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"" An«h« *-'“ er ,ron * Jui *"
Nxw York, Monday, Oct. 81,1898.
Ml . -if you Ud been c mteut, w your letter of
A L with announcing my removal from
, ; it wo Id have be> n the end of oar oor
“ that subject. Bat as yo»>™
Sv-npmdteteeton re V M>m for th® proceeding, I
'Jutdf thc P <‘olleetor to act with
,.} i* truiioni from your Department, in any
ThL» doctrine i» entirely new; for in ranch
H r i.r ret part of the boa'ine** of the custom
! ' . (fleeter in guided by the revenue laws,
alweva acted without instruction* from
? the Treasury It is only in «pe
•l , - where the law is of doubtful conatrue
*' , me duties of the Collector have not been
01 , .77 officer* of the contemn. On tbmt
Eli • * ri*bu. ami duties of both Secretary and
'-U.ave been prescribed by Conpww, and
uciu.er can control the other when acting in hla
pri».« l ~car to roppose, the Collector can do
.. 'n,ir "without instructions from your Depart
“ .\ The bu- ini.m which ia now transacted’in tlie
custom iou»c in a wngie hour could not be accom
dl'„ iie< j i„ i, month. Yon have evidently act too
f” t ,u m aie upon the extent of your powers,
ii.e reason which you h.ve assigned lor thia
,ug claim of authority ia an extraordinary as
it. i ni itself. Your wbrda are—“ Where the
p r meat is not expressly empowered to give
instruction* to subordinates, it has the authority
to do so, as inherent in the power to remove a re
framort officer." Now, as 1 reed the eonatitution,
the .secretary of the Treasury has no powet to rc
rcove a Collector, however refractory he may be.
T power ol reuioval, a* well aaof appointment,
? vested in the Breaideut. You will do well, there
j,,re, to look for some better reason than the one
you nave assigned or an unlimited authority over
C .ilestor* in the selection of their agents.
You think it aingular that u gentleman of my le
gal ac mirsweats and experience should fall into
lh<: error of assuming that tb*Collector appoints
itvarious persona employed if, the custom house
.with the approval ol the Secretary, and
tome ou the sole authority of tho Collector. Bin-
this niay appear to yon, it Is tho coorao
w, ten l.s-- uniformly been pursued since the foun
-1 0 ( the (iovamraent. Weighers, measurers,
. i , „r- l ave been appointed by the Col
's !. r with the approval oi the Secretary; while
gters, bargemen, laborers and others, huvo
h '.„ , ilw.o nletl by the Collector alone. It has not
, *,; r uj under all former Secretaries ol the
Treasure, 1 it daring your own time. All my
rk- potters cart men, laborers, Ac., havo boon
~, ,;' r l without consulting you in any form: and
* i , i ver intimated adoobt about the propriety ol
lids course until you deemed it expedient to inter
fu 01, ,1 politics of New York
U U insist that tho clerks and other agents
fit the t ..Hector "derive their appointment and
ti ,-ir auiboritv as publicofficers from the fjeoretary
of the Tro* cry alone." The reason you assign for
ti is t,ew and extravagant claim will show that itis
whri:. Without any- legal foundation. You place
j. n ,i,, constitution of thoUuitedStates, which
nr ,vid. - tin t' Congress may, by law, vest the ap-
Loiotncnt of such inferior office re us they may
f.,,.. proper—in the heads of Departments.” You
1 foci a*l<l ’ i*at ‘‘ContfreHH hurt not attempted, nor if
a i a i could it Lave effected any modification of
tl is pro. i-inn of the constitution." Aud hence
. ie that the appointment is in tho Seo
r.".ry. li is readily granted thut Congress has
not. and oaino!, modify the constitution. But
s’... your argument amounts to no more than this
i« "can 1C 11 ingress may by la v, vest the appoinl
,.t'f . ’ain officers in the Secretary of tho
'in ury, aud< ogress has not modified this con
"Jl i.rovi-ion, therefore the Secretuiy has
the powui of appointment. lu otbor words—be
es I amgress may, if it pleases, confer a power
on t.ie tieeretavy, and Congress has done nothing
on Um- subject, therefore the Secretary has tho
(srwer. Such is the law and the logic of your let
ter. ...
I have lbu» tar assumed that you are right in
supposing that the olorks, porters, laborer*. &., in
!),. .i-! > house, are public officer* within the
~,g of the conutitution in relation 10 up
But, in truth, thoy are raero agents
ot ti.B C .hector, to aid in the discharge of the
.In': .. winch the luw bus imposed upon him.
Ti, I . r.» II (• hand by which lie works, and are no
bwp, officers in the sense of the oonatitutiou than
are soldiers and sailors in the army and navy.
They have never been treated, or cvou mentioned
i, } c ngrereas officers, appointed by the Collector
or any na else. but only us persons employed by
tie < jileco.r. J Luzurd nothing in saying thut the
chnn, which yoi liavo now sot up has not u shadow
oft in hi'., n, either in thoiawoftho land, or in
any firmer practico of the Government.
You |> ik of “ unwarrantable assumptions” and
a •* iiiaoitest .pirit of insubordination” on my part,
P'Ugrcund Ibl tlie removal. Hut you liavo been
wliody unable to show that 1 assumed anything
but i .y .in .t rights, or that I wus unwilling to act
in ..iVd'.tiuc in your instructions, in all cases
iaw had given you authority to direct,
i m-i all iw mo to add, thut subordination in
< i* i not Oecuaaarily i.rovo inferiority j and.
i. . iMutiuinen, tlie relation of superior and
.i ! .ale confers no right on the one to use im
ti lungu.igo, an I imposes no duty on tlie
ott er to urretider his legal rights.
Vnu complain that tlio remarks in my formor
Mt»r impugn yotir motives. 1 did no more than
st, • fa.-ts—leets wliicli you liavo uni attempted to
controvert, soft then said, “ As to the motives of
p ioveni..|it let others judge.” If your motives
hiv ‘.. o impugned it is beeuuso tlio suets thorn
se!v -.in not any words of mine, create the im
pes. ninent.
Nothing in your letter has amaze I me more tltun
wl.ut you -ay shout nty selecting free Soilors for
.. N" titan can road what was said in your
first communication, wilhont seeing Hint yon cull
eit on met" appoint a largor portion of Freo boilers,
or persons wlio had loft tlie Democratic party and
followed Mr. Van linrcn on the slavery question ill
i'l , linn 1 iml before done. You spoke of the
p-irty a t> oe ivided into ‘‘delforoul sections,”
aud complained tlmt my appointments had been
gen railV made from that portion of tho party to
whirl! 1 adhere !. You win not speaking of tho
n ■ • div i-ion at Syrueuso, for l liad ntado no no
uiii.nti .il' after that event happened. You woro
s|H ~t big of tho different sections ns they had exist
ml in •' e past. You know very well that I adher
ed t Hint portion of the party which had not de
no't 1 tl>o noth i: d standard in 1949; and no one
cm fail ’ ■ .« that you intended 1 should give a
larger share of the cilices to tho Frco Soil section
aud it- si lie -. And now yon think it worthy of
*• nniiiii, 1 ■,.reion” that 1 have '‘selected Free Soil
ars for "ffioo.”
Y cannot escape under a quibble, 1 did not In
form y a, a.- you now find it convenient to state,
that “ 'elected Free Soilors for offleo”—mean
ing ]•< -s o s who are now Freo Soilors. On tho con
trary, I s| ,ke of appointing none but “souud
L’v: . ,'a, .-.incerely attached to the principles of
| Inn lOpportem of the National Ad
min -‘ru n.” I spoke of “ ditferent sections” oi
tlie party, just as you liad spoken of them ; and
t0h1y.... not thut " Free Boilers,” but that “the
Frv ■• eetl n” liad got its full share of tho ofli
ces. Y’our “ imimadversion” dorives all its force
from nn. representing tho Inngnago of your ndvor
•ary.
Moie noglit 1- said, but if, iu reviewing this
bra .ieh I ’l.e vil'pct, you can maintainyoursoif
rm-p< et, ii thing that I can say would be likely to
reuch you.
Having, m 1 trust. shown that llio reason which
yon liavi n»» rued aro utterly worthless, il now ro
nv.irs t< Inquire what was the real ground of ro
inovil. It w«* nf>t until after the recent hronk in
the party o' Syracuse th.t you f mid any causo o
ComiM lint agiu'iat me. After tho party hud boon
to* •• *d is! its original elements. without any
agency of nine, and by mean* which I could not
a, breve- , i i ; „i compelled to choose
between tl e two sections, and hud vory naturally
sdher It. mv Md as'oeiatlohs, with tiio national
Dome •r :.i the paper which professed, with
out rehuko, to speak the sentiment* of tbo Cabinet
hod taken toe *ido of the free soil section, and de
nounced att' raitorothoao who adhered to tho prin
ciples which brought tho Administration into
r>wer —then it was that you Urst discovered that
bad nut been sufficiently favorable to tho Frcc
•uil section.
Can any man ol sense and candor entertain a
doubt concerning the motive for your action! I
think not. Yon intended to tako ground against
tte Nat I all', II .rats, and throw the weight ot
the Administration into the opposite scale. Tho
men who mel never swerved from tha principles
o! the party, lint had stood fast hy the Union wheu
it was in dugcr, wore to be borne down by tho
•iron r arm of power; and because tho Collector
oev iy >d > place of some importance, the blow was
to he ret,.o re 1 the more signilieant by making it
Ml on him. You tlioi. wrote in* an insulting letter
ami i a s .1 . copy in the hands o' an officer of the
eastern*, who whispered it about, and finally gave
it to the t ress us a mentis of annoying me.
At bother yon intended the officer should so act, is
more than 1 can say ; but solar n* 1 havo learned,
he still ei.joja your e mfideaco.
And ti'iWj what was tho nature of tho contro
versy to wh’eh you have madotho national admin
istraiion a party : it was not a conflict betwoon
the IV I era's and the Whigs, bnt betwoon two
•ect: >:,* of llio Deni erratic party. No candidates
for nat'. mid offices were in the Hold; and if tho
Free- il see.lon was honest In proclaiming its cou
ven- lon to the principles of the Baltimore Platform
ttud ihe lnt.ignral address, there were no national
1 s ' : rs at slake, it was purely a New York quur
rc.. involving questions of mere state police, in
-h s 4 ireel, a member of tho Cabinet at Wtvsh
ing <us taken sides, and has,iu effect, laid the
Dem ra'- "f this state whom they most select for
their I role s, and what should be their policy
in lelat'on t > the canals and other matters o’l'
merely heal interest.* Your denial on this subject
can amount to nothing so long as the facts remain
■nctsugv i.
A-.de t rotu the principle involved, the removal
is a matter of little moment. 1 shnll leave the
office at fie close of this day with greater pleasure
than l accepted six months ago. Bnt l havo been
aamilndw.Jiot.t cansc, and there has Iteeua gross
violation t" t'e Democratic doctrinos which do
<• .ernm p.ttiio right to in'.er
med i'c w the purely internal affairs and policy
efth ••at.-'. For these reasons 1 havo not felt at
liberty to let tour letter pass without Rente notice,
i am, respectfully vonrs,
Greene C. Bronson.
Hon. James Guthrie, Secretary of the Treasury.
Onw.'N. or run Mint.—The Treasurer of the
Mint. : . I l.iladelphia, in his mouthly exhibit of
the . i orations of that inrtitntion for October,
shows u total coinage of exclusive of
♦s,Sii,Ut2 in bars. Tho total value of gold and
sever pa--inr through the Mint was *',829,083.
age, which however, was, oniy *!,-
bol.vif.. r e,it one-half was in small gold—quarter
•agiesindd.-’l .rs. The silver coinage was larger
than i.-.r any month* in some year*, reaching
f 11.21 v , principally in quarior dollars. The
dvrs: i i ■■ .-mall charge is thua being rapidly
soi l ' si. P . ,l.j .fits lor the month were *4,-
t27,'iW i . . t.: ; a gold, and *125,000 In gold
ft- . tlicr > ur.es. Silver bullion deposited
- ■ . . There were
coined dating the th Soo,o<'o earns, $5,500.
Wecopytr - slip as follows :
(A .' i Oh rutqe.
IW !* t. Its.. *861,685
list Kurds ifdj.at* 1t5.625
Cua-wr Bugles 286,660
Oo'A Bo'rir*.... 592,95*
PC 6
la bars 8,515,2;i6 57
TcuIGVU .T....V *5,817,1*2 -7
•Surer Cu/uge.
rlalf bedars *218,000
quarter lMllart 775,W0
I'nn 154,000
Halt Lumfs tiS.OOO
11,*10,900
Tlia total gold dsposlfs for the first ten months
< 1 the three past years were a* follows ; in 1851,
*56,7 l«si, *4".48*.«54 : 1858. *18.146,714.
The d., -n* of silver bnuioti at the Mint during
the It ret ten months of tl.c present veur have been I
s4*». 14*»,714. Toul deposits of gold and silver, I
*49,1 ,771. ’
The coinage t the V.. 5. Mint during tho first
ten n . year h.- be. n as fob
low- Gold, 11 .4 l’ 5 : .-.lvor, *6,007,686; cop
per, *44 315.29—t0ta1, *4V 1 '0&,158.16.
Toe exr >rt* ot specie to Europe lust month
»i: oc. c’Wa u> * >,534,578, slightly more than the
|*uld d«,s»i’s ol the tame period, lint the rc
calpfi of CJilri ; a gold thus far arc still about
flSl,-stOgo ' greater than the whole shipments of
coin to foreign countries.
A Like os tsTSAMUis Abandonko.—By recent
advicee from Gen a, we learn that the great trans
atlantic Steamship Company, with a capita! of |6,-
000,000, (mostly Engliea capital,) in about to aban
don the vi tarpn-i. The depression of stocks in
Medmu.it, and the | rcssure upon the money mar
ket there, have entirely changed the plan* of the
Compai.y. and the most we may expect from it, at
presvut, is the equipment of but one single steam
er for t e service between Genoa end this port.*- i
fi. T.bftm. 1
Interesting from the japan Expedition.
The following very interesting letter waa kindly
pl&cod at our disposal, from a gentleman officially
at .ached to Commodore Perry’s expedition. The
reader will perceive that it was addressed to a
friend of the writer’s, and makes allusion to his
having been on board the Morrison, which visited
Y'edo b»y in 1837- It supplies by for the best ac
count we have yet seen of the proceedings and
comparative success of the mission, the aetting on
foot of which will be a perpetual honor to Mr.
Fillmore’s Administration. The London Times
affects to think that when Commodore Perry re
turns next year, he will incur a hostile reception.
Tlie Times overlooks the fact that the postpone
ment of negotiations was the act, not of Japan,
but of Commodore Perry himself, and therein the
gallant officer evinced consummate wisdom and
diplomacy.— N. Y. Commercial Adtcrl'uer.
C. 8. Snag Fbiqatk SusuCkiiaxna, )
August 8, 1858. f
I am now returning to China, after a second visit
to the port of Napa and bay of Yedo, under very
different eireumstancee from the visit made to
those places sixteen years ago.
Tha squadron under Commodore Perry reached
Napa about May 2», consisting oi steamers Sus
quehanna aud Mississippi, sloop Saratoga, and
storeship Supply. The first thing we did was to
refuse all the presents sent from tho rulers, ai.d
the next was to request the Begent to send au offi
cer, or come on board himself to see the Commo
dore, who had something to tell him. The Begent
came accordingly, and brought with him a small
present. He was received with considerable state,
and was Informed that tho Commodore would re
turn the visit at the palace at Shin, in a week, sc
coinpaoied by an escort; that he wished pro
visions furnished to the ships at lair prices and in
tended to walk over the ialand.
AP the usual excuses were made about the po
verty of the people and their wicked and danger
ous dispositions, the long and tedious journey
(three miles; to Sbfn, and tho utter worthlessness
oftheir presents of saki and cake, which made it
unuects-sry to return the visit. But all would not
do, and in dne time the Y'ar keos marched to Shin
and sat down in the palace there ; the same place
that we had so much doubt about when we were
obliged to examine it through tho telescope from
Morrison’s deck.
It wus the 6th of June, when an escort of about
three hundred officers, marines and sailors con
ductod Commodore Perry to the capital of Lew
Chew, and received rather a grand entertai irnent
from the dignitaries of the island. We made some
display with our thirty naval uniforms, our forty
musicians, our one hundred marines, and our two
brass field pieces drawn by eighty sailors, as we
travelled over the well paved roar] ascending to the
town. This surely was satisfaction enough, for
not having boon permitted at the first visit to go
through a single street of Napa, or any farther in
to the country than tho officers could help after
they had notice of our lauding. We went along
the very road taken by you and Mr. K., and the
rest, on the morning we landed near I’odzung
bridge, in the boat with Capt. Ingersoll : and tho
road, as far as I now retraced it, seemed marvel
lously familiar to me, vividly recalling tlie memory
of those who were then with me.
I have since walked wherever I liked, and others
have gone farther, everywhere finding a well culti
vated country, but a poor peasantry. Wo have
made the authorities supply tho ships at a rea
sonable rate; have persuaded them to rent ns a
house and build a coal dopot, sell us articles of
manufacture of various kinds and prevent the un
derlings of Government dodging our steps like
spies wherever we went. The people are still
timid of free intercourse, for we do not well under
stand each other’s signs and speech ; yet their
distrust is a little wearing off, especially in subur
ban villages; and full confidence must be a matter
of timo, subject to many drawbacks. All this is per
haps not to be ascribed to our visit, for other men
of war have been here, and an English missionary
lives hero with his family in the temple we all
visited and took some tea at in 1837, near Capstan
Point; but we havo begun a now order of things,
and shall probably go on to further violations of
tho foolish restrictions imposed by these islanders
upon intercourse with their fellow-men. Tho Ply
mouth is to Winter at Napa, so that this gradual
acquaintance will not cease its progress.
From Napa tho four ships started for Yedo bay,
each steamer towing a sloop, and on the Bth of Ju
ly wo cast unclior off Uraga, about threo miles
further up than Capt.fngersoll anchored, and be
yond the reef of rocks whioh alarmed himso much.
Dozens ol boats full of stout men and two-sabred
officers camo alongside, but greatly to tlioirnmaze
ment not one of them was allowed to come up the
side of either of the othor ships, ami only three
officers to come on board tho flag ship, nor that
until their rank hail boen formally inquired into.
Instead of hearing what they had to say, we told
them that a high imperial coftimissioner and am
bassador had come from Amorica to visit tho Em
peror of Japan ; that he had a letter to be pre
sented to an oliicor of equal rank, and that wo
wished them to go ashore and ask the highest dig
nitary at U rags to come oil'next da\ and take Com
modore Perry's communication, hinting at tho
samo timo that they must set no guard boats
nhont tho ships if they did not wish them fired
into.
To their inquiry if wc wished any water or any
thing else, we replied that we wanted nothing ol
them except to tako tho President’s letlcr. Tlio
next day the Chief Magistrate of Uraga enmc on
board, and various mootings and interviews fol
lowed, all conducted between him nndCnpts. Bu
chanan and Adams, for Comtnodoro Perry was not
iei n until it wus agreed to receive him on shoro,
and tlmt thon two special officers would tnko Pre
sident Fillmore’s lottor on behalf of the Emperor.
On tlie 14th of July, the two steamers moved as
noar into tho place as they could, and Commodoro
Perry lumlod on tho shores of Japan at tiic ro
quest of its rulers, wlioro moro than four hundred
of ills countrymen stood ready to escort him to the
place of mooting. Tlio steamers were anchored not
more than half a milo from tho Morrison’s anchor
age, and tlie meeting wus about that distance from
the point where tho four cannons woro planted in
1857 to drive her away.
Curtains had been hung along tlio beach, and
tlireo neat sheds erected for tho occasion, iu and
around which upward of.WOO Japanese were as
sembled in good order, from 1500 to 2000 of whom
were soldiers, to bo spoetutors of this mooting of
the farthest East and West on the strand of Gori
hama. About thirty high dignitaries, of whom
tho Princes of Idza and Twami woro tho imperial
onvoys, and I suppose nil the local authorities mado
up thereat. No refreshments were offered, and
all discussion respecting tho letters was of course
out of place; so that there was not much to bo
done. Tho boxos were delivered—one contained
President Fillmoro’s lottor, tlio other tho creden
tials. A rccoipt was given for them and we soon
left.
Tho two princes were rather old men, and liad,
ono would judge from their looks, scrowed their
faces and figures Into a certain fixed expression
and position wliilo tho infliction lasted which re
laxod as soon as wo moved away, just ns it does
whon ono arises from adoguorrotypist’sstall.
Copt. Buchanan was the first man ashore and
conducted tho landing and embarkation without
the lens' mishap. Tho soldiers and spectators
were so placed along and l ei: ind tho curtain as evi
dently to prevent all nttompt to ramble in tho
country, and no ono made any movement of the
kind. Mv own feelings wero of tho triumphant
sort, and I wished that others v. ho wero in tlie
Morrison on July 31, 1837, liad been at Gerihatna
on July 14, 1953. It was satisfactory enough to
me to sco tho proceedings 1 liavo sketched.
Wo loft the buy tlireo days afterward, having ex
changed a sow trifling presents with tho Governor
ofUraga (ns wo called him) and parted in good
terms, with the prorniso to come and visit him
next year. Perhaps ho will manage to lesign
meanwhile, lest a worsoovil como upon him.
The rcsnlt ol tho expedition tills year encoura
ges ono to hope that wlion it appoars again off
Uraga, the demands made in tho lcttors received at
Goriiumia by two high princes of Japan, in viola
tion oflong established usage and law (which wero
quoted too, while thoy woro broken) may bo like
wise grantod in pursuance of the snmo plan of do
ing away with such antiquated laws and restric
tions. Commodore Perry managed matters with
great prudence and skill, and his foreo next year
is likely to be nearly donbto it was tliis, so that
the impression which steamers and ships can pro
duoo will not Be weakened. At Low Chow Ame
rican polities and policy will givo tho islandors
something to think übont.
1 see that Capt. Ingorsoll has boon romemberod
in Admiral Cooillo’e charte, iu calling tho patch of
rocks soon aonthwest of Kagosima Iray, Ingersoll
Rocks. I was uitlier surprised to learn that the
Morrison, according to Von Siebold, wus the first
foreign vessel that went up tho bay of Yodo, as fur
as auy record could be found. I was not previous
ly nwaro that blio v as the pioneer up that magnifi
cent bay.
Tlie artist of the expedition is making a lino pic
tare of tlio intervlow atGorlhama, and it occurs to
me that iliu tlie multiplicity ot ships and clip
pers any shipbuilder of New York is in want of a
nano for either, Uraga or Gorihamn might serve ;
Tedo and Japan will do for future use. Those
regions aro soon to come into more familiar ac
quaintance with tho other poopios of tho world,
and 1 sincerely hope for their permanent good, in
which change perhaps Commodore Perry is to be an
important agent. If ono could judge correctly
from imperfect data and information, tho long
tiino tho expedition has boon talked of and delay
ed was not without benefit in its reception by the
Japanese, who seemed to have mado some prepa
rations for a hostile reception, and then suspend
ed them until they saw and know more.
Perhaps tho opportunities a few ot them had of
seeing the machinery and armament of this powor
fill ve.-sci, aud the case witli which sho is managed,
may lead them To conclude that poacabio acquies
cence is their wisest courso with sneh a neighbor,
and if thoy grant President Fillmore’s demunds,
tlie door’s unlocked and open to furnish others.
In a feudal government, like that of Japan, there
must be conflicting interests, respecting a war
among the princes, whoso private standing is like
ly to be weakened by it, while their purses would
be enriched by trade on their bordors.
Iron i fd* Roeton 'lYnveller.
Important from t hins.-Humor of the Capture of
Pekin.
By tho Arctio we havo details ot tho news from
China as lato as tho 291 hof August. It was re
ported that _ there had be.’n hard lighting in tho
Honan province ; bit the rebels forced their wav
through without upp&roiitly sustaining anv sovoro
reverses, and had vreused the Yellow Kiver into
bbangtung province, the capital of which, Tsi nan
fvo, it is givou out, hadfitlien. The insurgents retain
Isankin and tffiin-Kiaiig foo. At the latter place
there had been a smart engogeraent with the Im
perialists. In which the latter were completely
rented, ami obliged to retire, tho insurgents
• taking a place towards Soochali, which caused
great wmstertiatiou in that city, which would no
■ doubt shortly bo obliged to submit—Amoy, up t.
the 10th ot August; remained in possession of the
rebels, bnt the imperialist* were to make another
effort, in force to retako it, in a few days. In an
attempt to take the imperial fleet, tho rebels were
unsuccessful, and very unfortunate in having se
veral of their Vessels driven ou the Mandaitii- -
war junks, and taken, and all on board were be
headed. Tho place had been visited by a severe
tvphoon, causing gro t damages to house and pro
perty. Letters from Canton mention that the com
mander of tho imperial troops at the Melin I’nss
had sent to Canton for assistance and instructive-,
how toact.asthc rebe’s wore marching ou the pass.
In addition, we have tho following taken from
circulars received in this city:
Shanghai, August s. —The main force of tbo
rebels appears to have gone north, not, however, as
heretofore, abandoning, their previous conquests.
Nankin and Chir.g-Keang both continue strongly
occupied, and the Imperialist forces uie quite pura
lyxed; it would seem the rebels havo only to ad
vance on Pekin to take it and end tho Tartar dy
nasty; that, however, will not suffice to restore
confidence, dear the country of plunderers, or ro
vive trade.
Another, dated Angus'. 4, says: “Tho revolu
tionary party have detached largo bodies of troops
both north and sou'h, and they seem to be last
spreading over this part of tho Empire.”
Another circular, dated Shangbae, August o,
savs that they arc daily expecting to hear that the
rebe.s have captured Pekin. Since they have left
Nankin they have met with uninterrupted success
and unless the Emperor calls to Ida assistance his
Tartar BandSg their ultimate triumph i* beyond a
doubt. The Chinese regard the stuggle with great
indifference, and should the rebels be successful
they will give in their allegiance without oppo
sition. Iu the province of Sochow the stoppage
of all trade is begining to bo severely felt, and rob
beries and riotsaro ot frequent occurrence.
The following report of the capture of Pekin bv
the rebels, is from the North China Herald, of
July 23,1:
“ Intelligence reached usyesterday, through pri
vate ehaunels, that Pekin was taken, but whether
by the insurgents or a rising at the north, we have
no particulars.
We havo no means of verifying this rumor, and
can only give it as such, but it will be recollected
that the rumors of the taking of Naukin arrived
hero many weeks before it was possible to verify
that fact, and such may probably turn ont in the
present instance. AVe have more reliable informa
tion that large bodies of the insurgents have
moved northward from Nankin, and that but a
small fores has been left to guard that city, whilst
the Imperialists remained Inactive, though in »
large forco outside.”
Tlie fearful state of the country about Shangtong
mentioned in the Pekin Gazette of the 21»t ult.,
is very likely to precipitate a rising in the north,
if the people have any energy remaining, and are
not quite paralyzed by destitution and weakness.
Since wt wrote the above we have erei ibie infor- |
motion that the army of the insurgents was in the
vicinity of Pekin when the last account* left, and
our next account* will, In all probability, bring us
news of its siege and probably its capture.
The same circular estimates the supplies of teas
to come forward this season at from thirty tothirty
five million pounds, which is about half the supply
of the world. The revolutionists have possession
of the Kohcw district, from which Oufoong tea*
come, and till report* say that some teas a* well as
lives have been destroyed. The export of teas to
the United Slate* is about half what it was last
year, and as the season advances the deficit is ex
pected to be much greater, say four million pounds
short by the 20th September. To England the
export of teas so far exceeds last year, but in a
month it was thought no excess would be showu.
From the Chirm Mail of AajuH 11.
The C. 8. Expedition to Japan.
We are enabled to give the following authentic
particulars of Commodore Perry’s Expedition to
Japan:
The squadron, consisting of the steam frigates
fSnsquchannub and Mississippi, and the sloops of
war Plymouth and Saratoga, sailed from the har
bor of Napa kiang, in Loochoo, on the zd of July.
On the morning of the Bth they made Cane Idza,
near the southern entrance of the Bay of Jeddo,
and sailing directly up the bay, anchored in tho
afternoon off the town of Urtga, more than a mile
beyond the former anchorage of the Morrison and
Columbus. The appearance of the steamers—the
first ever seen in Japanese waters —with the other
vessels in tow, moviog with all sails furled, at the
rate of nine or ton knots an hour, appeared to
produce considerable sensation among the Japan
ese, and all the trading junks, with which the bay
was crowded, carefully kept out ol their way.
As the vessels were coming to anchor, two shells
or rockets worn fired into the air from a battery
about a mile distant, bnt apparently as a signal,
and not as a token of hostility. Several govern
ment boats immediately came off, and endeavored
to put on board tho usual notification to foreigners
warning them to depart. They were not received,
however, and the deputy-governor of Uraga, who
was the only person allowed to come on board,
was notified thut, if the Japanese authorities en
deavored to surround tlie ships with the nsual cor
don of boats, it would lead to very serious conse
quences. A few boats, nevertheless, lingered
around the Susquehauriah but the sight of some
warlike preparations satisfied them that Commo
dore Perry was in earnest, and they quickly re
tired. During ti' e stay of the squadron in the bay
it was never uttorwards visited by any boats,
except those containing tho officials through whom
the negotiations wcrecarriedjon. The next morning,
Yezaimon, the governor of Uraga,and a nobleman
of tho tl ird rank, came oil, and, after ascertaining
the object of tho visit, asked for time to despatch
an express to Jeddo, in order to communicate the
information, and obtain instructions how to act.
During the three days which elapsed before the
answer arrived, tho Mississippi "made a trip of
about ton miles further up tho bay, finding every
where deep soundings. Beyond the promontory
of Urnga, a poiut which no foreign vessel had
passed Deforo, she discovered a largo and beauti
ful bight, which was perfectly land locked, and
offered the most secure aud commodious anchor
age. She was followed at a distance by a number
or government bouts, but none of them attempted
to interfere with her, or with tlie cutters of the
different vessels which wore sounding in advanee
of her. The presence of tho squadron appeared
to cause no interruption to the inland commerce,
for tlie bay was at all times studded with large
junks and hundreds of small craft, passing up and
down.
Ou Tuesday, tlie 12th, an answer arrived from
Jeddo, stating that the emperor liad appointed an
officer cf tlie highest rank to proceed to Uraga and
rcccivotlic letter of the President of tlio United
States, and satisfactory proofs having been given
to Commodore Perry that this appointment came
directly from tlio Imperial government, it was ar
ranged that tlio interview should tako place on the
morning of tho 14th. We understand that the
Commodore was tirot informed on his arrival that
Nagasaki was tho proper point from which to
negotia'e with tho Japanese government, but he
replied that a request to proceed thither would be
an insult to his government.
The Japanese selected the small town of Gori
hamn, about three miles south of Uraga, for the
interview. On tho morning of tho 14th the Sus
qnehaunah and tlie Mississippi took up a position
off tho town and lay with thnr broadsides to tho
shore. The Governor and Deputy Governor of
Uraga, witli the commandant of the military forcos,
came off to accompany tlio Commodore to the land
ing place. Three houses bad been erected by the
Japanese, one of which was prepared for tho in
terview, while tlio other two were apparently in
tended for the accommodation of tho princcß who
hud como trom Jeddo to receive the letter. The
officers and men detailed to accompany Commo
dore Perry amounted to about 400, while the force
of tlio Japanese was variously estimated at from
500 to 700. Their foremost files extended around
the head of tlio bight tor tho distance of nearly a
mile, and with their number of scarlet penons,
and banners of various devices, presented n novel
and beautiful show. The Commodore was escort
ed with tho American colors flying and the bands
playing tlio national “ Hail Columbia,” to the
house of reception. Here he was rcccivod by tho
Prince of IJzit, first councillor of tho Emperor,
who was accompanied by the Prince Iwnmi. The
letter of tlie President and Commodoro Perry’s
letter of credence were formally delivered, and an
official receipt given in return by the two Princes.
The interview then terminated, as the latter was
not empowered to cuter into any negotiations.—
The Commodore stated, however, that in order to
give the Japanese government ample time for de
liberation, ini would depart in a short time, and
return in u few months to recoivo the reply. We
may lure mention that this was tho only iustancc
in which Commodore Perry met with any of the
Japanese officials in porson. Tho Governor of
Uraga was not received by him, as not being of
equal rank, and all the previous and subsequent
negotiations with the Japanese wero carried ou
through tlio officers of tlio Commodore's staff, and
commander Buchanan, of the Snsquehannab.
The govornor and deputy-governor ot Uraga,
with the interpreters aud attendants, after tho iu
terview, were treated to a trip in the Susquehannah ,
whero they witnessed tor tiie first time the per
formance of tlio steam engine. After leaving them
at Uraga, the squadron stood aoross the bay to
wards tlio eastern shore, and then proceeded to
tho point reached by the Mississippi, about ton
miles above Uraga. On tho following day Com
modore Perry, in tho Mississippi, went about ten
miles beyond this, making a total distaneo of 20
miles beyond tlie limit of previous exploration.—
From the deck of the frigate a crowd of shipping
was soon seven or eight miles to tlio northward;
and, from tho nuruberof junks continually going
and coming, it wus evident thut this was tlio an
eliorageiii frontof the capital. The officers of the
Susqtuhannah and Mississippi speak with admira
tion of the beauty of the shores, and the rich culti
vation and luxuriant vegetation which they o.'ory
whcrc witnessed. The natives with whom they
eamo in contact wero friendly ill their demeanor,
and the governer of Uraga is spokon of as a model
of refinement aud good breeding.
Tho day before tho donnrturo cf tlio squadron tho
Governor went on board the Sutquehannah, taking
with him a number of presents, consisting of arti
cles of lackered ware and other Japaneso manu
factures. A suitable collection of presents was
prepared in return ; and, in spite of his declara
tion that it wi s contrary to Japanese law, lie was
obliged to accept them in order to prevent the re
jection ot his own. Ho afterwards brought off a
large quantity of poultry forthe vessel, andreceiv
•d in return a largo box of ohoice American gar
den seeds, his acceptance of tho presents on his
previous visit having, to his great joy, been sanc
tioned by his superiors. Notwithstanding tho ro
poated concessions which the Japanese made to
tho demands of Commodoro Perry, they are said to
have boen very cordial and friendly in their inter
course, end to have taken their final ioave with a
show ol rca! regret.
Tho squadron sailed from tho Bay of Jeddo on
the I7th, and, after encountering a severe gale
during tlio 21st and I'l!J, arrivod at lioochoo ou the
26th ot J nly, and the two steam frigates returned
to Hong Kong on tho evening of tlioTth of August.
Cortet/zontleiiee the A’. F. Courier Jc Enquirer.
Cuba—Tile Union—The Hevenue—The Pnblle
Lands,
Washington, Get. 29.
Sinco 1 last wrote, the articles iu tho Union on
Cuban affairs, have presented a new phase. A
portion ofthc materials from which they were pre
pared is supplioi from tho State Department, This
is mado apparent hy extracts of secrot diplomatic
papors, oil Ulo only in that Department and in tho
archives of the British Legation. Os course they
wore procured from tho former depository. Public
rumor ascribes the articles to the Attorney Gene
ral, but i' is conjectured by some they aro from the
pen of John L. O’Sullivan,’late private secretary to
tho Lopez Sxpcdilion. But it is of little impor
tance bv whom tho manual labor ot committing to
paper these extraordinary specimens of Filibuster
literature is performed. They are animated by a
spirit which proceeds from tho Executive, and they
aro given to the world through its ofßciul organ.
They are founded upon street rumors which time
will prove to be the most arrant humbug, which
. are false is essence and iu form. Tho tcndeucy of
these publications, considering their origin, is per
nicious to the last degree, because they are calcula
ted to inflame the public mir.d, to disseminate
false suspicions, to exeito national hatred ngaiusta
friendly power, and to rouse to action that bucca
neering spirit which has already been so pointedly
rebuke.l l>v our own government, and caused tho
miserable death of so many of our countrymen.
If the tempor of these articles indicates the poli
cy of the Administration, then the annexation of
Cuba, or a war with Spain is inevitable. Tho con
dition of Cuba is pronounced to bo deplorable and
revolting, and tho readers of tho official paper arc
tol d that tho United States can and ought to reme
dy the grievances which afflict that beautiful
island, and that no other can or ought to be allow
cd to do it. That is to say, in plainer English, the
Cubans being mi.-govorned and oppressed, itisour
duty to seize and appropriate their territory. This
series cf articles!* undoubtedly addressed to the
democracy as a feeler. If responded to in a man
ner to indicate thrt the sentiment ot the party is
ripo fortbecuterprize, wo may cxneetsome deci
sive demo 'Slr.uiou for the acquisition of Cuba.
The expenditures for the first quarter this year
have amounted to £15,081,884. The excess of re
ceipts over expenditure- has been *6,257,598.
These figures indicate some important results.
The increase ol importations, as shown by the
amount ot duties, lias l ean about 25 per cent.,
bat tho increase in receipts from public lands has
been ever 26 ' ;er cent. 1* appears that, the
revenue from customs daring the first quarter of
1852 was, in round, nuinb.’rs, cno million of dol
lars over the average for each quarter in the year,
or about 27 per cent, of the entire receipts for
the year lrom that source. Assuming the
sumo proportion between the returns for the
first quarter in 185 S and tho whole year, and we
shall have *65,800,0C0 as the amount of duties for
the fiscal year end.ug or, the Both of June next,
the receipts irom public lauds, reckoned in the
same ratio, «uui-i amount during the year to *5,-
500,000. The to'.al re-venue of the current year,
upon Ibis calculation, will amount to *72,000,000.
iue revenue for li.e Ist quarter of 1856, from all
souroes, is not vet official,y made up, but a state
ment has b-eu commuuiea'.ed to the newspapers
that is substantially correct. The return s lor this
opening quarter ct the fiscal year compare with the
corresponding one of :852, es follows:
„ 1553. 1852. Inc. 1853.
From easterns *:»,7!S 82* *15,723,934 *5 UM -55
Sale of Lands 1,4-4,.'62 415,945 1,075’ t 617
Miscellaneous sources 1tX‘,892 2u1,45G dec. 7!,liS
*21,535,776 *16,841,829 *4.997447
But tho above statement L- chiefly interesting in
its developments respecting the public lands. It
shows that more than three times as much land
ha* been sold by the Government during the first
three months ot this year, as Jnriug the same
time m i-o’-. The cause, lam told at the Land
Office, is to oe found in the great impulse that has
be. u given to the entry and settlement oi lands
along the routes of nuiroads, by Government
grants to such works. This fact will be regarded
as a practical vindication of the policy of extend
mg’ that kind of aid to those improvements If
by one operation, it relieves the Govemmen* of
the care of its otherwise unsaleable! lands, extends
facilities to settlers, and improves the face of the
country by great public works, it must be admitted
to be a wise aud beneficent mode of diposing of
the public domain. The advocates of tLe Pacific
Kailroads, and of the other innumerable projects
which have appealed to Congress for aseistanoe,
will poiut to these results as additional proofs of
the reasonableness of their claims, aud il is likely
that four times more land will be given away at
the next session than i u any former year.
Inspector.
The aggregate valuation of the real and personal
property in Michigan, as fixed by the State Board
Ol Equalization, n- *120,578,471; Nearly four times
as much as in 1651. 4 s
Ohio now sends dany to New York quantities
of meat, ready dressed, via the Erie Baii^rd,
!(««• by the Africa.
The screw steamer Andes, from New York, ar
rived at Liverpool on the Slat of October.
The United States mail steamer Washington,
(Jap;. Fetch, arrived at Southampton on Frida; the
Slat of October.
Oorreeponimc* qf (As Commercial Advertiser.
London, October 21, 1853.
An irksome dullness continues to increase, both
in polities) and commercial affairs, to an extent that
has perhaps never before been experienced. The
Turkish question not only remains in statu quo,
but promises, even supposing itshou.d take the
most favorable turn, to contiuue its vexatious sub
tleties for fonr months longer. Those who are
most eager for peace scarcely now venture to hope
that an adjustment can be brought about except
during the delay that Winter will impose upon the
movements of the two hostile armies.
Since the departure ot the last packet, no posi
tive advices have been received of aDy change in
the position of the respective parties. Accounts
are in circulation that theSullan has called the En
glish and French fleets to Constantinople, and that
the summons has been complied with. It is also
slated that the reply of the Russian commander, to
the demand that he should evacuate the Princi
palities, had been given, to the effect that he has
been instructed to bold possession of them, and
intends to do so, until tho claims of his master are
complied with; that he does not recognize that
Bussia is at war with Turkey ; that he shall there
fore content himself by remaining on the defen
sive, and that it an attack is made upon him he
will repel it.
Meanwhile Austria, as of old “ever strong upon
the stronger aide,” is playing fast and loose until
slie can see where she will be safe. Convinced of
the present resoluteness of England and France,
and fearing at the same time the Czar upon whose
breath her existence has hui g for the past four
yeais, she h.s come to the resolution of standing
neuter in the impending fray. It is impossible
that she can fail to be aware that before the first
month of war is over, she must from her position
be f. reed to declare herself on one side or the oth
er, but the events of a month may enlighten her
considerably as to which is the side likely, from
the logic of cannon, to have the beet of the argu
ment. Prussia shows some signs of a more inde
pendent nature, and is understood to have inti
mated decisively her condemnation of the Czar’s
aggression.
It is unquestionable that during the past few
days the general tone of the continental advices
has been less hopeful than at a.-y former stage of
the dispute, and even from St. Petersburgh, where,
perhaps owing to the ignorant bliss that lsenforced
on all political matters, there has hitherto been
less gloom than in London or Paris, the letters arc
now beginning to expiess considerable anxiety.
The dangers that were apprehended ss certain to
arise from every day’s delay in coming to a settle
ment, have at length manifested themselves in a
form that seems almost to preclude the possibility
of their being suppressed. Tho best informed
people arc as ready as ever to hope that the fears
of the Czar and the pacific exertions of the allied
powers will still operate to overcome all difficulties,
but tlie fierce feeling now aroused in Turkey, and
thecxplosivo elements that are ready to burst forth
in Hungary and Poland, may be found to have
grown beyond the power of any settlement that
cun be comprised in a diplomatic note.
The feeling of tho people in this country is still
most earnestly on the side of peace, but there is a
pervading sense of the combined duplicity, mean
ness and Iniquity ot Bussia that will cause the
Government to receive ardent support in the
strongest measures that may be ultimately neces
sary. The consciousness also thut the natural war
would bo little worse tlum the chronic anarchy
wliieh the Czar has now kept up for nearly a year,
creates a degree of impatienco that may at length
induce a demand for chastisement. The demand
would come only from the minority, but as the
majority could say little against it, it would ap
pear to be the voice of the nation, lienee the
desirableness that all public writers and speakers
should seek rather to allay than to stimulate tho
growing anger and to urge forbearance up to the
last point. This moderation, however is, not uni
versally practised, and it is a remarkable fact that
the papers now most oluinoroua for war are those
that represent tho extremes of both sides of
polities.
Tho languid state of tho funds and the money
market, under tho lengthening chain of suspense
that weighs upon them, may easily bo conceived,
especially when it is mentioned that the daily re
ports of gloomy weather, aud bad accounts of the
weight of this year’s grain are simultaneously re
coWed. The drain of silver to China also still con
tinues, although in a mitigated form as compared
with a few weeltß back, the last overland mail hav
ing taken out £250,00U, while tho quantity sent by
the two preceding fornightly mails was £500,000
each. Gold, moreover, is again going to the conti
nent in considerable quantities, and altogether a
more dismal stato of affairs was never known ot a
time of actual commercial prosperity, such as now
inherently prevails in every quarter. It is the im
patience of checked prosperity that is felt, and not
anything in the shape of disaster. In no depart
ments of trade is so much os a whisper hoard of
any financial difficulty, and the ordinary casualties
cf every-day business are actually far less than at
uny preceding period.
Consols at the last date were quoted ot 91% -
Continuing to droop, they have since touched 91%
and the closing price this afternoon was 91%.
The Grain market has been again aided by poli
tics and weather, and wheat has boon sold at a fur
ther advance of Is to 2s per quarter.
Tho next steamer from th s side will be the
Franklin on the 26th. Onr lost dates from New
York are to tho 6th ot October, tho Washington
clue this week not having yet boen telegraphed.
SPECTATOR.
The Eastern Question. —A telegraphic despatch
dated Paris, October 20, reports that tho Saltan
has at length made a formal demand for the en
trance of tho two fleets into the Dardanells, and
the Ambassadors of France and Great Britain
have promised that the fleets shall come. It is al
leged that the information is contained in des
patches from Constantinople, dated Ootober 10.
It is further said that Turkey has also domanded
of both Governments that the combined fleets
shall cruise in th Black Sea, to prevent tho Eus
sians drawing their provisions and stores from
Sebastopol. Tho Paris correspondent of the
Times says:
Tlie demand is occasioned—at least such is the
reason alleged—by the necessary reduction in the
Bosphorus of the Turkinsh fleet, many of the
ships having been employed us transports ior the
troops sent to tho army of Abdi Pasha in Asia.
This I believe, is the only thing in the shape of a
“ force ” which has been demanded formally by
tho Porte. Notwithstanding what has been sta
ted about sending a corps d’armee to some part of
Turkey, I am informed that though such a project
may have boen discussed as required by future
events, yet that no resolution on that head has
been fonnod, and indood so long as M. Kisseloff is
found at his post in Paris it is not probable that it
will.
Whatever may be dono in certain contingencies
that have not as yot taken place, it is evident that
the Bonding a cor]>s d'armee to Turkey under actual
circumstnnccH would be tantamount to a declaration
of war against Russia, and would bo followed by
the Russian Ambassador demanding his passports.
Indeed 1 am informed that an intimation to that
effect has been made by M do Kisseloff. The same
difficulty would attend the sonding the French
Genera s and other officers for the purpose of be
ing attached 'o the staffs of the Army of the Dan
ube and of Asia, the application for whom, on be
half Os ti e l’orto, I alluded to yesterday, and it is
therefore supposed that the demand caunot be
complied with. I have no doubt that somo per
missions arc given indirectly to officers on half
pay to take Borvico with Turkoy, and that leave of
absence for a limited number in active servioo
may not bo difficult to obtain.
The Porto has contracted for six thousand
horses in the Southern provinces ofPersia, and the
horses had been delivered with tho consont of the
Persian Court.
Outer Pasha had organized a regimout of pen
tonnierc, and had collected material for throwing a
bridge across the river. It was not expected, how
evor, that ho would attempt any important opera
tions until Spring.
The Declaration of War was to bo read in all the
Mosques, on the 7th ult. It was not expected that
hostilities would commence before the 25th.
Rescind Pacha’s son was tho bearer es the sum
mons to Prince Gorchakoff. He also conveyed to
Omer definite instructions how to act in event of
the Russians refusing to leave the territories. Du
plicates of those dispatches were sent to the com
mander of the Turkish forces in Asia, so that the
action of tho two divisions ol the army might be in
concert.
Tlie fol owing is a translation of Omor Pacha’a
lettor i
“Monsieur le General: It is by tho order of my
Government that I have the honor to addresa this
letter to your Excellency.
“While tho Sublime Porte has exhausted all
means of conciliation to maintain at once peace
and >ts own independence, the Court of Russia has
not ceasod to raise difficulties in the way of any
such settlement, and has ended with the violation
of treaties—invading the two Principalities of Mol
davia and Wallaohia, integral parts of the Otto
man Empire.
“True to its pacific system, the Porte, instead of
exercising the right to make reprisals, confined
itself even then trom protecting, and did not de
viate from the way that might lead to an arrange
ment.
“Russia, on the contrary, far from evincing cor
responding sentiments, has ended by rejecting the
proposals recommended by the august mediating
powers—proposals which were alike necessary to
tho honor and to the security of tho Porte.
“Tliore only remains to the latter the indispen
siblc necessity of war. But as the i nvasion of the
Principalities and the violation of treaties which
have attended it, are the veritable causes of war,
tho Sublime Porte, us the last expression of its pa
cific sentiraonts, proposes to your Excellency, by
my intervention, tho evacuation of the two Pro
vinces, and grants for your decision a term ot fif
teen days, to date from the receipt of this letter.
If within thisintcrval a negative answer shall reach
mo from your Excoileucy the commencement of
hostilities will be the natural consequence.
“While 1 have tho honor to make the intimot on
to your Excellency, 1 embrace the opportunity to
offer thu assurance of my high esteem.
(Signed.) Omer.”
The following curt document is Gorchakofe'z
Exult.
“My Master is not at war with Turkey, but I
have orders not to leavo the Principalities until
the Porte shall have givon to the Czar the moral
satisfaction he demands. When this point has
been obtained, I will evacuate the Principalities
immediately, whatever the time or the season. If
I am attacked by tho Turkish army, I will defend
myself [confluo myself to the defensive.]
Gobchaeoff."
An English paper gives the following statistics
•f the Turkish preparations for war:
Daring the lnrt month they have oast 100 can
nons of various calibre, and the day before yester
day these cannons, with all their accoutrements
complete and the horses to draw them, were sent
to Adrianopl , where an army of reserve is being
formed of 80,000 men. All the horses necessary
were furnished by the Pashas of Constantinople.
The army of reserve will be composed of 25,000
RcJifs, who are now in Constantinople, chiefly
small tradesmen: of 6000 volunteers who have in
scr.bei their names at the Seraskeral, within the
last eight days, and of 25,000 Kurdish horsemen,
all mounted "and equipped at the expense of the
Bays of Kurdistan. These latter, of course, are
irregular horsemen. There are how under arms
about three hundred thousand Mussulman’s viz
120,000. between the Danube and the Balkan,
15,000 in Bosnia, 1,000 men near Pristina, on the
Servian frontier; 50,000 men who will be muster * I
ed within 20 days at Adriauople, and from 80,000
to 100,000 men on the frontier ot Asia.
Letters from Bevront state that the Byrian con
tingent to the Turkish army of Asia will number
near 18,000 men, thus supplied—The Pachalib of
Aieppo, 10,000 men; Damascus, 1,000; Hamas,
500; Homs, 500; Jerusalem, 500; the Paehalicof
Tripoli, 500; Latakia, 200; Beyrout, Saida, Soor,
ana Acre, 600; Nsblons and Jennin, 400; the
other places and the mountainous districts, 4,000 :
Letters from Erzeroun state that the army colleotea
there already amounts to 50,000.
The Impartial of Smyrna states that the Prince
of Servia has informed Omer Pacha that 80,000
men are on the frontier ready to repulse lhe troope
of Austria should thev attempt to enter the Princi
pality.
The Trieste Gazette notices a difference which
distinguishes the present Turkish declaration of
war from those which have preceded it. Former
ly every act of this kind was preceded by a fetvah
by the Sheik nl Islam, as chief of the Mahomme
dan religion, and which deolared the war to be
commanded bv the Church. This time, out of re -
gard for the Christians, the custom has been bro
ken : and the declaration o: war is exclusively a
political act. The fetvahgiven merely states that
the projected war was not contrary to religion.
A Sardinian officer, M. Govone, speaks in high
terms of the Turkish army, although he disap
proves of a certain kind of laiutr atier which dis
ti nguiahaa it. The fortifications, which he aavs are 1
colossal, have been executed with extraordinary
energy. Shumla within a short time has been sur
rounded with an entrenched comp, which must be
impregnable if manned bye sufficient force. Var
“ “ twio * u in IWB. but the oalibn al 1
.16 *OO gun* i* somewhat too large, 1
The army consists of 80,09© regular and 10,000 1
irregular infantry, with 200 g"i.a. The cavalry is
evidently the weak arm. as it only consists’ of
10,000 men, regular *>.J irregular. Supposing
the foregoing es' nine o be correct, it must be I
evident, even to a lay reader, that, if the
Turks succeed were.sing the Danube, they will
never be able to pursue ‘heir advantage in a level
country like Wailachla, in which the superior ca
valary of the Boesisns would be perfectly over
powering.
Dysentery and typhns prevailed extensively
among the Russian troops in tho Principalities.
Feancx.— The Mpniteur of October 20, contains
a decree granting an extraordinaiy credit of 5.000,-
OOOf. to the Minister of Marine.
The Ministerial report on which this decree is
founded states that France has at present twe
squadrons of 40 sbip-of-tbe-line, withs propor
tionate inercsse in the number of steam-irigates
and corvettes. There is in the French navy a
steam line-of-battle-ship, the Napoleon; four with
auxiliary power, comp eted; while nine others are
being fitted tor steam, and will be ready for sea
within the next two months. Six new steam
vessels, after the model of tho Napoleon, are on
the stocks, and will be launched about the end of
1954. The total of the French navy amounts to
161 vessels, manned by 83,635 sailors, gunners,
and marines.
The Moniteur also contradicts the statements of
sundry Italian and German newspapers on the
affairs of Borne. Those papers asserted that a
Papal delegate had been assassinated at Ravenna;
that there had been an insurrection at Civita Vec
chia; that 80,000 political prisoners were immured
in the pontifieial dungeons, and that the Pope, ac
companied by General d’Andre, liad held a general
review of the French troops. “These varions
statements," says tho Moniteur, “are altogether
without foundation.”
The trial of the 82 persons concerned in the
“conspiracy of the Opera Condone” has been post
poned to the 7th of November before the Court of
Assizes of Paris Twenty-seven of the accused
are in custody. According to the indictmeu', the
object of their plot was to assasinate the Emperor,
and to destroy tho form of Government.
Fresh arrests have taken place since yesterday in
Paris an d at Tours, aud they are stated to amount
to a number which has all the appearance of being
exaggerated. It is stated that M. Emile Girardin
hasbeen summoned to the Ministry of the Interior,
and reprimanded for a short article in La Presse,
on the domiciliary visits that have been made. It
has even been rumored that he is menaced with
arrest, if not actually arrested.
The Emperor has granted a pension 0f20,000f.
out of his private purse to the father and mother
of Lieut. Belief, who perished in the Arctic expe
dition. This pension is to descend to tho brothers
and sisters of Lieut. Billot, after the death of his
parents.
from the Liverpool Chronicle of October 22.
W keck or an Emigrant Snip ano Dreadful Loss
or Life —We have received intelligence of tho to
tal loss of tho emigrant ship Dalhousie, which sail
ed from Gravesend on the 13th, and Deal on the
15th, forSidney,and which sunk off Becchy Head,
on the 19th inst. Only one man was saved, and us
the ship was of large tounago (754 tons,) there must
have been a large crew. At Plymouth she was to
have received 35 passengers. 'She had been re
cently overhauled and coppered, and itissupposod
some of the new work gave way. She was observ
ed to sink by a schooner, which, however, conld
not render assistance, although several men were
seen in the water. The Commercial Daily List
says the Underwriters estimate their less on goods
at upwards of £7i),000. Tho Shipping Gazetto re
ports that the vessel lurched heavily, tho weather
being bad, that she filled and went down in deep
water. The captain, (Batterworth) his wife, and
two children, are lost; also the crew of upwards of
50, four passengers, and nine children. The ship
sank about 16 miles off Bceehy Head. Sho was
built at Moulmain, in 1848, and was registered A
1 for 12 years.
Loss OF THE AU3TItALIAN EMIGRANT-SHIP BoUß
neuf.—lntelligence has been received of tho total
loss of the ship Bourneuf, of Liverpool, on a do
tached reef at tho entrance of Torres Straits. The
vessel sailed from Hudson’s Bay, Australia, on
her Teturn to this country, on tho 15th day of Jnly,
and on the 8d of August, got on shore on tho reef,
and became a total wreck. In attempting to leave
the wreck, the captain (Bibby,) his wifo, her sis
ter and five seamen, were drowned, a sea having
struck tho boat when half loworcd, broke the da
vit, and crushed tho boat nnder the ship’s coun
ter. Tho rest of tho crew escaped. Six seamen
and a young apprentice are reported as badly
bruised. Every thing was lost, and many of the
crew were naked. The sued, thirty one in num
ber, were picked up by the Dutch ship Evcrdina
Elizabeth. Tho Bontuouf was anewship of about
1,400 tons burthen and commenced her first voy
age from Liverpool, on tho 26th May, 1852, for
Port Philip, with Government emigrants.
The Strikes. —The dispute between the manu
facturers and the operatives of Preston has result
ed in a strike, whi ii has thrown about 2<>.000 per
sons ont of work in that town. In order that they
may not bo attacked in detail, tho master minu
facturera in othor towns of Lancashire contemplate
tho closing ot their mills. The collier’s strike at
Wigan continues: the ltumbar of miners on. is es
timated at 8,000, and that of the drawers, en
gineers, banksmen, &., at another B,ouo. On
Thursday afternoon a meeting of the spinners aud
sols-actor winders now 0.. to’ employment took
placo upon the Matsh. Tho number of persons
present would be about 2,5'J0. Tho following re
solutions wore passed:—“That tho demand of in
per cent, is an equitable and just one.” “That this
meeting views with deep regret the determination
the masters have come to in the closing of thoir
mills; and this meeting is also c f opinion that that
resolution is one of the grossest injustice to them
selves, to tho workpeople, and to the community
at large.” Mr. Singlelmrst delivered an encouraging
address to tho state of the funds, and the amount
expected from Blackburn and other places. After
a vote of thanks had boon given to the chairman,
three tremendous chocrs were given for “ Tlie
union and the ten per cent, ” and the meeting dis
persed.
The Latest European News.
London, Oct. 22.
England. —A despatch from Maidstone, dated
Friday says :
About thirty four hop-pickers were drowned
on Thursday evening; the wagon in which they
were crossing a flood was upset.
Eastern Affairs. —The Post’s Paris correspond
ent says: “St. Petersburg despatches stato that
the preparations for war proceed rapidly.” The
Emperor arrived at St. Petersburg on the 13th,
from Berlin.
Odessa. —Two hundred ships wore at that port,
and all parties were makieg exertions to send off
their goods.
The fleets in tho harbor of Constantinople, which
had been laid up for tho winter, have been ordered
to prepare for sea with all possiblodespatch.
Correspondence qf the A. Y. Journal of Commerce.
Progress of the Revolution in China.
Oanton, Aug. 20, 1853.
We have no new feature of striking importance
to point ont in tho progress of the insurrection,
but it may not be uninteresting after this lapse
of time to review tho various oveuts which have
taken place since the date of our last special letter
on this subject, 21st May, and to glance at its pre
sent position and prospects.
The anticipations of the success of tlio revolu
tionary party in which we then ventured to in •
dulge have since been amply verified, and there
now seems no reason to doubt that the end of the
Tartar dynasty is at hand. On every side its ad
herents have suffered defeat, and tho rebel army
remains quietly in possession of Nuuking and
Ching kiang-foo, whilo a strong body of its foroes
is rapidly making its way northward to the capi
tal. Our information of lato is gained chiefly from
the Pekin Gazettes, and from tho proclamations of
the Emperor and his officers, which ol course
would place tho imperial cause in ns favorable a
light us possible. But from the former we learn
the important intelligence of the loss of Fung
Yung, a large city of Ngan-hwui, lying to the
northwest of Nanking, and of tho farther unim
ftoded advanco of tho insurgents towards the Yol
ow river ; and from the latter we can infer the
barrenness of the treasury, the apathy of tho peo
ple, and the desperate straights to which the Go
vernments is reduced. To raiso money every de
vise which can bo contrived has been resorted to ;
subscriptions have been called for in different pro
vinces, and literary and political honors have been
promised, as rewards to those who contribute
largely. New taxes have been laid, especially in
Pekin itself, and the injudicious vigor with which
thoy have been levied, has turned the affections of
the inhabitants from the Government, so that that
oity is likely to fall an easy prey when tho robels
appear before it.
After an ineffectual attack on Ching-kiang-foo,
the Imperial fleet on the Yang tzi-kiang gradually
meltod away, and the Turtar laud forces in that vi
cinity, defeated in every engagement mav be look
ed upon as disorganized and powerless, "in many
places near the coast, fighting has been and is going
on. At Foo-chow-foo tho trade is much inter
fared with, and the town lias itself only been pre
served by the unusual energy and determination
of the Govornor. Amoy has fallen, and two at
tempts of the Mandarins to retake it huvo been
trustrated with loss. At our last dates tho rebels
wore more powerful than over, but not possessing
the confidence of influential and wealthy inhabi
tants, they have been unable to form a trustworthy
government, and for some time the business ot
the port has been completely stopped. The strug
gle still goes on in Kwung bc, and the disturban
ces in the Oolong districts are likely to interfere
with the supply of that description of tea.
With regard to the religious element of this
movement, we are convinced by many that it has
been misunderstood and exaggerated. That the
leader, Hang-siu-tsiuen, orTac-piug-wang, has re
ceived the bonofit of some Scriptural education is
without doubt, but that the pure Christianity of
the New Testament is practiced by himself or his
followers we do not believe. We allude to this
portion of the subject simply for the consideration
of its ultimate leering upon tuo result of tho con
flict, and we lean to the opinion that success is
more likely to attend the l ore worldly creed. A
well informed writerin the China Mail newspaper,
in its issue of 30th Juno and 11th A igu-*, brings
strung, audit may bo conclusive proof that tliisiu
sametiou is the work of me v uieiy-tprcad Tract
Society, ol winch Ilang-sin tsiuen io chief, and ex
plains the various rules and easterns in use among
the rebels by reference to its institutions. This
society has its agents in every part of the empire,
and doubtless gains large accessions to the cau -e.
It has been, wo believe, particularly active in this
neighborhood ; and this brings ns to a considera
tion of tho position of Canton.
September or October has been for a long tim
named as the period, when achan c might be ex .
pected here ; but it will probably bo ontiroly do
Eendant on the date ofthe fall of Pekin. This we
avo reason to look for within one or two months,
and upon the receipt of the news a general rising
of the disaffected is not unlikely. There are about
four thousand Tartar troops in the city, but wo
suspect the authorities wilt yield without fighting
or attempt to escape by flight. They will have no
place of refuge, however, and will doubtless Its.
their lives. The question then arises, Can or will
business be carried on undertbesecircumstances?
The answer is purely conjectural, but we are in
dined to believe, reasoning from the analog) of
A moy, that a cessation for a longer or shorter sea
son must ensue. If the sub version of the Govern
ment, however, bc effected, not by an effort of the
people, but by a strong force from the insurgent
army, the latter may have power enough at once,
to establish new officers and to inspire the neces
sary confidence in the minds of the bankers and
merchants.
We must say, moreover, that nothing whatever
here at present, save the scarcity of money, indi
cates that any fear of disturbance is entertained by
the Chinese with whom we come in contact.
Another circular from Canton says that two large
bodies c f insurgents had moved forward from Nan -
kin, leavir.g a >mail force to guard that city. It
adds furtbor, alter the writing of the first part of
the letter, that credible information bad been re
ceived that the army ofthe insurgents was in tho
vicinity of Pekin when the last scouts left; and
in all probability the next accounts would bring
news of its seige, and possibly its capture. There
had been no recent advices from Amoy.
The Regatta —We understand that at a meeting
of the Aquatic Club of Georgia, held in this city
last evening, James Hamilton Cooper, Esq., pre
siding, it was resolved that in consequence of the
state of the tides, on the 30th of November, tbe
Regatta at Savannah, shall taske place on Tuesday,
the 6tii of December. This day was adopted for
the additional reason that tbe gentlemen of tbe
Club did not wish to interfere with the amusements
of oar Charleston friends, who are expected to
compete in the races. The Regatta at Charleston
takes place on the 24th of November. The inter
val thus allowed, will give ample time for all inter
ested, to recuperate and refit for the great contest,
which we hope will come off at this place. We
confidently expect that onr Carolina Inends will
send over a second “ Becbj Sharp.'" We assure
them that on this occasion, science in construction
and skill in propulsion, will be regarded with more
consideration than mere muscular power. We bid
them welcome, and have no donbt that they will
give ample evidence of oil those high qualities of
genius and enterprise, for which their noble State
ib ao deservedly renowned.—Ana. Courier.
Explorations show that the oosstof Greenland is
rich in copper ; silver tad lead mine* .Rave also
WEEKLY
(£(jroEcit £ jfenltntL
_ AUGUSTA. GEORGIA.
WEDNESDAY MOEBLHB MOVE 9.1853,
Mr. Toombi' Letter.
The response of the Hon. R. Toombs, in this day’s
paper, to the very rude and discourteous assault of
the Secretary of War, Col. Jeffebson Davis, will
attract universal attention. Had Col. Davis adop
ted the usual course under such circumstances,
that of calling on Mr. Toombs to asoertain the truth
of the statements of Gaskill, a course alike due to
Mr. T., his own sense of propriety snd custom
he might have saved himself the unenviable posi
tion he has attained, by his letter to Qaskill, in
the estimation of all discreet, impartial men, of
seeking to acquire a little bclheose notoriety. That
the tone and spirit of the Secretary’s letter has
been very geterally condemned, by those of the
press, whose good opionion is of any value, we
rejoice to know ; and we hope that public senti
ment, aud tho response of Senator Toombs, may
teach him a lesson by which he may profit.
Judge Bronson—Mr. Guthrie.
The reader will find in this day’s paper, another
scathing letter from Ex-Collector Bronson, to the
Secretary of the Treasury. It is written with great
force and point; and the Secretary, his law and
logic, are ail made to appear ridiculous before the
country. We know not when wo have read a
paper so severe, yet so entirely devoid of harsh
ness. Wo imagine Mr. Guthrie has discovered
thut the late Collector wields s very keen blade, and
with a force and skih altogether too powerful for
him.
Fine Animala.
We yesterday had the pleasure of inspecting, at
the Georgia Railroad Depot, a very superior lot of
imptoved Sheep, just received from Now York by
Messrs. Robebts»n & Stovall. There were 22
head in all, mostly Cotswold’s and their grades,
and we believe a few Merino crosses. They were
purchased at the North by Mossrs. J. B. WArrsand
J. C. Sproull, of Cass county, Ga, with a view of
aiding in the improvement of their flocks in the
“up country.”
Occupying a ear contiguous to the shoep, we no
ticed also several head of pure Ayrshire cattle—
cows and heifer calves —en route for tho
of that spirited breeder and importer of fine stock,
Richard Peters, of Atlanta. Tho Ayrshires are
reputeJ to be extraordinary milkors, aud we be
lieve it is the intention of Mr. P. to test them
fully alongside of his famous “Milking Devons.”
Wo arc pleased to witness these evidences of libe
rality and enterprise among our citizens, and wish
them all most abundant success.
Fine Cotton. —We had tho pleasure yesterday,
in common with many others, of viewing and ex
amining, at tho offieo of D’Antignao, Evans &
Co., the samples of the Cottons, some two hundred
and twenty-five bales, exhibited for premiums at
the late Fair. To our unpracticed oyo, they lookod
surpassingly fine, and were prououuood, by dealers,
the finest lot of samples, of eqnal size, they had
ever seen.
Fine Piano.— Wo had the pleasure yesterday of
seeing aud hearing the very elegant Piano exhibi
ted by Messrs. Geo. A. Oates & Brothers, at
the late Fair. Having sold it, they will have it on
exhibition to-day, at their store, and would be
pleased to have all those who desire to see it call.
“All’s not Gold that Glitters, or The Young
Californian." This is the title of a very neat and
attractive little volume for the young folks, just
issued by D. Appleton, &Co., New York. It is
from the pen of "Cousin Alice," (the former Mrs.
Neal,) and liko all hor writings, is well calculated
to please and instruct the little boys aud girls, for
whose perusal it is intended. It may be obtained
from Geo. A. Oates & Brothers.
Spanish Navy.
As the strength of tho Spanish Navy may boos
interest to Americans, wo annex tho following re
port of it. It is to consist of, according to a decree
to ho submitted to tho Cortes by tho now Minister
of Marine: —ninety ships, inclnding
“ Six lino-of-battlo ships of 80 to 90 guns, with
400 to 600 horse power.
“ Twelve frigates of 80 to 50 ditto, with 800 to
400 ditto.
“ Twolvc corvettes of 20 to 80 ditto, with 200 to
300 ditto.
“ Fourtcon brigs and schooners, with 6 to 20 dit
to, with up to 200 ditto.
“ Six paddle steumors of war, and four mails of
400 to 500 ditto.
“ Eight ditto of war ond transatlantic, of 800 to
400 ditto.
“ Twelvo ditto guords costas, of 100 to 200 ditto.
“ Twelve ditto to navigate in shallow waters, of
up to 100 ditto.
“ Eight ureas or transport vessels.”
Elections. —New York, New Jersey and Wis
consul elect State officers and members of the leg
islature on the Bth, this day. Louisiana elected
Congressmen, State Treasurer, Auditor, Superin
tendent of Instruction, members of the legislature
and county officers, yesterday. Massachusetts
elects state officers and members of the legislature,
and decides upon the adoption of tho now consti
tution, on tho 14th.
The New York papers are making themsolves
merry ovor the very long and verbose speech of six
newspaper columns, on his official reception, ad
dressed to the Prcsidentof Nicaragua by Mr. Solon
Borlaud, our new Minister to Central America.—
The Tribune learns that “Mr. Borland ia doing as
well as could be expectod after tho delivery of such
a speech,” bat nothing is said of the condition of
the unhappy men who had to listen to it, though,
luokily for them, as it was in English, they did not
understand a word of it.
Judge McLean, on Monday last, again turned
tho reporter of the Cincinnati Sun out of the Court
room at Co.nmbus, whilo taking notos for publi
cation in tho Martha Washington oaao. The Sun,
howevor, continues its reports, sending a different
reporter every day.
Valuable Plantation. —Tho attention of those
doßiring a valuable plantation in Middle Georgia
is directed to the advertisement of B. 8. Taylor,
of Oglethropo county.
Southern Medical and Suroioal Journal.— The
November No. of this valuable Medical periodical
is promptly on our table, with its usual variety of
medical inlormation. Wo commend it to tho pro
fession as worthy of their patronage. It is edited
by Prof. L. A. Duoas, and published in this city
by Jams McCatteaty, at $8 per anunm in ad
vance.
Bishop of Oregon.— lt is said that the Rev.
TnoMAS F. Soon, of Coluinbns, Ga., has been ap
pointed Episcopal Bishop of Oregon.
Charleston Election.— The following is the
vote for Mayor at the election on Wednesday:
Hutchinson 1,244
Scbniorle 798
Majority 446
Mb. O’Connor—Tiie President. —The New York
Hcpretss&jeX “Therearetwo letters yet unpublished
which ought to have the light, one from U.B. District
Attorney O’Connor to the I’mbidbnt, identifying
himself with Bronson and his cause, and tender
ing his commission. Tho President himself de
clines to accept, and replies at some length.—
IV hethor or not Mr. O’Connor will hold on,under
the circumstances, we cannot say.”
Appointment of Martin Van Boren —Wo sec it
stated in letters from Washington that Ex-Presi
dent Van Berrn, now in Europe, has accepted
from tho President, the appointment of Umpire on
behalf of the United States, in the mixed commis
sion assembling in London to settle British and
American claims.
How will tho Southern Democracy relish the ap
pointment of tho Frcesoil chief, to this important
position ? Aro they ready to pull off their hats and
huzza for the Administration ?
At Philadelphia money continues in activo de
mand at extreme rates. First class four month’s
paper at from 15 to 18 per cent.
At Boston money is in better demand. A. good
deal of New York paper is offering.
The Eclectic, for November, has been on onr
table for some days—an excellent number. Table
of Contents to-morrow.
There seems to be no room for doubt that the
steam tug Ajax has foundered at sea between Bos
ton and New-York, all on board perishing.
The Boston Bee says that twelve thousand
bushels of cranberries were brought to that city
on Saturday, nearly all of which met with an im
mediate sale to provision dealers. They brought
$1.75 per bushel.
Griffin and Decatur Railroad. —The Macon
Journal and Messenger, of the 2nd inst., says:
“ Ti e prelimenary survey of the route ofthe pro
posed Railroad from Griffin to Decatur, upon the
Tennessee river in Alabama, has been very re
cently completed. We understand that the dis
tance between the two points by the route sur
veyed, is about 210 miles, and that the conntry
passed over is rough and broken, but otherwise
not unfavorable for the location of a Railroad.
The completion of a road of such length, will in
volve a very large outlay of capital, but it is so
important to supply this link which will complete
the chain, of Railroad communication between
Charleston and Savannah, and Memphis, that we
nevertheless confidently predict that it will be ac
complished.
John Mitchell, the Irish State prisoner, who
lately escaped from Van Dieman’s Land, sailed
from Sydney on the 21st July, in the barque Ork
ney Lass, for Tahiti and the Sandwich Islands, and
may shortly be expected in this country from San
Francisco.
Immexse Railroad Bzcxirra.—The Erie Railroad
receipts for October have been of unprecedented
magnitude; no less than $225,809 from passengers
and mails : §327,18$ from freights—total §552,985'
This is an increase of over §173,000 over the same
month last (year. The Hudson River Railroad re
ceipts were §153,258—an increase of near $50,000
from the lest year
Mb. So cl*.— The Cadiz correspondent of the
Havana Diario writes Oct. 7th, from Madrid, that
Mr. Soule’s presence there makes something of a
sensation, —bnt adds that Mr. 8., by some publi
cations in the Paris Siecit propitiatory, had paved
the way for a reoeption,
Pres Meet Pierce— Strange Development.
The fend between the National and Freeaoil De
mocrat* of the North, is developing seme strange
and extraordinary events inthe history of tho party,
which would not probably have ever come to light,
bnt for that flare up. If the expose may contribute
to show the people, how entirely the National Con
ventions are controlled by intrigue, it may be pro
ductive of good, however the reputation of men in
high places may suffer for veracity.
It will be recollected that President Pieiwk in his
Inaugural Address, used tho following language:
“I repair to the post assigned me, uot os one
sought, but in obedience to the unsolicited expres
sion of your will.”
Uereis a plain and positive declaration, if it means
any thiDg, that the office which he occupies was not
“sought," but was oouferrod upon him “unsolicit
ed.” In this assertion tho country reposed full
confidence; for no man, of any party, over suspect
ed him, occupying as ho did so humble a position,
of aspiring to any such distinction. Becont devel
opments, howover, conclusively show how little
ot truth there was in the declaration, aud exhibit
him to the world asintrigucingfor tho nomination.
The expose is made by Mr. Edmund Burke, of Now
Hampshire, tho personal aud political associate and
friend of Gen. Pierce: a man, then and now, occupy
ing a high position in his party—in fact, prior to the
nomination, a mucit more prominent and cot spic
uous member of the Democratic party than Gen.
Pierce. We submit the statouieut of Mr. Burke
without further comment, leaving tho quostion of
veracity, which it presents, to bo sottlod by him
and the President. We copy from tho Boston Ad
vertiser :
Gen. Pilece’s.Nomination —How it was made —
Revelations or Edmund Burke.— Tho Hon. Ed
mund Burke, of Now Hampshire, who has boon
driven into a state of violent antagonism with the
friends ot the Administration in New Hampshire,
has voluntarily revealed, sooner than might have
been anticipated, the secret movements by which
the mysterious nomination of Gen. Pierce was ac
compliahed, in a manner apparently without a
causa. It seems thut the prime mover aud author
of the co libination which produced the result, by
moans of wires adjusted uuder his direction, was
no other than Mr. Burko himself, and that this
was dono by the aid of tho Now Hampshire dele
gates to tho Baltimore Dcmocratio Convention, and
in concert with Gen. Pierce. This development is
made by Mr. Burke, in tlie Old Guard, in the per
son of we, ns tho editor of that paper, whilo reply
ing to the personalities of the Concord Patriot.
Mr. Burko says that he bcoamo convinced sotuo
month» before tho Convention that noithcr Cass,
Buchanan, nor Douglass could got the nomination,
and that Pierce would stand a good clianco to bo
adopted as the compromise candidate, provided lie
could bo kept “ont of the ring of competitors.’*
His position at Washington gave him an oppor
tunity of conferring with a groat number of Demo •
cratic politicians at Washington, and ho diligently
improved the opportunity ot quietly concerting,
through thoir instrumentality, his plan of opera
tions by a process which ho thus describes:
“ For months before tlie Baltimore Convention,
wo took especial pains to see and converse with
those gentlemen upon tho subject of tho Presi
dent's nomination. We took pains, on all occas
ions, to suggest the name ot General Pierce as u
compromise cumlidato, in the event thut tho Con
vention should not agree on either of tho threo pro
minent goutlomou abovonamed in connection with
that office. We saw and eouvorsed with from fifty
to one hundred ot the leading politicians of tho
Union upon tho subjoct, on all occasions intro
ducing tho nuuio of Gen. Pierce. After satisfying
our own minds that Gou. I’ioreo could bo nomi
nated, we wroto to General Pierco our views and
opinions'at longth, expressing our belief that ho
could bo nominated. lie answered our letters.
“Wo also communicated tiio project of the
triends of Gen. Pierco to the shrewdest mid ablost
letter-writer at Washington, and procured him
to throw out in tho papors to which ho correspond
ed, the idea that, in tho event of n failure by tho
Convention to nominate either Cass, Buchanan, or
Douglass, Gen. Pierco would bo brought forward
by las friends os a compromise candidate. That
gentleman did us we requested, in sovcral adroit
and ingenious letters, published in tlie Philadel
phia Ledger and Baltimore Sun, which were neu
tral papers, and therefore the best mediums
through which to communicate such designs.”
A few weeks before the convention, Mr. Burko
came to Now Hampshire, and a meeting ol the
delegation of tho Stato to tho convention was held,
at which, howover, ho was not presold. Ho, how
ever. wrote alotter, suggestinga plan of operations,
which was adopted by tho delegation and fully car
ried out in the convention at Baltimore. The
character and Buccossof tho plan agreed on is thus
described by “ Tho Old Guard”:
“ At that time Gon. Pierce expressed his desire
that our delegation should not cast its vote unani
mously for any on > candidate before the Conven
tion. Tlie reason ho assigned was thut in conse
quence of tlie high character for fidelity to priuci
pie whioh tho Democracy of Now Hampshire ex
joyed among their brethren ol tho Union, the
united vote of her delegation, though small, would
have a greater moral force than the votes of dele
gations much larger in numbers: and if given for
any leading candidate in the outset, would endan
ger the ultimate ond wo had in view.
“Wo then went to Baltimore, hating some
weeks previous engaged rooms for our uutiro dele
gation at tho Eutaw House, one of the best hotels
in that city. Tho Convention assembled, aud
throughout its session we exerted every energy to
carry out the wishes of Gen. Pierce. On some of
tho first ballots I gavo my voto for Mr. Douglass,
in aooordanoe with what I knew w:ib General P’s
expressed desire in regard to our delegation giving
a united vote. Subsequently we all united on Go
noral Cass; and then we again divided, Mr. Ather
ton and myself voting for Mr. Buchanan, and our
colleagues voting for Gun. Butler, of Kentucky.
At longth tho delegation from Virginia introduced
tho name of Gen Pierce, and then our delegation
gate him a united vote until he was nominated.
Theso facts the records of the Convention übun
dautly prove.”
Such is the history of tho nomination ol Gen.
Pierce to tho Presidency of tho Unitod Statos, and
yet by asingular turn of events, tho author cf the
nomination, and of course of tho election, is so
soon thrown into opposition to tho administration.
We are informed also on the samo authority, that
Mr. Burko, in “co-operation with an eminent aud
distinguished naturalized citizen,” aidod in indu
cing Governor Kossuth to lake ground in favor of
tho Democratic nomination.
Death of Lieut. Wiuting.— Tho N. O. Delta an
nounces the death of Lieutenant 11. M. Whiting,
ut Fort Brown, on the evening of tho 9th inst. As
Lieutenant of Artillery, ho took a prominont pnrt
in tho battle of Buena Vista, and by his bravery
won the admiration of his brother officers, and tho
favorable notice of Gen. Taylor. Wo qu;tofrom
the Delta:
“Ho was tho son of Gen. Whiting, luto Assistant
Quartormaster-Gencral of tho United States Ar
my, a graduate from West Point, and one of tho
best light artillerists in the service. Lieut. Whi
ting since the close of tho Mexican war has been
stationed with his company upon the Rio Grande,
and from the suavity of his manuors, and the deli
cateese with which ho performed hi 3 official duties,
he endeared himself to all with whom ho came in
contact—and no officer oftlio army was more res
pected by the Mexican people, with whom his po
sition as oommander of Fort Brown brought him
in daily oonverse. No officer in the army possess
ed to a greater dogroo the lovonnd respect of those
under his command—forhim they would have faced
the fury of a thousand battles. W o know him well,
and a warmer hearted friend or a better soldier
never breathed than Henry M. Whiting. Ho Dad
his faults, they injured none but himself, and so
let them bo buried with his ashes—go out with tho
valuable life they were instrumental in shortening.
In the prime of manhood and in tho day of ins
usefulness has been cut down as bravo a soldier as
ever drew sword or leveled a cannon—as noble a
gentleman as over donned tlio American uniform.”
In Washington, a license for a drinking house
cannot be given, undor the law, without tho assent
of a majority of tlio house keepers on both sides of
the street, or the square on which tho restaurant
or tippling house claims its principal front. A
house keeper has canvassed the squere on Seventh
street, between the National Intelligencer office
and the Postofllao Department, and ascertained
that not more than three housekeepers, out of
eleven, will give their assont to having drinking
houses kept there. This will close two prospering
establishments.
Afpoiktment of a Free Soiler. —The Collector
of Boston has appointed as inspector in the Cus
tom House, at that city, a Mr. Edward Jones, who
recently protested against tho action of the Con
vention of “National Democrats” at Dodham, and
who since officiated os a Secretary of tho Coalition
Convention. It is supposed Secretary Guthrie will
have occasion for another letter, censuring tho Col
lector “for not informing him that ho iiad appoint
ed Free Boilers when he sent their names to
Washington for approval, that ho (Mr. Guthrie)
might have rejected them.”
More of the Cuban Mare’s Nest. —Wo have
already expressed the belief that tho story set
afloat by tho Washington Union, in regard to Bri
tish and French interference with Cuba, was
trumped up for partisan objects. Tho following
extract furnished additional reason for this belief.
It is taken from tho Washington correspondence
ofthe New York Journal of Commerce, tho author
of which had some agency in first giving circula
tion to the report:
Washington, Oct. 27th.
Some doubt has been suddenly thrown over the
rumors of the interference of England and France
in tho affairs ol Cuba. They claim the right to in
terfere, but they have not done so, as yet, in any
effectual manner. It is to be presumed that almost
any administration, in England, will fall in with
the general feeling of tho" British people on tho
subject of slavery, and no one can doubt that des
tiny points to the ultimate abolition of slavery in
Cuba. Ido not believe that the Administration
will now sanction the alarm that lias been raised,
in its name, and nnder its apparout authority, in
regard to the designs of England and France upon
Cuba. There mußt bo an end of this trifling with
the public interests and tho public peace, on the
part of General Pierce’s Administration and bis
organs. They must distinguish between rumors
and facts.
It is not too late for them to consider that they
must represent the ■'country honestly, as well as
bravely. _
An Epitaph. —The following epitaph was written
by Capt. Ashmead, a very old and respectable citi
zen of Philadelphia, who died at an advanced ago
in the year 1818 :
In life's hard bustle o’er tbe trou bled seas,
Through many a storm and many a prosperous breeze,
Thro’ summer’s beat an l winter’s chilling blast,
From torrid to the frigid zoue I’ve past.
Through sickly dimes, where each contagious breath,
Spreads desolation by untimely death.
Oae hundred voyages, through unnumbered toils,
Tve sailed at least live hundred thousand miles ;
Been taken, sunk, and oft times cast away,
Yet weathered all in this dose port to lay,
Where a dead calm my wearied bark doth find,
l Oblig’d to anchor for the want of wind.
Here, undisturbed, at rest I shall remain,
Till the last trump calls up all hands again;
And what new perils I shall then go through,
No human reason ever yet could shew :
But the same Power that leads through earth and sea,
Will doubtless lead me through eternity.
Tbe New Orleans Trne Delta says that tho nn
appropriated moneys “in tho Treasury of the
Howard Association, at this time, arc represented
as amoanting to the large Bum of one hundred
thousand dollars." The True Delta recommends
that this surplas be spent in enlarging the Charity
Hospital.
It is understood that ex Collector Bronson will
claim about $4,000 ns bis share of penal duties col
lected daring his brief administration. This, add
ed to $3,000 salary, and ordinary fees, makes
$7,000 for six months services! What a pattern
of honesty Judge Bronson is that he gives up oil
this for conscience sake.
W» learn from the Staunton (Vn.) Spectator, that
snow fell west of the mountains on the 2-lth u *■>
to the-depth of fifteen inches, and as the trees still
retained their foliage, the destruction of forest ■
timber was immen—,
Tie Mill. House, Charleston.
The “ openiug dinner” at the “Mills House”
on Saturday must have beeu a splendid entertain
ment, in Nickerson's beat style. The Courier fills
near three of its ample columns, with a report of
the banquet. We oull from the Mercury the fol
lowing, which is all wo can find room for:
Inauguration or tbs Mills House.— The Mills
House was formally inaugurated on Saturday last.
The occasion was honored by the presence of the
Mayor end Aldermen, the Editorial Fraterity, and
a large number of invited guests. After u tour of
inspection through the oxtensive establishment,
uuJ inspecting the sumptuous drawing-rooms, the
elogantly furnishod parlors, the ueatnnd attractive
dormitories, and the admirable arrangements for
cooking, boating, lighting, bathing, Ac., Ac., the
company wero usherod into the magnificent dining
room, where the tab es, docked in their glittering
garniture, presented irresistible attractions to
tlicßS whose appetites had been whetted by their
previous exorciso.
His Honor the Mayor presided, and A. S. Wil
lington, Esq., acted us Vico President. The din
ner was such as might have been oxpocted from
Mr. Nickerson; and when wo say it was worthy of
his reputation, and wortliyof the Mills House, we
have exhausted eulogy. When tho company had,
in the most emphatio manner, evinoed their appre
ciation of its merits, the cloth was removed, and
tho Chair announced tho following toasts, which
were drank with all the honors:
Hors follows a list of tho thirteen regular toasts
for which wo have not room.
Tho Mercury proceeds:
His honor the Mayor thou addressod tho compa
ny as follows :
The personal gratification,! feel at having been
solected by our generous host to proside over this
elegant entertainment, is marred by a oircumstance
that hasnssiguod to me a position which of right
and propriety belong to another. I allude to the
absence from this board of Mr. Otis Mills, a do
mestio affliction preventing bis being present
among us. Ami although wo all doeply sympa
thize with him in thisberoavomont, it affords me
tho opportunity to rondor a just tribute to a man
whose modesty I know will bo less pained by
hearing that he had boon praised, then being a wit
ness to h.s own conimonda'.ion. I give yon, gen
tlemen :
Oth Mitts: Tho Proprietor of tho Mills Honae.
A citizen who has reared in his lifotimo, Fnch a
monumont of usofuiuoss and public spirit, needs
no rocord horoaftor to bo gratofully remombored
by this community. Long may he live to enjoy
the rowartl9 of his energy and enterprise.
This scntiiuont was roceived with tho liveliest
enthusiasm, and followed by loud and long con
tinued demonstrations of satisfaction.
Speeches and,toasts complimentary to Mr. Mills,
to Mr. Nickerson, to Mr. Earle, the Architect ana
Contractor for tho building, and to tho City An
thoritics, woro also given by 11. H. Raymond,
Esq., by Mr. Johnson, Editor of tho Carolinian ;
Messrs. Willington, Yoadon, Carroll, Carlislo,
Laidler, Murrell, and Gwinuor, of tho Courier;
Mr. Sprntt, of tho Standard; Messrs. Ludowig
and Melchera, of the German Gazette; and
Messrs. Heart and McMillan, of the Mercury, and a
number of others, which wo wore too pleasantly
engaged to tako note of. In addition to these,
songs were sung by tho inimitable Sloman, and in
short every clement of pleasure and good fellow
ship was kept in active operation until a late hour,
when tho company separated, ploascd with tho
House, pleased with Dio Host, and in tho best
possible humor with all mankind.
The Common Schools of New England.— By
tho last official returns of tho publlo sohools in tbe
six Now England Slates, the whole number of
pupils in attondanoo during tho year was 641,988-
Tho wliolo cost of instruction for the year was
$2,055,131. In Vermont the average cost of each
pupil was $2 22 ; in Maine $1.84; in Connecticut
$1.85 ; in Rlioio Island $1.64. Iu Massachusetts
tho law requires each town to raise by tax at least
$1.50 por oliild betwoon flvo and fifteen years of
ago, as a condition of receiving a sharo of tho in
come of the Statoschool fund. All tho towns com
plied with this condition last yoor, and 180 towns
raised double the sui thus spociflod. Tho amount
expondod in Massachusetts last year for each ohild
between tho nges above named was $4.54.
Koszta Stile in Prison.— lt appears from a lot
tor in tho N. Y. Evening P«Bt, dated at Constanti
nople, Octobers, that Mr. Offiey, tho American
Consul at Smyrna, protested against Koszta’s re
lease on tho conditions prescribed by Baron do
Bruek, and acceded to by Mr. Marsh; and refused
to domand it of the French coubul upon such
torms. Koszta himself, it is said, took tho same
viow of tho case, and refueed to bo liberated on
those conditions, and at tho dato specified, ho still
remained in prison. The following is an oxtract
from tho Post’s letter :
Though tho arrangement between Baron do
Bruck and Mr. Marsh, appears liberal on tho purt
of Austria, and liouorablo to tho Unitod States, It
is suid hero that tho Consul of tho United Btatos at
Smyrna has refused to demand Koszla’s roleaso
from tho French hospital in which ho is olosely
confined and strictly guarded, on the ground that
the Austrian Government should not bo allowed
to state it in reservation of “rights,” and bo re
quired lo admit tho illegality of his arrest. Tho
Consul requires that Koszta shall bo, now, aban
doned by Austria, and aekuowlodgod by her as bo
ing on American citizen. Until then, lie refuses to
claim him of the Fronch Consul, and rofusos to
obey tho instructions of tho Amorican Minister on
the subject of bis arrangement of the Koszta’s im
mediate release, whilst his nationality is under dis
cussion by tho two Governments. It is also said
that ho bus put up Koszta to protest ngainst tho
American Minister, and lo refuse to leave hie pri
son and be restored to freedom in the United States.
More than $500,000 having been subscribed to
tho Capitnl Stock of tho “ Ponsaoola and Georgia
Railroad Company,” a meeting of tho subscribers
to said Btock will bo hold at the Court House in
the city of Tallahassee, oil Monday next, for tho
election of nine Directors for said Company.
Tlio Circuit Court in Broomo county, N. Y., has
awarded (4000 damages to Mrs. Primrose Johnson,
whose hushnud was killed by an accident on the
Brio railway. This is a different conclusion from
that of one of the oourts of Louisiana, which re
cently docidcd that though a man might claim
dnmugos himself for injuries sustained to his own
person, yot if he bo killed outright, his wife or
legal heirs or representatives havo no olaim.
The brig Webster, Captain Heath, lately arrived
at Batilla River from Now York, reports having
picked up at sea, Captain R. T. Rogers of New
London, the mate, cook and one seaman, of tho
schooner North Wester, lost at sea during tho late
galo. Tho N. W.was from Wilmington, (N. C.)
bound to Now York with a oargo of naval stores.
The Now York anti-rent convention broke up
without nominating any ticket for State officers.
The Freeholder, however, the organ of that party,
supports tho soft shell nomination.
U. S. Trkasuby. —The statement of the U. 8
Treasurer, mudo up to tho 24th inst., shows tho
net amount subject to droit in tho Treasury and
designated depositories to have beon twenty-flvo
million nine hundred and fifty-eight thousand
sevon hundred and flfty-Bix dollars. Tho transfers
of tho month amounted to (2,978,330.
A letter from Lima, in the New York Express,
doted Sept. 25, says:
I know of no political news. In regard to the
Bolivian troubles, they are never spoken of here.
Tho accounts from tho land near the Amazon in
regard to mineral woalth, are truly great. Quick
silver, copper, silver and gold, are in the greatest
abundance, If a tenth part of what is told is true,
then it will be onoughto draw a great emigration
to this country.
Kentucky will soon havo to eleot a United States
Senator to tho seat now occupied by Mr. Dixon,
whoso term expires. That gentleman boing in
very ill health, announces that he will not be a can
didate for re-election; and tho Kentucky papers
say that tho choice of his sucocssor will be
tween Mr. Crittenden and Mr Robertson.
Recovery or the Hchoabfah Cbown.— Connected
with this affair, a caiious piece of information has
leaked out. Gen. Kemper, tho polioo tyrant of the
Empire, has become jealous of tho honors bestow
ed on the Judge Advocate, Kargar, and has pub
lished in The Soldaterfrcund, a semi-official ao
count of the discovery. He openly states that the
Hungarian Ex-Minister, Szemere, in Paris, the
well known enemy of Kossuth, out of spite against
tho Governor, gave the necessary information,
which arrived at Venice on the 28th of August,
and led to the discovery.
It is calculated the use and manufacture of overy
thousand tons of white lead, causes, on an average,
ono hundred sud twenty-five patients and five
deaths.
A prominent Virginia Democrat, who has re
cently travelled through a largo portion of that
State, assures the editor of the Washington Senti
nel that ho has metbnt ono single person who ex
pressed his approval of tho courso pursued towards
Judge Bronson. Tho Sentinel adds :
hhe gentleman who gave us this information i»
an active and prominent Democrat. Feeling a
great interest in the subject, he availed himself of
every opportunity to gather publio sentiment.—
This agrees with all that we have been able to
learn on this bchulf, and wo have access to many
sources of information.
The Directors of the Now York Crystal Palace
have resolved to keep tho exhibition open through
the winter, instead of closing it in December, as
they had previously contemplated. It is said that
from the first of September to the present day, tho
receipts have been highly satisfactory, averaging
four thousand dollars or more a day, while the
current expenses are but S4OO. The receipts of
the forthight ending on the 22d ult., were fifty
eight thousand dollars.
Two bright-eyed little boys, one aged two and
the other about fivo years— bods of a Mr. Horton,
of Boston—died a few days since from eating can
dy which had been colored with some poisonous
substanco.
The 24ih instant has also been appointed by the
Governors of Kentucky and New Jersey, in addi
tion to those already mentioned, as Thanksgiving
Day.
W. M. Bnrwell, Esq., lato editor of tho Washing
ton Republic, is now editing the Baltimore Ameri
can,
The cost of supporting the public paupers of
New York, exceeds this year four hundred and
twenty-five thousand dollars.
We learn from the Boston Transcript that the
Marine losses last week in that city comprise a
sum exceeding a quarter of »mi on 0 o ars,
divided between the following ° ices . e ep
tune, Hope, Alliance, City Mutual, Umtad Statea,
New England Mutual, Equitable, Washington,
Boston, Suffolk and Triton.
The Anderson (8. C.) Gazette learns from a re
liable source, that the Blue Ridge Company have
decidod upon Anderson as the eastern terminus of
the Road.
There was frost at Tallahassee on the 25th nit.,
bat not sufficient to injure vegetation materially.
It is said that James Gordon Bennett, of the
Herald, during his reoent visit to Scotland, caus
ed an elegant and spaoious house to be built,
whioh he presented to Us mother.
better Irom Sir. Tuonilm.
Gkkensbuiiu, Ua., Nov. 2, 1858.
Ib the Kl'Uor of the Chronicle tb Sentinel:
Bib:—Col. Jefferson Davis having assailed me
in a lettor to ouo Gaskill, which lias been publish
ed iu the newspapers of this otsle, makes it pro
per that l should address tho public througli tho
same ohannels. 1 shall say nothing of this Ohh
kill, except so much as may bo necessary to eluci
date the controversy with the Secretary of War.
My accounts wih hint have boon settled. lie has
twieo obtrudod himself upon public meetings
which I have been Invltod to address. At tho Inst
meeting, for having previously held up lii» i'.ther
cud mother, in his native State, Vermont, to the
indignation of the people, for having impiously
declared that God liad killed Gen. Harrison end
Gen. Taylor for the benefit of his party; and for
his uttor disregard of all truth, I felt constrained
iu his own presence to give him a severo but well
merited castigation. I have hoard nothing n ore
of him sincothis meeting,until ho turned up in this
correspondence, under the protection of tho War
offleo. There 1 shall leavo him. Tho letter from
Gaskill to tho Secretary of tVaris not published,
but it seems from the account given ot it, by him
and the Secretary, that 1 uni charged with having
“ denounced Jefferson Davis as a disiinioiiist sit
ting in the counsels of tho nation,” and with re pro
senting him as having advocated, in u speech de
livered at Philadelphia, tho constitutionality slid
expediency of building the Pacific Railroad with
tho rosouroes of the Federal Government. Tho
first charge seems especially to have excited the
ira of the Secretary, and he repels it iu language
which demands of uie an appropriate reply.
What was said by mo oil tho ooeasion referred
to, “ was not dono in a corner,” it was said to a
public assembly of the people; therefore, the
truth of tho eliargo could have been easily ascer
tained. Tho usual course pursued by gvUlleincn,
who may foel themselves aggrieved under such
oiroumatancos, is to inquiro of tho poison who
la alleged to have made an offensive charge con
cerning its truth ; that of swaggering braggart*
and cunning poltroons, is to indiilgo in vulgar opi.
thots and argumentative personalities, just so lur
as may not oomplicaio thorn with tho fulsehood, if
the oliarge should prove to bo untrue The Sec
retary of War has chosen to pursue the latter
oourso. Whatever other advantages this course
may'havo, it is not to bo commended for its chi
valry. The only allusion which 1 made to tho
Secretary of War, having any relation t j tho first
oiiargo, was of a wholly different character to that
alledgcd. I arraigned Gen. Tierce before the pco
pio, for betraying tho Compromise and its Mends,
in tho face of all his prolossions, by bringing its
cnotnios into power. To sustain this charge, Ire -
viewed tho position of each member of his Cabi
net, and showed that not one of tliom was idenli
fled with that groat measnro, and that tho fidelity
of each of them to it might be justly questioned.
I stated that Col. Duvis lied, in tho Scnhto, voted
against its leading measures—united with its an
omies, and opposed it at homo, and was beaten by
Gov. Footo, of Mississippi, mainly on aceutinl ol
thut opposition. I then proceeded to show that
tho poliey of tho government, was just such us
might have been oxpooted from Hitch a combination.
That its animating principle m, the “cohesive
properties of tho public plunder,” to which all were
invited who would join and support tho Cra'ition,
whether they wero Freesoilers, Disnnienisls or
Compromise mon. These woro tho positions which
I every whore maintained during the lute canvass,
and unfortunately for tho country, the government
was constantly furnishing additional evidence for
tlioir support. It was a union with tile cm: inlet of
tho Constitution and the Bouth that 1 dotiouiriod-
I considor disloyalty to tho Federal Union, itself, a
virtue, when compared to tho sorvile buscinra of
consenting to and maintaining a coalition with tho
Buffalo Frco-Soilera:—Traitors, who for tho lust
five years, havo been openly vindicating the Ini
oony of our slave property, backing mobs to ro
sistunco of Constitutional laws passed for our pro
tection, and exciting them to tho murder ot tlioso
of onr citizens who attempted to recover their
property under them. And “in tho lowest doop
thoro is yet a lower deep,” and the Administration
havo reached it. Not content with taking tlioso
men to their bosoms, under the fraudulent pretext
thut they havo boo i cleansed by being dipped into
the filthy, common sower of government patron
age, tho Administration havo combined with them,
to crush and Iramplo under fool lliu true friends of
tho Compromise, and the only truo friouds of tho
Constitution and tho South, iullio Northern States -
They openly sust&i n John Van Bureu mid Ids tuercu
nary gaug of Frocsoilera, in tlioir wnrf.no against
Diokinson, Bronson, O'Connor, and tlioir patriotic
comrades in Now York, who have separated from
theso political lepors, on tho ground of their Free
eoilism. Denunciation of this poliey, would hut
weaken tho foroo of its naked statement.
Tho Secretary of War seems to plead as a “ sett
oil"’to this charge against himself, which was
novor made by me, a similar accusation against mo.
ne says, “his most urdent laiiguago uevor reached
tiio extreme to which (I) went, both bolero and
after tho measures, commonly oallod the Compro
mise of 1850, had been proaontod, and itn j.riu
ciplcs and tho constitutional rights involved, hud
been fully discussed.” This is certainly true, for
I never knew tho Secretary botrayod into a strong,
much loss an imprudont expression In behalf of
the rights of tho South, or against their tlin stoned
invasion. For myself, from my youth up, 1 havo
over held tho Union subordinate to the great
prinoiplos it was intended to perpetuate; im a
moaus by which they were intcudcd to bo secured)
and not as ail ond to which they woro to ho sacri
ficed. 1 know many good uml true mon in tho
South, hotter and truer than tho Secretory ol War,
who do “ desire ” disunion now; I know others
who havo oponly dooiarod thut they did “ desite "
it, who aro now enjoying lucrative olliceH under
the Federal Government; and to outer upon them ,
havo taken tho oath to support the Constitution
of the United Statos. But 1 shall leavo this ethics I
question of their eligibility to bo soltlod between
them and the present Administration.
In tho contest of 1850, I was against tho Uuiou,
in the event of the infliction of tlircutoued aggres
sions upon onr rights, which aggressions were
openly stated and dearly defined. I have never re
tracted, ohangod or modiflod tho positions thou
assumed and maintained ; and each of thorn are
firmly planted in the fourth res liitiou of the
Georgia Platform, and aro fundamental tenets in
tho political creed of tho Union Ropnbliasu party
of Georgia. Because these contingencies did not
happen, and can nover happen, while tlio Compro
mise is preserved, “ in principle and substanco,’
I havo supported tho Union and tho Comptomlse,
against the opponents of cither, at the Mouth ; that
they may never happen, 1 have opposed, mid shall
contino to oppose tho Frocsoilors and Abolitionists
at the North, and tholr friends and allies under
whatever political flag they may sail.
Tho second ohargo referred to by the Secretary
of War, needs no reply. I consider his letter a
plea of guilty, and an attemptto justify. My charge,
was based upou his own speech, printed by hiH
authority in tho Washington Union, of the 4th of
August. I read exlraots from that speech, and
among others tho very extract to which bo refers,
and commented upon them. 1 did bold the l’rc
sidont responsible for tho principh b laid down in
that speech. My estimate of tho l’resideut is not
high, but it is not, as yet, low enough to suppose
him capable of permitting two of his Cabinet offi
cers to remain in liis Cabinet uftcr making such
publio speeches in his own presence, unless
he approved the principles and policy laid
down by them. I will therefore, for tiie pre
sent, simply turn over tho Secretary’s justifi
cation to the consideration of his political
friends in Georgia, who, with such singular una
nimity, boforo tho election, maintained their old
political tenets on internal improvements by the
general government, and condemned the opinions
expressed by Messrs. Davis & Guthrie at Philudcl
phia. lam vory rospoofuliy,
Your obedient servant,
K. Toombs.
Slav* Case in Kentucky.—A very intereating
slave cose has just been decided in tho Covingtr n
(Ky.) Circuit Court. Tho case was between Sam
uel Norrie, a slave, and J. N. Patton, of Virginia.
Tho particulars arc, that Norris, who has been
living in Covington for several years, where he
married a free woman, and has several children,
wae permitted by his master, Patton, to hire liis
own time, paying him through his agent'', Withers
& Co., of Cincinnati, his annual hire, which bo
always did promptly. Tho amount stipulated, was
SIOO per annum. About two years since, his
master, Patton, came to Cincinnati and sent for
Sam to visit him, which he did at the house of his
agents, Withers & Co., at the same time the fol
lowing agreement was made:
Patton agreed to liberate Ham, or allow him to
buy himself, by paying the sum of S4OO within
four years. The surplus, whatever it might bo,
was to belong to the slave.
In accordance with which agreement, Ham paid
at that time $lB4, and has paid him since SSU mere.
It was expressly understood that Patton whs not
to aell him during the four years. This part of the
agreement Patton attempted to violato, to prevent
which the suit was brought. The ease was de
cided on yesterday in favor of thi defendant, and
the suit dismissed by Judge Pryor, upon the tal
lowing grounds: ,
1. That the statutes of Kentucky rccccui o only
two ways of liberating slaves—lit, by win; 2d, by
deed of administralicn.
2. That a hlqvc, by law, i® not allowed to enter
into any contract. ... . ,
8. That the fact of the agreement being entered
into in Ohio, a free State, does not alter the law, to
long as the negro Is still s sia' e.
4 That the oontract, ot agreement, was only
executory between Sam and Patton, and the lime
fixed for hie freedom was at a future day and con-
I )?*That so loo? 118 Sam was a blbvo, tho master
was" entitled to bis services, and the money re
ceived by him was, by law, considered his own.
Being a suit of much interest, references were
made by the judge to all the authorities upou which
his opinion was founded. In the conclusion ot his
remarks, he said: “ I am, therefore, unable to
give any effect to the agreement, because it was
made in Ohio; and I feel compelled, understand
ing the law of this case as I do, to decide against
the plaintiff, at the same time looking upon it as a
great hardship and cruelty.”
The case was appealed to the Supremo Court of
the State.
The President’s Message ani> its Topic.—A
Washington correspondent of the New York
Mirror says:
The most important feature of the Message will
be the acquisition of Cuba and the Sandwich
Islands. Encouragement will bo givon to tho filli
busters and progressive democracy ; and Seuator
Douglass will be the organ of the administration in
the Senate, seoonded by Gen. Casa ; while in the
Hanse Mr. Brecknridge of Kentuoky, *ill speak
the sentiments of the Administratieu.
Tho oensos reoords of Europe show a list of seven
honsand peraone who lived to tho age of one han
dled years.