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tt. (ind in th r * Cincinnati Time* ita* following
IDE AKniVAL or THE BABIM.
I>,eMedlytbe gr«c«t featore of thi. Fwr w*>
,1 ;v .„ r I fifty Convention, which took place
w i.’irdav. Ii Kliracied people, adulte and babieß
hom all parte of«he Union. No leaa than 12,000
or 15 000 vif-ited the Fair to-day, (excluding bal/ee)
t ! of whom appeared to be excited as to the dis
play of innocence and infantile beauty. The no
velty of the exhibition was of iteelf sufficient to
create a general intereat. but to this was added
three services of si Ivor plate aa prizes. The man
agers of the ‘ show” appeared to be taken aback
at the interest taken in the affair. They bad sup
posed that even their liberal premiums would not
tempt more than a dozen babies or so, and had
made arrangements accordingly. 10 o’clock yes
terday morning convinced them that they had un
derrfc <A “the importance ot the occasion.” De
voted mothers and doating fathers, with their little
pet* in their arms, came pouring into the Fair
grounds, each, no doubt, oonfilent of leaving it
with one of the prizes. A small canvass tent had
been assigned as the receptacle of the entries, and
into that, mo hers, babies and nurses were ushered
by gentlemen wearing rosettes upon their breasts.
Soon there was “mn-ic within.” . , ,
Yor so America's Yoic* is Hzard. —Astonished,
probably, at finding themselves in “mass meeting
assembled,” the little ones sent up a cry which
shoDk the canvas* top, and p erced the ears of the
people. In vain did the brass band tool their in-
JtrumcMs to drown if possible “the piercing cry-.
youny Anunw, aromed, f>n<i <*» ro ‘ n e ta 'f.
beat, sent forth notes which shamed the key of
t;,e bogle, uni mile the trombone blueb for it*
wr akh. « ! “Tin babies ! the babies !” was on the
lip- of every one. I'loughs, embroidery, reaping
fancy goods, mechanical skill and agri
cultural * access, were all forgotten in a moment.
Blood horses and short horn cattle were no wh/ir.
The people—men, women aud children, ladies,
gendemen, and growing juveniles, made a rush for
the “Babv Tent. Being barred admission, how
ever, they were obliged for the present to content
tbomsflvesby listening to the music. Borne, more
anxious than the rest—gentlemen, we mean—
climbed the adjoining trees, and enjoying tree
gratis lor nothing a stolen peep at the i>ttby^b/On^
be. s*o see so many Viabins together was
novel ; to note maternal efforts to present them in
the best mood, was amusing, and to gazo upon
their innocent faces and purest of charms was cer
tainlv interesting.
There sat a mother, her eyes directed alternate
"iy ou the judgoa and on a little cherub which lay
in her lap. By her sot another, holding up proud
ly a lovely little girl, whose flaxen curls and sweet
bluo eyes woald soften the heart of the greatest
baby-hater in Christendom. Next to her a nurse
wuh endeavoring to quiet a stout, black eyed,
rosy cheeked “ono year old,” who insists r>n
pulling tho jet black ringlets of another one about
jtn own ago. One lady pointed with pride to the
o pi bby legs of her darling boy, while another
glowingly refers to the delicate but well formed
features ol her sweet babe. One: boasted of having
the largo: t of its age ; another o! the smallest and
smartest. Borne of the babies seemed to feel their
Importance on this occasion, and, in spite of the
most earno-t entreaties, would be in mischief and
keep up a continued noise. Others appeared un
willing to “ believe themsolvos,” and lay quietly
in their mother’s arms, watching the proceedings
with apparent interest, while others insisted on
hiding their innocent faces in their mother’s
ber* • /*, as if Uicy know their refuge was there.
Youwa America's Vernacular.— Then the ex
pressions which fell on ono’s earsl “Tome to
imidder’s arms, mudder’s’ittle pet.” “Ob! you
darling ’ittle toad !” Ble j s its ’ittle heart, it shall
huve some taudy.” “Tot, tot, to Baridyboss, on
its in i'iiin»i’s ’ittle boss.” “Btan’ up, muzzer’s
’ittle p i.” 11 Its sweot, so it is, mudder knows it
is.” ‘ Damp if it wants to, tause it tan dump.”
“Tis« mamma now, won’t it tins mamma?”—
“ Bouncoty bounce, bouncety bounce.*’ “Now
wha*. a naughty boy, see, the gentlemen are com
ing.” “That’s a good baby—nurse can tome its
hair, an’ it don’t try a bit.” “Sweety, sweety,
mother’s sweot,” and an hundred more just such
expressions.
Wfn iti THK Babies Come Fbom. —One hundred
at ' t« - tyseven babies wore entored for exhibi
ti'm. A A they catno *¥olll almost everywhere.—
Several counties, including Hamilton of Ohio,
ver* well represented, and then there were babies
from lrtcliatiA, Louisiana, Pennsylvania and Mas
saobnaetts. Wo would publish the names, but
for the serious protests of the parents, who do not
desire thy world to know that their babies enter
ed for the prizes and (lid not got it. We appre
ciate their feelings and sub » it to their request.—
In such an irmnonao crowd wo could not with any
propriety get anything like a personal description
of the babies, but will mention a few which attrac
ted general nttontion.
The I'm/rrEBT Baby.—lt was generally admitted
that i idodly the prottiost child on exhibition was
from Cincinnati, it is the daughter of Mr. Henry
Howe. It is really a sweet child, and, without
pretending to bo u judge, wo must coincide with
the genoTal opinion.
Large -id (at children scorned to predominate.
One from Indiuna, one five months old, weighed
twenty seven ami a half pounds. Another, four
months old, weighed twenty pounds.
A pair of twins, of Clark county,attracted much
attention. They were very pretty, and as near
alike as two peas.
An oldorly lady was present with her tnmUeenth
baby. only two months old. She claimed nothing
extraordinary in the child, but though she was
deserving of u premium—and she certainly is.
Without attempting to purtioularize, we will just
aay, that wo think all the babies presented wore
really pretty,and that their parents have just causo
to be proud of them.
The Judges Deliberate.— The judges wore a
long time In ttaoir inv.istig ions. After they re
tired, tho mothers, with their children in their
arms, walkod into the Floral Hall, where they
remained, while the spectators crowded past thorn
to take a look at tho babies. This ended the
great Baby Show—tho first, but certainly not tho
last, in Ohio.
Though the “show 7 ’ was ended, tho excitement
was not over. Every body wanted to know tho
premium babies, and the judges wore not ready to
report. Some ladies wore sure that “this duck of
Aohiid,” or that “love of a habo” would curry olf
the silver ware, while ovory parent interested was
pur© of a priz - Tho judges not boing ablo to
consult without Interruption on tho ground, re
tired to the Anthony House in the c'ty. There
they wore followed by hundreds anxious to learn
the result.
Pmzi * Awarded—Names oktiie Victors.—The
session was u long ono, but about 6 o’clock iti the
evening tho final decision was made, and the
prizes awarded as follows:
First priz , a splendid service of silver plate,
including a largo salver, to tho daughter of Wm.
Boomer, ot Vienna, Clark county, aged 10 mouths.
Second prize, n service of silvor plate, to the son
of Wo. McDowell, ot Fulton, Hamilton County,
Ohio,aged 1$ months.
Third prize, a plain service of silver, to tho
daughlor of Mr. A. Canon, of Philadelphia.
Dissatisfaction—Volunteer Prize —Great dis
satisfaction w as expressed at iho award of the first
prize. It was thought it would be given at once
to the daughter of Mr. Howe, of Cincinnati, and
it was oven proposed to take up a subscription on
the spot, to purchase her a gift worth at least as
much as the prize. It was understood that her
claim had boon strongly urged, and that the prize
was awarded to the other child by a majority of
only one voto.
Thoso in tho minority were dotorminod she
should not pass nnnotioed, and alter the awards
had been made known, waited on tho little favo
rite, and through Mr. DeGraff, of Dayton, pre
vented her with a large and costly statuette of our
Saviour Blessing Littlo Children. This act was
highly applauded.
Thus ends our roport ot tho National Baby Eliow.
W e understand it will be repeated next year, when
with the oxporiouco of this year before them, the
manager* will bo ablo to prepare all tho necessary
accommodations for iho ‘‘entries.’
A Letter .from Fanny Fern.
New Yore, Sept. 28, 1854.
Mr. J. Paist— Sir: lu thanking you for the com
pliment paid me, by constituting me one of tho
committee to award the premiums at tho Baby
Convention, 1 would also express my deep regret
that my present engagements will not admit of my
leaving New York. Nothing would delight me
more than to visit your beautiful city, which 1 have
no long wished to see, and tho added temptation
you hold out, in the shapo of babies, is almost ir
refutable. Got bless their littlo sweetnesses!
But how could 1 chooses I, who love every thing
iu the shape of a child—who balieve that they are
all who are left to us of E ion, who never come
into presence without a feeling such as 9 devout
Catholic mast have, when he crosses himself be
fore tho image of the Virgin Mary ! Hot could 1
choose i 1 should turn from black *os to blue,
from blue eyes to grey, from grey to ha-e*; I should
be od captive by a dimple, fascinated by a ringlet,
enchanted by a rosy cheek or a snowny shoulder.
My door air, I should bo as bewildered as a bee iu
a ten acre lot of fu’l biown roses. Please accept
my w-v. wUhea for the success of your novel,
beautiful and admirable enterprise.
May the anathemas of no disappointed Mother
haur.t the sleeping or walking dreams of the
a a Unit oiMuuutUs.
Yours, vary truly, Fassy Firn.
The Baby Show.—lt is but justice to onrseivns
to announce that we were the fathers of the entire
bahy movement in the United States, and we can
not Out fee' a parental regard for every baby that
assembled in Ohio at the National Exhibition.—
And now we crave our rights, in the honor of be
ing the first to appreciate the claims of babies, and
the importance of stirring up rivalry iu improving
the race of no- a. Oor nat; nal hope lies In rock
ing the crad o. Liberty kicks and squalls in tho
nurserv. Patriotism, in a bib bibulous, is tied
into a *higb chair. Progress creeps on all fonts,
and crows like a bantam. Tho bonds of our Un
ion are diaper. Tee destinies of a continent, in
continent of fluids, arc wrapped nn in flannel.—
Wisdom i' ettpids is catting its eupids. and the
strea,! s, ; p dc..i saivatiou arc flowing from the
salivary mands. Give us our credit, then for
starting ' ie baby show, and now let us be allowed
to propose a show of men at tho National Capital
It would certainty draw, for there has not been
auy thr-g of the hind there for years—at least
none ot sn\ great magnitude.— Springfield (Jf«M.)
Rahway Carriage ok the King of Danmark
A carr;*v© has just b>eu completed a: the works
of the Eastern Counties Railway Company, at
felratiord. for the use of the King of Denmark on
the oomsiou of the opening of the great Danish
line now in the course o! fomatiou. Tfce carriage
has been built under the superintendence of Mr.
Gooch, engineer ot the Eastern Counties Railway.
It is 26 feet in length and 8 feet iu width. The
body of the carriage is painted in a rich
is tastefully ornamented. The interior is divided
into three compartment*, the centre beiog intend
ed a< a solo n for his majesty and the royal fami
ly, and the two ends ncing appropriated, one to
the use ot the attendant*, and the other to the
purposes of a retiring room. The sides are cover
ed with light blue satin damask, wadded, and the
roof is liued with white watered silk, edged with
gimp of bine and gold. The communicating doors
are ot the hnost satin wood, with mirrors on the
panels and ivory handles on each side. The wiu
dcws, which are of unusual compass, are of the
best plate g ass, and the blinds are of white silk
and the tassels of light blue and silver. The car
pet is ot red velvet pile, and the wainscoting of the
same material as the doors. Ttie seats, which
consul of couches, ottomans, and easy chaire of
the most luxurious description, are of satin wood,
covered with damask corresponding with the sides
o! the carriage; and the remainder of the furni
ture comprises console tables, a wash-baud stand
(having the outward appearance ot a Devon port
writing deak) bookshelves, and many other con
veniences, which impart to the whole arrange
ment the character of an e’egantiy appointed suit
Os private apartment.-- Mirming Chronicle.
The olippe* ship Water Witch, Captain Plum
®er, which arrived at Sew York oa Friday morn
(n„ reports having been iu field ice, and saw ioa
lat. ftafeiat.iS.
Fromihs Miners*, of Montreal.
Twice Hav*4~-Karrat!*e of the French bailor
who w*» picked »p from the Wreck of the
Arctic.
My name is Jzp sonet Francois; I am from Can
ca o, a village situated at three ieagues distance
from St. Malo; I generally employ myself every
year in fishing at Bt. Pierre. 1 embarked onboard
the \ esta, to return home; when about neon on
the 27th, as I chanced to be on deck, I beard the
men in charge of the watch, and who were in the
fore part of the vessel, sing out, “Luff, 1 ff, there
is a ship bearing down upon us.” I think, to the
best of my opinion, that not more that half a min
ute elapsed before we received the slrck. Our
ship struck the Arctic in the starboard bow. near
the whee'; our forec stle was swept away by the
blow. W ben we saw this accident, a general con
fusion ensued, and a man ascending from the hold
cried out that the vessel was filling with water,
which created a general panic amongst the passen
gers and crew. To lower a boat and precipitate
ourselves into it, to the number of seveo or eight,
was the work of a minute, and we proceeded to
wards the American vessel, which continued its
route towards land.
Our intention was to save ourselves on board
the American vessel, for our idea was that our
own would go down immediately. We rowed for
some time before we could reach the bow of the
vessel, but a wave sent us to a distance again. We
then approached the wheel, and, owing to some
accident which I cannot explain,the boat wascaught
in it, and upset. I alone was able to catch the rope,
and get oa the deck ol the American vessel, where
a general confusion and pani3 reigned. I soon
learned that the vessel was in danger, and I cast
my eyes around me to find some means of safety
There were near me about thirty bottles; I got a
rope and attached them to my person, but one of
them being broken, 1 soon saw that it would not
be possible to tnrow myself into the sea with them:
that i-why, finding a findings box near me, I
fastened myself on it with strong cords and cast
myself into the sea.
By got i lack, there happened to be close to the
vessel a mating piece of the wreck, which I seized
hold of, *..nd abandonod myself to the mercy of the
waves. In company with me on this raft was a
young American, of from 20 to 22 years of age
this young man died on the morning of the 28ib,
from the effects of cold and hunger. The cold
had taken such a hold of him that it became im
possible for him to utter a single word. I took
him in my arms and supported his head on my
shoulder; and when he breathed his last sigh, he
gave me such a violent shock that he was near
upsetting mo into the sea. I attached him to the
raft with cords, and I kept him lor about twenty
four hours, at the expiration of which, finding that
■ a:.d Aigul*—&*•. .* * say, lilt* -two
* * -< *”*nsol was
..y alioagUi B*& Begun to ***"
'* .. d)l ird, anu 1 gave them to
understate us wen us a cuuui, i>j *.
words of English, that there wore to tne leeward a
great number of persons awaiting help, and the
captain accordingly changed Lift course and
steered in that direction. Wo picked up eleven
persons, who had got on floating pieces of wreck,
as also, Captain Luca. We then made sail, and
proceeded to Quebec. It was in thi* way that I
escaped the waves, which threatened to eugulph
me every instant. I was in the sea silty-two
hours, without food or drink of any sort, with the
exception of one small sailor’s biscuit, which my
companion in misfortune gave me before he ex
pired;
Iron Ship*,
A discussion recently took plaoe before the Bri
tish Scientific Association, which is of much im
portance to ship builders. It will be recollected
that, according to the statement of persons on
board of the lost steamer “City of Philadelphia,”
which was built of iron, the Captain of that di
lated vessel, from th; hour of its departure from
Liverpool, knew no peace, but was filled with con
slant anxiety on account of the very muteriul vari
ation of the different compasses on board, and the
consequent uncertainly of his precise whereabouts
upon the ocean, excepting at such moments, as
observations could bo taken. Careful examina
tions, which have been made by Dr.Scoresby, aud
other scientific mon, tend to show that such varia
tions are nearly unavoidable on boar of iron ves
sels; that except when azimuth oompassess, or
mast head compasses are used, there is no safety
whatsoever; and that, even with both of these
together, observations cannot be too olten taken,
or too close care used in navigation.
lu consequence of tho immense amount of Cap
itol invested by London merchants in iron built
ships, every attempt was made to invalidate tho
testimony of Dr. Scoresby and his friends, but
these efforts only tended to bring forth in a stron
ger light the fact that, particularly in eortain lati
tudes, and under certain conditions of the vessel
itself, such variations will unavoidably take place;
that sometimes out of many oompasses on board
of iron ships, no two will bo found to agree.
Tho remedies and moatas of safety which wore
BUggostod by the Association wore as said before,
the nso of Azimuth compasses, and oompasses at
tho mast hoad—thus being removed as far as por
sibleabove the materia! of which the vessel is built.
Even these precautions, however, were not deem
ed sufficient, and it was recommended that day
und night observations Bbonld be made with far
groaterfrcquoncy than would be requisite on board
of ordinary ships. How certainty can be procured
that a vessel is on tho right coarse in foggy wea
ther, or when a clondy Bky or continued storms
preclude the possibility of taking observations,
does not appear to have been pointod out. Capt.
Leitch, ot the “City of Philadelphia,” aware of
the dauger from the variation of his compasses,
took observations of the sun each day from tho
time ho left Livepooi, until that preceding the die
aeter off (Jape Race.
On thut day the weather was too foggy to admit
it, and notwithstanding every precaution that so
experienced a navigator and cautious a sailor could
take, ho loss tho r ght direction, his ship was
wrockod, and but for a series of fortunate occur
rences, as many or more paasengora might havo
perished aB wo have since had to deplore in the
Arctic.
The incroaso in the proportion of iron to timber
vessels, has not been so great in this cou .try as in
Europe. In England the number of iron .hip. >nd
steamers has been increasing from year to year,
until tho question of their relativo safety is ono
effecting immense monied interests. That they
can be made safe, and that precautions can be us
ed to reudoi them as secure from danger as other
vessels, wo have no doubt; and it is fortunate that
attention has been drawn to the subject, and that
those possessing tho requisite knowledge and ex
perience, are turning their attention iu a direction
which may avert great loss of life and property.—
,V. y. Journal of Commerce.
Destruction of the Town or Darora, lu Spain, by
a Waterspout.
A letter in tho Madrid Tribune of September 17,
gives an account of a terrible uud extraordinary
catnstropho that had oocnrrod in Daroca, a small
town iu Arragon, situate iu a rioh and fertile val
ley, abounding iu corn and wino. From its situs
tion, in a deep hollow, completely surrounded by
mountains, this place is peculiarly liable to inunda
tion; and, as a remedy, a tnnnel was cut in 1660,
by a Frenchman named Pierro Badoll. This tun
nel is a magnitioent work, 2840 feet long, 24 feet
wido, and 24 foot high. The enterprizo was pa
tronized by tho Popo, and assisted by alms from
all Christendom. Previous to its achievement the
waters that flowed ut wot seasons trom two leagues
of mountain, rushed through tho streets of the
town on their way to the river.
it appears that on the 11th September, at three
in the altornoon, an immense waterspout, rising
from the Lake of tiallooanta, remained tor a con
siderable time hovering over tho shore, about “
leaguo from Daroca. W heu it burst tho whole dis
trict was oonvorted i nto a lake. The wators poured
down in the direction of tho tunnol in a stream
much largor, it is said, than tho Ebro or Torlosa,
and seen from an elevation, appeared like moving
mountains ot liquid. The dimensions ot the tun
nel whioh lias a very decidod slope, were insuffi
cient to allow the passage of the vast mass, which
thon moved past forming a spacious sea. This
extended itself towards tho town, at two hundred
yards from which it was arrested by the causeway
that lias lroquoutly saved Daroca when mouaoed
by perils of a similar nature, but leas magnitude.
Above this causeway the wator rose, heaping them
selYos upou it, says tho account, to the hoight of
three yards, and thon plunging down on the un
fortunato town.
The gateway, although an unusually large one,
was not large enough to allow their entrance, and
another great lake was formed against tho wulls,
whioh presently began to crumble uudor its pres
sure. “What then occurrod,” says the letter, “is
an inexplicable thing. Tho waters fought with and
overthrew those houses whose positiou opposed
their current. They carried away the fountain of
ben Pedro, and opening great trenches and burst
ing open tne doors of the Posado and of several
shops, they spread through squares and streets,
i.ihndating wine cellars, warehouses, and tho first
fixers of the houses; iu some reaching up to the
very roofs, Throwing down walla and abandoning
everything, the inhabitants fled to the mountains,
wnence they looked on at the horrible catastrophe.
“The loss has beeu incalculable, lu tho vaults
water has replaced wine, the contents of the shops
aro spoiled, and many houses are crumbling away.
In the plain around tho town the inundation has
dost roved everything. A young woman of twenty
w ! s carried away by tho torrent, and many chil
dren and adults arc missing. In the flrst moments
the auxiety was horrible. None thought of any
thing but of eouutiug their families, and seeing if
any wore abseut. The animals that have perished
are innuaieraole, among them many of the farm
horses of the uulortunate peasants. It is horrible.
God have mercy on us 1”
Baptists is tut. United States.—The BspHst
AlnK'mc for ,'.555 gives the following statistic; ot
the Baptist Chnrches in the several States. They
are compiled lrom the returns of the churchos for
XSSS:
States. Churches. Ministers. Members
Alabama =9. 817 44,961
Arkansas til 90 S.IS6
Connecticut■' ■' ' ■' ■■ 1 »'• •' '• •-'■'■ '• •»• IJgJ
Indiana o’ a,
Indian Terr,lory g | 6 ; ?«86
tPz* ■■
g=v"V■■■■■■■■■■■■■::■■
Maryland oYc sa., £S
Mississippi ,«$ ...85 867
Missouri 70 s $76
Sew-Uaotpshire r» 1 06.'^.d?617
> ew ■ York
North Carolina K* „!ut4
Rhode Island & 41.293
Wisconsin 117 F 4
Welch Churches 84 22 • 1
10,181 6,745 80S .I*4
A Kew Projectile.— The inventive faculty of
the age promises to familiarise us with another
projectile of terrible power, which will cast into
the shade all the shells now in use. We hear that
there is before the ordinance committee 8 sbeli
charged with liquid which, after its release by the
concussion *ot the ball, will instantaneously be
come a sheet of fire, burning to a cinder anything
it may touch, and suffocating by its smoke any
one brought within its radius. We are not aware
of the nature of the inflammable i. gredients, but
we can bear testimony to the efficiency of the
! liquid, for we have seen a very small quantity ot
1 it burn to ashes with incredible rapidity, thick
carpets, wood, coals, *fcc. A column ot infantry,
, a row of tents, a ship, storehouses and barracks.’a
i forest, anything which acknowledges the terrible
; influence of fire, could be consumed in a few
minutes by the visitation of a shell charged with
this noxious fluid. It will, we dare say, require
*ery careful handling by the artillery, for it is of
so subtle a nature, that the escape of any slight
quantity would carry with it direful consequences.
Like the icmlH asphy.Ha % it is calculated to be
formidable alike to mends and foes if it be not
watched with vigilance. But we date say some
plan will be devised for preventing the escape of
any particles. We shall be anxious to know what
the committee of ordinance officers think of the
project.— CniUd Strait* Gazette.
Kiw York, Oct. 25.—The ship South Carolina
has arrived at this port from Rotterdam. There
fifty deaths from cholera during the passage.
The Fate or Sir John Franklin.
The reported discovery of the remains of F rall £~
lin’s unfortunate Arctic expedition, soem3 to be
confirmed by the despatches from Mr. Kae to oir
George Simpson, of the Hodson’s Bay Company.
Mr. ilae went out in J tine, 1965, on a land expedi
tion to find some evidences oi the fate oi Franklin
-1 He returned in August last to \ ork factory, bnng-
I ing certain information that the expedition
their ships by being crashed in the ice, while
I making their way to Fish river, one ofthe »ribu
!■ Uiies 018 ifi Kiver, near the outlet of which the
\ parties appear to have perished. The p*ace desig
nate-i is in »boat latitude 63, and longitude »o wee.
from Greenwich. It is nearly seven degrees of lati
ta -e sooth of Wellington channel, where the last
tn ces of Franklin were found four yearsi ago, m
t he grHves of several of his men, buried in 1840-4t>.
It was through this Channel that Sir John wa*
supposed to have forced his way north into the
Polar Bea. Nearly all tne various expeditions
fitted o it, have, under this belief, explored regions
too far north. The land expedition which weni
out in 1858 was too far west, having followed the
Mackenzie river from the same Lake which the
Black river starts from running east.
Capt Austin, who investigated the region oi
Lancaster Bound in 1850, concluded that the mas
sing expedition had not been to tne sou w
and westward of Wellington Channel. \et at tins
very time Franklin’s party were Buffering the
pangs of starvation some seven uegreea
Lancaster bound, having probaoly
down Prince Kegent’s Inlet past Lancaster IsOODd
by the ice. The evidence ot the destruction of bir
John and his party are said to be certain, aa.tne
natives had in their possession v "‘O a » a,tlcl ®*
belonging to the oxpediuon, including siKer
spoons and iorks, witn the commander a initials
upon them. Death by starvation is the fate that
has been generally predicted ol the par.y, thoagn
it was not believed that they had perished so early.
The expedition left Sheerness, England, on tne
25th of May, 1b45, with a tall compliment cl 138
men. The first expedition which went in search ol
it was in 1848. It was in three divisions; one west
ward by Bbering’a 6tra*i, tinier Capt. Kelletland
Lieut. Moore, which surveyed from Point Barrow
to the Mackenzie river. Another, the extern di
vision, under Sir John Rosa, reached Leopold har
bor, mouth of Prince Regent’s Inlet, when it win
tered. The succeding spring it was drifted out
by ice through Lancaster Bound, into Baffin’s Buy.
The third division was a boat expedition, under
Lieut. John Richardson, which followed the course
ot the rivers and lakes through the Hudson Bay
territories, and penetrated to the mouth of tbe
Mackenzie river. Mr. John Rae, who has made
the recent discovery of the remains of the expedi
tion, was engaged for three successive years, in
’ a.ukiLstoii lure were despatch**
by* .j>*s Btrait-. There a tra
{just ar he about to abandon bi«. ve a o*eL It was
I this expedition which demonstrated that the long
\ so igh* for northwer* p. r<i e was no d
on me same expcuiuou. biuiuiuauOMUc'iy with
hose three other expeditions, fitted out by private
enterprise, entered Lancaster Bound. One was
the American exp dition, sent oiit by Mr. Grinnell;
the second a vessel under Sir John Ross; the third
one, equipped by Lady Franklin, under Captain
Forvyfh. Tho next expedition (1552) was cf five
vessels, fitted out under tho impression that
Franklin had passed through Wellington Channel.
The Prince Aloert was also sent to explore Prince
Regent’s Inlot, as half way down that inlet a large
depot of provisions had been stored for Franklin,
ana it was supposed he might havo gone down for
provisions. The Albert wus drifted into Barrows’
Strait, but land expeditions were made south and
west without accomplishing any discovery. Four
Other expeditions sailed in 1853, but dissensiont
among tho officers caused one to return to England
The second, the Kane expedition is still pursuing
its investigations; the third returned to England
with despatches from McClure; and the fourth,
under Mr. Rae, which was despatched to make in
vestigations on the North American coast, in the
neighborhood of the Isthmus of Boothea, has
there made tho interesting discovery of the unfor
tunate fate of tho long missing expedition. The
cost of t‘ie various searching expeditions has been
over four millions of dollars. —Philadelphia Ledger,
From the London Times, Oct. 6.
(shipping Trade of England.
The shipping returns of the Board of Trade for
the month ending the sth of September, show
again a decline in tho amount ot tonnage employed
since, although there has been a modcruto increase
in the arrivals, there has beeu a rather largo di
minution in the clearances. The concurrent effect
of tho cessation of the demand for foreign grain,
of the diminished shipments to Australia, and of
the unsatisfactory condition of tho trade with the
United States, otters an immediate explanation of
this position of affuirs; and, although tho uggre
ga' .j returns of the flrst eight months of 1854 still
exhibit an augmented shipping business as com
pared with the corresponding period ot 1853, so
much of this has been due to tho grain trade, that
it is to bo apprehended tho remainder of the year
will alter the general results. Tho return on the
present occasion does not include nny arrivals from
liussia in the shape of captures. Subjoined are
the general totals of entries and clearances. En
tered inward—
TONNAGE FOR MONTH ENDING SEPTEMBER 5.
1852. 1853. 1854.
British vessels 455,861 495,225 534,492
United States vessels... 75,074 102,045 144,280
Other countries 180,175 322,196 244,167
Total 741,710 919,466 922,889
The clearances outward wore—
-1952. 1853. 1854.
British vessels 466,207 485,648 482,902
United States vessels... 80,802 112,288 104.653
Other countries 188,975 207,702 212,744
Total 735,484 805,588 750,293
With regard to tho coasting trade, the tonnage
entered inward during the month ending the sth
of September, 1852, was 1,043,980. In 1958 it was
1,061,434, and in tho present return it is 1,102,869,
including 68 foreign vessels of an aggregate bur
don of 7,801 tons. The clearances outward were
1,166,415 in September, 1852, 1,138,231 in 1858,
and 1,266.983 (including 5,706 tons foreign) in 1854.
Emigration to Amfwtca.— A letter from Havre
of the 29th ult., states that tho General Screw Com
pany’s steamer Indiana was there, waiting for Ger
man emigrant* for America. Sbo had boon fitted
up to carry 400 poor emigrants, and about 100 cab
in passengers. Tho emigrants were to bj taken
out for about 40 dollars a bead. This will bo the
second trip of the Indiana. The first trip she was
chfrterod by an English firm. Iu this voyage the
t peculation is that of the General Screw C ompany.
Hitherto, tho French, Dutch, and German traffic
with tho United Statos has been carried on by
Bremen and American merchants and shipowners;
but English enterprise and capital are now to bo
engaged in it, aud there is every prospect of a
formidable competition for the traffic between the
British Channel and New York, by America,
England, aud Germany. Tho General Screw Com
pany contemplate fitting up other of their ships
besides the Indiana lor the American trade, and
a Liverpool company, it is stated, is also going to
run screw steamers from Havre, Antwerp, and
Bremen, to New York, without oalling at any
English port, at reduced freights. The goods traf
fic between Franco aud the United States still con
tinues to increase, aud tho passenger traffic be
tween Bromen and Antwerp and Amorica is enor
mous. Fifty thousand persons emigrate from Ger
many and Holland to tho United States annually.
There are now employed in the French, German,
and Dutch trade with America tho paddle wheel
American steamors Washington, Germania. St.
Louis, aud Union ; two paddle-wheel German
steamors, the Hansa and another, and the British
screw steamer Indiana. It is probablo (says tho
lotter, that the number of these steamors will be
doubled before long, and that tho present charge
for freight of 40 dollars a ton will be reduced to
one half that sum. The Americans were the first
to establish a direct steam communication betweeu
the British Channel and the United States, and it
will bo up-hill work for the English to oppose
them. The General Screw Company are acting in
conjunction with American agency.
Is Religion Beautiful! —Always! In the child,
the maiden, with the wite, mother, religion shines
a holy benignant beauty of its own, which nothing
of earth cun mar. Never yet was the female char
acter perfect without the steudy faith of piety.
Beauty, intellect, woalth! they are like pit fails,
dark in the brightest day, unless the divine light,
unless religion throw her softbeums around them,
to exalt, making twice glorious that
which Hoomod all loveliness nefore.
Religion is very beautiful—in health or sickness,
in wealth or poverty. We never enter the sick
chamber of the good, but soft music seems to float
on the air, and the burden of their song is, “Lo!
peace is here.”
Could we look into thousands of families to-day,
when discontent sits fighting sullenly with life, wo
should find the chief cause of unhappiness, want
of religion in woman.
And in felons’ cells—in places of crime, misery,
destitution, ignorance—we should behold in all its
most horrible deformity, the fruit of irreligion in
woman.
Oh, religion 1 benignant majesty, high on thy
throne thou sittest, glorious and exalted. Not
above the clouds, for earth-clouds come never be
tween thee and the truly pious soul—not beneath
the clouds, for above thee in heaven, opening
through a broad vista of exceeding beauty.
lie gates in the splendor of jasper and precious
stones, white with a dewy light that neither flash
es nor blazes, but steadily pro-.‘ecdethjfrom tup
throne of God. Its towers bathed in refulgent
glory ten times the brightness of ten thousand
suns, yet soft, undazzling to the eye.
And there religion points. Art thou weary ? it
whispers, “rest —up there—forever.” Art thou
sorrowing? “eternal joy.” Art thou weighed down
with unmerited ignominy ? “Bings and priests in
that holy home.” Art thou poor? “the very street
before thy mansion shall bo gold.” Art thou
friendless ? “the onge’s shall be thy companions,
and God thy Friend and Father.”
Is religion beautiful ? We answer, all is desola
tion and deformity whore religion is not.
Oysters.^ —A correspondent of the National
Intelligencer, writing from Baltimore, says of the
oysters the present season :
“It is a somewhat singular fact, and one impor
tant to be generally known, that the oysters of our
waters thus far this season, including the Chesa
peake bay and its tributaries, have proved mark
edly deleterious to health. In several instances,
to my own kuowedge, persons have been taken
violently ill, after eating them, (raw especially,)
with crump colic, cholera morbus, dee., and in
some cases death ensued. Crabs, too, have pro
duced similar results. An old and experienced
fisherman —one amongst the most faith! ui caterers
in fish, crabs, oysters, and other articles of the
kind, in our city—has just informed mo that, in
his judgment, oysters Jtacd crab?, this season, are
impure, unhealthy, possessed of some poisonous
substance, and unsafe to be even. He =aya both
evsters and crabs never move (the formerly espe
cially) from their original beds; and in the ab
sence of rain or fresh water requisite to their
healthful growth, they absorb a poisonous sub
stance, which in fact, after they have been taken
from the water a short time, ki: - them, and they
turn or assume an unnatural color. As an evi
dence of his want of faith in the healthful ness of
these delacies, foandei upon practical observation,
mv fish merchant friend, whilst he is disposed to
“ll the best oysters and crabs that can be P roda
eld to meet the demands of a pressing market,
not faith sufficiently strong to cat them him
self He says rain and frost are absolutely reqm
sfte after a protracted drought, to make enter
curs or crabs a safe diet. With dsh it » differ
eni Thev migrate, and a'ways select springs and
the'porestwatfr to be found,'and when fresh are
healthful.
Discovery is Metals.— Mr. Devilla, whose dis
coveries in relation to aluminum have recent y
created quite a stir in the scientific wend, has lor
a long time been engaged in the preparation ox a
i work upon the pure metals, produced and melted
by processes of his own. In the course of hi 3 re
searches, he has discovered that the two meta.s,
nickel and cobalt, possess, contrary to the general
belief, the useful properties of malleability and
ductility, in 8 very remarkable degree, and also an
extraordinary teuacity, far superior to that of iron,
which has hitherto b2en supposed to possess this
quality more perfectly than any of the metals.
From'yl. Vertbeim’s experir enta on wires of
equal diameter, made of iron, nickel and cobalt, it
appeared that the weights which determined the
rupture of the several wires, were respectively as
the numbers of 60 for iron, 90 for nickel, and 116
for oobalt. This would establish for cobalt a tena
city almost that of iron. They may be, moreover,
worked at the forge with the same facility as iron.
They are perhaps leas subieci to oxydation than
iro&| and may be used for the same purposes.
From Iht Montral Herald , qf Saturday , Out. 21.
Discovery of the Actual and Wretched Fate ot
tile Uu« Lost Sir John Fraufclin. and his Com
panions In Misfortune.
We are indebted to Sir George Simpson, Govern
or of the Hudson’fl Bay Territory, for the privilege
of first publishing to the civ.lized world, the at
length ascertained fate of the nob e, bat ill-fated
Sir John Franklin and hib gallant company. Alas!
that the fate should hxve been so sad; and that the
problem, which has so long occupied the thoughts
and engaged the energies of the great navigator’*
countless friends and admirers in Europe and
America, should be solved by so painful, so dis
tressing a narrative as is contained in the following
letter, which only reached Sir George Simpson
yesterday afternoon —it having been forwarded
from York Factory, via Red River. Our own
hopes of Sir John Franklin’s restoration to the
world had, we confess, long ceased; but who could
have been prepared for the tearful reality—a mis
erabie and lingering death, from literal starvation
—possibly, as Dr. Rae conjectures, worse than
starvation- on the frozen and desolate shores of
the Atlantic Ocean. But we Bhall not detain the
reader, by any reflection of ours, from the perusal
of Dr. Rae’s intensely interesting narrative—we
shull merely mention that York Factory is situated
at the mouth of Hayes R.ver, in Hudson’s Bay, in
about 56 deg. N. L. 988 deg. W. L.
DB. RAE’S LETTER TO SIB GEORGE BIMPSON.
Yobk Factory, Aug. 4, 1854.
My Dear George: Your several letters, publio
and private, of dates 15th June, and Ist December,
lboS, and 13th and 16th June 1854, were handed
me on the 28th ultimo, on my reaching Churchill,
and I rt joieed to learn that your health had bene
fited so much by your vi&it to the North.
Let me now allude to the expedition affairs. I
arrived hero on the 31st nit., with my small party,
in excellent health, but, I am sorry to say, without
having effected our objeet. At the same time, in
formation has been obtained and articles purchased
from the natives, which places the fate of a por
tion, if not all, of the then survivors of Sir John
Franklin’s mis Table party beyond a doubt—a fate
the most deplorable—death lrom starvation, after
having had recourse to cannibalism as a means of
prolonging life.
1 rouonea the old quarters at Repulse Bay, on
the 15th August, and preparations were immedia
tely commenced for wintering. On the Ist Septem
ber 1 explained to the rren our position, the stock
of provisions wo had on hand, (uot more than
three months’ rations) and the prospect we had
of getting more, <fce., &c., pointing out all the
danger and difficulty of cur position. All readily
volunteered to remain, and our exertions to col
lect food and fuel went on with unabated energy.
Bv the end of September, 109 deer. 1 musk ox,
and •he musk were shot b m>?oh, 2J deer by
M.irtfrgan, (ti deer-hunter,) 14 by c/e of the men,
rrr.’.dlo of Cot- <r, red 25 more animals were ad
ded ’o our
ciently hard so? Nhiaing, - -sere h#ppy to e ■
ice in the lakes , the net-? v,er6 taken up on that ;
Ou the 81st of March my spring joumeyjcom
menced, but iu consequence of gcles of <viud, deep
and soft snow, and foggy weather, we made but
very I'ttlo progress. We did not enter Felly Bay
until the 17th. At this place we met with Esqui
maux, one of whom, on being asked if he ever
s iw white people, replied in the negative, but said
that a large party (at least 4" persons) had perish
ed from wul.l of food, some 10 or 12 days journey
to the westward. The substance of the informa
tion, obtained at various times and from various
sources, was as follows :
in the spring four wiuters past, (aping, 1850,) a
party of white men, amounting to about forty,
were seen traveling southward over the ice, and
dragging u boat with them, by some Esquimaux,
who were killing seals on the north shore of Xing
William’s Land, which is a largo islund named
Kei ik-tak by the Esquimuax. None of the party
could Bpcak the native language intelligibly, but,
by signs, the natives were made to understand
that thoir ships or ship had been crushed by ice,
and that tho •*whites” were now going to where
they expected to find deer to shoot. From the
appearance of tho men, all of whom, except one of
ficer, (chief,) looked thin; they were then suppos
ed to be getting short of provisions, and they pur
chased a small seal from the natives.
At a later date, the same season, but previous
to the disruption of tho ice, tho bodies of about
thirty while persons were discovered on the con
tinent, and five on an island near it, about a long
day’s journey (say thirty five or forty miles) to the
northwest of a large stream, which can be no other
than Back’s Groat Fish River, (named by the
Esquimaux, Out koo hi-ca-lik,) as its description,
and that of the low shore in the neighborhood of
Point Ogle and Montreal Island agree exactly with
that of bir George Back. Some of tho bodies had
been buried, (probably those of the first victims
of famine,) some wore in a tent or tents, others
under a boat that had been turned over to form a
shelter, aud several lay scattered about in differ
eut directions. Os thoso found on the island, one
was supposed to have been an officer, as be had a
telescope strapped over his shoulder and hiß
doublo barrelled gun lay underneath him.
From tho mutilated state of many of the corpses,
and the contents of the kettles; it is evident that
our miserable couutrymen had been driven to the
last resources—cannibalism —as a means of pro
longing life.
There appears to have been an abundant stock
ol' ammunition, as tho powder wus emptied in a
heap on the ground by the natives, out of tho kegs
or cases containing it, and a quantity of ball aud
shot was found boiow high water mark, having
been left on tho ice close to the beach. There must
have been a number of watches, telescopes, com
passes, guns, (several double-barrelled,) &c., all
of which appear to have been broken up, as I saw
pieces of these different articles with the Esqui
maux, and together with some silver spoons and
forks, purchased as many as I could obtain. A
list of tho most important of these I enclose, with
a rough pen uud ink sketch of tho events und
initials on the forks and spoons. The articles
themselves shall be handed over to the Secretary
of tho II ju. H. B. &c., on my arrival in London.
None of the Esquimaux with whom I conversed
had seen the “ whites,” nor had they ever been
at the place where the dead were found, but had.
their inlormatic vho had been there, I
ami those who 1 . v. l e;w»live. j
From the her ’ *y —wiicL is a buy, .*
.••pita of Sir B. 1: - 1 to •• c J
I crossed 60 n wodo-'y i jj,
traced thewt'fiti uadFolhs. River *
to Cape Porter .:»ss 5 and J ooulc i
have got within - ' rriesof Balot &tru u h<n »
I t hought it usoi .* pro. coo. further. is • cor Id i
not. complete th .. -w.
Never in my former Arctic journeys had I met
with such an accumulation of obstacles. Fogs,
storms, rough ice, and deep snow we had to fight
against. On wo were four and a half
days unable to get a glimpse, at the sun, or even
to make out his position in tho heavens. This, on
a level coast, where the compass was of little or no
use, was perplexing in the extreme.
The weather was much finer on our return jour
ney than when outwards bound, and our loads
being lighter, our day’s marches wore uearly dou
ble the distance, and we arrived at Repulse Bay
on the 2Gth May, without accident, except in ouo
instance, in which one of the party lost a too from
a frost bite.
The commencement of Spring was very fine,
but Juno and July were colder. We were unable
to get out of the bay until the 6th of August.
Our progress aiorg the coast as far as Capo Ful
lerton was much impeded by ice; but on getting
to the south ward oi the Capo we had clear water,
and saw no ice afterwards.
The conduct of the men, 1 am happy to say, was
generally speaking, good; and we had not a sin
gle case of sickness all the dmo of our absence.
Being anxious to send this to Rod River by the
first boats, 1 wrote in baste and briefly, but shall
have the pleasure of sending a more detailed ac
count by some future opportunity.
With the utmost respect, I have the honor to
bo, your very ob’dt. serv’t., John Rad.
List tnclo3ed in Dr. Rae's Litter.
ORESTS.
No. I.—Head of (apparently) a Walrus or Sea
horse, with drngon’s wings.
No. 2. A Griffin, with wings and forked tongue
and tail.
No. 8 —A Griffin’s head, with wings.
50.4. —A Dovo, with an olive branch in its bill,
suiiouudod by a scroll, with the motto
Spero meliora.
No. 5.—A Fish’s Head, with (apparently) coral
branches on either sido.
List ofartiebs purchased from the Esquimauxs and
said to have been found to the West, or rather to
theE. W. of Back's River , at the place where the
party <f men starved to death in Spring , 1850:
1 silver table fork Crest No. 1
8 silver table forks Crest No. 2
L i-ilvor table spoor. Crest No. 3
1 silver table spoon, motto Spero Meliora, Crest
No. 4.
1 silver table fork, motto Spero Meliora, Crest No. 4
1 silver dessert fork Crest No. 5
1 silver table spoon Crest No. 5
1 silver tea spoon Crest No. 5
1 silver table fork, with initials “ H. D. S. G.”
1 silver table fork, with initials “A. McD.”
1 silver table fork, with initials u G. A. M.”
1 si'ver table fork, with initials “ J. F.”
1 silver dessert spoon, with initials “J.F. B.” or
“ J.S. B.”
1 small silver plate, engraved “Sir John Frank
lin, K. C. B.”
A Star withmotto, “Noo AsporaTorrent” on one
side, and on the roverso U G. R.” mdcccxv.
Also, a number of other things of minor impor
tance, as they have no particular marks by which
they could be recognized, but which, along with
the above named, shall bo handed over to the
Secret ry o» the Hon. Hudson Bay < ompany.
John Rae, C. F.
Repulse Bay, July, 1854.
Ths Massacre at Fort Laramie.—The Indian
version—or what is said to be sach—of this fatal
occnrrenca, has at length been received. They
say that two piece-* of ordnances were taken Into
their encampment; that Lieut. Grattan commen
ced a parley about the killing of the cow, when
Big Bear, tne chief, wounded him with a sort of
lane-', calling him a squaw and a coward, and
charging him with being afraid to fight; that Grat
tan then fired his revolver a number of times,
wounding the chief, after which he elevated and
fired the cannon to iutimidato the Indians. Upon
thi3 the whole band of Indians rushed upon and
killed him and all his me except one. Lieutenzuti
Grattan fell upon the cannon, to which his blood
still; dbered, but when found he lay under the
cannon, pierced by twenty arrows and a number
cf ballets. The Indians had taken off his bools
an i stuffed them in the which also they
had filled with manure. Tbs game account from
which we obtain the above particulars, says that
when Major commenced the distribu
tion eftbe presents to the Cheyennes, who had
gaGi red at the same place to receive them, two
1 bands refused u> accept their portions with the
required stipulation of ceasing to eomit deproda
! tions upon emigrants to New Mexico. Their pre
sents were, therefore, brought back to the States.
| Other chiefs were also said to have informed the
M j r thsit next year they want a thousand white
sq and the remainder of their annuities in
! ci.'-h, and that nothing else would be received.
; With regard to the robberies committed by the
I Sioux Indian*, it see ns that immediately after the
i massacre the) se'zed upon the presents intended
for them, but did no further damage. Hence the
distribution of the presents to the Sioux could
! not take place. From the Cheyennes Major Fitz
j patriot recovered a young man from lowa, who
was taken captive by them last spring, whilst out
I hunting ; also, two Mexican boys, aged respocti
i vely eight and ten years. The Indians were loth
! to give up the*e boys, and afterwards tried to re
! take them, b.t failed.— Balt. Atner.
j Silver in Fulton.—W e learn that a company of
; enterprising gentlemen, who some time svaoe
: leased a lot of land on the Chattahoochee river,
i known as Mason’s, with the view of minisg for
-ilver. have met with great success. Three Bhafts
have been sunk, one cf which is fifty-»6ven feet
I deep, and rich silver ore has been found in large
1 quantities. Ouii informr-nt was kind enough to
! o fer to exhibit to us some speuimejos he brought
with him ‘rom the spot but not having any know
j ledge of such matters, we do {ft! express an opin
! ion on the subject
j YPe are inferred by tna same genueman that
i rich specimen have also been found on Mr. Leon
; ard’s land only four miles from town .—Atlanta
Republican.
' Fee aped —David Writfbt, confined in Muscogee
i of killing Deputy Marshal Bob
inson, some months ago, rn.de hia escape from
prison on Tuesday night last, and let out, also, a
negro fellow, at the same t;me- At the tour of
the cars leaving Columbus at 9 c clock, A. M., on
Thursday, nothing had been heard of the fugitives,
it is said that the jail door was tound unlocked,
and it is, therefore supposed that some one . Os the
persons permitted to visit the prisoner had furn
ished him with skeleton keys cr other implements,
wherewith to make bis exodus from duress.
Macon OUuen,
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W &MSJ
CJ}Hjniclt & Sentinel.
AOGUSTA. GEORGIA.
WEDNESDAY HOBNIHft -•••• HQVB. 1. 1864.
The SoDtbern Ctltli»wr.
Thx October number of this well known agri
cultural monthly is now ready for delivery. It
has been delayed by the epidemic, but the table of
contents below fully proves that it has los . nothing
in interest and value by the delay.
CONTENTS OF OCTOBER NUMBER.
Postponement of the Fair until November 20.
Plantation Economy and Miscellany. Breed
ing Stock—The Condition in whioh they should be
exhibited; Post Oak Glade Land .“wKti’JJ*
the Uselessness of Check-Reins; V alnable Infonna
tion for Rice Planters’ Grape Growing and Wine
Making in America; Triads; A Group of Span sh
Merino Ewes. (Illuetrated.); Subsoil Plowing—
Benefits of Deep Tilago; djhjj. » .
Boiler to Mash Clods with; Sell-Regulating Wind
Mill; Rice in Louisiana; Breeding Turkeys;
Baby Premiums-Keeping a Dairy, <fcc.; Sowing
Grass Seed ; Bloody Urine; The Pnoo of Wheat;
Farm Products and Live Stock of Georgia; A
Chapter on Beesfidustrated); \ egotablee and their
Cookery; Agricultural Prolesaorship; Ol! Cake
as Food for Cattle; The Ideal Planter; More Baby
Shows; How Much Sugar do we Eat ? The Ter
roll Professorship; Texas Ants; For the Tour g
Ladies; To Protect Wheat from Weevil; Seeds
for the Nation; Caterpillars.
Editorial. —Answers to Inquiries —The Novem
ber Fair. Explanatory. —Tournaments at the Fair.
—Preparations tor tho Fair.—To Correspondents,
•fee.; Ofiicia'—Southern Central Agricultural Socie
ty of Georgia; Our Bock Table; Soiling Cows;
farming in the Valley of the Potomac; Science in
Farming.
Horticultural Department. —Work for Ooto
ber and November; Tne Old Willow for Orna
mental Hedges; Fruit Growing at the South ; Ja
pan Lilies; Strawberries and their Culture in the
South (illustrated.) .
Illustrations. —A Group of Spanish Merino
Ewes; Bees, and their operations (8 cuts); Hovey’s
Seedling Strawberry; Strawberry Blossoms.
Health of the City.
t t wo ha>’ft been abi” b v:iioe% and .
we Lit.. V**? chigaai in our inquiries, that there is :
ie, wifhi:. ■* - * \t -. u the atwnbor of new
.cuec ■ 1 ?. • i On Monday we of,
ven ' \t«v/ lAko, su i Tuesday w n heard f !
uo!}< i'haai.* a gwvt improvement, and we hoof j
m , b»* pern an t, of which wo think .hero is
I'ttk doubt, if ~b veather continues as cool as ;
cow Should it, however, turn warm actuL with
Out mm, wo fear t: * consequences. "We wc
shall be able in a very few days to advise absen
tees to return.
Oub inquiries yesterday fully justify the convic
tion we have expressed for the two previous days,
that there is a marked improvement in the epidem
ic. The new cases yesterday, from the beßt and
most reliable information we could obtain, were
fewer than on any day for the last week or more.
We hesitato not, therefore, to express the opinion
that the prospect is daily brightening, and wo be
lieve will continue to do so, unless the weather
should become more unfavorable.
We have not as yet had rain, but the clouds
seemed to promise rather more favorably yester
day, and we hope will soon afford us relief. Till
then absentees should remain away. Make anoth
er draft on your patience—wo think it will be
short, but it had better be honored.
In our notice Thursday, wo stated that there was
amarkeland perceptible abatement of the epi
demic in the number of new cases. (After that
paragraph was written wo heard of a few.) We
are rejoiced to state the indications yesterday were
equally or more favorable, and that the new cases
are less frequent. This is the opinion of all the
Physicians with whom we have conversed and
we have seen several.
At the time of writing the clouds seem to prom
ise rain, the first time for weeks, and we trust
that ore our paper gets to the public, they will
give forth bountifully.
Let our absentees be patient for a few days lon
ger, when we hope to welcome their return.
The very marked improvement which we noted
four days ago, in the progress of the disease, and
the decrease then announced in t e number of
new cases, wo are truly gratified to be assured by
tho physicians, continues; affording conclusive
evidence of the gradual, but certain abatement of
the disease in our midst. Whether this state of
things will continue, will of course depend upon
tho weather. Should that be favorable, and the
present rain be succeeded by a good frost, we have
no doubt that iu a very few days tho health of the
city will be perfectly restored.
The number of new cases have daily diminish
ed for the last four days—so much so that tho
prospect is now brighter than at any period since
the commencement of the disease. Os this our
distant readers may feel assured.
The Board of Health report three deaths—to
whioh may be addod that of Mr. Mclntosh, con
nected with the Waynesboro* Railroad, who died
ten miles out of the city.
Now that the old and severe cases aie pretty
much through with, we may expect a decided
dectuaee iu the ■mmberot deaths, should nothing
unfavw&bijp >uciu‘.
Sj-TunnAY A a " steady, v&nu, ancomforki
:aj, <: i.- . i.fttiog, a.d tegardt ’ uafcYCl
able for health We bowovar, hf’rd of only two
new . .res of fevei, which, st present, seem to he
-lc oi Hcui-.L report lour deaths yester
day. Wo are of opinion, from the beet informa
tion wo have been able to obtain, that there are
only a few Bevere cases, of BeveTal days standing,
remaining under treatment, the fate of which will
be soon determined. We may then hope to see a
greatly reduced bill of mortality.
We fear, however, if the present Btate of the
weather continues only a few days, that the dis
ease will increase. Abaeutees should therefore
remain away for the present.
The weather Sunday and Monday has been
warm and cloudy, with tha occasional showers of
rain, thermometer in the shade at midday 80 and
upward, which is generally regarded as unfavora
ble for health; most persons fearing that an in
crease of the fever will follow. As yet, however,
we are gratified to state, that these tears have not
been realized, and that the improvement noted by
ns for the last six days is maintained. The nnm -
bor of new oases now occurring are very few, and
with scarcely an exception, that we hear of, of a
mild type.
Should the present cloudy weather clear np cool,
with oven moderate frosts, we think the epidemio
will bo exterminated. But so long as this weather
continues we may calculate in the almost daily
occurrence of a few new cases.
The following is the total number of deaths 1$
thocity, from Yellow Fever, for the week ending
Monday, 8 P. M.:
John Tiee, aged 19 years, Georgia.
William B. Young, aged 38 years, Ireland.
Bobt. Bascoville, aged 47 years, Virginia.
Henry Borcherd,* aged 28 years, Germany.
Elizabeth Bottmann, aged 28 years, Germany.
William Gumming, aged <0 years, Ireland.
Mrs. Temple Daniels, aged 58 years, Georgia.
George Shannon,* aged $6 years, Georgia.
Bobt. M. Payntor, aged 85 years, New Jersey.
Margaret Hanlon, aged 47 years, Ireland.
Frances Staples, aged 8 X years, Georgia.
Ellen Spelman “ 47 “ Ireland.
Amalia L9ntz, w 65 “ Germany.
Daniel Harden, aged 80 years, Ireland.
Harriet Cason, “18 “ South Carolina.
Margaret McAuliff, aged 42 years, Ireland.
Lewis Weible, “ $1 “ Germany,
Emma Smith,* aged 12 years, Georgia.
Ann Smith, aged 80 years, South Carolina.
Jas. Colvin, aged 2>£ years, Georgia.
Mrs. Juo. Evans,t aged 27 years, Georgia.
Carter, colored, property of Wm. Bostwick.
Ben, (col’d) aged 14 years, property of E. Buatin.
*Died out of the city.
(Buried out of the city.
Yellow Fever Is Hameorg.
We regret to learn that the Yellow Fever has
made its appearance in Hamburg, and that two
deaths occurred yesterday. Frasctb Gocdey and
Mr. Clement. We learn that there are other ca
ses under treatment.
Medical College, Auguata.
Wx are requested by the Faculty of the Medical
College of Georgia, to announoe that aa a measure
of prudence, and to allow the community to be
come again settled and boarding-houses folly
ready for the Students, the Lectures will not be
commenced until the 2nd Monday, the 18th of
November.
Will the papers in tha South and West please
notice this postponement.
Or. Stelaer.
Amono the new oases announced yesterday, we
regret to number Hr* Steiner, who had up to the
hour of his attack, been most assidui ms in the dis
charge of hia duties. We are gratified to state,
that the indications yesterday afternoon favored
the impression, that hia attack would be light.
We hope most sincerely it may be.
Healtb or MTauaah.
The Board of Health report three deaths (one
of yellow fever,) forth* 24 hours ending Thurs
day, 9 P. M.
The Georgian of Saturday morning has the fol
lowing :
Bain at Last— Health of the City. Tb ursday
night we had amost gracious shower—not enough
iLdeed to wet the greund—it would take a great
deal to do that—but enough to Bettle the dust in
our dry streets, and enough, we trust to bTeak the
spell which has kept eff the anxiously expected
HUing frott. Yesterday was cloudy and occasion
ally drizzly—with however very little : am. Ap
pearances indicate that we shall have an t ibandanee
before it dears np. _ . , .
It wUI be seen by the official reports that, during
i the last two days, there has been but one death in
j the city from yellow fever. The diswse has for
l some time ceased to prevail as an epidemic, and
even the number of sporadic cases occurring da
ring the present week has been very small. Need
then our citixons abroad hesitate, after they shall
learn that it has cleared of cold, to hasten their re
turn ? We think not, yet are extremely reluctant
to take the responsibility of advising. While the
present rainy “spell” continues, they doubtless do
well to remain away. But when it is succeeded,
as it will be in a few days, by a dear sky and a
cold, pure atmosphere, wo think that men, whose
presence is required here by their business, will
in the fear of sickness a very indifferent ex
cuse for their absenoe.
Hu«h A. Garland, foimerly a member of Con
gress from Virginia, died recently in St. Louis,
Mo., whete he has resided for several years.
The Bank of Cape Fear has declared a semi
annual dividend e! 5 per cent, payable en the let
Jtovtmbtr,
The Reports of the Board of Health.
The Board published yesterday morning the
following Official Card:
board of health.
The reports of the Beard ol Health have been
made from the Sexton’s return invariably . The
record will establish the truth ol this declaration.
When a Physician reported to the Board the death
of a person wbo was at that time unburied, the
name was added to the report for the day, aud of
course when tho interment was reported by the
Sexton, it was omitted in the report of the next
day. We deem it necessary to make this state
ment, to place ourselves right before the public.
By order of the Board.
David L. Roath,
Secretary Board Health.
The Board say their *• reports have invariably
been made from the Sexton’s return.’* This is a
plain and positive declaration, and it is cither sus
tained by the facts or it is not. Let us examine
the facts, and test it by the tho admissions made
in the card itself, and we will not only find that
it is not sustained, but a mere quibble, and that
all we have said in reference to the reports is
fully admitted in this card.
We care nothing about this matter ; but we
have been right throughout, aud we simply desire
that the public should not be led into error by the
positive assertion ot the Board quoted above.
In the first place, the reader should bear
in mind that the Sexton only reports interments,
not deaths— he has nothing to do with reporting
deaths. Hence if a person dies and is buried out
of the city, no evidence cf the death is ever found
in the City Sexton’s report.
The Board admits in the above card that they
received reports of deaths from the Physicians,
which deaths were added to their reports before
burial! These of course could not have been re
ported by the Sexton. How then were “ tho re
ports made invariably from the Sexton’s return ?”
If they made their reports from the Sexton’s re
turns, why did they ask the Physicians to report
deaths ? What use had they for the reports of the
Physicians ? They could not possibly be ol any
use to them; why then did they desire them to be
made ?
But again, the Board say : ** When a physician
renorted to the Board th« Hent.h of e person wh^
? was at tha. time unhurried, .ue name was adtffei
*o the report of the day, and or course when
* intermunt was reported by the Sexton, ii was omit*
j « -X in the report oi the next day.”
. indeed i • r ?. m tue world did it happen,
f they their report invariably from the
! cexu,u a,” that the buxion bli aid report tho same
J individual a second time* done
! Tiad he iorgotten i ■. th, ?■?evioas day,
| o: was he anxious u mber of loathe
* by reporting a death *' v.
* Again. *he Sexton only reports os*.- 1 non..'
»de In tne City Cemeterv -fit- ?opo;u* au
one ouru ilow, ‘ . 0 ..
into their reports, the names of persons who died
and were buried out of tho city, hundreds of miles
distant? How did their names got into the reports
of the Board if “ they were made invarirbly from
the Sexton’s return!”
When these facts are reconciled with this posi
tive assertion of the Board, it will be fully sus
tained, and not till then. Their admissions,
in the card above, show conclusively that we not
only did them no injustice, but stated fully the
faots iu reference lo their reports. This card was
theroforo altogether superfluous* for they had al
ready been “ placed right before the public ” by us.
In conclusion, we repeat, we have never oven
suspected the Board of desiring to conceal any
thing—so far from it, we believe they made their
reports honestly and truthfully, to the best of their
ability. We only objected to the manner of ob
taining information, and we demur to thoir denial.
Terrible Calamity.
We have been permitted to make tho following
extract from the private letter of a gentleman to a
friend in this city:
u Marion, Ala., Oct. 16th, 1854.
“lam sorry to inform you, in this connection,
of a very sad occurrence which took place here on
last (Sunday) night, about 12 o’clock—that is, the
burning down of ‘ Howard College.’ There were
sleeping at the time, in the third and fourth stories
of the building, about 26 or 28 young men and two
negro men; all of whom were required to jump
from the windows, a distance of from 80 to 40 feet,
to the ground below. And, horrible to tell, 22 of
the number were mangled in a frightful manner,
some more and some less. 1 have just come in
from a visit to them with my very heart sick.
Some of the boys are burned very badly, in addi
tion to other injuries. Our town is in mourning,
and looks gloomy enough. I learned, a few mo
ments since, that one of tho black men was dead;
he rushed down through the flames to the door.
Two or three of the boys are expected to die—the
rest will probably recover. There is, however, no
knowing exactly the extent ol their injuries. I
trust all things are better than we now think. The
College building, with every thing in it, is in ruins.
Nothing was saved, as I understand. It is sup
posed now that the building was set on fire, though
I cannot at present believe it. Such a fiendish act
oould scarcely be perpetrated by any one in this
community. The truth will be known in a few
days, I suppose.”
A postscript says another had died.
A Worthy Tribute.
{ The following resolution of the Goe-i Sam'irifnr !
| Assort&t3o*n, expres.»es as forcibly as angnage can
1 do, the feelings of this community in reference to !
f tb c.p& No bio Women, whose labors vs love, and j
mercy, have contributed «o much to the relief ox •
j the sick in this city. As a testimonial of the high
f appreciation -if their services, the Committee pre- ,
soncod each with a handsome Silver iobie
propriately inscribed.
At a meeting of the Good Samaritan Society,
held on Saturday, 28th inst., it was unanimously
Resolved, That the thanks of this Society are
due, and are hereby tendered to Mrs. Covington,
Mrs. Higgins, Mrs. Burgoyne and Mrs. Burchfield,
of the Howard Association of New Orleans, for the
kind and efficient sorvices rendered by them as
Nurses to the sick poor of Augusta, during their
mission of charity among us, and that a special
Committee be appointed to present them with
suitable tokens of our regard, and convey to each
a copy of this resolution, with our best wishes for
their health and success in prosecuting their la
bors of love and mercy at home and abroad.
w.A.w A rLTON,i committ ° c -
Hein! Kata !!
Dcsiho Thursday night last the rain com
menced and continued, falling moderately, until
ten o’clock yesterday morning. We have, there
fore, had a most delightful and refreshing rail),
with a prospect, as we write, of a renewal of it, as
the clouds have not dispersed. Should this bo
followed by a good frost, wo may calculate with
certainty upon tbo immediate extermination of
the fever.
Health or Savannah.
Tm Board of Health report two deaths {none
of Yellow Fever) for the 24 hours ending Wednes
day, 9 P. M.
The Board of Health report three deaths (two of
Yellow Fever) for the 24 hours ending Fridry
evening.
TBx Mayor acknowledges the receipt of three
hundred and eoventy-fonr dollars and seventy-five
oents, contributed by citizens of Borne for the re
lief of the destitute sick.
Yxllow Fiver in St. Marts :— The Jackson
ville Bepublican gives the following list of names
of persons who died in St. Marys, (fa., from yellow
fever, up to the 21st Oct., as furnishod them in a
letter from that place. The letter states that at
the time it was written, there were two lying att s
point of death, and that two who contracted the
disease at that place, died eleswhere.
Messrs. H. Caldwell, Elkns, Coal, J. Floyd, Me
redith, Webb, Bobert Downes, Bacon, Jr., Ham
bleton, Stiles Cosper, Magillis, McDonald, Sr.,
Prevat and a sailor; name unknown. Mrs. Briggs
and daughter, Mrs. Holzendorf and two children,
Miss Proctor, Mrs. Valentine, Mrs. Smith and
daughter, Mrs. M. C. Gillis, and Miss Arnow.
Blacks—Four, and belonging to Dufour, Fraysse,
Proctor and Coal.
The Coot of thi Keclamation of Anthony
Burns. —The proceedings under the fugitive slave
law at Boston, in the case of Anthony Burns, not
dong since reclaimed by his m ister, Captain Suttle,
of Alexandria, Virginia, cost the United States
within a fraction ol $27,000 for extra police and
military force alone. This does not cover the
usual ordinary expenses incurred in the case, such
as the fees of the regular officers of the United
States employed in the case. The Washington
Star says that $15,000 of the above $27,000 were
dnly paid yesterday morning.
Yellow Fever in Mississippi. —The Union of
the 20th inst., published at Jackson, says: We
sre happy to state that the Jackson board of health
has discontinued its sittings. There have been
but three new cases of fever in town since our last
week’s issue,—Miss Larkin and Mrs. Sides, —both
of whom are doing well. Dr. Warner, Homcspa
thist, we regret to learn was taken on Wednes
day evening.
The fever in Brandon continues with great
severity. Mrs. Pattie died on Friday; Mr. John
Wood on Saturday; Mrs. Standard on Sunday;
Mr. Burr on Monday and Vesie on Wednesday.
No less than nineteen cases of fever were re
ported in Brandon on Monday morning, among
a population of less than one hundred. Several
of the youDg men of Jackson, who have passed
through the ordeal, go over every night by turn#
to nurse the sick. Our heroic young friend, Dr.
T. G. Farrar, of this place, is constantly minister
ing to the sick, having left his home practice in
charge of his father.
Health of Montgomery.
Montgomery, Oct. 21.—Total interments for the
day 4.
Montgomery, Oct. 22.—Total interments for the
day 6.
Montgomery, Oct. 28.—Total interments for the
day 3.
Montgomery, Oct. 24.—Total interments for the
day 1.
The Advertiser of the 24th saye: It is a source
of much gratification that we hear of no cases of
fever occurring since Bnnday merning. All the
sick are doing well. The weather has changed
since Satnrdsy, and when we went to press last
evening there was every indication of rain.
Health of Mobile.— The Tribune of the 22d
says:—“ The list of interments for the past week
shows an increase to the public health. If it goes
on this way, we shall presently have to abolish the
office of Sexton. For the past three days there
have been only three deaths, in a population of at
least 20,000, which amounts to the rsti o in a week
of about one out of three thousand 1
The best advioe we can give every citizen now
abroad is to come home as quickly as p ossible.
The products of the silver mines of Mexico for
the year 1350, exceeded that of the ra-st of the
world by one million dollars, the total yiahd being
thirty millions.
Pligue !n London.
A Loudon correspondent of the Home Journal,
said to bo “a man ot veracity,” tells the following
very extraordinary story in relation to the appear
ance of the Plague in London. We give it as we
find it, although we cannot but believe that the
writer is either mistaken or has been gross.y im
posed upon. The late advices from Europe make
no allusion to the subject, that we have seen.
I am at present running away from London, and,
what is more, although not much given to fright, 1
am running away because I am literally scared out
of it. The fact is, although I presumo, from the
careful mannor in which the details °f tt are sup
pressed here, you will at presont hear but little ot
it, that the “Plague,” or something very much like
it, has commenced in London. You open your
eyes as I say this, and possibly doubt my sanity ;
nevertheless, let me assure you, that I am saying
nothing which is not strictly true.
One hundred and fifty years sinoe, more or lea-,
the infection of the Plague was brought to this
city from A exandria, in a chest of clothes. Half
of London perished with this fearful contagion.
The bodies were carried out and buried in deep
pits in those fields which now lie under Argyle
street and its immediate neighborhood. This
Plague, it is said, baß now been turned np by the
spade, and has begun to ravage London. Impos
sible as this may seem, the surgeons and physicians
say positively that London is not suffering much
from the cholera; that it is a contagious disease
which has hr, ken out in this neighborhood, and
that it is rapidly spreading.
It would appear that in cutting a sewer through
Argyle street, it was carried rather deeper than
ordinary, and that bones of the old victims of thiß
fearful disease wore turned up by the workmen,
many of whom were taken ill and died suddenly.
Children, also, who had oomo and played with
these bones, sickened and perished I Moreover,
it was noticed that those who came in contaot with
either the workmen or children, sickened and
died, in most eases within a few hours. The dis
ease now spread rapidly, and in a week from the
time at which it breke out, it had completely
ravaged the streets in Soho and its immediate
vicinity; at the presont moment, Poland street,
Argyle street and others, are closed against all
passers. Half the shops in Regent street ore shut
up. The remainder are rapidly closing. At two
o’clock in the day, scarcely a dozen pereons may
bo met within that great throughfare. In those
streets which the disease is most speedily depopu
lating the dead bodies are placed m the open air,
immediately that life has departed from them, so
great is the fear of contagion. I have seen iu two
in-t.nhalf a Ho*nn bodies beinir carried off in
il! e». ly’udge how great .. fright this hae orca j
led '.v ry one who is able to do so, has bed. ■
i. idon, generally a,, this um just emptying, s 1
r w ‘ alf dopopnfated. Three days s'l’L, Win.. in i
. Wails:, 'an nwuy. He it not a man j
easily tightened. Ask turn, and ho will corrobo- J
rate what i have told von, as ho o ust now he in
Now Yc/k. Hna'.neas mat a complete stand still.
Nothing is dolus. Amusements for the time I
doing nave completely cl.-eed.
Physicians say hir is undoubtedly the
Plague. Tho aymp .» .. v ,s<o n a '• v»rv flroua
“-..a whie'i arc reported to have »ceo> panted it
....,i l; ;r me reigi: of i isries I. epi ;fi ouo- ,
■ , ndou. So n'.etioa! means have as ,-et |
availed u> stop it. H is propagated by "ontogion, 1
and is singulurly speedy in 'is i' : * i- a: ■, r
even tho Bpeed with which the cholera, on ita nrsi
appearance, slow its victims. Never, indeed, in
the worst period of the first visitation of that dis
ease, did London look so dreary as it now does.
* * * * lam now going to (derma y, wnance
you may probably have another letter from me.
* * * Some time since, the English were talk
ing of the necessity of bombarding Dantzic. They
arc now silent touching everything except that
which they call, and whiob most undoubtedly is,
the Plague.
«.
Death of Mbs. R. W. Habersham.—Wo notice
among the deaths, in Beaufort, So. Ca., on the
21et inst., that of Mrs. Saxah E , widow of the late
Hon, R. W. Habersham, of Georgia.
Up to the 28d inst., eleven deaths had occurred
in Beaufort from fevers, nine of whioh were yel
low fever.
Health of Charleston. — The Register roports
56 deaths, (46 whites and 10 blacks and colored,)
for the week ending Saturday the 21st Ootober.
Os these, thirty-one died of yellow fevor—of whom
21 were Foreigners; 6 natives of the State; Bof
the United States; and 1 child born in Charleston.
Present Appearances. —The Savannah Repub
lican of Thursday, the 26th inßt., says; Aotive
preparat ions are being made for the commence
ment of trade of all kinds, and onr city will soon
present its wonted business appearance. Already
are our stroets filling with returned Savaunians,
and strangers too bogin to venture among uewith
thoso who considered themselves safe in the Btep
they had taken in returning thus early. The 000 l
weather has given confidence to the meohanio,
and the sound of the silenoed hammer is again
being heard. Houses which the Btorm of the Bth
September had rendered untenantable, are now
undergoing active repairs. Roofs are being re
tinned, doubtless upon some improved plan to
resist the insinuations of Boreas; chimneys and
brick walls are again rising from their “native
dust,” whither they bad been perinaturely com
mitted by the gale. Tho stores of tho dry goods,
hardware, sadiery, boot and shoe, furniture,
grocery, and every other kind of merchant, which
havo been darkened by closed doors and windows,
ore beginning to see daylight through the open
sesame influence of returning health and confi
dence. Onr wharves are fast filling with shipping
of all classes, and large quantities of merchandise
are being discharged for the fall and winter trade
of our city. Tho prospect, in a word, is cheering!
and we trust the day is not distant when Savan
nah will emerge from the gloom of affliction into
the bright sunshine of her prosperity and oheer
fulness.
A wfc of the report of the English ■ -
tie ,oii.mißsioners shows that the ivef r 4o l jrr - ;
grttion from Brest Britain for tho last seven ./ear j
has been sc-8.038 annually, . t»M!o lor ,
the firemens thirty two years it amoanUd to on j v *
1,072, 292. There has be '
tion to this ccnntrj o
there hoe been an iLe:-:.y~ * -- -—****v*en
North American provinces, owing, perhaps, to tho
faot that the price of passage to the latt-r is at all
times somewhat less than to tho former. The em
igrants to the provinces usually at first make their
way to tho United Statos, especially those of the
laboring class, which of course is by far the most
numerous, but many of them relraoo their steps
and eventually become permanent settlers in Can
ada, tho upper province generally having the pre
ference over the lower on account of the large ad
mixture of native Canadian French in the latter,
and for other reason of a more substantial nature.
The report also gives the ascertained amount of
money remitted from North America to Great Bri
tain by emigrants. From 1848 to 1858 these re
mittances roachod the enormous sum of £5,790,-
000, nr nearly twenty-nine million dollars ; and
this is only the amount sent through the principal
banking and mercantile houses, leaving entirely
out of the account the equally.euormOug sum trans
mitted by private channels.
Tho French who were taken prisoners at Guay
maa with the late Count Raousset de Boulbon had
arrived at the town of Guadalupe, and were to
leave that place on tho 2d lust., for Perote, their
provisional destination. Their conduct during
their long journey is said to have conciliated gen
eral sympathy for them. A subscription has been
opened on thoir behalf in Mexico, at the head of
which stood the name of the French Charge d’Af
faires there. Many persons had kindly taken
charge of lists, and a considerable sum bad already
been raised for them.
The Know Nothings seem to have been at woTk
in North Carolina. At a special election in Han
ovor County for a member of the Legislature Dr.
Peter Walker, the Demcorat nominee, was the
only candidate named until Qhe morning of the
election. Mr. McMillan was then brought forward
and elected by a majority of two to one. The
usual democratic majority in the oounty is übout
1,000.
There is an individual at present in Greenook,
named Patrick Murphy, the Irish giaut, a lad of
18 yeara of age, aud of the extraordinary height of
7 feets3£ inches in his stocking salsa. He weighs
twenty-one stone, and measures fifty-two inches
round the chest. Murphy is a native of oounty
Down, Ireland.
The frigate Sabine, which was oommenoed in
1824, under the administration of John Quincy
Adams, when old Commodore Isaac Chauntey was
tho Commandant of the Brooklyn Navy Yard, but
has been laid up in ordinary since that time, with
out having been finished, though from time to time
several constructors tried the : r hands at her, is
again in the hands of buildere, with a prospect of
her being completed, and it ia expected to launch
her beforo the Ist es January. Bhe ia a double
bank frigate, carrying 50 guns, two of them pivot
guns; frame of live oak, and the rest of her tim
bers white oak and yellow pine. Her original
drawing was furnished from the Bureau of Con
struction at Washington, but since then her out
line has been completely altered. In July, 1854,
when her present alterations were commenced,
her bow was cut away and 20 feet added to the
length of the vessel. She is now 200 feet on deck,
and has 46 feet breadth of beam.
The new Mexican war steamer Iturbide, oonsort
of the Santa Anna, which has been built by
Messrs. Westervert* Sons, in New York, made
her trial trip on Saturday, under very favorable
auspices, and to the entire satisfaction of Colonel
Butterfield—the contractor—who will now have
supplied eighteen vessels of war to the neighbor
ing government. The Iturbide will mount ten
twenty four pounders on deck, a long brass gun
on her forecastle, and a swivel gun in her boat
(launch) on deck. She is a propeller of over five
hundred tons, with oscillating engines and ma
chinery of the most perfect description, made by
Messrs. Farren, of the Farren Iron Works, New
York. This steamer will be manned by a crew of
ninety men, and, after bar arrival at Vera Crux,
will he commanded by Captain Carvellus of the
Mexican navy.
The acting Postmaster General has ordered a
contract with Dr. M. H. Clark, of Nebraska Centra,
for once a month supply of the postofflees at that
place, Pawnee, Dodge City, Fort Calhoun, Winter
Qua'terß, Omaha City and Bellevue, from Fort
Kearney, New Mexico, and from Council Bluffs,
lowa. This service is to be put in operation imme
diately, when the hearts of many a weary emigrant
will doubtless be chewed by late and regular ti
dings from “borne,’*
In the town of Mansfield, Conn., on Frid <y
week, the funeral services were held over the re
mains of Mr. Samuel Dunham, who was bom
Sept. 22,1754, and died at the age of 100 yeara and
20 days. The sermon was from the text Gen. 5,
27. This gentleman was the eldest of three living
brothers—the two surviving ones being, one 96,
and the other 97, both living in Coventry, Conn.,
and the three were in the war of the Revolution.
There arrived at Quebec this year, up to the 14th
inst., 51,000 emigrant passengers, which ia an in
crease of 16,400 over last year.
Charleston Railroad and Postmaster General.
We are glad to announce, says tbe Charleston
Courier of Friday,that in accordance with the ve.y
general desire of our citizens, an extra meeting of
the Chamber of Commerce was convened yester
day, to take action in reference to the impending
serious disarrangements, from the oonflict between
the General Poatofflce Department and the South
Carolina Railroad Campany.
A delegation has been appointed by the Cham
ber to proceed to W ashington, and represent to
the Post Offico head the magnitude of tho interests
which will bo thus gravely perilled, and the serious
grievances which must ensue, not only to tho city,
but to tbe South and Southwest, should some sa
tisfsetory arrangement of this difference not be at
once accomplished. Wo have no wish to take
any side, or express any opinion as to who may be
right or wrong in this issue. Our concern is with
higher and wider interests; -he whole public con
venience, the entire commercial and social machinery,
is hazarded by this collision. They far override
any mere quoalion of financial advantage, in which
the Railroad Company or tho General Post Office
Department may be parties. Tho People, whose
business and whose accommodation in the transmis
sion of the Mail are vitally oouoerned, have a right
to ask that their iutereßts in this matter should bo
considered paramount, and we, therefore, confi
dently hope and believe that tho respoctlul and
judicious manner in whioh tho delegation which
hoa been appointed, will present the subject to
the Postmaster General, will receive from that
offioor such oo operation as will at once removo
the apprehensions under which we now suffer.
The following resolution was adopted by the
Chamber of Commerce:
Resolved, That a Committee of tbe Chamber bo
• ppoiuted, whioh shall proceed to Washington,
and represent to the Postmaster General the evils
to which this community, in common with the
people of the South and Southwest, will be sub
jected by any interruption in the regular trans
portation of the mails—evils in compaiison with
which the amount in dispute between"tho Depart
ment and the South Carolina Railroad Company
sinks into utter insignificance.
The Resolution was unanimously adopted, and
in pursuance thereof. C01.A.0. Andrews and Col.
.ias, fJ.Tavic- - ic appointed u the Committee
We understand from very ovellaut authority,
says the New York Bet aid, that the guverat'ioflt
of the United Matos at Washington, and the cnhl- ■
uet o! His lrapeu_. H.'ghosse Sants Anna, have j
already iaid lito basis of a new commercial treay-.
whioh is at ths present moment in process of no- j
gotialion. This treaty will be entirely of a com- I
moT- ial nature, and it is considered that when
oropiet* it wiii be worthy of being oSssso.’ it. tire ;
a*tue official catalog os aa tnat known’ > - - n
“ Gadsden treaty.” I» fact, we are of opinion ’
that the new treaty communication of the two !
governments wore only commenced after the re- 1
turn of General Gadsden to Mexioo.
The South Carolina Colleoe.—The subjoined
statement, concerning tho graduates of the South
Carolina College, from tho first year of itß xointence
down to the present time, waa compiled by J. D.
Blanding, Seoretary to tho Board of Trustees, and
originally appeared in the Sumter Banner :
Graduates of tho College 1447
Largest Class, 1849 64
Thoso who were admitted but did not
graduate 925
Governers of South Carolina 7
Governors of other States 5
Law and Equity Judges of B.C 11
Law and Equity Judges for other States.... 10
Senators in Congress, U. 8 8
Representatives in Congress ..... 81
Senators in the Legislature of 8. C 87
Representatives in tho Legislature of S. C.... 157
Ministers and Consuls of U. 8 6
Offioers in Army and Navy, U. 8 11
Ministers of tbe Gospel 81
Lawyers 882
Dootors ol Medicine 188
Presidents and Professors of Colleges 21
The Jacksonville News, of the 21st inßt., says:—
“The fearful extent to which the yellow fever is
raging in Bt. Marys and Darien, Ga., has rendered
it imperative upon our city authorities to place
quarantine restrictions of a stringent character
upon these places. Persons therefrom are not al
lowed to land at this plaoe or enter its corporate
limits by the land route until they have been ab
sent from thoße towns ten days.”
The N. Y. Commercial Advertiser says:—The
gold medal cast by order of a committee of the
“Republican Societies,” in this city, for presenta
tion to Commander Ingraham, in memory of his
gallant conduct in tho Koszta affair, has boon de
posited in the hands of Mr. John A. Stephens, at
the Bank of Commerce, for safe keeping, nntil the
presentation can be formally made.
The Buffalo Democracy learns that Monßiour
Maillefert, who is woll known by his operations in
removing the obstructions to navigation at Hell
Gate, has engaged to remove tho rock ob itrnctions
in the Long Sault, Couteau, Cedars, and other
rapids of the St. Lawronoe between Ogdensburg
and Montreal. Such au improvement of the navi
gation will be of vast importance and value.
The oaptain of the French Bteamer Vesta states,
that from the circumstance that Captain Lnce
steamed round him to give assistance, he supposed
that the arotio was not seriously iDjured, and when
she left him his impression was she had made
dirnnt fnr New York. Otherwise, the Veeta could
jui-J would have remained by her. The hour of j
. »«-: damaged—literally stove in, leaving- .
a- ■ ,fto f< i ’r.t the compartment of bulk- ;
head her. and be French captain thought [
his veaeei coutd have lived four or five days, >f j
ssaefssry, bofbr#putting inti port for repair*. In 1
on board the Arctio, and landed them satoly at
Halifax, or even Boston. That the Arctic steamed
off in the western direction the statement hereto
fore published concur. That the captain of the
Veßta was put out of hearing of the signal guns
which the Arotic subsequently fired is not unao
oo im table.
Tho statements reooived from Oporto regirding
the vintage are as unfavorable as possible. Ao
oording to a commnnioation from the Douro in
one of the papers, the oidinm has carried off one
half the grapes, and the heat has injured or de
stroyed the remainder. It was believed that
under these circumstances the oollection of the
land tax this year wonld almost be impossible, and
that the Treasury might thus lose 800 contos, or
about £85,000. _
Mr. Belmonte's instructions in the case of Cap
tain Gibson are said to have been to press it tem
perately but “ firmly, with a view to an amicable
adjustment;” and it is also said that he has done
this so faithfully that the Dutch Minister at Wash
ington has recently remonstrated with our Govern
ment against his pertinaoity, the Dutch Govern
ment being determined not to admit the claim.
The German Journal of Frankfort states that
Omar Pasha has three nephews In the Russian
army. One of them, Pierre Lattos, has just been
promoted to the rank of major; another, Etienne
Lattas, is captain in one of the frontier regiments;
and the third, Theodore Lattas, is nontenant in
the regiment of infantry of the Archduke Leo
pold. Omar Pasha lately sent to each of his three
nephews a snperb horse. He formerly served in
the same frontier regiment in which one of hiß
nephews is.
An important opinios on the question of paral
lel railroads has recently been delivered by Chief
Justice Shaw, of the Supremo Judicial Court of
Massachusetts. The Boston and Lowell Railroad
sued the Boston and Maino, the Salem and Lowell,
and the Lawrence Railroads for oombining oortaln
sections of their respective roa-'s, so as to make a
parallel road from Boston to Lowell, and for ad
vertising to carry, and actually carrying, passen
gers and freight between tho two cities withont
obango of cars. Chief Justioo Shaw has given the
decision of the Coart, that the course of the Bos
ton and Maine sod associated roads, in thus es
tablishing a parallel line between Boston and Low
ell, is an infrigment of the Charter of the Lowell
Railroad ; that tho defendants have no right thus
to establish and run a continuous railroad between
the two citios, nnder an agreement to share profits,
and the plsiutiffs are entitled to a decree in their
favor.
The Mobile and Ohio Railroad ia progressing
satisfactorily. The oars are now running one hun
dred miles, and by the first of January will reach
Enterprise, one hundred and twenty-one miles
from Mobile. It is expected that eighty thousand
bales of ootton will be brought down the road
this winter, besides large quantities of pitch, tnr
pentine, bricks, lumber, &e.
A telegraphic despatch received at Boston on
Friday last, announces the death of the Catholic
priest, who was so disgracefully tarred and feath
ered and ridden on a rail, near Ellsworth, Maine,
some days ago by a lawless band of desparadoes.
He was so seriously injured that he sunk under
the wonnda inflicted. Efforts are being made to
bring the guilty to justice, which should be done
at all hazards. It has not yet transpired what
offence the priest is snpposed to have been guilty
of y Dut no offence can justify such outrages against
law and order.
Mr. Wm. W. Story, son of the late J nstioe Story,
now in Italy, has finished a statue ot his father, on
which he has been for some time engaged. The
statue has been shipped from Italy for America.
It baa been pronounced by jndges who have seen
it jo be perfect work or art.
The most extraordinary instance of patience on
record in modern times is that of an Illinois judge,
who listened silently a couple of days while a cou
ple of worthy attorneys contended about the con
struction of an act of the Legislature, and then
ended the controversy by very quietly remarking,
“Gentlemen, the law iB repealed.”
The brig Horace Greeley, Capt. Smith, from
Georgetown, 8. C., bound to Philadelphia with a
cargo of naval Btores and timber, capsized in a gale
on the 19th inat., to the northward of George
town. Capt. Smith and his mate were drowned.
The captain leaves a wife and several children.
Daniel W.Var. Aernnm, the great forger, has
been senteenced to the Provincial Penitentiary of
Canada foi seven years.
The whole funded debt of the city of St. Lome
is $8,558,096, on which there is an annual interest
aooruing of $214,488; $1,250,000 of this indebted
ness is caused by subscriptions to railroads, on on
this amount the companies pay the interest into the
City Treasury equal to deduction from the aggre
gate interest aooount of $75,000. The e p P
is $2,188,0*1.
1 opulation OF the Crimxa.—A correspondent
of tbe London Times thus describes the native
population of the Crimea:—
“The native Tartar—of courso notone Russian,
the dominant race, dare show himself—has muoh
resemblance to tho Turk. His religion, language t
and mental development are the same ; his* cos
tume alone is different. The Russians have dona
tlimr utmoßt to transform him into a Russian peas
ant. The turban and flowing garments havo been *
proscribed in favor o! tho brimless lambskin bat
and shapeless gown, but through this disguise tho
Tartar lace is recognisable. The arrival of the
allies has givon them much satisfaction, which
they openly express. One man camo from his
village to say that two Russian families of great
wealth were proparing to leave, and demanded a
few soldiers to be sent to arrest them. The sol- m
diers and sailors are on tho best of terms with
them, as I have already observed. Probably from
ignorance of their family names, and fearful that
this trifling oiroumstance might interrupt their
cordiality, the inhabitants havo been indiscrimi
nately christened by the soldiers by tho name of •
Joey. Consequently, if a slow native Tartar lies
in danger of boing run over by a hasty dragoon
ho is requested to “look out for your oye, Joey;” »
should another hositate to take British coin in pay
montfor an unripe melon, he meets tho reproaoh _
of “you are an ass, Joey.” Jooy Tartar has, there
fore, become as historioal a character as Johnny
Frenchman or John Turk. As long as daylight
would permit, the tanning continued.”
Among tho melancholy disasters of recent date, *
at length it seems to bo too true that tho British
transport ship Lady Nugent, which was chartered
early last Spring, by the b ot.l government at Mad
ras, to convey reinforcements to tho British forces g
at Rangoon, tho seat of the Burmose war, and
whioh sailed from Mtdras on tho 10th of laßt May, H
with 850 soldiers, accompanied by twenty women
and children, a numbor of officers, and thirty
seven of the crow, havo perished with all oi board.
Within a fortnight after her departure, a frightful
hurricane swept over tho Bay of Bengal, in which
she must havo foundered, as othing has since
been heard of her, though search has been made.
North Carolina Improvements.—The Old North *
State, has recently commenced the race ol inter
nal improvements, but is pressing them forward
with vigor and energy. The following is tho debt
of the State, incurred by appropriations and the _
endorsement of bonds •
h Raieighsud < as;>: Rail- ad ..SBOO,OOO
oi .lie Wilmington sod K deighH K .. 600,000 I
the North Carolina U. d .2,000,000 I
Company, .. .. ’ 160,000
d, 120,000 ■■
•m... Cuor-io p.-.vlve'hm, Ct-ipav;, .. 80,000
.pa Fun \uv,gntinn Comp-i .. 65,000 ■
Hit Neuse River Navigation ('-.n, miv .. 40,000 |
Tb, i Tar liver Naviu.il a f i .. 25,000
Appropriations for Trv.i ' 1 - ■ i' os ]
, WsG .. 20,000
-mG ni,.:, ■ id 1
J».:, .. 250,000
Total $4,180,000 \*
And besides tide, a lar, : .i a. .ouiA Chorokoe
bonds havo been lately appropriated by the State
in aid of Turnpike Roade in tho West.
Among the ladies who have achieved the aaoen- 4M
sion of Mont lilano the past season, was a French
woman, who after reaching the summit,
horself to be lifted upon the shoulders of her guides
so that she might be able to bosat of having been
higher than any man in Europe.
Gheat i IXLD ox Affles.— There has been gath
ered from a single apple tree, upon the farm of
Mr. Nehemiah Perkins, in Topsfleld. tho extraor
dinary quantity of one hundred bußhels (forty
barrels) of apples. The treo has always been a
great bearer, frequently producing from fifty to
sixty bnehels. Tho tree is about fifty years old. p
As Active and Useful Old Auk.— Mrs. Anna
Hughes, wifo of Doacon Stephen Hughes, of Rus
sell, Mase., aged eighty-one years, has, In four ,
weeks ending on the 11th inst., braided fifty
dozen whip lashes, besides attended to her other
duties. The Weatflold News Letter says she does
all the house work for a small family, baa the
oharge of a dairy of throe cows, washes and does
up fine clothes so neatly that no young man would
bn ashamed to wear them when going to visit his
lady love.
An article in the rooent number of the Journal
of Physiologioal Medioine docails soma onrioua
medical faotß in relation to the uses aud offsets of
opium. It iB stated that, if the drug be taken in
comparatively small and frequently repeated doses,
it produces excitement and pleasurable feo ings
before it occasions stupor. The capability of re
ceiving oxcitomont from it is probably increased
by habit, somewhat in the same manner that alco- <
hoiic liquors give most pleasure to those who are
n some degree habituated to them.
The Amorioan officers in the Turkish Bervioe,
under Omer Pacha, in tho PrWoiyu'.tiofl, and Gen.
Guyou, in Asia, havo, in all the military opora
tioDS thus far, conducted thomselves so veil as to
win muoh praise. Among those is mentioned a
Mr. Porter, of New Jersey, who enjoys the eoufi- *
donee of Omer Pacha, and who gave the Russians
the last blow neur Buseo, after which he brought
back his squadron in safety, although at the time
nearly surrounded by a vastly superior force of
tho enemy. Two Americans, serving under Guy
on, in Asia, also distinguish thomselves whenever
nn opportunity offers.
The United Statos District Attorney and the
lonßul at New York, had s conference on
r' ij iftornoon in relation to tho brig Sierra
Loonr which had been detained on suspicion of
prop -for a slave trade expedition. They |
.greed, we are told, that they had not the power
dels; her longer, and that complaint against
. - was dismissed.
aoon u.tcr the dooision was announced the _
Sierra Leone sailed from tho stream for the west
coast of Africa. She had been held for thirty-six
hours at the inßtanoeof the Distriot Attorney.
In Boston on Saturday the .opinion of the full
bench of the Supremo Court was delivered, de
claring that the act of the Legislature annexing
Charlestown to Boston, which act has been ao
oepted by the voters of both cities, is unconstitn- (
tionai and void.
An election took plaoe in Griffin on Saturday
last for Mayor; to fill a vacancy caused by the re
signation of the gentleman who held that office.— ,
Tho candidates were, W. M. Cline, democrat, and
editor of the Jeffersonian, and Judge Bell, whig;
and when tho votes were oounted oat, the pool
stood, Cline 104; Bell 86, and C. W. C. Wright
186. We do not know how Ibis result was brought
about.
Commodore Peebt. —Tho New York Courier
learns from a private source that this gallant officer,
who has executed his commission to Japan with
such remarkable discretion and success, was to
leave China by the overland route on tho 11th of
this month, and expects to reach that city about
the middle of January. The steamers Mississippi
and Susquehanna were to leave for home last
month, as also tho storeships Lexington, Supply
and Southampton.
The Indian troubles in Texas still continue, and
the state of affairs seems to be that of open and
undisguised war. At Fort Cbadbourne the com
mand was reduced to but little more than fifty
men, and tho Indians abounded in tho vicinity.— ,
One of tho men from the Foit, while bathing in
tho stream at night, received eleven arrow wounds
from the Indians, aud was not expected to survive.
The Cainanohos, who are now hostile, oan bring
several thousand warriors jinto tho field. A fight
took plaoe near Carrizo, in Starr county, betwoen
a body of United Statos troops and a muoh larger
body of savages, resulting in tho death of one oor
poral, and the wounding of two men and four
horees. The Indians had one man killed and
three wounded; and finally, after a hard struggle,
were dispersed. The troops were commanded by
Capt. Jones. Tho Lipaus and Camanobes have ,
lately ha l a grand battle near Fort Clark, result
ing in a victory to the former. Subsequently sev
eral smaller fights took place bat ween the same
tribes, and on one or two occasions as many os
fifteen to twenty warriors were killed on both
aides.
The Now York Commissioners of Emigration
have just published an official report, from which
we gather the following in rolation to immigration 1
since 1847:
German. Irish.
1847 68,180 62,948
1848 51,978 98,061
1849 65,706 112,591 *
1850 45,585 117,088
1851 69,888 168,256
1852 118,611 118,181
1858 119,644 118,161
Total ! 514,581 785,184
514,581
Increase ol Irish emigrants over _
German population 260,658 f
A public meeting was held a few days ago in
West Point, Ga., at which a resolution was adopt
ed instructing the Town Council to subscribe $50,-
000 to the construction of the proposed Railroad
from Columbus to West Point. The Columbus j
Times says, in case Lagrange wiil follow suit by
subscribing SIOO,OOO, it is authorized to pledge
Columbus to the amount of $200,000 for the enter
prise.
CousTXßniT Champagne.— A trial in New York
has brought out some singular facts touching the
manufacture of Newark oider into the choicest
brands of Champagne. Empty champagne bottles
are bought at the hotels and other places, the
labelß are ingeniously imitated, and the whole
finishing and packing are in exact resemblance to
the genuine article. The effervescence is given
to the cider by forcing air into the bottles. The
spurious champagno is sold in great quantities to
the hotels and to dealers, and the quantity of it
drank, it is said, greatly exceeds that of the
genuine importation. J
The Directors of the Vermont Central Railroad
have voted to trace the fraudulent stock issued by
Crane, before opening the transfer books, and to
hold it in abeyance until some deoision, legisla
tive, judicial or other action is bad m tho matter.
The census of Memphis, Tenn., has
taken and gives 12,087 as the result,ofwhom 2-
848 are slaves and 159 free negroes, leaving 9,670 I
white population.
The Jacksonville (Fla.) Republican eaysi-Two
T “ hclomrine to F. Waver and 8. 8. Shad,
werestowed away in the hold of the brig Trenton, /
Captain Dollever, bouDd for New York. Just be
fore paesing the bar, thoy were discovered, and
brought, togethor with the officers and orew of the
veeeoi, up U> thin oily on Tuesday last. After an '• i
examination, the parties implicated were dis
charged.
Col. John Allen, of Louisville, of fillibuatsro
lame, is said to be en route for Russia, to offer hit j
services to the Cimt.