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FOB SALE
IN4MI ..ff. t I . ... :.. M.H.. K .or PLANTATION.
. ..it}, of IVklumbii*. Oa. in Barbonr
’• \ln J- .an *.a tfu* Cl.AitalimM-h'-P riv»*r. contain
; i>*t U‘ . > i '«» 11 .1 flna *lnO« of cultivation ami
r I , • As. .11 \V..i.-r Oln mi.l Korn* «nt»« tho
1 .vo will 1 *ie at any
i T«bm* to hu it par
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i ) MEM or TAIJTE ATID CAPITAL.
it,.;*.. vk: !iik* ior> -move tf> SoutiiwoKtern
| place near Cara Rprtog
• 1 • . 1 ... • opiateUl9 31.
m rk 11 itnii-.l \-\ . A n.tlit v ..ak an.l lil.*k*.rv
1 . 1 and at lum 1.1 t< M-ath ,
....1.. 1 uiilntMl • guodtUWlge; the remainder gcuerally
. I it h« . Hprtnga pfcool blue Utei
. •. . . ... Kara • t.„ . §m «•'!• * t.v «• >•. «t. 1
P •-r vitli -til •1• u> 1111' or. bar.ln of many u.-ll Holorto.i
ran* t ( 1 ippb and i targi u d coounodl
.* ) k U MIT. m»de Ibj ».:.*• M-enanr, and
... 0, lon .. 1. d fbi Used
n# 1 •i.v- AH-who have oxamteed tho premlaea, con
. igr ta • • . m tbsi Oii plat • combine* 1 !••• elemeata
-.11. • f ... if f.iiit i hiimih' and li.-nltbfuiiiMiH to an
.n*. i . • r . 4 unUwl i.. Hu ooiintry. Hut
md lUe character, U catlea
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that <t •• - I am. :. >,..1 tt. the tlucttißtloiH
r.frbo •„ - » , tf-tim, n’l’-> «» I-'-mihok
\N It LOW DREY.
OnroKl.ilDg, July 10. jyld wtf
VALUABLE PLANTATION FOR SALE !
OITI \TKD I.t Lx. mbs r.unty. Ain. on the roa.l
> fr.-.nt II
ft** tetter pjnoe Nald farm coniftlita 1(*90 a.-re« of land,
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f -. Hon • and a flui Ren w. ro< ently \at
•i ib • lai -1 HU] bon ■ Ih. untei*
I t . • U • ..• 1 1: xx ell tlinlM*ivd and >d nuperior quality,
1... ( .t,... ..1.. i.dxnnttM - our anv other in tho
weigliUt hn.nl. ouo h df being level with rich black aoU
. rtw fork A h and
*• oifh. < .• k • Tin |*i nil in j*. *ll ion of tin* fai 111 Ik abun
diiullv xx.• itr< dh\ u .-IL. and tin - utdv by :» uunrbor of
uftfatlhr 1 • t » pri to Ihe negro |Hfti
f-. : - * 1 .x k, I 1 baviiiff ox.ollont range for
lot . I b<*
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cotint* \ . fl ■ e
ml tit v. b a all t a Ibt Ovorm ..
I IIOS I* lIAKI, Es .
a..,., .. .. of W. L. (fary, dooeaaqd.
M ELL'S PATENT TLOW STOCK !
i d. . ~u 1 at 1 patented :« mo I
I IMl’litn 1 MIA I IN I 111: PLOW
.|HI ! • t ..M.fx tl^l.:-for xxl.i.-li 1.0.1. dro*toao!l.
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,ti*r I •* 11 ■ . u, . it.lh ut.-. tr..i.i txvo Plantoi',
, p !i mi |• . ~r . I,n .r. .. 11 tlm - loiiiunify iu whk-li
havi. d II .. lit i^-At. .!«t. • iti .nx ofhei>. but flu*
pi y .... ui\ ill r , nk f.M xvlii-n.-xn-examined
J AMI s |t MKLL
H»r« ’ .. Liberty r.-nity, Ila 1
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- • • rented Vloh Steck .u ,
hi . Imj • »nd perfot ,
t.l ' It H
blued . - it • 1 > .r!• IWi it ill .i Plow Stock, and
,f 1,0 t-.L. . • Ih. . |;,-H|H- . and tin- b. q that hm. 1
Ito the p«Uit I pcial I. Itn l- IVteg '
.* . 1 Ixx iMnay «n\n hand 1 xvas laUcd to follow the !
I*,. . v d I'u.ib fliatl iumxv hov. .m- onght I-. run 11
tvoii . .. I ..du th.o.’. r.tiN Os who xxill Ihorouuhlv
its , I . ..lit It to r.a one Ingle fault in it. It la
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T x\l.>o.i ..K.ilntc tho «|epUt of
the r. : W : mj-io .. ~i 0,. . feet, n to eotim.tM.d
itacK » m •Id itm Si.-, kiv H.l qUed t - iinv kind
I . hi . fttiv x wild
drill«mi t 1.0 10. iihl • n.no n.l to a n and all, if
ihov XX h tlu hi • ... 1 vt. »P t »*lox\ Sti»ek, wltiiont
t.vrttni. n t w«-f Mr Jam. Il M* II .
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iu . tb ■ vi ral . Hi. 1 I tlo-dax. wllne.
tb. ♦. , t .• i.t... |< \{,- Plow stock in Mi l» AV.
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mint * 1.1
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•on. WasbioKCou. n end Kntauuai. .10 i-tvpato.l to
,It t.x ptent«*ri at iho manufacture'* price. 'I his
.
er.i tuv«.:t*nnael l.a* »*.. ti Anffli n:.t tested b. pruve
• hit L 1 in nmre • fcadilv h.. a h< and |u.lverlaea the «ull
• • • » ily
adlnated f « xvmg. holds the I
tOek 11 »W 111
•late-.iteu < ’• » : ' b v nmn.-roM-* < ertlth ate-in
Mr pc* . Uft the practical aud *ucco*M
pteutVra m the >ur.i. We xxill have picture
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114 .. „ ... % v 1 .1 like to ce tlu ni \\ e are xvilliiu t«*
**" e. . . f . th., Plox> a fair trial P.
x ' »■ , , \fi. 1 giving tbt<* Ploxv a fair
tor ot to<xt ,„ituv 1. that wo regard it •*
aud tmnavi.al wax 1 all common xx.m.leu
am m x *wabte Vm; ln M For general etVa ien
tni>, •• mm of 1u- > w „p<H al ada|>tation to deep
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td v. e . •« txxiium ‘ . and durability, it i>
\t .'h' • vn'-xai* d* No »q. \v with wlmh we are fami
,n,,vr n l,e - t l >:, N ; ;gx ; -
nlv'boK u'!) to The eud of the year The*e >hares
• o Stock. When dei'ii d tb.n.gh
anv oiantati •»» -tuith van make thnu alter ouce seeing
*Re hta f.*r coxuo.es 1 sh*xpa. or for Plantations, xxill
. *- , • « ; • • At'plv at the Hardware
1 \ .• lx' Fl \ UN A Co
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D -u»eii> | i xt • f.J A Sitt.ae, dated about the Vd «xf
ilTmv >eittx b «eh ! had pahCand n rnthe natm I
Tod £k no quo t .ons" vi. J'rs are he'c-Oy ca.iulmed
Igntrx. l . f. • si 1. - and the makers not to pay
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February Lb
S3O REWARD.
t) 4MWAV, 1 m the *nMcriber, residing in l*ut
% na . ur 3 . \
Mau FRANK lie La old, five feet ten ia
ches '"gh f -acdimn n«e has a slight impeduneut in hi>
•peevh and liM le-t the alght , t oue ex e. He wan raised
m Yttguiia. aod Ua> bee a iu Geoiyi* about two y< art.
The abv'x • wvt xx l t*e |>a*d for his delivery to me.
' ' * JOHN A H AKHIs
The Southern Recorder xx ill pnld >h till fbrbld, an»l ter
*s3o REWARD.
HANAW AY, f. a* Win. Jolm*on. about the 15th of
nasu JOHN— he
vtWk>MVY He • almnt thr tv
r. - . , ‘ *'• I*l nxe feet • gl.t or t«u iucbeahiglu of
‘ '\ . * , niplcaion. » ith sum* of Ins front under teeth
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<Uy ' for w. .uppo.pl Us,- M.U. h»- tss n -tandin* in Oio
Siol. m wh'ih— -• 1b.,: 'o tbo ~m r ir
t>« Mi'll ‘ About ono ball u* l.«at« -wed i- Kail
Bo»d - vnu,,'r». 6 Sy 9 loobo,. and tlio balau,-,- «ea-h,-r
--'m» lmprv., »L.em ih# blocLi worka fino. and
would lt« you n,» ,D«i_ on all roar MilL
Yoart rr«pr-*Tfail, WADI FY A REPPARD
T1 Mlir C, i.i B R y. h 1-J. lsC-'
Thr abur, oau i-r -u.tamed bv other rert.ficateo.
-rhicti nr thuik not neooaeary ,I‘Or wr are tmildntg tbr
urn OtRCVL.\K SAW MILLS, (.iron train,-, cart in
one n:r> e . wttr. uaprovod Head Blair aud Carnage
Gear .a- to ord.l t. e’Otbrr nrut STEAM KNOINES
a-d BiMLF.Rs F:al-tad SBAFTISVi Murine and Mill l
MACHINERY PI iIP-, 4o Iron aud »raa« Caar-nga
of rverv d,r.r .;,:ieu. Wrought Iron W,uk FmlnhlUß ai.i j
Out arte, tmrut'of and other Mill Pattern* are
art el-e-ieJ Sou-h Ortug the tniproveutruu and aren
au.aik-1) of year,
Com»uolca»ou* »U1 tKf „ t , artenMoo a.t
dre»s«dREVUES NICKERSON.
ASoui A then. Sieatu Compan' -
Athcn* ***•'' mhia wait;
JOHN D ReTllY. ”~
ArTOBNEVATLUV.Atwuta' Oa o.n ~r a r
lire in th. Court, of Law turd E..a„y „ , h e OOB i, r t "
eff Rjchiaou-i. Bulk*. Jenerson. Srrtveu, Warrrn uud
White, Otßcern Mas-ntc Hall Buildtua mhMv
TriIISRLV lOObbl# Fletcher'. "UlSliy-,
yy fine art:c.e Jurt received and f r tv
«OC-»3f POt LLAIN. JENNINGS 4 CO
BOIRBON whiskey.—A few bbl. choire old
B urbon WHISKEY ~.n rMatred aud for aale by
aplS-wtr POULLaIS JESSISG# 4 C«
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BT THE AFRICA.
Th»- London Timea’ I*ari« correapondent zive* the
following paragraphs of ga«tp respecting the diplo
mats :
A banquet was given y eater day by Count Wa-
I# xv-ki. Minister for Foreign Affair?, so th* Pleuip*»-
U-utiarici-. tlie MomWrs of the Diplomatic Cotpa,
ilie Member* of the French Cabinet, and other high
functionaries of State, comprising in all about forty
persons. The noble apartment used for such OCca
- ■n. was lieant i fully aeoorated, and the band of the
OuidG* attended, and played select passages from
t;.e favorite ope ran during dinner. Count Walew
*ki of coursf- pi raided, andtlie places of honor at hi
right and left were occupied by Lord Clarendon and
Count JBuol. All the gueata were in fall uniform, and
wore the decoration* of the orders to which they
long Wlien the desert was placed on the table
Count Walewski rose, and, in the midst of profound
-ileuce, announced that be waa about to propose a
toast. Hi* manner was grave, as beeaine the oe
co.-,ion, aud some even rernarkea that his features
wok a more serious east than usual. His speech
was Hrief and to the point.
He said that he drank to the duration of the peace
they bad just signed, all the more as that peace was
effected without inflicting humiliation on any one.
and was n j»eace worthy of the nations which had
mad.- it: it was humbling to none, and highly honor
j hie to all. The u.a-i wa.-. of Course, well received.
Ii win expected that Lord Clarendon would have
aiu a f‘*w words, and tliat Count Orloff would have
responded to the sentiment ; but both English and
Russian Plenipotentiaries refrained, I am assured,
irmri «»ftering any observations, probably from the
romietion that Count Walewski had sardrjuite suf
ticient for the pui-jssxe N«-verthel<-aa, this silem-e
gave oecaMion to various observations and corn
m< nU among the guests. The silence of Lord Cla
r**ndon appeared to most of them as a prudent re
serve, but that of Count Orloff was not so easily ex
plained, and it formed the topic of conversation du
img the evening-—-otherwise nothing else remarka
ble tw< urred. The other Plenipotentiaries were
placed without distinction,and alternately, among
the members of the Diplomatic Corps.
Tin: Crimea.—On the night of March 17th a
shocking accident occurred on the slope of Kadikoi,
in the burning of some wooden bats occupied by men
of the Commissariat work* corps. Not withstanding
prompt assistance, sixteen men perished in the
flames They were doubtless suffocated by the
smoke. Their bodies were charred past all chance
of recognition.
The correspondent of the Ismdon Times, writing
front Sevastopol of date 22d of March, thus decribc*
the prenent condition of that city .-
For the last week our army lias been cultivating
its tauten for the drama, improving its acquaint
ances with the Russians, preparing for active service
if needs should be in the field, and organizing the
grand Sevastopol Spring meeting, which will take
place on Monday next by the banks of the Tchema
vu. not very far distant from tin* scene of the memo
ruble charge of the Light Cavalry Brigade on the
-’.rth of October, 1854. The demolition of trenches,
works and houses in the eity continues daily and
incessantly, ho that the south side will soon ne as
desolate and ruinous as Thebe* or Palmyra. Eve
ry hour long trains of men passed by with beams
of timber and planks on their shoulder*, which
are taken out ot the remains of the white build-
Had fire been mined down from heaven on the
devoted city its annihilation could not have been
more complete. The stranger who halt* to survey
it from the neighboring heights, deceived by the
whitewashed and plastered walls of the houses,
might think that Sebastopol was still a city; but
when he walk* through its grass-grown, deserted
streets, formed by endless rows of walls alone, of
rootless shells of house*, in which not one morsel of
timber can be seen, from threshold to eaves ; when
he beholds great yawing craters, half tilled with
mound* of cut stone, heaped together iu irregular
masses; when he gazes on tumuli of disintegrated
masonry, once formidoble forts, now shaken u* it
were into dust and powder; when he stumbles over
the fragments of imperial edifices, to peer down into
the great gulfs cliokod w ith rubbish now mark the
site of tlu grand docks of the (Jueen of the Eiixim .
and beholds the rotting mast* and hull* of the sunk •
en navy, which was nurtured there; when he ob
serves lliut what the wrath of the enemy has spared
is fast crumbling away beneath the fires of its
friends, and that the churches where they worship
ped, the theatres, the public monuments arc special
ly selected for the practice of the Russian gunners,
as though they were emulous in running n race in
destruction with the allied urines—he will no doubt
couie to the couclusiim-tJiat the history of the world
affords no such authentic instance of the annihilation
of a great city.
If is hard to believe that the site can ever be
made available for the* erection of houses or the
const ruction of docks; but 1 am by no means cer
tain that tin- immense rx-source* in the command of
manual labor possessed by the Government xis Rus
sia, of which this very si niggle hu* afforded us all
such striking proofs, in the Quarantine Battery, the
Baatiaii (’cntrale, tile Bastian du Mat, the Redan,
the Momclon and the Malakoff, may not be avail
able in time to clear away these modern ruins,
and to rebuild houses, theatres, palaces, churches,
forts, arsenals aud dock*, ns before. To pre
vent any successful attempt to u*e the old ma
terial* in the doeks, our engineers are now busy
in destroying t' e coping stones of granite and
the larger masses of stones in the masonry: hut iu
tlie Inkermann ravines there are inexhaustible sup
plies of building material, which can be floated by
the Tchemaya into the waters of the harbor with
very little trouble.
The immense quantity of cut stone lying in piles
at the upper end of the iiarbor, shows that the Al
lic* interrupted the Russians in the dcvelopemeut of
the splendid architectural plans w hich it wa* the
ambition of Emperors to accomplish, and which
Imd engaged every thought and energy of the
Muscovite Governors of the Crimea. The shells
of princely mansions which remained on the French
side of the tower have Wen battered to atoms
by the Russian batteries on the north side; the
theatre lias been dx-molished and the beautiful
churches of St Peter and St. Paul laid in ruins
by tin* same implacable foe, and they have di
rected particular volleys of round shot and shell
on a monument to one of their naval hx*roes, which
stands conspicuously placed in front of a beautiful
little kiosk, in the midst of a garden, to which there
whs a fine approach from the place behind Fort
Nicholas, by a handsome flight x>fsteps now knocked
to pieces.
<»n a qumlrilated pedestal of souu* pretentions,
supporting entablatures with allegorical devices,
and ornamented at the summit by a puppia, were
inscribed when 1 first saw it, the name of “Ka
zarsli,’* and the dates 18*Jfl and 1834. with anintimn
tion that the monument was erected to posterity in
hi* honor. Most of the letters have been stolen or
knocked away now . ami had not the tire from the
north x-eiisod/the pedestal itself would have disap
peared likewise. The French garrison, somewhat
embarrassed by the incessant fire from the town,
which however did them or us but little mischief,
I»h\e i-onstructed out of tin- debris of the houses a
verv neat </iuir/ine inside the walls, which is alto-
pettier new, mid presents a very strange appear
ance from its contract to the ruins around it. The
huts ot which it is composed consist of wood, and
are ranged in regular rows, with the usual street
nomenclature.
Great Hkii vin.—The business in Parliament
lias been mostly-of home interest. Papers were laid
before the House of Lords on the subject of torture
exercised in Madras to compel the payment of
taxes. Mr. Scott moved for a select Committee of
enquiry into the ticket-of-leave convict system.
Among the notices of motion is one bv Lord
Goderick —“to ask whether a document, which
lias recently appeared, purporting to be a des
patch wiitten by the British Minister at Washing
ton to the Secretary of State of the United States,
on the OTtli of February last, with reference to
the disputes between Great Britain and the Uni
ted States on the subject Central America is au
thentic.’
Mi. ,1. Mitchell asked Lord Palmerston whether
British property to the amount of more than JC 1,-
000.000 sterling, being now locked up in Russia, it
was the intention of the government to continue the
blockade of the Russian coast, pending the ratifica
tion of peace 1 and whether it the blockade were
to cease at once, an arrangement had been made to
enable British vessels to enter Russian ports for
commercial purposes w ithout risk of seizure ?
Lord Palmerston—Yesterday the Congress ex
tended the armistice to sea as well as to land. Hith
erto it has been confined to laud operations, and did
11 <>' apply t«» »rn The resaos was obvious it was
doubttul what the issue of the negotiations might
bo, and it was evident that if free communications
by sou had beeu permitted, a change of position
might have been gained by the Russians which
would have materially altered the condition of the
belligerent parties in the event of the renewal of the
war. The signature of the treaty of peace haviug
fortunately put an end to nil chance of a resumption
of hostilities,the Congress yesterday extended the
armistice to sea as well as to land, and, as matter of
consequence, the blockade ceases. With regard to
the second branch of the enquiry, it is a question
involving other considerations, and I am not at the
present moment prepared to give a reply.
Crimea Enquiry Commission. —The Military
Hoard of Enquiry into the allegations contained iu
ti t report of the Crimea Commissioners, Sir John
Mi Neill and Co!. Tulloeb, against the Eurls of Lu
i an, Cardigan, Gen. Airey, ami Col. Gordon, huve
held their first meeting in the Hall of Chelsea Hos
pital. Preliminary matters were goue through. The
public were admitted. Next meeting will be held
on the 7th instant, when Lord Lucan will be put
under examination.
An English church is to be built in Constantino
ple by subscription, as a memorial of the British
who perished in the war.
Sweden.—The S wen ska Tiduiugen, the semi
official journal of Stockholm, contains au article
maintaining that the idea of fortifying that city can
not be looked on as a political demonstration against
Russia, and that it has not had its origin in present
circumstance*. It says : The idea ot such fortifica
tion is not by any means new. On the contrary, it
dates from the time of Queen Christina and Kiug
Charles GustaA us, and the original plan then brought
forward is still in existence. Several times since the
question has beeu brought forward, and in 1831
some works were executed on the land side. Iu
1534 the Government applied to the Diet for a
credit of 10,000 rix dollars—a sum sufficiently large
to lead to the supposition thai the idea was serious
ly entertained of fortifying the city on an extensive
scale If the question of fortifying Stockholm is
now resumed, that circumstance must be looked on
only as the continuation of what has been going
ou at intervals during the last forty years. To
attribute a greater importance to it would be an
Greece.—A letter from Athens of Marched.
?tau > tl.at the Court and Government of Athens are
alarmed at the representations which the Envoys of
England and France have lately made, and public
feeling is somewhat excited.
The Latest —The English funds remain without
any material venation, but the tone of the market
is firm. There was little iuquiry for monev, and
loans were obtained on good securities at 5$ to 6
per cent The extent of business was again mode
rate. attention continuing to be directedto the more
speculative description of investments. Up to the
present moment no instructions appear to have been
received at our Custom House* to allow vessels to
clear for Russian ports, but an immediate intima
tion to that effect is looked for. Numerous agents
have already been dispatched to St. Petersburg and
I elsewhere, and a number of uuibunded rumors re*
j carding contract* tor railways and other public
works are alreadv in circulation. —/Vo** T 'mmc*
Cttjf Article, Friday Evening.
From the Lcndttn
i The Late Baltic Fleet. — The Baltic Fleet no
j longer exists in official recognition—it was merged
| into the Home fleet yesterday, on which day Admi
i ral Dundee an*i Admiral Baynes gave up their re
! apective appellations of commander-in-chief and se
-1 cond in command of the Baltic deet. The captain
1 of the said deet. the Hon. F T. Pelham, changed his
. position at the same time The whole deet, uow at
j Portsmouth, is placed under the command in-chief
jof Admiral Seymour, the port Admiral. Immedi
ately alter the review, it is rumored that 10,000 sea
j men will be discharged from the fleet; these will
i consist for the most pan of the men drawn from the
| coast guard at the outset of the war. and such others
as have served fully and longer than the usual term
of commission. It is said that there will be a perm a
? neat channel fleet of exercise and training, consist
| mg of 12 aail of the lino and adjuncts
It may confidently be expected that the vear
| 1857 will be far advanced before the last ‘man
and the last cargo of shells can pass the Darda
• Bailee ou their way homeward Nor can we
think that any haste "i» necessary in completing
{ lae evaluation. W» have aoeumulated large wore*
i ami asm-in bled a great army the defence of i ur
key, and there is no reason that we should incur
the expense of new transport* and a greater employ
ment of labor in order to hurry back with such
speed as may gratify the desire of those whom we
saved to be quickly rid of us. The presence of the
Western force in the East is now or.lv a ciuegtjon
of months. The British army is said to be pro
vided with food and necessaries for nearly a twelve
month.
Frrnn the .V. Y. Journal of Commerce.
The lint Trade of New Y ork.
The Hat Trade of New York has become one of
enormous extent. l>arge factories, employing 500
or even 1,000 hands, are in constant operation in
this neighborhood, and others but little inferior,
tributary* to this market, and generally owned
here, are located in the interior of New York, New
Jersey and Connecticut, where large villages are
dependent on them almost for existence. The bulk
of the trade is centered in Water street, in conve
nient connection with importing houses furnishing
the raw materials, and several blocks of stores are
principally occupied by warehouses representing
manufacturing establishments out of town. A*
nearly as can be estimated, the number of hats an
nually sold in this market is not far from 7,500,000,
and the annua! sales in New York of this descrip
tion of merchandise, exclusive of straw goods,
amounts to at least $8,000,000. The principal 1 ran
saction* arc in “fur'’ hat*, which include all hats
having fur “bodies,*' whether covered with silk,
plush, or finished in any other style. This calcula
tion is based mainly on the number of hat bodies
manufactured by il. A. Burr’s machines, which
are almost universally employed, and have near
ly supplanted all other modes of manufacture,
within a very few* years. The licensees being re
quired to furnish sworn returns of the number
of hats made, the aggregate affords a near ap
proximation to the entire number thrown upon
the market. The average number of hats made by
these machines i* put down at 300 per day, though
they sometimes turn out as many a* 600. ’ The lo
cation of theae machines is shown by the following
table:
In New York 12 Philadelphia 1
Newark, N. J 10 Baltimore 2
Wilbume, N. J. ..10 Cincinnati 2
Danbury, Ct 8 St. Louis 1
Norwalk, Ct 3 Boston 3
Total 55
These mentioned in the first column, manufacture
expressly for this market. Several of those in New
Jersey are soon to be removed here, and twelve ad
ditional machines put in operation—a large fire
proof building having just been erected in Cliff
street, for their reception. This done, New York
will have tbirty-two of these machines. The steam
engine and other apparatus to be used, will be of a
very superior kind. The driving wheel, already in
place, weighs fifteen tons, and is sixteen feet in di
ameter. It will have a 42-ir.ch face, the baud for
which took the premium at the last fair of the Ame
rican Institute. The thirty-two machines now run
ning in Newark and in this city, are making up
wards of 15,000 hats per day, and the whole num
ber above specified are turning out in the neigh
borhood of 0,000,000 hats annually, or 20,000 each
working day. It is estimated that of this number,
nearly 1,500.000 came into the city trade, and that
about 1,000,000 must be added, a* the amount manu
factured by other processes—giving 5,500.000 as the
total trade in fur hat*. In Danbury, Ct., there are
twelve large factories, besides as many small ones,
the principle of which make over 300 dozen per
week. In Milford, Ct., there is another, makinglOO
dozen per week, and there are still others in that
State which contribute to enhance the importance
of New York as a hat market. Further East, there
are other factories which manufacture for the Bos
ton trade.
The wool hat trade is also very extensive. The
number of these hats annually manufactured for
the city trade is difficut to be ascertained. In some
sections of country almost every small village will
have its hat Factory. The extent to which this
branch of trade is conducted in the State of New
York, estimated as follows :
In Brooklyn 900 dozen per week.
“ Yonkers 1,500 “ “
“ Sing Sing 600 “ “
** Ashland 850 “ “
“ Schoharie 300 “ “
“ Patterson 100 “ “
Total 4,250 wool hats per week.
On going out of town, we find one Factory at
Bridgewater, Ct., making about 750 dozen per week,
besides two small establishments ; three at Danbury
and Bethel, Ct., making 900 dozen per week ; aud
iu Newton there are three similar factories, which
average at least 100 dozen wool hats. It is judged
that the total number of wool hats manufactured is
equal to about one third or one quarter of the total
manufacture of fur hats.
The fashionable “silk” hat, so called, on account
of the silken exterior superadded to the fur, to give
it u lustrous appearance, forms a distinct branch of
local trade ; and here the hatter vie with each other,
—all claiming to be the most intensely fashionable,
aud bousting of a large patronage from the true aris
tocracy. The beaver is still used to some extent,
but i* gradually going out of use. The nutria is
preferred, though even this is being supplanted by
the all prevalent silk hat, which is susceptible of a
higher lustre, and retains it longer. The nutria is
chiefly procured from Buenos Ayres and Rio Janei
ro, the animal being caught in the mountainous parts
of tin? interior. The animal burrows, and is said to
be about half way between the beaver and the hare.
By far the lurger portion of the felt hats are made
from the coney and hare, the fur of which is import
ed in immense quantities, from European factories,
after it has been shaven from the skin, as the fleece
is removed from a sheep. The amount imported
here annually is judged to be not far from $5,900,000.
In the best qualities of hats, there is a mixture of
beaver, nutria and sea!. The fur of the beaver, for
instance, is divisible into several qualities, and per
haps twenty lints may be made from a single skin.
Tlu* finer the fur, the less of it is required ; not more
than half an ounce being necessary lor a hat, in some
cases. Commonly there are five-eighths of ail ounce
to a hat. The best is worth S9O or SIOO per pound.
It is a curious fact that in making it up, the numer
ous fibres, however much confused, arrange them
selves in their nutural position, in course of mauufac
ture, with the roots inward.
The largest hat manufacturing establishment in
the United States is located in Brooklyn. It is
owned by J. 11. Prentice At. Co., and employs not
lessthau one thousand hands, of whom 200 are ap
prentices, picked out from the humbler walks of
society, anti put in a position where they may make
themselves useful ana respected. The amount paid
out weekly for wages, is $7,000. The enormous
quantity of -150 dozen hats, mostly fur, are daily
turned out, ready for immediate sale. To pack
them, 25,000 to 30,000 wooden case* are made an
nually, on the premises, besides 100,000 paper box
es. The power of two engines and six boilers is
required to furnish the necessary motive power, and
the consumption of coal exceeds 2,000 tons per an
num. The water is furnished by a very remarka
ble well, which is dug to the depth of something
like 160 feet, and furnishes almost inexhaustible
supplies, though it is constantly drawn upon by a
powerful hydraulic pump.
The manner of making the hat “body*' is singu
lar. It is first made in the shape of a large conical
sack, two or three times the size required, but, ou
being subjected to the shrinking process, it assumes
the proper dimensions. It is then blocked, colored
and finished —the latter process in the case of wool
hats, being accomplished while the hat is rapidly re
volving on a lathe, by the application of sandpaper.
The fur is then carefully shaved, so as to remove all
roughness from the surface. The perssns employed
in these processes are nearly all men. The hats are
next trimmed and bound by girls, using sewing ma
chines. Twenty machines are employed in this fac
tory, each of which finishes about twenty-five
dozen per day. Without these machines, a girl
would no able to do only five dozen in the same
time, and the work would not be as well performed.
Each hat passes through eighteen hands before it is
complete.
The hat season just closing, lias not been as
prosperous as expected, the difficulties encounter
ed in transportation having produced unfavorable
effects.
Mr. Fillmore Hears of his Nomination. —The
Italian correspondent of the New York Herald
writes from Rome, March 20, as follows :
Mr. Milliard Fillmore has returned from Naples,
and is now again sojourning among us. He is quite
an object of veneration among the Americans here,
and a universal favorite. Our Minister here, the Hon.
Lewis Cass, Jr., has a large party for him t>n Mon
day next, to which all the Americans and the digni
taries of tlie Church of Rome are invited. The news
that Mr. Fillmore has been nominated by the Know
Nothing Council has reached here from London by
telegraph, and seems to have given general satisfac
tion. There are those who find plenty of other
things to respect in Mr. Fillmore than his real or
imputed Know Nothingism. They know that he
kuows something, and he made a most excellent
President. His position ou the slavery question is
very much liked, being a mezzo termine between
the ignorant ablitiouists of tlie North and the impe
tuous aud inexperienced fire-eaters of the South,
neither one or the other of which limy be classified
with the national men of the country. Even among
the democrats here, there is but one opinion, name
ly, that anything is better than the continuation of
the present rule of Pierce aud Forney ; and that,
unless some good national democrat, (not a man
pledged all round to political loafers.) is nominated,
Millard Fillmore is sure to be our next President.
Yesterday a party of Americans—il do not mean
to use the word as a party distinction—it will be a
sad spectacle when any portion of Americans will
have ceased to think and feel and act as Americans)
—communicated to Mr. Fillmore the fact of his
nomination ; but he remained as calm as a sum
mer's morning, and seemed to be quite indifferent to
the honor intended to be showered on him. He
leaves heie on Tuesday next for Florence, Milan
ami Venice, he will visit Vienna, Munich, Stuttgart
auxi Strasbourg on his way home. The north of Eu
rope he visited last summer, and there is probably
now no man living iu the United States so well
posted up iu our foreign affairs and thoroughly ac
quainted with the position of the different States of
Europe, as Mr Fillmore, and none who has more
judgement to make the proper use of his knowledge.
White Mr. Fillmore, ou hie way from Marseilles to
Nice, was passing through Caum-s. memorable, as
you well know, in ancient times by the battle which
iulisus Ca*sar won over the Gauls, but celebrated
in latter days as a most delightful residence for En
glishmen in search of country life, retirement and
health, he made a short visit to Lord Brougham, who
had shown him some attention in London, and was
not a little astonished when, ou leaving the place,
he found his Lordship (who is now in a very ad
vanced age) waiting tor him near the carriage with
a splendid copy of a new edition of his Lives of Emi
nent Men of the reign of George 111. His Lordship
had come down nearlv two miles from his beautiful
palace, ou foot, to wait on our venerable ex-Prosi-
Oeut to present him with this testimonial of his high
regard. Os the special favor shown Mr. Fillmore by
the Pope. I have spoken iu a previous letter, where
I stated that his Holiness bestowed on him more
than princely honor when he invited Mr. Fillmore to
take a seat oy his side. The King of Naples had an
extra train in’readiness to convey Mr. Fiilinore to
the roval residence ; and wherever else Mr. Fill
more iias set fool he was received, not only with the
honors due to the exalted station he once occupied,
but with that respect for the innate dignity of the
man which no official position, however high, can
ensure unless ooupled with personal dignity and
evidence of a high individual character
Pestkittivi Kike at West Poitt —The West
Point (Ga.) Beacon, of the 19th inst.. gives the fol
lowing particulars of the fire which occurred there
ou Friday night last :—We regret to state that a
most destructive fire broke out in our town last
night about half past 11 o'clock. It originated in
the Railroad Hotel, occupied by Mr G. W. E Be
dell, and consumed the wnole of that large building
and three others, beaide out-houses. Ko one know?
how the fire started, though we heard it asserted
that it was first discovered in a room usuallv unoc
cupied. The destruction was complete, allowing
but little time even for the saving of the furniture.
We understand that the Hotel was insuredfor sd,ooo
and the furniture for s3,ooo—in what company we
did not hear The Hotel belonged to Mr Timothy
Colline. and the furniture to Mr Bedell. We have
been unable to ascertain whether or not any of the
other buildings destroyed were covered by insu
rance. The destruction of property is variousiy e*.
timated. some estimating it at fifteen and others at
$20,000.
Our townsmen, generally, were very ready and
active in leading assistance to stop the* flames, but
for whose tabor and the stillness of the night, nearly
all the business portion of tbs town must have beer,
latafid
AUGUSTA, CUV., WEDNESDAY* MORNING, APRIL 30. 1856.
.Murderer 1 oa vie ted by u llor*e.
j Win. Patterson was tried at Raleigh. Shelby ocuu
j ty, Tennessee, for the murder of Thomas Meri
weather, a voung planter of Mississippi. The inci
dents developed upon the trial were of the most ro
mantic nature : and the evidence, although circum
stantial, made out a clear case of one of the most re
volting murders “to be found in the chronicles of
guilt/'
There was one point in the case, about which
alone there could be said to be doubt, and this point
was met by the evidence afforded by the horse
of Mr. Meriw«?ather
In order to understand this, we must state by the
law of Tennessee the Criminal Court of Memphis has
criminal jurisdiction of all crimes committed in the
sth, 13th and 14th civil districts of said county..
The Circuit Court of Shelby county had criminal
jurisdiction in the 12tli and other civil districts of
the county. The prisoner was indicted iu the Cir
cuit Court at Raleigh, and the murder was alleged
to have been committed iu the 12th district. The
dividing line between the 12th and 13th districts
was tlie road leading from Memphis to Hernando,
Miss. ...
If the crime was committed in tlie 13th civil dis
trict, the Court of Raleigh had no jurisdiction, and
the prisoner would have to be acquitted.
The deceased was found some forty or fifty steps
from the Hernando road. The witness stated that
the body, as he thought, had been dragged there
from the road, hence the doub* whether the murder
took place in the twelfth or thirteenth civil district
At this critical point, the counsel betook them of
certain marvellous and novel conduct of the noble
horse which had been referred to, which had come
to their knowledge in conversation with the witnes-
The known instinct of animals has, from time im
memorial, been esteemed in the law as among the
sources of evidence by which the dearest rights of
life, liberty and property have been determined.
Testimony us to t heae facts was proposed to be
submitted on behalf of the State, but was stoutly
opposed by the prisoner's counsel, who knew its
overwhelming force.
The learned judge over-ruled the objections and
admitted the testimony. It had been proved in the
course of tlie trial that about eight o’clock ou the
.Sunday following that on which the deceased and
prisoner left Mr. Hatnmel’s, a gentleman coining to
ward Memphis, met the horse proven to have been
Mr. Merriweather’s on the road, about two thousand
yards from the scene of murder, and south of the
same, galloping at full speed iu the direction ol Her
nando, and appearing to be exceedingly frightened ;
with difficulty the gentleman intercepted and caught
him.
The gentleman fiuding the animal almost uncon
trolable from fright, had some difficulty in retaining
the rein until a young man came forward and claim
ed him.
The young man who claimed the horse was recog
nized by the gentleman at the trial, as the prisoner
at the bar. He came forward, said the gentleman,
claimed the horse, thanked him gracefully lor
catching him, mounted and rode hurriedly oft'm the
direction of Hernando. The fact here submitted to
the jury, in reference to the wonderful iustiucts, are
these:
It will be remembered that the noble animul in
question was of extraordinary intelligence, and
singularly attached to his master, whom he wa*
in the habit of following about whenever he would
conic to the pasture or the farm yard where the
horse was.
Some several mouths after the prisoner had been
committed to jail under indictment, William Merri
weather, accompanied by a number of gentlemen,
witnesses in the ease, came up from their homes in
Mississippi to attend the trial.
William Mcrriweather was riding the horse of the
deceased brother, which had by this time been re
covered in the family. The journey lay along the
1 lemando road, and by the spot where the body had
been found. About two hundred yards before tlie
party reached the scene of the murder, the horse
upon which Win. Mcrriweather was mounted began
to exhibit symptoms of alarm, and his intractable
conduct much surprised his rider and the gentlemen
who were with him.
There was no apparent cause of alarm, and the
several other horses of tlie party betrayed none.—
Ilis agitation increased as tlie party approached the
fatal spot: and when they reached a point in the
road opposite to it, the excitement of the horse rose
to so furious a pitcli that lie became almost unman
ageable.
The whole party now checked their horses, and
for a moment regarded the strange conduct of the
horse with profound astonishment. His flesh quiv
ered—his nostrils distended, and his eye glancing in
to the wood where his noble master had met his hor
rible fate—he stood for a moment, snorting and
neighing—a sublime picture of the wildest excite
ment.
One of the party suggested to Mr. Mcrriweather
to give him the rein that,meanwhile, had been tight
ly drawn. This was done, and instantly the noble
animal rushed into the wood, and down to the iden
tified tree under which the body had been found,
and commenced pawing at its root. After a mo
ment he trotted out further into the wood, and, after
making a semi-circle in his course, returned to the
same spot, and there stood neighing, trembling, and
pawing until he was forced away. Similar exhibi
tions were made by the horse a number of times af
terwards in passing the spot.
At this startling development in the testimony, a
thrill of feeling ran through the Court-room like au
electric shock.
Thus far the proof had traced out the history of
this mysterious murder with n certainty too fearful
to be doubted ; and had pointed to the pallid youth
who sat in the prisoner’s dock as the guilty agent
thereof
Justice tempered even with an unrestrained mer
cy, seemed impatient for the sacrifice, when the
strong, arm of tne law interposed in its might and
lmyesty to shield him. The venue unproven,or even
in doubt, would have left to the tribunal of justice
no other alternative than to bill him to go out again
a free wanderer upon the earth, with the blood and
guilt thick upon him. But the God who “marketh
the sparrow when lie falls,” in his inscrutable pro
vidence, had yet in reserve an eloquent witness
against him—whose faithful heart was steel to the
wjlcs ol the corrupter, and whose testimony fell
upon the astounded ears of the jury, as
“Confirmation strong
As proof of holy writ.
No blood had ever been seen on the road—and
iro appearance of any struggle there. If the killing
had been done in the road, the horse, whose rapid
flight and wild fright must have been occasioned in
stantly by the death struggle, would have known
nothing of the tree iu the wood. _ The scene was
pictured before the minds of the jury—as if typed
by the glorious art of Daguerre: the decoy into the
wood—the robber s demand for gold or blood—the
death struggle at the tree—and the instincts were
destined to vindicate, as if by a miracle, the uner
ring certainty of retributive justice; and thus the
venue was proven—thus the doom of the prisoner
was seuled, and thus
A pebble in the streamlet
Hath turned the course of many a river.
A dew drop ou the baby plant
Hath warped the giant oak forever.
The verdict of the jury was, that the prisoner was
guilty, and sentence of death was pronounced
aginst him, which was afterwards commuted to im
prisonment for life in the State Penitentiary.
In that gloomy catacomb of human hearts and
hopes, where time is as eternity, and by a sense of
liberty lost, William Patterson now expiates his
dreadful crime.
Mr. Dallas in London. —The following is nil
extract of a private letter from an American gen
tleman in London to liis friend in Washington, da
ted the 27th ultimo:— Nat. Intel.
Mr. Dallas has every reason to be satisfied with
his reception here. Lord Palmerston called on him as
soon as he arrived, and in the most friendly way
pressed him to dine with him next day without any
form ; which he did, and was much pleased with eve
ry thing that passed. Lord Palmerston has promis
ed to present him to the Queen as soon as she ar
rives m London. Lady Palmerston also called on
Mrs. Dallas, with T believe, Lady Wodehouse wife
of Lord Wodehouse, Under Secretary of State. The
Earl of Ellesmere, being in the country, wrote a
most kind note and sent the family admission to his
splended gallery of paintings in his town house, and
stated he would make a point of calling as soon as
he came to London, and wished to show them all the
civility he possibly could. Many others had done the
same.*Mr. Oakford, formerly of Philadelphia, now a
mcrchaut in London, having applied to Mr. Dallas
on the subject of the missing steamer Pacific, and
wishing to prevail on the Admiralty to send a
steamer in search of her, Mr. Dallas gave him a let
ter to Lord Palmerston. Mr. Oakford went on
Sunday to Lord Palmerston’s private residence, and
although he found him very much engaged with the
secretaries writing despatches to Paris, as soon as he
received Mr. Dallas’ letter he entered immediately
on the subject, and introduced Mr. Oakford to Ad
miral Richards; and it was agreed to send two man
of-war steamers immediately in seach of the packet,
and they promised to do every thing they could to
find her. Ix>rd Palmerston wrote a most kind note
to Mr. Dallas stating what he had done.
Comparison is Odious. —Our Times neighbor is
laboring to prove that Mr. Fillmore was an aboli
tiouist as far back as 1838, and that there is no
proof, aside from liis approval of the Compromise
measures, to show that ne has changed his views.
We thought liis official conduct during his entire
Presidential career, was sufficient to convince any,
except ' blind or interested partizans” of his firm
and unflinching adherence to the Constitutional
rights of the South, and that in the administration of
th«* Government, no man since the days of Wash
ington, established stronger claims to the appella
tion of “patriot and statesman'’ than did Millard
Fillmore. So that whatever may have been his
opinions on any subject nearly twenty years ago,
the change—if any—cannot be greater than to see
the Southern rights secessionists of 1860 now sup
porting a President who, if he does not appoint rank
free-soilers to office, virtually ignores the claims of
national anti-freesoil democrats to such official hon
ors. And while these latter maintain, openly and
above board, “the constitutional rights of our sec
tion,’' they in return receive only the cold shoulder
of ingratitude from Franklin Pierce and his South
ern supporters ; In 1850 the Union was to be dis
solved and the constitution vent to shreds sooner
than Southern democrats should acknowledge the
least appearance of affiliation with these freesoU
softs. How stands the case now in 1856, when
both secessionists and free-soil democrats are
about to "fuse" together in general conclave in Cin
cinnati ?
Franklin Pierce, who has denied to constitutional
Northern men the reward of merit which their pa
triotism entitles them to, will then be put forward as
the man to whose support Southern democrats can
be most cheerfully rallied, and such men as Dickin
son and his admirers will be turned out of doors.
Then too, perhaps, the "records” will show that if
Mr. Fillmore has not changed his views since 1838,
some of his Southern opponents have materially
altered both their opinions and their line of conduct.
More of this wbenjit suits us.— Columbus Enquirer.
Speculators in Trouble. —Under the gradua
tion law of 1854 vast quantities of public lands
were taken up by the speculators at extremely low
prices, in some cast s as low as twelve-and-a-half
cents per acre. The law required that the land
should be sold only for purposes of actual improve
ment and occupation ; and it made an oath that the
applicant at the land office desired it for such pur
poses a part of the process by which a title was ob
tained. Os course, the greed of gain frequently
stimulated men to peijury, and, by hook or by crook,
hundreds of thousands of acres passed into hands to
be held for speculative purposes alone. The intent
of the law was measurably defeated and the good
will of Congress, instead of conferring benefits up **ll
the landless poor, only helped to sweS the riches of
those who have enough and to spare. The Com
missioner of the General Land Office has, however,
taken a step towards rectifying the wrong, and, in a
circular to the local land offices, directsthat proof of
actual settlement and cultivation of each tract shall
be made at the office of the district where it was en
tered for the perfection of title—actual cultivation
and settlement by the purchaser himself and not by
proxy In cases where proof is wanting the lanci
reverts to government, and will be again thrown in
to market, or will become the property of the claim
ant upon the payment of ? 1.25 p*r acre.
W e are not in the habit of praising very highly
any thing that conies from the Administration now
in power: but this action of the Commissioner
should have the commendation of all men who de
sire that justice should be done. He seems to be
supported in it by the Attorney General and the
Secretary of the Interior. — Chicago Tribune.
The Poor House of Muscogee countv about two
miles east of Columbus, was consumed Dy fire last
Friday night It is supposed to have been the
work of an incendiarr.
The Trustees have’ offered a reward of one hun
dred and fifty dollars for the apprehension of the
guilty party
Ancient Ruins Iu Texas.
The Washington American has received informa
tion of some ancient ruins, which, if correct, must
possess great interest for our readers as furnishing
another link in the chain of evidence showing that
this continent was inhabited, years ago, by a highly
civilized race of men. The fact that this discovery
has, as is reported, been made almost in our own
neighborhood, in what is called Big Thicket on the
San Jacinto, will probably cause some of our read
ers to be incredulous. The discovery is said to have
been made by a Mr. Smith, iu company with two or
three other men, while examining a tract of land be
longing to a Mr. Johnson, about twenty miles dis
tunt from Montgomery. Ihe ruins described were
found on Mr. Johnson'* land. The fragment* show
that they are the remains of an edifice of remarka
ble and magnificent architecture, constructed of ma
terial nowhere to be found in this country. We
copy the description as follows:
The only portion of this gigantic structure which
remains whole is a marble column, fluted and sur
mounted by a capitol, which is carved on one
side a slieaif of wheat, and on the other something
which was supposed to be a water-fall, but some
what defaced ; ou the other two sides is n plain en
graving of evergreen. A portion of another column
i* also there, about the same size. The column that
remains whole is about sixteen feet in length. The
foundation of the edifice covered an area of 310 by
260 feet. There appeared to be four main entran
ces, and Mr. Smith believes, though it is not cer
tain, that there were on each side of the building a
portico, fronting about one-third of tlie distance.
There are a great manv fragments, of fine work
manship. but the gentlemen accompanying Mr.
Smith had not time to place them together to
ascertain to what part of the building they be
longed.
There were several marble arches nearly whole,
which they tsupjiosed to have been over the doors
and windows. There are also iu preservation two
or three marble slabs which arc supposed to have be
longed to a flight of stairs. The stone of which the
edifice was built, is a gray lime-stone, presenting a
beautifully polished surface, tlie most of which are
buried, ns also was most of the columns discovered.
Mr. Smith has no doubt that valuable and wonder
ful discoveries may be made by excavation, and
has promised to return in four weeks to assist in
making further examinations into the mysterious
affair.
The ruins are situated in the midst of a dense
thicket, almost impenetrable, and iu ijjl probability
would not have been discovered by.These gentle
men, had it not been for a pack of dogs having over
taken a bear near tlie spot, in quest of which the
gentlemen went.
Mr. Smith is surprised that the survevor who sur
veyed the country, did net make this discovery, as
Mr. Johnson’s line passes within two feet of the
marble column described, and a line of tree is mark
ed within thirty feet of it.
There have been a great many evidences disco
vered proving the settlement of tiiis country anterior
to tlie present race ; but this is tlie surest testimony
we have yet seen proving the civilization of the race
which preceded us. The most mysterious part of
this affair is the marble employed in the structure, as
it is well known that no marble is to be found in this
country nearer than Austin, and it would be an ut
ter impossibility to transport so massive a piece as
this is reported to be by land carriage. The only
reasonable conclusion we can oome to, is that the
heavy material was exported from other countries,
and brought up the San Jacinto river by water to
within u mile and a half of the structure. Tlie fact
is, the whole affair is a profound, impenetrable mys
tery, and we should be disposed to doubt the exis
tence of the structure did not our personal know
ledge of the author forbid such a conclusion. We
shall await anxiously further developments which
will be made in n short time.
Utah Eager to become a State.—On the 18th
of January a District Convention was held at Covo,
in Beaver county, Utah, to take into consideration
the propriety of a General Convention sometime
during the Spring, to form a constitution and plan
of State Government lor the Territory. Delegates
were present from several counties, some of them
having come one hundred and fifty miles. No roof
in the place was large enough to shelter the crowd,
and they met in a grove near by. Col. W. 11.
Dame presided.
The Hon. G. A. Smith spoke strongly in favor of
the proposed convention. He ulluoea to the im
mense change which had been effected in the condi
tion of the country since its colonization, and said
that Judge W. W. Drummond estimated the popu
lation of the Territory at 160,000. Nowhere else
was thereto be found a population who understood
so well the principles of selt-government, who made
better laws, or who were so united in carrying them
into execution. They gloried in the extent and
power of their country, and they admired and
would sustain to the last its Costitution, which was
formed by the inspiration of God. [Cries of “Long
live the Constitution.”
Tim Hon. Jesse N. Smith, of Parowan City, coin
cided in the remarks of Mr. Smith. The estimate of
nmlation he thought nearly correct.
udge Lee, of Washington County, was deeply
sensible of their present position. Many cases were
continually arising from their intercourse with the
Savages which required the speedy and effective
arm of a State Government. They had earned the
right to make their own laws and choose their own
raters.
Messrs. Philip K. Smith, T. Lewis of Iron, W.
Bateman of Cedar, C. W. Dolton of Harmony, J.
Hatch of Santa Clara, Carlos Shirts of Hanarrali,
James McGuffee of Parowan, Hon. J. C. Haight of
Cedar, and several citizens of Beaver County ad
dressed the meeting to the same purpose. Resolu
tions were passed approving the action of the Legis
lature in passing acts preparatory to calling a Con
stitutional Convention, and delegates were appoin
ted for the Counties of Iron, Beaver and Washing
ton to the Constitutional Convention.
The following resolution will give some idea of
the estimation iu which Federal officers are held in
Utah :
“ Resolved , That we, as a people, appreciate the
inconveniences arising from the appointment of
Federal officers by the General Government, who
generally have no interest in the country, and
whose only recommendation is the fact of their hav
ing performed some degrading political service or
party trickery in some other country, and whose
only anxiety is to fill their own pockets, promote
their own ease and comfort, regardless of the re
suits of their own official blunders, or criminal ne
glect to the inhabitants of the Territory.
The Convention closed with a Ball.
Union Course —New Orleans.
Great Race Between Pryor, Lecomte and
Minnow.—The anouncemeut, says the Picayune of
the 19th inst., that three such horses as Lecomte,
Pryor and Minnow were to contend for the purse,
three mile heats, over the Union Course, yesterday,
created a great deal of excitement. Tlie betting
was as varied as betting men could have wished. —
Each nag was at times a favorite; all that was ask
ed was a corresponding amount to the number of
contestants, and a bet was the consequence. Pryor
closed the favorite vs. the field, although just before
starting Gilpatrick’s natty little figure was seen
moving about in the colors designated by the bills
for Leeomte’s rider. This, however, did not affect
the betting, and Pryor maintained his position as
first favorite, SSOO to S4OO.
The ruce requires no lengthened description, for,
although Pryor lost the first heat, it was very palpa
ble that he did not run for it. Minnow being second
and Lecomte winning it without a struggle, amidst
deafening shouts. The second heat Pryor took the
lead, but resigned it to Lecomte before they had
fairly got into straight work upon the back stretch,
and at the half-mile post Lecomte was at least thir
ty feet in advance. The pace seemed regular and
steady, and they ran the half of the second mile
pretty much in the same position. Pryor neared
him around the turn of the home stretch, und a pret
ty sharp scuttle ensued down the home run. Pryor
led him at the stand, and just after passing it, Gil,
on Lecomte, was again in the lead; at this moment
the joy of the Lecomptc party was unbounded, and
was manifested in the most unearthly sounds that
ever rent the air; their joy was, however, short
lived—Pryor's rider had made a mistake, not, how
ever, fatal, in thinking that tlie heat was at au end ;
recovering himself, lie setsail, and catching Lecomte
on the back stretch, he passed him like a dart, and
from that moment all the interest of the race was at
an end. The third heat Minnow tried it on with
Pryor, but to no purpose, Lecomte content with ta
king his place as second, having won the first
heat, and making no effort beyond get ting in his
distance.
summary.
FRIDAY, April 18.—Purse SSO0 —three mile heats.
Col. A. L. Bingamau’s (R. Ten Broeck’s) eh. c.
Pryor, by Glencoe, out of Gipsy—3 y.o 3 1 1
Gon. Thos. J. Wclls’3 ch. h. Lecomte, by Bos
ton, out of Reel—s y. o 1 2 3
Hon. D. F. Kenner's b. f. Minnow, by Voucher,
out of Dolphin, by Leviathan—3 y. o 2 3 2
Time.
First Heat. Second Ileat. Third Heat.
Ist mile 1:59$ I Ist mile 1:59$ I Ist mi1e....2:10
2.1 do. 2:00$ |2d do. 2:001 |2d do. 2:06
3d do. 1:58$ I 3d do. 1:591 I 3d do. 1:56
S:SBSJ 5:5941 6:12
Luxuries in which America Indulge*.
To those who have not examined the statistical
returns, published annually by the Government,
says the Chicago Tribune, the amount paid every
year for luxuries will appear fabulous ; but the
figures do not lie, no matter who may doubt.
We boast of our ability to feed the world, and of
tlie business we are doing in that way now ; but
few suppose that the silks—piece goods, including
ribands, but not buttons and ornaments chiefly
manufactured of silk—brought here for the adorn
ment of Republicans and their wives and daughters
exceed in value, by eight millions of dollars, all the
flour that we send abroad. Y'et such is the fact. Iu
the year ending June 30th, 1855, we exported $14,-
783,394 in flour, and imported $22,470,911 in silks,
leaving the balance, we have above stated, to be
charged to the difference between the pride of
Americans aud the appetite of all the world be
sides.
Our cornfields, particularly in the West, are the
occasion of much national boasting. We measure
them singly by miles square, and estimate their ag
gregate value in hundreds of millions ; but the
amount of this our national staple which we send
abroad is overshadowed by the cost of the cigars
with which we poison our breath and ruin our
health. In the period we have named, corn worth
$1,374,077 left our ports, and cigars valued at $3.-
311,935 were brought in.
The herds of cattle and the resulting barrels of
beef, people never tire of talking of. They see in
them a large part of the material with which we
claim we can fill the maw of all civilized mankind.
Our merchants who are in that line watch the for
eign markets with great solicitude, andguage their
Snces by signals from the other side of the water.
•at of Beef tallow, hides and “horn-cattle” we sold
for other countries only $2,211,554 in the last com
mercial year, and during that time we brought bran
dy to the amount of $3,241,408.
* We deal largely in tobacco, raise it in quantities,
chew and smoke it without limit. It constitutes the
third in value in the coinmodites whicli this
country has to spare. Yet we export only $11,319,-
319 in value of this article yearly, and last rear we
received in return tea and coffee amounting In round
numbers to $24,000,000. Even in narcotics the bal
ance of trade is largely against us.
Bacon, lard and live hogs are not unimportant
items in our commerce ; yet we send abroad only
enough of these to buy the linen that we wear.
But -cotton is king.’ That wipes out the pecu
niary effects of the follies and extravagancies which
ali have conspired to commit. Os that we sent out
last year ship loads enough to swell the aggregate
value of the export to $109,456,000, an amount
greater than the value of all other exports, specie in
cluded.
Wonderful Discovery in Electricity.— The
London Chronicle, of March 31, says: “ A great
experiment, attended with the most satisfactory re
sults, was tried a few da vs ago at Vincennes, m the
presence of General Lahitte and the officers of the
fort. The secret of compressing and governing elec
tricity is at length discovered, and that power may,
therefore, now be considered as the 6ole motive
power henceforward to be used. A small mortar
was fired by the inventor at the rate of a hundred
shots a minnte—without flashing, smoke or noise.—
The same power can, it seems, be adapted to every
system of mechanical invention, and is destined en
tirely to supersede steam, requiring neither machin
ery nor combustible. A vessel propelled by this
power is said to 6kim the water like a bird, and to
fear neither storm nor humcane. The inventor had
already petitioned for a line of steamers from L’-
Orient to Norfolk, in the United States, which pas
sage he promisee to accomplish in eight and forty
hours.”
The story put in circulation that Hon. John Bell,
of Tennessee, is about to retire from the Senate, on
account of ill health, is wholly unfounded, and must
have originated in a misrepresentation He is still
sobust and hale
Rescue of a Youiik American Girl from llie
Jlohttve Indians.
The San Francisco Herald publishes the annexed
interesting account of the rescue of a beautiful young
American girl, named Olive Oatroan, from the Mo
have Indians :
Steamer Sea Bird, at Sea, March 9,1856.
Editor of the Herald :—By tlie last arrival from
Fort Yuma, I am enabled to give you tlie details of
the rescue from the Mohave Indians of a young and
beautiful American girl, who has been a prisoner
for five years. Having made considerable inquiry
in Los Angeles and vicinity, I have succeeded in
collecting all the facts attending her capture, the
murder of her parents, Are., which are willingly
placed at your disposal.
On the 19th ol March, 1851, a family of emigrants
named Oatman, from lowa, en route ibr California,
rompnsrd ol Lorenzo Oatman, wife and seven chil
dren, (three boys and four girls) while encamped
about one hundred and twenty-five miles from the
mouth of the Gila river, were attacked by the Mo
have Indians, and all but one boy and two girls
massacred in cold blood. The boy iii the dark suc
ceeded iu escaping, and was picked up on the fol
lowing day by a company of emigrants, about forty
miles from the scene of the murder. The little fel
low was perfectly exhausted when found, without
hat or shoes and covered with blood. After reco
vering sufficiently to tell his tale, some of the men
started on to ascertain if anything could be done,
and arriving at the fatal place found the boy's ver
sion was, alas, too true, the bodies being then half
eaten by cayotes. Enough, however, was ascer
tained to show that the two youngest girls were
missing. The boy is now living at the “Monte/’
near Los Angeles, und distinctly remembers that
horrible night.
For years nothing had been heard of these two
young girls, and their fate nppeared to be wrapt in
mystery. About five months since ail article or
letter was published in the Los Angeles Star, sta
ting that the Yum as Indians had offered to exchange
two female prisoners with the officers at Fort Y’li
ma for beads, blankets, &c., and that the latter had
refused to trade with or purchase the unfortunate
sufferers from the Indians. Col. Nauman, U. S. A.
who was at that time en route for Fort Yu mas, im
mediately inquired into the subject, but found the
charge against the officers wholly without founda
tion ; aud fearful that, by some possibility, there
might be some prisoners never before heard of, sent
out runners to the different tribes, offering heavy
ransom for their recovery; in answer to which, a
Yuinan Indian of the name of Francisco, came in
saying, “he could find a young girl ten days travel
from the Fort.” Beads, blankets, &c., were imme
diately given him, aud in twenty days he returned
with Miss Oatman. When brought in she was
dressed as all the females of the Yuina-Mohave In
dians, aud on a white man approaching, threw’ her
selt prostrate on the sand, auu would not rise until
suitable female garments were brought her. She
has almost entirely forgotten her native tongue, be
ing only able to speak two or three words. Being
asked in the Indian language her name she replied,
“Olive Oatman is tatooed on the chin, and bears
the marks of hard slavery. Her arms, wrists, and
hand are largely developed. Was a slave for two
years with the Mohaves, who sold her to the Yumas.
Her youngest sister died about six months before
the rescue of Miss Olive. The hair of the young
lady being of a fight golden color, t!.*e Indians col
ored it black—using a dye made from the Mes
keet tree. She was eleven years old when taken
prisoner, which will make her sixteen now, though
she is more fully developed than many girls of
twenty.
The officers at the Fort have clubbed together,
making up a purse for her, and furnishing such
clot!ling as is necessary ; also have placed her in
charge of a female residing there, ana where every
cun? and attention will be paid to all her wants, and
until any relations or friends may come forward to
relieve the poor girl from her present dependent po
sition, and endeavor to wean her from all savage
tastes or desire to return to Indian life. I hope
that some of our philanthropic San Francisco ladies
will offer their influence in procuring her admission
to the Orphan Asylum.
Yours, most truly, Jos. A. Fort.
Pacific Ex. Co.’s Messenger, Southern Circuit.
A correspondent of the Herald adds to the
above:—
Miss Oatman is rather a pretty girl, fifteen or six
teen years old. She is fast recovering her English,
reads readily, und sews like a niantuu-maker. Her
sister and herself must have kept up their recollec
tion of civilization. The death of her sister made
this girl more of a burden than anything else to the
Indians. She was constantly weeping, so they al
lowed the fact of her being still with them to trans
pire through a Y’uma Indian. This was first com
municated to Mr. Henry Grinnell a mechanic here*
He reported it to Col. Burke, who immediately took
the necessary measures to buy her. The party sent
fur her went about ten days journey up the river to
the tribe. The value placed upon her by the Mo
haves, was one horse, six pounds of beads, and some
fur blankets. Miss Outmau is well cared for here
We have made up a good purse for her, and her
friends have only to present themselves.
The Railroads ok Europe.—Tlie great railroad
line from Paris to Marseilles, a distance of 535 miles,
is now completed, except the bridge at Lyonsacross
the two rivers, the Saone and the Rhone, at the
junction of which the city stands. These bridges,
when finished, will be as fine specimens of work
manship as can anywhere be found. The one
across the Rhone is already near done—built of cast
iron—and it presents a most beautiful and pictur
esque view, as seen from a point about half a mile
übove it. The piers of the bridge across the Saone
are now building in water that is forty or fifty feet
deep.
Great cylinders of cast iron are first planted on
the bottom of the river, by some means, 1 know
not how—which reach above tlie surface of the wa
ter. From these the water is pumped out, and tlie
workmen descend in them, as in a well, and carry
on the work of rearing the piers from the. bottom of
the river. This bridge across the Saone is approach
ed by a tunnel five or six miles in length! How far
it is below the surface of the earth I cannot tell.—
But it is no uncommon thing in this country to tra
vel for a mile or two at a time through a tunnel, and
that too at the rate of about 40 miles per hour. But
tlie railroads in this country are so delightful! There
is scarcely uny perceptible motion.
The roads are beautifully graded, and then cov
ered with pebbles or small fragments of rock pound
ed in, so as to make them firm. The sides of the
embankments are turfed. The tracks are always
double, so that there is no danger ot collision. The
coaches are elegant, mid the whole management of
the roads is conducted with the strictest reference to
the convenience, comfort aud safety of the passen
gers. Travelling by rail in England, and especially
on the continent, is much more pleasant, and vastly
safer than in the United States. The Express, and
the direct trains, as they are called, make but few
stoppages on the long routes, and ordinarily not
more than two minutes at a station. Then every
thing is quiet. There is no bustle or noise at the
stations.
In obtaining tickets, but one person can approach
at the same time, and lie must get his change and
retire before another can apply. In a word, there is
perfect system, about everything. The coaches are
not like ours. They are divided into apartments
that resemble elegantly furnished private carriages.
On the continent there are eight seats in these apart
ments ; in England only six. The first class ou the
continent is far superior iu point of comfort, to the
first class in England. In England they have no
means of warming tlie coaches in cold weather. In
France they warm them by means of cylinders of
hot water, which are changed two or three times
during the night or day. They keep the coach very
comfortable. —Letters of the llcv. Mr. Edwards.
The Army Worm.— The New Orleans Delta, of
20th iust., has the following : We learn from a gen
tleman living in the Parish of St. Charles, iliat in
the neighborhood of Bout tv’s Station, some twenty
miles from the city, on the Opelousas Railroad, an
army of worms has made its appearance within the
last ten davs in such incredible numbers as to cover
the ground adjoining the railroad cars to a depth of
several inches. Our readers may form an idea of
this terrible scourge from the fact that it required a
period of at least two hours <0 travel the distance of
five miles—the greasy substance of these insects ad
hering to the wheels, and removing therefrom ull the
power of friction. They have stripped, and are still
stripping the leaves and bark off the trees, destroy
ing gardens and fields in a state of cultivation, and
are committing damages of a very serious charac
ter. Some time ago the roofs of buildings were
covered with them, and a rain supervening, they
were washed down into the cisterns m such numbers
as to produce a decomposition of the water. The
planters in that section arc, in consequence, com
pelled to send to the river, from a long distance, for
water. The following extract from a letter written
on Thursday last says : “ At present we are afflict
ed with what in reality resembles what is told us in
the Bible of the plagues of Egypt. The place is
covered with a species of worm about two inches
long, and most disgusting in appearance. The trees
are stripped of their leaves. They are now thick
on the ground and on the tops of the houses. I may
truly say, in the language of the Scripture, ‘ They
shall come into thine house, and into thy bedcham
ber, and upon thy bed, and into thine oven, and in
to thy kneeding-trouglis.’ It is impossible to cook
either in the open uir or in the fire-place. The tops
of the chimneys are literally covered with myriads
of them, and the least smoke causes them to foil in
to the cooking utensils."
A singular phenomenon in regard to the appear
ance of these worms is, that so far, they have only
confined themselves to that particular locality.
London. — London covers at present a space of
122 square miles. It contains 327,391 houses, and
2,362,236 inhabitants, the annual increase of the
population being upwards of 40,000. The length of
all the different streets is 1,750 miles. The paving
of them cost £11,000,000, and the yearly cost of
keeping the pavement in repairs is £ J ,800,000. —
London has now 1,900 miles of gas pipes, and the
same leugth of water pipes. The introduction of
gas cost £3,000,000. There are 360,000 burners in
the city, which cousume eveiy night 13,000,000 cu
bic feet of gas, valued ut £500,000, or two millions
and a half of dollars.
The Bankers of London have under their control
a capital of £64,000,000, and the different Insurance
companies have a cash capital of £10,000,000, and
£78,000,000 in negotiable paper.
The tax on houses 1 amounts yearly to £12,500,-
000. The furniture of these houses is insured to the
amount of £166,000,000. Twenty thousand per
sons are constantly emplo3 r ed in keeping the docks
in repair.
London consumes yearly’ 277,000 oxen, 30,000
calves, 1,480,000 sheep, and 34,000 hogs, worth, all
together, £8,000,000. London consumes every
year 1,600,000 quarters of wheat, 65,000 pipes of
wine, 2,000,000 gallons of brandy, 43,200,000 gal
lons of porter ana ale, 19,215,000 gallons of water,
and 3,000,000 tons of coal. It has 350 charity asso
ciations, which distribute every year £1,805,635 to
the poor, which sum when increased by private
charities will amount to £3,500,000. The city, from
the showing of its official documents, has 143,064
persons who have no visible means of support.—
Among these are 4,000 vagabonds, who cost the city
£50,000 a year to support them. There are besides
in Loudon 110 protessional house-breakers, 107
street thieves, 40 robLers, 783 pickpockets, 3,675
ordinary thieves, 11 horse thieves, 140 dog thieves,
3 forgers. 28 counterfeiters, and 317 individuals who
live directly by the profits of this illicit trade, 141
swindlers. 182 people who speculate on charity with
false documents, 343 receivers of stolen goods, &c.,
Sc c.; in all, 162,000 criminals, who are known to the
police, and who steal everv year to the amount of
£42,000.
Negro Minstrelsy Declared Illegal.—A
novel decision was rendered in the New York Su
preme Court recently. The Court affirmed the de
cision of the County Court, which in its turn, had
affirmed the decision of the Juetice of the Peace,
inflicting a fine of twenty-five dollars upon one
Sharp, who, with his troupe, had given a perform
ance of what is generally termed “Negro Min
strelsy,” in the Court House at Delhi. In the lan
guage of the Court, “they appeared disguised, and
creased as negroes, and one of them as a wench
dressed in Bloomer costume. They sang negro
songs, performed in a grotesque manner, gave mock
phyeocoiogical lectures, and mesmerised each other,
and performed feats with chairs on their heads.”
The Court was of opinion that such performances
came under the head of mountebankry.
HDreadfxl Mortality from Cholera at
Zante, lonian Islands. —Recent advices from
Z&nt-e state that the cholera has ceased to rage at
that place, but while disposed to rejoice at this
cheering news, we must not overlook the fact that
quite a large number of persona were carried off by
this fatal disease. The statistical report exhibits
the startling fact that from the Bth of October to
the 26th of December, 1855, out of a meagre pop
ulation. there were 1,082 case# of cholera, ana 611
deaths
Speech of Mr. Fillmore.
In the Spring of 1854, only two years ago, Mr.
Fillmore visited, among other places in hi* Western
tour, Louisville, Ky., where he was, as even* where
else, treated with the most marked courtesy. In
reply to a welcoming address, he made a speech, a
sketch of which was published at the time in the
Journal, which, now that he is before the people for
tlie first office in the world, will be read with plea
sure. Here it is :
Mr. Fillmore said, on rising, that, he felt exceed
ingly embarrassed in being called ou, for the first
time in his life, to address an audience like the one
before him, and that he sincerely hoped tliat there
was no “chid” present “takiu" notes, but that what
he should utter should be forgotten with the occa
sion. He was at a loss to understand what motive
could have prompted such a great and unexpected
expression of regard on the part of the citizens of
Kentucky. If he were in the actual possession of
the power which it was once bis fortune to wield, or
even again seeking that position, he might see an
object for such a manifestation, but here I am, said
he, neither holding nor seeking office, with nothing
as a private or public man, which, in my own esti
mation, should call forth such a testimonial as this.
To nothing, said he, can I attribute it but a real
Kentucky hospitality, which seeks an object, wheth
er worthy or not, and lavishes upon that object its
own generosity.
Mr. Fillmore said that it was his misfortune to be,
without his solicitation, and certainly against his
wishes, called to the administration of the govern
ment. He had not even sought the nomination for
the Vice-Presidency, and none could be more sur
prised than lie when he learned that he had been
nominated. It was only ten hours before General
Taylor’s death that he had any thought that his il
lustrious friend was in danger. The knowledge
came upon him like a peal of thunder from a c lear
sky. He felt wholly unprepared for the great re
sponsibilities about to devolve upon him. Though he
had been for many years a politician, he could say
that the only sleepless night he ever passed, on ac
count ol* political anxiety, was tlmt on which Gen.
Taylor died. His sleeplessness arose from his deep
feeling of the weight of the duties unexpectedly de
volved upon him. He reviewed during the hours ot
that night his own opinions and his own life. He
was sensible that he had drunk in with his mother’s
milk aud cherished from his own youth up, a feel
ing, even a prejudice against slavery. He endea
vored to look upon this whole country, from the
farthest corner of Maine to the utmost limit of Texas,
as but one country—the country that had given him
birth. He saw in the gathering clouds in the North
and in the South a storm which wa* likely to over
whelm him, and, he feared, his country also, but lie
took the constitution and the laws as his only guide.
He well knew, that by so doing, lie must lose the
friendship of many prominent men of the country,
especially in his own State, and encounter their re
proaches, but to him this was nothing. The man
who can look upon such a crisis without being will
ing to offer himself upon the altar of his country is
not fit for a public trust. On the night of Gen.
Taylor's death, the members of his cabinet present
ed to me their resignations. I declined to look at
them, first, because I deemed it respectful to the
honored dead that I should not consider by what
means I should carry on tlie government until he
was decently interred ; and secondly, because this
avalanche of responsibility had fallen upon me un
prepared. I desired at least a few hours to reflect
on what it was my duty to do. Here was a cabinet,
selected by Gen. Taylor, se\ eral of them my per
sonal friends, whom I would do anything in iny
power to serve, short of endangering the peace of
my country. 1 knew, however, that their policy was
not such as I could approve. I saw that the execu
tive power of the government, and the legislative
were in oppostion to each other, and that, while this
state of things continued, peace <‘0111(1 never be re
stored.
The question therefore presented itself to me,
shall I retain this cabinet or select a new one. The
latter course was adopted; but vou can scarcely
conceive the difficulties of the position in which this
decision placed me. When the Presidents are elec
ted, they liaA'e two or three months before taking
their office, to select men suited to act as heads of
departments,but this duty came upon me in half a
day. I requested the members of the Taylor cabi
net to stay thirty days and to give me an opportu
nity to look round aud select their successors, but
they respectfully declined. Thus, while the storm
was coming up in the North and in the South, 1 was
suddenly culled to administer the government,
without a cabinet, and without time to select one;
but thank God I was not. long in this situation. I
was so fortunate as to obtain a cabinet., the mem
bers of which and myself always agreed in opinion;
and in all its acts, we acted together. In that eabi
net your own honored Kentucky was honorably re
presented. Still, said Mr. Fillmore, the great diffi
culty remained. The question arose what was to
be done 1
In Texas and New Mexico, a civil war threatened.
Texas made preparations to take possession of a
portion of New Mexico, He felt it his duty to main
tain the laws of his country. One of the laws requi
red that the people of the Territory of New Mexico
should be protected. As a means of protecting, lie
immediately ordered n portion of the army and mu
nitions of war to the frontier of Texas to do duty
there. Tlie army was put in motion, and then, arid
not till then, did Congress act upon the subject.—
Texas und New Mexico acquiesced in the action of
Congress. Mr. Fillmore spoke of llie adoption of
the compromise measures of iB6O, especially of the
fugitive slave law. This, law, he said had some
provisions in it to which he had objections. He re
gretted the necessity of its being passed at all: but
the constitution required the giving up the fugitive
slaves, and it was not for him to decide whether this
was a compact; he had sworn to maintain it, and he
would do so to his last hour.
When the bill came to me from the two houses,
iu the midst of hurry and confusion and difficulties,
lie examined it, ana a doubt came up in his mind
whether it was not unconstitutional, as denying the
right of habeas corpus to the fugitive slave." He re
ferred the question to our accomplished Kentucky
lawyer, his Attorney General, who gave his opinion
that the law was not a violation of the constitution ;
and thereupon, said Air. Fillmore, 1 gave my signa
ture to the bill, but in doing so, 1 drew down upon
my devoted head, as I knew I should, the vials of
wrath from abolitionism and freesoilism. Mr. Fill
more regretted that lie had felt called on to say ro
much ot himself, aud went on to speak of tnose
who stood by him in the great struggle of 1850. He
said that he would gladly name in that connection
many living persons, not. whigs merely, but demo
crats as true patriots as ever lived. This work of
pacification, said he, was by no meanß the work of
one man, or five men, or ten men—the crisis was
one in which the true patriots of the nation, no mat
ter what they had been called, whig* or democrats,
or any other name, rose above all personal and
partizan considerations, nnd looked only to the good
of the country. He referred beautifully to the no
ble parts taken by the illustrious deaif, Mr. Clay,
Mr. Webster, and the late Vice President King
The speaker said that though he had, by his ef
forts in behalf of the compromise, lost for a t ime the
confidence of a portion of his fellow citizens, and es
pecially in his own State, lie loved that State ns a
dear mother, and was unwilling to believe that
he had proved a recent son. He trusted that the
excitement of the moment would pass away, and
that she would at last see that he lmd at least acted
with honest intentions, if he had not acted the bet
ter part. But, fellow citizens, said he, let me refer
to your own State. When the gathering tempest
of fanaticism, abolition fanaticism, was rolling up
from the North and an equally violent temptest of
fanaticism, secession fanaticism, was rolling up from
the South, where then did the State of Kentucky
stand ? She stood like a rock amid the serges of
the ocean—she stood firm and unshaken, the pillar
of the constitution. His eulogy of Kentucky was
exceedingly handsome, and this portion of his speech
like all the other portions, was received with the
most enthusiastic applause. Few public speakers
ever made so fine un impression upon a Louisville
audience as he.
Good Advice.—We find the following excellent
advice in a late number of the London Comic Times.
Bear it in mind :
If you have a rich aunt, don’t talk to her about
billiards and brandy and water.
If you intend to do a thing, don’t change vour
mind; and if you possess a ten pound note, don’t
change that. If you happen to say something in so
ciety which causes a painful sensation, you had bet
ter go out for a walk for five minutes.
If you don’t know what everybody else knows,
you hud better hold your tongue ; and if you know
something that everybody else knows, hou had bet
ter hold your tongue too.
Should you be talking to a thin lady, of another
thin lady, you needn’t describe the party alluded to
as a “scraggy old maid.”
If you require a person to become security for
you, don’t ask the man who promised he would do
anything for you when he knew that you didn’t
want anything done.
If you happen to know an author, don’t own it ;
one half of the world won’t believe you, and the
other half won’t think much of it if they do.
Don’t say you never take suppers, excepting
where you know they never give any.
Don’t tell a mother of the faults of her favorite
child.
If you wish to sleep quietly, don’t praise another
woman while your wife is undressing to get into
bed.
Revenue of Great Britain.-—ln the London
Daily Nercs, of the Ist instant, we find the following
statement :
The revenue returns for the year and quarter end
ed yesterday, have been made public. We learn
from them that there is a net increase on the re
turns for the quarter, as compared with the corres
ponding quarter of 18iio, of £1,477,645; and a net
increase on returns for the year ended 31st March.
1856, as compared with those for the year ended
31st March, 1855, of £4,497,671. The returns for
the quarter show an increase under every head of
revenue, except Stamps and Post Office ; those for
the year show a similar increase, except under the
heads Stamps, Taxes, and Post Offices. The in
crease in the Property Tax returns is attributable,
no doubt, to the augmented per centoge of that im
post ; that in the customs and excise must proba
bly be ascribed mainly to the war tuxes in those de
partments.
It has also to be noted that in addition to the in
creased returns of ordinary revenue, Government
have raised, during the quarter just ended, nearly
three millions and a half by the issue of Exchequer
bills and bonds, and have received a tritie more than
three million and a half in instalments of the loan of
£5,000,000. There will abo have to be issued, in
the course of the quarter which has just commenced,
deficiency bills to the amount of about two millions
and a half. This assuredly is no very alarming state
of our financial affairs at the close of a two years'
war.
Fashions in New York.—A new article of la
dies’dress hat made its appearance in Broadway,
and a description of it may prove of interest to our
lady readers; we give one we find in the Home
Journal. That paper says : “A' promenade over
dress—being a close fitting coat like the New York
surtout worn by gentlemen—only not so long. It is
all the rage at present in Paris and pearl drab cache
mere or pelisse cloth, are the goods preferred. The
cut is double-breasted, with four pearl, or pasea
menterie, button* on each side of the lapels, and t wo
buttons at the waist behind, at the junction of the
box plaits and side seams. The collar is auite small.
The sieves are cut in the pagoda style—that is, with
a very little fullness at the ann-hole, and formed to
fit the arm nearly to the elbow, from whence they
widen so as to become very large and flowing at the
wrist, where they are turned over to form a round
cuff of three inches depth. For a waist sixteen
inches in length, the skirts should be about eighteen
inches long, and cut in a regular circle, to sew with
out fullness to the bodice, and still fall gracefully
over a hooped skirt of moderate amplitude The
linings are of silk serge to match, and the edges are
bound with fine galloon. There are two diagonal
pocket* in the skirt*. This garment should be cut
and made by a tailor who possesses some know
ledge of the ornamental art, when it becomes
the" most attractive arid comfortable garment
for promenade that waa ever adopted by tbe
ladies.
Loris Napoleon and his Marshalls.—The
nominations of Generals Canrobert and Bosquet as
Marshals of France were made by the Emperor
himself to those gentlemen at his own table. On
Tuesday, after the reception on the occasion of the
birth of the Imperial Prince, a grand dinner was
given at the Tuiileriee. Canrobert and Bosquet
were of the number. At the dessert, the Emperor
ordered all glasses to be filled, and then said: “Gen
tlemen. I propose the health of two men whom I love
and esteem, Marshal Canrobert and Marshal Bos
quet.” The company was taken by surprise, and
nobody more so than the recipients of this favor,
since they did not expect their nominations in this
unusual way.
VOL. LXX.—NEW SERIES VOL. XX. NO. 18.
Lau-r irom Florida—A ltaiile with the In
dian*.
The Tampa Peninsular (Extra) of tho 16th inst.,
has the following important intelligence received by
Col. Monroe the previous day, and compiled from
Maj. Arnold’s report :
Whilst scouting in the Big Cypress, with the
available force of his command, comppsed of Capt.
Dawson, 2d Lieuts Langdon and Garner, Ass’t.
Surgeon Moore, and 108 enlisted men, Major Ar
nold was attacked on the 7th, by Indians, estimated
from 80 to 100, who were lying in wait, in a thick
Cypress Swamp, (water two feet deep,) about half
a mile from “Billy’s town.” The first indication of
their presence was a fire from them on the ad
vanced guard, which was soon followed by a full
volley on the column. Company C., command
ed by Lieutenant Garner, leading off, which, at
that time, was not far in rear of the advanced
guard.
After exchanging some 300 shots, on both sides, a
charge in front was ordered At least 54 Indians
mil towards “Billy’s town,” and a number took to
a dense Cypres on the right. The Cvpress was
charged, but no Indians were discovered although
they were seen to go into it. Those who had re
treated to the Hammock towards Billy's town, were
then attacked. When w’ithin a short distance of
the txvwn, a large number of Indians were seen run
ning East, towards on abandoned village, surround
ed on all sides by a very dense hammock, except
ing in front, where was a very large poud or swamp,
covered with tall grass nnd about two feet of water.
As this hammock was approached, the Indians fired
n volley, which was returned bv the advanced
guard, under Lieut. Langdon. The enemy then
ran to another hammock, half a mile to the North ;
the troops followed ; the Indians there fired again,
which was returned , a charge was then made, be
fore which the Indians retreated, and were pursued
until all traces of them were lost. The fight and
pursuit occupied six Lours.
The loss was Private John Simms, Co. L, 2d Art’y,
mortally wounded, (survived about 15 minutes,)
Corpl Joseph Carson, Privates George Muller,
John StrobeU, Co. C, 2d Art’y, and Thomas New*
ton, Co. 1., Ist Art’y, severely wounded, and Pri
vates Silas M. Watkins and William Abbott, Co. C,
2d Art’y, slightly wounded. Several received shots
in their clothing and haversack*.
What loss or injury the Indiana sustained is not
know'll, further than that blood w T aa discovered on
the bushes through which they retreated.
Loss of the Ship William Hitchcock.—The
account of the low of the ship William Hitchcock,
Capt. Conway, from Savannah for Havre, basal
ready been reported with the officers and crew hav
ing been saved by tlie Captain of the Ship Gen.
Parkhill. Mr. Coburn, first officer of the latter
ship, has arrived in Charleston and furnishes the
Courier with the following interesting particulars:
Nothing whorthy of note occurred until the 20th
of December lost, wheninlat. 47° 23 north, long.
24° 59' west, she encountered a terrific thunder
storm, that lasted upwards of two hours. At 10 P.
M. she was struck by lightning, setting fire to tlie
cotton in the fore cabin and between decks. In two
hours they were obliged to close the cabin and fore
castle. In six hours the fire had gaiued such strength
that they were obliged to spread sails and ropes on
the deck, and to keep them xonstantly wet. Capt.
Pierce informs us that his ship was under close can
vas, blowing a heavy gale from the northwest, when
he made a sail bearing down under a heavy press
of canvas, showing a determination to speak as she
ranged under the Gen. Parkhill’s quarter.
The men fore and aft, in a desperate and excited
manner,cried out, “Save us ! save us! we are on
fire! we are on fire!” Noticed a boat towing
astern, w ith the bows out and two men in her. Capt.
Pierce cried out, “I hear you,” and told them he
would lay by them and save them at all hazards.—
Throughout the night tlie wind increased to a tre
mendous gale, with heavy sea. At 10 A M. suc
ceeded in saving the crew of the ill-luted ship—the
captain and crew barely escaping with their lives.
In four hours after rescuing the people, the William
Hitchcock was in flames, fore and aft.
it i* a remarkable occurrence that the ship Gen.
Parkhill was also struck, but received but trifling
damage.
A Candid Editor. —The editor of the Greenville
(S. CJ Vatrwt , one of tho most uncompromising
anti-American papers in that State, pays the follow
ing deserved compliment to Millard Fillmore .*
“Ex-President Fillmore.—This distinguished
statesman and pure patriot has been nominated for
the Presidency by the National Know Nothing Con
vention in Philadelphia. We rejoice at the nomi
nation, though we do uot expect to support it. We
rejoice on the principle that an honorable man like*
to have a gentleman for hi* opponent. There is
another feeling which gives us joy, and it is, if the
Democratic party should be defeated, there is not a
man in the United States we. would prefer to see
heading the defeat, aud enjoying the success of such
a victory, to Millard Fillmore, lie is a gentleman,
a patriot, and a statesman of ability, soaring above
all sectional considerations in the administration of
the government. In his hands we should feel that
the Union, the Constitution, the rights of the States,
and the rights of the South were safe."
The Patriot, after expressing its determination to
support the Democratic candidate for the Presiden
cy, proceeds :
“If successful, we shall be proud of our success,
and if defeated by President Fillmore, we shall not
mourn or grieve over our defeat, In regard to the
Know Nothings, we begin to think that good may
come out of Nazareth.”
Robeui L. Stevens.—A telegraphic despatch
has already announced the death of this distinguiHli
ed citizen of Hoboken, N. J., aged 68. The New-
York Mirror g. ves the following memoir of the de
ceased :
Ilis father, John Stevens, was eminent for his in
genuity in steamboat matters, nnd was connected
with John Fitch in his experiments. After Fulton
had built the Clermont, John Stevens built the se
cond steamboat in this country, the Phenix, which
he ran upon the Delaware. Ilis son Robert L., at
that early period began to manifest his interest in
steam boats, and the present perfection attained in
steam craft, is largely owing to his genius and enter
prise. .John Stevens ran Lorre ferry boats between
this city and the Jersey shore ns early as 1808, and
Robert L. commenced steam ferriage between those
points in 1816, and from that time to tlie present lie
lias been connected with and instrumental in the
progress of steamers and railroads and other benefi
cent enterprises. lie had much to do with perfect
ing of the models of our yachts and other sailing
vessels, nnd was one of the projectors, and for years
one of the chief managers of the Camden and Am
boy Railroad, ln 1815 he invented an improved
bwnib for tlie IT. S. Naval service. From his reputa
tion for invention and practical energy, he was com
missioned by the United States Government, some
ten or twelve years since to build an immense steam
battery for harbor defence. This work Is far ad
vanced, at Hoboken. Hoboken will miss a great
benefactor in the death of Mr. Stevens, and the
whole community and country suffer a severe loss.
Mr S. lived and died a bachelor, and his property,
valued at millions, will go to his brothel's.
John Hancock as he appeared in 1782.—0ne
who saw Hancock in June, 1782, relates that he had
the appearance of advanced age. He had been re
peatedly and Beverly afflicted with gout, probably
owing in part to the custom of drinking punch—a
common practice in high circles in those (lays. As
recollected at the time, Hancock was nearly six feet
in height, and of thin .person, stooping a little, and
apparently enfeebled by disease. His manner*
were very gracious, of the old style, a dignified oom
£laiaance. Ilis luce had been very handsome.—
>re9s was adapted quite as much to the ornamental
a* the useful. Gentlemen wore wigs when abroad,
and commonly caps when at home. At this time,
about noon, Hancock was was dressed in a red vel
vet cap, within which was one of fine linen. The
latter was turned up over the lower edge of the vel
vet one two or three inches. He wore a blue dam
ask gown lined with silk, a white stock, u white
satin embroidered waistcoat, black satin small
clothes, white silk stockings, and red morocco silp
pers. It was a general practice in genteel families
to have a tankard of punch made in the morning
and placed on a cooler when the season required it.
At this visit Hancock took from the cooler standing
on the hearth a full tankard, and drank first him
self, and then offered it to those present. His
equipage was splendid, and such os is not customa
ry at this day. His apparel was sumptuously em
broidered with gold, silver lace, and other decora
tions fashionable among men of fortune of that pe
riod, and he rode, especially upon public accasions,
six beautiful bay horses, attended by servants in
liverv. He wore a scarlet coat, with ruffles on
his sleeves, which soon became the prevailing
fashion.
Death on the Cams.—On the train of cars
which left Philadelphia foi Pittsburgh on Wednes
day night last one of the passengers, James P. Wil
liams, of New Brunswick, New Jersey, came to his
death in the following very strange manner; His
wife was sleeping beside him, and his son, a small
boy, on the seat in front of him. When about two
hours out from Philadelphia, it was observed that
his head hung down outside of one of the windows
of the car in which be whs seated, and, on being
pulled inside, he was found insensible, apparently
dying, the blood flowing profusely from a severe
contusion or wound on the head. At the next sta
tion he was taken off the car, and soon expired.—
His wife was in the deepest agony of mind, and tele
graphed to her relatives in New Brunswick to come
to her relief. The deceased, with his wife and child,
whs on the way to Chicago, on a visit to his wife’s
father. The supposition is, that the wound was in
flicted on passing a water lank, or some cars stand
ing on the other track It is another admonition
that passengers should observe the advice paint
ed on the doors of the cars, to avoid putting their
heads or arms out of the windows.— Pittsburgh
Post.
Heavy Damages.—Some two years ago Mr.
Janies Renton represented to certain capitalists in
Cleveland that he had invented a methoaof conver
ting ore into first-rate iron by one melting. The
ore was to be simply cast into hi* furnace, and came
out pure malleable iron. It was further promised
that the process would produce iron in such quanti
ties and so cheaply as to eclipse all the old method*,
and to introduce a new era in the manufacture of
that important article. His statements were so
plausible and his theory so ingenious that a number
of capitalists of that place formed a company, pur
chased the right to his putent in Cuyahoge, county,
erected a furnace according to his instructions. ot>
tained powerful steam machinery, bought a large
tract otground, and imported a quantity ot Lake
Superior iron ore. When everything was comple
ted and the furnace set to work ii proved a com
plete failure ! Large sums were expended in ma
king experiments and changes, but all no purpose.
The thing had to be abandoned, after Buffering a hen
vy pecuniary loss. The oompany instituted suit
against Renton to recover datnugea. The case came
on for trial. The Leader says
“The jury in the case o For *st Oily Iron Works
vs. James Renton and others brought in a verdict
favor of plautiff* of $24,676.32. The question in
volved was fraud in the sale of a patent right for
making iron, and known as the “Renton Process.”—
Chicago Tribune.
A Steamship Attacked by a Sword-Fish
The San Francisco Herald, of March 9, says: Dur
ing the last passage of the steamer Cortot from this
port, a large sword-fish wan observed alongside the
vessel- For a moment the gladiator of the deep
seemed to corn tempi ate the huge proportion* of the
vessel, evidently speculating upon the chance* of
battle, then suddenly din ted toward the vessel and
plunged its beak into the planking, just above the
copper. It struggled fiercely to be tree, but to no
purpose, until the motion of the vctsel as she rolled
over to the other side with the sea swell, caused a
severance of the blade, and his fiahship, wounded
and disarmed in the first charge, retired from tne
field. The piece of the beak which was left in the
side of the vessel measure J eighteen inches in length.
It was removed with tiiflicuhy.
A most singular phenomenon, eays the Sandusky,
O , Register, w now to be seen around the dock „•
in the wafer. Immense numbers of white fish last
Fall wore cleaned on the docks, *»Dd the oftal and
spawn thrown into the Bay- The spawn has “batch
ed/’ and now around the docks may be seen mil
lions of miniature white fi3h. Here is a fact in the
breeding of fiab which the knowing ones ought to
Investigate, for* A** l c * n -taaned, ar.d from the
spawn hatching can be induced, what is the use of
au the artificial arrangements now propoeed tv pro
pagate fish 1
Extraordinary Cask of Fraud. —A curioiu *
trial has occurred in Liverpool, which has developed
the fact that a Manchester merchant, named John
Brennan, Ims been for the past five or six years de*
fraud inf the United States revenue, by sending
silks to this country done up in hampers represent
ing porter. The rascal had made an arrangement
with a clerk in the employment of the agent of ono
of the lines of passenger ships, tlirough whoso conni
vance he had been enabled to carry on a vciy suc
cessful smuggling business. Three of the hampers
having failed to reach their destination, having been
thrown overboard in the Hudson river to escape
detection, the Manchester merchant brought a suit
against the clerk to recover the value of their con
tents, but was non-suited—the Judge declaring that
he could not assist anybody in defrauding the Gov
ernment of the United States.
The Brazils.— Extract from a letter dated Por
nambuco, March 15- The cholera is very prevalent
in this city, and over 2,200 persons have died. The
Brazilian*steamer Marquis de Chinda was recently
1./St near Goriana; not far from where the ship Shoot
ing Star Tvent ashore. She was a new iron steamer
on her first voyage, and w. s built m England. She
is supposed to be insured for £30,000 sterling.
Thf. Abbey Langdon.— This ship, which has been
ashore for several days on Capo Romain Shoal, was
taken off on Friday afternoon, and towed up to Char
leston on Saturday morning by the steamers Nina
and Charleston. She hna been stripped to her low
er masts in order to lighten her, and now lies at
Union wharf, to remain till she goes into dock. She
now makes about two inches of water, but otherwise
appears to be little injured. When she struck upon
tho shoal, she was forced up into a kind gully or
channel, where she lay in about five feet of water, so
securely lodged, that although drawn out from her
original position several times, the gully still held her
until the last successful effort. Site is said to be in
sured in Boston.
Fire.—At about half past ten o'clock last even
ing a fire occurred iu a wooden store room in tho
rear of tin* premises of Mr. Aaron Tanulunson, Up?
hoUterer, I/O King-street. The building being very
old and combustible was speedily destroyed, as,
also, wus the kitchen which was contiguous, and a
third buildiug on the same lot partially consumed
The roof of a brick building on the south was also
much damaged. The firemen, as usual, were
promptly on the spot, and by their exertions quick
v subdued the flames and prevented their exten
sion We understand that Mi Tanulunson was in
sured for SOOOO, but were unable to leant whether
his policy covered tho buildings destroyed. There
had been no fire in the store room, ami the surmise,
is that it was set on fire by an incendiary —Charles
ton Conner.
Iron Hoops for Cotton Balks.—We had th«
pleasure of examining yesterday, a new and highly
important invention of our fellow townsman, I)
McComb, Esq., of great value to cotton growers.—.
It is a new method of fastening hen hoops on cotton
bales, which makes the hoops very greatly more se
cure than the rope, and is of easy application, so
that two hoops can be put on a bale in tue same time
it requires to put on one rope. The hoop is much
less liable to decay than rope, and will not burn, and
tin* bale'can bekep; in less bounds than it is possi
ble to keep it with rope. This improved hoop
promises to revolutionize the character of cotton
packages, and will costless than rope, whilst it will
De one hundred per cent, better than rope.—Mem
phis Engh.
Daring Robbery.— -The store of Jas. I. Griffin
was entered on tho 9thinst., anil property, consisting
chiefly of jewelry, to the amount of two thousand
dollar’s taken therefrom. A reward of SISOO Las
been offered for the detection of tho burglars and
recovery of the property—one t housand by Mr. Grit
fin and five hundred by the city authorities. This
is the fifth robbery, or attempt at robbery, that has
been made in this city during tho Inst two months,
which proves very conclusively that them is a welt
organized band of thieves among us. Wo hope that
the above liberal reward will lead to their detection
—Apalach icoin Advert iser.
Re-organization of • he Whio Party of Ken
tucky.—A number of Whigs met at Lexington,
Kentucky, on Monday, to re-organize the old Whig
party. An address and platform were adopted, and
the meeting adjourned to meet in “Convention ot
the Whigs of ttie United Stntcs to be delegated by
the people, and held at Louisville on the fourth day
of July next."
Fire at Niagara Falls.— Three Parson* Burnt
to Death. —At half-past 10 o’clock last night, a fire
broke out iu one of the wooden shanties just below
Niagara Falls and consumed it. If was occupied
by a French shoemaker and his family. This morn
ing the bodies of the Frenchman, with those of two
women who lived in the shanty, were taken from
tho ruins roasted to a crisp. It is supposed that tlujy
were suffocated by the smoke before they knew
their danger, and so perished horribly in their beds.
A Coroner’s inquest, was held this morning.—
Verdict in accordance with the facts. — Bvjfalo Re
public , 15/A.
Oregon.— A young while girl, named Olive Oat
man, aged l C years, whose father and mother, to
gether with four of her sisters and brothers, from
lowa, had been massacred in 1851, while curoute to
California was rescued from the Mohave Indians af
ter being four years in captivity. She has almost
entirely forgotten her nntivo tongue, being only able
to speak two or three words. Being usked in the
Indian language her name, she replied “Olive Oat
man is tatoood on the chin, anil bears the marks
of hard slavery. She was a slave for two years
with the Molmves, who sold her to tho Yumaa. She
was rescued through the efforts of the U S. Army
officers at For/ Yumn, who paid a ransom for her.—
A younger sister, captured at the same, time died six
mouths ago.
Melancholy Affair.—On Monday the 7th in
stant, a boy eleven or twelve years of age, the son
of Joshua P. Willis, of Baker county, shot and
killed a little boy about five years old, and mortally,
it is thought, wounding nnolnei still still younger,
both being the children of Mi. Richard Pate,
who resides in the same neighborhood.
The circumstances, as we have been informed,
are as follows : A few days previously Mr. Willis*
Bon left his gun, it being empty, at the house of Mr.
Pate, and before ho returned some one had loaded
it without his knowledge. Returning for his gun,
and it is supposed merely to frighten the little boys,
he took it ifoown from the rack aud presented it at
them, snapping it at the same time, when tbo gun
went oft’, and the sad results were us we have eta
tod. —Dainbridge (Geo.) Argue.
Close Calculation.—A Singular Care.—a
man seventy-three years of age recently died in the
Indiana penitentiary, of an affection of the heart.—
He was a miser, was incarcerated for a forgery of
$25, and has left a fortune of SIOO,OOO. He denied
himself the smallest luxury beyond the prison fare,
and nt the time of his urrest he was tendered coun
sel, who pledged themselves to clear him of the
charge for the fee of SSOO, To tills the old man re
plied, that “if convicted, the sentence would only be
for two yearn, and he didn’t think he could make his
expenses and two hundred and fifty dollars a year
out of the penitentiary, and it would cost him noth
ing to live there, aud he would save that much any
how V'
North Carolina Politics.—The Democratic
State Convention which assembled at lialeigh on
the 16th inst., a letter in the Petersburg Express
says, re-nominated Gov. Brngg for the olfice or Go
vernoi, and declared the Hon. Franklin Pierce the
first choice of the Democratic party of North Caro
lina for President.
The editor of the Philadelphia Christian Chroni
cle, Baptist, has been fined $3,000 for libel on Rev.
Mr. Newell, agent of the Baptist Bible Union, (for
a new translation) in reporting him u« having said
that “ he had no confidence in the common edition
of the Bible.” The editor offered to prove Hint Mr.
Newell used these words, but the Court would uofc
permit him to do it.
Loss of Speculators.—The Louisville Courier
states that speculators in oorn on the Wabash have
sustained great losses. the present season ; 40 and
44 oents have been paid (or oorn, and it is now
selling for 25 cents. The crop is unusually lurg«,
and unless there should be an extra demand, of
which there is no prospect, it must go down still
more.
The royal mail steamer La Plata, left St. Thomas
for England on the 16th of March, with $3,000,000
and about 1,200 packages of cargo, being one of
the largest and most valuable that ever left that
port.
Loss of Steamer Cuba.—A despatch receivod
from Mobile Sunday, announces the loss of the
steamer (Juba, on her downward trip, by striking a
snag eighty miles above Mobile. Two negroes, the
property of Mr. Joel Adams, of this oTty, wun
crowned.
It is thought, we believe, that the boat, will »« a
total loss ; and, as she was a favorite steamer here,
the accident is greatly regretted We have no par
ticulars.—Montgomery Mail.
The Press in France —The London evening
paper, the Sun, was seized on Tuesday, at the
French Poet Office, in consequence of its appearing
with a black border as a token of mourning for the
peace, which it considers disastrous and disgraceful
lor England. The Daily Nows and Morning Advc*
tiacr were also seized.
The announcement of the birth ol the French Im
penal Prince, was received with demonstrations ot
satisfaction in the Canadian House of Assembly A
special adjournment was moved and carried. After
the adjournment, the French members gave vent to
their national feelings by singing, even in the
House, French patriotic songs.
Frost on 21st April.—We learn that there was
considerable frost in this vicinity, this morning it
is so dry. however, that little injury is anticipated.—
It turned quite cold on Saturday, and fires have
been comforting since \t U moderating now
Montgomery Mail
The Rome Southerner states that Capt. CLariea
A. Hamilton has already sent forward twenty five
emigrants to Kansas, and that his company will
comprise about one hundred men in ull. Fifty more
will leave about the first of May, and they will all
concentrate at Atchison
Gov. Wise has written a letter, it is said, on the
Presidential question, somewhat in favor of himself
os the nominee of the Cincinnati Convention, a little
in favor of Mr. Buchanan, fi»r whom ho would
before declared his preference, had he not 4< expt
ly understood” he would not be a candidate, aH( j
generally in favor of the nominee, whoever he' rnay
Religious Toleration.— A Protestant minis* er
waß lately arrested in Spain fox promulgating doc
trines contrary to the established religion. A judge
from Barcelona, however, has sir.ee decided that
the Bpanish Constitution establishes religious tole
ration and the minister in que*:ion has t>eeii dis
charged
Extending the Time —The Wesleyan Confer*
tmee, at its late sitting in London, so altered
their ecclesiastical regulations as to ullow min*
isteis to remain five years at ore place, provi
ded the quarterly conference of tlie circuit make
a yearly request to that effect, after tbo second
year. A similar change in the discipline of the
Methodist Church in this country' has long been con
templated.
By a partition of the largest estate of theiat*
Duchess de Plaisance, of Franco tht* surviving ohli
dren "fDr. V. K. Ewing of Louisville, Ky.. fall heir
to property amounting *120,000. Taesu coirs me
Mrs. Robert B. Hopkins, Mrs Dr. Marshall, and Mess
Mary L Ewing.
Fifty pci sons have lately periahed by earthquake
shocks in and around Cuenca in Ecuador.
Western Travel.—Nino thousand passenger*
arrived at Chicago iu two days of last week. Cbi>
cago must have a large number of hotels to aceom
modattt such u moving mass of humanity.
Business a r St. Louis.— The sales of $44 of the
principal wholesale houses in Bt. Louis, for the rear
1855, amounted to $87,033,697. %
The Dramatic Author’* Oopyright bill, r< * entif
presented in the Seufctt by Mr. Reward, va- in
troduced, It is suld, at the suggestion of Mr Hour
oicault
A Kobe* Hkntimknt —Miliard Fillmore, tn a
speech which be made in Fredericksburg, Virginia,
in 1851, gave utterance to the following noble setrif
u.ent i
4 -When 1 look bank to the crisis through which w#
have passed, I feol thattheie van danger that the
duys of the Union wore numbered. I determined
then, if oee*s-ary, to nacr,fim every political pray*
pert in the world, and life itself, *r> wave the eo*nu
try"
The state of Indiana has at jjre*ent twenty-th/e*
• numlrvd miles of railroad iu * petal on ; fW< yeas*
a<,Sili* had but ninety one mi'e*.