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Cxt.tfouuix News.—Bvirytfiiiig ha, been qpfot
?,. ( ’ !tf nif.4 dliriog the pnst two w«ek*, *w* Wt
v«-r. hule new* to vend abroad by the itMIQ
/.. „v, ,1.. ». t ii u>-dav. The drought which ha* pre
,9 ;nmu~Uout the State for over in-o month-, at
r. •.• • r sod of tTn- venr known ! f-re as the “rainy j*ea
*»n ' "ivt’D t,)aA-. onring the p.*at four or live
.! * » to frwihtfiMboweft. Although tiiesecionh,
. * :ir .iilvJiu* J:o admit of a suffbietit fail of rain
1-. iiiin-t i*h* full requireifo nte *of (be agricultural
ar.J o u*toral district*, there K »iil! time enough,
•r 7r. i, vc the usual quantity of rain in April, to
:» cn/jih of wiieat. barley,oats ami veg
e tables.
iu »!«• woutbern c.«»uut i« .-a of the State, where the
nu»u>£ of entile ami horse*,the chief support of
people, the proejject i* that the pasturage will
he maudicieut to sustain the stock over to another
win * . Indeed, it if* already announced that large
nu aWm of cattle peri-hw! for want of food during
uHiui iof March, but thi#, U probably an exag
gerated report.
Bn*<uOfls protperis (ook uncoffitnonly gloomy.—
The dry weather just pn*t leaves the
majority vs onr miners without water to work their
« !n,mo, and the gold prodUcl during the enduing
j».-vt*n or < j/id month* must l#c small. Then again,
the bank and mercantile failures which took place
a n-vi months ago have diminished confidence
a nug tae busmen classes, and there is little dis]**-
aitton to embark in any * nterpriae* that require
mi outlay of much capital. The masses of the
people nre, however, industrious and saving, and
tlws prudent course adopted by all classes will
i time bring about a m ore substantial state ofaf
f •.>,« than Pave heretofore been experienced in Cal
ifornia.
'flits is the season of the year when large number*
ofdiir rx-opte leave for the Kant, on visits to friend*,
<„• lo.mret eng Ig. ments. The fdcamer
wioeh ieave to day wki lake over eight hundred ,
p; most of wli'M, however w< shall eX*
pert back again before the find of January, It in
K rati lying to know that, notwilhetandiiig the great
I*, .u • **. leaving ns, the airivals are atin largely in
* sec. i e! the d*-]*arturt:H.
xwiir i movement hi. - le • n made to Interest
1. • p- .pi« of Calib>raia in the opening of a post
I>u .ii,d the cjftabitiikmefit of n liiu of weekly punfo
iv t. United States Government between Cali
f.nni.i and Missouri* Meetings been held in
1 meuioriiUs ndopti «i. and petitions, large
ly r*d, urging the subject on Congres- for
I-,.-. . ration at the present m -lon, will be *ent
; , u<t by lh next .steamer. It is bettered that
ovn MMi.OoO HignaturcH to tlw.se petllinus will be
pr<H*.i»ied.
It Minted, on wimt appears to be goo<l authority,
* :• u MirM-ymg expedition from < i rent Salt. l.ak«:
« yis now making a recpniioL-r-unec of the Coloru
do iivoi and iu tributaries, wiiii the view of open
lug a c enmnmeatiou whieli witi nmin d nearly all
the. leu<ling Mormon stations directly with Califor
nia. The Mormons hope, by thus opening n chan
nel for the bamportation of good* front the l*«cifie
border of the continent, to free tlicm- Ives from the
ncee-ssify they arc now utuler of procuring nupolit-n
*>fgooilri by t tie f i dionn w agon route over the Plains
'i d
~, against Missourians, and greatly prefer to<lea!
with Californian**; and, should they fowl the Colora
do at* well adapted to their purpose ns is expected,
lb, ii- is a .strong probability that within two years
t a . ntire trade of Utah Territory wilU>e concentra
teil in this eitv.
Tie- State Prison contract has been awarded to
<!. »». J. M. retell for a term of five years, at tlmrate
I,! f Ul.bOO rwr tuotuh. It is understood that a new
State IViHou is to be er« ct< d by tlir*esmtmetor, ’ocia
i .J it ;,r .Mormon Island, twenty-two mileh from
S .eramcnto, where there will be abundant labor
f.n the pri oners in quarrying granite. The mini
h.*rof nrisoners «t predent in our pernlentinry is
about h r *o.
,ini if \ f rh. Fund Chuntnisf-loners have set,
j.p.n ; ..lie hundred thousand dollars for tlieredenip
!,,i, ~f Uie t. n jKri* f ent|d>endß of therifyof Sun
1, , , . ii, mid invite hiifs until the first of May for
tlie surrender nl , stu*h fdock. The bonds are not to
be presented for redemption until seventy days
after the first ot May thus leaving ample time to
’ • bonds foi warded he:e troin New York or Lon
don.
A bill i* now before the Legislature for fundmg
Ih, floating debt of .San Francisco, which was ill**
. . y Charter. This debt amounts to nearly two niil
lii.jM ol dollars and alihough er» ated in violation of
law, i regarded ns mostly binding in equity on the
ii! . 1. • hiding this debt, the present liabilities of
t !ji- .• ii v of San Frain-iseo fire about
ni ,d the ta.aible properly in the neighborhood of
$10,000,0(10.
Guito a trade has sprung up between thi* city
n:id the ftu-sian possessions. The Cyane nailed on
lit. morning of the IMiti., with a large cargo of Afttnr-
I 1 MuTehundiHe, suited to the wauta of the res;
d nis of those i« e-bound region**. During the past
year we have occasionally sent, v< ry quietly, ot
» .arse, a ship load of merchandise to the Russians
i the mouth of A moor river. As it is mulct stood <
b at n sort of Sevastopol stronghold is being con
truted there, where several thousand men an to
be siutium.il, it is not improbable that after ]*• ace
i . • ahlishcd in Ihirop* , a regular communication
may be kept Up With this port.
fi h teller if i>f Chin sc and AU’.iirttnn. —A letter to
the San Fniueineo (Mironiele, dated Mariposa, April
: u,. o that at Agua Fria, under some pretext,
the mob e* driving away the Chinese, burning their
tents and provision**, and brutally heating thofm
whom they catch
\r fbteheye it is worse still. A band of twenty
l. i, . Is, well armed, are chasing before them,
hkt rattle, all Mm Mexicans, Chileans, and Chi
nese whom they encounter* and information just
ivet iv d, leads to the belief that butchery is the
A! Maxwell t reek, assassination is the order of
lhe day, and lias been for several days. The Amer
'i ms have ordered all the Mexicans, Chilean*, and
Pei m inus to leave lh** county and their fixed pro
j, 4 n i.. w'.tUm fifteen Iwr.im**nfW i* eeipl of r.oner* :
ai, in case of the failure to comply, thirty sashes
are administered. After the notice, there wayareg*
uhir elmae, anti all of tin; persecuted blood luive
I ■ji rtiereih sly massacred, wherever found, wheth
er in iheirown houses, r>n the road or in the brush.—*
At the last ncWS, the chase was still in progress on
nil sides, and the number of persons massacred was
l‘l, and it is reasonable to betievo Hint many other**
have suffered in the brush.
* Tie writer elates that the public officer*, under
vai »oua pretext**, hold aloof, and apprehend that the
nuii. ulntpy spirits engaged iu the moMHUcre may not.
(• at the t hum hi- and Southern Aim--ricans, . but
extend thelrihurdeitius at tacky to other classes of
population.
OkfoON Advices have been received from
P i Maud. (hegoti fen itorv, up to March MDtli. The
t. ii : had atta« kcd.tiu! .soUltiineiit at y><' Cas
«‘adoM, ilestvoyiug Uie town and killing hoiuo iiO per
sons They have also captured mid destroyed the
hleainer Mary. Altogether, Indian aft airs in < began
look exceedingly.gloomy, and it is evident that the
till itul v needs assist a nee.
in U ashijigton Territory there has beeu but little
ehtonge in the state of affairs since Ihu d«imrLiue of
the last steamer. The inhabitants are still ip fearol'
nu attack.
Central America.
The Aspinwall Courier of the *Joth inst., says :
*>i Saturday last. Mess:'?*. Jtrnnrio, MeMunay.
I»:, k«\ A e.from San Juan del Snd, arrived at
iviuaiea. in ft schooner. They bring news from
that point lo May f». Front them we learn that
hoiiio t’oHta Rienns reached San .Tuan after the bat
tle of Rivas, on the lt*th May; aud having then,
dfipped their wounthni for Piuita Arena*, the army
-tin teil by lam! to ret rent into Costa Rica ; that
the elHi’.eni hits been making *nd havoc among the
t\--s’a Rica troops, and that Walker is evidently in
the ascendant.
Other part ieft vd*o have been eve witnesses to
most of what they note, inform us more minutely :
“llurying the dead and earing for their wounded, to
getlH-r with a few preparation* of fortitieation, lest
Walk'-rshould return on tlieiil before they e mld
tvc\ oeoupiedthe suweeding xveek. Th«*y com
:? :ie.d t!»eir retreutirtg movement about tin* *Jlth,
; lou tie' Jt't-i the entire army had vacated Nica
ragua, all of them having marched to Guauaeos’n,
oxei pi some fifty men who w ere at San Juan del
Sud, .-hipping the wounded by water from J’untu
Arena?.’*
\V«* have before given an account of tho battle
«•: ftivi -.which is confirmed. At HA. M on the
h.engoni of ammunition. Walker marched out
of the oily t »tin* fife and drumand tor four hours
the t'.-U !f.< ms continued to lire at the church
wlwoh he had vacated.
M s force iu th« battle was tour hundred _ foreign
, and three hundred uatA »s, and that of tile Uosta
Kie uis three tttouannd.
The h> sta l\K*fti«s represented themselves as hav
ing been entirely deceived; that Walker was far
preferred bv the natives, and that instead of being
■ . t with op n arn aby \ tearoom us, tin y had
been dm need or nttueked* at every point. Baron
Httlovr was exceedingly dbwatbficd, both at the eon
duet of tin Yosts K tonus, and the falsity of the re
p;>*~entHtions that had tn it made to him respecting
r's eentlilron and the t**« ling «•! the Xieara
gun ns towards him ami ills army.
hue Star anti llerwtd of Saturday ropresx tits tin
ehiueh <« Ki \as to have bet a robbed by AA'uiki r's
in. n, ami refer* to other plunder by them We
luw e the , uthority of those who have watehed AA'al
kebs mov« met.ts iht oughoul the past year, for say
ing that he has iitwr allowed plunder; ami that
i:e has never taken anything man foreigners and
native > m N. oaragu*. except by governmental le
N. ehtiteh in Nicaragua oontnius muiges with
prveioas atone* or Jewels many oo:rtUuei«bie value
upon li t it; 11»»* ohmvhat Hivoa ha> no images in it.
b without a roof, wholly unfinished, and never has
i•' ’i lot .1 »s .i place H worship. S * nmeh :« ;• the
hoi v of the Sim and Herald, that images were rob
bed* of dian.ou. ami used ns barricades iu the
eh in eh.
} ..>m S%n *Ti is I>m N.tiuf.—The dear'l l- T» -
varri' • it ;:t Aspitiwall. fti.Hn Ore \um n, «.n Winl
• . - * \ . th«- . ;ii.»t4iid. St.me or n-ofe of
VValk" - ...ii.c ai Ik-i la-’u Onyiewu. i\ i y
slng-bvd tin ie- they had left s«n< two mouths
since*. i'ix»\«don> re said lobe \cry slant a; o»vy
imui. i‘lu* bW*lik*dc is kept-by lie! Britannic
Muj-stv’s ship Eurydice— there being none other
there
(i'J‘ *i- It ?*ri m hy .Ijw,; o“>h.
Xsw York, M*v in.
About oik ist'olork yesterday afterin*on the boiler
ft «• B*v'...iee IHxk.nt tlie foot of Bike street, ex
plod. d a terrfio noise, throwing tin* boiler three
imn 'red fm t from Us ipeaUjv, and scattering iV.-.g
•:.i *s .' f.slope a'n 1?; <*u it* ** vV rv direct bus. Tin- !,->
Luoi', a 1 aU of about »*> U» weight, \\ as thrown over
nvowl. d bhH*l;sof Hrfjmgrs. tubing with' a fear
ful Crush fhr*»gh the roof of a lien*- and lodging
i-t a bed wbte a omo nnd Held Hy. reitln r of
w .Vii u\*v nobWttl**Nmdiigf the man was
fmt tl out cf tie !*cd rid the fin.tbor.rd bf- k. u
* W*::.. r lug.' \ \ •*« . w dghing n!u«ut *h*o potur.ls,
struck iWtvrmw «*t A«ve st.«y buiWintr, tc;triug
away *'h e- pbig, ruiiing the tii> and hnvuig its
WJiy Ihf'ugh th- r\H»b ranking a cole as big as a
itegslu ad. end sbcfteiing ih'iiHr all the wind* w* «»<
i !i** «.dab’ivhmem. Many ether bn:Mings in toe
».. : ,Mn •bn'*! were more r k*» iHinreib rod! ,*.!! lb;
* • v’\ v. of » mil* wen* shaken to lueir i
iuund !h'V hy lh** treofentt»*us < ‘". k. A rtlu.il ,
*>'i*sSl b< !w. * n H,f* *hwk uud the pier, is a !
total wrv rk every t'mftu r ab-vv, water being
forced utbfils place. H*hcr or* h.n\»g ; - was
done to vessels in the x ieitdfy m«w»e in«iniM*o a i
skn Y i.nd one er.rnvside of her rigging car: ied nwuy.
rest a stove the. eapfaitL nnrmwlv t- rijncig
■s *h U>t» life, having bnl a few ***eond* 101 l the
rpo’ up *' the ileek whciv tile fsH messenger «>i
e*ntU pas*nd with .:ghtuing speed in search cf
prey
liic workmen, iduptit «kht 1 umired nod fitly of
trhou't tuc employetl, were all «l>s»*nt at the time. —
fl ui b» hi nc»*wfT»*<l Imt « few minutes later,
rb* r« U- *st L'ive Uft-ii n t«'!rihic lee of oft*. ,vt- :!«*
tic < vis ti e » xc' «. nUw dock ‘Tie- stink ready to
♦ sh.- m a sh op, which was j :nH> ib*.to;urc i by* Che
**x; ;'OT»*iderahk» *lamac;* w as also done to tin
nornwndiiH* ho.'dingv The tvtuse of tlic uct idi nt
is ultrlboWd ‘ the M-wf wuer ;!«*« rveu-e»
absent
T \t. T- xv. ,-T 1.4 V. !.l Tl., f MIH w
• ■■ 'X'- ■ «.»!•! •!. <U X." Vt.rk Tnbisbf
n*v4 4e»rf,-d
'• r -• •<■•*. *.-«» <- .vvAl„ Wrth
'.rui; iu ■i. Tt ;s but & few dave .*wj„
> it rrys i eat fsynp :V *»t
I
iy' ♦• j •**'.•’ ,l b!« w:u; l>:r S!.mpV rifh > iy»x< ur
i: i , i i-.ptlie li rder KuftimiMti d- übie quick
l* h.d:! lift* ». -ult * Tt.eie Was «.».:• ditFer
. •.« bet .ref th«* b-f*-twe of Honker ITIfT ?.%i ibnt
•• Lav. , VN .. , . t.ndy. Ik-,-, her. S:•
:-jr i! Mid Ibivuiend that they did not Kish to the
l catUe ! —Jit a •r-. qd Ihjfpa ch.
ri»s Africa'*
I By Uw Ali.ca <i«ta.:i «' •
! rop*i.= r,o*i 1- May 1*
I 11,, I. udrti. Dmy Ke»> 'flooka la.- Eogii.-:, C«bi
i net wbi for jjj&iDg ind:-3gik»ti that ti*e p«t!>uQ jus
iul< uteri ttha Italian ouaatioj:.before
it ean iutcnei. scrionr'y iudtaJy. ’The Opinion of
Pari.xirusnt oogiil to be .aacertftlaed witho’: delay.
The qnrnwt'. i* prarth ai and urgent. Ttalv lomt
*be regarded as a whole. Words will n". suffice ; !
imt tlie demon.-fration mart be made in earnest. The ;
Post oSHerU that the Italian question inunt l>e set- i
tied. The actwa!state ot Italy ri dangerou* to itt t
neighbors, and dangerotu iu it** bearing u[<m Eu- ,
ropesu aJlkuiecM. Vfiia'. It’dy wa;:J- b <:*at ue- -
rate i;x-edom which contains within itself the priu- |
qplt of deVfciopi/ieuL.
The Atugnau government U aileinprip.' so get !
foe Gonnank; Diet to coi.-ddcr oil ita depeadeiieu .-.
a* IJuiigarjv Oalieia and Lombardy, entitle i to •.
prof*, d ion ot the Confede ration, ft L b-t;«-ve i the ;
effort will be uaanceeaoful, from the opposition to !
Premia and the iaiaCef Liberal State?.
A g*>>d deal of ill-will continues to prevail at
Maha between the citizenai.d the Angio-Itaiian Le
gion.
Toe Archduke Ferdeuatni MiaxcnHian au
♦h*nity to offer the Enqx-ror of the French the r* -*to
rntioji of the- mortal remain? of the Due de Keich
atadt. The- a»he* of the sou of Napoleon I. will be
conducted to France with great pomp.
A deapatch from Berlin of evening of May 14.
says :
\Wteam that an American frigate is- likely
'to make its appearance in the Elbe. It s appear
ance there wifi relate to the State duties levied by
Hanover. No American squadron is expected ill
the Baltic, in relation to the Sound l>u»-s.
The Belgian Association for Free Trade have U
sued a cireular convoking an international C’ongTcea
at lirusseis in S -ptembet next A similar Congress
was held in ISI7. the object at that period being to
obtain a recognition of the elementary principles of
fre" trad-. On the present m n more practi
catturn, commensurate with thx- extraordinary «-x
--perieriee of the ititerveuing nine years, is to be given
to tbe d;s< u-sions. The general feeding of the peo
ple of Belgium isolated t<» lx; strongly in favor of
the movement, and tlu; chief j*oint now in view in
that country Been* to be to ascertain the be»t and
most rapid means for carrying it put, with c due
regard for the ittforeatn of all parties. Mr. Corr
Vand'-r Mneren. h merchant of Brussels, and for
merly Judge of lie* Tribunal of'Commerce, is the
President of the Assoc ntion.
The Novedade* says that there are not fewer than
t.-n edit/irs of Madrid papers now <confined in the
jail of tte*Salad«ro, and that beside* there are a
number «J others undergiviiig in for
tr«*ss*-H. The Cortes, in the bill on the press, has de
cided that writers shall be campelied to sign their
j articles, and shall lx* liable to imprisonment os well
as tine for those of a s< ditinu* character. The Clamor
Publi<*o and the Ep«s;a, of .Madrid, veliemently de
nounce tlie latter enactment as destructive of all
true libenv of tiie press.
The Madrid Gazette ol* the fill* Bays :
Some journals recently publishing letters repre
senting that communications of an unfriendly na
ture bad passed between France and Spain, are now
obliged to confess that none have taken place, am!
! that oUr ipioinatie relations with France could not
I be more cordial.
The last accounts from the K-..-1 bring a report
that the Shah of Persht lius apjilied tu iiussiu for
assistance against his internal tbcu.
Tu*- Timet* of .May lf> says:
4 The accounts from tin East w ith regard l.» the
state •»f the exchanges sliow that the transmission
ot gold from this country mini involve a con
siderable loss. Under these circumstances, it
may become a question wiielln-r the j£-100,00(» re
c* !it!y mentioned as the sum stiii to be shipped on
account of the Turkish loan will be dispatched.
The Paris M* mitcur publishes the appointment
of Baron de Bourqncm y ;w Ambassador at Vienna,
and that of M. (1c iiubner as Austrian Ambassador
ut Paris.
The Due de Grammont, the Fn ilclb Minister at
'I firin, has caused the Qa.~,>Ua <hlb: At pi a provin
cial Journal of Sardinia to be prosecuted for certain
criticisms on the treaty of pcae.c. The (ie.raid of
the journal has been sentenced to fifteen days im
prisonment and *2OU& fine.
Mr. Layard Pnsidciit of the new Ottoman Bank,
lias g**tie to Constantinople to organize it.
Tlie Princess Paskic witch died during the week,
in one of tlie hotel* of Berlin.
The great cuttle show of Berlin was to open ut
Paris, on the inst.
1 he weather in England was more genial, but the
crops were backward.
Coi'knm aok.n, May PL—The relations with the
United States remain for the present unaltered, and
there in no new feature to report in the negotia
tions. The treaty, which originally was to expire
ont.be 12th April, has been renewed for two months
on the proposal of the Carmel at Washington, and
will now ultimately expire on the 1 2th of June. In
the meantime, tin- intelligence received from Ham
burg of the expected immediate arrival of nn Ame
rican squadron in the Elbe has caused an unpleas
ant feeling in tin J city, and some tears are enter
tained as to the final result of the negotiations and
the pacific sett lenient of the question. Unicr all
circumstances it was deemed advisable to send re
inforcements to the West Indies, to protect the
Danish islands from a surprise; and for this par
pose the corvette Niynden, (Japt. Lieut. Muxhull,
Inis been got ready for sea with the greatest des
p itch, and sailed v- » erduy morning for her destiim
• ion. The Najaden carries out a e.nnpany of artil
lei y to reinforce the* garrison of St. Thomas.
Lord Palmerston has raised quite an outcry
against himself, by undertaking to prohibit the
playing of the military band in Kensington Gar
dens, on Sundays. The privilege of the music was
granted some short turn* since by Sir Benjamin Hall,
and was much appreciated by the people of the
lower walks of life, who had, in foot, no other inno
cent recreation within their reach on Sabbath, their
only holiday. The Archbishop of Canterbury wrote
to land Palmerston, personally, requesting "him to
prohibit the music as “Sabbath desecration.’'—
land Palmerston, like a dutiful son of the Church,
obeyed, although he stated that the prohibition
is against his own convictions. A similar band per
forms every Sabbath for the at Windsor
Castle, but the Archbishop sees no desecration
in it.
A Liverpool gunmaker has invented a brcceli
lottding rille, which can be discharged 100 times in
an hour.
Robert A. Mmm & Co. of Liverpool, have Hold
at auction in Liverpool, lor X1(»,000, the ship Brit
ish Empire, formerly called the Demaruva, built in
1851. She wuh the largest British merchant ship
atlout.
Lord John Kusbcl lias been lecturing at Stroud.
In course of his remarks lie pressed on hearers
that Britain and the United States ought to be
friends.
l’rinee Frederick William of Prussia is again on
the road to London- ll.' goes a-woning.
The Empress ol the French made her appearance
in public for the first time since her confinement,on
the 11th, and was cordially received.
<1 .moral Failay is to succeed General Caarobert.
11 «* is nil Aid-tlo-C’nrnp ol the Emperor.
Tin l»» ])u •« nl.iti ves of All. 1 ?i ia and Prussia have
officially notitied the Germanic Diet ol the restora
tion of pence.
The Sardinian Senate have passed resolutions
unniiimmndy endorsing tin* policy of the Govcm-
Kx President Muiiui, of Venice, has published a
letter on Sardinia and Italian afliyrs, generally ex
tolling the altitude of Sardinia in regard to Austria
and the Pope.
The Constantinople correspondent of the London
Times, in reference to the treaty between the lad
led Stales and Persia, says that it was concluded
under the auspices of the Russian Mission, and its
spirit is directed against England. It pretends to
be aeonvm rcial treaty, «ud would be so bul for
three articles. Tilt* first, of these says that Per
sia not. being a maritime nation, America will be
obliged, for the advantages which the treaty grants
to her commerce, to have a fleet in the Persian
(Suit with an order to defend Persia against the en
terprise of whatever maritime nation should attack
h**r. The second gives Americana tin* right to
have ships of-war in the Arab mouth of the Tigris.
The third allows them to have a factory at
Skuruuh.
The London Times ('rimenn correspondent sets
down the Ru-sian loss.-,-’ in and around Sevastopol at
Bft,OUb men, while 1(10,000 men perished of fatigue
and disease. It says they would not have been
able to sustain themselves many days longer had
not peace been declared. *
Syria continues in a very unsatisfactory slate.
Lord Stratford de Redelifle has applied for and
obtained leave of absence. The Ijondon papers in
fer tliat he has been recalled.
Hostilities have recommenced between the Rus
sians and Circassians.
The Barracks at liuvod, near Constantinople, had
accidentally burned down.
h/no'on. Sat ur tin// Morning. —The Times' city
article ol Friday evening says : The funds closed
with great buoyancy. There was great pressure tor
money at high rates during the day to provide for
the ten per cent.deposit on the new loan, the appli
cations tor which are understood to exceed jC*-*(),(H)0,-
000 sterling.
Imports \m> Km*okjs ok rut I'nitki) Status.
—We recently g.iv<• an oflicial table from the Trea
sury Department, showing that the exports from the
l mted State'S for the three months ending on the
•Rst of March last, amounted to upwartls of seven
millions more than the imports. The New York
Times gives an estimate, which shows that the ex
ports of the United St .tcs. <including £ 25,*25i),000 of
specie) from Ist .Inly last to the clc.se ot the tlmd
quarter of the Treasury year, March 31, were at
least $10,450,304 in excess of the iinjiorts, as follows;
IMPORTS I'M TKD ST ATKS, .Ifl.T t. ’55. TO M \K( H 31, ’56.
At X York. Other Ports. Total.
Ist quarter .. .. $16,.-36,771 $25, 185.173 $72,021,950
'At quarter 13,07.%907 22,500,000 : ivt.o7o.lKi7
3«l quarter 51,21'9,975 20,262,790 77.082.771
Total 1) mouths, j-11,212,653 $75,967,975 $205, 180,028
HstiuiatCxl.—AH other iigeres oflicinb
KXPOtns SAMK rF.RXOP.
Ist quarter, July 1. t>. Sept. :<O. official Sea.el^y.W
quarter, tV t.*l, to Dex . 1, esiimated 50,0H0,000
qr.Artec. Jan. 1, t • March 31. official so.ttJl.tufc;
Toral d months
Excess over imports S’lUdO.oUl
The spec ie include.! in the export list is at least
ten lui’lions kis than the com'sjionding specie sliip
met:ts of the previous fiscal yenr. Sepamtiiig the
specie front both sid. s of the account, the following
is the showing of our
FOKKHiX Tiv.U'K k \>U NJ.\< Mx'MlIS.
Mt-rclianxiiKC* iiuporicii s>g 12,515 c?? 8
l*roduceaml mercluuuli.'e c.x|*orteo
Evcx vs of meri-hatixbye imjH'rts $t I,SCC,»3h;
Specie ex, rtixl jti7.ool.tXit>
sjHvic imporuHl *J.tiso.<XiO
Kxce - cf specie exports yod.g^l.OOi)
Ocm ralexx.-s ;u €.\j»orts $10,450,314
These figures show that we are liquidating some
portion of the vast European indebtedness incurred
m former years, but the tad that our imports of mer
chandise have been over fourteen millions of dollars
in advance of our exports, nod that the country has
bx < u robbed of specie to that amount in order to es
tabhsii tlie balance, must considerably lessen the
-.•»> iavi.nihleedMJcluSions that some journals are dis
’> }to base upon the above statistics. New; the-
it a favernbte fact that our expotts. exclusive
i»t sp. i-ie. rv beginning to reach some degree of
eqa;»:i»y with nur imports, and that the continuance
x*i !.» ivy ev t icrts ai this time is still doing much to
h-.x .• e iula . against us. Th. New York
H< -.■•>. xi, i*'so allcximg to the immense ({Usntiik-s of
.-u. .- ;..M me .ikely to for warn, makes this
ii.tefvsung emtement;
*-1 «> tons. - >t:u* idea ot th s revival, we suav state
that w nhm the past two weeks, we have shipped
lii'ii; this port al i.e to ports in Hreat Britain, about
:UM.f*ud bnrijel of grain, half or more of which was
wheat, at an average value of not less than one
dollar a bu>! ! h*r both eond in* d. making Hi.tk'm.
and about o UH* < to bd,o«Mi bam bof dour, at an
average cost of about six dollars a barrel, making
'
two weeks. *•; t:o:n st>fitkOt.fi to VM.OOt). l hcse
• -
value of foreign exchange, mid tend to edieck the
export *»f sp«ei< SionM this revival of exports
cont inue for two an*n:hs. tt must prove of great ail
' Autage to tin* ix'UTitrv. Now is the time for for
wantcys and holde’s to aid! off. Between this and
the unddix of July .»r 1-t . ; August will be their last
eh..nee. < *"i: a to th.- immense snpplis*' of Indian
cor... the adyane. ha* not. and probably cannot,
k*'«.-.p puce wit!. *vi vet > *ur . corn must con
tinue ic be freely shipped.*’—/?,,:/. African.
t’\v \r t —T;a* v;due ot goods cxj>ort«*d fn>mthf-
I i’it- S. , sto C :»twt*l.i ui !\i), under t .- 1 rccipro- |
e-.’ v y w.**> ?* •.-»’** 'h_ i :value «*! t!ie grv<ds <
. i ; t'.-i. ..a >i» 1n»o. **i tin- rnitod Sati-s :
pr- 4r.e? or rr mwfacturv. was £ U3>.7fil. The to- i
t-d v* ue . ' .g.M~.> imp* rte i Canada in t,V»S.
?V ■ ' *■: *•> V'. . . i Stat. s. was £•'-.■> . * ■*.-
States
}S.Y» n«f<‘ r jhe ( tturidiac potmd is
equvt to fonr »t *1: os l in-u v s eurr**m-v. The I
N v 1 . « •
ts. V - ct . \ lu .. \ t-1 •» t** trivc *bosi- \
tv -- .•i he .!•••: rp t :.da «u Ni w \ iwk tu«i Nw )
•k. -. os- u- rail to tx-ducc t »e i und t-xport
tr ■% *f i>v«*. t-.iu- benefit tit.g »Ih* towut of,
C&i.ada Wr.'t. w; *• in »-*• »-u ti*«- Si. lo'*iii„v are <
btt Icn* a»-.d less IJa' points «»!' Leans;Jpiru ot. j
I iitis t; . **\p... •i ot in tw.» yeans have «it— i
chned i*;=c Inird and tlu* imports in tlie same ratio— !
whifcatTt. « r.;o the expotAnlurve nearly d*»ub!ed 1
a»vi t.u imports l»Av< inct'cm-ed twenty p-r ceat. [
between th. years its*.) mul l^oo.— Bali. Am<r. J
pr fifth*'* fifth* V&VM? rffjVr‘s'**-
1 UIKTV*FOi itfil ** Sti
IN SENATE It i
Mr. Pearce statgd tfod the fpc-qkii eommkfoe ap
{ ointed m in •e- ily .e niicp. . uy, ;•.
Qtoncrfo imi ii iihpoa<Bb:e to p_ur?u • t.. • ii;v*-sli
gaiion xvltfoißt the | oWcr a? tend for i -sons and
papers. Ife corns queutly &cked that such power
be given to the oom*nittee, whici. war agrs-ed to.
Mr. Weller presented the petition citi
zens of Caliiomia, the mgnatures lo which were
bound in two large volumes, asking the construction
of- a wagon r*»ad to eruumct tliat Stale with tl*C At
lantic States. ILc briefly urged the imix>rtanco of
the measure.
Mr. Weller introduced a bill for the ihnsfruetif n
of a Military road from the western b(juri<i&!y* r»t
Mi Carson Valley, aud another jbr tlie i on
- auction of a military road from Ki I'ax » to lot:
Gmiel 1 ..
Mr. Pugh addressed the Senate on Kii.sv affairs.
Mr. Pugh ofyecterl to the proposition.ot Mr. Sew
ard to admit Kansas as a State i-rider her free State
Constitution on two grounds : —-first, the small num
! b-.r of her population, which be believes did net
exceed twenty-four thousand; aud second, that the
: Topeka Constitution never was adopted by any
■ coirdderaole number of tlie people of the teiritory.
j having only received 019 votes, all told. I!e pur
! sued a courae of argument similar to that of Mr.
I Clay aud otiier suppr.irtera of Mr. Dougtcs’s bill,
[ and waaveiy severe iu bis remark- upon tlie Lmi
! grant Aid Socretias. II- «!.-■» rex i* wc*d the con
structiouH ot the Ohio Legia. Ju' and gave Ins
! reawHis 6»r dUobeviag them. Ii« hkew: -j took up
the argument of Me**rs. Seward, and Stunner aud
i replied to them.
The Senate then a«lj*»urned.
HOUSE.
Mr. B( I! moved a suspeivdon of the rules to allow
! j,*. m to in:r due** ar- - *fution calling for specific in-
I formation connected vritii all branches of the woii
! on* the Capitol and lfost Office extension. He said
■ kc wanted the country to see the manner in which
j the law had b.- n disregarded and the public money
wasted. The rnlcs were suspended.
! Mr. Bell pr s ceded to show that tli** Secretary of
! • i,. Treasury has unnecessarily expended large sums
• ui ;noney, letting contracts to thc highest instead of
the lowest bidder, with tbe loss of more than one
tellurs oi
... iu 1
ing of the additions to the Capitoi and the Post Of
fice department. He said he would never vote one
dc'.lar i r tri«- pi* secutiou of the work under milita
ry superintendence.
The resolution was passed.
Mr. 11. Marshall, from the committee on the Judi
ciary, reported a bill t*> authorize the issuing of pa-
Califon Ob
jections bring made, lie moved a suspension of the
Vales, which motion was agreed to and the bill was
postponed.
Mr. Kelly, of New York, asked and obtained per
mission to print a speech maintaining that the Softs
ol' that Si de an* the true National Democratic
party.
After which the House adjourned.
j IN SEN ATE May 27.
Mr. Turnbull gave notice of his intention to intro
( duce a bill to pr.-veut civil war and restore peace
| in Kansas. A bill to provide fi r the introduction
| of a uniform national code of marine signals was
! paused.
I Mr. Slidell called the attention of the Senate to a
j telegraphic de-patchgiviag Mr. Sun.m i's statement
’ before the House committee, published in the morn
ing Baltimore papers. A long debate ensued and
gave rise to some excitement.
Mr. Slideil said Mr. Sumner’s statement declared,
“Other persons were about me offering friendly as
sistance, but I did not recognize any of them.—
Others then were at a distance, of whom I ro
< , rni • d only All*. Douglas, of Illineis, .Mr. Toombs,
of Georgia, ana, I thought, also my assailant stan
ding betw<-en them. I was helped from the floor
nnd conducted into the lobby of the Senate, when
-1 was placed upon a sofa. Os those who helped
me then- I have no recollection. As I entered the
i lobby 1 recognised Mr. Slidell, of Louisiana, who re
i treated, but 1 recognised no one else until I felt a
friendly grasp of the hand, which seemed to come
! from Mr. Campbell, of Ohio.”
■ Mr. Slideil stated that it skeined to him proper to
j explain his own position in relation to this matter,
■ as the statement published might cause a false iin
-1 pres-ion on the public mind. When the Senate nd
i |iturned on that day,lie entered tie* ante-room where
he engaged in conv« rsation witli Messrs. Douglas,
Fitzpatrick, and J. Glaney Jones, and while there
seated he was informed that Mr. Sumner had been
badly beaten by Mr. Brooks. He came into the
chamber, but there were so many persons crowded
around Air. Sumner that he did not see him at all,
and he soon returned to the ante-room to finish his
conversation.
Having remained there some time, he was pass
ing through the reception room to go home, when he
nut Air. Sumner in the door, leaning on two persons
whom lie did not know. His face was covered with
blood; and as Mr. Slidell was not on such terms of
intercourse as to make it necessary to express any
symputhy, not having spoken to Mr. Sumner for
two years, he turned aside and went out by another
door, lie had not the slightest idea before the oc
currence took place that Mr. Brooks or any body
else had any intention of attacking Mr. Sumner, and
was entirely free from any participation or counsel
in the matter.
Mr. Douglas corroborated the statement of Mr.
Slidell. When lie heard that Mr. Sumner lmd been
attacked, his first idea was to come m and endeavor
to restore quiet; but upon reflecting that his mo
tives in interfering might be misconstrued, he did
not. enter the Senate chamber until the affray was
over. The crowd around Mr. Sumner was then so
large that for some time he could not see him. ll
saw Messrs. Toombs, Pearce, Crittenden and Evans
all seated near their usual seats; blithe was not
near Mr. Brooks ns stated in the report. This was
a total misapprehension on Mr. Sumner’s part.
Mr. Douglas added that lie had no nowledge or
suspicion that any assault was contemplated, or
would be made either here or elsewhere. Hedi i
not approach Mr. Brooks or speak to him, and was
not within fifty feet, of the Senator from Georgia.—
flow such an idea could have got intq Mr. Simmer’s
head it wus impossible for him to conceive. The
published statement might carry the impression over
the country that he was aiding and abetting the as
sault, and was in fact a participant in it; but that
was un entirely erroneous idea, as he did not even
know that Mr. Sumner was in the capital at the time
the assault was committed.
Mr. Toombs remarked that he was in his seat at
the time, and how Mr. Sumner could have supposed
that lie saw him near Mr. Brooks he could not tell.
It might be that in the confusion Mr. Sumuer mis
took Gov. Gorman for him. In expressing his
opinions about the affair at the time, some gentle
men condemned it, blithe told Mr. Brooks that he
approved of it.
Mr. Butler had just arrived in ilie city, and said
that he should have assumed all the responsibility
which hud been taken by his gallant relative, lie
denied in the most emphatic manner the statement
ol‘ Mr. Sumner that what he had said in his speech
was strictly in response to what Mr. Butler had said
on former occasions. lie understood that the State
of Massachusetts had passed resolutions in refe
rence to the affray, and when those resolutions
should be presented to the Senate ho would speak
on the subject as it deserved. Not a single one of
tho remarks which laid been quoted in application
to him, was a response to anything he had said upon
the Kansas question. 11 is friends in South Caroli
na aud some ot his friends hen* thought that he had
been remarkably moderate in the character ot his
remarks, lie had scrupulously avoided savin c any
thing to \ iolnte the courtesies of the Senatorial de
bate-, and spoke neither of the Senator from Massa
chusetts, to him or about him.
Mr. Wade said that it was impossible for him to
sit still and hear such principles avowed as had been
on this occasion. As to the facts in reference to
jo the assault, he knew nothing about them and had
nothing to say on that point. lie was here in a
pivtt.y lean minority, not more than about one fifth
of the Senate entertaining opinions similar to his ;
but when lie heard it stated upon this floor that an
assassin-like, cowardly attack had been made upon
a man unarmed and having no power to delend
himself, and that lie had been .stricken down and al
most murdered, and then heard a Senator avow that
he approved such conduct, it became a matter of
interest and some importance to all the members of
the body,! and the minority especially. A brave
man could not defend himself against such attacks
as this; and he might be overpowered bv numbers:
but overpowered or not, live or die, (said he,) I will
vindicate the rights of the liberty of debate and the
freedom of discussion, so long as I live. If the prin
ciple avowed here is to prevail, let us come armed
for the com. at. Although you are four to one, 1
am hereto meet you. A man can die in no better
cause than in vindicating the rights of debate upon
this floor. If these principles are to be approved by
the majority, and become a part and parcel of the
law of Congress, let it be understood.
Mr. Wilton thought the explanation of the Sena
tor from Louisiana was not inconsistent with any
thing stated by his colleague. He had no idea that
Mr. Sumner intended to place Mr. Slidell in a lalse
position. The Senator from Illinois has also made
his explanation ; and i see nothing in that incon
sistent with the statement of Mr. Sonnier. II ; was
stricken down upon this floor by a brutal, murderous
and cowardly assault.
Mr. Butler, [in his seat ] You are a liar.
Mr. Stuart called the Senator to order, lie also
urged that there was no question bef< : c the Sen
ate. and it was evident that the debate was becom
ing acrimonious, and be hoped it might be post
poned until the matter could be considered with more
calmness.
Mr. Butler apologised fora word which fell from
him in a moment of excitement.
Mr. Wibon proceeded to say that his colleague
had stated the facts to the best of his recollection,
and it was not to be expected that after such sever**
blows, which had rendered him unconscious, lie
could be perfectly accurate in every minute par
ticular. lie did not believe that he had intended
to do injustice to any body. AY hen lie should have
| recovered and be able to take his place in the >v n
1 ate Ik* would l>e ready to meet the Senator from
: Smith Carolina, or any other .Senator in debate, upon
| these matt* rs ; and any assumption or superiority
by the Senator from South Carolina over him or any
other Senator representing his views might pass C:
j what it Was worth.
Mr. Butler said that in discussing the resolutions
of the Massachusetts Legislature, if he transgressed
tlie bounds of propriety, it would be because !:<• w as
provoked to it. lie never had been the aggressor,
and he called upon the Senate to bear witnc.-s ot
that fact.
Mr. Foster alluded to the avowal of Air.
Toombs that he approved of Mr. Brooks* conduct,
and thought it incumbent on him. as be w us n new
member of tiu* Senate, and had not participated in
its debates to any considerable extent, to say a
word as tx> the reasons for bis course. It he
| should remain silent now, it might be misinterpre-
I ted, ami some might suppose his silence was
j through fear of the like consequences to himself.
He wished U> disabuse the minds of all the
1 nu mbers of the Senate if any such misapprehension
| existed.
lie had thus far participated but slightly in de
bate, because, being anew member, he thought it
would be more becoming for him to listen than to
speak. But when an intimation of this kind was
made, it might bt* supposed, if Senators did net
speak, a passion so base ajid unworthy as fear was
the reason of their silence. He now wished to es
svrt his entire approval of the freedom of speech
hero or c!s.when . to be maintained at whatever
price, at whatever cost, and whatever b. th.-
eoiiM--queuei s. If the contrary doctrine should ever
prevail iuth.scouutiy, there would be an emltolib
ertv. for he beiievtd as religiously as he believed
anvthiiig. that the liberty of the mess, liberty of
speech and the liberty ei the people would live and
die togeti.i r.
Mr. T umbnli ished t*» speak on this topivjabou!
five minutes, but the hour iiad arrived for the con
sideration of th** sp - eia! order.
Mr. Haie moved to postpone the special order to
alio" Mr. Trumbull to speak, but the motion was
negatived.
Mr. t'nss tirade farther explanations in reference
to Mr. Crumpt*>;,*:> e*nnesj>oiKieiH*e which be said
misrepr i sen t > him.
The President s veto on the bill'for the improve
ment of the mouth < i the Mississippi river "as dis
cussed, without taking the question, till the ad
joumoient.
HOUSE.
Mr A' ibr gi from the committee on Public
rx 1 '.>rte : a bill grr.nting lauds in alternate :
sections to Michigan in aid of railroads—al*out thir
teen hunxirx*d tii«• sand acres. He said the main
features of the bill were a precise copy of other simi
lai acts.
Mr. Jones, of Tennessee, asked him to " ithdraw
his demand tor the previous question. He thought
opportttutv should Ik* afforded the enemies of such
bills to Ik* beard.
Air. Walbriuge replied that he had moved the pre
vious question to save useless discussion, ti: - pxin
i iph s being well understood, having been debated •
for the last ten years. .
Mr. Craige tliouglit tue bui s-. >u.i at k-. st be
printed to afford on opportunity fi r txammatlon.
Tin- gag should not be applied.
A motion to table thecsH lor the previous ques
l.-‘U w ;• s ut-gatived—yeas 07, liny? "J
--1 lit- biU was finally passed—yeas * nays v<.
The House then udjoun ed.
IN SENATE 7777. M y CS.
Mr. Pearec from she select committee appointed
to investigate the facts a trending the --tssauit e*n Mr. j
Sumner, made a report in writing. It states t. a‘ ;
iweoedents are It* !>«• round only iu lLr- action of the
House of liepresentatives. the never having 1
been called on to pronounce jadgnienf in a similar
c«>e. Several preec-deuts are cited, and the com
mittee came to the conclusion that although the as- I
«s r~j* »’ <ji r “(diction. audthgoffense Can
r ~*y be puri : * iby tfcp House of which Mr. Brook#
This c->oc!u?ton i? in . lTk! conformity ■with padia
•.trryfcv i*Kitb< : qnh *■: ?!;*'■
tut ion; and Un*y therefore recommend to the Sen
(»‘e t make complqint to the House and submit'at
ro-.iutioif that the report be accepted aud a copy
thereof with the affidavits accompanying tire same
I louse cf Representatives.—
The resolution was adopted, Mr. Toombs alone vo
Toe Senate rcauaicd Lae of Lite Pre
‘ h veto of the b:'i f«*r the improvement of the
n. iitliof t. •-Mi-• i— ~:j»j• i river, when Mr. MasoL
rqvke in support of the Executive action.
When Le cqpduded Mr. Cass obtained the floor
*' The*S mate adjourned.
HOUSE.
Mr. T. • r. : _•{* ;> intTo<’i*« ed a biil giving lsndyto
Mim»esu4a, N'-T*t. dca and Kansas for railroads.
Mr. Cunitb'-rs intpxluccd a bid ceding the public
Mr Greenwood mtrodiu -d a bill to repeal the act
establishing the Court of Claims.
j • * ' • tit ofthe Hebrew eon
«_•*- _•: n of Wu-!.' cgioe. and the Senate biil tom*
. *raic ■' «-• St. Thomas Literary Society of the
District nl Cohir.:'iin were fever-ally pmset).
Aftcrt »r;:•«<-. •-.! of other business, Mr. Ben
f • f New York, from the corAn lit tee ou Public
report c: u bi!' granting lauds to Louisiana
r. Jones. of Tennessee, warmly opposed the
£T : : .1- for -aeh purposes. * After further
« t ; • bill was pu.-sed—yeas 6*2 -, nays 58.
T1 II u-se then adjourned.
IX SENATE May 29.
The House bills granting public lauds to Wiscon
sin, Alabama. Louisiana and Michigan, to aid in the
constructions of railroads therein, were severally
Ti c Pres! lent -cut i:i a rrus-age, covering impor
..ts iu relati uto our affairs with En-
Ti:e document* were referred to the Committee
on Foreign Relations and i-rdt-red to be printed.
Mr. Mason expressed the pleasure he felt at learn
ing the conciliatory tone of I»rd Clarendon’s des
| patch, and complimented Mr. Man y's letter as be
j i!i*r at once temperate calm, and courteous, and no
doubt would be received by the British Govern,
incut in the same ainie.-ible manner that Lord Cla
rendon’s despatch had been received here.
Mr. Cass had listened with pleasure to the read
ing of tie- despatch ofthe Secretary of State. He
regarded it as a conclusive and powerful analysis of
tiie whole case. It seemed to him that the honor of
the e*.untry imperiously required the dismissal of
| the British Minister, and his only regret was that it
i had not been done long ago. He held that thissus
i pension of intercourse was a very common circum
; stance : indeed be believed that it was an ordinary
I occurrence to inquire of Governments if Ministers
would Ik*acceptable. He alluded to his case when up
| pointed Minister to France, and said that be remained
' in London until it was ascertained that it would be
j agreeable to France to receive a Minister. Eng
! land had sent a Minister out of her country under a
* guard. Inde< Ihe might cite numerous instances of
such suspension of intercourse il' it was necessary.
I t w as no cause for war, nor would war grow out of
' it unless England was determined to proceed to it.
| The document wo an important one, and would be
: sought for with much avidity ns containing elements
' of history, and he would move to print 10,000 addi
| tioual copies.
Mr. T-'ombs admitted that the dismissal of the
British Minister did not of necessity lead to the dis
turbance of our pacific relations with Great Britain ;
‘ but still he coulu but regret that the matter had ta
| ken the course it had. Our Government having
I been satisfied, as it acknowledged, with the repre
i sentat-ions made by Great Britain, the British Min
| ister ought to have been permitted to remain. He
! thought it was in vain for us to say that the subject
| in dispute had been satisfactorily explained, to de
clave that the apology or explanation of the British
! i tovvrnincnt was accepted, and then to remove the
I Minister who was the oceusian ofthe dispute AVidle
! iie ag *d with our Government that the explana
tion of Lord Clarendon was sufficient, yet he thought
! they had greatly erred, after obtaining that expla
nation, to interrupt the diplomatic intercourse be
i ween the two countries. He expressed the opin
ion that the matter had been pressed to a point of
' ja tthogging, rather than of statesmanship. He did
| not concur with tin* construction given by our Go
tto the neutrality laws, lie* did not think
British Government hud violated them in any
! tiling which it had done. Now that negotiations
, had terminated, he took the occasion to express
; his dis.-cut from the views of his own Government.
; Mr. Butler agreed with the Senator from Georgia
(Mr. Toombs) ('.at it was peculiarly unfortuate that
; the British Minister should have been dismissed af
i i;t all thi* protracted correspondence. During the
! time when the Allies were ingaged in the war
agaii:>i Russia it was highly proper for our Govern
ment to have said, ••hands off, so far as regards
our own people, in this controversy; but after war
had ceased he thought the course scarcely proper.
He would not say that the British Government had
a right to take exception to it, but he would have
preferred to have had it done in tin* first instance or
not at all. 11c saw no reason why the two Gov
ernments should be involved in commercial diffi
i eulties and scenes of retaliation, much less in actual
j war. lie should regard that as a great calamity.—
j It was one of those things he desired to avert, so far
j as !:•• couid do so by his counsel, consistently with
j the honor of his country. The Minister had been
| dismisM d, and lie supposed the developments afford
-1 -d what our Government considered a justification
j for it ; but he thought, from the temper which per
| vaded the correspondence of Lord Clarendon, and
| the lone of feeling that seemed to exist in bothcoun
j tiles, this would be regarded as a most inopportune
! time for thus dissolving diplomatic relations. He
: would not say that our Government was not
j justified, but must be permitied to think it hadchos
-1 on an inopportune period for its action.
Mr. i’ratt desired to call attention lo the fact that
the letter of apology on the part of flie British Go
vernment was dated after the peace lately estab
lished by the Powers of Europe. Whatever might
have been the state of affairs at the time when that
offence was given, England was certainly relieved
from nil expectation ol'difficulty with any’European
Power at the time when the apology was made
which was deemed sufficient by our Government.—
The offence charged was that England had attempt
ed to enlist soldiers here while engaged in war with
a country with which we were at peace. The Go
vernment, after that peace, had aisclaimedanyin
a ntion of violating the law of which we had com
plained. lie deemed it, then, beneath the dignity
of this Government to turn off the mere agent, who
had made a similar disclaimer, when the British Go
vernment was released from all responsibility.
After brief rejoinders by Messrs. Cass and* Mason,
the conversation dropped.
! The Senate adjourned until Mondav.
HOUSE.
Mr. Campbell, of Ohio, from the select committee,
'aid that he had been unanimously instructed to ask
the House to adopt a resolution that the select com
mittee appointed under the resolution of the 22d
iust., to investigate the matter of the alleged assault
<>n Senator Sunnier by Mr. Brooks, may present
llieir report or reports with the journal of their pro
ceedings at any time when the House is in session,
which shall thereupon be laid on the Speaker’s table
and printed. The resolution was unanimously
adopted.
Mr. Grow, trom the committee on territories, rep
iv-onting the majority, made a report proposing to
admit Kansas into the Union, with the Topeka or
Free State Constitution. Its consideration was
postponed until the 25thof June.
A message was received from the President, simi
lar to that sent to the Senate, on the recruitment
question, which was referred to the committee on
foreign affairs.
Several private bills were passed.
On motion, it was resolved that the Clerk be di
rected to refit tin Hall for summer use.
The House adjourned to Monday.
The Accident lo one of the Line.
The steam propeller Union, of the Ericsson Line,
which left Baltimore on Wednesday afternoon for
Philadelphia, exploded her steam chimney about 2
o’clock on Thursday morning, below New Castle.
The Philadelphia Ledger gives the following addi
tional particulars :
The scene on board is described as awful in the
extreme, which was heightend by the boat taking
lire from the coals blown out of the furnace doors
by the explosion ; but fortunately, through the ex
ertions of the captain and hands not injured, the
tire was soon extinguished. The boat was complete
ly helpless, but by ringing their bell, the steamer
Franklin, belonging to the same line, came to her
assistance, and towed her into New Castle.
aid was procured, and five physicians were soon in
attendance, minis: ring to the aid of the sufferers.—
They remained on board while the Union was tow
ed up to tlie city, when those most severely wound
ed were removed to the Pennsylvania Hospital.—
Their names were as follows :
Wallace Manly, the engineer, died soon after
reaching the hospital. He was a young married
man, resident at, Camden. His wife, on learning
the accident, rcpaiied to the hospital with her infant
child, but too late to see him alive.
Daniel Alexander, aged 22, a fireman, died at the
hospital about 2 o’clock in the afternoon. lie has a
w d«*wed mother living at Chesapeake City, who
tvas supported by his industry.
B -j j i: in Bra mini is supposed to be fatally injur
ed. ite was a passenger, but nothing is known of
him beyond his name.
Thomas Pcutlaud, a Scotchman, aged 36, was
a passenger on board. His face and both arms
are badly scalded He was on his way to New
Luke llalligan, aged 17, was also a passenger, is
dreadfully scalded about the face and arms, lie
has a father and mother living in Saratoga countv
New Yolk.
Iu addition to the above, Daniel Berry, a fire
man, was taken home. lIL injuries are* serum-,
but not supposed to be fatal. David Brown, a
passenger, was not seriously injured. Elizabeth
.tonkins', the cook, a colored woman, was scalded
about the feet.
The boat laid at Chestnut street for several
hours after her arrival, but the crowd became so
great and impeded the loading and discharging of
other boats i;i the vi< inity, that she was towed up
to U - -,:s. Keaney, Neafcc & Co.’s Penn Works,
Ti.e Coroner summoned a jury and commenced
:i;e investigation «>! the < a.e. Alter viewing the
• i. ceased at the hospital, the jury were conveyed to
Ileusiigem, for the puipcse of a personal inspec
tion of the bout and boiler.
The steam drum was torn to pieces by the explo
sion, and the steam had forced its way through the
flues, and escaped through the main hole and furnace
doors. Tin- engineer mw enveloped by the steam,
\viiii*h passed through the engine room, and. enter
ing the kitehcn. demolished nearly all the utensils.—
The turn firemen were iu the opposite direction, be
side the boiler, end could not be removed fora con
siderable time after the explosion, in consequeuce
of the density of the steam.
Tin- »-r!v witness examined by the jury was Mr.
.Scuauble. the foremau ot the boiler shop of Messrs.
Reuny, Xeafie *s: Co., who deposed that the boiler
was a new one, put on board the Union rather more
than two years since, it was then a good, sound
boiler, and on an examination since the accident, he
found every portion in good order except the steam
chimney. Tue peculiar construction of this portion
of a high pro .-'lire boiler was explained to the jury,
to show the difficulty ot examining the interior of
the steam chimney, from the stay bolts extending in
every direction. The inquest has not yet been con
cluded.
Texas Itf.'<s.—The Xu tees Valley states that
... !
Patentee of Unit's revolvers, and bis brother, Col.
-
I fourth of the town of Lamar on Aransas Bay. The
I Valley anticipates great advantages t«* the country
about Aransas liay from the enterprise and capital
| of these gentlemen.
I It bus become quite a common sight to see cam-
I els and dromedaries, marching through our streets.
1 • u*-w c rployedin carrying Govern
’ rnent freight from Fowderlvorn to the depot. They
| carry the enormous weight of I lith> pounds, and
; with the greatest ease. The sight of them r-iam
pedes iUi the horses and mules, that come within
! -ight of them. ’They arc certainly not handsome
creatures.
The oulv distinction the Arabs make between the
cam. I and dromedary is, that the one serves for the
beasts of burden ana the other the riding nag.—
I*he word dromedary with them means swift or
dee! A horse, in a £ risk trot, can scarcely keep
up with the camels when in a walk. They appar
ently go .vow, with their :• v.g ami measured tread,
but inre.diiy tl.-y are moving along rapidly. The
• e ita :..»-':r rid-rs and gorgeous trap
ping.-. move along iu a brisk trot at the rate of 100
ir.ilt? p-. f day.
j S«>i*th Pacific Coast.— T;.e Lima arrived at
I Panama *n the T:h inst., with $! in specie,
and Va p iraiso advices t< the 15th, Callao to the
:27 th, ana Payta to the 30tb of Aprih
! From Chili there is no political news of interest
The lYiuvian paper*announce the death of Mr.
,Iu kson, h- alof th n-r.--- of My, rs. Bland 4c Co.,
of lima, and also ofti<: Rev. Mr*. Biddu ph. Protoe
tan: Minister in Calla-\
The yellow fever >:u! continues its ravages in
Lima and Callao. Four members of the National
Convention Lad dlea w.th the disease, and that
body was about to adjourn its session to another
place.
From Bbliva we Ic o n that (be President, Gen.
Cordoba, has commuted the sentence of death
oassed on the leaders of the late attempt at revo
lution, and has ordered them to leave the country.
. WITKhV
Cjjronicif & Sentinel,
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America and Europe.
The deed is done. Mr. Marcy’s lust despatch io
England is on its way across the Atlantic, and Mr.
Ckampton, the British Minister, and the English
Consuls at New York, Philadelphia and Cincinnati
are nothing more than private subjects of Victoria.
After as ample an apology by Lord Cl areh do s as
any honorable man could offer, it has been decided
by the Pierce Cabinet to beard the English lion,
in order to woo the Cincinnati conclave. How will
England receive the news, and how will Parlia
ment sustain the British Ministry in the course
they may adopt, are questions asked on all sides.—
The decided t« mtj of the London press (which is iu
truth almost ti.* sole political press of England) will
have prepar-d the people for the Pierce coup
d'etat , and urged upon them all the remem
brance of th • fact t int there is a point beyond
which forbearance causes to be a virtue. Pass
ports for that truly ami tble gentleman, Mr. Dallas,
whose briefieaidoi.ee in England has been the oc
casion of a constant exch tnge of tokens of esteem
between him ami the people of that country’, alike
honorable to both, will be demanded by some, and
perhaps granted. If so, the traders of Manches
ter will murmur in vain ; Mr. Cobde.v and Mr.
Bright will be iu a most decided minority, and the
intimate relations which have existed uninterrupt
edly for more than forty years between the United
States and Great Britain, will be severed. This act,
which is in itself not a cause of war, will undoubted
ly tend to complicate and seriously aggravate the
difficulties attending the Central American (Ques
tion, which was already overburdened with
troubles.
The ultimatum of Lord Clarendon on the Clay
ton-Bulwer treaty, it is generally understood, was
received in Washington more than a fortnight since,
but what action the Pierce Cabinet have taken on
the offer to arbitrate is unknown. Mr. Buchanan’s
jocular objection to this plan last year was that Rus
sia was the only arbitrator we could name, and En
gland was at war with her; but this is no longer
the case. To arbitrate or to fight seems now the
question. If the former, it would be our object lo
choose an umpire from the four great Powers of the
Continent of Europe. Sinister France, subtle Aus
tria, or vacillating Prussia could not compare with
noble Russia. Her ministers are few in number,
but of profound judgment and of upright conduct.
To them we might safely entrust the solution of the
question, and anticipate an impartial verdict.
If war is to be the policy, however, it behooves
us as men to calmly view our exact position, not
only among ourselves, but with Europe. We kuow
there are those to be found in our midst who believe
with all sincerity that for an iuternal complaint there
is nothing like an external remedy. Kansas fever,
they think, can only be cured by English ointment or
French court plaster. Our scepticism on this point
is very great; in the first place we think the fever
was bred in Washington, and will last as long os
ignorant practitioners are sent there; and in the
second case, we fear that the proposed remedy would
prove worse than the disease. To declare war with
England at this hour would ensure the renewal of the
active alliance between her and France; indeed
tins is probably a part of the programme which
Louis Napoleon has written for his action in
life. Let us recall the scene which will substantiate
these words.
While the Russian war was at its height, the man
who had alone caused that sanguinary contest and
who lmd taken upon himself the responsibility of
planning the Crimean expedition and the mode of
attacking Sebastopol, decided that he would become
the proud guest of England. To suggest was al
most to command, and Windsor Castle was pre
pared for his reception. Not Windsor Castle alone,
but the Guildhall of London, the banquet chamber ol'
the merchant princes of that city, was decked gaily
to bid him welcome. Through the streets of the
great Commercial capital of the world, slowly pass
ed the Emperor as countless thousands gazed on his
narrow brow, aud cheered they knew not why ;
self-possessed, deadly cold and stealthy iu his tread,
he made his way to the hall, and having partaken of
the repost rose to deliver the speech that lie had
conned in every sentence. His theme was the alli
ance between England and France, aud the object
of that alliance he proclaimed was to put down
slavery all over the world. lie who one murderous
night stole away the liberties of thirty-five millions
of French people, coolly said that the Anglo France
alliance meant the suppression of slavery all over
the work!.
Shall we attempt to delude ourselves, as doth
General James Watson Webb, and presume that
he intended to refer to all the world with the excep
tion of the United States? Far better, we think, is
it. for us to meet the danger boldly, and decide that
he moßt probably spoke the words after deep de
liberation. IPs plans were matured in a prison,
and have little of health iu them, but they are as
stubbornly adhered to as are the links lo one an
other in the stoutest chain. lie doubtless means
war against the liberties of England and the United
States, and to accomplish this he can see no readier
way than to t..u pait with the former against
America. To destroy every bond of union between
the two, to weaken both and then to invade Eng
land and avenge Waterloo, are designs that seem
not improbable, when we closely study the charac
ter of the man. As he decided Russia would be
most vulnerable in the South, perhaps he has deter
mined that America is the same. If so, his words at
Guildhall had a strange significance. Be this as it
may, if England and the United States were now to
declare war it would, we think, be playing blindly
into the hands of the prime despot of Europe.
Gen. Jus. Will ho n Webb,
Os Mahogany Stock notoriety, in the plenitude
of his inflated vanity and self-conceit, has ludicrously
enough imagined that the American people felt a deep
anxiety to hear his views on the Brooks and Sum
ner affair, and he has therefore punished his readers
with two and a half columns of Freesoil and Black
Republican tirade, against the slave power”—the
“ aristocrac y of slavery,’’ the “ nefarious desuHßKgf
the slave power,” its “ demoralising inflifenecs, '
6c e., a tissue of misrepresentation and falsehood,
that would put Greeley to the blush, which lias
elicited the following comments from the New-York
Herald :
“The Chevalier Webb has given to the world his
views on the Brooks affray in a couple of ponder
ous columns or so. From the tone and tele
graphic fire crackers which preceded it, it is evi
dent that the writer was under the impression
that the community at large and the aristocracy of
Europe were dying to know what he thought
on the subject. So far as the former are con
cerned, we regret to say that the manifesto has
not settled them into any particular wav of think
ing; first, because they could not find out what
the writer really meant, and secondly, because
they found that whenever he made an assertion
he invariably refuted it in the next paragraph.—
They, there tore, find that each statement being nul
lified as it appeared, the net result of the manifesto
is—nothing. Poor Mr. Webb ! He is not suited for
a fanatic. He is like a large fat oily tallow caudle,
which somebody coming along and seeing useless,
charitably lights ; it blazes and smokes and fumes,
and sheds a vast deal of uncertain light around, till
a puff of wind blows it out—to remain iu silence i
and obscurity till it is re-lit. Lord Clarendon lit the
candle some time since; now that duty devolves
upon Mr. Seward.”
Homily Land and Pension Frauds
The Pension Office at Washington having hud
suspicion of fraud being practiced on account of
the number of claims for bounty land and pen
sions for revolutionary service sent from Colum
bia county, in this State, despatched Mr. Stephen
C. Dodge, Special Agent, to investigate the mat
ter. After some interviews with Mr. Stewart,
the U. S. Marshal in Savannah, and Mr. Ross,
of Macon, the Deputy U. S. Marshal, whom he met
in this city, he returned to Savannah and obtained
warrants for the arrest of Dr. llenry A. Ramsey
and Richard W. Jones, of Columbia county, on
the charge of having fabricated testimony in sup
port of false pension claims. The arrests were made
iu this city last Sunday, and the prisoners were for
warded to Savannah. On Wednesday they were
examined before the U. S. Commissioner. Judge
Henry required the prisoners to enter into bonds
for their attendance during the examination of $5,000
which bond was given by Ramsey, but in default
of which Jones was lodged in jail. The examina
tion is said to have revealed the grossest fraud and
deception which had been practiced on persons
whose affidavits had been obtained in support of
false claims. Dr. Ramsey, who is thought to have
been the chief instigator of the scheme, absconded
during Wednesday night, forfeiting his bail, and has
not since been heard of. Vigilant efforts are being
made for his re-capture. Jones is still in Savannah
jail.
Miriiigno Democracy.
“At the Michigan State Democratic Convention,
held at Detrou.ou the 23d. at which Buchanan del
egates were chcsc-u to tin* National Convention, re
solutions were parsed, denouncing President
Pierce’s vetoes of the Internal Improvement
bills, and declaring that the unlawful interference
of the citizens .*f Missouri ir. the affairs of Kansas
was just as bad er- i nr.jusrin:»b!e as that of the Em
igrant Aid Soch-ri. e .*f Massachusetts, and that
both were in violation of the Kansas act, which
should b* strictly enforced by the President, but had
not been.”
We commend the above extract to the careful
consideration of the Southern Democracy; espe
cially that portion oi the party who may have been
credulous enough to believe that the Democratic par
ty held any principle in common, unless it be their
admiration for the “cohesive properties of the pub
lic plunder.” Their position on the internal im
provement question is an apt illustration of the har
mony of the party on all others. Hence they were
Bank and Anti-Bank—Tariff and Anti-Tariff—and
are to-day Pro Slavery and Anti-slavery,>aud Inter
nal Improvement and Anti-Internal Improvement,
looking alone to the popularity of their positions.
The Bounty Land Frauds. —A reward ofs6oo
has been offered for the apprehension of Dr. Henry
A. Ramsey, who forfeited his bail of $5,000, (for
which his father was security,) and fled from Savan
nah on Wednesday night. The officers are in pur
suit ol him.
?!»e Vltoi
Cl ft difficultly with Lrgland, the dangers that
encompass the immediate future of Kansas, the
growing animosity between North and South, all
lose much of their impbrUtuce whet* we turn to the
groat question ofthe day ami ask, who will be the
successor of Mr. Pierce ? All the evils from which
the country now suffers have been either created or
vastly aggravated by that unfortunate personage.
Peace and good will reigned not only throughout the
L’nited States, but in our relations with all the
world. Mr. Fillmore, by his truly dignified and
impartial government, had extorted admiration even
from his political opponents, and had won the abi
ding love of his friends in all sections of the country.
The crotchet of some American citizens that this
glorious Union must be speedily dissolved, which
only rises into importance as statesmanship de
clines, was then seldom thought of; while the few
narrow-browed aud imperfectly organized men
who, like Garrison, must iu all ages of the weald
be fanatics raved as harmlessly as does tiie poor
lunatic, while under the eye of a skillful keeper.
Not content with the evil at home, caused by
his Freesoilism and his Freesoil appointments, Mr.
Pierce lias busied himself to embroil us in foreign
warfare. Unfortunately, England’s Foreign Enlist
ment Bill and the obscure wording of the Clayton-
Bclwer Treaty, gave him pretexts, and with these
missives in hand, he has employed poor Mr. Marcy
—a man who shows how good a pedagogue was lost
when the idea entered his mind that his small
clothes contained the particle of a statesman—to
write state papers by the bushel, each more obsti
nately perverse than the one preceding, and more
blindly foolish. Their gist was, “ believe in Marcy,
O ye descendants of a line of warriors, believe in
Marcy and in Pierce, or think of our small fleet
and tremble for your safety.’' These state papers,
which were so obstinate iu tone that they would not
give a man of honor, or a patriot, any option but to
fight upon questions almost Marcyish or Pierce
iteish in smallness, unhappily for the Cabinet, were
longer than-the Russian war, and now, while France
with her sinister ruler, is looking for a foe, and
Spain is eager to fight under her wing, England,
her close ally, is brought into antagonism with us.
We have every faith in the valor of our people, and
doubt not for one moment that they would prove
worthy of their illustrious forefathers; but it is
pitiful to think that a war, which would begin on
most unequal terms, should be threatening us solely
through the gross incompetency of Mr. Pierce and
his Cabinet.
But a remedy for these evils can be found by
choosing for the successor of Mr. Pierce a states
man of great integrity and experience, whose love
for the Union has been shown on innumerable occa
sions, and whose patriotism ever urges him to forget
self-interest iu providing for the welfare of his
country. No candidate that Democracy or Free
soilism can name has these qualifications, and it is
only to Mr. Fillmore that we can turn in the hour
of trial. With him as our President the storms that
the Calibans of politics lmve raised, would be
calmed, aud the Union would be saved.
Somethin? About Ni??er«lom.
The Black Republican New York State Conven
tion was held at Syracuse on Wednesday. Dele
gates and Alternates at large, and Congressional
District Delegates, were chosen to represent the
State in the Philadelphia Convention. Two-thirds
were said to be decidedly for the nomination of Col.
Fremont, provided Mr. Seward's name is not be
fore the Convention. A long list of resolutions
were read by Horace Greeley, and adopted, de
nouncing the Border Ruffians, Mr. Herbert’s
slaughter of the Irish waiter, and Col. Brooks’ at
tack on Senator Sumner. A Mr. Riddle proposed
another resolution denouncing Mr. Rust for his as
sault on Horace Greeley, and resolving that the
time had arrived when freemen must defend editors
and representatives—“peaceably if they can, forci
bly if they must.’* Several speeches were made,
and the Convention then adjourned nine die.
On the same day the New Jersey State Conven
tion of the ebony party assembled at Trenton. Dele
gates were appointed as in the previous case, and
resolutions of a milder nature than those offered at
Syracuse were passed. The wounds of the Irish
waiter, the Yankee editor, and the Yankee Senator,
were opened anew iu speeches by Senators Wilson
and John P. Hale and Gen. Nve. The latter
worthy said lie would strike hands with the devil to
defeat this Administration, but, after that, he would
say, “Mr. Devil, I will have a squad drill with you ;
you must mend your morals.” He was particularly
severe on President Pierce for not having visited
the sickroom of Mr. Sumner, and said the Foreign
Ministers had been there to pour oil into his wounds.
Senator Wilson declared that the South had com
bined to bring the freemen of the North into the
same condition as their own slaves. The favorite
nominee of these men was not named, but we con
clude from Gen. Nyk’s words, that “Mr. Devil”
stands the best chance with this black company,
provided he will consent to run for them ; but we
suspect that Mr. Devil is surer of having them than
they are of engaging him ; in this, however, we
may be mistaken, as the report says the Convention
broke up “with hopes brightening in the future.”
Barbadoes Thieves Arrested in Charleston.
—Tlieschr. Harrison Jones, Capt. Garmow, which
left Barbadoes on the Gtli inst., bound for Baltimore,
put into Charleston on Friday last in distress. Pre
vious to sailing from Barbadoes a gentleman in
formed the Captain, that lie had been robbed at his
house of jewelry to the value of nearly SISOO, and
he suspected his servant maid of being the thief and
that she would, in all probability, attempt to escape
by the schooner. No person answering the descrip
tion, however, came on board, and the schooner pro
ceeded to sea. During the voyage the Captain lmd
his suspicions aroused concerning two men and a
woman, named respectively Alfred John Bury,
Charles Bury, and Sarah Elizabeth Bury. The wo
man was gaudily dressed, and lier person and that
of the men were bedizened with jewelry, while one
trunk sufficed for the wardrobe of the three. De
tailing his suspicions to the British Consul in Charles
ton the latter consulted the Mayor, and on Monday
the woman and her two companions were safely
lodged in jail.
Southern Medical and Surgical Journal.—
The June number of this invaluable Medical Pe
riodical is prompt on our table, containing its usual
bounty of original and miscellaneous matter. We
can confidently recommend this work to the pro
session as in every way worthy of their patron
age. It is edited by Prof. L. A. Dugas and H.
Rossignol, M. D., and published in this city by
James McCafi erty, at $3 per annum in advance.
Will Mr. Crampton be Dismissed ?—The letter
writers from Washington, says the Baltimore Pa
triot, are so at variance on this point, and the Gov
ernment organ so mysteriously oracular, that it
seems impossible to arrive at any correct conclu
sion.
The correspondent of the Philadelphia North
American , who is usually regarded as able to give
a correct “prognosis,” has stated that Mr. Cramp
ton will, and mil not be dismissed.
Several of the Democratic papers unqualifiedly
assert that he will certainly be sent home, notwith
standing Lord Clarendon’s conciliatory and apolo
getic letter. The Washington Union also inclines
to the same opinion, but without professing to speak
on official authority. On the contrary, the cor
respondent of the New York Enquirer, emphati
cally asserts that “the difficulty respecting Mr.
Crampton will be settled without insisting on his
recall, and that the last despatch of Lord Claren
don has been accepted, as making all the repara
tion demanded by the honor of the country.”
It would be useless to endeavor to reconcile these
contradictions. We can, however, very well afford
to wait patiently a “ denouement ” which cannot now
be far off.
Rumor, however, asserts that in the event of the
ultimate decision of the Cabinet being to accept of
the apology of Lord Clarendon, but at the same
time to insist upon the recall of an unpopular func
tionary, provision lias already been made for Mr.
Crampton in a different, but not less responsible,
sphere of duty, it being understood, says the Boston
Atlas, “ that Mr. Crampton will not return to Eng
land, but will visit Canada, in the expectation of
taking the place of the present Governor, which ru
mors, from his legatiou represent has been offered
him in case of his dismissal from the United States.”
Bank ok Athens.— At a meeting of the'Stock
holders of this Bank, held in Athens on the 27th
instant, the following gentlemen were elected Di
rectors for the ensuing year :
S. Thomas, John M. Billups,
Y. L. G. Harris, John H. Newton,
J. S. England.
At a subsequent meeting, Stephen Thomas
was elected President.
Mr. Keating, a citizen of Philadelphia, died
last week at the advanced age of 96 years. He was
born in France and in his youth was a Royalist of
ficer, and in that posirion he was presented to
Marie Antoinette. During the Revolution he
fled to America, but returned to France, when Na
poleon was First Consul and was introduced "to
him. He soon after emigrated to America and for
nearly sixty years continued a resident in Philadel
phia, where he was much respected.
His two sons, who preceded him to the tomb some
years had been distinguished citizens of Philadel
phia, and had each represented the city in the State
Legislature.
Death of General Wm. De Burs or New Or
leans.—This prominent citizen of New Orleans,
who took part in the defence of that city in 1814 and
1815 died on the evening of tlie 23d inst. He was
at one time a candidate for Governor, and had fill
ed the offices of State Treasurer, Speaker of the
House of Representatives, Ac. He had always
been a true and consistent adherent to the Whig
party. He was 58 ye ars of age.
Death of an Inebriate. —The Americus Re.
publiran of the 28th instant states : Mr. Spencer
Roach, of Tallahasse, Fla , who came to this place
a few months since, died from the effects of intem
perance on last Sunday. We learn that a few min
utes before he died, he drank a quart of spirituous
liquors. He is represented as being a man of con
siderable property. He leaves a wife and several
children behind, whom we presume knew nothing
of his whereabouts. His remains were decently in
terred on Monday last in the City Cemetery. May
this sad event prove a warning to others.
A Stage Novelty.— A letter from Paris says
there is introduced in Madame George Sand’s
adaptation of Shakspeare s '‘As You Like It ”
now performing in Paris, a decided novelty. In
stead of having the scene representing a wood, and
a chamber, and a street, etc., all on the same boards,
they make an artificial ground by covering the
whole stage with painted canvass, under which are
represented the natural irregularities of the ground,
flowers, rocks and banKs, and all that sort of thing,
exactly as in nature. You have no idea hew per
fect the illusion is ; and the only wonder is, that it
has not been tried before.
Affitfriah Wnstn
The pdrt which Austria has played iu tab aft4xr6 ]
of Europe during the last half tserjtury has hern oue
of deep duplicity. Priuitc MSttikmch, who origi
nated this line of policy, i ppcSa *6 have iii*.de
Mai tmave i.Li’s Principe hislifeTtudy, and to have
Sotjgkt throughout his long career t) show that seem
ing friendship could be far more deadly than active
enmity. The overthrow of Napoleon the Great,
which some attribute to the military genius of the
Duke of Wellington while others maintain it was
owing to the opportune arrival of Prince Blucheu
ou the field of Waterloo, was iu truth far more the
result of the insidious acts of Prince Mktternich.
W uen he had discovered ihat the great gene ui was j
a great snob, he so played upon ihe weakness of the
modern C.esar, that he had him completely at his
mercy. The tempting bait of a thick-lipped Aus
trian Princess with the corrupt blood of u long line
of imperial villains in her veins, was too seductive
for the Corsican to resist. With the Austrian wife
came Austrian spies to the Tuileries and Austrian
counselors favored the insane march to Moscow,
from which there returned a ruined man, reckless
on what field he would throw his last stake.
At the Congress of Vienna, Prince Mettkrnich
was equally potent, and for more than thirty years
his spirit was supreme in Austria. Italy and Po
land have literly to rue his name. When the revo
lutionary wars of 1848 broke forth the hour of retri
bution seemed to have arrived, and he was driven
ignominously to flight; but the blunder of Kossuth
in bidding the successful Hungarian army halt at
the gates of Vienna, and the aid which the Czar
sent to the Austrian crown, decided the
fate of liberalism, and enabled -Mettehnich once
more to return to the country. Although no longer
a minister, his counsels have evidently been often
sought by the young Emperor, as the policy that
was successful in former years is still pursued.—
Th© armed occupation of the Principalities during
the late war, and the constant promise of aid to
either party, and constant betrayed of their trust
was a course that no other government would pro
bably be guilty of. Unabashed, however, Austria,
took a prominent place in the Paris Conferences to
the indignation of England and the despair of Sar
dinia ; and to prove her utter ingratitude to Russia
she signs a secret treaty against her; and taking
advantage of the dissension in Italy, which she
more than any power has fomented she advances
her troops on Panna. It is not unlikely that the
desigus of Austria and France regarding the future
of Italy may bring them shortly in open conflict,
one with the other; but at present Louis Napoleon
calmly reads the following bold denunciation of
Austrian policy, as detailed in a note from the
Sardinian Plenipotentiaries, addressed to the French
and English Governments :
The undersigned plenipotentiaries of his Majesty
the King of Sardinia, full of confidence in the senti
ments of justice of the governments of France and
England, and in the friendship which these Powers
profess for Piedmont, have not ceased since the
opening of the Conferences, to, hope that the Con
gress of Paris would not separate without taking
into its serious consideration the state of Italy, and
deliberating upon the means of apply ing a remedy
to it, and restoring the political equilibrium disturbed
by the oceupatiou of a great part of the provinces
of the peninsula by foreign troops.
lielyiug on the concurrence of tlieir allies, they
felt a repugnance to eutertaiu the belief that any
other Power, alter having expressed an interest so
lively and so generous in the fate of the Christians
of the East, ot the Greek and Sclavonic races,
would refuse to take into consideration that of
peoples of the Latin race still more unfortunate,
inasmuch us, in consequence of the higher degree
of civilization which they have attained, they feel
more keenly the effects of a bad government. *
In this hope they have beeu deceived. Notwith
standing the good will of France and England, not
withstanding the benevolent efforts of these govern
ments, the obstinacy {persista/tee) of Austria, in ex
acting that the deliberations of the Congress should
remain strictly confined to the limits of questions
which had been traced before meeting, is the cause
that this assembly, toward which the eyes of all Eu
rope are turned, is about to dissolve, not only with
out having brought the least alleviation to the suffer
ings of Italy, but without one gleam of hope for the
future to shine beyond the Alps of a nature to calm
the spirits of men, and enable them to endure the
present with resignation.
Perhaps the peculiar position occupied by Austria
in the Congress rendered this deplorable result in
evitable. The undersigned are compelled to ac
knowledge this. They at the same time believe that
it is their duty, without addressing any reproach to
their allies, to call their especial attention to the
disastrous consequences which this result may
have for Europe, for Italy, and more particularly
for Sardinia.
It would be superfluous to trace here an exact
picture of Italy.
What is occurring in that country is too notori
ous. The system of compression and violent re ac
tion inaugurated in 1848 and 1849, which the revo
lutionary disturbances that had just been repressed
perhaps justified, endures without the least allevia
tion. llmuy even be said that, with some excep
tions, it is enforced with redoubled rigor. The
prisons and the bagnas have never been more full
of persons sentenced for political causds ; the num
ber of the proscribed has never been more con
siderable ; the police has never been more meddle
some {iracassiere) nor the state of siege more harsh
ly applied.
Such means of government must of necessity
keep the populations in a state of constant irritation
and of revolutionary fermentation.
Such has been the state of Italy for the last seven
2 years
Nevertheless, the popular agitation has appeared
1 to subside of late. The Italians, seeing one ofthPir
national Princes allied with the Great Western
Powers, with a view to ensure the triumph of
. the principles of equity and justice, and to nine
j liorate the condition of their co-religionaries in the
East, conceived a hope that peace would not be
* made before some solace lmd been applied to their
- own woes.
This hope rendered them calm and resigned.—
But when t hey shall learn the negative results of the
’ Congress of Paris—when they shall know that Aus
l triu, notwithstanding the good offices and benevo
-1 lent intervention of France and England, has op
> posed even discussion—that Austria would not so
much as consent to inquire after the means calcula
• led to remedy %uch a deplorable state of affairs—
- then there can be do doubt that the irritation which
1 has been lulled for the moment will re-awaken more
fiercely than ever. The Italians, convinced that
t hey have nothing more to hope from diplomacy or
, the efforts of the Powers who take an interest in
. their fate, will throw themselves back with South
t ern vehemence into the ranks of the subversive
and revolutionary party, and Italy will become a
3 burning centre of conspiracies and disorders which
- may indeed be suppressed by redoubled severity,
_ but which the most trifling European commotion
will cause to break out again with the utmost vio
' lence.
{ A state of things so disasterous, if it deserves to
lix the attention of the governments of France and
England, equally interested in the maintenance of
_ order and the regulated development of civilization,
must naturally in a still higher degress pre-occupy
the government of the King of Sardinia.
1 The awakening of revolutionary passions in all
» the countries which surround Piedmont, by causes
ot a nature to excite popular sympathy, exposes
the Sardinian government to dangers of excessive
gravity, which may compromise that firm and
. moderate policy which has succeeded so happily
r in the internal affairs of the kingdom, and has
gained for it the sympathy and esteem of civilized
Europe.
But this is not the only danger that threatens Sar
dinia.
The means to which Austria resorts to repress the
revolutionary ferment in Italy exposes it to a still
greater danger.
lhis power, invited by the sovereigns of the mi
noi States ot Italy who arc unable to resist the dis
content ol their subjects, hits taken military occu
pation of the greater part of the Valley of the Po
and ot Central Italy, and its influence is irresistibly
felt even in countries where it has not a single sol
dier. On one side, resting on Ferrara and Bologna,
the troops of Austria extend as far as Ancona along
the shore ot the Adriatic, which has become in a
manner an Austrian lake; on the other side Aus
■ tria, mistress of Placentia—which, contrary to the
. spirit, it not to the letter, of the Treaties of* Vienna,
, she labors to transform into a fortiess of the first or
der—has pit cod a garrison in Parama, and is pre
paring to deploy her forces the whole length of the
Sardinian frontier, from the Po to the summit of the
Apennines.
These permanent military occupation, by Austria,
ot countries which do not belong to her, render her
absolute mistress of the whole of Italy, destroy the
balance of power established by the Treaty of Vi
enna and are a standing menace to Piedmont. Pied
mont, blockaded as it were on every side by the
Austrians, and seeing the forces «f a power which
she knows to be animated by no kindly feelings to
ward her developed on her eastern frontier, which
is entirely open, is kept in a state of constant ap
prehension, which obliges lier to remain armed, and
to adopt defensive measures extremely burdensome
to her finances, already dilapidated by the events of
1818 and 1811), and by the war in which she has ta
ken part.
The facts which the undersigned have now stated
suffice to demonstrate the dangers of the position in
which the government of the King of Sardinia is
placed.
Disturbed iu the interior by the action of revolu
tionary passions, which are excited all round it by
the violent system of repression, and by foreign Oc
cupation, and menaced by the extension of the
power of Austria, the Sardinian Government may
at any moment he forced to adopt extreme mea
sures, of which itis impossible to calculate the conge
quences. The undersigned cannot doubt that such
a state of things must excite the solicitude of the
governments of France and England ; not only h< -
odfaee of the sincere friendship and real sympathy
which those powers profess for the sovereign who
alone of all European rulers, at the moment when
success was most uncertain, declared openly in
their favor, but still more because this state of
things is iu truth a source of danger for the whole of
Europe.
Sardinia is the only Italian State that has been
able to erect an insurmountable barrier against
the revolutionary spirit, and to remain at the same
time independent of Austria; Sardinia is the sole |
counterpoise in Italy to the encroaching influence
of Austria. If Sardinia should succumb, her forces \
exhausted, abandoned by her allies ; if she. too,
were compelled to submit to the domination of
Austria; then the conquest of Italy by that .
power would be completed, and Austria, after '
having obtained, without the last sacrifice on her i
part, the immense benefit of the free naviga- {
tion of the Danube and neutralization of the Black
Sea, would acquire a preponderating influence in the :
West. 1
This is what France and England cannot desire ; <
this is what they will never permit.
The undersigned, therefore, are convinced that the
Cabinets of Paris and London, taking into their se- <
rious consideration the state of Italy, will take <
counsel with Sardinia on the means of applying an
efficacious remedy. (Signed.) I
C. Cavouk, t
Paris, April 10. I)k Villamarina. (
Water Power of the Canal.— This vexed 1
question, which has been so long the theme of dis- 1
cussion between the city authorities, on the one i
hand, and the Mill owners on the other, we are 1
pleased to state is in a fairway of satisfactory ad- 1
justment. For the purpose of ascertaining, as near
as possible, the exact power of the Canal, a series of 1
experiments are now in progress, under the man
agement of Capt. Bigelow and Mr. Keen, expe- I
rienced Engineers, which we hope will settle the <
question. What the result will be, of course we 1
know not, and must patiently await the result of f
the investigation of the skillful and experienced
arbiters.
A Curious Plant.— The Baton Rouge paper
mentions that a gentleman residing at Livingston
Parish, Louisiana, lias a very singular plant in his 1
garden, which appears to be a sort of connecting 1
link between the animal and vegetable worlds. The c
plant is about three feet high, and its stems reach
the ground. At the end it is armed with a small *
sharp substance, with which it pierces insects and t
lifts them into the calyx, where they are grasped by t
the plant and appropriated to its support. <
Hon. S. P. Prescott Fat, Judge of Probate $
for Middlesex county, Mass., died in Cambridge in t
that State, last Sunday, aged 78. In early life he o
held a Captain’s commission in the United States y
army. t
Murder by a Negro. —Mr. James Stubbs' over
seer on the plantation of Nathan Bass, Esq., in Lee t
county, was recently killed by an unruly negro on r J
the plantation. a
Tb© littU*# of Dbtutssjoti*
\Ve sulyoiu th? official despatches of Ms, MaJUJV
to Mr. CuAi'iPfON ami the Consuls:
Dki'.vktmknt of State. )
Washington, May 28, 1556. \
Sir :—The President of the United States lias di
rected me to announce to you his determination to
discontinue further intercourse with you as Her
Majesty's Diplomatic Representative to the Go
vernment of the United States. The reasons which
have compelled him to take this step at this time
have been communicated to your government.
1 avail myself of this occasion to add that due at
tention will be cheerfully given to any communica-
Uons addressed to this department from Her Majes
ty's Government affecting the relations between
Great Britain and the United States, which may be
forwarded to this Government through any other
channel.
Should it be your desire to retire from the United
States the President directs me to furnish you with
the usual facilities for that purpose. I consequently
enclose herewith the passport m such cases.
I avail myself iff this opportunity, to renew to you,
sir, the assurance of my respectful consideration.
Wife. L. Marcy.
To John F. Crampton, Esq., Her Majesty’s Min
ister, etc.
The Dismissal of the British Consul. —The
following is a copy of the notice furnished to Mr.
Mathew, the British Consul at Philadelphia. Simi
lar letters have been sent to the other dismissed
ofiicials:
Department of State, )
Washington, May 28,1856. $
SirFor reasons which have been communicated
to Her Majesty’s government the President has re
voked the exequator heretofore granted to you, by
which you were permitted to exercise the functions
and enjoy the privileges of British Consul at Phila
delphia.' 1 herewith send you a copy of the act of
revocation. I have the honor to beyour obedient
servant, W. b. Marcy.
Fusion.-— “At the election for Mayor of Provi
dence, Rhode Island, on the 14th inst., the Republi
cans and Democrats united against the American
party. “Sam’’ was victorious however. Had there
been a fusion of the Americans and Republicans,
how indignant would have been the denunciations
of the democratic fires South. All fupious, in their
estimation, are improper, unless their paity is to be
benefit ted thereby .
In the violence of their rage against Senator Sum
ner, they seem to have entirely forgotten that he is
one of their Senators, who was elected by a fusion
of the Democrats, Freesoilers and Abolitionists,
over Robert C. Winthrop.
The Fatal Akfay at Bayou Sara, La.—Tim
affray to which we have already briefly alluded,
took place inside of the post-office at Bayou Sara
last Sunday morning, between Mr. Robertson,
editor of the Chronicle, and two brothers, J. K.
Marks, editor of the Bayou Sara Ledger, and Leon
1). Marks, lawyer of Shreveport. Robertson was
killed, the brothers shooting him several times. J.
R. Marks was slightly wounded in the head by a
pistol ball fired by Robertson. J. R. M arks, who
gave himself up to the proper authorities, is now in
jail, the brother made his escape. Considerable ex
citement prevailed Bayou in consequence of this
melancholy event. The difficulty between the par
ties originated through personal matters having
been introduced into a political discussion carried
on in the respective papers.
Canadian Politics—The New Ministry.—
The following programme of the New Ministry, was
decided upon Salurduy,the 21th May:
Speaker of the Legislative Council and Premier—
lion. Mr. Taclie.
Inspector-General—Mr. Cayley.
Attorney-General West, and Leader of the As
sembly—Mr. J. A. McDonald.
Commissioner of Crown Lands—Mr. Cnuchon.
Commissioner of Public Works—Mr. Lemieux.
Postmaster General—Mr. Spence.
Receiver General—Mr. J. (*. Morrison.
President of the Council—Mr. I*. M. Vanliough
net.
Attorney-General East—Mr. Cartier.
Provincial Secretary—Mr. Terrill.
Solicitor-General West—Mr. 11. Smith.
Solicitor General East—Mr. Dunbar Ross, (doubt
ful.)
Disturbances in Malta. —Serious disturbances
occurred at Malta on the evening of the 6th instant,
when a number of the Italian legion paraded
through the streets of Yuletta, singing songs of lib
erty, and using insulting expressions towards the
natives. The Inspector of Police, while endeavor
ing to pacify them, was mortally stabbed, and on
ly survived a few minutes. On the afternoon of
the Bth the disturbances were renewed and a very
mutinuous spirit having manifested itself, their
stock of ammunition had been removed, and late in
the afternoon the Hannibal ship of the line, bearing
the flag of Rear-Admiral Sir Houston Stewart,
was toweil into Marsamusetto harbor, and took up
a position in front of the Fort Manocl encamptment.
Nearly all the shops were closed throughout the day,
and much consternation prevailed when the mail
left.
John Adams. —The elder Adams, says a corre
spondent of the Boston Transcript, was the son of
a cobbler. It was perhaps owing to the very fact
of his humble parentage that the elder Adams be
came what he was. I have never seen the story in
print, but it legitimately descended to me by oral
tradition, having been told my great grandfather by
“the pious Deacon Adams, of the Church in Brain
tree,’' himself.
The deacon, during a tempory absence, had set
John to cutting out the “uppers’’ for some shoes ;
but—like the Chinaman, who, in inuking a pair of
breeches from a pattern furnished by some prudent
captain, had faithfully copied the patches which his
wife had put in the seat of the old ones— John lmd
embellished every “upper” he had cut out with the
three-cornered hole by which the patterns had hung
on their accustomed nail. “I saw,” said the dea
con, “1 couldn’t make a shoemaker of him, so I put
him to learning /”
Preparing for War’s Alarms. —ln the Hali
fax, Nova Scotia, official paper, the Chronicle , there
lately appeared the following significant notice :
Commissariat. —The Deputy Commissariat Gen
eral will receive sealed Tenders in duplicate at this
office, until noon, on Tuesday, the fitli of May next,
for the undermentioned transportation from Halifax
to Quebec, viz : 35 tons muskets, 150 tons ball cut
ridges, i ton swords.
In a fast vessel, subject to the inspection and ap
proval of the Senior Naval Officer in port. A tem
porary Magazine will be fitted lip by the War De
partment ; the vessel to be in readiness to receive
the above mentioned articles immediately after the
arrival of the Lady Amherst Storeahip, stated to
have sailed from England on the 7th inst.
Fillmore Meeting in Montgomery.— -The
Montgomery Jo rnal of the 28th inst., is requested
to state that a Fillmore meeting will be called at
the Court House iu that city during the present term
of the Circuit Court, when the friends of Mr. Fill
more of all parties are requested to attend. The
Journal , iu glowing terms, eulogizes the man, while
it disapproves of the party to which lie is allied, and
says : “Let him be run as Millard Fillmore, the
true man, on the platform of his acts, which are a
glory in the sight of all patriotic men.”
The Lord have Marcy upon us.— The Wash
ington correspondent of the N. Y. Herald says it
is the intention of the delegates to the Cincinnati
convention, to set aside Messrs. Pierce, Bucha
nan, and Douglas, and take up Marcy, as the man
to save the country.
Destructive Fire at St. Paul’s, Minnesota.—
On the 21st ult., a fire broke out in the frame block
on St. Anthony street, near the post office at St. Paul’s,
and destroyed the entire block. Messrs. Green
leaf and Chappell, jewellers, lost property to the
amount of $ 25,000. The total loss is estimated at
$14,000.
Wm. C. Murray, Esq., a prominent English mer
chant, resident in Charleston for the past 25 years,
died on Thursday night, uged 48 years.
Dreadful Affair. —The Wilkes Republican of
May 30 states that Jes.se Cohran, of Millcdgcvillc,
was quarrelling with his son Jasper last week, both
being intoxicated, when they attacked each other
with knives, and the son fell, stubbed in thirteen
places, from the effects of which he died the follow
ing day. Jesse Cohran was committed to jail,
to await his trial in our Superior Court, at Septem
ber next.
Mr. Fillmore.— The New York Herald of 20th
May says: Mielakd Fillmore will have a bril
liant reception by our citizens w'hen he arrives.—
The Common Council have voted a thousand dol
lars to welcome him, and last night delegates from
all the Fillmore Clubs iu the city and Brooklyn met
and made extensive preparations for giving him an
enthusiastic reception. One hundred guns are to
be fired at the Battery, and one hundred in the
Park, and a great popular manifestation may be ex
pected.
Sudden Deaths in Sparta.— The Central Geor
gian of May 28th says: Within a brief peri
od have died in our community Mr. Jeptha Brant
ley, Wm. Cullens, and Wm. Jones. Mr. Brant
ley was well known in this county, having held
public office and for several years kept the Hotel in
Sandersville, has left a wife and several children to
mourn an irreparable loss. Ilis death was caused
by erysipelas.
A meeting of the citisens of Gilmer county was
held at Elijay on the 15th ult., to take into couside
ration the propriety of building a Railroad from the
Copper Mines in the vicinity of Ducktown to
some point on the State Road. The Cassville
Standard thinks it would be a profitable investment
of capital.
Ladies vs. Bad Spirits.—The Che raw (S. C.)
Gazette says the ladies “ of Chesterfield village, on
Saturday evening, the 10th inst., incited thereto by
the deleterious effects produced upon sundry per
sons by imbibing an exliilirating fluid sometimes
called bald face, waited upon the seller thereof in a
body, and emphatically informed him that he must
and should cease to deal out the liquid fire. They
generously offered to pay him for his stock, that they
might legally empty it on the ground. He preferred
to remove from the village, which they consented to,
provided he did so by last night, or they would wait
upon him again.”
A fire occurred in Mobile on Friday night last in
the shop of Mr. Kirk, on Commerce-street, which
communicated to the coppersmith shop of R. S.
Kirk and destroyed property valued at about $30,-
000.
Kossuth has been lecturing to large audiences at
Birmingham, Eng., on the Papal Concordat with
Austria.
We beg to acknowledge the receipt of the June
number of the Christian Union, edited by Messis.
Lamar &l Thomas, and published in Augusta. It
appears to contain many very interesting articles.
An Editor Killed. —A dispatch from Bayou
Sara, La., dated May 26, states: Mr. Marks, Edi
tor of the Ledger, killed Mr. Robertson, Editor of
the Chronicle , in this place, to-day, in a street ren
contre.
Wm. Madden, a city-guard in Charleston, died on
Saturday from the effects of wounds be received at
the hands of Patrick Cummins, another member
of the guard. It is supposed that Cummins mistook
Madden for a prisoner, and fancying he was at
tempting to escape, fired at him.
A raft recently floated against one of the piers of
the Kook Wand Bridge, and was broken to pieces.
The crew were thrown into the water by the colli
de,! and five of them drowned.
U&ttU’Mt AmtdWßit
fha New Orleaha Picayune, of the 26th ult., give*
the following additional news received per steamer
Granada, it will he observed that the greater part
of the intelligence is written by "persons averse to
Gen. Walker :
The accounts we tiud in the Panama Star and
* * V ra |d are very confused and unsat isfactorv. Nov
ertlielcHs. it appeals to be certain that the Costa Ri
caus have evacuated Nicaragua. There in nothing
io throw auv light on the actual state of affaire in
xMicarugua, bin the Costa Ricans are not verv Well
“the-result of their invasion, and that'
the state of affairs in Costa Rica is not very proud
m*. Jiuwnew , it appears, is entirely nuLL.
money and credit are wanting, and trouble & ~M «...
A correspondent writing from I‘iuita Arenas, says
business ot ell kinds utterly suspended—no money '
or credit. J
The Bulletin Oficinl, of May 3d, the dideru
ceived, contain an address from President Mora to
the officers of his army, thanking them for their es.
ficicntservices, aud for their valor in Santa Rosa,
Rivas and Sarapiqili. It says, that having beaten
the filibusters wherever they were met,after having
token San Juan, Rivas and the-transit route, anil
encountered a thousand unlooked for obstacles, suf
fieient had been done for the national honor, and
that no dishonor follows from being obliged to yield
to the intluencc of a malignant climate, leaving be
laud an enemy exhausted and without resources,
bi tter prepared to lly than to fight, and whose ex
termination will be complete if Guatemala, Salva
dor und Honduras perform their duty.
In the samc jourual a letter from headquarters is
published, which says that Walker, urable to cope
with tin? forces brought against him, Ims adopted un
unworthy means of warfare, and being master of
the press, influences public opinion by the circula
tion of false rumors and false accounts of the en
gagements lie has had with the Costa Ricans. That
on the 11th, (April,) after the battle of Rivas, in
which Walker lost nearly all his officers, he returned
to Granada on foot with 200 meu out of the 1,200
with which he attacked the city, and deceived tho
people by bell ringing, illumination, &c , into 'the
belief that In* had gained a victory.
That this contributed to keep lip Walker’s influ
ence, and the Costa Ricans were unable in the hurry
and excitement of war to avail themselves of the
printing press that accompanied the army.
A letter addressed to the Bishop of San Jose,
states that on the 11th, at 8 A. M., Walker with
1200 men attacked Rivas, that the battle lasted
twenty hours, after which he retired with only 300
of his troops, that Walker’s forces occupied the \
church, plundered it of all its valuable*, and used
the images to secure the doors and windows. Tho
cross inlaid with diamonds was stolen, together with
othi r valuables.
Among the items from Grey town furnished by
the Panama papers, we find the following :
Seim swinge! has not been shot, but W.ilkoT ad
vised him to leave the country, else his men would
murder him.
Kinney was still in Grey town, where the people
are suffering for provisions.
A brig with ammunition for Wulkt r had arrived
from the States, but 11. M; ship Kurydice would not
allow her to land her cargo. The Eurydice, it is
said, overhauls every vessel, even the canoes, en
tering the harbor.
Rev. Thkdore Clapp, of Nkw Oui.fan's.—This
distinguished Minister is about to retire into pri
vate life on account of failing health. The Pica yunc
of the 24th iust., says :
We are grieved to learn tlmtour old and much
esteemed friend, thekev. 'l’heoeore Claup, pasted,
for more than a quarter of a century, of the h irst
Congregational Church of this city, has been com
polled, by fust declining health, to relinquish his
pastoral charge. It will ho a source of deep
regret to his many warm admirers and friends t.»
part with this good and distinguished man. Turn
over thirty-four years he has been a resident of New
Orleans, winning affection, increasing with eve
ry year,by the nnutfeeted goodness of his heart, his
pious ministrations, and the unceasing assiduity
with which he has .devoted himself, (especially the
seasons of epidemic), to serving and comforting
the sick and tho poor.
The Coo I. IK Tu\t»k.— The message of the Presi
dent concerning the Coolie trade, embraces several
interesting documents. On the Bth of April, Air.
Champton sent to Mr. Makcy the report of Consul
Morgan on the capture of the slaver Mary E. Smith,
sailing under tlm flag of the United Slates, which
says :
I never heard or saw a more distressing case of
slave trading than the one the Mary E. Smith has of
fared. With a capacity of only 122 tons, live Inin
divd human beings w. re crammed into her on the
coast of Africa, of whom IH.‘l had perished previous
to liar capture ; and subsequently, till liel* arrival in
port, t»7 expired from exhaustion, consequent upon
starvation and disease—their bodies being eaten
into by vermin. Os the remainder landed, 7(1 hiiye
been buried, and of the survivors lOdare in the hos
pital, suffering iYoin the disease contracted on board,
bucli is the deplorable result of this inhuman trufiid.
But as a retributive act of justice, the master and
three seamen are likewise at present in the hospital,
dangerously ill from the effects of disease caught
from the unibrtunute individuals whom they wile
instrumental in tearing away from their families.
The Late Fatal Affray i.v Caiiawha, Ala.
—The Selma Sent inti lias the following addi
tional particulars in relation to this tragic affair:
On last Friday evening about sundown, a must
unfortunate bloody and fatal uffruy occurred at Ca
hawba, in which Dip. Troy and liunter, and Judge
W. E. Bird on the one side—and John K. Bell and
his two sons, Charles A. and Jrfhn A. on the oilier -
were the parties, which resulted in the death of
John It. Bell nnd one of his sons, John A. Bell.
Some few weeks ago, it seems, the dwelling houso
of Dr. Troy was destroyed by fin*, and about, the
same time efforts were made to fire Judge Bird's
dwelling. No clue could then be had as to who tho
incendiary was. Dr. Troy becoming sat isfied I hid
John A. Bell hud been instrumental in burning his
dwelling, instituted a suit before the Circuit Court
for damages against Jno. A. Bell. Jno.'A. Bell In
coming exusperuted at the institution of the suit,
wont to the Doctor’s office on Friday evening, and
commenced an assault upon Dr. Troy with a stick
and a drawn pistol. About the same lime Chaih s
A. Bell ran up and commenced firing a pistol. Dr.
Hunter, Judge Bird and .John It. Bell, all coining up
üboutthat time, a general firing of pistols and a shot
gun commenced—Judge Bird shooting John A. Bell
with a pistol, while Dr. Hunter shot John B. Bell,
botli of whom died almost instantly, and it was
miraculous how Charles A. Bell, Drs. Troy and Hun
ter and Judge Bird escaped being shot.
The parties were immediately arrested, and an
examination commended before Abner Jones, Esq.,
which was continued up to a late hour mi Saturday
evening, when Dr. Troy was discharged. Di-
Hunter and Judge Bird were bound over for I licit
appearance at the next term of the Circuit Court in
a bond 0f52,500 each. Charles A. Bell was bound
over in a bond of $5,000. John R. Bell leaves a
wife and several dhildien to mourn his untimely
death.
The Massachusetts Personal Liberty Act.
The Massachusetts House of Represent atives which
a few days ago had ordered to a third reading n bill
repealing the personal liberty act, enacted last year,
reversed their action on Tuesday and passed a sub
statute embracing tin* odious and uucohstil ntlonal
features of the original bill. This, of course, is in
tended as a retaliatory measure for the attack upon
Mr. Simner. The Adrerlucr, however, n 1 Uglily
influential Boston paper, referring to the matter,
says :
We ire much disappointed in this ucnou, and we
think that the representatives themselves will re
grot the result as soon as time shall allow reason to
regain the place now usurped by passion. It is un
fortunate that. Massachusetts cannot, shiml iu the
proud position of a State allowing to the citizens ni
tier sister States their full constitutional rights, while
demanding from them respect for her own.
Quick Fortune.— The papers state tlml Col.
Mason, in 1848, bought the properly in Chicago
which composed the recent fair grounds. Hr
bought it of a man named Green, for SIOO no
aero. Since that time he has sold what is belo\v
stated :
Last year, one lot for *4o,(Nil)
year, one lot for In mil)
I. year, one lot for r.t.flnn
J. wile, 151 ones, at #10(111 per aer- 7)11 ’(Hilt
lie at ill returns 1,700 feet us a river front,
worth #IOO per fool 107,001)
There were no improvement* „„ |j„, n,V,p,. r ly
Thus hi* investment of #-40,000 eight year* ugo, ha*
brought him hard on to a million of doliaia.
Two Men Drowned at Charleston Bar.
On Saturday morning two Hermans named Louis
Warkman and John Mkk/.e and an Englishman
named Wm. Hudson, left Charleston in a small
boat, Intending (o have a day’s fishing. Ala.ul
ten o’clock A. M, tbo wind commenced blowing
violently, and they resolved to return; but while
crossing tbo bar the bout was upset, and the two
Germans were drowned, lloiagp* clung to the
boat und after battling with (he waves for nearly
an hour and a half he was reached by a negro fish
erman.
Distrkssio Casualty — During the gale oil'
Charleston, on Saturday, a (ishiug boat under the
command of Harry Berry, a free colored man and
containing the following crew— Chaki.es, Cantey
William, Johnson, Clark, free negroes, Hope, n
a slave of Mr. Ottolengui’s, Cyicus, u alave til N
Field’s, and Dorse, a slave of Mrs. Uowand, was
capsized. Berry, Charles and Cantey were
saved ; but the six last named negroes were drown
ed.
Mrs. Fanny Kemble.— Among the passengers
by the fries yvus Mrs. Fanny Kemble, who re
turns after a protracted visit to England, where she
has been giving her dramatic readings with very
grout success.
The Wealth of Trinity Church, NewYoiik.
—The rector of the above Church, says a New York
paper, estimates the whole property in its possession
at$10,000,000! Judge Jay shows it to be double
that amount. There is no ecclesiastical corporation
in England that has so much wealth in its posses
sion, and it is questionable if another similar church
organization in the world possesses so great an
amount of moneyed means.
A company of emigrants, whose destination is
KausaH, is being formed in Holly Springs, Miss.
They will leave there with $15,000 to defray their
expenses and assist in settling them in their new
homes.
An Inland Fish. —The Marion (Ala.) Common
wealth states that a few days ago, Capt. M. W. Shu
make captured an immense sturgeon in the Cfthaw
ba river at Borrough’s Ferry. It was nine feet long
aud weighed two hundred and thirty pounds. Tbo
fish was carried to Marion, and excited there the
wonder of all.
Not Correct.— The paragraph stating that mou
ey and property have been settled on the widow and
children of the late Thos. Keating by Mr. Herbert,
of California, now being extensively published, iu a
mistake. No such settlement or gift has been made
to them.
Charles Sanford, the lunatic, who murdered
Messrs. and Umberfield recently in Con
necticut, died at the county jail in New Haven, on
Saturday last. He had been in a feeble state of
health during his imprisonment.
Southern Democracy. —A correspondent of the
Charleston Mercury says that there are certain
movements now going on in Washington, the pur
pose of which is to adopt, in the Cincinnati Conven
tion, a compromising course on the subject ofalave
ry, to conciliate “the unsound wing” of the Democ
racy, and to nominate the candidate most accepta
ble to the Freesoilers. This writer further adds that
Southern Representatives arc engaged in this busi
ness for the aake of success. He does not hint who
they are.
Duelling in North Carolina. —The revised
node of laws in North Carolina makes the punish,
ment of the survivor of a fatal duel death; aud in
case death does not ensue, all the parties shall be
deemed guilty of misdemeanor. The aiders and
abettors are considered os accessories before the
fact, in the cose of a fatal duel.
Captain Howard, of the brig Victor of the Wave
Charleston, was drowned early on Saturday morn
ing near Robert Island, on his way from Georg*'
town to tli* brig