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it . , at by inai), ...$7 per annum.
Terms of A kertWw.
T«, VV’ .I.—Seve..:y-five cents per square
jili. a * . r t •- 1 ■' ii.- rtiun, and fifty cents
s.\u;.
f|« III' tip, ♦ •, ft .:r- .« avir.g th*» Bt«»te,
1 o r- < , ali ESTATE in
,f !»•,,. j, ... ; ,j of a!>**»t five acre*of
j . 1 a !r . t. . * op an*) D»t. Tool-, Machine,
I. > ; >4 k t o'otocr with ail his finished
r - ) -vaonfy tbo»)-end dollars worth of
w . iM*d: ;X I of, a; prices, at this
.... ■■'..ve. are respectfully invited
i Will • f / «.1 a .:r time, to suit the par
i;MjUU£ L BOBHER.
V,;. 1:, (in., 3 tii#*s. IH.VJ, j< 7-wtf
rca sale.
« M»*v U.y LANDS airl PLANTATION on the
i « a- . .„••• river for sale. It lies 21 miles north
,>t • arid • „ M-t hos the It ,v.«!l Cotton
<‘ • 1 in d’ A« r - 'if,''•(.*. r1 * * it'ii acres in cnlti-
'..ft!., r.. «r ’Then-la a g'jod Frame
Jt od olio r < ornnoM ItuiMinp.v :tli line Or*
*«].;.» 10 .. ... a:,«l C!». ■>; s tir.-t Cotton
«* ! - • r, n i;« F. r y D inn: -.lrately on the
, 1 L 1 1 • -
tti :-.«i.ply to tao ■1- M \r ron the premise*.
jfiwt-il \VM. S. hIiOQAN.
FOH SALE.
I vo'rt - *r .ah mylrelUv« r PLANTATION,
J . r : > ,U«» s tilth of Columbus, Ga, in Harbour
. , I)fv \ Chattahoochee liver, contain
U1 . , ! , .. J i •.,!) ,a • J'.ue taie of cultivation and
.. .. , Xu< 1 Water Gin and Ferry across the
I The »»*.%<» will! e for sale at any
Term* to suit par.
. . j ,V, \IT’IIV; AVERETT.
XO MLEf OF TASTE AND CAPITAL.
f|Mf . ..her, wish;,* to remove to Southwestern
I in:.,, to neil bis place near Cave Spring,
, v ault < \ Fl* yd comav, (;a., containing 317
:i1 ... ~r 1 . r.'i ui.. 1 Ist i|tiality oiik and hickory
• mostly of soil and surface not to wanh; somn lfiO acre*
c • 1.1 under »-«.d > lap- . the remain * r generally
.
! w« a iihout d .u • hards of many well selected
*. .I».. ■ (-.pi'" i;t ■, j ofj i< , and a large and cominodi
.■a Mi . .. l>\%. sun . : by line scenery, and
vv! * ,ji F i rib- of the vrli - (o. long noted for its educational
u.vrtiiGg. A.I v.lm have exam.nid the j.icmise*, con
a.u I*j X , (l . .t, »I,t i j-, place combines the elements
,1 . • , 1 «*t? and UoalthfulnCns to an
.
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that It I • a so. I mil. , not subject to tbe fluctuations
t> * ’ike* .u~, n 4 p’y the premi-ea.
V/. 1). COWDREY.
O f Ing, July • l>ii i
rov/ELTou r.;:LLs for sale.
a s the untlersi . e.d desirous to move to Southwes
t. •. « . . • • • .« .• hi MlLL*'and LAND
fur - ale fid . . r. dumb don the 0.-echce River,
one ami ai ii. « t* .■> i’-.wtdton, on the r«»ad to Cum
• ••< W - ' ■ • - '• ha. k passing daily—ha* four
, I . tv. .. wheal and two sum. The Flour
Mi 11.,., .... -nob i.d anew. The corn custom
w ill »•*.•« . * that -«f *i . n .nod -on the river, and the
wl *Mt « 1 turn w ill « j -.ilaiiy one. The house is so situ
ale la. to jemain in it and seethe Saw and Grist Mills in
T). 1. .d •• m Hancock county, along tho Ogeechee
■i V r .fid I u Ihe r.rntaii. 7iJ acres,
~, , . Iu :i ~ml any land lu the county in
.< . tm, wheat, cot* n«r other grains. Those
a 1.,, : > buy, will f ill and see for them. elvcs. The
■'. . ; H.il.v and ha* an excellent Well of water in
t. :» r I Dished with
FOEI£A?TS IRON PLOW-STOOK.
Tide. .'ltd. havir ; pu b.i icd the patent right
I t•. 1 1 u «■ it.vt valuable and popular FLOW for the
count ... i; •) :. < l.tiubi •. I.iiicoln. Burke, J offer
«... ,n .... Sc iv. n a.id I...annul, are prepared to
ur n b : 1 ■ ola.r . -t t • . 4i mtfacturei's mice. This
, k ‘ . . • 0..1 .rel vof wrought iron, is a South
i-i a Inveoii* j .d h. be -i .lUHenlly tested to prove
. •, « M . .. s tL,‘ .-.il
...
1 it.. .» - dimv ph.-.ving, holds the sharer*
. l-.n , and i in the
than any othet to< k 1 in This
. . fully 11 nut - iub certificate* in
‘ i t tlio most prat tical attd successful
- the 1 .. iv will have plesure
ofth* jeertifleate*
ud i 1 ,t '- pIM. to a »'.v
are willing to
, n Uil* Plow a fair trial, in
t ... r- .. N... i ”n t»i Cuitlva*.< r, p 345, tho edl
-1 giving this i*low a fair
:%vt \ , , • t:' svv • ,rn truly t*y. that we regard 5 t as
a .r '• iju* • v r - *c.t on all common wooden
- general cfllcien
cy *.r ; r en :<», .vs well as special adaptation to deep
’ iv • b...>w ot uotliii.g that surpasses
nomy and durability, it Is
... . .
- • . . i 1» ■u- :i the careless ;uid des
tr j . , . u r< *gr es, • id we doubt not
t | l; . _ 1-0 • .d-icito: -A • be of very great pecu*
n i;... t -1 plan tint Inter*, tof tho South.”
- or nulnts
:• ~iant. r will need
, ' - • ;,) •'1 of the year. These shares
though
*i.. 1 « ... -a > • : make them after once seeing
.f -r ■ utu' *, b ..bo 4 or for Plantations, will
b 0 1.« or i.ao.'e ton . Apply nt tho ll.vrdw&re
Ht in 1 . • or atUre. «I. C FITTEN A- Co.
dccitf-wtf Augusta, tia.
sll REWARD.
1) WWW AY from tbesub** ;iborou4lh May, a Negro
% v i vV VSHi NOTON, about 45 years old,
fi . t,. * - : nine IncbiM high, weighing about 105 or
170 i \\ J.o wii. » '.-lie bis v.ay to Tennessee,
~ ... I stayed in Mad! oorille
w j . ~.unt iV/aiessto. about nine mouths , and
wi>ul(f n»’t l Uv*ho ho belonged to. Ho has In company
u , v. i m bole:-.. ujt to W. \V Siuipsou,
,VV • 'elt. ; .out-j >v. :.1 • c«!d about 5 feet 9 or 10
, • . .a , t rsbout ' ’ •». r 170 lbs., both dark com*
i V v * , v la-t seen near Lexington, Ogle
, , y. 11« pa .-os to go to Ohio. If they
l tilt bis ovs uer if he can
rew ar I to an} p •- on
s\ *. • w ill deiiv r tm-iii t“ us, or put them in some safe
;• w« iAn • ■ t hem ; or twenty dollars for either
n k WASHINGTON H. BRANTLEY,
W. W. SIMPSON,
( . Po -lott e. Hancock eoituty, Oa.
. to-, s illr l iei « ~py tour times and forward
|. r v,..<-nt. °» al
*35 KEWARD.
1... 1 1 i t>... ,t. ■**■<■ turn f..r the «p|.<-«l>pnsion and
' ,7at'.,11 of *uv I.OV 11AKRY. Should ho
», and the pers m
, r t . to i,r eg him* home, I ill pay, in ad
i ' • ••"**: *.
. " ‘ Hr•:« k layer and
exion, erect,
... .... . ;rn! IP* .s going about the
| a,.count without any an
; ti.-ki-t. Ho claim. a
' , ivutfivrillo, and otto also at
• n hlev'sVai'toi'v. * I h:*vo h-ard of his being in
, i.... :» . ]‘\V;i.h I•, ton count is*. end also o\ei
, v ,p. , . are hereby cautioned against
1 “ , , J, , ; ;my of my i • :er mechanics, with*
_
. -Oil JOHN i! KITTEN, Augusta, Ga.
$lO REWARD !
, . i t ht'• otr, on the night of the 4th
~ ' .. . - v money, and two notes, one
; l ;." • ; > ee*-ts ini.'e bv James M. and William
..... tii....!lu'r fur 5-47 ...i, made by A. E.
A.."'' . . ~j \ hi-,. dated about the Sd of
: ‘ ‘ -V. after date, and one small note
■ i - wt' ,h I had aid. and tom off the name. 1
,Y„l tv thut e reward f..r the recovery of the i-aper*.
• * u"; t ’ e... ' us. Alt }>, ,■ are hereby cautioned
•' ■ , u . ’to-. and the makers not to pay
Q 8 !' AN NELLY.
*3O REWARD.
DAXIVAV, I , -uh-.iiisr. t.ssjng in Put
|\ , ,m . ...tutv. near .V, rrill. in August last, my Negro
Hat VU \SK Herat ut 2.1 ycat eld. five feet ten in
ches high. ..f me.’: Lit. ■ . has a slight impediment itthts
. ....its 1, •: i!;r > Ut of one eye. He was raised
i t Vi ; ami h.o n in Georgia about two years,
p «o.»v.a v. w ill bo pib.i for his delivery to me,
,r ' • MV iail SO that 1 CAU got him.
, v>:t ’ INA. HARRIS.
V o s ».ithorn Ko ".dor will pubbsh till forbid, andfor
ard account to thi idHce for payment.
S.;O REWARD.
iWll.'*; av the above r-wai\l tor the apprehension
s - d h ;ivery to v. o, t*r the lodgement in any jail
lu li,. t :i or nth Carolina so ti nt l can get him. of a
So -,. i t WILLIAM He is a Shoe .and Boot
2d \\ 'C cripo.od in Lis right -eg; •' about 5 foot 4or 6
inches b. gb : vs i.-. talk: .. • of dark complexion;
out r -a-.! and v and may nave a pass ot his own
•writ hie H:s I'aiooi lives in t»ra; gfbr.rg. and his mother
‘V-Ct.-edhimfremH^nAHeU^nt.
bfvh Rs ■ svdie. On.
THE FAST TROTTING STALLION,
ST. I.AWKKM’E, has just arrived, per steamer
Southerner, and is at C. A Rod's plantation, four
tr. e- >m Ancu-ta. . n the Savannah Road, and will be
l ot t.i Mares a. m rase ot the season, with the privi
l, -o «•; poking i . s. »■ -n to season until the Mare
nroves withiival, or parted with.
* St 1 twi icc , a'. cant .nil Bay, with blacklegs, mane
and t* . I .t:. i- ! . ’.eh ! •eh : ‘-even years old. with
awd bene an.l w. 11 pn t: tied: weighs 1300 pounds.
\v ■ mto be the - 800 on the
Ac et tit continent, sad. willing to back ottr judgment.
i matth himags-i.st 1. ' - cal.. ,lA r 81000 a side to
.... i„ wa-on,, ever Lal'ayette IVtfle.
It . wa - t :.e t>:‘Wvued trotting horse. St- Law
rent e W ho v- .i- :ho best trotting horse or his day, having.
”,n -Hi ll the e.i. rated Jack Ressiter.
* * v-ttu-r- .i ,u wa- the fast trotting llare. Dutch
%i:v hi i . ...
' ■ r-i.jv t . formed a Steek C- mpany, for
1 ■ .(....... , nlr Southern Stock, aud one of
the purpose' '-Leßthreugli the Northern and Eastern
tb. tu *ia ■ ’ ... . kl p. it: ■ I rrovinee,. instructed
Siau-a.i.t .... .. . r . - I'nttlHStaHiatMtwU
obu.v the ones. a. and as we have been at
be ’proe-uted. un luoi -d ■ this fine Stock Horae,
a very heas > to* to their interest, and be
» « . which ottr undertaking merits.
'‘TewvvetTnKb-ug;r.g WM.ter.to take care of their
B . "J\ m eue Premiums: hor the best
! ‘.\ v --old, a Ditcher, valued at sn*o; second
!, 7,' .V*'- '• n 7'gra‘if for all Mares from a distance, and
W 1
J P. MA 1 HEWS, l. pwtprietors.
T HECKLE,
C A RED. )
o'tmiotbusf, Ed;r field Advertiser, Sa
v,‘ -... ~ .-...UtheraCultivator. A. o.Bnmmer a
c t 0... - s C.. will please give four mseruons m
wt, .. yan 1' v.v_rd bill, to J. D. Mathews A Co.
AUiiLoi'A WORKS, AUGUSTA, GA !
rj'HE INlirili-KiMIJ, having purchased the ex-
J t- MAt HIM. SHOPS, FOUNDRY and CAB
SHOP, v.; hr; .he machinery attached to the same, here
tofore be; lging t . the Company known a* the “Augusta
Machine W o ka," ar-- now prepared to execute orders
fort’NSTLNIiS. MILL GEARING, GIN GEARING,
LINING - CHIXI - > STEAM ENGINES and
BOJ? ) SAW MILLS, complete : SHAFTING and
Pi' i.kKVS. RAILROAD GARS and IRONS. STEAM
BOAT MACHINERY, aud every description of work
n- iaiiy made iiri#t-cla«ii Machine Shops, of Iron, Brass
or Wood < »raers for work, act specially contracted for,
must he act ompauied w ith cash licpcsit of 50 per cent.
«n t! • .uples-..-4 value of the w ork ordered, and the re
mainder paid on delivery of Adiiress alljel
r tot- ~ii ill. im-.s to L. HOI Klbo * LU.
■ PROPRIETORS:
HesH H. Ccaxiso, | Geo. W Scmmkrs,
Vs M IsAmisvac. I Robert 1. Harris,
t ep3o-i*w6m I.amueth Hopkixs.
t7.,tv PE *>.—looo bushels in store, on consignm en
tor sale by imyl 6 M. W WOODRUFF.
Weekly Chronicle & Sentinel.
Cbrmuclc £ Jsratiurl.
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For the Chronicle 4* Senttnel.
Tlie Df ixm of the Dlnunioniata.
Some of the Buchanan newspapers, and tbeir con
tributors, seem to be dreadfully agonized because,
in the event of Fremont's election, or in cajse the
Presidential election devolves upon the House of
Representatives, the South baa made no preparation
for withdrawing from the Union. These agonies
are all sham, but supposing them to be real the suf
ferers inay set their fears at rest—the preparations
.'ire made—they have been in progress for 18 months
or two years, and are to be perfected immediately
upon Fremont's election, without waiting to test his
administration, whether it will be good or bad—
sectional, such as might be expected of a sectional
President or Democratic—such as might be expect
ed from a full-blooded Democrat, as Fremont is.—
Perhaps he may keep his pledges to the North, in
like manner ar Democratic pledges have heretofore
been kept—if so, the South has nothing to fear from
hi* administration. The preparations for secession
were begun long before the nomination of Fremont,
but in anticipation of the nomination of him or some
one equally objectionable. If no such nomination
were made, the presumption is, that the design wa«
to be carried out any how, upon some pretence
found or made, rather than tho schemers should
their labor after having no far perfected what
they had desired for years. But to tb«s evidences of
the plot so far as they have leaked out through the
indiscretion of newspapers in the secret
S*)ine weeks since the Washington correspondent
of the New Orleans Delta said:
“It is ohvady arranged, in the event of Fremont’s
••lection, or a failure to elect by the people, to call
the I>gislatures of Virginia, South Carolina and
Georgia, to concert measures to withdraw from the
Union before Fremont can get possession of the
army arid navy and the purse strings of govem
merit Governor Wi*e i& actively at work already
in the matter.”
The same paper avowed that it won designed to
form a confederacy between the seceding fclatea and
Cuba, Nicaragua and Mexico.
Now in this there is revealed, among other things,
the “great principle” which induced some of our
Georgia politicians to battle so vigorously as they
did, for the election of Governor Johnson last fall—
all the while denouncing bjm and his party, the one
as unworthy the least contideiiau— other as
consumed with the “dry rot.” It was an enigma to
most people h«jw those patriotic gentlemen could re
concile the opinions they expressed of Gov. John
son and his party, with their zealous support of him
But tho riddle begin* to be solved ; there was a
chance, unless they interfered, that Judge Andrews
would be elected, and him they knew to be a con
servative, Union man, who was not ctgnizant of
their plot and who would not countenance disunion,
until some of the causes for adopting that last re
sort, set forth in the Georgia Platform, had occur
red, or some other equally grave. Know mg ihi#,
they preferred an open and avowed disunionist,one
who would willingly do their bidding—who had
‘‘spit upon tho Georgia Platform—owed no allegi
ance to it, and had professed tluo utmost contempt
lor its authors—one for whose character, political
and personal, they professed no respect, yot they
battled with zeal worthy of a better cause, to elect
him, because, forsooth, he was the representative of
a great, mysterious principle—what that was they
did not deign to inform us, but it has now come
out —the principle of disunion and civil war.
Tho same efforts were used by those in the se
cret, to elect their candidates for the Legislature
Some of those whom they did not elect, some how
or other got on their side when they w ent to Mil
ledgeville. So this Legislature, which may have to
decide the fate of the Union, has iu it a large dis
union majority, and tho destiny of the country will
be decided before the people have an opportunity at
tho ballot-box, to declare Ibuir sentiments on a vital
question, involving the interests of tUemselvos and
their children for all future time. Once oy Jtwic®
the people havc given large majorities against par
ties only nunpeclcd of disunion sentiments, and the
plotters kuew it would not do to permit them to
speak again upon the question presented so directly
—a snap judgment was necessary, aud a snap judg
ment is to be taken.
Sonic weic astonished that these mighty orators
should in the face of all their previously expressed
opinions, display such bitter hostility to the Ameri
can party ami so shamelessly distort and misrepre
sent its principles. That was a part of the plot. —
There was a prospect that the American would be
come a great conservative Union party. It would
ha\ e been an obstacle in their path to rule or ruin.
Adepts in the art of lminbuggery, they stuffed the
people with small talk about “dark lanterns, ritu
als,” &c. So was the American party defeated in
Georgia.
But there are other revelatious of their prospects.
Kven the line which is to be drawn between the
North and South is fixed upon. The Richmond
Enquirer , good Buchanan authority as all must al
low, says :
“Let her (the South) if possible, detach Pennsyl
\ ania and Southern Ohio, Southern Indiana and
Southern Illinois from the North, luid make the
highlands between Ohio and the Lakes the dividing
line. Let the South treat with California and, if
necessary, ally herself with Russia, with Cuba aud
Brazil.”
“Peuu»ylvania”—that’s Buchanan’s share if he
can get it. “Southern. Illinois,” &c., that’s Doug
las share 011 the same condition. An inquisitive
man might enquire if the mission of Douglas and
other Demoeiatic grandees to Europe within the
oast vear or two, had anything to do with the plot.
Do tf»ey look tor an European alliance? Arc we to
be placed under the wolfish protection of the Rus
sian despot, or of the Imperial.murderer of France ?
Are they to be the future heads of the Democratic
party.
Now this plan of theirs Is almost an exact coun
terpart with that of Aaron Burr, for which lie has
been “damned to everlasting fame.” It differs
only in that he desired to separate the Western
States from the Uuion, and to aunex to them Mexi
co. Burr escaped the punishment of his treason
through defects in the evidence, and by the machin
ations in his favor of the old Federal (Buchanan’s)
party. The opinion of the world condemned him,
however, (ami it was just tor once) he passed his
subsequent life in ignoring and died in obscurity.—
hi these latter days, we ought not to any anything
against his memory—treason, such as Burr’s, would
be firstrate patriotism now. We think the whole
plan of the aisiiniouists will soon be exposed—so
much has been revealed because the revelation
could not now injure Buchanan, their pretended
candidate. The evidences are daily becoming
stronger, that his fortunes are desperate. The late
elections in which lie has been beaten in the stron
gest Democratic States, prove that he is utterly in
competent to contend against Fremont, and that if
the contest was confined to those two alone, Fre
mont’s election would be certain, even if the whole
South should vote for Buchanan. The latter bus no
strength at tlie North, while Fillmore (whom his worst
enemies allow to be honest, capable and faithful to
the Constitution) combines upon himself all the con
servative strength there. What, then, ought the
Union men of the South to do—when the couutry is
in danger on both hands—disunion on one, and
Black Republicanism on the other. Ought they not
to unite the South as much as possible upon that
Union candidate who is the most formidable oppo
nent of Fremont / With the whole South united
upon Fillmore, he could be triumphantly elected by
the people; why should we ding to the desperate
wreck which bears Buchanan ami his fortunes —es
pccially when the crew are not only false to the best
interests of the country, but dis oyal to their cap
tain—some openly avowing their preferences for
Fremont, provided disunionum woulu be the conse
queuce! Georgia Platform.
lu*r the Chronicle *s' Sentinel.
He ware of the Di*uniouista —Last Card of the
Desperadoes.
Mu. Editor : Allow me to call the attention of
our follow-citizens to the desperate game now bein.tr
played by the bogus Democracy. You will recol
lect that the game was first that Mr. Fillmore would
not accept the nomination ; then, after he did ac
cept, that he would withdraw. “The wish was
father to the t bought.'' Since Mr. Fillmore declared
he would not withdraw, the Black Republican trai
tors and the sham Democratic leaders have vied
with each other in efforts to prove that Fillmore
stood no chance of an election. How stands the
matter now T Since the election in Maine, where
the American party had no organization, and where
the sham Democracy lost 25,000 or 30,000 votes,
compared with the election of 1852, every candid
Democrat admits that Buchanan is virtually out of
the contest. The hand ol resurrection could not
raise him. Senator Toombs publicly admits that
even with the entire South, it is doubtful, to say the
best of it, whether he could be elected. The lead
ers further admit, alter all their labor to induce us
to “vote for Buchanan, to beat Frouont and to
save the Union,” that he could not save the Union,
even if he were elected. The Constitutionalist
newspaper says : “We look upon a dissolutton of
the Union, on account of this slavery question, as
inevitable, sooner or later. It is only a question of
time when it will take place. The election of Mr.
Buchanan, aud the conservative influences which
will go in with him, may, and probably will hold the
country together four years longer.” Ah, there it
is. After ail your efforts to deceive, you are obliged
to acknowledge that you cannot promise the safety
of the Union, under your own Union-saving candi
date, James Buchanan. The truth is, if ever this
sham Democracy can do the country any good, it
must be done under Pierce's administration. Pierce
has seventy-two supporters in the House, of two
hundred aud thirty -two members. Buchanan, if elect
ed. will not have fifty.
How, then, can he save the Union ? The elec
tions in the North have knocked the last prop from
uuder them, and now, in desperation, they have lead
their last card— ZHsunion. They are openly, and
everywhere in the South, preparing the hearts of
the people for war. Senator Toombs sees plainly,
that he is a dead man. If the Democrats carry the
next Legislature, Johnson is to be Senator in his
place. Os course he expects nothing from the Ame
ricans. Should Buchanan be elected, he might have
an opportunity to slide gracefully out of the diffi
culty Tie is in, bv amission to France! But Bu
chanan cannot be elected, and Toombs is for Dis
union ! The position of Judge Thomas, candidate
for Elector in the Sth District , is, in the event of
Fremont's election, “to march an army to Wash
ington, and kill him, if he attempts to be sirorn in.'*
He will not avow it on the hustings, before the peo
ple, as yet , but he sail not deny that that is his posi
tion. i presume that also is the oositioa of Senator
Toombs, as they do not differ, I believe, in any
thing. Senator Toombs declares, that if there be
those among us who will not maintain the rights, in
terests and honor of the South, (he and his party. I
presume, being the judges of the infringement, and
of the mode of maintaining such rights, interests and
honor) “ the public safety will require that tyey be
hung as traitors. 1
Freemen of Georgia! I have shown vou the
game this sham Democracy has commenced. ” ill
you longer be lead by them T They do not claim
the election of their candidate, even with the whole
South, and they do not claim that he can maintain
your constitutional rights and the Union, if elected.
But if Fremont be elected, they demand that you
should go farther than the Georgia platform, and be
fore the consummation of any of tue contingencies
specified in Unit platform, they demand you should
commit assassination. They are utterly desperate.
Thank God, they are utterly powerles* also. The
freemen of Georgia will stand by their platform;
they will not be lead or Uireatened one inch farther.
Aw*av with these depraved end deaporate political
gamblers ! Rally to him who can save and who will
save your country —to Millard Filimore, the child of
the people, the hope ot tx‘e Republic ; to him who
never proved false, and never failed in any good 1
work. A Native Georgian. i
1
For the Chronicle 4* Sentinel.
Elberton, Sept. 20, 1856. |
Mr. Editor: —Last July the Fillmore men of (
Elbert erected, on our public square, a flag-staff j
seventy feet high, from which our banner has often ,
streamed gaily in the breeze. A few mornings j
since it was found prostrate, having been cut off in (
the night by boring. The white-livered miscreants J
who perpetrated the deed chose for it the hours of {
darkness. The Staff has always been a cause of of- 1
fence to some ill-natured Democ rats, (of the new *
school) though most of their party have taken it in
good part. It is whispered that it was very offen- 1
live to a great man who was lately here ; and soon ’
after he left, it wus cut dowi? a§ aforesaid. “I only J
state facts ; others may draw their conclusions.” <
But we were not to be frustrated in this way. So 1
we went straight to work, and yesterday set up a j
new Staff thirty feet higher than the old one ; leav- j
ing by its side the stump of the latter, about three i
feet high, as a memento of the high soujed men who |
cut it down. This stump is of very suitable height ,
for a Buchanan pole, and our Democratic friends are 1
at liberty to raise their black flag upon it whenever
they JiaDiie. In justice, we must say that every ,
decent man of luem. within our knowledge, .con.- t
demns tlie outrage.
Mr. Stephens used to say that he could not sail in y
the same ship with Douglas, because while he <
(Stephens) was urging the vessel onward, Douglas <
would be down below t oriug LAe* in lipr bottom.— |
Perhaps Douglas has lent his auger to somebody in .
these parts. Samuel. ,
i
The Coronation Ceremonies at Moscow. 1
The Entry of the Emperor into the City.— *
The gpecial correspondent of the Loudon Times, 1
who witnessed fhi* event on the 29th of August, (
says: The Emperor and t eßg Left St. Peters- (
burg on Friday morning, and reached Petrovsky
after dusk in the evening of the same day, having (
travelled four hundred and forty miles in sixteen 1
hours, which is regarded as a great feat in this part I
of the world. Ilia Majeety’s reception at the station
was enthusiastic, and late as it was, thousands of *
people awaited his arrival and cheered him with f
gr„afc .epergy. Wednesday and Thursday were 1
Rpent in preparing f*r the event, the proces- *
sion of the Imperial Majesties from the iujiaieapof
Petrovsky to the Kremlin, which took place to-day 1
under the happiest auspices.
It would be as difficult to describe this dazzling *
pageant as it would be to give an accurate account 1
of a grand spectaclo ut tha theatre. In all its com- J
poneut parts it was magnificent and effective. The *
wealth Li a empire was poured out with a pro- 1
fuseness almost ba»b4ui£, and displayed with a taste 1
founded on Oriental traditions r auJ pujdified by *
European civilization. Instead of a narrow* stage, t
the scene was laid in the ancient metroprolis of the (
largest empire the world has ever seen; instead of 1
tinae} mock finery, gold and silver and diamonds *
flashed in the r®aUmi)ight. He who played the part {
of an Emperor was an indeed Emperor, and those who *
appeared as Empresses, marshals aud poldLrc wpre 1
what they seemed to be; but, after all, when amid J
the blare of trumpets, the clanging of bells and the *
roar of the populace, the glorious pageant had passed (
away in a pa*tlcolored blaze of light, what was left
but the recollection of the transitory pleasure of the
eye and of the indescribable excitement which the
memory iu vain endeavored to recall of all that £
had at the moment produced such irresistible es- 1
sects ? 1
The appearance of the Coa*ArKs. — The whole
breadth of the street was now occupied by glitter
ing mass of pennons, armour, plumes, steel and
blight colors ; the air was filled with the sounds of
popular delight, the champing of bits and clinking
of weapons, the flourishing of trumpets, and, above
all, the loud voices of the bells. Close behind the
Circassian escort and the wild Bashkirs comes a
squadron of the division of the Black Sea Cossacks
of the Guard, in large flatftlacksheepshin caps, with
red skull pieces, long lances, the shafts painted red,
and pennons colored blue, white, and l ea; their jack
ets of scarlet, their horses small, handsome, and full
of spirit.
The forest of red lance 'shafts through which one
looked gave a most curious aspect to the gay caval
cade. A squadron of the regimppt pf Cossacks of the
Guard, in blue follows. Except in the shape of the
head-dress, which is like one of our shakos in the old
en time, and the color of their uniform, these men
resemble the Black Sea Cossacks.
Each squadron consists of about 200 men, and the
men are by no ipeajia of that bajry, high-checked,
rcl/-£ro**e-nosed and sinall -eyed kind identified in
the popular miml with their name; and far different
are they from the long-coated, round-headed lancers
on scraggy ponies who so long kept watch and ward
over us from Canrobert’s hill. These Cossacks are
well mounted and well clad, and would afford to the
stranger a very imperfect notion of wliat the Cos
sacks are who plunder and burn in the front of an
advancing enemy, sweep away the supplies, and
hover round it to do anything but fight, unless at
some enormous vantage.
The Nobles a sp Deputies.— Suggesting some
strange likenesses and pompai jsons, there follows af
ter tliese 100 Cossacks a large body cf the haute np
blcssc on horseback and in uniform, two and two,
headed by the Marshal of the Nobility for the dis
trict of Moscow. Nearly all of those nobles are in
military uniforms, those who are not wear the old
Russian boyard’s dress, a tunic glistening with pre
cious stones, golden belts studdied with diamonds,
and high caps with digrettts of brilliants. On their
breasts are orders, stars, crosses, ribbands, innume
rable. Menohikofl's,Rostopchins,Galitzins, Woron
zoffs, Qortschakoffs, Strogonoffs, Chremetiefts, Pla
toffs, Tolstoys, and the bearers of many another name
unknown in Western Europe before the last centu
ry, are there carrying whole fortunes on their backs,
the rulers and masters of millions of their fellow -
men ; but brilliant as they are, the interest they ex
cite soon passes away when the next gorgeous ca
valcade approaches. This consists of the deputies
of tlie various Asiatic penplades or races which have
submitthd to Russia, all on horseback, two and two
Here may be seen the costume of every age at one
view, and alias rich as wealth, old family treasures,
hoarded plunder, and modern taste can make it.—
Bashkirs anil Circassians, Teherkees, Abassians, in
coats of mail and surcoats of flue chain armour, Cal
mucks. Tartars of Kanzau and the Crimea. Mingre
lians, Karapapacks, Daghistanhis. Armenians, the
people of Goureil and Georgia, the inhabitants of
the borders of the Caspiu, Kurds, people of Astra
kan. Samoides, wild mountaineers from distant
ranges, Chinese from Siberian frontiers, Mongols,
and strange beings like Caliban in Court dress
Some of them had their uncovered hair plaited curi
ously with gold coins; others wore on the head only
a small flat plate of precious metal just over the fore
head; others sheepskin head-dresses studded with
< ewels ; old matchlocks that might have rung on the
'battle fields of Ivan Veliki, battle-axes, lances, and
scimitars and daggers of every form were borne by
this gaudy throng, whose mode of riding offered eve
ry possible variety of the way iu which a man can
sit on a horse.
Some road without stirrups, loose and graceful as
the Greek warriors who live on the friezes of the
Parthenon; others sat in a sort of legless arm chair,
with their knees drawn up after the manner of sar
torial equestrians. Every sort of bit, bi idle, saddle,
and horse trapping which has been used since
horses were subjugated to man, could be seen here.
Some of the saddlecloths and holders were of sur
passing richness and splendor. In the midst of all
these cavaliers two attracted particular notice. One
was a majestic looking old Turk with an enormous
beard and a towering turbun, w’hose garments were
of such a rich material and strange cut that one was
reminded immediately of the figure of the High
Priest in Rembrandt's picture, or of the old engra
vings of the Sultan in old books of travel. The oth
er was a young deputy from Gouriel, with cluster
ing heir flowing down in curls from beneath a
small patch of gold and jeweis fixed on the top oft he
head, whose face and figure were strikningly hand
some, and who was dressed in a magnificeut suit of
blue velvet cramoisi , flashing with precious stones,
lie was a veritable Eastern Antinous, and was well
matched with his beautiful horse. This cavacade
of the “jx'upladcs soumises a la Russie” was to
strangers the most interesting part of the procession
but it passed too quickly by for the eye to decom
pose its ingredients. What stories of the greatness
and magnificence of Russia will those people take
back to their remote tribes ? They went by, bright
shifting, and indistinct as a dream of the “Arabian
Nights. 7 * The only objection one could make to
this part of the procession was that it was over too
soon, and that the eye wandered after it to the
curve of the lineßof soldiery which hid it from view.
The Czar.— The correspondent then describes
the Court and official carriages. As the last of the
train of carriages passes a noise like distant thun
der rolling along tne street announces the approach
of the Czar. But his presence is grandly heralded.
Immediately after the members of the Council of
the empire the Grand Marshal of the Court rides in
an open phaeton, gilt like the rest ; but, bright as is
he and all about him, there comes after that com
pared with the lustre of which he is as a mote in the
sun. In gilt casques of beautiful form and work
manship, surmounted by crest eagles of silver or
gold, sin milk-white coats and gilded cuirasses and
bookplates, approach the giants of the first squad
ron of the Cnevaliers Gardes of his Majesty the
Emperor, each on a charger fit for a commjffider iu
battle. These are the picked men of 60,000,000 of
the human race, and in stature they certainly exceed
any troops I have ever seen. All their appoint
ments are splendid, but it is said that they looked
better in the days of the late Emperor, when they
wore white buckskins and jackboots, than they do
now in their long trousers. The squadron was pro
bably 200 strongr, and the effect ot the polished hel
mets, crests, and armour was dazzling. Their offi
cers could scarcely be distinguished, except by their
position and the extraordinary beauty ana training
of some of their horses, whiefi slowly beat time, as
it were, with their bools to the strains of the march.
The first squadron of the Gard a Cheval follows >
“ All furnish—all in arms.
All plumed like ostridpes that wing the wind ;
Bated like eagles having lately bathed.
Glittering in golden ceats. like images.”
So bright, so fine, tnat one is puzzled to decide
which—they or the chevaliers—are the bravest.—
But as we are debating the point the tremendous
cheering of the people and the measured hurrahs of
the soldiers, the doffed hats, and the reverences of
the crowd, the wavering of handkerchiefs, and the
clash of presenting arms, warn us that the “Czar of
All the Russians, of the Kingdom of Puliand, and
of the Grand Duchy of Finland, which are insepe
rable from them,’\is at baud, and Alexander Nico
l&ievitch is before us. His Majesty is tall and well
formed, although he does not in stature, or iu gran
deur of person, come near to his father. His face
bears a resemblance to the potraits of the Emperor
Nicholas, but the worshippers of his deceased Ma
jesty declare that it is wanting iu the wonderful pow
er of eye and dignity and intelligence of expression
which characterized the father. His Majesty is
dressed in the uniform of a general officer, and seems
quite simply attired, after all the splendor which has
gone pass.' He wean a burnished casque with a
long plume of white, orange, and dark cock's feath
ers, a close fitting green tone, with alguilleties and
orders, and red trousers, and he guides his charger
—a perfect model of symmetry —with ease and
gracefulness. Hie features are full of emotion as he
returns with a military salute on all sides the mad
congratulations of his people, really act as though
the Diety were incarnate before them. It is said
that several times his eyes ran over with teare. To
all he give* the same acknowledgment—raising his
extended hand to the side of his casque, so that the
forefinger rises vertically by the rim in front of the
ear. The effect of his" presence is considerably
marred by the proximity of his suite, who have
gradually and perhaps unwillingly closed up till
tney are immediately behind his horse, instead of
leaving him isolated, a* he was when he Quitted the
palace of Petrovsky. Thus it happens tnat. before
ne reaches the spot where the spectator is placed,
he is nearly lost amid the crowd 1 e indium; and
that the moment he passes his figur is swallowed
up in the plumed suite who follow at nis heels.
The Members of the Impek al Familt. — It
was ordered that the Emperor should be attended
only by the Minister “de sa nauon the Minister
war.'an Aide de Lamp Geneiti. a General of the of
Suite, and the A;i£-de-C im < i his Majesty on duty;
but l as he turned to spe k U the Grand Pukes and
AUGUSTA, GA., WEDNESDAY MORNING OCTOBER 8, 1856.
to the foreign princes from time to time this order
was lost, and mingled with the officers indicated
were their Imperial highnesses the Cesarewitch
Grand Duke Ileritier Nicolas Alexandrov itch, the
Grand Duke Alexandre Alexaudevitch, Constantine
Nicolaievitch, Nicolas Nieolaievitch, and Michel
Nicoiaievitch, the Prince Romanovsky, Duke de
Leuchtenberg, Nicolas Maxiinilianovitch, the prince
Peter, of Oldenburg, and other foreign Princes and
their suites. Amid this crowd of great people we
al! search out the Grand Duke Constantine, whose
keen stern eyes are piercing each window as lie
rides along. A countenance with more iron will,
resolution, and energy stamped upon it, one rarely
sees, and the Russians are not unjustifiably proud
of the ability and activity he displayed when the
allied squadron was expected at Cronstadt. His
features and form are cast in the Romanoff mould
which the portraits of Alexander and Nicholas have
made pretty well known among us. A very splen
did staff follows the Princess. It consists of the
Generals attached to his Majesty's person, the Aides
de-Camp General, the General* Majors of the suite,
and the Aides-de-Camp of the Emperor, and the
Generals and Aides de Camp attached to the per
sons of their Imperial Highnesses on horseback in
full uniform.
Among them are many whose names are now of
world-wide celebrity, but one could not find out
which was Luders and which was Oaten Sacken or
Menschikoff, or Gortschakoff, all covered as they
were with plumes aud feathers and magnificent or
ders. The Empress Alexandra Feddowna, whose
app&araqce excited the liveliest acclamations of the
people, now pa?Sfc4 before us, her feeble frame sus
tained by the part she had to play, so that she sur
prised those who know how weak and suffering she
is when they see her porie , and the graceful aud
animated bearing with which she acknowledges tlie
cheers of the multitude. “Ah!” say they who think
of the sld Court- “who would ever imagine that she,
who a feather fn the a*t, by a breath,
should live to sue this day. and that he— son Dieu—
should have died before her.” Her Majesty was
right royally or imperially attired, but how I cannot
say. A cloud of light drapery, through which dia
monds shone like stars, floated around her, and on
her head was a tiara of brilliants. The carriage in
which she sat ya? * triumph of splendor-all gold
and crimson velvet ; and s on phQ' iOOi, which was
composed of similar material, was (hetikenfess of an
imperial crown. The eight horses, which were at
tached to the carnage by trappings and cords of
gold; wpre the pipst beautiful in the imperial stables
and each was led with ft aolqen brjcjle by a palfrenier
in grand livery. To hide from her the coachman’s
back, perforce turned towards her Majesty’s face,
there was an array of little pages, who sat outside
the coach, on the rail with their backs towards the
coachmans and their round visages vis-a-vis that
of the Rmpreß8 r
On the right cf the carriage rode ihc errand Rcuy
er; op't|ie reff the 4i<le-defpamp General attached
to the person of the Empress. 4 n officer of the Im
gerial stable rode before it, and four Cossacks ofthe
hamber followed tlie Ecuyer and the General. Be
hind the carriage were six Pages of the Chamber,
and two Palfreniers on horseback. As the carriage
passes amid the thunders of ten thousand voices,
another vehicle, if possible more magnificent, comes
before iu: and again the hurrahs of the troops and
the people l ing tnrougb the a:r The Empresj Ma
rie Alexandrovpa is seated ill this' damage, and by
her aide the little Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandro
witch, who is in full military uniform. Her Majesty
seemed much affected as she bowed to the right aud
left and acknowledged the salutations of the people
with vivacity and impressement. The boy seemed
to take it all as a matter of course, and probably the
arch-ducal mind was occupied by distracting
thoughts of dinner. The equipment and attendance
of thb Vewoe, same as those of the Em
press-Mother. And'now gaiaxy of isrLftr? real
ly “stage coaches,” so rishly gilt and decorated are
they, pass before us. The first contains the Grand
Duchess Marie Paulovna aud Alexandre Josephov
na; the second the Grand Duchess Alexandre Pe
trovna and Helene Paulovna; the third the Grand
Duchess Marie Nioolaevpo and Catherine Michail
ovna; and the fourth her Imperial Highness the
Princes of Oldenburg. Another military spectacle
closes up in the rear ofthe last carriage.
The Kremlin. —Inside the Kremlin, an immense
crowd, civil and military, were seated on benches
and seats, ilip payement was also thronged by a
mass of persons to whoip sue of entry had been
accorded by the authorities, au of whom welcomed
the JSmperoj* with great enthusiasm. The cortege
slowly wognd its Vay through the brilliant assem
blage to the Earned Gate of tlie Savior, called Spar
kle Vo I vota, in passing through which every tnan
must uncover, were the Emperor gad Empress
were received by the Commandant of Moscow and
the officers under his orders. The clergy at
tached to the churches inside the Kremlin were
assembled before the porch of their several edifices
holding the sacred images aud crosses in the air to
welcome, and the Senat Diregeant was ranged at
each sicte of the entrance of tlie cathedral. Here
their Majesties left their carriage, and the Emperor
descended from liis charger and advanced towards
the door of the cathedral, at which they were met
by the Holy Synod and the clergy, who had pre
viously chanted a Tc Deu wi, cn actions de graces ,
for the happy arrjvaj o? his Majesty, ana who
awaited him with tin. cross and the Wy water
Amid the sounds of a solemn chant aha the payfers
of the people, the Emperor and the Empresses
entered the cathedral, and at the same time a
salvo of eighty-five guns was fired to announce the
fact.
Their Majesties, having kissed the saerep. “images,”
among which are a picture of the Virgin, painted by
St. Luke, and a miraculous portrait of our Savior—
walked in solemn procession, proceeded by the Me
tropolitan of Moscow, to the Cathedrals of the Arch
angel Michael and ofthe Annunciation, where they
kissed more images and holy relics, among which
are a nail of the true Cross, a robe of our Savior,
und a part of a robe of the Virgin Mary, and knelt
iu prayer before the tombs of their ancestors. —
Thence they walked to the palace of the Kremlin,
where they were received by the clergy of the Court
wit!) cross and holy water, by the Arch Marshal of
the Coronation, aifo President and members of
the Treasury of the Jjalacp, who presented the Em
press with the usual Russian emblems qf fealty—
bread and salt. Ilis Majesty’s entrance into the
Palace was announced by a salvo of 101 guns. Du
ring this time the bells never ceaspd to ring, nor the
people to cheer and’ pray; and tho aspect presented
by the squares of the Kremlin, as the dense con
course of people with uncovered heads besouvht the
blessing of heaven on their Sovereign, has been de
scribed to me as something very grand and affect
ing. The procession and the proceedings lusted
more than three hours. Till latp at night the popu
lace continued to throng the courts and squares,
and soon after it was dark the palace and barracks
ofthe Kremlin were brilliantly illuminated. The
Corps Diplomatique witnessed the procession from
the windows of the palace of a Princess who enter
tained them to dinner aud gave a ball in the eve
ning.
Review Next Day—The Daily News corres
pondent Bays The moment the public eptry and
the subsequent banquet at the Kremlin Palace had
been disposed of, the imperial family, fatigued with
the parade of state, retired to a villa of Count
Sheresnatoff (the great Russian millionaire, and
owner of 300,000 serfs,) situated about3B versts from
Moscow, whence his Imperial Majesty comes occa
sionally to the camp to inspect the troops. On
Saturday last he had all the cavalry out in detach
ments of 3 from each regiment, viz: an officer, a
sergeant and a private, and each trio seriatim, went
through the exercises. In the case of the regular
cavalry, the practice was like that of the other Eu
ropean services, and exceedingly good ; but the
wUd, irregular Asian squadrons excited great inte
rest by their peculiar motions and wonderful dex
terity. The mailed Desghians flung away their
battle axes and picked them up again at full speed,
the little Cossacks charged with their long lances
with extraordinary precision ; and the Ciicassiaus
managed their beautiful horses in away that would
have clone honor to Astley’s or Franconi’s. The
appearance of the troops is certainly magnificent,
they being all picked men, and splendidly mounted.
One regiment of the Guards-a-cheval mount all
chestnut, another all black, another dapple grey, and
with their white uniforms, burnished cuirasses and
holmets, they almost dazze one in the sunshine.
The most elaborate care seems to bo taken of their
toilettes. When drawn up in squadron or fine, an
officer may be seen going round, followed by a ser
geant, brush in hand, and minutely scanning the
uniform of each soldier for a crease or a stain. The
moment he discovers one, he calls the sergeant, who
commences smoothing and brushing, and finishes
by combing out the horse hair which adorns each
helmet. The horses prance and curvet according to
the most improved principles of the Haute Ecole ,
while the lauies clap their hands in admiration, and
juvenile mujiks scream with delight. The horses
themselves seem to enjoy the sport, and neigh in
chorus with a depth of intonation which sober Eng
tish troopers would in vain attempt to imitate. Xii
short, limitary pagentry seems to be the great delight
of all classes in this country. To-day, to-morrow
and Wednesday there are to be grand reviews;
but as to-morrow is to be the grandest, I defer my
visit to the camp until then, my hands being quite
full of other matters. The town is very full, both
of Russians and strangers; but it is expected that
the week following the coronation will end in a
general clearance, as even the most gorgeous spec
tacles pall by constant repetition.
The Crowning. —Moscow, Sept. B. —To enable
the reader to understand the outline, which it shall
be my endeavor to give of the august ceremonielof
yesterday, it will be necessary, in the first instance,
to sketch slightly the different, although contiguous
localities in which the various portions of the impe
rial programme were earned out. Far within the
battlemented walls of the Kremlin, and surrounded
by large public buildings, such as the Senate and
the Arsenal, is a rather contracted court, three sides
of which are mainly occupied by the Uapenski Sa
bor, or Church of the Assumption, the churches of
the Archangel Michael, and of the Annunciation,
and the old and new Kremlin palaces. The fourth
opens upon an extensive esplanade, which, in its
turn commands the Moakwa river, and behind it
one of the finest urban panoramas that can possibly
be imagined. Were it not that it would be a mis
take in art to direct the attention from the great
central point in my picture—the coronation itself
—whole columns might be written about the in
numerable gilded spires, grotesque cupolas and pa
latial mansions, that may be taken in from this
spot at a glance, scattered as they are in rich
profusion on the further bank of the modest riv
er that gives its name to the ancieht capital
of Russia. The coronation, as all the world knows,
takes place in the Church of the Assumption, and
about tins the reader must know something before
he can follow the elaborate ceremonial of which it
was the scene.
According to our notion of churches, the interior
of the Uspenski S&bor is small indeed, scarcely ac
commodating 500 persons, but still its great height
and deep intersecting arches give it a most impos
ing appearance, while the byzantme pictures, and
gilding with which its walls are entirely covered,
and the costly shrines and monuments which it con
tains, subdue the mind by the sheer force of their
material splendor, and leave one puzzled as to
whether he ought to smile at their barbaric taste, or
reverently bow to their mystic symbolism. Two or
three thousand pictures of saints and heroes stud the
walls so closely that no interstice can be detected
between their’frames : and from the centre of the
dim lantern which forms the sole means of illumi
nation, a colossal half lenghth of the Savior looks
down benignantly on his, at all events, sincere
ly reverent worshippers below. The roof is sup
ported by four immense pillars, wholly out of pro
portion to the dimensions of the church, covered from
top to bottom with the frescoed traditions of the
Greek Church, lapped as it were in a gilded scroll
continuously round the circumference. Within these
four pillars stood the costly estrade upon which the
ceremonial took place, and upon the decoration of
which all the art, taste, and resources of the empire<
had been lavished. Crimson velvet, gold brocade,
gems of immense value, gold and silver furniture
including the ancient throne of the Czar, contribu
ted to swell the magnificence of this small incloeure;
and, over head hung a gorgeous canopy, suspended
by numerous gold and silver cords from the lofty
ceiling.
A heavily gilt and massive ballustrade surround
ed this estraae, within which no one was to enter
but the Emperor and Empress, the Empress-Moth
er, the metropolitan of Moscow, and, at one mo
ment, the ladies of honor who were to arrange the
small crown on the head of the Empress. On one
side was a galiery covered with scarlet cloth for the «
diplomatic body , on the other, a similar one for
the ladies of the great ecclesiastical dignitaries of
the empire ; and at the back of the throne a third,
for the kaut noblesse , and inch official notabilities
as had the privilege of the entree. With the church
the Kremlin palace communicates, exteriorly, by a
grand flight of steps , and if you add a broad plat
form, extending from the base of the point of junc
tion, and making a long 6weep to include the exte
rior esDlanade, and thus give the people an opportu
nity of “assisting* ’ at the coronation of their sove
reign, you will l>e able to form a tolerably correct
idea of the site covered by the ceremonial of which
Xam about to attempt some imperfect .details. I
should add that, fox the purpose of the coronation,
the fourth side of the court had been filled by a
temporary wooden screen, kandsomely draped, and
pierced with two lofty gateways, through one of
which the Imperial procession emerged at the ter
mination of the coronation, and by the other of
which it returned en route to the Kremlin Palace.
In this court were the galleries for the elite of tlie
spectators, the admission to which was by tickets,
the price of which varied according to proximity
from twenty-five to fifty, and for one gallery even
one hundrea roubles. Six o’clock in the morning
was an ear’y hour to be afoot for people ex
hausted by previous spectacles, but any later hour
the chance of admission was exceedingly problemati
cal : and even then each entrance gated the Krem
lin was a scene of the most extraordinary confusion,
in consequence of a rule of which nobody had be
fore heard, refusing admission to all except those
who came in carriages and pairs. I who had, with
immense trouble, procured a most unpretending
drotsel.ky, had a regular pugilistic encounter with
the Budishnik before I got through, and to this mo
ment do not know whether I may not be the de
fend&nt in an action for assault, battery, and forci
ble entrance. Once within, the scene was most ex
citing. There were crowds of well dressed people,
groups ofmujiks, and pelotons of cavalry mixed up
iu the most admired confusion. On every side
drums were beating, colors flying aud trumpets
playing the various notes of command peculiar to
the Russian service. The whole of the esplanade
seemed paved with j arasols, above which here and
there fluttered the banner of some guild whose pri
vilege it was to get thus near the grand ceremonial,
and whose organization and costume reminded me
strongly of an Odd Fellows l procession In England.
Here and there also the wiry little Cossack, mount
ed on his equally wiry little norse, wound in and out
through the crowd, keeping order as best he could,
and constantly exchanging sentences obviously not
taken from Chesterfield, with the spectators whom
he dist^rbeq
For this outer spaoe bOJMHI tickets iiaa been is
sued, aud if vou jnore, who either eva
ded or forcea or hmfed their way in, you will come
pretty near the actual number of civilians who were
spectators of the coronation procession. As for the
military of all branches ofthe service, andgendarms,
I make no attempt to count them, but they stood
everywhere in close masses aud innst havp formed
a complete army dparh-qe. Jntbe inner court the
crowd was much less, the price of tickets seeming
to have had rather a cooling effect on public curiosi
ty ; but still there was a large number of fashionably
dressed people in the gallons, aud the nagged cen
tre was tilled with a hetorogeneous mixture of la
dies, gentlemen, gardes a clievul and a pied Cos
sacks, Tcherkesses, Koords, negroes, priest, and
military bands. On the platform which I have be
fore mentioned, none were permitted to walk but
persons 111 uuiforLu, 411a here 1 recogni-ed Mr. \Ym.
Gladstone, Mr. BanteS, (an officer of y the Jean
D'Acre,) and two or'thvee other Englishmen, who,
in virtue of their yeomanry, or militia habiliments,
had been permitted thus to mingle with the Russian
militaries, and to emulate them in fierceness ofstrut,
aud brusqueness of soldierly demeanor.
At 7 o’clock a salute of 21 guns from the walls of
the Kremlin announced that the great business of
the dav w*as about to begin, aud the officials threw
open that gat 3 of the church oy >. Inch tho public
functionaries bud 'ambassadors were to enter. The
sweepers and dugtera had just given j.hq interior tlie
last finishing touch, autj ft reverend father might be
seen hurrying to the corner in which is placed the
silver coffin of St. Philip, of which he was for that
day to be the guardian. His reverence took his
seat on the steps, but every moment had to rise and
lift the ponderous silver lid, as a smartly dressed of
ficial, or fierce looking general came to bend low
before the shrine, or devoutly kiss the effigy of the
deported S?int
The hol/iather was most polite ana communica
tive to strangers, but as he spoke in Russ, while
they spoke English, you may imagine the additions
made by the interlocutors to their respective stores
of information. One little incident in this sacred
comer was strongly illustrative of the spirit of tol
erance which honorably distinguishes tho Greek
Church. While the Russians only approached the
shrine in the most humble aud obsequious manner,
barely venturing to touch the velvet covered steps
with th ir foreheads, a stranger was politely reques
ted to sit thereon, and nobody seemed to take 110-
tioe of tho incongruity. But I must not linger, for
there is still much to be told. Tfie privileged visi
ters bdgan now to drop ia, and one of the first wao
the Princess of Mingrelia, who haii'recently arrived
in Moscow by imperial invitatioi), and who is one
of the reigning liounes ofthe place, ljer highness,
who is a remarkably fine womftn,of aboqt 30 years
of age, waa gorgeously dressed in gold brocade,
with a broad blue sash, on the shoulder knot of
which she wore the Order of St. Katherine in dia
monds coufurred on her for her distinguished feats
of arms when Omer racha ravaged her mountain
kingdom, and on her head a splendid coronet of
emeralds and rubies. She was accompanied by her
son, the reigning prince, a fine little boy, eight
years old, dressed as an aide-de-camp of the Empe
ror, an honor which had been conferred on his little
highness only the previous day. Hearing that some
“special correspondent” had ventured within the
sacred precincts, her highness .sent her interpreter
to the representative of a wo!!' known continental
journal, requesting a few minutes conversation. It
is needless to add that the gentleman iu question
was only too ready to ofiey tlie summons, aiid was
excessively surprised to find that her highness was
fully acquainted with and dqly appreciated the val
ue of the Fourth Rotate. Slip told hiip in excel
lent French that she hoped herseif and her dress
would be noticed in the journal he represented, aud
detailed her heroic struggles against Omer Pacha,
who, she said, had plundered and ravaged her little
kingdom.
The church now began to fill. Lord and Lady
Granville, accompanied by the Marchioness of Staf
ford and Lady Emily Peel, were amongst the first
arrivals; Lord Wodehouse, accompanied by Mr.
Julian Fane, came shortly after, ana the doorway
was soon completely filled up by the French Em
bassy, in brilliant uniforms, and mingled with them
were Sir Robert Peel, and one or two other English
faces.
The Count de Morny fook the right, next to him
Lord Granville, then Prince Esterhazy, and lastly
the Prince de Ligne, the other Ambassadors getting
seats as best they could, without any order of pre
cedency. Immediately fiehind L or( * Granville sat
Lord Wodehouse and Mr. Fane, and on the same
and hinder benches the ladies of the several Embas
sies. By this time forty Bishops of the Empire had
assembled between the great altar and the estrade,
and, assisted by their attendant priest, were invo
king Heftven in favor of the Rmperor, Nothing
could be more magnificent than the robes, nothing
more venerable than the appearance of these pre
lates. At their head was Pliilaret, Metropolitan of
Moscow, the most distinguished name in the Rus
sian church, distinguished for for learning,
and for the physical vigor that at ninety years of
age enables him to continue in the active discharge
of his episcopal duties.
The golden shrine of the Virgin lay open, contain
ing her portrait , said to be painted by St. Luke, aud
studded with jewels of immense size and value.—
Wax tapers are burning, incense was rising in
clouds, unseen choristers were chaunting most heav
enly music, when the hum of the people without,
and the roar of the artillery, announced an
imperial arrival. It was the Empress Mother, who,
although broken down with ill health and sorrow,
had come thousands of miles to assist at the coro
nation of her son. Nothing can be more touching
or to theJUussian people than the affec
tion and respect which they always exhibit towards
this illustrious lady, and never was it more conspi
cuous than ou the day of the coronation, when, both
within and without the church, she was almost
overwhelmed with demonstrations of attachment.
Her Majesty, who was accompanied by a brilliant
cortege , immediately took her seat on the throne al
loted to her on the estrade.
There was now a slight stir at the side door. It
was the Turkish envoys asking admittance. They
were obliged however, to go to a gallery specially
prepared for them outside, as the rules of the Greek
church do not permit the entrance of any one who
cannot kneel before the true cross. Another salvo
of artillery, another chorus of almost divine harmo
ny for the invisible choristers, and the Emperor and
Empress arrived at the grand grille of the church.—
His imperial Majesty wore a general's uniform, and
marched under a magnificent canopy, supported by
sixteen of the grand dignitaries of the empire.
The Archbishops of Moscow and Novogorod pro
ceeded to the gate to welcome his Majesty, bestow
a blessing, and sprinkle the imperial pair with holy
water. They were followed by a gorgeously attired
cortege , amid which might be recognized the Panins,
Dolgourokis, Gortcliakoffs, and other names familiar
to the students of Russian history. The gallant de
fender of Sebastopol looked as well and as young
as when, four years since, he stood over the open
giave of the Duke of Wellington in St. Paul’s Ca
thedral. Then there were the Asiastic tributary
princes, in their magnificent costume and, finally,
the generals who had the right to occupy so distin
guished a position.
At the entrance, the Emperor kissed the hand of
the prelate with the palm upwards, the mode in
which this salutation is performed in the Greek
Church. The Empress was followed by a fair bevy of
maids of honor m Parisian versions of the Russian
national costume. They looked most captivating
their kakochniks, the fairest of the fair was the
young Princess Sherematieff, the grand daughter of
a serf.
The Emperor and Empress having duly made
reverence at the sanctuary and before the sacred
images, now slowly ascended the estrade, and the
ceremonial of the coronation commenced. For the
circumstantial detail-, I must refer you to the pro
gramme which has already been published, confining
myself to the more remarkable incidents of the day.
The imperial pair being seated on the ancient
thrones of the Czars, the regalia was properly ar
ranged, and another burst of devout Harmony came
from the invisible choir. The Metropolitan then
presented a profession of faith, which his Imperial
Majesty must read, and which he did read on this
occasion with due emphasis and discretion. The
document, which was exceedingly lengthy, took up
wards often minutes in the reading, during which
the most profound silence reigned in the church.—
Immediately after, the Emperor was invested with
the state mantie, and here followed tee most inter
esting feature of the day's pro; eediugra. Taking the
crown, an immense one, blazing all over with dia
monds, up with his two hands, he placed it on his
head, thereby intimating that from no earthly pow
er, oriestly or lay, did he receive his sovereignty.
Then, making a sign to the Empress, who knelt
submissively before him on a golden cushion, he just
touched her forehead with it, and immediately re
placed it on his own head. This was a moment of
intense interest. The Empress Mother, who had
borne up with immense fortitude, buret into tears,
and the whole of the congregation, as they fell on
their knees in honor of the rite, sobbed and criedlike
children! What a history did not that tear of the
Empress Mother recall! More than a century be
fore she had received a similar honor from the great
est sovereign of his time; had for years after shared
his thoughts, his joys and his sorrows; had been the
gentle spirit that softened the iron firmness of his
character; and now she stood alone—that great man
had passed away, and to other hands was about to
be confided the powerful sceptre which it had been
so long her happiness to share in wielding. Then
came the annointing; the administration of the Sa
ci ament to the Emperor in both forms, the Empress
is one; the Mass, and other ceremonies purely re
ligious ; and finally, the congratulations, which the
Emperor received with great dignity and self-pos
session.
At the same time his countenance wore a care
worn and saddened look, and he seemed like one
who felt oppressed with the scene of an awful re
sponsibility. Now came the moment for which 70,-
000 people outside had been waiting with exem
plar}’ patience. A gorgeous procession issued from
the church door. In front was a splendid canopy,
under which walked the Emperor, with the Impe
rial crown upon his head, ana wearing the Imperial
mantle. There were the standard, the seal, and the
sword of the empire, the great functionaries at a re
spectful distance behind, and the dismounted gardes
a cheval, in their golden cuirasses, lining the way.
From a hundred bands pealed out at once, the na
tional anthem —“God save the Czar;” and the
shouts of the people formed a tremendous accom
paniment to tne music. The countenance of his
Majesty was most solemn; be bowed repeatedly
but never smiled, and the cheers seemed to die
away for want of the imperial sympathy. It was a
strikingly oriental spectacle—the pagoda-like can
opy, the great Czar with his immense crown of dia
monds blazing in the sun, the many oriental cos
tumes, and the bearded mujiks, all formed a picture
which I shall not soon forget, but which I feel I have
but weakly attempted to preserve for the reader.
The Late Frost.—A letter from Faber’s Mills
Nelson county, Va., says : “ We had a killing frost
here last night, (*2Bth,) and tobacco chewers may set
their mouths for green, frost bitten tobacco next
years, as not a fourth of the tobacco crop in this
section has yet been cut, and many of Our fanners
have not cut thier first plant.”
El ROPEAN INTELLIGENCE.
BY THE BALTIC.
Correspondence of Commercial Advertiser.
London, Sept 16,1856.
The depression in the stock market, reported by
the lost steamer, still continues, and a series of spe
culative sales have caused a further decline. Con
sols at the last date were quoted 93|. They have
since touched 93|, and the closing prices this even
ing was again 93}.
All undefined apprehension regarding the drain
of silver to India and China is almost the sole cause
of this adverse movement. Iu the course of a few
months, experience will show the unfounded nature
of the impression; but meanwhile it may cause con
siderable inconvenience.
Iu the last communication it was mentioned that,
with a good harvest not only for wheat, but for al
most all other crops, an aotive trade which will cause
the export of qur manufactured goods in 1856 to ex
ceed by ten millions sterling any former year, and
an unusual absence of loans or other advances to
foreign countries, the idea of bullion being drained
from us, except through some exceptional and tem
porary cause, must bo preposterous. This fact,
however, does not yet seem to have been recogni
sed by the speculators ou the London Stock Ex
change, and they are all acting as if some unusual
dangers were gathering. They see a monthly ex
port of one or two millions of silver to China, and
they regard it as an inscrutable loss, which may go
on ad infinitum.
It is merely sent to pay for silk to supply the de
ficiency of the French crop ( and when this silfc ar
rives, the extra quantity beyond what we require
for our own consumption will go to Lyons and else
where, and keep the continental exchanges in our
favor. For France the circumstances are serious,
because she hits lost the crop which is thus being
supplied from distant quarters; but on England it
can, as has been already stated, have *es V ilt except
to increase our profits by making us the carriers and
agents in tlie altered trade.
The displacement of silver by gold, which is now
going on with extraordinary rapidity in all the princi
pal countries of the continent is au independent ques
tion. The movement has been in progress ever
since the discovery of gold in California aud Austra
lia, although it receives an additional impulse from
exist iug circumctanpg-j. ouiy remedy for it will
be the adoption of 4 silver coinage of debased value
and this could not only be effected without difficulty
but it might be a source of large profit to the French
and other GuVornmexus.
The margin indeed must necessarily be large,
since if it were less than 8 or 10 per cent, there
would be a prospect of another alteration becoming
requisite at a future period. In England the silver
comage was originally 8 per cent bejuwit.; nominal
value as oompateq with nut owing- to the de
preciation of gold tlfo difference is now only 3$ per
cent.; and there is consequently a possibility that be
fore. long the inequality, even m this country, may
entirely disappear, so as to render a new debase
ment necessary in order to prevent it from being
sent out of the country.
Iu foreign politics the condition of Italy is almost
the only subjecLof active interest. The condpef °*
Louis Napoleon in prompting the triumph of qenpot
ism iu Spain, a».d signalizing their success by a com
plimentary visit from Biarritz to Sim Sebastian,
does not pass without notice ; but French interfer
ence in Spain ha? ftlways beem followed by uucli
open retribution that there is a disposition to look
calmly upon it and to trust to time. The only un
pleasant feeling it occasions is in its bearing 011 the
Italian question. How can one who has devoted
all his efforts to crush the Spanish constitution, be
trusted in an alliance to support that of Sardinia, or
to enforce on the King of Naples the relative du
ties qf the people and their ruler ?
It L iiererthoiesß asserted ihat France iq still act
ing with England on Italian affairs', and if this be tlie
case, the only explanation that offers itself ia that
the Emperor relies upon the system of give and
take, and thinks that by running one in Italy and
another in Spain, he may practice a balance that
will L;e tqleiatod. The contradictions involved in
this course lead,’ however, to considerable scandal,
and only tend, as many other recent events have
done to confirm the old estimate of his character.
The latest hint with regard to the regimen likely
to be inflicted 011 the King of Naples, is to the effect
that a positive demand will be made upon him to
comply with the concessions recently urged by En
glandftud Franco una peremptorily refused j and
that in qose of cqjitinued bbquracy, the allies will
withdraw their Ministers ar t d send same line-of-bat
tle-ships to protect their subjects still resident in the
country. The apppftrance* of these ships will, it is
said, at once utimUiaie the people to revolt., but that
is a contingency for the consideration solely of King
Ferdinand.
Meanwhile the position of Austria becomes less
and less satisfactory. Her brutal but cowardly
spite can scarcely be kept under control, and she
permits her officers as well as her Ministerial jour
nalists to iudulge in threats and boastings against
Sardinia, which can have no other effect tliun that
of promoting the combination of all Italians against
her.
A toast from Marshal liadetzky, to the health of
the King of Sardinia, coupled with a promise to pay
him a visit nost Spring iq Turin, hadrawn forth
retorts frqm the r purin papers, who urge the rapid
completion of thp frontier fortifications in order t hat
the aged general should not be permitted to travel
too fast, butßhould be provided With a halting place
at Alessandria. Tljese things may seem idle in
themselves, biff they canpotlong go Ln between op
posite rat.es in close’juxtaposition without ending 111
a collision.
The London rate of discount remains at If to 4£
per cent. It will probably for some little time be
uncertain from week to week whether the Bank will
put up their charge to 5 per ceut. They will not do
so unless tho pressure increases beyond its present
limits.
The wheat market has experienced a further slight
recovery, and the total advance, as compared with
a week back, is 3s per quarter, or a little short of 5
per cent. Nevertheless the accounts from all parts
of the country are more favorable than was antici
pated, not only with regard to the extent of the crop,
but as to the manner in which it lias been got in. It
is the firmness of the continental markets that is in
fluencing prices in London.
The affairs of the suspended Royal British Bank
are to be laid before a meeting of shareholders on
tfie 20th instant, The resulf will be very bad, aud
the winding up will have to take place through the
pourt of Chancery. T {ie outstanding liabili ies, due
to about 5,000 small depositors, are £620,000; and
as the assets will show a large deficiency, the share
holders, in addition to the loss of the whole of their
£150,000 of subscribed capital, will have to contri
bute an additional £150,000 or more.
The next steamer from this side will be the Africa
on the 20th. Our last advices from New York are
to the 3d of September. Spectator.
Great Britain.— A demonstration of welcome
to John Frost was made in London on the 15th inst.
A procession moved along the streets to Primrose
Hill, where the meeting was organized.
The exercises commenced by the singing of a
democratic ode to tlie air of the national hymn, after
which various speakers addressed the assemblage.
The proceedings were orderly aud the speeches
moderate.
A meeting of the National Sunday League was
held in St. Martin’s Hall, London, and a resolution
adopted that ‘‘the music in the paries of the me
tropolis, and in the towns of the kingdom, on Sun
days, has been productive of great moral good.”
France. —The correspondent of the London
Times at Paris says that 110 preparations are yet ap
parent for the second meeting of the peace Con
gress, which it is expected will be held during the
winter, for the settlement of minor questions arising
out of the treaty of Pari 3.
The Emperor was still at Blarritx, but would pro
bably leave on the 27th or 28th inst. Prince Adal
bert, of Bavaria, with his bride, was on a visit to
the Emperor. On his return Louis Napoleon would
stay a couple of days at Bordeaux.
There was a report that King Otho, of Greece,
was about to visit Paris.
L. de Cambaceres, grandson of Cambaceres of
the first Empire, had married the young Princess
Bathilde de Canino, with the consent of the Empe
ror, who is guardian of the Bonaparte family to the
fifth degree.
Algeria. —The disturbance which took place
in Kabylla, Algeria, on the 2nd instant, is detail
ed in a report to the Secretary of War as fol
lows :
The crops of the French had been gathered, and
were heaped up around the village of Dra-el Mizam
when 60UU Kabyles came down to burn them. The
French had there but a native detachment, one
battalion of the 45th regiment, and a squadron of
Chasseurs dc Afrique. The natives were putin
advance and the regulars remained in conceal
ment. The Kabyles came on furiously and drove
back the native contingent; but were immediate
ly charged with the bayonet by the battalion of in
fantry.
Notwithstanding the superiority of discipline and
arms on the side of the French, the great disparity
of numbers rendered the contest severe, and its re
sult, for a time, doubtful. The Chasseurs d*Afrique
charged finally with great effect, and the euemy
fled. On the sth the mountaineers came down
again, but they had not reckoned on the considera
ble reinforcements the French had received in the
interval, and they were driven back with loss
It is said that an expedition against the Ka
bylefl will immediately {take piece. Army ope
rations that the French may have contemplated
against the Riff pirates are for the present post
poned.
Spain.— General Bravo is spoken of as the new
Spanish Minister to Washington.
Accounts from the Canary Islands mention that
the state of siege was proclaimed there on the 9th,
on receipt of orders to that effect from the home Go
vernment.
Government had received despatches from the
Captain General of Cuba, dated the 12th August,
announcing that the Island continued tranquil, and
that its sanitary condition had improved.
Italy. —There are rumors that the King of Naples
has tartly replied to a note from the Austrian Go
vernment. Austria deemed it good policy to join
in the request to King Ferdinand to reform and me
liorate bis policy. Whereupon that monarch retort
ed that the Emperor had better set him the example.
Not a bad hit.
Genoa, Sept. 11.—The engineers have begun to
construct the new fortifications of Alessandria; and
they intend carrying on the works with the greatest
activity. The minister of war, General La Mar
mora, arrived this morning ; he proceeded instantly
to inspect the works of the sappers on the bastions
in the direction of Marengo. Having inspected
other pieces of ground, he went to the citadel, where
he reviewed the garrison. This evening he returns
to Turin.
Switzerland. —The Suisse journal announces
that the Federal Council had replied to the note pre
sented to it by the Prussian representative, (M. de
Sydow) in reference to Neufchatel, in which note
the Prussian Government reserved ire right of sove
reignty over the Canton. In reply, the Federal
Council declares that it cannot admit the right
claimed by Prussia, for the reason already express
ed in the reply of the Federal Directory of the Ist
and 6th of March, 1848 ; and the Council expresses
regret that events, in every way deplorable, should
have given rise to the renewal of the protest.
According to the same journal, M. de Sydow had
an interview with M. Stompfli, President of the Fed
eral Council, from whom he demanded that the pri
goners should be treated with kindness, and that the
judicial enquiry and trial should not be too hastily
conducted, as such a course might complicate still
more the diplomatic relations of Prussia with the
Confederation and might create fresh difficulties.—
M. Stompfli replied that Switzerland was the last
country to which such observations ought to be ad
dressed, since its legislation with respect to political
offences and crimes was the least severe of any.—
Justice he added, should take its course, and the
Confederation was firmly determined to reject all
diplomatic intervention.
Prussia. —The semi-official Berlin journal, the
Zeit, contains an article on the position taken up by
Prussia toward Neufchatel and the Swiss Confeder
ation. The Zeit, having declared that the recent
events were wholly unforeseen by the Prussian Go
vernment, lays down very absolutely that Neufcha
tel belongs to Prussia by a right inalienable and ac
knowledged by all Europe.
Prussia has rejected the offer of a pecuniary in
demnity with scorn. She wants not an indemnity,
but her right. Neufchatal is not a source of profit
to Prussia; in fact, the principality is a charge to
the King. The reason for holding it fast is, there
fore, not a calculation of interest; it is to be found
in the fact that there are good Prussians in the prin
cipality who look to Berlin with confidence, and
not acquiesce in the concurrence of 1848. Prussia
will find away in good time to deliver these men
from the bonoage in which they are held by the re
publicans. Os this the radicals of Zurich are told
they may rest assured.
Turkey.— A telegraphic despatch from Constan
tinople, dated Sptemberß, says that in consequence
of the representations of M. de Boutenieff, and of
other ambassadors, the Porte has abandoned its
prqject of an expedition against Montenegro. The
difficulty will be settled by the conference of Paris.
China. —Letters have come to band. At Canton
is reported (as was announced by telegraph per
Canada) the suspension of the loug established firm
es Wetmore Co. Their failure was quite unex
pected. Liabilities are stated at $324,000, and
assets at $318,000. The amount duo to foreigners
on the spot is calculated at $50,000, and to Chinese
about $30,000.
i Dr. Parker, United States Commissioner, was, by
last accounts, at Foochow, but had been unable to
obtain au interview with the Viceroy.
The U. S. steamer Jacinta broke down on her
way to Simoda, Japan, with consul Townsend Hai
iis on board, and had put back to Whampoa for re
pairs.
The Indian mail brought intelligence from Foo-
Chow, July 24th, of a disturbance there, by which
an American gentleman, Mr. Howard Cunningham,
lost his life. A street fight commenced between
some of the Canton men belonging to an American
firm and the people of the place. Mr. Cunningham
attempted to disperse the parties, and was stabbed.
Advices from Shanghai are to the 13th July. The
accounts are very unsatisfactory. It is said the Im
perialists have been obliged to retire from Tang
i aug, on the Grand Canal, Southeast of Chingiang
foo, aud have taken up a position toward the large
city of Tehang-ton-foo.
The alarm felt ut Soochowu and Hangchow had
considerably increased and should any attempt be
made against these places by the rebels, it was not
expected that any effectual resistance could be of
fered.
This state of attain* had checked all demaud for
imports.
The British subjects at Shanghai addressed his Ex
cellency Admiral Seymour as to the importance of
having a vessel of war always in rhe port during the
troubles that existed in the surrounding pountry, the
afisenpe pf might lead to the city of Shanghai
being any moment, aud jeopard the
lives and property of the British subjects. His Ex
cellency replied it was uot his eutention to leave the
place without the protection of a vessel of war in the
present circvmstances.
Frcm the Neto York Herald of Sunday.
Tjui Line (>igamic Fraud in France.
In Friday’s Herald we published an account of an
immense fraud upon the Northern Railway of France
by two of its cashiers—Charles Carpentier and
Louis Grelet. Now we are called upon to announce
the arrest of one of the parties (Grelet) and two of
his alleged accomplices, which took place in this
city on Friday evening, through some shrewd man
agement on the part of the
The accused, fled (o this country in the
ettfly part "of this month. Louis Grelet aud his
brother Eugene escaped oil board the Atlantic, and
arrived here on the 15th iust., while Carpentier ar
rived in this city from Havre, in the steamship Ful
ton. Carpentier was the head cashier of the rail
way company, and in concert with Louis Grelet had
been carry ing on a series of for vhe
last three years, which amouuL in the aggregate, to
something %e qne ufflHc,ti qoilars, o.r five million
franca. A bicker naiYiefr August Tarot accompa
nied Ctrelet to 'fhis co\intry| and as it is supposed he
has been engaged in disposing of thu embezzled
funds for the cashiers, the polioe arrested him, and
seized upon 70,000 francs which he had in his pos
session. A brother of Grelet’s, named Eugeue, a
young man about eighteen years of age, was also
taken into custody, but it is believed that he is en
tirely innocent. Carpentier has not yet been ar
rested, but strong hopes are entertained by the po
lice of his ultimate capture. The French Co sol,
M. de Montholon, and Mr. Christmas, the Rgpnt of
the Rothchilds, have begn making every exertion
to ferret out flip fugitives, will be indefatigable
in tneir endeavors' to have the accused parties sent
back to France for trial, yuless it appears that the
Northern Railway of France is g government insti
tution, and that the fugitives were public officers,
we think the effort v,'ill b»i in vain, for the treaty ex
isting between this country and France for the sur
render of criminals does not embrace larcenies or
embezzlements, except where the same are commit
ted by public officers.
Below will be found an interesting account of the
manner in which the arrest of Grelet, his brother
Eugene and Tarot was ulfected, and their conduct
in the station house yesterday» also some future par
ticulars concerning the fraud! tafcep from o\ir
European tiles which will bo uo dpubt read with
tense interest:
The Arrest of the Fugitives. —On the 15th
inst, Mr. Christmas, the ugent of Belmont, the
banker, in this city, came to the office of the Chief
of Police in company with Mr. Henry Goddard of
the London Detective Police, and had an interview
with Sergeant Devoe upon the extensive fraud
which had been practiced upon the Northern Rail
road Company of France. Mr. C. stated that the
fraud involved the house of Rothschild to a large
amouut, and that the firm in question had sent out
Mr. Goddard to this couutry with a view of ascer
taining whether the fugitives had taken shelter in the
United States or not. He desired the officers to do
all they could in the matter, and make a strict
search throughout the city for the parties implicated.
An employe ol tlie rajlroad company, named Melin,
who was Vpell acquainted with the fugitives, was al
so sent over to this country to facilitate the officers
in the discharge oif their duty. Mr. De Augelis, of
the United States Marshal’s office, was also, nt»the
request of the French Consul, engaged in the case , and
due arrangements were made between the officers
for the completion of the task undertaken by them.
The steamship Atlanitc, of the Collins line, was
first visited. Here they found that two men bear
ing the description of the brothers, Louis and Eu
geue Grelet, had taken passage on board that ves
sel from Liverpool, and had arrived in New York
some days previously. Mr. Belmont’s agent was
immediately informed of the fact, when he became
convinced of tlio whereabouts of the parties. The
search was continued in this city by Devoe and
Goddard, while De Angelis went- to New Jersey,
where he had, he thought, some cluo to the parties.
The St. Nicholas Hotel was visited, and upon mi
nute inquiries it was discovered that Carpentier
had been boarding there, but had left some days
previously in a carriage, w hither they could not di
vine. While the policemen were busily engaged in
the search, a Frenchman called at the office of Bel
mont, and stated that he was possessed of thirty
thousand francs in notes of 1,000 francs eaoh on the
Bank of France, and wished to negotiate the same
for bulliop. Mr. Christmas told him to call the next
clay, and lie would givo him an answer. The stranger
left his card with the name of Monsieur Debud en
graved upon it, aud then departed. The circum
stance being reported to the officers, they suspected
that Debud waa in some way implicated in the
fraud, and determined to watch him accordingly.—
Tho agent was desired to negotiate, and when De
bud arrived the next day, the former was requested
to send for Devoe and Goddard.
True to his appointment, the holder of the notes
rnude his appearance at llelmopt’s office the follow
ing duy, and negotiations were entered into be
tween him and Mr. Christmas. The paper was ne
gotiated at thirty days, and placed in the possession
of the banker. Mr. Christmas told Debud that it
would require nearly a month to send the notes over
to France for redemption, and that if ho would call
in thirty days from the date of the visit, the bullion
would be there in readiness for him. The visiter
seemed quite satisfied with the arrangement, and
left the office. He was followed closely by Devoe
and Goddard, who traced him to his residence, in
Beekman street, and then, knowing that their inan
was secure for thirty days at least, they pursued
their search for the fugitive, who had been last heard
from at the St, Nicholas Hotel,
Three or four days pasted away without any clue
being obtained as to the whereabouts of Carpentier
or the brothers Grelet. Meantime Debud called at
Belmont’s office and informed Mr. Christinas that
he had altered his mind about changing the notes
for bullion, and would feel obliged if his property
would be returned to him. Mr. Christmas told him
to call the next day (Friday last) at two o’clock,
when he would let him know whether the notes had
been sent on board of the mail steamer for France
or not. The officers were made acquainted with
the visit of Debud, and it was then arranged for
Devoe and Goddard to be present in an adjoining
room when Debud made his appearance. Mr.
Christmas was instructed to tell the visiter that the
notes had been sent on the steamer, and were there
fore beyond the reach of the banker’s agent. De
bud arrived promptly at 2o’clock the following day,
when he was informed of the departure of the notes,
and the inability of Mr. C. to do anything for him.—
He seemed a little agitated at the news, and left the
office apparently in a great hurry.
T. u e detectives followed I)ebud to his home in
Beekman street, and supposing that he had an ap
pointment with some of the fugitives, they watched
his movements closely. The Frenchman, who ac
companied Mr. Goddard from Europe for the pur-
Eose of identifying the parties, was stationed in a
ouse opposite the dwelling of Debud, with orders
to watch the premises minutely. After waiting
there about two hours, two persons made their ap
pearance ut the front door, who were immediately
recognized by Mr. Melin as the brothers Grelet. He
was told to take a sharp look at the men, which re
sulted in the officers being positively assured of the
correctness of the recognition.
Capt. Leonard, of the Second Ward police, who
was also assisting Messrs. Devoe and Goddard in
the search for the fugitives, was in company with
the latter officers when the important discovery was
made by Mr. Melin, and he at once suggested the
propriety of arresting the parties. After a brief
consultation, it was determined to take the broth
ers into custody, and this was performed in a
very quiet manner. The prisoners were conveyed
to the Second Ward station house, where they were
confined.
The officers then proceeded to the house of Debud
where he was promptly arrested and taken to the
station house. The oarage of the last named pris
oner was searched, when from letters and papers
found in his trunks, it was discovered that his name
was Parot—and not Debud—and that he was one
of the persons the London detective was in search
of. 16,000 francs is notes of 1,000 francs each, were
found in Mr. Parot's baggage, and also some letters
showing his connection with the other fugitives.
Captain Leonard and officer Goddard searched
Parot at the station house, when they found 24,000 f.
upon his person. He denied that the money found
in his possession formed any part of the proceeds of
the fi aud upon the railroad company, but did not
tell a very satisfactory story of the manner in which
it came into his possession. Grelet admitted his
guilt through an interpreter, and showed the officers
a list of the number of shares he had disposed of,
belonging to his employers. The number of shares
according to the account, is 5,557, which differs but
slightly from the calculations made by the directors
of the railway company. He expressed great sor
row at what had happened, and said he was willing
to go back to France and abide the result of an in
vestigation by the authorities of that country. On
bein" asked what he had done with the money thus
obtained, he said that it had been squandered in
worthless speculations, and that he was not then
possessed of any amount worth mentioning.
Emmanuel Tissandier, Inspector of the Northern
Railway of France, arrived here in the steamship
Canada via Boston, on Friday evening, with dis
patches from the government. He visited the pris
oners yesterday morning at the Second ward station
house. The fugitives will be claimed by the French
government under a treaty existing between this
country and France for the extradition of criminals
made in 18-13. The section under which the sur
render of the accused parties is claimed reads as sol
o ws
Convention for the Surrender of Criminal* between
the United States of American and hi% Majesty
the Kinp of the French , November 9,1843.
Art. 2. Persons who shall be so delivered up who
shall be charged according to the provisions of this
convention with any of the following crimes, to
wit: —Murder, (comprehending the crimes designa
ted in tbeiFrench penal code by the terms assassina
tion, parricide, infanticide, and poisoning) or with
an attempt to commit murder, or with rape, or with
forgery, or with arson, or with embezzlement by
public officers, when the same is punishable with
infamous punishment.
Yesterday afternoon the prisoners were convey
ed to the United States Marshal’s office, where
they were taken charge of by Deputy Marshal Ryer
until the requisition from France arrives in this
city. An examination will then be had before one
of the Commissioners, when it will be seen whether
the above mentioned treaty is applicable in this case
or not.
Mr. Benjamin Galbraith is engaged as counsel
for the prisoners, while ex-Recorder Tlllou is enga
ged to prosecute the matter for the French govern
ment.
Statement of the Prisoners. —One of our re
porters was permitted to visit the arrested parties,
and succeeded in gathering the following facts:—
Eugene Grelet is quite a young man, of about
seventeen or eighteen years of age, and seems to
have had nothing at all to do with the financiering
operations of his brother and Carpentier.
Louis Grelet acknowledges that he has been in
the employ of the Northern Railway Company,
chartered September 25, 1845; that be has specula
ted with many others at the Parisian Exchange, but
l ae not been fortunate. '‘To oover wj loneee,” wti<l
VOL. LXX—NEW SERIES VOL. XX. NO. 41.
h«S 1 have used shares belonEiiiß to tho stoekhold
erau 18 tme but Ido not think that lam more
pmltv than the Rothch.lds, who proiecute me so
cruelly now, or Perreire, Mires and Milhaud, who
are nowths great men ofthe day, and have made
their lortuuea by speculations. Eighteen months
ago a person by the name of Guerin succeeded in
embezzling I,(HR) shares of .he company where I
was employed. Mr. Rothchild kept the fact secret,
adhough Gueriu was known to travel in Italy and
in the United States, and had several houses built
at Chapeile St. Denis. The money which I had
with me when arrested is in no way the proceeds of
any embezzlement; it has been lent tome by several
relatives, as lam able to provo. It amouuts to 23,-
160 trancs, which the agent who arrested me took,
ns also my watch aud chain, which I bought twelve
years ago. lam guilty,” added Grelet, “of breach
ot trust, and of having followed the example of those
who surrounded me. The letter which I had writ
ten to my mistress, which has also been taken fr
me, shows that I have not the large amount of
niouey that the agents of tlie Rothchikls suppose I
had ; for iu that letter I apologise for not having ta
ken her with me, on account of my poverty.”
August Parot, who is also under arrest, we find
quite depressed in mind; he protested his iuuocence
most strenuously. He was a dealer in horses in Par
it, and iudulged occasionally iu stock speculations;
and it was at th* Exchange that he became ac
quainted with Grelet, buying from him and selling
lor Ins account stocks of the Northern Railroad Com
pany, without knowing that they came from a frau
dulent source. “As soou as I was aware of the fact,”
said he, “I sold all my property and left with my
wile, for tlie United States, for fear of being impli
cated. I thought igyaeli perfectly safe here, as 1
had cominitted no crime, and deposited part of the
money (30,000 francs) at the banking house 5 of Mr.
Belmont. This has been seized, and also 15,000
traucs in bills, which I had in my portfolio, and sl,-
000 in gold. Even 10,000 francs, the savings of my
wife, have been taken from her trunk.”
, Further Accounts ok the Fiuid.-Wc find
the following account of the fraud in a letter of the
Paris correspondent of the Precursour, of Ant
werp ;
The Northern Railroad Company has finally deci
ded to enlighten the public in regard to the theft
committed by two of its employees, Carpentier and
Crelet. 5,747 shares are missing, but it is remark
ed that the company does not state whether the
number of the shares have been ho as to be
verified. It is rumored that the tiieives have destroy
ed the books papers, thereby preventing the
number.; from oommg to light. It is said that seve
r *1 companies have lost titles and valuables belong
ing to them.
Tht* Nord, of Brussels, contains some further de
tails of the robbery, as annexed: —
Carpentier is only twenty-fivp yean* of uge; he is
the son of an elderly i\nd honest employe of Roths
ohilils; youn^active aud intelligent, lie succeeded
in ob,tuning The confidence of Ins superiors, and the
efitugtion of principal cashier of the Northern Rail
way Company; but he was adicted to luxurious
habits and dissipation, which should have excited
the attention and distrust of his employers, lie was
one of those ostentatious t rosea ret*, of tho third or
fourth rank, such as speculations at the exchange
have too often produced for some time past.
He had horses, fast women and lackeys, and par
took often of late suppers and engaged in ruinous
gambling. It has been said of him, not that he
lighted Ins cigars with bank bills, but that he regar
ded money with the utmost contempt. One day in
opening his portfolio, he dropped one of those pre
cious niepys of paper, when a person near him stooped
to pick it up. “f oh/* said he, smiling, “my dear,
that is not woyth the trouble.” and with a light brush
of his foot cast it into the fire. Ilia character in
this respect was welt known to all his fellow em
ployees, who accounted for it by his good luck in
speculations. Let us now speak of his accomplice.
Grelet is thirty years of age, and was sub cashier,
and alone entrusted with the accouuts of the shares
under the supervision of the Marquis of Dalero, one
of tho administrators ; he is not so well known by
his extravagance as the principal cashier. After
the disappearance of Carpentier ho disappeared al
so, under the pretext of going after him. The fol
lowing iyro thp precautions tukeu by the company
aiyl which the culpyits have been able to baffle ;
Grelet and the Marquis Dal ere each had a key of the
safe containing the titles. The safe was placed in a
Cellar, of which the key was entrusted to a man by
the name of Guerin, who slept in a little room above
the cellar. Guerin has also disappeared ; some say
he has been arrested. This man had a salary of but
1,1)00 fraucs a year. Deeds of very important es
tates have been found at his lodgings. The safe of
which we have spoken above could only be opened
by the kejs—one in the hands of Grelet, and the
other in those of the Marquis Dalero. Grelet em
ployed a Mr. Buuel, one of the employees of the
company, to make some speculations at the Ex
change. Buuel transacted business with the stock
brokers, of whom one is Mr. Charles Herbert.—
About eighteen months ago, the Marquis pel ere paid
back to the company two shares which hud diap
peared. This fact did neither awaken the attention
of the board of overseers, nor excite any suspicion.
The embezzlements of all kinds, according to the
judiciary inquest, ccmmenead in 1852, but have
continued in a alow but increasing proportion.—
The company is disposed to make all kinds of
sacrifices, to obtain the discovery of the guilty
larties. All the clerks are under vigorous surveill
ance. Their names and residences arc given to the
police.
Their private life is watched and all the personnel
of the company is strictly looked after. Several of
the gentlemen who had obtained leave of absence,
have been re called. The father of Carpentier has
not been discharged, as was first asserted. He is a
man above suspicion, but as soon as the flight of his
son had been authoritatively stated, tendered his
resignation. Intelligent agents have been sent af
ter the guilty parties. The amount of the embezzle
ment ascertained, which was on the 6th stated to
have been 2,600,000 francs, is now ascertained to be
2,900,000 francs, and it is feared that it will prove
larger. It seems that the Minister is disposed to
consider the administrators as alone responsible, and
that the shareholders whose titles have been deposit
ed, will not be subjected to any loss, and that they
will even be entitled to tho dividend to which they
would have been entitled Jiad things taken their na
tural course.
I*. S.—lt appears that the Marquis Delare had
three months ago handed over the key of the safo to
Mr. Hottingeur.
From the Chicago Tribune , Sept. 27.
Burning of the Steamer Niagara«
Yesterday morning our city was thrown into a
state of greet excitement by a report that the stea
mer Niagara, of the Collinwood Line, wus burnt to
the water’s edge, off* Port Washington, while on her
way to this city with a large load of passengers.—
The news of the terrible catastrophe was first re
ceived by telegraph from Sheboygan, and later par
ticulara were leared from the officers of the ; t earner
Traveller which reached this port about 7 o’clock,
A. M. From Mr. C. C. Wheeler, clerk of the Tra
veller, and the passengers on board the ill-fated
Niagara, which was brought by the Traveller,
we gleaned the following facts and incidents of the
calamity.
The Niagara left Collingwood on Monday after
noon at 2 o’clock, in p.ace of the Keystone State,
the regular steamer for that day. She started with
fromj one hundred and hlty to one hundred and
seventy-five passengers,j twenty-five to thirty of
whom she landed at Sheboygan, the greater portion
of whom were steerage passengers. At about 2
o’clock, P. M. of Wednesday, the Niagara lett
Sheboygan, aud about two hours afterwards was
discovered to be on fire. When the fire was first
discovered there was but little season, and the wind
was about south east and light. At this time the
Niagara was from three to tour miles off Nort h
Point Washington, and some ten miles or more this
side of Sheboygan. A* soon as the fire was discov
ered, Captain Miller, who was asleep, was called
and the steam pumps set to work.
A few moments after this the passengers became
aware that the boat was on fire, and a scene ensu
ed, which, said a passenger, “beggars all disci iption’*
—consternation eeized upon almost every one, and
men, women and children rushed to and fro about
the boat, shouting and crying. Not half a dozen
passengers gave any aid to the crew, and but few
attempted to make provision for their own or friends
escape. It was but a short time from the first dis
covery of the fire until the whole upper cabin was
in tiaines. During this time a large number of pas
sengers had jumped overbeard without any thing to
support them in the water, and in a few moments
sank. Mothers threw into the lake and
wildly sprang after them. The water was intense
ly cold, and none but the hardiest persons could live
in it but a few moments. A large number of pas
sengers before the steamer stopped, in spite of the
appeals of the mate, got into tin* stern boat and low
ered it, when it instantly swamped, andallinit were
drowned. Another portion of the passengers filled
the star-board quarter-boat, and lowered that also,
and all found a watery grave.
Before the upper cabin was in flames, a portion
of the more self possessed of the passengers wrench
ed the state room doors off, and threw them into the
water, together with tables, clmirs, stools, See., and
upon these many of those in the water saved them
selves. After it had become useless to remain on
board any longer, the second Engineer, carpenter,
and a portion of the crew, together with a number
of passengers, twenty two persons in all, lowered
away the larboard [quarter bout and pulled to the
shore, where the pasH'-ngers were landed, and the
crew returned with the boat to render any assis
tance they might be able. Capt. Miller, with a nuin
ber of others saved themselves by clinging to the
wheel, and were picked up by the boats.
The steamer Traveller, propeller Illiuois, schoon
er Dan Marble, an J two small schooners, and the
life-boat at Point Washington, came to the assist
ance of the Niagara, and made every possible exer
tion to save life. Their bouts were all manned
and lowered as soon as they came near enough
the burning wreck to be of service, and kept
at work until nearly nine o’clock at night, when all
the persons that could be found in the water, after
thorough searching for a considerable distance
round the wreck, were carried into Port Washing
ton.
Mr. C. C. Wheeler, clerk of the Traveller, who
was the first person on board that steamer who dis
covered that the Niagara was on fire, states that as
the Traveller came to the track at Port Uiio, about
4 o’clock, to wood, he uoticed, some ten miles dis
tant, a dense smoke surrounding the Niagara, and a
few moments after, saw the flames burst out, as
nearly ns he could tell, on the starboad side, just for
ward of the wheel-house. The Traveller iinmedi-
ted to the assistance of the burning boat,
and reached her at about 5 o'clock, nearly an hour
after she caught fire. When the Traveller was
about half way to the Niagara, the upper
works of the boat were all burned off, and ner
arches were plainly visible. As soon as the
Traveller arrived, she lowered her boats, arid
then attempted to tow the Niagara into shallow
water; but the only place where a cable could be
attached without burning off* was to the rudder
ropes, and these proved too weak, parting in a very
short time.
Among the saved was an old lady who was found
clinging to a plank life-preserver, nearly exhaust
ed, with her shawl wrapped round her, bringing
her to it, and actually holding on by her teeth. She
was restored by the active exertions of those on
board the Traveller, and is now nearly restored to
her usual health.
Two brothers from Waterbury, Verinout, w'ere
among the saved, who had come on here to seek
their fortunes. One was found upon the wheel and
the other was picked up sensele w about half a mile
from the boat, clinging to a ladder. After nearly
wo hours work he was recovered.
A small schooner saved 6 persons; the schooner
Dan. Marble saved quite a number, and two other
schooners also saved a number.
The propeller Illinois picked up some thirty per
sons, and landed them at Fort Washington, but
when the Traveller left it was impossible to obtain
their names. It is supposed that but two women
were saved, though there were some twenty on
board. There is little doubt but that nearly all the
crew were saved. The passenger list of the boat
was burned so that it will be difficult to obtain a
correct list of the lost, particularly of the steerage
and deck passengers.
CaDtain Miller informed Mr. Wheeler that he
supposed there were about 130 passengers on board
tlie P boat when she took fire, of which from for
tv to fifty were cabin passengers, and tbe proba
bility is, that of these, from sixty to seventy at least
are lost. _ . . , . .
As to the origin of the fire, a painful rumor is in
circulation, but we forbear to give it, as there seems
but little probability of its being true. The most
reasonable supposition is that tbe fire caught in the
“fireroom,” and had made such headway Before be
ing discovered as to render all attempts to extin
guish it futile. .
We are informed that Captain Miller exhibited
great presence of mind, and acted promptly and
for the best, throughout the terrible scence, and
that Ills men behaved nobly, doing their duty to
the last, and standing by their ship as long as a
chance was left to save her, and several of them
were budlv burned about .
breasts “ d
she Traveller reports that all the passengers’ bag
gage was lost. J lie Niagara had a very full load
o freight which will prove a total loss. She was
about eleven years old, and has tbo reputation
of being one of the staunchest and safest boats
afloat. She was owned by Charles Reed, Esq ot
Erie. n ’
.. There were over three hundred life preservers on
the Ningara, which together with hfe-stoola and
noats, would be sufficient, if properly used, for tbe
temporary safety of nearly five hundred persons
Captain Miller informed Mr. Wheeler, however,
that he uul not think a half dozen life presorvers
or stools had been put in requisition by the passen
gers, so great was their terror and haste to jump
overboard.
When the Traveller left the burning boat, tho
wind had changed so as to drift her out into the
Lake. She was then burned nearly to tho water’s
edge, and her arches were gone, though the outside
frames of her w heel-houses were still standing aiul
burning slowly. Her engine waa apparently rest
ing on the connecting rod and shafts. It was sup
posed that she could uot Hunt an hour longer and woud
sink in about oue hundred and fifty feet of w'ater.
Capt. Miller borrowed a compass of the Traveller,
and stationed himself on the pier at Port Washing
ton for the purpose of ascertaining the spot whom
she might go dow'n so that her hull could bo found
if necessary.
Heroism of ▲ Moth ;k. —The greatest heroism
displayed on the occasion of whieh we have uny
knowledge, was shown bj a mother in her efforts
to aave the lives of her eight children, the eldest of
whom was only fourteen and the youngest one year
old. She was picked up by the Traveller insensible
and nearly perished but w;is restored by great ex
ertions and brought t j this city. She did not know
last evening whether or not any ot her children were
saved, but heard that three were taken asltore iu
the only boat that pulled off from the burningateam
er. If so, they will reach here this more mg by tho
Arctic. She and her husband are at the Merchants’
Hotel.
The names of those afflicted parents are Mr. ajfcc)
Mrs. Hamilton Chalmers,of Glouster county, New
Brunswick. They had. by great industry ami econo,
my, laid up a few hundred dollars, aud wot* moving'
to Minnesota to buy a small farm, and V>st every
thing they had in the world on tho boat, but a few
shillings m their pockets, liutthey say they ear*
uothing for that; if they had their children they
could begin life aguiu at the bottom of the ladder
with a good heart. We siucorely liope that some
of the lost ones may be restored to them.
Mrs. Chalmers says that wiien.the fire broko out
sho was outside the steerage cabin on the main
deck, with her husband and children. Sho saw the
stern boat lowered, and observing in it a woman
whom she knew, she thought if the boat, reached the
shore, and she herself did not, that woman would
be like a mother to her children, so she commenced!
throwing her smaller children into it, intending to
keep the baby by her, because she could easier sup
port it in tho water than tho others. She had
thrown two into the boat when it shoved off. Bh*>
had one in her hands to throw, but it was too Into
to throw so large a one to the boat, accordingly sho
seized the baby, supposing she had strength to
throw it to the retreating boat. She had not, how
ever, the baby fell into water a foot from the
boat; sho screaming to the wonmu in the boat to
save it, and hail the satisfaction of seeing her reach
out, grasp it, an l draw it into the boat.
She then directed her efforts to tho five children
about her. She. pushed the oldest boy es twelve
years into the water, with directions to swim after
the small boat and cling to it, if they would not take
him in. She thinks he did actually i neb it, but can
not be certain. She then put her eldest child, a girl
of fourteen, into the water, in hopes w tie could cling
to something. She has heard since arriving boro,
that a girl of that ng» was rescued, and thinks may
bo it was this oue. She then had three small obit
dren remaining. Her husband got into the water
aud the passed them down to him, and ho placed
them on one of the capsized b >uts floating near.—
She then got down by a rope. On reaching the wa
ter she found the waves hud washed two ol tho chil
dren off the small boat. She managed to catch
them both with one arm and hold them up, still
clinging to the rope with the other hand, and main
tabling her hold in the midst of all the desperate
stiUggl-8 around her. At last the rope burned off
above, and she sank down, down, down, with oth
ers who had been clinging to the same rope.—
When sho came up aguiu she had lost one
child. She managed to thiow her disengaged arm
over a stick, and hang on to it with the child in tho
other.
Sho then looked for the child she had lost, but al
though muuy heads were around her, and some oV
them children’s heads, they were all ho beg rimmed
with the oil, and ashes and soot on the surface of tho
water that she could not distinguish their features,
and they sunk one after another, w ithout her b.*ing
able to recognize her own. She then directed all
her efforts to save the one in her urnu, and sho feels
confident she could have done so, but Home man
she thinks lie was an old man—puded her arm off
from the stick which supported her. She resumed
her hold, and ner arm was again pulled off aud her
self pushed away by the man. Thou oho sunk
down, down, down again. She stnvgkjled to rise,,
and finally did rise, but the 1«& J vhikT was gone,
though she thought, until aim reached the surface
and saw to the contrary, that she had it still in her
arms.
She was then alone nu the water without sup
port. She Lad floated some distance away from thu
steamer, but she saw her husband upon the cap
sized bout, holding one of tbe children. That sight
inspired her with fresh courage. Alas! she knew
not at the moment that the little one he held in hi a
arms was already lifeless, but it was even so. At
that instant n plank struck her breast, elm threw her
arms around it and tried to reach her husband, but
could not propel herself in the water. She felt her
strength now rapidly failing. She was entirely
alone, she saw the schooner and the Traveller, but
saw also that they w ere far, far aw ay, she knew she.
could not hold on to her buoy until they came up,
but she remembered having heard that persons ill
drowning always shut their teeth firm. Sim there
fore seized her dress at the bottom iu front, brought
it up around the plank and put it between her
teeth, so thut it held the plank last across her
breast. She found it would support her thus,
and settled culmly back to await the result.—
She remembered nothing more. She was picked
un by the Traveller, and when she was restor
eu to consciousness, had the happiness of finding
her husband at her side. But her children, where
were they ?
The presence of mind mid heroism this poor moth
er displayed under the circumstances are indeed
remarkable. She related the circumstances to um
yesterday, without any apparent conviction that
she had done more than others, but with the evi
dent wish that she could have done yet more for her
children.
News from K hunks — The War Over und Fence
Proclaimed.
The St. Louis Evening News, of Sept. 24th, Las
tho following important news:
We have dates from the Border of the 19th, tho
particulars of the last days of the war in Kansas,
and circumstances attending the final treaty of
peace at Franklin.
The Missourians, true to their word, marched from
Westport to attack Lawrence, on the 13th. Tho
army was composed of one regiment of foot and
one of mounted men—in all, 2,400 men, attended by
four pieces of artillery. Gen. Ileiskell wus in com
mand. On the 13th and 14th, the armv marched
forty miles, reaching Franklin, three miles from
Lawrence. When about four miles from Franklin,
the advanced guard was fired on by the picket
guard of the Lawrence army, and one mau killed.
The main body was hurried up as rapidly as possi
ble for tho purpose of attacking Lawrence that eve
ning. By the time it reached Franklin, however,
it was night, and tiie contemplated attack was post
poned. The army encamped at Franklin, intend
ing to make the assault the next duy, the 15th. At
midnight, however, an express arrived in camp
with information that Col. Cook, with a large force
of U. S. troops, luid taken up a position iu trout of
Lawrence for the purposed protecting it from the
proposed attack.
Col. Cook communicated notice of his resolution
to defend the town, in a note to Gen. ileiske!!, warn
iug him of the consequences of an attempt on the
place. It is said that Col. Cook has been sent by
Gov. Geary, who was urgently solicited by the peo
ple of Lawrence to interpose for their protection. On
the 15th, Gov. Geary arrived at Franklin, and hail
a consultation with the officers of the invading army,
lie told them that he was prepared to enforce the
laws, arrest, offenders, to crush insurrection aud sup
press disorders, with the aid of the troops placed un
der his command, and that the interposition of the
Missourians under Gen. Ileiskell was no longer ne
cessary. As an evidence of Jiis ability to enforce
the laws, he told them that he had ju«t arrested 90
or 100 outlaws, who would be properly tried by the
legal authorities. In view of these tacts, the Gov.
ernor urged the Missourians to disband, and abau
don their projected attempt on Lawrence.
Gen. Atchison, Gen. Reid and Col. Titus address
ed the meeting and urged compliance with the Gov
ernor’s proposal. The Governor then withdrew
from the conference to afford to the Missourians un
opportunity to act among themselves on his sug
gestion. A meeting was instantly organized by
calling Gen. Atchison to the chair. Resolutions
were passed declaring that, relying on the protec
tion promised to peaceable settlers by the Governor,
they, the invading army, would disband and return
to their homes—requesting the Governor to organ
ize and distribute over the Territory a force of mili
tia to protect the settlers from marauders and rob
bet's—and recommending that Col. Titus be made
commander of the militia of the Territory. The
Missourians then broke up camp and returned
home, except those who intended to settle in the
Territory.
The ninety or one hundred men arrested by Gov
ernor Geary, belonged to the compuny of Col.
Harvey, who made the attack on Capt. Robertson,
at Hickory Point. Tbev were captured at Grass
hopper Mills, opposite Lecompton, on their return
from Hickory Point to Lawrence. It is said that in
the attempt to arrest them, one United States sol
dier and fourteen of Harvey's men were killed.
Lane is not to be found in the Territory. lie left
Lawrence on the approach ol Gov. Geary with the
United States troops, and went towards Nebraska.
All is quiet in the Territory now.
The Products of Slave Laijor.— The total
value of the exports of cotton, tobacco, rice and
naval stores, articles of slave labor, for the year
ending June 30, 1855, amounted to $106,480,077.
At the same date of the present year, they amouut
to about $144,480,077, giving an increase iu value
of $38,000,000. The New York Herald says that,
the result of Southern labor for a single year, shows
ihe value to the Union of that section of the coun
try. In these results, the free States of the North,
it is believed, participate to the full extent of twen
ty per cent., or to the amount of $28,896,004, whieh,
in ten years, would amount to $280,896,004.
If to the 144,480,077 slave products for 1856 we
add the exports of breadstuffs, timber, staves, etc.,
from the same part of the Union, and add the $31,-
000,000 worth ol cotton consumed in the United
States, with the large supply of sugar from the same
region, whieh in 1850 amounted to $12,878,850, we
shall have a grand total of slave products for a sin
gle year of not less, probably, than $250,000,000. —
By the census returns of 1850, it appears there were
in the Southern States 74,081 cotton plantations,
2,”81 sugar plantations, 55J rice estates, J 5,745 to
• too estates, and 8-37 hemp planters. There were
1,000 acres of land devoted to the culture of cot
ton r
Pine mo re Meeting in Polk. —There was a
large and enthusiastic meeting at Cedartown last
Saturday. The people were addressed by Col. F.
S. Bartow and Dr. Miller. The speaking continued
six hours without intermission, the court-house be
ing all the time crowded to overflowing. We are
informed by a reliable gentleman who is well pre
pared to judge, that Polk will give Fillmore at least
200 majority. The same gentleman knows twenty
five men in that county who have never voted any
other than the Democratic ticket, who will support
Fillmore in November. “Hurrah, Hurrah, the peo
ple are rising !*' —Rome Courier.
Georgia Gold Mine.— We have for some time
neglected to notice the good fortune of our estima
ble towu lady, Mrs. Sarah Vinson, in having the
post summer, purchased from our townsman Sey
mour R. Bonner, what turndd out, on examination,
to be the richest Gold Mine in Georgia. It has
been fairly tested by an experienced miner, Mr. A.
B. Dayton, who pronounces it a valuable mine. Iu
addition to the metal contained in the reeks, it
y ields six penny weights of gold to the bushel of
dirt. It is in Paulding county, some fifteen or
twenty miles from the Atlanta line. —Columbus
Sun.
Georgia and Florida Railroad. —The schr.
Cordelia, which arrived yesterday from New Port,
Wales, brings a cargo of 657 tons railroad iron, for
the Georgia aud Florida Railroad Company.— &avh<
Rep.