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ItIKOI'KAM Kitts.
bt ihe Canada.
Tni W» —Oso. I «v»i lint Ha» baei
Oovefoor of lh»' portion cl 8«baa:oj*ol c»ptar*<i
by the All ey. . ,
<i«r. r»niphell he* taken <ff ee »* **■* * r
men- of Sir Wm. J ,n. Oxl " * d
lo hies of the B-it *h force- to the Crime*, *ca
U-e-W ie ive to teinr.. * '*• . wMIe oo» cn
Abn» o! r reo-h from fct.e * b ,,, nf 8 ,.
» reconor,*j..CA,le >■■ " K ,* iOD , deiced.
*'’ d H a h* di-ci..r*eeof urdliety. The
Frc/co' *IU t**rd* dc toy. J r.verel to»ca .-d
vi J?***',eh from S-. P«ler.-bnr« eey that the Ra
rtStSSeWc imee number MO.W men ..
P 'l’ 'ey r fS-li i» reported from Beyl n
,1 ,k ■ A rtc hUy nai • eonfl leotia! o inmamca
vn.o l'ro ' . » n /At.» ri.ofi.er w. b to renew
tion . an ,t the’ liiarnaerj had re’nmed to
S**--. w ;ib fr.sh instructions t> meet the eon
,' c y ot I.roposeii beiti* made to Koeeia.
‘ irrtuer reported that Oortechekoff and di
r,om V.enne, end t'.c Kn.-Uo ministers
f r other tfermen b’ates.-ero certainly to me.t
, "t xr at Wsrvw, about the middle of Novem
br'r, ihe . theq. s ir,oof the renewal ot the ne
h a* oeTtUt Ne[ o'.eon U favorable to the
r6 Tc*atT —-Tne*Bttfh»n cr.’«.>bt» .visit to
"misatideh'em* nV'between Sardinia and
Insceny «"b roma jeion e tljore jg n 0 doabl
T e London l bM broken oat in
eV-erai ol the insurgents had been captured
* n ?Ai!»,''Saturday-Ad vices received here from
Ka-». t t*how ft m ' r ® f
T e we tt *r in England has been unfavorable
f ' t tTtL ov xriri.-Excess in Mancbeder w»-
*’*ineL'itdov Vosir Maukxt —CrnaoUfor mo
eer were quoted »t Ho n 88J< M. American
B*ac«i. were qoiet, ai d only a m-rned basinets bed
Kmi • fhIJ-acted 5D tb ;Ui.
<r, e Kerch uv teat Ihe Bu-t-ans were mak tig
one torerct. To French h.d a tacked
L„U Kiteelan tor- near E ipa'oriaatdcompe led
I. to r- reot. Tt <fie sin the Dneiper have dine
nfrfbirg O ncr IV-r.u i-■ u«rge x n Aaia, end
a.,., r rmied friendly relations with Her am> I an I
c . -r l rr-«f.c t 'd to march <A Ku iai with 22 bat» ioi<b.
i is ret ported that a i o .venion ot ibe Diplo
m * *•-of Aas'rin, I'ruwie, and h’etsis will meet
t o Kn, o or of K vna a- Wu-ssw, to settle the
cue- ion ot a renewal ol negotiation*. A repo t
1 , oi cal.ti n that another attempt ha i been
male to ot-a-wt.aie Loa - Nspoe.n, hot it pr< ved
to bo netrne I* is sid that onfrisn ii> relations
sr ur s „g betwasn E .gland bi d Spain in rerpect
to , O spuod c ir. . It. is .eported that an
in- irreeli< n hed occurred inoicily, bat no deUtls
* I ~,N A _ l'i.o Lb M Overland M»H reports that
s lav and h av.ly armed p'ratiral fl •* *>•! b»-en
d c ,. r ,,,el ho "'.art ol Shanghai t y the British
l r g * U Horn, ’ Ik ve-sels wore destroyed,
fw iry hiurf wti» qiiet a* Cuo’oo.
it s s , <; ma , r j'uwhatuTi and the rloop of war
V ,||.|«l»» 10 at II ng Korg. ond tbu U. 6. frigate
if cdonian was at Shanghai.
i’lwu. r a cr thb Waii —From the Crimea there
1 an o.uta > no h.i.g to rc,nr-. The armies arc
bai ,i,ng mini t r h Winter, a.d have occasioi a.
m I ui> pn.ttd s ond exchangee ot longebota with
*b .-topol say that the Enssian
■ - \... pc iro n tue Norm si le reach almost every
pari ol the c-ty, and that a desultory fire is kept
*'' fi S i) that the It issians, allhongii keep
ing up a cmUuoal lire, arc makftig preparaticus
for a re' runt. . .
Tt i f'/IlowinK ; b t'abalance of several clliGial
despatcho- aid leturv.
Toa Frauch will girrinon K»nbnrn—conwe
qneutly ih i iiugli»b returned to BcbA»topol No
vemD i 8.
A despatch from Gen Bimpßoncl 03'. 27th,
nn'j.t ti e went ervuti uuc the British
troops w- re healthy. . . ,
An txjhaigo of prisoners bed arrived from
Odosift.
Aj) A' t'lo French force from Eipatoria, under
<4 n. li’A hmvilte, made a recpniioissance on the
2 il nii.i i dling m wi ha large tore > ot the enemy,
. a ;.t.l I) t tie, but the Bushians retired after an
Ci t«ge of u lew rounds of artillery.
The A lies burned the villages SchaddlTtia,
Kuriqun, Tutelm and the town ol Baki; also n-.eny
lurtiis end stores along the route, and on the 24th
relumed to Eupu*,or;».
I i : ,ltgMice Irom Ode-f a of Oct. 27 says that
T*d l-fn »h Ifcst render;i g Nicoiahff de‘tn-nb ; e
hoi w IV:«iku, where iKe fiver is ouly 6UO fathoms
bro»d.
(inukoi’s manned by the crewa of the formor
Back Huh* t are tdfUiontd, » d ba tarioa are be
k g t nc < d on both si tee of t e river.
'Jfhe inhabitants ol Nicoiuieff ft d Kherson are
iuforniod t» at t: 0~0 citioi may be attacked, and
| B|/ ,|.unbi rs » uve gone into the interior at Gov
oni'iit nt expense.
U ;u. Li U rs, r®.tb tl e grenadiers and cavalry,
h no-tod betw-en K nturn and Kherson.
I i. c.iitriud thattbeCzur and the G’and
Dike (Jousts i no w tnessod the cap uro of K c
born f o n Otfchak 11'.
The nqui drou ot the Bug havo towed out two
ratih ot o»*k limber, worth sloo,ooo. Bjyond this
n y'lung lifts been done c x .opt making a reconnois
■a nee.
A recent arrived from Oid os* a that the
Abie* had «if cel a landing, in force, near Pore*
top, u dßu n i troop wo.o hurrie t eff to op
pos ■ theiii.
l, .ks advices rend r *1 e report doubtful.
A Win.a i-ttpcr, the F i.m ten Blatl, looms from
Oort ev k tl’.s I ua quarters »h»t lie Eussians iu
ti.oi iuiiiu now nui.iber 2"U,0t0 moil. A greua
dor no:p>* had arrivo 1 a Bunpt crupol, tcconij a
ned *.y B,Gi 0 wag ms, drawn by o*ei , ti c arniv
i., pj.vi-; -no I for eu ht months. G)rs:huknff
w.li not t xpec* o hv y afier November, when 1 h
n eppen, »t is expected, will he coverfd with snow.
1* us aide th:»l the Emperor A1 xatider hud
bo- o it duc»*d to leave N c'lmotl bet ie the bom
hurd:.. n b yan, but ti e Dnko Cora anlino could
iiu*. he prov I. d upon to quit the town.
Tint 1 ani rian I’iUNCiPALiTitH.—T* o Austrian
Ouzo te • a a uuthon an. ly mu u F ouch cjuip
o, ft .(MiO ‘Mi is Iv tiig formed utßilistria.
Tuk /mpaion in fTaiA.—All the Turkish force
iut n \<l •• i A i» nubieil Sebastopol.
U.iior |Vein» has opened him Uy relations with
S-: Su.tn Basis i* to establish himse-fat
K z mum with the Tu km Imperial Guard,
w * ace no would thica on tho rear of ite
army h -mvi u K"r». Ornar I'anha co-n’».ouced
l.i< ni.aiiCO oa K .iuri on iht 20 h with 22 bubs!
ions.
a conn*s from Persia moutioQ the departure of
an Amb -ksul r for B i’o er burgh.
Tns liALT*oS«tA—Danish), N »v.9—The Vulcan
ha tr w • »roru Na< u, wuch ptsoe ho lotion
tied . The cruis.*ri alone remain. Tno other
v«?-s«;s nr ou th rr loturn. The weather ii very
r. ’ with occasional sn wst »'m*».
II yi Nto tiaii ns f it Pitaok—lt is report
«.l Fa tue Csur has reoentiy made a
«■ U . 11 1 a c >inriiuuioati"n to Prussia and A: s’.riH
ot : >s wish to ie*>ow uegutiatio- a snd ti at M.
B rirqua <*>' has oturnod to V’ienua with fresh
i. sir! ••'!<» tu moot the couth gjney of proposals
t <>•:• K* 3 ’ It is fu iter sa 1 ihai Prii.c ’ Gorts
n =!ikotf, 'hedipl ntal st troui V o .na, nud lius.-ian
s romoth r•. rman Goarts arc certainty
t « nit* t toe f at Warsaw, in the miodieot th s
in mi h, when the q'ios ion ot » renewal ot nego
t ,'x ■ j v’ 1I wi ib“ hetiKd It is also stated ths the
K v«r- r t i Franc favorable lo a roncwai ot
di!>lorr»Hoy.
i-K Ar Hritain.—Ti o excitement respecting a
vur v h 1 11 b i.itetl B utos hi s quite subs ded and
t *• !». d'lig i . :»iu*)h, ushan ed ol t' e panic they
have cn tl. >, atum t to excu e it, and lot them
iclve: down q . cl) by attributing what they call
t io tit.-:-* do auiinde ol iho Americau Govt rn-nont
1 • f> ( on ru ti cn the pi of the President
ft i I i:* Cubu.ot, aLhough u is notorious that the
»'aC ' merit war* begun, fostered, and kept alive by
the L n ton T me-.
A x ty is n wma if sted to leuru hbw tho
n-wsori! * rxo teiiH.nt,uud the comui nt* of the
l. < % h.»d bun reo ivu lin America. I iteltigont
1 c s. nuu ot a i ranks express tberusclves pain d
it d uniililftt'd by t e wno'e uff .ir.
Th* Beirut oydup of tho Co.o;nes is still vacant
a■■* <■ sno other | olitieal news.
London, Srttardav N v. 10.—Tho most favor,
sb *t .Lure i the return cf u»e Bank of England
S U'.ti we- k ending Satar ay, N »v. B,is t o iu
t •: iv the reserve ot liute*, on the
«; mmi nin the vernraeut and ou.er securi
i ,a d the bn Lou »-how -a trill i g dtcr a.-e of
The Ku wav nm ket rose at tho opening
Mii'Bcqut'iuly relupbod, closed in many casus
Tu* »ei k»t or than ya-ier lav.
Fuanck —lt was rumored thst mother attempt
} d I** en made to a>*-asdiihte the Emperor, wh ch
Jio v.v , was totally u true. T« • false r port
: one in c 'ns- q unceof ap'atol belorgm * to cne
, i tho drftguus by ace dint ta ling from his
1 olster and explcdii g. The expo ition closes ou
t* e 19. h ib.*-t.
T * - o .thiy statement of the Bmk of France
i * -n*,ed not lobs unfavorable in its general chur
j o n*, atth ugh it • ill show ft farther diminution
.t one rnilii u pounds in the stock ot bullion.
•.Fbeiuvc iiic rcnla’.o have bo u redue dit is re
jTortt-d £ 8)U0d0. B only after publication ot
(he last *< turn it w s kn wu that tho bullion was
»g >i dechuinr, bu latterly tho toco pts aro ne
)n,v d havo boon abo it cqail to tno with
tiro wale.
L'* is fr in Paris to ths Tiondon Times state
%h»T huvm> v k-* limited in all departments.
Kusma —From Kussia the com nunicftlionsseem
too nvt*y a mo e warlike feeiing, but this may
bo nothing more than the cover to au urgent
i.niiet v for peace.
The Cz r * a-* returned to St. Petersburg direct
laom N colaitff, without staying at Warsaw.
Sw&din —The most important feature of the
•week’s i t*ws is tbe cif rt made by Fra- ce a*' I
t v bring Bw den int> active alliance with
t . m. Genera l anr- ben lain Stockholmo arged
' h ;h» iu sion, ani Bwedcn is req lired eitner
t > a>eeut or refuse.
Kov. il (v jv**s from Gothenburg describe the
f - ivn •e: I n Unit town to c eb ure the fa i of
F V-a X \ t n vr y .mpohirg. Upward of 15 000
j *rs t ' arc s ! ' j io l ftve b«»*»n present, and the
'* -*r;iv h s»'v! sp v: %1- ''f tbe d OHM stration is said
,0 ha* • be ti r. r ki ie. Mr. Kug-trom, the
j i \>v. consul, was presen*, au-1 observevi iv his
r teh t v.tu t . ugh the Bw-d.r*» were politics! y
1 '* a!, :tidr hearts weie evidently with the
Allies.
TraatT.—lt is p.M that tie Snlt<n will visit
l'»n ■ ... .. 1. u.lon li the Mts- y •nd h»s made
] u wm hi * iutet.rion to the Gr&ud V.z'.er and the
1 *‘Boi a M "«
liaiT —The D.isny J»»s!»adin* 1 ctwewn Sardinia
a i-x ** m y rtuitina t.ns'te.l, pendi: g a re e
I
T e m ?* g of the A’.gi Bwi-s Letfiou, from
lio * i», f r the Ciimea, is counlerm n led till the
*PV»v.
K ".v or E uanui’,o? Sird nia, had made ar-
I ilk 5. e o ■r VO 111 Pans o* t e 20 n ot No
vmb - E g'aud erv in Dt-c raoer, ac
i 1 • \ several n.e nbe -of his Cabinet.
* - • ae *i tuo Loiion Post from
N p’ -e SO h, s*y»;—
‘•lb o iviige? y doubt that a revo’o
t, r > i.-sb oken out in Sicily. Some
« t • • t: ■ s hav** b e - ; taken and shot. It
i ■’ f£ ** to w’t detail-. Arr- s*.- have ttk *n placv*
II p. no. i : ant! ori'.ies say ce m- ve-neat i*
i m r- i ‘cal, but i> eccft-'Oue<i by cholera end
tear i > cf This, however, remains to b«
seen ”
P’T«su— cf Prussia has rai«M its
r•*cf o; unt a half per from sto per
A r.'Tß'A—The new f r-cM measures engross
S’ten ■u. '1? i* icw concordat is cot *et paclish
e Th * Arch l>ake Max tn Iliac, at Trieste, had
fc n tire wn from h.s can :age tad Iraclurod bis
Biin >
h'rnv Unfriend’y r c Uttar aa e arising between
€»■« i i> . v. i - sic. Fi »Hy, in reference to
I e cs-e of Mr. BoyUu, a British tcm eat a: San
t *? . who V 4 JS4 excelled fr m Cuba »c April last,
E w : dicff U.e agreement ot Spain T o submit
h - to the P r nation of Mr. Mure, the
British C.nsal at New O'leant. :-eeond J y, with
Tier Mice to t r e aj p jiu nc nl if l»on Pomi; co
Koi-:ich X' G \e i. ro! F. rnar.do Po. England
dman *- ind«*» ’ : 1 r Bry'anV !Oksts, aid *-ys
ts ?• ai> a M'Xh xh >an o-I s'*ve trade*-, h; 9
rj po r - *r.i j. j- iv.i ing to the Bri :ish leeliugs,
a- * •> a t be c *i**e* ; od. •
Holland.—M r . Fr more has been viLiting the
K * I j t.
B .-ton, Niv. f 4 —The Gi*-»ta has arrowed at
U -{. rt i. n. L -erpocl via Hv-’if x The E
Ic cr, the 1-H.h >n t. cl - rt d a higher in con
wqnenc* f ?!.«:* a probe*dog d-*e}aru ion o» the
b r \e«r:y Tho British Government
hnd pr hi! i*f*d ibh »x -ortation of Sshpeire from
tfe Eest led’?* to Liverpool ard Leo don, and
rtd ordered all loading with Baitpe;re
or ot Seda in E giish ports to discharre
tj r r. 'i jiQ p> K >by tb* rocet t pale on the
JL - t ast are eaiimatou a* tß,4do,ov<l.
Orr<*p-n4m<xrSOu Staarl mJy Adritvtr.
Br' s .a..ge.‘<* la ih«- H l *'**'
Kuna, ' «*» r 2«. 18*5.—»o«.*P tra»ell»r*
c ,u, *V■ 1 aly w-'.M do w i •—'«>P°P“'«
now parike j n...a» tt.lo- ITI lb-ID O' or
• e feiii.l-n'a. f.om Ver.i eto H } lor w. M 1
rte w« irUhtto: r-p rt-r.f »,o fl.pr.-rf.r.oos b,
tbe famoa-* -.ef, Uz or ria d bm ba* d,
who continue to evsde’ho v v-im oi twith tro
A u’rian end P»na noiwithrUnd'ng the
lave rewards ofl «ei fer them. It ie believed
have nrat.y passive ttCiomphccs am- n/
«ho p*v rt, »*mi ten people t f the country, br bo I
by fo»r or favor, *nd tf.il they tho** have aecure
retreats in mounta n and in p'kin. The *eteat re
p rt f om tbe n was received t b*.a mornir g.turoogn
a letter from sd party, tw • gentlemen and
their wives, trav j hng ie »ire«y trow tbi?s city by
vtUunno. They were arrested about midnight by
five of th beurd'd brigands, to the teeth,
in a lonely spot Ferrer* , and robbed of
thing except the most n:oeestt y partof theciotnea
on their acts. , . . t ._
The cowardly coachman jse*ded at the nrs.
threat, and the gentle non, being tripp'd up as
they sprang from tho carriage, were stunned, pm
oned and stripped cf everything bat their shirts
and i antaloona by four of ’.bo brigands, while tho
fifth confined the terrified ladies to their seats by
the d «piay of a Col .’a revolver! Under ’he promises
of r.x*mp:icn from still more terrible out ages,
•hey readily surrenderod their watches, jiwels,
parses and shew s, seeing their pinioned
tors Ptrugffiir-g unavaihngly oa tue ground uoder
guard. Moanwhile, the trunks were rifled, hen
the hide.us looking bandits made their obeis-nce
to the ladies, whom they boasted ol bavirg treat
e l with such humane consideration, and woio ai
most iDSlaQtiy buried in the aij cent forest.
Tno gentlem n beir g loosed by the trembling
chick n hearted, if net gu By, velturiru), the party
proceeded ou lo Ferrars, rejj.cw g in having os
esped blive. The mere money e-stimate ot their
los is o?tim-ted a over sl4H’, inclrding four
watches, diamonds, jewels, and about |BJ in gold.
Th-.-i letters cf credit and other papers were left
ua istarbed. Tue police of Ferrara recogu zed,
by the description given of the robbers, well known
mombers of L xzu nps band.
have a.»-o been several highway robberies
:n the v.cmity withi a few dtys. Two diliigen
c s coming fiom Porto d’Ar zo, (accent Automr )
he poll ot the new route between Pome and Nu
were slopped on the 15lb, iu the tores cf
Nftttuno by seven briganas. As there bi»d
uo steamer that Pay, there were 10 i &sseugers,
but the poor diivess were robbe l of th*:r litue all,
nod the bar d ts avenged their disappointment by
cutting the barne. s to p>cc-s. A tew days alter,
wo French gentlemen wore waylaid and robbed
be ween Florence and thisci’y on the upper route
ii -nr Perog a. Tho police has notice alsooi the rob
i-ery ol a- eh M<*iU d feira, (a hcens d pawning
office) -A Ve.ie r. a lew nightss nc*. The roboers
,-urri d <if SBO 000 in juwe s, goid, <fec-, though
two sentr.es wero at the door. They were proba
bly br bed. There can be litt’o doubt, iu fact,
hat multitudes o! the suffering cl sr-es throughom
the country sympathise with brigandig though
tn y nay tue pluck to engage iu it, and that
through the lonuivauce of servuiits and laborers
the bnguxds are enabled to levy coutrioutior.s ou
the co i p iraiive rich proprietors who occupy their
country houses during the Autumn aud Summer.
Lorgo turns have been thus exported from de
eucele-s lamilies during the present season by
th sc ferocious robbers.
Ti e Paj al government is no f * unmindful of the
evil, and dots what it cun to rentraiu it. But its
source* 1 o fur too de p to ba reached by any hu
man police. It is the natural fruit of a p.uperiz d
population thoroughly demora: z d, lo: g over
b me by tyranny, undbisottedby ignorance.—
With au imirieo o proport on of the peop e life i*
a perpetusl stfUrg! j against a squalor of which uo
fancy cinconcaive —ars.raiu* ot lawlessness, the
temptation to which only such poverty can under
etaod. At best, the working c usses uro only all
fed ; wag* wLere w >rk is to be found, reduced
billow the Lving point; life, through every hour,
ha?jgiu* upon at joct conditions, with no hope for
tne future.
111 pe* l r v the Usury Law .—“There has been
a bill introduced into our D-gisla uro to repeal the
u-ury laws. We are glad to see this pr- j-act set
on foot, lor it hi always appeared uiju?t tons
that we should have luwa regulating the price of
money, any more than any other species of ) r.>p
« rty, lor money is us legitimately a man’s prop
ty u? his horse, and as wo contend that
a nan has a rgt t to make the bei-t bs rgain be
can with it, .s he has with h s horse or mule.”
This extract, from a Tennessee paper, is another
specioieu o* the popular error in repard to money ,
an \ its q'ial ties and attributet. Money , whether
it b) metallic or paper money, is no rutm’s p eper
ty; it is the property ot the law. Gold end srlve
(as bullir n) tt re p operty, but do net possrsß any
inherent or natural power or right to bccune the
* iclvrtive debt paying agen ?; thut right is derived
fro a tho law ot 'he laud. W nea , c n n, iron, lead,
tfbucco, rr a*jy olhir ar’ide might ba nade
money by the law; therefore the money property
o' the precious metals is tbe creature of law. And
beir g undo so I y the law it should lo regul .ted
by it As the law establishes ihe fir lvalue of
mon y, by prescribing how mai y grains ol gold
<r slvcr stall compose a dollar or an ogle, ho
ought it to regu’ate the rate ot interest to bo paid
for the use of it. The law docs not undertake to
regulate the value of horses, neither does it make
them a legal tender in the payment of debt?, and
therefore horses and money are not pieced ou an
rqual footing as prepo ty. If horses *ro property,
money is something more than property. —Louis
viUe Journal .
If Ihe pr.'position of tho Tennessee journal U
ralnor too broad, the Louisville comment ry is
certainly not Dss so. It is undoubtedly uue ths
tho law r-gulaii s tho value ot money, as a It-gri
tender ; but it by no means fellows that the law
ought 10 restrict free trade in money by regulating,
in all iostinces, tho rate ot interest a so. Money has
* n intrinsic and an «xtrineic value. I's intrinsic or
real vaiuo, is what it will pass current for in the
markets of the world. Its ixtrimric value is vhat
ii is worth, under certain circumstances, to him
who requires it for immediate and pressing uses
The law lias in point ot fact no just right »o say to
the morcham, who can sass *rd to borrow mo toy at
ten per cout., “you .'hall pay no more than six,”
bo ause by so do ug, it may possibly restrict him
in a p efi"b'e business oper .lion, or it muy pre
vent him trom m< ering et gugomeuts which he ho?
ample moan? ol fulfi hug in th*. si a.»e of property,
and, to rceomplbh which, he is ready to muk ■
sncti RRcrificcs as tho cceasiou seems in his judg
ment to demand. There mu t, ot course, always
remain a fixed rata of inter ?t, « s‘ahii-*hed by lew,
* ocover the case of debts wh**re no contract re
ppeering. interoi exists; b t in all cases where
money is loaned for an espedal purpeso, aud for a
limited period of time, Ute contracting partie
orgrit to be entitled to adjust the rate of interest
between n emne v «, wi’hout any legal interven
tion whatever. — Lilt. Pat.
What n tiie Zjll Vek in ?—Uur readers must
"fieri have e*«eu 111 the 1 ewsp pers tfie phrase
Z *ll Vorom,and know il to mean tho Germanic
Uiiiou of Customs; bm, perhaps, seme of them
are not aware that ihin coufedorecy is a solid an 1
powefu! contodorary of ah tho S ates of Germany
n >li rioidly allied. W itb tho exception of Austria,
lla iover, Mecklonbuigb, Ho stem, Oldonburgh,
and the H .use Towns the Z d Verein is Pius-iia,
Bavaria, lrido , trix Iy, Nassuu, V\or«enb.rg,
the two Hesses—Electoral ar d Ducal—jf'd tht.
S'ates of 1 huringia. When the Germanic system
wu' first or-Uhli bed, it was supposed that it was
I lanood u* der tne ii flaei.ee ol Rusria, a? part ol
her grand po itical design against British prosper
ity and power, a d that the inevitable nee
ot this uni ed adopt on of tho tnrifi' of Prus.ua, by
nearly all the Sta *s ot north and o it *l western Ger
many w uld proveciriainruiu »o British trade. Tne
corsumptron of articles ot British inanuUc’ure
wa**, indeed gm t v lessoue 1 alter tho eetabliah
mei toftho Z 1-Voe ; but the latter was not
loui cle«i for that 1 urpose
The mconvenie c of numerous customs barriers
to*uiud, not only imjeriments of lho
in lory to tho i ationul commerce aud manufactur
ing interests of the i-everal Staler, bet tho expense
of maintaining a iiiultitudo ot guards to prevent
smuggling, and lOßecire the tuxes levied on com
modifies, was enormous, in proportion to the
revenue collected. Hence the mystery and solu
tion o tho < rgm of th** Z>ll-Vefem—the preser
vation oi ti e present aud future prosperity of the
couury, and tho uiainta nauce ot German* among
tli i gre *1 powers ci Europe. E iglaud sufiored by
this general union o fi cal interests, but she
brought it on herself hy her illiberal oommorcal
policy. Garmany had always b on her gr a c-t
c w 1 mer, and her most rea ly and c *rt in )ay »r
Tho Z II Verio haveostabli.sho 1 a tree trade amor g
theu.selv s. T'h * commodities of one Shite are
interchar ged f r there of another wi hout tho pay
mont of dufo*; and, more than all, the free
opportu- i y of iu rr hinging ideas and receiving
intelligence, while passing to and tro lor the
purpose ot bartering commodities and the
goneral tx enrioa of inte r c*uirse esttbhshed bo
tween various Slate*'—the political as well as
fl oa! considerat:onft whi h this league iuvo vos—
constitute, y unit ug and m xing tog ther t e
German Principalities the g-eates' material, moral
and evil blessing ever enjoyed ty the Germ .n
people.— Bah. tno e Patriot.
BeautifulSENTiMitHr.— Shortly before the de
parture of the lamented Lleber to Ii d:a, ho preach
ed a sermon which contained this beautiful illus
tration :
“L so bears us on like the stream of a mighty
river. Oar boat at first glides down the narrow
channel—through the plsvlul murmuring ot the
■ i'tle brook and the winding ot its grassy borders.
The trees shed their blossoms over o ir young
heads, the dowers on the brink seem toe Her them
selv- s to our young hands ; wo ure happy in t ops,
ai d we gra>p eagerly at the beauties ar und ns
bat the stream hurries on, and st I! our hands are
empty. Oar course in youth and manhood is
along a wider and deeper flood, amid o'j cts more
striking and magmfc •; t. We are a’ ima ed at tbo
moving p etnre of c» j >ymenta: d industry passing
us; wc ar exited a l some short liv d disappoi t
mert. The stream bears us oil, and ocr j '\s and
grief are alike left behind us —We may b 3 ship
wrecked, we cannot he delayed ; whether rough
or smooth, the river hasto* sto its home till the
roar of the oc?an is in our ear-*, a d li3 tossing
of iho wares is benea h our feet, • ud the land les
sens from onr eyes, aai t c fl)'ds are lifted op
aronnd u>, and tn tke our leave ot earth and its
inhab ants, until of cur further vo'age there is
no wituors save ths infinite and eternal !”
Beautiful and True— T n a late article in Fra
zer’s Magaz tie this brief but beautiful passage oc
curs: “Education dees not commerce win the
alphabet. It begins with a mother's cok—with a
farther’s smile ot approbation, or a sign ot r proof
—wi’h ass er’s gentle pressure of th* ha id, < r a
oro«her*s noble ac: cf forbearance—with h&ndsful
o fi iwers in green ai d dai*y meadow—w t 1 ! bird’s
n*«ts admired, but not touched —»iifa creeping
ante, and a 4 m st imoeroept hie emmet—with hum
minor b©' and giass bee ii vet vt,h pie'..sent
wo ks in thad> lance, and with thoughts directed
in swee and kindly tone>, ai d word' to manre t
uc s of benevolence, to deeds of virtue, and to the
sourc- cl all gv>od, to God htui e f.”
Vv. bile and O io Kailboad—We have the
pleasure to annouc e the grat tying icte’i
’hut the Mobi'e and Ohio road is progressing
fine'y, and that more than ha ,f » mile of the trtek
p- r dey is now he nv Is d Th ; s is progressing
Ti y er lc f' r e unparavlled in the c d
struction of ibis road, and the sanguine belief is
now entertained by it- friends hatnohingcfn
sop ks onward progress, but it w 1 steadMv ai
I!. 0 ® FkV , 11 - r " c es o oa-h of he On >.
,w “T : “cnocvd, we oxp et such a
j iee i ukepnc.ai rever before been
k that **«Mifnl river.
tn h * M pw '""r’ !»• U 4 now rnn
rm.-eT’ 14 “ c ’’ ! ' s : f°n> Mobile, .id
‘ 8 TOt s place ol bn
»v es* i* spru gi- g, p tba . pi ,, t
* v/V X!*' 1 " ««*** *i* hu*.ir,d tk-mtmA
£ ,y, •; * *•*/ 9-> <1 .HUi ~ Uit If, nUr lu
j * '■ ni ' 1 <• r. d have been Uioie
l Kjvl be-n completed to the
-AXa tiol lhß ™ kl
Thx Lamest L’AD YtT -The steamer 5 Hie
Sp* nD a.n..J yeverday trem Pijmort, above
Lo nmba*, or the Bcb-v, bronchi down no lee,
than J.SSS bales of cotton, beirg the la cee> load
of th a ms) ad, we may say ot the last „1. 0 .
Os dorse f e bpstto had the assis'anee ot a barge
in ac.omp! sbl’a this great perormsrc ; bn-, lor
a. tbs’, .he was p ie 1 with ti e e's; e in a most
e-jr p i s■ g tnann-r, itt:e m-re than the ci '.m"ey«
ad riddel, x beira viable to show that there
» F’f-'tnbjal under th huge mass of c l on
M UU Ait.
■'INfiCLAR MID I ATaL KaIUOAD AtX’ttlEVT.—Mr
J •eo.ta dacohy, ut Bttbs coanty. Pa., while
walki-g on the rack of the PhiiadelpMaa d Read
ing Rtdroad, on the 19 n ««■ rnn over by the
eve and ius an ly killed. Mr. Phi I p D. M her,
wheat i-‘e.l in laying oat the cor fee, attributed
the »oc dent to toe carles ues- of tie d. ce»fed,
end remarked that ho each accident c'.a d betal
brio, as he ex'rcired too tnnch precanlton. 0:
the eame evening, however, Mr. Miller, in at
tetnp ing. to crots the track in bia bogey, waa
canght by the cow catcher, aadhorr.bly mutilated,
dying iu a few aeotnems.
Frm th* Mor.tg Mail .
Alabina etaiw Fair.
First Dat —Certainly Aurora never opened the
g*»Un <» d»y u Mia lovl cr November n urn than
fhP goth i: m u The sou ,e d up his broad disc
ai d scattered a wor-d *>f bgat-apun scene.
More »ha i one heart w»* w g addened as the 07=5
lo- k; J ou a, on the ot nature, tor we l ave
bril eipae an* for some lime, or king
for the opening ot the fi'tt Fa r of the Alabama
Agricultural 8 c ety. We cot grata la’e the Borie
ty np n the auspices under which lh*y have ciw
m i t3d the ceVatwns, which are, we trnr, to
irc ea e in magniiude and importance every
yt» r .
Wi h the throng, rt an early hour, wo wended
'•ar way to tbe and were not a little sur
pr-ed at the ncvelty of the eight. All wts bustle
and activity.
The ladies—Heaven send the unmarried good
husbands in due time—were exceedingly basy in
ar/angin/to the best aivantage the articles pre
pared by their own fair hands, for the great occa
sion. fJere were home productions in abundance.
Embroidered goods, iaca and woolen, wax woik,
priding on psper, g a-k, ivory, and canvap« fabrics
ot every hue and texture, the reeult of long hours
of patient toil—in short, everything in which femi
nine ingenuity and industry delight. We were
pirticaWrly struck with the beauty of two counter
panes most exquisitely and elaborately finished.
They were the handiwo kof a lady 64 yea r e of
Bge, who with laudable ambition, hue set an exam
p e to the more youthful of her sex.
Descending into the lower part of tbe spacious
budding erected for the protection of thcoe and
other specimens of finer work and manufactures,
we were somewhat perplexed on wha’ first to cast
our admiring gtz*. Here were ranged in order—
ploughs, greut and small, wtsnirg machines, gins,
cutting machine', &g., of the value of which,
doubtiess their inventors can discourse most elo
quently, carriages and bugg es, the workmanship
of our own enterprising citizens, great stalks ot
cotton —Boyo’s extra prolific—that seemed a mass
of snowy whiteness plants, seeds, trees,a*d even
pro and meal.-—ever thing urraog d as the
fancy and teste of the proprietor diciaied. Truly
we wore not prepared foreuoh an exhibit.
Every where we hea d the expression: Well
this exceeds mv moat sanguine expectations. Cas
tu g a look w.thout, we observed that on each
side of the ample grounds were arranged stalls for
live stock, and n company with f-ome ot the know
:ng in such things, w« betook ourselves toa re
view. li would be impo*B ble for us to give an
adequate description ot ibe animals on exhibition
But we weri. certainly highly gratified to see the
interest manifested by our citizens in raising their
own s ock, and hope that the exhibitions at this
Fi ir may bean earnest of what is yet to be done
by onr practical enterprising larmers and planters.
The B’ght was cheering—t orses, mul**s, cattle,
Fogs, triw s pigeons, all raised at heme. Very wei-1
The gentleman of the Society have commenced a
good work. Tho people have made a hearty
response to their cril—and B.ill they coma.
Speaking of the Society—we certainly think the
officers deserving of a 1 praise for the promptness
and courtesy w;’h which they discharge their
duties. Ti e Messrs. Montagues ani Dr. Cloud
uro c rtainly very tffi.ient gentlemen. Indeed »he
Society have quite an acquisition in the worthy
D c’or—who thoagh their Secretary, seems able
and willing to “bear the hand” in any thing that
may expedite business. Wo don’t doubt that he’s
very popular with the ladies. * * *
Second Dat. —The Fair, the Fair—crowd upon
crowd —trooping, ibronging along, one constant
stream, carriages, baggies, wagons—everything ou
wheels—men in i-quads, groups of boys, children
and n ir-es, all bound for the Fair.
Kea.’y the Society had better take into consider
uticn the propriety of enlarging their main edifice
to any dime: slons they please ; or at this rate the
multitude woi ’t get further than tho doors. Os
course they’ll have to do this for the next Fair—
but it must be done- We never saw men in better
humor than the gentlemen of the Society, officers,
dec., &c., exhibit. The worthy Treasurer m itus
tuis morning, with one of lis blandest smiles—
“yes bir, a promising experiment indeed.” By
tne way, gentlemen of the committees have a time
of it— h« re, there and every where.
The ladies, dear souls, just took possession of
the house to-day— not even his Excellency and
suite could get admittance. Periect j-rni. And
what work they exhibit I Everybody seems sur
prised at tl e ingenuity, industry, and taste of our
ladies—one can’t begin to enumerate the articles
to which they call your attention. And them
selves—why truly they are the Fair 1 It's worth
everything tlae to see them el joying tho scene—
many a poor bachelor’s heart ached for a smile—
one poor fellow fo r got everything else in his ad
miration ol the uuiver-.ai womaudom around
him.
B it seriously, it can’t but be regretted that lho
very interesting lecture of Dr. Leo, of Georgia,
could no ? oe listened to with more attention. We
say o)nld not, because there were so meny sights
and so many signs, that tho best inclined of us,
could givo but a partial attention We shou d
say that tbe Doctor is a scientific man. His ef
fort to-day shows it. Despite of the counter
attractions, he wa* truly interesting. It seems
hat there Wis a change in tho programme, iu
this respect—as the Hon. U. C. Langdon was to
huvo apt ken to d-iy, and the Doctor to nigtK.—
Mr. L ngdon, itfteems wan indisposed. Wouldn’t
it be bolter if the Executive Committee would so
alter their arrangements as to have tho addresses
in the cry entirely at night? Certainly better for
(he pp3akers.
At twelve, blood torsos wore exhibited und i
the direction of the Maihalle and the committee
on that species of stock. Among others, we no
tieed ih'ee spiendid annimals, tho property sever
a’ y, of J ibn Goidthwiate, E q., formerly of this
county, Dr. Hill, of Green, ana Mr. Hitchcock, of
this city—Bob, tho horse ot Mr. Hitchcock, spun
round the coa sous it he were conscious Hint he was
I he observed ot all eyes. Dr. Hill’s horse js as per
fect as horse flash can be niadf; aud we’d like to see
anything to surpass oir friend Gold’.hwaite’s fa
vorite, if our dear dt«ddy, Ned, did try good hu
rnoredly to underrate the mognifi ent animal.
Oar friend Judge Bibb, we find, has turned his
practical attention to horses, mules, <fcc We saw
on the ground two of tho pieltiest colts of his
miring that onr eyes havo beheld this many a day.
Ail from the prairies. There sre others of our
particular friends—vhotn wo might mention - but
wo are almost out of breath with what wo have
alreaoy su'd—and will uause for a more opportune
occasion. Meanwhile we say to all who h vo not
yot visited the grounds, do gen’lcmen and ladies
to the Fair and see what Alubama oan do.—
Yeeqgo to the Fair. * * * *
Third Day. —One can’t expect to take in all the
right at 0 fair in one da\’a vie w ; so wo thought
we’d “look about us smartly” for tome of the nov
-0 ties which had, although seen, passed out of
mind in the throng of curiosities and nice things
passing before the eye. Bure enough, the Secre
tary Bedhtoad—an artie’e interesting as well fer
its wonderful completeness, elegance and conve
nience, as for the expertness with which tr.e ex
fob tor shows its par’s to the admiring crowd.
Good enough for any body, but quite a desidera
turn for pa* pie—in a small house.
Bomeibit g in tho shape of a trunk has.been
bothering aud exciting the curious and ingenious
lor a da,- or two. Kjv J. C. D.ivis ii the inven
tor and manufacturer. A placard on tho top
If its a rais'd of SIOO to the lucky individual
who shall find the way inside; and as it is cur
rently rep rted that add cool hundred is within
there is no little p oring about for a lock ; even
the ladies, good oul , havo taken the matter in
hand, and il cariosity can o anything towards
solving'he mystery, the thing’s done. In course
th*y don't icant the money . Wish them euC3e*-8.
We certainly ought to have paid a word about
the splendid stock of Richard Peterp, of Atlante,
Goorgia. Just lie finest wo have seen. Devons
among the cattle, South Downs among the
sheep, Cashmere among tho goats, and the finest
specimen of Black Swine. Mr. Peters, wo
understand, has made extensive sela of his sped
mens to our printer*—glad to hear it. Py the
way wo observe t.iat some of are doing
considerable iu this line. Wo saw several fine
animab, trio property of l)r. Baldwin, Charles T.
Pollard, ond o hers. Col. Carter, so well known
in this community for his attention to this b anch
ot industry and wealth, has several fine animals
of various species on exhibition.
Not the least interesting part of tho day’s pro
coedings wan the address of tho Hon. C. C. Ling
don. Ho dwelt largely upon tho ndvantsg sac
cruing from the study of agriculture as a science.
8 ow#d. tnat until few years pa*t, our people
knew nothing of agriculture. Tney printed, it is
true, but tneir attention was mainly given to tho
culture of cotton— that grew because ii c rnldn't help
it. Planters, in their huriy to make coiton with
1 which to buy more negroes an 1 land, neglected
everything else.. No taste. C mfor I'Bs houses.
| N» fl ower*, no heau y. nothirg 0 refine and ele
vate. All the advantages of Any climate and fertile
’ soil, entire ly overlooked. Depended upon the
1 North for utmsils—almost everything; and after
exlisu-tiug the soil removed to tome other State
' or section to pursue the same unwise and thriftless
policy.
1 But a better stole of thirgs now exist. People
are waking up. This State Agricultural Society
will do much to improve tho in’erests of the State.
Periodicals have done mnc'i. Knowledge is ab
s tlntely necessary upon thi* subject; it is of vital
imports* ce. Agriculture is the moi\*r of arts. The
orator urged upon the people ot the Sitite to pat
ronize tl e ouly period Cii in the r midst—the G't
ton Plan er —devoted to th s pa ticolar interest.—
It should not longer be conducted at the expense
ot the editor. R commended that all other par
ties should be dissolved if they stood in the way
, of onr advancement, and an Alabama party form
ed.
The orator regretted that the State debt was so
mnch in ti e way—thinks unless the State is more
liberal'in her iuvei'tmsLts tor dev doping her re
sources, she will impoveri h her: elf. O her States
neighboring upon us, are tafeit g a ivantage of our
bu pine iess. The orator was listened to through
out with markjd atteution, ani his sentiments
, were evidently highly rebatei by the veteran
. printer' who surrounded him upon the staud. It
was, throughout, a very into eating address, inter
spe-st-d wi h occasional bits of quiet humor—a
characteristic, wo su*pect, of thi gentleman. This
as orn on, wo understand, the ladies are to have
, thee ui se for < q I'Mtrian performances. No doubt
tbo>*li shame the sterner sex. * * * *
State Fair—Fourth and Last Day. —There waft
• a large and brilliant coueuurs** ou t e Fair Grounds,
yesterdny to witness '.he awarding ot the premiums,
a».d attend the ancrion sale ot stock a\d divers
other articles in diffjrjnt departments w rich were
for ."a'e. The most va uible stock had already
been disposed of at private sale, at high prices.
Peters’ large stock of Devons were ail engaged
d Ting the first day : this was aiso the case with
the arioas valu-bi 1 arietie* of poultry and other
articles. Mary articles, however— bug
gies fruit’tee-, choice seeds and fljwerft —brought
g'Kxl prices at auction. The dietri- uticn of the
pr ze3occupied some hoars and wan closed at so
late an hour that w o find it i * possib'e to procure an
accurate Ist oft he awards. We will soon give it in
full from the offieb 1 roc.>rd of the Secretary.
Th fi st Fair ot the Slate Association Fast proved
successful iar beyond the expectations ot all inter
e te ri It:* great benefits are already maniftst. It
wiri now, bey ou i all doubt, prove a p rmanent
1 sutution, aud should ba sustained liberally
by all who have at heart the prosperity and
the development of the bonndles* resource?
of th** 8 ate. Dr. Cloud, the ab e and accomplished
Secret ry, and the excellent put lie epir led com
miuee, havobal tho l»b:r* of Atlas on their
shoulder*, and they have mast t-ucce-sfolly oc
comp'i-hed what the undertook. F r their
indefa g.b'e praservance th*y well merit the
h ghe?t praise a”d acknowledgment of gratitude
from tne oommunity.
le*h “Patrkts” Fxo mmcnicated Handbills
f. r © m circulation cehiLg a iuee-.siig this evening at
L ber y Ha l, Ptnal g reet, of tbe‘‘residents o?
iitw.r- who beiive that ‘ Ireland’s opportunity
k 'a?i arrive I,” lor the purpose cf t.rmiiig an *‘£2l
-.jfrant Ai Soc • y.” It is hinted in some circ ca
tba this Society* s intended to form a branch of
an Aid Society in New York, said to be orgamz.d
with a wewr to the forcible redemption cl Ireland
from B itt-h rale. Wo learn that tfcs meeting
c i> templet ed ih s evening, with itß pro
j c'ors, vs' wurm y d-ioouLC- d yesterday Ircm
me pa p t of St. Pa-nek’s Path'dral by the rector,
w::o cha a r arisen them vent-nt as ridicnloas and
>enseics —at once opposed to the laws of the coun
try, as w-.H 8s to these of the chaich, which com
m-n ied obedience to the S’a.e. Ps .‘crecy was
epoken of as one ot its m or-t o*-j actionable ai d dan
gerous features—its members, it Catholics, on th-t
a'MODt, beinj deprived o* the »i r es of t e church,
d aLo of a ‘’Christian ba ia’..”— A'twjrk Daily
19 Lh.
A Novel Wedii s i abti.—At Waterford,
Micb. ou ti e Ist mBL, tour sons of J >se Cnap
nian, E q.. livioif in cillerent parts o! the Sate,
ail app Mfd at the pate. lbl mansion w«th a lady
Hcccmpainmeat, fallowed by a e’ergyman, who
j -*q d the whoiequitern in the bends of m&lr.
uacty. -f era chat with the ’‘old 10 ks” the boys
and girls b trtei iff ob their wedding ton*.
Palm Oil vbcm Afkioa.—Tne commerce between
the United 8 ales and Africa is increasing yearly,
at ti e r te or fl ty per cent. Eicently a lot or
-evenly five easts of pa'tn oM arrived at Salem.
M»sstichnss€tts, destined for Louisville, Kentucky.
This o 1 ii probably w-nted there tor the manufac
tore cf .-learine candies, for which purpose it is
cxle Mvely used in this eountry.
Virginia and Trnueaa.. Hatlroad atd Ita ( oiacr*
doH
Tb« last report cfd'tjißLrs F. M. Gabsxtt, &q.
Chits Engineer of the Vi-g’nia tnl Teoceseea
Railroad, contain?, say, the Savannah Courier,
some statements of general interest. In it the aa
hor says :
T';e c of the present year will find the v«t
system oi Sdirokdseapoes.ingo rs withtfceSou fa
and Southw at, progress'd: 'apidiy towards ootn
p c’icn. Be'weou tt'.s | Lee and Alii n«a, in Oeor
gia, the only gap will consist of iboati’t m.les of
the \ trgiuia and Tennessee Bo j, ai! graded and
ready to leeeive 'he rai a. and 95 mdes of the E at
Tennessee and Vug n a Eoad, a largo portion of
which is graded, L okinr towards Memphie,
there w. ; ho ano her gap o! 80 miles in the Mem
phis an *. Charleston K.ad, which is now under
construction. It is probable that one year cer
tainly less than two years—will see every link
closed, and oar lines to Atlanta and to Memphis
completed. When this is done, a locomotive
placed on the rails at L.tCfaburg, can visit Nash
vilie, Memphis, New Orleans, Mobile, Savannah
or Charleston, without leaving the rails. Thus
will the tidewato of Virginia, at Richmond, Be
tersburg and Norfolk be connected, by Biilroads
of a uu form guage, with the entire Misabsippi
Valley below Memphis, the whole Gulf coast and
Atlantic coast as far north as Charleston, present
ing a he' work of allieiro ds, unrivalled in the
h,story of 6nch enterprises.
Mr. Grannett institutes a comparison as to the
distance between the principal points North and
South, by bis road and any other in existence or
in con.emulation, and oomes to the following con
c a3.on. From his figure?, it will be seen that the
route from Memphis to Baltimore, by the Virginia
and Tennessee Railroad, is 127 miles shorter tb'sn
the route ihrougn C.nciunati, and 95 miles shorter
than any possible route. “At every point east ol
Mempt is a ong the road from that placr to Chat
mnooga, the dilierence iu out lavor increases rap
hily-, Atd as the various lioes from New-Orleans,
Mobile and Montgomery empty themselves into
this—the whole tribute of trade and travel borne
on their track, mast flow into the Virginia and
Tennessee read.”
As compare 1 with the line from Atlanta byway
rs Augusta, the Knoxville end Lynchburg route
hss the advantage by 112 miles—an advantage
which the proposed road Irom Aiken, direct to
Kingsville, win diminish, but ornuot destroy.
Mr. Garnett adds 1
fire foregoing facts pro re, that if we draws line
from L.,nohburg, passing a little north of .Nash
villa and extending indefinitely through Arkansas
and i'esas, and another from Lynchburg passing
east of Atlanta and extending to the Golf ot Mexi
eo, the inhabitants of the whole area embruced
oetw en these two lines will find their nearest
route to the Northeast through the Virginia and
Tenntsseo Railroad. Nor can this condition of
th ngs bo changed by any future improvements,
fer our road is defended by impassable mountain
barriers from all competition.
What a brilliant fu'uro this seems to us and
what prnminer ci t gives to the Virginia ai-d Ten
nessee Kiilroad,as the Highway of communication
between the two great sections of the Union.
The Lond n Post Office.— An interesting des
cription of the London Pos: Office is given in a
recent number ot Putman’s M g z ue. The ex e
nor pro-cuts noth’np but a p ain, substantial
a one building, about 180 feet b> 4)0. But a buuier
*pot within may not be fouud iu the civilized
world. There are employed in tho city no less
than 1,835 !e*ter earner, for the accommodation
of many cf whom are provided rooms iu ihe Po*>t
Office building, where t iey a rt and arrange their
letters. There aro seven hun ired aud thirty nine
c erkr, stamper-, sorters, and sub sorters, engaged
in the rcc ption, delivery, and despatch of the
mails, whicn are t-o arranged that a l letters leave
London, no mailer in what direction, at the same
hours —nine in the morning and nine in the even
ing. Men on loot, on horseback and in carts, are
conotintly engaged during the day iu collecting
letters the various sub offices ; aud to induce
pubiisheis of nowspeapers to get thtir papers rea
dy early in the dsy, mail carts are sent to their
houses at certain hours to transport their papers
to the central office. Each letter goes through
irom ton to fourteen processes, and tno wonder
is how 50'J men ctn handle 200,000 with so little
confusion and sow lew mistakes. A spectator is
astonished at the rapidity with which the letters
are mado to pass under the s amp. An active
stamper will stamp a d count from seven to eight
thousand an hour. The process ot sorting is car
ried on at large tables, which are divided into
apartments labelled “Great Western,” “Eastern
Counties,” “South Eastern,” “Scotch,” “Irish,’
“Foreign/’ “B.iud,” «sec. Thus marked “B iud,”
are carried to a person called the “B.iud Mup,”
who has more t-kil in d cyphering bad writing
than a Philadelphia lawyor. He will lake a letter
directed thus: “Mom Predevi,” aud read at once
“Mr Huuqhrey Davy;” a letter subicnbed,
“Jonsmeei ne \Voysel pm Tin,” he so>:8 immedi
ately belongs “John SSmitb, Now castle upou
Tyne.” In short, ho is such an adept at this basi
n'. ss, that it is almost impossible to wri e or spoil
so as to bo unintelligible to him. Tbe mail bags
aro made of sheep bkiu, soft and pliable. They
aro scaled up wi'h wi*x upon tho iwiue that is tied
around the top. Th ei& thought to be safer than
locking, although bags that huvo to go a great dis
tance aro secured with locks. The uverage weight
of the evening mail Irom Loudon is about fourteen
tons. The number of newspapers sent from the
office yearly is esiimated at 58,000,000. The ave
rage number cf iutte7a sent d ily is 267,521. Tho
uverage number is 2:8,225.
A Mytteriona Vessel raptured at Pori An Prince.
A correspondent of the Herald, writes from Bt.
Thomas, under date of October 21:
“The American barque Amelia, of Now York,
commanded by C«pt. Peter Kwousen, arrved at
Port au Prince ou the 24th ult., lust from Bt. Jo
saphs, Fia., with a large and valu ibl o cargo of arms
mi ammunition—Sidney Oabsmith assupirctrgo.
The Amelia, with her ent re cargo, valued at odi
hundred thousand dollars, consisting of cannon,
rifl s, revolvers’, sabres, clothing, aud, in fact,
everything necc.-sary to equip a small army, was
seized by Joseph N. I«3wis, Esq., United Mates
consul eg n f at Port au Prince, and by him turned
ovena t e Uaytien Government for tale keeping.
Capt. Bwcueen in his application for the release
of his vos o’, offered to make cath to the loilowiDg
facts: —That he had been the sole and only com
mander ol the barquo tdnee December, 1854, da
ring which time he is aiouo responsible for all her
transactions; that her cargo was received as lol
iows:
One schooner loud at Williamsburgh, in Decem
ber, 1854;
A few casks at Brooklyn, in January 1855;
Two lighter loads at same place, in February;
and,
lu May last, firee fourths of ihe cargo of the bark
Ma nolia was put on board iu the harbor of St.
Josephs, Fh rida.
During i hat time he had no officer on board, and
received all the cargo personally ; that none ot his
crew are .acquainted with tho destination or objec*
of tho enterprise. Mr. Lewis refused to release
tbe vessel, aud would not perm t the affidavit t>
be filed iu his office. The vessel had no clearance
from any port, aud put into Port au Prince for
water and provisions. We understand Mr. Sidney
Oibsmitb, the supercargo, stands mute.
It will bo remembered that the Amelia made her
escape some time since from the authorities ut
Florida, when tho Magnolia was taken possession
of by the Government. Tne latter vessel has been
since sold, with her cargo, at Mobde, for violating
tho laws of V o United States.
It is reported that the U.B. ship St. Louis, which
left P iladelpb'a a few days since, has beeu de
spa chcd 'o Port au Prince, to take possession of
the vessel and c rg-> and bring them to the United
States.—A T . Y. Com. Advertiser.
A Tbce Wife.— Bho is ijO irao wife who sus
tains not fcer hu ibund in ’he day of calamity;
who is uot, when the world’s trreat frown makes
the heart chili with anguish, his guardian angel,
growii g brighter and more beautiful as misfor
tunes crowd around hiß path. The:i is the timo
tor a trial of her gentleness—then is the time for
testing whotber the sweetness of her tempor beams
only w th a transient light, or like the steady
glory of the morning star, t-hinos as brightly under
tne clouds. Has she smiles just as charming I
Does she say, “A fll ction cannot touch oir purity,
and should uot quench our love ?” Do'is sho try,
by happy little inventions, to lift from his sensi
tive spirit the burden of thought?
There are wiv^s—no 1 there are bsings who
when ebrk hours come, fall to repining and up
braiding—thus adding to the outside anxiety the
harrowing feenesof domestic strife—as if the
b'ame in the world would make one heir white or
black, or chsngo the decree gone forth. Such
know not that our darkness is heaveu’s light—our
trials are but steps in a golden ladder, by which
if wo rightly ascend, we may at last gain that cter
nal light, and baibo forever in its fullness and
beau y
‘ls that all A” and the gentle face of tho wife
beamed with joy Her hn band had oeen on the
verge of distinction—all his earthly possessions
were gene, and he feared tho result of her knowl
edge, she had been s > tenderly cared for all her
life! But, says Irving’s beau’iful story,, “a friend
advised him to giv-i not sleep to his eyes, nor
slumbsr to his ey* lids, until he had unfolded to
her 1 is hapless case.”
And th«t was her answer, with the smile of an
angel— ‘Ts that all f I reared by your sadness it
was worse. Lit these things be taken—all this
splendor, let it go ! I c re not for it—l only care
for my husband’s love and confidence. You shall
forget in my affection that you ever were in pro 3
perity— >nly still love me, and I will aid you to bear
theeo little rever«cs with cheernilness.”
Still love her ! a mm must reverence, aye, and
liken her to the very argil?, for such a woman is a
living revelation of heaven.— Hall's Journal of
Uia\h.
From the N Y. Observer, Thursday .
Fcur Teacher* D Y"ure< by t'am.ibal* In one of
tbe boa'll boa Island*.
The mis c ‘oaary ship “John William*,” named
after the heroic maryr of Erorrangr, has recently
comr.lete l a voyage among the New Hebrides and
other Westerly g ouys. Amorg the news she
b:ing* a e 'oae items cl encouragement a id oth
ersef great Eorrow. Tne journal of the voyege
says:
“As era run of ten davs from Samoa, we
reached the island of Aneiteum. Tho mis iona-
Messrs. Geddia and luglis, had nearly com
pleted a census of the .opulation. It contains
bbout 4 000 inhabitant* ; of the.«e, 2,600 profess
Christianity—the remaining 1 4)0 heathens are so
scattered that they possess little it fluonce. A con
si ierable band of natives and four Saomans assist
he missionaries. Thirty schools are now in ope
ration, and about 1,600 persons under instruc
tion.
“A’Tana, where the work had b3en brokon up
by the rava es of email pcx, we again landed
t achers, wuo were received by a loud shout of
joy.
“We were delightel with the improved appear
anco of things at Ercmanga. The teachers had a!l
eon ill, nevertheless the work went forwari.
Since the ast voyage the number attending re
i gi us servic's had been more toan doubled.
“On reaching the inland of Fate, the distress
ing news wa* brought on that azune of the
eachers wi h their wives, left there on the last
voyage, h?d been Barbarously murdered. Only
nineteen d*ys after they were landed, under the
most cheering circumstances, the two Raratongen
teachers and their wives were murdered to fur
c;sh material for a horrib e cannibal banquet. The
reason ot thisaudden act ot cruelty could not be
iearLed.”
It will be reco lected that oy the Act of March
3, 1555, requiring the postage on til letters not
tree sent by mail within the United State?, and not
from or to a f >reign country, to be prepaid, it w*a
also enacted that irom and after January 1, 1856
“tie Postmaster General may require postmasters
to place postage stamps upon all prepaid letters
upon which such stamps may not have been
r laced by the writer.” In view cf this fact the
Uuion says:
“We learn that the Postmaster General has de
eided to require postmasters to comply with, and
carry into effect this provision of the -aw ; anJ, if
i ot already done, ’o supply themselves with poe
'a.e sta i pa accordingly by sending their order for
them to the Thi-d Assistant Postmaster General.
Of-cou se it is not intended nor expec ed that this
regn a’ion shall throw neon postmasters the labor
p os’ age s amps to letters wnere the
writers might, without inconvenience, have done it
for them-el .e?. Tre main tbirg is tor postmas er
to keep themselves suppled with stamps, that ill
persons having occasion to uss may readily obtain
them.
A city editor says that a man in New-York got
himself into troub eby marrying two wives. A
Western editor repl ea by assuring his cotempora
ry t at a good many in Michigan have done the
tame thing by only marrying one.
The A'bmy Atlas learns that the Elevator at
Charloue at th*= mouth of the Gmesee river, some
six m'es from gave w*y on Sunday,
and from 6v>,‘ 00 to 70,000 bushels of Canadian
wheat then in store, were pr cipitated into the
river, and are a total lose. The wheat was owned
by Rochester miders, and was stored in the Eleva
tor in such quantities as to buia: the sides of the
building, almost the entire mass sliding into the
river.
WEEKLY
<£{;nmidr & Sentinel.
AUGUSTA. GEUKGIA.
WEDNESDAY MOBNING, NOV K- 28. 1855.
fcouib Caioliu Demor*»ry-Tli® RiUobal ton*
lention.
Qiite an iuteresting discussion is going cn in
Boat i Carolina among the Democracy, as to tbe
propriety of sending d legates irom that State to
the National Democratic Convention. One portion
oi the party, at the bead of which stands the
Charleston J iercury, opposes tbe sending of dele
gates, because, says the Mercury , the National
Democracy ia now "dboliiionued, dismembered,
prostrate hence the South cannot affiliate with
such a party and preserve its own honor untar
nished it mubt be contaminated by contact with
Buch a party.
The Mercury ia correct, and ita assertions as to
the present chara:ter of the National Democracy
are atricliy true. No one questions the Democracy
ot tbe Mercury , end it ia therefore a safe and reli
able witness against its party. We commend the
coarse of the Mercury to the consideration of those
oid line, conservative Whigs in Georgia, who have
permitted themselves to be placed In a position by
a few leaders, where they may be transferred to
the National Democracy, which one of its own or
gana declares to be 44 abolhonitsd” aud ask
them to c ntrast the course of the South Car
olina Democracy, with the policy of those
Whigs iu Georgia, who recommend the sending of
delegates to the National Democratic Conven
tion. The South Ca olina Democracy declare the
party corrupt, “..boiitionized,” aud that they can
not, wiih honor, send delegates to the Convention.
And yet, men. iu Georgia, who call themselves
CDnstrvaiive Whigs, aud who repudiated all alli
ance with the National Whig party, because of its
abolitionism, now propose to send de egates to a
Convention of the National Democratic par y,
which is acknowledged by its partizms to be
Can it be, that the intelligent, inde
pendent, reflecting Whigs of Georgia, will per
mit themselves to be placed in such a posi
tion by a lew leaders, who are merely seeking to
use them, and thus transfer them, for their own
aggrandisement! Are they prepaied to pu on
such a ) okc and yield to such dictation ? It they
are not, it behooves them to buret at once the let
ters which have been so adroitly thrown around
them, aud to cut loose now and forever from such
an association. Never, no never permit thorn
selves to be transfered, as if by bargain and sale to
the Democracy—“ abolitionited, dismembered and
prostrate ” Democracy.
Railroad Bridge Burnt.
We regret to learn from Adams & Co.’s Express
that five spans of»he bridge over the Tenuessee
river, on ihe Nash vibe <fc Chattanooga Railroad,
wore consumed, on Thursday, by fire. This is not
only a serious loss to the Company, but in he
present low state of the river, must necessarily
produce greit embarrassmsnt to the transports
tion if produce, and detention to Iho mails aud
travel. It wi:l require some mouths to restore the
structure. A good navigable river will, however,
very much relieve the embarrassment causod by
the disaster, as the beats can then reach Chatta
nooga daily, and will transport freights aud pas
sengers to and from Bridgeport.
A Jdst 1 unishment.— The keeper of a liquor
shop was fined (20, this niornii g, by his Honor,
the Mayor, for selling liquor to negroes. Such
remedies, attended by active search alter offenders,
will put a stop to ttm scandalous and dangerous
praoiice.— £ao. Courier.
Ip it was a clearly ma e out case, the Mayor de
serves to be fined five hundred dollars Ijr not en
forcing the severest penalties of the law, icr so
grave an offence. We have no patience with this
oamby pamby, tempering policy on the part of the
Magistracy, in the puuibhineut ot crime, partica
larly so gruve an offence as the selling of liquor to
uegroo;, by wnich the morals of the negroes aro
corrupted, and the property cf the citizens de
stroyed. In all such cas p, when clearly made out,
exemplary punishment should be ieftteted.
Kansas Election.
The claims of the two claimants, Whitfield and
Keedeb, to the seat in Congress as delegate from
Kulbos, seem to be exercising the democracy very
considerably iu advance of the meeting ot Con
gress, and the opinion seems to prevail that the
only plan of preserving harmony between the
Fiee&oil wing and the Southern branch of the
party, is to pend the e'ection back to Kunsas and
let the people mabo auothtr effort to elect. The
party leaders evidently fear the effect of the agita
tion of iho question, but wo Buppcse they have
strong confidence in “the cohesive properties oftho
public pluuder,” and therefore hope to pass the
ordual witho t at all disturbing the harmony of
the party. On the subject oftho election, the De
troit Free Frets, the home organ of Gen. Cass,
observes:
“There is one other point wo are going to touch.
The Washington Union is extremely anx ous that
Whitfield should bo admitted as the dolegate iroui
Kansas*. Wo hope he will not be admitted. And
we hope, too, that Reeder will not be admitted
Toe admission of Whitfield will boa virtual
recognition, by the House of Representatives, of
tho authority of the pseudo Legislature of Kansas,
aud of the validity ot all its disgrucetul and mon
strous acts ; and the admission of Reeder will le
galize an irregular and unauthorized election;
therefore it is that we trust both will be rejected,
and the whole matter sent back to the people ot
Kansas.”
Bubo lab Arrested —The police office, s of this
city succeeded, on Sunday night, in arresting a
regular burglar, under the following circumstances:
On Saturday night ho had succeeded in making an
entrance into the Hardware store of Pones &
Brown, from which i>e stole several hundred dol
lars worrh ot goods, which ho deposited in a tomb
in the Episcopal Chu r chysrd, for safe keeping, till
ho could remove them. Daring the day (Sunday)
his plaoe of deposite was discovered, and at nigh 1
a guard was placed to watch the booty, who suc
ceeded in the course of the night in arro-iing tho
burglar, who reg'e ered irs name at tbo Planters’
Hotel on tbo 21st inat. os Charles Reeves. On
examining his trunks at tho Hotel, it was fouud
to Of’ntain all the implements of his profession,
and a number of Hotel towels which he had stolen.
The same man spent some time hero in October
last, stopping at the Globe Hotel, when ho entered
his name as Melville Lobd. Ha was yesterday
committed to await his trial.
Accident on the Underground Railroad. —The
Norfolk (Va.) Argus of Friday, chronicles the
wreck cf a vessel the day previous, on Princess
Ann Beach, which contained five negroes, belong
ing to persons ia that vicinity, who had taken
passage in tho vessel for some Northern port. The
crew were arrested and lodged in jail.
A Misapprehension Corrected. —The National
Iniell gencer ssys Seme weeks ago the New
York “Albion” asserted, in a kind of official man
ner, that tho Secretary of State had originally
given a tacit and unofficial assent to tie engage
ment of recruits in this country for the British
Army, and on a subsequent occasion the “Uuiou”
of this city came out with a positive denial of the
charge. In the mem time, however, some severo
things werepiinted in the newspapers sgainst the
British Minister for his supposed, action in the un
pleasant business, and, a question of personal
veracity having been brought before the Public,
people were at a loss to perceive how it could be
settled without rtfheting upon one of tbo two dis
tinguished functionaries alluded to. Bat the Al
bion has now settled the question. In announcing
the denial it makes the following declaration,
which we publish as a matter of simple justice to
Mr. Crampton :
“We make this announcement as in fairness
bound; but wo decline to comment npon it, for
the reason that to do so might bring ns within
the scopo of one of those questions of personal
vert city which we are desirous, if possible, to
avo : d. At the same time let it be distinctly
nod rstood that the Albion does not speak and
h»s not spoken as the mouth piece or organ of the
British Government or of the British Legation at
Washi* g‘on. It has not been directly or indirect
ly prompted by Mr. Crampton; nor does it in any
wuy derive its information.or its misinformation
from that gentleman or any one connected with
him. Such a tbi g indeed should not have been
suspected, seeing the independent course pursued
by the Albion on this as ou other occasions. For
what we say let no responsibility be attached else
where. We can bear our own b irden and ac
knowledge errors when we see cause for so doing.’
Yale Colleoe. —lt appears from the catalogue
o? Yale College for 1855-6, that the who'e number
of inst actors ih 45, of students 619, of whom 146
are professional students anl 473 under graduates.
The different departments are attended as follows :
Theological stcdmts 25, law students 26, medical
students 82, philosophical students 68, senior 97,
junior 111, sopna 111, freshmen 154. The schools
of law, medicine and theology, are fulling off,
while the other departments are gaining greatly in
their attendance. The libraries of the college are
said to contain 68,000 volumes, of which 28,000 are
in college library proper, 25,000 in the literary
societies, and 5000 in the professional schools. The
Mineralogical and Geological Cabinet, which is by
tar the best in the country, contains over 89,000
specimens. The charitable funds of the Coi ege
enable it to remit, in whole or in part, the taition
of one hundred students.
Ibish Whi=xit. —Oar than If s are due to Mr.
Tbomas Wett t, for a sample of “ O.d Irish Wkis~
tey,” imported by him, and which, to our taste,
seems a choice article.
Bailrod Accident. —A correspondent of the
Chattanooga Gazette writes that a run off and
smash up occurred on the Nashville <fc Chattanoo
ga Bail:cad, on the 14th inst., at Banning water
Bridge. It appears that one of the Brakes gave
way as the train was going over the Bridge. For
tunately it was propelled at two miles an hour.
The train went safe over the bridge, (which is a
very high one,) and as soon as it reached the tres
sel work it gave way and four of the cars ran off
the track, one ofthemgfring down the embank
meat about one hundred feet —the others were
thrown on the side of the bank —fortunately no
one was hurt.
In the U. 8. Circuit in New Orleans on Friday
morning, on the opening of the Court, the jury
in the Kendall cas-, who had been oat since eight
o'clock the previous evening, entered, and report
ed themselves unable to agree upon a verdict.
They were thereupon discharged, and Mr. Ken
dall boadedto appear for another trial at the next
term of the court, in April, 1358, at which time the
other—the great “ Marshall Hanson” ease—will
also be tried.
Onto D-iu
The following very significant resolution was
pa-sod by the “ National Democracy” of Ohio, at
t ieir rec nt C »r vention :
Ret* lv*d, r<iat ’he people of Ohio, new, as they
hat leatways d>> e, look upon slavery a* an o il, »*'d
U: lavtjruoie to me develop t ec', of tho spirit and
practical benefitot free in»tituti *ns, and iha’, eu
tartar <mg tuese soutmentt, they will lll times
leel it to be their duty to use all power clearly
given br iho * irms of the national compnc to
prtvtnt its influence, to mittgiie, and finally to
eradicate its e,us.
Th se, reader, are the principles and sentiments
of the ITekce oemocrac,. ot Ohio — the regular
"National Democracy ” —and it will be with men
entertaining these sentiments that the delegates to
the National Convention at Cincinnati will be
compelled to affiliate, not only from Ohio, but from
New York, and ail the free States. The Charles
on Mercury declares that the South cannot, with
honor, go into this Convention, because it would be
44 goiog into fellowship with abolitionists and
freeeoi'ers.” What think the old liuo conserva
tive whigs of Georgia, to each a “fellowship!” Is
abolitionism and froosoilism less obnoxiaus to
them lhau Americanism 1 In other words, will
they affiliate with the Ohio Democracy and the
New York Softs, the Van Bubens included, be
cause of their hostility to tho American Party,
wloie platform on the slavery question is the
soundest ever adopted tty uny uatioual party ?
Will Southern Wh ; ge, intelligent reflecting men,
permit themselves to be led into such an affili
ation, from sheer prejudice—certainly no one but
the place seekers will thus stultify themselves.
Bat we are told that if the Convention does not
adopt a sound platform, the Southern wing will
retire, cut loose—indeed, some have hinted that
the Abolitionists and Free Boilers would be kicked
out. This is merely "blowing for the boys.” Simi
lar blasts from the same bugle wore sounded in
1852, and what was the resu.lf Did they adopt
ascuad National Platform! Tne history of that
Convention shows, and that history is briefly
written by the Washington Union , the great and
leading organ of tho party. In speaking of that
Convention and its Platform the Union says :
“When th • Baltimore [Dnmocraiic] Convention
[of 1852] assembled, tho Democratic party wes
split into three distinct divisions iu rogard to the
fclaveiy ist-ues.”
“The e three divisions entertained different and
irreconci sable opinions as to tho merits of the laws
passed in 1850, for the settlement of the slavery
quertion.”
“It wks impossible to agreo upon any propo
sit Oil which required either thoadvocat- s or the
opponents of these measures to surrender their
opinions, and acknowledge that ihoy have been in
error. Upon such a proposition the disorgaDiza
lion aid disruption of the party were inevitable.
If the Baltimore Filiform had expressly approved
or disapproved the Compromise, the nominee
wou d have met wi h certain defeat.”
The Dem platform ot 1852 did not then
expressly approve or disapprove of the compro
mise measures, says the Union. What better pros
pect ia there now—tho party is now abolitionised
—is managed and governed by tho same corrupt
lea lers, and tbe South no stronger than in 1852.
What hope is there then, wo a*k, that the Conven
ton of 1856, will adopt the principles of the
Kansas bill and approve the repeal of the
Missouri Compromise, which are more obnoxious
to them than the Compromise of 1850! Let the
old line Whigs of Georgia piopoundand answer
these enquiries to themselves, before they affiliate
with tho Democracy. They wi’.l adopt no sound
National platform, aud no intelligent man enter
tains any such opinion, who is familiar with the
post history of that party.
The Mall Robbery ( tie.
Wo have heard rumors for sever-d days that J.
U. Wright, the Travelling Mail Agent, who was
arrested a few days ago, in this city, on the charge
of robbing the Mail, hss been admitted to bail, by
the lufer or Court of D Kalb c’ounty, on a bond
of four thousand dollars, but it was not until
Saturday last that we received assurance that such
was the fact.
We Lave been informed that Wright confessed
to at least two instances of robbery. We are not
fully posted as to the laws itgulating and providing
tor such case 3, but wo must think it a most extra
ordinary result. About one year ago an old Whig
was removed and tho pi C 3 given to Mr. Wright
on the score of Democracy.— Atlanta tiepublican.
This is indeed a most remarkable case. Wright
was arrested for robbing the mail, and confessed
having stolen two or more valuable letters ; and
as one containing two thousand five hundred dol
lars, which was mailed in this city in tho mail w th
which he went up, was stolen, there is no doubt
but he was the thief although he denied it. Yet
in the face oi this acknowledged guilt, ho has been
discharged <»u bail, und has doubtless i laced the
stolen money, or its equivalent, in the bauds of
hia suroties, to indemnity them for tbe forfeiture
of the bond, os wo learn ho has not been seen since
hia discharge. What a commentary is this upon
tho admicis*ration of law and justice, when ac
acknowledged thief is discharged on bail, and he
appropriates the stolon goods (the property of
other men,) to indemnify his suroti s.
What we special y desire to call the attention of
the public to, is tho fact announced in the con
cludii g seutence—that a competent, honest officer
who was a whig, was discharged to make way for
a democratic thief. Tho former removed for no
cause save that he was a whig, the latter appointed
oloae on the tore of his democracy ; for wo do not
suppose his thieving propens : ties were known, or
if known that they commouded him to the Depart
ment at Washington. But does any man of com
mon sonso feel any snpriseat the daily, aye almost
hourly thefts committed in tho Post Office Depart
ment and tho Government in all its ramifications,
when the admin stratPn dipplays so much cor
ruption in the avowal and prcctico of a principle
so degrading, demoralizing and corrupting, as
that upon which tho honest whig officer was re
moved and the democratic thief appointed! Wo
think no intelligent reflecting n an will feel any
sarprsa—certainly they should not.
No department of tbe Government requires to
bo watched, *ith eo much care, to guard against
thieving as the Post Office, and yot tho head at
Washington avows a principle and adopts a sys
tem of practice the mo>t certain to secure the ser
vice of rogues.
What should b thought of the head of a depart
ment, who knowingly retains an incompetent and
inefficient officer in tho Post Office, simply because
a democrat of character iu the vicinity cannot be
fouud who will take tho cllco. It must be given
to a democrat, or the incom etent and inefficient
officer must be retained to the great detriment of
the moil service. Certainly such a Postmaster
General deserves tho censure of every man in the
country, and such a Postmaster General is the
present incumbent.
Log Roiling Legislation,
The following report of the proceedings of a
meeting ot Legislators in Milledgeville, »s the most
apt illustration of "Log rolling legislation” wo have
ever seen. Wo have often even the Bystem in op
eration in a quiet, underhand way, but this is tbe
first time we have ever witnessed Buch cool effront
ery in its public avowal.
Tbe object of those patriotic legislators ! is to in
volve the Btate to the extent of millions of dollars,
by the issue of her bonds to aid the building of
certain railroads; and as the advocates of each
particular road know that there is no possible
chance to secure the passage of tho bill upon its
individual moritP, they agree with each other, that
if you will vote to aid my road, I will vote to a d
yours, and when we all combine, we may accom
plish our purpose. For instance, Hubersham
wants a road from Athens to the Rabun Gap Road,
in Rabun county; Dougherty wants a road to
connect Albany with Macon, aud Lowndes wants
a railroad extending from Brunswick to Tallahas
see, Fla. Habersham, Dougherty and Lowndes
know that there is no possible chance of accom
plish'ng their object if they act separately, but by
a little "log rolling” they miy secure the spproba
tion of a m*jirity of the legislature to a measure,
as a whole, which they could possibly accomplish,
and would not themselves extend to either measure
sopar&teiy. Yet such is legislation. Lit the peo
ple reflect upon it. That our readers may be as
sured that this is no fancy picture, we subjoin the
proceedings of the mee'ing:
STATE AID MEETING.
Millbdgetille, Nevember 22.
A meeting of the members of the Legislature
favorable to the Stale aiding certain Railroad pro
ject?, met in the Senate Chamber this evening at
71/ o’clock.
On motion ot Mr McMillan ofHabarsham, Hon.
Mr. Bcrcvin of Chath>m, was called to the Chair,
and Mr. Lawton of Donghorty, appointed Secreta
ryj>r. Phillii aof Habersham, explained the object
of the meeting to be, to digest a plan of State Aid,
towards perfecting Railro d Improvement* now
before the people of tbi* State.
The meeting was then addressed by Dr. Phil
lips, Mr. Lawton of Oatbam, and General Knight
ot Lowndes. „
General Knight, introduced the following Reso-
That it is the opinion of this meeting that the State
ought to lend he aid to each judicious Railroad
pre as will deveiope more effectually the
groat interest* of the State. Which resolution was
nnanimonsty adopted. .....
Hon. T. T. Long, ot Glynn, introduced the fol
-1 wi a resolution i
ffea" Old, That the Chair appoint a oommittee
of one irom the Iriende of each Rail'oad enter
prise now belore the Legislature, and that Raid
committee report their view on this subject to an
adjourning meeting. ...
As er some di-cnesion between Messrs. Long,
Lawton, and McMillen, Bsid resolution was aUop-
Tbe committee appointed are Messrs. Long.
McMi ler, Hays Welbourn, Pickett, Smitb, and
Harris.
On motion the meeting adjourned, aubjeot to
the cal! of the President.
J. P. Scbkvkn, Ch’n.
W. <l. LawtqH, Sec’y.
American Convention Postponed.
Ii will be seen by toe lollowing announcement
that the American Convention to be holden at
Milledgeville, has been postponed to the 20th of
December:
Berate Chambeb, Nov. 28d, 1855.
Jitters. Orme, KnowUe dt Orme :
Gentlemen:— ihe Committee rppomted by the
late meeting of the American Party, its friends
and sympathisers, to invite and make arrange
ments for a general meeting ot the party, together
with all who oppose the present Ke lora! Admin
istration, on the second Thursday in December
nex’, after a full and free consultation with our
triends here, and who have been in attendance on
the L g slatnre for severe! weeks past, ha-e di
rected me to postpone said meeting until Ihare
day the 2'jth day cf Dectmb r. at which time we
hope to see a large and lull turnout ot our friends
from ail part *of the Sta'e. Yonrs trn y,
C. Peeflxs, Chairman of Committee.
f mill Pox in Wilees Codktt. — The Republican
of Friday last, states that several cases of Small
Pox have occurred in the lower part of Wilke,
county, about fifteen miles from Washington.
Banes Cl-sx.—Those who have notes to pay,
which fall doe to morrow, (Thursday) should not
forget that it is That kigiving day, by appointment
of Gov. Johnson, when the Banks will be olosed.
The ffotes must therefore be paid to-day to avoid
proteet.
llrtaiUiory LegUUtioa.
The following vory scumble article, in re'ation to
tbe 8.1 l introduced iut> tho Georgia Ligisiaturc,
proposing retaliatory measures again<t the free
States, who relume to deliver up loguive siaves,
appeared in the Columbia (So. Ca.) Times:
A bill eut lli d “a bill to provide for garnish
ment iu certain coses aud for other purposes,” aud
luteuded as a measure of retaliatiou ou abolition
States, has just boeu introduced into the Georgia
House ot RipnseuUtives. Toe Dill, alter premi
sit'g mat thecil zeus ot the State of Geoigia have
beou wroLgoi aod iujiired in their p'< p»rty, by
the ta lure ot certain Mates to oomp>y with the
terms ol the fugitive slave law, pr vides that
whenever a slavo shall escape irom servioes, or be
carried into another Mate, aud upon demand being
made for the rendition of such slave upou the Go
vernor of said tttate, by the owner of said fugitive,
his agent or attorney in fact, tbe s uve ahull no
have been delivered up at the tx.iirufeu of the
thirty days uext following the makiug of s ch de
mau i (said demaud to coutaio a desoiipt on ot the
slave and his estimated value certified to ou oath)
then each and ovory citizen and body oorporate of
said S T .ate, to which such fugitive may h»vo es
cap d, shall be deemed, held and bound as debtors
to the owuer of such slave to the full amount of
said slave’s value.
Section second providos that, upou the happen
ing of these contingencyb, und the non-appea
ranee of the fugitive within the lime specified, the
owuer may appear aud make affidavit accordingly
before any officer authorized by law to administer
oaths (said affidavit also to contai□ a description
of the slave, his value and tho value of his servi
ces ; t iui thereupon the affidavit shall be filed and
a summons issued to any person, persons, or bo
dies oirpo'ate, mentioned iu tbe affidavit, to appear
at the next session of the Supreme Court irom
which tho summons shall have emanated, to an
swer in what suiri they may bi indebted to any
person or body corporate residing in the State
which such slave shall have fled.
Section third, after providing pains and penal
ties for the non appearaucoof said garnishee with
in twenty days after citation by the Sheriff, pro
vides that upon acknowledgment of such indebt
edness on the part of the garnishee, a jury of twelve
men shall be empanuelled, who shall assess the
value of the slave, aud that thereupon the oourt
shall ronder a judgment agaiusi such garnishee tor
the amount so assessed; provided said amount
does not exceed the amount of indebtedness ad
mitted in the answer.
Auction fourth provides that, in case the gar
nishee shall deny said indebtedness, or not admit
a sufficient amount to cover the value of the slave,
then execution shall issue for the amount admitted
to be cue.
m plain woids the bill proposes to confiscate,
for the benefit of the owners ot fugitive slaves, the
debts due by citizens ot Georgia to citizens of the
Btato to which the slaves may have escaped, if the
auiboritUe ot that Slate refuse to deliver up the
sieves upou claim of their rightful owners.
Ou a former occasion we expressed our objec
tions to all suuh retaliatory measures as the one
proposed in the Legislature of Georgia. The ob
jections to them are many and weighty ; are in loot
iusuperable. The subject has been mooted at va
rious times, in this biate, and it may net be amiss
to recite soma ot those objections.
We will mention only one of those objections.
Such retaliatory measures are in tbeir operations
aud ouects similar to embargo laws, which are
sometimes resorted to by one nation at war or
about to engage in war with anothei nation, for
tho ostensible purpose of crippling tbe commeroe
and curtailing the resources of that nation. They
do quite as much harm to those whom they are
intended to benefit, as to those whom they are de
signed to injure. They have a reflex influence
equal to their direct influence, if not greater.
It may bo assumed that the trade, in which the
citizens of Gooigia became the debtors of citizens
of tho non hUveholding Slates, is quite as im or
tant to tho former as to tho latter. The people of
Georgia, in the prese: tsta'e of commercial iuter
course, are just as dependent upon Massachusetts
for manufactured goods as are tbe citizens of that
Slate dependent npon Georgia for the raw material
ol cotton. Iu this state of mutual dependence it
were folly to enact any law which would render
uncertain the collection of debts due by oitizens of
one State o citizens of the other.
The effect would bo to destroy all commerce
between the two Btates, and this destruction would
ii jure the citizens of Georgia as it would, injure
those of Massachusetts. At any rate tht-re would
be no dobts allowed. All the commerce would be
based npon the cash principle. There would be
no credit, for there would be no mew ns of com
pelling payment, at least pay meat would be made
uncertain. There would aoon be no debts upon
wnich the law of the garnishment would operate
It is needless to add that in such an event, the
people of Georgia will suffer as much detriment
as the people of Massachusetts.
Retaliatory Legislation.
The Baltimore American , a journal always dis
tinguished for its calm and dispassionate conside
ration of all questions presented for discussion,
notices the bill recently introduced into our Le
gislature, proposing retaliatory legislation against
those States in which the fugitive slave law is not
executed, and appends the following sensible
comments, which we commend to the calm re
flection of every reader:
We have always regarded the retaliatory laws,
which, under the pressure of a feeling of injustice,
are mooted from time to time in the Southern
States as the very lunacy of sectional excitement,
and the Georgia proposition seems to have touched
the climax ot that lunacy. Independent of all ob
jectious to the legality of such a law, and it could
scarcely stand the test of an appeal to the Federal
Courts to which the first attempt at enforcement
would subject it, the conditions of its own imprac
ticability are a part and parcel ot every section.—
Its iffi-iiency is only supposable on the ground
that the people ot Georgia would find credit with
those of other States into which her slaves might
escape, and the first influence of the act would be
to destroy the existence of that c edit. Put this
law upon the statute book of Georgia, pnd then
let her merchants make the effort to obta»n credit
in any of the States likely to be affected by its
provisions, and they would soon be convinced
that in exempting to punish others they bad in
jured only themselves. The confidence on
credit exists would be destroyed because payment
had been made to depend upon a contingency not
properly within the scope of those risks that are
common to mercantile transactions. The north
ern manufacturer would say to his Georgia cus
tomer, you have passed a law which in effect out
laws my debt and prevents its recovery in the
Courts of your St te, which makes mo responsible
for the recovery of your property in the abduction
or detaining of which 1 have had no part: we
therefore cannot bargain upon ’he ordinary basis
of trade; your disposition and ability to h mostly
pay me may be rendered nugatory by the unjust
laws of your State, and you must either pay cash
for what you buy or giva me a guarantee against
loss. Tho law therefore, even aom tiing it» prac
tibili’y and legality in othor respects, would be
come inoperative oocause there would scon be no
debts upon which the law of garnishment could
operate, and the c.'isan of Georgia, without seen
ring any additional guarantee fer the recovery of
fugitive slaves, would go into the markets of the
free States subject to disabilities and suspicions
from which others would be free.
The objections to all retaliatory laws, wo th'nk,
are insuperable. It may be doubted whether anv
can bo formed sufficiently stringent to sec >re
the objects for which they aro proposed, that wou'd
not be a cl ar violation of the equality of righ’s
between citizens of the different States established
bytne Constitution. All measures of retaliation
must partake of tho nature ol embargoes, andem
bargoes between States bound together in a fed
era ive compact and subject to the decisions of a
judiciary to which the citizens of each have a com
mon right of appeal, are neither practicable nor
expedient. The fact that one State has violated
the constitutional compact oaunot be brought into
legal view as a justification of another State in do
ing a like injustice. The simple question in try
ing such an issue would bo, “Is tne law Consti
tutional? Has one State the right to pass a law
that will exclude the shipping of another State
from its harbors; or prevent the collection of debts
due to citizens of other States by those within its
own borders ?” Sectional irritation could not en
ter into the decision ot these questions of right
and wrong, and oven in the Conrts of the Southern
States such laws would be deolared unccnstitu
tional. But tho affirmation of the legal right to
pass and enforce such laws would not relieve them
from thair impracticability and injustice. Even in
their operation they be partial ard nnju t,
falling upon tho innocent with a .heavier weight
of injury than upon the guilty. Retaliation would
beget retaliation, the ties of commorce, of inter
course, and of interest broken; there would be no
oheck against the evil disrosed, and seotional an
tagonism from a fault would grow into a merit.—
Retaliation would thus have a reflex influence more
powerful than its direct consequences, and those
who appealed to it as a remedy would flad that
they had brought upon themselves evils seven-fold
worse than those they now complain of.
Kansas.— The progress of business before the
Kansas Free State Convention, in session at Tops
ka, was interrupted on the 29th ult. by an an
nouncement that a duel was about to come off be
tween Col. Lane, President of tne eonvention, and
Mr. Lowrie, private Secretary to ex Governor
Reeder, the inciting cause thereto being charges
against the private character of Lane which had
indneed him to challenge Lowrie. The matter was
referred to a oommittee and through the interfer
ence of friends the duel was postponed, and
would probably be prevented. As an evidence of
the sense of the eonvention a clanae was introdu
ced and adopted as a part of the r.ew Constitution
disqualifying duelists Irom holding office in Kansas.
Ou the 80th nit. the eleetive franohise were adop
ted in Committee of the Whole. They require
the popnlar elections to be by ballot, the qnalifl
cations for voters b3ing that of free white male
o tinns of the United Stales over twenty one years
of age; resident six months in tho territory, thirty
in the connly, and ten days in the precinct, and
the payment of a tax assessed within the year, at
least ten days before the election.
Mr. Donn Piatt, late Secretary of Legation at
Paris, in s card to the Cincinnati p spers, replies to
the e..arge of the New York Times’ Paris corre
spondent, that be (Piatt) had absconded from
Paris toescape debts he coaid not pay. Mr. Piatt
says his resignation and return to the United
States have been known in Paris for four months.
He says his debts a s s private affair, and are not
an eig; th of the earn (J10,OCO) stated. He Bays
these Blenders against him come from u a few so
called Americans, whose creature I refused to be
come whilst holding an official position.”
Rev. Mr. McLaughlin, the Catholio Priest of
Bath, Maine, has issued a card to the people of that
city in regard to the recant disgraceful riot in that
city, by which the Catholioe were prevented from
layirg the corner-stone of a new Cburoh. He eaya
the Catholics of that city “throwtbemaelvee with
out reserve, on the protection ot their Protestant
brethren,” from the violence of a licentious mob,
compoeed of but a few of the population of the
city.
The loans negotiated by the Rothschilds since
the beginning of the European war are enormous.
They reach the enormous amount of five hundred
and fifteen millions, viz:—to England $80,000,000;
to Turkey $40,000,000; to Austria 120,000,000; a
first loan to Russia $180,000,000; to Sardinia $lO,-
000,000; to England in excheqaer bills, $85,000,000;
and a second, jnst being perfected, $100,000,000.
A recent estimate of the British wheat crop,
published by Mr. John Caird, in the London pa
pers, has attracted attention on the other side,
from the fact that it reduces (he deficit, as com
pared with 1854, to the one-tenth, and the
growth last year being unusually heavy, the
writer sesames that 8,812,500 quarters, or 22,600,-
000 bushels will supply the di ficiency in the an
nual consumption of the United Kingdom, which,
he says, “ia little more than one-half the average
annual importation of the last five years.” His
figures for the crop ot 1855 are 15,187,500 quarters;
wante of the Kingdom 18,0t0,000 quarters.
The New York Lsgialature will consist of the
following elements Senate, seventeen Republi
cans, eleven Americans, three Soft Democrat*,
and one Hard Democ at. Assembly, forty-eight
Democrats, forty two Republieas and thirty-eight
Americans.
ProMiiailuß or ibo Pr«».
Under this bead the Macon Citizen perpetrates
<be ful owing we'l-timed article—it is a severe bat
j ist rebake of the Pjo-s.
Wo noth e that some of our cotear porories are
ongaged in the delightful and dignified empi< y
meat of rnblishing ns EH'ornl , long „j n rt.d tul
rome p■ ft of one Professor Holloway, or L >n'dou,
who is now srj rarniug in New York. We happen
to know that the editorial puff aforesaid were pie
pared by the Professor himself, and sent out to
all the newspaper publishers, who can he indueod
for a paltry considered n of SBS, or (40, to adver
taotho patent medicines of the Doctor, for a year.
We have bad several letters from the Professor,
each time aivanoing aV. on the previous offer,
for the obb of our cola inns, to make known to the
public the benevolent character of hia operations,
bat his figures are not yet up to our standard, nor
are they likely to be. He wiehea about $l6O to
SBOO worth of Advertising, at yearly rates, tor
less than one fourth of the amount—and-i conside
rable portion of that in Editors! artic'es, Involving
editorial sanction to the matchless skill and une
qualled attainments of a Nostrum Vender, of
whoee merits the Editor known absolutely noth
ing I One of these puffing Editorial artioles is en
titled “ A Business sketch of a business man,” and
represents Professor Holloway as the oompamon
Kings and Queens, Emperors and Prinoes, who
vie with each other in doing honor to this ven
der of Pills and Ointments—and that he annually
spends from $160,000 to SBOO,OOO, ' n advertising
the same, not for “filthy lucre’e sake,” bnt through
the pleuilnde of a boundot-s charity to the whole
world and the rest of mankind i
Ah I Professor Holloway I poor, beggarly for
e'gn organs, that hanker after “British gold," may
be caught in the snare yon have laid for their feet,
hot no one that has a proper sense of professional
honor, will sell the columns of an American news
paper and the Editor thrown in, one any Buch
terms, or for any such purpose as that herein spe
cified.
We may add that some Editors prostitute their
columns, after the eatne fashion, when they per
mit itinerant showmen to write Editorial urtio'es
puffing their exhibitions. We gave mortal offence
recently, to one of these gentry, because wo re
fused to adopt as our own and publish an inflated
notion of hia performance which be banded in for
insertion in the Editorial eoinmn I We were ready
to give him place, for a consideration, in the ad
vertising page, but that did not suit his views.
He wanted the endorsement of the “Citiren” to
something of which the “Citixen" knew nothing
whatever 1 In this way the put-lio aro often hum
bugged prodigiously by impudent strollers, and at
length, the pn blio begins to look upon snclt notices
as unworthy of credence or attention. That the
reßpoctability of the ptesa is lowered and its nso
fulness destroyed, by snch means, is too plain, for
argument. But we dispare of a remedy so long
as briefless lawyers and broken dowa politicians
foist themselves in the Editorial ranks without a
single qualification for the station or one grain of
prinoipla to govern them as pnblio Journalists I
Chiboexi Indians.— John Boss, Chief of the
Cherokee Nation, has recently delivered hia anna
al message to his people. The Chief reviews the
advantages which have scorned to the Cherokees
from their encouragement of schools, and urges
them to “allow no retrogade to ooonr, but con
stantly to bear in miDd the truths contained in
that clanse of the Constitution whioh declares that
‘religion, morality, and knowledge are neoessary
to good government, the preservation of liberty,
and the happiness of mank nd.’ Schools, and the
meaDß of education, shall forever be euconraged
in this nation.” He enumerates the benefioial
results of the prohibitory liquor law, and reoom
mends an amendment to reaoh those “persons
who introduce intoxicating drinks uuder the
convenient labels of the patent medioines and
preparations of the day.”
Not an Enviable Office.— Donn Piatt, Esq.,
who haa resigned the office of Seoretary of the
American legation in Paris, on aotonnt of the in
adequate salary, states that be was compelled, du
ring the last two years, when a very large number
of Americans visited that city, to oxpand n- 1 only
the whole of his salary, hot SB,OOO of bis private
meat s.
Invasion of Iceland. —“A oitixen of the United
States,” writing to the London Times, says: “To
Ireland the only invasion ever attempted from onr
e ioreß was an invasion in 1847 by American shipe i
which were loaded with grain to feed a then starv
ing population.”
The Baltimore Patriot says :—True to the letter;
•nd onr address to the Viooroy of Ireland oo that
occasion might have been, almost to a word, the
Bame that Shakspoaro, two hundred and fifty years
ago, pnt into the mouth of Pericleß :
“Lord Governor—for so we hear you are
Let not our ships, and cumber of car men,
Bs like a beaoon Bred, to amass vour eyes
We have beard your miseries as fer as Tyre,
And seen the deso’atien of your streets ;
Nor come we to adl sorrow to yonr tears,
But to relieve them of heir h- ary load ;
And these our ships, which, fiiplv you miy think '
Ace tike the Troian horee, war-ttnff'd within,
With bloody vi owe, expecting overthrow,
Are stored with corn, to make y-ur needy breed.
And give them ife who are hunger starred, half-dead.”
The Muscatine (Iowa) Enqnirer nays that, the
rail road hnndß working on the bluff at the foot of
the oily are rolling out oar load after car load of
iron ore—the genuine artiole—and building up
the grade with it. It lies in a hnga muss near the
amface of the bluff and apparently in inexhaus'.i
ble quantities.
Thu Virginia Legislature aasembles on the 8 J of
Decimbcr. Ex Gov. Floyd and O. M. Crutchfield,
Esq., are spoken of for Speaker of the House.—
Hon. John Letcher ia said to be a candidate for
United Btates Senator, in place of Mr. Mason, who
declines a re-election.
National Convention. —The Connecticut Ame
rican State Counoil voted not to send Delegates to
the Cincinnati Convention. The members will
use their influence to poetpoDe the National nomi
nations to the enmmer of next year. Virginia also
has instructed her delegates to postpone the nomi
nations to some time between June and the 4th of
July.
Nxw-Yobx Election. —Ketnrna from 61 counties
give the following vote for the candidates for Sec
rotary of Btate:—Headley, Amorican, 141,889;
King, Fnaion, 188,778; Haloh,Boft, 88,810 ; Ward,
Hard, 68,043. Headley thus has a plurality of
17,698 over King, and a majority of 6,011 over
both divisions of the Demoorats. Seven conntiea
ate yet to hear from, which will increaee the
American plurality.
The Übe of Cbloboiobii in Edinbch*.—Profes
sor Simpson states that during the last six or
seven years, few operations have been performed
in Edinbnrg, either in hospital or private prac
tice, without the patient being previonßly anaesthe
tised with chloroform. Doling that period one
death has oocnrred in the oity among the many
thousands who have been subjected to the use of
ohloroform ; bnt during the same six or seven
years, among the comparatively few operated upon
there without ohloroform, three or fonr deaths
have taken place, either during or immediately
after the surgical operation. This statement, from
anoh a sonroe, is of vaine.
The Will cf Louib Nafoleon.— With hia usual
foresight, the Emperor of France is looking for
ward to whatever contigenciee may yet mark hia
eventful eareer. We learn from aParinoorrespon
dent of the New Yo'k Post that the Emperor of
France haa made his will, which provides that in
ease of the death of thechiid towbich the Empress
is shortly expeoted to give birth, or In case of the
death of Loniß Napoleon 111. without sny direct
heir, France is again to become a Republic nnder
the Presidency of Prince Napoleon.
Loss of A Bob ton Clipfbb Shit. —Tbe splendid
ship Cleopatra, Capt. Edward D. Thayer, sailed
from Cbir.cha Islands via Callao, August 14, for
Hampton Boads, with a cargo of guano, and was
seen to go down abandoned, on 28th Sept., in the
longitnde of Bio Janeiro. No further paticulars.
The report is found ia the London Shipping tis
xetta, by a vessel arrived there. The ship waa
built by Paul Curtis, at East Boston, three years
ago, was 1,600 tons, and a superior vessel. She
was owned by Bet j. Bsngs, Esq., end was insnred
in Boston for SBO,OOO, at five offices.
Oub Relations with £mund.— An ofßeial arti
ole from tte Washington Union disposes very
definitely of the various minors in relation to
ot! nr oh of disagreement with England, and shows
that the fears and prognostications of war being
imminent, wbioh have had soeh currency for some
days pasi, are baseless.
Tm New Bbituh Comma*dee in the Cetmea.—
Lieutenant General Sir William Codrington, is
now in his fiftieth year. He is the oldest survi
ving son of Admiral Sir Edward Codrington, the
victor of Navarino. He entered the Coldstrea n
Guards in the year 1821, and was connected with
them for thirty-three years without seeing any
war experience, yet he rose from rank to rank un
til he became a Major General, in 1854, just at the
commencement of the war with Russia. Ho went
to the East as an amateur, but on the return ofthe
Quartermaster General, Lord de Bos, on account
of ill health, Brigadier General Airey was appoint
ed to succeed him, and General Codrirgton was
appointed over Airey’s brigade. He figured at
Alma, iDkermann, and the last attack on the Re
dan. The latter was commanded by him.
Trot Pacino Baiutoan BaiDeaa.—The St. Louis
Republican says that the bridge across the Gascon
ade river, and the two other bridges on the Pacific
Railroad reeently broken down, the first with such
a terrible loss of life, were mere scaffold work, or
temporary structures, to be used while the bridges
were being built.
HwroaicaL Litxjuttbe.— The English papers by
the last steamer inform us that the subscription
for the forthcoming volumes of Maeaulay’s His'ory
of England, had reached the large number of 84,-
000 copies, although the price is to be El lfis. near
ly nine dollars. The list had not been closed, and
there was a probability of its reaching 40,000
copies, or more.
Pounoai. CcMr .smoN ox in hex* Horn ox
Rxrß*6E*TanT»».—The New York Hersld figures
up the following as the political composition of
the next House of Representatives :
Democrats 81
Southern Whigs •
Hnion Know-Nothings 80
Abolition Know-Nothings. 16
Fusion or Abolition Republican. 88
Vaeinoies 1
Tux New Yob* “Theamount received
for tolls,” says tbs Albany Journal of Friday even
ing, “on all the New York State canals during the
first week in November is •106,258 82; same pe
riod in 1864, <92,587.24- inoreesein 1856, $8,409 88
The aggregate amount received for tolls from ibe
commencement of navigation to the Tth Novem
ber, inclusive, is $2,618,195,65; same period in
1861, $2.619,921.90—de0rea5e in 1856, $1,828.25.”
During the last seaaon 82,199,190 lbs. of tea
were exported from Canton to England, 5,895,490
lbs. to Australia, and 81,007,115 lbs. to the United
States. Only 2.491,909 Ibe. were exported to Con
tinental Europe. 61,074 bales of silks wen ex
ported to England, and 1,494 bale* to the United
gtatT*
Itoinj or-ti ot Life.
The Cincinnati E qu r /, i / ho 81 ins*., fu:-
nishes the following touching itirtdenf :
Q l ; eard **»e.P»TticularK y •*’. rd*y, of ono of
Ibuse st uugo o ; i*o»os in w .!h,he d
adDge of‘Math in » r.• *„ r ihun He u,u” win t.nly
lilaßiru cd. About xt wH
Mrs. Martha Wool moo-i tiiii.,,.l Ku f y
wfe »’id two children, u nvod m the?cfv 'rom
New B.dford, Miss She stated that sbifwasa
widow ot home twenty four K t u . a , ? *
husband having boeu mato ot a wh»W ' k 1
been lost at »ea. Tha family have
greater portion oiiln tme ou Liberty at roc t Mr
t^ofacVe 0 -’ WUrk “ i * lhißlraU0 ' wWchi “
Yesterday morning a grry-headed and toil worn
.“•"J? ‘‘w a V- h0 r ‘ M,d()noj °»the family, an t, see
ing Mr. Wood inquired lor the widow, who, bu ng
oalled into the room, whi.ogtz ng in amly .t ue
Stranger, whose eyes wore fix-, 1 mournlnlly upon
her, requested to know his busim s . P
,n0 ’ Mir tbii»” »»id he, and
as the sound of his vo c-, like the memory or an
olden melody, met her ear, she gave vent to a hys
terical cry, and tainted in the arms which wore
opened to receive her.
The tale is soon told : The ship in which he
had made his last voyage from New Bedford, was
cast away in the 8 nth Sea I-b.uds, and to was
one ot the few tnat oseaped a wat ry gravo At er
enduring almost unheard-of privations, he sue
coeded, alter thirty years’ tb once, in reaching hia
na-ive city. From a brother of his wit |, a , *
ed their present looation, ami arrive Sore o lin’d
her whom he had loft*. young and blooming
bride, f..r advanced in Jho evening ol ite »h la
the infant, upon whose lips, when last he ,aw him
he hadimpnntod a ia'ber’s kiss, and who could
then acarcoly lisp his name, waa now a stalwart
man, a> d the head ot a family, li ma ny lion s
and tear* must havo u itared iho hoari of tho old
manner as he again net foot, after hia lon * pil.
gnmage, upon hia native noil.
Northern Exchange —We understand that the
Banks of this city will reduco tha rate of Sight
Exchango on the North, tomorrow, to cent
premium.
Thr Methodist Denomination ii this city having
erected another Church ou Green Street, it bo
camo neoessary to givo names to the Churche l ,
so’that they might be designated. They have ac
cordingly named the old o ie St. John’s Church,
and the new one St. James’ Church.
I’ofdlation of LaUrangk. —By u rccont Census,
tho population ot LaGraugo, Troup county, ia
shown to be 1068:
White Males % , 299
“ Female?* 212—581
Black Males.' n
“ Females. 328—587
Total
The Asskmbunu of t onobkss —The Richmond
Dispatch sayßt Ou Monday week Congroa- as.oin
bles, and a most excited, tumultuous and uproari
ous session is anticipated. A ccng'ome-ut <n of
parties, of more divorse hues than Joseph’s o iat ol
mauy color", will occupy tho House, and portou
tous troubles, of domosiio and foreign character,
will agitate tho minds of men. Tho Ivin as etn
broilmout will present the first a ona for the col
lision of bootions, and it, in the course of tie
combat, the “bordor ruffins” ore uot thrown into
tho shade by more savage Congressional brawls,
the publio at laTgo will bo greatly disappointed.— |
Wo are if raid that the time has past for Oongres-|
sional compromises, but thero is ono compromise |
Congress might mi ko with tho people wh ch would
afford general satisfaction. It C.mgiess will gree
to dispense with personalities, fisticuffs and duels,
and proceed quietly with the publio business, tbe
oammuuity will ngreo ou its part to concede to
Congress those belligerent qualities which aro es»
soutial to these performances, just as though they
had actually occurred. This is a fair proposition,
and wo should be glad to see it acoepted.
The country was never in a more prosperous
condition than at this moment. Its harvests are
overflowing, and all the world is pouring goht)
into it. It can eonsoquout'y boar o good dio’. 0 f
bad legislation. But Ccngie a should not r resume
too far upon this propitious slate of thi ngs. We
are sailing wi ll a fail wind and u strong current
but directly in our path looms up the big rook of
Sectionalism, throating shipwreck to our prond
vessel, and her rich cargo. Congress may involve
usin a loreigu war, but though that war sl.< old
last for a quarter of a oontury, t' o country will
reonvor from its efforts, but if it givo over tho
laud to civil strife, the injury will bo irro] arable*
Something of A Tax—Tho shippers of go'd
from California to Njw Y >rk have paid between
three and four millions of dollars to llio New York
insurance companies in tin lust live yours; while
the aggregate losses of the insurers have not ex
ceeded two hundred thousand dollars.
Change of the Collins Line cf t teambbs —T’ e
day of departure of tho Cdlins steamers is to bo
changed from Wednesday to Saturday, commen
cing on tho sth of January nox l .
There was a very la’go mooting at Cincinnati,
Ohio, last Friday evening, to witness an attempt
to move a tablo, without touching it, by a spiritual
medium named Wilson, for tho sum of SI,(HO of
fered in case of Bucce*s by Professor Sponger, who
is delivering lectures against spiritualism. Os
courso, it was a dead failure, tho medium being
unable to affect the table in any way.
From Buenos Ayres and Montevideo —Arrivals
at Now York bring dates from Bn nos A,r h to
the Bth and Montevideo to the 6th Seple nber.
Tho nows from Montevideo is important. A oun
nonndo had been hoard in the direction of that,
city, and it was thought that Gen. Fiores ard hit
opponents had engaged. Tho Commercial Com*
mission was again about to visit Flores’camp, with
a view to mediation. Activo prepara'ions wore
being mode for the dcfonco ot thecapittl. The
Brazilians observed un equivocal sort of ncut a' ty,
aud a delegation was abont to start for Rio in or
der to question the Imperial govern nont as to ita
exact position.
The Boston Journal of the 6'.h ir.et., says : “Mr #
I. F. Jones, a compositor in tho Journal oflho.
last week composed, distributed and corrected one
hundred and twenty thousand threo hundred rms,
which at the price paid—B2 cents per thousand
oms—amounted to |B3 49. Wo beiiovo this is by
far the largest bill ever "made by any compositor
in any one week in this city at least.”
The Vote of New York. —Accordiog to the
New York Herald, the Know No hings of New
York have ga.nod in the la°t election upwards of
24,000 votes; the Democratic Hard Shells some
24,000 and odd ; Tho B.ack Republicans have lost
upwards of 22,000 ; and tho Soft Shells have lost
more than 60,000. The aggregate State vote, aa
compared with that of last year, falls short only
some §4,000. The majority in tho State against
Fusion, is 801.112.
Slate ßtampkde.—The Norfo'k A gun state o
last week about eighteen negroes escaped from that
city and Portsmouth. They wore all yonrg, and
some of them skillful mechanics, valued at 82/ 00
each. Six were from Portsmouth. It is supposed
that they left in some oyster vessel, loading rer
haps in Tanner’s creok, and bound for Now York
or some other Northern port.
Last year, owing to the death of tho L'cut. Gov
ernor of Missouri, the Senato of that State elected
Mr. Rawlins to that office. A sow days since,
when the Legislature convened, it was found that
the Constitution required the election to be viva
voee, and the votes entered on the journal. This
not having been complied with, tho post was do
claro * vacant, and another election was ordered.
Meanwhile Rawlins had joined the “American 1 ’
party, aud the Benton men being o posed to tl em,
refused to support him. They nominated Mr.
Morris and elected him
Among notices of applications to tho Leg'hls
tare of New Jersey, is one to incorporate a com
pany, with a capital of $1,000,000, with privilege
to construct a ship canat from some point i . N w
ark, to some point on the Sound or Bay in the
city of Elizabeth, and also to ty railroad track • on
the banks of the canal; also to authorz the Cen
tral Railroad Co., by u supplement to their d ar
ter, to construct a Railroad from some point of
their road in the city Si Elziboth, to some point
on the New York Bny, at or Sonth of J-rmy
City; also toirercsso their * p 'a! stock $ 000,0(0
for tho pnrpr . o! cen t J'r g aid RaJrou
The American Convention /t Cincinnati - Wo
learn from the Cincinnati papers Cat the Fr< e
States American Convention, which is now assem
bled in that city, comprises delegates from eight
States : Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, V rmont, Rhcde
Island, Pennsylvama, Maasachusttt* nd Michigan.
At tl e op ning thore were but 86 delegates p esent
when all the “Free dates,” if represented, would
b 9 entitled to 176 delegates, M iin, No v Hamp
shire, Connecticut, lowa and Wisconsin, whose
representatives aso boiled from the Phi adelphia
platform, no delega’es in the Convention.
Johnston and Gen. Williamson aro prominent
members of tho Convention. The Commercial
says:
We understand th*t Governor Johnston, of
Pennsylvania, Judge Fishb c‘ r , of Ohio, and
others, a r e in favor ot not retffl rrinjr the senti
ments of the bolters from the Philadelphia Con
vention, bnt are in favor of passing over tho slavo
rv question and trying another National Conven
tion. Un the other hand, Thomas Spooner, Mr.
Vanslyke, Hi am Griswo d and others are in favor
of reaffirming their opposition to thj extension of
slavery, and preparirglhe way for a la-ion in the
Providential election w.th th Repub mans on a
simil r bash to tha*. adopted in Ohio. It is
thought that a m jjrity of the Convdntion will
favor tue viows of Gov. Johns’on.
An Important Contract.—Under this head t e
Washington Star says that the “Secretary of the
Tre snry on Tuesday last, dov-d a contract for the
next ye r, with the enterprising housi of How
land and Aspinwall, of New York, for the trans
portation of all the spec e lhat may be required at
Ban Franoieoo, for the use of which the Govern
ment is to receive 2% per cent, premium from all
points. L*st year the same house were the con
tractor, at 1# to 2 por cant., depend nsr on the
point from which the money wee required to be
transferred. Dnder that arrangement the United
States Treasury made about $50,000 in premiums.
Tho new arrangement, will, of onurse, yield a
large profit to it, and shows tho growing impor
tance and greater safety of the oDmmeroial busi
ness of our Paoifio side. There war. other bid
ders for this oontraot, but none offerirg so hgn a
premium as that proposed by the successful bid
ders.”
Birr and I’ohk Packin. in thi Wk-t. — The
Lousvi la Courier of Wedue dry state-* that beef
packing has been greatly inoreaaed thi- s»uson,
and quotes the average price paid for cattle at
from tto *>£ cents gross. Th. hog market, says
the Courier, is very dull, with in fret no hogs in
the market. Buyers are offering $4 50 gross, but
holders continue to ask $5 00. A packer ye-ter
day ofifered to sell 8,000, or more, hogs at S«.2S
from the hooks.