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T imTV-DHIH* <;‘l\i:fU>B—First Session.
IN EFNATE,
Mr. Everett pro*fried rem un-trance* from M«t>-
na:hn*eit* fgtf.'isl the Nebraska bill.
Ur Faff* presented the same from Vermont.
Mr hm tb prestmod thefremConneetient.
Mr S.-wsr i r r.-eu’od * memorial ii German
from Nvw York, tint the word ‘•►ltvWj’’
ever it < .onr. in the Nthroe..3 bm bo struck on..
a .0 • ‘ 150 ci ,; **n* of Waxblngton county, Eeax
Yo*’- nroy’c" 1 lie prohibition «t tluvory in anaf-
Tvrri'orin-, e-j f holly Nebraski, the re(«»l ofWß*
p ,-. ire slave Jvlvr, the prohibition ol inter g'lij
» jve ;. do and the abolition of slavery in the Dia- |
CclittDb'a. Also the following Irom New
York, ai»:. ’the r , ' ! of the Missouri Compro
mi«c: Os ctlxcnaot Haven-Daw. Os 45 Ministers
of the Gj*p*i of Both star. Os tho Church and
Congrrg»tmn of tbs Congregational Cbnr h of Le
b >ron. Os citiaena of Cbarlsaton. Os 850 eitixtns
of Niagara county. A so, of I#9» eitixena of De
troit, and of 00 citizen* of Grand E.pid*. Michigan.
Also, of 808 men and woman of Northern New
Hampshire.
Eta also presented two petitiona from the eity of
S ;w York in favor of Hansen’* proposed lineot
eteamera between Brooklyn end Europe. A'ao
three petitiona in favor of the litimesteso Bill; two
petitions In favor of religious freedom to American
ottiMD iln Europe; end otbera in fevor of a redac
tion of O eiu postage.
Mr. F all submitted tbe following resolution:
Uuolctd, That the President of the Cnited States
be requested to communion e to tbe Souale, if hot
incompatible with the public iotere-t, copies ol
the correspondence of Mr. Birnard, late Minister
of tbe 0 mted States In Prussia, with the Cnited
State* CVjsu at Bremen, end of that Consul with
the Q ivernment of Bremen, relative to the ca*e of
Cunrvl Schmidt, a nat'iral zed citizen of the Uni
ted Spites, arrested a*. Bremen a d dvtained there
npoti a requ'sllion from the Government of Hano
ver, claimingScli/ni it »»< subjectof lhut kingdom.
AUo a copy of a letter addressed by Mr. Barnard,
while M inster at Berlin, to nU M.j >*tv tho King
of Pru-sis in October, 1852, on the subj >ct of reli
gious toleration, and of a despatch addressed by-
St r. B iruard to the Stale Department in reference
there.o.
A'ao copies of the correspondence of the U. S.
Legation a> Berlin with the Minister of the Grand
Du :hy of Biden at Berlin, in regard to the arreal
and maltreatment of E G. Dane, W.B Dwight,
and D*.Uimsey,oii'*ens of the United Sutea at
liable burg, in the Grand Duchy of Baden.
Mr. Weller. “Let the resolution lay over till
to morrow.”
Mr. Bright from thacommUteo on roads and
const* ret>ortod adversely on the prO|«aitlone to
givo tbs Ohio Falls i.Vmipeny three hundred thou
ssn I dollars pi aid in the construction of a Mari le
Enl vny around the Ohio Kalle.
Mr. Mason giv i iiqi ice of a bill to authorize the
Butimoru end Ohio Railroad Company to extend
their road to the Potnniso river, at or near tho city
Os Washington.
Mr. Bulcer said to morrow lie would ask the
fiena'e to tike up the bill giving credit on duties
Ou railroad Iron.
Thu bill providing for the construction of a Kail
road to I he Pacific was tukou up.
Mr. Ilwiu spoke until two o’clock in support of
tho constitutionality and expediency of tho bill.—
The bill «oi» then postponed.
Alter Executive Bu.-sion till four o’clock, the
Senate adjourned.
HOUSE.
Mr. Doan desired t*j lay before the House, and
asked unanimous consent for that purpose, a mat
ter which at this tune is of grout importance to
tho commerce of the country. Ho nud been in
xtruc’u I to offer the fallowing by the Committee
on Foreign All'sirs.
K'UiUtd „ That in the wur which now soems im
pending in Europe, it is the duly a* well as the
msintcst interest of the government of the United
Ut iles to obicrve mid maintain a striot neutrality
but ween all the belligerents, and in the event Ola
war, the rights of ourcitizmis and the security of
our omumoroc demand tho muinlonanco ol the
principle heretofore arstrtod, and strenuously con*
tttided for by ttiis government, but not hitherto
admitted or c-tablishid os the luws of nations, that
free »hqis tnsko tree goods, oicepl astourticles
clearly known us contraband of wur, and that tbe
neutral llig protects from unreasonable search and
so zure tuo ships bearing it; und also that neutral
property on board a vcs-el of any of the belligcr
eu'-, is not subject to seizure and confl*oition.
UinUtd, That the President of the United
Stales lie requested, if in his opinion not iucom
palible with the public interests, to oommuuioute
to tbe House whether any, und if any, what ar
rangement* Imvo linen mudo, or wh-it correspon
dence lias taken place bet ween t Ilia Government
etui uny of tho governments of Europe, to estab
lish mu lorogoii g principle*, us international law,
and to protect the neutral commerce of the United
Hta'eß in tho event of a war botwcou any of the
powers of Europe.
Objections were mado to tho reception of the
yesol ut ions.
Mr. Dean moved a suspension of tho rules.
Agreed to—yeas, H'B: nuts, 41.
Mr. Dean said lie did no’, intoud to dotnin the
House tnrlher than briefly to ezplaiu tho object of
the rcaolntions.
Mr. Washburn, of Illinois, enquired whother
they were now before the House, and whother it
delmloshould arise, thoy would not go over.
The Hpeuker replied llist tho rules which re
quited them to go ovor, had boon euspotided, and
tney were now open to dobnto.
Mr. iljiin said tv lion tho gentleman from Illinois
Interrupted him, ho was saying he did sot desire
to debate these resolution*, but to -tato to tho
House i heir contents and tbo principles thoy are
luteuded to oimnciuto.
The Hr it resolution is a plain and distinct state
ment ot out duty to maintain neutrality in tho war
betxu-n tho dili'orettl powers of Enropo. It then
rear Herts tho doctrine I but has been sootten asser
ted by tbe people and the Executive Department
of tliia Government, but which tho judiciary has
fui ed to sustain. Tbo Executive branch of tbe
Government Inis from itß loundntios, beaming with
the Congress of llio Conlodorot on, end from that
time to the present, constantly iu its uotion and its
dlnb'mney contended that liee sliipe makes free
cowl* »Mti hat the goods ofnentnaluon board tin,
Ship* of belligerent* are not liable so seizure and
eenf-w.aUon. The Importance ot this subject at the
nrceiP ettsis cuptiut bo eiuinated or exprsss.id
1C I). - been itusn *if I’ senased itt th* lirttUh rar-
- -an*. Mn.isir, ave (men sailed upon to
jWTOtrnfUW •i«-*m*s*nt,
ui d Ihi.y nav - not fully mol or euawsrwd the qua*
Mon, though they Ultima's that a liberal potiiy
4rlM ha pursued
The -sand rsao'ution eaii* for nny art mgs
incut or vorraspoiuleuce totween our Government
and F oreign Power* upon this tnibj-iot. I will
state herons int| ortunt to be known and wiiat 1
think will prove correct, that our government ima
foretime numbs boon engaged in endeavoring to
seuuro tho admission mid establishment ol this
principle as an international law, and that our
rcpre*entiitivuntthe Court ol St. James in pnrtio
ular, lia* ably ami I beliovo euceo-sfully acoom ■
plislied it, s i far us Us reooguiiinn dopouda upon
that government, and it is universally ndinittod
that if Great Britain, which is the power that Ins
at all time* provomod its adoption iigroea to it,
not by treaty, but by proclamation and action du
ring tho war, it will torovorbo placed on the firm
busis of prorodent ns wall us natural right and
jualioo.
lant informed that as the notion of our govern
inout 1< not kiuiwn, Merchants and othors inter-
Ktnd leel much uiixio'y. It is duo to 'hem that
they should have all the information in our pos
session, und also to know that Congress is deter
min'd to curry out Dus doctrine at all hazards.
1 think that tho Executive and Congress ov.ght
now to tuke its stand, und say to tho world that
this i.i our print'll le; that we will not bo driven
from it ; that we will legislate to assert it; that wo
will negotiate to secure it, and if noed be, thut we
will tight to maintain it- And sir, tbo day thut we
eslabli-li this principle will bo one of Die proudest
In American History, and in my judgment .the
time for action has now urrivod.
Mr. Boock. Tins is sn exceedingly important
proposition, a* it underiak-s to doßno the position
thia government occupies in the pending war. If
It ttic-in* do unytnirg, it moans to Ux tho posi
tion ot this government iu the < ontrovorn,. If this
la tho dot-'g i, it ought to have the satiotion of do
liborutu action. It i» intended to prodnoo an effect
on our own marshsnis ami ou the uotious of other
countries, but tide cannot bo done simply by a
resolution not requiring’ tho joint action oi the two
House*. He moved it be .referred to the Commit
tee on Foreign AtTsirs, that careful consideration
may b given to tho subject. The motion was
agreed to.
The Ho i-o went into committee on tho general
appropriation hill,
Mr. McDonald spoko on the Nebraska bill. He
•tippotle I Die hill and w ( followed by Mr. Faulk
ner on tho ssmo side, when tho committee rose
and the House adjourned.
IN SENATE April 11.
A Cow private |>uiU t>us woro presented.
M% introduced a bill authorising the
Baltimore) and Ohio Kill rend to extend tbeir road
to the IV’ouisc river nuar Washington City.
Mr. Maatin moved an executive evasion.
Mr. midget said bo Imd notified the Senate that
he would inceaaa'rilv bo absent from the Senate
lo'souio time, and t.';«t he would move to take up
the bill giving credit o.*; duties on railroad iron
Imported iuto the United States. He would like
that bill to lie now tuken up.
Mr. Mas in said if tlieSenator desired to be heard
on that bill, ho wruld withdraw hut motion, but if
It wua to be taken up and a gonoral debuts take
place on it, he could not agree.
Mr. Bright hoped that the bill would be taken
up J it was imp irlatil and had boon reported unani
mously by the finance committee. It could certainly
meet with no serious objection.
The debate continued, and Mr. Mason’s motion
was rejected.
Mr. Stuart said he would have no objections to
taking up this bill lor the purposo of allowing the
Semiior 10 be heard on It.
Mr. Badger. 1 dou’t want to bo heard on it. 1
want the Dill taken up and passed.
Mr. Stuart. Well, I have no Idea that any such
bill wl 1 pa**.”
Mr. .Douglas. Let us try. We might try
whethor we can pais it, as well as to talk about
taking it up.
said he had no desire to embarrass
the bill, but it was one in which I’ennsylvauia was
most U epiy interested, and as nein er of the
Senators tr m that Slate was present, ho wonld
lor that reason, if no other, opposo the c.nsidera
tion of thobill at this t ine.
Mr. Badger. Pennsylvania ought to have her
Senators here.
Mr. M>sou said, ns the bill would lead to debate
ho wonlo insist On his motion.
Mr. Badger said ho rarely ever was absent from
the Senate, lie was oblig 'd however, now to be
absent. Asau act of courtesy to bitnaoSf, he had
askvd the Senno to take up the bill. As there
was no disposition to extend to him that courtesy,
he would withdraw his request.
The question was taken, and Mr. Mason’s mo
tion was r, jjeted— yea* 17, nays 28.
Mr.Kusk gave notice ot a Bl! to regulate the
transportation ot tits n ails on railroads.
he bid giving credit tore limited time for du
ties on IJutlroad Iron was taken up.
Mr. Douglas moved to amend by striking cut all
after the enact) < g cla'-se. and ms-eriing—"tUt
■when it shall be sgtislactor.ly proved to the Secre
tary of the Treasury, that any Kdlro.d Iron im
ported sit ce the firs: my of July, 1358, and prior
to tbs pcsssgo ot tilts act, frr the purpose ot be
ing app ico m the ci. Mniciion or repairs ol any
Kit!read, has imeii tc'.usl f DU dowu on any Bail
road, ho shall n!,\;w a drawback of tho duties on
aoeh' Buiicad Iron so laid down, or If tho duties
shall have been actually p«'d, ho sltall rclund the
aamv to tho ocutpauy or pol.'ty thus laying uOwn
•aid iron.”
Section 2i. That so much of any j'iw now in
force as imposes a duty on imported Railroad Don
be suspended f.om and after the passt’go of this
aci uuid it e first day of July 1857, and no duties
or revenue shall b collected"ott railroad iron from
foreign oounttiee, prior to tho said first of July
1857,—provided, however, that at the time Ol such
importation the iui|'vrters -hall .s cute to the Uni
ted States a bond with such snrettes and such pen
alties as tho Secretary of the Treasury shall direct,
to he apptovel by sa d Secretary, conditioned, that
said iron is bi'itu fide imported for the purpose of
being used ss and tor rails for ratlroad and for no
Other pu-pose, anj to be laid down and actually
nsed by the person or company so importing the
name, willitu two ye.ra Irora the lime of importa
tion, and jupun do- proof furnished to said Secre
tary, that said iron in* been so laid dawn and used,
the said bonds shall be given up at:d cancelled;
and provided, farther, that no iron shall be con
sidered f s railroad iron, within the mi aning ol tbit
get, except such as is prepared to be laid down as
ralV.s upon ra.iroads, without further manufacture.
Mr. Douglas said thut the bill as it now stood,
pice -iiteo no substantial advantage lo radread in
tervals. It Is l; tt.ee tto goon with their works
with a heavy deb' hanging over them, and for tha
najmeut of which I>J * ere ■*'"“>» Kb* pre
paring. Tito treasury w“ “Ow full, and tharo
was no proapootthat the gove."' ial , #ut would be in
peed of fends durirg the next ti..* 9 * s°”™- **•
Wus not awarei t any other article, the »
Which ooaid be taken til’ With greater benefit ' La
advantage to the great interest* of the people,
than railroad iron. This amendment required no
further legislation. In 1957 the an .pension of
duties would expire, and their collection be rc
eumed.
Mr. Badger said ho preferred the substitute of
fered by too Senator, to the bill reported by the
cuuimkiee. It could produce no inconvenience to
goVcwmcnt. It confined the sa*pensicn of duties
tiffgUroad iron prepared to be laid down, requi
rinJn|>o inrtlmj manufacture. It suspended tho
act imposing 4gi;e* for three years or ly. The re
venue of the government was now mote than was
required. To give acredit for the duties, and ex-
Vgctmg a bond tor lh-iramtunt, was nothing more
Win a delay of payment. But this amendment
g»te. the railroads a real ben*Octal encourage
ment. There was no probable'y that the goveru-
Lm';n\would,during the three years of tills *!.*-
Iffeneigp, havo any pressing need for those duties
3n raiUoud iron. The period was so short that no
Injury"eduld possibly oocur to the government in
eon-gfluence of t%e suspension.
With suyrvorflojujt treasury this was its small
est advaut'gq liiat hlPgresa could extend io the>c
great works, which wfee eo much end so well cal
eclated to bind the j ew of the ditlaretit sections
bugether
and reialiow and drJEtogw.her more closely ail
part* of thij oxtpded nation. He hoped
the the fine nos committee would not
object to the amendment.
Mr. Hunter >*id be voted under instmotions.
Tbe amendment cams nearer to his instructions
than the original bill. * s a financial expedient,
be did not knew but it was as good as tbe bill.
Mr. Seward asked if the Senator could Mil him
how rnu b the duties on railroad iron amounted
to daring the last year.
Mr. Hunter said the duty on iron for rolling and
other purposes exceeded four millions, lie did
not know what proportion of that amount was lor
railroad iron.
Mr. Seward. If too Senator from North Caroli
na will introduce n bill giving credit fer, or even
»u-pending the dudes upon the railroad iron im
ported for tbe ooinpletiou cf the railroad in that
State which he has especially under his cere, I w.li
vote for it wiih the greatest pleasure. I will do so
because 1 tbibk that a very necessary, very uacfjl,
and very g. eat work and 1 think that the region
of country where it is to be made requires, and
ought to teceive such a fivorat the bands of Con
gress. lam free to say that I would vote for tba.
as an exception to the general law which is now in
toree, but 1 cotmol agree with the general po.icy
now proposed.
The proposition in the substitute is to remit tlie
duties on railroad iron tor three years. I think
that worse in one respect thtn to remit them iu
doflniteiy, becau.e it will for the future render
everything in regard to tbenunutactureof railroad
iron iu this country uncertain and irrehab c. it
will »o far as it goes diecoursge tho eo.ubii3btn«iit
of manufactories making railroad iron, and in all
probability have the same effect now, as it tbe mon
suro were the abolition of the duties on railroad
iron altogether. The i, eoonslte-we shall have
got into ibis period of three years, those who are
interested in the construction of railroads, and
those who are interested in tho manufacture of
railroad iron in this country, will be brought to
tbe consideration of the question of what wilt p'O
bahly be the aotion ot Congress, whether they will
at tho expiration of Die time remove the duties al
together, or whether they will euffer them to be
restored.
Here will be afield of perplexity and dangerous
speculation, amounting almost to gumnling ou tne
policy of Die country. I think therefore tho pro
position is objectionable on the ground, that it
introduces uncertainty into the financial system ol
the government so far as it operates upon Jhe im
portation, and in the manufacture of railroad iron,
great und extensivo interests iu this country.—
Again, 1 do not see thut because there is at Hus
moment a surplus in tho Treasury of the United
States, wo are able to say with confidence thal it
wtuld be safe to reduce our revenues at Dus par
ticular juncture. This is a moment of great inter
oat and feverish anxiety throughout the commercial
world. Wo cannot coutemplalo the aspect, with
out teeing that there is to bo ill all human proba
bility a general war pervading ihe continent Os
Europe, and reaching over into Asia.
We nee that a vast amount of capital in Europe
lias ulready been begun to be withdrawn from ns
accuatomed investments, and converted into loans
lor the support of the armies and navies of belli
gerent nations. We see thut loans havo been made
by France, Turkey and Austria, and D'at loans
are attempted to bo made by liuasia. Wo know
also that England is to he a parly to that war, a
leuding party, and that funds ton largo amount
will be immediately required to carry on its opeta
tions. The very shadow of llioso events has pro
duced a panic in all commercial circles on the eon
tinent—stocks have already fallen on tho Bourse
in Baris, and on tho Exchungo in London. Our
own slocks havo also become depreciated and are
qu >ted at uouiiuul prices and they are returning
upon us. , ~ ,
W hatever may bo the final result and its bearin g
upon the interests of this country, we see 'hat tho
country leels already the approach ot a crisis.—
Good, well established steers have fallen within
the lust week in the expectation of the commence
ment of war in Europe from five tosev3ii per cent.,
und the full it is thought by many has only just
begun. Not only is ibis Been, but tbore ure also
the indications of the commencement of a com
mercial revulsion. Wo have been Bending from the
Eastern States to California largo quantities ol
flour und oi impliments of agriculture, and ot thoso
for mining, anil I have observod within a iowdujß
pust, that vessels liuvo returned from thoiieD,
freighted with their own out going freights in
stead of gold, and thut this is producing derange
ment in our Puciflc region.
The effect ot this wm he a similar derangement
e'sowhero to a greater or less extent. Altnougli
wo have a surplus revenue, nnd huve had for a
few years past, no one cun say that the imports Os
the next three years will oxceod Ihe wants of the
treasury. On tho omlrary, thoso who will taku
pains to examine will find thut the imports have
ulroudy senßtbly diminished sinca tho shadow ot
tills European war fell upon us. Woarethonto
havo in all pro-ability for a time, a reduction ot
Dio imports and duties. This therefore soems to
me just tho worst time in which to depart Irom
the system which wo have been pursuing in regard
to the revenue. In tho next plaoo, if it were iruo
that it wore perfectly safe to reduce our revenues,
1 huve Uourtl no argument to sulisty mo that the
lien totarest is that inters**, vrhieh ongltt to beur
: the entire reducUoi,. It rterns to mo to o>an cn
; tire U enure :-um every priuoiplo ot equity, to
j make tlie .'eduut.un boar ou this *i *'*> .ulerest
alone,
1 Mr. Bewai l»t consider ~ , ■,
kMUty aontiu "d )is remu’_. u 0;: « Don in
i blii.
' Mr. Stuart mu'flu the hill be postponed till to
j morrow.
! Mr. Hunter seid thu Senetor from Pcursylva‘’»
would be iiere to-morrow, auti he hoped tho bdl
would las postponed
Mr. Mask noped the hill would bo postponed for
a longer poriod us be desirod time to prepare a b.h
wliioh would cover the wholo subjoet.
Mr. Pratt said it oould moko no difference
whether the bill passed now or u month hence.
He was opposed to the bill and to any ndion on it
now. Pennsylvania who was deeply interested in
tiiis measure was not represented to-day and lii»
oollougue was ulso not present.
lie thought no reduction in tho rovnmio should
bo made wliilo there wus u dung* r Ilia, our indeht
educes held iii Europe, amounting io sJit,ooO,ooo
might ho thrown back upon ua. 110 haw no rea
son wliv the government should give these duties
8-1,000,000 annually to ospitulirts who libvo invest
«d their money in ruilroad*. If, however, railroads
wore to be tin.* uided, why limit tho ctrooclive
ael 101 lof the bill to the Ist of July, 1855. Tnoss
who imported their own iron, and paid their duties
prior to that day were as much entitled to this
boon us those who were now uhont to construct
roads. After some further debate, the subject was
postponed till Monday week, and the ttcuato ad
journed.
J HOUSE
Tlie Bpoakor laid before tbe Houso a messago
from tbe President, transmitting additional docu
ments relative to iho Oresoont City affair.
On motion ot Mr. Hunter it wea resolved that
tho Secretary ot tl o Interior O-mmiuuicato to the
House such information concerning frauds outlie
peiisiou ottieo an ure mentioned in Ins annual re
port, and any oilier similar frauds since discolored,
to exhibit the nuturo and extent thereof.
Mr. Bi'iineU’B bnl grunting laudi equally to the
States, to aid in the ooustrucrimi of railroads a. d
the support of sohools came up ill order, when Mr.
Bennett utoved to postpone its further consideru
tion for sevorul weeks.
Mr. Wentworth, of Illinois, moved to postpone
until alter the passage of tho Nebraska bill.
The Bpeuker. Suvlt a motion i* not io order, as
thogcutiomuii trom Illinois must bo aware.
Mr. Jones, of Tennessee, moved to lay the bill
onthatable. Lost—Bs against 78.
Tits furl iter consideration of the bill was post
poned tor two weeks.
The House went into committee of the whole on
the General Appropriation Bill.
Mr.Uullomsaid when be left Tennessee, ho had
not dreamed that ho Bhottld be called on lo parti
cipste in a vexed seotional question. Ho had come
hither to contribute his mite to the construction ot
u Tactile Uailioad, to tho improvement of Western
Kivers and to the distribution of the publ o do
main, swelling up to fifteon hundred millions of
acres, a part of which has been given away in par
tial lrsgmentato favored States, lie hid hoped
to attond to thousands of ciainiauts, including
those under the French Spoliation bill, but it ap
pears all these questions are ruled out of oourt.
The streams of legislation are dammed up by this
nefarious project, the Nebraska Kansas bill, which
lie denounced as the work of politicians to strangle
ihe legislation of the country for personal aggran
diaement.
lit believed in the face of God that bo wonld be
n coward it be did not denounce it. He would not
be a Tennessean, if he di 1 no cry out against this
It,famous plot against the peace and quiet ot the
oouutry.
Yes," Nebraska and Kansas is the huo and cty
with which theso halls are tnado vocal. Amid the
sound ot these cant phrases, we aro told these ter
ritories must have goverumouts given to them
forthwith, and the compnjn se of ISSO, tho work
of our fathers who pledged their boner to its sup
port, must be trodden under foot.
Gentlemen might talk to him nlmut bad faith,
and outraged Southern honor, but ho would tell
all sections this ia a nakod question of repudiation
or no repudiation.,
Ue Lad no personal nnkindness towaids any
one, but be would rather tr ad on the ver o ot
parliamentary rules, than cn tho crumbling verge
of the Cuion in doleuce of the schemes of dema
gogues.
ibis question was sprung on him, startling him
liko tho fire bell at midnight.
W nonce oama it I where are tbepublic meetings
of citizens North or South, or the petitions askirg
Congress to bring this sections by the ears, re
opeu the fountains ot bitter waters, and to revive
the controversy which well nig i severed the Un
ion I
Did the appeal come from tho South I No. Tin
responsibility devolves on a presidential aspiruut.
n detested presidential aspirant ot ISSO. i hie is
the starling point and the country should know it.
Where have been the South J lUve they been
sleeping on the watch tower for thirty tour years,
that it was necessary to wake them up to their in
terests by your big or little giants!—(Laughter.)
Mr. Douglas is the great Sanhedrim of the State
ot llhnoia, (renewed laughter,) overshadowing
every tliir|f.
Ue, (ettllom,) had never read tho bill, ncr did
he ever expect to read it. He demanded a response
to the ques ion how camo'hiebdl to be introduced
by the Senator irom Illinois who has out keroded
U tod, and oat Soulherned the South.
He said he had ouce looked into a law book, and
there found that iu construing a law it was ueces
sary to look at he surrounding circumstances of
t:* passage. Now, he wanted to know the intent
at.d leading power winch prompted this great
question, and he would look at the surrounding
circutnstancas.
The Senator in 1549 and ISs\proposed to ro
eoactor extend the Missouri Compromise to the
Pacific, pending the controversy growing out of
t i,C Mexican acquis lion. At tha commencement
of this session the little giant put out hia Nebraska
Bill as a feeler. There was no carihly idea up to
the time that he would assail the Missouri Com
promise, but bo did consent to the insertion ot a
olutiae that tlte principles of ‘he compromise of
j(SO, render tho Missouri Compromise inoperative,
slightly iuoperaliva. [Langbter] The adupinis
iration journal advocated tho bill as introduced
originally, and tho Washington Union came out
on Seiiator Uixon who advocated a direct repeal ol
the M'ssonri compact. Mi. Nicholson, the editor,
said “Oh, look! There is a whig from Kentucky,
at.d an abolitionist, (Mr, Sumner,) attempting to
breakdown the Act ot ISSo, tlte time honoted
Compromise.” When he mentioned tho name of
Douglas, he fait as though he ought to ask paidoncf
1..9 Committee. [Lucgltttr] What was the next
movement! The insertion ot the repealing clause.
The tender catno from a susp’etcus source, trom
one of <ur ancient enemies. Ue thought he *iuld
show that there w«a a big tom eat under the meal
tub. [Laughter.]
Tha administration to recover iu icat strength,
at ouce sets,d on this as a means of naturalising
itself, and came beck on the little gteiit. Let us
go a httle deeper, it said, and flie lute giant gives
the screw one more turn, and exclaims, I was al
ways lor the repeal, considering the Missouri Com
promise a damnable evil. (Laughter.) Douginas,
when be first proposed his Nebraska bill, said this
Missouri Coraprorniae was too sacred for tbe Com
mittee on Territories to touch, omit is not so now;
cb, no.
Mr. Culiotn denied that the North ever repudia
ted the compact, and although they have always
had tlie majority, they havo never proposed to re
vet! the line of thirty-six ti.lrty, e.-j applicable to
Missouri. It coaid not be shown. As to the biii,
I it was not non intervention in its character,
i U* defended’no; c who advocated .and psssod
| the Missouri Cornr romtse, and iv spalling of Clay
j in cocuexion with this measure, replied to Breck
| c-nridge, quoting f.- m ihst gecUerinn’s euiogy on
the death of (Lay the to lowing sentence:
! “ Yino doe* not retnrtr.oer the threo periods
I when the American system of government was
j sxpo’sd to the severest trials, and who done not
! kre.w Dial when h>;'orj shall relate the strugg.es
i which prvended, and the disaster* which were
1 averted by tho Ml* ouri Cor*.promise, the Tariff
Com pi cm se of 1852, the adjustment of 193tt, the
same pages wiii record the genius, the eloquence,
and ti e heroi-m of Henry C ay ”
Wfile Mr. Collom was reading the above, mem
bers greeted the tame ot Cl y with o'.apping of
hand*.
Mr. Collnm next turned his attention to Mr.
Clingmac, who beßaiJ bad defended the adm n
ixtration and the author of the bill. The gentle
man had wtiledoirg sc declare I bitrteif outside
the paie of * healthful party organization.
Mr. Clir.gmau interrupting. I did not soy
hea'thfui.
Mr. Culiotn. I think it takes some outsider to
defend this admlni-eration. The preachers have
sent lots of petitions here fgsim-t this bid, but i.
there arc preachers in the gsiieries I would tell
them their rtmorntrenbes will do no good. They
tna-t se-.d lote of prayer* to save him. laughter.
The Chairman. The gentleman’* hour has ex
pired.
Mr. Cuiiora replied with uch apparent grave
surprise as to occasion geucrrl laughier.
Before Mr. Culiotn resumed his seat, Mr. Ben
ton and other* approached him and extendedtheir
hearty congratulations. Tho hand shaking con
tinued fori-ome minutes.
Tho committee then took nplheland
bill, butu* there was evidently indisposition to
con iderit now, the committee rose without mak
ing progress.
Various Senate bills were referred to appropriate
committees, and at aneariy hoar the Uuuse ad
jonrned.
IN SENATE Aprli 12.
The Chair presented a letter cf Mr.S vith, re
si.ning hi* stal in the Senate, to taka effect on
M»y 24th next.
Mr. Foote submitted a revolution directing in
quiry by tho Committeo on Commerce into the ex
pediency of making a.-i appropriation for the pur
chiweot a site,end the erection ot aCuslctnHouse
at Buffington, Vermont. Adopted.
Mr. V ttit-preceded i etition* praying that steps
be taken to colonize and civiliz; the Indians at
Erg it’s Sonnd in Washington T rritory.
rMr. Fish’s resolution oil' red ou Monday, calling
tor the correspondence by Mr.'Biruard while min
ister oi the United States at Berlin, was taken up
and adopted.
Mr. Hun er reper'ed back tho Indian Appropri
ation bill with umondmentp.
The bid for tho relief cf John MoAvery was ta
ken up und passed.
Mr. Pratt presented a memorial of merchants of
Baltimore and others praying the repeal of all du-
Des on diamonds and other precious stones
ilr. K:i.*k intro uoed a bill droviding for tho
transportation of the U. S. mails on railroad*.
Mr. Husk’s bill provides that all railroad compa
nies or individuals owning railroads now construct
ed, orhereaf er to be constructed, who shall con
tract with tho United States to enrry tbo United
■States mails, troops and muni ions of war, free of
charge, and allowing the I'o tmuster-General to
regulate the manner and the times for transportation
of the said mails, Khali bo uhowod to import, tree
ofduly, a'l iron required for the use and repair of
mcli roads, and to a I railroad compan'es who may
now have or who shall construct a goed substantial
double track road whoshall contract aa aforesaid,
there shall be granted by the United Stateß six sec
lions of the public land tor each mile of such double
truck. 1. was referred to tho Tost Office Com
mittee.
Mr. Hamlin presented several docurnenfs in fa
vor of Die adoption of u decimal metrical system
to form a part of a uniform system of weights and
tnoHsuris.
At half-past 12 tho Senate went into executive
sosxion.
Afte'an executive session till near 5 o’clock, the
Senate adjourned.
HOUSE.
Columbia Lancaster, delegate from Washington
q’erntory, Wus introduced and took tho oath to
support the Constitution.
Tho bill empowering the Postm istor General to
contract for carrying mails between New Orloaus
and Ban Francisco, according to tbo time, was ta
ken up.
Mr. Hamilton said tho biil was in effect merely
to grunt additional mail facilities between those
points at enormous expense- to tho Poet. Office
Department, thus imposing greater burdens.
Mr. I’help* touk similar ground rrguiug that if
tho bill should pug*, it would increase tho Post
Office deficiencies to three millions and a half cf
dollars annually.
Mr. Church wo.l said neither of thoso gentlemen
had touchad the tnoiits of the bill, but bad merely
animadverted on details. lie cured nothing for tbe
reliedu o of prices, his main object being to bold
ou. inducements for curryingthe mailt in tho shor
test time.
On motion of Mr. Kc*r, tbo bill was tabled, yeas
89, nays 59.
Tho House went into Committee on tho bill re
ducing tmd graduating the prioes of tho l’ablie
Lands according to the time they have been in
market.
Tho general debtdehad termiratedin accordance
with a resolution heretofore adopted, end a di-cus
sicn now ensued under tho fivo minute* rule by
Mcesrs. Dunham, Bissell, Philips, Harris, of M: - -
si-sippi, and Cobb, in favor ot ihe principle of this
bill, und Disney in opposition.
After u duii discussion for an hour, the Commit
tee rose.
Mr. Vansant presented a memorial from 1,800
segar manufacturers und others —oitizins ot Balti
more—praying the onuctmcnt of laws which will
protect those engaged in tba mur.ufaclureof segara
in this otnntrr I'r ■ *l'S bfwioi'llf ffeclacotlpcq'ienf
i opi i D> impoitulion of Die German manufactured
( snide, * limb was referred to the wiuu i'tee <>t
I Ways sum M»»:
j Borne Binote nils wre refWr*-' to appropriate
• 'laoV-ttei, and ;v> m .
| IN SENATE.... ';?!“**. .April IS.
Mr. SittttrL reported back tuc* ilouftO .bill, oatab-
I !ishin*; *4 new Lund Ounirict in tho !ow*r
ilu ot which wmh takennp nud pa^ed.
j ti&r. Caw a reaohuion directing inquiry
•by tiieC uuii.tteu o.i i* ib?io Laud.. to the expe
diouoy of gretuirg Und to a:u : l c-.fnm.ru; : . •.y
of u KVdroad Irom Iron Buy, in Mieliigan, to Lit*
tie li iy l>B Noquettc. Adopted.
At quarter past 12, Ii. { Air. Mason moved im
Extcuuvc RCHuion. Agreed to.
The Senate remained in Exjeutivo pension till
four o’clock, and then adjourned till Monday.
HOUSE.
Tho House orJoroi to ho printod twenty thou
sand additional copies of t iculonants Herndon
and Gibuxu’s repot! of tho Eitrioy of the Ama
zon river and its tributaries, making thirty thou
sand in alt.
Mr. Gray asked leave lo introduce a resolution
calltt g on tho Tost hlttatcr Uotteral to furnish to
the HoU‘e copies ol ml the rules and regulations
adopted by him, denying members Irom !ltu Com
mittee on tho Pod Office tho right of going into
the rooms diiiiug Cilice hours, and examining the
public records, and Inn her, that the Post Master
Genera! abolish all such regulations, lie stut d
the report oltbo Post-mn-tct m reply to Ilia resolu
tion oMling for information relative to carrying
tho midi between Montgomery and Mobile being
contradictory. Ue went ihither to look into all the
tacts, but was denied the privileges. It was im
possible tor him to discharge Ins duty without
such facilities, and then lor 3 asked to bo disebrged
«• a member ot the co tnituo on Post road,.
Agreed to.
The resolution wits referred to the committee on
Post Offices.
Mr. Olds, from tho committee on Post Offices
ana Post Hoads, reported a bill modifying the
rates f postage. He said two weeks ago, when
he reporicc the bill increasing tho compensation
of Deputy Postmasters, ho avowed himself willing
to vote lor an increase ot postage. He naked the
House now to consider and mature this bill, and
editor to pass oi reject it. We must do one of two
tilli gs, either abandon the idea ot making tho
l'oai Office Department a sell-austuiniug machine,
or throw it for support on tee treasury of the De
partment. As long us we itttvo neither one thu g
nor the other, tho system operates injuriously on
tho rural districts; not iu the norun.ru cities
where tno poslai arraugemeuts tiro perfect. Wo
have an iinmtul deficit ot more thau two millions
of dollars. And what is tho cjnscqucnce! A
gentleman from a Western or Southern Stato goes
to the Postmaster General, and a*ki for increased
mail facilities or a new Pest Odb-e, and tho an
swer is ‘no funds." The Post Uffio Department
is crippled fjr means, but if you throw the Do
pariuieut on tho Treasury, as you do the Army
uud Navy, or raise tho postage you cun be accam
modated.
Ho would appeal to the Southern and Western
numbers lo suppoittho bill, lie cxpocted oppo
sition from gentlemen from New York, Boston,
Ba titnore and ot er lutge cities, because the cheap
postage system results benehoiu ly to the commer
cial classes. His lricnd Irom Pennsylvania had
said ho wus in favor of the principle ol tho bill, but
could not vote for it because it would bo against
nis constituents. He hoped however the gentle
man would bo convinced of tho propriety ot its
passage.
Mr. Bitchie said ho should liko the gentleman
to designate the member from l’ennsy ivattia.
Mr. Olds replied it was not the gentleman who
bad just taken his seat.
Mr. Fioreuco remarked he certainly wanted to
be couviueed as to whether a reduction ot increase
of postage, would be beneficial. Uu f ared that
the gentleman Irom Ohio would fail to conviuc
him that this bill is right-. However, if tho gene
tlcuian should convince him that'lira mem ere is
just and right, and his constituents would be bon
ctilted by it, he kuew very well tlia. ho would vote
for it. [Lacghter.j
M-. O da. it is an old adage, "convince a man
nguiust his will,and he will be of the same opin
ion still." I suppose it would be so with my
ir.cnd tremPeuDsvlvan a. •
Mr. Skelton, asked that the bid be postponed
tilled y certain, it was a measure of too much
importance to be cons-dered at ibis time.
Mr. Wentworth,ot Illinois, said he was tired of
postponing bills to days certain, he preferred cer
tai days hereafter.
Mr. O.ds resumed arguing that five cents post
age is the reveuue point, and this will sustain tho
Post Ouioc Department, and add two and a half
millions annuully to its revenues.
Tno bill proposes to oha-ee live cents on single
loiters for any distance under three thousand mites
and over that distance ten cents postage, in all
cases to be prepaid with poslago stamps. This
mods oi prepayment will establish a perfect check
between tho Department and tfcc Postmasters, |
which does uot no* exist. The oct to go into
ctl.ct nexl January, to citable stamps to be print
ed intho meantime and supplied to Portinuster*.
Tlte next is to alter tlte ocean postage. He con'd
see no reason for charging twenty cents on a letter
lh.it goes by water, undo .ly threecams when car
ried not exceeding three thousand miles by land.
Thobill propose the same rate w en it gnes
wholly, or in part, by sea, us when it goes by Sa id
namely : five cents lor no. exceeding three thou
sand milts, exc-.pt in eacs where wo have poslai
treaties with foreign countries.
As to newspapers and periodicals, the bid pro
poses to repeal so much of the former law as make
a reduction ot fifty per cent, on the prepayment of
postage.
Mr. Chandler sta'ed h's intention to tlio gentle
man, but gave wav to Mr. Sage, on whose motion
the f urther consideration oi the bill was postponed
tor tour weeks.
Mr. Stanton, cf Tcnncsse-, from tbcCommittee
on tho Judiciary, reported a bid modifying the
judicial system of ihe United SittUa.
T-c liou-e went into committee on the land j
graduation bill.
Mr. Haven said it was do use for members to .
spend their time on the b !. Was is to benefit I
the poor and taborirg mii.l No. They ha l al
ready passed the Lunsetead bill [civet g him as j
tttucu land as he can occupy without paying a cent
tor it. Nor could a rich man get ir.oru tnuu three
lioodrcd aud s xty acre* under that bill, lie,
therclere, moved me committee rise ai d report
tho bid be.ure them with a recommendation it do
nU pass.
Mr. Cobb vr?s sorry hi* worthy and learned
friend opposed tr.ri bill. Ho ooatd excuse him
though, knowiug his goodne-8 ot heart. Tide bill
did not interfere with the homestead bill, as he
proceeded to show.
Mr. BiSseli looked on the graduation bill ca si
sequel to the come lead hilt.
Amendment* were debated, and several of a :
verbal character adopted, when tha Committee
rose and reported thettll to the House, it pro-j
vides for the sate of tho land which have been in j
roarke. for ten years, ai one dollar per acre; sis- j
teeu years, seventy-five cents; twenty years, fifty ]
cents; twenty-five years, twenty-live cents; thirty
years or more, twelve and a half cent*, providing
Lotbir.r shall be construed a« to extend to Und
reserved to the United Statfs, in sets granting
lends to the Sutee for railroad or other internal
improvements, or to mineral lands heid at over
one dollar and twenty-five cents per acre, nor eo
construed as to ioteriere with any right which
has, cr may accrue by virtns or any act grouting
preemption to actual settlers on public lands,
Mr. Bridges moved the bU be laid on the! table.
Lost. Yeas sixty-six. Nays six.
Pending the question ordering the bill to be
eogro-sed (or a third reading, the House adjonru-
WaaanroTOs, April 14.
The Senate was not in sea ion to-day, having
adjourned over until Monday.
HOUSE.
The hill to rednee and grain itetlie price of pub
lic lauds ordered to l>e engrossed for a third
reading by 72 against 63.
Mr. Cox moved to lav the bill on the table. Ne
gatived Ov 69 against 80.
The bill was passed by 88 against 64.
The Speaker laid beiore the House a, message
from the b resident, in reply to a resolution ca'l
lrtg tor additional correspondence in Route's oase.
He transmits a letter from Capt. Ingraham, dated
Smyrna, Juivßd, 1868, int7htcb tbe Captain says
to secretary Dobbin, "l have taken a teartnl re
sponsibility upon mo by this act, bat after Mr.
Brown had informed me that Korr. a bad taken
the oath ot allegiance to the United State#, and
foreswore all allegiance to Andris, that be was an
American citixen, had been under the protection
cf the L gation at Constantinople, I oould not beei
uie w believe he was fully entitled to hrotection.
It was acsseot life and death, for f Koezta bad
been taken to Trieste hu fate was sealed, and
could I have looked the American people in the
if 1 had a lowed a citizen to be executed
and not used the poser in my bands to protect
him for fear ot doing too much.
“The easy manner also, in which he was given
np, and the conviction that he should be he d by
a third power until his nationality could be es
tablished, is evidence that they were not sure of
their ground.
“Snould my conduct be approved it wi’,l be one
of the proodcst moments ot my life, that 1 have
saved this gallant man from a cruel and ignomin
ious death. On t: e other band should the course
l have pursued be disavowed, I must bow to the
decision; but whatever may be the consequences
to me, i shall feel I have done my best to support
the honor of the Flog, and notto allow a oiiizeu to
bo oppressed, who claimed at my baudathe pro
tection of the flag.”
The Secretary of the Navy, under date August
19, 1358, replies:—
“ This department does not foel called upon to
enlarge on tiie various questions of internatiooal
law involved in the proceedings adopted by the
officers of the diflfercut governments concerned.—
These questions may hereafter become a subject
of discussion between the governments, interested.
“ 1 deem it proper at present to content myself
by assuring you that the prudence, promptness
and spirit which marked the part you bore in the
transaction is approved by this Department.
“ It is o matter of gratulation that the aiiair ter
minated without a resort to ooilision and blood
shed. The President desires that upon all occa
sions and in all parts of the globe visited by the
American Navy, the rights and property of Amer
ican citizens shall be watched over with vigilance
and protected with energy. But he, with no less
earnestness, enjoins it upon the officers of the navy
to exercise due caution to avoid the slightest in
fraction of the laws of nations and to scrupulously
regard the rights of others.
• E-.spect the flags of other nations and with
tho more pride you can demand respect for yonr
own.”
The message and documents were ordered to
be printed.
The House then went into Committee on Private
Cal -ndar.
Mr. Chandlor commenced a speech in favor of a
bill, when he yielded the floor to Mr. Clingmau,
who after saying this was Good Friday, and that
it wu- therefore time for the Committee to riae,
made tho motion accordingly, which prevailed.
One private bill was passes, and the House went
into tho Committee of the Whole on the state of
tho bnion, on the Senate’s amendments to the
West Point Academy bill.
After ,-ooio debate the Committee rose, and the
House adjourned until Monday.
DETAILS BY TUB HERMANN.
Tho H;rmann lias experienced variable weather
and winds, and encountered immense quantities
ofieo. Fur eighty miles she was obliged to work
through the iee under sail alone.
The mail steamer Nashville arrived at South
ampton on tlo27ih ot Match The steamer Andes
arrived at Liverpool on the 28th.
Correspondence of the Commercial Advertiser.
London, March 28,1854.
Tho tra leition from war to peace utter on inter
val of nine and thirty years hus at length been
completed. War was declared last night, through
the usual medium ota message from the Queen to
both Houses of Parliament.
This message of course contained nothing but
the formal announcement that all efforts at nego
tiation huvmg tailed, it is necessary to employ the
power and resources of the nation to repel theuu
provokod aggression of the Emperor of Bussiaon
his neighbor. The debate on the subject will take
place on Friday, the 81st instant, ana meanwhile
the usuai notifications to all parties interested wilf
be made in the Loudon Gazette.
Both tho House of Lords and Houso of Com
mons were greatly thro ged upon the occasion, the
event having been oxpeoitd. Two days previously,
tho messenger had returned from St. Petersburgh
with the answer oftheCzar, or rather his refusal to
give an answer, to the Dual requisilionof tho allied
Powers, for his irnmed ate evacuation of the prin
cipalities. From tliut instant all possibility ot any
new attempt to avert the impending struggle was
necessarily diminished and the doclurution of war
wus therefore looked lor merely as a formal cere
mony.
All the effect that was to be produced on the
fun Is hud consequently already takon place, the
ruutkei which, at tho last advioes, presented a
seriocs fall, having been continuously agitated
since that date. Consols were then at 88, and they
have since touched &0%, while us compared with
a week ago the fail has b eu equal to between 4
and 5 ner cent. In railway shares, ami other se
i oorrties ot a more speculative 1 . tfv leoressioß
his beau proportion" uly mote wfw. and in alt
i doubt ii or iistardiu; concords tho shares have
i been nearly unsaleable.
| The causes of this violent movoner.t upon the
' rscuTrenee of an etout wi in it might, be sup
. pereo every one nntsl have A-ft to be inevitable
I lor three monthe past, ate a fplio'ws:— -it appears,
i .n the Or=,t place, 'hat the number of capitalism
I wh st,h rie'trdr.rt themseise- with an idea of the
| maintenance of peace, was much larger than was
j supposed; and in the next, ‘.llOl the ometuenee
1 of a sharp disin ot bullion with the political crisis,
although thoro Wi» no connection hetween lh« two.
bus prcduccil a vugno und illogical alarm, euch as
is always rnora polcnt lhau anything resulting
from u real comprehension even of serious danger.
These who most stubbornly refuse to recognize
ovils at a distance, are always tho most panto
stricken when the untoward moment at last ar
rives. Hence tho number who have now blindly
rushed to sell, without stopping to calculate the
probtbilitiesof tho market, baa buen very consid
erable; and this operating with the nuturui but
tenqiorary pressure, consequent upon the contrac
tion of the circulation from the tfllux of bullion,
has produced an effect like that of the junction of
two streams bearing down everything before
them. Under these circumstances a reaction can
scarcely tall to take place betoro long, unless
s mo bad nows comes lrom tho seat of war. In
deed, tbero has alrenoy been a recovery ot one per
cent , the final price of Consols this evening being
805 f.
Cf continental intelligence nothing fresh has
been reeoived. Tho first division of the Baltic
fleet, under Sir Charles Napier, has already ar.ived
at Kiel, on tho Bultio side ot the Duohy of Hol
stein, and will therefore be prepared to proceed at
any time to the Bussian coasts. The first point
and moiuont of attack will meanwhile be a pro
found secreT nntil we are some day etartled by a
few telegrapnio lines announcing its results.
Tbo great strength ot the Russians is apparently
beingcoucontra'ed at Bweborg, in the Gulf of Fin
land, nearly opposite Bevel, and about 800 miles
short of St. Peters, but whether this pluoe, Bevel
or Constradt, will be seleoted for the first struggle
no one pretends to conjecture. On account of the
numerical sup riority of the Bussian force, and
the udvantago it possesses from familiarity with
tho waters in which it is to act, it is seen that Sir
Cha les lias an arduous duty, and his perils will be
watched with intense anxiety.
Active intrigues continue to be carried on be
tween Austria and Prussia, and the Buspicione as
to the probable dishonesty of this course increase
daily. Tho chief importance attached to the re
sult of the first operations of the allied Powers
arises lrom tho belief that Austria and Prussia
will join which ever side first proves successful.
One ot the petty despots of Italy, the Duke of
Parma, has just beon mortally stabbed by an as
sussin, who subsequently contrived to escape.
This will sproad great consternation among bis
brother potentates, and produce an especial dis
turbance in tbe mind of the King of Naples.
In tbe absence of any positive uews of a reliable
kind, tho manufacture of reports on the Stock Ex
change, in order to stimulate tho downward move
ment of tbe funds, has been incessant. Yesterday
especially, nothing was too absurd to find momon
*ary credence. At one time it was reported that
the Russians had crossed the Danube in three
places, at another tho destruction was announced
of the English and French steam frigates, recent-
I v sent to remove tho obstructions placed by tho
Russians at the mouth of the Dannbf, and at an
other tho resignation of Lord Aberdeen was again
revived. There were also rumors of un important
meetiug of the directors of tbe Bank ot England,
to rrc ’lumen ' the Government to contract a loan,
besides a multitude of other inventions of the
most ridiculous description.
The question regarding the rights of neutrals
during the war hasconti ucd to excite discussion,
bat although the matter still required to be put ou
u dearer looting than lias yet been arrived at it is
plain that as general rule there will be no inter
ference with the trade of neutral ports. Asuocmct
statom.nt on the nubjoct >s shortly expected to be
made in Parliament, when any points that may re
quire specific explanation can be settled by ques
tion and answer.
Concurrently with the Queen's message to Par
liament, aunonnciDg the commencement of war,
communications to a similar effect were tranrmited
by the Emperor of the French jo the Senate and
Legislative Corps.
In ail articles of Russian produce and their sub
stitutes there is increasing excite Bent. The high
pi ice of hemp will soon lead to the use of cotton
in many fabrics for which the former material
has hitherto been employed ; such as sail cloths,
& '.
Since the above was written intelligence has
been received from Vienna, that the Russians 85,-
OUO strong have crossed the Danube in three pla
ces, without molestation from the Turks. It is,
perhaps, to be hoped that the news may bo correct
inasmuch as the danger of their position will be
areally increased by having that river in their
rear, especially with Omar Pasha entrenched at
Iv defat. A simultaneous report prevails that 2000
Russians have been killed near Tuturkai, in an
attempt to cross a bridge which waa destroyed by
the fire ol the enemy. Spectator.
Tlie news by the Herman is most important.—
War has been proclaimed by Queen Victoria, but,
for the present at least, it is to be conducted in a
mauner'most liberal to neutral powers. We sub
join the royal declaration, the proclamation and
the most recent telegraphic intelligence:
Tbe De< la ratios of War.
From the Supplement to tie Lor don Gazette, of Tues
day, March 2S.
DtCLAIUIION.
It is with deep regret that Her Majesty announ
ces the failure of her anxious and protracted en
deavors to preserve for her people and for Europe
the blessing of peace.
The unaroveked aggression of tbe Emperor of
Russia acainat the Sublime Porte has beau persis
ted in with such disregard of consequences, that
alter tbe rejection by tbe Emperor of Russia of
terms which the Emperor of Austria, the Emperor
of the French, and the King of Prussia, as welt as
Her Mejesty, considered just and equitable, Her
Majesty is compelled, by a sense of what is due to
the honor of her crown, he the interest of her peo
pie, and to the independence of the states of Eu
rope, to come forward in defence of an ally whose
territory is invaded, and whoso dignity and inde
pevden’ce are assaied.
Her Majesty, in justification of the coarse she is
about to parsue, refers to the trsEeacfiocs in which
11-r Majesty has been engaged.
The Emneror ol Russia naa some can sc of com
plaint against tbe Sultan with relerenoe to the set
tlement? which lE* Iligline-s had sanctioned, of
the conflicting cia-m* of tbe Greek and Latin
to ft portion ot the holy places ol Jerusa
lem sod iu neighborhood. To the complaint of
the Emperor ol Jinraia on this head justice was
done, au<i Her *e ambassador at Constanti
nople had theasiUfcouon ol promoting «n arrange
ment to which no exception was taken b> the Kaa
sian government.
lint whits the itnaeisn Government repeatedly
assured the Government of Her Majesty that the
mission of I’rinee Menacbikcff to ConsUntinople
waa exclusively directed to the settlement of the
question of the Holy Pa**»a*
Menschikoll timeelt pr £•*£*£
demands of a far more. b Tl«t instance
racter, t:» nature el wmbi« in from
ft” s&ssSS
position of many midi. » et ur , » Rsltan
Ui* ir relation to Uieir Swereign, • O ‘ atano .
Those demands wore rajMted by tho spontane
ous decision ol the Sut.ime M,! e stv
Two ftssurmoco* had ■ ©♦n given id _» v
—one, that the mission at Prince
regarded the Holy Plan*; tee otter, that his mis
nion would be of a cci.oii.alcr) character.
In both res|ectt Her U&1& * j«* expectations
•SSSRSU Law. a *£&£
the Sudan, exteuded to the sutrUtnUon of the
Emperor of K u-sia'a suit-orffy for bis own o e
large portioi. of h:s subjects ar.d
were enfoictd bye threat, and whan Her llrjea.jr
learned that, on suaonMififf the termination of t
mi-aion, Prince MemvbiKotf declared that the re
fuaai of bis demau is wo.J itr.posj U P??_
perial Government the peoteeity ot *ee *“o.
ante# by lu own power. Her Jijjesty thought
proper that atr f-.a sac.uid leave Ma.>u. and, m
oo operation with that o: His ' b *
ofthePrench.Uf.vna \ stitttiou in the neighbor
hood of tbs DarotnalM ;„vi«
So long as the n ifct’atiod oore
chartwrer Her refrained Uom »ny demon
at ration of f-r Bat when in addition as
semblage of Urge nil scary on the [fonuer
of Turkey, tbe Ambassador of Ea**ia intimated
thateerioaj oooeeqct&cea would ensue from tne
refusal of tbe Scluoto own ply with uuwarranta
ble demands, Uer Majesty it right, iucoq-
JaDOtion with tbe Knw .-or of the French, to give
an nnqaettionebie wojf of b?r determination to
snpport the sovereign rights of ifc3 Suiun.
Flic Russian Govern ment has maintained that
the determination of ae Emperor to occupy the
Principalities was ta en in cor sequence of the
advance of tbe fleet • of England and France.—
But the menace of in* r. v \ cf the Turkish terri
tory was conveyed iu Count Nes-elrode’s note to
Badscbid Pasha of th. 19th (81st) of May, and re
stated in bis uespatc. to Baton Bruoow of tbo
SOth-of Mav jlstof Jctie) which announced the
determination of the i-nyeror of Russia to order
bis troop* to occupy the Principal!'ira, if the Porte
did not within a week comply whb the demands
of Russia.
Tbe despatch to Her Majesty's Ambassador at
Constantinople, aatho- 1 ilg him n certain speci
fied contingencies to read lor the British fleet, was
dated the 81ar of May. ami the order sent direct
from England to Her A: ieatj’s admiral to proceed
to the neighborhood ot the Daidannellea was dated
the 2d of June.
The determination o occupy l' o Principalities
was therefore taken beioro the dera for the ad
vance of the combio. lrrq i;. Iron* were given.
The Sultan'a MuiW'.jr *•.. intj'med that unless
he»ignodwithi-e ry/K. -nd without the change
of a word, the note p* nosed terftbe Porte -by
Prince MeoschiktC on l eve of hi* departure
from Constantine pies th Principalities of Mol
davia and Wailachia wou be occupied by Russian
troops. The Saltan oould not accede to so iusult
inga demand ; but, whe- tho aw ml occupation of
the Principalities took ace, tne Sultan did not,
us he might have done 1 the exsreiso of hia un
doubted right, declare war, but a i Iresseda protest
to his allies.
her Majesty, in conjunction wit lithe Sovereigns
of Austria, Frnuio, and Prussia, 1 as made various
attempts to meet aoy jus. demands of tho Em
peror of Rn*»ie without eSotting the dignity and
independence of the Saltan; ana, had it been the
sole object . Kusea to obtain security for the
onjoyment i.y tbe Christian subjects of the Porte
of their privileges and immunities, she woold have
found it in the oli.ra that have been made by the
Snltan.
But, as that security win not offered in the shape
of a special and separata »t pula’.ion with Russia,
it was rejected. Twice has this offer beau made
by the Saltan, and neomaieiidod by tha Four
Powers, onoe by a n:te or ginallv prepared at
Vienna, and snb-cquectly m,stifled by the Porte,
once by the proposal ol bases of nogotia'ion agreed
upon at Cm start nopieou the 81st of December,
and approve, ai Vienae oil 13'.h of January, as
offering to ti.etwo purtiee tne means of arriving
at an undernumding in a becoming and honorable
manner.
It is thus mi i t.iat a right tor Russia to in
terfere in t e- -> relatioi a >f Turkish sub
jeetsto the I vt ,iU, and not the happinoss of
Christian ci inTiirkeywast.be object
sought forty .. is. ian Govet nent; to sue h a
demaud the ' .'.an would not submit, and hia
Highness it., lefeaue, declared war upon Rus
sia, but her Mtjesly,nevertheless, iu conjunction
with her allies, has not eeased her endeavors to
restore peace between the contending parties.
The time has, however, now arrivod, when tho
advice and remonslfanoea of the Four Powers
having proved wholly ineffectual, and tbe military
preparations of Busin becoming daily more ex
tended, it is but 100 bbviocs that tho Emperor of
Rnssiuhas entered u>on a coarso of policy which,
if unchecked, must bad to the destruction of the
Ottoman empiro.
In tills conjuncture her Mnjesty fe is celled up
on, by regaid for at ally, the integrity and inde
pendence ot whose empire has been recognized as
essential to the peac* ot Europe, by tho sympathies
of her people with right against wrong, by a de
sire to avert from her dominions most injurious
consequences, and to Save Europe from tho pre
ponderance of a power which has violated the
faith of treaties, and defies the opinion of the
civilized world, to ttke np arms, in conjunction
with tho Emperor oi the French, for the defence
oftheßultan.
Her Majesty is persuaded that in so acting she
will have the cordial snpport of hor people; and
that the pretext ot zeal tor the Christian religion
will be used in vain to cover an aggression under
taken in disregard of itß holy precepts, and of its
pore and beuincent spirit.
Her Majetty humbly trusts that her efforts may
be successful, and that,by tho blessing of Provi
dence, peace may be re-established on safe and
solid foundations.
Westminster, March 23, 1854.
Dkclauajiok.—Her Majesty the Queen of the
United Kingdom of Groat Britain and Ireland,
haviDg bean compelled to tak up arms in snpport
of an ally, is desirous of rendering the war as
little onerous ts possible to the Powers with whom
she remains «t peace.
Ta /-serve the come, or eo of neutrals from ail
unnscerjiary oustrae'ion, Her Majesty is willing,
for lha present, to waive u part of tbs belligerent
r/gbts appertaining to her by tbo law of nations.
It is Imposslbis ior Her Majoity to forego the
xeroisa of h»r «f -‘drumt articles contra
b.nd of war,.not.-' pVecemii.g nomreL .mm
Huaring ti.. -nemy’s despatches, and she must
jiainii'E Urn right of a bslngercnt to prevent non
train from htsJrlnf any effective biockade which
may be esuh'ivhea with an adequate force again- 1
the cncny’s arts, harbors, or coasts.
But If- r A njr.'.y will waive the right of seizing
enemy ’a prooerly Inder on board a neutral vessel,
unless it beccntroouua ui war.
It is not liar Majesty’s intention to claim the
confiscation of nealral property, not being contra
band of war, fooud on board enemy’s ships, and
Her Majesty farther declares that, being anxious
to lessen, as much ss possible, the evils of war,
and to restrict its operations to the regularly or
gaoized forces of the country, it is not her present
intention to issue letters of marque for tliec.m
missioning ot privateers.
Westminster, March 23, 1854
/ atut Snieiligtrice lit/ Telegraph.
Pattis, March 28. Tne fall in Euglish securities
and tbe official announcement ot tho war with Rus
sia have again caused a heavy fall on the Boureoin
all kinds of atenrities. Fresh failures were also
talked of.
The Three per Cents, closed at 62f. 400., and the
Four-and a Half percents, at £6f. 25., for the end
or the month.
A letter from Belgrade, dated March 27, and
published in tho Moniteur, says:—
On the !Blh of March General Gortschakoff en
deavored to take possession of an island on the
Danube, situate opposite to Turtukia. His troops
already occupied a bridgo which they had just
built, when the Are of tho Turks destroyed the
bridge, which was carried away by tbe current;
with nil who were upon it. Tbe loss of the Rus
sians is calculated at 2,000 killed, either on the
bridge or the banks. The Turks, who were shel
tered by their intrenohments, scarcely suffered
any loss.
Accounts from Vienna of the 27th of Maroh state
that on the 2Sd 18,000 Russians crossed the Dan
ube and occupied Gedshid. General Luders hod
let! Galatz and march el to the spot to protect the
operation.
Tux Baltic Fleet—Kiel, March 28.—Tho en
tire fleet was oll' Kiel this morning. It will put to
sea to-morrow.
Tbe Danish Diet closed on the 24'.h.
Vienna, March 27.—A telegraphic despatch of
the 24tn, from Bucharest says, that on the 28d, at 1
lit the afternoon, 18,000 Russians crossed tne river
from Brrilow to Gedshid.
The march of the Russians from Brailow was
continuing, so that it was expected by evening
that a considerable corps would be assembled be
tween Gedshid and Matschin. General Luders
supported the movement by a demonstration from
Galatz.
Vienna, March 23.—1 tin positivo that 85,000
Bahians crossed the Danube, near Matschin, on
the 28d, without meeting with any resistance.
Pasts, March 23. — l The Monileur contains an
Imperial declaration, ahich announces that a delay
of six weeks has been granted to Buesian trading
ship to lpsve French ports.
Russian subjects who may choose to reside on
French soil, under the protection of which the law
extend - to every foreigner, are at liberty to do so,
so long as they, on their part respect the law.
Respecting the important report of the Russians
having crossed the Danube, the Times of March
22 says:
, A telegraphic despatch from Vienna, confirming
some other reports to the same effect, iulorms us
os a positive fact that a largo body of Russian
troops, stated to be 45,000 men, crossed the Dan
ubo on the 23d from BrailowtoMutschi - :. We have
at present no means of vouching for the accuracy
of this ratement and we must observe that it hes
reached ns with almost incredible rrpidity, for, if
this occurrence took place on the 23d, it could
hardly be known on the following d y at Buchar
est, or in three days at Vienna, as we have not yet
beard that the electric telegraph has been laid
down beyond the Austrian tiontier, and Brailow is
distant two or three hundred miles from the near
est telegraph station.
We cannot, however, discredit positive assertion
on each a ground alone, and it is highly probable
that, if the Russians intended to croee the Danube
at all, they would operate as soon as possible on
the extreme right of the Turkish position, having
relinquished, as it seems, for the present, all hope
of making a succsesfal attack on Ealafat. Accord
ing to a communication recently received in this
country from Omar Pasha, the Turkish General
was fully prepared for au attack on the Dobruds
cha, as that tract of laud lying between the Dan
ube and the Black Sea, near the month ot the riv
er, is called.
The tripartite treaty between England and
France and Turkey was signed at Constantinople
on the 12th.
India and China. The aspect of affairs in India
was not very flittering. Districts hitherto peace
ful were disturbed. At Ava there was an unset
tled feeling.
The “Great Ganges Canal,” the moet important
work yet executtd in India, was to be open on the
Bth ot April.
From China the advices are—Horg Kong, Fob.
II; Bhnnghae, Feb. 4; Amoy, Feb. 4, and Foo
Chow, January £6.
Negotiations lor the surrender of Shanghae to
the Imperialists had been opened without any re
sult, and an attempt to eurpriae the insurgents had
been quite uusuecesslul. The relative position of
parties remained ihe eame.
The Northern army of the insurgents was in
trenched for the Winter near Tieu-tein, a place
formally, but erroneously, reported to have been
taken by them.
At Ningpo all was tranquil. Trade had become
somewhat more active at bbaegbae.
Advices from Foo-chow to the 26fh of January
report that the rebels were there in force end had
taken a emod fort, about forty miles from Foo
chow.
At Amoy alt was quiet and greater confidence
E revailed. Trade bad not commenced after the
olidays, but the prospects of renewed activity
were prom-sing. . , _
At Canton bu tr&s quiet# The United fetEte®
steamer Plymouth was st6banghae, on the 4th of
February.
Austbaui Advices hod been received from
Sjdeey 10 the 26thof January.
The constitution lor Naw South Wales had been
read a third lime in the Council, with some amend
ments assimilating it more closely to tho constitu
tion of Great Bmain. . ......
The revenue of the colony contmoed to be high
ly productive.
There is no intelligence of interest from the
gold fields of either New Sonlh Wales or Victoria.
About fcurt» n millions of pounds sterling of gold
bad been exported fretn Victoria daring theyear,
and air millions sterling trem New Bcnth Wales.
Business at Sydney was da l, though impoving.
The grain harvaet promised favorably.
Tha intelligence fiorn the Northern gold fields
waa mote gratifying.
Nsw Tout, April 14.—A furious storm of wind,
rein, and snow is n cm prevailing.
From the Few Orleans Picayune, \2th inet.
Later from Mexico.
The steamer Texas, Capt. Place, arrived yester
day Iron Vera Cruz, which she left on the 3th
in-t.
We receive by tbe Texas full flies of papers
from Vera Crux to the Bth iost., and from the city
of Mexico to the 4th iust.
Os course the principal subject of reports and
discussions is the revolution of Alvarez. At the
latest accounts Santa Anna was at Chiipancinga,
where he had established his headquarters; and
the official acconn# which had been received
thenoe, and generally from the theatre of opera
tions, represented progress and prospects quite
favorable for the established Government, and re
ported Alvarez to be very hard pressed.
There had already been some skirmishing, and
it does not seem so certain, from previous accounts
of the result, that tbe latest intelligence is most to
be relied on. F'rom tho first, ho i ever, it has been
stated that throughout the route over which Santa
Anna had traveled, bo hud found manifestations
ot most cheerful and firm adhesion to him. The
latest reports give instances of several who had at
first joined Alvarez having abandoned him, and
sought and obtained pardon and reconciliation
from tbo Government. One whole district within
the assumed jurisdiction of Alvarez had joined
Santa Anna. One of the first occurrences of note
sinao our last advices happened to a detachment
Which was escorting some fonr or five staff officers
and a email oonvoy of money, near tbe river Mee
o«la. Arriving at the bank of the river, the little
troop halted to reconnoitre, and find a convenient
ford. Their Indian guide invited them to go op
to a safer place, as ho said, situated beyoud an ad
joining wood. They agreed without distrust, and
tell into an ambuscade prepared by one ot Alva
rez’s pm tisane, a guerilla priest, named Villalba.
One of the officers, Senor Monterde, was captured,
aod was reported to have been immediately cruel
ly put to deato. Perez Palacios, commanding the
advanced guard of the Goi eminent expedition,
however, iu an official de-patch to the Minister ot
War, announces the capture at about tbe same
time, or immediately afterwards, of tho rebel
Lieutenant Colonel Jose Muria Toores, and the
subalterns, D. Laureano Rodriguez and D. N. Ar
royo. The first was to bo shot; the others had
been handed over to a court martial.
A Ivarez, apprized of tbe capture of Torres, who,
it would appear, ia a person ot consequence, stand
ing and influence, in Guerrero, immediately wrote
to Gen. Palueios, advising him that he would be
held personally responsible for tho fate ot Torres,
iu revenge for whose death, should lie be shot,
Alvarez threatened that he would cause Lient.
Uol. Sambouiuo, Lieut. Holzinger, of the Navy,
and some other officers not named, whom he had
kept in his cu-tody as hostages, from the com
mencemen' of hostilities, to bo immediately shot.
At the same time he proposed An exchange of
prisoners.
Gen. Palacios having referred Alvarez’s commu
nication to the Minister ot War, the latter said
that justice mast take Us course without reference
to its threats. The Commandant General, in ro
plying AWa/sa, makes tho agauunent that his
prisoners had been seized without having been in
any way engaged against him, while pursuing
their peaceful avocations. In short, this comrnn
uicaiiwn is very long, dwells on the atrocity of the
threats, but at the same time professes not to be
surprised at their being committed by Alvarez,
seeing his character and position in Guerrero.
The latest accounts received, however, leave
Torres and his fellow prisoners alive, and endeav
oring to excuse or justify themselves. Torres is
reported to have declared that when he was stir
prised bj the troops of the Supreme Government
he was on his way to plaeo himself at its orders.—
But he did not appear to havo established this.
The Padre chief Vilialra was reported, on the
28th uil., to be pursued by the Government troops
and the inhabitants of the circumjacent villages,
that ho had been to his dernier resort, his foroes
being completely dispersed. Alvarez, at the same
date, was conlitieil to the hill of Peregrino, tbe ha
cieuda ot La Brea and EiCoquillo; and was en
tirely without resources, as indeed ne is reported
to have been all abng, and disertion was daily and
rapidly thinniug his ranks.
On tbe 29th alt., information was sent from Mil
clioacan, announcing the capture ol the chief, Gor
diano Guzman, with his son, and a man named
U unos, and adding that the foicos under them
had declared their adhesion to the “national
cause.”
Perfect tranquility is said to bo reigning in all
except the narrow districts to which Alvarez and
Villaloa are reported io be confined. Santa Anna
would appear to be acting with his usual tack.—
Wo find it stated for instance, in the Trail (V Union
that nine persons co ppromised in the revolt hav
ing presented themselves spontaneously to the
military chief of Cooula, Don J. M. Mata, (and there
are several such instances reported,) the President
taking into consideration the circumstances, gran
ted a full and unconditional pardon. And again,
on his route, lie has contributed mnniflciently to
various popular purposes, getting in return muni
cipal addresses and appluse.
There are reports or another attempt at a con
spiracy in Guanujuata. D. Marianna Crusta and
D. Su.-ano Sains have been arrested on the charge
of being concerned in it. On searching their pa
pers, full particulars uro said to have been discov
.red; but they are not stated in the papers before
us. A court martial had been summoned to try
them, and active measures taken to prevent the
project in which they were engaged lrom being
prosecuted.
Thu terms on which tho privilcgo of construe ing
a railway from Vera Cru’ to the city of Mexico
had been granted, aa wo some time ago announced,
to Senor D. Juan Laurier Richards, having been
considereii objectionable by the capitalists to
whom he had applied in London for the means
wherewith to prosecute it, the Mexican Govern
ment has made tho necessary modifications. The
decree containing them is published in tho Ileraldo
of the Bth. They relate to tho rates ot charges to
b 3 made, and to the dividends to bo declared.
Tito report about Gen. Cos having plaoed seme
obstacles in tho way of tlie prosecution of the
works on tho isthmus, is indignantly and emphati
cally denied, and he is spoken ot as being most
friendly to it.
Sonor Don F. do la Vega had proceeded to Mex
ico to givs Santa Anna personal assurances of his
patriotism and fidelity, and was about to follow
him to the South for the purpose.
A project for lighting the city of Mexico with
gas was about being commenced, and would he
followed by similar ones in ot> , er cities ot tho
Republic.
The Caroline and the Guerrero were being fitted
nnt at Uezatlau, for the purpose ot protecting Aca
pulco, on the co ist. Great efforts were being made
to get them ready.
The Ear del Ovmtrcio, of the 6th, complains that
some sixty adventurers hed tended ei iffe island
of Las A renosss, lying east of Sissl, enawere ille
gally appropriating the guai.o on it, sonuing it off
in two vessels they had there.
A new conscription law has been issued, in
which the population is assumed a 7.68i,520 in
number, and tho army is ordered to consist of 16,-
UOO men and the militia ot 80,000.
The Indians still c»ntinue to commit ravages,
notwithstanding the Government forces w" -aSu
ing advantages over them at some points.
Irom the N. O. Picayune, April 12fA, P. 11.
1 rum me xr. is. a'tcagune, April. izt/J, 1. Ax-
Further from Mexico.
We learn that just previously to the sailing of
Iho Texas from Vera Cruz, a tolegraphic despatch
had been received there, announcing tho cessation
of hostilities betweon Alvarez and Santa Anna.
The latter, it is reported, had offered concessions
to Alvarez, which had led to an understanding,
and an arrangement of the difficulties between the
two parties.
A communication which we havo received from
the city of Mexico, dated tho 4th inst., gives a very
different view of the state of affars with Santa
Anna and his forco in the South, from that which
the intelligence gathered from tbe newspapers
would induce us to believe. According to tbe
statement of the writer, the Government forces,
since their arrival at Chilpancirgo, had dwindled
away very materially. More than a thousand aro
reported to be sick in hospital, and the master roll
exposes n desertion of more than 2000 men. So
that, without any serious encounter, the forces of
Santa Anna aio roducod, at the iowost estimate,
by some three thousand and more.
Alvarez, on the contrary, is reported to be in
possession of impregnable positions, while addi
tional chiefs and followers are joining him daily,
and he is infusing terror into Santa Anna, as will
bo perceived, says our correspondent, from the
eircnmstances of tho treatment of Torres, and the
threat of Alvarez to avenge his death, and in
whioh nothing but fear oouTd have been the ruling
motive with Santa Auna in restraining him from
immediately executing Torres.
The hill of Peregrine, our correspondent says,
has been fortified by Alvarez, and is perfectly im
pregnable. It is an exceeding.y high mountain,
accessible only by a winding road, along which
there is not room for men to walk but in single
file. Ho has mounted a battery there, by which
ail points are commanded, and lie has mined many
of these, so that if any of the troops sent against
him should escape the effects of the cauuoD, they
will have a yet more destructive assault to en
counter.
Our correspondent dwells on this mode of de
fence with groat confidence, and refers to instances
in the war of independence, in which it was re
sorted to with signal success.
Our correspondent then says that hostilities
were to be commenced on the day he wrote, and
that the genera! opinion ot intelligent people was,
that Santa Anna would be defeated, as his officers
were ignorant cowards, and bis soldiers forced
levies, who would soen seek safetv in flight.
Should Santa Anna be defeated at l’eregrino,
the people elsewhere would rise en maeee against
him, und be must be overthrown. Alvarez, be
says, is destined to be the avenger oi the Repub
lic, who will shoot him without waiting for his
confession.
The system of terror, our correspondent says,
continues in tbe capital. W ell-paid spies circulate
everywhere, and tew days pass without three or
four arrests of notable persons, and many respect
able men are being punished ?s criminals for
having complained that Santa Anna governs bad
ly. Gordiuuo Guzman, whose arrest we have
already noticed, onr correspondent says bad been
bought over by Santa Anna for #SOOO.
Central America.
The Central American Journals are becoming
excited at the alleged purchase of a portion of the
Mosquito shore by an 4merican Company for the
purpose, among others, of colonization and the
Costa Bica government has made a formal protest
against the designs ot the Company. The pa-ties
concerned in this project are said to be the princi
pal Managers cf tho Nicaragua Transit Company.
The Gazette of Costa Rica mentions the names of
Joseph L. White, Chas. Morgan, N. H. Wolf, Ed
ward Sandford, Prescott Hall, and Senator Cooper,
ot Pennsylvania, as parties to the scheme. The
circular says:
“The Government has means of knowing that
a number of adventurers iu the United Slates have
pretended to make a purchase of a considerable
portion of the Mosquito shore of a farcical Mon
arch ot an uncivilised and miserable tribe of sav
ages, with the purpose of Introducing an Ameri
can Colony. Any such pnrehtse would be in vio
lation of the sovereignty and independence of
N icaragua, to which the territory in question be
longs, in disregard of its interests, and an insnlt
to its dignity. * * * The position which the
Government of the United States has always held
in denial of the reel existence of any Mosquito
authority, and in assertion ot the territorial rights
Os Nicaragua over tho Mosquito shore, affords am
ple reason for believing that it will never give its
conseut or sanction to any such unlawful enter
prise, nor allow its countenance. * * * In
this matter the Government has asked, and will
no doubt receive, the oo operation of the United
States; and it protests before that friendly nation
and the world, against the alleged purchase, end
against any acceptance of the Mosquito shore or
any portion thereof, without its express conscDt.
The Government of Costa Rica, in reply, says
that it bos ditected its Representatives in the
United States, to act in concert with the American
Government in all measures to suppress this al
leged expedition, so contrary to the principles al
ways faithfully maintained by the United States.
The New York Tribone says that the Central
Americans are attaching too much importance to
the affair, which is nothing bat an absnrd and
baseless speculation. The Company protested to
have obtained a grant of a considerable part of a
very indefinite tract of country known a* the Mos
quito shore from “Galtinipper tbe First,” to
whom the English Government, for purposes of
its own, has given the title of “ King of Mosqui
to.” This grant was reported to covey great priv
ileges, amounting to almost absolute sovereignty.
But unfortunately tor the success of tbo engineers
cf the scheme, it turned out that “Gallinip per”
had made no such grant, and that the only basis
ot the “Central American Land and Mining Co
m was an assignment made by a poor old
amaica trader living in Bar, Juan, ct one-ha if of
certain mouldy grants which seme interior “King"
had made to him, in consideration of divers jugs
of Jamaica rum by him duly drunk ?
It also turned out that all these grants had been
formally revoked by “Gallin' pper," and disallow
ed by the British Government as his protector.
They bad furthermore- odco been used to get up a
scheme Like the one to which they were to be a
second flroe devoted, which bed ignommloasly
“bnr-t up," to tbe loss end greet diecredit of eli
oonoerned .—JiaU. Amtr. .
WEEKLY
(%Ditide & HrathtcL
AUGUSTA. GEORGIA.
WEDNESDAY MORNING, APRIL 19,1854.
The WII4 Cel Banks.
The zeal with which the organs or apologists of
these two “Wild Cat” institutions, tho ''Bank
of JUT.UeigeviUe ” and the " Merchant* Bank of
Macon," l nsh to their defence has quito amused,
though not surprised us. In thoir new bora zeal,
however, they o’erleap themselvos, and instead of
answering a few plain interrogatories, propounded
by the Chronicle dc Sentinel, as to who the new
stockholders of the Banks are, where they reside,
and how many shares each one owns! they hope
to screen these financial trioksters, by assailing the
Chronicle db Sentinel with such epithets as “ in
quisitiveness”—•“ self-constituted supervisor cf
defunct banks In general”— l “offiolottsnees” and
“ impertinence.” It has been trnly said—
“ No rogue e’er IWt the fatter draw
With good opinion c t the law.”
So too, no Chtralter de Induetrie ever had his pur
poses upon a pocket snd parse thwarted by a by
stander, without regarding such interference qffl
cioue and impertinent. We are not therefore sur
prised, that the actors in these new financial ope
rations—tbe “ epecalatore ”in this fraudulent use
cf Bank Chartere, should regard our timely warning
to the peop'eas “officious” and “impertinent.”
Such warning-thwarts their purposes, and curtails
tbe chances for speculation. We know none of
tbe parties, have never even heard their names
mentioned, but have been informed through the
journals of the respective places, that the owners
of a mrj irity of the stock of these two Banks reside
in remote States, at the North and Northwest;
and we are also assured from the earns source that
they are capitalists—men of wealth. This assur
ance may or may not be true—for in these times
of inflated speculation, it is very difficult to
arrive at the extent of the wealth of stock-job
bers, speculators and Wall Street Brokers. It,
however, seems a little strange to our unsophis
ticated mind, that men of capital, in New York
and Illinois, (States in which any man who hoe
capital, can obtain a liberal Charter to Bank under
their free Banking Laws,) should come to Georgia
to buy Bank Charters. It is equally strange, that
there should be such a persevering and studied ef
fort toconocal their names and theamount of their
stock. If their hands were clean and their purpo
ses legitimate and honest, we imagine there would
be no cause for ooncealmcut—men who desire to
pursue an onen, honest and legitimate business of
any sort, neilbor seek or desire concealment in any
matter in which the publio are interested, nor do
we ever find each men seeking, by triok and’in
trigne, to evade the law of the land, or to make it
subservient to purposes never contemplated by the
law-making power. Our experience teaches, and
we have seen something of Banks and fancy
financiering in Georgia, that suoh men always,
sooner or later, whenever it is thoir
manege to defraud and rob the people through the
means of an irredeemable ourrenoy. And it is to
guard against such an event, that we have felt it
our duty to warn the people against these “ W ild Cat
Banks,” "The Atlanta," "The Milledgeoille," and
"The Merchant*' Bank, of Macon," and their
issues.
Perhaps onr contemporaries in Mil'edgeville and
Macon, as they seem to be in the confidence ot the
“speculators," can enlighten us and the publio on
all these matters, the motives for such studied con
cealment of their names and the amount of their
stock, &c., &0., and explain why these “Capital
its" seek Georgia as the theatre of their specula
tions.
It may not be inappropriate here to refresh the
memories of our contemporaries and the people,
with some reminiscences of banks and banking in
Georgia; and for this purpose we append a list of
banks, that have flourished in Macon, Columbus
and some other points within tbe last few years ;
Bank of Macon, Macon.
Commercial Bank of Macon Macon.
Monroe Bail Road Bank, Macon.
Oamulgee Bank, Macon.
Bank of Columbus, Columbus.
Insurance Bank, Columbus.
Chattahoochee Bail Boad Bank Columbus.
Planters and Mechanics’ Bank,....Columbus.
Phoenix Bunk Columbus.
Bt. Mary’s Bank Columbus.
Bank of Darien, Darion.
Western Bank of Georgia, Rome.
Where now are all these Banks, ten of whioh
were in Macon and Columbus ? Have the people
forgotten them, or have they still some faint recol
lection of the linndredß of thousands, aye, per
haps millions, oi dollars of which they have been
defrauded and robbed by these Banks ? These
Banks were owned and controlled by citizens of
Georgia, men “above suspicion," until they were
tried and found wanting, and tbeir stockholders
resided within tbe limits of the State. What
amount of the millions of rags, oa'led dollars,
with which they flooded the oountry, was ever re
dctu.au? Can cur aontemporaries, who aro so
ready toeuler the lets to defend or apologise for
the new Wild Cat concerns inform their readers I
If, thou, the pet pie were defrauded and robbed by
stockholders, wno ;et-idod within the State, and
were represented to possess immense wealth, what
may they expect from these stock-jobbing, Wall
street “speculators," who reside hundreds oi miles
beyond the limits of Georgia, and who control
the management of the “Bank ot Atlanta,” the
"Bank of Miiledgeville," and the “Merchants
Back of Maeon ' We care nothing for what may
be said of tbe Presidents and Directors who reside
in the State—tbeir being “ above suspicion” &c.,
they own little or no stock, and are the mere crea
tures of the stock-holders residing ont of the
Stato—they arc, therefore, obliged to do their bid
ding or be kicked out of plaoe. So, too, of all
tho Presidents and Directors of the long list of
Banks above, they were said to be men of unim
peachable charaotcrs. The fate of tho Banks at
tests how much value there was in such declara
tions.
One word in conclusion, to our amiable contem
porary of the Recorder, even at the hazard of being
regarded s ill more “tns/uisitive."
You say the advertisement we copied from the
Recorder was published in that paper last summer.
Tbank you, for the information. Will you have
the kindness to inform U 3 why it is just now re
published t for its first re-appearance is in tho same
paper in whioh you said the charter had not been
sold 1 Why did Messrs. S. Gbantcand, F.
Carter, B. M. Orke, (Editor Southern Reo/rier,)
B. S. Jordan, 8. H. Jordan, Wm. Santoro and J.
W. Gordon, (wo believe they were tbe only Stock
holders, were they not ?) wby, we ask, did they
at this late day, renew the advertisement, and or
der it re published for eia months, simultaneously
too, with the statemeuts about the new arraoge
monts under which the Bank of Miiledgeville was
to go into operation f Did these men think there
was “something rotten in Denmark,” and there
fore wanted to let the people know in advance that
they had no connection with tbe Bank ? Certainly
this re-publication of an old advertisement, under
tbe ciroumstanoes, looks as though they suspected
a fraud was about to bo perpetrated. Will yon
inform us, good contemporary ? Then we may
again interrogate yon in relation to yonr Wild Cat
pet, and its non-resident Stockholders.
The Convention —A Good Hit.
A citizen of Charleston, in a private letter to tho
editor of the Savannah Georgian, let fly the follow
ing barbed arrow at that “ highly concentrated."
humbug, yciipt “ the Southern and Western Com
mercial Conventionit is decidedly the best
thing we have seen in relation to that august as
semblage of gasometers. He says: “The Con
vention is going on gloriously, but instead of be
ing called, ‘Commercial,’ it should have been
‘ Olalpodianie .’ They are discussing everything in
oreation, and some few things besides. They are
now about fifteen thousand miles to the west on
the 1 Pacific Railroad.” The Bai'.road, by the way,
seems muoh more pacific than the Convention. I
think to-day we shall probably get a ‘rap’ or two
from ' the spirits,’ and I should not wonder if they
should * torn the tables.’ Lieut. Maury ia about
ninety-six thousand miles up tbe Amazon, explo
ring, and the Rev. C. K. Marshall, of Mias., ia go
ing to educate the world, and send schoolmasters
to the moon. I have heard nothing yet on the
subject of the comet; but I think of suggeating to
some of tbe delegates a preamble and resolutions
touching tbe culpable irregularities of that lumin
ous obscurity.”
Bad Gaa.
In this enlightened age, when tbe pathway ot
every nocturnal wanderer in a city is illumined by
the rays reflected from inflamible air, it is very
important that the gas should be good, otherwise
the way Is darkened and tbe whole people disap
pointed if not chagrined. A most striking illus
tration of the effect of bad gas, is said to have oo
cured in Charleston last week, to tbe no little dis
appointment of tbe proprietors of the Gas Works
of that city, who had hoped to furnish the city with
an abundant supply from the Convention. Oo
examination, however, it was found to be altogeth
er too vapory, entirely wanting in «t ihtantial ma
terial, and to require a condenser of greater power
than any yet known to science, to render it of any
value. Hence the Proprietors of tbe City Gas
Works could not avail themselves of its use, and
the Genius of Commerce, Agriculture, Education,
Railroads, (Pacific and all,) Southern and Western
developement, and direct Southern trade advanced
but little in their progressive march.
Thx Wzatheb—Fnosr.—At tbe time of writing,
Tuesday evening, the atmosphere feels decidedly
frosty, and w e should not be surprised to see s
heavy April frost this morning, Wednesday.
At Pottsville Tenn., there was good sleighing on
Saturday last.
Crrr Banx Stock —The Books for the Stock at
this Biok wore opened yesterday, and 2,899 shares
were subscribed, in which $26,990 were paid.—
The Books will bo opened again to day, from 10
A. M., till 2 P.M. t
The large Furniture Manufactory of Messrs. Mc-
Combs, Cornelias & Co., locsted in the western
part of Nashville, Teen., was destroyed by fire on
Tursdsy evening, involving a loss of from 15,000
to $20,000—55,000 only insured. Mr. Freeman, in
attempt!!)? to jump from the third story window,
broke his leg in the toil.
Mr. Collyxb, Ship builder, at New York, will
launch from his yard this Week, a propeller steam
er, for the corporation of Charleston, 8. C. She ia
450 tons burthen, and ia designed to assist in dig
ging oat the bar at Charleston harbor, I
Hmall Pox.
“Many Subscribers,” at Wrighteboro’, who
write as to enquire about the Small Pox in this
city, are informed that they may '<eomo to Augus
ta” with perfect impunity, so far as Braall Pox is
concerned, unless in their anxiety to see a case,
they madly rush into the honso of a patient. Wo
will, however, answer the inquiries they piopound,
by stating, that no new caso has occurred for se
veral weeks—that the few old cases are all con
valescent— and as all those persons who were ex
posed, and therefore liable to take the disease,
have been thoroughly vaccinatod, little fear is
entertained that any other cases will occur, until it
may bo again introduced into tbo city by sorno one
who brings it from some other locality.
No person visiting the city need apprehend nny
danger, as the patients aro isolated, and the strict
est care exercised to prevent any commuuieation
whatever with them, exoept by their attendants
rndPhysioians.
Bcaimasot tbs Stats Road.—Wo learn from
Mid. Cooper, the Superintendent of the W. &A.
B. Bead, that the reoeipts for the month of March
amount to seventy two thousand dollars, against the
corresponding receipts for March, 18(8, of fifty
two thousand dollars. Add to this the probable
decrease in expense of #B.OOO, and we have agalu
of #85,000. The destruction of a portion of the
Borne and Nashville Kailroads by the freshet in
March, entirely suspending their business for two
or three weeks, induoes the opinion that tho busi
ness of the Road, during the present month, must
be very heavy.
The administration of Maj. Coeper, thus tar, has
been very satisfactory, and, we doubt not, will
continue to be. The considerable patrouage that
ho has to dipense, is, of necessity, very perplexing,
and it is not strange that some should be disap
pointed and displeased ; but with a characteristic
independence, he is guided alone by a sense of bis
duties and responsibilities.— Roms Southerner.
It Maj. Cooper shall be ablo to steer dear of the
rock on which the great mass of Superintendents
of State Works split, and make worth and capacity
the passport to office under him, rather than po.
litical services, his Buccese will soon silence all the
clamors of the disappointed place-hunters and pot
house demagogues. We have long deßired to see
this great State Work, under tho management of
a man, who had the manliness and patriotic inde
pendence to say to all good, faithful and competent
officers, no matter what their political opinions,
“Your place is scours as long as you faithfully dis
charge your duties;” and on the other hand, to
kick out, without ceremony, any and every officer
and agint who is either incompetent or has neg
lected his duties. When such a man gets place,
then the road will triumph, ita suooeea be oomplcte,
and the ooffers of the Btato filled. Nor is this all;
another great good will be accomplished—an end
will be put to that system of place-hunting by
“ small beer" politicians, who are totally unfit for
the positions they seek.
The Hulaemau Letter.
Tub Charleston Standard contains tbo following
despatch from its Baltimore correspondent:
Baltimore, April 10.—The Hon. Edward Everett
Positively denies having written the Hnlaemun
letter, but acknowledges that ho consulted with
Hon. Daniel Webster.
That Mr. Everett may have written the letter,
during the sickness of Mr. Webster, after a con
sultation with Mr. W., ai.d that the letter may have
been subsequently altered and adopted by Mr.
Webster, we thought very probable. But there
were a many things so thoroughly Webstyrian in
the production as to leave no doubt of their author
ship. Uenoe, tho story of the Boston oorrespon
dent of the N. Y. Evening Post, could not in any
manner have affected the reputation of Mr. Web
rtrr if it. hurl haAti true.
e t
a Bala of Wilmington Steamers.
The four Steamers belonging to tbe lato Mail
r Hue between Charleston and Wilmington, were
I- sold at auction Thursday, in Charleston,
i- We learn by telegraph, that tbe Gladiator was
bought by E. K. Dickinson, of Wilmington, at
e $18,800; the Governor Dudley , by the Commercial
l, Insurance Company of Charleston, at $15,600;
n the Wilmington, by T. C. Mathebbon, of Charles
if ton, at $12,000; and tbe Vanderbilt, by E. K.
s Dickinson, of Wilmington, at SIO,IOO.
: The Company’s Whaif In Charleston was also
offered for sale, but was bid in at SBO,OOO.
Charleston and Savannah Bailroad.—At a
large meeting in Charleston, on the 10th inßt., at
which the Mayor presided, the fallowing resolu
tions, introduced by Mr. Gbeoo, were adopted:
Resolved. That tho Railroad* of tlieSoutli, West,
and Southwest, have materially aided in develop
ing the resourcosof the Btates in which they have
been built, and forcibly illustrate the necessity of
increasing the facilities for the transaction of t> o
growing trade and commerce of this section of our
country.
Resolved, That the wants of trade and travel
h especially demand that the States and Cities on the
e Gulf and the South Atlantio Coast, should be
. speedily united by an unbroken Bailroad connec
tion.
Resolved, That in view of the lino of Railroad
u already established between this city and all cities
e North of it, and the probability of the completion
, of similar lines through Georgia, Florida, Louisi
-11 ana and Texas, a connection between the cities of
o Charleston and Savannah is a necessary link in the
s chain along the whole seaboard, from tbe extreme
t Northeastern to the Southwestern States of this
Union.
> Resolved, That the citizens of Charleston, con
vinoed of the sucocss which must attend the efforts
, for completing the lines Southward of Savannah,
respectfully urge upon the autboritiesofthis city,
the extension of such aid, as in their judgment,
I may be ueoessary to secure the pnhlio welfare, for
the completion of the Charleston and Savannah
Bailroad.
Resolved, That His Honor the Mayor be request
ed to lay the foregoing resolutions before the City
Counoil for their consideration.
Hon. W. C. Dawson was announced by the Mayor
as being present, and was culled on to addrcsß the
meeting; whereupon he arose and ably and 010
quently advocated the construction of this and
i every road leading to the city, as would largely
contribute to her prosperity and wealth.
What’s in the Wind!— Tho roaders of the offi
cial paper, tho Union, have seen, doubtloss with
some surprise, several elaborate communications
inoulaoting sympathy with Russia in her dispute
with tne Western Powers; and in tho Union of
yesterday an editorial article appeared on tho sub
ject of :tte approaching war, in whioh we find tho
following sentences:
“England is actuated by no regard for Turkey,
but she is looking to the extension of the Add for
herown manufacturing enterprise and eapital. In
that wide Held for commercial enterprise, which is
tbe real prize at which Great Brituin is looking,
we have a powers ul motive to prefer the success of U e
Ctar. The one is our rival os a manufacturing and
commercial nation, tbe other comes not into oom-
I petition with ns. Whilst, therefore, our sympa
thies are with Turkey, b.cause she is weak and is
threatened by a Gov. rnmen'. that is strong, these
sympathies are not so strung that they may not be
, overcome when our interests are fully ascertained
to be involved by the disclosures as to tho policy
‘ and object of Great Britain.’’
“Sits the wind in that corner 1” This aomi-offi
' cial intimation will prove a Chinese puzzle, we fear,
to our worthy Plenipotentiaries in England and
France; and to our new Envoy to Turkey, who has
just tendered to the Grand Seignor such unreserv
ed assurrances of sympathy, it will, we think, be
worse than a wet blanket.— Rat. Intel.
Stbooz by Lioiitnino.—During tho shower Fri
day afternoon, the Steeple ot The Chobuii or
tie Atoniment, was strnck by lightning. The
fluid tore off some of theshinglos on the Steeple,
bnt we have not learned that any other damage
was done. We presume the lightning rod was out
of order.
Baptist Convention. —The Georgia Baptist Con
vention will meet next Friday, 81st inst, in Wash
ington, Wilkes oounty. The well known hospi
tality of the good citizens of Washington will Be
oure a large attendance.
Pkmrstlvania Ckntbal Railroad.—The receipts
of the Pennsylvania Baiiroad lor the month of
March are unprecedentedly large, being near half
a million of dollars, and showing an increase over
the corresponding month of last year of 6# per
cent. Annexed are the comparative figures for
the month and for the year thus far:
Beceipte for the month of
March, 1854 $486,184 08
Same month last year 810,855 87
Increase $176,288 26
Reo’pts from Jan. to March 81,1854. .$1,070,102 54
Same period last year $828,253 47
Increase $841,148 27
Who is Fanny Kirn!— The following oommenta
of the Albany Express, on Fanny’s recent card
denying that she was a relative of N. P. Willis,
will settle that mnoh vexed question, “Who is
Fanny Fern I" The Express says :
So Pride and Heartleasness have always an ap
propriate punishment. Mr. Willis retused to lend
his name and aid to Fanny Fern when she first
launched her tiny boat in the Sea oi Letters. She
buffelted the rode storm alone, and when her re
putation has been at last sustained by her unaid
ed struggles, when her reputation is at the Ze
nith and his is declining feebly behind the Hills
of the Highlands, he is glad to recognize a sister
in “Fanny Feru”—while she, stui g to the quiok
by his neglect and arrogance, “begs to state that a
sudden reverse of fortune has deprived her of
tuck a relative.”
Tux Fax Dapabtiient or Niwarx, N. J., hav
ing manifested a spirit of insubordination not con
sistent with the maintenance of order, the muni
cipal authorities oi that place have with a degree
of resolute determination which does themcrodit,
locked up all the engine houses, taking the com
plete control of all the apparatus and invited the
citizyns at large to hold themselves in readiness to
assist them in manning the engines in case of a
Are.
Kino Orno, of Greece, it is stated, has reversed
the sentence against the Rev. Dr. King, and fully
restored him to his former position.
Bcasino Brice with Coal. —Mr. D. Blocber has
written a letter to the editor of the Cumberland
“Alleghenian,” detailing his success in using coal
for the purpose of burning brick. No wood is
used except in starting the fires, and the estimate
is that each ton of coal will burn four thousand
brisk. It also takes but two bands to attend the
fires while the kiln is burning.
To Kehiw a Black Color.— Black garments
frequently lose their lustre, and become brown by
use. Their original color may be restored by ma
king an infusion of logwood, and applying the li
quor with a sponge, so as to set urate toe rusty
parts of the garment, when it may be dried and
pressed off with a hot iron.
The magnetic telegraph lines in America extend
over forty-one thousand miles, and cost nearly
T,000,000 of dollars to build. The Telegraphic
Companies seta down the various lines as follows:
Morse line wires, 16,878 miles; House,»,Bso miles
Baitrß7o miles. Total, 41,888 miles. The capital
stock in the Morse lines is $6,545,800; House,
$855,000; Bain, $171,000. Total capital stock, $6,-
<71,800.
New B'johs,
E Vr.Vw"n A B, By Connt A - Ds Horowski. Now
York : D. Appllton & Co.
Tins is Ibo work of a Poli-h exile, who presses
a thorough knowledge of the country an ! pco
plo of which he writes, from a residence of many
years under tho dominion of UioCr.tr. It [ro ents
a t;uc a'dfaithful pictnro of “Rusdn ns it Is,” and
in the present oagorness for knowledge upon that
subject, may be road with much profit ur.d plea
r.urc.
For salo by McKinne & Hall,
Sacred Poems and Hymns, for public and private
Devotion. l’,y James Montoomlry. Now York:
D. Appleton & Co.
Few uninspired writers of realms and Hymns,
bring to the work so much poetic fervor as James
Montgomery, wko.-e mireolianeous writings aro well
kovrn to ait students of litoraturo: to whom, as
well as tho admirers of sacred psaimody of tho
highest ordor, wo commend this excellent littlo
volume.
It may be obtained from McKisns & Hall.
The FontsTiM. By Alex. Dcma*. Translated
from the author’* original MsS3. New Turk: D.
Appleton & Co.
The presont volume is tho first of a scries to bo
published simultaneously, in this country and in
Europe. The translations ere msdo by an accom
plished nnd able scholar, and tho many admirers
ofthe prolific and impulsive Dumas, the dreamy
Lamartine, aud tho fiery Vioron Hcoi, will thus
be put into immediate possession of their produc
tions without waiting for their passage through
the French prose.
“Tho Foresters” may bo obtninod from Mo-
Rinms & Hall.
M<dn-nl Publications,
Mempii/s Mi dical Recorder —Tins March num
bor of this Bi Monthly Medical Periodical is on
onr table, and lifter an examination of its contents,
we recommend it to the attention of Iho prof s-ion
as an able and interesting journal. Its original
communications arc well written, and its selec
tions arc judicious. II is edited by Piofcssora.A.
P. Merrill and G. T. Quintabd, nnd published
In Memphis, Tenn., Bi-Monthly at #1 per annum
in advance.
Nashville Journal of Medicine and Sckoert.—
Tho April number of ibis spirited Monthly la
promptly on our table, and wu are pleased to soo
that its tablo of contents is rioh and varied. It
has nine original communications, besides rovlows,
notices, editorials aud extracts, It is edited by
Professors Bowuno and Evk, and published in
Nashville, Teen., by J. T. 8. Fall, at #8 per
annum in advance.
The Medical Examixbil— The April number of
this old and well established journal bus been on
oar table for some days, and we aro pleased to see
that Its table of oontents contains its usual vuriely
of original and well selected miscellaneous matter,
wo have so repeatedly tcoommended this journal
to our readers, that we only deem it necessary to
say that it sustains its clrurueter for tho ability and
variety of its articles. It is edited by Bam ukl L.
Hollingsworth, M. D., and published by Lind
say and Beak [.'Ton, of Philadelphia, at #3 pier
annum in advance. v
The Bli3ter and Critic.—Tho April number of
this now candidate for favor, has been on our ta
ble for some days. It is pubhßliod in Atlanta, Ga.,
at #1 per annum, and odltol by H. A. Ramsey,
M.D.
Mr. Fillmore and tho Hon. J. P. Kennedy, ar
rived in Montgomery, on Saturday, at 1 o’clock,
P. M. Thoy aro expected in Columbus in the early
part of this week.
Railroad BrnscmmoN.—The City Council of
New Orleans has subscribed two million dollars to
tho Jackson and Great Northern Railroad, and ono
million aud a half to tho Opolouscs and Woatorn
Railroad.
Advices from Rio, of March 4, stnlo that tho
crop of Ootfeo was nearly all in, and thero woro
only threo vessels loading for tho United States.
There wero no vessels in port for tho United
Stutes disengaged. Quotations for Coffee wuro r.a
follows: Superior, Spot), and American,^{oso.
A Tbrriiile Death.— A master bricklayer, at
tached to tho Stanton Iron Works in South Doiby
ahiro, England, while effecting sem s repairs upon
the wall of a furnace, was precipitate I from lib po
sition by the giving way of some bricks, into tho
midst of nin .ss of molten lead. Tho operatives
who saw him stooping with his hands aud feet in
the red hot mctul, could do nothing moro than
ponr vast quantities of water upon tho tiro and
Upon tho person of their unfortuLuto fellow work
man. When tho heat of the furnace was somo
what subdued so as to allow of ucceas to the body
all thatcou.d bo found of tho remains was a -inglo
shrivelled fragment of tho trunk, two or lliroo
foet in length.
Mount Vernon, —) he Central Committee of tho
Mt. Vernon association of Georgia, louder their
thanks for and aoknowlodgo tho iccoipt of (12.00
from tho Walosku subeciiption paper for Cuss aud
Floyd.
llknbt Clat.—Gen. Leslie Coombs oommuni
cates to tbo National Intelligencer tho following
resolutions prepared by Ilcnry Cluy in 1849, und
forwarded to Gen. C. with the do-ign of having
them or similar ones prosontod to tho people of. /
Kentucky, without distinction of -party- at 1-o’-^ >4 M,
meetings called for tho purpoao. J hesa resolu
tions are now published for tho first time:
1. Resolved, That this meeting is firmly attached
to the Union of these Statos, and tliut they go fur
it one and indivisible, now and for over,
2. Resolved, That whilst this meeting will'd be
most happy that tho controverted question of
shivery within tho Territories rcceiiily acquired
from Mexico should bo settled in a manner satis
factory to all parts of tbo Union, no setlUmeut es
it, whatevor it may bo, will creuto any jutt oo
casion for dissolving thu Union.
8. Resolved, That this meeting beholds, in tho dis
solution of our glorious Union, no remedy for uny
a'leged evils, real or imaginary, but a great aggra
vation of them all, and contemplate that deplora
ble event as tho parent of other calamines far
transcending in magnitude und fatal consequences
any of which complaint is now made.
4. Resolved, That, us far us depends upon ns, we
will stand by, support, und uphold ibo Union
against all attacks from without or whhin, and
against all ullraism, whether at the North or tho
South.
Handsomely said. —Tho Mobile Register cor
dially concurs in tho action of the Municipal [au
thorities und citizens of Mobile,, in tendering the
hospitalities of that city to Ex Trosident Fillmore.
The Register remarks:
When ho wusn candidate for tho suffrages of
tho people; whoa iie wns the active participant
in political movements; when ho propounded poli
cies and dispensed patronage —we found, or
thought we found, in tbe honest indulgence of
chuructcristic American freedom of thongnt, many
glaring impcrleoliuiia, many wunk points or salient
errors, in bis puhlic character.
We did not like tho circumstances under which
bo was elected to the Vice-l'rosUleLcy, or the ele
ments which secured bis success. We bad no
laith in him as a national mult; wo thought him
sectional aud faualloul; and wc huvo ever disliked
tho party opinions which wc believed him to chtcr
tuin.
But we are bound to confess that our fears and
apprehensions were agreeably disappointed during
Mr. Fillnore’s administration. JJu exhibited an
amount of uhility, a solidity of judgment, a delib
erate prudence, and an enlarged und compreheu
sive patriotism, which wu hud not awarded to Inin.
Much of this would, unqmslionably, huvo urisou
from the nationalizing influences of tho cilice—
but it would he a narrow and llliborul to
deny it also to tho merits of tho man. lbs belt r
nature, the nobler qualities ot ids bead und heart,
which had not reached their full expansion, in tho
earlier days of bis Congressional cutccr—wire
drawn forth in tbe sansbino of his high position,
and answered to its imposing responsibilities und
demands. He made, in short, a far bel.er I’reri
dent than wo anticipated, and entitled himself
when all bis antecedents and counter-influeiiocs
are considered, to no small share ot the gratitude
of the American people.
Thk Crystal I’alaco Company, at Sydenham, Eng
land, it is said, aro progressing bravely with their
great work. They liavo vo od tho raising of 41250,-
000 more money, making £1,000,000 in all. '’'hey
are lettiDg their space fast a*. 7s. Cd. to 60s. a square
foot;inouoiustauce£sooha* been given lorn| lot of
Rpae-j 8 feet by 8, and they have given up tho idea
of erecting a monster organ.
Col. Babbitt, the Secretary of Utah, arrived In
the Star of the West, at New York, with impor
tant despatches to the United States Government.
On the route from Great Salt Lake City ho en
countered Col. Fremont with his party, in a state
of great distress Ircm exposure and destitution.
It is raid that the Russian Government will
publish, in its turn, a batch of Fccrct English let
ters on the Oriental question, and among them
several from Prince Albert.
Disavowal of Anolo-Fkencii Intkiifeiiknce m
American Affairs. —The New York Courier saje
the disavowal of tho British Government that tho
understanding between France and England had
aDy reference to American affairs, farther than tho
Li Platte question, is already on file In tho Btato
Depar.ment, and claims for Gen. J. Watson
Webb the credit of having obtained that dis
avowal. The Courier says :
It was p-rfccily spontanoonson Lord Clarendon’s
part, or rather it waselicitcd in the following man
lier—An American in London, who always and
every where takes an internet in whetcouccnm his
country, and whose porronal relations to Lord
Clarendon warranted tho lreodom, after tending
Senator Cass’ speech on the declaration of Lord
Clarendon that England and F’anco were in per
fcot accord in both hemispheres, called upon tho
Foreign Secretary, and celled his attention to it.
Up to that moment Lord Clarendon knew noth
ing upon tho Bnhjoer, and expressed the greatest
surprise and astonishment that such n construc
tion should be placed upon the lurguuge he need
in tho Ilonso of Lords. He disavowed moat em
phatically the meaning imputed to him, and ex
plained that he had reforouce exclusively to tho
joint action of France and England in Hnuth
America. He was pained that snob a uiisarpre
siou should exiat, and at once offered to give nn
official disavowal to onr Minister, if . fllciul appli
cation wero made. Mr. Buchanan being informed
of the circumstances, soon afterwards made such
application, and the written disclaimer is nowin
possession of cur Btaio Department. No pains
were taken in any quarter to elicit this disavowal;
it was simply the prompt, frank explanation of a
high minded man, whose language had been mis
construed.
The “American in London” referred to, is un
doubtedly Col. Webb.
sl,llO liavo been oontribulod by the citizens
nnd $2,000 by the Mayor undC.ty Couucil of Ba
vaunah, for tho relief of tho Jackayuvillo buffer
ere.
A paragraph In the Washington Star states that
the fears entertained for tile safety of the City of
Glasgow, will probably induce the Seoretary of the
Treasury to order two revenue cutters to go in
search of her, “is soon aa thero may be informa
tion received which may servo to direct, in oorne
measure, to the right quarter in which to cruise ty
that end.”