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BY VVM. S. JONES 1 \lt i.t. . -DS i 1 .M'.l.. ] 1 II K W r. K K L V AT TWO ""dOLT* 'p«£ ANNUM //■• vor /*. ■IU ,•- ah-asce, T.-.RCB ;j ARM PER YEAR. r<> !,{•!• “7" • Dt'.tJ.h -BG'il'.jr V- Til, THE CifflOlflCUi & SEHTINEXi IMIJ.V ANO f KI.WKKK.L.V, Are (.ho j.uNj-.l.ed at t»5« u/liu;, and mailed to sub- I)»H.r I'afer, ii -cut by mail,-4? per annuaj. Tkl-VVeeRLY I'xi l k 5 ol A tlvt rr1»l i*. Thk Wejck;,rJ: -• v*• nty-five cents per square 10 lines »<r • for .e fijnsi ::;*ertion,ai,d fifty cento 1857! THE {1357! SOUTHERN Cl f/l H ATOR, A .>ICKNTII LV JOV IfcNAL, UEViTED EXCLt'SI VLI.r TO THE I.Vf-» LMLST OF .ioi.;hern Asrr.'uUurt U, - . k Brt*di>,<?, Poultry. Hf.cn, (itrcT'U Firm Lconomy, fyc. Illustrated with Numerous Elegant Engravings ONE DOLL A KAvT. 7~l S A D VAXC E. 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, VALU ABLE* OltK i IN A L C O NIK! iil TIOXS /arm- V and Ilortu i.iurl-i fn every .'/«-tioi» ofthe South TERMS: One Copt, 1 ye?.r *i ; 25COPIK*, 1 year... .fc‘9o Tin: f V h SYSTEM will be rigidly adh. red to. anil in co»o |*a.i ** ■» tlu* order. ‘ The Hill'* - f nil hj.<;< .■ j/yii.g P-tage paid, v ill he at the ri-k of ll.e Publisher Adverli-eminln Inserted at ONE Doi.i.ah per square of twelve lines, ea, ii insertion , on-■ *•q >i:ue per annum. Ten Dollar- Add s \V M. JOM.s, < 1 *:. 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.