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time Until sold andpo* **l**ll ;o < u Term* to suit par
chAiuTK. f.&T.-JI-if] MATTE W AVKBETT.
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*» Vajn ‘ Vv. ■, r'i-.y.i ~unty, (ox, M^ainlng^L
clJarrlmoi und-T liliaJJt the reuiiid/r gum rally
well tirab.' «rl. It »jak - ... * pri ■»% of cool bloc Lime
power witliout daminp, i . ~ny w*.-il delected
varietio*, eiqieGaiiy <•: , ; .a ! «.r*e nod commodi
u* Brick. Dwell;nr, ‘-i by tine scenery, and
within a mile of the <■ dUgc. i- note. for its educational
Advantage:. AH who.* ■ the pr'-mises, (sou
of b.-autyi f.M iil 1 ••« . ' •! khfuhu*-.# to ar
And resources of*tL- piac-wcau hardly fail to satisfy you
that it i* a No. J artieio, not subject io the tiuctuaticus
fthe market. I •*» pi.-os.ap;,> on tl e jnvm: -.,
W. JJ. COWDREY
a H the u• Ms Southwea
j\ tern < * *, 1 LI.S ? d LAND
for sale The Mills are ■ uated -:> the Ogee, hee River,
one and a hall mile* from V woiton, on the re ad to Cum
wing and Washing!, n- hnhark pc--: .gdaiiv— has four
Mill has just been co»api.u«d ■ -,i V . TheVni custom
Will exce<*l ttiatof any two mill-, t-n -t» i iY« aiui the
wheat custom will r' ( ual any o:iv / hou i* ho »itu
Ated a* to remain m ami tic th, .it»d <. > Mill : in
Tin* Land lb lu Hanoi h . . .mty «. ngilic Ogm 'hee
more or h- h, and will emmi my ! din the county lu
producing cm, . • i n ■ . oth r gr:»,.. iv Tin-te
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the yard, in *.-• t, uojdti. • ;.<ni better fur? i.shed with
good Spring* of water. toLt fßlhiF. SHIVERS.
"Good* ,hiw-re d fret, of Charge!
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it viitb th it ■' h Is sure
ultimato)y to «aimi >.•! ' . t un it.
Ann..; uL c.«ir. ; . 'bhallheiMl ah my oftiei
Road and in 61 or to qed . 1 to u Inimum
rata, contract ;
■ > al * Reoalv
lug au«l i an that ot
flCtt can mario □ i .• ... '.rauce between Northern
Foruau'l Augusta
All Goo U FORWARI BU IRI OP ( >MMIB
R R.
Agent," Savannah
by order «f tht- Hoard
F RANGES T WILLIS, President.
Ju'y 1, 1955 jytfh
K'h vv ' ■ v.X
live feet .»:f <i o- > !•• "« uii,, about Hftor
170 15« . ’ "•
jail. Monroe noun y, .. • amt tine month* ,-and
would n..L o ’ n ’ >. company
with hlu .i ’ P n
vtaniHil P. v oar |i or l()
Mm !i
pleeted • Ogle
thorpe couni y, G<». with pa. ■* • < do. If they
. .. i.
Mpit We will pay the abov« rea lto any peteon
who will deliver ifjem to’in. r ..nt i «• in *otao -afe
Jail ao that woenn - ,!i ;< l t . iiher
of them WASHING <'NU • tiAJ.TLKY,
Oulverton P. stoftt.-v »• *i 7, (la
Knoxville Hegi <rf . and forward
account to thi* office for payioeut. uiy"l
525 REWARD.
I WILL pay the above sn» 1 for the apprehension and
lodgment In jail of my-boy HAURv. .Should he
be tab*-i at : "*'•
twfcttkg hl» rtu pi y. In ad*
dltlon t<- *.!.«• d-o ’ ••"-img
hit delivery. Ilarrv •. Mailin'. U alb-'-r -r, ' laverand
plaatei or. *b
MMI w
country w irking on his . -n .. on»P without any au
thority He doitbtl* . t - He claims a
wife at Mr. Oreim 1 ' near ■ \ . and one also a*
Gov. SebU". V i-h<-..r. 1 have bee ' of l < be lig in
. to. • ’ •
u Carolina. All «>. r•. is ar* h. oby .vatic. -I against
employing a.-; i • .y. or r: y ofiry oi!. u 1 b mic* with
out permission from mo or my \ K . ut.
mySB-wtf JOHN II 1 I’TI: ..Angu.sta.-Ga.
4,877,0C0 FEET OF LUMBER.
rpillS - u-ii A-. n Company
I built f.r . -at HUH 1,.»K \Y ILJ which
we have sawed l. ttr million oig . Imu. cl mid seventy
saven thousand feet of L» ... . wr.uvro, iu 18
y We really
,A«I .1 u •! 1 t pel .lay. tor
we suppose t V-di ha • nt • above
time, twonioc.ths. t. wan: ■* .«»k s 1 occ»':«>nal re
pairs Ac V <nrimproven utswork .tie, and we ad
vise their u*. on a >\
Yours, respc t ilv, Warn At RkppaKD.
77 Mile Post, t . R K . Ferny pj, If •,
W«think it U>..l . c.M . • i'at,- Wewill
build the cam t'lKCl LA H SAW ' S. , Frames cast
In oue piece.) with w.n o ..... 1B! -and Caniage
i
BOILERS, Fin SU VF I FNt I i-Tiig and Mill
MACHINERY. Pi > “ As I t Urs> CAST
INIIS, t-f ev.-rv ... V. >1 on Wi rk FIN
ISHING and UP \i ' . icl We
warrant all our u rk d ctlier MILL
PATTERN . w . : N« iNo. A * CONY. FANCY
KAII.INU, Ac la -i . ars
For sale low, one s ii ixi'.NOi. K-, oue Twelve
Horse second-haml FV r; F.
Address KBt HEN NiCKF. :SOX, Agent.
Athens Steam Com- >. Athens, Ga.
oct3l*w6iu
SJO REWARD
I)AMh u.i t. u -.dm in I*ut
lv asm. unty. M ... .A- my Negro
Man FRANK li - - t tcu i:i
ches high, ot medium m " :*»• * pediment inhis
speech, and has lost Uo->n * •. . . ■ . Hi imta raised
in Virgin a. and ha> l>. m . out two years
The wove reward wUI be paid i . b delivery to me,
or to any jail so that 1 cgn got uim.
jtn: \ Harris
The Southern It. .»rdcr wu. p i ; . F :• : i-'. and for*
ward account tv> this ..• . . :i\ . .
SJO REWARD
■ WILL pay t.mab x. ' . e
L and del.x. ,v u ‘ . ' ; e jaii
in Georgia or South P . . that i. an gel 1. iu. of a
Negro Manua ;.i l WILLIAM iU dP' t
Maker . is cr ppied ;u t.> . f •• r- • >*o:it . .•.t4 or 6
inches high, ftarntner-i uk o l piexien:
can read ai.d write • hav-- • p»— * wn
writing Ruts s.er ~v • uv*.. . .. auA <mother
at Shell Bluff. Ipun'iu-., ..n ... v i.l.Uoiu
baek. JOHN F. SUT 1 ON.
auld-wtf Ka\ sx .e. Ga.
AUGUSTA a-OSaS. AUGUSTA, GA
P|4HS
I tcus.N . MAv iNF. Slit*'. >, F''FNDHY ..mi CAR
SHOP, with a* 1. . . . - • ’tv ■ e .v. here*
toforebtdomt xxg the C »] . ' known as the * Augusta
Machine N\ rksAare m , . od toexeeiue >nlere
•br CASTING > ME! ANf,. GIX (i V A RING,
MINING '
BOILERS, SAW M;ALB ''HA! NO and
PULLEYS> RAILROAD * Hs .v.d IRONS TEAM
BOAT MACHINERY . - »? w .rk
usually made iti ,ck "• •- ' • it' ■ Brass
or Wood. Onlersforw . y ted for,
must be accompaa i d w*:-'; cash depo- aof T n»r cent,
on the supposed value .■ ... .v. rs o:dcred, av ’ the re*
maiader paid on delivery F e work Adu > a1! let
tars on business to L. IR I'KINs •: CO
PROPRIETORS:
Hexry H CCMXINU. «« ' A SI MM H».
W. M. If a S HON a 4 Ro ;■ Fix i V.Ba. KTS
scp3o-dA wtim l >n - i H 'M»
250 FOR SALE.
lIIAVR become una , t . . , aU .. lld to my Co oa Es*
Ute proper.y, ai dunt\;\ rx v t i, ot fer it’all for sale
at auction, on Monday, ; v day of December next.
The Plantation is &uua- <\ about \ W| , j. s north
from Jacks n. M. - the : -tic c : * a and
about ten mile* wwt <l t the great Northern Hatir. ad from
New Or.e»u> u. thv N > The wi” u » . ract
tivaUon—w Uic : wi xv. :r . . v '
new Gin Hou.-e . With foe; ... :liu Siauds Tl ere will
be sold at the same time ab. a:dv*» Mr.ies ao d all the
farming implements.
The Negroes are trad, i . baud-, an a-e a val
uable lot, and wi.t be *li m fauiilies. T Negroes
and Implement.- vvii: b» - f-r cash or is equlva
loots. The laud will be .1 tor one third c.—h, the
balance in two equal ;i * : .u. m*. dr. .r. ue two
years.
sep*2l-wpiec7 MA RK R COC KI wl LL.
fPHE f*riJSUHIII' K retr. or lease,
1 the well ki wn LOITSV ii.LE HuTEL,In Louis
ville. Ga. The Hotel cm be ha-i tin; sirv: day : Jan
uary, 1557, either by porcha>c. rent or lease, upon very
liberal tenns. Apuiy ;->
octlO-et E. R. CARSWELL, Louisvilie, Ga
PHAOTIOF OF SURGERY
Dr. jukiiii
modate with and Njxr - jig, ~;,.h patients as
may be directed to him for Sr* ~ua p ra: i ; -treat
ment. Masters may be as> a tod that their Servants will
are every necessary at t ; a * myT-wly
LAND AGENCY
WHOSE having vacant Laud> in Georgia would do
A well to audrt ss the -üb-x: •s* he i<- Agent i r the
sale of 1700 1 -ts, aud is m* pared to give ihe w ner s
came of nearly auy vacant lo? . the f’tate He wiii a.so
make liberal cash advance; - on ail Lands consigned to his
agency. Terms as fuk ’v >:
Owner's name and P yst Omec hi per loL
Exanxiuing an i report mg .alue. ----^
Selling an 1 conveying 3 per cent.
All communications addressed to me at Tristou, Web
ster county, Ga., will meet with pniiapt attention.
J A MUSS
Weekly Chronicle & Sentinel.
vl Ijromch it-
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From the Stir York Tribune.
Kbih-’i Arctic Expfdiiion.
Akcti' Explorations. The Second Orionell Ex
Yr ion iii -‘*nr<;h of Sir John Franklin. liy Eli-ha
K n’ Ka«-. M I)., U. S. N., *2 role. 8 vo.
a : Childe 6l Peterson.
Dr. Kane none of the singular!v fortunate men
w -o fcro permitted not only to perform noble action#
ut to leave a worthy record of their history. The
.-.dinirable quaaliea whic he has displayed in the
dißcha geof his official duties are a eare pledge of
permanent fiune. Courage, wisdom, fertility cf re
'oun , power o! endurance t devotion .o an idea,
andek. ..re stamped on hi# in
trepid career of Arctic research. The fuilneae of
manhood giv* # a lofty character to Lie adventurous
course. He might well be content witli his exploits,
which have called fortnan order of talent, that is
n -“Iv * ~mbined with toe conditions of literary ex
eciien* •• Din in ion a* a writer was unnecessary
• bniliarify io his achievements. But in the
ci, of inese volumes, he lias gained a new
! itie to the admiration of the public. If they pre
"nt.-d mer< y a narrative of other uen’s perform
!sll they would be counted as productions of re
markable interest, for their graphic vigor of de
scripti' n and the richness and novelty of the infor
. .i- u which they impart. But as a trans<.'ript of
peisonal experience, they occupy a unique place in
■.•ratuie. Written with rare modesty of tone,
rra t simplicity of expression, and a certain cordial
aukn«'s* ol manner, securing the sympathy of the
reader, which at the same time is evidently taken for
: ranied, they possess a peculiar charm, apart from
ii mi questionable value as memorials of maritime
d ; sco very.
i)« #pe<nfic features of Dr. Kane’# plan of re
, ci. con-if'ted in making the land masses of the
r ortb of Greenland the basis of operations, assuming,
iroiii the analogies of geographical structure, that
Greenland woe to be regarded as a peninsula ap
r acl.'mg the vicinity of the Pole, rather than as a
j :g.-ri*■ j of Islands connected by interior glaciers,
i ) . this l , qothesis the course was to nasa up Bas
tin - Hay to the most northern attainable point, and
pressing on toward the Po’e, as fur as boats
. !ed„ _•« could reach to examine, the coast lines for
vestiges of the lost party. Tlie Expedition which
‘■it <d in the Advance cons etedof seventeen men,
t.< -ides the commander. The equipment was aim
pic A quantity of rough boards to serve for hous
iug the vessel in Winter, some Iridia-rubber and
canvas tei-t and several strong s 1 edges, built on a
convenient model, completed the outfit. For pro
visiou/., ihey took a liberal supply of pemmican, a
parcel ot Borden’s m at-biscuit, some piu-kagee of
prepared potato, a store of dried fruits and vegeta
!,c j . besiuc pickled cabbage, the salt beef and
pork of the Navy ration, hard biscuit and flour.—
A moderate supply of liquors made up the bill of
fare, although the party were pledged to total absti
nence from this article, unless dispensed by special
order.
Leaving New York on the 30th of May, 1853, the
Advance arrived at the harbor of Fiskemaea on the
1«t of July. They proceeded gradually along the
coast, until on the 27 th of July, they neared the en
trant of Melville Bay. Here they encountered
their first seriou ; obstruction from the ice. Dr. Kane
. romptly decided to attempt a passage through the
iy by a new track, and after a rough transit of
ght days, the wisdom of the plan wa.i confirmed by
its success. 1» less than a week they entered
Smith's Sound and lauding near Littleton’s Island,
deposited a boat with a supply of .‘tores, with the
view nf securing retreat in case of disaster.
“We found to our surprise that we were not the
first human being* who has sought, a shelter in this
desolate spot. A few'ruined w alls here and there
*how* il that it lmd once been the seat of a rude set
th in.ut : and in the little knoll wh ch we cleared
away to cover in our storehouse of valuables, we
iound the mortal remains of their former inhabi
tanks. *
“Nothing can be imagined more sad and Lome
less than these memorials of extinct life. Hardly a
v» st igc of growth was traceable on the bare ice rub-
L dioekr ; and the huts resembled so much the
broken fragments that, surrounded them, that at
first .dght it was hard to distinguish one from the
other. Walrus bones lay about in all directions,
showing that this animal had furnished the staple of
subsist nee. There were some remains, too, of the
tox and the narwhal; but I found noaigns of the seal
Tlu-et K quimax have no mother earth to receive
i heir dead, but they scat, them as iu tlie attitude of
nt m , th<? knees arawu close to the body, aud in
i r.thctn iu a sack of skins. The implements of
the living man are then grouped around him; they
;.:,* ciivon l with a rude dome ofstones, and a cairn
is pjhal above. This minplo cenotaph will remain
: i ration after generation. The Esqui
maux never disturb n grave.”
On the western Cape of Littleton Islaud, they
. r> Ci ■ i a cairn, which mightserve as a beacon to auy
foliov\ .eg party, wedged a staff into the crevices of
t.ib i ( . and spreading tlie American flag, hailed
its so d- with three cheers as they expanded iu the
coU midiiight breeze. They immediately resumed
their course, beating toward the north against wind
; .nd tide, and soon arriving at the regions of thick
ribbed ice, where they were compelled.to moor their
vt c -el to the rocks. Among the petty miseries which
they now began to suffer, was a pack of some fifty
dogs, which formed a very inconvenient appendage
to the travelling party. These ; uimals were vora
cious as wolves. It was no easy matter to supply
such a hungry family with food. They devoured a
couple of bears in eight days. Two pounds of raw
flt-M, , v, ry other day was a scanty allowance ; but
to obtain this was almost impossible. The peimni
ean could not be spared—corn meal or beans they
would not touch—and salt junk would have killed
them. The timely discovery of a dead narwhal or
unicorn proved an excellent relief, affording six hun
dred pounds of good wholesome flesh, though of a
rather unsavory odor.
But a more serious trial was at hand The ves
sel had been released from her moorings, and had
fought her way tlnough the ice for several days,
wlirii the sky gave tokens of an approaching storm.
On the -JOth of August the tempest came on with
unmistakable Arctic fury Its effects can be de
x I t bed in no other words than those of the journal
of the dauntless commander :
“By Saturday morning it blew a perfect lmrri
citue. We had seen it coming, and were ready with
three good hawsers out ahead, and all things snug
on board. .
“S ill it came on heavier and beaviev, and the
ice began to drive more widely than I thought I
had ever seen it. I had just turned into warm and
dry myself, during a momentary lull, aud stretch
ing my sell out in my hunk, when l heard the sharp
twanging simp of a cord. Our six iaoh hawser
had parted, and we were swinging by the two
, ,tlt« r*5 —the galo roaring like a lion to the South
ward.
“Haifa raunite more, and‘twang, twang! came
a second report. I knew it was the whale line by
the shrillness of tbe ring. Our noble ten-inch ma
.illa still held on. 1 was hurrying my last sock into
the sealskin boot, when McGary came waddling
d.»wn the companion ladders —‘Captain Kane she
won't hold inuen longer; it’s blowing the devil him
self, aud l am afraid to surge.’
“ Hi. manilla cable was proving its excellence
when l reached the deck, and the crew, as t hey gath
ered round me, were loud in its prais «. We could
hear its deep Eoleun chant, swelling through all the
rattle of the running gear and moaning of the
shrouds. It was the death song ! The strands gave
way with the noise ol a shotted gun, aud iu the
siuokc that followed their recoil, we were dragged
out by the wild ice at its mercy.
“\\V steadied and did some pretty warping, and
got th brig a good bed in the lushing drift; but it
all come to nothing. We then tried to beat back
through the narrow ice-clogged water-way, that was
driving a quarter of a mile wide, between the shore
mi the y < - k. It cost us two hours of hard labor, I
thought skillfully bestowed; but at the end of that
time we were at least four miles off' opposite the
great valley in the centre of Bedevilled Reach.—
Ahead of us, farther to the north, we could see the
strait growing still narrower, and the heavy ice
tables grinding up and clogging it between the
shore-cuffs on one side aud the ledge on the other
There was but one thing left for us, to keep in some
sort tht' command of the helm, by going freely
where we must otherwise be driven. We allowed
her to scud under a reefed toretopsail; all h ■ nds
at chi: g the enemy as we closed, in silence.
“At i iu the morning we were close upon the
piling masses. We dropped our heaviest anchor
with the desperate hope of winding the brig, but
there was no withstanding the ice-torrent that fol
lowed us. We had only time to fasten a spar as a
buoy to the chain, and let her slip. So went our
best bower.
“Down we went upon the gale again, helplessly
scraping along a lee of ice seldom less than thirty
lcet .hick ; one tl 'e, measured by a line as we tried
to fasten it, more than forty. I had seen such ice
only once before, and never in such rapid motion.
Oue upturned mass rose above our gunwale, smash
ing in our bulwarks and depositing half a ton of ice
iu a lump upon our decks. Our staunch little brig
bore bersell through all this wild adventure as if she
had a charmed life.
“But a new enemy came in sight ahead. Direct
ly iu our way. just beyond the line of the floe ice
against which we were alternately sliding and
thumping, was a group of bergs. We had no power
to avoid t: eui: and the only question whether we
were to be dashed in pieces against them, or wheth
fVy might not offer us some providential nook
of reiugt from the storm. But, as we nearcathem
we pen -rived that they were at some distance from
the floe edge, aud separated from it by an interval
of o i. water. Our hopes rose, as the gale drove us
toward this passage, aud into it; and we were ready
■ t exult when, from some unexplained cause—pro
bsb.y an eddy of the wind against the lofty icewalls
—e lost cur headway. Almost at the same mo
rut w saw that the ’bergs were not ar rest ; that
with \ momentum of their own they were bearing
do vrn upon the other ice, and that it must be our
fate to be crushed between the two.
“Just then abroad sconce piece or low water
was bed berg came drifting up from the southward.
The th tight flashed upon me of one of our escapes
in Melvifle Bay ; and as the sconce moved rapidly
e'ost a.ougside us. McGary managed to plant an
anchor on its slope, and hold on to it by a whalr
ine. It was an anxious moment. Our noble tow
horse. whiter than than pale horse that seemed to
be pursuing us, hauled us bravely on. the spray
d.vhi' ~ over his wiudward flanks, and his fore
head ploughing up the lesser ice as if in scorn.—
The bergri encroached upou us as we advanced.—
Our ehaunel narrowed to the width of perhaps forty
feet. we braced the yards to clear the impending
ice-walls.
“ We passed clear ; but it was a close
shav*—so dose that our port quarter box would
have been crushed if we had not taken it in from
the davits —aud found ourselves under the lea of
a berg, in a comparatively open lead. Never did
heart tried men acknowledge with more gratitude
then mere ffui deliverance from a wretched death.
“Thc day had already its lull share of trials : but
there were’ more to come. A flaw drove us from
our shelter, and the gale soon carried us beyond the
t ud of the lead. \\ e were again in ihe ice, some
.iiiies escaping its onset bv warping, sometimes
forced to rely on the strength and buoyancy of the
trig to stand, its pressure, sometimes scudding
w ildly through the half opened drift. Ourjibboom
was snapped off’ in the cap ; we carried away our
barrU-ac.e stanchions, and were forced to leave our
lit lie Eric, with three brave fellows and their warps.
Out upon the does behind us.
“A little pool of open water received us at last. —
It was just beyond a lofty cape that rose up like a
v ah. and under au iceberg that anchored itself be
tween us and the gale Aud here, close under the
trowmng shores of Greenland, teu miles nearer toe
Pole than our holding gr unao: the morning the
men have turned m to rest.
‘ 1 was afraid tojo’fn them, for the gale was un
broken, and the floe* kept p a ssing heavily upon
our berg— at one time so heavily as to sway *iton its
vertical axis towards the shore and make ite pinna
tle overhang our vessel. My poor feUows had bi t
a precarious sleep before our little harbor was
broken up. They hardly reached the deck when we
w*:Tc driven astern, our rudder splintered, and the
pinteis torn from their boltings.
“Now began the nipping*. The first shock took
us on our port quarter. the brig bearing it well,
| and. alter a moment of the old fashioned suspense,
| rising by jerks handsomely. The next was from a
I veteran floe, honeycombed, but float-
I log in a single table over twenty feet in thickness.—
j Os course, no wood or iron could stand this ; but
' the shoreward face of our iceberg happened to pre
sent an inclined plane, descending deep into the
; water, aud up to this the brig was driven, as if some
! great steam screw power was forcing her into a dry
dock.
*At one time I expected to see her carried bodily
lip ns face and tumbled over on her aide. But one
ot tho*e mysterious relaxations, which I have else
where called the pukes of the ice, i»w us
gra« uaiiy down again into liie rubbish, and we wei«-
forced out of the line of pressure toward the shore
Here we succeeded in carrying oat a warp and mak
ing fast. We grounded as the tide fell, and wou;;
have keeled over to seaward but for a mass of de
tached land ice that grounded alongside of us, and.
although it stove our bulwarks &a we rolled over i
shored us up.*'
We must also give his account of the sequel:
“I could hardly get to my bunk, as I wept down
into our littered cabin on the Sunday morning after
our hard-working vigil of thirty-six hours. Bags of
clothing, food, tents, India rubber blankets, ana th<
hundred little personal matters which every mar
like** to save in time of trouble, were scattered
around in places where the owners thought they
might have them at hand. The pemmican had been
on deck, the boats equipped, and everything ot
real importance ready for a march, many hours be
fore.
“During the whole of the scenes I have been try
ing to describe, I could not help being struck by
the composed and manly demeanor of my comrades
The t urmoil of ice under a heavy sea often conveys
the impression of danger when the reality i.- absent: j
but in this fearful passage, the parting of cur haw
sers, the loss of our anchors, the abrupt c ushing of
ourstoven bulwarks, and the actual deposit of ice
upon our docks, would have tried the nerves of the
most experienced icemen. All—officers and men—
worked alike. Upon each occasion of collision with
the ice which formed our lee coast, efforts were
made to carry out lines ; and some narrow escape a
were incurred, by the zeal of the narties leading
them into positions of danger. Mr. Bonsall avoide d
being erased by leaping to a floating fragment; and
no less than four of our men at one time were car
ried down by the drift, and could only be recov
ered by a relief party after the gale had subsided.
“Ab our brig, borne on by the ice, commenced her
ascent of the berg, the suspense was oppressive.
The immense blocks piled against her, range upon
range, pressing themselves finder her keel, and
throwing her over upon her side, till, urged by the
successive accumulation, she rose slowly, and as if
with convulsive efforts, along the sloping wall. Still
there was no relaxation of the impelling force.—
Shock after shock jarring her to her very centre,
she continued to mount steadily on her precariou
cradle. But for the groaning of her timbers, and
the heavy sough of the floes, we might have heard
a pin drop. And then, as she settled down into her
old position, quietly taking her place among the
broken rubbish, there was a deep-breathing silence,
as though all were waiting for some signal before
the clamor of congratulation and comment could
burst forth.”
By the 22d of August, they had reached the lati
tude of 78 J 41'—a distance greater than hdfl been
attained by any previous explorer, except Parry on
his Spitzbergen loot tramp. About this time, some
of the party began to exhibit symptoms of discon
tent. The rapid advance of winter, the deprivation
of rest, and the slow progress of the expedition,
tended to produce depression. One person volun
teered an opinion in lavor returning to the South,
and giving up the attempt to winter. It was no
time for halfway measures. Dr. Kane at once
called a council of his officers, and listened to their
views in full. With but a single exception they de
dared their conviction that a further progress to the
north was impossible, and urged the propriety of re
turning southward to winter. The commander
maintained the opposite view. Explaining the im
portance of securing a position which might expe
dite future sledge journeys, he announced his inten
tion of warping toward the northern headland of the
bay. Once there, be could determine the beet point
for the operations of the spring, and would put the
brig into winter harbor at the nearest possible
shelter. His comrades received the decision with a
cheerful acquiescence, and zealously entered upon
the perilous duties which it involved. During the
progress the guilant little vessel ran aground, and in
the night had a narrow escape frjin fire. A sudden
lurch tumbled the men out of their berths, and threw'
down the cabin stove, with a full c urge of glowing ‘
anthracite. The deck blazed lip violently, but by
the sacrifice of a heavy pilot-cloth coat the tire was
smothered until water could be passed down to ex
tinguish it. The powder was not far off. A few
moment’s more might have brought the expedition
to a sudden close.
About the 10th of September the vessel was
brought into a sheltered harbor between the islands
of the bay, in which she had been lying for some
time, and all hands prepared for winter quarters.
Os their mode of life during the long darkness of an
arctic winter, a vivid idea is given by the following
extract from Dr. Kane’s journal:
“How r do we spend the day when it is not term
day, or rather the twenty-four hours? for it is
either all day here, or all night, or a twilight
mixture of both. How do we spend the twenty-four
hours ?
“At six iu the morning, McGary is called, with all
haudu wli » had slept in. The decks are cleaned,
the ice-holes opened, the refreshing beef-nets exami
ned, the ice-taoles measured, and things aboard put
to rights. At half-past seven all hands rise, wash
on deck, open tlie doors for ventilation, and come
below for breakfast. We are short of fuel, and
therefore cook in the cabin. Our breakfast, for all
fare alike, is hard tack, pork, st *wed apples, frozen
like molasses candy, tea and coffee, with a delicate
portion of raw potato. After breakfast, the
Bnickers take their pipe till nine, then all hands turn
to, idlers to idle ami workers to work ; Ohlsen to his
bench, Brooks to his preparation* in canvas, Mc-
Gary to play tailor, Whipple to make shoes, Bonsall
to tinker, Baker to akin birds—and the rest to the
‘office 1 ! Take a look into the Arctic Bureau. One
table, one salt pork lamp with rusty chlorinated
flame, three stools, as many waxen faced men with
their legs drawn under them, the deck at zero
being too cold for their feet. Each has his depart
ment ; Kane is writing and sketching and project
ing maps; llays copying logs aud meteorologieals ;
Soutag reducing his work at Fern Rock. A fourth,
as one of the working members of the hive, has long
been defunct; you will find him in be 1, or studying
Little’s Living Age. At 12, a business round of in
spection, and orders enough to fill up the day irifcli
work. Next the drill of the Esquimaux dogs—my
own peculiar recreation—a dog trot, specially refer
ring to legs that crack with every kick, and rheu
matio shoulders that chronicle every descent of the
whip. And so we get on to dinner time; the occa
sion of another gathering, which misses the tea and
coffee of breakfas 1 , but rejoices iu pickled cabbage
and dried peaches instead.
“At dinner, as at breakfast, the raw potato comes
in our hygienic luxury. Like doctor stuff generally,
it is not as appetizing as desirable. Grating it down
nicely, leaving out the ugly red spots liberally, and
adding the utmost oil as a lubricant, it is a* much as
I can do to persuade the mess to shut their eyes and
bolt it, like Mrs. Squeers’s molasses and brimstone
at Dotheboy’s Half. Two absolutely refuse to take
it. I tell them of tlje Silesians using its leaves as
spinach; of tlie whalers iu the South Seas getting
drunk on the molasses which had preserved the large
potatoes of the Azores; I point to this gum, so fun
goid and angry the day before yesterday, and so flat
and amiable to-day—all by a potato poultice. My
eloquence is wasted; they persevere in rejecting the
admirable compound.
“Sleep, exercise, amusement aud work will, carry
on the (lay till our 6 o’clock supper —a meal some
thing like breakfast and something like dinner, only
a little more scant, and the officers come in with the
reports of the day. Dr. Hayes shows me the log, I
sign it; Sontag, the weather, I sign the weather;
Mr. Bonsall the tides and thermometers. Thereup
on come iu mine ancient Brooks, and I enter in his
journal No. 3 all work done under his charge, and
discuss hie labors for the morrow.
“McGary comes next with the cleaning up ar
rangement, inside, outside and on decks, anil Mr.
Wilsou follows with ice measurements. And last of
all comes my own record of the day gone by ; every
line, as I look back upon Its pages, giving evidences
of a weakened body and a harrassed mind.
“We have cards sometimes, and chess sometimes,
aud a few magazines—Mr. Littell’s thoughtful pres
ent —to cheer away the evening.”
Towards the end of April, the arrangements for a
journey of exploration were completed, and leaving
the brig in charge of a trustworthy detachment, four
able-bodied and six disabled men, the commander,
with seven others, set out upon the tour over the
ice. His plan was to follow the ice belt to the
Great Glacier of Humboldt, and from that point to
stretch along the face of the glacier to the north
west, and make an attempt to cross the to the
American side. The stores of the party consisted
of pemmican bread, aud tea, a canvas tent five feet
by six, and two sleeping bags of reindeer skin. The
sledge was light, built of hickory’, and but nine feet
long. A soup kettle, for melting snow and in king
tea, was arranged to boil either with lard or spirits.
A subdivision of the party with another sledge start
ed two days before the departure of Dr. Kane, which
took place on the J7th. He reached the Great Gla
cier in safety. The coast of Greenland in the vi
cinity is of a highly picturesque character. The red
sandstone present an impressive contrast with the
blank whiteness, associating the cold tints of the
dreary Arctic landscape with the warm coloring of
more southern lands. The different layers of the
cliff have the appearance of jointed masonry’, and
the narrow line of greenstone caps them with natu
ral battlements. At one place rose the dreamy
semblance of a castle, flanked with triple towers,
completely isolated and defined. To these Dr.
Kane gave the name of the “Three Brother Tow
ers.” A stiU more striking object was a single cliff
of greenstone, north of latitude 79 degrees, which
reared itself from a crumbled base of sandstones,
like the boldly-chisseled rampart of an ancient city.
On one extremity stands a solitary column or mina
ret tower, as sharply fiuished as if it had been cast
for the Place Veuaome. The length of the shaft
alone is fourthundred|and eighty feet, and it rises on
a plinth or pedestal itself two hundred and eighty
feet high. “I remember well,’’ says Dr. Kane, “the
emotions of my party as it first broke upon our
view. Cold aud sick as I was, I brought back a
sketch of it, which may have interest for the reader,
though it scarcely suggests the imposing dignity of
this magnificent landmarks. Those who are happi
ly familiar with the writings of Tennyson, and have
communed with his spirit in the solitudes of a wilder
ness, will apprehend the impulse that inscribed the
scene with his name. " No description could do
justice to the Great Glacier itself. Rising in solid
glassy wall, three hundred feet above the water
level, with an unknown unfathomable depth below
it, its curved face sixty miles in length from Cape
Agasiz to Cape Forbes vanishes into unknown
space at not more than a single day’s railroad
travel from the Pole. The interior with which it
communicated and from which it issued was an un
surveyed sea of ice apparently of boundless dimen
tions.’
The journey, however, failed of success in forcing
a passage to the North. On the sixth day tlie party
were attacked by scurvy, from which they baa suf
fered terribly during the winter. Two of the num
ber were taken with snow blindness, and one was
condemned as altogether unfit for travel. To crown
their discomfitures, they found that the bears had
got hold of their pemmican casks, and thus destroy
ed their chances of recruiting their supply of prov’i
sions at the several caches. Dr. Kane himself was
seized with violent illness; his limbs became rhiid.
and certain tetanoid symptoms made their appear
ance. In this condition ne was unable to make
more than nine miles a day. He was strapped up
on a sledge, and the march continued; but he was
soon so much reduced as . * find the modera e tem
perature of 5° below zer*> intolerable. His left foot
was frozen up to the ankle joint, and the same
night it became evident that the difficulty in his
limbs was caused by dropsical effusion. Tlie next
day he grew delirious aau fainted whenever he was
taken from the tent to the sledge. Every man in
the party was so far gone as to make the contin
uance oi the journey impossible. Scarcely able to
travel, they bore the commander back to the brig,
which tbev reached by forced marches on the four
teenth. t)r. Kane was entirely prostrated for
about a week. The first business alter his conva
lescence was to arrange new parties for exploration.
They returned in safety, with ample experience of
the perils of Arctic discovery.
Passing over the remainder of the summer, with
out further extracts from the interesting narrative,
we find the little party prepared to encounter the
terrors of a second winter in that dreary region.—
The brig was fast in the ice, and every effort for her
liberation had proved unsuccessful. At this crisis
Dr. Kane called all hands together and explained
to them the reason which had decided him not to for
sake the brig. He left it to the choice of each man.
however, to attempt an escape to open water, or to
stand by the fortunes of the expedition. Eight of
the seventeen survivors of the party resolved to re
main with their commander; the others were fitted
out with every appliance that could be furnished,
and departed on their almost desperate enterprise.
They carried with them every assurance of a broth
er s welcome should they be driven back: but it was
not until alter many weary months of trial and
hardship that they were seen again.
The arrangement of the W inter quarters now oc
cupied the whole attention of the little band Dr.
Kane determined to adhere to the routine of ob
servances which s had made up the sum of their daily
life. No accustomed form was to be surrendered.
The importance of systematic employment was ful
ly appreciated. The distribution ana details of du
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ty, the religious exercises, the ceremonials <.i il
tabi°. the fires, the light#, tlie watch, even the labors
of the observatory and the notation of the tides and
the sky, it was decided should goon as t hey had be
fore. In the material arrangements, many useful
hints were borrowed from the Esquimaux The
brig was thorocgliiy lined and padded with moss
and tort. A pile of barrels on the ice contained
their supply of water-soaked beef and pork. Flour,
beans, and dried apples, formed a quadrangular
block-house. The boats and spare co dage were
placed along an avenue opening abeam of the
brig. There was but a small store cf vegetables.
The pickled cabl ige, dried apples and peaches had
lost much of their anti-scorbutic virtue by constant
use. The spices were all gone. Nothing remained
but a few .small bottles of horse radish to season the
standing fare of bread, beef and pork. A kind o?
root-beer was brewed by tlie Doctor from the
branches of the crawling willow, of which a stock
ad been laid in some weeks before. The gun pro
cured them an occasional supply of fresh meat
Bear's flesh was a favorite dish, but the liver of that
animal proved poisonous. A less noxious article of
diet was the rat. A perfect warren of this tribe was
on board the brig. They hadbeoome impudent ami
fierce with their increase of numbers. Nothing
could be saved from their veracity. Furs, woollens,
shoes, specimens of natural history, were gnawed
into ami destroyed. They harbored among the
men’s bedding in the forecastle, and at l ist became
intolerable nuisances. Dr. Kane took his revenge
by decimating them for his private table. His
companions did not share his taste, and he thus had
the frequent advantage of a fresh meat soup. To
this inviting fare he ascribes his comparative free
dom from scurvy.
The want of fuel before the close of winter com
pelled them to rely upon their lamps for heat. Pork
fat, boiled to lessen its salt, was .tlie substitute for
oil: and by the use of metallic reverberators, a single
wick was sufficient to keep liquid ten ounces of lard
with & surrounding temperature of 30° below zero.
Raw meat was now voted the most agreeable diet.
A slice of blubber or a chunk of frozen walrus-beef
was taken with infinite relish. /The liver of a walrus
eaten with little slices of fat was a dainty morsel.
The flesh and blubber of that animal is stated to be
“the very best fuel a man can swallow.” But of
these savory viands the party were now destitute.
The sick began to suffer for want of meat. They
were reduced to three days allowance of frozen
tiesh, at the rate of four ounces a day for each man.
In this emergency, Dr. Kaue determined on a trip
over the ice to a settlement of Esquimaux huts at
the distance of about a hundred miles. lie was ac
companied by Hans Chriatem, a native Esquimaux
and tire dogs. During the journey, a frightful
storm came on. Before it had fairly commenced,
the party succeeded in reaching an old hut, which
had been abandoned by the Esquimaux. Taking in
the dogs, with the blubber lamp, food and bedding,
which Formed part of the burden of the sledge, they
closed up the entrance with blocks of snow. They
were scarcely housed before the storm broke out in
all its fury. Completely cut off from the outer
world, they here passed many miserable hours.—
They could keep no note of time. The only indica
tion of the state of the weather was the whirring of
the drift against the roof of the kennel. The time
was divided between sleeping and preparing coffee,
which they drank with a relish. When warmed by
their instincts of the lapse of twelve hours, they
treated themselves to'a meal, dividing impartial bits
out of the hind leg of a fox to give zest to their bis
cuits spread with frozen tallow. It was two days
before they were released from their narrow prison,
reckoning the time by the increased altitude of the
moon. Upon attempting to resume the journey,
they found it impossible to work through the piles of
drifted snow. Siedge, dogs and driveis were bu
ried in the attempt. The two travellers harnessed
themselves to the sledge, and “lifted, levered, twist
ed and pulled,” but all in vain. They were com
pelled to give it up, and returned to the wretched
hut. Taking the back track, they reached the brig
the next morning, and for several days were inca
pable of the slightest exertion. On the last day of
January Dr. Kane writes in his journal:
“ Oursick are worse, for our traps yield nothing,
and we ore still without fresh food. The absence of
raw fox-meat for a single day show's itself in our
scurvy. Hemorrhages are becoming common. My
crew—l have no crew any longer—the tenants of
my bunks cannot bear me to leave them a single
watch. Yet I cannot make Peterson try the new
path which I discovered and found practicable.—
Well, the wretched month is over. It is something
to be living, able to write. No one has yet made
the dark voyage, and Januajy the thirty-first is up
on us.”
One week afterward wc find the following entry.
What a world of misery does it reveal!
“ Still no supplies. Three of us have been out all
day without getting a shot. Hans thinks he saw a
couple of reindeer at a distance; and his eyes rare
ly deceive him. He will try for them to morrow.—
I have fitted out for him a tert and a sleeping bag
on the second table-land; and the' thermometer is
now so little below zero that he will be ab e to keep
the field for a steady hunt. Our sick are sinking
for the want of fresh food. It is the only specific.
I dislike to use the unpkilcsophical term, but in our
case it is the true one. In large quantities it dissi
pates the disease ; in ordinary rations it prevents
its occurrence ; in small doses it checks it, while sus
taining the patient. We have learned its value too
well to waste it; every part of every animal has its
use. The skin makes the basis of a soup, and the
claws can be boiled to a jelly. Lungs, larynx,
stomach and entrails, all are available. I have not
permitted myself to taste more than an occasional
entrail of our last half dozen rabbits. Not that I
am free from symptoms of the universal pest. lam
conscious of a stiffness in the tendons, and a short
ness of breath, and a weariness of the bones, that
should naturally attend the eruption which covers
my body. But I have none of the more fearful
signs. I can walk with energy after I get warmed
up. I have no bleeding of the gums, and, better
than all, thank God, I am without that horrible des
pondency which the disease nourishes and feeds on.
I sleep sound and dream pleasantly—generally
about successes in the hunt, ora double ration of
reindeer or patarmigau.”
On Sunday, the 25th of February, a glimpse was
obtained of the returning sun.
“To-day, blessed be the great Author of Light! I
have once more looked i pon the sun. I was stand
ing on deck, thinking over our prospects, when a
familiar berg, which had long been hid in shadow,
flashed out in sun-birth. I knew this berg right
well; it stood between Charlotte Wood Fiord and
Little Willie's Monument. One year and one day
ago I traveled toward it from Fern Rock, to catch
the sunshine. Then I had to climb tli9 hills beyond,
to get the luxury of basking in its brightness ; but
now though the sun was but a single degree above
the true horizon, it was so much elevated by re
fraction that the sheen stretched across the trough
of the fiord like a flaming tongue, I could not or
would not resist the influence. It was a Sunday act
of worship. I started off at an even run, and caught
him us he rolled slowly alone the horizon, and be
fore lie sank. I was again the first of my party to
rejoice.and meditate in sunshine. It is the third sun
I have seen rise for a moment above the long night
of an Arctic Winter.”
It was no- uuti Jthe 26th of May that the party
were enabled to leave the vessel, which was irre
coverably imbedded in the ice, and take up the line
of march for the settlement on the Greenland coast.
During the intervening time they had not been idle.
On every respite from their incredible sufferings
by cold, famine and disease, the search was con
tinued for the object of the expedition, but after
various fruitless attempts, they were obliged to re
linquish all hope cf success. We have no space
to detail the perilous journal to the Danish set
tlements, at which they arrived about the Ist of
August.
The Expedition under Dr. Kane, although not
succeeding in the great purpose for which it was
dispatched, lias contributed important and valuable
addition to the geography of the Artie regions. The
highest point reached was nearly eighty-one and
a half degrees latitude, within about five hundred
miles of the Pole.
In the different explorations by members of the
party, the northern coast of Greenland was surveyed
to its termination in the great Humboldt Glacier —
this glacial mass was examined and described as far
as its northward extension into the new land named
Washington—a large tract of land forming the ex
tension northward of the American continent dis
covered—and the existence ascertained of an open
and iceless eea towards the Pole, making an area,
with its channel, of over four thousand miles. The
discovery of this Polar Sea is one of the most inter
esting results of the Arctic exploration. It had long
been suspected that such a tract of water was to be
found in the vicinity of the Pole, and the suspicion
was confirmed to some extent by actual or supposed
discoveries. But hitherto no satisfactory proof of
the fact had been obtained. The evidence which
Dr. Kane has had the rare good fortune to collect is
found on facts of immediate observation. The
coast of thismyst rious sea was traversed for many
miles —the water was viewed from an elevation of
five hundred and eighty feet, presenting the same
limitless spectacle, moved by a heavy swell, free
from ice, and dashing in surf against a rock bound
shore. In connection with this discovery, several
facts were brought to light indicating a milder cli
mate near the Pole. Crowds of marine birds, the
advance of vegetable life, the melted snow upon the
rocks, and the rise of the thermometer in the water
suggested the supposition of a climatic melioration
towards the Pole, although Dr. Kane diclines en
gaging in the discussion of the question.
In concluding our extended notice of this work,
w e cannot but repeat the expression of our sense of
the heroism, energy and intelligence of the intrepid
chief of the Expedition. His modest narrative has
a certain autobiographical fascination, unconscious
ly revealing the highest order of manly qualities,
while in the interest of its incidents, it is' almost su
perfluous to say, it surpasses the most exciting won -
ders of romance. A vein of beautiful humanity
pervades its composition, and even in the describing
of the most desperate scenes, a lurking humor often
peeps forth, showing the impotence of uncongenial
circumstances to depress an elastic and generous
nature. The ethical lesson of these volumes is ano
less precious gift to the reader than its scientific in
struction and picturesque delineations.
Gentlemanly Conduct. — Self respect is the
safest prevention against quarrelling. The man
who is sure of his own position, is the slowest to
suspect another of any design to question it; and
hence the art of avoiding altercations has generally
been deemed one of the peculiar characteristics of
a gentleman. Never to seem afraid of beiDg put
upon, as the phrase goes—never to argue a ques
tion mereiy lest people should think you cannot ar
gue it—never to fight simply for fear the lookers on
might think you a coward—these are some of the
maxims on which all men of superior minds act.
habitually and unconsciously; and it is this habit
which gives to such men that air of repose and self
possession before which fools stand abashed and
dandies are wild with envy.
Few men can have mingled, even in the slightest
degree, in society, without noticing that one promi
nent feature in the character of a parvenne, is his
proneness to take offence. His ancles are suarper.
his corns “more tender.” than those of other oeople.
There is really no knowing where to be safe with
him. The moment you put your finger on him, his
bristles stand out like a hedgehog's. The best plan,
of course, is to leave such a character aloue. We
should do our best to avoid infringing on their rami
fied irritability. It is senseless to provoke a man,
whoever he may be, who has the power to be mis
chie ous. The man who wants to fight you in the
streets because you push against him, * mnv be a
low fellow, but that will be no consolation if you
go home with a black eye. Neither will it much
mend the matter if you give him two in return. —
On the whole, you ’ will consider it a very disa
greeable business, and wish devoutly you had never
got into it.
The Progress of Life. —Men rejoice when the
sun has risen ; they rejoice also when it goes down:
while they are unconscious of the decay of their
own lives. Men rejoice on seeing the face of a new
season, as at the arrival of one greatly desired.—
Nevertheless the revolution of one season is the de
cay of man. Fragments of driftwood meeting in
the wide ocean continue together a little space;
thus parents, wives, children, friends and riches, re
main with us a short time, then separate—the sepa
ration is inevitable. No mortal can escape the com
mon lot ; he who mourns for departed relatives, has
no power to cause them to return. One standing on
the road would readily say to a number of persons
passing by, “ I will follow you ; v —why, then, should
a person grieve when journeying the same road
which hac been assuredly travelled by all our fore
fathers ? L;fe resembles a cataract rushing down
with irresistible impetuosity. Knowing that the end
of life is death, every right-minded man ought to
pursue that which is connected with happiness and
ultimate bliss.— Dublin University Magazine.
Social Statistics. —Thirteen married gentlemen
who. within the last week or so, have been convic
ted oi having smoked in their own dining rooms,
have been severally fined a new bonnet, and, in de
fault, have been committed to the hard labor of
taking out their wives for an afternoon's shopping.
— Punch.
From the y. U P tray nnr of Friday Evening-.
Later from the Rio Graude.
Success ok Vidaurri.— The schooner Chry
solite, Captain Ackerlv, arrived this morning
from Brazos Santiage*, which port she left on
:ke Ist instant. The Chrysolite brings the mails,
six passengers, and slu9.7w in specie to sundry'con
signees.
By this arrival we have received the important
intelligence that General Vidaurri has taken Ca
margo, and would advance on Matanfftras soon
These advices are confirmed by the passengers end
by private letters brought by the Chrysolite. The
report received by the Anita from Tampico some
days since, that an arrangement had betu made be
tween Vidaurri and Garza is proved to ha\e been
unfounded.
An important letter from Vidaurri’s camp, writ
ten pr'-viously to the surrender of Camargo, will be
found below.
We Lave also received the Boletin Official, of
Monterey, (Vidaurri’s organ.) to the 19th ult.,
which states that there was a great spirit of
enthusiasm throughout the States of Nueva Le- ,
on and Coahuila, in favor of Vidaurri. Its
leading articles assume that there is now a di
rect issue between “Central” aud “Frontier” Mex
iea, and boldly asserts that the forces of the Central
Government cannot overcome those of the Fron
tier.
Advices had been received at Monterey of
the intended advance of Gen. Rosas I .auda from
San Luis Potosi to MataLuela, the particulars of
which we gave some days since in the uews from
Mexico.
Con espondence of the Picayune.
Camp Vidaurri, Near Camargo. Oct. 21.
Here I am, in the camp of the deliberating army.
There are here upwards of 2,000 men, as fine look
ing set of fellows as I ever saw together. There are
coming from Linares 600 more, with six cannon.—
Garza has about 800, all told, and four small guns.
Vidaurri was shelling the town of Camargo yester
day, having just received a mortar from Monterey.
The artillery is in charge of E. Jordog, from La
redo, who is an engineer aud a very able man.—
His shot from the mortar worked beautifully, aud
knocked the houses about tKs ears of the Camar
go folks. We could see tke'ffcmses tumble from the
camp.
They have completed the boats, and only await
the arrival of Saragossa with the additional force,
who is coming down on the other side of the San
Juan. Upon his arrival the whole force will cross.
There was a rumor in camp this morning that
Garcia had retired from Camargo. A party is
just going over to see. There were 800 men cross
ed day before yesterday, who have gone out to
meet Saragosa.
When Vidaurri states, his intentions are to con
tinue on to Matamoras; thence to Tampico and
San Louis Potosi to Monterey. Last night ex
presses came in from several parts of the interior.
Several towns had pronounced for Vidaurri, and
there were no good troops that could be sent
down to oppose him; so you see his cause is
prospering. Everything here is all enthusiasm.—
The men were paid off yesterday, and have a plenty
of money. ,
I shall probably start to morrow for Monterey,
from which place I shall; ddress you.
I remain truly yours, P. G.
Correspondence of the Daily Della.
Monterey, Mexico, Oct. 13, 1856.
Eds. Delta: The forces fromTamaulipas, after
retreating from Mier, have concentrated their whole
strength at Camargo, where they evidently seem
determined to abide the fate oi a he stile meeting
with Govern, r Vidaurri’s forces.
On the 18th instant the town of Villanueva, on
the west bark of the San Juan river; wa; occupied
by the forces from this State, and on the 9th a ran
dom fire was kept up against the enemy who defen
ded the crossings, which are not fordable. The
town of Camargo'is on the opposite bank, some
three quarters of a mile below', aud Governor Vi
daurri was preparing rafts with which to force a pas
sage and storm the town, in case the enemy at
tempts to hold it. A mail just arrived brings the
information that the enemy had lost some twelve
k lled during the firing on the 9th. Our forces have
the advantage of position.
The other forces irom this State, operating from
the interior of Tainaulipas have been partially sue
ceßsful iu several skirmishes, and some three dayß
ago orders were sent to advance and attack Ciudad
Victoria, the capital of the State. There may be
warm work there, as Governor Garza had finally
left Tampico, on the 24th ult., with a strong force,
for the purpose of covering the capital.
The town of San Carlos had seconded the revo
lutionary novement of Villagran, which refuses to
recognize Garza as Governor of the State, and Co
monfort as President Substitute of Mexico.
The town of Mier had cast its vote for Don Albino
Lopez of Matamoras, as Governor, to succeed Gar
za, whose unconditional removal is exacted by Go
vernor Vidaurri, for haying caused the civil war
now ragi: g on this frontier.
After the occupation of Mier, the tariff of Gover
nor Vidau ri, as in force last year, is ordered to be
observed, with a further deduction of twenty per
cent. It is even more liberal than the Ceballos
tariff, which met with very general acceptation in
commercial circles.
An order published yesterday by the Treasurer of
this State notifies merchants and others that all
goods introduced through the liue of the Rio Grande,
not complying wdth the newly established order of
tilings shall be confiscated as contraband.
The Government forces that bad advanced some
days ago as far as San Luis Potosi, remain stationa
ry at that place, and President Comonfort seems
now willing to arrange matters amicably with Gov.
Vidaurri, who will not listen to any terms but such
as will fully secure the wants and interests of this
frontier. The President’s wire-workers arc at a
loss what to do with a man whose policy is diamet
rically opposed to that of every revolutionary chief
tain that ever figured in the couutry. 1 hey cannot
appreciate much less comprehend how he can be so
poor ami in debt, when he could have made for him
self a princely fortune, at the-time when, as now, he
was not the least responsible to any one for his acts.
If there ever was a patriot in Mexico, that patriot
is Don Santiago Vidaurri, the actual Governor of
Nuevo Leon and Coahuila, aud Gommander-iu-
Cbief of the Army of the North. If the leeches and
mountebanks in the interior of the country would
let him alone, he would do something to redeem
poor, suffering Mexico.
This beautiful and romantic city is improving
very much, aud foreigners go and come as lreely as
if they were travelling in your own happy country.
Wishing you happiness, L remain, San Ho.
Texas Ileum.
The ship Apollo, from Bremen, with 240 emi
grants, all in good health, arrived at Galveston on
the morning of the 6th inst.
The partial failure of the crops in many of the up
per counties of Western Texas, is causing many
i amities to remove to the East, where the abun
dance of wheat aud the, success of the other crops
renders provisions plentiful and cheap. The Bra
zos Statesman says that the streets, aud the public
highways leading to and through Waco, have been
lined for two or three weeks past, with emigants go
ing north and eastward
At Marlin, a night or two since, a man by the
name of White was burned to death. He, poor fel
low, was a confirmed lunatic, and, being at times
somewhat vicious, was kept iu an outhouse, aud
unfortunately alone. It is thought that he set tire
to the house, and that, beiug tied or confined so that
he could not get out, this caused his death. Ilis
feet, hands, and part of his head, were literally
burned off.
The brig Anna, from Oldenburg, Germany, with
ninety-four emigrants, arrived at Galveston on the
28th ult.
Under the heading, “Important to Texas Credi
tors,” the Austin Times has the following :
The Comptroller, Mr. Shaw, says all first class
certificates of debt issued by the Auditor and Comp
troller, also Treasury notes, and eight or ten per
cent, bonds, should be forwarded to the Treasury
Department, at Washington City, accompanied with
releases and assignments according to the forms
designated in the Circular of said Department, on
or before the first day of January, 1857, or they will
be barred. Persons in possession of any of these
claims should not fail to comply with the regulation;
if they do they will incur loss.
The Houston Telegraph learns that Major Neigh
bors has had an interview with the Cauianche chief,
and that on the 14th of October he made a treaty
with them by which the Camanches, who have
hitherto held out, will now come on the Reservation
The Telegraph remarks that by this important trea
ty peace will be secured to a large portion of the
frontier hitherto subject to continual Indian incur
sions.
The Goliad Express learns that Live Oak coun
ty is settling up rapidly with experienced fanners
and stock raisers.
The Columbia Democrat, of the 4th inst. says:
The cotton picking is now drawing to a close;
most planters will be through by the middle of the
present month. They are going over it the last
time now. In the upper part of this county and in
Wharton county, we learn that in hardly any case
has a full crop been made, and in many cases not
half a crop.
Our sugar planters seem to be at a loss to know
what to ao with the little cane they have got. Some
are prophesying that the fall will be a late and warm
one, ana they are determined to let their cane
stand for some time longer, as it is growing finely.
Others, unwilling to risk the chance of an early frost,
are determined to save what seed they can. On
many plantations the cane now growing will no
more than plant the same ground ; in other cases it
will do much better, aud on a few places partial
crops will be ma e.
A letter to the Corpus Christi Valley, dated La
redo, Oct. 16, says :
The sth regiment U. S. Infantry, at present sta
tioned at Fort Mclntosh and Ringgold Barracks,
are under orders for Fort Myers, Florida, and will
leave as soon as practicable.
The tour companies stationed at Fort Mclntosh,
near this place, will take up the line of march via
Ringgold Barracks, thence down the river to Brazos
Santiago, where they will embark for their destina
tion.
The Corpus Christi Valley, of the Ist inst., says :
Information has reached us from Itio Grande City,
of the < scaping into Mexico of five negro men, on or
about the 9th instant. There w-re three Mexicans
with them at the time of their passing through
Rio Grande City. All were w-ell armed and moun
ted.
On the party being discovered in the vicinity, Col.
H. Clay Davis, at the head of a few other citizens
of the place, made an attempt to arrest them. In
this they tailed; but, though the runways and thieves
escaped, the horses were all captured, with the ex
ception of a fine American stallion, which one of the
negroes rode.
Death of John M. Clayton. —We regret to an
nounce the death of Hon. John M. Clayton, at his
residence, in Dover, Delaw?u*e, on Sunday evening
Mr. Clayton had been suffering from illness for some
months past. When Congress closed its seision, he
was so ill as to be detained in Washington for some
time. Recovering, he returned to his home, but ha?
ever since been suffering, with occasional periods of
seeming convalescence. Only a week or two since,
it was announced that he was much better, and the
hope of his entire recovery expressed. Mr. Clayton
has been long in public life, and was held, deserved
ly, in high estimation as a eagacious, prudent and
conscientious statesman. For many successive
years, excepting a short interregnum in which he
was Secretary of State under General Taylor’s ad
ministration, he has represented Delaware in the
United States Senate, and was. at the time of his de
cease, still a member of that body. With the ex
ception of Gen. Cass, he had held a longer connec
tion with the Senate than any statesman now a
member of it. During his connection with General
Taylor’s administration, the famous Clayton and
Bulwer treaty was concluded: a treaty that ha w
been much attacked, but which Mr. Clayton always
defended, and the American oonstrnction of which
has been but lately conceded bv Great Britain.—
Mr. Clayton’s qualities of mind were vigorous, but
not of the kind to attract attention by their bril
liancy ; his temperament was calm, mild and con
ciliatory, and perhaps no American statesman, who
has passed through soflong a term of public life, ever
excited less of personal enmity towards himself.—
Richmond Despatch. _
The Resolute. —This vessel has undergone
through repairs at our Navy Y'ard, and will sail in a
few days for England, under the command of Capt.
Hartsene. She is so much improved in all respects,
that the numerous visitors who flocked over to see
her upon her arrival, would scarcely recognize her
as she now lies at the head of the Navy Yard wharf.
No pains or taste has been spared in fitting her up.
Several officers have been ordered to her who, on
their arrival in Europe, will report for duty in the
Mediterranean squadron. Journal of Commerce.
Milwatkie, Nov. 12 — Fremont’s majority in the
State is 12,300 —the remaining conn ties will make
t 1*,066.
From the KrpuO’ican, Y2tk ins'.
Suicide.
On Saturday morni g last, t' e Sth instant, the
citizens of our place were throw : uto c.rasternation
by the announcement that a suicide had been com
mitted during tae night, in one of those drinking
and gambling establishments where the unwary .are
so ofteu ensnared and led victims to ruin. Dr. B.
H. Perkins of Cuthbert, a m • estimable and wor
thy citizen—a brother of J.. L I’ei kLs, came up
to this place a day or two before, with fifteen hun
dred dollars in his pocket to pay »iT a bank note.—
Unfortunately he got into cu.~ * i those sinks of ini
quity and destruction, was induced todriuk, became
intoxicated, and then to the gambling table, where
he soon saw his last dollar ieave him, and his note
unpaid. Driven to desperation, he retired to his
room, and in the maddened phrenzy of the mo
ment committed the rash ac t. ot self destruction, by
cutting the artery of one of his wrists from which
the current of life soon made its escape: morning
revealed the horrid deed, and aroused to indigna
tion the feeling of the community against men
who make themselves the willing instruments of
every crime known in the black catalogue, even to
death itself.
Indignation Meeting.—ln consequence ot the
death ot Dr. B. H. Perkins, of Cuthbert, which oc
curred in this place, a town meeting was called by
the Mayor on Monday night last, to give utterauce
to the feelings of indignation which that end occur
rence has aroused in this community, and to devise,
if possible, means le rid the town of that worst of all
curses, gamblers aud gambling h mses.
The meeting was large, calm and deliberate, and
manifested a determination to use all Legal and
honorable means within their reach, to arrest the
evil, cost what it might, as is fully shown by the re
solutions passed, which we subjoin :
Americus, Nov. 10th, 1856.
Pursuant to the published call of the Mayor, the
citizens assembled in the Court House, to the num
ber of three hundred, more or less, when Mr. Mayor
Oliver was called to the chair and C. P. Crawford
appointed secretary. The chairman declared the
object to be to provide ways and means to suppress
gambling, and to consult in reference to the circum
stances attending the death of Dr. B. 11. Perkins,
late of Cuthbert.
Col. Thus. C. Sullivan, after a brief address moved
the appointment of a committee of twelve to recom
mend some feasible plan of effecting the purposes of
the meeting. The following gentlemen were ap
pointed upon that committee:
Means. T. M. Furlow, T. C. Sullivan, W. A.
Maxwell, Wright Brady, 11. C. Homady, C. W.
Hancock, Dr. A. Reese, George Bivins, John R..
Worrill. VV. T. Davenport, John V. Price, G. C
Carmichael.
After an absence of nearly an hour, during which
the assembly waited with a patience that indicated
their deep interest in the mutters before them, the
committee submitted the following report:
Whereas, such scenes of disorder and reckless
ness as were enacted within the corporate limits of
our city on Friday night iast, which resulted in the
self-inflicted death of Dr. B. 11. Perkins, are signal
ly disgraceful in themselves, aud tend to make our
town a stench iu the nostrils of civilized men; and
whereas the ordinary means of bringing offenders to
trial and punishment, seem to have lost their pow
er to accomplish the end for which they were insti
tuted, so that the public security demands ti resort
to other measures, therefore,
Resolved , That the friends of peace, of good or
der and of wholesome restraint, in Americus, wil
organize themselves into a committee of vigilance
whose duty it shall be to watch closely t lie dis
turbers of the public peace, collect reliable evidences
and prosecute indiscriminately and vigorously all
violators of the laws, State aud municipal, that may
be in our midst.
Resolved , That while it is no part of our purpose to
assume the reins of government, it is our united
aud inflexible purpose to rally to thesupport of the
constituted authorities of our town and country,
and our settled detormina ion that no crimes
shall go unpunished for want of our energetic
prosecution.
Resolved , That we condemn those among us who
habitually permit gambling to be carried on iu their
houses, thereby enticing our people into vice, as be-*
ing highly guilty ; we look upon their houses as
siuks of iniquity, aud cull upon all good citizens to
frown them down.
Resolved, That we invite all the young men of our
city, of legal age. to enlist on the side of virtue and
sobriety, aud against the violators of our statutes
against gambling, uud the acts regulating the traffic
in spirituous liquors.
Resolved, That we form ourselves into a:i Anti-
Gambling society, whose chief object shall be to sup
press the practice of Gambling in Americus, and
we whose names are hereunto subscribed do pledge
our mutual aid to each other, to accomplish that
purpose.
Resolved, That we will use all law ful means iu our
power to briug every violator of the gambling laws
immediately to trial and punishment, by suing out
warrants and binding the offendeis over to the pro
per tribunals for trial.
Resolved, That we pledge our honor and our
purses, to carry out, in whatever lawfuLmunncr, to
their full extent, the meaning and extent of the
above resolutions.
After brief addresses from T. M. Furlow, J. C.
Brow’n, J. R. Worrill, Rev. 11. C. Hornady, C. W.
Hancock and C. P. Crawford, the resolutions were
adopted and submitted for signatures. The follow
ing gentlemen signed them. (The names 46 in num
ber are omitted.)
The following r -solutions were then submitted by
the Secretary and unanimously adopted:
Resolved, That in the melancholy death of Dr. B.
H. Perkins, fu our midst, our city is deeply affected
; nd that we offer our condolence to the bereaved
family and friends of the deceased.
Resolved, That a committee ot five be appointed
to investigate the circumstances of Dr. Pei kins’
death, and to prosecute all, who, in connection there
with, rendered themselves amenable to the Penal
Law.
For that committee the Chair appointed the fol
lowing gentlemen:
C. P. Crawford, Ambrose Spencer,T. C. Sullivan,
Wright Brady, Dr. G. F. Cooper.
Mr. John t arr Brown moved that the proceedings
of the meeting be published in the city papers,
which motion was auopted.
On motion by Mr. John R. Worrill, the Society
then adjourned to Friday night, Nov, 14th, 1856.
P. H. Oliver, Chairman.
C. P. Crawford, Secretary.
Steam Line from Milford llaven to the
Chesapeake Bay. —The lion. A. Dudley Mann has
written a letter to the slave-holding States, in which
lie broaches the question of establishing a steam
line between Miiford llaven, Great Britain, and
the Chesapeake Bay. Milford Haven is one hun
dred and twenty mi’es southward and westward of
Liverpool, and two hundred ami seventy miles west
of London. It is connected with each by Railway.
It is estimated that all the navies of Europe could
ride in safety in Milford llaven. Mr. Mann consid
ers it an harbor, which, like our Chesapeake Bay, is
not properly appreciated.
Mr. Maun asserts that, the distance between the
Chesapeake Bay and Milford Haven is 3150 miles,
100 miles less than that traversed by tin.* present
line between New York and Liverpool. He consid
ers that a line between the Chesapeaka and Milford
Haven would prove remunerative, as by Railroads
built and the course of construction, lines from the
west and south-west will converge upon the Virgi
nia shore of the Chesapeake, and convey thither as
soon as transportation abroad can be obtained, a
part of the cotton of North and South Carolina,
Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Ar
kansas, Florida, aud Texas ; the tobacco, wheat and
corn of Virginia, Tennessee, Maryland and Dele
ware; the pork, bacon, lard and] tobacco of Ken
tucky, Missouri; the rice of South Carolina, aud the
rosin and turpentiue of N*'rth Carolina.
As to the point where the line shall stop in the
Chesapeake, Mr. Mann says it cannot yet be detet
mined; but it will bo that “which, in all respects,
is the most suitable” and at that point he adds:
“without necessarily building up a populous eitv, a
storehouse of such importance will establish itself as
never was created before, from which the slavehold
ing States, if not also a number of non-slavehold
ing ones, will draw their supplies at moderate pri
ces.”
Mr. Mann suggests the difficulty in the way of
carrying heavy freights, of the large amount of coal
it is necessary for the fast steamers to be provided
with. He hints at the employment of mammoth
steamers like the great Eastern as the means of
avoiding this difficulty.
Mr. M. urges this scheme very earnestly upon the
attention of the South to which he professes great
devotion. He was recently assistant Secretary of
State at Wnshington, but resigned his office, lie
promises a fuller explanation of his scheme, and the
means of carrying it out.
We have heard of another projected steam line
from the Chesapeuke to the European continent,
which we suppose will ere long be made public.—
Richmond Despatch.
The Prospects of the Hog Markej. —The
gross product of Ohio,fexcept seven counties, for the
present year is estimated at 1,740,97*2 head against
2,044,003 last year, and 2,691,963 for .A854. The
market has been gradually approximating the sea
son business for some weeks at Cincinnati, delayed
more or less by the warm weather, and at last ad
vices appeared to be fairly opened. The Price Cur
rent of the sth inst., says :
‘‘There being some orders in the market for long
and short middles for early delivery, for the Liver
pool market, and contrac t having been made for
7,000 boxes at about 8 cents for long middle, one
or two packing houses have rut about 1,200 hogs
during the week, and have], 1 $6.25 per cwt. for
them.”
We have no estimaieof the probable product of
the regions immediately supplying the Louisville
market, but the latest accounts fr that quarter
state uo transactions in hogs for pocking in the city,
but that various contracts have been made in tLe
interior at 4 and 4$ cents gross. The latter for hogs
weighing 225 pounds or up wards. These sales in
clude some 18,000 to 2,400 head in Mason county
to packers at 6£ cents. The packing in Louisville
city will commence about the 17th to the 20th inst.,
as contracts have been made to deliver hogs on the
20th.
In Illinois the stock is evidently short, with a short
supply of the old and crop of new com. The quota
tions run at $4, $4.25 ami $5.
In lowa, as far as given, there appears to be a
full average supply, with quotations about the same
as Illinois.
Serious Balloon Accident. —The party that
ascended with Mr. Godard on Thursday afternoon,
came down in front of the mansion of Mr. C. H.
Fisher, above Germantown, where several capital
ascensions weie made, after which the party were
handsomely en ort&ined by Mr. Fisher and iady.—
When the balloon was near Germantown, it was
low enough for those in the car to speak to persons
along the road. line of the party put bis head over
the basket and gave three cheers for Mr. Buchanan,
but when he had drawn his head in again it was no
ticed that the gentleman’s jaw.-; Lad sunken in very
much, and that he looked ten years older. The
party were at a loss to understand how so great a
change could have taken place. Some were about
attributing it to fright, when the unfortunate gen
tleinen informed them that, while hurraing, his teeth
had fallen out. The baitoon being about 7,000 feet
in the air, it was thought b* st to leave them on the
ground.— Phil. Ledger, Xov. 7lk
Singular Death from a Bite. —On Wednes
day foren«X)n last, whilst a prisoner named Patrick
Kelley w- -being arraigned for trial at the borough
sessions in St. George's Hall, for entering the shop
of Mr. John Masterman, in Duke street, the prose
cutor was taken seriously ill, and conveyed to the
Northern Hospital. A litlte more than a week ago,
Kelly was observed to steal some money from Sir.
Masterman’s till, and was followed by the latter and
secured in York street. In this scuffle, however,
the prisoner in trying to make Lis escape, savagely
seized Mr. Masterman s thumb, and bit it so severe
lv that extensive gangrene set in. \\ ben about to
lie called to give evidence, the symptoms manitest
ed themselves of suoh a character as to call for im
mediate medical aid, and the wounded man was ta
ken to the Northern Hospital, where he died in less
than an hour and a half.— Liverpool Times.
The Planet Jupiter. —Jupiter is now the eve
ning star, and will continue so until April 11, 1857.
Jupiter is the largest of all the planets, and next to
Venus, the most brilliant. It is one thousand three
hundred times larger than the ear.h, is about four
hundred and ninety-five million eight hundred thou
sand miles distant from the sun, and is accompanied
by four moons, which help it to gve its light. It is
twelve years in revolving around the sun, and turns
about on its axis once in tea hours, which gives it a
velocity at its equator of four thousand six hundred
and fifty-eight miles in a minute, or a speed two
thousand times greater than that of a cannon ball.
Its axis being nearly perpendicular to the plane of
its orbit, the sun iB almost always in the plane of its
equator.
L.ihtiioi’s l«!nu<1.
The New York Evening post , in an interesting
! article on the condition of affairs at Governor’s Is
| land, communicates the following information:
The recruiting for the army is at present earned
on briskly—about teu or twelve recruit? arriving
on the island, on an average, daily. The army con
sists of nineteen regiments— ten of infantry, tour of
artillery, four of dragoons, and one of mounted r'fie
meu besides a corps of sappers itnd miners There
are twelve companies in each regiment, and the
numoer of enlisted men allowed iu each company is
as follows :
Minimum. Maximum.
Infantry, 52 84
Artillery .*54 86
Dragoons 61 85
Riflemen 76 t 6
The President has discretionary power to raise
the number to the maximum standard, wherever
companies are stationed, when the exigencies of the
public service requires a large force. The aggiv
gate strength of the army is estimated at present at
18,000 or 19,000 men. In order to keep the oompa*
nies full, recruitiu** stations are established in New
York. Boston, Albany, Rochester, Buffalo, Phila
delphia, Harrisburg, Pittsburg, Baltimore, Cincin
nati, Columbus, Detroit, Chicago, and some other
places. In large cities there are two or more sfa
tiv>ns. In New York there are two officers and six
or seven stations. The reeruits en'isted at the
western stations ai e sent to Newport, Ky., whe.e
there is a general depot, and those enlisted at the
eastern stations are seut to Governor’s Island.—
During the summer months when sickness prevail
ed on the island, not over five men were received in
a day ; in the winter season, when labor is dull, and
the island is healthy, the average is generally fifteen
or twenty meu.
A great many men who left our shores during the
late war with Russia to join the British army in the
Crimea, have now returned and enlisted iu our
army. Many of these have theCrim an medal be
stowed by the British government, which they are
still permitted to wear. Ten or twelve of 'them
made application at the rendezvous in this city on
one day last week, and we are told that some are
enlisted almost every duy. Some of our soldiers
who served in ihe Mexican war thinks our govern
ineut ought to grant them medals ; but such has
never been the policy of the Republic. The Pal
metto regiment received medals from the State of
South Carolina, some of which are now worn in our
army ; but none were ever bestowed by the general
government.
The number of enlisted men on Governor's Is
land at present is four hundred aud.Lhirtv-one, in
cluding the permanent company, an excellent brass
band, and the music boys. Os this number, übout
one hundred are disposable recruits, and others, hav
ing been received within a few days, require to be
drilled and disciplined.
There are twenty-two men sick in hospital, some
of them old cases, aud twelve reported sick in quar
ters, who probably have only very slight ailments.
Bedloe’s Island, which is considered a part of the ]
post, is used as a sort of general hospital for the ar
my. The force there at present consists of a guard 1
of fifteen men, and forty or fifty invalids, mostly 1
broken down soldiers from Florida. It is remarked 1
that, during the late prevalence of yellow fever iu 1
the harbor, not a single case occurred on Bedloe’s
Island, while on Governor’s Island there was some )
sixty or seventy cases, some ot them of a very viru- <
lent type, atid fifteen or twenty deaths. The most i
vigorous police regulations were enforced, aud the «
disease was met with prompt and energetic treat
ment, otherwise the mortality would have been very
great. ‘ ,
About a fortnight ago a detachment of one hun-
died aud thirty s : x recruits was sent from the island <
to Boston to join the 4th Art fiery, which sailed for j
Florida on the 21st ult. The other detachments of i
eighty and fifty men each were sent to the Ist Ar- ,
tillery at Fort Moultrie, Charleston, S. C., and Fort t
Monroe, also bound for Florida ; and another of ]
one hundred and ninety men lately went from New- \
port, Ky., to the sth Infantry in Texas. The 2d |
Artillery, at present in the South, is to be stationed t
iu our harbor as soon relieved by the troops
now on their w f ay, and probably arrive in De- (
cember. j
Fvom the Baltimore Patriot, 11 th inst. '
Riot in Baltimore. L
On Sunday evening a most disgraceful riot took i
place on Pratt'street, near Fremont, between two j
political clubs, known as the Mount Clare Associa- t
tion as Calithumpians, in which all kinds of fire- I
arms were used, from a pistol up to a swivel. From i
what we can learn the fight was caused by a man
named John Leonard, captain of the Calit humpians, £
who started a party of boys, armed with pistols, to \
cut down a pole which had been erected by a mim- £
berof boys styling themselves the Junior Mount *■
Clare Association. The Calitlnnnpian party ac- £
cordingly started, but were forced to retreat by the t
opposition, who used nothing but stones. In a short 1
space of time, the older members got at it, and mus- t
kets, rifles, pistols, &.0., were freely used, the Cali- t
thuuipians, in addition, firing a swivel. The fighting j
was kept up for some time, until a detachment of l
police and watchmen from the Western District ap- l
peared on the ground and dispersed the combatants. <
John Leonard, the leader of the Calithumpians, \
was shot in the thigh. John Cosgrove, another of r
the same party, was slightly wounded. David c
Armstrong, a young man who boards at No. 558
Pratt street, while endeavoring to reach his home to j
escape the flying balls, received one in his leg, f
which crippled him. He was attended by Dr. Mil- j
teuberger. Win. Watkins, another person who was {
passing at the time, received a ball in one of his \
heels. The officers succeeded in arresting John
Leonard, John Cosgrove, .John McCall, James j
Welsh, James Conoway, James Dulaney, Peter <
Newell, James Larkey, Peter Fulman, Win. Ro (
Chester, Patrick Connoly, Michael Ryan, Jos. CV a- j
ger and Lindsey O’Neill, all of whom were held for t
a further hearing by Justice Hayward.
Western and Atlantic Rail Road. —The
port of the Superintendent of this road for the yeat
ending 30th September 1856, to Gov. Johnson,shows
the following result. The total earings of the Rond
from October Ist, 1855, to September 30th, 1850,
areas follows: r
From Freights $630,497 26
“ Passengers 218,111 81
“ Mail Service 22,715 73
“ MiscGlaneus Service 42 20
Making total gross earings $871,366 53
Expenses for working aud maintaining
Road same period 380,668 85
Total net earnings $490,697 68
The cost of the Road to Sept. 30th, 1856, being
$5,517,836 48 the net income for the past year yiei s
a fraction over 8 per c< nfc. on the outlay. Since Oc
tober 1855, there appears to have been added to the
rolling stock of the Road, 2 Passenger, 3 Baggage,
125 Box, 60 Pitttforn, 4 Stock and 23 Coal Cars.
The Treasurer’s account exhibits the following
payments out of the revenue of the Road for the
past year, viz:
Paid expenses, for 1856, as above $380,668 85
“ Accounts contracted to prior Jan.
1851 87,346 00
“ for Equipments 204,265 53
“ for Depot buildings &c 42, 14 70
“ for Construction 132,509 42
“ into State Treasury 43,500 00
Total Expenditures and Disbursements
for 1856 $890,804 50
The increased earings of the Road over the previ
ous year, are $182,435 97.— Columbus Sun.
American Enterprise,— -The brig Eastern Star,
sailed Wednesday last for Buenos Ayres, having
been chartered by Mr. Win. A. Fry, who has taken
one of the largest and best Flouring Mills ever sent
to South America. He also takes with him Mr. B.
H. Taggart ; an experienced mill wright, to put it in
operation, aud engineers aud millers to work it suc
cessfully with American hands. This mill was con
structed and completed by Mr. Francis Taggart, of
Oswego, and the iron work furnished by the Alluire
Works and Messrs Birbeck & Hodges, of this city.
The steam engine, of 26 inch cylinder and 5 feet
stroke, was made by Messrs. E. T. Belhouse &, Co.,
Eagle Foundary, Manchester, England. The ma
terials for the erection of the buildings have been
shipped from this port some weeks since, and the
success of this enterprise will no doubt lead to
further orders of the same nature from those who
will see the superiority and ingenuity of American
mechanics in this line of business.— N. Y. Journal
of Com.
Best Conductors of Lightning. —Metals are the
best conductors, the choice lying between copper
and iron. Different experimenters make the con
ducting power of copper from five to six and a half
times that of iron; so that, having determined the
sectional area of an efficient copper rod, an iron one
of six times that area will possess the same con
ducting power. Iron, however, is not effective and
durable, unless enlirely coated with silver, copper,
tin, palladium, or gold, in consequence of liability
to rust. As to the capacity of rods, the sectional
area of a copper one should vary from a circle one
half to three-fourths of an inch in diameter, the
larger area for very tall conductors and the smaller
for shorter ones. The form of the rod, whether flat
or round, is immaterial, but it should be as entire
and as straight as possible, avoiding all abrupt an
gles and short turns, and presenting a single point
to the clouds, with the apex tipped with palladi
um, the most powerful conductor of electricity
known.
New York, Nov. 9.—We understand that the
New York and New FounOland Telegraph Line
wil be open through to St. John’s to-murrow. Con
gratulatory messages between the Company here
and Governor Dudley of New Foundland having
passed over the wires yesterday. The Line from
New York to New Foundland is one thousand
seven hundred and fifteen miles in length, built for
most part, through a wilderness country, and has
cost the Company, including the expense of the ca
ble, about half a million of dollars.
W e are advised by our Liverpool corresn ndent
tha! the long contemplated Trans-Atlantic Tele
graph Company has actually been formed in Lon
don, under the auspices of Sir John Brett, who has
had the superintendence of all the great submarine
telegraphic enterprises in Europe, and one-half of
the required capital to complete the line from New
foundland to Ireland was immediately taken up, and
no difficulty whatever was anticipated in obtaining
the balance. Contracts, looking to the certain com
pletion of the line across the Atlantic next summer,
were being negotiated with one of the London Sub
marine Telegraph Manufacturing Companies, and
no doubt was entertained, when the Canadu sailed,
but that the manufacture of the Trans-Atlantic
cable would be commenced on the first of Novem
ber, and be successfully submerged between New
foundland and Ireland in all of the month of July,
1857.
Syracuse, Nov. B. —At three o’clock this morn
ing the largest fire that has ever visited our city
broke out in the Ist ward, and in the short space
of three hours over twelve acres were burnt over,
and about one hundred buildings consumed. The
fire originated in the barn back of Grant’s Hotel,
which had not been occupied for two or three years.
It immediately communicated to Grant’s Hotel, oc
cupied by Barney Grant, which was consumed.—
The loss on the building is estimated at $5,000. The
store of Mr. 3lcGuire tuen caught fire and was soon
burned down—lose $5,000. The flames then spread
to the new and magnificent building owned by
Messrs. Slatterly 6c Ford, and soon it was in a ma~s
of ruins. It was occupied by Lynch Brothers, who
had jua* got in am entire new stock of goods. The
loss on the building will be about $10,000; insur
ed $l,O<K). The Lynchs will lose about $10,000; in
sured $3,000.
A large number of wooden buildings in the rear
and adjoining block were consumed. The Avery
block, owned by L. G. Avery, was entirely destroy
ed. Lose SIO,OO0 —insurance not ascertained. The
Bank of Salina was also consumed—loss on the
building $6,000. All the books and papers of the
Bank were saved. The Post Office ai.d Telegraph
Office were destroyed, but we learn that all the let
ters and papers were eaved. The water of the re
servoir w;is turned off and consequently the -hy
drants were useless. A strong west wind was blow
ing at the time, and our citizens were compelled to
stand andsee their property consumed, with noth
ing to stop its progress. The entire loss can fall lit
tle short of one million of dollars, and may reach
more. Over one hundred families have been ren
dered homeless. The fire was undoubtedly the work
of an incendiary.
Look out for Counterfeits. —We learn that
there are some skilfully executed counterfeit $lO
bills in circulation, on the “Central Railroad Bank”
and the “Merchants’ and Planters’ Bank.’’ They
j are executed by the Photographic process, and are
! likely to deceive those who are not on the look out
1 for tnem.— Sav.Kep. \'2thinst.
VOL. LXX.—NEW SERIES VOL. XX. NO. 47.
Et KOREAN IN , tLLU.HM E.
BT TH t: U ALT IC.
Respecting the Neap * nan difficulty there is
, nothing, excepting that li*e French legation, (aud
r probably also tin British,) has loft Naples. Count
[ Walewski’a cc resp mdeuoe with the Neapolitan
'• Government is published. Tlie British fiett is at
Malta.
There seems to “be no truth in the reported com
mence ment of the Austrians to evacuate the D/uiu
bian Principalities. On the contrary, it is u •tided
that tlie Porte has no* desired the Austrians to quit.
In th'.s connection nre two reports—that owing to
the non-assent or England the Congress of Paris i»
not iikely to meet soon, and that Russia, inspired by
the suspicion that a secret understanding exists be
tween England and Austria as to the Principali
ties, demands to send a squadron into the Black
Sea on the same terms as the fleet now in
those waters.
The entire Turkish Miuistry has resigned. This
event is attributed to the intrigue of Lord Strat
ford de Eedeliffe to bring in liedschid Pasha as Vi
zier.
From Spain there is nothinglater of imp rtance.
Accounts from Hamburg ate that the pressure
in the discount market ha< again slightly diminished,
the rate being now 7J per cent
Telegraphic accounts *rom St. Petersburg state
that the railway concessions were adjudicated on
the :23d ultimo. The conditions had not transpired.
Lord Palmerston, with a part? of friend l , was
cruising in Southampton water the other evening,
near the Merrimnc frigate. Lieut. Harrison went
alonside the steaine 1 *, and invited hi» Lordship on
board, which, however, Palmerstou declined, on the
plea of the hour being late, expressing, at the same
time, admiration of the out ward appearance of the
frigate.
Athens papers remonstrate against , Palmerston's
>pp -sition to the sale of the national domains of
-‘recce, affirming that his .only object is the over
throw of the Greek Miuistry.
Great Britain.— Considerable excitement has
been caused in Eugland by the publication iu the
Moniteur of the following remonstrance against the
liberty upon the French Govern? lent
indulgcuby the English press :
“Various organs of the English press have, for
sum ) time past, been in the habit of diffusing calum
nies against the French Government, which are the
more odious as they are concealed under an niiouj
mo us mask, and allow no other answer than con
tempt. We understand the respect which the ii
berty of the press receives iu Eugland ; and in thus
noticing its error, we confine ourselves to appealing
to the good sense, and good faith of the English p o
ple to warn them against the .dangeis or a system
which, by destroying confidence between the two
Governments, would tend to disunite two nations,
whose allience is the best guarantee of the peace of
the world.”
There was a report, though apparently without
any good foundation, that on the appearance of this
note, the British Government ndJresmd that of
France, deprecating the publication, saying that it ,
had produced an unpleasant effect upon the public
mind in England, and demanding an explanation of
that part of the note alluding to the possible danger 1
to the Anglo-French alliance.
The London Morning Post, commonly regarded ]
as Lord Palmerston’s organ, to a great extent con- 1
curs in the Moniteur’s suggestions, but the Times ’
repels its allegations, and bodly retorts upon the '
organ of the French Government. It says:
The Moniteur speaks of danger to the alliance.— ?
Well! we wiil speak out of the daugers to that alii- j
ance. There is danger to the alliance, but that dan
ger proceeds not from the just and honest strictures j
of the English press on public men whose characters t
are public property, but from the conduct of some
who, raised suddenly to high office, seem inclined to (
enter on a career ut once fatal to France and false t
to England. Those are the worst enemies of the {
French and English alliance who can see in govern
meut co higher aim than their own interest, and so j
become cureless of the welfare of the nation and the {
trust confided to them. . ,
Such men, for instance, view in the negotiations (
fora treaty of peace an excellent opportunity »or (
reviling and crushing the press of a small but free (
state, aud as we are driven to it by the Moniteur, c
we must confess that we saw with shame ami dis
gust how easily our own Plenipotentiaries were be f
guiled by the snare spread for them before their £
very eyes. Again, we are not ignorant—we do not ,
profess to be ignorant—of the col'ossal fortuius ,
that have been realized within the last few' years ,
by men who till then were plunged in the depths of t
indigence. ,
We have observed with dismay the rise to the
surface the financial pool of vast bubbles ;we have (
witnessed the most reckless and gigautic private £
speculation combined with the direction of public
affairs ; and we have seen with deep regret that, in h
stead of doing everything in their power to check g
the rising spirit of gambling, some high iu office and J
favor in France have lent the whole influence of t
their position and their example to stimulate and j
exaggerate the evil. We have also observed with
pain that the Government of France has conducted f
its operations in many respects ostentatiously in de
fiance of the ascertained and recognized principles
of political economy and thus provoked a collapse,
which, come when it may, cannot fail to be inju- v
rioiuto the Government, calamitous to France, and (J
deeply prejudicial to this country. j.
We detest the restrictions on personal liberty in p
France. We abhor her whole system of passport*
and its attendant annoyances. It, is idle to tell us
that the free discussion of these things is inconsis
tent with the alliance between France and England.
It is because we are allies—allies to an extent
v, liich no merely political act can make us—allies *
iu commerce as well as in arms, because France c
cannot sutler without inflicting corresponding suf
fering on England—that we now claim to exercise J
the right to discuss measures and men in which we r
as well as siie ure deeply interested.
The Moniteur and its injudicious prompters have !
drawn these observations on their own heads. We [
are so used in England to the free expression of j
opinion that we cannot consent to be deprived of j
the privilege to suit the convenience of any one *
whatever, and we sincerely regret to find the Moni- J
teur instructed to represent that a diminution of the 1
respect paid to the liberty of the press in England I
is tne price that must be paid for the continuance ‘
of the French alliance.
As regards our foreign policy, we are ready to do j
all that can be required from Lite most faithful and
generous ally, but it is otherwise with the internal ‘
government and organization of England. That is
sacred and inviolable, and we believe there is no 1
sacrifice t hat this country would not submit to rather !
than suffer them to be usaimilated to the continental
standard.
Tin Moniteur “warns the English people against
the dangers of a system” (freedom of the preen,)
“which, by destroying the confidence between the
two Governments, would tend to disunite the two
nations.” We answer that we are warned already.
We know what the fieedom of the press costs us—
we know what it is worth to us. It costs us some
abatement of sympathy aud cordiality from abs c
lute and repressive Governments. It is worth to
us all that we are, all that we have been, all that we
shall be.
Nor do we lack warnings on the other side. We
see that the momenta government interfere with
the liberty of the pices it not merely deprives itself
of the best guide to the feelings of ita people, but
also fixes itself with a new and dangerous respon
sibility for everything it permits to appear. From
these dangers the British government is at least ex
empt, and we shall require better proofs Ilian we as
yet possess of the benefits of repression before we
consent to try the experiment.
The Board of Trade returns for September are is
sued. Notwithstanding the extraordinary amount
of export during the preceding three months, which
showed an average excess of £*3,000,000 per month
over the corresponding month of labt year, the total
again presents a considerable improvement, the dif
ference, as compared with September, 1855, being
£1,144,013. The chief increase has been again in
metals, the foreign demand for iron rails as well as
for manufactures of iron, copper and tin, having
been extensive. Cotton manufactures show no va
riation, but yarns of most kinds have beeu largely
shipped. The total exports for the first nine months
of the present vear have amounted to £84,1)06,005,
against £69,226,837 in the same period of 1855,
showing an increuse of £ 15,679,768, or about 23 per
cent. As compared with the same period of 1854,
the increase has been £8,348,681 The chief fea
ture of the import market continues to be the large
arrival of breadstuffs. Other articles of consump
tion have also beeu freely taken, especially coffee,
tea, sugar, wines, spirits arid tobacco.
France. —Letters from Paris are still without any
satisfactory intimation. The demand for money is
unabated, and il is feared that some commercial
distrust has began to manifest itself.
Spain. —The Madrid Gazette of the2oth contains a
decree granting an amnesty to all who took part in
the insurrection of July laat. Another decree re
stores to their rank the persons who were cashiered
in June and July, 1854, at the time of the O’Don
nell insurrection. A large augmentation of the ar
my is to be carried into effect immediately. General
Santas de la Hora succeeds General de Meer as Pre
sident of the Supreme Tribunal of War and Marine.
The Queen gave a grand banquet in honor of the
Russian Embassador.
It alt. —There is nothing new to relate with re
ference to the Neapolitan question. The dispatch
that was expected to announce the departure of
Baron Brenier from Naples had not been received,
and it is therefore a matter of doubt whether he has
left, or whether h e is still at his post waiting for
some favorable change iu KiDg Ferdinand’s in
tentions. A private despatch states that he left the :
City of Naples on the 28th. According to the Jour- ;
nal de Frankfort the combined fleets will appear iu
the Bay of Naples, if within three weeks iroin the
departure of the Embassadors the King of Naples
do not return a satisfactory answer to the Anglo
Gallic demands.
Prince Petralla, it is said, has communicated a
note in reply to the advice tendered by Austria to
King Ferdinand. The Neapolitan Government ac- '
knowledges Austria’s friendly suggestions, but re- 1
grets that that to yield to the demands of the We©t- ;
ern Power would be equivalent to an abdication of J
the rights sovereignty.
The correspondence between the French ar.d *
Neapolitan Government, which resulted in the with 1
drawal of the French Minister at Naples, has been 1
published. It consists of four letters or despatches. (
The first is from Count Wale we ki to Baron Brenier, *
the French Minister at the Court of King Ferdinand, 1
and is dated at Paris on the 2istof May. It propos ‘
es to “point out, in a precise manner, the sense and *
hearing” of the proceedings of the Congress of *
Paris, so far as they regarded the kingdom of the J
two Sicilies. He justifies the Congress for taking
the affairs of the two Sicilies into its consideration, *
and suggests, as was before known, that “in an am- (
nesty wisely conceived and carried out with good *
faith, orin a reform of the administration of justice,”
King Ferdinand will “find means well calculated to 1
meet the necessities” of the case.
The second is from Commander Carafa to the '
Marquis Antonini, Neapolitan Minister at Paris da- I
ted at Naples, June 30, and concludes as follows : J
The King's government, which scrupul usiy ab- *
stains from interieriug in the affairs of other plates, r
considers itself t>< be the only judge of the wants of *
the kingdom forthe purpose of assuring peace, which
will no* be disturbed if evil intentioneu persons, de
prived of all support, find themselves restrained by (
the laws and by the strength of the government; (
and it is in this manner alone that the danger of *
fresh convulsions, which might compromise the l
peace of Italy, can be removed, and that the kud 1
heart of the king, our master, will find the opportu- (
nity and the propriety of again exercising his ha
bitual clemency. j
The fourth is from Count Walewski to Baron f
Brenier, and is dated Paris, October 10. The French [j
Minister, after declining to reiterate the arguments ■
in justification of th • proceedings at and grow ing *
out of the Paris Congress, says :
You will, therefore, M. le Baron, have the kind
ness on the receipt of this despatch, to iake the nec- $
essai*y measures to leave # Naples with all the mera-
here of your Legation. Similar instructions have q
been sent to the English embassy. You will hand g
over the archieves of the Legation to the Consul o* q
his Imperial Majesty. Moreover, and to provide ,
eventuailv efficacious protection to French subjects
ic-siding in the Kingdom of tbe|Two Sicilies, a
French squadron wiil be kept in readiness at Ton- t
lon, where it will be within reach to receive the or
ders that it might be found requisite to transmit to \
it iu case that it stupid become necessary to entrust T
to it, in the intere6lof our fellow-subjects, the care (
of supplying the deficiency caused by the absence j
of official protection. j
To be prepared at the proper moment for such an 1
eventuality, ihe Commander of this squadron has i
instructions to send occasionally one of the vessels j
placed uuder his orders to visit the ports of Naples 1
and of Sicilv, when the captain of such vess els will ]
place himself in communication with our consuls.— i
with a similar object in view, it is the intention of i
! her Britannic Majesty to station a squadron in the
port of Malta.
I u tl’i-r reports •-! the destructive earthquake
continued to b» received. On tho night of the !6th
of October another shock was tilt ut Seiwa, near
Naples.
| Ai* tier from Naples, date 1 October 20, says I hat
“the American sloop-of-war Constellation leit last
we< k fur Constantinople. The Congress takes her
place,”
The exportat ion of grapes, wiuc, vinegar, tartario
acid and potash from the Roman States had been
prohibited until the 7th of September, 1857.
On the 19th ot October, the steamer Genova, of
the Genoese Trans-Atlantic Company, sailed from
Genoa for ltio do. Janeiro with 59 passengers and a
valuable cargo.
Turkey. —The Presse d’Orient of Oct. 16, slates
from Constantinople that tho Commission for set
tling the Bessarabian frontier, after a study of tho
locality, had found a satisfactory method of Fettling
the point in dispute at Beigrad. The same journal
recalls to mind that the 29th of October is ttie last
day of the term fixed for the complete evacuation
of Turkey by tho Allied troops, and that, after
that date, the Straits will be closed. A p coii
eiliaPon had taken place between Rescind Pasha
and Oarer Pu3ha. Cholera had broken out at Sa
lonica.
lend Stratford de RedcliiY’s attempts to overthrow
the Tuikish Ministry, and to bring in Re'ehid
Pasha as Vizier, was understood to have complete
ly failed, but a similar announcement has been made
and contradicted several times.
A telegraplrc despatch from Marseilles states that
there had been a severe cartuqimke throughout
the whole of E'jypt. At Cairo 200 houses were
thrown down. Most of the inhabitants were en
camped outside the walls. There had been little
loss of life. Shocks had been felt at Smyrna and
iu the Archipelago. Rhodes is eutirely devastated.
From th* City A rHeir of Wednesday Morning's
Times.
The Latest.—London, Oct. 29.—The English
funds opened this morning at a further advance of
J, and there was subsequently several lluctuat ions.
After regular hours there was a slight increase in
firmness. The demand for money in the Stock Ex
change wus not particularly heavy, but all that was
offered found full employment at from 5J •; 6 j»er
eent. The final quotations of tin* Three Per Cents
on the Bourse this evening were 67.3 f. fbr money,
and 66.90 f. for the account. Showing a preponde
rance of purchasers lor investments and further re
covery of dearly 4 per eent. There was again an
absence of withdrawals of gold from the Bark of
England to-day. The private letters from Paris to
day arc lc3s discouraging, and persons who have op
portunities of being well informod, reiterate the
statements that during the past fortnight there has
been n steady tendency to recovery in the specie of
the Bank of France. From Hamburg it is stated
that the pressure in the discount market had further
subsided—the rate being now 7 percent.
From City Article of Wednesday Morning Kars.
The variations in the funds to-day were not of
striking interest. The market closed tho same aa
yesterday. The important failure of Messrs. Fox,
ilenderson & Co. tended to prejudice tho market.
The supplyof money in the discount market to-day
whs rather more liberal, but is still noticed that
many holders of money arc slow to lend, as is usual
at a period of monetary disturbance. There will
probably bo an inerenseu demand for money in tho
Slock Exchange, pending the fortnightly settlement
in shares and iu foreign stocks, which is now about
to c ommence.
Tub Eastern Occupation. —Tho foreign ijour
nals abound in remarks on the new situation which
they i.ssumo has beeu created by the demand said
to have been made by the Porto on the English and
Austrian government for a withdrawal of their
forces from tho Principalities and Black Sea re
spectively. Le Nord remarks:
“ We should n >t be na'onished if Ihe governin' nts
of Austria and England were to find smno pretext
to justify their occupation, even after they have lost
tin consent of the Porte.”
Failure of Fox, Henderson Co.—The
Daily News announces the failure of this firm of
eminent contractors, which is attributed to the tight
ii. hh of the money market. It. is reported that
arrangements will be made to pay the small
creditors in fall, and that tho larger claims may
hot.t- ultimately to secure a very considerable di\i
dend.
Austria and Ti;rkey.— l r ien no, Tuesday Kre
mug—The Austrian Correspondence reiterates its
assert i'in of Sunday last, and denies to4ally the state
ment of t he Constitutionelle, Pays, and Fat.rie, that
the Ottoman Porte had protested against thooeoupa
tiiiu of the Principalities by Austrian troops, and it
“does this notwithstanding the persistent assertioi a
of those journals to the contrary.”
Later advices from Constantinople announce that
the res gnation of the Tin kith Ministry remains un
accepted.
Concession of Rossi as Railways —The Times
says: *• ii-graphic advic«:< from St. Petersburg
state that the railway conces/i u s have been grant
ed to a French company for 8.) yoein ; and that
their extent is about 2,591) miles. r IV- ms fixed by
the Government are about £ 15,509 p< r mile, under
a guarantee of 4j per cent., with an additional {per
cent, for a sinking fund. Ii is not mentioned if tho
French Company is a Credit Mobilier, or a company
formed by Mose-re. Rothschild and other capitalists.
The total sum required, nearly £ 10,000,009, will
establish a drain sufficient not only to weigh down
all descriptions of Russian seourltcH in our mar
kets, but in some degree every othei kind of enter
prise.
From th Savannah liepnhlican.
La Gran ok, <L\., Nov. 5, 1856.
Mr Sneed:—My attention has been called to a
lettei over the signature of lion. A. 11. Stephens,
dated “ Thomson, Ga., Oct. 31, 1856,” aud publish
ed in the Constitutionalist.
Mr. Stephens says that, tho ptaloment that the
terms of discussion at Lexington “were proposed
by him, and accepted by me without, qualification,
or any understanding that I would accompany him
to Elbert the day following,” is utterly untrue. II is
h<Bue is on two points . Ist. As to who proposed Ihe
terms, and 2d, Whether the terms were proposed or
accepted on condition or with the understanding
that I was to accompany him to Elbert the next day.
Now to the facts on the first point. Wheli Mr.
Stephens and myself met to agree ou terms, he pro
posed the terms meiuionediu li’rn letter with this ad
dition, that liA*IiA* should claim theriiht to reply to my
concluding speccq, if in my com lusiou I did not
confine myself strictly to a reply, «fco. I said to
him that 1 knew I would spring no neAv matter in
conclusion, but he might think otherwise, aud them
would lie no judge to decide between us ; and be
sides, there was not time enough allowed. He then
said a good deal about parliamentary rules , which
it is unnecessary to repeat. The same condition In*
put to the othei terms lie mentions, mid for the first,
reason mentioned above, these terms were declined.
I then proposed the t«r w s which ho had been in
the habit of allowing Cel. Wright at his (Stephens’)
meetings This he declined. I then proposed that
Are each open in a speech of two hours and each con
clude in a speech ot a halt hour —he opening. Ihis
he declined. Several other arrangements were sug
gested, in all of which Mr. S.’s effort seemed to be to
cut me down to a short time in the final conclusion,
or to get the chance to conclude himself; if, iu his
judgment, I wus not stiickly in reply. Finally, Mr.
Stephens proposed the tho terms on which we did
discuss. 1 took out my pencil and a piece of paper
and wroto the terms down, in and ash
ed him “if those were the termi^^iposed7” He
said “yes,” and I accepted.
Now it is worthy of remark, that in Mr. S.’s hitter
lie does not say the terms were not proposed by him ,
and in my humble opinion he w ill not say the lore
going statement is not correct, and he will not say
lie did not propose the terms. After the terms w< re
agreed on, several gentlemen (strangers to uie)
stepped ii)) and asked if we had ngreed. I replied
we had, and at their request I read the terms from
my pencil memorandum in the presence of Mr.
Stepiiens, and in iny opinion some of them would
remember this, and that the terma were proposed
by Mr. Stephens.
Now as to the facts on the second point: I had
an appointmhnt for the next day in Washington,
where I expected to meet Mr. Toombs in discussion.
When I got to Lexington, the jjrumor avos current
that, Mr. Toombs Avould not be in Washington, and
some of my friends were, in that event, urging me
to go to Elbert. Dr. Chase and Mr. Somme?,
however, from Washington, insisted that I should
go to Washington, as there Avould be a large meet
ing and iu their opinion Mr. Toombs Avould be
there, and if I did not go the Democrats would
claim it as a back-out. I said repeatedly, privately,
and publicly, that if l could be. satisfied Mr. Toombs
was not. in Washington , I would go to Elbert;
and told our friends to wait until evening; perhaps
we could hear something definite from Washing
ton. While Mr. Stephens and myself were arrang
ing the discussion, I told him these facts iu sub
stance, and he expressed a willingness to have me
accompany him to Elbert. Either just before or
after I accepted the terms of discussion, I asked him
this question: “Mr. Stephens, if I go to Eibert, will
you grant me the same teims there that I grant you
here ?” He replied, “Certainly.” My whole object
was to secure good terms in Elbert, if I should lertrn
that Mr. Toombs was not in Washington. 1 never
once said I intended to go to his appointment in El
bert, nor were the terms made on any such condi
tion ; nor did Mr. 8. ask me if I would discuss with
him at Elbert, on the same terms &.e., &c. In all
this he is mistaken. I asked him if I should go to
Elbert, Avould he grant the terms to me, which I
granted to him, &c.
When the discussion was over, several gentlemen
pressed round me to go to Elbert, and some insisting
that I should not forsake my appointment at Wash
ington. During this time Mr. Stephens asked me if
I was going w ith him to Elbert. I repeated my dif
ficulty, and asked him if Mr. Toombs was in Wash
ington. He gave it to me as his opinion that Mr.
Toombs was no* in Washington. I then told our
friends from Elbert and Wilkes, we would go and eat
dinner aud determine the question by that time.—
Mr. Stephens arid I parted, as I thought, perfectly
understanding each other.
While at dinner, at Mr. Upson’s, I almost made
up my mind to go to Elbert, and told Mr. Hester to
call for me next morning iu time to get there. We
then went to the Court House to hear Col. Wright
speak. Here I rnet a distinguished friend who had
just arrived from Western Georgia, who said lie did
not see Mr. Toombs on the cars, aud Mr. A. W.
Semmes came up and informed me that he was
satisfied Mr. Toombs was in Washington. This
settled my mind to go to Washington.
After Col. Wright’s speech was over, Mr. Linton
Stephens got up and tofd the people that his brother
had gone across Broad river, with the expectation
of meeting me the next day, and that such was tho
condition of the terms of discussion, or words to
this effect. This was the first I had hemd or even
thought of a condition. I immediately said to Mr.
L. Stephens that he was mistaken, rehearsed the
facts in brief and stated what I had learned since
coming to the Co trt House, and to set the matter
right, I there distinctly stated “that if I did not go to
Washington the Democrats would brag, and if 1 did
not go to Elbert they seemed disposed to brag, and i
could not go to both places, that I hail promised to
be in Washington, but that if he (Mr. Linton Ste
phens) would then assuie me before that people that
Mr. Toombs was not in Washington, I would go to
Elbert, if I had to ride the whole night.” I dfd not
receive this assurance and left, aud heard nothing
more. I went to Washington and sure enough Mr.
Toombs teas there , and tec did hare a discussion.
Your statement in the Republican is, therefore,
correct. It is worthy of notice that Mr. Stephens
does not deny the other statements iuyour issue of
the 29th October, and if they are true the first must,
be true also. I will also state tint in all the terms
winch I proposed myself to Mi S., I allowed him
equal time.
One word more. I cannot see precisely the ob
jectof all thin attempted isaut) about terms. The
jteople mil judge. Mr. Stephens well knows I was
always willing to grant him full time, and lie also
knows that when I lead the terms to the gentlemen
who enquired for them, in his presence, he stated
that of course neither party was compelled to speak
the full time, unlesß they chose to do so—the idea
being that he might not require all the time allotted,
&oc. 1 regard the terms as good ones, arid as evi
dence of it, I am willing, at any time before or after
Troup Court, or atany time in future, to meet Mr.
S. and discuss on the Losing on terms reversed.—
This election is over, but the questions involved are
not dead, nor will they die soon.
I notice some oilier things, remarkable in their
way, ia the newspapers, about me, and especially
the card of a gentleman in upper Georgia, distin
guished for running arguments, but the people know
the facts, and eveu if they did not, such articles
would Btill be unworthy of notice. The canvass is
over. I know not the result. During the canvass
I have formed my estimate of many men, but l
leave it without ill-will for a living creature,
Whether we have been successful or not, the Ame
rican party is established—it is now ready for ag
gressive warfare, aud ultimate triumph is its des
tiny. lam proud of the American party of Georgia.
Nobler men never banded together, und purer spirits
never resolved upon a more patriotic purpose; and
never had any party a better leader than Millard
Fillmore of New York,
Yours, truly, B. H. Hill,