincetho hlaeks have been liberated, they
| havo become indolent, insolent, degraded and
dishonest. They are a rude, beastly set of vaga
bonds, lying naked about the streets, ns filthy us
tho Hottentots, and,-I believe, worse*
Bl otal Account Aiili.rry or Kte a atnoATs.— A Scotch
newspaper relates the following story :
Three Paisley weavers, whoso wives were quar
tered at Gonrock for the season, wore anxious to
got ncroMß to Dcnon on Sunday morning. Deem
ing it rt profanation to employ an oared boat for
that purpose, they employed a friend to negotiate
with tho captain of tho Botbouy mail steamer, “ to
east out a bit o’ Ids tow, and tak’ them wi’ him, as
he wua gann down that way at. onyruto. “ But
what's the difference, pray! 1 ’ asked tho negotia
lor, “ be) ween being rowed over with ours and by
the paddles ot a stcamorf” 1 ‘ Difference ! there’s
a hantlo difference otween rowing by tho power of
man, whu maun answer fori what he does, nud a
water wheel piping 9* ; in ither words, gin ye wad
line us to bo mair pointedly particular, a steam
engine's no amoral being—it’s no an acoountuglo
nwgcnt.
Tnr, Mania roit TkavsllinO is at its Height.—
The New Yoik Journal of Commerce thus refers
to some of its manifestation;! ill that city :
“Tho picssuro of travel on our principal thor
oughfares, is prodigious. Steamboats anil railroad
cars me crowded to excess. It serins as it every
body was on tho movo. Between New Buven and
this oity, which is not onr greatest thoroughfurt,
there are six trains per duy, each wa.v. and one
steamboat enth way, and they are insufficient for
tho convenient accommodation of the public. Tho
Express train which left here at 8 o’clock on Sat
urday morning, had thirteen pussenger and two
baggage ears, all drawn by ono engine'. The train
which left New Haven at 25 minutes beforo 10
yesterday morning—or rather, which ought to havo
leil hero at that tinio—arrived hero abont halt-past
2, with 12 pas engcr and two Imfgago ears. The
earn in is of each of these trains must have ap
proached §1,90-9. All the trains are heavy—so
ranch so tbattiey are habitually behind their time.
Oub National Love or AmbiocbaCi-.—The Lon
don Times thus touches us up in tiie paper of Au
gust 24:
* * “A shmr. Earl of Stirling. This individual,
it will bo remembered, endeavored to make out his
right to tiio title to the satisfaction of the House of
Peers, but signally tailed. Like, a longheaded
Scotchman, a- he ho doubt is, ho appears next to
have asked himself in what portion of the world
his mockery title would b„ likely to slaml him in
he»t stead. No on; could lor a moment doubt that
the States arc the most favorable rnurket for aristo
cratic prelens'on*. Jf r. man with a handle lo Id*
name, s the vulgar phra-e runs, feels th.it bo does
not get so st bng a dose of adulatiou in Europe, «a
bis heart would desire, let him spend a few inenths
among the citizens of the greit KcpuM c. and he
will come back to Europe prepared to subside into
plain Jqhn .Smith, for the term of his natural life.”
United States Stocks.—' The existing stringency
in tbo money market, says tho 'Washington Slar, la
cowling Government Btooks to Washington right
merrily. On Tuesday, $165,000 were received end
cancelled; and on Wednesday, $125,000 reached
tbe treasury Department, and were similarly dis
posed of.
I Montevideo, by late advice?, was reported to be
in a very distracted and hopoloss condition, and
: it was expected that tho Brazilians would take
; possession of tlie country.
< — t
The IT. S. Mai) stoam ship James Adger, a P I
I j o i,n Dickinson, arrived at her wharf ill New
j York, at nine o’clock on night—having
I made a very quick passage.
I ; —. . ,
Tho reigning Duke of Brunswick, is, it is said
about to abdicate. He lias no issue, and the dneby
of Brunswick will, therefore, be rnorged in the
kingdom of Hanover.
Tho new fliissinn Dnnsouso, at Niblo’s, New
York, Mad'l is Yrka Mathias, his bud a most en
thusiastic reception from a densely crowded house,
and been smothered with bouquets and plaudits.
The amount for which the Mosers. Diego, plan
ter* of Havana, are reported to have failed for is
$1,250,000.
Mr. Herndon, Postmaster at Glenville, informs
the editor of the Religious Telescope, at larcleville,
Ohio, that having, according to the laws of Virgi
nia, opened and inspected his papers, and found
them to contain abolition sentiments, he has refu
sed to deliver them as addressed, and has publicly
burnt them iu the presence of s magistrate. It ap
pears by bis letter that the penalty for circulating
such papers is imprisonment in the penitentiary
for not less than one nor moie than five years.
The N. Y. Herald of Wednesday appeals to tbs
President in most pathetic terms to dismiss his
cabinet and select a now one. What offioe dot#
Bennett want for himself t