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1 ’ - , iri)Wurd» ot 8,500 persons were
® :r “"; iollectinjr and digee’inff the lacts.
‘THiV-MO/ the Coiled Btetee has increased ;
o2S aeoare miles, io 1768, to 2,968,668, j
f. jgfif, 'loir.,; more than a third of the area of j
ill -ih America, and equal to the Koman emp’re <
cr that ol Aiexandor iu their palmiest days ; 1,217,- ,
M 2 miles of this territory ,s in the Missiaaippi val
I ■, and 765,002 on the Pacific. The main shore line
of the Union including hays, sound.*-, <fcc.,isl2,-
COS) rnilee, of which 6,861 miles are on the Atlan
ta, on the Pacific, and 8,467 on the gulf.
Os the continental shore line 907 mile* are on the
Atiantic.north, and 1,256 south of Virgins, (incla
aive;) 1,764 are on the (ialf; 1,848 on the Pacific.
The distance from New York to New Orleans is
equal to that from London to Rome; from New
York to Astoria by water equal to that from
Liverpool to Canton, by the way of Cape Hope.
The total length of shore of navigable rivers is
49,065 miles. The frontier line of the Union on
the British possession* is B,BOS miles ;on Mexico,
1,456 mile*. Nebraska constitutes one-ninth of the
Union ; Texas, one twelfth ; Virgins, one fiftieth ;
Rhode island one two-tbousand-three-hndredth.
The States and Territories have about an equal
area. The slave-holding Slates have 851,508 square
miles; non slaveholding, 612,597 ; 1,270.077 miles
are north, and 268,089 south of ia'itudeß6 80. Six
Slates and Territories are larger, as large, or a
little less than either of the powers of France,
Great Britain, Analria, Prussia, Spain, or Turkey.
Eight of the largest States aro equal to the 28
others in territory.
Ti.e States should be classed as—l, EASratx, or
Atlantic; 2, iMSKi ut, or middle; 8, wse-riii.--, or
Pacific. The northeastern would then comprise
New England, New York, Pennsylvania, and New
Jersey; the southeastern the remaining Atlantic
States, including Florida; the northwestern, Ore
gon and Washington; southwestern, California,
New Mex co, and Utah; the northern interior, In
diana, Illinois, and lowa, Ohio, Michigan, and
Wisconsin, Nebraska, and Minnesota; the southern
interior, Kentucky, Missouri, Arkansas, Tennes
see, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas, Kan
sas, and Indian Territory. There are now 40States
and Territories.
The population of the CnitedfStates was—
1720. 8,929,827
1600 5,805,925
1810 7,232,614
law, 0,685.181
i?8ol 12,866.020
1040 ..17,669,453
IMo!’"!”!!" 23,191,375
1854 ( j»ti mated ). 26,500,000
The number of person* to the square mile in the
United Staten in 1790 waa4 79; 1840,9.55; 1850,
7 90; 44 percent of the population resided, in 1850,
in the MisßiHuippi valley and Gulf slope. This re
gion, which hud in 1790 221,711 persons. In 1650
hud 10,844,748. It iih derive as the southern States
onr territory would embrace 45,000,000; as New
Kngland, 128,000,000; a * the middle States, 170,
(joO,nOO; as Great Britain, 600,000,oOO; asßelgium,
1,160,000*000. ...
In 1 s-»0, 182 members repreaentodtolavohoJaing
Hiatos in the of Eepresoptativw, and 87
only non-ftlavehoiding Hiate- ; 1,1 , 7 ;* > J # H ' , 1A
16 States and 1 Territory, or District; ISoO 16
Kiate*hu‘i 8 Territories; 1610, 17 States nd 7 Ter
nt o rimm • ] S2O, 23 S- .to-r.ml 5 Terr 1 tories; 1880, 24
Hiat«H and 6 Territories; 1840, 2tiSta.es and 8 Ter
rilories; 1850, 81 States and 5 Territories ; 1854, 81
Stales and 9 organized and unorganized Territories.
In the la-t ten years, the increase of white pop
ulation was in the sleveholding States 84.24 per
cent. —in the non glaveholding, 89.42. The great
est increase in ten years was made in Wisconsin,
which reached 891 per cent, between 1640 and
1850. The average excess of white males at each
census over females, has been about 4 in the hun
dred, the tamales being always in the excess in Now
England. Jho white males of 21 years and over
in 18.02 were 6,222,314; the popular vote east, about
8,170,000. Foreign-born voters, 871,889. More
than halt of the whole population are under 20
years of age.
The free colored, which in 1800 had increased,
in New England, 81 63 per cent, in 10 years, in
1850 ha *. increased but 1.71 per cent, in the same
time. Th« corresponding figures tor the southern
States wotQ 57 88 and 12 07. In Muine, in 10 years
the inorease w* but 0.07 per cent, increase of
the whole . *loit>d in Uiesiaveho ding States, 27.40
per cent., non- davobolding 14.88,4,090 free color
cd were born in foreign countries; one-tilth of the
fret, colored in New York wore born in the pres
ent ■ Save bl> t» In New Orleans, one eleventh
of the free coiorc l males were employed in pur
suits requiring education. The mulattoos in tho
U/ -ted Staton are one eighth as numerous as the
blacks; tho freo innhutnen are more than half of
tho freo blacks. In tho United States the numbor
of Africans and their descendants is nearly 8 or
10 to I «d tboso that were imported; in tho British
West Indies there ar.i not 2 remaining for every 5
Imp* rfced, and their descendants. About 10,000
Imported Africans survive in tho Southern States.
About 2,5!>0,000 .‘ laves are connected with tho
field work of agriculture, in every 100 of whom 2
are employed upon hemp, 5 upon rice, 6 upon su
gar, 14 upon tobacco, and 73 on cotton and otiior
product*. Thoro are 847,525 families holding
slavos, or 2,000,000 persons. One fifth of tho slavo
properties are in a single slave, and nearly ouo
nall in less thau 5 slaves.
New York bus about ono-oighth of tho popula
tion of tho Unio , Pennsylvania one tenth, Dela
wuro one two hundred-aud-sixtv third part. In
tho last ten years Vermont guiuod but ten percent,
while Wisconsin gained 886 per cent.; in 60 years
Delaware gained but 64 por cout. and Tennessee
2701 per cent. There aro about two families to
every eleven freo persons iu tho Union, and one
dwelling to a little mo r © thau six persons. The
average ago of while persons iu the Union is 28
years; ot free colored, 24.54; of slavos, t 1.35;.35; and
tho ago which equally divides each of those classes
of population i•* 19.15 for whites, 20.27 for freo
colored, and 17.02 for slavos. Not more than
"V ■ - r V ~ when the
*iir .• lu 1»50, i < ■ ary 'O3 c<>». V> nerscra
vrer* imaj.o or d ic 1n the • ‘«c >ot<U s h
Httil i \u mil itfißc alavehocb*' *.
n.uitu * v aro*i! », and out h*.vo
k- .at* b«Jt t* many uaLvo bon* ~sid.ug In
tt.-'-Miunv, . !■ ■ * jrgijiMfc* uoariy orb
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62. Moro than a quarter of the froo persons Dorn
in the South have loft for other sections: only ono
nixtli have left tbo eastern or middle States; only
one tenth tho Southwest. 726,450 persons born
in tho froo States now live in tho alavo Stntos;
whilst 282,112 born in tho slave States reside in
the free. 1,800,000 foroignors reside in the free
and loss than 400,000 iu tho alavo S ates.
There aro in tho Unite ! States 961,719 persons
born in Ireland, 278,675 in England, 70,550 in
Scotland, 29 868 in Wales, in Great Britian and
Ireland l,B4 : Bl2—considerable moro than half of
the foreign-born residents of tho country; iu
Franco. 54,069; Prussia, 10,549; rest of Germany,
578,225; Austria, 946; Switzerland, 13.858; Nor
wa>, 12 678; Holland, 9.848 ; Sweden, 8,559; Spain
3,118; 1 al\ 8.645; West Indies, 5,772; Den
mark, 1,888; Belgium, 1,818; Russia, 1,414;
Portugal. 1 274; China, 758; Sandwich Islands,
588; Mexico, 18,817 ; S uth America, 1,648. Tho
number of foreigners who arrived in the United
States in 1853 was 872,725; in 1854, 368,643.
About 40 iu overy lOu Irish live in largeoities,and
about 86 in tho U'O Germans. 56 214 persons born
in the United Statu.-, reside iu Canada.
If the United States mcroaso in tho next hun
dred years «s ast us in the last- sixty, the total
population would bo 447,159,670; if os fast as be
tween 1840 and 1350, deducting immigrants, 852,-
152.290. The most moderate ratio would give ill
1900 70,000,000, and in 1950 155,000,000 of whom
64,000,W0 would reside iu the valley ot the Missis
eippi. The annual inerea>e of the United States
has been nearly three times os groat as that of
Prussia, notwithstanding what she gained from
Poland, more than h r times as much as Russia,
six times as much as Great Britain, nine times as
much as Austria, ten times as much as Franco.
Upon tho busi- of past increase, 1950, France
would have 61,000.000 and Great Britian 88,000,-
000.
There aro 39,188 buildings used for religious
worship in the United States, having accommoda
tions for over 14,000,000 persons, and of a tola!
value, including other property, ot $87,446,881.
There are about 80.000 clergymen. The Metho
dists have more than halt of all the churches.
There arc about 5 churches to every 8,000 of the
total population. The churches of Charleston
accommodate a larger portion of tho whole popu
lation than do those of Boston.
Tho federal government has granted over forty
eight millions acres of land for school purposes,
and over four millions for universities. Maine has
a larger proportion of scholars at school than any
Other State or country in tho world. Denmark ex
OOeds tho United Stales; the United States exceeds
all other countries, even ir.cludine tho slaves.—
Thus, there is one person at ahool to every 4.9
while .. .d '-c. colored, and one ' o every 5.6 of to
tal population: in Prussia, 1 to 6 2; in Great Bri
tain 1 t> 10; France, 1 to 10 5; Russia, 1 to 5< ;
Portugal Ito SI. In Now England so admirable
Is the school system that only one person over
twenty ye trs o* :w > in every four hundred ot the
native whito> is u capable of rea ling and writing;
in the South a:?d Southwest the proportion is 1 m
12; in tho Territories, 1 in 6; in tho slavcbolding
States, 1 in 12; iu the non siaveholding, 1 in 4i>;
in tho whole 11 r1 in 22. Tho proportion of the
illiterate to the whole foreign born is 1 in 12.
There wore in 1775 thirty five newspapers in tho
United States ; in 1810, 869 ; 1523, 852 ; 1840, 1,-
631 : 1850, 2,520 —circulating annually nearly five
hundred millions oi copies. Os tho newspapers
in 1880, 856 were whig, and 742 democratic. The
Sublic libraries of the U nited Status contain near
vo millions of volumes.
In the slaveholding States thirteen free colored
Mittncii in every 10,000 are in jails, prisons, or
penitentiaries*; in tho non elaveholdlng 23 in eve
ry 10 000. About one third of the paupers on the
Ist June, 1860, were foreigners, although they
constitute but one tenth of the population.
There are 1,448,075 farms and plantations in the
United States, averaging 208 :».*r< s ouch, and of
ths value, with implements,» . 12.862 ab utono-
Ihlrteenth of the whole area of tho organized
fetaUs* and Territories is improved, and oue eighth
jnor»? is occupied, and not improved. In New
England 26 acres iu the hundred are improved, iu
the South, 16; iu the Southwest, 5. About one
sixth of the nabou&l domain is occupied or iu own
ership. The value of occupied land ir. New Eng
land *s 4-0 27; in middle States, 4*28; southern
States, *6 S 4; southwest, 46 26; northwest, |ll
$9 ; Texas $i 44 per acre, id a large uumber of
cu t-valors taken ai rauiorn 1 in 9 ir Kentucky, 1
in 22 in Lousu.ua, 1 in 27 in Rhod Island, 1 in 56
in South Carolina, 1 in 198 in Michigan, cultivate
Jet** than ’eu aer each.
The Value of the agricultural products of the
United States iu 1884 may be estimated at 41.6 ■ >
OoO,iK>o. Thirty three million acres of land arc in
meadows, 11 millions in wheat, SI mill: t s in com,
6 millions in cotton, two millions in potatoes, dee.,
&c., —116 millions in all crops. There are
74,000 planters, producing over 5 bale*- of tv . .*•.
each: 2,681 sugar planters; 551 rice planters,
growing over 20,000 lbs. each: 15,745 tobacco
planters, raising over 8,000 lbe., each; 8,827 hemp
planters.
The total capital invested in manufactures, min
ing, and mechauic arts in 1850 was 4527,202,193;
the raw materia! used was valued at
the ales employed 719,479; females, 225,512;
the wages paid 4229 786 877 ; tho annua! product
4918,858,463, the per cent profit 48.
The iin i orts of the United States show as to!
lows: ISSl.e'tton manufactures,s7,sß9,7ll; 1553,
27,781.818; wooirps. 1821, 7.487,757; 1353, 27,621.-
811; linen 1881, 8,504.15?: 1858. 10,286,037; silk,
1681. 4.45* WO; 1868. 88.048,648; c<-ffee, 1821.4.-
«s».8To: 1853, 15,584 590; sugar, IS2I, 8,553.-95;
1958, li«»S Oi«; u t . ...
868; roe »ud -tee. manufactures, 1.-21, 1,86>,£2v.
la6B, T.MS.TBI. Onr export* compare es’iol
low*: 1681 —eoMon. 20,157,484; to bee •,5,645,962;
specie, 10.478, 059; flour, 4,295.» 45, manufac
tures, 2,5*4 916; lumber, 1,822,c77 : beef, pork,
oaltle end flogs, 8,052 489; i• Iss3lhe export*
of the same article* were—cotton, 109,456,4 4:
tobeooo, 11,819,SIS; specie, 27,456 -75: Hour, 14,-
785 894; maculae: ore*, 22.721,669; lumber, 4.-
696 914; b«et, pork, 8,416.878. Between 1790
and* 1674 our expo i* to Great Britain bad in
creased fourteen told, and to France seven
fold, in the former period we consumed $5.72
to each per-on, of foreign goods, and in the
latter period $9 92: in the former period onr debt
wa* sl9 to e.-.«a individual: in the latter, 82 28.
lu 18x6 there were 8 miles of railroads in the
United State-; in 1830,41; 1840, 2.167; 1859, 7.
car. 1854. 17 817; miles, and about 5,010 nines ot I
coal OJ nUIW*. ‘ I
number of mile* in construction, 12,526. Tola’
niUe* constructed in Great Britain, 7,686; Ger
many, 5,640; France, 2,480. . ,
The value of real and personal estate rathe tin
ted states in 1850 $7,n66 562,966 : expenditures of
the several States, 24,626,666; debt of the States,
191,508,922. Estimated amount paid by each in
dividual in the United States for every species of
taxation, county, State, or federal, 3 58, against
2.55 in 1882. Estimated number of real estate
holders in the Union, 1,500,600 families. In Louis
iana 311,465 in real estate is owned by free blacks, i
and 8,958,880 by free mnlattoes; in Connecticut
owned by free colored, 808,585.
The number of Indians in the United States in
1789, 76,000: 1858, 400,784, of whom 271,080 are
in California, Texas and the Territories. In 1300,
8,806 persons, exclusive of army and navy, were
in federal emplov; 1854, 85,456. Coinage, United
States mint 1600! 671,835; 1852, 57,101,669. V es_
bols bailt in the United .States in 1615, lj'->l4, 01
154,624 tons; 1652,1,444, of 351,493 tons. ,
In Richmond the number of persons to a dwel
ling in 1850 averaged 5.2; Charleston, 5.6; Mo
bile, 5.6 ; New OrleaLS. 6.5; Philadelphia, o.b; bt.
Loai*. 7.7; Cincinnati, 8.2; Boston, 8.9; New
York, 18.6. Number of persons to the acre in
Mobile, 13.9; New Orleans, 45 4; Philadelphia,
60; Boston, 82; New York, 135. In 80 years
Charleston, in 1850, had increased 73 per cent; Sa
vannah, 102; Baltimore, 169; Philadelphia, 198;
lioftton, 221; New York, 316; New Orleans, 628:
Louisville, 076; Cincinnati, 1,097. In about the
same period Paris had incretß-d 47 per cent; Lon
don, 91; and Berlin, 184.
The native and foreign born free population of
some large cities Is as follows : Baltimore—native,
180,491 ; foreign, 85,492. Boston—native, 66,946;
foreign, 46,677. Charleston—native, 17,809; for
eign, 4,6431 Chicago—native, 13,693; foreign 15,-
682. Cincinnati—native, 60,558; ■ foreign, 54,541.
New Orleans—native, 50,470; foreign, 43,601.
New York—native, 277,752; toreign, 235,783, ol
whom 183,730 are Irt-.h, 60,000 Germans, <fcc.
Philadelphia—native, 286,344; foreign, 121,699.
Richmond—native, 15,541; foreign, 2,1'2.
Average age of white persons who d - od in the
United Stales in 1849—’50, 25.45 years; colored,
21.89.
These are but a few of the facts culled at random
from the multitude which arc imbodied in the
Compendium. Mr. De Bow recommends bureaus
of statistics to bo established in the several States
and also a central one, in connection with some of
the departments in Washington.
China—A Rich Letter from the Rebel Chief.
The following letter from the Chinese rebel chief
to the residents in Hong-Kong has been forwarded
to us from Hong Kong:
“I, Ucg-Sec-Tsene, by the grace of Heaven be
stowed in the course of time, reviving, after an
interval of ages, the Prince of Peace (Ta Pinc
-1 Wang,)recognised by Heaven as Eit peror (Kwang
' to) of a new dynasty, the Ming restored, a great
! (or stout) Chinese, signify my pleasure to you,
barbarian slaves and foreign devils, saying: ‘You,
| ye foreign slave*, are but us fowls, apes, or dogs
1 by kind. You aro ignorant of the five relations:
L yiju nru Dm Buscoptiuie Ol civniiauoil. it was
J Rolcly because the rulers of the South—faithless to
* China, and coveting their money— fostered the
5 men from afar, and invited yon, ye slaves, to bring
J tribute and to trade, that you obtained authority
b to build houses and trade in Chuson und Ningpo,
, in the provinces of Fokien and Cbekeang—that
, you wore Buffered to anchor at Macao and Whara
- poa, in Canton, and carryir.gon your commerce.
3 Fot years yon brought tribute and come as guests
(9 __you wore obedient to our Jaws—you submitted
v to the influence of our people’s feelings. You had
boon as women for 200 yours, when you gradually
(or secretly) became pretentious, and the imbecile
* Governors of the eighteen provinces were haud
* j tied, as far as coping with you went.
“‘ln 1939; when Lin burnt your opium, and
Admiral Rwan died gloriously in action with you,
Josh an and Lungwsu .-old themselves like traitors 1
Keshen and ( eying Bold you Kong Kong and lied
t<7 the Emperor; a matter ol gnashing of teeth.
You usurped territory, plundered the people, do
filed their women, took their houses, desecrated
their graves, ruined their fields, burned their tero-
Eles, See., with the heart of the fox, affecting the
ercoiiess of the tiger,
Ayya ! Is not your worthlessness low, even
to ridicule ? But you looked not for it that the
wisdom of Heaven would gives its clue to the vir
tue of man, and that the hearts of the people would
resume their allegiance to China.
“‘1 the King, huve spoken of war, and have
talked of the movements of troops. We have ma
ny thousand guns of divine powor, weighing mil
lions of pounds. We have many rnyriud vessels,
one hundred Chang in length, which without wind,
c»m convey themselves hence to the throe Keang
Province*. On a lucky day which wo shall select,
we shall destined straight t«u the province of Can
ton, and in the autumn shall send you a challenge
to fight. Our clustering standards wi 1 shade the
i nine heavens, and with numberless swords and
spars we shall enclose the seas. Our divine lire
» shall consume your ships; our troops your dwell
ings; our divine weapons shall flash to the polo,
i and our divine youths und maidens shall be as
■ thunder shaking the skies.
i “ Now, I hereby signify to you my pleasure that
you immediately release such of our people as are
• in your prisons, and troat Chinese gentlemen with
respect. If our houses and wealth are restored and
your foreign gnus and devil ships given tip to us,
wo will secure to you your miserable existence.
But, if yon will persist in your blindness, und ad
here to your former courses—enormously vicious
and violent, when the soldiers of Heaven shall
come, and the winged sword shall have uc eyes to
see, do not charge mo, the King, with a want of
humanity.
“Let every one tremble and obey this decree,
which is tendered for the information of the
foreign slaves und hairy devils.”
Nanking. —This fitter is forwarded by Yang
Bon Tying, Eider of the Left Wing, King by the
Graco ot Heaven, Miiiister-in-Chief of war at Homo
and Abroad, King ot the State of Poaco, &c.
Oct of Debt.—Tho Stato of Connecticut is out of
dobt, and has money loaned out at interest. The
school funds is valued at $2,076,000, and other
productive proporty of' the State is estimated at
$400,000, the gi eater part of which is invested in
bank stocks.— Hick. Anq ., Nov. 8.
Tho prosperity of Connecticut is tho result of
the remarkable industry, economy and ingenuity
of Its people. The State is ty no moans diatin
guished for fertility of resources, but its peoploare.
It would bo very difficult if not altogether impossi
ble, to piaeo a Connecticut Yankee on any spit or
in any circumstances in the world in which ho
,v ' Mid ■ toonl-o plying lie way,
; debt himself, and getting other poo pie into debt
J iv him. This Wmg out of d' M. o. In othc words.
, action. As nn *i lustration oi the manner j, which
tfee Connecticut pf*>ple avail the ; selves $ evor«
! •- :- V, *•* - »'»*oiuu mentions
*5 reason why the?* nr »
ure i-oti-a a itugcoor - .• buttle,
them away to a more gonial snot in ? tho far West.
Nevertheless, Fair Ha von is one of tho most pros
porous of villages ; its people aro all well loci and
clothed ; there »s not a citizen of tho place but is
out of debt, and has n little surplus. And how
was this done i Why, simply by the oyster trade 1
They send off boats to tho waters ot tho Chesa
peake, buy oysters at a mere song, take thorn homo
to Fair Haven, and tho all Fair Haven—men, wo
men and children—sets itself to opening oysters
and pickling them, and thus supplies with this
article nearly th whole of tho interior of Now’
England!
The friend who mentioned theso facts to us ask
ed us to take a walk with him to tho docks, aud ho
would show us a still farther illustration of Fair
Haven enterprise. Wo did so, aud wore shown
a largo schooner from Fair Haven, which had just
discharged upon tho wharves a tremendous cargo
of oyster shells. Wo had some conversation with
the master of tho vessel, and found that, having
purchased oysters iu onr waters for a more trifle,
those cute Fair Haven people were sending us
back tho oyster shells, which were no doubt in
their own way, and selling them for seven cents n
bushel, (to be burnt into lime,) so that the value
of this ono cargo of oy»tor shells was over seven
hundred dollars 1 And the vessel having discharg
ed her load, was now ready for return freight.
This is but ono instance ot Connecticut enterprise
and management. No wo- der that such a State is
•‘out of d«.bt.— Richmond Dispatch .
Fro* Salt Lake.—Tho N w York Herald of
Wednesday says : “We have received nows from
Great Salt Lake City, rolativo to the command
sent out there under Col. Steptoe, up to the 80th
September. Tho troops arrived iu the valley on
the last day of August, aud proceeded immedi
ately to Tale valley, south of the lake, where dia
position was made of tho CJuartormnster’s horses
and mules, one company of dragoons being detail
ed to remain near Tulo city. The remainder of tho
command was going into barracks in Salt Lake
City.”
The command, as a general thing, has been
well received by the Mormons. A groat jealousy,
however, scorned to exist towards tho officers re
specting the wives, daughters aud concubines of
tho Saints. A few days after tho arrival of tho
troops, the people were advised aud commanded
in the Deseret News.theorgau of Governor Young,
not to allow their families to associate with the
strangers. Except the opauletted Gentiles be
came baptised they could not expect to move in
in famam society. The following Sundry, Orson
Hyde called upon the congregation assembled in
the Tabernacle to “raise the price of grain” on
straugers, to which tho congregation replied
“Amen.” Iu consequence ot this move, all
the horses t hat can be spared will bo sent out to
graze, instead of being stable fed.
The Indians have been fighting among them
selves. Some horses were stolen from the Snakes
by the Utahs, and a war party of the former In
dians having caught some Pat Utahs near Provost,
attacked them, aud killed five. Wah-ka-ra, or
Walker as he is called by the whites, the Tat Utah
chief, has threatened to‘drive off the government
stock, but every precaution has been taken to
frustrate his thievish designs. Two Indians were
lately executed for the murder oi seme boys.—
Several of their tribe and a company ot dragoons
were present at the execution.
There is very little money in circulation in Salt
l.ako City. The heavy tithes, and "the failure of
some crops, have exhausted the rssoutees of the
people, aud the only coin ;n the country is in the
hands of the Gentile merchants and tho ciders of
the church. This last summer many families had
seceded from the church and gone into the States.
There arc hundreds who would follow them if
they wore abie. The system of concubinage has
become repulsive to many, who knew nothing of
the “peculiar when they left iLe : r
homes.
New Yoke Money Market.—Monday, Nov. B.
The rates for money are 10 per cent, for favorite
ndorsed paper, of which there is a great scarcity.
I and 12a 15 tor first class names; and there appears
no tendency to lower rates, for the banks are cot in
| a condition to increase their loans and discounts.
On the contrary, a further moderate contraction
seems likely this week.
Foreigu Exchanges remains without a\» change
since the sailing of the steamer, and we' continue
onr quotations. London 109 tc 109*6;
15 to sf.l2>s.
The Herald of this morning announces with
pleasure the resumption of the House of Blatck*
ford «v Rains'ord, brokers ca Wall street, and tne
tact that the .-enior partner, Janies W. Blntcbfbrd,
v >*’ ***** taken bis .-c—t again at the board. This
~onse suspended last July under circumstances
which created « great deal of sympathy in the pub
lic mind.
Egbert Schuyler came upon the
U> - ke a J thnnder bolt inthe midst of sun
shine, carrying destruction in its course—Ton
hTevervVoni/i^tL*!?f wind, ® r "** with near
ly every oase m the street, of extensive bu«incs«
there were numerous heavy losses, and manv
were compelled to suspend. J
Health of New Orleans — ThTreport cf the in
torment* in all of the cemeteries ofthe eitv for
the week ending ou -Sunday morning 'as* ,*
o’wlock, which appears iu another column, shows
an extraordinary dccre iso in mortality of all kinds
The total number cf interments is 192—0 f which
42 were caused by yellow fever. Thq preceding
week the total number of interment* *** -of
which 107 were fever cases. figures demon
strate a diminution of 51 on 1&4 total, and 65 cm
the fever fatality.
These facts we consider In the highest degree
encouraging. We present them with pleasure for
the consideration ot the public; and although wo
believe that absent citizens and st-angers can visit
us without incurring any danger, still we do no?
extend any special invitation. Let them do as
they please, making up their opinion upon the
facts a* officially given.
The weather yesterday was cool, healthful and
t>r * cin F- The streets were quite full of people,
aud strange faces were as plenty as leaves usually
aro in autumn. Every arrival adds to the sw&rm
i g multitude, and nothing now is wanting to sat
the fult, swelling stream of oommerce in prospe
rous motion but a &peedy and permanent iise in all
the tributaries of the Miawseippi river.*— ‘BulUHt, i
1 7*4 <
EUROPEAN INTELLIGENCE,
Xews by the America.
Halifax, Nov. 9.— The Royal Mail Bteamship
America arrived hero this afternoon at 3 o’clock, (
with Liverpool dates to Saturday, the 2Sth ultimo,
being one week later than previous advices.
The America sailed from Liverpool at 11 o’clock, ‘
A. M., on the 23th ult. The steamer Atlantic ar- j
rived off Holly bead at noon on the 25th, but could ;
not enter the 'Mersey until 8 A. M., on Thursday
morning.
The ‘■teamer St. Louis sailed from Southampton
on the 25th.
The steamer A lantic arrived out on the 25th,
and the steamer Alps on the 28d.
The intelligence by this arrival is quite interest
ing, though there is nothiag decisive from the seat
of '*ar. Commercially, the advices are very im
portant. #
Mr. Soule, the American Minister to the Court
of Spain, has been prohibited .from entering
France. ... .
Sevastopol, at the last accounts, was still being
bombarded by the allied army, but it had not been
taken. . . ,
Austria and Russia are on the point of actual
war.
Mr. Soule Prohibited from Entering France.
The London Times says : We are informed that
the Hon. Perr*6Souie,the American Minister to the
Court at Madrid, was on Tuesday the 24th, refused
permission to pass through France on his return
from England to Spain.
The Acquisition of Saaiana. — The London Post
in announcing semi officially the acquisition of
Samana, says: It amounts virtually, if not abao
i itely, to the annexation of St. Domingo, lbe
acquisition, by the United States of so important
a position, as a position threatening on either hand
the Spanish Hands of Cuba and Porto Rico ; and
r,o directly affecting the British West India posses
sions, cannot be received indifferently'.
Progress of the War.— The latest advices show
that but twenty days elapsed between the depar
ture of the be-ieging armies from Balaklava and
the opening of their fire upon Sebastopol. The
batteries were ready on the 15th and on the 17th
the fire opened from the land and from the sea.
The bombardment continued till night. The
Russians losing 500 in killed and wounded. Ad
miral Korileff was among the killed.
The fortifications suffered but little damage.
On the morning of the 18th the bombardment
was resumed from the allied batteries only.
The Russian despatches sayß the garrisons make
frequent sorties.
When the mail left Constantinople on the 16th,
five steamers had arrived from Balaklava with
those wounded in repelling a great sortie from
the Russian forts, 20,000 strong.
Lord Raglan and Marshall Canrobert had form
ally summoud Sevastopol to surrender,and requir
ed that, the women and children and the sick,
should be sent away, and that flags should be
hoisted upon the hospitals.
So far as known the Russian army is concen
trating on the upper Belbeck, and already num-
U.ru ♦ Lom i.C.O£u>
The allied army is divided into siege army and
’ army of observation. The latter is posted in the
| extensive table land which separates Balaklava
’ from Sevastopol, accessabie only from two points.
The Russian were hovering in the outside of the.
allies positions, and on the 7th they made a strong
demonstration on the north west extremity of the
camp but were kept in check. Finally they retir
ed without a battle.
On the 2d, sth and 11th of Oct., the garrison of
Sevastopol made sortios and destroyed some small
works.
On tho evening of the sth, a convoy of tran
sports with 4,000 Russians succeeded in entering
Sevastopol.
The a'iies numbered 110,000 men at Sevastopol,
and B,oo<> additional French troops were ready to
embark from Marseilles on the 21st, and 8,000
Turks from Varna.
1* -ttors say that tho allies have 300 guns in their
batteries, and after a few days firing an attempt
will be made to storm tho garrison, which is esti
mated at 40,000 men.
Admiral Mach.noff, who comman-'ed at Sinope,
is tho ccmmaudant at Sevastopol. He has publish
ed an address, Buying that ho will defend it to the
last, and that any one is welcome to shoot him if
he don’t.
Advices from Constantinople to the 13th say that
the Russians haw retaken Eupatoria, tho English
garrison of 600 men retiring with the loss of one
gun—this, however, is denied by the English pa
pers.
The Allies have sent a force under General Bu
quete aud Acbmet Pacha to Herekop, to prevent
the advance of the Russians.
Austria and Russia.—Affairs look Btorrny be
tween Russia and Austria. A great council of
War lias been held at Vienna, at which the Em
peror presided. It is reported in connection with
this that Austria has summoned Russia to
withdraw from the frontier of Gallacia.
The whole Austrian army has been put on tho
war footing, and on the 27th the gurriaon of Vien
na has orders to bo ready to march iu at 48 hours
notice.
Russia, meantimo, menances Austria, and the
Czur has gone to Warsaw.
Large Russian forces are concentrating on the
Austrian frontier, and there is but little doubt en
tertained at Vienna that ere long there will be ac
tual hostilities between the two powers.
Prussia.—Austria returned answer to tho last
despatch of the Prussian Government, repeating
that Austria will adhere, inflexibly, to the policy
expressed iu tho note of the 30th or September.—
The action of Prussia in regard to this answor is
looked for with much anxiety.
England.—Tho British fleet will leave tho Bal
tic about the end of November, returning squad
ro.is to Portsmouth, Sheerness, Plymouth, and
Cork.
Five floating 20 gun boats, drawing 4 feet wator
arc building in England for spring operations.
Another Polar expedition will bo sent iu the
spring to bring home tho remains of Sir John
Franklin’s party—Dr. Rao wiil be given the com
mand.
A galvanic aparatus is being constructed at New
Castle on tho Tyne to blow up the ships sunk off
Sevastopol.
France.—Tho Emperor Napoleon has written a
iotter es condolence to Madame St. Arnaud, and
bostows a pension of 20,000 francs as a national
recompense.
Tho whole camp of tho South will embark for
tho Eastern war as icquirod,
Spain.—Mr. Soule’s return to Madrid caused
quite an excitement, and a clamor was made to in
duce tho Spanish Government to solicit his recall.
n.. n .«ic. n i, n i « h ni ’ bandore*'* the idea of abdi-
Tu-- jutpreparing for aom . now
movement
f * or.* ' i •ense
•red
» con
■f -ole .a- 1 v ■ ;'>■ r i*e "'vei i . Hun
: ,008,
. .• per
had
l boon telegraphed to L mdou.
‘ •' ’ of sap (ember v>... & -U be-
- oitf was
There was no tea ready for shipment.
I Tho Insurgents yet hold Shanghai.
i The vraerican clipper ship Comet had arrived
r at Hong Kong from Liverpool in 84 days.
} The Latest.—TilCfC is nothing of importance
. from St. Petersburg.
) At Sebastopol on the 21st, tho operations of the
besoigers can tinned their fire, being effectively an
s swered and tho fortifications of the enemy receiv
j ing little damage.
' Trlsusend, Oct. 9.—Tho Abassia chiefs have rc
luod to receive Seharayl’s envoy, and Hagif Pacha
- is consequently cut off* from all communication
3 with the coast of Abassia.
r Paris, Friday night.—Thore is no confirmation
i of the reported entry Oi the Russians into Do
t brudscha. It is therefore doubted.
> Sir John Burgoyne on tho 14:h fixed sites for
i batteries which will destroy the Russian shipping
? in the port ol Sebastopol.
, A Russian war steamer has been captured by
• the fleet.
! Defeat or the Russians in Turkish America.—
Tho Mouiteur of this morning contains an ac
| count of a victory gained over ' the tho Russians
near Guinri in which ill* latter lost their baggage
and 80 guns, Tho Rus-sim General was killed.
’ Tho Turks began the battle by besieging tho cita
5 delofGumri when tho Russian corps which for
i morly del'eutod the Turks at Bujazid, advanced to
tho rescue Irom Erivan, bat were repusled and
shut in oue of tho defiles, suffering considerable
f Joss. •
Commercial Advice**..—Liverpool, Oct. 27.
[ Cotton.—The sales of Cotton during the past week
, foot up 40,000 bales. The demand has boon good
, at stiller prices, but quotations are uuuhanged.
Sales to speculators 8,000 bales, and to exporters
4,000 bales. New Orleans fa r Cotton 6% mid
dling 5% ; upland tair 6; middling 514.
[ Flour.—Prices have advanced. Western Ca
, nal 425.; Ohio 44*. Corn. —Sales ol yellow aud
' white at 43s.—Wheat.— White Wheat 12s. 6d.
Money.—The rate of interest has been lowered.
Consols at 94%. Tho bullion in tho Bank has in
crased .£50d,000.
’ Frights.—The demand lias been good, and pri
f ces are but unaltered.— Milligan's Circular.
) f'r'omtM Brokers' and Brown dt Shiply'B Circulars.
Cotton.—Accounts differ considerably in regard
, to the condition of the Cotton market, The Bro
kers’ Circular says that the Atlantic’s advices had
a favorable effect on the market, but Brown &
i Shipley and moT authorities quote the market un
i changed and say the stoarner’s news had scarcely
any effect. The market was quiet and steauy, but
i t»ade was not good. Tho sales for the week
i reached 40,000 bales induing sales to speculators
i 2,100 bales, and 4,250 bales for export. Quata
> tuna—Orleans Fair 6%; Middling 5%; Mobile Fair
6: Middling 5 8-16; Upland Fair 6; Mid. 5. 8 1,6
In erior 3)>£us. Stock exclusive ot ship board,
i 736,‘ 00 bales, including 457,000ba1es of American.
At Manchester trade is unchanged.
Breadstuffs.—Flour and Wheat have considera
■ bly advanced. The market was firm during tne
week, with a large business doing, uutil Friday,
when there was or.iy a small speculative demand
at prices a shade lower. But the market closed
• on the vrfholeat an advance of 2s. on Flour, 6d. to
9d. qu W heat, and 2s. to 4s. on Corn. Quota
, iic.it-.-—Flour—Western Canal 40s.a 415.; Phila
delphia and straight Baltimore 425. 6d a 485.; good
Ohio 445.u455. wheat—white 11s. 6d.al‘2s. 6d.;
f red -Os. 6d.*lls. Sd. Corn—white and yellow
43s.ti*4s.; mixed 44s.— Jiichardscm, Spence is* Co.'s
: Circular.
f London.—American stocks are quote*! as fol
l lows: U. S. 6’• 1562, 101al02; do. do. befids, 107a
. L’S; do. stock 1867 ’6B, Pcnusyl
r van i a ss, Maryland s’s, (bonds,)
; enusetts 5 7 s (bonds) 108al05 ; Alab: mi ’5 f s (bonds)
• ’ v '* •> - • Virginia .Vs
• (boLKi-) l- u 92; Now Orleans6’s(bonds)B2; Penn
s-i'.an a Centra! Railroad
(firsts) i 'laTt'G; (thirds) 78; No-tl ern Indiana 75^
London Money Mabeet, Oct, 27.—The money
Market is caaiv-r—Ratr, 0 f discount Consols
94-a 1-• Amcrioai: dollars 55.: Bar Silver 5s .a
‘ j 5.. I , .; D . 74-. The Bullion in the Bank
j haaiueror.se i T ; 80,000. — Bell's Circular.
| Mct:>:r.—The Iron market is dull. Bar Iron is
I quote-I in V. uies at £3, and Rails at £7a£7 os.
t b-'Otch PigXroc is quoted in Glasgow at
6d ; . Conp.er and Lead are steady ; Spelter £24 15s.
Ship News.—Arrived from Baltimore, October
2S, George, at Bremen, and Cumberland at Deal.
The Latest Commercial.
Lttebpool, Saturday, noon.—Cotton— r Jbe mar
ket is unchanged bat firm, with sales of ’between 7
and 8,000 bales.
Submarine Communication with Eue jfe.—Me
Chandler White, President, and M. I). Field, en
gineer, of the London Submarine Telegraph Com
pany, have arrived at New York from New Foun i
laud. They report that the eabnaarine cable, on e
hundred and t: :rty miles long, is nearly completed,
an ’. w:.i oe hid across the Gulf of St- Lawrence,
connecting St. John’s,-Newfoundland, with New
| York, as scon us the ice will permit. No doubt ia
expressed of the completion of the unpertaking
early in June next. About three hundred miles
of tkt. land telegraph between St- John’s and Cape
Ray, which is three 'quarters oi the entire iengtfc
contemplated, is already finished, and a month's
labor is a that is required for the remainder. The
w rk on the b and was begun at St. Johns, and
progress U>wards the west. The interest of this
announcemt : wiii be heightened when it is known
*li.i tlii« telegraphic ju: cticn of St. Johns and
NT*- \ork alone will make a difference of four or
Tivv day.' in the transmission of European intelli
gence.—B'zit. Amor.
Suicide of a Ratlboad President.—Frederick
Vreuge, tne acting President of the Covington and
r . xicgton Rauroad Company, committed suicide
u thro * i “BT himself across
hesd was severed from his bod v.
ILe miS£--.,,c mao hau been nearly demented
TITT XThT 8 hlJI ' from New York draw n
against the bon. m of Me company, and supposed
to nave been sold in >ew Yor):, a nd on w hiSi he,
with the other directors, was an endorser.
The Back of Wadesborc n«h R. C. has declared
a semi-annual dividend of five per cent.
In Philadelphia on the* s;b i*- stai.t,aftera severe
frost on the previous nigh:, the thermometer stood
at 25 deg. loe had already attained a
oi Gfce inch in that city.
Later from Texas.
The steamship' Louisiana, Capl. Smith, arrive
this morning from Indianola and Galveston.
By this arrival we have Galveston papers to tt •
sth inst.
The steamship Perseverance, from this po
arrived at Galveston on the morning of the 4th.
The Galveston Times of the sth inst., lnruish
the following intelligence:
We learn from the Austin Times that an ord r
hf-s been received by Gen. Smith from the Secre ...
ry of war, which postpones indefinitely the mi
tering in of the rangers. We learn farther tl
Gen. Smith, on the 9th ult., made a requisition
Gov. Pease for six companies to serve tor the tei
of three months, which has not been counterman '
cd. The Governor has, therefore, determined
muster the companies into the service ot the Sta
at the expense of the United States Government.
The volunteers from all parts of the State aro :.
sembling at Austin. They are represented to
men of the best class of citizens.
There is a rumor current in Austin to the eff -
tbat the Indians and dragoons had been engac
in a fight recently, near a place called the Encha
ed Book. The dragoons ar , reported to have !
seven men and aS! their horses.
The Austin Gazette says that the vigilance co
mittee have discharged their duties, and that
reon now remains in the city who is not vouch
lor by respectable citizens.
Major Emory and company have left San An
nia to enter upon the discharge of the duties
signed them as U. S. Commissioners: o says t
Ledger.
In relation to the health of Galveston the Tim
ot the 4th, says :
The health of our city is at the present time go
So far as we have been able to ascertain from
quiry, there are no cases of yellow fever existi
or new cases occurring; the private practice I
with a few exceptions, been exempt for weeks p.
The hospital has received no new patients lat<
and the Howard Association are about to close tl
operations, having nothing further to do. This
wo believe, the present condition of things in (
veston, and s.rangers to the fever must judge
themselves if it be safe for them to visit the citj
With doubts upon our mind on the subject, we
not feel justified in advising.
The Gaive*ton Journal learns from a relic
source ’hat Gen. Houston is engaged in farther
the organization and advocating the doctrine,
the Know Nothings in the interior ot Texas.
Morgan, who shot Parsons, editor of the T
Telegraph, about eighteen months ago, was ti
at the late term of the Cass court, and fined
cent, t heap amusement, that.
The interments in Hcuston for the week on J
tbe3oth nit., from yellow fever, were olevei
This shows an abatement in the fever at that nl
Gen. Pelham, Surveyor General, and Mr. Cla
Jones, U. S. District Attorney for New Mex
left San Antonio, with Major Emory’s party
> their way to S nta Fe.
* The San Antonio Ledger says the tide of c
gration is rolling West to an extent hitherto
precedemed. Emigrants with cavalladoa of ho
‘ and mules, droves of cattlo and uugro c* are arr*
ing in that city almost daily.
The El Paso and Santa Fe mail arrived at
Antonio on the 26'h ult. The Western Tt
1 says there is no news of importance.
■ Victoria continues healthy. The Advocate
;• that cases of yellow fever are still occuring at
vuea and Indianola.
From the Newark Advertiser .
HaUroad War in X«wark—The Track Torn up.
The dispute between the city and the Morris
and Essex Railroad Company, in relation to the
track through the city, has sssumod a serious as
pect, and produced not only litigation, but an ac
tual emute. Under the direction of the city, a
portion of the track in Park place, as our readers
have already been informed, was taken up early
on Sunday morning. The Company procured an
injunction restraining the city from removing the
rads, and subsequently an order from the Chan
cellor for relaying the track, was also obtained by
them. By virtue of this authority the company
dispatched a gang ol laborers under the supervis
ion of Mr. S. H. Moore, their superintendent, who
commenced this morning between 12 and 1 o’clock
the work of relaying. Some citizens of the vicini
ty being present, offered resistance by standing on
the rails, and on the route of the traca, so as to in
terfero with the laborers, asserting that as the
street wan a public highway they had a right to it.
Some city officers also forbade the work. They
were informed on the other hand, of the authority
under which the company was proceeding. A
crowd was drawn together, and much excitement
ensued on both sides.
Some persons started an alarm of fire, and the
bells bing rung, caused the collection of large
numbers ot people on the spot, so that about 2
o’clock, the affair assumed the appearance o» a
mob. After considerable confusion and violence,
some cf the watchmen, arm d with clubs, arrest
ed tho superintendent and several of tho laborers.
In justice to the former, wo may state that wo have
not heard of his doing anything to foment an ex
citement, but he endeavored to restrain his men
from using any force beyond tha f necessary to
prosecuto the work, under the Chancellor’s or
der. The arrests, of course, produced a suspen
sion, and tho dispersion of the crowd. At a later
hour this morning, tho relaying of the track was
r sumed, and finished without oppposition. This
will not, however, prejudice tho iegal rights of the
city, as its action has only been delayed by the
authority of the Chancellor.
The desire of the people generally undoubtedly
is, that tho track should bo removed from the
street, as it is not necessary for the main business
of the company, (which passes over their new con
nection with the N. J. Railroad,) but only for the
transportation of a portion of tho freight, which
goes ever tho river route, in regard to the legal
questions involved, opinions differ, but a hearing
will soon be had before the Chancellor on the in
junction, and until a decision is obtained, modera
tion is recommended on both sides. The legal ad
visers of tho city entertain tho conviction that the
Common Council will be sustained and the track
ultimately removed.
In consequence of repairson the Central st. rail
road bridge, tho train from N. Y. for Philadelphia
last evening was obliged to cross tho M. and E.
bridge above, and the cars were thence drawn by
horses down Broad street to tho Common, where
they were prevented from further progress by the
torn up track and the passengers were conveyed
in omnibussos to the N. J. truck on this side the
river, where another train was providod for them.
The train from Philadelphia wi s served in tho
same manner, and did not reach H. Y. till after
midnight.
From the National Intelligencer of Friday morning .
Death of Mr*. Hamilton.
Mrs. Elizabeth Hamilton, the vener«w«
universally rospocted relict of Alexander Hamil
ton, closed her earthly career at her residence in
' his city yesterday morning, the 9th instant, at
four o’clock. She was the second daughter of the
distinguished Gon. Phillip S. Schuyler, of Albany,
and was born on the 9th day of August, 1757.
She was married to Alexander Hamilton, then one
of the Aida of Gen. Washington, with the rank
of Lieutenant Colonel, on the 9th of December,
1780, there being not quite a year’s difference in
their agos. They lived togothcr in the enjoyment
of every blessing that could render wedded life
happy for nearly twenty-four years, and she sur
vived her lamented and distinguished husband
more than half a century. To estimate her char
acter properly, it is necessary to bear in mind that
of the individual who had selected her, from the
many who would have been proud of the distinc
tion of his notice, as the companion of his life:
and that character wo find so beautifully portrayed
by a single touch of tho magic poucil of Mr. Web
ster, that wo give it as exhibiting in a few words
the judgment of one whose power of discrimina
was seldom surpassed. After spoaking of Colonel
Hamilton as a hero of the Revolution, a jurist, and
statesman, Mr. W. said : “ Hamilton waa placed at
the head of the Treasury Department. Ho car
ried on the Government finances; he smote the
rock of national resources, and flourishing streams
of revenue poured forth. He touched the dead
Corpse of public credit, and it sprang into life.
The fabled work of Minerva from the brain of Jove
Was not more perfect than the financial system of
tho United States which sprung from tho concep
tion of Aloxandor Hamilton.” It was this gr at
man who sought and won Elizabeth Schuyler, and
that fact is enough to show her worth. But, had
she been no more than an ordinarily endowed
Woman, it would have been impossible to have
pa sod twenty tour years of happy intercourse with
such a husband without having her mind richly
stored from tho treasures of his mighty intellect;
and those who knew her even in her declining
years will be road> to testify that she was a rare
example ot the wisdom taught by observant ex
porienco, and a bright example ot all womanly
graces. Her benevolence was most exemplary,
and one ot the finest manifestations of : t was her
habit, to within a few months of her death, of
making occasional visits to all the schools of the
city, and she never did so without imparting some
moral lesson, which showed bow deep an interest
she took in the welfare of tho country which her
husband had contributed so largely to make freo
and independent* Mrs. Hamilton lived to the
very advanced age of ninety seven years and three
months, and died without a struggle, in full com
munion with the Episcopal Church and surround
ed by her surviving children.
By a coincidence, which we give to our readers
the benefit, we met with yesterday in an exchange
paper, s oon after we received notice of the death
of the venerable lady, whose decease is announced
above, the anucxed letter which she received from
Col. Hamilton ju>t before her marriage. Relating
to one ot the most touching incidents in our Revo
lutionary history, it will be read at this moment
with peculiar interest. Not only does itshow that
Hamilton dissented from the stern decree of the
« ouneil of Judges as to the mode of Andre’s fate,
but it sheds a strong light on the nobleness of his
heart:
Mr. Hamilton to Mlta Pcbuyler.
Tappin, October 2, 1780. )
Headquarters of the Army. J
* * * * Poor Andre suffers to day. Every
thing that is amiable in virtue, in fortitude, in del
icate Mintiment and accomplished mauners, plead
for him; but hard-hearted policy calls for a sacri
fice. He must die. I send you my account of Ar
nold’s affair; and to justify myself to your senti
ments, I must inform you that 1 urged a compli
ance with Andre’s requost to be shot, and I do not
think it would have had ill-effect. But some peo
ple are only sensible to motives of policy, and
somtimes, from a narrow disposition mistake it.
When Andre’s tale comes to be told, and present
resentment is over, the refusing him tho privilege
ot choosing the manner ot his death be brand
ed with too much obstinacy.
It was proposed to me to suggest to him the idea
of an exchange for Arnold : but. I knew I should
have forfeited his esteem by doing it, and therefore
declined it. As a man of honor he could not but
reject it; and I would not for the world have pro
posed to him a thing which must have placed me
in the uuamiable light of supposing him capable of
meanness, or of not feeling myself the impropriety
of the measure. I confess to you I had the weak
ness to value the esteem of a dying man, because
I reverenced his merit. A. Hamilton,
Another Railroad Wap..—A touch of the Erie
trouble, on a small scale, was manifested yesterday,
on the Pittsburg and Steubenville Railroad, in
Temperanceville, at the point where it crossed Saw
Mill Run. To get across this creek, it is necessary to
construct a bridge for this purpose, and the compa
ny jesterday morning sert a number of their em
ployees to commence the erection of an abutment.
The workmen accordingly broke ground on the
lower side of the run in tr out of Wood’s rolling
mill, but not, it appears, with the consent of the
proprietor of that establishment, for immediately
upon the appearance of the railroaders, he, in con
nection with is workmen, chased them away
from their contemplated work. The Railroad
Company not liking this summary procedure came
over to the city, and solicited assistance from
’Squire Steel.
The ’Squire, with a laudable desire to preserve
the peace, immediately despatched adetaenmentof
his police to the ot war.’ On arriving on
the ground, the > were joined by a corps of forty
or fifty Corkonians and Fardowns. Considering
that tney were cow sufficiently powerful to over
awe any resistance, the contractors ordered their
men to commence work agaiE, but before time was
allowed for a single shovel fuil of dirt to be thrown
oat, the bell ot the mill was rung, as a tigLai
for the assembling of the opposing force, who, to
ihe number of perhaps fifty, appeared in front of
the works, from whence they commenced an at
tack on the Railroaders below. The weapons
used were clickers, stones, &c., and did conside
rable damage. After standing the assault for some
time, the Railroad party finding they were getting
tte worst of the battle, beat a retreat, and left the
rolling mill men in possession of the scene *f ac
tion. Two Irishmen, whose names we could not
'earn were verv badly injured about the face and
heed’and several others were wounded slightly.
At the close of the difficulty, the railroad men
axu'-n repaired to town and made information
against several of the assailant* for not. We sup
pbse the difficulty will be settled somehow or oth
er to-day.— FitUi'urg Poet, o/ Tuesday.
Death of Robert G. Smiley, Esq.—Oar city com
munity yestorday morning was greatly shocked to
hear of the sudden deatn, by inflammation of the
stomach and bowels, of Robert G. Smiley, Esq.
one of oar most enterprising and valuable cituehs.
—NaehciUe Sth inst.
Cljiomi; & Sentinel
i irgiaT'
WVO v T2!>AY~>tfOT «I*fG JTOVB. lfi. 1854-
~ Auc'tti.i Lay ot ttaatle.
astle in the city.
n., h families moving in
y hurrying to pro
ders, all combined
;h as has not been
we hope to see
. the list, and we
shall greet many
Httll It- V * oiue.
ome in crowds by
;d at every turn of
. ou have not before
. V" V stores ..re all opened, and
:~n - _ :c(,art.Tis-at resumed. The
.filled with a busy throng, all
eaeer. ' forward to c t things once more
.... quietly to business,
ugo wrought in the
t t sDect r-. • in Angus within the last few
~. .. , , uoerti j qke magic—where then all
j-A _•... ’ .O '- p o: s is to be seen at any
all is bustle and hurry,
g in every direction,
once again herself,
, i( j W 9 health is restored,
ijasi: ess, for which our
rovided w..h ample stocks of
i ith O' II l«y.
;. .... 9 . e . v.:e to announce, that
ed daring tho past
"be few cases under
, ; _rc .de their report, we
ot Befeert F. Poe.
•. rv.ii;. d prominent citizens
. .ca to tore lb, in the person of
F. Poe, who died at
- land, lailonday afternoon. ;
, V i j of A gttsta, where ho has
Ho is, therefor.-, too well known in
• . mity to 'rod- y eulogium from ns
V n , r , .lit, however, in this
br:>:t . re.a, da he was ever distin
guishea ror his mgn integrity and probity ; and
in tho sovoral important positions which he held,
among which were the Cashiorship and Presiden
cy of tho Bank of Augusta, he fully sustained the
confidence of his friends in hie ability and up
rightness—traits which commanded for him the
respect of all who know him.
if--fimirpiita*w—m
Gov. Johnson llemoving a < lerk.
His Excellency has recently been engaged in the
very dignifiod business of removing a Clerk in tho
office of the State Koad at Atlanta. We know no
thing of tho circumstances; the reader, however,
may be interested in tho following notice taken
of the Governor’s conduct in tho premises by the
Atlanta Intelligencer, a Democratic journal:
“ We understand that Gov. Johnson was here
yesterday and had an employee in one ot the un
important offices discharged on account of his po
litical opinions; but if Gov. Johnson would an
swer the just expectations of tho people of Georgia,
in his connection with th . State Road, he must
look higher thau the office ot a book-keeper. If
he expects the State Road ultimately not to be a
mill stone about his own neck, ho must commence
the work of expurgation with the Superintendent
himself. Tho people care very little about book
keepers or assistant book keepers. What they
want is a Superintendent who shall administer the
affairs of the Road wisely, economically, justly—
with a constant regard lor tho true interests of the
State— who can place the prosperity of the Road
and the welfare of tho State high above his
senemes of self-preferment.”
This is not very complimentary or flattering to
his Excellency, however faithfully and truthfully
it portrays his narrow minded vindictiveness.
The United Staten Hotel.
This long established Hotel was re-opened yes
terday by the Proprietors, and wo were rejoiced to
meet at the very excellent dinner which they
spread on tho occasion many friends, whoso faces
we have not been wont to see in tho streets tor some
weeks. If their appearances had not indicated
very greatly improved hoalth by tho short rustica
tion, the gusto with which they plied tho inner
man would have afforded the most satisfactory as
surances. Tho dinner was therefore well supplied
with “Sauce” without which, no one is capablo
of appreciating a good dinner.
Health of Charleston.
The Courior of Tuesday says: “The weather
continues cool and overcoats and fires are not un
acceptable. In exposed situations in the city at 6
o’clock yesterday morning, the mercury in the
thermometer, ranged, we learn, from 40 to 42 de
grees. The atmosphere, also, appears to be very
pure, so much so that several of our leadingFhysi
cians, whose authority on such matters stands de
servedly high, have, wo understand, in answer to
inquiiios on tho subject, stated that there is no
danger now incurred by absentees and strangers
n visiting Charleston; consequently wo have
-daily .y. arrivals, aud our V&rIOUS hotels and
boarding houses are gradually filling up. We
would recommend, however, those who have not
passed tho summer with us to bo prudent on their
arrival and avoid exposure.”
Yellow Fever in Selma.— A terriblo yellow
fever panic lias broken out at Selma, Alabama.
Tlio Mobile Tribune, of Nov. Ist, says : “We re
gret to learn that the yellow fever haß broken out
in Selma. Our information comes from a gentle
man who came passenger on the steamer Lucy Bell,
arrived yosterday from tho Alabama river. Tho
greatest panic prevailed, and all who could, were
leaving for tho country. One train of cars took
off more than two hundred for Montovallo and
other points on tho railroad. One case, occurred
on Friday, and three on Saturday, Tho people, it
is said, wore so baldly frightened that it was with
extreme difficulty any one could be got to act «s
nurse.”
Tli&nliaglvlag.
Gov. Johnson has issued a Proclamation setting
apart Thursday, the 28d inst., as a day of Thanks
giving, Humiliation and Prayer, and “recommends
all religious denominations in the State to assem
ble in their respective places of worship, and per
form such dovotioual oxercises as they may deem
most appropriate, and likoly to propitiate the favor
of Heaven upon our Stato and Country.”
Daring Burglary.
Sometime during Saturday night, some bold bur
glars made an entry into the store of E.H. Rooers,
by boring through tho sido door in tho alley, from
which they extracted several fine Rifles, Shot
Guns, and Pistols, together with various other
smaller articles to the value, Mr. R. says, of over
one thousand dollars.
Fine Oysters. —We are under particular obliga
tions to that enterprising catcror, Plumb, of the
“Shade*,” for a basket of luscious and mouth
watering bivalves from Savannah. Those who
delight in snch luxuries, can be furnished by Mb.
Plumb, whose cook is prepared to get them up in
every style that the palate of an epicure may de
sire.
Central Female College. —lt will bo seen by
reference to the advertisement, that the exorcises
of this Institution will be resumed on the 13th
inst. under the superintendence of the Rev. R. H.
Ball, whoso capacities ar * highly commended.
Opening theib Eyes at Last. —Some of the
Southern Democratic papers are beginning to open
their eyes, and not only that but actually to use
them, since the late elections in Pennsylvania,
Ohio and Indiana. The Staunton (Virginia) Vin
dicator says: “The Democrats of the North are
corrupt—if it were not so, where they have ma
jorities, th"> desperate spirit of fanaticism would
not have so signally triumphed !”
Fine Apples.—We are indebted to Messrs. Bug
sell & Sibley for some very choioe Spitzenberg
and Greening Apples, altogether the finest fruit
we have seen this season.
Harper’s Magazine, for November, has been
laid on our table by T. Richards & Son.
This number we think, judging from the table
of Contents, at which alone we have had time to
glance, presents unusual attractions, and greater
variety than we reccllectto have noticed latterly
in this prinoe of Magazines.
Putnam’s Monthlt, for November, is equal in
point of literary merit to any of its eotempo -aries
or predecessors. It may be obtained from (I so.
A. Oates & Brother.
The Pacitic Baieboad.— Messrs. E. J. “Walker
and T. Butler King state in the New York papers
that they have despatched three messengers bear
ing the deposit of *500,000, required by the law
of Texas incorporating the Mississippi and Pa
cific Eailroad Company, snd that it would be
placed in the Texas treasury by the 21st nit.,
though not required to be made until the clone of
the month. The Tribune intimates that there is
some doubt whether Texas will accept the sectui
tiasoffereo.
Selling
at Memphis, Tennessee, advertises to be sold to
the highest bidder, on the first day of November,
all the movable public pieperty belonging to the
Navy Yard at the said place, consisting of an im
mense schedule of hemp, tar, building materials,
machines, tools furniture, horses, wagons, artille
ry, &e„ in pursuance of tho late act of Congress,
surrendering the said Navy Yard as a free gift to
the city of Memphis. So much for a Navy Yard
established “above the point ol the yellow fever,
and too far up to be reached bv the enemy in time
of war.”
The total value of the fore', n exports from Bal
timore, for the week ending on the 3rd inst., waa
$237,882. The export of breadstuff* for the week
included 6,158 barrel* of flour. 275 barrels of corn
meal, and 400 bushels of corn. Ol tobacco, 1,938
hogsheads were exported, 850 tons of Cumberland
coal were shipped to Bombay, East Indies, and 221
ton* to Liberia, Africa-
An improvement in the fire engine has been
made by F. G Smith, of Tennessee. The descend
ing arm of the working lever, instead of striking
upon a solid substance, as now practised, comes in
collision with a spring, by which the return etroke j
is much facilitated, while the unpleasant jar will j
be done away with.
Wilt Cat Banking.
The following telegraphic dispatches will afford
the reader some idea of the progress of Wild Cat
Banking in the Northwest:
Cincinnati, Nov. 9. —Messrs. McMakin Co.,
private bankers, closed their doors to day. There
has been no ran on other houses and the deposits
are now concentrating in four or five leading es
tablishments. The Trust Co. Bank has beet,
crowded all day with depositors and money mat
ters are improving. Eastern exchange ranged to
day from H to Ygi premium—gold retaking at 5
per cant, premium.
The amount of money embezzled by Mr. Bodley
is now stated to be only SIO,OOO.
SECOND DESPATCH.
Cincinnati, Nov. 9.—Messrs. Ellis & Stnrges and
T. S. Goodman & Co., have made assignments.
There is no run on other bankers this morning,
but a largo number of people assembled around
the doors of the suspended parties.
Mr. Bouley, a clerk in tho banking house of 8.
W. Torrey & Co., is said to have absconded with
$1,500 or more. The amount is not yet known,
and may be much larger. „
Cincinnati, Nov. 10.— The panic in the morey
market still continues. Some more failures are
reported here and in towns westward, bat none of
importance. Some heavy provision houses are said
to be tottering.
Cleveland, Nov. 9.—The Canal Bank has fail
ed. It is paying bill holders but not depositors.
The affairs of the bank have been assigned to W.
J. Gordon and J. S. Hewett, who are paying spe
cie at the counter. The Cashier says that all the
bill holders wilt be paid. The other Cleveland
Banks are receiving “Canal” bills on deposit at
par. The Canal Bank is an independent bank,
with State stock pledged for its circulation.
New Yobk, Nov. 9. —Through dispatches re
ceived by private parties in this city, I learn that
this has been a blue dag in monetary circles at
Buffalo. The Exchange Bank of Kobert Code has
stopped payment. The suspension of atloast one
large house on tho dock must follow.
Pittsburg, Nov. 9.—Hugh D. King, Banker,
failed to-day, and there is quite a panio in the
money luarKet.
PrmsBURO, Nov. 10. —Business is dull and the
money market very stringent, with rumors of
failures. The river is lower.
Wheeling, Nov. 10. —The money market here
is tight, and thero are reports of failures.
These Banks almost all belonged to and were
controlled by single individuals. In some instan
ces Wall-street financiers and swindlers got them
up. They belong to the “ Wild Oat ” classification,
and are of the same character as the Bank or At
lanta, Merchants’ Bank of Maoon, Bank ox the
Interior, at Griffin, Bank of Millxdgeville and
the Manufacturers’ and Mechanics’ Bank, Co
lumbus.
In view of these -facts would it not be well for
tho people of Georgia to guard against these Wild
Cat Banks and their Bills. They aro all owned,
principally by Btock-jobbers and Wali-stroet finan
ciers, who reside out of tho State of Georgia, and
in the event ot a failure of the Banks the bill
holders would have little or no hope of evor re
covering a cent. In short they would be literally
robbed. Tho small amount of stock owned in
Georgia, is merely by porsons to constitute them
dirtetors ! The application director to such mon is
a palpable misnomer—they are the mere tools of
tho northern financiers—and are compelled to do
their bidding or bo kicked out of the concerns.
The only hope for the people of Georgia to es
cape such a wholesale swindle and robbing as the
people of the northwest are now the victims of, is
to refuse all credit to Wild Cat Banks !
The Northern Mails.
The Charleston Courier of yesterday says:
We would respectfully remind our citizens gen
erally and the business portion of tho community
in particular, that on Monday noxt, tho contract to
carry tho mails made by oar public spirited post
master. Mr. Huger, with the South-Carolina Rail
Koad in h'-s private capacity and on his personal
responsibility will expire, and that bo far as we can
learn, no steps have been taken by the department
to settle the difficulty. On Tuesday next, there
fore, it is not improbablo that mail communication
will to again intorrubted,and the wiiools of busi
ness clogged in consequence. Under these cir
cumstances wo would venture to suggest that his
Honor the Mayor call a public meeting forthwith,
and invite the attendance thoroat of our immediate
Representatives in Congress, the Hon. William
Aiken, so that the voice ot Charleston may be
heard and her citizens have an opportunity of ex
pressing their opionions as to the monstrous out
rage attempted to be perpetrated against their in
terests.
The Mercury., in commenting on the same sub
ject, says: “ The time expires on Monday, and as
far as we can learn, it has been absolutely fruitless
of result. Wo cannot find even that any attempt
has been made to deviso a remedy. An agent ot
the Department, authorized to settle all the diffi
culties was confidently expected tocome here, —wo
understood, indeed, wub promised. No such Agent
has been sent, aud tho time is now too Bhort to
allow us to hope that matters can be arranged so
as to prevent another disruption of Mail convey
ance. Tho prospect is provokingly bad, and wo
feel unmistakably the sensation of being vic
timized.”
Thoro is truly a hopeful prospec ahead in reference
to Mail communication, and will certainly, unloss
remedied, attiaot tho attention of the public to
tho miserable manner in which the department
has been managed by the present Administration.
Tho Railroad Company have acted badly, very
badly, in attempting to extort upon the depart
ment ; but that is no excuse for tho dishonorable,
nay, worse conduct of the department. Such a
disregard of a plain obligation in private circles,
would damn any man, (no honest man would be
guilty of it,) and the Administration should not
be pormited to escape the public indignation.
The Mail Question Settled.
Wk olip tho following paragraph from the Bal
timore American:
“ Col. O. A. Andrews, of Charleston, S. C., who
was delegated by the Chamber of Commerce of
that city to have an interview with tho Postmaster
General, relative to tho difficulty between tho Do
partment and the South Carolina Railroad, has
succeeded in effecting a temporary truce, as wo
have already stated. Wo have been favored by
Col. A. with a perusal of the ultimatum of Post
master General Campbell, which is to tho effect
that he considers the demands of tho road based
on gross injustice to the Do artmont, and to other
roads of like character in all parts of the country
now performing similar service. He, however,
from necossity, yields to the demand, with the
following addenda:
“ I now agree to pay tlio Railroad Company ac
cording to their demands, until tho Ist day of
January next, with tho distinct understanding
that if satisfactory torms be not concluded by the
sth of December, I shall then proceed to make the
best arrangements in my power to secure txpedi
tion and regularity by horse power, or other moans
of conveyance, to commence on the Ist of Jan
uary.”
Tho employment of horse power in tho trans
mission of the mail, will boa very good arrange
ment for the Telegraph Company, as it will render
tho contest between tho mail and the telcgiaph
line a little more unequal. If tho horso3 bo em
ployed, and the Telegraph Company be managed
with the samo efficiency that has distinguished it
for some time past, we think it will generally beat
the horse mails.
Since the foregoing was in typo, wo find the
following in the Charleston Courier , of yesterday r
The Mail Service. —Tho Columbia Carolianirn,
received yesterday afternoon, says:—“ Wo under
stand that an agent of tho Post Office Department
has arrived to make some arrangement with Mr.
Caldwell, relative to tho transportation of the
mails. We have reason to behove, from the fact
that the Department has signified a willingness to
settle the account of tho Company, and to continue
the contract until the first of January, that some
thing will be effected, although this will be objec
tionable to the company, who desire to finish their
present contract, which expires ou the Ist of July,
1855; but still there is every reason to hope there
will be an adjustment of the difficulty.”
Our worthy Postmaster has politely handed us
the subjoined despatch :
“ Columbia, Nov. 11th, 1854.
“ Mh. A. Huger I have just returned from
Sumter Court, and received your letter of the Bth.
A Post Office agent goes to Charleston to-day. I
go down to-morrow. Hope will arrange on Mon
day. John Caldwell, President.”
Oar Columbia correspondent, also, forwarded us
yesterday the following agreeable intelligence :
‘‘Columbia, Nov. 12.
“The difficulty between the Department and
the South Carolina Railroad Company is not defin
itely settled, but affairs are in train for adjust
ment, and the mails will be carried beyond the ten
days to give the Department time to accede to the
propositions pending.”
Life Imm ranee.
The Actuary of the Southern Mutual Insurance
Company, in his report just made to tin stock
holders, represents their life business in a flourish
ing condition, in spite of the prevailing sickness
in so many of our cities. Their accumulated means
and their dividend fund are both larger than at any
former period. Their losses have all been paid
promptly, and every thing is prosperous.
Since the annual meeting, we learn that the com
pany has had some more losses from the yellow
fever. These they are able to meet out of their un
divided profits, without encroaching on their re
served fond.
If the Mutual Life Companies can sustain them
selves so well in the severe ordeal to which they
have just been exposed, in Charleston, Savannah,
Augusta and Montgomery, it must be evident that
they are founded on correct principles and deserve
public confidence.
The sad events of the present season, and the
destitution of so many widows and orphans, forci
bly remind every husband and father, who has
not secured a competence for bis family, of the
wisdom and prudence of Life Insurance.
Frost.— The ground yesterday morning was cov
ered with a white frost—the heaviest of the season.
We have seldom seen so large frost so early in the
season. At the time we write the sky is being
o’ercast with clouds, indicating an early rain.
Late Fruit. —Wo have received from Mr. Stub
ges (through Mr. Lamrack) samples of fruit and
blossoms, with the following note:
Dear Sir This bundle contains youDg apples,
cherries and a blossom from a cherry tree. The
fruit on both of these trees was killed in the April
frost, as well as the leaves to all appearance. They
have 3lnce then put out fresh leaves, budded,
blossomed and prodaced fruit, as you will see.
Respectluily, yours, Andrew B. Sturges.
Richmond County, Georgia, Nov. 7, 1854.
The Boston Rail Roads, it is said, are about to
introduce coke, from Cumberland coal, as fuel for
their engines, in consequence of the high and in
creasing price of wood. Borne of them are tu
ft eavoring to use anthraciie, but the experiments
made show that the engines have to be specially
adapted to that kind of fuel.
A letter to the Buffalo Advertiser, dated Fort
Leavenworth, October 7th, says that a great change
has taken place in that part of Kansas Territory
west from Fort Leavenworth. Every stream and
every piece of timbered iand is now dotted with
log cabins, and city lots are frea y offered for sale
even as far west as the Republican Fort.
Wm. Smith O’Brien is now in Italy, and John
Martin is in Paris. Kevin Izod O’Doherty is on
his way to New York, accompanied by P. J.
Smyth.
Ice formed half an inch in thickness in Boches- j
ter, N. Y., on the Ith in»t.
New Books
Afkaja, a Norwegian and Lapland Tale ; or, Life
and Love in Norway. Translated from the Ger
man of Theodore Mcggk. by Edward Joy
Morris Philadelphia: Lindsay & Blakiston.
1854.
Afraja is the prodnction of one. of tho most
noted writers of German fiction. It introduces
us to that remote and almost unknown region bor- |
dering on tho North Pole, around which clusters
a wild and superstitious interest, of which the
author has most skilfully availed himself. It is
also full of the most graphio descriptions of life
and manners among the Laplanders and Norwe
gians, and is pervaded by a pure and high moral
tone. The American translator has performed his
task most admirably, and we can confidently com
mend Afraja to our readers as a work of unusual
power and interest.
It may be obtained from MoKinne & Hall.
Fibmilian, a li Spasmodic" Tragedy. By T. Percy
Jones. Kedfield, New York. 1854.
This is one of the cleverest burlesques of tho age,
and richly deserves to rank with the “Rejected
Addresses” of the brothers Smith. It is full of
mirth-provoking hits at maDy of the most noted
writers of the day, such as Thomas Carlyle, Al
fred Tknntson, George Gilfillan, Alexander
Smith, “Pest us” Bailey, Mrs. “Uncle Tom” Bee
cher Stowe, and others; and readers familiar with
the stylo and mannor of these Authors, cannot
fail to enjoy the perusal of the “Spasmodic” tra
vesties so liberally introduced. “Fibmilian” iB
from the pen of W. E. Aytoun, son-in-law of the
great Krr North, and a leading writer in “Black
wood” for many years.
For sale by MoKinne & Hall.
The Ladies’ Guide to Crochet, Fancy Knitting,
Needlework. By Mrs. Ann S. Stephens. Co
piously Illustrated with original and very choice
Designs in Crochet, etc., printed in colors, se
parate from the letter press, on tinted paper;
also with numerous wood-cuts, printed with the
lettor-press, explanatory of terms, etc. Oblong,
pp. 117. New York : Garrett & Co.
This volume contains what has long boon want
ed by the ladies of America, namoly, a complete
dictionary of the technical terms and characters
usod in descriptions of Crochet and Fancy Knit
ting patterns. In this work the terms are so
clearly explained, that any porson who can road,
can learn in a few hours to execute the most com
plicated and difficult patterns in Crochet and
Knitting. To handle the needle with a fair de
gree of skill is as much of an accomplishment as
the acquisition of music, thfcanguages, or any
thing else which requires intellect; and a practi
cal knowledge of it will afford its possessor equal
ly as much pleasure. It trains the mind to pa
tie&co, and compels it to set its inventive powers
in play. It educates tbo eye, enables it tc detect
all the graduations of light and shade, and grad
ually imparts to it a thorough knowledge of the
principles of harmony, and the laws of general
effect. Needlework is therefore an accomplish
ment far from frivolous, as only small minds are
disposod to think it. Tho work before us is so
plainly prepared, and so copiously illustrated with
engravings in tint, of every known description of
needlework, as to enable every young lady to
easily obtain a thorough practical knowledge of
this beautiful art, in all its varied branches, with
out the assistance of a teacher; afaot which, when
once understood, will insure it a wide and per
manent sale.
Part 1, contains elementary Instructions and
Examples in Crochet; Part 2, in Berlin Wool;
Part S, in Point Lace; Part 4, in Embroidery;
Part 5, in Knitting ; Part 6, in Frivolite.
It may be obtained from McKinne & Hall end
Geo. A. Oates & Brothers.
Fred Arden, or The Jesuit’a Revenge. By J. F.
Smith, Eiqr., author of “Amy Lawrenco:”
“Minnie Gray;” “Gus Howard;” “Stanfield
Hall;” «&c. &. New York: Garrett & Co.
Bbyon Blondy, or, The Blue Hanger of the Mohawk.
By Newton M. Curtis, author “Tho I’a‘rol of
tfe Mountain;” “Ranger of Ravenstream;
“Haunted Chief,” &a. &c. New York: Gar
rett & Company, 18 Ann street, 1854.
Lovers of the wild, “thrilling” mysterious and
improbable—young and imaginative novol-readers,
full of romance, sentimont, aud thirst for adven
ture, will read “Fred Arden” and “Bryon Bion
day” with great satisfaction, and to the warm ap
preciation of this numerous class we consign them.
For sale by McKinne Sc Hall.
The Newsboy. New York: J.C.Derby, 119 Nas
sau-stroot. 1854.
“The Nowsboy” belongs to a class of fictions,
having for their very commondablo object tho ele
vation and improvement of the lower orders of so
ciety —the lifting, bb it wore, into a brighter and
purer atmosphore, of those to whom fortune and
circumstance have been less kind than nature.
Many there are of this clasß in the common walks
of life—“gems of purest ray serene,” the brillian
, oy of which is hidden and obscured by tho more
accident of birth, or misfortune in early life. To
raise such fallen specimens of Heaven’s choicost
\ handiwo-k, cleanse them from the mire and stain
of low birth and unfortunate associations, and
place them in a position to develops tbeir talents
and natural gifts, is a high and noble Christian en
terprise, and one in which all true philanthropists
should heartily 00-operato. For such an objoct as
this, and to portray tho trials, struggles and ulti
mate triumphs of some of the sons and daughters
of the poor, was “The Newsboy” written. It be
longs to the same category as tho “ Lamplighter
"Hot Corn," Ac., At., though differing in stylo and
manner from either. It is, perhaps, not quite
equal to the fascinating story of “Little Gerty”
and “Uncle True;” but we much prefer it to “Bat
Corn." It formß a beautifully printed and illus
trated volume of 527 pages, in Derby’s best style,
and may be found at the Book and Music Store of
Geo. A. Oates A Brothers.
The Wide-Awake Grrr: a Know-Nothing Token,
for 1855. Edited by “One of ’em.” New York:
J. C. Derby, 119 Nassau street. 1855.
The flashy title of this volume is rather calcala
ed to oonvey on erronoous idea of its contents,
and to suggest an amount of ill-considered, ultra
and windy patriotism which, (though too common
■ow-a-days) really doos not disfigure the pages of
this neat and valuable liftle annual.
With the exception of some inconsiderate attacks
upon Roman Catholicism, and a few illiberal flings
at foreigners, we find little to condemn and much
to approve in the “ Wide-Awake,” It contains
many valuable papers, such as Washington’s Fare
well Addresß, Declaration of Independence, Con
stitution of the United States, &c., &c., besides
numerous choice selections of American Poetry
and Eloquence. It is beautifully printed in a
volume of 812 pages, and illustrated with a full
length portrait of Daniel Websteb and other choice
engravings.
For sale by George A. Oates & Brothers.
We have also received from Thos. RioharlS &
”in an “ Advanced Course of Composition and
i xthetorw," & c., by G. P. Quaokenboss, A. M., and
from MoKtNNE <k Hall a copy of Cumming't Minor
Works (second serioß.) The former work is one
Os great interest to those engaged in the education
of youth; and the latter has already met with much
favor among thoughtful and oarnest Christians and
Scripture students.
“OtJB GalSb." —The Edgefield Advertiser says :
We have a good many big, fat, fine-looking girls
in Edgefield, and no unprejudiced person will
deny the fact. But we know of one not eight miles
from our town who “takes tho rag off the bush,”
for size, so completely, that the rest of our pretty
ones must all sing low for the future. She is only
14yearBold, and is# feet high nearly and wears
No. 18 shoos. We are permitted to make this
statement by those who have the best right to
grant that permission. Talk no more of woman’s
degeneracy while wo can raise such Amazons in
old Edgefield.
Thf Mobtalitt of London The deaths from
cholera in London, during the week ending Sep
tember 18, wore 1549. This exhibits a decrease of
501, as compared with the preceding week. The
total deaths by the epidemic this year had been
7,669. For the same period of 1849, they amoun.
ted to 11,825. In both of the eruptions, the mor
tality was highest, or nearly so, on the same day
of September. The mortality of the following
week, that which terminated on the 23d, was
1,284; and in the week ending September 80th,
754. The total mortality up to the last period
mentioned, was 9,707. In 1849, there were 18,098
deaths up to September 29th. It should be re
membered, howevor, that the; present epidemic
began much later in London than it did in 1849.
The Hoe Market .—The Cincinnati Gazette, Bays:
“ Some lots of hogs arrived from Kentucky yes
terday. The weather being too warm for packing,
butchers are the only purchasers in market, and
$3 per 100 lbs, gross is about as much as they are
disposed to pay. The lot referred to was offered
at 13.80. The feeling with reference to prices con -
tinues to lend downwards. A small lot Bold yes
terday for delivery at $4.25, but packers manifest
very little disposition to operate, and this figure is
above their views generally.”
A correspondent of the St. Louis Republican,
writing from Muscatine, towa, under date of the
14th ult., says:—“ The prospect for hogs in lowa
and Northern Illinois never was better than at
present. Crops are excellent, and the country full
of stock, and consequently pork will be well fat
tened. It is expected that the number to be
packed here this season, will be largely over that
of last year, and of the very best quality. Little
or nothing la said, as yet, as to the probable price.
It is reported that 200 bead of slop fatted hogs
were sold lately at Burlington, at $3.50, net. Os
the fact I know nothing, but I regard this price as
full high for the beet ccrn fitted hogs, at any
point above the rapids. I met a merchant en
gaged in businees at Rock Island, who gave it as
his opinion that he could oontract for bogs at that
place at $2.75 net. This is all I have been able to
learn in regard to prices, and only give the infor
mation for what it is worth.”
The Fa® at Richmond.—No such concourse of
people, saye the Richmond Enquirer, was ever be
fore seen in Virginia, as was on Wednesday as
sembled on the Fair grounds. The exhibition was
splendid in every respect and ip the highest de
gree. Daring the day the Hon. Wm. Ballard
Preston, of Montgomery, delivered the opening
address, the merit of which was fully equal to any
idea that might have been formed of it in advance
from the well-known reputation of the orator.
Building opperations in New York city Bhow a
great falling off. The Journal of Commerce tells
us that there is almost an entire cessation of build
ing in the upper avenues, where they were so ac
tive a year or two ago. Lumber is accumulating
in the yards therein enormous quantities for want I '
of a market. j
The ASmlnl.tratioD Party at the North.
Nothing iu more common thou to hear Southern
Democrats and their orgaus, prating about tho
soundness of tho administration party at tho North
on tho slavory question, and to see and hoar from
them the most sweeping denunciations of all par
ties at tho North who do not rally under the stan
dard of the Pierce democracy.
Tho National Intelligencer notices this peculiar
habit, and very portinontly responds in tho follow
ing article :
Now, the best way to answer tho sweeping alle
gations put forth by these Southern organs is to
let the Northern Democracy speak for themselves.
Wo turn, therefore, to tho Albany Argus , which
papor lately had occasion to invite attention to the
fact that the Union nowspaper of this ci’y does not
give its readers a full and fair view of the real con
dition of parties in Now York. In doing this, the
Argus declares the official paper to bo either
“ heedless of tho fact or carefully keoping it from
sight that the partisans whom it recognises as Ad
ministration men in New York are almost all un
repentant aud unwashod Froesoilers, and that
every leading papor of that faction was an advocate
of Van Buren aud Adams and the Buffalo platform
n IS4S,” This is tho language hold by ti e Argus
in roforonco especially to that branch of tho North
ern Democracy (the Administration branch) which
is regarded with most favor by the Southern Dem
ocrats and their organs; and the Argus proceeds
to fortify its position by referring to tho ultra
character of some of tbo proceedings of tho “ Soft ”
Democracy. It says:
“ If there is any county in the State of New
York in which tho administration’s particular
partisans might be considered numerous, it is the
county of Onondaga. It has been the boast of tho
Van Buronitesand Woolly Whigs that Hunkerism
never had a foothold thero. Abolitionism is ram
pant. The press is exclusively of tho puro black
stamp. Tho editor of the administration organ iu
that county is reputed a Jerry Rescuer. Ti e
postmasters ore nearly all open Abolitionists.”
“On tho 9th of October tbo National Democrats,
who have of lato gained much strength in Onon
daga, and whoso votool last tail wo are assurod
wilt be grontly increased next weok, hold a County
Couvonlion, and (for Onondaga is a Congress dis
trict by itself) nominated Sanford 0. Parker as a
candidate for Congress, with a full tickot for other
officors. The resolutions of that Convention up
piovod the Baltimore platform of 1852, the passage
of the Nebraska, aud tho Democratic doctrine of
non-intorvention.”
“Now, mark tho contrast I On tho 11th of Oc
tober the ‘Union’s’ ospocial frionds, who are of
course‘better Democrats’than tho ‘insubordinate
Hards,’ hold their Convention under tho very
noses of the Federal offioials, some of whom in
fact were members of that body. Wo copy, tor
tho consolation of tho Union, a specimen of the
way they talked in its Convention:
‘ Resolved, That by this act of troachory and
breach of faith on tho part of the Slavo States the
B’rco States are absolved from all obligations (if
any existed) to uphold or abido by other legisla
tive compacts on tho slavory question, and aro
admonished to place no furthor trust in the politi
cal integrity aud good faith of tho Slave States.
"Resolved, That, entertaining thiaviow of slavery,
wo are opposed to any action of the Fedoral Gov
ernment calculated or designed to oxtond its area,
increase its power,or prolong its existence. On tho
contrary, so far as the votes aud influence of tho
Democracy of this county may affect the rosult,
wo demand such an oxoroise of all tbo eonstitu
tional lunctions of tho Government ae shall tend
to the restriction, discouragement, and final extinc
tion of slavery.
“Resolved, That although we entertain no doubt
«f the constitutional power of Congress to prohib
it slavory iu tho Territories, nor of tho duty to
oxoroise it, yet we hope aud believe that tho spi
rit of indignant resistance which has boon aroused
in tho breasts of the pcoplo of the Froo States by
the porpetration of tho Nebraska Kansas iniquity
will give rise to such a flood of tree labor immi
gration into the Territories as, nudor tho oper
ation ol the now fangled principle of ‘squatter
sovereignty,’ to secure them to freedom, and over
whelm with merited defeat and disgrace the dema
gogues whocoiicocttd and carried through the corrupt
scheme.
“Resolved, That we cannot con sent to any further
increase of the political power of slavery in this Con
eracy by the acquisition of more slavo territory or
the admission if more slave States ; aud wu will
withhold our votes from any candidate for Repre
sentative in Congress whoso soundness on this
subject there is reason to doubt.
"Resolved, That in the Hon. Daniel T. Jones,
our present worthy Representative iu Congress,
wo recognise a Him, consistent, and unwavering
Domocrut and an ablo legislator; that his conrso
in Congress entitles h’m to tho esteem and lasting
regard of his constituents; and that bis vete in
that body against tbo Nobrask-Kausas Territorial
bill is hereby fully and heartily approved.
“ Resolved, That whereas, by tho rulo of con
struction established by tho Fedoral Constitution
itself, tho Federal Government cun exorcise uo
powors not delegated by that instrument; and
whereas, no powor is thorony delegutod to tho
Fedoral Legislature to pasß laws providing for the
rendition of fugitives from servico, therefore the
act of Congress commonly known as the fugitive
slave act is without constitutional authority, and
ought to be repealed."
“These resolntions, in a Convention of one hun
dred and thirty to forty members, wore passed
with only a few dissonting voices—the Skuueateles
Democrat (Administration) says ‘enthusiastically.’
“The Convention then nominated for Congress
i Mr. Thomas G. Alvord, a renegade Democrat, who
aeeoptod t o honor in a speoeh in which ho an
nounced that ‘tie stood on tho platform adopted
1 by thiß Convotion.’
i “Wo hope tbo Union will not fail to give to the
; world through its columns tho lunguago enuncia
ted by the only Seft Convention held in this State,
wo baliovo, since tho Seymour Stato Convouti. n,
which las passed any resolutions at all."
The fact last mentioned is one of some signifi
cance. As a genoral thing, tho Seymour branch
of tho party have been cautious in putting forth a
platform. No “Whig Abolition” Convention in
the country has issued so denunciatory a sot ol
resolutions as those just quoted. How is it that
thev have escaped tbo vigilanco of our Southern
friends, whose vision saoms to have more than
mioroscopie power in disoermcgWhigdolinquen
ciea? ... ..
We conclude with another oitation from the
“Argus.” It is brief but important, as affirming u
fact which wo have heretofore stated. The “Ar
gus” of laßt Wednesday says:
“Tho Intelligencer of Saturday calls attention to
the fact that no Soft Convention in this Stale lies
dared to approve of the Nebraska bill or of tho
principles on which that measure is founded. But
will it state also the additional fact that every ‘Hard’
Democratic Convention (Stato, Congressional, As
sembly, and County) which bus passed any reso
lutious at all (and all, we beliovo, but the New
York City Conventions have done so) has approv
ed tho Nebraska bill in distinct termß, aud plant
ed itself upon tho National Democratic platform I”
•‘The Softs, on tho other baud, fearing to moot
this issue, skulk behind whiskoy barrels, and
talk of nothing but two-penny rum, on ti e
strength of which they rely.’’
f A Venerable Total Abstinent.— Tho Russell
ville, Tonn., Herald sijrs, tho vonorablo Bishop
i Soule remarked in tho session of the Conference
i on Tuesday morning, the 2Bth ult., when tho re
port of the committeo on tomporauoo was up for
i consideration, that he was now seventy-four years
■ of age, and that he had yet to learn how whiskey
tastodl Ho said ho Was not a mombor of any tem
i peranco organization, but was satisfied tho use of
' alcoholic liquors was hurtful in tho oxtremo.
One Thousand Dollars Rewaeii I —Tho Marino
, Bank of Savannah will give SI,OOO for the appre
hension and delivery to any of its ofHcors, of Sam
uel D. Scovili, who absconded fiom Macon on the
29th ult., with $10,009 of tho funds of that insti
tution.
: Scovili is 28 years old, 5 foot 4 inches high, has
brown hair, light blue or gray eyes, a long flat head
and good forehead, and woighs 115 pounds. Ho
has lost a tooth from his upper jaw, uudull of his
upper front teeth are defective. He speaks and
walks quickly, and when he left was dressed in a
black dress coat, black pants, and dark overcoat.
Tho sum of SIO,OOO which ho had in his posses
sion, was principally inslo billsof tho Marine and
Fire Insurance Bank of the State of Georgia.
Grape Cultube and Wine Manufacture in
Ohio. —The Cincinnati Gazette contains a long and
interesting article on tho grape culture and wine
manufacture in that vicinity. It appears that in
1846 there wore 88 vineyards in the neighborhood
of Cincinnati, containing 248 acres under cultiva
tion, and 114 bearing, and although the crop tho
precodingyear was but a partial one, twenty-four
thousand gallons was tho yield. In 1862, twelve
hundred acres were in cultivation, seven hundred
and flf;y bearing; the annual yield was supposod
to be five hundred thousand gallohs, and the value
of sparkling wino alone, $175,000 A bushel of
grapes will make from three to three-and-a half
gallons of juice. Mr. Buchanan commenced plant
ing his vineyard in 1843; in 1850, from throe acres
ho realized, besides the cuttings, 1,640 galleys of
wino. In 1853 he obtained from five acres, 4 ; 326
gallons, or 847 gallons per acre. In particular
spots there have been obtained 800 gallons from
an acre, but 650 gallons iB considered alargeyield.
The demand for Catawba wine is far ahead of tho
supply, and tho quality is oonßtantly being im
proved, both by the cultivators and these who pre
pare it for ma rki'.
Deleterious Brandt. —At the last meeting of
the Farmers’ Club which is composed of Borne of
the ablest members of the Amorioan Institute’
French brandies were the sabject of discussion.
It was shown by quotations from French journals
tbataicohol manufactured from beets and molasses
has, to a great extent, superseded the grupo
brandies formerly exported to this oountry, caused
by the total destruction of the grape crop. Since
that time the French Government has opened its
ports for the introduction of foreign wines and
liquors, and large orders have boon sent to this
country and Holland for a large supply of whisky,
or pure spirits, as it Is called, for the purpose of
making it into French brandy, to supply this and
other brandy drinking countries.
The French crjßtal palace covers—the ground
f100r—27,068 square yards; the surface of the gal
lery of the circumference counts 18,072 —total 45,-
140 yardß. The large room numbers 216 windows;
the pavilions 192 ; on the ground floor there are
888 columns in cast iron, and 815 on the second
floor ; the central nave has a length of 192 yards,
with a breadth of 48, and its height at the en
tablature is 18 yards. The building has con
sumed 822,000 square yards of cut stone, without
counting the filling stone and the mortar —4,500
tons of castings, 8,600 tons of iron, and 88,000
square yards unpolished glass.
Death of the Lieut. Governor of Louisiana.—
The New Orleans papers of Monday, contain the
announcement of the death in that city on Sunday
of W. W. Farmer, the Lieut. Governor of the
State. Hiß funeral took place tho same day and
was attended by a large number of the Nations
Guards, by his Masonic brethren, personal friends’
and the public generally. Guns were fired on Lag
fayette Square during each half hour, and flags
displayed throughout tho oity at half-mast. The
Crescent says:
As the information of his untimely deccuse is
diffused through the State, all who knew him will
feel a personal losb, and those whose acquaintance
was only casual will regret the departure of a high
minded and honorable man. We can say ol him,
what was long ago aaid of a greater man :
" Vicil enen, nam mors, quern tulit ipsa Ho-et,
Orevit adhuc potlus just us post funs' «!«“»* V**
rictiU vas funeral, yemmo tsupema //uoai. j
A statue of Boethovon, for the Boston Musio <
Hall, has just been caßt in bronze at Munich. It I
issaid to meet the approbation of the beat European 1
judges of statuary, 1
\ew tors Politics—N*-w More.
We flail tho following letter in the New York
limes of Wednesday :
Albany. Saturday, Oct. 88, lss4 .
it has been deemed acWisaV!,,' 'cad t'onv, ’
to assemble at this place early in Januc-y, to rein"
stato the W big party on Us old pin term rece-tlv
discarded at Annum. it is propose \ 0 .!n
address to the Whigs throughout the S'.ioin
which tho principles ol the Notional WHg,, ’-tv
will be plainly declared, expressing # decided p
position to the Nebraska bill cut violation of the
Missouri Compromise, and adhering to the Whig
principles established by the Ki.tioi".l Conven'ii n
at Baltimore in 1852; pledging otirsclve to oppose
all propositions for the fusion of the WMa f ,-ty
with any oilier f r tho purpose ot forming a tno
tional party based upon tho i-giintrens of the day.
Tho time for decisive action has nrrivi ii, and ho
eoniiug winter wil 1 determine whether a National
Whig party shad cruso to exist. Should your viows
coincide with those horein expressed, ho pie: sod
to forwaid your name, together with tho names of
such o’ her reliable men iu your ncighb rhood os
you may select, to Janie--. K'd-i. Esq., e.f the. city
withont delay, that they niuyh , printed with thu
address. By order of tho ' ' nitniHoe.
Francis Grander.
The Reciprocity Treaty.
The New York Herald of Wednesday speaking
of the operation of the Reciprocity Treaty soys:
As it is understood that the Treasury Depart
ment will authorise tho eollectors of customs to
recoivo bonds for the duties on Canadian and
New Brunswick produce, wo should shortly have
a fall in the price ol fl-mr, grain, provisions and
lumber. Large quantities of there staples will
como over tho lines i.t unco. They ought to de
cline to the amount of the duty formerly paid on
them; but wo presume that tin- producer? will not
allow us at first to reap all tho benefit 01 tho change.
Coal, we regret to say, will n . participate as
yet in tho alteration. Owing to tho sluggish man
nor in which our Nova Beotian neighbors do busi
noss, tho Reciprocity Treaty lias not yet boon rati
fied in that proviueo, aud our executive appears un
willing to anticipate their movements. It is
strungo that tho eoul minors cf Nova Beotia have
tukon no stop's to urge tlioirgovernmont to action,
considering that tho ratification of the treaty
would givo such a powerful stimulus to their trndo.
One would havo fancied, niter the noise they mado
somo time ago, whin it was proposed to exclude
the coal from the benefit of the treaty, that (hey
would have been the first to adopt it iu its present
stato.
Fire Insurance in England and Scotland.—
Aeoording to tho London Builder, the total value
of property iu England insured is £818,944,000;
in Scotland, £52,8 ‘0,000; iu Ireland, £38,142,000,
This proporty chiefly consists in building?, furni
ture and goods. Busing on thuso data, the total
value of property uninsured as woll as insured in
England alone, is estimated at probably £5,000,-
000,000. Os 61 Insurance companies throughout
Lngland, 86 are metropolitan. There aro besides
8 Scottish and 2 In -h companies. Five of tho
metropolitan companies do £400,000,000 of lusu
ranco, ot nearly one half tho English buainu.,s.
Four Lancashire offices do £51,100,000, or more
than Scotland or Lrjluud togothor. Norwich is a
great tire insurance centre, the live Norwich com
panies doing £60,000,000.
Plain Talk. —Tho Church Review, a very ablo »
and learned Episcopal periodical, published in'
Now Haven, Connecticut, cannot certainly be ac
cused of flattering tho people of its section. Noti
cing a work cnllod Fariningdalo, by Caroline
Thomas, tho Review says: “ i’ho stolid ignorance,
tho contracted nicnnnosfl, tho cold-hearted, calcu
lating selfishness, the want of moral and mental
cnlturo which charactorizo a largo class ot Yankee
farmers, aro hero portrayed to the very life. Who
ovor has seen muc' of New England wMI find no
difficulty in naming the persons who have sat for
their picture. This paltry meanness of character
is almost tho worst thing about New Englanders.”
It is just this class precisely, which nnilo- the most
fuss about abolition. The more refined and intel
ligent portion of New England society have noth
ing to do with it.
A dospatohfrom Cincinnati, of the Bth instant,
says: “The banking houso of Eli•• A; Bturgia
closed this morning. They say t hoir liabilities aro
$1,000,000, and asserts $1,400,000.
“There has boon a heavy ran on the Citizens’
Bank and on T. S. Goodman & Co., and the cxeito
mout on tho snbjoct is intense.”
A second despatch says:—-The Citizons’s Bunk
has closed, and tho excitement is on tho iuciouso.
Tho freo Democrats of Nowburyport, Mass.,
have had a meeting, and nominated Judge Allon,
of Worcester, as their candidate for Governor, iu
in plnco of Henry Wilson.
Tho ship Texas arrived ot Now York, on Fri
day, from Rotterdam, lost 16 paasongors by chol
era on the passage. Tho Hamburg ship John Her
man from Hamburg, urrivedtho same day, reports
eighteen deaths.
A despatch from Manchester, N. H. of the 7th
inst. says:—“Tho deuiocruts of the Second dis
trict mot here in convention to day, the Hon. Mos- >
os Norris presiding. The lion, Geo. W. Morrison
(anti Nebraska) was unanimously nonrnuted for
Congress, and resolutions were passed endorsing
the national administration.”
The proposition for the amendments of tho con
stitution huvo received u majority in all tho wards
of Providonco except one. Tho returns from the
Sato aro not suficiont to indicate the result.
Iu ioledo, on Monday evening, a fire broke out
in tho warehouse, occupied by Brown & Kn»g, at
tho foot of Cherry-street, which was entirely de
stroyed, togothor with tho adjoining warehouse of
Coqb & Co. Both buildings vvore tilled with goods
and merchandize of all kinds, of which a por ion
was suved. One thousand barrels of flour wore
burned. But littleof tho merchandize was insured,
and tho insurance on tho buildings will not cover
tho losses. Tho ateamor* Golden Gate and Arrow,
lying at the wharf, had u very narrow escape, both
being much scorched. The total loss is about
$40,000.
Referring lo the successful manufacture of gaß
from wood, tho Providonco Journal says that one
other improvement is domanued in the production
and consumption of gas, namely, that it bo mea
sured by its illuminating power, and not by tho
number of fleet. From tho same amount of coal
tho illuminating power may bo condensed into one
thousand foot of gas, or stretched through two
thousand. If atmospheric air goto into tho pipes,
as ie sometimes tho coso, it all pusses through tho
metro at the regular price.
A Hafut TemFebami.nt.—The Albany Knicker
bockor looks on tho bright si do of life’s diorama,
Ii baa a cheering word for over) 1 body. Here is olio
of its brevities t
“ Life is made up of okangys. A moment ago
a patch of sunshino rested like h smile upon our
paper, and every thing around wqabrigl
the page in overcoat by ft shadow,and the ireotß
without looks dull and dirk. Ho in the i.ll -is of
life. To-day hope Bings ut our path, and tho bow
of promise spans it an an arch of gold, to-morrow
disappointment with within tho heart, and lowering
skies full like tho tresses of angels around us.—
There ia uothii g steadfast in this life—-no anchor
that is immovably fixed in tho sands of Time. Tho
wuvea of chance and cireura-tanoo are si) "i gor
than all tho cables of love, or interest, cr hr ■ d
our barks drill forever about upon them, In.' ■ «t
souls wandering unceasingly upon tho bunks of
Btyx. Life is full of vicissitudes und changes, even
as the sou is full of poaria. Happy is that man
who can adapt himself to all circumstances, for
with him thero is neither sunshino nor shadow,
but a tempered brightness, that can bo comp:, ed
only with the rays of twilight when tho sound of
bolls is on tho air, rests upon him continually.”
Amjßican SoNtisTiuiis in JLmfzio, —A late letter
from Loipzic states that tho young Baltimorean
songstress, Jenny Bosk, has boon admitted into
tho Conservatory, alter passing a soar oh ing exami
nation. At tho examination she sang several
pieces, which raude a very favorable impression
upon tho professors and judges assembled. While
she was singing “Ah non Giunge,” says tho letter,
theso grave and dignified gentlemen could not
withstand her. boautifal trills und warbling, and
they all aroso and tripped carefully up to tho stage
and leaned on tho railing, their speaking vol
umes of delight, and apparently exclaiming, for
such a chil how admirably exeouUd !
An errant Kailuoad Connexion. — I Tho South Side
Kaiiroad, beginning at Petersburg, Virginia, has
been finished to Lyncbburgh, the cars having run
through on Thursday last. A letter to tho Peters
burg Express, announcing the evont, says: “All
Lynchburgh is delighted at tho conr-ummation of
this grand scheme, which places them in a few
hours ride of tide water.” This makes the con
nexion also with tho Virginia and Tennessee Kaii
road, now nearly complete to Wythovjlle,
Dates from Kansas are to October 28d. Tho
Missourians have made repeated attempts to fright
en away the New Englanders, but having tailed,
havo taken to burning and destroying their cabins
and tents during their absence. They endeavored
to get the troops from Fort Lavenworth to aid in
driving away tho Yankees from tho disputedplaim,
but without olfect.
Tiie Flantkii’b Hotel wu.i re-oponod
under charge of Messrs. Bridges & Illio, who
furnished their friendß a very choice and abun
dant entortainmeut. Wo heartily wish those gen
tlemen all suocoss in their new enterprise, and
hope the Planter's will sustain and oven surpass
its former good reputation.
Great Sale or Cattle. — The salo of cattle, &c.
rocently imported by the “ Kentucky Importing
Company,” took place in Fayette county, in that
State, on the 26tb nit. Fifteen cows and heifers
sold at prices, ranging from 650 to *lls, in
cluding one at S6OO and five at over SSOO each.
Six bulls wore also sold, one at $3,500, and the
next highest at S6OO. A horse, seven years old,
brought $1,050. A number of sheep were dis
posed of, at from 50 to $287 for bucks, and from
20 to S6O for ewes, and ton pure Liverpool white
and seven improved Yorkshire hogs, at from 20 to
S7O each.
In Paris there are annually consumed 1,600,000
kid and lamb skins, for fabrication into glovoe; in
Bruxelles 800,000; in Grenoble, 800,000; Annonay,
B,2oo,ooo—making a total, within four cities, of
6,400,000. To work this into gloves requires just
double tho number of oggs-12,800,000, at an
annual expense of 680,000 francs.
complete olficial returns ot tho recent State elec
tion in Ohio give the following result :-Supreme
Judge— Swan, Fusion, 186,437; Norris, Democrat,
110 9)9 Swan’s majority, 75,525. Auditor—
Blic’konsdorfer, Fusion, 188,655; Miller, Demo
crat, 109,268— Blickensdcrfer’s majority, 74,392.
T. B. Gumming, tho acting governor of Nebras
ka, has issued his proclamation oidering a census
of tho territory to be taken immediately, in order
that an election for a delegate to Congress, and
for members of the territorial legislature may be
held at an early day,