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u> » 0 f the W *n»t.
» DS wcr to your th ,t I have been
you fir*', rute, h>H not been redeemed, to
under a piedce, »' IC . among different
, c > and th.nprc-
MK-iion* oft" 0 „ cz pect me to paraoe in fu
,on!.r tfc» eo X*X compUin that my appointees
tun. Von » r 9 occupy,
,rc m't proper pcrsiu democrat", sincerely
S'■fg ‘fc of the P-4 f ‘ r “
* tlsCl ,;U of thi national administration. But
S on l tt. d^l h» V ° "01 properly regarded ah aee
tionsof «>• »Di&in*on declined the Colleotorehip
When M/. |agt j „kcd b y several
Os this portjn ArwPool’d allow my name to be
frier;'is whether 1 "“ jdent for tbe place, and an-
Bientioned to lt - , lbou » b t no more of the
awered.u the when I aaw in
matter “ ntl ‘ V*' aWl<*raphic despatch announc
the public Pfint j l 9f ] two years before re
i.-r my b W'°!"ch es Jnatioe of the Coart of
signed my :' teD ti»n of never again accept.
Appe»l». with the w „ for t £ is
ing a puWio offee swtd g fibon)d havo declined
now mark of con - » opinion which I
«“ and U principles,
ssstssriVa-jw; u —■* *•
aired my t], e place, I had never seen
W hen I WgSUJSJSS with the President,
nor had any were n o pledge* between ns,
,n<J Trs may »o implied between honorable
“ ivr lie like relation to each other. Be
ri l a rrlfbti- «pect ‘hat 1 would diligently and
Slfinuln, in prin elpUs'wMoh
•V 1 i;-Xwn h ‘l havr"“mplSn J that
thfpr' toUad not discharged hi/ part of the
oh! iatPm, and am not conmnons of having omit
<*{. w h ß "*“hrt th? President and hia oonsti
' u tlvi-ers stand pledged before the world
i al ,‘r,rmc, “£ ind policy Paid down in the Bal
timore platform and tie inaugural address, “and
r“V' ’ to boll' VC that all gentlemen who con
to accept office under the administration
t 1 pledged to the same principles and policy.”
j . JJ. to that; and though it ia but an implied
1 . ,I admit Its full force. But it proves no
il , K to tl ( nre .ent purpose ; for there is not ono
»‘r i either in the Baltimore platform or the inau
* ' ra address about distributing offices among dlf
o iam lion? Os the party. If the President or
bis appointees are pledged to any aueh distribu
, „ Vbu •n isllook to some othor document to Ilud
evidence of the obligation—some other document
—hi).'. I have never aeen. „ . _
1 bo inferred from the acta of the President
. 1.. ha regards us eligible to olfice all Democrats
cordially united on the Baltimore platform in
,Jv ur) d are sincerely attachod to tho principles
Os the earl y. although at some former period they
rt hi: fceu out of the way. That U . proper
rah II i1 he ono on which I have acted in tonk
in,, nopoioluient* to office—not because 1 was un
der any pledge to do so, but because I thought
tint rule just in itelf. But your letter proceeds
on the ground that I should go beyond the in ■
tiuiry whether applicants for office aro good De
mocrats i ow, ami ascertain to what section they
formerly belonged ; utid then make such a distri
bution of offices between the different aootionsthat
no one of them will havo just cause for complaint.
Jt i- not only impossible to administer such a rule
as that with success, but the consequence of
adopting it must bo that wo shall norer have one
Deiiiocrulic party, united npon a broad basis of
principle, but a more combination of diffcreutsec
tion held logeti or hy no hotter lovo than tho
lovi of office, and ready to fall to pieces tho mo
im i.t one suction thinks itself aggrieved in thodis-
tribution. . , ,
N .withstanding what has boen said, I think it
would bo found, on a r.ropor scrutiny, that the
section which has no loudly and bitterly complain
ed of injustice ha« received its fnll sliure of the
offices, which 1 liavo bestowed. It is undoubtedly
true that tnoro appointments have been made from
one section of the party than irom tbo other;
and. a single reason will be sufficient to show
why it was proper to pursue that course. Most of
the Custom House appointments forthisport have
always I icon mado lrointhe counties of New York
Btid Kings, in which are the threo largo cities
which firm a juirt of the port. In 1848 the do
nioCM'io und freosoil vote in thoso counties bore
t'm relatlonof more than lour for the former toono
for the iuttor. from the froosoil vote should be de
ducted the whig abolition vote, which wont in the
same direction. After making tho proper allow
ance on Inat account, I think it safe to conclude
that not more than one out of seven of tho demo
crats in those counties voted tho free soil tickot in
1848. In this view of tho mutter 1 think H will
lie f und that tho froesoil aootion ia far from hav
ing ii. tcanso for complaint. 1 have acted in this
liberal manner—not because I was under any
C lodge, lut because I wish to do what I reasona
!y e mlrl to promoto the harmony and continued
aaoomluiioy of the party.
li is possible that lam mistaken in supposing
that the Free Boil section has got its full share of
tho places ; for in distributing the littlo offices in
my gift, which have for the most part gone niuoug
the rank und file of the party, 1 have noithor had
the lime lor tho inclination to do much byway of
investigating tho antecedents of men who wore
supposed to be all right now.
In reference to your remark upon tho recent
rupture of tho party at Syracuse, that “tho divi
siou could and ought to nave boen prevontod." it
is enough for me to say that I not only had no
ugouo) In bringing about thut division, but I tried
to prevent ft. My coimsol was givon in fuvor of
the united uction, and I sincerely hoped that liar
inouy would prevail. Ifuny government officers
are chargeable with what took plaeo at Syracuse,
tho burden must rest upon those who wore there
of whom three were from this oily—and not upon
the Collector, who was at homo attending to tho
duties of liis office.
I do not state thoso things byway of apology,
for 1 liuvo none to make ; nor byway of oourting
flavor, for l liavo nouo to ask.
You speak of “the reunion of the party in 1849,
wliloli reunion was supnosed to have boon tho
roughly commented in tne groat and triumphant
coolest in 1852.” Although 1 urdontly desired a
reunion, if it could bo effected upon principle, I
never approved the mode in which the attempt
was made to bring about that dosirablo end. 1
thought then, ami think still, that thoso who had
deserted the democratic standard in 1848, und
thrown the State und nationul governments into
thehauds of tho whig*, should, if convinced of
their error, return again to our camp without ex
acting conditions, and should thou bo treated with
the Utmost kindness, The party would then liavo
been strong, und wo should liavo hoard no more
about sections. But a vory dltforont oourso was
pursued ; and tho froosoil leaders oatno baok, so
far as thoy caino at all, undor a leagtto of treaty be
tween them gnd ft few loading democrats, with no
atrougov bond of union tliuuan agreement to di
vide the oflioos. The arrungoment was bused up
on no prlneiplo. Tno froosoil leaders wore loft at
liberty to adopt tho course which thoy pursued ;
and, instead of again hoisting the national banner,
they marched into tho democrat ie camp, with their
own sootional colors flying, and thus Warno au
Indepeu leut ulomout iu the party. Indeed, your
letter proceeds upon the ground that tho parly has
all along been divided into suctions; and couso
qiiontlv that accounts must be haluncod between
them in the distribution of offioes. All experi
ence proves thul such u coalition as was formed
In 1849 can never bo thoroughly oomontod. Sooner
or tutor it will fill to pieces. The cohosivo power
of patronage ounuot long save that which has with
in itsolf tile elements of dissolution. It is not,
therelnre, any mutter of astonishment that tho “re
union” was dissolved at tho late Syracuse Convon-
tion.
After the louguo of 1549 hail boon broken, and
the two sections had attain become aoparato par
ties in form as well as substance, it became nocos-
B»ry for ute, as a citizen of New York, to mako my
choice betwoon the two tickets which had boon no
minated. My roasons for preferring one and re
jecting the o'hor are before the public; and no one
has the right to impute to ino any othor motives
than those which l have avowed. I rejected one
ticket because the nomination had boenoffectod by
means which no honest man oould approve, and
because tic nominees lmd been brought forward
by men who hod been hostile to what I deemed
the best interests of tho State in relation to tho ca
nals. I approved the othor liokot because the no
minees wt-rc right on tho quostioti of State policy,
and becanse those who supported it, were “ con
tending for the principles which reatorod tho De
mocratic party to power, ani placed Franklin
l'iorce at tho head ot the Government.” I presume
there can be no objection at Washington to my
maintaining now, as 1 have always done bolore, the
principles on which tho national administration
stands ; and with questions of mcro State policy
you mnst allow mo to say tiro administration has
no rigbttnl concern.
What consuqui nces will fol ow tho rocent break
in tho party is more than 1 can tell, bnt l feel rea
sonably confident that if tho national democrats
bad a fair field, and the froo soil democrats were
not lighting under false colors, their ticket could
not get votes enough to help tiro wftiga through
with their nominations. But wo havo not got a
fair field. The Washington Union, whilo profess
ing to speak the sentiments of the administration,
has thrown its weight on the side of the free soil
ticket. It has undertaken to decide upon the re
gularity of our conventions,and to sit in judgment
upon questions of more State policy. It takes tho
aide ol those who havo oneo provod faithless tothe
party, and put the Cniou in jeepaody, and de
nounces those who have all along supported tho
principles which restored the party to power. It
is now a e -laborer with the free soil prints in this
Btate, some of which is so lately read ont of the de
xuocratio jmtty. \Though that print is not within it
self of grout’ importance, yet when it professes,
without rebuke, to do thoso things as the organ of
the administration, much mischief may be done.
It matters little what disclaimers there may be in
private circles, so loug as there is no public decla
ration that the paper speaks without authority.
However nntorumately the election may terminate
tho responsibility will rest upon others, and not
upon me.
Lc: u»e now notioe the time, manner, and motive
of your loiter.
As to time. It was after the rnpturo and nomi
nation oi two tickets at Syracuse, and the two ru
tifioation meetings in this city ; after tho Collector
had been denounced by the free soil leaders and
prestos, and the President had been called upon to
remove him; after hungry otßec seekers and bitter
politicians had visited Washington to misrepresent
and traduce that otlicor, and to whose clamors, as
you well know, he uever made any reply; after the
Union had taken ground against the ticket of the
national democrats, and in favor of the ticket of
their opponents ; then it was that you first disco
vered cause for complaint of any kind against the
Coiled r. \on bad approved all ills nominations,
Will! a single exception, aud in that easo the office
was abolished. Down to the receipt of your letter
ot the Sd it , . you have uever iutimated tothe
Coilooior, in *u \ form, that you disapproved of his
appointments, or of tho manner in which thev had
beoii distributed.
As to the manner. \ou did not pursno tho
usual course, and issue a circular laving down a
uniform rule for the government o's all Custom
House officers having patronage to bestow ■ bnt
confined your instructions to tl,e port of New
York (done. If the doctrine ot the letter is a
sound one, it is obv muslv proper that \ should he
applied in o her places as well as here; „nd , t
should reenlate the oonduet of all closes of go.-orn
ment offi ers having patronage to bestow. Mar
Bhals, Postmasters, District Attorneys, and others,
ahonld act upon it in the selection ot their depu
ties, clerks, and other agents.
I will heremeution another fact of no little signi
ficance. The next day alter thy tetter was written,
it w as followed by another requiring me to snbn.it
lor your approval the names of all clerks proposed
to be employed in the bonded warehouses and
public stores. In this matter you not only de
parted from the practice of all former Secretaries
of the Treasury—who had left those appointments
to the s .lo discretion of the Collector—but, so
frr as 1 have learned, you again departed from
the usual oonree of issuing a circular to all the Col
iectcrsat. nr great pons, singled out the Collector
ot New York, and prescribed a new rule for him
lhese ttolA need no
upouk for Themselves.
As to the motive of this movement, let others
judge.
This is, 1 believe, the first instance in which a
member of the Cabinet lias interfered with the
discretion of a oollcolor, marshal, postmaster, or
any other Government officer having patronage to
bestow, and laid down a rule for his government
in the selection ot his deputies, clerks, or other
agentsj aud it certainly is the" first instance in
which » public officer has been instructed to go
into an inquiry about sections, aud see that a just
distribution of officers was rnsde between them.
Yon have a right, by law, to give instructions on
many enbjocts connected with tho collection of the
revenue, and such instructions it will be my duty
to foilmv. But when yon go bevond that, and
undertakes to direct in matters winch the law has
confided to my discretion, no such obligation ex-
W».
Aa to some officers of the customs, the Collector
baa the right of nomination and the Secretary the
right of approval or rejection; and, aa to other offi
cers, the power of appointment is vested in the
Collector alone. I shall not interfere with the
exercise of your powers, and I truat you will render
the like joatioe to me. If you, or any other high
officer of the government, desire the appointment
of a particular individual, l.need not aay that it
would give me great pleasure to comply with bis
wishes. But! reapec' fully deny that yon have any
right to issue instructions for tb« government of
my conduct in making selections for office.
8o far as relates to tne mere dispensation of pa
tronage, without regard to my responsibility for
the acts of the persons appointed. I would gladly
transfer the trust to another. I have no taste for
such matters, and my comfort—aspirations I have
none—would be greatly promoted if some one else
would perform the service for me, and I cannot
surrender it to another without a dereliction of
duty.
As you have given your letter to tho press, say
ing “the subject is a public one,” I shall give the
same direction to tbe answer.
1 am, very respectfully, your obedient servant.
Grsene C. Bronson.
Hon. James Guthrie, Secretary of the Treasury.
The Resit-tb ox War. —The tendency of the
London Money Market for some weeks past is to a
decline in the value of public securities. Tbe
mere, ilea or suggestion that war would or might
follow the negotiations pending for some time past
has driven the prioe of Consols down to 92 while
their value three months since was two per cent,
premium. The fall since May last is fully ten per
oent.
That this is a momentous period for Govern
ments and for capitalists may be seen in the fact
that such a great change fur so short a time has not
occurred only at eight different periods of the pre
sent century. These periods were marked with
extraordinary events which disturbed Europe
generally or Great Britain especially. Wo refer to
these dales, showing the prioe and the fall in
English three per cent. Consols :
Year. LieeUna from Extent of Fall.
1502 79 t,66* lav
1508 78 toso* 22*
1814 72*1062 lo*
1517. 65* tosß* 11*
1819 79 toß4* 14*
1525 74*tul6 19V
1830 94*t077* 16*
1847 94 to 78* 15*
This latter change, brought about by the heavy
export of coin consequent on the short crop of
grain in Western Europe, and upon the eDormous
spccul itions of 1845 and 6, was more serious than
that produced by the memorable events ol the few
years subsequent to 1810.
The fall in 1802-’3, was the result of the troubles
with Napoleon, and in 1814-’ls, the fall followed
the hundred days, and the battle of Waterloo.
In the year 1824 speculation was rife throughout
Groat Britain, and the stringency which followed
in 1825 affected all pablicsecuritics severely. The
failures of upwards of seventy provincial banks
added to tho distress of that period. Tho French
Revolution of 1880 also brought about, a groat
change in the Money Murket, and Stocks for a
short period declined largely, until the French be
came settled.
Tno full in 1847 was greater than had beenknown
during the prior eighteen years—exceeding that
which followed the declaration of war by tho
French Convention, tiie first Bank suspension,
(1797,) and the Irish Rebellion of 1798.
Notwithstanding tho abundance of money in
tho year 1850, English Consols in October of that
year were as low as 92% to 98%. The financial
position of Great Britain is more favorable now
than at any period of tho present century. Tbe
increased population and diminished taxation of
that nation are shown in the annexed summary:—
Populution and Animal Rovonuo of Great Bri
tain and Ireland, 1811—1845 :
I«ir. Pop’n. Taxation | Year. Pop'n. Taxation
1811.18,517,000 £04,312,009 11841.26,895,(;00 £47,650,000
1812.18,812,000 63,179,000 I 1842.27,181,000 45,978,000
1818.19,070,000 67,18.1,000 | 1848.27,465,000 60,894,000
1814.19,831,000 70,108,000 1544.-.7,754,000 68,069,000
1816.19,606,000 71,372,000 | 1845.28 041,000 51,496,000
The total amount of debt borne by the fifty eight
European States, lias been shown to be 1,758,278,-
127 pounds sterling, of which the eight republics
sustained throe-twontietlis, and the monarchies
tho remaining seventeen-twentieths.
Every geographical square mile in Europe is
burdened with an average of nearly 10 pounds
sterling ot the public debt. Hamburg sustained
tho maximum of debt in proportion to its area,
and Prussia and Turkey the minimum. And in
proportion to the population of Europe, an ave
ruge of £0 15s. per head was inßicated in this case,
tho Netherlands sustaining the maximum and
Prussia the minimum. The revenues of tho Euro
pean slates yiold a total of £207,301,752, of which
£53,836,298 is derived from the republics, and
£153,915,459, or three-fourths from tho monarch
ies, Spain holding the worst position ns regards
the amount of revenue opposed to tho national
debt, tho interest on which at 5 per cent, would
oonsumo the whole revenue, whilst Prussia re
quires only a fourteenth of its revenue to be so
appliod. It is not the amount of debt that under
mines tho slhtos credit, but tho want of natural
rosourcoa to cover the required interest.— N. ¥.
dour. <fe Enq.
t'rmn WiUmer if; Smith's Liverpool Times, Oct. 1,
The Great Gale.
In consequence of the late fcariul gales, a lament
ably destruction of life and property has taken
placo on the Dutch and neighboring coasts. By
the Genoial Steam Navigation Company’s steam
ship Moselle, arrived from Rotterdam, intelligence
has boon received of not only the inundation of
that town, arising from the vast influx of water
which had been blown up tho river, but tbo loss
of tho Caincrton, screw steamship, Captain Cross,
with many of tho passengors and crew, it ia bo
liovoti, inoluding the uufortunato commander,
during tho storm of Sunday night, while on a voy
ago from Hull to Bollerdam.
Another catastrophe is also reported, to tho
otfect tliat a steamer which left Amsterdam on
Sunday for some island in tho Kuyder Zee was
lost in the gale which sot in on that evening, and
that out es the largo uuuibor of 110 passengers
who were on board only eight wore suved. The
weather ia described to liavo boen of a most terri
fic character.
The catastrophe which befcl the Camorton was
made known at Rotterdam by the Natal steamer,
from London, which picked up a bout contaiuing
18 of the crow aud passengers of tbo ill-fated
stoamcr in the course of Monday morning. The
Cainerton was an iron ship, of between 300 and
400 tons burden, and was commanded by an old
and skillful navigator. She loft null mi Sunday
with a fnll cargo, and a lair averago number of
pasM'ngors. Os the number of souls who are
thought to huvo perished with her, no ncenruto
return has us yet been communicated. The ac
counts vary,—somo give 20, and others 30 and 40.
Ui.AS«uw,Sopt. 30. —The ship Southerner, Kus
sell, sailed from Glasgow on tho 17th of August,
for Now York, aud all went well with them till
about tho end of tho mouth, when sho encounter
ed a succession of severe gales, with a heavy cross
sea. Outliesth of Sept., when in lat 40.24, lon.
40.14, a leak was discovered under utter breast
hook, which increasing, it was judged necessary
to carry tho vessel to the nearest port. She was
put boforo the wind and every exortion made to
ovorcomo tho leak.
On the 10th the wind increased to a perfect bnr
rienno, carrying away her mainyard, and strip
ping her of tho most of her sails. In this dis
abled stato, laboring and straining in a heavy sea
tho leak rapidly increased, and at half-past lo iu
the evening, when there was 8 feet of water in
hor hold and tlip ship fust settling down by the
bows, the master and crow wore compelled hastily
to betake themselves to ono of tho bouts, with a
few’ biscuits and only such clothing ae was upon
them. Thoy wore tossod about at tbo morev of
tiro waves, and scarcely able to koon blioir boat
afloat, till the 18th, when they wore observed, and
taken on board by tho Marslillold, Torry, for Lon
don. They were in a most exhausted condition,
with their limbs swollen, being constantly in tlio
water; but by thogroat; attention they experienced
from thoir preservers, they all gradually recover
ed.
Consecration or Uisliopa Atkinson and Davis.
The imposing ceremony of the eousoetation of
t e Kov, Dr. Atkinson (of Baltimore) as Bishop of
North Carolina, and the Kov. Dr. Davis as Bishop
of South Carolina, took plaeo on Monday, in St.
John’s Chapel, Now York, iu the presence of a
crowdod congregation. Over thirty bishops in
their robes, two of thorn English bishops, wore
present—the groatost number ever before con
vened in an American church. Beside these there
was a strong array of minor clergy, many of them
in surplices, and among them wore Archdeacon
Sinclair, of Middlesex, England, and Kov. Messrs.
Cassell Biid Hawkins, of the jjnglish chnrch.
The two bishop elect sat in front of tho chan
cel, in simplo whito gowns, or rockets, aud in the
pows on either side sat I’rcsbytera of tho dioecße
of North and South Carolina.
Morning prayer was said by the Kev. Drs.
Ilanokol, of South Carolina, and Watson, of North
Carolina, both members of tho general conven
tion. The auto communion service was com
menced by the Bishop (Hopkins) of Vermont—
the Bishop (Smith) of Kentucky reading tho
epistle, and Bishop Spencer of tbo English church,
tno gospel. The servieos of tho day Te Deum and
Bencjictue) were simply ehautod by the choir and
congregation. The sermon was preached by Right
Kcvorond tho Bishop of Frcdoriektou, from 2nd
Timothy, oh. 1, v. 5,6, and 7: “ Wherefore 1 put
thee ill Voinembrauoe, that thou stir up the gift of
God, which is in tlioc, by the putting on of my
hands; for God hath not given us tho spirit ot fear,
but of power, and ol love, and cf a sound mind.”
This was a most elaborate and learned discourse,
delivered with great plainness and earnestness of
speech, and was listened to with the deepest atten
tion by tho large congregation present. It was a de
fence of the Episcopal doetriuc of tho apostolio
right, power, and authority of tho Bishops of that
chur di, and a searching analysis of tho duties of
thoso ealled upon “to do tho offioo and work of a
Bishop.” The proaoher’s address to tho candi
dates for cousecration was very eloquent and affec
tionate.
The sermon being concluded, tho Bishop elect,
i Davis) of 8. C„ was presented to tho presiding
Bishop, by Bishops Green and Freeman, and the
Bishop elect, i Atkinson) of MJ., by Bishops Whlt
tingham and Cobb.
Each of them promised conformity to tho P. E.
Church in the usual form. The testimonials of tho
diocesan and general conventions were read by the
secretary of the House of Bishops, and then the
solemn 'ceremony of “the imposition of hands,” in
which the American and British Bishops united,
was performed: alter which the Holy Communion
was administered.
Health ot Montgomery.
Wo feel it onr duty to state that a fever of a m>
lignanttype, pronounced by most of the physicians
yellow fever, still lingers among us.au 1 there have
been several new fatal eases. This disease, which
has boon in portions of the city for the last two
months, and considering the inereaso of popula
tion and strangers from below, lias not added, to
any alartniug extent to the usual bills of mortality
for the season, and up to this date, has not iu the
body of tho city developed tho appearances of epi
demic. What may occur, as we havo olten said,
wo know not: we can on y speak for the present.
If the physicians are not mistaken >n the many
cases reported by sonic of them for the last six |
weeks as of this type, it is a mild form of the dis- i
ease—yielding readily to prompt treatment; per
haps not more than one in ten proving fatal. One
physician, with 22 fatly marked cases, lost only
one. -
Some fortnight since wo visited, in company
with their physician, u house in tho infected dis
trict, near the wharf, containing five cases—lrish
laborers—all down with this same typo of fever in
its most aggravated form, with the vomit, deep
yellow skill, homorrhac.'of tho gums and teeth,
dm. Os these five, all recovered except one, who
rctused to take medicine.—This docs not show i
a disease “worse than the yellow fever.”
There were no interments yesterday, and we
'--‘that, owing to the lateness of the season, wo
shall be spared anopidemic, or any further progress
of the disease rt may, however, be the part of
prudence for gentlemen at their seals in the coun
try to defer until frost removing into their town I
residences. Ala. Jour., 'list t net.
The \ BtJioNT LioisuatcTu-.— The House ofKcp- '
resell tatives iu the \ ermont Legislature yesterday,
the fourth day of its session, succeeded in (libel
ing an election of Speaker by the choioe of the
Freeaoil candidate Horatio Needham. A coali
tion was made between the Democratic and Frec
soilers, tho united vote of which outnumbered the
Whigs. This Coalition will, in all probability
ultimately effect the election of cither a Froesoil
or a Democratic Governor ; but will be powerless
for the election of a United States Senator, inas
much as the Whigs have a majority of S'x in the
Senate ; and, since each braDoh by constitutional
regulation must elect separately before going in'o
joint ballot, they oan, and probably will, prevent a
choice in tho Senate by easting scattering votes
and thus throwing the election over until next
session. No constitutional expedient should be
left unemployed to thwart an alliance so iniquit
ous.—-A. i. (Jour. ch^Jtnquirer.
Health oi Baton Kouoe.—We are gratified to i
know, by late advices from tho beautiful capital of
our State, that the fever has almost entirely disap
powL-A. 0. £ul. ,
Coiuecratton ol Ui»lio|>* Atkinson and Davis.
The imposing ceremony of the eousoetation of
t 0 Kov. Dr. Atkinson (Os Ballimore) nn Bishop of
North Carolina, and the Kov. Dr. Davis as Bishop
of South Carolina, took place on Monday, in St.
John’s Chapel, Now York, in the presenco of a
crowded congregation. Over thirty bishops in
their robes, two of thorn English bishops, wore
present—the greatest number ever before con
vened in an American church. Beside thoso there
was a strong array of minor clergy, many of them
in surplice*, and among them wore Arohdeacou
Sinoiair, of Middlesex, England, and Kev. Messrs.
Oassell and Hawkins, of the jfnglish church.
The two bishops elect sat in front of tho chan
eal, in simplo whito gowns, 0 r rockets, aud iu the
pews on oither side sat l’rcsbytcrs of tlio dioecße
of North and South Carolina.
Morning prayer was said by the Kev. Drs.
Ranokol, of South Carolina, and Watson, of North
Carolina, both members of tlio general conven
tion. The auto ooimnuniou servieo was com
menced by the Bishop (Hopkins) of Vermont—
the Bishop (Smith) of Kentucky reading tlio
epistle, and Bishop Bponeor of tbo English chnrch,
tne gospel. Tho servioos of tho day Te Deum and
Ben*4ictu») were simply ehautod by the ehoir and
congregation. The sermon was preached by Right
Kovorondthc Bishop of Frcdoriektou, from 2nd
Timothy, oh. 1, T. 5,6, and 7: “ Wherefore I put
thee ill 'remembrance, that thou stir up the gift of
God, which is in tlioc, by the putting on of my
hands; for God hath notgiveu us tho spirit oi fear,
but of powor, and ol love, andcf a sound mind.”
This was a most elaborate and learned discourse,
delivered with great plainness and earnestness of
speech, and was listened to with thedcopost atten
tion by the large congregation present. It was a de
fence of tbe Episcopal doetriuc of tlio apostolio
right, power, and authority of tho Bishops of that
church, and a searching analysis of tho duties of
thoso ealled upon “ to do tho office and work of a
Bishop.” The preacher’s address to tbe candi
dates for cousecration was very eloquent aud affec
tionate.
The sermon being concluded, the Bishop elect,
i Davis) of 8.0., was presented to tlio presiding
Bishop, by Bishops Green aud Freeman, and the
Bishop elect, (Atkinson)of Md., by Bishops Whft
tinghara ami Cobb.
Each of them promised conformity to tho P. E.
Church ill the usual form. The testimonials ofthc
diocesan and general convention* were read by the
secretary of the House of Bishops, and thru the
selemn ceremony of “the imposition of hands,” in
which the American and British Bishops united,
wa- performed: alter which the Holy Communion
was administered.
From tht A. T. Commercial Advertiser.
by tbe Asia.
London, Out 7th, 1868.
Tbe interminable story of favorable and unfa
vorable phases of the Turkish question still mo
nopolizes attention, and increases in its irritating
weariness. At the date of the last advices an an
nouncement bad been reoeived that the Grand
Council at Constantinople had recommended a de
claration of war against Russia, and this was ac
companied by rumors, which were made into posi
tive assertions in some quarters, that theirultan
had already acted npon the advice, and had is
sued a manifesto accordingly.
W nether this last step has been positively taken
remains a matter of ‘doubt. Many persons enter
tain an impression that, although the recommen
dation of the Council was unequivocal, the mode
and manner of its being carried ont were left to
the discretion of the Sultan and his advisers.—
Others still hold to the belief that war has been
declared, if not commenced, and just aa these con
trary suppositions prevail from time to time, the
stock market responds by violent fluctuations.
The meeting of the Czar and the Emperor of
Austria at Omultz has led, however, to some im
portant results, which must soon give a decided
torn to the question one way or the other. It ap
peared that he has expressed his unwillingness to
accept the note of arrangement originally proposed
by the Conference, aocompanied oy a memoran
dum, stating the interpretation put upon it by
Turkey and the allied powers. Having previous
ly accepted that note he cannot, he says, consis
tently with what he conceives to be bis dignity,
allow a new one to be substituted; but his profes
sions are that, inasmuch as the arrangement
which it embodied was broken off simply on a
question of interpretation, he is desirous of end
ing tho affair to tho satisfaction of Europe by al
lowing its meaning as a sort of appendix to be fully
defined in the desired sense. The reply of the
powers to this proposal is that the Czar, having
already in the colebrated despatch recently put
forth by Count Nesselrode declared his mode |of
construing the note, and that mode being oppo
site to the view he is now prepared to adopt, a
difficulty would arise fr.mthc existence of two
diplomatic documents contradicting each other.—
At any future time it is said the Czar might choose
to select the one that would best suit bis pur
pose ; and although such a supposition is ut
terly inconsistent with a belief in hia having the
slightest sense of honor, it is an ignominy he has
fairly deserved. The demand, therefore, is that
an entirely new note, embracing all tbeoouditionß
now agreed upon, should be forthwith framed. —
Hence as the matter stands there is no further dis
pute as to the nature of what is to be done, but
only as to the method of doing it.
The affair having boon brought to this stage, a
Cabinet Council ot which all the Ministers are in
attendance, is being held npon it this afternoon,
ut the Foreign Office. Under the circumstances it
would be painful, if not impossible, to entertain
tho supposition that a general war will ensne. A
war ot any kind would tie a disgrace to the epoch,
but a war on a point not of principle, but forms,
would be the most discreditable of all. Most per
sons tbereforo would be disposed to regard the
difficulty as approaching a stage at which nothing
is wanted but soma meaningless compromises on
all sides to insure a favorable termination ; but
there are two considerations which constantly dis
turb confidence. The first is the possibility of a
coUision between the Turkish and Russian forces
Seime an adjustment can be completed, while the
second arises from the utter loss of character sus
tained by the Czar, which still induces a wide con
viction that his word is not of the slightest value,
and that his wary act is merely for the purpose of
deceit and to gain time.
Wore it not for this distrust—a distrust which
is tho inevitable penalty of his past mendacity—
there could be little pretext for any lurther discus
sion. Whatever he may have stated before
through Count Nesselrode, or any other channel,
the document by which ho must be bound will
be that which istlie latest in date. A note there
fore, with an explanation contradicting Count
Nesselrode’s despatch, and dated subsequently to
it, would seem under ordinary cireumstauecs to be
all that prudence would require. But at the same
time there ought to be no objection to adopt a
new agreement altogether, if such a course be pre
ferred by any of the parties interested; and as the
opposition to this originates with the Czar, a fresh
suspicion is naturally raised that ho contemplates
some now branch of honesty, or at all events ob
taining increased delay.
Nevertheless, ullowing the worthlessness of any
pledge or profession he may make, the grand reli
ance of those who bolieve in the preservation of
peace Btill remains, namely, that he dare not ven
ture to uphold his outrage in the face of combined
Europe. Tho champion of order has given suffi
cient evidence of his readiness to create universal
anarchy, if by doing so ho could gain his own
ends; but groat as would bo the damage to others,
his own peril, with the exception of that of Aus
tria, would bo far greater.
In the stock oxchange, however, during ’tlio
past few days, tho gloomy viow has mostly pre
vailed. Tho public, nevertheless, have made
heavy purchases, while tho speculators have con
tinned to sell. At the last dale, consols were quo
ted 91%, they have Bince touched 90%, but there
has been a better feeling this uitornoon, and they
have closed at 92J£.
Money has boen rather more easy, and owing to
the recent arrivals of Australian gold, it is expect
ed that tho returns of the Bank of England will
next week, for the first time, show a pauso in tho
diminution of bullion.
Many of the continental banks have found them
solvob compelled to follow the example of the
Bank of Engiaud, by raising their rates of dis
count. The Bank of France advanced yesterday
from three to four per cent, and an increase of one
per cent, had previously been announced by tho
National Banks of Prussia and Sardinia, aud also
by the Bank of Warsaw.
Tho noxt steamer from this side will bo the Her
mann, on the 12th of October. Our last dates
from New York ore to the 24th of September.
Spectator.
The Eastern Question. —We give tho position
of the Eastern Question, in the summing up of the
London Times. To tho successive phases ot the
Turkish question (says tho Times) may now be
uddod ono of groutor singularity than any of those
E receding it. Tho Ottoman Porte has pronounced,
y the decision of its Supremo Council, for open
war, and although it is not known with any cer
tainty that this resolution bus been embodied iu
any formal declaration on the part of the Sultan,
there is every reason for supposing that the
opinion of a body constituted like tbo Supremo
Council, will be adopted by tlio Executive Govern
ment. This measure docß not appear to have boon
the result of any new or especial provocation on
tho part ofthc Russians. Tho Czar had committed
his sovorcst acts of aggression and insult without
encountering tho reception to bo naturally antici
pated. lie had invadod and occupied tho Dunu
bian provinces; he had demanded unwarrantable
concessions os tho price of his retirement, lie had
rejected the Turkish terms of adjustment, and he
had expressed his several intentions with the
utmost arrogance by tho mouth of his Minister.
None of these proceedings, however, elicited
sueli a decision as that now pronounced, and the
probability is, not that the government, or even
the chief authorities of tho Ottomun nation, uro
more desirous than boforo ol bringing tho question
to tho issue of the sword, but that the feelings of
the population aud tho army have become uncon
trollable, and that a declaration of war was
thought indispensable to the internal security of
the State.
On tho other sido, the Emperor of Bussia has de
clared for poaeo. This announcement may pro
bly appear incredible, after what has been proved
respecting tho untnro of tho original transgression;
but wo can state upon undoubted authority that
the sentiments of the Cz.ir, as expressed at Ol
mutz, by his own Ups, are not only in favor of a
pacific settlement, but aro reconcilable, to a great
extent, with the conditions proposed by England.
Ho represented that, as he had accepted the Vienna
Note at the hands of tho conference in full satis
faction of European demands, and on the terms
framed by his opponents, ho conld not with any
regard to his own diguity, bo now referred to any
second proposal. He offered to accept a declaration
or interpretation, which seems to doprive the
original Vienna noto of tho objectionable features,
since discovered in it, and stated distinctly that
although he conld not sworve from the conditions
first imposed upon him, ho was ready to admit at
once each an explanation of those cond.rions us
was conformable to tho views of the French and
British Governments, provided only that his ac
knowledged rights were still maintained.
Tito reader will, perhaps, bo at some loss to im
agine why torms so apparently reasonable, were
not closed with on tho spot, but we think the ob
jections to sncli a compromise uro perfectly main
tainahle. It was replied to by tho Czar, that he
had deprived himself of the benefit of thoexpedi
cut in question, by tho “explanation ” which ho
had already issued on his own mere motion, in a
sense exactly contrary to that now proposed. He
might interpret tho Vienna note, as dosired by tho
Western Powers, in a manuer favorable to the se
curity of tho Porte, bnt, as he has already ini er
preted it through Count Nes-elrodo’s despatch ill a
manner totally destructive of the security referred
to, the only result wonid bo that a note by which
tho relations of two empires wore to be regulated
on points of extreme delicacy, would carry with
it two conflicting explanations, and thus be neu
tralized altogether.
W lien it suited the purposes of Russia to dis
arm snspiciou, sho might appeal to one of those
explanations; when disposed to aggression, she
might quote the other, so that the original note
or Convention would be of no value at all. The
Czar was here visited by a just retribution for his
arrogance, and the overhearing audacity of Count
Nesselrode's despatch proved a fatal obstacle to the
designs of his master. It is Ihc despatch, in fact,
that has ruined his canse. Had the Emperor, af
ter accepting the Vienna uotc, refused the Turkish
modification, without attempting to place upon
their effect any construction of his own, he might
have asked the Four Powers to complete on
agreement which they had dictated themselves.
Bnt by interpreting tliis note in Russian fushion,
and basing on it a claim to those very privileges
from which it meant to debar him, he exposed
his own designs, undid tho work of the Conference,
and placed tho Vienna note out of the question as
the toundation ofluturc arrangements.
So clearly was tho Emperor himself impressed
with these convictions, that lie has since endeav
ored to disavow the nnlneky despatch, and declar
ed that it has been written without ills concurrence
or authority. * * * That tho difficulty thus
created may be considered, we do not dony, but
we think there can be only one opinion in England
as to tho chief moral of the story. It can surely
never be wortli while to plunge 'Europe into war
for the soke of such difference as this. There is
uo longor any dispute about tho substance of the
terms of peace. Without remarking upon tho
Czar’s previous eouduct or present motives, it is
sufficient to say that he now affirms his readiness
to accept cubstnntially the conditions of the
Western Powers, and to have his relations with
the Greek Christians of European Turkoy so de
fined as to divest him of all pretences for political
interference, in short, as regards those points lor
which tho Four Towers havcitt their own interests
been contending, he appears willing to yield with
out reserve.
The only point of difference is this—that where
—as Knssia conceives her dignity involved in abi
ding by terms once accepted, the other Powers
consider that Kussia, by her own gratuitous inter
pretation has deprived those terms ot force and
sufficiency. This is u dilemma, no donht, but if it
cannot bo conquered by those whose art and pro
fessfqn are involved in the manufacture of
“Notes,” tho result will tend to the serious depre
dation of diplomacy in geneial.
In couoludiuganothcr editorial, the Times says
—“we believe in what the diplomatist* call a
peaceful solution of this present difficulty, but the
peace of the world must be troubled in the same
way, no morf.”
The Paris Constitntioneel is enabled to state
i probably by the aid of the French Government,)
the occurrences ot the 2oth and 26th uit. at Con
stantinople :—“At the reiterated request of M. de
Brack, the internuncio of Austria, the Divan met
on the 25th ult., to deliberate anew on the Vienna
note. The Divan was unanimous in deciding that
the Porte could then, less than ever, in presence
of the interpretation given to that document by
the Cabinet ot St. Petersbnrgh, accept it, without
ita having first received tho modifications indi
cated by Keschid Pacha. That determination
was to be communicated to the ambassadors of the
Four Powers. The Divan decided that a Grand
Council should be convoked for the next day, to
c xamine the position of affairs. The meeting took
place accordingly, and this is what is said to have
been decided First of all, it was reselrcd that
the system of negotiation was exhausted ; next,
that all tlie measures necessary for the last prepa
rations of defence were regulated : and, lastly, it
was declared that the moment had arrived for
making what was called at Constantinople—the de
claration of war.”
A letter writer from Olmutz says, that the Empe
ror Nicholas paid particular courtesy to the French
officers who at Olmutz. Nicholas was said
to have assured General Gnyon that he was most
anxious to find an opportunity of making the per
sonal acquaintance ot Napoleon 111., for whom he
entertains the liveliest sympathies and the highest
personal esteem for the aervioes which, in the <
Czar a opinion, Napoleon has rendered to the <
cause of civilization, and for which not only France, '
but Europe, owes him a debt of gratitude. Lord i
Westmoreland, the English Minuter, met with a l
different reception. Nicholas reoeived him, when t
introduced, with frigid politeness, and with a cold
“lain delighted,” passed on. So says the Court
newsmen.
Serious riots bad broken oat in Syria. Two
hundred persons were killed in an outbreak in the
province of Kapiouae.
Barr ain.—A Cabinet Conncil was to be held on
Friday, the 7th, to take into consideration the
alarming condition of Turkish offairs. There was
also a rumor that Parliament would be summoned
immediately, bat this was doubtful.
A dreadful accident occurred on the Great
Southern and Western Kail way at Straffan, near
Dublin. A cattle train ran full fore* into a passen
ger train, and literally dashed it to pieces. Ail the
cars were broken to fragments except one, which,
attached to the engine, was propelled by the shock
of the collision to the distance of nearly three
quartern of a mile. Ten or twelve persons were
killed, smashed so that the fragments of their
bodies could scarce be collected. Fifty persons
were wounded, some of whom cannot recover.
The cause of the accident was sheer stupidity in
the drivers ot tne cattle train, who, by-the-by,
escaped unhurt.
The Edinburgh News describes a magnificent
carpet jast completed by Templeton & Co., Miland,
Glasgow, to order for the White House, at Wash
ington. The carpet is of the patented Axminstcr
fabric, and is the largest ever made by Messrs.
Templeton, being 80 feeCin length by 40 feet wide.
The portion woven in the loom, without seam is 72
feet by 31, and the remainder consists of a hand
some border sewed on. The “filling in” is u nnby
and crimson damask, with three tasteful medal
lions in the centre, and rich corner pieces to cor
respond ; the medallions are filled with bouquets
of flowers, designed and executed with exquisite
taste. The entire piece weighs upwards of a ton,
and its value is estimated at £450 to £SOO sterling
—12,400.
A public meeting had been beld at Leicester in
favor of the Turks.
There were 20,143 prisoners in the jails and
bouses of correction of England on April 18th
last.
1> readful Shipwreck; three hundred licee lost. —
We regret to have to report some scanty particu
lars of one of the most disastrous shipwrecks
caused by the late gale. We refer to the total loss
of the ship Annie Jane, Captain Mason, bound
from Liverpool to Quebec, with goods and passen-
gers.
This really fine ship left the Mersey on the 9th
Sept., and about forty hours after her departure
was spoken off the north-west coast of Ireland.—
During the prevailing violent gales, however, ehe
was dismasted, and was totally lost on the night
of the 28th Sept., on Barra island. Sad to relate,
upwards of three hundred of the passengers and
crew havo porished. From a letter received by the
owners from the captain, we learn that daring the
succession of heavy gales he was drifted as tar
uorth as lat. 60, and that on the above night, with
a strong westerly gale, he was not able to clear the
land on either tack. In five minutes after she
struck, the ship was dashed to atoms, and only 102
of the whole complement of crow and passengore
saved.
Tho most, and indeed only important intelligence
of Great Britain, is the return of commander In
gleiield, who was sent out to search for Sir John
Franklin, bearing also supplies, which he succeed
ed in depositing. He brought despatches from
Commander McClure, of tho Investigator, who had
accomplished the Northwest passage, having passed
through Behring’s Straits into the Arctic Sea, and
returned home by Davis’s Straits. Inhabitants had
been discovered further Northward than known
previously. They were friendly. Large quantities
of very puro copper was discovered.
The London Globo says:—
No traces towards success in the main object of
their mission have been discovered; but wo have
been favored with communieaiion of a letter
from Commander McClure, dated H. M.S. Investi
gator, Bay ot Moray, Barings Island, April, 1858,
which announces his success in accomplishing tho
long problematical enterprise of tho North West
ern I’a .sage. The gallant writer stateß that during
the Wintor of 1850 his vessel wintered in puck,
without sustaining any damage, (and surprising to
say, lie has to report the same result at the end of
the third Winter, and without the loss of a single
man of her crew) in the frozen waters called the
Prince of Wales’s Strait, and communicating with
Barrow’s, ub ho ascertained, on Oct. 26, of that
year.
In July, ISSI, ho states : “ Such a body of ice
came down upon us with a strong East wind, and
set the vessel so far to tho South, that wo deter
mined to attempt a passage by the East end of tho
cliffs of Banks Land, forming tho Northern en
trance of tho large island under which wo now
are.” The difficulties and dangers of this passage
may be estimated from his statement, that the ice
floes encountered measured lr'm fortji-five to se
venty feet beneath the water, and only six or seven
above.
Ii is interesting to learn that inhabitants havo
been discovered further northward than known
previously, at Wollaston ahd Victoria Lands, and
northward still on tho tract designated as Prince
Albert’s Lands. These were found exceedingly
kind and friendly, and great quantities of copper
wore found, apparently in a very pure state. This
metal is used by the natives for edging their wea
pons, &c., but they appoared to be amused at see
ing pieces of it picked up by the crew as possess
ing value. 11l April, 1852, Commander McClure
went to Melville island on sledgeß, axpeeting to
find thoie ono of Captain Austin’s vessels, or, at all
evonts, a store of provisions; but was disappointed
to find only a notice left by Lieutenant McClintock,
saying wliero provisions wero, and giving tho po-
sitiou of tlio ships.
It was inferred that the search was supposed to
bo abandoned, and no other vessels cxpoctod to
have come thus lar. Since October, 1851, the
crew of tho Investigator is stutod to have been
put on two third’s allowance —half a pound of
meat per diem in a climato where their com
mander states that they could readily have con
sumed four. On the hills adjacent to tho bay from
which tho lotter is dated, large numbers of deer
and other game have been found, which must have
contrinutod a welcome relief from tho short com
mons of the previous polar sojourn.
Tho only portion of Cap'ain Kellett’s letters with
which we are, as yet, made acquainted, is tho
brief notice dated Melville Island, 7tb May, that
McClure had joined about a fortnight, all well, but
half starved. From Capt. McClure's own letters it
appears that he had already detached some of his
crow to return homo by Baffin’s Bay, and a small
party by tho Mackenzie.
France.— The reduced import duties on grain,
Hour, &c., originally decreed unt I December 81,
1853, arc to remain in force until July 81, 1854.
The exportation of potutoes and dry vegetables is
prohibited until July 81,1854.
The Toulonnais of the 27th ult., says, •* By atel
egraph despatch rccoivcd yesterday, orders were
given for all officers and soldiers on furlough, to
bo immediately ro-called to their corps, and all
further leavo of absence to be suspended. We do
not know whctlior this measuro applies to the
uavy." The Echo de Vcsone states that a similiar
despatch has been received at Poriguenx.
The Constitutionnel states that the Cabinets of
London and I’aris have sent special couriers with
important despatches to St. Petersburg!;. They
will reach that city on the 6th instant.
Tho Moniteur publishes a decree granting per
mission to foreign vcbscls to import corn, bread
stuffs, rice, potatoes and dried vegetables from Al
giers into Franco. Tho license thus granted, ends
on tho 81st of December.
Paris, Oct. 6.—Tho Bank of Franco has raised
its rato of discount to 4 per cent.
The Bulletin dc Paris states that the Solon went
out with despatches tor the two admirals in Bosika
Bav, instructing them, to enter the Dardanelles,
and that the two fleets will bo in the Bosphorous
on tho 7th inet.
Groat activity prevails in tho mercantile dock
yards of Havre. A company of ship owners is
about to fit out a fleet of twenty five ships to trade
betwoen Ilavro, Chili and Peru. Tho Journal du
Havre states that tho projected transatlantic 8 tea ra
sh i p Company is going forward favorably, and that
Dieppe will ho its port.
Although largo consignments of wino hud ar
rived at Berey, prices are enormously high. The
vintage has commenced in the Ilerault, but tho
proprietors complain much of the crop. Bettor
prospects appear in the other wine-growing dis
tricts, particularly since tho recent rains, which
have increased the size of the grapes and hastened
their maturity.
The wino growers express thomsolves satisfied
In Burgundy, Champagne, tho Cher, and the Or
leandis. There has been a considerable fall in the
price of wine at Bcaucairc. The same cannot be
said for tho Bordelais, where there lias been a
further ri-e in prices, although it is admitted that
the oidium has not caused as much injury ns was
said. Some alarmists write that around Lyons,
also in i lie canton of Villefrnnche, and near
Brugu *, tho yield is small; but this would not ma
terially diminish the average supply. Figs arc
very backward, bnt olives arc plentiful and
healthy.
Srain.— Mr. Soule arrived at Madrid 29th ult.
The Government, it was said, had resolved to re
ceive him as the envoy of a friendly power, and to
await his acts.
Gen. Mnzarrodo, a Senator, and who has filled
the post of Minister of War, was spoken of as
Minister !o Washington, and Gen, Res de Olano,
tho Minister of Marine in 1847, as Minister to Mex
ico.
A roval dcerco removes Lioatenant General Ca
nedo from tho post of Governor and Captain Gen
eral of Cuba, and appoints Lieutenant General de
la Pczuela to tho post. This confirms ptevious
reports. ,
ArsraiA —Vienna, Oct. I.— Letters from Con
stantinople of “2d ult., have been received, 'nicy
make no mention of tho entry of the fleets into
tho Dardanelles. The Czar left Olmntz yesterday
for Warsaw via Myslowbz. On tho morning of
tho 27tli orders were sent from Olrnutz to clear the
railway immediately. When this hod been done
a Russian Courier, with despatches, left by special
traiu, on his way to St. Petersburg!).
Russia and Turkey.—Jassy, Sept. 19.— Prince
Gortsehakoff has just communicated to the com-'
muuding officers of the different corps ot tho iuva
diug force ihu instructioi s amt from St. Peters
burg* by the Minister of War, for taking tho steps
noce-sart to establish the winter quarters of the
Russian army ill Wallaehiaand Moldavia.
Vienna, Wednesday Evoning.—The semi-official
Correspondence publishes the intelligence from
Constantinople of the 27th ult., received via Trieste.
The probabilities pointed to an immediate declara
tion of war, but the ambassadors had not aban •
doned the hopes that reciprocal concessions might
yet be made. The Lloyd's advices say that the
Divan's resolve was an “eventual” declaration of
war. There were six British and four French war
steamers at Constantinople, iueluding those sta
tioned there for the special service of the ambassa
dors.
I’itrssiA.—A Vienna letter, of Ist instant, in the
Kolner Zeitung, states that the Prussian Ambassa
dor in Constantinople has received peremptory in
structions to second the representations of the
Austrian Interuuncio respecting the adoption of
the Vienna note.
Negotiations are commenced between Prussia
and France, with a view to effect a commercial
treaty between France and the Zollverein.
The anticipated alteration in the rate of discount
had taken place, the Bank having raiaed the rate
of interest from 4 to 5 per cent
Circassia. —A private letter from Constantino
ple ot the 19:h uit., states that the last accounts
from Circassia arc not satisfactory. It adds that
the Russians have assembled a considerable force
| on that side, and are preparing to make a general
attack, with, according to some, 40,000, according
toothers, 60,000 men. T* o envoys from Schamy I
had arrived at Constantinople to demand farther
assistance from the Porte against the Russians.
Latest from the Omtinent —By Telegraph.
France.— The despatches per the Levant, from
Constantinople, at Marseilles, were telegraphed in
cipher to the Foreign-office, to prevent their con
tents from transpiring.
It is stated that the 80,000 men whom the French
Government have decided to hold in readiness to
send to Constantinople, are to be composed of 10,-
000 men from the troops in Algeria, and the rest
from the home troops, principally those lately at
the camp ot Helfant. The number which England
is to furnish in her turn will not be it is said,
more than 10,000 who are to be embarked at
several of the Channel ports.
The Paris ‘Patrie’ contradicts, semi-officially,
the report that the Sultan had signed declaration of
war. The Council had merely resolved that no
more oon cessions coaid be made, and that the pre
parations for war must be carried on with increased
energy.
It has been stated that the reports circulated of
approaching modifications in the Ministry, have
not the slightest foundation.
The ship owners of Brest, taking advantages of
the Imperial decree permitting the importation of
salt beef into France on payment of a nominal du
ty, have already begun to prepare themselves for
importing largely of that article from Central
America. _
Ttrket and Russia.— The French and English
Governments have severally addressed notes to the
Russian Government on the non-acceptance of the 1
Turkish modifications. These notes have been 1
coached in very positive terms, and reply very for
cibly to the recent note of Count Nesselrode.
They intimate that the of England 1
and France are united in their resolution to main- <
tain the sovereignty of the Saltan and the in teg- i
rity of bia.Emplre.
The n uited Seats were to enter the Bosphorus
on the 7th mat.
Two Envoys arrived at Constantinople on the
25th alt., from Circassia, with the object of de
manding assistance against the Hessians, and of
combining a plan of operations on that side should
hostilities commence.
It has been stated that the object of the journey
of the Moo&rchs of Russia and Austria to Warsaw,
was simply to strengthen the alliance already exis
ting between Russia, Austria and Prussia, not only
against all revolutionary movements, bnt also a
gainst any demonstrations that the Westem Pow
ers may possiby make.
At Constantinople, the Sophtas, or students, the
Hadjis, professors, and the Ulemas, were exerting
themselves to keep up the enthusiasm against the
Pussiaus, but which had no need of sncli a stimu
lus. Not only had Dotbingbeen said of concession,
bat few or none desired that the quarrel should be
decided in any other way than by arm?. Even the
chances of defeat appear to have been taken into
calculation, but they have produced no effect on
the public mind.
Letters received from the Danubian Provinces
states that the cholera was making great ravage
amongst the Bussian troops, as well as the popula
tion. Several Boyards were making preparation
to depart lor Vienna, and to remain there until the
present crisis was over. Considerable masses of
troops were being marched towards Odessa.
The Hospodare of Moldavia and WaUachia have
announced to Ihe Divan that they are ready to pay
the usual tribute.
Omar Pacha has at the present moment nearly
115,000 men under his command, and before the
winter he expects to raise it to 150,000.
Spain. —The advices from Madrid extend to tho
Ist inst. The Government was not considered ve
ry stable while the reconciliation with General Nar
vaez was notlooked upon as sincere.
The Spanish Cortes have been convoked for the
19th November.
M. Soule, the new American Minister, had arriv
ed at Madrid, and was expected to be admitted to
the Queen in a day or two to present his creden
tials.
THE VERY LATEST INTELLIGENCE.
[. Telegraphic from London to Liverpool.]
Saturday Mobninu, Oct. S. — The Timos ot this
morning announces the arrival of the stoamer Tan
credi, from Constantinople, at Marseilles, with a
confirmation of the news that on the 26th nit., the
Sultan declared war against Russia.
A telegraphic despatch from Vienna announces
that the Porto had given theKuesian Emperor four
weeks in which to ivaeuato the Principalities, fail
ing to do which hostilities would bo commenced.
The English Cabinet. —The session of the cabi
net on Friday lasted 8% hours.
Pakis Bocp.se.—Oar advices from Paris are to
Friday evening. There was very little business
done on that day, bnt funds were steady. Threes
closed at 725*1’., and four and a half per cents ot
99%. Corn in the French market was on the de
cline.
Smyrna, Sept. 23.—T0-day the Hungarian, Mar
tin Koszta, lelt tor the Uuited States, with tho con
sent of the Austrian government.
President of the Georgia Senate —The Election
in Muscogee. —As Joseph Sturgis, Esq., of Colum
bus, has been spoken of in connection with the office
of President of the State Senate, we have thought
it not amiss to lay before the reader the following
extract cf a private letter to the Milledgevillo Re
corder :
Columbus, Oet. 4th, 1853.
“Joseph Sturgis and Alexander McDongald,
both of whom yon know, and who have some no
toriety in the State, have been elected to the le
gislature from this county—the former to the Sen
ate and the latter to tec House of Representatives.
“Doubtless, both you and the public will be
somewhat disappointed at this result; but it is
easily accounted tor whou the under-currents and
outside influences which were brought to bear in
the election are understood. It is no test of the
political parties in the county. The holders of the
bills and other demands against tho broken banks
in this place, are endeavoring to force their collec
tion by pursuing the assets into tho hands of those
who obtained and hold them improperly, and also
by enforcing the liability of their stockholders un
der thoir respective charters. The recent deci
sions of the Supremo Court have boon favorable to
their efforts. It, therefore, bocom -s necessary to
change the members of that Court; and as there
aro two Judges to clcctat the ensuing session, this
lias been seized on as a favorable occasion to bring
about that result.
“The relations of tho gentlemen elected to tho
stockholders, boitig their counsel—and one, tho
brother of Daniel MeDougald, ono of the largest
stockholders sued—renders them particularly
adapted to their purposes. But the hardest feature
of the whole matter was, to see how freely the
money made by thoso failures, and so unjustly
withhold from the people, was used, to thus defeat
its recovery. Mark what I say to you: this is but
a beginning of their operations—thus far they have
succeeded ; but it is yet to bo seen whether the
Representatives of tho people will permit such an
outrago ou their constituents.”
The result in Muscogee county was tho cause of
no little astonishment throughout tho State. Until
the recent election, it lmd been ns true as tho nee
dle to the pole, to Whig and Union principles. It
is but just to add, however, that tho Columbus
Times Jdenies the truth of tho statement contained
in tho foregoing extract. It says the Bank ques
tion exerted no influence whatever upon the result,
and that stockholders and bill-holders voted in
discriminately on both sides.
We do not pretend to pass any judgment upon
the meritß of the two statements hero produced.
We publish them simply that tho members of the
Legislature may understand tho issue made.by the
friends and opponents of Mr. Sturgis, who, as we
have already remarked, has been spoken of as the
next President of the Senate. If the charge pre
ferred against him be nntrue, then his claims
should be judged by the same standard that we
apply to other men, if it should uppear that ho is
fitted by character and experience for the position.
If it bo true however, or if Ihaieis the loast rea
son to suspect it is trne, it is needless to say the
Sennte will bo required by every consideration of
morality and scif-roapect, to select some other man
to preside over its aoliborations.— Savannah Re
publican.
From the Charleston Courier of Monday.
The hate Gale.
The late heavy Northeast gale has extended a consid
erable distance along the coast, and done immense dam
age to the shipping, as will ajipear by a reference to 1 our
ship news head. The Br. schr. Golden Eagle, which ar
rived yesterday morning from Nassau, (N. P.) fell in
with, on Saturday last, off Savannah, the schr. Ad
vent, of Jacksonville, (Fla.) Tobey, master, from Porst
mouth, (N. H.) loaded with Hay, Ac., bound to Jackson
ville, which vessel had been in the gale of the 19tli and
20th inst., about SO miles from Tybee—the mainmast had
to be cut away during the gale to relieve the vessel,
which carried the foremast with it, and the decks swept
of everything movable. The Advent having no spars
or sails left on board, the officers and crew found
themselves compelled to abandon her and come on in
in the Golden Eagle. The Advent was fallen in with by
the steamer Charleston after the crew had left her; the
steamer being on a cruise after disabled vessels, and has
been towed into this port. The schr. Charleston, Johnson
master, at this port from Satilla river fell in with, on
Friday last, to the Eastward es Doboy, with the schr.
Hallowell, Harden, master, from Savannah, lumber loaded
of and for Rockland, (Me.,) took off the officers and crew,
and brought them to this port. Tire Hallowell was thrown
on her beam ends while siudding before the late gale,
when the masts had to be cut away, and she was rendered
a complete wreck. The Hallowell was passed and boarded
on Paturday last off £t. Catharine’s by the steamer Florida
at this port.
The schr. G. W. Pickering, from Searsport, (Me.,)
bound to Wilmington, (N. C.) went ashore on Wednesday
afternoon, at 4)4 o’clock, about six miles south of Tybee,
it blowing a gale at the time. She is now high and dry on
the beach. The Ca- tain arrived in Bavannah on Satur
day evening, and will return to her with assistance. The
G. W. P. was in ballast, and is, no doubt, insured.
5Ve must not omit to mention also, that during the gale,
the U. S. Revenue Cutter, Hamilton, proved of great
service to the Schooner Yemassee, of this port. Being an
chored ih Cockspur Roads, Savannah River, the schooner
was driven on shore amongst the marshes, and would,
probably have been gotten off with great difficulty, if at
all, had it not been for the assistance of the Cutter. A
boat's crew, with an officer, was sent on board the Yemas
see, and aftergreat exertions succeeded in heaving her
off. The Hamilton also fell in with the brig John Button,
dismasted at sea, and cflVed to render her assistance,
which, however, was not required.
On Saturday morning, as we leem from the Savannah
Republican, the Royai mail steamship, Conway, Captain
G. W. Hicks, arrived at that port in distress.
The Savannah Courier, of Sunday, says: The Btorm
which raged in this city andoa the coast on Thursday and
Friday last, seems to have done much damage on the
Smith-rn coast. We learn from Captain Shaw, of the
steamer Wm. Gaston, who arrived yesterday morningfrom
the South, that at Bruns vick the destruction was trigctful.
The new engine house Belonging to the Brunswick Railroad
Company, was blown down. Also a cotton shed and black
smith's shop, a newly framed house and several smaller
buildings.
The Railroad whaif which had recently been construct,
ed of Palmetto timber, was also washed away and was
floating about the harbor. All the other wharves except
one were destroyed, and that one was greatly injured.
No live?, however, were lost.
A small fishing smack, used at Brunswick, is ashore, and
on her beam ends in the marsh, a little north of the city.
The steamer Planter Is aLo ashore—high and dry, and
will have to be dug out. She lies well, however, and will
probably be but slightly damaged.
The schooner Mary Ann, Capt. Simmons—owned by
Capt. Dickinson and others of the city, and bound for
Charleston from Satilla River, with a cargo of rice, was
blown ashore on St. Simons, is on her beam ends, and will
be entirely lost. Capt. Shaw took the captain, mate and
three seamen from Jekyle Island and brought them to this
city.
Captain Shaw also reports the schooner W. Mercer,
ashore below Brunswick. Also a small sloop in the same
neighborhood.
There was likewise a schooner ashore near Rockem
baugh’s Mills, below Darien, The Gaston did not pass
near enough to ascertain Ler name.
The gale is represented as having been very severe, and
we apprehend that serious damage has been uone all along
the coast.
From Bcenos Ayr;.-. — J'i.e Acquisition of Terri
tory let) Trance and England,.— By the arrival of
the brig Robert Wing at New York, wc have dates
from Buencs Ayres to August 20th. The British
Packet received by this arrival contains a number
of articles in favor of various projects to briug ont
the capabilities of that great and fertile country,
which, if the government was only permanent and
sale, would open a vast field for the surplus popu
lation of Europe. Among other things recommend
ed, is tlie establishment of railroads for the convey
ance of produce, A:.
The Packet highly indignantat ihe acquisition
of the island of Martin Garcia by England and
France, an.i relic .ea itself in the following man
ner:
“ Stupendous Infamy. —By a treaty, signed and
sealed, with Sir Charles Hotham and M. St.
Georges, it appears that General Urqniza has
ceded to Lnglandaud France the possession of the
Island of Martin Garcia, as ‘a guarantee for the
free navigation of the interior rivers of the Confe
deration! Shame, shame! to the dastard traitor :
and shame to the sneaking sycophants who dared
to moot or entertain such a proposition, in the
name and on the behalf of two great and civilized
nations. Will they ratify the foul transaction?
We cannot and will not believe it; it is hard even
to believe that two bipeds couldJiave been foand
mean enough ° r depraved enough to negotiate it.
7 razi ‘ anc * n i te d States submit to this?
Will not every republican in South raise
its voice in a chorus of indignaut condemnation ?
Had urquiza any shadow' of right to the territory
thus ceded . The same that we should have to
cede or sell the Island of Jamaica to the United
J™®*? or lsle of Man to the Czar of Huseia.
Os this the Envoys Extraordinary were perfectly
aware; and no buyers or receiver’s of stolen pro
perty, knowmg it to be stolen, ever incurred so
overwhelming a load of guilt and infamy ; a guilt
and infamy in which, we feel assured, their res
pective countries and governments will never con
sent to become participants; and which the honest
and independent of all countries are bound to de
cry and denounce/ 1
The Weather for the past thirty-six hours has
been very blosturing and disagreeable. On Wed
nesday evening a fresh wind prevailed from the
Northeast accompanied with rain, which increased
m violence to a considerable storm, during the
mght. i esterday our streets were very wet and
muddy, and were strewn with leaves and branches
of the trees, some of which were prostrated by the
wind. Alter nine o’clock vesterday morning, the
violence ot the wind somewhat abated, and we
had *ess rain also. As the winds prevailed from
the eastward, we have fears that there has been a
severe storm on the coast, which may have proved
disastrous to shipping. Such weather cannot be
otherwise than injurious to cotton cror» which
have been under its influence: we hope, however,
far Into the interior.—
Sac. Rep. of Friday.
Tfriuele Ac jident— Mart,y Lives Probably Lost .
-—Yesterday afternoon, about 2o’clock, as a num
ber or workmen were at work on the old steamer
bacramento, near the Dry Dock, tearing it to pieces
the upper part of the boat or the cabin which was
m a tottering condition, fell down with a tremen
dous crash, pan going into the river. On the
boiler deck of the boat, under the cabin, were a
number of children, engaged in picking chips
and pieces of the wrecked boat. Some of them
were taken from the wreck, while it is thought that
other.-are beneath the pile of rubbish. At a late
hour last night it was thought that some seven
lives were lost. Two grown persons, workmen on
the boat, are missing, and are supposed to have
been drowned— Cincinnati Gazette, OH. 15.
J cdoißaxter Resigned.— We learn that Jndge
Baxter has tendered a resignation of the balance
of his term, and that Wm, Gibson, of Warren, has
been anointed by Gov. Cobb to the vacancy—
WEEKLY
Cjjnmifk fc SkutmdL
AUGUSTA". GEORGIA.
WEDNESDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 96,1663.
Death of Mr. DeLatgle.
It is oar melancholy duty to chronicle the death
of Mr. Nicholas DeLaiglk, who died at hia resi
dence, near the eity, Saturday afternoon, at the
advanced age of 87 years, after a few days’ illness.
He had been long a resident of Augusta, and was
probably, at the time of his death, the oldest citi
zen. A man of the moet indomitable industry end
perseverance, and cf the highest integrity, to
which he added that amenity of manner that al
ways distinguishes the true French gentleman, he
enjoyed, in an eminent degree, the confidence and
esteem of all who knew him.
Messrs. Gnlhrle and Bronson.
The letter es Judge Bronson, the Colleotor of
New York, in reply to the very extraordinary
epistle of Mr. Secretary Guthrie, which we pub
lished some days since, will attract universal atten
tion and command tbe approval of all correct
thinking, impartial men. It is at once, tomperate,
manly, dignified, courteous and particularly se
vere. He places the Secretary, and with him the
whole Cabinet, in a ridiculous position before the
country, one from which they cannot escapo with
honor. He tells Mr. Guthbie very plainly, and
pointedly, that ho has no apology to make and no
favor to ask, while he gives the veracity of the
Secretary a very severe stab on the soore of
“ pledges.” On that point the Seoretary is most
effectually impaled withontthe faintest hope of es
cape.
Tbe letter throughout is distinguished for its
cool, well considered, independent, temperate tone;
so unlike that of tho spoils-hnnters of the present
day, that it is truly refreshing to read it, and we
commend it to general perusal.
With Mr. Bronson’s letter the New York papers
publish a reply from Mr. Charles O’Connor, United
States District Attorney, to tbe W ashington U nion’s
censure of himself and Mr. Bronson. This is quite
a lenglity documont—too long for our columns to’
day. It goes largely into the history ot the fac
tions into which the Now York Democracy aro at
present divided, and sharply arraigns Mr. Gdthrie
for tho sentiments and principles of action announ
ced in his letter to Mr. Bronson. Towards the
Union, Mr. O’Connor is specially sovere. He says:
The paper, it is true, claims to be the organ of the
President; but it has never advanced that claim,
except in a circuitous and argumentative form; it
has never ventured directly to assert that it spoke
by his authority, and as I knew that it was not his
organ, I felt free to treat it as the hireling of a
nameless libeller.
The New York Herald, whose earnest support
of the administration is well known, introduces
thesa two lettors to its readers, with the following
pertinent and pungent remarks:
Two very interesting and important political pa
pers will be found in ourcolumus to-day. We com
mend their careful perusal to men of all parties, but
especially to the spoils Cabinet and their imbecile
and huckstering newspaper organ at Washington.
One of these papers is the reply of our Collector
Bronson, to the lato coarso and offensive edict of
Secretary Guthrie, eoncorningthe dispensation of
the public plunder among tho froosoilers and abo
litionists who have crept into the confidence ot the
Cabinet; tho other paper is a history of the war,
by Charles O’Connor, intended for the particular
enlightment of the Washington Union. Each of
these lettors will fall like another bombshell into
Tammany Hall, and both, we conceive in a mas
terly way settle the business which they take in
hand.
For Borne days past a reply to Master Guthrie
has been looked for from Collector Bronson; and
now that this roply is out, it will not disappoint
the pablio expectations. Tho public aro prepared
for a cool and dispassionate dissection of tho
wretched and disorganizing spoils system decreed
bythe Cabinet; and bore we nave it. Our Collcc
tor enters into a logical analysis of the oontempti
ble instructions of his official superior and shows
from substantial facts and the sober deductions of
common senso, the degrading and destructive oon
sequencos of an adhesion to tho miserable and dis
honorable Treasury manifesto.
Master Guthrie is admonished that it is bad poli
cy to treat the democratic party as a mere coalition
of factious only to bo harmonised by judiciously
guagiug tho public plunder among them. He is
informed that if any federal office-holders from
this city were instrumental in breaking up the
party at Syracuse, they wore not from tho Custom
House. Pity the same could not be said of our
Postmastor and Surveyor Cocbrane. Tho Secreta
ry of the Treasury is also advised, (and it is a bit
of information which may yet be useful to the
Cabinet,) that in state politics, whatever may be
the local troubles and squabbles of the party, the
members of the Cabinet at Washington have no
business to interfere. And such is the unanswera
ble truth. Concede the legitimacy of Guthrie’s
instructions, and wo' cencedo the right to tho Cabi
not to leavo their duties at Washington, and to
take the stamp, and dispense the spoils in person,
at ovory local election in the oountry. If the Pre
sident and every member of his Cabinet were to
oome to New York this afternoon, and canvass tho
State in behalf of the freesoilors till election dav,
dispensing rewards and punishments at every
point, they would be simply carrying out the late
outrageous edict from the Tro; sury Department.
Fur different aro the instructions of our Collec
tor to tho apparently ignorant Guthrie. They are
practical, ana to the purpose—based upon law, the
constitution, and theduties of theSecretry’s office.
And while our Col'ector very properly insists that
even tho Secretary of the Treasury must conform
to the prescribed usages of the department, his
right to invado the privileges of the Collector is
just as boldly and properly denied. In a word,
the task has been easy to show that an order with
out precedent, without warrant, and without jus
tification, is an order entitled neither to obedience
nor respect.
Honest mon, thorefore, will approve the disobe
dience of Judge Bronson to tho spoils manifesto
of Secretary Guthrie; and from the superior
kuowledgo disclosed by our Collector of the official
duties of the head of tho Treasury Department,
we would advise that he be romoved from his
office, here without delay, and transferred to tho
control ol tho Treasury in tho place of Guthrie,
who will find moro gonial employment in return
ing to his pork or whatever may
have beon his business pursuits in Kentucky.
Tho historical review of the “ family jars” Os
the New York democracy, by Charles O’Connor,
boars us ont in all that wo have said of tho dangers
of mere coalitions for tho spoils, disregardful of
principles. But tho day of settlement is hero.
The broach is re-opened, and strangely enough
we find an administration olected to carry out the
principles of the national democrats, identified
with the abolition and Freesoil pack of agitators
of the Buffalo platform. We find the Cabinet
issuing their edicts for tho reward of these agita
tors, as if tho hypocritical repontance of seditious
demogoguos rendered them moro proper recipients
of executive favor than mon who have never been
disgraced by an unholy allianco with tho filthy
abolitionists.
Bead tho letters of Oolleetor Bronson and At
torney O’Connor. A little more of euoh Balt would
season the whole lump. The war goes bravely on.
Whooomcs next?
TBs Close of the Fair.
Tnfi Annual Fair of the “Southern Central
Agricultural Asesoiation,’' closed yesterday, with
the awardlngof the numerous premiums, offered
by tho Society to the successful competitors. The
exhibition altogether, has been very interesting
and agreeable, and we trust will result beneficial
ly to the country, by infusing U general spirit of
improvement among all classes, and In every de
partment of business.
Premium Cotton.
Wi understand that the Cotton of Mrs. S. B.
Femur, of Columbia County, which was ginned by
Parkhubsts’ Gin, and took the premium of a hun
dred dollar pitcher, at the late fair, was sold to-day
by her factors Messrs. W nm.oox CosXeby, & Co., at
12 cents, to the Agent of all Eastern Manufactur
ing Company.
Messrs. Fleming & Miller have our thanks for
a handsome preasent of Flonr—and we embrace
the occasion to call public attention to the adver
tisement of this new firm, who, we have no doubts
will give perfeet satisfaction to all who may call on
them.
The Board of Directors of the Bank of the Slate
of Georgia, on Friday, declared a semi-annual
dividend of 95 per share, payable on and after
to-day.
Tho Directors of the Wilmington andßaleigh
Railroad Company have declared a dividend of 4
per cent, for tho last six months, and have order
ed a payment of 985,000 to the Literary Board on
account of the principal of their debt.
Twelve shares of the Capital Stock of the Comp
any were sold on Tuesday last for $94.87)4.
Venezuela. —Advices from Porto Cabello to. Sept.
21, represent the country quiet, and thoroughly
under the sway of President Monagas. Many of
the State prisoners have been liberated, and oth
ers banished to distant provinces. No coffee of
the new crop had been received. Hides continue
in great demand at 13 cents per lb.
Letters from Bermuda to the 12th instant, con
tain distressing accounts of the ravages of the fev
er, which had assnmed the character of a plague,
.aud had baffled the skill of the medical men. The
disease bad made sad havoc amoDg the orphan
children of deceased soldiers.
Chance of Foreign Postage. —lnformation has
just reached the Post Office Department throagh
the Bremen Office, that the Post Office Departmeets
of Prnssia, of the Grand Dnchy of Mecklenburg,
Strelitz, and of the Dnchy of Saxony Altenbnrg
hare reduced their postage to and from Bremen, on
letters to and from the United States, to the uni
form ra*e of five cents, making the full rate of pos
tage to and from these States, respe lively, by the
Bremen line of steamers, 15 instead of 22 cents, the
rate hitherto charged.
Chops nr Mississippi. —Thomas Affleck, a wel
known Agriculturist in Mississippi, writes as fol
lows to the New Orleans Picayune, dated October
12th:
The Chop.— l could make the subject of a long
letter to you, but do not yet feel able for the effort.
Suffice it, that the information gathered, as you
know, a vast correspondence on the subject, leads
to the conclusion that the cotton crop now being
gathered, will be decidedly a short one, as com
pared wiih the past two years. Corn is also some
what scarce. A good deal will be needed in this
region. The pea crop is good and there is a fine
stock of hogs to feed off upon it. Sweet potatoes
are only so so.
The weather has been very dry for four weeks
or more. In fact we are pretty well parched up.
It is now dropping rain, (Thursday, the 18tb,)
with every appearance of a wet spell. Oh ! God
grant that a frost may immediately follow It.
It is expected, says the Colombia Carolinian, thoti]
by the first of next month, a Northern mail will be
assigned to the Wilmington A Manchester Bail
road, in addition to the route from Wilmington to
Charleston. By the first of January the boats will
be set aside, and a double mail will then be forwar
ded by the former route.
Eight hundred Poles, refugees and exiles, have
put down their names at the Ottoman Embassy in
Paris, as ready to take arms against Buaaia for the
Sultan, in mm of war.
The Treaty of !»**—Cal. Benton’s History.
We find the following scrap, an extract from
Col. “ Benton’s history,” in an exchange. If the
remainder of hia work, is os deficient in its facts
as this extraot, it is exceedingly unfortunate for
Col. B. that be ever essayed to become a historian,
for history is alone of value when its facts are cor
rectly and fully stated. To show how entirely
Col. Benton has fsiled in this particular, in the
subjoined aooount of the treaties of 1896 and ’26,
it is only necessary to Btate, that Georgia paid no
attention whatever, to the “ new treaty,” made
at Washington, but took possession of the Terri
tory nnder tho “ old treaty,” made with Mclntosh.
Nor is be more fortuuate in his declaration that
the oirrying into effect of this “ new treaty,” placed
Georgia in possession “of all her soil.” That
result was accomplished years aftorward, by the
treaty of New Echota.
Os the incident to which Col. B. alludes, woof
course know nothing. Our solo objeot in copying
the aiticle at all, was to correct at onco the errors
into which the historian (f) had fa ! lou:
By an agreement with the State of Georgia, in
the yoar 1802, the United States beeat, c bound,
in consideration ot tho cession of the Western
Territory, now constituting the States of Alabama
and Mississippi, to extinguish tho remainder of
the Indian title within her limits, and to removo the
Indians from the State, ot which largo and valua
ble portions were then occupied by tho Creeks
and Cheiokees. No time was limited for tho
fulfillment of this obligation, and near a quartor
of a century had passed away without seeing its
execution. At length, Georgia, seeing no end to
this delay, bccamo impatient, and justly so, the
long delay being equlvolent to a breach of the
agreement; for, although no tirao was limited for
the execution of the agreement, yet a reasonable
lime was naturally understood, and that incessant
and faithful o iduavors should be made to comply
with her undertaking. In tho years 1524-’5 this
had beoome a serious question between tho United
States and Georgia, and Mr. Monroe, in the last
year of his administration, and among its last
acts, had tho satisfaction to oonclnde a treaty with
the Creek Indians for a cession of their claims in
the State, and their removal from it. This was
the treaty of tho Indian Springs, negotiated tho
I2th of February, 1825, tho famous chiof, Gen.
William Molntosb, aud some fifty other chiefs,
signing it in the proseuco ot Crowell, the United
States Indian Agent. It ceded all tho Creek coun
try in Georgia, and also several millions of acres
in the State ol' Alabama. Complaints followed it
to Washington, as having been concluded by
Mclntosh without the authority of the notion.
The ratification of the treaty was opposed, but
finally oarried ( aud by the strong volo of 84 to 4.
Disappointed in their opposition to tho treaty at
Washington, tho discontented party becamo vio
lent at home, killed Mclntosh and another chief,
declared forcible rosistauco to tho execution of tho
treaty, aud prepared to resist. Georgia, on her
part, determined to execute it by taking posses
sion of the ceded territory. The government ot
the Unitod States felt itself bound to iuterfere.
The new President, Mr. Adams, becamo impressed
with the eonviotiou that the treaty had been inado
without duo authorily, and thut Us execution
ought not to be enforced, and sent Gou. Gaines
with federal troops to the oonfinesof Goorgia. All
Georgia was in a flame at this view of force, and
the neighboring States sympathized with her. In
tho meantime the President, anxious to avoid
'iolonco. and to obtain justice for Georgia, treated
further, and, assembling the head men and the
ohiefsof tbe Creeks at Washington City, concluded
a new treaty with them, (January, 1826,) by which
tho treaty of Indian Springs was annulled, and a
substitute for it negotiated, ceding all tho Creek
lands in Georgia, but none in Alabama. This
treaty, with a messago detailing all tho difficulties
of the question, was immodiutely communicated
by the President to tho Senate, aud by it referred
to the Committee on Indian Affairs, ofwhioh I was
chairman. Tne Committee reported against tho
ratification of the treaty, earnest deprecated a
collision of arms betweontho Federal Government
and a Stato, aud recommended further negotia
tions—a thing tho more easy, us the Crook chiofa
wore still at Washington. Tho objections to the
now treaty were:
1. That it annulled tho Mclntosh treaty, thereby
implying its illegality, and apparently justifying
the late of its authors.
2. Because it did not cede tho whole of the Creek
lands in Georgia.
8. Because it ceded nono in Alabama.
Further negociations, according to tho recom
mendation of the Senate, were hud by the Presi
dent; and on the 81st of March of the same year,
a supplemental article was concluded, by which all
the Creek luuds in Georgia wero ceded to hor, and
the Creeks within her borders bound to emigrate
to a new home beyond tho Mississippi. Tho vote
in the Senate, on ratifying this new treaty and its
supplemental article, was full and emphatic—thirty
to seven; and the seven negativos all Southern Se
nators, favorable to tho object, but dissatisfied with
the clause which annulled tho Mclntosh treaty aud
implied a censure upon its authors. Northern Sena
tors voted in a body to do this great act of justice to
Georgia, restrained by no unworthy feeling against
the growth und prosperity of a slave state. And
thus was carried into effect,aftor a delay ofaquator
of a century, and after great and just complaint on
the part of Georgia, tho compact betwocu that Stato
and the United States in 1802. Georgia was paid
at last for her great eossion of territory, and ob
tained tho removal of an Indian community out of
her limits, and the use und dominion of all her soil
for settlement ind jurisdiction. It was an incalcul
able advantage to her, and sought in vain under
three successive Southern Preßidonts—JoffersoD,
Madison, Monroe—and now accomplished under a
Northern President, with the full concurrence and
support of the Northern delegations in Congress—
for the Northern representatives in the House vo
ted the appropriations to carry the treaty into ef
fect as readily as tho Senators had votod tho ratifi
cation of the treaty itself. Candid mon, friends
to the harmony and stability of this Union, should
remember these things, when they hear the North
ern States, on account of the conduct of some so
cieties and individuals, charged with unjust and
criminal designs towards tho South.
An iuoident which attended tho negotiation of tho
supplemental article to the treaty of January, de
serves to bo commemorated, as an instanco of the
frauds which may attend Indian negotiations, and
for which there is so little chance of detection by
either of tho injured parties—by the Indians
themselves, or by tho federal government. When
the Presideut sent in tho treaty of January, and
aftor its rejection by tho Senate became eortain,
thorehy leaving the federal government and
Georgia upon the point of collision, I urged upon
Mr. James Barbour, tho Socrctary at War, (of
whoso department tho Indian Office was then a
branch,) the necessity of a supplemental artiole,
ceding all the Creek lands in Georgia; and assured
him that, with that additional article, tho treaty
would be ratified, and the question settled, Tim
Secretary was very willing to do all this, but said
it was impossible—that tho chiefs would not agree
to it, I recommended to him to mako them some
E resents, so as to overoomo their opposition, which
e most innocently declined, because it would
savor of bribery. In the moantimo, it had been
communicated to me that tho treaty already made
was itself tho work of groat bribery—the sum of
9160,000, out of 9247,000, which it stipulated to
tho Creek nation, being a fund fbr private distri
bution among the chiefs who negotiated it.
Having received this information, I felt quite sure
that the fear of tho rejection of tho treaty, and
th consequent less of these $160,000 to tho nego
tiating chiefs, would ensure their assent to tho
supplemental article, without the inducement of
further presents. 1 had an interview with the
leading chiefs, and made known to them tho “ in
teresting ” fact, that the Senate would rejeot tho
treaty as it stood, but would ratify it with a sup
plemental artiole ceding all their lands in Georgia.
With this information, they agreed to tho addition
al article; and then the whole was ratified, as I
have already stated. But a furthor work remain
ed behind. It was to balk the fraud of the cor
rupt distribution of $160,000 among a sow chiofs,
and that was to be done in tho appropriation bill,
and by a clause directing tho whole treaty money
to bo paid to tho nation. Tho ease was communi
cated to the Senate in scorot session, and a com
mittee of conference appointed, (Messrs. Benton,
Van Buren and Berrien,) to agree with tho Honso
oommitteo upon the proper clause to be put in the
appropriation bill. It was also oommunieated to
the Secretary at War. He sent in a report from
Mr. McKinney, the Indian Bureau clerk aud actu
al negotiator of the treaty, admitting tho fact of
the intended privato distribution, which, in fact,
oonld not be denied, as I held nn original papor,
showing the names of all the inlondea recipients,
With the sum allowed to each, beginning at $20,000,
and running down to $5,000; and that it was
done with his cognizance.
Some extracts from speeches, dolivorod on that
occasion, will well finish this view of a transaction
which at one time threatened violence between a
State and the Federal Government, and in which
a great fraud in an Indian treaty was detected and
frustrated.
CaTT. iNOBAnAM.— The Charleston Courier says:
To the many friends and acquaintances of Capt.
Ingraham, in this city, it is needless to say that
tho nngentlemenly language attributed to him in
some of the reports relative to the Koszta affuir,
was never made use of by that gentleman; bat as
the slander has gono forth, wo wonld state, on
the authority of a letter received in this city from
Capt. Ingraham, dated Spezzia Bay tho 80th nit.,
that the whole intercourse between Capt. Schwartz
and himself, on board the brig Hussar, was of the
most courteous and gentlomunly kind, and that no
unpleasant word passod between them—indeed,
after the allair, on the 4th of July, the Hussar sa
luted the flag of the St. Louis, which tho latter re
turned, and Capt. Ingraham, moreover, wont on
board the Hussar and thanked Capt. Sohwartz for
the compliment. This visit Capt. Schwartz return
ed, and the best pcisonai feeling existed between
both gentlemen, each thinking ho had done hia
duty. The only thing said about the denial of
Koszta being on board, was at the house of the
Consul General of Austria, when Capt. Ingraham
asked that functionary if Koszta was not on board,
and on his admitting that he was, Capt. Ingraham
said: “It is very Btrange, Mr. Consul, that the
officers on board should have doniod his being
there.”
The St. Louis, &3 we learn from tho same letter,
was waiting for advices from Mr. DeLeon, the
Consul-General at Alexandria, who was sick in
Paris, whether she should wait for him at Spezzia
or proceed to Marseilles, to meet him and take
him to his destination.
Sale of the Metropolitan Hotel— Tho New
York Herald of Saturday, says it was stated on
good authority, on Change, that Messrs. A. T.
Stewart A Co., the celebrated drv goods firm, had
purchased the Metropolitan Hotel for the round
sum of 1600,000, and that they woro to pay down
in cash $400,000, leaving $200,000 on time.
Bio Peict. —The Boston Bee says that McCay
has been offered SBOO,OOO for his ship “ Great Re
public.” The very handsome offer comes Irom a
New York firm.
Singular Case of the Endurance of Scenic
Illusion. —Dumas says, in tho last chapter of his
memoirs in the Prone, that during the run of his
play of “ Napoleon," twenty years ago, M. Delais
tre, who performed tho character of Hudson Loue,
the prisoner’s jailor, at St. Helena, was taken home
every night by a body-guard of soldiers to protect
him from the pit, who collected at tho artist’s enj
trance, to stone and maltreat him. This is tit
largest instance of endurance of a scenic illusi<®
mentioned in theatrical annals. M. Delaietre '■
still one of the finest melo dramatic actors in the
upper boulevard.
Mb. McKean Buchanan.— “ W. H. P.,” the
London correspondent of the New lork Spirit of
the Times, saye that ibis gentleman, a citizen of
New Orleans, has lately concluded a most success
ful engagement in Edinburgh. So great has been
his success, that a-, tho conclusion of his engage
ment he received a very handsome present from
the manager, in the shape of a magnificent gold
snuff-box.
A distinguished derm n scholar lives the popu
lation of Turkey in Europe, os being about 15,-
500,000, and that of Turkey in Asia, 13,700,000,
making a total < f nearly 80,' 00,0 0, about half the
population of Buses, and nearly equal to that of
fmoe, though vastly lees oompaot than the last.
A Modern Clnelnnntne.
The following very well told story, is going the
rounds of the papers. It has evidently lost nothing 1
by time, or the touch of the Artiste, whose fanoy t
has not been idle while he was oollating his fhota :
A Modebn Cinoinkatos— ln along and plea
sant conversation recently with a dlstingnised
friend, whose mind is rioh with the recollections '
of the past, we gathered many inoidents, not the ’
least interesting of whioh was the following : J
At the session of the Sooth Carolina Legislature
in 1811, the members were perplexed for a suita
ble man to elect Governor. The difficulty did not I
arise from any scarcity of candidates, for then, as ,
now, men were ambitious, but fi om the want of
tho right sort of a man. The matter became 1
worse, as tho lime wore on, and the olection of
some objectionable candidate seemed inevitable.—
One day, however, as several of them were oon- i
versing upon the matter, Judge O’Neal), then a
young man and presontby invitation, said :
“Gentlemen, why not eleot Gen. David B. Wil- 1
hams ?” ,
“David R. Williams, he’s our man—he’s the ,
man.” they all exolaimed, as they began to scatter
to tell the news. l
The day of cloction came on, aud Gen. Williams l
was elected by a large vote. A messenger was at
once despatched with a oareiully prepared letter to
inform tho Uenoral of his election—request his ao- 1
ceptauco, and hoping he would name the day on 1
which he would take the oath of office. After
a long hard ride, tho messengor stopped at the
General’s residence, in Marlborough District, wo i
bolieve, and inquired if he wsb in. He was told
that Mr. Williams wus over at his plantation. Tho ’
gentleman said ho would ride over as he had a note <
to deliver to him as soon as possible. When about ,
half way ho met a fiat: looking man, drossod in
plain homespun, and driving a toam of mules :
“Am I on tho road to tho plantation of Gen.
Williams j” asked the messenger.
“Yes sir; it is about a milo further on,” was the
reply.
“Is the General at home ?”
“No, sir.”
“Where is he I"
“I am Gen. Williams.”
“You Gen. David B. Williams I”
“I am the mau.”
“Don’t dcooive me. I have an important letter
lor Gen. Williams. If that is your naiuo,” said
the doubting messenger, “hero ft is," handing the
lottcr to tho Goneral.
Mr. Williams openodthe lottor and found to his
utter astonishmont that, without his knowledge |
or consent, bo had been elected Governor of South
Carolina. Ho took tho messengor home and on
tertained him for the night, preparing a note, in
the moan tiino, accepting tho appointment, und
naming a timo on which ho would be in Colum
bia. The messonger returned.
On tho appointed day, a sow minutes before 12
o'clock, a man dressed in homespun, and on horse
back, rode into town ; hitching his animal to a
tree, he made his way to tho (japitol, where he
found a brilliant ooncourso of people. But sow
know him personally but there wss something oom
mauding about him. He took his Boat in a vacant
chair ; and whon tho clock in front of tho Speaker
had struck tho hour of II tho Goneral arose and
delivered the most masterly epoech that had over
beeu delivered thero on any former occasion. The
farmer statesman entirely eleotritied the assembly.
Ho mado an excellent Governor.
Tho thing conveys a bountiful idea. Here was
a farmer olectcd ; he aoceptod, and" from the
plough went to tho Governors offioe, to preside, in
a stormy orisis, over the destiny of a sovereign
State. Long live his momory.— Wilmington N. C.
Democratic Dress.
Self-Sale into Slavery. —A singular instance of
a colored man selling himself into slavery was
brought out in the Mayor’s court at Richmond (Va. j
last week. A man named Jones, a witness in a
caso of larceny, stated that he was the slavo of a
Mr. Carrington, while tho book of tho Hustings
Court showod him to be a free man. On examina
tion it appeared that Jones was emancipated in
Richmond in 1851, and that appended to tho evi
denco of his freedom was an injunction from the
Court to leave the State on penalty of being sold
for tho benoflt of the State. Instead of doing so it
appoared that ho sold himself to Mr. Carrington
and had actually reooived part of tho purchase mo
ney at the time of the sale. The Mayor stated in
strong terms his conviction that the whole proceed
ing was illegal, and that the State had claims for
forfeiture whioh could be enforced In spite of tho
negro’s sols-Bale; but, for the purpose of bringing
the norol question before a higher court, he had
tho man held to a hearing before tho next Hustings
Court on the charge of remaining in tho Common
wealth contrary to law.
The assessed valuation of tho real and personal
estate in Boston, tho present year is $206,514,200,
being on increase of nearly nineteen millions of
dollars since last year. In 1846 the total valuation
was $148,839,600. 11l 1844 it was $118,450,800.
At the late term of tho Superior Court of Ran
dolph county, two mon, Bigby and Busby, were
oonvictod of voluntary manslaughter, and were
sentenced by Judge Perkins to the Penitontiary.
At the same term of tho court, a .negro was con
victed of murder and will be exoouted on the 8d
proximo. At the late term of Early Superior
Court, Holding was convicted of manslaughter,
und Anderson of murder, and a true bill was
found against Cannon for murder. A correspon
dent of the Albany, Ga., Courier, says : “ Each
of these parlies was drunk, whon ho killed his
man. All these defendants have been aonQned in
jail at heavy exponses of the counties. And of
oourse, the five dollars received into the county
troasury for the license of the dram shop is but a
poor remuneration for the heavy expense of trying
those defendants. This, however, is the will of
the people, und no one can gainsay it.”
The Fioiit is not Ovkb. —Woll, tho elections ere
over, says tho Corner /Stout, but the bitterest part
of the contest is yet to come. The spoils are to
bo divided. We of Columbus, shall furnish a
very reasonable share of competitors. Wellborn
and Benning, we understand aro candidates tor
Judge of the Supreme Court, and Iverson up
pealed vory pathetically last Saturday, to tho
Democracy at lialloca, to do all thoy oould to
honor him in his old ago with the office of Senator.
Whether ho intends to run upon his own hook or
take the chances of a nominaaion, and If ho is
not nominated rely upon tho Whigß to elect him,
as he did when Colquitt beat him, we are not in
formed.
Tho contributions to the Washington Monument
at tho Crystal Palace, since its opening, amount to
$5,268. Os this, $1,0?6.68 was from the public
schools.
By the latest nowß from Europe, the statement
that our Minister to China had espoused tho cause
of tho Emperor and offerod him 11,000,000, is
roiterated.
Death or M. Ahaoo.— -'The Atlantio brings in
telligence of tho doatli of Franois Dominique
Arago, tho distinguished French Astronomer,
whose contributions to Boionce have classed him
among tho highest in tho list of European suvant.
Ho was in the 68th year of his age.
The Law Muskets.— The Now York Times
learns from good authority that George Law,
Esq., has offoctcd asnloof a vory considerable por
tion of his muskets to the Turkish Government—
to bo used in the war with Bussia. They have not
yet been sent, but aro to be shipped in oourso of s
few days. _
Bngland has 441 Consuls in different ports of
the world, and the United States only 180. Eng
land has 80 In the United States, 64 in Spain, 18 in
Brasil, 19 in Chiua, 48 in France, 28 in Portugal,
18 in Russia, and IT in Sweden, ihe United
States has ST in the British dominions, 18 in
France, T in Brazil, 8 in China, 8 In Portugal, 6 in
Spain, and 4 in Russia.
The efforts making to induce the British Gov
ernment to adopts uniformsystom of ocean penny
postage is beginniug to excite considerable interest
upon the continent of Europe. The subject has
been warmly taken up by the merchants of Avig
non, who have voluntarily raised a handsome sub
scription among themselves, and forwardod the
amount (botween 400 and 600 francs) to Mr. Elihu
Burritt, tho originator of the movement, in aid of
the operations for securing this great boon to the
mercantile world.
The Providenoe and Worcester Railroad ceased
to carry the mails between those cities on Mon
day. The Postmaster General offers the oompany
STS a mile, an increase of 16 per cent, on tho last
contract, but they demand more; and the mails
are now carried by horao Express twioo a day bo
twcon Providence and Blackstone, and once a day
on the rest of the route.
It is stated that by tho treaty lately concluded by
Gov. Gorman, of Minnesota, with tho Winnebago
Indians, thegovernmont obtains nearly one million
acros of prairie and timber lands, having a front on
the Mississippi of about sixty miles.
A letter received by tho Atlantic, by a commer
cial house in New York from a leading and reliable
commercial house in London, states that the re
ported declaration of war by Turkey against Russia
is without foundation, and was started for specula
tive purposes.
Tho Bank of England has made the following
statements to the 17th of September:
Circulation £22,421,920 Increase £4,224,240
Public Deposits.. 6,007,883 “ 769,828
Private Deposits.. 11,058,973 “ 191,915
Dis. and advances 16,740,682 “ 1,782,808
Coin and Bullion. 15,862,898 Decrease 888,954
The feature in this return whioh immediately
strikes the attention, is the increase of one million
and three-quarters in the amount of bills discount
ed. The decrease in tho bullion is considerable,
especially when it is remembered that the move
ment has now continued for twelve weeks without
interruption; the aggregate diminution during
those twelve weeks have been £2,802,891.
There is a rumor in Washington that the new
Minister to France, Mr. Mason, will decline, in or
der to go into a to It newly constructed Cabiuot.
Mr. Mason has accepted the Mission, and made ar
rangements to leave with his wife and daughter
next mouth.
U-nited States Stock.— The total amount of the
several stocks of the DnitedStates redeemed at the
Treasury during the past week, from the Bth to
the 15th inst., was more than half a million ofdol
ars, being $549,700.
The coarse of affairs at Washington has stimu
lated John C. Rives to change the Globe into a
daily paper, whioh will, soys tho New York Ex
press, be soft shell, and probably be Col. Benton’s
organ. The Globe is to employ a corps of fourteen
reporters to give very full reoord of tho debates
in Congress daily.
The Philadelphia Evening Bulletin says that Ole
Bull’s Norvegion Colony has not been abandoned,
but that the best men that went there at first still
remain there, and that, as far as it oan ascertain,
Ole Bull has got into no law suit and lost no money
by the enterprise.
The Chief Engineer of the Norfolk and Peters
burg Railroad Company invites proposals for the
graduation and masoury of 62 miles of the road be
tween Norfolk end Warwick Swamp,
Georgia Btertlon*.
The following dMpatoh reached us at a lata how
I at night. It is from 001. Gardner of the Cbiwtt
tutioualut :
.., . . Millkdoeville, Oct. 11.
Judge Johnson'a majority is 824 votes—Cilnoh
to be heard from. Six Congressmen elected by
the Democrats—Bailey by a majority of only two
votes. The Democrats have in the Senate a ma
jority of nine, and In the House of eighteen.—
Their majority on joint ballot of twenty-seven.”
Wo obaervo, says the Milledgeville Recorder,
that the above dospatoh is going the rounds of tba
papers. It is just about os aocurate as the state
ment that the people of Georgia have endorsed
Mr. Pierce’s administration in the late election.—
Mr. Johnson’s precise majority, if any, will not be
known until the votes are oountod out by the
Legislature. It may be from two to five hundred,
or nothing. Several oounties have not been yet
officially hoard from. As to the Legislature, it
will be Democratic, by what prooise majority, is
not known hore, and cannot be, until that body
meets. Probably one majority in the Senate, and
eight in the House. So far as regards the 8d Dis
trict, K. I’. Trippc, has a majority of the votes
polled according to present returns.
It is said that Lord Ilowdeu, British Minister to
Madr d, in June last, mnde a treaty with Spain, by
which English cruisers are permitted to land men
to soarch the plantations of Cuba, on which sieves
are suspected to have been oarried from slavers.
Lord Howden, it is said, is now urging upon the
Spanish Government, with a prospect of aace as,
a treaty by which the English Government offers
to withdraw her cruizers from the Coast of Cnbe,
and permit any number of slaves to be landed,
provided they shall be made Emancipado* for tea
years, and that slavery shall be abolished in the
Island at the expiration of fifty years. The New
York Times says that tho above is oonfirmed by
lettors j üßt received from Havana, dated Ootobec
1, whioh stato that Mr. Crawford, the English Con
sul there, was procuring letters from prominent
persons urging this plan, in order to send to En
gland to fortify her in her demands on Spain. No
British cruizers had been on tho coast for a month,
and slaves were landing in erowds.
The Now York Express says :
We do not believe that tho British Government
would consent to any such arrangement as is sug
gested hero, and we think wo know Er. Crawford
well enough to state that he would not, oven offi
cially, though tong oonnectod with tho Island of
Cuba, conseut to any suoh plan of robbing Africa
of herchildren, in order to make a legion of Klavas
from ton to fitly years in Cuba. England has
abandoned as hopeless the idea of keeping Blavea
from Cuba by means of two or three vessels on the
Coast. Tho whole Coast Squadron there, and on
the Coast of Afrioa has done vory littlo practically
for the Suppression of the S’.avo trade.
A tremendous hail storm occurred on Sunday
morning week in the southern portion of Beotl
oounty, Kentucky, the northern portion of Wood
ford county, aud in Clarke, Winchester, and Fay
ette oounties, in all of wh.oli great damage was
done in fruit treos, standing eorn, aud vegetation of
all kinds. In Lexington oity every window front,
ing the storm, which was from tho northwest, had
its panes of glass broken. So much hail tell that
in mauy places it lay in drifts to the depth of two
foot.
Tbaveliko Beooahs.— The Philadelphia papers
aro/iautioning tho inhabitants of that city against
beggars who apply for aid on tho aoore of losses by
tho yellow fever in Now Orleans. The Register
says that sixteen different forms for beggars have
just been issued from a press iu that eitj, and
prints tho following as a specimen:
To the fYitnds of HotpUality and Humanity. —
I, the boaror, Mrs. Magdalena Davis, au unfortunate
woman, very humbly aud rospectfully represent
to you my destitute situation.
I arrived in this country from Genoa, with my
mother, sister and four children, seeking my hus
band ; and one yoar ago I found him in New Or
leans; but in the month of July last he got siek
with yellow fever, and on the 2Tth of the same
month he died. Maouauna Dat».
Ladies and Gentleman, the smallest favor*
which you may bestow upon thin afflicted widow,
will gladdon the heart of tho stranger in a strongs
land, and may all suoh kindness provo as blessed
to those who give us to thoso who receive.
Very rojpoctfullj , J. B. Thompson, 11. D.
A correspondent of the Mobile IttqitUr, writing
from Havana, on 8d inst., says:
Wo have an interesting case of kidnapping at
presont, being developed through the energy of
the present acting incumbent of the consulate. Col.
Robertson : u negro, born in the United States, at
Charleston, tree, &o. It is said his case will be
fully mudo out, although tho lapse of time is so
mnoh against lnm: nearly forty years since he waa
forcibly takou at ltegla, from a boat belonging to *
small trading vossel, to which ho belonged aa a
cabin bov.
His history is thrilling from the eloquenoe of
truth, with which it carries to the mind conviction;
and thoro is no doubt that through the invet tiga
tion ordered by tho Governor General, and the
Amoricau sentinel at his poßt, that he will obtaia
his freedom.
Within a few days the Canadian government
journals have announced that the project of unit
ing all tho provinces, with Quebec as the federal
eapital, will soon take place. Each province la to
be allowed a soparato Legislature. Lord Elgin is
said to have gone to England far tho express pur
pose of arranging tho Important matter. The
llritisli provinces now contain three millions of
inhabitants.
At Lowell there is a capital omployed ol $lB,-
900,000 ; number of mills 61; number of females
employed 8,4T0; males 4,168; total 18,688; two
savings banks, with deposits of tho savings of the
operatives to the amount of noarly $1,800,000.
-~A portion of tho boarding house keopers of Bos
ton held a meeting on the 14th inst., and resolved
to advance tho price of board fifty cents a week, la
oonsoquonce of the high price of provisions. Flour
now sells for $8.60 and $9 per barrel.
The French Wine growers report better pros
pocts in the wine growing districts, particularly
since tho late rains, which have increased the aim
of the grapes and hastened their maturity. The
prices, oxoopt in the Bordolais, are all on the de
crease.
Seventy-five tons of Bibles and Testaments, or
160,000 copies, have been circulated in Wiaoonain,
Minnesota, and Northern Illinois during the poet
six years, leaving an indelible impression upon the
character of thousands.
Hoo Chop or Ohio.— On tho Ist of October about
ono-half of tho counties of Ohio had furnished the
Auditor of tho Stato tbeir annual statement
of personal property listed for taxation in 1868.
The number of hogs in forty-four counties is set
down at 1,816,498 against 696,081 last year. It Is,
however, doubted, if tho real increase is aa large
as the returns make it appear, in consequenoe of
the repeal of the S2OO exemption law.
The Melbourne Argus, of June 18, gives the
following particulars of the escape of John
Mitchell, from Van Diemen’s land :
“Information has reached Hobart Town, of the
escape of Mr. John Mitchell, the Irish state pri
soner, who was residing upon ticket of leave pa
role, at Bothwell. The particulars of the case are
as follows Mr. Mitchell waited a day or two
ago, upon Mr. Davies, tho assistant police magis
trate of Bothwell, with a letter which oontained
tho resignation of his parole of honor, and he of
fered to place himsolf in the custody of the polio*.
Whilo Mr. Davies was perusing the letter Mr.
Mitchell abruptly left the office, and proceeding
outside, where two fleet horses wero In waiting,
rode off at full speed, accompanied by a gentle
man, supposed by tho polioe to be Mr. W. L.
.Smyth, tne correspondent of tbs New York Tri
'bunc. Ho has not been heard of since. Mr.
Martin, another of the state prisoners residing in
the same distriot, has since icported himself, to be
at bis authorised place of residence. This is tbs
fourth of the Irish state prisoners who have es
caped from tho island. Mr. P. Donoghue has
turned up. He was at Tahiti, en routeto Califor
nia, when the steamer New Orleans loft for Syd
ney. Messrs. Smith O’Brien, Martin, and O’Do
berty are all who are left in Van Diemen’s Land
of the men of ’48.”
On the Bth inst., a portion of the Bridge over
Brunswick river, belonging to the Wilmington
and Manchester Road was destroyed by fire. Th*
loss is said not to be so great as at first supposed.
The Selma, Ala., Bentinel, of the 16th inst., men
tions that throe deaths occurred in that city last
week from yellow fever, and says that there were
quite a number of eases of sickness in tbe town,
but so far, it bolieved, there were none that wars
attended with symptoms of yellow fever.
The Free Hanseatic city of Bremen has declared
its accession to the second article of the conven
tion of the 16th of June, 1852, between tbe United
States and Prussia and other States of tho Ger
manic confederation, for the mutual delivery of
criminals, fugitives from justice in oertain cases.
Judge Grier has delivered in the Circuit Court
of the United States for the Eastern District of
Pennsylvania an elaborate opinion in the matter
of the U. S. Marshals who were in custody on a
oharge of having exceeded their duty in tbe
Wilkesbarre slave oase. We have only epaoe for
his peroration:
In conclusion, as we find that the prisoners are
offloers of the United States, “in confinement for
acts done in pursuance of a law of the United
States, and under process from a Judge of the
same, that they have not exceeded the exigency of
the proofs under which they acted. That tbia
prosecution has not been Instituted, nor is now
acknowledged by the State of Pennsylvania, but
has its orifpn in some association living at a dis
tance and wholly ignorant of tbe whole transac
tion to which they have volunteered to investigate.
That tho information on whioh the warrant to ar
rest the prisoners is founded, was sworn to by one
who did not know whether tbe matter of tbe
affidavit presented to him was true or false, and
that by a statement of but half the truth, ills
wholly false.
The prisoners are therefore discharged.
The Chinese are spared all trouble as to fashion
in dress. Not that foppery is any more rare than in
other quarters of the globe, or that the toilet and
the proper arrangement of ornaments Is by any
means neglected, but all matters of dress some
under two categories. The summer and winter
arrangements constitute the only changes whioh
the Chinese, from the Emperor down to the mean
est peasant, ever adopts. And this, too, doea
not depend on individual caprice. The board of
rites, which regulates ouatome, costumes, religious
observances and etiquetto, has the entire super
intendence of the affair. At the proper time they
notify the Viceroy of eaeh province that spring or
winter, as the case may be, has oome, and he ac
cordingly assumes the summer or winter oep,
without any regard to the state of the weather, and
the people follow it.
John Morrisey, who was reported to have died
from injuries reoeived in his prise fight with Yan
kee Sullivan for a wager of S2OOO on the 12th Inst,
near Boston Four Corners, on the line of the New
York and Harlem rail road, personally presented
the editor of the New York Times on Friday with
a letter denying the fact— pretty ooneiuslvt test
imony.