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row BLTOK MILLS FOR SALE.
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i.i . • lif MI ! are ou the <igeeehce Kivur,
• < V'lvV. U I,’Vl: *nd two ‘?nu Flour
•ill, -i ’, \ t aUfouNhe ’river,' and the
.- u »toM. ' e«n?a!»nv Jftc The I. .use is so situ
, ..J i«t* remain . i ami !h;>ta\v aivlGri t Mills in
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cT ' Free oj Charge!
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' , .ill* S - Vin€N..f Ua-t tf.ti: Vessels,
Val'C, a If .steam -hip Lilt- from VhilAifel*
w ii*M ■ van nail as j- iiablo for ur.RTAINTY
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i v . . . give all our time ; and
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PRACTICF OF SURGERY.
I UL JUKI AH II Uvitlss i* prepared to a. com i
1 / uiedate with JUciguigs and such patients as *
mni Ma .c may l*c a.- anui hat then Sen-anto will ■
ay <; every aat lay 7*wly
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/\om <C Si ir York Herald.
j The Tr« aiy between C«rrat lirii tin anti the
United Staten
j Wa.mi ;.««»res, L>ec. vhi, —liy the Urtt articie j
of the Ir iiy in-tween the oin ted Siatea and Grett
J Britain, tl.e <vntmt*r.: *? p;-.rtie«j air:oe joifitly tn
(. i- ;t > the r<ojiu ; .of raid ot Coda
j iLe t the ucLiued in the toAtnwlng
I A tornt rye» ifloriafcdwitfcia the
j \tt '- ' e.\ ,n for the i»iOr!qu.u> I'r'iiMMi. And
I it - ■**. to eaUbiuh tlie boantlary. The
I iMiiimiary la to l;e uad marked by two
tupiimu.iteii/um to be appointed,one byher Britaadfc
if :j# nty at ti one by tne Ih c«klen; of tl»e republic of
j Jiy article th.rd, tile lf‘«qutbo Indiaua. confining
Mcivtaj within the tcrrriiory oeviiriMkted.ahaiieti-
J Joy the to make, by tneir nutionai council *rr
I coum ami to convey into cfTec*. &U ruoii lavra ae
j tiity iiKiy deem tieoesa&ry tor the jiovermiieht and
I protectiofi of aii peraotm within th*» -arr-e. aiui of all
1 property iher» oniojigiug to their pcofdo, or to
j u« A per- u * a-i have connnetdd tbctxM>dv«*a with
j tiiuin. i Jijjir i '..rijlß kj ( p: .p*-rty ai«t <H local govera
j ii!'-i*U within the territory defined, shall t>e recce
l iiiz *d, altirmed and guaranteed by th- republic of
I.N uaulgua in tr*-uti<-*« to he mad* by that Mate with
tic- United t>ta»c- itnd Britain, respectively;
j -iudt.e repuUlicrof Nicaragua iri cacti ot theoe
| ire alien ahull tiipulate and i -age mat it ahaii cn
{ Ic.vm to pre .. nt the purchase of la. is from the
i M«- n 110 iii'uaii' nnJ the ii production and sale of
j - i .; : ;lti.m.My i w. among li.e said Indian.-*, and the
j - or* aggn-*'i'M along their western afid
i. cm frontier. The Alcsqoito liulums shall not
j !• - ; ;h* L> cetWth' ir leriitory or fights to any other
f- M« witheuL the c.»r.. a « nt of the United Stater mid
ii: hi lintaiu, each . *•; ar; i-Av
j. w* • ver, iu- -.ei >-»'i i haUnotiMßg ahull preclude tfih
coneiu*-i;.i, ofeuc’; voluntary arrange-
I uwni* hct.uven the iU:public of Nicaragua and the
jT< .. . fr-tiuii.-'. by wuM-h tl:e latter may be in
| < :j». ;• *ted and united with the former? but it
ib- ' puU •<1 .hi-,■’ * i Hifc, .that th said
In ; » - -haii be ]n*bi<- to the aatrus duties as other
i 11 v >. Hi*. tHd. 't ;*:* ■- tiiPfcrifotrj' South oi the river
.tin ilie ii. itß
« : the :■ ♦ rvaLoii ret apart lor the Mor-qutto In- j
: dj,.- .i, v, ,\ »j« prepidice to tlie rights of the
4 r*'*.i»»ili«-ol UoMiur.*s.-.ir to any qoestiuu of bouu
! ,av h'-'-we**n u. r«*p<ibli •ol Nicaragua* be recog
nixed -mhJ devia d r»- r • witir.u tlie limits and a.v- (
ni’the repnbi.cof Nk m agna on the follow- j
. ndiUour : -- j he repubtU: < f Ch-r-ia iiica shall
• fur its ci! i/.-jus iln: Jr* ed*»ui ol navigation up
• : !..*» :i tii*; ; ;ve.- mui J i.an, from i»s Bioutii to the
; in ; u .■ .Sera i'iqu • liver, withfiberfy to enter
. Jun ;! i* - port o' S.oi Juan, iircylown, with their
! vet. . and to -for** tueircaigoog in that.port, and
v/i'-t'-ut i- i»g rt»ibj el tunny duties of import dr ex- !
port, tabn; go-iiutv, or oth- v tax or pubuc charge
wiiutaver, - xecpUui Jiglit »ney mid otln r oeCes
;. .. . < eafa Bk i N
1 aliow tv* it riit ■ . oimputes boiwom; thum, and the
! •or e.-.teijfth-n ; c ».i veil to th« town.of Sa4
.hi r (.ieyi«.-jn; } if the .wane oaun -t, ue ;unicabiy
: -if . :,i i-L'ii ‘ "in iicdihat town, to ho
j . dbj !*■ ;ihat’oii of the touted States of
I An-,, c a « vi tlre»U iirituin, who, in any doubtful
; • . i t, .-huh i>e nlili? to call for the decision of a third
j ;» o ’y. All hot • ,'V/e giants of land for due co*’sid-
I ,n *iuide iu the n. do and by the authority of
i - ; i -quit - Indians, silica* the Ist ol January,lS4B,
: ■ ■ ' '
t i ; . .. Indians, .- halt be contirnied, provided the
J , . j. • nhasl not eiccod in any cam* the extent of one
..ni.-ii-d yat > r ijuure, i! within the limits of San
j Juan i’. -tireylown, or one league square if without
■ » ,). l provided that such grunt abaii not in
j } . p- w•< ii tl. other legal giants made previously
1., .1 .• ■ -.y 'pair., the reput hoof Central Aioe
| i . , j.-•ai’oi ll* present suites ol Central Amo
fl, a; 1 providial further, that no such grunt witli
! i., , ,i ol ihe said States hail imdnde t‘ rritorv re
* . by its go\ -,t ciie-nt for foita, amenahi, or
i« • i ...I'lUngi. i . stipulation is mno manner to
j cl] the grants nt l&ndmad - previously to tne Ist
I i ,1 'ld'! republic of Nicaragua shall
d dec lure the p-?rt of <3reytown or San
e city, though un
j;’i»r the : vereign of she republic, whose iuhabi
-hml t njoy the following righto and ioomuui
ii, : 'i he right to govern themselves by means of.
Ih* i w,vn muni ij’ili government, to be admir ister
• d by 1 gi. hitive. exi i-utivo ami judicial officer* of
, i i • i.uii seh-c; ion, according to their own negotia
li.-i,- . trial by jury in their own courts; perfect
fn • Join of rcigious belief and of worship, public
and private.
Ti e inunk ipal government shall lay no duties on
goorlrt exported, nor any duties on goods imported,
intended for tl'ausit aetoss tlie IdthuiUS, or fdr C(sl-
Hiiiq'lioii witiiqut the city, nor any duties of tonnage
~ii ii,,- i.\s except such as may be necessary for the
p.»|i< t * us the port ami (lie maiuteuaneeof (he neees
oy light heiisos and U-acona; provided that the
present dinUitiou ahull not interfere with or prevent
tin; levy of a temporary duty on imports for the
purpose of the payment to the Mosquito Indians as
. :■{ ulated in nrtn '.e •"»; exemption from military ser
vice, except for the defence of -the city and within
the bounds of the name.
Art. o provides that the republic of Nicaragua
• all enter into positive treaty upulations with each
of the two governments of the United States of
America ami Great lirituin that it will make the
grint of freedom to the city of Greytown, of San
Juan, subject loth* condition that the municipality
of the said city shall, as soon us organized, pass laws
and ordinances levying bv tux or duty on imports,
some reasonable sum, to be paid half yearly to the
Mosquito Indians, byway of annuity, for a limited
period, as an indemnity and compensation for
their interest in the territory recognized and de
clared by the first clause of Art. I, to be within
j (he. limits und sovereignty of the republic of Nica
| By article sixth her Britannic Majesty and the
J republic of Nicaragua shall, within r*iv months after
I C.{ t xc i.auge of the ratifications of the treaty, to be
I concluded between them in virtue of the present
•! arraugemenlH, appoint each a commissioner for the
! purpose of designating and making out the inland
| boundary separating th * territory tobe set anart for
? the Mosquito Indians They shull also appoint each
a commissioner for the purpose of deciding upon
the fama fnle* of all grants of lands; they shall fur
: ther appoint each a commissioner, for the purpose
[ol'd.t rniinii'gAhe amount, the period of dmatien,
- and the tiine, place and payment of the
Hii.niity to be paid to the Mosquito Indians accord*
i ing to the stipulations.
Artirtie p.-*veiith provid t-lint the commissioner*
Uua l meet at such place or pine s as shall be here
ufter lixod. After they shall be respectively named,
: liiui bi-l*-re proceeding to business, they shall make
and a solemn declaration that they will
impartially and carefully (*xatninc and decide upon
nil the matters referred to them tor their dccisron.
Tla-coininissioners to appoint a third pertpn to act
• c.s arbitrator or umpire in any case or cnsHnu which
: tin \ inny tlremeelvts differ *r. opinion.
\ Article ninth provides that.the two gon-rmnents
i b ud lln-iit n lv<■in case the republics of Nieara
! rim and (.hista Kioa, or cither of tliem, should K>
• fuse to accept 1 ’in* arrangemt ids cmdirmed in Hie
. prcce«l : ug articles, not, to propose nor consent to
: ‘my ot her arrangements more favorable to the so-
J fusing party or parties. [Signed.]
G. M. Pai t.as,
Ulauenpon.
UK TOUTKI> .VHTICI.ES.
■ Article I. Whereas,the arrangement* *ut forth
■ in ;i, tn-fttv of this date are provided an an ade
c-u.it mbstitiu lor tin pndcctum heretofore ex
t*( Mih-1 i vitro ! Jlnlam u* tiio Mosquito Indians;
audwlico as cm* or the other, orbothid'theeon
trai ling J may litul in the eondhiun of vheir
. . . i» > wiiii tii« republic of Nicaragua
\ , vent an iiuinediate execution of the
now, there tore, it is agreed
a in.! ..id : *»<i as follows: —That any delay in
i , vn\ tu«* said aiLaugiuu iits. arising from
! ;i,(»cii'i u:*i-1 i■ •■»s mi relations of tlui repubke of Ni
! «agua, slui»: : i:• > ivspeeL impair the validity or
| !,.•» -d the treaty ;-.n het-Weeu the contracting par
ji; bui I l * • sfv.c si ill re main obligatory upon and
|l. ,■ cxi * .by tin i;. a.-* curly as may be prm*ti
; .mUc; that whicuever « f the coutraeling pallies
! may ,- toucrt find itsell in such political relations with
j t)„ • ; ,*.,«• »»f Nicaragua as enable it to do 60, shall
lest prop - simply to that republic the nrrange-
I nn His ••••□mined m this treaty, aud.shall obtaip, by
of.; separate treaty, it- assent to tlic'se ar
j i ... ■up • tin other cortifiCting party engaging
j ,*i *i i .i viug to itselt the right also to (conclude with
I tl. ■ - 'uT e,nt the eani*st moment, a treaty
j co:ituinin ; .: Tie said arrangements.
Ar V And whitens, tbe relations of amity bo
j tween the contracting parties, and the neutrality ot
• i-v.y . A viy comnmiiieauou by * auai or railway
j i, - -1.1- Isilimus, « i.icheunneota North and Jsouth
! America, and t*» m hioh coinmuuicatiou by canal or
i i.ti.n -.y,T:- p.rt lectiou has been or shall be ex
i ::dcd, n y 1,- nulhei as.-ured by some definite ar-
I v.aig ntent chi two other questions which have came
into discus-ion, now it is mutually agreed iuid un
' :stood tl*;.: her Brit'nuic Majtstyß settlement
cubed tin Httiize, or Briush lleudur o«, bomuled on
j t-a noi ib by the Mexican proviuce ol Yui fitan, and
i on tin s- <ui !i by the river Soraitoou, was not and is
j not embraced in the treaty entered inio Ihjtween the
| con rai'luig parties on tm Uth day of April, ISA),
! r . the limits of the said Belize on the. west, as
: vv existed on the sai»l Idfca day of April, LSoO,
|-..V. i: i - .l;le, b* tied aud fixed by Beaty be
. '. con ; it Briiaunic Majesty und the republic of
j Guai* u.aia wi...ia two yeara from tW‘ exctiange of
! the irTiilicatiou ot this instrument which sakl
j bouudiarics and luiats shall not at any time hereafter
be extended . that the islands aud their inhabitants
! . Buatau, Bonaco. l ida, Barboretta, Helena and
; M*r i : -ifi .v il is*. thcJlay of Honduras, aud kre»vn
- . ti e Buv Island*; having been by a convention I
! • a: a g oate-?ib day of August, I Sob. betveeii her I
| Brirauisi-. Mn;.sty:tnd the republic of Honduras, j
: coin-tin :cd and det lared a five territory under the !
sovereignty of t.je said republic of Honduras, the |
uwc cei Li efu g parties do Hereby mutually engage
.. sped, in all futur* tiaie, the iu
depv ml r.o* avid rights of the said fP&e territory as a
1 part ot Tv republic of Honduras.
A‘ ! cd. The present separate articles skaii haye
1 tin- > one force aud validity as if they had bceu in*
| -oil i word for word iu the treaty between the Uni- i
I ti-d S- ites ot America.and her Britannic Majesty, ;
• this day They shah be ratified by the Bresi
j ,U ni of the United States, by and w ith the advice :
: and c >. nt of the Senate thereof, and by her Bri* i
! tai.i Mai sty. and the raiifietftions shaii lie ex- !
j . hangt dat the Fame time as those of the Treaty.
George M. Dalles. j
Clakknuo*, j
Done a. Loudon on the 17th ot" October, m the
| year of our Lord, lSdb.
J
I Tin Um\eksity ok Yiiu.ima,—-TheJlichmoQd
! a . Dispatch give* the following interesting uouce
! A»f this s--utl.« in sent of learning : “TLe Urn verity ;
| 1 v r* w was never in as tiourisbing a conjoin* ;
! •'-> present, la- number of students at this early
p. ; . u of the stsskm ia larger than at the close of •
Ii lo kst so.-shm. wLicL 'arger than a: any pre- ]
j vious period in the bi-tory of th ITi varsity. There
i art now six hundred ainl two ctudejits, from the fob j
lowing Staies : Nov York Pennsylvania 1. Ohio, ;
l>claw;ue Mai'yteud 10, District of Columbia Ift '
NhUar.•!■::,/ 1», Carolina H.
- Florida 7. A abaiua hh Mississippi LouieianaoO. i
1 I'cx.-.s . C mioruia *J, Arkansas 1. MioSeuriS. K.cu- i
j tuckv 11, Tennessee 9, making in al! other >
Ste >v J7 J; from Virginia 330 . total fifth The •
> ci number of students on the I3th of November •
i •-ts->ka»n. was b . Increase for the remainder of j
I T.t fssit'i* Ih. kiug Um whoie number during the ,
! fccsc-ionkhS. With thi same rate of increase this i
s. ssior: as iasf, tor tiie remainder of the session, the
| tidal number daiii g the present session will re&eh
It a| pears that students ue*w enter at a more
! .‘ubranced age man formerly, and ih&n is uauntil* this
; generally L&ct ago, when young men are diasatistied
j if the.i education is nut completed at seventeen. —
i The ag* sos the .-Indents at tneir birth days preeed*
j ing mat: a ulatiun, w«re .*.s hfilows : -1 at the age of
| In. 7'J et the age of 17, lid at the age of PS Hb at
the age of lit, 1 lb at the age of gfi. To at the a*;e of
J l'l .!* at the age of CO at the age of ,3, 4at the
ag»- of Tl. ll* at the age 0f25,5 at tlw* ust of i&. —
1 Hus would make the average age ot me students
j about 'AI. About g*t«U studenta board aud lodge
I w ithiu tlie {krecftncts of University. leaving 400, or
( nearly two thirds of the whole number to fiud ac
j e»«uuodatkms at the l>oarding houses iu the vi-
I cinky.’
A B> ).IKT» City.—The London Atliem* mn an
; m uiices the difye-vaiy of a buried Greek city in Le
j vant, by Mr. Newton. British Vice Consul at Cos.
Tlie British Admiralty have gent out in the Gordon
team frigate the apparatus required for excava
| 1 i<*us. together with cameras and photographic chem
icals.
Later from < aliiornia —By the Illinois.
The great topic among our politicians i« now as
to who are to be elected United States Henators for
Caiifornm. The merits of rival candidates are be
gimnrig to ba hotly discussed by the newspaper
press, preliminary u> the grand oonteat when the
.State Legislature meets in January next. Ihe com
position of that body w 1! *tand somewhat as fol
low i : iiL.tbe Assembly these are 5S Democrats. L 2
Lepuhhand 19 Americans. Iu the Senate, IS
rU iqoc-raU. 3 Republicans and 12 Americana. In
therefore, the vote will stand thuß :
!>eo:ocra? 7<». Republicans 15, Americana 22; iria
iority of jjcaocratc over both of the other parties,
■l. In these circumstances, the next United States
S oatorp w ; ’! be Deinocratic, uni quarrels am* *ng
tiff*<*endF tbeaisclves ami their personal “fol
i«w;i»g ‘ prevent an elcc-tiun altogether—which may
be tun ct- G win, Latham aud Broderick seem to
be t; • parti** most talked of as having the present
show. However, it is likely enough that a new
rr.au or men may in the end enter the course, and
w in the race.
Rain bar fallen pretty generally over the whole
I country. No* enough, however, ha* yet come to
enable the miner to profit materially by the abuu
i dance of water. The immediate effect has been
l v < rv to tae farmers, and their stock are now
j having fre-ii gran; feed. The parched condition of
I the earth -aiked in nearly all the moisture it re
t chived, and the nfinera are waiting impatiently for
further to satisfy their own immediate * pur
’ pbaer. Iu the mountainous districts heavy falls cf
i snow have taken place.
j Great storms have prevailed along the coast, ex
i tending iron* San Diego to C rescent (J;ty. A few
liOU*-»ri Lave been unroofed next the sea, and some
■ Kmnl! boats driven ashore, but no material damage
baa bees suffered.
Ace* uni#fr om the different mining districts rep
resent the prsfcp< eta of tiie miners for the coming
winter h-. •? excellent. Enormous amounts of
labor and nvney are being expended, in the firm
faith ol adcpiate returns being received before
tong. ()nlßiccelebrated “Table Mountain/’ near
Sonora, the miners have been for the last year or
two digging immensely deep pits and tunnels, with
out scarcely I ding the “color.” Their reward is
expected so nto come. At Big Bar, on the Middle
Fork of the American River, a very great amouut
cf labor has 1 • vn expended on the Mammoth Cre
vice. This, howt ver, is now beginning topay large
lv. From il quartern—from Marinoea, Tuolumne,
CulaverV.-, i. Dorado, Nevada, Butte and othe.
< miifies -V.*- <»iirof gigantic mining enterprises,
where the returns are necessarily distant and un
t.&lain. The Columbia and Stanislaus River Wa
ter Comp iny have expended nearly halfa million of
dollars in labor and money in constructing their ditch,
without receiving returns. At (Irass Valley, quartz
mining is bein_ r extensively prosecuted, and some
ot tiie mills in operation are paying well. Upward
o/f 100,000 has b«-en expended in machinery in the
vioini'y of tha* t--wn w.tliin the last year, being a
portion of t%e profits arising in thut time of the un
dertakings. The miners about Oroville took the
prcliu.iuiiiy nt* ps for a strike to have tlie water
rate vvhieb tlu v paid to the ditch companies re
do* ed : birt no effectual measures have been taken
to foiiow up the movement.
New .sourn.s *»f wealth are being developed
throughout she Slate. The farmers about Napa,
Sonoma. Sucrav nto, Marysville, Grass Valley San
Jose a?id other] ! • • are cultivating the mulberry
tor the purpose of feeding the silk worm, and t hus
producing silk. L. Prevost of San Jose has already
??«;,odd mnlbe-iry trees. The honey bee is likewise
being carefully attended to, and numerous hives
have teen coUeUed »t San Jose and other parts of
the cqmitry. Till recently there was no honey-bee
in California ; but some hivea were introduced from
the East, and gradually n»*w swarms have been
thrown off.
This is the great salmon season for the Indians.
On the raneherias along the banks of the Sieramen
to and ot Iter rivers, the Indians are busy catching
aud curing their supply offish for Winter consump
tion. A talk has lately taken place with the Yuba
I n<liaiis about Marysville. They have been induced
to make preparations Cor moving, about a month
hence, to tiie Noun- Luckoe Reservation. It is an
licipafrdThal tliere will be a general desertion .of
the Indians from the Grande Rondo Reservationfin
Southern Oregon. It appears that about 18U In
diana were turned off on tiie plea that they were a
Cahtei uia tribu. The other Indians lock offense
at t his, and some 4,000 or 5,000 of them are expect
ed iu desert tlie Reservation when tlie Spring season
conies.
Every race appeal's to claim superiority over the
pooi Indian. Even John Chinaman, despised and
abu. * d, not only by tin* niaea of white Californians,
but also by the “colored” population here, has
la v n hiring Indians to work fur him at mining. A
party of seven Chinamen have about a dozen In
< iai;:- in their employment at Big Bar, on the Moke
luiYmc river.
At the recent election, two women were elected
to fill offices in Placer county —one as Justice of the
Peace, and the other as Constable. Each received
one vote m the precipct, and there was no opposi
tion.
The Chinamen in Mariposa county have very
generally adopted the Americanatyle of dress, chew
tobacco, and drink brandy aud lager beer.
The Supeivisprs of Mariposa county have assess
ed the Fremont grant at $1,000,000. The taxes on
it a v e $17,000.
There have been some important moves in the
affairs of the house of Adams &, Co. Gilbert A.
Grant, the Befreree In the case of Adams vs. Has
kell and Woods, filed his report on Nov. 22, finding
the amount of claims approved by him against
Adains & Co., to be sl.l 0n,404. Judge Hager of
the Fourth District Court, in which the case is pen
ding, immediately oi deled all persons interested to
show cause why the report should not be confirmed
within two weeks. Since then, on Nov. 26, Judge
Hager made an order that H. M. Naglee, the Re
ceiver iu the above case, and the holder of ail the
funds of Adams & Co.,should file a sworn inventory
or iii count ol the funds on hand, &c. By this ac
tion the Receiver will be compelled to proceed with
the business for which he was appointed. Several
reports of Referees, appointed lbr special purposes
iu mutters connected with Auums & Co.’s affairs
have already been or will iu a lew days be tiled,
and it Is therefore to expected that this vexed
buuiiii-»k> will .spuedily be wound up. Naglee has
involved matters considerably, but strong efforts
will be made to make his crooked path straight A
judgment for $1 On,781), and a decree of foreclosure
oh a mortgage, was also rendered against Falmcr,
Cook &i Co., for that amouut of money belonging to
Adams & Co. iu their hands.
On Friday, Nov. 28, Richard P. Hammond, indic
ted for a conversion of public money, while Collec
tor of the Port of San Francisco, was tried in the
United States Circuit Court. The accused was ac
quitted by the jury and a nolle prosequi was entered
iii the case of another indict me ut ugaiust him, rela
ting to the same business.
Several persons who have deserted from Walker
in Nicaragua and come here, represent the physical
hardships and dangers encountered by his army as
being very grevious. The situation of Walker is
described as being hazardous iu the extreme. The
tojios ofliis organ, The Nicaragueuse, are said to
be altogether u n eliable, being written solely at
Walker s dictation audio further his policy, with
out auy regard to truth. The repealed accounts of
his “giorious victories” which have appeared m that
paper, were garbled and false statements. The
victories have been iu reality defeats. Re-iuforcc
ments of a hundred men at a time, leave here when
tht}.Nicaragua steamer sails, which is once a month.
Oregon.—Our dates from tins Territory are to
t!m 26th ult. There is scarcely an item of moment,
Letschi a noted Indian warrior,had been captured iu
Washington Tei rrtory. There* had been considera
ble rain m the Territory of Oregon.
Tlu* .Nubinnriue Telegraph i'lntcaii.
The Rational 1 lUtiligcnccr, a few days since,
contained she report of Lieutenant Maury to the
Secretary of tlie Navy, on sub-oceanic geography
deep sea soundings, and the submarine telegraphic
plateau. After some preliminary statements, these
conclusions are given.
“The quiet of tlie grave reigus everywhere iu the
proiouudest depths of the ocean. The repose there
i* beyond the reach of the wind. It is so perfect
that none of the powers of the earth, save only the
earthquake aud the volcano cau disturb it.
“ The specimens of the deep-soundings, for which
we are indebted to the ingenuity of Lieut. Brooke,
are as pure and as free from the sand of the sea, ns
the snow-flake that falls when it is calm upon the
sea is from the dust of liie earth, indeed these
soundings suggest the idea that the sea, like the
suow cloud w ith its flakes in a calm, is always let
ting fail upon it.> bed showers of these microscopic
shells ; am! wc may readily imagine that the ‘sun
less wrecks' which strew its bottom are, in the pro
cess of ages, hid under this fleecy covering, present
ing the rounded appearance which is seen over the
body of the traveller who lias perished iu tlie suow
storm. The ocean, especially withiu and near the
tropica, swarm with lite. The remains of its my
riads of moving things are conveyed by currents,
and scattered and lodged in tlie course of time all
over its hot torn. This process continued, forages,
has covered the depths ol the ocean as with a man
lie, consisting of organisms as delicate as the macled
frost find as Tight as tlie undrifted snow flake on the
mountain.”
li is further stated that alt the obstacles interpos
ed by the sea, to the laying of submarine telegrphs,
lie between the the surface and the depths of a few
hundred fathoms below. The first result bearing
upou this subject was tlie discovery of a telegraphic
piattau, which was announced iu the sailing direc
tions in these words;
“There is at the bottom of this sea, between Cape
Race, in Newfoundland, ttnd Cape Clear, in Ireland,
a remarkable steppe, which is already known as the
telegraphic plateau. A company is now engaged
with the project of a submarine telegraph across the
Atlantic. It is proposed to carry the wires along
tins plateau from the eastern shores of Newfound
land to the western shores of Ireland. The great
circle distance between these two shore lines is one
thousand six hundred and forty Hides, and the sea
along the route is probably nowhere more than ten
or twelve, thousand feet.’
That company consists of enterprising American
citisens and British subjects, who have been fur
uiaheuwiifi whatever of information this office could
afibrd tending to facilitate their enterprise. With
these lights, such as they were, and with their owl
knowledge, intelligence and experience to guide
tk«*u, they have decided upou the electric chord
wmvh is to bring she old world into instautaneoui
coffftvranh ation with the new. They expect so lav
the wires over this telegraphic plateau ‘during the
next ye*f The wind and current charts wiUenabfe
tfem to select a time tor it when the operation
trill be the least liable to interruption by a gale of
wind.
Xhe telegraphic piatea u lies acre se tne G iu Stream.
ana Professor Bay ley says :
• Ihave no doubt our beautiful ocean river glides
along in* course hi the Northern Atlantic gentle
Msrtfce current cf time, dropping now and tie® a de
mnet animaleuta into the great sepulchre below, but
i*>t wearing or abridging ttie bottom in the slightest
(K-grec, '
L,u ut. Maury 's conclusion* &re as follows:
‘‘Yon wit observe that thesespeeimeus tulivcon
firm alt that other observations had taught lX>n .
coning the quiescent state of currents at the bot
tom of the sea, and that here along this telegraphic
plateau, as it is everywhere wfierever Brcuke £
scffihdlnij rod has given us of its treasures, the bot
tom ii the depths of the ccean is so perfectly shel
tered lroin the forces of winds and waves arid ruu
i;uig water, that a rope of sand would have strength
enough to hold safely to their anchors the subma
rine wires, were they only lodged there, and that
the whole difficulty m stretching the wires of the
submarine telegraph across the Atlantic ocean et.n
siete in getting them to the bottom, not in retaining
them there.” •
D» ith of a Prominent Citizen*.— A few dav*
since, the He nonble Robert Carter Nicholas was
stricken with paralysis, on his plantation, ia the
parish of Terrebonne, and on \Vednesday, the 24th
ms*., he succumbed to the attack. The deceased
citizen was a native of Virginia, son of a Gov trnnr
w« believe, of that honored commonwealth, an]
inherit ca of Hie aptitude and intelligence in pok-feni
affairs which hare conferred upon the sons of:h a t
State «• wide spread aud distinguished a reputation.
He filled several offices in this, his adopted State,
with credit, ability, zeal and satisfaction, and
Senator representin': the interest of Louisian -.
Cengrees. was greatly reepected for his excellent
sc-uee. concilia:*iry demeanor, nice sense of honor,
ami spotless integrity. For years we have been
honored with his friendship and regard, and -ur
boart is deeply touched with grief as we now brief
ly i oiivcy to his numerous friends in this State mM
abroad, nie sad tidings of hie removal, by the rude
band of death, forever from amongst us.— N. o.
True Utlta.
Ei eciobal Vovx Lost. —The Wisconsin papers
state that the electoral vote of that State was Lot
cast, owing to a severe snow storm which prevented
the eleciu i* from reaching the capital on the day
appointed for their meeting.
AUGUSTA, GA., WEDNESDAY MORNING, JANUARY 7. 1857.
From the Albany Evening Journal.
Marriages and Contiy Living—lncrease of
Finer> and Decrease of Jlatrituouy—Why
Leap Year was a Failure.
The statisticians of Boston report that “Leap
Y'ear has been a failure’* in the Modem Athens.—
There Las been twenty per c-eut. less of marriage
there this year thau the last. The fact is by no
means one to be joked over,
j Funnily, however, the modern Athenian statisti
j t inns ascribe it to the passions aud expenses of the
I recent Presidential election 1 They view wedlock
j from afar. If they come quite up to the Best u
! iiy menial altar they would be in the way of an ex
toplunation of the iarnentaule fact they publish. Tuat
TThrive to Love aud Marriage is crughingly draped
I with silks at from tiiree dollars to fifteen dollars a
yard—it is festooned with laces at price* to cause
lockjaw to Lear of—expensive je mined jewelry
i flashes through tlie meshes of the point d’Aiencons
I every part—silver plate, paved thick upon leases
-of “genteel residences,*' suppoils the altar - silver
| and uiiiiiners' bills tor every purchasable luxury aud
j necessary, more terrible than the bills of vultures,
litter the base of it as votive leaves to the Forest
Spirit circle the oak iu autumn. What effect has
j this profanation of the shrine o: Marriage on the
j young men of Boston, who would fain bring to it
j their personal offerings?
I J hose statisticians can see it and hear it. The
| current of masculine marriageable Luirianity sets
j right by without stopping. Great fcighs heaved
from the bottom of prudent but hopeless hearts, are
all that is g.ven to hymen. Young artists, young
artisans, young doctors, merchant’s clerks, lawyers
of more youth than clientage, yet all out of debt
and earning comfortable and honorable subsistence
for one, according to the scale oi 184 G, pass by
quickly, alarmed by the evidences of the inexorable
conditions attached to reputable marriage in these
evil days of competition and social display.
Marriage is becoming a luxury to men in the U.
States. Tne cost of provisions, the wages of labor,
the rent of dwellings, the cost of necessaries and of
luxuries, added to the unreleutiug pressure upon
people in respectable society to dress richly and
furnish showily, make the inevitable price of a
lamily out of reach of the salaries and incomes of
most ot the young. Os the effect on the inorals and
character of a state in which wedlock is prohibited,
it is unnecessary to enlarge. By reading or by
travel we are all familiar with it in France and in
Austria. Prudence and custom forbid marriage in
the former country, where there i» not assured in
come to maintain its w-ants aud social pretensions.
In the latter, the armed law holds asunder from the
relations of husband and wife couples wlm do not
iKi.-sess property guarantees that Lheir t-iiiidren
not become a burden to the Mi ate. In all ranks
of its society income is the marriage cement of love.
Marriage may as effectually be prohibited by the
expenses of millinery ware and house furnishing, as
by a police regulation. If those modem Athenian
statiscians will stand with llieir note books beside
their marriage altar for two years to come, they will
have to record a steadily diminishing worship at the
shrine. Il old muidhood be, as many say, an evil,
the penalty of a general repudiat ion of cotton goods
and a scorn of gingham, will be paid iu every house
where there are daughters. Does it not behoove all
mothers—ail good mothers—to imitate, individually
if not concert, the vriee conduct of the Belgio wo
men of Brussels “ Upper Tendom ?*’ Their “ Re
trenchment Society” has been organized to make
economy fashionable. Its weekly meetings receive
reports of superfluities dispensed with, aud discuss
the feasibility of further curtailments in household
and personal expenses. Its members are mothers,
and teese their labors are for the purpose of saving
marriage to tliQirqjrowu up daughters, by making it
practicable for those young men w-hobe capital is
aDpropofrtioned to their industry aqd integrity.
Oh tor the rest* ration of gingham and prints!—
Iri there no deliverance from the silken wet) of evil
which French looms weave for ua ?
A Campaign Incident.—An old soldier, writing
to the iate Duke of Wellington on the subject of
corporal punishment in the British army, mentioned
the following anecdote :
“lfi 1814, when I joined the 87th Regiment under
the command of S*r 1 lugh Gough,there was a bugler
in the corps who had been through tlie whole of the
Peninsular campaign. Paddy Shannon was a fa
vorite with ail of the men, and something of a hero;
but all Paddy had left was his recollections of these
acts —his only solace,, the notice taken of him at the
canteen —his only triumph the whiskey. Need I say
Paddy Shannon became a ‘drinker’—or that Paddy
soon made his appearance at the ’halberts !’
“The Regiment was paraded, the proceedings
read, and Paddy tied up. Tiie signal was given for
the drummer to begin, when Paddy Shannon ex
claimed :
“ Listen now, Sir Hugh. I)o you mean to say
you’re going to flog me. J ust recollect who it was
sounded the charge at Barrosa, when you took the
only French eagle ever taken. Wasn’t it Paddy
. Sliaunou ? Little I thought that day it would come
to this ; aud the Regiment so proud of that same
eagle ou their colors !
‘ Take him down,’said Sir Hugh, and Paddy es
caped unpunished. A very short time, however,
elapsed, before Paddy again found himself iu a
similar circumstance.
‘Goon,’ said the Colonel.
•Don’t be in a hurry,’ ejaculated Paddy, ‘l’ve a
few words to aay, Sir Hugh.’
‘The eagle won’t save you this time, sir.’
‘ls it the eagle, indeed! then I wasn't going to
saything about the same, though you are and ought
to be proud of it. But I. was just going to ask if it
wasn’t Paddy Shannon who, when the breach was
stormed at Tarifa by 22,000 French, and only the
87th to defend it, if it wasn’t Paddy Shannon who
struck up ‘Garryowen, to glory boy,’and you, Sir
Hugh, have got the same two towers and the breach
between them on your coat of arms iu testimony
thereof.’
‘Take him down, said the Colonel, and paddy was
again unscathed. Paddy had a long list of services
to go through, and a good deal of whiskey, and ere
another two months he was again tied up, the sen
tence read, and an assurance from Sir Hugh Gough
that nothing again should make him relent. Paddy
tried the eagle—it was of no use. He appealed to
Sir Hugh’s pride, and the breach of Tarifa without
any avail.
‘And is it me,’ at last, lie broke out, ‘that you are
going to flog / I appeal to you, Sir Hugh Gough,
before the whole Regiment, who know it well, il it
wasn’t Paddy Shannon who picked up the French
Field Marshall's staff at the battle of Vittoria, that
the Duke of Wellington sent to the Prince Regent,
and tor which he got that letter which will long be
remembered, and that made him a Field Marshal
into the bargain ! The Prince Regent said—‘You’ve
sent me .the staff of a Field Marshal of France, I
return ypu that of a Field Marshal of England.’—
Wasn't it Paddy Shannon that took it ? Paddy
Shannon, who never got rap, or recoin pence, or
ribbon, or star, coat of arms, or mark of distinction,
except the floggiag you are going to give him.’
‘Take him down,’ cried Sir Hugh, and again Pad
dy was forgiven.
Cotton Seed Oil. —We published a paragraph
a few-days since, from the New Orleans Picayane,
noticing the shipment oi cotton seed from the South
to Rhode Island, to be there manufactured into oil
and oil cake. Tjie fact of the application of cotton
seed to such a purpose has been extensively re
marked upon, as though it were new, when it is ex
actly the reverse, and the planters of the South have
been sagaciously called upon to husband their cot
ton seed, in view of this novel discovery. For
years it haefbeeu known that valuable oilcan be ex
tracted from cotton seed, and many attempts have
been made to extend its manufacture. But in
nearly every case, though the factory has been loca
ted at a convenient point for the shipment of the oil,
yet it has always been at a very inconvenient
point for rec iving the seed. This lias been the
primary cause in tlie failure of all such underta
kings. *
And the cause of failure in this case lias only been
part and parcel of the suicidal policy of the South
ern States iu all such undertakings, al the very mo
ment when they are most loud-mouthed in their de
nunciations of Northern monopoly. Instead of go
ing to work and building up factories to convert the
raw material at home, and thus save to themselves
the factory profits as well as the cost of transporta
tion, they call conventions and assemble theorists
with nothing better to do than to grieve over the
prosperity of others. If they wish the present
state of things altered, tlie entering wedge will be
to diversify the soft scenery of the South with the
busy hum of the factory wheel, and thus make
the "transportation of “cottonseed” or any other
raw product of agriculture to “ Rhode Island”
or elsewhere a subject of surprise and not of gratu
lation.
Tiie practicability of making gas, also, from cot
ton seed was broacned in Silliman’s Journal many
years ago. The theory was as beautiful as the light,
but defective from the fact that cotton seed was too
bulky to bear transportation to points where gas
was needed—the expenses on it prevented it from
entering into competition with coal and rosin. The
same difficulty, we imagine, will be found in con
verting the seed into oil at distant points. It will
be found to furnish no equivalent, after the trans
portation is paid r for the loss of its efficiency as a fer
tilizer—the only really profitable use ever yet made
of cotton seed.
If small establishments for the manufacture of
cotton seed oil were so located iu the South, as to be
convenient to the seed, and also readily accessible
to market, capital prudently invested and cerefully
managed, might obtain some reasonable reward.—
But that it cau ever be transported to Rhode Is
land, where it is gravely announced it is worth two
or three cents a pound, and become a paying article
of export, after deducting carriage, is simply pre
posterous.—Fall. Arncr.
The Ditty on Sugar. —Mr. Colfax, of Indiana,
lias given notice in the House of his intention to in
troduce a bill for the repeal of the duty on sugars.
We are not at present prepared to say whether the
t tal repeal of tlie duty on sugars would be advisa
ble or not; but we think it perfectly evident that a
material reduction of the duty should be made at
once. Inasmuch as the sugar growers of Louisiana
are and have always been unable, under the most
favorable circumstances, to supply the home de
mand, and under calamitous circumstances like the
present fall distressingly short of it, there can be, in
our judgment, no valid reason either in justice or
economy tor longer taxing the masses of the nation
exclusively for their benefit. So far as it has been
done, there of course has never been any valid rea
son for it. But in whatever doubts the matter may
have been involved heretofore, it is clear enough
now. The present duty on sugar is an imposition m
a double-sense. It is an outrage upou all sorts of
policy and principle. It is, perhaps, the moet fla
grant instance of what the Democracy have always
charged the essential feature of all protection which
the American tariff ever presented. It is a tax
on the consumer, with scarcely Lie most shadowy
countervailing advantage. Aud yet Secretary Guth
rie. while retiring or promoting numeipus articles
to tLe free list, upon the two-fold principle *of pro
tecting our native manufactures aud diminishing
our bloated revenue, completely overlooks or pa«a*
es consciously by sugar, which is a portion ot the
raw material of onr magnificent men and women,
and which can't be adequately supplied at home. —
There is wretched inconsequence in tb» as| well as
wretched injustice. We trust that it will be speed
ily corrected.— Louisville Journal.
Shakers In Kentucky. — A society of Shakers
settled in Mercer County. Ky., in Iso<. and still re
main there, thrifty, industrious, tmobtrusive ; com
fortable and quiet, as they are everywhere. They
began with a farm of 100 acres, and now have
about 0,000, worth from £OO to SIOO per acre. Ihe
community is divided into five “families,'’ comprise
ing between three and four hundred members.—
Their building? are principally of brick ana stone,
and their fields are separated and inclosed with sub
stantial stone walls, one man being constantly em
ployed in building and repairing them. Forty miles
of wall has cost them about £40,000. They have
LOO head of cattle, mostly ?hort horns, from the best
imparted stock. Great care is taken of tbeir cattle,
and they thrive upon a course of feeding that is at
once economical and wholesome. Cutting machines
are operated by horse power, capable ofprepar
ing a ton of feed in a very short time. The cut
tings are mixed with a meal of corn and rye, ground
fine. In 1850, they raised 3,1 W bushels of wheat
on about 100 acres, but the past year that crop
yielded but about 18 bushels per acre. Fruit pre
serving is a considerable branch of their busi
ness. Last year, when fruit was plenty, they put
up in sugar, tor market, thirty tons of fruit of differ
ent kinds.
Louisville, Dee. 29!—There was a great excite
ment at the Court House on Saturday during the
examination of the negroes charged with the mur
der of the Joyce family. William Joyce, a brother
of the murdered man, proposed to burn them and
the crowd responded, but finally they were quieted
by the court and the negroes remanded. The
presumptive evidence against them is strong, but
their is nothing direct except,the confession of the
negroes.
j Further by tlie Eiiropa.
The Paris Conferences —No doubt need be
j entertained that the diplomatic conferences at Paris
■ will be resumed; and although the tone of the
. French press is conflicting, a feeling more favora
! England is perceptible. But whether on the
j poiuts in dispute the French government has adop
, ted the views of England, or the British govern
* inept those of France, is uncertain.
! England. —Sir Admiral Beechey, whose death
! was announced a few days ago, served in the Bri
j tish squadron in 1815 below New Orleans, where
j be served in tlie boats which dashed across the M’S
[ sissippi with a detachment of troops, stamen aud
! manners, as a successful diversion in favor of the
i general attack upon the American liqe.
F kance. — The Prince of Prussia arrived at Paris
at two o'clock on Thursday the 11th. Prince Na
poleon aud the military authorities received him at
the Northern Railway station. battalions
were drawn up in the court-yard, where four car
riages of the Emperor were waiting. The two
princes, escorted by a squadron of ihe Guards, pro
ceeded to the palace of the Tuiltriee, where they
alighted. m
Spain. —Tlie London Post of December, says:—
Our advices from Madrid state that the election of
Mr. Buchanan to the Presidency of the United States
had not made tlie impression on the Spanish cabinet
which, from his views with respect to Cuba, had
been expected.
Prussia and Switzerland.— The Brussels jour
nal, Le Nord. says that the Prussian cabinet, weary
of seeing al! its conciliatory attempts at redress re
pulsed by the Swiss, has decided upon adopting an
energetic course. It will appeal to the great Pow
ers, asking if there yet remains any diplomatic
means of settling the Neufchatel question, and as
the reply is expected to be in the negative, Prussia
wili then proceed to do justice to herself. x‘
The Berlin correspondence of the Independence
states that Prussia has announced iu her receqt note
that the negotiations with Switzerland areijosed,
and there remains for Prussia but to make prepa
rations for active measures. Meanwhile Prussia
wifi be ready to receive auy new propositions, but
she will not make any herself. _ ’ r
Persia. —Advices from Constantinople of the
sth instant, state that Herat Ims surrendered to
the Persian General Moored Shafee, Tlie English
troops have already begun to operate in the Per
sian Gulf. The same advices state that France en
(leavers to persuade Peroia to yield to Euglaud,
and that Ferukh Khan ha* confer fed with Lord
Redcliffe.
Russian Preparations to Support Persia
Against England.— The following appears iu the
Warsaw journal, Ike Czar, of tlie 30th ult. : “While
England, with much'noise aud os entation, prepares
an expedition against Persia, Russia unostenta
tiously and noiselessly, is getting ready to come to
the succor cf the Shah. The Orenburg c« rpg
d’armee has been considerably reinforced. It is
commanded by Aide de-Camp General Peroffski.
The outposts of thi3 corps extend to the very limits
of tlie country of Turan upon the rivers tlxus and
Jaxartes ; and the mi itary flotilla of the Lake of
Arel, j laced under tlie orders of the sume General,
is brought by the above mentioned livers to the
frontiers of India. On another side, great activity
reigns upon the Caspian Sea and in the army of the
Caucasus. Transport vessels, having troops and
war material on board, pass incessantly between
Astrakahu and tlie port of Bakou, situated in the
province of Ehirvan, bordering on the Caspian
Sea, Jjelqnglng to Russia, and at th«- frontier of
Persia.
“The new lieutenant-general of the Caucasian
provinces, Prince Bariaiinski, has received fuller
powers than his predecessors. He has lately in
Kueoteti, ou its way to its destination, the flotilla of
tne Caspian Sea, which had been considerably in
creased aud partly left at his (lisp -sal. This flotilla
can easily take troops on board either of the corps
of Orenburg or the army of tl e Caucasus, and take
them to the refief of l’ersia, disembarking either at
Astrabad or upon the neighboring coast of Teheran.
The corps which forms part of the army of the Cau
casus, cantoned at Shirvan and Erivan, and com
manded by Gen. Khruleff, who distinguished him
self to the eastern war, can also succor Pt raia by
land as well as by sea. Meanwhile the Russian
government neglects nothing in replacing the war
mateHel consumed dfiring tlie lute war, and contin
ues to refill tlie exhausted magazines. "
The Latest.
A telegraphic dispatch from London says : —The
overland India mail arrived at Trieste on the 12th
with Bombay dates to the 17th November aud Cal
cutta dates to the Bth. War was proclaimed against
Persia at Calcutta on the Is. of November, and the
last division of tlie fleet for the Persian Gulf left
Bombay on the 13th of Nov. with- 5,000 troops, who
were to occupy Ivamack and Brishrie.
Portsmouth, Dec. 12.—The Arctic exploring
bark Resolute, Commander Hartstein, arrived at
Spithead this afternoon.
The London Saturday Times’ city article reports
a steadiness in the funds on Fi iday till Dear the
close, when there was a report of considerable de
pression at the Paris Bourse, which a hea
viness. French 3 per cents closed at a decline of l 2
per cent.
The Daily News calls business at the Stock Ex
change first at £ decline, with an active commercial
demand for money.
From ihe London Times.
The Ports of New Granada to be Immedi
ately Blockaded by a British Squadron.—ln
structions will go by the mail of Monday to the
Commander-in-Chief «*f the naval station at Jatnni
ca to establish a blockade of the ports of New Gra
nada, ou the Spanish Main, in consequence of the
failure of the government of that country to carry
into effect, after being repeatedly called on to do so,
an agreement formally concluded with a British
subject—Mr. James Mclntosh. Forbearance, it is
known, has been carried to its utmost limit, not only
by our present Foreign Secretary, but by his prede
cessors in office, iu their dealings with this and the
oilier Central and|South American Republics, owing
to the allowance made tor their immaturity, and the
peculiar circumstances of their position.
But, with the exception of Chili, which has pur
sued an honorable course, such as to cause its secu
ritiestotake a leading rank in the European Mo
ney markets, they have almost all sunk to a depth
ih which < very reliance upon their good faith kas
Deen extinguished. Each act of spoliation submis
ted to has merely been the precursor of something
worse, until, relying upon their weakness and the
indisposition of the British Government to use<co-
their treatment ot British claimants has been
such as to cause the sufferers .constantly to contrast*
their own position with that of -itizens of the Uni
ted States under similar circumstances. It may be
tomed that the course now T adopted in the case of
New Granada will exercise a* wholesome influence,
especially on Venezuela andjtlexico.
Commercial. u
LiVERrobL, Dec. 12.—We have this week to re
port very heavy arrivals of breadstuffs, namely,
110,883 bushels of Wheat, 201,947 bushels Corn,
42,729 barrels Flour from the States and Canada;
4,580 q uarters Wjieat from Egypt , and 1,113 quar
ters Wheat from B lndra. Farmers’ deliveries of
Wheat for the week ending last Saturday were 99,-
073 quarters, at GOs. lid., against 114,853 quarters,
at 83s. Id. in the corresponding week of last year.
Cotton. —The market opened with steadiness ;
but yesterday and to-day stocks have been freely
offered, and rather low er prices hay© been accepted
tor the “ordiuary” and better qualities. “Middling,”
with staple, being scarce, remains firm. Middling
Orleans 0 15 10d., Mobile and Uplands fi|d. per lb.
Metal Market.— At the Loudon Iron market
rates advanced to E7 15s. a £B, and Bars £.5 15s.
Gd. in Wales, Scotch Pig 735. Gd. Clyde.
London Mon£y Market, Dec. 12.—The Money
market reirminecrtoh rably easyfbut the Bank of
England has not relaxed tlie screw any further.
Consols lower, closing at 93j // 93£.
The bullion in the Bank of England Ims increased
£74.800. The monthly returns of the Bank of
France show an increase of 3 1,900,000 francs, and
only 133,000 francf lmd been paid during the mouth
for premiums on purchase? on gold and silver.
American Stocks. —There has been a good de
mand for American securities during the week, with
more inquiry tor railroad bonds, particularly the Illi
nois Central, in which business has been done at im
proved prices.— Richardson, Spence $ Co.
Congress on the Crop.— At various times,
members of Congress have attempted to settle va
rious matters for the people; hut the most singular,
exercise of Congressional talent tor “settlement,”
is announced in tiie telegraphic renprt Wc give to
day, Btatmg that a letter, or letters, Trom the South
ern members of tlie Senate aud House put tiie crop
at 2,700,000 bales.
We have no doubt that the M. C.’s “hit the nail on
the head,” but we suspect they slyly waited tor the
wag of the hummer of public opinion among bro
kers and others interested/ Some Congressmen like
to guess at things that have been previously quite
well ascertained.
We clip the above from the Montgomery Mail.—
We pubLsbed Ihe despatch because it was sent to
us by our correspondent, bht with a smile at the
idea of quoting Members of Congress as authority
tor the cotton crop! These gentlemen are very
likely well acquainted with their respective States
and districts, but that acquaintance extends rather
to the opinions of voters than to the production ol
their farms. We attached no importance to their
statement whatever, as the opinion of one energet
ic, sensible commercial man, whose business is to
look into such matters, i * worth- the testimony ol a
regiment of politicians.— Savh. Republican.
Fire.— An alarm of fire was given about 9 o’clock
last night, aud immediately flames were seen issu
ing from the roof at the west end of the row ot three
story brick stores, on Bryan and St. Julian streets,
knowu as Waring's Range. The fire originated in
the daguerrean rooms of "Mr. J. W. Miller, in the
third story, and spreading rapidly between the ceil
ing and roof, there was, tor a time, every prospect
of the entire destruction of the block. Our ener
getic fire companies, however, were soon on the
spot, aud by admirable management succeeded in
subduing the flames after the roofs and third stories
of ihe two buildings at the west end of the Range
were destroyed, one of which was occupied by
Messrs. Cary <fc Powelson, also daguerreotypists.—
Sav. Rep., 3tkA ult.
Sad Affair at New Orleans.— The Crescent
of Saturday, the 20thiost., aay* Yesterday morn
ing Dr. E. B. Harris, a well known citizen, residing
at No. 40 Royal street, went to the office of Mr.
Christian Roselius, and attempted to kill that‘gen
tleman. As he entered the office, he doted the door
behind him, drew a dirk, rushed at Mr. Roselius,
and attempted to stab torn ; but the old gentleman
caught his arm, and a.-aistance coming from an ad
joining room, the af'sailantjjFaß disarmed hand
ed over to the police. He was taaen before Re
corder Fabre, and held to bail in ?1,500 to appear for
examination oa a charge of assault with intent to
kill. His friends furnished the bail and took him
home, it being evident that he was laboring under
an aberration of intellect.
Ou reaching home, at about 12 o’clock, be went
to bed. and took a dose of strychnine witii which he
had provided himself. As soon as the poison began
to operate, he left the bed, and ran about through
the house, in great appaD ?l| t.ffi 3 tT fcßß ; nobody being
able to find out what ailed him. In a short time he
returned to bed, and there, as is supposed, he took
more of the poison. The discovery of the vial
which had contained the deadly drug, was the first
knowledge the inmates of the house had of what
the ui:happy man had done. Physieianawere in
stantly tailed in, but their services were of no’avail,
and the sufferer died.
A Musical Congregation —At a church of col
or. the minister noticing a number of persons, both
white and colored, standing upon the seat during
singing service, called out in a loud voice :
“ Git down off them seats, both whi‘e men and
colored; I care no more tour the one man dan de
, . ,
Imagine the minister s surprise on hearing the
congregation suddenly commence singing, in short
metre:
“Git down off den seats,
Booff white man and collor ;
I care no more for one man
Than I does for the other. '
Lawyer-Statesmen. —she London Time* re
cently had a leader on iawyer-statesmen, in which
it wai argued that technical lawyers never made
good statesmen, and good statesmen invariably
made bai technical lawyers. This rule has not al
w ays held good in thiscountrv, for some of our ablest
statesmen have been our best lawyers ; aud we
have an eminent example now before the country,
hi the case of our chief magistrate, of a very ordi
nary lawyer making a wretched bad statesman.
According to the English rule, President Pierce
ought to have made a moet. superior statesman ;
though it was not probable what our London co
temporary intended to prove, that because good
statesmen were invariably bad lawyers, that,
therefore, bad lawyers were invariably good states
men.
New York I tents.
A man nam i Cornelius Cannon, employed as a
farm servant by James Mattison. near New Utrecht,
L. I-. was murdered in Third avenue. Brooklyn, on
Sunday, wLiie returning from meeting in the city.—
He invited the murderer, named John Wesley
Layman, to take a ride with him iu tos wagon,
ami when about half a mile from the Dutch Re
formed Church, where he got in, he v\ as shot
thorough the head with a pistol, aud bis body thrown
into the road.
The Hermann. —The United Status mail steam
ship Hermann, Captain lliggins, sailed from South
ampton on the 3d instant, lor New York, aud has
no* arrived. Some anxiety is occasioned bv her long
passage. If she encountered the gale which dis
abled the Canard steamship America, off Cape
Clear, she may have been compelled to put back.—
She has on board between five and six hundred tons
ot freight, and seventy passengers.
A boy named Taylor, only nineteen years oid
living in Brooklyn, has been imprisoned for refusing
to support his wife, 10years old.
All of tl.e immigrants from the packet ship New
\ ork have arrived at Castle Garden. Every effort
is making by tlie charitable and humane to render
their condition as comfortable as possible. The ar
rest of the mutinous crew at Freehold gives much
satisfaction. Capt. McKcnnou is slowly recovering
from 4 his wounds.
Breaking open a Bank.— The Mercantile Bank,
corner of Broadway and John street, was the scene
of much confusion Friday morning. It appears
that the Bank lock is a “combination took, and
would not work. The clerks, cashier and others did
their bust to open the door, but witMbutsuccess.—
At last a locksmith was sent tor, aad after picking
at the lock for an hour, gave up iu despair. It was
finally agreed to break in by thft windows. This
was accomplished by tlie locksmith, who, handling
a very heavy crowbar, soon effected an entrance.—
The clerks then got iu through the window, and the
front floor was opened from the inside. The l>auk
opened at 10 precisely.
Ole Bull, the violinist, who was arrested here on
Friday, on a civil suit, connected with his late man
agement of the Academy of Music, is still iu custo
dy of the Sheriff, and thus far unable to obtain bail
for his due appearance when wanted.
A Christmas Gu t. —Hon. David Prentiss, of
Utica N. Y., now nearly 70 yaars of age, was the
tutor of Ex Gov. Seymour, non. Ward Hunt, and
others who have reached high public honors. His
old pupils have not forgotten him. They make up
an annual holiday gift tor his benefit of*s'>oo each.
Five of these gentlemen made up in this way a
purse of f2,500.f0r the old gentleman’s Christmas”.
Skiuoi s Accident on tub Harlem Railroad.
—A Humbsr <>f Passengers Fnj red. —Tlie express
train on the Harlem Railroad, which left New York
for Albany on Saturday afternoon, met withase
rious accident on Sunday morning, near Turner’s
Station, by the breaking of a rail, which threw the
train from the truck, injming the conductor and six
or eight passengers, two of the latter quite serious
ly. The Tribune says :
The engine and tender passed over the injured
rail in safety, but tlie baggage car and first passen
ger cur were thrown off the track ; the second pas
senger car was thrown on its ride, and the third
turned completely upside down. There were,at the
time, about one hundred and twenty-five passengers
on board. The scene for i time ‘ was one of the
wildest confusion, the air b* ing rent with the cries
and groans offtlie injured.
Conductor Hills, though considerably'injured,
having sustained severe emiftnions on hi* h it side,
arm and back, broke through one of the windows
and dispatched signal lights on the road about a
mile distant from each end of tlie disabled train,
in order to prevent the occurrence of further acci
dent.
The male passengers in the Gist car having
caped uninjured, forthwith set about relieving those
in the other cars, and after considerable delay all
were got out, *yhcn it was found that several had re
ceived serious if not fatal injuries. A lady about
45 or 50 years of age had her led arm badly tract ured,
besides being otherwise injured. A gentleman
about 40 years of age was found to be insensible
and badly cut and bruised.
The remaining passengers in the cur thrown on its
side, and the car turned upside down were more or
less injured about the head and body. Cushions
were taken from the cars and beds made, on which
the injured were placed and iru.de as comfortable as
possible.
Joseph D. Meredith, Esq., a member of the bar,
and a resident of Philadelphia, died suddenly on
Saturday afternoon at the Astor House of disease of
the heart. He arrived in this city on the 20th inst.
apparently well, but soon after complained of feeling
ill, and died as above stated. He was an unmar
ried man, and about forty years of age. Mr. M.
was an eminent lawyer, aud brother of the Hon.
W m M. Meredith, formerly Secretary of the Trea
sury.
Death of Col. Hunt, U. S. A.—We learn with
great regret that Col. Thomas F. Hunt, Assistant
Quartermaster General, U. S. Army, died at his res
idence in this city yesterday, after a long and lin
gering illness.
CoL Hunt had been stationed in this city for many
yeais, and had a host of warm and attached friends.
During the Mexican war, his duties as Quartermas
ter were exceedingly arduous, and he discharged
them with a degree of ability and • nergy that elici
ted the unquahlie 1 approbation of the War Depart
ment. In the death of Col. Hunt, the army loses a
valuable officer, and society a bright ornament.—
N. (J. Pic., 2 3d.
A Kansas Justice.— A man was recently arres
ted in Kansas tor stealing a cow and a bee gum.—
The jury, to facilitate matters, put both charges in
one indictment, aud convicted him of stealing the
cow. He took an appeal. The Justice, in making;
up his docket, made out the following report of the'
case • The defendant iu the case found guilty—he
beat us on the bee gum, but we cotch him on the
cow.
Railroads Making their own Iron. —The
New York Central Railroad Company manufac
tures its own railroaiLiron jLt. less cost than one-half
its market value. Tne average cost to railroad
companies is now SOO to SOS per ton, wfiile the cost
to the manufacturer is about S3O per ton. The cost
of the Central Railroad’s Company’s iron works, all
complete, including 1500 acres of laud, containing
their ore, was $145,000. This sum the compauy
saved iu one year by making for itself the iron ne
cessary to supply the annual wear and tear of the
road.
Mrs. Sarah B. Scott, the last surviving daughter
of Patrick Henry, died on the 10th instant, at “Sev
en Island,*’in Halifax county, Virginia. She was
77 years old.
A Call for Explanation. —A Cleveland paper,
in speaking of the late gale on Lake Erie, says “that
the propeller Washington reports the wreck of the
schooner Julia. Among the lost was the Captain’s
wife. When the Washington passed her, she was
bottom up, nothing being visible but her keel.
She belonged to Durant &. B Co., of Buffalo.” An
exchange calls upon the Cleveland paper as fol
lows :
“Will our friend be good enough to tell what be
longed to Durant Co., the schooner or the Cap
tain's wife ? From the way he has worded the para
graph, we cannot separate one from the other.’’
Pat and the Thermometer; —lu Auburn, last
winter, an Irishman walking along one of the streets
saw a thermometer hanging at the side of the door
oil the front of tlie house. Stopping a moment, he
looked* at it, then approached it, raised his shelaleh,
and exclaimed, “An’ faith, and you're tlie little cre
ther what keeps‘the weather so cowld, are ye ?”
and with a terrific blow, accompanied with the
usual Irish oath, brought it m a thousand pieces to
the ground.
Sheet in Ohio. —The Ohio Farmer estimates the
profit on she .-p in that State the last year, at $6,-
000,090, and the whole capital invested at $60,000,-
000. The number of sheep is, probably, five mil
lions, and the wool clip last year reached 10.1110,000
lbs., one-fifth of the entire wool clip of the Union.
The next steamers from Europe are the Fulton,
which left Southampton oh the 1 -Itli inst. for this
port, and the Kangaroo, from Liverpool, with the
same dates, bound to Philadelphia.
The Oyster Trade ok Baltimore. —Few per
sons are aware of the extent of the oyster trade of
Baltimore. The sales amount in a year, we are told,
to between two and three millions of dollars. One
dealer in this city has for some time past paid near
ly three hundred dollars per day tor freight alone on
oysters brought from Baltimore by the railroad*}. In
a single day thirty tons arrived in cars. They are
not all for consumption in this city, however, but
are sent in various directions by rivers and rail
roads. Some of them go to the far West. Oysters
are now not merely a luxury, but an important ar
ticle of food for the people. By cultivation a supply
can be produced equal to any demand, and thou
sands of people are engaged in the business.
By similar cultivation they can be produced al
most everywhere in salt water, though differing in
quality and flavor in different climates and locali
ties.—Pittsburg Post , Dec. 23.
ggTlow a Fortune was made by Laziness.—Lazi
ness has ever been set down as a vice particularly
unfavorable to thrift and the acquisition of wealth
Like all general rules,however, it has its exceptions,
one of which we recently heard, in which laziness
positively made the fortune of a man. A few years
ago, our hero, who was about the laziest man in the
country, became possessed *of some property in
Chicago. Too indolent to take care of it, he gave
directions to have it sold, and did actually dispose
of it at various times, but was too lazy to make out
the deeds. Meantime, the property increased enor
mously in value, and the delays caused by the man’s
laziness, placed him, at the end of a few years, in
the possession of an estate worth some $200,000.
for which at first he would gladly have accepted
$20,000. The statement, if not credited here, will
be readily acknowledged in Chicago, where both
the hero and the fact are well known. — Cincinnati
Enquirer.
A Russian Railroad. —Nicholas the First of
Russia had quite an original way of transacting bu
siness. He sent one day for his engineers, and gave
them eight days to bring him the route of a railroad
to connect Bt. Petersburg with Moscow. At the
end of the allotted time the plan was prepared.
“ What,” said he, looking at it—“ What is all this
—this supertine track ? You must have misunder
stood me.”
“ Sire,*’said the spokesman, “we have drafted
the shortest route which would embrace on the line
the leading towns and villages."
“ Give me a pencil and rule,” he said, aud he
struck a bee line from one city to the other. “Here
—you understand me V'
“But. sire, you leave the large towns entirely out
of sight.”
“ That is their affair; let them cone within sight/ '
And so the road was built as straight as an I.
A Tale of a Diamond Ring.— About a fortnight
ago a Mr. Evans purchased a pair of winter gloves
at the shop of Mr. Shoolbred tailor and mercer, in
Wolverhampton ; but, not having immediate occa
sion to wear them, he put them away. Wishing to
use them, however, a few days since, he essayed to
put them on, but one of his fingera met with some
obstruction, which on examination was found to be
occasionnd by a handsome diamond ring. Mr.
Evans apprised Mr. Shoolbred of bis discovery, and
it was recollected that Mr. Henry Hayward had lost
a diamond ring, about 12 months ago. Mr. Hay
ward, being about to proceed to a concert at Shrews
bury, called at Mr. Shoolbred’s to purchase a pair
of gloves. He tried on several pairs, and xerj
shortly afterwards discovered that he had lost his
ring. A reward for its restoration was offered, but
not Ling was heard of it until it was found in the
manner stated by Mr. Evans. It had betel snugly
secreted in the finger of the glove for about 12
months.— Wolvrehauvpton Chronicle.
Riot is Baltimore.— Christmas eve and Christ
mas day were characterized by general rioting in
Baltimore. The Rip Rap and Callathumph*u clubs
had a set-to at the M junt Clair railway depot; two
other rowdy clubs fought for an Lour at the Rich
mond market; another gang, cahed Tigers, beat a
man, named John McDonald, so that his life is des
paired of; preparations were made for a grand fight
m front of the house of the United Engine Compa
ny, but the police interfered with the arrangements.
a gang of Know Nothing men and boys, armed with
pistols, guns and clubs, attacked the Democratic
Ninth Ward head quarters, but the police stopped
them, another gang of rowdies attacked a grocery
store, shot the proprietor, a man named For, and
and wounded him very dangerously, tore out his
store and beat his sick wife . a German social hall
was wrecked in similar style, and several Germans,
returning from church, were tired ou, beaten, Ate
From the Xctr York Timex.
The Orenn Telegraph—!>e*( i-quinu of the
Coble,an;! When it Is to lie Lni<l,
\4 ithin the few* weeks a new impetus has
ueen given to the great project of uniting the Old
and New AN bride by the submarine telegranh. The
formation in London of the 4 -Atlantic Telegraph
Company.” bearing upou its books the names of
gentlemen of the highest ccmuujviiil position ami
scientific character, both in England and the Uni
ted States, as we have already published, has re
vived the faith of the dubious, and set many
who still doubt to wondering whether after all
they may not live to see the great marvel a fact.—
A specimen of the cable which is to be sunk was
brought over in the Baltic by Cj rus W. Field, ami
now lies before us. It ia three fourths o f an inch in
diameter In the centre are seven small copper
wires, twisted upou themselves, and the whole iu
sulated by a thick covering of gutta percha. Eigh
teen strands of slendor iron wile, each strand com
posed of seven threads loosely twisted upon them
selves, constitute the outer covering. The weight
of the whole is eighteen cwt to the ,mile and its
strength such that it will bear in water over six
miles of its own length if suspended vertically. Its
specific gravity is such that it is thought there can
be no question about its sinking; readily to the bot
tom, being much heavier than the shells brought up
by souudmg. The objection that the strands of
wire forming the outer covering will suffer corrosion
or doconvpesition, is met by the statement based,
it is said, on satisfactoiy experiments, that in cor
roding, the material of which the outer covering
consists will enter into chemical union w ith the
soft mud in which the cable is molded and will tlm
form a concrete mass of calcarious or siliceous sub
stance, affording* its very best possible protection.
The gutta percha and central copjier wire aiv
thought to be mdestructable under water. The
flexibility of the cable is such as to mako it almost
as manageable as a small ln-mp line. Its selection
was the result of months of experiment and trial—
hundreds of specimens having been made compos
ing every variety of form and size and structure
before this particular one was agreed upon.
The one which it was attempted to lay some two
years ago was an inch und a quarter in diameter,
having the same number uf-electrie wires inside,
but having as its external covering twelve quuitcl
inch wires. It was very cumbersome compared
with this, and much more expensive at that.
Mt *ssrs. lvupor, Glass 2c C0.,0f London have ta
ken tiie contract for the manufacture of the great
cable chosen to connect the two continents. The
distance from St. Johns, New Foundhmd, to Yu
lencia on the western coast of Ireland, the p.* ; nts
between which the telegraphic comicction is t«> be
made, is 1,010 nautical, or 1,900 statute miles. But
the manufacturers are to furnish 2,t*00 statute miles
of tire cable, in order to meet the demand t r extra
cable that may arise from the inequahi; of ti:••
depth of the ocean along the plateau owr .which
the line is to be laid. 'The cable is to be cemph f< <1
by the ‘.Kith of next May. Two steamers, wi< h be. .-
ing half of the liable,.Will directly sail from London
f>i the middle of Mu- Atlanta*, and heading, difn r
i nt ways, paying out as they go.
An application willj>e niaile to Congress, af* an
nounced in Friday’s Tirrflfe, for two steamers t,o -..ti
from the United States to assist in putting this Nile,
teentji-ceiitury wouder to bed. It is anticipated
that the whole work can be done in from to eight
day*. Shall we see ?
Accident in High Life.
On Tuesday last a lady of title, whose name ha:
hitherto been kept a profound secret, whilst pro
ceeding up the grand stab ens:; of Sutherland lb.use
to pay the amiable Duchess a vi-if, neglet t d, v. o
are sorry to state, lo take the customary precaution
of w alking up sideways. The consequence pf her
recklessness (which, it is to be hoped, will not an a
warning to other ladies,) was, that her dreKs, which,
xe/oM ia mode, was fully twice as broad as i:> w ;
long, became so qouipietely wedged in between the
bauisters and the wail that it was impossible for
her to move one way or the other. Her ladyship’-
position was no! one of the most agreeable'in ::
world. It was, in fact, as alarming as : t was nwk
. wnid; for it was not a pin’s point more practicable
lor her to advance than it was to retreat. There.-*
remained for some considerable period, perfcc.ly im
movable in body, though not moved in temper; and
every minute ot that prolonged agony wili probably
be recollected by the fail* prisoner of crinoline until
the last day cf her life, when she throw s off the
“mortal coil” of hoops and hen cooped petticoats.-
Finding, ut last, her efforts to release herself from
her ridiculous immurement perfectly ineffectual, the
question naturally u ose as to what had be b -
done. Were the banisters to be sawn away / or
was a hole to be excavated in the wall, sufficiently
large to describe a circle in which her ladyship
could with safety turn round and sidle off ? No;
out of respect to the Duchess, it was resolved by a
council of elderly ladies, held on the landing, that it
was better that the dress should be cut away.
Accordingly, half a dozen young piilliueis were
fetched from M'me de Jupon's establishment in the
neighborhood; and, with the help of large scissors
and garden shears, nicy set to work in good earnest,
in order to clear the thoroughfare. During the ope
ration, which was witnessed in the most breathless
silence by a large, crowd of European nobility, that,
owing to the passing impediment, had gathered be
hind, her ladyship was supported by burnt feathers
beiug applied under her aquiline nose, and lumps of
sugar dipped in eau de cologne being dropped into
her mouth. However, owing to the distance caused
by the cirouinference of her dress, these had to be
inserted between a pair of tongs, (of the brightest*
steel,) aud it was only by extending the tonga atP
arm’s length, that the restoratives could be intro
duced near enough to reach her exhausted person.
After severe labor, and the sacrifice of several yards
of the most expensive j /wire antique, M'ine de Ju
pon’s assistant® (who, if they had been female navi
gators, p could not have worked with greater zeal or
hardihood) succeeded in extricating the unfortui ate
lady from her distressing dilemma of solitary con
finement. The difficulties they encountered in cut
ting through the innumerable strata of silk, whale
bone, guipure, foundation, muslin, gauze, stiffen
ing, calico, flannel, caoutchouc aud crinoline, would,
we are told, rs minutely related, send a thrill through
the bosom of the stoutest engineer ! The lady,con
siderably curtailed of lier fair proportions, was car
ried home, more dead thau alive, in a sedan chair.
The ruins of the dress were removed in a Cart. The
staircase is to be enlarged.— Punch.
Neatness in Nebraska News
says ;
The editor has gone up the river for a few days.
All good articles facetious remarks, puns aud typo
graphical errors, may be attributed to his absence
or.the devil.
In order to give variety and vigor to The News
he will frequently leave for a week or so. It is to be
hoped that the readers of this journal will appreciate
his endeavors.
Absence, or the devil, whoever has control of the
columns, has had some experience in domestic neat
ness in the Territory, and thus gives the world the
benefit of his observation :
We always did like neat people. We always did
cherish n kind of tender feeling for all neat women.
But we were never fully “struck” by one until last
week, mid the way of it was this: We were “out.
West” a few miles and got belated, looked for a
place to stay all night, found a cabin, asked if we
could be accommodated, and a tall woman wiih
freckled face, red hair, buffalo skin mbccassinS,
buckskin dress md a free soil baby, sai l she “reck
on wo mout.”
We gotbff our horses, hitched them to a cotton
wood corn crib, and went in. We ask for slipper. We
get some bacon, molasses, boiled pumpkin and corn
Oodgef. 4 We ate heartily.
Aftewiieal was past the woman said to the eldest ,
girt: “Now, DoddyJane, you have jisfcgof'lo
keep.that-old slut and them ere pups from slccpm in '
this.«ero meal box any longer. In inakhi tips .ore ■
st ranger’s corn bread, I was pestered nearly to death
pickiu thermal! hairs and dead fleflH out of it; t'mt
eoine out of t hem pesky dogs. And if they Jll£csri ti
it a week lunger it wont be tit to eat.”
We Wjere in love with that woma# on account '*of
her neatness. And'that evening we laid hJoyvVj! tqfcqi -
the rough £ll floor and had pteftk.inV ifre{rffe —
Ghostly ffeino were hopping about through otTr«-*V
pored! diversities, and spectral slut's, with goSfln
pups’, •‘daijjtd before us in boxes of unearth
ly meal, erbring the live-long night, and our great’
grandfather sat straddle of us six hours, and wit h a
ramrod to ft six pounder cannon, stuff ed cords of t hat
neatly prepared corn dodger down our unwilling
throats,-and whistled all the time for the dogs, while
the free soil baby and it*tidy mother■ ant Wy and
wept for the departing hoecake. We'like neatness,
we do. . ,
Loss ok f in* Brio Boston — Curious History.-—.
Havana, ISiitiday Dec. 23d.—To Kiwood Walter.
Esq : Tlii wind has been blowing a strong norther
for 48 hours, and yesterday morning, at J o'clock,
brig‘Boston, from Galveston, bound to New York,
wit h a cargo of hides and cotton, drifted on tbs? reefs
about ten leagues to the westward of this port. The
captain, finding he could not keep her off'shore, let
go both anchors and cut away the masts, hoping to
hold on. The vessel will be- a total loss, but we
hope to save the principal part of the cargoes we
are taking prompt and energetic means tor(js pre
servation. The Boston belonged to Boston,apt.
Dexter, 521!» tons, and is 9 years old.
The Boston cleared at Portland for Buenos Ayres,
Aug. 30; was carried into Barbadoes, W. 1., by the
master, and it is reported he there sold vessel and
cargo, appropriating the proceed to his own use and
behoof. Finding it difficult to transfer the vessel,
he surrendered her to the mate, who took her to
Galveston, at which place the mate also abandoned
her, and a master was procured to bring her to New
York. She is now abandoned for the last time on
the reef of Cuba.
Average Duration of Human Life, — Prof.
Buchanan in a recent lecture before the Mechanics'
Institute at Cincinnati, said that in the latter part
of the sixteenth nectary one-half o‘ all who wen
born died under five years of age ; the average lon
gevity of the wliole population was but 18 years.—
In the seventeenth century one-half of the popula
tion died under 1:2 years. But in the first sixty
years of the eighteenth century one-half of the popu
lation lived over 27 years. In the latter forty years
one half exceeded 32 years of age. At the begin
ning of the present century one half exceeded 4O'
years ; and from 1838 to 184 J one-half exceeded 43.
The average longevity at these successive period.-
has been increased from 18 years in the sixteenth
century up to 43.7 by the last reports.
Thackeray on America. —A letter from Paris
Hays : Mr. Thac -eray, who was here lately, but who
is now delivering lectures in Edinburg, has a con
tract from a publishing house in London, for the
writing of a volume of a certain length, at £O,OOO.
Mr. Thackeray was calculating lately how much
this would come to per line, and estimated at three
shillings, (English.) And yet he was so lazy that
he had held the contract several months without
writing a line. It is a romance, and as he in
tends to kill off Ids hero in America, you may ex
pect a certain amount of criticism on American man
ners and customs.
A Democratic Official. —Jeremy Murphy,
being a true Democrat, has been employed in the
Boston Custom House at two dollars a day for the
last two years, and during all that time his thrifty
wife Hannah, has been drawing her support from
the overseers of the poor as a 44 w iddy with three
small children.” They have just found her out.
Texas Sugar Crop. —The Galveston News, of
the lfith ult., states that the whole sugar crop of
Texas this year can hardly exceed one thousand
hogsheads, and moat probably will fall short of that
amount. Nearly all the planters, it says, have to
save what little cane they have for planting next
yeai.
A Singular Case. —Three prisoners escaped
from the Pickens county, Ala., jail on the night of the
10th host., and among them was Win. McDaniel, a
young man about 19 years of age. This young man
was convicted of a crime we will call marrying a
child, and was sentenced for two years to the peui
tentiary, but was respited by the Court for a period
until application could bo made to the Governor for
his reprieve. He seemed to Ik* a harmless kind of
person, ignorant of the law, without a very nice
sense of propriety, and, as such, much sympathy
was felt for him in the community. The girl he
married was about 13 years of age. In a few days
after the breaking out of the jail Mel )aniel returned
on his own accord, in company with his father, and
stated that he broke out to go and see his friends.
He was afterwards pardoned by the Governor.
Homicide in Barbour. —We learn from tbeKu
faula Spirit of the South, that Dr. E. S. Hoole, of
Barbour county, Ala., had a blow* inflicted on his
head on Friday last, by Avery Nolen, from the ef
fects of which he has since died. The assault is re-
? resented as wholly unjustifiable and unprovoked.
>r. Hoole was an intelligent and skillful physician,
aud is represented as a man of high tone and gener
ous sentiment. Nolen is in jail.— ColumOun Sun.
VOL. LXX—NEW SERIES VOL. XXI. NO. I
Wl,n, i. D„r OB
my iliniif |)o.
TU- following nitre, t u not too kg to bo road
I ' )e! ‘ ,re breakfast. There is a great deal of truth,
| sound, wholesome truth in it. We copy from
i the Boston Traveller :
! After .-iH, it may be that the prosperity of the
; o'.-SHiTr lva - y “S 81 '-' oudal Hf«rea by Ihe extrava
! . um ' :i 1 v.ides bio generally all ranks i f ao
, eiety, m prouo.nou to their menu,. Luxury and
1 ! ‘ V *- l T u • t J‘ L ‘ da " lll “ 11 of «8 many na
! he fr,‘d * he - <lV ' s '. r ! fe - numberless instances,
'™>: s -'lour urnning industry and indomitable
"'i ( h n wasteful hand.—
; w el " lIC vnst “f Products which
i i“1 *" > </Ounce ot trade is always against us
TlZ'' ;ys w,,fiu , un ' y ' l V le i 1 ' » nation. Tlie
Uun p-» look wUhjftStonUlunent at tbo ex
ravs gant expeudrtur. s of the men and women from
tne l niled Mates, who mu!, , tiie tom of thatoonti-
L< lit. \\ e are the most profitable customers of the
t. ot costly articles of luxury ail over the
•-yor.tl. ihe venders of such goods come to onr
sho*es and make their fortunes out of us, in the
'•ame manner that needy purveyors gather around
ilie liens ot a rich estate. Our market is the princi
jiai one tor all costly and showy, but fragile and un
substantial merchandize, upou which the largest
profits are realized by the manufacturers. In the
• unnsiimg of our houses, uud in female attire, we go
.-i beyond the most wealthy classes of Europe. If
our stap es ol export are at any time iu great de
mand and bring high prices, wo perceive the effect
immediately in an influx of silks and high cost dress
j goods to an enormous amount, and our imports rise
I -suddenly, and always hayond tlie value, however
large it may be, of our exports,
j In the families of many of the nobility and gentry
o; England, possessing an annual income which of
itsell would be au ample fortune, there is greater
« conomy «»f dress aud more simplicity in the tarnish
mg -i the dwellings, Hum th-re is iu many of the
housv .1 imir i ili/.ens who are barely able to supply
the dm y wants es their families by the closest atten-
I tierVto lheir business. A friend of ours, who so -
i .tourned not long siuoe several mouths in the vicinity
ot s un - ol the landed arisl cracy of -England whose
; mp!- i-mt rolls would have warranted a high style
of tin '■ <» !. was surprised at the simplicity of man
m-iv practiced. Servants were much more liunie
rouGliui! with us, but the ladies made more account
ot one silk div»-v t han would be thought here of a
e- an. Tlu-y were g* u• *r'ally clothed in good sub
stantial wi- 'en and h ditiplay of line clothing
and jewelry was reserved for great occasions. Tne
Cuncl toe es the inunsit.ns, instead of being turned
out ol doors every lew years for new and more fash
i ' //■• t;>' u us the ame which the ancestors of
the familie j(i/. everal gciug'atiqjUS had possessed,
MibsOmU;/ ..ml in excellent pr/vervation, but plain
d i ( 'loidrany pivteid.ior» so elegance. Even she
' arpeh: .*:i :flkuy suits < i* parlors had been on the
*1 <-rf •• fifty yt*v . r.ml were j xpeeled to do s. r
:U;° ' half century. With aim how diffor
•:! ui ll of wealth in this country on show and fa*h
wlu. ..light!} e.pplit !, would r. novate the con
1 " WI po ul lien ol tli woI i-1. uud
chiv-bam/..*, civilize, and educate all mankind.
HK.Si.AVi 1 ■ I uni i V- IN I \ m,sm K. -The
pendent bt the I’hitadelpl.jft
American makes the. f 11 .wing pertinent remarks in
reference to recent, occurrences in Tennessee :
-d u< h oi the fuise e< ! ring which has been given
to this whole affair resulted from a panto excited
among .the white men engaged in overseeing ca
pacities 1 hid they oted with common resolution
ur disrr, >n, the in; b spirit which manifested itself
so cruelly and oulrngeously would never have been
exhibited; m'd'ifr lives.J many innocent creatines
would have been sa ed from a fate at which hu
manity: r; . All she inquiry which ban been
in: d- some the first development, has not furnished
the least evidence that there was any organized
plan ol ii:sarre;*fcion ; that the negroes condemned or
inculpated \ ie p;e\ id.-I with arms, or that Hift*
prepnn\li ii had been mt de, such ns was charged.
An liid' fiu::e idea may have been conceived that
iM’im* mov I u !-' e ntemphited, wlii h was not
-■liiM-d m.u never fad shape or substance.
1 <i at tae •• l to Mr. Bell’s ironworks
m . i and eiu •,
and jierh ips the most striking proof of this fact is
fnniis;.: d by the circumstance that one of the men
whom t heifmii had executed bad accumulated SBOO
id money, in she. shape of earnings, after his regular
hours o{labor. One of the most, painful features in
- tlie discipline now
required to bo enforced, under Ihe alarm which has
been gotten up and the changed relations of confi
dence and sympathy between them and their slaves;
the losses- actually incurred, which have been seri
ous, are estimated in no comparison to the conse
quences wlfeli have become almost necessarily in*
volved. it is very easy to supp.se that the appre
hensions thus reused upon the spot where some show
of reason existed for distrust, extended themselves
elsewhere and seized upon every suspicious inci
dent to create, alarm ui owr States. This feeling
may serve to explain the ißpojts which have come
in almost sinmltaneoinslyfj.om (fistmit points, or as
soon as tl.e accounts of first alleged rising had'
reached th3ffi. ' '
The, following from a London fetter,
by the Kuropa, to the Italian)a Company, on the
subject of the British biocide .of the ports of New
.Granada; S . * -• 1
~ “A deputation of gentltotnen from this and Man
chester, joined by one or two of London, heiwtod by
Mr. Ewart ~one of our mepobers, had an interview l
with Lord Clarendon oil Ttieeday last, wfth file view
of ex«reeling fr m him tejhe expressionasuto tin- in
tention of Government Urfofcpect to blockading the*
New Gmnudiati perto. lie promised to let them
know in a very few being pressed to say
if Aspjnwall would bpineftmed iu the blockade in
coself is determined tomslitute one, he-replied that
Aspinwall was.hardly lodkod on as a port of New
Granada, bub aa a kind otojiieutral ground, but, did
not commit himself fm’thujL The deputation, how
ever, felt Under a strong wbresKion that, under any
circumstances, Aspiffw-fW will not be interfered
with. Before -I again adfiess you, no doubt some
thing definite wilHiave transpired.”
BiNKiAG.pI- IHK Snii’ XJuios. —The
Union, tor many as the reebtving
.‘•hip ut the. INiihffieiphiawaiiou, was cut into by
the ice on Friday mornmgpAli soon as the leak wtis
uVeMven-d an nnavailbigMßptt was made by the.
office!' 111 command,X Young, tqarrest
its progress. Findit irwßbsvsibfe to stopihe leak,
i l ii< < marineigMfed seamen ou l>‘,.od,
clout ninety in all, were tjppMenetkto the pliicttoe
Min I’K-ble, recently urrtijfefreA rtpadejphui from
Aim polls. The ..Union Avas forced from tier
“‘“"lings in front o#lße sfiqtbern i^lidvfofthe Navy
> a I u-v gtoig pifl to work
she was hauled jn udr|i“tU«Bifff of Jjtemdf A. Son,
below R( e&street. hu board find the ham- I
mocks of tin- menASjeriitliwamdinin#*wharf--,
an-! <-<»itveyed fi^fi- v tb«Hpfi . *
\ ard. This c< l l a>ul ineii
■th > eiiiptoy£-tfiff*l risjpsqgithewreckxif every,
i;-i.!- able and reiimvi.nft4®e article.-- to tl.e Navy
Ya.dpier. The {p&gjp ,IW m ns (fie
u. urim>, her-saw, taaßpdiud febrjiggtog
uciv thus ictnovod>.aJS<iHurt?.was
r-*»i|.i,: •; rema!ijUSttfeht-l.< > lifekjLta; /masts. ’ Be- ’
in-.: • veil of fimWMe np
< :.;. .i--V <ry rth>*dyl*rßtfe t o
r - hart, undsM flhjkcnti lie
i i:*idaiid. j *;pnirb(l. builtin
I s1 ", 1 -i v i :»g hfefrftms jWflPpsain YUt^dWcpusfrMo*
t- d or ihe j'Urp'>S£Hof teg x.'sto > e4»
1 ■':!«• i! iby I kept. . 'VjA
A W ian to TiiK* f ;l»f Jlkk Tov.cf,; -A.
hiiigliab!-- wat us vlies Reett -
wng» d between two iii vA|Bpfer»4t Ya/.o»» city, Miss.,
one he “ Baipier” N. PrCWeJt,
and tlie other, "pfcfe^ r - U-vUby^. -W *
’ i v: , otre of bn< x j)ei’flpn.al
:
is a F;’! uii'/ n\ jj|| /
• ‘c ta^M,|4aidv
i" 'i'-ij "f Tuo Jrarad - Roy nujl-tm
n- - aneed ii'ci;i«ifei%fr l f jiMnffiito' intn. his airoiisej—
At this stage of the iftaittej however, a opzeilJfib*
•p«*c»»tb!e addressed to the
j .art i< Jgdesisf' frdfri tJio frfrther >
i ii‘> r < cion of arltofesreifWDeraoiial elmnu*tGrafts
•h ; wc ■ nutnx>u ; f'y of ■Siature to thuir
:v;vi- «•< Thi., appeal's To'jKvp been 'ngjjfeefiUi, F/fit.
'Miv. Urewett; * in* tlte refeißfaio ' her “l«?t
word" pnsogtttivv -ami staiiatliing vdtr like
l’unic taith/and finds o.of asiou
in “dropping'' the ttiuK to “ speak her,
mied:’’ • •’£*•
“We now drop the wholjfciittcr nt the reqtlestof
the above fetter, though n first rate notice
off* Roy’s wife,’* in- type. ftT the whole we have
concluded to let thopeot pass, as she has u.s
much as she can bear/ the devil owed
li. r a grudge and has paid itooff in a husband. Bhe
need -not fear the terrors (ff anotfier world, as she*
has received sufficient punishment in this, for any
youthful ‘ l A
u - " ‘ ~ m ~f. ’
Trick at a French FaiK. —A clever trick was
played off a few days ago “at the fair of Breftute
(Seine Inferture.) A gentleman, saun
tering .about with a vuhuo4e gold headed cane in
his hand, was slopped by 2 -ipretcUed--looking man ;
who dragged himself paiqmUy along on (;rutelis,
and piteously Linph red chwaty. The gentleman,
my-. A to compassion, geifeyoudy gave the beggar
a piece of silver, “flow can you be so foolish,”
cried a mau standing by, “that fellow is an impos
ter, aud no more lame than jpu are. Just fend me
your cane for a minute, and by means of a sound,
thrashing I will convince you of the truth of what I
say.” The gentleman* Tet the man
take the cuine, aud tlie beggar throwi g down his
crutches, ran ofl' as fast as die could. The other,
amidst roars of laughter froin the by standers, ran
after hnn, menacing him with the cane ; and so they
ran a considerable distance, when they turned aside
into the town, and were neen no more. The gen
tleman waited for some time, expecting- to eee the
man return with his cane, but the expectation was
in vain; it was then clear that the whole scheme
had been an affair concerted between a pair of
adroit rogues. The genffexnan had nothing for it
but to walk home, feeling very foolish at having al
lowed himself to be so vicliu&d.
John Randolph, of Roanoke.—ln an account of
the death of John Randolph, of Roanoke, which
went the rounds of the year ot two since, it
was stated that Mr. Itandolnb, during his last mo
ments, wrote the word ‘ itamorse” on one of his
visiting cards, and continued to gaze upon jt wfrh
a melancholy expression until his eyes wertredoscdin
death. This-Statement was dwelt upon with fripch .
unction, particularly, by the*.religious papets ; Wie
evident effect produced by it being the idea fkut
this great man was troubled jn mind at this
period by the m«uiory of some onrepented andim
atoned for crime* Affie following passage from
Chittenden's VV -sten*Virginia may setve to throtv
some light c v. th*- • abject :
“The day after the ftmeralig, stranger dressed in
deep black ( abed at the manfioa and inquired ff>r
M: Randolph. 11 was ignJmt of the melancholy
event that had occurred, uiunr profoundly shock
--d srlien told of Mr. Randolph's death. He mquir
*•-d particularly if Mr. Rando»h had not asked for
him, stated that his bosinesawtfa him had been ur
gent, and that he had been Especially directed to
cal! upon hirn the (toy on whtfih be arrived, and ex
pressed the deepest regret tltet-he had come too late.
On goilier away, the stranger Jeff his card, on which
war engraved “K E. Morse Qgipepper county, Va.”
This man was never seen agapfena though frequent
inquiries were sulisequeatly made for him, they
proved hsisucc-visiul. It wa^aujiposed by Burwel!
that tins must have been the agent alluded to by Mr.
Randolph iu his account of tbi&uban affair.*’—Cal
ifornian. IMjb' t .
The editor of the Itome (NJY.) Sentinel, a very
zealous Buchanan man, vieitji Wheatland immedi
atelv after the election to loot a little to his own im
portant interests no doubt, and w r rote what he in
truded as a most glowmg andrpoetical eulogy of the
place. In describing if# chafing and attractions, he
■M:
“No steps of eliildren mar the beautiful town, and
no play toys litter the Yieatly swept carr'ra (e-way ;
the voices of childhood are not there heard, break
ing the quiet stillniNW.^
We nr • greatly mistaken If this is the way to com
mend any gentleman’s cquqtry-te.gt either to Aineri
can men or American womefi. We doubt if even
Mr. Buchanan hnnself will value the compliment or
reward it. —Louisville Journal.
of thkWkst.—lnforuiatiou has been
received at the Post Office IX-pareinent of a splen
did line of tour horse post coaches,-started between
St. Paul and Bay field! in Wisconsin, where a few'
years ago a white man never trod. The railroad
between these poiuts is under contract to be com
pitted by the first of January* 1859, Bayfield being
the Eastern terminus. 4s. s .
j C ondition of Wnlker’n “Army.”
i Tlie “Illinois” brings ns no later news from Ni
j eam^ua, —but (he Cali l orn a papers are tilled with
tin; most, iliwual naira lives of some of General Wal
ker s **volunteer©/’ wlio had made their escape.
Walker is bitterly reproached for cruelty to his own
men,—and accused of giving currency to the moat
shameful misrepresentations in his newspaper or
gan, “El Nicaraguense/’ of nclual even!s, in order
to deceive people “at home/’—that is, in the United
Stales, —the home of nearly all his men. Positive
defeats, they say, have often been manufactured
into brilliant victories—-while, at a time when many
ot the recruits were dying of fevers, and other disea
ses native to the country, the official organ was
publishing elaborate essays upon the salubrious
ness ot the climate and the general good health of
tue army. The effect ofthese revelations was, —to
cool t.fl the filibuster fever in California, —its original
source,—and we infer from the spirit in which the
journals comment, that Walker is to get no more vo
lunteers trom that quarter. Oue of these refugees
1 hero were about 100 persons in the hospital
when good fortune allowed me to get away. The
very recollection ot that horrible time is enough to
sicken men, however, incapable I am of giving a
Uill description of its horrors. Many of the soldiers
are ready to die before entering it. and many sick
oms report themselves fit for duty rather than go
there. Walker has now no natives in his army.—
Many of his troops have deserted and gone over to
the Chamorriata party. His officers are generally
drunk, lie himself is hardly ever seen. It will be
necessary for him to do hard fighting to get food,
and the only way in which he gets provisions now.
it not by fighting, is by taking from the natives and
compelling to take cocoa, of which there is plenty iu
the country in return.”
It is difficult for an American to make his escape
froufxhc Filibuster army, for—
-4 No person is allowed to go from place to place
without a passport. No person, either citizen or
soldier, is allowed to leave Granada without one;
and it a soldier is caught endeavoring to do so, he
it taken as a deserter and shot. Such is his inevita
ble fate. If a person escapes Walker, lie runs
great risks of falling into the hands of the Chamor
ristas, who would also shoot him. If he escapes
both, he must get out of the country the best way
ho < an, and runs many risks and dangers, too te
dious here to enumerate.”
■Sick men are treated on a new principle iu Nica
ragua :
“It he have the fever, he is carried to the hospital
at Granada, he is put on a raw-hide bed, without a
mat tret s or blankets, unless he should be so fortu
nate as to have these articles himself, which seldom
happens. It is freqm litly the case that the sick
man is put on a bed t om which some wretch has
jus! been carrirdofl to be buried, who has died of
yellow-lever, cholera, or some other contagious dis
ease, mid whose bed has never been cleaned or
changed. The. sutVerercnnnot drink water, because
the doctors there say that it is ‘poison to a fever/
and the only drink allowed Uorange-leaf tea. Even
th;s is not often to be had, on aecount of the negli
gence of the stewards mu! servants, and the sick
man is left to burn and [larch with heat and thirst.
I have lain hours after hours and begged to get a
table spooniul ot wine from the doctors, and could
ml go .t. They had plenty, and many ot them
were drunk on it most ot the time.”
lin . * statements seem so to coincide with those
we have lately been publishing, on this side, from
persons who hail served under Walker—that we ap
prehend there is little or no reason to challenge tlieir
correctness. The next steamer from San Juan in
all human probability, will bring us thr* final entas
tiophe, and a terniirinti n of those demoralizing
scenes— for the present in a general evacuation of
Nicaragua bv Walker ami flic few who were at last
dales still fighting under his Hag.
Tm: Fkoimh’tivk Inousti.-y «»i the Counthy.—
I’lie aggregate produc ti.n »■! tin* industry of the Uni
ted States, for the year J-'-oti, is estimated at so ty
live hundred million dollars, 1,000,) more
than the vast sum of tlie national debt of Great Jiri
tain, which has been accumulating for three ccutu
lies, and which appears to be of such enormous
bulk us to be an unpayable sum. Vet it is found that
the product of one year's labor of this country would
discharge the while amount.
The whole value of the real estate in the country
in ISSO, was estimated at 5? 1,500,000,000 ; its other
property at about 000,000,000. From this, it
would rppear as if the earnings of the labor of the
country was every year equal in amount to all the
real estate in the country, and yet the attention of
government is given much more to the preserva
tion of what we have created, than to the industry
which produces more than half as much every year
as all we have got. Labi r is the great predomi
nant interest in every corn try, and its profitable
employment should be the first c are of every go
vernment.
A community that saw one or two thousand dol
lars of its property destroyed every day by conflagra
tions, would arouse itself in all its energies, to stay
the destruction, llut the sdme community beholds
five hundred laborers wasting their time in idleness,
or worthless employments, whose labor would be
worth thousands, without apparently being con
scious of a less. Every laborer is capable of pro
ducing J or $ 1 per day in value to the community,
though nominally it is estimated by the wages he
gets at, only one or two dollars. And the laborer
consumes just as much idle ns he does employed,
and the coat of his support to the same community,
and the loss of what lie might have earn* d, is as ac
tual as if his work had been destroyed by fire. The
thfee great interests of agriculture, manufactures
and commerce contribute more equally to the anim
al wealth of Lhe country t hau most of us suppose.
. Agriculture yields $1,(51)0,000,000. Manufactures and
mechanical arts, $1 ,'>00,000,000. The seas and com
merce, making the aggregate pro
duct from these rival interests $4,300,000,000.
The Language ok Finance. —The Editor of the
Detroit Daily Advertiser calls things by their right
namec:
Finance lias a language of its own. Its thieves
are not thieves, but defaulters. Having more notes
afloat than me ms to pay them, is being short of cur
rency ; the world calls it poverty and insolvency.—
Pawning is hypothecation ; shinning and borrowing
is financiering. Swindling js uver*operating t*tn
kiug men’s and women’s money to keep safely, and
squandering it or losing it in speculation, is suspen
ding. Loaning* out other people’s money is accom
jmoUatfoii. , Paying out doubtful issues in redeem
ing their own, is retiring .circulation. Embezzle
ment is extending liabilities. .Sc aling Slate or Go
v*>mineut bonds is an over-iseue; and managing a
bank well is cyntriymg to make Somebody, not in
terested, furnish means to bank upon. Finance has
a smooth business name for almost every act rela
ting to money—its safe keeping, disbursement, and
prompt payment| tbe reverse of which, iu a pri
vate individual, js called by harsh Saxon
such as are found in bills of indictment and penal
statutes. The votaries of finance never steal; they
ov ini raw. They* are never poor, though often
/‘ very close// They never refuse to nay honest
thqjjlittUJitiul. The commercial history of
this past twenty-five years is a
lory o f fmatacicrmg-—nof *>t»ly or chiefly by bunk
ersyudV even'by brokers, but by a chu* of adven
(.liters, who have seizi 4 upon tbeee capacities to
shrom+dosigiui of plunder under teehuiotu names;
‘ A SlUp Cask-Jk PuuSsia.—Francis J. Grand
ceriununicivtos'iq «ie National Intelhgoucer a re
markable decision iu a slave rase, which lias lately
bo qrl given by the Court of Appeals and the Su
(tretiHiCourt of Justice in Berlin, Prussia.
ThoCTse w’as that ot pr. Hitter, a citizen of Bra
?.!),- Hgufiist one Marnicello, his slave, whom he had
Jjiongßt to Berlin, where he told him he would situ*
.ptyts eat him as a servant, but on liis return home he
jjij .uld expect Him ho re enter on Ins 'former condi
tion.' The slave, however, left his master, and in
stituted rv suit against htiu,pmjingtbut he be called
, upon to prove ilia property within a given period,
, .or be.forever debarred, &c.. The local tribunal of:
judgment :n fayqr of tlie slave, bnt the
. Court of Appeals revmsed this and the
Btipreriii, Court of Justice confirmed the judgment
of the Court of Appeal*. Mr. Grand also adds that,
Jn the" Written reasons for this decision, which arc
always furnished by the Judges in Germany, the
Court held that Dr. Hitter had good cause to. claim
Murciae Joas his slave, it being proved that tbo' re
iathm of Blaster and slave subsisted, and still sub
sistg lawfully in Brazil, tlie domicile of both the
pktiuljff.mufdefendant; that by 1 he pluintilFs own
conieSeion,-duli iidaiit had bought him for a certain
sum or money ; tligt it was proved.by a competent
wtitness r a merchant by the name of Hee, that Mar
cinello, while at HioJaueird, lived in the defend
ant’s hohse hs n slave, using the language and wear
ing the badge of ervitude, (going bare footed) by
■which slaves in Brazil are recognized ; and, finally,
because Marciuello’s name occurs In the passport
ns a slave belonging to the defendant. I lie rela
tions between muster and servant are regulated by
the laws of the country where both are domiciliated,
and a promise on the part of the master, within a
certain limited time and apace, not to use his rights
over hiß slave to the fullest extent is not tantqmouut
to tlieir relinquishment.
Tub Accident to the Steamkk Tesnessee.—
We have already stated flint the steamer Tennessee
which sailed from New York on the 24th inst., for
San J uun, was compelled to put into Norfolk on Sat
urday, having broken her shaft in a gale. The New
York papers have some further particulars, as fol
lows:
The Tennessee had scarcely cleared the Hook,
when symptoms of a severe storm showed them- *
selves. As evening advanced, the wind freshened,
and when n’glit cume on, a furious gale was blow
ing. This continued until daylight of the next
(23th) morning, when it was seen that the Tennes
see was laboring heavily and pitching violently.—
The “hoys’ on hoard, however, did not mind a
“rough and tumble’' roll much, and so they went
on amusing themselves aud enjoying a merry Christ
inas. "
Towards evening the Tennessee was, by a violent
gust, roiled iuto tlie “trough" of the sea, uud when
she righted it was’found that her shaft was broken.
This caused a very murked interruption of the plea,
sautry on board, aud some discontent. Many of the
more ardent aspirants for “glory or a grave, went
so far as to hint that it was known to the captain
and some of their leaders that the slialt was faulty
before they put to sea. Captain Tiuklepaugh de
termined to bend for Norfolk, Va., which pert lie
made about 9 o'clock on the morning of the 27th
inst., and brought the ship to anchor about ten miles
from the town. After a little time, a boat was got
out, and General Wheat, Captain Lewis, Captain
O’Keefe, the doctor of the Tennessee, and two oth
er gentlemen, entered, and rowed across the bay
to lana, leaving the filibuster recruits on board the
steamer.
The steamer James Adger has gone to Norfolk to
take the passengers immediately on to San Juan.
The Morals ov Wali. Street.—lt leuks out in
the Huntington trial, that the confidential personal
and business friends of the dashing forger knew of
his criminal transactions ; aud j4t were “hand aud
glove ’ with him in the street and in tlie house. They
associated witli lum openly ; drank his wine ; eat
bisdiune-s: drove his fast ho. ses ; admired his pic
tures, and pretty women, knowing all the while that
he hadcjrmnltted forgeries euough to send a hun
dred men to Sing Sing ! (Ju the principle that the
receiver of stolen goods is as bad as the thief, there
are certain parties who hold their heads high on
’Change, that are cheating the State out of convict
labor every day they are permitted outside of the
prison yard.— N. I Mirror.
IfiTKKESTINU FROM 'I’UHKEY. CONSTANTINO
PLE, Nov. 31.—News of. the fall of Herat reached
here a few days ago, in some twenty-six days. A
negotiation bus been opened between the Ambas
sador of the Sbab of Persia to France, (now here,)
Farukh Khan, and the British Ambassador, for
the settlement of the difficulty at preseut exist
ing between Persia aud Great Britain. It is sup
posed that the former has accepted the ultimatum
which the latter se. t in some time since, and that it
is on this account that negotiations have been en
tered upon. ....
In the meantime the British naval expedition in
the Persian Gulf continues, and t here is no doubt
jhat it w ill seize upon tlie desirable ports of Moha
inera and Bendee Bashire. Farukh Khan is a
man of considerable ability, and is possessed of
much Eastern shrewdness and diplomatic tact. He
is empowered to negotiate treaties of amity and
commerce with several of the powers of Europe and
America.
The corvette Constellation arrived here on the
18th, and sailed on the 22d for Smyrna, where she
arrived on the doth tost Whilst here, Mid. Graham
ilied, and was buried with military honors in the
Kera Protestant Cemetery. The Supply, Lt Com.
Liavid Porter, has sailed from Smyrna with 50 cam
els, six of which were the gift of the Sultan.— Jour.
Com.