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b.TniDAY, Doc. 22, l&K.
The ScmU did cot Hit to d»y.
lIODSR.
Tli« Clerk o»l «d the 110-i*. to order »t 12 o’clock
and the Jouruel of rtnurdtr w& * r “ V. . . _
Mr. Bonnet, of d«rn.od*d U> koo»
. TTM to ihis l»to <f%y the rnsjonty \*i y in
5 rr.rausd to coils in the e eotion of
a -IK. k»r to [iiesid# o»er lu delibirslione * He
-s l\i- ike e erlion th*‘. bad tee Deino
c*«'.c tarty of tLeoouulry ropreseotedlbemsfilvee
; \ a wiib on* uiftfce rnsj -riiy of the Oppodtioo,
In lfMthso iweleeboars o.wi thair Urn rocatirg
tbo Hoom wcul 1 have been organised, and the
C’O .„..ary te«irl‘t!o9 of toe conntry lave teen
err a r... i aU’o of prcj((^-»
air. B. '.hen reviewed tne respective pia'f.rtC) of
- F: p. io.n<nd A:r;»nc»B par lies, end arge ed
6* !• rg*n •gfciudt tnem.
Mr. (jaitmnn, of Miaeiaaippi, submitted the fol
lowing resolution:
Thet nn'i tha organ J»Ucn of this
Hoorn by the election of a Bpeaker no member
shall occupy more than ten minute* in debaLe on
any qneslion before ti e House; nor shall any
member speak more then onoe oa any question
htfore the House until every m ruber desiring to
speak thereon ishall have spoken.
lie remarked that he had not proposed this
resolution for the purpose of soppress.r.g debate,
I >r ne bed come hire prepnred to meet opiniora
t f kind, he cared not whet they might be.
Tie ■" r ,y fierod, however, that there were now bat
t wo proper tfubjectaof discussion Wore the House
, responsibility which night rest upon the
van is parties composing tne House, aud ex; is
nati'i.sof tha pjeitfons at prejent occupied by
(f I .rnen. He desired to e>the Houw ouin
z-vl, that debate upon the rnomontoa* aueetion
„ j< f wn.oh the prosperity of the oooulry aepend
e-t, might f-eoondoeted with parliamentary deco
rum ; > it for the purpose of restoring order and
! c intli iUg* gentlemen to the only legitimate
ajo •. inn which, in the f reear tan organized state
fj o Hoa?*'), were before them, he had thought it
prr,j. r to submit hi* r isolation for the decision ol
tne body.
Mr. Wanbbarn, of Maine, asked the gentleman
• tr d:fy r. s resolution as to, make Jt provide
that npon a motion Winy on tbs table there shoald
bo no debate.
Mr. <4 ntujan consented to the modification ,
wli'ii dm qtinthon «m taken on tho resolution,
r« d it wa<* adopted with bet few dissenting
Mr. Blanton, of Ohio, did not rl-o fo' the pur
po ;of o oapying the ten minutes alio*e lto mem
~,r, under the resolution ja adopted. He
thong .t that there had been too much deba'e in
». «•, pr ent unorgan.ee 1 condition of the H >nse,
a id ihfl a continuance of it ooold not be useful
H ) therefore rose to off;r a resolution which it
to ,tned to him furnlabcd the only possible practi
cable moans of securing an organisation. In offer
iug it he put himself upon the precedent of 1849,
when a similar condition of thing* existed, ai d
when the House orgarrxed by the o ectio i ot a
Hp' uker by a plurality vote. He apprehended
there could be no difficulty a* to tbs constitution
ality of the question, nor a* respee'ed the power of
the House. The Constitution provided that the
!l u c should ofcooae a Speaker, and it authorized
tho lloose to pent mien and regulations for the
govern ueutof ils proceedings. TrU House, in its
; r -i t o>uditiop, was a House within the meaning
of the const totionsl provision. It had been so re
cog.mcl from the lift day of its meeting until
the present time, end by every ro!o of construe
lion this Hr,use wui a House, competent to adopt
rules for the regulation of its proceeding pro* to
the election of aßpeaker; and it wa * just as proper
for it to make a ru>o 'squiring that a plurality vote
should govern as it was to pass a rule that the
election ahonM be rival >c*. Believing that oo
good oould iow.lt from debatir g the resolution, In
would ask llie previous question upon its passage.
The resolution was then read, as follow*:
That the House will now proceed to
vo viva root fora Hpeaker of the thirty fourth
t.' .egret*, and tin momtnr having the highest
number of votes, provided it boa majority of a
quorum, • t«all bo dealared to be elected Hpmk r.
Mr. I ? eii>“, of M h oar*, moved that the resola
t ion bo I »ia on the table, and on this motion do
n • and Oil the }«a* and nay , which wore ordered ;
and, lifting taken, resulted as follows : Vo&s 144-
nay 107.
Tho Amerioar.s and Democrats veting i% y n a k '
an I the Fepublicans 4i n<iy.”
Ho the rc-olntion was laid on tho table.
Mr. Korclay, of PeoLB/ilvania, when his name
w*»h called, stated that he d d not fully epprovo of
the priueipleof the resolution; but inasmuch as
they had boon balloting for tho Inst throe weeks
w thout any hope of an erganiantiou, and ue it ap
peared to him tnnt they must inovitubly ooino to u
plurality vote, and as h:) bolieved thi.t the re
?‘ponsibility of an orgauiznti m rested upon tho.*<e
gentlemen who threw their votoH away, he de
i irod n lot that rMfOosibrlity rest u >on them,
mid would therefore vote against laying tho ro
solution on tho table.
Mr. C‘uaipboll, of Ohio, before tho voti was an
noui.« u!, htuied that In wu* opposed to Iho pa iHngo
• \ the resolution ; but, In order to enable his
Incn ’ * to bring it to & direct vo’o, ho would voto
ng.i.i s* iaying it on the table. He w >uld, however
vote against the rosolutiDn if it should come to a
dir • * VOtO.
M *. Bupp, of Ohio,thon flibiuUtod tho following
Ji v <l t That from and *f or t his day tho
Hon *«t shall moot at 10 o’clock A. M until tho
o'-r i< ■! ofa Speaker isotfe tcd.
A*id the question being taken, the resolution
was u i e’ed: Yei s It'D, nays 111.
Mr. I’orry, of Mai o, thi-n offered tho fo’lcwir-g
resotntlon :
ue ic That this House wll now | rcceed to
.i.u ch t r. • i u Hpoaker viva vtcs. aud shall cor.-
ni.e t«. vote unit, an election is effected; ard that
iruin i l after ll.ii .lay no dohato epon this or
y nil',, jt* ’position in. \ utally growing out of
•. » v nio whall be in order.
Mr. Urr, of BcuMiCkro’in®, suggeeUd that, It
kin us elution ahoa'd bo passed in its prosent
s , ihoi.ci' - would have to continue in aes
s:.», , will ;at an adjoammeut, until ah elootio.i
Mr Gherman, of Ohio, hoped the genllen an
(a<»m M aine wunid modify Ins resolution so that it
should read, “that from and after this 'lay no de
h ito sh ill bo in order until a Spoakur is elec od. M
Mr. I'erry aeqaieeced in tho modification, and
* huugod tho phrtsoology of this resolution as sng
ge-iod. . *
Mr Keitt, of Sonth Cerollra, moved to amend
•ho rosolntlon, as thus modified, by adding there'
L»: “And that after today all btlloliugs for
.•p *aker b i postponed until the g l »‘ay of Janua
ry next.”
Mr K wa« as anxious as any goutlomau to seo
the o! s soles in tho wiy of an organin t'on romov
•vl; but ho apprehended that n waa tho opinion of
m miliers that a speedy < rgan xxtion was luipruoti*
/ able. A maj irity of the Honxto having left the
«tty pr. patu’- ry to tho holidays, oven if the House
th) dd organize it would bo Uii| qxsibloto receive
ilia m ssuge of the Prosidont before tho 2 1 of Jan
uary, fir a quorum of tho other body could not be
I’Xpectmt to u> somblo pr.or to that time. He there
loro thought his amendment cooM bo adopted
wdh groat \ r.q riftty.
Mr. 800 ( k, of Virginia, euggeelod tla‘, as tho
II w t ' now toting under the ordinary parlia
i,i 'ir .r, law, a motion to ro onsider could be made
,P imy lit.m. Consequently, if the amendment of
iho ,!. ntloimiJ ah u.l l»i adopts 1, a majority
‘it at any limo rescind it and proooed t.) bas-
lUintf.
M Koitt win willing to roly ou»tho good faith
ot 1 1 o iiiom'cra, hut if »nch u couroo shoal! bj
n.U u ** ll'Ut auggeatcd l>y iho gouUenisn it wool 1
1,0 1 .» i and inffltiiour, and thia brand ho woolJ
Hian p hi. lo' upon any uian who ahouhl at
tiMhj- t> f urM’o it.
Mr. M. M illor, * f Virginia, moved that tho
w h,>|.' mibjfbot be laid on lho table; wh oh motion
\v. h to—Ysu« 101, naye 115.
Xno <iu«Ntiou then recurred on the amendment,
tm l, lon g taken, it waa doci lod in tho negative.
Tho qu wition now being ou t*io original roaolu
lion--
Mr. O r moved that it be laid on the tisb'o.
Mr. Keitl inquired if the resolution was uot in
tended uh a gitg Uwf [Orioa of ••order,** “order.*’]
Mi. McMalJon m vod that lie H mse a Ijourn ;
which motion was negatived.
Mr. t-ariiie, of Virginia, moved that when tho
House adjourn to-day, d adjourn to mootou Wo l
neaday noil; which motion waa disagreed to—
Yeas 89, nays IT6.
The quovtiou at ill recurring on _ttia adoption of
tho resolution—
Mr, Be ward, of Georgia, movod that the llouso
noj »urn ; which motion waa n >t agreed to.
Mr. McMullen hoped the resolution would be
withdrawn for tho pretout. [tMosof “no,” “do.”]
(ienlloiiien on h a aide of the Houso would then
i.gree to have a vote f»r Bpaaker.
Mr. Bhern an. All tho speaking has been done
t v gen*lemon en that side of tho House and by
oar American friends. Wo have had no aposohee
on our side, boesua ■ we have doomed it too oariy
yet to enter Into a discussion. I mut-t therefore
most rospiotful’y dcoliue to withdnw ra, propo
eitiou. t think’we had bet er pursue the const it n
t nod butt ness of electing o Speaker, and not
w ate our time by further discussion.
;,i •. Houston, of Alabama. I understand the
get !> man says that there has beet no speaking
on his side of the hone*.
Mr’ Bhe inn n. Biirco tho prop* ei tion w s made
by i ;o gantlemin from Alabama Smi'hl to I
. rg.M t* tw > cmimittco'* of the House, and while
, it w*' pending, no gertlcma i among those who
h ivo voted lor Mr. Bn.ks has cbtainoi tho floor
K-\ \ so L u. except by the courtesy of thcgentlo
man (tom h.e.itncky, (Mr. IVx.)
I1 e rierk. This debate is out of order,
f L-.n l and ic sated cries of {“Call the roll.**]
Mr. Hooatcn. The gentlomau uu ioruk » to
• sv who has srokeu, [uproarious orles of “order l”
♦ rdcrl’Mend I hope no will s*vo correctly what
lV* occurred. [“Ordfer I” “order!”]
Th«» qu<»s*iou waa then taken on the motion of
Mr. Ou Unit the rosolnti n belaid on the fabh',
mid i! * decided in Yeas 108,
vi 109
«l i> e q msiion re mrringou tho adoption oi the
M~. K ;d, ot Aikai tas moved t! © following r-s
k' -iWitnta thorefor:
K'e v>d. that hona'ter r an il a speaker is
|fc, v * pj. i r meeting in this l si! at 1* o’clcck, M.,
v i t, tx sedition, or debate shall bo in order
M •i W 9 have voted iw.> hours for Speaker, and.
• c. r tho debate upon any question shall have
f mif.e-c»d, tliere ai«U be uo tuoie voting tor
W o tUer during that day.
Mr. O rtl e prerosed that il.e whole anljvel
sin • *i in.'.:! :• ‘sv uext at IS o’clock, and
i.r uvisT. .n to that efroct. Ho explained
& t'the mot ot skoal * prevail the resolution and
. • nent w mid be the first business in order
I S exurts. oi his willirgnces that the
i n t t> from South Carolina
a * t? fgreel to.
| \S cup >n the quertiou was taken and decided
1k;&Z« dVclock, the House aYjonrned.
N HfiN aTK THtcwum U.
'r eome unimporUnt boalneas the Senate ad
. 1 o\*r till Thursday.
HOUBK.
t ' : r having received, from time to time,
t - date and never would be.
El it m gr»V*e etn-pectei that
E 1 -. *• . / ... ..is psi lion. He had as
E • vii ihi k - i**
K ii in tke Hoaew.
H \ the rauotM why he
■l, vo ti»g for Mr. HichardaotJ, said that the
W
f He :.-ko.l Hr. Beau
I • i 1,9 ever wjd ia • a evJi iu Maine t'M tie
| ■ tbe Union ilhie.
v/ .k, , C n i. a. In tfc*t epeeeb be miJ ’.Ure
W,r ,• e each « eUtoOl th.u*. .u which te »«kl
W , . JJ B h*t reiereiH-e to tulure coatip-
I ncli »S 'he proKtitmi ni ol toi. gotern
I i t tfinntiepowM to the ot » Mn«le
1 • *_tfc»rot6iivery. He wet for the Lukd
W meet i«» eneo u- iu t».< nem.
E .t M»ga*rente« ot to, rjgfcte of the
i .!•« m.io j r>p »t onr t.ovwouieu . . vt
. . a \ e !( .tai i c u the rocoroe of history,
cr..#l:ct . .0 Ul.
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<nr ,Uu*'i .o t »sitL« ow by tha f Alter, cl!
,h~ ret.nblie aid patriot*, for j
over -iaiy Wo-ay wo ars uot wiluc* to,
tatre «u> ■” 6a ’ oonatitu'.ioa, or that aiavery fh»!i
-saver cor flootc.
■Vr. Hu»t believe a from tht beiriuiung that ail
dih t? oo: of order, t» tbo lr*t buiitots in
tho cloctioaof t bpoektr.
Tb» propcßitioi pending who:, the Hooee ad
journed on Batard.y, that no dob.to abali bo in
order till a Speaker be elected, wee laid on the
table.
Mr. Slowert aubmitted a proposition declara
tory of n-UOiia! ; rirciploa, end which a Speaker
ot ’.he Hnase eoold plar-t hiDi.sif.
Mr. Collar «tatrd that ltU> gaotleman would
aceeptata a proposition oppoaln? tl e
ar.neaancn of Ccbfc, at d approving '.he an no ration
of that pait ol Orta . -nne.dared mOr - Er.-
U:n by I‘rcb ieni Folk _he might vole w: i, that
ganlVtes [Laoyfctar.j
Mr B.ceka r*;-.i tot of order tbar
the lew retiree an eleetlon of Speaker and the
rv.i irg in of tne members before my old.or
bus nets can be transacted.
Mr. Boyce inquired ot Mr. Banks whether be
wan in favor of recognizing Hayti and receiving a
black Minister, a .d whether he was in ftvor of
the abrogation of tbc b agitive B!ave Lsw and the
abolition of slavery in the District of Colemb'*.—
[Crus trom the friends of Mr. Banks of “call the
roll," and irm h con'ndon.j
Mr. Bank.-, in reply to Mr. Boyce, said be dis
tinctly re ".Heeled Mr. Kicharjsou being a eandi
tabs for Spaiker, b d hi* having declined giving
answers toqnestiors propounded to him. [l/tugh
ter, and cries of “good,’’ “cad toe roll.”]
Mr. F.orencc made an ineffectual effort to ad
journ until Tburrdiy, in order to enable members
to partic patein Christmas, religious, and social ob
servances. [Langr te-.’
Mr. Break-, reftrring to tbe erinaclations of
Messrs. Banks and Grow, sai 1 in tbe reveree oon
ti geucy, ho was vrillirg to lot the Union slide,
it ih gentlemen on tho other side supporting Mr.
Bank* have that fixed dotereninatien, he wanted
his constituents to know it. Ho desired that the
isnno should be made here, lint it might be if
necessary frankly met.
Mr. Hh'rtor, although voting for Mr. Kichard
»on, was wiliinp to nnite on some other contorva
live candidate, with those who believe that the
Mi-aouri tomprtinise lino should not be restored,
in order to eff-ct an election.
Tho Hou e then proceeded to vole with the fol
lowing r sat:—Banks, 101; Bichardsoj, 72;
Kulle*, 31; i’enningtun, 4 ; scattering, 7 ; neces
sary to a choice, 108.
Mr. Nicbolla offered a resolution providing for
tho election of a Br eaker by a plurality vote, but it
was laid on tbe ‘able—yeas 116, nays 101.
Mr. Orr moved that when tho House adjourn It
all ourti till Thnredujf.
Mr. (iiddings. Wo have no po**r to adjourn
over. If tho motion ehall ba agreed to, a majority
may come here to-morrow, reverse the older, and
eJeet a speaker.
Mr. Orr. If a Speaker * hall bo elected under
auoh circarriHtance*, the majority would find “Jor
dan a h ird ro*d to travel.” [Litighter,]
Mi. k'<orenco. Audit would be a very pretty
rxampla for Chriatian men to eet the country.
(Merriment.]
Mr. Orr’w motion wa* negatived and the Hotme
a«lj'<uri*ed nmil Wodnenday.
WAftHiwoTOM, Dec. 36.—The Senate woh not in
heoaion to day.
HOUSE.
Mr Knight offered a resolution that th) House
continue to vote foi Speaker viva voce without do
bate, and if no choice be made by the first trial,
on Friday another vo'e bo made, whon tho person
having u majority of a quorum be declared Spea
ker. This was laid on the table by a vote ot 11
majority.
Mr. Parviatice submitted a resolution, that until
a Speaker cju'd be elected, the members continue
voting from 12 ti *i o’clock, P. M.; all discussion,
oxcjpiing pcrional explanations and reason • for
voting or changing votes, to be prohibited. Tabled,
by 4 majority.
The samo gent'eman proposed a resolution that
until u Speaker be oleotod, no adjournment he in
order till tho hour of 4 o'cloce, P. M.
Mr. Campbell of Ohio, said Hiatal: these sugges
tion* were imprtic icable, as the will cf the majority
in the rule by which the House is governed. Ho
thought the House could make more rapid pro
gress by resuming.
M . Stephens suggested a modification, which
Mr. Bage accepted, that until a tipo&hor be elected
no motiou to adjourn be in order. He wished to
bring the House to a tost. He was willing to sit
here day in and day oat until that result wuaeflect
el. (Cries of rgreed ]
Mr. Qumphroy Marshall »h night that such a
roiolve might go with healing on its wings to tho
country, bit the country might as well understand
at tho same time, that a maj > r ity can take any
other shoot they may desire.
Mr. Q liltruan was for following tho example ol
onr forefathers, snd adopting the common law
I rinoiplo, namely: starving tho jury until they
agree on 11 verdict. I Laughter.]
Mr. Carl elo asked Mr. Stephens whether he
thought a sectional organization of so little import
ance thut h’ would give u certain party, whoso
physical ondmance in groa'.er than th d of others,
owing to theif larger number, facilities to effect
tha object.
Mr. B'ephenn replied : This House is to boor
ganiz'd on ono li 10 or the other. If tho people
under tlieir respond’*bility have* returned a majority
in favor ot any particular l ne the House will bo
organized or wo will go into dissolution. He did
not know what would he the result of his propo
sition, but ovory gentleman must vote according
to tho dictates of his own judgement.
Mr. Letcher. I havo no objection that tho gentle
man from Georgia shall make a lest for hinmolf
but object to his applying it to mo.
Mr. Millson thought there v.as r.o reason for
the House imposing this restriction on itself as it
is iilwata in Hie power of tho majority to adjourn.
Air. Bococh said that while ho was opposod as
much as auy tnuu to a sectional organization, he
sttbmlttod to‘Mr. Cr.rlisle, has colleague, whether
tho adoption of the resolution would throw into
tho hn'ids the onrty alluded t>, any more facilities
than they now possets I It a sectional orgnuiza
ti n i* to bo cffictcd, why not havo it now as ucal
week 1
Messrs. Orr and Greenwood severally opposed
making th' resolution 0 tost strong'h of stomachs.
[Laughter.]
Mr. McMullen s id ho supposed snob a roaolu
ten would give tho anti men the ad
vantage.
Mr. l'aine said tho adoption of the resolution
wu« with him a mere matter of time, lie desired
before voting to ink) leave cf his family and
friends. [Laughter.]
Tho House Mien by a majority of 27 refused to
lay tho resolution o»’i tho table.
Mr. I’o :k suggested that members bo enabled to
I;yin a s «>ok o! provisions. | Merriment.]
Mr. I'uine wan tod tho resolution amended to tho
effect, that ovo*y number who Khali die under its
operation havo a monument erectod to his memory.
[lmmoderate laughter.]
The resolution, that no adjrnrnmenl shall be in
ordor till a Bpeakot bo eke ed, was thou adopted.
Yeas 116 ; nays 36.
Mr. Campbell, of Ohio, said that as this was to
be a protracted session, and a* those who have
Korvod h'iro in yoars past know thtton such occa
sions there aro ooossionady scones of disorder aud
turbulence unbecoming the dignity of Congress,
ho oli’eroi a resolution inviting Air. Orr, of B rath
Carolina, to preside until aßpeaker be elected.
Mr. Cobb, of Georgia, advocated tho proposition.
Messrs. B»ge, fration, Washburn es Maine, and
Btaunton opposod tho resolution on the ground,
that such an expedient was unnecessary.
Tho House by 81) majority refused n motion to
able the resolution.
t Mr. Colfax said ho w-ia not a awyor, but he had
baa'd from lawyers that possessi n is nine points of
tho law. Able as Mr. Orr is ho is a gentleman
who might ultimately bo selected Speaker by the
means here freposed; therefore, he would not
consent to place him in temporary occupancy of
the chair. Ho proposed that Mr. Banks’friends,
represented by 105; Mr. Kchardson’s by T 5; ana
Air* Fuller’s b> 40, oicii select a Spoaker pro lem.,
to alternately preside by agreement. Astor throe
moro weeks struggle there be a caving in
of parties, and Mr. Orr would bo found permanent
in tho chair.
Mr. Cimpbßlf, of Ohio, replied-:—lf the gentle
man from Indiana expects to be worried out in
princi} le hold bettor pack np and go home;
M'. Colfax explained that h* alluded to the
“billing and cooing,” between the Richardson and
Fuller men.
Mr. Campbell contendvd that tho resolution
could do no harm.
Mr. Jones, of Pennsylvania, Informed Mr. Col
fax that t K e Democratic party do uot intend de
parting from their candidate and plutfcim.
Mr. Humphrey Marshall denied that thote had
been any “hilling and cooing” by the Amero-ui
p. r y, which hod made no propo itiou to alter the
prosent oourse of things.
Mr. Jouea, of Tennessee, moved that the Houae
take a recess till to morrow ut 11 o’clock 69 miu
utes.
Several members said this »*ap in eftb'd an
evasion of the resolution adopted to remain in.
session till the elation of a Speaker be effected.
Mj. Jones’ motion was negatived, but notwith
standing the apprehension of n con 1 muons seesion
the House at o’o.ock, pending the resolution
inviting Mr. (>rr of South Carolira, to preside,
t>oka recess till to-morrow at 10 o’clock, whon,
niyid much laughter and the members
sc par. ted.
IN SKNATK Pkoeiiber27.
VTasi'irston, Poo. 2T.—Souio twelve or litteen
ra oii'CM o'..!} mre present, end after a taw po'i
tions were proseutod ntid « rlnrt h'x<x'utivo
sion, tho Senate adjourned till Monday. • •
110USB.
O re assimbiing this n oruii sr at 12 OTloek,
lhere was : .piorara preset and a call of the
1 louse was orae:. 1, when 164 members answered
to their nanus
Mr. Ouinbe'l, of Ohio, remarked tl:at ha ha i
uudcta'ooi this morning that some cf the friends
ot the proposition c, Mr. St.phons for a continu
ous hi-don till » Speakor shall be elected, are
diaposat to loaeind it in order that the House
may go on its usual way tor tho e eitioi. of Speak
or.| i’ho proceed ill ga yesterday demonstrated
that tt era was nothing praetieable iu it, and, for
the purj us, of cAuding g> •itlemCu nu opportuni
ty tor reseindii g that order, he would tempor&ri
ly withdraw bis rcsolct on inviting Mr. Uir, of
South ( n o'.ii.a, to preside O'er the House till a
Speaker be elect, rot seeing any necossttv for
t oh an arrangement u .1 ss th;r> was a profeab 1
i r y of a pirotraet, i sersioti.
Mr. Orr said that iua-rauch as the gentlemen
fr. in Ohio find indicated his purpose of withdraw
ii g tns resolution, he thlr. Orr) felt himself
relieved fr in tho delica y of remarking that he
toi Iran ©d with seme surprise that a rum*a
had been act on foot prejudicial to Mr. Campbell
ami I.in’,self, namely, t at Mr. Campbell ottered
the revolution with ilia consent! So. far as he
(Mr. Orr) k"cw ir heard or bs, avod, the report
was ta re. He h ghly appreciated the compliment
ot tho gsutUman from Ohio, and shocld ever
oheiish it in his memory.
M-. Car. pb 11, of Ohio, byway of eileuciDg
that } it CHtar siaeder, said that he never iut-. r-
Cbargvd a single word with Mr. Orr ou the aub
j eu. He cured Jut r about the rumer, it being
generally uude stcod that the m< s', notorious
liar is Madame Kamor. He understood that there is
a deposition to go onin the ua.-.i way of e ating
ter tip e.k . lie hoped that there would be a«
little deeate r- ;reesioie till a Speaker ; e!c ■
without ruunii g into night -- eioti:. lie ir.
uiofcd torasedtd Mr. StcpLeiV teaoiut'j-i . -•
ding ror a ecntiauous s.a.iou >ili a dpt-aier .tsil
be eko ed. ....
Mr. Stephen- said that » en ns sobam ted t-at
propoeit on he was.rxious that «Ue Ilocso should
elect at?; eater, and th,u,Ht ti a t-.c tsndurity oi
the membi rs desired tho same result. But yes
terday oveciog he beoa-uo satisfied that be was
mistaken; far a uurubar of geniieman who voted
on 'he i-as-ag. of ti at resolution voted for a
recess, !h re being no record of yeas end ttajs V I
me latter tpneeuou. iie had no person* l lceltng
tn the suhrec’, and could come ho.e as many days
in continuing th, fa*.c of talking and voting a
abort ti ne ai d theugome home.
Mr. Campbell, of Ohio, said he intimatedyes’.er
day that a nsaj rety tan control the proceedings,
no matter how msuy resolutions be passe*,
fhereis ncthirgto be gained by attempting to
force night sessions on the House.
y r . T aid dewtanded the yeas and nay.-, wishing
lie country to see who supported the wsolaCoa
one day, and voted to r.so.ud it the ne»’. The
re.jlu ton was then reemned by a vote 0f.112 yaa.
to 83 rays, and the House resumed voting with
the following reeultt
JCiiks luO; Kicliardaon M; Fuller 30; B-.atWr
ing 9 —necessary to a cboica ICB.
Ti e House again procjoded to vote as fHows:
lianks 108; Kichardsoa 67 ; Fuller 81; ecattir
iog #.
An eiclting debate was incidentally 'utreduoed
involving the ehavaeter el cer!» ; o meeabers in re
gtr tto bargaiirng .or votes tor Mr. 11*-:as, in
wnich the renßejivania delegation ttgurrel, Mr.
tiai k, deoy.ng any pleiigea by b in.
Before the last veto waa auuoctioed, Mr. Mt.l
w: rd sai 1 he had been approached by one of hie
cotleagnes who had proposed that if be would
vote for Hanks, he (MiliwaKi) should be made
chairman ol the Engraving or Lithographing
•ofnmMtoo, or iTlntlug and have a
go*>d thinw of it. f L'.ngbtor and cries of “name
nlmJ***who i* be,” Ai]
Mr. Millwwd auplied—“Mr. Pearce of Peunsylr
v»i*ia.”
TLis Lb nounccment canoed great sensation.
neariy all rke mcmberei rising to their ieet, and
much interest was manifested in all Darts of the
ba!!.
Mr. Banka, amid great confusion, denied ern
pLatica iy anybody liai authority ?o offer such
propositions from him.
Mr. Pearce nrc*>e am id ctif# of “order,” ‘bet’a
hear him,” **down in front.” lie said he had uot
bo»n eutborlxed by Mr. B>nks to mak' t-z Sr. a
pitdgo to Mr. Mi-1 ward o' any body else, aitfcoturh
t»lew momen’ t ago be s>*ked that gentleman bow he
would like to be chairman of the Committee on
E: [Laugbler.]
Mi. w'Ard a?kwd Mr. Pee»ce, “did you not sry
t-fct it it was cot aas my-eo'f4":«ace to veto i :
Banks. I could make o jrood I-intf of it? JL’.ugh-
I how i 7oz replied, that I coaid oe
cbalnnac cf the printing, ii t or
oourr ittee.” 1 s**ked how do yoa know
1 can be made chairman, wnen yen responded, “I
have iavt had a cor vernation with Mr. Banka, who
•aid that any premise I ahould make would be
carried out by Lin.”
Mr. Pearce. I deny wha* ip/ colleague has
-aid. lie has misconstrued ray remarks.
Mr. Mi I !ward. I could not misconstrue them,
[frreat confusion mingled with ol rder.j
Mr. Hompbrev Maraban remsrke 1 that ho had
advised Mr. Mil wa-d ‘n m«>e ! beexpos'dioc.
Mr. Pearce. I alluded to tbe re’ier merely io
a f*layfal mi l ner to my collergc, [Oiafhter.
Mr. Midward. I d'*n’t tf p!ay, sir.
Mr. Florence. Boch a thing Ss I to
our State, (Perr.«y van ; a.) and wire it a ordor, I
would ai once move a cornmi tae if ii vestigation.
Mr. Miliward, (to Mr Pearce.) Dl l you vnt fcl4
me that Mr. B.nk« assured yon, In case 1 rotwd
for him, be wou’d give me what you promise*! !
Mr. Pearce. I did not.
Mr. Mill ward, (empheticall.) I say you did.
U»i you any convereation at aii wr'h Mr. Bauks?
Mr. OHdinga, (his loruiftlaudirg oat prominent
arnid tbe storm,) calmly expressed the opinion
that the House had enough of these proceedings.
Mr. Bunks. No man has any aariuranee from
me with regard to the formation of committee.-*. I
s'and, if elected to the office of Speakership, per
sec ly free to do what is right and proper for my
self, for the House, an t for the country , and of
that l am the judge ; and for de ng which I would
ba responsible to tbc Hou*c and tbe country.
[Applause.]
Mr. **dd he trusted his colleague (Mr.
Mil!ward) would be more guarded hereafter in
attacking the character of gentlemen. The 7'onn
sylv«nia delegation are independent, guarded by
right and truth, acting intelligently, asking no
pledges, and guilty of no falae pretences.
Mr. Mill ward said he was not to be frightened
by being told that he,mast be more guarded. He
hid only alluded to one gentleman from Pennsyl
vania, and that was Mr. Pearce.
Mr. Campbell, of Pennsylvania, romarkei that
lie had frequently met Mr. Hanks socially, and he
had never hoard him at swy time or under any
circumstance* make any remark which could be
Winstrued into a pledge.
Mr. Paine thought that the House ought to be
obliged to Mr. Mil!ward for his revelation. He
(Mr. Paine,) heard *Mr. Pearce say that ho had as
surance from Mr. Banka that the latter would so
constitute committees a* to take enre of tho inter
est* of Pennsylvania. He could prove the fact.
Mr. l'earca replied that he hail assurance lhat
Pennsylvania's interest* would bo cared for, bat
he nevo* bad it from Mr. Banks, but from his own
colleague*.
Mr. English said he thought this was a pretty
family tight, and he^voted for Mr. Richardson as
a man above snsplcTon.
Mr. A. K. Marshall said ha was perfectly satis
fled t‘iat if these charges were true they unfitted
Mr. Huiks for the Speakership. In consequence
of tho absence of some members, proof cannot
now bo produced, other revelations might be
made. He desired that all further voting bo dis
pensed with to-day.
Mr. Colfax contended that this was not the pro
per tribunal to investigate moro id’e rumors, ut
tered perhaps in bur-rooms. If it wore, he might
repoat u rumor regarding the gontloman from
Pennsylvania—but which ho did not boliovo true.
Mr. Fuller. I wish to know what it Is. ,
Mr. Colfax. The rumor i« this : That, in your
opinion, Mr. Whitfield, the delegate from Kansas,
win legally elected.
Mr. Fuller. I know nothing about tho matter,
and have said nothing. It is a subject of couiost
ol oloc ion, and 1 shall examine it fa rly. Any
inmor contrary to this is utterly false: and I shall
fltgmatizo as a iar any one who authorizes any
auoh ext ression.
Mr. Col lax, resuming, said ho had remarked that
the rumor was doubtless untrue, and mero allud
ed to it now tofthow how futile such chargos weie.
He believed that the other rumor* would prove
aliko fallacious. There was no reason for tho vot
ing to be suspended.
Mr. Whitfield (tho Delegate fror« Kansas.) 1
ank for no pledges—l stand on the justice of my
cause.
Mr. A. K. Marshall stated thak his object in
moving a Huspem-ion of voting was to afford time
for reflection. Bo did not rotor to mere rumor 3,
but to direct charges, of which there was abuui
ant proof.
Mr. Campbell, of Ohio, having boci alluded to,
said that no member or Congress had eieran
prouohod him, demanding pledges, daringQtne
time ho was voted for as a candidate for Speaker.
Ho would have kicked such out of his room.
Mr. Washburn, of Maine, did not want dark in
sinuations, but to understand tho charges now;
and ho then defended Mr. BaLka.
Mr. Ranks!, of Pennsylvania, said t his delega
tion ha 1 neither auked nor recoived pledges from
Mr. Bmks.
Here tho episode ended and the House again
vo'e 1, with precisely tho saino result as tho pro
oeding vote.
Thou, after a region of flva hears’ duration,
tho House adjourned.
From Lltjle Bor/ll—By C'barlea Uichoi'i.
Pome. —lt was a Suuduv evening in L)udou,
gloomy, close and stale. AladUonii g church bel n
of i ll degrees of dißsooauco, rhirp and fiat, cracked
and clear, fust and slow, made tlio brick and inor-
t r r echoed hideous. Melancholy streets in a peni
tential garb of ewol, steeped the souls of the p&o
p’.o who wore comlonjucd to look at. them out of
windows, in dire despondoncy. In every thorough
fare, up altncal eveiy a ley, and down almost every
Uniting, some dolalul bell wnnihidbi ing, jerking,
t iiing, us if the plague were in the city, uud the
do»d carls weie going round. .EUoiyhing was
bolted and barred that could by ; o-sibiiity furnish
relict l« an overworked people. Wo pictures, no
unfamiliar animals,no rare plants cr flowers, no
natural or artificial wonders of the ancient world—
all taboo with that cul ghlencd strictness, that the
ugly South Sea gdds in I ho British museum might
havo supposed themselves at honai again. Noth
ing to soe but sir ©os, streets, etroets. Nothirg tc
breathe but etreels, sireets, streets. Nothing to
change the brooding mind or raise il np. Nothing
toy the spirit toiler to do, but to compare the m
nolony of h’H seventh »liy with Uio monotony ct
his six days, think what a w ary fire be led, a d
make the boat of it—or the worst according to the
probabilities.
Av such a nappy lime, so propitious to the in
torost of religi u and morality, air. Arthur Clonu
man, newly arrived from Marseilles byway of
Dove , and t y 1 over coach the Blue eyed Alaid,
sat in tho wiu .*c w of the Coffee house ou Ludgato
Hill., Ton thousand responsible houses summit
ddQ him, frowning an boa Hly ou the streots tr.ey
composed, s If ilioy wore every one innabitod by
tho ton yourg men of the Calenders story, ho
blaokonod Jheir faces and bemoaned their misories
cvoiy night. Fitly thousand lairs surroundod
him whore people lived so unwh lesontoly, th*l
lair water put Into their crowded rooine on Satur
day night, would bo corrupt on Sunday morning j
albeit my lord, ’heir county member was anias d
that t'tey fulled to sloop in company with their
butohorV meat. Miles of oloso walk? and pits of
bottsa*, where the inhabitant* gasped for air,
stretched far away toward every point of the
compass. Through tho heart of the town a
deadly sewor ebbed and floored, in the plaoe
of t.ie flue fresh rivor. Wliat secular want
could He mi lion or.so of human beings, -'hose
daily labor, six da>%in the weok, iny among
'hose Arabian elects, from lho ‘sweet same
ness of which they had no escape between tho
cradle and the grave—what B'Oiiiar want could
they possibly have apou their seventh day! Lloar
ly they could want nothirg shit a stringent poiico
man.
Mr. Arlber Clennam sat Ih the wludow of the
coffee house on Ludgato Hill, counting ono of the
neighboring bells making sentences and bur.lens
of songs oarot it iri spite of himself, and wonder
ing how inaaysiok people it might be the ‘death
of thocoun-o of a year. As tho nour approachod
it changos of moesoro made it more and more cx
asperating. At lho quarter it went off into a con
dition of deadly lively importunity, urging
tho populace in a voluble manner to o:mo
to ohnrcn, oomo to church ! At tbo ten min
utos, it became aware tbfct tho congregation
would bo scanty and slowly h;mn?erod out ih low
spirits, They won’t come, they won't come, they
won't come 1 At five minutes, U-abandoucd hone
and shook every house in tho neighborhood for
throe hundred seconds, as a grean of despair.
“Thank Heaven 1” said Cieunman, when the
hour struck, aad tho bolls stopped.
But its round, had revived along t lain ot rr.is
erable Sundays, and tho precession would not
stoop with tho bell, but contiunod to march
on. “Heaven forgive me/' said he, “and those
who trained mo. How 1 havo hared this day f }
There vta ; the dreary Sunday of his childhood,
when he eat with his hands before him, scared out
of his -.ease* by a horriMo tract which commenced
business with the poor child by sskiug him in its
title, why he was going to Perdition!—a piece of
curl a ty that he really in a frock and drawers was
not iu a condition to satisfy—and which, for the
attraction of his infant mind, ho had a
varontheeis iu every other lino with some such
hiic ippiog refer nee a? 2 Kp. Thess.c. iii. v. t and
7. There was the -deopy Sunday of his boyhood,
when, like a military deserter, he wan marched to
chappel i>y a pi q le of teachers, three times a day,
morally handcuffed to another boy ; and when lie
would willingly have bartered two meals of indi
gestiblo snrrnon for uncther ounce or iwo of infe
rior mutto v at h‘.s *c*nty dinner in the sloth.
Ttiero was the interminable Sunday of h s nonage ]
when hisurv.her, stem oi tsoe « nd unrelenting ot
heart, would sit *1 day behind a bib’e— ound l'ke
her own construction of it in th? hardest, baro£‘,
and ptra'ghlC't board*-', wl h one dttf’ei (ruam'-n*.
ou the Oi_var like drag of a chain, ar d a wrathful
Fpnnkling c? red upon lho edges of the low f—
ns it it, of ell books' were a ferlitkation against
sweetness of temper, natural affection, and genl'o
intercourse. There was the resentful Sunday of
a little later, when bo glowing and gloomin’
through the tardy le.glh or the duy, wi-h a sullen
sense of lrjury in his heart, and no more real
k wi© tge ot the b-?u*-tic3nt history of the New
Tests menr, than if ho had been bred among
idolaters. There war- a legion of Sunday, all days
of unsetvicesb e bitterness and mortfioution,
s’owly p Sttirg before them.
FikSaIOXAAI*E (. MCBCH XX NfcW VoHK.—YOU ©DtCT
the church porch. The portly sexton, with his
thun.b n the arm holoa hts v«st, niTets yens*
tho doer, lie gUncos at you; yc ar hat end coa* r r
t .w, beg.acious’y e cort-you to a e : :g*bles. ’
.a the broad aisic. bi‘t> i you i&lioir: -
peer, r:«.ek, fitioly ■ dev'i*
fro ' h-.r trmdm k rcv.id iotl : ; s, oco ds*. .
ten ; of the immortal Tn. ae*ton toatraik
wi: -ndlen bl dnese! S.o«tauos emban>-ed
one moment- then as truth d *wn? upon her,
retrrees her steps, and with a crimson blU'h
recro-ses the thn'shbo 1. which sne profaned with
her plebaian fee*. Hark *o the organ 1 I*, is e train
from Norma, s ightly Sabbatfc-ix :d. N w thawor
s 'lppers one after another glide in—? Iks rattle—
p'uoxbs wave—sat n gnatenß—i!amond^irr!Ue*- s and
scores <sf for? doll«r handkerchiefs shake cut
ti e r perfumed odors. Whet an absurdity to
;reach *.o Gotpcl of the Jowly Nara r ii.e to such a
1 Toe clergy knows better tba-: to«lo Ho
b’.B fair salary and handsome panonigatoo
Vigh y. So with a velvet treed the W: Iks a’l roond
the ten cooimandmen+e—places the dowries! pil
low under the dying profligate's head—and. uah
o-s him with teraphic hymning into an > "
Heaven. Pansf.
JaccwMeuci-B.—unfortunate man, who was
under entence oi death for the allege!
Greet e B Lee, and whose petition ior pardon web
rejo.*te i icce&tly by the Legislators, committed
suicide by taking laudannui furnished him by Im*
. wife on lho night previous to the day set apart lor
Lis cxeoatiou. He pr . tested hia innocence to the
last, as we are inform*!.— Uoiumbu* Imm.
tcßMKfi or Taw rsaMixouE.—By an ccdorsextont
ou a letter received at the p< stoffke in this dty
from JaoksonviPe, we learn that the eteaumrßemi
nole was destroyed by Are at her wharf In the
Utter port a few day* ago. No partioalare are
given.—.SueA. M*v-
The Washington Union invites he rs of
the An ericat party in Qongrwm »o an t? wuh the
bag Nicbta in the c'.ecFou oi a Bpeaktr.
«Wl'l you wak foto-ray par lev, aalg t be qptttr tethe fy
% IPrfntwi.
lal«tr from Ccptrat A Usenet C&fffbPPlfcy Or-w
aiti rmsue.
By an ox*ra Iron* the offic Cl V- Kt al#
of Uu Qulf % dated Deo- SMk* .w t. i*U» a lm
portant intelligence ’rom the P
os f*'4lowb fr m the K«y : —aSutwr*? * iX>**rte? .
The U. B. Mail steamship, **i t. of r *.e W •aßt*
arrived hero yesterday afternoci: * a o dycHk. from j
San Juan,
of specie. Sue took in co&i b-jri a- c. !*-!. in ■
the eveiii gfor New York
Nicaragua.—Alfiirs in «to q
,
the new adeninia.ration a p * r g:
ft&V‘* f *K*tioc to tbeesliv* pc-. ;k:>. Th*j
hevadatook djvr. . n hci ♦ • • »r.*r. * . » »..
4.-3 mei to Jo?c WtJker; (■'•• . * ;* *i
Batter, it e i*. A-J^r*on, •. y :
j Nab. *
CaxrX'^air.^—Tdc mines or * r* » •» , .*>
iug immense ! y. Any thing Ukc a fail's * ?- 9 -
of the d.seovtr;*'? and rWi- trikr 4 -a t
every day, would flit aam »i*. “r **.
U ; n, in Taolumm county, - f - " r l
for its rishnes*, uud • V ■
to! «• daily extraett !rcn
Thi French flag w?. -*u i*'«4 ♦ ’. yf •
at Ban Krancisc-*', by 81 gu; m ,
Indej»CLdenc , lying ff N- r; c* K,
same limo the colpn < ‘ V
it *■
sftstcmerxff Jarman an
. presnnoe of a vr-* . . -n’ -r* ■
and Americans wh • “ la •* ’ v
cercti3ny, io tCFt ra'" ol %
of the uq fort an aye d flic ht-p ; -*w i>c t ' r
kmwnd theoffi *hc ' V • k
San F.fi- ■ tfc''.
Tho French, E ? i »»
San Fo ncisoo i:o:i ' * • v: ■•* IV,' fr.
on the29th,ln b -r,n* r e- ss - .
i he prepxraffrm w:ro o** * v r\ J .*
liboro! scale, end a cone? rse< » about UpO ..**-*
sons aawmtlal to 1 -. A \
wont off wei , *?* r-urw- ilk
evil disposed perrons - • o r \
auJ brebking tip ‘ .c o r ;* c -!n v •
prooeesi'tn was gor.ou up >r 't - . -ihtcjh
procer* oJ to the Kw-s u C -.■> c ./.
rying the Rassian A- *•* :• < v • «
earno staff.
Tin steamer Ocorg:6: ! rr ' . >
Fetluma on the 23 1 N -v. S:v« , of- t r
were k:lie i, aud live severe!;. ?j*j •
A quarry of flap wfcl e iu'i-e i?-«* i -rr
coveted at Comp ofivi. c.. eenn r
Duriog the past OiOvcn r* cr-i Or'!. *-)
worth of gold has been < r, t*. th (j. .■ .w ch
Mint, principally in t- 0
Loweb Caluobnia —The B n F:* o Herald
says: From a gOLtlemon wr. an ivt! '“' v
on thi sohr. Kate Hill, from L;l**x l r .
taiuol the foil >wirg Intercstic^
Oa the Ist of Nc vombjr, tho t
off C»pe St.iiicae, to tho “cu-hwar‘4./-
of Iwo barks, oso was the wUi. n - i a..,-. .
and the o her,the (Hot e. O ; *, t *
Kate Util, they stale ! they rail*-; . •»'
or, and were proceodirg to L ■ ?- \ ,r
orders from Alva'-rz, and tha* ; • »• ,
“regilate” tho inhabitauU. • »
party numbered 800, am* ts /; - •
armed and equipped. T' '• ••**' -‘ 4k *
Ca’ifornia wr tho object <‘ F* -* *
OBEGON AND W AOIiINOTON. -( '* -- -ir % #
iaging in Wa'-hirgtcn and O f ' » ’
btill continues At the latest aceci •"» \
families had boon murdered, s ’i t v*
lives lest. Tho *! .<>;• . , r
steamer Active, have b«v ‘
war, whore the revenue cu*’* r
sloop of war Decatur, ar© •* >
cruifs ar© being col ccre <i;- , * -t
heardfrem, wqs al PortUr’d ' • ’* * fq.'
fornie, ndW chartered by tho (*' .•• —r
Indian organi/xtion ropreien''; r
plete, and they seam daten
of extwmiiuifioo. They are bj •
based and wretched raw <' r rr-‘ • ' m\ \ t
some parts of their State, hr-' V .W ■■■•*,
fler-LG ar.d warlike. The »<*■ ■* i■■ •
this State believe that 77 - ' * •
months. 1* will probably ' • 1
principal tribes have fce* ,; ' * r . ' ‘ *
many live* lost.
On tho 6th of November, tl '. F * .
aud ussasioalod a party r 1 - •:
China—The news from t i ; • t -
Piracies in the China Sen -♦ ~ <-
The insurrection in Cm - ?•? - -
pressed. Tbe f»rcn r *' :
Kam Sir, one of tbe lade: ;
being cut Into 108 piece*. 4|
L&ITKB VBGB iUQEJ
/Seattle, IF. T, Afo \ 12, 185:- +
a puly of six Frenohinon i.rri-ed • ' i 4 ,i»j.
on their way to Vancouver'- IF s v u . ■*:
udhu JCO.'Stiri in their cff-irts \o <-+
The iudi: nabave no auimosilj • • * ' • .
or English; lienee tnoy url- .* 1 -r. ». V '-
freely among them. Five powV - - * *f *
iug united, they appear to :>
reports iu regurd to their strcn«r !». ; r,->c«i :tq
ifco-, which these people fee
Americans, towards whom If ~ v. /• i , 0- -
centratod.
The fclowingl*i ih> sub/rw#-'' - C-o
motion received from them, 7 *’ a •ri i
mo wan corrcc', accot •-.c * of]
tho ludiau* and their 1 -m? • ]
Olikitftts, Spokans, Yak nq i. , %*, and V• w
Wallr.’ l , are determ nod v/ - rd mv bar
from fivo to eight tJUousajxt ur . i ■’mou'tu;-!
and armed, ot p ••- t ar.d caps.
They have removed tho tior-Uombitmr f s, taken -
possession of all the Fvors u\>A pasbes, and
watch tho movements of ratr j ooph closely.
On thoir way from Fort Co! these Frencr
men made a detour of nentiy * 0 haudfvti:..i
to avoid the Indiana, but 11.4 l Guiding tb s.
trouble, they mot the •Yakirm:**, aud wc; .* dc*
tained a day, but finally iveiu e dibie l to depart,
on their promising to return h.u L»4itf a Lu rd
ot powd ir, which thuy fora-jt to .0. £ll2 Cni i
into med them that he Lad f-.:v' ; .
“B stoctii- ot the 6t! {"
0t
■ qa;n icr 0.-c ,ped dui.-ng the if\4 t \ • *.
orning ho overtook ur:. : j.«x- t* *
twenty m nun b: r, ai:*• *'■ •. " r • ,
their arms, tmimumd-.-h a • , •
uarrator consulted eigbkeah a-v-; • *..
io ascertain the tame o» tie ccayoia: . ’ .
olhor in formation ngajrdi ig the * . bj
party.
Diet t. Slanghtor.had advaccod besom. • . C.»i
ctdea, but fladirg the Midi \r * .-l' - ry
advun’ajo. wisely letro.ited 10 h?e '. o yV ’ :
river, wuore he was safely i. t « 1;;
arrivtl of roiuforcaments, litd 1 1 •*.:.■ 'id i j
the mountain* a::pllicr day,! s..
Inevitably have boon
who are -
pared toattrok him with an over * !
oft tin. gs
to cut him off, m k ' k ii
its inhubrionts, and p - > . . • ..w
ammunition hey o*l ; ‘ $* . 1. .
the Decatur is prei arod te T. c.; .. j all !
tbov do -1 re, On llw r | r .1 ' *
PutCatiinijCLicf Oilier . 5 p'-n-iu - r n- rf-.d j
to boa dare*deviJ, viitainops • . ' n aingl
more talent thau anv Mh :'J' >• >0!
moniAafns, i* said o', cut
e Btronge -f pvt y 1 buugl i->. B . ght •tis f
ronvincev the; ho has *-• f • hi.* t*r tfio J
enemy. In that eaee,t • •> *' • o
contend wifti, and thw rs oe «wr»iy *• e :201 •
tho Cascade 1 ango. J* o t. *nirr» r lia :. ' fh.c.
chief, has been here i \ :* y r.w.
of being a epy, though noth r. h*- ‘ r » r v i t to
convict him. *
On tbo l&Ui alt.,.Gov. Mu r.\ f/j. i?. : r»n;
on the Decatur and + tor
arms and ammuuf’i /o, * r:-' tty
complied with, ar.d tne rricles '-• _ r rt
Olympia, by the Decatur, . d- ■* ' v
Lieut. Drake, in' 66 hou A- at r ?ct r? c*c
qu sit loti.
This b iug thh most cxp >. " ’
the Decatur will remain fieri i :: Lo r . r * > ■
lass her prosecco is indlspor.Fnh’c Vr~. 7-i-r
cutter is at Steilrooom.
Lt. Slaughter arrived at Btoi’acc-:;'. -rr ** 1 l
olt., and return' don the 31st with - uipfnr>?*; o?t* Q . \
Lie will bo able to meet the eneivy ': - if *
now.
On tho night of tho 2G h, two d' - *■' v iV
Slaughter's command wero arrest .* : : • •.v ’.
while attempting to eeoipeinji ,■ . . . •* .
Steilacooin tho next clay.
Oot.Slat. —The Indians huvocCr ?■ ■* ' #
tics o > White R ver. On jv .• *-% t
23th nit., a party ot these devils n ; «* , m-ni
by tho name of Lake, who suco3?
to t':is place. About LO v “• •
day, a Mr. andMbh. Jolos wercs! - . r •
own house; n men by tbo nt*- • -v.
was wi s h them atthotime, efca] '
leaving bol ind three littie oi '. ’r * , -•* *
woro spared at Hie i&tercoeff- '
called Nelson. After setting ti o » ,
and articles taken from .
parted, loading the ildre
The oleiost of inom,b noble . • *l% ?
years old on that very dty } -
emergency; taking the yonr-q ,-afa ♦ !"*
only two years old in h;§ar - ‘ Tj • .
by bis sislor rgetl only four, 1 .• ■. • I
85 miles distant, intending v.: •- * ;
the way. AfU>r travelling ah .. ’ r .
rived at a camp of friendly 4 * 01 o f :
them, called Wash Bom, to r. * + <«7*V j
and s-t irie-i for this p.act. ’■ it\:
the coldest of tbe tosscD, the ! : o ' r • - .
irg at 87 deft.; but Bom go* " oc 7
blanket and his stock ol tUreo r- • t c
to ha smaT pusherge*- ; -e c~
whose name is John J. C. L . J ; - "
ben gi. s s*‘i er) kept aw * •
expr s d i‘, “to kco t > the V • - q .1*
next morn ii.'he’:tt:e sufiferem. ' ' ' *•
wet, hut.. r M. i wbillc it r ? r * /t: Jt
catu r , who e tb<y reoolv 4 *:! &! ; - ; • • jjr
warm l-otrt - ;i willing h :•> v'~; y.r'OT* ' f
i.ob'o Wa-.ii S:u did no. go wdL n "
On Mon !a? morning a tvjmps ■+ Y"1 *
numbering 56 t'Uxberß, Maci.u t r r : :!;d "f
Cap.. Ho '•
a* *ti.e . -- < 1 Dua.uv ■ y * V L'„
country bri-.g ’ . the ri\. » uw* ;. *
report* li\ o whites and two Dawsnr 1 ! I •' {
killed on Sunday.
Cap!. Sterott lias offered ILe people * v . >r .
ritory every'assistance in h'.-t p*c
The s■p of war Decatur . bee '
in pu-i her brotdaide tprumg rpen ‘ * v’- j
ready for any cmygon-y. -70 ' , - " (> .
garrieon* the town at 1 . i,nd be; cv..« e
a strict v : giiauco along tne r j
tho approach as 10 Dawsr.i : ;
A report was brought i;: *J: %
•
hiving scoured tbc perse- d L # - ' 0 i
chiefs of tbo Uuiyamuit Ind is 'A’- trd*e j
havo taken op 1r ns to rt •. »
oomiuonc. d their moxderou - W7.r:eia \cj ■ |
r.acddi'S whites. Tftis tiiboi* i:~. . \
head of White River, west *•: * •■ v? j
consists of hb .ut three hen*t v e \ war qv-
Ljconted and armed.
Lieut. McAllister and 'F or a •
:-e:;t out as. Boosts, some daj? bIlc?, \ i Cv v• |
i : returned, it is supposed that j ;
oeen killed or detained by tb- 1 . •■». ~-
Beattlc’s son mso reported Ft* For* C- " -1
Peized by the IcaiaUß, arid a me v*.' v ' - *
sacre i.
ts hat depeaienc; there fc r he . k r '
{ X>ve reper j*, ICAIiCOt rev,:-u. 7 r. V - *.
I bis ‘erritory, 1-tc. r- 7 '... .o . h . * :
.
! ; very much 1 h*: g*ic •; •».>. * >
s occupying tte n. .-rr. *-i “1
rd States.
Abtf. 8— Fat Catnin trrivft-‘ F ; • *■ ;
frem tho mountnios, wl e f c he *A .?“C
--she he appeared a- * ,
whicc had bean eirculalei i-c” . v j
pos tfs Sieing the O over cor re s !»r ;
yiete himsei?.
•
night, having found the rema.ne ci cc
horribly m«n/!ed and throe hon=» r •• . '; > —j
the muriered were .. • <
Jones end Jencin, t • e* ; ier rlu. - j
families and a c#n<' tbe nair : r ; C Os
The Indians are - «n v
molittie. At F'tt On ard ]-
ceen ordered ioie s vi. ITcu* >
hack on Stun mom*,
isc lth . • B- : It v« 7 \
*7 ya-pt< Tee j&iqft** . ' r 'V. -' r ’-
•J l for Port Hftf i -on, to comptatc
kiCb.na.
- > - -«*a* -
Khlsoio Aomn^sx. —Tho ' :z- • j
the > r aj
tram Chariot s, Ailed
past deven o'clock a m. y yv&eA ; * 4
qoenoe of a j j off ore rri! ‘.hh r * ■
ba River. < *
The engine, tender ar J 1 T i’C ’*
throw n from tho track, an ' We ■ m :.« w 7
two negro*boys, Larkemestj ree . ■ * - ;
ries. A'len. the property -*1 * .
thigh and a leg brukec, * . J r iiC'vf * * - ‘
Injured. A bc.y, the property r * M: . ;
ceived internal irJarieß, wh eh 1 * fet:*.*.« :
a serious na‘are.
Wm.LtUe, E 0., Uolte! S* " . A i
narrowly being crushed t crrrf*
The v**rfk->cngerr eacat>ed uwhuri, tr 1 apart *>ori
the if juries nv the bekolN' I
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[ Xfl£ the following
<-i t tument of Kail roads completed und in
; iiitai ;si of the State in tho several compai.ita:
Acsanlria, Loudoun and Hampshire Kail road—
Lsiig.h milts, in \ rogreaa capital stock
aatnoibed fy ia* $6,5:0.000, estate’s intiiest
VTO.
{ 1 -'TOcer.cktfbwsrg uni Gordonsville Kail road—
i L.ngCL, 45 miias, iu progresa 45, capital stock
M&- j 1 00, r. : . iuu re.- *i7 < 87#.
iiaon'e-.s Gt*p Kal. road ( Lc'udin « \s undonn
. branc ,) —L ' , »» h iHi c<>mp etei in
; r>* . P2;*i, cap ta t ik $2,8X1,000, State’s iu
• ?•' .• f!.. Ji,'xc.
hi ■ Pcb r bu r t ; fi iroad—.Length SO
r_* in prog-os' 60, capita! stock 11,500,000
: t' - 6 a ia’ercs; tlkl.OTa
o- *ro ar.d AleiscdriJ H.iroad,
brai. L ; . Waireatcß aao estcaainti to Lynch
bar ,).— Lirgih. i 57 souipieted 07, in pregre s o
stock ?i.A57,500, Sts’c’v interest
1 401 -be.
•'■r-er-cargand li ja->ckc Kailr.iaj—Length 63,
’ o ted 00, cpi t.! stock $769,000.
hmood, Fre ieiioksoafic and Potooiac Hai!-
;oan—Ler.gtu hi% '.-.np-oted 76%, capital block
$ ,V in.'r.-f $375,200.
KCt> ’ Ic’-srabarg Bairoad—LvcgthtS,
S. e.tv ttvjk 's63s,6oo,State’s mter
f?S#,«oo.
rn-. 1-d !"* -v ’e Kailroad—Lnrg h 142,
- I?>. !rr <;-■? ?7, capital stock (2,000-
- ’ * (Mji.aco.
! ~ r V.'ti ICivcr Railroad—Length
6'i • P'T'O capital sleek (5u0,000,
I W .<« »Rtrrs ' (77 69b.
. Tic • •, I; i read—Length 22 completed
. .• ■*•-■*•. ■ 1 4 : *., i’o, Stale’s interest $806,641.
p s. 'H (from Lynonburg to City
» o’? bl)-• t.rrg 1 s ’Bl, completed 181 capital Eteck
t ’ A( . yV;.. m J . terest $50,500.
7 *: t.ia I'entra! Bailrocd—Length 189 milos,
, «'•« ••153, In progress 86, capita; Block $2,977,
; ~ ffp. •state’.- ore -n fi 618.254 76.
\ irgimsc-’dTc: ucseo Railroud—Length 205,
1 comi ote) 163, i . p-rgress 45, capital stock SB,OOO,
, 000, State’s iTKorc’ (1,300,000.
' Winch-ster rnd Potomao Railroad—Length 32
1 miles, oomple’:t ; 88, capital stock SBOO,OOO, State’s
■ totarcsi SBB,BBB 88.
, Line K’.dge Railroad—Length 17 mil s, comple
ted 13, in progress 4, capital stock $1,800,000,
St ale’s julcreet $1,284,255.
Ccrv.ngtm and Ohio Rafl road—Length 224, iu
■ pr. k-rjss 68, capital sto.'k $1,000,000, State’s inter
fits’ (798,674, 86,
Clover Hill Railro’d— Length 11%, completed
, 7 %,onpi;al »tcak (250,000. '
: yreaucille and Roanoke Railroad—Length 21,
* Cjtn, Ote. Si, capitale'cck (289,100.
( Northweriern V’irgin'n Railroad—Length 108%,
in progress lpß%, capital stook $8,500,000.
Tu Sa' o and Jan es River Railrord—Locgth
• 1%, complete t 4%, capital slock $68,600.
(seaboard and Kaancko Railroid—Lougth 80,
OOtnpiated 80, capital stock $500,000.
ii 1 imoro ur*d Oaio Uailro&<4 (iu Virginia)—
U t complutod 240.
*Vi: kas in nil 2^6 8% miles of railroad in longth,
: » ; - v i tarjploto l, «arv in
. C" «'o . #10,751,2.6 Stale’s iutoro-it.
i Democratio iEdTiMONir.—Will the Democratic
i jf Georgia, who have charged Mr. Fuller
?, ..li 7,-er.'- ilium, a id dei oanced Southern Arnori
cau* for \ )’•• ng lor him, publish tho following
j TtALCt lr;m the Washiugtcn Uuion, tho material
; ffgen of their own party ? We shall see :
Mr. yesterday addressed the House,
( and -in tt brief speech of groat good sons * and
temper no dollnod bi 9 position, wfdch,
iuelnddig h,s rr.*mp: response to Mr. Fercy
of tho Mobile district, may bo summed
L Tip r s fellows: in the legislation of
! I)o7g:o#son the Nebraska bill as a dual settlement
of that question on the principle of popular
• -sovereignty, and a distinct refusal to assist in
} restoring tho Missouri Cora promise. We hoard
► tho avow'd with inuoh pleasure, and desiro, horo
J <r.d to rxprCßs our thanks to him for the
1 .i'rMnDiary fribn o which bo paid to a great demo
k-craiic pirnc^e. 1 '
Tbue Strength of tub Lluack Kepdblioans.—
* ? r«3 Row York Herald thinks it a great orr r to
'Vti-’POFO that the vote to Banks, for Speakor is a
d vto tout of the lVa 4 k Uepubl : can strength in the
' iv.r v- :
-.r'p ? *ll on the fifs- day—about fifty ir. num-
V;:. •’-e really indicative of their strength; tho
. * y ( • rc?«cUy mixed—a kind of joint stock
*(it ‘ .
ard, Greyly, Webb, Weed and G:d lings for man
agi>T. In such an operation somebody will be
’ ebeafed.
The C of vhe United 6tatk3.—An otii
.cinl Element of the Commerce of the United
for tiio quarter ending Bopt. 80th, has just
been p.. 1 >h:d. The result are as follows :
IMPORTS.
1 1628,671
T Free, <aUiar than spcc-e 0,684,948
Du«abte.. N 61,763,831
i Total... a. $72,021,950
EXPORTS.
Foreign Merchandize $5,868,857
.
Domestic 3 \ftrchand<ro 41,458,576
r rt.-fel Dcmtetlo $56,280,442
,Totk! Exports $60,599,299
Ct will thus J e soeu that tho imports for tho
vpx'-r’ar amounted to $72,021,950, and tho oxports
* to $60,599,299.
Tl r V obmon l, Virginia Dispatch says there
• •,•* • * Ao-vcred on T * farm of Mr. James
riv-ev, s'r out six miles from S nuaton, nn upporont
!y supply of nitrate of lime. Seme
r'Dadmens oil oxumiuution proved to coutuin largo
ITorlioos of pure saltpetre, and iu all, the nitrate is
ritrong’y evident.
A New LTgland Settlement in UxoneiA.—Wo
" following paragraph in tho Bultirnore
; c . ? >f tho 21st rr)i :
• p«*rrv of ferfons arc about to removo
F ‘ •* Orr rs-. j«, wharo they hove parch as
* ’ • ••», 'vitich includoH a good wator
< r n< ed'n'e use. They propose to
m * town, which shall soon be
• v with ’ hem, as they will,
K o w . .'b-g muity and aptitude for
f , ’Ley can i ar‘‘y is 1 short of full success.—
: rv prop < e **■ tsbe out quite a number of now
« • v-vrci . I won-. g machines and atonco ostab-
~ i>v,r^ iW f.-r - *si: • t-” to as woll as agriculturo.
• -m ti 'jek AmjEp.ican Minister.—The Lon
‘ dos OJjTU'»% > Te, of slh DeCAmber, noticing a public
■ .m'tfV n 7h ch M% Buchanan was presont,
Tb 2 InOitiduftl uf> . wfiorn tho ban I and tho
*oinr>::ny uui'»*d in rhek desire to do honor, was
Mr. UnobonuP, tho American Minister, who was
recolvod wHh lead demonstra’ions of applaU'O,
whUo the band struck up 11 Yankco Doodle.” Tho
I'Vei'eh AoibaFShdof unfortunately entered whilo
| \/he band wee at U o height of tho rofrein, and tho
j . r '? l '>nuc6rnent of his nofHO was quite lost in tho
nc-i?y tepubßcau air, so that he pa.ssod to his soat
scarcely any acknowledgements.
rpiNum by Air Fowun.—lt is not generally
; known that the w?>olo of the gold and eilvor coins
♦ of KngWmd^nd'stuck by pressure,
] or t in otfcoT wcrd.% that the air wo broathe coins
{ cor uwmoy. By a beautiful yet complicated
'aTvgoroe.itof pneum tic valves, springs, and
.cr mechavitTnl applfei ces, tho air is made to
! *x. :i - r,; d w.light Iti rapid alternations upon a
series of pistons, which, again, oonuected with
‘ (be f Tcssos, oirry down the dies upon the discs
w '■v ■' 'iiy ro bo ecmed wit-h unerring precision and
J fej#;.. ,n.di ' croath money.
j lhANx Defaloatiom in: Boston.—Wo huve mon
j tiojierl Ihe /set that a defalcation amounting to
SLO>OOO find boon disoovere<l in tho Grocers* Bank,
' Boston. MSkG. F. Thayer, the cashier, is tho
1 . .kkUr.t'ngofficer, and i os disappeared.
rho
, Y • also nAJerstaud that a mysterious disuppear
- y.'c 0‘ *» ?.iuv.lof nature has rocuri o 1 between the
" ' aV'-i Bank and the Merchants’ Bank. The
*" j-oat if The Suffolk Bonk claims to be
‘ b'o to BUo , y that the bills were delivered. Tho
* Lc.nk never roocivod thorn. Thus tho
- / «svter r-tqpdn at proaeu*. Tho whole uffeir is
trapped ia s doc© my«te*y, which all tho efforts
V h j ;c baa thus Lir been in vain,
he B ston Courier says :
» ate highly roppoctod toliow citizin, Josiah
B. Kiib n no, Esq., who wrote a letter to his wife
- -js “going over Cambridge bridge,” and
v *
• • :r r ncr*. 'iifiel'rr.is pcckcts with tome ten
: .-fi worth of bills of exchunge on
on# whiob Jve nrcl}a. c el cf John E. Tnayor
„ pß'- og sos them with checks c n French,
» •. * >tv 1=? Jn England. Bo ho writes in
«ife, lo which he ivitoaherto
! roRKf him*
J/r.txktt of tub French Fmphbob Frozen in
# *c thet 150 ear &i beat-’ loadel with flour
•,-d ?rtin, com igeed to L:*ui« Napoleon, uro fro-
J n°cin b
Y. The ‘Oioaiit of grain cannot fce worth less
Fan $1,000,000, and ten freight cars a day are
v ployed to cairy it to tido water. They were
enb'Og... difficulty, us the amount of freight
basic -/a on b e Central Eoud is enormous.
A hoKfcotf Fo®>—Few per.-ons can form any
idea ci tho density of o London fog from what
tb'.y oocftido’ ally &-e in this country. On the
15th i&dlhth November a dense fog prevailed in
Locd u r:d its vie' • ty, faring which steamboats
oro r J'oQtos cesj-oi to run, hacks and cabs got
on the sidewalks, numbers of persons walked
over the wharves *nto the Thames and were
drowned i similar accidents took place in the
locks &\ i basins of tho Eoveral docks, with many
Mai resalts; persons were stopped and robbad in
th* streets with impunity, asdsovar-l E>:ops were
nde -1 in day time without a possibility cf
eificMSf by las police, so denee was
tile mistery p-all that -overspread the monster
city.
• M,ii. ffashingtcn organ or the
>•-, Leaking of Mr. Fuller, the candi
i Nufi/.nal Americans for Speaker, says
t e wua loimerly in Cor gross,” but “if he had any
it aUiv ry taUiViMtU atout him, we n Ivor found
I it out."
Tu- JoimmoM or thz Socnd Dues (Question. —
■the i >'■*-: ft :a the Augsburg Allgomiene
..uiirg Continental journal, we have
* j reason to bth;vo embraces a pretty true
... : the actual position of this govern*
i ~:r.bontliuqu2Stlo3 :
rt bud Bfo .' regard to the Bonad Dues
• ? -qx, in-?.bed here that Denmark has,
* deferred the because
• i::o . i* 0: piofest had been made
ggafe-; any conclusion which might
4 *fcc lo Aruc' *a.r ntereets. It is also
ted. frrecent commacications from Wash
* , . :*.c (> ' - r.rr*rrt of the United States’
r. r. r-j *o!hc- Sound Daes question is,
f ; ’2be, der cd!y ter mined than it has ap
* -
. V v *- -ited F'ttth© Cabinet of President
* “Ui-w \ under all
X ib* 'looiand that American vessel
, t-ho
i 'TT‘ : ' 4- : ftVs# from Denmark, and much
: - -a lo Ecciuire %L-c pernj tsion by the payment of a
: : A ; .
T- VvUMe Yi *^m4n Murdered by her Father in
Boston.—The Boston Transcript of Saturday even
-g fays that the4*&d body of a young woman was
it thwheusewf her father, ifichael Galvin,
• r.. fY/Ufi'T3 r fc atrefct, on Friday ovening, and that
j** c~r. : •-on *o believe that tho deceased came
j m *icr dear. by. iefilcted upon her by
i while ettempliug to violate her perron,
t vfce-ferfcor b* »beea arrested.
A«W liookH.
Katk Weston, or To Will and to Do. By Jennie
DiWrv DeWitt <te Davenport, N. Y. 1855.
Tho characters in this volume arc drawn iL a
very spirited and natural manner, and the inci
dents ue of the most interesting character. The
lesson which it conveys is effective, and .the inoiul
is goed.
For sale b> M. G. MoEinne.
Toe Hunter’s Feast, or Convcn»«tin Around
tho Camp Fire. By Cant. May nk Reid, author
of “The Bca’p Hunters, ’ Ac. Now Yoik: De-
W itt & Davenport 1355.
All lovers of tho marvelous and adventurous will
be piea&€d with this book, improbable trough
many of the scenes may appear. There ia a da-h
--ing and freshutss about It wn ch cannot fail
to keep the attonrljn cf the reader aiivo until ti e
last chapter is finished. Both his aud me fore
going work pro very handsomely illustrated.
For sale by M. G. MoKinne.
Lilt Huson, or Tho An o I>Lgraphy of an Orphan
Girl. By Alice Orey. H. Lono <fe Brother,
New York. 1855
This purports to be an actual au r o-biography of
a young lady ot Now York and is a simple and in
teresting tale of every day lifo, iu which ure inter
spersed many singular and romautio incidents.
From tbo Fubliahors, H. Lono <sz Brothers,
New York.
My F irst Season. By Beatrice Keynolds. Kd
itod by the author of “Counterparts,” &c. New
York: W.l*. Fetridoe & Co. 1855.
This is a taio of “high lile” among the English
aristocracy, and thero is a ica'ity in many of tho
descriptions wh ch proves that tho author is no
stranger to tho scenes which she describes.
For Bulo by Geo. A. Oates dc Bbo.
The Divine Love. By John Eadie, D. D. L. LD.
Philadelphia: Lindsay A Blaeiston. 1855.
An ex:o lont sories cf Leotnros, whioh have been
received with much favor by Chr'stian- of nearly
all denominations.
For sale by Geo A. Oates A Bko.
Little Paul. From tho “Doniboy A Bon” ot
Charles Dickens. Kedvibld, New York. 1855.
Another of this delightful series of books for
children, which all tho little folks will read over
and over again.
It is for suio by Geo. A. Oates A Bbo.
A Baby Flephant. —The edit >r of tho Now
York Sunduy Times has soon the baby elephant
that was bern recently in tiitt city, and givos a
vory pretty account of the little creature :
These Vsby elepbants are vory interesting ob
jects. They aro perfectly formed throughout, and
ditlor thoir parents only in size ; but that dis
ferenco is so amazing that it becomes ludicrous;
and when you 830 tho baby walking to and fro
under its mother, you cannot resist the to
laugh at tho oddity of tho compamo i. Ami then
tho bulky mot! er’s caro of the baby is so human
like and affectionate. Give tho baby an apple, f r
instmee. Tho mother first takos it in her trunk,
oxamir.os it closely, and then returns it to her
infant to eat, having satisfied horself, apparently,
of its iuuocaousnoss. And so wit a everything
else.
The Dkm 'oratio National Conventi >n.— r-South
Carolina d.ciines having lot or part in tho Demo
cratic National Convention. Wo learn from tho
Charleston Mercury, that, prev ous to tho adjourn
ment of tho L gislatureof that Btate, a meeting of
tho members was called lo oloct dolcga'o* at largo
to tho proposed Convention, and to provide for the
election of delegates Irom tho Congressional Dis
tricts. Tho time came, but the meeting was at
tended by not more than half a dezon person*!—
It was a ridiculous failure. No attempt oven was
male to organize. The Morcury udds, “Lis well
that ihe thing turned out so. A more powerfuL
demonstration might have brought tho movers into
great disgrace in tho State.”
Who is Mr. Banks?— Tho Boston (Jovrier, thus
tolls who Mr. Bunks is;
“Whon Barks comes up iu the on I as tho candi
dateot the‘republicans’aud northern ‘Americans,’
lie will have the whole ot the r vole. We advise
them to corner him down to some principle f or lie
never his had any stable principle in all the course
ot his political lifo. Whononoof ourcotomporaries
said that Mr. Bunks was a fit of Moesrs.
WinthrOp, Walloy, and others, as Speaker of the
Massachusetts Home of Representatives, its editor
must have been asleep. It tho Republicans want
him they must nail him down, and nr.il him hard,
or they will not beep him. Ho is one of tho most
slippery and uncertain politicians in tho world. If
he is eltc’ed Speaker, and tho Pioroo po'iticir.ns
want to buy him, they can have him without doubt,
bu* it must bo at a price.”
Tho Washington correspoi dent ot the New York
Herald says :
“Ii soboruoss contt lutes dignity, Banks must
make a dignified Speaker, in the event of his elec
tion. Ho has the air of a New England elergjman
pacing tbo dock cf a steamer whioh he exjejts ev
ery minute will blow up.”
WzumroTON Municipal Election. —At the elec
tion for a L aid of Aldermen in tho city of VV il-
Tnirgton, N. C., last Thursday, the entire American
ticket triumphed ly a small majority. The Antics
declared b}fo othe election that they woul t have
“no more American inttrferenoe in the atta rs of
tko city,” and boastod thn they would oloot their
ticket by 200 majority.
“.Sum’s boys” celobia'od their victory at night
by a glorious jollification.
The Senate Urintino.— A Washington dispatch
says :—lt having been discovered that Messrs
Nicholson mid Forney would be rejeoted as Prin
ters to the Senate, a caucus was summoned to re
consider their nomination. Mr. Forney sent in
an affecting letter, declin ng the nomination. A
mournful debate., onsuod. Party insubordination
w.B deplored. The nomination was rescinded,
and tho who.o subject j ostponod till January 2d.
Tho administration organ is repudiated aud the
party broken up.
The Arctic Expedition—Dr. Kane and the
British Minister. —Tho Washington Uuion pub
lishea a correspondence between Mr. Crumpton,
tho Biiti’h Minister, and Dr. Ka*ne,- Comman h rof
tho Arctic Expedition. Tho Minister’- lottcr ix
presses the high senso in which her Majcßty and
Lor Majesty’s government hold tho noble conduct
ot tho Doctor and his associates, and tho pleasure
it gave thorn to hoar of their safe roturn. Tho
Doctor, in his reply, his grateful ac
knowledgments of this favoring regard of ti e
Qnoon and bar govornmont.
Tho Ba'ariosot tho Archbishops and Bishops of
England aro exhibited by the ro; urns of Parliament
as follows :
Archbibhop ot Canterbury£27,ooo or $185,000
Archbishop of York 10,000 or 50,000
Bishop of D irham 17,000 or 85,000
Bishop of London 14,000 or 7u,000
Bishop of Winchester 14,000 or 70,000
Bishop ot Ely 12,000 or 60,000
Nine ethers on an average 5,000 or 25,00 f)
The rest on m average 8,000 or 15,000
Fora year and a half past there has boon no
vacancy on the Episcopal b'tch, but in the next
year and a half there will probably be flvo vacan
cies. If one man should be tho chief advisor of
the Crown for the next eighteen months, on him
will probably devolvo the responsibility of select
ing ulmost one fifth ot tho whole Episcopacy of
England. *
• Tho wheels of the Tennessee Legislature have
been brought to a stand still by the absence of
members from tbe House. Tho Gazette of the
21ut inst. says: “A fruitless effort was made to
got a quorum by Rundii g tho door-keeper after
absentees, but it was ascertained that if every
member then iu tbo city was prosent tho House
w<uld laok one ot a quorum. Nearly all the
absentees are away on
since left, and it only rtmdns for thoso who stay
hero lo adjourn rom day to day until a sufficient
number rolurn to transact legitimate business.
Another Steam Line. —The Boston Advertiser
states that tho stock for three swift American
steamer.-, to.ply between Panama and Valparaiso,
has been near.y taken up hy capitalists chiefly in
New York aud B>ston. Tho first steam:r is ex
pßiled to b§ upon the route in about ton months
from the present time. The want of a lino of
American steamer j between Panama, Valparaiso
aud the into mediate po t »'o wo coast of
South Araoric , has ion ; ic
The Great Central Ska in Tropical Apbioa.—
lii the Cal wer Missionsblattwo find, (sajs the New
York Tribune) with some letter* from Dr. Rob
man, dated
which is communicated by the learned missionary.
On this map, between tho Equator and 10 dog. of
south latitude, and between the 28d and 80th me
ridian, lies an immense sea, without outlet, twioe
as large as the Black Se», including the Sea of
Azotf. It is designated UkerowOj or Inner Sea,
an i tha web known Njasea Sea appears as a small
bay on the southeast. Dr. Kebmen refers to a map
in dotail which his companion, Dr. Erhardt, i 3
bringing to Europe. This great discovery, the
consequences of which can hardly be estimated,
has rested hiti.erto on the testimony of the na
tives of both sho r oß of the Inner Sea with whom
tho missionaries came in con’act. D/. A. Peter
mann remarks, in a letter in the Aihetmam, that
the African geographer, Mr. Cooley, argued long
ago for the existence of a single great sea in the
centre e{ Equatorial Africa, and this opinion was
prevented from becoming general only by the Oh
s’inate opposition of the missio':arie--s ©f Eastern
who low confers their error.
The rumored dismissal of Col. William
R. Montgomery, Mejo r Second infantry, from the
United States Army, according to the a&ntence c f a
court martial, of which Col. Joseph K. F. Mansfield
Inspector General, was President, is confirmed
He was charged with using the trusts of his offleiaj
p ait ion for the benefit cf the original
. connected witn tbe Pawnee City town site, in
Kansss, of which it is sad, he was one. The
Secretary of War, in promu'gating the sentence,
says :
“The Department cannot pass without notice
conduct of the olhor officers of tho Army who
engaged in the Pawnee Association ’o establish a
town upon the military rcaervo at Fort Riley. If
they have no official re*ponnihility in this c*se,
they have much to reproieb themselves for in in
fluencing the commanding officer to take tho step
which has involved him in such difficulties.”
It appears that about 820 acres were included
lr the town site of Pawnee city, and that it wa*
reserved from the government militant reserve by
the consent of Col. Mon»gomery. Gov. Reoder, it
will be remembered, was removed irom office by
the President, on the charge that he was concern
ed in this Pawnee speculation.
Fillmore vor Prmbjdbnt.— The ‘Straight V*higs
of New Y'ork city, at a meeting held on Wednes
day, adopted the following resolution
Resolved, That in the opinion cf this General
.Committee the nomination of Millard FiHnv/o a-*
the Whig onndidste tor President of the United
States will be acceptable and gr.tteful to tho Whigs
of tho State of New York, and th»t we respectful y
recommend him as that candidate to the Whigs
of the United States as ft true statesman in the
chool of Henry Clay.
Mr. iluohinan iu Rowland.
The following extrect of a letter from an Ameri
can geutidrn&u in England will bo road with plea*
1 sure. It iadated:
London, Dec. 7.
Fulhc leolinr toward America is exceedingly
friendly. The cor s'creation created by too ois
t»atch ol a largo ’.aval armament to the British
West 1: and North American stations aome %
weeks ago, and tlie^ hostile remarks of tbo Times
an l olhe| kindred journal Miereoo, has outlreiy
disappMr&l. People congratulate each other that
th. re wi'l be i o war with America, and attribute
tr • t«. »h“ good Fonsoof onr nation. An incident
ol onisi hiiab!© Hgn.fieance as eviuoirg tho gouu
in© lee'ing of the most influential and respectable
of the pepuh tion of Loudon towards tho United
States, ( ecurrcd at Gui'dliall on Tuesday last, at
tho visit of tho King ot Sardinia to tho city.
[ When Mr. B ichaubii was announced he was
i received with loud, en’nthasiastic cheering which
. lasted for sometime. This spontaneous outburst
of popular favor was ao decided as to com maud tho
attention of every person in that vast concourse.
It was so marked, indeed, tka f even those public
j urnals which systimatocally treat Ainer ca and
i Ani ric'ns v. dh c''’dnesss a d iudiffercTue, o.mld
i uot fail o speak (f it. Tho Post* in thus remark
ing upon the incident, w thout intending, added
' to its morning:—“When Mr. Buchantin, the
American Minister, appeared, some interest was
evinced, as if people thought they could judge
from tho oonntonauc-3 of tho diplomat either what
he himself fell or what woro tho intentions of his
, nation towards our own. 1 * The Standard gave it
less protending and more truthful report. That
journal says:—‘-His Excellency tho American
Minister, who, unlike tho other ambassadors, and
m compliance with the sui t rules ol the United
tJta'O', wa dressed i-* plain black, without order or
decora’ion of any kind whs cordially received;” and
the Dai y Nows observes that “iho American ropre
i tentative had demonstrations nlf >rdod that thero
are no warlike feelings entertained hero againat
tho stars and stripes.” In truth, l havo it from an
eye witness, that Mr. Buchanan was greeted with
far more fervor than any othor Foreign Minister,
except t* e Turkish, and tire wa* doubtless caused,
in part, hy his dignified course here as Minister
of tho United Statrs.
San Francisco Shipments of Gold fob Nine
Months. —The San Francisco I‘rico Current fur
nishes n statement of .tho value of gold, tho pro
dace of California, manifested and shipped from
that quarter ending September 80, 1855, from
which wo have condensed the following statement:
Shipments for the quarter ending September 8024,
1855 —To new York, $11,486,283 84; to London,
$1 418j56i> 45; to I*. uama, $44 71*8 89; to Hong
Kong, $53,600 ; shown g a total for tho quarter of
$12,988,191 68. The shipments during the pro
vious six months amounted to $18,999,29n 82;
being a total fer tho first nine months of 1555 ot
$81,987,482. Shipped during the same period last
year, $37,216 831 18, exhibiting a difference in
favor of 1854 0f55,279,849 18.
Thero wer j found in the United States iu 1850,
2,655 persons ovor 100 years of ago. This shows
that one person in 9,(‘00 will bo likely to livo to
that fig-'. The French census of 1851 shows only
102 persons over 100 years old, though their popu
lation was larger, by more than one third, than
tho population of this country. Old ago is, there
fore, attained among us much moro frequently
than in Franca
The Bkitisii Periodicals. —Messrs. Leo Hard
Scott andC). Now York, continue to reprint and
publish tho London Quarterly, the Eiinburgh
Roviow, tho North British Kcviow, tho Westmin
ster Kovicw, ucd Backwood’s Edinburgh Maga
zine, at very low prices. For any one of the Re
views, their charge is $8 00 ; for any two of them
$5.00 ; for any throe ot thorn $7.00; lot tho. wholo
four $8.00; and f r all tho Roviow* and Bh ck
wcod, $10,(0.
They an the most valuable of the European
periodicals, and are regarded indispensable to those
who woul i keop pace with European literature.
Mr. Thomas Courtney, is the Agent for Augusta.
►Shooting Match. —Tho Charleston Standard of
Thursday says Mr. W. King finished his shoot
ing match on yesterday, losing it by ouly one
bird. It will be remembered that he wes to kill
180 birds out of 150. On tho first trial, on Tuesday,
he killed 88 out of 46 birds, but the gun u od was
not his own, or tho one to which ho had been ac~
customei to. It is supposed ho might havo dono
better under moro favorable circumstances. Tho
result yesterday gave him 129 birds out of tho
150.
The Vices of the Italians.—Governor Antho
ny, of the Providence Journal writes from Naples
as follows:
There is nothing for which 1 pity the Italian
people more than for their vices. There can bo
nothing moro pitable than to sao a people, natu
rally bravo, intelligent, and high spirited, inhabi
ting the most beautiful portion of the globe, and
surrounded by tho proudest monuments of ancient,
civilization, sinking into a raos of petty cheats and
swindlers; wi’h no noble occupations, and no
manly aspiiutions; with so little couru-o in the
men, and ho lit Co virtue in tho women. That trore
are conspicuous exceptions to this tho-events of the
recent struggle prove; but that such is tho too
general character, tho lamentable failure of that
struggle and the present condition of the poeple
are by no means the only evidences. There n o
1 also moro.thHn individual oxceptior.s, as tho he
* roic resistance of Venice against Austria, and Romo
j against Fn no j attest; t resistance that might wll
P illustrate tho brig best annals of I aly But such is
tho sad destiny ot tho land, whore the poople have
tho strength and the virtue to maintain a govern
ment, they are overpowered by foreingn invasion.
#
Cannon for China.—The Boston Traveller of
Welnosday sajs:—“The brig Rollin Wave cleared
to-day for New Yoik to finish loading for China.
She has on board 83 cannon and 1,820 bails a cargo
similar to that of the bark Maury which so fright
ened tho English Consul.”
. Framo l ouses are rapidly ckcro.siiig in nura or
in California, iu consequence of tho frequent and
devastating tire-s which havo t wept ovor tho towns
of that State. In Marysville, lor instance, where a
few years igo not a brick house was to be seen,
thero aro now throe hundred. It has been a severe
school iu which tho pooph ol California havo
learned -hclaSHon of durable construction.
A Wittt Lecturer. —Dr. Oliver VV. Holmes has
recently boon laid up by i11n0.... In answer to an
invitation to lecture, ho Buys that frem long ha it
ho might bo ablo to stand up before an nf lienee,
but ho has not strength'onough to sit down. And
farther, he states that if he wore offered a soo bill
after lecturing, he should bo too weak to rofusoit.
Mb. Elkazbk Brown, aged 82,diod at Uxbridge
Ma«s., last Saturday, from mortification. A .-mall
blackberry thorn had Black in ore of his fingers,
inflicting, apparently, a very slight wound; mor
tification, however, sot in, and although tho finger
was amputated, tho d seaso continued to spread,
and tevminaled in his death.
A Decision Against L’usxyihm. —A very impor
tant decision has lately.boon givonin the ecclesias
tical Court at London, in tho caso of Wostorton vs.
Liddell. Tho London correspondent of the
Philadelphia American soys:
The Rev. Mr. Liddell is a PuHoyito, and has
adorned his alter with candlesticks, his church
with fl'.wors, pictured, and a largo croi-a, and bos
orcctod a credonco n.’ le. and uses handsomely
decorated and various colored cloths for tho alter,
all of which has offended the evangelical notions of
Mr. Westerton, the church warden, who having
without effect, applied to the Bishop of London
appealed to tho Consistory Court. Hero ho has
obtained a verdict Tho decision is to the effect
that tho crosnes and candlestick* are to bo re
moved, tho credonco table is to bo substituted by
one moveable, end'of word, and the various
colored cloths to bo changed lor ono of pure white.
The decision has created a great aenmtion. An
appeal against the decision has boon lodgodin tho
proper quarter, but if not reversed it will occasion
a largo socossion from tho Church of England.
The Missouri Legislature has adjourned, after
passing not less than 770 acts. Among ihom were
one to lo »n to the Pacific Railroad Company tho
sum of $250,000 for four months, to meet the im
mediate wants of tho company ; and another which
prevents tho selling or giving away of liquor on
Sunday, on penalty of forfeiture of licence, and
inability to obtain a new one for two years.
Important if Truk.—A Washington lott r says
that when new** of Walker’s apparent triumph in
Nicaragua was received, tho Nicaraguan Minister
had just concluded an arrangement with Mr.
C r.<- .ton for a treaty with E'gLni, by which
thx latter would bavo withdrawn from Nicar
agua altogether, abandoning her Mosquito ,
Protectorate absolutely, end without other con
dition than some little indemnity to bo made to
tho Masquito Indians. Os course such an ar
rangement would remove one of tho moat embor
rassing points in our controversy with Great
Britain on tho Central Americm question. Tho
negotiation is now at a stand still.
The Pin Factory at Winsted, Conn., is again in
operation lurnirg out pics at the rate of about one
hundred pounds per day. The suspension wap
caused by a su t an I decision against the company
for sticking pins upon papers by a patent process,
•to prevent which encroachment they are now
packed in boxes.
Extensive Robbery of Jewelry at Chicago.—
Mention was made some drys since of tho arrest
in St. Louis of a young man ha -ing in his posses
sion a farg * number of watches and a complete as
Bortment of jewelry. Tho property turns oat to
have been s’o'.en from a Mr. Speer, of Chicago, by
a man who hs u boon in hiß employ for about five
years. This man, says tho Chicago Tiibuce, has
been committing a series of tbef s during the great
er portion of that time, converting the n'olf n jew
dry i t - ) money and investing it in lands and
budding*. Hi* first purchase wus a home and lot
for which ho paid SI,OOO in gold. He afterwards
bought a hon e and :o’. cl Mr. Peter Page for which
he paid $6,000 down, giving a mortgage on the
property for $4,000 more. Ho also purchased the
lot corner of Randolph and Wells street, on which
the Plar ters* House was situated, paying $6,000
cash and giving a mortgage for the balance. He
also owned the large brick budding now being
erode 1 on that fo‘, which will cost t-ome SIB,OOO
when completed. He accounted to Mr. Speer for
having ao much money in hb possession by an art
fal story to tho effor t that his uncle had loaned him
the money, and a short time since loaned Mr.
Spoor $2,000. When the fact became known
that the young man was arrested ib bt. . UOOis
and the property found in bia 7?
robber hero became alarmed, and bo d
.....l. Mr Pm? j to a broker for $5,000 and
iui h Mr Bpoer's deducting the property
recovered anatb® Planter’s House property which
rr igned to u friend Os the robber’s and
bv h ttnoitoMr. Hp.tr, which litter wd
nrobably nett some *IO,OOO or $15,000, wnl amount
us some $4,000 or ss,ooffl
Refusal to Recognize Walker’s Government.
—The refusal of the President to recognize the
Government established by Walker, is said to
have been decided and definite. Mr. Marcy re
fused to grant Mr. French an intorviow, stating
that the persons who had overthrown the Govern
ment of N.caraguu were net citizen#, and until
there should havo boon some popular recognition
or confirmation of their authority, the United
States coaid not recognize Colonel French, nor.
any one eisvaa Miniater from the new gQVQ/n-'
nun*.. —BalL Amer,
Htamhh, Mass. Dec. 15.—Tho ship Timor, from
New Or 'am for Boston, struck on Great Kip t ie
morning, where she remained for. some hours.
Tho steamer Is'und Heme succeeded finally »n
gating her afloat, an i towed her into Kdgartowp.
She l as an assorted cargo. *
From the St. Paul Pioneer and Democrat Dec. 12.
The Fate of Sir John Franklin.
We enjoyed the pleasure yesterday, Ihe 11th
iuat., oi a .engthened conver ation with Mr. James
Green Stewart, a chief Trader of tho Hudson’* Bay
Comp, ny, and Lamed from him interesting facts
cone-i t il. ;■ i.n exploration of tno Artie region.
Uit.'iy made by a party under tho joint command
or Mr. James Anderson, another
. employee or ihat Company.
On the return of Dr. Rae, tho celebrate J over
born explorer of the Arctic region, in the summer
o. 1554, bringing with hun tho repoit that the
Eoqtiimux of tho extreme northern latitudes had
in their pos-ession relics of the Franklin expedi
tion, tho Biitish Government determined to make
one farther offort to penetrate the mystery which
has so long enveloped the fate of that eepedition,
and which had been partially solved by the infor
mation thus gained by Dr. Rae.
In furtherance of this desire of the British gov
ernment to follow up tho clue thus unexpectedly
obtained by the adventurous explorer—to rescue,
if possible, tho survivors of any of the party of
whites who wero reported by the Esquimaux to
have been seen near the outlet of Back Tiver, in
latitude about 68 degress north, or at least to pro
cure Buy records they might liavo deposited, the
Hudson’s Bay Company was directed to fit out a
party of tried mon, accustomod to the hardships
ot a polar life, to explore the region indicated by
Dr. Hue.
Acting undor tho commend of the home govern
mont, the governor of the Hudson’s Bay Company,
o. tho IS h day of November, 1854, issued instruc
tions to Messrs. siewart”htid Audorson to man and
equip a party h r the pm pose stated. Mr. Stewart,
with a party ot fourteen men, t'orefore, started
from his post, Carlton House, in 54° north lati
tude, on the 7th day of February, 1856, and pro
ceeded to Fort < hipewyao, at the head of Lake
Athibnaca, in latitude 68° north, at which point
tboy arrived on the stfi day of March.
It had boon determined to make this trip, to tho
Ar t e Sea by water, so fir «h whs practicable, and
I o party therefore lomainod at this post until tire
26 h M iy, busily engaged in constructing boats,
and making other preparations for their dreary
journey. At that date the party left Fort Chipow
yan, and journeyed by canoe on tho l*oaoe river,
which connect* Lake Athabasca with (Slave Lake,
Bomo three hundred and fifty miles in a north
wt torly direct-cm, till, on tho 80th of May, they
arrived at Fort Resolution, which is Hiluated on
an island iu Slave Lake, about lat. 61 dog. north.
A* Fort Resolution tho party was joined by Mr.
Aiub r.-ou, who, with Mr. Stewart, had broil ap
poi tod to the command cf the expedition. Here
another delay was made, for tho purpose of re
or£Huiz**tion, and innkpig tho last preparations
betore a lomptim? to penetrate tho interminable
frozm North. These arrangomr n's completed,
the party started out on tho 22d day of Juno, for
the head ot Groat Fish rivor, or a« it is known on
the map. Back river, in laltitudo about 64° n rths
Thence they foil wed tho course of the stream to
the Arctic Ocean. Mr. Stewart n presents the
navigation ot this rivor as exceedingly dangerous,
being obstructed by over one hundred Jifiloult
rapids. Ovor all these, however, with nothing
moro substantial than birch bark canoes, they
passed in safety, and arrived at its mouth on U e
80th of July.
Horo they met with Esquimaux, who oorrobo
ted the reports of Dr. Rae, and directed them to
Montreal lshnd, a short distance from tho mouth
ol Back rivor, at tho spot where, according to thoir
ins motions, they wore to commence minute ox*
pl< ration. From this time until tho 9th August,
tho party wore industriously onguged in searches
on.ll o Island, and on tho main land, between 67
dog., and 69 dog. north latitude. Wo cannot ro*
capitulate the perils escaped, and privations en
dured by tho . rave band wh ie seeking to find
traces ol their countrymen, who had perished on
those desolate shores.
Three times they providentially escaped being
“nipped, *' ns Mr. S'owart expressed it, or crushed
between moving mountains ot ice. At last, on
Montreal Island, where thoir oxplorations com
monccd, they found snow ihoo* known to be cf
E 'glish make, with the name of Dr. Stanloy, who
wa the surgeon of *Sir John Franklin’s ship, the
Erebus, cut iu thorn by a knife. Afterwards, they
found on tho same Island a boat belonging to the
Franklin expedition, with tho name “Terror” still
distinctly visiblo. A piece of this boat containing
this.namowas brought along with him by Mr.
Stewart.
Among the Esquimaux woro found iron kottlos,
corresponding in shape and S'Z. with those fur
nished tho Franklin expedition, and bearing tho
murk of tho British government. Other aitioles,
kn v;n to have belonged to tho expedition, were
obtained from tho Esquimaux, and brought by the
party fordeposite with the British government. No
bodios, howovtr, woro found, or trooos of any.—
Tho report of tfio Esquimaux wuh, that ouo man
died on Montreal I'lund, and that the balance ot
tii party wandered on the houch of tho main land
opposite until, worn out by latiguo and starva
tion, they, ouo by oue, la : d themsolves down and
dLd too.
The Esquimaux eportod further that Indians
fur i»tho north of thorn, who had soon tho ships
ol Franklin’s party, and visited them, stated that
they had both been crushed between the icebergH.
Mi. Stewart took ospecial pains to ascertain whe
ther trio party had cornu to thoir death Ivy fair
moans or foul. Bui to every inquiry, the Esqui
maux protested that they had diodcf starvation.
Gathering togelho tho relics found, tho | arty
so' out n tho 9 h duy of August last. The return
rou'.odidno vs y n.atoriu ly from that taken on
their way north. Mr. Blowart has occupied tho
wholo time since in reaching our city—having
ce.ro by tho way of tho Rod Rriver country, and
having boon absent in all about ten months. Mr.
Btowuit left St. Pout yesterday, en route to .the
Hudfton’s Bay headquarters it L >ch no, Canada,
to submit an account of his adventures
And so, at last, tho mystery is solvod. Brave
S r John, whoso fa'e hat awakened the sympa
thizing cuiiosity of tho civjl zed world, it is now
kuown “sloops his last sleep” by the tdiores of tho
frezou s jus through whesj icy ie lauds ho hud
vainly rought to pus*. Four winters l ack, hr the
K qu;mar.x raid, \,he uoblo \ arty, alter oscuping
from tno ships wh'ch could no longer flout ‘on
tin SD dangerous seas, found release from suffering
in death. Diod manlu.ly, too, as thoy had livod ;
tr-.vdy, liko truo Englishmen; this much wo
may eiieve, lor oonsoiation, t at thoy mot thoir
fuio us b came spirits adventurous and noble. No
trace wo?© found by tho Esquimaux to indicate
tnat, even in their extremity, they had :or
g tun thoir manhood, and preyod on one another.
The last party of generous hearts, who sought
to carry succor to tho lofit ones, cr bring coraoia
tion to tho living, aro rotnrnod, and the Arctic
wash) * uro solitudes indeed. And, in view of tho
Butfe/iDg endured, and the noble Ives sacrificed in
fruitk ts effor sto widen tho bounds ol human
knowledge, wo believe it to bo tho irayor of all
men tliut so thoy may remain forever.
Further Interesting Particulars.
The Montreal Herald gives some additional and
interest', g details. As or describing thoorguui
zuti n < f tho searching parly, and its progross to
tho Groat Fish rivor and back, it continues :
The party reached the outlet or estuary of the
river on the 80th of July, and skirted along its
eastern shore as far ns Point Beuufort, but found
no tracos to reward thoir soarch. Thence thoy
or oh od over to Montreal Island, twolve miles dis
tan , lying near the wostorn shore (t trie estuary;
probably, in that •. fosaing, incuring as great peril
as any in the gloomy record of Aictic travels,
pushing their bark oanoes boldly out into tho Arc
tio oca.n, and forcing th ir wuy through drifting
masses ol Arctic ici seven or eight foot thick. But
they wero prepared to make any offort to reach tho
island, which, as w II as Point Aiglo, near it, had
boon the places'*Dr. Km tin ierstoo » ho Esqui
rnaux to mean when describing whore tho white
party perished in I 860; and they had tho mel
ancnoly satisfaction of procuring on that very spot
the luhost possible confirmation of Dr. Rue’s ro
port. They a‘so met Esquimaux in that vicinity
who had seon the whites, and gave much va liable
information. Suffice it to say that on tho Island
were discovered the remains of a boat which hail
been parti illy destroyed by the*nativ s for tbo
sako of tbo wood and tho metal fastenings.
Although there was suffleififit left to identify
it as belonging tq tho Franklin Expedition, ono
fragment of wood, (now, as woll as 'some othor
small rolios, in tho possession ot tho Hudson’s
Bay Company at LaciiinoA having tho name.
“Terror” orandod on it, while mother piece has
tho name of Mr. Stanley. (Surgeon of the Erebus)
cut upon it; this lat’er Doing p irt ot shoe,
evidently of English manafucturo, being made of
oak , a spocies of wood no man accustomed to use
enow shoos woald ovor select lor the purpose. No
papers or books, and no human remains woro
louud ; nor was it likely, as four years had elapsed
since this tragedy wus enacted upon a low sandy
beach, exposed to tho inarms of four Arctic winters,
and there is little dot®, that oithor tho sou has
washed off, or the sand tWim buried deep if e unfor
tunates who perished on this spot. Th« E qnv
maux woro very friendly, and frooly displayed lilt
thoir treasures obtained from tho boat or found
near it, and those consisted principally of the ours 4
used by thorn as'tent poles, the boat bottles, tho
empty presorv d meat esus. Ac., but no papers ; •
and the natives stated, wnti evory evidence ot
sincerity, that none hud ever been seen or found.
Everything portable was socarod hy Messrs.
Anderson and Stewurt and brought hack, and are
now < n their wuy t 3 Canada; it would be useless
to recount them all, but we may mention bar iron,
rope w th the government maik on it, oars bran
ded with the broadarrow, piecou o bunting, »e*
mains ot a flag, a letterholdor, a step wf a mast, <fte,
—all clearly European and all Government suppliia
Is anything moro wanted i
Tno woather is described as having been “execra
ble” constant storms, wi h ice, snow, rain, aloof,
hail, thunder, and whatever else can ho conceiv
ed that is disagreeable. It is n part of the co' at
tho native* even consider uninhabitable—merely
visiting it for a abort time in summer when the
deer pass that way.
On the 14 h August, when the expedition co n
menco ' i s ro real from the const, ‘he ground wa*
overed with fresh filien snow, and* tho ice was
w;ruing ; in lac’, winter had sot in. Few further
u ails ot th j ast m monte of the lost .party havo
• been c eclod ; w f may uienti* n one mournful in
cidont reported by an Esquimaux woman, who
aw tho lant man die; he was largo and strong,
she said, and Bit on tho sandy houch, his head
resting on h s hands, and thus the last survivor of
Frankii k Ex edition yielded up hia bravo spirit.
Mo ta. Anderson and Stewart retraced their steps
to - -Out Slave Lake, whence the latter continued
his journey onward to Red River settle sent, and
thence via the Minnesota Territory to Montreal,
where ho err,ved on E’riday evening last, direct
from the Arctic Sea, afer upward of 6,000 miles
travel in open cralt, and through uninhabited re
gions, without a.halt. A few facta taken at ran
dom m-y . ervo to bring home to our appreciation
what th Northwest expedition accomplished and
went through.
In t rteon months, to a day, the Iroauois who
were sent from Luchina to form part of the expo
,r on relumed thither, thus performing in one
y..ar tho same service that Sir George Buck got
nroagli in three. For 60 days and nights the par
y sav/ no lire, there being no limber on the Great
Fish River or Arctic coast; and daring those 60
days ’hey traveled incessantly in open cmfc in a
wretched climbte, never std dry clothes or slept
on dry blanket, and never cat cooked victuals ex
cent oil rare occasion*, when they niade a little
tea by meana of a lamp. Th e party of sixteen i.
a I traveled in bark c.noes down one of the most
t rbalent <ivurH known, evon to Northwest voy
• vcn'ured among tho ioe on the Arcticeea;
l return d to their Bturting point without meet
. a « u single accident to person or property—and,
withal, perform, i til that wuh required o! them ;
and had thoy gone out four or five yearn earlier
would i o doubt huve been instrumental in Having
ti o live ■ oi a portion oi Fraaklin’n party.
Wo think the foregoing narrative iH ample cor
ioi oration of th wisdom or the recent outcry, to
put “ ha right men in the right places.”
One word in i onclasion aa to the Franklin Ex
pedition. The two verso ~ Erebus and Terror—
left Englund in IS43—were laat heard of in 1845.
They probably tried several paßßagee, bat were
baffl d by tho ice, and flntlly in 1848 wore crushed
probably in Victoria Btraitb. Many oi the crewa
perished, but one or more boats got off with the
survivor , who took all theßtoren tney could collect
and travelled Bonthward toward the Arctic count,
in the hope of reaching some of Hudson's Buy
Company's Ports. The season of 1848 was prob
ably spout on this dreary jonrnoy, and renewod in
1850, whore they reached the coast at the month ol
Fish Kiver, Vent in so exhausted a state that they
coaid morely ran their bouton the b.achund crawl
a-horo to die. This scome all that is cortain, and
all tb. t we can ever know, of the iato of the Frank
lin Expedition.
Mr. Marcoletta, tho Nicaragua Minister, danies
having acknowledged the vilidity of l'.rkor H.
French’s appointment as Minister iroru Nicaragua,
or of having promised his inflnenoe to ar ( ° *
recognition ol him in that capacity from the United
Suites Government.
The Coroner’s Inquest on the body of Amos W
Hutnmoi d, murdered or supposed to t avo been
murdered on tho night oi the 24th, and found
upon te o> oatebor of one ol the cngiues, after
an invest,gat. nos two and a half da>s ol diligCut
inoni y, • i.mo to he conoinsion teat tho
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