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Poultry. Hf.cn, (itrcT'U Firm Lconomy, fyc.
Illustrated with Numerous Elegant Engravings
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DANIEL LEE ... D . . i# LLDMOND, EDITORS
rti if aeath Volume wiii cunmience in
January. 1G57.
The Ci.;LTJ vatok in a for*. -»y tavoofthirty-two pages,
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iJT Persons who will not as Agents, and obtain Sub
FOR SALE.
FOR SALE,
II 1C undorafgnwd, being ii«» irons ofleavingtlie State,
w offer* at private ale, all Lie* REAL ESTATE in
f.he t+waof Warrenlon, Warren county, fla., consisting
f a Dwelling lion . and L. t «,J about five acre.*, ot
Lumber, and all h/ stock. Vogel her with all liiV linh l/ed
From fifteen to twenty thousand dollars worth oi
iv<*h can e,i-ily be disposed of, at good pric«», at thi.
stand, in twelve months.
Per,on- wishing to purtrha.-»e, are respectfully invited
ib>-session will be given at any tune, to .it t! e pur
tlbaser. GEORGE L. BOBUEK.
Warren ton, (U.. June ■>. 1h.70 4 i< ? v- ts
FOR SALE.
j NOW offer for sale my enure River PLANT Ad ION.
county, Aia , lying on the Chattahoochee river, contain
lug ;MOO re-res, 1900 in a fine state o! e:ilti ration and
good repair A good Water Gin and Ferry across the
Chattahoochee' river The above w ill be for ale at any
time until sold an lpo, iengiv „ T< nns Jo *uit pur
chasers. (jantH-tf) MATTHEW AVERF/l’T.
TO MEN OF TASTE AND CAPITAL.
f.MI Msubsenber, wiah.ug to remove t . S ? ,i,wc.de,,
I
n Vann’s Valley. Floyd county (la., containing 31?
» det. cd and under good tillage ; the retnainue, generally
well timbered. It ha. several springs ol cool blue Lime
irdoite water, two conKtaut streaim, aw cdfective water
p<ower without darning, orchards of many well selected
vetie.i, .*.j.eciaiiy ofapph-.-, and a larjfe ami cmiodi
- i
I . •«* ' All who l»rt?./examined the pn .nines, COH
cunnl,*;-'" "• ,"V
anl rn x arti-. oOhu '“ifcUy tail to-tatisly you
that, it 1. a N ■ I artifl.', not tl" tb*> fluctuation,
film market, i ... tm run, a flirty “j ( 1 (j ' ( j“y
Cayw Spring, ,luiv H>. In.Vi »’l :l" t f
POWBirOB MririiS FOU BilXiE.
A", . '' l t|7'ii',rl l ,.'h rOii< Mtl.l.Saud I.AND
f« ' .
ono ami a hull'mil-i Irma l»t.w. I'-’li. ”11 to t,;l ”
uiiUK ami Waab.nttioa—lhn hark iUrly—has turn
ini baajnai bi-.-i. anew Tfc« '•••« iwtotn
will oat. ‘’■•, r u7 r i. ■lo'-ftu
"lea li l t” rol'iihi. in il ar t ...” th” Sav. andGrmtMiUa in
band Ilea In Mum ,lt county, alum? the Ogeft-hec
■.Over and Pomd'a creek. The I .amt eoutaina 73* res
■uere or less, and will equal auy land In the county to
■irmlm iugeorn wheal, cotton or other graiur. Those
•Wishing to buy’, wilt call and see for themselves. The
uitace la hru!thy Amt has au excellent Well oi water in
tlie vard in ivt. no plantation Is hetterfuinishedwith
Spring-, or water. UOMIMBUB F. BHIVKUB.
‘ niyrti
t’orwardvd Tree of Cliaige!
ATaL'h TA AND SAVANNAH RAILROAD.
. .p't'i ■ vi*i n'l e ritllsd lit I in. II- .vl as n me.airs of
'*■ ' four FIRST CLASS
STI’VMS 111, g,in, Six t‘ “US ol Fas, Sailtoc Vessels,
Ml., -Msll.i . Hut Six l u.og»eh. hetv.-ecn New-Vol'k
«d Mavmmah'f a," a sIL, >F i- ■>- •>*■>“. Cbitadel
phi?, and .Sailing Vcskcls i.om that V’ n - / /.“.‘’vni tb
1L -l n, m:\k-n , tho camnmni.-. i -■ *• *; *-w|ti/ \ I\TY
«ru cities aud .Savannah a ; reliable fi r k . '■
AND SPEED, an that to any other 8< ut!n , nl .‘ .
Th, Read exit nape fmlylhelm.ir.e
Town, aud Csmoiuw along the liu< ”1 iho Os >rg
road, and iho m Comities I vmg to the Ninth of that K
nth. , Road- • -.vn a larger field iilopetr turns that eattn,''
bo nngltit toil merely to sc'mro so limited a trade as
that to which we must alone give allour Umc ; and
no competitor will be allowed, by superior attention, to
deprive us ol it, mr it is our full deiari.lluatlon *o conduct
It with that ililuUty, dispatch aud c. ooi. y, i> hlclr is sure
ultimately to gain and retain it.
As regards Ratet. they sitali bu ns low ns by any other
Road and la er ler to reduce all charges to c. minimum
rate, contrac t for Drayage have already been entered
Ult,. at Savannah, and no e jo connected with Ihoßeceiv
tag and Forwarding luw any other Interest than that of
teeing that ALt i. IAIUIKS arc at the lowest rates.
or* By Railroad a s.- vi:. rof one quarter ot out- per
ci et eau bo made in the Inaaiauce between Northern
Forts and Augusta.
AU Good» FORWARDED FREE OF COMMIS
SIONS. They should be tunrko 1 -to taro of the C R. R.
Agent," Savannah.
Published by order ofthe Board.
FRANCIS T. WILLIS, President.
July l, iej.l. .iy'Ni
g4O REWARD.
1) A NAWA Y from the snfcscrib or on 4th May, a Negro
>, Mat- named WASHING TON, shout w years old,
tlve f -et t l ' l.t or nine inches high. \ ghiug a* out 16 jor
17U IBs It Is likely he « ill m: >,- Ida wav to Tennessee,
as ho runaway two y- ars ago. au 1 stayed la MndisonviUe
wi aid U.it tell who he belonged' lie has in {• mparty
with him a Negro Man belonging to Vv. W. Simpson,
.janred I‘elts, abi-tit ill yea eld about 5 forth ur IU
net. - high, weigh- ahunt Hit) or 170 IS ;. both dark com
&orpe wish p i • to Ohio. If they
\r» trJteu. tVaahingtou - ill r ,t> i! hi. w-aev if Ire can
, sip it. Wo will p.-.v the a', eve r.. rd to sty person
„ h s will deliver them «o tts. or put them In £ mo safe
, s that we can go, them; ortwe-itydoi-arafurelther
•SH,* WASHINGTON H. BR ILBY,
of them. w w SXMPSO’
, ion Y FVrttofboe, Htn ook county, Ga.
K -‘ „ -vilto v; y ;o-at Uuw* and t -rvfarJ
to°,ht. 'Office for pay meat. nty'dl
*24 REWARD.
I UIIL nav the •»>»*« s " n Lr th " ay prehension and
sisssSSts
. :.5dS
udwcVh* probably lffi pm ' ud ' H.- is going about the
country wording on his es.a ««c,-.at w.thout any au
thorlty H«A.aht).--shasaia »• -.aims a
-I ift t \Lv ''' in hi ‘a >jir sauvic Hiso &t
Gov. Sch-ey s Factor}-'. I have .Wd of h.s beta* to
Burko. aud Washington c UVB; 1 • aadf... a over
p. I. . *u NOr c. ro hereby cautioned agamit
wmployins said b. y. or any of, 'ieJ mechanics, with
m>7--/t' J-l'lIN 11' r'I'TTKN. Angu-la. Oa.
■ 4,877,000 FEET' OF LCNB.BS.
'SHIS is to certify that the Athe,,- .-su-uat Company
r | out for ns a CIRCTLAR SAW MILL, on which
- 1 ,« “sawe.i tour million eight hut-.cd and seventy
wshave. od fe- of Lumber, board measure, in It
►even the j . tau umnsut-.a f,', •\ ■ : day. W.' reaßj
months, or abou. . Qtu unisAiui roc: por dav. foi
»"vl trom o.levt • Fovn t audlnK. ra the above
we suppose the Mill - ' ni , f \ o g* and occasional re
tim«\ two mouth*, for v.. ->u work tine, aud we ad
v- ' ; ... i use .>u a '■ :U. & Kr!! I* AFP.
Youth, re.tpoctfa.lv. \V v
77 MUe Font, O. R K„ Feb y i‘7. Is
— m We will
We think it unnecessary to a : -! certi; .at cant
build the same CIKEFLAB SAW MILLS. v b .
s.lßi.vk ? aud «• mt..
Gearing, t-order: together w ith MeamLM, IM.M <b
BOILERS, I . S!i.\T i -“'J
M.iiHINUBY.ITMI'S Ac Iron ad Bras- tAS I,
IN,is. Os, ,ie-1 . Wrot ght lon M rk: i>N
ISHINO an 1 RE • .lUINO promptly executed. M.
warrant all oor work Fur Flouring and other MILL
PATTERN', w ith FENCING. BALCONY,
BAILING, 4k c .are ihe s euru l '.'.u *u of years.
Fv r sale low. one S \ If :-. ENG INK , one Twelve
B rso second hau l F.N»*INL
Address KEI BEN NICKERSON, A^cnt,
Athena Si earn Company, Athens. Ga
och*lw«m '
S3O REWARD.
Kan AWAY, from iho subscriber. reulrng m Put
oam coauty. near Slern.l, in Angina last, my Negri
fcmSi ...avewo «««
cbcUgt. ot median. size. has * '.*U« imwojUm™* uj W»
speech. 11 .1 bu loel the ».gat of .me eye He »as nUei
li Virgin.,. »■ 1 ba- bem m G- rgiaabout two yeare
r:.i a. .. neul«ai* paiifor h., MM9 *° “*■
or jSr w y .j* U, ° * M " t “* ltba mas A HARRIS
TLa Southern R-corvL-r will publishtill forbid, undfor
w axd account to thi# office f« r payment
S2O RE W aHD.
IWI I*l* pav the s’wvo reward \or the apprehension
and deli eery to me, or the lodgement in any safe jail
In Georgia or South Ca-ohua * * that i can pet him. oi a
Negro Man named WILLIAM He is a>: ot- and Boot
Maker , as crippled in hi* npLt *eg; is about 5 feet 4or b
inch ok high summers in diking ; of dark complexion:
read and write, and may have a pass of hu own
writing Hu father lives in Ora gebnrg. and his mother
aulf-wtf
AUGDST-i WORKS, aGGOSTA, SA!
rr-Hi L NDKKSI ilNElt. having .vfase-i ti.e e*-
X tensive MACHINE SHOPS I .FOUNDRY and CAR
SHOP, w-haii the machinery attached to the um, here
tofoiv belonging to the I'm, a y kr.own as the ' Augusta
Mao turn- Work,,” are now prepared ti execute order,
fcrOASTISI.s MILL GEARING. OI.N GEARING.
mining machinery, steam engines and
BOILERS SAW MILLS, complete . SHAFTING and
PULLEYS RAII.Uuai, CARS and IRON'S. STEAM
BOAT MACHINERY, and every deacript. u oi *il
usually mdr in ti:'-,-'..!®, Machine Sir , *, o[ li a. Br sc
nr Wood. Orders far work, uoi s. e -ially contracted for,
must be accompanied with cash deposit of 50 percent
on the supposed value of tbe work ordered, and the re
mainder paid on delivery of the work Address alt let
era on business to L. HOPKINS & CO.
PROPRIETORS:
HenrtH Ci mmi.no. Geo. W Summers,
M D Antign ac. i Robert Y. Harris,
„*p3odA- Lambeth Hobkins.
“ ~ NOTICE.
ffni c l-i • H I'lt offers to sell, rent or lease.
1 the Sia known fcOUISVILLE HOTEL, in l4»»-
vlile. Ga Tfce Hotel can be had the nr« day i t Jan
uary, lgr.7, eiiher by purchase, rent or lease, upon very
liberal terms. Apply to _ T . _ . ... _
octlQ-fet E.'k CAKSM LLL 1.0f.i-vil.f', Ga
PRAOTIcr or SURGERY,
Dtt. J URIAH UAhtUSS is prepared to scoots
tnodate with Lodging, and Nursing, such patients ae
may be directed to him for Surgical operation, or trust
Sint. Matters may be assuxephat their Servants will
fe% atten iee mirT-wle
Weekly Chronicle & Sentinel.
vTbroniclf & Sentinel.
W
PUBLIC DOCUMENTS.
Report of the Nrreiary of War.
fLo < f tiiL- St; uetAry of War in volumni
ou« and inter* sting.
1 ..*7 authorized eti eng th of the Army w 17,804 .
j the actual strength on the Ifet of July waa 15,562.
| she number of enli«tnif nt during tiic twelve months
j ending Sept. 30, wa( 4.140 ; the number of persona
i * Bering tc eniiM, but wh*i were rejected foi niinori
, L or uuiiiiiti.-. wfea s,s'j*. The number of cabuai
| f > -d . i: g the Ittat ti.-cai year by deaths, discharges
■> i df-.-f rticiiß, wiu 6, of which 3,223 were by
l i e movements of troops for the Uwt year are re
la ted briefly.
The I .di&n difficulties on the W’eatern plains
l ave been successfully terminated, except with the
Cheynxif s. In Texas, though the military force
•*** been reduced during the la*t year, there has
been a considerable decrease of Indian disturbances,
it -ugge-ts the propriety of removing the fragmen
tary Lu «* of ihe Indians n Texas, to reservations
-n the United States lands north of the lied River,
•■A'hicti world greatly reduce the expenditures for
keeping th .n iu subjection by rendermg the main
teuance -o many military posts unnecessary.
The Indian war on the Pacific is ended. The pos
- :.-sory righto of the Hudson’s Hay and Puget’s
Sound Compfinies are held by persona who owe no
t.; gruif .* to us, but wiiOrth* influence for evil is un
b-junde . with the Indians. The report aaggeato
the extingu.-shment of rights.
Tiie expense and einOarrasstnent to the service,
re .-suiting from the present policy of locating milita
ry posts in advance of settlement, and -.Jong emi
grant routes across the continent, continue to be
seriously felt. They are manifested in the large
.mourns required lor transportation, and in the
- mail garrisons found at most of the posts. The con
•L lion of thing* which led to the adoption of this poli
< y originally, has entirely changed. It began when
the HeitJer* were rapidly pushing their way to the
fertile regions iu the Valley oi the Mississippi. The
reports of eeonnolsflances submitted by the War
Department during th»- last Jew years, show that
with few exceptions the country lying between the
hundredth meridian of longitude and the coast range
of mountains overlooking the Pacific, is not sus
ceptible of cultivation with the aid of artificial
means, and that it can never be covered by an ag
ricultural population. The limit, therefore, has
been reached beyond which civilization has ceased
to flow in the train ol advancing military posts. A
new post established in this desert region does not
become the nucleus of settlement, from which, in a
short time, provisions and forage can be drawn, and
the expense of transportation be thus reduced to a
necessary supply of groceries, implements and mu
nit ions of war ; but all the heavy articles of sub
sistence must be procured from a remote market,
tra is ported not by water, but over roads made by
the United States.
The settlement of New Mexico wno begun long
anterior to that of large portions of many populous
districts in the .States, yet to this day cultivation
h« extended little beyond the Red liravo ; and
though forts Laramie and Kearney, on the Oregon
rout*.*, have been long established, there are no agri
* ultural setiieineids about them Though we have
been i:. the habit of believing that the great basin
of Utah presented a fertile basis, recent events fur
i i.'h much reason to doubt its c apability to sustain
any considerable population depending on ito owm
resources year after year.
In view of these considerations, instead of dis
pelling the Iroops to form small garrisons at nume
rous posts, where we only exhibit our weakness to
the savage foe, the Secretary suggests that within
the fertile regions a few points accessible by steam
boats or railways should he selected, at which large
garrisons should be maintained, and from which
strong detachments should annually be sent out into
the Indian country during the season when grass
will suffice for the support of draft and burden. —
The*.'.i dcMohineiite would be available both to hunt
up and chastise these tribes which had committed
depredations, and give needful protection to emi
-.'runts to “rfrom the Pacific slope during tiie travel
ing season.
Exp- nence has shown that small points are near
-1 powerless beyond their own limits. Some of the
ni*<.:t fl .grant depredations have been committed on
parti* r in the vicinity of such military posts, and the
inability to pursue and punish the offenders has
tended to bring into disreput the power and ener
gy of the (f jilted States, whose citizens are the vie
ti’iM ol predatory attacks. In fact, these posts be
ing fixed points in the mute of emigrants, afford the
f niiian hi 'pportunity ofobser vmg each t rain which
passes, and thus determine upon their future opera
tes airy cannot be sustained in a state of efli
t „ noy during the Winter, and without stables, grain
and hay, which are almost impossible to procure,
and then *#uly at enormous cost. Infantry garri
s*.ii* urn less expensive because less forage is re
quired.
it sufficient garrisons were kept at all the posts
iu> » established for the purpose of making expedi
tions at any time among the neighboring tribes, it is
not believed they would be equally effective with
marching detachments of the same numerical
strength. Their position would be known, their
p cpuralloL'u for taking the field observed, and a
. .»n iderable force, if necessary could be left behind
for the protection of the public property at each
pui-t. The instruction and discipline in quarters
..'ild hr inferior to that of large garrisons, and the
• op i: ity of the troops suddenly emergiugfrom quar-
Ki H to oeg'H forced marches of pursuit would be
i t * ■ than that of men inured by long marches and
t• « quent bivouiu-s to bear fatigue aud protect
themselves agaiust exposure incident to service in
the field.
The present policy of distribution also involves
tie fn quent. construction anti abandonment of posts
aud the employment of the troops much of the time
at constant labor, alike injurious to military instruc.
tiou and the contentmeut of the men. It also in
volves the continual abandonment of a position
soon after it has been made comfortable, which
leaves (lie soldier without inducement for the sacri
fices he may be called upon to make, and tends to
increase the number of desertions.
i nder the new policy suggested the troops would
be comfortably quartered iu the midst of civiliza
tion. Their summer campaign would be the field
practice ot their profession, the temporary dangers
and toils of which would give zest to a soldier’s life,
vrith a prospect of return to the comforts, associa
tion and means of instruction of a large garrison at
a well established post at a given time.
It is believed that pinch an arrangement would
make the service attractive to persons of military
pii.and that the efficiency of the troops would be
inereaiu o proportionately as the expense or support
ing them would diminished.
/ he occupation or Algeria by the French w cited
a, pareliel ty our tr<q;t;**r service, affording
?l j. "ione* of the practical working of a system
a .' 1 1,; . ' ib)# proposed. A critical examination of
smuuii u radical change iu our Array dlstribu-
Htlni’ls toviteu, ' u(i ia i al i o » '» W e ff ect
fSrtt %
mJf im]i»rtuut will be efficient
for lißtbor ileft-nt-e are held to belli. '■ ***’“,
1-olVre.ice is made to tire faUure of forto’daWe uiw-a
.■mmiuifiits against fortified places m the *-
tied tiielialtio as ehowiuß conclusively liiat P™P tr
lv constructed fortifications are a sure teliance
. gaiiiuMhe most formidabb* fleets. The repoH HT-
H-sihe importance of completing the fortification*
in progress, and of making liberal appropriations
i r ,icw ones Time is necessary to make them et
licient, and it ought to be done w T bile the country is
•a a ffo of peace, be**ause it cannot be done hast*
lv except at increased expense, aud then not relia
bly • •
’riio Secretary asks a law for liberal appropriations
for art lum-nts for new forts, improvements in small
.-li ra*, and the accumulation of supplies of ammuitL
an \t the present rate of appropriations by Con*
:v s, it would require forty years to supply each
mounted piece at the forts with a hundred rounds of
nuimunitu-u; but, as many need fortifications will,
doubtless, be built, within that period at its end our
armament, probably would not be more complete
than uow.
U requires uo argument to show that loumeat ions
without guns are useless.
The ' Report re ommends the substitution ot
wrought iron for wooden guu carriages ; asks
on- tin appropriation for experiments to deter
mine the expediency of mounting, in certain po
sitions covering channels, guuß of large calibig, to
i lirow hollow projectiles of great diameter aud weight
containing sufficient charges of powder to render a
single one destructive of any vessel which it may
penetrate. .
Iu order to simplify our field artillery, aud in
crease the range and power of that arm, prepara
tions are in progress for a trial by tbe light artillery
■o paries of four batteries of light twelve pound
er.-, to be substituted for the present six-powto* bat
l'fe Secretary renews his recommendation for
the establishment of a national foundry for casting
S T lio operations of tiie uiti ma! armories have been
rt -et a tod ti> the completion of new models for small
’trills and the alteration of old models to ihe long
anted isle arms, and to the preparations requisite
ir the exclusive manufacture of the adopted new
uodt l which is a rifled arm, such as is commonly
etdiod the Minnie ride, with au improvement ot the
!ak ii ft, Mavnard’e plan. The alteration of the
common flintlock to the self-priming has been ef
■Vc.cd to a limited extent. The Report recommends
he alteraUeu to this model of all the old arms of the
Uuitvd States, those distributed to these
States. There are, altogether, upwards of halt a
nilliou, aud the alfceraiion recommended is al>eo
lute'v ntvessarv, to prepare the country to meet
.in sudden emergency. It al*o recommends a law
providing for a better system of accountability tor
mus furnished by the general Government to the
Tu* Department has not yet been able to deter
nu; * vi kni, if any, breech loading ritle is best to
adoiXiu the service
The areeuale at aheavlict, NY., and Fayetie
.,, XC . arc recommended to be used tor arte
' l V e * . vnst uctien for which an extensivu of the
' •> required.
mutui. t- ■- wo fths Military Commission sect
during the !ate *re britfiv detailed.
! ° ~,..ssv with which they were treated by
andfo-tt. - ■ acknowledged. In legat'd to
the Secretary maintains a
91 office
of of the
- tv Secretary say* there is atreiy no
. ,-onomv ii a practice which must m tbe ecd ‘¥‘Y?
t ie more active and imslfioent from a service wiuui
tPev adorn, and in which their county especiadj re
cuires themfoaeck competent support in some
other pursuit Aa bale does it accord with
rositver instice. to ask at their hands the sacrifice
so many of them tt-idte to profeasiouai pride andtove
for their country s service and flag .
The Secretary renews his recon;nu?2daaon for a
red list of disabled officers, as iudispeciaole to
the efficiency of the service. He also renews me
recommendation that tbe Legislature establish oe
fiede rules for the determination ot rack and com
mand and fora legislative remedy for the coutmual
trauds upon the service by the eiuisutwnt of minors.
hemselves of mature age. . .
Yne Lew military roads for which appropriations
have been made are rapidly progressing, and money
i« asked to complete them. . .
rhe Report recommends that pc
vided for the widow* aud orphans at
soldiers of the Army iL same aa the >'* ana v i * ! ‘"
gesi* legifil&tion to improve simplily the s\ stem
of Army accounts. It detail* tnc manner in " hten
tue river and harbor appropriation* hav.s been ex
pended ; & tomewhat detailed account ot
the progress of the Capitol Extension and other pub
lic building!* : narrates the army movements in
connection with the Kansas difficulties, iu aid of the
civil authorities , and concurs in the high com
mendation which the Commanding General of the
Department of the West b«*L>ws on Lieutenant
Col Cook, and the oflicers and meL who have so
satisfactorily performed the duty imposed vU them
in Kansas.
The End or a Drinking Clur. —A celebrated
drinking club, in a large town in the west of Scot
land. which 1 ad formerly great infiuenee at the local
elections, is broken up. Twoof its members were
sent to alunatic asylum -, one jumped from a win
dow and killed himself: one walked and fell into the
water at night and was drowned . one was found
dead in a public house, cue died of delirium tre
mens , upward, of ten became bankrupt: four died
ere they had lived half their days One, who was
a buliie when connected with the club, is at present
keeping a low public house Such are a few facts
well known to those living in tbs locality—Z-.rsr
pwl jftHert
The Eiirifir Railroad.
| Wa -HISOTOM, Dec. 11—It is understood that an
j other Pacific Railroad Bill is about to bo intro
duced in the House It id on a nagnyicent scale,
and is entitled A bill to provide fi r the construc
tion of railroad* and telegraph communication* from
the Mississippi River and Lake Superior to the Pa
rade Ocean.”
Three main roads are projected, viz Ona from
a point on the Mi&siaaippi river, south of the iatti
tude 36°, to San Franciseo, with a branch to San
Diego; another from some point on the Missouri
river, north of latitude 40-*, and south of latitude
43-, to San Francisco with a branch to Marysville,
-Sacramento, Stockton, and San Jose; and the
third from some point on Lake Superior to Puget’s
Sound with a branch to the mouth of the Willamette
river.
To each of tbe.-e routes the bill proposed to
thirty sections of land for each mile of railroad, tbe
land to be selected by the parties named in the bill
from the nearest unappropriated vacant lands of
the United States, which shall be withdrawn from
sale or entry or pre-emption , and if required shall
be surveyed under the direction of the Secretary of
the Interior, provided the partus named in the bill
shall not be compelled to take any waste land, and
shall pay to the United States twenty-five cent* per
acre ; provided that no title shall vest in them any
faster than the roads are extended to completion.—
Further, they »hall deposit with the Secretary of the
Interior, withi&six month* after the passage of this
act £200,000 in good United State* or State securi
ties, as a guarantee
One hundred miles of each must be completed
within eighteen months from tire time of the estab
lishment of the routes. When said huudied miles
are ready for the track, the Secretary of the Into
rior shall allow the parties named, the use of said
$200,000 to purchase iron therefore, and in lieu there
of take a first mortgage bond on the road for that
amount, to be held until the entire line is com
pleted.
Under the bill the United States are to agree to
pay S3OO per mile for the Lansportation of the mails
until the completion of the road and for ten years
thereafter; also for transporting troops and muni
tions of war, such reasonable sum as the President
and Secretary of War may determine.
if the parties fail to build the lines within ten
years from the date of the location, all right to land
not at that time paid for, shall be forfeited to the
United States.
The right of way, to the width of four hundred
feet, through the public lands, i* proposed to be
granted.
Further, six sections of laud per mile is proposed
to be granted to the following roads, under the re
striction that any amount heretofore granted to
States where they are located, for their use and ben
efit, shall be deducted therefrom; viz .-
Southwestern Branch Pacific Railroad; Iron
Mountain Railroad ; Cairo aud Fulton Railroad;
Memphis and Little Rock Railroad; Mississippi,
lied River and Washita Railroad ; Vicksburg and
Shreveport Railroad; New Orleans, Opelousas and
Great Western Railroad, connecting with first
named route.
Pacific Railroad ; Hannibal and St. Joseph Rail
road; Burlington, Keosauqua and Missouri Rail
road ; Philadelphia, Fort Wayne and Platt Valley
Railroad ; Mississippi and Missouri Railroad; lowa
Central Air Line Railroad ; Dubuque and Pacific
Railroad; North lowa, Minnesota and Nebraska
Railroad, connecting with the second named route.
Transit Railroad, and North lowa, Minnesota and
Nebraska Railroad, connecting with the third
named route.
Each of these proposed grants is under the pro
viso that fifty miles of road must be completed with
in three years from the passage of this act, and the
balance within five years thereafter; the United
•States mails shall be carried at the usual prices for
such services.
Further provisions make it the duty of tbe com
panies uaint-d to construct their roads, etc., in a
good, substantial manner, with uniform guuge.
All the property of said companies in the Territo
ries is to be exempt from taxation, as long as they
remain Territories. None of them shall construct
their roads through tho lands of any Indian tribes
without the consent of said tribes.
They must sell and convey half the lands granted
within five years, and the balance within ten years
from the issuing of the patent from the United
States, and all lands, not sold at the expiration of
ten years, shall be forfeited to the United States.
A Black iHaii’s Funeral.
We announced some days ago the death, at Rich
mono, Viiginia, of Andrew Marshall, the colored
preacher, who bad been ministering in holy things
to the slave population of Savannah for nearly forty
years. His remains, encased in a neat metalic
coffin, were brought from Richmond, at the expense
of his congregation, and yesterday was set apart at
the First African Baptist Church for the funeral
ceremonies of the lamented d ad. Long before the
without respect to color or condition, collected at the
Church, the floor, aisles, galleries, und even steps
and windows of which were densely packed. Hun
dreds, unable to gain admittance, were assembled
in front and around tlie Church, while tbe street
was completely blocked up with vehicles of every
description.
At the appointed hour the body was taken from
the residence of the deceased to the Church, and
placed in front of the altar. After prayer, singing,
aud the reading of appropriate lessons from the
scriptures, an eloquent and impressive discourse
was preached by the Rev. Mr. Rambaut, formerly
of tbe First Baptist Church, uow on a visit to tbe
city.
The services in tbe church having been concluded
the body was returned to the hearse and the im
men»e congregation formed in procession, the dea
cons and. other officers of the various churches iu
front; next caina the remains of the deceased, fol
lowed by tho Colored Benevolent and Temperance
Societies, and after them a long line of carriages,
some fifty in number, and a multitude of pedes
trians. The procession was a most solemn and im
posing spectacle, and attracted much attention as it
passed through the city. It moved up West Broad
street and thence to Laurel Grove Cemetery, where
the body was deposited iu the family vault, with
the usual ceremonies of the Baptist Church.
Andrew Marshall was, in many respects, a remar
kable man. We are but littlo informed as to hi*
early history, but learn that lie was originally a
slave, and having accumulated a considerable
amount of money—his earnings in his owu time, —
as the more industrious of our slaves seldom fail to do,
purchased his freedom. His secular pursuit wa3
that of a drayman, which he followed with energy
and thrift, and laid up a comfortable support for
himself ana family, in his old age. His chief em
ployment, however, for nearly a half century, was
the ChrisiitoU ministry, in which he acquired a large
fund of scriptural fore, and exercised almost un
bounded influence among his race by the truth and
power of his sermons, and the piety of his life, ne
x as, as before stated, the Faster of the First Afri
can Baptist Church in tais city, aud though over a
century in a#e, he continued his labors among his
flock with unabated zeal 'Cp to the day of his death.
He was greatly respected by all our citizens, and an
idol among the large congregation of his own color
so ioug under his pastoral care—a tact which no one
cpn doubt who w itnessed the deep solemnity and
unfeigned grief that characterized the obsequies of
yesterday.— Savannah Rcpubiicqi}.
£jOss of J.jkk a.vd Destruction [of Proper* *
at no: 3ifi)’i,OTU4¥ Co ai. Pits.— ln our Satur
day’s issue we gave a hurried account of the late
terrible accident at the Ajidlothiuu Coal Pits, in
Chesterfield county, which cost twelve meg their
lives, and involved the company in heavy pecunia
ry losses. Since then we have learned full p&rticu
lajsofjbis sad affair, and now give them to our
readers :
About 1 o’clock lasi Friday morning the bankmen
discovered a sudden rise of water the deep shaft,
tmd supposing that some accident had occurred; re
ported fact to the gasman, whose duty it was
to go down that jjjorning, to see if all was right, and
who immediately proceeded to descend into the pit
to make an examination. Going down with caution,
nu eventually reached the water, which lie ’ound had
risen forty ieet above the bottom of the shaft.—
On striking tin. signal lie was raised, and attention
was then directed to tkw “rise shaft,” by which the
coal was brought to the surface ; and as soon as
itcam could begot up in the engine, Mi. Averick,
the Midlothian Mining Agent, Mr. Job Atkins, the
Mining Agent for the English Company, and others,
whose names we did uU he"’-, descended the pit with
the view of rescuing the unfortunate men iu it, if
passible. On getting down in the pit, they found that
the eomuiuuication between the two shafts nearly cut
off', but determined to do all in their power, they nobly
set to work and succeeded in effecting a passage aud
rescuing two uribite men, William Banjes and Reu
ben Ufl' ton, both of whom had made their e*cape
from the submerged draft along the highest or “rise”
side of the workings. The relief party then proceed
ed into the workings, as fa» as they were accessi
ble, with the hope of being to rescue others, but
failed to find another human being, *eav f ng but
little doubt on the minds of any one connected with
the work, that they had ail perished in the deluge.
Those now missing are ; William Dunn, James
Parety, Thomas Lester, J. W. Pringle ana Edward
Dawson, white men and Bristol White, Ihomas
Jackson, Daniel Washington, slaves ofthe Midlothi
an Company ; Edward Alillo and Henry P’ckineon,
slave to Nicholas Mills, Esq., of this city, John
Goode, the property of Mr. Goode; and Mark Mar
tin,owned by Win. E. Martin, of Chesterfield.
Ifozt of tie white men, if not all, have left help
less aud dependent families, whose situations will he
truly deplorable, if prompt aid is not rendered them
from those who have hearts to feel and means to
subscribe to the relief of the dieconsolate widow
aud -orrowiuo orphan. Bereft of protection and
support by a sudden affliction, theirs is truly a tard
~ The cause of the accident, as we stated on Satui
dav, wa. by one of the working drifts intersecting
the old works of the White Chimney Pits, which
had been abandoned many years ago, and stood fall
of water. Similar accidents have occurred in Eng
land, notwithstanding the great precaution taken m
boring ahead of the working.
On Saturday morning the rescuing party again
descended ihe pit and resumed their explorations,
but because ot the accumulation of "after damp.'
could not get as far into tns workings as they had
doue the morning previous.
We understand that the company will proceed at
once to pump out and reduce the water, which must
be- doue before the extent of damage to the works
cun be ascertained or the lost bodies recovered. If
the body of wats, is is great as some suppose, it
will cost a vast amount of monev to get rid of it
Uutil an exploration can be made however, it will
he impossible to form any idea ofthe losses.—Jikh
mo7iaDispatch 15M.
A Stubborn Don.—a few davs since (says the
Providence (Cape Cod) Banner of Saturday- last)
several families left Provideneetown to locate in
Eastern Virginia They took along with them a
large dog of the Newfoundland species. While on
their pa»lsgg to Boston in a small schooner the dog
br ke loose, leaped into the sea, and started on his
long and weary passage home. He was seen and
passed by one of our packets, near night, about five
miies off'Race Point and nine from this town, head
ing for the Race Light, nobly breasting the waves,
often coveted by the spray.
The next morning a< an early hour, and betore
the famiiv had arisen, Mr. James Doyle, to whom
tea dog was ranch attached, hearing an unusual
noise —.ir his door, rose and opened it. and war
much astonis ied to behold the fugitive. Mr. D. says
when he opened the door the dog arose, placed his
great paws upon his shoulders, and fairly embraced
him. giving such demonstrations ofjoy as he never
belie, ed apv animal could exhibit. In whet part of
the bay he left his master and the distance he must
have swam in a rough sea is not now known, but
when seen he was five miles from land.
This is the fourth time an attempt has been made
to carry off this dog, and in every instance he has
managed to leave in his passage to Boston, and re
turn by swimming home. The noble animal should
cow be adopted by the town, have the -‘freedom of
the city." and a pension for life.
Creation or th, H-'man Race.—Dr. Hitch
cock the eminent geologist, said in a recent dis
com-ae delivered bv him in Albany, that geological
science plates mail among the meet recent of crea
ted things We find ibe surface of tne earth (says
Dr H composed to the depth of some eight or ten
-files of rocks! These rocks are tall oi the remains
of animah and plants. Thirty thousand species ot
them, which aiiV, from any living species, have
been disinterred, yet n > uuCun remains are luun -
among them until the loose soil—alluvium is react
ed. which soil is universally acknowledged to ue of
recent origin. The remains of other amma s are
found several thousand feet below the surface -,
while the foetii remains of man have Dever been
found so low as one hnnored teet below the surface.
But if man had been m existence when these other
animals lived, whose remains were found at such
deptht, his remain* would also have been fouud
there ; (or hi* bones are of the saute structure as
their*, and eonsequenny no •«* likely to resist de
•fcMtlea
AUGUSTA. GA., WEDNESDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 24, 1856.
Further Irom Nicaragua,
We publish on our first page (from the News of
iast evening) a full summary ofthe interesting new*
from Nicaragua, brought by th.- steamer Texas,
which arrived at New Orleans on Thursday morn
ing. On reviewing the ample correspondence of
the Picayune we discover some ietaiis which will
doubtless be read here with interest. —Mobile Ad
vertiser.
On the sth ult., Walker's army wa* reinforced by
the arrival of about 130 recruits from New York,
nearly at the same time with tbe 250 on the Texu3
from New Orleans. On Friday the 7th ult., 137 of
rtje latter were furnished with Minie muskets, and
the same afternoon the battalfion tnus increased wa*
publicly reviewed. On the 11th Gen, Hornsby ar
rived at Granada with the news, says the Picayune
correspondent, that a battle had been fought on the
Transit route, the enemy driven back with severe
loss, about six miles up the road, to a mountain
where they fortified themselves behind two barri
cades, formed of the timber from the bridges which
they tore up for that purpose. The position was
well cho*en, and with our troops to mount them
would have been impregnable.
On receipt of this new* Gen. Walker immediately
left with a reinforcement of about 150 men, to join
Col. Sanders, and on Wednesday he marched upon
the enemy, driving them from their barricades with
great slaughter, and scattering them all over the
country, his loss being only four killed and nine
wounded. Among the former lam grieved to Lave
to report Capt. Jesse Stith, of the Ist Rifles : he was
from Vicksburg, Mi*s., and was as gallant an officer
aud gentleman as was in the Army.
On Thursday, the 16th, tbe steamer San Carlo*
arrived from Virgin, with the news of the defeat of
the enemy, and on Friday lien. Walker arrived
about 6 o'clock, A. M. with all his troops except the
Ist Infanty, left in command at Virgin.
Second Battle of Masaya. —The correspondent
of the Picayune, in a letter dated November 20th,
says that on Saturday, 15th ult . the entire arm>
under Walker marched out of Granada for Masaya,
where the enemy had been increasing in force since
the previous battle.
Tiie force consisted of part of the Ist Rifle Batta
lion, amounting to 150 men, under command of Col.
E. J. Sanders ; a part of the 2d Rifle Battalion,
amounting to 74 men, under command of Major
Caycee, the 2d Infantry, amounting to 225 men,
under command of Col. John A. Jaques, a compa
ny of about 25 Sappers and Miners, und a portion
of the Artillery, consisting of about 38 men and
officers, under command of Major Schwartz, with
one mountain howitzer, two mortars and two small
brass cannon, captured from the enemy when they
were driven from Granada. Add to this a small de
tachment of Mounted Rangers, numbering about
15 men under Major Waters, and you will per
ceive that the whole effective force was about 530
men.
The march was continued some six inilea from
Granada, when, hearing that a reinforcement of the
opposition were marching upon Virgin, Gen. Walk
er ordered part ol the force to return and embark
for the point, which was speedly executed. The re
mainder of the troops with Walker proceeded to
Granada. We quote :
When within about a mile of the city, he was at
tacked by a force of about 500 or 600 men in am
buscade ; a sharp fire was immediately opened, and
the battle began in earnest. The Rifles were or
dered to advance and charge the enemy, on each
side ot the road, which they aid in gallant style, dri
ving the enemy back at all points and slaughtering
them in large numbers, and as they were driven
back, the Artillery rapidly advanced and opened
upon them a severe and galling tire of grape and
canister.
The ambuscade was well planned, but the ene
my cannot withstand the impetuosity of our troops,
and the unerring aim of our rifles. We bad, unfor
tunately, teu men killed and about forty wounded,
in this gallant effort to drive the enemy back. It is
almost impossible to give a correct account of the
loss of the enemy. They have a singular faculty of
dragging their dead after them, and hiding them in
the bushes; but when the men who were detailed to
bury our troops arrived on the field in the morning,
they counted over 50 bodies of the enemy lying on
the road, aud indications of many more having been
dragged oft'.
The troops lay upon their arms during the night,
on the outskirts of the city, awaiting for daylight
to renew the attack. Several heavy showers fell
during the night, and unfortunately damaged some
of the larger guns. Several of the shell did not ex
plode, owing to the fuse being also affected by the
weather. This rendered the artillery during the lat
te part ofthe fight, less effective than it would have
been.
As soon as there was light enough to distinguish
objects, our troops were again on the move, and
immediately proceeded to take possession of the
two small plazas without the loss of a single
man, aud forced their wagon to the main plaza,
where the entire strength of the enemy was con
from attacking him in the rear, or flanking liinq
the General ordered all the houses in the rear to be
burnt, intending by this that if the enemy advanced
they should do so in open field and not from behind
adobe walls.
The superior force ot the enemy induced them to
attempt to surround our army, but their first at
tempt was so promptly met and defeated that they
did not try again during the three days the battle
lasted. Their first flanking movement was made by
at least 500 men, They made a very determined
attack, but were promptly met by u portion of the
first rifles and part of the artillery. After several
vain efforts, they were driven back by a loss of
some 30 killed and wounded. Our loss in this at
tack was two killed and about eight wounded.
On the third day the enemy made a charge in a
large body on the mortar battery, erected by order
of Gen. Henningsen, and which was giving them
great annoyance. Tiiey were resisted by only two
companies of rifles, which poured into them such a
well directed volley, that they broke iu confusion,
and did not attempt another charge during the
fight.
It appears that Walker determined to retire at
once to Granada, which he did unmolested, taking
with him all his arms, ammunition, etc. Among
the officers killed in the engagement were Tyler O.
Gwyn, a Lieutenant of Artillery, aud Captain M.
A. Fraser. Wounded: Lieut. 11. C. West, badly
wounded in the leg; Col. Saunders, ditto in the
hand, and others slightly
The next achievement of Walker was
The Busing of Granada. —This event occurred
three days alter Walker’s return from Masaya. By
his orders every house was burned or blown up.—
The light of the conflagration \ya a visible, it is said,
at Virgin llay—a distance of sixty miles. Virgin
is, for the present, the head-quarters of tbe army, a
point, which the correspondent quoted, thinks very
important, as
“It is all important to his army that the transit route
should be kept open, aud by the concentration of
his army at this place, he commands not only the
transit route, but San Juan del Sud, St. George and
Rivas. The latter place no doubt will be attacked
in a short time, and occupied by Gen. Walker,
which will then give him the entire oommond of this
Department, called, I believe, the Meridonial De
partment of Nicaragua.”
The remaining triumph was the Naval engage
ment, which is thus described by the correspondent
aforementioned :
About 4 o’clock P. M. yesterday, (Nov. 23d.)
Lieut. C. J. Fayssoux, in command of the schooner
Granada, espied a sail standing down the Pacific
coast, tie, frr.O)ediately got his vessel under sail,
and at about 6 o’clock P. M., was within four hun
dred yards of the stranger, which proved tc be a
brig of about 250 tons, carrying four nine-pounders
§be had Costa Rico colors flying, and on the schoon
er nearing hey £he opened her fire upon her with
round shot, grape and mqskets. The schooner im
mediately returned her fire, and tjie engagement
was kept up without cessation, the vessel* nearing
to within one hundred yards, until 8 o’clock, when •
the brig blew up ; at 9 o’clock she sunk, and by 10
o’clock the schooner had succeeded in rescuing the
captain and forty men, many of whom were badly
burned and wounded.
The brig proved to be the Onceno de Abrel, com
manded by Capt. Antonia Vellareastra, with a crew
of officers and men, of 114, all of whom perished
with the exception ot the forty aud the captain, ta
ken by the schooner. The captain states that it
was his intention to surrender, and was preparing
to do so when the vessel blew up. The loss on board
the schooner was one killed, one seriously wounded,
and seven slightly. Now when you are informed
that the schooner Granada is about sixty tons,
mounting two six-pounders, with a crew of twenty
one men, you will not be astonished when I pro
claim this as great a naval victory as was ever ac
complished by any nation. The schooner is not in
jured, and is ready with the gallant Lieut. Fayssoux,
to meet another of the enemy’s brigs, if they have
one to spare.
The Latest.
A letter from ihe correspondent dated the
2d in*! , gives the latest intelligence of Nicaraguan
affairs :
Friend Pic: I wrote to you under date of the
22d November, informing you of the total destruc
tion of Gran»da. It appears, however, that on the
25th, and before the tronps had destroyed all the
town and removed all tne stores and ordnance to
the steamer, the enemy surrounded the town and
took charge of the entire beach, cutting off all com
munication between it and the town. This did not
seem, however, to deter the army in their work of
desiruSitoi;. They immediately drove the enemy
from the town and continued to burn and destroy
the remaining houses. The enemy, on being driven
from the town, concentrated their forces on the
beach and main road, driving the lew soldiers from
the remains of the Old Fort at the landing, and oc
cupying it themselves, which was not done, how
ever, without severe loss to themselves.
The steamer Virgin arrived from Granada last
night with the cheering news, that the army had ad
vaueed to within ihree or four hundred yards of the
beach, bringing everything with them. They could
be distinctly seen from the steamer, and not only
appeared to be in good spirits, but were riding and
walking about behind their barricades, as if no ene
mv was near.
'The anemy attacked them the evening before, in
the rear and in full force, and after a severe engage
ment, which lasted some two hours, were repulsed,
with, no doubt, severe loss, as our troop* came to
the barricade and waved their flag in token of tbe
enemy’s defeat.
There are about two or three hundred of the ene
my occupying the old fort, whose position, I think,
is most critical, lor as soon as our troops can turn a
point in the road, they wiii be iu range of the fort,
and will then be able to drop a few feheil in the midst
of the greasers, which will, no doubt, create an im
mediate stampede among them.
It would be an easy matter for the troops to reach
the beach, if it was not that they are fringing, not
only all the stores, artillery, &c., but also ail the
horses and mules. They seem to be working their
way along, slow but sure, and without loss. The
steamer goes back this morning with Gen. Walker,
and will, no doubt, soon return with all the troops,
&c.
The loss of the enemy will, no doubt, be very se
vere. as they did not anticipate so determined a re
sistance, and will be finally caught in their own trap
on the beach, and in the old forts. The steamer ad
vanced near enough night before last to send them
a shot or two, to their utter astonishment, as they
did not know she was there until they received her
salute.
The California steamer brought about one hun
dre • recruits for the army, and among the passen
gers is the once celebrated Lola Montez, who is on
her way to London, as lam informed. She looks
un pent parse. Yours, in haste, H. R.
Dec. o, 1856.
Information- about the Guatemalans. —The
following information Las just been received from
Thomas Temple, Esq., owner of the sloop Flora,
new at San Juan del Sur. just arrived at Tiger Isl
and, in the Bay of Fonaeca:
lie say? that the battalion of Guatemalans have
but eighty men left: that they embarked in the Fly
ing arrow, for Guatemala, about the 20th Novem
ber. sick of the war. that cholera and yellow fever
had decimated them, and that Walker’s army was
more formidable than they had anticipated, that the
Arrow went for despatches, that there are two brigs
in Realejo harbor, manned with Chillenos. natives,
&c., and one deserter from Gen. Walker's army,
said to be an artillerist; that the lower orders gene
rally are opposed to fighting. The brigs had ten
pounders, but were old vessels, and of not much ac
count. Provisions were plenty up the coast. That
he got a clearance tooan Juan because un.y thought
the Costa Ricans were in possession of it.
Yours, H. K.
The Nicaragua News.
Th*» Ne?F York Herald contains the following
statement of Dr. Derick* jk, late a Surgeon in
Walker s army, which appears to be the most re
liable information that we have seen from Nicara
gua ;
Statmeent oy Dr Derickson. —We have
also received the following statement from a sur
geon in Walker's army, who arrived by the Tennes
see
I waa a volunteer surgeon in Walker’s army, for
f five weeks previous to leaving for nome. Tar <i
5 battle fought after I was in the army, was betweei
four hundred of Walker’s troops under Gen. Horns
by. and seven hundred Costa Ricans, on the trausi’
f route, between Virgin Bay and San Tuan del Lux.
It ended in the partial defeat of the Costa Ricans ;
they were driven from the first barricade, but sue
cee led in holding the second. Walker’s less was
two killed and seven 6r eight wounded; that of the
enemy must have been very much greater. Horns
by then retreated to Virgin Bay ; leaving Lis forces
there, he proceeded with haste to Granada by tin
steamboat Virgin, for reinforcements. Waikei
i imself cam? down with two hundred riflemen, who
constituted the most efficient part of his army.—
With these he marc .ed out and ir.et the Costa Hi
cans, and after a short and spirited battle suceet tied
in driving them from the second barricade. The
Costa Ricans retreated, one half of them to Costa
Rica, the others to Rivas, where they fortified
themselves. Walker.marched to San Juan, and the
day after the battle framjibence to Virgin Bay; during
the succeeding night he left for Granada, with
his riflemen, leaving a battalion of infantry under
Col. Jacques, to hold Virgin Bay and protect the
transit route.
A few hours after arriving at Virgin Bay, Welk
er inarched from Granada to Massay a with seven
hundred men, where he attacked’two thousand
Guatemalans and Costa Ricans, and succeeded af
ter two days fighting, in taking all the town except
the main plaza He made several unsuccessful at
tempts to tak<* that, but finding himself unable to,
he retreated to Granada, having lost about twenty
killed and forty wounded. This was I think on the
20th of November. Soon after his arrival he gave
orders, I know not from what cause, to burn the
town of Granada. Two-thirds of the town was des
troyed next day. On the second day, or the 22d,
the rest of the town wah destroyed except the main
plaza and a church situated on tne road to the Lake of
Nicaragua. On the third duy he embarked his sick
and wounded men, amounting to aboottwo hundred
andfiity : also the women and children, and sent
them t° Oinetepe Island, which is situated a short
distance from "\ irgin Bay. On the fourth day (Nov.
24,) the remainder of the army, which consisted of
healthy men and numbered about three hundred
and fitly, with about one hundred citizens, were at
tacked and surrounded by two thousand five hun
dred of the combined Central Americans, consisting
of Costa Ricans, Gsutemalacs, San Salvadorians,
and eome twenty Americans who deserted from Gen.
Walker. Tho American forces thus besieged are
the elite of Walker’s army.
They are under the command of Brig. Gen. Ilen
ningsen, the commander of artillery. Nothing ha 3
been heard from them since they were surrounded;
they are entirely cut off from Walker and his re
maining forces. They are hemmed in, in every di
rection, by superior and constantly increasing forces.
Seven cannons, being all Walker’s artillery, except
one howitzer, is with them, and at least half of his
ammunition, none of which does he at present ap
pear to be able to save. A straight road leads from
Granada to Lake Nicaragua, from which it is not
far distant, and a wharf and an old fort were situa
ted on the shore of the lake at the end of said road. 1
At the time the Central Americans attacked Grana- j
da, Walker was in a steamboat ou the lake, and !
twenty nine men, called policemen, were on the
wharf, having been left to guard some, things placed
there tor *h'pmeiit. The Central Americans attack
ed Granada by advancing between the lake and
said city, thereby cutting off the retreat of the be
sieged, and preventing Walker from succoring or
communicating with them from the lake. The
twenty-nine policemen on tho wharf were thus, of
course, cut off' and suffered the first attack. Five
hundred men advanced upon them and were driven J
back, time after time, with terrible loss. I was on .
the steamboat with Walker at the time, and could :
see it all, though we could not communicate with or 1
aid them. For two days did these twenty-nine men '
hold iheirown, against such desperate odds, and ]
would not have yielded then if there had not been a i
traitor among them.
On the second day, one, a Cuban, I think, deser
ted and went over to the enemy, informing them of 1
the condition of the twenty-eight, and showing how *
an energetic and continued assault would at once \
take the place. The plan proved but too success- ;
fui; the bold fellows were taken and every one of 1
them massacred, except five, who threw themselves j
into the lake and attempted to swim to General \
Walker on the boat, four of them were shot or ;
drowned ; one only succeede i in teaching the
steamboat. The Central Americans then destroyed J
not only the fort, but the wharf, the bungos, and j
everything that would facilitate the embarkation of
troops, or disembarkation, or the landing of boats and 1
vessels. There were two brass cannons—the one an *
eighteen pounder, the other a nine pounder. Both 1
being unlit for service, had been carried down to (
the wharf tor the purpose of shipping to the United 1
States and sslliug there for old brass to obtain smal
ler guns with the pwjfceeds. Th-y were said to be '
worth seven hundred'dollars apiece. The Central [
Americans took these pieces, mounted them and *
fired them, using six pound balls, against Walker’s (
steamboat, which consequently is compelled to
keep a mile and a half from the shore though the
guns are anything else but accurate; but Walker
fears stray shots.
On the 24th L/ecember, tho day Gen Ilenningsen *
and his three hundred and fifty men were surround- fi
ed in Granada by the allied troops, the former de- <
stroyed the buildings around the main plaza, and j
fought their way down half a mile to a sto « church j
in tue direction of the lake, and about four hundred .*■
yards from it. There they barricaded themselves •*“
and fortified the church, and were still holding out 1
when I left. They had then been fighting eight 1
days, surrounded by two thousand five hundred of j
the enemy, which number was constantly increased .j
by reinfoicements. The sixth day of the siege, «.
the allies made a grand assault, which lasted two
hours. The Americans appeared to fight with great
activity and courage, ana after repulsing the enemy
they mounted the barricades and waved the Nicara \
guan flag to Gen. Walker. It is supposed the loss a
of the enemy must have been very great. The ex- r \
act condition of the Americans cannot be told ; they f
must be suffering to some extent from cholera. The s
atmosphere is fearfully contaminated—the dead J]
bodies can be smelled ou board of Walker’s steam- j
boat. The only hope of the besieged is in their t
commander, Gen. Ilenningsen, whu is considered a
the ablest military officer in Central America ; he is c
far superior to General Walker, ilenningsen is per- j
fectly cool under every circumstance, in the hottest }
tight and in the mast critical conditions—lie is oeca j,
sionally slow, but always sure ; hence it is supposed i
he will ultimately succeed in saving the men, am-
munition aud artillery. But he is in a desperate a
strait, {f he succeeds in retreating ty the yharf. j:
there are no boats , the enemy prevent the ap
proach of Walker ; there are no means of embark
ing the artillery or men; if boats could be brought
to the shore, tho Americans could not embark their
artillery first, as nothing would be left to defend J
themselves, nor could they first embark themselves, *
as nothing would be left to defend the artillery with, 1
which by all means should be prevented from falling J
into the hands of the enemy. * K
Gen. Walker leaves Granada and steams down to
his head quarters at Virgin Bay, almost every day.
After remaining there an hour or two, he returns to
watch the operations at Granada. At the time I
left, Walker had four hundred men at Virgin Bay, £
including the one hundred recruits which had just £
arrived from California. We met reinforcements J
from the States on the San .Juan river; the New *-
Yorkers at Castillo rapids, and those from New Or
leans about twenty miles below. It was stated
there were three hundred and fifty recruits in all.—
Walker will have, if his recruits arrive, without
counting the men at Granada, eight hundred men *
—with those at Granada, a thousand. If he has
eight hundred he can take possession of Rivas and J
make that his head-quarters; and if lie gets five k
liuudred recruits a month, may succeed in main
taining his position. Walker appears to be in good
spirits, or rather, you cannot toll anything about
him, for he is always as cold as ice, not feeling the J
loss of his dearest friends; but from what I have J
seen of him 1 don’t think lie really is in good spirits. *-
His officers ar* enthusiastic—at least some of them J
are. Hia men are not enthusiastic, but generally in ‘
good fighting spirits. Some are friend y and some
hostile to him; but they all fight well, for they know
it is a matter of life and death with them to sue
ceed. Want of health is the greatest drawback to j
their efficiency. J
All Nicaragua is against Walker, and every pow- 1
er in Central America is equally hostile to him. If J
he rules in Nicaragua he will not only have to con
querit, but all of the Central American States. They
are all bitterly hostile to him, and he must conquer
all of the States before he can rule one of them. He
governs now just as much soil as the feet of his sol- £
diers will cover and no more. He cannot step be-
youd those lines without the danger of his life.— |
Walker says he will hold the transit route if he can- *
not hold another foot of thesoil. It is only twelve
miles in length, and he is determined to guard it.
It was reported that two thousand Costa Ricans "
were on their way from Costa Rica to join Rivas
against Walker “Walkers Cuban body guard de- \
eerted him about two weeks before our sailing.— j
There are only one or two Cubaus left in his service 1
now.
The Central Americans are fighting much more ,
desperately than they did at first: there are a great
many deserters among them, \yho do us more injury r
than’all the natives put together. These deserters J
have drilled and disciplined the Central Americans,
and lead them on in battle furiously cursing the fili- J
busters; they tight like madmen, for they know they
will be executed if taken. There was one man, *
whom, for convenience, we will call H., as I forget (
his real name; he came from the State Prison in e
California to Walker, and asked him for a position }
in his army as a private, with the promise of ad- ?
vancement as he merited it. Walker told Lira as he 1
had come from the State Prison, that he (Walker) y
could never make more than a private out of him. (
He disappeared, and is now one of the chief officers ?
among the enemy, and does the Americans more in- f?
i’ury than five hundred of the natives could, for he i
.as drilled aud disciplined them, stimulating them to *
great efforts in battle. He has even learned them 1
to charge; they did charge right upon our bayo- *
nets at Masaya, with both their infantry and cavalry 1
Walker’s men are terribly wroth at Vanderbilt ; I
they believe he works, dgainst them, supplying the *
enemy with money and bribing the men to de
sert, lor every deserter who is taken has abundance 1
of money in his pockets, while Walker’s men have 1
none.
Walker’s dictatorship is destroying Lis success.— *
He is too domineering and deceitful. Men go there 1
and enlist for twelve months; when their time ex- {
pi.es, he gives them a dismissal from the army, but f
will not give them a passport; so they cannot leave
the country; there is nothing for them to do, they i
cannot starve, eo they are compelled to join the ar- 1
my for a mere subsistence. Though a volunteer !
surgeon, it was with great difficulty that I obtained 1
a passport. Citizens of Nicaragua caunot even ob- 5
tain them. I think an American might succeed in J
Nicaragua; but Walker don’t appear to be the man, !
though I sincerely hope he will succeed. Colonel j
Jacques is in command at Virgin Bay. The deaths J
there from cholera average four or five a day. Tcere
were three officers who came directly from Walk- !
er’s army with me. Gen. Hornsby left for New Or
leans on a furlough of ninety days. endea- ’
vor to aid the cause of Walker, send him recruits,
and also get an operation performed upon his eyes. 1
He cannot see weii now.
Major Raymon, who came by the Tennessee, and
is now in this city, is on ninety day’s furlough, and
will probably go to Pennsylvania, and not return
to the army ’again. He is one of Walker’s best offi
cers, and has been with him mostly all the time since
he first set up in Nicaragua. Lieut. Blemish, who
has gone to Ohio by New-Orleans is on furlough
and will return.
I am sorry not to be able to fulfil the dying re
quest of a young man from Kentucky, Robert Bur
bank. aged onlv sixteen, and formerly of the mili
tary school in Ixentucky. His parents are very re
spectable end wealthy’ Inspired with a love ''
militar glory, he ran away from borne, but diea
days after his arrival in Nicaragua. Two days be
fore his death he was in his first and only battle.
He tried to give me the address of his parents, and
waited me teil them where he died, but was too
vc-ak to make himself understood. He left a beau
tiful gold watch and chain with Major Ormsby. I
desire very much that this account may reach his
parents.
Off Granada, Dec. I—ll P. M.
I am obliged to leave this place without anything
decisive having been accomplished by Gen. Hun
ningsen, but I feel perfectly satisfied he is all right.
Qur position here at present may appear rather criti
cal. but I am now satisfied that we’ nave commenc
ed the campaign on proper principles, viz : making
the transit secure, and occupying no part of the ter
ritory until we are able to hold it. I feel now more
secure than I have at any time previously, and am
confident that our power in Central America is more
firmly established than it has been during the past
year. If from New l’ork by next steamer four or
five hundred recruits arrive, I will not be afraid to
guarantee the whole of Nicaragua as submissive to
our rule in two weeks after they land at Virgin
Bay j but should the recruits not come in eo large
numbers the event will be only postponed fora short
lima.
r From the .V. Y. Conner <V Enquirer.
'' »h 5 p Building Summary for IS36at New-York.
Tne year has so mr gone by, a.:d the business r.
our ship-yards is in such a position, as to permit the
publication of our annual crricle on this subject hi
; thi* time. Our shipyard-: present no new feature :
hU of which are not dosed ..re in a semi dormant
. state. Some fr.m which a number have bee»
imched, now have none on the stocks , and the
prospects are not considered promising by any body.
The stock of ship timber on hand has become some
what reduced, and there is but little in the forests
ready for market. There ha* been no advance n
prices, however, and the quantity offered i* quit*
•‘liu.ll. The navy yard is purchasing ship knees at
fur rates, but there is coat plaint of delay and want
of due discrimination in the inspection; and parties
who entered upon tiie business are about abandon*.
'• it, in consequence of the difficulties they encoun
ter.
she following is a condensed statement respecting
the vessels that have been launched since January
first, 1856, and includes all that will be launched this
year.
"launched.
Steam Vessels— .. For whom Built.
Admtie .W. 5,000. .E. K Collins V L Co.
Columbia.. I,9oo..Spofford & Tllestoc.
YangTse I,ooo..Capt. TVm. Dearborn.
Eastern Queen 8 »0. .Nath. Store and others.
Oristobel Colon 800..Nav. Co. S Coast. Cuba.
Everglade 60J..Capt. C< xetter.
Cuba 30J. .Pelayo, Pardo & Co. Cuba.
Minnehaha 300.. To run on Lake George.
Wm. H. Webb, (tug).. 500.. Chambers & Reiser.
Pampero 300.. R. M. Demill.
Gautemala 250..8. Blanco.
Sylvan Shore .. 250.. Harlem Navigation Co.
Niagara, screw 5,100.. U. S. Navy.
Western World, do.. 550. .Chapman & Mull, Albany.
Gen. Moultrie. do.. 450.. Eason & Co. Charleston.
th).. 400.. Barstow & Rope.
Santa Cruz, do. 550..5in Francisco
Ship Ocean Monarch. 2 200.. W. T. Frost & Co.
ShipFred'k.Gebhard.l,2oo. .Laytin & Hurlbut.
.ship Unco wall 900. .Wakeman A Dinion.
Ship H. Eiiiott 1,200. .Post. Smith & Co.
Ship Intrepid 1.250..8uck!in £ Crane.
Ship Shepard Knapp.... 800. .A. M Lawrenco.
Ship Kitty Simpson—7oo . Simpson Brothers.
Ship Jacob Stamlcr. 1,200. .Laytin &. Ilurlbut.
Ship Grahams Policy. .950.. Lay fin & Ilurlbut.
Ship Black Hawk... 1,250..8nck1in & Crane.
Ship Glad Tidings 900.. Win. Nelson A Son.
Bark Lexington 450. .Dollner &. Potter.
Bark Jane Daggett 850. .Dunham & Dimon.
Bark Roebuck 550. .Reynold* & Cushman.
Bark St Jean 600.. Y. Marziou, Havre.
Bark Rosette 650.. M. L. Freeman X Co.
Bark John I Palmer. .550. .Oelrichs N Co.
Bark Wilhelinine 450. .Oelriehs Co.
Bark Alice Taintcr 559..Pe5t, Smith & Co.
Bark Exchange 550. .Eagle & Hazard
Bark Fairy 600.. Gordon & Talbot.
Bark Horace Beals 500. .Beals & Dixon.
Bark Ariel 200..0. L. Ferris.
Schr. Cordelia 690. .Dunham <k Dimon.
Scfar.llartsteine 600.. Dunham & Dimon.
Schr. -130. .U.S. L. 11. Dept.
Schr. Mary L. Cedncy. 100. .John B. Geelney.
Schr. 100.. A Mexican owner.
Schr. Jos. W. Webster.4oo.. Scranton A Tallmau.
Pilot boat G. W. Blunt. 140.. Sandy Hook Pilots.
Pilot boat Oriental .... 60..Abin. C. Bell.
A lighter 100. .Fancher & McChcsney.
A lightel 109.. Fancher & McChcsnoy.
A lighter 150. .M. Galway
A barge 290..De1., L. W. R. li.
A barge 200 . Del., L. &W. R K.
56 vessels, of 12,470. .aggregatetonnage.
Some of these vessels deserve a passing notice in
this connection. The Columbia teas launched on
Thursday. She is 225 feet keel, 35 feet beam, and
24 feet hold, and is designed f*r Spofford & Tiles
ton’s line to Charleston. She will bo commanded by
Capt. Berry, late of tho Nashville. The Eastern ,
Queen will run from Boston to Gardiner, Maine.—
Sbe is '.OO feet long aud 34 feet beem. The Christo- ,
bel Colton ana Everglade were the first vessels ,
built at Whitloc k & Shedeu's ne w yard cn the New- ]
town Creek. The Everglade will run from Mobile ,
to a Florida port, aud the Colon on the South Coast .
of Cuba. The performance of tie si earn tug Wm
H. Webb, named after the eminent builder, have ful
ly realized expectations. Her engines were from |
the Allaire Works. The ferry b-.at for the staten
Island Ferry, is the largest of the kind ever built.— |
She will be ready to put on the route in the spring, j
The Ocean Monarch, Wm. 11. Webb’s great ship, >
has not yet returned from her first trip to Liverpool.
She arrived out in good time, making at times 12£
knots an hour, w.file drawing 23 t'< efc. An English
paper believes her capable of 11 k o's aud publisln-s j
an extract from an agent of the French Lloyd’s, ,
iu which she is spoken of as the best built ship ,
ever launched, or words ofjjimilar purport are made .
use of. j
In addition to the above, a floating dock of me- #
dium dimensions has been built—the Isaac Newton
and Francis Skiddy (North River steamers) a large
ship and two coasting schooners, have been in good
degree rebuilt.
W e uow present a list of vessels
ON THE STOCKS.
A Steamship 900.. F Vanderbilt. ,
A Steamship 900.. C. Vanderbilt.
Steam. City of Bridgc
j.,o t 899. .George Crolius.
Steamship 3500. .Charles Morgan.
Steamer 950..P0rt and Steam Packet Co. t
Propeller. 400.. Barstow & Pope.
Ship Hotspur 900. .McCready &Wisner. (
Ship 1200.. Post, Smit . & Co. {
Ship Revely 650.. Wm. W. Sale.
Barque Tli resa 450.. Yait aud A Phelps. ,
Barque 500..
Barque ... .550. .Reynolds & Cushman.
Barque 6>o. .T e ker, Cooper & Co. 1
Two Lighters 300... J S.mo son. t
Schooner 359.. Captain Curtis. t
16 vessels 13 1)00 aggregate tonnage.
The two steam ships tor (A Vanderbilt will be
lauuched in a few weeks. They aie to run between
a Mexican port and Galveston, as noticed recently.
The City of Bridgeport will, as may be inferred
from the name, run from this city to Bridgeport.—
She will be a superior vessel—length, 234 feet; beam
37 feet—hold 10 feet. The steam ship for Charles
Morgan, is designed to run between San Francisco
to San Juan del Sur— taking the passengers of two
steam ships on this side—one connecting San Juan
del Norte with New Orleans, and the other with
New York. The steamer for the Portland Steam
Packet Company is designed to run between Port
land and Boston, hi connection with the JLewiston,
built at this port in the year 1855. The propeller
building by Barstow fit Pope, will be supplied with
a rotary engine, after the patentof E. Barrows, which
is a novelty in marine engines.
RECAPITULATION.
. Launched —1854.
Class. No. 'Tonnage.
Steamships lfi 21 ,Gl)0
Other steam vessels 23 5,967
Ships 30 39,380
Barques and Bugs 15 6,151
Schooners, & c 21 5,292
108 81,320
1855.
Steamships 4 11 .100
Other steam vessels 4 2,200
Ships 5 9,130
Barques and brigs 10 4,651
Schooners, &c 13 5,785
37 29,867
1856.
Steamships 15 18,900
Other steam vessels 5 1,900
Ships II 12,550
Barques 12 6,300
Schooners, & c 13 2,820
56 42,470
On the stocks at close of 185 J.
Steamships 13
Other steam vessels 1
Ships 6 8 200
Brigs and Barques 2 1,000
Schooners, &c 4 1,133
16 20,033
1855.
Steamships 2 9,000
Other steam vessels 2 1,150
Ships 6 8,150
Barques and Brigs 4 2,300
Schooners, & c 3 1,120
17 21,720
1856.
Steamships 6 7,450
Ships 3 2,750
Barques 4 2,150
Schooners, &c 3 650
16 13,000
*Two or three of these are on the stocks, blit pre
parations for launching them within a few days being
in progress, they are included, as usual, under this
head.
Horrible Accident.—On Tuesday morning
last, in Buffalo, N. Y., an accident occurred, by
which a life was lost, and two persons horribly burnt.
The Courier says :
The tire was occasioned by an explosio.n in a small
frame house, occupied by a German, named Geo.
Schmidt, his wife and four children ; and, before the
flames could be subdued, five framed cottages were
destroyed, attended with loss of life. Schmidt was
sick, and engaged in making fireworks for Mr. Mor
ris. lie was sitting by the stove at work, and Lou
ise, ki3 step-daughter, aged 12, was near him, aiding
him. Caroline, aged 10, had come in with e«me
wood, and bad put a stick iu the stove. Christian,
aged 2, was sitting iu a rocking chair near the stove;
and the fourth child, a boy about five years, had
gone for a pail of water. The mother had left home
early in the morning. This was the position of the
family when the explosion took place. At the house
we were told that some one living in the neighbor
hood had frequently mbsed wood from his pile, and
had placed a quantity of powder in a stick in the
pile, with the view of detecting the thief. That this
family had been suspected of carrying off wood.
Tne stick containing the powder had been tak**n
the previous evening, and by some it was supposed
that Uiis was the piece which C iroline put into the
stove. If it is true, a fearful responsibility rests up
on the party whoever he is, and a strict examina
tion should be made to ascertain its correctness.
Caroline, who was not so badly burned as the others,
states that there was a lighted candle on the tabie
which was used to seal up some of the fireworks,
and that a spark fell on them as they lay on the
table, and caused the explosion. The father w'a&
burnt to a crisp, and when taken out after tbe fir ,
nothing but the chest, stomach, aud portion of the
shoulders remained. Tne little boy who was on the
rocking chair, had hie feet and legs burned uimost to
a crisp, aud his eyes burned out. He presented an
awful appearance, and could not survive many
hours.
The elder girl, Louise, was fearfully burned, the
flesh peeling ofi her face, arms aud legs, and as *he
lay upon her bed at t*»e hospital, last evening, ut
tering such mournful cries, and those around her
unable to render her the slightest relief, it was one
of the most pain'ul and heart rending scenes we
have ever witnessed. She could not survive till
morning. The girl, Caroline, was badly, but not fa
tally burned. She will most likely recover. The
little boy, George, escaped uninjured. Tne poor
mother, when we saw her, was perfectly frantic,
and as she went from oue bed to another, on which
lay her children, her waking was more than we
could bear, and we left the hospital The children,
as soon as they were removed, were taken to the
Hospital of the bister* of Charity, aud their suffer
ings relieved as much as possible.
awacity of Dogs.— Among many curious, yet
well-authenticated anoecdotes, i’lustratiLg the won
derful sagacity or reasoning powers of the canine
race, the following deserves a place: A large New
foundland dog belonged to the captain of a "ship en
gaged in trade between Nova Scotia and Greenock.
On one occasion, the captain brought from Hal fax
a beautiful cat, winch formed a particular acquaint
ance with Rover, and these two animals of such dif
ferent natures were almost inaeperable during the
passage. Qn arriving at Greenock, the cat was
presented by the captain to a lady oi his acquaint
ance, who resided nearly naif a mile from the quay,
in whose family she remained for several weeks,
and was occasionally visited by her friend and fel
low passenger, Rover, who seemed not a little dis
pleased at the separation w hich had taken place be
tween them. On the day, however, when the ship
was to leave the port for another voyage, the usual
bustle on board gave Rover a hint of what was go
ing on, and he decided on his course of conduct
withou: delay. He jumped on shore, made his last
visit to puss, seized her in his teeth, much to her as
tonishment, ana carried her through the streets to
the quay, just as the ship -was about hauling off. He
made a spring, cleared the gunwale, and fairly ship
ped his feline friend in good order and well-oondi
tioned, in and upon the good ship, Nancy, of Green
ock : and then ran to his master tail, as
« if entreating that she might remain on board.
From California and Oregon.
. The steamer George Law arrived at New Yo-k
Saturday evening last lrom Aspiuwall. She fort
hat port at 4 o’clock on the afternoon of the 4th iu
r ? av,D S connected with the John L. Stephens.
bae brings the California mails of November 20,
[ i ir.rge number of passengers, aud spe'-fo tc the
uiK.unt cf neariy sixteen hundred thousand dollars
' .“ e Pac'uo .dai! Steamship Commuiv’s steamer
i ur, .. ep en 3 !elt San Francisco" Nov. 20, 4
o clock P M with the United State? mails, tre i
', Jr , 0 ' acd ®°, 0 passengers for New York, and New
vT, fc* T, A i; l?ed at Acapulco ti'th ins'act, 5
eli ik P M, and sailed again at 8 o’clock F.
I) j**-t'L ?““«“?• Arri red 11 Panama
D c. .. 1o c oek F. M.; tide not serviug, casaen
' ' r '' mails *J°d treasure were not landed until the
morning of the following day.
The United States nm 1 steamship Granada, A
G. Gray. K«j.. commanding sailed from Aspiu’wali
or Havana Dec. 4, at 1 o’clock P. M„ with the
nails and passengers for New Orleans
Her Britannic Maje ty’g steamship li!k and Pearl
were off Point Mala, Bay of Panama, for the pur
pose of towing up to Panama H. B. M. ship-of the
ime Monarch, daily expected from Acapulco.
Her Britannic Majesty's screw ship-of-the iiue
Onon, screw trigate Arrogant, and gun boat Intro
pul were at anchor off Aspinwall.
The United States ship Independence and sloop
° ™ r s t . M s r 2 s were , 9tm lying off Panama.
I he United States sloop us-war Cyane arrived at
Aspmwall Nov. 2d.
Officers and crews of all the ships in good health
Phe George Law experienced strong winds with
heavy sea, during the greater part of the voyage
Passengers all in good health, no sickness among
them since leaving Sau Francisco.
Vote of the Towns of the State.—The fol
lowing is the vote cast at the last election in the most
prominent towns of the State, ami may be consid
ered a fair index of the population of the places
? ao F rancisco, 12,152; Sacramento,
-l.tiOl: Nevada, 2, 051 : Marysville, 1,880 : Oroville
1.05 S , Columbia, 1,37 1 ; Stockton, 1,308; Grass
\ alley, 1.298 ; lowa Hill, 1,219 ; Placerville, 1,015 ;
Sonora, 931 ; Downieville, 731 ; Georgetown 507 •
Auburn, 522.
Conflict with thf. Indians on Humboldt
River. \\ e learn from Robert Drummond, who is
now a resident ot our city, tho following interesting
tacts concerning his recent trip across the plains:
A party of seven men, commanded by Levi Hut
ton, from Western Missouri, started from Salt Lake
tor California on the Ist of October last. They af
terwards enlisted in the train three persons, which
made their party ten. They met with no molesta
tion from the Indians uutil tho night of the 13th,
when they encamped near tne Humboldt river, about
11 o’clock P. M. Our watch (Capt, Hutton) imme
diately gave the alarm by. saying we were surround
ed by Indians. They were about sixty in number,
and were well armed with ritles aud revolvers
They had the bank of the Humboldt river for their i
breastwork and the willows for concealment, and i
at intervals would fire in upon us. We had very
little time to defend ourselves. i
After firing two or t iree volleys into them, we re
treated, they still continuing to follow, aud firing for <
more than au hour. We had two killed—our Cap- ,
tain, Levi Hutton, andAleline, a Frenchman, from i
St. Louis ; four horses shot, and others badly wound
ed. After the first firing was over, we went to oor i
wagon, where our provisions, dec., were deposited I
and succeeded ill drawing it by hand for about half 1
11 mile, they still continuing firing, but at random i
They then ceased, and made fires around us, to pro- i
vent our escape. When duy appeared, they bar- i
rassed us again for two miles, while we were retreat
ing, wounding Thomas Reddy, from Leavenworth, ]
Arkansas, severely in the ankle, and also James 1
Edwards, from St. Louis, iu the arm. We hitched i
up our wagou with our wounded horses. After pro- t
eeediug two miles, they gave out, having travel- i
od fifty miles the day previous. This left us only 1
one sound mule, two being wouuded with buck i
shot, aud died at night. The Indians again sur i
rounded us, without doing any harm. When day t
appeared, we concluded to leave everything behind ,
and make our way on foot, with scarcely any pro- t
visions. ,
We destroyed our arms—two shot guns aud mus I
kets—and all that we could not carry with us. Poor 1
Reddy was fast giving out. from his wounds, and i
there appeared uo hope of his escape. He was will- I
mg to ue ; begged us to leave him and save our- i
selves. He desired us to give him some matches, a l
-iece of tobacco, and pray for him. We all shook i
hands with him, and left ihe poor fellow to his fate. 1
We came on foot about two hundred miles. Wear- t
rived in Carson Valley, October 25th, much fa- [
tigued, with seven men—two being killed undone ,
gave out. We counted, after our first and second i
affray, thirteen Indians killed. We left Edwards i
in Carson Valley, under tho doctor's hands. —tSt j'e t
Journal. ,
Miscellaneous.— A cow-hiding affair, which at
tracted considerable attention, took place on Satur
day, Novenfo r 8, in Montgomery street, San Fruu
ciaco. It wSb inflicted by JohuL. Durkee, the same
person who was tried for piracy and acquitted, up
* n Capt. Eoeueze-r Campbell, and the cause was au
alleged defamation of character.
Sheriff Wright, of N«vad i, was killed on the 3d
of November while in pursuit of a band of robbers.
Mr. D. L. Vv 11s wis killed at Amador, by being
thr wn from a buggy.
Some trees have been discovered iu Calaveras
county measuring f om eighteen to thirty feet iu di
ameter.
A villainous, but, fortunately, unsuccessful at
tempt was made to sink the steamship Orizaba on
the night of the 9 k November. The scoundrels
entered the ship at low tide, opened tho stops in
the engine room, and allowed the water to run un
til she grounded. In the morning there were two or
three feet ot water in the boid, but by iiard pump
ing the vessel wasspeediy free.
The great sale ofthe Folsom estate took place in
San Francisco on the 13th and Hth November.—
Tue property brought very handsome prices, und
the sale hud effect to give a stimulous to real estate,
which augurs well for the future.
Fremont did not get a single vote in the city of
San Diego.
The chief local San Franoisco news of the last
two weeks is the change of officers in the municipal
government. While the Vigilance Committee was
active in their great work in casting out some of the
most pernicious members of society in the city, a
large body of respectable citizens sympathising, but
not ilireo.ly connected with that body, laid the piau
for carrying out and perfecting the reforms thus
commenced by presenting to the people a list of
candidates for local officers, who would have the in
terests of the community at heart For tbis pur
pose a body of men were selected whore acceptance
of offico has been u sacrifice of inclination and con
venience. They were placed before the people, aud
have been elected by very large majorities. Du
ring the past two weeks these men have been in
ducted into office, and the city may now be said to
be in the hands of a better government than it has
ever before enjoyed.
Later from Oregon and Washington. —Our
papers from Oregon are of the Bth of November
The San Francisoo papers have advices to the
13th, brought to that port by the steamer Colum
bia.
The question of applying for admission into tbe
Union is being agitated by leading Oregon papers.
A new steamboat is about being built to ply be
tween the Cascades and Dalles.
Tho fruit crop in Oregon appeals to be good.
On the Ist Monday in December tho Oregonian
Legislature was to meet.
News from the mines around Crescent Ci'y is ve
ry encouraging, especially from 'Altliou.se Creek.—
There is room there, according to accounts, for a
large number of persons, who can make good wa
ges.
A rumor reached town last Friday evening, says
the Portland Standard, of the Bth of November, that
Col. Wright had been attacked by the Indians near
Wild Horse Creek, but such proves not to be the
fact. The lndiaus have not molested the Colonel.
We learn from a gentleman who arrived from the
Dalles on Sunday evening, that the news brought
down from Colonel Wright’s camp was simply
that the Colonel had ’nvited the Indians to come
into the Dalles and have a talk with him; that
they could continue to occupy their lands as pre
vious to the treaty of 1855, and that he was soon to
move his forces into winter quarters at the Dalles.
We could not learn the reply made by the lndiaus.
The presumption, however, is, that they will come
to the Dalles, but with what object is not known to
The schooner Calumet arrived at Astoria, after a
visit to Aqculia Bay, taking Government stores for
the Indian Reservation to the coast. It is reported
she had heavy weather, and was compelled to throw
over a few thousand l'eet of lumber which was ou
deck.
The War Claim Commissioners met at Salem a
few days since, but found the accounts of no one
of the Departments in the Volunteer service
ready to be submitted to their investigation.—
It is expected they will be ready soon, when the
Commission will proceed forthwith with their la
bors.
Gov. Curry arrived ou the last steamer, having
left New' York on the 6th of October. We are glad
to hail his return to the Territory, and to his post as
Governor.
A large number of n w buildings are iu process
of erection in Portland. The most conspicuous of
these is the new public school building. It is on an
eligible site for the children of the city, and com
mands a tine view of the whole town and its envi
rons. We learn that Thornes Curler purposes so
soon as Spring opens to construct a three story
brick block, extending 100 feet front by 80 feet, on
the ground now occupied by the Columbian Hotel
and adjacent buildings. J. L. Parish also is to con
struct a brick block on the opposite comer, South
from Mr. Carter's, some time next Spring. This
will add much to the permanent appearance of the
city.
Puget Sound. —Mr. Alexander, Government Ex
pressman of Washington Territory, arrived in this
city, says the Oregonian, on the Bth instant, direct
from Puget Sound. He informs us that the Indians
upon the reserve opposite Steilacoom have become
quite dissatisfied, and it is believed that a band of
one hundred and fifty, who had gone to the East
aide of the Sound to Fish,|jhad betaken themselves
to the woods. The old chiefs, Leachi, Kitsap, and
others, were up in the swamps between the forks of
thr Green and White rivers, on the old camping
g ound that they occupied last winter, where these
Indians had gone. They have been on the reserve
ever sine* last Spring, but most of them were con
cerned in the troubled when the hostilities first be
gan.
Much trouble from the Indians is anticipated
throughout the Sound country, and it is thought
they have rained confidence from the unfortunate
result of affairs on the East side of the Cascades
They have not yet opened active hostilities, but i*
u not unlikely that they may commence at any mo
ment. The people living near and about Steila
coom and Seattle have sought protection in those
places, feeling confident that danger is fast brewing
for them. Gov. Stevens has expressed the determi
nation to give no quarters, should they again break
out.
Leschi. —lt is reported and generally believed,
says the Olympia Democrat, that Leschi is now, or
was a few days since, on this side of the moun
tains. Several Indians report having seen him at
Fort NEqually on Sunday last. It appears he was
in a very destitute condition, (being nearly naked,;
and applied to Di. Toimie for ammunition, for the
purpose, aa he ave red, of killing game. He com
plained of having had a ver* hard time of it on the
other side of the mountains, as there was but little
large game there, and the salmon did not run up in
tae streams there in the fall of the year.
As the Indians there would not feed or shelter
him only on condition of his becoming a slave, be
represented that he was nearly starved to death. It
is reported that Charley's baud of the Niequally In
dians are again dissatisfied with the boundaries ol
the reservation reoentiy surveyed and set apart for
them, and refuse to go on it unless the entire Nis
quaiiy bottom is included. So it seems that further
Indian troubles are still in store for us on this side,
and should hostilities again be renewed this Winter,
where tLe end will be, or what number of Indians
our settlements will have to oppose, no one at pre
sent can conjecture. It is reported that another at
tack on Seattle is meditated.
Pay of United States Army Officers. —The
Committee on Militaiy Affairs in the House of Rep
resentatives have reported a bill which, it is seated,
increases the pay of all commissioned officers at the
rate of s*2o per month, with the addition of 10 cents
in the commutation of rations. The equity of this
measure, it ia further stated, consists in the pro
portion of increase of pay to the young officers,
whose limited incomes make them the objects of
so many hardships. Jhe Lieutenant ge s his S2O
a month, equal with the Colonel or General. An
officer whose pay is S4O, gets S6O under the pro
visions of this bill—being an increase of 50 per cent.
—while the officer who now receives S2OO, receives
s22o—an increase of 10 per cent. The 10 cents ad
ditional on the ration preserve the equality of com
pensation under the longevity ration principle
* fait Am*r
VOL. LXX—NEW SERIES VOL. XX. NO. 52.
t r uni in>: London Mot ntn g Jvj nal.
k j The English and Amertenn free. Trade.
I! T fir tho b tier nan be report' din ihe
i ® , I , f *‘ 1 r, "'° °t trie Baltic ports lias cut
i* ! * or present time one of the chief sources
’ whence order* have for some time come, aud iu
- consequence, the supply of orders is very small and
ia many cases, only iu partial opera
J t* ol3 The prospect ler the enavii-g winter is. that
™ men will he only partial employ'a::d that a
r deal of distress wit), in oonKcquentie, be expy
. rieneedj as there is no probability of an improved
cemand before spring. The muses which have l»*r
• to this degression it is not difli-ul. to indicate. In
the year ISo3, nn*l the early part of! 851, an immense
demand came from America, wLlea was concurrent
with a very astonishing increase in the import inio
that country ot all kinds ot British produce, so that
i the exports from 'his country rose from £id 567 737
m l852„to £ 23,658,127, in 1853. Such a sudden in-’
uease oouhi hardly fail to be followed by a reaction ;
l *5 d the dodt ; u ; t ; t cr “P of IHSI rendered thatreaction
ot a commeicial ct isis, w»neh w«a most seriously felt
m Amanca, and which was hardly leas severely felt
in this district. The splendid crops iu 1855, and thi >
year, with a greatly diminished consumption of our
iron, and a reduction of stocks to the lowest point in
the United States and Canada, were expected to have
brought extensive orders during the present year
but this anticipation has been largely supplied with
orders for war purposes as long as the war lasted,
and since thi.t time for the Continent, including the
countries both in the Baltic and the Mediterranean;
considerable orders having, also, been received f t
Inuian railways. From America tho orders have
been scanty, and the exports from the port of Liver
pool, from which all the produce of this district for
North America is shipped, show that, in 1854, theex
port of all kinds of iron, pig and manufactured, from
that port for the United States and Canada, amount
ed to 243,148 tons ; in 1855. it fell to 135,069 ton»
and to the end of October, iu the present year, it
was only 113,800 tons; which adding tho full propor
tion for ihe remaining two winter months (during
which the exports an* likely to be less) shows
scarcely any iucrease this year over the very ro
ducod exports of 1855.
During the present year the prices of iron in
America have been steadily declining ; best b ands
having fallen about $5. and inferior qualities from
$/ 2to $lO during the year. In the last three years
the make of iron in America has Very largely in
creased ; from 1853 to 1855, the annual production
is believed to have been doubled, or to have in
creased from 500,000 tons to 1,000,000 tons, and that
it is since increasing at fully 200,000 tons per an
num. This increase is ascribed to the high prices
prevailing in this country since 1853, which have
admitted ofthe Americans, with their heavy duties,
competing with our iron iu their own markets. In
fact, so far is this competition said to have gone,
that native made iron, which has hitherto been con
lined to the region west of the Alleghanies, is now
making its way into the eastern States, and even
to the Atiautic ports.
These facts have led some interested in the trade
to the conclusion tlmt it would be sound policy for
the Staffordshire konmasters to reduce prices next
quarter-day £2 per ton, with a view |to regain the
command of the American market, ami to get rid of
the competitors who are supplanting English iron iu
the United States. Doubtless, if the prices of iron
could be reduced to that extent for some considera- !
ble period, it would ruin many of the American \
manufacturers, aud would for a time open tbe way
to a large demand for English iron. The policy,
not to speak of the fairness, of such a course, how- r
ever, appeal's open to grave questiou, 1
There appears little doubt that a reduction of £ 1
per ton must be declared next quarter-day, and hs
little that a proportionate reduction must be effected 1
in the workmen’s wages. Should a further reduc
tion take place, a still greater reduction in wages
would Ik* m-i cssary; and this is extremely undesira
ble, especially with the probability of provisions re
mainiug at high prices; audit is hardly likely that
it could !•. effected, a* the general trade of the conn- '
try and the prevalent high wages in moot branches 1
would probably prevent the success of any attempt ,
to reduce waged to the extent such a fall of prices
would render necessary. Again, while the exports
to the West ofthe Atlantic from Liverpool have !
been so small, it by no meat.* follows that this au- 1
plies to the Scotch, the Welsh, and the North of .
England ports; aud if the price of the best quality
of Staffordshire iron were reduced, the result wou U \
be to give the producers of iron m t ose dis'.ricts, j
and the maters of inferior iron here, the rates oJ our -
best iron; as tho first class makers could not supply j
the increased demand which such a reduction would
probably lead to. The result would be, if wages
were so reduced that the first makers could make .
iron at those rates at u profit, und those who pro
duced an interior article, which they would be able
to sell at the same, or nearly tho same rates, would
realize still larger profits, and a great inciease in
the means ot production would be the consequence, !
new works would spring up, new firms start, and
thus tho way would be paved lor another crash when '
Mim artificial BiiiuuluH ceased to Operate The ap
proximation of l he prices of inferior to those received
for first class iron in times of great demand, i.s « fact '
amply proved by past experience, and not a mere ‘
conjecture. I
But there is another point to be looked at. Such *
au attempt to destioy theAmercan manufacturer l
would cn uie much heartburning in rhe States, and
might lead to a loud demand for an increase of ri.e
present very heavy import duties; which, if it did
not prevail, would, at any rate, operate powerfully
to prevent the reduction of the present excessive M
dui is on iron imported into that couutiy. The true 1
policy appears to be to fix prices at such a point as j
will secure a steady demand, und net to attempt by 1
artificial combination* to crush rival*; for there mv '
law's which govern trade, and which will mnn*
diately cause . uch attempts to recoil upon their au |
thor*. ‘ 1
Late from the Midlothian Pits.—We learn
y cate day afternoon, that Mr. Averick the Mining
Agent at these Pits, was sparing no efforts to res
cue the missing miners, or ascertain their fate. 11 a
force is Winking night and day to efl'oct a commu
nication «o the various drifts in which the men were
employed, and since the rescue of Messrs. Farley
and Lester, strong hopes are entertained that moat
if not all the other miners are yet safe. Yesterday
morning the pickmen were sanguine that they
heard a knocking, and were doing all iu their power
to effect a passage to it.
We understand that both Farley and Lester were
quite well yesterday morning, and with the excep
tion of some slight bruises, suffered but little by the
accident. Mr. Farley states that he was mining
coal just before the accident occurred last Friday
morning, and observing that the water appear d to
be coming more rapid than usual, remarked to the
T **an by him that he did not like it, and started to
the shaft, but after getting about one hundred feet,
remembered that he had left his pipe and ret" rued
to get it, but before he. could do ho, the water burst
in upon him. As soon as possible he seized au up
right and held to it, despite the violent rushing of the
water, which stripped him ol his pants, shoes and
socks, leaving him not a vestige of clothing save his
shirt.
After getting on an uprising, he took care to re
main there, and wai shortly afterwards joined by
Pringie, who refused to remain, and wandered off
in the dark. IJe afterwards met with Lester, and*
they remained together. On Monday afternoon,
Farley says he was in the act of getting water to
wash his mouth, when he heard the picks of the ex
ploring party, and byway of encouraging them to
persevere, he got a lump of coal or slate and knock
ed heavily to attract their attention, lie knows
that some of the c olored hands were less exposed
than himself, and thinks they will be rescued if not
crushed by tumbling coal.
Yesterday morning, Wm. Barnes, one ofthe men
who was rescued on Saturday, was anxious to de
scend the pit, to aid in the search for his comrades,
but was persuaded not to do so, because of h*s cuts
and bruises received by the floating t imbers and fall
ing coal when the accident occurred. The “after
damp” is yet bad in the pit, but does not deter the
miners from prosecuting their labors in search of
those whose condition is yet unknown.
We understand from Mr. Standard that the water
continues to rise slowly in the pit, but that two en
gines are now employed in pumping it out, and that
hopes are entertained of reducing it sufficintly so as
to enable the company to go on with their works in
a short time. —Richmond Dispatch.
Eastern Ship Building.— The veteran inspec
tor of one of our largest marine insurance compa
nies has just returned from a visit to the ship yards
of Mai .e and other Eastern States, and has reliable
information respecting the business ofthe season
about to close. Speaking more particularly with
reference to ship building in Maine, which is the
leading State in this branch of naval architecture,
he says the general character of ships recently built
is greatly improved. It is noticed, however, as a
remarkable feature, that not only lias the construc
tion of “clippers” beeu wholly discontinued, but
builders have gone to the opposite extreme in mak
ing their ships full and of very large capacity. This
tendency is objectionable to underwriters, who rea
son that large ships cannot be made as strong as
small ones—that the scantling and fastenings are
not increased to correspond with the increased size
- and are therefore not as well fitted to contend with
the dements. Underwriters, too, are reluctant to
take risks when there are “too many eggs in a
basket.”
It is estimated that at least one bundr< d large
ships have been built in Maine during the > ist sea
son, averaging 1,000 tons. In addition, are about
fifty of the ordinary description. The total tonnage
is believed to be rather below the average amount.
As to the Drospecto for the enst.iug year, they are
not regarded as very favorable for an extensive bu
siness-—the number of ships at present in tho mar
ket being already auite large enough for the amount
of business offering.— Jour. Com.
Fugitive Slaves Des.ring to Return.— A
friend from Baltimore has placed in our hands the
following copy of a letter, received by a gentleman
of that city, from two runway servants, his coach
man and nurse, who had absconded to Canada
They have seen enough of freedom au 1 are anxious
to return to slavery. We omit the names, and post
office, as no doubt Greeiy & Co., would try to in
tercept the return of the fugitives, if they could
identify tlieir persons :—Richmond Dispatch.
Canada West, Dec. 9th, 1856.
My Dear Master as I am bound to call you so af
t r seeing my error leaving you as I thought for a
free country, L and myself have concluded to
return to you ox to old Mistress if she i* living we
hope sne is aud you or her I hope will enable us to
return home and we sincerely hope that you and the
rest of the family will take us back and forgive us
for what we have done and let us be in the family
ha we was I cannot rest here my wile L is a
torment to me day and night ehe thinks that she
has done wrong in leaving that child in the way she
did. I will be true to my word we tried always to
act as faithful servants in family ad we will try to
prove the same when we come home my wife*
thoughts is upon the child she left in the Cradle little
Wii.i’e aa was called We cannot get at all along
We is in good health cur best love to all the family,
and send us aid for godsake and let u* oome home.
Answer this as soon as possible we do not want to
stop here all this winter the winter is upon us now
however with your assistance we need not stop all
the winter you may bring us back if you please to
do to we have no money to pay our way back.
L aud myself through our selves at the feet of
your murcy to aide Eaeh 30 or 40 dollars after getting
rid of a few little deps please Sir write to us imine
diately and let us know what is to be done we would
be glad to goe home before the new year. We re
main yours as yet indeed aud let us oome borne.
You know ue that’s all
The Isthmus Taz o-. Mail Matter.— The latte*
intelligence fromKew Grenada brings a correspond
ence between our Minister, lion. James 13. Bowlin,
and Senor Lino de Pombo, on the subject of theta*
imposed on United State* mail matter crossing the
Isthmus. Our Government deems it its duty to ad
dress, through our Minister, to Senor Fuinbo, the
Grana-jian Secretary of State, a protest, in which
not only the imposition of such a burden is energet
ically remonstrated against, but the occasion is ta
ken to complain of the other grievances to which
our citizens have been subjected by the State oi
New Granada. Senor Pombo, in his reply to this
document, sets forth the views of his government
in relation to the transit postage, and exp-esses |ns
regret that in his observations on the sm v ct Mr.
Bowlin should interpret the action of the New Gra
nada Legislature to have been influenced by a bad
feeling towards the United States. He adds that
the Granadian legation at Washington lias received
mßtrueiione to settle this affair, and to conciliate all
lights and interests as far as possible. —Baltimore
American.
More Goid. —Welearn that some one has struck
a new vein in the notorious nineteenth distriot of
Paulding county, that promises to be very rich.
Mr. Dickensof Columbus is about establishing a
mill, propelled by steam, for crushing the rock. The
rock is comparatively soft, and is said to yield five
i dollars woith of pure gold to tiro bushel.—Rome
1 oewri*r
tVv f-'r vflhc S Advertiser.
Ai tr.cnu 'riMti if. Italy.
Ammt-a i. ibi-only (...uiitry wiiicu Ima a female
ntative at the old court oi ait, at least in tbo
tepmmie.nt of sculpture. Ir is not uucomm m for
j taii hands to use skilfully the pencil; but siaipt:ea
at a among the sculptor* er«* iure ha prophetesses
tiiiiorg the prophets Miss Homer has been hero
some y i;rs moulding, not bread , but in clay. Some
ol hi r works rre known wod appiovod both in Eng
-vrnl had the United Sint s. Sue 'fis recently fin*
sned the model of u life size reclining statue of
tee deile Ccnci— represented na asleep ou tho
veiling b* fore her execution 1 ' is an ambitious
tlort, and u remurkebly successful one for so young
in artist.
Mr. Crawford’s extensive studio is so filled with his
own beautiful creations as to be quite a gallery of
art, and worthily among the interesting sights of
Rome. One is astonished to find the author of all
t hese things looking so fresh and uncareworn, and
naturally questions whet he: so much, so quickly
done, c m be well done; but, mi making acquaint
ance with one impressive statute after another, the
conclusion is that energy and executive force are
qualities that do not imply haste, which is a defect;
tb.it what Mr. Craw ford’s prolific genius oonoeives
Ins prompt right arm knows how to finish. His In
<mtu of the group tor the pediment of the Capitol of
» ushington—one of the few nude figures which he
has mad**—is not only a history iu its pose and ex
pression, but a carefully fiuisbcd work. The author
however, is especially successful in producing fine
general effects; his drupery is in iuiitable. Nothing
an exceed iu ease, elegance and grace, the disposi
tion ot the cloak in his majestic Btatue of Otis, just
completed for Mt. Auburn.
-Mr. Ives—a true and earnest sculptor—has been
latterly engaged on an expressive *roup, which il
lustrates a verse of Longfellow’s Excelsior. His
smaller group of the sleeping infant nud dog—or
“Innocence and Fidelity, is touchingly beautiful,
and his single figures all have their respective mer
its. Mr. Mozier has just completed a statue called
“Silence,” which is thought by Rome to bo his finest
work. He has a'so recently executed two interest
ing figures —a boy mending a pen and a girl picking
dowers—which iuv designed as companions. His
noble Pocahontas in a genuine representation ot
Indian beauty. Mr. Rogers Ims been occupied
since his return from the United States with the
public orders which he brought back with him.
His statue of Adams for Mount A übnrn is a grand
work ; and his door for the Capitol, now in pro
gress. promises to be a fitting return for the just
compliment from his country. Mr. Bartholomew
has been chiefiy engaged for the past year on nu
merous portrait busts. that of Mr. Fillmore and
others are highly pra;s*»d. Ho is now at work on a
group. Mr. Akers—known favorably as a writer
also—is making an ideal group ot Una and the Lion,
from Spencer’s Fairy (Ju *en ; it is fav .rubly spoken
of, and the lion thought to be especially fine. And
there are other sculptors from the. United Mates
are doing themselves and their country honor at
Rome.
Nor arc the American paintes behind them in
their own department of ait. Mr. Page has now
completed his famous picture of Venus ou a Dol
phin ; it has been purchased for an honorable price
by some gentlemen of Boston. No modern has
come so near Titian in painting flesh as Mr. Page .
his portraits are supt ri. Mr. Ten v bus ready for
delivery two admirable Co nposilious, each oouq'ris
ing several figures. ( hie is a sciiplure piece, repro
sentiujf the departure from h»»;i:e of Tobias with the
augel in disguise.
There is true feeling and rich coloring in this
work : it is a charming picture. The other is diffe
rent, but pleases no less ; it is called the ‘-Painter's
Dream of the Grsc*-s.” Mr. Thompson—also a
figure paii.ler—has been busily and successfully nt
work he.e on orders lor . .m- time. Holms also
several interesting pictures rowdoi e ; one of which,
“The O’reaseian Muvo,“ is re malleable, not only lor
pathos and sweetness. but as being u fine specimen
of ih'sh coloj ing
Mr. Bit wn. landscape paint* r, well deserves the
lame he has won iu the city of Claude. So truthfully
and vividly does ho reproduce nature, that the
leaves of his noble trees scorn to move, aud his grass
to wave. Among his lecent works are a lovely
wooded scene, refreshing to look at, and a inoon
bght view at Void w. ch imikes one feel all the
poetry of gondola motion. • i> ; of a Venifian night i
Mr. Brown's elaborate ‘ studies” for pictures may
be studied, ns they are, with profit and pleasure.
Mr. Tilton’s landscapes arc especially remarkable
for their atmospheric effects, aud fiuo relievo and
perspective. He is enthu-i.istic for his art, and
lives himself, as one se«g, in the atmosphere of Ti
tian and of Claude. Mr. Chapman, the Illustrator
of Harper’s Bible aud other distinguished works, hus
recently been reproducing Roman peasant groups,
in varieties of pose and costume, lie lias a gaih ly
of Champ agno scenes, Hive with charnot* ristic
forms, all of which proves a peculiar talent for this
department of painting
The Lost Steamer t.v ismii-Wo have intel
ligence by lbo A ri *a winch :■■■ nx to throw dint-re
(lit on the reports in
(sucker. Neptune, of ti limit belonging to thu lost
sTrsi iii-r Lyonnais. Tlu- L -tidou Shipping Gazette
publislfft u despatch from Liverpool, dated the S!oth
Xovcmbi r which sttys
A bout 5T..3 pick'd up St It November, lut., -)1 N.,
lon., 8.. i \V„ by the N ept ■., nmved hero, yesterday.
11l the lout wen- two cluotioini-ltes, u S;>v g 0«s nod
s sveral papers in french s .me b. ing ili-j ratings of
the chronometers. lino chrnnoue- • r was marked
1 livid due H-.rria fort, and the oteer Arnold <A
Dent, 84 Strati i Loudon, No '.IH Li a m niomu
uimi book iriis wiiiten M rio. Cm tain Uaugrau,
and among other entries tvas one |mymeut m ide in
I'Olto Piata, 4th August, 1v..1,l v ..1, ol .CIS at. ig. The
Marie, Uauginn, sailed from l’ovto P.a . tor Hu n
burg, August dd, put into Havnt.it sp i tuber 3,
under jary musts, and was Coudeu.ned and sold at
that port.
site Liverpool Journal of Isorouiboi -!9, aiao
says :
A boat belonging to the Marie, from Porto Plata
to Hamburg, (condemned at Havana,) iu which
were two chronometers, a spy glass and several
papers were picked up about the Bth November,
in lut., 41 N., lon., G 5 W., by the Neptuue, arrived
here.
These statements are made with such oiroumstan
tiality that there must. lm\e beau some mistake In
the report that Captain Peabody found u spy glass
on board, marked Vie Franco Amtricaint utramn
Lyonnais.
Tue Liverpool Times has the following, dated
Antwerp, November d7 :
A largo smew steamer, under sail only, was seen
on the 19th iiißt., in bu. SI N., lon. ill \V., by the
Logan, T tylor, arrived at Huvre. It is probable
that she may have been the Lyonnais, lluvaiild,
wb ch left New Volk on the Ist inst, and bus not
since been beard of.
The New York Herald, however, explains the
pretence of the memorandum book belonging to
Captain Baugrgn, by the statement that, after the
sale of his vessel at Havana ho came to New York
and took passage in the Lyonnais The Cominor
dial Advertiser has the following additional para
graph which, if correct, destroys the hope that the
occupants of the boat were saved :
Since the above' was put in typo we have been in
formed by a gentleman who has conversed with
Flora Solomon, one of the passengers of the Lyon
nais recovered nud brought into this port by the
Elise, that she say. Ibnt she remembers perfectly the
boat which is now dot- ribed ns having been pii ked
up by the Neptune. S! e says that tins boat broke
away from the Lyonnais, after the provisions, chro
nometers, -Vo. bad been placed in it, aud before any
person bad entered it, nud that it drifted away lit
the mercy of the waves. On the f 'lowing day, the
boat she was in met the drifted boat, and took it in
low for three days, but wna finally compelled to let
it go.
It is a little singular, however, that this fact wuu
not before mentioned in the various accounts given
by the survivors.
The Explosion at If hooks.— I The Press* d’Ori
ent publishes a letter which gives some of Die ile
tails of the destruction of a pnrl of the town of
Rhodes, by the explosion of the powder mags -
zine:
“In the afternoon of the 1 tit h of November Rhoden
was visited by a most violent thunderstorm, and
several houses were struck by iightuing and more or
less injured. Suddenly, a tremendous explosion was
heard, and the ground shook as from the efl'oct of
an earthquake, and windows were smashed in eve
ry direction. The explosion was followed by two
others, and a dense black smoko arose. It was as
ter a time ascertained that the lightning had fallen
on the church of St. John, and had penetrated into
the subterranean vaults underneath used as a depot
for gunpowder, and in which an immense quantity
of that commodity had recently been placed. It is
impossible to depict the horror of the scene. Not a
house was left standing in the whole quarter of the
city near the church, awl that building litself was
completely levelled with the ground. The quarter
was the richest and handsomest in the town, and
not a vestige (f it now remains. Disfigured bodies
were lying about, on the ground, and the groans of
the dying woe heurd on every side. Hud prompt
and immediate assistance been given, (there is uo
doubt thut many lives might have been saved ; but
every one was thrown into such consternation h 7
the sucldennet-H of the catastrophe that but few had
presence of mind enough left to undertake the pain
ful task. Night soon arrived, and from strange mo
tives of safety, which are inexplicable under such
circumstances, the gates were closed, and the opo
rations for assistant!© were for a time suspended.
Mr. Campbell, the English Consul, having assem
bled some workmen, had the gates again opened,
and proceeded to the scene of the disaster, aud, as
well as they could, cleared away the ruins, particu
larly at the places where the groans of persons still
living wero the most distinctly heard. This work
was one of great difficulty , for the rain fell in such
torrents that it was impossible to keep a torch burn
ing.
At daylight next morning mere efficient means
were organized Several dead bodies were got out
and two young girls of 18 and a child of seven were
afterwards extricated alive. These and three or
tour others who were saved on the previous night
are all that survive out of a population of between
400 or 600, who were in the quarter at the time ot
the explosion. Only about one hundred and fifty
of the bodies have yet been found, as they are all so
deeply buried under the ruins. Only two Christian*
were killed, the quarter being inhaoited by Turks.
The family of the Mel Maduri Pailey Etfendi, com
posed of 18 persons, nave ail perished, iiis mother,
his wife and his daughter, were found about 500
yard's from their house. t>om* idea of the force of
the explosion may be formed from the fact that a
barge in the harbor wus tULk by a quantity of stones
tailing on her, and beating a hole through her hot
tom, aud by a railor being kiiud by a stone striking
him iu the Lead at a distance of more than half a
mile from the spot.
Gcipzxsion or aLahge C.p.iauit in Phila
delphia.—lt was reported yceterdv, in Philadel
phia and the report is cia.fli med this morning by the
Philadelphia picas a-id from ot.mr sources, that
Pierce Butler, Leq , most known to the world as
the husband of Fanny Kemble Butier, La-bc-ca un
fortunate in some stock transactions, end compelled
in consequence to suspend payment. H i has been
a large dealer in stocks for noire time past. but from
his reputed wealth wts presumed to be strong
enough for the clement he was swinging in. It was
supposed in Philadelphia yesterday that his difficul
ties may have resulted directly or indirectly, from
Mr Little’s suspension, but the Philadelphia Ledger
denies that such was t»- case. It says i
“One or two small fniiur, s have been reported at
New York ns the result of Mr. Little’- failure, and
one is reported here, though not in any way connect
ed with tie iailure of the great 'bear’ of Ns. York.
I Le failure of the gentleman alluded to, ot this city,
we arc- glad to be informed, is n t likely to be more
than a temporary suspension, his immensely valua
ble real property greatly exceeding his liabilities,
which we are told, grow out of unproductive, if not
injudicious speculations in undeveloped coal lands,
coal companies, &o.
Preventive of Scarlet Fever.— A co-respon
dent of the Boston Post suggests a simple preven
tive of scarlet fever. He says : “Globule of Bella
donna, taken every morning, by each and every
member of a family—adults, children, servants and
all inmates—will certainly prevent the spread of
this dreadful disefise in every household that may
adapt it, as certainly as vaccination will prevent the
small pox. Ten cents will purchase a year's supply
of any of our Uomieopathists. A wet fiugerapplied
to a globule anil placed upon the tongue of a child or
adult is all that is necessary to lie done to prevent
the spread of this disease ”
Divorcing. —The principal business before the
Supreme Court, now sitting at Salem, is said to be
divorce oases. Since the discovery of Cali ornia
gold, we have had an unusual number of Bucb
cases, as the temporary separation of husband* and
wives has frequently led to permanent, estrange
ments i and perhaps the applications for divorce
from “California widows” are equal in number to
all others. —Boston Courier.