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IN SENATE Si
The Chair laid before the Senate a .
from the President communicating a copy of the
retort by Mr. Sanford, late American Charge at
Pare*, upon tl.e fiscal code of France and other j
oont.tr and on adminietrali ve charges in Enropo t
rirmclSiS. ordered to be printed. «
Mr Gwin offered a roaolation for providing for
an ad'oari.meut of Congress on Monday the 3d of •
Jolt, it 12 o’clock, Meridian. Laid over. i
Mr. Adams stated that it present at the time of i
voi.ng on the Ncbraeks bill he would Slave voted 1
for it.
The Indian Appropriation Bill was then taken
up.
The Ncb’evka, bill signed by tho Speaker of
tbe Bouse was received and signed by the Presi
dent of the senate.
Several small amendments to the Indian bill were
sd'.pted, and the bill panned.
The Deficiency bill was received from the
House and taken op.
Mr. Hunter moved tiiat the Senate insist on its
amendments, and ask a oommltee of Conference.
No quorum voted.
Mr. Stewart said that he hoped the Senate
would recede from the amendment respecting the
public printer.
Mr. Adams said he hoped the Senate would re
cede from at! its amendments not agreed to by the
llns*.
Mr. PeUit said be desired the Senate would re
cede from the amendment relating to the Wash
iLgton Water Works.
Mr. Hunter said the usual coarse was to recede
from all or insist upon all.
The amendments were all read.
Mr. Pet lit said he would prefer almost to lose
the whole bill than to vote for the water work ap- i
nr nations at this particular time.
Men, a. Mason, Clayton and Dawson supported :
the water work appropriation.
Mr Hunter s motion was then agreed to, and <
the Chair directed to appoint a Committee of Con- I
f “"“motion was made by Mr. Brodbead to re-con- <
oooai.ler the vote directing the printing of 37,1 tw
additional oopiee of the Patent Office Eeport, was
t&keti up. ~
Mr. brodbead said his motion to re-consider I
was designed to enable him to amend the resolu
tion, by directing the work to be done by the Sen
ate printer. The’ House had directed it* printing
to be done by its own printer.
Mosers. Stuart, Hamilton, Uwin and Toucey Op- I
r*md the motion to re-oonaider, and Meaere. ,
,-rodbead Pratt, Bosk end Hedger sopoorted it.
The lew providesthe* a,.<!,-■,moots printed by
order of onto hr»a*ue t alien be printed ny 'die
• ru-ter hut Lousi 3rs', pideriiig tnc same.
„i j, ■ Ji toe Patent Cthce K«pe>, aMe un>. |
. übo prtniod by *.he ®-i)arc- • .
. . *d wa- first oidorea toff's jdi-tsd the
at issue was. wH*tnoeb*d parts
»ew one do- ume.it. and ■/ so, ‘he printing of all
»-• ■* . „• .... e-■ . , :.c glinted by tho
primer jl tha House first ordonug me same. i
The Superintendent of< i'rinting had directed 1
the la’tor way.
Tho motion to re-conaider was agreed to by yeas !
81, nays 13.
Mr. Brodbead moved to amend by inserting
that the printing should be dono by the Senate
printer.
Mr. Hamilton sold tho resolution, if amended,
wou d amount to nothing. The Superintendent
of Printing would execute the law, and give the
work ti the office to which the law required him
to give it. Tho Superintendent would treat the
reaoln'ion with respect, so far as it was lawful, and
Beyond thut, would treat it as a nullity.
Mr. Ku-k Said lie hoped the Superintendent
would bo lett lo discharge hie duty in liis own way.
He hoped no officer would lie invited by the Son#
tor lo discharge an order of tho body, and to set
up his own judgment npon thoucts of thobenato.
Mr. fibrillin us'd he understood such was the
opinion of the Superintendent, and such would bo
Ins action on the resolution.
Mr. Brodbead. Then I understand tho Super
intendent bus Jeclnred his decision on the action
of tho Senate in advance, and lias had that deci
sion announced in tho Senate to over-rule our ac
tion.
Mr. (iwinn moved tho resolution bo tabled.
I»t. Year 8, Nays 86. Tho amendment was
agree ! to. Y eas 83, Nays 11.
The number of copies was increased to forty
thousand.
The resolution was then adopted by yeas 28,
nays 14.
On motion by Mr. Gwin, tho Senate took up the
bill authorising the coinage of ton and fivo eagle
gold pieces.
The bill was read. It provides for tho coinage
of hundred dollar gold coins, weighing ouch 2,-
580 grains, and fifty dollar gold dins, .weighing
each 1,280 grains, to be ol the present standard
fineness.
Mr. Fish said the bill proposed many important
chung :a, he hoped it would bo laid over till to
morrow. The Dill was postponed. Alter a short
Executive session, tho Suimte udjournod.
HOUSE.
Mr. Faulknor asked loava to oflor a resolution
Uiat tbo Committee on the judiciary bo instructed
to inquire iuto tiic tints connected with the recent
death 01 James Batcheldcr, a deputy marshal of
the United Hiatus, wtio it is alleged was murdered
in P.jstonon Friday last, while engaged in enfor
cing a law of the Union f gainst a violent and troa
s iiahte mob; and it ttioy lind aa reported ho wan
killed while in the faithful performance of a pa
triotic duty, and lias left a widow and Ohlldrou,
they turtner be intsrnctod to roport a bill making
w ine proper and liberal provieion for tbeir re
lief.
Mr. Doan objected, saying tins is a mattor
belonging to the Executive. Lot bim enforce the
laws.
Mr. Faulkner moved a suspoi.aion of the rules.
Hr. Jones, of Tonnes 00. “Hua the gontlemau
a.iy information allowing that the Administration
cannot enforce the luw.
Mr. Faulkner, “l’liis resolution is to provide
for the widow and children of tho docoasod depu
ty marshal.”
Mr. Giddings. “Is it intended to discuss the
reaolutlon. It so, X hope tho rules wiit bo suspen
ded, that we may all have a hand lu the discus
si T • question was taken • 'spending
■ ,-s to admit the resolution. Vets fitly five,
nfly-oaa. NotJ-jorom,
Mr. Letcher moved the House adjourn. Not
it... tipcairer counted the House, saying a quo
rum s s .s’ preaeat, and auucuueeo one. bun
tireii and twenty members in attendance* Xho
neestton was again <*k. u on Faulkner’s motion.
The motif **>- ..rjnttved .170* M, now >lB.
Mr. Dean gove uotioo of h’s intention to intro
duce a bill to amend and reviso tho laws relating
to the naturaliritiou of foreigners; to regulate tho
granting passports, and to (uuish frauds in ob
taining or grauting tbo sumo.
Thu House then went into Comralttoe of tho
Whole oil tho I’acitlo Kailroadand Teh graph bill.
It proposes a railroad aud tologrnph lino from
soino point on tho northern shore of I.ako Superi
or or the Mississippi rivor iu Minnesota totbe wa
ters of the i’ucifio Ocean.
Mr. Mcl long’ll n hlrassod tho Coimnittno in fa
vor of lh« bill, which in Ilia judgment ho rogar
ded as one ot'tlio most important that has claimed
the consideration of Congress in peaceful times,
sineo tlio establishment of the Federal Constitu
tion.
Ui rrilt Smith obtained tho floor, saying lie in
tendod to speak against ins i’uciflc Kailroad bill,
when the Committee rose.
A committee of conferctico wc" appointed on the
disagreeing amendments of the two housou to tho
Deficiency Bill.
Mr. Perkins, of Louisiana, from the Committee
oil Foreign Affairs, roported a bill for tho relief of
claimants of the private urmod brig General Arm
strong Keferrrod totbe Committee of tho Whole.
Mr. Walbridgeasked loave to offer the following
rosr.lntiou:—
Jissoloed, That, the Senate concurring, the Pres
ident of tho Senate, and the Speaker of the Houao
ot Representatives adjourn their respective hou
ses, »tnc die, on Monday tho 8d day of July next,
at meridian.
Objections being made. Mr. Wulbrtdgo movod
a suspension of tho rules—ponding which the
House adjourned.
IN SENATE Mat 80.
Mr. Foot introduced a bill authorising the Alex
andria and Washington Kail road Company to ex
tend their road into tho Distriot of Columbia. Ke
lerrod.
Mr. Adams ofl'ored a resolution dirooting inqui
ry by the committee on pensions as to reporting a
law to pension the wife und children of Mt. Bat
chelder, who lately lost his lito in the excoution
of tho laws of the United States at Boston.
Mr. Sutuuer. Lot it lie over. Laid over.
Mr. Chase presented several petitions asking
that the iudeponconeo of Liberia be reaogniaed.
Mr. Slidel introduced a bill granting land to
Missiasip) i, Louisiana and Alabama for construct
ing a railroad horn New Orleans to Mobilo.
The bill for tho relief of Charles Arfwcdson was
taken up and pasaod.
Tbe resolution providing for adjournment of
Congress oil the third of July was takou up.
Mr. Dawson moved to amend the resolution by
providing tor 61’ adjournment on third of July to
the third Monday m O loiter.
After much discussion, all the amendments were
rejected, and tho resolution adopted, fixing July
B<fas the day of adjournment stntJu.
Mr. Hunter, trom tho Committee of Conference
on the licitt*ency Bill, reported that they had
agreed that iho Boosts should recede from most of
its amendments, which was concurred in, aud the
Senate adjourned.
HOUSE.
Mr. lleun introduced a bill for tho construction
of certain military roads in Nebraska. Also, a
bill providing for the sale of public lauds in that
territory aud establishing a land office therein.—
Keforred.
On motion of Mr. Pennington it was resolvod
that Hie committee on commerco be instructed to
inquire whether any, and if auy, what farther
measures are necessary for facilitating the preser
vation of t.’t’o and property in case ot wreoß and
other disasters ou the' coast of Nsw Jersey,
and that they report by bill or otherwise.
Mr. May offered a resolution requesting the
President "to eommunicato to Congress copies of
the e >rroapondence with onr Minister atConstau
linople, and by him transmitted to the Department
of Slate. He serf he believed our Dimeter has
been unjustly assailed about a speech which he
delivered. He thought whou an authentic copy
ot it should be received, it would be found that
Carroh £ pence liad only declared tho well-settled
principlrr of this Government. He desired that
Judies should be done him, mtd ventured to add
that when liis correspondence touching the expul
sion ot Creeks from Constantinople shall bo re
evived, it wi ll moot tbo approbation of tbe entire
couut-v. Resolution adopted.
The House went into Committee on the Pacific
Railroad Bil'.
Mr. Cerritt Smith opposed tho bill because it
gave control over tho road to the Genera! Govern
ment. lie opposed also, tho granting ot laud tor
ii* construction, regarding land as belonging to
the landlcs".
Mr. Pei kins obtained the floor, and the Com
tniCco
•fhC House then took up 111* report of tlie Com
mittee pf Conferere*on the Deficiency Bid, which
* - cvi.vured iu by yeas 77, nayiil.
The liousv then adjourned.
IN SENATE.... May 81 '
Mr. Badger presoutou' ,h( ' pnx*edings of a con
vention held «t Wilniinfftac North Carolina, pre
side! over by the Governor ot the htate in re.a
tion to the improvement ot Cape *‘car River.
Mr. Johnson from the einimmittce J rutting
reported adversely on printing ltX'O addii ltlAl co ' j
pics of Saudlord’s reporta ou tho Penal Code.“ 61 i
Europe, ai d the ad aims rutiiechanges in France ,
•luce the Revolution of 1848.
Mr. Jouesuf Tvnn -se ■, opposed the report,and
supported printing the extra number of so much
»» relates to European Penal Code.
Mr. Johnson, K tr.pstrick, and Fessenden replied
opp a-i i g t he printing of any part.
Messrs. Bidgr and So war'd supported the prin
ting,
Ti.e adverse report woa agreed to.
Mr. Stuart off-rod a resolution for adjournment
over tro"i w-morrow tilt Monday, to have the hall
renovated. Adopt*!
Mr. Adam's resolution, offered yesterday, direct
ing inquiry as to grunting a petition to tho Widow
of Baioht'ider, killed in Boston while exocutiug an
act ot Congress was taken up and adopted.
Mr. Hamlin reported tbe House bill granting a
register to the steamer El Paraguay.
Mr. Benjamin withdrew his motion to reconsider
tht vole, adopting tbe order for a subscription for
live hetiamd additional copies of the Congree
snmal Globe. The rosolutiou therefore is passed.
The bill supplementary, to Ifcc act authorixing
notaries pubiio to take and certify ,oaths, affirma
tions, and ackooa ic tgmente in certain cases, wts
taken up and passed.
The vetoed insane land bill was taken up.
Mr Hunter, aldrc-eed llie Senate over uu hour
yn au argument that the bili was unconstitutional.
Mr. Foote followed reading an elaborate speech
in support of the bill.
Mr. Badger: during Mr. Foote’s speech, called
tbe attention of the Senate to the fact that many
Senators were leaving for their homes. It waa de
sirable to know whether tbe meeting ou Monday
next was lor business or not. Senators before leav
ing should know the fact.
Mr. Owin said it was certainly to meet for busi
ness.
Several Senators said nothing could or should be
done. Many Senators had gone home would not
be back by Monday. No quorum would be pree
ent.
Mr. Badger, with s view of testing whether the
Senate would meet on Monday for business or not
moved thut when the Benate adjourn on Monday
next, it be to the Thursday following. Agreed to
by yea* 20 nays 16.
Many Senators then left.
Mr. Foot finished his speech and the bill was
postponed. . ..
Mr. Slidell offered the following resolutions
which were agreed to : “Resolved, that tbe Sec
retary of the Treaaery be requested to communi
cate to tbe Senate what is the present condition of
I the building of theC. S. Branch Mint at New Or
I leans, what sum will be necessary to put the same
in a proper state of repair, whether there be any
such defect in the original structure as wi.l in his
opinion, consulting a wise economy, render it ex
pedient to erect a new building on thepresentsite
of said branch mint. Also, a resolution mak ng
similar inquiries respecting the marine Hospital
building near New Orleans. After a short execu
tive session the Senate atj^uriiau.
Mr Oliver, of Missouri, introduced a bill pro
viding for the survey and sale ofthepublic tandsin
the territory of Kaness and establishing a land
office therein. Kelerred to the Committee on
I U Mr. C cfuffig suggested that it was a matter of
tho highest importance they V
tor adjournment. As respected himself it was
Homewhat a matter of indifference, but until ftda/
was named he was satisfied bat little, if any busi
ness would be transacted. The moment one shall
he fixed, they would always have a large attendance
of members, and could despatch all the pnblio
business within a reasonable time.
Mr. Henn objected unless the debate shall be
open to all. , „
Mr. Cutting. “Agreed, let’s take it up now.
Mr. Henn, “I object.”
' On motion the House went into Committee on
the Pacific Railroad Bill.
Mr. Perkins, of Louisiana, proceeded to notice
the address of the six Democratic members from
New York, who had voted against the Nebraska
Bill, and defended the attack made on Mr. Soule,
es having used insulttng Isnfreivre'o the Spanish
1 Ocvewußetatrelative to the Black Varrloi *as.
Mr. Peck end Mr. Peck Urn, two of the signers
1 of *i eaddre'-v- ~,-i it mu, not their iDI Aion to
■fiec’i oi vir aoule’a persona!ster ling oroharac
„ . Mr. Mai .ice st»o replied to Mr. Perkins, de
. Caring t,h»’ Mr- Soul’s ootid net abroad bad
awakened alarm and apprehenaioo !r ’be country.
Mr. Smith of Virginia, denuoneert the address.
sir, KJIIJU.iI o, ,uaaai>, .
The addresowias penned for the eoantry, at”*
was Jcdgned to .io >o,urv. deep and vlt*' ujury to
*7 Democratic yrty. Hr wUhiff the oom.tr
dt*ti«oU> to andersuwd tlat the genib jien. who
suescribed to »his paper oould no looge?
ihemsalves to be a part and parcel of the Demo
party. TGreat Laughter.] ...
Gentlomonmay laugh. As a distinguished gen
tleman once said, there are many kinde of latigh
ter, among tboin tho Sard-muius rims. Thieistne
kind of laughter of thoso who signed this report.
Mr. 8. then deolared that the address was an
or,on, direct and eharaeterisUo aUack uponthe
Democratic party, and upon the Administration as
its ohfef, a*n,F not aatisflccl with this, t undertook
to rake up all tho Abolition tattle and scandal of
the country, for ttie purpose of getting up 8 P re J“ a
dice against the Democratic party and the friend*
of tho Nebraska bill. ~ . . .
11l the face of the world, It also defamed the
eminent gentleman who represented this Govern -
ment at tho Court of Madrid. Those who signed
this address could have had no purpose to en
lighten their constituents. He repeated, their pur
pose was to excite the prejudices of their con
stituents, and to do injury to the Democratic par
ty, and to pull down the Administration, with
out which, of course, no successful Democratic
policy could be carried out.
[A message was rooeived from the President of
the United States, through Sidney Webster, Epq.,
his Private Secretary, informing the House that
on tho 80th instant lie approved and signed the
bill for the organization of the Territories of Ne
braska aud Kansas.]
The committee arose and the House adjourned.
Proclamation by the President.
Jiy the President of the United States of America*
A PROCLAMATION.
Whereas information has boon received that
sundry persons, citizens of the United States and
others residing therein, are engaged in organizing
and fitting out a military expedition for the inva
eion of tho Island of Cuba;
And wliereas the said undertaking is contrary
to spirit and express stipulation of treaties be
tween tho United Btatos and Spain, deroga'ory to
tho character of this nation, ana in violation of the
obvious duties and obligations of faithful and
patriotic citizens;
AnJ wlieroas it is the duty of the constituted
authorities of the United States to hold and main
tain the control of ttie great question of peace or
war, and not suffer the same to bo lawlessly com
plicated under any pretence whatevor;
And whereas, to that end, all private enterprises
of a hostilo character within tbo United States
against any Foreign Powor with which tho United
Slates ar. at poaco are forbidden, and declared to
lie a high misdomoanor by an express act of Con
gross:
Now, therefore, in virtuo of tho authority vested
by the Constitution in tho President of the United
Slatos, I do issue this proclamation to warn all
persons that tho Gonerul Government claims it as
a right and duty to interposo for the honor of its
flag, the rights of its oitizeus, the national security,
and the preservation of the publio tranquility,
from whatevor quarter monaced; and it will not
tail to proseoute with duo energy all those who,
unmindful of their own and their country’s fame,
prosnmo thus to disregard tho laws of the land and
our treaty obligations.
I earnestly exhort all good citizens to discounte
nance and prevent any movement in conflict with
law end national faith ; especially charging these
veral district attorneys, collectors, and other offi
cers of the United States, civil or military, having
In* fa) power in tho promise*, to oxen thr same
for the purpose of maintr.imng the authority aud
preserving the peitoe of the United Btaios.
Given under mr band and the seal ot the United
i btatos, at Washington, this tttiity-first day
of May. in the year ot oor Lord, one tho’->-
■ t (land, eigot, hundred shd fifty four, and the
seventy'-eighth of the independence of tho
United btuios.
By the President: Franklin Fikiiok.
W. L. Minor, Secretary of Btate.
Tiut Gkkat Billiard Match.—The following we
| oopy from tho Syracuse Daily Ktpublican of the
, 17th ult:
! The match ot Billards for S2OO, five hundred up
I —cannon gmno—was played at the Malcolm Hall
Billiard room, Syracuse, on Saturday night the
] Bth instant, botween two of the best players in
the world, Josoph N. While, of 882 Broadway,
Now York, and Goorgo C. Smith, of Rome.
Tho iutorost in the game increased by the know
ledge that W hite had given a ohallenge (and whioh
now stands open) to pluy any man in tho world
for from SI,OOO to SIO,OOO, and which has never
boon accepted; and Smith had previously played
soven match games for large sums of money, all of
which ho won with ease, which, of oourso, gave
him the oontideneoof his friends, who wero quite
roady to back him largely, and which was roady
to be taken by White’s triends if offered.
At about nine o’clock the competitors took their
positions at the table, stirronndo .1 by a “elond ot
witnesses,” composod of the most rospectable poo
plo in tho town, and amatonrs of tho game from
abroad, who wore on tho qui vivt to see the play.
The competitors wore in good spirits, and “eager
for tho tray,” each confident of winning and there
by sustaining a high roputation. Tlioy strung for
the load, whioh was won by Smith, who also made
the first count. White thou took up the game and
turned the first corner 40 ahead, Smith |making
small runs. W hito also turned the second corner
T* ahoad, tho third 108 ahead, the fourth 151,|whon
Smith commenced gaining, and White turned the
fifth 81 ahead. At tho sixth corner Smith turned
£4 ahead, (White having bad "breaks,”) and the
seventh 59, and the eighth 40, and at the ninth 84,
whon White commenced gaiuingjaud when Smith
had mado 4S* points. White had made 887 and
had the play, upon which ho ran up 126, putting
him » ahead, and left the balls comparatively Bate,
when Smith not counting, .White rnn the game
out and won by 18 points. .
Thus ended tho most beautiful, and at the same
time the best contested, most exciting game, that
perhaps wss ever played in this country, aa both
players exhibited tho strength of the game. Smith,
althodgh boaten could not lose any reputation, as
ho played a vory strong game: aud W hite still re
tains the cognomen of "Pope’s Nuncio,” as his
friends have humorously styled him.
Gold Fish. —Every euo who visits the Capitol
grounds, seems to regard the gold fish in the sev
eral pools as not among tho least attractive objects
of that popular and refreshing rosort. But while
those little beautios thrive around the naval mon
umeut, they sicken in the eastern basin, and “die
inapring-time when all is bright around.” The rea
son tor this is supposed to be the poisoning of the
water by buds of the linden, buckeye, and elm
trees in that vicinity. Yestorday a number of the
fish, almoet inanimate, wore transferred to the
woatorn pool, where, in the oourse of a few hours,
they became as lively and vigorous, apparently, as
thoir new companions. Not only gold fish, but
natives of tho Potomac cannot nvo jn the eastern
basin except during the autumn and winter
months. — iVaikin/jton Heniintl.
Southern Cultivator. —The June number of
this valuable Agricultural Monthly is already ou
our table. Its table of contents, as usual, em
braces a groat variety of articles interesting and
instructive to planters, farmers, and horticultu
rists. With able and diligent editors, aud with
a large and intelligent corps of contributors, the
"Cultivator” stands .u the front rank of our Agri
cultural publications. Published in this city by
Dr. Wm. 8. Jones, and edited by Moss re. Red
mond & Lee. Terms SI.OO per annum.—Georgia
Ilcnu tiaatO*.
Southern Cultivator. —The June number is
here before the time, and although it has a high
renutation, this copy is still better. If a farmer
would nnderstand tbe business he follows, he must
read sud read suoh matter as pertains to his farm
ing interests. The Cultivator at one dollar will
give him more information than be can possibly
get for the same amount invested in any other way,
—Ckattanooya AJctrtittr.
A Nsw and BflAiTiruL Trek in Oregon.— Mr.
Brooks, a respectable farmer of Olympia, Oregon,
writes to a frieud in Boston a very interesting
account of a strange and beautiful tree lately dis
covered in thst country. It was communicated to
the Journal of Agriculture, from which we take
the following extract:
A strange and beautiful tree has been discover
ed in Washington Territory, which is not known
to exist in any other part of the habiuble globe,
the troe is destined, I think, to make some noise
‘ D _. , world. It is remarkable, because its like is
‘"d 0,1 account of its great
The tree varies in hfight
like trunk and branebee look
of oil, and cf the consistence of honey' Hand
ing th.tn, cases,| le gum to adhere to
the fingers. The gam, as well as the ErfVj
bark, ts highly odorous. The fragrance, Chich is
’nil* strong, resembUs that of Bergamot, or ripe
£ uU and a few leaves are sufficient to perfumes
room. A iu'; fully wrapped up in paper, so as to
be entirely «incon.- d > was handed to several per
sons, with the request t. hM “'ey would tett by the
smell wbal it was. All eapresf ed theniislvee high
ly delighted with its fragrance, but gave different
answers as to if* character. Some said it smelled
like ripe peen—wnie tbit it was Bergamo;;
while others thought it amelled like rips apples.
The flower resemble* that of the whit* Jessa
mine. . , .... .
This will certainly make a very beautiful and
desirable ornamental tree, to grow in our gardens,
around our dwellings, near tbe parlor windows,
or to form a choice bower. Its intrinsic value for
these purposes is greatly enhanced by the consi
deration that it i* an Evergreen. This specimen
is brought from my farm, and is taken from a
grove of about a quarter or an acre. The plant is
very rare even here; the oldest saltiers of the
“y they never saw it growing elsewhere,
null, 1 have no doubt, it will be foxed in other
places. It has been known to the priaeU of the
Catholic Mission of 8t Joseph for soma years, but
has not attracted attention until recently.
The ateame r Europe sailed Tuesday with 116 pM
aeugen end $650,000 in s ( >ecie.
DETAILS BY THE ASIA.
The U. 6. Mail steamer Arctic “ lled^°“ f t* *
pool at half-past one o’clock, l<
needay, 17th, with oue hundred and two typ fl
gers, a full’ergo, and the u.ual ma^ ; When g
about ten milce went of Tuakftr L g f,
upon a sunken wreck or roc | t ’a: ate i y pn t about v
making water. Capt. Luce imm intormation °
and telegraphed to tbe shore. The gWam . f
was at once sent forward to Liverpoo
tug Dreadnought was .djepaWb* v
c
reman ed on board. T h ? “ c a , orni:! „ a nd wav g
river at three o clock on Fno y hat slightlv T
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meut in oneof our contemporar.esof mte n “ n -
question, from which we cnU the following « .
tr “‘l have just gentlomanwho iuffirmed
me tbst he had AW from the Rev. Mr. Babi 8 ,
ton, of Derry, that be had read, a
-of the name of Smyho, *bo was
ger by the City of GUuigow for
stating thatthe vessel had foundered a’, sea
that the passengers were picked up and c
the coast of Afria.’ ’’ Our contemporary
to BUte that on eomm’inKating with , . ; ,
Messrs. Richardson, Brothers, A Go
ed that there was a gentteman, on bouri, of the
name ofSmvlie, though in tbe P" n , l «t‘f h
i nncrtefl art SrruilUv** nd reasoned that the news
might beiecoivedas authentic, owing to the impro
bability of the parties knowing that such a person
was on board. The absurdity of the story at once
forced itself on the mindß of all who read it, and
the agents expressed a desire that it should not be
published until the proper inquiries were made—
to avoid any hopes being raised which were likely
to end in disappointment. Determined to ascertain
the truth ol the statement, and release the public
anxiety, they at once telegraphed to their agent
in Belfast, to make the fullest inquiries, and trace
tbe matter, if possible, to its original source. Ac
cordingly, a messenger was at once despatched to
Derry, and last night the result of his inquiries
were thus telegraphed to the agents :
“Messenger returned from Dorry—saw Babing
ton, -no truth in report about letter from
Africa.'’
A decree in the M»3rWt Ors’'t« sntnoruwe the j
I fra. ol Zingnmi* A 00., to establish a hue '
l eigl etaariors between Havana or Havre, or ,
j Liverpool, or auy other ports of Frenoe or En- |
i A dee”**- ’ T.na ■ dated ti.e’Olb, j
* arm-'iinVi italthe outer works of "ehcrtopoi hs<i
oeeu cannonaded by the French an i English fl-oet’
with guns of long range, with a wto <! s’roy
ihe n'fvauced works of the piaeo, pruv-oua io a \
general attack. The u.-« rctir-vl from ’he ex
'’“outlie 12tb, the British Baltic fleet took por
nession of the Boomersand, on the island of
Aland. There was a report that Revo) had been
bombarded, but it was not credited.
Some more fighting had taken pluce on tho Dan
ube, but not of moment.
Austria is reported to have sent her ultimatum
to Russia. Prussia’s position is unchanged.—
Spain refuses to meet Mr. Soule’s demands, but
will remit the fine of $6,000 levied on tho owners
of the Black Warrior. Via Trieste, it is stated
that the British and French Ministers left Athens
May Bd. G’ceoe will be occupied by 15,000 Anglo
French, and is blockaded by the fleet. A recon
notsanco of Sebastopol has been made by the fleots.
Other war news is unimportant.
The Kreutz Zeitung contains the following from
Constantinople, May Ist: “An American frigate
is Baid to have passed the Dardanelles, laden with
eleven steam engines for Rusaia. In the Black
Sea she hoisted English colors, and got closo in
• towards Ssbaßtopol, when Hhe rsn up the Amori
! can flag and got safely with her cargo into port.—
It was reported that tho frigato was ordered in
f America for Russia, to which ship and cargo be
> long.” Some persons connect this ship with the
1 recent capture of a French brig in the English
8 channel. Can she be the übiquitous Grape
' shot ?
The Vienna Conferences are to be renewed on
• the basis of now Anglo-French and Austro-l’rus
sian Treaties of Alliance.
It was reported that the French Government had
!, received from Prussia a note of explanation which
had given great satisfaction, but its exact tenor had
not transpired. This note crossed on the way an
J onorgotio note lrom France. Tho overtures of
J Russia for commercial alliance with Prussia have
0> completely failed.
Greece, it is said, is required by France and
England to give formal adherence to the Vienna
y protocol.
Hanover, Wurtombnrg and Bavaria have sent
0 in their udherence to the Austro-Prussian Trea
® ty.
d Important events are brooding ovor tho Austri
an Empire. The Vienna Gazette stales that in
d consequence of tho great concentration of Russian
' troops on tho north eustorn and eastern frontiers
r of Austria, 95,000 additional troops will be raised.
This moasure must be considered an open declara
tion of tbe resolution of Austria no longer to be
6 bullied by Russia. An order has been signed for
8 the occupation of the Galician frontier by two army
d corps.
Thk War. —The considerable time that has
elapsed since tho receipt of any news of import
ancoirom the Danube is itself a fact of some sig
nificance. It will be remeinberod that tho liuseian
army under General Luders effected the passage
of the Lower Danube on the 24th March, and suc
ceeded in the course of the next few days in taking
the small Turkish fortresses of Isaktcha, Toul
tscha, Matchin and Hirsova, while the Russian ad
vanced posts were pushed forward, without en
countering any serious resistance as far as Trajan’s
Wall. In the course of the mODth of April, Prince
Paekiowitch having taken the cheifcommand and
reaohed the scene of operations, the right wing of
the Russian army made asuddon retrogradomove
mentand evacuated Little Wallachia, thereby de
noting that tho plan which at one time threatened
to turn the Turkish left by an incursion into Sor
viaaud an attack on Widdin is abandoned. This
decision may be attril utod to three causes : firr'iv.
The position of Die Turks at Kalaiat .-us ,
I -tror-g to Deforced without tremendous loss, and
I behind Katalef and the Danube ht-> Widdin,
| oitdlj^'idrw3s -7 t'lu"
.cooler movement >n toe part o> in. lia; and
f thlrdlv, The Rosstat* army thti > opposed by tho
Turns and Lhreatenuu uy luu uubw,«u», who «oui
polled to oontract its line of operations within
narrower limits. The Russians, to the great as
tonishment of all Europe, have remained inactivo
in the Dobrudscha, for more than live weeks, thns
giving time for the sickly season of May to brock
out, and for the land force of the allies to take up
a position ol formidable hostility. Silistria even
has not been laid siege to, although the possession
of that fortress is indispensable totbe success of
any operations against Bhnmla, Varna or the Bal
kan. This important fortress has, as yet, been on
ly assailed by a fire across the rivor at a distance
of a thousand yards, and the damage done has
boon littlo. The ontire lorce with Luders, on the
right bank, is insufficient to carry on a regular
seige, exposed, aa the besiegers would bo, to be at
tacked by the main body et Omar’s forces, wbiia
Angio-Frenoh troops could be landed with the ut
most expedition and safety at Varna, only sixty
miles distant. Under those circumstances it is
difficult to forsee what are Paskiowitch’s piano.
Tbo Russian reserves are taking positions on tho
line of the Sereth, a river which flows from tho
Bukoviua parallel to the frontier of Transylvania,
and the relations between Austria and Russia are
at the presont moment, such that the Russians
cannot advance into Turkoy without the risk of
adding the Anstriuns to the number of their ene
mies. A probable supposition is, tboreforo, that
tho Russian commander will refrain from underta
king aay important offensive operation, but will
couflue himself to retaining his hold on the Priu
oi polities.
Tbo latest news from the seat of war wo find
telegraphed from Vienna under date of Sunday,
14tli, to the Independence Beige of Brussels, as
follows—"Prinoe I’aekiewitoh and Gortschakoff
are »t Kalaresoh. The bombardment of Silistria
rocoinmonced on tho 11th, with 80 piecos of can
non. The evacuation of Little Wallachia by tho
Russians is suspended.”
Although considerable uncertainty still provaiis
as to the nature and extent of the last successes
of the Turkieh armies, despatches have been re
ceived at Vienna from the headquarters of Omar Pa
cha giving a favorable account of recent operations
of his forces on more thatqone pointof his position.
The Russian corps, which was known to have
been collected at Turnu, near the month of tho
Aluta, is stated to avo been repulsedon the 28th
of April, with a loss of 1,500 men, by the Turks
quartered at Nieopolis, under Bali I’acba; and on
the 2d of May, another Russian detachment was
beaten at Radova, not far from Krsjevo. There
is every reason to believe these reports to be accu
rate and authentic.
it was further reported that the Russians had
reoeired a severe check at Bilistria, but the news
requires confirmation. It is not true that the
Russians have invested Bilistria ou tho laud sido.
Omar Pacha is still employed in concentrating his
force at Bhumla.
From Kalefat an engagement is reported be
tween six squadrons of Cossacks and five of Tut Ir
ish Hussars, near Radoan, on May 4tb. Tho Cos
sacks were defeated, and lost 60 horse 9, 2 gnus
and 188 mer. killed.
Accounts flora all partso* Germany confirm the
impression that the cause of the apparent inaction
of the Russian armies is thoir increasing appre
hension that .hey will soon have to encounter
other adversaries than the Turks, aud to tu-n the
seat of war from the banks of the Danube to these
of the Sereth or the Dneister. Austria had at first
assembled its ghief forces, under the command of
the Archduke Albert, on the frontier of Scrvia
and tho line of the Save, auj the presence of that
army undoubtedly served to strengthen the Turks
in their position at Kalefat, and to defeat tho
scheme of invading Servia, where the Government
of Prince Alexander was vigorously supported
against the Russiau emissaries by tho agents of all
the other powers. But when inis movement had
been prevented, and the Russians had retired from
Little Wal achia, the interest of the campaign
passed tc anoih w locality. It became known at
Vienna that tho Russians, instoad of hurrying on
all their available troops and reinforcements to the
Danube, were firming considerable depots and
cantonments on the line of the Sereth, from Ram
inietx Podolsky, on the frontier of the Russian
province of Podolsk, to Fokshane, thus making
Moldavia the baso of their operations, and
turning their flout to the West rather th&u to the
South. Theee positions are in fact tbe same which
they occupied in the early part of the year 1849,
previous to tbe Russiau interventiou iu Hungary,
and the passes of the Carpathian mountains by
which they communicate with Transylvania, were
more than once hotly disputed in the course of
that war. Anarny in this province has the ad
vantage of being able to advance into Galiicia by
the north or into Wallachia by the south, as the
course of policy or of events may prescribe; aud,
in either oa»e, It would turn the flank of a corps
occup) ing the Bukowina, or the extreme eastern
frontier of the Austrian empire. We are left,
then, in uncertainty as to the next movement
which may be contemplated by Russia, but it is
evident, from the last measures of tile Austrian
Cabinet, that they think it necessary to prepare in
earnest for tbe defence of Galiicia, which is, per
haps, more seriously menaced at this moment than
■s the Turkish province of Bulgaria. Accord ngly,
the second division of the army has been ordered
to march with all speed to the north, and Genera!
Scblick, one of tbe ablest of the Austrian officers,
is to take command in that province. It is ex
tremely difficult to obtain any information as to
the real movements of the Russians, but there is
reason to believe that the corps ol the Imperial
guards is marching from the Baltic provinces into
Poland byway of Kowno, and that the strength
°® ***<! second divisions of the army »
»ul! concentrated in iba Polish provinces. The
great strategical difficulty of the Gear in tha ores
eat war is, that he is exposed to attack on si* or
pointe, wholly distinct from each other, and
each requiring an army (or its defence. Theatti
•W* C ! Austria is, therefore, ot" the highest im
portance to the course of the war.
The Baltic. —* ram St. 9th, letters
state that the British fleet Led been seen within
twenty five miles of Cronstadt and had captured a
number of gunboats.
A eteuin letter of the 15th, mentions that the
Eussiax fleet had left Helsinfcre, in order to join
the division lying ar Cronstra.il. It was the ob
ject of Sir Charles Napier to prevent this junction.
Advioee from St. Petersburg!; are to the Bth.
Una American and two Russian ships had arrived
at Cronetradt, and the navigation, theretora, must
have been completely open. The American had
her cargo waiting for her. From Odessa,, letters
are to the sth, and great surprise is expressed that
no blockade has Seen established. Bhips were
being ladenjat Odessa and several had been sent
to th* sea of Axoff where cargoes ware waiting. At
Riga, also, a Urge fleet waa taking in produce, and
at Archangel ■ number of ah ip* were expected.
On the evening of the 10th, tLe French ««*, | ■
unaer Admire! Parseval-De cheue*—eleven Bail— |
wee off tbe ialeud Romeoe,fl> the Cl reel Belt, four |
leagues to the north ol Nyborg. The English ,
fleet was, oe the 7th, off the island of Goltaka ]
Sendee, north of Gothland. The reason aligned
for the haaty pui tiug to sea »f tbe English fleet,
was the information that the Bosnian fleet had ran
on? of Jieleingfots, bat it was doubtful if the in
formation was correct. Tho Russian chip Otho,
Captain Lauren, had snaoceded in evading tbe
vigilance of the British fleets. She left the Atland
Islands on April 29th, with a cargo of limber, and
ran into Kiel harbor on tho 9th instant, and an
chored there.
Acting on the recommendation of the Swedish
government, France and England have agreed to
permit the trad.- of tho Norwegian fishermen of
Fimnark w'th tho Russians—that Hiding com
merce being tho only resource of the dwellers on
that stormy coast.
We hear more of the submarine batteries that
are prepared for defence of tbe harbor of St. Pe
tersburgb, and it is said, of Sweaborg and Revel.
They consist of caiasous of gunpowder that are to
bo sunk in various parts '{ the channel, and con
nected by wires with galvanic batteries on shore.
Two telescopes are adjusted bo that tl e bisection
of the r lines of sight will correspond with the
spot where caissons aro sunk. The moment when
a ship becomes visible to both observers, will be
the moment for exploding.
The Black Sea and Mediterranean. — Advices
from Constantinople of May sth, state that the
Turkish fleet, consisting of twenty sail, left tbe
Bosphorus on the day preceding, tor the Black
Sea.
Admiral DundtiB T official despatches of the bom
bardment of Odessa arc published, but they con
tain little with which the publio are not already
acquainted.
Tho following Dotice has been issued from the
Russian Consulate, Gslatx, April 26th “In obe
dience to directions from Prince Paskiewitch, the
undersigned consulate informs the quarantine
board—lst. That all vessels under British or
French lings, are to be sequestered. 2d. All neu
tral vessels laden with corn or in ballast, must de
part for the Black Sea within eight days. Bd. The
same is applicable to Greek vessels. 4th. At the
expiration of this period, all vessels of friendly
nations entering the Dannbe must for their own
security proceed to a given spot at Ibraila.
(Signed) Kola, Russian Consul.”
Tho damage doue to government property at
Odessa, by the bombardmont, was far greater than
at first supposed. The Russian journals announce
that in virtue of a decision of the Government, the
military stores, batteries and other works of de
fence destroyed bv th» sided ccrt 4 -", :hail be
reconstructed at the <...; .at of %us wly. fne ns
i pers add ths* tbe Gorinasal iu takiug that
i course, merely accedes to the patriotic dashed of
1 the inhabitants of the city 1
. . T! rscoruLjeocemeut of piracy on the Egeau
j Soa is-.. or of era.-.' importance, ’the
1 western shores of Asia Mjacrand the noigbborlrs
...» •# iaal,qUarfei* C'ftaw pirates, and in
M • -nsequeneo of the riumborof pirutics! yeseeleout,
it is considered unsafe for merchant ahipa to leave
i Smyrna without convoy.
■ ’ q.e :3th, 1,000 French troops ieft Toalor for
' i Greece,
.w,.c00 from Munich mention a letter from the
ex-king Ludwig to his Bon Otho, of Greece, con
juring hito not to intermeddle in the Greek revolt.
Others reply to his parent was bo very unfilial and
unsatisfactory, that it has plunged the whole royal
family of Bavaria into a state of profound grief.
Tho robbers who inlosted tho neighborhood of
Smyrna aro being rapidly bnnted dowu. Michuli,
a companion of Steliio, hus been taken, and to save
himself has denounced his compauious.
A regular postal sorvioe has been established
between Adrianopio and hhumla.
The hospital of Nagura is to be given up to the
Fronch tor their use during tho war.
The number of Greeks expelled from Constanti
nople during the month of April was 14,100, and
2,000 nr.d bocome Ottoman snhjeots to escape the
operation of the decree. The Faster ceremonies
passed off without disturbance.
A great Are had oocured at Constantinople,
nearly 1,000 wooden houses were dortroyed.
The Gbeek Inscbbection. —The Paris Moniteur
states that the latest nows from Epirus if satisfac
tory. Tho revolutionary party was losing ground
every day, and tho greatest number of the villages
in the district of Prevesa had sent in their sub
mission. Faud Etfenui had 15,000 men nt Arts.
8,000 muskets of Belgian manufacture, and destin
ed for tho Greek insurgents, hud Deen seized near
Mulla.
A later aeconnt says that Macedonia is invaded
by 2000 Greeks under Chavis Karataso, a former
aide do camp to King Otho. They have committed
tho most atrocious excesses. In one p'aco they
shut up 150 Turks, —men, women and children, in
a mosque, and urued them to death.
The subsidy given by the Czar to the Greek gov
criimont,amounted to 1,000,000 draebas per month.
The Russian government is reported to have given
letters of marque to the Greek pirates that are now
infesting tho Levant.
It was reported in Paris that tho pi m of the al
lies is to carry tho war into the heart of Russia—to
seize the Crimea, and to land 20,000 men to attack
Sebastopol by laud, while the lloot3 attack it by
sea.
Asia.— From the camp in Asia, there has been
no news during the past two weeks.
The forts Novorossia and Gelendjik, on the Cir
cassian coast, had been evacuated by tho Russians.
Souchum Kale waa almost deserted. An English
officer had boon sent on a special mission to Scha
rayl, and among the arms sent to the g"llant moun
taineer by the Turkish expedition (as above stated)
is a plentifnl supply of repeating rifles.
A troop ship witii horses had been attacked by
Greek pirates.
Tho British steam frigate Tiger, 1G guns, 200
men, went ashore near Odessa, and was taken and
burned by tho Russians. The crew mode a gallant
resistance. Captain Gifford, in command, was
wounded.
Eighteen thousand Russians havo been put hors
<U combat by fever since the occupation of the Do
brudseba.
El liamce Pasha, 17 years of age, son of the
Viceroy, Abbas Pasha of Egypt, left Alexandria for
Constantinople, on tho 4 b, in the steam yacht Faid
Gotland, on a state visit to the Saltan, and tho
Sultan's daughter, lib bride. In consequence o'
the tightness of money, the bridegroom could only
scrape togother about $500,000, us a present to his
father-in-law, which sum, being considerably loss
than expected, makes it doubtful if his reception
will bo very cordial.
Tw&uty-two Russian merchant ships have been
captured since the bombardment of Odessa.
The Turkish fleet hud eutereu the Brack Set.—
I i-Yrick Ahmet Pasha is in chief command, an *
Hr ; c rkishs, (Egyptian) second Tha fleet ha i
boaid as Vice Admiral. Safer Pasha, the celebra
te,n Chief, accompanied by torty foreign
officers, among them Major de Giorge, of the Sar
dinian rifles, accompanied the expedition. The
Hoot numbered 24 sail, carrying 1030, and was to
bombard Redout Kaleh, Souebum Kaleh and
Anapa, also to disemburk a land force under Safer
Pasha to effect a junction with the Circassians.
Five Turkish, one English and two French ships
of war were cruizing off Prevesa. Three Greoco-
Russian ships in tho port of Santa Croce, near Ra
gtisa, were watched by a Frenoh frigate.
Tim PaiNon-ALinas. —A correspondent 'of the
Moniteur, from Belgrade, May Ist, mentions that
on 81st nit, Mr. Coiqnhoun, the English Consul,
passed through Belgrade, coming from Wallacbia,
on a special mission to Bosnia, the Herzegovnia,
and to Montenegro. Tho object of his mission is
to prevent any armed rising in those provinces
against the Turks.
A letter from Vienna states that the Vladikar of
Montenegro has declined to make war on the
Talks, “ having received strong recommendations
on which he has acted.” This wants further con
firmation.
Relations of the I’owebs. —lt is confidently
stated that important announcements respecting
tho position of the different European Powers will
bo given to the world through the Paris Monitour
in course of a few days. It is further asserted that
Austria has actually already sent an utl malum to
the Russian Government, which ultimatum, ns it
is not likely that Russia will accede to it, —will bo
follwwod by active hostilities. Similiar rumors aro
current with respect to Sweden, and, indeed, re
spoctiug the minor poweis generally. A month
or six weeks muss elapse before Austria is ready
to take the field.
The Government of Denmark, Sweden and Nor
way have promulgated the principles of neutrality
they have adopted, notifying their intention not to
participate, either directly or indirectly, during
the conflict of the two belligerent partios, in favor
of either to the disadvantages of the other. The
vessels ol war and of commerce of both parties
will not bo allowed to go inside the fortress of
Waxholm, at the port of Stockholm; the fortress
of Raholm, port of Christiana; lha fortifications
of Caolstou and Carl krona; and tho batteries at
Eveholm, port Slito in the Island of Gothland.
The port of Christiar.so, in the kingdom of Den
mark, is closed to the vessels of war and trans
ports of the beliigoients; but facilities will be
afforded to them to obtain in all the ports of the
neutral Powers provisions and stores, with tho
exception of those Geomol contraband of war.
Unless in oast ot actual distress, entrance, sale, or
condemnation in the neutral ports of Denmark,
Sweden and Norway is interdicted.
England.— The Cjneen, on 15th, sent a message
to Parliament, exercising the right vested in her
to call out, euroland dispose for military seivioe,
the militia of the country, to take the place of tho
regular troops seut to tho war. Addresses ap
proving of the measure were voted in both houses
of Parliament.
The British public had bet!much exercised by
a financial proposition that touched the English
man in his tcndorcst point—h’.s beer. This was
a government proposal to increase the malt tax,
and on the second raiding of tho bill a debate
t ti med, more energetic thau any that the war has
given ris3 to. Several h'licrable members de
nounced the pro(>osed augmentation of the tax as
“at variance with justice, honesty of purpose, and
e n. latency of pr“ 'iple.” Mr. Drumtnon express
oJ a firm conviction that “tho depriving the
laborer of his be:r was productive of rnoro immor
ality than all our reformatory sohoois could cure.”
Other members gjvo vent to their indignation in
terms not less strong; but without effect, for the
bill was road a second time by a majority of 808
against 195. Tho brewers sensed the opportunity
to raise their prices some six shillings per barrel,
and the British pnblio have now undisputed poa
sess on of a real grievance,—“cabman's mixture”
(a compound peculiarly vile,) retailing in England
at tivepc.cc a pot, while the troops on the Danube
have it pare at threepence, under contract from
same breweries.
The steam line-of-battle ship Koyal Albert, 181
guns, was launched at Woolwich, Saturday 18th,
in presence of the Qne'.n and 80,000 spectators.
Victoria performed tho ceremony of christening
the ship.
A new arrangement has been entered into by the
British Government with tho Pacific Steam Navi
gation Company, by which the outward mail for
Chili and Peru is to be despatched from Panama,
on the fithsnd 21st of each month—tho voyage from
Panama to Valparaiso and back to be performed in
SBV devs.
The British Regiments detailed for the occupa
tion of Greece, are the 29‘.h, 21st, S4*.h, 88d, 47th
Infantry, and the Ist But'-ail ion of Bides— s,ooo
men. Prance sends 10,000.
An American frigate (name not known) was at
Constantinople April 23d.
A steam gun boat named the Jasper, on the way
to join fleet, blew up off Beechy Head.
The crew, thirty-throe in number, escaped in boats,
and were picked up at sea by a Liverpool ship.
In the House of Commons on Tuesday evening,
the 16th, Mr. Milner Gibson called attention to the
present state of the laws of the press, and moved
a resolution to the effect that the laws in reference
to the periodical press and newsprper stamp are
ill-defined and unqually enforced, and demand the
early consideration of Parliament. Mr. Kinnaird
seconded the motion, which, after some debate,
was agreed to. Mr. Hume, as usual, took the
ground that the restrictive laws which fetter intel
ligence, should be altogether repealed, as their sole
effect is to keep the people ignorant and brutal.—
Mr. Bright in the course of his remarks, made the
humiliating statement th»t there are seventy five
boroughs in Britain returning members to Parlia
ment, in not one of which is a newspaper publish
ed I Out of London there is but one daily paper in
the whole ot KngUnd! He drew a contrast be
tween lha Oirculation of newspapers in the United
States and in Britain, aud laid befbre the Homo a
copy of the London Time, price 5d sterUng—re
tail price in Eugtand equal to 12]* cent*—the Mel
bourne Argus, price 8 cents, and the New York
Iribune, prte* 2 cents. These papers arc about
the same six*. “Every workman in New York.”
continued Mr. Bright, can buy tho Tribune biers
morning for a penny sterling. It i s just as good
a newspaper ts the London Times. Perhaps all
its leaders are not wnaen r« elaborately as in that
department of the Timet, and the copyrights of the
New York papers are at this moment, worth
donble the copyright of all the papers in London,
with the exception of the Times. Mr. Bright then
referred to Mr. Whitworth’s report of hi* recant
visit to the United States, where he saw and re
ported on “inany things which had startled manu
facturer* and men or science in England. Mr.
Whitworth had shown that in certain departments
of industry in America, there is an increasing
skill and knowledge which threaten not only to
rival but to excel anything existing in Britain.' It
must be borne in mind how near tbe United States I
are to England. Every week every thing that is
known m England is known in the United States,
and every workman there has the same facility as
memt'c > r Congress to read all that is published
-while 1 1e very reverse is the eese is England.- |
In English gm-ihops the nswspeper is folded over
tho bar as a tompUtion to peasers by to oome in
and read it. The right to have itistlhis own home
is denied to the laboring man, and the effect of the
present restrictive laws is to drive operatives to
the bear house if they wish to see a newspaper,
and there, they cannot see it without imbibing a
certain, or rather an uncertain quantity of gm. It
is not so in the United States. If the governing
classes of England distrust the people so much that
they will not trust them with political knowledge
(hw are hypocrites to the last degree if they speak
of the ignorance and depravity of their country
man” Itij. Bright gave utterance to more truthß
of the sama kind, but, we fear, they mostly fell on
*'Mr.Sumcfhas oalled for “a copy of the existing
postal engagements agreed to between the United
States and England, and of the correspondence for
a modification of the terms of the present agree
ments.”
The debate on the nomination of the Committee
on Government Inspection of Nunneries, which
was adjourned from 8d May, was resumed, and
after a debate the order for tbe committee was
Fkakk.—The Monitonr contains s decree en
tirely abrogating the ordinance of Fe ruary Bth,
1826, which prohibited the importation inlo France
of AeiAic, African, or American products loaded
from English bonded ports, and which also pro
importation, under an English flag, of
European products loaded from any other ports
than those of British possessions in Europe.
The Moniteur has a very severe article on the
conduct of the Greek Government in fostering in
surrection against the Turks. Tbe scope of the
article is “to recall to recollection the benefits
which France has so prodigally bestowed upon
Greece.” The establishment or Greek indepen
dence increased tbe French national debt by 100,-
000,000 franca, the interest of which the French
people have to pay at the present time. France
guaranteed and has partly paid the Greek loan.
Franco organised the National Bank of Athens,
the Athenian University and library. France for
20yeara has stood the steadfast frieni of Greece,
but now is altogether disgusted with Greek in
gratitude. The majority of the Greek nation dis
approves of the Government’s insane and treache
rous excitation of revolt against Turkey, the friend
of France. And France declares that the re-ponsi
bility shall lest on the Greek government, “who
risks by ngratitude only equalled by ita blind- ,
, ue.i, ti.e ,*» of the only support which hitherto ,
. .- nev*’ failed it ”
I Gcc: Foley, it was generally raid, would be
j appall.'/- to oommand of tho division of 12,000 j
j msn, d* rad for the occupation of Greece. Tic ,
j oeetoati -r. *ocms now fully determined ou, and j
**** » ms °y of ’he Or. •
An alkiwsnce is granted to the Coasula and Min
| i- teT« who ia-a boot forced by the war to return !
to France; JO,OW> frsi.es for ambassadors, l.'i.i'-X 1
to 4 j,ooo franos for Ministers, and 2400 lo It,- oo '■
franca for- her agents.
There is rather a malicious rumor afloat that the
Emperor intends to divorce Eugenie on account of
the probable failure of issue.
Italy.—lnteresting debates had taken place in
the Sardinian Parliament on the subject of the re
lations with the Coart of Rome, and on other mat
- tors connected with the liberties of the people.
Spain.—According to published advices from
1 Madrid, of May 9tb, tbe Spanish Government has
' retnsed to comply with tbe demand tor satisfaction
addressed to it by Mr. Soule, in tho affair of the
1 Black Warrior. It, howovor, promises to remit
the fine ol 16,000.
The Madrid correspondent of the London Times
writes, of fiate the 6th of May, that application had
[ been made to Spain to furnish a garrison for Rome,
and thereby to release for service in the East the
1 French troops now in that city. It was very gen
* erally rumored that the French Minister at Madrid
had received a lettor from his government, ex
’ pressing sympathy with Spain in her difficulty with
the United Slates. This had revived the rumor
f that Spain has expressed her readiness to send
20,i)00 troops to tho East, provided Franca and
1 England wll guarantee the possession of Cuba.
3 Our correspondent sends as the following para
graph wh.ci is going the rounds of the English
» press:
’ “ The Sptr.ish Government have sent in an an
r swerlo Mr.Bonle, who has despatched the same
, by a special messenger to the United States. It
J is reported that the American Government have
I offered to tfcandon all their reclamations against
. Spain, if thi latter will cede her African possession
■’ Melilla to the United States.”
The other news from Spain is of an interesting
east. Six thousand men are immediately to em
bark in three divisions of two thousand each, for
l’orto Kioo ; these to be drafted for service where
wanted. Tbil will raise the garrison of Cuba to
80,000 of the host troopß ol Spain. Paixhan gnns
and such like hollow ware are to be sent oat in
due supply, aad tho Spauiards think they will
whip all Aiuerxa —easy l There are two opinions
on that subject The Madrid correspondent of
the Loudon Tiaes, although very favorably dis
posed towards 6pain, ana of ooureo prejadioed
against America, is forced to admit that the beat
of Spanish troops would not have much chance
in tho long run against what ho calls “the ill-dis
ciplined bat well-armed, utterly tearless, intelli -
geut, self-relying volunteers, with whom the Uni
ted States are wont to operate when at war with
their Spanish-Amsrican neighbors. The Spanish
artillery is said to be particularly good, aud their
navy is strong, (on paper,) but the Americans
could quiokly muster a lores that would sweep it
from the sous, if it ventured from under the land
batteries. The chief defence of Cuba would, of
course tall on the land force, and if it were worst
ed, the Spaniards would probably arm first the
mulattooaund next the negroes.” Napoleon is re
ported to have expressed sympathy with Spain in
its present dilemma—but this is doubtful. Here
is tho story in the very words it is told : “During
a recent interview granted to a foreign diplomatic
agent, then on his way to a distant mission, the
Emperor Louis Napoleon is said to have expressed
himself openly and earnestly on the project of ag
grandisement attributed to the Americans, and di
rected against the Spanish colonies. Thi Empe
ror manifeetsd bis decided disapprobation of the
ambitions and encroaching spirit which has cha
racterized the American Government. He de
clared that so far as his foreign policy was con
cerned. it Bh mid be the same in vis
the East. policy was based on vusiaithfu!
obforvanec of treaties, and was opposed to at
leu.pts «n the ; art if any power to tako advantage
c f , w -.Vuoea of a neighbor to rob it of ils for
*i a t'-s cowling to rear rir.pecung
lir nnw—L tore from St. f'etoraburg, of tha 7th,
suae that the tsar is tar from enjoying good neonc
at the present moment. The Grand Duke Alex
ander is living very much retired, while his brother
Constantine is indefatigable in superintending na
val matters in the Baltic. A less amoantof atten
tion seems to lie paid to military affaire jnst now at
St. Petersburg. Perhaps the hereditary Prince is
not perfectly pleased to see his own inheritance
jeoparded for the furtherance of ambitions pro
jects which are more particularly oonneoted with
the future of his younger brother. It was believ
ed that Gen. Grunwald brought back unfavorable
accounts from Vienna, as important orders were
immediately do»patched to tho Danube.
Odessa, sth.—Great surprise is expressed that
no blockado had been established; ships were be
ing laden, and several bad been sent to the Sea of
Azoff, where their cargoes are ready.
At Riga a large fleet wore taking m produce, and
at Archangel a number of ships were expected,
which will likewise probably bs allowed by the al
lied powers to bring away their cargoes although
the Russian merchants appear full of astonishment
at the liberty which has been shown.
Proms. —The Prussian Bank had reduced its
discobnt for bills to 4 per cent., and for loans on
deposits of paper or goods to 5 per cent. Prussia
is reported to have ordered a levy of 100,000 men.
Austria — Wi‘,h regard to the new Austrian loan
for £3,600,0000, the amounts subscribed are said
to have been £2,300,00 at Amsterdam, and £500,-
000 at Frankforu
Madame Lind Goldsmidt’s concerts at Vienna
are extremely we.l attended, but the Viennese
complain bitterly of being obliged to listen to so
much of her husband’s performance on tho piano,
as “Eugabe” (make-woigbt.)
The following Decree, published in the Bt. Pe
tersburg luvalideßuase, is decidedly cool:
"To General Osim-Saeken: —On the day when
the inhabitants of Odessa, united in their ortho
doxtemples, were eelebrating the death of the Son
of God, crucified for the redemption of mankind,
the shies of the enemy of the holy name, attempted
n crime against thft city of peace and commerce—
against that city where all Europe in her years of
dearth bus always found open grannaries. The
fleets of Franoo and England bombarded for 12
hours our batteries and the habitations of our
peaceful citizocs, as well as the merohant ihipping
in tho harbor. Bat our brevet, oops, led by you
in person, and penetrated by a profound faith in
the supreme Protector of J ustice, gloriously repel
led the attaok ot the enemy against the soil, which
in Apostolic times, received the saintly precursor
of our Christian religionjin our holy country.
“The heroic firmness and devotion of our troops,
inspired by your example, Lave been crowned with
complete success, the city has been saved from
destruction, and the enemies’fleets ha/e disap
peared. As a worthy recompense for so brilliant
an action we grant you the order of St. Andrew.
Nicholas."
“St. Pltirsbcho, April 21st, (May 8d).”
Letters from St. Petersburgh, reach to the <th
iost. The weather was warm, and navigation be
tween Cronstadt aud Petersburg was opened an
the previous day. Steamers had commenced run
ning. Nothing was known of the state of the ice
beyond, and great anxiety was felt for news from
H L
Aistbaua.— Advices from Trieste to the London
Press contsin a summary of news from the Bombay
Times of April 14th. It contains little interesting.
Hnrm.il wu » in a very unsatisfactory condition :
the report that the King of Ava had been poisoned,
was without foundation. At Bengal Government
had chartered a steamer to convey to the British
squadron in China the information of the war with
Kuseia. In India a fair amount of btuiness had
been done in the general markets, but money was
scarce. From Persia, no reliable news. China
•dvicee state that the Imperialists had sustained
severe defeats. Many of their forces had deserted
before Shanhai. Ceylon advices confirm the dis
covery of gold, but say it is doubtful if it will pay
the expense of working.
The oeiebrated dipper ship Marco Polo, at Liv
erpool, brought three week’s later news from Aus
tralia, her dates from Melbourne being to Feb. 19.
The Marco Polo had £IOO,OOO in gold on freight,
and brought to England correspondence in reply to
the private mail carried out by Captain Porter of
the steamship Golden Age, the sailing ship to
which the British Government thought fit to en
trust the mails in preference to the Golden Age,
not having arrived. Some excitement existed at
Melbourne on the subject of reported gold discov
eries at Callao, and several vessel! were on berth
for that port. Acooun's from all the Australian
diggings were satisfactory as to the yield of gold.
Two very large “nuggets” had been found at the
Bailarat digging, weighing respectively 207 and
685 ounces. New diggings had been discovered
at Tambaroora and Major’s Cr. ek, both near Syd
ney. By this arrival, it i» announced that on the
7th January, the French took possession of the Isle
of Pines. From New Zealand, advices were to
January 31; the legislature of tbs colony was to
assemble at Auklandon May 24.
The steamer Golden Age was expected to reach
England about the end of May, on her return voy
age from Australia. „ ,
By letters from India via Marseilles, we have a
repetition ?(the news already received via Triete,
and in addition have reports of ths totL loss of the
American dipper Oriental on 25th February, in
the river Mid, for New York, With* full cargo of
tea. The Oriental was in the set of dropping down
the river, when she came in contact with sunken
rocks, and before assistance oould be secured sunk
in twenty fathoms water. Proposals tad been
made to raise her, but it was
any such attempt would be successful. Capt.
Fletcher remained by the wreck-
Commissioner McLane arrived at Hong Kong on
12th March. The Russian squadron from Japan,
arrived at Manilla March Ist, sod ssiled on 11th;
destination not known. Nothing was said of the
Japan treaty. At Hong Kong U. 8. sloops
Porpoise ana Vincennes were in harbor, steamer
(queen at Canton, and ship Plymouth at Shanghai.
Burros Ayr.., — -yt-.e Brazilian mail steamer
Thames from Buenos Ayres, April 4th, brings in
formation of a difficulty between the C. S. cor
vette Germantown and the British brig-of-war
Express, which occurred recently at the Falkland
Islands. The eapixic 0 /tie Germantown bad de
d*tovCT d u^ti. C * l>t * in *>»«• oftt * ifprene should
M*siM o P n I?®. P l ißone ™ taken hj tor W *»-
Lvcei refaSj'Ht h fishio ? grounds. On Captain
renewed .°*P t "n of the Germantown
that he '£ m ‘? n ? d
OTtsrssssttsaar
njeutjT* 11 * orw “ d#d to their respective govern-
WEEKLY
s|rDnitlt & Sentinel
AUGUSTA. GEORGIA.
WEDNESDAY MOBHIHO.. FUNK 7,1864.
Augutie and WayneAboro* Railroad.
Tax communication of R. R. Ccylkb, Esq., in
another oolumn, demands, merely as an act of
oourtesy, a brief notice, for ha not only does not
deny, but admit* that the tariff of freights estab
lished ou the Augusta and Waynesboro’ Road die
criminates against Augusta. His letter is therefore
only a labored and very unsatisfactory exposition
of the reasons of the Central Railroad Company,
which has leased the Augusta and Wayueaboro’
Road, for establishing such a tariff of rates.
Sorno days since, in calling the attention of oar
readers to the communication of a correspondent,
“Merchant," we used the following language:
The bad faith exhibited in the regulation of the
Tariff of Freights on this road, discriminating
against Augusta and Augusta merchants, as shown
by our correspondent “ Merchant, ” is any thing
but creditable to those who control it. We are
pleased to see that the attention of our oitixens is
being directed to it, and as they have toe remedy
in their own hands, we hope they will apply it.
Tbe road cannot live without the freight of Au
gusta, and if the merchants of this city will with
hold their freight, by giving it either to the Steam
boats or ths Charleston Road, the Company may
yet learn, though late, that “ honesty is the best
policy."
The charges made against tbe Centra! Company
of “ bad faith" and “ eschewing an honest polioy,”
have caused the response of Mr. Cuylxb, who is the
President of th-.t Company. That a gentleman
his capaeity should take exception to either, (he
doe* not deny their truth) is to us a matter of sur
prise, when the facta are considered ; tor it the
open and palpable violation of a plain contract, or
tbe evasion by trick and intrigue of the tone and
spirit of a law of the land, while perhaps its strict
Utter *nsy be complied with, oau render any one
obnoxious to the charge of “bad ■attfi” or “ siwrs
-1 ing from the path r/ honest then is the Central
Railroad Company guilty of both, aa wo shall pro
ceed to show, and establish most conclusively to
• the mind of every Impartial ins:., wo care not who
| heor „..uiu ft* resides, even though be be a
■ Stock holder or Director in the Central Railroad
I Company. We have no teeluig about this matter,
| but w a like plow talk, ar.d on tins occasion shall
Aiie central Railroad Company has loased, and
therefore manages the Waynesboro’ Road. It will
not be pretended, we presume, by any sane man,
that tbo Central Company has any righto whiohthe
Wayneeboro’ Company did not possoss—nor that
they are not restricted by the charter and contracts
of the Waynesboro’Company. This being an ac
knowledged principle of law, we proceed. The
amended charier; of the Waynesboro’ Company
contains this clause :
“That the rates of freight and passage money
shall be the same ascending as descending tho road
of said company.”
The spirit of this olause is clearly to protect the
communities, at either end of the road, against
discrimination in favor of the other, and that snch
was the purpose and object of tho law, no honest
or sensible man will question or gainsay.
Again, the Goorgia Railroad Company proposed
to, and did subscribe, for SIOO,OOO of the Stock
of the Waynesboro’ Company, on the following
condition, which was set forth in the resolution to
subscribe for the same:
“Conditioned that on said road no discrimination
shall ever be made between the up and dowu faro
of passengers, or freight of merchandise.”
There is no mistaking that ooudition, it is clear
and distinot, fall and comprehensive. The reso
lution and the condition were submitted to the
Waynesboro’ Company, and after hai ing beeD tho
subject of correspondence between tho Boards of
Dircotors of the Waynesboro’and Georgia Rail
road Companies, tho Waynesboro’ Company ac
cepted the subscription, under tho condition, and
it was paid. It, thorefore, became a positive eon
tract, which bound the Waynesboro’ Company
never to discriminate between up and dowu freight
or passengers. To this, they solemnly pledged
their laith when they accepted tho subscription.
These things are of record, they cannot and will
not be donied. The only onquiry, therefore, that
remains to be made, is, whether any discrimina
tion has been mado, to which we now prooeed :
The distance from Savannah to Augusta by rail
road, as stated by Mr. Cuyleb, is 181 miles—79 of
which is by tha Centra! Road, aud tho remaining
52 miles by tho Waynesboro’ Road. Tho distance
from Waynesboro’ to Savannah is 99 miles—from
Wayneßboro’ to Augusta 82 miles, and from
Waynesboro’ to the junotion of tha Waynesboro’
and Central Roads 20 miles. Os course those dis
tances may boa fraction of a mile over or nnder,
but we deaire the reader to bear them carefully in
mind, as they are important in the investigation.
Now let ua see what is the tariff of freights be
tween Augusta and Waynesboro’, and Savannah
and Waynesboro’, as Mr. Cuyleb chooses to make
Waynesboro’ the dividing station on the Waynes
boro’Road. Wa shall only take a few leading ar
*’rlas, becauao IV-d I ~ -M be i n.interesting,
; ard the principle i* the 'ante throughout. Wo
! oopy from the rate* publish :.d by the oempany and
I circulated by their agent- among our merehartf.
r ... BaVaaoat j
| Ik- W«n ‘••boro’ 10 W,-.v”K.’bof§ l
r< o ■ _ H m*s._ j
iftrst cUe». per catfafooM 10 mb to io Cvius,
Keom " •• • 46 ** .
/bird “ « •• •• .. 25 “ 26 “
Fourth “**“**.. 20 “ 22 “
Cotton “ “ “ “ .. 25 “ 25 “
Corn, per bushel 7 ■* 6 “
Wh-at, “ 8 “ 8 “
Plows, each 50 “ 50 “
Cotton Gins $4.00 “ $4 00 “
Corn Shelters 60 “ 60 “
Straw Cutters 275 “ 2.26 “
Thrashers 3.00 “ 800 “ _
For the information of the planters of Burke
oounty whose good opinion Mr. Cuyleb seems so
desirous to cultivate, it may not be amiss to state,
that under the third and fourth classes of goods,
are enumerated those articles which they are most
accustomed to freight, viz: Bagging, Bedsteads,
Coffee, Cheese, Doors, Sashes and Blinds, Molas
ses, Rope, Rico, Sugar, Iron, Bacon, Cotton Seed,
Flour in sacks, Grind and Mill Stones, Georgia
Domestics, Hay, Mill Gearing, Nails, &e , &c., in
cluding almoet every article freigtbted by the plan
ters.
The extracts which wo have made above from
tha freight list need no comment. They establish,
beyond donbt, that discrimination, in the rates is
made—that very discrimination which the amen
ded charter sought to prevent, and whioh the Com
pany pledged their faith and honor not to make.
Are these things in good faith or are they honest!
We pause fora reply.
We have said Ms. CvyleS admits that discrim
ination is made—he could not as a man of truth
deny it. What does he admit! Hero is what he
says:
It was deemed liberal and right to divido all the
through rate from all points on tho Augusta A
Waynesboro’ Road to Savannah, half for the Au
gusta A Waynesboro’ Road and half for tho Cen
tral Road. Without thisallowanco to the Waynes
boro’ Road, the freighting business on that road
cannot bo satisfactory, as time, in our judgment,
will show. The travel, we believe and admit, will
be a great help. ,
This is an open frank confession. Let us
see its effect under the rate on Cotton. A bale of
Cotton of 500 pounds from Waynesboro’ to Au
gusta pays $1.25 cents freight—and from Waynes
boro’ to Savannah it pays sl.2s—but tho Waynes
boro’ road in the latter case only gets half, *2>£ cents
—bere ie a discrimination on a single bale of Cotton
of 02J{ ota., or one hundred per cent. The principle
is carried out throughout, and the discrimination
is nearly or quite as great on every article. We
need not add a word more on this subject. The
charge is conclusively, overwhelmingly estab
lished.
Mr. Cutlib has discovered, or at least mads
publio, a new principle or mode of arriving at tbe
proper tariff of freight, viz : that if one mile or one
section of road oosts more than another, it is right
and proper that a higher rate should be charged
for all freights passing over it I! Verily, this is a
most important discovery—something new —and
if submitted to the Chrystal Palace Judges, would
certainly secure, for the disoovorer, a medal,
whether metalic or cutaneous of conrse the judges
would determine. Such apropoposition is not only
absurd and preposterous, but would be simply
ridiculous if coming from a man who never saw a
railroad. Mr. Cuylib has been tbs President of
one for years! Let us Bee bow this new and im
portant principle is ' out in Ms freight list.
It works admirably on all goods and produce going
from Augusta to Waynesboro’—for every article
in tbe list is charged from 10 to 100 per cent, more
from Augusta to Waynesboro’ than from Augusta
to Green’s Cut. This, Mr. Cuyleb tells the plant
ers of Burke, is most reasonable, because oijtbe
enormous expense of buliding the road from
Green’s Cut to Waynesboro’ 1 Prodigious! But
Btrange to My, this new principle will only apply
when tbe freight is going down—it will not answer
stall for freights coming up ; for on allup freights,
m higher rate is charged to Green’s Cut than to
Waynesboro’. What has become of your princi
ple, Mr. Cutler—does it only work one way ! If
so, communicate tbe feet to the Planters of Burke.
So much for the new principle.
Instead of confining himself to the question at
issue, vis: whether or not the tariff ot freight did
discriminate against Augusta, Mr. Cutler has,
with a view to draw off the public mind, and tor
tbe purpose of mystification, introduced much
irrevelaDt matter about tbe Georgia and Charleston
Railroads. They or their freight lists have nothing
to do with the question at issue, and we shonld not
allude to this adroit manoeuvre of Mr. C., but to
correct his Btatement about tbe "covenant' be
tween tiie Georgia Railroad Company, and the
City Council of Augusta. He says:
11 If I am correctly informed, they imposed a
cotenant on the Georgia Railroad Company, never
to charge them more on a local rate, ending at
Augusta, than they should reoeive on a through
rate.”
We have examined the contract referred to and
there is not even e remote allusion to the subject,
much less any such “ covenant."
Correction.— ln the eighth line of the fifth par
agraph of tbe Communication of “Faib Plat,” for
“accommodation and commerce," read “accommo
dation and convenience."
Itni,..i.ii Work oy Art.—Tho eclipse was da
guorreotyped in New York city in a eerieeof twen
ty-eight pictures, showiDg every f oeition of tbe
sun and moon during the time of conjunction.
These picture*, which are of the moat perfect de
aeription.'were taken by Bqot, through the teiee
oope of Mr. Campbell, in Sixteenth-street, who ae
aiated in the work, while Profeeeor Loomis, of the j
University, noted the time ot eaoh picture.
Avoiding Uie »WIM CM.”
The last Milledgeville Recorder, v ontaius tbe ad
vertisements of the five late ownera of the oharter
of “the Bank of Milledgeville,” announcing to the -
public that, “on the 22d of May they transferred
their entire interest in the etoek of the Bank of
Milledgeville; and that this notice ia given in order
that they mey avail themselves of the mode of ex
emption from liability as stockholders in said Bank,
as prescribed in an act of the General Assembly
of this State, assented to 29th December, 1888.”
The Act of 1838 referred to, reads as follows:
Section 11. Where tho Stockholders in any
bank or other corporation, ar, individually respon
sible under the chartor thereof, and any such
stockholder shall transfer his or her stock, he or
she shall be exempt from all liabilities for the notes
and contracts of such bank or other corporation,
unless he or she receive written notice from any
creditor thereof within six months after aucb trans
fer (in which oase he or she shall not be exempt
from such creditor’s claim) — Provided, such
stockholder shall give notioe once a month for six
months of suoh transfer, and immediately there
after in two newspapers to, or nearest to the place
where such bank or other corporation shall keep
tho principal office.
As the sale of Bank stock, in those Banks in
which the Stockholders are made individually lia
ble for the amount of their stock by the charters
thereof, is of almost daily occurrence, and as such
notioes in the publio journals are very unusual,
(this being the second instance, that we recollect,
in fifteen years,) it is quite apparent, that the
Stockholders so advertising, are influenced to the
act by one of two motives, either the abnndanoe of
cautioil, or the conviction that a fraud is designed
to be perpetrated by the purchasers, and to the
exeroise of that caution, they desire to wash their
hands of tbe cosoern and all participation in tho
fraud.
In this oase, the sellers are satisfied that the
chartor of the Bauk of Milledgeville is about to be
used for purposes uever contemplated by the Legis
lature, therefore, fraudently used, hence their de
sire to proclaim to the world that they have severed
their oounexion with the conoern.
How stand the Jieoordsr and Federal Union now t
Are they ready to apologise for. or vtodioate the
I “Wild Oat” Bauk, or will they like the lata owners
j of the stock, repudiate it I
| Governor JoLueon- A Grave Charge.
j '‘Pcaucs,” a correspondent of the Maoon 6'fri
’ ret. .-bargee Governor John* .n wi.h having ai
! pointed John W. Cowart, Counsellor forthe State
| Road at a salu »y of #B,OOO a year, an office un
known to, and therefore not authorised by ary f
law of the State.
The writer b>.lefts that Co». * , f is inoompetont,
and adds that “it may be well doubted whether,
with a single exception, Cowart has an inferior as
a lawyer in Cherokee, Georgia." 1 He charges
the Governor, therefore, with using the publio
money, without authority of law, to reward a
mere partizau—who is unfit and incompetent for
the discharge of the duties of his office. The
writor remarks:
“If Mr. Cowart’s oompetenoy is to be judged of by
the way in whioh ho discharges the duties assign
ed to him, I should be obliged to oall him incom
petent. Why does be commit his charge to Un
derwood and Trippe and Milner and Akin ? Is the
advocate afraid of the sound of his own voice I If
he is design id as Counsellor in thestriot senso of
tho word, could he not also for his pay, discharge
the duties of Auditor, aud thas dispense with
a pretty good salary unnecessarily paid I The
gentlemen above namea are all experienced law
yers and tho rights of the Road would not suffer
in tho hands of either of them; but why employ
all four aud Cowart to boot, with a salary of two
thousand a year out of tho public money f”
“Publius" also assorts:
“That in tho oasoß for and against tho Road,
commenced boforo the installatien of tho present
Superintendent, Col. A kin was rotainod in all of
them in the Cherokee Cironit, and Judge Trippe,
at the request of Col. Akin was retained in some
of the more important; and that in these same
cases, wherein Akin and Tricpo were amply suffi
cient, James Milner and John W. H. Underwood
havo boon retained by the new administration,
the former, in one or two cases, and tho latter in
all the coses. And “Pnblius” here asserts that
tho only use for those lat*or gentlemen, in these
cases, is that of getting their pay—of drawing
their pensions—of pockuting the thirty pieces qf
silver."
“Publius," perhaps, forgets that something was
possibly duo to Messrs. Undebwood end Milner,
they were now recruits, and suoh was their eager
pursuit after a little pap, that the unsophisticated
might have very innocently supposed them
in danger of starvation. Indeed, they gave suth
hot chaso upon alighting from their somerset, that
some may Lave been uncharitable enough to sup
pose such was thoir extreme destitution that, rathor
than go unrewarded, they would havo been
thankful for “a few old clothes." Tho Governor,
it seems, has taken their cases into consideration
and is rewarding them.
In conclusion, “Publius," with muoh force and
truth, remarks:
“This is not a more matter of dollars and oents.
It is the establishment of a precedent. If the
Governor of Georgia has the power, without au
thority from the people, of creating an office to re
ward a politioal partizan and of permitting him to
draw from the Suits Treasury two thousand dollars
Ser annum of its revenue, then the sooner our
tato work passes in the hands of a private oom
pany, tho better. The system of appointing those
who are in nowise qualified but by political activi
ty to offices of trust, is bad enough, but itbaseer
tainly never before this gone to the unheard of
extent of oreatiugthe office for the benofitof tha
whdly iuoompetimt.”
Sc,'.in:.,Columbus— Ouj Fouytsm's. Yofwa
Ahejiica.—A corresponds I of the Thomasvllle
Watchman after gill*'-g ft. 1-re* f sketch oX Columbus
end it* business respects and onlerprise, fur
a.shei the following ludicrous account of a musiaal
see-.o in '.lnarch. The writer oould uot have ad
duced more conoluaive evidence of his entire want
of musical cultivation, than his own acoonnt af
fords :
Sunday, Churehes all opened for the Methodist
Ministers, except the Catholic and Episcopal.—
These, I believe, are nover opened to othei de
nominations. Tho Methodist have throe Cburohea
for the whites and one for the colored people here.
They havo recently finished a splendid brick house
for the principal congregation, one of the best
houses or worship in the Sonthern oountry. About
1500 persons were seated in it on Sunday morning,
who listened to a most exoellent sermon from Dr.
W. A. Smith, of Virginia. But, oh, the singing I
A choir had been fixed up for the ocoasion, and
not being well trained themselves, and the preach
er not being accustomed to auen regulations, it
was a most mortifying failure. Afternoon it was
but little better. At night the preacher gave out
hie hymn, aud before tho ohoif could “pucker,” a
wide-mouthed preacher in the congregation pitched
in, raised a good old fashioned tune, and five hun
dred voices opened upon it insianter then we had
musie—3onl-stirring musiol while the choir was
felt with books in band, gazing with a most vacant
look on the scone. The Lord ever keep tho
Methodist Church free from choirs, rented seats,
organs, fiddles and tho devil; and let all her
membership now say, amen i or soon it wilt be
too lato.
The Snquirer copies the above, and wickedly
adds:
This “mortifying failure” is equal to the des
cription of another correspondent, writing to the
Hamilton Organ, that the music of the choirs of
this place resembled a Oonocrt of frogs more than
any thing else the writer could think of. Whets
“progressive” people we mast be, that even our
attempts at psalm-singing put the choirs, organs
and all in the same category with tho d—l, or levels
the music itself to the rank of mill pond choruses I
In Monroe oounty, Tenn., there has not been a
licensed grocery tor more than twelve montht. —
Tennessee paper.
We wonder how tho reoord of crime, homicides,
rows, fights end destitution, in Monroe oouoty
would compare with that of any of its Bisters, where
the glorious privilege of destroying life and pro
perty and beggaring helpless women and ohildren
by retailing, is enjoyed. This would be an inter
esting investigation. Cannot some of our Tennes
see contemporaries furnish the data for the com
parison.—Chbon. & Sxnt.
The Weather.— About 11 o'clock Wednesday
night, a heavy fall of rain commenced, which oon
tiuned for several hours. Yesterday was a cloudy,
drizzly day, with a cool northeast wind blowing
all day, so cold as to render thick woollen olothing
indisponsiblo for comfort.
Harper’s Magazine for June has been laid on
our table. Like its predecessors, it abounds in
articles repleto with instruction and interest.
This is the first number of the ninth volume, s very
sppropriate time to beoome subscribers.
The J une number may bi bad of Messrs. Oates A
Brothers, Richards & Son and MoKinne & Hall.
The Kioerbbockeb for Jane, which presents a
very attraotiva table of contents, has been laid on
our table by Geo. A. Oates & Brothers.
Matt. F. Ward, returned to Louisville on the
steamboat R. J. Ward, on the22d. He left tbe city
again the next day, in consequence, probably, of
the threatening manner in whioh his retain was
notieed by the eity papers ts that morning, and a
call for a public meeting on tbe subject, which was
prepared during tbs day.
Attemft to Sink Vessels. —A letter from Valpa
raiso, under date of April 14, says: Os late sever
al shameful critnee have been committed on board
vessels sailing from this port. No lass than foot
vessels have been found leaking badly, after get
ting a few days oat at sea, and on putting into
port it has been discovered that their bottoms had
been deliberately and maliciously bored through
aud through with an augnr. A Chillian vessel,
the Virginia, not many weeks ago, sailed from
Montevideo with a cargo of floor. She pnt into
Chiloe, at tbe sooth, and had eight sugar holes in
her bottom. Tbe voyage bas, in conseqnenoe,
been broken np. Day before yesterday, also, an
American ship, the Emily Taylor, whaler of Now
Bedford, with a full cargo of oil, returned in a
similar condition. Sbe, for a whole year, has been
trying to get home, and hindered by one difficulty
after another; and now this one has come added
to all tbe reßt. Many of the men were in irons
when sbe came in ; and tbe Consol went at one*
on board to form a statement of the case. It ap
pears to be a crime of the same nature as arson, in
so far as guiltiness an i exposure of life is oonoern
ed. I know not what is the law on the subject,
but it ought to be severe, in order to repress such
villainy. _ ,
There is no United States ship of war here now.
The 8L Lawrence is or was at Coquimbo. The
Germantown is expeoted shortly from home.
PBDicnoN Comma-— Among the names to
whom the bonore to the senior class, at Princeton
College, have been swarded, we notice the follow
ing from Georgia, Florida and Booth Carolina,
viz: J. H. Berrien, Savai.nab ; B. C. .Clark, Au
gusta ; J. G. Reid, Woodstock; 8. Jessup, Flori
da; and 8. T. Walsh, Charleston.
The Hartford Times states that the . immense
carpet feotory In Thomaaville, Conn., baereeumed
operations again. The works, after being stopped
for seme two years, have now passed into the
hands of a new company, who purchased the en
tire interest of the old company for about $600,000.
Monetary Affairs In Bnglen*.
An occasional correspondent of Ihs Now York
Courier and Ka'heirer, writing from London under I
date of May 15th, presents the following rather i
gloomy pictnreof Monetary matters in England:
If we oontinue to progreae the road we are go
ing, it moat end in a panic or a paper ourrenoy.—
There is no help for it. The Bank of England last
Thursday put up the minimum rate of dlsoount to
per oent., for the sole purpose of causing mo
ney to become scarce, and thus prevent it going
out of the klugdom. The same prooess was em
ployed in 1847, and the result was an application
to Government, and, virtually, the letter issued by
Lord John Bussell, was an abrogation of the Bank
Act. To my mind we are rapidly approaching the
same result—a panic. Much reliance is placed up -
on the gold dust to oome from Australia; but it
does not oome ; business has enlarged so much
there, that it is required 'for Colonial business and
oannot be spared to pay the Mother Country. Bad
as is the pecuniary condition of the merohauts, it
la fortunate that the Chauoellor of the Exchequer
and the Government, are exactly in the same awk
ward condition; the Chancellor’s Exchequer
Bonds are a signal failure: his wants are greater
than any ones. In June he has the small sum of
£S,000 ( 000 of Exeebequer Bills due, and to bo
met. Whatever oredit the writer may have ob
tained among your readers, he is willing to stake
it on a panio or a paper currency.
The whole system deponds upon the amount of
gold in the Bank. It has lost £8,000,000 within
the last eighteen months, and thereby caused a de
preciation in the value of all securities to moro
than ten times that amount Give us froe trade in
Banking, snoh as you possess In New York, and
we could endure the war without finding it any in
oonvenience. In Frankfort money is only werth
, per cent, per annum, in Hamburg 8 per cent.,
in Paris and in Berlin the rate of disoount has
been just lowered to 4 per oent.: and if the Bank
of England had any choice, and wore left to her
own judgment, instoad of being sorewod down by
the Bank Act, the rato would possibly he tho
same. As it is, the Bank, so far lrom aiding the
community, is burning the circulating modiom at
the rale of a couple of million of dollars a week.—
The Chancellor and the Governor of the Bunk of
England do not agree ; and I feel certain that our
Government will bolvo the difficulty by the issue
of a paper money insome form, which shall answer
the purpose of an internal circulating medium,
and then the wheels of trade will again revolve—
otherwise, we shall have aPauio before the year ia
out. E. H.
Hew Hooka.
Lin and it* Ants: t* Tteo Pj-rtr. Part first -
“Ideal Life." Part Second—“Aetna 1 Life."
Philade’pbia. Lipfin jott, Gumbo A Co. 1854
“Life,” says the nnkuown author of this work,
“ is a mystery, suioh. though we earnestly Berk to
»o.\<u ever brft’es investigation. But this fact
should ttot deter ns from using our nlmoal en
deavors to discover Its hearing- und possible re
'.'his if ee.-uts \. be the aim of Ibis hook
I to do, and ns it is written with good intention and J
I in u kindly spirit, wo commend it to the favorable
attention es our readers.
For aale by Tuos. Riciiahds & Sox.
Report op the Trial op Matt. F. Ward, urith the
Speeches of Gov. Ckittenden, T. F. Marshall,
&o. Roported by A. D. Richardson. N. York :
1). Appleton & Co. 7864.
The above purports to boa “ full and authentic’’
report of the trial of Matt. F. Ward; but it is
very evident that it owes its publication to a strop g
desire on the pert of Ward nnd his friondß to
modify publio opinion and sentiment in legard to
’ his guilt, and that it is by no means free from a
I strong bias in his favor. We do uot think a |e
f rusal of this pamphlet can in the least affect public
1 sentiment—the fact of the murder of Prof. Butler
i is too cloar and damning to admit of excuse or
palliation ; aud the wretched Ward has nothing to
' base the slightest hope on but the mercy of bis
, Creator.
The work may be had from T. Richards & Bon.
Southern Mkdioaland Surgical Journal.-— Tho
i Juue number of this valuable Modical Periodical is
* before us,eud ou su examination of its oontonts, wo
, find that it ooi.tains its usual varioty of origiual
> and well selected matter. It Is edited by Professor
1 L. A. Dugas, and published in this city by James
1 MoCaffebtv at (8 per annum in advanoe.
! Cholera in Nashville. —The True Whig of tho
1 30th ult., says, daring the last two or three days a
’ disease strongly resembling cholera has been pro
\ sent in this city, superinduoed, it is believod, by
the very unhealthy weather whioh has prevailed,
i We have taken pains to asoorlain the extent to
, which it extends, by enquiries from most of tho
r physicians of our city. Our information is, and it
I can be relied upon os approuohing ss near the truo
i state of the caseaß is possible under the oircum
i stances, that there have boon up to this timo
, (Monday evening) fifteen deaths. Most of those
occurred on Sunday, and several of them can bo
traced to excossivo dissipation and drunkenness
i as their immediate oauso.
Yesterday there woe few if any now canes ro
ported from authentic sources. It is hoped, end
believed, that a favorable ohange in the weather
will dUpel the disease entirely, and that it will
not assume the form of an epidemic.
There ate a grout many rumors afloat which aro
exaggerated and cannot be traood to any authentic
source. We have deemed it best to stuto tbo
foots as near as possible, lest those rumors might
induce the belief that the disease had ossumod tho
form of an epidemic. Our readers esn roly upon
our columns to keep the facte before them as near
as they can be ascertained.
Health of Nashville. —The True Whig of the
81st ult,, says There is certainly no epidemic
ohclcra in our oity. The deaths reported by the |
physicians, as occurring from -holers, have been |
on the decrease during tho lust two d-fye. Ye“- j
terduy, at 8 o’clvclc P. M., wc leaned IV ug the;
Buxton,upon visiting the ally burial gronud, that j
there hod been five iutermeuie in all during the j
nay, up to that hour—thtee only of which vc , >
from cholera, aud as no additional graves bad boon
spoken for, it is not probable that there were any
additional interments during the evening.
Up to the same honr, we had heard of only threo
or four new cases, and we are not informed that
any of them terminated fatally.
Health or Nashville.— The Whig of Thursday,
the Ist Inst, says “During the 24 boars ending
yesterday atß o’olookP. M. there were four inter
ments at the City burying ground, three of which
were of okolera.
After diligent enquiry, w > coaid hear of bat
four new oases occurring since Taesdsy evening,
neither of which have been fatal up to this writing
(SP. M. Wed. esday.) The weather wls wet and
oloudy yesterday, and considerably cooler than
for several days previous.
In addition to those reported above, we hear of
three oases occurring within the last twenty-soar
hoars in the suburbs of the oity, all of which were
doing well at last accounts.
Health of Nashville. —Tbs Whig of the 8d
inst., says Daring the 24 hours ending at 8
o’clock P. M., yesterday , there were five interments
at the oity burial ground, three of which were of
cholera.
We beard yesterday of no now oases occurring in
the oity einoe our last report. The weather yes
terday changed very muoh for the better, and wo
are much in hopes that the disease lias entirely
disappeared.
A Hioh Ficubz.— Bcof sold, on Saturday, in
Philadelphia, at from 1C to SO oents a pound, and
in New York at 26 cents, a higher prioe than any
of the market-men ever knew to bo paid for it, and
ho high that many of the butchers would not pur
chase, much to the disappointment of speculators.
Extbaobdinabt Pasbaob.— The English papers
state that the steamship Atrato, noticed as the
largest sidewbeel steamer afloat, has made her trip
home to Southampton from St. Thomas, on her
first voyage, in the very short time of twelve days
and twenty hours. The distance is 8,600 miles,
and she thus averaged 800 miles per day.
Thi Eaztxbn W ab. — 1 if pout ant Kukob.— The
New York Times says it has information through
private and highly respectable souroes in London,
which indicate that the Emperor of Bussia is se
riously iucliued to withdraw from the position
into which he has been betrayed. Its informant
states that the recent attempt of Austria to reopen
negotiations with the Czar will afford the desired,
if not indeed the concerted opportunity, for taking
tho first step in this direction. The reply of the
Russian Cabinet to the Austrian note, though
vague in its meaning, will bo framed, says our
informant, so as to intimate that the Czar would
not be unwilling to impend hostilities, and to send a
Plenipotentiary to a European Congreii. The
Times folly relies on the sources of information of
its correspondent, but thinks the move, if it be
made, is anotbsr Russian trick to postpone opera
tians, and to secure the auxiliary foroes of impas
sable roads, tempestuous waves, and all the rigor
of a Winter, that would be tbs undoubted death of
the “siok man.”
The New Yolk Committee of Merchants who
visited Washington in relation to the seiaore of a
number of Liverpool packets on aooount of an al
leged violation of the immigrant pasaenger laws,
were auooessful in their mission. All the ships
seised were released by order of the President and
Attorney General - , who are satisfied that no wrong
was intended, and none really done. The first
reason for discharge was, that if there had been a
technical infringement of law it was in favor of
the immigrants, and that proper notioe should
have been given before seizure.
Bank Robbkxt.— We learn from the Cleveland
Herald, of Thursday, that on the previous after
noon, four thousand five hundred dollars were
stolen from the oonnter of the Canal Bank in that
oity. The money was a mixture of a'oont one
third Canal Bank Notes, balance mostly New En
gland, viz: City Bank New Haven, Farmers' and
Mechanics’ Bank, Hartford, Mercantile, Hartford,
new notes, with the letter 0 in blue on the right
end. Westfield Bank Stook Bank, Bennington,
and a few Wheeling and Akron Branch Bank
notes. A reward of one thousand dollars will be
paid for the return of the money and thief, or five
hundred dollars for either alone, and a propor
tionate amount for any part of the money.
Paixstlx* Mobtuasid to thx Bothschium.— lt
is said abroad, that Palestine has been mortgaged
to the Bothschilds, as security fpr a loan advanoed
to the Sultan. The mmor farther asserts that,
among the possibilities of the future, is the erec
tion of Palestine, on the conclusion of a peace,
into a Jewish Kingdom, under the dynasty of the
Bothsohilds. That serious territorial alterations
will grow out of the pending war, is incontestible
and thia suggestion regarding Palestine, however
visionary it may seem, is, therefore, not quite ab
surd.
Kailboad Fixture is Chattooga Coontt.—
The Borne Courier says We are informed by s
gentleman recently from Summerville, that •
people of Chattooga are mnoh exeited in regsrd
x projeoted Ballroad from Gadsden, Ala, to King
gold, Gs. Nearly two hundred and fl»y woo
sand dollars worth of capital bsve been actually
subscribed, end etl’lthe bell moves with accelera
ted velocity.
TUe Turkish Army— A (HaffrkT
We find in tho No# York Courier it ffnffuirer t 'j|
the following glauc? at the Turkish Army, extract. -t
ed from the correspond! nee of a ononenthusliMle
young American, who was evidently ambition* of -p
winning glory et small oust. It is quite apparent
that tho ollervcscont state had passed with him ore . 1
tho letter was written. We give it fer what it is -
worth. Tho O),trier in introducing it says: 9
Oar accounts from tho War in tho Fart comes el- 5
most exclusively from British nnd Fronoh sources
and uro consequently r xparte in eharaolor, a«d> it
roust bo expected, n.oro i r less or-toted bv tho nJ, . r
tisan feelings of tho writers. A stt iklipr ila Vru
tion of this may bo found in the dUl'vronce between f
the i ronch deepat- hos tho bombardment <>f Odes- /
aa, published by us this morning, and the lius,*! , v
dospatclios rolutive to the same event, published '
on iuesday morning. This same partis it v colors ' ■
tuo entire aspect of Eastern affairs as e.'hib“ed in
the press ol Franco and England. This i», doubt- " '
jess, in amoasnre natural and unpren.uditaicil, and
in a measure too is designed bee-u. oof the exceed- i
mg importance of keepingthn peopled ouch eo. u- i
try satisfied with the condition and pi neper's of a ' ,
war whioh is burdening iheh: «o licavjly with Isx
ation. Americans should judge of thuso accounts /<
with a constant reference to ilelr one aided ibar
aotor, and also with the reuse that that ono •’
side IS the golden able. It is known that i omo '>
yrung men na\o already been eirayed hv t o -
romantic coloring giv n to the wet-like operations " ‘
in the romantic land r.f tho I’, mini, to volunteer ’ .
into the service of tho Tit rkih army, and Hat
others arc intending soon to follow. Wo com
menu to all such tho following private letter troni
J l ?® , l“ os ® volunteers, forwarded to u» by u
friend of ours iu Couatuntinonle, to whom it waa
addressed:
„ , . . . Kars, (Asia Minor) April 14.
I arrived hero on Saturday lest. My journey
from Eizsroum, although long, was far ttorn being
unpleasant. But how disappointed I cm now" \
Would that I could accurately convey to\«u my
feelings. But let mu attempt a due-crip'ion of mut
ters, perhaps yon trr.y then judge. The town is ‘
built at the foot of eminences which conunaud it
on all sides, and which 100 Turks never dreamed
of lorlilyi: g until G. (an English Ofiioer (-'oneral
in the Turkish army,) came hero. Tin work,, are
of tho most paltry description, and ij s d.ter
mined enemy would oil' r no ol>.-t ,u!» whatever.
The troops number at tuo mo t 8,000 men ; they
are badl.v olad, badly officered, ami not paid at all.
Should reinforcements not arrive lielore me ora i -
inf of the Spring oimpuigm every thing is utter,,
lost. The foreign officers here are tr *U.I li, iLt, I
Generals more like hv* than gentletin u * » - c ..
As tOhCi.Vinaiod.nion you car. have idea HeuM
vilhiiuou? tbeyare. bp-.-e Mrter.v .n. . ..,;t
with uiy two servants, lu >
SSS?£».‘ iwfwwr*
three pigeon holes wl-.fet rv: »» Window:act’
so cold that I pan i-oar.’Shf hold m, ; eu. \ W
this, tbit with everything to o. dn.s <■ era - ><
! no money to ho li*t myotid our own rsxtdiiy
! diminishing private resources—you orn jnpgn't
< -tr i E'O’y day I am shown m -esnrt
more that the cause of tho Turks is utterly hope
less : indeed, they only de»orvo to bo beaten. I
blush to couless it, but l hope the next mall may
bring news of peace, otliurwiso wu are hopelessly
lost, and should tho Turks be defeated not u
Christian will remain idivc, for they uow pincoso
much confidence in them that u doient would bo
, eonsidorod tboir laud, and wo should be massa
cred to aman. You wanted a true statement of
i affairs in tho army, and here it is. * * * I
, oumo horo full of onthusia. m, but 1 have lost It
! entirely. Apathetic, iudolcm, und false, these
5 pooplo are undeserving ot our sympathies. Tho
j Government has no credit hero ; the ulhtrday I
a took an order to the lorage muster (icuiUcn. G.
to.- forage lor my horses, but ho would not accept
it. The bakor bar also refused further supplies of
c bread on credit. “Lit tho Government pay me
a 18, 000, out) piustris first." * * * Si eo tho
foregoing pages wore written 1 havo been very sick,
and am now scarcely able to eit up, though on
5 duty all tho timo. Our men are also sick and
i dying, st the ruto ot sixteen and twenty every day.
Os seventeen tlmusund five hundred men in Kars
aud villages around it, fifteen hundred ate in tho
• hopltal with typhus fovor. Everything shows that
, thoariny is doomed to destruction, and everything
that lean bee proves thut the Turks deserve to ho
' destroyed. I only regret that I ovcremlurked
> my sympathies in their' caune. Jam charged with
I the reparation of a hexagonal tort. The whr.lo
. could lie dono with twenty good men In two days.
These fellows havo heon more than two month at
' it. To-day 1 wont there, and found nrt ono of
my mon onlho ground. It is plain 1 can ho of no
uro here, und 1 shell sell my horrcsand return,
j for 1 cannot stay to die like a dog." * * *
“P. B.—Nows hus arrived from an mUbei.tlo
source, thut wo nro to bo attacked in about tea
days. Os course i shall not leave h'-te uuvr, ti cugli
y wo shall bo whipped like blaros. Tho'l'uiku
like devils behind v-uils, but wo have no nn muni
tion to hold out. Wo Ituvo only übout n hundred
’ rounds for cannon, and threo bundrod fur r,«eli
j man. * * * When our General asked fur
l 100,000 men, and 200 cannon, and ru d willi them
’ he would re conquer Georgia, and dri.vo (he l.'ua-
Blaus info tho Caspian, thu Divan laughed at what
■ it called his ‘extravagant demon Is.’ it ia clearly
i proven noiv that this loroo is requisite, and that,
: witli our little wretched force, wo cannot keop tho
frontier ugain3t them."
1 Our Constantinople lo.’rcspondent, who rends
i us tbo abovo, writes a- follows iu a letter dated
Constantinople, April 80.
Tho writor oi this letter ficm Kars, is one es
. tbroooriour Amcnricau gentlemen, (hiir seli from
New York) who volunteered lust winter in the
r Turkish service, lie received tho title of Bern
I B-sha or commander of a thousand, wilh the tan
eiful distinction of Neuirn Bay, whioh means L-ird
ofaEaphyr. No pay was altoehcd lolhs office,
> ho wus even obliged to procure hi., own outfit. Ho
a loft this place about six weeks since, iu high spirits
and glowing with martial cnihasiasui, for tho
fronti rof tbs Turkish provinces in Asia. Th ither
I several Franks, in tho scrvica of the government,
) havo boon sont. There ha, been no fighting on
, this frontier during the wit,tor, hut it is thought
thut the spring campaign will open hri. kiy in
this quarter.
It is to be hoped for the health fut.l comfort of
many of our adventurous young Americans, that
tho testimony of this gentleman wilt bo sufficient
to wr— t! c- • r - , . * .... 4
t similar harah experit.no.,, n,
• that nam,outacf oat cim0,,... toi■ sliso
J oironmsta»oow,wiil -avc ti.e Ctuu l ifc'e
{ apiing lODiuro* I. Lke T»»k-t fiqrvi--> Ttiey )
f Shonid ho m neatly ml ' it; Ter. r'if
i jhmii'inenlfi.- r-viu. i i dire.-j-t nor
I profit •ooir«i Even thi. .irpomt uimJ* v-hioh on
j oontorr.-.d ■ th.- Fro k. .. . .. - b --t-gta..-
aml the barrier of their leligtoo are inseparable
object! ns, as thay should bo to u:i.
Such is the oxboricneo of a p ithnnsn who has
been oduoated in n military uesden y, and mhcCiib
tomod to rouuhoncounlcr ; but thi.-, ilsemus, wss
not ar.IB honi, to deter otic ortwy otlmr Americana
fioni oiiterif g the Turkish army wi , In r. I'.iw 11 ys.
Ono of those m a young man ol wet■.lt!'., who at veil
1 lieru about a lortnighl sine (r ..., Now 7’ois.—
I ills military us; irali-mt , Imw .v r, w-r : n.oro
mode-t than those of h.n pre-lecf s or. lie has so
, lic-iled aud receivod the appoiiiiti.ciit of oupiatn in
tho Turkish Artillery, ana as he h ■ex pro u.* the
wish to bo piaend where Turkey m i nej'ls n
t soldier, ho will probably bo rout to Bohnmla 1
roprofiented to him tho di»coarag9(neui»of hi» tm
'r derluking, wilh only tho rank, ol capiain lo i bi.ild
’ him from the insults ol his superior officer and
I the contempt of his men. I sm told Hat even
I bows are inflicted on an officer "f sh it rank, ii mi
ring tho displeasure of his superiors. But ho
thought that diet notion was tobi so'iievi-l even in
i this thorny path, and tin: novelty and romenee of
r the kiiuation, together with the fanciful lilii In
, Pacha, were too grout inducement* to withstand.
He will prob-bly And among tli i ignorant, f ig .ted,
and prou l rnloru of tho s up, hnt litt'e of the
| sympathy und enttut cordial tic effpeots, and among
the soldiers ho will bo fortunate indeed if he meet
with respect.
,
C Arrest of the French Consul.—A Wasliinglon
letter says that the French Miui.ilcr Ltd an inter
, viow wilh Mr. Murcy on Saturday, wl ti diplo*
. matic notes were oxclianged in relation to the re
j cent arrest at San Francisco, of Mr. D;ll u, the
, French Consnl at tha. port. Mr. Dillon, it will
bo remembered, was : to u't.nd the U.
States District Court, to testify on the tiial of tho
i Mexican Consul for a violation ol our neutrality
id laws, and refusing to obey tho eummnua, wan
ly brought up on attachment in.-ucd by Jmlt/a Holf
>d man, but subsequently discharged. That Judge
r- H’s conduct was in contraveiriion ol t* e treaty
s. between the United States and France, which ex
empts Consuls froinarre-l, in perfectly oleur. If
there was any canse of complaint agaim-t Mr. Pil
-16 lon, our Government conld withdrew his Bxequa
'P tur; but under no circumstances was Ihero any
5r authority for his arrest. Mr. Marcy is under-'cod
'* to admit this view of the ease, and to have awed
*> accordingly. There arc, however, iridto h” great
cauHeaof complaint against Mr. Did ou, a-'d it ia
e not unlikely hie exequatur will bo withdrawn.
h B*ain.— l lioro it* HOiuothirjtf mournful about the
•» decay of a once mighty nat on. A fertile tin mo
of meditation in afforded by the tight of a jc* pit
n wHoho very name was once emblematic of dignity
1 and splendor, of power upon the land and on tho
8 sea—sinking sadly—though haughtily, into a mere
i melancholy memorial of departed greatness, f.n' b
? is Spain attbe presont day; aniunltrs »,me im
-8 portaut changes for tho better occur, i' is »vi ut
1 l hut her “course of empire” t>iil m u m, hi. J.
r Uuder the Moors the population cf S; i'u ,
1 ty millions; it i* now less than thirueu million .
1 Tho Calmer Publico, a Madrid newspaper,
\ " Granada, before its tali in 1437, contained4oo,-
' 000 inhabitants, of whom 6ft,ilhO bore arms. it
9 now contains but CO.OOosonls all counted. Malaga
. in the 17th century contained 80,0<>0 lnheb tente;
it now poeseeses only 50,000. Medina del <\i to,
in the 17th century, contained 60,000 ir l.i.hitmt;
r it now contains 6.000. Merida, at tie .pooh,
f possessed 40,000 inhabitant-; it lav po-vmaea
only 5,000. In tho 16th oer.itiry, ttie dire- eof
Salamancha had one hundred and twenty seven
j cities and villages; it now has thirteen "niy.
Segoria in 1725 had 8,000 families; now 2,ois».
8 Seville, in tho 17*h century, had a popnia’ nos
- 800,000, of which 180,000, were employed iu mini
l factures; it now o> ntains 66,000 ant Is, all t. I.
Toledo, in tho 15th century, had 6 o, 1 no Inhst.l
tants; it now has 15,000. Valence, which in the
d year 1600 counted a population of 60 now
g Lard I v numbers 60, Ouo. In 1778 ther. were count
t ed 1,611 abandoned vdlrges in Spain, and ti e
numlier has been increasing from tbn‘ day to
* this.”
i Soabcitt in Florida.—' The Wakulla (New Port)
Times, says that it does not know when provisions
I have been bo scarce in Middle Florida a-; at pre
sent. Corn, bacon, flour, Ac , ordered from New
} Orleans are not recoived becau-o there are rot
t vessels enough in the trade to supply the univer
sal demand. On a recent arrival ofa ve.-sel, mmy
wagons from a long distance in the eonufry were
I obliged to return empty—and what i- worse, wi h
the prospect of finding an empty co a crib and
, smokehouse when they got h in •.
The Times adds that so far a* hear t fr..m, the
! prospect for the growing corn crop in Mold's
, Florida is cheering.
' In New-York at about S e’ttoek on Thursday
morning, whilst Allred A. Phillips, K ' »-.# > f
the Judges of the arine Court, wa« »-ikirg m
Broome-.-trcet, near Broadaay, he wesaftaik< -I by
six men, who knocked him down and kic!<< 4 ai.d
beat him severely. The assailants th, u If I, ei. t
Judge Philips returned to hi. residence, *hcre
medical attendance was procureJ, and his w<oiuds
dressed. , ,
Notwithstanding his
Phillips came down toCbambors-stroetand openeii
Conrt at the usual hour. The pending case was
that of Johnson vs. Burrell—an action to recover
damages for fills* imprisonment, which ho* occu
pied tho sttention of the Conrt for several days
past, and in wbiob a great deal of animosity be
tween the friends of the parties appears to hsve
been mseifestad.
Anksican Sbip Bmuixsa.—lt ia no small com
pliment to our ship builders, that Mr. McKvy *f
Boston, the builder of the Great Republic and
other noted vessels, has recently contracted 'o
bnild for various Liverpool firms, new strips to
the value of £200,0W, or om million of dollars.