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From the (JtittffO Time* Nov. 5.
Tlir Cate*. o* the Lake*.
The wind commenced bovnngiaat night a* about i
iTUt ♦ a till increase: to a perfect hurricane without
ab.ii' iimnt in violence up to tbi? fomoon. The }
if on title lake ie. without doubt. the severed of
c *ca*hl and a large am* cm’ of property has besn
The schooner G M. Chapman* with a of !
; * t t from Chicago S. J. Honey. of thincity, waa
v u jus; below the Ear. pier. last night j
. gone to pu <. «. and cargo a tidal
< *r »r. Vi>t»i Wind, of Buffalo, which cleared ;
r • t ; i -1 r hy ; for, Toledo wfth ;
. back.' 1 win* 1 could not get in tie* harbor, j
,; x<,: - * ..rt: a few rods belowthaEtwi p*r. % ■
butwU probably be got off \?h«‘ the j
b>wltha^caW
d* _ v i-.e Mile A line was msec |
• U- , ~ , wh ch floated ashore and w«a l;»d to j
•rce by- *«,i Jarmr *, and by tiro means of winch
. d.* m u a d one woman got, asbbre. j
bikmgiogtotkevefcsel w&>ifoat some- '
t .ov during *a<* right. The ve. eel lied ca*y, on ,
gravel!/ bol* • u, bat sue is strained, and her car*
or a f><vt o f it wet. The Ih-j-uler wan owned by ;
W»v tut & Harmon, of Cleveland, and both ve*ce! !
t.: i cargo wer> insured, mostly if not ad in the Buf
fn . M ut* n . It »a probable that the ' e* t**\ will bo •
* total loss. t \
Tim «chr. Dandle, which reared yester-ay lor j
Toronto, had her c.aet« uprung in the gale and was !
driven bark, and in entering the harbor ran on to
the dock at. the steam saw mill, staying in her bow
and stern, and stoking the vessel almost tmuiedi
i n<- Ecbr. Cuyahoga, with wheat from Chicago,
na into the *cUoo. er Scotland, which was lying in
tl - channel, oarr-iiuf away ii- toasts nod a part ot
ttia bulwarks of the latter, beside * 'mg some other
damage and is leaking.
The Canadian schooner Lochiel, bound from up
the lake > Kingston, was driven into this port,
owii,; to tHe Jjtiivy nea, struck bottom to
•.‘lO chttito j, an J we Lei eve received tome dam
h-0_ Hrr rabiu, wjicb wan od deck, with her
comrisew, were lost outaide. When »iis woe work
,0* ruuud iiu-ide the ea«t pier, a man wan kuock
«d overt i .rt by the foie boom and in*tant!y
killed.
From Ou buffalo Commercial of WcdnhtAay.
A Oaie. — yenterdey about noon, the wind,
Which had ah the .tw.rr.irls Wu veering round from
tin, South, aettied down iu the West, or nearly *O,
firm an U.e day wore on, increased to a moat fear
ful gale.
Tie: schooner Itivol, on Horse Shoe Itoef, has
moved about half a mile farther down. Captain
Painter, who wit t. one of his pumps, had. early sue
ceeded in raising her, although her bottom wro
OadJy s’ove, hud a narrow c.-c.ipe in getting off the
vat l.mit load of men who aesiiUng him. The
bout could scarcely live in the ..ee, v. luh going to
thw tag Vail lying under the Canada shore waiting
for them.
The gala also pnl an cud to any further operations
on tin: Wyandotte at the break-water, and she and
the Hival will probably be total wrecks. ...
Thu schooner llnntrew lieaiaport Maitland in 4
mSfe-t water, leaking badly, bound to Chicago
witi. a load <d roai. Tug Howard attempted to pull
her off but did not succeed.
The Schooner C J. Marshall, bound for lane,
made for Port Maitland yert-rday iu the storm,
but wenton thabeaohon the outside. Parly broke
in two. ,
The aohoenor II K. Mussey, Opt. Caldwell, ran
back and com* to under I. mg Point. Ihe scow
Planet cnine across her bnwr, and she hod to aiip
both anchors ran to Port Maitland where she went
ashore to the Kastwar.l of the piers and »• rained
pretty badly. ~ . , .
The Ald.-Wan came l.aek this monung, having
lost Her best anchor and chain under I mug Point—
also her main boom.
opt. Caldwell of the H K. Musaoy, says lie saw
the inoueilerOriental yesterday, about lj P. M., 12
wovo Grand lii v<*r, litudfed then for the beach,
rolling badly, and jib torn to pieces. Engine wa?
working, nod helm wtus haul a pert. She reined to
be nearly utiro an arable, and the enptain thinks ?*he
rrould probably corns to anchor.
The aebooner Bay Htato came in eollieion yeatei -
day with the uehooner Cl*crokee in Gravelly Bay.—
Tbe latter sunk. .
The schooner Middlesex lies in Tort Maitlandhar
bor, ptem in -li feet water, bow in loaded witli
wait Bln* lihh pounded budly, nifd bottom must be
rrmcli injured. She whs bound for Ohi'U&gu.
The rchooner Abigail w awhore at White Lake,
Lake Michigan, high nd dry.
The br g Ellen Barker is dismasted, and at the
South MaiiiUm Island.
The propeller L. L Britton, Captain Adam«,took
off the crew of the Alum, on Gull Island, and car
ried them eaf« ly into port.
A larff© schooner, apparently American, went
ashore about 4 miles North of Goderich, on Monday
night. Yesterday Mr. Andrew Johnstone, of this
port, went along the beach on horseback, to et o if
her crew rccjuired any nssistanco. On Ids arrival
he »l n gun twice, after whinii Home of the
crew isuvP their appearance on deck nod signalled
lierimm- t » b«- the St. Anthony. The waves were
making a hr. ueh over her end she appeared to he
in dangerous poaP'wni *m a reef nearly a mile from
shore. Her bmt see-mad to be in good condition at
her bows but no other p:irti<>ulars eould be obtained
«ii- any essi tHoee rer.d« i\ d by ldm at thatthne. The
i r *w will probably gain the shore on the weather
it'«d'*rai.ing a little.*— f/u [G. W.) tiignal, (Jc
tobtr i?J.
From (hr JJri fulo Commercial of A r or mber G.
'Tore or Tin: Gai.h. on LakjC i rik—The brig
!!.:*’■ -t'-io. b> 'md up. went u-dioreduy before yes
/at ('»• nd UVf r, *iie of tae piei. She*
, , high and dry.
' u- se.'n oner Nofth Star in ashore at the same
• • No particulars.
*i«- ; hoom-i Ct-.< rokeo collided with the schooner
i ; lit ilhi not .ink ns weeded ycsUrday.
• .!- luud-d with railrosul iron, attd caine to an
•urtM.rjhc f lorni *MI i; ih-s vrt>s' id Grand U.ver.
’• ' o in w - •
yesj. day for u ts»g iu go to her and bring her
She was hound up.
V !•• mi from <• i\>i. Chanipuoy, of the schooner
::l, v. hicJi wusone of tho«e tin ? returned to
; ' l l y< sterday tnorping, thntaboiljy after beput
ia ihe gale the. previous ooti, he saw u j
. i-p r. n whChef ptoncller of wheels, ho.
not tell on a< count of the distance and thick
u idler, l>iug in thd trougl sos ti e sea, totally un
mmuigeah'je. 1; he wan about it inil- s from laud
hi . ! o|)]i« L>ng l\»i jt Cut. When he o.^’
»‘1 vv l. n , she had a smoke pipe and « jib up. lle ;:f
urwaid noticed that the lmd neither, but shortly
kiiin’uC issued from her deck, as though they were
tfiidcnvoring to keep up steam.
It was about 4 o'clock, I*. M. !!■ flaidho 1 bought
he could tee u crowd of people standing on tho bur
riotitie deck. He thinks she must have swamped
before th« .dorm was over. He was not able him
self to g«- to her, ns he had nearly porsed her when
he tii t discovert <1 her, and his men v. ore then busy
throwing over r. deck load of marble to keep liia own
vessel atl-mt. The propeller in question could not
tivi: been ihc Oriental, as she was seen by Captain
old well, oft he H. K Mussoy, übout tho same hour
not fur from Port Maitland.
Tho brig Cumberland is reported lost with all on
board. lr is, however, only rumor, and may not
prove true.
The schooner Puritan cam© to anchor yesterday
morning at Point Abiuo, disabled. Tug Vail goes
to her to-day.
The schooner 11 L. Lansing is asluve at New
Buffalo, Lake Michigan. Will he got off.
The following items are from the marine loss book
of the Board of Lake Underwriters :
The schooner Wings of the Wind run foul of a
vessel, name unknown, lying iu Grand River, and
stove her upper works, and carried away portions
ot her riggiug.
The schooner Alum, heretofore r ported ashore
un Gull Island Reef, has disappeared.
The barque Malta had her canvas blown away,
and lost her best bower anchor and chain in Geor
gian Bay. Lake Huron. Made the port of Coliiug
wood.
The schr. Ithaca, hence for Toledo, split canvas,
broke main boom, aud lost her best bower anchor
eithtiO fathoms of chain, in the gale und- r Lang
Point.
The brig Sultan, with a cargo of wheat for tills
port, is ashore at Port Bruce, Lake Huron. Badly
off
The steamer Fashion ia ashore at Bayfield, Lake
Huron. Will be got off.
The sehr. I* rry, cargo of wheat, is ashore at Port
Granby, lull of water, Fargo insured.
Theschr. Lewis O.ss lost anchor mid clmm below
Erie, and put back to this port.
The sour. Goo. Davis struck a pile iu Grand
Riv» r, (C. W.,) stove her bottom, aud tilled with
water.
The brig Beaver made Port Colbome, with fore
mast gone.
Thk G vle.~ Our marine intelligence gives a long
list of disasters to shipping on the lakes. The sud
denness and violence of the blow, and the great
height of the runnin ' sea, were such that only staunch
vessels could withstand them The lighlhou eon
the reef whs pret-v thoroughly tested. The waves
broke clear over the lantern. —&nfalo Commercial
*f Uni evening.
From (!'■' Chicago Press XoveniU't 4.
D*3THtcriVK Tons ABO.-—The village of Little
ton, situated about fifteen miles from the Illinois
river, in Schuyler county, was visited by a moat
destructive tornado, or whir!win !, on the 'Xklult.,
by which nearly every House, in the place was en
tirely destroyed, and several pen- >ns injured some
of them it is leart-d fatally. We obtaiu the following
particulars from a private letter received in thus city
yestei day.
Beginning at the south end of the village and on
the cast side of the street in Jaieb Sow ers’ house,
which is completely demolished and the furniture
destroyed, broken up and carried off with the v. iud.
"Mr. Sowers’arm brokonaud otherwise injured.—
Next the Baptist Church, torn all to pieces and scat
tered in all d recti ns; naitofthe roof was found
about two md a half mile? distant. The Methodist
Church next, brick, way t >ra down to the foundation
This v. as n very strong weil built house, but now a
r.-as- of ruins to the ground. Next was Wilburn
Snyder’s house, occupied by Z. Abbott and Mr. Ed
m.'nson. Th s wes vm* much wrecked, w indows,
Ac., tom out, and timbers thrown into it, but the
1 inly of the house is sail 9tatiding though moved
ro o its foundation Severn! feet. Part of both fami
1. s occupying it were slightly injured.
Next w. s Rev. M: Ste ;ui’s (Baptist minister)
h.Ov-.-c, entirely demolished with i*s contorts—occu
‘ v tfiuisclf and wifi*— u*t injured. Next was
D. vis house, office, bs.ru and smokehouse.—
To- « !"e good lie \ri buildings, all with their con
>. destroyed. Some of tuC Doctor's books ad
. ra'V-cK pick» duu from one and a half to two
: •*dht. .t Next w . l -o O. Smiths fow*
■ pied 1 v IWy Coi deli. nod a small house <Jwk
d >■* inv.nud o.h uuied by Alexander Simps n,
oh ' .iv:reooteuts dost? ned, Mrs. Cornell badjv
* ’ ami t jurvd—child, oae week old, injured
\ b>*» not * -ifibred cUmgerou?.
•. Nu ..»* ta- and bum. Too house
'' ( -ri v muc!-. wrecked— tool nil • •ff.and ui *vcd from
s n la:i ‘U— toe North cud of it stove in—fund.
■ mud mj-.uvd—the barn a rotal wreck and a
\ ■
ii' \V ij*o w a.- cut vo th.-beed Red bTisecL Next
,! < >? l i *' iJ ••.-> *trvet, Talbot Ci awfozd S !
:w«l?rg w.ns on* . ,v deslroved with Rov. >h. |
V.t; ..«• t! "• •< . d ouUi eE-3, !
,u Ira*.-. |
• \ K..o*w, I
VJs >).! sly u>> Ufl. BUjip>. !»u! fata rit.
ken »r*d o*J,.r.v;>v* badly cut and burned. Mrs !
in aho bmtlv hurt. but act consideredda:•gr-roe* 1
•f Ib'lww I stm Next, K r„*.ja
• > deli s house and v destroyed : family cS .'
1 aniiiawd. Next, Dr. Window's he use, oc
*• i ’ *d by Mi-s. Da!*- and five children—lost everv
riw liad—evei: r cow was killed—the house
: i-. th- ground— famf*v not hurt. Xext. Wm.
*•- » wikgou a>;d blacksmith shop, wliiek is
v r sta-idii g. but very much wrecked, aud eonside
• * u, ly i- jured within and without—hi* bcoke, notes
uiiu papers are lost.
X. it. Mr. T. Cravrforii'e atrre aad warehouse,
whii'h are about aemoiUUed. Tliey are n.ii so ef
iectually carried off iu- an >t other outldinsa bu‘ a.-
’M' ed from their foundations, an.! muoiiv reiked
ti.at they could not Uc without t..kum what
Uttie tiiere is left apart to use:* in rebuihiir-. Mr
Crawford, who w as in the second story of the buihi
mtr, was some injuted not very had : Lut Mr wie
Crawfurd, lather of Mr T. Crawford, is supposed*
b<- fatoliy injured. 1
Mi Dewitt's house was tot very much injured
die porch tu front w paniy torn off, and the’ buck
shed torn; several timbers drove iu thmu.-b the
wails. The front of his store was tom about one
third off. the ba aJKto was left Unginn loose, his
*S lce J D€A: yau Uil '"»« down, and bay stack* blown !
-if Sc- far as we have learned, ail the damage done !
by the storm was at Uttlet.m, except some fences :
bhiwn down.
li.epc. p.e of Rushvilk-have contributed about
'• ‘ Ikrie I.f Macomb St.-. 0, tor the benefit
of the siuseitrs by the dreadtul calamity.
from the Ritcket/sr Utuon of £ ,'ning
Tt.rMi.y- iMt'iru cs I.akc Oktakk, —One of
the wK V Bt iiun most furious gales we cv* r witness- !
•d sprung up yesterday uilcmoou, and f-niinued fer
L« heiu-r part nf the night The wind blew from '
l * S nthwest a hurricane in violence, and, if the
; damage to wigns, ohiaasjre, awning*, 6w . a any
j criterion to estimate the loss on the water, the sliip-
I ping on the lakes must have eutiered immensely.
| Shortly after the gale came on a number of ves
ftcla were eeon off the month of the Genesee en
deavoring to make the haibor lor refuge, and in the
: early part of the evening the most of them sn'ceed
ed in getting inside tho piers but not out of danger.
; Asthcycamt inside they drifted gainst the east
pier, and remained there during the night in great
from the violence of the waves dashing
them against the pier.
j The e< h'Kwer Forest laden with sass,
botkfld frcui Oswego t/> Ha mi tun was so roughly
handled th-.t the sunk besaide the pier. The crew
narrowly «*c*ped witbti.eir lives. The sails of the
vesael were tom io rags before she got fairly inside
In the air., vicinity the following vessels were
• fouiid Lha morning. They had remained alongside
1 rhe mer all might, and were somewhat darr.agedL
j tiK’Ugh <ilik< pt aftoat.
isai-cl of Toronto from Bodns leaded with wood,
Utica, iadea with salt at Oswego i>jund to Toledo.
Catharine, Darien and Wild iiover, all light and
hound up the Lske.
Ruby, with wl»eat bound to Oswego.
\ i uliny, same c-v go and destioatioh
A .*c ; )C«<mer failed to make the entrance to the har
! bor ; nd run to East of the oast pier, threw over her
j anchors ar#d rode out the gale safely.
I steamer Provincial fired uu this rooming and
! went to t ><• relief of the vessel*. ’The ga’e however
subsided befjre dnyligiit, to a g:eat extent, but a
; u*-avy k-‘i\ was still >umnng this morning.
, Trie Americen steamer Niagara was outdaring
! the entire night, on her passage from Oswego, and
i withstood tho full force of the gale. Sue arrived
i here at ha:f past four this rooming, Laving been
i ( even hours coming sixty miles. Those on board
| the steamer represent the gale to have been very se
; vere, but the steamer sustained no damage.
| Additional Particulars. —Since the above was
written, we have seen Mr. Geo. Darling, who came
from Charlotte r.t noon, and has favored us with
further particulars. He went out with Capt. Kidd
in the steamer Provincial to assist the vessels at the
incutL of the piers. Nearly all the vessels been
stripped of their boats, and there were no lines on
board by which they could be towed up. The gale
was subsiding and it was hoped that the Provincial
would be able to get ail the veescL- afloat in a safe
position this aftenx>on. Two vessels lie at the cast
pier below the sunken one, audit was difficult to
reach them with the steamer.
The schooner at anchor outside is the Hunter,
Copt. Thompson, laden with salt. She has a signal
of distreee flying, but as there had been no commu
nication with her from the shore, it is uncertain
about her true condition. Her anchors seem to hold
her securely, but the wind was hauling to the North
ward, and making her situation every moment more
critical. A3 soon as possible, Capt. Kidd will go to
her relief.
The 'schooner Darien, Capt. Hicks, lies on the
East pier, boats and davits gone, taffrail carried
away, and otherwise much damaged. Biie is in
sured iu the North Western, of Oswego.
The Wild Rover, Capt Peterson, is laden with
car-wheels, and lies inside in good order.
The Forest Gueen, Capt. Zieland. sunken by the
East pier, has 160 barrels of salt on board. Insured
in the North Western.
The schooner Ruby, Cant. Wickham, was dis
( barging a cargo of 5,500 bushels of wheat yester
day at Wilson, Niagara 00., when the gale come on.
She ran before the wind to this port and got into the
river last night with all sails gone but one, boats
and davits also gone and otherwise damaged. She
ii iu sored in the J£tna y of Oswego.
The schooner Isabel, from Sad us, with wood,
is leaking badly and will probably sink where she
lies.
The schooner Utica is at the West piei, dismasted
and a good deal i ijured otherwise.
The Niagara whs off Sodus when the gale came
on, and in spite of the full power of her engine was
driven backward some ten miles.
From the Baltimore. American , of Thursday.
Baltimore ItioH.
W'c endeavored yesterday to gather additional
particulars of the riots, and Lave heard of the follow
ing wounded, not mentioned, who were shot io the
B -!air market riot:
Patrick Green, shot in the right leg below the
knee, not seriously.
John Parkhill, residing iu Aisquith street, near
Fayette, shot in the breast, thought to be seriously
wounded.
Kobt. Parkhill, a brother of the above, received a
ball in the left arm, not dangerous.
James Hooper, boy living iu Gay street, shot in
the leg, not seriously wounded.
James Dryden, residing in Canal street, shot in
the back while retreating down Orleans street; not
‘■erious.
David Iluxfoid, shot iii both arms and badly
wounded.
Charles Chenowith, living in Gay street, shot iu
the leg; not much hurt.
James Mucden, shot in the leg above tho knee;
painfully wounded.
John Parker, shot in the head, killed.
Washington Tate, residing in Caroline street near
i tay, received two balls in the breast, breaking the
ribs and penetrating the lungs ; supposed to be mor
tally wounded.
.8 It. Whitelock, residing in Fayette street, near
Exeter street, shot in the side and dangerously
wounded.
A arum named Fell, living in Grceiunount avenue,
received a ball in the head, lie is dangerously
wonn led.
Mr. Wyatt, living at No. 170 Lombard street,
was shot in the neck, the ball passing into the shoul
der. His wound is dangerous.
Police officer Janus Bishop received n ball in the
kne •, which produced a painful wound.
Charles Colgate was shotiu the leg, but the injury
was trifling.
Barney Culley was shat in the arm aud back, and
ii said to bt dangerously injured.
Thomas Lamb, known os Lame Tommy, was
shot iu the leg; not seriously.
The following additional were wounded ut the
St-cund Ward Riot:
James McCurdy, special police officer, shot in the
thigh, producing a painful wound.
Charles Eusor, special police officer, received a
ball iu the instep, causing a dangerous but not aeri
ou; wound.
Iftcob Kluinerger, shot in the body by the pre
ui u re do t barge of his own pistol.
Jnines li. >ey, shot in the Lae a, not seriously.
In the fourth ward, a young man named William
Hinton, living iu High street near Fayette’ was shot
in the fore lu ad with a musket ball, supposed to be
mortally wounded.
The following is a list of the killed and wounded,
| ns far as we have been able to ascertain:
KILLED.
Albert B. Clark, j Washington Daity,
John Parker, | James Woods.
WOI’MDED.
I? ichark Pry os, fatally, j Win McCafferty,
William Bright, I Jacob McCurdy,
Thomas Divins, j Charles Ensor,
Edward Elliott, j James Klumeyer,
Officer Hand, ‘ James Harvey,
John Anderson, I Win. Herbert,
Jus Win. Hinton, | Philip Dugner,
Bridget McCndden, Charles Smith,
German Woman, ! John Kinsey,
llurk (£uinn, , Henry Shatter,
Mrs. Mount, | John Verier,
James Wilson, | John Ryan,
German, unknown, Wills,
“ “ Win. Williams,
Jumes Wilson, boy, Samuel Smith.
Martin Haley, Hyde Mitchell,
Daniel White, John Holbrook,
Alan, unknown, Joseph Brown,
German, “ Thos. Bartlett, fatally,
Sam'l Jackson, dang’ly James Norris, boy,
Boy, unknown, fatally, Thomas Murray,
—— Ilitzelberger, “ Offices Stephens,
John Haupt, Nicholas Gil,
Callender Patterson, fat. Sau.l Miskinnis, fat’lly
Columbus Johnson. George Benjamin,
Simon Haupt, fatally, Peter Havilan. fatally
Sam'l Benjamin, it Stansburry,
JonC. Ow'mgs, , Jones, fatally
Tlios. McDonald, “ Win. t hambers,
Owen McDonald, I James George
Win. Sproule, boy “ Daniel Root,
John Mayor, “ , Charles Bowers,
Basil Root, 1 John»Parkhill,
Patrick Green, Janies Hooper, boy,
Robert Parkhill, j David Huxford,
James Dry den, ] James Mondon,
Chas. Chenowith I S. li. Wliiteloek.
Wasiiiuspon Tate, fat’ly j Thos. Burgees,
Fell, dangerously, C. Colgate,
James Bishop, ■ Wyatt.
Barney Culley, j Thomas Lamb,
A colored man named Henry Washington, resid
ing on Gallows Hill, was in the Belair market when
the* fight began in that neighborhood, which so
frightened him that he fell dead. Coroner Stevens
summoned n jury of inqust, who returned a ver
dict of death fiom disease of the heart, produced by
fright.
Richard Gittings, a young man who was arrested
and taken to tho Middle district watchhouse and
subsequently discharged, was shot through the hand
while going up Saratoga street to Gay. He was not
seri« Ualy wounded.
The neighborhood of the corner of Aisquith and
Orleans street bears tho marks of tho riot. Several
balls passed through the windows of the house of
Dr. Bradford, and a tree-box in front contains six
teen large and small balls.
There w ere many others slightly wounded than
those above named, whose names cannot bo found
out, and there is a number of those in the list who
cannot possibly survive more limn a few days.
Richard Pryor, who was shot at the sixth ward
polls, by Charles Hannigan, is raid to be in r. dying
condition this morning. The ball entered his abdo
men.
James Woods, a boy about seven years of age,
who received a rifle ball in his chest, died yesterday
from the effects of his wound. He was wounded in
the riot between the seventh and eighth wards.
Excitement about the Election. —Considerable ex
eitemeut prevailed in the city yesterday, and to
ward' eveuingrit4»ecame intense, as the result was
involved in doubt as to whether the election of the
President would go to the House of Representa
tives. Tho corner of Baltimore and South streets
was the scene of the gathering, and up to a late
hour there was a large crowd, all eager to learn the
results from the several States as fast as they were
received. About two o’clock in the afternoon
Country Thompson made his appearance in the
crowd, and charged that some one attempted to
shoot his wife. His appearance was the signal for
an outbreak, and some one having made a reply to
his charge, was immediately knocked down bv him.
Tnompsiu then ran for shelter into the coal office of
Messrs, agely, Robbias A' Oo ,in the Sun Bedding,
near the door of which Edward Downing was stand
ing, and the crowd got after both of them. There
was a strong police force on hand, trader Captain
! Herring an I with great difficulty they succeeded in
j keeping off tin? excited < rowd. They did break one
| of toe Luge panes in the door, but after a snort
j time Theru. '.u got out of the rear door, and get
! ting over the ft nces, reached his home through an
: alley ie- iing to Baltimore street, opposite Holliday.
The crowd who s ught him discovered hi* retreot
and followed. Thompson procured a musket and
j stood iu the door : but High Constable Herring was
. a:.cad o io- r irsu- rs. ai d u»ok him to thepolice sta
f tir n, where he was safely lodged.
| The crowd again retained to the corner of South
• auu Balthuorc streets, when two or three m-ticutf
shirmiahes took place, but no deadly weapons were
j use : i dno person was iijurcd. The excitement
• was \ eiT gr»\it b«t there were ftw who wou d ei
! p the*: >-‘vt*s to tuc darger, who felt any re
: g .ri tor ptrsoncl safety. In other portions of the
city there was quiet. About live oVItK-k an omni-
J bus lb.-Jed with men armed with revolvers, horse- '
j pistols and gnus passed up Baltimore street, but
i they made no demonstration toward disturbing the
: ptaee other th in by shrieking as they went. It is
[ t«» be hore d the excitement will nt w cease, and that
good order may be restored in place of the riotous I
| spirit that now prevais.
j After 0» untry Thompson was taken to the polios
! station, a charge of assault ai.dr< bbery was brought
: agun.st him by Neil Green. According to Green's
i went into Thompson’s tavern, and taking
ou t i -o'>at,in which there was offered to fight j
nuy .nan in the house. Thompson struck him. and
G* ecu, finding ho had more than his match, put on
h s coat and went away, but subsequently found
lJ lu p«cy had been takeu from his pocket—
Ins recital: oi this story among the crowd at theeor-
Ue.r o* B»utu and Baltimore streets, first directed
♦heir attention to luui. and gave rise to tiie
: ment that Had it not been for the etren-
H, rt Ccwtable licrriog, Thomp
son s i-so w ould uo doubt have beenßacrifioed to the
xury ot the c rowd. After Thompson was takeu to !
t:.i police station, he behaved iu an outrageous man
ner. endeavoring to better down the door of the room
in which i*e was confined, firing off his pistol, ie.
He had an examination before Justice Morrison,
who released him on SSOO security for hts appear
anoe before Court. His accuser, Green, is a Dem
ocrat
From the Balt. American of Friday.
riu Fate Riots—The Hounded—. Funeral of the
Virt,xis.--We made diligent inquiry’ yesterday‘after
th < audition of the wounded in the late riots, and i
found most of them improving, though some of them !
are beyond hope of recovery. A lad named James
YJoods, who was shot at the corner of Canal end j
Orleans streets on Tuesday afternoon, died ab«jut !
five o elooklon Wednesday anrn kk>c, at his resi- !
deuce in Orleans street, near Bond. Washington
Daily, ptio was shot at the same time, received !
three bass?, one in the neck another in the breast
and a third iu the thigh. Owen McDonald, who !
wa? taken to a house in Thompson street, was said
yesterday to be in a sinking condition. Richard
1 ryor, the first person shot at the sixth ward, and
who.it was thought, could not possibly sai vive
was much better and with rare may recover. It i
was reported yesterday, that a young roan named
Waiter, who*was taken to a house in Jefforvon
street died about 1 o’clock on Wednesday night
He was shot in the side, the ball penetrating the liv
er. Pt ter Havilan, who had his lower jaw shot off.
was so iewhat better, and there is a hope entertain
ed for bis recovery. All the others, ao far as we
could learn from the attending physicians, are as
comfortable as the nature of their in ( urit?s will ad
mit, except yonng Sprou’o, who is still in a very
criticaLcoudition.
More Demonstration* of Riot. —On Wednesday
afternoon there was a demonstration of riot, but it
soon disappeared, there being little or co obstruction
offered to those who made the attacks. The demo
cratic hie ory poles at the corner of Happy alley and
Pratt streets* at the comer of Canal aud Bank
streets, and in Eastern avenue, were cut. down. At
the place flirt named, r. man who made some resist
ance, was shot in the leg, but was not seriously
wounded. They also went to Ofctowa Hall, at the
corner of Bonn and Pratt streets, and searched, the
lower part of the house breaking every moveable
thing they could lay their hands on. Ait- r the par
ties had cut down the polls and sacked 'ii* house
they left the neighbor hood without c,remitting
farther depasda-ions. There was one Ir.shmau who
kept a small tore on Aisquith street, near Mcßlder
ry, shot at the corner of Gay and Aisquith slice’s,
while on his way homo about 11 o’clock on Wednes
day night. There were rumors of other riotous de
monstrations, but upon inquiry we learned that they
were without foundation in trurh.
The funeral of Washington Daily took place at 10
o'clock yesterday, from nis late residence in Gay
g’reet, near Canal. The Jefferson American and
Ashland square clubs attended in full f**rce, with
others making a procession cons sting of about two
thousand persons. Every tt : ;:g was 0 -. let .nd or
derly. ail tne members of the clubs wean a : crape on
the left arm The procession was head• i bj’ the
martial music, and the remains were c, aveyed to
the Baltimore cemetery. The fu-ieral of James
Wood took place at 3 o’clock this after >on All
the American flags were hoisted at haif-ma r. While
the funeral cortege was passing, the Deur-' : . c pole
in the eighth ward, the flag was lowered to h; -mast,
and no remained until the procession return' d.
Wc- have learned of three the.a who w . e shot in
the Belair market riot, all t:' whom were employed
in the special police force.
John Coster, residing in Willow street had two
fingers of the left hand shot off.
Mr. Shear, living in the fourth ward, was shot in
the head and wounded on the body with a brick.
Mr Homer was shot in the head a l neck by
buckshot.
This makes a total of eighty-three wounded in
all the riots besides the five who have already died.
From the Balt. Amer.,of Saturday.
The Late Riots—Order for the Arrest of
the Rioters. — With a view to punish those who
participated in the several riots on the day of elec
tion, High Coro table Herring yesterday gave or
ders to the captains of the several police districts to
arrest every person known to have pa. icipated,
without regard to party. A large number of names
have been handed to the officers, with instructions
to arrest the parties, and to-day it is probable a
considerable number ot them will be brought up.—
Among them is on** who took deliberate aim and
shot at the High Constable when he wr • iu the
thickest of the fight and mak-ng the effort to check
it. William Sproule, the lad wounded i t Orleans
street, and who was lying at the point of d ;>ith yes
terday afternoon, testified before Justin Lewder
that Hyde Mitchell w’hs the person who shot him.—
A warrant was issued for his arrest, and y- > •-» relay
morning officers Colgate- aud Burkins we*e sent to
arrest him ; when they readied his house was at
breakfast, hut complained of being so mu ll injured
that he could not go with them. A physician was
( ailed, who made an examination of nia w undsand
staled that he could be removed with safety, and he
was accordingly taken before Justice L&vder, who
c >mmitted him to jail to await the result of the
wounds of Sproul, and to answer the charge before
the Criminal Court. Wc heard yesterday of the
case of one man who was dangerously wounded,
who took no part in the riot, and who was trying
to get out of the way when he was shot. He was
passing through Orleans street when t‘ '• par? : -*
came into conflict, and to escape ran up un alley
between two houses. One of the rioters, seeing
him in hie place of retreat, deliberately shot him,
the ball passing through the back part of his neck,
severing all the ligaments, and wound'mg :im so se
rlously that it is feared he cannot recover.
Another of the Wounded Dead—Two More Dy
ing.—Among those shot at the Belair market riot
on Tuesday and who was immediately ta* on home
end the fact kept from the public, was a ) ung rnan
named Hugh l)avey, living in Factory row, Monu
ment street, near Constitution. He was o' the cor
ner of Low and Forest streets, when be was shot
through the abdomen with a rifle ball. 11 * was at
once taken to his home and an effort made t o find the
ball, which proved unsuccessful, it having lodged
near the spinal column. Mortification supervened
and he died at one o’clock yesterday rooming.—
Coroner Stevens held an inquest on the body, and
the jury returned a verdict of death from a gunshot
wound,at the hands of some person unknown. He
was twenty-one years of age.
We cr.lfed at the residence of sever Jof those
more seriously woauded, and learned that young
Sproule, who live s with Mr. Lucas, in Eager street,
and Mr. McDonald, who was taken to the house of
Mr. McCarty, in Thompson street, were both in a
dying condition. The others are thought to be
getting better.
It. is said that there is a number on and rear York
avenue who are wounded, some of them seriously,
but their names have not yet been learn o' a dispo
sition being manifested to keep it us secret as pos
sible. There were a large number wounded beside
those wh se names have been published. One gen
tleman states that when the swivel from the first
ward was fired from Orleans street, he counted
thirty-two carried off by their friend. , all »f whom
were taken toward the York avenue. 3 nere are
probably others fatally wounded, which w; i not be
known until death gives the record.
From the Philadelphia Built tin, of Th ursday.
Destuctivjc Fire — One Hundred and Fifty Op
erative* Thrown out of Employment. — Vbout 12
o’clock last night the cotton factory of M. ssrs. Jus.
P. Smyth & Co. on Pennsylvania \venue, near £lst
street, was set on fire, and in two hours t< tally de
stroyed. The structure was very large ai.d built, of
stone on the site of the factory, where on »■, similar
occasion a number of female operatives y> ■ burn
ed to death. The building had caught fii . -md the
flames spread so rapidly that they were uualle to
make their way out.
Messrs. Jas. r. Smyth & Co., mauufactu' os of col
ored domestic goods, checks, See., who nr* Ll**. prin
cipal losers by the fire of last night, emplo; *d about
one hundred and fifty hands, princ’paily ) • males.—
Messrs. Smyth Sl Co. lose on their s: eel au l ma
chinery $35,000, on which there is an int trance of
$17,500, mainly iu British Companies. They were
doing a large business, had increased t! ’.umber
of looms largely a Bhort time since, and h i orders
which would have kept them fully empk c*d until
January.
The building was owned by Mr. W. E I todcs, of
Jones’ alley, who loses about $1*2,000. r j :>e walls,
we understand, will uot be strong enough io admit
of the building being refitted. There is partial
insurance on the building.
The fire was undoubtedly the work of in incen
diary, ns it canght in the northwest corn r of the
lower fl Dor of the main building during the day. The
engine and boiler are placed in a smaller structure,
with a heavy fire wall between. The fin did not
reach the boilers or engine, which are of course
saved. Nothing in the main building was saved,
and thelooinß and other machinery which now lteiu
ruins in the cellar, will be worth but little except as
old iron.
Two brick dwellings in the rear of tie factory
were somewhat damaged by fiie and water. Loss
s ight. They were occupied by Joseph Burk, and
Benjamin Schofield.
Since the above was writ eu we are informed
that a report is current that route one wa s seen to
throw a ball of combustible matter into one of the
upper windows of the building; shortly before the
fire broke out. We give the story for what it is
worth.
Valuable Coal Mine in the Pacific.— By re
cent despatohes to the Navy Department from Com
mander Swartwout, of the United States steamer
Massachusetts, the important fact is communicated
of a discovery of valuable coal on the S‘ra. f 8 of San
Juan de Fuca. This discovery was mad*- by Cap
tain J. H. Thorudike. About four tons of it was
dug out by the Indians and tested on board the
Massachusetts, though the test, as Commander
Swartwout remarks—
“ Cannot be considered as a fair one, because, as
miners call it, it was the first crop of coal, taken
about three l'eet below the surface, and which is
always regarded as refuse. Doubtless when they
g«3t deeper into this mine, the specific gravity and
other valuable properties will prove to be greatly
enhanced.”
The situation of this mine is on Fuca Straits, near
ly equidistant between Pillar Bay and Caliam Bay,
and about twenty-three miles from Cape Flattery.
In reporting on the local position and circumstances
of this mine Capt. Thorukike says :
“The height of the mountain is from ten to twelve
hundred feet ; the formation is sandstone ; six leads
of coal, ranging in thickness from one to three feet,
dip 10 degrees. Distance between coal 1 ads
ranging from twelve to one hundred feet From
high water mark thirty feet; to low watermark ls-0
feet. From coal leads to five fathoms’ water about
600 feet.”
Capt. Thorndike has commenced working the
mine with some experienced English miners, who
report very favorably of the qualities of the coal.—
The mine is admirably situated as respects facility
of draiuage aud shipment.
Assistant Engineer Patterson, of the Massachu
setts, reports of this coal, after the test, 1 1 the fol
lowing terras :
“1 find it superior to any coal I have seen on this
sound, with one exception; that is, its rapidity of
combustion. It leaves about five pt-r cent of clin
ker, which with proper tools can be easiiy removed
from the grates. The weight is forty-seven pounds
per cubic foot, and deposites, including clinker,
about thirty per cent by measure. It compares
with Cumberland coal for weight against equal
bu’k as eight to ten, evapo ntive efficiency six to
ten.”
Without pretending to a precise analysis, Mr.
Patterson estimates this coal to eonsi t of about
seventy parts of carbon, twenty of bitumen, with
the remaining ten parts of silica and earthy matter.
— Sat. Intel. , Nov. 4.
A Hazardous Surgical Operation. —An ex
| tremely hazardous, but successful surgical opera
| tion, was recently performed upon Dr. J. Murray,
! residing On the Germantown road, which reflected
! the highest credit upon the skill of the eminent sur
geons engaged in it. The operation was the remo
i val of a medullary tumor, located ia the right groin,
• nid within the ill mm, extending hail way a rots the
i stomach and protruding outward. The tumor was
; fifteen tronths in fbrnang, and became a length
; so painful as to confine the patient to Ids bed. The
a ivice of the xims: prominent surgeons was obtain
! ed. and in three different consultations it was de
! chit-d that the cutting away of the tumor would, in
all probability bo fatal to the patient. The intense
sufferings of the doctor « iu.< 1 him, however, to
hazard the operation, and at Lis earnest solicitation
Professors. Washington, All v and Wililjaui;. and
; Dr. Jamts Darrah consented to perform if. I* toi>k
fitly five minutes to remove the tumor from the
body. Chloroform was freely administered, and
while the surg, ons were busily engaged asphyxia
, took pla*'e and life seemed almost extin The
tongue of the patient sunk into his throat, causing
great agony, but was finally hooked out. fe was
then somewhat resuscitated by pouring aqciati:y of
brandy into his mouth. There was but a single in
i made, which extended over fourteen inch *
; The large veins were tied up, the tumor removed: !
and the skin closed np So low was the co-.ioition j
of llie patient ai times tiia‘ itwts feared that he Lad j
expired. His state was ix:remely critical for s.ve- j
t ral days. bu*. within a week or two past _. ~s been
j able : > leave Lis room aud ride out. But few more
' difficult operations have been performed than ti*.
and its complete success is a most gratifying *-vi
j deuce of the advancement of medical skii..— Phila.
. S rtk A ]>u i ica n.
Violent Hurricane in Illinois—,> igular
, Efeels of tkt Storm. —Friday afternoon las . a wil d
st«»rm fell with pitiiess fury upon the neig’.oc
residLig about four miles east of the city, on the id
railroad track. The cloud from which the wind ar.ie
was funnel shaped, and black as midnight, and
went whirling and revolving through the air after
the fashion of an old time whirlwind, spreading de
vastation and rain along itspvL The storm fell
with great fury upon the premises of Simon La ugh
iin. It tore the roof from Lis dwelling and scatter
ed the shingles along its track for milt-s ; burst out
one of the sides of the house: blew down his carri
age house, and the last that was seen of hie carriage,
it was some three thousand feet Ugh in the air, trav
elling as a land vehicle never travelled before. It
is vet missing.
The fencing for miles along the path of the storm
was entirely swept away. The large pond of water
on the railroad track near Henry Kemp’s farm,
covering an area of about two acres, was entirely
scocmecout—scarcely a drop was left. It was re
inarked by those who were watching the cloud, that
instantly on pacing the pond, its color changed
from inky hack to white.- Qnincey mug, Oct 28.
Disgorging a Liz ard.—Last week Jno. Mitchell,
of the town of Chemung, was taken with a fit of
vomiting, and finally disgorged from his stomach a
lizard near nine inches loDg ! He had drank sev
eral potations of whiskey, together with three quarts
of milk that day. and it*is supposed that the lizard
got drunk on m»lk punch—hem e his getting »o high
as to come out of his lodgments. The lizard is sup
posed to have been swallow ed some four yeais since,
as about that time Mr. Mitchell d’someth ing
while watching at a “ deer lick.” which has caused
a slight debility of the stomach ever since.— Eln>tra
N. Y. GazstU
From the Richmond Despatch.
The open Qnpfftlom of the World.
When a steamer arrives at Halifax we receive
over the wires dispatches to the effect that "‘the
Isle of Serpents question has not been satisfactorily
adjustedi” that “according toLe Nord, of Brmaete,
the Russian Organ, the King of Prussia is so exas
perated at the conduct and language of the federal
government of Switzerland in the Keufchatei affair,
Butt bo threatens to proceed to the military occupa
tion of the canton orXefcfch&tel, in the event of the
prosecution of the prisoneis not being sus
pended that “the Spanish Disension affirms that
if the Mexican government refuses to fuitiff the wn
veution with regard to what is due to Spanish sub
jects, the Spanish government has detenßiued to
act with the greatest energy and to demand the exe
cution of the convention: that affairs
nod assumed no new phase, and were in as unsatis
factory a condition as everthat “the Peris corres
pondent of the f-indon Times says a Congress will
oe forthwith assembled in Paris to arrange the ditfi
culties touching the Danubian Principalities, and
those between the allies of Russiaand that “the
Father 1 and newspape” announces that the question
of the Sound dues is settled.'’ It is therefore inter
esting to know what these questions are.
The Isle of Serpents. —Among the articles
contained in the treaty of Paris, was one staling
“that the act of the Congres* of Vienna relative to
river navigation, is applied to the Danube and it *
mouths, anti its freedom becomes a part of the law
[of the empire and for the purpose of carrying this
into effect. France, Austria, Gr at Britain, Prussia,
Russia and Turkey, agreed that a delegate should
be appointed by e;ieh to put the river in a navigable
state from Datcha to Tua. Each of the contracting
Powers is allowed the privilege of stat. ning two
bmall ships at the mouth of the Danube The is
lands which are situated at thi part of the river,
and which command its navigation, are claimed by
Turkey, but during the war were in possession of
Russia, which still retains one of them, called the
Isle of Serpents, and from which it is alleged she re
fuses to retire. The telegraph has announced that
Russia has express-id her willingness to retire.
The Neapolitan Difficulty. —King Ferdinand
of Naples or King Bomba as he is called, ha-long
since excited the attention of Europe by his execra
ble tyrany to his subjects. After the dose of the
Crimean war, Louis Napoleon notified Ferdinand,
that France would intervene in behalf of the Nea
politan subjects, and some concessions to popular
liberty would have to be made. England suppor
ted Louis Napoleon in ties step. Fedinaiid resent
ed the notification as meddling with the government
of his subjects. Prince Gortchakoff on behalf of
Russia has protested against the interference of
France and England with Neapolitan affairs. Aus
tria stepped in in her usuil capacity of mediator.
French and English fleets are ready to sail from Na
ples to enforce the demands of an ultimatum sent to
Ferdinand by their respective governments. Di
plomatic relations with thecourtof Bomba have ceas
ed, and matters wear a warlike appearance.
The Bolgrad Diffculty. —Bolgrad is the chief
town of the Bulgarian and Russian settlements in
Bessarabia, and furnishes Russia with the means of
establishing communication with the Danube. Bes
sarabia, in which it is situated, was formerly a part
of Turkey, but was ceded to Russia by the treaty of
Bucharest, in 181 ’. The allies, anxious to reduce
the power of Russia, endeavored, by their plenipo
tentiaries at Paris, to include Bolgrad in the new
boundaries of Bessarabia. Russia contends that
Bolgrad still belongs to her, and should not go with
that portion of Bessarabia which returns into the
possession of the Sultan, by the action of the Paris
conference. This is t! e question in dispute, which
is to come up for settlemeut before th.j second Con
gress of Pans. It is somewhat like our boundary
dispute with Mexico before the purchase of the
Mesilla valley by GadsdeD.
The Montenegro Claim. —This question is not
likely to be a serious one in Europe, as the great
Powers will not put themselves to the trouble of
seeing justice done to a little republic of 45U miles
square. Between the Albanian mountains and the
Adriatic, lies the Christian Republic of Montenegro,
which, for four centuries, has been at war with
Turkey. In 1811, the entire coast of Catarro, on
the Adriatic, was taken from them, by the Vienna
Congress, and adjudged to Austria. Seeing the
necessity of having n sea port, the Montenegrins
have addressed a note to the European Powers,
requesting them to guarantee to the Republic the
port of Antivari, and an extension of their limits
towards the frontier of Albania. It is likely, this re
quest being refused, that Montenegro will become
a part of Turkey, paying, however, no tribute to the
Porte.
The Swiss Question.— Until 1818 Uie canton of
Neufchatel, which form part of the Swiss Confede
ration, acknowledged the sovereignty of Prussia,
but having successfully asserted its independence in
that year, it took its place in the Helvetian Repub
lic as au Independewt Canton. Prussia now lays
claim to her former dependency, and has been en
deavoring to regain it through 'its agent in Switzer
land, the Count de Pourtales, chamberlain to the
Prussian King, and a man in great favor at the
court of that monarch. The Count excited, by
means of his money and influence, an insurrection
in Neufchatel, the object of which was its re annexa
tion to the crown of his royal masters; but the in
surgents were defeated, and a large number taken
prisoners, among whom was a cousin of Pourtales.
Taking advantage of the insurrection which broke
out on the 2d of September of the present year, fo
mented by his agent, the King of Prussia renewed
his claim to the possession of the Canton, and has
now determined to submit it to the consideration of
the German Diet of Frankfort. Tli- Frem-h Empe
ror, meanwhile, fearing that the difficulty may in
volve o.her European Powers in a conflict endan
gering the peace of the whole continent., has advised
the federal government to release the prisoners,
Mid to extend an amnesty to the offend is. The
government has so far complied with the advice
«.s : » discharge the greater part of them, holding the
rest for trial. It lias, however, determined, after
consultation with the chief executive authority of
Neufehatel, to retain its military occupation of that
Canton until the termination of the legal investiga
tion in regard to fie origin of the insurrection.
Tiik Danish Sound Dues. —This qu scion more
nearly affects tlie United States than a y other of
European irigin. Denmark has always required
vessels passing Elsinore to pay Sound dues. This
payment the United States has refused to make, on
the ground that the ocean is a free highway. Den
mark derives $1,600,000 from these dues.
The Danish government is now desirous of set
tling the matter jy capitalizing uis amoui t, which
should be raised by the various States in proportion
to the extent of their yearly contributions. This, it
app< nrs, is flxed at $30,000,000. and our share of the
same vs ould be nearly a million. The sum would
be of little consequence in itself, and would not
amount to more than the United States offered to
I Denmark us an indemnity for the expense incurred
| by her in buiiding, lighting and repairing beacone
i and light-houses along her coast. But there are
graver interests involved. If the payment of our
alloted share of this capitalization fund w ould im
ply a recognition of the right claimed by the Danish
government, it is evident that the great principle of
free seas and unrestricted commerce, for which we
contend, has not been vindicated. We c. >uld not
desire a more propitious time for the settlement of
this question, for Russia, which has always abetted
Danish usurpations, looking upon Denmark os u
territory which must sooner or inter belong to her,
has at the present moment no desire to champion
that country or embroil herself with the United
States. l>y late news from Europe we learn that
Russia, Sweden and Norway have signified their as
ser.i to (lie capitalization project, and that ail the
difficulties are indefinitely arranged in consequenoo
of the accord between France and England, so far
as Europe is concerned, but not in regard to the
1 United States, with which it is still an open ques
tion.
Spain and Sr. Domingo—Their Imbroglios.—
The recent revolution in Spain but brings that gov
ernment into the same position which it occupied in
1851, before Narvaez was overthrown by Esparte
ro and the liberal party. The policy of Espartero,
was the Pale of the Church property, and other re
tVrrns which proved too radical for the exciting
state of feeling in the country, and hence wv see he
has been overthrown and Narvaez occupies about
the same position he did in ’54. Louis Napoleon
has written a letter to the Queen of Spain, ad
vising her to pursue n liberal policy with her peo
pie.
Spain is trying to gain possession of the Republic
of St. Domingo through the efforts of her Consul
there, Segovia. She is arming the mal contents of
the Republic who are to overthrow it and declare in
f.vor of Spain. Ex-President Pacz is the leader
among the natives of St. Domingo, who is aiding
; Segovia in his work.
• Mexico. —Both Great Britain and Spain are
i about enforcing, at the point of the bayonet, the
j payment of claims held by their respective subjects
; against the Mexican Government. At the present
j moment a formidable armament is preparing in
! Cuba, with all convenient speed, to sail for Vera
: Cruz, and Geu. Urbistondo, late Captain General
i of the Phillipines, a modern Bobadii, is expected to
! take command of the land forc:s. This is the mo
j ment chosen by England to precs some trifling
• claims that British merchants—Messrs. Barron &
Forbes—have against Mexico, and it would seem,
from the simultaneous movement on her part and
j ihat of Spain, that there is an understanding be
-1 tween the two nations.
j The Persian Occupation ok Herat.— Herat is
j the name of an independent chiefship, 360 miles
j west of C&bool. In 1838, its capital city, which
j bears its name, was besieged by the Persians, but
[ they were forced to retire, and since then they ap
pear to have had a longing desire to add it to the
empire of the Shah. It has, however, managed to
maintain its independence. England, fearing that
it would eventually fall into the hands of Russia,
entered into a treaty with the Shah in 1853, by
which Persia was bound not to enter upon any
measures that might have the acquisition of Herat,
either by Persia, Russia, or any other power in con
templation. Russia has coveted the possession of
Herat for many years as a point, d'appui for future
operations in the East. The Persians ere well
; known to be favorable to the Czar, and during the
' last war it required all the diplomacy of England to
| keep them in a neutral position. Advices from
Bombay, under date of Sept. 12, ore filled with ac
counts of the preparations made by the Indian and
British Governments to invade Persia. The reason
of this invasion is the reported occupation of Herat
by the Persian troops.
The DaxubianPrincipalities. —The Dannbian
Principalities, Moldavia and Wallachia, pro vioue to
the Rnsso-Turkish war, were under the suzerainty
of Turkey, without, however, being absolutely de
pendencies of that power. They have pffid tribute
to the Porte, but have always claimed separate
governments, made their own'laws, and have been
ruled by their Hospodars. The Czar claiming the
protectorate over the Greek subjects of tue Otto
man empire, and the Sultan refusing to recognize
the claim, a Russian army was sent agams: Con
stantinople, through the Principalities. They were
opposed with determined bravery by a Turkish ar
my under Omer pasha, and alter the celebrated
siege of Silistria withdrew across the Danube. Their
withdrawal, however, was caused by the landing of
the Allied forces at Vania, and the fear that their
retreat would be thus cut off. The Russi .ns ac
cordingly retired into Bessarabia, and soon after the
war was transferred to the Crimea. During the
siege of Sebastopol, Russia offered to give up her
claims in regard t the protectorate of t. Princi
pals ies. ana as a tort of guarantee of her good faith
in the matter, she testified her willingness that Aus
tria should enter upon a military occupation. The
Austrians entered the Principalities, and have now
signified their inter*ion to remern there until the
boundary question ol Bes-arabia is definitely settled.
A commission appointed by the Peace C ongress
was directed to meet at Bucharest, for the purpose
of reorganizing the government of the Principalities,
in accordance with the treaty rs Paris, and the ac
tion of this commission is to be submitted to the se
cond Congress, which is to meet at Paris, for final
determination.
TL* e, says the New York Herald, front which
the ah ve is condensed, me the open questions of
the world. They are not. perhaps, of much impor
tance in themselves, and in the present condition of
the leading European Powers, financially exhausted
by a two yean?’ wa.. it is not presumed that they
wifi lead to any serious result : but as queeious in
dispute they are probably werth the space devoted
io their explanation and elucidation.
Railroad Conspirators Ferreted Out.—A
father and two sons named respet ive H. Boughn,
;.ud B cjainin and Zachariah Boughn, anti a man
named K bert Dovers, were arrested in Macon
county, last Tuesday, about ten miles from Decatur.
| on a charge of murder, in opening a switch on the
9th of October, on the Great Western Rails cad run
ning through Decatur, by which a freight train was
thrown Jowls an embankment, and Mr. S. Beusoner,
roadmu*ter was killed.
Mr. 1». F. Pond, superintendent of the road, em
ployed C. P Bradley & Co., of this city, to ferret
out the n alter, and it was elucidated by ex sheriff
Yates of Kane county, one of the firm. The princi
ple clue to the discovery was the hatchet by which
the switch lock was broken. It wa* evidently the
intention« f the four men to make a wholesale slaugh
ter of the persona on a passenger train due at the
time the switch was opened, and which was pre
vented by the freight train first coming to the spot.
They were lumber men, who had some difficulty
with the road iu settling forties delivered on the line
of the r.«ad and took this method of revenge. Great
credit is accorded to C. P. Bradley & Co., for the
manner in which the affair has been developed.—
Chicago Press , Soy. 1
The Democracy in the midst of their rejoicings
are sorely wounded by the result in Illinois. The
defeat of CoL Richardson, who was a candidate for
the Governorship, and the condemnation it throws
upon Senator Douglas, give a bitter taste even to
their triumph on the National issue.— Baltimore
American.
The New York Herald charges Mr. Fillmore with
ha\ ing divided the opposition to Buchanan in the
Free States and thus defeated Fremont.
WEEKLY
Ctrnmirk # Sentinel.
AUGUST, GA.
WEDNESDAY MORNING NOV’B. I*2, IS-56.
TO CAMPAIGN SUBSCRIBERS.
As this is the last paper that will be sent to our
Weekly Campaign subscribers, we avail our:
selves of the occasion to address a few words to
them, and to say we shall be greatly pleased to
continue to seDd the paper to all of them who may
desire it. That there are many such, we hope and
believe, and wc trus. they will be prompt in advi
sing as of their wishes. If you desire the spread of
the great conservative principles of our party, you
cannot better accomplish that object than by enlight
ening the public mind, that the people may know
what we advocate. And the most effectual way to
do this, is to foster and cherish the press. If you
are diligent in the performance of this duly—if you
make .he necessary effort to extend the circula
tion of those journals beat calculated to enlighten
the people, victory will sooner or later perch on your
banner, if you are true and steadfast to your princi
ples.
We h pe, therefore, that our friends everywhere,
as well Campaign Subscribers as all others who ap
prove the conduct of the paper, will unite in a
i common effort to extend the circulation of the
CHRONICLE & SENTINEL. Many of you can,
| by a little effort, send us large lists of new aub
| scribers, and we ask you, as you love your prinei
j pies and de. re succeed, to make that effort. Let
j every man who can send us one new subscriber do
j so. We promise, in return, to perform our duty.
Finis—The Books Closed.
The long contest, which has in a great degree oc
copied all minds and engrossed ali talk for so many
months, is at last over. Politicians and people,
wearied and worn out by the labor and the agita
tion, have at last time to take breath. The race is
ended—the season for political “cursing and dis
cussing” is past, and it only remains for the victors
to gather up the spoils and for the conquered to
j settle up their bets, and try again some other day.
The world does not present, nor does history re
cord, a more magnificent spectacle than is displayed
by one of our Presidential elections. Three millions
or more of men, the representatives ’of twenty-five
millions of people, actuated by the same motives,
engaged in the same great work at the same time,
throughout the length and breadth of the most ex
tensive civilized land on earth ! Could any one
survey that vast host of freemen at one view, as
they marched to the polls in the exercise of their
most important franchise, the sight should make the
spectator proud of hij country, of the Union, of the
liberties his fathers have bequeathed to him—proud
that lie is an American citizen, and jealous of ex
tending the inestimable privilege to the unworthy.
Whether victorious or defeated in the past con
test—if our glorious banner trails in the dust, the
American party throughout the country have no
reason for self-reproach or for shame at the result.—
Firmly and undauntedly they have stood up against
the banded forces of abolition fanaticism on the one
hat d, and of disunion fanaticism on the other—
against desertions and treachery-. Their champions,
few but undismayed, have fought a good fight
against overwhelming odds—against ti e immense
power and patronage of the Federal Government—
against demagogues, unscrupulous in corruption—
against a veteran and powerful party, and the ser
ried mercenaries of Europe, who Lave come here to
drive us out of our birthrights, and have been mar
shalled under Democratic leaders against the rights
and privileges of their own countrymen Under ail
these disadvantages, it should be a subject of pride
rather than of discouragement to the Americans,
that in the first Presidential election in which they
have taken part as a party, if they are not over
whelmed.
Our principles must eventually prevail, it is im
possible that the government can exist much lon
ger, except by the success of a party pledged against
foreign influence and internal agitation, and which
will redeem its pledges. The elements of destruc
tion fostered by Locofoism have swollen to an
alarming extent, and the people, if they wish to ex
orcise the demon which threatens to rend our in
stitutions to fragments, must maintain American
and conservative principles. There is no longer
safety in trusting to that iron-ribbed monster which
has ruled us so long and so badly. We may ex
pect desertions and disappointments, office seeking
tricksters will slough off, but their loss will only
make our party more strong and healthy—dema
gogues may slander and belie—defeat after deteat
may come upon us, but the honest, the true, the
trusty aud the firm men of the country will at last
rally uuder our standard and we must finally con
quer.
The Result in Georgia.
We had hoped to lay before our readers this
morning, a more full report of the election in this
State on the 4th inst We subjoin all the returns
that have reached us. The majority will vary little
from 15 000—perhaps exceed that number.
Fruitlaud Nursery Catalogue.
D. Redmond has laid on our table a “Descrip
tive Catalogue of Fruit and Ornamental
Trees, Shrubs, Vines, Roses. Evergreens, Green
house and Exotic Plants, lit ge Plants, &0., &c.,
cultivated at Fruitland Farm,” Augusta, Ga.;
which is one of the most complete Catalogues of the
kind we have ever seen issued in the South. In
deed, it approximates a treatise on Horticulture,
«sec. Those desirous of purchasing anything in the
line, should procure a Catalogue.
The Colmubua Wild Cat.
‘ Thr Sun of the 4tl> instant has the following no
tice of the Wild Cat concern in that city :
Manufacturers’ and Mechanics’ Bank. —
; There was a good deal of excitement in this city yes
* torday about this Bank, which failed to open its
doors as usual, and various conjectures as to its
* probable condition, financially. During the fore
. noon, many anxious faces might be seen in front of
the entrance, with one hand in the pocket, appa
. rently anxiously awaiting the opening of the insti
tution. It did not open, however, and they finally
i dispersed, giving the thing up as a hopeless case.
. It is supposed by many to be utterly burst ed. We
have heard of several individuals who hold its bills
1 for over $*2,000. What its condition is no one eeems
r at all informed. Wc saw its bills changing hands
3 as low as 25 cents on the dollar. We are disposed to
t think the case not so bad as to justify so great a saori
i fice. It is reasonable to suppose its Stockholders
good for at least half of its liabilities. Everybody
accords to Dr. Taylor, its President, the greatest
integrity, and think ibe difficulty into wh ch the
» Bank has gotten, is from deception practised upon
] him by parties at a distance, in whiefi he had placed
f undeserved confidence, We advise all who can do
A so, to hold on to its bills. We have taken steps to
r obtain the names of its Stockholders, and when ob
r tained, shad give them to the public, when they will
be better able to judge of the value of its issues.
3 We should like to hear the present opinions of the
3 Editors in Georgia, who advocated the Georgia
l Wild Cat swindling shops, and sought to induce the
i people to take their bills. What have they to say
j now ? Will not some of them speak out, and en
) lighten the people about Bunks and Banking ?
The Columbus Wild Cat.
’ It appears they have been holding a post mortem
examination upon the carcass of the Columbus
Wild Cat Bank, which is ascertained to be a very
putrid concern, according to the foUowing report
i in the Columbus Enquirer of the 6th inst:
5 Manufacturers’ and Mechanics’ Bank. —We
1 iearn that an investigation of the affairs of this sus
t pended institution was made on Tuesday by a re
■ ceiver appointed for that purpose, and that the re
-5 sources available for the redemption of its liabilities
3 were found to be very scant. It is said that the
amount outstanding is about $*20,000. Some sales
» of its paper have been made as low as 25 cents on
r the dollar; and though we have no information
r which would justify us in holding out a hope of im
* provement, we still think that in the present unde
* veloped condition of its affairs, holders of the mo*
1 ney had better retain it for a while than take
; that price for it. Ast ill farther depreciation could
1 not make much difference, and, therefore, we
would prefer to risk the 6lim chances of improve
-1 ment.
We copy the following official statement of the
condition of this Bank from its last published return,
which professes to exhibit its condition from August
1855, to March 1856 :
Capital $125,000
Loan and discounts 112,605
Investments 6,931
Due by other Banks 88,543
Specie’ funds 22,045
Circulation 105,760
Deposits 22,287
Due to other Banks 30,010
We are glad to learn that Dr. Taylor’s condition
is improving, and that he is in a fairway of re- j
covery.
With all due deference to the opinion of the En
quirer, we think the bill-holders will act wisely to
take whatever they can get for the bills, and we are
certain the people will act wisely never to touch the
bills of one of these swind ing shops. If, therefore,
they can get twenty-five cents on the dollar for their
bills, they will make a good sale; for we are of
opinion that the public experience is not favorable
to large dividends in broken banks in Columbus. i
Wharfage and Drnjnge in Charleston.
We are indebted to a merchant of this city for :
the following intelligence in relation io the charges
for Wharfage and Drayage in Charleston, to which I
we invite the attention of merchants generally :
Extravagant Charges for Wharfage and
Drayage in Charleston. —l have on my desk a
bill as follows:
Expenses on 25 boxes Cheese, weighing six hun- j
ared pounds, shipped l»y steamer from New York: i
25 packageea—
Freight $6 00
Postage 03
Drayage I 00
Wharfage 1 00
Total $8 03
So, wharfage in Charleston on Cheese is 16f eta. !
per hundred pounds, and the drayage from the
wharf to the depot is 16} cents per hundred pounds
also. Let all the Railroads of the interior terminate
in Charleston, and they can build up a large city
with Wharfage and Drayage.
Ho ! for Sale River.
The Richmond Whig announced the comtempla
ted departure of the Fillmore men of that city, on
a voyage up the far-famed Salt river, in the follow
ing strain:
•The gallant and indomitable Fillmore men of
Richmond will please bear in mind that to-day, noon,
is the hour appointed for the commencement of an
interesting voyage towards the head waters of Sait.
We may, we think, safely assure them of a pleasant
and delightful trip. - ’
The Lynchburg Virginian copies .this announce
ment, and adds :
“Steer your craft up by this port friends. and j
take another sorrowful pilgrim to the gloomy and j
saline regions of your destination, aboard. We are ;
all packed and ready for the journey, and fain <
would be gone. It is an old familiar stream—one j
which we have travelled so often that we will need {
neither compass, chart nor pilot to enable us to navi- !
gate it again.
“We have been there and still would go."
“Then let U 8 be off, and may ‘wind and weather' !
favor our voyage. ‘All aboard ?* ”
The St. Charles.—The Proprietor* of thi* es
tablishment daily place us under obligations by thsir
very considerate attention. i
The Union staved by Disaniouists.
During the last few weeks, since the indications
have become stronger that Mr. Buchanan is to be
our President, the disunionists are claiming that the
Union has been saved through their means, that
they have in reality bullied the North out of the sup
port of Fremont, and driven his followers to Bu
chanan. In other words, that Freesoilers have
cast then: votes for the candidate of the disunionists. ;
and thus elected him. How great would have been |
their holy horror, if Mr. Fillmore had been elected I
by Freesoil votes ! •
These valiant gentlemen, however, deceive them j
selves. They have had # no hand in the defeat o: \
Fremont. The sane men among them, if any such j
there are, know very well that if Mr. Fillmore had j
not divided the North—if the American party hat j
not stood firmly, bravely and steadily against tht I
Freesoil host, Mr. Buchanan would have been ut- j
terly overwhelmed, in spite of all the government I
patronage—all the bribery and corruption unseru- !
pulously used in his favor. To Mr. Fillmore and 1
his party, e -id to them alone, is due the honor of de
feating 1 emont. The Freesoil Candida e would
have bt-jii at this moment President elect of the
United States, but for the candidacy of Fillmore.
Not a State North of Mason «Sc Dixon's line would
have voted for Buchanan. The South and the
North would have been separated by the gre at gulf
of his election, and now these gamblers, who stake
the Union upon the election of President, would
have been for having “the South set her house in !
order,” as their favorite phrase is.
We rather think, however, that the scare was not
as great as they flatter themselves it was. So far as
we can discover, neither the speeches of the Bom
basts Furiosos, or the givings forth of their oracular
press seem to have excited anything but ridicule;
indeed, judging from the tone of the Northern press,
they seemed to be far less alarmed than many of the
citizens of the South, although many of the latter
had lived through just such storms before, and had
seen some of these very men going at full speed to
disunion and death about certain hogsheads of sugar
and had witnessed that sudden “ kick in their gal
lop” when Gen. Jackson put on the curb, and at a
more recent period, they were ready to rush into
disunion because of the danger of Squatter Sov
ereignty, which is the favorite doctrine of Bu
chanan, and wbicn they so cordially embrace; yet
it was feared that, although the prudent amoDg
them might pause at destroying the Union, while
uncertain if any portion of the people would back
them, there were some of them crazy enough to at
tempt it.
As their candidate is elected, we suppose that the
disunion party will now doff the lion skin for a time,
and be content to plod along like a quiet beast of bur
den with Buchanan and Brkckinridgb in the pan
fliers. We shall not probably hear their discordant
bray again uutil there again arises a possibility that
they may be deprived of their fodder from the pub
lic crib.
Thanksgiving Day.
Governor H. V. Johnson has appointed Thurs
day, the 20th instant, as a day of thanksgiving and
supplication. The humble and contrite tone of the
message displays the eminent piety of the Governor.
He bids us pray for “heavenly wisdom to guide our
Rulers,” (as no set of men ever needed it more, we
hope the injunction will be obeyed,) and for the ex
pulsion of wickedness in high places, just whatsome
of us have been endeavoring to effect for several
years past:
Executive Department, )
Milledgeville, Ga. Nov. Ist. 1856. $
In conformity with a custom, sanctioned by the
piety of all ages, and enjoined by the great Law Gi
ver of the Universe, and responding to the sugges
tion, which seeks, by procuring concert of action
among the Executives of the several States, is set
apart a fixed day for general Thanksg viug through
out the Union.
I, Herschel V. Johnson, Governor of Georgia, do
hereby designate Thursday, the twentieth any of
this present month, as a day of Thanksgiving and
Supplication, and recommend the people throughout
the State, on that day to suspend their usual busi
ness, and the various religious denominations to as
semble in their respective places of worship, and en
gage in exercises of devotion suitable to the occa
sion. Let us, as a people, acknowledge with grati
tude the manifold mercies of God. Let us thank
him for our exemption from war, pestilence aud fa
mine; f>r our national and social blessings ; for the
prosperity that smiles on our beloved country. Re
membering our short comings and repenting of our
sins, let us implore divine forgiveness. Lei us prey
for the banishment of sectional animosities and
strifes, for the prevalence of political fraternity and
justice, for deep devotion amt fidelity to the Federal
Constitution, which is the bond of our Union ; for
Heaver ly wisdom to "uide our Rulers ; for the ex
pulsion of “spiritual wickedness in high places,” and
lor the establishment of that “righteousness which
exalteth a nation.”
Given under my hand and Seal of the Executive
Department, at the ’Capitol in Milledgeville,
on the day and year above mentioned.
Herschel Y. Johnson.
By the Governor:
L. H. Briscoe, Sec’y Ex. Dept.
The Illinois Central Railroad. —The Chica
go Tribune says :
“Os the 2,700,000 acres of land granted by the
State to aid the construction of the Illinois Centr'd
Railroad, over “,000,000 acres yet remain unsold.—
Taking the salts made since the land office of the
company opened in this city as a test, the fund real
ized from the lauds alone wt 1 not fall far short of
$ 15,000,000! It is thought that the road, completed
and tully equipped, will be clear profit to the c m
pany, to say nothing of the $20,000,000 of money
that wil’ ir due time be piled up in their treasury. —
This great work promises to be the most successful
speculation of the age.”
This is the maimer in which the public lands be
longing to the whole Union, are squandered to spec
ulators and railroad land jobbers, by the Democra
cy, while the old States are excluded from auy par
ticipation whatever in the proceeds. When it was
proposed by the illustrious Clay to distribute the
proceeds of the sales of the public lands among all
the States pro rata, according to representative
population, the Democracy made war upon and de
feated the measure, on the alleged ground that such
a policy would corrupt the States. In lieu of this
wise policy, the lauds are now used by Congress as
corrupting fund, for the benefit of railroad jobbers
and speculators!
Magnetic Phenomena,— Dr. Scohksby, when he
heard of tho loss of the Tayleur, an iron ship, stated
to a friend that he would venture, without knowing
anything of the ship but her fate, to say she was
built with her head to the North. It turned out, on
inquiry’, that she was built with her head to the
North-east. Dr. Scorksby was led to his conclu
sion by having observed that iron has magnetism
induced upon it by hammering, and when lhe bar
thus magnetized is turned in an opposite direction,
and hammered again, the magnetic poles are re
versed. If an iron ship be built with her head to the
North, the hammering will give her a magnetic pa
larity, which will have a certain effect on the mag
netic needle of the compass. Her variation from this
cause may be ascertained, and so long as the mag
netic polarity of the ship continues the same, the
compass may be as serviceable as if it were not af
fected by the ship.
Immigration.—The New York Commerceal Ad
vertiser says : —The number of immigrants arrived
at this port during the month just closed, as shown
by the books of the Commissioners of Emigration,
was 16,886, of whom 9,015 were Germans, and 6,015
were Irish. The total number of arrivals since the
Ist of January, according to the same authority, is
as follows, with acompariaon with the corresponding
months of the last three years :
1853. 1854. 1855. 1856.
January 4,901 15,514 7,845 2,344
February 11,958 4,446 6,123 2,224
March 9,685 3,758 2,066 4,584
April 23,283 31,148 10,195 8,295
Mav 30,212 54,078 24,177 19.0C6
Juno 5,578 25,807 19,427 20,024
July 22,898 35,247 15,716 15,846
August 33,652 39,416 9,180 17,253
September 30,288 25,759 11,706 14,078
October 23,201 38,378 13,342 16,986
Total -.235,636 273,551 119,420 120,640
The proportion of Irish and Germans arrived since
the commencement of the year, appears from the
following table :
Total. Irish. Germans.
January 2,344 584 584
February 2,224 220 444
March 4.584 1,040 1,205
April 8,295 3,237 1,220
May 19,006 6,516 6,303
June 20,024 6,015 6,045
July 15.846 5,068 5,005
August 17,253 5,0110 7,789
September 14,078 4,286 5,247
October 16,986 5,591 7,515
120,640 37,457 46,261
The number of Irish who arrived in the whole of
last year, was 43,04*3, and of Germans, 52,892.
I Another Hoax. —The Washington Union say 3
| that a letter on Kansas affairs purporting to have
been written by Secretary Marct in answer to the
appeal of the Governor of iowa, and which has
been made the subject of comment by the New
York Tribune and other Eastern papers, is a
hoax ; tie letter not having been prepared by Sec
retary Marcy or any one connected with the State
department.
Sugar Cane in New Jaksey. —The Philadelphia
Journal has received a portion of the stalk and a
quantity of the seed of a sugar cane, which was
' raised at Pittegrove, Salem county, New Jersey.—
The cane is of the China species and wae raised
from seed procured by Commodore Perry, when
abroad on his Japan expedition. The soil used in
this experiment was of a light sandy character, and
the planting was done in May last. This and simi
lar attempts to cultivate this particular cane
in New Jersey, have been highly successful, so
much so indeed, as to encourage a belief among the
intelligent and practical men, that the culture may
! be carried nin most of the Middle States to a great
| extent and with considerable profit.
Acquitted. —The trial of Henry C. Keener,
charged with the murder of James Reese, in this
| city, in September, 1854, which has been progres
sing since Wednesday morning, in the Superior
Court, terminated yesterday afternoon in a verdict
of “not guilty.”
A Norfolk Volunteer Arrested.— lsaac D.
Mark, well known in Norfolk, who during the fever
offered his services as nurse and succeeded in rob
bing Mr. Lewis’family of jewelry to a considerable
amount, was arrested a few days since in New-York
for stealing law books.
English Words Terminating on “ il.”—A
correspondent of the “ Notes and Queries” remarks
on the small number of English words having the
termination iL The last given only includes twenty
words, viz; peril, civil, council, evil, devil, codicil,
pencil, lentil /until, cavil, stencil, pistil, tendril, tum
bril, tranquil, tonsil, vigil, basil, jonquil, nostril.
Heavy Losses of Sea Vessels. —The Galveston
Seset gives a list of thirteen steamships, lost within
the last ten years, of the New Orleans and Texas
steamship Line, the total value of which amounted to
$730,000. Ail exeept one were lost on the Texas
coast. There has never been any insurance on any
of the steamers.
When horses march in company those in front di
rect their ears forward, those in the rear direct them
backward, and those in the centre turn them later
ally or across the whole troop, seeming thus to be
actuated by one feeling, which watches the general
safely.
Presidential Election —Vote of Georgia.
> £? >
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Counties. Ho * 2 £ ;
« SO 5 3 *
* H a " |
Appling 196 284 17 i
Btbb 769 958 826 761 34 i
Bryan 90 130 134 127 4
Butts 283 387 339 368 II
Baker 175 453 192 499 16
Baldwin *56 3*M) 401 283 5
Burke 183 4“0 90 476 223
Bulloch 49 446 13
CmalhauiV.V.97l 1445 921 997 28
Chariton 38 129 31 17 7
Camden 28 186 27 181 1
Clinch Hb 252
Coffee 133 129
Caihoun 79 276 7
Chattuhoodhee 227 320 239 387 13
Clay 18S 279 225 280 3
t:.u-.il 228 378 314 379 6
Campbell 448 754 474 553 119
Cobb 764 1251 726 1000 309
Coweta 584 882 i>so 839 134
Cur roll 456 1176 176 1245 425
(j ;u 751 1204 1035 929 144
Cttto.K-ii 346 365 454 350 12
Chattooga 386 506 404 522 13 •
Cher; kee 566 1144 725 1024 213
Clarke 603 487 478 393 162
Coin .• ; h 341 456 363 404 26
Decatur 4oi 396 233 ISO 6
Dooly 205 419 385 524 5
Dougherty 197 266 207 283 15
DeKalb 453 665 448 581 46
Dade 155 240 177 214 3
Effingham 192 181 147 166 36
Emanuel 2**9 273 250 381 29
Early 149 298 141 365 2
Elbert 354 524 364 472 91
Favette 455 734 396 .14 96
Fulton 838 912 795 533 311
Famuii 152 238 550 13
Frankim 183 972 217 919 105
Forsyth 458 798 611 BLO 23
Floyd ... 812 847 799 826 50
Glvnn 91 119 101 67 16
Gordon £96 766 70
Gil me, 166 822 205 830 30
Gwinnett 749 1092 696 989 128
Greene 57 6 253 552 177 156
Harris —— ££s 22
Houston 57 6 604 502 008 51
Heard 417 517 407 4.4 57
lleury.. 759 591 <46 663 127
Habersham 256 858 223 865 82
Hall 451 696 489 813 51
Hart 152 610 60 594 127
Hancock 427 306 452 329 30
’‘Haralson
Irwin 60 346 11
Jasper 382 418 405 391 20
Jones 135 308 313 383 13
Jefferson 376 353 282 308 145
Jackson 453 7.3 368 752 138
Laurens 406 70 509 51 37
Liberty 134 191 161 206 71
Lowndes 665 18
Lee 228 250 397 294 27
Lumpkin 468 736 483 .30 31
Lincoln 212 219 193 188 16
Mclntosh 49 156 50 155 5
Montgomery 224 45 45
Macon 385 274 465 271 41
Mari*, n 495 494 494 512 24
Muscogee 933 740 768 517 71
Monroe 656 505 749 511 20
Meriwether 648 703 726 665 45
Murray. 240 567 154 641 181
Madison 215 415 215 441 22
Morgan 363 234 370 224 49
“Miller(reported). - 20 153
Newton 900 844 722 695 116
Oglethorpe 394 451 239 415 145
Pulaski.: 240 417 298 455 1
Pike 491 630 536 671 12
Polk 372 260 344 361 104
Paulding 187 777 210 805 93
Pickens 225 491 36
Putnam 294 353 295 349 23
Randolph 459 656 776 835 19
Rabun 36 385 36
Richmond 1143 891 1070 720 67
Stewart 598 558 632 550 39
Sumter 855 701 702 060 97
Spalding 540 545 446 445 57
Soriven 245 275 38
Tatnail 229 234 21
Telfair 189 133 7
Thomas 341 463 432 578 9
Taylor 312 429 326 317 3
Talbot 548 442 632 449 1
Troup 1005 412 962 365 60
Twiggs 178 287 244 381 5
Taliaferro 109 238 123 234 27
Upson.. 617 305 705 295 3
Union 330 748 1G
Ware 128 325 2
Wayne 38 139 55 151 5
Webster 298 228 29
Worth 80 237 4
Walker 565 824 617 75)0 33
Whitfield 598 732 713 698 46
Walton 150 684 410 743 106
Washington 699 564 520 589 144
Wilkinson 282 531 347 535 48
Warren 259 589 217 723 42
Wilkes 279 428 349 286 34
Aggreg’e vote.. 43,22253,478 6,284
Johnson's majority over all, 3,972.
“New counties.
In addition to the above we have reported ma
jorities from the following counties :
Fillmore. Buchanan.
Gordon 229
Harris 240
Webster: 50
j Pickens 195
I Striven 101
Buiiocb 400
Union 150
Towns 268
larralson 285
The Election.
We are at last enabled to present something ap
proximating a definite report of the result of tho
election. The later 4 report byljtelegraph gives the
State of Illinois to Buchanan, though it seems not
to be positively settled. From California, we can
not hear for some weeks yet. There is is no doubt
that the other States have voted as reported in the
table :
11 Buchanan. Fillmore. Fremont.
e Maine - .. 8
New Hampshire .. 5
Vermont .. 5
h Massachusetts .. 13
is Rhode Island .. 4
M New York .. 35
Michigan .. 0
Connecticut *. G
New Jersey 7
Pennsylvania 27
e Delaware 3
j Maryland 8
Virginia 15
£ Illinois 11
is Indiana 13
n Kentucky 12
Tennessee 12
e South Carolina 8
i* Georgia 10
xi Alabama 9
Ll . North Carolina 10
Mississippi 7
Arkansas 4
3- O l io .. 23
Wisconsin .. 5
Missouri 9
*■ Louisiana 6
lowa .. 4
is 4
Florida 3
o 170 8 114
f- Without California, Buchanan has 21 votes more
than is required to elect.
Boston Fire Department.—The seventeenth
d animal report of the Boston Fire Department for
n the year ending Sept. 1,1856, says the department
b has been called out during that period 169 times.—
J The loss by fire ,as far as can be ascertained, has
e been $499,355; insurance, $287,832. The engines
8 are all in good order, and the department is prompt
? and efficient. The Chief Engineer, Elisha Smith
Jr., speaks dubiously concerning the steam fire en.
’ 4 gine, but indulges the ‘ hope she will prove a valua
-4 ble auxiliary to the department.”
4 mm.
5 The South Carolina Agricultural Fair.—
4 The Columbia Times states that tbe receipts of
J> horses, cattle, sheep, swine, goats, already boused
e for exhibition, is large, and each train by Railroad
6 adds to the amount.
[j Ou Saturday afternoon the train on the Greenville
e Goad was well packed with consignments for the
e Fair; and, judging by what we have seen upon the
ground, says the Timet, we’are warranted in saying
that there will be a great variety, and a large
amount, from every department ol agriculture,
trade, mechanism and art, exposed at the ground
during the Fa r.
William Wilson, one of Ihe recently elected
New York Alderman, was Yankee Sullivan s se
cond in his fight with Morrissey. Nice Alderman,
that 1
f Wearing Flannel.—ln our climate, fickle in its
gleams of sunshine and its balmy airs, as a coquette
in her smiles und favors, consumption bears away
i every year the ornaments of many social circles.—
! The fa;rest and loveliest are its favorite victims,
s An ounce of prevention in this fatal disease is worth
i many pounds of cure, for when once more seated, it
' | mocks alike medical skill and careful nursing. If
i [ the fair sex could be induced to regard the laws of
- health, many precious lives might be saved, but
; I pasteboard soles, low-necked dresses, and lilliputian
j hats, sow annually the seeds of a fatal harvest. The
i suggestion in the following article from the Scten-
I /J'C A/oerican, if followed, might save Ilia; y with
consumptive tendencies from an early grave :
Put it on at once, winter or summer, nothing bet
i ter can be worn next the skin than a loose, red
l | woolen shirt; “loose,” for ii has room to move on
I j ttm skin, t-.us causing a tittilatiou which draws the
j blood to the surface and keeps it there; and when
; I that is tbe case no one can take cold; “red,” for
■ [ white flannel fills up, mats together, and becomes
1 tight, stiff, heavy, and impervious. Cotton wool
, merely absorbs the moisture from the surface, while
! woollen flannel conveys it from the skm and deposits
1 j in drops on the outside of the shirt, from which the
; : r-'.i.iary cotton shirt absorbs it, and by its nearer
1 exposure to the air, it is soon dried without injury
\ to the body. Having these properties, red woollen
flannel i- worn by sailors even in the mid-summer of
, tlic hott, ~t juntries. Wear i thinner material in
, summer.— Halt's Journal of Health.
—
Vilgima and Tennessee Railroad.—The an
: uual meeting of the stockholders of the Virginia and
j Tennessee Railroad commenced at Ly-nchburg on
| Wednesday. The gross receipts of the fiscal year
are $323.088.60; expenditures, $156,072.05; nett
gain. $165,976.54, being 3J percent, on the cost of
the 162 miies of road in operation last year.
State Elections Tuesday,—ln addition to the
Presidential etection held in every State of the Un
ion, except South Carolina, seven States had their
regular annual elections. New York, New Jersey,
Massachusetts, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin and
| California, elected their State officers and members
cf Congress. Sixty-seven members of Congress
were elected in those States.
K.s ickeubockkk Magazine.—The November
nmuber of this valuable and racy monthly has been
laid on our table by Oates & Bro.
Boston, Monday, Nov. 3.—The schooner Oak
from New York, for Gardiner, Me., was aban
doned on the Ist inst, in latitude 42° 54', longtitude
67° 47'. She sunk in fifteen minutes after abandon
ment. The captain and crew were brought to Bos
ton by the steamer Eastern State, from Halifax.
An old Relic.—A servant man belonging to Mr. j
Robert Hauiner, while ploughing ou a tobacco field |
on his plantation in Albouiarle county, recently I
brought to the surface a gold ring, on which was en- j .
graved the name of the owner, Rebecca Harper, j 1
and the date 1746, one hundred and ten years ago. j I
Wholesale Stampede.—A few nights since 14 ; <
slaves escaped from Kenton county. Ky., and about \
the same time 12 other* were mieaing from the vi
einity of Mayeville.
„ Aiigttftta in 171)3.
Thf. Editor of the Madison. Visitor, haa recently
been placed in possession of four uumbers of the
“ Augusta Chronicle," published in October, 1793,
from which he has made up the following very inter
esting article
The “ Centinel' of 1793 was not the 44 Sent . eP'
of the present day, (the -letter was the “ Stales
Rights Seniintl which was uuited with the
“ Chronicle y " in January, 1837, when the fiist regu
lar daily paper ever published in Augusta was U
sued. The'.Chronide is now in its seventieth year:
A CiLANCE AT THE PAST.—We have bofoi'C US
several numbers of the Augusta Chronicle, pub
lished during the month of October, 1793 just sixt y
three years ago ! It is a little, dingy locking affair,
something larger than a fooiscap sneet, and in an
pearancu but little like the handsomely printed
Chronicle of the present day.
There were, at this time, two papers in Augusta:
the Avgusta Chronicle and fin Georgia Centinel
When they were united, we do not know—nor do
we know When the that daily paper was i sued
there. The Chronicle, in 1793 was a weekly pup«*r,
and the numbers before us bear the dates Oct.
Oct. I:2—(>ct. 19—and Oct. 26. The entire title and
imprint read thus:
“ The Augusta Georgia Chronicle, and Gazette
of the Slate. *' Freedom of l! e Press and Trial by
Jury shall remain inviolate.”— Const itulin of Geor
gia. Augusta: Printed uy d iiin E. Smith, Prin
ter to the Slate; Essays, *Ai\ieUs of Intelligence,
Advertisements, &c., will be gratefully received,
and every kind of Printing performed."
The greater portion of tin fir number is occu
pied by the 41 Constitutional Act of the Republic of
France.” The second number contains particulars
of the assination of Marat, “ the friend of the peo
ple,” as he was celled, and the trial of Charlotte la
Corde, who was convicted of the crime and exeeu
ted. The Paris correspond nt of the London pa
per from which this account is taken, spt nks of he**
as “ a very pretty woman, of well known republi
can sentiments.’ The whole account is interesting,
and we may re-publisli it at some future lime.
Captain Jonas Fauche writes from Greers
borough to Colonel Melton, of Augusta, gi\ ii g : •
interesting news. Llis letter i •luted S pn-mber 2‘\
1793. “On the 7th inat., Inc Indians stole rum
horses, fired on the owners as they were ’allowing
the trail, and killed one of their bor*e»." Cupt. F .
with “3o meu, commissioned officers and privates,
accompanied bv 11 mounted m.; under C. pi. M* '-
tou, pursued them. “At or mar duck's C:eek, on
the Oakmulgee, we termed a junction with Lieut.
Col. Alexander who had eigi.t mounted ril-uuui,
and Lieut. Col. Lamar, with a party ot 25, chiefly of
ficers of hie own regiment. We started from the
Oakmulgee on the 17th, aud by two o’clock on th •.
morning of the Ist dis covered that the trail laid led
us to a town, covered by a large river, at least s*lo
yards wide.” This was doubt i«. ss the Chat: ahooebic.
After some delay, they succeeded in fording it, a
- the town, killed six warriors, took eight wo
men and children prisoners, burned fifty huts, a,id
captured “50 lbs. powder and n quantity of lead.”
There are severul interesting letters dated 4 Fort
Fidius, on the Ocouee,” giving accounts of Indian
depredations in Greene and other counties, and u
long communication, dated “Augiu ia,Oet. 12, 1793,”
from Lieut. Col. Melton, detailing quit anuinb> r >f
skirmishes w-ith the In i:;iu in the neighborh o««
Fort Clark, on the Oakmulgee, aud other iron lit
points.
Long accounts are given of the ravages of yellow
lever in Philadelphia, which seems to Have been of
n very malignant type. Stages from that < ty to 13i:l
timore were not allowed to pass tmotigh the inter
mediate towns, and ti e stages to New York were
stopped by the citizens of Burlington uud Bord* n
town. “Indeed,” says the paper before us, “any
person travelling ou those roads from Philadelphia,
though in ever so sound a stale of health, is shun
ned like a pestilence, aud viewed with the same
eye of horror, as if lie was bearing with him all lie
evils of Pandora’s box, to distress aud desolate
mankind.”
Hero is a lick at “certain fellows of the baser
sort,’' who infested the region roundabout Phila
delphia. We guess they rather “bristled up” at
such a compliment:
“There are certain xwine settled near Philadel
phia (says a correspondent) who deny citizens in
good health the satisfaction of crossing the water,
for fear of transmitting into their delicate nostrils
the infection prevalent in some parts of this city.—
It is certain their fears are groundless, nr *t is well
known that swine are a species of animals that the
contagion rarely or never aflVets !”
Here is an item of news, which will be read with
interest, even at this day :
Petersburg, Sept. ‘J7. —On Wednesday the 18:h
instant, one of the grandest Masonic Processions
took place in the city of Washington, which, p' '■
haps, ever was exhibited on a similar occasion
'this procession was for the purpose of laying the
corner stone of the Caprtolof the United States.-
Brother George Washington was present on thl i
solemn occasion, and took a distinguished part
in depositing the plate and placing the corner stone ”
The entire number t f counties in Georgia at tl. -
time was eleven : Burke, Chatham, Columbia, Ef
fingham, Elbert, Franklin, Greene, Liberty," Rich -
mond, Washington, and Wilkes. We have lm • a
complete list, of their representatives to the Legisla
ture, and county officers.
Burke was represented by Je.uies Jones, Jon rhnn
v amp, Levi Barrow and Isaac Walker Esqs. Chat
ham: John Milledge, Senator; James Jones, Win.
Gibbons, senior, Samuel Ha mi no id, Georg o Jo>m,
mid Jacob Walburger, ReprciL n atives. Col <
Jnines Sims and James McNeill, Kepi sent at v s.
Ejfiingham : Benjamin Lanier and Calep lIow«f ;
Elbert: William Barnett; Franklin : Russel Jones
and Harde n ; Greene: Robert Greer and Hen
ry Graybill; Liberty: Col. Daniel Stuart, Jonathan
Fabin, Peter Winn, and Col Win. M’lntosh : Hic ! -
mond: Robert Watkins and Samuel Jack ; Wa.h
inglon : John Rutherford and Reuben Wilkinson;
Wilkes: Joel Early, George Mathews, Richard
Wortham and Arthur Fort.
It will be seen that this list includes but om Sena
tor—John (afterwards Governor) Milledge. Wheth
er or uot he constituted the entire Senate, wo are
unable to say.
Hus the follow’’ng “Notice” anything to do with
the celebrated G. Jphin claim ?
“To all and singular the creditors of Mr. George
Galphin, now in confinement in virtue of capias ad
sat (faciendum, that the said Galphin is about to
make application to be allowed the benefits of the
statute made and provided for the relief of insolvent
debtors, in terms thereof.
Robert Watkins, Attorney for Plaintiff.
Oct. 10, 1783”
Our forefathers seem not to have been a very
funny people. We have carefully looked througu
the numbers of the Chronicle, and find but two an
ecdotes—bill they are both well worth republishing.
Here they are :
“People wlio are resolved to rl a e always, at all
events, frequently overshoot tl omsolves, and len
der themselves ridiculous by being too good. A l.i*
dy going to eat plumb rake and caudle at a friend’s
house one morning, ran to the cradle to see the fine
boy as soon its she came i:i; unfortunately the c<il
hud taken the baby's place; but before she could
give herself time to see her mkt&k.s, she exclaimed,
with uplifted eyes and bauds, Oh! what a sweet
ceild ! the very picture of his father !' ”
“A gentleman, whose wife was very unhappy in
her temper, finally bought her a horse, which fortu
nately broke her neck. A friend of his, troubled
with the domestic evil, begged to pui ha. j lhe
horse. ‘lndeed.’ says the other, lam on the point
of matrimony, and may want it again.’ ”
How “French Brandies” ark Made.— We
have derived no little amusement from the persu 1
of a circular issued to liquor dealers throughout the
country by a farm in Now York, in which the* im
portant information is conveyed that they have
been for many years “trying to improve all kinds
of spirits from grain and turn them into a good imi
tation of French cognac ; and that, after much labor
and experiment, they have at last found an article
to answer that purpose.” Tin y thus set forth the
process of manufactory:
“By distillation and chemical operation we get
at fourth proof an article in which the flavor is so
much concentrated that, by mixing a gallon of it
with twenty-live to fifty galloas of American pure
spirits, it gives a good imitation of the different im
ported brands.” One gallon of “an article' ’ to pro
duce from twenty-live to fifty gallons of imitation
of the import* d brans; to be bottled, labelled, a I
forth, and swallowed ut one dime p nr pony glass, .is
an article “such ns you cannot get elsewhere in
town.” This article i called spirit of cognac, and,
according to the circular, “may be Lad without cMor
or colored or pale or dark.” “Dark by all men; »,”
“I prefer pale.” “You can take which you plenre,
gentlemen; but you are now aware of the manner in
which both ore prepared.”
This enterprising firm have also discovered an ar
ticle which they call spirit of gin. They aver that
a splendid imitation of Holland gin cun be pro
duced by mixing one gallon of the spirits with forty
gallons of pure spirits. In addition, they have con
stantly on hand a fine supply of “chemical color
ing/’ *>y which the “dark” article of imitation
brandy is produced.
The circular closes with a list of prices, which, if
published, would astonish our citizens, many of
whom, when imbibing these “ imitations.” which
cost about 60 cents per gallon, are informed that
“that brandy cost mesß in New York.”
With this information in their possession we should
not wonder if henceforth there was a decided de
cline of confidence among brandy drinkers us well
as among the imbibers of the lose pretentious liquors,
gin and rum.
Cruel Treatment of an Editor in Sweden.—
A correspondent of the Augsburg All gemmae
Zeitung writes from Stockholm, September 25th:
“The responsible editor of the Swedish Gazette,
the Fsedcraesland, (Fatherland) Mr. Steuermnun
Lindstcem, who some time ago was condemned to
pay a fine of about $l5O for his article on the right
of succession, being unable to do so, has been com
mitted in flie Lamgboims prison for the period of
four months, where he is obliged to dress in the
prbon clothes and live in company with tin vilest
criminals. Ilis presence being r quired at Stock
holm to answer a similar char; , he was not per
mitted to resume liis own clothes but had to travel
in the felon’s dress, and in w >oden shoes w hich
wounded his feet severely. Though unable to
walk, he was forced to return on loot, after his ex
amination, to his prison. This cruel treatment of a
political prisoner has excited general indignation,
and is commented upon very severely by the united
press.”
Wrecks During the Month of October.- -
The following is a list of American sea going vessels
reported aa totally lost during the month of October
with the loss of life attending thorn, and the estima
ted value of vessel and cargoes:
Name. Value. Where owned. Value cargo:
St’r City of Sa\ ’ah. s3o,ooo—Baltimore $70,000
“ Perseverance... 40,0 b0 —New Orleans— B,UUO
1 • Topgallant... . 30,000—New Haven unknown
Ship M. Vernon 0,000 —New Bedford... sup hu
“ Southern Belle.. 60.000—Beverly unknown
Bark. Kirkland 12,000—8a-rixuoie
Brig Attakapas 3,000 —Thom ad ton, Me. 25 000
“Alma P 10,000—Boston
“ Mary Frances... 10,000— Waidboro unknown
“ Wild Pigeon ... !>,ooo—New Orleans 6,000*
“ Tamorec (whal). o,ooo— New London.... unknown
“ Stephen J0y.... 10,000 —New \ ork .. -• 3,000
“ Gen. Taylor.... 1,600 —Ne*.v \ ork 24 (M it
“ Amos Lawrence, 7.ooo—Boston save I
Sch. S. D. Sparks... 4,ooo—Bristol, Me 2,000
“ Ebro I,soo—Ellsworth, Me... 2,000
“ Mist (fishing; . • 3,000 — oston 4;>o
“ Mary W 5,000 —San Francisco.. 20,000
“ Lvaander s.%o—King—on,Mass.. 3,000
“ Forward ''whal). 6.i*o0 —San Francisco... none
“ Gard. Pike, 2 ms. 16,000—New York 2,00
“ Dixon Swindell. 2,000 6,000
“ Walt Cummings. 2,000— Smyrna, De1....
“ Fly in’ Cloud, lish I,7oo—New bury port.. - JM
“ Kaios 2.50 U— Bastp-Tt ‘J,OOOt
“ Alpha, (fishing). 600—Gloucester unknown
“ Ocean Wave 6,000 —Nawb*-rn ,
“Splendid I,oto—New London-- - '
“ VV'm. Wright 3,000 —Ne wark unknow u
“ Mary Adams 1,000 —Baothbay . P '
Pilot boat 5.0' i) —New \ ork 1
Sloop James I,soo— Taunton - •
$:*04,»00 $268,350
304,000
$573,250
♦All on board lost. \ Five lives lost.
The value of the “unknown” cargoes would pro
bably bring the gro«ss total np to $700,000. Tins ip
independent of the loss* incurred by vessels Biermy
going ashore, of which there were many during t ie
month. There were also borne very severe Josses,
both of life and property, oil the lakes, which are not
included. —Journal of Commerce.
The Medical Examiner.—The November num
ber of this valuable Medical periodical if on our ta
ble, and from an examination of the table of com
tenta we find that it contains its usual variety of
original and miecelluue. .us matte r. This is a
ard work and needs no encomium from us. It is
Edited by Samuel L. Hollingsworth, M. li.,and
Published by Lindsay & Bi.akiston, m Philadel
phia at $3 per annum in advance.
The River. The late raipa have caused a rise
in tlje Savannah river of lb feet. The rate of freight
to Savannah by river bO cents and by Railroad 70
cents. '
The Adams Express Co., bavej our thanks for
late New York papers.
i'Jfctiic-i in UetttUvti to Premdeutfnl Elections.
The Baltimore American says : The majorities by
which our Pres'dents loach office are generally far
less decisive than is supposed. The popular major
ity for the successful candidate is rartdy excessive,
and not unfrequently he hua merely a plurality.—
The present election is an instance in point. Mr
Buchanan goes into the Electoral College with a
very respectable majority of electors, 3 efc he will
probably fall 200,000 votes short of a majority of the
popular vote. This was also the otse in 1844, when
the votes of the opposition exceeded the ag
gregatc given to Mr. Polk, and he was a minori
ty President. In 1824, there were four candidates,
namely, Jackson, Adams, Crawford and Clay. The
first received 99 electoral votes, t e second 84, the
third 41, and the fourth 37. The election, under
these circumstances, devolving ou the House, Ad
ams received the votes of 13 States, Jackson of 7,
add Craw/ord of 4. In 18 >B, Jackson was chosen
by the popular voice, obtaining 178 electoral votes
<<i 261. which then constituted the Electoral Col
lege. In 1832 Jackson was again chosen by the
popular voice, and this time by an even greater ma
jority, receiving 17" electoral votes more than bis
opponent, Henry Clay.
In 1 Nitj, Mr. \an Huron, though elected over
G< a. Hannon, had only 14,000 majority 011 the pop
mar veto, ' ough ho had 170 clk-p m’ votes out Os
-1 F our y*•'»*-- ..!{.►:!• Ocn. llarrisoj, .-denied at first
f 'f' '* ; »rce times a many supporters as
Vn “ Unf/rs U,rh ° Gained 234 c!< ctora! votes,
whii'- f,:.s n •»;!«?.had hut 60 ; yet ho only beat
the latter m Mm popular vote about ono hundred
and s ty t ~u Mod, out of a poll of nearly two mil
lions, f* *t r hundred thousand. An oilier curious fea
ture of the election of 1840 wo® that the popular
vote ex< *■•{■ ii by nearly that cast in
B-' \an Bun n, for its 1 ’.nee, distanced as he
V.U-. ret ivo j :h,i,Uri votes in »*|ij more than he
did tour years before. In J :M, hH }. < . u id al.
leady Polk van actually a 1 imutity V < and
y-f. he be it Chi j by a larger majority than
i I -.riLon had be 'ei< V -ii Burr-n ; the vote being
mr Polk 1,53(i,©6 ; so, Clay The Elec
tora: fh> : lege stood, however, 17U for Polk, to 105
for Clay. In 1848, General Taylor received IG3
electoral and Genera! Com 127. Not with
standing Frauklin Pu re, in 1 * .v; f received 255
elecioral vote- 1 , and G«m*:ui Scott received only
42, vet General Suo't received of the popular vote
1,38G,934, whereas ( Jen. Pierce received only 1,606,-
723. Thus while Gen. Pierce received six times as
many electoral votes as Gen. Scott, the d.flVreuce
betwt • n the tw > in ihc popular vote was iiit’emore
than 220,000, and of the total aggregate popular
vote thrown, General Pierce had only r, majority of
65,289.
W e annex the following table of the popular vote
of the l Ited States for the last 20 year.-, as perti
ncut and interesting at this time:
Y«ars. B nrx ralif. Whg. Free Soil. Scat’nir
i .. 2uu.a;.o lOi.Huo
1828 Ii U>,oUo 50(),10t»
1832 687,502 583 297
I&>H 706.068 737,526
1837 819,203 927,213
1833 956,019 1,066,713
1830 1.0-.1,1:8 972,347
1810 •. 128,27 6 ! ,«74, Ji 7 7,069
1-41 .... 1,038,400 1,016,198 01
1842 1,124,763 1,023,765 27,301 15 434
1843 1,061,584 960,7 9 56 243 86 624
1845 1,161,674 1,143,*46 62,194 1 929
IB4ti 1,163,422 1,1 i 7,779 79477
1847 1,834.409 1,261, ;.76 781557
1848 1.223,795 1,362,242 291,378
5:19 1,243,471 1.235,378 82.649
1850 1,298,633 1,265,240 89 785
1851 1,397,757 1,282.233 78143
1852 ....”•. 1,587,256 1,381,577 157.290 -J
1853 1.361.6-1 1,192,789 227,058 55,540
1854. 1 310,712 1,271 730 125,861 334,545
1855 1,456,863 1,3580107 618,592 794,146
In this table, in all the Presidential elections,
the popular vote of South Carolina is omitted,
the Legislature of that State selecting tho elec
tors.
*>' Truth Somewhat Coi.oked.-~ -An English tou
rist in America gives in Colburn’s L< mlon Maga
e zina sonic sketekus of what he i observed, uud soma
- .iiU> at faults, which, though a lit t o colored, possess
’ much truth. lie was in Washington duiing tlis
” struggle for tin* Speakership, and speaks ns follows
* of what he saw. What he says of oui filthy bubit of
” spitiing is very little, if at all exaggerated :
n “It a debate springe up it seems to be u game of
A . cross question* and crocked answers. A member
is making a speech, when a question is put to him.
n His answer suggests other questions, uud, while
f. commenting on the replies, the questioner in turn is
, questioned by some one else, and so on. When a
member appears to be utl rug the le it. ten lance of
.! his speech hull' a dozen or more members ui eon their
3 calling out, Air. Clerk! Mi. Clerk!’ amid
‘ shouts from all par sos the hull,‘Call the roll! call
y the v**il” \ou will otteu have no small ditli* ulty to
!„ hear \v hat is said or undo stand what is going on
n k’Oi'i the incessant noise and bustle. There is a
_ constant sharp st iking of letters and papers on tho
.. desk—a inode the members have of summoning the
. ]" ages to take their documents to the post-box.—
d You are amazed too at th • picturesque latitudes of
some of the members. You are quite right in re
_ marking that this is a Democratic assembly. Is not
1 1ml an elegant posture now of the honorable gen
e tknmn iu the outer range of seats ? lie has flung
one leg over the desk in front, the heel of his boot
jj dipping in the ink bottle, and, while his chair is tilted
back and his other leg flung over one arm of it,
e ho chews his quid, picks his teeth, uud squirts his
,] tobacco juice at his neighbor’s spittoon, which he
<0 misses. Taisia the Yankee way of 'taking it easy.’
e “The Americans seem t«» have an unconquerable
propensity to kick up their heels—not behind, but
r»efore. 1 have gone into the reading room oi the
Young Men’s Christian Association,on tho avenue,
uud found, of lour men readiug, three with their
ieet on the table and the fourth baking his in the
y oven of the stove. On more than one occasion,
11 while sirring iu the ga!Juries at Congress, I have re
ceiveu a poke at tlm back of my head, and, ruining
"• round, have discovered in close proximity, not any
body's elbow or hat, but a pair ot bools with feet in
11 their, resting on the back of my seat, on un elevation
i- with the clmir of the owner. But a more disagree*
i* able thing than that is the chewing and spitting. In
a Congress the carpets iu the galleries Are saturated,
c uud the stair case walls filthily discolored with tobac
•l co juice. Iu the streets, when the snow was on the
d grouud, it looked as if people had been walking all
1, over the city with leaky cans of inolu j ses.”
>t
Oka in of Col. Boone. —The Springfield (Mo.)
Advertiser mentions the death of Col. Nathan
q Boone, youngest son of Daniel Boone, week be
■j fore last, aged sc venty-sixt years. “Thus it is that
the families of those old pioneers whore history reads
like a romance, and to whose intrepidity and mor
i; vellou* powers of endurance and uuyiolding*deter
minatiou we owe the reclaiming of the ‘bloody
3 grounds’ ol Kentucky and the wilds of the West
from the dominion of fiercely savage tribes, are pans -
3 ing from amongst us.”
Increased Sp eed of Locomotives.— The Phila
r ’* ei phia Ledger cites the exhibition in France ot a
locomotive weighing sixty tons, with ten feet dri
viug wheels, and said to be capable ol attaining a
speed of one hundred and sixty mile spe r hour. Its
t centre of gravity is placed so low- as to render it sa
o than ordinary engines at the usual speed, so far
t as getting off tho tracki s concerned. It is doubt
-8 ed whether the speed named can be readied with
out much larger driving wheels ; but there is no
n doubt oC the practicability of achieving it with
I larger cues, or that, by elevating the track so
b to allow of a very low centre of gravity, to
il get her wch, widening the space between the rails,
i, and rvoiding common rouiis by bridges and tunnels
r r< Id ad trams can move with ease ana safety 150
” miles per hour. _
n Rev. B. M. Palmer. —The Columbia, (So. Ca.)
Time* says: We regret to learn that the Rev. B. M.
I Palmer, of thin city, has accepted the call from
- the New Orleans Presbyterians, uud will of course
Y leave Columbia for his new field of usefulness and
Pastorial oversight. Our friends of the Presbyte
) rian denomination in Columbia will thus be de
prived of the services of a -eh beloved, useful and
j. very able Divine, whose b: l light and devotion
, to the Cross cannot fail to attract many penitents
t wherever lie may be called to minister.
I The Indianapolis Journal states tLat the amount
J of freight scattered along the Bdlefontaine Rail
road, and switched off at way places, is almost in
credible. At Inuian&polis the freight trains cannot
get nearer the Union Depot than seven miles. On
Friday night a train came in, consisting of forty-two
curs loaded with goods for the Western market.—
Shippers sending goods West should recollect that
the Baltimore route Ims no connection with the road
tl us miserably inefficient iu its working arrange
ments.
Mexican Difficulties with Stain.—The New
York Herald learns that President Comonfort, as a
counter movement agaii.Pt the threats of Spain, has
already upon the Rio Grande an efficient corps of
military men, who are sent there to raise a body of
troops for the invasion of Cuba. Into the regiments
there to be raised, Americans as w%il as Mexicans
will be received; and now that the excitement ot
the Presidential election b over, a largo amount of
fiiibufiterism will bo set afloat to seek new adven
tures, and to gather fresh spoils.
Cabinet mongers for tho Buchanan administra
tion are already about. The following is the first
programme:
Secretary of State—D. S. Dickinson, New York
Postmaster General —B. F. Uallett, Mass. •
Secretary of Treasury—R. M.T. Hunter, Va.
Secretary of War—Jehu Slidell, Louisiana.
Read This. —Kentucky alone in a single year,
«ays tJie Louisville .journal, loses more property
than the Carolinas, Georgia, Alabama, and Alissis
sippi do in ten. Yet there are no disunionists in
Kentucky. No man here looks to disunion as a
means of giving greater security to slave property,
but on the contrary, as a preliminary step, to driv
ing all such property further South. If Maryland
ears Kentuckians, Missourians, and Western Vir
ginians find no sufficient cause for disunion in th s
Grievance, but on the contrary view its inevitable
increase «s ore among many causes for adhering to
ih«; Union, why should the other Southern slave
States take our peculiar misfortunt s so much to
heart ? We do rot beg their sympathy, still less do
we need their advice to instruct us bow to under
stand our peculiar ir ter csta. For motives of their
own they want disunion : and, well aware of the
want of sympathy on the part of Marylanders, Ken
tuckians, ami Mis ourians, either m feeling or in
terest with their plot, they are perpetually remind
ino- ih of our own peculiar grievance, but without
showing how it is to be alleviated by the success of
their disunion scheme.
Excitement in Salisbury, N. C.—The Salis
bury Banner, of the SBth ult., !■«* > h< - following ac
count of the reception of ex-Profeeeor Hedrick in
that place:
Our 1 aua'ly quiet town v, ua the scene of great up
roar and disorderly conduct on TueHtluy u;ght last.
It became known that Prof. Hedrick was in town
as a delegate to the Educational Convention, which
was then in session; this was calculated to excite
the indignant feelings of many of our citizens, who
determined to disgrace him and compel him to leave.
Au effigy was prepared and placed in front of the
Presbyterian church, where the convention was in
session, and on adjournment of the convention the
effigy was burnt m the presence cf the Professor
and nearly every member of the convention. Inis
**ught to have satisfied the crowd, but it was only
the beginning of the riotous proceedings. They
soon collected in a large force aud proceeded under
much excitement and much uproar so the Female
Seminary, where Professor Hedrick was lodging
then caiue the “tug of war.’ Tney hallooed, hissed,
groane . and proceeded in most riotous and repre
heufciv manner to compel Hedrick to leave th#
town. The excitement became more intense and
greater disorder prevailed, as they proceeded. The
rabble was finally quieted by the appearance of sev
eral ot our citizens, who pr#v fled upon them ty
disperse.