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1857! THE 1857 !
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A MONTHLY JOURNAL.
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Southern Agriculture., UariieuHm, Stock Breeding,
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The fifteenth Volume will commence in
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Mil SALK.
FOR SALE,
* UR undersigned, being *b iron- .t i-n ,mg\ i. • State,
offers at private ale. all hf. REAL IbsTA'l E iu
th* ■ >vraof Warrenton, Warren county, La., cnn-uting
t . a Dwelling Houhc, and Lot of about five an us of
\an . Also, his Carriage Shop and Lot, Tools, Machine,
dumber, -1 d alt his atock. together with all bin iinihhed
ami uurtniHhed work.
Prom til teen to twenty thousand dollar t worth of
rk can easily be disposed of, at good prte.es, at thbi
and, in twelve monthh.
Persons wivliing to purchase, are re pectf My invited
call nnd examine for themselves.
l*ossex«ion will be given at any time, to unit the pur
chaser CMORCI, 1* KOSHER
Warreuton, fla., June S, lSbd jei wtf
FOR SALE.
INOW offer for sale my enth <■ River l*L \ NTA’i ION
SB or .10 miles south of Colmnhie , < «, in Harbour
county, Ala., lying on the i'battah -vln »• river, ei'iitain
-1n g2400 acres; ItfliO in r>. line lute .1 eultivatioii and
good repair A good Wales <Jin ao : Perry across the
Chattahoochee river. The .iVve w ill • I < .;ie at ai-y
ontfl Mold a,.-: p.- •
fJanbM ts J AIA I T 11! iW AX PRETT
TO KII OF TJ 1 TAL.
rPIIK subscriber, wishing to ren.-.ve to Souluwe-teru
I Georgia, propones to sell hi- pla. e near Ca. Spring,
II Vanu'ri Valley, Floyd - uity, 1.;.,, containing TIT
acres, more or lens, returned Ist quality oak and hickory
- mostly of soil and surface not to wa,l ; some Mil) acres
cleared and iimler good tillage i the n•:. -under generally
well timbered It has several springs efeo.d blue Lime
stone water, two constant streams, an effective water
power without darning, orchards of i.i.-my well selected
varieties, especially of apples, and a lai ~e and eonmiodi
iis Brick Dwelling, suiroimdod by line - . cm-ry, and
within a mile of the village, long noted i«*r if;, educational
advantages. All who have t*xauiiufi(l the premises, con
cur in the opinion that this place combines the elements
of beauty, fertility, convenience and lie vlthftilnc s to an
extout seldom, If ever, equalled in this country. But
ennui ami non for you. snlvi-*, am' tlm <■ ..-traittw, fiH-nth.ii
and resources of the place can hardly tail t«> atisly you
that It is a No. I article, not -object t<» the fluctuations
fthe market. For tenus, apply on the premises
W. D COW DULY.
Cave Spring, July 10, Lffifl. j y 1T w• f
A FVOITIV3B FB
Mil. ABA NATH \ , wh. wa ,:uilly of i.o-guig in
the eity .of N
Titus A- Davis, purporting to be br.iwn by one Vester
in favor of M. it. Abanathy, .uni of raising one oilier
draft ou the tiruy>f Kobt sou A Allen h ora ibO to S7OO,
to t»e drawn l.v John G. Williams.) f Barestrop, Mohouse
Parish, La. The said Vester i- of flu auie Parish and
State. The above toent oned drafts were presented by
the said Abanathy to Robeson A. Allen and Titus «V Da
vis, and paid. Abanathy w. mivloli.i the city of.New
Orleans, held to bail, gave bond, at 'I I ed t<. Marianna,
Jackson eo., Fla. whore he read medicUiewith one Dr.
Varboro', under the name of John U.Ciark. \\ *en last
heard of bow as in Columbus, on his way to
Charleston, N. C. Two Hundred Dollars will be paid to
any one who will take him t*» the proper authorities of
the First District Court.»f Now Orb/,
LI WARREN.
llnvnovillo. Lowiules county, Ala
The Charleston Mercury, and fc.nithnd, at Tallc
hassee. will copy three times and end bill to M. Warren. J
mhS-wdt
NOTICE r |
\l.l. persous are forewarned from trading u-r a NOTE j
made by Rio undersigned nnd s> \id C. Harrow, 1
tsai.l Harrow being secnvlty on -n ,d note payable t<> ;
G O. Wynne and IV M Stephens, E .id . ..| John 1
Wynne, deceased, or bearer, t.-r the-no; . t Twelve Hun- :
itred Dollars, dated &1 day of December, U*sb, ard due j
•Jd day of December, »R>7, .1 the con ;ui oral ion fir which I
said Note was given has failed, aud I shall not pay the
same unless compelled by law \. F POPE.
mh7 will'
Goods Forwarded Fioe of Charge!
AUGUSTA AND SAVANNAH RAILROAD.
Attention ts called to tin* r .. a« a mc.ms ..r
coiumun (cation with the Seaboard and thence with
Northern Ports. There are now too. FIRST (’I A S
HTBAMSIIIPS and Six Lines ..f F» : Sailing Vessels,
running with regularity and dispatch, between New-York
and Savannah , also a Steamship l.:m from ! 1 tn.’e!-
uhia, and Sailing Vessels from lhAt 11, Baltiuiere and
Boston, mak-ng the coiumiiui* atieii t»ci . n the .North
ern cKies nnd Savannah as reliable for t *EUT AIN'T V
AND SPEED, a-that to any oth. v South' n Pori
This Road can expect only the bu i; * ot Augu. ta.the
Towns aud Counties along the lin< ••« i *«» G.< d: Rail
road, aud those Counties lying to the NYutti . {• ..* Bead.
Other Hoads have a larger flcld,.<. ■ . thtt cannot
be neglected merely to secure Hi. . a track' a.i :
that to which we must alone give a 1 >ur tun > and *
no competitor will be alio-.-.- d. by q - r rdiv- lion, to
deprive us of it, for it is our lull dc.v mi.u u tocaduct
It with thr.t tide.ity, dispat( h and fc e which t.- -are
ultimately to gain and retain if.
As regards Rate-, they -loxli »•« ••lev - n..\ ;> ;;♦•»• ;
Road and iu order to rivin.v all ct.n , a miuhrum
rate, contracts for Dr ay age have ai < . , been Cutoiod !
Into at Savaunah, and no one com;, a d .. lib she Keceiv j
lug and Forwarding has any other H.t.e.i than that ot 1
■oelug that ALL Oil A HOES are at t hi .0.
QT By Railroad a saving of one qu ur ot ,u,« per 1
coot cau be made in the In-uran r I ! >• 1 oru
P*»rts and Augusta.
All Good* FORWARDED i ’ ' «
SIGNS They should be m*.. •• 1 . - .: • . RK
A gout," Savannah.
Published by order of the Hoard.
FRANCIS T. WILLI . Prosi,; kA
July 1, 18.\5. iy-t*
$25 REWARD.
IWII.L pay the above suat for the sj yrehco and
. lodgment in jail ot my boy HARRY. Should he
betaken at a distance from Auguste, and the per-, n
taking him choose to bring him home, 1 w ill pay, tu ad
dition to the all the mu ary expea-os attend;
his delivery H&rrv D a Or-t rate Hr layer and
plasterer,
aud weighs probably 16#pounds. He i- c. mgatrout the
country working on bis own account without my au
thority. He doubtless has a .:ao thee. He claims a
wife at Mr Greiner’s near Sand -i .\iile, ad on. also at
Gov. Schley’s Factory. 1 have H o i of hi- ben-.g in
Burke, Jett or son and Waku .. -s,. \ o«
u Carolina All persons are her, y centicncd :
employing uaid boy. or any o:*m\ her :... ha .- w it!,
out permission from me or \ \>
myiW-wtf JOHN If.'FIT PEN. A istn On.
S3O REWARD.
KANAWA V v 1,.m thesn; . ; ,m- rod.:;. Put
nam county. near Merrill, in August la : mv Negro
Man FRANK, lie i• about V ■ y<- ,• rive im • ?.- u n
che* high, of med nm sire, has • o, , ■ -nt in his
speech, and has lest the ;ht . f o-.m cvc He was raised
in Virginia, and has been iu Georgia aim-,u t«o years.
The above reward will be pah. far hi- delivery to me,
or to any jail so that 1 . 1. get 1 v
jasswtf JOHN A HARRIS.
The Southern Recorder will: i nil : id.andfor
w ard account lo this office for pay :uent
~ R£ ' w AK D '
I Wll.l* pay the above rewan! tot the apprt n- a
. aud delivery to me. or the l.Hlgement in any -ate jail
lu Georgia or South Carolina so that 1 can get lum, of a
Negro Man named \Y ILLIA.M lie a > < and Boot
Maker ; is crippled in his t ~yht leg ; is ah .n *• tYet 4 . rt>
lucheshigh; stammers in talking ; of dark complexion;
can read and write, and may have a pa-- ot : • own
writing His father lives in Orangeburg, and his mother
at Shell Bluff. I purchased him from Green A H l.Lom
back JOHN F. M 'I'URN.
an it wtf Ray.-vilie, Ga.
4.877,000 FEET ofIUMB¥H
rpillS is to certify that the Athens Steam Company
JL built for us a CIRCULAR SAW MIL! . wh-.ch
we hare sawed four miUt.m ■••.g’u hundred and seventy
seven thousand feet of Lumber, board taeasux* in It*
months, or about ten thousand foe; ; «-r day \\> reaiiy
aawed DS$ eleven to
we suppose the Mill has been standing, n Fee .move
time, two months, for want of log- and occasional re
pairs, Ac. Your lmprovume&t» work dne, aad we ad
vise their use on a ;your Miiis
Yours, respectfully. Wapeft A lUtpaki^.
77 Mile Post, C. R R , Feb y 12, ISAf-.
Wethii.k it unnecessarv to a M -■*rt ; .iiea!es. We w: i
build the same CIRCULAR SAW MILLS. ramus cast
in one piece.) with improved Head Blocks and Carriage
Gearing, to order; together with Steam ENGINES and
BOILERS. Finished SHAFTING, Mining and Mill
MACHINERY. PUMPS. Ac. Iron and Brass CAST
INGS. of every description; Wrong: : i-u \\ ?k: FIN
ISHING and REPAIRING oro :v » x t i We
‘ warrant all out work Our Flouring and ci’o r MILL
PATTERNS, with FENCING. BALCONY. FANCY
RAILING. Ac., are the accumulation of veartt
for nl, lew, ono Six UofM- LNOIKE ; one Twelve
H-r.e hsad KNOI'NK
Addrefis KKI BKN KICKTRSON Aj.
.. Athems Steam Con;;.;-.nv \then« tia
oct3l-w6n> i
WORKS, AUGUSTA, GA 1
'FUR I>UhKMHN ED. hav ginr • k • 1 , *.
1. terwivu MACHINE SHOPS FOUNDRY a.»d riii
SHOP, with all the machinery ana. bed to X h« i&m* bore
tofore belonging to the Coni’ any known as th * . LL.
Machine Works," are now piar.j ; r
forCASTINOS. MILL GtARING, GIN tii uuv,?
MINING MACHINKKY. NTKAM KN.UNKS
HOILEHS, SAW MILLS, coiridd. SiiAF i ING and
RAILROAD < AUS and IKONS, STKAM
BOAT MAOHINKRV, and every deseriniion of w ak
naojlly made in drn-ciass Maeliiu'e Shops, of Iron, Br ft
rn„., j >d ,>nl " r “ f, ' r w " rk - no' specially contracted for,
mast be accompanied with ca.ii d, , ooi 50 per ccnf
on the supposed value of the work ordered, and tbe re
on delivery of the work. Addre., all let
tera on business to I, HOPKISS A 00
PROPRIETORS:
W U L". OKO W St-MMIRS,
w M DASTIONAC. R„l. KRT V ll.KKli
«p3oAAwtm LaMRrTH lloi'ki.vs
PBAOTICT OP bBBSEBI.
I I’Ll 1 , K ,! yi llAKrtlSti is prepared to accom
i/ modatew.lh l>Mgui K . andN .ueh patienua*
may be directed tohiui 1.,r Sur*„ al oifci a. or treat
rnent Mailers may be a .-wed ,ha, t be lr Jj.'rvau; will
awe every necessary altemion mvTwly
pOTATOKS.-175bbls Choice P.ak Eye and i-iMt
X ing POTATOES.
35 bbls. choice Eating POTATfWBS
Just received bv DAWSON A SKINNER
jaail3
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I 1 KOI’I IN INTI 1.LM.1.M !•:.
I>ft;TAILS BY THE AMKIUCA.
(Jceai Britain.-—The conduct of the Govern
| me nt Hcems to l»e provoking a good tiea! of •liaeatU
f»; ion among the Liberals and hopes amongst the
(Jonrrrvfttivt s. The Examiner remark/ that thg
- -i m ope:.- wit h a very unpromising House of
C f;n j and a very unpromising Government
u. Lord Palmerstou pleads “ tbe business be
s • . House*’ ur an excuse for not med'iling with
tbe franchise, church rates, agricultural statistics,
and • aor import;.at matters. The weekly orgau of
" The House of Commons is in astute of great
confusion. Tlie majority on the Ministerial side is
br* -iking up. Ah when the ice of a greater river is
yielding to the influence of thaw, sounds fall on the
ear indicating t hut the disruption of the whole body
at Land. f Phe Liberal party cannot conceal its
i' -!tc.-eij)■-■* at the leadership of Lord Palmerston.
On Thurv-day evening tbe discontent of the Liberals
took a palpable shape. Mr. Locke King brought
forward hi« annual motion for an extension of the
county franclii.-e. Palmerston coutemptuous
ly the motion, and wan deserted by tbe
Liberal party i*n inasM*. Twenty-oile placemen
and ten unpa.d attaches alone saved the Premier
from the fate of A tar on. » - - fine hundred and
revt-nty-niue Lib# rals voted withthe-e chiefs (Lord
J. Kiif'.-ei! and Sir James Graham) their re
cognised leaders, the Premier arid the Ministerial
The Administration of Lord Palmerstou i* tot
tering. Jt was never more than provisional and
every day’s experience shows it to be totally unfit
l j conduct tbe public burinesa in the new epoch
which the restoration of peace has inaugurated.
With ic- fall there must be a reconstruction of par-
Theie wasc jruinor in Lond*«n that the Bank ol
Kugiantl is about to« xtend its business by opening
deposit account* I .'" The effect of lim measure,
which would be one of considerable importance,
would of course be to draw away business from other
banks, private and joint stock
i l l civ with I'ER ia.—The Puis correspond
ent Off he Tunes, in a letter dated Tuesday even
ing, the il 4th, says ; “The definitive settlement of
the Persian quarrel has been so often announced
and poopen contradicted, that it is right to speak
of it with caution. It is, however, once more nf
tirmed that there is every probability of an arrange
;c. nl natisfi*c:.oiy to both partien. It I may credit
ii,. ii.foi nation that has reached me, matters have
go\.'• 011 -o well within the last day or two, that a
draft of n convention relating to the points in dis
pute has been ibis day Hent off to London. Os this
ila-ll Col. Ouseley is said to be th« ■ bearer.
■ According to this account, the islands of Karrak
:im<i Urmoi will be ceded to the English, who will
• vac.uate Bushire, while tl*e Persians will, in turn,
up Herat. The dismissal of the Shah’s prime
mini.-tt r will not be insisted on, nor also the other
demand relative t. the manner iu which Mr. Mur
my is ft 1 be received at Teheran, and which was
considered derogatory to the Shah’s dignity. It ia
added that Persia has agreed to receive consuls in
those places where Kussian consuls are established.
The information as to these various points is not of
ueh a character as would justify me in positively
.‘dlirming the exactness of each. What I have lit
ti • hi'siiation, however, in staling ia, the great pro
bability of an arrangement. The draft of the con
volition haa, of course, to be first submitted to the
approbation of the English govotmuent.”
I»« -six and Pkit -1 \. —The ifussiiiu Ambassador
in Paris, ns well as the Persian Envoy there, deny,
it j.- .aid, the existence of the treaty between Uus
i■; and Persia, alleged to have been signed at Te
heran, on the 18th of J anuary.
Le Nurd, of the iltilli, gives a similar contradic
tion. The existence of the treaty is nevertheless
confirmed in other quarters, and the Paris corres
pondent of the Times says that, as a compensation
tor the territory ceded by Persia, Russia has en
gaged to give the Shah the assistance of a corps
d'armee and a permanent garrison of .7,000 men at
Herat, iu ease the war with England continued.
I‘lie negotiations with Ferouk Khan are not ter
minated.
•Spain.—Maiuud, Feb. XJ'».—The expedition to
Mexico ia confined to the occupation of Vera Cruz.
Ft ftTHM! Paktici; i.akm OF THE A PI'AI.I.ING Coi.-
i.ikio hvri.osio.N in Enoland.— By the last steam
er we. received an account of the appalling colliery
explosion in the village of Hemrnmgsfieid, York
.'hire, England. Further particulars go to show
that it win the most disastrous calamity of its kind
that has ever occurred.
'lie-total number of hands employed was about
. in ; but they were divided into day nnd night
-Lifts. We need only consider the day hands ; and,
an ording to the best authority, they numbered on
Thursday not many more than 180 men and boys,
who commenced work about six o’clock. There
were four firemen, two for day and two for night;
the names of tin* idnner being Win. Cor bridge and
Win. Illingaworth. They were both below at the
time of the explosion ; but wliile Cor bridge escaped,
lllingsworth is amongst the long sad list of dead and
missing. Os the 180 who went below’ some came
up just before dinner time, their number being Ya
ri'*uslystated at from 10 to nnd there was yes
terilay (Friday no means of discovering the truth.
At a quarter after twelve on Thursday, when all
was supposed to be going on safely, and with aceus
tmned regularity, there occurred an explosion,
which was heard for miles around, and a shock or
concussion, which was left for a considerable dis
tance. There was no room for doubt as to what
had occurred; and instantly women and children
rushed frantically from a row of fifty cottages, close
ly adjoining the colliery ?o the “ bank.”
Mr. Taylor and the other partners were upon the
bank very speedily after the explosion, and they
llinii consulted w ith Mr. Coe, the general manager
of the cdlliery, ns to what, should be done. Blit the
sulphury smoke that rolled up, especially from the
ventilating shaft, prevented any steps being taken
tor fully two hours, for the explosion had greatly
damaged the cages and winding apparatu8 v which
el to be !• paired. Then Mr. Coe, with John
Wallis, out* ot the night firemen, and a young col
Her, stepped into the cage and were lowered. They
dt .mi‘ended 80 yards to the Abdy mine level; but
lu re they were stopped by the choking vapours,
and t hey had to ret urn to get the means of stopping
the intake, and thus prevent the sinoke-drivtn along
the level into the pit. This was done, and in about
half an hour Uie same men again descended, with
eome others, and got a depth of 200 yards. Here
they found the shaft chokeu with boards, which they
had to clear away aud convey to the top. Then
another body of volunteers got into the cage and
reached the. bottom, where they found congregated
together about 20 j oor fellows, who, half stupitied,
bruised, and many of them badly burin dor wound
d, had made their way to that point of safety. As
i.ir as we could ascertain, these men, being got up
m threes or fours, were all above ground soon after
live o’clock. From the accounts given by some of
them, as soon an they could collect their senses, a
hope was raised that a considerable number might
he saved ; for they said that then Workmates were
‘ vi< cpmg m” towards the shaft. But when about
t had been got up it was fouud t hat no more re
mained ; and hope gave way to despair.
Between halt-past four and live o’clock a consul
tation was held between Mr Coe and some of the
h ading mineral viewers of the neighborhood, as to
making at attempt to explore the main n nd as far
•• i possible. The general opinion was that immi
edit danger availed thpjje w:;o might make the es
*rt . whiie some thought there was a possibility of
ii* risk not being great. But each stood there
. a.ly for the attemp'; each volunteered, calmly
nd aftci consideration, to face a danger greater
i iau t hat of most battlefields. When the prepara
-1 ;ons had been completed, Mr. Coe got into the cage
•. ompaniod by Mr Webster, of the Wombwell
.*• ;• in ('olliery, and Mr. Maddison, of the lioyland
,d Fleecer pits. They got to the bottom and mads
! air way to »he south for 3(H) yards, doing all that
v as possible to make, good the doors and stoppings
that had been blown out, aud thus partially to res
t .• the ventillation. They passed some dead bodies
nd saw others lying at short distances in the work
mgs, but their number was not great ; and as they
found no one alive they were not diverted from
! I ieir object, t fiat of ascertaining what could be done to
• ieck the fire and clear the workings of gas so that
• arch might be made ; but when they got within
*,hi of the furnace under the ventilating shaft they
1.1 --covered that all around it the coal had ignited aud
is burning fiercely. Nothing could therefore be
one iu that direct ion ao the three brave fellows
etlimed to the ey«* of the upcast, and after breath
ing awhile there they groped their way along the
north level. They went 400 yards, still occasional
ly passing corpses, but uncheered by a sight or
M.mnd that indicated the vicinity of any to whom
they could be the messengers of hope or life. One
tiling was satifactory; no lire was visible upon that
v-de. But when they retraced their steps, and got
again to the south ot the upcast, they found the tire
-•pleading so rapidly along the coal, aud the heat
becoming so iutense, that they decided to give up
the search; teeliugtliat they could aid no one, and that
: > remain longer would be wantonly to risk their
«wu lives And it was time to retreat ; for while
,11 suffered very much, one of the three was nearly
i-verpovrered by the sulphur, aud tailing, he narrow
ly . soaped being enwrapped by the flames.
The three gentlemen named had thus spent more
than an hour and a half in the burning mine. Their
prolonged absence caused great anxiety as to their
: ite and the fears were much heightened by what
i*« eurred not long before the watched for signal from
I—low was heard. For about that, time the flames
>hot up high above the “cupola;” bricks andshat
; nd timbers were scattered far and near; the
1m id glare shot over miles of country ; and a broad,
well defined streak of soot and ashes were deposit
• 1 across several of the adjoining fields, while the
bank was covered with wood aud coal asht*.—
t "t-e below’ knew nothing of what had occurred ;
. st* above attributed it to a second explosion,
'* iacli had probably done immense damage to the
works. There is no doubt that what we have de
cr;bed was co incident with the rapid extension of
;!h flames, which placed the searchers in eo much
danger.
Auother long and anxious consultation was held -.
.-.nd its result was a determination to cover with
bourda and puddling the mouths of the upcast aud
\ uuiping shafts. At this time, the level ground and
the deep slope between Wombwell and the col
liery, were crowded. and when the determination
became known it naturally staggered the hopeful
and appalled to silence those who had scarcely dared
to hope that yet many human beings might be got
up alive. That the measure showed on the part of
U r proprietors, viewers, A e . a conviction that no
i.ope ivuhi be entertained that any one below’ was
iiLv e. is true ; but even if such had not been their
< •mvictiou. they believed that such a course was
i .«•>! prudential, for it was felt that no seatch could
be-attempted while the fire raged, and that no one
could get through the tire to the shaft, so as to es
i ape ; that nothing could be done until the fire was
u a-i checked, and that it could not be checked
| mail ihe ingress of air was prevented. The effect
« ’* stopping the two shafts was soon seen in the dis
appearance of flames from the cupola; but the
smoke showed that the coal was ttiii smouldering
most extensively, aud that no one could reach the
bottom alive.
As to the immediate cause of this terrible calami-
Iy, or as to the point which it occurred, nothing is
; present know n, for none of the men got out alive
have been able to give any idea of the direction
w hence the blast came. It has been suggested that
the gas w as evolved in consequence ot a sudden and
extensive fail of roof; bat the suggestion is no doubt
due to what seems to be admitted—that the roof of
the Barnsley thick-bed seam is generally uusatisfac
t.iry throughout the district. On ail hands we heard
- atementa that the Lundhili Colliery was regarded
as almost the model mine of the district; that tbe
airways were spacious,4he ventiilating current am
ple ; and that the proprietors had from the first
> pared no expense iu doing all that could be suggest
id to make and keep the' workings in the sanest
state possible.
Although the seam is admitted to be ‘‘fiery.’’ it
' - stated ihat accumulations of gat, even email in
)*ulk, were very rarely discovered. The firemen
| had strict orders, which theproprieior* do not sup
i P ,kSe were disobeyed ; and the working rules gene
| ra:iy having been drawn up with care, have been
| strictly enforced Corbridge, the fireman who vu
i below at the time ol the explosion and is now alive,
, I. as stated tliat everything was most satisfactory
•luring Thursday forenoon. and that up to the fatal
J moment he considered the mine as safe as a? any
1 period since it was opened. Ls’ { fire damp*'was dis
covered during the inspections early in the inorn
ing. oi at any other time, a board, bearing the word
hire m conspicuous letters, (white with a red
ground,) woe hung at the entrance of the particular
wor king and the occupiers of it were bound not
to ent«i uutfi permitted by the firemen. The sys
leading and foUowteg
banks, the ventilation round the lace of the coal
was considered excellent; and no pillars have yet
been “rabbad ’or “got Indaad, although the min*.
ho 4 been work.-d fextensiVfely during the two years
it baa been in operation—the average, a* we heard,
being about fiOOO tons a-exy—only 13 acred have
yet been got.
But having stated these fa* ts. it remains to be
added that the men worked with caudles, safety
lamps being very rarely used by them except w’hen
fire dam)> was known to exist. Upon this point ex
planatious will, no doubt, be demanded at the in*
quest.
It is difficult to form any conception of tbe inten
sity w’ith which the fire must have been raging in
the pit. Those who formed the exploring party de i
scribe it h* terrific. Such was the heat that the coal i
was running in a liquid state. The air shaft is mere
than GOO feet deep, and the flames and sparks as
cended in the air at least 201) feet above the e ; r
shaft, making a total of more than 800 feet a* the
height to which the fire extended.
The official lists made up on Tuesday gave the
names of no fewer than 183 individuals as having
lost their lives by this terrible explosion. The exact
number of persons in the pit has not been ascertain
ed, and in all probability the truth will never be
known; but there k no doubt that 182 are still in
the pit, and of course dead. It U more than probe
bfe tliat there are several unknown to the managers
having been taken down by the regular hands to a
skt them.
On Tuesday many persona visited the spot from
u great distance, especially from some parts of Lai
ca-hire. as Wigan, Bolton, and other colliery the
tricts. Amongst the colliers of the locality conside
rable jj/iissatistaction has been expressed at t •
pit being kept close d. To such a height Lis this at
t iue<i. that the men have loudly and openly e.V
dared that forcible measures would be adopted a*
once for its opening, so that there might beachan* ••
of identifying the bodies. Mr. Green, the po!i<
superintendent of the district, received a letter on
Tuesday morning, threatening that if the shaft w -
not opened on Tuesday a large bo<ly of the miner-
be there, prepared to open it by force. Ju
consequence of this communication precaution*
were taken to repress any disturbance, the polic
f«>rc*- being increased. The measures recommend*-*!
by the conference of scientific men on Saturday
were actively carried out on the following day
under the superintendence of Mr. Webster and Mr
Maddison, and the effect of these measures in sub
duiug the fire was evident from the experiment*
which were made up to Tuesday evening.
The following is au official statement of the num
ber killed and bereaved :
KILLED. I BEREAVED.
Married .87 | Widows - 8.
Unm’iedmenaud boys.b I i Fatherless children, .l^
—I • -
Total killed 181 j Mourners 270
Francis, Lord Napier.— This distinguished
gentlemen, now the accredited MinisterPlenipoten
tiary of Great Britain to our Government at Wash
ington, is vet comparatively a young man. Hr* was
born in I*Bl9, and will be only thirty eight years in
Septembt-r next, bathe has had much experience in
diplomatic* life, having been from early years in that
department. A few words as to the history of
his family may not lie uni uteres ting. The name
of the original family was Lenox, anti was changed
in this wise, as related in an old history :
4, < >nc: of the ancient Earls of Lenox, in Scotland,
had throe sons. The eldest succeeded him in the
Earldom of Lenox *, the second, was’uamed Donald,
and the third was named Gilchrist. The King then
of Scots was engage*! in wars, aud among-tt I;***-,-
who were commanded to serve liiin was the Ear!
of Lenox, who keeping his eldest son at home, sen;
his second son, (Donald) to serve for him. This bat
tie went hard for the Scots, who were forced to h>si*
ground—ami at the last, to run away, w' ieh, being
perceived by Donald, he pulled his father's standard
from the bearer thereof, and valiantly encountered
the foe. Being well followed, lie repulsed the cue
my and changed the fortune of the day, whereby a
great victory was got. A tier the battle the King
said unto them—“ You hove all done valiantly , hit
there is one among you who hath, nap ter" —and call
ing Donald to his presence, in regard to his worthy
service, gave him in augmentation ol' honor, to
change his name from Lenox to Napier, aud gave
him the lands of Gosford, &c. M
The next distinguished man of this line was Si:
John Napier. lie was the inventor of logarithms,
and was also the author of “A Treatise on the lie
novation of Saint John.” Hume the historian,
speaks of him as one to whom the title of great man
is more justly due than to any other whom his coun
try ever produced. “These works will remain lasting
monuments of his sublime judgment, knowledge ami
penetration.” The oldest son of this man was Archi
bald, afterward created first. Lord Napier ; and the
present Francis, Lord Napier, (now with us) is his
direct descendant iu an unbroken line.
The other branches of the family number many
distinguished personages, whose names and deeds,
as soldiers, sailors, and writers are found in history.
They all come from this original stock—“ Donald ’
(Lenox) changed on the battle field (fordistinguish
ed valor) to Napier, down through logarithms, and
hard study, and hard fighting, / to the present day,
and history as yet records no act that brings a stain
upon the name and blood of Napier. The present
Minister is universally regarded as a gentleman of
close observation and industry, wlio.-e urbanity ami
kind feeling are only equalled by his modesty am!
courteous deference. We have every reason to
hope that lie will realize in his reception aud sojourn
with us all the success and gratification he and his
government anticipate, and that the same spirit in
which he was selected to represent his country here,
will be found in tho government and people to
whom he is accredited.— N. Y. Commercial.
Lord Napier’s Interview with flic President.
Washington,March 16.—Lord Napier, the new
British Minister, was at 1 o’clock to-day introduced
to the President by Gen. Cass, and presented his
credentials as Minister from the Court of St. James.
His expressions of congratulation and of a desire to
preserve the peace of the two countries were cor
dially reciprocated by the President.
Lord Napier was in court dress and attracted the
curiosity of the many visiters at the White House,
who desired to witness the ceremony, but it being
of a private character they were excluded from the
audience chamber.
Lord Napier in addressing the. President as the
envoy of Iler Britanic Majesty said he was instruct
ed to convey to him the earnest desire entertained
by the Queen to preserve and advance on all oeca
biohb the interest and the happiness of England and
America, which are so deeply involved in their
amicable intercourse and to manifest to him the
hearty good wishes which Her Majesty cherishes lor
the prosperity of the United States.
He ventured to congratulate the President on his
accession to the highest elective dignity in this conn
try and tho world, saying, “may you enjoy it in
health, peace, and ever iucreasing houor, and may
t he period of your government be distinguished by
all tbe features of public welfare.” “Permit me,”
ho continued, “to express to you my gratification in
being selected to renew and avow at Washington,
thosejrelations of international friendship which have
been socially sustained by your representative in
London. This important and grateful duty which
might have been committed to others more capable
of doing justice to the sentiments which animates
my Sovereign, her ministers and every order of her
subject, but no one could approach your Excellency
with greater respect for your person and your
office, or a warmer good will to the American peo
ple.” Ile then delivered the credential letter which
her Majesty had been graciously pleased to intrust
to his care.
The President, in leply, offered Lord Napier a
hearty welcome as Envoy Extraordinary and Min
istci Plenipotentiary of Her Britannic Miyesty to
the United States. ‘Tour Sovereign,” he said, “I
am convinced could not have selected a more ac
ceptable representative than yourself to renew
t hose relat ions of international friendship, which I
trust may never hereafter be interrupted. The ear
nest aud gracious desire expressed by Her Majesty
to preserve and advance upon all occasions the in
terests and happiness of England and America. aud
Cue hearty good wishes which Her Majesty cherishes
for the prosperity of the United States are cordially
reciprocated on my part, and will elicit an enthusi
astic response from the breasts of the American peo
ple. No independent powers have ever been bound
together by material interests of such magnitude as
those which unite Great Britain nnd tho United
States. Indeed, the prosperity of the one in neces
sarily involved in that of the other, but mutual in
terests. however vast, without mutual regard, are
not always sufficient to preserve friendship be
tween nations. How happy, then, am 1 to receive
the assurance that your Sovereign, her Minister,
aud every order of her subjects are animated by
sentiments of benevolence towards the government
and people of the United States.
During my administration, it shall be my agreea
ble duty, ns well as my earnest desire, to increase
the friendship and mutual good will, now so happily
subsisting between the two countries,and to render
those sentiments strong and enduring with such
sincere and heartfelt dispositions on both sides,
should difficulties ever arise between the two go
vernments, these will be easily adjusted in a spirit
of mutual forbearance and concession. 1 return
your Lordship my thanks for your kind expressions
and wishes in reference to myself, and feel confident
that in our future intercourse we shall proceed har
moniously and satisfactorily in the discharge of out
respective duties.
Babylon. —Petrus Yalensis, an Italian traveler,
visited the ruins of Babylon in 1616, and describes
a tower such as that recently reported to have been
re discovered, but he believed it to be a tower built
by oue of the late Princes of Babylon, and not the
famous old Tower of Babel, the building of which is
recorded to have been the occasion of the confusion
of tongues, and the source of the various languages
of men.
Babylon was one of the wonders of the East. Its
walls were 87 feet thick and 350 feet high,and were
60 miles in extent. The Tower or Temple of Belus
stood in the middle of it, in which was a golden
image of Baal, forty feel high. It was famous for
the cultivation of the science of astrouoiny at an
early date ; tho astronomers made their observe
tions from the top of the high tower, in aver)’ clear
atmosphere. Alexander the Great took it *. and
Calkthenes, the philosopher, who accompanied him.
states that astronomical records had been made in
Babylon from 115 years after the Deluge.
The grandeur of the palaces and buildings, and
the known wealth of old Babel, rendered it for a
long period the centre of Asiatic civilisation and
power. But its walls have crumbled, and for cen
turies the very Arab of the desert has shunned its
ruins because*of the wild beasts that haunt them,
and the numerous venomous serpents that make
their abode in palaces, which were once the abode
of kings.— Scientific Ante icon.
The Crimean Russell. —The literary corres
pendent of tbe Plymouth Journal makes the follow
mg statement : I mentioned in my last letter that
Mr. William Howard Russell, late Crimean corres
pondent of the l imes, is about to lecture on Kus
si a and the Russian war. I have since learned tliat
he has entered into an engagement with Mr. Wiilert
Beale, whereby he is bound to deliver no lecture?,
except upon Mr. Beale's account, between now and
the Ist of April, 1858, and to be always ready du
ring the interval, to lecture as often as Mr. Beale
may require, provided that it be not oftener than
three nights per week. Os the amount of the “con
sideration” which Mr. Beale guarantees in return, 1
am not at present accurately informed, but rumor
places it at jC 10.000 . and it is very possible that in
this instance rumor doe? not exaggerate, since the
sum named, enormous at is, would be more than
doubled by the receipts from 156 lectures as popu
lar as Mr. Thackeray V while there is good reason
to suppose that Mr. Russell’s will be ' hat, at least
What with this “ten thousand a year,” if such it be.
the sum for which his “proprietors, as Mr Paucks
would call them, insured his life, lik salary as cor
respondent, and his royality of 6d. on every copy
sola of his “Hktcuyof the Wai.’ Mr. Russell, in
the end, will have been pretty well rewarded for
whatever hardships he may have endured in the
Crimea.
A New Use tor Indian Corn. —Veing Coi~n for
Fuel.' —lt is stated that a farmer in Illinois on the
Grand Prairie, where wood is not to be had. and
where coal is worth thirty cents a bushel, and corn
the SAme. got out of fuel while the roads were so
bad that he could not haul coal, and in the emer
gency of the case tried burning corn in the ear in
his stove in place of coal, and found that it not only
succeeded, but that it was actually cheaper to burn
corn than coal, and that it not only makes a hot fire
but a cleaner one than coal.
Distressing Suicide. —We regret to learn that
Mr. Thomas Reed, for over twenty years a respect
ed citizen of this city, and for several years past
residing ?ome four miles from thk place on the llai
loca Road, put a termination to his existence on the
morning of the 17th instant, by hanging hiin.-eif in
his field with a rope. It k the general supposition
that* Mr. Reed laboring under a temporary
of insanity at the time the rash and fatal deed of
self destruction was committed.— Columbus Sun
There were in New York last week —
78 bemg of consumption
AUGUSTA, GA 7 WEDNESDAY MORNING, MARCH 25, 1857.
j The Horrible Accident on tbe Great Western
Railroad.
An extra from the Hamilton, C. W., Spectator of
fice of Friday, has an account of the terrible ca
lamity on the Great Western Railroad. It says :
The train from Toronto, due in thk city at a quar
ter before »3 P. M. yesterday evening had come from
Tor<nto as was usual, and was proceeding at a mod
erate rate of speed to pass the swing bridge across
the Desjardin’s canal. ThoSe residing at a distance
jnay not know that a catting has been made as an
outlet to thk canal through the Burlington Heights,
and that the railway crosses it by a swing bridge
sixty feet at least above the level of the canal. At
this time, of cours*, the water below is covered
with ice about two feet thick.
Just before the train reached the bridge, the'eu
giue ran off the track, owing, it is supposed, to some
defect in the axle. This however is a mere sur
mise, founded only on the observation of some marks
on the road for some distance on the other side of
the spot where the accident occurred. The immense
weight of the engine, cutting through the timber of
tbe bridge, produced the effect naturally to be ex
pected. The whole structure gave way, and with
one frightful crash, the engine, tender, baggage car
and two first class passenger cars broke through the
severed frame work, and leaped, headlong, into the
yawning abyss below. The engine and tender
crushing at once through the ice. The baggage car
striking the corner of the tender in the act of falling,
was thrown to one side, and fell some ten yards
from the engine. The first passenger car rushed
afrer. and turning as it descended, fell on its roof,
breaking partly through the ice and was crushed to
atoms, while the last car fell end ways on the ice,
and. strange to say. remained in that position.
The loss of life* was of coarse frightful. There
were ninety passengers on the train, and the list of
those who have escaped only numbers about twen
tv. As far as we can yet learn, every’ one in the
lirst car was killed; those who were not crushed be •
:ng drowned by water, which nearly filled the ear
About thirty were in the last car, of whom ten were
taken out dead, and most of the others were fear
• illy mutilated. Tbe conductor, Mr. Barrett, the
deputy superintendent of the line, Mr. Muir, and
Mr. Jessup, one of the auditors, who were on the
hind platform, jumped off aud escaped. The ex
press messenger, Mr. , Mr. Richardson, a
conductor on the road, and the mail conductor,
were with the baggage man. The latter jumped
ov_T the baggage he had piled up ready for delivery,
and escaped with but slight injury, while the three
others went down, but, miraculously enough, were
not hurt. The engineer and firemen went under the
ice with the locomotive, and their bodies have not
yet been recovered.
The excitement in the city, directly the news
spread, was intense. Hundreds swarmed towards
the Great Western depot, and streamed along the
liue to the fatal spot. There the scene presented
was such as to bailie description. Large locomo
( live lamps were speedily brought. Fires were kin
dled. and a lurid glare was thrown over the shatter
,*d remnants. Special trains were dispatched to the
bridge to bring home the wounded. It was no easy
task to descend the steep slope to the canal. Ropes
were lowered and ladder* attached to them, on which
the dead aud wounded from the car which stood end
ways were first drawn up. Then the bottom of the
car which had partly sunk through the ice, was
hewn away with axes, and the unfortunate passen
gers, some sadly mutilated and even cut in pieces,
and all saturated with water, were taken out.
As soon as the dead were drawn up th4slope, they
were either put in the cars for conveyance to Ham
ilton, or were laid in a small house near the bridge.
It is said that, one family were in the cars consisting
of a father, mother and four children. Only one of
the children escaped.
(hie of these little ones, a girl, about four years of
■•!', r e, was brought to the house alluded to when we
were there. The poor little creature was smiling
prettily, as if she had been sleeping and dreaming of
j.w< ct things when the accident occurred, aud had
been launched into the sleep of death before the
at cam had vanished from her mind.
At the railway depot, when the sufferers were
brought in, crowds assembled, anxious to hear
who were dead, and to know if any of their friends
were there.
The corpses were taken into one of the largo bag
gage rooms, where Coroners Bull and Uosebrugh
proceeded-to have them examined, and when possi
ble. identified.
As soon as the intelligenceflof the catastrophe
reached the city, Maj. Booker and Capt. Macdonald's
companies of volunteers marched to the scene, and
every credit is due to them for their conduct. The
pressure of the crowd had all but forced in the
strong doors of the depot, when the artillery compa
ny arrived. They formed a cordon around the room,
which was respected. The Rifles marched on to the
bridge.
Hut a few at a time were admitted to view’ the
bodies. On entering, the first we remarked was
th it of poor Donald Stuart. Several of those who
have set in the City Council with this estimable
man, were around him in tears. This ia stronger
evidence of his worth than anything we could say.
Next lay the Brantford contractors, Mr. Russell,
on whose person w’as money to the amount of seve
ral thousand dollars; in the row opposite was
Samuel Zimmerman, to whom railroads have at
length proved fatal, and near him two children,
aged ono and three respectively, aud her w’iio seem
ed to be their mother.
Men were working up to a late hour with long
poles and hooks, endeavoring to raise bodies from
the water. Their labors will have been continued
throughout the night.
The cause of the accident w ill not bo fully ascer
tained until the engine is raised. Wo learn, how
ever, that the reason above given, (breaking of the
axiej is correct, so far as can be ascertained at pre
sent
The Buffalo Commercial Advertiser says that
Lane Buchanan, the Vice President of the Road,
was not on board the fatal train, aud was not killed
as reported. It says : *
The cause of the accident was undoubtedly owing
to the engine having by some means got oil’the
track just as the train was approaching the bridge
under diminished speed ; the wheel of the engine of
course cutting off the tie? of the bridge us it ad
vamvd; till the whole weight of the engine and ten
der, lulling heavily, parted the string pieces and
pitched headlong into the eaual below, aud know
buried, with the engineer and fireman, at least
twenty feet below the surface.
The Commercial Advertiser also contains the
statement of an eye witness, who says :
The forward passenger car, in descending, was
turned upside down, leaving only a portion of it
above the water. The forward end of the last
passenger car rested upon either the engine or bag
gage car and falling back upon the wall supporting
the bridge remained in nearly au upright position.
1 he scene was a terrible one.
Tlie water in the canal is eighteen feet deep, and
nearly all those not immediately killed were drown,
cd. The engine and tender, with the engineer and
fireman, we'e pitched headlong into the canal, and
are buried twenty feet below the surface. Tbe bag
gag,: ear and two passenger cars are completely
shattered, and one of the latter turned bottom side
upwards and nearly submerged.
Bitfalo, March 14.'—Mr. Zimmerman s funeral
will take place at his residence, near the Clifton
House, at Niagara, on Monday. He was a member
of the Order ol Free Masons, aud will be buried
with Masonic honors. A large number of Masons
aiy going from this city to attend his funeral, which
will heu most imposing affair.
From the Rochester Democrat, 16/A inst.
Additional from tli« i'nnndn Railway Disaster.
Fifty.Beven or fifty-eight bodies have been recov
ered There were probably 95 or 96 persona on
board. Some Sor 9 must yet be under the ice
The current of the canal sets towards the Bay, so
that probably these may not be found until the
breaking up of the ice in the Bay.
The jury, alter viewing the bodies of all the vic
tims, proceeded to the bridge to look at the scene.
The Coroners have secured tho services of Mr. I
Clarke, Chief Engineer of the State of New York,
and J. C. Keefer, Esq., who will report and give
evidenee concerniug the state of the bridge, rails,
«!Cc. When at the bridge, a preliminary inveetiga |
tiou was made into the cause of the accident. It is j
agreed that no blame attaches to the switchman or
engineer. Tlie front axle of the locomotive seems
to have broken. The engine probably was partly
on the rails until half way over the bridge, when it
fell from the rails to the timber framing, a distance
**f 1 ully 18 inches. The shock thus caused seems to
have snapped the whole structure. It is said that
the engineer (brave fellow !) whistled “ on brakes,”
and, while endeavoring to avert the catastrophe,
went down with the engine.
We can positively contradict the report that
the switch was wrong, and that this caused the ac
cident.
Undoubtedly the axle of the engine must have
been broken, as the left wheel left the rail, and
mark' d the sleepers, &c., on the track for some ten
yards before reaching the switch. We have been
t**ld by one of the gentlemen who jumped off, that
the engineer, instead of attempting to escape at the
first warning, staid until the moment when th * en
gine was precipitated into the abyss, and was
reversing the engine, endeavoring, if possible, to
prevent the fatal result. If this be true—aud w r e
see no reason to doubt it—too much praise cannot
be bestowed on the brave fellow who thus nobly did
his duty.
a P art by our city authorities for pub
lic hum..iation, fasting and prayer, on the part of
the inhabitants cf this city, will be observed by a
genera! cessation from business on Monday next,
when public worship will be conducted generally in
**urchurches, at 11 A M. Interments are expected to
take place during the day, and congregations are ar
ranging to meet in the evening at 7 o’clock, for uni
ted prayer, in some of the large churches.
Great as was the excitement at the Railway De
pot and in the vicinity of the accident yesterday, it
was stili more so in the city. Every one seemeci to
wear a iuelancboiy expression, and little else was
talked about than the great and fearful sacrifice of
so many human beings within the very limits of the
city. Sorrow was depicted on every countenance
save those of the busy newsboys, who plied their
avocati n in every nook and corner of the city with
increased zeal. *
\Y e it-arn that the excitement in Londgm, Galt,
Brantford, Parit and Toronto, was most intense yes
terday. The gloom may be said to be general
throughout tlie whole Western country’, and oue
universal feeling of sorrow prevails. In Parlia
men“d «<as agreed to adjourn until Tuesday, and
an adjournment of both Houses accordingly took
place.
Buffalo, March 16.—The funeral of Samuel
Zimmerman, killed by the recent terrible disaster
on the Great Western Railroad, took place thk
aiteruoor. at Niagara Falk ~ Canada. The Masonic
display probably was the largest, as well as the most
imposing, ever witnessed in the country. Large
UC *f m* *' 0i Templars, and Royal Arch
vv er aBOM ’ were present in full regalia
from V> extern New York and from Upper and
Lo wer Canada. Many of the Members of Parliament
and a great number of the most prominent men of
Canada, also attended the funeral. It is estimated
tnat no iesa than fifteen thousand persons took part :
in the demonstration.
Arctic Expiditio>.s. —The only proceedings of !
any interest in the British Parliament, is the an- I
nouneement, on the part of the government, that
no further Arctic expeditions will be fitted out by
them, enough having, as they consider, been done
m the attempt to discover the missing Crews of the
Erebus and Terror. Another Arctic expedition will,
however, sail, which will be provided for out of the
funds of Lady Franklin
Letter-Writing in the United States —An
idea of the amount of let ter-writing in the United
States may be inferred by the number of pontage
stamjis sold, which during the last year, was oue
hundred and fifty millions.
Sli«htly Poisoned. —Mr. Benjamin T. Beeson
and family, near Parkersburg, Va., were slightly
poisoned a few days ago from drinking coffee made
with water drawn fjrom a tea-kettle to which the
rats had access after eating arsenic. All were sick,
but none were seriously injured by the dose.
American Railroads. —Captain Galton haa re
ported to the English Board of Trade on the subject
of American Railroads. After treating of their
modes of construction, management, legal supervi
sion and cost, the inference is drawn that invest
ment of European capital in such works k much
more safe than in the proposed Russian lines.
Value of Theatricals in Paris. —The total re- !
oeipts of the theatre*?, public bails, concerts and ex
hibitions of Paris during the year 1856, were 18.181,-
jrWf ; in 1855, 16.103.835 f; aDd in 1854,12,409,081 f.
The reason why tbe receipts of 1855 exceeded those
of the other two years was that the Universal Ex
hibition caused a'laige influx of foreigners and pro
vincials into Paris.
Historical.. —The original Wampum-belt pre
sented by tlie Indian Chiefs to William .Penn, has
been presented to the Pennsylvania Historical Bo
oittf* by Mr Giauvills J. Penn
Itelijtio u* I’i‘o>(‘i*iilion.
The Louisville papers contain an account o! the
elopement of a young lady from a Catholic school at
Nazareth, Nelson county, Kentucky, together with
a letter from the young lady herself, to the editor of
sue Louisville Journal, stating the facts of the ca»e.
It appears that ahe was left at the sehoel with ex
plicit instructions that slit was not to be required to
conform to the requirements of the Roman Catholic
Church, but to be left to the exercise ot her own
judgment and will in religious matters. These iu.
structions were altogether disregarded, and severe
punishment, confinement for several days at a time
without food, and other penances were inflicted up
on a young and unprotected girl to compel her ob
•ervance of tho confessional The letters to her
friends were intercepted, and complaints
of tho religious persecution to which she was sub
jected were stifled. The following is the letter al
luded to :
Mount Washington, March 11, 1557, >
Hai.l Tavern, Bullion Co., Ky. \
To the Editors of the Louisville Journal :—l no
tice in this morning's Democrat an article in rela
tion to the escape of a young lady from Nazareth,
a Catholic institution near Bardstown, Nelson coun
ty. Kentucky.
I hope, through your columns, to be allowed the
privilege of correcting tlie statement and giving the
facts in the case. lam the fugitive sp«.ken of, who
escaped from that institution, the corruptions of
which nothing but Eternity will disclose. I was
placed in this institution, January 28, 1856, by my
brother, who resides in Nashville, Teuu., and not,
as stated, in \ irginia; with positive instructions
that he did not wish me educated in the princi
ples of the Romair Gaelic religion, leaving that
discr tionary with tnyselt.
While attending since that time I have been sub
jected to the severest kind of religious discipline,
contrary to my own feelings. My reasons for leav
ing the school are these? I have been repeatedly
confined in a room, two, three and five days at a
time, deprived of my allowance of food for no other
reason than that of refusing to go to confession.—
This nnd a variety of other punishments have been
inflicted Irom time to time, exhibiting a disposition
like anything but that requisite for a student far
from home and under tlie protection of the teachers.
Their regulations are Such that no letter written
by me could inform my friends of my condition. At
length, when their commands were past all endu
rance, 1 determined to make good my escape at the
fir*t opportunity, which 1 effectedjFebruary 16, at 8
o’clock, IV M. Having been all day inclose con
finement, 1 made my escape during prayers. 1 re
mained allniight in the neighborhood and between 4
and o O'clock next morning, 1 hastened on fool to
beyond the reach of my pursuers. At 2 o’clock, I
was overtaken by the overseer, on horseback, two
miles beyond Mt. Washington, on my wav to Louis
ville.
He demanded my retu.rn ; I protested and told
him plainly that 1 would not go. He then urged me
to go back to the Hotel at Ait. Washington, which
I did, being first, advised to do so by a gentleman
who was accompanying him, assuring me that I
should be protected. On the night of the 17th. Dr.
Mattiugly called for me at. 12 o’clock, but refusing
to see him, he remained all night, and the next morn
mg urged me to return with him.
To th j people of Alt. Washington, and particular
ly to Mr. Hall and family, under whose kind protec
tion I itm at present—until the arrival of my broth
ep—l tender my sincere thanks for their kindness
and sympathy in my behalf.
The statements I have made I affirm and declare,
as God is my judge, to bt* the truth and nothing but
the truth. Yours, with respect,
p Mary E. B. Miller.
From California—Additional by i!ie George
Law.
The George Law connected with the John L. Ste
vens, which lett San Francisco on the 20th of Feb
ruary.^
Tlie latter boat passed, Feb. sth, the steamer
Golden Gate with the New York passengers of the
sth Feb., and March ith. The steamer Sonora willi
the New York passengers of the 20th February. All
on board well. *
The George Law touched at Havana on the Uth
She spoke on*the 10th instant, off Cape Antonio,
the steamei* Granada from Havana for Aspinwall.
The ship Independence was lying off Panama.
The principal consignees on the specie list of the
George Law are as follows :
Messrs. Drexel «fc Co. $230,000; Wells, Fargo &
Co. $186,000.
Tlie passengers include Gen. Wool, Col. Casey,
and Lieuts: Arnold and Bissell.
The steamer Sierra Nevada left San Francisco on
the 20th with several hundred recruits for Walker s
army.
The news from California is unimportant.
The hfiniug news was rather favorable. There
had been heavy rains in various parts of the State,
causing fnuch damage.
Tlie markets were extremely dull. Flour is quo
ted at $ 11.
The California Legislature had impeached Dr.
Bates, the State Treasurer, andS W. whitman, the
Comptroller, for misappropriation of the State funds
to the amount of $250,000.
Bates had resigned, and James English, the Ex-
Mayor of Sacramento succeeded him.
Twelve members of a band of robbers who recent
ly murdered Sheriff Barton had been hung by the
people of San Diego.
An affray had occurred at San Francisco, bet ween
F. A. banker, and Thomas King, editor of
the Evening Bulletin. Cohen, who was the aggres
sor, received a pistol shot through the jaw. Both
were arrested, but King was subsequently dis
charged. '
Companies* of filibusters had been organized in
the interior to aid Walker.
A bill to legalize tiffe State debt had been intro
dneed into tlid Senate and will undoubtedly pass.
Two shocks of an earthquake occurred at San
Francisco on the evening of the sth. Much con
sternation was felt, but no damage was done.
A body of filibusters had gone to Sonora to
join Gaudara.
Advices from La Paz, on the Mexicau coast, state
that General Blancarte had seized all tlie vessels in
the harbor, putting them under an embargo, and
was to leave in a few days with seven hundred
men for the capital.
Advices from Salt Lake to the 7th of July state
that Heler Kimball hid been elected President of
the Council.
Oregon dates are to the 12th of February. An
Indian outbreak had taken place near Fort Sincoe.
Four white men and a large number of cattle were
carried off'.
A great mortality had occurred among the cattle
in the neighborhood of Dallas, one-fourth having
perished.
Advices from Washington Territory state that
the Legislature adjourned on the 29t,h of January,
after having censured Gov. Stevens’ course on tne
Indian war and martial law affair.
The Indians made an attack on the settlement at
Pitt river valley, iu Shhsta county, and murdered all
the inhabitants remaining there, burnt, their houses,
and killed all . the oaltle, horses, etc. The largest
part of the inhabitants had previously left the val ley
with the intention of returning in the spring.
j. M. Rhodes, a banker of Sacrameuto, and one of
the bondsmen ot Mr. Bates, the State Treasurer, has
suspended.
The dates from Australia are to the 2d. The mines
were yielding immensely.
A fire at Adelaide had destroyed property to the
value of half a million.
The dates from Buenos Ayres are to February 12.
Bark Emily, Capt. Etchberger, from Baltimore, is
reported to have capsized Jau. 21, during a heavy
squall between Lobos and Flores Islands. No Par
ticulars are given.
The Coachman yvho Married his Employer’s
Daughter. —The New York Times of Saturday
has the following iu relation to the late secret
marriage bet wean the daughter of Mr. Boker, a
wealthy merchant of that city, and his coachman :
Young Dean, the lucky coachman, has finally
agreed to give up his wife for a time, and accept the
pecuniary offers of her freiuds. Yesterday his
counsel received a letter from Mr. lioker’s lawyer
proposing that Dean should go into business in one
of the Western cities—capital being provided by
Mr. Boker—and that he should consent to be sepa
rated from his wife for the period of six months,
correspondence between them being allowed during
that time. Dean is willing to accept the proposition,
aud thus the subject ia disposed of for the present.,
at least.
The Rev. Mr. Hatfield, who performed the mar
riage ceremony, describes Mr. 1 lean as of prepossess
iug appearance, gentlemanly address, and with noth
ing about him to show that he was of Irish origin but
the slightest possib’e brogue. Mr. Dean called at his
house on Tuesday, the 24th of last February, and
inquired if Mr. Hatfield would, an the following
Saturday, tie the marriage knot for him. Mr. H.
assented. On Saturday Mr. Dean presented himself
and said his intended bride, who was engaged as
servant in a gentleman’s family close by had been
unable to perfect her arrangements, and it was
necessary to postpone the marriage until the
ensuing Tuesday. To this Mr. H. agreed, appointing
the time of day for the bridal parly to call. Tues
day came anathe minister held himself in readiness
to peferm the ceremony, but he waited and they
did not appear. Towards evening, however, Dean’s
friend came to the house, and told the servant that
owing to t he storm of the proceeding day, the young
lady had been unable to finish up her household
duties, aud as she wanted to remain in her place
sometime longer she did not wish tier marriage
known, but that they would come the next day.
Wednesday morning came tlie couple also, and
their two witnesses with them. Miss Boker was
dreßsed as became her assumed station, not in silk
and hoops, nor sparkling with diamonds. Mr. Dean
was neatly attired, and acted like a well-ored gen
tleman. As the day was muddy, and Mr. H’s parloni
had but lately been furnished with a new carpet, it
was deemed prudent that the ceremony should be
performed iu the basement, which was a cozy
enough place, and thei e the marriage took place.
At its conclusion Dean took from his purse a roll
of bills, from which detaching a V, he delicately
passed it over politely, inquiring if that would
satisfy the clergyman. Mr. H. bowed an affirmative,
and the happy party left, Mr. H. remarking to his
wife that the lady had evidently the best of that
bargain. He thought no more of the matter till
his attention was called to it on luesday last from
the statement in the papers, when he found that
instead, as he had supposed, of making a poor ser
vant girl happy, he had probably made a wealthy
family miserable.
Improvement in Printing Presses.— The Sci
entific American announces that Moses S. Beach,
Esq., of the New York Sun, has invented an attach
ment to steam printing presses, by which the sheet,
after passing through the press and receiving an
impression upon one side, is turned and without
handling again passed through the press and print
ed on its other side. The operation is thus desci ib
ed;
“ There is no checking or reversing the ordinary
movements of the press. A double or twin set ot
fingers, which shut against each other, are so ar
ranged as to grasp the back or tail end of the shee.
before it leaves the printing cylinder, and after the
first impression is taken. The sheet, thus held fast
while the cylinder continues to revolve, is drawn m
again for the secoud impression, and thus the teed
ing the sheet by hand the second time or fifty per
cent, of the labor now required is saved, and, prac
tically, the sheet is printed on both sides at once--
two forms instead of oue being placed upon the
Scientific American thinks the invention will
« make a stir among newspaper folks,” but in com
ing to this conclusion it seems to have overlooked
the important fact that in very few, if any instances,
are both forms of a newspaper printed at once on
the same press. Before tbe invention can be made
of general use in newspaper prmtrng the size of tbe
presses now in vogue would have te be doubled, so
that both forms would be printed at once, and even
two copies would have to be printed on one sheet
and aftewards cut. The invention is a good one for
book printing, where the sheet is turned on the same
form, DUt it is not very likely to be made available
for the benefit of the newspaper press until the op
erations of feeding, flying and cutting the sheets is
performed by exact machinery.— Balt. American.
Slave Vessels.— An Havana letter says The
brigVV. D. Miller, a regular trader between thia
port and New Orleans, sailed on the 4th inst., as
reported, for Montevideo, but she having been pur
chased by a well known slave trading house, it is
behaved ane has gone to the coast es Africa. I al*o
hear that an offer has been made for the brig Mary
Elizabeth, also a regular New Orleans trader, but
that the sum offered was not sufficient to induce her
• ewner to part with her.
From the Charleston Conner , lOf A inst.
The Ludie*’ .Motinl Vernon Association of the
Union.
The Dolar Subscription list, at our office, begins
to be tilled, aud. we trust, will soon make rapid ana
encouraging progress. We invite our fellow citi
zens to prompt action iu the premises, as we desire
Charleston to be the bannereity, and South Carolina
to be the banner State, in doing to the home aud
the grave of Washington, the noble and tilting
homage, now proposed by the daughters of Ameri
ca. If there be anything that can re-kindle and
preserve, in its original brightness and purity,
throughout our land, the sentiment of Union, it will
be the union of the States, in common reverence, to
the manes of the Father of our Country. We are
pleased to perceive, that the beautiful city, partly
perched on Shoekoe and Church Hills, and partly
reposing in tlie beautiful and romantic valley of the
James river, is waking up to her duty, and to take
her appropriate place in the picture. We should,
iudeed, be gratified to see “the Old Dominion” aud
the Palmetto State in honorable rivalry, in the glo
rious enterprise. It will never do to let even the
Bunker Hill State outstrip both, or either of them,
in munificence of contribution, as she is likely to
do, under the auspices of the patriotic and gifted
Everett.
The Richmond Enquirer, of the 2d inst., noticing
tlie semi-centennary celebration of the Washington
Light Infantry, iu this city, thus prefaces successive
extracts from this journal* the sermon of the Rev.
Dr. Gilman, the remarks of Mr. Yeadow, and the
oration of the Hon. W. D. Porter .
Ladies' Mt. Vernon Association. —An enterprise
so patriotic iu its purpose, so beneficent iu its con
ception and so beautiful in its organization, as that
to which we take occasion to allude, by reference to
its many meritorious efforts in behalf of an object
so sacred that it must imbue again every American
mind with familiar (ti lings of reverence for the
memory of the peerless Washington, is well worthy
the Ladies who are engaged in it, aud will transmit
to posterity their names, in connection with the pur
chase of Mount Vernon, like laurel leaves exhaling
incense to Heaven from the tomb of the “Father of
his Country.' We clip from the Charleston Courier
of the 23d Febiuary tue following inspiring appeal
o the people of that gallant State :
[Here follows our Mount Vernon Editorial of the
23d ulto ]
We would also invite attention to the eloquent
extracts which we append, from a discourse deliver
ed in tbe Unitarian Church, of Charleston, S. C.,on
Sunday, 22d Feb., 1857, before the Washington
Light Infantry, in commemoration of the 125th anni
versary of the birth of George Washington, and, of
tbe semi-centennary of the Washington Light In
fantry, by Rev. Samuel Gilman, D 1), Pastor of
tlie Church and Chaplain of tho Washington Light
Infantry of Charleston, S. C.:
“In common, I imagine, with the whole genera
tion of my contemporaries, the character of Wash
ington continues to be with me a study, which an
ordinary life time would hardly avail to exhaust 1
believe that every eulightened American has within
his mind a certain beau-ideal conception of Wash
ington, which no biographer can perfectly represent.
As there was a reserve in the living hero’s manners,
so there is an undeveloped depth in his historical
and traditional character. We feel that, like the
corps de reserve of an army, there was that within
him, which was not brought out into life and action.
Accordingly, one is apt to say, after every eulogy
and every biography of him, however detailed,
however analytical, however finely descriptive
nnd apparently complete, ‘lt is nil very well,
but the real Washington went something beyond it.
You cannot make objective the subjective image in
my soul.' Still lam impressed with'the conviction
that, our best thinkers and writers can propose to
themselves no worthier aim than to make approxi
mations at least towards a perfect literary embodi
ment of Washington ; also, lliat his countrymen, al
though they cannot hope to do justice to their own
internaloonflcionancssof his transcending excellence,
should weary of no material sacrifice iu their power,
for multiplying and perpetuating solid and tangible
memorial jto his fame. Therefore, would I, as a
patriot and citizen, offer my Simeon prayer of rea
ct mess to depart, in j>eaee, after I could be permitted
to peruse the completed Life of Washington, now
passing under the plastic hand of our country’s most
accomplished author—and could behold the topmost
stone laid on that magnificent monument which,
though only half finished, already towers over the
metropolis of the confederacy—and could learn that
the tomb and homestead, where the hero sleeps,
have been rescued from a profane or vulgar desti
ny, by the continued joint endeavors, hitherto so
well put forth, of a daughter of South Carolina, and
of the most persuasive orator in the land.
“No merely human character, I believe, could
constitute a better study nnd model for earnest imi
tation, than that of Washington. To form a l ight
and true conception of him, we must not only think
of his brilliant success—of his imposing oilicial splen
dors—of his vast administrative talent—of his sa
gacious choice of instruments and assistants—ami of
those other prominent features, which stood out to
the eye of the world, and which public history loves
to emblazon on her page. It is to Washington in
th •’ shade that 1 would point as to one of tlie dearest
treasures of humanity, lie was a greater hero in
the shade than in the sunshine. In fact, the word
hero, as applied to him, is contemptibly inadequate,
unless we enjoy it in that most comprehensive and
sacred sense, which involves the dreadful battles
and st ruggles of the inner soul, as well as the dazzling
mighty achievements, of the outer man. What Al
exander, Ciesar, Frederick, Napoleon indulged in
with all tlie fond proclivity of passion, Washington
either had to work himself up to, or rigidly controll
ed himself iu, from a high sense of duty. It is Wash
ington contending with difficulties, rather than
Washington waving his glittering sword of con
quest, or gracefully pronouncing the oath of office
before assembled and admiring multitudes, that
ought to bo habitually contemplated and prized by
every youthful American. For almost every young
man is eßtined to encounter difficulties, discourage
ments, embarrassments, and opposition of various
kinds ; but how few can ever expect to wave theglit
tering sword of conquest, or to take the grave oath
of dignified magistracy. There never was a man
whose path lay through so many discouraging diffi
culties from the first, as Washington. II is early
travels through the wilderness—tonents crossed—
mountains passed—lndian* encountered—nights be
neath the inclement sky, might well-nigh seem a
speaking prophetic type of his subsequent career.—
J will not dwell on the innumerable fierce, unjust,
determined, private enmities which persecuted even
his mild and equitable life from his earliest, colonial
youth down to his very decease os an aged civilian
and citizen. Nor will I trespass over the limits
which I have assigned myself for this occasion, by
more than a passing allusion to tliat world of formi
dable obstacles, perplexities and imposed toils,
which incessantly embarrassed and oppressed both
his bodily and intellectual powers. If you can count
a dozen great, successes of his, you can count un
equal or greater number of his defeats. Poor Wash
ington was as familiar with retreat as happy Wash
ington with victory. Study, then, young men, this
more sombre phase of his fortunes, since it present
ed the brighter and grander side of his charac
ter. Mark his fortitude—his perseverance—his sere
nity—his hopefulness—hie unalterable confidence in
the right i since every man, in his own little sphere,
has abundant opportunities, without absurd pre
tension or ostentation, but by his abiding efforts,
and even by Ids patient team, to be an him bier
Washington.”
Iu response to a sentiment, on the same day,
Richard I eadon, Esq , delivered n most happy ad
dress, in which he concluded an appeal to the pa
triotism of the citizen soldiery of South Carolina, iu
behalf of the glorious enterprise of the Mount
Vernon Association* in the following emphatic lau
guoge:
“ Let me warn you, however, that I consider
every soul of you bound lo register his name, as a
donor on the roll of the * Ladies’ Mount Vernon As
sociation of the Union,” as a fitting homage, aliko
due to them and to the patriotic chief (who lies en
tombed at that Mecca of our country,) on his own
hallowed birthday and your own glorious jubilee.
In compliance with the wish of ‘ The Southern Ma
tron,’a daughter of the Palmetto State, who sug
gested the noble project of purchasing that sacred
spot, to be held in perpetuity, for our nation's horn
age, as the tomb of Washington, I hand you a sub
scription list, which will, I trust, be so tilled as to
prove to your corps a roll of immortality.”
This paragraph, 100, from an oration, pronounced
in the South Carolina Institute Hall on Monday,
23d February, 1857, in commemoration of the 125th
.Anniversary of the* Birth of Washington, and the
Semi-Centennary of the Washington Light. Infantry
of Charleston, S. C.. by Hon. W. D. Porter, Ex-
Captain of the Washington Light Infantry, will be
read with encouraging interest :
“ Daughters of the South !—An enterprise of pa
triotic interest is also before you. The home, the
grave, and the ashes of Washingt on, remain to be
placed under the guardianship of tlie Commonwealth
of Virginia, of the mother that bore and cherished
him, and whose nurture he repaid with alove passed
only by the love <»f woman. Let not this work
linger to the further reproach of republicangratitude
and of all true and generous sentiment. Devote to
it somewhat of the strong faith, of the loving and
unselfish devotion which belong to your natures.
Enrol yourselves under the banner of the “ Matron
whose pure spirit conceived the design, and whose
honors and labors it is your privilege to share. And,
as fair maidens strewed with flowers the pathway of
the living hero, and welcomed and hailed him ns
their deliverer, so may you, their descendants, emu
lous of their virtue, bring offerings of patriotism,
more sad, but not less beautiful, to the shrine of his
hallowed memory !’*
Such an enterprise cannot fail to accomplish its
object easily. Let the ladies see that the gentle
men do their duty.
Western Virginia, too, has moved actively in the
matter, as will be seen by the f Mowing account of
proceedings at Lynchburg:
"Address of Dr. Duteous, in Lynchburg. —Tlie
address of this gentleman, before the Mount Ver
non Association, was delivered, according to pre
vious announcement, Wednesday night, in Dudley
Hall, and was exceedingly well adapted to the oc
caaion. After paving a brief, but warm and beau
tiful tribute to Washington, the speaker devoted
himself to the work of showing thepropriety of, and
the necessity for, carrying on to success the scheme
of the ladies for securing Mount Vernon to tlie
State : and we are sure the subject could not have
been handled in a more appropriate and convin
cing manner than it was by him. Combining
passages of true eloquence and beauty, occasional
touches of the pathetic, strong argument andreasoe
ing, earnest appeal, genuine wit aud humor—all
spiced and peppered with an occasional daah of
biting sarcasm, it possessed all the elements which
go to make up a pleasing and effective speech.—
The address wili probably be published, and all we
can do is to advise every body, who can do to, <y
procure a copy and read it.
“A large and intelligent audience was present,
aud rapt attention, repeated applause, told how
they were pleased. The Corps of Cadets of Lynch
burg College were present, in a body, under arms,
and gave quite a military appearance to the occa
sion. The College Band was also iu attendance,
and played several beautiful and appropriate
pieces.
“Lynchburg haa done its part well in behalf of
this cause. From the celebra.ions of Tuesday aud
Wednesday night—together with what w’as done
last winter, an amount has been raided, which is
highly creditable to the liberality and patriotism of
the city. We are not informed as to the exact
amount, but suppose it will not fail far short of SIOOO.
If other places will do as well, proportionately, the
work will soon be accomplished, and Mr. Vernon,
will be w hat it long since should have been, the pro
perty of Virginia. The ladies of the Association
here deserve great praise for the perseverance and
success with which they have prosecuted their la
bors.'
Mr. Everett delivered his celebrated address, on
the character of Washington, for the second time,
at Boston, the Bunker Hill city, on the 23d nit,
with the mo<t gratifying success, largely to the in
crease of the Everett Mount Vernon Funds. The
eloquent, the gifted, the giorions Everett, has linked
his name, his genius, and U 3 u emory, forever with
the name of Washington.
The following is the account of the delivery of
the address, from the Boston Daily Advertiser of
24th ulto:
Mr. Everett's Oration.— The Music Hall was
completely filled last evening, with an audience as
sembled to hear Hon. Edward Everett deliver his
Oration, upon the Character of Washington. The
Mercantile Library Association, at whose instance
the 125th anniversary’ of Washington’s birthday was
thus fitly celebrated, had, most excellent anange
ments for seating the large assembly. The demand
for tickets was such that none could be obtained
during the day. It had been publicly stated that
the proceeds of the sale of tickets would be devoted
to tne fund for the purchase of Mount Vernon.
“Tbe audience was a brilliant one and included a
large number of ladies. Among the distinguished
gentlemen who occupied seats on the platform, we
observed the venerable Joeiah Quincy : Judges
Merrick and Huntington ; Hon. John H. Clifford,
Attorney General; Hon. Chas. A. Phelps, Speaker of
the House of Representatives; Cols. Th&ciier, Con
key and Bates, of the Governor’s staff’; Hon. Dan
iel A. Waite, Hon. Robert C. VVintlirop, lion.
Samuel A Eliot. Rev. George Putnam, Rev. S. K.
Lothrop. Rev. F. H. Hedge; Dr. Jackson, Dr.
Bigelow ; Francis Gardner and Thomas Sherwin,
Principals «fl the Latin and High Schools, and many
others, whose names- we cannot enumerate.
, ‘‘Tho services were opened punctually at 7j
o dock, with a prayer by Rev. Runts Ellis.
“The President of the Association then said :
“To an American audience—and especially to a
Boston audience—no other introduction ot tlie ora
tor of tlie evening is necessary than to mention his
name—Hon. Edward Everett.
“ Thus introduced, Mr. Everett was cordially
greeted by the audience. He proceeded with the
delivery of his splendid Oration, and the beauty
ana force of his eloquence seemed to have increased
since the Oration was first spoken within the same
walls a year since. The audience listeued with
close attention, and frequently expressed their np
probation by applause. The passage in which the
importance ot maintaining the perpetuity of the
Lnion is described as the most important point in
the farewell address of Washington, wa*3 received
with long-continued and cordial applau e. Tlie de
hvery ot the Oration occupied a little less than two
hours, during the whole of which time, Mr. Everett
did not once refer to his notes. The audience sepa
rated highly gratified with the evening's entertain
ment.” h
“ Washington's Birthday in Salem —Our neigh
bors m Salem celebrated the day, yesterday, in a
l.ighly appropriate manner. Bells were ruug, and
cannon were tired, of course, but the evening was
devoted to a piomenade concert for the benefit of
t.ie poor. The Germania band furnished a well so
lected programme of music, and Mechanic Hall
was decorated in a very tasteful maimer. The
seats were removed from the lower part of the Hall,
and the floor was covered, for the accommodation
<d promenaders, while those who preferred to look
<*n. could enjoy the entertainment, seated in the
galleries. We doubt not that the '»*casion was
pleasant and successful.”
From the Chicago Democratic Press.
IMPOR rA N T I.M MIGRATION MI)V KM I NT— A NOT Ht R
French Settlement in Illinois.—Wo learn that
an important immigration movement h now taking
place, destined to exercise a considerable .influence
on tin.* interests of Central Illinois, borne French
gentlemen trom Louisiana, largely engaged in sugar
planting in that State, beiug desirous of benelitting
the French residents of Lower Canada, have or
ganized an^ extensive colony from “Trc.is Rivieres,”
and the vicinity, to immigrate upon and cultivate
lauds iu Central Illinois.
The neighborhood ol'Tacusa„on the Illinois Cen
tral Railroad, has been selected as the spot offering
the greatest inducements and over 15,000 acres of
land have been already purchased from the Cen
tral Railroad Company, together with some 5,000
acres amt upwards troin individual landholders in
the vicinity.;
About one hundred families are now on their way
from Canada to occupy this “promised laud,” and
we cannot but look with great satisfaction upon the
probable results of the lubors of so large a body of
I hi* industrious class of settlers on the material in
tcrests and advancement of that portion of our
State. The first division of this immigration is ex
peeted to reach Chicago to-day. It is thought that
upwards of two hundred families w'dl be embraced
in this settlement within the coming year.
We also learn tliat same prominent citizens of
Maryland, together with many of the planters of
Louisiana, will shortly join their influence ai.d ex
ertions to add to the prosperity ol tho colony.
Arrangements are now beiug perfected to erect
at Taeusa a large and commodious hotel, several
stores, a steam mill, large warehouses for the storage
ot wheat and corn, a beef and pork packing house,
together with numerous residences. Teams nnd
agricultural implements are being forwarded as
rapidly as possible, and probably upwards of 51)00
acres will be placed under cultivation this present
season.
An entirely new feature in tho course of trade «
will also be developed by this movement,it being 1
intended to make Tecusa a cent)al depot for the.
deposits and distribution of the staples of Louisiana, i
and for this purpose warehouses are to bo erected i
for the storage of rice, sugar, molasses, Ac., which
will be shipped up via the Mississippi, Cairo, and i
the Illinois Central Railroad, thus afi'ording to tlie *
residents of Central Illinois a regular Mtpply of i
these products at lower rates than have heretofore
ruled, since they will be received directly from the t
South, without the present extra expenses caused by i
commissions and retail profits.
To E. K. Malhiot, Esq., of Louisiana, the origina- j
tor and prime mover in this enterprise, we wish all <
the success which his benevolence and energy should I
command. ]
New York, March 14.— TheTrinty Church ques
tion is gradully assuming an importance that at
tracts universal attention. The immense wealth of
that Corporation is well known, but in the recent
statement of the Trustees, laid before the Legisla
ture, it was averred that ihe Church scarcely paid
ils expenses. There is a strong party headed by
Rev. Dr. Tying, Rector of St. George's who think
that the Trustees of Trinty waste the revenues of
the Church, and there are others who go so far as
to hint at peculation and improper appropriations
of the income. Yesterday, a Committee of Episco
palians, appointed to investigate the affair, publish
ed a statement setting forth the reason why they
wish the interference of the Legislature in tbe af
fair. They claim that according to the original
grant, the immense property does not belong to
that particular Church but was granted for tlie use
of all Protestant Episcopalians in New York. The
document is signed by Luther Bradish, Robert Min
turn and other prominent laymen. It is understood
that Bishop Potter is iu favor of the properly being
retained by Trinty Church. One thing is certain ;
that directly in the rear of Trinty Church, and on
property owned by it is one of the most, degraded,
filthiest nooks in our city—a place tliat. almost equals
the Five Points as they were a lew years ago. The
shadow of the cross on Trinty spire falls on about
half dozen low grog-shops, and but a few steps
trom the communion table itself, stands a building,
with the name of “Trinty Parish School,” still legi
ble over the door, which is inhabited by swarms of
the lowest classes. ancHu which poverty and misery
finds many a victim. The question is very natural
ly asked, what becomes of the 'uinnen.se income !
The principal feature of our real estate sales for
the present week has undoubtedly been tlie sale
of the Brick Church property. The following are
the total weekly sales since tlie closing week of Jan
uary.
Week ending Jan. 31 $912,310
Week ending Feb. 6 156,980
Week ending Feb. 13 226,329
Weekending Feb. 20 618.761
Week ending
Week ending March 6. 481,464
Week ending March 13. r 830,775
Total for seven weeks $1,677,633
The “poisoning” or “epidemic” affair at the Na
tional Hotel in Washington, has received additional
notoriety here by the death of Mrs. Susan Adams,
who is said to be another of the victims. This lady
it is stated, having been on a visit to Savannah,
was returning home byway of Washington, where
she stopped at the National Hotel. She was taken
with a violent fit of sickness, presenting the same
symptoms ms tin* other victims, and upon returning
home to New York became rapidly worse, until
Wednesday evening Inst, when she died. Os course
rumor at once gave the origin of the cause of her
death a looation, and put it down as the place men
tioned above. The result of a post mortem examin
ation is thus given : “That the stomach was ascer
tained to have been partially eaten away ; the bow
els manifested symptoms of violent inflammation;
the lungs were congested, and the kidneys severely
affected.” There is something extremely unwise iu
the suppression of the truth in this matter, and upon
every hand the inquiry is heard, “what is the matter
iu Washington.”— Cor. Ball. Amer.
Isthmus or Darien Ship Canal. —Among the
appropr.ations authorised by the Naval Bill is one
of $25,000 to be paid to officers selected by the Sec
retaries of War and Navy, “for the purpose of mak
ing explorations and verification of the surveys al
ready made of a ship canal near the Isthmus ot' Da
rien, to connect the waters of the Pacific ami the
Atlantic by the Atrato and Truando rivers.” Mr.
Bocock, a member ot the Committee on Conference
on the part of the House of Representatives, ex
plained this provision, inserted by the Senate, in
brief but forcible terms. He staled that the Go
vernment of Granada had given a company of
Americans the right to explore and build a ship ca
nal, if practicable, through the Isthmus of Darien.—
They have made the survey and believe a ship canal
to be altogether practicable; but they had come ft) the
conclusion that capitalists will not invest in this explo
ration unless it be endorsed by competent officers of
tile Government. They merely ask tliat their ex
ploration shall be tested by officers of the army and
navy. The House concurred in the proposition of
the Senate.— Balt Amer.
Boston, March 11, 1857.—The joint standing
Committee on Federal Relations reported resolves
in the House to-day in favor of State aid to
Kansas. The report appropriates SIOO,OOO to
be expended, if necessary for the relief of such set
tlers in the Territory o: Kansas as are or may here
after be reduced to want by ravages committed up
on them in unlawful attempts to exclude them from
the Territory on account ot their predictions fin
free State institutions. The resolves make provi
sion for the appointment of three commissioners to
dispense the bounty of tlie State, and to render such
aid as they shall deem necessary or expedient in
protecting and defending, in the courts of the Ter
ritory and of the United States, the legal and consti
tutional rights of the settlers. One thousand shares
of the stock of the \\ estern Railroad are placed at
the disposal of the commissioners, for the purposes
set forth in the resolves. The commission is limited
to a period of eighteen months, unless otherwise ex
tend*** 1 by law. _
Savannah and Gulf Railroad. —All negotia
tions with the Brunswick company having failed,
and the Main Trunk scheme being in consequence
exploded, it is stated in the Savannah papers that
the Savannah and Gulf company havin' nearly
completed their road to the corner of Wavne, Ware
and Appling counties, have determined to let out
thirty miles more to contractors, on the route of tbe
Main Trunk to its crossing of the Big Satilla. After
reaching this point the company will probably-de
cide, it is sain, whether they wiil connect with the
Fernandina road in Florida or follow a more western
route. The Georgian prefers the Florida connec
tion : thinks it the true policy of the company, and
that when made, dll the Florida improvement* from
Fernandina, Cedar Keys, Tampa, St. Marks and
Pensacola, will become tributary t*> Savannah. —
More legislation, we apprehend, will be fi/und ne
cessary before the road is completed.— bldledgevtlle
Recorder.
The State Road.— Our friend, Gen. Bethnne,
of the Corner Stone, suggests a new idea to us. It
is that the next Legislature provide by law lor the
sale of the Road, that the State debt be first paid
off, and then the balance of the money be divided
out equally among the. voters of life Slate, which
would, lie says, give to each about thirty five dol
lars. He thinks it impossible for the road, to be
managed to tbe interest of the State, and that it will
ever be a subject of contest. The General very
aptly illustrates the condition of things by compar
ing the State “to the fellow who had tlie wolf by the
ears—if he held on he might starve, if he let go the
wolf might eat him. If the State holds on to the
road it is obliged Lo be a party engine—if it puts
the money in any other shape it will be worse.”
The above is not a bad suggestion, provided in
stead of “individual voters,” tlie proceeds should
be given to each county forstrictly educational pur
poses Let the moral and intellectual training of
the people of the State be placed above all other
considerations.— Southern Recorder.
. Ft re. —About a quarter to two o’clock this morn
ing flames were discovered issuing from a two and
a half story wooden house on Rutledge street, cor
ner of Trumbo’s Court,owned and occupied by Jas.
McGinn. The wind was blowing strong from the
’west at the time, and the flames were speedily com
municated to au unfinished two story brick dwell
ing, owned by C. C. Trumbo, and fronting on
Trumbo’s Court, which was also coMumed.
Owing to the exertions of our indefatirtbto fireme
the flames were ntayed at tbi. I'
re.iaen M
imminent danger, rbe nouee
originated, we understand, 1 insurance up
to Ma.e that
C m I*4.
Fi event h Hour.— The FloydC. H., Va. Citizen
states that last week Richard Balleoger, aged 76
and Miss Level, about the same age, were married,
after h warm attachment for each other Ibr tbe last
thirty years.
VOL. LXX.—NEW SERIES VOL. XXI. NO. 12
Con espondence of the Baltimore Sun.
Important Treaty with l'erain.
Washington, March 14. —The treaty with Per
sia lately ratified by the Senate is one both tit po
litical and commercial importance to the United
States, it was negotiated in December last by Car
roll Spence, the Ame. icau minister at Constantino
ple, and Ferrouk Khan, tlie ambassador n**ut by the
Shah to the Emperor of France, between whom a
commercial treaty lias been lately concluded. Fer
rouk Khan is one of the most distinguished diplo
matic agents that ever went from Persia, and was
sent not only for the purpose of bearing magnifi
cent presents to Louis Napolean, but also to bring,
if possible, to an amicable adjustment the difficul
ties fhuj had existed for several months between
his own country and Great liritaiu. It was during
his sojourn at Constantinople, iu attempting this
with Lord Stratford, tliat the present treaty was dis
cussed and finally concluded.
Those who are at all acquainted with eastern
statesmen know how important in tho negotiation
of treaties with them it is to be fortified with hand
some presents as propriatory offerings, and how fre
quently they fail when unable to advance these pow
erful arguments. Mr. Spence, therefore deserves
n<• littlei credit for tlie diplomatic talent he has dis
played in briuging the negotiations to a successful
issue and obtaining for his country so favorable a
treaty aw the present oue. Especially as it was
made without those presents and in spite of the
open and bitter opposition of the British govern
ni* ut. It is a oomnu-ivial one, aud by it the United
Staten gam all the privileges granted by Persia to
the most lavored nation, to obtain which some of
them have shed no little blood and spent much mo
uey.
Pt:rsia hitherto has been almost a “terra iiiv*og
nita to the people of the United States. Situated
away to the east, it has been regarded by many as
a country iu holding any intercourse with which we
could derive but little advantage. If, however tliu
cultivation **t commerce between her aud England
be an object of so much importance to the latter,
and has been fostered with so much care by her
government, it certainly cannot but prove benefi
cial to the merchants ot tin* United States, the great
rivals of those of Great Britain, lo share a portion ot
if. Owing, however, to the want of any treaty be
tween the two countries, and consequently the ab
sence of diplomatic aud consular dgculs to protect
them, Persia has been entirely closed to American
capital und commercial enterprise. The present
treaty opens to the merchants of the United States
tin- vast field which this country presents and per
mits them to share her Commerce with the European
nations.
Persia contains *IOO,OOO square miles, and though
always difficult to obtain in the East accurate sta
tistics, the population is generally estimated at
about 13,000,000 : whilst the rev* nue is valued at
11,000.000 dollars, principally derived from duties
on imports ami exports, capitation and laud taxes
and tributes paid by the nomadic tribes. It has
much fertile land, a good climate, the inhabitan s
are robust and healthy, and the merchants possess
tar mere commercial enterprise than any others in
the East The ugh she has several good seaports up
on the Persian gulf, nearly nil of her foreign com
merce pusses through those ot Turkey. The two
principal ones are Frebizond aud Bassorah. The
lormer owes it« present commercial prosperity to
the concession made by the Porto upon thedrinaud
of the European powers of the free navigation of the
Dnrdauellsand Bosphorus. It is situated on the
southeastern shores of the Blso\ Sea, about 800
miles from Constantinople.
Iu all eastern countries, where the road*are bad
and there are no railways, the entire internal com
merce is carried on by means of caravans. The
merchandise entered at Frebizond is dispatched in
to the interior by tw*» caravan routes, one by Kr
zrqiiui, crossing the Pylean mountains, the other by
Rais aud Eivau. These two mutes, after diverg
ing some di.-tanec, meet at the common point of
Nuksliivau, iu Persia, which, it seems, has beeu
lately ceded to Russia by a treaty exchanged on the
ISth of January at St. Petersburg. From this point
these goods are poured into the vast khatns and ba
zars of Tabriz, the most important commercial city
of the empire and its great distributing depot.—
Thence they are forwarded to Teheran, tho capital,
Ispahan, the smaller towns and pashalics, and even
to Cabul Beelichistan, and to supply the numerous
nomadic tribes that iuhabit the vast plains beyond
Herat Khiva and Bokarah. Tho return caruvats
brings back in exchange a large quantity of those
eastern goods to be found in European markets and
the staple production* of the country.
From the most reliable statistics that can bo ob
tained ot the commerce of Trebizond, the imports
and exports swell to the considerable amount ol
nearly $13,0J0,000. Os the imports no less than
$8,000,00(1 1 is entirely for the Persian market, con
sisting of cotton and woolen fabrics, hardware,
fancy articles and chintz -whilst the exports are
made up of goods brought chiefly from ttiut coun
try, such as raw and manufactured s : lks, wool,
shawls, carpets, saffron, gall nutts and dye-stuffs.—
The cultivation of silk in Persia, whence it was
originally introduced into Europe, is very cousidera
ble ; the province of Gliilan producing more than 'ih
obtained from the whole of Italy. This trade will
be great ly increased when the inhabitants abolish
their crude and anciout method of winding it. No
stronger proof can be given in addition to the above
statistics of the increase and importance of this
coinoseroe than the fact that no less than three regu
lar lilies of steamers run between Constantinople
and Trebizond, an Austrian Loyds, a Turkish aud a
Greek. Owing to a better knowledge of its navi
gation the Euxine has been stripped of its ancient
terrors, which has greatly increased the number of
sailing vessels Unit, enter it.
Nearly the whole of these manufactured goods
are supplied by England, tho most important of
which tlie merchants of the United States could sup
ply as well and as cheap. Persia consumes large
quantities of blue drills and plain white cottons
which are printed at the establishments at Tabriz
ami resold at a great profit. The United States ex
port, to Turkey a large amount of these, having in
a measure supplanted those of England. Tho same,
did an opportunity present, could be done in Per
sia. From this it will be seen that three fourths of
the merchandise imported through Trebizond is sent
to Persia, the other is consumed by the inhabitants
of the city or finds its way into the barren and
mountailions districts of Mingratia, Georgia aud
The port of Bassorah belongs also to Turkey, aud
ia situated upon the Shat-ttl-Arab, a largo river
formed by the junction of (he Tigris and Euphrates,
Homo seventy miles above the Persian gulf, und con
taius about 80,000 inhabitant)#. From this point
four great caravan routes diverge—one termina
ting at Bey rout, passing through Bagdad ami Da
muse us ; another at Alexandria, passing through
Aleppo; a third Lbrouch Konid,.at {Smyrna—all
Turkish ports upon the Mediterranean. The fourth,
traversing tbe whole of Asiatic Turkey by Didi bi
ker and Mossul, terminates at Trebizond.
From these grand trunk routes others branch #ff
to 1-pahttii, Hamad au and other smaller towns in
Persia, and Uabul. That to Iteyi out
through Bagdad and Damascus, being tlie principal
route lor the pilgrims to Mecca, is perhaps the most
important. The merchants avail themselves of it
to be protected against the attacks <>f the predatory
bands of Bedouins that infest, the deserts between
Bagdad and Damascus, bringing up the products
anu fabrics of their respective countries ami carry
ing back in exchange those of European manufac
ture. Tin* imports and exports of Beyrout amount
to over 6,(100,000 dollars.** Through these great
caravan arteries a large quantity of European
goods find their way into Persia. Bushire in the
most important port upon the Persian gulf and docs
a considerable trade with India.
A great revolution, however, is destined to be
made in this commerce. The .Sultan has lately
granted a firman to Gen. Ghesoey and Sir John
McNeil, the English cunmissioners, to construct the
Euphrates Valley Railway. Its terminus upon the
Mediterranean will either be at Alexaudretta, or
Nelucia in Upper Syria, running 1 lienee through
Antioch and Aleppo lo Bir, upon the Euphrates, a
distance of about 150 miles, and along that river to
the Persian (lull about 800 miles. The Euphrates,
from the surveys made by Gen. Chesney, under the
direction of the India Company, is navigable for
small steamers to Bir, and they wiil be placed upon
it ns soon as the railway is completed to that point,,
This will, of course, give a new impetus to the
commerce of the East, and by the present treaty,
open a largo field iu Persia fir American capital
nnd commercial enterprise. I shall in some future
letter enter more fully into the advantages to be do
rived from them and the routes by the Caspian Sea- 1
as well as to the political advantages which this
treaty will give us. It, has ever been the great ob
ject and aim Os western commercial nations to ex
tend their trade in the East, as it has always been
asourceof wealth to those who were largely en
gaged in it. We cannot but congratulate ourselves
upon the formation of the present treaty, and
owe much for its ratification to Senator Mason, tlie
distinguished chairman of the committee ot foreign
relations, who always watches over our foreign
relations with the ability of a great and far seeing
statesman.
To Dye Ivory a Red Color. — A correspondent
requests information respecting the method of col
oring ivory balls red. As the information may bo
useful to others as well as to him, we give it as fol
lows : First wash the balls in strong cold soapsuds to
remove all grease from their suifaco, then rinse
them in cold water. Then place on the fire a tin or
copper ladle containing ground cochineal, a litt'e.
cream of. tartar, and about a* thimble fall of the
muriate of tin so four quarts of water, in the ladle,
and boil the bails in this for about live minutes ;
then take them out, dip them in cold water, and boil
them in the coloring liquor for about live minutes
longer, and they will be colored. Now take them,
wash them iu cold water, and they are finished.
Half an ounce of good cochineal boiled in three
quarts of soft water, with one-fourth of an ounce of
cream of tartar and a small thimble-full of the mu
riate of tin. or, as a substitute, alum, will color six
bails a good full red. This method of coloring ivory
was given in our columns about lour years ago, but
the new subscriber who requested this information
cannot refer to the previous receipt. —Scientific
American. ' "
Outrages on Americans in Dominica.—A let
ter from St. Domingo in the New York Herald gives
rather an alarming account- of the peril# to which
American residents in the Dominican republic are
exposed by the hostile proceedings of. Segovia, the
Spanish agent, and his adherents. .It states that an
attuck by a mob of one thousand armed men was
made upon the house of Mr. Elliott, the United
States consular agent, during his absence—that the
Uu>ted States flag was trampled under foot, and
that an attempt wjis made to tear down the Ame
rican flag-staff, and it was prevented by an English
War steamer. Mrs. Elliott and a servant were the
only persons in the house at the time. Thq Utter
also states, that on Independence day a general on
slaught was to be made on the American* residents
by Segovia a creatures. .
Literary. —The letters and despatches of Major
General Nathaniel Greene, one Os the m«>stremarka
bie men of our revolutionary period, are now iu
the hands of au accomplished descendant of his—
Professor G. W. Greene, of New York—who ft
preparing them for publication. The work is to
consist ol six volumes, similar, in the respects of
type, paper, &c., to tlie first edition of Spark’s
Washington, and the price of which is two dollars
and a half a volume. Professor Greene will print
the letters from the originals iu his possession, and
accompany them with notes byway Cf explanation
•if illustration, and an analysis of each letter. I hat
Professor Greene is a skilful and industrious, anno
tator, the public has already had proofs.
Children Stolen nr Indians *n» ~
Some mouth* siuce bU
thrilling Manitowoc. No
JjSS.'rfSto cbh/ have been dixcovere.l an-Hhe
I.ewiay ol I L hail Borne ditliculty
:r,h An ludtm'whom heLd Ll nearly eyeray day
' the past Winter, aud kicked him out ol
The next day his little girl, three year* of
was standing near the house, when an Indian
Ui anif out of the thicket, clasped her in hi» arms,
and bounded away through the underbrush. Pur
euit was commenced immediately, but up to Satur
day without success, though information lmd been
received which, it was hoped, would lead to the le
every of tho child—an Indian and a squaw having .
been seen tho day after the abduction carrying a
child which was closely wrapped in a blanket, aud
was crying bitterly.
Larck Fishing Fleet. —Overone hu died sail
of clipper schooners are now prosecuting tbe halibut
aud cod fishery on Georges and the Western lianks,
from the port ot Gloucester. Some of the number
have been very lucky so far this spring. The schr.
• Serena Ann” arrived a few days since, after being
absent only nine days, with i'o,ooo pounds of hno
codhsh, which sold for about #1 50 per hundred, the
orew sharing about #BO per man.— Salem Rtfftaivr
The Indian Massickk in P»tt Kivkii Vai.i.i-y
Cau —Destruction of the Settlement. —The Shasta,
t’al., Republican has an account of the ma-sacre of
fl'? inhabitants at Pitt River Valley by the llat
•*-n^f Sr8 ‘ " t'itmnn and Fowler left . ShusJa on the
r »tu.lau., and arrived in l*itt Valley on Sunday,
va urn the awful, horrible fact presented itself i**
lem that not only the whole property of the valley
had been destroyed by the Indians, but, still more
horrible and awful, that every soul in the valley had
almost oeyoud the possabilby of a doubt, been mut -
dered by the Indians. 11. A. Capelmrt, A. Boles. R.
Rogers (father ot the young men who have been
running Expresses in the northern portion of Ibis
state for several years) a young man named Daniel
Bryant and a German who attended to the Ferry
boat—being fivo in number—are known to be among
the missing, and probably, were all that were in the
valley at the time. The largest number of the in
habitant; had left with the intention of returning in
the Spring. Samuel Lockhar*, Mr. Holds and oth
ers had gone down to Red Bluff, at the last accounts,
and others came to this place and vicinity about
Christmas. %
Mr. Whitman says Unit when Mr. Fowler and ho
got to tbo nearest ferry in Pitt River Valley, on
their way from this place, they discovered that the
houses were burned and the ferry boat gone, that,
thinking that it might have been burned by aeri
dent, they built a raft, crossed the river and went
on towards the furthest ferry. That a short t une
afeer they crossed the river they dis ovel'ed eight
J ndiaus coining towards them. Two of the Indians
turned back and destroyed the raft as they after
wards discovered, white six followed after them at
a distance of five or .ox hundred yards until they
arrived at the ferry, liere they saw that the houses
which had been situated beyond the river, bud all
been burnt, that a large number of cal tlo and horses
hud beeu slaughtered by the Indians. I’l e sad and
terrible fact that theiuhaoiluuts has all been butch
ereii by the Indian*} bur*t fully upon them. Being
well armed, they kept the Indians at bay, ami
called a young Indian boyo.. the opposite bank of the
river, and asked him where Paches (an Oregou
Indian who had been living at Lockhart's) was.
He could give litem no satisfaction as to the fate of the
whites.
Seeing Indians running in different directions—as
they supposed to procure rt inforccments to attack
them—they turnedbick, and keeping the Indiana
at a distance by presenting their guns at them, they
arrived at the nearest ferry, where they had left the
ralt, Out finding it was gone, they turned down tho
river to try uud wade it at a wnle shoally place. By
t his time the number of Indians had increased to
fifteen. Being weak already, from hunger and
hard walking on snow shots, they did not think
they could wade the deep, swift stream without
dro vniug, so they kept on down the liver to the
i nks, at the Great Falls. Here t oy found an old
Indian, and asked him to bring liem across the
river in an old canoe. He consented, with an alac
rity that made them suspect that ho would turn
them oveiboard with the canoe, as it is reported
they did Freaner and his party. They got into tho
canoe, and as the old Indian got in, Whitman took
the paddle from him, at. Iho sumo time \ r senting
his revolver at his breast, told him to pit, still, and
while in this position, Fowler paddled the canoe
acres the si ream.
The fifteen Indians,still dodgingaftor them,cross
ed over also. They atopp- it at Ifin place where Ro
gers' and Roles’ house had b;-cn burned on the bank
of tin; river, and keeping ;t. • Indiana at bay, built
a fire, as it was lato in tho .v» ning About dusk
they discovered nil ilte Indians g ‘ eg ill the direc
tion ol an Indian tneeherio, some distance off -
They stir,od tho lire, and then slipped down the
bank of the river and crawled along up the margin
of the stream, escapt .1 the vigilance < f the Indians,
and travelling a’l night neither saw nor heard any
thing more of t hem. During seven days, including
part of the time going down, they had nothing to e *t
out a dog, which they killed and devour, d.
They left Shasta Valley, in going ..own, with
enough provisions,;:* they «i p posed, 10 do tln-m
through; but it took ihum two or three limes as
long as they expected jo get through, and their sup
ply having been exhausted several days before, they
were forced to kill and oat a part of th i dog they
had with them. And this was nil tin y had to eat
for the seven days, until they reached Chapman's
where they got. seine Hour—having been three days
atone time without eating.
Tho Yre.ka Union urges immediate chastisement,
but Capt. Judah who is en route for Benicia, to
lay the matter before Gen. Wool is of opinion that,
nothing yet can be done, on account of the depth
of the hhow.
Hanking of tiik United States.— ln accord
ance with a resolution of the United Stilt cm lloutm
of Uej»rt'Aoiitativon of the year 1832, the Secretary
of the Treasury annually prepares, to lay before
Congiess, a rtn’cinent of the condition ot the banks
iu the several States, so far as it can be ascertain* d
from oflioial State authorities, or in the failure of
these, from private Bourccsof information. The last
statement prepared in compliance with this resolu
tion bears date of May 12, lS. r )(» ( and an extra num
ber of copies was ordered to be printed August • b
IHt»d. It forms a government pamphlet of 228
pages, and was prepared by ,J. C. Pickett, of tlie
Treasury department.
The footings of this statement, show the following
general result.:
There are i,-10S banks iu (ho United States, in
cluding ill this number as separate banks the IT!
'* branches” of some of the bunks. Their aggregate
capital ie *3.13,87'1,273. The iimnunt of loans and
discounts at the date of the returns, (which are all
dated towards the end of the ’. car 1855 or early in
the year 187.6) was *031,183/280. The uniounl of
stocks, real estate and oilier invef I cents, hs *79,-
173,7.98. Due by other banks, *1.2,049,725. Notes
of other banks, *2 1,779,1)19. .Specie funds, *19,-
937,710. Specie, *7.9,324,003. Circulation, *195,-
747,950. Depositss, *’12,705,062. Due to other
banks, *52,719,950. (ttlier liabilities, *12,227,857.
The number of banks and branches in 1837 was
788, with a capital ol $290,772,091, in 1843, the num
ber was 091, witli acap'tal of *.'28801 9 18. The
specie ill 1837 was *37,915 310; in 1843, *33,515,806.
Circnhilion in 1837, *149,185,8911; in 1843, *7.8,■
563,008.
The dociiincnl coutains a statement of the amount
of capital cmpl -ved by private hankers in the Uni
ted States, which fonts up *118,036,080. There is
mi estimate of the lota! value of property iu the
United States, principally composnd of official State
returns. Tbefooting is *11,317,611,072.— Ua1timwc
IIoTKL Kxi'ORlJUN.— l'o the Editor of ih'l
Philadelphia Erenin" Journal. —S* it : Tho follow
ing incident, iicy lie interesting to those who have
u desire to visit Washington. Wo Fiavo a friend,
who reached Washington l>y tho late train from Bal
timore, atl o'clock, Monday evening, March 2d.
Being unexpectedly call-d liwmo by toh*grupb, on
account ol Hickin Hs in Ida family, he took the ears
tor home on Wednesday, tin- Ith inst., ui 5 o'clock,
A. .Vi., having lemnine i in tin* hotel (Willard's) one
day at d two nights Mis party consisted of himself
and wi'o; his accommodations a chamber and par
lor Beilin' an abstemious man, he hud no xlras, us
the bid -hows.
Here is ft„copy of the preeiouH document veiba
tim, except The nnme.
I VtHonV * Hot, !.
[All bills i>i a .<a|cntcd weekly for payment J
“ VvArniNOTON, I>. C., March 2, 1557,
and Lady,
ToJ. C. 4* //. A. Willard,
Board and parlor, S7O.
•Paid Wm, Rillky.”
Makino thk Bkti «.i It.— lt is rumored that the
family whoso daughter 1 ns lately entered 4nto a
matrimonial ailiancc with a: Jnbh coachman, have
decided to out the “groom” into a crumble, mid
refine and educate him up to the standard of ‘respec
tability.’ In the meantime, all the go< d looking
“wliipft” ot the Fifth avenue are getting iheir walk
ing tieketd; and hereafter, the advertisements for
coachmen will rer.d nene but the ugi aat looking
(mid married at that) need apply.
I*. S.—We don’t know why uppertendom should
turn lip itn dainty nose at the smell of the stable,
while one of its moat pretentions representatives
kept a small livery stable but a few years since;
and all tho “eternal perfume” from the Holy City
cannot wholly eradicate his native airs.-—A’. Y. Alir
Luck in Lei surf. .—The ship Samuel Russel,
with a valuable cargo of teas, silks and spices sailed
from China for New York some time since. By
stress of weather she bad along pusnago of about
lift) days, which of course nullified tin; sale of her
cargo, the time fixed in .lie terms of the salt; for the
arrival of the goods having expired. After her de
parture from China, and before she reached New
York, the war broke out by which means her cargo
on arrival was worth more to her owners than it
wouid have been if she had made her trip in the
ordinary time. In other words, had she made n
quick voyage, she would have caused a loss of
foO.OIK) The last place of detention was in the ice
at. Norfolk where her s.fuatio.i for a time was very
critical.—A r . Y. Herald.
Fouiiieen Men Drowned.—We learn from Mr.
James, who just arrived from Louisville that a few
nights since, two .coal boats sunk in tin* Ohio river
a short distance above Smiihluud, and licit fourteen
men were drowned. . The crews of the two boats
numbered eighteen and out of that number only
four escaped. Those on board endeavored to save
themselves by clinging to the oars of the boats, but
ihe river was so high, and a storm raging at the
time, that fourteen of them perished. The boats
were from Cannelton, at which point, the men ship
ped. The boats were bound for New Orleans.—
Mempit is Appea/.
The Sr. Loins Defaulter.— I The defalcations
of Nohl, the defaulting treasurer of the Mutual Sa
ving* Institution at St. Louis, are covered by three
deeds of trust upon his property in that city, two
for $30,000 carh, nud which is collateral, coveting
his household furniture. The amount of his opera
tions is not known, but the leader, instead of calling
it “small” as has heretofore been published, c;*ti
mates it to be between $30,000 .and $(>0,000. Noll
has lell the city, and the matter appeals to be look
< d upon rather with
ment.
Mr. Tkn Brom k, tl»© of the Ameiicau
running horses now in KngJfffr %—Jjrompt, Prior -
and another—is now in Ruble, 'whore be is soon
to be married to Miss Andenon, of Louisville. The
marriage has Been postponed on account of the
death of Um» brother of Mips Anderson, who died
at Rome lately very suddenly ot consumption.
The Panama Star has lu'ormatino from, Callao
that arrangements are being made for truniportiug
the Peruvian guano acroee’-the Jsthmus. Such an
arrangement, the Star remains, would bo highly
beneficial lo the Isthmus."
I* art ridge*.—Ths Maryland Sportsman’s Club,
in Baltimore, purchased one thousand live part
ridges the past winter tobeturned out in ‘lu; spring.
Their object is to preserve the Med, hundreds hav
i„g been killed by the excessive cold weather of the
past two winters.
ifos. Wm. L. Dayton.-—This gentleman, who
wan tho late free-aoil candidate for the Vico Presi
dency, was recently nominated for Attorney Gen
»-nil of New Jersey by the Governor of that Stute,
but was rejected by the State Senate. Last week
t lie Governor again nominated him, and the Senate
confirmed him.
Heavy Sentence—Tire Memphis, Tennessee,
Knquirerof the Bth instaiT, says young Nortleet,
mdicted for the killing of Win. Harver, has been
found guilty of murder in the second degree, and
his term ot punishment fixed at ten years, imprison
ment in the Penitentiary.
Exodus of Free Colored People.—ln con
sequence of the recent stringent enactments in
Florida, touching their interests, forbidding trade
with them and appointing guardians over them, a
large number of the free colored population of Pen
sacola, mechanics, Ate., have determined upon
chartering a vcs.-el in the spring and emigrating in
a body beyond the confines ot the United States,
Tampico being their immediate destination.
Heavy Newspaper Failure.—ln the list of re
cent lailu es which we have copied from the New
York Independent a day or two since, was the firm
of Thomas At Lathrops, proprietor of the Buffalo
Commercial Advertiser. Their liabilities are Said
to reach the enormous sum of S2OO,(MM). The estab
lishment was one ot the largest in the State, and had
long enjoyed such a degree of prosperity as seldom
falls to tne lot 01 printing offices.
A Long Journey.—M. Bolleau, late of the
French legation at Washington, and his wife,
(daughter ot Col. Benton.) are sojourning a few
days witb Mr. and Mrs. Fremont in New York, pre
paratory to their departure for Calcutta, whither M.
Bolleau goes in a tew days on a diplomatic mission.
The lowa Central Railroad has been put under
eoutrun at $20,5u0 a mile-