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IN SENATE - J “ 5
Mr. Ma.on, of Va., acted in the V'Uoc of Mr
Bright, a* President pro torn of the Senate, toe lat
tei Heine absent from tb* eity.
Mr Cara ottered a resolution which was adopted
calling on the Secretary of War for further lnforma
tnvn r.-peetin* the St CUfit Fiat*, and aaking what
amount, if any additional *p| rnpnatioii w3l be re
Qiiired for the said work. _ -
The bi'l for the aetUemoot of the pay ot othoera ot
the Revolutionary army, their widow* and orphan*
having been tahen up— . . ,
Mr Seward made a Img speech in eup e-r. of
that monenri, quoting largely from foe ‘•‘“•t. j*
Wa hnurton to show «!»•• circninvtaooe* attending
the original aik-wanoe, and drawing ,l “r=f r om a
cnerei that the amount involved to that WH,
being aiiont two and a half mtlhone of dollars, U
jW Mr Pub opppaed the bill » the commcooecimnt
of a system ot. itrsraganoe.
No final action was taken on the measure
i<r. B jtler. from the committee on the judiciary ,
made .1 report against the right of Mr Harlan to a
aunt In the Senate from the State of lowa.
The Senate then adjourned.
HOCSK
An ineffectual motion to enable the ronumtteee 10
make report* for reference only wra made.
On motion of Mr Valk.-. reaolution waa adopted
rr .qti€«tin2 the Pr«*rid«nit of the United State* to in
. form the House by what authority be employ* a Ho
vernment architect for designing and erecting pub
lie hu:. ling*, and placing the same under the euper
intetidance of military engineer-
Mr (j. it man vainly «t rove to report a bill increas
ing the pay of officer? of the anoy.
Mr \V at bridge moved a suspension of the rule#
In order to enable him to introduce a reaolution ran
king the subject of the Pacific Railroad the special
order for the 14th of January.
The motion did not prevail—}'eae iU, nay* lOh, a
two third vote being necessary for that purpose
After other bnaineaa ot no general importance the
House adjourned
IN SENATE
Mr. Caw called the Senate to order, and remark
ed that the flr»t business in order was the election
of a president riro tem.
Mr. Hale What i* the occasion t
\| (a- Because we bavr-'t any. iLaughter.l
¥ o , motion of Mr Hnnter, the Senate proceeded
to the election—Mr Maeon receiving JO vote*, Mr.
Foot 11, and Mr, Weller 1 Blank 2.
Mr Harlan moved that the Senate proceed to the
« , i tiernlion of tb* report of the committed on the
judii i.try relative to hi* claim* to a neat a* Senator
Mi Pratt tiu*ted the rabjeet would not now be
e&i.iidereti. Many fact* were involved in the de
i«n*fi of th»« cane, audit wan important that they
thoroughly under*food. The Senator from Geor
iria V! i. I oombal l»a<i intimated bin intention to mud
uni a mi »or'Ky report, and he should like to *ee the
anruments on both aide* before proceodm* to a due
i 'jYximbs, Miter remarking that there wao not
« uuvl»- oontfovtried fact in tho whole caas, naid
<nd only difference of opinion relative to th inat
. whm based upon tiie application ot the law to
odiniHe<l on all hands So far a» the view*
. ti • minority of the committee were, concern
*-il. he could eipresx them a» well verbally a* in
W preferred that the subject be laid
ever till to morrow. Having been absent from
tl„ city In- had no opportunity to examine the
<l "m - l larlan said it should be remembered the pro
tent „f the Senate of lowa ha-1 been before the
- , i,„«rly two yearn AH fie members of Hie
1 , t ,.' 0 u the judieiarv hutl ba-1 ample time to
inv«--ir»te the subject, if they chose to do no.—
Another reason why it wan desirable to have the
qa.-nic.i. settled a» .ooii a* possible, wasthat the
I -irinlature >f lowa wa* now in session, having
convened on the first Monday .of December, and
tl.eir term is limited hy the constitution to fifty
ip. Butler wan in luvor of proceeding to a deoi
flnn of Ihe question forthwith. He stood in a posi
tion ofnttet indifference as regards the gentleman
who « M to lie affected by the result, and approacb
ed lie -abject nolely on it* merits. The govern
, „f lowa consisted ofa legislature composed of
a Senate and Housoof Representatives. The Se-na
tois hold their term for a longer period than the
members of the House, and are fewer in number,
but are recognized by the constitution as a sepa
rnt„ and distinct part of the legislature. The
bring a more numeroun body, iu matters of
must have a preponderating influence, and
l,e-.!i. Ihe concurrent action of tho senate Waa re
** "lie'staled the reason whio'i influenced the ina
i, rilv of the committee in coming to the con -lusioii
!„„• Mr. llarlan wit- not duly elected. _ llieae were,
in bri. f. that the Senate, at a hotly, dirt not attend
that meeting iu a joint convention at which Mr.
Harlan waa elected, and their teller waa not there
I,- reunirert by law. The Senate had adjourned
i- ,r and there was no Senute in suasion at lb*
tium. A majority of Senator* were prwent in their
inrtividual capacilv, but the Senate aa a body waa
~ , h,-i e Ihe President of the Sens te, the regular
rre-u.'ii'g officer of the Joint convention, was not
ii r-e.-nt, and tho convention elected a president
I turn. These irregularities vitiated the conCen-
Mr. Toombs contended that tip- Legislature of
lowa was composed of the members of the Senate
House of Representatives, ana upon those In
dividuals wus devolved Hie constitutional duty of
electing a Senator of the United States, in the man
nor prescribed by the constitution of lowa. The
joint convention consisted of inotnbers who com
p.sedthotwo legislative bodie*, and as soon as
they met in joint convention, the distinction hereto
tore existing bet ween them as membais of different
bi mcbes wss obliterated. Their names were ar
ranged In alphabetical order on one list. Henoe the
absence or refusal to participate in the proceedings,
on ttie part of any number less than the majority of
the whole uumber of members composing the joint
convention, could not invalidate the doings of the
convention. He thought the fraudulent and fac
tious conduct of those Senators in lowa, who Bought
to defeat the election and frustrate the will of jibe
people of lowa', uughttd bWcoudCirOind .bythiHioay
•4;id by the entire American people.
Mr' Benjamin wished to know whether it was
competent lor one branch of the State legislature to
elect a Senator to Congress. The constitution of
the United Slates declares that Senators shall be
elected liy the State legislators and the State lena
laturee consist of twin branches, from which it fel
lows that the constitution requires Senators to be
firmed by those two branches currently.
Mr. Toombs replied that suoh a constitution would
reuder iu valid the election of a great many Sepa
ters, because many Senators b*f h«ld their seats
armtist the itinjority of one braocli ot their State leg
fp w' lalature. , .
Mi . Pugh argued In support of the constitutionali
ty of Mr. Harlan's election, and concurred in the
lan unconstitutional. Jjjjjteg&fe* w 1 - . -
Mr. Bayardobtained the’MHrj., Ji-'o.
Mr. Fish Witroduoee a bill mwKltg appropriation*
for tiie l emotal of Diamond Reef and CeentieS
In Nd# y«*k harbor. . i
The senaic then mjjawjacd. l .
HOUSK
Mr. Boyce gave notice- of the auhendursiit he in
tends offering s the tariff biU.- He gropoeja that
from and after January, iSM’.aU goods, ware# and
merchandise, aui other products subject under th*
sg>... exiting law to pay a duty of ih) per caul, aboil coo
■.JP ' * tinUe to be admitted at tWtatc s Mid that tea and
coffee bointftudadin tibeyatiio rcbedule .
jjgagsa
■n... an in our pMßUmcnfcp
' |J|“,
fiftlfo of the jtootiQu Ims quieted the public
mind auil we m&rTfc well, even now, when the
storm Is over anil He danger past,' to review tlicm.
HucougratulatM the country, the House and even
the Speaker, on the rpsiiit of tlje election, winch has
made the people everywhere Ijfeathe freer and sti
mulated the arts of peace.
There were differences of opinion a* to what was
decided 111 this contest, while some-thought that
nothing was decided But it had beepdecided
that Congress shall impose no restriction with Tem
toriee, edrfar n - slavery is cvnoernea. This Issue was.
boldly nmde hy one ride mjd as fairly aniTaoatously
met on the other, . ■
Hr Stephens took for grouted that the priucipleq
of the Kansas Nebraska act were endorsed twj*.
verdict of the people in the Presidential «MmP|
R however, contained 11* such idea as squatter
' sovereignty. There was no recognized, indepen
dent sovereignty in the people ot the territories.
Ho rejoiced the mere in toe emlorsemeat of that aet
because the boast was made on that floor, by the
people of the North, who would never sustain it,
and 1 because its friends were taunted be> atiseao few
a mem hers frem the North advocated ita principle*.
lie rejoiced though there be but eighteen friends 0/
.tl e Rinvas Nebraska bill now in the House from
the North He believed that forty-nine had been
ret rn-al from that section to the next Coogtees—
The Kansas Nebraska act merely carriedout the
compromise measures of 1850, to which both whigs
and democrats pledged themselves in their subse
quent national con volitions. •
With regard to the territories Cougress had only
a right to pass needful rules and regulations relative
to lends ; and under the eiause of the'constitution
which cornets this power they cannot exclude slaves
or white men. The domain "is left free for settle
ment bv tbs people-of all the States, iu equal enjoy
ment, until Congress, iu virtue of the constitution,
shill admit them into the Union as a State, with sov
ereign power and on equal looting with the original
Stii-' r** *:
According to the compromise of 1850, the Missou
ri restriction we» inoperative, henoe the necessity of
, making that declaration.
Mr. Campbell, id Ohio, snquited whether he un
dersiood Mr Stephens to take the ground tint the
N. ! ;ut k-1 and Kansas act removed the restriction
*t s...verv freui Minnesota and ail otherTerrf
f tones ?
Ml Stephens related that the Missouri restric
tiou was declared null and void vheiover it had ex-
V *Mr. < CampbeU wished to know whether Mr. Sto
pbeoa understood the repealing clause extended
beyond the territorial limits of Nebraska and Kats
uas 1
Mr. Stephana replied hsundtaratood bv the deola
ration that tha Missouri watriefluß was inconsistent
with the compromise snesswes of 1830, *od there
fore it was pronowofSd null and void, ton* emtineti
not to one place more than another, -i
In the course of his retnetita he sard Mr Csrap
be", two years 1-elore. had fCtafeked there vould
not be another Ksn-.-s and NibrsAs Majority in
tb's House. H« had appealed tti-ffcapeople who
had denied against him anti bin faitfs This re
minded Mr Stephens of the Wryer whn wishes! to
sp-ik in court after his case wsa decided. The
Judge told him he could not do so, whereupon the
lawyer tab} t "I was not arguing"!®® question, but
only cursing the decision.'' So it was with the gen
tleman of Ohio [ Laughter 1
Mr. Campbell replied, in that trial of Ibecaae
there was falee testimony on this vary prindpie.—
The witnesses on one side claimed that Hie Nebras
ka sot meant cue thing and 'the witnesses on the
other aide swore it meant something entirely diffo
• rest.
Mr. Stephens. I suppose the gentleman from
Ohio was one of the witnesses and soma of the pan
pie of hie distrirt did not believe hi* testimony. —
1 SJ ? Stephans said he had never advocated that
bid us x tiouihern, but as a national Constitutional
mvarurv Atttwigh he should liks to see Kansas
ado-iitad into the Union as a slave State ha thought ’
there was no such probability. Not only the laws
of cl mate and production but those of popula
tion, would prevent it, and so of the other Tbrri
Mr Davfs, ot Maryland, remarked that gentle
m«u had «-eeutially differed on pubbo questions,
and the result was an aecewikn of doubt upon doubt
and confusion worse confounded, until he who
should attempt to read the p ist from the debates,
would tied himself with authorities for any opinion,
arc testimony for any fact. As *0 who opened this
de 1 lit* there was scarcely a question. It was open
ed b the President in bis annual message. He
did not design to follow this extraordinary docu
B men:, or either its reason- or statements. Nor
y| would he imitate the spirit 01 bitterness which runs
thii.tlgfa it.
1 lit quoted the remark from the message—"As
Benawts represent the States of the Union, and
members represent their several constituencies, the ,
B president represents the aggregate population of ,
the United titatea.” Napoleon Bonaparte said to ,
W the Deputies of hi* Chamber—“ Yon represent |
nought bat your several commune#. I represent '
ihe greet etticn.” Id Republican America w# <
he*, e s President proclaiming that he represents the ,
| people of the Cniuoi tea attamptmg to belittle the ,
Senile and House of ftmrsaenUtive.
It. waa so be regretted that the President, smarting
so severely under the Mignalioti of his northern
friend*, who rolled up their condemnation against
hi* pel cy, should htte *» far forgotten,the propne
tiea'of his atatioa to terodao* a barshuess of lau
guage heretofore unkouurn in uny Executive doou
menu lWrot'. idcas aa to
what the people decidiiin the Presidential election,
be Mr Davis said the late oooteat shows that a ina
jority ot the peopia have eooddfnoed the democratic
party That a majority are against the Kansas and
Nebraska act; agaujdt Franklin Pierce and the
principle* of hia adoftenfau; and that a mmonty
of the people desire ta see Mr. Buchanan President.
That minortly prefer that the u*i*ting rule shall be
continued four years tapgur, and that a majority be
forehand condemn hi* administrat .on Farther,
that Mr Buchanan hacMiil to battle for hi* maj--ri
ty in this House, on d|pt* depends his power to
carry out any pnis-ipleauttied, or which bw detno
eratsc friends suppesu settled In the recent con
th> increase of demooSSStfgreember- to the next Con
grea* was in conaeffo<te|«f division- in other par
ties. A death wound ■■teen inffirted on thereat
and proud democratio? Ihsty, which thought itself
invincible, bnl now. —aa than scotched, wriggles
on to final disw-iutionififfr. Davia spoke of the dif
ferent in- i-rprftatkrfttßron to the Kars** and Ne
> braaka act 1/v the NcfHten and Sonthern wing* of
the Democratic of the peace
1^«W:
drive every u 1
, os we Ig
'* be paa*ed t as
after which the
Tiie President to the reply
1 vV,rk! NewfotiudlanflßtendqnTelegrartli Com
, paoy. in which the informed that con
tracts lia\ e been manufacture of mud
. marine cables U> of Kurop**
fwowi 1 anSßßw*- 11 for h i
[ the fourth of July nex^Mp
Ab the work liaß UadHipbßeciiteu thus far with
out American capital, iVam from tbit Aumimstru
tion, lo ascertain the of the enterprise, it
is the earnest desire secure to the
Government of the equal privileges
with those Sf-.xbe British (lovern*
* ment. BE.. . f . ~
Iu this desire th6tftSHß CBKnnsßioner of the r*u
• i(lish Treasury hav-Ajfi|BflHß n most libeiwspint,
. by providing that th«fc»tOovernment shall have
r a priority in the c-onvj»kfe $ then messages over
1 all others, subject to Ax«pou only of the Gov
- eminent of the CniteßMlKin the event ot the
entering into an arr&teßiufcwt with the Cdnipauy
binoilar in j the British Govern
ment—in which caitfMKaWlgMgeH of the two C4ov
i emments shall in fh' order in which
they arrive at the sfiejWh
I’he American directel Wty that they cannot
f doubt the res* rvatio»JM<% in favor of the Lmted
. Btat«-b will be deen*ffiSf' g»»t moment , and there
e fore ask the take such action in the
premises as he may deew tb«' interests 6f this go
,l vermneut la «J->.
P The oompany W§|«KJioUM>n(xact with the go
lf vernment of the U ou the same terms
1 and conditions as wi^|BL| s ft*itiHli government.—
- Such contract, they sMOie will fall within the mo
vision of the (’oustttMMgln regard to postal ur
r rangements, of which only a new and approv-
Q ed form. Her Mtipuffig «mrcrument engage to
lurnish aid by ships the-cable, and it is sug
i gested that our 1 war steameis are
the very best to business.
To avoid a cable the Com
\ puny request the such a recom
-9 mendation to
r The President but
h merely submits the the proposition ot
,- the Lords reply of Mr. Marc-y
t accompanies the
t Mr. Weller reiiort»g»g> increase the pay of
. the officers of the notice that he
should call it up at anr9kl»|U'
f The election case was
P resumed.
Mr. Bayard argued the right of Mr. Har
,f . lau to his seat WbeuMe two integral bodies
are to perform any Uflwißt be present at a
b time, or it cannot done. In the
present case, It w*|f?Spwft<?d that the Senate of
- lowa, as a body, rtidin the election,
nor did a quorum ojwMHijlJjreivote On the occasion,
t therefore Mr. liarfor by one branch
of the Legislature. 9^’
8 Mr. Foster took in favor of
Mr. Harlan's right ttgjteaEfi£
f The President »siHHKitflteMed a letter from the
t Hon. Hannibal his scat as a .Semi
g tor from the State oTftgfai*,
The Senate adjotWH^^^May-
The tu'eßQiae message
f was resumed. Mr. ‘ag the ilpor was
particularly severe and the views
,l expressed in ■
° r Mr. Sauditfoe, -fftjtrltegfl a few remarks
le ' or^e " d ,a
! graphic of the govern
meat in its fprew# tewcowfii It authorizes the
J" aid'ofrile a ilSuia
rine cable t-rcim»e<* extetepMssraphs. between
- shalj ffMh In'to- a jik
n W exi i
d 1 t>tnnijjiwii , i>|pf»'li|jpi)! ihi'ilTnil 1 States.
invalid ■■
e The SwßHHaiwtrii- Uhw ejijfcuk-ratn '0 ot t 1 <•
te «Vf'< ' '
o- Itfriv&eT iu tavor ot Mr
n tUAut'S rtg>r|«teA»n that e lute
e htewHnghe iteittnwht v u t« the
ic a twllyillijil (I WMMh-' »<>t a I-egtslativr act.
ie hat mUfe? aa whirh had been rte
i. >.rt vyWjtS gth* l flitdwßtN f wt4hu Legislature
n Whl-n thev jhsrf-jihjildie dutyjt was ill joint coil
ns venttan, th«'itidifWteJ|gtdHi*-'.l|»o houses being
i- merged and VMqf’.
Mr. Stgait elect ion was
1:- biusoMtituiioMt, II eoimiur:. emi
' Juili.-iil.y
18 tt. but no
i a res. -
a I luthllitek'.'r«sl*.*i|SSte 'President to
AT eoifenWefteatelie -S«»atw teb hUhrmation us
- j may h»0B jpMjrab IMtpatWis-at of State relatri <
IT to toe inharffUitoee ut in the Car
i- rlbbmm aafOMtei*. WMj>u«tert>OTerainent with
American dittos ns nhfi iu the occu
■t paney of said and en
e gaged in collecting giillMi|ll Jljffiinti ■
, Uient having foldbty-mMMjMfr said American
r citizens from their lawful s-fijnovt„ c Ae-; ~ •
l. Ottmmuihcate what have been taken, if
'f an- .py t.ie ,vi. runiswjgr ttsitoMtcd States to .-»•
ii tmn redress from tiie awrna'mn*(W of Yenexuelu
a Adjourned ta Hotel t
e Tho House passed tiw-tHi private bills, and
s was about,.to adjourn wWSUIQt. jKelsey introduced a
- subject which caused aHfttetdtement. He pre
. seated it as a question}—isCage. first causing to
y be read at the k'ierkjbjHfe 4»'-lAoitorial from the
e New York Times, ofWMMhknt. which charged
it members of Congress antliJMsby'agents with gross
s corruption, mentioning W fcfinesota land bill in
- the connection, and aajtet tt*t evidence can be
- produced to carry convmtfibto every honest heart
, —that toe criminals sboatetodriven from the high
- places which they have ikhoaored Mr. Kelsey
1 reciirke.i that toe (harMAtenined in this article
appeared to have been awed on a letter from this
- city to the Times. .jg
f Under ordinary cirAm(pß||fceS it Irould, poi haiis,
be vaate of-toae ta nsMffißtfetW -Of this character
appearing in newepaper*. , Bul the editor of the
) Times occupied a paaqioa .hfefete the country which
i entitled BiMtektataetekteEMß. If he is in the
possession iTme fonts'be UHtbi charges, he should
sub.itantiath UimWtests am-mmittee ai this bouse
that the memtxawwho teMlm pifT of the conduct
- shouldbv teaßßraf-"jM the case now
agai:.-: . .»■■; - Jjn ugih*r
| with cut*
Into a «n»loombinate| fb* of pas-iug
I and ot poritoating measure*
I appci»lS#lk» the Si*tteT*»h Bowers -.-mi tor
j ***T7lf a ^B ■
J takea. and wtwt acaqjpjpjr jndgm-■ nt i- neces-
I ou P* rt tritliMt urine---* sary
I * r - I witf'Arhether I ought to
say anything w to® IJ>OT_frtdbtn* about that
I <>t>o ° t a!IJ
tiemau. ;CrwT^•j^BKßte^w , '!»U>od ou;
The reason why I Afc; ariL ansonn-'e it .to the
House was that pandnito thaArganization of this
body when a member tesig#* place and stated
to tamper with him for lAvdStar speaker, the oifv
credit he received was tefoMßn* langbeo at. and
it was eba-ged that h» te-IKlßeoept toe proffered
bribe because there iteip profitable place to
lie had. Isay distinctly, th«?fi»re hno want of
troth in-the allegation ofiisteiß to the Tunes' arti
cle. A distinct propeteoatips Made to me by a
member of this House, ia nas£ad to the Minnesota
land bill. and that ft,afll vynM be given in con
sideration of » vote for tbatdfii. If the proposed
committee shall be raised, abophm called on as a
witness. I shall give arphiK
hA. K. Marshall. I aha sttMady unwilling to !
base the action of the MteMnebargea mad* in ,
any newspaper of toe determined to
vote against the resolution, btp now toe position of
affairs is totally different A member has M1 nou ic
ed that there is troth in the aatfeb. He state* this
of his own knowledge, a p-opoeitkm having been
made to him On tha aIaMMM etee we should
base our action. Ido noh wtob to bring the New (
York papers into that tort of rtsoentabuity which f
ouramicn on their oonduet world bestow Sncfc r
oensamptib!* thing# should not be so honored. <
X
j Mr Phelps If I understand correctly, the
j charges read from the Times were made iu toe edi
torial columns ofthat paper. I learn that the editor
pf the Timer was an ex-Lieutenaat-Governor of
New York, and when gentlemen of such -landing
make such charges, I ask Whether it is not worth our
while to make the inquiry, especially after the state
ment of the gentleman from North Carolina.
Mr. A. K. Marshall, resuming I don’t care what
character tbe editor had—l don't care whether he
was Lieutenant-Governor, or Governor, or not—
Partisan editors are influenced, are oontrolled by
positions and intereot which do not control men in
other pursuits. I ask whether it does not more be
come onr character and dignity, to base our action
ou the statement of one of our own members,
rather than on that of an ex Lieutenant Governor
or Governor or that of an editor of a paper. There
have been other matter* and intimations tjrown out
beside* those in the editorial article. A distinct
charge has been made of an attempt to corrupt the
members of this Honee Let the Committees in
quire into all the alleged corruptions I suppose
Uic resolution i« *ufficientiy broad for that pur-
P °Mr Campbell, of Ohio. During the past eight
veers it has been rov iot to Berve at this House,
and I'have generally been preeent when important
votes were taken With but a single exception, I
have voted for bills granting lands in alternate see
tior.,- for railroad purposes. ] have given mv rea
sons for so doing on former occasions. We are
startled now bv the gentleman from New York who
sends to the Clerk'- desk an editorial article from
the New Y'ork Times. The gentleman from Mis
aouri (Mr. Phelpsi attempts to dignify it by saying
that it was written by an Ex Lieutenant-Governor
Os the State of New Y'ork.
It is. however, at beet, bnt an article from a news
paper. I don't care whether it comes from the West
orthe East every intelligent member of this body
.•ught to have learned that it is not becoming in the
Congress, especially during a short ses
sion like this, when bills affecting the interests of the
whole country are at stake, to stop and inquire in
to charge* of inis kind, which are based solely on the
idea that some editor or assistant, or newspaper
"penny-a-liner.' has seen fit to malign this body
HaviDg felt, in my own person, within the last
two years, the weight of assaults of this kind, oc
cupying the reiations I do to this body, or the coun
try, I should not favor the investigation predicated
on the charge made by the-writer, through manu
factured rags and lampblack and oil. were it not for
the statement distinctly made by the gentlemen
from North Carolina. 1 concur with the gentleman
from Kentucky Ylr. Marshal] that this places the
whole matter on a different footing. As the gen
tleman from North Carolina says he knows there
was a proposition of corruption made to him, I am
for the investigation. I move to amend the pream
ble, by adding “and whereas, a member of this
House has stated/m his own authority that the arti
cle is not wanting in truth.’’
Mr. orr. i think this debate is an unue essary
consumption of time. Charges of a similar charac
ter have been so frequently made relative to the
members of Congress, I think the whole of them
should now be investigated. Ido not see how the
House consistently with its dignity and self-respect
can refuse an investigation, aftei the statement of
the gentleman from North Carolina. It is due to
the character of this body and our constituents, that
the enquiry should be as broad as possible. If true
the editor of the Times can give information in sup
port of the charges. The House wiil have authority
and the right to require him to come here and testi
fy. [Voices “That's right" your right.]
Mr. Grow. I agree with the gentleman from
South Carolina (Mr. Orr) that a grave charge direct
ly made by the editor of a newspaper of any char
acter or position, on the integrity of a deliberative
body is a proper subject lor investigation. There
fore I raise no question ae to its propriety while I
would not stop to notice newspaper inuendoes.
Mr. Houston. I understand thß editorial arti
cle is based on the Washington letter of its cor
respondent, one who is admitted here as a matter of
privilege.
Mr. Grow re-umed, and in reply to Mr. I’alne,
wh@ had referred to Mr Pearce, of Pennsylvania,
approaching Mr. Millward, pending the election of
Speaker, to induce the latter to vote for Mr. Banks,
said the fact simply was that both of these gentle
men made statements to the House, from which it
was seen that there was a misunderstanding be
tween them; whether it was a jest or joke of the
day, or whether Mr. Pearce’s remarks were serious
ly meant, was the question. While Ms Millward
regarded the matter as serious, the other denied
sucli an intention. The House seemed to draw the
conclusion that it wae a playful pastime of the morn
ing.
Mr. Brooks. It is all important to the honor and
dignity of the House that this matter be investiga
ted. The duty of appointing the committee should
not rest on any individual, i wish net to impugn
the fait ness of the Speaker, and it ie proper to say
that I have no such intention. I wish simply to
throw the onus on the House— elects cum
, mittee to-morrow to investigate till the charges of
corruption which have been brought to the notice of
. the House, and the ooinmittce will be empowered to
send fm persons and papers.
Mr. Walker. I can have no distrust of the Speak
, er. 1 take it, he lias as just an estimate of the dig
. uity and honor of the House as any other member.
, Gentlemen have fallen into a great mistake. Where
charges are made involving the fairness of our ac
tion, or the fairness of our votes, wc lose sight of
our own personal dignity, if We fail to look at the
source whence they emanate. I don’t care wheth
er they came from the lowest and most miserable of
[• all species of partizaii newspapers, or men of high
, position; it is sufficient that a charge has been made
against me and my fellow-members on this floor ;
f and therefore the proposition of the gentleman from
. New Y'ork, (Mr. Kelsey.) is the one on which we
should base our action.
, My first impulse was to move the expulsion of the
corresoondent of the Tim is without dignifying him
by an investigation, but when the charges were en
, dorsed by the editor, the case was changed. Let
, OU r action be prompt and conclusive.
, Jlr. Benton, perhaps it is due to myself to say
f something before the resolution is voted upon,
for the reason that it is understood or known by
all the members of this House, that the Minnesota
1 land bill has been placed in my hands alone.
As a member of the Committee on Public Lands,
f for examination and report, I have acted on this as
on other subjects, and will receive information from
; men residing in Minnesto, acting independent on
' every proposition which may be submitted. As to
w' ether any influence has been exerted upon any
member of the Committee with a view to favorn
able action, or efforts made to induce other mem
bers to vote for or i gainst the bill, I know not.—
s But I huve this to say with regard to inyself. No
s man, either in-or out of this house, has had the cour
-6 age or dared to approneh me on the subject, in any
way to influence my vote one way or the orther.
» And I say, in the face of this correspondent, I am
- nearly always in my room when lam not here.—
These chargee have no foundation in fact within the
i- limits of my knowledge. Therefore it is due me,
e personally, that an Investigation should take place.
And not because an irresponsible newspape, thus
juuahras the members of this body; for, if any class
.of ihdiyidunls deserve to be treated with contempt
|p by the members of this House, or if not with cor
.tempt, should excite their commisseratiou, it is that
poor miserable olass that bang round tbishallin the
e shape of demented fragments of humanity, tor the
0 purpose of gathering up every whisper and word,
~ ayen in private, conversation, and circulating it
e throughout the land.
I Mif.Cliileman. .'There seems to be no difference
a in thm'qpiniot; of this House as to-the propriety of this
r iuyeatlgatiqn ; -And I prefer that the committee shall
a have as brohd a field as the different propositions
B wtfl adftut: i tiops Therefore that the orignal reso-
B I«tisn with the pending amendment, will be adopted.
■I do%ot concur with my friond from South G’aroli
,, Ina', (Mr. Bi;ooiks) jthat we shall elect the committee,
if This bafcupy several days. I hope he will not
prektf biYMiefiament, * " ''' ■*'
c, » Mr. Paine,. Ido n6t know that it is necessary to
k . indicate my i-out ■ I stated a simple -fact, known
B ,to every member of the House, that when, during
*. tne election of fjpeahw, a member rose in displace
e . ami charged spottier member with attempting toin
te uflimnoe his vote by promising him a lucrative place
"tnjiiifof the' committee#, he was only laughed at
li foiaqnktßg the announcement. - Shortly after 1 was
„ . Aipffi'opi bed in the manner 1 have stated. I in
lotted fronjrTspieesee (Mr. Sneed) of
[. ' shp facts m (he case, but toKHiim I would ikit .paine
u toe member. : , - ' * -
, . „ JHllßneedJiow obtained the floor and corrobore-’
J ceinber when Mr. Paine gurfh him information
similar tojiiftt of which the House fa already in poa
e session. He asked Mr. advice, and Mr.
Sneed innocently referred him to the case -at the
r, . commencement of the piesent session of Congress,
J namely—that between Mr. Pearce of Pennsylvania,
e and Mr. Millward, relative to the Speakership. Mr.
~ Paine informed lnm among other things, that a eer
• tain member came to his seat and asked, him if he
,! could not give his confidence to him . and that he
- granted-it supposing nothing wroDg. It wae then
t . tbAt the bill was offered.
, Mr. Sneed advised Mr. Paine without compromis
ing his own honor to await events, obtain the neees
„ sary evidence of the corrupt proposition, and then
tt expose the member ; and Mr. Sneed further said to
_ Mr. Faiue Chat he would slap the scoundrel in the
e face ; and Mr. Paine left Mr. Sneed with the im
pression on th* mind of the latter that he would
a adopt that course. Mr. Sneed was certain as to the
conversation taking place on the 23d of December,
for he made a written statement from memory.—
3 [Cries from various directions “Read it," "Read it,"
, but Mr. Sneed replied, I will not read it.
a Mr. Brooks here withdrew his amendment that
- toe committee be elected instead of appointed by the
> Speaker.
Mr. Orr-again urged an investigation in order to
- ascertain all the facts in the case.
- Mr. Staunton said that there could be but one
l result. From what has taken place, no doubt the
* House will order the investigation. 1 move the pre
f vious question. I Loud aud prolonged cries of
“ That’s right,” “Hold on to the motion.’’]
Mr. Sneed. Let us vote down the amendment.—
[Cries ill stentorian tones of “No, no!’ “Question,
. question ”']
Mr; Ready, amid the confusion, said be thought
the resolution was too indefinite. He wanted t-o iu
, eert the words, “New York Times.”
, Mr. Washburn, of Maine, objected, saying : —Let
[ the inquiry be general.
, During great confusion the demand for the pre
, vious question was eeoouded.
, Mr. Campbells amendment to the preamble,
namely ; “Whereas a member of this House ha*
, ttatea the article is not wanting in truth was agreed
to. and the original resolution with this amendment
was adopted bv acclamation.
Mr. Barksdale wished to amend by directing that
an inquiry be made whether any member of thie
House has sold or speculated in hoot* purchased for
distribution. [Laughter and a voice ; “also inquire
whether any member has sold his seat."]
Objection was made to the introduction of Mr.
Barksdale’s amendment. Severai members ex
claimed. “Let itgoon the reoord."
The House then adjourned.
Oct at Last.—An oid man named Gregg, who
has been confined iu Fauquier county Jail since the
first of October, 1846, for debt under the old law,
was released ou Christmas day by jaiior Cross,
, there being nothing left iu the hands of tha law to
,pay his tail expenses. We learn that this man had
jweffarty enough to pay toe ikb*
that he preferred spending hi* weary hoars within
the gloomy walls of the county prison t« paying the
debt which be oued. The penwn who had him
oonfined has been dead some years, hut we iaarn
put a provision in his will appropriating a sufficient
amount to keep him in Itmtoas long as he lived.—
Some how or other this stipulation has given ont.
and of course Gregg becomes free again. When he
left the jail door he appeared to be perfectly bewil
dered, and did not know which way to travel, but
in a short time te became folly conscious of his
freedom, and strutted about with toe air of some
Who knew what liberty used to be in "by-gone
days.”—KWrcstn (»*.) HYfa.
The xew Frescoed Koojc is the Capitol Ex
tensioh.—ln toe Senate Naval Committee room of
the extension will be found a series of six pictures
iUnstrative of our naval history, painted by George
R. W«*t, of this place, viz : Battle of the Constitu
tion and Goerrier -, PerTv’s Victory on Lake Erie .
Cutting out of the Philadelphia in the port of Tri
.poii, by, Decatur : Violation of the Neutrality Laws
by Great Britain, in the destruction of the Priva
teer General Armstrong in the port of Faya!; En
gagement of the Bon Homme Richard and Serapis.
and the Launch of the Minnesota at the Navv Yard.
Wash. NPar.
Social Life is New York.—The Boston Trans
cript notices the increase of extravagance in New
Y’ork. and says there is a strong feeling of a neces
sity of reform : only people of absolute wealth can
meet the prevalent standard of expense requisite to
entertain on a handsome scale ana maintain a fash
ionable establishment : the consequence is that some
of the most conscientious and most gifted have re- j
tired from toe field. Money has becom* a social
criterion each as we scarcely recognize in Boston
and Washington -, “part.es' have degenerated toon
institution for matrimonial speculations, and the
mature, the intelligent, the individuals who resour
ces make them independent of generai society of |
which the}- are notwithstanding the best ornaments, j
have grown indifferent and seek at the chib, the ,
opera, over their quiet book or in some favorite j
domestic circle, the recreation they need.— Ru-h- (
mond Dispatch. ,
“Ma, was it Windsor Castle that Mary Queen of 1
Soots wae confined in I” asked little Anthony Au- t
gustos of bis mother. “No, my son. not Queen Ma- t
ry, but Queen Victoria ; she, poor thing ha* been {
eonffnad Tn that east]* repeatedly. t
—— a— — ■
Pcitn»vlv*ala State Affair*. *
From the Message of Got. Pollock, «übmltted to
the Pennsylvanian State Leginlature on Wednesdav
we extract the following in relation to the financial
affair* of the State :
The financial condition of the Commonwealth
ie highly satisfactory Every demand upon the
treasury hae been promptly met and paid, without
the aid of loan* The operations of this department
will be exhibited in detail in the report of the State
Treaeorer.
For the fiscal year ending November 30, 1856,
the receipts of the Treasury (including the bal
ance in tbe Treasury on the first day of Decem
ber, 1855. of $1,243,697 33) have been $6,621,637,-
64 The total expenditures for the same period were
$5,377,112.22 Balance in the Treasury, Dec. 1,1856.
$1,244,795.42.
Excluding the balance in the Treasury on the
first of December. 1855, the receipts from all
sources, were $5,378,240.33. The .ordinary expen
ditures for the same period, were $4,1 13,144.77,
showing an excess of receipts over ordinary expen
ditures of $1,265,095.56.
The extraordinary payments for the same year,
were *1,063,997.45, as follows, vix: To the com
pletion of the Portage Railroad, and for the pay
ment of debts previously contracted on that work,
$161,494.11 ; to the North Branch Extension, $122,-
723.50. to relay the Nouth track of the Columbia
railroad, $067,000,000; for motive in 1855, sllß.
049 40; to enlarge the Delaware division of the
Pennsylvania canal, 1854- 55, $13,960, for general
repairs in 1853-'54-’55, $63,965.11; to domestic cre
ditors, $151.63 , to old claims on the main line,
examined by the commissioners, and paid under
the act of May 02, 1856, $130,512.09; to the re
demption of loans, $307,824.47; and relief notes can
celled. $18,217.
The interest on the funded debt which fell due in
February and August last, was then paid, and that
which become*dne in February next, will be paid
with equal promptness, out of available means now
in tbe Treasury. The punctuality with which the
interest on the public debt has been paid, and the
ability of the Treasury to meet all legitimate de
mands upon it, have mspirated, public confidence
in our securities, and contributed largely to establish
and maintain the credit ot the Commonwealth.
STATE DEBT.
Total debt Dec. 1,1856 $40,701,835.25
Total debt Dec. 1,1855 T $41,067,994.22
Decrease $366,158.97
It thus appears that during the past fiscal year
the sumo I three hundred and sixty-six thousand
one hundred nd fifty-eight dollars and ninety seven
oents has been paid in 1 .quidalion of the pnbuc debt.
This, taken in connection with the fact, that during
the year ending November 30, 1855, six hundred
and thirty thousand six hundred and onedollars and
two cents were paid on the same account, exhibits
the gratifying fact, that the process of reducing the
pnbuc debt has commenced; and, unless checked
by reckless mismanagement and extravagant ex
penditure, mnst continue until the people and the
Commonwealth are relieved from the debt and tax
ation with which they are burdened
ri'BLJC WORKS,
The total receipts at the Treasury, from the pub
lic works, for tbe year ending November 30, 1856,
were $2,006,015.66, being an increase over the reve
nues of the previous year of $C2,638.95. Os this
sum $1,013,589.46 were canal and bridge tolls, and
$992,426,50, toll of the Columbia and Portage rail
roads.
The aggregate expenditures for the same jSear
were $ 1,943,806 82, being an increase over those of
the previous year, of $105,105 64, the revenues ex
ceeding the expenditures only $62,118.84.
The increase of the revenues from these works
would be encouraging, were it not for tbe faet that
the expenditures nave inert ased in a still greater
proportion—the expenditures ordinary and extraor
dinary, exhausting almost the entire revenue from
this source. The system must be defective, or more
care and economy should be exercised in its man
agement.
The receipts at the Treasury from the eeveral di.
visions were as follows :
Main Line $1,229,272 86
Susquehannali, N. Branch andW. Branch.. 426,820 51
Delaware -■ 349,922.29
Total receipts $2,066,015.66
The extraordinary payments during the year,
amounted to $808,892.16; ordinary expenditures,
$1,135,004.00 ; net revenue, (excluding extraordina
ry payments and for motive power) $871,011.00.
On the main line tbe tolls received at the Trea
sury from she Columbia road, were $991,676.50 ;
expenditures $528,084.86; tolls on Eastern division
of Canal, from Columbia to the Junction, $119,718.-
36 ; expenditures, $53,048.50 ; receipts from the
Junction to Pittsburg, including the Portage rail
road, $117,778.00; ordinary expenditures, $304,-
702.22. Tne total reoeipts on the main line were
$1,229,272.86; aggregate expenditures, (excluding
$267,000.00 paid lor relaying the south track of the
Columbia railroad, an* $153,049.42 for motive pow
er in 1855, and after December Ist, 1856,) were
$,885,835.65, being an excess of revenue over or
dinary expenditures of $343,437,21.
I.oss of the Brig Whitehall—Sufferings of the
Crew.
Captain John Peterson, of the brig Whitehall, al
ready reported abandoned at sea, having arrived
in this city, we have obtained the following narra
tive of the hardships endured by himself and view
before they were rescued from their perilous situ
ation :
The brig Whitehall was formerly the Government
light-ship off Sandy Hook, and was altered into a
snug brig for sea serv oe. She is insured in this city
for about SB,OOO. She had taken a cargo of inolan
i tee from Cardenas to Philadelphia, where a caigo of
coal was obtained for New York, for which place slio
sailed on the 18th of Dec.
On account of ice and other obstructions, Capt.H.
was four dayß in getting outside the Capes of Dela
ware. the ice having considerably cut the brig’s bow
and sides while anchored in the river. On the 22d,
at 7 A . M . the brig was got under way from the
breakwater, with the wind from the Westward, and
stood along the land; at BP. M., Cape May Light
bore S. W., distant lb miles, latter part there being
a fresh beeze and)thick weather. 23d, we have strong
breezes from the Westward, and at C o’clock in the
morning Harnegat Light bore W. N. W., four miles
distant. Toward noon a strong gale set in from the
north, eausiug the vessel to leak so badly as tore
quire all hands at the pumps. At noon, the steam
tug Archiltes being in sight, on her way from the
wreck of the ship New York, we made a signal to
her and were taken in tow, the leak increasing, and
all hands being employed to keep her free.
At 3 P. M., it commenced snowing, .-md the gale
increased in violence, so that it wbb with difficulty
the steamer could make any headway against the
heavy sea that was running; and as the Captain of
the tug began to fear for the safety of his own ves
sel, about dark he ordered us to let go the hawser
with which order we reluctantly complied, and we
i were again thrown upon our own resources; in a
1 sinking vessel; in the midßt of a fearful gale of wind,
and a dark and dreary night before us. 23d, (sea
time,) the gale and snow storm continuing with great
violenoe, and being unable to keep the vessel by the
i wind, at 9 o'clock P. M.,.put her before the wind,
i and attempted to scud under short canvas, but by
11 o'clock the gale had increased to such degree
that we shipped large quantities of water at every
lurch of our deeply loaded vessel; we accordingly
i attempted to heave her to, in doing which she was
( thrown upon her beam ends, sweeping everything
I off deck, and to right her we were obliged to cut
i away the foremast. We then cleered the wreck as
well as the darkness of night would admit, and hove
• her to Under balance reefed maintopsail.
The' remainder of the night was spent by myself
• and crew laboring at the pumps, it blowing a hur
t ricaue, and men very much exhausted and (hilled;
from! their long exposure.
i The 3 Ith brought no abatement of the heavy gale,
i at 10 o’clock A. M. saw a large ship to windward,
; made a signal of distress and she bore down for ns;
) she proved to be the Ocean Monarch, from Liver
■ poof, for New York, and the captain humanely offer
s ed to take- us off, but as the sea was too rough for a
t boat to live, and still hoping to' be able to get the
> vessel into port. We decided not to leave her. 25th,
- strong gale from the N. N. W., had very oold; my
s self and most of the crew badly frozen ; the sea
i making a clear breach over the brig, and the water
steadily gaining on us.
The same heavy weather and dreary suspense
s hung over us the day and night of the 26th, during
- which we all became very much disheartened by our
« prolonged and terrible sufferings. The vessel hav
mg settled down to her,decks, the starboard chain,
bolts having drawn out, and all' our spam being
s gone, we knew the vessel could not much longer
, keep afloat, and was lialjlfe to£o down any moment.
, I would net spend another such a night as that of
■ the 26th for half a dozen of the best ships that ever
floated.
! On the 27th, at 2 P. M., saw a brig, and immedi
s ately made signal of distress, and at the same time
i tried to make sail to get steerage way on the vessel,
but could not; the brig, however, bore down for us,
■ and proved to be the Wmyaw, from Malaga, bound
-for Philadelphia. .At my request the captain stood
• off and on until the next day, when the wind and
> sea moderating somewhat, they came alongside, and
> myself and crew gladly availed ourßelves of the
chance to escape from our sinking vessel. This was
1 in lat. 38° 7', lon. 72- J 15’. We also saved our
■ clothes, instruments, &c., and arrived at Lerwes,
Delaware, on the Ist of January. Captain Peter
son thinks his brig went down shortly after they
left her.—-.V. Y. Times.
Is PoKTkD W ives.—Cette is a great manufac
turing place, and what they manufacture there is
neither cotton nor wool, Perigord pies nor Rheims
biscuits, but wine. “lei," will a Cette industrial
write with the greatest coolness over his door : “Id
on fdlrriqne des vine." All the wines iu the world
indeed are made in Cette. You have only to give
an order for johannisburg or tokav, sherry, port,
■ madeira: nay, for all I know, for the falernian of
the Romans or the nectar of the gods, and the Cette
manufacturer will promptly supply vou. They are
great chemists, these gentlemen, and have brought
the art of adulteration to perfect ion. But the great
trade of the place consists not so much in the adul
teration of wine as in the concocting of it. Cette is
well situated for this manufacture.
The wines es Southern Spain are by coasters
brought from Barcelona and Valencia. The inferior
Bordeaux growths come pouring from Garonne by
the Caual du Midi; and the fiery Rhone wines are
floated along the chain of etanga and canals from
Beaucalre. With ail these raw materials, and, of
course, a cheraioal laboratoiy to bootrit _would be
bard if the clever folks of Cette codtSmet-turn out a
very good imitation of any wine in demand. They
will dootor you up Bordeaux with violet powders
and rough cider, color it with cochineal and out
swear creation that it is Chateau Margaux—vintage
of 23. Champagne, of ooarse, they make by hogs
heads. Devon wiah sweet win ee from Italy and the
Levant? Tne people will mingle in Rhone wines
with boiled sweet wines from the neighborhood of
Lunel, and charge you any price per bottle. Port,
sherry and madeira. of course, are fabricated iu
abundance with any sort of bad, cheap wine and
brandy for a stock, and with concoctions in a drug
gist's shop for seasoning.
Cette, m fact, is the very capital and emporium
of the tricks and deceptions of the wine trade, and
it supplies almost all the Brazils and a great por
tion of the Northern European nations with their
aftei-dinner drinks The old French West India
Colonies abopatronize their ingenious countrymen
ot Cette ; and Russian magnates drink chambertin
and romance, made of low Rhone and low Burgun
dy brewages, flavored by the contents of the gradu
ated vial.
Will it be a Warning ?—A correspondent of
the Boston Journal says that the wife of Huntington
the forger, has been stripped of her home and her
all in one hour. The sheriff has sold her house oyer
her head. Her jewels, valued at $15,000, are with
the Beldens. What has been done with the vast
sufas of money Huntington had, nonegian tell. But
this is true, that want like an armed man. has come
into bis family. And to keep herself from absolute
want she has been compelled to part with her clothee
and her little ornaments and remnants of better
days. So the career of crime has one more beacon
set up in the pathway of life—one more family has
been hurled from the summit of high position and
honor iu a moment—one more wife and mother
to gather np her little children, on whose heads
dishonor has been stamped, without their fault,
black as the brand of Cain, and go out froma
comfortable borne to meet want, and scorn, and
brave the cold, glass eye of the world, and feel the
hot breath of its sneer —one more example is given
to us to teach how the same talents which led to
high crime and the prison, employed aright could
confer honor and permanent success on the posses
sor, and be a blessing to the land. Like a convict
who falls from a ship, Huntington has parted and
agitated the waves for a moment, and gone down
beneath the surge, and the rolling flood sweeps over
his place. «Dd the tide of life waves on forgetting
that he ever lived. But who will be counselled, i
warned, saved by his end? Who will believe the j
lesson that thousands of years have taught, that in
tegrity and honor are the only paths to permanent i
success.— Phil. Timet. (
Arrival or Two Fugitive Slaves in Boston
—We are informed that two fugitives, who had sue- ,
reeded in making their escape from their masters
m the South, have arrived in this city the present 1
week One cf the slaves was from the State of c
Mississippi, and escaped in a vessel He arrived
here night before last, and states that yesterday he
sate his master, accompanied by a well-known slave '
catcher in the streets of our city. Once before, I
the fugitive states, be made an attempt to escape, t
but was then captured and carried back, when his
master told him if be ever was caught again in the
act of running off, be should be shot The other .
fugitive was from the State of Virginia, and made *
bts eeespe by land—Bcsfon Tmnihtr, %4 imti t.
WEEKLY
CJjrorack & Sentinel
AUGUSTA, GA
WEDNESDAY MOKNINM JAN’Y. 14, ISAS.
To Oar Sabsrrlbera.
Some months since we notified oar patrons that
all who did not pay in advance would be charged
three dollar* a year for the paper, our otyect was
to stir them np and make them pay in advance, and
on the first of this month we commenced sending
out oar bill* in accordance with that notice. We
find great complaint among our friends—they think
the difference too great—particularly when they
pay np in a month or so. We have, therefore, con
cluded to change the terms to $2 per annum in ad
vance, and $2 50 if not paid within the first six
months, and $3 if not paid until the end of the year.
Our object is to secure an advance payment, which
will enable us to make them a good paper and fur
nish them more reading matter than any other
paper in the State ; but if they will not comply with
toau, we shall invariably charge according to our
rates as above laid down.
Errors in Arronma.
55 E sometimes receive letters from distant sub*
scribere, complaining of errors in their accounts for
subscription, and evincing some feeling and dis
pleasure. The latter are not only unnecessary, but
in decidedly bad taste, as we always take great
pleasure in correcting all mistakes. Whenever,
therefore, a subscriber discovers an error in his ac
count, all that is necessary to have it corrected is to
enclose his receipts to us showing the ereor, and we
will most cheerfully make the correction. We want
nothing of any man but what is justly dne, and out*
only cause of complaint is, tha* we do not always get
that from those who receive our paper, and get the
benefits of our labors. There are thousands of men
who pay us promptly and cheertully, (they have our
thanks) while there are other thousands who do not
pay promptly, and (when they do pay, seem to do it
grudgingly.
Bank of East Tennessee.
Our numerous acquhintancee residing at a dis
tance, many of whom have no other acquaintances
here to write to, feel at liberty to enclose us the is
sues of tins bast to exchange for them for othermo
ney, and of tnwliberty we do not complain. But
just here, once for all, let us request all such to send
no more. If the holders of the bill can get any
thing for them where they are. they cau do so, as
well as to return them to this market. The bank
here, ao well as its two branches, have suspended
payment, and as we have good reasons to believe,
will never resume again. From 15 to 20 cents on
the dollar, is the most offered for the money. And
why f Because, the assignment of real estate for
the benefit of the Bank, prefers certain creditors,
and when these are secured, it is manifest that little
or nothing will be left for distribution among the
note-holders. The bank is broke, and the failure is
no inoonsiderable one. With these distinct avow
als, we hope there will be no necessity for our allu
ding to the subject again —A' noxnUe 'Whig.
The above paragraph from the Knoxville Whig,
a journal published in the same town where the Bank
of East Tennessee flourished, is well worthy the at
tentive consideration of the people of Georgia, espe
cially in all that section of the State where Tennes
see bank bills circulate. Tbe Bank of East Tennes
see was emphatically a “one horse bank, ' which
was doubtless bought by it* owner, Ciil-rchwell,
with a view to make a desperate speculation, with
the hipe of saving his falling fortunes. lie was re
puted a man of considerable wealth, and held in hie
possession a large amount of property, but it is now
believed he was insolvent when he purchased ti e
Bank, for which he probably paid in its own bills.
The majority of the Banka in Tennessee are of
the same denomination, “ one horse Banks," own
ed by a few individuals, generally, perhaps, specu
lators, and it is not unreasonable to anticipate that
a similar fate awaits them. Georgians, especially,
should, therefore, be on their guard, and avoid the
consequences ot failure. Repudiate their bills.
In Tennessee, unless there has been a change
very recently, Banking has never been done on
sound and correct principles. Instead of paying out
their own bills at their counters, it has been the uni
form practice to establish branches at remote and
inaccessible places, and the mother Bank pays out
the bills of its branches, while the branches pay out
the issues of the mother Bank. This system of Bank
iug is not only wisound, but pernicious, and is cer
tain to lead to over issues, and tbe circulation of an
unsound or not readily redeemable currency. AH
Banks should be required by law to pay out noth
ing but their owu bills. This salutary check upon
their operations would almost certainly secure a
sound and safe currency, because whenever thus
overtraded, they would be compelled to make their
accounts good with the public. The legitimate re
sult would be, that they would then only do busi
ness when they were in a condition to do so with
safety to themselves and the public.
Augnst* Evening Dispatch.
The first number of this paper made its appear
ance on Thursday evening, and commends itself to
the business and reading population of our city by
its neat appearance and the variety of its commer
cial, local and general news. 11 purposes to supply
the demand for a cheaper medium of news than has
heretofore existed in our midst, while its columns
will be made interesting by particular attention to
the local and commercial interests of the city and
country generaUy. It is to be the organ of no po
litical party, though not necessarily occupying a po
sition of neutrality on any subject. The number
before us presents a neat and handsome typographi
cal appearanoe, and bids fair to render itself worthy
the support and patronage of our community. The
proprietor, Mr. S. A. Atkinson, presents himself in
his editorial capacity to the public, in a few neat
and weU written introductory remarks, stating the
objects and purposes of his journal. He haß associ
ated with himself in the editorial management of
the paper, Mr. T. A. Burke, formerly of the Madi
son Family Visitor, and both proprietor and assis
tant purpose devoting their whole time and energy
to render sheet worthy of patronage. We re
eommend the Augusta Evening Dispatch to the fa
vorable consideration of our citizens, and wish our
cotemporary succeas in his new enterprise.
Executive Clemency. —Gov. Clark, of New
York, just before the close of his term, granted
fourteen free pardons and five commutations of
sentence. .Os these, one was committed for man
slaughter, one for assault with intent to kill, one for
robbery, two burglary, two for forgerry, nine for
grand larceny, and three tor other crimes.
Texas. —The Galveston Civilian says that every
steamship arriving at that port from New Orleans,
js orowded with emigrants, including many slaves,
and adds
The statistics of the State, as compiled by the
State Gazette, show that we are entitled to five, in
stead of two Representatives la Congress. By 1860
.we shall be entitled to seven under the present ap
portionment basis : but under a reduced ratio, we
shall probably only get six. With that number, we
may be heard in toe balls of Congress more suc
cessfuUy than we have generally been.
Prof. James WdbDßorv, of Oglethorpe Univer
sity, has resumed, says the Savannah Republican,
the duties of life chairI—Having 1 —Having been absent in Eu
rope for the last- eighteen months in attendance on
toe Lectures of eminent Professor* in the Natural
Sciences. Whilst abroad, he formed an extensive
acquaintance with the leading Naturalists of the
age, and their modes otf instruction. He also pro
cured for the College a valuable apparatus, during
his absence.
Whilst at the University at Heidelberg, after
having been in the Laboratory of the distinguished
Professor Brunsen for several months, the Degree
of Philosophy, “summa cum lnude," was conferred
on him.
Professor Woodrow, has declined the Chair ten
dered him by the Trustees of Franklin CoHege.
An Inquest was held yesterday by Coroner Lett
at Harrisburg on the body of Cicero, a Free Negro
The jury, after a thorough investigation of the facts,
returned a verdict that he came to hie death by
blows inflicted upon bis head and body with a stick
or some other blunt instrument, in the hands of P.
H. Primrose, W. QceCron, J. 8. Jones and
others.
Fires. —Two fires occurred in Charleston on
Wednesday evening—the first destroyed a large
frame building occupied as a Sash and Blind Fac
tory, and scorching some of the surrounding build
ings, but not doing damage to any large amount.
The second, about three hours later, consumed a
dwelling-house on Wolfe street, near the comer of
Nassau, owned and occupied by Mrs. Isabella
Leitch. and insurad for SI3OO.
Death of John B. Laßorde.— Profeesor La
•Borde, of Columbia, 8. 0., received intelligence
from K ansae on Tuesday last, of the death of this
son, John B. Laßorde, who left Marion District
last spring, for Kansas. The deceased was much
esteemed, and the sympathy of a large circle of
friends is with his family.
Melancholy Accident. —Mrs. Banks Tor, wife
of Wm. E. Bankston, Clerk of the Superior and In
ferior Courts of Butts county, came to her death a
few days since, in the most distressing manner. It
appears that she bad lain down oo a pallet before
the fire, with her little child, when she fell asleep,
and her clothes taking fire, she was so severely
burned before assistance could be rendered, that
she died in a few bonrs.
Shooting. —On Tuesday evening last, in Savan
nah, John Walker, a runner for a sailor boarding
boose, made an attempt on the life of James Duffy,
an Irish laborer. Duffy was standing in a street
door, when Walker approached to within five feet
of him, and drawing a pistol, fired, the ball passing
through the rim of Duffy’s cap, and inflicting a
severe but not dangerous wound. Walker was
arrested and turned over to a magistrate for prose
cution.
As American Sailor and the Queen. —Some
account of the visit of Queen Victoria to the Arctic
discovery ship Resolute, which has been given in
the foreign news. The address of Captain Hart
stein was brief and pertinent. He said :
“ Allow me to welcome your Majesty on board
the Resolute, and, in obedience to the will of my
countrymen and of the President of the United
States, to restore her to you, not only as an evi
dence of a friendly feeling to your sovereignty, but
as a token of love, admiration and respect to your
Majesty personally.”
The Queen, it is stated, seemed touched by the
manly simplicity of this frank and sailor-like ad
dress.
Bt. Louis. —A German paper published in Bt.
Louis, called the Anzeiger des Westons, says that
the constituent part of the population of the city and
county of 8t Louie, as ascertained by the recent
census, may be estimated thus;—Americans, 38,000
Germans, 30,000 Irish, 36,000; French, 4,090; Eng
liah and Scotch. 5,000; Italians, Spanish, and other
nations, 6,000; Bohemians, 5,000.
JaxisC. Brocas. Esq., of Dougherty county,
has been appointed U. 6 Deputy Marshall for the
Southern District of Georgia
Remarkable Speech.
We give to day, says toe Naehville Banner, copi
ous extracts from a very remarkable speech recent
ly delivered in toe House of Representatives by
Hon. P Riston 8. Brooks, of South Carolina—re
markable for the candor and truthfulness of its
statements in respect to certain weak points in the
Democratic organization, which, Mr. 8., ssys, in
vited attack, end which have been assailed, “not
unsuccessfully," he alleges, during the present ses
sion of Congress by opposition speakers.
These week points are the different constructions
given by Northern and Southern Democrats to tbe
Kansas Nebraska bill—toe freeeoit grounds upon
which Mr. Buchanan's election was advocated in
the nou-slaveholding States—and toe squatter-sove
reigntyiam of the Northern Democracy.
No good to the party, Mr. Brooks argues, cau re
sult from trying to conceal, or harm from alluding to
the differences which notoriously exist among the
Democracy on these points—which differences “are
elements of weakness in toe party organization.’
He acknowledges that the Northern Democrats,
for the most part, are advocates of the odious doc
trine of squatter sovereignty, and he declares that
“if they persist in their construction of the Kan
sas Nebraska act, they will inevitably drive off ina n y
of us from the South, who desire to act in concert
with them.’’
He says : “We [many in the South] believe that
squatter sovereignty is as fatal to us as the Wilmot
Proviso : and so believing, it would be suicide to
wink at it.”
But at the same time he feelingly and mast candid
ly admits, that the Democratic opponents of squat
ter sovereignty cannot do without its Democratic
advocates, nor the latter without the former, and
“retain any party strength!”
As the only means of retaining “any party
strength,'' Mr. Brooks, with real pathos, beseeches
the advocates of the monstrous doctrine, to renounce
it, and to agree that “the Territory of Kansas shall
be free and open to e very citizen of the United
States with every kind of property, slaves included
and named , until the people of the Territory shall
have formed a State Constitution, whiafc act of
sovereighty they may perform whenever they num
ber a population of ninety-three thousand four hun
dred and twenty, and not before.”
Short-sighted, but honest Mr. Brooks I Were the
Northern Democratic leaders to renounce the doc
trine. and agree to what you ask of them, they would
not have a corporal’s guard of followers. North,
era Democracy would evanish, without leaving so
much as “a grease spot” to indicate its previous
existence and locality! Aud where wottM be your
“party strength” then f
A writer for the Richmond Enquirer receutly
spoke of squatter-sovereignty as a great federal
monster, which the Democratic delegation from Vir
ginia would soon take by the throat and c hoke the
very life out of him. IV’ -mould say it was a great
black bear, whose tail ae Democratic p irty had
laid for a an hour of great p eril, and
which they now - will be death to hold on to
or to let go. Most unquestionably, the bintr is the
master of the situation, and if bears could talk, thu
one would doubtless say to the Democratic party :
“Hold on or let go, as you like—it’s all the same to
me. Iu either event, I wiU use you to carry- out my
purposes, as you have heretofore used me to carry
out yours. lamon my way tolbe Territories, aud
I give you notice that my brother darkies there
shall be free us lam. Help yourselves if you can.
Wage war upon me if you dare. I've got you."
Blundering Officials and Foolish Diplo
matists.—The Baltimore Patriot says :—President
Pierce has been singularly untortunate in his ter
ritorial and diplomatic appointments. Governor
Reeder was dismissed from Kansas because be
did not sufficiently conform to the wishes of the Ex
ecutive. Governor Shannon was devised of his
authority because he conformed too strictly.—
Pierre Soule returned home from Madrid be
cause Secretary Marc Y threw cold water on the
Ostend manifesto. Sickles found his London post
uncomfortable. Don Piatt found his Paris post
too expensive, and now we have the refreshing an
nouncement that in the treaty made by Mr-. Aa
guste Bklmot with the Netherlands, the language
“is so ambiguous both iu the English and Frenoh
translation, that the President desires to withdraw
it, as the committee on Foreign Affairs will not re
port it for ratification.” Happily not much was
expected from the Minister at the Hague, and there
fore no great disappointment wiU be experienced.—
It ie also fortunate that the administration has near
ly blundered through its term of office. We have
reason to hope also that in certain of our foreign and
domestic appointments, we have reached the low
est deep, and may therefore anticipate with some
confidence that a change for the better will take
plaoe after the fourth of March next.
Thf. McDonogh Estate. —The New Orleans
Crescent contends that the McDonogh bequest
has proved anything but beneficial to that city.—
It adds:
“McDonogh was a nightmure upon our prosperi
ty while he lived, and nis estate has been a night
mare ever since. The sooner we get nd of it the
better. For our part, we should rejoice if it was
declared insolvent to morrow, and its sale ordered
to be made by the Sheriff to the highest bidder.—
Until that is done the finest property in the city will
remain unimproved and unproductive —unsightly
spectacles of decay and dilapidation in the midst of
thrift, sightliness and advancement.”
It is in favor of a division of the estate between
New Orleans and Baltimore.
Commerce and Nanigation. —The report of the
commerce and navigation of the United States for
the year 1856, shows, that the increase of exports is
very generally distributed among the different
States, while the increase of the imports at New
York is very nearly equal to tho whole increase.—
The imports into New York for the past year are
over two-thirds of the whole imports. The increase
of the exports of 1856 over 1855 is about nineteen
per cent., and the increase of the imports for the
same period is twenty per cent. The exports of do
mestic produce from Virginia for 1856 amounted to
$5,489,628.
The annual statement of railways in the Union
has just been published by the United States Rail
Road and Mining Register. It makes the total
number of miles of railway 24,192, being an increase
of 3434 over the preceding year. The increase is
larger in Pennsylvania than in any other State, be
ing 426 ; while toe largest increase in Other States is,
Illinois 398, Indiana 368, and Wisconsin 353 miles.
Ohio heads the list with 2869, New York • following
next with 2792, Illinois 2531, and Pennsylvania 2164
miles.
The Gai.e on Niagara River.— -The gale on
Bunday was more violent at the lower end of the
Lake than in this region. The volume of water
driven over the falls, carrying logs, timbers and
driftwood of every description, was frightful. The
Suspension Bridge was deemed in greatflabger, and
the toll gates deserted. It,:, hpwever, escaped un
soathed. The tower or old pagoda at
which stood nearest the battle ground, 583 which
now makes our knees ache to think of it, Was over
thrown. A correspondent of the New York Herald
says :
“The intense rooking started the inmates from the
wooden tenement at the base, and scarcely had they
made good their escape, when with a tremendous
crash, the entire tower of nearly two hundred feet,
measured its length upon the frozen ground, scat
tering its upper portion into a thousand fragments ;
fortunately no lives were lost, as it fell to the west
ward, in the open fields. Had it fallen in any other
direction it must have crushed in Beveral dwellings
and destroyed many lives. Within its length, and
but a few rods from its line of fall, a congregation
were assembled in the Methodist Church, and their
escape is cause of great congratulation.”
Revolutionary Relic.— The Columbia South
Carolinian says :—A negro of A. R. Taylor, Esq.,
splitting rails some time since on his plantation at
Granby, found imbedded in the heart of a large pine
tree a ball of lead weighing several pounds. It cor
responds in size with the hole still left in Cayce’s
house, which, in the Revolution, was entrenched and
formed Fort Granby, and no doubt was one of the
three shot fired by the party under Lieut. Colonej
Lee, whioh caused the surrender by Major Maxwell
of his garrison. For this addition to our collection
of Revolutionary relics, we are indebted to the kind
ness of Mr. Taylor.
The following is Ramsay’s account of the taking
of the Fort:
“ The day following, Fort Granby, near Friday’s
ferry, about thirty miles to the westward of Fort
Motto, surrendered by capitulation. Very advan
tageous terms were given by the assailants in oou
soquence of information that Lord Rawdon was
marching to its relief. This was a post of more con
sequence than the others, and might have been bet
ter defended ; bnt the offer of security to the bag
gage, in which was included an immense quantify
ofphmder, hastened the surrender. For some time
before it had been greatly harassed by Col. Taylor’s
regiment of militia, and had also been invested by
Gen. Bumpter. On the night of Mtb of May, Ltent.
Colonel Lee erected a battery within eix hundred
yards of its out-works, on which he mounted a six
pounder. After the third discharge from this field
piece. Major Maxwell capitulated. His force con
sisted of three hundred and fifty-two men, a great
part of whom were royal militia.”
Probable Fatal Affray.— A difficulty occur
red in Columbus on Sunday, 4th met., between
William Skates and Frank Fagg, in which the
latter was so severely beaten and cnt that it is
feared he will not recover. The unfortunate man
was a cripple, and in no wise the equal of Skates
who is said to have been intoxicated at the time of
the renoontre. The offender made his escape, but
measures have been taken for bis capture.
Blue Ridge Railroad.— The work on this Rail
road except the bridging, tunneling, and masonry,
has been discontinued west of Pendleton, 8. C. The
road will be completed to that point as early aa pos
sible.
Minnesota. —lt is rumored in Washington that
Judge Douglas will very soon report a bill to the
Senate authorizing Minneeota to form a State gov
ernment, and another bill dividing herteiritoryby
a North and Sonth line into nearly equal parts, and
giving to the western half a Territorial government
with the name of the Territory of Dacctah. There
is ample population and still more ample territory
for the division, while it adds two more free States
to the political preponderance of the North. The
next session will probably witness the admission of
Minnesota, and the return of the gallant Gen. Shields
as one of her Senators. The General is here, not
looking for a Cabinet place by any means, but
solely with reference to the interests of his adopted
home.
Annual Appointments bt the Governor.—
Wm Turk, Principal Keeper of the Penitentiary.
B. 8. Carswell, Assistant Keeper.
W. A. Williams, Book Keeper
Dr. T. Fort, Phys ician.
Matt C. Batts. Arsenal Keeper, MiUedgeville.
S. B. Hanpt, “ “ Savannah.
The office of Inspector of the Penitentiary dis
pensed with—the Legislature calling the attention
of the Governor as to the necessity of the office and
he regarding it unnecessary.
Among tha list of patents recently issued at Wash
ington, Jonathan Adams, of Katcmton, Gn, has ta
ken ont on# for an improvement iu plows.
The Position of the North.
We have -repeatedly said isays tbe Charleston
Mercury,) that the i te Presidential election should
rather be regarded by the South as a warning, than
as a triumph They have entiiod the vote, but they
have not carried the people. Aud uow let us see
what construction is put upon the vote of the North
by toe highest official authority. In hie first mes
sage to the Legislature of New York, Gov. King
usee the following language:
•I have yet another duty to perforin—a duty, the
obligations of which I am not at liberty to neglect,
even if I were SJ di-posed; and the performance of
which, in mv iudgmeut, is rendered imperative by
the respect, wideh is due to the sentiments and votes
iu the recent Presidential election of a great majori
ty of the people of this State, a id of tho other f ree
States. .... ,
“I do this in no partisan spirit, but under the
conviction that the great principle at issue in the
election, and which it so triumphantly vindicated,
lies at the root of our free institutions, and is alike
the concern, and should be equally toe care of all
citizens who rightly estimate those institutions. No
mere party question could oail forth so deep an in
tercet, and s 1 significant and decisive a vote
throughou! the length and breadth of the State . and
I venture to believe Idi not mistake its import,
nor your convictions respecting it, wheu I assume,
as its deliberate aud irreversible decree, that so far
as the State of Seu York is concerned, there shall
be henceforth no estensionof Slavery in the Terri
tories of the United States.
“This conclusion I most unreservedly adopt, and
am prepared to abide by it, at all times, under all
circumstances, and in every emergency.”
“And this conclusion (continues the Mercury ,) of
the Governor of New York, drawn from the facts of
the Presidential election, is emphatically endorsed
by the New York Courier and Enquirer, which
may be regarded as the representative of the Sew
ard and Fremont party of the State. They do not
look upon the late result as a defeat. They treat it
rather as a victory. It is better for them than they
expected; and, as a stepping stone for future ope
rations, they look upon it as a result which they
have a right to regard as securing, in 1860, the tri
umph of Freesoil principles and the Freesoil candi
date for the Presidency.”
What else had we a right to expect f We went
into the contest as a question of life and death. W e
have come out of it bravely with life; and with life
secured only- by a four years tenure. The party
opposed to us have achieved far more than they ex
pected. They have approached to the very borders
of victory, wheu they merely intended to lay the
toundation of a party for future aggression. The
readiness with which this party was adopted and
sustained by the popular sentiment of the North,
notwithstaudiug (hat Mr. Fillmore, the representa
tive of the old Whig party, was already in the field,
shows how sharply defined is the anti-slavery feel
ing of our so-called brethren beyond Mason aud
Dixon's Line- The truth is, that the separation,
in opinion, is already made; aud it strly requires a
political act to define the terms, and make the ne -
cessary arrangements, to render the separation as
strictly legal as it is already in sentiment.”
Why did not the Mercury have the independence
to come out and tell its readers aud the people ol the
South, that the w hole South (Maryland only except
ed) bus virtually endorsed the declaration of Gov.
Ki no, of New York, by- their support aud endorse
ment of the Kansas Nebraska Bill. They have not
in so many words declared ih&t“thcie shall be no
more Sltn-e States," butthey have contributed their
mite to inaugurate a policy, and establish a* prece
dent, which will accomplish that result as effectual
ly as if it uttered the declarations of Gov. King.—
Does not the Mercury know that these arc indispu
table facts? What right then has it to complain?
It aided to accomplish the result.
There has been a look in the wheels of the city
government of Mobile. It was necessary that the
Mayor, Aldermen and Council should meet in con
vention to elect officers. The Al'dermen agreed to
meet on the 22d. The resolution was eonourred in
by Council, but war not approved by the Mayor.—
They agreed ag-ain upon the 2ith, aud the Council
concurred, but she Mayor disapproved of it. He
subsequently assented, but the Council withdrew
their concurrence and appointed the 29th. The
Aldermen met on the 29ih, but the Council did not
attend, aud so that.meeting was defeated. They
had, at the last accounts, a proposition from the Al
deluien to meet on the 2d of January, and of the fate
of this we have not heard.
Death of Cattain Casey— This officer of the
army, long Indian agent for South Florida, died at
Tampa on the 25th ult.
Another Peabody Donation.—lt is stated
that George Peabody, Esq., has within a few days,
made another munificent donation for the benefit of
his former fellow-citizens in Danvers, Mass., viz;
For the maintenance of the Library of the Institute,
SI2OO a year during the remainder of his life. For
the establishment of a Library in Danvers, (former
ly North Danvers.) the sum of SIO,OOO.
Fugitive Arrested. —A few days ago, a slave
belonging to E. P. Jones, of North Carolina, wns ar
rested at Aequia creek, Va., while en route for the
North, with forged freedom papers and a letter of
recommendation, which he alleged he obtained
from an organ grinder for two doUars and fifty cents.
Alabama and Florida Railroad. —The bilj
appropriating the lands donated by CoDgress for
constructing that portion of the Alabama and Flori
da Railroad lying between Tallahassee and the south
era line of Alabama, lias passed both houses of the
Florida Legislature.
There will lie a large sale of Books, Stationary,
Sec , by Messrs. Giuardet, Whyte & Co., at their
sa'es-room opposite the Planter's Hotel, at 7 o’clock
this evening.
New York Banks.— During the last fiscal year,
twcutyfive banking associations, with an aggreagate
capital of $7,550, have deposited the requisite secu
rities aud have commenced the business of bank
ing.
The peat beds in the vicinity of Madison (Wiscon
sin) are attracting considerable attention. They
are located upon lands lying six miles west of the
town, and immediately upon the Milwaukee and
Mississippi Railroad. There are three irregularly
shaped beds, contiguous to each other, which lie in
depressions of the surface.
Frederick Bowers, a young Frenchman, aged
21 years, was noticed the other day to take a let
ter from the St. Louis Post-Oftiee, with which he
walked off, reading as he went. He was soon ob
served to be weeping, and finally be tore the letter
into fragments, took a pistol from his pocket, and
shat himself.
Venerable Couple. —There are living in Para
mus, Bergen county. New Jersey, a venerable cou
ple, whore united ages amount to one hundred and
seventy-six years. The husband is ninety and the
wife eighty-six. They have lived together seventy
years, and are as well as can be expected under
their great age, theii minds retaining all their vigor.
He is the last of tbr ei brothers who have long since
been gathered to their fathers.
Trade Between Russia and the United
States. —The exports from the United States last
year, to Russia anil her possessions amounted to
$686,405, against only If 1X!,445 in 1855. Our imports
from Russian ports on the Baltic and North seas
last year, reached $339,581, against $206,113 in 1805.
Wanting to Marry across a River. —A cou
ple of Virginians casne to the ferry at Milton, N. C.,
Christmas, withthe. view of crossing overlnto North
Carolina and getting married, but the river was
“up” and finding no chance to get over, they want
ed a magistrate to stand on this side and marry them
on the opposite bapk! The proposition was not acv
ceded to.
The following gentlemen were Monday elected
officers of the Central Railroad and Banking Com
pany of Georgia, for the ensuing year: •
R. R.Cuyler* Jno. W. Anderson, Andrew
Lowe, Thomas Bur-e, Wm. Crabtree, John K.
Wilder, Jno. B. Gali.ik, W. R. Fleming, F. G.
Dana. The last two are new directors.
Information ha* been received from England to
the effect that, in the event of the blockade of t[ie
ports of New Grauuda by the British, Aspinwall and
Panama will bo regarded aa neutral perts. The
course intended to be pursued in regard to this mat
ter, had not been definitely settled upon by the Bri
tish Government, but it was generally believed
that the policy indicated above would be adopted.
Population of thf. United States. —In the
tables accompanying the recent report of the Secre
tary of the Treasury the whole population of the
Union is stated to be about twenty-seven millions.
Fire. —The alarm of fire yesterday morning, be
tween four and five o’olock, was caused by the
burning of a small frame building on Centre street,
near the Bridge, occupied as a Grocery store and
Bar room. Los 3 not very great.
Night Mail Discontinued. —The Postmaster
General has ordered a discontinuance of the night
mail between Washhington and Richmond, the or
der to go into effect Thursday.
Serious Accident. —The Savannah Georgian 4*
Journal says : We regret to learn that a serious, if
not fatal accidentoccurred this forenoon on the Bay.
As Mr. E. Haywood, eon of Alfred Haywood, was
driving in a buggy, the horse became unmanagea
ble and started at a fearful speed, throwing Mr. H.
out. At halt-past 1 o'olock, be was in a dying con
dition.
Two Railroads Joined.— A bill to authorize
the Southern Railroad Company to purchase the
Vicksburg and Jackson Railroad, and legally effect
ajunction, has passed the Mississippi Legislature.
The Vieksburfr T'autt Bays the junction would pro
bably be effected on the Ist inst.
The Cunard Company have made an arrange
ment under which, tor the first time, they will ex
tend their operations to other watera than those of
the Atlantic. They have formed a combination
with the new Australian Steam Company, by which,
with their vessels Etna, Jura and others, they will
undertake the Mediterranean portion of that route,
the portion between Suez and Melbourne being
carried on by the original promoters.
A Marriage in the Cars.— ln the cars, between
Bangor and Portland, an accident occurred on Sat
urday morning a little out of the usual course. Soon
after the train lett Bangor, the conductor, Mr. Pitt
man, who had provided himself with a clergyman
stood up m one of the cars, and, in the presence of
the passengers, and while the train was at its usual
speed, was duly married to a lady by the name of
Fuller. Our eastern friends are, evidently, a “fast’
people.
Not Coming.— The intended Southern tour of the
Parodi-Strakosch troupe will not take place. Mr.
Strakcsch is compelled to return .to New York, to
take part at the opening of the Academy of Music.
It appears that the New Orleans custom-house,
intended tor a magnificent pile of granite and mar
ble, is gradually sinking into the swamp. It has
declined 16.99 inches since 1851, at which rate of
subsidence, it will finally disappear from human
vision at about the beginning of the 22d century
our era.
Cow-Catchers.—An enterprising but ignorant
South American bos sent to an Albany locometive
shop for one hundred ‘oow-catohera.'’ He expects
to use them in taking wild cattle on the plains of
Paraguay in plane of the lasso.
Immense Laud Grnnt—C'angr* aeional Bribery
and Corruption.
The Riohmond D r patch says : Another of tho
immense land grants in favor of railroads that have
heretofore been suspected of being conceived in
frr ud and carried through by briltery and corrup
tion, has been introduced into the House of Repre
sentatives, in tbe shape of a bill, which grants to the
territory of Minnesota, for the construction of a
trunk railroad traversing tho territory with three
branch roads, every alternate seel ion of land, desig
nated by odd numbers, for six sections in width on
each side of said road and branches. Tho grant will
call for nearly four huudred thousand acres of land
iu each and every mile which the road traverses,
and make the aggregate an immense one.
The New York Herald publishes letters from it*
correspondents at Washington, setting forth avtry
scandalous state of Congressional morals, and tho
existence and organized and active exertions of a
distinct profession in Washington—lobby agents —
whoso busiuess it is to bring personal influences to
bear upon the action of Congress, and to determine
measures ol legislation by oorrupt consideration
The Richmond Enqtii tr republishes tne Heryid s
letters, and says that the vast majority oi tbtsi
lobby agents are “ex-members ol Congress, exdßtc
l'etaries of departments, editois out of employ mem,
occasional correspondents of papers, < fficers of tin
army dismissed from the service, officers of ihe nav\
retired for incapacity, clerks, women . f easy vii
tue, dealers of faro an- 1 apostate preachers of tin
Gospel. These individuals have method zed tin
mysteries of plunder into a science, and have w.
duced their operations against the Treasury to i
regular system of strategy. The agencies of ihe'.i
influence comprehend all the means of subduing
principle through the instrumentality of n.o pu -
sions. The amiable disposition of one member if
Congress makes him an easy prey. Another ful *
a victim to the seductions of champagne and iy.i
--vaßß back. A third Is insensible to the charms of an
epicurean banquet, but he surrenders to the seduc
tions of a solid Bum of monoy. A fourth is beguiled
by the arte of some charming Lais, and to-- uts. .
not tosuport a parlioul r claim, to be absent whei
the vote is taken. A fifth, with hardly le«s ci iminn.i
ty of motive, sacrifices his scruples to secure tin
co-operation of a powerful interest in his owe specin
behalf. So the think works ; and the result i.- thai
the people are plundered of millions by a corrupt
coalition between the lobby interest and certain pro
fligate members of Congress.”
It is through such influences and by such means
that the Treasury is robbed, the public mouej
squandered, and the good name of the uatiou d»
graded. It is a mortifying fact, as well as one ot
evil omen, that, whilst'the character of the pub; e
men of Great Britain has steadily improved foY th.
last century, that of the public men ot the United
States, both in intellect aud in morals, has a;; .-uadi
ly retrograded. Could one of the pure and ineoi
ruptible patriots of the Revolutionary era rise fr» m
the grave, he would be astounded at the profl! •. y
which has converted the once stainless halls of j u
lie council into “a den of thieves.’’
Tlic Tan It.
The Washington corrrespondent of the Baltimoie
Sun, writi!ig under date January 8, has the follow
ing speculations iu reference to the proposed modifi
cation of the Tariff, which we give'for what they are
worth, premising that it is not much :
The subject of the tariff will probably be taken up
for consideration iu the comm ttee of the whole on th.
state of the Union, on Tuesday next Among th.
several projects alread/ approved are those * i th
majority of the committee of ways and means, us
represented by Mr. Campbell's report and bill, tin
minority project reported by Mr. Letcher, tL bil
offered by Mr. (J. F. Houston and Mr. Boyce’s bii
Amendments will be proposed for the‘abolition o
duties ou various articles, but none for increasiiu
the present rate of duties upon any article-. Alt
Campbell's plan will reduce the revenue to tie* e\
tent of six millions immediately, and to the furthe
extent of about four millions, through theene<*urrg\
ment it will afford to home manufacturers of wool
ens, by admitting high and low priced wool free o
duty.
Mr. Letchers plan will bring the revenue dowi
to about forty-five millions. It is urged as an ol*
jeetion to Mr. Letcher’s bill that it retains *m
small duties, the collection of which will cost n:oi
than they produce. The masterly report of the :*e<
retary of the Treasury, which, with its valuable stu
tistics, is now printed, affords convincing Argument
against any tax on certain raw materials. No pro
position has yet been made for the remission « f du
ties on railroad iron, but an able pamphlet ii in cii
culatiou in favor of a return to the original policy «»
encouraging the railroad system by admitting mu
road iron free of duty, and it urges, us tho Loudoi
Times also does, that the argument ol Mi
Guthrie in favor of free w 001, which is admitted t
be sound and correct , is eqtnll> applicable to fret
iron.
As to the sugar duty there are two sides to that
question, aud the probability is ti nt it will bo r»
duced to the same and not a greater txtoi t within*
and the whole list of taxable fabric, -—that i 3 -id, 22
or 25 percent. The thiriy per cent, dutii q wj 1 fin
little favor, especially in the Senate. In fine, t her.
is some prospect that, if any revision of the tariff* b.
accomplished at this session, it will be based m
upon politics and national consideration, but upon
enlightened principles of p *litical °conomy.
Illness of Dr. K'NE.—Tne latest accounts Iron
Havana represcut Dr. Kaue as very ill, with lit t!«
prospect of recovering. A letter dated the 29th
ult, says:
“Dr. Kane, the Arctic explorer, arrived here from
England on Christmas day, but very low from tb*
effects of a stroke of paralysis ou the pa.-s.ige out.—
He seems a little better since landing, but Ins physi
(dans think that it is very doubtful it he ever leave.-
here. Spanish like, the officials rook not the let s)
notice of bis arrival here, nor even did the pa pen*
mention it. I would cot have oflicial honors paid
him, blit a man who has given his lift? to the cause ui
humanity and science certainly deserves some little
notice.”
ANew Postal Arrangement between our go
vernment and that of France is on the tapis. The
French government has made a proposition for a
convention in regard to postal matters, which is ex
tremely liberal, and which, it is confidently believed
will greatly facilitate America i c no.pondence
not only with France, but with the continent of Eu
rope. The chief benefit of the convention is, that
all prepaid letters for the continent may be sent
through France free from all restriction**, and be
placed upon the same footing as French correspon
dence. In other words ,'the United States will enjoy
the same privileges in the transmission of its letters
that France now does. The rates per quartei ounce
from the United States are said to be as follows:
To France, 15 cents ; tfelgi.mp, 21 cents : Italy and
Austria, 28 cents; Constantinople, (fee., 31 cents,
and the Indies 3H cents.
German Celebration of Nf.w Year's Eve. —
The Germans had a beautiful celebration of N w
Year’s eve at their “ Volks Garten,” opposite the
Bpwery Theatre in New York, which is thus do
scribed by the Express :
The" exterior was lit up with variegated lamps
forming"® v^rds r “ Volks Garten.” Wjihiu wi re
all kinds of amusemefffa'aud singers suitable to the
physical, moral or uxtelfccttßl t Ta^^ v Midn ght came
and a long, loud u hurrah” came with' it** E;\rh j.r
son jumped up to his neighbor a happy iiow #
year; everyone but in the midst of
their congratulations the gas was euddcnly turned
, off, the bells began to ring, the; .bands played a ho.
lemn air, and the blue lights, red lights, green lights
and white lights, alternately illuminated the exten
sive building from the roof. The wh"le after was
gotten up in exact imitation of tho Winter Garden
celebration of New Year eve "in Germany. One.
sudden the building was brtyMhfly re-il umfuaied,
the band struck up “Hail Columbia,” and congrat
ulations followed.
The fun was * afterwards kept up for Rome
time, a select chorus of thirty male voices from one
of .the German Clubs singing the old country “Fro
lie Songs,’’ and the double band of musicians furn
ishing capital accompaniments. The houfce was
crowded all the evening.
The Locomotive Explosion.— Goo. Oliver, ft
brakesman, and Michael Rowland, an engineer,
were the persons killed a few days ago by the explo*
plosion of a locomotive on the Central Ohio Rail
road. The Wheeling Argus' soya :
The fireman was thrown to a great height and
fell at some distance from the track, entirely divi-st
edof his clothing and badly scalded. Another man
was ajso sciidea, and some forty were kill* d m
badly scalded. The btiler turned a complete som
erset and fell beside the track completely shorn of
machinery. Two heavy driving wheels, wi h thcii
axle, were blown some 180 feet from t, e track, pass
ing through the top of a tree at u height of perhaps
forty feet, and bren ing of a huge limb.
The Erie Canal. —The Buffalo N. i"., Commer
cial states, that with proper energy on the pait of
those having the matter in charge, the Erie Canal
will open in the Spring with five feet depth of water
from end This will admit the passage of boat
of two hundred tons buithen. When the enlarge
ment of the Erie canal is completed, it will be ;.i
most equal to a river, uniting the Hudson and the
Lakes, and pouring a fresh avalanche .of brunet*
and wealth into the Empire City.
A gang of notorious c jucterfeiters, believed to
have branches in Louisville, St. Louis, Indianapolis
and Cincinnati, have been arrested in Wooster,
Clark county, Indiana.
An article « n education in France, published in
the Constitutionnel, states that in the year 1855,
more than 400,000 young boys, and 450,000 young
girls—Bso,ooo children from six to thirteen years ot
age, received no kind of iustruc 4 ion whatever.—
And this is enlightened France of the 19th oentnry.
Courtesies to British Officers.— lt is said to
be the intention ot our government to reciprocate
in every proper way the attention manifested to
ward Lieut. Hartetein and hie associates, soon to
arrive in a British war steamer. Instructions will
be issued to receive her with proper salutes at the
New York Navy Yard, and the officers will be in
vited to Washington to be welcomed by the hoe
pitality of the President and Oebinet.
Submarine Telegraph for the Persian Gulf.
—The British Government have given their appro
val to the proposal for laying down a telegraph ca
ble to the Persian Gnlf, and by connecting it with
that already laid down in the Mediterranean, pla
cing the whole of Europe in direct communication
with Asia. The project is still under consideration
at the East India House.
The Cabinet. —Hon. John Barney, of Baltimore,
writes to the New York Herald that Gen. Ca u has
informed him that the position of Secretary cl State
has been tendered him by Mr. Buohanen and that
he has accepted the appointment.
The Dock Trade.— The Norfolk (Va.) Herald
say*, that a farmer in Princess Anne county has bed
twenty men employed killing ducks, and up to the
20th ult. they had consumed 23 kegs of gnu powder. ,
The gentleman ships, on an average, 15 barrels of ‘
ducks to New York every week, and some weeks
as high as 31 barrels. They co isist of canvass back,
mallard, black, sprig tail, boldfaces, ehoveltrs, end
a good proportion of wild geese.
Libel Suit.—Horace Grekly has brought suit
so.- libel against J. W. Gray, editor of the Cleve
land Plain Dealer , for certain articles published in
that paper during and since the recent campaign.
Damages claimed, SIO,OOO.
We learn from the Canada Mail, that a Polish
emigrant, from Warsaw. ba« obtained a patent for
an invention to prevent collision upon rail cars by
the intervention of shields. The leading feature in
the management of these shields, is the interpi git ion
between them of resistances, which will break the
shook of oars coining into ooliision. The plan is re
garded as feasible, and it will completely disposed
tow eatohers and all like aontrivanoe*
Fashionable Dissipation.—The New York
Herald, remarking on tbegevefy and “fast” living
of the citizens of the commercial metropolis, says i
After the holidays comes the saturnalia of the
fuf*liioi able wot) <», which goes up to Lent. The
g reset p'viip *rit.y of the country and the comparative
easHwi.h ‘vhichsharp business men obtain wealth
—or the eh wof wealth—which is .just, us good as
long as it lasts—has its natural eff« ct upon the wo
men, who are in n?e> travagant than ever. Crino
line expands and. extends its borders until two la
dies fiii up the width of a drawing room, aud robes
are fengthcm-d flpfil the pact is daily swept with
’he ru in st and st*ffe t nip/ e antique. In the gay
world jewelry Ins gradually been going out Jor Hires
:,,u umhis, hut tho motie\ once invested iu
nmuuvuds >: u«»w expended In dress goods, which
are giowiug more rich, more elaborate ami more
»*xpensive every year Your tashionable lady’s
u.en’a! powox *m e instantly taxed to the utmost to
Kni.w what she shaft wear, while her husband’s bu
-’.neis capabilities find mil scope iu hi« efforts to
'a’s r the i ■ »i»«*y t«> gratify her extravagance. Her
amniti .i> i- foout do some one else —c wear a dress
r « t*■ 1 i?cs w'hieli c«vt a great dc J nl more money
han t ose i f tier dear* st friend, who is thrown into
• nviii-M. ns ot envy when the fienr« is mentioned,
!! . a P’*rtv whn U 8 >ci < vtds her l ouse that
Ire's loes 3 treading ou everybody
.Al i-i -peaking at some length on the extravagant
-t.W of (Ins,., pw-tics, Mill various prirat» amuse
neuts, file Herald says:
O imb'io" lias beNuric a fa-hionable vice, ard
•u. .o-i! im t" Me. lilies. X ail tlmclubc, plsy,
""'I 1 ' !' r rub-, i ami *« have
J.'.'" 0 wl,eru llle arisMcmtic emusement of
*" ‘* el l \ e "K Oi booed, IUmC amateur* hi tl at ath
d!C i*i it.Be met m o Bn-,vt place d.tHched from
i jli.ii nent, l , ui ,it is said, very
?. MVt Kal, ‘ b " , 'K l-!*-* while iv„meu play at
i eiii*.i aaim a -vtiioh hew ruined some ot the
in .it-B iu Park Nut with tin din., all the tf
ortato tuppreiw K ambUi4.'in tliia metropolis, It iu
. I.UMS pi vutely and publicly; HI d this foot i. the
nquity ark. !‘.k'"“J I ":.?.‘imn'.^p
1 'htii mid iutbthe pottkete ofthe
b f, «>•»','" “'»>»« a. of eu iu the
...... ,*;•=*. V* w tl,e ,relu-». The present
1 d tooioeud m trivolity i.ud ex
..uuiia' T-T'nf b " ? h,< * ,h »
Kt' Damel V\ alii,, rue Watduugton correa
pomiei.t Os tin. r S :o„ X; v o’lcrmiya .—“The Kev.
Dauttl W aide, cliupliiin of the of Keptveenla
tves, is nmv in hi, ninety-fit h t ear, erect, hearty,
ale and vicun a; oe a man of aisty. He was a
{radumo of Yale, aud a cluss-uiatennd room-mate
if the Xion Jtre.uiali M aoj ; , as aohaplnin of tho
evo.utionarj aroiy, full md i cprigoinnent in tXia
loniblo an .tar houte prison in New York, from
'lnch he escaped with life barely, aud on account
>l " .deli he now draw . a pension from the govern
iicm. He is now the oldest living graduate of
'■ Ruit.vc his elect ion aa chaplain iie was pastor
■I the Congr«;fHtiona] Church at Manlius, New Tork,
iver which he has presided f or the last seventy
rears. He now studies many hours a day without
mre U ' HU o * u »* '»• •ovenienoe, aud while at home
:• rp-euliy "all's i Syracuse and hack, nearly five
ml. s While we were oonvetsing, imaged while
taired, but vnon ■ > uhl niui.ot nlioitl eixly fiveor
evenly yetrs, too. the vacant seat next to us,
vlien Mr. Waldo introduced tile,new comer us hi.
sou."
ITonniBLE Mi-.ißEu.-The Stark villa (Miss.) Ad
..cute, contains the particulars of the horrible mur
ler of itobert Bums, proprietor of the Cottage Ho •
tlintli.il place, by l*r W. XX. bluvall, with whom
ie Imd had 1 a light the day before. Itsays :
Going near BerneV stable, r>r. S. stopped the bug
:V, mid "■.civi d within about iiieuiy-hve ]>sces of
linn . *, wile 'V„s eiigugi d ill harucssing a lioise, lie
“ lo 11 negro who "as atauning near, to got
■Lit ot the wav. at the same moment raising the gutt
inti filing. At t To instant of liis firing, XXurues
■" k.d nrunnd and reoeited the contents of the gun
nil in his Tice, lie raised hid irnndii to his eyes aud
unit to 11,.. t arth. exclaiming “my God I" Upon
lea,ijioyidi : d > nneed within ton pitoeaand fired the
■ccn.id nine‘.the "-hole i-harge taking effect iu his
).i'k and 1» u;it-. i|tx*n critil out, “i am a dead
min. Still, notsa* is it-d, Stovall coolly approached
•no and drawing a j h **lpul t close to his bend and
ired again, bursting hnoye-ball Irom its socket-;
lien putting th pLtm to liis breast, lie fire d a fourth
l ' ,u - i«‘t Min body f the already dad man. Mrs.
tunics and lu r children lushed from the house
i*r» tiurg, wit.' I).. Stuvull coolly walked off, got
uto hu and drove away.
Family Influence in National Affairs.—
riie L verpoi.l correspondent of the Boston Daily
\dvc.r>iser % makes the f *llowiog reference to the
fleet which the alliance between the royal families
»t England and Utu.-sia has upon the Neufchatel
l ucation. The English people sympathize with the
Swiss ns all freemen must; but an English Princess
s to b * the iuture Queen of the aggiessive power :
“I' is tine that there is some vague idea that the
English people do n t approve of Prussia’s ohstlna
y in i lihoo ng her mcr« ly waste-paper titles, but
l *o pi e.-c-nt intimate relutium* * xir-iiu*. Oetwtcn the
yul fanii i--s of Ihu.-t-ia uud E ghand, t' row great
loubt on any tiling being done by the British go
• crnint nt in favor ot tin* Swiss. A simitar differ
boo i»i vrl.ii .is was observable during’ the whole
»ni rL * 1 ite war. While the English nation
XfWW’i the gre»Je.-t distrust of the Piustiau poli
y, yet tin* in istiutim-;‘o..iicgotint ous were going
ii between the royal families for intermarriage,'
•villi the eUorui*>us dowry of SIOO,OOO per annum—
co bo puid out of Joliu liuii s ov« riax* d pocket. If
toy additional proof were \vnoted ti nt the interests
*f leiiji ing fiHo.iiH are not «’ ail identical with tlie
uteres ci the people they g <vt»ni, this bare faced
lacrifice of national rights to fan il.y interests should
-tupply it If L uiis Napoletm had a lirtlo, more cssh
ii hio cxclw quer, what a splendid opportunity this
<wi?s b i-intss would give him to extend the fron
ier of Fraucj to th«* Ilitim- ’’
A VEPAGt Wealth ok Individcals.—JThe sta
'istics of taxable pioperty In tho nited dialed, re
tutly romi-tied in the Treasury Department, fur.
liih some very interesting items of intelligence in re
paid to the average wealth of the people of the differ
ent Slates. The average vulue of taxable property
m Indiana aud Illinois is $.61 to each inhabitant;
in Michigan it is only $220 ; in Muine it is $2lO ; in
New Yoik $100; in Ohio $388; in Connecticut it
is about $500; in Massachusetts $525; in Georgia
$534; in Alabama $334; in Louisiana $l5O j iu
Ma ryland about $110; in Virginia $350; in Kon
lucky S3BO.
Iu these estimates the whole population is count
ed, including the staves in the Sjutiiern States.
chc calculation Imd been made only in r#fercnce’’t6
ihe white inhabitants in the slavehoidiug State, it
would give to them nearly double the average
wealth of individuals in the fressoil States. In
none of the Soutl eru States is the average so small
as in some of the frees il S'ittes.
Gen'l. Tom Thumb.—From a letter of a passen
ger on board the steamship Persia, we inokoHhe
following extract in reference to Tom Thumb:
“ Everything has passed iff harmoniously with
our pleas int and numerous passengers, among
who n Gen. Tom Thumb lias figured most conspic
uously—free from the annoyance of Mai dc m&r, he
has be'-n on deck in all weathers, and with his India
rubber coat, cloth'cap, and thick boots, has played
the part of ti miniature sen captain—often wjth a
cigar nearly n n long as himself in his mouth, which
Niiue of the full grown sim kers have often knelt
upon the deck to afford the important personage a
light—not a meal has the General missed, and after
'+ dinner he sips iiis wine with as much gusto aa*auy
ion. vn-rnit. Nm* afe these the only accomplish -
ments which the tiny thing can boast: he plays an
excellent hand at any game of cards, in wbioh
| njnuHeinent lie Reeses trut h of the time, and speaks
i <»1 hi* luting* and winnings with the air of,.“a tnan
<>f the world,” and ham mil he only drinks brandy
.occasionally. Hear uje aud seeinjjL.bua brought as
1 o the comjusion that Gen. Tom Thumb is a fast
-peeimen of Young America, aho La* afforded the
puifrt nger* u vast fund of
Imt iid mind could not have b *it*r cultivation, for
it is not without cofieiderublo capacity.”
Weather in New York.— The New York cor
respondence of the Baltimore American of Jan. Bth
says:
The intensity of the oo!d has rendered navigation
very d-fficulr. There are vast triads s of ice in the
r ivers and ho ferry boats have been very much im
ped* d thereby. Several hakes of ice Were seen yes
terduy over a mile square. The ferry boat Johif
Fitch* was nearly two I -up* in making oue of her
i tips on Tui-sdajf night. She had to iun down to
Governor’s Isbuiipoget in the channel before she
got to Barclay stfeet. (Klior boa’s were also much
obstructed yesttsiday. Tim ice seen to be fresh
water i e. ami h . s probably been drifted down from
the Highlands Thu Hudson is frozen over as far
town us Peekskil'.
The strong umlb-wildly winds that have pre
vailed have had the effect of making the tide in the
|£«sfc river v»-ry low, »tid as a conn* quonee several
vessels enteii-g and 1< iviug the harbor have run
.aground
Tue birkantfne Horneo Beale, from Alexandria,
arrived yesterday, wad* one maFS office from end of
bowsprit to miss- n r'ggiu,the vvt/gU of which, with
Iter cargo, btought her decks tnllu water.
Burning Mines.— Tue Pottsvillo (Pa) Mining
Journal bays :
A fortnight since, the Peach Mountain vein up
the No I, wegi&r, the ptuperlyyf the Delaware Coal
| ()• mpany, was tired at tho'air shaft, below water
; 1 <•:v» ] The vein from she elurfc burned so fiercely,
that all attempts to cheek tbe flames proved fruit
i and the lessees occupied themselves in remov
j mg the machinery, etc., of the operation. It is
j i bought that the tire is the work of Pome miner dia*
! -'•untied with the reduction of wages, which it is the
j iu!e to establish at this season. By this act *he in
cendiary has stooped one of the most valuable red
! ash c.oilVrits in the region ; has entailed, possibly,
i coi biddable loss or* the Joyces, and thrown out ot
employment many miners, upon whom at tbia se
; vere .*oson are dependent scores of women and
children.
It is co tern plated to turn a portion of the Nor
wegian Creek n»to the mine, and thus, if possible,
| extinguish the fire.
Tee Mr. Laflee ocUk-ry—Chain's Miller’s—took
I fire last May, uod baa been burning since, below
water level. The fire originited in the old work
mgs. The opera i*»n was closed, and water let in
; Lust week, we undeistand, the mine was filled up,
! Hid ere this the fire has been undoubtedly extin
I gttiabed.
Something Novel A Frog Supper was given
iu Boston on Thursday evening last, by a distln
. gtdehed ion vivant, to a few friend '. The Times
:ays the “game ’ was of hi* procu ing, and of the
\ right kind having a preud manor of the same near
1 Cbe’sea. The frog busim ea is becoming one of im •
i portan e, and the Times hears that as many as 1000
| fat green hides are procured a day, by good sports
Tien. They sell for s2.ho per hundred ; and when
they become better known as a table deiioaoy, they
will command as' ill higher price. No taste hoe to
be cultivated to enjoy them, when properly cooked
The t me will come when the quotations of the frog
1 market will be considered as eesential as those of
the Brighton or C mbridge cattle market,
Women Voting —Kentucky is the most gallant
and chivali ie of St .ter Th re alone In this coun
try, or tho world, is the right ot suffrage expressly
-jouneo’ed to woman. By the Revised Statute, any
woman having a child, btlwceif the tge of eix and
eighteen years, may veto for school trustee. The
right was exercised a year ego by several widow*
in the Northern parr «f the State.
Literary.— A young adventurer, In the fields of
art and letters, Thomas H< od, the younger (“Hood’s
Own” eon) is to present to the English public this
season his maiden work as author and artist; a gift
book, seasonably published, and literatively oalled
‘•Pen and Pencil Piet urea.”
ANEW City in • Louisiana.—The Vicksburg
Times, of Monday last, furuisbeß the aunexed para
graph :
“A new*city by tho name of DeSoto is expected
to rear its walls and turrets, in a short time, on the
Louisiana chore of the Mississippi river, immediate
ly opposite to this o ty. The property embraoes the
lands lying around the Vicksburg, Shreveport and
Texas Rai road Depot, and will open a field ot Labor,
activity ar.d comme oial enterprise, wbioh will, in a
short time, make it the seoond tity of Louisiana.'