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Chronicle & Sentinel.
from Ike tiaeon Citizen.
f.FIK-r from Cot. \. R» Wriitht.
Locisvil i.e, O*., May‘23, lßs*.
Mr Editor —I nee in several of our American
j,r,iv name announce .’ as a suitable candidate
*,f ti). merit an party, in tlie approaching Ouhei
nutor. anvsr*. 1 believe this mggestiim was first
made t„.'.null the columns of the ‘Citiaen." 1 there
■re. n-k that you wili (five p-blicity to the folloir
ngbriel remarks, which bav< oeen hurriedly thrown
tcgeiher, in reply to those oo partial friends who
desire my nominandn.
\\ i o*l*l verv much Haltered by the o*‘Ult'ii
, rnt mil I e I mLTIn l leave irios't respectfully
to decline the 4m -f my name in connection with
that I,'eh aiel imonrtr.it otliee. lam prompted to
\ 7 * ' » .... ( ~l UM «l»-ratiorja, both of
* Ul ‘a , vk’Vi Lvn- hii oi which are not n tr
eiciuo-ate ' Profoundly convinced
*' r,‘ i--* !i' » v !•» «!..-' h*TK e the flUtlM* Os BO
»-* ,r 'p. | U h1: i vr,tit< r >ut to myseif or to the great
. d —this, iu
H n lflifient rpH2M,c fur my declining
" I d'Vmy fortune with the American par
tv f. rthe or., not, n ot i,.dividual inleiest*. but »'»>
iinof 1-d to embrace :'ieir drf'triues, ai*i battle for
tlu ir prinrinte* from the bone* conviction of my
/hst the great party with which I had pre
viousiy acted bad proven fate© to their print* peg
Jll4f] r mips -on--!. igrn>rt-d the time hon red
..
and w>T“ liaetenii.g this government to ruin end
deetru' tion I bad nia.'kcd, with, fearful »nx ety,
nHini-jing »<• and pnrchane of the Foreign vote
jj. |sw > nd h'a ; <i in I’' *-, but had hoped, that they
sv , afr-r t <* ..%erwiielniing over brow of
fbl . i cnuv&«* of the latter year,
. . ,} ieir raf . . hvJ f&wninge upon the
y , h ~H . i ltef, having tasted the sweeieii
J ~f. . ft, , tji.:,-. v i .nbrnoe, they continued to
/ , v* *-i u* * oii«»*d attachment to this political
~ . had exp I'ed her charms in the Pre
r ,j.., . r. .to that lover who should best re
JJ; , ; «-r. tor her jtolitical favors
....... Hi iny reliance upon the Democratic,
par: v. to ; . : i the people of this country from the
!n /if • efiectH of the purchasing of foreign
vll I h ided w»th pleasure the rise and prog-etn
~t , f known a the “Aiheri».an Par
ty I r w that »>e«t men ot both the old par
/;•*. i'h-their jea!ou»-i‘* and differ
,.u. • (1 ~ :i-j. *■ ~r u;« n a f ominon f-iattorni bj
t r. ct . nd • tis, defend the righth f f the peo
: .j! i.r, ii<• p*nity of the ballot-box, Thai
v,* • . • , liherti ncf the citizen ot this glo
-7 ~, . • : li, ‘ iron riblied democracy** wae
i’.ii i,« , r on th«* body of tin* infant party —wuilat th
. ,v‘ »;ou« I iance of the ‘T*utck Hepr.nlicans” was
r u r t?* vital.—a coalition of the •*Puritans and
bh-cl . gto f rr-.j out fioin t olitical existence a no
ble intuit of patriot, martyrs. From the party of
j, i.v r, I ll»*<i to the party of principle—from the po
\. i<• *,it s* i-■«:»■ i» of n.y cArly youth, endeared by
ti. >. <it i nny a hard fought battle. I fled
.ui in i:-.u /.at.on in g" at pa;! composed of tboae
v. J. ~. i (, n j,, <• vn .n ly opposed to me; from a
party tf'i/a'd with the pride and glory of a recent
ai <: i,pr* - f u!**d \ jo f ory, I escaped to a band of
i.atri .»-, wln - oi gsf ixation was incomplete— whose
•a ' g principle b uglit them in irreconcilable op
,.i \i to had a million f« reigu votes—and whose
, , r; . . •, jf- In,)** understood, »fili le«e apprecia
t-d. and w.‘ o were elandered and maligned by the
~f . nemiefl, and tlie ingratitude of those
r (, • mi- they hud made—whose faun* was
'V .V "tni party of the people that I turned
for i* ii* l neither expecting or desiring promotion,
i p i\. bs/M-u with w hat little of power I may have
from tr-at day tolhe present. Where the
I*,/,.} ■ h'.it. t, there have I been usually
prui.fi. Win n the giant “M*Klern Democracy*' has
pii } eiub to fell the weakly form of my party,
I |»k\ > rurhed to it« relief, and received the blow
upon )„y own liffuliierH. I am fully, amply re
•. o i. , foi wliatlittU I may have d«»ne in the ap
proval of a clear and honest, conscience, 1 have
dor,.- inply my duly, no more. I ark no rewurd—
[ h* f k ifM • , . ave the approbation of those with
ivi.o:.i 1 have labored.
| , u r, inii i t* t-r abiding a few words to our Ameri
,mu :r.- 1- in n !*.; nt * * the approaching canvasH
Wiut. ,i* i<* be our policy f Inaction, and consequent
d(Miiyral /. ‘ion? Are we to lie down submissively
aiei Ui *•t* • ro*l that smites u«? Are we to give up
~U v i ountry .»: *1 our government tof *reign democra
, y i upy,ou:.'i:lves theplacis of hewers ot
v. .4 •! i.; Id*a < i .i t water, to the pampered jail
biidrt and »>!•- .led ;cl<»i.m. I Kurope? Arewetohang
cur },• ;•!” ii-l hide t .»r faces from the sunlight of
H-iivi n. white our iirf ar« saluted with the coarse
Duu li jargon t..d Irish blarny, commingling in the
oi- ui and disposition of our dearest righto—for
bid it tl tiven !
1 ) ■ *j, i v» - , iim 1 *ee is suggested by some of our
frien ,i hue * wilh iiicderu democracy, which
i,. ,n ii» p* - < <ion of thegfivernuient, and the
ndvifcacy "I principles, alike destructive to oursec
tion amt thti whole I'liioii? Shall we stultify our
eelve • !>y an endo *;♦ inent and app oval of Mr ltu*
, administration, while lie is not only op
i, * r . I (<> thu leading principlcH of our organisation,
Imt whose administration so far, has proven the cor
rect ne, hot t *.♦- charges iiisde against him ill the last
( iLiivn-n —that tie would lend the force of his admin
ion to make Kansas a free State; whose re
• utly npp- inted Governor of that unhapoy territo
tory, luin in advance, announced the fact that “Kau
nas must h, ftr and which lias been caught upas
it 1«• i from h s lips, and re-echoed through the press,
11. =ll ili. W.ishiiigii n organ down to the smallest
v.lhi e -li< et , whilst a distil guished Soutlieru sup
v 5 ii. rol ;ii* administration in Congress baa heralded
forth to his Black lu j übiloan compatriots, Seward,
l» . * 1., r Sumn.-rand llale, that alter all his bector
ing Kiel blu-ter--his vapid declamation and point
|. .k |. jr.r ;!iat a “ manliest destiny" has stamped
•* fro* «i m" upon tl.<- brow of “ bleeding Kansas.”
Shall w«* stand i 'iy by and permit this same domi
nant putty t"r-;ta u the luign of governinent, alter
bav ii *I i li dull lis -acred pledges to defend our
i ght, in th< I* mi ri. a ! Shall we sacrifice the uo
bio I'nppe and Fosti.-r who have so gallantly borne
aloft ■ ■:i b>it ii» r thi 'iigu • lie combined hosts of FW
, .1,1-ni and lilack IS-jiub icuni-m in the lial's ot
.no national leg'slature, to nuke place for sp«nls
m,.„ n<l demagogues—to put the pap-spoon of
guv. i nmei.t sp li i-.io the mouth of hungry oormo
junfs ol the ‘ F, v < ative Coimuitt.ee**—to furnish
one more *' tl< sli pot” for the ” use of Iflbmael ?”
‘ lm wo love our own Georgia, and ar. we willing
i, i ui*n* - her bur fa c spoiled with political sUx k
j. -Imt revenue perverted from its legitimate
«.Inn.in i n.iu d for the corruption of her people?
th* wo k ol *he State, the Western and At
1 ii hr U.'iil Koad, built for the common good, by
the :,ard euruiligsot the people ot all parties, made
subservient to the interest of party, by an uajusi
and illegal disciiummtii n in its management,
ng.ui i ili..se who ft-. lif t<» be their duty to differ in
poll ical opiuiou Irom the ‘ powers that be."
! |n we i<* ... gto * tbmit t<* these
- H'.d Mil; by and witueas these prao
iif,.. . lt ..4*i it u . adopt th«- “neutral” or “do uoth
i,»p p li.-y." F- -r myself, I can n v* rbe brought to
■ In i> r«> H ial,” to l.k th** hand that whips
r . . ,i. I led that my principles are right, and
my p i v “the mil) one known whereby we may be
saved. ' Though whipped in the la*t canvass by
in, >i.s of n ,*•!• presentation and slender, indeed by
the <i. s**ii ion ot ihi's - lip ii whom we had formerly
relied, l. till'« el that w -uronot conquered. Though
ou. pa ty may b lr< ken up,ourprmcinles will ■'til!
live, ..o.<: i*iue to surv.ve, while-the wheels of
tun* i o itiuue t<» toll through their endless cycle.
A lnr . number of good men who are truly at
l.iohe t tooui principles, wa re led till last year by
the plea mg i by our enemies, of our party's weak
i cm.- , eh: i d;ll\ i» d from them in what they con
«i<i« re«l to b their duty, under the then existing
i ireumstmu «- and while l still thick their action
unw :>!■ and ighly prejudicial n» the interests of our
seel ion l belt- u they were actuated by pure and
p ili M-'.u mot iv* s. i hose men, or a large majority
id them, now that tl <* * i s s which impelled them
ha? p ; ,vM .1 away, will again be found on the side of
the l' nsutution and tlie I'nion. There were in
Douuph f ,t !.;:•» 10, DH) Kilim -ie men win voted for
Huch nan i:n !-i hi. belief that to vote for Fillmore
v nd i me the* * etion of Fremont. Os these,
ten thousand, we may safely calculate that three
fourt v i.i p :iii rail) around the standard of their
Aiuerhuu Im- mis Some deserted for office—Ut
them si '.y. Ours is a party of the }>eople t tot of
, , -iAU tin gov* rmnent “pap smokers" slip
ped .t of our party In.-; year under the garb ot
“n,i (hum *i”-~let Kphruim alone, he is joined to Ida
There area great many eld line whigs who wore
led t tV by Toombs and Stephen* under the belief
that tiuviujlt th«* effort: of these gentlemen and the
National Democracy,‘•Kansas'* would come into
the I'm. n with a slave cows dubon. They now see
that f«.ey wain deceived. They never entertained
a vriv ardent attachment for modern democracy,
and lam indue il to believe that they now heartily
rop nt their seeming identith ation with that party.
How can Nisbet Jenkins. Hull and their friends
couunuc longer to act with the Democracy, when
the ref.sous which intluenced them to abandon
their old friends have ecus dto exist Besides, there
are many local questions or issues upon State policy,
winch cr» a*c a line of division between these
gentlemen and the Northern Democracy, astride
and a • lot pas thegulphluat eeperated Dives from
Lwzui us. Tney cannot go t » democracy—democracy
wnl not come to them upon these questions.
I d > : i presume to advise the line of policy to
be purti:* «i l y the American party. 1 only speak
u.r IMS 1 enlisted for the w.r ; as long as the
enemy is ui the hold, my voice will be for action,
i t»;ive !m•! w numerous his hosts, how experienc
ed his gun; ■s,l "W well equipped his legion,or how
etivi tiis pot it vn. I know win principles are right,
and knowi; ir. bare defend them, against the oom
bu.d uii t F- • gnibin. Him k Repu licanisuv and
Squatter bv» . I .> Like g*x*d old Cobb, 1 feel
t.*t -:o. .!> tin tnemio- areas occupying
wa... d towns, anti fortified cities, rioting aud fat
teincg upt n pm .ic plunder, uuUl they have waxed
\ g: .w ami powei tu . that our cause is jubt, and
by tue t . ug i providence, we can and will over
t jew When 1 soo that temple of our Liber
ties ti-derated by money chatters aud political
hath quins—the sous of « ur revolutionary sires
dm t u out, and their patrimony squandered upon
potitical tricksters and foreign cohorts, I feel-de
termined to drive tb*m out, overturn their tables
aud purity the sanctuary—or at least to perish in
the t that up u the very threshhold of the temple .
1 am, very truly, y our obedient serv’t,
A. R Wri«ht.
A pFEr av thk Co.VKr.-~By the assistance of CX
\V Turtle, Ksq.. late assistant at the Astronomical
Ob erv*n>ryot Harvard University, now resident
in il.is city, we wore able to see the comet on Fri
day ii»rt. with Mr. Green*»ugh , aachrumatio*telescope.
notwithstanding i ue brilliancy of the full iqpon and
the strong twilight prevailing at t time. It was
• s • ■■ I ight with tbs
same ii.suumeui. At that tune it was oq the con
dues ot vi.o oiieucnpolar const eilatiou Cainleopard;
nar l isa Major It exhibited a* rouud, Nebulous
mas - ot light, slightly concentrated, of abopt two,
miuu'ts ot arc diameter. Jt* excessive faintness
. an h«:h occasions was owing to tlie united effect*
ot the full u vkui and strM«g twilight. Thera being
no known >.«r w »th;u *he teach jof the annular mi-
t position qooidonly approximately be
* determined.
The * . ) nts of this tx me: resemble those of the
oomeia «>f !&& and Idol, and it they are identical,
then this comet has cxmtiuued to revolve around the
*■ sun t noe ic « v< ry t% u years since, unseen by hu
mar. tiil t. o of Feb. IS 15, when it was dwx*v<
er# d bV' Brorseti The dimensions of its orbit are
v nv well ascertained. Its aphelion is beyond the
<»i bit of Jupiter by more than thirty six millions .of
mo. s At its perihelion it was just within the orbit
of Yci uV Theoo«ei’« geocentric motion*at this
time, is mostly io right ascension, being upward of
fifteen minutes »»f tune daily, from west to east,,
Or, i . ... u staut it w ill be near tha bright' ettur
B. la l’i -»< Mjofis. It was nearest the earthen tfce
> insi . being then about twenty imlnoiia of
n; I- - viiit. I* is now needing from us, and will
I-t be 1 . <,i i.e naked eye during iqs pretext
app c u»u I os he com t the Luropeans an
l -maed would strike the earth in*June. But ia
At hi* .*s been confounded with the gnflf
f. .a- 1 o 155«-. which has not vet afjpearcd—iWfl#
bur sport iit raid. ' *
A Rifhactort Fire Depabtsikt,-—On Tues
day a*t t rre was a fixe at lv ogstoß, Canada, which
dro :■ L-iust s, anu what is rtinarkaJble,
the trn meu t:.at city. ,n < enseqaence<rf some
mi! * u: , * - i; ‘ £ with the ei.-y auth**rities, locked
ou Wi L .at urn :Le hast mdlu extit gushing the
> ! v ‘ ! >’ to w, rk Oienttelvlt
bu - :«.t ol .*.Mna. : edi,»pr-veiitii4v u l ull U i e f ßl3
work the engine Jhe co:.si*rnetiou*t c ,ti 2e uß
h«d txi • :ne very greet, when the hirea men
at a del -.r « seb u> w.«k the engines. Atier F«g nj r
for no re than two hours, the tiun*-? were subdued
but mg u;. ! the roof of the (Queen's College school
Lou.-m-. on V\ iiiiain street, three ol < kc- from Prin
street, had taken tireirum the tiokt-s that were
blown in that direction. A special meeting of the
city c«*rporation, and of the Lre department, was
held the next liny, w’.eu a rec tucilnttibn to<»k p’ace
and*the fire department resumed their former posi
tiour
Thk PASSMAquoDi.i b’DiA>\ — A delegation
fronf *his uibe ol li-oiaite are now in Wathagton
to .’o.-k «T*ter certain claims lor revolutionary services
rend red by their ancestors from 17? d to 1780, and
also to dbtair i '•couipense Itom the goverumeut for
the !• > «>r their lau: 1 -?, Wuich wore taken from their
a ieiet rs without compeiif&tion by the whites.
The Posuiaquoddy tribe of ludlaneat one time
ow «: the greater part oj what is now the State of
M m.e.
tiater from I altlornti*
Tbe Alt* Calif.mia, u< the stu ii.stant, gires the
followii.K Kuiomarj of !ht fi.rtuigi.t’» w-ws;
Static—During the t-ro weekn wbi*h have
tlanevd aince the d paiture of t l.e Gulden Age, little
of more than ordinary ictereat has tranopired within
the border, of tbe I'aoifie State.
The Eighth Legislature aoj.»umed unr aie at me
ridian of ti*e 30th ult, after a seeeion of four m* ntha. 1
Although two hundred and eighty bills were passed
but vary en> Were ot a general character. ;
and fewer stili wi 1 prove ol ultimate benefit to the
State. The most important measures are those j
Submitting to the people the questioD of voting for j
or against a convention to revise the constitution, ;
and the revenue aut: the election of two United
States Senators the impeachment and conviction
of Henry Bates, late > at* fV*-a*surer : the impeach
meut and acquittal of G W. Whitman, Comptroller
of State, sum up pretty much ail other than ordinary
legislative bn- oea*. It was generally couceded
that this Leg;.~la ure was composed of a better class
of men than have too frequently heretofore repre !
senttd the people at the Capitol; men who have !
com : itted more ol*p-ouoi*able acts ot omiasion i
than <rf commission ; men whose errors Lave been
rather th. se of the bead than of the heart. There
have been fewer “thieving bills,” as they are term- |
ed, passed than u ual, and although there was by
far tie* much legislation ot a special character, btiil
the statute book thows tiiat these acts are mostly
harmless, or designed to benefit the immediate con
stituents us the members introducing the a.
The accounts received from the mining section
of the State continue to be aa favorable as ever,
and v «* quantities of gold .are shipped to the sea
board Ihe supply of water is g-nerally more
abundant this «pni g than u-ual, *.wing to the ex
tra*irdinary aui-unt of snow lying on the mountains.
The quartz ffliiis in the central counties are doing
better than ever. The cumbersome machinery in
use at first is rapidly being supplanted by tiiat of
a more i-uitetle character, and there also appears t»
be much inure system in the management of tcese
quartz enterprises than formerly. Owing to the
unprecedented height of the streams, the se&cou
will be tar auv; need before mining in the drained
channels can be profitably or ouccesduily carried
on. and up to the present we have heard of no Con
.empiated damming or dunning operations.
Agricultural prospects are not so encouragingas
mining. G am- and fruits are far advanced nut
the former is sullVnug much from the drought which
prevail all over the .Mate. In some portions of the
southern border counties, the wheat and oat crops
«re already nearly :u*ne<i . and even iu Yolo, and
other adjacent counties, the formers are bitterly
complaining, and foreboding the entice destruction
of their cereal products There lino doubt that the
injuries fr< m thus cause are overrated, but it no ratns
fa Is speedily, an incalerable amount of damage is
inevitable. Much more attention than ever beiore
has been pain during tnelaat season to the growing
of fruit trees, and iLe prospects are flattering for a
large yield. Peaches, apple? and grapes, grow
in great profusion all over the .Stale, and Kqui e :c.-s
careful culture than in the Atlantic States. Straw
berries are already ri [>e, and our markets present
specimens oi mammoth proportions and of delicious
flavor. Cherries, too, have made their appearance,
nut are very scare and high. Early rpring vegeta
bj* s are abundant, aLd gieen peas, potatoes, aspa
ragus, lettuce, beans and cauliflowers can be had
nice and cheap.
liuainerts in the interior has p >mewhat Improved,
and considerable freight is daily left on our docks
a wan log shipment. The California Steam Naviga
tion Company have been compelled to put an extra
bo> t on the ts*:craniento route, during the*fortnight,
and are reaping a rich harvest from their business,
as they have no opposition to contend against.
Kflhrt are being made by this Company, in con
junction with the citizens of QrovilJe, toimprove the
navigation of Feather river, aud if the enterprise
proves successful, a great and profitable trade will
spring up wiih that ilouii limg inland town.
Iu theatricals there is litt.e doing. Mrs. Julia
Dean 11 ayne baa just concluded a very profitable
engagement at Sacramento.
Horse races and pigeon shooting are among the
e musements juat now in vogue at the Capital Ci f y.
No wo-ideriul time made by any of the competing
steeds.
The weather throughout the State has been beau
tiful during the fortnight. The prairies and hill
sides are c lothed in all their vernal loveliness, and
flowers of every hue bedeck the face ot Dainc
Nat ure.
General good heal tire very where prevails, and no
locality seems to be visited with any disease ap
proximating to epidemic.
The Sulphur Springs in Napa county are destined
to become the Saratoga ot California. Already vis
iters in pursuit of health or pleasure may be seen
on the portico of the magnificent hotel, and in a lew
weeks the lashionable season will have fairly set in.
A more romantic and picturesque spot than these
spring > is not to he f uu . iu the State.
Sonoha. —The disastrous intelligence iu relation
to the filibusters is not generally accredited here.
Salt Lake. —From Brigham Youug’s dominions
we get new* up to March 4.—A special election had
been called for the purpose of electing a Lieutenant
General oi the Nauvoo Legion.
Carson Va LLF.y.—The intrepid and hardy Lx
pressman, J. A. Thompson, lias made regular trips
over the Sierra Nevada during the winter, despite
the storms and snows. The citizens ot Carson
county. U. T.,are agitating the wagon road ques
lion, they have not yet decided on tlie most lea
sible route through the mountains. Two severe
shocks of earthquake were lelt in the valley on
April 17. Rsgtown has been destroyed by fire.—
Miners in Carson Canon have been making from
three to five dollars per day during the winter. They
now have suspended work, owing to scarcity of
water.
Sandwich Islands. —We have dates from Hono
lulu to the 4th of April. The previous month had
been one of storms. A schooner was being fitted
out for a trip to newly discovered guano islands in
the vicinity of the Sandwich Islands.
The bark John C. Fremont, laden w’ith lumber,
was lost whilst ou her way from Puget Sound to
Sidney.
(_)niiioN.—The Indians in the Umpqua country
ure becoming very restless, and threaten hostilities.
Apai t Jfrom the charter election at Portland, and
tlie bright prospects for the crops, there is nothing
of ordinary interest iu our exchanges.
New Granada. —Jhe Aspmwal! Courier of tlie
19th instant states:
Since the departure of the last steamer from the
Isthmus to the United States, interesting udvices
from Bogota, the South Pacific and Central America
have been received.
The flews from Bogota contains nothing • f espe
cial importance with reference to the questions tie
tweeu ihe United states and New Granada There
had been no puofle demonstration of the new Gov
r iiiiiient upon this or any other except the Mackiu
to;4i queston. In fact, neither the President nor tbe
Cabinet had initiated a single new measure. There
has beeu an effort made in Con- iess by the adiniu
istratioqeparty to unoiify an article iu the Constitu
tion so as to give the President more executive pow -
er . but thisisau old (lodge.
The Mackintosh affair las been entirely settled,
and the British fleet withdrawn. Tne Cossack has
cone home, the intrepid t Jamaica, the Indus to
Bermuda, and the Orton and Basilisk have come to
tins port, and since left for Greytown. Admiral
n r Houston dtewart hue transferred his flag to the
Orion.
koi/TH Pacific.—The netva from tho South Pa
cifio comprises but little of general interest b 'side
another move in the Peruvian re olution and scar
city of coin in Chili. The Lima, by which the news
was received, arrived at Panama ou the fith, with
forty passengers,'two hundred and .orty thousand
and *me hundred dollars in specie, and two hundred
packages of cargo for the isthmus. She brought
news to April 15th, from Valparaiso, aud to April
30th from Callao.
From Valparaiso we le rn that coin had become
very scarce, and that silver in bats, being dearer
even than the coin, no coining could be done with
out loss. The minister appointed in pursuance of
the Cb.leaii treaty with Costa Rica, had not left,
and did not stem likely to leave soon. A number
of vessels were load ug at the Chiuchas for Valpa
raiso ili ins.
Iu Buenos Ayres the scarcity of money was also
very great. Iu the market, the chief item of inte
rest was the considerable reduction of flour in con
seqypmce of the large supply and the heavy crop in
prospect. There were on band already six thousand
barrels.
Fro- INsju we have tho following ;
O: 22d of April, 300 of Vivanco’s troops land
ed at ■ to, and were repulsed by the government
fore* v .oeveti killed, one hundred woundeft, and
one ha prisoners wore reported after the ac
tion. Vivanco lost Gen. Lopera and Rodriguez
killed, andGuis. Machv.caaud Vigil prisoners; and
the goverutoent troops lost Gen. Plaza killed. The
clerk of the United Stales Consul was accidentally
wounded.
A . Chinese Mimstkk's Apartments. —The
Philadelphia Ledger gives the following description
of the rooms fitting up for Air. Reed, our Minister to
China, on the steam frigate Minnesota. Our read*
err* may be curious to know how a Chinese Minis
ter is lodged.
There are four rooms to be devoted to his exclu
sive use, the chief of which, the cabin, is 25 by 23
feet. Ou either side of this are two small sleeping
apartments, and alt of it the library and study. As
is cqstomafjr ou board vessels of this character, tlie
wirhl work in the captain's cabin was grained in
oak. In order to increase the light aud
give it a more cheerful appearance, the graining
has been taken off', and win;e oh ut substituted, with
which tbe gilt beads and moulding afford an ele
gant contrast. The furniture of these rooms, winch
w as all made at our Navy Y rd, consists of chair ,
sofas, bedsteads, dining table and book-cases. Os
tbe latter there are four, two large aud two small
All the articles are of uniform pattern, and of black
walnut. The door is to be covered with Brussels
carpeting, which will be put down iu a day or two.
The Minnesota is 281 teet in length, and has a
widtnoi'*di fret. 6 leches. Iler armumeut consists
of 2fi uiuarinoh guns, 14 eight inch ai d 1 ten-inch.
The weight of the latter, witb carriage and slide, ie
21,000 pounds. The “slide is an immense frame
work ou wheels, which enablesthe gun to be moved
from the start-card to the larboard side ot the ves
sel, and to be fired iu tour diflereut directions, with
out changing the position of the ship. Eighteen
men are required to work this monster piece of ord
nance, The ship’s entire battery has a weight of
179 tons. Included fir the ordnance are two beauti
ful howitzers, made of hrass, which are upon w heels,
and designed to be used in tlie boats.
Christianity a.monothe Heathen.— There are
said to be six huudred thousand Christians iu the
Anamite empire of Cochin China, who are now
suffering serious prosecutions, under the cruel kiug
Isu Due. A little girl of twtlve or thirteen, at Arab
kir, among the Armenians iu Turkey, who has
Learned to read the New Testament, and has become
. . ..aiuus convert, is bold preaching, not only to
ihr iimin||rn Tb! rVnrnii n but to laborers at
work. Rev. Air. sSjoshnuU, who has had thirteen
> cars experience as a fiaiasion&ry iu Africa, says
that there are'fourteen thousand church mem
bers in different, jjart-s of that country, that the .
capacity or the African seeu iu h‘s own laud is far
higher than R e estimate it htfre, that, tne internal
shvVe traue R only a Coiiseq ienee of the external,
ami th*£ tbgfr lit) reas >u tft believe that slavery
oristetfat ait in Africa to its introdusti**u into <
GhnsiiafttondA SurJobu Bo wring fquud tire Siamese
u vchgiua. I’lien , »ni;uou remark
was -ri atop rebgioo is excellent for you, at d ours
i? excellent tor us. AU countries do nor produce
. • i overs, and we li id various
teSgiofis suite dto various nations. ’ Even the king
of Siam said to some-. Christian missionaries : “Per
seefctionis-httit-fu .every man ought to to
profess the religion fie prefers. It you o*>bvert a
eeria n number of people anywhere, let me know
u, and I will give theta a Christian governor, and
they eLaU no, be annoyed by Siamese authorities
Yv a cannot tell who is nght or who is wrong; but l
j; Gooto give you bis blessing, and you
mwar pray yv'rr G%xi to k)lcSs me and so blessing,
may deseed upon both."
. Xbe ap athy
b! iLe JWBtb is IK. I»wr lc t. r| . e , and cumtbl
tnttue a taunt. Her practical .oenrv ia
>er pttrif is aimula%4. and the reault iu , '
South
-CTO {date, of which the huuth mav well be Pn >ad '
W e -ay nothing of Mwedufi wUh her twelve or tis !
teen hundred nnk-e of road now und.-r contract. and
soon to be increased to more than two tbousanc
Heupbia. Term., baa the roudf protected, under •
contract, ana in process of construction, ceutirinp i
at her door?. Xcw Or,cans is already itke the bodv i
of a huge spider with ie*« of unconscionable lcnet'h
in every direoiitm Toe Atlantic is already bound
to the Mississippi oo Southern soil. Every South
ern State, within two years, will be crossed and re
croased. the Adroads. uniting ton- tuer ivery se
tt on of their vast areas, and devi loping rapidly the !
known luxurious resources of every Southern State. '
If any one wilt ujte a railroad map of any South, rn
State, he will be surprised to see the number of :
roads now built. Georgia, tor exam; !e, is reti. u
iated like lad-ana in Ohio, with n umber less iron
bauds. Mississippi, North, South, East. West, and
diagonally, is in like Dianncr chequered, while Ten
nessee is a Sate of thin Strips of territory, with I
roans at brief intervals throughout her lens of 1
h usauds t*f squre udles. Arkansas already feels 1
ue same impetus of enterprise, end towards Etr
captia! roads are tending f. om ,h e E ist and from
Jr ■ A nchceah'r and qratifriug lea.are of !
Re Mwit*a*«.-The RcLmoad Ameriean is credi
b.v mtciroedby a gentleman from King Wiliam
Ca uiity . tit of tup -fewallows, . whooe adveut in tfio '
heralding oi Sowing are dying daily iu immense i
can be scooped up by the bask-t
fcjtctal (Jorrtrpon&t vr oj (he Pt&zpune. j
Walker’ii Eva* nation of Itita*—Narrative ot
Event* Preceding ir.—t Gpmrc of ike
Hehoofter 4.ran;idn.
San Jc an del Scr, May Q, 1807.
The siege of Rivas terminated on the ls r of May.
by the surrender of the town aod garris on, by agree
ment or capitulation.) to the United 1 States flag, re
presented by Capt. Davis, of the United States .-loop
ol war St. Mary's. Gen Walker in fulfilment of the
terms of the agreemen*. embaiked the same even
mg on board the St. Mary s, with sixteen officers,
for Panama and the remainder of the garrison, in
charge of L : enl. MeCoikle, of tire U S. navy, u>
embark at Virgin Bay. for Tortugas, to be thence
likewise transported, via Tortugas and Funta Are
nas. to Panama.
The st ate ot the case is about as fallows.* Since
the sanguinary defeat of the allies iu their attempt
to storm Rivas on the 11 tb of Aprii last, no military
operation excepting slight skirmishes had taken
place on either side. Deser i<m was decimating
both camps. As regards Walker’s, it was f*»nr
months and a hall since he Lad occupied Rivag, du
ring which time be had received no succor from the
Atlantic States, and only lSUmen from California.
It was over three oron the annee the allies had occu
pied St. George, with the intention of attacking Ul
vas. which they invented by forming axouLti it tour
strongly lutrenchc™ camps, irom which Urey open d
fire mi the town with two twenty-four ponuders. on
the -'id March. During tnitj period the allies'had
bt ought into the field bet we n fiOOU and 7U9t* men
Nine actions of more or l*-fee importance had been
fought, in which G«o. Walker lost afitlie over three
hundred killed and wounded, but the desertions,
winch had increased to twenty a day exceeded foui
hundred. •
About one month previously, he had commenced
plaughtering his horses mules, and continued to
bold Rivas in anticipation of one of four probable
events, viz . Toe arrival of Lockridge; the
of reinforcements from California; the breaking up
of the enemy’s camp, and the rising of bis friends
in the North ot the State of Nicaragua, who were
waiting till ihe ol iea were autfrGently weakened,and
tiilan American force appeared.
Lockridge was neither beard from nor beard of
till the 30th of Aprii; the Transit Com any did not
start their steamer as promised, *t>n the s'h of Apr*],
from Sal Francisco, aud pr obably intended to repu
dinte their engagement The id Lies, though very
near, on several occasions breaking up, were en
couraged by these circumstances, and by the deser
tion induced by paid agents in Rivas, to renew their
rtf »rt a arid to persevere.
Tlie allies.on their part, had lost, a cording to their
own avowal, between and 2000 men, besides
lib pruMmeis, iu these operations.
In every one of these nine fights, except ’hat of
Jocote, they had eiiher been driven into their in
treuchments, or repulsed of pi isonere or
cannon. Desert on wasgreai -o and discouragement
s »frequently prevailing, that though aware of Jhe
disadvantage of attacking the Americans beh nd the
the barricades, they made a desperate attempt ou
Rivas on the 23d of March, and were on Ihe point
of ffispersmg, when the desertions of foAy Califor
nians in a body, and the arrival of reinforcements,
restored their confidence. Tlie next attempt, on
the 11th ot April, was determined by like considera
tions, and resulted sfill more disasterously. Since
the llth, they had persevered, because {.Walker's
force being to for reduced lie could not risk it till the
last moment ) they were not attacked, because ex
pecting every day that want of provision would
force him so evacuate :he place, and because the
increi'.-c of desertion, the success of corrupting
agents in Rivarn and the ignominious b .cksliaings
oi half a score of officers, encouraged the hope that
with a i:»tie further patience, chance and craft, they
would achieve what force h«.d failed to accomplish.
Money aud promises were lavished on deserters,
and letters and proclamations were daily scattered
through Rivas tempting by offers of security and
abundance the pusillanimity of some, and theimpa
tience of privation felt by officers.
Since the llth of April, however, the allied army
had received no reinforcement. Its last resources
in men were clearly exhausted. All_the best offi
cers of the allies hod been lost in the contest. Death
and desertion had so lar thinned their ranks that on
the morning of the Ist of May, iheir total force did
not number 1700 men. Ol 3000 Costa Ricans, Gua
temalans and Hondurans, (who had borne the ehiet
brunt of the fighting) less than 6UO remained. The
stupendous barricades of their entrenched camps
might protect them from Walker’s weakness, and
desertion was to a great extent impeded by inclo
sing their men at night, bat their vast lines of bar
ricades could no longer be manned effectually ;o
impede him, and a night movement to follow him
wouid have entailed the desertion of two-thirds oi
the men. ( »u the 21st of April, for instance, a party
of forty Americans gathering plantains, were attack
ed by ninety of the allies; alter a little skirmishing
both pdfties retired with ignominious haste; the
Americans lost five, the enemy eleven killed and
wounded ; but -only forty of the allies returned to
iheir barricades; about the same number throwing
away their arms, and improving the occasion to go
home. In no case could the allied army have held
together fourteen ite■ s longer.
Ou the olher tlttud Walker was reduced toThree
days' provisions,.;.,.- I L roe two mules, and
wo oxen, the latter having been reserved to draw
cannon or ammunition, lie was hampered with 17fi
sick aud wounded, and over 100 prisoners He had
only 2(i() Americans (including omcers) fit uj carry
arms, and 40 natives, of the Americans only about
200 could have been counted on fur a maicb. He
wiu without means of transportation for ammuni
tion or artillery, except his light mountain howitz
ers, and it is therefore ptobuble that but for this
agreement, he would from the first to the third of
May have broken through the enemy's lines ou two
sides, one body of say 150 men aud 40 natives
inarching towards Leon, where his friends were by
luis time ready to receive him, the other about 60,
ms king for San Juan, or any other point on the
coast, and embarking on board the schooner Gren
ada, which contained reserved stores of ammunition
and arms, and which would have immediately sailed
for Realejo, to await the fiist body, raise a native
force, aud fortify a point as a depot for ulterior re
inforcements from San Francisco.
On the 23d of April he had accepted the offer of
OepLain Davis to remove the women aud children,
under safeguard ot the American flag, to San Juan,
and seventy American and native women and chil
dren, inclusive ot many native women detained ai
spies, left Rivas, iu charge of Lieut. Houston, ou
i hut day.
On the 30th of April a communication was re
ceived from Cuptuiu Davis, dated from the enemy’s
camp, w’iili offers of mediation, but couched in
terms which induced G«u. Walker to send Gen.
Uenningsen and Col. Waters to confer with him.
An account of the ensuing negotiation you will find
in Gen Henningsen’s official report, together with
ihe terms of the convention or agreement Bui
you w’lll perceive thai the mediation, or rather the
terms offered, were preceded by the startling de
claration ol United States intervention and hostility,
Captain Davis expressing his determination to em
bargo and seize the schooner Granada.
Not only therelore lied General Walker—left for
nearly five months without communication witu the
Atlantic States—to contend against four foreign
States, and against the servile and demagogic lead
ere of Nicaragua; not only had he the cowardice
and treachery of BUcii men as Bell, Titus, aud
W T right to contend against in his own caunp; not
. only hud he to struggle against his abandonment by
the Transit Company iu iris need -but he finds the
United States arrayed in hostility against him in
the hour of his necessity, and not till i lien. General
Walker had previously expressed his intention to
respect the stars and stripe in the person of its
agents, however humble, l ight or wrong, reserving
hie appeal to the American people. Under the cir
cumstances of the case the resolution of Captain
DaviSjbecame therefore, . a Gen. Henningsen anti
cipated, a determining fact, and Gen. Walker after
accepting the subjoii ed agreement, left Rivas at
naif past 5 P. AI., accompanied by Lieut. Colonels
Henry, Rogers and Tucker, by Col. Natzmer, by
Captains AlcEachin, Haukiu, West and Williamson,
by Lieutenants AicMichel. and Brady, by Mjjor
Hoof, by Drs. Callom aud Mcllkeney, and by Mr.
Rumor, and embarked that night. Gen. Henning
sen remained with Lieut. Col. Swingle to deliver
over the place aud garrison to Capt. Davis. The
officers and men, drawn up on the plaza, after hear
ing the general order read, gave three hearty cheers
for General Walker, then three for Gen. Henring
sen, and subsequently three for Capt. Davis, alter
they had been placed unfit r his control. They were
then “made over” to Dr. Taylor, to whom they de
livered up their arms in ’he ordnance office.
This terminated the memorable siege of Rivas.
Since Henningsen with 240 men drove 2,100 of the
enemy into Obraje, ou the 25th of January, Walker
has never had in t?*e field more than 400 men. and
t hat only on two occasions. Ho had killed, wc uncled
o. dispersed more than 4,500 of the enemy. Arriv
ing in Rivas with nothing but a few carpenter’s
tools, he had, thanks to the genius and persever
ance of Lieut. Col. Swingle, erected a foundry and
cast the first iron that ever was cast iu Central
America. He surrendered Rivas finally only to the
United States flag, after a siege of three months
aud investment of forty days; alter living for a
month ou horses aud mules, and after dog-s cats
owls, aud stewed raw-hides had been eaten by the
garrison ; after the lojs of the first or second in
command, or both, of every corps in the army. In
the Ist K.fl s, Col. O’Neill was killed, Lieut. Col.
Leonard, and Major Dolan were wounded ; in the
2d Rilles, Major Lewis, commanding, and senior
Captain Conway were killed; in the Ist Infantry,
Colonel Jacques, commanding, was wounded, and
Major Dusenbury killed; iu the Artille y, Major
Dulaney, commanding, was w< uuded; in the Red
Star Guaid, Lieut. Col. Tucker, commanding, was
wounded; iu the Rangers, senior Captain Pliiuuey
was killed ; in the Arsenal, the second in command,
Captain Pellisier, was ki led; Colonel Henry, unat
tached, received at St. George his eighth wound,
and General Henningsen had three aids de-camp
wounded since the commencement of the fighting
at Rivas.
FURTHER PARTICULARS.
After Gen. Walker, Gen. Henningsen and Capt.
Davis left Rivas the garrison was marched down to
St. George and the place abandoned to Gen. Canas.
The * ftivere and men generally behaved well, except
a few drunk* n rowuies like Brig* Gen. Sanders,
whose dissipation ..u J incapacity had of late been
highly detitmtntei to the army, and occasioned the
disgracetul rout at Tokcte, where be commanded *,
and a certain Capt Farrel, who had been deprived
of his company. Both, it had been discovered, had
formed part of a conclave held at Major Bell’s
quarters, and consisting of Col. Titus, Boat wick,
Dr. Johnson, Lieut. Mflier, Gen. Sanders and Capt.
Parrel.
Titus, however, had so completely lost head, from
fear, that be sneaked off before the others were
ready, which drew attention to Bell s quarters, and
probably prevented the betrayal of them to the
enemy, iu W’hich case all the men iu them would
have had their Jhr ats cut without mercy.
Titus wrote back that all was rigt*.. He immedi
ately came down to San Juan, and told the officers
ot tne St. Mary’s that he Lad been cut off with Judge
Waie, a noble old man, who remained in JRivas,
doifig duty as a citizen soldier to the last. Col
Titus was last seen under the protection of one of
the allied generals or colonels, a truculent gentle
man of color,'at whose beck and call beseemed
pround to fiuu himself.
To return to Sauders, he began to make drunken
speeches to the men, decl-tnug that Gen. Walker
haji sold the cause and embarked with the money.
With the exception of about a dezen sots like him
self, no one to him, of course. He then,
after in vain applying to obtain service with the
allies, came down to San J uan, where, when the St.
Mary's saitea, he was left in the same condiuon. It
it bad not been for his continued intoxication, and
his repute in the army for geueral worthlessness,
strange to say, be wouid probably have succeeded
For, singular to relate, after ail this mutual s laugh
te , wheu the allies, and especially the Nicaraguans,
came in contact with our people, they not only
treated them with great kindness, but appeared in
ail sides auxious to coax them into their service.—
The fact is, that directly they were relieved from
the pressure of Walker s presence, their dissensions
broke out. They wouid probably have beeu light
ing beiore the St. Mary’s sailed, but that they have
had a bellyfullof fighting lately, that the Cost a
Ricau aud Guatemalan lorce is reduced down to an
ms’guificaut figure.
li is, however, not unlikely that they may beat
it. hammer am tongs, beiore tei* reac; es New York
city. Costa Rica wishes to dismember Nicaragua
on ooe side, Guatemala on the other, either with I
or without the Martiuez or the Jerez party, one
called the servile or aristocratic party, he orther
constituting that portion of the so called democratic
party wh ed betray ed Walker Tti*-ee two factions,
wco have ooue very little fighting during the siege,
ettmg Costa R *_-a and Guatemala exhaust their
to roes, are only waiting to get & toir start to cui
each other s throats, and ail four of these parties
have been eagerly bidding for American officers
surgeons, and uieu. Lt. Caycee, who was originally
in Chamorro s service, had taken service "under
Martinez. The Coeta Ricans offered a lit-u'enant a
company of foity Americans, if He could raise it, to
be paid S3O per month, in cash, each man. A
suigeon was offered SIOO per monlb. to go to
Guatemala. In fact, beiore the eud of the siege,
some cf the democratic officers called out that the v
h&d nothing against Gen. Walker, and overtuit’s
were made to puss over to him, if be would under"
take, with them, immediately to storm tbe servile
camp. But Gen. W aiter was ©v n in this etroh
nerlicp- uuwmmg to trust to men who had once
bet ray t J uim.
Very few Americans availed themselves of this
offer, ai.d at tLe end of a tow days the allies discov
r».d that tfcoee who had hastily' consented, over the
aguardiente bottle, were not men useful in any ser
vice, or who nad much to do wiih the fighting. On**
result,However, is that many have resolved to
remain in the country and sec what will turn up ;
mauy have termed ’friendships and acquaintances,
anu nave dispersed over the country, so that I doubi
whether Lieut. McCorkle will embark 125 men. i
Any disturbance that may take place would there
•ore f*rob*biy be only an individual affair. I fcaVq
only bfeard <>.* two. Sanders ratling another drunkei
mnfc abcu the lace, and L’eut. SCttlly firing i t
Maltotnb, a deserter, who ventured t>.
address him.
San Juan del Sur. May 3.
It is reported that the river is not in the hands t i
the Allies, but yet occupied by Walker s forces.—
Still more important: Capt, Davis demanded the
peaceful surrender of the Granada by Gen. Walk
er, who refused, telling him that he must take her
by force. Capt. Davis then offered, as a compro
mise, to return the arms, ammunition and stores ou
board of her. Gen. Walker again refused. Tq»s
day. the Captain having gone on shore the Fintt
Lieutenant, Maury, notified that he had the written
order of the captaiu to take her by force, for which
purpose be beat to quarters, sprung his broadside t f
11 32 and 68 pound guns upon her, and sent 100 dfi
to board her. Gen YY alker had previously sent an br
der to Capt. Fayssoux, l»er commander, to surren
der her to a respectable display of force, and in the
course of a few minuses. the stars and Stripes Jhc
oeedcd the red star ul Nicaragua. (.'Apt. Favaeoux
was brought ou b« ard the tNfPMary’s. and the crtw
.andfed at San Juan. On the following ilay Capt.
Davis returned, and the same afternoon sent Lieut.
Maury on b »ard to deliver over the schooner i
Government of Costa Rica, represented by a*j’a
maici negro called M foray, who used to do srftau
jobs lor the Americans, and now Captain and AftA
to Gen. Something or other. Capt. Murray deliv
ered her over to another gentleman'of color, (for-*
merly servant to one of Walker’s officers, in Leon.*)
-iid to a greater crew. The opinion of an outsidEi,
fro-u the way they handled her, would have beet:
that they were welcome to her it they could navigate
her to Punta Arenas.
But very different were the feelings of those wh*»
knew and t<x>k a pride m this glorious little craft'
whose his’ary will be chronicled in the aun&is of na
val daring, when many a vessel like the St. Mary’s
is rotten and forgotten *
The Granada is a schooner of about seventy five
tons, which in December last, with two six-pound
ers on board, and a crew of twenty-eight all told,
and including one boy, attacked the Costa Rican'
brig of-war “Once de Abril," of 325 tons burden,
with four 9 pounders a rill a crew of 114 men, and
atrer fighting for two hours, whilst pursuing, blew
her up. Capt. Faysaoux, it wili be remembered,
saved the captain and forty of the crew, who. when
cured of their burns, were seui back by Oener 1
Walker, w ithout condition or e change, to Co. ta
Rica.
The gallant crew ol the Granada, when Sir Root.
McClure’s Lieutenant declared that he was about to
open the broadside of his shell guns upon her, bad.
though she was filled with ammunition, declared
lua’ they were ready to a man to die, rathor than
abandon their flag.
Now it c.ui be. very easily understood that the St.
Mary’s, which had never taken anything, should
esteem it an honor to take the Grauada evra ifflhat
way. She had been in fact virtually seized > when,
on tue 30th of April,Capt. Davis declared his irifeu
ticu of taking possession of her; but surely there
was neither sense nor honor in giving her up to
Cfosta Rica, to which she had never belonged, and
who Could never have taken her, dud the feelings pf
tlies i who saw her handed over to a big buck nig
ger by officers representing tiie stars and. stripe?',
may be imagined by what I think the majority of
the American people will express when acquainted,
with the facts.
Diiaih t>> the Aro bin*
The royal mail steamer Arabia, from Liverpool,
May 10th, arrived at New York on Thursday last.
In the British Parliament there had beep little qf
interest since the sailing of i!ie Indiana* .Discus
sion d the opium traffic took place in the House of
Lords. In the House of Commons, Lord Palmer
ston gave notice that he would bring in a bill t*s*re ,
model Parliamentary oaths—to o» v‘ the words* “- i.
true faith of a Christian’'—and creby to admit
Jews into Parliament. Leave . a,? jjven to bring,
in the bill. *<*
In the House of Lords, a motion for the produc
tion of papers connected with the Jiong Kong poi
sonings, and the treatment of the Chinese arrested,
was agreed to.
Iu tue House of Commons the Government an
nounced that the negotiations with* France in rela
tion to the Newfoundland fisheries iiucl been set
aside, as the Colonial Legislature would not consent
to the terms, and the basis of the negotiations was
that their completion should depend upon suck con
sent being given.
I lie divorce bill had been ordered to a second
reading in the House of Lords, the Government de
clining to postpone the measure, though pressed to
do so by the Bishop of Oxford.
France.—The trial of the fourteen men accused
of having secretly conspired against the Govern
ment had closed. Only three of them were ac
quitted.
The French legislative body has fixed the sub
vention to the three trans-Atlantic steam lines at
fourteen millions of francs per annum..
1 lie French Court is amusing itself in hunting
exploits at Fern tain bleau. The Grand Duke Con
stantine is quite at home in the Imperial family.
Rumors gain ground of an intended marriage Rie
tween Prince Napoleon and the Princess of Hohen
zolleru.
From Spain the intelligence is that Espartero (as
was anticipated) had resigned his seat ia tJe Sen
ate. The armada against Mex’co had not yet left
Cadiz, but all the troops and generals were on board
awaited final orders. The London Times’ corres
pondence tells a strange story of the Queen's hus
band having beeu in a plot to dethrone her, and
of his being at present under threat of trial lor trea
son.
A telegraphic despatch ol May 14th states that
the Mexican Envoy imd an interview wilh tlje Min
ister lor Foreign Affairs. The French arid English
Governments are encouraging an amicuble settle
ment.
In the Neufchatelaffair, a despatch has been re
ceived from Berlin by the French Government,
notifying the tenor of the King of Prussia's reply to
Napoleon’s autograph letter. This reply is of so
favorable a character us to give assurance of an early
settlement of the remaining points at issue.
It is reported that D ninaik is about to yield iu
the question of the Holstein Constitution—maiuly iu
accordance with the good offices and recommenda
tions of the French Government.
The Swedish Diet lias giveu assent to the bill for
construction of new railways and to a loan of four
teen millions of rix dollars for that purpose. Fifteen
millions of the loau will be brought out on the Lon
don and Paris markets.
From the Danubian Principalities it is reported
that the Unionist party has split itself into two—the
one advocating the candidature of a foreign, the
other a native prince. *
Advices from Constantinople state that after ta
king Moh&mmerah, the English Commander learn
ed that the treaty of peace lias been concluded, and
ordered a suspension of hostilities.
from Siberia speaks ot the arrival of two
American cousuls, who have made their way up the
riv.hr A moor to Irkutsh. A son has been born to
the Emperor and Empress of Russia. A Russiuw
xpqiliution is to be despatched to China with a
special envoy.
Mount Vesuvius, at the hist accounts, was in a
state of violent eruption, and had been for nearly a
week.
G.neral Stalker, ..commanding the English army
in Persia, and Commodore Ethoridge, co’uuiauding
the English naval forces in the Persian Gulf, had
both committed suicide, both it is reported, being
insane.
The efforts to establis h an English bauk a
Constantinople are reported to be Influxes.
India and China.—Trieste, May 14—The
steamer Bombay arrived here to-day at 5.15 P. M.,
iu 116 hours Irooi Alexandria, which port she left
on the 9th jast. The India mails left A'exandriaon
that day, with advices from Bombay to tue l/’th
April } Calcutta April 9th; Ceylon April 19 ; and
Hong Song March 59th. A mutinous spirit st ill
prevails in the Beugal army, especially in the 54th
native ufantry.
Accounts from Hong Kong of the 3l)th March
stute that three English ships with troops bad
arrived there. Admiral Seymour had not under
taken any new operations. The Viceroy Yeh
had iraponod very heavy contributions on the
towns and \ illagcs under his jurisdiction. In China
nothing of importance had transpired since the
departure of the previous mail. Tue steamer
Zeuabi had arrived with troops from Madras.
Authentic from Ghotiot—Rumors of Desti
titution. —Lansing, May 51.—Messrs. Shank Sc
Griswold, the committee of investigath a de
spatched to Gratiot county by the citizens of Lan
sing, after a. week's absance returned last night.
They succeeded, with the aid of the county officer.,,
in getting together eleven of the thirteen supervi
sors of the county. From tlnnn particula 3 and re
liable information were elicited relative to the scar
city of provisions and the consequent suffering.
And w! he all will be glad toleurn that the reputed
cases of actual starvation are not substantiated,
they will regret to hear that tlie destitution is mor*
wide spread than • 'ae generally sur posed.
There are very many families o had obtaiiyid
a supply of provisions sufficient to ua'. e served them
until after harvest, but all such nave l om week to
week and day to day been dividing with their less
fortunate neighbors,until it isdoubted whether there
is now a family in the county with two weeks’ pro
visions on hand. Many families are entirely desti
tute, with possibly the single exception of maple
sugar. It 1s believed there are near.y or quite 500
families who will require and that not
less than 5,000 barrels of flour or its equivalent in
provisions, will be sufficient to supply their actual
necessities until harvest. This is for the county of
Gratiot alone. Isabella and Montcalm need assist
ance also. The former especially is believed to be
quite as destitute as Gratiot. — Detroit Advertiser ,
May 53.
Counting House Blow.-4.j0 Pieces —About 11
o’c- ock last night, the neighborhood of Fourth and
Washington streets, in the Second YY’ard, was
thrown into a high state of excitement by a loud
explosion, the noise of which was heard for several
squaies. A number of police officers and citizens
burned to the spot, and found that the shock had
proceeded trom a small frame building on the S.juth
west corner of Fourth and Washington streets, oc
cupied by J. D.Xeff as.a coal office. It seems that
the lock of the iron safe had been rammed full of
gunpowder by a thief, aud touchedoff, damaging
the fire-proof and shattering the building to pieces *
Philadelphia Bulletin.
Per Contra— One of J Mcßride Davidson’s Fire
King Safes last week blew a Chicago broker to
pieces, because it resisted being blown to pieces it
self, or opened with chisel and sledges. The bro
ker’s btxik keeper had gone off to get married,
thoughtlessly carrying one key of the Fire King
Safes with him, and the duplicate had that morning
beeu irrecoverably lost by the broker himself. The
lock, door, sides and top and bottom of the Safe de
fied gunpowder and steel. The means of meeting
his engagements were inside the tight thing. But
so much time was lost in the effort to open it, that
the broker could not borrow or “carry over” in the
last half hour, and his credit was ruined. In the
figurative language of Chicago, he “went up.”—
Albany Journal.
Served them Right.—A number of the young
me ■ of the neighborhood, possessing more of the
spirit of mischief than of good breeding or sense, j
went at night to the house of ex-Goveruor Bebb.
near Rock lord, Illinois, whose son has just brought !
home a newly made bride, in order to give them a j
calathuinpian serenade. While engaged in their :
disgusting orgies, the father ot the bridegroom came
from the house with a gun and fired upon them.—
This caused them to disperse; but rallying again,
they soon returned aud recommenced their revel
with greater rigor than before. Gov. Bebb fired
upon them again, and this time with more serious
effect. The account in Rockford when our inform
a tl it. was that two ot the young men had been
killed.— Chicago Times.
Frost in May ! —On Thursday morning last, (22d I
ioet..) frost abundant in all low, wet places in J
this and -the adjacent counties 4 .' Indeed, we have j
been told that it was v.sibie in some spots on j
Wedentsday morning also. At the time we write
( Tuesday the air is balmy and spring-like, though j
not so warm asyesterday.— Athens Watcpman.
A Large Family.—Mr. Jacob Bortner died on I
the 15th instant, in Codorus township, York county, j
Pa . leaving eight sees and five daughters, all liv- i
icg. and grand children; twenty-nine j
living and ten dead.
Railroads in Minnesota —'The Legislature of
Minnesota have disposed of the lands granted by j
Congress to the Minnesota and Pac.fi'*. the Root j
River Valley and the Southern Minnesota and th- |
Mianeopelis and Cedar Valiev Railroad Companies, i
Teifgrafh to the Pacific.—lt is stated that j
Henry O'Reilly, of telegraphic fame, offers to the
United States g verament to build, at his own cx- 1
pease, a telegrahic line to the Pacific, if military j
protection against Indians be afforded.
Shad Caught is the Ohio. —Yesterday, Russel |
Heamau. with a seine, caught a let of genuine shad, [
the reai Baltimore shao. in the r'ver jurt below the ,
Mis. He had about twenty. —Jjouisvule Courier.
A descendant o r the infamous Marat, having re- |
cently attained his majority in Paris, and bav Ing '
read th*- history of the Rrign of Terror, has made j
an apolication to the Minister of State to have hte !
name changed to Merratti.
Wesleyan Female College— r ihe Annual I
Commencement of this Institution will take place i
the second week in July. On the 15th July ihe ?
Commencement sermon will be preached tj Rev. :
Dr. Jesse Boring, of LaGrange. #
Oa Wednesday. 15»h, the Annual Address wi 1 t
be delivered by Hon. Jqhn L. Ward, of SavaanaL. j
Georgia Citizen.
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A New Ksrk Cotton Circular.
We were yesterday, handed a New York Cotton
Circular sent out by the steamer Asia, from the
house of T. J. Stewart &. Co., dated New York
May 27, from which we make the following ex
tract :
The accounts from the cotton growing section
have been continuously favorable. There is no
longer any question about the probable issue of the
crop, as it now bids fair to be th.* largest ever
grown, after allowing for all the accidents to the
planting which have been noted. From Mississippi
and Alabama we have very good reports of its pro
gross. From Columbus, Ga., we have had very
disheartening advices ; these are evidently disap
pearing, as wo find iu a newspaper published at
Montgomery, Ala , the following extract of n letter
from their correspondent at that place, dated us far
back as 7th fust. “The recent rains have caused
corn and cotton to come up in great abundance,
aud to use a homely phrase, they are now spread
ing themselves. The»o appears to be excellent
stands generally. I am of the opinion that many
Planters are more scard than hurt.” From Louis
iana, Florida and Texas, the accounts are still more
favorable. We learn that the Arkan&aw and Red
Rivers are now ri ing. This will add materially to
ihe receipts at New Orleans. The figure for the
present crop will evidently b* between 3,000,000
aud3,IOO,UUO bales.
Your obedieut servants.
T..J. Stewart & Co.,
Cotton Brokers, No. 140 Pearl, near Wall st.
We frankly confess t hat we have rarely seen such
a tiseue of misrepresentations, (we are not sure
that this term is strong enough) thrown together in
so brief a apace. We have been reared and al
ways lived in a Cotton growiug State, and we have
never seen such an unfavorable season, noi have
we met a man, whatevei his age, observation or
experience, who ever saw a season thus far so un
propitious for the growth of Cotton as this. There
is no section of the cotton-growing region iu which
the Cotton plant is not all of three weeks behind the
average seasous in growth and appearance. It will,
therefore, require one of the most favorable seasons
ever known, to make even an*aveinge crop of Cot
ton. These facts are well known to every intelli
gent and well-informed man in the Southern States,
and yet Messrs. Stewart Co have the cool es :
frontery to assert, that 11 the crop now bids fair to
be the largest ever known” ! These men in their
anxiety to depress the price of Cotton overleap
themselves. If they knew anything of the growth
ot the Cotton plant they know better; and they
must also know, that, such statements cannot de
ceive Intelligent Englishmen.
Capitulation of YVaikcr.
Yesterday we announced, by telegraph from
New Orleans, the capitulation of Gen. Walker,
and his arrival with a portion jf his men in that
city; and to-day, we have byway of Charleston,
the letter of Gen. llenningsen, giving iu detail the
circumstances which led to that result. This letter
discloses the extraordinary fact that the Pierce ad
ministration had ordered Capt. Davis of the St.
Mary’s, to take possession of aud hold the Nicara
guan schooner Gi anada; and that the present ad-.
mii:istratlomhad given him no instructions which
would authorize a different course on his part. In
this dilemma; with the assurance that the expedi
tion of Lockridge had entirely failed, Gen. Walk
er determined to accede tp the proposition of
Capt. Davis, and abandou the country. ludecd,
he had no other alternate e but to capitulate. • Foi
in the event of the seizure of his sc'>c oner Granada,
all hope of escape for him aud his soldier? was en
tiivly cut off; and the) v/ould be left t > the tender
mercies of the Costa Ricans, provided they could
not maintain their position till assistance reached
them. Why such instructions ever emanated from
the T ;:kce administration, we will nut pretend to
conjecture, but leave the development of the rea
sons to the future.
Reception of ihe Memphis Delegation at
Charleston.—Gur l*tc guests from Memphis
reached Charleston on Wednesday morning, at 8
o’clock, being met ft m'jrville by a committee
of gentlemen from the ity, appointed lor that pur
pose. The scene oa their arrival at the depot was
very animating. When the bustle of debarkation
iiad in some degree subsided, Mr. Pope, of Charles
ton, chairman of the committee of escort, introduced
the visiters to the committee of reception, who
greeted them through their chairman, Gen. W. E.
Martin with a cordial and heartfelt welcome.—
Mr. Mumford, chairman of the Memphis dele
gation, responded in highly eloquent and com
plimentary terms. The guests were afterwards
conducted to the quarters prepared for them, and
spent the remainder of the day in entertainments,
visits and social intercourse, according to inclina
tion. Tli:s was only reception day; the programme
for yesterday promised an ample fund of entertain
ment. No papers be published in Charleston
to-day.
American State Convention.
We have always been qf the opinion that but lit
tle is to be gained* and much bitter feeling eugen
: deled by a lengthy political canvass, and we can
set no good reason why our political opponents
should hold their Convention so early in the season ;
but it seems to be fixed, so lar as the place and time
is concerned, and they have, made preparations ac
cordingly. But we can no advantage to be
gained by the Americans holding their State Con
vention thus early, and the above reason (with oth
ers that might be named) is alone sufficient to delay
its assembling until the latest practicable day. Y\ e
therefore recommend Wednesday , the 12 th day of
August next, as the day must suitable for the con
venience of all, and equally as practicable as any,
to secure the best interests of the party in Georgia.
What say our brethern of the Press I—Columbus
Enquirer.
In response to the interrogatory of the Enquirer ,
we reply—we cordially approve of deferring the
holding the Convention of the American party till a
late day. We had thought of some day about the
first of August, but we have no objection to the 12th
of August. That will afford ample time for the
canfue, and the discussion of all the questions in
volved. Indeed, with the present facilities for the
transmission of news, and the mingling of the can
didates with the people, as much may be acc-om
piished now in fifty days as could h&ve been a few
years ago in double that time. We shall be pleased
to see the suggestion of the Enquirer adopted.
Death of an Editor.—Joseph Francis Bren
nan, associate Editor of the New Orleans Times,
died in that city on Wednesday last. The deceased
has been well known as editor of the Delta for the |
last six years. He was only twenty-eight years of j
age, and came to the United State© in 1850. He j
was an editor and a poet at the age of thirteen.
Resignation of PresidentMcCay—We learn
from the Columbia 'Times , that President McCay
has resigned the Presidency of South Carolina Col
lege. No cause is assigned, though we learn from a
private source, that some difficulty with the stu- !
dents, the precise nature of which we are not ad
vised of, led to his resignation.
An Acceptable Trilute.—The ladies of Mem
phis, who accompanied the delegation from that city
to Charleston, have presented Messrs. Albert ai.d :
W. YY . YY eester. first and second conductors, with ’
a fine silver goblet each, and Mr. R. YY'. Joses j
time-reporter, and John Stubbs and Peter Coch j
ran, first and second edgineers, each with a hand
some goid-Lcaded walking cane, as a testimonial cf j
their gratitude for their care, courtesy and kindnes? |
in the performance of their duties on the late trip I
from Memphis. Each article bears a suitable in
scription and the name of the recipient.
Five Hundred Dollars Reward. —The Su
p * *iu t endant of We .tern 6a Atlantic Railroad,
'.iffien* a reward ofs5 r ' -- evidence tc j
coLvict the person o* pci acln who placed a cross-tie ,
on the track of the Read near the Dalton depot; or.
the LigLt of the 23d uit 1 e cross-tie was fortun
ately discovered by mee.ns of the htad-iighl re
flector. in time to prevent damage.
.YfW Hooka*
j The or A Visit to the Homes of Nor
way aud Sveeden. By Charles Loring Brace,
I author of “Hungary iu 1851,’’ aud “Home Life iu
t I Germany.” New York : Charles Scribner.
The author of this book, a young American, has
- taken the facts and incidents which compose it from
a journal of personal observation. He travelled
over large portions of the country on foot, mingled
* fieely with the inhabitants in their houses and at
* their dinner tables, and relates his various expe
riences and observations, many of which are suf
1_ ficently strange to figure in a romance. The work
is not historical, but a picture of the lite ot to-day.
r A few glimpses and scenes of the past, side-views
r of early history, and quaint superstitions, arc some
■ times properly brought iu, but not in a dry, histori
e cal detail, which requires the labor of a student to
get through with it. The work will be found to
y l>os»ess much interest, particularly to the many
who can trace their lineal descent to Scandinavian
origin.
For sale by Geo. A. Otes & Buo.
Dinks, Mayhew and Hutchinson on the Doc.
Compiled, abridged, edited and illustrated by
Frank Forrester. New York: Stringer «!
Townsend.
», The old edition of “Dinks &. Mahew ou the
Dog,” having almost -entirely run out, and a new
edition being loudly called for, the compiler has
made various improvements, and added Col. Hut
-6 chinson’s volume on Dog Breaking, which has
long been considered the be.-t iu use—both merciful
to the animal aud effective in its discipline. May
hew’s pages on canine pathology, when carefully
lead aud studied, and the directions followed out,
will do much towards alleviating the distress and l
7 e curing the diseases so fat; Ito this faithful animal. The
editor says: “I have this year treated,gmyself, two
- very unusually severe cases of distemper, and one
of most aggravated mange, implicitly after his in.
, s tract ions, and with the most perfect success." The
volume contains thirty-three illustrations.
For sale by Geo. A. Oates *!k Bro.
n
Adam Graeme, of Mossgray. By Mrs. Oliphant,
author of “Zaidee,” “Magdalen Hepburn,” &c
I New York : Garrett, Dick Si Fitzgerald.
! This volume, we think, is the best of the series
f written by this lady. The story possesses an inte
rest infinitely more attractive than those of the
II “thrilling,” extravagant order, so widely circulated,
' so eagerly sought after, and withal so deleterious in
their influence. The characters are faithfully por
trayed, and are all brought in with a seeming ear
t nesrness of purpose, as if each one were destined to
1 exert an influence ou the morality and character of
the reader. It is written in a winning, Soothing
style, aud we ha\ e found much to admire in perus
e ing it. We Lope it may have a large circulation.
y It is for sale by Geo. A. Oates Sc Bro.
Gubernatorial Convention*
We are pleased to see that the Savannah Repub
lican, favors holding of the Gubernatorial Con
” vention on the 12th of August. That paper says
“Wesoe it suggested that tli • Whigs aud Ameri-
B cans of this Sta’e held a Convention on Wednesday,
u .the 15th of August, to determiue upon a policy, ami
seltct a candidate, for the gubernatorial race. YY e
approve the suggestion, and hope the movement
will meet with the cordial co-operation of all who
3 are opposed to the rule aud abuses of that pie-bald
1 coalition who style themselves, “ the Democratic
party.” We shall allude to the subject again, and
often.”
t Cadets G.M.l.—The Marietta Democrat says:
—We understand that thirty of the Cadets of the
G. M. Institute have beeu expelled for going into
G.N. Eldred's Circus Show, which has been ex
-1 hibiting here for the last two days. The crime, as
5 wo understand, was iu signing a written pledge,
(which was a plain violation of ihe rules,) to goto
the Circus, whether the Superintendent would allow
them or not.
We learn that five of them have left for their
\ homes—thirteen have recanted, aud intend tryiag
to reinstate themselves—the others are to leave in
a few days.
Mobile and Girard Rail Road. —We have
been informed, (says the Columbus Sun,) by Major
John 11. Howard, President of the Mobile and
Girard Rail Road, that it is not the intention of
that company to abandon the project of running
the Road to Mobile, or, rather, to Blakely, but that
the corps of eugineers sent out by him a short time
since, of whicii we made mention in our Saturday’s
issue, was only for the purpose of ascertaining, if a
better route than that originally contemplate
could not be located along the valley of the Conecuh
river. The new route to be survyed will lie along
the valley of the Conecuh river, runing parallel
with that rive--, and will cross the Montgomery and
Pensacola Road some seventy five miles below
where it was first intended, andabout fifty miles
from Pensacola, aud will run thence directly to
Blakely, which is said to possess a much better
harbor than that of Mobile. Major Howard assures
us that the new route proposed, is not only fifteen
or twenty miles shorter, but that it is altogether a
more eligible site, and can be graded at about one
half the cost per mile that the old route could*
When this Road is completed, Columbus will be
placed in direct rail road communication with two
important Gulf ports, which, with the other facili
ties that she now enjoys, will render her one of the
most accessible points in Georgia, for trade of all
kinds.
Interesting from Rio Janeiro.—The Correio
Mercantil of Rio Janeiro, 3d of April, says : —The
Government of Brazil declares its adhesion to the
four principles of maritime law adopted by the
Paris Congress, tending to put an end to privateer
ing and to respect altogether the property of a neu
tral or an enemy if it is covered with a neutral flag.
The Government declares moreover, that it is dis
posed to accept the extension proposed by the United
States, of the first principle (the abolition of priva
teering) as the full expression ol' a new national
jurisprudence, so as to exempt all private property
belonging to either belligeient froip seizure by ships
of war.
From the ltio de Janeiro papers, which we have
received to the 4th of April we learn that the Bra
zilian Government adheres to the proposition of the
United States to abolish privateering and to exempt
ail private property from seizure by ships of war.
It is officially announced that the Brazilian Go
vernment is ready t“ accept this as a new national
jurisprudence. The yellow fever was declining in
the harbor, but about twenty persons died each day
in the city of tiie disease.
The Arrest of U. S. Consul Jenkins.—The
telegraph has announced the a re3t of Jonathan S.
Jenkins, U. S. Consul to the Navigator Islands, on
a warrant issued on the oath of Aaron Yon Camp,
who formerly held the sane post. It appears that
in 1856 Von Camp, tbmr Consul, chartered the ves
sel Eudoms at Apia to carry some goods saved from
the wrecked ship Rambler, and owned iu Nan
tucket, Mass., to Valparaiso, whither he went. A
few days after he left Jenkins, the Consul appointed
to succeed him, arrived in Apia, seize I the goods
and sold them for $170,009, for which lie has never
accounted. This was done without authority from
the U. S. Government, and the arrest is made in or
der, if possible, to recover the money.
A Touching Scene in Court.—The Buffalo Ad
vertiser of Friday states that Dr. Beigler, convicted
of the seduction and murdevof a young woman, was
brought into court for sentence. Duriug these pro
ceedings the family of Dr. Beigler came into court
conisting of his wife a grown up son and daughter, a
little girl and a bright little boy, who laughed with
pleasure as he met his father. That laugh broke
down the sirong man, aud hardened as he has
to be heretofore, cold and heartless as he
waa under the eye of the mother of his victim, the
tears burst from his eyes at the magic of that bright,
cheerful smile. Ilia wife sat down and held his
hand, weeping quietly as the proceedings went on.
The prisoner, however, soon recovered himselt
and was again the unmoved, the icy being that he
seemed throughout. The prisoner is a man of wealth
and education, and enjoyed a large practice. He
was sentenced to the penitentiary for seven years.
The Squatter Sovereign , published aUAtchison,
in Kansas Territory, and heretofore 'known as an
uncompromising pro-slavery journal, has changed
hands, and is now a free State paper. The late
publishers, in their valedictory, say :
“We have repeatedly called upon the South for
aid, and our response has been a moneyless one.—
We weiw at last reduced to one of two alternatives
—to surrender upon advantageous terms or to be
carried by storm and our arms and equipments be
come the properties of war. \\ r e have chosen the
former, believing that no just reason existed why
we should longer expose ourselves as an emaciated
specimen of the ingratitude of the South.”
Messrs. R. Mcßratney, late of Ohio, and*S. C.
Pomeroy are the new edi ors. The same men have
purchased the town of Atchisofi.
The Ladies Cased in Brass.—Most of the
brass-mills in Connecticut are busy/preparing the
brass hoops which the ladies wear in their skirts.—
The YY r insted Herald says that the. new braes mill I
akfckymouth is engaged upon an order for 1,000 1
pounds of these strips of brass ; and that an average '
of7oo pounds daily is sent to New York by railroad.
The YY'aterbUry mills are also manufacturing braes '
hoops. The ladies say, however, that the steel 1
hoops are the best, as they do not bend or break so 1
easily as the brass ones.
Extraordinay Feat.—The Harrisburg (Pa.) J
7VcgrapA, of the 19th, saysTwo gentlemen ar
rived in this borough last evening, driving a fine
bay horse, with which they had made the trip be- '
tween here and Philadelphia, byway of Lancaster
and Columbia, a distance of about 104 miles, in 17£
! hours, having started from Philadelphia in the morn- 1
ing at o’clock and arrived hefre at 6 o’clock ex
actly. They fed twice on the journey. This, taking *
into consideration all the facte of the case, is one of
the greatest feats of travel we have heard of lately. (
Great Supply of Shad.—The Hudson (N. Y.) £
Star states that the fishermen in that vieinity are i
i now in the midst of an abundant shad harvest, and 1
are realizing an ample reward for their arduous la
bors. The “first run” were very small, and few \
in a net: those now caught are as large and beau- |
1 tiful as any ever offered in market. Two compa- i
j niee are “haufing” from five hundred to one thou
sand shad at a tide. ]
The iron horse now pursues his way without stop 1
1 or important deviation from a direct line from Ban
j gor, Maine, to Jefferscn City, Missouri, a distance
of a little over seventeen hundred miles—half as far j
; as to London, in three days! €
A Whale in the Gulf.—The Tarnpa (Florida) £
: Peninsular states, that on the 12th instant, a large
whale was seen from the deck of the Fashion. on 1
| her way from New Orl ,ans to Tampa. He “spout- ©
ed” or“blowed” four times in sight, exposing to \
view, each time, about sixty feet of body. i
Murder in Kansas.—We learn from the Leav
i eiiworth Journal the: Win. A r B. Goddard, formerly c
iof Aiacon, Ga., was shot dead on the 6th instant, by 8
James M Tatum, Sheriff o; Jefferson county. The '
Journal pronounces the deed a cold-blooded mur
der. Tatum had fled the country. i
I Reception of Gen. YVntker In Mew Orleans.
The intelligence that General Walker was on
> board the Empire City, which was expected to ar
rive at her tYharf, between five and six o’clock, on
s YYfoduesday evening last, caused an immense excite
-1 ment in New Orleans, aud about ten thousand citi-
I zens repaired to the wharves to awa t the arrival
[ of the steamer. She approached her landing about
t half past six, amid the salute of cannon and the
loud cheers of all assembled. As soon as she was
made fast to her moorings —indeed, before that was
. done—the air was ren: with cries for Gen. Walker.
Two or three jocose individuals on board-presented
5 themselves as mock generals, and were received
with derisive shouts. Suddenly there appeared on
the wheelhouse a spare, grave looking man. dressed
, in citizen’s attire. Calm as death he stood for a
> momeut, while the captain of the ship introduced
v him to the throng. There was no longer any doubt
t that the renowned Nicaraguan leader stood before
them, and cheer followed cheer until the General,
waving his hat, retired.
As soon as his feet touched the wharf he was lifted
in the arms of his followers, borne iu triumph to the
carriage awaiting him, and escorted to the Bt.
Charles Hotel. After addressing the multitude, and
thanking them in a soldier-like manner for their
v hearty welcome, he retired to his private apart
-3 meats, and was visiled by numbers of the most
prominent citizens.
3 The following statement of circumstances atiend
,j ing the evacuation of Rivas, were given by (ieneral
\Y t alker to the editor of the Times, at a personal
. interview, after his arrival at the hotel:
On the 25th of April Capt. Davis, of the United
'* States sloop-of war St. Marys, seut an officer to the
city to proffer to all the ladies a safe escort from the
e place. This was accepted, aud many of the most
0 useless of the men retired with them. The absence
of these men made him feel stronger, as some were
e disabled and others mere loafers. Ilia provisions
i wre not overabundant, and less mouths to feed
e whs also a consideration.
On the 30th Aprit Captain Dn\ is again sent to
him, informing him for the first time of the failure
of Colonel Lockridge, and adding that his cause in
Rivas was hopeiess, and it would be well for him to
take shelter on board ihe St. Marys. The General
was unwilling to listen to this counsel, but agreed
to let General llenningsen, and another of his offi
cers, have an interview with Captaiu Davis. They
returned to inform him that the Captain was pe
remptory in his tone, and had threatened to seize the
e Nicaraguan schooner Granada, if opposition to his
wishes were maintained.
Finding that he had an opponent to deal with that
u he had not counted on, the General had all his guns
disabled, much to the annoyance ot Capt. Davis,
aud leaving his sick and wounded to the care ot their
surgeons aud the protection of the American flag.
* lie iu company with his start’ of sixteen officers, pro
f needed, some mounted, some on foot to San Juan
7 d«l Sur, .■ distance of 20 miles. This was on the
evening of the first of May. The journey was ac
-1 complished in four hours aud soon after nightfall
they were received on board. The sloop bore them
to Panama, when Capt. Davis went on board the
Commodore’s ships. Letters of the General’s await
ing him here from friends lie was most anxious to
hear from were withheld from Lim, and the Comuic
dore led him plainly !o infer, that while the General
remained there, lie would De treated almost as a
prisoner. With his staff’he transferred himself to
the steamship Empire City, aud without any event
of noteen ihe way, reached this city.
Gen. Walker has evidently great faith in the Ni
* caraguan cause, and still secs victory before him.—
\ He tells us that his stay here will, in all probability,
be limited to three or four days, when he will leave
. for other sections of the country to advance the ob
jects for which hej labors. Our interview, which
. lasted some fifteen minutes, was to us of the most
pleasureable nature, and we parted from the Gane
ra! with the conviction that he possesses the calm
aud determined will necessary to conquer every ob
stacle that besets his path.
1 Attempt at Highway Robbery in Trout
County.—We learn from the Dispatch of yester
day, that an assault and attempt at highway rob
bery was made upon the person of Mr. Wm. Evans,
of La Grange, as he was returning home in a buggy.
Mr. Evans succeeded iu defending himself, aud the
robber made his escape, with several severe cuts
inflicted on his face and neck. •The robber was a
white man, disguised as a negro.
Boston Commerce.—There were in the port of
Boston, on Tuesday, the 26th ult., about one hun
dred and thirty ships and barks, with quite a large
fleet of brigs and schooners. Many vessels ar
rived on Saturday, briuging a vast quantity of mer
chandize from all parts of the world. Thirty five
ships are now on their passage from the East Indies
to that port, laden with the various products of those
regions. The receipts of foreign merchandize at
Boston, since the first of January, has averaged one
million of dollars per week.
Very Graphic.—The Home Journal makes the
following report of a stanza as pathetically sung by
a prima donna at a New York Concert. Those fa
miliar with the song of the “Old Arm Chair,” as
sung by Russell, may discover a slight resem
blance :
Hi 10-hove it, hi 10-hove it.
Aud who-oo sha-hall da-hare
To hoo chi-lii-hide me for 10-hoving
That o-ho-hold a-liarin i lia hair ?
Verdict against a Railroad.—Miss Stewart,
daughter of John Stewart, of Waterford, N. Y.
some time since was badly injured on the Washing
ton and Saratoga Railroad, by the cars being thown
from the track. The company (says the Statesman)
refusing to acknowledge any liability, a suit was
brought in the Supreme Court and tried at Ballston.
The jury found a verdict in favor of the plaintiff for
$4,000 and costs.
Successful Fight with a Panther.—The Olym
pia (Washington Territory) Pioneer tells a story of
a young and sinewy Scotch farmer, who, finding his
dog fighting with a six foot panther, with the disad
vantage on his side, went to his assistance aud gave
the panther some heavy kicks with his thick-soled
boots. The beast attacked him, and scratched and
bit him severely ; but he and the dog came off con
querors, the boots doing the principal execution.
Canada Public Debt. —Canada is getting very
heavily involved for the construction of railways.
At the present time the public debt amounts to
forty-nine millions of dollars, of which nineteen mil
lions are chargeable to public works, and twenty
one millions to railroads. Os the Grand Trunk
railroad 850 miles had been constructed up to the
beginning of the present year at a cost of £42,000,-
000, and to complete the remainder and build the
Victoria bridge at Montreal will require £4,600,000
more.
The Boston Post says, Gen. Scott has accepted the
escort to the Bunker Hill celebration, tendered him
by Col Duryea,of the National Guard. Quarters
have been secured at the Revere House, and the
steamer Plymouth Rock has been offered to convey
the regiment to Boston, via Stonington. They will
be received at Stonington by a torch light proces
sion, and it is expected the guns of Castle William
will do the honors as they leave New York harbor in
the Plymouth Reek.
Seneca Lake Frozen in May.—The Dundee
Record says Seneca Lake was frozen over last
week, with the thermometer hardly down to freez
ing point. This is the third year that the same phe
nomenon has occurred in May. It is well a 4 tested
by the oldest inhabitant that the lake was never
frozen over until the winter of 1855. Formerly the
coldest weather had no power to congeal its crystal
waters, now some unknown cause freezes its sur
face iu May.
The Atlantic and Pacific Canal.—A Wash
ington letter says :
The Navy Department has given instructions for
the immediate preparation of the U. 8. steamer
“Arctic,” now at New York, for duty in carrying
out the clause in the naval appropriation bill, ap
proved March 4, 1857, which authorizes the Secre
taries of the Navy and War to employ, under the
direction of the President, officers of the service to
make exploration and verification of previous sur
veys of a ship canal near the Isthmus of Darien, to
connect the Paeifiu and Atlantic oceans by the Atra
to andTurando rivers, provided the expense is not
more than $25,000. The officers of neither branch
of the service have yet been detailed for this duty.
Nashville Jockey Club Races.—Fourth day,
Friday, May 29. 1857. Sweepstakes for three year
olds ; SSOO entrance ; SSO forfeit. Mile h:ats. Six
entries—four paid forfeit.
Wm. Roundtree’s s. c.,by 3d Boston, dam Sal
ly Jones, by Leviathan 11
W. Garrick's a. f.. by imp. Albion, dam by
Ratler 2 2
Time, 1:48—1:55.
The filly was the favorite, and bets were freely
made on he , at long odds, some as high as twenty to
one. The result shows that the “knowing ones”
were wise only in their own conceit. The colt won
the race in two heats, taking the lead in each, and
maintaining it throughout. A large amount of the
rhino was dropped by the over confident rjagkers of
the filly. The day was fine and the attendance
large.— Patriot.
Spiritualism in an Economical Point of
View.—The Boston Herald relates the following as
the last exploit in the way'of spiritualism :
There is a man in this city who has not partaken
of any food for eleven days, and intends to five with
oct food for the future. He has recently married,
and himself and wife are spiritualists. lie sits at
the table and takes hold of her hands while she
does the eating.
Mr. D. Mixer, well known as tk9 accommoda
ting and gentlemanly proprietor of the Moultrie
House on Sulii van’s Island,announces that he is again
I proprietor for the accommodation of summer visi
tors. To those who may find it to their pleasure or
interest to visit this popular and pleasant summer
resort, we would say that the Moultrie House is
kept in a style equal to any in the South, and visi
tors may be assured of prompt attention and good
accommodations.
United States Frigate Minnesota is now at
anchor off the navy yard, Philadelphia, fully man
ned equipped, &c., and only awaits the Secretary
of the Navy's ordeis to start for Norfolk, where Mr.
Reed, the Minister to China, will go on board, and
will ptart about the Ist proximo for her destination.
She h°s now mounted 41 guns, and the officers, ma
rines and crew consist of 621 persons.
Queen Victoria was born on the 24th day of
May, 1819, and consequently last Sunday was her
38th birthday. The auspicious event was duly
celebrated last Sunday by her Majesty's faithful
subjects in New York. The British royal mail steam
ship Asia, Capt. Lotts, fired 21 guns, and the Brit
ish shipping in port were handsomely decorated with
flags in honor of the occasion.
Bishop Elliot Returned.—Out readers will
be gratified to learn that Bishop Elliot has returned
irom Havana, and that bis health has been much
improved by his visit to Cuba.
Pkicesto be Raiskij.— The first-class hotels in
New V ork are to raise their prices to $3 per day
They represent that $-.>.50 don’t pay expenses.
Large Strawberry. —Mr. G. A. B. Walker,
yesterday sent us another mammoth Strawberry.—
It measured 4j inches in circumference, and weigh
ed 180 grains We think this is a little larger than
any we have yet seen.
Ti.e New Cent Piece.—YY’e have been shown
by Mr. Plant of the Adams Express Company,
■several specimens of the new cent piece. It is a
very great improvement on the old copper cent, and
is a rather handsome coin.
Legal Matters in Albemarle. —Ib Albemarle j
county last week the Grand Jury made 363 pre
sentments. 323 of them being for retailing liquor i
without license, and 86 were against one man.
It is stated that Seneca lake was still frozen over 1
ast week.
Tmt Frcnch Armv tk the East.—The New
York Herald publishes She following very interest
ing extract from a letter written by Major Genera
1 Jesup, quarter-master general of the army of tin
United States, to a friend, or reading the expositioi
• by Marshall VmUant, the French Minister of War
of the administrative arrangements for the late wai
t m tue Last, and their results :
3 I SuT,* “P^t'Wmby^iHrs^aTvli'ihmt,
3 Sarmie^J the operations of tin
. Ilia to the conclusion oVpem-'e thwe aruf b ' U ' l<? 't* A1
, ly acted in violation of l „ unl'ity “™m dt"
, regard which is almost always fatal mi. ■ '
this .“Where there is an important fortress™ 1 *
1 attacked, and an army in the field to he fought tl
i army should be fought and beaten out of the fi,.;
x first . because the assailing araiv, no matter hot
superior in numerical force, if it attacks tl.© forties
first, may be so crippled as to fall an easy prey t
t the army in the field.
? The fcreuch, iu the personnel of their armory, au
in all the appliances oi their artilltry and ordoauct
• are greatly in advance of other nations ; but thee:
position ot Marshal Vaillaut shows that iu all thei
] administrative arrangements which relate to tl;
3 movement ami supply ot armies in the field, an
particularly in that which regards laud transport
tion, they are tar behind us. On examining thei
1 means ot transportation in the Crimea, as given b
r the marshal, 1 was surprised to find that for a lore
of three hundred ai d nine thousand men they en
ployed less than halt the number of animals, for a
t purposes, during the war, which we supplied f
draft and packing alone tor our army in Mexico
- “'at never exceeded forty-five thousand men. W
were able to go where we pleased, and to take a)
the appmuices of war with us. They, for the wan
1 ot thei means of transportation, were not able at ai
tune during the war to go twenty-five miles froii
1 ‘ ht3ir ships, and[operate a single we*k against tin
a Kussiau army in the field without starving. I lent
e la ®y had no alternative but to invest Sevastopol
t alicl ahort as were the liaes {here, Marshal Yaillan
e . w *« never entirely invested, bu
e l n |ol, Klrout the siege it received const cut reinforce
s *f,?,!f n ? fm^f, \ dBU (fF ließfrom Russian arim
i w . u hout. Had the allies possessed proper and sufli
hZS'JT?* °* transports >on, lhey could hav«
a b |!,= ; V” ta ‘ y S >ut ot ' t!;u Urimen, mill then, b?
e “!l L"? Sevast, 'l )nl b >- aud sea, the'?
a wllLout *““>« a gun, have forced it to capil
1 1 *‘° pe our country may never Imve occasion t.
go to war again i but the more closely ] look iuu
Fnr.n ’"* t!,e *';a(egio combinations o:
European armies the less 1 fear war. Thobe am,it,
' b AT e n , falr B,oek of Professional intelligence bu
if they have genius, 1 think it is genius hi its disco
r pitude.
Adulterated Liquors.— I The recent death of i
■ young man iu Brampton, Canada, from tasting tin
“essence of brandy,” with which he was manufac
r taring cognac, and the revelation of the fact tha
■ strychnine is largely used iu the manufacture u
, whiskey, has awakened some attention to the nut nr.
. of the drinks which are sold for pure spirits. Bran
• dy, gin, wine and whiskey are so adulterated the
( cotnpai-.lively little pure liquor can be pnrcliaset
. Most of the brandies are a mixture of diabolical ij
gredients, caustic enough to burn oak chips, to sa
’ nothing of the delicate tissues of the liftman bod;
I The Springfield Republican says:
i “No secret is made of this business. The dm
i dealers of New York advertise openly the eon
pounds by means of which the vile imitations i
spirituous liquors are made. A circular from cue (
these drug houses informs the world that brand
number one—tils best sort, we take it—is mad
of 'oil of braudy,’ a poisonous ether, oil i
bitter almonds, (as poisonous as prussic acid) etln
real wine, alcohol, sugar aud Malaga wine. No. i
Oil of brandy, acetic ether, tamarind.-., cherry juici
sugar, all colored with burnt sugar. No. 3. Oil t
brandy, ethereal oil, bitter almonds, elder flower,
aud tannin. No 4. Oil of braudy, acetic ether, o
peach and alcohol. Gin—Oil nugelied, oil ofjuni
per, rum, essence of lemon, salt, sirups, and water
if smokiness is required, add a few drops of rreosoti
add to make it biting upon the palate, add som
caustic potash. The circular advises manufacturer
to use ‘with discretion’ tamarinds, French plums
cherry juice, brown cherry, oak shavings, tinctur
of catechu, powdered charcoal, black tea, groum
rice and other ordinary materials, well known to dis
tillers aud rectifiers. VVe should advise drinkers t,
use these villainous mixtures with discretion—an<
throw them into the gutter.’’
The ndull el ation of liquors is carried on as largel;
abroad as in this country, and the custom-housi
brand is no guaranty of purity. Thousands of pipci
of raw spirits are annually exported from this couu
try to be returned in the shape of wine, braudy, St o.
which contains not a trace of grape juice.
Destrtctive Fire in Nashvu.i.k.— The exten
sive Iron Manufacturing Establishment, owned In
astock company in this city, and which Ims been
aevelal years in operation, was destroyed by fire on
Wednesday night. The establishment was situated
on Front street, South of Broad, and was the most
extensive iu the State. After many years of labo
rious effoit to establish itself, it had just begun 1
pay. and had at least $10,(100 worth of work on
imnd, and 120 mechanics constantly employed.
The fire is supposed to have been the work of an
incendiary. It was discovered in an obscure room
in the upper part of the building, used for storing
patterns, and on account of the highly eombuslihl.
material upon which the flames were fed, it was iin
possible to stay them, and they spread over the ex
ten ive area covered by the different departments
with astonishing rapidity.
The main loss, fortunately, falls on a large num
ber of individuals, stockhoideis, and of course will
not be so severely felt. It is estimated that the los;
to the company will not fall short of $1(10,(1110. Mam
individuals who had machinery in the works for re
pair have suffered heavily. Among others wc re
gret to learn J. W. F. Manning, Esq , loses übout
$1 ,500 in a planing machine, ami other tools; nno
Capt. A. L. Davits about SIOOO by the machinery o!
the steamer Simpson,, which was stored there.—
Several workmen, besides being thrown out of ein
ployment, will lose their tools to the amountof slOl
to $l5O each.
The loss by this fire is a groat public calamity. T<
the prosperity of such establishments must our ci? j
look for its own growth to a great extent, ami ii
view of the fact that this one was at the time doin*
a prosperous and profitable business, its destruction
will prove a great public loss and no little inconve
aienoe.
The company was insured to the amount of ss2
500,as follows: Tennessee Marine,slo,ooo ; yEtna
Hartford, $5,000, arid Farmers and Mechanics’,
Philadelphia, $5,000, both repiesented in this e,it>
by Joseph Nash. Esq.; (Junker City and Girard Ma
rioe, Philadelphia, each $5,0(10; and Provincial, To
ronto, C. W., $2,500. We trust the vucuuni create*
in our manufacturing interests by this calamity will
be* speedily tilled. The city can ill afford to b<
without the important advantages of such an estab
lishment. The site of the old works is otle of tie
best that could be selected in the city, and unde’
the proper kind of managemei t, capital invested in.
a similar enterprise here cannot tail to yield a profit
able dividend.— Banner , 29 th.
New York Beef. —The following extract from a
New York leiter discloses a degree of depravity
which is astounding :
All manner of villainy thrives, especially where
money is concerned, now-a-days, aud frequently ic
quarters where it is least anticipated. But tin
other day to find an obscure sausage-maker, per
haps never able to purchase more than half a dozen
inferior swine, engaged in the traffic of a dfreaseo
pig or a strong puppy was looked upon as something
remarkable. Now we arrest respectable biftchen
(so thought 1 for dealing inwhoje drove»of diseased
dead and dying cattle. Tim City Inspector has
during the last twelve months, caused the seizure ot
at least three hundred dead aud diseased oxen
cows and other animals, which would hive
beeu on sale iu the market? and stabs. Yes
terday a large number of cattle arrived on bourn
the “Western World,” from Albany, designed
for city consumption. The street leading to the
drove yard was literally blockaded with disabled
oxen, in a dying condition. Six of these anima 1
died duiing the morning and were immediately sent
out of the city limits. The balance, during the af
ternoon and night, were removed, it is aaid, by
butchers who do a respectable business in the city
Those not seized are now, doubtless, ou sale in f ho
markets and stalls.
Eloquent Passage. —The following beautiful
passage is from a lecture on “The Philosophy ot
Life,” delivered a short time since by Mr. Winter,
at Cambridge, Massachusetts. Mr. Winter is a
young man, not more than twenty years of age and
has already won a high reputation as a poet and
prose writer:
“For the greatest human intellects there is no ex
emption from the common doom. I have some
times thought how sad yet how sublime, must have
been the emotions of that man, whose privilege it
was to stand by the coffin of Shakspeare, and g»zt
on that sweet and noble face, when death had call
ed out all the strange beauty which forever liv«+
there. It was worth a life time to have stood there
one minute—to have laid your hand on that br*»a<
brow, and started at the cold chill, and, s© painting
to have called up in memory all the magnificent
creations of his genius, and worshipped him there
in the silence of gloom.”
But he is dead and gone;
At bis head a grass green turf,
At his heels a stone.
“So they all go. Man dEs, but nature is eternal
The seasons keep their appointed time ; day returns
with its golden splendor and night with its eloquent
mystery. The sain© stars which lit the ghastly bat
tie field of Troy—rough with the dead bodies of an
cient heroes, which shone on Ihe marble streets ol
imperial Rome, and on the sad eyes of Virgil, sleep
less in the living glow of inspiration—-the watch ffrei
of the angels, which, through centuries of devasta
tion and change, have stil burned on unceasingly—
speak to us as they did to Dante, and Shakspeare
and Milton, of the divine glory, the omnipotence
the everlasting beauty ! nd Jove of God! ’
Murder of Pratt, the Mormon Elder. —A
telegraphic despatch from St. Louis announces that
Pratt, the Mormon Elder, was killed ou the 14th
near Van Buren, Ark., by Hector Mann, whose
wife Pratt had seduced. The name of the avenger
is probably Hector 11. McLean, whose wife Pratt
ran off with from New Orleans, and who returned
from California to recover his children. The fol
lowing is a letter from McLean, after he had suc
ceeded iu capturing Pratt:
Fort Gibson, Cherokee Nation, May 7.
I have just arrived from a sore tramp, on which I
succeeded in coming up with Eleanor and the chil
dren, and have taken the children from her by force.
I have placed Eleanor in charge of the L\ S. Mar
shal, and have succeeded also in arresting Pratt,
who is now in the guard house of the fort. The U.
S. Marshall will start with his prisoner for Van Bu
ran to-morrow, and 1 will, by a different route, in
company of Captain Cabil aud lady, leave with the
children for the same place. I arrested Pratt aud
E. J. on a charge of larceny—in stealing the clo
thing on the children when kidnapped—ip value
eight or ten dollars. This is the only way I could
reach them in these Territoiies. When I fail be
fore the United States Coinmissk oars at Van Bu
ren, I mean to have Pr itt arrested for having lied
from justice from St. Louis, Mo,, and get a requisi
tion from the Governor of Missouri for him
H. H. McLean.
Western Land Speculation and Spectla
tors.—St. Paul’s, in Minnesota, is now the centre
of vast railroad and isnd and town-lot speculations.
Kansas is also thronged with land speculators. In
Chicago speculation is run mad. While the current
rate of interest is forty per cent, a year upon the
beat mortgages ou real estate iD the city, and while
the real <state in the city is already under morflga
ges to the amount of ninety millions, real estate,
town lots, and suburban lots are rising higher than
ever. A letter in the Dubuque Ilerald, written
from the Osage Land Office, lowa says :
“There are about two thousand persons in atten
dance on the land sales, and great competition ex
ists between speculators and the settlers. This com
petion has been carried to bidding sioi per acre
for the wild land. The settlers have held a meet
ing, and organized themselves into a club number
ing* seven hundred, and have determined that every
settler shall have the privilege of bidding off a
quarter section of land, in addition to one quarter
covered by pre-emption, at government price. At
tempts have beeu made to settle all difficulties on
this basis by the settlers fur ishing names of per
sons who are bidd rs ; but this had not been done
up to the time the informant left As a consequence
very few tracts of land were sold. ’
Looking Guilty.—Nothing can be more absurd
than the idea that “looking guilty’’ proves guilt. An
honest man charged with crime is ufuch more hkely
to blush at the accusation thpn the real offender,
who is generally prepared for the event, aud has , ,
his face “ready made for the occasion, ahe _ {
very thought of being suspect* i of anything■ crimi
nal w ill bring the blood to an innocent man s
cheek*, in nine cases out of ten. The most “guilty
looking’’ person we‘ever saw, was a man arrested*
for stealing a horse—which turned out to be his ,
£>wn property. ‘
Faroey Parker Pratt Killed.—lhe Van
Buren (Ark.) Intelligencer,of ti t L t», contains the
tollowing account ot one of the m#»st r markable in
stances of desertion, infatuation and crimpy termi
nating in the death of the party inostguihy, that we
have ever met with :
Tragical.—lt is with regret (hat we have to
chronicle the homicide, committed in our vicinity on
\V dmsday last, by Mr. Hector IJ. Mo Lean, late of
San Francisco, California, upon the person of a
Mormon preac her. More than ai : do we deplore the
melancholy affair that led to its connnis. im. Tho
name win Pm ley Parker Pr*t fc ,
was a man of note among t. e Mormons, nod judg
ing from hi 3 diary and Ins Jet ers to Mrs M(Learn
he was a man of more than ordinary intelligence
Ojui ability. He had beeu a preacher aud missiona
ry of the Mormons at San Francisco, California,
where he made the acquaintance of Mrs. McLean,
wi.-ini he induced to ei ibrace the Mom on faith.
She was at Hat time living with her Imab nd,
Hector 11. McLean ; they v. ; happvnnd pivg
perous until she made the :*i qiainta couf Platband
’ nbiaeclthe M.rmon faith. She is the mother of
afi.'i- sbe bs ame no V. , ? ‘ ’ \
iu uioi.\tri to idcriiiMM m. she
naffe an attempt to aiMuol uvoof l . rululilmi to
t tab, but waadetected n..i „ i.,' I, r ton
ucr, who was then in CahlUrnia, ~.t „ v iii,
iiis brother-in-law. Mr. MeU-au. She so,.l,“after
towevvr, found meaus to el*»ne wit* .t i
Salt Lake, where it is said she becam! \ th
wife.
, After the elqpemcnt of Mrs. McLean, bo narents
wiio reside in*ar New Orleans, wrote io Kir jilt?:
Lean, in California, to send tho ehiklren n, them'
lie did so. Soveral months niter th'. Mi Mi L-mi
eooive-’ news that 1 is wife had b. on to her mther
in New Orleans, and el.qn <1 with the two youngest
hiidreii. He immediately left, Sun Fraueisoo for"
Mew (Irleans, and on arriving at the in ns- of his
t itber iu-luw, ho learned from tin in that Mrs. Mo-
Leun liml been there, and alter uti ii effectual effort
nu'OU\*eit her father and mother to Sloimonism
-he pretended to abandon it herself, an . so tar oh’,
milled tin? eonfidcuee of her pan id-, as to induce
hem loentrn t In r in theinlv of New O 1.-at’s with
the children; but they roo tound -he had betray
ed their confidence and < !,.pi d w. h the ei 1, ten.
They then wrote to MoLean •
who upon tlie receipt of th; ir h ttrt', went to New
Orleans, and learning , i m
relation to m chib .
suit of his children. 110 lv.-nt to New Y. ik, and
lien to St. Louis. While iu St. Louis he learned
bat the woman and cfflldreff wer< in Hoi ton, Tex
ts. On his arrival in Houston, he f..i,ait that I,is wife
bad left some time bi lore hi- arrival, to join a
hirge parly of Mormons eh -ante for I’tali. Ilett eu
returned to New Oiletins and from there to Fort
trillion,in the Cherokee nation, with the oxpeem-
Lonot intercepting his wife and children at that
pomt.
On arriving at Fort Qihaou, and while there, I e
toiimi tjdteis in the post iliee to ti; ■ iii* ii ( ?m I’ratl,
s *mA of which were mailed at F.. Lou » amt otlu-ra
it Mint i’ost Office, Cherokee Nation We ,iv « u .
able to give tho eontc.ils of tin letters wdh par
•icutanty, but they contain!d 'he fact that McLean
" I ? en the h','lc-\,ui . dren: and
i at they were betrayed by the so stat. s and gen-
Ik'S, and ailVi; mg her to be emui, „.in I- , move
neu's, and not to let hers; Ii 1,. , t„ a few
* ' M,l ‘ «» «••<’>* Mpoil alii
, ' ' , m Hio
1 ■" ' .. ' .la ir
.hornimdsL^lrLi^'lV'w^b;;^,^
„ ' !° l . 1111 > ,UH } ester a*i exaiuinniion before
the Commissioner, were-d sehnrired
Pratt, as soon as released, m mnt 'd hi.-. lioise and
efttlie city. McLean soon alter obtained a loive
and atari; d ni pursuit, and overtook l'ratt about
Jigut miles from the city and shut him Pn-ttdicd
m about two hears after receiving the wound. This
■sa plain narrative ot the fa-Us a* wo heard then,
Jrc-m the most reliable sources, which we .rive lot ur
readers without comment, as we feel turn we are
unable to do so with justice to,ill pin lies. l!„t deep.
iy do ve sympathi e wiili Mi Lean in the uufoitu
liute . onditiou in «Inch Mormon villainy and fanati
•ism has placed him.
Upsets gs Pulpit Gkavitv.—Many good sto
ries of this character are told, but tho following,
from the Baltimore Methodist Protestant, arc among
• lie most amusing we have \ < cn :
A minister wa# preaching to a large congregation
in one of the Southern St it? s. oil the certainly of a
future judgment. In the gallery eat a loloied girl
with a white child in her arms, which sic was
dancing up and down with a commendable effort to
uake the baby observe theproprictic i of tho place.
I’lio preacher was so much inter, .-!cd in hi.; , id ject
is not to notice the occasional noi,;.; cf ih, inlaid
and, at tho rigid, point of liis discourse, threw hiinst if
Clio nil interesting attitude, as though In; had sud
•lenly.heard the first note of the trniiip of doi m, and
I , king towards that part id’ the clntr-h when the
?irl with tbebnby in her arms was sitting, he n-ked
in a ioiv deep voice :
“What is that Pbear V\
Before > e recovered lronrthe oratorical pause so
>lB to answer ilia own question, the colmed girl rc
rponded in a mortified tone of voice, bur loud
■cough to catch the ear of tile entire oongrega
rion :
■‘l don’ no, sa ; I spec it is dis here dale; but, in
deed, sa I has been a doin’ all 1 could tc keep him
from ’sturbiu’ yon.”
It is easy to imagine ti nt this unexpected re
joinder toot; the tragic out. of the preacher, in the
very shortest tiijie imaginable, and that the soiein
uiiy of that judgment day sermon wus not a little
diminished by tho event.*
Another instance, equally confounding to the min
ister, happened, we believe, in Richmond, Yhginia.
I large congregation laid assembled to hear a
stranger ot some notoriety. Soon alter he laid in
rodueed his sul jeet, the i yof “ Fire ! fire 11 in the
street, very much disimjj, ,t the <suign gatii n, and
many were about to retire, when an elderly broth, r
rose and i aid :
“If the congregation will be composed, I viSil step
'Ut uml sec it tliere is any fire near, and rep ,rt.’’
The cougregatien liccnuie composed, ant the min
ister proceeded Taking advantage i f the occur
renefe, he called attention to a (ire that would con
‘linio tiie world—afire lli.-il wou'd bum in the li.kn
that is bottomless and had just coneliuted »i sen
cnee of terrible import, and not without manifest
'inpressinn on liis audit lice, ?; lieu a voice I,m ihe
'tiler emlot the church, a.? if in ll it denial of all he
raid, bawled out:
“ It's a false alarm /”
The effect was ludicn us in the extreme. The
dd man had returned ; but his inopportune response
'oiled the force of the eloquent nppral from the
;| ilpiL, and even the preacher o. uld resroo refrain
nun joining in the universal smile that passed over
'ho congregation.
iicv. Sir. S., was preaching in ouo of the Metho
dist Episcopal Churches in tiiis ciiy, m.d there was
in -attendance a good Method sf brother, very much
siven to responses. Sometimes thoro responses
wore not exactly appropriate, but they wore always
Well mean. The preacher, usu'.l y lucid, wi s
rather perplexed and felt it himself. lie labored
through liis fir d pari, and 111 ii anid :
“Brethren, I have now leached tho conclusion of
my first point.”
“Thank God!” piously ejaculated the old man,
who sat before him, profoundly interested. The
unexpc ted response, and the suggestive power of
it, so contused tho preacher that i’ van with difficul
ty ho could, rally himself to a continuance of ibis dis
course.
Yellow Fk' er in Havana..— Tho Havana oor-
ot the Charleston (Juurier Bays j
“ Yellow Jack,” instead of pnunciug in upon uhhhi
heretofore without any ceremony, hi
>een hi non d with a reg It • itr due 1 i< n, a » *.; > • . h
• barque Ironi St. Tin-iikis doing the honor.- upon the
h iCcfuiwi. We,however, (although we did not ex
tend a hearty welcome to ~ur visitor) did not actus
. unwisely as do certain cities I <• »u!d name in the
United States v. here thi tis i indig n< ub
he in in Havana, place i.iin at a low unhealthy spot,
away from those comforts and attentions which are
sure to conquer him, but on the very co ntrary we
I placed his victims i!i our very best hospital, where
happily there .were but Jew pat'.cm; Is, and where in
, tonsequencc the skill and eunetant'attention of the
1 anhave, up i<> the latest accounts i hi
: oeived, succe dial in preventing I 'hi • giving the death
*rip.tolhe halfdozen poor fellows wlio on their arri
val here v ere 100 l ed upo i a • pa •
' have done this because we know from oxperieucp
that yellow fcv'T is ncillii r contagiouß nor iiheotious,
wud under ordinary oil unstauces o ei fly con
luejjed nd cun
certain of t.he skilled phyidcians >f the United States
ilank differently, but , M, them dwell in Cuba as long
as 1 have done, and 1 fed confident thoy will think
with me upon_ this subject. I am happy to env,
with exception of the four or live cases now* in
the hospital which came here in the British barque,
’hat up to this hour there has not bi en this seosou
any yellow fever or other epidemic disease preva
ent in this city.
Breadbtuffs at Chicago. —The Chicago Times
of Wednesday gives the following summary of re
ceipts of Infeadstufts at that port:
The total amount shipped since the opening ot
navigation has been 18,64 > barrels flour, 61 (>,608
bushels of wheat, 526,576 bushels corn, and 45.387
mahels oats, or a total equivalent to ove a million
bushels of grain, to wit: 1,231,731 bushels.
A Mysterious Cask —The Louisville Democrat
says that a negro man at Cedar Branch, some eight
miles below Leavenworth, on the Ohio, while out in
a skiff the ofber day discovered what be supposed
was a barrel of beef floating in the river, lie pull
ed hid skiff to the prize and towed it ashore, when
becoming impatient to inspect his prize, he knock
ed one bead of the barrel in with his oar, which re
vealed a sight that made him recoil with horror.—
Hie cask contained the body of a man with h s
fiend cleft in two from the ciown to the neck. r l he
body was stark naked, and had evidently been thus
entonibed Imt a few days.
Decided Against ©over‘..•tent.—.'The case of
the Waited States against tin* City Bank of Colum
bus. Ohio, involving the sum ot $ 100,000, which it
was ciuimed the bunk agreed to transmit from
New York to New Orlean for government, while
I lon. Thomas Corwin was Secretary'of the Treasu
ry, but which was alleged to have b-*er. used by the
Columbus Insurance Company, tv as tried in the
United States Court at Cincinnati, last week, and
resulted In a verdict in favor of the hank against
the government. This waft the third trial <>f the
case, the juries on the two former triuls having disa
greed.
Death from the Bite of a Spider—A large
framed, muscular man. thirty years of age, named
II irthsou, ot Newton Upper Kails, was awakened
last Saturday morning by a stinging pain just above
Ins right elbow, *adiating from a small red spot. On
searching the bed a small black spider wu disc >ver
ed where his arm .had rested. The swelling rapidly
extended down the'arrn during the day; on Sunday
he vomited nearly all day ; on Monday lie was
seized with pain in his Wwel.%.which continued with
frigthful severity until he did, at 5 o’clock.— Walt ham
Sentinel.
A F FISC'S ION TO the Bishops —Three distin
guished Bishops of the Methodist Church South have
suffered sey re afflictions in the Isst lew days. Un
der our obituary head will be found the announce
ment of the demise of the wife of our venerated
fellow citizen, Bishop Soule. In another pLoe we
announce the death of Bishop Early; and we learn
i hat Bishop Andrew has in the Inst few days buried
a daughter. Truly the leaders of the Church are in
severe aftliction. —Nashville Ba/tnir.
“Suspicious Vessel.—The mystery with which
gome imaginative itomizer lias enveloped the
movements of the brig Mary Cobb is, we presume,
easily explained by the fact that the brig took a load
of granite from an Eastern port for ti e Capitol at
Washington .and has beep, tor several days since
she discharged her cargo, waiting to tske in wood
for the port whence she sailed. Meantime a gang
of caulKer3*jiave been innocently pursuing their
avocation a* • filling up the chinks hence those
awful heavy hammering daily heard on
board.— BaH. Patriot.
The Bn J&wick Murder — We understand that
Moore, vtlcMuded the proprietor of the Oglethorpe
House at Brunswick some two weeks ago, hasi re
tained II. Stephens, Messrs. Ward at
Owens, of tm* city, and T. T. Long. Esq . of Bruns
wick, as bidjounHcl. We further learn that he in
tends to plutßl insanity in defence.
A GROL.fi) FOB Acoi'iTTAr..— .laine s A”Trgton,
w1... killed jfcuDsjTun,bull, a .'hi?lte tTrm
if 5 r r ,k.i n county,
not to be conscious ol what he was
d 7!l Hrairv.i.r. Mlbdkb.--The New York Sun
day Mercury. reitenitex its statem- ut of last week,
that the BuVdell murder was peroetrateu by two
assassins, who entered the house by a back.win-
H ow and averts that evidence thereof will be f >rth
cmnrng. The motive was revenge on the part of
one of the patties, and an “ honorable one.”
A Had i■ j I — —-The school master having again
absented hiinseif trom Coflee county, Alabama, and
a sjvereign ottbat commonwealth, having business
with the Treasury Department of the United States
threw himself on his own resources and thus super
scribed his letter :
“oneraubul how Well cob,
•Von night K D Stats Treaaer.”
“How many deaths ?” asked the hospital phvsi
cian. “Nine." “Why, I ordered medicine for ten ”
“Yes, but one would not take it,”