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vejX Hunter offered .resolution, winch was adopt
ed dir”tinV the Secretary of T.eaaanrtO inform
the Senate whether, in Ids opinion, ary change ought
lo bfrnade ,u the plan adopted for the extension of
the Treasury building*.
Mr Weiler, from tne Committee on Military At
fairs reported back with amendment*, the House
hilt to increase the pay of the officer* of the army,
ami gave notice that be should call for it* considera
tion next week. _ .
After some time spent in considering and passing
various private bills, the Senate adjourned.
HOUSE.
The House pawed a bill establishing the Dela
ware, Osage and Western Irani Districts in Ksn
**On motion of Mr. Orr. a resolution adopted
giving to the widow of Mr Brook* whatever sum
may have been due at the time oi hes death.
/he bill reported fr«n the cstnm'th *
lands authorizing the Delaware and pMewtiJg*
Indian* of Kansas to sell a right of way ,to. it*
ro &T“ %***£s&**'* «~
rt nJn£?£2*£TZ« passed the Mowing
'“a bill appropriating *AOOO for the completion of
the capital onuding at Omaha, Nebraska.
A I,ft appropriating a like amount for the om
oletion of the capital budding at Santa Ve, New
>/ wil appropriating S3O,WHi for the oonstruction
of a road Ui Nebraska. , ,
Much time was spent id the discussion of a bill for
the construction of a wagon road to the racinc.
Pending tlie qneslion for it* passage the House ad
journed.
IN SENATE Keb.M
Bi Bright presented the credential*of Mr Ora
I,am N. Kitch, setting forth that lie has been elect
•d a Senator from Indiana by the I jegwlaturn
tuat State., an«l ba moved that the u&tfi be ad mini*
Mr Trumbull said he had placed in his hands by
a special messenger from that State the protest of
the Seriate against the legality of the election of Mr
Pitch and also a protest signed by thirty-four
members of the House of Representatives of In
diana to the same effect. » .
Mr Bright said it was not necessary to lead
the protests, as lie believed that Ins colleague,
in cording to precedent, was entitled to lie sworu in.
The protests were read and Mr Trumbull object
ed to tho administration of the oath.
Mr Douglass thought it better that Mr. Pitch be
-worn, and investigate the legality of the election
afterwards, a* has been the custom heretofore
Mr Trumbull replied that the custom had been
both ways, and he cited cases where the oath had
been refused until it was discussed and decided He
thought that in this ease no additional (light could
be shed on the matter, as all the facts were now
k The debate was continued uutil 4 o’clock. The
mention being as to whether the Hon. Graham V
pitch should take his seat on the pnrna sane evi
dence of his election.
Finally Mr. Trumbull s motion to refer the cre
dentials and protests to the Judiciary Committee
was disagreed to—yeH* lit, noes •!•!.
Mr Kitch was then sworn in and the Senate ad
journed.
HOUSE
The House passed, by a vote of IIS against 48,
Mr Chapman's bill for the construction of a wagon
mail to the Pacific aa heretofore noticed.
The question was stated on the motion of Mr.
Barbour to suspend he rules to enable Him to intro
duce a resolution from the Judiciary Committee—
tiinl John C. Watrous,United States District Judge
for the district of Texas, be impeached of highcrimes
and misdemeanor
Mr lietcher said these were serious charges and
he demanded that the report of the committee in the
case be read. The report says that the specific
charges ’ made against Judge Watrous of corrupt
combinations for the determination of suits in his
( ,'ourt, and of having acted witli partiality and in
disregard of all the rules of law and the rights of
litigants.
Mr. Bocock wished to know it Judge Watrous
ever had an opportunity to delend himself.
Mr. Simmons said there was enough in this case
to require full and fair examination. It did not fol-
J.iw when a mail was indicted by a grand jury, he
should be present, nor that a man Bhouldbe eon
viet ed without evidence to satisfy the public of his
1 Mr. Boyce said he had been informed that Judge
Watrous was one of the most high minded men in
the United States, unit by the Supreme Court, was
believed to be one of tin- ablest district judges in the
country.
Mr. Humphrey Marshall, (a member of the Com
mitten on tho Judiciary,) thought that the investi
gation ought uot to proceed, without notice to the
accused party.
Mr. Evans, of Texas, said Unit public.)unlace and
the purity of the Courts required that Judge Wat
rous should have a trial, as it wns a mockery for a
District Judge, in whom the publie have no confi
dence, to continue in office.
The rules were suspended for the introduction of
tlie resolution—yeas liifi, nays 1(2.
Mr. Boyce offered a resolution—that tho report
be re-ooinmitted to the Judiciary Committee with
instructions to furnish Judge Watrous with a copy
nl the charges and evidence against Him.
After lurtlier debate, the further consideration of
the subject was postponed until Saturday week.
Oil motion of Mr. Campbell, of Ohio, the daily
hour of meeting was changed from twelve to
eleven.
Mr. Kelsey, from the Special Committee, made a
report that James W. Siimmton hint again been
summoned before the committee, aud his responses
were such as to rentier it unnecessary to examine
|,tin any further. Cutler these circumstances tlie
committee do not desire longer to continue him in
11,,, custody of the sergeant at arms, aud therefore
report a resolution lhat he be discharged.
The resolution was adopted, and the House ad
jourued.
IN SENATE Keb. in.
Mr P earn* gave notice of hi* intention to intro
duce a bill providing for the* time and inaimei of
electing Senator** of the United States by the Leg
islatures of the several States
Additional documents were received-from the
l'resident relative to tjie proclamation of mailiaj
aw in Washington Territory by Oov. Stevens.
Mi . Husk moved a reference of the credentials of
Mi Fitch and the proceedings ol the Senate and
protest of the members of the House of Uepresenta
lives of Indiana, relative thereto, to the Committee
on the Judiciary.
Mr. Toombs desired that these papers be referred
to a select committee. The Chairman of the Judi
ciary Committee had indicated his preference for
that course . and in addition to that, this committee
had had tw > or three cases of that character before
them this session. The Committee on the Judiciary
have a good deal of business before them now. aim,
for one. ho should not be extremely anxious to con
tfidei this question in preference to other busiuest*
already before them.
Mr. Toucey thought this subject ought to be re
ferred to the Select Committee, composed in part of
gentlemen from the opposite party.
Mr. Husk disliked to hear the insinuations which
frequently have been made, that the committee on
the Judiciary were entirely composed of the poll
cal friends of the sitting member. That committee,
ii** believed, would examine a question impartially,
w it h a desire to do no more uor less than equal and ex
act justice.
Mr Green differed from Mr. Rusk. It was his
i inpression that both sides had expressed ther confi
dence in the Judiciary Committee.
Mr. Seward believed that the Committee were as
impartial as any other ol the body, and that the Re
publican party here wore entirely wil iug to entrust
lias question to their hands.
Mr. Butler did not object to examining this ques
tion from distrust of his own impartiality, but he
thought that it would be better to raise a select Com
mittee, consisting of at least ten members, to decide
all cases of contested elections.
Mr. Crittenden said if a select committee should
be raised in this particular case, it might be sup
posed that it was designed to accomplish a special
purpose, whereas, in reference to this question, to
the ordinary standing committee, it was iu its usual
< ourse and could not be objected to by either side
of the chamber.
Mr. llale sustained Mr. Rusk's mot i n.
Mr. Trumbull said that the Legislature of Indiana
was now in s ession, and would soon adjourn, not to
meet again for two years. It was, consequently, im
l*>rtant that this question should be disposed of as
*oon as possible, iu order that it the sitting member
should be declared not entitled to his seat, the Legis
lature might have an opportunity to select some
4>ue. He was glad to hear the Senator from Con
necticut (Mr. Toucey) express his opinion, that if
ihe subject was referred to a select commit tee, that
committee should consist in part of members of
the Republican party. He thought that amounted
to something like an admission that it was wrong
for the standing committees to have been formed in
such a manner as to exclude gentlemen of the op
position from them
Mr. Toucey explained that at the time the stand
ing committees were formed there were members
of the opposite party on the Judiciary Committee,
but in the course of affairs they had come to act
with the Democracy in upholding the Constitution
of the counti y.
Mr. Trumbull respouded that the Committee were
formed at the commencement of the present ses
fdon, and then all the members of the Judiciary
Committee were understood to be supporters of the
present Administrat ion. If the Senator from Con
necticut had referred to the organization of the
Committees at the first session of Cougress. he
might be correct; but the Committees were
elected at the (commencement of the present session
He should like to know, however, whether the Sen
ator from Connecticut meant to say that any mem
ber of the Senate was not an upholder of the Con
stitution. To whom did ho allude ’
Mr. Trumbull claimed to bo ns firm an uphol
der of the Constitution of the country as the Senator
from Connecticut, or any other Senator on this
floor. That Senator had no right to set him
self up, or hi.-* party with whom he acted, as the on
ly supporters of the Constitution which all the Sena
tors had sworn to support. l>id he mean to intimate
that he was in favor ot putting men on a select com
mittee of this character, who were opposed to the
Judiciary Committee. It such men were fit to go
on a select committee, were they not equally til to
serve on the qpguiar standing committees.
Mr. Toucey remarked that he had alluded to the
4'ouree of two gentlemen on the Judiciary Commit
tee (Messrs. Geyer and Toombs who within the past
two years had Ken led from regard for the Consti
tution and the Union to act with the Democratic par
ty. He ceiLhet made, nor intended to make allu
sion to the gentlemen on the othei side of the cham
ber. but he believed that the two Senators, to whom
he referred, and others who acted similarly, were
actuated by the highest regard for the Constitution
and the Union ; and their course was decided by
\ heir desire to maintain both.
Mr Trumbull had no objection to any eulogiuw
which Mr. Toucey might think proper to pronounce
upon his associates, if it wen* not connected with a
reflection upon others. Nor had be any particular
preference relative to the reference of these pa
per*. He only wished for the early decision of the
question. , , . ,
After further debate, the credentials and pro
tests were referred to the committee on the Judicia
ry-
The bill appropriating sdfi,ooo for the survey of
the Ohio river and its principal tributaries, was ta
hen up and advocated by Messrs Bigler, Pugh, and
Crittenden, and opposed bv Messrs Jones of Term .
Green tyid Butler.
Pending the subject the Senate adjourned.
HOUSE
The House resumed tbe consideration ot tile bill
establishing the collection districts of tiie United
States, oodilying and amending the revenue iaw
•tc After a struggle between foe* and friemfrof
tbe bill it was finally tabled Yeas 9b, nays 86
Tee Senate Submarine Telegraph bill was taken
IP ■
Mr Washburn of Illinois. moved to lay it ou the
table. Lost
Mr Jones, of Tennessee, moved to commit the
bill to the Committee of the Whole ou the State of
the Union. Disagreed to—yeas 83, nays 101.
The question was then taken on committing the
bill to the Poet Office committee, which was decided
in the affirmative by a vote of 99 against 87
The House then went into committee ou tbe tariff
bill.
Mr. Boyce said that in June. 1858, there w ill be
a surplus revenue of 943,000.000 in the tr. usury, in
•pit* of tbe extravagant appropriations of the*last
tew years. Hence the necessity of reducing the
revenue. It has been asserted, that since 1832
there has been paid to manufacturers, by indirect
taxation, one thousand million dollars, and he earn
estly condemned the protective policy In reply to
the uuestion of Mr. Campbell, of Ohio, he said that
he advocated free trude and direct taxation. He
knew of nothing which would contribute gii to
the grandeur of the country. The substitute ll.a
he offered lor the tariff bill was a step in that direr- ,
tion. Twoateps more and we shall have free trade.
Mr. Granger advocated tlie protective policy, and
he particularly referred to the articles, wool and
salt showing that tl.e present duties thereon should
be maintained These disturbed, tlie great iaboriDg
interesis would be di-act rimb affected.
Mr Miilison opposed ti. Winding bill. He said it
reduced the revenue, without removing the public
burdens, and was highly protective. He advocated
the reduction of duties in ail the schedules in the
set of I e Jt, Adjourned.
lIOLSE.
WumeoToe. Feb. 11—Mr Barbour moved a
reco. sideration of the vote by which the Senate
submarine telegraph bill was referred to the com
mittfce ~i the I’oat Office, The motion wa» entered
probably to be considered to-morrow
Mr Washbume of Maine, under the interaction
of the committee on elections made a report, con
cluding with a resolution, that John W. \\hitneM
is not entitled to a seat in this House as £» delegate
from Kansas and moved that the further conside
ration of the subject be postp >ned till Saturday
r Mr Oliver, o! Missouri, moved to lay the resolu
tion on the table and be made *
and asked to hare read the memnnaiofMc Whit
field, a response to the report of a major ilyol im
Committee further proceedings were interrupted
hvffir arrival of the hour of noon, the time fixed
for opening and counting of the votes of the electors
of tlie several Mates for President and \ ice I resi-
Tbe Senators, accompanied by the officers of that
body here entered the House, the members of the
latter receiving them standing. The President of
the Senate took a seat on the nglit of the Speaker,
Messrs. Bigleron the part of the Senate, Jones of
Tennessee, and Howard, on the part of the House;
the tellers appointed for the occasion occupied the
The President announce'! the object of the joint
meeting, it being pursuant to law and m obedience
to the concurrent order of the two Houses.
The President then proceeded to opeu tlie vote of
each State, commencing with Maine, each being
read by the tellers in rotation. . , .
The certificates from Wisconsin having been read,
Mr Isjtelier said that he understood that the Elec
toral vote of that Slate was cast on the fourth instead
of the third ol December, as pre-cribed bylew. He
did not know what was now tlie proper course to
take, but be desired that the fact might be brought
to the attention of the country. The time might
norm- when such a state of things would convulse the
Union. . , , .. T .
The Preaicknt of the Senate 8&i<l that Mr. Letcher
wa* not in order w hiie tbc tellers were counting the
All the votes having been counted, the tellers re
ported the result, with the fact that ail the returns
were found regular, aud the Electoral votes cast on
the proper day excepting those of Wisconsin
These were cast on the fourth instead of the third ol
President then announced the state of the
vote in detail for the respective candidates of Presi
dent and Vice-President, and in further execution
of the concurrent order of l he two Houser- announced
that James Buchanan and John C. Breckinridge
were dulv elected for those offices for the term pre
scribed by the Constitution, commencing on the Ith
A, Mr h 11. Marshall said in this case that the Presi
dent through the tellers announced tlie vote of Wis
consin but wh ther this should be done or not must
depend on the determination of this Convention,
anil not on the decision ot tlie presiding officer,
whose functions according to the Constitution go no
further than opening tlie certificates. The ease
which has now arisen mude no difference as to the
result buttlie time might come when such a state ot
things’ may be fraught with the moat important con
sequences to the country. ...
The President said that the votes having been
counted and the result announced, the functions of
this House were discharged. ..
Mr. Toombs entered Ins dissent from tlie decision
of the chair, which would close tlie mouths of Sena
tors and Representatives, with whom the decision
The President quoted the language of the Consti
tution, relative to counting the votes, in justification
of his decision
Mr. Butler would regard the reception oi the vote
of Wisconsin, as setting a dangerous precedent. It a
State should nut .through its electors vote nt the same
time as tlie other States, Hut, reserving its power,
witli tlie telegraph running from one end ot tlie I moil
to tlie other it might become the umpire in electing
a Freisdent and Vice-President. This vote ought
not to ire received.
Mr. Bigler, under tlie instruction of lus associate
tellers informed the President that they had not yet
Bigned this certificate. They had merely reported
thefacts. „
Mr. Crittenden said that the President s decision
involved tlie privilege of determining the election
of President of tho United States. Therefore tie pro
tested against the decision.
The President replied that lie was not aware that
he had assumed or exercised any such power. It
wits his duty to announce the vote, which he hild
discharged and none other.
Mr. Orr moved that Wisconsin be excluded.
Mr Cass said that they could take no vote here
nor could they discuss questions. The only point
was to adjourn to their respective Houses. They
were overturning tho government by making this n
national convention.
Mr Butler concurred in that opinion.
The President said that the duty tor which the
two Houses had assembled being concluded, the
Senate should return to their chamber.
Mr. Toombs entered his protest.
Mi Douglas expressed the opinion that the Tel
lers had no right t » add the certificate of the vote
of Wisconsin until the two Houses shall so decide.
Jle protested against the dissolution of the .Joiut
Convention until a decision shall be made. He was
willing that the Senate should retire to consider the
question in dispute.
The President said that no vote could be taken by
the two Houses thus assembled, and he would rule
Mr. On's motion as out of order.
Mr. Haven submitted that they had not counted
the votes. It was his opinion that the vote of Wis
cousin should be counted, but it was right that those
who thought differently ought to be heard. The
question should be at once determined.
Mr. Hunter, amid cries of order, moved that the
President conduct the Senate back to their chum
ber
Mr Billinghurst called for the reading ot the of
ficial certificate showing the causes which prevented
the electors from reaching the eapitol of Wisconsin
in time. —’Voices— 41 We all know what they are.”|
Mr. Cobb of Georgia, thought it important to
know whether this convention could adjourn by de
cision of the chair, or by their own act. lie want
ed them to decide whether they had completed the
business for which they assembled.
Mr Butler—l call the gentleman to order. It is
not a detestable question. My .State shall not be
overriden while 1 am here.
Mr. Cobb—All questions are debatable unless
prevented by special rule. (Much confusion pre
vailed throughout these proceedings J Half a dazen
gentlemen wc.e striving at the same time for the
floor. The President said he would receive a mo
tion that the Senate return to their own chamber ;
and that tin* Senate was in session now
Mr. Cobb, of Georgia. The question arises whet h
or the vote of Wisconsin shall be counted. Let the
Seuate retire for deliberation, if desired. The result
can be effected by an interchange of messages.
Mr. Trumbull thought that the only proper way
was for each House separately to consider what wus
best to be done.
The President said that the difficulty was that the
count could not be officially known until the tellers
While a number of gentlemen were speaking
at once, the Senate decided to retire to their chain
ber.
The Speaker resumed the Chair, but refused to
recognize the gentleman who loudly sought to ob
tain the floor until the Senators lmd retired.
Mr. Campbell, of Ohio, called for the regular order
of business, and Mr. Seward, of Georgia, wanted to
know what had become ot the Senate. IA voice—
“ Send the Sergeat-at-Anns after them.'
The Speaker reminded the House that the vote
with resolution declaring Mr. Whitfield not entitled
to liis seat had not been completed.
The Clerk commenced reading the affirmative
vote, but many objections were made to the con
tinuance of that duty, on the ground that the object
of the joiut convention was not yet accomplished.
The Speaker overruled the objection and further
decided that the House was not under joint conven
tion.
Mr. Ovr insisted that thejoint convention had not
adjourned.
After a running fire on points of order and further
debate involving the uuestions whether or not the
Convention had completed their labors; and wheth
er the CoDveutiou was broken up by the withdrawal
of the Senate—
Mr. Boyce moved that the Senate be invited to
return.
Mr. Florence moved that a committee be appoint
ed to inform Buchanan and Breckenridge ot their
election.
Mr. Campbell, of Ohio, offered a resolution set
ting forth that Congress is satisfied with the election
of Buchanan and Breckenridge, but that for the
reason stated, when the Senate again return to the
House it is theopinion of the House that the vote of
Wisconsin ought not to be counted, aud that the
Senate be uotitied of the adoption of this resolu
tion.
Mr. Letcher suggested that a committee be seat
to the Senate
Mr. Campbell replied that the Senate went away
on their own accord, and hence he could not accept
of Mr. Letcher's amendment. When they returned,
he trusted they would be treated with becoming
courteys.
The debate was further continued, and without
taking the question the House adjourned.
IN SENATE.
m When the members of the Senate had returned to
their chamber, from the House, Mr. Bigler, teller
on the part of that body, made a report as to the re
sult of counting the electoral votes for President and
Vice President, addiug the fact that the electors of
Wisconsin did not assemble and cast the vote ot that
State uutii the day after the time prescribed by
law
Mr. Hunter said there would be no difference iu
the result whether the vote of Wisconsin be counted
or omitted, but still, he thought the best wav to set
tle the question would be to adopt a resolution that
the joint committee which has been appointed on the
oartof the Senate be instructed to confer with the
House committee, and agree upon such a report as
should be satisfactory to both Houses.
He alluded to cases where similar difficulties had
occurred iu Michigan and Missouri, and he observed
that those difficulties had been settled iu this wav.
He made such a motion.
The President announced that in his declaration of
the result he had not assumed to decide the question
whether the vote of Wisconsin should be counted or
not, but he had simply declared that Buchanan and
Breckinridge were elected.
Mr. Nourse said that it was important to decide
tins question, because the case might occur when a
similar difficulty might affect the general result.
This question must be decided by somebody If
the two Houses separate aud do not agree in their
decisiou, who shall decide this question. It should
be decided by a Joint Committee of the two Houses.
Mr. Butler said he felt a little concerned about
•his matter. He disputed the light out and out to
ascertain who was the President, except bvtfce sim
plest rule of addition But if it was assorted the
Convention could say which votes should be count
»d and which should not be counted, an occasion
might arise when such a convention in the exercise
ot its arbitrary power could make a President of the
l. titled Stales without an election.
Mr. Stuart said that the subject ought to be set-
Vcr - V <Hterous things, and
lu objected to going on now with a sort of supposi
tons case and mating the precedent which might
be relied on hereafter The difficult vpn the presen
case was not of importance as the reglt would ,
be effected, let the decision be cU.er wa - bm
showeo the importance of some additional leirida
tion bv Congress, declaring that the electoralvotes
whicbwerenotcastonthe day prescribed bylaw
should uot be counted m future He could see n,;
necessity for any timber action on the subject at this
time.
M- Toombs said that when the Seuat, was call
cd ou to meet the House for the purpose of having
the electoral vote* counted, it became an important
question, which were the votes and which were not’
ft ho was to decide that question ? Suppose acer
titivate had beeu rec eived that ten votes had been
ca*t in Nicaragua and the presiding officer and the
tellers had said that these votes should go in and be
counted, was there no remedy for that 1 He pro
tected against the action of tie’ presiding officer be
cause he counted the vote of Wisconsin iu announ
cing the result, aud he assumed to eiercise the right
in saying that James Buchanan had one hundred
and seventy-four aud John C. Fremont one bun
dred aud fourteen electoral votes It belonged to
the Senate aud the House to decide whieb voles
should be counted
cnrr,mt ß t* Uler 'bought it was a dangerous power to
should not'^ decide " ha: should or
whh'hmnrhttotlTa** 1 11* 1 * v cry thing had been done
subject cxmiplew Th*e * aCU "" ° D f c®
uot to be entered on the to f “ 00nsm ? u f' ht
was not cast in the electoral’ wltof "
eignated by law The only dutr nf , the day de ‘
to guard against the danger iu future^ ou grees was
Mr Seward congratulated the. couutrv th..*i
was no necessity tor deciding whether or m f
the vote of ft ieconsin shall be counted
however, that some measure would be adopted
provide against *uch future contingencies. P
Mt Lollamer could not aee any ceceeaitv for th*
proposed Committee of Conference^
rally admitted that Mr Buchanan elected ir. a
constitutional form and that was the only question
to be determined
Mr Hale said that he was of the opinion mat the
vote of Wisconsin should lie counted. He had al
ways preferred substance to form Tlie people of that
Stat- ought not to be disfranchised because of the
inability of the Electors to reach the seat of govern
ment at the given day "
Mr. Hunter, at the request of .Senators withdrew
his motion. . , .
Mr Butier offered a resolution reciting the snot in
the case aud concluding witli a declaration tbm Bu
chanan and Breckinridge are elected but arte
ward, he accepted a substitute, submitted by Mr.
Collamer, similar in purport, but omitting any reter
ence to the vote of Wiscon.-iu.
On motion of Mr. Welter the resolution was ta-
Mr Weller offered a resolution, that a committee
of one. on the part of the Senate, and tw , of tne
House be appointed to inform Messrs BuchanaD and
Breckinridge of their election.
Mr Crittenden moved an amendment, in sub
stance that the vote of Wisconsin ought cot to be
included in the list of the electoral votes, and teat
any member of either House Las the privilege and
right to object to counting the said vote, and it was
competent for the Senate and House alone to decide
that question.
Mr. Weller appealed to Mr. Crittenden not to in
sist on the amendment, as the two subjects had no
connection. , , ~
Mr. Crittenden said that lie thought this was
the only way to get hie proposition considered at
all.
Pending the question tlie Senate adjourned.
HOUSE.
WiSHiffGTOk, Eeb. 12.—Mr. Jones, of Tennot
see, offered a resolution, that a committee of two
be appointed by the House, and one by the Senate,
to wait upon Messrs. Buchanan and Breckinridge,
aud inform them that they are duly elected Presi
dent and Vice President, for the term of four years,
from the fourth of March, 1857.
ill Jones said that this resolution was agreed up
on by the tellers.
Mi. Humphrey Marshall said that he knew those
gentlemen were elected, and he was much iu favor
1 of making that declaration as any gentleman could
l be, but he desired that the preliminary business be
1 transacted agreeably to the form of the Constitu-
tion.
Yesterday the President of the Senate received a
report from the Tellers, and, on that, while the vote
of Wisconsin was challenged by a member of the
House, declared the result. He denied the correct
ness of that proceeding. The two Houses inn t
meet in convention and concur, in order to produce
the reeult, and adjust the question in controversy.
Mr. Jones, of Tennessee, said he merely pointed
to the fact that *Viseonsiu had not east her electoral
vote on the day designated by law.
After an ineffectual motion by Mr. Walbndge to
luy the resolution on the table it was adopted^
Mi Dunn offered a resolution declaring Mt-esra
Buchanan aud Breckinridge duly elected ; and lut
ther that the vote of Wisconsin could not beeount
cd Without a Violation ol the provision of the Con
stitution, it not having been cast on the day desig
uated by law. . , .
The Speaker declared the resolution out of order,
the journal showing that the declaration of the elec
tion of President and Vice President was made
yesterday. To receive the resolution would disaf
firm that fact. Besides the House had construc
tively approved the journal
Mr Dunn said it should be distinctly stated
whether the vote of Wisconsin was counted or not.
Mr. Stanton movedn correction of the Journal of
yesterday to show that Mr. Orr moved that the
vote of Wisconsin be rejected. That the President
of the Senate ruled the motion out of order ; aud
that while both houses were together, oil motion of
a Senator, the Senate retired for consultation, and
in that manner the convention was broken up.
The House sustained the Speaker's decision.
The vote was announced ou the motion made
yesterday by Mr. Akers, to lay on the table the reso
lution reported from the Cominitte on elections, de
claring Mr. Whitfield uot entitled to a seat as dele
gate from Kansas, which was negatived by two
majority.
The further consideration of tlie subject was post
poned until Saturday week.
On motion of Mr. Campbell, of OhiOj it was le
solved that the debate on the bill reducing the du
ties on imports and for other purposes shall close on
Monday next, at 4 o'clock.
Mr. Ball, from the committee on pubbe buildings,
asked, but did not obtain, leave to introduce a bill
authorizing the removal of the Centre Market
house, in Washington.
The Speaker laid before the House acommumea
tion, enclosing plans and estimates for a new budd
ing for the Interior Department.
Tlie House then went into committee on the tariff
bill.
Mi DeWitt made a speech iu favor of tlie protec
tion of American manufacturers, and showed the
beneficial effect which would result from the admis
sion of wool at a reduced rate.
Mr. Eustis delivered his views against the reduc
tion of the duty on sugar, and Mr. Covode a'gued
against taking the duty off ol wool.
The committee then rose and the House adjourn
ed.
Nothing of importance had transpired up to the
sending of this dispatch.
Mr. Pearce offered a resolution, which was screed
to, directin'; the presiding officer to appoint a com
mittee of three Senators to make the necessary ar
rangements for the reception and the inauguration
of the President elect.
Mr. Wilson offered a resolution, which was adopt
ed, instructing the Committee on the Post Office
and Post Xtoads, to inquire into the cause ofthe re
peated failure of the mails between New York and
Washington during the present session, ami report
what legislation, if any, is necessary to remedy the
evil.
Mr. Crittenden offered a joint resolution that the
electoral vote of Wisconsin in the late Presideutal
election, being given on a day different from that
prescribed by law was therefore null and ought not
to have been admitted and included in the count of
the electoral vote.
The resolution after a brief debate was laid on the
table. . . .. ..
The Senate concurred in the joint resolution ot
the House for the appointment of a committee to
wait upon the President aud Vice President elect
and inform them of their election.
After further proceedings the Senate adjourned.
1N SENATE - Feb. 13.
Mr. Bell, of Tennessee, gave notice of his inten
tion to introduce a bill providing lor a just and fair
distribution ofthe proceedsofthe public lands among
all the States, according to their representative pop
ulations.
On motion of Mr. Miller, a resolution was adopt’
ed requiring the Secretarv of War to communicate
copies of all the reports wnich may have been made
to that Department by the officers who were sent
to the scat of war in Europe in 1855 and 185 b.
The Senate passed a number of private bills, in
cluding the House bill to incorporate the Columbia
Institute for the education of the deat, dumb aud
blind ofthe District of Columbia. Also passed a
bill appropriating $150,000 to refund moneys ad
vanced by Marjmine and Virginia towfl'd the pub
lic buildings at the time the seat .of government
was removed to Washington.
The Senate then adjourned.
HOUSE
The House is engaged on private bill?, and have
passed a number, including one giving a pension to
a black man who acted as a spy during the war of
1812.
Mr. Chaffee, from the Committee on Patents,
made a favorable report extending the patent, for
manufacturing India Rubber, of Nathaniel Hay
ward.
Mr. Payne made a minority report on the same
subject.
Various other reports were made from the com
mittees.
The House then adjourned.
Inlerc*! —Price of Colton in Europe.
The following remarks from the circular of Stol
terfoht, Frost & Co., brought by the Africa, will be
read with interest by business men on His side of
the Atlantic.
The destruction of a considerable amount of cap
ital during the war, the constant drain of silver to
the East Indies, which threatens to become a chronic
and possibly an increasing disease, and the large
amounts called for by the numerous industrial un
dertakings starting up throughout Europe forbid for
a long time to come the expectation of a return to
what is called cheap money. Any temporary ease
in the money market would quickly be taken ad
vantage of to bring forward a host of foreign loans
aud incipient schemes. It appears, moreover, clear
that the monetary system in Europe is not only in
a state of transition but of partial confusion, arising
from the influx of gold, the efflux of silver, and the
multiplication of paper, issued by the numerous
bunking and credit institutions, anuit will take some
time before all these elements resolve themselves
into a system of credit aud regularity.
As far as Cotton is concerned, which is the imme
diate object of the present, we have already intima
ted that consumption is pressing upon the present
limits of production. The crop of the United States
may possibly turn out to be 3,100,000 bales, though
this appears for the present extremely doubtful.—
The East Indies may perhaps send us 70,000 bales,
if in consequence of the war with China the whole
crop should be directed to Europe, all other coun
tries may send us 350,000 bales, perhaps 400,000
bales in consequence of high prices, this would give
a supply of 4,200,000 bales, and with the stocks on
hand a total of 4,840,000 bales, against a present
consumption of 4,465,000 bales : it is therefore clear
that the consumption must be reduced either iu con
sequence of a higher range of pi ices or of a decline
in the present prosperity of Europe. Our friends
will find a confirmation of these views in the speeches
held at the annual meeting of the Manchester Com
mercial Association, which will no doubt be report
ed at full length in most of the public papers in the
United States.
Our transatlantic brethren have them
selves this year much more clear and far-sighted
than we in Europe. A gigantic speculation iu the
Southern parts of the United States has taken the
initiative, and by controlling the markets at an ear
ly period raised price far above the level of late
years. That a high range of prices must rule is ad
mitted oil all hands : that speculation may push
prices too far, and make them dangerous and liable
to a severe reaction is obvious; but where safety
ends and danger begins is a matter of individual
opinion. We have, no doubt an interesting year
before us, but it may be fraught with much mischief
to the manufacturing iuterests.
Breads tuffs have hitherto maintained a very even
course, the change from a severe to a mild and
damp temperature has hitherto prevented that rise
in prices which was expected, and its future course
wlil be materially influenced by the nature of the
spring season.
As peace is now restored iu Europe, industry may
pursue its beneficial course without interruption,
tor the wars in Asia will not interfere with it except
iu so far as it may necessitate a larger abstraction
of capital from the application to commercial pur
poses than would be either convenient cr desirable.
From the Liverpool Times of Jan. 24.
Supply ok Cotton. —A good deal of anxiety pre
vails at the present moment in the manufacturing
districts respecting the prospects of the cotton trade!
The rapid rise in the price of the article and the
difficulty which the Southern Stales of the North
American Confederation experience iu supplying
the demauds in England, on the European continent
and lor the United Slates themselves, impait to this
subject more than ordinary interest. This question
has engaged a good deal of attention at various
times during the last few years, and numerous pro
jects have been set on foot to procure from tropica]
countries in different parts of the world an addi
tional stock of the staple At one time it was be
lieved that British lpdia might be made to furnish
large additional quantities of cotton, but this idea
seems now to be all but abaudoned. It is found
that the aridity of the climate in our East India pos
sessions is unfavorable to the production of cotton,
and that, while in the United States the produce per
acre is from four to five hundred pounds, in India it
only ranges from fifty to a hundred pounds per acre
so that the cheapness of the labor in our own pos
sessions is more than counter-baianced by,the paucity
ot the produce. Iu this dilemma, attentiou is again
turned to the Eastern part of Africa, and a Man
Chester gcutieman, named Clegg, has recently- fur
nished eorne interesting information on the subject.
Further News from California.
New York, Feb. 13.—P M— By the George
Law, arrived here, the following is received from
California.
The Alta California savs that it is generally sup
posed Gwins election resulted from a disgrace
ful bargain dictated by Broderick, who commanded
sufficient votes to secure the election of whomsoever
he pleased.
Ex Governor Burnett has been appointed Ju-ho
of tbe Supreme Court.
I he Apache Indians have been committing -rear
depredations at Sonora. ~
r -hiy t '° Pper minei at Fort Voum * developing
An earthquake took place on tbe 9th ult. which
extended through the State. It lasted several min
ute* walls and chimneys were prostrated and one
woman killed. People rushed from their houses
greatly alarmed. Many of the servants were turned
from the usual channels
The Supreme Court has declared invalid the act
imposing a tax of fifty dollars upon persons not in
tending to become citizens.
It is rumored that a filibnsteringpartvagainst So
nora are about leaving San Francisco.'
The California Price Current advises the suspen
sion of shipments from the Atlantic States, the market
being already overetoeked Receipts of merdian
mse are exceedingly heavy
From th* Baltimore American.
The Ire Flood i \e J*u*quebnnnn.
Tie breaking up of the ice in the Susquehanna
and the flood that accompanied, a.- our readers e
a’ready been briefly informed, committed terrible 1
havoc at Port Deposit, and made the river at Ha
vre de Ara, *a vi t expanse of what Arctic navi- .
gators term •* hummocky ice," through which the I
Railroad Company found it impossible to force their
powerful ferrv boat, the -‘Maryland, and over c
wliich it was not possible to pass until yesterday
morning. We are now able to give the particulars
of these occurrences : .
Damage at Port Deposit.— The ice commenc
ed coming down on Monday evening, but it was
not until Tuesday morning that the river began to
rise. Aa the ice’ drove down and gorged on the
shoal a, the water was backed up. and soon invaded
the streets and ho uses in Port Deposit. The resi
dent* on the lower aide of the main street, which
runs parallel with the river, retreated from the low- j
er to the upper stories of their houses, thinking they
would be sate there, but the water followed them,
and in many instances they were rescued from the
upper windows by the aid ol boats. The nse was
not only unprecedentedly high but also very rapid,
and the ice home on the angry current, roared and
crashed along, carrying off or demolishing every
thing with which it came in contact. A number of
the houses were moved from their positions into the
street, and several were totally destroyed. How
land's brick warenouse. a large and substantial
building was nearly de&troyed, the whole ot one
wall was torn out, and the warehouses belonging to
the Messrs. Tomes, Davis, Heckerfc andßinehearts,
were ell seriously injured by the ice, and their con
tents on the lower floors covered by water. Ihe
board yards which line nearly the whole of the wa
ter front of the town suffered severely. Thousands
of feet of valuable lumber were entirely swept on,
and large amounts of it scattered in inextricable
confusion about the streets. ,
During the heightb of the flood the scene is de*
scribed as a fearful one. Alarm and consternation
prevailed, and the women and children were with
difficulty rescued from the flood houses, fortunate
ly no lives were lost. The houses on the lower side
of the town are still flooded and their usual tenants
are quartered upon their more fortunate neighbors
iu the higher portion. Yesterday boats were still
1 itsed in the main street, and the ice, though sta
tionary, remained thrown up in huge masses against
the buildings. The flood is the highest ever known
to Lave occurred, and the water as yet has but
k slightly abated. No proper estimate of the amount
es loss can be made at present, but it is supposed to
> be from |150,000 to $200,000.
When the ice began to run it gorged against tlie
old Port Deposit bridge. This bridge has been im
passable for several years past, the Company being
unable to replace the two spans carried off by a pre
vious freshet. It stood the pressure ot the water
l and ice for some time, but finally a span gave way
and was carried down and lodged on the Penny
> Shoals, below Havre de Grace. Six other span 6
subsequently gave way and are scattered along be
tween Port Deposit and Havre de Grace. All that
is left of the bridge is in a totteriug condition, and
its final destruc.ion wifl result whenever the ice
moves again,
The wires of the Magnetic Telegraph Company
were laid along the bridge and of course were car
ried off with it. The operators and agents of the
company were industriously engaged yesterday af
ternoon in planting posts in the ice across which
they were placing a wire so as to secure acommuni
caiion with Philadelphia.
Havre De Grace.— The higher position of Hav
re de Grace and the wide expanse ot the river at
that point saved it from the damage inflicted at Fo:t
Deposit, though the water even here rose to an un
precedented height. The wharves are flooded, and
the lower floors of some of the warehouses covered
with water, but as in every instance their con
tents liad been removed, no serious loss occur
red. All the boats in the canal basin are safe. The
collector’s office is surrounded with ice, and the wa
ter was within five inches of the top of the outlet
lock of the canal. The tow path of the canal is
covered up to Port Deposit and it is not known
how far beyond. What damages him been done
cannot be ascertained until the flood subsides, by«t
it can hardly fail to be of a pretty serious oharac
-1 At Perryville, Cecil county, opposite Havre de
Grace, tbe ice has been driven up in immense
masses. Against Watson’s Island, the ice lias been
thrown up from thirty to forty feet.
Thk River and the Crossing. —The River at
Havre de Grace presents a wild Arctic looking as
pect The ice forced and driven by the great impe
tus of the current, has been crushed together and
pushed upward into the most rugged and singular
shapes. Immense blocks are thrown about as it bv
a Titantic power, and others stand reured up with
one end high in the air whilst the other is deep down
in the water. The gorge is strong and solid, the ice
along the shore being driven down ten and twelve
feet thick, aud the whole mass lies congealed tlght
h ’ogether by the sharp frost of the last two nights.
Except under the most favorable circumstances the
gorge will probably remain for some weeks to come.
The steam lerry boat is fast about midway iu the
river, and it is thougut scarcely possible to extricate
her until the ice moves again. She is well provi
ded with fuel, having some sixty tons ofcoal aboard,
aud her strong and serviceable qualities will ensure
her safety whenever the gorge breaks up. The
boat left this side on Wednes .ay afternoon with the
passengers who had left Baltimore on that day. The
icp was still running then and it was hoped she
might open a qrack across. Alter five hour s hard
work the middle of the river was reached, and fur
ther progress in either direction found impossible.
The ice having nearly stopped. Conductor J. 11.
Wolf, accompanied by his assistant, Peter M Gurk,
made a venturesome effort to: reach the shore. Ta
king with them a small skiff they succeeded, though
not without encountering great danger, both seve
ral times falling through into the water. The transit
having been accomplished by these determined ex
plorers, gangs of men were set to work and planks
mid over the ice, and a passable road made, by the
means of which', the '‘passengers by the different
trains crossed the river yesterday. The Baltimore
passengers caught on the boat were joined early on
yesterday morning by a large number from Phila
delphia, nearly three hundred persons being thus
gathered on the boat at one time. They were a
hungry, tired assemblage, aud as the boat was not
provisioned for as long a voyage, had but a poor
prospect of getting the refreshment they needed.—
Mr. Felton, the President of the Company with a
provident care sent to the boat on sleds a large sup
ply of provisions, and the passengers were furnished
with a plenl ous breakfast before being despatched
to their separate destinations.
The Railroad Company had a large force of men
employed yesterday to facilitate the crossing of the
passengers and baggage. The baggage has to be
carried over, and the work is botli tedious and labo
rious. The passengers, however, are sent oil and
the baggage transferred and forwarded by the suc
ceeding train. The large amount of mails that had
accumulated oil each side ( f the river, was all trans
ferred yesterday afternoon and forwarded to its
destination.
The Railroad Company are already making
preparations to lay down a track across the ice,
similar to that which was so successfully used some
years since, and should the gorge promise to last
the work will no doubt be completed iu a short
time.
It was reported yesterday at Havre de Grace that
the keeper of the light house on the Donohues’ bat
tery, four miles below, had been drowned whilst at
tempting to reach the shore.
We are indebted to the attention of Mr. Hitch
cock, Collector for the Canal Company, at Havre
de Grace, for much of the above information.
The Freshets—Damages, «fcc.—'The liver in
Virginia appear to have swept away considerable
property during the late rise. The Shenandoah coun
ty Tenth Legion says:
The sudden cliauge in the weather on Wednesday
of hist week, and which continued until Sunday,
caused the anew suddenly to thaw. On Thursday,
the runs and creeks began to How freely, and on
Fr»day morning the river began to rise, causing the
ice on the dams to break up with a tremendous
crash. Obstructed by the various mill dams, and
the snow on the mountains supplying large quanti
r ties of water, the ice was piled up to a depth of
eight or ten feet, until, borne on by the increasing
and foaming volume of water, the dams gave way,
and the whole went crashing down, carrying before
it everything upon and near the bank. The ice was
forced out upon the banks in immense quantities,
and in many cases covering acres of low bottom
land, and doubtless doing considerable damage to
the growing wheat. The ice averages from fifteen
to twenty inches in thickness, and is very solid.
The mill dams have all been, more or less, damag
ed. From appearances, at least half of Dellinger’s
saw mill dam, and the merchant mills of A. R. Whis
sen and A. 11. Hottel Co., have been swept
away. Others above and below, we presume, have
shared the same fate. This will cause considerable
loss to the mill owners and inconvenience to farmers;
for they will be unable to grind when the water shall
have passed off.
The willows planted along the banks of the river,
for the double purpose of preserving the banks ana
protection against stock, have been greatly damag
ed by the ice. We observed a great many fish had
been thrown out, many of which perished.
The Rockingham Register says that on Linvill’s
Creek, in that county, considerable damage was
done to some of the mill dams in the Creek uy the
late breaking up of the ice. Immense quantities of
iee gorged up the bed of the Creek, and forced the
water in some places out of the banks, and in others
whole acres of the low lands were covered with ice,
forced out from the streams. On one gentleman’s
farm, as much as five acres are covered with piles
of ice several feet deep. Within the memory of the
oldest inhabitants, the Creek was never before so
gorged with ice.
Tne Register also hears that the damage on the
Shenandoah river, in that county, has been very
great. It says :
Every mill-dam on the river, from Port Republic
to the Page line, so far as heard from, has been dam
aged, and some of them swept away. Indeed, a
gentleman informs us that every dam, except Mr.
Ammon’s has been broken and carried off. The
saw mill beloqging to Mr. Charles Weaver, was
swept off and destroyed. The bridges at Port
Republic, and at Col. Miller's mill, on the Rocking
ham Turnpike, were both considerably damaged,
though it is hoped that no very large sums will be re
quired to put them again in good repair.
The Late Freshets. —Further Particulars. —
Our Northern exchanges are filled with accounts of
the damage done by the late freshets. At the vil
lage of Saugerties, N. Y., the dam from which all
tiie factories were supplied with water was carried
away, which will throw 700 workmen out of employ
for several months.
At the village of Birmingham, Conn., the firm of
llowe &• Co.. hadflO.OOH worth of pins deluged
with water, and nearly all the factories were sub
merged. The Manufacturers Bank was also flood
ed. and when it submerged not a dry note or paper
could be found.
The Westminister (Md.) Democratjeaye a large
number of bridges have been washed away in that
county.
The Charlestown (Ya.) Free Press says there was
a great rise in Evett’s run on Saturday. The fami
lies of Messrs. A. O’Bannon. T. K. Starrv, T. Dob
sou, W. A. Dsvis, W. A. Suddith, Mrs. Ware. Mi's.
Hull and Mrs. Riley had to seek safety by flight.—
Mr. J. J. Lock had 150 bushels of offal swept from
his mill.
fcThe Wrightfiville (Pa.) Starr of yesterday says :
We learn that the ice in tne Susquehanna gorged
at the Narrows above McCall's ferry, yeateraay
morning, and that the river had swelled, in conse
quence, so much as to do great damage for several
miles above that point. It is reported that two
spans of the unfortunate bridge at York Furnace
have been taken away, and that the house of Wm.
Taylor and C. M. Gibbs, at Loekport. twelve miles
below this place, with other buildings along the line
of the Susquehanna canal, have also been crushed
and carried off by the ice, and a large portion of the
town of Safe Harbor inundated.
Official*
Statement of the Receipts and Expenditure* of the
United States for the quarter rnding December
31, 1856, exclusive of trust funds and Treasury
notes funded.
KE» SIFTS.
From customs $14,243,414 90
sales of public lands 806.252 86
miscellaneous sources 123,998 99
$15,175,600 75
EXPENDITURES.
Civil, foreign intercourse, and miscella
neous $0,443,642 72
Interior— - Pensions and Indian) 470.834 51
War 4,872,411 50
Navy 3,450,064 20
Old public debt SSOO 00
Redemption of stock loan of
1842 213,977 30
Redemption of stock loan of
1046 515,600 00
Redemption of stock ioan of
1847 419,450 00
Redemption of stock ioan of
1848 436.900 00
Payment to creditors of Texas
per act of 9th Sept.. 1850 . .. 154,011 80
Redemption of bounty land
stock ft) 00
Reimb«r«* ment of Treasury
notes paid in specie 50 00
Premium on stock redeemed. 158.286 28
Interest on public deb? 604,427 53
$17,940,877 90
F. Bigger, Register.
Treasury Department.
Register's Office, February 11, 1857.
Portland, Feb. 13.—The steamer Anglo Saxon
has arrived with dates (o the’ 28th.
f' rr ' i tke X. O. Picayune.
from Mexico.
The brig F irownsville, from Vera Cruz, brings
dates from t ae c j t y c f Mexico to the :29th of Janua
-0,7 1 era Cruz to the ‘id of February.
The Me xican Congress declared itself in perma
nent seas* .on on the 28th, till the final vote on the
new con atitution should be had.
The disturbances in the State of Sonora had been
d by Gen. Yanez.
During the part year 2,010 barras of silver were
assayed at the mint in Zacatecas, from twenty
dis ferent mines.
Gen. Parrodi, according to the Estan l&rde. was
blockading the insurgents who had fled to the moun
ts ins from San Luis de Potosi. Their largest divi
si on had taken refuge on the Magdalena Mountains,
t wo leagues from Cadereyta.
The Government troops were in possession of aL
the passes, in order to cut off all supplies from the
insurgents.
Mejia, one of the leaders of the insurrection, had
however, effected his escape with his band. Galoo
and Othon had shut themselves up in Taliman. Dis
sension was more than ever thinning the ranks of
their adherents, and many had surrendered them
selves to Gen. Parrodi. ’ ,
Governor of Tabasco, Jose Jus to Alvarez,
has memoralized the Federal Government to allow
the free importation of provisions at that port for a
limited period. He states that the locusts and the
inundatioua combined, have completely ruined the
harvest and that famine and starvation is staring
the inhabitants in the face.
Gen. Thos. Moreno, the new Govrenor of Tarnau
lipas, had set out for Tampico, accompanied by his
Secretary.
Indian disturbances in Durango have lately taken
place. They killed and wounded several persons,
and carried off horses and cattle.
Gen. Biancarte, we learn by the Progreso, of
the Ist instant, had arrived from Lower California
at Tepic, with 400 men, and declared in favor of
the return ol Santa Anna. the Extraordinary
eaye:
The evecuation of Lower California by General
Biancarte and force has given rise to reports of a
serious character. It was said he had pronounced
at Tepic for Religion y Fueroa and for Santa Anna.
We learn from good authority that Gen. Biancarte
deserted Lower California for the reason that he was
unable to sustain himself longer without supplies
A gentleman, who says he has a letter from him in
forms us that Biancarte is fully impressed with the
idea that Lower California will soon fall under the
ban of some American expedition. He says, alrea
dy the Mexican population are anxious for such an
advent. Most of the large lauded proprietors are
now in Upper California endeavoring to sell their
lands to Americans.
There are various reports in town of more recent
engagements than are noticed in our news to-day
between the Government troops and the pronuncia
dos. As yet nothing definite has been received
from the direction ot San Luis.
A rumor is now current on the streets that a loan
is being negotiated with the UniteTl States. Al
though the business is asjyet shrouded in diplomatic
mystery, we have no douot when once developed,
it will appear that Mexico will be placed indepen
dent of her present depressed financial condition.—
There is need of it, and for her sake we sincerely
hope that something may be speedily done.
The party, which left Mexico on Tuesday morn
ing, January 13, for Popocatepetil, composed of Ba
ron Muller, Mr. Fearn, Senors Iturbide and Sckia
fino, Dr. Crawford and others, have concluded their
expedition, but not with the anticipated success. —
On arriving on the mountain near the snow limit,
the party very generally felt the distress natural to
suck an elevation. The weather became extremely
cold, and a few wisely gave over further efforts.—
Baron Muller, Mr. Fearn, Senor Schiatiuo and Dr.
Crawford, commenced the ascent, but in a very
short time the Baron commenced spitting blood and
manifested other symptoms of a discouraging na
ture. He was forced to return, and as he was veiy
ill, Mr. Fearn turned to accompany him. Dr.
Crawford was so#u loft alone to make the ascent,
and with a single guide accomplished the task.
A slight shock of earthquake was felt iu Mexico
on the 18th ult., at 4 P. M., aud also after 5.
An arrival of forty-three prisoners from Puebla
and Mexico, which had been apprehended as dan
gerous to the public tranquility, is chronicled in the
Progreso of Vera Ctua, of January 24th. They,were
en route for Yucatan.
The retirement of Senor Siticeo from the Ministry
of War is confirmed. Senor Montes was spoken of
aa successor to Senor Lerdo, aa Minister of Finan
ces.
A correspondence from Puebla, addressed to a
journal, announces that Senor Miramon had left the
city, and passed Ozumba, disguised as a priest, going
to place himself at the head of a body of reactionists.
The sudden appearance of this officer gave great
semblance to the truth of this news.
We learn from Capt. Rogers that a Mexican war
steamer was fitting out at Vera Cruz, and which
would take two transports iu tow with her, for the
purpose of recapturug Tampico, now held by Val
domar.
Later from Texas.
By the Daniel Webster we receive dates from
G dvestou to the sth inst., from which we learn that
tbe Federal Court n>w iu session there had been
occupied for several days, and was likely to be oc
cupied for some time with the celebrated Christy
cases. The News, cf the sth, says that there are
now about thirty of these cases yet to be decided. —
All the decisions tint have yet been made, have
been in favor of se tiers on the lauds. We learn
that all the lands iurolved in these suits are worth
at least $250,000; but the same principles of law by
which these cases will be disposed of, must also set
tle the titles to lands in Texas to the amount of
many millions. The leading questions to determine
the ownership of the immense amount of property,
are: First, whether persons could secure their
grants of land within the border and coast leagues,
under the Mexican government, without a direct
grant from that government. Secondly, whether
the act passed in 1841 for quieting laud titles within
the border leagues, and commonly called the “ b b
tail act,” was comtitutional; aud third, whether
aliens can hold lan(fc in Texas by purchase made
prior to the adoption of the constitution of Texas by
the people of Texas.
Major Neighbors, at last dates from San Antonio,
had been sojourning in that city for some days. He
had just returned from Fort Belknap, and was on
his way to Washington, on business connected with
his duties as Indian Agent. He reported all to be
quiet with the ludians ou the Reserve; and also,
that the winter in the vicinity of Fort Belknap lias
been very severe—the Brazos river having frozen
over.
Major Neighbors has had charge of the Indian
Agency in Taxes for some time, and is said to have
done more, in the way of protecting that frontier,
than a regiment of soldiers, and he lias now, ou the
reserve lands, some 1,600 Indians, who are becom
ing peaceable, quiet citizens, aud are raising food
for themselves. If his plan is fully carried out, it
willl be but a short time until all the warlike Indians
will be in a measure domesticated.
Indians. —The editor of the San Autouio Ledger
of the 31st ult., says he had beeu informed by a gen
tleman from New Braunfels, who dined the day be
fore at the bouse of Mr. Brown, ou the Gibolo, that
the ludians have again paid the latter gentleman a
visit, and stolen some thirty or forty of his horses.—
Three of Mr. Brown s horses aud one of Mrs. Wal
lace’s were killed. Mr. Brown, with a party of
friends, are in hot pursuit, having found the trail,
and it is hoped thatthey will be able to give an ac
eount of the Redskins. This is the fifth or sixth
time within the last two years that Mr. Brown has
suffered from Indians.
We learu from the Nueces Valley, of the 21th
inst., that the Camauches have committed great
depredations at Laredo, and that twelve men had
been killed by them within a Bhort period previous
ly. There is a garrison within a mile of Laredo, but
the troops being infantry, can do nothing against
the Indians who are mounted. A large party of
Camanches are said to be encamped a Tittle below
Lareda, and appear to have taken up winter quar
ters.—aV. O. Picayune.
From the Cleveland Herald of Saturday.
The Flood—The Cuyahoga llivcr never before
so High.
Yesterday at noon the water commenced rising
here, and to day we have a flood unequalled in the
history of the city. The ice gave way soon after
noon, below the Mahoning bridge, and dammed
against the old trestle work bridge of the C. C. & C.
R. R’s. branch. The old bridge was not able to
stand the pressure, and gave way between four and
five o’clock. The ice next dammed above the Di
vision Street Bridge, but moved at half past five
o’clock. At the foot of Main street, west side, were
moored several propellers, two abreast. The ice as
it struck the foremost outside one, the Pocahontas,
parted her heavy chains, and she drifted astern
against the Potomac, and the latter parted two
chains and a hawser and went adrift. Fortunately
the ice at the mouth of the river remained firm, and
against it the propeller caught, and was secured to
the West Pier.
About midnight the barrier near the Mahoning
Railroad bridge was broken through, and down
came the big pieces of ice from to 18 inches thick,
logs, boards, &c., &c., in rapid confusion, till they
encountered the Division Street Bridge. There
they piled up, throwing back the flood till it cover
ed the entire space below the Mahoning Railroad
bridge to the Columbus, Cleveland and Cincinnat i
Railroad river embankment, and presenting to the
eye a muddy lake from a half to three-quarters of a
mile in width, and a mile and a quarter or more
long.
Below the latter lie the Morocco Factory, Pail
Factory, Candle Factories, Coal \ards, Cuyahoga
Steam Furnace Company’s Locomotive W orks, Ma
rine Mills, and all the Forwarding and Storage
Houses, &c., and with but few exceptions, at day
light, all were under water. At Sholl’s Packing
House the water is over all his floors, as we are
told.
At Benedict’s Morocco Factory, the water on the
lower floor is five feet deep, and in the street nearly
over the fore-wheels of wagons.
The propellers and vessels near the Locomotive
Works, moored alongside the docks, now look as if
at anchor, being many feet from land on either side.
From the Columbus street bridge, drawing a straight
line to the corner of Merwin and Division streets,
everything is under water —in many places three
and four feet deep. Considerable lumber has been
carried off—the amount we are unable to learn,
everybody being busy in finding means to save the
remainder. . ,
The ice at this time—ll o'clock, P. M.—extends
in piled up, broken masses, mingled, with shingles,
boards, logs, bariels and mud from just below the
Division street bridge to the Lake. Between the
piers it is even with the lower or dock level, and
the water is forced down through the crevices of the
piliyg on which the stone work rests, and between
the stones on the outside, in rapid streams into the
Lake on each side—the Lake being three or four
feet lower than the surface ot the river. . .
On the west side from a little below the Division
street bridge, the whole ground, to the base of the
hill, and the C. T. R. R. embankment, is under
water. Many little dwelling houses are under wa
ter, and their inmates have Deen rescued, in many
instances, by boats. The uncompleted vessels stand
up as on stilts. . T
To estimate the damage is not in our power. In
most of the warehouses the lower tiers of flour and
salt are destroyed or partially injured, but the
amount is comparatively small.
The excitement among the people is intense, and
the hill sides, docks, piers, every other place that ai
fords a view of the water, are lined with those anxi
ous for their own and their friends property, and
those prompted by only curiosity. Many are busy
upon the ice at the imminent risk of life in getting
off the boards, fire wood, c., considering such
strays fair plunder, and many a dray load has been
picked up.
Good judges say that the water has risen above
the level of yesterday morning from six to seven
feet.
Later.— l \ P. M.—There is no noticeable change
in the state of affairs. The south wind stifl blows a
gale, the sun shines hot. and the mercury is at * 4.
Washington Female Seminary Burnt Down.
—About half past seven last night our village was
thrown into an uprour by an alarm of fire. The
citizens soon repaired to the scene at the Seminary.
The interior of one of the small rooms was all on fire.
The scarcity of water and the absence of discipline
rendered the noble efforts of some of the gentlemen
to save the buiidieg unavailing.
Mostof the book? and furniture on the first door
were saved—but all upon the second floor including
three pianos were sost.
The Seminary was built about twenty years ago
at a cost of near $12,000, and baa rauked high ever
since as an institution for female education —num-
bering at times 120 to 140 pupils. We have not
ascertained the number now in attendance. It was
insured in the Southern Mutual at S4OOO. Another
building will probably be commenced immediately
upon the same site.
We are requested to state that suitable arrange
ments will be made by the Trustees to continue the
exercises to some other place in town, to commence
again on Monday, 16th. The place to be announced
after the meeting*of the Trustees.— Wilkes Republi
can, 13*A inst.
Steamboats Lost and Damaged.— There were
some thirty steamboats lost and injured on the Ohio
by the late break-up in the ice, a number of which
are only slightly damaged. A rough estimate of the
total value of the-above by sinking, partial damage
&c., foots np $170,000.
A Pair of Squabs.— We learn that a couple of
eer y young ones left for Georgia, on the 6 o'clock
train, last evening, to get married. The young
lady, who was the more mature of the two, was about
sixteen; and was from Coosa county The young
gent was a Georgian — Montgomery Mad
WEEKLY
(fjjnmiclc & Sentinel.
AUGUSTA. GA
WEDNESDAY MORNING FEB’Y. IS, IS3«.
The Air Line- Railroad.
The Atlanta Republican has a long article, de
signed to prove tl.at the building of the Air Line
Railroad from Atlanta to Anderson, S. C., will not
injure the Georgia Road. Whether or not it would
do so, we do not undertake to say ; but what the
projectors can promise themselves in the way of
profit on their investment, is quite a mystery to us.
It leads off from the beat markets, and in produce
can only get a part of what now comes to Athens,
and passes over the Athens branch : and as to its
ever becoming the great through route for travel,
the idea seems to us preposterous, unless the Air
Line can be extended through the Caroiinas
and Virginia, of which there is not the slightest pro
babiiily in our mind. If such a line were practical,
which we much doubt, it would cost quite as much
as the Rabuu Gap Road; and waiving this difficul.
ty, North Carolina would never grant a charter to
prejudice her own principal improvements, in which
the State is a large owner, for the mere convenience
and profits of the Railroads of other States.
A Road from Athens through Northeastern Geor
gia, has not heretofore been built, because it has
been believed that such a road would not be profita
ble ; but in our opinion, it would be a better invest
ment than the Air Line Road, and much better ac
commodate that sectisn of country.
Reception of the Iteinnins of P. fl. Brooks.
The remains cf the late Hon. Preston S. Brooks
arrived Thursday afternoon, and after a short delay
of the train at Hamburg, were accompanied to this
city by a delagation from Edgefield and another
from Hamburg, together with a large number of
citizens aud residents of the adjacent country. They
were taken from the car, and conveyed by the com
mittees in charge, to the City Hall, where they
were deposited in state iu the Council Chamber. The
procession was immediately formed, consisting of
the Military, the Fire Department, the city authori
ties of Augusta and Hamburg, the various commit
tees, the Medical Faculty aud Students, and the
citizens generally. With slow and solemn step the
vast procession moved through our principal streets,
aud the numbers which thronged to swell its ranks
showed the high esteem in which the honored
Representative of our sister State has everbecn held.
The prooessiou escorted the remains to Hamburg,
where they were deposited to remain during the
night. They are to be taken to Edgfield this morn
ing by the committees in charge, where arrange
ments have been made for celebrating the funeral
rites with much solemnity.
Remains or Mr. Brooks in Richmond. —The
Dispatcaoi Wednesday says :—The remains of the
late Preston S. Brooks, of South Carolina, arrived in
this city yesterday evening, iu charge of the com
mittee from Charleston, consisting of Messrs. Yea
don, (of the Courier,) Rutledge, Kirkwood, Barker
and Lowndes. The Northern train arriving too late
to connect with that going South, the body had to
remain in this city last night. A number of our
citizens took charge of it at the depot, and convey
ed it to the Capitol, where it was deposited in the
Senate Chamber. The procession on the occasion
w&siarge. Col. August, commander of the Regi
ment, detailed detachments from the volunteer com
panies, who as a guard of honor took charge of the
body last night, and will eßoort it to the Petersburg-
Depot this morning, where it will be again surren"
dered to the Charleston committee, who will attend
it to its final resting place.
The committee were taken by the citizens as their
guests, and quartered last night at the Exchange
Hotel.
The reception and disposition of the remains took
place in very appropriate style. Mr. McDonald, the
agent of Adams’ Express, was telegraphed to be
ready to convey them to the Petersburg Depot, and
was at the station with a handsome hearse, drawn
by four fine bays, loaned for the occason by Mr
Ballard. The demonstration, under the circum
stances, was an honorable I ribute to the memory of
the deceased ; but had there been a little more cer
tainty and a somewhat eariier announcement ns to
the time of the arrival of the body, there would have
been a more decided and general exhibiton of pub
lic respect for the dead.
Johnson’s Mnp of North America, Sic.
Yesterday we were shown by G. VV. Peavy,
the Agent, one of “Johnson’s Illustrated and Em
bellished County Maps of the Republics of North
America, with the adjacent countries and Islands,
compiled and drawn from the latest American and
English surveys and other most reliable sources. ’
It occupies a sheet 72 by 80 inches, and “exhibits
the whole of North America, South of the 50th par
allel of latitude ; embracing the Canadas, the Uni
ted States and Territories, Mexico, Central Ameri
ca, the Isthmus of Panama, the West India Islands,
New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and part of South
America. Also, a superior Map of the World.”
The counties in the United States aud Territories
are defined and colored on theMap.and the railroads
finished and in progress are laid down, with nearly
all the railroad stations in the South and Southwest.
The several projected routes for the Pacific Railroad
are also carefully delineated, viz.: those surveyed
by order of Congress, the Central, explored by Col.
Fremont, aud the Southern through Texas aud the
Mesilla V alley.
The Map of the World, on a corner of the sheet,
is 011 “the new plan of Mercator’s projection, with the
American Continent in the centre, which shows the
true practical and commercial position of our country
on the globe. On this, we trace with ease the entire
routes of vessels from the ports of our country to
all parts of the world. We see at a glance our mari
time relations, not only witii Europe on the East,
but with the Sandwich Islands, Japan aud Asia, on
the West. The new relations which the Pacific
Railroad and Telegraph will open to the commerce
of our country, are clearly illustrated by a moment’s
view of this Map, thus elucidating great national
questions to the common mind. Valuable Tables
of Distances, and of Statistics, compiled from
authentic documents, fill up the vacant parts of the
sheet, and give a vast amount of information, much
of which can be found only in expensive works,
inaccessible to the generality of readers."
The work is elegantly engraved and handsomely
embellished, with daguerreotype views of several
of the principal cities of the Union, and is altogether
one of the most valuable Maps we have seen ; ex
hibiting, as it does, a larger district of country than
we have ever seen in a similar Map. We regard it
a most valuable acquisition to the geographical
literature of the day. Price $lO.
Impeachment of Judoe Watrous.— The sub
ect of the impeachment of Judge Watrous, of Tex
as, is again before Congress, and the opinion pre
vails at Washington that the impeachment will be
ordered. He is the District Judge for Texas, with
the powers of a Circuit Judge, which gives him a
great scope of authority and power, and for years
there have been memorials upon memorials to Con
gress, from individuals, complaining of great per
sonal wrongs from him, backed up by an applica
tion by the Legislature of the State, seeking tor his
removal from office by impeachment or resignation.
It is now said that the Judiciary Committee of the
House of Representatives will report in favor of
impeachment, unless a rearrangement of the dis
trict system, and the formation of new circuits,
should abolish his court, and thus throw him out of
office by legislation.
The New Orleans Creole says: An instance of
greater malfeasance in office than that of Judge
Watrous, it is probable has not occurred in this
country. The Legislature of Texas has once reques
ted Congress, by joint resolution, to remove him
from the bench. On a subsequent occasion, a bill
of a similar nature passed one house of the Legisla
ture for his impeachment and removal, and failed in
the other only from the want of time to pass it through
all the formalities of legislation. Two memorials of
individuals, who have evidence of his gross cor
ruption, have also been presented for his impeach
ment.
We learn from private advices and telegraphic
dispatches, that a strong report has been made
against tbe Judge, and that his impeachment is cer
tain, and his remove! from the bench almost sure
to follow.
The importance of this case to the country, whose
interests depend upon the purity of the judges of the
higher courts, will lead us to keep our readers ad
vised of the progress of the matter, and to enter, at
another lime, into a more full detail of the abuses
of which he has been guilty.
The Coal Trade. —The Atlanta Intelligencer
says 'The development of the Coal interest, in
Georgia, was made by the last Legislature of our
State the subject of a special recommendation to the
authorities of the Western Si Atlantic Railroad. The
Superintendent was called upon to foster it by such
an arrangement of Freight rates as would not make
it absolutely impossible, at this early stage, to place
it in market, on a footing with coal from other sec
tions of the country. In obedience to this require- '
ment, and with a view to carry out so laudable a pur- ,
pose, the Superintendent has framed a rate of freights i
on this article, which will be regarded as highly libe
ral to the interest m behalf of which it is made,
and we indulge the hope that, tt no distant day, the
coal beds of Georgia may become one of our most
important and valuable resources. We give the list
which has been handed to ns by Mr. Walker, the ,
Master of Transportation, for the information of the
public:
Western Si Atlantic Railroad, £
Atlanta, Feb. 10, 1857. j
Messrs. Editors :—Below please find the Rates
of Freight on Coal shipped over the Western & At
lantic Railroad, which you may publish for the in
formation of the public, and especially those inte
rested in Ihe consumption of this article.
E. B. Walker, Master of Transp’n.
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Cas?. CartereviUe, /»,o no h 0
Etowah,AUatoona, ao
Acworth and Mariet- / 15 q,, <j o
Atlanta, jIB.W do.
The Coinage Bill. —The amendment plated to
the coinage bill by the Senate, provides that for the
space of two years it shall be lawful to pay out at
the Mint the new cents authorized to be coined for
the fractional parte of the dollar at their nominal
value of twenty-five cents, twelve and a half, fire.
Dismissed. —Lieut. Charles E. Fleming, United
State* Navy, late the first lieutenant of the brig
of-war Bainbridge, on the Brazil station, has been
dismissed from the service in pursuance of the sen.
tence in his case of the Naval Court-Martial recent
ly in session at Philadelphia.
The Chicago Press records two heavy failures in
that city of well known produce and commission
dealers. Their liabilities are said to be large, those
of one of them exceeding $11)0,000. The cause of
suspension, it is rumored, is extensive operations in
pork, the high price maintained by that staple hav
ing produced the disaster through heavy contracts
C 01. b'ornpy—DemocraticWitucoseit.
The direct attempt of Mr. Buchanan to dictate
to the Legislature of Pennsylvania to elect J. W.
BVjknjey , Senator iu Congress, in connection with
Democratic wailings throughout the country at his
defeat, renders the following articles from Demo
cratic Journals particular interesting, as showing
who Mr. Buchanan’s favorite is, and what ids char
acter. Such evidences of national pride, in Demo
oratic journals are truly refreshing in these days of
political degeneracy, corruption and exclusive de
votion to party. Our regret is that the “Corner
Zstone and “ Auiaugian," stand almost alone, among
their Democratic contemporaries :
Fi om the Corner Stone of the 4th inst.
Defeat of Col. Forney. —Col. Forney has been
beaten for the Senate of the United States, and we
are glad of it. The Democratic press of the couu
™akmga great wail over the corruption by
which he was beaten, and denouncing in the strong
est and bitterest terms the Democrats who voted
against him, as traitors and wretches who ought to
be discountenanced by all decent men. Those men
may be very corrupt, and doubtless are; Cameron
who beat him mey be a very unworthy man—we
do not gainsay it, but none of them |are any worse
than 1 orne\. . He stands betore the country under
the charge which we believe is not denied, that he
wrote a letter to one man advising him to get anotii
er man drunk, to get from him testimony to destroy
the character of Forest’s wife, iu order to enable
Forest to get a divorce. No matter what may be
his ability, and no matter what services he may have
rendered a party in the past, or may be able to ren
der it in the future, an act such as this is so loath
some in its meanness, that a party which would at
tempt to elevate him deserves not only defeat but
disgrace. It is an act for which there is neither ex
cuse or palbation—it is so revolting to every feeling
of honest manhood, that an honorable mind could
not for a moment entertain it under any circum
stances.
We have seen the wish frequently expressed, that
Mr. Buchanan would give him some nigh appoint
meut. For the credit of the country we hope that
Mr. Buchanan will do no such thing. It is high time
that corruption and licentiousness should be rebuk
ed, and it should stand in the way of advancement
to high places of honor, of trust and emolument.
From the Alabama Autaugia n.
Simon Cameron (Black Republican) has been
elected by the Legislature of Pennsylvania, U. S.
Senator, over Col. Fomcy, Democrat. Our only
regret in this matter is, that the Democracy of
Pennsylvania have been defeated iu so important
an office as that of U S. Senator. As for J. W. For
ney, he is as unprincipled as he is talented; and
the Senate of the U. S. has lost nothing by his de
feat.
Arrival of Cane Cuttings. —The U. S. bark
Release arrived at New Orleans on Saturday after
noon, with over one thousand boxes of cane cuttings
plantain, banana, eddo and other plants, from
Laguayra, South America. The Release was des
patched to South America by order of the Com
missioner of Patants, under authority given him by
act of Congress, and Mr. Townsend O lover was
detailed to make selections *of specimens of sugar
canes, not uow cultivated in this country. She
sailed from New York early in November last arrived
at Demerara the lGth of that month, sailed from
Laguayra on the 26th January, and reached the
Balize on Wednesday evening last. Upwards of
four hundred boxes 'of cane were taken aboard at
Demerara and about five hundred at Laguayra.
The latter were cut at Caraccas and are of the red
purple species. Mr. Glover expressed himself well
pleased with the country, and has brought home
with him a variety of curiosities for the Patent Of
fice at Washington.
Coroner’s Inquest. —An inquest was held Thurs
day morning, by Coroner Levy, on the body of a man
found in the river, about two miles below the city.
The body was recognized as that of a man named
Patrick Quinn, who disappeared on Christmas
Day last, and from the slightly decomposed state Os
the body, it is possible he may have been drowned
at that time, and remained in the water since. No
marks of violence were discovered upon liis person.
The jury rendered the verdict of “ supposed acci
dental drowning.’*
Cotton Planter’s Manual.— This is the title of
a work recently issued from the press of C. M. Sax
ton, New-York, compiled from the best authorities
by J. A. Turner, on the culture of cotton, its histo
ry, trade, &c. See advertisement.
Puff — Puff. —Appreciating our fondness for a
good Segar, yesterday Messrs. Dawson &. Skinner
favored us with a specimen of a recent importation
of the.rs, which we think a very fine article.
Cholera in Demarara. —The Barbadoea West
Indian, of the 9th, says The news of the appear
ance of cholera iu the hospital of Georgetown, De
marara, was brought here by her Majesty’s steamer
Perseverance, which had taken down a detachment
of black troops, whom it was not thought prudent
to land. The Georgetown (Demarara) Colonist, of
the 2d ult., says :—Although the epidemic is not
spreading, it still continues with some virulence in
one locality.
Small Pox. —The Florida Sentinel learns from a
reliable private source, that a case of Small Pox
has made its appearance in Thomasville. The an
nouncement caused quite a panic, the schools being
broken up, and places of business closed, while
many families removed from the town. The gen
tleman taken with the disease had lately arrived
from New Orleans, and probably contracted the
sickness in his travels through lower Alabama. He
was removed from the town, and no new cases
have yet occurred.
Opening of the Harbor. —The Baltimore Ame
rican,oi Monday, says : —The re-opening of our
harbor is an accomplished fact, or at least so nearly
one, that we can speak ot it with certainty and an
ticipate the immediate resumption of commercial bu
siness. The steamer Herald broke a track through
the ice and reached Annapolis early on Saturday
morning. She will return to-day, and in connection
with her consort, the Georgia, which has been Or
dered up from Norfolk, will complete the work of
opening the harbor and keeping a navigable channel
to clear water. The strong northwest wind
last night no doubt carried the drift ice out of tlie
bay, and the only obstruction remaining will be in
the river. Os the ability of the two boats to keep
open a channel through this no doubt is entertained.
We may, therefore, expect the business of our port,
to resume its usual activity.
The Pending Tariff Bill. —The subjoined
statement Bhows the reduction in the revenue upon
imports, based upon the bill reported on the 17th
ult., by Mr. Campbell, of Ohio, from the majority
of the Committee of Ways and Means, entitled “A
bill reducing the duties on imports and for other
purposes:”
Schedule A.—A general reduction
from 100 to 50 per cent $2,000,787 50
Schedule B.—A transfer of a few arti
cles from 40 to 30 per cent., the re
sidue being transferred to the free
list, and retaining most of the pre
sent 30 per cent schedule 747,843 90
Schedule C.—No change proposed in
the present rates
Schedule It shows an increase of
$503,843.05, by reason of certain
articles now paying 10 and 15 per
cent being included therein.
Schedule E.—A reduction of articles
now paying 20, 25, and 30 per cent. 0,493,820 05
Schedule F.—By extending the pre
sent free list and embracing articles
now paying 40, 30, 25, 20, 15, 10,
and o per cent 5,315,207 40
$14,507,718 a}
Deduct increase schedule D 5(13,843 0.)
Total $13,'193,87.7 81)
Abandoned at Sea. — Suffering of Seamen. —
The sobr. Eclipse, owned in Suffolk, Virginia, was
fallen in with in distress a few days ago by the ship
Samuel Russell, the captain of which allowed his
mate and five men to go on board the schooner and
try to get her into port, giving them three days’ pro
vision. When within 125 miles of the capes they
were again blown out to sea. The Norfolk News
says :
The three days’ provisions had now been exhaus
ted, and the poor follows, left in a state of starvation
and’ despair, were consulting about “casting lots”
as to which one should be killed and eaten, when a
sail was seen in the distance, and making a signal
they were soon supplied with provisions by another
sobr.
With renewed energy and hope, they again head
ed for the capes of Virginia, and on Tuesday last
came to anchor in Hampton Roads.
The ship Samuel Russell had already reached the
Roads, and recognized the schooner when she came
in. We learn that 12 men from the ship boarded
the schr., knocked down the ship mates, who had
periled their lives to save the Eclipse, put them in
irons, and carried them on board the ship, and the
schooner is claimed a prize by the captain of the
ship.
The third mate, however, escaped, and came up
to the city witli a lawyer, who returned in the after
noon, and in all probability the schr. is now in custo
dy of the deputy marshal. The schr. and her car go,
consisting ofrice, cotton, &c., are valued at $150,-
000. '
Heavy Robbery. —A. J. Donelson was robbed on
the 4th inst., on the steamboat Daniel Boon, from
Nashville, of a draft on New Orleans for four thou
sand dollars, and a gold watch.
Jail Broke. —On lastTuesday night the jail at
this place was broken open, and five persons con
fined therein—three white men and two negroes—
made their escape. We do not know what the negroes
were in for, but the white men were charged with
very serious offences. Some of them were in the
cage, but they broke out, and then went through
the ceiliog overhead, and out at a gable-end win
dow. They had assistance of course, from the out
side. — Tuakeegee I Ala.) Hep., hth mat.
The Clarendon and Dallas Treaty. —Some
inquiry, says the Alexandria Gazette, is made as to
why the Senate does not act upon the Clarendon and
Dallas treaty, relative to Central American affairs
It is said, that it will be left over until the called
session of the session of the Senate, after the 4th of
March —by which time Walker’s affairs will, proba
bly, be drawn Dearer toa focus than they now are
—and all parties can proceed more understandingly.
An Alarmin'- Fact. —More property is destroy
ed by fire every year in the United States than in
all the rest of the world. The annual loss is put
down at $72,000,000.
Mail Robbery at Selma.— Mr. Wm. Waddill
jr., has been arrested on a charge of robbing the
Post Office, at Selma, of a large amount, He is in
iail at Cahaba, in default of $7,000 tiail.
Value or Spanish Coin.— The following is the
average value of the worn Spanish coin at the Uni
ted States mint in Philadelphia: Quarters, 23}
cents: eighths or levies, 10 9-10 cents; sixteenths or
sips, 5} cents.
Catawba Brandy, made at Cincinnati, Ohio,
has recently been purchased, it is said, at $5 per
gallon for exportation to France, for the purpose of
flavoring foreign liquors. •
Iron.— The ship Universe, Captain Cave, arriv.
ed in Hampton Roads on the night of the 4th from
Bristol, England, heavily loaded with iron for the
Norfolk and Petersburg Railroad.
Kane and Cane. —Lieut. Simms, who arrived, at
New Orleans a few days ago in the Release, from
South America, was last year with Capt. Harts
stein, in search of Dr. Kane —while this year he
was sent in search of sugarcane. We have been
shown the following jeu d’eaprit, on the subject:
Yon know that Sinim*
1 n Starch for Kane
Went North a year ago
But now it nee m*,
In for cane,
Be to the South did go
Afiitii ui.tural.-The “Cultivator’’ for February is
on our table, richly la en as. usual with useful and
valuable matter for the farmer, gardner and horti
eulturaiiet. Thpre ought to be at least two hundred
copies of it taken in Washington county. Improve
ment and progress is the order of the day among
our farmers. Let the good work go on. Take tin*
Cultivator that it may be carried on more intelligi
bly and successfully.
The Agricultural Boohs have finally come
among us. A. Sherman. Agent for C. M. Saxton &
Co., exhibited to us yesterday a choice variety of
Agricultural works which we think are well adapt
ed to the wants of the Planters and Fanners of
Georgia, inasmuch as they treat upon the elementa
ry properties of soils, their adaptation to Uie differ
ent products, manures, their properties, applications’
&c.. dee*
Amoqg others we observed some relating to hor
ses, Cattle, poultry, also a Garden book for the
South; by White, of Athens. On., and many others
which we are confident cannot fail to interest those
who are engaged in cultivating the soil, raising
stock, Ate.
We wish Mr. Sherman success, and if we are cor
rectly informed, his encouragement in eoiintie
through which he lias passed, has been all In* could
desire. We earnestly hope the citizens of Wash
ington couuty will be as much or more interested in
his mission as were those of Jefferson, Burke aud
Richmond, for we are solicitous that our citizens
should awake to the importance-of Agriculture as
a science.
A. mammoth Quince from the orchard of Mrs. X.
H. Malone, ot Richmond county, exhibited by Mr.
Sherman, commanded the attention of many, and
admiiation of all wurcitizens who saw it.. It wu >
4$ inches long, 11 inches hi eircumierenciMine way,
auu 14£ the other—its diameter being nearly 4
leches. * J
This Quince has just been shown us by Mr. Sher
man. In addition to its mammoth size, it. is in
other respects the finest specimen of Quince \v<
have ever seen, aud is a variety that should be culti
vated in preference to all others.
Tiif. Virginia Volcano.—lt is said ihat the
tateineut in reference to a volcano ha\ iug recently
made its appearance in Pendleton county, Ya., on
he great Back-boue Mountain, is true. The Cum
berland Telegraph says:
It is at a point on the mountain directly between
the heads of the dry fork of Cheat and the south
branch of the Potomac rivers, at a place known by
the name of the “Sinks,’’ so called from the depressed
conditiono£ the mountain at that point. The ■
“Sinks' are funnel-shaped, arid each cue embnn
as much as an acre of ground. On the Ist day,of
Jan. the reports caused by the bursting torth*o! the
subterranean tire were heard for a distance of twenty
or thirty miles. Vast columns of flame and smoke
issued from the orifices, and red hot stones were
thrown up in the air several hundred feet above
the mouth of the crater. Our informant adds that
the people in the vicinity are becoming alarmed
at the pertinacity with which the Haines are kepi
up ami the red hot massees of rocks thrown out. A
heavy, rumbling lioise, like distant thunder, is
continually reverberating through the deep caverns
of the mountain, which at times seems to tremble
from eummit to base.
Indian Hostilities in Texas. —The following
from the Neuces (Texas) Valley, of the 21th ultimo,
indicates a mot, distressing state of ass airs in Webb
county, Texas ••
Webb Co., Jan. 15, 1857.
The Comanffles are all around us in strong force,
and the utmost indignation prevails among our citi
zens that their lives and property should be left ex
posed by the General and State Government to the
tender mercies of the savages. The prospects of thi
part of Texas were excellent till the late withdrawal
of the United States mounted troops invited down
the murderous attacks of the Gomanches. Within
a month twelve men have been killed near this,
whilst attending to their stock-farms, and a general
break-up is taking place amongst our stock ia'rmes
in consequence of the outrages still continuing. Th
mail from Davis’ ranch is just in, and brought tin*
following notice to*the postmaster, accounting for
its delay:
Carried, Wei»b Co., Jan. 7.
The mail has been delayed on account of Indians.
Several depredations have been committed on the
road from here to Laredo within the last, ten days.
Lost night the ranch where the mail-rider stoppe d
was attacked. Wc have no troops to pursue the
savages. Henry Redmond, l\ M.
Scoundrelism. —A case of rascality of unadul
terated character, occurred in Macon last weock,
and is mentioned as follows in the advertising col
umns of the Macon Telegraph :
The hero, one George A. Smith, succeeded in
gaining the confidence and affection of a respecta
ble woman in Macon county ; married her, and
brought her here as lie alleged en route for Mis
souri, his place of residence. Here, while stopping
at the Lanier House, In* obtained possession of alb
her money, and persuaded her, after much difficul
ty, to sell her servafit, a little girl, to save travelling
expenses, and then, pocket ting the proceeds, went
out on pretence o' business and has not been heard
of since. The fact is, this marrying strangers is not
a safe practice, and most young ladies who think
they know the man they wed, are apt to find them
selves, afterwards, to have been more or less mis
taken. _
Mail Obstructions^— I The Baltimore American
of Thursday says :—Onr mail communication with
Philadelphia is still interrupted by the ieo gorge in
the Susquehanna at Havre de Grace. The Railroad
Company yesterday made the attempt to force their
boat across with passengers on board who lelt tins
city in the morning, but after five hours’ labor only
one half the distance had been accomplished.
Munificent Donations. —E. 11. Porter of Mem
phisTeim., has donated 10,000 acres of Arkansas
land, to the Presbyterian College, at, Danville, Ky.
The gift,is valued at $50,000. The donor had pi e
previously given 10,000 acres of land in the same
State to the Methodist nodical College, at L •
Grange, Tenn.
The Corruption in Congress.' —lt is now said
that the report of the investigating Committee of tire
House of Representatives will implicate at least'
thre i members, beyond redemption—and that they
are Tom New York.
L ying under Snow Nineteen Days. —Mr.
Granville J. Kelly, of Culpeper county, Va., has a
hog which was under the snow lor nineteen days,
con ined iu a pen, during which time it of course had
noti ling to eat. This proves that even porkers have
reulinkable abstemious qualities. Mr. K. was un
der the impression that tlie hog, which Had been
confined for its vicious propensities, had been turn
ed out of the pen previous to the snow.
Long Sentence. —The Yazoo City (Miss.) Ban
ner says: “John Cotton, who was found guilty *f
manslaughter iu the second degree, was sentenced
byj Judge Henry, on Saturday last, to 50 years im
prisonment in the Penitentiary.
Democracy and the Tariff.— Our ootempora
riel* of the Columbus Times and Corner Stone.
boj.h siinon pure Democrats—are at issue upon the
subject of the Tariff. The latter thus stab* the case
in his last number :
The Times iV Sentinel says, “There in an effort,
to convict the Democratic party of inconsistency,
because they will not. stultify themselves by advo
cating Free Trade and Direct Taxation.’ I his is
a mistake—the inconsistency is charged because
they stultify themselves and attempt tost.ult.ily
others by professing to advocate Free '1 ra«le while
they oppose Direct Taxation. Free Trade with a
tariff eit her high or low is an absurdity.'’
The Weather. —The Sparta Georgian says:
The average temperature of the weather for the
week ending 24th January, was 27 degrees, a lower
temperature than has ever been known before in
Georgia. Last week, ending the 7th February, the
mean temperature was 55. 5. Quite a change.
Warning to “Cai.lithompians.”— Six young
men were fined $25 each in the Court ot Quarter
Sessions of Chester county. Pa , recently, for die
turbing a newly married couple by a “callithum
plan” serenade.
Capt. It. W. M. Johnston, late rtf the United
States Army, died at Jacksonville, Florida,
on the 25th ult. He was a native of Fredericks
burg, Va., and 31 years of age. The deceased wan
in nearly every hard-fought battle in the Valley of
Mexico, and was distinguished for his gallantry and
good conduct, the command of his rigimeut {having
devolved upon him after his superior officers were
disabled.
North Carolina.—-Ties old State Rooms deter
mined that her credit shall not be impaired'. The
Legislature two years ago raised the fax on proper
ty one-half, and the Legislature which has just ad
joumed raised the tax one-fourth more, besides es
tablishing a sinking fund for the grudual extinction
of the public debt.
Punishment of Slaves/ —The Mississippi Legis
lature has just passed a bill prohibiting any owner
of slaves from punishing them with more than nine
and thirty lashes” at any one time, or for any one
offence, under penalty of fine and imprisonment.-
All other unnecessary cruelty to slaves is also
made indictable and punishable by fine and im
prisonment.
Lake Disasters for 1850.—The Buffalo Com
mercial Advertiser publishes a complete list of the
disasters on the Lakes for 1856, which shows a largo
increase in the loss of life and property over that of
the previous year. The total loss on steam and sail
vessels and their cargoes is $3,638,874 —being an in
crease of $244,035 over the losses in 1850. The
loss of life has increased from 118 in 1855, to 407 in
185 G.
Through Ticketing Between Europe and
America. —We learn from the London Observer
of January 11. that Mr. Bidder, the Managing Di
rector of the Grand Trunk Railroad of Canada, is
now on a visit to England to arrange a system of
Ihrough-ticketing'jbetween the principal ports of
Europe and any point on the leading lines of Rail
road in the United States and Canada, by means of
the Grand Trunk Railroad of Canada. It. is de
signed to furnish the European passenger or emi
grant witli tickets which will carry him to his exact
destination, a map of his route and timet abl* s of the
roads on which he will have to travel.
Sleighing on the Chesapeake Bay.— During
the late intense cold weather, and while the Chesa
peake bay was frozen harder than ever before
known, a party of sprightly and fearless ladies and
gentlemen in Calvert county, about five miles above
Plum Point, went upon the ice with six sleighs, each
drawn by two horses, and drove ten miles down the
bay, with usual sleighing speed, on a visit to some
friends. They remained there until the next day
and then returned iu the same manner with their
sleighs and horses.
The Storm in Northampton County, —A let
ter from Northampton county, Va., in the Norfolk
News, describes the storm of the 19th ult., to have
been terrible there. A great number of cattle, hogs*
and sheep died from cold. One gentleman living
near Cape Charles, and directly upon the margin of
the Chesapeake Bay, lost two valuable horses, that
were chilled to death iu stables heretofore deemed
sufficiently safe and comfortable.
The Largest Woman in the W<>*lo.—Ma
dame Oceana, the largest limited woman in the
i* in tlie museum at New Orleans. She weigh* •>
lb*., to 9 lee, 2 inches in circnmferßfiee ~reej9
nches around the arm and 38 around he , all ol her
CLd wearaNo.flshoea. She hrfls Iron, Ken
tuoky- .
• k .nr—A letter dated Havana
Health of I>k. kase. “i"""
Jau 23d and published iu the Charleston Merdu y,
Dr. Kane is last recovering life mother is
UOW here, and under gentle nursing (here are sliong
hopes entertained of Ins ultimate reetorat ou to J
health.
inciTiKm! <'oDstiiuiWion of Cotton.
, I HE following extracts from a Liverpool circular
on!, d Deo. 31, un( j f rom flie a( |dress G s the Chair-’
mu, of tin Manchester Commercial Association,
• a>. 1 1 Rner, arm full of interest to tho people of
this county, ami especially m of the South :
A xt, act. from a Annin,/ Circular, dated
December hl s/) ySof,.
A sii'ikiuif IVI about cotton hr 1850 lme been tho
to b* r’ti'l fi " Continent ;it prove
to be 1 ,•*OI,OOO ol air kimta, or per week 34231. Os
bus Amei tea supplied 1,00:1,000 or per week 20 357-
(consumed of ail named iu 1855. 1,200,000. This in’,
climes Spam and lius.-da. TUo import of Kussia in
IWlt "’O'* 178,000,and it is assumed dm holds I*o,ooo
more I ban on the previous season. The consumption
of Cotton in America, was iu 1856, 653,000 ; and in
addition to UU.OUU spun inland, never reaching the
ports, not included iu th» list of 3,527,815. Adding
all this to the Continental consumption we get 2427 -
00 0 Then eiunes lor (-treat Britain 2,257,100, of
which 1,684,120 American. All these show of cot
ton com timed iu JKhC, or per week 84,307.
01 winch 75,1)35 American. It would seem that still
Grout Britain spins -more ootfon than all the rest.—
luduunow gives to the world nearly ftOMJJOO bales
ol col ton, ut which a few cargoes go direct to the
Continent, and besides this quantity of 000,000
bales, it is estimated that the people of India spin
and weave in their dwellifigs aunually about 2,000,.
000 bales. ’ ’
The present condition of this trade, in some point
ol view, is one calling Jor congratulation, if not for
r-cnnc degreo ol exultation. It is very obvious that
the use of cotton fabrics has of lute years been raak
mg very marked and rapid advances, and that the
circumstance, not only of the masses of this coun
try, but also of other countries—the great consumers
ot these manufactures—have been steadily improv
ing ; indeed, looking to the progress that has been
made by different nations in the liberation of com
merce from former oppressive fiscal laws, tin* vast
amount of accumulated wealth, tha. production of
the gold fields of California and Australia, it cannot
* xcite much it any surprise to Uud so decided a
tendency towards a general high state of prosperity.
That the late war was found to impose no mean
cheek to niauv branches of business is true, and
doubtlesMhe cotton trade was subjected to a full
imvticipatiou in its prejudicial character , -yet this
has only served to prove the absolute necessity that
exists tor a tail supply of Uie great staple, as it is
seen that even under many adverse circumstances,
while prices were moderate, die power to consume
the manufactured artiehs not only flourished, but
expanded. \N hat 1 Hither expulsion may be yet
experienced, may be argued iu Home degree from
the progress ot the past year, when the largest
quantity of the raw mal-rial evoV grown and col
lected in America in one season, lma been distribu
ted and disposed of without, on the whole, adding in
any measure to the shocks either ol the staple or its
products. The reverse ot this would indeed appeal*
to be nearer the fact when Me look at the present
state oftlie foreign markets, supplied from ibis coun
try. Comparatively light stocks of goods and yarns
everywhere ; and recently tho demand to replenish
same, ita extraordinary at this usually dull season of
i he year in Manchester, as literally to absorb nearly
everything on hand, and to place spinners and
manufacturers under contract for considerable de*
liveries.
From tiie yearly sl.alisaties it would appear that
the consumption of textile fabrics has been steadily
gaining upon the growth of the raw' material and it
is pn tty evident that we have now arrived at a
point in the history of the trade, calling for the exer
eiso of unwonted research and .earnest inquiry,
whilst it cannot be overlooked that the position of
tire article presents peculiar features ot embarrass
merit and "anxiety. With almost every thing inex
istence calculated to insure a largely increased con
sumption, and many additional mills both here and
on the continent, erected to meet prospective re
quirement*, the world is threatened with a supply
inadequate to sutsiaiu its present, scale of wear.—
Under this conviction prices have already materi
ally advanced, and as yet without any positive
symptoms of adjustment of demand to promised
means of supply ; how long this maybe delayed,
and at what point of price d may bo commenced, is
a problem of no cusy solution ; past experience
leads to the conclusion that, whilst low or moderate
rates open up new channel and out beta, prices far
above the paying cost of production invariably tend
to more or leas ofceonoihy iu the 11*0 of the article,
and have heretofore always terminated in a cur
tailment of demand and consumption.
Looking to Hie future, apart from t-lio question
of supply, perhaps there has scarcely been a time
more tl uttering than now pres cuts itself. Altered
circumstances and improved condition of the •con
suming populace—food of home growth in fair
abundance, at relative moderate rates—stocks of
goods and yarns no where in excess—peace amongst
the great European powers The immense acres
siou of tlie precious metal Already m:ule, and being
made, in itself calculated to enhance and maintain
the value of all produce and commodities whilst
tho discount rate now at n per cent, per annum is
move likely to bo* reduced than otherwise , these are
amongst the elements to bo.considered in determin
ing the probable future range of the value of cot
ton, but the all important one, and that, at the pres
cut moment needed, is sueli a prospective supply of
the raw material, as would be capable of sustaining
and extending the general prosperity of tin? trade,
in the growing requirement* oftlie world. After all
then, the quantity of cotton that may lie found
available. M ill apparently,be 11m? main hinge recti
Idling the questimfof prices and consumption. The
stocks held by spiimCrs and 011 the Continent are
believed to be somewhat in excess of last year,
probably not, much more, however, thuy would be
compensated by the reduction which occurred in tho
American shipping ports ut the close of last season,
say about MM),0(10 balcp. The crop, of the' Uuited
States is so universally conceded not over 3,000,000
bales, that mo can only adopt tlie figure, but of this
quantity it. is not. thought iin probable that Great
Britain limy gel rather over her usual average pel
eentage. It should lie remembered, however, that
the K.isl Judies are capable of sending us increased
quantities, and it is gem rally granted that 100,000
to 150.000 bales'll) addition to the usuuLimport may
reach this country. From all other sources the
supplies are not expected to vary from the custom
ary quautitie*. The stock here it is seen is 2ft1,600
bales, less by 147,700 than at the close of 1855.
As the year progresses, othere’ements will doubt
less enter into calculations,and many minor consid
erations M'ill occur to the minds of those conversant
with the subject, a favorable or unfavorable plant
ing season for tlie next crop, and occasional local
circumstances, that cannot now be foreseen may af
fect prices. Ah tilings now appear, reduced con
sumption may almost be considered a certainty,
necessitated .by the apparent disparity of Hiipply,
but the extent of the reduction and the period of
its becoming operative, time done can develop.
We remain, very truly your friends,
J. & I). Maloomson & Co.
Extracts from an address to the Manchester Cbm
mercial Association, at it« annual meeting by tho
Chairman, James Asimnwall Turner.
Ho alluded to the probable'distreas which was
likely to* be felt, and before long too, in this commu
nity and tiio manufacturing districts, from tlie inad
equate supply of the raw material which afforded
employment to a vast number oftlie inhabinnts of
that district. (Hear, hear.) From 1847 to 185 ft the
imports of cotton from the United States into Eng
kind had doubled. In 1-847 the imports were 1,234,-
000 bales, and in 1856 2,407,000 bales , but in the
face of this, sueji waa the progress of British manu
lectures, and the extension'of thejr cotton trade,
that whefeas at the end of IS 10 the stock on hand
at Liverpool was 450,000 bales, or twenty weeks’
consumption—in ten years afterwards, that whs in
1850, wit h an import, of 2,107,000 bales, they on ed
the year with a stock on hand at Liverpool of nly
332.000 Imlc;*, an eight weeks’ cofafluption. (1 ni,
hear.)
The estimated crop from America tins year, was
only d.unoboii bales, and at the nressnt rate of con
sumption M’e could not, with that estimate, have
anything to spare in hand at the end of the year, for
at the present time the United States and the Con
tinent were using as much cotton as Great Britain
herself. This, then, was a very serious question,
(hear, bear.) How were they here to provide for
iheeontingeney to which he had alluded ? The manu
fuel in<T here had been in the habit of putting aim
self into a railway train, going dowu to Liverpool,
and telling his broker to buy him so much cotton ;
but, if the state of affairs to which he had alluded
should be realized what, whs to be done t
lie believed that, if all the spindles uow in opera
tion c ontinued g<*ing, and the additional ones which
be (the Chairman) knew were to be set in motion,
should be in use, there would not be a bale of cotton
in Liverpool a1 the end of 1857, (hear, henr.) The
consequence Mould be that cither cotton Mould get
so such a price that those who More; tfffe weakest,
must stop their works, and an immense number of
people be thrown out of employment, or otherwise
the entire stock of cotton Mould be exhausted, (hear,
hear.} What then was to be done ? Ten years ago,
they in t hat room had reflected on what was now
approaching. Africa, Austria, the Cape of Good
Hope, Natal and the West, Indies, had all been spo
ken of, and in time those places would, no donut,
suoply this country with cotton.
The East India Company ought, long ago to bass
made that country a cotton-producing country,
(hear, hear, and loud cheers,) aud if India had been
in the hands of the Yankees it would long ago have
been such, (renewed cheers.) There was land
enough in the East Indies to grow nil the c r ttou that
was wanted here, audit was the duty of the com
finny to facilitate its groMth (hear, hear.) He did
not say it was the company’s duty to grow it them
selves, but it was their duty to aid iu its production
by making roads and supplying the means of irriga
tion, so as to make the land available, and this they
had neglected to do. (Hear, hear )
(liiK/t r Fire in New York.— Two Liven f.ont —
Damage, afroyt SBO,OOO. —The ti ve story cabinet-ma
king establishment ol’ Bernard BohOi, corner of
Mercer and Meeker streets, N. Y., was destroyed
by lire at. i \ o’clock on 'JMesday morning, and Mr.
B. and wife perished in the flames. The Journal of
Commerce says :
The fourth and (iflli stories were occupied as a
residence by Mr. Bosch, his wife, several children,
and other persons living in the family. All of these,
excepting Mr. Bosch and his wife, succeeded in ma
king their way through Wie dense smoke to the
street in safety. Nothing was soeu of Mr. Boseh,
and be and his wife floou )*erinhed in the heat and
smoke. The fire continued to burn until the. entire
building was gutted, and the walls fell in witli a great
crash, burying the remains of the unfortunate Mr.
and Mrs. Bosch in the ruins No trace of either of 1
them has yet been discovered.
This cabinet manufactory was one of the largest
and most fashionable furniture concerns in the city
ai d Mr. Boseh had gained a high reputation for t*
excellence of his war* s. The amount of loss on
building, (owned by Mr. B.) and the stock, is not -CH|
from on which there is an insuiane
s:*o,fjno.
About 10 hands in all were employed in
lory, and none of them saved their tools.
26 cabinet makers lost implements to the value of **
$ 100 a piece, and 10 "upholsterers to the value of
$lO a piece. A quantity ot furniture was taken out
at an early stage of the lire, and removed to a place
of safety.
The rear wall of the burning building fell on the
stables at Nos. 180 and 184, Mercer st., owned by
Thus. 11. Dilkes which was crushed to the ground.
The*horses had been removed before the accident.
Mr. Dilkes’ loss is about $1,500 —insured on the buil
i i ig for $2,000. i
The tire caught upon the roof of the five-story
stone front building, No. 3 Leroy place, occupied
by Mrs. Murray as a boarding house. The roof and
other parts of the building were damaged to the ex
tent of S.OO0 —insured for SB,OOO. The premises|are
owned by Geo. Sukeley. It was necessary to break
a place in the wall so as to bring the hose to bear.
Mrs. Murray sustains a loss in her furniture by water
of some S3O0 —insured for $3,000.
More Ice in the Potomac. —The Steamer Pow
hatan left Washington Wednesday morning, for
A quia Creek, at tire usual hour, and made her way
down opposite to Alexandria, about 8 o'clock when
she had to succumb temporarily to the difficulties
and impediments caused by the heavy ice. After
repairing some slight damages, she got under way
between 12 and I o,clock, and proceeded in her
attempt to reach the Creek. The train which con
nected with her, did not reach Richmond until 11
o'clock that night. The Alexandria Gaaette says,
the ice is again forming on the Potomac and on
Tuesday night it was frozen from shore to shore.
aMarruok o77it‘*i>oo Woman. The. newspa
d as an event to be marked, the first mar
.Tbafrover occurred in Calcutta. It took place
onthc 7th of December. It is said that the parties
in . bf the highest respectability, and this will prove
u marked event iu the history of Hindoo.
Lieutenant Fleming, late of the brig Buiubridge,
lias beg» dismissed from the naval service, in pursu
ance of the sentence of the Court Martial recently
held in Philadelphia.
Another Revolutionary Soldier Dead.— Mr.
IJeiiry Peak, a Revolutionary soldier, aged about
one hundred and two years, died near Cedar Town,
on the 7th February inst.
M. D. McCombs, Esq., of Baldwin county, ha*
been appointed by Ooy r . Johnson, one of the £#*.
retail** of the Executive Departmtnt, in plage of
Capt. William Steele.