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About Weekly chronicle & sentinel. (Augusta, Ga.) 183?-1864 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 25, 1857)
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I well beep I o.t ■ r.nhont ‘dm.l perlf ly familiar wtb yonrwant; 1 1 ••4*o o ! t. and . tr* uif <* *■-month, up bead* m! Mi'li H > . b :ar . br< .nd none •r tb • . . - It *n |c. h; fly iu a ‘U\l or Atules, - to- ondpie r t nr. . *lf t*i If rr. mallprofl IV,. :i- ri .1. ’. . ‘ .a Join try, ‘ pH*p?n ands ) and I j .i r gbf ’ i ; i • T \ I.I,MAN, . ■. ovl *Mi nary. Cor net* villa, T* irs„ U b. 1?, P-7. l& Cottsiitufit'ii i>3 • ur ! id ; i I I ■ \ I ■ _ 1’ . _ - I ■ I'lir a |u>Vt” “,'UU.N . BLOUNT 1 vLuroniclc £ Sentinel. The Fall or Delhi. 7 .'<• ■■awl’ letter from the Bombay correepon ! (k-i,: </ th- I/’ ijdon Time*, j>ivea the particulars of : Hi. of I>elbi, and the usual summary of events i -i ‘ the departure of the previous mail: , 1 J •i. O. t —Deiiii is once more in posses* | - id of the British. The place was assaulted with .< < e > on the i Ith of N-ptember, when a perrria - effected. During the fevor kdvaooefl aadaond^ • o • ity were made, and on the 20th the • : -pa* -< n. i)Bed within the walla wag in 1 shod observe however, that we t |f ’ i* - ;ved as yet such certain evidence of h of the Litter part of this story ae of that of i i Th-proceedings of the 11th, 15th, and • .iit .u fi *-:ti the official bulletins is *: <’hiel inner at Inhere, founded jiapL < ine-.-agei Irom Delhi. But of the I *. “U on the _ hwe have only heard by • fvjifi the Residency of Jeypore in Rej ; ii i rraehed Lord Elphiriatone by way .i yesterday. It is dated at Jeypore . evening of the 2 id, and is to the fact that the ’ h ,ii't been received at the Residency, both Kajar .nd thus from the Vakeel or minia ! i-. ! ; ■ -tnfly bren none of those denparate •>m the city that characterized the early Mi * and their only success attained j -n the night of the Ist of Semtember. when a • : fr • a b:.tery on the further side of the of which I wrote my lag! burst among a • 1 tli* ’ ! in froi.t of the 51 etcalfe-house, .wo men and wounding seven. On the ■:gti’h arrived in camp the long-looked ; :ge train of between 30 and 40 heavy guns .g< laal • its of am ti • ••r'corted by th<* remaining wing of the 1 -of. two more roinpanies of the fUt, and a i . ingoftbe Ist Belooch battlion of the Bombay ar ! fa the *.tli came in from Meerut a most valuable fthe 1 oth Rifle* and 100 Ar | i try : * cruits. To the latter were added 45 men 1 , 1/u.cers. Tie place of this detachment ; ‘iippii'd at Meerut by the 7th Punjan-Infantry. • : -\* ing day the army was further streng -Iby U • i V ■ bib Rifles under Capt. Wilde, tops of tbe Jbeend On tbs ’ i, ;• ; ... the 7 tii the advanced batteries intended i ■ • e Moree bastion and tbe ad i ’ curtain were armed with JO heavy guns at i b(i’varJ from the bastion, and an enclosure half 1 tance ol walls, called the .... | ed by a detachment of In these (tioQi we sus • and ai- ot some! hing under 50 lulled and wouii j d*d ) t wo olliceiii among the former. ci day was marked by the opening of tbe i the M iee bastion and by the j a. i vai in camp of theJummoo or Cashmere Con* • lit. Meanwhile tlie engineers were hard at ’ vvc.i. i the erection of other batteries. On the 11th .he M 0! ii fiKMB Roods* it | lit .at little in .re than 3110 yards, and upon the !in ‘.mere and Water bastions a fire was . and from lb heavy guns aud howitzers and 10 large :.i p'Hutcci at two points in front of the inclo liuowo as Ludlow castl-, and bo noted in mr.. ):i the 12th the attack on the Water : i b.-n whs strengthened by four IS pounders and i:; lit, i ll ■ 1 1 , mortars (increasedafterwardsap ! j )>i ficiy to < ight. <1 U,<i former and J 2 of the latter) ; : n fiat :.*•)(; and 250 yards from the wall and the ; • -mu: hoii:**'compound near the river. The fire i < < nemy was most severe upon the last named ;!. ■ which were exposed not only totheguns of t • Water bastion, but to those in the old inner • .... and also to those of the other fide i I ihe !i Ji the Cashmere bastion was in ruins. bar Bide were similarly ( .‘/and Item the d-bris of the Moree bastion , m light gun or two at intervals replied to the v \v : ho? and shell that were poured into it. At i•• Water bastion bad • v m'hici ly less severely, its extreme inaga -1 nip, and at light gun which enfiladed | on batteries had been silenced. m M orning of the 1 till, soon after day break ’ to. k place The attacking columns . 1 gathered from the only communication hat n syet reached Bombay—three i > ■ not given. The main point of assault. tion < ine eoluxnn, gos GUi kas sod the m.-wly ar* i Jumiimn contingent, was directed to make a ■ii, .Mm kit the lv ishengunge suburb, ■ Mi ‘dr il'm Lahore gate on the western icceeded in carrying the • a adt tlie gate itself. But the suburb was i . .1 by lh enemy in force, with a balfeiy of ( i shnicrc troops behaved indifferently, and *- i{ |i;• ■ IVoit - ot the brave fJhoorkas the . .... liin w; repulsed. Its commanding officer, Sirmoor battalion, is among the northi rn ride ol the : . in w 1 i. * The troops entered at the breach . m i I:.. . rimis oppcbition. and spreading to the left y < i■.iu| l •• and tlm “whole line of defences from VV der bf-tion to the Cabul gate, including the , v’ .. .uit-re gate and ba tion, the Moree gate and bee honse, and the in as nb*,ut Tl.-c principal loss sustained by •ii wasdueto the obstinate resistance cleaiii t* i way ah mg the ram : . to iho Cabuigate, and afterwards in an at , ; iit into the denser ith af \ in the direction of the Jumna Mus* is mount! I to about 500 killed : five officers are reported to have . M Wmiii :ed in all about 30. Oftheh.es 0 r: mutiners 1 do not observe even an estimate. ■ once made for shelling the rmyuutofthe Palace, the Selimghur, and the i.. strong places of the city, aud the firing com ! loth By Re* evening . ibn ich vt ■: ■. ffet ted in thi waUof the azine enclosure, which whs held in form by tlie t ,j a nd th pla< e was Btormed the next morn* s) bv the iilst Foot, and detachments of the french ... iwi Itiflei In it were oaptnred I | ,; ol caiiuou. Tbe Palnce being now well , ■... ...I (lie uiii.ri and mortars opened upon it from ii. ■ em-losuie. and the enemy appears to alien back at all point*. Thus the Kisheii em... battery, whirl, had repulsed the Jummo ~. .... vis ulmudom.il and occupied, and the Kims . re taken swelled tlie total number of captured | pieces to upward of m . 7’i;e battery on the futher side of the river seems and at th® date ot the • - 1 p. m. on the 16th an attack upon themaganize had been repulsed, ; of post a Lad been established from the • ( . ; I gate to the msgr/ine, and the enemy some ; maintaining oofy a 1. t. ; < ‘tl and “desultory warfare from the tops of I ii . him Many townspeople had come in and 1 H cciv’ djjqu&rtere, w hich was of course refused to ■ < ~ Sepoy. All this is bo satisfactory that we may . : |i t nit tin* reporte from Jeypore. that on tbe 3i , t w*: entirely in our hands. But 1 i hall keep thi* letter open to the last in hope of > hjli-i in t-lligeuee, as a steamer is just in from h m ;.■. : t . w l,u h .Mr. Frere was keeping ready for a id whii h he would not have d®§- nute'ied uule* he had some tiling worth sending. I : .i o ur, by the way to u eution that the Jey , s though L do it—that ;\ ;• ies< .i lto a neighboring shrine Soindia, •*! la mote* i o\* i reported, was raiding 15,000 men to intercept Ti .! north-west of Delhi, in the Hurrianach dia- Gt neml \ an Cortlandt is still busy represent and re-.-ctlUug r4e country. On • s.t . mbt-r an insurgent village near occupants drivt n out i tfi ij-pi \d. With the loss of one of the ringleaders i mut .’ yof the Hurrianach battalion and 25 age at a at! r data, when e mutinied 10th Cavalry tV-i!, and e T i"• v'licvs. foimerly of the same regiment, ivs . i. .with execut. 1. On this occasion a large . and Frees, cattle and money rat , 1,;.. •! a u of the General’s men. From Meerut i . do not hear of any more raids against insurgents :. v ■ Agra report any t - inoi iigs rn the part ot Major Montgome i very in cessful engagement at Hattrasa : v r'iGh v. Mat.omed Khan, the self syled Soubah j .i’ii of tin* k i gos Delhi, which appears to have 1 .mu ted the country about Allyghur. • U- • vrdirg Cawnpore and Lucknow lam unable 1 \• \ >u’ *■ favorable au account as a fortnight i aid cipated. Gen. Outram, in his letter of , . i ot September, expressed a hope that he ~and t;.*t ..ver the distance between Allahabad ‘ u isr he was at the time of w riting) and Cawn lu this hope he was, however, . ‘inud. On one occasion at least his advance j .. mmeded by au armed lorce, or his progress . < J i.v the necessity ot chasiising it. A party, inbei u< nt destroyer a: about 300 i ii - the number Ii net men* Ia. v rcssed the Ganges from Oude, presumable purpr.- eof plunder, at a point ahead of Sir I ;t s’ In. of march. As soon as they were heard M or V n riit Eyre, of old A Afghan and recent ! .v. c lebi itv, was sent on with part of his own j v. .it- c i iii elite of the sth and i‘*4th Foot, and op of ln\ tiu’.ar Horse, to attack aud disperse o u : M .vr's approach the enemy hastily be b to th< r boats, Nimdbf the i ~\ u whom, when they had re-embarked, v s.. > t\ smart tire Even when the infantry ... poured volley after volley into the u . . ti e rebels still made what defence ud,l at vheo tbe held pieces .. v iirape they threw themselves panic v to ti e river, to perish almost to a man ~. :.-.i he of aU arms that rained upon them , Th- boats were sunk and the guns is was on the 10th of September, ••ad quart ere of the sth Fosileers . ... : v rcii.aii uer ot t-.e 78th Highlanders reached * v ’ James with the rest of the force : t : V\: ltd on the following day, orders were ’ . • i ,'’ n c ti river at hall past 2 the uext ; . i know from a private letter from , i . ti -• -f the 7s: ‘, and nothing, so far as vel from Cawnpore direct to - -..it counter-orders were subse •’ t ’ v il: : ■ crossing was delayed C - .a steamer for Sue 2 called at - t ran . • . v : .e K. • . ti -veminent thus—"Cion. Cun* g WBf [ garrison ,1 cknow we have that little. bow* nr, it en- I had ermine aai blown up a j .j rtheii trei ‘hmeiit, with a number of fa ! occupied it, and then sallying out had v?V ;wo Impounder guns which the enemy ::<> bear upon them, though without do n . u £ damage Os the amount of provisions ! T ; ir io ‘ eitner oneway or the other. On j . \ &v - rein that we know of nothing ’ u di<;rt‘V or even materially to affect the .i* h when 1 last wrote were so ,\ •- aiiu-a, tv’ vi! von this side of India. ’ . wr. h . 4 . Allahabad, that this long , W , leheved in time to save j -v ; ir'iiVt -and the honor of English wo- ! liv 1 - -t: ere is little doubt that Capt. Peel. reached Allahabad, v. ... c . wi .e& of Lis arrival. At ! t t r~K A reinforcements have arrived ( . * free, the 23d, 93d, and 82d; P u artillery from the Cape, and v ‘ mpanies of the same .11..- _ From the capital to Alla ! . < • i. both sides of the river ap net agaii WbiftkM be B j y. b- vieg ap*u. i t ward Agra oy j -a i >*ftted that their main bo ■ 1’ turned Southward from • *-*••• Uewnh territories, others again, by bmg wan -i off by the Rajah, they had j ~ i uutr> and moved down into Bundel- Tui> las: account may e. psruaps. the true ! If not. y the mere rumor of their ap . - - mutiny of the 50th Bcn- Native • a* Xagodo, in the province . : ! w at ba> remained quiet so long. liaaffectioe rea* Led .Tubbulpore 1 * *r } led tht-'e was the 52d Nat ve In w i ke :h** ! th, had never hitherto wl. t.y i- •! ill feeling. But about this tiuv was diH owed that a plot wa*hatching,in which ! of the Sepoy* and many of the loose pop ill a j lion oi the town were oonoemed, to break open the [ gaol and release certain piisouert late y confined there. Th s Bcheme was frustrated. Shortly after w*ard an old cLiet of one ot the neighboring Goud Man was arrested on suspicion of instigating an at tack upon the Europeans and their property, and being convicted was blown from a gun, his eon suf fering with him for the same crime. A little while longer and the uUd mutinied, taking advantage of the scattered condition of the Madras column, which was stationed at intervals between Jubbulpore and Saugor, keeping open the road, and was in no great strength at the former station. Their mutiny had in it something of originality. They dismissed ail their officers hut one, Lieutenant Met iregor, whom they retained as a hostage for the safety of their comrades in the two companies that were in advance with tbe head quarters of the Mad ras column under Gen. Miliar at Dumoh. This little arrangement they explained in a respectful letter written to their own commanding officer, in which they said that in leaving cantonments they by no means considered that they were quitting the ser vice of the Sircar ; that they remained, and pro posed to continue to remain, true and good ser vants of the government ; but they had heard and believed that the Sircar intended to destroy them and had brought in the Madrasees for that purpose. Hence they thought it better to withdraw till the Sircar should be more properly and kindly dis posed toward them. They were takmgaway the Sicar s arms and am munition it was true,,but, then, had they not left all their own propertypAind, with which the Sicar might indemnify itself l And so the regiment inarched off, ali but the two companies which were with Gen. MilMr. whom the General forthwith cleverly and quiellybdiiamed. But the effect of all this is very bad. It may cost us for a time the whole of the Sangor territories north of Nerbudda. Ti e Bundelas are up in renewed spirits. General Miilar attacked a body of them, aud slew 811 with out the loss of a man. But another party defeated a sally from the fort ol Saugor, killing Col. Dalzell, of the late Wd, who headed it, and several men.— The Madras column abandons Dumoh and concen trate? itself for the protection of Jubbulpore. If, as in spite of their remarkable letter may be antici pated, the o-d join the Bundeias in strength, the o ‘ utnn may have to recross the Nerbupda. If Koor Singh comes down it must; but 1 hope and think that when tidings of the fall of Delhi have well liltered through the country many a now for midable looking band of marauders will be dissipa ed r veil more rapidly than it was formed. Lor the past fortnight we have had further lit! le disturbances in this Presidency, which constitute a d-awbaek, though but a slight oue, on the generally favorable character of the intelligence, aud afford a contrast to the loyalty of the Madras army, still un stained, unless by the refusal of the Bth cavalry to proceed for service to Bengal, for which, by the way, all the subalidars and the native staff officers have been summarily dismissed from the service. To return to Bombay, and to conclude. Our monsoon i? at an end, and bas been a very favorable one, the fall registered being T 8 inches. Trade is active; money abundant. Government Four per Cents have risen to 82, and would go higher but for the extreme depression at Calcutta. Exchange on London. 2s 1 Id. P. S —Tne England brings nothing from Kurra chee, but a copy of the Jeypore story which I have before given. But I have been obliged by the pe rusal of an extract from a letter received at Nus seerabad on the evening of tlie 24th of Sep-emb.-r from Capt. Eden at Jeypore, September 23, 8 A. M. which gives details of the doings in Delhi ou tlie 17th and 18th, ami which ruii thus “On the 17th shel ling the Lai Kilia (Red Fort; this appeared to be some other stronghold than Selimghur) and city.— h ighting all day . leaders aud native officers in open dis-cusion, accusing one another, in presence of the kiug, of cowardice. In the end unanimity prevail ed, and they resolved to light as men without iiope of mercy or pardon. Friday, the 18th.—Shelling all night on the Lal- Kiila. Tliis morning fighting recommended, and mutineers on some points successful, but constant ly lepulsed. Rifles doing much mischief among the re bels. City people, both rich and poor, running away. Suburb, where Reid failed, (the Kishen guage) is ours, and also the rebels battery there.— King and two sous concealed. One bastion of the Lal-Killa destroyed, and it will be taken. Capt. E len adds, “The above is from the Durbar news wiiter to the Elijah at Jeypore. There maybe some exaggeration, but in the main I am inclined to believe this report, as Hie man lias always sent current reports on the whole.” After this the re port of the total occupation of the city on the 20th may be accepted unhesitetingly. I regret to say that it appears probable there is something in the Punjab between Lahore and Mooltau. I alluded in the beginning of my letter to a stoppage of dawk communication between these towns. I now And that whon the England left Kur rachee no dawk had reached Moult an from Lahore for eight days. If anything is wrong it is in the Gogaira district. Attachments are out both from Lahore and from Mooltau , but nothing is yet known of the cause or of the magnitude of the obstruction to tlie traffic. All was quiet in Sciude, and the au thoritieß were on the alert. Letters from Neemucli record a successful opera tion from that station against Nimbheera, where the Rajah of Tonk was in revolt. Tlie detachments of the Bombay 2d Cavalry and 12th Native Infan try which accompanied tlie party of the 83d behaved very well, replying only with musketry to the cries of ‘Been, deen !’ (the faith,) which meet them from the walls. The euemy cvucuated the place during tiie night, abandoning his guns. The troops are clamorous to be leu against Mundesore er Bhown agger, whither the remnant of the Mundesore revolt has betaken itself. The following had been received from the resi dency surgeon at Jeypore, dated Sept. 23d : We have this moment received information from the Durbar of our troops having occupied the entire city of J)elhi on Sunday last, the 20th. The Vakeel of the Jhupur Nawab had been here a little while before with the same intelligence, so you may rely upon it. The King is said to be in the Durgah Nizam oodeen, about six miles from Delhi. He and his two sons escaped disguised as women, aud the women of the Zenana in men's clothes. It was reported at Alimedabad, upon the strength of letters from Ajmere, that the King of Delhi had been captured. At Calcutta tbe produce market was unaltered, but there was some improvement in the demand for imports. Freigtits were dull, aud money very tight. Exchange on Ixmduii 2s. 3.(d for credit. At Bombay trade was active and money abun dant, Exchange on London 2s. ljd. The monsoon w r as at an end, and had been a very favorable one. At Madi as prices of exports were high. The im port market was Bteady. Money easy. Exchange 2s 2jd for scrip. Kniina—Action of the Constitutional Conven tion. Letters from Leavenworth, Kansas Territory, to 2d iust., show that the Constitutional Convention had made active progress in the formation of a oon stitution. The Convention have established the .Judiciary election system, leaving the power with the Legislature to create a Court of Chancery. The Governor of the State, to be eligible to office must be a citizen of the United States for twenty years. This provision met with considerable opposition, on the ground of its conveying a principle somewhat akin to Native Americanism. The rights of suf frage contain a clause requiring the payment of a tax a year previous to an election which was also opposed, but whs carried by three majority. This clause may possibly be struck out. The following are the sections of the Constitution relating to slavery: Section 1. The right of property is before and higher than any constitutional sanction, and the i ight of the owner of a slave to such slave aud its increase the same, and is inviolable aa the right of the owner of any property whatever. Sec. 2. The Legislature shall have no power to pass laws for tlie emancipation of slaves without the consent of their owners, or without paying their owners, previous to emancipation, a full equivalent in money lor the slaves so emancipated. They shall have no’ power to prevent emigrants to the State from b inging with them such persons as are deem ed slaves by the laws of any one of tlie United States or Territories so long as any person of tbe same age or description shall be continued by the laws of this State ; j>rocided, that such person or slave be the bona fide property of such emigrant ; ami provided also, that laws may be passed to pro Dibit the introduction of slaves into this State who have committed high crimes in other States or Ter ritories. They shall have power to pass laws to permit the owners of slaves to emancipate them, saving the rights of creditors, and preventing them from becoming a public charge. They shall have power to oblige the owners of slaves to treat them with humanity—to provide for their necessary food aud clothing—to abstain from all injuries to them, extending to life or limb—and, in case of neglect or refusal to comply with the direction of such laws, to have such slave or slaves sold for the benefit of the owner or owners. Sec. 3. In the prosecution of slaves for crimes of higher grade than petit larceny, the Legislature shall have no power to deprive them of an impartial trial by a petit jury. Sec. 4. Any person who shall dismember or de prive a slave of life shall suffer such punishment as would be inflicted in case the like offence had been committed on a free white person, and on the like proof, except in case of insurrection of such Tlie question of submitting the Constitution to the people for confirmation or rejection had not been icted upon. It is thought that an effort will be made to submit only the sections relating to slave- JiHge Cato, of the Second Judicial District had i>sued an order directing Gov. Walker and Secre tary Stanton to sho v cause why a mandamus should n<v be issued directing them to grant certificates of election to the pro-slavery delegates claiming to have been elected to the Legislature from the coun ties of Johnson and Douglas. Gov. Walker and Secretary Stanton in reply protest against the juris diction of the Court, and* aemur to the proceeding as an usurpation of power, and therefore a nullity, which, under their oath of office, it would be their dutv to disregard. In conclusion they say : ** , TUe undersigned beg leave further to state, that if the said Judge should command them to issue certificates of election as aforesaid, and should deem it his duty to subject them to imprisonment for disobeying Lis order, as they would be compelled to do by their conviction of its usurpation and utter nullity, and because the certificates before the date ofsaid rule or order ha i already been issued to oth er persons, such is their desire to maintain the p'ace of this Territory, that they will submit individually to such imprisonment and if any tnmult should be apprehended by said Judge, in consequence of mon strous frauds which have been perpetrated upon the electiv* franchise in the recent election, the Gover nor wi’l direct the regular troops of the United State*, now here and subject to his order, to act as a <. ■ -i in aid of the Sheriff or Marshal, who may be directed by said Judge to execute said mandate of imprisonment [Signed) R J. Wai.ker, Governor of Kansas Territory. [Signed] Fred. P. St amok, Secretary. A Man Running away from his Wife, akd Jumping into the River to avoid her.—Tester u rday forenoon & rather indicrous affair took place bc’werna husband and wife, in the neighborhood of Furlong s Block,on Huron street, which came near ending fatally. A tailor named Carey got quarrelling with his better half, or rather his better naif got quarreilir g with him. and he ran away and left her — as every man should do when his wife be gins to scold. liat Mr-. Carey was not to be baf ried by this, and being nearly as good a traveller as ue was. put after him and overtook him in the above mentioned place, when she commenced pummelling her liege lord in a manner that would be creditable to an old pugiiist. He retreated under a heavy p*. une ng u-ward the bridge, but as the draw was open, there was no roomto retreat further, unless he nmped into the river, and in he jumped ( The wa ter was to cool, and we think it had the effect of bringing him : • a true sense of his perilous situa aou. He worked hard to keep above the surface of the watrr, and after getting a pretty good soak iiitr. i.e was dsued out by two men who were work bridge in a boat. In the meantime the vixen iuc and upon the abutment quite ooolly king at he*i ..usband struggling in the water, and when he kept up longer than she expected, she was heard to exclaim : “ I wish to the Lord he would s.nk He didn’t sink, however, for which be may be thankful, on the contrary, to the boatmen.—Aim *rauket SentiruJ. Russian View of the Fall of Delhi.— The Ei g ish troops at Delhi are in a more difficult poei i. u than they were before the aesault. They are in their ‘own besieged by the Sepoys, who have es tablished thamselvee in a fortified position six miles m Delhi, after having cut off all communication net ween that place and the other great military posts We remarked some time ago that the mili tary movements of the Hindoos displays a system of tactics which would do honor to the beet of Eu ropean Geneiais.—Lc Xvrd, of i^russe/i. AUGUSTA, GA., WEDNESDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER *25, 1857. from the X. Y. Tribune Special Correspondent. Important from the Plains. Camp, 260 miles from Fort L&ramie, > October 13, 1857. j During Capt. Van Vliet’s stay in Salt Lake City last month, he overheard but one remark which in duced him to believe that the declarations by the Mormons of intention to resist the troops were not earnest. That was an observation by Brigham Young to the effect that his intention was unaltered, “unleie he should get another revelation to the con trary, which he was sure that he should not. ’ Tne result has certainly justified the Prophet's confidence. No such revelation had been received by him up to October a, on which date acts were committed under his direction which esnnot fail to end in bloodshed. On that day the two regiments of infantry and the artillery and ordnance batteries were encamped on Ham’s Fork, which branches from Black’s Fork, which is a fork of Green river. The two nearest supply trains were but a few miles distant from Green river, on the east bank, and about 3U miles from Col. Alexander’s camp. The next on the road had advanced about 20 miles west from Pacific Springs, which rise at a short distance beyond the South Pass. About 11 o’clock at night, these three trains were surprised and seized by par ties of Mormons, their contents examined, and what .was worth pillaging was stolen, and the remainder ■Ktroyed by fire. Each train coastisted of 26 wagons, aud belonged to the number sent out by Mwsrs. Russell &, Waddell, of Leavenworth City, contractors for toe transportation of stores to the axrny and for the supply of beef cattle. The team ttere made no resistance, and were unharmed.— These Mormon bands are understood to be under the command of “BUI” Hickman, although it is rumored that Heber C. KimbaU attends them.— They are all well mounted and armed, each man being provided with a California horse, and with a iifie and from one to three revolvers. Hickman is supposed to have directed the proceeding near Pa cific Spring, while a man named Locksmith com manded near Green river. Immediately upon the receipt of the news o! this attack, Col. Alexander sent Capt. Marey of the sth Infantry, with five companies, back to Green river. He arrived, however, only in season to take charge of the cattle of the trains, which the Mormons had left, with the polite request that the troops would fatten them over Winter, when they would be in good condition for Mormon eating in the spring.— Another of their juex d'esprit was a remark to the teamsters that the “had only “burned the wagons this time, but would be likely to burn the wagoners the next.” Col. Alexander also sent despatches to Brevet Col. Smith, from whose camp I am writing, and Capt. Marey sent by another messenger a cir cular letter to the trains on the road advising them, for the sake of safety, to place themselves under Col. Smith’s protection. Both expressmen were in tercepted by the Mormons, but as nothing suspi cious was found on their persons, and it did not ap pear on what errands they were bound, they were released. The one from Col. Alexander, perceiv ing that it was impossible to avoid arrest, destroy ed the despatches to Col. Smith, according to his in structions, and we are ignorant of their contents.— The other brought Capt. Marcy’s circular safely through in the toe of his moccasin. We know, however, in the absence of the official despatches, that Capt. Many has rejoined Col. Alexander, and that the eDtire fjrce has moved to the north along Bear river towards Soda Springs, where it will probably await the arrival of the re maining supply trains, the sutlers trains, of the sth and 10th lutantry, and of Col. Smith's battalions.— The reason for tliis movement do not appear by a glance at tbe map, to a person unacquainted minu tely with the conformation of the country and the character of the climate. The direct train to Salt Lake City, passing Fort Bridger, Medicine Butte, aud The Needles, which Col. Alexander has aban doned, is possibly by this time impassable to wagons or artillery on account of the weather. The season, which had been uncommonly favorable up to the beginning of October, has resumed its natural se verity. Ice has formed in our buckets every morning but one since we left Fort Laramie. The northern slopes of the mountains are completely whitened with a covering which will not melt till 1858, and even the southern slopes are powdered scantilj- with snow, of whioh there woe a fall on Saturday night that chilled our road on Sunday aud Monday aud lias muddied it to day. The Mormons have proba bly burned the grass along that entire route, and obstructed the defiles in which it abounds, in such a manner that only artillery cou and clear them But if the army concentrates at Soda Springs it will have before it a road along a valley, open, it is said, even at midwinter, direct to Salt Lake City. I know of no charts which exhibits all the lines of road on which these movements will be made, and, indeed, I am unable to gath-r from our guides such info, mation as to trace them accurately on Capt. Stansbuiy’s map, which is the largest chart of this country that I possess, but I believe them to be substantially these: The direct route from Califor nia to the State crosses tbe Wahsatch Mountains far to the north of Salt Lake City, and continues al most due ea t to its junotiou with the main road to that city which passes F'ort Bridger, and then runs ou through the Soulh Pass, dividing, however, near Ham’s F'ork, into three branches, which cross the Green River and unite beyond the Big Sandy.— From one or the other of these branches, a road leads up into Oregon, toward F'ort Hall, passing Soda Springs, from which, at the Springs, there is a cut-off into a read direct from F'ort Hall to Salt Lake City. It is over these latter roads and the cut off that Colonel Alexander's inarch will be di rected. The Mormons who intercepted the expressmen told them that they had a force of 700 men scat tered along through the mountains as far east as the Devil's Gate, through wliioli the Sweetwater flows, about 200 miles from F’ort Laramie, and near which is a dismantled Mormon mail station, at a tire from some of whose logs we warmed our feet not a week ago. But this must be a gross exaggeration. Neither of the parties which burned the trains ex ceeded JOOin number, and it is difficult to conceive how a force of even that strength could have gained the rear of the army unobserved. It is a fact, how ever, that ever since the Mormons settled on Salt Lake, they have been assiduous in collecting infor mation concerning the topography of the country, and many of their leaders understand it as thorough ly as the most experienced mountain guide. The employment of a great part of their young men in herding cattle has made them acquainted with every Tittle stream and /canyon, and inured them to the saddle. It is these young men, and these al most solely, who constitute the element of the Mormon military force from whioh there is danger to be apprehended. They possess the ability, if they have the will, to carry on .an annoying guer rilla warfare, sweeping down from mountain passes upon single travelers and unprotected trains. I am unable to make an estimate of the amount of stores destroyed by them in their foray of Octo ber 5. The original amount intended for the Utali expedition was an eight month’s supply for 2,51)0 men, and each train was assigned a proportion of all the articles to be transported, including even ordnance stores. Whether different arrangements were made when it was thought necessary to leave the 2d Dragoons with Gev. Walker in Kausas, I am not aware. At any rate, it is the general impres sion that the loss of so great a qu ntityof provi sions as the 72 wagons must have contained, would necessitate a movement toward Salt Lake Valley, were not such a movement on other oecounts a con sequence of their destruction. The season will for bid tbe transmission of any further supplies or troops from the East than ore now already far on their way. Whether Col. Sumner’s command has return ed from its pursuit of the Cheyennes to the Arkan sas ; whether Col. Cook is marching his dragoons toward us to fill out so far as is now possible the or iginal programme of the army of Utah, which was disturbed by Gov. Walker’s schemes in Kansas; or whether Gen. Harney, Col. Johneton, Gov. Gum ming, or any of the new territorial officials are on their way west, we are not informed ; for the moat recent advices we have received from the East ex tend no later than to September 1. Ignorant as we are of what may have occurred there during the last forty days, it is impossible for us to fix the responsi bility for the delay, so accurately as yourse.ves, up on those on whom it belongs; but someone is cer tainly to blame for the tact that of the 2,500 men or iginally destined to the expedition, hardly 1,400 are now available, and for the other fact that of all the newly appointed territorial officials, ODly one, to my knowledge (Chief Justice Echols.) is anywhere near his post of duty. Mr. Morrell, the Postmaster of Sat Lake City, who was appointed by President Pierce last year, but whose commission was stolen from the mail, is also an exception. He is encamp ed near the South Pass, and will place his wagons under Col. Smith’s protection to-nn now. This news, of the actual rising of the Mormons in arms, cannot surprise you more than it does those on the scene of action. The presence of Dr. Bern hisel with Captain Van Yliet, on his journey to the States, seemed of itself an offset to all the threaten ing messages of which the latter was tlie bearer.— It seemed incredible that the Mormons should have the assurance to send a delegate to Washington to uphold them in Congress, when they were in actual armed rebellion. That they have been excited to a forcible outbreak only by the grossest misrepresen tations, I cannot doubt. As an instance of these, I may specify one which is by no means the most ab surd. When tbe general orders from the headquar ters of the army for Utah for the establishment of thi ee new posts in the Territory reached Salt Lake City, the circumstance that they were to be “ dou ble ration posts” excited the utmost indignation.— Supposing that it meant all the garrison as well as the commanding officers were to draw double ra tions, laughable as it may appear, it is a fact i hat they believed that the extra ration was to be fur nished to each soldier, to enable him to marry and support a wife, whom, of course, he would seduce from among them. Capt. Van Vliet found this illu sion universally prevalent In consideration of the journey of Dr. Bemhisel to Washington, while affairs are in such a condition among his constituency, I feel bound to send you the foUowing information concerning the mode of his election, for the accuracy of which I do not vouch for it is not of my personal knowledge, but for which I send you privately my authority. It has been stated tome that on the Sunday before the day fixed by law for the election, Brigham Young rose in the Bowery, where an audience of several thou sands was collected, and spoke substantially to this effect: “Brethren, to-morrow, you know, is the day to vote for Delegate to Congress, so the law says. — But I don’t see why to-day isn’t just as holy, and why we shouldn’t take a vote to-day. Brother Bernhieei, brethren, has done well enough in Con grees, though nobody ‘s of much use there, and if it’s worth while to send anybody to Washington, I guess we might as well send him back ; if he can’t do us any good, he won’t do us any harm. So all C that are in favor of sending Brother Bemhisel k, will please rise,” Accordingly the whole audience roee. The next day, at the election, but few votes were cast, and those all for Dr. Bemhisel, it being felt to be useless to oppose him, although he is said to be very un popular in Salt Lake City. If Ido Dr. Bernhiael any wrong by this narration, I am sure you will be willing to correct anything which he shall prove to be inaccurate. As another item, which I have neglected to iasert in its proper connection, it is reported that the Mor mons have taken prisoners two men belonging to Dr. Magraw’s party, who were sent on business to ward Sat Lake City. The following letter we find in the St. Louis Dem ocratc Camp on Sheet Water, Oct 13. Colonel Smith, of he 10th Infantry, with a por tion of his command, consisting of about 65 meD. rank and file, are encamped here for the night— Lieut. T. J. Lee, with fifty men, were at Laramie to escort Gov. Gumming on, when he comes that far. Our camp is thirty-five miles east of Pacific Springs, which are the first that empty their waters on the west side of the South Pass. An express has just reached us as unexpected as it is important; and I avail myself of a halt to give you a succinct state- | ment for the public. The Mormon problem is solv | ed They have seized upon the very first opportu nity afforded them of perpetrating an act of war. On the night of the sth ins:, about 1U o'clock, they seiz ed ana destroyed seventy-eight heavily leaded w&g one, containing government for the army. The wage.ns ana teams were the property of Messrs. Russell it Waddle contractors. The trains were some forty miles distant from each other. This £ roves that there were more than one company of [ormons. My informant says that the notorious “Destroying Angel. Bill Hickman, commanded one. and Locksmith the other party, of about 80 men each. One train of *26 wagons was destroy ed 61 miles of us, and the other, of 52 wagons, was taken near Green river, 30 miles west of Colonel Alexander's train. There were no soldiers with these trains, and the teamsters offered no resistance. For their docility in this respect the Mormons gave them one wagon and some provisions, with 1 which to make their way back to the States, and burnt the residue. They profess to have between the I>tvU • Gita, oa Uuff river, and iha Mormon Ford, on Green river, seven hundred men under arms. On hearing of the loss of the trains, Col. Alexander, who was encamped on the Ham's F’ork, sent Captain Marey, with four hundred men, back to Green river, to enable the teamsters to collect their cattle and take them on to headquarters.— He also sent on a Frenchman to us. On the next day they ordered a Mr. F'ieklin, of Captain Mc- Graw's party prisoners. These men were sent by McGraw on to Salt Lake to buy flour for his party. Our express brought in his moccasin an order from Capt. Marey, which I have been permitted*) read, ordering the trains to i . i .‘i iL ljlM 00. came up. W.- i..:\e !Lice or four trains of twenty six wagons each up wit. Col. Alexander— one a few milts in advance of us, and two behind us, and the road is lined wit! meislwiits and settlers’ goods for oi. ,• hundred uiih - moor rear. Colonel Alexander has broken np his camp on Ham s Fork, and changed his course of the Bear River route, and we are expected to collect and fuard these traiM to his camp near Soda Springs. here is yet plewr of provisions for us until spring, except forage. We have no corn, hay or oats for j cur animals, .ud must rely upon grass. This the icvih-sauUs may bum, unless the snow prevent it and then our mules can profit little by it. Our force, rank aud file, is about MXty live men; but I am informed tbgtthe teamsters will be armed to morrow with lilies,and made to stand guard over their trains at flight. Our expressman believes we light for our trawsin a day or two :n. -re, and it m . be .so. If attacked. Col. Smith a to fast. There win be no surrender. 1 Inc t>..-lir.g prevades officers and men. Col. Chap man. an old veleMnin war, lieutenants Eiwood and Kinsel, and J ;dge Eckels, Mr Brown and Mr. Ml Coriuick ar. with ns, andWiti i. 4se the rifle, if necessary. We shali dooafdntyh Wittihe people of the States do theirs ? 1 believe they will send us men and supplies soon. CslifiSito could give us soldiers even m winter. I think the Mormons will attempt to emigrate'in the spring to the Sandwich Islands or to Vancouver. Let a close look out be kept for them. This is no camp news. It is reliable, I believe. No civil appointee, except Morel, postmaster, and Judge Eckels, of Indiana, have come on bo far, as yet. When General Harney and Governer Cum mings will come no one know . We shall go on to morrow, come what may; and with or without or ders, if any party attacks Col. Smith, you will hear a good report of him and his gallant little band. He will fight. The following is an extract from a private letter dated Fort Laramie, Oct. 22,1857 : An express from the army on Haws’ F'ork reports that Brigham Young informed Col. Alexander, by express, that he must not advance further into the territory. Col. Johnson is collecting the trains all together at the South Pass, to escort them in. The 2d dragoons will be here to-morrow. Correspondence of the Baltimore American. Afl'nirs at tlie C'apltol. Washikgton, Nov. 10,1857. O and and familiar faces appear again upon the Avenue, and distinguished arrivals are registered hourly at the hotels. Since the adjournment of the last Congress a large number of spacious and elegant dwelling houses have been erected in different parts of the city, with broad balls, capacious drawing rooms, and cool wine cellars, as if in anticipation of full pockets and sumptuous hospitality the coming season. Nearly all these houses are rented at good round rates, to members of Congress aud gentlemen of the lobby, who have had some experience in Washington life, and who find keeping house aud entertaining not much more expensive, and far more agreeable and independent that being cooped up in a hotel, with mean fare §nd no fire. The new wings of the Capitol will not be occu pied until spring, except some of the committee rooms. A small army of workmen, painters, plas terers and carpenters are scattered through the al most innumerable rooms, halls, alcoves and recess es of this immense building—while the public grounds for a quarter of a mile around contain work shops of every description, with large piles of lum ber, cast iron, stone and marble, ready to be work ed up. The new Representative’s Hall lias no wood work about it except the floor and doors. Tlie fres coe work and the rich ornamental gilding and paint ing look al riost too brightjaud gaudy, but the stain ed glass roofing w hieli is yet to be put up, will great ly subdue the light and improve the general effect. The walls around the hall are covered with two ranges of pannels, twenty in each range. These panuelß are about eight feet by eleven, and will ad mit pictures as large as those in the Rotunda. The upper range, which surrounds the spectator’s galle ries is prepared with ninches to admit statuary. The superintendent of the frescoe work is now engaged in filling one of the pannels which will be completed by the meeting of Congress. Tlie picture commemorates an important revolutionary event, and the incident selected furnishes the artist witli a most interesting and spirited subject. “Lord Coru wa lisonthe 17th of October, 1781, sent a letter to Gen. Washington asking a suspension of arms for twenty four hours, to allow time to prepare terms of capitulation; Washington allowed them.” Wash ington is represented standing with his left hand resting upon a table and his right extended to re ceive a despatch or letter which is about to be pre sented to him by a British officer who has just en tered. There are several other figures in tlie group. In the back ground are seen i lie “round-back chair” and tlie well known camp chest, so often pointed out to visiters at the Patent Office. The whole pic ture is exceedingly spiri ed and life-like, and when completed will be worthy of the incident it define ates and the position it occupies. Congress will no doubt make additional appropriations to ornament the entire building in frescoe painting. The two Walkers continue to furnish speculation for the newspapers—but it is quite probable both will retire to private life soon. A smile must have enlivened the heavy features of the sedate Secreta ry of State when he read Gen. Walker's royal mani festo. He talks like an ex-king in banishment who can scarcely speak English. Leading Democratic members who have arrived here from the South predict an uncompromising “split” in their ranks both in the Senate and House upon the Kansas policy and other issues that may arise thereafter. Judge E. E. Sinclair, recently appointed an As sociate Justice of the United States Court in Utah, passed through this city a day or two since on his way to F'ort Leavenworth, from whence it is said a detachment of United States troops will soon be ordered to join the force that has already reached the borders of the Mormon country. Promptness and decision on the part of the administration will either bring the outlaw Prophet into a compromise or compel him to pack up his wives and other chatties and retire to the Russian Possessions or Mexico. He will not resist United States troops ex cept on the vocal principle of warefare. It is quite likely when the new Governor and tee Superinten dent of Indian Affairs arrive and he finds himself dispossessed of both these offices, and sees that the Federal officers have United States troops to sustain them, he will advise another hegeia like that of Nauvoo. Judge Sinclair is a gentleman of fine legal attainments and (what is especially requisite in au executive or ajudicial officer in Utah at this time) possesses great tact and pleasing address. It is rather doubtful whether the “reports of the United States Court of Utah” ever reach ua; if they do we shall be curious to see how the law relating to hus band and wife, parent and child is expounded. Modem law will not suit the high priest and his destroying angels. Yours, M. (Standing CominftteeM of the llouNe. Lunatic Asylum. —Messrs. Wilkes, Westmorland, Lewis of Hancock, Harrison of Chatham, Barton, Pickett, Howard, Shelton, Bigham, Harris of Dough erty, Spray berry, Bailey, Walker of Clarke, Dia mond, Smith of Towns, and Harrington. On Blind Asylum. —Messrs. Locket, Harrison, Harrington, Taliaferro, Wilkes, Moughon, Wimber ly, Clarke, Smith of Coweta, Battle, Gay, Bell and Bailey. State of the Republic.— Messrs. Pickett, Harrison, Crittenden, Irvin, Lewis of Greene, Hillyer, Kenan, Barrett, Christy, Bell, Harris of Dougherty, Lazen by, Holden, Kendall, Ward, Black, Fain of Fannin, and Worley. On Deaf and Dumb Asylum —Messrs. Webster, Reid of Putnam, McCantz, Wilkes, Westmoreland, MiUedge, Taliaferro, Harris of Cobb, Worley, Luff man, Moore of Clark, Pittard, Hays, Lewis, of Greene, and Mintz. On Public Printing. -Messrs. Boggess, Griflfeth, Brantley, Daniel, Kitchens, Wood, Mott, Kendall, McLean, Price, Roberts, Young, Schley, Christy and Craft. On Enrolment —Messrs. llardelman, Kirby, Phil lips, McMillan, McAfee, Mizille, Harper, Howard, Haines, Wilkes, McDonald, Glass, Fain of Union, and Fannin of Morgan. On the Penitentiary. —Messra. Faulk, Awtry, Gilbert, Battle, Brassell, Harkness, McGregor, Shelton, Smith of Talbot, Coleman, Duncan, Mad dox, Terrell, McDaniel and Holiday. On Journals.— Messrs. Crittenden, Clark, Ed wards, Fortner, Fuller, Griflfeth, Hall, Grovenstein, Gay, Hays, Holden, Hines, Johnson, White and Young. On Petitions.— Messrs. Diamond, Wright, Tom linson. Schley, Crumbie, Findley, Crittenden, Rob erts, Williams, Taliaferro, Causey, Taylor, Bras well, Myers, Davis. On Consolidation —Messrs. Lewis of Greene. Hillyer, Kenan, Jones, Diamond. On Agriculture and Internal Improvement. — Messrs. Westmoreland, Boggess, Hardeman, Pruett, Moore, Pickett, Myers, Lewis of Hancock, Big ham, Smith of Towns, Hardy, Chapman, Price, Con ley, Pittard, Fulmore. On Military Affairs.— Messrs. Millege, Harri son, Hardeman. Kenan, Kimbrough, Sheffie.d, Owen, Strickland, Harris, Wall, McEver, Walker, Findley, Reid, Oneal. On Judiciary Messrs. Irvin, Kenan, Lewis of Hancock, Smith of Coweta, Sprayberry, I? ain, Hil lyer. Big ham, Fannin, Bailey, Craft Luflfman, Ever ett, Jones, Guy. On Manufactures. —Messrs. McLean. Carter, Ju lian. Neal, Embry, Lewie, Lee, Curenton, Brantley Kimbrough, Marshall, Merchiaon, Darden, Frede rick, Davis. . Public Education. —Messrs. Lewis of Hancock, Picket, Braswell, Sherman, Daniel, Fmcannon, DeLamar, Willis, McWhorter, Barrett, Hopkins, Roberts, Kitchens. Smith of Tatnail, Wimberly, Thos. W. Walker. Jas. M. OweD, Smith of Towns. On Finance.— Messrs. Smith of Towns, Barton, Pruett, Pickett, Moore, Lane, Hardeman. Cannon. Harrington, Batts, Holmes, Little, Mints, Graham. McCants and Lewis ot Greene. On Banks. —Messrs. Gordon, Irvin, Lockett, Milledge, Powell. Mott, Hughes, Julian, Lewis of Greene, Strange, McConnel, Moughon. Webster. On New Counties. —slessrs. Cumbie, Shelton, Braaeell, Worley, Everett, Chapman and Findley. Gov. Mcßae, of Mississippi, proclaims Thanks giving in the following manner, which is more re markable for a buisiness-like than a religious spirit: “Since I have been in office 1 Lave, in each year, as Governor of the State, without any authority of law, butsustained by ancient custom, appointed a day of Thanksgiving. Thursday, the nineteenth day of this month, is the day now appointed, and I trust it will be observed. There is, certainly, some super-ruling Providence which has brought us into existence ana which will ultimately accomplish the ends for which we were created, not only as individuals, but as a people. Nothing can, therefore, be lost by recog nizing the obligation which we owe to the Supreme Being—by it much may be gained.” Sad Accident—Death.— Mr. Matthew Craw ford, aged 60 years, formerly a resident of this city, and a gentleman highly esteemed, on Monday while travelling hither on the cars from Charlotte, N. C.. where he resided, met with an accident that caused his immediate and ead death. It appears that Mr. I Crawford, in passing from the baggage or smoking car of the tram, slipped and fell through, fracturing his head and spine so severely as to cause instant death. The Coroner. D. Millar. Esq., empanneled a jary yesterday afternoon, and having learned that the car was not furnished with a platform or hand rail, as is usual, but was an old freight car, rendered a verdict of “accidental death,’ and cen sured the Company in consequence of said car not being properly arranged. —Columbia Times. The Worth Monument. —The construction of this monument in New York, for which the common council appropriated about stis 000, has been com menced. It will stand in the triangular plot at the junction of Broadway and Fith avenue.—The foun dation, which was laid some time ago. is 15 feet square, and is built with a vault 10 by o feet, in which the remains of Major General Worth now in Green wood|Cemetery, will be deposited on Evacuation Day, the 25th instant. The entire height cf the monu- Iment will be 50 feet. The material is Quincy granite. The names of the battles in which Gen. Worth par ticipated will be inscribed on the four sides of the shaft, and the panels of the base will be designs in Wome representing _ EIKOP EA N INTEI.I.I (J E N ( E. BY THE CITY OF WASHINGTON. Ihe City of Washington arrived at New York on Monday, with Liverpool papers to the 4th. Great Britain.—Monetary Affairs. On Saturday the 31st ulk, the absorption of Consols bv the public steadily continued, and the closing price for the day was 90$. A very active demand for money was exhibited, aud 6 per cent was treely of Joans on stocks without success. Gold from the Bank in considerable llie limes city article remarks :—“Confidence at Laverp-ÜByind Manchester, and in tlie manufactu ring generally, is still upheld in a manner to e £? l,;e apprehension of further o&nJLixig dimcuities has greatly subsided, and the stoppage of the Boro ug h Bank (Liverpool,) has been roil owed oy much le?s excitement than might have been feared, loohlqg ai the large amount of its de poeuß and general liiUuii .es. From the system of management which, it is alleged, will be developed whenever a full inquiry ia made by the stockhold rs, it will probably be fern : ,• extinction of this lnstituaa if it bad happened at a time free from a tendency To alarm, could not uave been regarded as a public mis to i: in The range of Consols during tbe mouth of Octo ber was as much as 4 per cent Monday, Novem ber 2, being the day for the half Yearly Indamv at the Bank of England, was kept Is a holiday at the Mock Exchange. Consols however were uominal thfpeaviness being attribu ted to^ the nature of the news from America by the Niagara. In the discount market the demand was rather 1- ss pressing, and in some cases choice bills were negotiated at a fraction be low the Bank n pßuum rate. The TimesCifv article says, “Some acceptances were returned this afternoon of Messrs. li. Wilson, Htflleft or Cos., of Liverpool, the correspondents of Messrs, liobb, Hallett & Cos., of New York. The engagements of the firm are believed to be large, but it is hoped such difficulties as have arisen may be but temporary.” The shipment of specie (silver) to the East by the steamer of the 4th was ascertained to be £956 816 The failure of Winterhoff, Piper & Cos., of Ilam burg, announced, with liabilities estimated at 1 ,000,000 marks banco. Owing to the holiday on the Stock Exchange, and ? ,?, 0I i an ' va ’ ‘ n I J ' ver P°°! of the London papers of Wednesday, we have no quotations for Ameri can securities later than Saturday, October 31. On that day tlie market was active aud Illinois Central shares advanced to 7®5 discount, aud New York Central to 72® 70. Michigan Centrals of 1869 sold at 78 j; Erie Bonds of *62 at 45, and Pennsylvania Central second mortgage at 86. Attempt to Launch the Great Eastern.— The launch of tlie mammoth steamship, heretofore known as the “ Great Eastern,” but now formally christened “ Leviathan,” was commenced at noon on the 3d inst. The usual means were taken to move the vessel, but for sometime without avail. After about three hours labor, tlie ship had moved about six feet by the stern and a little over four feet by the bow, when one of the powerful purchase chains broke aud the work had to be temporarily suspended. During the operations a sudden strain on one of the drums caused it to revolve with great velocity, throwing sevi ral of the men into the air like straws, and knocking down otheis with great violence.— F’our men had their arms aud legs broken, and one died as he was being conveyed to the hospital. Im mense numbers of people, including many distin guished meD, assembled on shore and on the river, to witness the launch. The Times of Wednesday says thaf a postpone ment of further efforts to the 2d of December had been resolved upon, and that in the meantime the ship will stand in great danger of settling, owing to the immense pressure (12,099 tons) upon the new rnado earth. M.scellaneous.—Mr. James Morrison, one of the wealthiest merchants of London, is dead. The value of his property is estimated at nearly four million pounds sterling, a considei able portion of which is invested iu securities in the United States. The shipping returns of the British Board of Trade for tlie mouth of September, show an increase in the employment of ail kinds of vessels, except American, the business of the latter, having been affected by the commencement of tlie panic. The Roman Catholic Bishop of Toronto, Canada, in addressing a congregation at Kilkenny, is said to have “earnestly entreated the people, if they could by any possibility remain in Ireland, not to think of emigrating, as it was almost incredible tlie misery and wretchedness he constantly witnessed among the unfortunate Irish emigrants. 1 ’ A statement had been made that the screw steamship Hydaspes had been lost on her way to India with troops, but as neither the Admiralty nor the owners of the vessel had received any such intelligence, it was believed to be without foun dation. The Liverpool Albion says that Sir Wm. Goro Ousley lv. C. B. is entrusted with full powers to ar range the Greytown bombardment question witli the President of the United States, and the other vexed questions relating to Central America and the Musquito Indians. Sir W. G. Ousley, it adds, is a gentleman who bas acquired considerable reputation as a statesman and gicificator, and he is also a personal friend of Mr. uchuuan. It is stated that as the barque John W. Brook man, of and for New York, was leaving Sunder land, a serious misunderstanding prevailed on board between the captain and crew, because the latter complained that the vessel was not fully manned. One man had been felled with ail axe, aud the posi tion of affairs was such that measures had been ta ken to intercept the vessel. F’RANCE. —The funeral of Gen. Cavaignac took place on s aturday the 31st, in the Church of St. Louis d'Antin. All wasconducted with order and re gularity, although the streets through which the pro cession to the eemetary of Montmartre passed were crowded, and about 15,000 people followed the hearse to the gates of the eemetary. Quite a large body of troops took part in the pro ceedings, and many prominent Republicans, and literary and political celebrities were present. The procession contained far leas of tlie democratic ele ment than was expected. An Imperial carriage was looked for in the train, but there was none. As the hearse passed along, every hat was raised, aud the spectators often remained bare-headed until it was out of sight. No address was spoken over the tomb, but the soldiers paid the usual military honors. The regret felt at the death of the General is de scribed as deep and universal. The Paris correspondent of the London Post says that friendly negotiations have taken place lately between certain great continental powers regarding the reduction of their respective armies. The gov erment of F'ranoe will certainly economise on this important item of public expenditure, and the Em peror of Austria according to late dispatches from Vienna has agreed to a reduction of his military ex penditure. Spain. —The Spanish Government had not yet signified its decision on the last communication from Mexico, namely, that the offered mediation of F'rance and England will be accepted on condition that M. Lafragua, the Mexican Envoy, shall be previously received at Madrad in his official cha racter. M. Lafragua was still in Paris, awaiting the reply of tlie Spanish Cabinet. Austria. —The official Gazette of Vienna an nounces the imposition of a tax of one kreutzer up ou newspapers. The impost is to apply to foreign as well as local journals. According to a Paris letter in the New Prussian Gazette, in June last a convention was entered into between the Austrian aud British governments to the effeot that in the case of a revolutionary out break in Italy, Austria may rely for the protection of her dominions on the friendly services of Great Britain. The authority for this is not very reliable. Denmark and Sweden. —An energetic debate on the subject of liberty of conscience, w. a being carried on in the Chamber of the Swedish Diet. Latest. —After seven days debate the religious liberty bill was rejected. The Mediterranean.— Telegraphic communi cation by submarine dhble between Sardinia and Algeria, had been established. The contractors were about to lay the cable between Cagliari and Malta, and between Malta and Corfu, aud with good weather it was hoped the operations might be com pleted in a fortnight. The Black Sea.— The Constantinople correspon dent of the Daily News says : “By news from the Circassian coast we learn that a blockade is established there “by means of Rus sian vessels. A few days ago the fourth corvette from the Baltic passed through these straits on her way to the Euxine. Then again, in Nicolaieff they are completing a ship pierced for 120 guns, and it is said that the keels of similar ships are on the stocks.” China. —The Paris Pays says : We have private intelligence from Ilong Kong to September 8. The Viceroy Yeh was expected at Canton about the 15th on his return from Pekin. The Emperor had con ferred on him the title of Ileu-vzy-pank, which means lieutenant of his person. This is a rank which is never given except to ?rinces of the Imperial family when on a mission.— tis said that Yen has positive orders to summon t‘ e English to evacuate Canton, and is authorized in default of compliance to make an official declara tion of war against England. From llte London Observer. Effect of the American Revulsion in Great Britain. It would, perhaps, be too much to say that the present financial crisis is equal to that of 1847, al though, in a great measure, it resembles it. The real difference is, that whilst in 1847 our financial difficulties were produced by inordinate speculation at home and by overtrading abroad, in the present instance it is produced by the speculations of our continental and transatlantic brethren. In 1847 we saw firm after firm, which, previous to that period, were considered almost “as safe as the bank,” tum bling to pieces, and the result was a general panic. But still, such was the general soundness of our commerce, that not a single Bank was obliged to stop payment, although there were several who were regarded as being in a very ticklish position. The panic of 1847 may, therefore, be favorably com pared with the panic now in operation in America. In that country, with one or two exceptions, the whole of the Banka have stopped, or rather have refused to pay specie. This is, by the majority of persons, regarded as sound policy, and as the only means of preventing absolute ruin. But the con sequence i o this country cannot fail to be very dis astrous. When the enormous amount of our eom merrial transactions with America, the almost fabu lous amounts of our eiports to that country, come to be considered, our manufacturers must be ex pected to suffer severely. The long list of failures that is brought by every mail is enough to frighten even the n.*l prosperous firms, and, as a conse quence, numerous failures may confidently be ex pected, so intimate are the connections between firms in Boston and New-York on the one hand and Liverpool, London, Glasgow and Belfast on the other. Nor will the embarrassments be exclusively con fined to the American trade. The present high rates of money must produce embarrassments among smaller houses in other departments, and the pressure is at this moment being most unmista kably felt in the textile manufacturing districts in Lancashire and Nottingham, and in the hardware districts of Birmingham and Sheffield. In fact, all branches of trade must be large sufferers, and, as a consequence, the working classes cannot but feel the effects of the general depression during the next few months. Such is now the distrust that natural ly exists, that few of our manufacturers care to eon sign their goods to firms in America, who, for aught they know, may next day atop payment. To carry on the manufacture of goods for which there will really be no market for the next six months, would be suicidal tolly ; and yet for manufacturers to close their mills is almost equally disastrous, as they can not afford to allow their capital to remain idle. Os tne two evils, however, the latter is evidently the least. But, although the prospect for the next few months is gloomy enough, yet there are strong grounds of hope for the future, especially as regards this country. Had payments still continued to be made in specie, a very large amount of the precious metals would have been drained from England, at tracted bytheir high prices. The present high rate of interet in this country, together with toe con specie payment in America, will, however, pretty nearly put a stop to this, because our capitalists will prefer taking 7 4* cent for their money at call, than running the risk of sending it to America.— But, although there will not be that drain that was anticipated some three weeks since, yet tee must be prepared to see a certain amount of English capital finding its tray to America, owing to the great de preciation of almost all the really good securities, some of them having fallen as much as 50 V cent — I These offer very alluring baits and cannot fail to I attract many of those who have any spare capital. I As yet it is satisfactory to find that so few houses bank has, up to this time, been compelled to stop payment, although a certain amount of ureasiness is telt with respect to one or two others The pre sent high rate of discount would, at first sight, lead many persons to believe that these were the most prosperous times for the basks ; but they lose sight of the fact that in order to realize these large pro fits they are compelled to run great risks, inasmuch as the paper, which in prosperous times would be considered as safe as a bank-note, may now at any moment become almost valueless, and this not from any fault of our own merchants but from the misfortunes of those on the other side of the water. The banks, therefore, are obliged to use every possi ble precaution ; but even then they cannot hope to come off scatheless, because several of them are known to hold a considerable amount of American paper. I here is also this additional cause for fear for some °! °. ur °miks, especially in the metropolis. During the last two or three years the competition amongst the 3anks has been very great. The high rate of dividend which many ot the old banks paid called several new banks into existence, and, in order to keep up their business to their old standard, the old banks have been compelled to enlarge their sphere ot operations, and to run fgreater risks. At the same tune the commercial public may be pretty well satisfied that, supposing any great pressure was to fall upon oue of the London banks, the oth ers would do all in their power th assist it , because, u once a feeling of insecurity were to arise, it would be impossible to say where it would stop. In the midst of ail this trouble and uncertainty however, we have the inestimable blessing of food at a cheap price. Wheat is now lower than it has been for the last five years, and there is every pro bability of its being still lower. Meat is also falling, and these two circumstances will do much to alle viate the misery which the financial crisis would otherwise infallibly have produced. Parts (Nov. 2) Cor. of the London Times. Eefect of the American Revulsion in F'rance. —The F'rench houses in commercial rela tions with the United States watch with intense an xiety the course of the financial crisis in that coun try. They are aware of the d:fficulties they will have to encounter; they despatched goods for which they themselves have entered into engage ments in the full confidence of returns which cannot be realized so long as the American banks do not resume their payments in cash. Y'et, if we are to believe what we are told, the effect will not be so se verely felt on French trade as is supposed. The ma jority of the houses that will lose by tlie American taiiures are wealthy, and in a position to meet the crisis. Some have already taken precautions against loss, aud also to secure the payment of their ad vances. They have also sent orders to their agents m the United States to accept payment in paper, and to lay it out in the purchase ot corn, cotton and sugar lor which a ready demand will be found- iH the markets of Europe. The retail trade of Paris has declined during the past w r eek in|mcst branches. The sale of goods has not yet become as active in the fancy shops as is usual at this season ot the year, owing, most proba bly, to the mildness of the temperature, and the cold must first set in iu earnest before Winter purchases are made. The activity observable iu the maga zines during the month of September and the early part of October has died sway; the difficulty ex perienced in the negotiation of commercial paper has obliged the manulacturers to narrow their cred it operations, and in several instances to refuse con siderable orders for whioh payment was fixed at too long a date. The slight advance which has taken place for the last eight days in corn has been succeed ed by a general decline. The offers are not solely tlie natural result of the abundance ot the last har vest and the accumulation of stocks. Many holders of grain and flour have decided on disposing of their slocks for the simple rea ou that they are pressed for money, The Reported Indian Jlassacre- The following letter is from the Rev. Thomas Williamson, published in the St. Paul Times, the substance of which came by telegraph : Pa.iutazee, Oct. 26, 1857. —A report reached this neighborhood on day before yesterday, that five hundred American soldiers have been cut off by a large party of Teetonwan, near the Missouri river. The news was brought here by a man from the up per end of Big Stone Lake, whose son-in-law (oue of the upper Sissitonwan) had just returned from a camp of tlie Ihanktonwan on the Missouri river, where he heard the news. He reports that while he was there a number of Teetonwan came to the camp of the Ihanktonwan to dance tlie scalp dance, and that he saw them mounted on tlie dragoon horses, witli the holsters aud pistols which they had taken. They said thal tlie Long Knives were going to war, and not very far from some F'ort on the Missouri river, and as they proceeded westward they camped near a large body of the Teetonwan, who nearing their drums i u the night surrounded their camp, and while they were nearly ali asleep rushed upon them and killed them with their knives and war clubs before the Long Knives could get their guns or horses, and not one escaped. It is common for warriors to magnify their ex ploits, aud we hope there is much exaggeration in this report; but if two or even one hundred of our soldiers have been thus cut off, it is a sad case. I fear there is truth iu it. It is very improbable that not one should have escaped, and likely you will have some account of it from other sources not far from the time this reaches you. You doubtless re member t hat persons acquainted with the Sioux, al most without exception, apprehended that trouble would grow out of the neglect of our Government to send a detachment of our army to punisli those wh o perpetrated the murders at Spirit Lake. The young man who brought the news to Big Stone Lake, says that at a feast to which he was called by the Ihanktonwan, he sat next to Inkpadu ta, who said to him, “Last ..Summer you Sismston wan tried to kill me for killing somb Long-Knives. Now, far more Long Kinves have been killed, but I was not present. I have, however, found rela tivc-s among the Teetonwan, who will receive me kindly.” lie confirms the report of the old man’s entire blindness, and says that beside himself two of his sons aud a son-in-law are in that region. I have confidence in my information that he gave me the above news as he received it from the father in-law of the man who brought it from the Missouri, and he believes it true; but aa he is not acquainted on the Missouri river I could not learn from him on what part of the river tlie fort is situated from which the soldiers were going, but it was probably some detachment of the army marching to Utah.— He says the place of the battle is oniy five or six days travel (between two and three hundred miles) from Big Stone Lake. As the messengers came ex press to bring the news, it is probably not more than two or at leart three weeks since the battle oc curred. They report further, that a party of the Ihankton wan had recently returned from an unsuccessful expedition against the Good-Ventures or Iticarue, who reside on the Missouri above them. That hav ing in this expedition lost five or six of their soldiers, they purpose coming, next Spring or Summer, to cry to the Sissitonwan, Warpotonwan and Mdewa kantouwan for the help to|exterininate those their ene mies. Tlie Sissitonwan are apprehensive they will come in large numbers with a view of being pres ent at the annuity payment, and give much trouble to the annuity Indians and whites who live among them, and have sent to advise the Warpotonwan urgently to request that the payment may be made early aud be over before they come, and thus pre vent their coming. Thos. S. Williamson. The Suspended Banks. —All the suspended Banks of our city have promptly met the demand of the Comptroller General of the State, for the penal ty, imposed, by law, in case of suspension. The penalty, prescribed by the anti-sußpension Act, is at the rate of 5 per cent, per annum on the amount of circulation, at the time of suspension, payable monthly, until resumption of specie payments. We give below a statement, showing the amount of cir culation of each suspended Bank, at tiie dfcte ot suspension, and of the amount of penalty, paid by each, for the first month, from which it will be seen that the Bank of the State comeß in, by far, for mucb the larger proportion. The idea of the Bank of the State paying a penalty is a mockery, nay sim ply farcical. The Bank is owned by the Sta e ex clusively, and it pays its share of the penalty incur red, by giving the Comptroller General a check for the amount, which he immediately deposits in the Bank, or has passed to the credit of the State, on the books of the Bank. This is the financial feat, com monly described as paying a debt by taking money out of one pocket and putting it in the other, or, still more familiarly known, as robbing Peter tojpay Paul. The Bank of the State thus, not only pays no penalty at all, but actually makes money by the operation—receiving on deposite the penalties paid by its fellows in guilt, the other suspended banks, and coolly discounting on them. We trust that our State, while resorting to such preventive or remedi al legislation as the crisis may demand, will not hesi tate, as a matter of honor and good faith, to refund to the other suspended Banka, penalties incurred by an offence, of which, through her Bank, she is even more deeply guilty than they are. Amount in circulation , by the suspended Banks , respective ly, ax time oj suspension, and of the penalties severally incurred by them. South Carolina Bank $93,759.50...paid.. .390.64 Bank of the State of S. C ■ - -1,159,999.12 4,958.53 People’s Bank 359,980 00 1,499 92 Bail Road Bank - 196,000.00 820 00 Planters A Mechanics 8ank.148,101.89 617.09 Farmers & Exchange Bank. .640,085.00 2,692 02 *2,633,925.01 *10,978 20 [Chas. Cour. Supposed Loss of an American Ship and all Hands—Bottle Washed Ashore. — A pint bottle, found washed ashore on some bare rocks under Wh tbury Point, on the property of the Earl of Haddington, was forwarded by his lordHhip on Thursday to the American Consul at Leith. The bo'.tle was sealed with wax, and over the cork was a slip of parchment fastened with wax : bearing the words—“ Washington, 16th June, 1857. Inclosed in the bottle, on a small slip of paper, like a leaf torn from a memorandum book, was the following: “Lat. 43 J 26’ N., long. 37 1 if. Ship Washington, of New York, 2,157 tons burden. J. E. Judkins, comman der. Caught in a hurricane. Laden with cotton. — Abandoned. Just going down. Crew and officers, 68 in all, taking to the boats. God help and pity us all, Amen.” The latitude and longitude given here are trom a spot in the middle of the Atlantic, so that, if the document be authentic, it must Lave traveled round either the northern or Bouthem coast into the German Ocean, to be landed on the shores of the Frith of Forth. The only circumstance, as pointed out by the Earl of Haddington, that might indicate the thing to be a hoax—a very heartless and stupid one if it be so—is that the writing on the parchment slip covering the cork of the bottle is not so much obliterated as upwards of four months’ expo sure to the waves might naturally have been expec ted to have made it.— The Scotsman. The Pen it ent i art. —We take the following ex tracts from the late report of the Principal Keeper of this institution to the Legislature, showing its £ resent condition, as therein set forth. [ale Convicts in Prison. Oct 4th, 1856 15!) Reed “ daring the year, 68 “ Female “ “ “ 4 72 231 Maiee pardoned by the Executive 44 Females “ “ “ 2 Males died 4 “ discharged on expiration of sentence, 13 “Escaped 4 67 Leaving in prison on stb day of Oct., 1857 164 Os the 46 pardoned by the Executive, there were eighteen pardoned a short time previous to expira tion of their sentence, for the purpoee es restoring them to their civil rights. More suitable accommodation is advised for the cemfort of female prisoners, and also improvements in other respects. The resources are notes and accounts 28,164 77 Doubtful and unavailable 5,000 00 Cash on hand. • 1,068 *26 *24,233 03 Liabilities—due individuals, including Officers & Guard, 19 - 374U4 4,858 99 To which may be added — Manufd Articles on hand in B. K. a Dept. Manufd articles in progress 6,U2.i 71 Material on hand J ' 94 ' j gg $32,772 85 VOL. LXX—NEW SERIES VOL. XXI. NO. 47. Late nnil interesting; from Mexico. The steamer Tennessee has arrived at New Or leans with the Mexican mails to the 7th inst., and $542,569.50 in specie. We condone. from the Picayune aa follows: The general news is important. The political guarantees of tlie new constitution have been sus pended, as proposed, and Pressidcnt Comonfort again clothed with dictatorial powers; on what pro eise terms and for what length of time was not known at latest advices. The first vote, which was lakeu on the 30tli, in secret session, was on th<* genel-al proposition, and stood 72 to 31 . The terms ot the dictatorship were to come up for considera tion the next day, the 31st, when an attempt w„s made to have the discussion public, but this was voted down. It was not known, therefore, whether the demands of the Executive were granted iu whole or in part, though from a despatch received at Vera Crnz it would seem that nothing had been settled. The new Secretary of the Interior, Juarez, and confessedly tlie most important man iu the new Cabinet, whether we consider his office, his personal character or his inffueuce, reached the capital the evening of the 31st. Multitudes of people went out of the city to meet him, and his entry into the same was almost a triumphal one. Sr. Juarez who, we believe, is an ludiau of pure blood, has always been an extreme radical in politics. He is un doubtedly a man of eminent talent and acquire ments, as he is a statesman of large experience, having held many important offices. He is the au thor of the law “Juarez.” The other membets ot tlie new Cabinet have been well received. Their installation was ,-ery timely, and as expected, proved favorable in its influence upon tbe demand for extraordinary powers. Tbe President, however, would not seem to have silenced all his enemies yet On the 30th appeared a most violent pamphlet, of a personal and political character, against him, entitled “What are Comon fort’s Principles ?” It was at once seized and sup pressed. The Santannist Gen. Cortes, who returning from Madrid was arrested on board the Tennessee on her present passage out, arrived at the capital un der escort on the 30th. The Monitor says he had better have been “reshipped” at Vera Cruz, as he would not fail to communicate with those to whom is his mission. Much is 6aid of important papers found on his person, but none bad been publi lied. He was not, as at Vera Cruz, thrown into prison, but held iu duress and incommunicado atthe prison. A circular was issued from the Ministry of Jus tice on tlie 30th ult., formally declaring all decisions of tbe ecclesiastical courts null and void iu civil and criminal matters, in conformity with tbe 13th arti cle of the constitution which denies to them all ju risdiction iu tlie same. Tiie civil and ecclesiastical powers are henceforth in ali things distinct. Rumors were iu circulation at tlie capital that tlie new government proposed to subject tobacco again to an export duty, but they were not credited at Vera Cruz on tlie 6th. The F'ederal troops have taken vosse-.sion of the District of Cuernavaca, where the difficulties be tween the Spanish and Mexican citizens have oc curred, aud martial law has (herein been proclaim ed. Gen. Alvarez continues still to prosecute tbe war with the rebels in the South with varied success He bad received strong reinforcements and was sanguine of tlie result, but at last accounts bad struck no decisive blow, nor is tlie great Acapulco road to the Pacific yet opened. The rav ages of the Indians in all parts ol tlie Re public are reported as greater than ever, and from a more thorough examination of our mail, we can see no improvement in tlie general social condition of the country. Depredations of bandits aud rob bers are leported on every side. Rumors of another Santa Anna expedition on the coast were again iu circulation, but nothing seems to have been known. It was believed, also, by many that the old chieftain, who gives our neigh bors much imaginary trouble atleasi, was p.l the bottom of the revolution in Yucatan. The following private nolo, written on the morn ing of the oth the iust., and entrusted, outside the mail, to L.j Extraordinary of that day, is the very latest possible. City ok Mexico, Nov. 5,1857. Kds. Pic. —On the evening of tiie 3d iust., Col. 8. VV. Inge, Msjor J. Caperton, Edw in Bell and L Q. Washington,of California, arrived in tins city, e route for New Orleans, via Manzanillo, where they lauded from the Golden Age on the 16th of October. Near Guadalajara they were attached by robbers, two of whom they shot, causing the others to retire. They then proceeded without molesta tion until they reached Queretaro. On the morn ing of the 2d inst, as they were about to leave that city, a “Pronunciamiento” broke out headed by Mejia, and a desperate fire continued for eleven hours. F'iually the go vernment troops were over powered, and ihe city taken by tlie revolutionists. At 3 o’clock in the afternoon the party made their escape in the diligence, und arrived safely in this city. They will leave lor New Orleans on tlie etea mer of the 21st. The country continues in a state of disorganiza tion although there are no features of news which are not contained in the regular edition of tlie Ex traodinary of yesterday. As papers cannot be mailed by tlie extraodiuary, 1 send you extracts from the latest date. Tbe enclosed number of tlie Extraordinary allud ed to in this note says : Congress lias granted the extraordinary faculties. Night before last (the 2d,) they were in secret, ses sion all night. The conditions of the faculties we do not yet know. The position of the Government at this moment, is truly critical. No man can gainsay this. We have always said thal a legislative form of govern ment was not tlie tiling. Where tlie sum of gene ral ignorance is so groat the Government must bo powerful and silent, and tbe cri ical position in which the Government finds itself is entirely owing to the delay and inaction alwayß consequent upon discussion. It is a singular circumstance in this country that legislation has brought on more disor der than anything else. It is therefore a favorable sign that the present Congress appreciates this fatal fact. The latest express from the South brought the startling intelligence that the Government forces, which so recently entered Cuernavaca iu triuinpb, had been completely routed near that place, and the revolutionists left in oomplete possession. Tlie Ex traordinary says ; It appears that after taking Cuernavaca, the Gov ernment troops were induced to pursue the reac tionists towards the south. Cobos and Moreno kept up the show of a hurried flight until they arrived at tlie Pass, which is about, two leagues this side of Iguala. Here they were joined by Vicario, and tlie whole united forces of the revolutionists were at once secreted so as to deceive their enemies. The Government troops got well into the Pass—which is represented to us as very difficult and in every way disqualified for military movements—when the reactionists charged upon them with all their force from the more favorable localities around. The scene that ensued must have been terrific. The troops of the Government were hemmed in, and no alternative was left them blit to fly as best they could, under a shower of musket balls. Gen. Gonzales was the object of the revenge of the rev olutionists, and he was soon left dead by his flying troops. Gen. Jose Moreno was the leader of the revolt, but it will be seen he received efficient aid from the bandits and robbers. What will be the end of the matter no one can tell. Comonkort’s Proposed Extraordinary Pow ers.—Tlie following is the oflieiai report of the Congressional Committee on the proposed grant of extraordinary powers to the Executive of tlie neighboring republic of Mexico, and which, article by article, was still under consideration, in secret Bession, at our latest advices. Tlie report, it will lie noticed, is conceived, like all similar Mexican do cuments, in the form of a decree. It is divided into two portions—the first of a negative character, unde the head of “guarantees suspended,” tlie sec ond of a positive character, under the head of “pow ers granted.” It will be seen that both propose in fact, as well as in name, most extraordinary gra ts: Guarantees Suskended.— Art. 1. The guaran tees contained in Articles 9, 10 ond II of the con stitution are totally suspended, [the right to assem ble peacably together, to carry arms for self-defence; and to pasß freely through the country without let ters of security or passports] In consequence, the Kxecutive shall determine the requisites necessary to the exercise of these rights. Art. ‘2. The guarantees contained in Articles C and 7 are likewise suspended, [the right freely to express opinions except when the same is an attack upon morals; and the inviolable light to wriie and publish works on whatever subject;] but the abuses of printing shall be adjudged by the law of the ‘2Bth of December, 1855, without disabling the Government from imposing fines to the amount ot SI,OOO or imprisonment for two months upon au thors or those in whatsoever manner responsible for publications affecting public order. Art. 3 The guarantee contained in the first part of Article 16 is suspended for political offences.— [No one shall be molested in liis person, family, property, &.C., except upon judicial authority.] Art. 4. For the same offences Bhall be suspended the firet part of Article 19, but detention, which is referred to, shall not exceed one month. [No de tention shall exceed the term of three days, except upon proof of sufficient reason tor imprisonment | Art. 5. The guarantee contained in article 21 is also suspended [The application of punishment belongs exclusively to the judiciary J The Govern ment is empowered to punish political offences by imprisonment or banishment. The punishments shall be imposed in a couacil of the Ministers, and shall only last for the term of the suspension of the guarantees. The violations of these punishments may be prosecuted according to common law. Art. 6. The first paragraph of the 27th article is suspended, [private property shall not be taken without consent of the owner, except in cases of public utility and with previous indemnification, I eaving to the charge of the Executive the judgment of the public utility and necessity and the terms o indemnity. Art. 7. The suspension referred to in the previous articles shall have effect from the day on which t sis agreement shall be published as a law to the 30th of April the coming year, completing its. caducity by the simple lapse of this term. Art. 3. Said suspension shall only take place to render effective the authorities conceded to the Ex ecutiveofthe Union, for the preservation of public order, and by express order of the same. Art. 9. During the tetm of this suspension pohti cal offences shall be despatched over whatsoever others of the common order. Art. 10. It is understood by article 2d that the provisions in the last part of article 17th of *he con stitution, with regard to costs, shall be unprejudiced [The latter partof article 17th of the constition j ro vides that the tribunals shail be always open, and justice be meted out, and that judicial costs ire abliabed.j extraordinary powers granted. Art. 1. The Government is authorized : 1. To acquire by extraordinary means and v it): the least encumbrance, as much as the sum $5,1 00, 000, providing for its payment from the free par t of the federal rents; to dictate the necessary measures for the regulation of the receipt of said rents. 2. To regulate the floating debt proceeding fi om contracts without augmenting the amount of this debt Dy said arrangement. 3. To celebrate contracts, ceding the right of \ ay by the Isthmus of Tehuautepect, with the necess rry condition that all questions that may arise for their fulfillment shall be resolved by private arbitraton, or by the tribunals of the country, without any i ase being able to sell or hypothecate in all or in part the national territory to any foreign government. If to carry out these contracts there should be any new treaty made the same shall be submitted to t e approbation of Congress. 4. To concede with the same restriction of way by the railroad which is to be made be-w - the port of Vera Cruz and any other on the 1 a. ific ° C 5 a To augment the forces of the nation to 15 OtO “T’To dispose as many s ,M men for the na tional guard of the States and Federal District, ob serving to employ them in the least gra% e manner according to exigencies of the public service, and fixing for each State the proper number ~ , ~7to situate in the communities the forces that may be considered necessary, to attend to the de fence of the independence and the preservation of shall be able when he may deem it neesary, to separate himself from the place of re 1 sidence of the Supreme powers. Art. 2. The neglect of quick and efficacious obe dience on that part of whatsoever authorities to the orders that the Government may dictate, within the time of the passage of these authorizations, shall be grave cause of responsibility that shad be irreinia -5 sibly exacted in preference to all. Art. 3. Any orders of weight that should be is i aued by virtue of these authorizations shall be grant , the day of the publication of thh iwu u ‘* ov l ern ® en t shall open a new account in [ f, , ran J f. ts ;’V llt! receipt aui expenditure oi the funds ot the federation Hall of t!m Commissioners of the Congress of the l iiion - -Mexico, Sept. 2b, 1857. Signed- Mata, Ruiz, Guzman, Flores, Cendfjas Pork— The Louisville Courier of Thursday says We have no transactions to report in the market here, thou k we understand that buyers in Marion, Washington end Carroll counties, Ky., have made purchases at 4c. gross, for pac king. The prevai.ing price here is sc. nett. Early in the week one of our packers slaughtered a lot of *2OO hogs, we believe, disposing of the hams and lard on private terms. Lard in kegs ii offered at 12£c. At vatious points in Indiana, including Roekport, hogs were freely offered at $ 1, with no buyers. Corn along the Wab.isk and at Vincennes, is quoted at 20 cents, and at other points at. 25a30 ceuts. The fol lowing is from the Cincinnati Gazette of Wednes day : A lot of 800 head Illinois hogs, averaging 190 to 200 lbs.. 6old on Monday, to till a contract, at 5.25 per 100 lbs. nett. The market is dull, there being ver> little demand except from parties having con tracts to till. Packers have not yet made up their minds what to do, and it is not probable they will purchase freely before the first of December. The bulk of hogs to arrive this month will be required to fill contracts. Four houses were cutting yester day, and about 1,800 were packed. The weather is favorable, and 2,000 will probably be packed to day. In products, a lot of green hauid sold at 7 cents. There were buyers for shoulders at Ij, and prime barrel lard at 10: aud we heard of a small sale ot new mess pork at #ll. Tne St. Louis Republican, of the 10th, has the following: The first operations of the season in packing hogs transpired to day. About SOU head were killed at the pens of Ashbrook A - Cos., and 800 more will be slaughtered to morrow. These, however, are about all that are on hand at present, and they were pur chased for November delivery, prior totlie beginning of the financial difficulties, which have o complete ly prostrated the market. The Cleveland (Tennessee) Banner of the Bfili, says : We hear some speculation in regard to the pro bable price ol this article nett. Some are of opinion that it will range from 7 to 8 cents, while others think that 0 will be the highest figure. We are of opinion that the market will settle down at the latter figure. Sil\ er Bedsteads.—The Paris correspondent of the Journal of Commerce reports that six bedsteads ot s Iver have been ordered from one of the large furniture establishments in that city, by the Pasha ot Egypt—in contemplation of the marriage of his son with the present Sultan’s daughter. The arti cles are thus described : The work is of an ara besque character; the bedstead is composed through out of pierced open metal work, doubly plated, with scrolls ot lnaMedaud burnished silver in high relief. The head is pierced and surmounted with chased foliage, the foot harmonizing in character, and be ing emiched by a large arabesque shell. Fluted and polished pillars at each corner support graceful ly arched open work, over which is intended to fall the musketoe net—the only bed furniture used in the East. The silver work is thrown into relief by a lining ot crimson velvet, and a matrees and bols ter of green saiiu complete the ornaments of the couch. Thee slot the set is estimated a’ #7 0,000. The c-xhavagance of the Parisian world is making such rapid strides towards eastern magnificence that we shall doubtless, ere long, here of Parisian boudoirs and bedrooms ornamented not only with silver or golden couches, but with elegeres, divans, &c , of the Hame precious metals. The Cai'ture of the Government Trains uy the Mormons. —The dispatches received at Wash ington from Chief Justice Echols, of Utah, in rela tion to the capture of government trains by the Mormons, is dated at “Camp Sweet Water, twenty one miles east of South Pass, Oct. 13, 1857. Judge Echols says : “Au express has ju l unived ;.ma -m river, and repents that on th ; • • . ■ ,i traiu of twenty-Bix wag -; ww* eaptui -1 by the Mor mons, twenty fiv< oi rom ■ • ring At the sam< imeti Green river i :gi • g ... load ing. The Mormons • ■ . y Lad seven bundled inen there aud aid fi huudred more at Salt Lake City. “Col. Ale.xaudi i qmd on Hum's Fort, ■•Wy n i . 5 front 1 rain, which is destroyed, lie sen CapUr.-.i M.-.rcy with four hundred men b-ck to \ K . er, to enable the teamsters to collect their cattle. The Mormons killed no one, tor the reason that no resistance was made. “Col. Smith will coMect the tiaius on this side and escort them forward. We are in good spirits, and that is a great help to all. The Mormons will likely attack us in a day or two, and may rue their iinpu deuce. We have forty-seven men in (his command, but Col. Smith is a boast within himself. We have determined, if attacked, to use the rifles in the lines. We shall most likely fake the route on Bear river or Salt Lake City. The want of forage for our mules is the greatest hindrance, but we shall go on il we have to walk ad carry our provisoes.” The above dispatch, showing the first over tact, of Mormon treason, was immediately laid before the President of tJie United States, who summoned the members of the cabinet for consultation upon its contents. The intelligence was considered in cabi net meeting in the afternoon, but.no definite action determinedon. The Secretary of War thinks it would be hopeless to a tempt to send reinforcements or supplies so late in the season as this. Dispatches are anxiously locked for from Col. Johnson, who is in command of the army for Utah. The govern men! officers do not fully credit the report received from Judge Echols.— Balt, Sun. Terrible Epidemic in Lisbon. — The corn s pondent of the London News, writing from Lisbon, Portugal, October 19th, gives an account of the distressing epidemic in that city. Every body had left the city that could. The lettter says : Their is no appearance of life—no business , the shops arc shut up; no carriage wakes the echoes ot the silent streets. On ’change it is the same—hard ly a dozen merchants are to be found at the hours ofbusiness, few bills are negotiated, and every thing m the shape of trade is paralysed. The gov ernment has begun to provide encampments in squares and open places for the gallegos, or water carriers, who live in close, dirty houses, where they are greatly overcrowded, and unable to pay proper attention to cleanliness. The average mori a lily is about GO daily, aud the upper and middle classes of society have hitherto suffered most. The Count do Casal, the Baron de Rozende, and Signor Senzedel lo, are among the victims of note who have recent ly been carried ofl. Among other things may be mentioned the facts that the Cardinal Patriarch, the. head of the church in Lisbon, has seized this time to visit Santarem, where he persists in remaining— praying, hut at a distance, for the welfare of his Hock. I hear, besides, of some eases of husbamla abandoning their wives and children who are at tacked by the lever, and Hying away into the open country. But in opposition to this we may set the conductor many members of the medical profession who manfully maintain their posts, though many their number have succumbed to the destroyer The King is also assiduous in doing every thing in Lis pow er to calm t he terror of the people, and is frequently to be seen riding about the streets. Asa natural con sequence of the stoppage of business, there is a great scarcity of money, and a monetary crisis is feared in tin. 1 commercial community. The Fall oe Delhi. —The news from Europe b ings the announcement of the fall of Delhi after an obstinate contest oi six days. The English are now in possession of the city, and the back of the mutiny is considered broken. All the rest of the re-conquest is but a question of time. The insur gents still exist in great numbers, and the fear now is that they will unite in predatory bodies and rob and plunder all over the country. The military tribes of India are familiar to such a life and will be ready to resume it. But with Delhi and Lucknow recovered, and the Punjaub ease, the British troops will be able to dispose of any bands who may infest Central India. There may be a great deal more fighting to be done, but as the whole Bengal army could not make any headway against two thousand British troops, the prospect is poor for their success ful opposition when a force of eix‘een thousand British soldiers is united against them.— ledger. Institute for the Blind.—On Wednesday last, we witnessed the examination of the pupils of this institution, and were highly gratified with what we saw and hoard. The exercises consisted of vocal and ins! romental music, reading arithmetic, in which they e/. ibit.ed remarkable proficiency. Their skill in Ihe manufacture of varmu-| articles, useful and ornamental, is suprising. The number of pupils nowin the Institution,is 19. We learn they will visit Milledgeville this winter, and we sincerely trust that the noble charity they so touchingly rep resent, will find in the (ieorgia Legislature, a stead fast and liberal almoner. —Journal 4r Messenger. In one of the New York courts on Saturday there was an interesting case, involving the responsibility ofthe proprietors ot ho!*-|, ,\ 9UIn ~, nponey was placed in the hands of the clerk of one of the hotels for safe keeping, by a person stoppii :.o hotel. The next day the :. nE-or ded .-o! ‘ho money. The proprietors claimed ‘ha*, tney -v -i liable. The owner of theme- / iDugi’’ uit.at.d !.,e Judge decided that the pioj.i. o-rs were liable for the amount. Three Thoi: , t'i cOur of Employment at Louisvn le. -At i j. ,i mechanics held atMaeoni ; ITsi! 4 .--turday night, the startling ‘< • w... . * ee thousand in dustrious p..~. n: employment in conse quence oi tor money j,, --here. With a long win ter before thorn, they arc becoming anxious—not for charily, but for work. A committee was ap pointed, under instructions to confer with the cm jiioycrs, the banks and the merchants, as to the best method to obtain it, and when ready to report to call a meeting—an earnest, peaceful meeting— of all the business eiaaaes, and of all branches of industry in the city, to hear it, and to deliberate upon it. If that committee find that the present employers can’t carry on work and furnish the needed employment, then the moneyed men wiil consider how and on what terms and by what system of agency the ne cessaries of life can and will be furnished to the unemployed and the needy. Coin in France. —The coin in France, until re c utly, has been almost exclusively silver, very lit tle gold being seen. Within two or three years sil ver has been bought up ail over Europe, at a pre mium, for shipment to India and China, and gold has consequently been forced into circulation to sup ply the place ot the departed silver. Asa conse quence of this, it is Stated that in the manufacturing towns of Franco silver change is so scarce that there is not enough to pay the workmen with, and manufacturers are obliged to pay them in groups— in other words to give five or six ot them a gold niece among them, which they must afterwards chanee into silver, or agree to spend together at the stores The great estaolisbmenta buy silver coin of the retail dealers at a premium, just as a premium, used formerly to oe paid on gold. The government has resorted to a large Circulation of gold coins of the value of five frai ce. They cannot go lower. Excitement in Chicago— The City Sexton Robbing the <lrenes —Great excitement has been produced in Chicago by the detection of Martin (Quinlan, thec.ty sexton, in the act of rifling the graves ot the dead and shipping them off in wagons, Eli York, aincdical student, who resided in South Illinois, was arrested at the same time but Dr. Brai • nard, the President of the Medical College, becama bail for him. It is supposed that been for a long time in the practice ot robbing graves and selling the bodies to tbe Medical College. As long as two years ago, a stra ger having died in Chicago with considerable money about him persona afterwardscame on to recognize him,but on opening his grave it was found empty. Supposing they had opened the wrong one, another was tried and so on till nine were opened, and all found empty.—Cin cinnati Gazett. Unhappy Marriages.—A singular mode to pre vent unhappy marriages has been suggested in Illi nois. It is proposed to amend the law of marriage, so as to require that the prospective husband and wife, on any given cay, enter in the office of an officer legally empowered to do such a duty, aud file a written declaration of intention k to become man aud wife. From that day, for one year, they muy associate as loverr, or break the engagement if they choose . then, at the end of the year, if they again express their determination to become bus-
