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AT AUGUSTA.
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NOTICE.
I HilNfi and. ii'i.it - to (towel. I new offer mv FARM,
I) i,. (ll.atto. iraeminly.Ga.. for sale Said Farm is
local, and in Dirt Town Valley, on tbe roa.l leading from
Home to Dalton, Is miles frmii the former place, oontain-
Inst hi HI aeies. mere or less —RSCeleared and in a line state
ofroltivation ; well watered, with pood Peaeh, Apple
and Plum Orchards Fair improvements I need not
say any thmp as to the health of said place, as 1 have Dot
had I” eat] In my family physio,an for more than l years.
A-no olio Is exported to buy without looking, a more
detailed are..nut Is considered unneees ary !f 1 ran
sell hi lime to remove this fall, I will sell u.e best bar
gain in the State, all things eonsidered. Any further iu
formation ran ho had by addressing
sepb’-wdm J. 11. CRIM.
DESIRABLE SUMMER KESIOENOE FOB
SALE
riUIU place known as Konnelwort \ about 7 mtlca
I from An- n la, near Mrs O. S. Walker’s reside i
containing 25!) n rex, mostly in woods, on which thou is
agood framed House and other oat buildings, with a
few acres under fence, and a saperh i ,->i rng el water
Price ft,.00 Apply LI. N 1 I tUGAS,
sepir. dltiwlm Trustee
OOPriH MINE AND TEAT HUM FOB
BAI.B.
iOTIIF LAM) No. ti1.,7.1. F,,i k. •, a COPPER
i MINE and a tract of LAND iu Columbia county
hall a mile from the Georg a liai.osd outaining DU
acres, (anil Than es adjoining win.'... übt purchased,
required i two and a half miles froi. lien .list, and about
the .am, dhdancc from Raw Dost, ) non , cleared aud
iiu.lei good f. uee The land ijearu.’ . mi. bosh iatm
iug land, and Oil the tract is a.l.ndyoi iiist rate Swamp
I .and and valuable for cultivation. There is cn the
place a Mitt seat and Darn, and a good stream of water,
and a Erne Brake under fence sufficient to w inter in
head of cattle, tin the place Is a due Peach orchard, a
rood Dwelling, Kitchen, Stable, and other outbous.s.
For tortus and further particulars, apply to Mr JOHN
M DIXON, ell the premises, or to
I.KON P. DUGAS, Trustee,
so pi. Ad IA w lui Augusta, Os.
NOTtOE.
\l I. persons having claims on the e date of John 11.
Williamson, late of Newton e,,0 ty wil pr -so t
them in due time . anti thone uidebt t tho tato w
he given. Call on
WM. D. OCN V - Ki r, >r
WILLIAM W JLARK.Att y
September 15. 1857.
DROFSY CURED.
r I Ml E uiulorßigneU pri‘Hst*g to cure Dropsy of every
I ,1. . ripti.m He ku boon sift'cesHful iu tbe treat
meat of this diseai,r thirty •years. He .an be seen
oorsoually live miles south ofLnion Point, or a.i.lii sod
by letter o- that oftiee. T 1 . Jnedu ine can be sent auy
wbereby H*llixal, with direction.; fry taking it- or 1
will attend per -nally. if requited, and pni-l for my
trouble. I will buy .Negro, flirted with Dropsy, or
knownV .l. ‘ torctiiru* when* cured ; by my remedy.
.Satisfactory references given, if dosirtfd
MILES ll BROOME.
Union Pointy Qa, July U*sl. * Jyll wtJal
WOODLAWN TOR SALE.
IHIK tittbscriber, desirous of uioviug West, offe-s for
sale, Woodlaern. formerly tbe residence oftho Hon.
Win. H t’rav% ford, deceased, lying on the Athens Branch
of tbe (Jeorgia Railroad, in \ . of the Lexington De
pot—said place containing *JO6I acres of Land, with a
handsome Residence, ami ail uocoan&ry oat-buildings—
all iu gn>d repair Also, a very cboiiv selection of
Fruits of all desi ripti. ns. There i.- a fair pniH>rtion of
timbered ami bottom land ou the place. Terms easy,
jy W wtOl 8H ELT()N OLIVER.
ALABAMA PLANTATION FOR SALE
riMli: •is: •i signed o tiers for sate h.> valuabb- I’I.AN
-1 TAT ION, situated in the county ol Macon, U
miles from Montgomery aud West Point Railroad. 7
miles of T.tskeegee, on I houpce creek, containing 1 600
acres of Land—7lX) of which is in a tine state of cultiva
tion. These lands are well w atertM. and duel y timbered;
healthy, and produces Cotton an l Cora equal to any
lands of this sect ion. On the premises isos is a large
Dwelling Houm*. with good U in and Screw, and all ne
cessary building* For further particulars, inquire of
H. 11 ARMSTRONG, Notasnlga, Ala, or tbe under
signed ou the premLcs PETER DRISJLILL
FOR SALE,
T !.'■: an-!.*:-.gn.-.i, b< i
1 ofefs at p - vate sale, all his REAL ESTATE iu
the own of W arrenton, Warren county. lia . consiating
Poaeatou will b given at any time, to suit the par
ohater GEORGE L. BOj>Hliß.
Warrenton. Oa. June 5. 18.V>, jo7 wtf
FOR SALE,
a PI. \NTATION
- . •
llTe plat c-w. and 40 feet Paiu . Kitchen. Smoke House,
two story Cotton llonse, Gin House, and other buildings,
are on the premises, with a Well of g. od water ; a uue
range tvr llogs aud Cattle; Fish and Oysters couvcuieut
iu large abundance. A more healthy, pleasant location
ticnlars can be obtatnndby application to the subscriber
at Savannah V. WOOLLEY.
COLEMAN HOUSE
BY LANIER A KADY,
KItOXVILLK, TISn.
riIHK anderta gaed having taken charge of this large ,
| aud c tinivKiieas Hou>e. t> t.kVlfaUy s. . cit and
hope to merit a!; berai ah are cf paUnngn. The bouse is
furnished in the moat thorough aud r. leru sty ie. w ah a
view to cnoveuience and comfort It is situated in the
hear: of the city, convenient to a: i the bo&ineee, and on
the principal street An omnibus is always in readinesi j
val and departure of the cars The Stage for Mont vale i
Springs arrira and dr market j
afford-, and no pains will be to render guesia
•omtortable SAMPSON LANIER,
July 19. 1856. Ijygbtf 1 JOHN EADY.
K. KtiRDiH. WA B. FRJLKCISCO.
BEARDEN A FRANCISCO,
■ xBODI C I! MERCHANTS,
J Macon. Ga ,v . - . Comn: ;ou. Bacon. Lanl.
Flour, Cot*:. Oau, Feathera, and Tonne-see Produce
Merchants and of Kn xv iiie M- .rgan A Cq,
Jo. Bdwards. Janie C. Litu U. Comptroller. Nashville ;
Richard H. Campbell. Ben than-.or a tk J a M.
French. Chaiiai. -ga i’ J- Campl'cll. Cleveland; RC.
JaekAomAtheus. Merchauu- of Easd Tennc*se generally.
WANTED.
A WHO KR wmaU-d to take charge of the Weaving
A Trior :,-:-rv CLat: ija A man
S-itli family pr, f,, r. and N nc need a; iiy ot good
mural character and a competent \\ caver.
4i A P ALLGOOD Agent.
N U ‘- S -lorak..,.NAn-S;
100 dozen Blue RI CKETS ;
50 ** BROOMS.
For sale low by KOLB A PHIXIZY
sepS
\M> HI P.
Ssbh<U pure -weet Cuba MOI.A-SSES .
’ 50bbis. c ... ce >ugar House SVKIT.
ForMlaLroduraJ pnirn I r J AKIfiL ~ WIL (X>X.
If 200 bale- very Heavy Gunny
-hjO lulls Patched
For sale low by DANIEL II WILCOX
f*yc
(Eftronidt &
I t’ROPEAX I NTE I. LICENCE.
KY THL CANADA.
STiGi r Fheathin’ Riuts at Belfabt.—The
town of Belfast was the scene of a Ferir.ua riot be
• \ i • Koiii iii Catholic* arid the Orangemen,
; ‘-d by the f reet preaching of h Presbyterian
clergymai. named Jlaiiria. The riot act was read
arid the mob fired on by tbe constabulary. The con
duct of the local authorities haa been ntrongly cou
detjsned. and the Lord Lieutenant haa iseued a coin
mi-'iou to inquire into all the circmnatancee and re
; ort wji i; them. The Irij?h executive haa deter
mined on the adoption of the mot rigorous meaa
nrei* to prevent these unseemly display**
The Northern W r hiff the following details:
Tii'-rehg.ooa rival- wLo lake an iatereet in B’.reet
preaci ng reaumed tueir riotingoccnpatirm Sunday,
rhe K-piscepal Board ot Mienona having withdrawn
from the conflict, some hope was efitertained t ;at
an end would be put to these discreditable distur
‘ i • . but. tic <:i- iission at the Presby
t*iy. on Tuesday last, afforded tae stronger evi
dence that the open air religious services would be
continued, and that, consequently, there would be
the usual scenes of rioting. The Bev. Hugh Han
: .. m lister of the Berry street Presbyterian con*
gregatioa, having announced h*s intention to preach
at the Harbor f>flice, immediate preparations were
made by the opposition factions to celebrate the oc
i a-, iu The Orange party held a meeting on Sat
urday evening, at which it was resolved that a
strong force of the body should be assembled on
Sunday, for the purpose of supporting the reverend
gentleman, and that they should go to the place of
meeting properly armed to meet their opponents.—
On t! e other hand, the K ■man Catholics were
• qaaily active, and published a placard ou the sub
j*-ct of the open air services calculated to bring to
gether those antagonistic to these demonstrations.
The Roman Catholic clergy used every effort to
counteract the influence of liiis latter document.—
Freni several of the chapels of the town a strong
admonition was given to the hearers against inter
fering with >lr. Hanna, or any othe party who
might, attempt open air preaching; but ail advices
• f this character were, on both sides, completely uu
attended to.
About thr-e o’clock on Sunday all the approa
ehen-o tl * Ci:. tom House and Harbor Office were
crowded with people, lh*i majority of whom ap
peared to belong to a respectable class of life, ap
parent ly brought together more from a desire to be
spectators of the row than to take any part in it.
I K- man Catholics congregated about the Cus
tom House, where they appeared to understand
tin- -,-rv (■•'.*< would be. as formerly, resumed. Os
this body there were 500 or 000 assembled, all of
whom belonged to the lowest orders of their com
tom..on. About ten minutes after four the Rev.
Mr. Hanna made his appearance. A hymn was
ruing, afterwards a short prayer, and then began
he t mon At. this time the appearance of Corpora
i *.j quare was most singular. Mr. Hanna, in the
opening part of his discourse, disclaimed all inten
tion of offending the religious opinions of those pre
cut, but. expressed his determination, should it
co-t him his life, to preach to the people. In the
inici.d of the reverend gentleman’s sermon the first
- eriou.ii disturbance broke out. The Roman Catho
lic, party at the Custom House, apparently having
iiemd of what was going on at |tbc Harbor Office,
made an attempt to enter on the scene by way cf
Ooi i gall Quay, lleie they were met by the Orange
party, who, bludgeon in hand, immediately drove
them back to their former position. Serious perso
nal injury was sustained in 1 his attack. Duringthe
half hour following the opening of Mr. Hanna s dis
course, repeated attacks and assaults took place in
Corporation square. During this time Mr.Hanna s
sermon was going on. Mr. Hanna's sermon and
par)ur lasted for thirty-live minutes. At its con
clusion, the excitement was very considerable.
Ninety of the constabulary with a largo body of the
police , were then in Corporation square, but this
force was completely inadequate to meet the serious
crisis of the moment. About the time Mr. Hanna
had completed his sermon, two companies of in
fantry, aud a troop of hussars, made their appear-
The troops were drawn up in sections crossing
Corpora*ion street and the other entrances to the
II arbor ( Mliee, and at this time there was every evi
• lei- e that the peace of the town would for the night
remain undisturbed But u policeman here rode
into the square, and informed Mr. Hunt, resident
iiKu-is.; ate, that “there was murder going on at, the
Custom House,” upon lnch the hussars were di
rected to charge down Donegal) Quay. This they
did with considerable rapidity, followed by a com
pany of infantry. As usual, however, when they
arrived at the Custom House, the disturbance had
pas • and away—stones had been thrown and heads
broken, but the military arrived when all the da
mage was effected. In the meantime the crowd at
t h“ Harbor Office had separated —the Orangemen
having accompanied Mr. Hanna a part of his way
lioni.-, while others remained to chastise such of
the If nian Catholics as continued spectators of the
proceedings. This they did enthusiastically—one
unfortunate having his head cut in several parts,
while a woman who attempted to protect him re
ceived serious injury. In tact, after five o’clock
both parties did all in their power to maltreat each
other—the individual assaults being innumerable
and the loss of blood immense.
The Roman Catholic party retired to the Pound,
and the ship carpenters and their allies to Sandy
row and it* neighborhood. The former, in their
progn h, attacked a young man in the employment
of Messrs Lindsay, of Donegall place, broke his fin
gers, blackened his face, and cut his head. When
she belligerents arrived at the Pound, rioting seri
ously began. Shots were fired by both parties con
t inuuu-ly, in the course of which a young girl was
seriously injured. In Durham street the struggle
was tt irifh It was a brutal hand to-hand fight, in
Ihe midst of which tbe police were obliged to retire
into their premises for security. It whs then evi
dent that the authorities must adopt extreme inea
sures. Both parties were excited to the utmost ex
tent, and, the riot act having been read, the police
were directed to load with ball cartridge. An inti
mation of this w'hs given to the crowd, but they con
tinued to throw volleys of stones at each other, and
especially ou the constabulary. Asa last resort,
the magistrates directed the police to fire oil the
crowd, and fortunately this they did without any
deadly effect. We have learned that two persons
have been wounded. This demonstration on the
part of the police had the effect of restoring some
thing like peace i-i the neighbcrhood of Sandy row
and Barrat lc street. The crowds gradually dis
p... ied, and during the remainder of the night there
was little excitement. Several prisoners were ta
ken.
On Monday the angry feeling of the previous day
continued. After eight o’clock in the evening shota
were repeatedly fired from houses in the immediate
neighborhood of Sandy-row, and in Barrack street
several of the Orange party were attacked and
severely beaten by their opponents. On the Falla
road there were c sverel of these combats. Fortu
nately the rioting was shortly afterwards discon
tinued.
After the terrible scenes of Sunday, the Rev. Mr.
M Hwainu addressed his congregation, then a very
thin one, in t lie evening, on the subject of open air
preaching, and announced his intentiou of appear
ing, in his professional occupation, out of doors, on
that day week. This, of course, will prepare all
parties for resuming the conflict next Sunday.
West C"ast ok Africa.—ller Majesty’s steam
*>r Prometheus, Comn ander Hope, has arrived al
Spit head from the coast o. Africa. Her dates arc
n follows: St. Paulde Lcando, July 1J; Ambriz,
July l‘J; Lagos, July ”1 ; Sierra Leone. August 13;
Mcdeira, August Jl. She brings no political news
of moment, all being quiet along the coast. The
Antelope had taken a brigantine oil’ Whydar with
70 slaves on board and in the act of shipping more
at the time of capture. A great number of vessels
fully equipped so the slave trade are cruising off the
coast, evidently waiting a chance to ship their car
goes, but under American colors. On April Ifith,
as the Prometheus was on her passage from Lagos to
St. Thomas’, she fell in and captured the Adams
Oray, a fine new brigantine, under Spanish colors
and‘no papers, wit h specie to Hie amount of C 1,380
sterling concealed on board, intended for the pur
chase of slaves. She was condemned a lawful prize
to the Prometheus in the Vice Admiralty Court at
Sierra Leone on the I Sth of May, and is considered
the richest prize ever brought into that port. The
Prometheus lias been remarkably healthy during the
whole time of her commission.
Austrian Oi traok. in Paoua.—Th“ correspon
dent ot the Italia del Popolo says : —Oh the ‘J*Ja of
August a sad affair, caused bv the rudeness which
chaiaiTerizes the Austrian officials, took place at
Padua. A voting student was talking to his be
trothed on the public promenade, when a German
official, attracted by the beauty of the latter, fol
lowed her, and not satisfied with impudently staring
her in tbe face, went so tar as to insult her by an in
decentact. The student replied by striking the
man on the cheek The officer thereupon drew his
sword and wounded the student in the hand. The
bystanders rushed upon the officer, to assist whom
some other officers came up. A terrible scuffle took
place between the officers and the students of the
city, which continued for some time, and resulted in
the death of seven t fficers. Many others were
wounded. The loss on the side of the students is
not known. Numerous arrests have taken place,
and several others have tied to Switzerland and
Piedmont.
Franck.' —The Emperor of the French has been
busy during the week in fighting with an imagina
ry enemy in his camp at Chalons. He was so en
gaged on Monday, commanding the field iu person,
ai dit is needless to say, routed the foe. The
fare sumptuously at Chalons, have rations of
w;• • daily, and lead a highly exciting life. Ama
. the it ading officera o the
army p-av the principal parts, have diversified the
enttr.aiimu nts. Tbe Emperor honored the first
dramatic representation with his presence. Tbe
su; cri,*r officers of the army dine daily with Ins
Majesty, and whist parties follow ; but the festivi
. t j ch >c early, so that the Emperor may be stirring
a ...tu eou the morrow. The rumor prevails
tha* die Prince Consort of England will pay a visit
to Louis Napoleon before the camp breaks up, aud
the middle of the present mouth is named as the
time of his departure.
Fun her by the Jurn.
$; John .N. it.. Sept. 25.—'The following addi
tior.ai nr wf trom India, is made up from the mails
received by the Jura, to the loth inst :
Th> Ml tint is India. —General Havelock was
at Lucknow on the 30th July.
1:. - rcc reginuuts that mutinied, were dispers
ed bv tbe tenth regiment.
C a cutta and Hyderabad were quiet on the 14th
| 1. . m.er Stewart arrived at Mhow on the Jti of
J August
11 a kiar remains faithful.
j V m Lombny.it is stated tat the mutiny in the
- L: regiment, at Ka l pore, was suppressed by six
*ompaim*sot u ie Thirty-third.
of Artillery had arrived from the
j , Sept. 1 1.—The French boat Mersey
has >u>t brought the Bombay mail to the loth of
August. V\ e nave no China mail.
IV.L. was exacted to fail in about a fortnight,
ar.a Cvn. Havelock s trxoj>s. who are advancing
upou Lucknow, were expected at Delhi.
p ;j reported that Nena Sahib, who bad taken to
The Seventh. Eighth aud fortieth Regiments of
Bengal native iutantry had revolted and fled to the
Roane river, pursued by Hex Majesty $ Tenth Reg
iment, under Gen. Lloyd. Eight hundred of the
mutineers were kiiled.
The Punjaub is tranquil, as well as the country
around l >eihi Meerut and Agra.
At Bundelcund there were signs of disturbance.
T r* is little news from tbe Gwalior. The muti
neer? at Sea. Kate were destroyed on the 16th of
Ju y by Gen Nicholson.
Detachments of European troops had been sent
to Bombay. The panic which existed at Bombay a
fortnight ago, has subsided.
Get. Neil joined Havelock on the 23d July, and
was on the full march towards Lucknow.
A wing of the 33d lutantry from the Mauritius
had arrived at Bombay.
At Tembaifore, tiie 31st native infantry, 40th
Foot, and the 2d irregular Cavalry, under native
officer* only, attacked, on the 7: ‘ August, the
mutineers, wnsistiug of th- —i and
Third Irregular Cavalry, and completely routed
G-ti Woodburn L sick ai Columby. CoL Stew
has gone to Mhow Pata.
\N c iraru that a plot has been discovered. &Dd
tl**’ as, ‘ *ugrt the conspirators were the sol of the
ur k: -wn Amt-ei Gruud ya and M ‘ivie Ally Kur
-B€fi. who were arTcet*d.
A plot Lad also Ikh-u discovered at Bc-narea.
It ua j reported that Agra had fallen into the
hands of the rebels
A dispatch received at the Indian House, from
Alexandria, Sept. Bth, says: Gen. Havelock’s forces,
after re-occupying Cawnpoie, finding Betoor evac
uated, burned it to the ground. Ou the 29th and
•10th of July, they found the rebels at Buffer El
Gunge, about 18 miles from Cawnpore, numbering
10,000. whom they defeated wi h the loss of fifteen
guns. They expected to reach Lucknow the next
dav.
Nena Sabib perpetrated a fearful massacre at
Cawnpoie, in which nearly all the European inhabi
tants perished.
Sir Colin Campbell had assumed command of the
Indian army.
Tranquility is restored in Central India.
The 7th, Bth and 10th regiments, which muti
nied at Cawnpore, on the 23d July, threatened Be
naries.
The 12th irregular cavalry, which mutinied at the
time, murdered their commanding officer, Maj. Hoi
ines, and bis wife.
The disarmed Bengal native infantry, mutined at
Meean, on the 30th July, and murdered their com
manding officer, Mt\j- Spencer.
Itest by Telegraph to the Cork Constitution, of
the 17 Ih of September.
Gen. Havelock’s force for re-occupation of Cawn
pore had in eight days marched 126 miles and fought
four actions with Nena Sahib’s army against over
whelming odds, in point of numbers, and had taken
twenty four guns of light calibre, and that too, in
the month of July, in India. On the morning of the
17th July, the force inarched into Cawnpore. The
soul harrowing spectacle which then presented itself
to them, beggars description. A wholesale massacre
had been perpetrated by the fiend, Nena Sahib.—
Eight officers and 90 men of Her Majesty’s 84th
Regiment, seventy ladies and 121 children *f Her
Majesty’s second foot, aud the whole European and
• ‘hristian population of the place, including civilians,
merchants, pensioners, and their families to the num
ber of 400 persons, were the victims of this Satan.
The court yard in front of the Assembly Rooms
in which Nena Sahib had fixed his quarters, and in
which the women had been imprisoned, was swim
ming in blood. A large number of women and child
ren, who had been cruelly spared after the capituia
rion fora worse fate than instant death, had been
barbarously slaughtered on the previous morning.
The former having been stripped naked, and then
beheaded and thrown into a well, and the latter
having been hurled down alive upon,theiributchered
mothers, whose blood reeked on the macgled bodies.
Only four escaped, the wife of a merchant and three
others.
Gen. Havelock, in a dispatch to the Governor
General, says that “Nena Sahib has drowned him
self with his family. He had an intention of going
to Lucknow, but when he got as far as the river,
the cavalry and infantry deserted him. They are
all gone off, after destroying their arms, to their
different homes. Cawnpore is now as quiet as Al
lahabad.
Foreign Commercial Intelligence.
London Markets—At the London Corn Ex
change. Sept. J 6, there was a very small attendance
of buyers.
Wheat—The few sales made are at Monday’s
prices.
Barley and oats quite as dear a9 on Monday.
In ti.ur there is not much doing. Norfolk slow
of sale at 11s a 425.
Usbornea report the supply of Wheat large and of
other articles small. Wheat steady for all sorts,
and floating cargoes in demand at very full rates.
Barley very firm. Beans and Peas unaltered. Oats
quiet.
Trom the City Article of the London Times , Sept. 16-
London Money Market.— The funds continued
dull. They opened at a decline of |, ami subsequent
ly experienced a further reduction.
At the Bank of England and in the Discount
Market, there was considerable increase in the de
mand for money.
Considerable gloom pi evaded t hroughout the
Stock Exchange to-day. The funds fell £ cent.
The market is chiefly prejudiced by the gloomy
financial advices from the Continent and New
York ; and an increase in the demand for money in
t lie Stock Exchange in connection with the fortnight
ly settlement in shares also operated ou the unfavo
rable side.
In the Discount Market the demand was mode
rate, but this may be owing to the circumstance
that the Bank is the cheapest market at present.—
The application at that establishment continued to
be considerable.
London Exchange this day, (16) opening prices:
Consols for money 90 11-81; for account 90 15-28.
One o’clock P. M.—Consols for money 90|; for
account 90 31-82. —City Article of the Daily News ,
Sept. 16.
London, Sept. 16.
Yesterday the Bank of Holland again raised its
rate of discount. It was previously increased from
I to 4 J 4* cent, and it has now been raised to 5 4’
cent.
According to the Times city article, the movement
is believed to have been adopted in consequence of
a large amount of securities having been thrown
upon the American market from Vienna, where the
preparations of the Austrian National Bank, for
the resumption of specie payments, on the first of
January next, cause considerable pressure.
Under the circumstance it is thought that most of
the German banks will be compelled to follow the
example of the Bank of Holland; and as a general
rise will thus be established over a great part of the
continent, the prospect of better times is proportion
ately deferred.
Paris, Tuesday night.
The three per cents have closed, with scarcely
any change, at 6Gf.55e.
Liverpool Corn Market.—On Tuesday there
was a good attendance at the market, and a fair
business done in wheat, utan advance in red of 3d
per 70 lbs. Flour was also in better sale. In beans,
peas, Indian corn and oats there was only a limit
ed trade without change in prices. New oat meal
rather easier.
Texan Items.
The Galveston Herald, of the 24th, says:
The weather for the last few days has been de
lightfully pleasant, with a gentle breeze from the
north ; just the kind of weather to please the plan
ters, being most favorable for cotton picking.
The recent arrival of several vessels from the
North has created quite a business-like appearance
in our city. Cotton begins to come in freely, and
the people from the interior have already com
menced paving their periodical visits to our mer
chants. There is eveiy appearance that the busi
ness season is fairly opened.
The Quitman Herald is informed by a number of
farmers that the cotton crop iu Titus county will be
nearly, if not quite, twice as large a3 ever before.
Titus is one of the most prosperous counties in
Northern Texas. lathe late election, nearly one
thousand votes were polled in Titus, being an in
crease of nearly three hundred since the last Guber
natorial election.
A letter from Austin to the Galveston Herald,
gives an account of a street fight on the morning of
the 18th, between Mqjor John Marshall, of the State
Gazette, and Dr. I). W. C. Phillips—the cause,
several articles that appeared in the State Gazette
and Sentinel. The writer says :
About 9 o’clock this morning, small crowds of in
dividuals might have been seen standing around the
corners, all looking out and expecting a difficulty.
When Dr. Phillips saw Major Marshall coming up
the street, he placed himself at the corner where
Marshall would be obliged to pass. As Marshall
came up, Phillips dr. w his revolver and shot at
Marshall. Then the fight commenced, each shoot
ing alternately ; one of Marshall’s shota passed
through Phillips’s coat sleeve; no other damage was
done.
As soon as they fired all their shots, they threw
their pistols away and clinched, when the town au
thorities interposed, and the assailants were taken
home by their respective friends. There was con
siderable excitement at the time, and it is generally
feared that the mat ter has not ended yet.
The San Antonio Ledger, of the 19th, has the fol
lowing :
We understand that another train of Mexican
carts is shortly to leave San Antonio for the port.—
The Mexican carters say that it is now a question
of life or death, that if driven from tho pursuit of
their legitimate calling, their families and selves
must starve, or go to another country, and they are
determined to resist to the utmost any attempt to
force them from the road.
The San Antonio Herald says that, a number of
influential citizens of that place have united in a
petition to Gov. Pease for a company of men to be
placed as a guard to property on the highway be
tween San Antonio aud Matagorda Bay.
The San Antonio Texan, of the 17th, says :
We have just received intelligence that a man
named Wm. Ambersou was hung last week, some
where near the line between Atascosa and Liveoak
counties, near where he lived. He was taken from
his bed in the night, by some eight or ten persons,
leaving behind his wife and two children. The
wife with her children wandered to a distant neigh
bor and gave the information. The cause for the
hanging we have not learned. He lived quite a
distance from any neighbor.
From the N. O. Picayune , 26/A nit.
l.nier from Mexico.
The towboat Conquerer, Capt. Brown, arrived
la-<t evening, brought up with her the mails of the
steamship Texas, Capt. Forbes, from Vera Cruz
the 21st inst. The Texas is still detained at Qua
rantine, though we are gratified to learn there is not
a single case of sickness ou board.
On account of the late hour of the Conqueror's
arrival we are unable to get our regular mail from
tiie office. We have, however, (thanks to our con
siderate correspondent,) a pretty good supply of
papers outside, from which we are able to glean the
general news.
Dates from Vera Cruz are as late as due : to the
16th from the capital.
The Federal Congress met on the 14th, in what
is called the preparatory session ; forty-five mem
bers present. The regular sessi> n was to open on the
16th, with great ceremonies . the new order of
things, inaugurated by the new constitution, going
into operation on that day. At last accounts, six
ty seven deputies had arrived in the city.
Tbs Siglo announces that the colonization con
tract entered into by Gen. Goicouria with the Mexi
can Government will at once be carried into effect,
and that the colonists are expected to arrive the be
ginning of October.
According to the Trait d’Uoion, one of the as
sassins of San Vicente, recently arrested, has made
important revelations concerning this now celebra
ted event, out of which has grown all the difficulties
with Spain, completely exonerating Gen. Alvarez
from any complicity therewith, as charged.
It was reported at the capital that tiie notorious
chieftain Antonio, who has given so much trouble
to the government in the south, had been shot by
his equally notorious comrade Vicario. the former
having been caught in secret correspondence with
Alvarez.
The ecclesiastical difficulty at Puebla had proved
of a most serious character, and had been ended only
by the iut- rpoeition of the national arms and the ar
of a large number of citizens. Disturbances
of similar and political character had taken place
throughout the Republic. Se eral arrests of a po
litical character had been made at Vera Cruz.
The State of Sonora had again been thrown into
violent excitement by rumors of another filibuster
invasion from San Francisco. The commanding
Gen. Pesquiera had published a proclamation call
ing the whole State to arms and threatening the in
vaders with death.
The movements of the filibusters themselves, if
any there be, are not very clear. One account an
noouces their arrival in Lower California, another
in Sonora. The proclamation of Gen. Pesquiera
give* no definite information. He, however, pre
tends to have reliable information that such an ex
pedition hovers in the vicinity of the State.
A revolution of a somewhat formidable character
h . t>r- kec out in the State of Guadalajara, and was
. last accounts. Ai to the pro
gress o the revolution in Yucatan we have no in
h r ‘^- D r*t\ n PH?” before us. It is stated,
w** ‘till l £ e nei £hboring Territory oi Tabasco
was .-tu quiet, from which we infer that the revolu
tion was not spreading
.nmm'r'tt” 11 Corn —The experience of the wet
summer, two years mfo, and the consequent bad
condition of corn lor seed, should admonish timers
not to be caught as they were with poor seed the
r.ext seasi'D. The probability is that this year's corn
*!'. b L l e * opened than any year within'.,nr imme
dia.e iteiitrration and if Wt _ eX p^ cl that will be
fit lor nextyeer s use. we must be careful in the se
ect.'.n and saving of it. It would be well to go
throujfh the fields at the proper time, and pick the
exrhest. largest and ripest ears, and put them in a
k.ft or oiher ary piara where they wil! be protected
from the extreme or.ld and stoims of winter An
early attention to this matter save a good deal of
expense and disappointment at piantinu time
Ohio ('uittvaUrr.
AUGUSTA, GA., WEDNESDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 7, 1857.
The BtiNpen*ionM in Philadelphia.
THE SCENES AND INCIDENTS.
The Philadelphia Ledger, of Saturday, has the
following account of tiie troubles in that city on
Friday :
The distrust that has pervaded stock and finan
cial circles for tiie last fortnight was considerably
heightened yesterday, by announcement early in
the day that tbe Bank of Pennsylvania had suspend
ed payment. A meeting of the directors was im
mediately convened, and the business of the bank
<-eased. The following notice was then publicly
posted:
Bank of Pennsylvania, )
Philadelphia, Sept. 25th, 1857. ]
This bank having been compelled to temporarily
suspend specie payment, the board of directors as
sure all persons having claims against the bank,
whether of circulation, deposit or otherwise, that
no loss can possibly occur.
By order and on behalf of the board of directors.
Thos. Allibone, President.
The effect of the stoppage by the Bank of Penn
sylvania spread like wildfire, and almost immediate
ly a run was made on all the other banks, which
was continued up to the hour of closing—3 o’clock
There had been a meeting in the morning of the
Presidents of all the banks in the city, the object of
which was to unite on some general course of action,
and to agree to stand by each other in that course!
In this very important purpose the conference was
unsuccessful, it having rffiourned without coming
to any conclusion, each officer returning to his bank
to carry it through the day the best he could. The
effect of the suspension of the Pennsylvania Bank
was sudden and fierce. Lines of drawers were
formed at the several bank counters, extend
ing entirely across the banking-room, and in
some instances far into the street. At the com
mencement all the banks paid all demands, princi
pally in gold. About 11 o’clock the Girard and the
Commercial ceased paying their deposits, but con
tinued the redemption of their bills up to the hour of
closing. All the other banks paid both their circu
lation and deposits up to three o’clock. The de
mand was principally on deposits, the circulation of
no one of our banks being large. Indeed, it is quite
small. One of the banks that we heard of paid out
about $250,000 in coin ; two others about $200,000
each . another SBO,OOO, and a fourth about $60,000.
Iu all about $1,500,000 was paid out. The run
seemed to be very equally distributed.
Last evening there was another meeting of bank
presidents, at which, after a thorough consideration
of the question, to stop or go on to-day, it was deci
ded unanimously to suspend, so that we are now re
duced to an exclusively paper currency. It is great
ly to be hoped that the suspension may be but tem
porary, and those controlling the banks are very
sanguine that the moment the excitement occasion
ed by the recent heavy mercantile failures shall
have lulled a little the banks will be able to resume.
Confidence, however, at present, is so much shat
tered that it is utterly useless to attempt it. The
banks themselves, to some extent, partake of the
general distrust; though we are glad to say that the
officers of several of the country banks were in town
and freely offered every aid in their power to sus
tain the city banks in the run.
It was a remarkable and highly creditable feature
of the extraordinary excitement yesterday that there
was not the least expression of angry feeling. It is
true all seemed bent on getting coin for their bills
and checks, but all expressed sympathy for the
banks, and a wish for such a return of confidence as
would enable them to go on.
The Bank of Pennsylvania is understood to be
largely debtor to the other banks, but it should be
remembered that it lias a paid up capital* of over
one million eight hundred thousand dollars, and
holds more than double that amouut of bills receiv
able. The circulation is comparatively very small,
and the deposits within the last two or three weeks
have been drawn down very low —about three hun
dred thousand dollars having been paid out in coin
since Monday. So that there seems no reasons to
doubt the very positive assertion of the directors
that the bank will pay all its liabilities, principal
and interest, in a very short time. Holders of the
bills, iu view of this promise, should not become
unnecessarily alarmed, and part with them at a
sacrifice. The bank’s officers feel very sanguine
that the institution may soon be put in operation
again, and that it will resume its place in public con
fidence—and so all hope.
The unsettling of business with the banks kept up
the same uneasy feeling that has prevailed for a
week or more against the Savings Fund. Quite a
run was made on the “Sixpenny Savings,” which
promptly paid out to its lost and jllar, and it is said
will continue to pay as fast as it can collect in its as
sets. It is considered abundantly good for all its
liabilities. The State Savings, we understand, con
template a similar course—the conversion of assets
and the payment of depositors.
It is understood that application will be made to
the Governor for the call of an extra session of the
Legislature, with the view of affording relief to the
banks from the penalty of forfeiture of charter, im
joeed by the law of 1850. Several of the banks,
jowever, are not acting under the law of 1850,
namely—the Pennsylvania Bank, the Farmers and
Mechanics’ Bank, the Philadelphia Bank and the
Western Bank.
The Crowds about the Banks. —The Ledger,
in another article, thus notices the scenes that trans
pired at and in the vicinity of the several banks of
that city;
The announcement of the suspension of specie
>aymentß by the Bank of Pennsylvania was ear
y made, and policemen were stationed at the
gates to prevent the entrance of all who had not
business with the officers. The following, signed
by the cashier, was conspicuously displayed at
different points along the railing surrounding the
building.
“Resolved, That this bank suspend specie pay
ments until further order ot the board.”
The crowd that gathered about the Pennsylvania
Dank aoon disporued, and there was little or no ex
citement there during the rest of the day. In the
neighborhood of the Girard Bank, however, it was
different. Groups of persons, discussing the all-ex
citing topic, were gathered there from the time of
the opening to the close. It was officially announc
ed, in the course of the morning, that checks would
not be paid until after one o’clock. We learn that
they were not paid, though the notes were redeem
ed up to the time of closing. In the course of the
day there was more or loss of a run upon all of the
city banks, though in many instances it was made
by the holders of one or more five dollars notes.—
In the morniDg, and up to one o’clock, the run upon
tbe Farmers and Mechanics’ was very heavy. There
was a continual stream going into the bank, and in
the banking room a long line was formed to the pay
ing teller’s desk composed of from fifty to seventy
five persons. Before two o’clock the excitement
had abated; and but few persons were in the rooraf^
At the Philadelphia and the Western Bank, al
most adjoining, there was a considerable rush
throughout the day, as also at the Commercial and
Bank of Commerce. It was understood that all of
these redeemed their notes and paid depositors.
The run upon the City Bank was probably greater
than upon any ot the others. All day there was a
line reaching from the paying teller’s desk into the
street, which at 2 o’clok was from fifteen to twenty
yards long. Policemen were stationed on the steps
of the bank to prevent persons from entering, all
being compelled to take their places in line. While
we were at the bank an old lady came up with a
check, and was about to push her way in, when
she was ordered back and told that she must do as
the others had doue. The rush was considerable,
but not so heavy at the Northern Liberties, Manu
factures aud Mechanics’ and Penn Township. The
Southwark and Tradesmen’s had very little more
than the ordinary demand for specie. The panic
and the run upon the banks were ever where the
subject of conversation—in the stores, counting
rooms, workshops and markets places. In all the
crowds about the banks, laboring men, and others
in humble circumstances, could be seen, who were
there evidently for the purpose of obtaining specie
for a single note or two. The panic seemed, how
ever, to nave affected orther classes. Throughout
the day notes of the banks held in bad repute were
refused by shopkeepers, and the specie insisted upon
in payment of purchases made.
The Philadelphia Press of Saturday says:
The presidents of several of the banks of this
city have expressed a determination to do all in their
power to bring about, a general resumption of specie
payment at an early day. We hope they may suc
ceed. But whatever may be their general policy,
we earnestly insist that immediate measures be
taken to redeem, in specie, all their notes of small
denominations—certainly all their five, and if
possible, all their ten dollar bills.
The suspension ought not, under any circum
stances to extend to small notes and there is no
necessity that it should do so. Before the run upon
the banks yesterday, the amount of specie in their
vaults was nearly, if not quite, equal to their cir
culation. The tormer was about $3,500,000, the
latter about $ 1,000,000. But yesterday nearly sl,
500,000 of specie was drawn from them, a large
jortion of which was received by depositors, who
lad about $20,000,000 in the banks. The continua
tion of a drain upon them, of pecie by depositors,
would speedily exhaust their resources.
A circular has been issued by the banks which
say3 that all collections maturing out of the city will
be either recalled, or if paid, be subject to drafts on
the banks, payable in funds current at the point of
payment.
The Bank of Pennsylvania. —The Philadelphia
American ot Saturday says :
It is impossible to state with precision the causes
which led to the stoppage of tbe Bank of Pennsyl
vania. * * Within the last three week some
of our oldest and most accredited merchants have
been compelled to bend before the storm, and we
all know with what humiliation they surrendered,
when, with abundance of the most undoubted assets,
they were unable to meet pressing engagements. —
They did not stop at sacrifices, or hesitate to offer
the accumulation of years, in order to maintain that
credit and commercial standing which were regard
ed as infinitely above every consideration of for
tune. Therefore, in estimating the conduct of the
banks, feelings like these must be regarded.
The whole community is now interested In up
holding the step which has been taken, not by luke
warm acquiescence, but by consistent and zealous
support. The banks are in no worse condition to
day than they were before the suspension. They
have already redeemed a million and a half of cir
culation, and will now have time to call in means
that have necessarily become distribu.ed in the
transaction of business.
Asa necessary consequence the urgent demands
for money will be reduced, so that instead of being
drained day by day of specie, as we have been for
a month past, both banks and merchats will at once
apply themselves to the collection of their bills re
ceivable. Under the panic which now prevails,
there may be embarrassment in this effort for the
present, or but qualified success.
But it is only requisite to look a little beyond the
immediate present in order to discover that the sub
stantial reliances of the country are just beginning
to emerge from the granaries of the mighty W eat,
or to see that in the cotton fields of the South a
crop is now about to be picked which will probably
yield in dollars seventy-five millions more than the
last.
Doings in Philadelphia on Saturday—The
General Suspension. —The Philadelphia Bulletin
of Saturday afternoon, has tbe following account of
the “ doings” in that city on Saturday :
The excitement about the city monetary institu
tions continued this morning ; but the terrorists be
longed to a different class from that which was pro
minent on Friday. The run yesterday took about
a million and a half of dollars out of the vaults of the
different institutions, and the presidents of the vari
ous banks met yesterday afternoon and determined
to redeem their smaller notes only to-day. This de
termination was general! known last night, and to
day .i was announced in all the newspapers.
This morning the people who do not read the af
ternoon papers, first learned of the run, and eveiy
individual of this class who had a five dollar bill
stowed away for a rainy day, became uneasy for
fear of the consequences, and they rushed down
bright and early to the neighborhood in which the
banks are located.
The Scene about the Bank Doors.— Long be
fore business hours, crowds of persons gathered up
on the steps of the principal banks and leaned up
against the doors as though they were impressed
with the conviction that there were barely
side sufficient to meet their demands, and
they were quick getting inside some fortunate
vidual would obtain the coveted gold. Among the
throng were numerous women, too, who were
alarmed at the reports which were flying about
thick and fast. In several cases the doors of the
banks were opened before the usual time, and fe
males and infirm persons were invited inside by the
officers of tbe institution.
When 10 o'clock arrived and the doors were open
ed to the public, the scene was amusing , the people
described rushed up pell-mell to the paying teller's
counter, and impatiently awaited thsir turns. As
the great majority of the banks redeemed their
smaller bills, these frightened note-holders were
soon relieved of their paper and their fears, and
they went upon their way rejoicing. All this was
accomplished without much cost, for very few of
these early birds had more than a single five dollar
bill to offer, and a very little specie went a great
way in satisfying their claims.
What the Banks are Doing. —All the banks
declined to day to cash depositors’ checks, but they
ali marked them ••good,'’ and the checks were then
used in payment of bills and taken in deposit by
the'otlier banks. The Mechanics Bank paid all
its notes in specie and there was little or no rush to
the teller's desk. At the door of this institution the
following notice was posted :
Mechanics’ Bank, )
Philadelphia, Sept, 26th, 1857. <
This bank will pay all its circulation.
Depositors’ checks will not be paid, but will be
marked “good,'’ and checks so marked by other
banks will be received in payAent of debts due this
institution.
The Bank of North America, tne Tradesmen's
and the Southwark Bank also paid all their notes
large or small. The Farmers and Mechanics’
Bank paid all its notes within the denominations of
The following banks redeemed their five dollar
bills with specie, but they declined to change larger
notes. Commercial, Commerce, Manufacturers and
Mechanics’, Northern Liberties, Philadelphia Gi
rard and Kensington.
Dow will you have it ?—Some of the note;
holders who had privately assured their lriends of
thejrconviction that they were ruined, were taken
aback, on reaching the counters of the’ bank, at be
ing pleasantly asked by the teller “how they’ would
have it?” Those who wanted gold got it, while
others who expressed a desire for change received
small silver, much to their gratification. This po
lite and accommodating course put the poorer class
of noteholders in an immensely gooff humor
The Eicitkment SMUT-lived—The course
pursued by the banks had the effect
of allaying the excitemeatlimong the excitable peo
ple who were so clamorous early in the day. Du
ring the forenoon crowds offers stood gazing at
the outside of the banks, jußfas they would gaze at
an empty building where sothe excitiug event had
occurred. A strong polied was cn duty during the
day. to prevent the streets being blocked up by the
crowds of loiterers.
About noon the excitement wa3 visibly on the
wane, and by two o'cUSbk the banks presented their
usual appearance, cattttlafed to inspire the belief
that a better feeling wife in fcourse of manifestation.
A Run on the Savings Institutions.—At all
the savings institution? where depositors are paya
ble on demand there was a run. The officers of
these institutions generally Assured applicants that
all would be right, but that they must have patience
and wait until they oouid make tfieneedful arrange
ments with the banks and their own debtors.
From the Nashville Banner , 29/A nil.
Financial KinbaftraMMinent—Suspension of the
Hunlt of Nashville.
We regret to have to announce that the embar
rassments in financial aud commercial circles wchich
have prevailed in the Northern and Eastern citie6
for several weeks, have reached our own communi
ty, and that yesterday our citizens were electrified
with the announcement that tiie Bank of Nashville
one of the oldest largest of the Free Banks,
had suspended. This announcement was confirm
ed by the posting ‘of the following circular on the
public and private door of that iusti utiou yester
day :
Bank of Nashville, Sept. 28,1857.
In consequence of prejudicial and unfounded re
ports relative to the.solvency of this Bank, causing
a large number of depositors to withdraw their funds,
besides a heavy demand for coin, we have been
forced to suspend payments for the present.
We beg ot our friends to take no action in the
matter for a few days until we have had time for re
flection as to the best course to be pursued. Our
assets are ample to pay all liabilities, and they shall
be^tailhfully applied. N. Hobson, President.
W. Wheless, Cashier.
To place creditors ot the Bank of Nashville be
yond all doubts we have determined to convey our
private property as additional security to be used
in the event of necessity, reserving only enough so
pay our private indebtedness, which is small.
N. Hobson,
W. Wheless.
The Bank steps were crowded yesterday by de
positora and note-holders, and considerable excite
ment existed. At the same time we discovered
among the better informed a great degree of confi
dence in the ability of the Bank to pay out, and we
most unhesitatingly advise all note-holders not to
submit to any unnecessary sacrifice. The high
character of the President and Cashier is ample
guarantee, where they ardQlown, that no unfair ad
vantage will be taken of their creditors, and we have
the assurance of a leadiffiSjinember of the bar in
this city, aud a gentleman the highest standing,
who has thoroughly investigated their affairs, that
the assets are abundantly to ultimately
discharge every liability.
Meeting of Merchants. —A meeting of mer
chants and citizens was held yesterday morning at
the Protection Insurance Office, at which the fol
lowing preamble aud resolutions were unanimously
adopted, and copies ordered to be served upon the
officers of each of the old banks.
Whereas y It is evident, that Tennessee and the
adjoining States will have for shipment in sixty oi
ninety days an amount of products that will produce
more thau an average amouut of money; and,
whereas , the panic existing here to day is sympa
thetic, arising from commercial difficulties in the
Northern and Eastern States aud cities ; aud, where
as, it is well known to this meeting that our Banks
are sound and healthy, aud are possessed of ample
means to protect themselves, and at. the same time
offer a reasonable amount of timely help to the
community—Therefore,
Be it resolved , That it is the opinion of this
meeting that the three old Banks ought to suspend
temporarily the payment of specie at their coun
ters.
Resolved, That they ought to afford timely aid to
their debtors and customers, both for their own se
curity as well as that of the debtor, and that they
should afford all the facilities in their power to our
citizens, who are indebted abroad, by shipment of
specie or otherwise.
The above was transmitted immediately with a
request that the parties addressed meet and take
the same into consideration.
The committee also recommended that the same
measures should be adopted by the Free Banks, on
condition of each making an exhibit of its ability to
pay within a reasonable time. The meeting ad
journed sine die.
The old Banks Refuse to Suspend. —lt was
understood generally on the streets yesterday that
the Bank of Tennessee, Planters’ Bank and Union
Bank would refuse to suspend, though no formal
reply to the address of the meeting of tiie merchants
had been reported last evening.
All the other Banks in the city were kept open
through the day yesterday, and paid out all calls.
The following Banks were thrown out at the
counters of the old Banks yesterday :
Bank of Tazewell, (Free.)
“ “ Claiborne, “
“ “ Jefferson, “
“ “ Nashville, “
Exchange Bank, “
Northern Bank, “
Bank of Lawrenceburg, (Stock.)
Suspension of the Rhode Island Banks.— lt
is learned that all the Rhode Island Banks have sus
pended specie payments.
Providence, Sept. 28.—The following are the
names of the banks of this city which suspended to
day : The Arcade, American, Atlantic, Bank of
America, Bank of Commerce, Atlas Bank, Bank of
North America, Bank of the Republic, Blackstone
Canal Bank, Butchers'and Drovers’Bank, City
Bank, Commercial, Continental, Eagle, Exchange,
Globe, High Street, Jackson, Liberty, Lime Rock,
Marine, Manufacturers’, Mechanics’, Mechanics’ aud
Manufacturers’, Mercantile, Merchants’, Mount
Vernon, National, Northern, Pawtucket, Phenix,
Providence, Roger Williams, Traders’, Union,
Westminster and What Cheer and Weybosset
Banks. All the other banks in the State are re
ported as having followed the example and sus
pended.
Their liabilities to the public are not over a quar
ter of their capital.
Suspensions at St. Louis, —Dailey &. Barksdale
and J. J. Anderson & Cos., of St Louis suspended
Monday morning. Both firms arc extensive bankers.
Mr. Anderson is also owner of the Bank of St.
Louis, recently established under the new banking
law. He is understood also to have been principal
owner of the Rhode Island Central Bank, recently
failed. The3e failures produced a great fluttering,
having been totally unexpected. There is much
excitement also in the city and state of Missouri, in
consequence of the bank suspensions at Philadelphia
and Baltimore.
Financial and Commercial. —The condition
and future prospects of the banks of New England
now depend upon the confidence in which their cir
culation is held in the West. For years these banks
have manufactured circulation for the West, ma
king large profits out of an illegitimate kind of
banking. Upon an average line of $6,700,000 of
coin they have kept afloatsl7,7(H),oooof circulation,
which will now come back for redemption much
oftener, if, indeed, a large proportion is not forced
home permanently. New England notes have a
high reputation, aud as they are safe generally, it is
to be hoped that the currency of the West will not
be depleted by returning these notes without ad
vantages to any one.
The New York Expresss of Monday, says :
The Sub-Treasury has lost during the week $513,-
031, a sum which will compensate for all the losses
from the banks to neighboring cities. The interest
is so largely in debt to New lork, that this city,
from this time, must accumulate coin, aud at no re
mote day will have in the banks $20,000,000. The
constant loss of coin from the Sub-Treasury, and
the suspension of an export of specie will soon
strengthen the banks to a point when they will feel
inclined to render aid to parties whose condition
warrants it. The disasters of the past month have
been too severe and wide spread to make a sudden
restoration potsiole, bu the violence of the storm is
assurance of its shortness, and a few weeks will see
affairs quite easy and business resume its old cha
racter.
The Express adds .
To show the general firmness of the Dry Goods
men it may be said, tnat of $173,000 maturing on
Friday upon a sale of Benkard &l Hutton, not a
dollar wentto protest. The payments of the com
ing week and month, with the dry goods houses, are
large but no efforts have been spared to be in readi
ness and aided a= they will be by the importers, the
failures will not equal the general anticipations. Ex
tensions have been made in numerous instances,
and in the ab-ence of ability to make remittances
in exchange, there is no reason why importers should
not be generous in all cases, where their customers
can make a satisfactory exhibit. Sterling bills sold
to-day at irregular and low rates, and must be soon
followed by &n import of gold. .... .
The value of import* of foreign good* at the port
of Boston for the week ending on the 25th iuat.,
wa* $817,85-' — showing an increase off 212,439 over
the corresponding week in 185d. The principal ar
ticles of import were wool, valued at $144,718, and
hemp, raw and manufactured, amounting to $144,-
665, sugar and hides.
Another Warning—;De*th frou Carelesslt
Handling a Gbn. —We regret to announce the
death of Mr. Eugene Bnrr, second son of Mr. David
H Burr of thie city, late Surveyor General of
Utah, i which occurred yesterday morning, in conse
quence us the accidental discharge of a gun in his
own hands. Betuming to the city between five
and six o'clock oa Saturday evening from a few
hours’ rambling, and being in the act of drawing his
gun from the skiff be had brought from the east
side of the Anacoetla, the hammer struck one of the
seats, and the gun exploded, and lodged the contents
of one its barrels—a full load of duck shot—in his
right side. Placing his hand upon the wound, he
staggered back a pace or two. and fell, exclaiming,
**Ob. how toolieh I was, after all the warnings ] have
had!” His companions—Messrs. Henry Bobbins
and Wm. McLean—applied a uankerehief to the
wound, to keep down the gueiing blood, and at
length got their friend nearer the bridge, where be
was placed upon a plank until assistance could be
obtained. It was nearly nine o'clock before Mr
Burr was brought home. Drs. Lindsly, May, Rich
ards. and Middleton were in attendance until the
unfortunate young man died, about eight o'clock
yesterday morning.— Washington States, ‘JSihvJt.
From the New York Times.
Lo* ofihe Brig Nancy, nml Seven Live** Lost,
The ship Eliza, Capt. Charles Johnson, arrived at
this port on Saturday, in thirty one days from Liv
erpool, bringing thirty-one passengers, and two per
sons, Win. O. White, and Thomas White, his broth
er, who had been taken from the wreck of the brig
Nancy, of Halifax, on the 19th inst., the captain aud
six of ilis crew, having perished. From Mr. White
we learn the following particulars of the disaster,
with the names of the lost so fur as they were known*
to him.
The brig Nancy belonged to John Strahan, of
Halifax. She was a square rigged brig, of about 112
tons burden, and was engaged in the Halifax and
West ludia trade She was in command of Capt.
John Grant, of Halifax, and had a crew of nine
persona, viz ■ Wm. O. White, (the narrator) Thos.
V nite, his brother, George Tyler, steward: 2 Prus
sians, two Englishmen, and a*u English boy called
John They were all young men. The captain and
steward were married and had families in Halifax.
The brig bad a cargo of dry fish and lumber, and
sailed trom Halifax Sept. 11, bound to St. John’s
Porto Rico.
We experienced very favorable weather until the
13th, the wind being easterly. On the 13th the wind
hauled to the S. W. and commenced to blow, when
we took iu our light sails, the vessel heading S. S. E.
Ou the 14th, about 5 o’clock P. M., the gals increas
ed and we double-reefed aud close-reefed the top
sails. At 8 o’clock we handed all the sails, except
ing the storm trysail and foretopmast staysail, under
which we hove the vessel to. At midnight the gale
had increased, with violent squalls from the S. W.,
the vessel laboring heavily and showing symptoms
of capsizing. At half-past one o'clock A. M., Capt.
Grant came on deck, aud I told him we would have
to cut away the topmast and topgallant backstays
and let those apars go, as it was evident the brig
would not stand up; the water was then about three
streaks upon the deck, she laying over on her side,
but she aid not leak. Capt. Grant made no reply,
aud I was doubtful if he heard what I said, as he
weut below without giving any order.
I hauled down the trysail and topsail staysail, in
tending to put a tarpaulin iu the main rigging, but
before we had got the sails stowed a sea tripped
her, and she went over suddenly. She did uot fall
off, but was apparently tripped, and capsized so
quick we had not time to call the captain or crew
trom below. Myself and brother Thomas with two
others, James and Charles, were ou deck at the
time. We continued t© crawl along on the weather
side to the main rigging, where we held on, stand
ing on tiie bulwarks ; the boy John soon came up
from the forecastle, and joiued us ; no one else got
out of the cabin or forecastle, and must have been
drowned in their berths, or in their efforts to get
out, as the brig filled immediately, the water rushing
into the forecastle or cabin doors. The hatches
were well secured aud pattened down. We had
been in this position only ten minutes, the sea break
ing over us all the time, when Charley, the Prus
siaii, was struck by a sea, and missing his hold fell
backward over the vessel’s side.
We held on here for an hour, when the bulwarks
were washed away, and we crawled along the
weather shrouds, which now lay on a level with the
sea, toward the top. Here we soon contrived to
fasten our feet in the futtock shrouds, and held on to
the rim at the top. For myself, I expected nothing
but sudden death.
In half an hour more the mainmast W'eui by the
board, aud we all fell into the sea and separated. In
another moment I saw the foremast head,the vessel
having partially righted, and as the broken spars
swung that way I succeeded iu getting hold of it,
where l held on until daylight, the sea breaking
over me with force, and sometimes almost wrenching
me from hold of the mast. I now supposed all lost
but myself, for as daydght appeared I looked all
round, but saw no one: though 18 of home and dear
friends pressed heavily on my heart, and all the
deeds of my life passed in rapid review before my
mind. I saw six or eight large sharks shooting
about at my feet.
As it grew lighter, I took another suivoy and dis
covered my brother floating about thirty feet from
me among the broken spars. I knew him by his
jacket, and thought he was drowned, but l called
to him twice, when he lifted up his head and seemed
to recognize my voice. I told him to keep up good
courage, that we might yet be saved, and urged
him to swim to where I was, which by the aid of
the floating spars he succeeded in doing. I got
hold of him and drew him to me. We then made
ourselves fast with some of the running rigging,
fearing that we should get weak and fall. The gale
had abated, and the brig was now standing straight
up, but her house anil upper works were washed
away, she was water logged, and the sea broke
heavily over her submerged hull.
Wednesday and Wednesday night we continued
clinging to the naked shrouds. No friendly sail ap
peared on the horizon, which we scanned in all di
rections until our eyes grew weary, and heart aud
hope nearly failed. A heavy sea was running, and
the surging of the vessel’s inast was such that it re
quired all our remaining strength to hold on. On
Thursday it was more moderate, and I went down
on deck and descended into the cabin in hope of se
curing some bottles of porter to quench my thirst,
but could not find them. The water was over my
head, and everything had been washed out of the
cabin. I returned into the rigging and took my
place once more by the aide of my brother, weak
and disheartened.
During Thursday night, we suffered very much,
our feet and legs beiug cramped and painful. We
felt no hunger, but we were devoured by a burning
thirst. On Friday morning about 4 o’clock, the
wind began to freshen, and a heavy sea swept over
the vessel. At daylight we descried a sail to lee
ward, which proved to be a bark, but she was five
miles off, and st anding to the eastward. We could
just make out her spars. Our hopes were excited
for a moment, but were again destroyed, as she
kept on her course without noticing us. We had
now been four days without food or water, and our
strength was fast yielding. A feeling of deep dis
couragement came over us, and but for the fact
that we were secured by ropes we should both pro
bably have fallen from exhaustion.
About 11 o’clock we made out another sail to
windward—it was a large ship, standing to the
Westward, and we soon saw by the course she was
steering she must pass close to us; our hopes of
rescue now rose again, and we strained our eyes
to watch every movement, fearful that she might
tack before she saw us but she came rapidly along,
carrying reefed topsails, and in about an hour from
the time we first saw her bore away for us. As she
came abreast her course were suddenly hauled up,
men sprang up the rigging and handed her upper
topsails and others hauled down aud stowed the
jib. She stood past us to windward, and then wore
ship, coming close under our lee ; presently we saw
a boat shoot out from under her bows and pull
toward us. It was manned by six men, with one
steering. They came within a boat’s length of the
brig, but were obliged to observe great caution, as
the sea was running very heavy, and to have been
thrown upon the wreck would have been fatal to
the boat and all on board of hor.
A small line was thrown to me by the mate, which
I tied around my brother, as directed, and, spring
ing into the sea, he was soon taken into the boat.
I then tied the same line around my own body, and
also jumped oveiboard, as directed by the man in
charge of the boat. In another instant 1 found my
self in the boat. Avery rough sea was running at
the time, and great risk was encountered in the
attempt to take us off.
Capt. Johnson received us on board his ship and
treated us with the utmost kindness, furnishing us
with dry clothing and food, aud making our situa
t ion as comfortable as possible. VVe have no words
in which to express our sense of gratitude to Capt.
Johnson and his officers and crew for our rescue
from death, and for the humane treatment we receiv
ed on board the Eliza until we reached this port.
The Mormons on the Upper Platte. —The
following is the letter from Mr. Twiss, Indian agent
on the Upper Platte, detailing the proceedings of
certain Mormons, the substance of which we have
already had by telegraph. As the matter will pro
bably hereafter assume a serious aspect, we give
the letter entire, with the Union’s remarks upon it:
Indian Agency of the Upper Platte, )
On Raw-Hide Creek, July 13, 1857. $
Sir :—ln a communication addressed to the Indian
oflice, dated April last, I called the attention of the
department to the settlements being made with the
boundaries of this agency by the Mormon church,
clearly in violation of law, although the pretext or
pretence under which these settlements are made is
under cover of a contract of the Mormon church to
carry the mail from Independence, Missouri, to
Great Salt Lake City.
On the 25th of May a large Mormon colony took
possession of the valley of Deer Creek, 100 miles
West of Fort Laramie, and drove away a band of
Sioux Indians whom I had settled there in April and
had induced to plant corn.
I left that Indian band on the 23d of May, to at
tend to matters connected with the Cheyenne band
in the lower part of the agency.
I have information from a reliable source that
these Mormons are about 300 in number, have
ploughed and planted 200 acres of prairie and are
building houses for the accommodation of 500 per
sons, and have a large herd of cattle, horses, and
mules.
I am persuaded that the Mormon church intend,
by this plan, thus partially developed, to monopo
lize all of the trade with the Indians whilst within
or passing through the Indian country.
I respectfully and earnestly call the attention of
the department to this invasion, and enter my pro
test against this occupation of the Indian country,
in force, and the forcible ejection of the Indians
from the place where I had settled them.
I am powerless to control this matter, for theMor
mens obey no laws enacted by Congress.
I would respectfully request that the President
will be pleased to issi-e such order as in hia wisdom
and judgment may seem best, in order to correct
the evil complained of.
Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
Thomas S. Twiss, Indian Agent, Upper piatte.
Hon. J. W. Denver, Commissioner of Indian Affairs.
To this the Washington Union adds :
Shortly after receiving the above letter, the Act
ing Commissioner of Indian Affairs addressed a let
ter to the Secretary of the Interior, in which he
cited the case of Mr. Hall, (a contractor to carry the
mails from Independence to Santa Fe,) who was al
lowed merely to occupy his improvements on lands
belonging to the Indians with the consent of the In
dians, the department having no authority to grant
permission to extend his improvements, make use
of the timber, or cultivate land.
In the Commissioner’s opinion, the act of March
3d, 1855, granting to mail oonsractors in the Territo
ries West of the Mississippi the privilege of occupy
ing stations at the rate of not more than one for
every twenty miles of the mail route, with a pre
emption covering 640 acres of land to be taken con
tinuously, had reference only to those lands to which
the Indian title had been extinguished and surren
derectyto the United States, and not lands belonging
to tribes, to which the titles had not been extinguish
ed, and therefore was not applicable to the case of
Mr. Hall, as his station was upon the lands of the
Kansas Indians, to which their title had not been
extinguished.
The Commissioner holds that the views of the of
fice in regard to the case of Mr. Hall apply in the
case of the Mormons, since the lands upon which
they have settled are not the property of the govern
ment, but of the Sioux, to whom it was assigned
by the treaty of Laramie of the 17th of September.
1851.
An Austrian View of England’s Military
Spirit. —The following is an extract from an arti
cle in the Oesterreichisehe Zeitung :
“The cry of vengeance, which was raised in En
gland as soon as the cruelties committed by the In
dian mutineers became kfiown. was but natural.—
Women and children can cry vengeance, but men
can do more. It is a remarkable fact that not one
band of volunteers has yet offered to proceed to the
eeat of war. The universities, the public schools,
the factories, the cottages of the peasants, have not
sent forth one man with his gun or sword in his hand.
In any other country thousands would have been car
ried a wey by their feelings, and offered their services
at such a highly critical moment. When the United
States were at war with Mexico, ten times as many
volunteers presented themselves as could be ac
cepted. Not only young men belonging to the rich
est and first fam lies, but even gray headed father
of families hurried to the scene of action and served
in the ranks. The taste for deeds of arms is almost
extinct in the European branch of the Anglo-Saxon
race. It is onlv for lucrative appointments that
there is a superabundance of applicants. The lower
classes, when enfisted and paid do what they are
bid . but when the times are prosperous and wages
high, recruits are not to be found. In fact, the En
glish army has almost become a myth.”
The water in Lake Michigan is now higher than
it has been for several years, this being the seven
years high tide, as it is called by sailors.
losn of Ihe Centra i America.
We have already published the fact that the
schooner El Dorado, which passed under the stern of
the Ctutial America previous to her sinking, had
ai rived at Boston. There is a great deal of feeling
in that city in regard to the course pursued by the
captain of the schooner El Dorado. Many anxious
thoughts were turned toward that vessel in the hope
that she might have been so fortunate as to pick up
some of the passengers of the steamer, but she did
not. The captain’s explanation of his course will
be read with interest. VVe therefore subjoin it :
The Unknown Schooner—Captain Stones
Statement.— The schooner El Dorado, of which I
am commander, is a vessel of two hundred and
twelve tons, belonging in New York. At 4 o'clock
P. M. on tbe 12th inst., blowing heavily, with high
eea, I faintly descried, with iny glass, a vessel, but
c©uld uot, at the time, make out Tier character, she
was on my weather bow. As 1 kept ou, in about half
an hour I saw that she was a steamer, with all her
colors set as signals of distress. As soouas 1 saw
this, I hauled my wind, and shaped my course for
the distressed vessel; I could see that she was dis
ab.ed, and was deep in the water. I judged what he
might want, aud gave orders to stand by the maiii
sbeet, to heave our vessel to; the man at the wheel
i> e ?!r e< i feet of the steamer, and at 630
. “P t hailed her iu the following language, “Can I
render you any assistance ?” The reply w as —“ Lay
by me until morning, for I am in a siukidg coudi-
Immediately I gave the order to put tho wheel
hard down and haul aft the main sheet, and hove
to, directly under his lee, say about a gunshot dis
tant ; I warned him to commence at once putting
ns passengers on board, supposing that he had good
boats, while I had but one, a small jolly boat, which
would not live iu the high aea then running for a
moment. He again said—“ Lay bv me until morn
ing.” I supposed his reason to be for thus delaying
that lie thought it advisable to await daylight, as he
might, in making the attempt to transport them in
the night, (it being then near dark,) lose more than
he could save, while, by awaiting daylight perhaps
all might be saved. I then said “Set your lights.”
By that time I had drifted out of hailing distance,
and I ordered my lights set immediately.
During the time that I was talking with tho cap
tain, I could hear the passengers crying and baloo
ing, sounding like one simultaneous burst of shout
ing ; one voice that 1 heard above the rest, cried
“send us your boat ;” but as I have before stated,
my small boat could not live in such a sea. I con
tinned drifting, but was not more thau two miles
distant w hen the lights of the steamer—which up to
that time had been plainly visible, at 7.30 P. M. dis
appeared. I immediately wore ship, and sailed over
the spot, hoping that l might save some, as l at that
time feared that ahe had sunk ; l could discover no
vestige of the steamer ; made sail, although blow
ing fresh, for fear that l might fall to leeward ; and
wore ship every two hours during the night. I could
not at daylight have been more than from half a
mile to a mile trom the spot where she went down.
At dawn of day I placed two men at my mast
head, with strict injunctions to look out for any
thing that belonged to the steamer, the men them
selves took a deep interest in looking out for her,
aud had rather be aloft looking out than below. I
myself with my glass kept a close look-out until 9 30
A. M. At the same time (after daylight,) three other
vessels were in sight, hove to the same as ourselves,
one of which was a brig and the ot hers barques; the
brig squared away some two hours before I did; the
barque Saxony stood southward, I supposing that
he was bound south, tried to speak him, that he
might be on the look out for any part of the steam
er ; I set my colors and a signal to speak him, but
lie did not bear down, and 1 was too far to leeward to
reach him ; the other barque appeared to be c-dg
ing off on her course at the same time that 1 kept
away.
From the time that 1 missed her lights until I sail
ed away from the spot 1 aid not discover a vestige
of Ihe wreck of the steamer; I supposed at the time
that she must have sprung anew leak, and sudden
ly gone down with ail on board ; as it was not so, I
suppose that the remnants of the wreck must have
drifted away from me. I left the spot with a heavy
heart; while lying to awaiting the movements of
the commander of the steamer in regard to sending
his passengers on board, l went forward and gave
the mate orders to get ready for throwing over our
cargo, adding that with the help of the passengers, 1
would throw all overboard, in order to give them
room. I told the steward, in presence of the ship’s
company, to be careful of every drop of fresh water,
and also of the provisions, as we should have that
whole ship's company on board in the morning; all
ou board appeared anxious to render the steamer
every assistance; I had no idea that the other ves
sels in sight had on board persons saved from the
wreck.
The Boston Journal, commenting on this state
ment, says :
Mr. W. F. Fletcher, of Bloomfield, Me., who was
on board the Central America, aud who was one of
the number picked up by the Norwegian bark Ellen,
does not confirm Capt. Stone's statements, but rath
er confirms the statements of Brown and others, who
say that the El Dorado did not lay by the steamer;
but kept directly on her course after having hailed
her. Her statement is, that they saw the schooner
about SP. M., Saturday, the 12th, and fired two
cannon, to attract her attention. She then bore
down for the steamer, and Capt. Herndon, standing
on the starboard wheel house, hailed him and said,
“I am iu a sinking condition; I want you to lay by
us.” In reply, he sajd he would, he then asked
Capt. Herndon for our boats, and was told they
were all gone. He then passed by us, and we saw
no more of him. Mr. Fletcher remained in the
water until between 6 and 7 o’clock the next morn
ing, when he was picked up by the bark. He was
the last but two who were picked up by that ves
sel. At this time no schooner was in sight to tiie
leeward, as far as could be seen. After lie was
picked up, the Ellen cruised until noon about Ihe
spot, and saw nothing of the El Dorado.
It. certainly seems very strange that if the El Do
rado put back, as is stated, and cruised around the
scene of disaster from 7.45 I*. M., until 9.30 the next
morning, that he saw nothing of the scores of men
who were floating about on the water, and who
were picked up by the Ellen. That the men were
there, there is no doubt, and it is singular that no
one of them saw the schooner. It is an unwelcome
conclusion to come to, that the captain of the El
Dorado did not do all that was within his power to
rescue some of the hundreds of human beings who
were on board the ill-fated steamer; yet it seems
difficult to reconcile the statements and facts with
any other conclusion. The mate of the El Dorado,
when introduced to Mr. Fletcher, and told by him’
that he was picked up between 6 and 7 o’clock in
the morning, flatly contradicted him. and told him
he did not believe him.
Mr. Fletcher had been in California six years, and
was on his return home witli an amount of gold suf
ficient to enable him to live in ease for the remain
der of his life. His gold was sewed into his waist
coat, and he, of course, had to cast it away to save
his life. Sewed into the waistcoat there was also a
splendid diamond cluster finger rink, which was sent
by a young man in California to his sister in Maine.
This ring Mr. Fletcher cut from his waistcoat, put
it on his finger, and iu this way he saved it.
It seems that Mr?. Birch, wife of Mr. James Birch,
of Fall River, Mass., President of the California
Stage Company, who was among the lost passen
gers of the Central America—was not left destitute
by the death of her husband. Mr. Birch had sent on
in the Illinois, the steamer which preceded the Cen
tral America, $60,000 in gold bars, for which he also
remitted a draft payable to the order of his wife.
Ou Wednesday last, Mrs. Birch sent, the bars to the
assay oflice in Ne w-York to be refined and stamped.
Some papers have been giving currency to re
ports that the Boston Submarine Armor Company
had proposed to the underwriters to raise the Cen
t.ral America and save her treasure. The mates
give her position when she went down, lat. 31° 45',
long. 78'15'. From that point to the nearest land
(Cape Remain) is 95 miles, and the soundings show
ing 600 fathoms of water. From these facts the ab
surdity of attempting to raise the vessel or her trea
sure, must be apparent.
The Survivors of the Central America on
the Course of Capt. Stone and the Eldorado.
—Several of the rescued Central America passen.
gers are out in a card, relating to Capt. {Stone, of
the schr. Eldorado, aud his failure to rescue any of
the ill fated steamer’s passengers as follows:
“We have refrained as much as possible from ap
pearing in print concerning t he loss of the Central
America, since the whole subject is to undergo a
judicial investigation, but we cannot refrain from
stating truth, as it appears to us, in regard to the
statement of Capt. Stone of the schooner Eldorado!
Capt. Stone was down under the lee of the steamer,
distant about tifty yards just oa it was growing
dark. Capt. Herndon hailed him from the quart*-?
deck, tola him that we were in a sink iug condition,
which he could see trom the ship beiug so low in
the water, the wheel guards being considerably
under ; and that lie wanted him to lay by us. Capt.
Stone auswered that he would lay by us until morn
ing, and requested Captain Herndon to set his lights
The schooner was under balance reef mainsail,
storm foresaill, reef jib. After hailing us, he stood
along under our lee, and ranged out ahead of us,
apparently running off, not closehauled. At the
time of the ship’s sinking he was still on the star
board (the same) tack, distant some three miles.
At the same t me the brig Marine was distant
some miles on our lee beam, and was carrying sail
to beat up to us, in a disabled condition.—
Capt. Stone acknowledges lie saw the rockets and
the ship when she sunk. Had he shook out his reefs
and made all sail, which he could easily do, there be
ing little wind, he could probably have rescued
many of those lost fioin their watery grave.
A number of us survivors saw his lights and him
after we were in the water They, however, sboi tly
after disappeared. Capt. Stone, as a nautical man,
must certainly have known that keeping his vessel
under short sail and wearing ship every two hours,
he was losing ground and driving to leeward four
times faster than people who were floating in the
ocean. And so it proved, for by daylight next morn
ing he was some eight miles to leeward of the float
ing pieces of wreck aud the spot where the Norwe
gian rescued his passengers. He also says that he
stood directly over the spot where the steamer sunk,
had he done so, many hopes would have been real
ized, as he was anxiously expected.
11. 11. Childs, 20 east Thirty-second street.
T. W. Badger, 20 east Thirty-second street.
S. J. Eaton, Metropolitan Hotel.
D O. Harvey, “ “
Mr. H H. Childs, a member of Dr. A. D. Smith's
Church, (14th street, Presbyterian) related the story
of the disaster. Sunday evening, and stated that
while he was floating on his plank that awful night
he heard distinctly recited by another person, the
Lord’s Prayer.— N. Y. Express.
The Size of London.— When the stone in Pan
yer’s alley was placed on it site, three centuries
since, the circumference was about five miles. At
present, however, to make a pedestrian expedition
around the metropolis would to most persons be an
undertaking ot some importance, as may be seen by
referring to the following particulars, which have
been gathered from a recently published map
From Chiswick to Kentishtown, twelve miles ; from
Kentishtown to Mill wall, seventeen and a half
miles; from Mill wall to Chiswick, twenty-eight miles;
total, fifty-seven and a half miles, very near three
day’s journey at the rate of twenty miles a day ; and
it will be observed that, in the line drawn, Batter
sea, Clapbam, Canningtown, and many other places,
which even at present can be scarcely said to be se
parated from London, have been left out. “As the
crow would fly” across the streets and houses from
the point whence we started at Chiswick to the far
thest east the distance is nearly eleven miles, and
the greatest width from north to south upwards of
seven miles.— The builder.
Gold Discovery —Mr. Alexander Nix, of Aura
ria, found a vein on lot No. 15, 13th district—north
half of the let section—a few days since, that bids
fair to out rival the celebrated Calhoun mine, or the
boasted mines of California. We learn that 18 half
gallon panfulls of the dirt arid slate, encompassing
th- vein, made a yield of 278 dwts. of the precious
metal. This proves w hat we have often said, that
our country is equal to any mineral country in the
world, and all that is required to bring it out is en
ergy and perseverance. —Dahlonega Signal.
Great Sale of Blooded Horses—The sale of
Hon. James B. Clay’s stud of thorough-bred horses
took place in Fayette county. Ky., last week. His
imported stallion, “Indian Chief,” brought the large
sum of $5,020 under the hammer. Some of his filUea
were bid oft by Kentuckians for SSOU and SMJO
each, and the buyers congratulated themselves on
theirjood luck. It is said to have been a wonder-
TheieleOrated Gray Eagle, now about twenty
three years old, was sold a day or two ago to Mr.
Merchant, of Newark, Ohio, for the large sum of
two thousand dollars.
VOL. LXX.—NEW SERIES VOL. XXI. NO. 40.
From the National American
Hlr. Biirhannn Miqnolr the Itrcor.U-
Messrs. Editors Iu the reeentlv mthii.i i
letter ot President Buclmnan to the “ilisi,
abolition, clerical fanatics of New 1 laven, ‘tloimec
tiout, he wilfully, s tpprtsuu veil, perpetrates a d
liberate falsehood. Let us see. Mr. Buchanan
says: “In Ihe opinion of the Territorial
tnre of Kansas, the time bad arrived for entering
the Union, aud the purpose of framing a State (h.n
stitutioii. The law was fair ilid just in its provis
ions. It conferred the right of suffrage on every
bona fide inhabitant oftlie territory i and for the pur
pose of preventing fraud, and the intrusion of citi
zens of near or distant Slates, most properly confin
ed |lhis right to those who had ri sided therein three
months previous to the election.’*
Mr Buchanan tells tbe truth as far as he goes,
but he tails to tell the whulc truth. It did not suit
the purpose of Mr. Buchanan, aud ihe policy he and
W alter are now carrying out, iu Kansas, to stale
at! the provisionsof the Kansas act, as it was passed
by the territorial legislature, as I shall now prove
by reference toi he mu Itself. The Eleventh sec
turn of the act is as follows :
“Every bona tide inhabitant of the territory ot
Kansas, on the third Monday in June, one thousand
eight hundred and fifty-seven, being a citizen ofthc
E fitted States, over the age of twenty-one vears.
and who shall have resided three months uext before
said election in the county iu which he offers to
vote, and no other person whatever, shall be entitled
to vote at said election, and auy person qualified as
a voter may be a delegate to said Convention, end
no others.”
The words in Italic letters Mr. Buchanan purpose
ly excludes, or leaves cutin his statement, to the
Connecticut abolitionists, of the provisions of the
Kansas Convention act! The act itself, in plain
English words, limits and restricts the right of
atilt rage to “citizens of the United Slates” who
must bewa/rw or actualized persons. This nobody
can or will deny. As quoted by Buchanan, the act
jfermit* “alien suffrage** —permits Chinese, Algu
quics, Canadians, Germans, Persians, Irishmen,
Englishmen, Ducthmen, every vagnbond foreigner
who may have resided there throe months, prior to
the election, to vote, and then to take part in shap
ing and establishing tlie institutions and domestic
policy of this, soon to be, sovereign State of Kansas.
It your readers are desirous of. seeing the entire
Convention act of the Kansas territorial legislature,
from which I have quoted, and which Mr Buchanan
knowingly misstates and perverts, to suit his pur
pore of making Kansas a tree State, they can do so
by turning to the 408th page of “The Political.
Text Book, or Encyclopedia,” edited and recently
published, by M. W. (Musky, a native Georgian,
now a resident of Washington City, District of
Columbia.
The President has placed himself in n dilemma
in this affair, and I am anxious to see how his sup
porters, in Georgia, are going to extricate him
trom it The villainy of old Buck is too plainly
shown in this attempted fraud on the people of the
South for any honest man to be deceived by it.
Can not “Muggins,” of tho Intelligencer, give
some sort of an explanation of this rascally piece of
business ! He must try, and being a very inventive
sort of genius, I have no doubt he can muster up
some excuse for Mr. Buchanan that will satisfy at
.*f, Georgia Democracy, that all is faer and right
with the President at Washington.
Woodward
Northern Difficulties and Southern Sake
ty. —He is the prnctio.al statesman, the real reform
er, who recalls the public mind from fancies to
facts—from the lessons of theory to the lessons of
experience. You cannot extinguish a prejudice by
tearing it out by the roots. You must convince,
net crush, a mistaken judgment or an erroneous
opinion. Let us illustrate .-
The cry against the people of the South, which,
after the attack* upon their peculiar institutions, has
done the most to exasperate t hem, has been their
comparative lack of enterprise in commerce, uianu
factures, railroads, schools, Ate.
This has been sounded along Ihe whole frontier
dividing the free States trom the South. It has been
printed and preached with industry unparalleled
The public, mind in the North and Northwest Ims
been asked to take it for true ; has been scolded in
to it, and railed into it,, even reasoned into it. To
prove the sincerity iff the contrast, the free States
have gone into all sorts of “enterprise” with very
madness. We have had marble banks “run up”
like the palace of Aladdin, almost in a night, every
pillar costing its thousands, every architrave laid in
hard earned gold, every brick cemented to its fel
low by the sweat, of honest toil. Railroads have
been improvised. Cities have sprung into exist
ence as sudden (and a* fleeting) as so many exhala
tions. Great factories have risen in towering Hues,
and men have been made glad with the music of
industry. From all these have grown the sup.-rb
mansions of moneyed princes ; fast horses, fast men,
fast boys, and fast girls. Such is the reverse of tin*
picture. While the South stood still, the North
moved on 1
So the accusation against the South was not one
of words. Belu Id the fruits of the accusation, and
draw the contrast for yourself.
We disdain making a party appeal at such a time
as liiis. The curse of journalism, in these days, is
the flkbit of charging everything bad to party, on
the one hand, or claiming everything good for party
on the other. We scorn any such purpose.
But now, when we see the whole South—the
South without enterprise or resources, as we have
been told—standing solid on her material interests,
on her mighty stanles, and in her proud isolation
from the blast that lias swept down so many ofthose
who have been taunting and depreciating her, let
us take the admonition thus furui lied to us, and
profit by it like wise men.
Let us ask ourselves how our bitter reproaches
against the South sound to us now ?
How little we could do without her money in our
cities, her timber in our waters, her cotton in our
mills ?
How we should stand if she should fall ?
How we selfishly rejoice in our hearts, in the
midst of our dmtre&s, that, for our sake, she should
be so much better off than we, and, therefore, bet
ter able to help us than we are to help ourselves ?
We do not charge it as a retort upon those who
have delighted in t hese gibes upon the South, that
most, of the great distress under which the country
staggers comes from quarters that have been so
many hot-beds of Abolitionism; but we suggest
that this is a good point from which to date a revi
val of fraternal feeling between the States of the
Union;
From which to start another war upon sectional
ism;
From which to swear devotion anew to the Union
and to the Constitution ;
From which to re-call the banished affections for
our brothers of the South;
From which to re-iuvoke the old relations that
made us one in religion, one in country, one in the
battle-field, and one in heart.— Phi/a. Press.
Education in North Carolina. —The following
extracts are from an address delivered iu July last,
before the State Educational Association of North
Carolina, by Wm. W. Holden, Esq., of Raleigh i
The average length of the schools in Maine, whose
system is in a highly floursliing condition, is four
months and three weeks ; of New Hampshire, five
months ; cf North Carolina four months.
Maine distributes about 70 cents to the head of
her white population ; New Hampshire about the
same; Virginia 8 cents; Connecticut nearly one
dollar; North Carolina about 50 cents; Pennsyl
vania nearly the same ae Connecticut; and Now
York and Ohio a fraction over one dollar each to the
total white population.
North Carolina, though her population is 200,000
less than that of Kentucky, expends nearly as much
as she does for educational purposes.
North Carolina has a larger school fund than
Maine, or New Hampshire, or New Jersey, (by
$1,500,000;) or Maryland, or Virginia, (by $600,000 ■)
or Massachusetts, (by $500,000 ;) or Georgia, (by
$1,600,000.)
North Carolina has as many colleges as Georgia,
more acadamies by 100, and 2000 more common
schools. The two States are about equal in white
population.
North Carolina has more colleges than South Ca
rolina, more acadamies by 100, and nearly three
times as many children at school.
Virginia has 310,000 white population more than
North Carolina, yet the latter has quite as many
colleges as the former, as many academies, and five
or six hundred more public schools.
Kentucky has 200,000 white population more than
North Carolina, yet the latter lias as many colleges
as the former, as many acadamies, more common
schools by 1000, and as many children at school as
she has. The same is substantially true in the com
parison between Tennessee and North Carolina.
It must also be borne in mind that North Carolina
has no large cities, like Virginia, Tennessee, Geor
gia and Kentucky, to build up and sustain colleges
and high schools.
c r*iirn review of the entire facts, it is
neither immodest..... to assert that North
Carolina is clearly ahead of all tne . i—
ing States with her system of public instruction
while she compares favorably in several respects
with some of the New England and Northwestern
States.
The Mormons in New York —The New York
Herald of the 24th, says : —“The Morioan newspa
per published iu this city has suspended, after an
existence of two years and seven months. A few
days ago, imperative orders were received from
headquarters that all places of Mormon worship in
this city be suspended, and the newspaper discon
tinued. The order was immediately complied with.
Tiie Saints here are in a quandary, as no reason i-:
given for this sudden movement, and were tak* ii
all aback. There were some fifteen Mormons con
nected with the paper, only one of whom is an
American. During its existence, they have been
instrumental iu forwarding some 3800 persons to
Deseret, many of them of the lowest class of Euro
pean emigrants. The principal Mormon locality in
this region is on Tom’s river, New Jersey. The
Mormons connected with the printing heie, and
probably all, contemplate going to Utah next spring,
it being now tjo late in the season to reach there.—
They were in hopes of arriving there in the spring,
before the United States troops reached Deseret, a.-
they supposed the troops would go into winter
quarters. At first the Mormons here looked with
little fear on the troops about to go to Utah, and only
ridiculed them, thinking they would have no difli
oulty in throwing dust into their eyes. They don’t
like the present commander ; they are distrustful of
him, and are down on Mr. Buchanan for appointing
birw. The newspaper here cost them s2loper week,
and its stoppage was not from want of funds. They
did their business with the Nassau bank. Some
three hundred missionaries have been sent to al:
parts of the world during the past two or three
years, many of them on long missions, and without
a longer warning than a day or two.”
The Pike County Poisoning Case. The Mont
gomery (Ala.) Mail from a conversation with a
grandson of old Mr. Prazelle, at whose house the
dreadful poisoning case recently occurred in Pik *
county, Alabama, is enabled to make some correc
tions of tiie account given of the affair in that pa
per a few days since.
Only four persons died from poison, viz: old Mr.
Frazell, his grand daughter, and the overseer’s
wife and child. The rest were recovering. The
four mentioned above, all died before the morning
of the next day after taking the arsenic. The negro
woman had not been burnt, but had been gent to
Truy jail. The spelling of the prigoner'a name is
Kamiski, instead of Comiska. He is .aid to be a
Russian.
Singular Death of a Horse and Doc.—Many
instances have been related of the savag<- ferocity
of the bull terrier dog, and the tenacity with which
he clings to his hold once aroused to anger and gets
his jaws firmly attached upon his adversary, but the
case we now cite scarcely has a parallel in the his
tory of domesticated animals . Yesterday evening,
on Carolina street, a bnlMerrier dog, belonging to
a colored man, (Carter,) seized his masters vniua
ble horse by the throat, ami held lobis tfra-speo firm
ly that he had to be killed by being -truck on the
head witt. an axe, all efforts to release him other
wise proving unavailing. The ,u K ular vein of the
horse wa* completely nevered and he died immedi
ately. —Baltimore Sun.
The Ohio Banks. —A letter from the President
of the StAte Bank of Ohio, received by his cones
pondent in New York city on Monday, is of an en
couraging character. lie says the banks have ar
ranged with the Ohio Trust Company by taking
l>oudaand mortgages for their balances, about s*oo,-
000 This locks up that amount, but it is not equal
to their undivided pr tits. Theie are 36 branches,
with $4,100,000 capital, $1,100,000 undivided pro
fits, and $10,000,000 bills receivable. “The banks,
the President remarks, “ are iu a more comfortable
situation thau when the Trust Company’s failure
occurred, the loans are on active commercial paper,
based chiefly on the export trade of the State, with i
no railroad acceptances, or bonds or stocks.”
Tlir Sepoy >lutiny—lnlcreNlinK Idler fr< m
Or. Alex. Dull.
lloriuri.e Atrocities of the Mutineers.—
e find in a number of the Edinburg Witness, re
ceived by the last steamer from Europe, a very in
teiestuig l„t| er from the Rev. Alexander I >ll IT. who
\ ‘sited tliis country a few years ago, and who is
now at Calcutta. The epistle narrates some atroci
ties. which are already known to the public, while
it contains statements we do not remember to have
seen before in print. We make room for the follow
ing extracts:
July 1 all ages the Asiatic lias
been noted for his duplicity, osinning, h -poerisy
treachery; and coupled with this-and, indeed, L
neetssary for excelling in this accomplishment of
Jesuitism—his capacity ol secresy and concealment,
liut. in vain will the annals even of Asia lie ran
sacked tor examples of artful, refined consummate
duplicity, surpassing those which have been exhibi
ted throughout recent mutinies. Iu almost
every -instance the Sepoys succeeded in cnnceailing
their long- concocted and deep-laid murderous de
signs from the most vigilant officers to the very
last ; yea, and in not only concealing them, but iu
making them under the most flaming professions of
attachment ami loyalty. The case of the (>th Native 1
Infantry at Allahabad is thus recorded as the re
sult of authentic information, by one of our Calcutta
journals.
“It appears that after the officers of the regiment
tirst left the lines, asubadar paid a visit to Lieut.
Slames, the interpreter, and expostulated with him,
in the name of the regiment, upon the want of con
fidence which they had displayed. “Come to us,”
he said, “we are faithful, we love our good masters,
we will protect you, but it gives us pain to see you
suspect us.” Siaines, and his wife, who was present
at the iuterview, were melted even to tears, at the
simple eloauenceof the man whom they had lusul
ted, well as his fellows, by their unworthy suspi
cions. There was but one course left to take—to
return to the bosom of the regiment, to throw them
selves upon the hearts of the men—and this course
t hey repoly* and to adopt, persuading the other officer*
of the regiment and their families to follow their ei
ample.
When they returned to the regiment, the scene
which awaited them touched the In arts of all pres
ent. The men whom they had subjected, in a mo
ment of narrow minded apprehension, were found
drawn up to receive their officers, and welcomed
them with three hearty English cheers. The native
officers, unable to control their feelings, which swel
led high, and sent, their warm Asiatic blood coursing
in their veins, in defiance of all cold rules ol deco
rum and hollow military observances—gave vent to
the natural and simple emotions of their bravo hearts.
They (lung themselves round the necks of their Eu
ropean officers who had so generously atoned for
their cruel suspicious, and kissed them on both
cheeks. Tim reconciliation was complete, confi
dence was happily restored, and that same night the
native officers and men rose and proceeded to the
work of massacre/’
This is (he regiment which some time before hail
professed such extra zeal and loyally, (hat they en
thusiastically pled to be allowed to proceed lo Del
hi to punish the mutineers, of whose treacherous
and cruel conduct they spoke with vehement detes
tation. In order still further t< prove their loyalty
they again and again delivered up spies, who uad
CMiie to spread sedition amongst them So com
pletely was the veracity of their professio h confi
ded in, Lord Canning sent them a special letter cl
thanks, which was publicly read so them on parade
on a certain evening, at six o'clock ; and Hie read
ing of which elicited three hearty cheers for the
Company. On that very evening, at b o’clock, a
gentieman on the ramparts of the fort, observing a
rOcket go up, said to the magistrate near him,
‘What’s that, V “Oh!” said the latter, “it U only a
marriage.” Hut, lo! another rocket followed. It
was the signal agreed on by the “staunch and loyal
<!li;'’ when the mess-house was attacked, and
seventeen out of the twenty unarmed, c ntiding of
ficers assembled there were in-tantaneously butch
ered in cold blood-—their shrieks being heard at a
considerable distance. The colonel ot the regiment
who, up to the last, laughed at the idea of precau
tiouary measures being necesaaiy, and who would
not believe that his men would mutiny until the
balls flew ibrough hi hat and sleeves, contriv-dto
escape to the fort with hits life.
Then commenced the work of plunder and de
vastation—the destruction of propety throughout
she town and its vicinity, being most complete—the
bungalows in the cantonments, and all the British
residences, being soon in a blaze—the new railway
station, with its buildings, and machinery, and
carriages—the extensive American mission press
promises and schools, all laid waste—the public
treasury, bank and storehouses pillaged, in short,
within a few days the whole city of Allahabad, con
taining one hundred and twenty thousand inhabi
tants, was not only sacked and ravaged, but lite
rally reduced to one vast mass of ruins and ashes!
duly 15— I The case oi Jhansi, the capital of a
petty State in Bundelcung, to the west of Allahabad
is one of the most deplorable. The Sepoys having
mutinied, some of the officers effected their escape,
and others were killed. But the major part of the
Europeans, to the number of fifty five, inclusive of
the ladies and children, got possession of the fort
and for several days kept good their position—the
ladies assisting (lie gentlemen in cooking for them,
sending them refreshments, casting bullets, &c.
Though beginning to be much straightened for
want of provisions, they still held out, until at last
the mutineers, assisted with guns and elephants by
the Rani or Queen, succeeded in effecting an en
trance at. once to the gates. Then did the proverbial
faithlessness of Asiatics receive a fresh illustration.
The gentlemen—some of whom were famous marks
men, one of them having killed no less than twenty
live of the rebels wit h his own hand were selemn
ly promised, that if they laid down their arms and
gave themselves up quietly, the lives of all would
be spared. Unfortunately for themselves, their
wives and little ones, they were induced to listen
to these promises, and come out,. No sooner had
they done so than they were tied in a long line be
tween some trees, and had their heads struck off.
Such ladies as had children were doomed to see
them cut in halves before their turn came. Then
followed scenes of dishonor and torture too hideous
to narrate—these murderous savages, like the tigers
which inhabit their jungle, seemingly delighting to
play with their victims before despatching them.
In other esses where father and mother have been
killed, and little children have made an effort to
runaway, they have been caught and thrown into
the flames of the burning houses! Such cruelties,
outraging as they do every law of humanity, are
earning for the perpetrators universal execration.
In.another well authenticated case, the European
servant of a mess was seized and slowly cut into
small pieces, and portions of his flesh forced down
the throats of his children, before they wer them
selves cruelly destroyed ! Even the native servants
of the same mess were “marked by the brutal mu
tineers, by having their hands, anu ears, and noses
cut off.”
Elsewheie the Sepoys took up living children by
the legs, with their heads hanging downwards, and
tore them up in two. In one instance, four child
ren of one family were thus barbarously torn up
before the eyes of their father and mother, who
themselves were soon afterwards shockingly abused
and butchered. Indeed, I know nothing in history
comparable to these atrocities, except those perpe
trated by the “bloody Piedmontese” on the Walden
sian witnesses.
Early next month commences the grand annua!
Mohammedan festival of the Mohurrim, during
which, even inordinary times, the followers of the
False Prophet often exhibit outbursts of uncon
trollable fanaticism. This year, as you may sup
pose, the season of Mussel man excitement is looked
forward to with unwonted anxiety all over India.—
Already at Patna, one of the largesqcities an the
Ganges, where tint Mohammedans abound, discove
ry has been made of a plot to massacre all the Eu
rope ans in that quarter, on one of their great festi
val days in August. Documents were seized which
amply proved that money for this end had been
plentifully • upplied by one of the wealthiest Mo
hammedan bankers in India ; and in these it was
urged that the rising should be simultaneous on the
same day all over the land. This timely discovery
may tiuiy be regarded as preeminently providen
tial ; since, by putting all our authorities doubly on
the alert., the vigor ot their precautions may, under
God, prove the means of averting the calamity.
Fiom the Mississippi Planter and M tekanic
To Keep lril Potatoes Through the Winter.
Messrs. Editors: In the first place, we presume
that, every man who lays claim to the title of farm
er, has a “patch” of potatoes. As they require but.
little cultivation, and interfere but little with the
cotton crop, they might be grown (with profit) to a
much greater extent than at present.
Hut little attention has been paid to keeping po
tatoes for planting purposes, and much inconven
ience and expense is occasioned in procuring them,
when needed; especially for the last three years.—
Wo propose to give our plan of keeping potatoes
through the winter, based upon five yeais practical
expenw. When the vines die, is the time to
dig; they should here:.,o. ..a, for i( the
sun shines upon them, even for a few *,
will turn yellow and will not keep. Next, as the
sun frequently reaches them through c-aeks in the
ridges, prior to digging, you must sort over the
piles, rejecting all that are sin unken, or of a yellow
ish cast. Select some out. building, inouerately
close, in which no fire is used, and make a set of
scaffolds, one above another, eight or ten indies
apart, and about three feet wide, the lowest scaffold
being at least six feet from the ground, upon those
spread your potatoes even and thinly. Notice them
occasionally for ten days, ana remove any that may
be rotten, and after that time “let ’em rip.’’ There
is more danger of heat than of cold; they will not
freeze. I have kept some varieties, that at plant
ing time presented a watery appearance, but could
discover no diminution in production and quality.
As to the seed running out, it. is all “gammon the
vine becomes somewhat smaller, but one can dis
cover no change upon the potato. Mississippi an
nually exports thousands oi dollars for planting po
tatoes, and if we can induce our brother farmers to
lessen this amount, the purpose of our article will be
fully accomplished. Madison.
Note.—When potatoes are permitted to remain
in the ground during the winter, they should beta
ken up ten or fifteen days before the planting time
and thoroughly dried. M.
A Hank Mohhed.—There was a lumorcn the
streets yesterday, to the effect that one of the banks
in Janesville had been severely handled the day
previous by an excited populace. The story goes
that the bank in question had been paying out on
checks through the day large quantities of the bills
of the Hartford County Hank. Much of it was
paid to farmers, who were in from the country, lor
wheat.
t In the afternoon the intelligence that the Hartford
County Hank had been closed by the Hack Com
missioners spread through the town creating the
most intense excitement among those who had
received bills.through the day. At once a large
crowd collected in front of the bank that had paid
out the bills, and demanded that other money
should be given in exchange for them. This was
refu-ed, and the crowd commenced an attack upon
the bank.
in the melee, axes, brickbats and other missiles
were called into requisition, the dx>rs and windows
of the bank were speedily demolished, and the
crowd rushed in—only to find, however that the
officers of the concern had disappeared, carrying
the contents of the vault along with them. Such is the
report said to have been brought to4he city by a
pHf'H.-nger on the Fond du Lac train, who left Janes
ville on Wednesday evening.
We give the rtuftor for what it is worth. The
Janesville Gazette of yesterday morning, says
nothing of such an occurence having token place.—
Chicago Tribune of Friday.
Death of Cai t. Thomas D. Ewan.—We regret
to have to announce, this morning, the death of
Capt. Thomas Day Ewan, so long and favorably
known to this community. He died at about nine
o'clock last evening, aft era short but painful illness,
aged thirty years and seven mouths, having been
bom in Charleston, on tLe 23d of February, 1827.
He commenced life as a sailor before the mast, but
by hia capacity and energy rose through the several
grades to The rank of Captain, lie first took com
mand of the steamship Southerner, alter having
served on board her as mate for four years. He took
charge of the Nashville upon the retirement of Cap
tain Berry, exactly one year ago, which position he
retained in the exhibition of the same qualities
which had already marked his character, until he
was compelled by illness to retire.— Charleston Con
rtcr.
The Schuyler Stock Illegal. —The temporary
j n junction obtain by Mary Ann Blatchford against
j t ln payment of the dividend declared by the New
i Haven Railroad Company was dissolved at New
! Voik on Wednesday by Justice Davis, on the
| ground that plaintiff* is not a stock holder, she hold
-1 mg the Schuyler stock.