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. M \\\ ier the HeiiAte eotiPiderrd
„ * ’;V^e’b&HnrU.c cm,swuctum of a wagon road
,1k 1, : n . K ....... v >l ii><- N utii I*a— o the
{"['l !'m. .... or.-..- «•>:• Gxk. Vadeyto
she , wtern portion of Calif-rui*. wt«* ®
The .Senate took up tin- HmneeoU and bo . which
particular importance,
As Senate admuroed.
HOUSE
T-m Speaker aid before f.e Kovse a cEJittM-
tk. Secretary ut War. an
• w . 11 T , / 9'':. ;:?*• f..r in?t.t«tmjr % ?«n« of
St-ww* Vfftr uaUy manufacturing Si-
Tit’ House went inic Committee of the Whole on
.... tariff bill, and after sqa*- debate. Without taking
any action on the bill, the House adjourned.
IS SENATE Feh 1«.
Mr Welter prerentrd the cndentW*of Mr Owin.
Senator elect from Calif: rr. n who qualified and
took hi* seat. , ... , u
Mr. Fcateodeii presented the credential* of Mr.
Haml'ia. elected a Senator f: >m Maine, from the 4th
March next. ,
Mr Wi!*on hitrodfieed n -j to pay M&°Tachu
•ett# SSW7«/UOO, the balance due tfca? Jf r ®
bnrnernetite made during the war of 18K>. He
On motion of Mr h~h a resolution wa-r.jopied
calling upon the postmaster Genera: to inform the
trCj «/ MY f-mnffwiv, wbte additional le
• i » reuuiretl t«» in.«n»*e t'l* traili-iut^ion
through IL»P. at Office m d tu* delivery to the per
sons’to whom «h»y «-d rooted f»W» doaoments
fr AH II ontSYr, m oJ''rd was referred
~ ' ~.,..„„j|te,. I.f 11:.- Di-tr.ci Ol Colombia, pro
., - ii.’i:--h.i '-ut of a ferry on the Virg.ma
""Aliei'lhe'tran-vnon of other t.usineiw of no pub
npoil-**'-*- tl'* S unto went info on Executive
llama and ash iwai.i? adjourned
HOtTSF
Mr Wash'.inn. of Illinois, front the Committee
..i i • mmeree. reported, itud-- asuspension of the
rules about fifty Jeoate toils making approprto
tio'n-'fo River* and 11 urbo. . wl.ii* were teferr. d
tolheC.m.r.n:t.-e ..ft!e Whole on the state of Hie
‘ mT Kulin. of I*' no- ylvnniu. nu.v.-d I hat the
eon.unite, ol the Whole be- discharged from the
•UI 11.. 1 on-iihratniii of the bill extending the Cbaffe
India Rubber patent lor seven years, which was
negatived—yeas hg, nays 110.
ill 1101 l nan p'e i-uted the memorial of D. C Ha-
Michael Khalits and twenty one other citizens
of Credere k, Maryland; “segir makers, dealers in
~„d neinuta. Hue. ■ ol i-egars and tobacco, and ope
,ai ves depending ..n the trade fora living.’ ask
ing that fori;n tobacco may be plaeed on the free
1 The House were for several hour* engaged in the
-at ol a bill authorizing the settleim nt of
t l„. elaiuH lit a company of South Carolina militia,
and for their erection nt two fortifications in that
Slate on IMistoinlet during the wai of
A» r ,,r three hour* thin r-p*nt, Lhoftubjerd
ed over till Monday f - U, and the House went into
a committee of the whole on the s ate nt the l mon
on tin: tariff bill. , , ~, _ ,
Mi Iletter, nl Ohm.conchmed the specrli wlnrli
he conmicuced on Saturday in favor ol protection
Mi Wakenmn mi. !■ a -P-cch in order to show the
necessity nl harino»i..us tction with a view to toe
reduction of the annual revenue.
Tm- i-iMiniiit!*- and tin* Houac adjourned.
IN SENATE - i
Tin- Nfcim'r tit tiit- in ol Mr. iy-ward, laid
on Hie table tin- l/.J -ft!- i..tt«b. pcrfW-t tl;» home
valuation pri..-.|.l- in ID'Tax.ffaat of ITIo.m order
to avoid the .-inUra »u,i l» it .on ■» oration by
Mr Adam 4 ' a.n-mJio- at to .-xotiqi railroad iron
iron i duty ll 11 Ml Sovar.l .ml ution to cull it up
at a future day. .
Tin Son'll.' pn- .eila bill in addition to an act
, ,’tr-. ■ua'.lv nroviJint: for 1 lie pui.itdiim-iil of
1 , ■ BUM Abn the
(V,...-I. .‘<l ~ o-ivid: foi Ihe batter or*
~f J|... lary «:>d for the collectfam,
‘J j,.,\ ..>.t, K< n. -.bora.-inent ol tlie pub
’ , rov.-ii’io, mnl |’. • • nbrining to the aeveral
hi al. the tnvi. .... mid ovt . il.-wo.l muds therein.
Mr t- ward inii.-diH-d n bill further to amend
the net 1.-r i In.- tiolv.i '»:v nftho liv.-h of |,a 4ien
gera on board vi. ids propt ad in whole or in part
iiv Mtonui. . .....
Mr ii-11. "( T.-niii iiilroduneil a 101 l to secure
t«. an the Stat* ---a.: gri-a'.. nieosure of justice and
. Jimtiiy ill Uiediatribuimu ol 100 public lands *ml
their in oe i d
•I be Senate pi • >t- me consideration of
tin- bill to me e the pay ol the olliCeni of tie
A "'l"l'e bill aim pn* id, -' '.ate, without amend
ment.
I in mot ion id Mr. Toombs, n reaulution was adop
ted, directing the oominittoe ou o.iuniieree to in
quire into the expediency of exploring the river
Niger, in Africa.
iin motion of Mr. U.odhe.id, a resolution was
adopted, directing the committee mi commerce I"
impure into the expediency ol iiul!:il?i/.ing the See
retary ol \\ ar and Navy, under the direction id the
I’reHiiient. to etnplov eunn offii.-i is they may think
proper, to make am'li eiplorathmund verification of
severul surveys already mad. ''or n ship ciiual near
the Islliinua id I lari o. to oimm . t the waters ot the
Pile i lie with Hi. A thin tic l.y the A train and Iruini
ito rivers.
Mr Johnson, IV'.in lie com ml!.-a on printing, re
ported in favor of printing twenty ven thousand
extra cnpii s of the uiecliiiuical pat I of the report ot
I lie r. ilium, inner of patents This was agreed to.
IK USE.
Mr VVi.k. innn i ailed tip -Mr. Bnl'liom V motion to
oil. i Its vote by which tie- Senate Submarine
Telcgriq.li was r. 'err. tl lo the committee on tlic
I'ont < lllice.
Mr. Jones, ol Tennessee, moved to lay that mo
tion on the table. Negatived yeas 71 nays 111.
Tim question on the le consideration was then car
1 "mi- Jones, „l Tennessee, moved lo lay the bill on
tlm Inin. Negatived—yeas 77 nays i-’l.
11. ih. II elVectuiiUy moved to r.der the lull to the
committee of tin- whole on the state of the Union.—
Yeas IIV. nays 7 I.
Mr Jones ot Tennessee, moved I tint the further
, onsiilrrntioi! of the bill he postponed until the lid
ot Mari h next which was negatived—yens 71,
naya 114.
Mr. t'limptiell, ot < llti", snid he would interpose
no objection to the amendments which had been
designated, namely : proposing that the line ehnll
lie open to the people of tin United States without
limit of time, und tliatat ttie end of leu years this
< tovei mount may, alter a year s not mo, toi'irtinate
the oontract.
Mr Florence inquired wliat security have we ot
controlling niessagi-s over ttie entire li.te from fiOli
don to Washington ' None whatever. This ocean
and Atlantic Sitlmiarii c Telegraph Company is hut
one link in agteat chain. Ttier.-are three distinct
coiporatious composing the means of communion
thui, one of which ea monopoly of the lints extend
ing from Nova Seolia to New Vork. lienee we
have no certainty in tlm transimssinii of despatches
irom liondon In 'Washington : and can only have
Itiataesnraiice by one line, ideiuicai in interest, ex
1, -luting Horn each ol llm lasi limned places to the
other.
Mr. Uaiiipli.-ll.oi'l >iii». re-ri.-dto tlm ei.nfnsed
slate of lim pnlilii- busm.-ss, and to the short re
ntal iiinK time id the si . ; si..it, aud tlier,-lore invoked
gent lenten to dispose ot the pouduig measure one
way or the other.
Mr Klorenee said that this only wont to show the
power of i-orpot'iition't to inlltt.mee ( ’ongrt-ss and ill
terrupl the public bHeine s. •
Mr ('ltinpli. ll replied that lie did not know what
summit ol tin- inlluencc ol .- o perations hud here
been operating lint dm in-: In-term of service he
recollected that a national vessel was employed lo
bring n foreigner (Ko-stdh) to this count) y Ttie
gentleman had no constitutional scruptcs at 1 lint
l ime, nor for votingt-. send a vessel with supplies to
Ireland during Ih.- tamim At the last session the
gentleman fauni lYitnsylvauia voted to seud a na
tional vessel to tin- l ape do Verde Islands, lie did
not kuoM the gentleman acted under the force
of any corporation, but for a particular class of vo
ters.
lie recollected, too. at the last session of Congress,
the gentleman snnetiom-d a vessel's being sent out
for sugar cam-out in-. He could see nothing un
constitutional in all Ibis As to the submarine tele
graph. it was one ol the greatest, schemes of the ago.
Congress have power to aid in the manlier pr. posed
and he w as willing to meet out ancient enemy, now
our present ally, in the mid way of the ocean, and
there shake hands
Mr. Violence colli.l s, . no anahe.y between t' '
cases rel it--,! l.y the gentleman front Oitio ami tie
before the House As to lies C pc ,h- Verde suffer
ers, he was i nil ne need I,y the natural benevolence of ;
his heart.
Mr \Vak<-man moved that the bill tie recontm't
ted to the committee,it til.- w hoe on the state of the
Union, where -in , am, ailments as were proper
could be made. The ue-tiou was agreed to.
The House consider* ,1 ami passed —yens PH, nays
7|l—the bill ortho relief of the people ol Kansas,
repealing the lawseiun i. -l by the 1 .egislatur<- which
assembled at the Shawnee Mission, and providing
for a new election sot meiuben) of that body
The House then w -it iuto a committee of the
whole ou the slate of the Union, amt resumed the
consideration ol the Tariff bill.
After a tew .minute- 'pi nt therein, the committee
rose ami the House adjourned.
IN SENATE Feb. IS.
Mr. Wilson Intro itu *d n bill to procure a marble
bust of rbe late Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
of the United Stnt* s, W in. Cushing of Massachu
setts.
Mi Stuart introduce*: bill to amend the Paten
cilice law**
Mr. Seward reported a bill providing for the ex
ploration of the riv'er Niger in Africa.
The bid top’-event f e counterfeiting of the United
StaU s coin . and the bill supplemental to the act of
March. 1861, to ascertain and settle private land
claims in California were pa<st d.
The Nenate passed the nil’s dividing Missouri and
Texas into two judicial districts.
Mr. Gwinu gave notice of his intention to intro
duce a bill for the const ruction oi the Northern. South
ern, and Central P«*citio Railroad, and a bill to ex
tan! the rigi.ts of pre-emption to settlers on Califor
nia lauds.
Alter further, comparatively unimportant, busi
ness, the Senate went into an executive session, and
subsequently adjourned.
HOUSE.
Mr. Campbell, of Otiio, reported back from the
Committee ot \\ -\s . ■,! M«-mus the Senah* Subma
line Telegraph bill, with amendments, namely: —,
Citizens of the United States to have the right to
use the due u» a!, time instead of for fifty years,
recognizing the equality ot their right** to its use
ami of the lines which may at iny time connect
with its terminus at Newtoundlan'd. providing it
shall be tn the power of Congress after 10 years to
terminate the eoutract on one year’s notice.
After an inefl'ectua effort to tabic the bill, ft was
passed as above amended. Yeas It hi. nays Si.
The House went into a committee of the w hole
on the state of the Union on the bill to reduce the
duty oq imports. Much time was consumed in the
consideration of amendments, bat the committee
nose witliout conn: - to a conclusion upon tin* sub
jeef.
Mr. Hoffman, of Maryland, presented the memo
rial of Robert Compter., of Allegany county, Maty
laid. a survivor ot the Kcvo ui:on, who served
General Waakfagton in the capacity of a penny
ih >t oi messenger.*.: Trenton. Ivumubi vok. Short
hi.!- and other places, \ raping that he may be placed
upon an equality with those that were pn»videii for
by the act of Congress passed June 7 th. 1832 which
was referred to Itu Committee on Revolutionary
The H ouse concurred n the Senate’s amendment
to the coinage t ill, and then adjourned.
IN SENATE Feb. 19.
The Senate took up the House bill for the relief of
the people of Kansas, repealing tie- laws an.! pro
viding .or a new election.
Mr Adam*, in order to avoid discussion, moved
that the bill be laid on the table, w hich was nega
tive) by a vote of IT against 21.
Mr Green raid lie voted against laying it upoathe
table became he wanted the bfU to be examined by
the Judiciary Committee He had pers» nal infor
fom-ition that ail the obnoxious laws had been re
pealed by the local anth mi ties of Kanwe.
Mr. Green said he voted against the motion iolay
on the table be< nn-e he wanted the Judiciary Com
mittee to examine the subject. The friends of law
and order invite -< rut iny. Jr was true that objee
tionnbie laws had been passed in Kansas; it would
be strange if there had not Bid some have beeu
repealed already by the local authorities of Kansas.
It was a little strange that those who deny the right
ot Congress to legislate for Kansas should under
take toreoe.tl the laws of Kansas.
Mr. Wei lei renewed the motion to lay the bill on
the table as likely to create a discussion and pre
vent action on important matters of legislation
Agreed to. Vena 30—nays 26.
The Submarine Telegraph bill as amended in the
House, was then taken up.
Mr Hunter moved to refer the bill to the Post Of
fice Committee.
Mr. Thompson, of Kentucky, hoped that would
be done, and that the committee would never repor t
|t back. He believed this was an expenditure o
t»,u-.ji Wii-h vv-'iii-at Miui igt*l 1 data io uU"
tuori/. •-t We know no HM)it about the etevati -ns
... depressions ot the m.ttom of the ocean than about
the mountains or valioys m the Moon. ho can
tel, whether this little »ire may not be broken by a
whale or bitten by a shark? He illustrated "his
vi. we by uuineron- anecdotes creating much mer
riment
Mr. Ruck replied, It was no new thing for pro
positions of this kind to be a -s.ailed with ridicule :
some years ago, when it wa- proposed to aetablish
a telegraphic line between Waahingtua and Balti
more, somebody proposed an amendment providing
for a telegraphic line to the moon. He proceeded
to demonstrate the leaSibiiUy of the scheme, and
the advantage? to be derived from it.
Messrs. Hunter and Butler opposed the om. and j
Mes*r*. Bell, of Tennessee, Steuart and Seward ;
advocated i f It wa? then laid aside, whilst the
't'T.ate proceeded ‘ i the considers r -n of ozecutive
business
HOUSE
Mr Le'oher, f:otn the Committee cf Way? and j
Mean?, reported a bill extending the time for tbe j
Norfolk and Petersburg Rx: road Company to j
pay the duty on iron imported by the said com
pany the embarrassment in it* finances having j
been occasioned by the recent prevalence of toe |
ot Mr Campbell, of Pennsylvania.- it
was by four majonty. T
M .of "^•ti^CTeTad^beendi:
veetigatmg Committee, aid tnat _ n
T&vtsuixtsi sr S'-r?4
to postpone the consideration of the bill till Mon
d*Mr denied that tbe committee have a right
to make tt.it* report, as a question of privilege
They must first obtain leave, especially if the report
imp .rates member? of this House
Mr. le-tcher and nti ers. amid the excitement,
loudly demanded the rending of the report.
Mr Grove, resnm'mg. said that the committee
have exceeded their authority and violated the con
stitutional rights of m-inoers.
The Speaker said that Mr. Davis must state the
character of the r-.poit, (Renewed cries of let it
Mr smith of Virginia, said he understood the
committee were instructed to make a report and not
a statement merely. ... .
.Mr i trr remarked if the If.-use desired to know
the cot,lent* of the reiiort let it be read.
Mi Grow resumed bis speech with much earnest
n.-* and was called to order by several members.—
Tic- Speaker said that the report couldn’t be read,
because it was in nature of debate
Amid the confusion, Mr. Heiinett. of New \ ork,
moved that the report be recommitted He was
opposed to thus promising to expel the member by
rßholution without duo notice.
Mr. Florence. VV* don't know what 10 proposed
uutil we hear the report read
I object to the motion of the gentleman from New
York , j A number of members were struggling for
the floor. 1 . .
Mr. Houston inaisted on readi k the report.
Alter further proceeding*, Mr. ifennet.* said the
report was one of grave import, and affected one of
hiiTcolleaffue-t N T o man in this land cou‘d be ac*
cu-H.I trTed and condemned without a hearing,
much'lc- could a judgment against a member be
brought in here and put through under the pressure
of lb.- previous question. The Committee were ap
s,int.-d m consequence of an article n the New
Voik liioes. 1 haiging corruptcombination* among
called Mr. Bennett to
“The Speaker ruled Mr. Harris nut of order,but he
continued speaking amid cries of order, during
which Hie Speaker said he would direct the Ser
eeaut-at-Arms to arrest him or any other person
violating the rules. Mr. Harris’reply was not heard
amid the confusion. ... ...
A conversation ensued a* to thednties of the com
mittee under the authority ot the resolution. Final
ly Mi Davis, ol Maryland,read the report in the
case of Mr. Gilbert. .
Afler various questions w ere raised and rigorous
ly debated, it was finally decided that the report
should be read. , ~
Mr Davis. of-Maryland, proceeded to do so, the
report concluding with the following resolutions :
1 That the Hon. Win. A. Gilbert, a member of
the House from the State of New York, did agree
wilh K K. C. Triplett to procure ttie passage ot a
resolution or bill through the present Congress for
the purchase by Congress of certain copies of a book
containing the Fenaiou and Bounty Hand Daws, ill
consideration that he was to receive from Mr. Trip
lett n certain sum of money out of the appropriation
fnrilio purchoseof the book.
•J. That the Hon. Wm A. Gilbert did cast Ins
Vote lor the lowa Land Bill lor a corrupt considera
tion. consisting of seven square miles of land and
some stock.
3. kexoh rd. That the Hon. William A Gilbert,
a member of this House, lie forthwith expelled from
this House. .
The report is signed by Messrs. Davis, Orr, W ar
tier and Kltehie.
Mr Grow earnestly condemned the proceedings,
of Lite committee.
Mr. Davis replied, denying that the committ;e
had tried any body, as charged, but that they had
performed their duty, irrespective of individuals
Mr. Bennett, of New York, condemned the course
ol ttie committee, and
Mr. Orr detenu, d it, when
Mr Allis,,i, took the ground that the report should
be printed, in Older that the accused might the bet
. ter vindicate himself.
Mr. Gall, way took a somewhat different view of
I- tic question.
Alter further debate the consideration ot the sub
ject. was postponed till Wednesday next.
I h. o, her i In,- special reports submitted by the
committee, are signed lay alt the members except
At.. Kelsey, and recommend by resolution the expu!
I sion of Messts. Francis ,S. Edwards, Orßemus B.
. Alai e-oil atid Wm. W. Welch.
The general report, signed by all, recommends the
expulsion -1 Mr. Simon ton, as correspondent of the
New Y'ork Times, and suggests the passage id a bill
lo prevent combinations or personal outside effort
, for the passage of bills. Adjourned.
1N SENATE Feb. S4O.
Mr l’ugh introduced a bill prescribing the time
and manner of electing Senators to Congress and
the fount of their credentials.
Mr. Trumbull presented some additional papers
relative to the so-called joint convention al Indiana,
, in which Messrs. Bright and Fitch were elected
Senators.
The Senate then look up the private calendar
i Forty five titivate bills were passed.
I Mr iVriglit presented the credentials of John
It Thomson, re-elected n Senator from the State
of New Jersey, tor six years from Hie 4th of March
f ue xt.
, Mr. Gwin introduced a bill for the construction ol
I a Northern, Southern und Central Railroad, together
t with a telegraph line to the Pacific.
< After an executivesess ou the Senate adjourned.
s HOUSE.
Mr. Clinginan suggested that any member named
f in the resolutions of the Select Committee have
leave to file an answer to the statements concerning
1 him, to be printed with the other papers. This
r seemed right and proper.
Mr. Davis, ol’ Maryland, said he thought that
would be irregular. They had nothing to do with
their reports, but could reply to the resolutions on
which they have the privilege to be heard in person
* or by counsel.
Mr. CUiigman's*motion was agreed.
The Speaker laid before the House the Agt ieul
-5 tuial part of the report of the Commissioner of Pa
tents.
1 The House then went into a Committee of the
\\ hole on the Tariff bill.
1 I taring the proceedings Mr. ( )rr,said that although
the bill of the majority of the Committee ot Ways
aud Means did suit him, it had better be passed than
none at all.
Ou his motion the committee rose, thus reliev
ing itself from the numerous pending propositions,
t Mr. Campbell, of < >lno, introduced as a new bill,
‘ t iat which was reported, recently, from the majori
* ty of the Committee of Ways and Means, with seve
* rel slight amendments lie explained his victfs up
* on the subject
l Mr. Letcher offered his hill, as a substitute, pro
» posing a general reduction of twenty per cent. This
* was disagread to —yeas 74, nays 112.
Mr Jones, of Tennessee, moved to lay the bill up-
I on the table, but the question was determiuediu the
negative—yeas 72, nays 112.
Mr. Campbell's bil. was then passed. Yeas 110—
nays 84.
The House theu went into a Committee of the
Whole on the state of the Union on the Post Office
appropriation bill.
Mr. Stanton charged that the Tariff Bill was pass
ed by fraud and trickery.
Mr. Campbell, of Ohio, in reply marked the
insinuation as basely calumnious, both as to himselt
and colleagues upon the Committee of Ways aud
Means.
.Mr. C a lisle made a speech in favor equalizing
the grants of land among the several States of the
| Union. Hie House then adjourned.
Cuter n*oin Texiis.
The steamship Charles Morgan arrived at New
Orleans the 14th inst., bringing news from Texas to
the* 12th. The following items are from the New
Orleans Picayune
Tin- Supreme Court lias rendered a decision sus
taining that of Judge Gray against usurious interest
in a Galveston Bank ease.
Nothing had been heard of Mr. Dodge, the miss
ing Indian agent, up to the 10th inst.
The boilers of the steamer Major Harris exploded
on Friday, the oth inst., in the canal, killing a deck
hand, a creole from Louisiana, name not given,
and badly wounding the engineer. The Gazette
sa. s :
• l’he other persons on board happened all to be
in the after part of the boat, and escaped. The boat
is almost a tot til loss. The cargo consisted of about
2iH) barrels, the value of which we have not ascer
tallied, though it was not large. The boat was
owned by Col. R. R. Brown, of (Quintana, and Capt.
Miller, the commander.
Tne weather, until recently pleasant and giving
many tokens of an early spring, was very cold
throughout the State. The Galveston News, of the
12th, says:
"We learn that the planters*of Western Texas
have generally commenced planting corn, and that
some are weli nigh through that labor, but that this
is rarely the ease in Middle and Eastern Tt«as,
where the people are waiting for more uumistakea
ble signs of the opening of spring. The present cold
ebiuigo'inny naturally cause some apprehension that
winter is not yet past."
Maj. Neighbors informs the State Gazette that the
Indians have been marauding on the Cibolo, near
the crossing of the San Antonio road. Mr. Brown
lost forty head of horses, and some of the horses of
Mrs: Wallace have been lulled by the ludians.
The Harrison Flag, of Marshall, says that there
arc in>w fitlaborers on the Southern" Pacific Rail
road. This looks as if the company intended at
h ast to save their chartered privileged by comple
ting the grading of the fiist ten miles by the Itith
instaut.
M.ri-*r W C. Capers, writes the Galveston News
from Gonzales thi t he will be in Galveston on the
22d inaL. with about 120 men. good and true, bound !
to Nicaragua to md Walker, lie wishes all who de |
ana to emigrate with him to meet him on that day. ■
The San Antonie Herald hue the following iu.elL- ;
gence from the coast.
We have late and authentic advices from the I
roast or cattle raising portion of Texas. For many
years cattle have not fared so well as they have
during the present w iuter. They are rotting Ut, not
having fallen off iu the least. Mr. Foster has com
menced shipping beeves, and every thing looks la
ve: able for our stock-raising friends. Should the
weather remain tuvoiable, as appears quite proba
bic, stock-raiseis will be able this season to make
up some of the heavy losses of last winter.
I.i'T the Na\ \. According to ‘he Annua
Naval Register, just published in Washington, there
are. upon Ihe active service list, 04 Captaius, 9l»
Commanders, 42 Surgeons, and 34 Pursers, ranking
with Commanders; 27 Surgeons and ‘ft) Pursers
ranking with Lieutecauts: 311 Lieutenants, 43
pas ed As-istAn* Surgeons, and 37 Assistant Sur
geou*s 24 Chaplains, 12 Professors of Mathematics,
24 Masters iu ihe iiue of promotion, and 24 Passed
Midshipmen, There are 30 Midshipmen arranged
according to their merit, as graduates of the Naval
Academy—and there appeal* to lie 145 now at
school ami ui probation iu Annapolis, divided into
four classes. There are 38 boatswains, 40 gunnels.
18 carpenters, and 39*aikn«ik rs. In the Engineer's
department there are 17 Chief Engineers, 24 first
assi ’ants, 20 second assistants, 36 third assistants
in alt. 96 There are ten permanent Nary Agents
within the United States, and one (temporary) at
London—Baring, Brothers & Co.: and at home and
abroad, 13 Naval Storekeepers There are eight
Naval Constructors stationed at the several yards.
Rule mp agent in Kentucky, coal agents iu Penn
sylvania and Maryland, and agents for the preser- j
vatiou of live oak ai:d other timber in Florida, j
Georgia, Louisiana and Mississippi. Within the
past year there have been 71 resignations. 28deaths,
and 7 dismissal' j
Oor Nsvv consists ©f Id ships of the line, 13 fri- j
gates, 10 sloops o war. 3 brigs. Id schooners. 7 j
screw steamers of the first class, 1 of the second •
c as.-, 2of the third dess. 3 side-wheel steamers of !
the first class, 1 ride-wheel of the second class, 5 side
wheel of the third class, 3 steam tenders, and 6 More
ships.
On the Reserved List, there are 30 Captains, 30
Commanders, 63 Lieutenants, 17 Masters, and *2
Passed Midshipmen. —Richmond Dispatch.
Trenton, N. J , Feb 20— Mr. Thompson has
been re-electe i United states Senat or from New
Jersey.
X... ..... :111.. S.tsr _u.-
By the New U.leans mail we „et the :■
fui.er accounts, by telegraph from the Ba’ re. of
the interesting news brought by geauu.r Tekaa to
New Oriean.-:
Soi th-Wkst l’t i, Feb. 17.
Tlie steamship Texas, from San Juan del Norte on
the I Ikh inst.. bananived.
Tie Texas arrived ou; on the Ith ins' ~ and toe
Tennessee ‘.n the Bth.
The Orizaba, from ban Ftaoeiaco. arrive a: ban
Juan del Sur on the 'id. an-d sanest again tor i aua
rna on tlie 3d. where sue arrived on the ori.-
The Tennessee took the passengers or the lexu*.
and proceeded to Aspinwall, where they went 0,
Panama, by railroad, and took the Onziba tor bin
Francisco. ,
Ttre mail steamer had not a>.,ved S Panama
’ when the Tennessee left AaptnwaU. though sne was
overdue one week. It was reported :aa. -ne pns
j sengers in waiting would be forwarded by the
I route was not open when the Texas
I i e ft but from tbe maimer in which the recruits were
i proceeding, there i? little doubt bat that it will soon
i be clear "
j CcL Lockridge had been waiting for reinforce
ments and gnns, which be received, and, having a
small steamer ready, immediately proceeded up the
river, and, on the C‘.h instant, attacked the enemy
(390 strong) at Cody ? Point, at the mouili of the
Seripaqui river, routing them and taking possession
of the point. Tbe enemy fled in aJ direction*,
some jumping in the river aud others taking to the
woods The loss of the enemy was about HD
killed and wounded that of the Nicaraguans, four
killed, including Colonel Kudier. and Major Elks
wounded , . . . , - _
The point thus gained if on? of he must nnpor
taut on the river, and is situate! at the mouth of the
Seripaqui, and elevated above ail other positions at
Ti,*v enemy have concentrated nearly uii of their
river forces about this place, and when the Nica
raguans once get possession of the whole cf it,
the conquest of the rest of the river will he an easy
matter. ...
The opposite side of the river i* still occupied by
the Costa Ricans, aud Col. Lockridge wuaoniy de
terred from taking possession of it for want ol means
to cross the river, the machinery of the steamer hav
ing got out es order.
The steamer was sent back to Punta Arenas and
immediately repaired, and had again proceeded up
the riverwhen the Texes left.
Tlie enemy are decidedly in a bad fix here m case
of defeat, as they cannot retreat except iu the rear,
which is an almost impenetrable forest: and. from
the superior position of the Nicaraguan forces, it is
expected that on tlie next attack they would com
pletely annihilate the enemy.
(’ol leckridge was perfectly sanguine that lie
would have entire possession of the river in one
week His whole force amounted to -48 U men, in
good condition, well armed, &.C.
fiar advices from General Walker are I" j
instant, and are important. They are hiought by
the Orizaba to Panama, and thence hereby the
1 Tbflmemy had again appeared near Rivas, at a
place called’ Obraji, under Gen. GanaS-General
Walker ordered two companies—one ot Rules and
one of Rangers—to march against them. Atter
twenty-four hours’ skirmishing the enemy retreated,
and Walkers force withdrew to Rivas Theios* of
the enemy in this affair was 1011—that ot W aiker
h, including Capt. Phinney.
Walker’s force at Rivas consists of l hD men, ot
whom 1100 are fit for duty. His troop? are in better
health than they ever have been since the war com
menced, aud are in excellent spirits—not doubling
their ability to conquer me,- force that may be sent
against them, .
Walker has provisions and ammunition for three
months.
Tlie following despatch from our special agent
confirms the above:
San Juan del Nortf. Feb 10.
Agent Associated Press, NO:- The steamship
Texas arrived at Sail Juan on the 4th inst,—the
transit route still continuing closed, and in the hands
of the enemy. Those who have the best opportuni
ty of iudging umong the Americans, think that the
route'will be, opened daring this month.
On the 6th inst., 3(H) men under the command o!
Cols. Lockridge and Titus attacked Cody's Point,
defended by 300 Costa Ricans. They drove them
across the river and into the woods, with a conside
rable loss Only four Americans were killed and
ten wounded The commander at Cody's Pomt has
been engaged for the last two or three daj s m for
tifying the place. , , ,
A general attack will be made upon the fort, (op
posite Cody’s point,) and when taken, the troops
will easily go up the river, as no resistance is appre
hended ut the points above.
DETAILS OF THE NICARAGUA NEW'S lit THE TEXAS.
We have published the accounts by telegraph of
the interesting advices from Nicaragua by the Texas,
amt subjoin lrom the Evening Picayune, the follow
jug detailed accounts furnished ? hat journal by its
regular corresjioudent: __
San Juan pel North, I*el>. *2, loin.
The steamship Texas, trom New-Orleans, arrived
at Sau Juan on the 4th inst. As soon as sue came
to anchor, the little rivet-steamer Rescue came along
side, took Col. Titus’ command on board, and ivith
in one hour was steaming up the river. Col. f l itus
lauded his command at Camp Anderson, ab »ut six
miles below Serapiqui On the oth. preparations
were made for an attack on Cody s 1 »>mt. this
Point is directly opposite Fort Serapiqui, which is
occupied by 700 Costa Kh ans; Cody s Point was
occupied by 300. On the morning ot IHo o:h, JOO
men. under the command of Col. Titus, proceeded
up the river to within half a mile ot the enemy,
landed, and cut their way through the dense and
impenetrable undergrowth.
Col Rudler acted as guide, he being acquainted
with the locality and nature of the ground. Alter a
fatiguing march of tour hours, through mud, la
ymen, &.c., reached the rear of Cody's. Here the
command was halted to rest. After a hour s
halt, the command advanced as follows: Ihe ad
vance of 100 men, commanded by CM. Anderson .
the rear, of 100 men, commanded by Miyor Ellis ;
the main body, of 100 men, by Col. Titus. Owing
to the dense thicket, it was difficult tor the different
commands to keep in the right direction; biu
through the indefatigable exeitions ot Col. U. the
whole command reached the Plantain Patch about
Bailie time. The Costa Ricans had evidently lieura
our approach, as they were crossing train Cody sto
Jlipp’s Point ns rapidly as they could.
A sharp skirmish ensued, which lasted tor ab.»ut
half an hour, completely routing the enemy, with
codaiderable loss. Their \ ss is variously estimated.
My estimate is twenty killed and fitly wouuded.
(tin* loss whs but slight—four killed and ten wound
ed. Among the killed is First Lieut. Roinen, a
brave and gallant young officer.
While the forces on land were carrying on then
operations, (Scneral Wheat (who volunteered his
services to command the artillery), with one six
pounder on the little steamboat Rescue, run up
within three hundred yards of the fortifications, and
threw several effective shots in their fortifications.
At this stage of affairs, the enemy having been
either killed or taken refuge in the woods, and the
firing having entirely ceased, Cols. Rudler and An
dersen went down the river trail to commuuicate
witl ..iesteamer.
While hailing Col. Lockridge, they were fired on
by the enemy from an ambuscade. Co!. R. w?ia
wounded, but most miraculously made his escape.
The enemy was here about one bundled strong,
well entrenched, and brush thrown over the work
so as to completely hide it —they no doubt expecting
our force to land at this point, not expecting us to
take the circuitous route we did. G**n. \\ heat did
not tire on them, fearing our men had the enemy
surrounded, and that if lie did he might kill some
of our own men. The enemy opened their fire on
the boat, wounding one man when she backed down
the river.
As soon as Col. Anderson reached the mam body,
Capt. Harris, with his company, was ordered down
to drive the enemy from their position, which lie did
in a few moments, killing ten ; the balance took re
fuge in the woods.
Cody’s Point is first in importance as a military
position. It is a high, commanding bluff, directly
opposite their main fortification, which-completely
commands both the Serapiqui and San Juan rivers.
Owing to the heavy rains which at this season tall
on the river, all military.movements must necessa
rily be slow Col. Lockridge was .to have his ar
tillery, three guns, in position on the mornmg of the
1 tli inst. A general attack was to be made on that
day, and I have no doubt but that, the Ceuta Ricans
are completely routed at this point, and that by this
time he is in possession of Castillo.
Walker’s Movements —We arc in receipt of
news from Gen. Walker up to the in?fc., by tne
Orizaba via Aspinwall. lie ordered Gen lienning
sen, with three companies of Rifles and one compa
ny of Rangers, to attack the enemy at Obraje, a
small town on the Granada road, about 112 miles
from Rivas. The engagement lasted hours,
when Gen Walker ordered Gen. H., to retire on
Rivas. The loss of the enemy in the ufl’air was I‘2o
killed and wounded. On the u!t , the enemy
took up their position at St. George. 1.700 strong,
under command of Geu. Canas Gen. Henningsen
marched against them on the k 29th, with 400 men.
Gen. Canas was strongly barricaded, but Gen. H ,
succeeded in drawing them out into the plantain
patches, when his men let loose a murderous fire on
them. Before sunset Gen. H., received orders trom
Gen. Walker to draw off’his troops and fall back on
Rivas. The loss of the enemy in this engagement
is 200 killed and 400 wounded: that of Gen. Wal
ker’s force is lb killed and 40 wounded. Among
t he severely wounded, I see mentioned Col. Jaquess
aud Miij. Dusenberry, of the Ist infantry.
Gen. Walker’s idea in attacking the enemy no \
doubt is to get them to concentrate the r forces, so I
that the force in the San Juan river can open that I
river with greater ease. All ac ounts go to prove
that Gen. Walker's army is in as good condition at (
this time as it ever was, and that the men are as i
sanguine of success as they ever were. The impres !
sion among the men is that Costa Rica aud The allied
hordes of the North can’t bring force enough into
the field to conquer them. Any one at all acquain
ted with Central America, and especially Nicaragua
well kimw that it is next to impossible for a large
force to subsist. Gen. Walker’s tr«»ops have al
ways enjoyed better health because they are better
fed and clothed. The allied, as well as the Costa
Ricans troops, have been starved, and allowed to
go naked. Disease has done as much to thin their
ranks as Gen Walker’s rifles. Rv the Orizaba,
from California, Gen. Walker received fifty recruits,
llis whole force at Rivas is put down at 1.2 >O.
M Acuun.
P. S.—The British fleet is still at San Juan del
Norte, making themselves very officious and al
wavs ready to extend to any ami all who may a.-k
their protection. Seveu out of the-number from
New York claimed their protection, and were torn
ed over to them ; these men are generally Irish, En
glish and Dutch.
[This correspondent further states that General
Walker’s force was 1200 strong, pretty well fed and
clothed. The Costa Rican troops are*“naked and
starved,” —disease making great inroads ]
The British fleet was making itself very officious
with offers of protection, at San Juan del Norte,
and had coaxed away seven foreigners from Wal
ker’s freshly arrived* recruits. On the 16th ultimo,
Capt. Erskine, of the English fleet, demanded of C<»l.
Lockridge ail subjects of Her Majesty among his,
men. L. was f weed to comply and gave op t welve.
Ile is Walker 8 agent of transportation. It is feared
the fleet is preparing for active interference.
On the 20th January, a small steamer with a por
tion of the recruits ascended the river to the mouth
ot the Serapiqui, but withdrew, riddled with bus
It ts. tin ugh no me on board v as hit. It was thought
to be risking too much at that time to subject the
boat to the fire of the fortifications on both sides.
On the same day. Col. Titus arrived with the “best
and most orderly” body of recruits ever sent to the
country, and they immediately ascended to the w w
camp, Fort Anderson.
Thursday, Feb. 12.—0 n Friday last—two days
after the arrival of the Texas—it was resolved that
the attack should be made upon the post at Sera
piuui; accordingly, at 3 o’clock iu the morning i f
that dav, about 300 ot the men were plat ed on
board the steamer, and ascended to within about
three miles of the torts . here the men were landed,
and mak'ug a detour to the righr. cut Their way for
a distance ot six or seven miles through a forest of
heavy timber, until they arrived in the rear of the
enemy, strongly tortified at Cody s Point, immedi
ately opposite the pri: cipal fort at Serapiqui, after
a sharp conflict, which lasted about a quarter of an
hour, they succeeded iu driving the em my entirely
out: those who failed to reach the opposite side
of the river taking refuge in the nurrouudmg Woods.
At the same time ihe attack was made in the
rear, the ?teain« r ran Op in front, and opened a warm
fire upon the Serapiqui Fort, from a -ix and nine
pounder mounted on a flat iu a tow, which had the
effect of completely sth-ucing the guns r»i that place;
unfortunately at this time the boiler ot the steamer
gave way. and she w<is compelled to withdraw fur
repairs, the trttops were at once eyt to work
strengthening their newly acquired position, which
from its elevation gives them great advantages over
the enemy and full command of the river. The
Joes of the Americans consisted ed one officer, < Lieut.
Roman. - and four privates killed; and eleven wound
ed. amongst the latter Col Radiei shot in the leg
above the knee, Maj. Ells in the top of the head,
and Capt. Barrington , none however mortally The
enemy's loss could not have been less than one hun
dred and fifty in killed and wounded. Their force
amounted to eleven hundred men.
On Sunday, at sunset, the Tennessee hove in
eight, and shortly afterwards entered the harbor.
She brought about 300 Californians, and 60 men for
Walker, under Col. Hall and Capt. Farnam; a few
of these are good men, but uie majority of them not
worth the trouble of bringing out.
At 4 o'clock this morning a force of 7 armed boat
froin the British fleet was seen ascending the San
Juau river, towards the American camp, for what t
object is yet to be seen, though all sorts of rumors
u ll!>iia . rt.oai!tc> cu:ite t.uwa lae fiver
jc*teid*y from Uie camp, with a me*-age from
Lockridge, requesting the steamer to wait over to
day a- he intended making an attack ou the enemv
_ nigi.i at 12 v ilwk. ami »..tiiilitiii* lUorningMinii
tbe stpamei do«Ti we waited anxiously until na.t
pa«t ’2 P. M . when the sLipe w eighed aaeher, and
steamed out to sea with about 250 passengers,
amongst whom are Col. Huffier and your liumb.e
l » to the :id iust . Walker had plenty of men in
healt:’. and spirits, witti an abundanee ot eve
rything necessary tocaiTyon the war. ..
' Henning sen had had two “ lively brushes wttn
the allies under Gen. Canas. The first *** “
fnitfied place called (.ibraje-probably on the Jotu
Jan iin which the Americans lost 5 men and the
Oa the 23th the enemy marched into St George,
three m : 'es from Rivas. took possession ot tne
! church, and immediate’.y**cotntnereea throwing _.
strong barricades in front of it and to she waLs .ea—
ing to the Plasa. Immediately upon receiving in
formation. Walker despatched a force of four hun
dred men under Henningsen to attack them- ■
orders to take the place if it could be done“
loss not exceeding fiftv men. otherwise to witnaia ,
as the lives of his men were of me re consequence
than the taking of the place. The advance ot Hen
nicgsei.'s :orce, however, immediately upon coming
in sight of the enemy, commenced the attack, and
the main body coming up, the fight continued
until midnight, when the enemy were driven l>ack
beyond their barricades. At this time Henniiigse
received orders to draw off his men, aid
without further loss. _
The loss of the Americana at Sjt. Gaorite amount
ed to sixteen killed, mostly officers, and thirty tmee
wounded. The enemy's loss is estimated at *
killed and 400 wounded. Among tb • enemj s kill
ed is Gen'. Bosquet, the commander of the l,u»ta
Bicans Among the Amencane killed are Capts.
Wilkinson and Russell and Lieut. I Iyer. Among
the wounded are Cols. Jacques anu Leonard, M jc
Duzeriburv, Capt. Johnson and Lients Cbaflaut,
Nagle, Schernierhoro, Northndge ar.dSteel. Prepa
rations were beiDg made for a general a tack upon
the enemy, which it was expected would take place
on the night of the 4Th . and as_tlie enemy have »u
the force they can muster concentrated at St
George, ii is confidently expected tins will be a final
‘’"Walker's forces are said to number 1300, of whom
11 (hi me in fine fighting condition : <>o on sick list,
balance camp-followers.
Tmf PiMUI Accel NTS — The accounts of the
hatUeof St. Georic, brought by the Orizaba to
Panama, and published in the Panama btar ot t.ie
?ili do not differ in any material point (says tne
Picayune) from those given by our correspondents.
VVe append some extract* :
Gen. Canas' force at St. George is said to consist
of about 1500 men, strongly posted and barricaded
Walker’s force of fighting men is said to be 800, all
told, of which a portion must, of course, always be
left to guard Rivas, so that he can, in uo case, bring
over 500 men into the field out of Rivas. It is sup
posed that the Allies have 1,000 more available
men, which can belauded by the steamers on the
Lake, and it is reported that 1100 Guatemalan
troops had been landed at Realejo.
Canas matched a force of 400 men into \ irgin
Bay, on the Ist instant, and after occupying the
town a few hours, he rejoined his force at St.
George.
Walker has had no communication with the lake
or river since the steamers were seized by the Cos
ta Ricans, nor has he any means of doing so.
A Heroine Arrived—The \ ouug Wife who took
Neptune’s Car around Cape Horn*
Among the passengers from California, who ar
rived by the steamer George Law, on Saturday,
there was an invalid who had to be borne from the
vessel to his hotel on a litter. By his ride, superin
tending every movement, was a young lady, of pre
possessing person, but with a countenance care
worn and anxious from long watching. The invalid
was Captain Joshua P. Patton, late of the ship Nep
tune's Car, of New York, and the lady was Mrs.
Mary A. Patton, his wife, both of whom return home
under circumstances of peculiar misfortune. Capt..
Patton left New York for San Francisco about the
middle of August, 1856, in command of the Nep
tune’s Car belonging to Messrs. Foster S: Nicker
son of this city, carrying with him his wife, who had
previously accompanied him on two voyages,
bailing about the same time for San Francisco were
the ship Romance of the Seas, and the Intrepid, both
fust clippers. Capt. Patton, proud of his ship, and
confident of her sailiug qualities, declared his inten
tion so beat the others, if possible, in reaching their
common port of destination, and made every exer
tion within the bounds of prudence to insure a quick
passage.
They had not been long at sea, however, before
Capt. P.discovered that he was not sustained by
hi< first officer. The indifference of the mate, which
by degrees grew into sullenoesa and neglect of his
duties, devolved extra cares and watch illness upon
the captain, who by the time the ship had reached
Cape Horn was worn out with fatigues and cares
The male was found on several occasions asleep in
his watch, with the ship under shortened sail, when
the wind and weather were most favorable for ina
king the run. A repetition of these misdemeanors
tinally decided Capt. Patton to put the mate off :
duty, which was done about the time they doubled '
Cape Horn. The increased difficulties which this
unpleasant state of things occasioned, brought the
captain down with a fever about the time they pass
0(1 the straits of La Maire. lie struggled against if
for a week, and was then compelled to quit the
deck, not, however, without hope that, his confine
ment would he but, temporary. As long as he pos
sensed sufficient strength he conferred with his wife
as to the vessel’s management, and directed her, in
case he was wholly disabled, to navigate the ship to
San Francisco, giving the second mate the orders
how to steer. Despite the constant nursing of his
wife, the disease triumphed, settled into a conges,
lion of the brain, producing delirium and blindness.
True to her husband’s directions the wit** took up
the sextant, and daily, at meridian and at night,
made the necessary observations, and, unassisted,
kept the run of the ship, giving her orders os to the
course to lie steered. At the same time she con
suited all the medical authorities at hand as to the
treatment of her husband's case, and applied lierself
iu every way to restore him to health.
The mate, meantime, sought to excite a mutiny
among the crew, and desired to carry the ship into
Valparaiso, but in this he was foiled. Mrs Pat ton
assembled the sailors upon the quarter deck and ex
plained to them the helpless condition of her bus
band, at the same time appealing to them to staud
by her and the second mate. To this appeal each
man responded by a promise to obey her in every
command. The mate lost his power over the crew
from that hour, and Mrs. P., withoat a rival, direct
ed every movement oh board. The men manifested
their sympathy by the greatest alacrity in obeying
her orders as well as those of the second mate, who
superintended the working of the ship until shear
lived at San Francisco on the 13th of November.
Those who saw her enter the harbor say no vessel
ever came into that port looking better in every
respect. The Romance of the Seas had arrived only
eight days before her
The case of Capt. Patton and his wile becoming
known to the Masons, of which fraternity he is a
member temporary provision was made tor them,
and by their assistance they have been forwarded
to their friends on board the George Law. They
arrived here totally destitute, and the situation of
the devoted wife is rendered the more trying by
the near approach of the period of her confine
ment.
The ease having been brought to the attention of
the Board of Underwriters, the matter was yester
day referred to a Committee, who reported in favor
of paying Mrs. P. SI,OOO as a temporary relief. Her
discretion and heroism have saved a very large sum
to the insurers, which would have been lost had the
councils of the mate prevailed, and the ship been
carried into Valparaiso. It is understood that acme
further appropriation will be made for their relief,
and that the owners of the ship, and the merchants
of New York, propose to take some further notice
of the case.
The Captain is f-till veiy low, his eye sight lost,
his recovery by no means certain. Mrs. Patton is
yet but -JO years of age, and has been married about
I years She is a native of Boston, a mighty pret
ty* woman and a Heroine. The parties, were ac
companied to New York by Dr. Harris, of this city,
who has had the treatment of Capt. P ’a ease since
his arrival in San Francisco.— N. Y. Timm.
» Correspondence of the Rich/mon d Wh iff.
J Washington, Peb. 14.—Mr. Bell, of Tennessee,
' yesterday gave notice in the Senate of his intention
1 to introduce a bill to secure to all the States an equal
and just participation in the benefits of the public
F ' domain, by distributing among them the amount
> of money derived from the sale of public lands, ac
- cording to their respective populations. He further
proposed to exclude from such distribution those
. States which have already received grants for rail
-1 roads or "ther purposes, unless the quantity received
, lias been iess than their proportionate share. In
i this event, it is to be made up to them, estimating
• the value of such granted lands at one dollar and a
quarter an acre
This, it will be observed, is virtually the same
kind of distribution that was an article of W hig
faith in the good old days of the glory and strength
of that party. It is, in fact, an improvement upon
the old Whig policy—for Mr. Bell proposes, very
properly, to cut off from the distribution those
.States which have already received their share of
the public lands.
| Congress lias been endeavoring all the session to
j devise some scheme for the reduction of the revenues
and depleting the Treasury of the country. Why
not adopt Mr. Bell's bill, and give to the Stares—
but true owners of the public domain—the money
for which it has oeen sold. aud which now' numbers
the National Treasury, useless for every purpose
except to breed corruption, speculations, and
peculations among the representatives of the pec
t pi« >
\\ hy continue to lavish this money, belonging to
I the States, and so much needed by the States, upon
I swindling jobbers, contractors, speculators, lobby
men, and political gamblers? Are tire States so
rich that they do not need what belongs to them—or
are they so proud that they will not receive their
own. even when laid at their feet ?
And yet Mr. Bell s bill has no more chance of pas
sage than Mr. Bell himself has of being proclaimed
Emperor of Francs to-morrow. Wuyf Because
our Southern Sticklers for strict construction woll
set their laces against it, as of yore—and the North
west will not bewiiling to consent, as a matter of
course, to any disturbance of its monopoly of the
public domain. Thus you will find the Southern
Democracy and the Western Democracy united in
solid ranks against this proposition—for altogether
different reasons it is true —yet, the result the same.
Tiie public lauds will be squandered upon greedy
States and land grabbing corporations oi the North
west—while what little money is received from their
sales is useless, except to be lavished upon moon
shine projects, and the thousand and one leeches and
blood suckers of the National Treasury.
P. S.—The Senate to-day, by a vote of 31 to 10,
passed a bill giving lands to Minnesota for the pur
pose of building a railroad nine hundred and tiren
ry-j*ve wile* long. Thus, about four millions more
of acres ot the public domain are gone trom old
Virginia and her heirs forever. If ten righteous
men only are t o be found in the Senate of the United »
States, their chance of salvation is a blue one in
deed. _
The New Archbishop of Paris. —By an im
perial decree dated the 24th, issued on the proposi
tion of the Minister of Public Worship, Monsignor
Morlot, Cardinal Archbishop of Tours, has been
named Archbishop of Paris, in the room of the late
Monsignor Sibour. The nomination lias given uni
versal satisfaction, and does honor to the discretion
and endeavors of the Emperor to fiH the important
post of Archbishop of Paris by a prelate woithy of
the responsibility. Monsignor Morlot is a divine
wh*> doe* not belong to any extreme party in the
church. He is a “man of the people, '* and has risen
to ins high position from merit. His piety and
Christian charity will cause him to be deeply regret- *
ted at Tours. He did not accept fcis present respon
sible charge without much personal urging on the
part of the Emperor ; and his final decision was dic
tated rather from duty than any other feeling. The
nomination will not give satisfaction to the Vatican
or the Jesuits, wh*. desired to see the Archbishopric
of Paris occupied by a churchman under the influ
ence of the ultramontine part v Some efforts were
used bv the Papal Nuncio at Paris to prevent this
nomination ; but as far as lean learn, the Emperor
was guided in his choice not by priestly leanings or
suggestions, but by a desire to fill the vacant office
bv one who had the welfare of society at heart more
than sectarian politics. The choice therefore, could
scarcely fad to be the estimable Monsignor Morlot
of Tours. The Archbishop is in his 63d year, and
was named Archbishop of Tours in 18$*.— Paris
(Jan 26) Correspondence of the lj>ndon Post.
Senator Broderick. — We know bat little of
this man. but the character of the parties who re
cently gave him such a grand reception upon his land
mg at New York. is anything but favorable to his
film for the L\ S •Senate. Capt. Rynders, the
notorious Dtmecraiie bully, was the deputed
representative of his iriends, to welcome him with
a public the nen ainder of the compa
ny, it is reeonable to suppose, may be judged from
the character of their sp keeman. Broderick, it is
said, is a native of New York city, and was formerly
a'political leader in the Ninth Ward a fact from
which the character of the man is readily deducibie.
He went to California, some years ago, on an errand
of fortune, financial and political, and with decla
ration that he would not return except with the
honors of a United States Senator. He has kept
his pledge and fulfilled the destiny market out by
himself, but it remains to be seen whether Califor
and the country are to profit or suffer from his pro
motion.— Hark. Rep.
New York, Feb. 20. — Messrs. Gainer Co.'s
print works at Wappinger s Fails, Dutches county,
was burnt on Tuesday Loss SIOO,OIO.
b'r&.u the l'ht&deij)\u7 Ltdpcr.
How Democratic Voters are i>lndc.
Common Please— Judges Thompson and Allison. j
The District Attorney w*s resumed this i
morning. Daniel Mt-Hane \'ho was committed j
for contempt of Conn, yesterday, in not answering j
certain questions concerning a paper, appeared j
shortly after before the Court, apologized, answer- j
ed the queries, and was discharged.
1 he box ot theSevemh Precinct of the seventeenth ]
Ward opened, and it contained all the regular
papers.
Moses Lacy was called to prove an illegal vote in
the Third Division of Twentieth Ward. A number
of questions was asked this witness as to how long
iie had been in this country. He generally declined
to answer anything Judge Thompson told him he
must answer. Can't exactly telitiie timel have been ;
sere I think I have been here one year, may be
two. perhaps three, I think four. yes five it has
been six: could't say if it wa3 ten. Witness de
clined to produce Ms naturalization papers : upon
being told by the Court he must do so he produced
the paper. Could not tell where he got it: thought
he had got the paper three or four years ago : was
an election officer la*t year in the Third Division of
Twentieth Ward.
Several witnesses testified that thev voted foi Mr.
Mann.
Henry Dunn sworn—Havener been naturalized :
I *iiave lost my papers: I get them at my work I
found them in my coat pocket; don't know who
put them in my pocket don't know if anybody else
got their pepe. s that way, the day I went to vote I
trot drunk that night and I lost iriout ot my pocket ;
I voted the Democratic ticket, did not read my
ticket: lam a laborer.
J. W. Fletcher, Clerk of District Court, sworn.—
[Paper shown witness] This appears to be the
seal of the District Court; I think tnat is my signa
ture, [another paper shown] that id not the seal of
the District Court; th t is a counterfeit; I have
seen at least twenty of those counterfeits; the
blanks, I think, are genuine; Philip Rump vouch
ed for a great many don’t recollect the petitioners;
there are so many of them J could not keep the run
of them.
Benj. Mifflin, sworn.—[Two naturalisation' pa
pers shown.] 1 think they were printed at my es
tablishment for Mr Fletcher, 1 printed some for two
persons, whom Ido riot kiow byname but know
by sight; printed about 1800 altogether; i should
judge it was before the State election ; there were
2700 printed at my establishment; I suppose they
were for the Democratic Committee, but 1 do not
know . they were called for and taken away by the
persons who ordered them: I saw papers at the
Democratic Committee rooms I had printed, but
they came from Mr. Fletcher's office . I have print
ed at least ten reams for Mr. Fletcher within four
months : I do not recollect any fact which would en
able me to ascertain who procured them ; they were
ordered in the morning and delivered same day ; 1
see the persons frequently who ordered them: one
of the two I think is a police officer; I saw him in
the street with a badge on always in this neighbor
hood • the other man I have seen among trie poli-
in front here, but very seldom; don’t know
where he is to be found.
Questions by Judge Allison.—The supposition
was they wanted them Committee; no ques
tions were asked ; this is the first time I ever print
ed them except for Courts; nothing was said at the
time about who wanted them; the reason I thought
the Democratic Committee wanted these blanks
was because Mr. Fletcher supplied them, and I
thought that he had run short; I presumed these
blanks would reach the Court through Mr. Fletcher.
James Fianniglmn, sworn—l reside in Baberry;
am a laborer , I have not my naturalization papers,
I burnt them after the election ; I got my papers at
my stepson-in law’s • his name Owen Fitzgerald,
he is a laborer; don't know whether he had his pa
pers, never came to Court to get my papers, 1 live
about 14 miles out no person gave them to me at
my stepson’s-in-laws ; l found them on th© table; I
am in the habit of picking up a book I was not pre
viously apprised of it; Chaiteg Comly asked me if
1 would vote at the election; I said 1 would; he
slid he would write to Philadelphia for the papers,
if they could be got; John Cooney told me 1 had
been here eight years and paid taxes, and was lia
ble to get ray papers on my oath , don’t know who
left them there ; I saw no other papers but those on
the table; I voted on them : 1 burned them because
I thought they were not the right thing, can’t ex
aotly tell when 1 first discovered they were wrong.
Samuel Comly, affirmed . I am the son of Charles
Comly; I saw the papers of the last witness; think
one was dated June, 1854, and another September,
1856- my father wrote to Mr. Iledowell, and receiv
ed an answer, saying that Flumiinghan could not be
naturalized if he had not declared his intentions two
years previous.
Mr. Fletcher recalled—Questions of Judge Alli
son—The blanks sent to Court were the petitions: the
blanks of naturalization were also furnish d. I gave
them to all and every one of the Committee ; don’t
know now how many I gave out; kept no account
of the number 1 gavt out; it was not our custom to
allow other persons to fill up these papers. 1 tried
to examine carefully into all papers issued.
I Questions by Mr. Gilpin—Don’t know how many
! were printed for me the last four months. Mr.
| Miftin mentioned to me that some other blanks were
1 got ; he asked me one dsj- what that man’s name
\ was on the pavement ; I said, that’s George bhetz
! line; he is a Custom Hou : e offii r; lie lives in
Roxborough.
Nr. Mitiin recalled —The man, George Shetzline,
was one of the men who ordered the papers ; neither
of the men had spectacles. Mr. Tic!ts,a police offi
cer, was produced. Witness—That is not the
man.
John Gwinn, sworn— 1 voted on that paper; a man
named John Logan got me the papers ; he came two
or three times before I took the papers; I paid him
$-31, he gave me the. tax receipt.. I never was at
Court ; lam here three years lust harvest; I voted
the Democratic ticket at the third division of the
Twenty-fourth Ward ; did not sue anybody else get
them but myself; John I.ogan lives somewhere
down below Heston vine ; did not read my ticket;
can’t read ; I was advised last Saturday <0 go
away ; Patrick Brady and Michael Tull advised
me ; they did not tell me why ; they allowed I
would be brought here.
Special Despatch, for the Baltimore American.
Condit ion of I lie Stiequehnnua.
Havre de Grace, Feb. 16, 9P. M.—We have
had quite an exciting time here to day, the ice iu the
Susquehanna, on account of the rain, and the in
creased volume of water flowing down from above.
The softening of the ice induced the Captain of the
steamer Maryland, at an early hour this morning,
to exert her entire strength in an effort to free her
self from the ice, aud regain her wharf at Perrys -
vitle, whk. she finally accomplished at noon, open
ing a tract through the gorge.
The plank road across the ice still remained firm,
and at 1 o'clock the passengers and baggage by the
11,o'clock train from Baltimore crossed safely over.
A few minutes after f hey bad reached the shore a
general stampede, took place among the hands in
the employ of the Company, the ice on the Havre
de Grace side of the river having commenced a slow
downward movement. It continued to move slow
ly until the western end of the plank road was about
three hundred feet out of lint*, rendering it altoge
ther useless for further travel. The movement then
ceased altogether, and the ice is now again station
ary, but not in a condition for any one to venture on
it with safety, a general breaking up being momen
tarily expected.
At 5 o'clock this afternoon, the passengers by the
Express train from Philadelphia, having all congre
gated on board the steamer “Maryland'’ at Perrys
ville, she started out to make an effort to cross over
with them to Havre de Grace. She struggled along
slowly, the ice packing closely to her hull and final
ly reached the centre of the river, where she has
again stuck fast, and at It o’clock, when I close this
dispatch, she has for som * time been perfectly sta
! tionary, apoarently unable to move backward or
. forward. The ice is packing closer and closing
; down towards the flats evety hour, and is inomen
i tarily expected to start for a general clearing out.
• There is now very little ice above the canal basin.
There is nearly two hundred passengers on the
I Maryland, who have been on board since half-past
3 o’clock—nearly six hours. From present appear
s ance , they have a prospect of remaining out all
| night, and provisions being unusually short on board,
j and the accommodations even for sitting down, of
! the most limited character, their position is not a
I very enviable one. They are not considered in any
personal danger, as the boat is capable of encoun
tering successfully the fiercest humors of the Sus
quehanna, but may possibly have to lake a trip
ciown with the drift before reaching Havre do
Grace.
j Havre tie Grace, Feb. 16, 10 P. M. —' The Ma
! ryland is still fast in the ice, and it is thought she
S will have to remain there until morning, unless the
• gorge should break away during the night.
i Philadelphia, Feb. Ifi.—An interesting report
is published of the operations of the Pennsylvania
Hospital for the Insane, for the past year. During
that time 166 patients were admitted into the Insti
tution, and M 2 were discharged, or died, leaving
j 2*24 under care at the close of the year, au increase
! of 6 from the proceeding year. The total number
of patients iu the He pita! during Ihe year was
396, the average numb r under treatment during
the whole period being 233. Os the total number,
194 were males, and 202 females. The number of
males admitted during the year .was 74, and of fe
males ft?. Os these 86 were cured, 22 much im
proved, 26 improved, 13 stationary, and 22died.—
The total admissions into the institution since its
foundation a 1 e 2,918, of whom 1,511 were males,
and 1,377 females. Os these all were discharged or
died except the 224 mentioned above as remaining
at the present time, and which number fills the
i building toils fullest capacity. The following are
! some of the principal or most singular causts of in
sanity given : —lll health oi various kinds 451; In
temperance 182; Loss of property 111; Disappointed
affections 48; Intense study 39; Domestic difficul
ties 74; Fright 32; Grief, loss of friends, &e., 150;
Intense application to business 23; Religions < xeite
ment 102; Political excitement 8; Disappointed ex
pectations 24; Stock speculations 2: Want of em
ployment 20; Mortified pride 3: Utise of opium 10;
Use of tobacco 5; Use of quack medicines 2; Puer
peral state 119; Uncontrolled passion 12; Tight lac
ing 1; Mental anxiety 183; Exposure to cold 4; Ex
posure to direct rays of suu 26.
The weather of the past few days has had the
effect of softening aud removing so much of the
ice iu the Delaware, that vessels experience but
little difficulty in getting up to their wharves. —
On Saturday thirteen vessels arrived, and among
which were the steamsphip State of Georgia, from
Charleston.
The late freshet in the Schnykill has done consid
erable damage to the dam at Faimiount, by carry
ing away the capping on top off, with the exception
of about forty feet on the eastern side at the ice
breaker. This capping was put on the distance of
one hundred and eleven feet, during the past sum
mer, by the city. It is believed to have been a for
tunate circumstance that this portion was taken oft,
otherwise the whole darn might have been carried
away by the violence of the water aud the jam
ming of the ice.
About half past 10 o’clock, on Saturday night, a
lady named Mrs. Benner, lesiding m Mar-hall street
in the Second Ward, was called to her doorsteps by
{ the ringing of the bell At that place she found a
man who immediately commenced talking to her in
a general way. stating that he was a lriend of her
mother’s, and that it was in his power to benefit her
in a great degree. While standing confused at the
singular intrusion, her strange visiter threw a noose
over head, with which lie endeavored to strangle
her, at the same time making a thrust at her with a
dagger or a knife, inflicting a cut upon her breest.—
The cries of the unfortunate woman alarmed the
entire neighborhood, but the scoundrel managed to
escape. The existence of the garrote in this city
has been thus far a matter of some speculation, but
this affair has created an intense excitement.
Several arrests were made here on .Saturday for
selling grouse out of season. The p -riles plead that j
the birds sold were prairie hens. The matter will j
be up again to-day.— Cor. Balt. America a.
The New California Senator. —California is
deserving the distinction of leading to the discovery j
of something else besides gold. She Las the honor j
of having produced a new material for the inanu- j
facture of United States Senators. The material is j
of New York origin and Sail Francisco tinitci. The j
rudiments of statesmanship were inst.dled.into it in a .
New \ ork porter shop, their exercise first attempted ■
in the position of a foreman of a fire company, and J
in California diplomatic tact was mastered by the i
management of the intrigues of the party. Trane- j
planted to the Senate it will no doubt worthily oc- 1
eupy the chair vacated by Mr. Cas-. and add to the
characteristics of elevated talent, profound states- j
inansuip, and gentlemanly demeanor which the j
nohiltfratrum of the Republic have attached to the j
Senatorial chamber. There is work t ee&d for the
future historian Senator Broderick. — Balt. Afner:
Dome a Boston Bank. —A well dre.-sed man
of elegant manners with first-rate reconm Relations
from a firm iu Philadelphia, has succeeded m a for
gery forso9o on the Howard Bank. He called with
hir: testimonials**n Parker, Perkin? & Co., and sub- i
frequently called again, and requested as a favor of j
Mr. Perkins, that he would endorse a check which 1
he produced. I» was for $690, and purported to be j
signed by Louis Cooper, of Philadelphia. Mr. Per
kins accompanied Mr. C. to the Howard Bank,
placed his name upon the document and it was j
cashed for M: C., who pocketed the money. In a J
few days word came from Philadelphia that the J
check was a forgery, but the ** man of elegant man- j
ners,” had, in the meantime disappeared. An at
tempt to get SIOOO cut of the Merchants’ Bank on a
check, purporting to be drawn by J. W. Claik 6l
Co., the money to be remitted to the owner in New
York,
Oxygenated Bitters.— This medicine isascieu
tific remedy for Dyspepsia in all forms. lieu ta
ken according to directions, it gives immediate
relief, and in most cases effects a permanent cure.
WEEKLY
(Ltji'mudc & Sentinel
augusta,ga!
WEDNESDAY MORNING 1556.
Southern Cultivator.
The March number of 1 his valuable agricultural
journal has been laid on our table, its columns tilled
with interesting and useful information We
have daily evidence that this journal is becoming
more and more popular, and to many its value is
almost inestimable. We give the table of contents
for this number;
Pi antation Economy and Miscellany.—Work
for the Month: A Lecture on Labor (concluded
from our last No.); Grasses for the South; Oat
Culture at the South; Hints for Stock Growers;
Raismg Stock in the South, Sec.; Bees and their
Management ; Sowing and Reaping (poetry); Eco
nomy of Feeding Farm Stock by steamed Food;
A Miscellaneous Letter . Culture of Basket Willow ;
HHi Side Ditching in Mississippi; Plows for the
South, <Scc Animal Manures—Subsoiling; Level
Culture—Horizontalizing, Sec. ; Chinese Sugar Cane
Experiment; Cotton—Circumstances alter cases;
Culture of Cotton-, A Plea for the Chinas; Shade
Trees About Dwellings; To Cure Foot Evil and
Scratches in Horses: Meteorology for Farmers —
letter from Lieut. Maury; The Misfortune of Ja
maeia Liquid Manures. A Hint to Orchadtat -.
Southern Apples—Making Cider: Milking: Strength
of Slavery; Seed of che Sweet Potato ; China Berries
as Food for Animals.
Editorial.—Answers to Correspondents. Sec. ;
Our Book Table; Cooper's Patent Plow; Chinese
Sugar Cane and Prolific Pea* To Correspondents;
Chinese Sugar Cane, &c.: The Growth of Cotton
in the United States and its Manufacture in England, -
&c.
Horticultural Department.—Flowers for the
South: Notes 011 Pears and their Culture; Apples
in t he South; Grafting Fruit Trees—Cabbage Aphis
vNcc. Grape Culture in Tennessee; Vineyards and
Orchards in South Carolina; Preparations of Ground
for Pear Trees.
Domestic Economy, &c.—To stop Bleeding
from the Cavity of an Extracted Tooth ; For Mend
mg Broken China, vVc.. To Make Starch Polish;
Biueing for Clothe?.
Terms, $1 per annum, always in advance. Ad
re3a W. S. Jones, Augusta, Ga.
Coroner’s Inquest.—All inquest was held yes
terday morning, by Lewis Levy, Coroner, on the
body of a man found in the Canal, near the Fac
tory. The deceased was recognized as James No
land, an Irishman, who has been missing for about
two weeks, and was known to have been insane at
the time of his disappearance. His clothes were all
found in his bed-room. Vet diet of the Jury, death
by drowning.
Sentence of Criminals.—At the late term of
the Superior Court of Floyd county, we learn from
the Rome Courier , the following sentences were
passed by the Court :
‘ That McGufYey, convicted of manslaughter, be
imprisoned in the Penitentiary lour yearn Joe, ser
vant, convicted of murder of his overseer, senten
ced to be hung on the 3d of April next; Jas. Coff
man, guilty of passing counterfeit money, sentenced
to the Penitentiary for five years; Col. Irvin’s ne
gro, tor killing another negro, sentenced to be whip
p'd ai *d branded , Elias Goddard, guilty of petit lar
C3ny, sentenced to imprisonment in the county jail
two months and pay a tine ot ten dollars; Mathews,
for lunrjfing liquor to negroes, fined fifteen dol
lars. ”
A judge who imposed a fine of only fifteen dollars
for furnishing a uegro with liquor, should be fined
SSOO himself and sent to jail for six months. We
suppose, however, that the Judges fijid it to their
account to curry favor with the rum sellers. They
want their votes and influence at the election.
Lecture on Traumatic Tetanus, Treated with
Chloroform ; delivered at Jackson Street Hos
pital. By Henry F. Campbell, M. D , Profes
sor of Surgical Anatomy in the Medical College
of Georgia.
\\ e are under obligations to the author for a copy
of the above Lecture. It is a history of three coses
treated by the author, with bis views as to the best
treatment in Tetanus generally, and one worthy of
consideration. The Lecture is delivered in an easy
nnd flowing style, well calculated to impress it on
the minds of his hearers.
Backing Down. —The Democracy seem to be
again backing down, says the Richmond Whig, o
the nth, as they have often done heretofore, from
some of their professed principles. For example,
to the bill on Saturday to enable the people of Ore
gon to forma C<institution and State Government,
and forth 6 admission of such a State i oto the Union,
, amendment was at tached, upon the motion of
i Mr. Marshall, of Kentucky, to the effect that “only
I citizens of the United States shall be entitled to
vote at the election provided for by the law.”—
Thus disallowing a'ieiis to vote, whereas, under the
■ Kansas Nebraska bill, they are permitted to vote.
; In the discussion on the Oregon bill, Mr. Millson,
of Virginia, remarked “that while he had no sympa
thies whatever, with that party iu the country
which seemed to be most prejudiced oil this or that
subject, yet he regarded the question as one not
merely confined to that political organization, but
one which ought to command fk ' support of men
of all parties. To allow an alien to vote in the
establishment of a constitution and State Govern
ment, would be to grant a privilege to foreigners
who owed no allegiance to our institutions, which,
in his opinion, ought not to be conceded.”
Thus spoke a Democratic member from Virginia.
Mr. Walker, of Alabama, announced similar views
—from all which the public cp,n discern the purpose
of the Democracy, which is, ho steal the principles
of a party they have uniformly denounced with the
utmost bitterness and scorn. Where’s the consis
tency of such a miserable set of spoilsmen ?
Baltimore. —The American of Wednesday says:
The steamer Herald yesterday put a finishing touch
to the opening of the harbor and river. No ice was
found below the Fori, and between that point aud
the barbor the boat was driven in every direction
through the ice, widening the channel and breaking
if up so that a northwest wind will drive it out and
give us entire clear water. The boat performed
admirably, aud to the entire satisfaction of gentle
men who were on board representing the city and
its commercial and shipping interests.
From Havana. —The steamer Quaker City has
arrived at Mobile from Havana, bringing news to
the 13tl». From the Mobile Advertiser we copy
the following:
There was noth’ug of a political nature stirring iu
Havana.
A large number of visitors from the United States
were enjoying the delightful weather and tine health
of Havana aud its environs.
The stock of sugar on hand is 65,000 boxes. Ex
change the same as at last advices.
Texas Indian Frontier. —Our Texas exchanges
come to us with accounts of continued Indian de
predations on the Rio Grande. The Houston Tele
graph, among others, calls loudly for more efficient
protection at the hands ot the incoming Adminis
tration :
It is probably the largest and most exposed of
any other pari of the Union, and yet the defence is
totally insufficient. We have neither the right kind
of troops nor the proper Indian Agency. Our pro
tection is in the bands of good and true United
Blate- oflicei'B, and in Ma jor Neighbors we have a
mor-1 experienced agent; nut the officers are without
horses lor most of their men, and the Indian Agent
is cut off from all connection with the other agen
cies on our frontier.
The Telegraph asks for the appointment of a reg
ular Indian Agency, with power to co-operate with
all surrounding agencies in the suppression of In
dian outrage. In the meantime it not unreasonably
demands of the War Department more vigorous
and adequate protection. The subject commends
itself to the prompt attention of the Government.
Damage by Flood in Virginia.— lt is stated
that much damage was done on the Shenandoah
River, in Rockingham county by Ike late rising of
the waters and breaking up of the ice Every
mill-dam on the river, from Port Republic to the
Page county line, so far as heard from, was dam
aged and some of them swept away. Other streams
in that region are also said to have done considera
ble injury.
State Fair at Macon. —The Messenger learns
that a subscription has been made up ai nong the
citizens o» Macon for the puipose of holding the
next State Fair in that place. From the amonnt
suberibed, the Messenger thinks it very probable
the next Fair will be held in Macon. The Executive
Committee will make the election of the location
shortly.
The Columbia (Pa.) Spy speaks of considerable
damage done by the flood and broken ice in the
Susquehanna in that vicinity. At Safe Harbor it
was necessary for families to remove from their
houses for safety, the water overturning and carry
ing away buildings on the Tide Water C.inal and
along the river shore. Perhaps the most serious loss
sustained was in the destruction of the York Fur
nace Bridge, which is totally gone.
Legal Tender. —A writer in one of the New
York papers furnishes the following statement de
rived from the law regulating the payment of debts
with coin:
1. All gold coins at their respective values, for
debts of any amount.
2. The half dollar, quarter dollar, dime and half
dime at their respective values fordeflts of amounts
under five dollars.
3. Three cent pieces for debts of any amount under
thirty cents; and
4. By the law just passed, we may add, one cent
pieces for debts of amounts under ten cents.
A Chinese Oath. A “Celestial,’’ rejoicing in
the name of Apple, had a Tartar, named Affer, up
in the New York Police Court on Friday, on a
v harge of robbery . The Chinese witnesses testified
after the manner prescribed by their religion. Ta
king a piece of yellow paper, the witness traced up
on it certain Chinese characters, and then setting
fire to It, kfleeled before the flames and repented the
words of the oaths while it burned.
Sleighing iv Nebraska.— A correspondent of
the Cleveland Plaindeaier writes —“My attention
was attracted this morning by two comfortable
name houses moving through our streets upon run
ner?. and drawn by fonr horses each. Stove-pipes
protruded through the roof, indicating cosiness and
comfort within. Windows adorned the sides, and
tiuy icicles glittered in suhligbt pendant |liom the
eaves. Upon inquiry we learned that these houses
contained the family of an old acquaintance, Hon.
Isaac Parrish, formerly of Ohio, who is moving from
his home in lowa to a new one at the town of De
Soto, in this territory."
A Tkagedt —A letter in the Memphis News
from Batesville, Ark., says : U A young man living,
a snort distance aoove Jacksonport, on Black river,
a short time since, married a young lady Ly the
name of Andenson. Some ten days since sh e was
found lying about thirty steps from their residence
with her throat cut from ear to ear, and on entering
the house he was found lying in the same condition,
with a bloody knife in his hand. Both were quite
dead. There ie strong suspicion of foul play having j
been committed. He was a sober, industrious man, i
and both of their families stood high in the estima- |
tion of the community .”
A Munificent Donatiou— A Contrast.
Tffte Baltimore papers of Tuesday morning con
tain a letter from Mr. GEORGE Piabodt, Eaq., to
the “ Trustees for the establishment of au Institute ;
in the city of Baltimore,” committing to their dis
posal the sum of THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOL
LARS. The letter of Mr. Pea bodt, giving the ob
ject and purpose of this liberal donatiou, is as tol
lows:
Baltimore, February 12th, 1857.
(rentlcmen —ln pursuance of a purpose, long en
tertained by ine. aud which I communicated tv some
of you more than two years ago, 1 have determined,
without further delay, to establish and endow an In
stitute in this city, which I hope, may become use
ful towards the improvement of the moral and in
tellectual culture of the inhabitants of Baltimore
and collaterally to those of th • State : and, also, to
wards the enlargement and diffusion of a taste for
the Fine Arts.
My wishes, in regard to the scope and character
of this Institute, are known to some of you through
a personal communication of my purpose.
In presenting to you the object I propose, I wish
you to understand that the details proper to its or
ganization and government and its future control
and conduct, I submit entirely to your judgment and
discretion. aud the perpetuity of that control I con
fide to you, and your successors, to be appointed in
the manner prescribed in this letter.
I request you to accept this trust as my friends.,
amongst whom I hope there will ever be found the
utmost harmony and concert of action, in all that
relates to the achievement of the good which it is
to secure to the city.
iou and your successors will constitute forever a
Board of Trustees, twenty-five in number, to be
maintained in perpetual succession, tor the accom
plishment , preservation and supervision of the pur
poses for which the Institute is to be established
To you and your successors, therefore, 1 hereby give
full aud exclusive power to do whatsoever you may
deem most advisable, for the foundation, organiza
tion aud management of the proposed Institute, and
r to that end I give to you and will place at your dis
posal, to be paid to you as you may require, for the
present, three hundred thousand dollars, to be ex
pended by you iu such manner as you may deter
mine to be most conducive to the effective and early
establishment and future maintenance and support
of such an Institute as you may deem best adapted
to fulfil my intentions.
The general scheme and organization of the In
stitution, as set forth at length in the letter, contem
plates for it a buildiug worthy in plan and style of
the objects it ; s to subserve, and charges it with the
duties of maintaining au extensive free library, of
providing for the delivery of lectures upon science,
art and literature ; of encouraging the diffusion and
cultivation of musical taste, by the establishment
and support of a Musical Academy, and finally of
establishing a gallery of art in the department of
painting and statuary. In addition to these mdre
important designs, the Institution is also charged
with the duty of distributing annual prizes, in
money, to the graduates of the Public High Schools
and of the School of Deaign of the Maryland In
stitute.
This free, unselfish gift of a man who, in success
ful enterprise, has amassed great wealth, and who,
in the abundance of his prosperity, has conceived
and matured a glorious design for the benefit of his
feilow-citizens in the community in which he was
once an esteemed resident, affords an instance of
affection aud liberality which we seldom have the
gratification of recording. It is an example of munifi
cence which will be spread abroad throughout the
civilized world, and the 'citizens of every section of
our republic will feel a pride in cong .atulating the
city of Baltimore that she has been the object of so
noble a testimonial of affection from one of our own
countrymen, one who might be expected no longer
to feel more than a passing interest in the affairs of
a country which was the scene of his former com
mercial efforts. That the noble, generous-hearted
giver may live many years to enjoy the satisfactory
fruit of a good action, is the the universal wish of
every one who can appreciate an unselfish act of
generosity. The highest and best use to which
wealth can be devoted, is in a generous disposal of
it whilst the possessor has the ability to retain it,
and the bodily and mental powers to enjoy the evi
dences of good ends bi ought about by a willing dis
position of a part of the bounties given Wy a kind
Providence. It is in such an instance as this that
we feel “it is more blessed to give than to receive.”
Mr. Peabody must have felt, at heart, a*glow of
satisfaction and happiness which no other expendi
ture of his wealth could have produced, and whch
was far from being equaled by the thankfulness and
gratitude of the recipients of the donation.
In meagre contrast with the above, are the pro
visions of the will of the late Joshua Sears, who
died last week in Boston, donating the sum of $lB,-
000 for benevolent purposes, when he could no long
er hoard up his treasures. His own estimate of the
value of his property was $1,600,000, which was
disposed of as follows:
He leaves to each of his surviving brothers $25,-
000; to each of two nephews, sons of a deceased
brother, SIO,OOO ; to a niece, daughter of the same
deceased brother, sf>,ooo ; to the town of Yarmouth
for the education of persons in nautical matters,
$15,000; to the Boston Seamen’s Friend Society (or
Aid Society,) $3,000. The balauoe,sl,so7,ooo, (ac
cording to his own estimate) is left iu trust for the
benefit of his only child, a son, who is now between
two and three years of age, and who, on the day he
reaches the age of twenty-one years, is to receive
$30,000 in cash; from that period until he is twenty
five years old he is to receive SI,OOO annually; from
twenty five years of age till he reaches the age of
thirty years, he is to be paid SO,OOO per annum in
cash, and after that period he is to receive SIO,OOO
annually, during the remainder of his natural life,
for his support. Should this son die, leaving no is
sue, the property goes to the blood heirs of the tes
tator. When this youngster attains his majority,
his property, if judiciously invested, should aggre
gate somewhere between four and five millions.
Some of the Secrets of War.—Among the doc
ument 8 submitted to Congress with the correspon
dence between Gen. Scott and Secretary Davis is
the account of Gen. Scott of his disbursements du
ring the Mexican war from the secret, service fund
—a fund which was placed at' his disposal to pay
spies and secret agents, to obtain intelligence of the
movements of the enemy, tec. Some of the items
are curious. We copy a few, from which it will be
seen that there were traitors in the enemy's camp
who were under pay of the American general. “All
is fair in war,” they say, but the mind revolts at the
thought that such rascals should have so profited by
their villainy:
1847.
May 31—A Mexican officer slOl 50
June 2—Col. , aid-de-camp, &.c f2ol 00
June 4 —An Irishman 32 00
June 12 —A Frenchman 07 00
June 14—Same Frenchman 33 50
June 15 —Paid messenger of the Consul.. 50 00
June 18—Mexican engineer 335 00
June 23—Another Mexican engineer 502 50
June 30 , courier, for a small man of the
city of Mexico 10 00
July 12 —A Mexican officer of rank 107 50
July 10 8l 10,000 00
July 17 , courier 251 25
July 17—Mexican efficer... 167 50
August 12—Last mentioned officer and his
companion 130 00
August 19—To an Englishman, for information
of Valencia, at Contreras 200 00
August 27—A Mexican officer to watch that
the armistice was not violated... 300 00
August 29—An Englishman, also, to report vio
lations of the armistice 200 00
Sept. s—Same man, for his imprisonment and
escape to me 120 00
Sept. 15—A member of the municipality 162 50
Sept. 17—Dr. 325 00
Sept. 17—A Frenchman, a deserter, servant of
Santa Anna •' 15 00
Sept. 19—A. M. C 812 50
Sept. 20 —A fragment of letter book, &c., be
longing to bureau of war 140 00
Sept 22— Member of the municipality, second
weekly payment 162 50
Sept. 24 —Dr. , 2d payment—the Ist week
ly.... 100 00
Sept. 24 , to visit Queretaro and to re
port 323 00
Sept. 25—To a messenger to visit Toluca and
to report 195 00
Oct. 3—Mexican officer for information about
powder works 100 00
Oct. 12—Advance to Don , M. C., and Go
vernor 812 50
Oct. 31 —Through Don and Gov. .... 3,200 50
The aggregate amount of the disbursements from
this secret service fund was $255,291 45.
Extra Session of the U. S. Senate.—Presi
dent Pierce has issued his proclamation convening
the United States Senate in extra session, on the
lth of March. This is the usual custom, and is for
the purpose of enabling the new President to nomi
nate to that body his Cabinet and other important
officers.
M. Sartiges, the French Minister, has recently re
presented to our government that a large amount of
property belonging to French subjects was destroy
ed by the bombardment of Greytown by Capt-
Hollins. The French government require that the
government shall make up the losses. The Secreta
ry of State, is now engaged upon his reply to the
French government. What course will be pur
sued is not known; but if the demand is acceded
to, the English government will also make a de
mand.
Money in London.—Private letters by the Eu
ropa state that the monetary pressure in London is
very heavy, from the great expansion of exports,
and that no alteration is expected until May next.
It is also confidently expected that the llank of Eng
land mnst raise its rate of discount.
Land Warrants.—A New York financialcircu.
lar, dated the 18th, says Land warrants have ad
vanced thre; cents per acre rince our last report—
We quote the market to-day firm, with a decided
upward tendency.
Buying. Selling.
40-acre warrants $1.12 per acre. $1.15 per acre.
80-acre “ .... 1.03 “ 1.05 “
IfiOacre “ .... 1.02 “ 1.04 “
120-acre “ 1.00 “ 1.02 “
Revolutionary Scrip.. 1.05 J 44 1.07 “
orders continue to come in from the West
in anticipation of the opening of the land office in
lowa, Kansas and Nebraska.
A 44 Respectable” Thief. —In the Court of Sen
sions of New York city, Madame Leon, alias Felice
Dupresz, 4 a lady of wealth and position,’ was sen
tenced to six months’ imprisonment in the peniten
tiary, for shop-lifting, a failing for which she has
been notorious.
The Crops.—The Winchester Virginian says: —
Apprehensions of considerable injury to our staple
crop in this quaiter, do not seem to be sustained.—
On limestone lands the wheat seldom looked better
at this season. On lighter soils the frost has done
more mischief. From many portions of Eastern
Virginia the accounts are very gloomy.
A Singular Case.—On Tuesday, the wife of a
citizen of Petersburg gave birth to a child with two
tongues. Both parent and child are doing as well
as can be expected.
Death of an Old Woman.—Mollis Jennings
died recently in Pittsylvania county,| Va., at the
advanced age of 107 years. She was a grown wo
man before the Declaration of Independence, and
had resided in the county in which she died ever
since her birth.
G. W. Kendall, the foirner well-knwn editor Os
the New Orleans Picayune, now resides near New
Braunfels, Texas. He owns a cattle ranch, where
he has a fine stock of mares, horned cattle, and
large flocks of sheep, the latter under charge ol an
imported Scotch shepherd. He has no slaves, but
hires all extra labor, done by Germans from the vil
lage in the vincinity of which his estate lies.
The Legislature of Michigan adjourned sine < * ie
on Monday. Among the acts passed by that body
was one for a Banking Law, granting aid to * ic■ i
gan emigrants in Kansas, and organising an n e
pendent Supreme Court Reeolu.ions m favor of
admitting Kan«a a. a free State were aiao adopted
Mr. Buchanan and Mr. Korney. i
The Louisville Journal has reproduce'! the cele
brated Forney letter, and introduces it its read*
tm with the follow ing very pungfnt coimfieuts.
which we commend to the perusal df all those who
wailed over Foksjky ’s late def at. They may pm
haps either find <M»nsolati<>u or arrive at some idea
of the character of a party that would elev ate gmf
a man, first to the clerkship of- Congress and next
to the Senate of the United Stahl*:
Mr BueHAN \> *. Nkvkksx Fk \m. From the
fact that the Pi enidenl electliart taken John W. For
uey as his nearest, dealest, aud most intimate per
sonal and political friend, even going so far as to
write letters asking his election to the United States
Senate on the ground that there ought to be close
and confidential relations between a Pennsv vama
President and a Pennsvlvan ; e. Senator the charac
ter of Forney becomes a matter ot no Utile nationn
interest.
Under these circumstances, it seems not inappvo
priate to reproduce Mr. Forney’s notorious letter,
written in his capacity of pimp to Foi rest the play
actor to George lio belts. We give that letter be
low. Look at it Forney says in subs; once fa Rob
erts : Forrest suspects Jamieson o; two great inti
macy with his wite but bas not tiie evidence to es
tablish the right to a divorce. If you can help him
he will certainly pay you liberally, for he is rh h ar
would give half his fortune for the evidence n.
wants. Jamieson is a drinking man, and,if you*
will go to New Orleans and get yourself lutrodm . .»
to him and take hime aside and either alon« or k.
the presence of others engaged tor the purpose bv
yourself ply him with liquor and employ a nuetacr.
you can probably lead him iu his inebriation P
make some boast of his intercourse with such a fine
woman as Mrs. Forrest, aud then, by eftretally no
ting his drunken talk and reporting it for •L.-al rts.-
against Mrs. F. iu the pending divor-v cate, you
c&ndrush the lady, serve “glorious Forrest,’’ k d
put money in your piv’se.
Mr. Rober.s says that th vilest and most, im<t
mous portion of Forney's letter to him has nev<
been published, but certainly Ihe published portion*
are vile and infamous enough. They exhibited For
uey as a play actor's miserable minion, serf. pimp,
go-between, procurer, conspiring with un* agatuifl
a lady and seekiugby the offer of a bribe in Ui£ eiu
plover's and master’s behali to get her cboraott-i
blasted, her rights destroyed, and her fortunes min
ed, through the ill-obtained afid vain boasts of a
drunkard beset with spies. We. aU know, that, tor
Forney s shameful agency iu this most disgracetri
and wretched and loathsome and disgusting pi*-,
of business, liigh-iuiudad Southern gentlemen of he
own party refused to recognize him at Washington
City even while he held a high office in the limn e
of Representatives. But the President.elect cltisp
the foul moral leper to hi heart, and, in a left or,
only less disgraceful under all the circumstances
than the scandalous Funny letter itseli, hega hi*
election to the Senate, so that there may be a Penn
sylvania Senator with whom a Pennsylvania Pi*
dent may boon particularly intimate and confiden
tial terms.
All good men should hope for the best, but in
deed what sort of a President are we likely to
have from the 4th of March 1857 to the Ith of
March 1861 ?
Philadelphia, Jan. 25> 185 b.
[Private.] Out friend Forest k now here and is
about to apply for a divorce from his wife He has
had, for eighteen months,the proofs of her infideli
ty ; but has chosen to keep them quirt, and would
have done so still, but for her folly in censuring him
for leaving her. It is really astounding how he h-. -
kept these proofs to himself, from all his friends for
all this time ; but it is so nevertheless
The facts are these: Eighteen months ago, whi r
playing in Cincinnati, he caught Mrs. F iu a vary
equivocal position with a young man in bis own pav
lor, not in actual conueerion, but near if. She pro
tested innocence, and he let if pass by, loving her a*:
lie did profoundly. They passed on to New Origan *,
and to home in New York. After they reached, ar.d
had been there some time, he found, one evening,
on his wife’s table, a billet deux in the handwriting
of, though nor signed by this young man, in which
she was alluded to in terms the most amorous and
uumistakeable. The language alluded to her “whit*
arms that wound about his neck;” to the ** Vhsslul
hours they had spent together;” aud the letter ii.il
been kept as a memento, until it was quite w« il
worn. I pen this evidance, with other confirmatory
proofs, he intends applying to our Legislature for i
divorce. But you are now in a position to ser\.-
him in a manner he shall never forget
The person who wrote to Mr*. K., and in who
company she was detected, is Geo. Jamieson, now
playing va New Orleans. If you don’t kuow him, ,
you can, as editor of a leading paper, soon make '
his acquaintance. What forest now d< m<», to
clinch the nail, is to obtain, in some way, au admis
sion from Jamieson. 1 named you to him as a safe,
steady, and intelligent friend, and he will never for
get whatever you may do for him in this, to him,
most vital matter. He suggests that you might in
stitute intimate relations withJ., and then iudu( <
him, either in your presence or in company, to a
mity as a thing to be proud of, his connection wiih
Mrs. F. He is fond of a glass, and possibly, in ;r
convivial mood might become communicative.
No harm will come to him . he is game too small for
Forrest ; aud any admission he may make, may he
important only as aiding an injured man in get
ting relieved from now a hateful bond. Can you
manage this thing,my friend ? It will require skill
and caution, and, if successful, will warmly endear
you to Foirest. He is nearly crazy at the idea «.i
being placed in his pres nt. position; but he wdl
open half he is worth to be relieved from ii The
matter must be kept, secret. Above all. do not
nanle me iu connection with it. Excuse mr* foi
troubling you in regard to if. My ardent attach
ment. to glorious Forrest must be my oxen-. Now.
won't you help me to relieve him ?
It would help in the matter, probably, to knov. i
that John Given, the ay tor, now in N ew-Qr leans,Vs
the warm friend of Fo»rest, and may know Jamie I
son well.
You can use your own discretion in letting him
know the facts, nTid invoking his aid.
This letter is addressed t o you with I lie knewledg.
of Mr. Forrest.
Please write a.:; soon after receipt ns y.»u c an line
opportunity to look about you. With kind regard:
I am, dear Roberts,
Yours very truly, John W. Foiwei
Geo. Roberts, Esq.
Travel to Piiiladki rm a.— -The Baltimore Sn u
of Monday says :—The trains between Hriacifj nod
Philadelphia, notwit I standing the gorged ice in the
Susquehannah are running regularly, and although
a little behind hand, are making fair lime. Tim
train due at 5 o’clock on Saturday afteimonn ar
rived about 8, bringing New-York papers oi that
morning. Yesterday morning, in consequence of
one day’s mail being behind hand, the railroad com
pany sent out passenger trains both from Philadel
phia and Baltimore. The one from the former city
reached here a little after 3 o'clock P. M., bringing
a large number of passengers aud the latest mails.
The “ plank road” over the Susquehanna is in good
condition, but if the present moderate weather con
tinues, the ice will, no doubt soon pass off, thus re
moving all obstructions to speedy travel, in case
of a freeze the company is prepared to lay down t
railroad track on the ice. \ osterduy some uu n
were engaged in cutting the steam terry boat Mary
land out of the icoy in which, it; is thought. they v\ ill
succeed, and thus secure her safety.
Illinois Land Salks.— I The sales of hinds in Jan
uary by the Illinois Central Company amounted to
$348,978. The lands sold at an average of $12.20
per acre for construction, $1 1 7 6. for free land, and
S2O 44 for interest lands. The aggregate sales since
the lands were put in market have boon 888,677
acres, f0r511,062,207 26 leaving 1,706,323 acres un
sold, estimated to be worth $25,000,000.
A New California Steamship Company.—*Tb«?
Journal of Commerce learns that a ship build* r,
formerly doing business in New York, ha® contract
ed with an association of land holders in California
for the construction of two mammoth ptcamshii \
each 5,000 tons, designed for the conveyance ol :i,
000 passengers, to accomplish the trip, viz: the Ist it
mus, in fifteen days. The special object is to afford
a cheap and rapid communication between Cafifor
nia and the Eastern States, iu order to augment the
population of the Pacific coast, and to enhance the
value of our possession in t hat quarter.
Select Theatrical Performance.— A New
York letter says : A funny affair, in the fashionable
world is on the tapis. A number of ladies attached
to a benevolent institution, a’e going to get up a
select theatrical performance, for the benefit of the
funds of said institution. They havo waited up. n
Laura Keene, and solicited the use of her establish
ment, and Laura, it is said, consent." What makes
this thing funny iR, that ladies prominent in the
cause of moral reform and benevolence, should thus
be pressing the once tabooed stage into their .uer
vice. Verily the ways of fashion in New York, arc
past finding out. _
The Price of Peek. —-The New-York Herald,of
Thursday, says —The freshets in the rivers and the
obstructions to railroads, have been seized upon by
the cattle speculators as good cause for advancing
the price of every description of animal food As
the market yesterday beeves of ordinary quality
brought as high as ll| cents, I'2 cents and 1-4 cents
per pound, being an increase of 11 cents per pound
on previous rates. Swine were very s aree, and
commanded as high as 8J and 8* cents per pound
Sheep and lambs, veal, calves, Ac , nre of cmirne
affected by the upward movement
Connecticut. The Demo. '. < ouvenlionunan
imously nominated Samuel I* P oiiam for d over
nor of the State.
Counterfeit ssobills on the Hank ol Pittsburg an*
in circulation. The spurious bill is entirely differ
ent from the genuine, and is therefore easily detect
ed with proper precaution.
Earthquake.— A shock of an earthquake is
said to have been distinctly I'elt iu various parts ot
Pennsylvania and New Jersey on the nighl of the
10th inst. It was attended with slight undolhUodh
and sounds resembliug the rumbling of ft very heavy
vehicle, and was of about twenty seconda* dura
tion.
Never within the history W settled Wisconsin
(sayßfiu exchange paper from 1 hat quarter) was the
havoc so great among the deer as the present, win
ter. The sn..w is so deep, with a slight CfUstoVer
it, that the hunter has only to don his snow hoes
and, with bri axe, overtake and slaughter the h*-tp
less animal, which is unable to uni with any degree
of speed. _ •
Election of Senator in New Jersey.— lt
has been determined by the Legislature of New
Jersey that the joint meeting of both Houses for tb.
election of a United States Senutor from that Stale
should take place on Thursday, the 1 0th instant.
Interest in Indiana.— The bill raising the legal
rate of interest from six to ten percent, per auiium
has passed the Lower House, and now awaits the
action of the Senate.
Mr. Crawford, the Sculptor, has arrived m T hi is
from Italy, much benefited, it is said, by Ida trip
and his physicians now speak hopefully of his ul
timate recovery.
India Cotton.—W> notice among the advice*
received from Liverpool by the Kuropa. that the re
ceipts of Indiau Cotton are on llm increase, and that
purchasers are making ot parcels to arrive.
A City in a Tight Pi,act. -The report of the fi
nance committee to council 'tales the whole reve
nue of the city of PitUbu-x for fhecurrent year, at
$207 4fio, and the appropriations actually made or
voted foot up ai.l.ropriat.Hl more
than they can pay.
Suicide of Membkrs of ihe V ion. *nt (- u •' , 11
tee —J. Hawes Davis, formerly of N«w B* \ i*r
Mass., who committed suicide m «au
January, 14th by taking strychnine, was
of the vigilance committee, nnu i* '.
Francisco Sun to be the ninth member of that
mittec who has committed suicide.
The Three Ruling Powers »f the LMY -rAt
a late public meeting, the following “ dry toast
was given. The author will get “ buttered when
he reaches home •
“The Press —the Pulpit—and Petti'oats the
three ruling powers of tbo day. The brat spreads
knowledge, the second morale, and the lasi spreads
considerably." '
I A (iedrgia Senator on the ( onimerce of
i Baviinuali.
| » c the following extract fromJ.he debate
' »the 21 ! ifft., between Messrs. But*
;V r, 7,.‘T n :^ r - ir «*k ~a! and Iverson of Georgia,on
I, * 4Naval HPfofc* at the city of
maintaining the superiority of
°.V ,- va 1,1 ‘"".nth Carolina, over BVnuswick, and
(, oursif ot his remarks said :
• V* s l* ; akol the phie region, Vdo not
4 Jrilm i ai '*V*'sl OI ? t • l! *. wartioirby any river that
n«c.M carry fun.r pirn- timber to market, m ihere-
LiL'ii washed by the Savannah. They can carry it
ot Carolina and the pine
lands of Georgia. It w noforiotfs that Savannah is
-upplied in a great measure by those who raft tim
ber dovflt this stream. The ratting of timber is not
V J I 7 understood by gentlemen here. It is raft
ed down the runs into the Bavacuah river to rupplv
the markets below.
Mr. Iverson I kuow a little more about the com
merce of Savannah than the Senator does. I think
I do, and do not claim any great vanity at that.. A
large quantity of the supplies of timber for Savan
nah eoine from Darien and s?t. Mary’s, in the State
£•* notdowuthe Savannah river. The
. a vnrwah river does notion down through a piny
country it runs through level swamps, and very
iaige swamp -at that. Therein very little timber
oi auy rtwd carried down the Savannah river
Mr. Bntl© l *. I will uike the statistics, and I say
j ihr*»e Kuus, »n Barnwell, tributary to the 8a van nab
, •. more timber into the city of Savannah
| ri'ou Dhbab j take i«v»ue with the Senator on
I Unit ] fiut T Iwve tried their cases. These Sevan
j uak tac.o; have sold timber, and j know where it
conn-* from. It oomc^,fromarnwell and adjacent
vii drieu down the Savannah river. I do not say
that Uia Savannah virer has pine trees on its banks,
bui- da 1 ribinaries cawy timber into ti e Savannah
rival*. *
While both of fbdee gentlemen are iu error—Mr.
Butler only partially so—it i* a matter of surprise,
that aGeorgia Senator, who Pits out with the de
cter.ilkm tb it he is acquainted with the commerce
ofSaviuiTt b, Ids own sea port, shook! turn out to bo
eqnttcrl- uninfUuied on the subject. It will be
3 uqw«to«»in bn-im ss men, and « speoqilly our lum
bw yin-re hunts, to hear that “there is very little tim
ber of any kind oaiaied <1 -wirthe Savannah river,”
find that “a huge quantity of the biipplies iff'timber
for Savannah, comes from P ’rim and St. Marys.”
Mr Butler i- cd) , .*ct in ea\ ipg tiiat a vorycou
sidemblc port iou of tin- timber received at Savan
hah cornea from thoCju*olmU streams that empty
into tl»e viver, al).*vc. bin ho is incoircct in sup
posing that the larger of our supplies is de
riv»H« from t hat quai uw
Tho timber rect i ved at this port comes from the
Following sources 1 L The (>geechee and Cauoo
cbeo rivers, which is rafted down the former, and
roaches the til.y tlnongh the sound; 2d, the Ogee
chee canal 3d, th.- Savannah river, the larger por
t ion, perhaps, trinn the Crrolina side. The idea of
Senator Iverson, that s ivummli derives any portion
of iter timber from Darien or St. Marys, is wholly a
mistake. The experts from those points are limited,
at bent, anti we presume not .. loot of it has been
brought to this city tor ten years, except for the pur
pose oi clearing the vessel at om euatom house, tor
nnolherporl -S ir. llrjt.
Wc submit to. the Frpu J >\ran t that it was very
miktud, thus to ©xpoß" 11u» ignoianoc of a Georgia
•Senator, iu ivtcrenro to the coimnev.oo of almost the
only tap »rt of his native Skate. No one ever set
up t\»rthe Senator any claims to statesmanship—
RHa it « *uM scAi ccly bo expected that a managing,
intiipuiug politician, aiul rouqty Conit Lawyer of
lvspectubl' should know anything of the
commerce of Savannah 01 any otherAily. Such in
formationJ not to be expected of such men. Wo
repeat, it Waa very uukind ;n the Uepnbhcan — it
wa9.
.Ca«f opGarrotinc at a Hotel in N. York. —
One of the wort at robbery by the
new school pf highwaymen was made on Thursday
afternoon N«.ir VorJ; Hotel. Mrs. Bates, a
border. a* sitting alone in her room, about 5|
o’clock, when hi walked n sinooth-facedyouug man,
aged about twenty three, dresaed jn a black hat,
scarf, black overcoat, ujul black pants, and, with
out saying a word,-commenced.opening a trunk
with a rliioel. The My was so much frightened
that at firatahi cotllii not speak, hut, mustering
sufficient coinage, asked hi n what he was doing.—
The intruder made no reply, hut grabbed Mrs.
Bates by the throat with one l and and put the other
over her month, rendering an alarm impossible.—
The Express says
The chambermaid came to the door at this mo
ment, aud stood tor some iwoor t hree minutes with
out sayiug anything, thinking, an she has Mice said,
that it was a simple quarrel between husband and
wife but when tu© ruffian p< rceived her he tiling
the lady from hmi on the tloor, and, run ring down
the back stairs, escaped. Mrs. Bates screamed as
oud as she could and gave the alarm, but the thief
had made good his escape. W lieu her Irienita came
up, Mrs. Bated’ un k was stcined wuh blood, ami it
was at first supposed that he had choked her in such
M iiutpue-l iu to 4 til use her Ui bleed, but it ;q>pears
Ural the blood cam. from the man’s own hand,
which he bud cut willr the chisel while breaking
open the trunk. No property w*s taken.
The : ,-uue tcllow waft seen a short time before, by
the chamberl l mid, to « n • r a parlor (Mr Collins.)
with u p i s k«*y. but when spoken to by her, made
mi exettye fhal lie was onlV looking for soun* per
sou, and the < hamb*no iid, bas ing no suspicion,
gave* no alarm.
We also learn that an attempt was made to rob
M.i. Ivitdlow. id V\ meiiostcr, who boards in the same
In .tel, uihMihs rooms.in the first floor: but pereeiv
ng Mr Litdh.w’s Avite and children, Hie thief made
a plausible ex< iuo und rctiw»d.
Mrs. B ites is from Boston, and has beep at the
Nt-w \ «uk Hotel for throe or four weeks—inteudifig
to ppss the winter. \\ hut oatised tin ‘robber to at
tack her was her ringing the bell* ami culling loudly
for aftervfl’d. lie attempted to eboke her iti order
Und op outer i’.
Tliia rotiheiw is c ontirtg about as lively on ex
citement in thia city in the Bui dell murder, but it in
evident that m> per uml violence was intended at
t he outset, orffy n robbeiy.
We have heard <*l several oilier oases in hotels,
where like r.ibheri. s kavc been attempted with pass
keys- which show that Ihesc hotel robbers are now
numerous in the city. Ladies now 111 hotels will sit
with thejr rooms locked up-, till the excitement is
.’over, ami the bolder ones may result to revolvers
and d iggers f.»r» self dHeiisn.
Duet..- We learn from a private despatch re
ceived in this city yesterday, from Savannah, that a
hostile meeting hid I tk'-u plucc between Messrs
Hendricks and Kimbrough, both o! Columbus.
Hendrick* was dan -orotisly wounded.
Prompt I’avmkm. —TheUity Insurance Compa
ny of Mobile, has already paid oft' the entire respon
sibilities in* urred by the destruction of cotton in the
lab fin- amounting to the sum nl‘sß3,ooo. Its copi
ed,lbuK reduced,is yet slls,(itHl. This fai l proves
more eoinJii: ively than any argument, the utility of
in sum nee eoimwtnh-s when e.ri .iblislied upon a firm
basis.
City (Jodnc ti. di liuiiim. —At a meeting of the
City Council of Mobile on Tuesday, %Vb. 1 7th r aller
being soiNotiifh* engaged in business, iUvaa sudden
ly discovereft that there was no quorum present.—
Two pofioO officers were despatched in quest of ub
Jkoitrfes, who report**l,4m their return, that they had
tixited all /hr ibpinr hoM-sc# in /hr vicinity , but had
not been able to find the missing Aldermen 1
Jah. I j. I’umi, Ksq., is running as a candidate
for (Jongre.Ms iu opposition to Hon. Ku Shorter,
the pn*seiit representative, in the 2d (Barbour, &c )
C ►ngref-xioual District of Alabama. Both are
Bueimnan DcinoeraH, ami used trf be “ Southern
Right. " men.
An fw cost or, passing himself as Dr. J. J.Stf.v
en oN, ha* been.cutting an imposing figure in Pe
tersburg, Va., and was recently about to marry a
member of a highly i expectable and wealthy fame
ly, when it was unmistakably established that he
waa a penil'.utiary convict from York, Pa , who had
served a full Ihre© years term at the weaving busi
ness, in the East Pennsylvania Institution devoted
to such 41 diploma^.”
Cotton Estima ies.— Seventy four competitors
and calculators have submitted estimates in res
ponse ton prize cull made by the Mobile Tribune,
which closed on the 15th jfiwt. The highest estimate
id 3,349,000 bales, ami the lowest 2,099,995 bales
Thcavoing* amount iw 2,960,210.
The 1 iOsx Pacific.-—Mr. Hancock, a worthy
riflzeu of Prirfoess Anne, Va., m walking over the
sea coast near Gape Henry, discovered a bottle,
which upon-breaking open, he found contained the
following, written in » lead pencil, on a page of a
memorandum book :
Oft’ the coast of Greenland. December 25th,
|HV», pteamar Pacific, piston-rod broke, and fore
and mainmast g«*rm send us aid immediately —
out of prqVlr < >n*—serigers dying with starvation.
John lloset
Watte i on board steamer Pacific.
Ah the IV ific did not leave Liverpool on her last
long trip until the 23d January r f 856, this note must
be a hoax.
rNTßuDncTios of Ri< f.—The San Joaquin (Cal )
Republican ays that rice was iblroduced in S. C.,
from Madagascar about the b at of the 17th century,
and wan first sown wh *re the oity of (Charleston
now stands. The experimental grains though (few
n number produced aduudantly, and on finding it
to suit the low lands of tne South, it was generally
adopted hh an article of cultivation. The white
rU# of China, wu* first fried with much sinless, cut,"
however, it is now superceded by the variety f
know nas tht golden seed.” The best variety i?sw
known*, is ilenominafedw the “ long grain. ft is
raised id the low lauds ot Georgia, South
Florida, and fi/tire. largely in the export* of Gbgrles
l sa, Savannah and the gulf cities.
Gf.ori.m Ewti rphisf —The Southern Banner
says:—We leuru from our townsman, W r> James
I. fluff. who has recently returned from '!>*«*, tliat
in coipieetiou with Dr John S Lintoupfb this place,
and Me.-«r«. Jaiuc- F, (,‘coper oi Marietta, and Dr.
,f. F. Ah xumlcr y» Atlanta, he haa tak4* a contract
ou what is known as the Buffalo, Brazos A.
Olorodo Road, to vojmtcf the Braze* and Colorado
i ivers, nig al Rjcftiinond -on the first uam
ed, to extend ft distune, of 60 miles, to Columbus,
(.itthe latter stream.
A Discovery.— Tius New Vork Tribune publish
n ttn extraorbinary advertisement from Dr. Benia
min. Harrtwg.-, miwpkuourly ftnnowminß life »l
l e( ,"ri.di,m>v< ry l<*r 11..' liquiffifriOß of quartz »ook »
11. extractionofllie last part We of roM or other
precious net at wl.i. I. the rook may contain; and for
the bold. UK of that hitherto solid rock in the form ot
a lii,util in rank* an I hoKfheads ready to be turned
hack again into rock a» it is needed, thus affording
anew material for hnildiuK cheaper than brick and
beautiful an prec.ouo atones,
IJoos in Kf.mu ki -A letter from Fleming
county,Ky.. dated 12th hist,, eatimatea that
UogUmve |»ri*hedin that State duriug the latenol.t
weather, aodiiuetatvun to the future,
<loolr>u .t« are urn kmc jo*,
rai
• Uo-X lor prreeut,'
ato di Uvowcighfr _
\riai —Mr. I>- Mc'Mnnny, Jr . the employer t>4
Su.Mtgrn -. elates I hut it can be proved beyond the
i„'"..il.ility of doubt that at the Very time the dag
f. riHsaid to liaVo. liecn pttrehaaed iu Broadway,
1,(1 (Snodgrass* wa- in the store of his employer,
aouie three miles distant/rom t lie cutler's establish
ment. __
Jtewsioß ut rat ItesKKVKD List.—Forty
or fifty applioaliyns, snye the Norfolk Argus, have
been presented to the Navy Department by re
served and dropped officer* who hope for restoration
to the Active List at the hands of the Court es t l '
qniry, ordered to assemble at Washington yester
day
Passmore Williams, the celebrated Abolitionist, ■
war thrown from a sleigh at Elmira, and hilled, two
or tin e© days since.