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IXSKNAIK I)ec s -
Tin chair appmnted the u.-ual standing commit
tees, befog substantially the same as thoee of the last
>n Mr. I'rait i« appointed on Foreign Rea
tio u ir«*t-«iof r.CUvt -n, deceased: Mr. Foster
on Pub :<■ Lands, to supply a similar vacancy Mr.
Bigl r *ni Comm* rce instead of Mr Hamlin.
On motion of Mr ( . y r. : *»«ftution was adopted
that the chip! aw- of the different denominations be
elected, who shall im—ohsDfPß weekly.
K v Stephen P. Hill, of Washington was then
elec td chaplain.
The fcena’e r**sumed f *n- eiHid«ntk« of the mo
tion to pilot extra copies of the President'a Message
Mr. H gU-raaid the opp»*aitton .Senators had con
de micd tj,,, p;»irdeiit tor *poakmg of the people of
the 1. <rtj S «tea, but at tl*e same Ume, in tb* *r tfnet-
C-. son mil. they ban falh-n mo.U»« practice which
t‘- V c.*idemn in him. The Senator from Maine
{Mr 1* mien) bad spoken of the Prc* ideal a*: an
u uj ol a free State, and the Senator from
O.i o (Mi. Wade/ had UMtd terms still more severe.
L , < ion Uimtf* v*er*- not unooonrton. Very many
t< t:chert of morals and religioi. had utterly failed in
. j , : UMH r ih • maiiu * wi».«;k they lay down for oth
e:. i»e »wit ol lie* President to spook on the eub
i, iof sav.-ry, as be had d*.ne, was clear, and S<mu
to. f had the undoubted right to criticise bis opinions
in a proper manner.
M r . B:g er could not admit that the course of the
iieAidcuiwas u.»pre<sedeute<l, as Lad been alleged
bv tile Opposite Senators. Gen. Jack.on, in one of
k* a i» * UISOUMSed the question of the B&uk of
t!.> l lied Slate?* in such a iiiianer as to correct the
nj - . *•,- nu to.rt of bis po.itteal opponents; and
Pr*.rfulent F*«k had discusaed the subject of the
M- xi an war iu much the some niontmr. li was not
0 , . T | fC but tbs duty of the President fco inform
( kr. of the state of toe Union , and, entertain
ii - jj!* ,»*•** tut the present Executive duos, the
roU 4 tendency and doctiinen of certain polili
. p v tie -in the country, the obligation on him to
cotiitnumcale Lir opinion* to Cougre*-* and the coun
try became imperative. .
"ivn iora might scout and discard the reasoning
of ti. vt document as they please, but lb y should
remember that proHlent Waahingtan, ev n in h;s
early <uy, fell r* quired to w«rn the people agaiust
the (lar ger*.»us tendencies ot geographical parties in
ourcoootrv, and efforts to a rmgn one sect on
against another. Thomas Jeffcracu compared sec
tloiiti. ./ration to the startling ring of a fire-bell in
ttauifur. He a knowledged that the criticism of
t'is a'tiuaof alarge class of his follow citizens
and tu pferident wii* a m *st delicate tank, and
should on *y Ijc performed on certain Occasions. —
ii. in this instance the President has confined
t ... „* verity of his stricture to partisan leaders
t; -O who seek political power and place, to the
hazard of the peace of the c motry. lie ffb& confi
di lit the people would regard that rebuke as well de
served.
Jfojv tb*-t the present chief magistrate was near
tiic close o: u-s official career, and when the moue
of tu< npeaker could not oe misunderstood he would
expie a bis opinion that time sad experience would
prove the wisdom of the measures of this adminis
fr,it i Ml, end tiie day w»>• not far in tiie future when
ti**'- pud'y and pat. i*»tism of the President would he
acknowledged by all.
ui - S maters had undertaken to determine what
out ions lad b«eu.settled by the result of the late
el* ?twi, and had takeu er* eptiou to the definition
v. ;,;cb bad been given by the President in Lw mcd-
it'ii- iiripi>r'»ut fact which hml bum settled by the
w : tioii *» aa, Uuctiauan u..<t Uredtenridgc wtiuld
be I’lesident and Vise President fur tin; uext f"Ur
vi e’* , nud another fact)at II mere important, was,
I'.ai the principles of the Democratic party, hm
, rmaa , mt cl- lit Cii/einuati, and expounded by
Mr Uuohaiiaii—the must prominent feature lu.-i g
taut the people of the State.) who were going
tutn the Terri loriea eh«l enjoy tlie rig! t to outer
u •• the elioraeier ot their own local iiatitutiona in
la. rown vruy, ioeludiug tliat ot domeatru slavery—
these principles Were tube iu tlie ascendent un.il
1 1 * .Other fact I,ml been settled, namely : The
m n and uriacalled Hepublifan party, against
racy contended, had been f mud in tbe
■rr in tut out thedl Stales, and had been repu
- iii the I’ll ion by a majority of one million
l ... i, nud... I Iliouaat.d votes, leaving that party in
a 1 v larger li,an all the vote oast for their cun
, bn a Nothing party had been repudiated in
go ~u , ;hi Sla "s, by a popular vote ot over two
mjjl,. The Sonatina on the other side see in to
tie- I *:•• satisfied with these results, that they have
note, lolly examined the (tguris. They clnlm It
etat-s 1- V they have a majority in only 8. lie
pr Pen (o shoo that the Democratic party tu
fieri • ...| while the Il'-piiblicun turfy was geciioaal.
; onnu-of his usiiarks oath- Kansas question,
lie was interrupted by Mr. \\ ado, who asked
whether Hr Jliieliunan aua in favor of making
Kimoi',l " fie,- Stale
M,. U'giei lop -I I’.at tin Vi-WM of Mr. Isuchannn
wete those of lie ooerats g■ lienitly. lie was I>r
allow,eg the people of lie Territory or Hi ite to
,i,.,|;,. I.eir own institutions to suit themselves,
but iI. most Nor!hern people, If lie could have his
0h..; ,<• would no doubt prefer that it should be a
'ill. VVede furl her inquired whether Mr. ISnchawm
b. : t! 'tint th - people in a terri'oriai state have
Cl V. r to admit or exclude slavery at their
Mi iii ' r replied that he oouid not speak on that
poll a 1 I ..li, Buehaiian. tie was perfectly willing
' , ,-iv i,is on a views oil that question. He was of
ih- ..pin I, a that till) people, through their loeitl
U v . . .iii.c, lmd that power. So fir, however, as
til • tl the foil .'ltiitional quest i“U, the Senate
had IO p.-wet toil,-, tile it . nud individual opinions
w , , pn-m-o He then commented on
Mr Dunn's Iriii of last m-ssien.
y. d i i.uibul! eiideavoied to get the (loot to e. r
. ,vi . u.niden d tt misreprentatiou, but Mr.
II l»-r dci lined giving way ns it intererfered with
t':.. -■■ ti uitv ot hisaiguinent.i.
in the - I un i- of hie speech, stud lie did
not .he the Usrnwidl sod Ithelt s'. hool of politicians
wli . c,|k . flippantly about a dissolution id t lie
(-,, it hud oust nothing, and ns if that event
would n nieby ■-! which tliey eotuphiiu
111- however, had great admiration lor those Soutli
ero -!.,1, son 11 who declare Hull they ean stay in the
I’nion only in the position of equals. .
Mi (-,,limner hero obtained tlie lloor. but yielded
1„ Mr. Trumbull, who gave his views of Mr. Dunn's
tn!i, re lying to Mr. High r aril tuaiulaioing the
proviso theroin, wliieh do lured that no person
slioiild be enmne; paled bv virtue of that act, was a
very ililb-n at thing from a provision to extend
slavery la alluding to the arrangement ot the
standing committees, he thought injustice had been
done to the Uepubliojurs. *bi none of the important
committees was there a single member of the lie
publican party.
HOUSE.
The l’rrextent's annual message was read. Mr.
I Vinpbt 11, of (lliio, nun . d it be referred to the Com
mittee ot tlie Whole on the state ot the Union. He
regarded tin- document as one of the most extraor
duall y ever cmitiHting Iron, tlio Executive. It was.
in his opinion, a budget of moor-latencies, contain
mg serious charges against a large portion ot the
p,.„ph ~f the North, which hnvc no foundation what
ovei in fact, which he eoidd prove. Nearly four
yearn ago the President was inuiiguratcd into ollice
and announced to the people of the country that
tile repose which tiie Union then enjoyed relative
to slavery on tlio measn es ot 1850, should re
ceive no shock during his ollieui! term
Yet, the first session of Congress had scarcely be
tun before tlio President, through his friends in this
hall, sous lit by all the meats nt his command to re
peal tno time honored compromise of 1820. The
pretence was that It wan necessary to enable the
people of Nebraska and Kansas to enjoy tlie privi
leges of the co i .promi*" measure of 18,i0. That re
n, »l was carried and the r n p"»a which li'.d so long
blessed the c untrv was disturbed, nud an excite
tm nt unequalled 'in th" history of the past was
force I on it by his tirsl official act and influence, and
the Union shaken toils very centre. Now that he
is retiring from the otli e. lie nrraigus a vast mujori
t\ of the people of the i'r-e States, us guilty of mak
ing war on the eonstitutioual rights ot the South.—
The President has been condemned by a minority
of 300.000 ft eemen.
Mr Ksitt inquired whether Mr. Canrpbell took
the Ereuiont and hillinore vote together to make
up tliat mnjorily.
Mr Campbell replied affirmatively.
Mi licit! asked whether he regarded the suppor
ter „[ EPhn-fc at tin- North ns Anti-Nebraska and
tn favor ot Krecsoilistn.
Mr. t’n phi II thought there was net a single mem
ber of this II nine belonging l ■ the Fillmore party of
the North, who did not «•!., n before the people op
, .»• the pniH-iph sos the Nebraska hill and he ven
tured to say that there was not oflc man out of every
hundred who rup|s>itcd Mr. Fillmore who did not
0[ pose the repeal ot the MissouriCoinpiomise 110
Condemned eq i.ittcr sovereignty as defended by the
ll u lauati poitv of tlie North. This party in that
s< o’ion a,sumeJ that it w as more reliable than either
the Fillmore or Fremont party In voice "that is so.'')
1 claimed to lie in favor ot 1 ’e. odom of K msa* and
the.' those who voted tor Mr. Dunn’s bill had voted
in I-, slate ond porp-twate Slavery in Kansas, an
noui emg at Hie same lime by the terma of th" No
brs.ska bill that slavery was excluded from that
territory.
Mi Mi llalien 1 desire to propose three ques
Mi Campbell. One at a t ime, if you please.
Mr UoMullen. Did not the gentleman's party.
In the tree States, charge on the Southern portion of
this cvi fedevney a design to carry slavery into Kan
sk? it that if mvi bsuiry, they would do so at the
poi t of the bnvol»et f
Campbell. lie not only made the charge, but
you did it [ V voice from the Republican side—
“that * a tact ”]
Mr M< Mullen If you take the testimony of
your pi. k< i committee. v» u could prove it. 1
would m w ask. did n *ttl e Frenontparty represent
Mr Buchanamit \ pro slavery man who, if elected,
would aver the establishment ot slavery iu the free
Slates ?
M Campbell. It* u speak for myself. I was
actively eng u' d the i nvass. 1 did charge Mr.
Buchan.* n •.* :• bt i: g pro slavery, and that platform
on winch he stood e.nd sacrificed lis individuality
Wfi" pro slavery, and that locked not merely to the
♦ xt**i siou * f slavery, to all the tt rri tones through the
Neb* aka bill, but tor the aeqabitioa of slave ter
ritory.
Ali . McMullen. Did not you and your party
represent that slaveholder? owning five negroes,
wt «-uti i-d to and did three votes ! [Laugh
ter ]
>ir Campbell, i said that under the distribution
oi \.t a. p-ivrer tivesi v«*s in the South wereeqn il
to i ireevi > m the fret* Stairs. Doe** the gentle
mat: d vy the propcettiou ?
Mr M -Mu! t-n inquired whether free negroes did
. 'v. iu Mi Ci.mpbr.re district, or something to
that rib tt.
Mi C: pb 11. 1 bo’.ive one negro vote was giv
en m c»st- :.*t. That was ea t by a man who
r*.f c. ot'uutiofized to do sounder the decision of
the tC urt. ami hr voted for my opponent. [Laugh
ter ] Mi Can jibe V. here sent to the Clerk’s desk a
p.v.- r. winch was read, signed bv the person ins*
ret*: **d v. named A derson, claiming ti e right of
sun v •*. b. <am t. nim>: g ther things, hewastLrce
q*’. c: s white, the remainder beimr made up of Af
rica »r,d li lmn blood : and further, that his fa her
w. a bii“.her of ex-Gov. Saanaon. {.Excessive
laughter ]
Mr Oi 'dines called ids colleague to order for cast
ing u*i i upumti* a on a colored constituent, bv rep
;t>emuv a brother oi Wilson Shannon to be his
fa; i . lieUf wed merriment.]
Air Cnu|»bill. My eo'oague will excuse me-. I
was diivoti to the DWtswly of referring to this fact
by a number ofqu«.;;. :t> prop. unded. Let g n !e
--uiee on ii c other sale decide whether the Shannons
are white meu or no*. [Laughter ]
Mr. M Mu.leu. The gentleman had arraigned
Van Buret* for having iutrodui*ed negro testimony.
I want to know how the gentleman can exculpate
hi:i -Us by cuch testimony.
Mr Campbed. 1 know the character of this man
A. j<-ißoa, and with all respect to the gentleman. I
would as *oou take h*« word as that of (aft era pause)
any en thisfllo*w.
Mr. Florence said 1 e did not see whai application
these hud to the. cumber of copies of
the President's message to be printed.
Air. Ciicgman expressed a hope that rambling
discussion would uot ue engaged in at this time.
Du was anxious to proceed to other business.—
There would be ample opportunity hereafter for de
bate
Mr Hou*ton, alter what he charged a* a viola
tion by Mr. Campbell of the usage of the House,
tb »ug t the debate ought to be allowed to proceed.
Mr. Grow resets p unt of order, insisting mat this
dii*eursn>n was irreve'am.
Mr. CUugmau thought it extraordinary that the
gentleman from Pennsylvania had just made that
discovery, and he moved the previous question.—
Was not sustained.
Mr Sherman said that on the first day of the ses
sion the gentleman from Miesou i [Mr. Phelps] in
troduced h question relative to Mr. Y\ bitfield's seat,
onoo judiciously determined ; and before this was
disposed oi—the Democrat's procrastinating-—-the
P» t biden? had sent in his message. The President
had not only arraigned by unfounded accusations,
the party which, his adrrnuistratior brought info cx
out sought to defend himself by attributing
to that party r tnpo-r* which they did not entertain
H • c-a»g i them with, while pretending to prevent
tbe spread cf slav cry in the States, thus accusing
that party cf false pretences. Those charged with
this are expected to listen patiently and not open
tl.air moutL-iu reply. '
r |‘be K patty ar - tb“ c<i»s«-rvaHve mfn
in the North, m influence, Who stood by the Com
p-omis* of IHWf They ghv*-. Fremont majorities
unprecedentedly lerge. This charge of fake pre
tences was unfounded. The Republicans did not
propot - nor wish to interfere with the relations of
the whites and blacks in the Sou? hern Sta.es. They
never claimed j ower to do it. The President im
putes that which is unfounded. 1 hey cla ; ui that, in
violation of tli*- pledget made by the President, and
for poiitkwl purposes, the Missouri Cemproonse was
repealed, and now ttrey were called on to submit to
w ii.it their honor and sen»e of justi»je declare to be
li.* Republican party would not have Lad exist
ec( : but for the sets of the Pr adent, who prepared
th*. p'lf.-.ilaiion of for civil war by matoutg
»>iP irjubfic to their renaotittbie deu.onds. lhe Re
pnbVans only n-k that the slavery question be put
. i.»;re the President found it as to the Territories.—
ibe DsmocratfC party by overthrowing Mesrf s.
Pierce ami Douglas, put ti»e sea! of condemnation
on the Kansas and Nebraska act. I3y brin/in? for
ward Mr. Buchanan, who w as not complicated with
it, they avaded the question.
'I be’ Democrats ut Oftiio and Indiana advocated
“liuchiaan and Breckinridge and Free Kan»as ”
In th*"*e States they evaded and divided the ques
tion of the repeal of the Miasonri Compromise by
deHaring that a matter of no political imponanc*;,
and that Mr. Bocnauan was nominated au j »inst the
combined v*.»- rs M vs-rs. Pierce and Douglas:
Jind that he repu f liated ’aw. And further that
Mr. B : • •• u would make Kansas a free State. In
cor;; .. h/ii be m.i«i be w<o» oj*p*ifted to agitation and
chara- itrized the Democratic party aa a secthmal
party.
Tue House then adjourned.
IN SENATE Dec. 9.
Mr. Rusk introduced a bill granting further time
to the creditors of Texas to present their claims.
The motion to print the President’s message and
the accompanying documents being wtill pending—
Mr. Onilatner, said when he began his tennof ser
vice in the Senate be entertained a conviction that
questhms pertaining to the bu«new before that bo*iy
were the only legitimate subjects of discus-ion, but
he soon fou**d that others, able and experienced
Sc.iab re. held a differen opinion. They thought
there were more important duties devolving upon
■
ances, and enacting the laws tor the Government of
the people, and tbevondertoJc to guide and prepare
th«fpublic mind. His own opinion, was the public
mind should prepare itself, and not receive its di
rection from the debates or action of either Houses
of Congress.
Jlc thought these bodie* should rather be the echo
of public sentiment than the. formers of it, for that
tva* in fact transforming the Senate from a legisla
tive assembly into an arena of political debate. But
it seemed he was entirely mistaken in his ideas, fur
it. wa** not for a moment to be supposed that the
practico of all the*? old aod experienced Senators,
was founded upon an erroneous theory. He W'ould
confess all his previous views were completely over
turned by his experience here. He found that on
those questions which were before Congress as prop
er subjects of debate, it took a very latitudin&rian
ran- ’ Much that we. said here, was not said to pro
duce effect on the miud« of members, or with the
expectation of changing their votes, but speeches
i weie made, to use a common phrase "for Buncomb.’
lij.timuch ns this was the ca.-e, all parties mustpar
t cip in lliese discussions.
1 roold be idle for any one to attempt to elevate
bltuf.rK ‘above the current of debate aa it proceeded
from day t<* day. When he heard the annual mes
sage ot the I'rc ideiit read the other day, he thought
ao.no par sos it were iu rather had taste, but that
r. s ii* a matter for the Senate to complain of—
'Jaspersions which the President,cast upon the
peopleol the Northern Slat's w! o voted for ihe lie
pubtican party seem to have been dictated by an
impotent sort of range, wor.hy of no particular im
portance in themselves considered, but coming as
they do ex catnedra from the highest Executive of
tice-r o: tire nation they deserve some remark,
Mr. Colhirnor quoted front the President's mes
sage tiaise passages.charging the Republicans with
betug inflamed with a desire to change domestic in
stitutions existing in the Stateß, saying the Presi
dent imputed false pretences to them, and had furth
er charged that, they seek an object which they well
knew to be revolutionary, and tliat witli this know
ledge, and fully aware of the consequence waich
must result from their action, tliey endeavor to pre
pare the p tuple of the United States for civil war by
doing everything in their power to deprive the con
stitution and laws of moral authority, and to under
mine the fata ic of the Union. And a little further
on Hie President spoke of au "attempt of a portion
of ti,,- States by a sectional organization to usurp
control of tlie Government of the United States.”
Mr. Cbllamer regarded these grave und very se
rious charges as being unwarranted by the tacts,
and be proceeded to give a history of slavery in
connection with the administration of the Govern
ment, from its foundation to the present time,main
taining that the power of Congress, which is now
ques i. in d, to prohibit slavery in the Territories,
hail always been exercised until a very recent pe
. i[,d, and that, with very lew exceptions, there was
never any question as to the right to exercise it.
Adjourned.
HOUSE.
Mr. Smith, of Tennessee, in replyingto Mr. Camp
bell, of Ohio, mid Mr. Sherman, said it they had coil
lined themselves to making excuses for their defeat,
lie would not have thought proper to respond. They
hud charged ou the Democratic party, the enter
taiuiug of different sentiments in different sections
of the Union, but this was so silly, it amounted to
nothing in the public mind. He saw in Mr. Sher
man's speech an effort to unite all tlie opposing
elements, North and South, against the Democracy
in the next Presidential election, lie saw a back
down trout al. tlie positions heretofore taken by the
Uepublicnu party in this House, relative to the
question of slavery. Hut this scheme will not suc
ceed.
Tlie other gentlemen (Mr. Campbell) had stated
that the great evil ol the Nebraska bill and the re
peal of the Missouri Compton, ; , and the policy of
tlie present administration, bad been condemned by
three Innidit-e thousand voli s. So far from (Ids, ns
he proceeded to show, they have been overwhelm
ingly approved. The people ol the country, lie
maintained, are opposed to sectionalism, as was
shown in llio result of the Presidential election
As to Mr. Huch man's principles they are embodied
in Hm resolutions of Hie National Democratic Con
vention.
The House here proceeded so the consideration
of the special order—Mr. Whitfield’s case—and
reconsidered the vote by which the House, ou Mon
day week refused that lie be sworn in as adelegate
from Kansas Tho vote stood 111 against 108.
Mr. Grow moved the whole question be referred
to the committee on elections. The vote was uega
tiv", by seven majority.
The oath wus then ordered to be administered by
a vote of one hundred and twelve, ng'mstone hun
dred and eight.
Mr. Whitfield then advanced and took the oath to
support the Constitution of the United States.
Mr. Campbell, of Ouio, from the committee on
ways and means, reported a bill, making appropria
tions for the support of the Military Academy, and
the payment of Invalid Pensions.
1 he House then adjourned.
IN SENATE Deo. 10.
Mr. C!ny introduced a bill supplementary to Ihe
act of August, 1854, to graduate and reduce the
price of public lands to actual settlers and culti
vators.
Mr. Higler replied briefly to tho remarks ot Mr.
Trumbull, delivered the other day, relative to
his cons ruction of Mr. Dunn’s bill, that it estab
lished slavery. Ho contended that lits conetrue
tio was correct, and sustained himself by Douglas’
report.
Mr. Trumbull rejoined, denying Douglas' report
represented the bill fairly, anil thus the Senator
from Pennsylvania derived no support from that re
port. He thought it impossible, if persons would
lead Dunn's Dili thirty and impartially, to torture it
into such construction as Higler and Douglas had
givi-u. lie was unwilling to rob the honest slave
holder of his property; and those who went into
Kansas under false assurance from tlie constituted
authorities that slavery was legal there, ought to
have reason ible time to remove their slaves. That
was ilia object in inserting this provision in Dunn’s
bill, of which n i much complaint have been made.
It came with ill grace from these gentlemen to call
their opponets abolitionists in one breath, und in the
next charge them with x otiug to establish and ex
tend slavery.
M.. Pugh remarked while he should have cousid
nvd the uleeti mol Ci 1. Fremont to the Presidency
a* u greatest calamity which could nave befallen
the Aui nean people, lie had no reproaches to east
upon those honest and patiiotie, but, as he believed,
misguided citizens who voted tor him. Nor had the
President done so, us had been charged by opposi
tion rienatoiw. Tile paragraphs in the Message upon
which las cola ague (Mr. Wade) and util"is had
found'd tlieii accusation, could not apply to mem
bers ot'ilie Keblieau party, if it were true, as had
been repeateit.y asserted on the floor ot the Senate,
that they did not aim at any legislation by Congress
on the subject ot slavery w ithin the States. Tlie re
buke was directed by the President against these
who hold tliat doctrine.
It related to men whom the Senator from Maine,
M; Fessenden.) and the Senator from Massachu-
M Lts, (Mr. Wil)ou,) iiad themselves denounced in
the Senate. Tlie Senator from New Hampshire,
j br. Hale,) had gone so far us to say that he had
never seen a man hold such views. With wliat
propriety, then, coulei they accuse the President of
applying his remarks to their party, when, accord
iug to their own statements, they do not belong to
the class ot people of whorn the President was speak
ing ! The President, however, did speak of anoth
er class ot his fellow oitizens—of the class to which
these gentlemen say they belong. He Lad not ap
jilii d libellous language to thorn. He considered them
bones! nud patriotic at heart, but thought that they
had Battered themselves to be misguided by tlie ar
tifices of partisan leaders. Hut objection had been
made by the Senator from New Yurk,(.Ur. Seward.)
that the” discussion of such topics in the Presidents
mess ige was unprecedented.
Mr Pugh thought that the Senator seemed to be
as liitic acquainted with Use language of Washing
ton as the was imbued witli iris spirit.
Much stress has been laid on the assertion that
the election of Mr. Huchanau was not to be regar
ded ns in endorsement by the people of the coun
try Ot Ua principles and policy of tne present ad
uuinstmlion. This was a tm*st remarkable state
in view oi* the fwi that the leadeisof the
Republieau party had declared m all imaginable
fotma, during the recent oanu-; gn, that the election
ot Mr. UiK uaoan would a r ontinuation of the
policy of thU admiLL uatiou. What they then os
sc: ted with ail posable empinteis, th'-y now dt-uy in
terms equally strong. Ii was ia early times a favo
rite maxim with the Democratic party that their
President should be elected tor a single term, and
that the rule has only been violated on special occa
sions. as iii the ease of G eu Jat : vsoa.
Ms pugh further replied to the arguments of tlie
opposition Senators.
Mr. \N ilsou remarked that he desired to speak ou
this subject, bu yielded the floor to Mr. Gass.
The taticr saying that he proposed to allude to
a few points which had been raised in course of
the discussion, and would take occasion to do so
to-morrow.
Adjourned.
HOUSE.
The question relative to printing extra copies of
the Presidt nfs Mess? ge was resumed.
Mr. Washburn, of Maine, was not iuclined to be
in favor of the motion pending to print an unusual
number of copies of the Prec.den s Message, for
the reason that it wa* full of calumnious mistepre
eeutationsof a great aui growing, and soon to be
the dominant party of tdo Republic, and contaiued
statemt uts wi.ieh, in Lis opinion, . ore devoid of
truth, full of sophistry, but mure particoiariy be
cause it contained d^K-trines which are at war with
the genius t,»x our iusritu. ious auusp : rit of republican
system. It was plain that the President, in sweep
ing terms, alludes to the Republican party,
eh.-in»uig ti m wit: ro:hing more no. less than
having disunion designs while professing merely to
prevent tbe extension of slavery to the territo
ries now free.
Not only were these charges not true, but the
negative proposition was fully susceptible of the
strongest proof. It was by the Cincinnati platform
that the designs and purposes of the Democratic
party were judged : and why should not those of
the Republican party be judged by their own plat
lv»mi, trained bv pure amt patriotic delegates from
t wenty States f tso iar from revolution, they dis
tantly declared, that the Constitution a:\ci the
Union of the States must and shall be preserved !’’
The President undertook to know better thou thev
what were their principles aud designs and made
those sweeping charges in the face of the solemn
dcclarati*>us of the party he h-.s maligned. Thev
advocated nothing which was i.ot cousisti at with
and deiactWe from the declaration of American in
dependence.
In lurther review of the President’s message, he
a?ked where and how the Republican party has act
ed with the view of emancipation in the South.
Perhaps there were not a thousand vutexs m the
free States who have such a design—so far as he
knew they haver,ever sent a petition to Congress
asking for emancipation . yet tbe President under
took to convoy the impression to the country that
tue Republicans look to this consummation andcon
co< t their plans accordingly, because the President
had made up a false record.
Mr Waobburn denounced the assertion. In the
course of remarks, he said it would appear that
tha love of liberty and hatred of slavery was the un
pardonable sin.
Mi. Smith, of Virginia, inquired whether Mr.
Washburn would, by Lie vote, admit a new S'.ate in
to tue Union with the lioerty of forming its own in
stitutiorw, according to the character of Uie people
Mr \Viishburn replied that when that question shall
be p; . entod, he would be prepared to act upon it
He would not shirk the Irene Hi? vote would de
pend on circumstances, but it. should be in accor
dance with the principles of the Republican party
He would ask the gentleman of Virginia whether, if
Utah presented herself for admission, with a consti
tution reeoguiziog j»olygamy. be would vote so; it '
Mr. Smith. The gentleman if playing \ ankee on |
me completely. [ I/ilighter, j Before I answer his j
qaestiou, I want him to answer mine. I put it again j
to the gentleman
Mr. Washburn said I put mine again. [Laugh
ter ] I nuust wait till he answers it before I allow
myself t<» be interrupted any farther. Was it not
strange, he asked, that the President find out
rages and wrongs to exist in ibe North only ?
These slanders tmanat; from one of the sons of the
North, and who, like the cow-boys of the revolution,
found no good in his own people and no wrongs in
the South. In conclusion, he argued the right to
prevent the extension of slavery to free ten-itory,
and entered his protest against the President's con
stitutional doctrines in this connection.
Mr Keittsaid tic-re was something ominous and
glo ray ;n the aspect of affair*. The House parted
here last summer in the midst of the contest on the
slavery question, and now, after the Presidential
election, that party whose regiments were cm down
aud banners fallen in the light, again spring the dis
cussions on that subject. They say but for the ac
tion on the Democratic ?ide and the Pres dent's
message there would have been no discussion. But
di*i they not the first day of the session re-open it
by oljjetding to the admission of the delegate from
Kansas, who came with the credentials under the
seal of the Governor of that Territory ?
Having defined the Southern view of property.
Mr. KeiU inquired of Mr. Washburn whether he arid
the Republican party would not, if they had the
power, change the Constitution as to provide for
the emancipation of slaves in the South ?
Mr. Washburn replied he w ould certainly not ob
ject to auch a change in the O>cstiiution bo as to
give power to the Federal Government to do what
Jefferson, Madison and Gen. Scott deeired to do,
viz : to ameliorate the condition of those in slavery,
even to emancipation. But ha did not deem it wise
now for the Government to exercise such power.
Mr. Stanton. Ido not propoe** to stand commit
ted as asking any change of the Constitution. My
position ann that of the people I represent I believe
is, we wiil abide by the Constitution as it is. We
ask no change, and will insist on its original con
struction as put in practice by its framers.
Mr. Keitt. resuming, said the remarks of Mr.
Washburn and Mr. Stanton only showed the diffe
rence of opinion entertained by the members of the
Republican party. He aakeef whether now there
could be any doubt as to the aims and tendencies of
that party ? Therefore, win* not the President cor
rect when he rays their object is interference with
the domestic institutions of the South.
Jfe insisted that the President was equally correct
in describing the docirine of the Republicans as re
volut unary. The States which formed the Consti
tution formed it as equals ; as equals the delegates
were elected and acted ; as equals they adopted the
Constitution and equals they were. Tue South
claims tbe right, under this equality, to go into the
common territory with their slaves as property.—
The question of slavery, as a political institution,
will come when the people are ready to form the
State Constitution.
Mr. Keitt. If you had power, wouid you not do
it by progressive gradation ?
Mr. Washburn. lam willing that the principles
and declarations of American Independence, the
Constitution, and the Christian religion, shall ‘-have
free course, run and be glorified.”
Mr. Keitt. I asked you whether the member
from Maine, would or would not abolish the institu
tion by progressive gradation ?
Mr.Giddmgs got the floor and made one of hiß
characteristic speeches, and was repiied to by Mr.
Morrison, of Illinois, in defence of the President’s
message, after which the House adjourned.
IN SENATE Dec. li.
Mr. Caas addressed the Senate in vindication of
tlie President’s message.
On motion of Mr. Houston the committee on fi
nance were ordered to inquire into the expediency
of suspending the duties on sugar and molasses for
a period of two years.
Mr. Wilson gave notice of his intention to intro
duce a bill amendatory of the Kansas and Nebraska
bill.
Mr. Foot introduced a bill to increase tlie com
pensation of the military storekeepers.
.On motion of Mr. Seward tlie bill making provi
sion to compensate the agents for paying pensions,
and prescribe the time and manner ot settling their
accounts was made the special order for the 22d of
December.
Mr. Cass replied to statement of Senator
Trumbull made the that the Supreme
Court had decided through Chief Justice Marshall,
and that Congress possessed all the powers ct the
Federal and Slate government relative to the Ter
ritories. This was a misrepresentation. The Sen
ator from Illinois had mistaken a doctrine of the
Chief Justice fora decision of the Court; but even
then he had not established Ilia case. \\ hat the
Chief Justice said, was that Congress possessed the
combined powers of the Federal aud State govern
ments . and this referred not to the extent of juris
diction, but to its nature.
Mr. Cass reiterated his views upon .the subject of
popular sovereignty, contending that the grant of
power in the Constitution to Congress over the ter
ritory and property of the United States in* rely re
ferred to territory as land, and implied no jurisdic
tion over the people living in that land, and to en
force liis view lie inquired if the power was derived
from that provision m the Constitution, what pow
er does Congress possess to legislate over that Ter
ritory which never belonged to tlie United States ?
That was a question which ho had put when com
menting on this topic ou the previous occasions, but
it had never been answered, aud he believed it
could not Vie.
Mr. Wade asked upon what ground Mr. Cass
could vindicate his own consistency in voting for a
bill establishing territor.il governments.
Mr. Cass replied it was tlie exercise of the power
based upon the necessity of the case, and not deriv
ed from the Constitution.
Mr. Madison had taken a similar view of this sub
ject, and Mr. Cass quoted him as authority. In the
course of his remarks he referred to the report of a
speech delivered by Mr. Seward, in Buffalo, recent
ly, in which Southern slaveholders are stigmatized
as a privileged class.
Mr. Seward stated that he never made this speech
attributed to him.
Mr. Cass said he was very happy to be so in
formed.
Mr. Hale here obtained the floor, but yielded it
Mr. Rusk, who said whatever opinion might have
been entertained with regard to the propriety of
this discussion at its commencement, it would now
be unjust to those gentlemen who have not had an
opportunity to participate in it and to cut, them off
by taking the question on printing the President’s
message and the accompanying documents. At the
same time he stated that the printers were much de
layed in consequence of the failure of the Senate to
pass tho customary order to print.
On Mr. Rusk’s motion the printing was ordered.
Mr. Rusk moved, in order that the debate might
proceed, to refer so much of the President’s message
as relates to foreign affairs, to the Committee on
Foreign Relations.
Mr. Hale spoke briefly in defence of tlie views of
those co-operating with him, and taking occasion to
eulogize on the “higer law.” In the course of his
remarks he exhibited a large hand bill calling a De
mocratic me .-ting in Pennsylvania, headed “Bu
chanan aud Breckinridge and Free Kansas,” and
announcing Ex-Governor AVilliam Bigler, as one of
the speakers on the occasion !
The exhibition of the handbill occasioned general
laughter.
Mr. Bigler said he w’na not present at the meeting
and never before saw tbe ha idbill.
Mr. Hale said there was then a double fraud#for
they not only announced them elves in favor ot free
Kansas but cheated the people by a laise assurance
that Mr. Bigler was to be one of the advocates of
that doctrine.
Mr. Bigler remarked that the Democrats were in
favor of free Kansas, that it is in favor of leaving
tbe people of Kansas free to regulate their own in
stitutions to suit themselves, while the Republican
party were in favor of having themselves subjected
to the control of a power exterioi to themselves.—
The Democrats were in favor of free white men in
Kansas and every whet e else, but the sympathies of
the Republicans were for the colored race.
Mr. Hale said if in 1800 tho Republicans obtain
power as lie thought tliey would, they would apply
the principles of excluding slavery from tlie Territo
ries. It was a trust committed to them by Provi
dence and the interests of humanity, and religion re
quired it.
Mr. Cass briefly condemned the doctrine of a
higher law as one of the greatest political heresies,
while he acknowledged our moral obligations to
God.
Tlie Senate then adjourned till Monday.
HOUSE.
The House resumed the consideration of the Pre
sident’s annual message, the question being on the
notion that it be referred to tho Committee f the
Whole ou the state of the Union, and that the Com
mittee on Printing be instructed to inquire into the
expediency of printing ten thousand extra copies
thereof, with the accompanying documents.
Mr. 11. Marshall, of Kentucky, remarked that he
understood the position of the Republican and Abo
lition parties, but did not understand that occupied
by the Democratic party. He did not believe that
there was upon the Democratic side of the House a
single g ntleman who could rise iu his place, and,
in the face of the country, announce an opinion upon
the subject of the right of the people ot a Territory
to govern themselves, that would command the
acquiescence of that party North and South. If
there was a gentleman who would be willing to
make such a venture, Mr. 11. would like to hear
his detiuitiou. The doctrine of the distinguished
Senator from Michigan (Mr. Cass) —the doctrine of
popular sovereignty, as it was termed —had been
proclaimed as the principle aud the philosophy of
the late Presidential contest, but yesterday the gen
tleman from South Carolina (Mr. Keitt) made a most
eloquent speech agaiust it. yet the gentleman from
Michigan aud the gentleman from South Carolina
were both National Democrats !
Mr. Keitt. The gentleman says lam a National
Democrat. If is a word I discard.
Mr. Marshall. It only shows that some of the
brightest lights of the Democratic party are sec
tional.
Air. Keitt. That is the in r erence of the member
from 1 say that I am a supporter of the
Constitution ; ’audit that instrument happens to be
confined to one section by the action and principles
of another section, it is not my busiuess.
Mr. Marshall. 1 stand corrected by my friend
from South Carolina, and will give him the benefit
of his own declaration tnat he is a constitutional
Democrat. But if he is a eonstitutioual Demo
crat iu the opinion he professes, I should like to
know whether the gentleman considers tlie distin
guished Senator to whom I have alluded—the father
of the popular sovereignty doctrine—as an unconsti
tutional Democrat ? (Laughter.]
Mr. Keitt understood the point to be made that
oue portion of the Democratic party maintained the
doctrine of squatter sovereignty, while the other
portion did not. He understood that neither the
Congress of the United states nor a ierritorial Le
gislature had the right to prohibit slavery iu a Ter
ritory. Another portion of the party believed that
that right was inherent iu a Territorial Legislature.
He alse understood that the constitutional powers
of a ierritorial Legislature uuder the Nebraska bill
depended upon the construction to be given that
measure. If the Supreme Court of the U. States
should decide that that power did not devolve upon
a Territorial Legislature, then, as he understood it.
the Northern portion of the Democratic parry would
not claim the power, but would be satisfied with the
decision. * .
M. Marshall replied that the answer was just such
a one as had beeu given tor the past four years. Ah
that he desired was, that gentlemen should so take
their positions as to enable the people both of the
North aud the South to understand precisely where
they stood. If the Democratic party went before
the*people of the North with the declaration in their
mouths that they were better Freesoilers than tbe
Republicans themselves, aru before the peop e of
the South with the assertion that they were o posed
to the doctrine of popular s wreiguty, he only de
sired that this fact should be made manifest to the
conntzy. . . , ..
Mr. South, of Tennessee, desired toe gentleman
to point to an instance where any portion of the De
mocratic party had claimed to be better Freesoilers
than the Republic ins. .
Mr. Grow, of Pennsylvania, desired, with the eon
sent of the gentleman troin Kentucky, to reply to the
gentleman from Tennessee, by reading some ex
tracts from a paper which bore at the head of its col
umns the names of Buchanan ar.d Breckinridge He
referred to the “Montrose Democrat,” a paper pub
lished in his district.
Mr. Florence, of Pennsylvania. That paper is
not sound. (Laughter.)
Mr. Grow then read several extracts from the pa
per referred to, to the effect “if there are any mise
rable doughfaces in the American Congress, Mr.
Grow is cue of them;” that “Mr. Gr w voted to
plant slavery in free Territory: the Democracy re
pudiate him for the act,” &c.
Mr. Marshall, resuming, said he would not con
sume the time of the House by reading extracts in
answer to the question of the gentleman from Ten
neaeee, but that he would collate the evidence upon j
this point and include it in his speech.
Mr. Smith, of Tennessee, desired that the evidence *
should lie produced upon the floor of the House, j
where it oouid be at once controverted, if necessa- I
Mr. Marshall then read from speeches of Sena
tors Trumbull and Fessenden to prove that in the 1
North the Democracy claimed to be as much i
opposed to slavery extension as the Republican
party- i
Mr. Burnett, ol Kentucky, inquired if hi* oi- j
league did not know that the witnesses he lad ic
* -odu.* * c wtr* distinguished member* of rht’Kepob
lic*npartv , _ . # ,
Ms shall. Certain!v and I ask my coi
eague if he means to say that distinguished mem
bers of the Republican p&rty are not competent wit
uesres to tell the truth? [laughter ]
Mr. Burnett replied that he legardea them as
competent witnesses to toll he truth , bit when
they were introduced by a Southern man for the
purpose of making an assault upon a party that in
the iate|Presidential contest was the only one which
stood by the South and dared to assert the rights of
tne States, he did not think that «uch witnesses were
Mr. Marshall, resuming, said that the in the
late election was the doctrine of the Ka sas-Nebras
ka bill. He desired to know of Southern Democrats
if Senator Mason announced the philosophy upon
which they had triumphed when he aeclarcKi that the
principle of the Nebraska act was “that the people
of a Territory, when they organize themselves or are
organized under law into a legislative body, have
the right to determine for themselves whether the in
stitution of slavery should exist among them or not,
while a Territory V’
Mr. Quitman, of Miss., dissented from Mr. Mason,
pot believing that the people of a Territory posses
-od sovereignty of any kind until that sovereignty
was delegated by the States through Congress, un
der the power delegated to Congress to admit new
States into the Union.
Mr M. Muhin, ofVa., wao understood to say that
that the speech of Mr. Mason, as reported, was Dot
correct. He would tell the gentleman from Ken
tucky that every member from the State of Vir
ginia repudiated the doctrine of squatter sovereign
ly, as promulgated in that 6peecb.
’ Mr. Mar-hall re; lied that he happened to be pres
ent when the speech was delivered, and that it was
spoken substantially as written, and with a preci
sion that left no doubt upon his mind that the gen
tleman who spoke it understood and was expressing
his own sentiments.
Mr. McMuilin informed the gentleman from Ken
tucky tha he had called upon the Senator from Vir
gin a since he had made the speech iu question* and
that that gentleman denied and repudiated doc
trine of squAtter sovereignty.
Mr. Marshall argued further to shew thf.t the De
mocratic party differed as to the construction to be
pur upon tue Nebraska bill, in conclusion declaring
that he did not believe that Congress had a right to
exclude slavery from a Territory or to establish it
therein.
Mr. Orr, of South Carolina, inquired of the gen
tleman from Kentucky, whether, if he had been a
member of the last Congress, he would have voted
for the Kaneas-Nebra.ska bill ?
Mr. Marshall replied that with the Southern con
struction he would have voted for it, but that with
the Northern construction he would have voted
against it.
Mr. Orr said that it was not for the Democratic
party to construe the Kan Nebraska act. That
was a question for the judicial tribunals of the coun
try to decide , aud he would not be driven from his
construction of the bili merely because others choose
to differ from him os to its proper interpretation.
He frankly admitted that there was a difference of
opinion among Democrats as to whether or not the
bill contained the doctrine of squatter sovereignty;
bu: the great point upon which the party stood
agreed was that the question relating to the gov
ernment of the territories had been transferred from
Congress, and, according to the spirit aud genius of
our institutions, had been given to the people who
lesided therein. He was one of those who didn’t
believe in the doctrine of squatter sovereignty, and
he did not believe that the Kansas-Nebraska bill
tolerated that doctrine within the limits of those
Territories. The reasoning by w hich he arrived at
this result was that there was no authority in the
Constitution of the United States w’hich authorised
Congress to pass the Wilmot proviso or put any
othci restriction upuu the Territories , and Con
gress not having this power, be did not see how it
could invest the creature with greater power than
was possessed by itself.
Mr. Letcher, of Virginia, in reply to Messrs. Sher
man and Giddmgs, ot Oh o, domed that the Demo
cratic party was responsible for the slavery agita
tion. This was the sixth session that he had held a
seat upon the floor of ibe House, aud it was but just
to history to state that, at the opening ot each of those
sessions the senior member from Ohio (Mr. Giddings)
l ad been one of the very first, if not the first man,
to introduce this subject into the debates of the
House. Upon each annual message of the Execu
tive the gentleman had given hie views very fully in
regard to the question of slavery, aud as to "the final
disposition which was to be made of it.
Mr. L. then read extracts from the speeches ofMr.
Giddings aud other members of the Republican par
ty, lo prove that the President was correct in ascrib
ing to that parly a tendency to interfere with slave
ry in the States.
Mr. Nichols, of Ohio, then obtained the floor.
Mr. Otero, of New Mexioo, by consent, introdu
ced bills to ascertain and settle the private land
claims in the Territory of New Mexico, and to au
thorize the Secretary of War to pay the volunteers
called out in the service of the United States, in the
Territory of New Mexico, by order of Brigadier
Gen. Garland, in the year 1855 ; which were read
twice and referred to appropriate committees.
Mr . Carlile, of Virginia, asked leave to introduce
a bill to provide for grants of land to the several
States ; but objection was made.
And then, at quarter past 3 o’clock, the House ad
journed.
Washington, Dec. I'2.—The Senate is not in
session 10-day.
HOUSE.
Mr. Dodd wus designated as the chairman of the
committee on the District of Columbia, vice Mr.
Matteson, excused. Mr. Woodworth was also ap
pointed on said committee to fill a vacancy.
Mr. Campbell, of Ohio, from the committee of
ways and means, reported a bill making an appro
priation for the Legislative, Executive and Judicial
expenses of the Government; and a bill to defray
the expenses of the Consular and Diplomatic
system, for the year ending June 30, 1858, which
were severally referred to the committee of the
whole ou the State of the Union, and ordered to
be printed.
Air. Broom reported a bill authorizing the Post
al. r General to make a contract for carrying the
United States mails from New York to Southamp
ton, England.
The House then adjourned till Monday.
From the Toronto Colonist , Dec. 5.
Real Heroism—Tlie Wreck of tlie Schooner
Niagara at Port Hope, Canada.
The wreck of this vessel on Wednesday last was
attended with 1038 of life under singularly painful
circumstances. In endeavoring to make the har
bor she struck on the shoal to the east of it, aud im
mediately careened over. It was blowing a ter rifle
gale at *.be time, and the frost was so severe that
every rope glistened like so much crystal. The
hands first took shelter under tbe bulwarks on the
quarter-deck, but. there were soon carried away,
and they were obliged to take to the mainsail boom,
which was literally covered with ice. Hundreds up
on hundreds of people were looking from the shore
at Port Hope, about 200 yards distant, at the pain
ful and desperate struggle of the brave tars clinging
to a spar as it. was swayed about by the storm and
washed by tie surf.
At length a jolly boat, with Captain Woods, of
the Annie Maude, of Port Hope, in command, put
out to rescue the freezing and surf-beaten crew.—
A cheer rose from every voice as the boat gained
the deep water, and was galh ntly cresting the
waves to reach the schooner, but after repeated said
almost superhuman efforts to bring the boat along
side the was obliged to abandon the attempt, lent
she shonM be swamped or dashed to pieces against
the vessel. Tears dimmed every eye, as the brave
bout, which had again and again, until she was
nearly tilled with water, and was literally covered
with ice, endeavored to “make fast,” was seen ma
king for the land. The poor sailors, who were mo
tionless during the struggle of the boat to reach them,
again waved their bauds from the boom for one last
effort to save them.
The feelings of tlie hundreds of spectators at this
time are wholly iudeacribable. In a short time,
however, another boat with a fresh crew put out,
amid cheers which strangely mingled with the wild
storm. Gloriously did they mount the swe.ls, which
now threatened to sweep the poor sailors off the
boom. Wave after wave they crested, as hearts
beat high that witnessed them, and as hopes sunk
and rose as they disappeared between aud anon rose
above the swells.
At length they reached the schooner, and one vast
cheer was heard us they made last to the davits.—
The crew of the boat, with the exception of the two
men, climbed into the schooner to help the half fro
zen sailors off the boom. One was handed down;
but ere a second could be lowered, a fearful swell
almost bid the boat; another came and she uisap
peaivd, and the poor sailor who had just been hand
ed down to what was his last hope of safety, was the
only one of the three that was ever seen. He rose,
struggled with the breakers, caught a rope, was
hauled on the deck of the schooner, and was iu a few
minutes afterwards frozen to death.
A cry of despair no s rose from every oue. The
brave crew of the boat was added to the crew of
the schooner, and wilder aud wilder etill raged the
storm. From a point of land above the schooner a
scow was set adrift, iu the slender hope that it might
11 jut to her. It stranded iu a few seconds afterwards.
From the Grand Trunk wharf, which was to tha
windward, their best boat was also floated off, bat
its fate was like their hopes—it soon sunk. At iast
a brave old skipper—honor to his name and U> ftis
lu-urt—said he would make one more effort to 3ave
them, or he would perish in the attempt.
During, desperate a*- was tbe resolve, ids boat was
manned by sailors and fishermen iu a tow seconds,
and literally amid cheers and prayers* they pushed
her into the boiling surf. The prevtoas having been
too small to live in the sea near tlie schooner tills
last was a large and heavy boat: and lor a long
time it was one dead struggle to keep their own
with her. She rose nobly to the waves; but she
made little headway. Every nerve of the brave
crew was strained, but they could only defy the
storm; they could not gain upon it. At last, as the
cries of the friends of those who were not ou board
the schooner were growing wilder on the beach ami
the poor sailors were seen freezing to the boom,
there appeared a lull of a few seconds, and one
vast effort brought the boat under the stern of the
schooner.
A cheer rose from the crew. Men, women and
children, as if they had all bat one heart, broke into
a wild stream of exstacy and hope on shore. The
poor frost-bitten crew were safely handed down in
to the boat; aud as she crested the waves and bore
them triumphantly to the shore, it seemed as if all
human sympathies were absorbed in one intense
feeling of admirati n of those who had behaved with
all the generosity of sailors, and more than the no
bility of most men. The name of the captain who
commanded the last boat was Stephen Woods, of
the Annie Maude. He and his crew deserve far
mure than this trifling tribute to their heroism.
Washington Items. —We gather from late
Washington letters the following items :
It is understood that Gov. Hamlin will be return
ed to the Senate from Maine, after a formal induc
tion as Governor.
Mr. Nicholson, of the Un»on, is arranging his pri
vate affairs to retire from that paper after the 4th of
March.
Th most positive assurances are given that Gen.
Franklin Pierce intends running as a candidate for
the Senate of the United States id place of Mr. Hale,
in 185 S.
The Committee of Ways and Means will hold
their first meeting on Monday. The Tarifl Bill
reported by them last session is set down ten
days hence, but will hardiy be called up for con
sideration until after the holy days. It proposes a
reduction in the aggregate of the revenue of about
six millions, but iu different form as to wool, from
the recommendation of the Secretary of the Trea
sury.
A very active negotiation is in progress between
certain accredited agents of the Buchanan Democ
racy of the North and the leaders of the fire-eating
section of tbe South, to bring General Cass to tne
Cabinet as Secretary of State, and at this moment
there jp a very flattering prospect of success. The
question now lies between General Cass and Mr.
Mason.
"Where are you Going ” —An anecdote is fold
of Finney, the "revivalist,” and a oanaler, to the fol
lowing effect :
He was “holding forth'* in Rochester, and in wal
king along the canal one day came acroes a boat
man who was swearing furiously. Marching up
he confronted him, and i atber apruptly asked :
• .Sir, do you know where you are going?’'
The unsuspec ting man innocently replied that he
was going up the canal on his boat.
•No, sir, you are nut,” cantina id Finney ? “you
me going to hell faster than a canal boat can con
vey you.”
Theboatman looked at himfwith astonishment for a
minute, and then returned the question :
"Sir, do you know where you are going V
“I expect to go to heaven.
“No sir! you are going right into the canal!'
And. suiting the action to the words, he took Fin
nev in his arms and tossed him into the water, where
he’would have drowned had not the boatman relen
ted and fished him out
Death of Andrew Marshall —Our communi
ty will learn with unfeigned sorrow, that th*s old
and venerable citizen died in Richmond, Yu., on
ycsierdav. aged lUO years.
lie had been for a long time the paster of the
first Airicaa Baptist church of this city, and had
endeared himself not only to his congregation, but to
our citizens generally.
He possessed remarkable intellectual powers, and
the gifts of oratory in a high degree for a negro.—
Savh. Georgia n
Novel Suit.—Aiaay lu jsnagetan,N. J., has sued
the proprietor of an oyster stand lor sp fling soup
upon her dress, thereby ruining t The damage is
aid at sls.
WB&aY
Cjjroradf & Sentinel.
AUGUSTA, ga
WEDNESDAY M ORNING DEC’R. 17, 1556.
OUT BILLS.
W e iia T . e already announced to our subscribers
the uecetjriity for the prompt payment of their indebt
edness to thin office, which we desire to repeat, the
more effectually to impress it upon their minds.—
Our are now sending out bills, as rapidly as
they can be made up, to all who are in arrearages,
and • «r e hope every one will promptly discharge the
obligation by remitting the money.
In. the early part of tne year, we announced that
after the first of March last all subscriptions rot paid
in 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 terras
can pay their bills and stop the paper, if they wish.
Governor Wise. —“lt is a fact of undoubted au
thenticity, says the Richmond Examiner, that Mr.
Buchanan has expressed a desire to have the bene
fit of Governor ise’s counsel, aDd has offered him
any starion within his gift, but the Governor has
declined the tender thus made/’
If the above be reliab!e*information, we think it
fortunate for the ’country thatj»Governor Wise, in
this instance has manifested mo: e good senne in de
clining Mr. Buchanan’s kind offer, than we had sup
posed he possessed. Ana if influenced by a con
viction of his entire unfitness for any position,
either in the cabinet or any other station w here
prudent and wise counsels arc necessary, infinitely
more good sense in declining, than Mr. Buchanan
displayed in tendering the appointment. We in
cline to the opinion that there is no truth iu the
statement of the Examiner. If true, we have
been entirely at fault iu our estimate of Mr.
Buchanan. For, little respect as we entertain for
him, either as a politician, (we have pjways regard
ed him as a mere trimmer) or as a statesman, (we
have never estimated him above mediocrity, a mere
follower in the wake of others) we had never placed
so low an estimate on him &3 to euppoee he would
summon to his a couusels, as a cabinet officer, such a
man ae Henry A. Wise ' This is a depth below any
position we had ever assigned him. Henoe we are
, not disposed to credit the story. It may be, how
ever, that he has not been able to withataud the
outside pressure, and in the absence of firmness,
(an infirmity of his) to resist, has been forced to
tender the appointment. If so, the country has
much oausc to rejoice that it has been declined.
We learn that the case against John G. Winter
was quashed in our Superior Court last week, and
not continued, as we erroneously stated. It is said
th it Mr. Winter was prepared to prove that he had
acted honorably in relation to the redemption of the
notes of the St. Mary’s Bank, and had done and
sacrificed much to protect the holders from loss.—
Columbus Enquirer.
If Mr. Winter was able to make such a show
ing, he is certainly a very unfortunate man, so far
as his own reputation is concerned, that he was not
permitted to make the proof to the public. If he
could show that “he had acted most honorably
both before and after the failure of the Bank, it
would be infinitely better for him than his present
position. It is not only necessary for Mr. W inter,
in order to vindicate his reputation, to show that he
has “ acted most honorably ” since the failure ; but
to show also, that bo did not commit a fraud, by a
violation of the bank charter, by which the failure
was produced. To show the oae, is equally as ne
cessary as the other for his vindication. When the
Bank first failed, the public were assured by Mr.
Winter, that his “private forluney which was ample
for the redemption of all the liabilities of the Bank,
should be available for their payment /” Years
have since passed away—abundant time bos since
elapsed for the marshalling of all the available as
sets of the Bank, the converting of Mr. Winter’s
“ ample fortune” into cash, and the redemption of
the bank circulation. Why has it not been done f
Mr. Winter should make the showing, by all means;
he should show how tbe Bank was driven into failure
—what disposition has been made of its assets—and,
above all, what has gone with his private fortune.
If he lias it yet, the story is easily told—if it has
pp«ssed into other hands, he ought to be able to show
how it got there, what he received in return there
for, and what disposition he has made of the pro
ceeds.
A Handsome Profit. —The U. S. Government
has bought the “Brick Church” property in New
York, as a site for a Post Office, paying $450,000 for
it. It was owned by three individuals, who, a few
months ago, bought it for only $275,000. The Jour
nal of Commerce says the selection has been made
in opposition to the expressed desires of a great ma
jority of the merchants of New York, who prefer the
present site, which was offered for the same amount
as the new site, and is a much larger piece of pro
perty. The building to be erected will be of gran
ite, and have a height of three stories, so arranged
with tracks that the rail cars can enter the interior,
for the dischaxgc of the mails.
The secret of this “handsome profit” is, doubt
less, that the owners of the Brick Church had a
friend at Court, and as the Government was to be
flee zed, it was all a fair game. Under such circum
stance s, of course, the wishes of the people of New
York, their convenience, or the larger piece of pi o
eerty, were not to be taken into consideration by
the Postmaster General. Congress, we think,
should enter upon an investigation of the whole mat
ter, and develope the truth; let the people know
who are the actors in this transaction, who the fa
vored purchasers of the Brick Church are, and
whether or not some of the officials in the Post Os-
I fice department wore not parties to the transac
tion.
A Wild Cat Banker in Limbo. —The Evanes
ville (Indiana) Journal says .• “Our readers will re
collect something of the Little Rock (Arkansas) State
Manufacturing Company, which assumed banking
powers and issued notes for circulation, and which
failed a few months ago, swindling stockholders and
others of a large amount. The chief operator in this
fraud was tried at Memphis last week, aud although
there was no statutory provisions defining the
crime and fixing the punishment technically, the
jury found tbe prisoner guilty and the Court senten
ced him to four years’ labor in the penitentiary.—
This verdict will be a warning to such financiers in
future/’
We are glad to see an example made of one of
these gemtry—that there is at least one community
in whidh justice is meted out to them. It augurs
well for the country where such men can be trans
ferred to the Penitentiary. Heretofore they have
practised their frauds with such perfect impunity,
that they seemed to regard Bank charters a .mere
license to practice any fraud they pleased; and he
that was the most successful was regarded the best
financier. We hope this excellent example will be
followed in other communities.
Judge of the Flint Circuit.
At a convention of the American party, held at
Griffin, on the 10th inst., the lion E. G. CabanisSj
Monroe, was nominated as a candidate for the
Judgeship of the Flint Circuit Mr. C. is too well
known in that Circuit to require any commendation
at our hands. His integrity as a man, and ability as
a lawyer, are universally acknowledged by those
who know him, and it is but true to say, that the
people of the Circuit will confer honor upon them
selves by elevating him to the Bench.
Georgia Female College. —The attention of
those interested, and others who have daughters to
educate, ia invited to the advertisement of this in
stitution, which has established a high reputation for
excellence.
Thb Medical Examiner. —The December num
ber of this valuable medical periodical ia promptly
on our table, containing its usual variety of original
and miscellaneous matter. With the present num
ber the existence of the Examiner closes.
The Examiner and the Louisville Journal will be
united, and by this arrangement constitute a new
journal of one hundred and under the
title of the Norik American Medico Chirurgical
Etviejc, to be issued every alternate month.
The subscribers to both journals will thus receive
a far larger amount of matter than either previous
ly afforded them, while the well known character of
the editors / (Dre. S. D. Gross and S. D. Richard
son,) is a guarantee that it will be conducted with
ability and energy, and in such a spirit as will com
mand the respect and encouragement of the profes
sion.
Published by Lindsay Se Blakistos, Philadel
phia.
Circulars by Mail.— We are requested (says
the Washington Union) to call attention to the
following regulation of the Poet Office Department,
viz :
“The law, fixing the penalty for violation at fifty
dollars, provides ‘that no postmaster or assistant
postmaster shall act as agent for lottery offices, or un
der any color of purchase, or otherwise, vend lottery
ticketsand that 'no postmaster shall receive free
of postage or frank lottery schemes, circulars, or
tickets.' Therefore, all such lottery schemes, circu
lars, or tickets addressed either to a postmaster or
assistant postmaster, must hereafter be excluded
from the mail, together with all other transcient
matter of this kind addressed simply to an office, or
‘box’in an office, and not to any individual."
We understand there is much complaint that
great numbers of circulars, generally unpaid, and
in many instances of a most offensive character
are forced upon individuals by being addressed to
the number of the "box" or boxes they may happen
to hold in any post office ; and that it is the order of
the Postmaster General to send all matter thus ad
dressed (if it finds its way into the mails I to the
dead letter office.
A Challenge. —The Atlanta Intelligencer says
We understand that Hon. A H. Stephens sent a
challenge to B. H. Hill, Esq., on Saturday last,
Hon. Thomas W. Thomas being the bearer. The
challenge, we learn, was declined, but on what par
ticular grounds we have not been informed.
Health of Judge Wayne. —The Savannah Re
publican says :—We are happy to learn that Judge
Wayne has so far recovered from the attack of pa
ralysis he had in Raleigh as to proceed to Washing
ton and resume his duties as Judge of the Supreme
Court of the United States.
Toombs and Fremont,— The Washington cor
respondent of toe New York Herald, in his letter of
the sth, writes that Mr. Stephens, of Georgia, says
the report that Fremont had challenged Senator
Toombs. Is false.
The completion of the Memphis and Charleston
Railroad to Corinth was celebrated on the 26th ult.
in grand style. There was an excursion (tom Mem
phis, a dinner, speeches. See. Corinth is 95 miles
from Memphis, at the junction of the Mobile and
Ohio, and the Memphis and Charleston Roads. It
is only nine months old, has 1000 inhabitants, print
ing office, tee., and is rapidly improving
Blink of East Tenneaoee,
The Knoxville Register contain* the following
notice of the failure of the Bank of East Tennessee
and its Branches.
This is only “the beginning of the end. r Tennes
see is destined to pass through a severe ordeal in
connection with her banking system, unless aii expe
rienee in the history of bauks is at fault Under the
operation of her general banking law, speculators
have availed themselves of its privileges, and es
tablished petty Banks all over the State ; some of
them in remote localities from the business marts,
where there was no need of any such institutions,
and where they cannot be conducted legitimately
with profit to their owners or benefit to the people.
Hence, the temptation to wild and reckless specu
lation, which must ssoner or later result in failures
of the Banks, and disaster to the people. With
such & system of banking, it is almost impossible for
the Legislature to throw around them sufficient
safeguards to protect the people against such con
sequences. The temptation to speculation and fraud
among the owner's and managers is too great, and
the people must and will suffer. But to Ihe article
of the Register, which we subjoin :
Bank of East Tennessee—Branches Closed.
The run upon the Bank of East Tennessee, has been
kept up unremittingly since the outbreak of the
panic, until now we regret to say, its b lls cling to
the holder “closer than a brother/' Until Saturday
evening most of our merchants continued to take
the money at their counters, but on Monday, there
seemed to be a general letting down of “confidence”
until, at noon, there was not a business house in
the place, we believe, that did not reject it. The
brokers would not buy it at any price. On Tuesday,
the Branches at Jonesboro’ and Chattanooga were
closed, and the specie remaining in their vaults
transferred to the office in Knoxville. The bills on
these branches will not be redeemed at the counter
iu Knoxville, note, though the Bank contemplates
taking up the paper due at the Branches, so soon as
it can. Whether it will ever be able to do this, we
have no means of knowing further than the verbnl
statement of the Bank officials. The Knoxville 6f
fice is redeeming its issues. It is to be regretted
that the Board of Directors, if satisfied that the
Bank is secure, did not, immediately upon the ori
gin of the panic, overhaul their assets and submit
an authentic statement of the condition of the Bank
to the public. Such a procedure would have stop
ped all further distrust of the Bank’s soundness.—
But this has not been done, and the consequence is,
the bill-holders, ignorant ot the Bank’s condition,
and fearful of loss, have poured iu its paper upon it,
until it has been forced to a suspension at both the
Branches. We understand (ana we would not say
so without good authority) that the circulation of
the Bank at the time the panic broke out, was about
$600,000, of this, bills to the amount of about $225,-
000, have been takeu up —leaving over $350,000 yet
unredeemed. What basis the Bank has, upon which
to meet this circulation we do uot know.
We will say, however, that the Officers of the
Bank state that a sufficient amount of its assets will
be due, within the time allowed by the Charter, to
enable them to meet all outstanding bills. Assum
ing that the Bank has done a strictly legitimate bu
siness. we see no leason why the money may not all
finally become good. Os the standing of the Bank
in Knoxville at present, we will state that, as cur
rency. its money is worthless. Our merchants are
“hands off' and the brokers refuse it at any price.
The highest sale wc heard of oil Monday, was at 75
(rents, while on Tuesday (we write Tuesday night)
it was selling on the streets at fifty cents, and, as
we learn, no one was purchasing except those who
had a “way” of using it to advantage.
We give the foregoing as an impartial statement
of the facts as they exist. We certainly have no
disposition to do tlie Bank injustice, while at the
same time we will give no version in its belmlf cal
culated to deceive our readers. Our individual
opinion, unsupported, would be comparatively
worthless, and we, therefore, give no advice—make
no predictions. If the Bank has done only a legiti
mate busmess, its money must eventually be good;
if not we can only trust that the money “sharpers,”
rather than the people, will have to bear the brunt
of the disaster.
P. S. Since the foregoing was put in type we
have learned that two of our merchants—Jackson
and Moses—are taking East Teneseee money in
payment for goods.
The Bank of East Tennessee. —The Knoxville
Whig, of the Cth instant, states that the two brandies
of this Bank, at Chattanooga and Jonesboro’ had
been compelled to succumb under the run made up
on them, and had suspended specie payments, hut
that the principal Bank at Knoxville still held out.—
Os its ability finally to weather the storm, the Whig
speaks rather dubiously. It has no doubts of its
ultimate solvency and its ability to redoem all its
issues if confidence can be restored and the wnr up
on it suspended. It charges that parly feeling has
had much to do with the warfare upon this Bank,
and, in its usual plain and blunt language, says:—
“ We believe, after mature deliberation, and an un
partial survey of the whole ground, that the run upon
this bank is the work of designing speculators, envi
ous, mean and false-hearted men, and that a suit
in court ought to be instituted against them and
pressed to the extent of the law." It states “ that
the issues of the Bank constitute the circulat : o«i of
all East Tennessee, to a very considerable extent,"
and that the effect of its prostration wiil be “ not
only to curtail the business of Knoxville sis y per
cent, during this winter, but of all East Tennessee
twenty-five per cent.”
We know nothing of the circumstances attending
the failure of this Bank, or the causes that produced
the failure. We had supposed it a well managed
institution, although we always supposed it was too
much under the control of a single individual for the
public weal. “One-horse Banks,” or Banns owned
pretty much by one individual, are very objectiona
ble institutions. The Bank of St. Marys affords an
apt illustration of the truth of this remark. Iu the
management of that Bank, a gross fraud was prac
ticed upon the people und they have been the suf
ferers to a large extent.
The Whig evidently over estimates the effect of
the failure upon the trade of Knoxville and East
Tennessee. Such an event can only produce a tem
porary derangement of the business of a communi
ty. A very short time will be required to supply a
sound cireu’ating medium, aud the produce of East
Tennessee will certainly secure such a currency.—
They need not, therefore, fear any such disastrous
consequences as the Whig seems to anticipate.
Hon. It. F. W. Ai.lston. —The Columbia (S. C.)
Times of the 10th inst. says : —This distinguished
gentleman was elected, by the Legislature yester
day, Governor of South Carolina, successor to His
Excellency Gov. James H. Adams.
Col. Allston has for a number of years occupied
the distinguished position of President of the Senate
with great dignity and general satisfaction to his
numerous friends. As a private citizen he has done
much towards giving tone and character to every
effort to advance Science, Literature and Agricul
ture.
A polished gentleman and scholar, Col. Allston
has always been found ready and anxious to encou
rage Literature, aud relieve the necessities of those
who could be found worthy objects for assistance.
His endowments of a Scholarship in the South Ca
rolina College is an illustration of his benevolence
and disposition to aid the worthy poor who may
thirst after knowledge. His election will be entire
ly acceptable to the people of South Carolina
Hon. Gabriel Cannon has been chosen Lieuten
ant Governor of South Carolina. The compliment
is no less appropriate than merited.
The Western Territories. —There is now
open for settlement the territories of Minnesota,
Oregon, Nebraska, Washington, New Mexico
Utah and Kansas. These territories contain, ac
cording to a compendium of the census of 1850, the
following area :
Minnesota 106,04*5 square miles.
Oregon 585,035 “
Nebraska 385,882 “
Washington 123,022 “
New Mexico 207,008 “
Utah 269,107
Total 1,736,079
Kansas 114,798
The first named six territories contain 1,736,079
square miles of land, and a total area of all the States
and Territories belonging to the Union is 1,936,166
square miles ; they comprise nearly one half of the
whole. They run through some seventeen or
eighteen degrees of latitude.
The New York Democracy —Where are they ?
To this question the New York Evening Post (Re
publican) replies with the significant fact, that of
the 39 oounties which gave Democratic majorities
for Silas Wright for Governor in 1844,29 gave ma
jorities for Fremont, while only seven voted for Bu.
chanan, and three for Fillmore.
The New York Day Book (pro slavery Buchanan
Democrat) says :
“The tremendous abolii ion vote in all the old
strong Democratic counties in Northern New York,
has not only startled aud astonished the Democrats
of this section, but surprised and .confounded the old
politicians of every class.”
South Carolina. —The St. Louis Republican, in
the course of an elaborate article on the proposition
of the Governor of South Carolina to revive the
slave trade, has the following:
We call it [South Carolina] a remarkable State.
It is so. No Northern State ban equalled it in fa
naticism—not one has treated with more sovereign
contempt the Constitution of the Unioa. Not one
has offered greater violence to the spirit of Christian
civilization, and to the opinions of the civilized
world. Not one has raved and swore, and fumed,
and made itself so generally ridiculous and offensive
to the entire Union. Not a State in the Union has
done treater damage to the Southern cause, or
played so systematically into the hands of Northern
Abolitionists. Prudence, discretion, proper consid
eration for other Southern ana their rights
and interests, have given place to a spirit of arro
gance and domination, and of lofty dictation to the
entire South, which have complicated the difficul
ties of ihe subject of slavery, aud obliged the more
sensible and self-possessed States of the South to
combat not only Black Republicanism in theMorth.
but to keep an eye on Pro Slavery fanaticism in the
South, lest the grand blow up of the Union should
come from thence.
The Hard Money Humbug. —Mr Secretary
Guthrie says in his message that a “pure metallic
currency may be set down a* impracticable under
our Constitution and laws, to say nothing of the sen
timent of the people."
Thus ends the bard money humbug, which for
several years constituted the principal political
commodity of the Democratic party. One by one
the old Whig ideas impress themselves upon the
policy of the country, and we shortly expect to find
all the Whigs ever contended for adopted as cardin
al measures by their old enemies. Happy is the
man who lives to bear that his foe applaud him!
Navigation North.— Navigation on the Hud
son River has closed, ten days earlier than last
year. The last steamer arrived at New York Wed
nesday. Very few vessels were canght in the ice—
nearly all on the river having succeeded in getting
into harbor.
The Oldest Graduate. —Rev. Mr Lincoln, pas
tor of the Congregational Society in Falmouth,
Massachusetts, is supposed to be the oldest living
graduate of Havard College. He is nearly a centu
ry old. His church was built during his ministry
sixty years ago.
Revival of an Old Plat. —The National Thea
ter at Boston, closed on Monday evening with a re
hearsal of the comedy of “No Pay, No Play,” the
actors refusing to perform until they got their sala.
lies. These not being forthoomiog, the house closed
for want of “material aid."
Hon. Charles Sumner thinks he may be able to
resume his seat in the Senate next month His phy
sicians, however, think differently.
Scarlet Fever. —This disease continues very
fatal in many sections of the country. The number
of deaths from it last week in Philadelphia 41: in
New York 39, and in Boston 21. The victims were
nearly ail cnildren. the oldest one in Boston being
only six year* of sge. The Rev. Mr. Barnard, of
that city, however, is now down with it.
fixriffafm in Tennessee.
The highly exaggerated accounts which we have
received for the hist week by telegraph and the
mails, in relation to the projected insurrection in
Middle Tennessee, hav*» been well calculated to ex
cite a profound interest in the public mind and a
deep anxiety for more full and reliable information.
Believing ! hat we should soon be in posses Mon of
such intelligence, we have forborne to publish the
highly colored stories that have reached us, as we
were uot disposed to excite the public mind un
necessarily. We have, therefore, sought with no
ordinary anxiety the desired information in the
Nasiivi*. papers; but up to our latest dates (Satur
day last) they rre perfectly silent on the subject.—
Perhaps they are waiting, now that the whole thing
has exploded and victimized a few of the poor, de
luded slaves, to obtain their facts from the most au
thentic sources, when we shall be presented with
full and reliable reports of the whole matter. In the
absence of such information, and to satisfy iu some
degree the public anxiety on the subject, we give
the following extracts from letters written by one of
the Editors of the New York Courier des Etats
Unify who was in the heart of the disturbed district at
the moment of the greatest excitement; and as his
letters indicate, had a very good opportunity for ob
taining information of the facts. It i 9 quite ap
parent, however, to our mind, that even he has
yielded somewhat to the too prevalent disposition
te Ca lor such things highly :
Dover, Tenn., Dec. 2.
“The White Bluff, which is taking us to Nashville,
has just stopped in the chief town of Stewart coun
ty, whence I date my letter. The whole village is
in a state of excitement. The white population is
armed from head and foot, and I see even little chil
dren, who can hardly carry the rifle and cartridge
box, with which they are supplied, in order to in
crease the force. The alarm is about a negro con
spiracy, of which you will have heard before receiv
ing my letrer. I send you as exact information as
possible. What I have not seen myself I have ob
tained from eye-witnesses.
“Before the only hotel in Dover are standing exci
ted group? of people, from whom are despatched
frequently mounted messengers, with revolvers in
hand and*rifle slung around them. There are also
arriving from the neighboring farms mounted men
whose horses covered with foam show the speed
with which they are ridden. In the hotel and in the
two or three adjoining houses the greater part of the
women and children are placed. Here and there
black servants are obeying with submission and
promptness the orders given to them.
*‘A bouse, guarded by men witli bayonets fixed,
contains nine black prisoners, who are threatened
with hanging iu a few hours. For five of them the
threat s will not be carried out. As to the other four,
who are the chiefs of the plot, they are likely to
make acquaintance with the rope* The judge of
the county and his family have come aboard our
boat. He is goiug to take them to another resi
dence.
“At four o’clock to-day we stopped some miles
higher up, at a place called ‘Cumberland Iron
Works.’ rhe establishment of this name, and a
dozen houses surrounding it, comprise, together
with some negro huts, all the buildings of the
place. In a largo house near the bank, about
sixty negroes are confined, for having been con
cerned in the conspiracy. Other negroes, on the
contrary, do their ordinary work with submis
sion. This is the case, ako, in other neighboring
places. .
“This i* the general aspect of things. The origin
of it goes back" to the Presidential campaigu. Al
though weakened by distance the echo of the noise
made about the name of Fremont in the North has
i eached the banks of the Cumberland. Whether or
not emissaries from the North come hither, as is al
leged, it is still certain that there were signs ot a
coming revolt. According to some, it was to be gen
eral ; according to oth* re, it w t us confined to Ken
tucky and Tennessee. The latter version seems to
me the true one, ami enough was known to require
verv active vigilance.
“Nevertheless, nothing positive had vet been dis
covered until about ten days ago when a negro
escaped from Cumberland Iron Works. He was
promptly captured, and it was ascertained from
him that he was flying from the persecutions of his
fellow slaves, who had threatened to kill him it
lie refused to take part in the conspiracy. The
numerous questions put to him led to the arrest
of about 80 negroes, who almost all confessed their
complicity and gave the most minute details in re
gard to the execution of their projeet. The de
sign was no hing less than a general massacre.—
The blacks of each house were, from the 23d to the
“6th of December, vo cut the throats of all the whites
who surrounded them; and then, tills business being
done, they were to march to the county seat, where
the negroes of the place would await to meet them to
commence their operations,
“In many places the white population is much less
than the blacks ; so they have united to sustain
one another, and seem to have decided, as 1 told
you in the beginning, to inflict extreme punish
ment on the four leaders of the plot, who are
prisoners at Dover.
“This is all that has transpired thus far. As for
the rumors, which may even nave reached you of a
negro killed by a white man in a fight, then of a
white woman killed by a negro, byway of reprisal,
and finally of a baud of 400 slaves devastating the
farms and killing the inhabitants—nothing of the
kind has occurred. C. G.”
“Clarksville, Tenn., Dec. 3.— We arrived here
at day-break, with some damage to the boat, which
compels us to remain a great part of the day. This
city is more tranquil than auy p’ace we have visited,
the white population being more numerous than
the black*. Still it has also been very much ex
cited.
“An iron establishment,in which 800 negroes be
longing to one man, was on the point of suspending
work. The energetic attitude of the proprietor, and
the arrest of six blacks who fomented the revolt,
sufficed to put down the attempted insurrection.
The works are going on, but a constant watch is
kept. The six negroes have been condemned to the
penitentiary. Thirty others are under arrest and
awaiting t heir trial.
“ The crudulity of these poor creatures is such
that on the faith of the whites who have excited
them, they fancy that Col. Fremont, with a nume
rous force, is waiting at the mouth of the Cumber
land till the night of the 23d arrives. Then all thi3
army is to rise to aid in the deliverance of the slaves.
“ The furnaces on the Cumberland for about 30
miles have stopped work. Certain establishments
employing 150 to 200 negroes have not more than
five or sixwhites to direct them. Three white free
soilers were arrested at Dover, being detected in ex
citing the sluves to revolt. They were whipped and
given 15 hours to quit the county, and 30 hours to
quit the State.
“ A black preacher was arrested in the midst of
an abolition sermon. He was one of the nine who
were yesterday contiued at Dover. Five of these
nine are uot yet tried. The other four have been
tried by the regular court and sentenced to be hung
to-morrow. But, as on the announcement of the
sentence, a band of negroes organized for their res
cue, it was necessary to hang them last evening.
“There are great fears of the excitement which
must follow among the slaves. The women and
children, too young to assist in the defensive, have
been removed to the more populous places. Out
of a band of two hundred negroes who were march
ing upon Dover, about sixty have been arrested.
I saw these whipped yesterday at the Cumber
land Iron Works.* Thirty others have returned
to their work, and the rest are in the woods.—
But no attempt at pillage or murder has yet been
made.
“In flying, the blacks only carry off arms and am
munition, out of these they carry all they can,
aud iu many places, especially at Dover, the whites
are short of powder. They would have given
its weight in gold for auy we could procure for
Ihein.
“All the negro prisoners are first examined sepa
rately by a jury, who decide wbether it is necessary
or not lobring them to trial before a magistrate.
This precaution has already produced a good moral
effect.
“As I told you yesterday, the plan was to kill
first in the isolated farms and establishments, and
then to march to the chief towns in each county.
In this way a free path would be opened on the
Cumberland from Nashville to the Ohio. By this
route a retreat would have been opened to Illinois
and Indiana for all who took part in the revolt.
C G ”
History of New England.— John G. Palfrey,
once a Unitarian clergyman, then a professor in
Harvard College, editor of the North American Re
view, S cretury of the State of Massachusetts, and
afterwards a free-soii member of Congress from
Massachusetts, has recently returned from London,
where he has been engaged in the State Paper office,
and is now employed in writing a history of the New
England colonies.
Disunion at the North. —We learn from the
Boston Liberator that a grand State Convention of
disunionists will be shortly held at Worcester, Mass-
The Liberator announces the fact that the call has
been numerously eigned “with high satisfaction,*
and quotes fr m tbe Charleston Mercury to show
that the position of the disunionists, North and
South, is identical, and closes with theory, “Hur
rah for no union with slaveholders!”
Milk Sickness. —We learn, says the Cincinnati
Gazette , that this strange aud awful malady is pre
vailing throughout a district along the Licking river,
a few miles back of Covington and Newport, and
proves fatal in many cases. It has been observed that
this peculiar illness usually makes its appearance in
seasons of extraordinary drouth, and several times, we
are informed, it has spread terror and death through
the locality up Licking in which it is now manifested.
The number cf deaths thus far we have not learned,
but have information that several occurred last
week. The first symptoms observed are astonish
ing weakness, trembling of the limbs, and general
impotency of the muscles. One lady discovered,
while carrying a bucket of water a distance of about
forty yards, that she was compelled to stop and rest
two or three times, and found that her limbs quiver
ed as with exhaustion. For two or three days this
weakness, to her unaccountable, continued, before
she was prostrated with violent illness. On Satur
day she was in a hopeless condition.
Snow in the West. —The Albany Atlas states
that the trains which started from Milwalkie on the
3d inst., had to put back, owing to the impassable
drifts of snow. A gentleman who left that place the
2d, however, says that though drifts of snow were
five feet deep there, they were less along the rail
road to Chicago, at which city the fall was very
light. There was but little snow on the Southern
route to Buffalo; and from that point to Albany,
though there wa3 considerable, the railroad connec
tions were unbroken, and the trains made their
usual time.
Territory of Arizona. —The New York Her
ald contains the following despatch from Washing
ton, dated Dec. 7. The people of that Territory are
determined to lose no time in being represented in
Congress .-
Mr. A. P. Cook, delegate from the new Territory
of Arizona, formed out of the Gadsden purchase, ar
rived here to-day. lie comes with his credentials
as regularly elected by his people in convention, and
will ask for recognition by Congress. He says there
are from ten to fifteen thousand people in the Terri
tory, and that it will make a State of about the size
of Pennsylvania. It lays south of the line thirty six
thirty. If lam not mistaken, he will find some diffi
culty in getting his seat, for it a Territorial govern
ment has to be formed before he is admitted, it may
open afresh the whole slavery question, which may
lead to protracted debate. This looks liae another
bone of contention.
Mr. Cook brings some specimens of minerals, said
to be the richest in the world.
The Crop of Indian Corn. —lt is stated that re
cent investigations shows that the Indian corn crop
of the L'ited States is es more value than any other
agricultural production, not even excepting cotton.
The culture of corn has wonderfully increased of
late years—its ratio of increase being far greater
than any other product. From 1839 to 1849, as per
census returns, tho incerease was 58 per cent Wool
is the next highest, its increase being 50 per cent. .
Cotton 24; Oats 20, and Wheat 16. The cotton
crop of 1851 was 927,000,000 of pounds, valued at
$112,000,000, while the corn crop of 1850 was 592,-
000,000 of bushels, which, at the lowest possible price
at which it can be estimated, is of far greater value
than the cotton crop.
FIR* 15 CieariLLF.-We learn from tbe Stand
ard that tbe shop together with the buggies, two
wagons and other property belonging to William
Headden, were consumed by fire on the morning
of the 4tb instant Low about $2,000.
The nienrniKim
The news from Nicaragua Is as eoqtrayfietory c.:
possible. By the steamer TV-x ,5. Now-Orb- ,nsj '
we bare accounts of the triumph of Wai.:.:-:k and
his forces, aud byway of Havana we have accounts
of his almost complete overthrow. Wo give the
two accounts, the first byway of Ne w Orleans, and
leave our readers to decide for’themselves.
New-Orlkass, Pec. 10.—The r. 1 vices from Nic
aragua are important. Walker had been su< ■■■* «-
ful iu a series of battles with the combined Central
Americans. On the 10th u’r G*'n. Hornsby wih
200 men defeated 1 LOO of the ene my un ic: t h • (V
Rica General, Cevaa. The euetr.v
and General Hornsby had but two killed ami ek v-.-n
wounded.
Four days’ fighting at Massava ended with the
entire defeat of the enemy. General \J"alkc*r re
turned to Grenada, and, giving three days’ no Ice •
his intention, to allow time to r.-inov oth« volaa--V.s,
fired the place, reaving not a vestige of the town
lie then removed all his effect* and men, with the
inhabitants, to Rivas, which will hereauer be tli
capital of Nicaragua.
A naval battle had occurred between the Nicara
guan war schooner Granada, Fnyseux, and ,1 Cost 1
Rican brig of war three times her size. The Cosra
Rican vessel was blown up and all on board per
ished. It is supposed that the Costa liicans have
lost three thousand men in various* battle3siuce Oc -
tober.
From the Key of the Gulf Extra , Per. 10.
Arrival of the Tennessee.— lmportant X'ics
ft om Nicaragua — W ’alker's Forrc< *s urrounlcti—
Brilliant Nav i! Ensragcuient. —The U. 3. M. steam
ship Tennessee, Capt. Forbes, arrived here cn the
9th instant, from San Junn, which port she left on
the Ith hist. She brings 400 or 500 passengers, and
upwards 0f5900,000 in specie. Si.e remnir-.-d lit-:c
until this morning, filling up with coal and water,
and at 9 o’clock left for New York.
A large number of her passengers remain V-rc to
take passage in the Isabel for Savannah and Char’* s
ton, on account of the cholera being 011 board the
Tennessee. The total number of <1 a! Is on t!:c pas
sage to this place from cholera was twelve, and one ,
last nigh:, at the wharf.
We have no news from California of a special
character. The State went f r Bit tin an by about
16,000 majority. The legislature will s* ed—iu th--
Senate 1 S'Democrats, 13 Americans and 3 JV- :ihl;
cans: undin the Assembly th rt will U* Demo
cratic* majority over all of 21 Fremont did not get
a single vote m the city of Sin Diego.
The news from Nicaragua is very dish-artenio
Gen. Walker has been driven from i-wry p’ c < \
cept the transit route, and at last 11V. Nonna Ic.
forces (some 400) were at Grauada compb-t* ly ? ur
rounded by the forces of Costa Rica. San Sal vau c
and Gautemala, which they lim 1 been fighting fur
the nine days previous to the sailing of the Tenuo.—
see. Gen. Walker was on board of one of the
steamers on the lake, but Las no oommutiicnri >ll
with his army. Walker’s men are iu a very tig-1
place—are suffering lor the warn of provisions,
clothing. &c., and are dying off by disc.
Walker has destroyed Grutmdunnd Masaj a.
We failed to procure any pup * m.o giv*
the above from what we could gather Hum ti .o pas
sengers.
We learn from a passenger by the Tennessee that
one of the most brilliant naval « nta took
place on tbe 23d November, uu the Pacido, iu view
of San Juan del Sur.
lie states that the rum .rs had reached that settle
meat that a bijg of war under the colure of
Rica, was about to enter that p-ut tor the purpos
of lauding re-iiifcroenienta to operate ag dot G« c.
Walker’s army; which rumor having r a-bed ti:t*
commander of the Granada, (a small pilot beat in
the interest of G«n. Walker.) preparation was
made to give the brig a suitable w* Iconic. T cpi
lot boat schooner, a ined will two six pounders, got
underway as soon as the brig appe ned in sight, and
by skillful irmnam wring was soon to windward ot
the brig some two or three miles, and then bore
down upon the brig, the miter heaving to for codon.
Tbe schooner being very low, managed to get «•»
close to t he brig as to allow till her shot f <* over
the hull of the schooner, and by frequent backing
under the stern of the brig, engaged he tor tvu
hours, when the brig finally blew up
The commander of tho brig was at San Juan del
Sur when our informant left, with some forty or fit’iy
of his crew whVlihad been picked np tv the vu :
rious crew of the schooner and lauded at that pot.
The brig is reported to have been armed with 8 - x 18
pounders and to have had a complement of one hu:
dred and twenty-four men. The schooner armed
with only two six pounders and having a com: >•• *-
merit of twenty-eight men. Ihe commander of lie
brig is report* d to have stated that he was about to
surrender and had given the order to cease tiring
but a second or two before the fatal cutnstrophy S»>
close were the oppp< sing forces, that 110 attributed
the accident to a wad from the guns of the sekr. set
ting fire to the brig’s magazine.
The engagement was J* • trd and viewed by the
residents at San .1 uim del Sur; and tho wounded
crew of the brig were «tl that place when our inform-,
ant left.
Truly this was a most gallant till dr, end—and w,
could almost wish that wo had a finger iu that
pie.
Professor Morse and Millaiid Fillmore.—
The Buffalo Commercial Advertiser, of the ii th
instant, copying and commenting upon a v * nt ar
ticle relative to the early struggles of Prof M r< to
bring his telegraphic project before Congress, states
the undoubted fact that Millard Fillmore was
mainly instrumental in procuring tho appropriation
by which the Professor was enabl d to test the prac
ticability of his invention for the transmission of ii -
telligence. When Prof. Morse was literally stand
ing at the door of the Capitol, noliciling the small
boon, (remarks the Advertiser.) Mr. Fillmore was
Chairman of the Committee ou Ways and Means,
in the House, and took a lively interest in the new
invention. After making up the details of the an
nual civil appiopriution bill, he proposed r.u amend
ment appropriating 3 hi,OCO for Lire construe! oil < 1
an electric telegraph from Washington to Baltimore.
A distinguished member of tho House violently op
posed the appropriation, and ridiculed the inven
tion as a humbug, as little deserving the fostering
care of the Government as animal magnetism. ’ By
the earnest aud able advocacy of Mr. Fillmore,
who had a better appreciation of the novel and ex
traordinary machine, the appropriation was secured
and the first step was thus taken of that immense
circuit which is destined to encompass the globe, and
make all its inhabitants immediate sharers in each
other’s thoughts.
The Accident to the Steamer Kentucky.—
Seventeen Persona Scalded. —The telegraph has
briefly announced an explosion on board the steamer
Kentucky about forty miles above Cincinnati, al
Smith’s Island, on Saturday night. The Cincinnati
Commercial of Monday has the following particulars
of this distressing occurrence =
The pipe of the starboard engine parted at the
elbow, or sleeve, where the copper connects v. i h
the wrought-irou pipe leading to the boiler. The
steam sped aft to the deck-room, scalding seven
teen persona—eleven deck-hands and firemen, and
six deck passengers who were seated around the deck
room stove. The night being cold all the doors ami
windows were closed, sotkat it, was almost impossible
for the victims to escape. One or two managed to
get through the windows, and ". their fright leaped
overboard, but were rescued from drowning by r! e
mate, Mr. Jordan, who lowered ilie yawl and wu-.it
after them. The immense volume of steam put out
all the lights in the deck room.
Mattresses were spread od the cabin floor, and
flour, cotton, oil, <fcc., applied to the wounded by a
physician, who fortunately was on board. Tiire-:
of the wounded died, and eleven others were seat
to the hospital on the arrival of the boat here.—
None of the cabin passengers were injured, us the
steam did not find its way into the cabin.
A German lad, after intense suffering, died yes
terdaymorning. An aged colored man, name un
known, who took passage to Portsmouth, also died,
undone of the deck passengers (name unknown)
after the boat arrived here. All were very badly
scalded, and it is feared that four or five others wii!
not recover.
The accident is attributed to a flaw iu <be cop
per pipe. The Inspectors will investigate the
matter.
The damage to the boat, will not amount to over
91,000.
The accident is said not to have b<v*n cruised b} j
any negligence on the part of the officers of ti.o i
bout, a3 tnere was an abundance of water in tin 1
boilers.
Mr. Samuel Townsend, of Madison county, Ala,
died on the 20th u 1., aged 05 years. Ho was said to
be the wealthiest plant or in that county. Tire Demo
crat is informed that his will directs about 4') of bis
slaves to be emancipated and removed from the
State, and provides that a largo portion of his estate
shall be distributed among them
Dangerous Counterfeit. —The Mobile papers
call attention lo the fact that counterfeit bills of i ! e
denomination of “fifties,” purporting to boos the
Bank of Mobile, are iu circulation in that city re
qoiring much care for their detection. The pla -
it seems, is genuine, the signatures o ly Doing
forged, and hence the comparative facility With
winch they are palmed off, *-ven upon persons fi
mili u* with the issues of the B urt. One of th»
shrewdest of the busiuess men of that city wo* li
ken in by the deception. It is suppose 1 mat a bos
of these bills, prepared for the Bank of Mobile, w.
stolen on the way, and the bills have since been fil
ed up with forged signatures.
Heavy and Large.—A Mr. Thomas MeCar'er
who died in Bolivar, Hardeman county, Term., a
few days ago, reached tho enormous weight of five
hundred and twenty seven pounds. I iio coffin mea
sured three and a half feet across the top, twenty,
eight inches in depth, and seven feet in length.
The Delaware Land Sales,— The Washington
Star says that tbs salts of Delaware luu'ls in Kan
sas, now going ou, wi secure to tUo tribes an ag
gregate sum of betwce $1,250,000 ami $1,500,000
So far, these tracts have brought an average of
about forty-three percent, above their appra'stu
value. Something likea million anda half of specie,
it is said, has been withdrawn from St. Louis, to
meet exigencies of purchasers.
Russian Steamers.— A letter from St. Peters
burg says : Contracts Lave been tuUonathome nod
abroad for the construction of tbirty-ouc IJu- i n
steamers, for the service of the companies intended
to navigate between the Black Sea and foreign or
other ports. Some of these vtiii be of large dimen
sions, and go constructed that each will be cnabiec
‘to transport from 800 to 1,000 troops, and to receive
a powerful war armament—the guns being kept
ready in reserve at the home port 3.
Thalbero gave his fourth and last concert in
Philadelphia Monday evening. His success has
been not less marked than in New York. The
Philadelphia North American say.- :
“The immense throngs of the best people in the
city, which have rushed to his concerts, have gone
there to listen to playing which they know to be un
equalled. But at the same tune it would be u:.j '
not to attribute a port ion of the success of these con
certs to the really brilliant vocalism of the young
American prima Madame De Willmrst.”
Now that it i 3 settled that Hon. Win. 11. Bisscll is
elected Governor of Illinois, the question arises, can
he take the oath of office ? It is confidently asserted
he once accepted a challenge, and the oath of office
has this provision:
“I do solemnly swear that I have not fought a
duel, nor sent or accepted a cballengr to tight a
duel, the probable issue of which might have been
the death of either party, nor been a second to either
party, nor in any manner aided or assisted m such
duel."
Extensive Sale of Durham Cattle— The Lex
ington (Ky.) Observer of Wednesday last states the
result of a sale of Durham cattle in Fayette- the
herd was among the finest in tl.e State, and the erne
was largely attended :
14 cows brought
The highest pneepard was $ . )r - A ~y t ,„.
inrid'e, for Lady Itum Company, and sod
Northern Kentucky .Importing A/ I J
by them for*l,loo. -n_ a verige 5235.5".
10 heifent brought .?1.8oY„U L d
Highest price paid tor IM J
TbSb’Sought sl,slß—avsra -P- eo $909. The
highest price waa £650, lor iu:p>.t;d He
cost in $3,006.
Floating Ice.— The Hurr*e u A H«*’d states j
that the Susquebauna is filled wit i Scat ug oe.—
Should the present weut'jdr oont i.U3 lor a tew <; ays j
the river will be ant rely tloied
Ti e i i.dul nAiLifo.<D.—One of tho most im*
i J * *i. 1 1 itdcrpr.K r; hi t. 0s- u’hr.rn State?
-*ay- ; 'j;" B*fr//r Commercial Advertiser) is that of
llic R, ’ 1 4 Company who are building a road
: : : * ' am.< of Florida. It commences at
th town-of Fc-rnandina, near the mouth of the
- * r. tv m 0.1 tbe (Uln it c, and runs iu a southwest
er!y direcMim: to Cedar Key, near tbe mouth of the
«u.v, *i. •-, on the Gulf of Mex’.o >. The distance be
twe- u these points is 137 titties.
( j :V 11 s hem pwjeeted and commenced nn
, . ', l 1 11 ' s iv ‘ i; g <d disianee and avoid
• '/ ■:•••»»* ie»v,g:tth,ii of the Cepes of
. V\L r;V* 1 ‘ l4 ‘ l * ,ni ,not ,bt * freight be
• • -V'.s •i' niis anu ine At lain u*. port. Some
i;*r ' ‘ ”V hl: M ' ,u ' T^t involved may
I l i e. ' tat* statement t &t there were
e • aiedat u s I'lisUimdiuses in Boston, New York
rjii'.iif'-.. ):.H, ami li.-.Ui nere, for the ports of the
l ei .ed . .r . . Mexico, * during the
\ ‘ ,v * ' with an aggregate tonnage
I r.i, nv..n.gn cf I,4lßtons »..r eve
1 hu*. i-.-s- d *y, m the year. Hi the estimate that un
e'punatK.m; g«»esto the Atlantic ports,therowould
be air aver r clear i«ee ol nearly three thousank
trfiis tor every bu- i.itsjs tlay m the year.’*
\\ -j are glad to t ec. by the ai nexed paragraph
from the Jacksonville News,that this important link
m our eons; eommunication is going on so vigorous
ly and successfully:
“We understand that the Florida Railroad Com
-i •. ousand tuna of
iv addition to tiio five thousand tous already
noticed in this paper. Sonic four hundred nun are
eii-otued on »h road, and a large number wire r«-
ceiveii by tbe 1 ist trip ofth" steamer Carolina. Fif
ty miles of the mad, more thin one-third of the whole
<li -on fom Fet .:?uhl; ni to Cedar Key,are graded,
and it tiie biteifiiou of the company to ii crease
ri cir fui- :• on truck lay ing to a number sufficient to
ius'oe the laying do »n ot two miles per week. The
engine is already ruuning over tvU miles of the road,
ami tin* first b i’<« oi cotton received nt Fen andina
has b n rhippi dto Charleston by the last trip of the
Carolina.”
Co r of English Tapers. —The Loinl n news
mi furnish the Times or i’ost on l>e day of publi
c-iti >a for $3 7.j a quarter. For tuc Herald 50 a
«} j ••H ris charged. Tim second edition of tho Lon
<i’*n i'i*nes. Sun, Globe, or Standar t, sfurubhed at
.y. a) a q*tarter, or s3l) a year. Copies* ftke Times
oi-.e day ild rfi fi.ruisiied ut $1 u quarter, so that
the citi'ciei e • in ii * eo.-t i i Eng an i between a pa
per of io l-.u-si ed : t on on tie«liv of publication
or i! day next u ceeding, is e;jua 10 the subacrip,
ti-n p : s i,c :.',rg«-.-t oommerc. il newspaper of
tne United ? tatt-e. A tiln of t o I.ondou ’l imes ta
ken in thin country costs about year, or nearly
>wentec:i i. uts 1* a* each copy of tho paper. The
Kuglirii papers aro conducted on tiie cash system
e’i:lively. Tl:ey ave nofubacribois, but are fur
uis’n'd to i ews.non by the r« an, who supply “p tt "
irons” in tlioeily and «ouutry districts.
The Atlantic Ti: leurai u.—Tho Loudon papers
:cce: v. u by the Air e t unm u..c» t at tie fubscrip
tiou of £350,009 required by the Atlantio Telegraph
Company had been .- oseJ, t ; e applications conside
rably exceeding tne specified amount. The shares
£I,OOO each, and an immediate ca’l of 20 per
cent had been made up mth m. (>! the3so shares,
S 3 had b on takuii on America accou it. It is uu*
dorstood, the London rimes states, that applica
nt' will be made to the United Stat m goveniuiont
fur au annual grant, equal t > tour p«-r ctnt. on the
oapital, a.' has been nee* »r-led by th- British treasury,
rue company posses a uu ex« uvve jriviege from
the British colonici of Newfoundlau tan t Trinoe
E tv, rd T'.Mi l. and a’so from the Mate of Maine,
lor bringing submarine cables t-» those si oiea.
Close of Navigation l’h fSc oti river, at Co
lumbuOhio, was tr */. -a over an l boys were ska
ting on t oic.‘ 1:. nt St tor day. A lett r from Ch!-
cage states that the u* : v gat cn 'f i e Misriatippi
abuVe Dubuque l.ase’oser for tbs ser.ic:;. Lake
navigation nas cloa.-d at Circa 4o, wit-i no signs of
ti fin’l ou the lake iu front »f ti if city. The balance
i f the corn crop of T iuoT !s iike’y to be ooneumod
at h ■•me, and aivauco. Thepre»e t pros in the in
terior of tho St te is -0 au.l little to go for
ward next season.
Wonderful Growth of lowa.—'Got. Grimes,
of l >wa. in his nr.fcu ri message, n ak. s Ihe State's
indebtedness $123,030 ; ava ’able reVuLU • $216,000
cc.-ive t dining the year, )0; paid .ut $249,*
909. The ■ i 'i>ii , atii>;i >. the Mate in 1836 amounted
to on’y 10,531, up to Juqj, 1351, it increased to
> V !1, a. din June last numb red 503,625 souls.—
At the n•iicm miapeut i \ robab y reaches 600,080.
lie assessabl j property in this State in 1851 was
v.J • 1 tS, lt» I .-> >», in 1855 at sloi',B9 ».Mil.), and
in JiNifi atslfi!,t9],ll3. Tua is truly a woqdrful
grow tli, olid HiimVs to wiiot g eatm es aud wealth
this young State iu rnp r d!y attainiag.
Novelty .iq Commkuue.— Iwj sloops from Es
sex, New York. 011 Lake Champlain, arrived in
Now Or cans Tuesday morning. They went via
Luke Eri *, the J». avt r G«n ii, and the Ohio and Mia
aihrippi r.vei . The,,’ wer. tov. e l down from Wheel*
ing and r re intended fur the sngaf trade ou the coast
of Attakaj aa.
Death qf a London Pudlisiier.—The London
Illustrated Time-' aunonne -s the death of Mr. Daniel
Boguo, tho well kuo vn Lon lon publisher, and oue
Oi the chi,proprietors of that journal, llis dentil
was quite sudden.
A Recruit for Walker.—Wo lenru from the
New Orleans Delta that Captain O’iTarn, of the
United Slat s army, has tendered h : s resignation, iu
order to join Gem Walker, ui Nicaragua at the first
opportunity.
Du. Kain.—We regret to learn from our New-
York < xclanges that letters from Lon don by a late
i earner bring the most discouraging accounts ol the
health of the bravo Arctic navigator. He was very
pule—muo!*. reduced in flesh, —ami his night, sweats
are “ terrible. ’ His c*cugh was also alarming. Ilis
physician had erjoined him Lo leave fur a warmer
climate as soon as possible, and he was accordingly
to cad on Monday, the 17th of November for $t
Thomas and Havana.
Land in Virginia.— -The books of the officers
who assessed the landH of Monroe county, Virginia,
la t winter, show their value to be $3-,244,1134. This
is an increase o'. 91 ,b 44,712 since 1860.
Earthquake.—The Petersburg Express, of Men
day states that on Saturday, about 2 o’clock, the
shock of an earthquake was plainly felt in that oity
Sleighing.— A letter dated Amherst, Mass., Dec.
Bth, sa} a : “We have good sleighing here. Snow
camo a week ago. Thermometers degrees above
zero.” W*e hear, says Ihe New-York Journal of
Commerce, that sleighing is goo d cs far south as
Whisted and Wuterbury, in Connecticut.
Counterfeit NoiEs.—Counterfeit $22 notes od
th e Bant: of the Valley, payable at Staunton, Va.,
me in circulation in various parts of the State.—
They may be distinguished, says the Staunton
Sper.tator, by the ij perfection of the likeness of
Fillmore, and the words ’‘Bank of the Valley’ 1
which iu*e shaded-, Iu ihe goi uino notes these
words are plain, The names of the officers are
well executed.
Dreadful Railroad Accident.—A dreadful
Railroad accident occurred .upon the C eve and and
Pittsburg liai,road on Monday lust at the station
called Alliance, by winch ten lives w<rj lost and
in uy persons badly injured. The follow ng are
some of t he particulars :
T1 e 7 o’clock 20 minutes trail*, Cleve'and train
for Pittsburg, ran i 'ough tho Pittsburg, Port
Wayne and ( -hiea/o train at, Alii me smashing two
r*a s- ngcr cars of tho latter train One ot the cars
vveietlnowu into the rotunda of the station, and an
other th-oogh the public room which constitutes a
part of Scurboe-kn h>tel, in which several persons
were sin in/. The rotunda and titling room were
torn down, by which* eight persons were killed and
seve-al wi ii: ! The killed are Jacob Rudy, John
.'t Intn r**. Dr. Smith and lady, ull ot Alliunoe t
William Kucdlie and Mr J it!erbidr, of New Garden,
Ohio ; and N. G Tay or u?>d John Brooks, of New
J ;:cy. Among the wounded are Charles Coates,
engineer aiid lady ; M A. Wroth, ot Phi a lelphia,
d» , til «»Ii broken and «>t ! ierw:se badly hurt; YV. C
ir, o-mount -i of the Cleveland train, slightly;
D. VI. f ouitenay, slightly.
Fielding Cavanaugh and lady, Ann Ormcur, Os
Columbus Indiana, aad ady, J. Painter, of Stark
county, Ohio, h ightly.
M<>si. 1 4* the killed tttid wounded were not in the
cars, but wore sirtmg ill the pub.ic room when tlu*
accident happened.
Sailing of tqk Ilkhia—The Be rner Persia
Hailed from NY. Y ik Wedn.-Bilay. tot Liverpool,
wuiiono h*>!» trc l i iid B.xLy-oin; pas-cn-.iirs, h.l&
s l / in specie.
j he Pactiqßailroad.—Hon. K. J. Walker, In
n le*:er *. « X~w Yak Herald, denies fc tbat the
P/icdi'. 1 It* :I*. .ad Cturp-my with wJ.ioh he i*»oonceo*
ted, : t > the i' p icationa fur a:tl from Con
;;r .-s. He >; - ih-.t l m Company is already on the
v.-.ty to to..* I'ac’i-. , and are su'/cesefuhv carying a
r: • d < ,ht hundred r.nles Ihruugli Texas, to its
\\ . rn b«>i*:»r*«.ry at Kl I’nso, without, uiiy grunt of
laud or mom-v f uui Congress. Tae firnt seolion of
(he load s neuriy ready for the mil; ov.o. thousand
:o)*m of the Peuii.-ylvauia railroad iron have been nl
ready «hipp«d, and wdlsoon be laid upon the track,
whilst ah the »no»K-> ►•> complete ready for use
for tin: iiextK-etioti of fifteen miles, has been provi
ded. Mr. Walker recommends that while the South
ern route will by no means be the oii'yone to the
Pacific, yet that it the blhi and ukortest r jute lie
tween Hie two great cities of the Atlantic and Pacific,
with lower grades, without inclined planes, uuob-
Btrietedby buowh, parsing through the most fertile
country and the rlehebt mim'iala c f coni,'gold,silver,
!e.- d and <■ -opper, end that it. is the first that will be
con pic led. * Mr. W. believes that the f-uirts now paid
by the govern! .cut lor p. hi aland military purposes,
fixed on the firm: proportional basis, compared with
’h** service to bo performed, would enable his < otn
.my io fini.-h the r ■■•A io San Pnuicisco, and that it
wilt be fi)i*h'*d to lit PuiW without any such assis
tance. — Halt. Amer.
| The Rail Road Collision. —Wo are indebted
to the Cheraw Ge/.ate fora .slip coutamiog the
l | o l! o wit 'r account of the hits collision oil the WU
i min .foii end Mwocliec’er Rai’road, as noticed by us
j in Thursday's issue-:— C/i Com.
Intelligence was received Tuesday night, at 11
i o'clock that a collision had taken place on the Wil
mim'toii and Manchester Railroad, between two
* rer trains. No particulars could be learned.
! j/iol m day an extra train left this place for Flor-
We awaited ourselves of the opportunity Os
going down to ascertain the particulars.
The day pas-M.-nger train going North and .South
nu t near Pee ilt-o and ran into each other, causing
a perfect wreck of both trains. Both trams were
behind time. They inet at a ehurp curve and were
no ».. v. {• üby each other till within about GO leet. There
VA .-re over one hundred punenge.rs intlie two trains,
not ono of whom was foiled. Several were cousid
e, al.lv Pulsed ; «..« negro man wn» badly smashed
ml.; ji.i Ln ; r-o-o l.n.ke.i. Un.Dt Mai
M.« Buuiii. < n 1 \V. Coit of thm place
vu rnon the Wilmington train, all of whom escaped
...jury except Mrs. Ma I»y, who wa-elightly brmeed.
IV « lull K ureuce a. 2 o’clork to day alter tl.c paa
, u . , u lar train waieh came through, the
road having been cleared of tl.e wreck. loopaa-
Hangers made aru st miraculous c-rcape. as all the
coaches and cars were ermhedto pieces.
Wives for the Ge. man L. cion.—One hundred
and five s ldi rs for the British German Legion
.avo ar.ived ut Hamburg Iron. Louuon. Sumo of
oeir. .1 e d ei.arged fr mi the service, but the {great.
iiave gone over fur matrimonial purpose*.
Nome ppecuhiiivo irdividuals have established regu*
arrec uitiugotfio -6 lor leuiates willing to accom
p,,„y the Get man legion to the Cape of Good Hope,
oi.d r ettle tiiere. Ouc of thorn bos already engaged
.i.ore than fifty young women, cinefly amongst the
iioiiimis, drees makers, cUm-girls,uLd even those
connected with the the tres. There are u Hamburg
G,oot) more females than men.
Snow in France.—The foreign papers report
■ hat a v-rt qu .utltv qt stio-v tell n Frame on tan
15th.of Nov , marl’a s. The d;lige-:oes, wagoos,
aid (.veu thafai.way traits were retarded in their
urogrtss by tee S'ale Pt le different roads ceding
to that metropolis. It.'s remork.td that wilbin the
memoiy oi the o t est uh-.bi ant there bad never
been to ueavy a :ai o. sjew bwfere the niUMLe of
November.