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T: -' KocuVy i »:ir i-t Wowing KeDtleuien j
c K Ml Cat. 1X..0 . ♦’r.-Mieni %i»0 Professor of
o !iP . u , l\ Bk:.ha*»A. M , R*man
L terafttrc
fU-v. J L Kutf u>-. l> I> . Prof • -*r of Moral
Sit -<i Lio-rature. aud Cntickfti.
J<»n« LeContf. M D., Hr f •>r of Natural Phi
l(MOph>*.
Wii.LJA-i J. Riven*, A M . P *r of Greek
Literature.
Rev li W. Hai vvhj.i . Vml ?r* of Ilfetory. Po
litical PhiljHOphv ?va<| Iv-miotny.
Joseph liiCwMr:. M. D . PmU “* .<f < ml-iry.
Mineralogy, and Geology.
Wo loaru from • m Cato >'«•■ I.At »:.*• o*i?!ege U
brary ©•otaiii* , * l volume a»i
a liberal aum annual y r- wt-d by* :.*• Leg! .ature*
provide* for tie conU -i.it incroa.«e * i tb- uuntoer of
book*.
The lOKtiluttOEi > p'* : • Jl- * tie i:* ••• appa.
ra*ua for p*ir.ubi{ a'.i the P*-. * f *p • Astronomi
cal ai>l Chomic -.’ studio.* pro erf >■ *1 ia the cour-f-.
The Buchaean Whios—Their Eat*.—A* we
haye all aloog »upp> w< j: ibeti e cote, (aay«
the Richmond W*ir)ih<*e Old Line \Y who
voted for Buclnumii, intw t.i; .<■, tatiqp oialter
word* receiving their reward, a >- <le*lined to Had
diaappoini:i»ent. It was* for some time paid that
Mr. JftudMkßAD would, by of t .'dying the grati
tude of biinaalf awl hi* party for the.r timely and
<o»d foi il» ake o* k< •; uphp
peerauce*, some u ' old line Vviig **
place m his Cebinut. Hut thus d; am •<> aacguine.y
indulged in by Benjamin, end Choate and Jones,
and other renegandn in t e late canvass, hint been
di.*pehed, and forever. The Cabinet is formed, and
formed only of life long Democrats. Nor is there
any prospect of their being reo£jrioe<l, in any eh ape,
by the new administration Au their hopes of pfon
dor are tbewfoie, dwhe*«l to the <rrotmd. A ju.->t
and well merited fate, which hliouM always overtake
political fraitor.-: and camp Pi lower* ! The Louis
ville Jmt.rnartiw the following on this subject :
“The Old L . e Whi/H,*' those w !.f» were iudaecd
by golden virinna of p fib lie plunder to forswear
their m, ~„i b- '• to lay their long establish
ed prim iphn like r. r< rn out garment ; and throw
inbitte foM on.bmc- - ot a party wiuch
will soon b id it c M • •! a.ut neglect will be
their only anmug In or new found political
aMociates. W hen tlicir I’orvjc.* weye
tight the ba'c of lie r rjunudam •\ :mv:r > 'gainst
own old in l be.it tried fri .<i. tfiHr *jx*B
- y from V. i and tlreir advent iu {lie Inm-t
(*raiic camp wi. build / tl.iuiing ajuplanne.
They b*4 .iim’tln; ino-t ions an«Hu;tivc ebam
pioiiH of the priiH-iebie Hj iu. * wl.icli tie y had *»o
long and so truth fui > coup-., i, bu‘ when the vfc
Piry im won, when .theirrvic < n no longer need- j
ed, and the .-nol : only remain to be f-uaced, they
ar*- turned with unfeeling ingratitude iru l n!i ,
covered ns they nr*- .. it.Wnrr mid wounda, tliey are !
left to die tiie death of obiivu^i.’'
Okegon to nu a Hi.a vk Btate.-—Tim Now York
Tribune of the 4th m-tant says : “ VYe have a num
ber of kdtcrHf from jO re gun, by the hint mail, con
taining the startling itffoisxmtion that th * Territory }
inLiierto act down m eerl tin for L* jec hun, will, in
all probability, present herself t,»> tV; next Congress
for admission into the Union with a Constilinkin
i4egitir/.iiig Slavery.
tnoNg the items of the bill of fare provided for,
ilie crowd who took part in the terpsichorean finale
of the inauguration ceremonies, w- re the following:
$3,000 worth of wine, 400 gallons of oysters, sf»o
quarts of chicken salad, J 200 q warts Os ice cream,
500 quarts Cf jellies, bVMsacdleß of nm-ton, \ of veni
son, 8 round# of beef. ?f> hams, tongues, besides
pates of various kinds. At th* head oi tiie table
was a pyramid of cake fouj lect high, with a flag of
each State and Territory, with the coat of arms of
each printed on it.
Forget* Tki.egrarhk I>i:«pat( «i:a.—A new
specieH of forgery ban be u diicovert d reeeally in
New Yorks The New York livening Post states
that a boy named Daniel Mahony w .s am*:*ted on
Saturday evening for deljvering amt eoi!« ( lingpay
for forged telegrapldc de.sp.vn H.dag taken to
the chiefs office, In- <■ ■: v*d tin b*-had been
together with oilier i.- y .. » iiimi.-h lie gave),
engaged in the burine. for .och lie was limited*
some hix •,veel--». that, he had deiiv« f. d agreaf many
denpat in-K, ami t a pro?*t i therefrom were equity
divided. Tbcwitfi! chnr- • f r oik of theso des
patch! w isd ,, «i;: v , Id *a di they sometimes got
more. TU'-km <! a pah ue- », cie b- ually uddscsscd to
some hot* 1-keeper, and {nfp'«rt»..l to come £r«ra
soire *m-o!;.•»»*»;i f : a dutuot city, ,-usking that a
room uiight 1m r»*. rv« d for him • i and family, who
would arrive iwNew Y«»ik *n u d a <i \y
The Tka Trui.i: - A » rlmlar tatolhent of the
ten hade which hits r. c< idly “gone the rounds of the
papers'’ is believed to be gro.-.dy erroneous. It
gives the av erage annual exports of tens to Great
Britain and Ireland a- only N,000,t»U(l 1» s , to the
United Statew Id,(*lM»,oU‘' ib.s., and makes the iiggre
gate annual exportation only 11. UU t(< (T lba. In
pofw of fact the amount imported into the United
States during the m usoJioi' 1 l'. wm- lh),,>t)o,dti(t
Iha . and into Great Britain !d,<vto,o(M) lt>s.—making
atHtalof i:w,;»:r>,(MJ() 111 .' < xporPfd to these two
countries alone. The eatiumted mnount imported
into other mint l ien during the eoiife season was
12,000,000 linn, making an aop. gate of 1 12,000,000
lba. imported mto*differant < i.i.ntrieH from China in
one year, iusteadof ll*, U s. as s4;d« d in the
tnbU* referred 10.
St eamboat Dystkovkd i»t Uikk.—On Monday
lasri the stci li « r Alice VV (fait . Uapt. Lounllier,
frinu Washington to New Orleans, took tiro when
nine »uih‘M above Bayou Sara, and together with
heV cargo, which eoinustsd of 10? balea cotton,
hkds. sugar, 150 barrels inola.*-Me?: and sundries, was
totally consumed. The and crew all es
eaped without injury.
Bank or >Hi; Kmpiue St ate.— I The
Couru rof t!i-‘ Ith iiint. says This institution ojnu
♦♦d doors on Monday hist. Our community Ims long
felt the need of banking facilities and we hop* they
may get ample ao oinmodntions.
Mr Jacob Litti.f i- in the New York
stock market, and is said to be the largest operator
both for cash and on time.
The N *w Orleans Crescent notices largo and in
creasing shipments of epfton from that port direct
to Continental ports of Uuropc, as proof of a grow
ing disposition to throw off the dependence on Liv
•rpool
Several large shipments have recently been made
from New Orleans to fc>t. Petersburg.
The Sander-*vilic On »*g*Vt u says :“A very sensi
ble shock of an earthquake was felt at this place
and many parts ql this evunty on Sunday night, at
about 11 o’clock.
There was a severe hail si >rra at Sparta, Ga., on
Saturday afteriu 'u, the ■>’:!» February and the
•hock of an ear;l q*;..ae v. hit in the btuno locali
ty eu Sunday night.
Death of ( aft Thom as I’Krioßi I .—We record,*
with deep regret, the sudden dee; ii*»e of this gallam
officer, late a Commander in the V S. Navy, lie j
whs at Washington City, \skdn attacked, ou Mi hi- j
day last, with a Bi-vt-ie >p\i‘ ,s *ey, c>r affection, sittfi- j
lar, it isstiid, io that v. IcOh be.vfi our State of the J
lamented Brooks. Although lie rallied, and strong ,
hopes were entertai n ct Ins recovery, he died,
about 5 o’clock, On Friday moruiog I; lie
«*d Ike Navy as a midshipman, in ISIJ. and was
about oil year® of age, at th • ti ;:c of his death.— j
Capt. I‘ettgru was one of tho>< . who “UiV* red most
uniustlv. under the star-chamber action i f the late
Navy Hoard—and has gone ;o the grave, ore the !
tardy justice of his country’ had reversed the un
merited edict of a tribunal, at war, both in its or
ganisation and inode of proceeding, the spirit
of our iustituiions. llis pieeer.ee in tia l national ;
capital, was doubtless oor. '.ected with his appeal for
restoration to his country's service.—U’A. Courur. \
Attend ro YoorSighc.—S'urD. Brew ter, in tin
North British Kevin* >?i\ *: 1, n ;> ir.ose
common, ami certainly none is more incorrect, than
that it is prudeut to avoid the r.ae of urtiticKtl help
to the eyes so long as they are not absolutely in
dbpeniMble. The human eye is too ii i.« to a
•truetune to bear r .»ntinned strain wit hoi: ; injury:
and the true rule Is to o(»*u;ucn- • t ;*e use it e,: uses
as soon as we can see boiler with tli m tunn without :
\ them, amt always employ suehas will render v ision
m<*Ht comfortable and pleasanL The spectacles
s habitually used tor ordinary purposes may not be
jutaquate to certain uv>u icnal demands. such as ;
readme very tine print, txaiuimng iaaps, A e To t
i»<-e? these c&svs n hand reading glass. two and a
half inches iu diameter, to bo used in coujuncrtou
with the spectacles and never without them*, is
strongly recommended. A m ai use ot‘ the read
is also recommended to short sighted
persons, in eoojuiu tton with fne concave spectacles j
when examining minute obj< v ts.
Brorx J ail. —Thn me;. M. r confined on the
•barge of murder, ami Gom i and H*\vg- i for
herst sn.«* made thdr from the jail iifthis
pim •on Kriw’.v t ! ..-t T y were fc .iced in |
the got>:.e-venV dcp*«! : • \ M*tors rtH'm: aud «. t
fectei :tf” *..novi rrt .*• or* ss bars
firom a ' ‘ v „ . ?e. * --v, •.wn by tufcans
at a rope ir. ’ •: ' <• c ’•%« is. A prisoner by
the PHu.t- • • - v but would or i
did n't .*•*.•*• pe. I. v - • »i been heard
from CM:. ■ 7V. ...
A Nt'r Invest! 'N —Tw > Tars'..urg :ms tmni -
have produced air im cut:•••!•. w. .« w W... ve w
work a gre-.it revo ins u*n in i< ex atu n : steam
to the propulsion of machinery. One of ti.es s men
is a Swede, named Keiberg, auc t •* »cr a dyaiati
named Gissinger. l iey »• ..do a wru eu th-scrip*>ou
in proper terms at the p.'.T r. <>ffioe and received the
patent for it. The object of the no ■•-n=• to throw
the force applied to li piston from lue centre to the
oircuinfereuce of the wheel or circle formed by u*e
revolution of a crank The force in the common
engine expended upon the first wh of the revolution
by the piston rod, drawing, as it wi re, Lg linst it- ,
self is shifted to t tie disc of ' e wkt - . by ! -e in 'St
ingenious, but simple c otrivauce. the u.stant the .
eud of the piston has found its lowest point in the
revolution.— Piitsbmrg Gazettt .
A Noble Donation i t t Western Mechanic. 1
Mr Chaa. Hendrie, of Bur!i:,i.»u, lowa. a well f
known ami enterprising m acturer, has signified
to the IVust. t- of b*wa Col.- _ his inteimon to .
make a uonation «>f fife, H t> ,[, r or the 1
endowment of a new profess. r .d..p i u t\ K . institution.
Mr < object is tlie promcikm of practical
science, and his design contymplates ult imaiT.. the !
full endowment aud establi meet of such ;■ school !
is lowa Cohege. as the “'.Lawivuce Seie-.r ui«t School ;
in Harvard University.' of widen l. • late Abbot
was the murifioent founder.
Sinoclau Fa. t.—The last lef -r from our r< gular
Savannah correspimdent, aimoum- -s a duel in that
place, between two members of the Hebrew faith.
xVia is the only instance ou recoo* . two Jews
fighting a duel. —South &tJe Democrat
iixAV V Damages Against a Railroad Comta
g\.—We learn from the Portage (O.) be*: nel that
at a late term of the Court of Common Pleas of
Portage county, Mary Anderson, administratrix of
Win. Anderson, recovered damages to the an; ant
of $4,-WO, from :m Pitt-hnrg and C. veiand Kail
road Company, for the killing of her husband.
A master mariner who went to sea four years
ago, leaving his wile* in Springfield, returned to rind
her married to another man. He had been ship
wrecked ou a distant coast, aud she believed him to
be dead In presence of the two husbands the wife
liaaiding to cling to the second
Litter trow Mexico.
i The New Orleans Ptrayune of March Ith, con
| fains the following version of the new Mexican
Treaty, translated from the Mexican Exlraordina-
I r y% together with other late intelligence :
; ‘ The first treaty provides for the establishment of
a ccmmisKkn for the examination of all claims of the
1 citizen* of both Republics against the government
! of i f*, l. r, exempting the American claims as Mexi
! co is released from by the treaty us Ouadelape Hi
dalgo. T .
Ti. • qucr Thm cf Mexican claims against the Uni
i ted Sttrt V, f.*r Indian depredaMons upon the frontier,
{jpdef the eicventli ortHileof tiie treaty of Guada
ur.i-_ beir.g a in «iis‘ un«i j n between tiie two
li. imb! iv v. ill bt- «u -tr.itn u t<j He arbitration of tiie
i .f-rorof the Fr. nde- If tie decision be tavora
b.. ,M* .. .. u.-- . o.iJto w.U be bro<j|^itbefore the
I Cormniaiioc. ,
• •I*be Commission will be composed of four mem
• i»er* and two S- "retaries, named by the two Gov
jf .. v/,o wd! have tiie power to elect a fifth
member who will act as arbitrator, and who will
! decide a-i ques'i'-nh uj>ou which the four first mom
hu-r, differ. ....
• i l treaty, ooeofrecipiocity, estaouahes
ti. freedom of trade in certain art idea of commerce
enumerated, on the territory and frontier rivers of
• it *• {no r* public-—but to the exclusion of the lines
|, . * co’\~- This treaty is hosed upon the princi
j ~ f ;}j . reciprocity treaty between the United
I States and Canada.
•Tiie ihi id treaty ia a postal treaty, for the cstab
-. jifof a line of maii at earners. Tufa line
t-j by the two Governments, and will
rot* iat a. :' the portlof the two countries in the Galt
i of Mexico, from Mobile to Sisal.
I j fourth treaty has the di&raoter of a general
r>,nv- nt.ion, and stipulates, among other things.
f f tje renewal of the treaty of c*/inmerce between
| , ;. lr , v „ U*-pubdes iu 1831, which has expired by fi
i “The iiftii treaty provides for the loan of fifteen
|mi Vm of. n- to tiie Mexican Government, at
lour p< i cent, per annum. Seven millions are ae
cured by tiie .-urrenderof 13 percent, of the Mexi
<taa revennes to th- United States, to the perfect
riat.i-fact Km of the principal and interest.
‘ i nre. millions will be retained in the treasury of
! rhe United States tor the payment of claim* recog
ui/cu by the mixed cxiinmission. If tiiia sum be more
i tt.au sufficient for that purpose, the balance will be
; p dto Mexico ; and if it be not Suffic ent for the
payment of the-c claims, the Mexican Government
wii pay the difference. This sum draws no interest
till drawn from ‘he treasury, for the payment of the
claimants, whether M -xican or American.
Four mill ion* are designed for the extinction of
, the debt due to England.
“Tiie remaining eight million* are to be paid in
i cash to Mexico, secured by the assignment of 20
percent. the Mexican revenue* on all kinds of
m and exports, with the exception of European !
cotton fabrics, whether by Mexican or American j
Hili. rs. The 2b per cent, will be carried to the credit j
of t n* exporter or importer, as the- case may be, ;
and to the debit of the United Stales, to the amount i
of -the eight million of dollars. This arrangement j
will continue in effect till the reimbursement of the j
whole sum with interest.’*
The treaty Las created a great sensation in the
city of Mexico. Tiie British and Fiench Ministers
a • furious on the abject, and had protested against
the treaty. Among the people the general opinion
at first was that it would not be ratified by our
Government The Trait d'Union , however, man
elaborate defence, copied' with commendation by
/;/ Vrogretto of Vera Cruz, says that public opinion
has new become more favorable.
The revolution in San Luis is at an end. The
Government troops took occupation on the 12th.
'i'Lo insurgfnts diu not await Vidaurri’s attack, but
vi< 1. j at once to an amicable arrangement, which
I. much criticised by the Mexican papers.
The Trait d’Union thinksthe far;t that a newCon
gre - v. ill be charged with making the organic laws
under the new constitution is a bad omen for the fu
ture of the Republic. The constitution goes into
operation the Jfith of September,till which time the
government will be in the hands of Comonfort.
The State of Chihuahua is in great excitement at
the discovery of gold mines there, “ more rich than
liny yet found in Calif*irnia.”
The Gen. Mendoza has been named Commander
in-U'Lief of the newly organized carp* of Police. It
is thought he will have enough to do if he contem
plate* the extermination of brigandage. Fourtimes
vriririn the week ending on the loth the diligence had
been robbed.
A colony of 20,000 Belgians, (4,000 to fi,ooo faini
lie -. a about to be planted in the State of Puebla.
The railroad between Cerro Gordo and Vera Cruz
is progressing with all possible rapidity. The work
done in the month of January was very great.
The decree or general amnesty, as provided by
th third article of the Plan of Ayutla, wa« publish
• lon the 10th, “ in celebration of the oath taken to
the new constitution,’’ and was received with great
hi plauae It includes all political offenders who
snail within one month solicit the same, except in
dividnals in the character of chiefs, whose pardon is
conditional. By virtue of this decree, a large num
ber of arraignments are invalidated.
The revolution is at an end throughout the Re
public. This happy state of things is due to the
ci orgy of President Comonfort and the numerous
expectations growing out of the ratification of the
new constitution.
Ti Mexican papers publish with great applause
th-; circular of tho British Foreign Minister, declar
ing that English subjects by naturalization can only
be regarded ns such during t heir actual residence in
Great Britain-—in other words denying the rigid of
expatriation. By this decision, many so-called Eng
lish < aims against Mexico are quashed.
K! /Vog/ rt.v o, of Vera Cruz, publishes a letter,
dated Suciiil, Jan. 27, in which the writer who was
en route to the Pacifier, says : “Four-wheeled and
other carriages Stand ready at that point to convey
passengers and freight to Yentosa.” Nothing now,
.v ,i the same paper, etaiidiflin the w r ay of the pas
.igc of the Isthmus. The wagon road being open,
tht railroad will also be commenced immediately.
Tin* great Barron Mexican claim question has as
sumed a now and important phase by the decision
of the British Government touching foreign-born
•übj* rls, that family being of Spanish extraction.—
Tin* Moxican papers are tilled with exciting discus-
on the subject, the general opinion befog
; i.. th England can no longer be count
ed on in the matter
Tli(‘ Late Fracas in Kannas.
We have at length the story of an eye-witness,
of Vive Soil proclivities, however, to the recent fight
in Kansas, by which Sheriff Siierrard lost his life.—
lin witness says that the meeting to sustain Gov.
Geary—after the insult offered to him at the door of
the House, was largely attended by those of both
t ides, evidently bent upon a row. A Committee
had been appointed to draft resolutions. The ma
jority reported (glorifying the Governor) but while
Waiting for'the Minority Report, (against the Gov.)
perrons commenced talking, evidently to create
< . illusion. The rest is graphically described by a
r. u respondent of'the Tribune: —Baltimore Ameri
can.
“Mr. Sherrard was in the crowd immediately in
front of the President. He wanted to speak. The
Chair wished him to wait till the minority report
was read. Sherrard got violent, aud mounted the
11 v. as a young man, rather strongly
made, had a very florid face, and a wild and reckless
air. The but of a Colt’s revolver peeped from his
| belt. He said in the most exciting manner “I de
>■. mice those who \lould call my actions in question 1
1 denounce those who would vote for these resolu
tions as L irs and cotcardi /” He then paused and
(in i any man preMHrt or anywhere,
who dares to condemn my conduct, as a liar and a
*
A single glance would have shown that a preme
ditated struggle was about to begin. Significant
looks were exchanged by Sherrard’s companions.—
Men might have been seen putting their hands to
tiii-ir coats and flip around their revolver belts.—
While Sherrard poured out his violence and defi
ant e. it evidently gave dissatisfaction to many. A
Mr. Shepherd who lives close to Leeompton, former
ly a l*io Slavery Justice of the Peace, but conver
ted to Frae-Soilism by the sack of Lawrence, said
that he would vote for the minority resolutions, and
thought they were right.
v Then 1 pronounce you a liar and a coward,”
cried Sherrard and he sprang into the crowd, as if
t<> prepare for fight. They were but a few feet in
front of me, and 1 saw some one brandish a stick,
whether Shepherd or some of the others 1 cannot tell,
for iu the same instant a revolver cracked—Sher
rard lmd drawn a pistol and fired al Shepherd.
What follows battles description. Shepherd drew
his pittol aud fired once, the ball going somewhat
among the Crowd, in the thickest of which the com
batants were. Sherrard fired several times at Shep
herd. and Shepherd facing him, their feet not a yard
apart, tried to shoot barrel after barrel, his pistol
'snapping.
Who all fired, Heaven knows. Imagine a group
i f excited men, with glaring eyes, seeking here aud
t licfe as for an enemy, with revolvers pointed before
them, and the crack! ciack! cracking of the pistols
they were fired, and sliouis and yells, while the
!i:;le wreaths of powder sniQke curled up, and those
who were dismayed, or who did uot feel that they
occasion} and who wished
to avoid the bullets Hying so thick and promiscuous
ly. were hurrying out of the way. One bullet whist
ling past my side suggested that it was not my quar
rel, and that “ distance might lend enchantment to
I the view.*’ My back was to Sherrard when he fell.
I beard the cry, “ Sherrard’s shot,” and turning I
i saW that he was indeed lying quiet enough—and so
■till.
I shall never forget the incident that almost iin
jnetiately ensued. A little boy, sou of Sherriff Jones,
i not move tlian seven or eight years old, had run for
j ward. His father was in the group, and the little
! l»»som heaving with filial affection, made the boy
forget his own danger in his father’s- The child
1 stood close to the fallen Sherrard, and gave one
' lightened look at the figure so motionless, then
raised his hands imploringly and cried : 44 Oh, papa,
come hornet come home!" and there was a melt-mg
, teuderxicss and pathos in his tone.
The tiring ceased. Mr. Shepherd had received
; two bullets in his thigh, and a severe gash from the
! hilt of Sberrard’e pistol on the forehead. He was
i borne off the field by hie friends. Mr. Sherrard was
not quite dead, he breathed, and, when lifted, moved
his arm, but he was shot in the centre of the fore
1, ad. and the braius were exuding. Mr. Hunting,
Lawrence, who was in the crowd, but who had
tak.-n no part, was shot by a stray ball in the knee.
Another pc.sou waa shotin the hand.
During the confusion that ensued after the affair.
Sheriff*Jones, r.nd a third person, who says he is
s. eriff of Douglas comity, succeeded in getting pos
- .»i'. of a young man named Jones—J. \V. A.
Jones. I think. It is said that Sherrard had turned
,*u him and presented his pistol at him, and that
Jen > fired his pistol rapidly shooting Sherrard.—
, l .mii-d lately the report was’spread that they intend
ed to lynch'him. at once. The cry of the Geary
men aud the Free State men was. “To arms for his
c cue I** They assembled at the office,
and Wished tue arms that had been taken from one
c the emigrant train, which were still about the Go
. Vi ruor's office.
i'. v Gearv was apprehensive of an attack He
:« quested that ail the gentlemen present should en
roll tic insi es a company to defend him. This
was promptly done. More than one-half of this
company were Lawrence men ; one or two more
n\-re Free State convicts on parole. Jones and ;
-me others of his faction had an interview with j
Geary. They represented that they merely kept
Mr. Jones to * have him examined regularly. He!
• d been taken and held by a person whom, ne sta- J
d. lunj been elected Sheriff. Under these eircum- I
*“ -. tnees. and on further c onsideration, the Governor
, quoted that the volunteer company just enrolled •
.dd be di-t anded. I'd s was done. Most of the
Lawrence men returned/’
The Temperance Legislation —The Indiana
S ale have passed to a second reading a bill pro
. g that every person who shali-desire to indulge
ir. the drinking of spirituous or malt liquors shall pro
■ ■ -*Tt* avi arly license or permit from the clerk of the
w may apply for permit'-. All fines or violations
of :- jaw to go to benevolent institutions all per
t:s Wl o shah sell io persons who have no perm is ;
si on to drink to be fined in heavy sums, Ac. The !
rending of the biU was received* with, considerable!
! m
\V a-h n i»ton. Msrch 1 —The House this morning j
at l o'clock. and the Senate at b o’clock, after being *
m session ail night, took a recess till o’clock this !
! meaning
On r» assembling the business in both branches |
was mainly confined to the reports of the several i
committees of conference on disagreeing amend
n.tuts. Through this agency was disposed the re
maiuing gc uerai appropriation bills, namely : —The
c vi ami the deficiency biiie, the book feature of the
latter was so amended as to allow certain books to
given to new members to be deposited in the pub
lie Libraries of their districts.
L, motive Explosion—Loss or Lire —The
; locomotive on the \V. A A Rail Road, called the
”1> w. . exploded her Boiler yesterday about 4
°, r * k I*. M.. at the Etowah station, some 24 miles
this place, killing a fireman by the name of
'' p -ud '«riously injuring the Engineer, whose
- name i- MuG uire. The explosion is said to have l esul
te i town thr defective iron used in the make of the
j be.ii-r These are the particuiare as far as we hare
i ; Y n able to gather them —Storiette Georgian, 6 tk
• r J A ': W ' :F *-. “ combined with other simple*, by
, W i-.vj rn hi*ce.ebratedßalsam of WM Cherry.
- » pn»:*r |H>wer over ail diseases of the lungs
: ,a -ans have used it intheir practice and
„ ge y ra ->' Wltl ‘ “«u*vt tnxtu.-lAdTeftusment.
M Washisotus, Much |4. —There was no extra
meeting oi the Sweata to day for Executive business,
li and the names ot Mr Buchanan's cabinet were con
e sequently not announced, and it i, probably incom
j piste.
*
The l,n*t New-* «f the Lyonnai*.
The Courier de Etats Uni9 says : We have an
nour.ced the safety and arrival at Rio Janeiro of
two sailors of the ill-fated steamer Lyonnais. To
day we received the report of one of these ship
wrecked persons, namvd Toogard, who furnishes
some deeply interesting details of the incidents
which occurred at the scene of the disaster, after
the departure of Lieut. Lugniere s boat. L nhaopily
j it will be seen t.tat this narrative destroys all hope
j of ever (.earing of any of th* others wrecked.
STATEMENT Os TOSGARD.
! “On the m ruing of tho Ith Capt Devautx was
! in his yawl with Dr. Ciairfo. the ch**bemiaid and
live sanor.-. he hailed so the wake of tnesbip. About
I 11 oc’dioek we lost right of nim. _
j I quitted the raft tn rev.-.: the Lyoruais, where
I«u rejoined by twenty <'■ tar ouir.pam t)?, _
1 all eailor**. All, except four. ;; red upon » *
aad proeirioue. We Wif> dually appealed to Item
jto work iu building am-ti-er raft; they rep. •. o;
! they iri*ked to die upon th *hip.
‘‘Those of u* who .till wiehed to escape death,
| Lrgan to conatruct two, that we might sen o
j the great raft. ...
j “ The night set in stormy and ternoUk ,
! “ One of the rtrnall rafts whkn had ™
| trips from the ship to the great raft, and wbi '
i mained insolated from that, broke from i *
mg at 11 o’clock that night, and drifted aw y
i mercy of the waves, with chief cook named C y *e i ,
, the hfsuti fireman Romaii;, and four or . |
i this moment the sea wa* very rough. The ,
' ship at every pitch struck violently T . ’ j
and we felt tfiat it must be broken tp ™ !
unfortunate* who were on it uttered beat j
j cries, begging for aid, and imploring tha i
would cut the hawser, w'hich fastened the
i ship, wliich they could not do themstives, i
enu * he rope was under water
“How could we let the raft go ) It was oui onl>
chance of . afety, and the night was so dar >
there waa co hope of regaining it before da..
would await the dawn to throw oursei'es in o
sea, and go to recover it. . .. • e l q j
“Ala-. wort klaylight appeared, the c - ,
long gince ceftsed. and we could see nothiD„ 1 - 1
raft exceot the piece of wood to which was
tl,e double h*wtSr' Tb ; rest ir,n»t nave gone to
iiiece*—the people disappeared, man by inan
“Beside us, our drunken companions siept,
bodies half immersed in the water. .
“Wo strove to wake them, telling them that
j few hour* the ship would sink . that we migb s
! endeavor to save ourselves by constructing & ne
raft. One of them opened his eyes, and seeing l
! that it rained—“Me,” replied he, “I dou t work when
I it rains.” Four men set to work with me, ana oy six
! o’clock in the morning of the sth, a .ast ran wat
finished, and lauched on the see , ,
“The water then leached the level of ftc-deck ;
there was not a moment to lose. We embarked on
the raft without provisions and almost without
clothes, with tffiffiempty kegs, some cabin doors and
•orne cordage. The surface of thirt ratt was about J-.
square yards.
“I had with me, beside my present companion,
the steward, the second cook, au<i a fireman
paper* are in our possession. .
“As to those who remained on the snip, to tiie
number of about fifteen, we saw them take reluge
in the forward part of the ship as fast as the water
drove them from the 3tem.
“A* soon as we had moved away about four
lengths of the Lyonnais, we saw her plunge end
ways, stern first, the bow raising itself perpendicu
larly and entirely out of the water. Soon she cap
sized on the starboard side, and in n moment disap
peared iu the midst of a boiling of the water and a
whirl of foam, with a noise like an explosion. It was
then seven o’clock in the morning.
“There wasa strong breeze, and the sea was
rough. Our raft, formed of boards beund with
cords.lashed upon two barrels, had neither oar nor
sail; the waves alone moved us.
“The weather on the sth was squally, with ram,
hail, and snow. On the fith, the sen was terrible ;
the raft capsized, and the second co#k was cast off ; __
shortly afterward, the man named Leguit, yielding
to despair, threw himself into the sea.
“ The steward twice endeavored to imitate his ex
ample, but we prevented him. He disappeared,
however, in a second capsize. There remained but
two of us, and during the day we experienced yet a
third capsize of our unlucky raft.
“The violence of the sea continued until the eve
ning of the 7th. Our weakness had become ex
treme ; so long fasting, in the water beaten by the
rain and snow, covered with ice, our limbs stiffened,
our hands and legs swollen, we must still struggle
against the sleep which overcume us.
“At length at 8 o’clock on the morning of the 9th.
we perceived a ship with sails spread, within the
distance of. about cannon shot. She seemed not to
perceive uh, for she continued on her course.
“At 4 o’clock in the afternoon, we saw another.
It was a bark coming directly toward us. Soon she
hailed us, we were saved !
“ Some sailors leaped upon our raft, and aa we
were too weak to move, they fastened ropes around
us, and hauled us on board. We found ourselves
upon the Essex, of Boston, Captain Kay. who lett
Boston, November 5, with u cargo of ice for Rio
de Janeiro.
“ The Captain took the kindest, care of us; his
wife lavished upon us every attention that we could
need after such suffering. Thus it is that we arrived
at Rio, the 25th of December, at 4 P. M.
The New Constitution of Mexico.— The cere*
mony of swearing allegiance to the new conetitu*
tion of the republic of Mexico took place on the v*th
of February, in the city of Mexico. It appears to
have been an occasion of the most lively interest
and to have been accompanied with much display
of national enthusiasm. The constitution itself had
been well considered, having been before the con
stituent assembly for nearly a year. All the mem
bers of that body signed it. Iu the early part of the
day on which it was sworn to by President Comon
fort, it was publicly signed by Gomez Farias, the
President of Congress, by Senor Guzman, the Vice
President, and then by others, all kneeling and
swearing fealty to it.
At three o’clock in the afternoon President Co
monfort entered the hall of deputies, amid the roar
of cannon and the sound of music. In a brief and
neat speech he congratulated the nation and the
Congress upon the completion of so great a work,
and then swore to obey the constitution of 1857.
It is reported that this constitution is well received
throughout the republic, and tb.it high hopes are eli
te rtaiued respecting its successful operation. To
such expectations is attributed the present compara
tive freedom of the country from revolutionary out
breaks.
Further Developmets. —Aaron, who was re
cently arrested in New Orleans and committed to
the jail of Montgomery, h 8 been making some rev
elations. The Mail, of Wednesday evening, says:
“ Since Aaron was lodged in jail here, he acknowl
edges that he cut open, last September, a mail bag,
which lie says he found lying across the track at our
Depot. He states that lie got out a package of
?l ,500; put in a rock, and threw the bag into the
river. It is said that the missing bag contained
sll ,000. With this money Aaron bought himself,
lie was running regularly, from here to Columbus,
on the ipail train, at the time. He says lie left Co
lumbus two weeks ago to-night, (Wednesday.! in
company with Morman —and that he nevrr heard,
before he left, of Estevez , or any one else , being
missing.
“ Postscript. —Since the foregoing was written,
we learn from the New Orleans officers that it is
now suspected that Morman, the negro, and Este
vez, were ati concerned together in the robbery
above mentioned. Esteve* was the protector of
one of M. ssisters, and was intimate with M. The
mother of Morman seems to have plenty of money.
The watch taken from Morman in New Orleans, and
supposed lobe Estevez's, was bought by the negro
iu this city, some months ago. The Postmaster at
Columbus is moving in the matter of the missing
mail bag. The river here ought to be dragged
foi it.”
Atmospheric Gas Light.— This is the name giv
en to a new gas light, the basin of which is atmosphe
ric air, the product presenting itself in the form of a
clear white, pure tlame. free from smoke and other
offensive or unhealthful quality. This light is pro
duced by a current of “humid air” passing through
a mixture, the principal ingredient of which is ben
zole, a highly carbonized fluid. Instead of using
the “carburretted hydrogen,” prepared by expen
sive chemical processes, this gas is produced by at
mospberic air, which, by a metre passage through
the liquid, at ordinary temperatures, appropriates to
itself, from the benzole mixture, all that is requisite
to impart to its flame peculiar brilliancy. Benzole
is a hydro carbon spirit, of liquid form, obtained by
distillation from bituminous coal and other analogous
substances. This benzole is mixed with one or two
other cheap ingredients, and a galloon of the hydro
carbon is equal to the production of 1,000 cubic feet
ofgas.
Groq.—A five dollar bill of the Georgetown Bank
has found its way back home with the following sad
record of the effect of liquor upon the hopes and
aspirations of a young man, who wasonce its owner.
It should be a warning to the young to keep clear of
the vice so common in thesoday* of drinking merely
as a pastime.— Pec Dec. Times.
I was a counting house clerk in Savannah, Geo.,
uudergood wages, and taking “Kansas” fever, was
induced to emigrate. At Cincinnati, “en route,” I
quit my companions, and befog out of employment
1 was forced to open my pocket book for my support
and have spent all I have blit this Bank Bill. I
now part from it at the counter where my little all
went . wretchedness aud misery stares me in the
face, and while it does, I fill my glass to drown a
sorrow, and bid fate do her worst.
Augustus B. Dance.
December 19, 1855.
Embezzlement at St. Lours.—The St. Louis
Evening News of the 27th ultimo has the following:
Yesterday afternoon, Mr. J. J. Porter, station
and general agent for the Pacific fKailroad at Jet
ferson city, was arrested at that place, charged
with embezzling the funds of the company. Wm.
pride and Lucius Abbott, conductors, were arrested
last night, iu this city, on the same charge. Porter
gave up $3,000, of the embezzled funds, aud Pride.
S7OO. Abbott, at his own request, was sent up to
Jefferson city this morting. in charge of an officer,
lor what purpose, can only be surmised.
The affair was brought to light in the following
manner:—
Porter informed a conductor on the road that he
aud two others had been, tor some time, making a
practice of appropriating a share of
the money received for fare, freigb’ Ac., and which
did not come through the regular channels; when
money for passage was paid to the conductor instead
of to the ticket agent, or way freight paid for without
regular entry on the books at the office. The in
formation was given as a preliminary to a propo
sition which was immediately made, that the con
ductor should go iu with them, and aid in the
scheme.
He pretended to do so, and when he had discovered
the whole arrangement, gave information to the
company, by whom the arrest of the agent was
procured. The latter implicated Pride and Abbott,
and caused tueir arrest. Pride was held to bail iu
the sum of $3.000, waiting an examination.
Another Destructive Fire in Mobile—Los?
$*350,000' —An extra from the office of the Mobile
Tribune . dated Monday, March 3d says :
Another destructive fire broke out yesterday at
3 o’clock P. M.. in the Cotton Warehouse cf Messrs-.
Emanuel & Gaines, on State Street, between Com
in *roo and Water streets. It wafrtinfc dwoOTfued
by the Beil Sentinel in the City Watchtower. The
fates were all locked up aud had to be burst open
v thoee who first arrived at the place, aud from
the fact that they had remained closed since yester
day, it is supposed that the fire had been siumDering
for some time previous to its breaking out.
The Fire Companies were quickly on the ground ,
but despite their prompt and energetic exertions
11 e entire contents of the Warehouse were consum
ed.
Adjoining this Warehouse, on the North side, was
Colev's Warehouse which was nearly filled with
cotton, and next to that is the Esiava Warehouse
containing about 4000 bales. When irwas found that
the tide of destruction in the first could not be stayed
attention was directed exclusively to saving the
two last. The judicious efforts resulted favorably,
aud the cotton in those Warehouses sustained no
further damage than that occasioned by being
drenched with water.
We have heard of several firms in this city who
are said to be loeen* to a limited extent. Very little
of-the cotton was ship marked. It is supposed that
no more than one half of the whole amount was cov
ered by insurace.
The Warehouse, valued at SSOOO, was not insur
ed.
Since writing the above we le&rn that tne num
ber of bales destroyed is 3.400. which makes the loss
over $221 000—of which $50,000 is sustained by the
Alabama Life and Trust-MO.OOO by the Mobiie
*l3 000 br the Ifavicatioi. —f 11,000 by tne City—
*lo.o(lo bv the Firemen's—".ooo by the Merchants
—#4.500 -y the Dry Dock and f Jo.oo© by the
Greensboro" Fire Insurance Companies, making
altoset er f 150,000. The number ship marked is
set down at 100 bales— which leaves S4t- bales in
the hands of planters not insured, amounting to
about #55.000.
Fatal Accidikt —A young man named John
Hooks, a brakeman on tuc Mobile and Girard Rail
road, was crushed between two cars and killed,
yesterday, at thejdepot in Girard. He was standing
on the track between the care to couple them when
run together, but, being careless about his position,
or miscalculating the space between them, he was
•rushed in the collision. We le&m that the deceased
bad no tamily —Columbut Enqmrer
ITii«* Washington Homicide.
We have already given an account of the killing
of Mr. Hume, a wealthy and highly esteemed mer
| chant of Alexandria, by Col. Lee, a clerk in the
Pension Office at Washington. The correspondent
i of the Baltimore American gives the following ad
| ditionai particulars, in reference to the parties :
The examination of Lee was made by Justice
; Drury, of the Ist ward After bearing vbe evidence
! he admitted Lee to bail in the sum of slo,l***, one
j bau of which was recognised by Lee, and the other
was entered into by a friend. This act on the part
I of Justice Drnry is severely criticised by our com
< innni’y and many well informed persons assert that
j he has considerably exceeded his authority in the
premises; first, by admitting bail in the case : and,
' second, in taking the principal actor in the tragedy
: as co surety. At all evtiits there is a very strong
j current of feeling in the city in relation to the whole
! affair from beginning to end.
; The excitement in Alexandria on the receipt of
‘ intelligence of Mr. Hume’s death was immense. A
■ meeting of the Corn Exchange, of which he was a
i member, was held and a resolution was adopted that
: as many as cau, do forthwith pr*x.eed to Washing*
j ton with the view of giving the necessary attention
j to taking charge of his remains. In consequence of
! this action a large delegation came to Washington
j at noon, and yesterday afternoon the remains of Mr.
J Hume were’taken to Alexandria. An immense
j number of citizens were waiting, on the wharf, the
| receipt of the bufiy, and their high respect and love
j for the deceased were fully evidenced. The remains
i were, at an early hour this morning, conveyed to
; Orange county for interment, and luneral sermons
were preached to-day in the several pulpits of Alex
! andria.
Another meeting has been called by the Corn Ex
. change for Monday morning at 9 o'clock. It will,
though nominally a meeting of that body, be an
assemblage of citizens, and participated in by a
; very large portion of the citizens of Alexandria.—
j An expression of the feelings of the community will
i be made in strong terms, including a demand that
! prompt and signal justice be rendered to the mur-
I derer.
• Mr. Hume was a Knight Templar of the Masonic
i order, a gentleman of n.eans and active benevo
lence, about forty five years of age, and a widow
er, with four children, two of them grown up daugh
ters. He was also a member of the committee be
fore Congress in the matter of the Long Bridge,
and his visit to Washington was connected with that
matter.
Mr. Lee is about 55 years of age, with a large
family, and is a member of the Board of Common
Council from the Ist ward.
Mr. Lee was immediately discharged from the
Pension Office. He left the city for Virginia after
giving bail, passing incog through Alexandria. The
j sou of Mr. Ilume made an attempt yesterday to come
to Washington in pursuit of Lee,«but his object was
discovered and p.evented by his friends.
I am informed that Mr. Dodge, a prominent and
highly respectable citizen of Georgetown, found
Mr. Lee’s pocket book in his pocket yesterday and
returned it to him shortly after the murder, and
there can be no doubt that the perpetrator of the
theft was one well skilled in operations of the kiud.
James Cogan and Southey Parker are co securities
of Lee in $2,500 in each.
Heavy Railroad Robberies and Arrest or
the Thieves. —The Pittsburg papers of Monday
contain the particulars of the arrest of an extensive
band of Railroad depredators. The Journal says .
For sometime past we have been in possession of
the fact that a series of extensive robberies had
been committed on the Pittsburg, Fort Wayne &.
Chicago Railroad, and that measures were on foot
for the arrest of those implicated; but, for fear of
interfering with the ends of justice, we have kept
mum upon the subject.
Within the past year the Company has had to pay
between $40,000 and $50,000 for goods which had
been safely shipped from this city, but never reach
ed their destination ; and although the utmost care
has been taken to find where the aforesaid goods did
go to, and into whose hauds they fell, no light has
been thrown upon the subject until within a few
days past.
A short time since, officer Pinkerton, of Chicago,
was engaged to try and ferret out the mystery. He
laid his plans with so much judgment, and took
every step with so much discretion, that the thieves
had no suspicion of liis doings, and were easily
caught in the trap which he had laid for them.
At his suggestion, a lot of goods were purchased,
a private-mark put on them, they were packed in
boxes, directed to various firms in our western cities,
and shipped to their destination. The decoy took
admirably.
At a given place in Ohio, a portion of the marked
articles, were unloaded, a part of the gang took
them in charge, and the train passed on. They
were traced to Buffalo, New-York, where they were
given into the care of an auctioneer, also belonging
to the baud. This, it would appear, has been the
depot for all the stolen goods, and where they have
been disposed of at auction.
The plan having ripened, every thing was now
ready for a descent upon the thieves. Accordingly
Mr. Pinkerton came to Pittsburg last Thursday, in
formed Mayor Weaver of his intention, and our own
efficient High Constable, Mr. Robert Hague, with
seven of the Mayor’s police, started that evening in
pursuit. The result is, that they have arrested 19
persons, one woman among them, on all of whom
were found stolen goods which can be identified,
and placed them in durance vile in the State of Ohio,
at the different places where they were captured.
Among them are employees of the Company, law
yers, doctors, constables and merchants—men who
have heretofore borne an unblemished character.
Some are residents of Pittsburg and Allegany, but
we refrain publishing their names for the present.
There are well founded suspicions for believing
that the bridges burned down on the line of the road
were tired by some of this band, for the purpose of
delaying the trains, so as the mare easily to carry
out their schemes. We are not aware how many
of the employees are implicated, but from what we
can learn there must necessarily be a great many.
For it is stated that the trains, during the past year,
have made stoppages at points where there was no
warrant, for so doing, and there unloaded goods
marked for other places.
The police are still on the look out for others who
are supposed to be connected with this wholesale
robbery, and we hope to have more definite state
ments by to-morrow.
A New University in Tennessee*
The Bishops of the Dioceses of the Protestant
Episcopal Church of Tennessee, Louisiana, Georgia,
Alabama, Mississippi, Florida, North and South Ca
rolina, and the Missionary Dioceses of the South
west, have issued an address to the members and
friends of* the Proteetaut Episcopal Church in the
Southern and South-western States, vuth the view
of calling the attention of the members of that
Church to a great educational necessity which ex
ists in the Church in the localities referred to, and to
propose to them to unite their strength in founding
an institution upon a scale of such magnitude as
shall supply all their demands. The proposed insti
tution is intended to be a University, with all the
Faculty, including particularly a Theological De
partment, upon such a plan as will include the whole
course embraced in the best colleges in the country.
We publish the following extract from the address,
and hope that the whole plan may be carried into
immediate and successful operation, and that an
institution may be established which will be second
to no other institution of learning on the continent:
—Memphis Bulletin.
In submitting this programme for your considera
tion, we have deemed it prop-r to add a few parti
culars, which we have thought it inexpedient to in
corporate in our plan of operation.
Ist. That the University should, in aU its parts,
be under the sole and perpetual direction of the
Protest aut Episcopal Church, as represented by the
diocese uniting in its foundation; thus securing
unity in its administration, as indispensable to its
success.
2d. That tWe Board of Trustees should be com
posed of the Bishops of the dioceses, ex officio s %
uniting, and one clergyman and two laymen from
each of the said dioceses to be elected by the Con
ventions of the same. The joint consent of the
Bishops, as an order, and of the clerical and lay trus
tees, shall be necessary to the adoption of any mea
sure proposed.
3d. That the sum of $500,000 shall be the least
amount with which the enterprise shall be com
me need.
4th. That there should be a Treasurer appointed
in eachJdiocese, to whom shall be paid the sums
subscribed in that diocese, whose duty it shall be to
vest those sums iu unquestionable public securities,
paying over annually to the Treasurer of the Cor
poration, the interest of the amount subscribed.
sth. That there should be a Treasurer of the Cor
poration, who should receive the interest annually
trow the diocesau Treasurer, and expend it under
the direction of the Board of Trustees.
6th. That the amount subscribed by'auy diocese,
and secured as above, should revert to the diocese
subscribing it, in case of the dissolution of the As
sociation.
7th. That each Bishop shall bring the subject
speedily before his diocese and Convention, and
shall also put into operation any agenciee he may
think best for promoting the 3ause, in accordance
with the general principles here laid down.
Bth. That the senior Bishop by consecration, of
the Association, shall always be Chancellor of the
University.
9th. It is deemed expedient to establish the Uni
versity at some 6pot near Chattanooga, where the
various railroads traversing our diocese converge,
thus reuderiDg access to it trom every direction easy
and speedy.
The above points comprise all those which it is
deemed expedient to fix upon as a basis of union.
Any others that may appear of importance, will be
incorporated hereafter, as expedience shall require.
The Oldest Man in America. —A correspondent
of the Cassville (Ga.) Standard, says :
There is now living in Murray county, in this
State, on the waters of Holley Creek, a Revolu
tionary veteran, who has attained the age of one
hundred and thirty four. His name is John Uames.
As I was on my way to visit this relict of the ex
pired eighteenth century, 1 inquired of an oldish
gentleman about sixty it he knew him. “Oh, yes,
I know him,’' said he, “he is my grandfather!”
John Hames was born in Mecklenburg county,
Virginia, aud was a lad ten years old when Wash
ington was iu his cradle. He was thirty-two when
Braddock met his disastrous defeat on the Monon
gahela. He, with several of his neighbors, set forth
to join the head-strong and ill-fated commander, but
after several days’ march were turned back by the
news of his overthrow. He migrated to South Ca
rolina nearly a hundred years ago. He was in thir
teen considerable conflict* during the war of Inde
pendence, and in skirmishes aud rencontres with
Indians, with tories, and with British times beyond
memory. He was with Gates at Camden, with
Morgan at the Cowpens, with Greene at Hillsboro’
aud Eutaw, and with Marion in many a bold rush
into a tory camp or red coat quarters.
The old’patriarch is >till quite smart and hearty.
He converses with a smile, and oce&sioually laughs
very hearty. He attributes his long life, first of ail,
to an unwavering trust in the goodness of Divine
Providence. He has always believed through the
many years of his long life that the Almighty was
ever present to protect and sustain him. Another
means is. extreme simplicity UT «ilet. “For one hun
dred years of my life," said he, “aiush and milk was
my breakfast, and milk and mush was my supper.
He has always lived on the frontier, having begun
seven times in the woods. The fie#h he ate for his
mid-day meal was that of wild animals.
Infamous.—We find the following eautiou in the
Indianapolis Jouma 1 , of Thursday last:
‘\a gentleman called at our office on Tuesday !
evening to sav that he had been informed on Mon- j
day by Jesit’T. Xatiock, of Hendricks county, that j
five hundred hogs, which Lad died of hog cholera in ;
that county, had been brought to Indianapolis ; that j
some of those who brought them had informed him
that they proposed selling some ot the hams, the
lard from other portions, and had the meat of other
portions made into Bologna sausages . that one In
dividual who had lost five buried them to keep his
other hogs from them, and afterwards brought them
to this city.”
We notice also that there ha* been quite an ex
citement in Albany, N. Y., arising from the fact of
the proprietors of one of the slaughter bouses in that
city haying cut up. salted and packed down the
carcasses of the cattle drowned in the late flood.
The board of health of Albany visited the slaughter
house in question, and describe the scene they there
witnessed as disgusting in the extreme. The board
of health afterwards held a meeting, declared tin
meat a nuisanee and dangerous to the public health,
and ordered that the police should destroy it forth
with. _
A Chinese “Cbstom. ’ — There is one peculiarity
about the Chinese, and that is. they “don't know
when they are whipped." It matters not how bad
lv they are beaten, the moment the firing ceases
they poet a courier to Pekin informing the Empe
ror that the brigade of Mounted Tom Sucks flanked
by the Heavy Gongs have just added fresh glory to
tiie Sun and Moon. Chuean was taken by the Bri
tish in about three hours. As soon as the Chinese
, could “get behind a fence” he sent forward a cou
• rier to tne Emperor stating that after “utterly de-
I fearing” the enemy twice they had returned a third
: time, and the garrison, after six days hard fighting,
i and strewing the ground with their corpses, nad at
last been obliged to retreat ; and he added that
when “he heard this his hair stood on end at the
daring of the villains' . when Tinghae fell he pro
claimed that the “barbarians had become outra
geous, and had raised a general indignation against
1 them he still swore that he would exterminate the
foreign robbers but whea the attack on the Chin
hae began his prudence got the mastery, he ran
awav at the beginning of the action, tumbled into
a canal, and as soon a* he was fished out, commit
ted suicide by swallowing gold leaf
EUROPEAN INTELLIGENCE.
. BY THE ATLANTIC.
# Affairs in Great Britain.—By the Niagara
we had a brief # uunoanceuuoK that* the Chancellor
of % the Exchequer had brought forward his financial
statement, the chief feature being a proposed re
duction of the income tax from the war rate, of Is
4d per £. to the peace rate of 7d per £. To balance
J this the Ciianceuer projpoees to maintain at their
j present rates the paper * wii.e. spirits, malt, insu
rance, and other duties. With regard .to tea and
sugar a new scale is to be fixed. The duty on tea,
which ia now Is 9d on. the pound, will be reduced
after the Ist of April next to Is 7d, the next year k to
Is sd, the year following to Is 3d. and thereafter to
Is. On sugar the present duty is 20s per cwt., next
year the duty is to be reduced to 18s 4d, the next
year lo 16s Bd, tnea to 15s, and subsequently to 13s
4d. The total i eduction of taxation proposed is
£12,000,000 sterling.
The Earl of CiareLdon appealed to Lord Albe
marie to postpone his motion relative to the Persian
war. on the ground that the negotiations at Paris
were making satisfactory progress, and that they
might be brought to an issue at any moment. The j
Earl of Albemarle assented, and the motion was ac- 1
cordingiy postponed.
Lord Shaftesbury gave notice of motion*on the i
subject of the traffic in opium between India and
Ghma. Loid Brougham Drought in a bill to facili
tate the collection of judicial statistics.
The Loudon Advertiser asserts that nearly seven- ■
ty members of the Conservative party in Parlia- i
inent h ve intimated to Lord Derby that if he gives
Lis sanction to a coalition with the Peebles, they j
will oease acknowledge him as their chief.
London correspondence of the Manch ster Guar
dian says that Odo Russel, a nephew of Lord John ,
will accompany Lord Napier, as attache , to '
Washington.
Charles C. Furber, late first mate of the American j
ship James L. Bogart, and who was injured in the j
mutiny on board that vessel on the 19th ult, died in j
the Liverpool Northern Hospital on the 14th inst. I
The Coroner’s jury returned a verdict of “juxtifia - :
ble homicide by Jeremiah Jones,” (the colored tea- j
man who killed the deceased )
The Atlantic left York for Liverpool on the
ist inst. Among the passengers was a man na »ed
\\ inter, (with his wife) a clerk of a mercantile firm
in that city, having in his pos«essi<sn $2,000 belong
ing to his employers; aud which he had obtained by
breaking open the safe. The principal of the firm
obtained a warrant for his apprehension, .and took a
passage by the Persia, which sailed three days after
wards, passed the Atlantic about two hours before
she arrived at Liverpool, and arrested the astonished
Winter.
France.— On Monday, the 16th, the Emperor
Napoleon opened the Legislative Session, in Paris,
with a speech from the throne. The scene is described
as |>ne of great pomp, and the enthusiasm manifested
on the’occasion, as great.
Italy. —News from the city of Naples is to the
9th instant. Affairs remain in the same unsatisfac
tory The agents sent by the Government
to offer the political prisoners an exile in South
America, report inat near y all had refused. The
King remains at CaVerta. The news makes no re
ference to the establishment of a free port in the
kingdom of Naples, as announced the other day
from -Marseilles.
Persia. —Advices from Constantinople to the 6th,
state that fresh despatches from Teheran recom
mend Ferouk Khan to make Peace with England.
A reinforcement of 700 men had arrived i:<* the Per
sian Gulf from Bombay. Aud English corps J'smnee
had arrived in Cabul; and was marching, wife the
troops of Dost Mahomed, on Herat. The Rus
sians were concentrating troops 4>u the banks of
the Caspian. It was said that the head quartern of
the Russian army of the Caucasus would be removed
to Erivan.
Correspondence of the tendon Times.
Hongkong, China, Dec. 301856.
The London mail of the 10th of November ar
rived here per steamer Madras on the 24th inst.
At Canton the foreign factories have been burnt
to the ground. The fire e'umnoneedabout IIP. M.
on the 14th in3t., and, although every effort was
made to arrest the flames, it proved utterly useless,
and all the houses were destroyed, with one excep
tion, whioh has since been gutted by the Chinese.
It was the result of a well planned and executed
scheme on the part of the Chinese. The fire broke
out simultaneously at different points, and was
aided by combustibles, tire balls and rockets,
thrown from the suburbs. Many Chinese houses
were also burned.
No attack was made by the Chinese, who appear
to have been quite content with burning the houses,
by which act they themselves will be the eventual
losers. Most of the houses were vacant, but much
valuable property has nevertheless been destroyed.
Our marines and bluejackets exerted themselves
to the utmost in saving property; but the spread of
the flames was so rapid that little could be brought
a-way. Shot and shell were thrown from the Dutch
Folly during the fire, in order to prevent large bo
dies of the Chinese assembling near the scene.
Two companies of Her Majesty’s 50th Regiment
were present, and they' are now strongly intrenched
in the garden. The clubhouse and church, being de
tached from the factories, remain intact, and are
excellent quarters for the troops.
Our fleet holds the river as before, and Admiral
Seymour has hoisted his flag on board Her Majesty's
steamer Niger, at anchor off the gardens. Our no
sition is, therefore, stronger than before the fire. No
active measures of reprisal have yet been underta
ken, the admiral being apparently determined to
wait uutil troops arrive anil enable him to commence
operations with vigor.
One of the small postal steamers was attacked be
tween Canton and the Bogue on the night of the
22d inst. by a large fleet of mandarin junks, and
had a narrow" escape from capture. The pilot and
one of the c ew were killed, and two others wound
ed. A lorcha, which she was towing, had to be cast
off, and was captured, proving a ri<Jh prize, as she
was laden with goods and valuables, removed from
the Canton warehouse at much risk and expense.—
Before being cast off her crew were taken on board
the steamer. The junks then retired up the shallow'
creeks with which the country is intersected, and
where the draught of water is too small for our
nien-of-W'ar. Gunboats are very much required.
Some attempts have been made to iujure our
ships-of-war by sending down on them boats filled
with guupcwder, but no harm has yet been done.
Some rebel bands have lately taken possession of
a large village near Whampoa, which w'as their
head quarters in 1853. Although calling themselves
rebels, they are mere banditti, and their object is
plunder. They have been warned against inter
fering.
At Hong Kong there have been no disturbances,
and measures have been taken for the public safety.
The police force has been augmented, and a picket
of the 55th Regiment is stationed nightly near the
Chinese quarter. All Chinese are required to carry
a lantern after dark, and between 10 I*. M. and day
light none are allowed to move about without a pass.
To the respectable portion this is no hardship, and
they are quite alive to the benefit tiiey derive from
protective measures.
The foreign residents are to be sworn in to-day
as special constables, and a fire brigade is to be or
ganized from amongst them.
The following circular letter from the United
States Commissioner explains the present position
and attitude of the Americans here :
“ To the Merchants and Other Citizens of the Uni
ted States. ”
“Legation of the United States, ) I
Mac ao, December 29. )
“His Excellency, Peter Parker, Commissioner of
the United States of America to China, dr c., refer- ’
ring to the noti- eof the 9th instant, hereby makes 1
known that the reply of the Imperial Commissioner 1
to his Excellency's despatch of that date was re- j
ceived last evening, and that, with the semblance ’
of a desire to maintain friendly relations between
the two countries, the same disposition to evade ob- <
ligation, misrepresent facts aud erroneously inter- 1
pret treaty stipulations which for years has charac- t
terized the correspondence of Imperial Commis
sioners, still obtains with his Excellency Veh ; the t
resumption of trade at any extent at the port of
Canton during the existence of the local hostilities is '
not encouraged by the tenor of the communication
now received, and means more ample than those i
now at command will be required to meet the emer
gency of the public-interest* of the United States in
China, and the satisfactory and proper adjustment '
of the relation of the Five Ports as an event yet fu
ture.” , „
“By order, S. Wells W illiams,
“Secretary of the U. S. American Legation.”
The Viceroy Yeh has shown no desire to arrange
matters; indeed, it is said that his power is now (
overruled by the train bands brought in from the 1
country for the defence of the city.
Many rumors are in circulation ; the only one I
think worthy of mention is a report in the North Chi
na Herald that a High Commissioner has been ap
pointed by the Emperor to proceed to Canton and
arrange matters to the satisfaction of the British,
even if the concession of all their demands should
be necessary. lam unable to trace any foundation
for this however.
The Friend of China, in its issue of Dec. 30, thus
sums up the latest news from Canton: “There is
little of any moment to report, excepting some filing
into the city from the Dutch Folly. Admiral Sey
mour. for the present, recline* on his arms, as good
policy, perhaps, as more active measures; for, as
every*day’s inability to go about their customary
avocations must cause serious distress to the Celes
tial ‘Obstinates,’ it caun ji be doubted but in coprse
of time they will come to their senses. Reports
from the North run that Yeh has been superseded
and that the incoming High Imperial Commissioner
has full liberty to admit uu within the city. This re
port is not likely to be true. Veil, perhaps, would
be glad if it were. Our news from Canton comes
up to yesterpay noon. At that time her Majesty's
Bteamship Coromandel, Lieutenant Douglas com
manding, left for this port, having on board Mr.
Consul Parkes, Capt. Bush, of her Majesty's 59fh
Regiment, and Dr. Anderson, of the Calcutta in
charge of sick aeamem. Since the hot shot tiring of
Saturday night, there has been no more hostile de
monstration. It is now pretty certain that Mr. Cow
per sen., is alive within the town of Whampoa, and
one of the elders has been released on parole, to in
stitute measures for his release.”
The same paper publishes the following late let
ter from Canton.
Canton, Sunday, Dec. 28.
“An attempt was made on Friday night to blow
up the Hornet, but with as little success as the pre
vious one on the Niger—indeel less, for the powder
did not all explode in the present case. The Dutch
Folly was send ng hot shot and shell into the city
all last night, creating a great hubbub among the
Among the losses sustained by the burning of the
foreign factories at Canton is to be regretted the ir
reparable one of Dr. Williams' printing establish
ment. including the large founts of Chinese type
with which Dr. Morrison’s Dictionary was printed,
and which had been presented to Dr. Williams by
the English Government in 18-14. Besides the types
and presses, there was a large stock of books on
hand, numbering in all over 10,000 volumes, and
comprising the unsold copies of the ‘Chinese Re
pository,’ ‘Chinese Chrestomathy,’ ‘English Chinese
Vocabulary,’ ‘Phrase Book,’ ‘Premare s Notitia,’
<fcc.; in short, the remaining copies of nearly all the
works wiiich were issued during the twenty-four
years the press had been in operation, and some ot
which wilt never be reprinted. Besides these, Dr.
Hance's valuable collection of botanical works has
been consumed.” . . ,
The Straits Times says that it is believed that
the British lorcha Alma has been taken by the Chi
nese, and the foreign portion of her crew murdered.
Intelligence trom Amoy and Foo-chow foo notices
that at tne above places an ill feeling had been dis
played towards foreigners. Her Majesty’s steam
vessel Sampson had proceeded to Ainoy, and the
United States steamer Portsmouth to Foo-chow-foo,
I to afford protection.
I It was announced in Liverpool, on the sailing ot
! the Atlantic, that ship Chattahoochee, Capt. Mason,
I from Liverpool for Savannah, had gone ashore on
I the Irish Coast, and was i;oiug to pieces.
Eater from Europe.
The Persia’s Mails. —The steamship Persia, a*
announced by telegraph, arrived at New York on
Friday, at noon, having left Liverpool at 8 o'clock,
Saturday morning, the 21 st February.
Lord Napier, the new British Minister to the
United States, with his family, oame passenger on
the Persia.
Great Britain.— The war with China oocupied
Parliament. Mr. Labouchere said that no orders or
instructions had been issued to the Bntieh authon- i
ties at Hong Kong, or to the Admiral in command
of the squadron m tiie Chinese wateis, suspending ,
or superseding the directions given by Earl Grey,
in 1847. whereby offensive operations against the ;
Chinese were peremptorily forbidden, without the ,
previous sanction of England.
A resolution by the Earl of Derby, expressing th*
regret of the House at the interruption of amicable
relations between China and Great Britain, and
condemning the commencement of hostilities with- j
out direct orders from her Majesty'.- Government ,
was mad- the order of the day for Thursday.
Lord Palmerston said that no actual engagements i
had yet been come to bet ween the Government* of j
England and Denmark, for toe commutation of the j
Sound Dues . _ , , . . . ,
Lord Palmerston said he had no knowledge ot
any treaty which was said to have been completed
between 'Russia and Persia, in January last, by
which the latter ceded to the former a large tract of
country on the borders of 1 urkey.
An explosion took place on the 19th, at the Sand
Hill Colliery, near Wombwell, on the South York
shire Railway. One hundred aud sixty-six persons
were in the pit at the time Sixteen were drawn up
alive, and the others remained for certain death, the
interior of the pit having taken fire Engines had
arrived, and the mouths of the shaft* were being
stopped up to extinguish the flame*. Thirteen dead
bodit* haa been found in the main train ways, but it
would be some days before the pit oould be *afely
1 entered to search for the rest. The flames burst
j from the mouth of the pit, a distance of twenty
j yards, into the air, illuminating the country around.
The Earl of Ellesmere died in London on the
18th, in the 57th year of his age. He had been Lord
j of the Treasury, Chief Secretary of Ireland and Sec
retary of War* Ho was a poet, and besides uu
! meruus transactions, role a poem, enrilled “The
j Pilgrimage.” He is succeeded in his titles and es
| tales by his eldest sou. Lord Brack ley, wiio is in a
I precarious state ofheaiuh.
| W. H. Russell, the London Times correspondent,
; has entered into engagement with Mr. Beale, ot
i London, to deliver three lectures a week, on the
Crimea, till April, 1858, for a sum which rumor calls
i £ i 0,000.
About £SOO are in bank at Cork, for a monument
j to the late Father Matthew.
Charles C Fubber. late first mate of the America#
i ship James L. Bogart, aud who was injured in the
J mutiny on board of that vessel on the 13th ult . died
j in the Liverpool Northern Hospital on the L4tu inst.
; The coroner s jury returned a verdict of “justifiable
! homicide, by Jeremiah Jones—the colored seaman
who killed the deceased.’’
A resolution had been moved in the House of
• Lords, to take the government of the Indi.in Terri
i tories of Great Britain out of the hands of the East
: India Company.
France.—The address of Napoleon announces
| his determination to do away with the army tide,
! iequal to 20,000,000 of francs,) and-otherwise lighten
• the taxation of the people.
i M. Milland, banker of Paris, gave a superb enter
| taiument to 150 journalist* and literary men , on Sun
| day. the 15lh inst.
Ch in a. —Details of the China news, of which we
have already given a brief telegraph summary, are
i received. The position of the Americans aud Amer
‘ ican interests, to judge from a circular issued
f 27th of December from the Legation of the United
j States, seems to be far from satisfactory. The for
eign factories, as previously reported, Lad all been
j burnt to the ground, but the statement that Admiial
j Seymour had commerced to destroy the city with
red-hot shot appears to have been premature.* The
j Admiral is waiting for the arrival of troops, when
active operations will be vigorously renewed. A
rumor was current at Hong Kong that the Emperor
had appointed a high Commissioner to proceed to
Canton to arrange matters to the satisfaction of the
British, but this require* confirmation.
The Paris correspondent- of the Post writes, on
Thursday evening : “I hear from very good author
ity that there is every reason to suppose Russia has
already offered assistance to China. It is also de
dared'that a new secret treaty was signed between
Russia and Persia within the last eight weeks. It
is known, from dispatches received in Paris, that
considerable forces have been dispatched lately to
wards the Chinese and Persian frontiers.”
At Amoy some alarm has been occasioned by
K)werful pirate fleets cruising in the neighborhood.
er Majesty's steamer Sampson has gone up the
coast in consequence.
The Chinese soldiery had become mutinous, their
pay and rations beiug in arrears.
Foochow advices are to the 19th inst. Tranquil
ity prevailed.
in tea there was no change.
Shanghai letters are to the 23d inst. All remained
quiet, and no apprehension was felt.
Russia.-A report from the Russian Minister of War
declares that the truce concluded with Schamyl,
during the Turkish war, expired in May of last year,
and that operations against the Circassians have
been resumed along the whole line of the Caucasus.
Letters from St. Petersburg mention that it will
be the beginning of April before the Emperor
Alexander sets out on liis journey to Nice, aud either
on his way or on his return, he will visit Napoleon
at Paris.
The ratification of the treaty between Russia and
Persia ou the sth of January last, were exchanged
at Teheran on the of the s ame month. This
treaty cedes to Russia a tract of land' on the fron
tiers of Turkey, and situate between Bayazid aud
Nakshivan, giving to Russia a complete command
of the Strategic road from Trebixonde on the Black
Sea to the Persian frontier by Erzarouin. Russia
has been endeavoring since 1823 to obtain the con
cession which Persia now grants. It is ordered that
ordere were immediately sent from St. Petersburg
to cons'.ruct a line of fortresses on the ceded terri
tory.
The Brussels Nord publishes the details of the con
cession granted by the Russian government for the
great network of railways to lx* constructed within
ten years at an outlay ot' £45,000,000 sterling. The
conditions arc substantially the same as those al
ready announced. Amongst the contracting parties
are Baring Brothers, of Loudon, and Hope Co.,
of Amsterdam.
Prussia. —Letters from Berlin state no arrange
ments, not even a provisional one, has been entered
into for the settlement of the Neufchatel question.
Denmark. —Advices received from Stockholm,
state that the treaty repealing the Sound Dues,
merely requires the final ratification. It rescues the
transit duty on all roads, by land and water, be -
tween the Baltic and the North Ses, froni 80 skil
lings Danish, or about 2s. sterling to 16 skillings or
sd. sterling, per 500 lbs. It would therefore seem,
it is remarked, that the canal dues cease with the
sound dues, and in lieu thereof,a transit duty is im
posed on all merchandize passing through the Eider
canal, at the rate of about Id. per ©wt. Hitherto,
all vessels passing through the canal paid custom
house dues of 51 skillings Danish it laden, or 29
skillings if in ballast, per commerz last of about 2£
tons. It is, therefore, inferred that the difference
of 25 skillings is an indirect charge on the cargo.
Turkey.— Two English line of-battles were to
quit the Bosphoms on i lie 9th inst, for Malta but it
was not expected that the remainder of tiie squad
ron would leave before the evacuat ion of the Princi
palities by the Austrian troops. The firman for the
convocation of the Divans ad hoc in the Principali
ties was expected to be published immediately in
the journals of Jasay and Bucharest, after whioh
the electoral list would be formed, and the elections
commence at the beginning of March.
Miscellaneous.— Bianchi, who was attacked,
when unarmed, by five Austrian officers withswords
at Mantua, to avenge a private quarrel, Ims died of
the wounds he received.
The Neapolitan police have searched the houses
of Gen. becca, Jscintella, ex Minister of War, and
Gen. Filangieri, late Lieutenant Royal of Sicily.—
Arrests continue to be made in the army and govern
ment offices.
The directors of the Austrian Court Theatre has
issued an order that the danseuses of the*opera shall
wear “trouserloons.” Thejjladies rebel against the
order.
The statue of the Virgin of the Immaculate
Conception haa been successfully cast iu brozo at
Rome.
Catharine Ernelli, who has been passing herself
off as a saint and capable of working miracles # has
been condemned by the Inquisitional Rome to 1~
years’ imprisonment. 4P
Ex-Queen Christina, of Spain, proposes to make
K< nne her permanent residence, aud is purchasing i
palaces in that city for her sons.
The Closing of Cong vest* of the
PreMiiiing OiticcrH*
When the Senate of the United States was about
to close its ses.'ion, on the morning of tiie 4th ins!.,
a vote of thanks having been tendered to Senators
Bright aud Mason for their ability, dignity, and
courtesy, as presiding officers, Mr. Mason, the Pres
ident pro tern addressed the body as follows:
Senators: —In dosing with you the present Con
gress, I beg permission to express to all S-nators
my sincere acknowledgments for the courtesy and
forbearance which have marked their intercourse
with the chair, and for their general kindness to its
temporary occupant. I haye certainly endeavor
ed, by diligence and care in the dispatch of the
public business and by strict impartiality, to deserve
It.
I tender lo each and to all of you. Senators, my
earnest wi. h for a happy and grateful meeting with
those awaiting you at your homes, aud for prosperity
and welfare in life.
It remains only to announce that the Senate stands
adjourned without day.
The new Senate being iu session on Executive
business, the Hor. John C. Brekinridge, Vice-
President, ou taking the chair, made the subjoined
address:
Senators :—ln assuming the duties of this station
lam quite conscious that 1 bring:Lo their discharge
few other qualifications than a deep sense of the im
portance of this body in the scheme *>f the Govern
ment and a feeling of respect for its members. Hap
pily my duties are comparatively few and simple,
and lam sure they will be made easy by a perva
ding sense of propriety, which will of itself be suffi
cient ou all occasions to preserve the dignity aud
decorum of the Senate.
Iu administering the rules which you have adopt
ed for the convenience of your proceedings, I
shall often need your kind indulgence, and 1 antici
pate with confidence your forbearance towards the
errors that spring from inexperience. Cherishing the
hope that our official and personal intercourse will
be marked by mutual confidence and regard, I look
forward with pleasure to oar association in the per
formance of public duties.
It shall be my constant aim, gentlemen of the
Senate, to exhibit at all times aud to every member
of this body, the courtesy and impartiality which
are due to the representatives of equal States.
Before the adjournment of the House, the Speaker
of the House of Representatives addressed that bo
dy as follows:
Gentlemen of tiie House of Representatives:
—I solicit that indu’gence which is usually accorded
to those who stand in the position which I occupy.
I should fail to perform au imperative duty did I
sever our official connexion without acknowledging
my obligation to the officers with whom I have been
associated, aud to the House itself, for that gene
rous and unwavering support which has been given
to me in my sphere of service.
The Congressional Term which row closes will
bear in the history of legislation no ordinary char
acter. The unexampled energy of the American
people, and the rapid extension of their theatres of
actiou and has crowded upon us from
day to day a constant succession of questions of
extraordinary character and serious import, and to
this has been superadded an unusual amount of the
ordinary business of legislation.
To l ave beeu called under such circumstances to
the chair of this the first of delibrative assemblies
—an office which has been endeared to the people
by its association with the memories of Muhlenberg,
Macon, Cheevea and Clay—is an honor that might
well crown a life of study and toil. To have dis
charge i the duties of this office, delicate and impor
tant as they have been, to your entire satisfacti >n,
is more than I could have hoped. The journal of
the House, an unerring and an impartial record, and
the resolution to widen, as I am informed, you have
come, following the suggestion of the distinguished
gentleman from South Carolina (Mr. Aiken), give
to me assurances which cam 't but be gratitying,
and for these I proffer to you nr, profound and life
long acknowledgments.
The welcome word from me must be that wortj.
which speeds your carting from these scenes of anx
ious labor. I invoke for you. gentlemen, a lmppy
return to your homes, where the sweet and native
air of hill and vale and the loved forms and sounds
of home and those we love at homemay revive your
exhausted energies, pu ge the system of the fever of
fitful and unsatisfactory contests, aud bring each and
all to the cheering admission, whatever disappoint
ments and perils we encounter,that the performance
of public duty and the service ot our country, is al
ways a pleasant labor.
It is only left for me to announce that the power of
the House as a legislative body now ceases, and to
bid you farewell. _ _
Railroad Riot —VYe learn that a few days since
a serious riot took place on the Fernamlina Rail
road, in Florida. The particulars of the affair, as
tar as we could learn from a gentleman who arrived
in -this city yesterday, are as follow* : fek»me sii*rht
misunderstanding took place between a country
man and a laborer on the road, in relation to a horse
race. The affair ended in a fight, and the parties
were separated. Some hours afterward* the friends
of both parties made arrangements for a conflict «>n
a more extended scale. The countrymen, armed
with rifles aod guns, made an attack on the railroad
men, when a severe battle ensued, during which
one man was killed and a number wounded on both
sides. The railroad men were defeated, and driven
from their ground, some of whom made their escape
by secreting themselves in the neighborhood, and
others arrived in this city by yesterday s steamer.
The parties engaged in the riot, we are informed,
numbered from forty to fifty on each side. In con
sequence of this unfortunate affair, our informant
learned that the work on the road had been tempo
rarily suspended. — Savannah Morning yeics, 9lh.
He Died at his Post.—A sad, but beautiful and
touching scene, was witnessed at the accident at
Du Page bridge. On the momiDg after the accident
the slow tolling of a bell was heard. On looking to
see whence it came, it was discovered to proceed
from the engine, a* it lay submerged iu the water.
The waves as they foamed and surged over the
sunken engine swayed the beli, which alone with
the smoke pipe appeared above water, and caused
it to give a tolling sound. When the engine
was raised from the water the engineer was found
in a standing posture, w ith hisatiff, cold, icy hand
firmly grasping the throttle valve, as though amid
the thick darkness be had discovered the perilous
condition of the train,and had sprang to avert the
ruin. But it was too late—the engine and train,
with its precious freight of life and property,
down, and during the dreary night the engine bell
and tiie mad rushing of waters rang out a solemn
requiem for the dead ! It is probable that had not
the freight traiu gone down as it did, the passenger
train from Ch oigo, due two hours later, and loaded
with sleeping passengers, would itself have taken
the fatal plunge.— Joliet Democrat.
Homicide » Chambers. —An affray occurred at
Mr. Brumbelow’s Store, in the northeastern part of
; Chamber* county, Ala., last week between a young
! mail named Tarplev and Mr Thomas Robinson—
j resulting in the death of the latter, who was stabbed
| to the heart
BY TELEGRAPH.
LATER FROM EUROPE.
ARRIVAL ' THE STEAMER
EMEf.
New York, March 10.—The steamer Emeu has
arrived with Haxro dates of the 22d.
The Pal is Consiitutionel explains the secret treaty
between France and Austria in regard to the former
guaranteeing to the latter her Italian possessions.
It says tho treaty is a dead letter, as Austria never
drew the sword against Russia.
At Havre on Saturday Cotton was film—Orleans
treaordinaire 101. Rice dull.
Wic-bitiffron News.
Washington, March 9. —ln the Seuate, to-day,
the Standing Committees were appointed-
Mr. Crittenden offered resolutions approving the
course of the late administration in regard to the
rules of maritime law, proposed by the Paris con
ference.
Hon. James C. Dobbin, late Secretary of the Na
vy, left this city to day, in the steamer Water
Witch for Forfolk,e» route home.
Presentation of Piute co Ex-President Pierce.
Washington, March 9.—Senator Toombs to-day,
presented to Ex-President Franklin Pierce, in be
half of the citizens of Savannah, a beautiful service
of plate. The-present was haudsomely acknowl
edged.
Washington, March 10.—'The Senate ratified to
day the Commercial Treaties with Chili, Venezuela
and Persia.
The Judiciary Committee will report in favor of
taking testimony in the case of Fitch aud will de
cide that Cameron is entitled to his seat.
Respect to the Memory of Dr. Ivttue.
Baltimore, March 10.—The remains of Dr. Kane
were received here to*dHy, aud escorted from the
Depot by an immense procession.
Submarine Telegraph Cable.
New A'ork, March 9.—The steamships Niagara
and Mississippi have been selected-to lay the Su
marine Telegraph Cable.
Railroad Accident.
New York, March B.— Alarming rumors have
just been received of a serious accident on the Erie
Railroad, on Friday last, the cars having run off
the track. Some persons lost their lives and many
others were seriously wounded ; but no further par
ticulars have yet arrived.
Monday, March 9.—Ssales of Cotton to-day
500 bales. The market is much depressed
New York Market.
Monday, March 9.—The Cotton Market is quiet,
with sales of 2000 bales. Flour declined , State
$6.25 to $6,147 •. Southern $6.60 to $6.85. Wheat and
Corn unsettled. Spirits of Turpentine 51. Rosin
advanced. Rice Firm.
Tuesday, March 10.—Cotton ia buoyant. Sales
of 5000 bales.
Flour heavy—State $6.20 id G.3O Wheat dull and
unsettled. Corn declined to 73 cents. Freights ou
Cotton to Liverpool £d.
Mobile Market.
Saturday , March 7.—Sales of Cotton the past
week 18,000 bales. Receipts 11,000 bales, against
25,000 bales last year. Decrease at this point 50,-
000 bales. Stock 127,000 bales. Middling 13|c.
The Atlantic and Persia’s news received.
New Orlenn* Murker.
Friday, March 6.—Sales of Cotton to-day 8,500
bales. The sales of the week 63,000 bales, and the
receipts 38,500. The stock is 334,540 bales. De
crease in receipts 12,000 bales, aud at all points
114,740 bales.
Freights to Liverpool 7-l Cd.; aud to Havre £e.
Sterling, ; New York $ per cent, discount.
C'Lmrlcston lUnrkoi.
Tuesday, March 10, 1 p. m. —Cotton. —There is
a nondescript market—pi ices irregular and lower.
Sales to-day 900 bales at. 121 to 139 c.
Washington, March 7. — Judge McLean deliver
ed his views in the Di ed Scott case to-day, arguing
that slavery is limited to the range of the state
where it is established by municipal law.
I f Congress deem slaves or free colored persons
injurious to a territory, they have the power to pro
hibit them from becoming settlers therein.
The power to acquire territory carries the power
to govern it. The master does not carry witii him
t- the territory the law of the state from which he re
moves ; hence the Missouri Compromise was cousitu
tional, and the presumption is in favor of freedom.
Died Scott and his family were free under the
decisions of the last twenty-eight years.
Judge Curtis dissented from the opinion of the
majority of the Court as delivered by Chief Justice
Taney., and gave his reasons for the dissent.
New Orleans, March 7th.—A duel took place
at Mobile, Ala., to day, between Mr. Nixon, Editor
of the Crescent, and Mr. Breckenridge, Editor of
the Courier, two papers published in this city. At
the second tire Mr. Breckenridge was shot through
both thighs—the left being broken.
Washington, March s.—Chief Justice Taney
remained at his lodgings to day engaged in the
opinion iu the famous Dred Scott case, which will
be pronounced to-morrow.
The President will to-morrow communicate to the
Senate his Cabinet appointments.
Senator Bigler has iu his possession and will pre
sent to the Senate to-morrow the protest of the De
mocratic members of the Pennsylvania legislature
against the Hon. Simon Cameron taking his seat as
a member of the Senate. The contested election
cast's from Indiana aud Pennsylvania will probably
occupy the attention of the Senate next week.
Cougress haa provided for a mail once, t wice or
four times a mouth, overland, from the Mississippi
t o San Francisco.
The officers of the late Texas Navy are to receive
five years pay as waiting orders. Also has provided
appropriations tor the exploration and versification
of the surveys for a ship canal across the Isthmus of
Darien, and the extension of the surveys, and the
completion of the exploration of Parua and Paragua
rivers. $71,000 for one year’s duty, pay to the
dropped officers, under the aid to promote the effi
ciency of the Navy, who shall not be restored. —
SIO,OOO for testing useful inventions designed for
advancing the efficiency of the Navy. $ 1,000,000
for the construction of five sloops of war, with screw
propellers, aud providing for the amount of pay
claimed by Gen. Scott, as Lieut. Gen.
Phovidrnck, March, 4.—The democratic Con
vention of Rhode Island have nominated Americus
V. Potter for Gov. andJ. P. M. Potter for Lieut.
Gov.
St. Louis, March 7.— The Republican contains a
long communication relative to the affairs of Kansas.
Also the action of rhe Committee ou the Judiciary
iu the Legislature iu the matter of tiie testimouy
taken before Judge Cato, at the examination of
Jones for the si looting of Sherrod. This version
differs somewhat from the previous reports and
casts much blame on Governor Geary. This Judi
ei ry Committee likewise censure his action. Jones,
who was held to hail in the sum of $5,000, had ab
sconded.
Dkroit, March 5. —Five more convicts escaped
from the State prison at Jackson last night, by
catting through the top cells, and the roof of the
prison. None of them were retaken. Two ot the
five convicts who escaped two weeks sinne have
been retakeu.
SvmNuriELD, Mass., March s.—The main build
ing of tiie Williston Seminary at Easthamptou was
burnt yesterday afternoon. It was insured for
SI,OOO ill the Elm Office, at Hartford. It will be
immediately rebuilt, end the school will not be in
terrupted.
Louisville, March li.—The remains of Dr. Kane
arrived here this morning aud were received by a
large procession of masons, in regalia, firemen and
citizens. The procession marched through all tiie
principal streets aud attended tiie reinaius to the
sti;» ier Telegraph, which left for Cincinnati at
noon. The remains are in charge of Mr. John Scott,
agent of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, aud Mr.
W. R. Parterson, of Adams Express Company, of
Philadelphia.
Cincinnati, March 6 —The Kane cortege will ar
rive here to-morrow morning and will leave here in
the evening for Baltimore by the Miami Railroad
six o’clock train.
Whirlin'*, March fi.—lt is understood here (hat
the remains of the late Dr. Kane will arrive here ou
Sunday morning on their way to Baltimore aud
Philadelphia. The General Committee from Cincin
nati wilt accompany them and our citizens, the ma
sons and others will receive them with due honors.
Tiie remains are expected to ieave here on Sun
day evening by tiie Baltimore and Ohio express
train.
St. Louis, March 6.— Previous to the adjournment
of the Missouri Legislature, a consitutional amend
ment, limiting tiie State debt to thirty million of
dollars was passed.
Advices from Westport say that a meeting of the
citizens of that town had passed resolutions to resist
every effort, from every quarter, calculated to re
new tiie former troubles, and extending a hospita
ble welcome to emigrants, from ail sections of
the country, and pledging themselves to let the
laws of Kansas and Missouri puuish all violators of
the law.
Washington, March C.—President Buchanau’e
first public reception came off to-night, and was
largely attended by all chases of our citizens unil
Strangers. All the foreign legations were represen
ted, aud a great number of the officers of the army
and navy were present. The room presented a
fine array of beaut* and splendid dresses. Tiie
Inauguration Ball resulted in a loss to the Managers
of $3,000.
The citizens of Kansas temporarily in Washing
ton. will call on Mr. Buchanan on Wednesday next,
to congratulate him on his election, and give him
solemn assurance of their intention to abide by, and
see executed, tiie laws of tiie United States and of
the Territory.
Chicago, March 4. — John Wentworth was yes
terday elected Mayor of this place by eleven hun
dred majority. The whole of the Republican ticket
was elected by a large majority. There was consid
erable fighting iu the tenth ward, and two men were
killed. ,
Geo Armour, of the firm of Munger and Armour,
who was injured iu the fight in the seventh ward
yesterday, died this morning.
Tne messenger of the marine bank of this citv,
while settling a balance at the Exchange Bank yes
terday, was robbed of a bag containing $6,000. No
clue to the robber has been discovered.
Cincinnati, March 6.— Flour nominal. Whiskey
unsettled. Provisions buoyant. Bulk Hams Oj i
Sides 9$ . Mess s9l
Providence, March 5 — The State Seriate has re
fused to restore capital punishment, except in cases
of murder committed in the State prison.
BuCV.kus, Ohio, March I.—Six persons, implica
ted in extensive thefts from the cars of the Pitts
burg. Fort Wavne and Chicago Railroad, had a
bearing before .Justice Pinkerton to day, and five—
Robert Jackson, George W Arnold, Wm Raymond,
W’c Tate and Thomas Tate—were held to bail in
*t 'non each, and John Tate in SSOO, and all but one
committed in default. The Grand Jury of Stark
county have found true Mils against twelve more
Cen.-itierabie excitement prevails in the vicinity,
most of the parties heretofore having occupied re
spectable positions in society.
Cincinnati. Mareho.—Judge Kane and his lady,
the parents of Dr. Kane passed through here this
morning, on their way to Philadelphia, via Pitts
burg. The remains with their attendants, will pro
bably reach here from Louisville, to-morrow morn
ing, and leave the same evening for Baltimore and
Philadelphia, by the Ba’timpre and Ohio and its
cornier" mne There is great anxiety prevailing here
to pay the fullest respect to the honored dead.
Boston, March 4.—Both branches of the Massa
chusetts Legislature to-day passed resolutions of
sympathy with the family of Dr Kane.
G'ohasset, March 4—A lot of grabin furniture,
seaman’s clothing, aud an empty letter bag. mark
ed "Lysander," came ashore on the beaoh this
morning, It is supposed that some vessel struck
Harding rocks in the late ga'e and foundered.
Sew York, March s.—The schooner Triumph,
from Norfolk, bound to Waseham, Mass., was
wrecked on Friday last, near Montank light. Mass.
The crew were all saved ; but the vessel containing
a cargo of corn is & total loss.
New York, March 7. —The schooner Nebraska,
from this port for Georgetown, S. C., has gone
ashore at Hatteras point. Her cargo has been
‘“cmcACO,March 4.—A man while at the Marine
Bank laid a bag containing $b OOfi on the slot •
side him. and looking a moment ' lt t T®gA° t in
George Armorer, who was injured at the ng
7t)i VV ard, is dead. g^amboat
ceased. Marob 2.—the Hamilton Bag-
I Was consumed by fire last night. Loss
» not Knowo
COMMERCIAL.
Wild Cal Banka.
For the information of the public, ami to protect them
against fraud and loss, vre subjoin a list of the Wild Cat
Banks in Georgia, not oueof whi-h w<» d»em worthy "f
confidence or credit. Lot the people therefore, be*/aro
of the bills of these Bauk* :
Meet Hants’ Bank, of Macon.
Interior Bank, Griffin.
LaGrangk Bank, Lafj'rage.
I’.ank of Gim.aoim', Ure«u»boro\
SOCTHIR* Bamk, Hslnb.-M.-,.
CHtKOKEK IKSURAMCS 4. BiMdNO COMPANY, Dal
ton.
Planters* A Mechanics’ Bank, Dalton.
North-Western Bank, Ringolu,G a
BROKE.
Manufacturers’ A Mechanics’ Bank Columbus
AUGUSTA MARKET.
Weekly Report Tuesday, P. M.
COTTON.—The market showed much steadiness,
with au active business at full prices, after our last re
port, up to the hour of reception of the Persia's accounts
on Saturday. The decline in Liverpool es id. was quite
unexpected, aud buyers withdrew from the market.—
Yesterday there was asta ;d off. Buyers demanded a
reduction of 16 sc. Factors were firm andh.nl litt eor
u » Cotton to offer at any decline in prices. To day, a
limited specula ive demand has appeared, and some par
cels of Middling Fair quality have been sold at 131 cents.
Good Middling 131, aud Strict Middling at 13fo. We
leave the market in an nnso.tled condition, and cannot,
therefore, offer accurate quotations.
Confidence is nuduuiclshed in a crop of not exceeding
3,000,000 bales, aad.a further improvement in prices in
Liverpool within the next thirty days. Tho receipts
here are getting down to • low scale.
RECEIPT S TO LATEST DATES.
1857. 1856.
New Orleans, March 3 1,230,340 1,218.039
Mobile March t? 442,245 498^563
Florida. Feb. 27 93,489 98,b59
Texas, Feb 2b 59.343 57,435
Savannah, March 5 272.423 303,013
Charleston, March 5. ...311,737 353,788
N. Carolina, Fob. 28 15,839 11,732
Virginia, Feb. 1 8,651 5,889
Total Receipts 2,424,067 2,547,118
Decrease 122,051
STOCKS I>TSOUTHERN FORTS.
Now Orleans, March 3 333,122 273,275
Mobile, Merck 6 127,219 46,564
Florida, Feb. 27. 34,110 31,934
Texas, Feb 28 3,613 5,415
Savannkh, March 5 51,477 68,273
Charleston, March 5 70,531 69,080
N. Carolina, Feb. 28 750 800
Virginia, Fob. 1 450 430
Total Stocks 611,272 598,771
New York, Feb. 24 82,353 47,184
EXPORTS TO FOREIGN PORTS!
To Great Britain 806,144 1,003,821
“ France 283,396 332,133
“ other Foroign Ports 236 486 310,316
Total Foreign Exports 1,326,026 1,646,370
To Northern li. S. Ports 610,355 523,.387
TRADE AND BUSINESS.—During the past week
we have had quite a number of Country Merchants In the
city, making i heir Spring purchases, and doalers have
been actively engaged. The Spring trade promises to
be very good.
GROCERIES.—Tho Grocery trade du. Ing the week
has been quite active. Prices generally are without
change. We note a slight decline In Molasses. Other
articles remain as previously quoted.
PROVISIONS.—The demand for Bacon is aotivo, and
prices arc well sustained. The stock of Lard is light,
aud prices have advanced. The stock of Flour is large,
and the markot rather dnll, though there Is no change in
prices.
OR AlN.—The demand fbrCorn U good, but there Is
no change in prices. Wheat rmnaics as previously
quoted.
EXCHANGE —Sight Cheoks on New York i per cent
premium.
FREIGHTS. —The late rains have given us a fine
River, and all classes of boats now navigate without*
difficulty. The rates for freight to Savannah, by river,
30 cents, and by Railroad 60 cents.
Liverpool Marker.
Extract of letters received, by the Persia.
LIVERPOOL, Feb. 20.—Business is hampered just
now by the uncertainty exulting in regard to the fiscal
measures proposed b the Ministry. In money matters
there is no change of importance.
The advices received by the Persia to the 4th Februa
ry from New York, gave an extraordinary impetus to our
Cotton market, it being apparently overlooked that the
failing off in the receipts was produced, for the present
at least, only by temporary and not by any permanent
causes. On the i 4th and 16th tho sales were 2d,(XX) bales
each day and an advance of id to Jd was established in
the prices for American Cotton. Beside* these sales
there were large quantities of Cotton (chiefly Surats)
purchased to arrive, ther was obviously much
exaggerated but they may amount to perhaps 25,000
bales; of these no account is taken in the weekly re
turns. Probably one half of the sales on the above two
days has been taken on speculation. Slice then the
market has become gradually calm and then dull, tho
sales dwindling down yesterday to 5000 ba!<-s, cue-half
of the previous advance on Amur can Cotton being lost.
Brazils and Egyptians meet a mod rate demand at full
prices. Jurats are more freely offered, st’. 11 they arc
l-16d dearer. We quote Orleans fair middling
713-16 d ; Mobile fair Bd, mi idling 7 11-l6d ; Upismls
fair 7 15*1 fid, midd ing7 9-lfid ; ordinary to g-rci o. dirt
nary of all 6§d®7id. To day 's sales are SW)O bales, in- |
eluding 500 bales taken on s. eculalion, otc.; th > market ,
closes heavily. It appears li w m the statement above j
that the daily returns had been o * rrrn-d.
The Manchester Market was rather excited by Un
doings hero; manufacturers demanded of course a smart
advance upon the strength of it, but it was only partially
obtained. Y arns have been in aciive request, but the
advance in prices has pre\ mi too tho business from being
ex eusive. Since then both markets have become very
Hat, and toe buyers do not. rep. »t their advanced offers
i he advices from the Boe bay market have become very
favorable.
The weather has continued to ’*e open, and conse
quently favorable for sowing and other farming opera
tions. Most of the agricultural nnukets are inactive,
and have hitherto shown a declining tendency, but they
appear now to come to a stand. On the East Coast
there are a good many shipments of Engl sl\ Wheat mak
ing to tho Continent. We invite attention to the com
parative import of Breadstuff's into the country from the
Ist Septeuibe to the 31st January ; the present show*
an immense excess.
We had a lair attendance at Tuesday’s market, and a
better inquiry tliau of late ; prices of Wheat were sup
ported. Fleur is still a slow sale. Indian Corn was in
good demand for export, and full prices were paid.
To-day w had a very slack market, with a small de
mand for Wheat. If sales had been pressed, low prices
must have been taken ; prime qual ties are still held very
firmly at fiaddcrlOa for wbito, a d Bs9d'3 , 9s for red. —
Prices of Flour are nominal, hardly a sale having been
effected. After market hours there wore some pubi c
sales, but only .a few barrels of Ohio of very good quali
ty weie sold at 31sGd'&'32s3d ; the rest was withdrawn
at 31sfid ; for some W stern Ga al, also of good quality,
only 28s3d was offered, bought in at 31 . There was
less demand for Indian Corn ; white was fid dearer—3fi
''<£>37B; yellow 34slk '®3ss.— Stulderfoht, Frost if Co-
LIVERPOOL, Feb. 20, 1857. — Cotton —The exclto
•ment on Saturday an Monday last, and the advance ot
a farthing per lb., in these two days, caused by the ad
vices per ‘ Persia,” have giveu way to a dul» and droop
ing mark t ever since Tuesday last, aud without any
fresh cl.da to affect the buyer or seller, prices have lost
Id per lb., and close to day only about 1-6 above those of
Friday last, the market to-day being froely supplied and
dull.
During tho wee’: some largo sales of American, to ar
rive, have been made in the proportion of “Middling"
Orleans, ai 713 164 to 7id per lb.; this style of business
is now blooming common. In Manchester in tho early
pa tof the week i better feeling prevailed, but it did
i ot lead to much business, and the reaction here has
had a corresponding effect .there. “Middling," Orleans
713-18 d, Mobile 74d ; Uplands, 7 11-18d.— llirhardson
Spence 6f Co.
AUttUHTA PRICKS CURRENT.
WHOLESALE PRICES.
BAGGING -Gunny HP yard lfl ft IB
Kentucky HP yard none
Dundee P yard none.
BACON.—llama HP lb 12 « 14
Shoulders lb 10 it 104
Western 5ide5.............HP lb 11 & 12
Clear .Sides, Tennessee.....HP lb 12 'it 13
Ribbed Sides f* lb 12 'lt 12*
H ok Round .|P lb 11 'it 12
BUTTER.—Goshen HP lb 25 H 35
Country lb 20 'it 23
BRICKS HP 1000 600 ft 850
CHEESE.—Northern lb 14 « 15
English Dairy - ¥lb 14 'it 16
COFFEE. —Rio HP ft 114 ® 124
Laguira HP lb 12H 13
Java HP lb 164 'it 174
DOMESTIC GOODS.—Yams ft 1 00
4 Shirting-. HP yard 5 0 7
| Shirting ¥ yard 71 » 8
L Shirting HP yard 84 it 94
5- Shirting yard 12 it 14
6- Shirting HP yard 14 it 16
Osnaburga ---HP yard 10 'it 124
FBATHF ?-S HP lb 48 it 50
FlSH—Mackerel, No. 1 HP bbl 20 00 it’22 00
Nr. 2 HP bbl 12 00 014 00
No. 3 HP bbl 950 012 00
No. 1 HP bbl it none.
Herrings HP ho* it 1 00
FLOUR.—Country HP bbl 750 'it 800
Tennessee .............---HP bbl 750 ®8 00
Tennessee Family HP bbl 850 ®9 00
Canal HP bbl 750 it 900
8a1tim0re............*...-HP bbl 800 it 900
Hiram Smith’s—- HP bbl 14 00
* City -Mia V bbl 850 -aiO 50
Denmead’s ...........HP bbl 850 'ifciO 50
Extra Family HP bbl 10 00 ®ll 00
GRAIN.—Corn, with sacks HP bash 80 .it 85
Wheat, white.• HP hush 1 50 it 1 60
Wheat, red V" bush 1 30 it 1 35
Oata HP buah 70 it 75
Rye HP buah 90 it 100
Peas HP bush 80 it 1 00
Corn Meal HP buah it 95
GUNPOWDER—Dupont’s HP keg 650 it 700
Hazard HP keg 650 ®7 00
Blasting HP keg 550 'it 600
IRON.—Swedes HP ft 54
English... ...HP lb 4 it 54
LAUD HP Hi 124 « 15
LEAD—Bar HP » 8 it 84
LIME —Country f' bo* 125 it 150
Northern HP bbl 200 225
LUMBER HP 1000 10 00 ®l4 00
MOLASSES—Cuba. HP gal 48 ■© 52
Orleans, old crop --.HP gal it none.
Orleans, new crop HP gal ® none.
NAILS H* lb 44 44
OlLS.—Sperm, prime.... HP gal 200 it 250
Lamp. HP gal 1 ™ ® }
Train HP gal 75 "d» 1 00
Linseed - H* gal 110 it Ll 5
Castor HP gal 200 it 225
RICE HP » 44 ® 54
ROPE. —Kentucky HP JJ }£■ ®
RAISINS HP bo* 500 ® 600
SPlßlTS.—Northern Gin HP gal 50
Rum HP g»l 55 €0
N. O. Whiskey HP ga! 35 'fr 40
Peach Brandy HP gal none
Apple Brandy..... ♦gal none.
Holland Gin HP g*i 160 ®1 75
Cognac Brandy..- HP gal 300 it 600
SUGARS.—New Orleans HP f» none
Porto Rico lb 114 it
Muscovado.. .........HP I* h * ® ■‘••i
Loaf f' IP -0 it 16*
Crushed HP 15* 16
Powdered -HP 15 i'd 10
Stuart s Refined A ft 144 © 16
Stuart’s Refined B - .i v % *4 ® 144
Stuart’s Refined C HP » 134 ® 14
SALT r tac* 1 00 6 1 10
SOAP—Yellow & * 6 f> 8
SHOT bag 225 *© 237
TWINE -n« mp Bagging t' * 22 -O 25
Cotton Wrapping ft VS ft 25
it i- proper to renwk tfca* t. eac are the current
rates a wholesale, from strife—cf course, at retail, prices
are a shade higher, and from the Wharf or Depots, In
large quantities a shade lower.
MARRIED
In Newark, N. J., on the 26th ult., by the Rev. Henry
C. Fish, Mr. JAS. A. BROOME, of Augusta, Oa., and
Miss HELEN GARDNER, of New York city
Oa Wednesday, the 4th inst, at the residence of Sam’l.
W. Bailey, Esq , by the Rev. Mr. Collins, JESSE A
WALTON and Mlm LOUISA H , daughter of the late
Dr. H. J. Smith, all of Columbia county, Oa.
On the 26th February, by the Rev Mr. Lane, Hon.
MIAL SMITH and Mrs. ELIZA JANE TAYLOR, all
oi Oglethorpe county, Ga.
On the 26th February, by Rev. David Patmin, «
bon&e of Mr. Sftnmel H.rdem.n, Mr BOBERT Wl
- Mil* RODA HARDEMAN, only daughter of M
Samuel and Mrs. Amanda Hardeman.
In this city, on the Ist mat., .by "*
Vs M. F. WOODS and REBECCA F M < K _
IBOn the evening of the Sth t « county,
W Birdsong, by R<v. Mu>
OBITUARY.
inlv Ga . on tbe 26th February,
M™hJ3iW H. Alien,
in the 32d member of the Methodist
Mr.-*. A. w v»uored by an orderly and pious life.
i«f- ahusbHtid, si* children, and numerous rela
f-esaodf^',r“'l3 t,J muarn irreparable loss; but
;£\ y mourn not a« thofcß without hope, for they have
abundant reason to beiieve she was prepared to meet her
Heavenly Father. Yet, it is human nature to mourn the
lon# of one so dear.
Ah ! it is sad when one thus link'd depart# ;
When Death, that mighty severer of true hearts.
Sweeps through the halls so lately loud with mirth.
And leaves pale sorrow weeping at the hearth^^^
/~1 CERTAIN'S AMBROSIA!, SHAVING
(jr fREAM.-Thi. delightful St*",'”*
tof.al.by IfebfßJ WM ■ TUTT
ADVERTISEMENTS. _
A FUGITIVE FROM JUSTICE I
Mil. AIIANATUY) who was guilty of forging in
• the city of Now Orleans, a draft for 61200 on
J Titus A Davis, purporting; to he drawn by ono Venter
I in favor of M. B. Abauaihy, aud of raising one other*
’ <i aft o;i the firm of Robeson A Allen from 150 t<> S7OO,
Itn be drawn by Jt-hnG. Williams, of Barestrop, Mohouse
Parish, La. The said Voster Is of the same Parish and
State. The above mentioned drafts were presented by *
tho saiu A buna thy to Robeson Sc Allen and Titus Sc. Da
vis, and paid. Abauatby was arrested in the city ofJNew
Orleans, hold to bail, gave bond, axd tied to Marianna,
Jackson co., Fla , where be read medicinewith ono Dr.
Yarboro’, under the name of John G. Clark. W k en last
heard of he was in Columbus, Geo., on his way to :
Charleston, 8. C. Two Hundred Dollars will be paid to 1
any oue w’ho will take him to tho proper authorities of
tho First District Court of New Orleans.
M WARREN
lUyuovillc. Lowndes county, Ala.
itr i ’he Charleston Mercury, and Sentinel, at Talle- ■
hassec. will copy three tlmos and send bill to M. Warreu.
mhs-w3t
NOTICE.
ALL persons are forewarned from trading for a NOTE
made by the undersigned aud David C. Barrow, *
(said Barrow being security on said note ) payable to j
G. O. Wynne aud P. M. Stephens, Executors of John
Wynne, deceased, or bearer, for the sum of Twelve Hun*
dred Dollars, dated 2d day of December, 1856, and duo
2d day of Decembev, 1857, as the consideration fjr which
said Note was given has failed, and I shall not pay the
same unless compelled by law A. F. POPE.
mli7-w3r J
NOTICE.
ALL PERSONS holding claims against Dr. 11. A.
Ramsay’s Estate, will picasc hand them in lmmedi
ately ; and those Indebted, are requested to pay at once,
as l am do ermined to settle up said E.stato as soon as
tho same can be done legally.
A. M. CKA YVFORD, Adm’r. ax-offlclo.
Appling, Columb.a co. March 9, 1857. mhlO
JAMES M. CARTER. ALBERT G. GRA Y.
CARTER & GRAY,
/'IOMMISSION AND FORWARDING MKK
CHANTS, Savannah, Geo.
References *. —Patten, Hutton Sc Co., Robt. B. Young,
Esq., John inxersoil, Eaq , P. H. Oliver, Americas, Ga ,
N. J. Bayard, Esq., Rome, Ga. _ mb7 ly
KANSAS LAND AGENCY.
II E-undersigncd respectfully tenders Lis services to
X his old friends in Georgia and elsewhere, as Agent
to PURCHASE LANDS or TOWN LOTS, or LOCATE
LAND WARRANTS in Kansas Territory and the ad
jacent State of Missouri. It is confidently expected that
opportunities will offer early in the Spring and during
the Summer for very superior and profitable invest
ments as abovo Ho will divide profits on investments
as compensation for his services. Land Warrants,
Checks on Boston, New-York, New-Orleaus. St. Louis,
Ac., will answer as cash. His address is Fort Scott,
Kansas Territory.
Tho undersigned contemplates visiting Georgia as ear
ly as the important questions now pending in tho Terri
tory will permit In the meantime, delays in tho above
business should not occur.-
BENJ. BRANTLY.
lonsiitutionalifit, Augusta Cassville Standard,
Macon Messenger, and Savannah News will please pub
lish three times each. inhß
POSTPONES
(30LU.MB1 \ SHERIFF’S HALE.—WiII bo sold,
J at Appling, Columbia couuty, berore the Court
House door «n said county, ou the first Tuesday in
APRIL next, the following property, to wit: One two
Horse Rockaway; one grey Horse; oue black Mare, and
one black Mule. Levied on as the property of Thomas
W. Olive, to satisfy throe li fas. from Columbia Superior
Court, in which George M. Magrudcr is Plaintiff, aud
Benjamiu Bartlett, John L. Bartlett, Thomas W. Bart
lett aud Thomas W. Olive. Piopcrty pointed out by
him, this 30th January, 1857.
JOHN F. SUTTON, Dep’y. Sheriff.
March 11, 1857.
/ 3 BORGIA, OGLETHORPE COUNTY —COURT
VJT OF ORDINARY, MARCH TERM, 1657.
James G. Thomas, as Administrator with tho will an
nexed, on the Estate of Zachariah Kidd, deceased, shows
to tfie Court, that he Is about settliug up the Es&to of
said deceased, aud prays to the Court to bo dismissed
therefrom : Ordered by the Court, that a citation be ia
sued, calling upon ail persons interested to show cause
if any they have, on or before the Court of Ordinary, to
bo held on tho first Mouaay in Oetobor next, why the
said James G. Thomas, ns Administrator, Ac., as afore
said, should not be dismissed from said Estate. It is fur
ther ordered, that this Rule be published in the Chroni
cle A Sentinel at least six months previous to said Court.
A true extract from the Minutes of tho Court of Ordi
nary, held March Term, 1657.
HENRY BRITAIN, Ordinary.
March 11,1857.
/ 1 BORGIA, OGLETHORPE COUNTY.—COURT
VT OP ORDINARY, MARCH TERM, 1857.
Robert G. Johnson, as Administrator with the will an
noxed, on the Estate of James B. Kidd, deceased, repre
sents to the Court, that ho lias settled up tho Estate of
said deceased, and prays this Court to be discharged
therefrom : Wherefore, it is ordered, that a citation be
issued, calling upon all persons concerned, to show cause,
if any they have, on or beforo the Court of Ordinary, to
bo held on the first Mouday in October next, why tho
said Administrator, Ac., should not bo discharged. It is
further ordered, that this citation bo publi shed In tho
Chronicle Sc Sentinel at least six months previous to said *
Court.
A true extract from the Minutes of tho Court of Ordi
nary, held March Term, 1657.
lIENItY BRITAIN, Ordinary.
March 11, 1857.
G3EORGIA OGLETHORPE COUNTY—COURT
J OF ORDINARY, MARCH TERM, 1x57.
Robert (4. Johnson. ns the Guardian of Cordelia Kidd,
though now Cordelia Watkins, shows to tho Court, that
he has settled up the Estate, of said Cordelia, and prays
the Court to be dismissed therefrom : Wherefore, It is
ordered, that a citation be given, calling upon all persons
interested to show cause, if any they have, on or before
th»* Court of Ordinary, to be h Id on the first Monday in
M.iy next, why tho said Guardian, as aforesaid, should
not be discharged. It is further ordered that this clta
lion be published in tho Chronicle & Sentinel at least
fort y days previous to said Court.
A true extract from the Minutes of tho Court of Ordi
nary, hold March Term, 1857
11WNRY BRITAIN, Ordinary
I March 11, 1857.
j J > <>k7cYa, OGI E» uOi.PE COUNTY —COURT
• \ f OF ORDINARY, MARCH TERM, 1807.
John F. Z-iber, as the Guardian of John A. Brown, a
minor, represents to the Court, that he has settled up the
E-st&iu said minor, and prays the Court to be dismiss
ed therefrom: Wherefore, It Is ordered by the Court
that a citation be issued, calling upon all persons con
cerned, to show cause, if any they have, on or before the
Court of Ordinary, to bo held on the first Monday In May
next, why the said Guardian should not be discharged.
It is farther ordered that this citation bo published in the
Chronicle A Sentinel at least forty days previous to said
Court.
A true extract from the Minutes of tho Court of Ordi
nary-, held March Term, 1857.
HENRY BRITAIN, Ordinary.
March 11, 1857.
NOTICE. —All persons indebted to the Estate* of Jo
sepli T. Norton, lato of Oglethorpe county, deceas
ed, are requeued to make immediate payment; aud those
Laving claims against said Estate, will present them pro
perly authenticated as the law directs.
TILLMAN C. HARRISON, Adm'r
March 11, 1857.
/ 1 EOltillA, COLUMBIA COUNTY.—Richard
VJ J. Neal, of district, No. 4, tolls before me, Abel J
Hutchiugson, a Justice of the Peace, in and for said
county, an estray Bay Horse Mule, supposed to be 12 or
14 years of age, and appraised by George Roberts and
William J. Dunn to be worth fifty dollars, this 23d day
of February, 1857.
ABEL J 11UTCI1INGSON, J. P
A true extract from the Minutes March 6tb, 1857.
March 11, 1857. DAVID IIARRISH, Clerk.
SADDLERY, HARNESS, TRUNKS, Ac.
SPRING TRADE 1857.
SHERMAN, JRSHUP & CO., No. 341 Broad-st.,
two doors a ove the Bank of Augusta, have now on
hand their usual large and well selected assortment of
BRIDLES, HARNESS, WHIPS, CAR
PET-BAGS, TRUNKS, VaLICES, and every descrip
tion of Goods adapted to the trade, manufactured by
themselves expressly for this market.
ALSO,
A heavy stock of SADDLERY HARDWARE,
COACH MATERIALS, SPRINGS, AXLES, MAL
LEABLE CASTINGS and BANDS, including a very
full assortment of Goods in the line, which aro offered to
Manufacturers and Dealers at low prices.
fet>l9 d&tw2m
KETTLE WELL'S MANURES.
r UHE undersigned, Laving been aneolnted Agents for
1 the sale of KETTLE WELLS COMPOUNDS of
PERUVIAN GUANO AND RENOVATOR, OR
CHEMICAL SALTS, have now on band,
250 bbls. No. 1, half Peruvian Guano half Renovator ;
25 bids. No. 2, one third Peruvian Guano two thirds
Renovator ;
25 bbls. No. 3, one fourth Peruvian Guano throe
fourths Renovator;
25 bbls. Renovator or Chemical Salts.
ALSO,
MANIPULATED GUANO which will bo ordered In
quantities as wanted, at Baltimore prices, freight added
SIBLEY Ai USHER.
Hamburg, S. C., Feb. 17, 1857. fob!6 wst*
SSO REWARD.
LOOK OUT FOR THE RUNAWAY !
LEFT our camp on the Cleveland and Chattanooga
Railroad, 10th February, a bright Mulatto Boy by
name of JIM JUHAN, about2l years of ago, 5 feet 7
inches high, weighs about 17<J lbs., black bair inclined to
curl, dark grey eyes, well built, smart intell gent fellow;
can read and write, and will no doubt attempt to pass
for a white man, or write himself a pass. He has tela
tions in Augusta aud Charleston, and will probably en
deavor to visit them. We will pay 'he above reward
tor the delivery of the Boy to us at our camp, or his
lodgment in ary Jail so that we get him.
JOHN D. GRAY A CO
Graysvillc, Ga., March 3, 1857, mhs-lm
Ada mantink candlen.—
100 boxes best quality Adamantine CANDLES ,
25 “ “ In fancy cases.
For sale low by CHARLES ESTES
mhl i d&w
WANTED,
IMMEDIATELY, a good TINNER, of good moral
character, to whom good wages will be given. Ad
dress, or apply to ELISHA ROBERTS,
mbll-wtf Thomson, Georgia Railroad.
LAND AND WATER POWER SITE FOR
SALE.
I F not tr» ated for before the first Tuesday in APRIL
. next, I will offer for sale at public outcry to the high
est bidder, at the Lower Market House in the city of
A .gusta, the tract of LAND I bought at the sale of the
executor of mv deceased husband, James Lovell, con
taining Two Hundred and Forty-Seven (247) Acres,
bounded on the north by the Georgia Railroad, (crossing
thu Milledgeville road; ; on east by lands of Dr. Win. H.
Tutt; on south by Mr. Harmon Rowley’s lands, and
west by lands of Ex-Gov. Crawford, and running up to
within a few hundred yards of Bel-Air, lying on both
sides of Butler s creek, on which Is an available water
power, known as “ Hale’s Upper Mill,” considerable of
tho old dam yet remaining, offering similar and equal
advantages with the Bel Air Mills, by conveying the
water off by a canal to a more eligible site at a trifling
cost, and getting six feet more head of water, besides a
security to the buildings in case of freshet. It is pre
eminent for a Mill, being at a point to command the ad
vantages of the Geo gia Railroad transportation, a
healthy place to live, with excellent water, a free use r»f
firewood, ground to cultivate, the profits of hogs raised,
and then being free from city and .-anal taxes will natu
rally invite a comparison that this property cannot suf
fer in. MELINDA L LOVELL,
5 miles S. VV from Augusta, 1 mile south of Rocks.
References —Dr. W. 8. Jones, Mr. John A. Christian,
Mr. Lewis Lovell. mhl
LANDS! LANDS!!
1 OAH /k/ k/ k ACRES of LAND for sale at
J • u\ the Georgia Laud Office In Augus
ts, 7 i}.n% in the following counties, viz: Wayne 115
Lois, A poling i«6, Baker 73, Decatur 68, Early 115,
Thomas *6. Lowndes 120, Irwin 168. Lee 18, Randolph
>d. Ste Wart 4. Sumter 7, Houston 9, D >oly 140. Musoo
a p 20. *M«.r wethei 3 ; Wilkinson, Montgomery, Lau
en« aud Teitair 58; Carrol 67, Paulding 246, Oass 36,
Pioyd34. oiia.tr oga o.AW.ker aud D*de 68, Murray )6,
Oil. o* 32 (JbcruKoe 40, Cobb 23, Union 24, Lumpkin 80,
Forsyth 20, R bun 5-*, Habersham 36, Hall 15.
‘TiAUg the Lauds are noiue valuable Mineral, Copper
v. 'd. Oliver, LeaU and Iron ; specimens of which oan be
seen at u -r office.
The Houthwestern Lands can be sold In bodies of from
250 to 10,000 acres ; well adapted to the culture of*
Long and Short Staple Cotton, Sugar, Rice, Spanish To
bacco, and Provisions. Also, some valuable bodies of
ship building and ranging timber lands, lying on the Al
tammba, St. Ilia, aud St- Mary’s rivers, on which are Live
Oak, Black Cypress, and the finest \ ellow I ine in the
world. Many of these Lands are finely adapted for l ur
pentlne Orchards. T
PernoDH wlehlng to purchase *ny of tho »bove
or to have Lands sold, or tho owners of Lands hunted up
In any part gs Georgia, would do well to gn e us a call.
Several tinely improved Grain f arms and Cotton
Plantations now in outVIIVTE & .CO
Atutusu Peb. o i 857. foblO.dtw.Cwlm
winhtoii’B Cod Liver Oil, Hooflarid’s German Bittors
Parry Davis’ Pain Killer, India Chologogue,
A vors' Cherry Pectoral, Brown s Ess. Ginger,
Jacob’s Cordial, Thorn’s Extract,
Planett’s Bitters, Tarrant’s “
Hunter's Specific, Lueina Cordial,
Franck’s “ Pbilotoken,
Crossman’* “ Morse’s luvigorator,
M Manus’ Elixir Opium, Moffat’s Bitters and Pills,
Rad way's Medicines, Rowand’s Tonic Mixture,
Carter’s Spanish Mixture, Mustang Liniment.
mh7 dAwln
NEW GOODS ! NEW GOODS !
Broom dt nor reel are now opening their
stock of New Good* for
SPRING AND SUMMER,
comprising the usual variety in STAPLE AND DO
MEBTIO GOODS, together with the latest and newest
LADIES’ DRESS GOODS, EMBROIDERIES, Ac,
to which they respectfully call attention. mhß
Hoop SKIRTS.
WRIGHT, ALEXANDER A CO. have jnst
received a full supply of
Crown Seamless W-alebone SKIRTS j
“ Skeleton
** “ Steel Spring “
ALSO,
Corded aud Embroidered SKiRTS, in great varfbty
mbf-dAw
UGAR.—lsbbls. C SUGAR, just roceived on con
signment and for sale by WM. H. HOW ARP,
feb2B Commission Merchant.
IBTOKY OF TUB TURF in South Carolina.
Tho South Caroßn* Jockey Club. For sale by
THOS. RICHARDS A SON,