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IX SEXATK 1
1 ii<’ Senate fU'fcniWcd at I*2 o’clock to-diy. All
* the mt mbers present excepting Meesn. Bell of New ;
HadHttbire, Bell of Tennessee, Biggs, Butler, Doug- j
a*. Houston. Johnson, Jones <»f Tennessee, Mkllo
\ i Sebastian. .Sumner, Toombs, Weller, j
T .. rmnmitiee was Appointed to wait on ;
the IVeauientaod inform him that a qaorum of eacb i
I [«m*<* had n KiubleO and were ready Pi receive any j
communication he might he pleased to make.
A similar committee <»f the Ifotjae acted in con
junction vt i'li that of the Senate; and in each branch j
t!.* report wan made that the President would com*
inanimate his annual niraunfr to C.’ongrees to mor
i w. at I*2 o'clock. Adjourned
HOUSE.
The Hooey flj«ei*Wcd «♦ I*2 o'clock, about two
bardred inembtsf* wempreKtti.
’ . • -rb. Hodge#, of Vermont, Garnett, of Virginia,
Al - n and Mm ri*on,of Illinois, tofih vacancies were
ei!;f . by takb-g the oa 1 •<».support the f onstitu
Mr. •> pree-.-nted the credentials of Mr. WLit
fleid. and moved be b£ sworn.
Tt# re read, Gov. Geary certifying to the fact
that Whitfield was elected a delegate from Kansas
on the f; Monday of ( ictober. *
Mr. Phoips asked that tlie usual coarse oe pur
Mr. Gr«#w objected, and srasabout to stale kiarea
Mr. l’helps said it was known that a vacancy had
existed in the representation of Kansas —the creden
tials l/ad been presented and read, and this entitled
Mr. Whitfield to have the oat i administered to him.
but« i' li the seats of delegates from New Mexi
- <>, S :'jra r a ft.ad Karlas, were contested. Their
credentials were received and the oath of office ad
ered to them sevarally, without objection be
inrinu-rpnfled.
M Grow—l objected.
Mr. I '.help-'—l mean without aer ions objection.—
The coat. I *': proposed to be pursued by the gentle
man from P< oiwyivama wm contrary to precedent,
with “ne exception, and that wa« an exception to
the rule I refer to the New Jersey contested elec
tion.
'fiie Speaker observed, objection being made, it
wou.'i be the duty of the r hair to submit tbequ'-stion
to the Ilona". whether the gentleman from Kansas
be* r. worn &m delegate or not.
Mr. Uimpbell. of Ohio, suggested to Mr. Grow
whether, as ibis in a short session, and there wan
inu< h niifin *hed bu»ing>it. would be better to al
low the n«.< r pas over tm it did last seasion, on a
similar occasion. He did not see that anything
could (bun be lost
Mr. Grow. I cannot accede to the request.
Mr. ( ufnpbelh 1 have done my duty.
Mr. Grow, in reply to Mr Pfielpe, said that the
eour e in- projioscd. was not unprecedented, and
t ; on w <r<- htri-ug c.ftMM in the books. to justify if. —
In that of tin* New Jersey contested election,neith
er • t of defigu?--.- were admitted till the committee
on e’.et ‘tions. after two or three months, reported.
ln<; Hot. last session, sent < ommissioircrs to
Ken, a to invof! gale the affairs of that territory,
and ah*. a full deliberation the House decided lliat
nr. valid election hud been held, and hence Mr.
WhiUfi-id w/ui ejected from hi/* seat. What change
had taken place in the organic act of the territory
-inf >; lu>t " -ion 7 It* legislation stands a* it. did
rix inontl h ego, when the delegate was rejected. —
To** I- . i-iuiare was a usurpation ; its act* charac
t< , /.c d by lyuprccendcted tyranuv and unconstitu
tional wrong*, and its laws the blackest and roost
odious to be found among those of despotism. The
Hoi win now asked to overturn if* decision and
give validity to the tyi&nnous acts forced upon an
un wiilu g p* .pie to sineid the invaders of their rights
from th«* neighboring Btatea.
. i. I'li* ip* .-aid lie would, at the proper time, be
ready to blend t v e validity of the I legislature and
law»* of Kansas. Last cm. don Mr. Whitfield was
sworn in, and hi* ciedenttals referred to the commit
!•-. -.i! • * (ion, ivhor*.’ported adversely to his taking
. -/ • : and in faVor of Mr. Kceder. A vacancy
w/i ir* /it'd, Mr. Whitfield was elected to fill that
v/ii ;iii' y, and i« n»>iv ln*r/* lor that purpose; yet the
genii, m in from Pennsylvania 'proclaimed that this
qu» *liun was adjudicated and decided lasi session!
11, g ntlennin, while voting against Mr. Whitfield,
a- igin d a* the reason for doing so, that he wa* elec
ted under an unconstitutional enactment, but he
voted for Mr. Reeder to lake his seat in absence of
Mr. <>• o\v explained. He had stated that the pen
i»U- oi lvrui*a* w ere entitled to representation, and
fi. d« ,i -11/» b tow il in that way, as most proper
under (lie neeuliar circumstanceh.
Mi I'help: rcmiining, said Mr. Grow’s position
that ti; people of Kansas me entitled to a dele
-14./1 - But who was here to contest the right ot Mr.
Wliiiiellf If the gentleman from Pennsylvania
v. a4 desiro;- to n.-e thorn represented, with whut
.- 11 - 4it* jnslio4j could h/; oppose Mr. Whitfield, there
li4*ing no 4-dntcstai.t 4.* hi* seat ! Where was his
love for the people of Kansas ' The gentleman’s
. (/in • would prevent such representation. Votes
wen < : ! fur im <ithcr person than Mr, Whitfield in
Os t4*ber. Let the delegate be hworn, andhiscre
fh iitial* can then be referred to the committee on
el•• tioiiH, and when the report is made, the House
ran act as they believe justice requires.
T h question was then taken, shall Mr. Whitfield
1. worn 7 Decifhm in the negative. nays
.1) Ciowiimvc'l the m:nnßideruli«>u of the vole,
and t«» lay that motion on the table.
Several uimuco sHful motions were made to ad
journ, lor a call of the House, &0., by the friends
'of Mr Whitfield, in order, «s was said, to postpone
.et ion on Air. Grow’s motion until the arrival of
absent cs.
At four o'clock several gentlemenpuriedoft-—hun
: mil i. ' serving as ail exelts.\
Mr Campbell, of <)uio. remarked that as u num
ber oi on his side hud gone to dinner, he
th"U r :i '-it right that the House should adjourn, but
his 1 nui ion was rejected.
Mi Millttou said lie was not willing to be pun*
i.'lted by being kept here because others choose to
i.i, oft. Uis motion for a call of the House then
prevailed.
One hundred and thirty eight members answer
nl to their iiallies and the doors were closed to
heiu tin excuses of absentees—tOuie of them
wei •< i a humorous character, exciting excessive
laughter.
Inning tin ■ proceedings, Mr. Mil Ison spoke of
the e.vpe. ure of the reputation of Congress to the
lidieuie of tin* people and the derision of the pub
ic pi.ss. ili had always attempted to prevent
tiuggles similar to that in which the House was
now eng.i . ed.
Ymioun propositions were made, one by Mr.
Kneed that the pending business be postponed
and members proceed, as heretofore, to select their
re by lot. (Cries of‘ agreed,” and laughter.]
M . Quitman thought thut would be right. We
me eud» avoi iug, he said, to inflict some penalty on
members for not being in their seats, and 1 don’t
know a better mode than to select our scuts in
their absence. [Laughter and cries of “good,”
Jlr. Houston, I’Ugo in for I hat if you continue to
keep the door closed.
No net ion was taken on the proposition.
The Sergeant-at arms was by order directed to
tiring the absentees before the bar of the House.
Mr. done .of Tenn., inquired whether while* the
Sergeant at-arms was executing that order, those
who had been hero all the time could not get their
dinners. [ Laughter. |
The Speaker responded negatively.
While the Cleric was calling the roll on a mo
timi til adjourn, he was frequently interrupted
by the Borgeant at Anna announcing the arrest
aid produo'iun of certain absentees. Several gen
iletueii huino’ousiy moved to take up the crinuhal
'file r.’useiitces brought before the House were cr
ib , d tube discharged from arrest on payment to
>. i,t uut-at Anus of a feu of $0 each. [Cries of
“fork over,” and hlughther.J
Mr. Msec, among them was willing to be dischar
ged without paying of the fee ana to accept os a
nteituto, “solitary confinement.” He went home
,;t j.iclnkus every orderly man should, leav
ing members here going out ami taking a horn
i, iid | ; a bug them. c \es in such a condition that
y did not know what they were driving at.—
I Laughter. 1
Mr. Trafton did not think the House should hike
advantage of his honesty. He Bad just returned
ii, ui dinner w hen the Sergeat ut-arins opened the
ihu»r and lot him in. He had not been arrested.
Mr. / , dley thought the lei* cheap and would
cheerfully pay it.
V. i tension-—to those standing—sit down, I want
to see the prisoners.
Mr. Cobb, of Georgia, would discharge them on
in*a- giving a pledge that they would hereafter vote
urum nt. {Laughter.j
At n quarter past seven the House adjourned by :
one majority.
IN SENATE Dee.*
r annual i: u s age of the President was received
and read.
Mi. Pitapat rick submitted a resolution that the
message and aceompnnving documents be printed,
an ! tii.u ti ft Con thousand additional copies be pri til
ted for the use of the Senate.
M r. Adams regarded some parts of the message as
of iimeh more importance than others. While he
made uo objection to printing extra copies of the
nit s.-«ge, lie hoped the question as to the aooompa
it g documents would be referred to the commit
tee on printing.
Mr. Mason doubted whether the public money
could be expended in abetter manner than in dii‘
tu ,g ..as information among the people of the
Mr. Vessemien thought that about one fourth of
the idhttor in the aci inpatiying documents might
be emitted, as it only interested a limited number of
.Mr. Fitzpatrick hoped that nothing would be
omitted.
M Hale could not permit this occasion to pass
without saying that he regarded the message as a
veiy extraordinary and unprecedented one The
Chd-f Magistrate, iu common with oilier citizens,
i id ike ngl i to come before the Senate whenever
he had anything which his interest or duty required
him to p:\ M iii ; but he must come as every other
cit. en did, by pc. lienor memorial. The only
other means by which he could come before Cou
, **> o'as in pursuance of that provision of the Con
si.... i iu. wliich requires him from time to time to
give information ou the state of the Union, and re
com reud to llu.ir consideration such measures us he
Hi:, iudge necessary or expedient.
Hut in regarded it a* an abuse of that privilege
for the President to aixaigu those citizens of the
u o States who had thought proper to exercise their
constitutional righta of suffrage in & uuumerdiffert nt
irem tiwhich the President preferred. He had
ne vu-sire to ssv anything which might be construed
into wart o: all due courtesy, kindness and respect
to the President, for his present position was such
app* to the magnanimity rather than provoke
the hostility of his opponents. But while he regard
ful tt ■ un s>age as an arraignment of a vast ma jori
ty et the people oi eleven Slates. charging them
with want of fidelity to then constitutional obliga
: M.s f.nd L stili!y to the Union and the Constuu
ii. in. tic ■ bed to* take the present occasion to deny
them inteto.
The President k ad gone further than that, and
ch n .. d thesi peopk in the tree States with the high
offence of endeavoring to usurp the power of this
government. That was the language. To usurp.
m . erding o lexicugrapbeis, was to seise by force,
without right. He had to say that he had observed
h • attempt in any section of ihe country, aud last
*and • .tel of ail iu that section to which the Presi
dent re sere, to seise upon the power of this govern
ment . i \et pi by the regular constitutional discharge
I'fth. e obhgatioim ana duties as citizens, by going
the pe..s and voting according to their oouvk
I I >■:i- e; di.:\. No portion of the people North, had
ever said thi > would refuse to submit to the re
sult of ihe election, whoever might be the success
ful i a:•didate, lie was. therefore, unwilling to vote
in cuvulau* throughout the country any such un
founded charges.
So far am ne knew, there was nobody of any cou-
M-qu.< who desired to interfere with the institu
lion of Slavery iu the States.
Mr. Brown stated th&i he had received a volume
written by Lv-u: ter SixKUU-r. coutaiuiug an inge
nious ai 1 elaborate argument in favor of the aboli
tion of siavtry iu aii the Southern States by Con
gress. and endeavoring to prove that Congress pot
only possessed this power but that it would be ex
peditnt for them to exercise it. This volume was
accompanied by a note asking him to review his
opinions on this subject. The statement had beeu
made repeatedly that when the proper time came,-
there would be no divis on of sentiment among the
Northern people as to the war they should make
on slavery in the Southern State*.
Th« New-York Tribune had published similar iu
timai.' ns, and avowals had been made by Messrs.
Seward a;id Wilson that when the North should be
strung enough they would strive for the abolition of
slavery everywhere in God’s heritage where it ex
; sts. bid that not iiif ludt the Southern States
Were they outside of God’s heritage ? He thought
the I‘resident would have been derelict to du
ty if he hat! failed to lift up the voice of warning
against this sectional spirit ; and he returned him
his thanks for the manner in which he had spoken.
ilx. Hale repeated that he hud never met an indi
vidua! who advocated the doctrine that Congress
hail the power to abolish slavery in the Southern
States. There were uo doubt such persons, but
their numbers and influence were very small. He
Lai no doubt the language used lelative to the abo
lition of slavery everywhere contemplated its abo- I
lition by the consent of those Stales in which it ex* |
iated, and not tl»rough any insurrectionary move
ments.
Mr Seward did not know to which of his speeches
Mr. Brown alluded, but wdiat he had said on the
eutyect of slavery h&k not been said in a comer.—
lie presumed redereHre was intended to a speech
that he made in 1818 in Cleveland. Ohio, in favor of
the election of Zachary Taylor, a slave-holder, to
the ofiice of Pis Stdent. But whether Mr. Brown
referre<i t/. that spoetih or not, be would remark tliat
hie speed set liad been gathered toget her and pub
lished in three volumes by Mr. Eedfieid, of New-
York . ai;d the fUuotor could fine bit opinion* ex
preexed there fully. 80 far as he w«4 (x: r icfcn)eci s he
wa« wi’llng that’those imperfectly sctHod
now, should hr --ft open till for the people to
determine. . .. ,»
Mr. Miw-ou said tiiat f «.aslant agitation U{w>n the
subject o- .-iavery bod brought the pe3j?le of the
S-/ Jh to the conviction that tire preservation of that
inxti'ation rested with themselves and them alone.
As one of the representatives of the South he de
sired to eay that he took no further interest in it, or
in any opinion which was entertained at the North
iurelation to - than as he entertained the firm and
decided hoj>e that there was a public sentiment yet
remaining at the North which was ready to unite
witL the South in the desire to perpetuate the Union.
And by the aid of that public sentimeut in the Norfc,
Im* believed the Union would be i»r»rserv'ed, but
further than that, as a statesman, or as one respond
ing tor one of the Southern States, where that insti
tution prevailed.
The public sentiment at the North was to him a
matter of indiffierenee to the South whether those
who desire to continue the slavery agitation endea
vor to exercise their powers in interfering with it
wherever it exuded in the United States or endeavor
to prevent it* tegrtkaote expansion. Slavery was
recognized bv the Con titution as an existing social
institution and wn* not only protected by the duty
being imposed on the government to render fugi
tive* to their masters, but wa* made an element of
political power in representation. That being so,
the people where it existed had the name right to its
legitimate expansion that they had to its peaceable
enjoyment within their own_border*. To endeavor
to restrict this expansion, was to trench upon
their rights in violation of the spirit of the Constitu
tion.
Mr. Wilson stated that he had never enter
tamed nor expressed an opinion that. Congress had
powiir to abolish slavery within the* States, nor had
be ever uttered the sentiment that those with whom
he acted ever intended to assume or exercise such
power. He bad r. ad Mr. Spooner’s book, but dis
sented from its conclusion. There was a small num
ber of people in the Free States w ho coincided with
Mr Spooner in opinion and they had voted for Ger
rit Smith as their candidate for President. How
many votes that gentleman received be could not
tell, tut probably not over two hundred in all the
Fr e States. The positions assumed by the sup
porters of Colonel Fremont were entirely different.
Mr. Brown contended that it.was not the duty of
the South to endure patiently the aggressions of the
North. Though long forbearing and unwilling to
do anything to sever the Union of the States, yet
Uii re was a point where forbearance ceased to be a
virtue, and where their self-respect required them
to defend and maintain their rights.
Mr. Trumbull remarked that when Senators said
that he and his friends wished to interfere with
the rights of the States, they imputed to them that
to which they had solemnly declared their opposi
tion It was just such tremorks os they had listen
ed to from the Senator from Mississippi (Mr.Jlrown)
that were alienating one section of the Union from
the other.
Did th( Senator wish the North to interfere with
the institutions of the South, and fasten on the
northern people eentimenta that they disavow eve
rywhere and on all occasions. This message con
tained a •most unwarranted assumption as to fact,
fin* the President undertook to say that the Missou
ri act of 1820 was obsolete and unconstitutional.
Where did he get his authority for the assertions ?
The Supreme Court of the United States declared
with regard to the power of the Federal and State
governments combined—
Mr. Gass—interrupting him—l never heard of it.
Mr Trumbull sent for the first vol ..me of J . Pe
ters’ reports and read f rom page 546, the opinions
pronounced by Judge Marshall in the case of the
American Insurance Company against Cunha, the
sentence :—“ln legislating for them, (the Territo
ries) Congress exercises the combined power of the
general and State governments.”
Mr. Cuss remarked—lt asserts no power,
Mr. Trumbull inquired whether there was not
sufficient power therein to keep slavery out of the
Territories !
Mr. Cu*s responded, “ No, unless the power was
found i,i the Constitution.”
Mr. Trumbull insisted that the power was broad
and unqualified. Congress formerly exercised it,
and it was a new discovery to say that Congress |did
not pf r * iit now. In alluding to a remark of Mr.
Mason, that if the Republican party had executed
what they aimed at, it would have led to a dissolu
tion oft !m Union, immediate and eternal, he said
that the Republicans had avowed no principles ex
cepting those? declared by Jefferson, Washington
and Monroe. Was it any cause for a dissolution of
♦he Union that a particular man was elected Presi
dent ! The Senator from Virginia did not contend
for that. Neither Col. Fremont nor any other per
son could be elected except in a constitutional mode,
and if so electen, wouldjtnat be cause for a dissolu
tion of the Union 7 If so, the Constitution contained
within itself the elements of destruction.
It was a lawless assumption of the President and
Senators to attribute to the great Republican party
hcHility to th rights of the States, or to the institu
tion of slavery in any State, though they declare
the right of Congress to prohibit slavery iu the ter
ritories of the United States.
Finally without taking the question on the motion
to print, the Senate adjourned.
HOUSE.
The House was called to order at noon. The
question pending was oil Mr. Grow s motion to
re-consider the vote by which the House yester
day decided against Mr. Whitfield’s being sworn as
delegate from Kansas, and to lay that motion on the
table.
Mr. Cobb, of Georgia, for the purpose of avoid
ing a recurrence of the scenes of yesterday, and dis
posing of the subject for the remainder of the ses
sion ; and being desirous of securing the full vote
suggested its postponement until Monday next,
when the vote shall be taken w ithout reference to
absentees.
Mr. Grow remarked, if certain gentlemen were
not now present to attend to business he had no
guarantee they would be a week hence. Let the
presenter of the credentials understand the quest ion
settled, and not keep him in suspense, and mem
hers engaged on it during the winter. The business
came up in regular order, and should be acted upon
without delay, and not stayed off by factious move
ments.
Mr. Giddings thought Mr. Cobb's motion was ex
traordinary. The friends of Mr. Whitfield, by their
factious movement yesterday, had, for the entire
day, prevented u decision, and they now desire to
take their own time for the fight.
The Speaker, in reply to the question of Mr. Orr,
said it was not competent to withdraw Mr. Whit
field’s credentials, the House having acted on them.
Mr. Stephens advocated Mr. Cobb’s motion, and
reprobated the scenes of yesterday.
The President’s annual message was here receiv
ed.
Mr Grow objected to its reading, insisting that
Mr. Whitfield’s case be disposed of without post
ponement.
Mr. Campbell, of Ohio, asked leave to offer reso
lutions postponing the final action till Tuesday, af
ter which time it shall be out of order to agitate the
questions.
Mr. Grow objected.
Voting on questions of adjournment, &c., made
by friends of Whitfield, was renewed, their object
still being to stave off action till the arrival of cer
tain absentees.
Without voting on the question pending, the
House adjourned.
IN SENATE Dec. 3.
Mr. Bayard announced the death of Senator Clay
ton, of Del ware.
The President pro fan. laid before the Senate
the annual report of the Secretary of the Treasury.
Mr. Rusk presented a joint resolution of the legis
lature of Texas, in favor of a repeal of the recent act
of Congror iu relation to the public debt of the late
republic of Texas.
On motion oi Mr. Rusk, a resolution was adop
t'd requiring the Secretary of the Treasury to
Inform the Senate what amount of the claims against
the late Republic of Texao, provided to be paid
by the act of Congress of the :28th Feburary 1855,
has not been presented at the Department for pay
ment.
Mr. Bayard tlu n announced in an appropriate and
feeling manner, the death of his late colleague, the
Hon. John M. Clayton. He was followed by Mr.
Crittenden in a like tribute of respect, aud likewise
by Messrs. Cass and Seward.
The usual resolutions of respect were adopted and
the Senate adjourned.
HOUSE.
The subject of Mr. Whitfield’s admission as dele
gate from Kansas was taken up.
The question pending was on the motion of Mr.
Grow, to re-coasider the vote by which the House
refused that Gen. Whitfield be sworn in as the dele
gate from Kansas,
Mr. Campbell, of Ohio, moved that the House re
solve itself into a committee of the whole on the
state of the Union, to consider the President's mes
sage, transmitted to the House during the first day
of the session, saying that its various branches had
not yet been referred to the appropriate standing
committees.
Mr. Cobb, of Georgia, wished the House to pro
ceed to the selection of seats. But neither proposi
tion was agreed to.
Various motions were made and defeated by yea
and nay votes . the friends of Mr. Whitfield en
deavoring to stave off the action in Ire case until
next week, owing to a number of absentees on
their side of the question.
Further proceedings on this subject were inter
rupted by the reception of a message from the Sen
ate amiountting the death of Senator Clayton. Mr.
Cullen, the representative from Delaware, passed a
eulogy’ on the deceased. The customary resolutions
of respect were adopted, and the House adjourned.
Correspondeni'e of the Baltimore Sun.
IN SENATE Dec. 4.
Mr. Comegys, of Delaware, appointed to fill the
vacancy occasioned by the death of Senator Clayton,
appeared and took las seat.
The credentials of Mr. Foot, elected by the Ver
mont legislature for six years, were presented by
Mr. Couamer.
The motion to print fifteen thousand extra copies
of the President s Message and accompanying docu
ments was taken up.
Mr Fitzpatrick said that this motion was always
submitted til similar cases. He had thought it would
be agreed to without objection. He was pained to
see this occasion seized upon to arraign the Presi
dent for the manner in which he had performed his
constitutional duty of communicating to Congress
from time to time such facts aud suggestions as he
might deem necessary or expedient.
He believed the message contained a truthful ac
count of the circumstances connected with the es
tablishment of the Missouri Compromise, and the
subsequent events growing out of that act. If the
President had failed to do this, he would have been
derkect to his duty. There were proper occasions
on which Senators who differed from his opinions,
expressed in that document, might express their
views with great propriety; but tins was not a sui
table occasion to renew their agitating discussions.
Since, however, those who are in the minority in this
body had seen proper to launch their invectives
against the Chief Magistrate, and had taken his op
portunity to do so. he felt it to be liis (fcity, as mover
of this order to print, to say something in reply’.
The South had no disposition to interfere with the in
stitutions of the North, and they would as little tolerate
any interference by the people of the North with their
institutions.
What was to be gained by re-opening this agita
tion, under these circumstances ? Senators on the
other side avow that they are all deeply devoted to
the Union. He was delighted to hear that declaration.
One of them Mr. Wilson) had drawn a picture of
the dark banners of disunion floating over the en
tire South aud covering it as with black clouds. —
Now he (Mr. Fitzpatrick* lived in the South, but he
had never seen such clouds. If the South was per
mitted to’pursue her own course unmolested there
never would be such clouds seen there. He had
heard of flags ot the North with only sixteen stars
on them, but had beard of no such flag at the South.
He did not hold these Senators responsible for those
disunion sentiments in their section, and it was just
as littie to be charged that the South was in favor
of disunion because there were here and there a few
extremists.
No mea could be more devoted to the Union than
the people of the South as a body, aud they will do
nothing to disrupt the government. But did not
these Senators know that they were advocating
doctrines, which, if carried out, would lead to that
result ? The Union, won by the common blood and
common treasure of the North aud South, was now
claimed to belong to the North exclusively and all
the advantages to be derived from it are endeavor
ed to be seized by them. He had hoped that there
would have been harmony and good feeling for a
season at least ; but, j f . seems as if there was a per
ehteut attempt to keep up the agination. When the
angry feelings of sectional passions shall subside,
when the country shall calmly revert to the scenes
through which we have just passed, the verdict of
posterity and of all true patriots will award honor
and praise to the present chief magistrate for the
manner in which his official duties have been per
formed
Mr. Wade said if the debate had been suffered to
drop where it was left the other day, he would not
have uttered a word upon the subject. But since
the Senator from Alabama, (Mr. Fitzpatrick.) had
thought proper to express his views upon thee*
questions, that he should claim the same privilege,
lie was not disposed to agitate, but while lie never
<commenced agitation, he never shrank from it when
commenced by other? He had no objection to agi
tation, because he thought that it was likely to
throw light upon the subject discussed , and he b 4.--
lieved that light would advance the side of the ques
tion which be advocated. Therefore he did nut de
precate discussion.
The Senator from Alabama had expressed ms
surprise and regret that that subject should have
been diseased upon this 00c aeon, and considered
this an improper time to take it up. But if it was a
legitimate ana constitutional question and was prop
er to be submitted by the President in bis annual
message, then it was especially a proper question
for Congress to consider. The President was there
fore for the commencement of this agi
tation, if blame was to be cast on any one for that,
for nearly one-half of that message is taken np
with the discussion of the subject of slavery.
Mr Wade then proceeded to charge the President
with having pronounced a libel upon a large ma
jority of the people of Ohio, impugning the motives
of 175,000 men wbo cast their votes for Mr. Fremont
in the recent Presidential election. Were they to
be assailed from the executive mansion, simply be
cause they had seen fit to discharge their duty in a
manner different from that which the President ap
proved ? Was he to shield himself behind what fie
called his constitutional privileges to slander, tra
duce and abuse a large majority of the peiiple 4>f
more than 4jne-haif the States of the Union 7 He
had charged them with adopting principles which,
carried out. would lead to civil war, the disrup
tion of the government, and dissolution of the Un
ion.
That charge comes with ill grace from the Presi
dent, who was the apologist aud supporter of those
who have committed the most gross and inexcusable
outragee in Kansas. He talked in his message as if
the election of Mr. Buchanan was an endorsement
of his administration. Did he not know that the
democratic pai ty did not dare to re-nominate him
on account 4>f his complicity with the Kansas af
faire ? It the avowal had been openly made before
the election u* it was since bv the Senator from Vir
ginia, (Mr. Mason.) that the South claims the
of expansion for slavery- as much as its protection
where it exists, the freemen of the North would
have given almost a unanimous verdict against that
party. The election was thus carried by shrewd and
adroit managers, by concealing before the election
what was mrw avowed. In some States it was
claimed that Mr. Buchanan was the most reliable
candidate to secure the freedom of Kansas, an J they
had flags inscribed “Buchanan Breckinridge and
Free Kansas.’
This was further proved by the result in Illinois.
There the question was fairly presented in the two
candidates for Governor. One was the chief engi
neer of the Nebraska bill through the House of
Representatives, and against him was pitted a man
who had opposed that bill inch by inch, and the for
mer was overwhelmingly defeated. A renomination
of the present Chief Magistrate would have led to a
similar result.
Mr. Butler observed that he came to the Senate at
this session with a determination not to allow him
self to be drawn into the discussion of any subject
excepting such as legitimately belonged to the busi
ness of Congress. He, however, felt called upon to
utter a lew words in reply to the remarks which fell
from the Senator from Ohio, (Mr. Wade.) And he
gave it as his deliberate opinion that although the
South were, as a body, as loyal to the Union as any
other portion of the Republic, yet the time might
come when a continuance of the confederacy might
be no longer desirable. When the Northern people
shall have gained such an ascendancy over this go
vernment, oy means of their numerical strength, as
to make it a government to be administered under
the forms of the Union without regard to the consti
tution ; whenever it should come to the point that
they should declare that a slaveholder should not be
President or Vice President of the United .States, the
Sout h could no longer consent to remain in a Union
where they should be compel'ed to take a subordi
nate position.
In reply to the objection that President Pierce
was the first President who had introduced discus
sions on slavery into his message, Mr. Butler said
that in the times of Washington, Jeffer- on and Madi
sen there were no sectional issues. There was no
occasion for such appeals to the patriotic in heart,
but who were misled in judgment, to return to the
paths in which the founders of our government trod.
The South never has made sectional issues. lie
t lien proceeded to uhow that the slave States were
nourishing, and the institution not so naneful as the
sentimentalists of the North endeavor to represent
it. He referred to articles which appeared in the
Edinburgh Review of October last, vilifying the
South, and said it bore the ear marks of having been
written in this country. The abolitionists had
brought into their service the public press of Bri
tain, at one time the rival and enemy of this
country. He would like to know who wrote that
article.
Mr. Benjamin stated that it was written by a gen
tleman in New York.
Several Senators asked, “Who is he ?”
Mr. Benjamin declined giving his name.
Mr. Butler hoped the country would take notice
of the fact.
Mr. Rusk remarked that since he was here at the
last session of Congress, the programme of the Re
publicans seemed to have been changed. The
wounds of Kansas were staunched, aud nothing is
heard of her bleeding now. The theme at present
is Hie preservation of the Union. lie thought the
Union would and ought to lie preserved so long as
it gave equal rights to all sections of the country ;
but whenever its rights and privileges should be
unequally distributed, and to the detriment of the
South, its continuance would 110 longer be desi
rable.
Mr. Fessenden, in reply to Mr. Butler, said, if he
were to select a State in this Union which had exhib
ited itself in a narrow light on the subject of select
ing sectional candidates for the Presidency and
Vice presidency, from the foundation of the go
vernment to the present day, it would be Ihe State
of South Carolina, because, on reference* to the ofli
cial record, it would be seen that she had one-half
ot the time refused to vote for the regularly nomi
nated candidates of either party, but had voted for
candidates both from slave States, and generally
for one of her own citizens. Therefore, the charge
of a narrow policy, as applied to the Republican
party, came with ill grace from a Senator of South
Carolina. It was the issue which made the contest
sectional, and not the candidates. There was no
prominent man in the South who advocated the
principles of the Republican party, aud therefore
they were obliged to take both candidates from the
North. They desired to elect them with the aid of
Southern votes, but jf they could not get these (
then by the votes of the free htates ajon,.. lie re
peated, that when the President made the charge iu
his message of sectionalism, it was without founda
tion in fact, and derogatory to the true character
and honor of 1 lie people who made up that great
party.
In the course of his remarks he took ground in op
position to the extension of slavery to the territory
now free. That was his and the doctrine of the Re
publican party and to that ho would adhere to the
bitter ena if bitter it must be.
Mr. Benjamin said—after the Presidential election
1 fell like the school boy at vacation after studying
the classics—Thank Grid, he exclaimed, I have got
rid of the Greeks and Romans, and I thanked God
that I had got rid of speaking through the Presi
dential canvas. (Laughter.) Other Senators, how
ever, have different tastes and in order that they
may have time to prepare for the discussion of so
grave a question as that impending, I move the Sen
ate adjourn.. Agreed, and the Senate adjourned to
Monday.
HOUSE-
The Speaker announced the standing committees,
being nearly the same as those of the first session.—
The only changes in the principal committees are
Mr. Oliver, of Mo., ou Elections, instead of Mr. Sa
vage; Mr. Howard on Ways and Means, instead of
Billinghurst; Fuller, of Maine, on Commerce, in
stead of Mr. McQueen; Messrs. Garnett and Mc-
Queen on Revolutionary Claims, instead of Messrs.
Smith, of Virginia,and Fuller, of Maine; Mr. Al
len, instead of Mr. Bell on Agriculture; Messrs.
Sherman and Cadwallader on Foreign Relations,
instead of Messrs. Bayley and Mattison ; Mr. Smith,
of Virginia, on Territories, instead of Mr. Richard
son : Air. Hedges on {loads and Canals, instead of
Mr. Hughston. Mr. Aiatteson was appointed chair
man of the District of Columbia, vice Mr. Mea
cliam, deceased.
The question of the admission of Mr. Whitfield as
a delegate from Kansas was resumed.
Air. Campbell, of Ohio, proposed that tlie further
consideration ot the subject be postponed till Tues
day, when it shall be finally act on: no motion thereaf
ter, relative to it, to be iu order.
Air. Granger wished to offer a resolution appoint
ing Rev. Daniel Waldo as chaplain.
Air. Phelps suggested that the members forthwith
proceed to draw tor choice of seats.
All of these propositions were severally objected
to, Mr. Grow aud his friends insisting on proceeding
with the Whitfield case. The yeas and nays were
frequently taken on motions made by Mr. Whit
field’s advocates to adjourn, call of the house, etc.,
their design being to stave off present action there
ou.
Mr. Humphrey Alarshall claimed his constitutio
al right to have the annual message read,
but
The Speaker overruled his demand ou the ground
that the Whitfield case had priority.
Mr. Marshall appealed from the Speaker's decis
ion ; pending which the House adjourned.
Washington, Dec. 5.
The Senate was not in session to.-day.
HOUSE.
The House resumed the consideration of the
Whitfield case.
Mr. Phelps moved, as a test question, that there
be a call ot the House. He said, in reply to a ques
tion propounded by Mr. Giddings, that he was
sure a majority of Gen. Whitfield's friends were
in the city, and his object was to have them all in
the House.
The motion was agreed to by one majority.
Two hundred and eighteen members answered to
their names.
Mr. Akers moved that gentlemen proceed to draw
for the selection of seats. He being a new member
had never had one, and therefore thought the request
was reasonable.
Mr. Grow objected.
The House voted on the pending question, Mr.
Grow s motion to reconsider the vote by’ which the
House, on Monday, refused that Gen. Whitfield be
sworn as the delegate from Kansas.
This was decided in the negative—yeas 108, nays
111 —it now’ being clearly ascertained that General
Whitfield’s friends were in the majority’.
Mr. Jones, of J ennessee, moved the previous ques
tion on the motion to reconsider.
Mr. Giddings moved that there be a call of the
House, amid laughter and cries of ‘‘Good!” “Who’s
absent?*’ “What the use of that?” aud “Let the
repubiicans'now play the game commenced by the
democrats.’’
Mr Stanton appealed to gentlemen to draw for
seats. A voice from the democratic side : “We’ve
the majority now, and want to vote.”
Mr Matteson moved that the House adjourn, but
the question was decided in the negative—y eas 85,
nays 1*25.
Finally, by general consent, the further conside
ration of the whole subject was postponed until Mon
day next at one o’clock, and made the special order
for that day.
Op motion oi Mr. Stanton, the House adopted a
resolution for members to select their seats.
According to the method prescribed, all the seats
were vacated; tue members retiring without the
bar. As the clerk drew name, written on a
separate piece of paper, from a box. (which many
gentlemen demanded should be well shaken.) the
members generally’ made their s: lection, seating
themselves to secure possession.
Much laughter was occasioned by Whitfield's name
being first drawn. Several of his friends expressed
satisfaction by huzzas and waving of hats. Several
on the other side exclaimed, “\N hat business had
liis name in the box,” and “he has no right to a
seat.'
The Speaker interposed in support of this last ex
pression, the question of his admission as the dele
gate torn Kansas being undecided.
The House then adjourned til! Monday.
CixciNN vti Hoc. Market.—The Cincinnati Price
Current of Wednesday says ;—A good degree of
excitement has prevailed in the market during ihe
week. Wednesday morning the market opened at
tin advance of 10c per cwt with an active demand,
and a fort tier advance was established from day to
day. the activity increasing up to yesterday, when
the market seemed to come to a pause. The ad
vance for the week is 50 per cwt. The receipts as
given below, may be considered quite moderate,
and are hardly up to the general expectations :
Total for the week 129,828
Same time in 1855 131,068
1854 105,586
* 1853 . 139,919
As compared with last year, there is considerable
diversity of opinion, as regards the average weight
of hog* and the yield of iard. and the question con
not probably be'well decided until the season is fur
ther advanced. By comparing our notes, however,
we are inclined to think there will be a slight f; liiug
oft in this respect this season. As regards the com
p rative number likely to be brought to market,
there is no reliable data upo i which to base any
calculation there seems to be fair grounds, how
ever. for concluding it will be something less than
it was last year—but how much less, depends, to
a great extent upon the course, as regards prices,
the market will take from this time onward. It
should be borne in mind, notwithstanding, that
there will not be so much Pork needed this year as
was last.
The quotations at Cincinnati on Thursday are
thus given :
Holders in many cases were asking #6.25, but
there were no buyers at this rate, nor at much over
#6. No sales were reported, and the market must
quoted as slightly unsettled.
From the Baltimore Sun.
Annual Report of ihe Secretory of the Navy.
Thp Annual Report of tbe Hon. James C. Dob
bin. Secretary of the Navy, isquite long, but mark
ed by much ability and a thorough knowledge of the
affair -of the Department over which he presides.—
The following is a fuller abstract than was publish
ed yesterday :
SQUADRONS.
The new steam frigate Wabaeu, Cap!. Theodore
Engle, the flag ship ; tbe sloop-ot-war Saratoga,
Commander Tilton, and Cyane, Commander R. G.
Robb, form the Home Squadron, which is still
under tbe command of Com. Paulding. The < pe
ratione of this squadron are detailed, but are of no
interest.
The Brazil Squadron, Commander French For
rest, consists of the flag ship St. Lawrence, Captain
Hall, and sloop-ofwar Germantown. Commander
Lynch, fur whose return orders were issued on the
31st oi October la it. Tae Falmouth will join the
squadron in a few weeks.
The Mediterranean Squadron, Com. Breeze, con
sists of the flag ship, the frigate Congress, Captain
Craven ; the sloop «rs-war Constellation. Capt. Bell,
and si earn frigate Susquehanna, Caj>L Sands. The
stor-liip Supply, Lieut. Commanding Porter, is in
the Mediterranean on special service under the War
Department.
The Afiican Squadron, Commodore Crabbe, is
composed of the flag ship, the sloop-of-war St
Jamestown. Commander Ward ; the sloop-of war
St. Louis, Commander Livingston, and the brig Dol
phin, Commander Thomson. The squadron were all
well at last advices.
The East India Squadron, Commour-re Armstrong,
is composed of the nag ship, the San Jacinto, Com
mander Bell, the sloeps-ot-war Levant and Ports
mouth. The operations of this squadron are unin
teresting.
The Pacific Squadron, Com. Mervine, consists of
the flag ship Independence, Commander lloff, and
the sloops of war John Adams, St. Mary’s, Deca
tur, and the steamer Massachusetts. The Secretary
regrets that Coin. Mervine failed to make a person
al examination of the supposed guano islands, and
recommends that another small steamer be seDt to
visit the islands. Reference ia made to the protec
tion of our citizens at Panama by vessels of this
squadron. An additional Pacific squadron is re
commended. Our growing commerce and the in
creasing importance of the Central American States,
renders .t doable our Pacific squadron so
soon as vessels can be assembled in that ocean.
The Behring's Stunt Expedition having com
pleted its work, has rmirned.
DEEP SEA SOUNDINGS.
A large portion of the report i 3 devoted to the
survey which has been made of the bottom of the
sea; and the scientific discoveries in this exploration
of the great deep will be found deeply interesting.
Specimens have been produced from the bed of the
ocean, and beautiful charts made mapping out its
depths at di.-tanees of thirty, forty, sixty, undone
hundred miles. The greatest depth obtained was
two thousand and seventy fathoms—two and u half
miles.
OKI)NANCE GUNNEUV.
Under this head the Secretary recommends the
establishment of a practice ship in which gunnery
alone shall be taught. Great attention is now paid
to practice at sea; but men should be able to man
the guns before the vessel leaves her moorings.—
Considerable space is devoted to ordnance, and the
various improvements considered.
NEW FRIGATES—PROPOSED ADDITIONAL SLOOPS.
The great beauty and superiority of the newsteain
frigates are alluded to w ith much pride, and the
Secretary gays their introduction constitutes a new
era in the history of the United States Navy. He
repeats his recommendation of last year about the
building of several additional sloops of war, capa
ble, from their small draft of water, of entering such
ports as New'Orleans, Savannah and Charleston,
as well as New York and Boston. A formidable
battery of from 5 to2o guns would render them very
effective. They could annoy the enemy at sea and
penetrate and defend our harbors along the coast
inaceessfib’e to the larger class of heavier draft.—
lie remarks that even the passage of the bill for
the construction of ten sloops of war will be but
little, very little actual increase, as many old ves
sels are now necessarily to be laid up as unworthy
of repair.
SEAMEN.
The subject of enlistment and the good faith of
the government towards the sailors is elabmated at
length, and the policy of the department defended
and explained. This, however, is of no interest to
the general reader.
MISCELLANEOUS.
There are three vacancies in the grade of captain
and fourteen in that oflieutenant, some of which oc
curred several months since. Mr. Dobbin is not
unmindful of the causes which prompted a suspen
sion of executive action, but the interests of the ser
vice require that they should be filled either by pro
motions iu the regular way or by nominating for
restoration to the active list some of the reserved or
dropped officers.
The reports of the bureaus present many useful
bug re lions. Much progress has been made in
completing the navy-yard at California. The dock,
basin and railway are finished, lie concurs in the re
commendation of the chief of the ordnance bureau
us to the policy okkeeping an abundant supply of
powder on hand to meet any emergency ; is in fa
vor of a small corps of assistant pursers, with mode
rate compensation; considers the policy of a small
annual appropriation for keeping the yards supplied
with6hiptimber sound; recommends the restora
tion to the hospital fund of the value of the land con
veyed to the treasury department for the purpose
of the Marine Hospital at Chelsea; recommends
the creation of an additional office to the Navy De
partment for the management of all matters connec
ted with courts martial and courts ot inquiry and
the appointing of a Judge Advocate for the depart
ment.
The “Nautical Almanac'’ is required bylaw to be
under the charge of an officer of the Navy, not be
low the grade of lieutenant. Commander Davis,
who was peculiarly fitted for it, having been order
ed to sea, the “Nautical Almanac/ has been placed
temporarily under the chief of the Bureau of Ord
nance and Hydrography. The Secretary recom
mends that the law be modified, in order that the
Executive may be authorized at his discretion to
place the “Nautical Almanac” under the charge of
one of the Naval Professors of Mathematics. •
The Naval Academy continues to prosper, and
demolish at s*its usefulness. The Secretary recom
mends that, in addition to the Naval Board of Ex
aminers, a board of visiters, composed of civilians,
be appointed.
The Naval Observatory is sustaining its high re
putation.
Mr. Dobbin renews expressions of opinion of the
usefulness of the Marine Coips, and continues to re
commend its enlargement, and the adoption of some
plan of appointing to it officers of military educa
tion.
The law directing notice to be given to E. K. Col
lins and associates, in reference to compensation for
carrying the mail between New York and Liverpool
has been executed.
Tht Secretary recommends an increase of pay to
some of the grades of navy officers. Not named.
The iollowingare the estimates for the navy and
marine corps for 1557-'8: $8,912,1)79 05. Expen
ditures during the years 1855-’6, $8,437,736 97. In
addition, there was the sum of $5,641,172 07 ex
pended fur special objects, including transportation
of mail in steamers ; for the same purpose in 1857
and 1858, only $11,595,044 22 is estimated.
Itoiiort oi l lie Commissioner of Pensions.
The following is a synopis of the annual report of
the Commissioner of Pensions:
ARMY PENSIONS.
The numbe r of original applications, and applica
tions for increase of pensions, admitted during the
year ending June 80th, 1850, are as follows :
71 revolutionary pensions, yearly am’nt $ 4,905.63
543 widows of revolutionary pensioners
yearly amount * 35,532.02
335 widows and orphans, oi half-pay pen
sions, yearly amount 20,936.00
176 invalid, do. do 12,637.00
1,130 cases admitted. Total yearly ain’t.. 574,010.65
The arrears ;lue on the above pensions at the date
of issuing the pension certificates, amounted—
To revolutionary soldiers and widows.. ..$164,257.08
To all others 40,546.26
Total $204,833.34
During the past year there has been paid by pen
sion agents in the several States and Territories—
To revolutionary soldiers $84,274.25
To widows of revolutionary soldiers 509,454.56
To widows and orphans, or half pay pen5’n5,211,299.11
To invalids ,431,178.69
Total 15,233,136.61
The number of pensions on the roll on the 30th
June, 1856, were—
-514 re volution’y soldiers, yearly ain’t. $31,954.34
5,167 widows of revolutionary soldiers,
yearly amount 115,435.10
2,531 widows and orphans, or half pay,
yearly amount 181,150.93
4,866 invalids, yearly amount 443,152.50
13,078 pensions... .Total yearly am'nt. 1,072,698.87
There have been 990 pensioners added to the rolls,
and 1,510 stricken off by death. Os the latter num
ber, 212 were revolutionary soldiers. Many of this
class of pensioners yet living are reported to be
from 98 to 106 years old.
NAVY PENSIONS.
There have been 17 original applications, and ap
plications for increase, admitted, the annual amount
of which is #5,525, and the arrears due at the date of
issuing the pension certificates, amounted to $3,-
474.64. The number of pensioners on the rolls June
30,1856, in the several States and Territories, were
353 invalids, yearly amount ...#22,515.85
-183 widows aud orphans, yearly am’t.. .98,670.00
18 privateer d:>. do— 1,384.00
851 pensioners. Total yearly am0unt5122,569.85
There have been 15 pensioners added to the rolls
and 28 at: icken off by death.
The total amount paid by navy pension agents to
pensioner during the year was #l2/,558.
From January l to December 31, 1852, the number
of original applications, and applications for in
crease of pensions, both army and na
vy, admitted, was # 2,296.92
The yearly amount 199,916.G0
And the arrears due at the date of issuing
each pension-certificate 675,868.84
An average of the time from April 1,1853,
to June 30,1856, shows that each year
the number of original applications,
and applications for increase of pen
sions, admitted, was 2,949
The yearly amount 216,704.84
And'arrears due at the date of issuing the
pension-certificates 459.833 04
Up to December 1, 1856, six thousand pension
ers have been admitted under the act ot February
3, 1853.
Report of the Secretary of the Interior*
The Hon. R. McClelland, Secretary of the Inte
rior, has a well written and interesting report. We
gave a brief abstract of a portion of it yesterday.—
To-day we subjoin the following additional factsand
figures, gleaned from the same document:
The quantity of land sold for cash during the last
fiscal year is 9,227,878 acres, for which the sum of
#8,821,414 was received ; the quantity located with
military scrip and land warrants is 8,382,480; the
swamp lands approved to the States 6,036,874, that
granted for railroad purposes 15,680,875, making a
total of 39,328,108 acres. The Secretary remarks
that the difficulties in executing satisfactorily the
swamp-land grants still exist. In reviewing the
land system for the past four years, the report states
that it has been extended with entire success and
unprecedented rapidity along the whole Pacific
slope, embracing California, Oregon aud Wash ng
ton Territories, and into Kansas, Nebraska, New
Mexico and Utah.
I nis immense geographical surface has been or
ganized into six new surveying departments. Du
ring this period there have been sold for cash 30,-
935,1 1 1 acres, lor which there has been received
#27,940,151; located for military bounties 15.806,260.
approved under swamp land erants 30.199,056, and
granted for railroads 17,036,282 ; making the aggre
gate of 93,97 6,i * 2 acres, disposed of in part for tarms
by direct grants. As one illustration of the great
labor incident to the accomplishment of these opera
tions, it is mentioned that the records of correspon
dence cover ninety thousand folio paze*. Eight
thousand accounts have been adjusted, and four
hundred thousaud patents have been issued bv the
General Government.
The discontinuance of four offices of Survevore-
General is recommended, and initiatory steps Lave
been taken to that end. The number of applica
tioc* under the recently enacted bounty land laws
to the 25th of November, wss 365,268: those exam
ined 239,726, of which 182,070 Lave been allowed,
aud warrants issued covering 22,003.290 acres . 57,-
656 have been suspended or rejected, leaving 25,542
original cases not yet examined. The report recom
mends that further power be given to the Commis
sioner of Pensions to suspend, diminish or discon
tinue pensions when the reason for granting them
has partially or totally ceased, and the Secretary L
eonvinced from experience and redection that the
only true principle upon which to ba*e pensions is
that of indigence. In the opinion of the Secretary,
there are distinctions and discriminations between
anny and navy pensions which are unreasonable,
and .-hould not be permitted longer to exist. On
3l)th of June last there were 13,932 pensioners, and
the amount disbursed for their benefit during the fis
cal year was #1,360,694. The continued perpe
tration of frauds in connection with pensions is no
ted.
The field-work of the Mexican Boundary Commis
sion has been ail accomplished, as stated in the last
report, Mexican Commissioner, according to
agreement the American Commissioner, repair
ed to Waahr Tgton about the Ist of July last, for the
purpose of col *tnieting the maps required by treaty
to show the bou and three mans will be fur
nished by the Ist of March next. The first part of
the report is already in the hands ot the printer, and
nothing retards its *p übheation but the necessary de
lay in engraving the .*n&ps
The report again ca/k. attention to the extraordi
nary expenses of the juu’iciary', and urges the abso
lute necessity for a radical change or modification
of such of the laws as relate theteto.
In regard to the Insane Asylum, the report says
that on the 30th of Juno, l£so, there were within
the same 60 patients, and during the fiscal year there
were received 47; 8 died : 6 were discharged, and
there were left on the 30tL of June, 1856 ? 03 patients.
Tbe institution is in a flourishing condition, and bids
fair to be the first in the country.
The number of convicts in the Penitentiary of the
District of Columbia is 72. Thirty five were’ admit
ted and 28 discharged during the past year. The ex
pense of managing it is now nearly equalled by the
income, and the excess is being yearly diminished.
The estimated cost ot the contemplated new jail, at
or near the penitentiary, is f 150,000. The site, how
ever, is not altogether unobjectionable.
The report draws attention to the want of suita
ble accommodations for the Criminal Court of the
District of Columbia. The Bridge across the Poto
mac- will not be finished this winter, but a full re
port on the progress made may be expected in Feb
ruary. The report notices that tue improvement
of the grounds south of the Executive Mansion
has been completed : an.i, though ail that is re
quired has not Deen done, yet the public grounds
in the city of Washington have beeu considerably
improved.
The report enters into some interesting statistics
respecting negotiations and dealings with the In
dians, ar.d closes with bearing testimony to the able
manner in which the Chiefs of Bureaus ’and the em
ployees of the Department have discharged their
official duties.
The Patent Office*.
On the 30th of September last, the indefatigable
Commissioner of Patents. Charles Mason, Esq., fur
nished the Secretary of the Interior with a synopti
cal statement, showing the operations of his office
since tiie Ith of March, 1553.
At that period the amount of arrearages exceeded
one thousand cases, which Lad been constantly in
creasing for more than a year previous. It con
tinued to increase until the first of July following.—
With an additional force of examiners and clerks
authorized by Congress, the arrearages, as well as
the rapidly accumulating current business has been
brought within a limit entirely satisfactory.
Previous to the year 1553 the highest number of
patents issued in any one year was 1,076, which
was iu 1819. In 1853 the number was only 958. In
1851 it increased to 1,902, and iu 1855 it was aug
mented to 2,021.
The large hall in tbe east wing of the office has
been completed and tilled up with cases which af
ford space sufficient for tbe convenient exhibition of
ufi the models of patented inventions now in the of
fice. The hall in the west wing will also be in readi
ness for a similar purpose during the ensuing year,
which will furnish conveniences for the full exhibi
tion of all the models of rejected applications for
some years to come.
On the 15th Novmber last the Commissioner
made a supplemental statement as follows :
“From small begniuings the Patent Office has
grown into proportions comparative gigantic. Half
a century since the whole revenue of the office did
not exceed $1,500 per auuum, which was all appro
priated to the payment of one clerk, who transac
ted the entire business of the office. The income of
the present year will be about $200,000 ; which will
still be scarcely sufficient to detray the contingent
expenses of the office witli its one hundred exami
ners, clerks and other employees.
“If we compare the present condition of the office
with what it was a few years since, we shall find
that during the four years previous to 1853 the ave
rage annual number of applications for patents was
2,522, while for the lour years from 1853 inclusive
such average annual number will fail but little shor
of four thousand.
“The number of patents annually issued during
the former period averages 990. During the latter
it will be about 1850. For the current year the
whole number of applications made, the whole num
ber of patents granted, and the whole amount of re
venue received, will respectively be at least iiouble
to what they were in any one year prior to 1853.
“The number of applications for patents in this of
fice in 1855 was greater than those in the office of
any other country on earth, having been 4,435,
against 2,958 in Great Britain and 4,056 in France.
For the present year the number of applications
will probably not fall short of Jive thousand.
“The business of the office seems to have out
grown the system upon which it has thus far been
conducted, which was adapted to a previous stage
of its existence. The wisdom of Congress will be
advantageously exercised in making such modifi
cations as present circumstances require. Instead
of entering into the discussion of this subject, 1 beg
leave respectfully to refer to my report to Congress
for the year 1855.
“In addition to the business of the Patent Office
proper, Congress has devolved upon the Commis
sioner of Patents the supervision of the National
Gallery and the control and disposition of the fund
annually appropriated for agricultural purposes.—
Tl*e former ot these duties is of comparatively small
moment; the latter is of very great and rapidly
growing importance.
“There seems no very natural and immediate
connection between the proper business of the Pa
tent Office and the subject of agriculture, except in
their mutual relation to the industrial pursuits of the
people. But the revenues of the Patent Office be
ing somewhat in excess in 1839, the Commissioner
of Patents was authorized to apply SI,OOO for the
purpose of procuring agricultural statistics. For
many years subsequent to that time annual appro
priations were made from the same fund for a simi
lar purpose. These were increased from time to
time until they reached the sum of $5,000 when
they remained nearly stationary for several years.
“ In 1854 the appropriation was increased to $35,-
000, and made payable out of the general treasury,
and the appropriations for the present year has been
swelled to the sum of $105,000. The objects em
braced in this appropriation are declared to be ‘ the
collection of agricultural statistics, investigations
for promoting agriculture and rural economy, and
the procurement and distributiqm of cuttings and
seeds.’
“In pursuance of the design of Congress, mea
sures have been taken to procure cuttings and seeds
from every quarter of the world where any new
product can be found which is likely to prove use
ful in any portion of the United States. Many new
productions of great probable utility have thus been
already introduced and other ones being sought for
wherever there is any prospect of success. Among
other things a vessel has just been sent to South
America to procure a fresh supply of cuttings of the
sugar cane to furnish our Southern planters with a
fresh stock to supply the place of that which is sup
posed to have become deteriorated by being trans
ferred to a somewhat incongenial climate.
“The benefits resulting from the appropriations
already made have doubtless been far more than to
justify the expenditures incurred. Unless there be
some objections of a political character, the system
is believed to be founded in wisdom. If the ap
propriations can be judiciously applied and restrain
ed within proper limits they will prove eminently
beneficial, and their continuance will be clearly ex
pedient, unless there are counterbalancing reasons
resulting from doubts as to the propriety of such un
dertaking by the Federal Government,”
The regular annual report of the Commissioner
of Patents will be made up to the 31st of December,
according to the regulat ions of that important branch
of the public service. —Baltimore Sun.
The Privateering Question.
Washington, Tuesday, Dec. 2, 1856.— The fol
lowing letter was transmitted with the papers ac
companying the President’s Message :
Imperial Legation of Russia, )
Washington, Nov. 28,1856. $
To the Hon. Mr. Mate?/, Secretary of State of the
United States , 8?c.:
The undersigned, Charge d’Affaires of his Majes
ty the Emperor of all the Russias, has the honor, in
compliance with the order of his Government, of
addressing the following communication to the
Hon. Mr. Marcy, Secretary of State of the United
States:
The attention of the Emperor has in an eminent
degree dwelt on the proposition by which the United
States answered the invitation which had been ex
tended to them to accede to the declaration of the
l lth of April. His Majesty entirely concurs in the
views of the Government of the United States,
which the lion. Mr. Marcy has laid down in his
equally lucid as temporate note of the 28th of July.
The proposition of the Federal Government, in the
opinion of his Imperial Majesty, deserves so much
the more to be taken into consideration, that the
honorable Secretary of State argues not for the ex
clusive interests of the United States, but for those
of the whole of mankind.
The Imperial Government would have room for
self gratulation should its concurrence contribute to
the adoption of the proposition of the United States,
and should all the Powers by a common resolution
proclaimed in the face of the world agree to apply
to private property on the seas the same principles
of inviolability which belligerents profess for pro
perty on land. The undersigned is accordingly in
structed to notify the Honorable Mr. Marcy that bis
Majesty the Emperor accepts, for his part, the con
dition under which the United States consent to the
abolition of privateering, namely: that the private
property of the subjects and citizens of the contract
ing parties shall, in times of wai' be respectod by
their respective naval forces, as well as by those
of all the powers which may join in this declara
tion.
The undersigned is equally instructed to declare
to the Honorable Secretary of State, that should the
propositions of the United States become the sub
ject of a collective deliberation, the vote of the Im
perial Cabinet is pledged to them. The undersigned
improves this opportunity to tender to Mr. Marcy
the assurance of his very high consideration.
Stokckel.
Central Railroad nml Hanking Company.
We learn that the cash receipts of the Company
for the year ending November -loth, ultimo, were—
From Road .....51,329,553 49
Fromßank 64,184 23
$1,393,742 72
Paid for Road Expenses, Rank Expenses,
and interest 677,884 57
Net $715,833 15
Two dividends, of 5 per cent, each, declar
ed for the year 388,709 00
Surplus $327,149 15
Carried to credit of Road $77,695 11
Carried to reserve fund 249,454 04
$327,149 15
The capital of the Company paid in is $3,931,700 00
Amount of stock remaining to be sold 63,300 00
Total allowed by charter $4,000,000 00
As soon as the capital is made full, the Road of
the company will stand, permanently, at §3,'50,0(10,
and the Bank capital at $250,000.
Thus the Central Railroad, one hundred and nine,
ty-two miles long, (with all its depots, shops, ma
chinery of all kinds—s 6 locomotive engines a d up
wards of 600 ears included) stands at less than $20,-
000 per mile. The Company Las no boating debt.—
The bond debt amounts to only $251,767, whilst, as
a single item of its investments, it holds $318,300 of
Southwestern Railroad stock, which has always paid
8 per cent dividend.
The reserve fund of the Centra! Company is now
$113,583 67-100. This fund is subject, on the first
dav of April next, to the payment of $28,000, rent
of liue from Gordon to Eatonton, and also to such
depreciation as may exist in the stock and bond as
sets of the Company. It is kept at a considerable
figure to cover any such depreciation. All the stocks
and bonds pay interest, except the stock of the
Montgomery road, of the Eatonton road, and of the
Augusta & Waynesboro’ road—and these are ex
pected to pay hereafter an average of five per cen
tum.
ihe foregoing statement—the exact accuracy of
which may be implicitly relied upon —carries with
it its own "comment.
We believe that it was Mr. Speaker Banks who
made and announced the discovery that the railroad
enterprises of the South are all ruinous investments.
And yet it may be doubted whether even he would
object to the “ ruination" of owning a few thoosand
shares of the “ Central" stock.— Sav. Georgian.
Extensive Rubbery. —A drover named Daniel
T. Evans was robbed of $2,700 on the cars between
Cumberland and Baltimore on Sunday morning last,
just before reaching the former city. The Telegraph
states that previous to leaving Baltimore be deposi
ted some $16,000 in bank, and with $2,700 in his
pocket-book, started westward. On arriving at
Cumberland, be felt for his pocket book, but it was
gone, and suspecting a young man seated back of
him he called for police-officer, but the young man
had disappeared. The pocket book was found in
the lower end of Cumberland moneyless.— Bali.
Sun
Cotton Seed. —The New Orleans Picayune no
tices the engagement of a ship of 880 tons to take a
full cargo of cotton seed from that port to Provi
dence, R. 1, where the article is to be turned into
oil and oil cake. An extensive factory for extract
ing oil from the seed of cotton is already in opera
tion in Rhode Island, and one or two companies
are forming in Boston with the object of getting up
similar establishments there. This is an enterprise
in which the South is greatly interested, promising
as it does, to convert an article hitherto worse than
useless, into one of great commercial value. — Bait.
Auer
WEEKLY
(Ljjnmicic £ Sentinel.
AUGUSTA, GA
WEDNESDAY MORNING DEU’R. 10, 1556.
SENDING OUT BILLS.
We have already announced to our subscribers
the necessity for the prompt payment of their indebt
edness to this office, which we desire to repeat, the
more effectually to impress it upon their minds.—
Our clerks are now sending out bills, as rapidly as
they can be made up, to all who are in arrearages,
and we hope every one will promptly discharge the
obligation by remitting the money.
In the early part of tne year, we announced that
alter the first of March last all subscriptions not paid
iu advance would be charged one dollar additional.
In accordance with that regulation, the bills are
made out. Subscribers had fair notice of the
change in terms, and, if they failed to take advan
tage of them, the fault is theirs, not ours. They have,
therefore, no cause of complaint. By keeping us
out of our money, they subject us to loss and great
inconvenience, for which they certainly ought to
compensate us. Those who do not like the terms
can pay their bills and stop the paper, if they wish.
President’s Message.
The length of the Message precludes any extend
ed comment, even if we felt disposed. The chief .
topics, and those which are most elaborated, are the
Presidential Election, Kansas, and the Slavery
Question, and our Foreign Relations. Other mat
ters are barely referred to in the briefest manner.
Let .t be lead.
Southern Cultivator.
The December number of this popular Agricisf- j
tural journal has just been laid on our table. Th© '
subjoined table of contents attests the worth of the ]
number :
Plantation Economy and Miscellany.— j
Work for the month ; The Beautiful in Agriculture; j
The extent of the Cotton Crop of this year, and
nroblable run of prices ; Yost's Plow and Scraper ;
llogs, Pork and Bacon—lndependence; Crops on
the Seaboard, Chinese Sugar Cane—report of I)r.
Battey, (illustrated); Foot Evil in Horses ; Pepper
Catsup and Meat Dressing; The China Prolific
Pea: Florida and her Productions ; Sugar Crop of
Cuba ; Cure for Heaves in Horses; Cotton Thresh
er.
Editorial.-— Answers to Correspondents; The
Southern Cultivator for 1857 ; Southern Agricultural
Fails—Progress ; Renew your Subscriptions ; Chi
nese Sugar Cane—Pure Seed ; Robert Nelson, A.
M.; The C mmercial Convention, &.C., «scc.; Pre
miums fin 1857, &.C., &c.; New Publications, &?.
Horticultural Department.— Grape Culture
in the Sun; Planting Fruit Trees ; The Gilly
Flower ; Via*-yards in the South—reply to Mr. Axt:
Laying out Orchards ; Transplanting Trees and
Shrubs ; Pears on the Quince ; A Table, showing
the number of Trees, Plants, &c., on an acre of
ground. j
Illustrations. —Chinese Sugar Cane; Sugar
Mill. b b
The great value of a well conducted Agricultural
journal, is so universally acknowledged by intelli
gent and practical men, that we need not descant
upon their merits. It is conceded, that every man
who cultivates the soil, ought to read one or more
Agricultural journals regularly. And as the new
volume of the Cultivator commences in January,
now is the time to subscribe, as all subscriptions
must commence with the volume. We commend
the work most cheerfully to all cultivators of the soil,
as eminently worthy of their support.
Terms—One Dollar per year.
Address Wm. S. Jones, Augusta, Geo.
Wonder if it wan Wild Cut ?
W e find the following paragraph in one of our
exchanges, which has excited in us some curiosity :
Stopping the Circulation.— About four thou
sand dollars in the bills of a Georgia broken bank
were seized upon a man who gave his name as
Daniel Preston, in Louisville, Ky., on Thursday
last. He had also SSOO of counterfeit money in his
possession. lie was arrested for attempting to pass
a spurious SSO note and lodged in jail.
We felt curious to know whether the Georgia
bills, were the issue of one of the defunct Wild Cats .
and if so, whether he would be prosecuted for hav
ing the Wild Cat or counterfeit bills ? There cer
tainly ought not to be any difference either In the
offence or the punishment.
Speaking of Wild Cats, reminds us of an enquiry
some time since made by us, as to the Bank of Ful
ton, at Atlanta. We desired to ascertain whether it
could be properly classed among the Wild Cats,
and made the enquiry, but as yet have had no re
sponse from any quarter—uot even from the inde
pendent (?) press of Atlanta. What say thejournals of
that place? have they no information to impart? or
are they wantiDg in independence, and cannot,
therefore, muster the courage to tell the people the
truth? Are there any local influences operating to
silence them on this important question—one of
grave import to the people, who are so deeply inte
rested in the preservation of a sound currency ?
Will the press of Atlanta, (the Intelligencer , we be*
lieve, has always vindicated the Wild Cat Banks
and Bankers,) tell us who Jno. F. Bell & Co., of
New York are, who own nearly one-third of the
stock of the Bank of Fulton ? Who are they ?
What their business and their resources ? Aye, and
how does it happen that they should be such large
stockholders in a Bank in Atlanta, when they can
use their capital, if they have any capital, (a very
doubtful matter in our opinion,) to so much better
advantage in New York? Will the Intelligencer
speak out, or is it wanting in independence to tell
the truth—what it knows? We pause for a reply.
While on the subject of Wild Cat Banks, it may
not be improper to warn the people against another
Bank, which has recently gone into operation, and
which we are infonned is Wild Cat of the most ap
proved Stock. We refer to the Bank of Greenes
boro’, of which F. 11. Cone is President. We learn
that the President is the only Stockholder known to
the people of Greene, and that he only claims thirty
thousand dollars worth of the Stock. Who the
other Stockholders are, or what their business, we
have never been able to ascertain. We want like
information in relation to this Bank, that we may
lay it before the people who are so deeply interest
ed in all questions involving the soundness of the
currency. If the managers of the Bank are enga
ged in a legitimate, honest banking operation, they
will not hesitate to place us in possession of the
facts. If, on the other hand, they purpose practicing
a fraud, they will manifest no iittle indignation, and
like all the feline race when exasperated, swell their
proportions wonderfully. We have had some expe
rience in this line and are familiar with the habits
of the animal. We have.had all the small fry of the
race, press-gang and all, barking and snarling at us.
But we have persevered and have thereby saved
the people hundreds of thousands, if not millions of
dollars. This is our reward.
The V rginia electoral college appears to have
acted vary ridiculously after casting its vote for
Mr. Buchanan for President, the member took upon
themselves to instruct the President elect that he
must take a Virginian into his Cabinet, and even
went so tar in their indecorum as to name the gen
tleman whom iic should take for one of his advisers.
|_ -V. Y. Com. Advertiser.
The ridiculous policy and unblushing hungering
after the spoils, of the Virginia Electoral College,
are attracting very general attention, and eliciting
almost universal condemnation by the press. They
are, however, not behind the New Yorkers, for we
observe that a number of prominent Democrats in
that city have held a meeting, and recommend a
citizen of that State, Erastl s Cornino, for the
Treasury Department. Mr. Buchanan is, therefore
not likely, if the Democracy of other States follow in
the footsteps of the Virginians and New Yorkers, to
be in want of material to make up a Cabinet.—
Whether the material will be such as he will select,
is of course a very different affair. We should sup
pose, however, that such recommendations would
be the last that could possibly find favor with any
sagacious or experienced statesman, who is capable
ot resisting such an outside pressure. Mr. Buchan
an may have the nerve to stand up against it, but
when we reflect that he has always been a very
pliant and yielding instrument, we doubt his power
of resistance.
Nexv Books,
Messrs. Oates A. Brother have laid on our ta
ble several new books, among which are “Milledul
cia: A Thousand Pleasant Things,” “Notes on the
Bible,” by Chari.es H. Hale, and ‘ The Stories of
an Old Maid." A more extended notice will appear
hereafter.
High Price of Negroes.
The subjoined extract from a private letter to
the Editor, shows that negroes are in demand in
Oglethorpe county. These are the highest prices
we recollect to have ever heard of:
Lexington, Ga., Dec. 2,1856.
About SIOO,OOO worth of property was sold here
to-day—land and negroes—some of the sales were
ahead of anything we have ever heard. A negro
girl 15 years old. sold for $1280; another girl 14
years old, sold for $1280; another girl 14 years old,
for $1305; another girl 18 years old, (in family-way)
for $1500; a boy 18 years old, for $1290; a fellow 22
years old, for SISOO. These negroes belonged to the
estate of John Wynn, deceased, and were sold on a
credit of 12 months. There were 57 of Wynn’s
negroes sold to day, and brought} $44,026. Os
these a great number (more than ordinary) were
women and children, and a few diseased and old,
sold low. It is also proper to state that but few of
these negroes were bought by the Legatees, and not
one of those of which we have mentioned specific
prices. They were common negroes—field hands.
Bui the most extraordinary sales were of three
negroes, belonging to the estate of Mrs. Mary Wat
son. Leah, a negro gill 16 years old, sold for $1525;
Harriet, about 20 year- old, and child in her arms,
sold for $lB40 —terms 12 months. These prices ap
pear incredible, but all who are disposed to doubt
can be satisfied by referring to the Record of the
Court of Ordinary of Oglethorpe county.
Yours truly.
‘■Southern and Western Journal of Progress.”
This is the title of a new Periodical, the first
number of wh.ch has been laid on our table by the
Agent who is now in this city for the purpose of in
troducing it to oar citizens. “Cheap, Entertaining,
Useful,” is its motto, andif the two latter are attain
ed it will certainly be cheap at two dollars a year’
The number before us is very neatly got up and
well filled with matter pertaining to its objects. The
work is published in Richmond Va.
Southern Medical and Surgical Journal.—
The December No. of this valuable Medical peri
odical is on our table. From a glance at its table of
contents, we find containing its usual variety of
original and miscellaneous matter. It is edited by
Professor L. A. Dugas and H. Rossigsol, M. D.,
and published in this city at $3 per annum, in ad.
vauee.
The Marine Bank, Savannah, has declared a di
vidend at the rate of twelve per cent, per annum.—
The Republican says: Such exhibits from the old
banks, in connection with the fact that several new
institutions have recently gone into operation, with
large capital, and are doing a successful business,
afford a most tlattei ing evidence of the progressive
prosperity and commercial importance of Savan
nah. Such results are highly honorable to us os a
business community, and may be contemplated with
a true satisfaction by every citizen.
The Slave Trade.
The suggest ion of Gov. Adams on this subject iu
his message to the Legislature, involves such iui
poitant interests iu this State and the South, that
we have # elt it a duty to present our views against,
audio republish the’comments of the Southern press
on the subject. We are the more obligated to this
course, as by private letters from distinguished men
of the North we learn that it is producing distrac
tion in the ranks of our Northern Democratic
friends.
Our first impressions were that the subject
j should be passed over iu silence, but we incline
j now to the belief that some expression of opin
-1 ion from our Legislature should be given, as
| best calculated to allay strife likely to arise both
! abroad and at home in relation to the matter. We
| haA'e every confidence that the policy of the meas
j ure will not be endorsed by the representatives of
our people, who we are sure value too highly their
present slave property to approve auy measure
which will weaken and*ultimately destroy its value.
The rapid increase iu numbers of those we have will
keep pace fully with the demand for the staples they
produce.— South Carolinian.
The Carolinian seems to fear the effects of the
project of Gov. Adams upon the Northern Democra
cy. That journal is certainly oblivious of “the co
hesive power of the public plunder.”
In connection with its own remarks, the Caroli
nian republishes extracts from several Southern
journals, some of them from South Carolina, all
condemning in decided terms, the Governor's wild
proposition to re-open the slave trade. The Gover
nor thus far, in one observation, is not sustained by
a corporal's guard even in his own State, and out of
it, we have seen or heard no word of approval
These facts confirm the opinion preA’iously expressed
by us, that in South Carolina even, the proposition
would be generally condemned by the reflecting,
intelligent and patriotic men of that State. The
measure will, therefore, meet with comparatively
no favor at the South
Last Letter of a Highwayman.—A notorious
highwayman of California, known as Tom Bell,
was lately captured and executed a few hours after
wards. In the interval he wrote the following let
ter to his mother, who resides in Tennessee. It
goes to prove that there is something of the angel
left even in the vilest. Let the young take the
warning that he gives ••
San Joaquin, Oct. 1,1856.
Dear M>ther • As 1 am about to make my exit, to
another country, I take this opportunity to write
you a few hues. Probably you may never hear from
me again; if not, 1 hope we may meet Avhere part
ing is no more.
In my prodigal career in this country I have al
ways recollected your fond admonitions, and if I had
lived up to them, probably I would not have beeu
in my present condition; but, dear mother, al
though my fate has been a cruel one, yet I have
no one to blame but uiyself. Give my respects to
all my youthful friends. Tell them to beware of bad
associations, and never to enter into any gambling
saloons, for that has been my ruin.
If my old grandmother is living, remember me
to her. With these remarks I bid you farewell
forever.
Your only boy, Tom.
[ Bell was about twenty-five years of age, educa
ted, and formerly a physician. He went to Califor
nia in 1849.]
A Good Take Off.—A wild run by a theatrical
company from New York to Philadelphia playing
in both cities the same night, has been extensively
noticed. The (Philadelphia Ledger has the follow
ing notice of a burlesque on the affair by Sanford.
It says:
Last evening Sanford’s immense feat of perform
ing Poca-hunt-us, at the Odd Fellows’ Hall. Twen
ty-fourta Warri, and at this Opera 1 louse, and riding
between the two places in wheelbarrows, came off
pursuant to announcement. The Hall in West
Philadelphia was well filled, while outside a large
crowd collected to witness the starting of the bar
rows for the Opera House. A few minutes after 8
the performance concluded, and the invited guests
took their seats in a six-horse omnibus, and the
opera troupe, headed by Sanford, were comfortably
accommodated with wheelbarrows. The omnibus
led the way, amidst the cheers of thousauds stationed
along the route. The street on this side the market
street bridge was so densely packed that it was
difficult for the coach and barrows to proceed with
out running over the enthusiastic spectators; but
fortunately, through the skillful driving of coachee
and the pusher, the feat was performed without acci
dent in a little over 15 minutes, the quickest time
ever made with wheelbarrows. On the arrival of
the party at the Opera House the immense crowd
assembled gave three deafening shouts, and the
band stationed on the pavement struck up. “See
the Conquering Hero Comes,” while a rush was
made for the inside of the Hall, to witness a repeti
tion of Poca hunt-us. After the performance about
sixty invited guests sat down to a tine repast, which
Mr. Sanford had liberally provided at De Banfre’s.
The entire exhibition was well managed, and no ex
hibition caused more excitement, or drawn a larger
crowd to the streets.
The Zanesville (Ohio) Courier , of Thursday, men
tions the arrest of an Irishman named Peter Ward,
for putting the body of Patrick White in the fire. —
The man was held under SI,OOO bail, failing to give
which he w'aa sent to jail. The Courier says :
The crime is ao awful, that, for the sake of com
mon humanity, we cauuot believe, without the
strongest evidence, that any one, bearing the form
of man, could be guilty of it. The only reason we
hear given for the fiendish act lies in the fact that
White, who, it appears was brought up in the Cath
olic religion, had married a Protestant wife, and re
fused to have the child baptized in the Catholic faith,
t o which Ward is a warm adherent. At last ac
counts the little sufferer was still living.
Copyright Law. —The New York Book Pub
lishers’ Association lately adopted a resolution de
claring that, in their opinion, it would be highly con
ducive to the interest of literature and the book
trade that an international copyright law should be
passed, with such restrictions as would secure a just
protection to the mechanical interest involved in the
question.
A Remarkable Fusion. —The Boston Daily
Chronicle, which was established as the organ of the
Rum interest in Massachusetts, and the Boston
Daily Telegraph, which was established to advo
cate the Maine Law, are about to fuse and become
one paper as the’advocate of Republicanism.
For Fillmok Still. —Mrs. Prewett, of the Ya
zoo City (Miss.) Banner, runs up at the mast head
of her paper the name of Millard Fillmore and Wm.
L. Sharkey, of Mississippi, for the Presidency and
Vice Presidency in 1860.
Insurance and Banking Company. —The fol
lowing gentlemen were yesterday elected Directors
of the Augusta Insurance and Banking Company)
viz Wm. M. D’Antignac, John Kerr, Edward
Henkill, Lambert Hopkins and Wm. E. Jack
son, Esqrs.
Number of American Seamen Registered in
the United States.—A letter from the Secretary
of State, transmitting from the Superintendent of
Statistics an abstract of the returns of American
Seamen registered in the several ports of entry of
the United States during the year ending Septem
ber 30,1856, was communicated to both Houses of
Congress to-day; from which is extracted the fol
lowing exhibiting the number of Ameri
can Seamen registered in the United States during
the last seventeen years, from October 1, 1839, to
October 1,1856, distinguishing the native from the
naturalized:
Citizens
Years ending— Native. Naturalized. Total.
Sept. 30,1840 7,951 140 8,091
Sept. 30,1841 9,015 148 9,163
Sept. 30,1842 7,738 160 7,898
Sept. 30,1843 7,084 92 7,176
Sept. 30,1841 8,220 147 8,367
Sept. 39,1845 7,450 129 8,579
Sept. 30,1846 8,018 105 8,123
Sept. 30, 1847 6,867 122 6,989
Sept. 30,1848 8,159 92 8,251
Sept. 30, 1849 9,843 241 10,084
Sept. 30, 1850 8,998 193 9,191
Sept. 30,1851 8,565 171 8,736
Sept. 30,1852 9,863 286 10,149
Sept. 30,1853 9,010 253 9,263
Sept. 30,1854 9,617 302 8,919
Sept. 30,1855 9,386 300 9,686
Sept. 30,1856 7,859 257 8,116
Arrival of Coolies at Havana.—Dates from
Havana to 29th ultimo, announce that the British
bark Ellen Oliver, Captain Henderson, had just ar
rived at that port from Swatoa and St. Helena, af
ter a passage of 197 days, with 263 Asiatics, for
Corn field service, under eight year contracts. Six
ty of these poor creatures died on the passage, and
two after arrival. Bark Henry Miller, Poet, from
same port, 147 days, had also arrived, with 186
Asiatics to the same consignees. Six died on the
voyage.
Slave Trading.—The Journal of Commerce
states that another slaver sailed from that port
within a few days past. She was closely watched,
but the oflicers of the government were unable to
detect anything which would justify them in detain
ing her. In the estimates of appropriations for
the ensuing year, provision is made for a liberal
suns to aid in the suppression of this illegal traf
fic ; and there is good reason to believe that the
general government is in earnest in its efforts in this
direction.
Disasters to Steamers.—The year about to
close will present a fearful record of lives lost on
passenger steamers, mostly navigating inland wa
ters. Ocean steamers have thus far been more fa
vored than for several years. The list now stands
as follows ;
Lives Lost.
In March, ferry boat New Jersey 32
June, Steamer at Longucil 38
July, Steamer Northern Indiana, Lake Erie.-. 26
July, Propeller Tinto 18
July, Steamer John Jay, Lake George 15
July, Steamer Empire State 14
August, Steamer Nautilus, Gulf of Mexico 40
September, Steamer Niagara,Lake Michigan.. 66
October, Steamer Superior, Lake Michigan 35
October, Propel'r J. W. Brooks, Lake Ontario. 30
November, Steamship Le Lyonnais 78
November, Propeller Toledo 41
Total 433
The gales on the lakes during the present season
have been almost unprecedented in severity. For
ty-nine vessels have been lost, including seventeen
steam craft and thirty-two sailing vessels, and the
loss of life is estimated at two hundred, at the low*
est calculation.
The Norfolk papers Btate that a thorough trial of
the engines and boilers of the steam-frigate Roanoke
has been made. The ship was taken from the dry
dock on Friday last, and is represented as in every
way a fitting associate for the othersof the six new
screw frigates, of which she is not the least in point
of eize. Her boilers are those patented by the En
gineer-in-Chief of the Navy, which are said to sur
pass in many respects all others in ÜBe.
Illness of Judge Watne.—We regret to learn
from a paragraph in the Charleston Courier, that
Justice James M. Wayne, of the U. S. Supreme
Court was attacked by paralysis, while holding a
term of the Circuit Court in Raleigh, N. C., Friday
last. No particulars are given.
Important to Betting Men.—The Supreme
Courts of Ohio and South Carolina have lately de
cided that the losing party in a wager may recover
from the stakeholder the money he may have de
posited with him, although the latter, after the de
termination of the wager, had, by the order of the
depositor, paid the money over to the winner. This
decisisu of the Court is destined to effect an entire
revolution in the betting world.
The Planters Bank, Savannah, has declared
the very handsome dividend of «ix per cent. on its
operations for the past six months. t «
Thisty-nine free State prisoners escaped fjfom jail
at Lecompton, on the night of the 22d ult. ,
Donfli of Jiittffe (<S«o. C* McWhorter.
The 13atm Rouge, (La.) Gazette, of tha 23d ult,
is clad iu the habiliments of mourning, in const:
queue© of the death of its lato Editor, the llou. Geo.
C. McWhorter, n gentleman who has occupied a
prominent position intliat State for many years.—
He was a brother of the late J. G. M< Whorter,
of this city. We cull from the Gazette the following
battering tributes to the deceased, whic h attest the
high estimation in which he was held by those
among whom he had so long lived :
Judge McWhorter was born in Sumpter District.
South Carolina, in February, 1805, ami was educa
ted as a physician. Having graduated about the
year 1829, he in 1830 commenced the practice ct
medicine in Woodville, Miss., and three years sub
sequently, married tlie daughter Os General MeCo
mas, of Wilkinson county. He continued his prac
tice with more than ordinary skill and suooess for
severaly ars, whe-n becoming dissatisfied with the
profession, he commenced the study of law, and,
soon after, took up his residence iu Concordia
parish, La., where, after being admitted to the bar,
he speedily obtained distinction, lie was appoint
ed Parish Judge of Concordia by Gov. Johnson,
which otlice he filled with great - ability until his
election to the State Senate. He was subsequently
elected State Treasurer, and in all the posts which
he was called upon to fill, he was distinguished for
ability, integrity, and the faithful discharge of his
duties. After the expiration of his term of otlice as
Treasurer, Judge McWhorter represented the
Parish of East Baton lvquge in the Legislature, and
about eighteen months since he became connected
with the Gazette.
Os his political career, it is unnecessary tor us to
speak, as his record is before the country. He was
as fearless as he was able, in the advocacy of his
h 'nest views, and he made his influence telt in all
questions arising with the sphere of his legislative
duties. His political writings are characterized by
mature thought, vigorous eloquence, and thesincen
ty which adds so much to the force of expressed
opiuioDs.
But with him, the drama of life is closed, and the
curtain of death has fallen upon the last scene,
“After life’s fitful fever, he sleeps well.”
And the cold earth which presses his lifeless breast,
ne’er mingled with nobler clay.
The Memory of Judge McWhorter.—Meet
ing of the Members of the Bar. —At a meeting of
the Members of the Bar of the Parish of East Baton
Rouge, held at the Court House in the city of Baton
Rouge, on the 19th day of November, 185(1, for the
purpose of adopting resolutions of condolence and
respect to the memory of the late George C.
McWhorter, deceased, the llou. Wm, B. Robertson
was called to the Chair, and Joseph Nephler was
appointed Secretary.
A. M. Dunn, Esq., in a brief and eloquent address,
feelingly attested the high esteem in which the la
mented deceased was held by the members of the
meeting; and on motion of K. G. Beale, Esq., a
committee composed of Messrs. K. G. Beale,
J. W. Seymour, and A. M. Duuii was appointed
by tne Chair to prepare and report suitable resolu
tions.
The meeting then adjourned until to-morrow
morning at 9 o’clock.
Thursday, November 20th, 185(1.—The meeting
having re-assembled according to adjournment, the
Committee, through their Chairman, It. G. Beale,
Esq., reported the followiug preamble and resolu
tions :
Whereas, It has pleased Divine Providence to
remove from our midst our friend, the llou. George
C. McWhorter,
Therefore , be it Resolved, That the members of
this Bar deeply mourn the death of their late
brother.
Resolved, That the profession to which he be
longed and the community in which he lived,
have lost one of their most beloved and honorable
members.
Resolved , That as a tribute of respect to the
memory of the deceased, the members of this Bar
wear the usual badge of mourning during the pres
ent session of this Court.
Resolved, That the several papers in this city be
requested to publish the proceedings of this meeting,
and that they may be presented to the Court of this
Parish, with the request that they be spread upon
its minutes.
On motion the foregoing preamble aucl resolutions
were unanimously adopted.
The meeting then adjourned sine die.
Wm. B. Romektson, Chairman.
Jos. Neimiler, Secretary.
Death of Judge McWhorter.—We were in
expressibly pained and shocked last evening on re
ceiving a private telegraphic dispatch, announcing
the death of that esteemed and honored citizen of
Louisiana—lion. George C. McWhorter. He died
at Natchez, at the residence of his sister-in-law, at
12 o’clock yesterday. He had been ill for six or
eight weeks, but up to the very last, his friends did
not despair of his recovery.
It is distressing to hear of and record the final
departure of men like the deceused—men the very
essence of honor, the very soul of integrity, the
very embodiment of that lofty chivalry which
commands respect while it elevutes the mind. Such
a man was George C. McWhorter, lie lmd his
foibles like other men, but they never obscured,
much leas tarnished, the innate nobility ot Ins
character.
Judge McWhorter was a South Carolinian by
birth. At an early age he emigrated to Mississippi,
and was for several years a resident of Wilkinson
county. Thence he removed to Concordia Parish,
Louisiana. There, for some time, he practiced law
with much success. He was then elevated to the
judicial bench oi that section, the duties incumbent
upon which responsible position, he discharged with
fidelity, ability and firmness. A more impartial
judge never administered the laws of his country. —
When he retired from the bench, his fellow-citizens
of that district almost unanimously elected him to
the State Senate. In that position, as in all others,
he was true to his trusts and devoted to the interests
of the commonwealth. In 18-19 he was elected by
the Legislature Treasurer of the State. Louisiana
never had a more capable or honest Treasurer, and
never can have.
In 1852 the new Constitution was formed, and the
office of Treasurer was made elective by the peo
ple. A State Convention of his party unanimously
nominated him fhr election; but the political par y
to which he belonged was unsuccessful on that oc
casion, and consequently lie was defeated. He then
resumed the pructice of law in Baton liouge.
Gratifying success marked his resumption. In No
vember, 1858 he was elected to the Legislature
from the parish of East Baton Rouge by a large ma
jority. He served two terms, and though a decided
politician and a man who expressed his views fully
on all proper occasions, wc doubt whether there was
a member who did not entertain for him sentiments
of profound respect.
Subsequently, he became editor and proprietor of
the Baton Rouge Gazette. His career as a journal
ist was extremely flattering. lie was an able writer,
a courteous controversialist, well posted in the his
tory of the country, and a foeman worthy any op
ponent’s steel, lie was one of the editors aim pro
prietors of that journal at the time of his death.
But George C. McWhorter has gone to that
“bourne whence no traveler returns.’’ His sun, on
this earth, is set forever. May God receive his soul
into the realms of everlasting bliss. —New Orleans
Crescent.
According to a statement of the Collector o
Washington City the following is the assessed value
of ground, improvements, porsonal property, &c.
within that corporation:—Ground $12,537,006 im
provements $10,0(10,251 ; household $1,329,950 ;
slaves $371,475; personal property. $03,040. Total
$24,952,322. To this mi% be added Bank stocks
$1,002,001, and other stocks $85,935 —nf&king a
grand total of $20,040,318. Increase since general
assessment of 1854 $1,237,545.
Heavy Verdict. —A verdict of $2,000 hus been
obtained in the Court of Stark county, Ohio, by E.
Reynold against W. H. Greer, for slander. The
slanderous words consisted in reporting, contrary,
to the facts, that the plaintitf, who is a merchant in
Waynesburg, in that county, had failed and made
an assignment—a report calculated to injure his bu
siness standing.
The Deluware Railroad is completed, and on Mon
day last passenger and freight trains commenced
running regularly to Seaford, and outlie 11th in
stant will be formally opened. Thu road was pro
jected twenty years ago, and has been advancing
by slow degrees till it is now completed, at a cost of
$1,200,000.
The Cincinnati Enquirer states that there is now
at that place an amount of manufactures, the value
of which is moderately estimated at $3,000,000,
waiting to be shipped as soon as a sufficient rise in
the Ohio river shall take place. As the river is now
announced to be in a navigable condition this large
amount of manufactures, as well as much bulky
produce stored at various points, will soon be putin
motion.
Crime in New York. —Judge Caprou in his
opening charge of the December term of General
Sessions for New York, says :
“During the present year 312 convicts have been
recorded in the Court of General Sessions of this
city, and 4215 in the Court of Special Sessions. In
the same time there have been 138 acquittals in the
former Court and 091 in the latter. Os all these per
sons it is satisfactorily ascertained ti nt only 94 were
sober when the subject matter of the accusations
occurred, and all but 187 were habitually intempe
rate.”
Mr. Buchanan’s Cabinet. —The Lancaster In
telligencer gives what, we presume, may be consid
ered a semi-official contradiction of the statement
that Gen. Cass had been offered the post of Secre
tary of State under Mr. Buchanan. Th e Intelli
gencer says that “neither Gen. Cass nor any body
else has yet been offered the post of Secretary of
State byJMr. Buchanan, nor has he to this hour, we
have the best reason for saying, made up his
mind with regard to a single member of his cabi
net.”
Con. W M. Si encer, of Newark, Ohio, late em
ployee under Mr. Calhoun, Surveyor General of
Kansas has been appointed United States Marshal of
Kansas, vice Donaldson, resigned. The new
Marshal was formerly President of the Mansiield
and Newark Railroad, and more recently was sent
to Kansas by the President as Commissioner to ap
praise the Delaware lands.
The Alleged Slaver. — In regard to the vessel
stated by Negret in his examination at Boston to
have been fitted out at Wilmington, North Caro
lina, for the slave trade, the Wilmington llnrahl, of
Wednesday, says:
We have made of the Collector at this port the
necessary inquiries concerning the truth or falsity of
the statement, and he assures us that no vessel with
the name mentioned has entered or cleared from
this port during his term of office.
Very Important from Northern Mexico. —
The Consul General of Mexico, Com. Reybaud resi
ding at New Orleans, has received, says the Pica
yune, highly important intelligence from Northern
Mexico, to the effect that the insurrectionary move
ment in New Leon is at an end, this result having
been happily accomplished by a treaty entered into
between Vidaurri and Gen. Lauda, by which the
former acknowledges the authority of the Supreme
Government, and yields allegience to it on behalf
of himself and his followers. Os course the admin
istration of Comonfort will be materially strengthen
ed by this new and unexpected course of events.
Snow to the depth of four inches fell at Oswego,
New York, on Monday last.
Mr. Maywood, the actor, died at Troy, N. Y., on
Friday last.
The Greenbriar, Va., Era bouts the name of Mil
lard Fillmore for President in 1860.
There were 2,131 arrests in Philadelphia last week.
The entire police of Baltimore costs $51,000 per
annum.
There were 90 deaths in Baltimore last week,
being of consumption.
There were 88 deaths in Boston last week. Os
scarlet fever 16 consumption 15.
Mrs Fanny Kemble has accepted an invitation to
give a'series of Shakspearian readings U» St. Lome
about the 10tk of this month. - " '
The Canantlaigna (N. ?.) Messenger, stateq that
forgeries to tbs amount of -s2so,have >u«t been
' discovered to Rivls 1 Been porpetrated by Melvin
Powers of that place.
Wimt Next.
The Washington Star has the following an
nouncemeut: “We hear that shortly after their
session, at Richmond, the members of the
Electoral College, with three exceptions.
I&i' ert .£J >a P er » * e^er memorial, or something of the
• lt * a ddrcssed to Mr. Buchanan, and recommend
>v7.u?r Floyd, of that State, for a position
A,,<l furtl * er . that.whenfJo.
i «i ' °y. ( \ heard of their act he promptly insis
se,,tto Ml -
Tiie Star, says the Baltimore Amcriean, speaking,
mi presume, in referee to the actio,, of the ex-
Governor, an,l not to that of the Elector*, head,
tins announcement, “commendable." There
be no doubt that if the elector* of Virginia were sil
ly enough io think of each a thing n* i» here stated,
cx Governor Floyd at least should have retained
enough of that sense of propti ety which the com
monest man might be supposed to possess in snoh a
ease, not to allow the act to be consummated. The
only wonderful thing is—and we confess, to us it is
incredible-thut there should be any number of in
telligent men so ridiculously blinded by a party tri
umph as to imagine themselves authorized to offer
sue!, a suggestion to the Chief Magistrate eleoL—
We found ourselves involuntarily ejaculating “what
next,” when wo read it, for we do not think any
thing more absurd has been attempted within our
recollection.
By the way, of this meeting of the Electors of Vir
ginia, we perceive by the Richmond papers, they
had a characteristic jubilee in that city ou Wednes
day. Gov. Wise and others were present, many
speeches were made and sundry toasts were drunk,
with all the honors. Os tho sentimeuts offered, we
select two or three for their apparent significance.
Here is one which has a possible connection with
the above:
“ Virginia— She gave birth to the Democratio
party, stood sponsor at its baptism— with a mother’,
love, nurtured, trained and guided it, and with a
mother's pride exults in its strength and prosperity."
And, again, with a more immediate application
li the same direction:
. Virffinia EleMws —Her standard bearers
ill the canvas* of oil. They deserve to wear the
laurels they have so gallantly wou.
Ex Gov. Floyd responded.
And tho following, which interprets itself:
77u, Ostend Mmiijratu- —lt proclaims nothing but
tho eternal law of nature and nations—eelf-preserva
tiou. All honor to the statesmen who executed its
principles.
The remarks of Gov. Wise nud others, also, ac
cording to the account of the Enquirer which we ap
pend, give probability to the statement or the Star.
“ Gov. Wise emphatically announced that no
thing could tempt him to leave his present position
in which the Democracy of Virginia had placed him.
His declaration was received w ith thunders of ap
plause. Gov. Wise n'so expressed the epinioii that
it was due to Virginia that some one of her distin
guished citizens should be oalh d to aid the incoming
administration in carrying out its policy. All of the
eloquent speakers at the supper, who referred to tho
subject, avowed their confidence that the next ad
ministration, like the present, w ould pursue s policy
based upon the vital und conservative principles of
the State Rights Democracy of Virginia."
A Man Whutsp to Live.—An intemperate man
named Stanley, attempted to commit suicide at
Newark, N. J., on Saturday, by tnkiug a large dose
of laudanum, which rendered him insensible. The
Newark Advertiser says:
A physician was called, who decided that the only
means of restoring animation was to give the subject
n severe beating, which was done by two men with
heavy switches for a quarter of an hour, when sign,
of a returning animation were shown, and the pa
tient snt up. A glass of brandy wasthungivenbim,
when he fell to sleep, and the beating process was
resumed until lie was fully restored to consciousness.
He is now comparatively well, except some suf
fering from the bruises received from the extraordi
nary 'course of sprouts" to which he was subjected.
This is the first case we ever heard of where a man
was whipped to life from a slate bordering on death.
Cases of whipping to death ocoaaioually occur, but
whipping so life seldom or never.
The Damage by the late Earthquake in the
Mediterranean.— Terrible Fire. — Our English
files contain particulars of the late destructive earth
quake in the Mediterranean. We extract the fol
lowing :
Letters received at Malta from Candia, a town iu
the island of the same name, give a deplorable ac
count of the ravages of the recent earthquake, iu
addition to those we have already published up to
the 15th of October, (three days after the shock.) —
As many as 500 mangled corpses had been dug out
oi the ruins, besides many persons severely wound
ed and bruised. Not more than 50 houses remained
uninjured. The ovens and bakeries are destroyed,
and starvation menaces the houseless population,
in addition totlie inclemency of the weather. The
Romau Catholic church, only a year ago erected, is
in ruins.
In the interior the results are still more appalling.
Five villages are totally destroyed, and the iewsur
viving inhabitants are reduced to the most abject
misery. Aat earner had been despatched to the
commanders-In chief of the Ai»tflo-Fi«iieh force* nt
the Pineu of Athene, craving assistance, and the
Ottoman Pacha had sent a despatch to the Sublime
Porte to the same effect. Canea has suffered more
than was at first reported. Most of the houses in
this town will have to be, if not wholly, in a great
part, re-built, which, unless an immigration of build
ers takes place, will not be effected m five yeare.—
Good workmen obtain 2s. 6d. per diem, master ma
sons much more, and luboreiH Is. fid. per diem; 500
carpenters would readily find work. The church,
hospital, poor house and school of the Roman Cath
olic community, and the Greek school are among
the fallen buildings. -100 tents have been sent to
Candia, from Canea, by the Governor Generui,
whose humane measures to succor the poor are be
yond all praise.
At Maori, on the coast of Asia Minor, opjtosite
Rhodes, which has at d iiierent times been the sceno
of severe earthquakes, the shocks were but very
slightly felt.
A letter from Mcteliu, of the 19th October states
that for the previous foi l night one or two slight
shocks of a earthquake were experienced in t hat is
land in almost every 21 hours. Happily, no harm
lias been occasioned further than causing great
alarm among the inhabitants, especially iu conse
quence of ihe lamentable catastrophes at Candia
and Rhodes.
The shocks were experienced at Beyrout, but ef
fected no injury.
At Thyra, during the time of the earthquake, a
lire manifested itself in un oil manufactory. Not
withstanding every effort was made to extinguish tho
tlamcs, this was not accomplished until 270 shoos,
2 grand mosques, 3 store houses, 2 kliau 2 coffee
houses, and a grain store were debt-royed.
The Philadelphia Mint —. The, operations at
the U. S. Mint in Philadelphia, during November,
were quite limited. The gold deposits for the
month were $191,980, and of silver $45,000. The
gold coinage was $64,569, and the silver, all in
dimes, 70,000. Copper $0,105. The total number
of pices coined was 1,370.434, of the value of $140,-
074. The Mint lias now on hand $1,088,709 in gold,
and $880,398 iu silver coin.
The Whale Fisher?.—ln 1855, 534 vessels
were engaged in the whale fishery—about 200,000
tons—employed 15,000 men and ten millions dollars
capitul. The product was 72,019 barrels sperm, and
181,015 barrels whale oil.
A Daughter to her Fathf.r.— Julia Webster
Appleton, the daughter of Daniel Webster, in a
letter addressed to her father sixteen years ago,
thus appealed to him on an occasion of his sickness
to return to private life : “What is the whole court
try to your family, when weighed in the balance
with one hour of *dckueMor anxiety which it causes
you ? lam no great patriot, Ido not love Rome
better than Ciesar; the advancement of party better
than my own dear father.”
Re-arrest of a Murderer. —J. A. Price, who
broke jail in Uuionville about, three years ago,
whilst awaiting his trial for the murder of Hughes,
has been re-tnken. The murderer had been working
at the carpenter 1 a bufiinesa in Humphrey co., Tenn.
since his escape, sti 1 maintaining a bad reputation,
however, and having heard that officers were on his
track, was again fleeing, but was re-captured while
crossing Tennessee river.
Buchanan’s official majority in Kentucky as
shown by the vote for the highest elector, is 6,118,
and would have been 995 more if nine counties had
not disfranchised themselves, three by failing to
send the returns in time, and six by informality.
Robbing and Counterfeiting Association.—
The Tennessee Valley, published at Huntersville,
Marshall county, Ala., say 3 great excitement pre
vails there in consequence of the formation of rob
bing and counterfeiting associations in that county.
It says:—
We forbear mentioning names or particulars, as
it is not tho duty of the press to run ahead of devel
opmenla which judicial investigation ulone should
disclose. The whole affair is now in the hands of
Mr. Justice Barclay, who will doubtless apply to
the subject that earnest Hcrutiny and firm integri
ty of purpose for which he has been so justly din
tinguished.
Senators of the United States.
Class of 1857. Clasn of 1859. Class of 1861.
Adams, of Miss.* Alien, of R. 1. Bell, of N. llamp.
Bayard, of Del. 8011, of Tenn. Briggs, of N. C.
Bright, of Iwd. Benjamin, of La. Bigler, of Pa.
Brodhead, of Pa. Brown, of Miss. Butler, of 8. C.
Cass, of Mich. Clay, of Ala. Collamer, of Vt.
Dodge, of Wis. Clayton, of Del.J Crittenden, of Ky
Fish, of XY. Donglas, of 111. Durkee, of Wls.
Foot, of Vt. Evans, of S. C. Foster, of Conn.
Oeyer, of Mo. Fessenden, Me. Fitzpatrick, Ala
Hamlin, of Me. Hale, of X. H. Har an, of lowa
James, of It. 1. Houston, of Tex. Johnson, of Ark.
Jones, of Tenn. Hrfnter, of Va, Iverson, of Ga.
Mallory, of Fia. Jones, of lowa. Pearce, of Md.
Mason, of Va t Held, of X. C. Pugh, of Ohio.
Pratt, of Md." Sebastian, Ark. Seward, of N. Y.
Rusk, of Texas. Stuart, of Mich. Slidell, of Lou.
Sumner, of Mass. Thompson. Ky. Trumbull, of 111.
Thompson, of X. J. Toombs, of Ga. Yulee, of Fla.
Toucey, of Coun. Wright, of X. J. Calitornia, 1 -V**’-
Wade, of Ohio. Wilson, of Mans. Indiana, do.
Weller, of Cal. Missouri, do.
'Jefferson Davis chosen to succeed Mr. .Adama.
* Anthony Kennedy chosen to succeed Mr 1 rati.
}Mr. Mason, Mr. Rusk, Mr. Wade and Mr. loot re
and Joseph V. C'omcgya appointed to fill
the vacancy temporarily-
U.NDEBt.KoO'MJ XiteOßAPH.—The American Tel
egraph Company have petitioned the New York
City Council to the privilege of laying their wires
through the city underground, instead of continuing
the present system of polar Bupport. The company
proposes to insulate their wires, place them in an
iron tube four and a half inches in diameter, and
bury that from twelve to eighteen inches the
surface of the streets.
Thirteen bunks, with a capital stock of $380,000.
have been established in Wisconsin since the first
of July last; and eight more banks, with a capital
stock of SIOO,OOO, are now organizing.
The New Cent Pieces. — It appears that the
statement that no new cent pieces have been manu
factured is a mistake. Congiess passed ala w au
thorizing their coinage, but neglected to provide
for their issue. The consequencems that many ot
tU n are now at the Philadelphia Mint awaiting the
order of Congress to circulate. They are said to be
about tilt) size of a two-and-a-halt gold piece, but
Somewhat Thicker, though not quite so heavy-have
the words “United States of America, bob,” encir
cling an eagle, on one side, and a wreath enclosing
the words “one cent.” on the reverse There are
no stars on them. They are composed of oopper,
nickel and zinc, and are represented to be very
nretlv and much less burdensome than the old
oues. Congress will, no doubt, soon authorise thoir
issue.— Butt. Bun.
Tei eouapHicConnection Between NewYorx
and Brookevn. —Through the enterprise of the
American Telegraph Company, an English subma
rine cable has been laid across the East Uiver, con
necting New York w ith Brooklyn. Tlie office in
Brooklyn will be located at No. H Montague street,
neuir Court, a short distance from the City Hall, ana
will be opened for business within five or six days.
The necessity of crossing the river in ferry boats,
subject to vexatious detentions and “no com muni
cations,” saying nothing of the perils of navigation,
will thus be avoided, iu numerous instances. The
electric messenger will speed its way free fr om all
restrictions. — Journal of Commerce.
David B. Strother, of Martinsburg, Virginia, is th»
“Porto Crayon” of Harper's J^agasiae.