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At 12 o’el «:k tbeß«r,«le o» • ]* ro *iilo .tof
, .. , ro -;i t i• I- w«™ I'uM Office
1 So-.ete, eri'.af th» m tn
l -.r.riVi«n bibp- , . \*i»con.in to eeloct ,
'dii* .13 of b«r CuiwrMt;, was
• li . t/ . . . »; han amendment.
1 ' \ ruc' - j ttf*p Ctt,ed 10 llie Beuat ® f °
* jr f ' V' 6 tS.Vsie trooM conwol choerfully if
;,*r. llnr.’- r Bat it coala not be done
1 r " ~V V ‘ jiinit * e express order ot both Houses.
? / ' iV ’fihai'tuid tuc question to tbe Senate,
i r'ued to «et ou the bill.
V \u» r -.. u>3 time suent without any buxines*, (
Vr" m offered a resolution to con tin ae the ]
‘ ~'.»ymeat «»f pag®* for sixty days after the ad -
- ‘ i,fiie;d of Congress. The Chair rated it to be
to: of order.
Mr. Morton appealed,
\1 r. Weller argued that tho rale only prohibited
3, gi dative business requiring the joint action of
ti ;wo House®.
\G. bnght said no Legislative business coaid be
vir. Stuart moved to lay the Appeal on the
tade.
‘Ar. Chase raised the point that as the Joint
j; ion prohibited any motion except to ad
j , the w ioit proceeding was out of order.
; Chair so doc led, and the ma.ter was drop
j 1. At one o’clock a message was received from
t-■ i'r s.-P-ni.. Mr. Walker moved that the Sen
*j* * into Executive session.
.} >'i -s, of Tennessee.—ls not that amotion,
i .d can it bo cute r turned.
j .j Co ir decided that it coaid, and it wav then
i jr ... A f. w minute** before ’.wo o’clock the
( ',r+ .Vore opened and the benate adjourned to
? - A on Monday at 8 o’clock.
HOUSE.
. c li ■ -c met: Mr. Phillips called attention to
t . c . i :v:ction of tho onstituti >n, which hays
t «-,v;ry b.i! which shall have passed the House
; Sima* hall, before it becomes a law. be pro- |
* •.■ o': i'» so I’rc.i dent. If he approve it he shall
t'.jn it; * fn t fie shall return it with his* oo
iti i-i *. > that il use in wnich it shall have origi
a off, v/ho shuii enter the objections at largo on
th :* r journal, ar.d procoe ;to re consider it, «sec.
"i'ut R /«r and Harbor bill having been thus re
turned, ho wished to know whether it would be
proper to eater the motion to re consider ou the
-j >urnai f arjd have the motion postponed until the
j, so aion of Congress, as the I louse was now
without a quorum.
The Speaker replied that under the resolution
» Uipted yesterday, restricting tbe legislation, the
motion whm not In order, bat as he believed a
v, nr urn was iu attendance yent.erday, when the
veto message was received, both it and the bill
v,- , iid bs spread at largo on the journal.
Mr. Phillip-.- ggested the rest lotion to which
1 < Speaker allr led, provided no vote shall l>o
lik;n * n any propositi n except tc adj?aru. He
did no' d«eign taking a vote.
S : vor*l gentlemen indulged i* conversation eh
to wbe*l er tnere was n quorum or not in attend
ii icc whco the voto wuh received. It was
ji >\ however, that there was no quornm
•when u qau<uon wbm taken by yessund nays, a
l*i«r minutes afterward. The Speaker Haul he wah
i! . in the chair w *en the mesvige wi< received,
Lit as H was without objection, it was to
prttnutne-1 there was a quorum present ut the
t i •»i• *, u,'i therefore it would be Hpread on the
sour rial.
A r Carnpoell pres iinad the nicsssasre would bo
, n it ooald be Mtod apo>a.
Mr. Kifjhard •; ... I only d*>*iro to *uy that I
d ,i r ir.iiii iho President relative to thia subject,
j . : ij., . .tso j wny impri./ementashoald bo made
oU t ( 10 count and denied to the interior of the
, Denying the Imler whilo pursuing the
j.iV-i'or G >\ •rnuient becomes partial, onerous and
j I i *: and on this we separate.
/dr Cuni bill rootvgivo his viowe coinciding
with Mr. Jv;churd»on.
Vir. f'rait interrupting. 1 cams here for bnni
jic-r. arid don’t wunt to hear speeches.
Mr (’unphell spiriiodly. Then the goutleinan
cm leave, and I call him to order.
Mr. SpoaKer. Gen lemon will come to order
and take their Boats.
Mr. Richardson. I don’t wish to violate any
rule.
Cries of order.
Thu Speak* r. There is no proposition before
the ! ly, and it >a surprising tuut so # ow gentle
t . . I: |,r* • nt cannot pre u tvo order. 11l bunged
MVi’h in-i nn. '. calling out Hri/ily “order.”
Mr. Campbell, esuiaiug. in the valley of Mis
.th .is more than one half the population
G s |}j,. iM a* nation, and as a matter of course they
I, r ,-io h ill the burdens for the beuefif of the
i r ,■ r, at large. In fifteen years but one bill has
P s* <l ibr improvements in that immense valley,
j/ nronCMative.s o! pi »plo, without distinction of
c ini'i here and urge tliolr claims, but the
j, .• • , (Maims to i>e the advoeuto oi popular
no. ci ' ly vetoed the li'Vf.r and Harbor bill.
Mr. ('! ugmun. I don’t believe there is necessity
for any i » r *re public spo ki ig.
Mr. Hrib.irb. 1 did not come hero to discuss
a:.> ‘ju-s- i'M, but at u future time will i>e prepar
ed t J i.itdV the vo? . winch s sustained by repub
lic,!. \ •quality, and is alike just to tho wi.ole coun
try and the consliUUlon. I was sorry to hear the
remark? 'he genii m»n irorn Ohio (Mr. Camp
bell,) because the' arc calculated to create section
al feohug' in iho West.
:Vl . 1 uniibidl ro-«o to reply.
Mr. j};., r.|. The gen lie i nun need no* explain.
Jdou’i tli.uk be meant it.
Mi . I'ruit, [ insist on order.
Mr. C iiigbo I .n »vod the House adjourn. Ncgft
tlved. tl«*Was ab*»ut addressing thA House when
Mr l*rntt objected to further speaking,
j’h*! b 4 e:,ker. Tneu I must enforce the rules.
vD .hi i i, of Alabama, supposing there was
imUrtig purtlonUr before the House, said that
early in 1 ‘. vision he intimated tliat on some pro
per occasion ho intended to review Mr. Maroy’s
Kosla letter. Various oiromnwtuncos had prevent
c«t hi*n from making the speech, so ho adted the
11* iso i > I it iji ii print it, assuring them there was
Holton? personal in it. Agroud.
M». 0 impboll wanted to know when property
which pi'-jsos rtown that river becomes national, ia
it only u.» when it touch ‘s salt water i
Mr. Bolls hoe wauled to respond, but Mr. Pur
year objected to further speaking. He said this
whs not the buaiuoes fur which they had assem
bled. He moved an adjournment—ayes 10 noes 11.
A message was received from the President, sta
ting that na bad approved certain bills, and tho
'House ad jo. i rued till Monday morning ut half pant
•even o’clock.
All tho general appropriation bills bavo bocoino
law • with the * xcq tion ol that for tho transpor
tation ol the mail !>y ooean steamers —the clause
relating to g*vlng noiico for the termination of
contracts not having been definitely aoiod on bo
fore the expiration of time to which login atiou was
ros* rioted
Tho act to carry into off ret tho reciprocity treaty,
recently ooncliuleil wit h Great Britain, was signed
by (ho Pr. » d i.t in an hour and a huif from tho
time it was fir d taken up in Congress.
Mr. Barksduio. We novo heard of various fu
eious between those who claimed io bo democrats
j\ud wings. We have hoard of fusions betwoon
frees oilers and abMitinnista. I liavu not been
nsTo iishtnl at ilii s, but l urn somewhat astonished
lit the fusion between tho gentleman from Ohio
nod the gondoM in fr< :n Illinois. Tho latter
lie iM-ved a victory or the Nebraska bill, but we
Hi w find him cruiiehing at tho loot of tho gontlo
m>u trom Ohio. However worthy my friend from
<>i*io may b<\ 1 should dislike to return to my
democrati** e» tituenis and 101 l them l had o<»-
aicsoed wih him Ido not know how it is with
mv friend froi.. Illinois, it tuny bo ail rght with
him, S».it w »uld n,H bo so with mo.
Mr. Straub. 1 udcoflhe House poi mission to
put on record a speooh on a subject a littlo nearer
to my heart ’.ban any discussed ibis bessiou. [Orion
of hear him
1 want to publish a low remarks in favor of
vet emu > I 1 • rs who fought jlu t blod and gained
pnr vii*l*ries in the war of eighteen hundred and
tweUo. Apr- *l, agreed, uttered amul laughter.
Mr Bieha. l-on. 1 have but a single remark to
rnake to the gontlotnin from Mississippi. lie
t- .'igrutulnm- me that l am tbundin company with
i-Uange bedtell 1 have merely Icid dowii tho
l> >aiuon on which l stand. I stand there, not
oaring who stands with or against mo. I form ray
own opinions, and acton thorn without consulting
too opinion* M anybody else. I repeat now that
1 don’t care whnt tin* Presidout may think on this
or any other so ‘ j • The policy of this Government
win.m a'lows appropriations on the seaboard, and
demos them m tho intciior, U wrong tin l unjust,
and 1 ooudemn i f . I don’t cure who ditlVrs with
ms. W lieu you oomo to the cono tision to strike
down ai* ion. appropriations * or New Y 'rfc,
i’hilft ielnl. a, Halt im*ro, New Orleans,everywhere
oi the Atlantic— when yni s*riko down your
ligtit h.'iescs and custom houses, l will go with
you Kir. wl. n yanr approoriUloiM should only
l'«j for ttio au-b ar 1 and not for tho interior, il is
no Hist :*ml w- mg. 1 will walk the road 1 have
marked on I, l »n’t care if I tread it alouo, I don’t
uire w>o is nguin d me.
Mr. liarksdale. Who!works U»eetcegentlom«n
Twgnrd «s naimnal and what as local 1 which |
Would 1 i rove.
Mr. Uteh.rd.- •, Pli toll tho gouliemaii. My |
Opinion is '.hy Gvusrr.l Jackcoi: as good a man j
to strike i oi l with os anybody o!> ' !
yj, Flo 'nee, j rottv good authority up our •
Kichnrd- on. When Igo homo and tell my j
pec od' i . ‘ tHi 1 w‘ ore General Jackson si red. 1
they ’ll be - . ;Ko. Tno great Mssias np. river!
rnu’s through, m l touches t*:: States. It that is
uo‘ hr*louai, what is nati >nai ?
Mr. Campbell was again about to address tho
House, when.
y r. ll.igg. rising to a privileged question, moved
that the House adjourn.
The House rolused to adjourn—ayes ll noos
16.
Mr. Kicbardson uskod permission to make a saw
further remark-; but objection being made, he
obtained permission to print his remarks.
Mr. Florence a-ked leave to inako a persona)
fdp'aiiatr'n hi rcl .tion to tho President’s mOh
aayo o* jocd t o.
At BoVI vk ’.ln- House adjourned until half- j
p^- ( nvveu o'cl vk a. in., ou monday next.
Wasuinotos, Ang. 7.—liotli Hon-esc! Ovcgros |
n.n*ir >•:> th" njoruirg at 8 o'clock, and
poon a»W sdj u nod sine die, without trauaacting
n,,v husmo-a. A ) is c’nfi'iou and disorder.
Me ni t r- are pn . iTing to depart for their homes, j
whilst many have already gono.
A MtsrA&g ‘.Vniii.k'Ttn. A correspondent of tho
Chromed- A NCcimel, « f the Si ii:s\,charges upou
t» i Gv rj < Citioen u “ combination of rais
b:., . r vrence t r “Rev. Dr. Styles and
t M s\t," which Requires a brief notice at oar
f - d>. I'j way f rei ' »der. It seem- that we i
y re mi akv' i i?' the rnr oftheSoo ety in whose j
F - : l>r Sty .■» :iK : ,d. l*wt-lho “ bout* eru |
Aid ~n i not -• American H>me Mis
a. vi S icty.” Names, however, do not alter |
I IXO*l
a *« lo»«i:iv ,-t ,'poiatiou. Both are N'tiberu
J .«» ir-y s vie les, h*r me spread or the Gos- [
pul in i»oi »nd in aim. tv here then is the a rear *
Jj i.-iak m*dc by Uo Ci iaec Auaiu, Mr. Stv'oa !
w. ut Mb*re the “ General A—cvc'uti.'ii of Con- j
turttioot * and tuere made a. if “ k*lli j
oo ” report of his labors sn the South, aud that j
b . 1 v rev* him kioJiy, hut reso>v» d not to give ,
1 io v or to ten' vil.v.. Where .
ti . is there any “gross combinaUon ol mis I
s T at*-meats” j n the publ ca.iou made ny us? It |
cs • not be found. Oi*w more, toe mipres ..>n is ;
ov- Jl? nt ;*•> re int.lc by “C. I>. K ” the oorrespon- |
d • Aforesaid, that »o a*p*r**d the character v t
Rov. Dr. S*> t-v. by imputing to him “ j
Tin- i? gratu tons, a creation tho in* j
Ycn. ve far.ev ot 0. B K. We ma le no disoerag
jtg mr-iark of Dr. d. whatever. We did not re- !
h r o i.iin at all, when »o ojipre-eed the opinion *
tl;a' iheSouth anouhi attend to h-.-r < wn Mi.*siunary j
oj>3?aliens, without the aid of Northern people
*uci - (
ecciation of Ocanectieot.’’ True, we differ with j
Dr Styles, in hi* \k>w- of ii*o uecess-ty of a j 1
“Scathern Aid Society,” based upon Southern 1
cepitai and iofluk.'. ce, but we have never either j
d« !*e \t\» ruitriotiHui or e&prevaed auy. Will >
ti e Ohr..m--!, .V J-j»tie/to rub 1
Jwl: this explanauon»—i/,; , „ c usJn. r i
Ai h> far the moat wholesome ! 1
C ! - up*, lake three pounds ox good rninp beer i t
ol any part free r,m »-nc and not too fat, at .i } ’
in «n earthen fire pr*.x>f pot, with three c-iarU of ! 1
water, oue Urge carrot, two tarni; >, two k-eka, a ■ >
head of celery, and one burut oo'.ojj ; season, and 5
b»‘ the son I bo» - * w!y, •*»:minium d tram tin,® to \ I
tiiue. tor at lea»t five hours ■ chon «»t r ain it through ! 1
& tin a t»*evo, an 1 pour it over thin slice of bread to j '
ac've. The m. u and vegekablee make a diah which !
ia afterward* served. T»u* cooked, the moat be- t
ennie tender and ju»ey, and is excellent cold. j
We alluded a fewdy -»go t ■ the comprehensive \
•rrangcruer t of the new Post Route Aot, legaisiing . :
and including »r oue bill all the existing Poet- j i
K >ates. ’oarn that the enrolled bill makes |
«i wards of 80 ' pages, uud that the }«-chment ’
epor wficb it is euroiied o<*: the Government j
jfw ut #3kK).—Arfl. I
details bi the ahabia.
Tub Daw cob.— We have little or nothing from
the actual Beat of war. Prince Gortachakotf hav
ing discovered that the body of the Turkish army
i 3 not. an »apposed, at Guirgcvo, is withdraw
ing j-art of bia artuy Vo Bucharobt, and it ie be
lieved that hih right and left wing are retreating to
ib Screth line of operations. Omar Pacha was
at G jijgevo on the 2?7th Tbe Turkish outposts
are atfarapajui, where a sanguinary engagement
waa fought on the 19th. A Kussian camp of 50,000
men into be formed at Urzitseai. Prince Gort«-
ccakoff is confirmed in command of the Moldavo
i WaJlachian army. A courier from St. Petersburgh
met GortnChakoff at Bucharest, on tbe 12th, wi*h
a letter from the approving of the plan sub
mitted to him by the General. The B-iasians are
to resume offensive operati na, and Gortschakoff
is reported to have received orders to drive the
Turks across the Dauube, a’, whatever cost —more
j easily ordered than done. Letters from Gmstan
| tinople state that the Austrian internencio had
expressed himself very strongly at Omar Pacha’s
• “presumption” in crossing the Danube, after :t
! had been agreed that the Pr.nctpalitios should be
- occupied by Austria !
1 According to late accounts published by the
! Paris Patrie, ti e Russians have completely evacua
ted the Dobrndscha, carrying their nick with then j
to GaUtz.
On the 14th, Russian engineers surveyed >
Austrian frontier at Kochow, took sketches, and
meanured the breadth ui*d depth of the \ istula,
which is there the boundary between the two
countries.
The Russians are fortify)ag Brailow in the j
strongest manner, but have destroyed the fortifi
cations on the Island of Gbednbid. Tho Turks !
have at length completed their entrenched camp j
ai Sophia—the work** of aix redoubts, two i
regular forts with moats, intrenchmenta, and I
heavy batteries.
Omar Pacha has, in name of tbe Saltan, pro
claimed a general amnesty to the Wallacbians who
have been engaged in the present war against the
Porte. On the ioth a dep itatiou of Boyards, from
Little Wallachia, passed through Widden on their
way to Guirgevo. Their mission was to present
to Ornur Pacha a document, in which the whole
Dypulation of the provinces off-sr-, homage to the
Sultan. “Prince S ter bey has been re-n'initiated
Hospodsr of Waiiachia, and Prince Ghika ol
Moldavia;” —v.ay.- a telegraph despatch, al-
I though the necessity of nominating the Hospodara
to the office they iiave never ccabed to hold, is not
obvious.
The Baltic.— Twenty ships of the allied fleet
wore recently telegraphed off the soderam L'ght,
on the Swedish coaei. Ou the 24th, seven Ergli»h
rhips with French troops cn board were in Emge
Bay. On the 25th the combined fleets steered tor
t e Aland Island*. The Imperial Yacht Reine
Hortenac, with Gen. Paraguay d’ Hilliers od board
j ha* arrived at Copenhagen, and sailer thence.—
Admiral Oorry had lauded at Copenhagen.
Black Sea —The Russiau fi et is reported to
have left Sebastopol. The Anglo-French fleet left
Baltschik on the 11th, ostensibly in search of the
Rescans.
One hundred and eighty of the crow of the
British frigate Tiger, were exchanged at Odessa,
agains a l.ke number of Russia a prisoners, leav
ing thirty English yet in possession ol the Rus
sians.
Bfain.— The following despatch is from Madrid,
‘ July 22. The city is quiet, hat the citizens are
i till under arms and continue to build barricades.
k Ou tho of or hand, the troops maintain their po
i sition at the Re iru and around the Palace. Tue
junta of safety and defence has decreed the reor
- j ganization of the National Guard und the re-e«tab
.lshmentof the Constitutional Ay untamiento of
H 43. Tho ox Miuislers continue to hoid their
1 portfolios until the arrival of Espartcro. It was
that ioou Chri tiaiin was concealed in the
ihtlace w:ii! her daughter. M. Po'os, sub-director
of th*s secret i-oiica, iiaa been seized and shot by
tho people. There was a report that tne *4'men
wished to transfer the seat of government trom
tho capitol. No nows had been received of the
movements of O’DonueJl, but it was said he had
had an interview with Espartero, and would enter
Madrid with him.
A correspondent of the London Timas states
that on f ho 20th of July, the populace of Madrid
wore shouting “Viva
of the Kingdom until the arrival of the King of
Portugal!” But as tho Loudon Times has be n,
over since tho paper was refused admission into
Spam, the avowed advocate of a union of the
crowns of Spain and Portugal, it may be well to
have lurthor confirmation of the fact.
Gen. Blaser ha* fie Ito Portugal. Tho names of
E*partero and O’Donnell appear in all the procla
mation* of the Junta of M.*drid.
Before leuv-ng Logrono, Espartoro issued tho
following proclamation:
“Inhabitants of tho Rioja! I quit Logrono, my
adopted city. My country and liberty c!a mmy
presence in invincible Saragossa. 1 carry with mo
a grateful recollection of the ser -n years 1 spent
among you. I address to you one recommenda
tion—obey the patriotic Junta, which met to-day:
respect its decisions, i nd preserve order, the sur
est guaiauteo of triumph. 1 rely upon your loyal
ty, which never belied itself; and upon your patri
otism and magnanimity, which have endoated you
forever to, “Your fellow citizen,
“ EdPARTKItO.
“Logrono, 18th July, JBS-1.”
On arriving at Saragossa, the Uonoral issued tho
following :
“dAiiAooeflANH: —You have called me that I might
help you to recover your lost liberty, and my heart
overflows witn joy at finding inyseil aga n among
you. Lot tho national will bo accomplished, and
lor the attainment of so sacred an object you may
ever reckon on the sword of Luchana, —ou the lile
and reputation of your countiyman,
“BaLDOMKBO EsJ’AItTLRO.
“Kuragosso, July 20th.”
The ab'vo proclamation was immediately pub
lished in a supplement of the Clamor Publico, to
which was appended tho foilowi g editorial note:
“Wo are confident that those sentiments are
shared by tho Generals O'Donnell, Dulce, Mussi
na, Ros do Olano, and the others wno had tho
glory of rising against tyranny ou tho memorable
28th Juno.”
Wo make the following extracts from tho Madrid
correspondence of tho London Times, dated July
19 ;
This is no ordinary Spanish pionvnciamienlo,
beginning with noise and ending in smoko, li
has all tho earnostneßs aud fierceness of a Parisian
• evolution.
Half past 4 P. M.—l have just na ‘o a fruitless
attempt to get a letter Bent to a house near <4 men
Christina’s paluco. It was not easy to find a mea
fconger, since tl.o distance is considerable, and
pari of it is in tho hands of the insurgents, part, in
those of the troops. He got to some streets off and
obtained speech of one of tho superior chiefs, who
told him tho thing was utterly impossible, bat
gavo to him a word in writing, to prove tome that
tho man had done his boat to exoouto tho commis
sion. Tha account given me by tho messenger of
tho preparations for defence is terrific, and 00m
binod with what I myself have seen, induces
me to think the revolution will triumph. Tho
ministry of tho G lbornaciou, on tho Puorta del
Sol. is blockaded by the insurgents, and it is said
tho troops it contains run short of proviuiena ami
water. In Madrid, as you arc a ware, water is sup
plied chiefly by carriers from the public f un
tains. A captain of the staff has just come in with
a flag of tru o. Tho troops in the Gobornaoion
offer, f tho insurgents will suspend their fire, to
o vacua to tho building and mrch to their quar
ters. The insurgents had before oiTo-od to thorn
those terms, with tho further condition that they
must lay down fhoir arms. This they will not as
yot agree to do, but probably will ultimately be
compelled to accept tho condition. In reading
what I now write, should 1 succood in sondiug it
to you to-morrow, yon will, of course, boar in
mind that, situato l as 1 am, I can get none but
insurgent accounts They spot k vory confidently,
and say that they hold nearly the whole town:
that the military are shut up in their barracks, and
dare not issue forth, and must nUmately yield.
They expect Buceta (the Republican chief who
seized Cuenca) with his men, but say thai they do
not want him, for they are abundantly strong. 1
am ignorant whother tbe government has sent
anywhere for additional troops, out if they have,
they certainly cauuot be here yet awhile, and, in
deed, T do not kuow whence they are to draw
thorn, sinco they have despatched so many to tho
South.
“ My mossenger describes tho barricadoo in
some of tho stroe s he passed through as tremen
dous—forme of large boauiß of wood, vehicles,
and heaps ol stone. He saw a mounted staff offi
cer and a wounded soldier brought in prisoners.
Tho insurgents ho states to be very resolute and
very Huron, and of that l can judge from those l
s o about mo. “ Death to Christina 1” is, ho m-jh,
the favorite cry among thorn. I have not heard
those in this vicinity utter any particular cry.—
They, of course, have littie idea of disciplino, but
seem obedient to their chiefs and handy with their
arms, and are ce r tatnly a most formidable mob.
No instance of licouse or pillage have as yet corns
to my knowledge. They appear a bsor bod by their
fiorco enthusiasm. The*r Junta has, among othor
highly respectable members, Benor Sevillauo, tho
grout capitalist aud banker, and Gen. Evariste
iian Miguel, who is President. Ido not suppose
any mails will go out to day, and of ali that,
•or France, sinco the insurgents hold the Calle
Fuencarra! and tho quarter of the town through
which it must puss. Cousidering l ho state of affairs
i do uct think a hrge number of letters will have
been written today. Senor Corradi, of the Cla
-1 mor Publico, is also of tho Junta.
j Five o'clock I have been positive y assured
i that neither mail nor diligonca leaves Madrid to
day, so that, in doss it had happened that a special
{ courier had boon going from some embassy, and
would have taken charge of my letter as far as
j Paris, of which 1 have no assurance, I could not
inuuy way ootutnauioato with you. This is uiy
only consolation for being prevented posting this
letter, containing the moat important intelligenc-i
that tor« Jong time has been transmitted from
Madrid.
“Tdo insurgents have cut the fountain? that
supply the barracks. Their arrangements for to
day s work were all made in the night, and seem
to have been very woU made, for the town hus
oeeu covered w:tn barricades like magic, many of
them oxtremeiy formidable ones, composed of
targe beams, and of ii.tg-Btones piled on each other.
There will be work tor the paviers when this is
j over. The mo«t advanced barricade on this part
• of the line is in the street before my windows,
\ about forty yards to the light. At the eud ot the
| street are s tew men, who keep up a fire at the
i GobernHeion, wiiich :s also fired at from the house
tops, and ot course trooi numerous other ends of
J streets leading the i uerta del Sol. It is be
j tioved there are about 2jo men in the building.
, As parleying it* still going on—an insurgent officer
bdng at tho Gobernaeion -lue firing is suspended,
| aud the water carriers are fetching water from the
rouuiu -i it, the I’uerta dal —for the insurgents,
not for the troop.-.
Jtly 20 in —“Daring the whole ot this remark
aide revolution, which has now ias ed three days
.uid nights, i have not seen a single instance of
miscouduct, ot theft, outrage, or drunkenness.
Other persons who, like myself, have been a great
j do-d among the insurgents, have made the same
remark. Nolbmgcouhi be more admirable then
! the con act of the people. Certainly no paper
here, however addicted to tho system of tyranny
and corruption tiiat has jnat bean overthrown,
' w venture to assert theocntra;y. Tee Hera Ido
! has ccased to appear, and its editor , Messis. Sar
to ri ;? and Mora, have tied or are in concea meut.
Bui as »r is possible that certain loreigu papers, j
ue anted by the same, motives (whatever they may I
be) that induced them to uphold the Into detest*bie j
rti/tfr will endeavor to attribute all manner of
crimes 10 ;he Madrid insurgents, 1 thick it right to
give my testimony, backed by that of other eye
wMne.-svs, foreigners like myself, to their excel
lent conduct, their consideration for the inhabi
lam-, their lesis.auoe or temptation. It will be a
great pity if so well ordered, a re olction should
fan to be ir the good fruits expected of it,
Qiaktsk pa?t 4.—As 1 write, The r e is a negotia
uou guaug on between the insurgents and the
garrison ot ibe brobamacion, whe, being very hun
gry and thirsty, ana doubtless considering their
case hopeless, are desirous to capitulate, but ca
not ie>oive to give r.p tneir arm*—a hard thing,
certainly, i. r soldiers to be compelled to do, but
the people will listen tc nothing else.
Half vast 4.—Tr.e troops in the Gobemacion
have just given up their arms, and have beta 1« j
off in every direction by tne people, arm in arm.
shouting vivas for Kspurtoro s~d the Constitution!
They look a good des. exhausted, *.> welt they may
be, and the people have taken them away to get
them dinner. There is great acclamation. I re j
grot to sav there are many cries of “ Death to j
Christina!" and it seems apprehended that her j
pa .vce will be burned. Such an excess, after vie- i
tory has become almost secure, would tarnish the !
tr.umph. It is to be hoped that the unfortunate
woman will >oape -if she has not doi eso aiieady, |
us tome believe. Tho mere genera! belief is, tbs
she is in her daughters palace. If the people laid j
hands on her, in the:r present moo *, she wouid bo j
t->rn to pieces, a post office courier, whe arrived j
$ ester day from France, tol.i me that she had not j
passed b> that road (unless inooguita,) although !
wert «. rviered tor her. Poet tour compels
me to conclude *
mlmJ****-? i thal o ' Donn 9!! will be here to
, , u ' oser to him
•Dd Bltoei- tlae ;lie
ttfiair t** probably at an end.*'
v
“PEOPLE Os 14*X)RID,
“ T te Ja,lU io whom you have deposited y cur '
confidence think to correspord to it in placing all j
their own in the valor, patriotism and enthusiasm i
of which you have given such glorious proofs in
the memorable day of yesterday.
“You have defended your rights. You aro wor- j
thy of liberty, as you are creditors of the national j
gratitude.
“It will not be long before you Bee the Duke de
laictoria among you. The Queen has charged
him with the formation of a new Ministry. The
name of Espartero is a guarantee of patriotism and
of liberty.
“The Junta, making itself interpreter of the de
firas ol the people of Madrid, ana looking at the
necessity that the admiral order which the popula
tion has preserved in the midst of the struggle
should not be disturbed, haa deposed the organi
zation of the national militia, thus fulfilling the
desires which Gen. O’Donnell made known in his
proclamation of the 7tb July at Manzanares, and
tkofce which undoubtedly anima eGen. Espartero,
now called to form the Ministry.
“The Junta will occupy itself immediately iu
preparing the means for properly carrying out this
disposit on. What impoits above all at the pres
ent moment is to preserve tho posts which the
people occupy; let no one separate from them; the
organization will be realized without taking away
the forces that are now under arms. Tho Junta
charges itself with iu
“ Madrileians—Preserve your imposing attitude. ,
Be what you have always been, as generous as
valiant. Your Junta, which has admired your
heroism, flatters itself that the whole world will
admire ail tne virtues which honor the citizens, ]
ali the endowments which adorn Spanish Liberals. ,
(Signed) “Evarista San Miguel, President; ;
Juan Sevillauo, Alfonso Escalente, ManuelCrispe,
Fr-r-dsco Valdes Martin Jose Iriarte, Gregorio
Mollinedo: Marquis Tabuernigi; Angel Fernando
de left Rios; Marquis ce la Vega de Armijo; Joa
qnim Aguirre; Antonio Condo Gonzales; Jose
Grdax Avecilla.
“ Madrid, July 20, 1854.
England. —The House of Commons have had
under discussion “tbe Russian Government Se
curities Bid” which makes it a misdemeanor to ne
gotiate any securities which the Russian Govern
ment ha« issued since 28th March last, or may
issue before tbe conclusion of a peace. Mr. T.
Baring opposed the biil, which he said was un
necessary, and spiteful towards Russia. Lord
Dudley Stuart (the author of the bill) insisted that
the measure was necessary to prevent the sale of
scrip within tin British dominions. Lord Palmer
ston said that the bill app ied only to stock crea
ted for the very purnoees of the enemy—he there
lore supported the Dill. After considerable dis
cussion the House divided on the question wheth
er the bill should be committed then or in three
month*—when the latter proposition was nega
tived by a vote of 77 to 24.
Lord Dudley Stuart broaght forward bis motion
—that in ihft reply to the Queen’s message on the
vote ot credit, her Majesty be petitioned not to
prorouge Parliament until full information be given
to the country both as to tho relations of Britain
with foreign power?, and to the prospects ot the
war. This motion, in plain term*, meant a vote of
consule on the goverument. Tho war, he con
tended, might Lave been prevented if there had
beeu ar. efficient man at the head of the Cabinet.
He censured the undue deference of tbe govern
raent to Austria, and blamed tha management of
the war a’ home, for the inglorious inactivity of
the fleets and armies abroad. Mr. b. Herbert de
fended the manner in which tbe war had been con
ducted, and ntated that the administration would
confidently abide tho decision of the Hoube. Mr.
Layard declared that ho (LayarH) had no contt
deuce whatever in Lord Aberdeen’s management
of affairs. Admiral Berkeley domed in strong
terms that Sir Charles Napier wa* in any way
crippled iu bis operations by orders from nome.
Several othor members spoke for and against the
motion, after which Lord John Russel warmly
took up the defence of Lord Aberdeen. He pro
'ested agamst the Earl ot Aberdeen being singled
out for attack. All his colleagues were equally re
sponsible for the alleged delays and shortcomings.
If Lord Aberdeen had for a long while enter
tained hopes ot peace, that was a reproach which
he might vory well bear. Ho (Lord John Russ-ll)
thought it was ungenerous to draw distinctions.
Let the House either censure the whole govern
ment, by voting the address proposed by Lord
Dudley Stuart, or let it show by vote itwcoufidonco
in the ministers of the crown. Lord D. Stuart
hero offered to withdrw his motion, but tho House
refusing, i.t was put and negatived.
Sir James Graham explained to the House thecir
cumalances connected with the payment of the
wages of the men and officers of Sir John Frank
lin’s expedition, the sum of 490,000 storing being
now due.
A conversation ensued on the subject of tho
alleged lunacy of Dr. Peith/nan, a German of some
literary position, who on b ing liberated after
fourteen years' restraint, had again fallen into the
hallucinatio* that ho Lad unsettled claims against
the <4 ,l( ‘? n > and had in consequence been again
p aced in coufiuement. Lord Palmerston ex
plained that the proceedings against the unfortun
ate gentleman were quite legal.
On the notice book of the Hjuso of Commons is
notice of motion to enquire if it be true that the
United States has gained a concession of certain
mercantile privileges with respect to the Sound
(Baltic) duos, and if so, what steps have been ta
ken to acquire the Hamo p.vileges for British ship
ping.
The following new ah : pe of war had been com
mencod during the week : The Cadmus. 20; jtoyila.
20; Charybdis, 20; Scout, 20; Cam-lia, 16- Mu
tine, 16; Lyra, 8; Icarus, 8. The Snake, Viper
and several other gun-boats (steamers) have oeen
launched and will roach tho Baltic in the second
week of August.
At Pe mb broke Navy Yard four line of-battle
ships, four heavy frigates, and four sloops are be
ing built—of which aro named the Rovenge, 20
guns; Alert, 26; Pelican, 16; Cordelia, S—ali
screw steamers.
India—Despatches, through France, to the
London press, in anticipation of tho East India
Mail, hrrng dates from Bombay to 2i)th and Cal
cutta 18th June.
In India the hot season just concluded has been
an extremely unhealthy one. Hi tho presidencies
of Madras and Bombay ihppe Las been a scarcity
of food and wata r , and a very unusual mortality
from cholera; but the rains have now sot iu, and
aro accompanied as usual a cessation from
cholera ; as well os from business and action of
ail kinds. There has never been bo fair a pros
pect of tranquility on theScinde frontier.
The latest nows from Oabnl bears date tho 18th
of May, Miboraed Afzul Khan has informed the
Ameer that a Lukauee army, 12,000 strong, lately
marched against tho Russian force in tho dopen
deucy of Hoorgunj, which amounted only to 4,000
men. A battle took place in whioh the Kokanoo
army was defeated, having all been killed on the
field except one thousand men. Some, however,
report differently.
The King of Bokhara maintains his .correspon
dence with tho Shah of Persia and the Eaiperor
of Russia, and is anxiaus to strengthen his alli
ttfee with those powers.
Tho latess accounts from Pegu agree in stating
the frontier is tranquil, bat the reports from be
yond aro most contradictory.
The Russian squadron which it was supposed had sailed
for Kamschatßa, has been di.-covered in the harbor of
8t nra aya, a Du ch settlement at the eastern end of the
island of Java, there are tux ship* altogether—ihe Pallas
carrying the ommodonrs penna t; two sleeps of war, a
br'K or war and two ten.>er». Later accounts state that
two ol tne Russian frigates are reported o be cruising in
the track of the Australian trade, and some English ships
of war have been sent to look as er them.
Piracy is said to hove increased in the straits to snch an
extent as a riously to injure the trade of Singapore.
CoitdTANTt > oplk, Ju'y 16.—U ssia is reported to have
askeu for an armistice, (’mar P*cha has gone to consult
the English and French admirals.
Eighty sieiie pi 3es hav« been landed at Varna, where
there are now 00,000 French, 80.00‘J English and 10.000
Turks.
At a Cabiaet Council held at Vienna (on 25th?) it was
decided to send forward armaments to the Wallachlan
frontier with all desp*'oh,and it Is reported that a day was
fixed lor tne entry of the Austrians into the Principalities,
borne important arrests hav* been made at Para.
Viricna, July 29. Austri and Prussia are agreed upon
the appreciation which the la t Russian Dole d serves.
Tne two governments only disagree on minor point?, but
they agree iu asserting that the occupation of the Princi
palities by Russl * i= dangerous to the integri y of
P’Tts, an > the Ra>BUu propcsiiions cannot be taken into
consideration unt l the Principalities are evai uated. The
joint answer of Austria and Prmsia wil. be addrt.-sed, not
to Count Nesselrode, bnt to Count Ksterhasy.
Tu sday 25th.—Madrid was q liet. Kepartero would ar*
rive on 23ib. Gen. Manuel Concha had arrived, and act*
td cordl »lly with tho Ci’.p'aiu-General.
At Alicante a deplorable aooid nt happened during the
revolt. A large number of women were a work in a cLar
fictory when Che conflict began in the srreet. In a'arm
they lushed to the siaircase—the balustrade gave way,
and they were precip tat d into the “well.” Sixteen
were killed, and many frightfully injured.
Fbody Klot inlbt. L*outnl
Monday (election dav) was a time of unusual ex
citement nu»i a bloody riot in Bt. Louis.
Tht difficulty commenced in the sth ward, and
wan occasioned by aulrisbmau stabbing an Ameri
can. This was the ttignal tor a general attack,
which was commenced upon the Irish groggeriee
ou Mayor and Green streets, and Washington
avenue, and on the whole front of the Levee, from
Cherry siroot to below Locust, which wero more
or leas injured-
The intelligencer says the crowd supplied them
selves with axes aud other implements of tho sort,
from tho steamboats at tho wharf, and with them
boat in the shutters ami smashed the counters and
everything that would yield to blows. Ou the
Levee, between Cheiry and Locust, there are only
one or two houses, at most, that do not bear dis
astrous marks of the conflict, at Locust street the
damage stopped.
It is rumored that there are four or five killed.
Tho number of the wounded we have no means
ol estimating. From the reports rife ou the spot,
and fiom the fact that hundreds of discharges were
heard during tne coarse ol the row, which raged
a good two hours in u.l ita fury, and has continued
at intervals thus far during the night, it is fair to
presume that the number is largo.
We have been able up to the present time to
obtain with certainty only the following name 3 :
Joseph Arnot or Arnold, a Frenchman, working
on the canal boat “Burlington,” and just anived
from Chicago, killed. He was not in the affray
and was shot down almost immediately on leaving
the boat to sec what was going on.
Jackson Fowler, Mute ; shot in the left aide.
James Russell, Pilot; shot in the arm.
A man whose name we did not learu, received
a stab in the back, under tne left arm, the point of
j the weapon coming out tne left breast, j
| Wouuded men were constantly borne up from
j the Levee to Broadway, during the tirpo of the
j fight, and such terror reigned in the neighborhood
that the stores on Broadway and on Foarth street,
I for some distance dowu, were closed ana remained
| closed during the afternoon and evening,
i The greatest excitement prevails at she time of
! writing. The military, however, are under arms, j
, and on the alert ; and we anticipate no further j
damage to life or property.
Latku.—About ten arrests have been made. !
1 The prisoners were lodged in the calaboose, with I
I the exception of the fellow with whom the fight
i coinmencwd. He wa* subsoquentlv removed to j
; the jail, as a rescue was feared. It ia said that he
is ail It ishman, that he stabbed a man iu the !
! crowd round ihe polls in the sth Ward, and the a j
| dropped his knife and ran ; and was pursued fer I
several squares, and fiuaily caught.
As nearly as we can !ear:i, three men are already i
dead from the effects of wounds received in the j
riot, and two are not expected to survive.
At re o’clock r is morning, the military had j
retired, bat even at that late heurthere were smaii
auots of tne rioters scouring the northern part of !
tne city, yelling and throwing stones.
Or. Morgan and Green streets, extending west f
from Broadway, not ar. Irish grocery is left, oil be j
ing torn to pieces, and the couses more or le>» in- !
jured. A frame row at the northwest corner of |
Fifth and Green suffered severely, the- weather- •
boarding beirg split and tom by stenes, and ail the I
windows and doors smashed in.
At a rough estimate there not less than fifty
or sixty houses, chiefly Iriah grogge* ies of the
lowert order, badly damaged, and their contents
destroyed. 10 estimate the loos we are unable to
r-ay, bar rthouli guess it is not much short of SSO,
000. Ail this, b sides the murder and maiming,
was the work of but a tew hoars. The police was
insulflcieut, aud for near!., three Lours the excited
multitude had fob sway. ' After the appeara re of
the military, comparative order was restored.
‘ Who would not bra Mjrmox.—A late work
| on Utah and me Mormons, says Mr. Woodruff, of
Avou, Connecticut, bad risen to be oce of the
twelve Apostles in Grab, and that he is constantly
’ “marrying new aDd young women.”
Seriously speaking, has not our government
. the power to abate this abominable nuisance—this
I open violation of the laws of morality on whicn
i our institutions are founded ! Bigamy'is a pena*
ffence in every State in the Union. H»» not Con
gress the power to regulate this mr.rter iD the ter
ritories ! It so, s et this outrage, . 0 disgraceful to
the wye and our Republic be abated.
W eatrer and Carps. —The effulgence oft sum
mer’s ban continues to pour its scorching rays np
on as with no intermission. More th n four weeks
have e; a used since we have been blessed with a
rain. Corn is parching with the drouth and the
sweet potato crop will probably be short. The
grass on tne Commons has dryed up, and the
whole oountry is covered with dust. Yesterday
morning there was a slight sprinkle of rain, and
the indications are more promising for a good sea
son, than they have been for some time.—Tuscum
fiia Ala. Jznqairtr, M mst.
State of Affairs) at (irejtanu.
The foliowintf is ihe notice served by the com- .
mender of the Brit L-h brig of war Eepiegie, upon !
the agent of the Accessory Transit Company at ’
Point Arenas:
11. M. S. Espiaoui, ) j
Greytown, July 29, 1554 j
Sir:—The laie destrnc ion of .hat part of the
city of Greytown situated upon the south aids of
the harbor, having rendered it necessary tor her:
Britanic \iajeaty T e naval force to ictoriere in the!
re establishing of the government.: and protection
of tie inhabitants, I have to inform you that al’
though, I am fully aware that the occupation c-f
the point whereon are situated the factories of the
Accessory Transit Company, has ever been a dis
puted point between that company and the au
thoritite oi Greyto»a. without eutering into that
question now, I cin only consider those buildings
as roranng a partol the city, until the circu.rr.itan
v 6B lracli “ ctad here, having been fully
brought before the respective governments, shall
elicit a decided arrangement,
i V 1 'l* e I find Ltent. Comma’.ding
Jolly, of ri. n. hi. schooner ‘-Bermuda,” has found
it necissary for the preservation or life ans pro
perty to proclaim the cityofGreytown under mar
tial law, in the necessity of which steo I fully con
car. 1 hereby inform you that so lone as your
erup.-yecs and laborers, Ac.; conduct themselves
peaceaDly, they will be permitted :o carry on their
bus.ness as heretofore, and shall be protected from
any agression in the same manner as the oth r
poition of the city.
I have the honor to bo, sir,
(Signed.) G. Hancock, Commander.
J. J*. bcoiT, Esq., Agont Accessory Transit < Vn
pany, Greytown.
A private letter from a merchant at Greytown,
published in the New York Post, says—
\\e have iu tne harbor the English mail steamer
T&viot. schooner of war Bermuda, and brig of war
the American brig Reveille from New
York, and Fanny from New Orleans, to sail in a
day or two, and two schoonors from Jamaie* with
provisions; one of them, the Libe.ty from Bulti
mtre, un :er American culors; besioe c we expect
the English war steamer Argus and others, a
French squadron and a sloop from Jamaica with
provisions for the poor and houseless men, women
aud children.
Captain Jo'ly, of the Bermuda, placed th. town
under martini law and removed the crass cannon
from the point where Capt. Hollins had placed it,
and he does not permit Burton, the pilot, to take
vessels out uriles* applying to him tor permission.
Capt. Smith is Hera and in command of the
Ka’h. Serious consequences, it is conjectured,
will be the result. I get my meals and sleep where
I chance to be, in different places.
From the Few York Expres
Further Important Particulars of tb
22omn*rdtneut,
On the 18th of July, the day after
lies took his departure trom San Juan
of the Br. brig Bcr neda, went to 8a
put up two proclamations, copies ?rn
given below. On the 19th, he cat
Arenas and lef t two pioclamations, bi
was wordod different from the one put up in scan
Juan ; instead of the words “eoward»y and wan
ton ho hud “cruel.” He also stated that he wouid
»eud after the cannon that was taken trom San
Juan and placed hero by Captain Hollins, of the
<Jyuue. The same day ho went to San Juan, and
with a pencil altered the proclamation so as to cor
respond with the one left here, and signed his
name in pencil as having been altered by him. A
correspondent says; On the 2Dth instant he sent
a force of marines to lake the oruss cannon, which
he says belongs to Great Britain, and was left for
the protection of San Juan; he took it under pro
test of the United States coamierciai agent. He
has proclaimed martial law, und blockudcd the
port, a* d told the pilot, an American, that he was
risking his life by going out lor any vessel without
his permission, and was about to put him in irons
for having gone out to bring iu the American
brig Reveille, which arrived hero on tha 2oih inet.
PROCLAMATION. —(Copy.)
In consequence of the non-existence of ail civil
authority in this city of Greytown, Lauded by the
lute outrage,) I beiug charged, a« tar as uiy power
extends, witu th • protection of lives aud property,
oo hereby proclaim the city and territory of Grey
town, as described by its constitution, under “mar
tial law.”
Given under my hand, on board H. M. schooner
Bermuda, at Greytown, Mosquito, this 18th day of
July, 1864. A. D. Jolly,
Lieut, and Commander.
Proclamation. —(Copy.)
It having been brought to my notice that in
consequence of tho late (cowardly and wanton)
cruel outrage committed by the United States ship
Cyano, that many depredations and theft* have
been committed on the property uecessari'y lett
unguarded, 1 hereby proclaim that any person
brought before me with sufficient proof of having
coraitted such thelts or depiedatious, shall bo se
verely flogged on board H. B. M. ship Bermuda,
under my command.
Given on board H. B. M. f-hip Bermuda, at
Greytown, this 18th day of July, 1854.
A. I). Jolly,
Lieutenant Commanding.
The commander of the British war vessel E3pei
glo, thut had just arrived in the harbor when tho
Star of the West left, had declared it his intention
to hold Pucnta Arenas as security for the conduct
of Captain Hollins, and that he will protect it till
something can bo arranged between the (wo
governments. Ho says the Point is a part of the
city of San Juan.
Litter from the Commander of IL B. J/. Ship
Espeiyle.
The Commercial publishes the following copy of
a letter addressed to the agent of tho Accessory
Transit Company, by Commander Hancock, of H.
B. M. ship Espeiglo. It confirms the intelligence
of Lieutenant .Jolly having proclaimed martial
law at, Greytown, but is entirely courteous, and
encourages tho belief that nothing will be none to
provoke hostilities. The letter gives assurance
that the Accessory Transit Company will be per
mitted to carry on their business as heretofore,
and ih*t their property will be respect d and pro
tected. “There will, therefore, be no interruption
of the conveyance of passengers and freight by
that route :
H. M. S. Espkiole, I
Greytown, 29th July, 1854. J
Sir : —Tho late destruction of that purt 0* the
city of Greytown, situated upon the south side of
the harbor, r aving rendered it necessary fur her
Britannic Majesty's naval forces to Interfere in tho
re establishing of the government and tho protec
ti n of tho inhabitants, I h «ve to inform you that
although I ajn fully awaro that the occupation of
tho point whereon are situated the factories of the
Accessory Transit Company has over been a dis
puted point between that Compauy and the au
thorities of Greytown, without entering into that
question now, l can only consider those b hidings
as a part of the city until tho circumstances lately
transacted hero having bee" fully brought before
the respective governments shall elicit a decided
arrangement.
In the moai wbilj I find Lieut. Commanding
Jolly, of 11. i 5. M. schooner Bermuda, has fourd
it necessary, for the pre&rvstion of life and pro
perty to proclaim tho city of Gio>town under
martia law, in tho necessity of which stop I fully
concur. 1 hereby inform vou, that so long as your
employees and laborers, conduct themselves
peaceably, they will be permitted to carry on their
business as heretofore, and shall be protected irom
any Rggiessiou in the same manner as the other
portions of the city.
I have the honor to be, sir,
(Signed.) G. Hancock, C mmander.
J. M. Scott, B-q., Agent Aocesaory Transit Com
fany, Greytown.
n view of this official notification (to say noth
ing of Com-irodore Jolly’s proclamations, given
elsewhere,) what are fro to think of tho communi
cation Cflpt. fifl&lepatigh ma ie to tho Express,
ai d other city
To the Editor e of the N. T. Lkpr-esa f
The report in tho Herald that tho town of San
Juan or Greytown, Nicaragua, is in a state of
blockade, and tha Point Arenas is held by the
British commander for aoy purpose whatever, is
ontiroiy unfounded.
The Gi»eytown Affair —Thisnnfortuunte irp.no
action is still discussed with feeling by the public
press. Wo ourselves recur to thesubjoetnow only
to give place to the annexed extracts from the lust
lotter of the veteran correspondent ot the Journal
of Commerce, which wo quote for the purpose of
showing the concurrence of an intelligent friend
of the Administration hi the opinion we expressed
a day or two ago as to the original and real error
in the business; and that is, in the Government
having given tco ready a credeuco to the tlrst re
presentations made to it by interested parties.—
Nation cu Intel.
“Washingtom, Aug. 7.
“Mr. Marcolotta, the Minister from Nicaragua,
has entered u strong and pungent protest against
the wanton and outrageous assault upon and do
struetion of the town o f Sun Juan do Nicaragua ;
a town claimed to be within the territoiy and jur
isdiction of the Nicaragaau Republic. Mr. Bor
land himself, in his letter to Mr. Marcy. states
that, the United States Government had acknowl
edged the sovereignty of Nicaragua over the Mos
quito Territory. Os course, the United States Go
vernment should have sought redress fiom the
State o' Niearagu, instead ot the destruction of the
town cf San Juan. Again, if San Juan wa* not
within the jurisdiction of Nicaragua, then Mr. Bor
land hud no right to protection in his diplomatic
character in that town.” “Knowing Mr. Borland's
temper and character, the Government should
have ucted more cautiously in regard to his repre
sentations.
4 The apologists for Mr. Borland and the Ad
ministration insists that Greytown was a piratical
town, in justification ot its destruction. Now, then,
there arc those now here, who are redly entitled
to credit, and who have had much experience in
various communities and count ries, and who have
been often in Greytown, un i were there within
tho lu.-t f ur months, who assert that as a sober,
quiet and orderly coiuinonry, it has no superior
even in tho Uuited States. Wo have official men
an i private individuals of undoubted integrity
and intelligence who are ready to make good this
assertion.”
We may add that the act of burring the town
cannot be* extenuated on tho plea that the inhabi
tants were pirates, because, as hss been remarked
by a contemporary, our Government had recognis
ed the legitimacy of the authorities ot Greyto.?£
by maintaining a commercial agent there.
Crops, Weather, dtc.
Crops in this section are literally burned up.
Four weeks ago a finer prospect for a corn crop,
wa?, perhaps, never seen—cow we ha°e no hope
ol raising even half a crop, borne farmers have
informed U 6 that much of their upland corn is
entirely ruined. — Attanta Intelligencer.
The hot and ary weather still continues. Its
effects upon the crops are most disastrous. We
have never seen or known a worse prospect for a
crop of corn. A few weeks ago, every appearance
indicated a most abundaut corn crop, but tho hot
and dry weather sat in, a>id now it is impossible
for even an average yield to be secured. In many
parts the drought has ot eight weeks dura
lion, while in other portions the rains have been
more seasonable and frequent. The drought has
affected ail ot North Alabama and Middle Tennes
see. Rain even row would do a great deal of good j
to late corn, make peas, revive tee pastures and |
mak « water more abundant. The drought is in I
jnring cotton at this time, and so would a wet
spell. We have never kcowo a gloomier prospect
ahead for our farmers; and what injures them
re ac*s upon the entire community.— HunUi.U*
(425.) AJc.-caU.
Tblx Cstors.— In place of rain so generally desi
red, we have been vis.ted by two days of unusu
ally cool weather for the present season. While j
we hear the most llattering accounts of the grow
ing crops from many parts of the State, we re
gret lossy that they* are anything but promising
in ocr immediate county. Indeed, the drought
has been fata! to a large portion of the corn crop,
while cotton, in many places, especially in the
neighborhood of town, looks parched and un
promising. Our a»a-dens arc- a total wreck, and j
living tight.— WUite* Republican.
It is very dry and hot in the vicinity of ChatU- \
nooga, and insome places the corn has been lire •
rally burnt ap. In Poik county mere has scarcely j
been any rain since the middle ot Jane. Crovs ;
are also suffering from the heat and drought in the j
country around Griffin.
Bam at Last. —Tbespel! is broken—the clonds
have opened tneir hear to, and the parched earth,
wh ; cb for many weeks tea been panting in vain
tor a di op or water to coo! its parched surface, is
as we write drinking in the grateful hqaid with
unprecedented ga*to. The rain commenced cn
Wednesday nigh% but, after a slight fail, held up
until yesterday moraine, when, without any blus
tering or noise, but with becoming modeety and
Quietness, it ichb commenced falling slowjv bat
steadily, and .bids ftfr to continue until the
auimaf and vegetable kingdom ie quite «a feued
But tbe crops have been irretrievably injured by
the protracted drought everywhere— the
corn. The vsgetabe crop is meagre, and person
aho patr nise the market hoaee teei ti»e e-.ects
of it in the scarcity and on desirableness of the
article* offered, a» we 1 as in the usually high
priosa demanded.—..ViMdrw** jB-znntr, Hid
The Territorial domemead Bill.
i Fairness being an an doubted Whig charade ris-
I tic, it 5s but just thit some of the Whig presses
1 should be corrected as to a misinterpretation of
one of the homestead law . It is stated that Pres
j Sck-nt Pierce fa*s approved a bid granting tome
! stea at* saltiers mFtin Mexico, Kansas, and Ne
‘ * o*hx mis is true in regard to the territory first
named, but is not correct as to the °tt»ere. New
i Mexico being by no means an attractive
1 region, bat sterile and out of tne reach of commit
! -iai facilities, il wa« deemed proper by Congress to
j hold out incucemeßts to settlement by
lan as in Oregon, but not in quantities M large.
| A casual reader might be very easily misled as .©
| tb ? provisions of the so: by of
titio, which is “An tc: O establish J.e office oi
Survoyor- General ot New Mexico. Kansas, and Ne
braaka, tuora r t donati / U'"‘ to actual .MU't
; and for -tuer Bm homesteads
are only actually granted in New Mexico, as the
reader rill pe-ceive bv a reference to the act itself.
The fi-st section creates the office ot Surveyor
Geuera: in An; Jf.J.iv, and regulates hi? salary
and duties and the loca’ien of his ctfice. The so
Offid section is in the following words, from which
it Will be seen that tbe Territory of New Mexico
~C^i 6 cnacU-i, That to every
white eiiizeu of tbe United Sutoa, or every white
male above the age of twenty-one years, who lias
declared hia intention to become a Citizen, and
who was residing in said Territory prior to
’ first day of January, eighteen hundred and nt.y •
i three, * nd who may be still residing tnere, shall be
and hereby is donated one quarter section, or one
hundred and sixty seres of laud. And to eteiy
white male citizen of the United States, or every
white male above the age of twenty-one years who
has d .-dareu hie iutention to become a citizen,
aud who shall have removed or shall remove to
and settle in said Territory between the first day
of January, eigiitoen hundred and fifty-three, and
tho first day of January, eighteen hundred and
fifty eight, there shall iu like mauner be donated
oue quarter section, or one hundred and sixty
acre*, on condition of actual settlement and culti
vation for Dot lees than four year*: J rovutea,
however. That each of said donations shall include
the actual settlement and improvement of the
donee, and shall be se ; cctcd by legal subdivisions
within three moutt s alter the survey of the land
where the settlement was made before the survey,
and where tho settlement was made after the sur
vey, then within three months after the .settle
msut has been made; and all persons tailing to
designate the boundaries ot their claims within
that time shall forfeit all right to the same.
The next sections, as far as nine, inclusive, re
late solely to New Mexico, aud contain all the pro
visions necessary for a complete bill.
T' T- ri' of v **7 ’ askaarenot
• 1 n, which au
yor General
hich follow
erion directs
12th section
section pro
... . -riices v *ae Indian titles
ng this act
as 1 resident
i Polk did in the case oi , uu k it is by no
j means certain, if we regard the outgivings of tho
1 official paper, (which seemed delighted with Mr.
HunftVs substitute,) that the present Executive
i would have signed tne bill of the House of Repre
I i entati.es, which contemplated a wholesale gift of
j of tho anus, with tho exception of portions re
served tor ruilroad and school grants.— Fat. Lit.
Important from Venezuela.
By the schooner St. Mary, Capt. 1. Johnson,
; just arrived at this port from pr rto Cabello, Vene
zuela, wc have received most important informa
i tion concerning the progress of the revolution
! against the Monagas. We publish the following
letter from our correspondent:
[Correspondence of the N, Y. Express.']
Porto Cabello, 25th July, 1854.
As I informed you n my former letters, the
province of Coro pronounced against tho Monagas
Government, and immediately after, the whole
province of Barquisometo also took up arms
against the government, and now the important
province of La Ponugosa and the canton El Buul
in tho Llanos or Plains of the province of Ca a
bobo, have likewise revolted against Monagas.
Col. Juan Garces, on his march toward Barqnise
i meto to join his friends, at tho head of a bravo
j band of about 600 men, was betryed by one of
his officers, who went over to Gen. Falcon, the
commandant of the government forcos. This
enabled Falcon to surprise with a much superior
force tbo brave little band commanded by Garces.
The latter fought like a lion, but finally had to
surrender his sword to his oppouont, who after
receiving it assassinated iu cold Slood, Garcos, and
the whole of his party.
This news has produced the most intense ex
citement, and will bring upon the head* of the
devoted followers of Monagas tho severest retribu
tion. Garces was the most popular man in Coro,
and was adored by tho people.
July 26th.—This pi *co is this morning in tho
greatest confusion aud alarm, and there is much
hurrying to and fro among tho officials.
The cause of this alarm is that wc have just te
ceived the confirmation of the pronuncianiento or
revolt of the whole province of El Guarico, which
bounds on the province of Caracas, the seat of
government.
Intelligence has also been just rccei s od that the
insurgent forces of Barquisimeto. to tho number
oi three thousand mon have reached San Carlos,
in the province of Caraoobo, to attack Silva, the
Monagas General, who isiu the Canton of Tinaco,
in the same province of Carrabobo.
P. M. Just as the St. Mary, wh ch takes this
Jotter, is about sailing wc have been further sur
prised by the arrival of an express to the authori
ties with communications from General Silva, re
quiring a further supply ot men aud money, as
the insurgent forcos of Barquisimcto were march
ing upon him to attack him.
From tbe Pacific*.
Oregon.—Considerable excitement was created
at San Francisco, on the 4th of July, by the arri
val there of the steamer from Oregon with tho
news of the discovery of gold at Port Oxford in
such quantities that the miners wero realizing no
less than SSO per day. Parties forthwith organi
zed in San Francisco to start for the new diggings,
and tho emigration to Oregon bad already com
menced. Tho conviction of the existence of gold
in largo quantities on tho Cascade range is becom
ing more and more strengthened every day. A
rich lend mine ha • also been discovered near St.
Heleu’s.
Chili —Our dates are to the 80th of June. From
the Valparaiso Echo wo learn that although the
Chilian Congress is sitting, nothing of public in
terest has yet been done. A project for the estab
lishment of an agricultural bunk, for tho purpose
of assisting poor farmers with loans of money, is
favorably recoiv. d by the public.
Tho projectors of the line of steamers to Eng
land, via the Straits of Magellan, have been grant
ed six months extension of time.
Tho paper contains a thrilling account of the
destruction by fire ol the ship Townsend, of Bos
ton, Capt. Woodeson, on the 25th of May, in lat.
85*j south. The captain and crew, twenty-tour in
number, had to tato to tho beats during very
heavy weather, and as era voyage of 660 miles,
ono out of four boats, and twolve out of twenty
four of the crow, succeeded in reaching Jnan
Fernandez, where they wore hospitably received
aud forwarded to Valparaiso.
The Americau clipper ship Sea Witch, Capt.
Fraser, put into Valparaiso, leaky on tho 25th of
June.
Peru.—We have tho Lima Foreign New* to the
16th J uly. It contains very little news of any im
portance. Echenique is to take command of the
army in person. It ho can bring Castillo to moot
him, the first fight will most probably settle tho
matter; but iu leaving Lima, Echenique runs a
great risk, as no President over yet loft to put dow n
a revolution and returned us President to the
capital.
The Nows says that an amplo apology has boon
mode for the outrage committed by the press gang
at tho U. S. Legation at Lima, on the evening ot
tho Gth inst. The soldiers in fault have been pun
ished as they deserved ; and the wounded set vant
of the Legation has received a recompense from
the Government treasury. So, this affair, which
might havo led to serious difficulty, has been
promptly and creditably arranged, owing to the
decided course pursued by tho Minister of the
United States.
Australia.— Wo havo some later files from Syd
ney, but nothing of importance since the intelli
gence by the Golden Age.
The dofencoless state '»f the coast and harbors
excited a good deal of apprehension, aud some was
felt that a Russian vessel-of-war or privatoor mifcfht
suddenly some day come down on them. The
Governor assured tbe Council that there was no
cause cf fear.
Gro.it preparations wore being made to represent
the colony creditably at the approaching Paris ex
hibition.
Tho product of gold remained übout tho same,
namely, 8,000 per week. No new discoveries had
been made.
Trade generally remained without any active
speculation, though articles in demand continued
to realize good prices. In some classes of goods
where the market was overstocked, a decided
neavineas was loudly complained of and opera
tions were only effected by submitting to a loss;
but a large amount of business on a satisfactory
footing was being done in other branches, and a
genera! improvement may bo anticipated.
Buenos A tees, June 10.—The Spanish “Victo
ria” Opt. Bilvestro Pinilla, of 500 tons register,
built at Manilla, sailed from this port on the 24th
March last, hound to Southampton, with a cargo of
animal guano and bones. On the following day,
and when still near the L ; ght ship, she came in
contact with the American barque Lion, carrying
awfcv her bowsprit, and receiving considerable
damage in her bows and upper works. She im
mediately boro up for Montevideo, and remained
there undergoing repairs till the 24th April, when
she resumed her voyage.
It is presumed that this ill-fated vessel must
hnvt; »tj«*vMVed more damage in the coll is ion, than
was at first supposed, and consequently made wa
ter, damaging the cargo, and eventually producing
the ignition and conflagration, of which she, and
it is to be feared the captain and part of the crew,
were doomed to be the victims.
From an account published in the Nacional, of
this city, we condense the foliowirg details:
A tew days after leaving Montevideo, smoke is
-1 suing trom tho hoid announced the presence of
, fire on board. Water was poured down in large
--.uantities, in the hopes of extinguishing it, but
1 their efforts in that direction proving fruitless, the
1 hateres were hermetically scaled down, and hav
-1 mg disposed the boats and constructed a raft, in
| the view of a probable emergency, they steered
towards land. . , .
After three days of forlorn navigation, during
I tempestuous weather, the symptoms of proximate
' explosion became fearfully apparent. The dread
! ful moment at last arrived, and a dreadful crash
I announced tnat the flame enveloped \ ictori ft could
; no longer afford shelter or protection to her agem
• zad inmates. , , , , . .
The boats and raft were tow ;aurchea ; but part
i of the rigging falling, in coi requeues of the cxplo-
J >icn, one of the mas is u» fortunately struck the
! long boat, and in part disabled it, severely mja
; ring the captain a*, tne same time, lb* cat*.am,
, the mate, and fourteen ot the ersw. reached .ne
I raft, to which was attacned a boat with some ne
; oesaaries; and the remainder took possession of |
1 the disab'ed boi.t, making the harried and tempo
rary aff-ira tho circumstances permitted. After |
i spending three nights and two days of boisterous
weal worm the fragiie craft, the inmates of the
aunch wore providentially rescued by the bar
i dinian Poiacre, “Proteta Liias,” Capt. Seuaena,
bound for Montevideo, who afforded them every
a>ft:si.ance, aud landed them safely at b.. Catca
rices ; at which time nothing was knewa of the
fate of the captain and his companions ou the
raft.
The Pretended Sale of Sitka. —We have been
woudcriLg lor some days past what had become
of Dr. Co'tman, the Russian envoy, whose mission
to sell Sitka to us and conclude a general
between the United States and the Czir, w.s so
loudly announced by the New York press, fcince
h.s arrival at New York nothing farther has oeen
heard of his mov emonts, and he does not yet seem
to have been able to accomplish the short journey
from that city to Washitgton. When the story
wa* first mooted we expressed the belief that the
Czar wat about to humbug us diplomatically, om
it now appears that it is not the Czar but some
body else that has been doing the humoogg.ng.
So, &■ least, we think from the subjoined v\ a*n
icgion eaji&tch :— Balt. Amer.
Washington, Wednesday, An? ?. 1 _ 1554 -~ T t l . e
Mory ttst Russia was aboa'. to «e!l i-iuts *° L.
Bs»t*e, or that the Cm made an ■ tm to cede it on
any conditions, ia a pore invect-on. *o such
proposal ha. been mada to the Stu e Department,
«od what is more, no iruir.ctiont t- malt it kad
been received f>y t!u Rues.an Legation here, either
by a reoem messenger, or by any other convey
aa-e Dp io this day at noon. There > a thing
as what the French call blague and tne Eng.ish
mystification. This romcr is a composition pos
sessing all the peculiar qualities of both.
Dr. Johnathan Sweet, the famous bone setter,
who resided in New Bedford, Mass., is dead.
WEEKLY
Cjjroniclc & Sentinel.
AUGUSTA. GEORGIA.
WEDNESDAY MOBNINO APG. 16. 1854.
Democratic Economy.
The following items of expenditure authorized
by the appropriation bill, passed by Congress, will
be particularly interesting to those credulous souls
who have been led to believe that the present Ad
ministration was peculiarly economical. We com
mend the careful perusal and study of the docu
ment to their dispassionate consideration. The
information is furnished by the correspondent of
the Courier dr Enquirer. It is a precious docu
ment and speaks trumpet-tongued the necessity for
a reform—a party for reform and retrenchment.
Washington, Aug. 10.—Tho following is a sub
stantially correct statement of all the appropria
tions ot the past session of Congress. They are
by far the heaviest ever made iu a single year.
They are greater than during any one year of the
Mexican War, or that of 18i2, or that of the Rev
olution. They aro greater than the aggregate of
expenditure during any year of the administra
tions of Gen. Taylor and*Mr. Fillmore, when the
enormous debt, of the war had to be provided for,
involving an annual interest of four-and a-haif
miliiois cf dollars, when four millions of dollars
a year were required tor the instalments due to
Mexico—when tne army had to be moved out upon
two extended lines of frontier, and numerous posts
established, and when the vast inaudited expenses
of the war had to be adjustod and paid—and when,
it may be justly noticed liberal appropriations
were provided for internal improvements, and for
the protection of that mighty Commerce of the
Interior to which that with foreign countries is but
subsidiary.
appropriations madk at tub first swsion of tub 38d
congress.
Civil and Diplomatic Appropriat ou Bill $14,450,000
Army 10,376,000
Navy 9,551,000
Post Office 6,600,000
Deficiency 1,900,000
Light House 1,491,000
Construction of six steam Frigates 8,000,00 U
Mexican Treat Appropriations 10,0! 0,0 0
Invalids and ether Pension Appropriations .... 550,0 0
W est Point Academy “ 140,000
Fortification “ 964,000
Indian 2,27u,000
Indian War 7500 d
U ver and Harbc r Bill for Cape Fear, N. C 140,000
Miscellaneous appropriations—Military Roads,
Claims, Ac., Ac 600,000
Indefinite appropriations, payment of interest
on National Debt, Ac., Collection of the Rev
enue from Customs, Ac , Ac 6,000,000
Ocean Steam appropriations, (accidentally lest). 2,100,0^0
$69,646,000
Deferred until next Session:
Biver and Harbor Bill 2,500,000
For Secret Cuban Service 10,0u0,UU0
Total amount rs Expenditures provici d and to
be provided fjr within the year $82,145,000
The civil service of the Government i* provided
for in what is called tho General er Civil and Di
plomatic Appropriation Bill. The items of that
act present an epitomized view of tho operation
of the Government at home in its different depart
ments- The subjoined analysis will, therefore, not
be unteresting.
Expenses of Congress during the next 'hort Ses
sion, including pay and mileage of members,
printing, reporting, books, etc $1,406,000
“Mealing the bo ks ’* at this Session 201,000
Executive, President’s, and Frivate Secretary’s
saiary 26,600
Btate Department 89,000
Treasury “ 628 000
In erior “ 629,000
War “ 160,000
Navy ** 101,000
Pojt Office 11 172 J 00
Mint establishment and assay offices 582,000
Givernment of the Territories 207,000
Judiciary and expenses of O. 8. Courts 860,000
Independent Treasury, Relief sick and destitute
8 amen 841,000
Coast Survey 886,000
Custom Houses, (construction, furniture and re
pair, f) 2,489,000
Warehrujes 101,000
Purchase of Site at New York, Assay Office 580,000
Marine Hospi als 620,000
Lighthouses, (expenses of management of) 1,0-7,000
Foreign intercoure* 891,000
Expanse of collectir gt, evenue from Pub. Lauds, iGii,UOO
Survey o; Public Lands, (of which f 112,(00 are
Lr Tt rritories weft of Rocky Mountains 903,000
Survey of Mexican Boundary Lice, Ac 260,000
Public Buildings a r d Grounds in Washington... 1,105,000
Increase cf Salaries 200,000
I subjoin also the details of the Light!)ouso Bill,
as showing how the expenditures designed to facil
itate and render secure our ocean and lako naviga
tion are distributed, and as illustrating the justice
and good sense denying river aud harbor appropri
ations.
light-house bill.
For construction and repairs of Light-Houses:
Maine, $161,000 Florida, 110,000
Massachusetts, 155,000 Alabama, 14,000
Vermont, 5,000 Mississippi, 18,000
Rhode Island, 2G.U00 Louisiana, 145,000
Connecticut, 30,000 Texas, 36,000
Now York, 107,000 Michigan, 45,000
Delaware, 97,CC0 Indiana, 2,000
Maryland, 42,000 Illinois, 22,000
Virginia, 101,000 Wisconsin, 12,000
North Carolina, 86,000 California, 70,0G0
Bonth Carolina, 186,000 Oregon, 10,000
Georgia, 22,000 Washington, 97,000
Total, $1,491,000
The Terrell Frofassorship.
The Macon Messenger very properly designates
the munlfioont donation of Dr. Tirbbll, endowing
a Professorship of Agriculture, <fec., a “noble a$t } "
and remarks :
“Wo reoord this act of liberality with pride and
pleasure, because of rare occurrences at the South,
whilst Northern Universiiies have been splendidly
endowed by private benefactors. Ana yot wo
have men of wealth amongst us who talk loudly
übout their devotion to the South, and deprecate
above everything, Northern Education, there aro
three name* of transcendent g ory iu tne history
of Georgia—they are Governor Mil ledge, who gave
largely to our Slate University. Rev. Jesse Mcr
cer who founded and endowed Mercer Uuiversity
and Dr. Wm. Terrell. These three men have done
fur more for the State, than all the wwris politicians,
that have or ever will domagogue it in Georgia.”
"What Next. —The postponement of tho Ten
Million Appropriation for war contingencies until
the next f.ossion does not seem, says the National
Intelligencer , to be agreeable to tho more devoted
of the Administration prints. The Union consoles
itself with the thought that tho Senate Committee
oi Foreign Affairs are notadverso to tho grant of
power usked for by the Executive. It says:
44 They do not object to the suggestion as extra
ordinary, much less do they use language nat
ly conveying tho idea that thoy feared tho object
of the President to be to make an attack on Cuba
or Cadiz. On the contrary, tbe Committee express
their readiness to enact the measure suggested,
oven n.ider tho difficulty of maturing it at tho
close of the session, but for the fact that the recess
of Congress would only last four months.”
It says further: “Tho failure of tho measure
may embarrass and de f er the final consummation
cf the policy of the administration as to Cubr, and
this is the ro 1 key to tho gratification of our neigh
bor. We hope, however, that no such consequence
may follow, but that the report of the oommittee
may havo the effeot of infusing new vigor and en
ergy iuto the measures adopted by the Executive
for tho consummation of its policy.”
Here is an appearance ol groat frankness: but
would it not have been m re sa'J'fpctory to the in
telligence of the uatiou, which prefers to leave the
war-making power with Congress if the Union
had informed us what is the policy of the Ad
ministration in regard to Cuba which cun bo law
fully consummated in tho absence of Congress:
aud also in what manner 44 new vigor aud energy”
could have been infused into tbe measure, if
peaceful counsels only are to prevail ?
The Weather. —Yesterday wus decidedly too
warm for comfort. The thermometor indicated
•3 deg. in our Sanctum.
Singular Rlectrical 'Phenomenon.
Telegraph Otxice, Monday, P. M.
Mr. EU’Tor :—About 4>£ o’clock this afternoon,
we were visited with a rare freak of Electricity. A
ball of fire entered the office by the Charleston
wires, scorching papers, <fec., and burning a hole
through a brass plate near'y half an inch thick. It
was accompanied by a sharp report, not unlike
that of a pistol iu a closed room. Had not the
precaution been taken but a few minutes previous
to “disconnect,” our instruments would have been
seriously damaged. Yours, Ac.,
W. O. Carpenter.
Close of the Session. —The National JnteUig&naer
of Tuesday says; “ The two Houses of Congress,
or rather the presiding office!s of the two Houses
and u few members of each, met at at^ early hour
yesterday, merely to make a formal close of tho
session, the bills and resolutions wh.oh had passed
having all been enrolled, examined, and signed.
The Chaplain invoked the Divine benediction
upon the members of each body, and protection
to them in their journeys homeward, and at eight
o’clock the Presiding Officers a Jjourued their re
spective Houses to meet on the first Monday in
December next. The few members present then
separated from each other with kindly greetings
and an apparent obliviousness of everything that
had occurred during the session which was not
pleasant to be remembered.”
Fire. —Between 9 and 10 o’clock on Tuesday
morning, a fire oocared in a dwelling on Broad-st.,
below the lower market, belonging to J. W.
W hightman, and occupied by C. T. Rion. The
prompt and well directed efforts of the Fire De
partment confiued the devouring element to the
roof. Mr. W. was fully covered by insurance.
Mr. Rich was not so fortunate, and has suffered
by damage to his furnitare, probably S2OO. The
fire was communicated from the chimney.
Another Fire. —About one o’clock yesterday
morning, a lire originated in a wood house occu
pied by Peter McMahon next to the corner of
Bridge Row and Reynold-street, as a dwelling and
by F. Steigin and Mr. Nxcolxa as a Segar manufac
tory—which with its contents was consumed—the
flames then extended to Peter Paedce’s store and
dwelling, which was al o consumed with a portion
of the contents—thence it communicated with the
stable cf John H. Mann, which was also consum
ed. The house occupied by J. Costello was on
fire and slightly damaged, before the flames could
be extinguished by the Fire Department. Pabdce
was covered by insurance, and we learn that there
was an insurance on the other buildings, but to
what extent we did not ascertain.
Illustrated Magaxine of Art.—This very beau
tiful pictorial monthly for August is on our table.
It is most profusely illustrated with the finest en
gravings, and contains nearly 60 pages of letter
press—all tor 25 cents per copy, or $3 per annum.
It may be had from Geo. A. Oates <fc Bro.
Interesting Kbuc.—A few weeks since the
outside case of an old h rench gold watch w as found
in Pittsburg, among the ruinß of the Magazine of
the old French Fort. It bore the following in
scription : “Presented to Je*. Wetherell, by bis
friend, George Washington, May 8, 1755.” This
date corresponds with the time that Braddock set
out on his unfortunate expedition against Fort
Demesne.
Barbae oes,— Letters from St. Thomas, under
date of 17th July, say:—Ever} communication
from Barbadoes swells the dreadful statistics of
the ravages of the cholcia in that island. The last
steamer brings accounts that it had subsided some
what in town, but was doing its work at an awful
rate in ether parts of the island ; fifteen thousand
*l*o have died at Grenada,
Mount Vernon.
Thb following address to the “ Southern Mat*
ron,” from an accomplished lady of Philadelphia,
would, metbinks, waken into enthusiasm every
woman whose patr.otia.!. or sensibilities wore not
entirely blunted. It needs no preface from us
it speaks for itself:
Madam —lu the “ Evening Bulletin,” (April 29)
of th s city, I noticed a plan projected by 41 A
Southern Matron,” for tho purchase of Mount
Vernon, that sacred spot, endeared to all true
American hearts by its hallowed associations with
the Father of our glorious Republic. lam r-joiced
that away seems to be opened by my Southern
sisters to avert the stigma which would assuredly
attach itself to this Nation, if Mount Vernon, with
the sacred ashes of our Washington, were permit
ted to fall into the hands of speculators.
My object in addressing you is, to request that
yon will forward me subscription papers, with di
rections how to pi oceed in procuring aid for this
most laudable object. I am confident that I can
collect, by individual subscription, a sum worthy
of being transmitted to you.
I hope that no “reasons of a political nature,”
may ope. ate to exclude the ladies North of Vir
ginia from co-operating, by individual exertions,
with those of tho South in the purchase of a spot
equally as dear to hoarts nurtured in the cold rigid
clime of tho North, os to those matured by the ge
nial influence of a Southern sun ; and though dis
ferences of a sectional character too often, alas,
disturb the affection which ought to exist between
us, yet these differencss are not so widely spread
as our Southern brethren seem to imagine. The
largo mojority aro strongly opposod to any thing
which tends to mar the tranquility of our common
country, and are devotedly patriotic, desiring only
that the bond of brotherhood may bo more firmly
strengthened with increasing years. A few fanat
ics may rant aud riot, but 44 higher*ftw ” men and
principles have not yet triumphed, and I doubt if
they ever will. Our fathers fought side by side,
and this Union was cemented by their blood—why
should we strive to destroy this dear bought lega
cy. Let us, like that honored patriot, Henry Clay,
“Know no North, no South, no East, no West.”
As I pen those lines, within sight of that glorious
Hall, from whose walls was proclaimed our Inde
pendence, my heart is Btirred with a more ardent
dosiie for tho perpetuity of our happy Union, and
I never pass this hallowod spot but I breathe a
client prayer for a continuance of the blessings be
queathed to us by our forefathers from the 44 Hall
of Independence.” God grant that the efforts of
a Southern Matron may be one more link in the
ohain which shall forever bind us in a happy
Union 1
We believe that all will rejoice that this lady is
an honorary member of the Georgia Central Com
mittee, aud will act in concert with them.
New Books.
Our Honey Moon, and other Comicalities, from
Punch. With original illustrations. Stringer
& Townsend: Now York. P. P. 572.
It is quite a sufficient commendation of this neat
volume, to say that it is made up of a serios of
artiolea, selected from tho London Punch , that
world-renowned journal of wit, humor and fun.
For salo by Oates & Brothers.
The Knickerbocker, for August, has also been
laid on our table by tho Messrs. Oates. It is like
its predecessors, racy, instructive and entertaining.
Harper’s Gazetkkb of the World, No. 8, has
boen laid on our table by McKinne & Hall. The
title sufficiently indicates its oharacter. It will be
completed in ten numbers, forming a volume of
1800 pages. It will be a valuable acquisition to
every family.
Fire in Thomson. —Extract of a letter to the
Editor dated,
Thomson, August 10, 1854.
Our village was aroused night before last by the
cry of tiro, tho first that has occurred, which
proved to bo in the Work Shop of Mr. A. J.
Smith, which with Smith-Shop and waggon sheds
w.is entirely consumed. Mr. S. had a number of
wuggons just finished, unfinished Buggies and
other work, all burnt. His loss is about SBSOO.
No inuaurance.
More New Cotton.— The N. O. Bulletin cf the
7th inst. says :—By the steamer Clooua, Captain
Martin, from Shreveport, arrived yesterday, were
received tvo baleß Cotton of tho now crop. We
were unable to ascertain tho paternity cf tho afore
said two bales, and do not know whether to credit
them to Louisiana or Texas.
Yellow Fever in New Orleans. —There wore
17 deaths in the Charity Hospital, New Orleans, of
yellow fever, for the week .ending Saturday even
ing. The previous week there wore only six from
that disease.
Incurable Insanity. —A large accumulation of
incurable cases of insanity is taking place in hos
pitals for tho insano, except in those where the in
carablo aro systematically discharged after a year
or more, to make vacancies for now cases. A Jate
report to the Senate of Massachusetts says that
there aro now in the custody of institutions of
that State 1198 insane persons, of whom 660 ore in
one hospital.
The first portion of tho groat Mediterranean sub
marine telegraph from Spezzia, in Piedmont, to
Cape Corso, in Corsica, a distance of about 100
miles, has been successfully laid down, as well as
the communication across the Straits of Bonifaceio,
a distance of about ten miles from Corsica to the
island of Sardinia. It is also understood that the
contractors are nearly ready with tho remaining
150 miles of cable to connect Cape Spartivento, the
southern point of Sardinia, with the Afrioan coast,
where it will join tho Algerian lines.
At the Brooklyn Navy Yard, the frigate Con
gress is now vory near ready for soa, though she
has not yot received sailing orders. The razee In
dependence will bo ready for her officers and
crew next week. She is said to bo destined for
the Pacific, to relieve the St. Lawrence. Tho
steamer Vixen is laid up in ordinary. Tho steam
ship Relief is to be fitted out immediately for the
coast of Brazil. The steamer Princeton is still in
commission at the yard, but it is not known what
will be done with her.
A meeting of the Academy of Medicine of New
York has been held, at which it was agreed that
painless diarrhoea is a sure preoursor of every case
of Cholera, while colic never leads to it; and that
thi painless diarrhea* is entirely curable. They
say the disease is less violent than 1852, but more
so than in 1849. As to treatment, perfect rest was
insisted on as of the first importance ; thon opium
and calomel ; fbrthe diarrhoea they generally ad
vised stimulant purgatives. They agreed that
cholera was but feebly contagious.
Death of the Scotch Giant. —We learn from the
Laporte Whig of the 19th ult., that the well known
Scotch Giant, who has travelled through tho coun
try for some years for tho purpose of exhibitions,
died in that plaoe the day previous. Ho had stop
ped at the Teagarden House with his wife, some
what overcome with the heat and dust. During
the evening he asked for some water and immedi
ately fell dead upon the floor. His remains were
taken to his residence in Wisconsin.
The Livino Stream.— Daring the month of Jane,
fifty-one emigrant ships took their departure from
Liverpool, having onboard 21,707 passengers. Os
these, 82 ships were bound for tho United States,
having on board 18,860 passangors, composed of
2,124 English, 818 Scotch, and 9,042 Irish, and the
remainder, 2,881 natives of other count* ies, chief
ly Germans ; six ships for Canada, with 8,288 emi
grants | one for New Brunswick, with 255 passou
gers on board ) and 12 for tho Australian coionios,
of an aggregate tonnage of 18,922 tons, and with
4,784 adult passengers on board, cf whom 2,007
were English, 1,699 Scotch, 562 Irish, and the re
mainder 466 natives of othor countries. The total
emigration from Liverpool for all foreign ports,
during the quarter ended June 80, was 84,280, as
oompared with 74,641 in the corresponding quar
ter of last year, showing an increase in the number
of emigrants of 9,589. This is the largost number
of emigrants who have sailed from that port during
any preceding quarter.
The Effect of Good Company. —M. Rothschild
was asked one day by a young man, an intimate
friend of his family, to lend him 5,000 francs.—
u No,” said the Baron, “ I only do business, now,
with crowned headß; bat I’ll get you the money.
You may walk with me, once, along tho arcades
of the Boarse, taking mo familiarly by the arm.”
The promenade was effected, and at the end of it
the young man had his 5,000 francs in his pocket,
and refused offers of 50,000 more.
Post Office Department.—Tho approprations
for the service of the Post Office Depaitment, for
the year ending 80lh of June next, out of the
moneys in the Treasury, arising from the reve
nues of said Department, are as follows:
Transportation of mails $5,275,000
Ooo.pt naation to Postmasters 2,000,000
Ship, steamboat adcl way utters 95,000
Office furniture in the Post Offices 8,000
Advertieiug 85,000
H rapping-paper 55,000
Mai:-bags 55,0'»0
Blands 65,000
Ma‘l locks, keys and stamps 26,000
M*il depredations and special agents Go|<M*o
Pojtmast r’s O.'erks 660,000
Postage atamps and stamped envelopes 56,000
Miscellaneous 120,000
Compilation of Post routes 1 000
Patent of the clamshell padlock (oonditional)... s*ooo
To** l $8,894,000
And an appropriation from the general Treasury
of not exceeding $2,543,484, to supply any defi
ciency in the Post Office revenue to meet the above.
The Postmaster General is directed to continue
mail service between Charleston and Havana, in
the months of August and September, as is now
done in the other ten months of the year. He is
alse directed to establish a mail on the Mississippi
river, from Cairo to New Orleans and from Keobuk,
lowa, to G lena, Illinois.
Mr. Borland's Protected Draft.— The Phila
delphia Ledger says that in the Appropriation Bill
which passed Congress is an item of $12,000 to
enable the Secretary of State to pay the persons
employed to protect the property and persons of
citizens of the United States at San Juande Ni
caragua. We presume the Ledger is correct in
this statement, though the fact to which it alludes
seems to have escaped the attention of everybody
else. But if so, the protesting of the draft is a
mystery, as it has been presented since Congress
adjourned.
Sale of the Slate Brio Glamorgan. —Tho brig
Glamorgan, which was seized on the coast of
Africa for being engaged in the slave trade, and
brought into Boston in charge of United States
•ffloera, was sold at auction on Friday for $4,700.
The Bau Juan Affair.
The New York papers publish the following
statement made by Capt. Rogers, of the bark Mar
tha Clark, a regular trader with Ban Juan, and now
lying at one of thG wharvos of that city. Its
averments show impropor was O' e conduct of
Mr. Borland, and that any disgrace infliclod upon
the United States arose rather from his inexcusa
ble behavior than from the acts to which he
incited the people of Sau Juan:
“The undersignod, a native citizeu of the
U. States, master of American bark Martha Clark,
owned by C. Durand, Esq., of this city, having
seen several statements in the public newspapers
of this city iu relatiou to the interference of Mr.
Borland with the authorities of San Juan, makes
this statement: My vessel, the aforesaid Martha
Oiark, was lying in the harbor of San Juan del
Norte at the time of the murder committed by
Oapt. Smith, and I was one of the first poisons
summoned to servo on the Coroner’s Jury to in
vestigate the murder of the native. Mr. Fabens
the Commercial Agent, was preseut at the session
of the Jury and approved of the arrost of Smith,
and the Mayor seut a police force to arrest said
Smith, cautioning the police not to be excited or
rash.
“ The boat contained native Nicaraguans, special
polios commanded by Don Romao Rivas, son of
the Collector of the Port of Sau Carlos. Tho othor
contained the Marshal aud his assistants. The
arrost was prevented by Mr. Borland, and Mr.
Fabens, alter seeiug Mr. 8., Baid nothing furthor
about arrosting Smith.
“T-.e evidence at the Coroner’s inquest was that
the bnngo of the murdered man was tied upon the
side of the river, and as tho steamboat, command
ed by Smith, was seen coming down the river, the
man seized his gun aud said if Smith rau him
down again he would shoot him—that Smith had
rim him down and smashed his bungo onoe, or
twice before. Tho steamer paired the bungo and
slewed around and ascended tho river and ap
proaening the bank hailed the natives to tako the
lines and make them fast, but tho natives, seeing
the passengers and crew armed with pistols, «fcc.,
let the lines go and tho steamer drifted down—the
steamer came up again when Smith took deliberate
aim from the pilot houao shot the ownor of tho
bungo through tho heart.
“ While on board tho steamship Northern Light,
several of lho passengers told me that Smith would
not have shot tho man if ho had not boon en
couraged by Borland.
“After tho inquest, lato in tho evonirg, I wont
down to tho Commercial Agent’s house, whore
Mr. Borland was, and whore Smith was also sup
posed to bo, aud I found a considerable number
of persona greatly excited around the house, aud
they demanded that Smith should be brought out;
that Borlaud should givo him up, aud wished to
search tho house. Mr. Fabens replied that it was
United States property, and thoy could notenter
for any purpose, and Borland said he would shoot
the first man who came in; the crowd did net
thon persist in entering.
“The Mayor, Mr. Siguad, then came up and
said that the acts of the orowd were unauthorized
by the authorities, |and apologized to Mr. Bor
land. I then went on board my vessel, and about
ton minutes afterward Mr. Fabeus aud throo
others camo aboard and asked mo if I had any
arms and ammunition on board, that Mr. Borland
had his head cut open, and that he, Fabens, were
going on board the steamship to get the Californi
ans to burn tho town, aud triod to induce mv rnato
to go with him. 1 then, at the request of Mr. Fa
bens, took him and those who were with him in
my own boot to the steamship, and upon reach
ing the deck, Fabens called on Capt. Churchill of
the steamer for assistance, aud also addressed tho
passengers, in saying that Mr. Borland had boon
seriously injured by a parcel of rebelßnnd piratos,
and niggers iu the town, and appealed to them as
Americans, if they would suffer their Ministor to
be insulted, and called for volunteers to go and
ourn the town. Tho passengers repliod, that if
Mr. B. or any other Arnerioan was in danger, thoy
would go and see them righted, but doubted that
there was as much danger as Fabous represented,
and appointed a committeo of throo to go and learn
the faots.
“Those persona, with Fabens and others, num
bering eleven in all, were not permitted to laud,
the people having got wind oft! o intention to
burn the town, keening guard along tho beach.
They however told Fabeus that he might land but
not the others, aB they feared danger for tho town.
“All this was during the nignt, and Borland
remained ashore at the Commercial Agouoy, aud
there was no guard around the house and no re
straint on Borland. The only guard was along
the beach, to prevent parties landing aud burning
the town as threatened by Fabeus. The next
morning Borland wont on board tho steamship at
about 6 o’clock, and thero wore no marks on his
head, as represented by Fabens to the passengers.
“Wm. H. Kodqeivj, Master bark Martha Clark.”
“New York, August 2,1854.
Imports at New York. —Tlio Now York Jour
nal of Commerce e ays that the receipts of Foreign
Dry Goods at this port for July are $793,042 less
than for the same month of last year, but $4,090,-
914 more than for the some month of 1852. Thero
is, however, quite a difference between the total
receipts and the value thrown on the market, the
stock in warehouse having incioa&od, whilo part
of the receipts, especially those by steamers, have
been distributed to other ports, not being desti ed
for this market. Nearly all the declino noticeable
during the month has been in silk fabric. The
imports of Foreign Dry Goods since January Ist,
are $20,814,699 larger than for the corresponding
seven months of U 52, but show a decline of $2,-
112,626 as compared with the samo period of lust
year. This decline has been divided betwoon
woollons and silks, the recoipts of cotton goods
having increased, whilo linenß and miscellaneous
goods show no important change from last year.
The increased entries for warouousing have boeu
chiefly within the last throo months, whilo the in
creased withdrawals were earlier in the season.
Tn* Union and tuk Skntinkl.— The Washing
ton Sontinol, u democratic journal, sharply aud
sarcastically arraigns the Union for its tergiversa
tions on the subject of our relations with Spain.
Quoting from the Union, it shows that on the 19th
of July it declared that “Imporious Spain hae yiel
ded to our just demands for former and later in
juries,” aud that in ton dayß aftor, it contradicts
itself and discredits its own testimony by admit
ting that no change in our relations with Spain had
taken place, and that all the difficulties wero still
unsettled. The Sontinel doses its urticlo with
the following cutting paragraph :
Now, the Union should be moro oautious und
oircumspect. It might placo the government in a
disagreeable position. It .might greatly irritate
the filibusters, and play old Harry in tho stock
market. But there is as little proht in chiding the
Union for its inconsistencies as thore is in bcolo ■
ing a child for i s fickleness, or a woman for her
oaprices. It is as natural to tho Washington Uni
on to change its views and eat its words (a thin
diet) as it is to a dog to bark, a cat to purr, or a
duck to swim. A chameleon is a chameleon —the
Wasington Union is the Washington Union—and
nnloss each was subject to change, and to change
continually, neither would be itself.
Lobh of Life by the Sinking of the Cape May.
The Nashville Evening Neuw says: “In converea •
tion with a gentleman who was on the (tope May
when Bhe snnk in the Ohio, on Wednesday last,
wo earn that several lives wore lost by the disaster.
As the books, register, Ac., were destroyed, the
number of persons lost cannot be definitely esti
mated, but it is supposed there wore fourteen or
fifteen among them, three or four ludies and as
many children. Great consternation prevailed
among the passengers, and they made but little
use of the life-boat and life-preservers which were
on board.
California—lts Increase in Population. —The
nett increase of the population of California, by
tho sea route, during the first six months of the
prosentyear has been 17,414 persons, and at the
same ratio for tho rest of tho year, the increase for
1854 will bo 84,828, whioh is much boyond that of
laatyoar. In addition to this thero is a large emi
gration across the plains, sufficient to raise tho
total increase this year to 55,000. The most grati
fying feature of the emigration is that thore is a
considerable relative increase of the female popu
lation, by which means the proportion of tho sexes
in the State is being equalized.
The Fshnitob* Business in Boston. —The Bos
ton I’ost says the entire furniture business in Bob
ton will amount in value from $7,000,000 to SB,-
000,000. Thore are some eight or ten establish
ments dealing in furniture and chairs, whose
yearly salos range from SIOO,OOO to $500,000.
Protested.— The Government seem to bo more
careful of Mr. Borland’s honor than his credit.
Whee Mr. Borland made his demonstration inSan
Juan, he organized a force of returning Californi
aus “to protect,” ns he said, tho property of the
Transit Company. Mr. Fabens, tho Commercial
Agent, borrowed money of the people of Ban J nan
to pay these men. Os Mr. Wood, ho borrowed
|I,OOO, giving adrafton the governmental Wash
ington for the amonnt. This draft waa pre tented
at Washington on Tuesday and protested—tho
government refusing to pay.
Greytown Exclamations.— Tho French minister,
it is said, has made a claim of $600,000 on behalf
of French Bubjeots who had property destroyed at
Greytown. M. de Bariouelle, whose warehouses
there was some attempt to spare amid the general
sack, for the reason that he had protested against
the bottling of Borland, comes in for $300,000.
The amount ofEnglieh reclamations, itissupposod,
will be much larger than that claimed by the
French.
Ihe National Era, the Anti-Slavery organ at
Washington, has suspended its daily issues, and
will hereafter bo published weekly. The Editor
says:—-“The Daily haa fallen far short of defray
ing its own expenses—much farther short of it, in
deed, than was anticipated, and its publication will
not probably be resumed next winter, unless there
be manifested a will to support it.” Thia does not
look as if the cause of abolitionism was flourishing
when decidedly the best, and the only respectable
journal they possess is not adequately supported.
Otebdome. —The hotel keepers throughout the
country are beginning to And out that they have
overdone their business. Exorbitant prices for
board, and the multiplicity of extra charges, have
had the effect of vastly increasing the number of
hotels, whilst it has diminished the throng of
travellers. The rumored fortunes that the pro
prietors of “first-class” hotels were credited with
accumulating in one or two seasons stimulated
others to embark in the business, until the compe
tition has produced its legitimate effect, and hotels
that a year or two since were unable to accommo
date the number of guests who sought admissions
to them, now have not a demand for ha.f their
rooms. This is particularly the case in New York
where, under the influence of the Crystal Pala«e
excitement, hotels were multiplied, and prices run
up with au unparalleled rapidity. The re-aotion
is now felt, and empty houses and declining rates
of charges are now the order there.
A Bucx?emful Cube.—A letter writer from the
wreck of the steamer Franklin, below New York,
saya : “Two of the hands employed in diving for
the cargo were attacked with cholera— one a man of
herculean frame. Whilst I was there, his moan**
when doab ed up and his feet contracted by the
cramp, were horrible. In both case* Capt. J. 0,
Bowne, the agent of the underwriters, gave the
following: I tablespoonfnl of salt, 1 teaspoon ful of
cayenne pepper, half pint of hot water. Ibe man
I saw was as bad as he coold bo. We put his logs
in a strong mustard bath, gave him the above, and
in two hours he was easy and wanted to go to
work.”
of a <iroi*la Onfr.r.
A loiter from Fort Union (New Mexico) to tho
Athena &m n ,r brings tiding, of the death of
Lteut, Maxwoll, eon of Mrs. Maxwell of Athens,
and educated in thatcity. Lieut. Maxwell gradus
ted ,-m the Military Academy in 1880, and has
sereoo honorably and faithfully as a Brevet and
2d L out, in the 3d regiment of infantry, ever
emcc, in that country. In tho tight whioh Lieut.
Bell, of tho 2.1 dragoons, had with the Apachea,
Lieut. Maxwell, although it waa tho first time he
had been under tire, conducted himscli most gal
lantly, us a man and a Goorgian. In another skir
mish with tho same Indians, being adjutant ot the
commanding otlioer, ho ran the gauntlet with the
coolness of a veteran.
Tho following are the particulars of the death
of this gallant officer as detailed in the letter:
On tho morning of the 29th June, Brevet Capt.
Sykes and Lieut. Maxwell, with about sixty dra
goons (thero being no dragoon officers on duty at
tho post) started in pursuit of the party of Apaches,
whose trail had been seen the dav bofore, a short
distance from tho post. After a hard and vigor
ous trail the command came in sight of the sava
ges early on the morning of the 80th. Captain
> s seu Lieut. Maxwoll, with twenty dragoons,
out'ot^th*^ 10 “ m , eso »” or small mountain, to
the retreat ot a baud of about twenty In
almost imr rT er °i difficult and
1 iti Pg gnu on a u o l ,aß " cs of 1,10 mountains.— •
be,u * wyU mounted, charged at
1 tbavonnU 1 b,B lnon » out off the enemy, ore
they could pass a certain point above him/ Un
' fdmß«lf& Poßß,b il y from bem & better mounted,
it In? 1 d ? n 'l ? or K eunl and two men, arrived
at the summit ot the mesa, some tew momonlsere
the rest ot his troops hud closed up. As soon as
Lieut. Maxwell (w.io was ahead) with the throe
men, arrived at tho übovo montionod place, tho In- *
, dians showed themselves above, and oommenced
. a deadly discharge of arrows. Liaut. Maxwoll
with revolver in liund, emptied it with deadly
| effect; but ere he had done so, he had received
; “a arrow through his body—completely through.
( He drew his sabre, and iu doing so, his brid.o arm
lOceived auother urrow, which passed through,
and glanced against his left breast, lie still used
| his sabre, and when ho received his last shot, he
was in the act ot sabroing an Indian ; but in that
act, while his head was bowed to his horse’s mane,
t he fell—an arrow in his brain—and fell liko a
, knight of old, in his hurnoss—his sword grasped
iu his hand, u smile upon his lace. The lnciiaua
fled. Then came tlio troops thundering up tho
hil!—bu* too late—ulus ! for poor young Maxwoll **
had fallen 1 And as Capt. Byites saw him, with
upturned luce, lying stark dead, whom but a mo
ment since he vietned in the prime and bloom of
manhood, ho bowed his heud aud wept, as none
but a warriorcau.
Lieut. Muxweil was buried at Fort Union with
military honors. Ho died without an enemy. He
died us a soldier should, and lies wrupt in his mar
tial shroud, as is a soldier’s duo.
Coal Mink in Kansas Territory.—A traveler,
on tho Nemohnw river, in the north of Kansas
territory, states that there is a fine voiu of ooal
throo foot thick on that stream, aud that it 1b over
laid by limestone, which affords abundance of fins
building material. Tho Nomohaw river is the
boundary between Kansas and Nobraska; and
coal in that region, where wood is comparatively
' scarce, is a very important object.
fijTFEOT Os TUeBfaNISB Ke VOLITION AT HAVANA.—
i Tho news of tho Spanish revolution had produced
* a sensation at Havana. The papers publish a dee
patch from the Intorior Seer itary at Madrid, ad
dressed to tho Captain General, communicating the
fact, and significantly concluding in this wise:
“ I desire you to place yourself in commancation
with tho military authorities, and to keep ovory
thiug quiet by any means. By Koval order, com
municated from tho Minister of Government, in
the Royal Station of Bt. Laurence, I communicate
it to you, so that it may have its corresponding
effect.”
A New State. — A correspondent of tho Cleve
land l’laindealcr, writing from La Points, on Lake
Superior, states that tho while inhabitants on the
shores of the lake, aro now agitating the quostion
of forming a Stato separato and apart from the
present organization—taking what of Michigan
lies west of Lake Michigan, and the points of
Wisconsin and Minesota, bordering oil the lake,
and appropriately naming it the State of Superior.
Musiojll and Dancing Salakib3 in Europe.—
Tho French government guurautoes tho following
salaries per month, and assumes nil tho debts of
the (Hand Opora : Kegor, first Fronch tenor, sl,-
200 , Guoywurd, double do., SBOO ; Chapins, third
do., S3OO ; Bonio, fourth do., S3OO ; Morelli, first
barytone, s4i;o; Bonuehoo, second do., $120;
Obin, bass, $360 ; Depassio, basso profundo,
$240 ; Scphi Crunnelli, eight ovenings, $2,500 ;
(and s3oofor extra night;) l'edosco, SI,OOO.
Tho corps ballot roooive per month, as follows:
Car* line Rosati, $1,1)00; Fanny Oerity, $700; Tag
lioni, not the Tnglioni, $180; Petipa, Merante,
Fauchot, each SIOO. Madame Capel, a grand sing
or, demands $1,500 por month, and a five years’
engagement.
Stock Frauds. —The Legislature of Now Hamp
shire havo moved i;i the matter of over-issue of
sharos in tho stocks of ooroporations and have
passed tho following law, to tako effect after July
15th:
“Any president, cashier, treasurer or secretary,
or any other officer or stockholder of any bank,
railroad, manufacturing or any other corporation
in this State, who shall knowingly, falsely and
wilfully, sign, issuo, or cause to be issued any
shares in tho capital stock of their respective
corporations, oilier than those authorized iu their
charters, or by some amendment thereto, shall bo
doomed and adjndgod guilty of felony, and when
duly convicted thereof shall bo punished by a fine
not exceeding one thousand dollars, and imprison
ment in It e State Prison lor not less than one or
inure than seven years, at the discretion of tho
oourt.”
This oxamplo should be followed by every State
Legislature in the country, thut the public may be
protected from such infamous transactions, now
called merely “breaches of trust” by too iaw, but
considered by the ooramuuity as frauds of the
worst character.
A package containing ovor eight thousand dol
lars was mailed at the Baltimore office, sevoral
days ago, for tho North.
Tho package failed to reach its destination, but
it is known that it reached Philadelphia.
It is said that one of tho checks iu the package
was presented at tho Philadelphia Bunk and was
paid. 'Phis relievos the Baltimore offico from all
censure or suspicion. The whole affair thus far i e
shrouded in mystory.
Tub Famine in Zantb and Zephalonia.—A cor
respondent of the Boston Traveller says that the
famine in theßO islands is on tho increase. Tho
dneusoof tho grape and current vines is making
rapid progress, and it is soared tho olive crop will
full. Tho citlos ore literally beggar cities, and the
square of pnblic puwning establishment is daily so
thronged with pale and omaointed people, of both
sexes and of all agoe, that policemen aro stationed
thoro to O’ oar tho avunues.
PortlLATloN of Columbus.— \Vo learn from the
Columbuß Jir/ui, that tho Committee on censua
of that oity, report tho
Population of Columbus proper 7,140
Wynn toil 1,720
Total of Columbus and Wynnton 8,860
Tho result abovo would be considerably aug
mented if tho Committee had included in this re
port, a number of porsons who reside in the vi
oinity and are doing business in Iho oity yet be
yond tho limits of either tho city or Wynnton.
New Yore Politics. —Tho N. Y. Times says
that the Hard section of the Democratic party will
bo compelled to make another nomination for
Govornor, as Judgo Bronson peremptorily refuses
to allow his namo to be used. MeHsrß. Cooley,
Vanderbilt, and David Boyiuottr, of Troy, are
mentioned as likely to be solccted in his place.
Tho Hards will not, in any case, abandon their
organization. Tho Whigs, tho Times thinks, are
almost certain to carry tho State, unless divided
by tickets nominated on new issues. The general
feeling among tho W bigs seen.ii to bo in favor of a
western candidate for Govornor:—if he would
acoept the nomination, Ex-Governor Hunt would
probably be selected with tho goueral acquiescence
of tho whole party. A groat numbor of other can
didates aro also named.
Admiral Napier writes horn, to the British go
vernment that attacking Cronstadt, or Bwoaborg
would bo certain destruction. Admiral Bbad saya :
“ After two days’ inspection from the light-house
and full views of tho forts and ships, the former
are two substantial for tho fire of ships to make
any impression. They ore large masses of gran
ite. With respect to an attuck on the ships where
they aro, it is net to be entertainod.
Yale College. —Tho Alumia of Yale are busy
n raising $160,000 for the improvement of their
Alma Mater. SBO,OOO of the $150,000 fund has
been subscribed, and efforts are to be made to
oomp’.ete the amount.
t Tmk Allies.— Hero are figures which it will be
j well to bear in mind. The whole number of French
r troops sent to Turkey thus far, is 47,810, with 7,853
horses and mules ; the whole numbor of English
troops is 31,660, with 5,000 horses and a few mules.
I The allies, therefore, number neaily 800,000 men
j The total of the French land troops to be embark
ed at Calais under Gen. Baragnay d’Hilliers, will
be 40,000 men. This is an addition to the 80,000.
COMPAKATIVK MORTALITY OF LoNDOM AMD NICW
Yoke. —ln London, with a population of two and
a half millions, the total number deaths for the
week ending July Ist, was 1,298. In New York,
with a population at the onWide of 740,000, not
one third that of London, tho death-* last week
were 816, or within 256 of those of London.
A terrible drought is prevailing in middle and
shouthern Illinois. The crops are burning up,
wells and streams drying up ; and residents of
thirty years say they havo never known so long
and trying a drought.
Escape of Slaves.— The Parkersburg (Va.,)
News publishes the number and value of slaves
that have escaped from Wood oounty, Virginia,
for the last 15 or 20 yoars together with the Dames
of the owners, as ascertained by the Commissioner
ofthe Kevenue in his recent assessment. The
number that absconded is, 211, valued at *191,200.
Commerce "oiTboston. —There arrived at Boston
during three days of last week, 8 ships, 18 barquea
54 brigs and 206 schooners. These vessels were
from all parts of tho world, but principally do
mestic porta.
The Trustees of the Pilgrim Society offer a re
ward of *3OO for a satisfactory plan of a granite
monament to mark tho landing of the Pilgrim
Fathers in 1620.
Tho first appearance of Aa atio cholera in thla
oontinent, was in Quebec, Lower Canada, on the
Blh of June, 1882.
There are seventy-two hotels la Boston, and
the amount of capital invested in them U estima
ted at 14,000,000.