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TUIBTV-TUIBD beselon.
W iSuiNGTox, March 6lh.
The Renata i* not in sossion to-day, having ad
journed on batnrday to Tncaday.
HOUSE.
Mr. Appleton prescued the resolution of the
the Masaechuvett* Legislature, in favor of cheap
Ocean postage.
Mr. Fuller presented the resolution of the Leg
islator!) of Mane, in opposition to the clause in
the Nebraska bill, repealing the Missouri Com-
Sromise. Both sebtot tesotutions were laid Oi the
tble, and ordered to be printed.
The House then wont into Committee of the
Whole on the Homestead bill.
Mr. Dean mo red a medificatioo of the fourth :
section so as to include neither the provisions ol
tho set, persons who may declare their intention
to become citixsn* after the psosagn of the act.
He wss opposed to all special legists'ion, and
said there was no reason why a person wuo de
clared his intention the next week or the next year
after the 8.11 has paseed, should not I>e entitled
to it t benefits equally with those who had done
•o heret tfo.e. lie was oppo-ed to making any
discrimination as to giving it* benifl'.) only on
condition of actoal settlement and oc:npution.
Mr. Dawsott opposed the amendment on the
ground that the hill should bo Conhnod to thus -
who Ittd new declared their intention, or were
noweitixou. Tho smeodaiout was rejected.
Mr. Florence proposed then an additions sec
tion, which was rejeced.
Messrs. Cot>h and Grow severally offered sub
stitutes which were rejected.
The e mimittec reported the bill as amended.
Mr. <» >ode moved to iay it on the table; nega
tived by t'l agaiuat VIA.
The quastiou was taken on the first amendment
restricting the beWeliu ot the b-!l to Iree white
persons, and was adopted, 101 to 78.
Tee bill provides first Hist any free whito person
who is t'.e bet 1 of a turn ly or who ins ar
rived at the age of twenty one years and is a
c-tizen of the United States, nhail be entitled to
enter free ol coal one quart .-r section of vacant
end unsppropr a led public land, which at the lime
of application may be subject to private entry at
one dollar aud twenty five cents per acre or a quan
tity equal tteielo, to be located in a body in con
formity with tho legal silt, divisions ot tho public
Unds sfter the same snail have been eurveyed.
Second. The pemon applying for the benefit
of this set shall, upon application to the Register
of the Land Office in which he or she is about to
make suen entry, make i.ffiltnU before the sai l
Register that bo or she is tile uead ot a family, ol
twenty one veers ol age, and upon making the
slllda.ii snd tt.ing it with the 11. g.ster he or she
shall thereupon b: permitted to enter the quantity
ot land al’cady spec tied; provided that no cer
tifies!* shall be given, or patent issued therefor,
until the expire ion ot five years from <.ne date of
such,snd at t.ie expnatiou ot auch liuie the per
son making such entry, at il be Isi d.ad, hill
Wi.Low, o* i. oa. ci hvt death, bis Mr. or devt
pee, or In case of a widow making such entry her
beira or devisee, in cam oi hor death, shall prove
by iwo Credible witnesses l.e, she, or they have
continued to reside upon snd cultivsle mid land
and still reside upon the same, ami have not alien
ated It or any part thereof.
Then in such cn-o he, sho or they shall lie en
titled to a paten, as in other cases provided for by
law, provided further in cuse of death of both
father and motbi-r, leaving an infant child, or
children under twenty one years ol age, the right
and ths feu shall more to the b-iiuttt «• said in
lant, child or children and the Executor, Admin
istrator or tiiivrofaii may ui any tune within two
years alter the death of the surviving parent, and
lit acordai.ci wit., the laws ol the Stale iu which
such children for the lime being ha re their dorn
ioil, sal said land for the benefit of said infant,
but t<r no oilier purpose, and the purchaser shall
acquire tho übaoiiilo title by the purchase and be
•milled to a patent from tee United Stales.
Thirl. All land acquired undur this ac. slial
In Ho evant b sarnie huhle to satisfaction of any
debts contracted pri.ru> tho issuing of the patent
thcr for.
Fourtn In eise the person who hits tiled the
aflt Invil. required, shad have changed his or
her residence or abandoned said entry tor more
tt.unsiX months at any one time, in thui event the
faud soentere I is to revert back to the ganerul
government subject to an appeal to the general
Land Officii.
if any individual now a resident of any
one of the button or territories, mid not a citizen ot
the United sfuies, but at the time of making such
application for the benefit i f tide act, shad have
filled a declaration of inlui ti in as required by the
naturalization lass of the United tSlu es, and shall
become u oitizili ot the same lielore the issuance
of tile patent os imuioand provided for in this act,
he shall he pluc.d upon an equal footing with the
native born citizen o] the Unned Stales.
Sixth. No individual is permitted to make
Boro than one entry under the provisions of this
act, aud Ibe Commissioner of tile 11 -moral Lund
Office is required to prepare and issue su li rules
aud iiiguia'-io.is consistent witii this act, us shuil
be nee-sSary and proper to carry its provisions into
•flout, Slid the Registers aud Ifoeeivera of this
auveral land olfli’es shall b.tenti led to roceive the
aau.ecompensation lor any lands entere l under
tho provisions of this act, that they are now fcllli
tied to roceive when the came quantity of land is
entorod with money, ono hull* Ui ho paid by the
person making the application, at lha time of so
doing, uud the other half on the issue of the cor
tificitu by tho poraon to whom it may be issued;
provided, however, ihiilttll persons entering lime!
under the provisions of I.is act, shall as near us
miy he practicable in making such entries, bo con
fine i to oaoh ull'-rnuto quarier section, uud to land
gul'j ict to private entry, and provided nothing in
this act shall Ire so construed, its to impair or in
terfere in any manner wnatevor, with existing pre
empt on rights. , . ~ „
• And provided lutthor, that the provisions ol
this act shall be so eoualtued, as to uuthorizo the
class ol persons provided for who may notownonu
hundred and sixty uorea of land, to enter t ree of
cost any public lands adjoining hia or her lurm,
mihjoct to private oniry ui the mlnimuu price in
quantity, wlienuodet to wlml lie or slie now owns
•nual to one hundred and sixiy uercs, provided
he or she stud I caltivalu the whole, or a ~urt tkere-
The bill wa» passed by yeas 107, nays 72.
Olll>« Muryia .tl delegation, Mr. Vauaant voted
ta lavor of Uie fcdl, aud Me****. M..y, Hamilton
j. f „ ..(i iirvi 't M»s*ra. 6bower and
Bolter* *»r« abaent «> oat voting.
Mi- I’erku.a.of Louisiana, offered (lie following.
/<»«"/«..i. Thai tho Committee on tho Judicial.'
V, -ffitr ' I l ' I n quit* Into tlia propriaty of di
roo i' f l«t*l preocfiMiga to recover any attm «l
moiivv which iu» ha*u bean paiJ to »oy p«t*on
, « tfiwsury oil the claim of Uanbwar and
Mcsreoodm tho Oemu .salon, which adjudicated
tr.i eUibns on W 'vlto, trotter ibo psi Wiotiaof tb«
.rood ot Gaadalopa* Hirtalge.
Mr. Cutting *'igg«a't.il 'ho proprietvofan amend
ment ant nor* ait v too Committee to tend lor par
sons ami papora in ordor that the Committee may
aacarieln against whom null slab he t'Otiiutcuoed.
Mr. Perkins accepted the amendment aul the
it* uitu ion *od. Adjourned
IN SENATE Maju'U 7.
Mr. hverclt mid but I. - *iw abaont on Satur
day iiiitrullire will'll the dual vote wan taken on ’ho
.Nebraska bill, lie was severely indisposed nl that
time j and a* woll Itiui* i*. he- health had not been
o K>d ior home time, lie wue on that uigft over
fatigued, and wue uili.ble to rornalrJ till the hour
when the veto wa* taken. There cou d be ne
doabt aa to hue he would have vole.l, had he been
present. lie bed «>I>P ■>' 1 '*>•> 1,111 committee,
bait oi>no*o.| the Wat aiueiidineiit rlectar.i.g the
Mieaouri Coinpremiee icoporailve mid void, and
had expressed hla vimf* !>* opposition 10 the b 11.
There o. ul.I, 111. roT .re, be Itu doubt but dial, lie
would have voted egailiat the bill, lie notv desir
ed the iiusiiimou- consent of the Soiiau* to havo
hia vole recorded against the bill.
Mr. Clayton amd that hu had I) on desirous to
record h.a vdemiavor of rho repeal of the 8 b
nee ion < t the Vl.aaourl uot, bid when I o heard the
Senator from New Jl.inip«bini,(Mr. N mri-,) ndvo
ca ing the bill ns » triumph over Cut irue uou-lli
tervciitiou jW.*pj»e I by hie lr.il of IS>*B, he deter
mined o vote against me b 11. He had remained
till a lale lour bu’ »a< unable to stay until 6
oVhre.lt. He tbm.'lnro desired to have hie name
re.-ot.le.. 1 «H"liiet iho bill.
Mr. VV*. cr nfcicl ! o <’e*irc<tto interpose no ob
to itin r *M u •*'» but ho would liKejoknow
wtml hud hO«U U'vJUOlO'ul rulo 111 lilt) Seimlc.
The Chair* an a. the rue war | osiliva, that
no vote wild be r..eOrJe.l a ter the reaull Was an,-
nouii.-od, 1. thoreioro required uuanimoua con
cent. ....
Mr. Dawson raid he would not object, bntirtlua
prcee lent wa* cauhli.bed the aaura taiug eould
not be .1 uied horealter.
Hereafter. when ll might bo neceaaary to pane a
meeaii eto prolong themusiou during the night,
Sei alors, ki owing the) ooni*l roeord tlieir voles
u,.si da., would protor to be more oomturuibie at
homo, than in the Senate, uud tbu» there might
not boa quorum preneut.
Mr Adatna aaid there were other senators who
v #re not hero, who would like to huve the fame
Os lowa, objected. Ho objected bo
cause ot 1, .« tonaoti »ugg"*ted by the Senator Iront
Gemma C' her Senators, who could not attend at
•h« ol taking that vote, would coine iu day
auer luyin t uea >he -.me tavor. To allow snot,
Udeg. would, ou aon.e occasion, load to » differ
maevoi result, by allnwin* luC recoiding ot to e*
cd abMLt S.uatora, The re H v' l:Bt wlt “-
Jr »H n s*ward nl hi* own request was ox.'" s «d front
serving on the l’atoul Cotnuiiueo. Mr. Fease.'"*# o
wa* »i pointed in Li* pla.o,
Mr. Hamlin r r.wuiic l tho rcaolutiona oi ti e
Legmlat ire of Marne, againatlhu repeal of the Mis
eoti’i Comprom.ae. ,
M **n>. Seward nrd Sumner proaented petition*
affaiuet the Nebraska bill.
The bill for the reli* f of tho West Felicoaua Rail
Rord Company was passed.
Mr. liuaa introduced tho fallowing resolution
Which wa*. adopted :
A.rderd, That the Pont Master General bo de
•irud to report to the Senate, what amount ha* Keen
paid annually to the several Railroad* in the Uni
ted St be. for lb® transportation of mail*, lor the
last' tbtee 'fa's up to tue 18th of January last,
—iih in. r»’’e* ot charge* in the dififjrent Slates.
Tha Home.dead hill wa* received from the
H Mr*Walker movO<ltt* rcforouoe to the Comtnil
tee oo Public Land*. ,
Me*ar». Cm*, Johnson itnd Sow*r.i expressed
theowelve* in tavor of iho Bill, »nd Messrs. Mason,
Bayard and Brown indicated that they would
po.e It.
The bill wa* then referred.
The V, Tinoute'onteslcd K’ee’.ion case was ,akcn |
np. but post pc ned till to monow.wheu Mr. Thelp*
Will ap.ak.
Af.er a d'lscussinn on the bill granting land for
the booed! of the indiguent insane, the Senate
went itttoexeentive Swsiot. and afterward sojourn
ed.
[A letter will appear in the Washington paper*
tomorrow, signed by Messrs, steward, Smith,
Foot,-Fish and VVade, stating that Mr. Everett re
maine.l iu the Senate chamber until a w o’clock on
Sat onlay 'uor ing while the Nebraska bid was
wader a.senKsion, and only left before the final vote
on acoonnt of sickness ]
lIOCSK.
The Speaker laid before the House a communi
cation lrom the Spanish d’affaires,near tho I
Government, transmitting an ollleial priuted copy
of tha Journal, the Spanish Cortex, lor the year .
1858, in accordance w.ththe principle oi national I
interchanges bet**--'. tl:o two governments. |
Kcthrroii to the L brary Committee.
On mo ion of Mr. Cobb iho consideration of tho j
bill reducing and graduating tl * price of the pub- j
lie 'and was further p-ktpourd lor lour week*. .
The House went iuto Committee ot the Whoie,*
on the -peoiai otaier, being bill* rinaliug to the or- |
gaoised icrrilorits.
The b II for the construction of ceria’ti roads in
New Mexico appropriating t 1 '2,000 f*»r that pur- |
p**e, acd tht bdl a-t.ib.iatjmg fur addi'ioual land ,
otfi -aa 1., ii.nue-ou w.ne considered and laid aside
to ba reported to the House.
The 8. nets bid to aid Minnesota to construct a
railroad iu that territory for military, postal and
other piirpo-e*. wa. taken up.
Mr. R ohardson sail 'he amount ollaud pro
poaed to be granted i-be; v-eu five and six liun
dred tkoasa d acre-, at d the length of the road
two hundred mius The ti ive-imtsut, through
the Secretary of W»r, haa roeo ume. dod thia do
nation. A part oflhc road tie!wo. n St. Pa U p B uu j
Lake Sujwrtor will cxtro-i thro* gb a section „t
cunuuy of auch a swampy enarac'.er that the. x.-ess
Os a oust 01 a railroad, over a cemuiun road wilt
OC)y be for tlie rai!» t< d oars.
jit. Fuller wished to kuow whether he thought
it compet'd fcf » territory to enter iuto contracts
•nd rrisSe hams f>r tuternsl improvemen s,
thaa exercising he respou-tbilnies of a aovereigu
Sia v «.
Mr R cbxr **on rep-Bod that government mede
erni.ta.ot lai dto b'.tli loWaand Wi o us.D while
thev were territories foriutpraviug oMta*li nvers.
Mr Ruse, iu reply to a remark of Mr t idler,«ai.l
that M nmoots has*vim tered three or f .ur rjlrrwd
cm pan.os, to t netiber of them covers the proposed .
grant.
Mr. Lane inquired whether 6,000 acres ot public
lands have not been entered at the terminus of the
road st Lake Superior. Be bad beard that one
fourth oi this lend hue been sold since the meet
ing of Congress, and further that members of this
House etc interested in it.
Mr. Bice replied net on* foot of land in Minne
sota has ever been advertised for sale. W t ether
any member of the House has been to that Tcrri
toiy on such business, be did net know. There
uie not ex thousands acres of land at the terminus
of the road, subject to private entry.
Mr. Lane inquired whether there arc not claims
under the Indiana title.
Mr. P rice reniied there are gentlemen there who
claim under Jonathan Carver fifteen millions of
acres.
Mr. Washburn, of Illinois, desired to knew
whether the genMcman from |lndiana made his as
ter* on of his own knowledge. I
Mr. Lane repeated what he had said, and asked
who holds or claims the land in and about the
terminus of the road. .
Mr. Bice wss unable to answer this question.
He could say, however, that he owned none there,
nor did he know ofany other gentleman who did.
There lands are notin market, and only about two
thifiaand acres have been surveyed.
Mr. Line remarked that being opposed in to*o
to giving one foot of land to any railroad, believing
each gran: would be at war with the Homestead
hili he wee willing to resort to any honorable j
course to defeat the bill. He ha i been cretibiy !
informed by r gentleman from Minnesota, that six j
thoatao'i acre* are he. d at an'i around tbe ter*
miuun of this rorl by gentlemen in Ui-J cuy. lie
«oaid Dot give their inuiw here, but it members
wentd cal! on Minin a proper way, bB would furbish
the information. One fourth of the nx thoasar.d
acres has oeen sold for twcuty-e.gbt hind red dol
lars. Several voices, “name them namcihera. j
Mr Lane said be would do so vihui applied to
in the propei ns.imor. He had merely repeated a
statement made to him from acreditabiosource.
Mr. Bissell remarked. What a mode is this of
opposing a proposition to aid in com-trnctiug a
railroad in a helpless Territory ) Is it State!man-
Jik j, and dow tho man who adopts this mode, act
on an enlarged and liberal principle t The gen
tleman in- innuten something daik and i aspic-ions,
unit confines the secret to Ids own bosom. lie
will not tell. Why! Because he is not called
upon in a proper manner. Ho bee chosen tho
time and place to let it out. Therefore 1 take it
this is the proper time and place. I suspect the
time desired by him U after the bill shall ha.e
heen doleated. I suspect if an answer were given
hero, it would not weigh a feather in opposition to
this bill. Os what consequence is it whether in
dividuals own the land on this or that side of the
tract 1
Mr. Lane replied. The first objection of the
gentleman is that the courso I huvu pursued is
illiberal legislation. If I understand theargument
of the other gentleman, Mr. Richardson,', uc point
ho made was that the eoustrnctiun of the >o»a
would not cost the g«n"r«! Government anything,
because ths ros' - ioas* th- ’“Je f the
remaining pub.i 'Jhe in' .>, >».una
lauds at the ter • o ‘ ;lir **'
jo noser ii4*cioe cS •' t)>* :* i ' r ' -■ it not an
mtereeting queslK " " awt.&r«,mp Os the
land!
I repeat I have tnen cruoroly informe'; >jv a go-..
lleman from Mtunesota, that tfds land, at the
terminus is owned or claimed by iud vidualr, uud
a quarter of it sold ri'.ice the ouunencemciit of
-liis session. Ths distinguished gentleman from
Illinois, complains of me for tile cour-e I have
pursued, but l will pursue my own course, irre
spective ol the opinions ot any man, on this fl or.
1 am here to represent as intelligent a constituen
cy ns that of am oilier man ol this floor. I eol
that 1 ki ow thc'wants rs my people and am much
•core able io represent them, than an gentleman
from any other section. 1 are respoos bio to them,
nd not to the distinguished gentleman from
Illinois.
Jfhe is dissatisfied with my course, I regret it,
but he shuil not hero undertake to dictate to me
wlmteoursß I ahull pursue. I shall select my own
l rue and 1 1 ice to give the name.
Mr. Taylor, of Ohio, concurred in the remarks of
Mr. Bissell, and thought the gentleman irom In
naiia ought to give something more pnwerlul
than mere rumor to distract action on the bill.
Mr. lionu remarked thal ln> had j> st been in
firmed by a gentleman from Minnesota that nono
of the mud at the terminus bis been surveyed.
Mr. Taylor. Does the gentlemau know of any
coi flict:ng claim t
Mr. Ileun. 1 never heard of it until to day.
Mr. (fuirit Smith was opposed to the bill be
cause ho held that tho Government ha* no right
to make the contemplated use of the public lands.
They belong to the laudios*. Reason, religion,
policy and principle require that they shall be
mrrenderod to the landless. When ho said the
lands belong to the landless, lie meant not the
landless of a cortciu complexion, but ah the land
less, believing as ho did all classes are equally
dear to the great heart of a common lather, and,
therefore, equally dour to his own heart. At the
last day he could moot them facie to face unembar
rassed, being free from unrelenting, cruel, mur
dorous prejudice and hate, lie spoke at length
on the laud question.
Mr. Campbell advocated tho policy of granting
lands for internal improvement purposes.
Mr. Richardson reminded the committee that
throe days huve been set spart for the oonsidtra
tion of territorial business. While ho did not
desire to stop debate, till every gctidemunop
posed to this bill had been heard, ho deemed it
important that discussion should terminate, so that
they may proceed to vole on this bill and proceed
to other important territorial business.
Mr. Orr, wltilo favorable to Hie general princi
ple of donating lands for railroads opposed this
bill, for rcusons whioh he stilted.
Without etulii g tho debate, the committee rose,
and tho House adjourned.
IN SENATE Mabcii Bth.
X Fish presented two memorials in favor of n
grant of land to aid in the eoi slrugtinn ol a ship
canal around Fulls of Niagara, und moved its
refereneo lo the Committee on Public Lands.
Mr. Stuart said that a few days ego lie had, by
direction of that committor., reported adversely on
similar petitions, and were discharged from the
iurtbe. consideration of the subject.
The memorials were then laid on iho table.
Several bills granting land to States for railroad
purposes were introduced atnl referred.
Mr. Shields from tho conference committee on
the bill for the relief of the officers and soldiers Oil
the steamer San Francisco at the lime of her wreok,
made a report, which was agreed to.
M r Shields moved to take uptbebi’l to promote
| ton efficiently ot ' s a. my, try providing for (ho
* retirement ot. .'educed pay ol disabled officers.—
! Agreed to, our* ne bill ,ay be passed.
Tha bill granting land to tip several Slates for
’ the r.il.ef of ti e indigent limnne was taken np.
i Mr Adam* opposed tho bdl.
| Mr, Sttuirl suggested aomt rerbel amendments
I widen after aou;v> objections ware made.
I Mr: Hodge, of lowa, ss'd he was Op, Med to ihs
| ’-ill, but would not deiuv its nnsssge by making u
I “per'’h now Ha would w rite out aud s iblish nL
objection* to the hill.
i The bill was then massed oy tho following
] vote;
, i .us— T Iger, I' i, 'Vown, Cl x-c, Clayton,
| Dawson, Ore go of Wisconsin, Everett, Fes*eiide*.,
i t .sh, Foot, Oejer.G win T -alln, Hbostrc , dr,ms
I of Tennessee, Morton, b k, Seward, Shields,
{ Stuart, Sumner. Thompson, o* Kenluoirv, Wad*
I and Welker- t. telA
Nuys—Aditns, Atchison, Butler, Csss, C’ay,
Djdgo, of lowa, Douglas, Fitxpat rick, Masuu, I’el
lit, Wo'lorand Williams—total 12.
The Vermont -octostcd seat ease, was taken
op.
Mr. Phelps addressed theScnato till So’oloek in
support of Ids right to hold the seat. The subject
was postponed, and after uu exocutivo session the
Seunto adjourned.
HOUSE.
Tho Speaker laid betoro tho Housoaoommunico
tion from the Secretary of tho Treasury transmit
ting a copy of the olreulur addressed by him to
persons engaged iu manutoct uinguiid commercial
pursuits, soliciting information u* to tho be-t
mods of bringing tho Tariff within a revenue
« andar l, f jgatb'.r whit numerous replies thereto
Refcrrodto the Committee on Ways and Means.
Mr. Stratton, presented the resolutions of the
N w Jersey Legislature, asking nil Hppiopria.ion
of two hundred thous'.nrl dollars for t e inipiovj
ment of tho lmvigttii.r, aljng the soabourd at ft an
dy Ih.ok uud Capa May.
The House went into Ominitt’O of tho Whole
on the l.ill granting laud to Miuutsota for railroad
pit-poses.
Mr. Bailey, of Virginia, replied to tho remarks
made yr steiday by Mr. Campbell, discussing the
oonstitiitionflli'y of granting swan.p lands to tho
Ma'es in which they lie and likewise tho right of
government to give bounty lai d* to soldiers who
huve served iu tho various wars. UeeXiiress d
L s view* in opposition to grunting lands for In
ternal Improvements.
Mr. Kerr did not agree with the viows of the
gentleman, but believed Governmout has the
pio-ver to appropriate either m:uey or lands for
railroads or ether improvemen s, to develops the
resources oi the country, or tor literary institu
tions, 11a believe i, however, the trust involved
bus best, grottdy violated, lleoi pjsad [and bene
fit* to preferred States, and claimed thut u|l of
them sin.niff equally p it'. cipMc in tho divieion ot
the Linds. I. conclusion, he gave notice of uu
amendment, that the inouies received out of tho
reserved aectious shall bo paid to the States which
have received no lauds for internal improvements,
according to their representation in Congress.
Mr. Simmons briefly advocated tho bill, both on
tho grounds of constitutionality and expediency.
Mr. L ine, ol ludiaus, rose to a personal explana
t.on. Yesterday, the gentleman from Jtliuois.Mr.
Bisscll, said ho suspected the time be, I Lure,) do
sired to give certain information, would be after
the passage of this hill. Now, his friendeh p for
[be geiiUonum from Illinois, was of no ordinary
character. It was cemented by encountering tho
same hardships, and mooting the earns dangers;
tretef*ire, he could not be induced tosay anything
offensive to the gai.tlomou, but that he must he
permitted to say, without intending uukindness,
that ho envied the man who has the heart to enter
tain, much lens express, a suspicion ol ageuripmun
and particularly, of a frieud.
Ilia object iu refusing to give the name of h:e
informant was one which every geuliem&n must
appreciate, namely, one of courtesy to him. He
Wished first to see' hie irjonraut, before giving
bis name. Ho had written a note to him to
thiselfuet several days since ; “You informed mo
that a gentleman in this city, holding a claim on six
thou-and acre* of land at Lake Superior terminus
of the proposed road from Lake Superior to St.
Paul’s, had disposed of one fourth of tho eiaim in
this city. Please etßte on wb»t authority yofi made
the communeitiou tome.” To this, Captniu Tilton
replied as follows:
“I discover I was mistaken in regard to the loca
tion of the claims feriand. It ia situated 20 miles
Iron. :e terminus ot the proposed road. Also ;n
regard to the sale ofoue-lourthoftho claim or other
pii’rohaso mudo by a gent lemon now in thia city.—
These are entirely contingent on
future events, as the lands in the vicinity of the
proposed terminus at Lake .Superior nre held now
by miner’s title.-, or floats, wliieh will be either
confirmed or annulled, when the land surveys ex
tend over l|l»t ref ion.”
i!r Lan« inva his raisons why ha opposed
to the pending bid. _ . ,
Mr. Bisse I said to wrajever extent he was
wrong towaids tho genllemou from Indiana, to
that extern! he was willing lo mika honorable
am> nds, not cn!y on account of the pleasant racol
lection.'* of the past, but because ho would d<>
right, lie thought the remark of the g titlcman
produced an impression in the House adverse to
•he Bill, and therefore the inquiry fo* the name of
the geatleuian’s informant was justifiable.
\\ as it v.*ry unreasonable for hi to say that ho
*u c ]*cc’cd the lienileman won! i prefer to give the
inf.rmaii.n after the tut! had been defoated ! He
repeated it, that it did not .pi ear that b«. was out
of tha way; r.ever.helcss, if his reuimk had of
fended thegontiem n, ht wa*sorri,lor he wentd
not i’ tentioi.alty wound the feelings of snv one,
bu’ in the excitement oi debate, everybody’ kuew
how it was in the House.
However, might ho not claim some ersdU to
Himself,as his remarks bgd brought outa e.mplete
rafq tori mi of t he charge I
Mr L*u« repliad he intended to ask bis infer
ma.;t whether hg might not give his name as the
author—hence he did not respend at once when he
was asked for his name.
Mr. Bisse! resumed- That is a mare difference
of opinion, a* to the mode of doing hostile**.
lie Lsdthoughtasihe gentlemen mode so free
with the communication of his Iriciid, i nd i pub
lished it as a teetto injure this important bill, he
ought to have had no objection to giving the name
of his informant. He did not doabt the gen’br
man’s intentions were honorable, and had no dis
po-iiiou lo *ay more on the subject.
Mr. Lane, the delegate from Oregon, referred to
the bis’orv of ludisna on the mtjeot ot internal
improvements and expressed the hope that his
namer-ska would vote for this bill.
Mr. Ric>'&rd*ou It,ought time enough had been
wa*ted on the bill aud appealed to the Hou.-e to
vote.
Mr.Ca’tit.g gave notice of an a-r.. u.er t rrr po
sing ha! the Government shall reia-c the title to
the lands proposed <• heg-anteo, nndisßue patents
thr-rclor, s* twenty mile-ol tha road from tim* to
time shall be Binn ed, and ou its compleiion the
title to ti e lands shall be * oated in the Territory.
He explained the proposition.
Further proceedings took r-'aos, when two
amendments were made, one striking out that the
grant is made for facilifating the trensportaiion of
the mails, men munitions oi war and other purpo
ses,and the other confioiugtbegrant to land* in
side of the territory of Minnesota. . j
Without prooeediog any further, the committee
rose, and the House adj ourned.
IN SENATE .7777 March 9.
Mr. rinmrer presented several remonstrances
against the Nebra-ka bill.
Mr. Seward preset ted a similar remonstrance
ff.cn the students of Hutniiion College, New I ork.
Also, a remonstrance, one hundred leet long,
signed by three thousand persons, w *h theirp'ace
of residence, in Brooklyn, New York. Also, of !
the Philadelphia Female Anti Slavery Society.
Mr. Cass presented a vimiiar remonstrance.
Mr. Walker reported back the Homestead bill
with the unanimous recommendation of the com
mittee in its favor. It wav then postponed to.
and made the special order for Monday week
next.
The bill to promote the efficiency of the army
by providing a retired list for disabled officers,
which yesterday was ordered lobe engtessed w. s
Uken up. The question was taken on its passag *,
ayes 21, nors 8. No ocrum.
The question was taken by yeas and nays, and
no quorum voted, then the Senate at 1 o’clock ad
journed.
IIOU3E.
Mr. Dean made an ineffectual attempt to intro
duce the :■ .owing re.-.o!ution.
That it ha referred to the committal on foreign
sffvirs, to enquire into the cause of tiio recent
outiages by the Spanish authorities at Havana, on
the property and persons of American ciuztns,
and report what legislation by Congress, or what
action by the government, is necessary to procure
indemnity therefor and security agaiLSt their fu
ture repetitioi; and particularly whether oar nou
traiiiy laws towardsS{>aiu oughtnot to be repeal
ed or suspended.
Mr. Kittrcdgo wished to presents remonstrance
from tnree thousand citizens of New Hampshire,
against the repeal of theMissr nri compromise,
Objected to, as the paper couidbc presented un
der the rale.
The liou-e then went into Committee of the
Whole on the Minnesota land bill.
* Among the amendments was one offered by Mr.
K :rr, that tho money arising from the sale of the
reserved sections shall be paid to those S ates
which have received mi grants of land for internal
improvements, according to their federal repre
sentation in Congress, which was adopted by a
vote of 87 to 61. This aaiend cent caused a leng
thy debate.
Mr. Orr offered an amendment, which was
agreed to, that patents to lands Bhull be issued
from line to time only oi the completion of every
twenty miles of the proposed road, and if ihe
i road is not finished in ten years, no other patents
J io issue.
I Tbe O r.ftiHtso then »• ■»«. and the bill as Kitano
■ , .i .sf.im., „g,ved to Ivy h. on the labia, — not
, -'a-ned—aye* 63, uay-u HtR
* t od>r ihe opo'a*fbn cf the previous quwt.cn
Mr. Kerr's amendment for doing iustica to the '
* Status by paying tho mor.ev <ii ved Irom ’he --ces
of the reserved sections of land io those States
which have receive i no grant land for internal im
provemenls, according to linir federal re; resent a
tiou in Congre-v, was orncuned in. Yeas 83—
nays 84. Mr. Vinssnt -voted m tin alii.-mative,
anil Mr. May ill ill* negative.
Ex'ruvaguutj oy wav i xpreased by the affirmative
-iiit- of* the question, amt amid the confusion, Mr.
Kerr moved to reconsider the veto just taken, and
fay that motion on the tabic.
Mr. K'Churdsou moved that tho House adjourn.
Negatived.
Tile I -es of Mr. Kerr’s amendment wished to
at ave off the clinching vote on if, and therefore
made numerous motions with that view, which
were •yilerinined iu the negative. These motions,
continued to bo made, amid the greutost confu
sion, until 6 o’clock when there being no quorum
voting tho Speaker announced that the House
stood adjourned.
IN SENATE March 10.
Mr. Shields moved to suspend the private cal
end,>r and take up tho bill to promote the efficiency
of Ollie rs, whion bill was laid aside.
Yesterday, for want of a quor m, he said, there
was pressing necessity for the parsuge. of the bill
att' is time.
Mr. Petit said ho did not believe there weald
over be any necessity for such a bill, an i insisted
upon tho consideration ot the private calendar,
i Private hills were ihen taken up.
After debate the Senate postponed many and
’ passed ten private bills.
! The bill constituting Dubuque and Keokuk,
lowa, ports of delivery wa* pas o I.
’ Afiet Executive session the Senate adjourned
i till Monday,
HOUSE.
Mr. Fhillips raid I des.ro the unanimous consent
i of the llou-etointroduca a resolution of inquiry.
The property ot u portion of my emstituenis has
; been coi.ll-caled by v.rtueof a foreign power, un
der cireumstancas as they now appear of great
t aggravation.
This is a question which concerns not only my
t own eon-tc cents, but tho Government. I a-k
that tho resolution be read, and I trust that its
i character will at once secure tor it the considera
t tion its iinporiunoe duu.;uds, and that it be ut
i once passed.
The le-olution was read tut fo’lowi :
Jtemlved, That the President be requested, if
, not inconsistent with the publieintero-is, to com
municate to tho House any information ho may
, have received rtlaiive to the detetitiou of the
steaner Black Warrior, theseizuro of hrr cargo,
ortho imprisonment, of her officers. A so, any
other information in rHcrence to any other viola
tion of our rights by the Spanish aiithoriths.
M’. Cavan. 1 hope the resolution will pass.
Tho resolution was ps esed unanimously.
Mr. Dean guve notice ol his intention to intro
duce a bill to' repeal tho neutrality laws, so far as
they are applicable to Spain.
Mr. Fuller Introduced a resolution, which tvas
passed, authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury
and the L’ght House board, to determine their
silo and plan of a light house on Cobassett Rocks,
1 on theSoi.tl ern side of tho entrance to Boston
ha. bor.
Tne House resumed tho consideration of tho
bill granting lands to M.nneaou for Railroads.
’ Mr. Dean withdrew his motion to lay on the
, table.
5 Mr Mtlsor. renewed the motion. The qr.eatiua
j wa- decide jin the negative ov yeas seventy-two,
nays one hundred and seven.
, VcstnrUy’n amendment was adopted by a ma
jiriiyof one vote, run Ji.img that the proceedings
arising from the su.a if’ln reserved sections bo
, j paid >ver to those ritats* blob 1.-iv t see* > .j no
1 grvey. Isfl.t f>r .-itfcuiai impro'.cuf.s4.s kt -ora
f ! . oi'tt r* to (stir federal repraeantatic ', *. Vos-
I gross.
, | Ti.e (louse the; proceeded to take the ..onion
Io\) 'he tii* .l ion te reoousider 'i*e ha. anri t.
that motion on Hit. table thus to oilncu the action
<, .t. Agreeu rare. i’~ nave SO.
Mr S’eui l oved to lay tb» bid o>'th® Utbie sbd
/ ! kt d tie 3s- snrt n-, -
Vr. V* 1 entwont. .* tilinois, in va’i* appealed ’*>
' ■ hio to wiimirnt ..is 0*0.,0n
* j Much eonhision prevailed, during which a no
uo’j u* i.qjoum was made.
Mr. Wiigat, oi i’enusyivuuia. I rise tv a ques
-1 tion of order.
Tho Speaker. Tho chair cannot ontertain a
question of older, till order is restored in tho fall.
Mr. Wright. That’s the point I wish tomako.
Tho Speaker. It is he rule of all deliberative
bodies never lo vote, while a bill is under eonsi
deratioo.
1 Thisallnsion was to thcgoneral private conver
sation in the Hall.
Tne Speaker, after a pause resumed: The chair,
he said, having exhausted its power, it is for the
House todeturniinu wlrnt course to pursue to re
store order—it is impitsihle for thoelerk to hear
re- polices to gumlcincn’s names, during the roll
call—
A long pause—order measurably resumed.
The roll was called—the bill was tabled by yeas
one hundred and twoniy ; nays -ixty-six.
Mr. B.sscll made a report lr.*m the committee of
Conference on tt e disagreeing voles ol bo li Mou
ses to th*. auiendmerr* totho bill relieving officers
and soidiers wno suffered t.y the recent loss in the
|dm Fraucisco diuasitr. Tr.o report was concurred
lm
Tho House went into committee and proeoeded
to the considcrationol a bid for tha re’ief ot the
widow and heir* of E ij.h B*c!.c. During tho
oregress of the debate upon lids bid, a most vxe -
Img s cnegiew out of a remark rn de by Mr. Lane
of Indiana, that Mr Softer*ol Msr.i.i d, represen
ted a constituency of “Wolly Hoads," meaning ne
groes. Mr. Bulb is replied ill sharp terms to Mr.
Lane, who bitterly responded. Too confusion
and cxaitemeut was iudesoribuble and was only
t rmii. tod by the rising of the c.nmniuo before
any action had been lukcu on the bill. This resto
red order.
Mr. Stauton of Tennessee asked leave to intro
duce the foilowiug resolution :
" ffef .iefrf'That tlie’ComHi'ttee on the Judicia
ry, heretofore charg d with the duty of inquiring
into the awards made by the Commissioners sit
ting under the treaty of Gandalupe Hidatjo to Geo.
A. Gardiner and John K. Moars, be instrae’ed to
extend their inquiry to any o'her awards made by
the said Commissioners, which maybe supposed,
or alleged to have beeu foun ed iu fraud or sup
porttd by pcrjtuy or forgery, ami that for this
purpose th v have ; owerto send for persons and
papers, and tint they reportthe res,ill of their in
vestigation with Buoh receommendalion os they
m*v dee m’o be proper in the premises.” 110 de
sired simp y tosay ne had toon informed from
very respectable souroe that testimony eun bo ob
tained nnd isinexistenoo lo impeach other impor
tant claims awarded by the commission founded
on quite as gross fruu i”, or perjury, as tho Gardiner
and Mears claim. Os course i.e only repeated
what he bad heard, not vonchirg for the truth.—
Tbs resolution wn* pissen wiihuat objection.
The Houses adjourned til: Mund-y.
Loss rr tiie Foie. Flvixo ('loci).—The eehr.
Fiying Ploud, ('apt. James 11. Coombs, which
sailed from Baltimore on the lifth uit., for thi
port, with an assorted cargo, was, as wo have been
politely inform, d by a pasaeogcr who ai rived hoio
yesterday, totally lost on the 81 instant, on Ocra
cock Bar. Shortly after lier departure from Balti
more, see ercoitiitercd heavy gnles aud -driven
into the Guit stream as far ns 70 deg. 20 mm. She
immaged, however, at length, to reach Ha’teras,
| where she l.ad her eabiu stove in, sprung her
mainmast, aud lost one otter raddor pinths,
and in endeavoring to make a harbor got ashore
as abvve staled ou Ocraeocic Bur. The Captain
then had the mainmast cut away and liavi* g used
every effort to get her off in vain anil the schooner
being nearly fi led with water, the crew took to
the yawl and with acme difficulty rsached tho
L'gbt £ *t. Tho ext morning the schooner
drifted off toe Bar, and sunk. Sense of the cargo,
wo believe ba* been saved, but in a damaged con
dition.—Ca. (im'ritr.
| RxstsTaN 'E or United States Pbocsss.—Thos.
i 0. Reynold*, Esq., District Attorney of the United
j State*, wa#, a few nioiuha since, informed that a
I number or ; ers >n* residing in MoDona’d county
Missouri, together with many iro..i Ariran
i sa*, v*,ry and had bscu for the last twelve
I men hs engaged with circular saws in destrey
i ing all the valuabze pine and other timber on the
j public lands ot tfie United B’ales. The District
! Attorney, acting under inatmet ons, asthorixed
| process to issue for the apprehension of the
; (Senders. The writs were placed in the hards
i f Maj.)r Bryant, United .States Marshal for the
; district, who went himself to McDonald county
to execute them. We learn from a letter received
here yes'erday by B. F. Hickman, clerk of the
United States Circuit Court, that the persons
against whom the writs were issued had ooiiect
cd tocether about one hundred and fifty oftheir
friend* and a*srciates, and had forced the mar
shal and bis dv; u;ie» not only to leave the county,
but the State a so. The marshal was, at last ac
counts, st the hotel in B-ntonvilic, Arfcan as.
wit., -eventeen of the law-res str g party around
tfc*. hotel, dema-diugof the landlord that the
tn.irsiuu should be delivered np to them. The
ct jkb* and officers there were defending him.
Mj.icr Bryant had sent to Fort Gibs.)!’ to Ui.it- d
btat-.s officer* for a*sistance, and had *1 -o written
t,o Go*. Price for aid.—sis. Luuii £>p*
lirRMNG or the hiEvura Mabv Agnes.—We are
indebted to Captain Mui.ig mery, of the steamer
Beile bheridao, wh'ch arrived yo-terday evening,
from LouUvfilt, for the fotlowmg account of the
bortong of tho steamer Mary Agnes :
The boat, which w.ts b-sind up. was disoevered
to bo on fire about 6 o’clock on Wedoeadsy morn- |
ihg, the Ist just. The fire is supposed to have
e-ught from the straw, with winch stun Crrriigee
were pack'd aud which were stored ou the after
guard. The flame* spreading fas;, the bo. t wa*
run ashore a* Fairch.id'* h-taii.l, a few m'ie* abuse
Natclnx. the pa-»er gers and crew cscapii g io ti e
slime. Too ate tnars Be ■> K yand Be le Sheri
dan were imraed at* !y on the spot, and a though
they made every cxntion (not quitting her until
the fire had caeghl in tl.e hold, in which aome
powi.er was stored) ihty could aave nothing. The
boat was sbaudaned as a total loss, atd tha paa
seng.-rsand crew were brooghs ou tbe Beiic Key
wid Belie Sheridan lo this city.— J’ic, iffi iwL
1118 ATLA.VTIC'b SK"b IX DETAIL.
Gbeat Bbitaix.— Tbe Liverpool Times onbe 28d
nit says:—Tins is an exciting (ley m Liverpool.
Tne city is ell "live with the pomp aud corcum
■Unae of war. Bells are pealing from eve ry spire,
end banner, waving frm every public builning.-
Tens of thousands cf spectate? line the lamke of
the river, nod crowd oven the boosetops to catch a
glimpse of the troops embarking “for tne war.” -
A vestige of J-hn Bali’s oid martial spmthra re
vived and the cheers of the aieembioi multitude
te-tily tow popular, altar »- 1 , “Kreal war if. I
Nor is the enthusiasm at eh diminished by nou
einv the flue snpoarauco of the men embarking — |
To-day onlv 8.000 bayonets go on board, bat they 1
cari f with ‘them regimental colors inscribed with
all spirit stirring names—the Feuiusala, Tatavera,
and Waterloo—to which hope already adds “the
Danube!” At the sarna moment that these man i
are being embarked, otter regiments are embark- i
ing from Dublin, Southampton, and we have tea- •
eon to tc-ieve from Toolcn and Africa. The most I
sceptical have now reason to believe that Europe
stands under the shadow of a great war, of which
no one can venture to predict tbe end. At the
prepent moment all seems hope and confidence,
with, however, arnorg the women—of whom thou
sand* aro assembled—a feeling of sadness—
“Ovirths n .returnin* crave, Alat! "
The last intelligence from Liverpool to noon of
the 23i ult., says:
The ships M.nilla and Niagara will ..ill with 3,000
men to nay. The Com', ria and Vulcan w h 1,500
or. Fiidsy ; tbe Himalaya with I,Avion Fri-.ay; the
i Emu and Simoon vrih 8,000 this day week, and
ibe Golden Fleece and Atratou with 2,200 shortly
afterwards.
The Mediterranean brigade will be formed from
! the 41 I at Gibraltar and two regiments at Malta.
Tne third battalion of Grenadier Guards left St.
George’s Barracks, London, at 4:30 for Southamp
ton. The crowd of spectators was so great that it
became difficult to preserve a peasage, ana the
troops and people presented a compact mass. The
cheering was vociieroue.
The shipment of troops goes on. More volun
teers thau can bo provided for continue to offer,
I and recruiting for private men quite successful
in filling the ranks. Lord Ragland has been ap
pointed to the command in chief. Prince Albert
lias reviewed the Guard-. At Liverpool the troops
are embarkii gto day (22d) on board the Niagaia,
and tne Cambria has sailed lor Kingston to take a
regiment on board there. The Nitgjra has been
fi led up specially for the transports of troops. On
deck, lorward, stabling has been erected for
twelve horses, belonging to thee flic ;rs. The deck
house is fitted with two parallel tables for dining:
:i i i the saloon is fitted with three sliding tables for
tne same purpose. The space on each side of this
hoi.se is covered with an awning to the bulwarks,
and movcablo tables are placed along the whole
length of the deck. The second cabin, below, is
sited np with six ro xs ol berths, abont 250. On
the lower dock there am 'bree l.cndrM to ,
, berths and forward, a number, which ,i.uw tip J
about one iboussud :o ali, and slid leaving stiff! j
cienl speuo for the health and convenience of the >
i au*n on bwrd.
; At Soui-iumpthn, the Sect of s'cam trr.usuorhs j
■ h'-.si by Goverunie’. ’, Is fdiiy equipped and ready j
tor sea; it is comp'S-.d of the screw alearner Him- '
j aleya, #6«9 too*, Btpon, iPOC. to Manilla. 035 1
tons; Ori men, 2760 urns; ranu, leou tons, tar
there the R pou, Emu, Manila, Orinoco were to
■ail Wedne-d -y 221, same day a- the Niagara ar.d
Cambria. Ships are being rapidly pul in cffocHve
slate f. r the Half 11 11. el, among oil ers lbs Nep
tune 12”, Bt. Vi went lnl. Bienli.-iiii 60, Caesar 91,
at For smooth ; Uepnlne 90, at Pembroke; Majee
tie 80, Or.say 80, Monarch 84 at Kharne.-s; Hoyal ' 1
William .2(1, St. George 120, Ajax 68,at I'lymouth; 1
with several otlieis at the other naval yards. Ad
mirul Corry’s fleets is in the highest state of effi !
cieney. On the night of the 26tfi uit., while at stf-, *
the Admiral, without giving previous notice,/r
--dered the drums to beat to action ; in three and a i
half minutes from the heat of the drum, the *r-t '
gun wts fired, and within six minute* every.ship I
in the lleet had fired a broadside. No dig has
been yet fixed for the embarkation of the A tillo- I
ry (laud) fores, but men, liorsts and guns ro as- i
somMing at Woolwich.
A letter from London, datic’Feb. 21, say.: <
The manning ot the navy proceeds will ado '
gree of tuihusiasm little contemplated, lie diffi
culty of getting men during the presort scaroity
of l ands and the prev lei.ee of high w#,'es in the i
merchant service, having been luokei upon as
sure to prove (no of the grea est obstaries that the t
Goveiumt nt would have to onconn’-T- Volun- i
teors pour in on ad sides, and ail tgxicty on tito
sul.j et is now totally removed. Tbe same may '
bo said with regard to the army, e-I 'oialty in Ire- 1
laud where the number of men ofljriug has been 1
such os to cause the authorities h> it creese the <
regulation he ; ght at which they ureto ho admitted, 1
Tito Queen bold a privy couceilat Buckingl am t
Palace, on Saturday afternoon, it whten the l'ol- l
lowing proo'amalion was nnle’ed to be. issued
agaiiisttho exportation of aims uinmnnition and i
machinery of till kinds availaljb for war:
BV THE QUEEN: A la.o LAA:AVION. 1
Victoria K : Whet ess, by die Customs Consoll
datiou Act, 1d53, certain *</<!* may te prohibited 1
cither to l>e exported or carried coantwine: and i
whereaa we, b> mid with the advice Privy Conn
cil, deem it expedient u*d to prohibit 1
too «fOode heroiii-ufter ip ntioued eiibor lo be ex* *
ported or carried coastwise; wo, by end with the
advice aforesaid, do hereby order and diroet that 1
from and .fter the date hereof, ill arms, amniuni- i
lion, and aunpowie’, military and naval stores,
and the following vrtieies, being artlcic-s which
we have judged cipab.e of being converted into I
or made rueful in iicreasing the quantity of mili
tary or naval merer, that is to say, marine engines,
screw propellers, yaddle-wheels,cylinders, cranks,
shafts, boilers, tubes, for boilers, boiler-plates,
lire bars, and eviry article or any other component
part of an engina or boiler, or any article which
is, or can, or mas, become applicable for the manu
facture of marine machinery, shall bo, and the
same are. hereliy prohibited either to be exported 1
from the United kingdom or carried coastwise.
Given at or.r court at Buckingham Palace, tins
eighteenth i ay ot February, in the year of our 1
Lord one thousand oight hundred atul fifty-four,
and in the seventeenth year of our reign.
God Save the Queen.
As a proof that this proclamation has not been
issued before the time, wo may mention that four
ra’lway truck loads of shells, for the Rus-tan go
vernment, are repotted to have been sent off one
day Irotn the Canton Iron Works, by the Caledonia
Railway.
It was ennonneod in Parliament that the im
mediate cause tor issuing the proclamation was
to prevent the shipment of a large order of arms
i to Odessa; but that the Government in. ~
I course, no wish to interfere vnh good* and ni»
obineiy bait e shipped to friendly oimiul ies, and I
a Treasury order had already been issued to the
! effect that' susli machinery was cot in oy way to
1 be interlerod w'th
i The I>uKioe«s of Parti. tie:'.* pr “cs«f < vjth ac
I t'Tvity, ■ Theßp»»ke»:,*«va bis second 'i’t.'mtm
! I V dinneri” i.n 'LeVrth. In ih* Houscof : or.!*, |
J Lord Bamm-nt gave notice that or WbvM oovt j
! on the 24'htliaf j 1
* “As it apt -.a the effo -of ins allies to ester... J
} ii»h, vv'Vl - . irourse to anno. wi k..1 1 V :r- "a- .
meet Ivtwi u the ''ibiiine Portr and tfcr. 3n j
j pororm kuae a, nave ii. ,•• • 1 itl.e.i. •,»
i. a; i lliiithe Kinpero- ' I .--ta, • m . •
, 'soa ny :orce of anti's two important yrov.t,. •of j
• tnn Ottoman Empire; U is tnoretore the op.uion
of thi* House that the -oner and bo* inU re ' • of
I the country require mat run. iiat - and effectual
, m'-.-ner. “*k«n to rep- this u.-ju.lihaole aud
unwarrantable aggression on the part of Russia
on the territory of Turkey, and that the power
ar.d it finance of Britain should bo exorcised to
pluoo the relations of she Sublime Porte wit l * lie
rest cf Europe on such a foundation as shall ap
peer best ca culnted to produce a durable peace,
and afford the Ottoman Porte a fair opportunity of
developing irs internal resources, and of proceed
ing with its administrative reforms.”
In the Commons, Mr. Cobdcn put the question
wh liicr Government bed issned any directions ns
to the blockade of Bosnian ports! Lord John
Pusscil replied that no such order bad beon issued.
Sir John Walsh demanded if tho King of Greece
favored the alleged insurrection among tho Greek
subjeot* of the l’orte ? Lord John Russell rep ied
ti e no intimation to that offect had reuci.cd the
Government.
The adjourned debate on the Russian and Turk
ish difficulty was again resumed in the House of
Commons by (ur. Cobdcn. Mr. C. began by ob
serving ihat. this was not an abstract question of 1
interference or non interference, but ot actual war !
between England on the one hand and Russia on 1
the other, liesbott'd confine bin seif to this prno j
tical question, and in order to understand it, he j
Would begin with the n gotiations of M. do Lava- I
letiee, in 1861, »iih reference tothe Hoy Pices.
From that paint l.e traced the. diplomacy of the I
We .torn Powers to the time ot the Vienna nolo, ■
ar.d oontondi d that the only differ, nee bmwctu t
the views of Russia and ot the Western Powers j
oousisted in this, that tho in', ter wished the wrongs
of tho Greek subjects ot the Sultan to be redressed r
by them, elves and not by Ras-iu. Mr. Cobden
further contended that the Government of Turkey r
«as in every respect a despotism, and that the i
Western powers wero supporting a Mahometan 1
minority against the Christian muj-rity. Further, t
he s ated that, the RussHn trade Wa* of thrice the r
importance to Britain c>f the Turkish. Ho next in- 1
quired how a war was to be curried on with so *
great a military power, am. ho thought the beet ,
thing to be done was to fall back on the Vienna <
note.
L ir j John Manners replied to some of Mr. Cob
dei.’s arguments, an t a warm tribute to the
moderation oi' the Ottoman ministers. Ho con
cluded by hoping that England would not have
oausoto rcgrei that her achievements in arms had
been rumored useltss by her diplomacy.
Mr. Ilureman expressed his snrpiise that Mr.
Cobdeu should treat the matter as a mere dispute
be'wean two State*. But toe real question was,
snail the Emperor of Bussiu ba aisa Enreror oi
Turkov, and in pur.-uai.oc of a plan long plsunod
and deliberately catried out, obtain jtosscssion ot
Constantinople? The conduct oi Russia in this
in r.'er ha- been a.together a coursu of ferocity,
force and falsehood that bed shocked all Europe,
and with referenoe to the oi jects ot the war, tie
(Mr. 11 ) trusted thatcue of the conditions ot peace
w 'u'd ho that Buasi.. shall pay the expense.* cf
hostilities, or restore to Turkey seme of the terri
tories toruierly seized.
Mr. Drummond, after some prepartory remarks
on the origin ot the diliieulty, which he called lu
dicrous, urged that it Euglai’ d must go to war, let
her strike a blow at the heart of Russia aud pro
claim the Kingdom of Poland.
Mr. J. Butt wi-hed to know if Great Britaia is
at war wiiat delayed a forma] declaration of war.
Mr. S. Herbert warned the country agaii st the
error of undervaluing the military strength of Rus
sia. He believed that the British people gave the
Government credit for having enaeavored to pre
serve peace and would now support them in war.
Mr. D'lsraeli went at great length into the whole
history of the question. Tne scope of his remarks
was that the policy of Russia in this affair had
been all along transparent; there was to be a di
plomatic movement to increase her influence over
the Greek population in Turkey peaeab y if possi
ble; and assuming this ground, Mr. DTsraeli re
viewed the conduct of the present Government,
and saw in it the inevitable conclusion that the
British Government was either duped by its cred
| uliij or had connived at the schemes ot R i.-sia—
i lie *t w the veal cause of the war in the negotia
tions that had dragged on for seven months. Al
ter minutely reviewing the various steps of this
protracted diplomacy', he discu-sed the relations
ot Bii'MiQ'Wi'h France and with the G--*mf.n Pow
ers, and blamed the Government for not ob' .uiDg
from Austria and Prussia a distinct iulimatkn of
ter it.tended course in the event of hostilities.
Lord Palmerston, although the hour was late,
mu.-t rep.v to Mr. D'lsrtcii. Toe course to take
with a ; ovum. ent guilty either of credulity or
connivance, was to bring tbrward a vote of want
of confidence, which, however, Mr. D’lsrseli had
not dune. Alter defending the cautious course
of the British Government in endeavoriug to I
avoid war, Lord Palmerston went ou to say that j
alihoug'n it we- painful to to sneak of a Govern- i
ment like Russia, he was bound to say that through
the whole of these negotiations it had exhausted
every modification ot untruth; He then gave a
summary ot me views wtich l.ad guided the
Government, particularly wth reference to the
German Powers. Bit Russit demanded nothing
less tfan tLeright ot sovereignly over 1i.000.00b
of theßaltuu'e subjects—a concession which the
Government ot* Turkey was joitUled in refusing,
and the other powers of Europe, whose duty it
was to rsab; tt.e enormous aggrandizement timed
at by Russia, declared it could net be suffered
without abandoning the independence of Turkey,
lie reiterated the statement he made last year, that
no country had made such advances in social
imp' eVenn lit as Turkey, and there wa- no political
reason why Gr at Britain, France and Germany
should pot combine to maintain the Turkish Em"
pireiD its present geographical position.
in looking at the pr spectsot the approaching
coj firl there is no great bute whose power in ex
ternal and aggre-s've operations hive been more
overrated than Russia. On the other hand the
Talks haveshown a vituli'v which few believed |
them to posses--; whattha Bureaus call “fiuiati- |
e-sm,” we should cai! "national spirit.ln cm j
iln-iou he rtsstd Lis confidence Hat the people j
ot Great Bri.ain would be satisfied that the Guv- j
orntnenl had not involved the country recklesaly !
in war, hut if they did think that the present!
ministry had shown either the weakness of crecu !
lity or the infamy of connivance, let them take :
from such ministers the direction of a war WAich j
they would be unworthy to conduct, I
Tnelioaae then went into Committee of Supply I
to Vote tic trmy and navy estimates. .
F HAstk. —-There wss an impression that Pnnc©
Kapol'xm Jerome would te appointed to the nomi
nal so i a dt-f the expeditionary army to Turkey.
Os qq> oß* an appointment would be merely
nomii : s g-u Prince is altogether an untried
■ . tT-ft-hol Val Kant Will probebly be ap
p'u .u-r.'CL dos the Staff. _ , # .
Tist jioaiUar in announcing tn© rctusal of the
i Ernfieror to aoeedo to the terms proposed to him,
says: ■
! “We announced ycstsrday that the Emperor
1 Napoleon had received a repiy from St. I eta l8 ’
I burgh. Jo his letter to the Emperor the Cmj
■ diacassee the conditions of arrangements wh.ch
j were proposed to him, and declares that he cannot
! outer into any negotiation except upon the basis
, whiuJi hftba* fth&tdy made known. Tins reply
! loaves no chance open tor a pacific solution, and
| France sent; be prepared to maintain by too most
I effective measures the oi use lor which the per
severing exertions of diplomacy have been unable
to secure the victory. While, therefore, he under
tak stoßetend, with greater ener y, the rights of
Turacy, the Emperor reckons the patriotism of
tfiecoouDy, on the close alliance with Eug.f.nd,
ar.d on the sympathies of the Government ot Uer
niLny. Those Governments have constantly de
clared that ‘.hey wished as resolutely as ourscivos
to maintain the balance ofEuropcau power, and to
Came tht integrity and independence ot the Otto
man Empire to be respected. Nor has any other
qucaSnnsvei entered into thisdiscn?-ion.
“Onr attention is directed toward Austria, whoso
position calh on her to play an active and impor
tant part oo the present occasion. But Austria
lias always declared herself with groat firmness m
favor of terse points, which were laid down in the
protocol of the Vienna Conference, dated Decem
ber the sih. We have every confidence in the
trustworthiness and chivalrous character of the
young Emperor of Austria, and we find, beaiJe, a
gnamnica for the disposition of his Government in
the interest of his people—interests which are iden
tical with out own. Under the general circum
stances of European politics, France, strong, in
her loyal and disinterested intentions, has nothing
to te*.r from the impending struggle. She knows,
beside, that alia may roly on the energy, as well as
on the wisdom of the Emperor.” .
Gen. Cas'.elbajic was hourly expected in Parts
from Bt. Petersburg. Marshal Vatliant’s appoint
ment as chief of t'ae staff' of the expeditionary army
is understood to bo to avoid jaalousy among the
generals of division. Geu. Baraguary d’Hiiliere
cannot yet be spared from bis diplomatic poet, but
in oarly course of tbe war, will receive a Marshal’s
baton and a command. Gen. Ptiissier will in all
likelihood have a command of the African divia
ion, and Gen. Macmahou is also preparing for ser-
vice. ' ’
Tmrar.—No affair of moment has occurred on
the Danube, and no change was reported in the
' with the exception
that Bit f’.sha, wfio eomu-nuds the army of re
serve, tn , ijtted his hoadquarrora of Sophia for
■Jit ibrfc&ttw .aiiilght batik, which commands 01-
ia: -.- mu oom
roi« u; -v-i” it -h*‘- an 1. ’,portent operation was
oontemrdaies. ,
At Eiiot uTcsl it w_ #eperte<. that no immediate
attevfi will be made on K.iaial—no. peruapefoi
four or five weeks to come. A first, second and
third line has boon foiino-l by the Russians around
Kilafat. On the 7th the Susaiuua took possession
-.1 an island j ast above Mugluvir, where they arc
erecting but orrtee, and the Tuiksare electing por-
Ulanent fortifications on the islaud lie;ween Kalatiit
and Widdin. On the 9th, Omar Pusha issued or
ders for all to be held in readiness to leave Widdin
for K-ilafat, as, if the weather remained propitious
he would attack the Rus.-ians. The Reserves at
Shumla left on the 24tlt, 28th and 29th Jan., and
Feb. 1, for Rasgrud, Tttrlaka , Selestria and Sis
tow. Tbe camp ut Sophia is raised, and at last ac
counts the bala tco ol the t’oops were on their way
to Wiidin.
On the 7th, two Russian trains with 1,000 pon
toons passed through Jassy on their way to Buch
arest.
Omar Pasha won at bbutrda on the 4th. The
change in the Turkish Ministry was known at the
camp, and orders had been received from Kiza
Pasha to carry on operations with all en rgy.
Ti e forti Scations of Constantinople are progress -
ing rapidly.
The health and spirits ofthc Turkish army are
excc lent. Reinforcements contiuuo to be sent to
the Danube.
The Vienna Lloyd learns from Odessa, under
date February 2 i, that tho Russian fleet continual
ly keeps the sea. Tne first end second divisions
cruise from Kaffft along the Circassian coast, aud
observe Baronin. The third division left on the
29 h, in the oiraotion ol the Bulgarian coast, and,
as it was thought fir Varua. The Russian cap
tains state that, for years, they have not known the
weather in the Black Sea so favorable os at this
season.
The Cologne Gazette publishes the following
despatch:
“Constantinople, February 6.—Tho united fleets
have sKvedbketkatilfrom an attack by tho Rus
sians.”
T.io “boarding parties” of the Ru-eian fleets in
the Back Soa are armed with revolvers—mos ly
Col's.
Eighteen Turkish vessels sailed from Constan
tinople 6:h, for B itcum with 6,000 men and a large
quantity-Tmaterials ol war. They were accom
panied by eleven English warstcamors.
The health of tb allied fleets is good, reports to
the contrary notwithstanding.
A dying rumor is to the effect that the allied
fleets will strike their decisive blow by bombard
ing Sebastepol and Crouetadt iustead of operating
ul sea.
The Turks are in ecgtac'.es ut tha approaching
arrival if the French and English troops.
The Times’ Vienna correspondent telegraphs
that the Russians lately attempted a landing at
Czernwood, attho mouth oftho Danube but were
repulsed with loss.
N urly a collision happened in tho Black sea on
the Bd. Tho nquudrou of British and French
steamers at present cruising in the Black Sou, met
a Russian steam division under command of Ad
miral Corniloff. Both parties beat to quarters, but
held on'their way without saluting, and without
hostilities.
Russia.—St. Petebsburo, Feb. 11. — The Times
sat s that Hamilton Seymour had not communica
tee his recall to tue Russian Government, and in
striciions to quit the Empire had not probably
yet reached the British Minimor. The Emperor
flithclas had been suffering from orysipelas, and
was said to bo in a atete of great irritation and ex
crTon.snt, which rendered him inaooeeßiole to the
a . _weof his oldest Ministers.
‘lke utuiOet uouvrty in every department Os the
Gov . -j naM, Mid preparationb for war are made
.or. : iojai cxo-ndve-acalc. An answer had been
r.ispsbiiiod tq U.'vJgUe' ’ifldreaseii byLo'Ps Napo
leon! ! t.Viielw!r«,,shiohis framed in
tnwausiMdtJf- itvtjpan i etui dii-courteo’Li lar»-
gU'igt
Trines Berlin l'ispateU states, that the Caar in
extremely eor-g-d at tho answer returned by
Prussia.
Hi. Fetipsbutg commercial advice* report that
rocs of import 'd grxals continue to advanoe in
oiiiiipation of a blockade, and the rato of ex
u.ango advaocw' to 12 48, while funds receded.
PTriniemon goii 88ja I but although shipments
of gold to Engi: no wou d prove profitable, it is
doubtful whether it will be made. In the e.’snt,
however, cf continued decline, consid Vc sums
w .ll no smuggled out of tiicoouutry.
The Gklfjc Insurrection. — Athens, Frb. 10 th. —
Tho Greek insurrection is formidable. 6,000 ir-
Burgeuts in arms in Eperns, Ttiessally and Mace
doum. Recruits are leaving Athens. The Greek
government either cannotor will not check them.
Tlie insurrection in Albania is not considered
of much importance by the Turkish Government,
but tho Pasha ol Thessaly is blamed for want
of energy. It was intended to eer.d more ener
getic men as Pashas to the more important post*.
From Constantinople, 6th, it was stated that
much interest prevailed respecting an important
proposition submitted to tho Divan, and tho
adoption of which was greatly desired, for the
more general admission of Christians lo the mil
itary service. According lo another rumor which,
however, pa eoon as the French and English
troops arrive at Constantinople, to proclaim per
fect equality between tho Musselman and Chris
tian subjects.
Austria. —The Times says ti nt the latest ao
counts f'om Vienia are highly favorable, and the
Austrian Government shows a strong resolution
to take an active part in tho present crisis, especial
ly since the last overture* for peace made by the
Court ol Vienna and Paris to that ot St. Peters
burg
The Emperor of Austria had distinctly intimated
his detenu'ration not to assent to tho arrange
ments tor the neutrality of Germany, projected by
the Saxon and Bavarian Government at tho insti
gation ot Rn>sia.
The Greek insurgent army in Europoun Turkey
amounts to 6,(H>O men.
With regard td Austria a Paris paper says:—The
attitude ot Austria is so vacillating and question
able that if an immediate categorical definition of
lur intcr.t.onsbe not given, France will form an
army of 100,000 on the Iron icr of Italy, and
another on the northeast frontier toward the
lthi .c; at d will send In,ooo more troops to Romo
as the undoes of operations in Italy itself, should
Austria’s conduct force the allies to declare war
upon her.
I’rinco Wassiltachikoff, Aid-de-ctmp tothe Czar
arrived at Vicuna Feb. 15, with a message to the
Andrian Emperor.
Dbeadfcl Ci luert F.xplosion. —A dreadful
colliery explosion occurred in the Arley mine of
the luce Hall Coal Company, near Wigan, on the
afternoon of the 16th. About 240 men and boys
were in the pit. Soon alter 8 o’clcck tho persons
above ground hca d two loud explosions, and im
mediately a signal was made from below to haul
tip the miners. Thirty men were immediately
hauled up from'the south shaft, and reported that
tne north shaft was on fire in such a manner ns to
cat (ff the r .great of tho rest of the workmen. It
was gome hours beS.rethe fire could bo extinguish
ed so as to allow a body of searchers to descend.
On arriving at the north level they found tho un
fortunate men piled up in heaps and dsad. Eighty
holies were at once taken up, arid from another
pait of thenhuft twenty-four bodies. Only a few,
aDd those much exhausted, were got out alive.
Some tow had escaped into another pit, so that the
exact number lost is not known; bat as lorty per
sons were known to be in a part of the mine,
where the loofhas fallen in, tho number ot the
dead cannot be less than one hundred and twenty.
In the aeiaoiuica s’lty iHca werelost by an explo
sion in March of lait year.
ANo-BEii^wisuLit—The sharp praotioo which
has been going on in this city for a week past, con
tinue- witu unabated success. A Mr. Smart, of
South Caro ina, was bled yesterday to the tcae of
SIOO, under the following circumstances. He had
put up cn Thursday night at a respectable board
ing bouse on Broughton-st., and tising early yes
terday mcrnirg, ho came out on the stoop of his
boarding house, where he found two men engaged
in conversation. Presently the twain began to
guess at the v. eight of a box which lay near, and
finally one offered to bet tte other SIOO on the
correctness of his guess. He, however, had no
money, hu* turning to Mr. Smart, procured the
loan of SIOO, tendering him ta security, a cheek
fort-ViO, on one of the city batiks, winch Mr. 8.
readily accepted until the banks should be opened.
Ou some pr> te r ee the two then got off, and have
cot been since heard of. The check was of course
worthless, and Mr. Smart is minus his money.—
Sack. Aep. <f Saturday.
We heard an amusing story told as occurring on
the last arrival of the Moxico at Galveston. It ap
pears that amoang the list of passengers on the
ta-nifest, the name of the “Earl of Durham,” was
legibly recorded. The news soon spread and was
promptly communicated to the English Consul,
who, in the generosity of his nature, at once enga
ged two rooms for j,-. g distinguished countryman
at the Tr mont, and then proceeded withacir
riage to the steamer toeoevej him to his quarters,
when ‘one gran’ mistake’ was discovered. The Earl
of Durham oa th-> Mexico proved to be a large Dur
tam Bu i from Kentucky 1 The Consul was doing
weil at Ust account'.— Ji.diaiuMi Buiktin.
The "Earl of Durham” and suit arrived in Vic
tor a. sate and sound, on Wednee lay last, but as
old Eng'and has no Consul at this port, his Eurl
ship had to wmk to his lodgings at friend Killy’s
Hail road Honse.
It is truly encouraging to see not only emigrants
and capital, hut also choice breeds of sheep, hor
ses and carle coming so rapidly into Western
Texas.— Vidors Advents.
The Lat.gist V 5.., IX T n* Wests.—Tho new
s>eam*hip Hima.aya, which recently arrived at
Southampton from London, having averaged four
teen milts an hour during ter voyage, is said to
be the largest ship id the wor'd. She is intended
for the conveyance of ihe wails between South
ern: ton and Alexandria. The Himalaya i* ot 8550
tons register, or about 4000 tons burthen, English
measurement, and ia of the extraordinary length
I of 873 feet 9 inches. This is 57 feet longer than
I M K y’s big »bip. Qer breadth for the tonnage
! ia is! fee* 3 inches ; depth of ho'd 34 feet » inifaes
! She is built or iron. The cylinder- of her engines
j are s 4 inches in diameter, with e lEK feet stroke,
snd the revolution* are from 50 to 6t> per minute.
Too ecrew is two bladed or.e, 18 feet iu diameter,
I and weighs nearly seven tons. The Himalaya, ia
I ship rigged, at dec tries m a»is, spars and sails of a
siae suitable for a clippea sail snip of 16'.0 tons
The Iliuaiayacoet $750,000.
WEEKLY
(%onkle & stntincL
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA.
WEDNESDAY MORNING MARC? 15.1854-
Map us the Seat ot War.
The Map ofthc Sea' of War, between Russia and
Turkey, which we present to the subscribers to the
C .hroniclt <t Sentinel this morning, we bave every
reason to believe, to be accurate, and can but hopo
that it will prove quite interesting and instructive
to all classes who take any interest in the contro
versy. If they would preserve it carefully, for fu
ture reference, they should smooth it with a warm
iron, and paste on the. back of it a thin piece of
cloth. They may then make it a sort of historical
record of events, as the war progresses, by attach
ing the date of any important battle or other eventt
near to or opposite the place at which it oc
curred.
The Missouri Compromise.
The Editor of the Charleston Courier lias ren
dered a moat acceptable service to the public, by
publishing the very full and condensed history of
the Missouri Compromise of 1820 and ’2l, which
will be found in our columns this morning. Al
though so frequently alluded to and discussed,
thereare few important political events in our hL
tory so imperfectly understood by the great mass
of the people. K.-ery man who desires to be in
formed on the question should read it carefully.
Mount Yemen Association.
In accordance with previous announcement, a
numb ref Ladies met at the Masonic Hall on
Tuesday, for the purpose of forming a State Mount
Vernon Association. After reading the following
brief and spirited address, by one of the ladies—
which she consented should be published at the
unanimous reqnost of the meeting, the Association
was organised by the appointment of a President,
Vice President and Secretary, as the officers of the
( Association.
| As this is the Central Stale Association, made so
at the s'lgiresliob “ T a— i,. - V rao>:,”
j who first prr pea -oi the purchased Mt. Vernon, by
j the Ladies, these «fho are eecsge-1 in this noble
- work, »pi>csl to the Ladies throughout me State,
i to aid thorn in the vaoro. by any t flprt or contnb’r
i tion they may fool disposed to i- .aki-. it is a grate
| ftff, patriotic tribute to the memory of the Illustri
ous dead, and ilicy feel an abiding confidence that
tbe generous-hearted, high souled daughters of
Georgia, will most cheerfully and liberally respond
to their appeal to them, to form auxiliary assoeia
tions in every town, village and hamlet, and take
up collections for this glorious object.
Associations or indivividuals who contribute,
can enclose the amount, addressed to “the Presi
dent Mount Vernon Association," Augusta, Ga.
“It has been proposed by the Editor of the Mo
bile Tribune and Herald, so says the accomplished
authoress of a Southern Matron, that thero should
boa Southern Central Organization, the head of
which can issue circulars to all the South, and by
combining effort extend tbe interest and action on
this subject from the Potomac to Texas. This
lady deems it quite as necessary tha' there should
be the same thing in each State, and proposes that
in Augusta should be formed the Georgia Central
Committee, with a President who could receive
ar.d answer communications from the great central
head in Mobilo r or from the heads of r.ssoeiations i n
bister States, and from the different towus and
villages in our own State. She deems this action
of vital importance to our cause, and considers it a
far superior method to that first proposed, viz:
sending in contributions to the Governors of tha
different States. We trust this honor tendered to
Augusta, will not increase the fears so intensely
felt regarding the “ gullibility ” of its Ladios.
In presenting this subject we have wished to in
terfere with no city duty, and whilo we cannot ira
oginc that the 300 dollars raised in the throe
weeks’ exertions cf throe or four persons, would
take much away from the “hopeless orphan,” we
will flatter ourselves uiat a memory of their wants
has been awakened by onr appeal in behalf of
their common Father, which else would h re slum
bered, as it has done, lo those many years, slum
bered so deeply—yea slept so deathlike a sleep,
that even in this city, the memory of a lot and
money given had passed away, till happily, it has
now by our exertions been revived—wo have done
this much good if no more—and we trust now
that this memory is awakened, it will have better
than, “ itinerant advocacy," (though wo have
known good done by that) or “spasmodic enthu
siasm”—that no “pootic sentiment” will burn
away “prosaic exertion” in that oauso. If any seu
t ment as to Ml. Vernon has been excited ia this
community, save in the breast of a noble few —it
is the sentiment of complete indifference or satiri
cal opposition.”
“The Southern Matron.”—Tho spirit-stirring
address of this high-sonled, noblewoman, "Toths
Ladies cf Augusta ,” should have appeared some
days ago, prior to the meeting, hut in consequence
of tho dcluv of tho mails, it was no* received in
time, it i» not, however, too late to do good, and
we oommoad it to their attentive perusal. She is u
worthy daughter of Virginia—aye, worthy tho
proudest da;s of the “Old Dominion,' and w»
wish her God speed in her patriotic enterprise.
Bane Charters on the “ me” I —Within a few
days past, there haa been considerable demand by
a Capita’ist or Couip..ny of Capitalists from Chi
cago, Illinois, for Georgia Rank Cbartora, and the
parties in search have suocaedod in puroha’im* up
two, vi/t that of the Merchants Bank of Macon,
and the Bank of Mi!! du .TIL., '"hoy hid aiso,
we learn for the LaGr-ucc t Ur, that of
the Manufacturer’s Tkuk of life eitv, ami iorona
in Columbus, but did not encseed. All tbc->«
banks, we presume, though we do no’ know, will I
be no-fueled on a similar plan to that of Atlanta.
We clip the above paragraph from tho Macon
Citizen. It is a fine commentary on tho action of
the last Legislature in granting Bank Charters to
overy village that applied for ono, although,
neither of the Charters sold, wero the creations of
iliat body. There can bo no doubt of the design
of tho purchasers to use tho Charters for purposes
never contemplated by the Legislature—it is,
therefore a fraud, to which those who Bold, are
not less parties than those who purchased. The
only plan for the people of tho State to protect
themselves against th© consequences of such
Irandnlont designs, is to refuse to take tho Bills of
these Banks. If the people of Illinois givo the
“ Wild Cat” issues circulation, let them be the
victims.
“Etowah Valley Star,” is the title of a new
weekly paper, abont to bo published in Carters
ville, Goo., by Hf.nry D. What, under the odito
rial control of Ambrose Srknceh, E*q. It will bo
''strictly neutral ” in politico, and the ability of the
editor is a sure guarantee o fan interesting journal.
Bee prospectus in another column.
“Rescue Gross.”—Through the kindness of
Hon. Alfred Iverson, of Muscogee, wo yesterday
bad an opportunity of inspecting a sample of the
famous “ Rescue Grass," recently introduced to
the notice of agriculturists by B. V. Iyerson, E*q.,
of Columbus. The “ Riscno” is a winter grass.
It should bo sown in September, and will flourish
luxuriantly until the following June, when it goes
to seed, aud reproduces itself again in tho fall.
Tho sample shown us by Judge Iverson was three
feet high—the blades broad end succulent, resem
bling oats, and tho whole appearance of the plant
very thrifty. It seems to have withstood tho
winter without injury; and as it is said to grow
well in any good and well prepared soil, we deem
It worthy the attention of our agricultural fi lends.
Wo understand that Mr. Iveiwon will have no
seed to dispose of until next June, as the demand
heretofore has exhausted his supply.
Col. Benton—The Nebraska Bill.—We learn
from the Washington correspondence of the New
York Herald that it is said a substitute will bo of
fered to the Senate Nebraska bill, by a Southern
democrat in the House. Tt.e substitute will con
sist of the bill as originally introduced into tho
Senate from the Territorial Committee. That bill
is precisely the same Ls the Territorial bills of 1850.
The object of this move is to do away with the
abrogation, in express terms, of tho Missouri com
promise of 1320. Col. Benton will make a great
speech against the bill. Ho declare* ho will not
be confined to an hour, and if the House insist
upon bis stopping at the conclusion of that period,
he will finish his speech in the rotunda, or in the
open air.
We sincerely hope the House will afford him
the opportunity of finishing his speech, either in
the Kotunda, or as may best suit his taste. If it
has any self respect, it certainly will.
Hon. W. C. Dawson, passed through this city
Sunday afternoon, on hi3wav from Washington
Ci'y to attend the Superior Court of Greene, which
is in session this week.
Marietta Military Institute.—' The Governor
has appointed the folk wing Board of Visitors to
attend the examination of the Institute :
Col. Wm. S. Rockwell, of Baldwin.
Col. John Milledge, ofEicnmond.
Gen. Georg* E. Jessup of Morgan.
Capt Joo. W. Anderson, of Chatham.
Gen. Charles. J. Williams of Muscogee.
Capi. B. F. Ross, of Bibb.
At an election held yesterday, the following
gentlemen were chosen Directors of the Augusta
Manufacturing Company, viz:—E. H. Gardiner,
Jr., Wm. M. D’Antisnac, John Bones, H. H. Gum
ming, G. M. Newton, W. E. Jackson, F. Lambacx.
At a meetir g of the Board elect, R. H. Gardiner,
Jr., was unanimously re-elected President, and
James Hope Treasurer and General Agent of the
Company.
Vibe. —A fire occurred between 7 and 8 o’clock
Sunday nigbt, in an oid building, on i he lot owned
by the South Carolina Railroad Company near the
river, occupied as a stable by Mr. Britt, Dray Con
tiactor. Thence it communicated to the adjoining
building, a barn, both of which were consumed
with the provender. The horses were saved. The
bnildings were of little value.
Georgia Tobacco —Mr. Hicks has laid on our
taole a very handsome specimen of Georgia grown
and manufactured Tobacco. See his advertise
ment.
Savannah Bank. —The following gentlemen
have been re-elected directors of this Bank :
Joseph Washburn, Henry Brigham, Henry Uar- ,
per, Lewis F. Harris, Henry Lathrop, Wm. C.
(J I Drisooll, Hiram Roberts.
Archibald Hunt, who killed W. M. Ralston, a
few weeks aiooe in Mißedgcville, has been tried
and acquitted.
Auguste and Columbia Hattroad.
This enterprise iB attracting considerable atten
tion among our Columbia neighbors, and they
seem to be earnestly enlisting in the work. We
have long rogarded it a most important link in tho
groat chain of railroads from tho North to the
South, and one that will certainly be built at no
distaut day; we are pleased therefore to see onr
Columbia neighbors engaging so loalously in it.—
A writer in tbe Carolinian, sums up the advan
tages very briefly in the following communication :
Messes Editohs:—To insure the success of this
road, it is only necessary to know if it will pay*
Capitalists wifi invest their money, it they are con
fident of a handsome return on their investment.
The cities at the two ends of the road will sub
scribe it the stock will be safe and productive.
' The people along the lino, the planters and own
ers of real estate, will take up the shares, if the
road is not only sure to benefit t heir property, but
pay good dividends to the stockholders.
Now, as thero will be more or less way business,
as the cotton, corn and timber along the line, and
the supplies tor the towns aud the planters will
afford considerable freight, and as the through
freight of baoon, corn, flour, and other wostern
produce for the Columbia market will bo large ; if,
i besides this, tho road can have a large passenger
travel, its productiveness will be beyond a doubt.
That is a mere question of distance and time. If
a shorter route from Augusta to can
be had, the great SouUtorn mail, tho Northern and
Southern travel, will ba sure to dosort the longer
and circuitous route, aud take the shorter and
moro direct.
N t-w tbe distance from Manchester to Augusta
will not exceed 95 miles, while the present dis
tance by Branchvffle is about 115 miles. This dis
fereuce of 20 miles is sufficient to insure the mail
and the travel.
But the bettor chance is by means of tho Char
lotte road. Before tire Augusta and Columbia
road is constructed, there will be a continuous
lire from Charlotte to Raleigh and from Raleigh to
Weldon. The distance Irom Augusta to Weldon
will be 70 and 106, and 140 and 70 miles, or in all
336 miles. Tho present distance is 115 and 162
and 162 miles, or in all 439 miles—making adif
ference of 53 miles in favor cf tho Charlotte route.
By teking the Gaston road from Raleigh to Hills
boro’, this difference will be increased to about 65
miles.
Eithot difference will make certain the transfer
of tbe mail aud the travel to the Columbia and
Hamburg road, and this travel will be sure to
make the road profitabio to tbe shareholders.
Astounding Intelligence.
The Now York Tribune givos publicity to the
following characteristic pioce of intelligence from
ha WashingU-’u correspondent
Washington, Monday, Match S. 13 *.
j Dove!op:;.onts may soon he expected which will
; establish bayond Joi. Jt 'he fact, that the assertion
' of the principle involved iR tho Nebraska bill is
J but the preliminary step toward the execution of
i one of the bo'dcst and stupendous conspira,.!.’-
, evor hoard of. H proposes no loss un achievement
than tho forcible seiauro ot Mexico, Central A tne
rica and Cuba, during the approaelriug struggle m
Europe, aud their conversion into slave states.
Here we have tho key to the solution of that most
inscrutable political enigma of the times, viz: the
motives of those who havo been most instrumental
in springing this portentous question upon the
country. It is .-aid that somo of tho first men of
tbe country will be implicated, and noarly all tho
Southern leaders. P.
Philosopher G ueely, must be an exceedingly
gullible creature, or fancy his readers so, to
imagine that he can impose npoD any one by suoh
a story. His object is, wo presnmo, to still further,
if possible, agitate and cxcilo tho people of the
North against tbo Nebraska bill, to the ond that
they may by mootings, petitions and sue' other
appliances as can be brought to bear, intimidate
the members of Congress from the Free States,
and thereby prevent the passage of tbo Bill. To
accomplish this object, no means, however dis
reputable, would not be availed of by such men.
\ew Books.
Thf. U. 8. Grinnell Expedition in Search of Fib
John Franklin. A personal narrative, by Elisha
Kent Kane, M. D., U. b. N. Harper & Eros.,
pp. 552.
This is ono of tho most charming books of the
day, whether we regard it for the beauty and pro
fusoncssof its illustrations, or the thrilling inte
rest cf its narrative. All are familiar with tho
melancholy fate of Sir John Franklin's expedition,
and tho protraated search for him and his com
panions through a scries of years, iu which Dr.
‘ Kane, with that noblo daring which has character
ized his eventful lito, participated. A cruise in
the Polar Seas is necessarily attended with emi
nent danger, and requires a spirit of adventure
which few indecJ possess. A narrative, there
fore, of tho perils and adventures of such a voy
age, from one so gifted as the author, cannot fail
to bo interesting and instructive to all classes of
readers.
Tho book may bo had of T. Richards & Son.
Wo are also indebted to Mossrs. Rioharim & Son
for a copy of Harper's Magazine for March, tho
opening numbor ot which is au elaborate nol'co of
Dr. Kane’s work, with numerous illustrations
taken from the book.
North British Review.— The February number
of this standard periodical (American reprint,) has
been received, The following table of aoutonts
affords abundant evidence of its character :
The Text of Shakspeare,
Exegetieal Study at the Euglah Universities,
National Music,
University Representation,
Herodotus,
(struggles and Tendencies of Gorman Protest
antism.
Arago, his life and discoveries,
Botanical Geography,
Tho War in the East and its Political Contin
gencies.
Published by Leonard Soott & Co., New York
at $8 a year.
Eoinsuroh Be view. —Lord John Russel's me- |
mcrials ol Fox and the Buckingham papers, j
lho Blind—their works and ways.
Ecclesiastical Economy,
Fufdic works in the Presidency of Madras,
Government Edueation—measures for Kioh and
Poor.
Tbafkoray’s works,
Tho machinery of Pal liamenlary Legislation,
Tiis Ottoman Empire,
Published by Leonard Boot, A 00., New York,
at 98 a voar.
H-R?» Magazine, for March, has been laid o.i i
our table by Gr. . A. Oates & Brothers.
The Knickerbocker, for March, has also been
handed as by the Messrs Oates.
An Old and Faithful Officer.— The Chester
(S.C.) Standard, announces the death, on the 2d
inst., in that place, of John Rosboeouoh, Esq.,
aged about 84 years. The highest evidence of his
worth, is afforded in the following fact mentioned
by thpt journal:
He was at the time of his death, the Clerk of tho
Court of Common Pleaß, for this District, to which
office he was appointed in the year 1800, under the
new Judiciary system then established, being the
first and only Clerk which this District has had
under tbatsystem, and having sorvodcontinuously
a period of near £4 yeurs! During this eutiro
period he lias discharged tho duti.sof Ms office in
person, and all who have known him officially bear
testimony to his faithfulness, efficiency aud zeal in
the discharge of his duties.
Thero now remaius, we believe, but one other
officer in this State who holds by similar appoint
ment—the venerable James 8. Guignard, Esq.,
Clerk of the Court for Richland.
The Boston Traveller says Seth Wilmarth, pro
prietor of tho Union Works, South Boston, has
lately closed a contract with tho New York and
Erie Railroad Co., for the bnildiug of 40 locomo
tives of the largest class. The first of these ma
ohiues is already completed, and, it is believed, is
tho heaviest and largest locomotive ever built in
New England. It weighs 82 tons, with four 6 feet
drivers, 18 inch cylinder, 20 inch stroke.
Weparceive by tho foreign papers that the
Council of the Canton of Ticino has decided, by a
majority of DO toll,togive out the making of a
tunnel through the Alps, from Lake Muggioro to
Lake Constance, to nnite the Piedmontese line
with that of Central Germany. This tunnel will
bo sixteen miles (25,000 metres) in length, and is
to bo lighted and ventilated by fifty shafts of enor
mous depth.
Return to Slavebt.— A bill passed the Vir
ginia Sonate, and the House too, probably, at the
late sesssion of the Legislature, to allow several
negroes, who had been set free by their master
before his death, to be sold to his relatives. The
negroes sent a strong petition to the Legislature,
in favor of the bill, preferring to be the slaves of
their master’s relatives than to accept of the free
dom proffered them.
The Darien Ship Canal. —This project seems
to have been effectually killed off by the impracti
cability of the route, if we may credit the accounts
brought by the steamship Empire City. Thu ex
ploring parties are ail said to concur in pronoun
cing the route fntirely impracticable for a canal.
These representations, however, come throngh an
Aspinwall paper, and may be somewhat exaggera
ted by the wish of the editor to subserve tho in
terests of the Panama Railway Company.
The Gadsden Treaty. —The Baltimore American
7th inst., says: The Gadsden treaty it iB thought
will be reported back to the Senate to-day or to
morrow by the committee to whom it was referred,
with a recommendation in favor of its confirma
tion. Os its ultimate ratification there seems
scarcely a doubt entertained. Recent accounts
from Mexico represent the condition of Santa
Anna as critical in the extreme. He is in imme
diate necessity of the money he is to receive from
the United States to establish his projects of ab
solute government, whilst on the other hand a
powerful crgar.lntion menaces him for consent
ingto the treaty and permitting the further dis
memberment of the Empire. It is even doubted
if he will be able to sustain himself until he re
ceives the funds of the United States which are to
refill his exhausted treasury and impart power to
his government.
The Paris correspondent of the New York Com
mercial Advertiser writes that, “ It is understood
here that Mr. Soule’s position is one of almost
complete isolation, as to society, in Madrid. The
character that had come before him, with his
challenge of Torgot, have created a fueling against
him that nothing can overcome, and which makes
his situation alike hnmilating and painful.”
- *
Virginia Legislature. —The Legislature of Vir
ginia adjourned sine die on Saturday night. It is
thonght that an extra session will be called next
winter. The Richmond Whig says that the ap
propriations irr-de for internal improvement* will
not much exceed a million of dollara.
Destrucive Conflagration at Little Rock.—A
deatructive fire occurred at Little Rock, Arkansas,
on the 20th nit., by which flvo large bnildinga,
comprising the moat valuable property in the city,
were consumed, one of which, the Alhambra, waa
owned by Bierne <fe Burncsida, of New Orleans.
Tfle offices of two newspapers, the Gazette and
Democrat, and the True Democrat, were alao
destroyed, together with all their eontenta, upon
which there waa no insurance. The contents of
the other bnildinga were principally saved. The
loss by this fire is estimated fct fIOO,OOO.
A Successful Swindle.
Th 6 Javannah Georgian furnishes the following
account of the victimizing of an unsophisticated
countryman in that city. Bneh men are scarcely
to bo pitied. They arc the victims if their own
ignorance. Had Mr. Davis been the reader of a
newspaper, he might have saved his two hundred
dollars and the mortification of an expose:
Mr. Jeremiah Davis, an old and respeotablo
planter and stock raiser, of Telfair county in this
,“ p ? u U 8 yesterday and reluted the
ol ? Bu bday lust, ho wussucoess
tully swindled out ot <2OO, in our city. It appears
{!!!“, I T?u o<l vt rß ,°-jFriday fast, on board the steam
boat Chss. Hartndge, and, intending to transact
W. h«Si^ re , i ? timß 10 tolurn 011 th 9
bout, be coiitinuud his quarters on board. On Bun
day morning he attended church, and in the after
noon walked about to view tho city. In his ram
bles he ascended to the oupola ot the Exchange,
where among others he met a man having the un
pearaneoot a gentleman, with whom Ito soon bo
came on soeiabto terms. As the newly made ac
quaintance himself professed to reside in an ad
joining county to Telfair, and to be engaged in
mercantile pursuits, and a.so to be quite well ac
quainted in Sava'.nah, the old gentleman, liavis,
at once felt entirely at home in his society. After
enjoying the extended prospect over the city and
surrounding couutry, talking over tho ptices of
cotton, which Davis bad sold, and tho prioo ot dry
goods uid groceries, which bis newly made ac
quaintance hud purchased, and wasvabout to ship
on board the Charles Hirtridgo, as he represented,
the two descended, and concluded to attend utter
noon church service.
On their way to Church, however, they missed
their direction to the place started for, and finally
concluded to tako a walk into thosuburbs of tho
City. They proceeded to Forsyth Flaco, wh re
they seated themsalves on tho iron chairs within
the enclosure. After talking overthe rapid stride
made in various improvements in and about tho
City and the rising greatness of the Empire State
oflbo South, they touched upon tho financial con
dition of the limes, and then upon tboir success.
Davis disclosed the fact in his ai-seta were euibra
cod a few hundred dollars in ready money, where
upon his friend prodncod a check filled up on the
Stuto Uauk for ft'llO, and just then thinking thut
ho bad immediate use tor (200, proposed that
Davis should lot him have that amount of money
until the next day, and receive tho Check as se
curity for its re payment. On being assured that
the oheck was ‘‘perfectly good," Daviß aoccplod it,
mid after carefully stowing it away in his pocket
book, counted out ♦2OO, aud paid i‘ over, fooling
happy to accommodate his friend, and not a little
flattered at the confidence reposed in him by one
almost a stranger, in placing in his hands a check
for so large an amount for the temporary loan of
I tho paltry sum of (200.
After the ei. hsnge of documonts the stranger
frion l saw ut a JU j distance au acquaintance to
1 win ci ho desired ft, speak a moment. He aocor
i lingly left thc/dd gentleman, monoy In band, and
1 ap) ■'PMchcdhif friend. On meeting a moment's
i ov.-i- cion pa-rod, when the third porson
, -a i • 1 the n out* from tho possession of the
1...-I :uaJeoff. Tho old gentleman’s friend
■ ■ . , had been robbed, and asked
lor a kuite or pistol with which to follow after tho
offender and lmvo satisfaction. Mr. Davis scarce
ly comprehending what had just passed, and feel
ing his own security in tho oheck which ho pos
sessed, declined furnishing;a knife, and os for u
pistol ho hud none. Tho friend,in apparent dis
tress ut tho loss of his (200, started in pursuit of
the robber, uud for aught auybody knows is still
pursuing him.
A few minutes after all had passed, Mr. Davis
mot other perrons, promenading in the vioinily to
whom bo disclosod the facts, and for tho ffrst time
was made acquainted with tho reality that ho had
boon grossly swindled. His opinion of humanity,
however, was too good toallow him to beliovo that
there lived a wretch gross enough to so abuse an
old man, but on presenting the check next day at
the bank his faith in the nudoviating rectitude of
humanity was completely shattered. The check
was dishonored, and wus fully oonvinecd thut ho
had boon swindled out of (200 in clean cush.
This is an old trick, and one of which most
newspaper readers have heard, and aro therefore
prepared to guard against. Mr. Davis tolls us ho
is getting old, and as his oyes'ght begins to fail, ho
roada but very little, and therefore his ideas of
men and things are principally formed upon per
sonal observation und daily experience.
The Olii Soldixk.—We loam from a correspon
dent, who writes from Virginia, that William
Omey is uow the only revolutionary soldier living
in Souiliumpton county, Vu. Ho has arrived at
the age of 97, and can now take his hurso and go
to the town of Smithfleld or Petersburg, 80 miles
from his residouco. Ho wus in Ilia bloody butt.es
of Brandywine, Eutaw Springs, Cowpeun, York
towu and several lit.lo skirmishes. In 1818 ho
again sholdercd his mnskot and went to Crr.ny Is
land to prevent tho British from getting to Nor
folk. Again, in 1881, ho look that old piece frem
the rack and went to Jerusalem, to defend that
placo in the insurrection in his county; und ho
says if the country was to bo invaded now lie
would go to any part ot the United States with Ms
musket.
Coppiu Mine in Cahhoi.l.— The Nownan Banner
Says : We lonrn from good authority, that spooi
menß of copper have boen recently discovered in
or nour Carrollton in Carroll county. F. D. Bow
on, Esq., showed us tho otlior day, ono of the spe
cimen i piekod up upon the surface, which has
been, we understand, pronounced by good judg
es, as very rich und promising an abundant yield of
copper.
Reception of Mr. DeLeon, our Consul to
Ebtft.— The N. Y. Herald of Sunday, tho 20th
ult., in a letter from a correspondent “Up tho
Nile,” published a description of Mr. De Leon’s
official reception by the Vioeroy of Egypt. Ho
was dressed in state —ho rode to the Viceroy ’s pal
ace In a state carriage—he was received in the
most perfect style of oriental magnificence—ho re
turned to bis hotel iu a stvle so stalely and royal
as to surprise the Egyptians—ho kept up tho pa
geant in a corresponding style for sever?! days;
and tho only plea put in for his justification is,
says the Herald, the Consuls General of all the
other great powers do so, and the United fttuto*. .
to maintain their prestige at Cairo, must do the j
same thing.
The Keowee Courior states that Fort Hill haa
been purchased by Oot. A. P. Calhoun, from his
toother, Mrs. Florida Oalhonn, relict of tho late J.
C. Calhoun, and will be immediately occupied by
him. He returns to his nutivoSlate with anample
fortune, accumulated on the frnitful soil of Ala
bama, and hereaftor the visitor to the scored pre
cincts of Fort Hill will be entertained by tho son
in a manner worthy of so distinguished a fathor.
The amount of property destroyed by fire last
year in Baltimore was, as appears from tho official
report, aboat one hundred thousand dollars ; in
Boston, two hundred ind sixty eight thousand
dollars; in Now York, nearly five millions of
dollars.
Tho Delaware Journal announce* the death of
i Major Phillip Beybold, at hie residerce near Del
aware City, on Tuesday last. Ho wbb a thriving
( and energetio agriculturist, always ready to ad
, vance the farming interest of the country. The
r Journal says that hia farms are monuments to his
1 worth, his indomitable energy and perseverance,
. and of his usefulness to tho community in whioh
- ho resided.
The IlAiiTgonn Implosion. —Nearly ail who wore
in the blacksmith’s shop wero killed. The entire
loss in property will not oxoeed $12,000. Os the
18 killed, 17 leave famites. Twenty-two persons
have cither limbs broken, or are very badly bruised
or scalded. The Coroner’s Jury have not conclu
ded their investigation into tho causo of tho catas
trophe. Thegcnorul opinion seems to bo that tho
accident was occasioned by the engineer’s talking
with a friend longer than he was aware of, during
which time tho water cocame too low in the boiler,
and tho pipes heated too much to allow of tho in
troduction of cold water, as is supposod to have
been done.
Late advices have boen received at tho Navy
Department f rom the United States squadron in
the Pacific ocean; among them, ono from Com
mander Dornin, commanding the U.H. ship Ports
mouth, now at Bau Francisco, in reference to un
lawful expeditions. The prcscnco of a man of war
has, it is said, been attendod with this good re
sult—that it prevented tho sailing of two vessels
with men and military supplies.
Ex-President FillxobS is at Cincinnati. His visit
will, it is stated, be extended to Louisiana, where
ho will sojourn awhile with ex Secretary Conhad,
and then embark for Cuba. Ex Secretary Kknne
dy, of Baltimore, is expected to join him in tho
Wejt, and accompany him on his tour.
It is assorted by the Washington National In
telligencer, that thore is nothing in the reports re
lative to the impracticability of the Isthmns of
Darien project to shake in the slightest degree the
confidence previously entertained in the practica
bility es the work.
Tho British Navy estimates have just been
printed and published. Tho iucrease in expendi
ture tor the year commencing with April next ia to
be £1,202,455. The number of the force will be—
seamen, 41,000; boys, 2000 ; marines afloat, 8000;
marines on shore 7500; men in the packet ser
vice, 116; total, 58,500. The result is that whereas,
the navy votes 1-vt session amounted to £6,285,-
498, the requirements of the service demand votes
this session to the extent of £7,487,948.
In consequence of the high price of stock, sev
eral of tho boot makers of Milford, (Mass. ) have
temporarily suspended business, and others have
discharged many of their hands.
The European Times, of the 18th uit., says that
the United States bi monthly Bteamers, betwoon
New York and Havro, have removed their calling
stations from Southampton to Plymouth.
The receipts for the National Washington Mon
ament during February, amount to $7,011.74-
the expenditures were $1,538.50. It is understood ,
that work on this patriotic memorial will be re- I
surned about the 15th inst.
An act es ruthless vandalism was committed on
Sunday night at Washington. Under the cover of
darkness, some parties broke up the block of mar
ble sent from Homo as a contribution to the *
Washington Monument.
The first cold cut nail in the world was made in I
1777, by Jeremiah Wilkinson, of Cumberland 1 B. ]
1., who still lives. i
Edward Sebring, Esq., was on Thursday re-elcc- j
ted by the Directors, President of the State Bank |
of South Carolina, and Henry Kavenel, Eeq., 1
President of the Union Bank, of Charleston.
The Baltimore Patriot says the amount of guano j
which will be imported into that city, the present i
year, will probably reach 60,000 tons, coating three c
millions of dollars.
Mr. Bicbardson, the United States Consul at
Trieste has been rejected by the Austrian govern- 1
ment, on the broad and indefinite oharge of hav- *
ing given expression to political opinions calcu'a- f
ted to interrupt the present good understanding
between the two government*.
1 snuch.ee Copper Mln. a.
Tint following interesting account of the Tennea
sco Copper Miues has been furuislisd tlm Knox
ville lit fitter by Judge Peck:
Fibbitakt 15, 1854.
Pear Sir: l hasten togivo yon a brief account of
my visit to the oipper region (Uo-wan eo—the In
dian name of Path,) in Tennessee. Tin section is
about 12 or 14 miles—a little west of noo h from
Ooqua creak gold mines in the right angled corner
of Tennessee as seen on the mans. From the
mines in operation it is not more than two miics
south to the Georgia line— and about the sumo dis
tance ca-t to tho lino of North Carolina and Ten
nessee—so that you will soo by consulting ibecor.y
of thesL.ts lint, as furnished you by in)self the
oopper mines oponed lie soutii of anything like a
continuation of the general course of the Jcona
qnu {Fat Sear) mountain—and that supposing the
hue of seurch should bo nt about N. K. and 8. VV
from the mines, the explorer would bo li d N.
E. up Valley river—and reach tho Smoky moun
tain about the 84th milo tree ot tho state line Dot
far from tho corner of Blount uud Sevier coun
ties. This, it the too common theory adopted was
followed—-of supposing an unduviating Hue ol'mo
tel extending N. E. would be a damper to the
prospects ol thosa searching in Monroe and lllount
co inti s.
But it is an error to supposo that naturo in her
mountain ranges works by any such exact malbo
mat’.es; it is not so ut the mines—one lode 1 y i-ur*
lace indications torud by my compass had btar
ings N E. and S. VV. (15) wiiil.i at mint her about
two nfiles ctf the bearii g was N. 10 E--(li. 10 VV.)
i U onc of' lo ’ pin Co no satisfactory liun oould
be had lor wuiitqfsnrteeogosaans. The minor at
Co-wan-co repudiates the idee of anv rticli confor
mity—indeed tho most skillful, in the descent,
are looking out tor angular and cross veins, cut
ting those already opened. That it is an immense
bed ot comer tiero eau be no doubt-and that
bko beds (probably not so extensive) may in simi
lar geological formations tie f. und ut many pi. era
is lolly evinced by indications on Com'-ausy
creek ut the Tollioa iron mints—am! at m. n\ plsocs
along tho mountain east of tho points m ined—tho
formations not being dissimilar—ami parts ot the
samo mountain rai go.
Tho formation at tho minoa is dccMsdlv primi
tive; nt the Hiwasseo mine, the otm flr.-t njened,
the vein nt tho Biirlaco seems limited mi the south
side by u small cliff'of aprotogone or in tutu •:;,h
--lo rock partly mica elute—some might denominate
it a ledge of gneiss. Some rocks in tho vicinity
woro called sand stone—but in my opinion thoy
more uroporiy_ belonged to a granite p artly desti
tute of mica—in a stale of disii tegration.
Tho surface sign for copper, (cessan) is a red
iron stone, shaded from a dark brown to a brick
red, giving a streak of lively rod, no' very com
pact, and yet difficult to break. Home spoumms
are cornpnot, hut generally somewhat porous—
when broken most of tho pioeot thus a chance of
colors, and uow and then a piece with a copper
f fiance; in tho d, scent,> ho colors become more live
y and distinct. When ronohtng Hie lode a eaping
of lino grained Iron pyrites bus to bo removed ; the
tliloknees of this is not uniform. Below this tho
copper ore is found. Tnogicat body of tho ore
yet reuchod is tho black isulpht rot, with suiull
seams of pyrltous copper.
It has boon reached ut all depths, from a few
feet to upwurds of fifty or sixty, at ono place at 1)4.
The water level is the point ut whioh the nro is ex
pected, other Indications according. Tho ore in
tho lode stuuds wedged shaped—tho thin end up,
. at 40 or 50 toct in iodo, at one loculily it measured
forty toot, in width, hut \o.ns in their passage con
tract mid expend.
1 considered it would havo boor, impertinent to
have made Inquiries Into tho statimivs of ihese
mines. And e..proudly having been told,
that tho English who manage them wore nus, cial
mid not disposed to impart Information, It is duo
to thorn to rny wo did not find them so—they woro
’ gentlemanly, Bocial, and hold buck nothing so fur
as asked, incidentally the director at Congdona
mine mentioned having taken out and sent elf
««> ,< 00 worth of ore in three months—in . I on the
quantity of prepared ore scon on hand, the tons
luisod every day, sutisflul uic tl at tl.cir l.nsiucss
doing is immotise, requiting eapilul and energy.
VVhito labor soems to bu praforrod, fir 1 saw no
blsclts employed. The laborers were discreet, so
cial and intelligent—no drinking or profane lan*
iruago. Mining, as yet, is not their only business.
Buildings were being put upa*. many points; which,
with the muny neatsirncturoralroaby lluisi.od uud
occupied, makes tho place a wide spread town.
1 found f'o-wan oo (Duck) town altogether a su
perior country to that l anticipated. The lands
are a loam, rather sandy, with a rod clay bottom,
but not poor—hilly and gently roiling, and thinly
timbered, owing to the firing of tho woods in for
mer times by the ludiatm. I regretted ,o ace that
my uounirymeu, as farmers, hud dono so little,
widlo those from a distac.ot, in their deparltn iit
had done, so much—and opediilly whetc a m.iikut
was at hand for ail thesuppliisoflhcir farm. Next
to the Hiwnaseo river lies a beautiful country of
good land, hut mostly unimproved,
Amqnsst tho favors bestowed upon n o, und
ftioso of iiiy company, Cspt. T. Williams, director
of the Congdon tutiios, siietvcd us bin oabinot of
selected specimtns from thut mine of tho finest
ores, frem tho native copper, through every con
ceivable variety In tho m erest Suits lo.dcry- r.'.s of
that me al. To give a dc ciipti.ni, would have
required time and study. Ho estimates it worth
to the ouriouH (l,oi>o. what he can iceliso onr of
it in Now-York t.c intends applying to tho build
ing of a church at tho iniucs.
Respoclfully y ours, Jao.b I’lck.
Lieut. Maury him addressed a iottor to the Sec
retary of the Nuvy giving the results of the deep
sea soundings effected by Lieut. Berryman, from
tho shoros of Newfoundland to those of Ireland.—
These scorn to bn docisivc of the question r.s to tho
practicability of a sub marine telegraph across tho
-Atlutitio oooun, in that region, liter distance bvtwoou
the liearost points of the two countries bolng one
thousand six hundred miles, and the bottom of the
sea being u plateau tho whole distaneo, singularly
adapted to the purpose of holding a line of mag
netic telegraph wire. Lieut. Maury suggo-ts that
a national prize ho offered to the tolegruphio oom
patiy through whom tologrnph wire tho first tclo
grupbio message shall bo paused aorosc tho
Atlantic.
Scffebino at Sea.—Tho schooner Water Rose,
on tin, u4tu of Degtaubor last, was capalatd in s
gain, when the captain and two men wtro drown
ed. The vessel afterwards rtghlqj, wh«n ti>» srasr J
lashed thcinselves to the nl’idlans a'tul cteHliua'* j
on the wreck for 8! days vpUliout sustenance, «- ,i f
I capt» few raw potutoei and turnips that they noon- 1
sionally picked up floating fa the cabin, and one •
peace of salt pork. Thoy wore subsequently res
cued and taken into a port in Ireland
It la understood that the promulgn'lun of Sec
rotary Marcy's lunlrnctiona to Mr. Clay, cur Min
ister to Peru, with regard 'to the r.utugwi or.
American vessels at the Chinebu. Islands, hau
aroused the representative of the latter govern
ment to tho urgency of tho cine. He bus accord
ingly notified the Secretary that lull damages will
at oneo be puid by Peru for tho loss and injury
sustained by Capt. McCerrun, of tho Defiuroo.
Counties in Georgia.—Georgia baa now one
hundred and twelve counties, which ato divided
into thirteen Judicial Circuits. In 1351 tho num
ber of counties was 97—two were formed at tho
session of tho Legislature iu that year, and thir
teen at the two sessions of 1853 and I?S4.
The Dcpaitmont of State gives official notice
through the Was dngton papers to all persons
who may have occasion to address the diplomatic,
consular, and other agents of tho United States, on
their personal affairs, that unless their communi
cations reaoli those agents free of chaigo they will
not most probably roeoive Htten’ion, as tl « depart
ment has given directions that postages, , shall
bo paid on official communicatl ns only. Cornu.n
nications fiomindividuals winch tnsv relate -n'eiy
to business ccmicutrd with the r'fibres nr'si ch
agents, will, iftransinhted unsealed to tho de
partment bo forwarded with ito despatches.
An Extensive Swindle.—a successful swindle
upon a produce firm in Now York, by means of
forgery, is thus reported in tho Cleveland Plain
dealer :
"During the past reason a speculator in Licking
county, Oliio,borrowed there upon h'sowrt paper,
endorsed by sovorid of tho rnos responsible mtn
of the county, (80,000. This amount lie invested
iu hogs, and soon applied to the lender for more
funds. Tho application wus declined, and toon
attor tho lender received from n Now Y. rk linn
litters inquiring iu regard to tho rosponsilniiiy of
tho men who had endorsed the paper he held.—
His reply was satisfactory, and tho speculator ob
tained advances from the New Ye, It firm to U.e
amount of (50,000. Oae day lie “catae up miss
ing,” und the tact was ascertained that tho en
dorsements npou his paper, anrl upon whioh he
obtained credit for (80,000, were u'l forgeries I
We understand that re pai.l np the (80,ton, j,ut
that the New York item is lelt unprotected.”
The Washington Union announces that the pa
per will hereafter bo nmlor the "exclusive con
trol” of Mr. Nicholson, who, it is understood, ha 3
bought out the interest of Mr. Harris, Gen. Arm
strong’s son-In law. Washington rumor Fays that
this latter arrangement wai made a line jaa nro by
the Admit.;-'ra'ioti, and fuitker intim o-hi, Mr.
Forney wih join his fore.-s with that ot 41'. Nich
olson, and will become one of tho editors of the
Union. The Union promisor to continue to he
“thoroughly democratic,” and to give to iho Ad
ministration a "hearty and energetic support.”
Tho accumulation of funds In tho Sub Treasury,
it is suppos'd is for tho purpose of making the
payments to Mexico under the Gadsden treaty
whori passed. The administration ft is said, have
little doubt of its ratification, anif will make tho
entire paymont, fifteen millions of doilars, in one
payment instead of annual payments. The Sub
Treasury holds an abundance of funds, and the
Secretary of the Treasury prefers to pay the wholo
amount at once. Ot the amount, it is understood
about four millions will bo remitted iu sterling
bills to London, and a portion ot tho remainder
will be used in payment of some debts due in New
York by Santa Anna.
Two yonngmen havo been urrcs'cd at Massilon,
Ohio, charged with seUing'firo to the Roman Caihc
lieChurch at that place. Tho examination dis
eased the existence of a band of young . on
leagued together for purposesofaraca auu plun
der.
Ohio Senator.—On tho 4t!i inst. tho Ohio Legis
lature went into an o'eclion for United States Sena
tor in place of the Hon. Salmon P. Chase, whose
term expires next March. The result is thus an
nounced in tho Ohio Statcsrnag of the sth;
“ Tho two Houses of the Legisl dure met to-day
at noon, and cast 110 votes lor U.S. Senator, us fol
lows :
G. E. Pugh
£. 11. Eck ley ’re
S. P. Chuso ‘'ip
R E.Seheuek ’ i
Blanks .!!!!.'" 3
“George E. Pugh was declared eltc id United
States Senator from the 4th March, 1855.
The Gardineu Fuabd.—The Union states that
the President is determined to prosecute every
person connected with the Gardiner fraud, and
adds:
The guilty who may bo within reach of tho law
may rest assured that they will bo dragged into
the light of day. No positiou shall shield them,
no past services rescue them, and no corrupt in
fluences oan be invoked to shield them from tho
fa f e they havo meritod. When men coolly plot
the dishonor of their country, they, in advanoe,
part with all regard for her favor and all claims
upon her mercy. They aro, in their own minds,
oondemned, and the Exeeutive only inflicts the
sentence which they have pronounced upon them
selves.
The difficulty between Hon. Jore Cltmens and
Hon. W. P. Harris, which it was thought would
terminate in a duel, has been settled at the in-
Btanoe of mutual friends.
The report that ffie intended bride of the tale
Dr. Gardner had committed suicide, is not true,