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’,,'i L n.ort age ar.d falling due io 1862, 1871
.is invited!tor the l*'h instant, in LondoD,
.neider of mea-uree for mutual protection.
. mm- outcry i. made against auy portion of the
-• ..f suppressing the revolt and reoedion in India
facing on the people of England.
1 here is great complaint among the working peo
I -iu tne manufactormg district* of England.
The payment of ore half the bop duty now due is
to he postponed till February.
The monetary trouble continues throughout
England and a number of additional failures are re
pyrtwl. .
Great satisfaction U expressed at tiie new® tua,
the banking panic in Scotland lias subsided, and
tliK ,l -of the Western nod City of Glasgow
Uni .si * now being taken in the ordinary way of
t. bv t'ife other local io‘itiition. This step
ie / catty calculated to re aesure the pub ie. The
ft,luces from Liverpool, Manchester and other great
seats of trade, condor in declaring that the news ot
the suspension oi the Back Charter Act has been
the signal for universal rejoicings.
•i- la*! fr* .n Calcutta tells of a monetary
rrui/* and r.ry demand for bullion froni England-
Thc re. r-nae is said to b in arrear and Log land is
CU j, of the loss of the febip
Jj . ■, i r and all her passengers and crew except
* !•> sn<v>n the seaman, Laving found himself on a
h ] t (ti tt,***rock was enabled to obtain some ahei
ter behind a projection, and there he slept Whet,
t .■ morning br.-ke he -aw the wreck and the bodies
nf his late ‘ ‘inpanions He endeavored to make
signals but was undiscovered. He uttered cries,
but the boiling ear, prevented them being heard.
A careful search we however, making. Every
sn .t - occupied hy spectators where there was a
chance of seeing any ohiect below. At last a cry
was heard There is a man upon the rocks. A
rope wa. lowered without delay. After some fail
ures it was brought within his reach. There was
danger from the projection of the rocks, but having
entwined the rope with the seaman’s skill around
t.on be gav, the signal and he was drawn up some
‘Hill feet and was received bv the crowd with cries
of grantUlation and joy. He had passed.about
thirty hours upon the rocks,”
ihc Bank ( t Prus-iahas found ‘d expedient, ap
parently in anticipation of the crash that will also
ensue at Berlin as soon as the money panic extends
its influence to that place, t give not ce to all per
sons who have deposited securities with it for loans
that have run for now ...ore than a year, that it re
quires payment of the said loans and redemption
of she said securities. . . .
It is said that the Bank of .Spam is preparing so
issue bank ntoes of the value of Idd reals.
Khan* f It w ns rumored that the Hank of
Kiance would forthwith issue notes of 5 if. each.
Kueh a step would alone be a great relief to tr ade,
and although not expressly excepted by the c.m-
I.sr, r from the “empirical means which lie de
nounced cannot rationally he classed as one of
ihe Union Bretonne of Nsolsh states that the
news of the export of coni and other articles of food
t, sing again permitted had led to a rattier large
amount of business, and orders were sent off to
I ffect sales and purchases. A certain number of
vessels have been cliai tered to carry away eorn and
potatoei. . . . ,
In Larin, however, commission agents, (wno at
tracted by the telegraphic news that the decree
against exportation had been repealed) arrived from
England and elsewhere to make purchases, were
going away without doing business, finding ujsufii
cie-;t margin to justify operations.
A great many Ainerif ana had left Faria within a
few days to look after their affairs at home.
A letter from Damascus ot the 18th October, in
the Universal German Gazette saym— I “About for
ty Mussulmans of n low condition, and three Imans
huv* been ai rested lu re on the charge of having
formed a eon- piracy f< i tiie deetraction of an En
gl ed, establishment. The Mussulman population in
general in these parts are greatly irritated against
the Europeans, owing partly to a number of work
men of that, creed having been dismissed from the
English manufactories, and partly to the sympa
thw-H manifested by tin. Sultau for the English in
India.” ,
A letter from Hamburg, of the Bth, in the Inde
pendance, of Brussels, says “Sweden does not
suffer less from the financial crisis tlian the other
States of Europe. According to aceountH from
Stockholm, it appears that the government con
siders the state ot things serious enough to induce
it to interfere and place at the disposal of the com
mercial community a part of the lunds which form
the metallic reserve of the treasury of the kingdom.
The Friuce Kegent haa authorised the sum of
600,0(10 tlmlers banco (one million of francs) to be
lent at b percent, interest on the deposit of public
securities or merchandize.
|< kkn< hA< cor nts fkom India.—The Paris Pays
proiesses to be able to give the following as a cor
rect account of the state of affairs in Oude at the
date of the latest news :
The English are not masters of the town of Luck
now, but only of the citadel, about two kilometers
distant This fortress has been re victualled by Gen.
Out rain, who succeeded after a murderous struggle
in putting himself in communication with the be
sieged. He is now shut up within the walls of the
place
General Havelock, who commanded the second
column, is encamped outside the citadel, on an em
inence called Mount Hnmak. lie is held ill check
by the insurgent army, ‘JO,OOO strong, which is mas
ter of the tow nos Lucknow. In this very serious
situation, the English find themselves opposed to a
vastly superior force, which intercepts their com
munication with •. nwnpore, the base of their opera
tions.
Correswmdenee of Commercial Advertiser.
London, Nov. 17,1857 - Affairs have been steady
since the suspension of the bank act on the 12tii,
but there has not been that general rebound which
the promoters of the step anticipated. The discount
houses and joint stock banks, conscious that their
position may yet become questionable if any gen
oral withdrawal of deposits should occur, are taking
precautions to strengthen themselves , and conse
quently, instead of hu maning I heir m cmniaodatiim
to c ustomers, they are contracting if The entire
pressure of the demand is therefore thrown upon
tie* Hank of England, and as the Hanks do not dis
count any napei having more than three months to
run, and a large proportion of that which is afloat
oonsists of four, five and six months bills, the hold
ers of the latter are not in a comfortable position
ami the possibility of further difficulties is conse
quently contemplated.
Parliament are summoned to meet in sixteen days
from this date. They will then have to giant an in
demnity to the Government for having issued au
thority for the infringement of the bank act. In
1817, although the authority was promised, it was
never found u cessary to act upon it. On the pre
sent occasion the result lias been different. A con
siderable issue of notes (perhaps £500,0(H)) beyond
tiie legal amount is known already to have taken
place
After tiie required bill of indemnity shall have
been pn fred, the great question will be whether any
similar relaxations are to !>•• allowed to take place
for the future and. if to, whether the point shall
still be left to tiie discretion of the Minister for the
time being All the lending authorities utterly ridi
cule the idea of estahli.diina a system by which the
Cabinet, or any other number of persons shall be
empowered at their discretion to debase the cur
rency, for that is tlu* virtual result of the recent
measure, and insist that the charter act would work
perfectly if speculators and others were not sneour-
Hged to believe that, by getting up a panic whcii
ever a pr*ssuro ma nned, they could always suc
ceed in procuring its suspension.
The history ot what has lately passed may be
summed ‘p in a tew words. Th • discount houses
and joint stock banks usually allow’ a rate of in
terest for money at call, one per cent, below the
bank rate of discount. The aggregate they hold in
this manner is probably uot less than thirty millions.
The way they employ it is by rediscounting bills
discounted by the joint stock banks in the manufac
turing districts, by discounting London bills of all
dates from one week to six months, and too often by
making advances to ueedy speculators in produce
on custom house warrants for the delivery of such
goods What is their position win u a pressure
comes either from war, political anxieties, a crisis in
America or any other cause ? The deposits they
hold at call art* of c ourse rapidly withdrawn, and as
the long bills and the produce in which they have
embark* and these deposits are not n-alizable at tiie
moment, the consequence is that unless they can get
the Hank of England to help them, they are in im
mediate danger of being forced to suspend. A
clamor is accordingly set up with a view to force
that institution to supply them with means at slow
er rate tbau the fair market price, and m order to
frighteu the government a combination is formed to
create a panic, and thus to bring about a suspension
of the act of 1844. Under that act the supply of
uot *s is precisely regulated by the natural flow or
efflux of bullion, but the permission now granted, as
in Ist?, is to the effect that any amount may be is
sued (at a rate not lower than 10 per cent) wholly
irrespective of tlu* stock of bullion.
Tha* an altera*.iou iu the law wi 1 be made. so as
todetiuitely sanction this system of capricious iuter
for* nee, is hardly to be credited. There will, how
ever, boa hard fijfht upon it.
The failures announced since the departure of the
last s < inner have been as followsJeliicose &
Wix.Tuil y merchants Joseph l>eSa, in the Bra
sil! ian trade . ami B&rdgett !c Picard, com mer
chant s. They are of insignificant amount, except the
latter, and even in that case the liabilities do not
exceed jl 120,000 Os course, to sm&J and long in
solvent concerns, the present affords a capital op
portunity for announcing their stoppage, so as to
make it appear a consequence not of misconduct,
but of untoreseen external disasters.
The funds are still wonderfully well maintained.—
i'ousois at the last date were quoted 89$. They
have since touched 89 i, and have closed this eve
ning at 89j.
The run on the Scotch barks has subsided, and
pail ot the gold seut to that country is returning.
The Irish banks, on the contrary, are experien
cing an increasing pressure, and large amounts of
sovereigns arc still being scut to them from Lon
dou.
The Western Bank ot Scotland are making efforts
to resume. They ask four mouths forbearance from
their depositors aud invite fresh share eubsorip
tiocs of a million sterling They admit their losses
have been a million aud of course the probability is
they are much greater. One great inducement to
the efforts at resumption consists iu the hope of
avoiding the exposure that would otherwise be in
evitable
Si nee the aL've was written the failure is an
uounoed ot Mosers. Hoare. Buxton V Cos., a very
respectable house in the Swedish trade. Also of
Edwards iV Me:: • produt t- broker*. and the Wol
verhampton and N ass. . 1- ire Bai k.ug Company
In the last caw ‘he liabilities are supposed to be
X 4t*0,000. and the persons who will sutler ate those
iu the neighborhood ot the Birmingham iron dis
tricts
It between this and l e sailing o: the America on
the 21st nothing very bad happeas m the way of
further suspensions, matters may gradually come
round, but there are some events known to be pos
sibie which may produce a severe increase ot dis
trust
The meeting of Oenmstous'e creditors Uto be
held in Loudon ou the 28th instant.
SriCTiTOR.
The Financial Excitement.—The foliowiug.
from the money ar! . e of the Louden Daily News
of November 1. b, -1 ews the latent position of as
s ill s :
It appears chat, owing to the t-xteut to which the
draiu upon the bank a resource* was permitted to
proceed before the autiK*nti could be induced to
suspend the bank charter, that act is c w really in
fnnged Ou Thursday. when the government S*t*r
was u*ued -.he t ank resource* is said to have fallen
lo a hall a million, owing to t e eu y metis ex eut of
the applications which were induced by the prevail
ing distrus*. On Frtday.it appear-” the act was
first infringed, the amount of notea issued in exeses
of the legal limit being, however, unimportant.
Ou Satuiday : and this day the demand at the
bank, though much lees than that previously wit
nessed, wa- stiii very active, and. a* the repay merit*
at the establishment to-day are believed to have
been inconsiderable, there i* every probability that
the axcess in the issue of notes i* now more conside
rable. To keep the fresh issue within moderate
limit*, the bank adopt the natural step of realizing
a portion of their government securities Discus
aious. however a: beginning to be heard
as to the prospect fa rise in tbs rate of dis
count beyond It* p*r cent., in the even! of the de
mand continuing tive. aud causing the metallic
tfock of the back to be trenched upon to any fur
thsr importai.: extent
It i* pointed out that thegoverumect letter mere
ly expresses the opinion of minister* that “the bonk'*
terms of discount should uot be reduced below their
present rate ’ so long n* the extra issue of note*
continue* afloat, and that the maximum rate i* left
to the discretion ot the bank. A* impartial record
eis we are bound to report these view*, but we
must express a hope that the director* will uot, un
is** upon very string ground*, adopt a *tep so cal
culaied to revive the feeling of uncertainty in the
money mrnket a. a further rise iu tiie rate of dia-
Mt-anwhile the knowledge that, owing to B** BUe ,
pension of the act, there ia a perfectly unlimited
liippiv of money forthcoming, on approved eecu
ritle*"” ought to suffice to caim the public mind
It would appear that the demand for money wit
nee tied to-day in a great measure, due to the de
•eire of Irish and country bankers to place them
selves in a strong position. It is alleged that further
quantities of sovereigns are being dispatched to Ire
land but merely as a measure of precaution. On
the other hand, we know of no instance* in which
country bankers are Bending sovereigns back to
London. , . ,
Amongst the satisfactory features of the aay are
n further considerable fall in corn, the continued im
provement In monetary and commercial affairs in
America, the important check of the silver drain,
and the knowledge that a million in Australian gold
iff now approaching our coast, in addition to ,•
000 actually on hand. There ara still no withdraw
ais of bar goid from the bank for exportation.
The Avon arrived in the London dock* to day,
and the £206,000 iu gold will be delivered to-mor
°The amount of gold shipped on board the Essex,
which sailed from Melbourne for Loudon on the odi
of September, is as much as ounces or
about £ 171.000. The Seringapatam had also sailed
for Liverpool, on tbs 15th of August, with 12,180
ounces, worth £18,700. .... ...
Inclnd ng the £526,000 which is expected imme
diately ai Southampton from Alexandria, a total of
one million r.-erling in Australian gold, is shown to
be approaching our shores. The hesex has now
tjeeu seventy two dayr at !*ea. and the Seringpatam
ninety three*days It * alleged, however, that the
bills of lading referring to the gold ex-the Emeu
have not yet come forward, being comprised m the
ini&dug portion of the Australian mail, viz . in that
destined for Marseilles. Owing to this circumstance
Home delay may perhaps occur before the £525,000
m gold transhipped from that vessel be rendered
available. , . 4 . ...
Great satisfaction is expressed at the news that
the banking panic in Scotland has subsided, and that
the notes of the Western and City of Glasgow Hanks
are now being taken in the ordinary way of busi
nes by the other local institutions. This step is
greatly calculated to reassure the public. The ad
vices from Liverpool, Manchester, and other great
neats of trade, concur in declaring that the news of
the suspension of th*! bank charter act haa been the
signal fir uni versa': rejoicings. ....
TLe suspension has been announced of Meesra.
Bardgett A Picard, an old house, largely engaged
in the cjru trade Their liabilities are stated to
amount to about £ 120,01)0, but the prospects of h
ouidation aie not yet known, heavy sums being due
to them from America. The books have been placed
in the hands of Messrs. Turquand, Youngs & Cos.,
the accountants.
At a meeting of the creditors of Messrs. \a ilson,
Hailett dr Cos., wtioee suspension was annonuced on
the 2d iust., held at Liverpool on Friday, it was re
solved to wind up the estate under inspection.
The last new. from Calcutta tells of a temporary
crisis and large demands for bullion from England.
Tk. revenue is said to be iu arrear, and England is
called on to supply the deficiency.
The Bank of Fiance, at its last settlement, had
to receive at Paris alone 82,000,000 of francs, repre
sented by 67,000 hills, which were col acted by
eighty hank runners undone hundred and fifty as
sislauts. Out of that large amount of money there
were only twenty hills protested. In the branch
hanks everything passed over also most satisfactory.
Further by “"e America.
Halifax, l)ec. a.— Following additional items
arc from Liverpool papers, to the 21st, by the Ame
rica t
The America brings about twenty-five thousand
pounds sterling in specie.
The Collins steamer Baltic arrived out at 10:30
on tiie morning of the 18th.
The steamship Jason, from New York, bound for
Southampton, put into (Queenstown on the 18th
short of coal. , ~
Grkat Britain.— On Wednesday, the applica
tions at the Bank of England for discount increased
rather than diminished. , , ~
The list of failures was seriousiy extended. E.
Sievekiug At Son, in the Swedish trade, with liabili
ties of half a million sterling; Allen, Smith At Cos.,
iu the Denmark trade, with liabilities £ 100,000 ster
ling , Gorristen, lluffel At Cos., general merchants,
in consequence of American difficulties, with liabili
ties about £600,000 sterling, Svendsen At John
son,’ merchants, liabilities £4O 000, and Brecklesby
& Weasels, corn importers, liabilities £40,000.
The probability of a further advance In the Bank
rate was discussed, but the large gold arrivals were
regarded as likely to render such a step unnecessary.
The fuuds were firm throughout the day.
On Thursday, the 19th, the Times says there was
a decided amendment in all mercantile quarters
Not a single failure wan reported and some special
causes of anxiety were removed. The same paper
remarks that it is understood that the application
which lias been made within the last few days by a
leading American house to the Bank of F.nglaud, for
a large advance oil securities furnished from the
private resources of the firm, has been most satis
factorily met, and that all the accommodation re
quired, will be fully granted. According to rumor,
the requirements ot tbe firm In question, (one of the
most eminent in the American trade,) were nearly
a million sterling, and according to the Daily News,
the assistance received from the Bank, after a long
deliberation of the Directors, will, it is expected,
enable the firm promptly to comply with the condi
tions under which the adv&noes were made.
The pressure for money at the Bank was undi
minished. Indeed, some authorities say it was more
intense than ever, but the meeting of the Hank
Directors broke up without making any advance
on the rates of discount.
Ixmua on government securities were in demand
at 10 per cent. , , ...
At Hamburg the rate of discount had receded to
‘ private letters from Paris describe a better feel
ing The American houses were beginning to get
remittances, and the situation of tiie Bank of France
was improving. ...
At otner continental cities there are likewise signs
of an approaching tendency to the revival of coufi-
A large and very influential meeting had been
held in Glasgow for the put pose of expressing confi
dunce in the Scotch Banks. It was resolved to ac
rent the notes of the suspended banks as currency.
The London Commercial Daily List of I* nday
evening says • “The discount market is in soise
measure become more sestted. The timely assist
ance afforded by the Bank of England has aneeted
the distress which otherwise would have occurred.
Wh cannot quote rates lower. From ten to twelve
per cent, continues to be demanded. There ;s,
however, a better feeling in all monetary depart
ments and good bills cease to be rejected. We con
fidently look forward to the day when confidence
will be ie es T abtiphett.
Mohsi-h. S< it At Cos., of Queenstown, have sus
pended, and their liabilities are estimated at from
one to two hu aded thousand pounds sterling.
The shipment of cilver to the East by the mail
of the 2t)th ie only £315,000.
The stoppage ot the Wolverhampton Bank oaused
many failures in the iron districts, representing in
ihe aggregate a large sum.
The Very Latest by Telegraph.
[,oN don, Nov. Sl.— The Times City Article, of
Friday evening says The fuuda have been very
steady to day, and have closed at an advance of Jd.
per cent. W c havo to confirm the statement made
yesterday that the advance required upou ample
securities by au important American house, would
be fully granted. There have been no further ee
rious failures during the day, the only suspension
mentioned being that of a firm, of whose ultimate
solvency there is apparently not the slightest doubt
A further improvement in loreign exchange*, and
the prospect of about half a million in Australian
gold being forthwith taken to the bank, and also by
a considerable arrival by the Persia from New
York are assisting to impart firmness to foreign ex
changes This afternoon the rates for Amsterdam
aud Hamburg were rather higher but Pans was
about the same ft* at last post. About £,J0,000 of
gold and coin was sold in the bank to day. Ihe
pu s pension was announced on Friday of ) .K.
Thompson A Co.—a firm largely engaged in the
Colonial trade—especially with the Cape of Good
Hope. Their liabilities are supposed to amount to
about £ Jn.()00 to £3110,000.
The rate of discount at Hamburg was again ad
vnneed from 8j to !'| P oent. This has partly been
occasioned by the apprehension of a large failure,
which, it is believed, will be found to have been
St ats: ofthb Produce Markets.— The Times’
City Article gives the following account of the state
of the Produce markets during the week :
“ The Produce markets, which at the commence
ment of tbe week showed a Blight tendency to hn
provement, have since relapsed, in consequence of
the extreme pressure for money, and the still unsat
isfactory nature of the American advices, b urther
heavy failures during the early days of the week
further increased the general feeling of and struat, but
the absence of any fresh difficulties on Thursday
and Friday had some effect iu restoring confi
dence.’ .
At Vienna there ha* been a partial recovery in the
funds, and the premium on gold has declined nearly
one per eon*. This improvement is attributed to the
official announcement of a considerable reduction
in the Austrian Military Est blishment.
At Hamburgh, Messrs. Dlbing & Cramer, en
gaged in the Swedish trade, have stopped payment,
being involved iu some of the embarrassments in
London. . . .......
In the Daily News City Article, it is said that the
negotiation of bills on the Continent was attended
with great difficulty.
The Daily News’ City Article of Friday evening
says:
The funds, after obtaining a rise of s per cent,
higaer, closed J per cent, higher than yesterday.—
Upon the whole, the feeling in the Money market
to day was calmer and more satisfactory. The ne
gotiations for affording assistance to a great and
wealthy American House, with liabilities estimated
at more than two millions, were’to-day satisfactorily
concluded The temporary embarrassments ot the
firm in question were solely occasioned by the im
possibility of procuring remittances from some of
the first houses iu America. Provided that no fresh
important cases of embarrassment occur, there is a
disposition to hope that alia rs will become more
cheerful.
Position or Mfs?k Peabopt A Co—We have
received the following despatch, addressed to an in
timate friend here of Messrs. Peabody A Cos., of
London :
Halifax, N. S., Dec. 2—9| P M. — We cannot
gather more information than that contained in the
despatch already transmitted, embraces every j
thing contained” in the London Times The name
of l’eabodv is not mentioned in the newspapers, but
the eminent American firm referred to is that of
Geo. Peabodv A Cos It is understood that the
Bank of England has promptly responded to their j
call, and afforeed them assistance to the extent of !
one million sterling.
The London Globe of Friday says : j
• There is now a much quieter feeling in city eir- j
c!es, and the absence of further commercial failures j
seems to have created increased confidence. Most
persons are inclined to believe that tbe worst is
over aud that, although an occasional disaster may
occur those mercantile firms who found themselves i
embarrassed, will be enabled, through the assistance ,
of friends to extrioate themselves. The fact that a j
largo establishment connected with the United j
States has been assisted bv the Bank, which has
prevented a serious failure, appears to have pro
duced much satisfaction
Last Night’s Bask Retuwm—Th* Times City
Article, referring to these acts, points out toai
while we have been increasing our promisee to pay
in gold, tbs stock of gold on which these promisee
w, re bawd has been steadily diminishing Alt wil!
*.-e that this inverse process must bare certain
limits and tiiat if these limits were reached, nation
a! suspension would be the result, happily, as yet
checked by the partial tendency to the revival of
confidence.
The Daiiy News City Article describes the re
turns as the most remarkable ever published. The
Banks have infringed the act to the extent of two
millions, but to a considerable extent this intriug
ment is more seeming than real. Os the two millions j
o’ r.ew note* ■ rested against government securities
deposited in the issue c-paitreat £ 1,148.285 in
notes, and in com. making a total reserve
of £ I ,50'.'.T81 remainii.r in the Banka still, cons*
quentiv the extent to which the public have actual
ly-reached upon the new fund ot’wo millions as far
M placed at tbe : r disposal is really lees than half a
million. The £685,4120f coin withdrawn, remains
in ti e country, being held in Scotland aud Ireland.
The Bank appears to have sold a million of govern
ment securities in the market.
Non is.cn m Friday. A M.—The town remains
perfectly tranquil. Tiie Mayor and Magistrates
have succeeded in preventing a meeting of tbe op
erate es. Many came in from the country districts,
but qu etlv dispersed. It was generally believed
that upon the meeting being prevented in the Mar
ket place, the men would assemble in N ittiughain
K. .rests, and every precautionary measut e was ta
ken to disperse any crowd that might come together
In the country districts tbe police were prepared to
act at a moment e notice. Temporary relief has
been afforded to a great many families The able
bodied are not compelled to go into the work house
and they are employed in constructing anew road
One of the rioters ot Tuesday night has been sen
tenced to six months’ imprisonment.
Berlin. Nov. 18.—It is asserted that Govern
ment will propose no new law of importance du
ring the coming session of the Chambers. The or
dioary budget, however, will contain a proposal
for increasing the stipend of all public lunctiona
riee.
Piftvont Nov. 18 —Elections were known to
the number of 154, of which 48 belong to the deri
cal party and extreme right, and the remainder to
the different shades of the liberal party.
Gkeat Britain.— A second attempt was made
to launch the leviathan steatoer, Great Easiern, on
the 19th instant, but it proved a failure, it being
found impossible to move her. The four hydraulic
presses were brought to bear upon the fchip with
full force, which fading to start her, all hauls now
set to work on the cap stans and land purchases to
heave her off by chains, but one of the chains gave
way. which put an end to the operations. The ef
fort was not to regularly launch her, bat to move
the vessel some forty feet lower down. Another at
tempt will be made in a few days with a further im
provement in appLancen. The public are now kept
in ignorance as to the movements of those kaviag
tbe superintendence of launching her.
The Siamese Ambassador has been forma'ly re
ceived by Queen Victoria at Windsor Castle.
Some riotous proceedings had taken place among
the unamployed operatives at Nottingham. They
held a public meeting, and the windows of some of
the provision shops were afterwards broken. Fur
ther meetings had been interdicted, and special
constables enrolled to preserve the peace.
The Erie K. R. Bondholders. —There was a
meeting of the bondholders of the Erie Railroad
on the 18th inst. A resolution was adopted express
ing|confidencc in the intrinsi3 value of the line, and
for tbe appointment of a committee V> raise sub
scriptions of further capital to prevent the fore
closure of the property.
A submarine telegraph cable had been laid be
tween Cogliari and Malta—a distance of about 300
miles—with perfect success. This line will accele
rate the receipt of tbe Indian news by a day or
two.
France. —A prosecution commenced agaiuat cer
tain money changers had considerably checked the
demand for gold at the Bank of France.
A despatch from Marseilles says :
‘ Since the publication of the decree authorizing
the exportation of grain, the improvement in the
aspect of affairs has been maintained. There has
been a rise of three francs for the beet qualities.—
Other goods are beginning to rally.”
The Pays explains the difference that had occur
red at Snanghai between the consuls of France and
the United States, and oays that the affair was of
no importance, and did not result in any interrup
tion of the friendly relations between the two con
suls.
Paris, Friday evening.—The funds are rather
lower. The three per cents closed at 6f>f. 95c.
Spain.—At Madrid it was not considered likely
that the financial crisis would affect Spain. The
situation of the Bank continued highly satisfac
tory.
The price of wheat continued to give way.
The Madrid journals give some details of anew
Carlo-Republican conspiracy discovered at Barce
lona. They say that the members of the former
party residing iu France were concerned in it, and
add that a notorious Carlist, Nako Montezerr&t,
who was the head of the affair, was arrested and
condemned to death, but the execution was post
poned in consequence of his having offered to make
disclosures.
Italy.— Despatches from Turin announce that of
sixty-five definitive election returns iu Piedmont,
forty-two are iu favor of the ministers, three doubt
ful and twenty clerical
Germany.— The powder mills at Mayence on the
Klinchard exploded, destroying a portion of the up
per part of the city. Thirty persons were killed,
and nearly 500 wounded. The damage is estimated
at £BO,OOO.
The advices from Bohemia are deplorable. Ex
change was in favor of goid against bank notes, al
though secured by the State, at the rate of 11 to 12
per cent., and in favor of silver at the rate of 8 to 9
per cent.
Distress at Vienna.— A Vienna letter of the
•14th says.- “ The financial accounts from the manu
facturing districts were exceedingly afflicting. The
number of failures was enormous. No greater panic
was ever known at Vienna.”
Russia.—A great fire happened at St. Petersburg
on the sth ult. Many lives were lost. No particu
lars are given. •
The French journal, Moniteur of the Fleet, says
that the Russian Plenipotentiary announced at
Shanghai that he came to act in concert with the
British and French Ambassadors, and that he enter
tained no doubt of their being received at Pekin.
Turkey.—The Times’ Paris correspondent writes
that a difference is said to have arisen between
England and Turkey on one hand and Russia on
the other, respecting the trade and navigation of
the Black Sea. This difference threatened to as
sume some importance, but the French and Prus
sian governments interposed, and suggested that a
solution should be left to the Congress of Paris.
The difference between the French ambassador
at Constantinople and Redsohid Paoha, it was un
derstood, had been reconciled.
It was rumored that the prospect of an under
standing on the question of the Principalities was
all but certain, and that Reds chid Pacha would of
fer no opposition to the plan of an administration
union. In the meantime, the Principalities are be
coming more and more agitated, and ultra radicals
talked of establishing a provisional government.
Commercial Intelligence*
Liverpool Cotton Market.— The Broker’s Cir
cular reports the sales of the week at 20,000 bales,
including 3,500 on speculation, and 500 for export.
The advancing tendency of the early part of the
week was lost on Tuesday, and subsequently the
market became inactive and heavy, closing very
dull on Friday with a declining tendency, at rates
irregular and nominally £ as. lower than those of
the previous week. The sales of Friday were 2,000
bales, including 500 for export. The following are
the authorised quotations .-—Fair Orleans, 7Jd.;
Middling ditto, 6|d.; fair Mobiles, 6|®7|d.; Mid
dling ditto, 6§d.; fair Uplands, 6| , a>7d.; Middling dit
to, 6^d.
The stock in port was estimated at 326,000 bales,
of which 158,000 were American.
Liverpool Breadstuff* Market. —Breadstuff*
were ail slightly lower. Messrs. Richardson,
Spence Sc Cos, quote Flour very dull, and declined Is
since Tuesday. Wheat dull; declined 2®3d, and in
some cases 4 s6d. Corn very dull, and declined
Is Western Canal Flour 24®2456d; Philadelphia
and Baltimore 25®26 ; Ohio 27®285. Red Wheat
6a®6s 9d ; White 6s sd®7s 6d ; Mixed and Yellow
Corn 34s 6d®3sa ; White 40s.
Liverpool Provision Market. —Messrs. Big
land, Athya & Cos., Richardson, Spence & Cos.,
James McHenry and others, report Beef heavy,
and sl'ghtly lower. Pork dull; no sales. Bacon
dull, and rather easier. Lard heavy and nominal.
Tallow—Sales unimportant, and quotations nomi
nal.
State of Trade in Manchester.—The Man
chester market sympathized with Liverpool, and
the sales of goods were unimportant. There was
nothing doing in the manufacturing districts gene
rally.
London Money Market. —Messrs. Baring Broth
ers quote money unchanged in rate and still active.
Bar silver 5a lsd ; Dollars 4s lljd. The bullion in
the bank had decreased £687.000. Consols for
money closed on Friday at 89$ a>9o, and for account
90f.
Knnstts—Washington Items
The Kansas question is the principal burlheu of
the Washington correspondence. The correspon
dent of the Philadelphia Press says t
I learn that the Administration are far from ta
king the ultra ground on the Kansas question which
has been ascribed to them. They will in every re
spect sustain the conduct of Governor Walker, up
to the birth of the controversy ou the schedule
adopted by the Kansas Constitutional Convention,
and even on that subject they will, as it appears to
be the general wish of members of the party who
are here, await the fullest information from that ter
ritory.
In any ever*, there will be ou all sides au effort
made in C\ n,;ress to pursue a moderate and a
fair line of policy. If it be made perfectly appar
ent that the Constitution Is still withheld from the
public, or that there is any proof of juggling on the
part of the committee to which the framing of that
instrument was confided, it will have much weight
in the ultimate decision. It is taken for granted by
many that the question as it now Btands is pretty
much legislative in its character, and that to Con
gress it will be left for a determination after full aud
fair discussion. Mr. Buchanan, in his message,
will uot go farther than the expression of his opinion
iu this regard, and in saying this I only repeat what
I have written you once before.
The correspondent of the Journal of Commerce
writes:
I am inclined to believe that when the Constitu
tion comes, it will come in a form that will forbid
any vote for it from the non slaveholding States.—
No authenticated copy of the Constitution has been
promulgated, nor ever printed so far as I can learn.
Forty three members of the Convention signed a
sort of carte blanche for a committee to fill up. It
is known that several leading provisions of the in
strument are extremely objectionable and may
cause its defeat. For in tance, in the apportion
ment of the Senatorial Districts, they give twice as
many members to Johnßon county as to Shawnee
county, which last has twice the number of inhabi
tants. It was stated in the Convention by a promi
nent fire-eater, Mr. Bollery, of Mississippi, that the
object was to recognise the Oxford returns, as the
basis of this apportionment, aud this was agreed to,
notwithstanding the objection of Jud;e Elmore, also
a Southern man, and of great ability, representing
Shawnee county.
It has been asked why Got*. Walker did not call
an extra session of the Legislature, at the request of
the people, to undo what had been done by the
Convention. The reason is plain. It would have
done no good. Gov. Walker says that the call
would have brought together the old and not the
new Territorial Legislature.
I have just seen a gentleman from Kansas—r
Southern man—who left the Territory after Gov.
Walker, and who i forms me that the mass of the
people are under an intense degree of excitement,
and will never consent to be subjected to any gov
ernment which may be even temporarily instituted
in conformity with this action of the Convention.
Gov. Walker himself would have no influence in
persuading them to be quiet and wait a change of
government in a regular way.
The Herald correspondent says i
‘That portion of the President's message relating
to Kansas affairs, will be looked to and looked for
with much interest. The President has uot changed
his position one iota upon that question. He en
dorsed fully and emphatically, from the commence
ment, the action of the Kansas Convention ; and
the interviews with Gov. Walker have not con
vinced him that ho was wrong. He regrets exceed
ingly that Gov. Walker deems it his duty to pursue
an opposite course to him and his administration.
But he has taken his position, and sink or swim,
live or die, survive a perish—he is determined to
weather the storm. He discussed at considerable
I length tbe Kansas question iu all its bearings, and
comes to the conclusion that iu sustaining the ac
tion of that Convention he is but carrying out in its
letter and meaning the Kansas and Nebraska bill,
i The forthcoming report of the Secretary of tbe
i Treasury will be iu many respects one of the most
1 important aud extraordinary documents ever issued
I from that department, A portion of it, I under
stand. will be devoted to the exposition of the new
democratic system of protection of the iron interest,
which received vitality by the recent Presidential
; election. It will be accompanied by statistics and
figures which will startle the advocates of a high
protective tariff, as they will demonstrate the utter
fallacy of that measure as applicable to this interest,
while they will show that the policy sketched by the
Democratic leaders must speedily reuder this branch
i of industry the most important element of commer
i dial aud political power of the republic.
The War Department has no apprehensions of the
late of our troops in Utah. The supplies eut off by
the Mormons were not important. nor were tbecat
i tie lost iu August essential to the support of the ex
pedition. Tne number of animals of all descriptions
with the army is, or was, 13,000. The number of
soldiers has been exaggerated, and is but 1.700.
The Department now sees its way clear to the relief
! of the expedition, by the organization of a volunteer
i force in California. ” There ought to be no aeiav in
i calling into action at least one regiment of volun
teers for tbe purpose of keeping the communication,
open between Salt Lake and California.
Military officers are of opinion tLat Brigham
j Young design* escaping to Sonora in the spring,
I under a compact with Mexico to defend that pro
i vinee against the filibusters and Indians. I trnnk
! this au error, and that they propose emigrattng to
British or Russian America.
A letter has been received from Secretary Stan
ton by the President recalling his resignation as
Secretary of Kansas, and assigning as a reason for
tit mi coante hi* intention of standing or facing by
Gov. Walker, wboee whole course he approved.
Eight cases only are remaining to be tried before
the Naval Court*. They will be decided by Chro
ma* I believe that about cue-fourth of those al
ready tried will be restored, and about one third ad
vanced iu grade* of retired pay. The President hAS
intimated his wish that the Court would reconsider
the case of Lieut Rolando, under the hope that his
gallantry would offset all objections.
The President i* anxious for Senator Slidell to ac
cept the French Mission, and urged him strongly c o
to do two day* ago, at a special conference. The
Srobability is that he will go, despite of all oontra
ictiona.
Brigham Youjig—The Oxford Me.) Democrat
say* that Brigham Young has relatives in Oxford
county, and once resided there himseit with his
lather He is described a* having been in his
younger day* a religion* enthusiast, with a peculiar
gift in talking at religious meetings. He would
travel considerable distance* to attend these gather
ing*. making no provision for his family, and leaving
the whole care and support of his children at euel
lime* with his wife. lie afterward* fell in will - ,
some Mormon elders and embraced the faith, and
in a short time bis enthusiasm and ambition nlaoed
him at the head of the ■ church,” and made him I
ruler of the oolony at Balt Lake
As Ex-CLEROY MAJ* ARRAIGNED FOR MURDER.— j
He Tleads Guilty.—A few days ago George W. j
Stovall, formerly a clergyman, was arraigned at ]
New Orleans for the murder of Mary Ray Durand ;
The Picayune says : }
He was greatly agitated and nervous, having the
appearance of a*man who had not yet recovered
from a fit of delirium tremens. There was nothing
of the murderer in his countenance, and in fact we
never saw ahead or phyaiogomy in which benevo
lence was more strongly marked. liis age must be
about forty-five—his face is considerably wrinkled,
and what few locks are still left upon his head have
turned to gray.
When the clerk finished reading the indictment,
and asked him, 4 Do you plead guilty or not guil
ty ?” he replied, in a voice slightly tremulous: **\
am guilty; but I would request the court to grant
me a short time, before passing sentence, to arrange
ray business and settle my worldly affair?
The court replied that he should hay e what time
he required, and then ordered tbe pK a 4 0 be record
ed, and the prisoner to be remaned for sentence.
This plea caused the greatest astonishment, alike
on tbe part of the court, the counsel and the audi
ence ; and, indeed, it was r ather singular that a man
should condemn himself to an igm niuious death.—
There was a pause in oy,urt. Stovall nad returned to
the dock and taken his seat. He now appeared
calm and compose'.! : like a man who has relieved
hie mind of scare weighty and important matter.—
He had resigned uimseif to his doom. The court,
‘Mur VGr y of Lis co.. met, asked him:
“Mr. Stovall are you awa/e of the fuu consequences
of your plea ? Thai it condemns you to death?”
“ Yes, sir, I believe I am,” he replied. There
was a brief consultation among tbe lawyers. Some
suggested that he could not be iu his right mind, and
that his plea ought not be taken. After a consnlta- i
tion with the Attorney General and R&ndeil Hunt,
the Judge stated he would call him up again and give
him another opportunity to change his plea before it
should be recorded. He was called to tne bar again,
when the Judge said :
“ Mr. Stovall, I knew you yeais ago, and always
knew you to be a man of very firm mind. I have
never before known so extraordinary a plea to be
entered in court, and I should like that you would
reflect fully upon the consequences ot your course.
If vou desire it the court will not enter tbe plea yet,
ana will assign you able counsel with whom you
may consult/’
Stovail replied that he thanked the court for its
kindness, and would accept tbe offer of counsel for
consultation. The court then ordered a continuance
of the case, ordered the clerk not to enter the plea
of guilty, and assigned to Christian Roselius the
duty of consulting with the accused.
The circumstances of this murder are still fresh in
the recollection of our readers, as it occurred only
two weeks since. Stovall, according to his own
confession, killed a poor, frail woman, with whom
he had been living, in a most inhuman manner, by
cutting her throat with a razor and afterwards chop
ping her head almost off with an axe, and mangling
her body in other ways. He then attempted to
drown himself by jumping headforemost into a
well. His only excuse was that he had for months
been laboring under the influence of liquor. He
was formerly a preauher, we believe, but of late
years has led a very dissipated and dissolute life.—
Previous to this he “had been guilty of a number ot
smaller offences.
The Danube.—A Vienna letter states that on the
7th of November, the Reverian commission com
pleted its labors relative to the freedom of the Dan
ube and that the great act was that day signed by
the representatives of the sovereign States. Thus,
it says, “anew and important constituent part has
been added to the great edifice of European inter
national law. ’ By the phrase “freedom of the
Danube,” Austria understands that all nations are
to have the right to navigate this river from its
sourceto its mouth. If this is the fact, if no vexa
tious toils are to be levied as has been the case on
other great European highways, this is indeed an
addition to international law.
This is the largest river in Europe, next to the
Volga, running from the Black Forrests in Germany
for 1,750 miles into the Black Sea, through the
Southern part of Germany, Hungary and Turkey,
and draining 250,000 square miles. Its mouths ex
tend over seventy miles of coast, An immense
business in cereals has lately grown up on this river,
employing about two thousand vessels. Half a
million quarters of wheat and a million of Indian
corn were taken down this river iu 1851.
By the important treaty of Adriauople of 1829
the merchant vessel* of Russia and Turkey were to
be at liberty to navigate the whole course of the
Danube; but Russian vessels of war were pro
hibited from advancing higher up than its junction
with the Pruth. The provision of this treaty occa
sioned irritating controversies, and Russia was
accused of throwing obstacles to the free navigation
of the river at its mouths and of violating the arti
cles as to occupancy. The late treaty of peace
provided that the navigation of Danube was to be
settled “by common accord.”
One of the purposes of this commission was to
settle this navigation. The treaty has not been
printed ; but it is stated that it is not improbable
that a small toll will be imposed, “nominally for
keeping the beds of the river and the tow roads in
order, but in reality for the maintenance of the
‘Hoheite-Rechte’ (prerogative* of anarchy) of the
Riverain States.”
Washington Items.— lntelligence received at
the Indian Office discredits the statements that the
Cheyennes and Arapahoea are co-operating with
the Mormons. Geu. Twiss'agent is among them,
and reports a friendly disposition. The intended
movements of the Mormons are obtained through
this source. The Government has authorized con
siderable presents to be distributed, with the hope
of retaining their services.
There is believed to be no foundation for the re
port that the British and French Ministers protest
ed against Walker’s expedition, or reflected on the
Government as indirectly countenancing it. Months
ago they proposed to unite in a concentration of
naval forces to prevent filibustering invasions, but
the administration declined participation.
The War Department will recommend that the
army be increased five regiments, and will discoun
tenance all schemes for calling out volunteers as
involving an expense which cannot safely be esti
mated.
The members of the new Congress will probably
draw nine mouths’ pay on the meeting of the first
session, next week. The members of the House are
salaried at $3,000 per annum. The term of the pre
sent Congress dates from the 4th March last, and
the construction put upon the law is, that three
fourths the first year of the term will be payable, if
demanded, on the commencement of actual service,
the first Monday in December. If so, the Treasury
will be drawn upon at once for $500,000 or $600,000
for this object.
It is now conceded that he Treasury must imme
diately ask authority for issuing notes. The surplus
is above six millions, but is declining, and the reve
nue is not mooting expectation in consequence of
tbe accumulation of Tvav-housed merchandize and
the limited withdrawals for consumption.
1 lie H, u?e DeinocraUc caucus will be held to
night. It appears probable that Mr. Orv will ve
ceive the nomination for Speaker, but that there
will be a tierce struggle over some of the other offi
cers—that of printer especially.— Balt. Amer.
The Pork Trade. —Under the influence of large
receipts (though uot greater than usual at this sea
son,) and unfavorable weather, with a very limited
demand for the products, the market for nogs du
ring the week lias beeu a good deal depressed, and
prices declined fully 75 cents per cwt. net, closing
rather dull though holders expressed more firmness
yesterday morning, consequent upon the favorable
change in the weather, but packers seemed timid
aud extremely cautious, with a marked want of
faith in the safety of even present rates.
Drovers, as a general thing, have been badly
“ caught’’ the present season, and must suffer Be
rious losses under any circumstances. The great
anxiety which existed on the part of packers and
speculators, to make contracts during the first seven
or eight months of the year, extended generally to
drovers, who made contracts with feeders early in
the season at high prices, thus stimulating the pro
duction and cure of hogs in an unusual degree,
and leading in this way to the sale of the great bulk
of those fatted very early in the season. It is but
reasonable that drovers should feel keenly the turn
the trade has taken against them, and under such
circumstances they will be induced to accept of any
proposition which may promise any relief, and are,
we understand, selling to a great extent in the inte
rior on time, and in this way obtaining, nominally,
higher rates.
Our advices from the western points leave no
doubt that packing will be done in the small way
to a great extent tills year, thus diverting a large
number of hogs from the regular packmgpoints, and
apparently diminishing the crop.
The receipts of Hogs at this place during the
week have been large, but not much beyond wlut
they were the corresponding week last year. The
following are the particulars i
From Kentucky 2*2,090
By river and railways 26,691
Slaughtered at Plainville and Newtown 4,800
Driven in 991
Total for the week 55,172
Previously reported 39,909
Total for the season 95,081
Same time iu 18.56 129,828
“ 1855 131.068
“ 1854 105.588
“ 1853 139,919
It is somewhat remarkable that the corresponding
week last season, with the one just closed, the mar
ket for Hogs was very active, and prices advanced
50c. per cwt. The receipts that week were 53,078,
of which 27,777 came from Kentucky.
Private letters from England speak most unfa
vorably with reference to the prospects of the Pro
vision trade, and we understand orders held here
by parties for American Bacon have been counter
manded. It is very clear there will be nothing done
in box meats for the English market the present
season, except at very low prices. Nothing has
been done, eo tar, though up to this time last year
over 20,000 boxes had been packed at this point
alone. —Cincinnati Price Current.
The Races.— The Post Stake, four mile heat,
closed the meeting over the Congaree Course. The
attendance was much more numerous than on any
day during the week. The ladies’ pavillion pre
sented an a’ ray of beauty, loveliness and fashion,
charming to behold. The contestants were Sue
Washington and Nicholas I; the latter greatly the
favorite. The want of variety in the contest, dis
penses with the necessity of a detailed report. Sue
took the lead at the tap of the drum, and it was
soon evident that Nicholas was not in condition to
put her to her speed. She won both heats quite at
her ease, and iu the second heat, from a mistake of
Nicholas’ rider in pulling him up at the end of three
miles she distanced him. We present a
SUMMARY.
Saturday, Dec. s.—Poet Stake—subscription
SIOO, SIOOO added by the club. Four mile heats.
Jno. Campbeii'e ch. f. Sue VVashington, by
Revenue, out of Sarah Washington, 4 years 1 1
Jno. Hunter’s ch. g. Nicholas I, by imp.Glen
coe, out of Nannie Rhodes, 4 yra 2 dis.
Time, 7.515: B.oß|.
Thus has closed the present season upon this 1
track. It was a matter of regret, that several sta
ble* which were expected, could not come, thus de
prhingusof the variety anticipated. It is a re
markable circumstance that ail winning hordes at
thi* meeting were bred by Major Doswell, of Vir
ginia.—Columbia {&. C ’ ) Times.
Curious Confession from Costa Rica.--Presi
dent Mora, of Costa Rica, confirms the position ta
ken by Gen. Walker, that he was not driven out of
Nicaragua by the enemy, but through the capitula- i
tion forced upon him by Capt. Davis, U. S. N , in
his assumed character of representative of the poll- j
cv of President Pierce's Administration. President j
Mora frankly states, in his speech of October 28— I
copied in the Cronica de Costa Rica of Oct. 31st, j
and brought out in the last steamer—that Walker’s ,
positional Rivas was “really superior to that of
tbe Central Americans.” The President goee on to |
explain, that notwithstanding his week condition, I
the Costa Rican ** found means of securing
advantages wli-n compelled the Americans bo ear
render. These 4 means of securing *.uvantages’’
were the intervention of Capt. Davis iu the name
of the United Stares, and hi? threat to seize the ,
Granafis. th Nrw,;— c- set-guard and supply ;
schooner, xrl_ieb crippled Walker into a capituia
tion.
In explaining the potmen of the “ tines tt tt,3
crisis the President of Costa Rica says : “Thera-.-- !
agee'of the Cholera, which was daily increasing, and
the near approach of the terrible season of rains,
made the dissolution of the allied army ineritable, in
twenty days : while Walker had still 600 able men,
and resource* which would have enabled him to
have sustained himself for a much longer time than
has been supposed. Iu the last resort he might have
at any times forced our weak line*.” This isknown
to have been Walker’s plan, if Capt. Davis had not
cut off his coast resource*, and made to* United
States the quati alto of Costa Rica in forcing Mm
to retreat before the “twenty days’ came round m
which the “ dissolution of the allied army was inevi
table.’’—Washington Statet.
Some Five tear? ago Mr. Kidweil was preach
ing to a large audience in a wild part of Illinois,
and announced for his text. “In my Fathers house
are many mansions.” He had hardly read the
words, when an old coon stood up and said : “I
ted yon folks, that a a he! I know his father well.
He lives about fifteen miles from Lexington, in
Kentu-kv. in an old cabin, and there ain't but one
room in the house.” The meeting adiaimed
Con Liter Oil.—lt is estimated that a thousand
I barrels ot cod oil are annually brought into the town |
of Beveriy, Mass , by her fishermen. It is sold to
the leather curriers The present value is about I
(13 a barrel. 1
WF.VkIY
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not, at the end of the year, consider himself abun
dantly compensated tor his dollar, we will return
him the money.
Persons who wish the work, can procure it by
enclosing the cash to the Publisher. See Prospectus.
Gas-Legislative.
Those of our readers, whose supply of gas is
deficient, can learn where they can be accommoda
ted by readir g the concluding paragraph of our
Milledgeville correspoudent’s letter. Judging from
the reports we have seen, there is certainly an
abundant supply of both gas and ignorauce in the
two houses. Iu all our observation, and we have
some experience, we have never seen such a de
velopement of ignorance, in any assemblage pre
tending to be deliberative, as has been displayed in
both houses, on the subject of Bauks and Banking.
Iu all seriousness, we think, if it were not a viola
tion of the Constitutional rights of the press, the
Legislature should prohibit any report of their ac
tion and speeches, on this question especially. The
speeches are certainly a reflection upon the charac
ter of the State, to whatever extent it can be effect
ed hy such a body (the exceptions are rare,) and
anything but complimentary to the gasometers
whence they are ejected. Every intelligent Geor
gian, in whose bosom lurks a particle of State pride,
must feel humiliated indeed, at such a spectacle,
aud feel quite disposed to suggest to them the ad
vice given by Petek Pindar, to the Rhymer, who
aspired to write an account of the Queen’s tour in
verse.
Large Sale of Negroes.
It will be seen by reference to the advertisement
of W. M. Martin, Trustee, that a considerable
number of valuable Negroes will be sold at Greens
boro’, on the first Tuesday in January next.
High Prices for Negroes.— At Sparta, on
Tuesday last, forty-one negroes, belonging to the
estate of Thos. L. Wynn, late of Hancock county,
were sold, averaging SBIO each, including old ne
groeu, children aud infants. One boy, twenty-two
years old, a common field hand, sold for $1600; one
girl sixteen years old, SISOO. The sales were on
cash terms.
Sad Accident.— We regret to learn, says the
Savannah Republican, that on Friday 27th ult., in
Washington city, Henry K. aged 4 years 1 mo.,
youngest son of Lieut. Henry K. Davenport, U. S.
N., (of this oity,) was so badly burned while left
alone by his nurse that he died iu two hours. Lieut.
D., is now absent from home, being attached to the
East India squadron.
Sewanee, in Benton county, Tennessee, about,
seventy-five miles west of Nashville, lias been se
lected as the site of the proposed Episcopal “Uni
versity of the South.’ ’
Fire in Savannah.— The Savannah Republican
says:—A fire broke out about 4 j o’clock Wednes
day morning, in one of the out-buildings attached
to the wine and liquor store of J. N. Muller, situated
on Bryan street, between Jefferson and Montgo me
ry. It spread very rapidly, and soon reached the
store, which, together with the out buildings, was
entirely destroyed. From the store the flames ex
tended to the frame building adjoining it (occupied
by F. Nugent,) the gable end of which was only
partially burnt. The rear wall of Mr. A. Borohert’s
bakery establishment, which adjoined the building
that first took fire, was also considerably damaged.
The property destroyed was owned by Michael
Prendergaßt. There was no insurance. The stock
of liquors, &.C., belonging to Muller, valued at SB,-
000, was entirely destroyed. He was insured for
$5,500, in the offices for which R. Austin, and A.
Wilbur are agents. The damage sustained by Mr.
Nugent was entirely from watei and removal of
furniture, &o. Mr. Muller, who occupied the pre
mises where the fire was discovered, is now absent
from the city, and the man left in charge was asleep
over the store, and barely escaped with his life, by
jumping out of the window. The fire is supposed
to have been the work of some person who first
robbed the store, and then fired the premises.
George R. Gliddon, the well known Egyptian
traveler, died very suddenly at his hotel at Panama
on the Kith, lie had just returned from Honduras,
where he had been acting as one of the agents of
the Honduras Railroad Company. Mr. Gliddon
was for a long time U. S. Consul in Cairo, and is the
author of several literary and scientific works. His
“Indigenous Races of Man,” and “Types of Man
kind,” are in all scientific libraries. His age was
47.
Sending Women to the West. —An association
has teen formed in New York, denominated the
“Women’s Emigration Protection Society,” the ob_
ject of which is to drain off the unemployed female
population of the city, and send them West, as fast
as situations can be procured for them. A meeting
was held ou Friday night last to devise means for
carrying their plans into effect. A statement was
made by Mr. Pease, that there are between 35,000
40,000 women living by prostitution in New York.
Mrs. Farn ham spoke of the inevitable moral evils
necessarily resulting to the indigent among her own
sex under present circumstances, and plans were
adopted to secure the co-operation of the benevo
lent in facilitating the emigration of women to dis
tricts where labor is in demand.
Progress of the Utah Armt. — The Indian Bu
reau has despatches of the HGth October from Dr.
Forney, Superintendent of Indian Affairs for Utah.
He arrived at Fort Laramie three days before
writing.
The United States troops arrived on the same day
and left the next morning. Dr. Forney expected
to have an interview with tbe Snake Indians at an
early date. He states that he has been informed
that a large portion of the Utah tribes are Mormons,
and that Brigham Young boasts of having Beveral
tribes in his service, ready to take up arms against
the United States.
A Southern Port. —The Knoxville Southern
Citizen, in the course of an article which strongly
advocates a Southern seaport, uses this language :
“One of the obvious remedies for temporary panics,
as well as for permanent impoverishment at the
South, is to fix upou and establish one or two ports
of direct intercodse between the South and the rest
of the world. Already this matter has received a
rathe? vague and fluctuating kind of attention,
from a few public writers, and from members of
the Southern Convention. Surely the events of the
past few weeks may well help to fix and concen
trate that attention upon some practical pl^n.”
Prospect of a Famine. —Advices from East
Harbor, Turks, Island, to the 31st ult., says : “If
vessels do not arrive Boon with provisions we shall
see a famine, as there is not more than two weeks’
provisions on the island. There is but little water
to be obtained. There is more salt now at this
harbor than has been known for several years.
Great Challenge — Race fur $200,000. —The
Georgia sportsmen some time since sent forth a
challenge to the world—intended for Great Britain
of course—to run a match race of four miles and re
peat for SIOO,OOO a side, over the Tenßroeck course
at Savannah. The London Sunday Times insists
that a company saall be formed in England to ac.
cept the challenge and test the superiority of the
horses of the two countries. The Times calls upon
Lord Zetland to become the champion of the Bri
-1 tish turf, and send out his noble horse Skirmiser “to
do battle against the American celebrities.” The
indications are that the match will be made for
i next season, and if so, we may look for the great
est and most exciting race which the world ever
; witneessed.
Slates Held in It wa— The Fairfield ilowa)
Ledger is informed, on good authority, that a Mis
| souri slaveholder has removed to Warren county, in
that State, and has brought with him five or six
slaves, whom he claims a right to keep and work on
j the free soil of lowa, under the Dred Scott de-
I CtdioiL
EiirroitiAL Politeness.—An editor thus adver
t’sea hi* missing hat: “The gentleman who inadver
tently took our new beaver, and left an interior ar.
tide in its stead, will do us infinite kindness byre
turning onr own, ard he shall receive our warmest
thanks and two apologies—an apology for the trou-
ble we have given kjm, and the ‘apology for a hat
be lef: t.”
The Florida Indians. —The Tampa (Fla)
Peninsula says that the entire military force now in
Florida has been ordered oat on active service. It
comprises about 2,000 men. and it seemß probable
that they will be able to conquer the Indians.
It is reported that private advices received in
Washington represent the political condition of
Mexico ss worse than ie reported in the pub.iehed
accounts, and that the next advices thence are look
ed for with deep anxiety by the Mexican legation in
| that city.
The Albany Patriot says that a deaf and dumb
man by the name ct Biddiford, was killed by a train
• on the South-Western Railroad on Thursday last.
A Positive Slave Caoe.
The New York papers of Friday oontain the
particulars of the arrest and discharge of a fugitive
slave, who had escaped from Georgia and arrived
in New York by the steamer Florida , from Savan
nah. Where the fugitive is from, or whose property
he is. does not distinctly appear. The Times
says:
The alleged fugitive is 24 years of age, was born
and raised in the city of Augusta. Ga., where he
was known as James Stead, or “Jeems. ’ ror
several years past he has been owned and employed
in the billiard saloon, in Augusta, kept by James
Stead, and was a great favorite with his master ana
the numerous patrous of the house. Tiring of this
mode of life, on the 20th ult., having carefully ma-
tured his plans, he started from Augusta on foot,
and wended his way towards Savannah, at which
point, in due time, he arrived in safety, and without
molestation. He remaiued in Savannah several
days, carefully concealed by a friend, until the *~otb,
when he boldly walked on board of the steamer
Florida, purchased a second-class ticket, without
exciting a suspicion in the mind of any one that be
was a fugitive or a colored man; and soon alter
was on his way to this port.
The reporter of the Times has evidently been
hoaxed, or has drawn largely upou his imagination
tor the material of his story, of which the above is
only a short extract. There is no such person as
James Stead resident or keeping a billiard saloon
u Augusta, nor, so far as we know, has any slave
answering the description of “Jeems, escaped
from this city within the past three weeks. He is
described as being of fair complexion, so near whit e
that he would readily pass for a white man, of me
dium size, regular features, weighs about 130 pounds*
and valued at $2,000. The Tribune gives his name
as “ Thomas Steele,” and says he belonged to a
planter near Savannah. When near New York he
was identified by a passenger, and the Captain upon
being informed of the fact, took measures to have
him arrested. Upon ai riving at the whart he was
seized by two men, handcuffed and carried to a
house in Brooklyu, where an arrangement was made
to keep him until he could be sent back by the
steamer. Some philanthropic individuals, however
who happened to hear ot the case, applied to Judge
Culver, of the Brooklyn City Court, for a habeas
corpus, ordering the body ot the fugitive to be
brought before him, whereupon be was discharged
and forthwith started lor Canada. The men who
arrested and attempted to detain him in Brooklyn
until he could be sent back to Georgia, were charg
ed with “kidnapping and conspiracy, ’ and compell
ed to give heavy bonds for their appearance at
Court.
Since writing the above, we find the following in
the Savannah Republican:
The slave reported elsewhere as having decamped
from this city to New York on board the Florida,
and thence spirited away by the philanthropists,
turns out to be the property of Mr. Wm. Grier,
of Charleston, lie had been in this city for some
time, sporting around as a gentleman of business
and calling himself a white man.
Contradiction of the Massacre of the Emi
grant Train by the Indians. —The Memphis
Bulletin of Thursday last, contains a statement con
tradictory of the report that a whole company of
118 emigrants were massacred by the Indians on
the Plains, south of Salt Lake. There were some
palpable discrepancies in the accounts given by
the two men at Los Angelos, and from the apparent
reliability of this statement, it is probable that the
accounts recently published are much exaggerated
The Bulletin says:
Mr. Westbrook, of New Madrid, (M 0.,) passed
through our city yesterday, and informed us that
previous to leaving that place a tew days ago, a
letter was received by a citizen there from a rela
tive who was in the train alleged to have been mas
sacred, from which it would appear that the pub
lished accounts are much exaggerated. The train
was attacked by a very large force of Indians,
but they were beaten oft with the loss of but a lew
lives. The two men who escaped, had good reason
to believe that the whole number of their com
panions had perished ; but we are happy to learn
through this chanuel that they were mistaken.
Direct Shipments of Cotton.— Several meet
iugs have been lately held by the planters of Wash
ngton county, to consider and discuss the project
of shipping cotton direct to Liverpool. At the last
meeting, it was proposed that a practical experi
ment should be made by a number of the planters,
ten or twenty, who would unite together and send
by the 20th inst., from ten to fifteen bales of cotton
each to Savannah, to be shipped by a common fac*
tor (Messrs. Evans, Harris & Cos.) direct to Liver
pool on account of the planters. The proposition
being favorably received, 102 bales of cotton were
immediately subscribed.
Going North.— On a recent trip to our wharf,
sayß the Chattanooga Advertiser , we noticed sev*
eral flat boats laden with the rough blocks of the
celebrated Tennessee marble, and on inquiry, learn
ed that they were to be shipped per railroad from
this point en route to cities North and East. These
blocks were from the quarries in Hawk’ns county,
and said to be the finest in the State. This marble
has been quite generally used in the extension ol
the National Capitol, for stairways, pillars, marble
fronts, &c., and is in growing demand by the cities
of New York and Boston. The proprietor of these
beds in Hawkins county, proposes to ship in future
his marble to this point, and then by W. &. A. Rail*
road, and so on, North—and which will create no
sin ill activity in business affairs.
Deßow’s Review for December has been receiv
ed, containing interesting papers upon the South
and the Union, Central America, Texas, A Southern
University, Slave Laws of the South, the Present
Financial Crisis, Cotton grown in Foreign Coun
tries, California, Mississippi, etc., etc. This Num
ber completes the 23d Semi-Annual Volume, and it
will be a favorable time for New Subscribers to re
oord their names. The offices are at Washington
City and New Orleans. Back numbers or volumes
can be supplied. Price of subscription $5 per an
num. _
Naval. —lt is believed that the war steam frigate
Niagara will be permitted to return to England next
spring, to render assistance in laying the Submarine
Telegraph Cable. The home squadron will receive
an increase of force in the Jamestown, beiDg fitted
up for that station.
The Transatlantic Telegraph.— The New
York Times understands that in attempting to raise
the submerged portion of the telegraphic cable, the
shore end has been broken. This will very serious
ly embarrass the enterprise of securing it. It was
carried on under the supervision of Mr. Bright, the
late Engineer of the Company. It is also stated
that the Transatlantic Telegraph .Company have
placed the entire supervision of the enterprise in the
hands of Cyrus W. Field, and have appointed as its
engineer the engineer of the Niagara. John Bull
seems to be of opinion that American enterprise
and ingenuity are of some value in such underta’
tings.
The Grasshopper Plague. —Grasshoppers are
again making their appearance in myriads in west
ern Texas. At the date of the latest advices iron)
San Antonio, they were devouring all the vegeta.
bles before them in that vicinage. Having reached
San Marcos, they destroyed a rye field in two hours.
The Austin Intelligencer says that these “locußts,’
as it styles them, made their appearance in that
region two years ago.
The European Steamers.— The Vanderbilt line
steamer Ariel left New York on Saturday for Bre
men, via Southampton, with 150 passengers, and
$30,025 50 in specie. The British screw steamer
Glasgow left same day for Glasgow, with six cabin
passengers, 83 in the steerage, and a full cargo of
wheat and flour. The British steamer City of Wash
ington lelt on Thursday for Liverpool, with 29 cabin
passengers, 207 in the steerage, and SII,OOO in spe
cie. The steamer Vanderbilt has discontinued her
trips for the winter. Her passengers by the last
trip make heavy complaints of bad accommoda
tion, poor fare, scarcity of servants, and a variety
of discomforts that afflicted them during the voy
age.
Over the River. —To-day, says the Selma (Ala.)
Reporter of Tuesday last, the cars will cross the
Coosa Bridge, and the locomotive will again cheer
the hearts of the our Talladega friends. We are
truly glad that we are once more connected with
that region of country by the iron rail, and sincerely
hope that the tie may never be severed.
Track-laying, we are informed, will be com
menced in a few days, and the iron that is now on
hand laid down, which will reach to Childersburg,
some three miles beyond the present terminus.
The iron to extend the rood to the 100 mile sta
tion, has arrived at Mobile, which, we suppose, will
be brought up immediately and laid down.
Presentation of Turrets. — Nearly two tons
of turkeys were presented lately to the employees
of the Boston and Worces'er Railroad Company.
The men to the number of four hundred and fifty
assembled in the ball over the depot, when a speech
was made by G. Twisbell, Esq., president of the
road, informing those present, that in consequence
of the hard times, the company was oblighed to cut
down their wages ten per cent. Mr. Twisbell said
he was very sorry that such a step was obliged to
be taken, but that there was no help for it. The
turkeys were then presented, and the men left.
Wi publish, this morning, in another column, the
bill now before the House, changing and prescribing
the manner of electing certain officers in the city of
Augusta, abolishing the Recorder’s Court, &c. The
bill has passed its second reading in the House, and
will probably come up for final consideration to day
or on Monday next.
Marine Losses forNgvember. —The New York
Courier publishes a table of marine losses for ths
past month, showing an aggregate of thirty-eight
vessels, of which two were steamers, six were ships,
six were barks, six were brigs, seventeen were
schooners, and one sloop. The total value of pro
perty lost was eight hundred and twenty-nine thou
sand two kuridred dollars. This is the value of the
property totally lost, exclusive of damages to ves
sels not amounting to a total lose and ot partial
losses of cargo. Since the first of January 525 vea
eels, valued with their cargoes at $16,250,809, have
been loet.
Eight hundred ships are annually loaded in Que
bec with lumber. The average value of each cargo
is £BOO, making a total of £640,000. 7be half of
this immense sum is paid out in cash—to the farmer
tor his produce, and for ths use of his teams during
the winter; to the mechanic for his work, and to the
2,500 laborers who are engaged in the trade.
Shipments of Treasure from California. —
The shipments of treasure from San Francisco by
steamers for the month of October, 185., compared
with those of a corresponding period of last year,
shows a falling off of $174,707, and for the ten months
of this year the decrease is $4,544,792.
Caught. —The Dispatch of yesterday says, tlat
Mr. J. B. Ramsey and N. A. Ford have arrested
Becton, at Goldsborough, N. C., who is charged
with sundry crimes in Burke county, and for whom
a reward of SI,OOO has been offered.
Oceans of Hogs. —lmmense droves ol hogs have
recently passed through Chattanooga, en route to
the markets in Georgia and South Carolina.
French Fright. —The Washington Slates* aye:
The Paris Constitutiounel is in a state of excitement
on the “Y’ouDg Republic” of America in general,
and on its financial position and accredited fillibus
ter tendencies in particular. Taking for text some
harmless speculations of the New York Herald
touching the necessities of the people thrown out of
work by the “crisis, - ’ the Constitutiounel enlarges
on the restlessness of our people, and, looking at
the subject through its own tears, beholds armies of
fillibustering Americans, through the mere desire for
action, ready to go and fight the battles of England
in India; or, on their own account, to absorb
Mexico . put Central America in their waistcoat
pocket; knock St. Domingo and Cuba into “cocked
hats;’ - aud take a turn generally with any nation
that desires or can be forced into a free tight. The
Constitutionnel wrirgs its editorial digits, and ex
poses the whites of its eyes in the most approved
theatrical manner; and, while it commiserates the
“Young Republic” for despising the wisdom of the
nations of the old Continent of Europe,” also direct
ly pays tribute to the component parte of that
“Young Republic” which has had the wisdom to
make itself “somewhat” of a leading power.
The Conaitutiounel passes before its vision the
tlllibuster armies of America, as Maobeth beheld
the line of kings to spring from the loins of his rival
H&nquo. Hear it recorgnize the strong points, as
the pageant occupies its excited consideration :
“Such powerful armies of fillibusters will be orga
nized as will astonish the world. They will not
composed, like the armies of Europe, of the
rabble drawn from the purlieus of crowded cities, fit
food for powder only. Mechanics, skilled in every
art that the labor of civilized man knows; agri
culturists, familiar with all the soils and products of
the earth; merchants, bred to trade, and who are
capable of organizing the commerce of any new
country at once ; young politicians, ambitious and
competent to become statesmen in anew communi
ty . inventors, that with a jack-knife and a piece ot
wire are capable of building a steam engine;
laborers, inured to toil aud with a ready adaptabili
to every kind of work , priests to build churches;
lawyers to frame codes . doctors and surgeons to
ut tend the wounded, officers trained to the art of
war in every class of- military school, from West
Point to the worst furnished State Academy ; aud
hosts of men ready and capable of turning their
hand to anything.”
Itaeems by this, that we have on hand severe 1
nitfreable republics, ready for any emergency.—
Where will our presumption end ? is a knotty ques
tion with our fidgety contemporary in the polite
capital. It is not enough for us, it thinks, to create
disorder in financial world, ruin private peo
ple aud embarrass public people, and bring destruc.
tion generally “on the two continents of Europe and
America,” by our speculations and jobbing in the
money market; but we must bluster, muster, and
filibuster—advocate and organize private wars—
revolutionize and convulse the publio peace; aud
let our “manifest destiny’’ ambition just wander
over the earth like a hurricane, displacing and scat
tering everything. Let the Constitutionnel be calm
of spirit. It shall not be disturbed ; out it should not
take the jokes and robustious speculations our
funny New York contemporary in so serious a man
ner. The Herald does not intend its article to
Lighten or make people weep, but the reverse —to
amuse and be laughed at.
A captain of Her Britannic Majesty’s service, and
senior naval officer in Australia, has formally an
nexed the Cocos Islands to the extended domain of
Great Britain. About six months ago, an expedi
tion set out from San Francisco, for the purpose of
recovering the treasure which is supposed to have
been buried by pirates, who took it from a Spanish
vessel, somewhere in the Cocos Islands. The
amount is supposed to be some fifteen millions of
dollars, and the party who last left San Francisco in
search of it were very sanguine of success. One
expedition, that of the Julius Pringle, has already
been there from the same place, and failed in ac
complishing the wishes of its originators. It would
certainly be very unfortunate if the last party should
succeed in finding the gold, at the same time be
prevented from taking it away by the huge paw of
the British lion.
The Placer Courier mentions the reception of a
package of cochineal from Dr. Trask, of Todd’s
valley, California. It has all the properties of the
cochine as found in Brazil aud the southern part of
Mexico, the only apparent difference perceptible
being that the article found in California is a light
pink, while that found elsewhere is a deep scarlet.—
It is said to be quite plentiful this year, aud almost
any quantity could be easily gathered.
A San Francisco paper says that for the last four
years a secret agent of the Federal Government has
resided there, whose duty it has been to look into
the subordinate appointments in tbe different Uni
ted States public departments on the coast. lie
could reduce the number of appointments, examine
into the character of the appointed, and prevent
the Bineoures; he had a controlling power over all
the publio offices —of all the United States employ
ees on the Pacific coast. lie had the right at all
times, without previous notice, to demand an ex.
aminat en of the books and treasure of the Branch
Mint; could count the funds in the hands of the
United States Sub-Treasurer, and Treasurer of the
Branch Mint, and Collector of the Port.
Reception of Senator Douglas. —The Balti
more Sun has the following despatch, dated the 2d
inst., at Washington:
Judge Douglas, of Illinois, arrived here this eve
ning, and was welcomed to the national metropolis
by a salute of cannon and the blazing of bonfires.—
His new residence, prepared here for the reception
of the distinguished Senator a id his family, was
also brilliantly illuminated, and shone with the splen
dor of a palace.
A large concourse of ladies and gentlemen, among
them many Senators and Representatives, with
their wives, assembled in the new Hall of the House
of Representatives this evening to witness the first
lighting up of the gorgeous chandaliers and gas
burners. The exhibition was eminently successful.
The innumerable burners distributed around, simul
taneously onerated upon in a second of time, exbib
ited noontide splendor, without the slightest painful
effect upon the eye. The effect upon the general
finish of the Hall was admirable. The utmost grat
ification was experienced by the elite who witnessed
the effect.
Position of Senator Douglas. —The Philadel.
phia Tress asserts that “the statement that Senator
Douglas supports the Calhoun Kansas Constitution
Is a manufactured falsehood, despised by tho coun
terfeiters who uttered it. He is decidedly and un
alterably opposed to that contrivance.”
An account of the eruptions of the volcano Amoe,
in one of the Sanquir Islands, near Borneo, has been
furnished by the Dutch resident at Manado. There
were two separate eruptions, one on the 2d of March
and the other on the 17th. The emission of lava
stones and ashes was so great as to obscure the sun,
and produce total da-knees. A violent hurricane
and lightning accompanied the eruptions. A whole
village was destroyed, beside an immense amount
of growing rice. Nearly three thousand persons
were killed.
Atlantic St Gulf Railroad.— The President
of this oompany, says the Savannah Republican, has
called a meeting of the. Directors at Milledgeville on
the 28th inst., and an instalment of twenty per cent
to be paid on the 14th proximo at the company’s of
fice in this city. It is gratifying to see that the
work is to be pushed forward so energetically.
Important Action. —lt will be seen by our re
port of proceedings, says the Montgomery Mail of
Friday last, that the House ot Representatives has
combined in one bill, provisions repealii g this acts
authorizing the Bank of Mobile and Southern and
Northern Banks of Alabama to issue notes for less
than $5, and prohibiting the circulation within the
State of the notes of banks of other States less than
that denomination. It has also, by another bill, res
tricted the “Free Banks’’ in.lhe same manner. Both
these bills were yesterday ordered to be engrossed
for a third reading, by votes indicative of their fina
passage.
A Fish Story.— The following “fish story, 1 ’ says
the Belvidere Journal, was told us by Mr Frederick
Searlee, of Belvidere, who vouohes for its truth. On
Saturday afternoon last, while a couple of Mr. Searle
little boys were playing on the banks of the race
which leads into the water power, they discovered
an old boot lying at the bottom of the race, which
they determined to fish out. After some trouble
they succeeded in their endeavors, when they were
greatly astonished to find it literally packed with
fish. It contained twenty two sun-fish, large enough
for the table, over thirty smaller ones of the same va
riety, a dozen shiners and about the same number of
little cat fish. Mr. S says it would have been impos
sibje to have replaced them in the boot.
Wheat in Texas — Preparations are being made
by the people in the wheat growing region of Texas
to sow an immense quantity the coming season
From the best information, at (least one-third more
wheat will be sown this year than the last.
The Neutrality Laws.— Certain parties, says the
Charleston Mercury of Saturday, were yesterday
brought before the U. 8, District Attorney, on sus
picion of being engaged in an expedition against
Nicaragua. The large number of passengers lately
carried South by the steamer Everglade, plying be
tween Charleston and Florida ports, had subjected
her to the suspicion. The testimony of her agent
that her passengers were settlers and lawful emi
grants, relieved her. Against other parties no case
was established sufficient to warrant their deten
tion. .
The Boston Journal says that the Hon. N. P.
Banks will take his seat in the United States House
of Representatives, which meets next week, and
hold it for a month, as the new State government of
Massachusetts, of which he will be chief, cannot
come into existence until the 6th of January next.
His resignation from Congress, the Jour,sal says,
will take effect on the Ist of January.
Large Yield of Corn.— A correspondent in
forms the N. O. Delta that there was raised this sea
son on Hugh Montgomery's plantation, on Van Bu
ren Bayou, Tensas Pariah, La., 160 bushels of corn
on one acre, and that a large portion of the entire
field of 150 acres, yielded as well as the acre which
was measured.
The Main Trunk Bill Signed by the Gg7erner.
The Savannah Republican learns, through a private
source, that the bill placing the success of the Main
Trunk Road beyond all contingency, has been sign
ed by the Governor and is now a law of the State
The Mormon War.—A resolution is before the
Tennessee Legislature, pledging the 00-operation
of the State with the Executive of the United States
in suppressing the civil war existing in the Territo
ry of Utah.
U S. Mints. —The coinage at the Sin Franoisco
Mint for the month of October reached $1,595,000.
The deposits were only $175. The total coinage at
the mint in Philadelphia during November, was
$2,824,626, of which there were 174,924 pieces of
gold, 2,806,000 pieces ol silver, 1,620,000 cents.
John B. Gough.— This temperance orator has
been lecturing in Edinburg lately, to crowded au
diences The Duchess of Sutherland and a large
crowd of the English nobility attended
DfKRNtn- on si.JoliuN lliii*.
The Savannah Georgian of Tuesday morning
bays :—We are indebted to the kindim&i of Col. M.
P. Stovall, of Augusta, and Mr. J. Ferraby, of Flor
ida, passengers on the steamer Welaka, for the fol
lowing particulars:
The Welaka, Capt. MoNelty, left Jacksonville,
Ila., at 10, P. M, on Thursday, the 3rd inst., for this
port. On crossing the St. Johns Bar the next morn
ing about 1 o clock, some part of her machinery
gave way, which prevented Capt. McNV'ty from
having any control over her. A high was run
ning at tbe time aud tbe attainer drilled landward.-*
and ran on tbe breakers, where she grounded and
thumped heavily for some time. At lengt h a heavy
sea struck he* and she gave way. parting aline-. * en- !
tirely in two. The passeugers labour 2> in number) j
clung to the wrecked steamer uni il dayligi.t, when
fortunately the steamer Everglade tame up *aisd
lowered her life boats and took them all off. Many f
of the passengers came on tie- Everglade to this
city yesterday. We are pleased to learn that no I
lives were lost, and that the passengers speak in the
highest terms of the coolness and efficiency of Capt j
McNelty in the hour of peril as a commander.
The Welaka was not insured. Site had a large
lot of cotton on board which caused ('apt McNelty*
to remain by the wreck to secure ns much a- 1 possi
ble of the freight, &c.
Most of the baggage will perhaps be lost or drift
ed off. A horse which was on board wa? drowned.
There was only one lady passenger on board, who
was safely landed aud taken back to Jacksonville
by the St. Marys.
Food for the “Blood or Bread” Mobs ok the
North. —The Saudersville Georgian of the b J says ;
Some of our planters were in town tbe olhi i day to
attend to matters respecting the sending of cots u
direct to Liverpool by an Agent of their own One
of them proposed that Washington county shou'd
send 1000 pounds of flour to help feed the starving
population of the North, if other counties would do
likewise. The pioposition was promptly seconded
by others aud they are ready to respond t*o a de
mand upon them for that aniounf and eveu a great
er if need be. The gentleman who made tin; pi\ ;o
sition is himself a wealthy planter who has about
him some hundred or more of well ted, fat and sau
cy negroes, who have never yet known what it is
to want in aieknees or health, whether cotton was
worth five cents or fifteen, aud much happier and
more contented to day than their master, who lias
the care of all this brood upon his Gioutde.s alone.
If they, at the North will not refuse to eat flour rais
ed by negroes, they can have it. If they will c >rn
municate with the Editor of this paper ho will pul
them in communication with responsible part es
who will do all we have said.
Homicide in Columbus. —The Columbus Sun
says: A difficulty occurred at a hou3e of ill*fame
near the steamboat landing, on Friday night last,
between two young men by the names of John J.
Calhoun and James Thompson, in which the former
was cut in several places in so serious a manner as
to cause apprehension for his recovery. Thompson,
after committing the deed, made his escape from
the city, but was captured at Silver Run, Alabama,
and brought to town on Saturday evening, and
placed iujail, whence he will be brought on Mon
day before the committing magistrates for examine,
tion. They are both quite young men, neither of
them being over twenty yearn of age. Thompson
is a fast youth, and has been arraigned once before
for a very serious crime. Young Calhouu isu pain
ter by trade, and we understand, is an industrious
young man, and was the main stay of a family of
younger brothers ami sisters.
P. S.—Since the above was in type, we learn that
Calhoun died about 11 o’clock yesterday.
What the Effect will be. —According t the
Washington correspondent of the Richmond En
quirer it was suggested to Governor Walker when
in Washington, that he might return to Kansas and
induce a full vote on the Constitution with or with
out slavery, as the case may be, and afterwards
have Congress to send the instrument back for n
fair vote upou its whole merits. He replied that lie
had as well preach to the inmates of a lunatic ar y
lum, as he could not influence a single man to vote
for the Constitution, even under protest. As the
question is submitted—constitution with slavery or
constitution without slavery—every person in the
territory who exercises the right of suffrage, is
forced to vote for the constitution. This i < objected
to, and Governor Walker says will lead to rebellion
and civil war if an attempt be made thus to force,a
constitution upon Kansas. The people demand the
right to approve or disapprove the whole instru
ment.
The re opening of the New York Canals probably
bring to market more tliau three millions ol bushel-*
of wheat. By the close of the Welland C&tfal, up
wards of 600,000 bushels of wheat, afloat for the port
of Oswego, were detained‘from reaching its desti
nation ; while for the Canadian port on Lake Onta
rio, there were probably about. 300,000 in the name
predicament. On the Erie Canal thft e wore frozen
in upwards of 1,000,000 bushels of wheat, on its way
to tide water; while between tie bead of Lake
Michigan and the port of Buffalo, there was, on
board frozen up at the various ports, and in vessels
stranded or lost during the recent gale, upwards of
1,500.000 bushels of wheat.
The New Parliament House. —A London cor
respondent of the Chicago Weekly Press, speakii.g
of the new Parliament House, which is situated ala
short distance from the Palace, on the
Thames, says it is the largest model of Gothic archi
tecture in Europe, and one of the finest buildings in
the world. It was commenced about twenty years
ago, and will be finished in about ten years, a< a
cost of £12,000,000. Two towers are being built af
each end, which will attain the height of three hun
dred and thirty and three hundred and forty feet.—
The number of statues about the building, in honor
of distinguished Englishmen, will be more than four
hundred aud fifty.
India Rubber Shoes by Machinery.—As an il
lustration of the magical celerity with which India
rubber shoes are now made by machinery, it may
be stated that the sheets of rubber nro cut up one
day, and the ehoes are made the next, and these an
packed ready for the market on the neat again.—
Theae is no sew ing or at idling in the operation.—
Such is the adhesive nature of the substance that
whenever two surfaces are brought together they
unite as firmly as if they had never been separa
ted. The only thing requisite after this is to give
them a coat of v arnish.
The Columbus (Ohio) Statesman, Democrat,calls
attention to the fact that, the convention in Oregon
which drafted a State Constitution, submitted i ten
tire to a popular vote, and also provided for a dis
tinct test on the slavery queHtion. No complaint
whatever could be made against the policy there,
though it was done by the same Democratic, party
which is made responsible for an opposite course
in Kansas. The Constitution of Minnesota was
also submitted in full to a popular vote. S<> that of
the three new States which will apply to Congress
next session for admission. Kansas, the only one
whose constitution is not submitt 3d to a popular vote
is the one upon which especially the boasted doctrine
of “popular sovereignty” was sent forth.
United States Treasury Notes. —The Htnfe of
the United States Treasury at the close of the month
induces the belief among some persons that one of
the earliest acts of the new Congress, to assemble
next Monday, will be to authorize an issue of trea
sury notes, bearing nominal interest of say one mid
per annum, to supply the deficiencies in the reve
nue. The Department, it is said, requires a bal
ance of about six millions of dollars to be on hand,
subject to draft, at its depositories and mints, t*>
conduct the business of the country, and to grant
the usual facilities for minting gold dust, &c.
The St. Paul Minneeotian give the detail* of the
vote for Govenor in that State, according to the
latest advices, from which wo learn that, on regular
and proper returns, Ramsey receives 15,554, Sibley
17,938, and that there are returns from eight un
organized counties and one precinct giving 1,17:2
votes for Sibley, and notone for Ramsey. If these
are all accepted by the State canvassers as legal,
they elect Sibley by 557 majority. The Minnego
tian contends that Mr. Ramsay had a clear majori
ty of at least 1,200 and perhaps 2,000, of all thelega 1
votes, and that if none but correct returns be coun f
ed, tho Republicans have carried the whole State
ticket, Legislature, and three members of Con
gress.
Taken In.—Last week an inmate of the Lunatic
Asylum at Jacks onville, managed to make his es
cape. Disguising himself, he went to the office of
the Jacksonville Journal, and had a lot of posters
issued announcing an exhibition to be given by him
that night of tricks in legerdemain. Quite a num
ber of persons paid their admission fee, and waited
a long time for the magician ; but the magician had
pocketed the proceeds and left for parts unknown
There was much ‘‘method in his madness.’ His
name was G. W. Pearl.
Resuming Works. —Tho Manchester (N. H )
American state that the print works in that city re
sumed the manufacture of calicoes on Tuesday on
full time. The several companies mostly engaged
in the manufacture of tools, who occupy the junc
tion shop at Worcester, Mass., commenced work
also on Tuesday on fulltime. Work was suspended
throughout the entire shop about tour weeks ago.
Newspapers in Minnesota. —The present figh*-
nese in the money market is operating very injuri
ously to the prosperity of the country press through
out Minnesota. The Olmsted .Journal, The Win*
na Argus, The travels des Siouz Register, The
Shakopee Advocate, The Southern Minnesota Star*
The Stillwater Union, and the Dakota Journal,
have suspeuded publication—the three first-named
sheets indefinately ; the others promise to resume
New’ Post Office System in Philadelphia
The postmaster of Philadelphia advertises that a
new system for the delivery and receipt of letters
will go into operation to-nfbrrow. Four sub offices
have been established, and there are to be five de
liveries and collection of letters daily. The system
appears to be modeled somewhat after that of Jx*n
don and Paris. We shall look with interest upon
its establishment and its operation in this country.
A Family not Acquainted. —The Journal ot
Commerce tells the following reply of a boy to i.is
mother:
“The father was of the keep your children nt a
dintance class, and the boy wanting a new’ suit, very
naturally asked tho mother to intercede for him
‘Why don’t you ask your father yourself, my son?’
said the mother. ‘Why, mother, I would a*k him,
only I don’t feel well enough acquainted with him,
was the reply.”
Cotton Gin Burned —We learn from the Wood
ville Republican that the cotton gin of Mr. James
Howell, near Laurel Hill, Louisiana, was consumed
by fiffe a few nights ago, together with seventy bales
of cotton. There was also considerable unginued
ootton in the house, all of which was consumed. It
is supposed to be the work of an incendiary. His
own negroes are suspected.
A letter from Lawreaceburg, Tenn., dated the
35th ult, says: Com is selling here at $1.23 per bbl
(5 bushels.) Pork—Holders ask ngsJc. nett, buy
ers offering 5. Some little sold at the latter figure I
Mammoth ! rkks in C * ukoiinia.-Ji' we cannot
beat the old world in vxoiks of, art we leave her irn
mediafVly behind in the achievements of Nature
Not to speak of the FalL of Niagara which some
Yankee said could put out the lirea of Vesuvius in
about five minutes, they have in California treea of
the most staggering dimensions. A correspondent
of the Sau Francisco Bulletin, who has \ idled the
lanaous big trees in Calaveras, makes the followin'”
menli.'U of some of them :
There lies “the fat her of tii<f:*>. !,“ t! t
of the ninety two giants. Though long ,
it is the wonder ot* very be. J j.jn t':<-
est calculation this mo. ster is 11 > feet in < ;-i nrr ? J
; porrioii of trees, iMnW‘huvt b.‘
trunk, we dim bed through ?l 1 . , 4 •f
. u
hundred feel along its trunk town’.’ ‘ fS . \ .
tar from this, one of our par'v md tj • V ’ ai * ■
on horseback’ ’
thatforl
could not pass an ordinary . . ~ \ it ,
them—the middle om* is a little -i .. <i .
two. It is added that riv.-.L t„ . •
the forest have been di*o >vei,i,, \j., ■*’ ‘ , *
tv, and are described in the i , ‘ ! J
They are pin**, and mens me , ... m (r .
IHJ f Uhl tee! in circumlereue and do 1;t i,..', a, t _
over a track of twooi th vi* lr. dn and a.
live of the largest have loeu measured
The Mormons. — 1 .he W. him ion . , . n( , ent
of the Boston Pi
her, save :
Frol
■
Mb • .
i- beii
■
dit on, in order to a rein
From tlu
ejchrauce,tl is will •• a * omi irativei mi
lesathe :ir.ny shall fall back no , i/.. ; |
The War Department ai>* led ,
from Col. Johnston on Monday i ■ . .
Meeting of Chinks-: f , p,. A KH . .
Illinois papaj-a publish a call fora wetting ol tiio
cultiv: •
to bo held at theoliio •of tl.o Stait* A"thui];uiv.l s .
Oiety in Springfield, On the 7th and .> of .?-• „mr. Tim
Springfield Journal says the ti:- ~t |i.„
sorghum and the expression :\\i i manu! :m .- of il.,
jaicajnto syrup Las been high y uv < - mi
nois iu tbo season just oio ng A .r .s not
“ irtfles” by pr&ciica l . cultivators on t .e subject of
this now branch of a rienitur-- at t ‘.• Nov. ! i ..-mot
fail to be both# nteresting and profit able.
Encouragement of Grate am* Wim: C i.turf
i:\ rnc I’vifnr Offici
Pau-iits bOB received.the follow .Ha
jor IT. C. Williams, of Faiil. \ cu :iy, \ a.,
watfiiot lotig bines authorized t:o c-o'.ieel r, n mens
of u 1 our native grapes
O'/ark, Frank!.in Cos., Akk \n as, }
Sir: 1 have the honor to iep • i t !r.t I have
arrived at this place. ;*nJ 11 at 1 • and t :\e hi
Mulbe*. r\ river i
ter. I felt it my duty I” col ct ah the g.i.
tween the Arkansas and Rod fixers, tr;.\ Cm/ m-a;
ly in a northwardly direction, and .-vail re urn l.\
: I
for, in the country 1 shall liax•>. . *;. v i..-... sot
grape are uuiperofts. The white grape, u ;,i-h lam
informed can be obtained will.in ten mil.-s of this
place; \\ ill bej wen introduces into i
and \ in. ... da, • fie ol the* most i
Bilious that can be inr.dif s M-.-.r • e ! cl r
not extensively difl’ii:d ihrougii the count!;. , iml,
asawinegrapo.it will be* ;i iny ojdnion, and iu
< ‘■ O • ■
variety.
On my return to Il*mp t ;td t will m 1 . i detail
ed report.
I have4he hoqor to be v< respect
Guaui m. Rkviy ata oi : • ?,iness On t. ry
hand we hear account
ness. The Hart ford (Conn.) 3
We
■ •
t rue, the
is only ot a giadual rev iva bu it *
safer and sounder for that rent in < c:- e fairlj vei
he “dead \
1 ‘'“-ug into < ilmi r
prosperity.
It is announced that Fox & KV* n n ill us Wor
■ coster, Mass., has n.-ommewei .... * Chaika
Wftphburn iSc Son l:;.ve reopen -d then ; ‘ n ,
mill at (^uinsigainond; Saunders’ colt > mill in
Saondersville, ned Enter's mill in \\T : . . -onvl V,
will also rerotamencu running I Ids week. The
Wo cester (Mu-*s ) Spy say- :
i “
Im ad tae moot b
siness. The low 1 pi ic iof stock and labo ’ i u
inducement to shoe manufacturers to isumethe
busoi.-
fcSfiri the marketrwi .i . ■
customers who will pay.
of th !
the season of navigation which Im--j: 1 ,c**m
prising I todays, the mm.her of st. ambont i (rivals
at St. Paul was 1,026 —18‘t more than Inst year, nt
lin I
precision of business resulting from the final cinl pan
ic. In 1847 1 I
fmly seven, thus si owing n remarkable increase of
trade.
Sorfru Carolina Financed.— i’luj report of th
dwptroller general of South Carol inn !.<>.■ \ flint the
ax collected* tor 1 S'., i i.-- than that
for 1656. It also stab
by ilie State upon the railroad >tecks which h!i
oyriis, and which 00.-d heron mil* ten nin hundred
and forty-iwo thousand three hundred d< It-, a
moulded dui iug tin tfi / ar t 3 only.
Senator Sumner, acrorte.ig f<* f!- !! —I >n Adver
riser,-is still an interesting inv ini.; L*- m better, but
iiotsowellashemigiri.bc; improving but Mill in
1 1
ftilum nt - ha : •
:
assailing the public * * with th mc r p**ntcd bulie
ftiiH as to his condition They have long ince been
discredited and arc rapidly become t .i< idous.
■ *Tfree of the 1 ive vei i j-ecen r < >turcd and
iofcen fnto Havana,
Beaton and Portland cujeal, ami when captured,
Khsb rn people wi• *n bea di. • ern an I part
ot the • i ■
;
York,
was* intended lor the slave trade. One lad 400
Africans on hoard, and another I In
On Saturday h:4, at Boston, j n'u; ; • • i*. made
in Jlostdn, Massachusetts, forth.*. I'uc.ha of Ugypt,
was shipped on board a bark boun i for A < xandria
It is similar in style-to those used in Mexico by
Geuerals Sect t and Taylor and inai.-ii c t nr'ed by
the same parties. It. consists of twenty nix wagons,
and will carry the materials f.-i constructing a
bridge three bun or* and feet in length. It cost up
wards of S3O,tHiU.
Walker's Landing Place. —Tin - te-l/na Alabama
Mtt • Septf ic*!, says that
at Point Blanco h*rty mil • ••from Si J ••♦ln eapi
-al of Costa Rica, to which place will inarch In
‘roops. The entire force of Cost • ar • now sad
to be ia Nicaragua end eon.- si.miiy ‘ . ir own
State is unprotected.
Tm*fCredit ed tiik Con ii- n- te
of our federal government is daily ving lid < i
iug illusfmtionfl. I? is fated byl!.< New Y<-i x Poa
.
of dollar* are out standing agai i the .o - ‘ niy
in the l city, tho holders
them for payment. Though they draw no in er< -t,
the parties prefer the security . t\.*. ‘ to .*. uiyto
the risks of any fhveduu.nt which the market at
fords. This is practically an inv.- > ; ; in govern
ment securities Without llltei *
FoxCHAfIt©NTnvtiK£GIVJNU DAT. The ( il
fMd.) Democrat says : A grand ••: cb.\-” cmim- ..ft
j km n:
and Welch Point* Thirty ii-r-.o.en w . t •••;/>
dogs, joined the oha*e. During the cte; t.; “■foxes
were running at. one time, not more th. i thr- e or
four hundred yards ahead of the pud:. Such ol
Utosportsmen as were in &p< , J, >u to . !-m it,
described It* as a very a .im.it; : A : 1 f.
of the foxes were earl h*- i.
Navigation of thkUpcehM i*i -Dm in
the season of navigation which has ju.- * do < dim
piiaing JUMday*, tlemmh. i ol anivL'e
al St. Paul wu-’ I,o26 —lte> m<.i e tl. .-< i 4
withstanding the sbortnes.) of the ‘ << and the o
preBST nos bnr€;v resulting P'.in tl f*oaii. :.!
panic. Iji 1847 the total number <>f in rjv * w • but
47, thus showing a reinarkubie ieero'ise of trade.
A f< Yt ft r > .NV ‘l’ -• ro&1
g< ra Vi the Northern li,l at NT Vorl • .! ,\i
i ‘/nw. of Cali f ornia,wvj| Id.-j way to Wa.-.'. eg: u ; .
1 ? (
or,Carson Val’ey, K- nri de-irc i of j ving thu
m
riv\ erected into anew Territory, separate from the
Mormon dominion.
Death r a very old Negro Man.--The
MQI edge ville Htrordcr says that a negro man
.
UO .years, iu the neighborhood of J Maud Creek*
Hancock county, on the 20th n’t. Ho was a cook
for the American troops station ■ ! at Charleston
during the ltevQi’utionary war*
John Osbofne, c;:-! t !>y*Y ui.ty, Tenn i ?:■* been
orreatfed for kidnapping 21 slaves in Marshal coun
ty, Miss., and twod iwyers of .Memphis are charged
with being accessories with h’u/i- Osborne, it ap
petite, acted-under color yf law, <’aiming thai the
fc’avepwere (fee, &c. Osborne is to bo tried this
week at Holly Spring .
Some trouble lias a month pa t on the
PPtshir-g, Fort Wayne nd Chh ig Rail: .nd, in
omsetpienee of lii ( * tfnn payment oi F.,*
whosß wages had been n t <-* 1 twculy p-.r c
Oh Setoi bj th -
th mining ma’i trai*. w .’ c.ctam*-d at tae ri ih
bm; depot. b<-iii wit out eiigiu its. Iu few
hours” i,..WL-ver, the matter was ail arrauj-ed, aud
th * operations ot the road went on as u-ual.
From Tsaas —The San Antonio Ledger, of the
21 gt insf, furnishes the following interesting Indian
wai newr •
Intelligence was brought to town by the driver ot
the Lngle Poes mail that a number •t mu • ‘.'m
ing to the San Diego mail line had beenetoiei y
Indians, iu thy ncigeborhood of fort l is** P •
fourth day tliay wen- overtaii-Vwh<-:itli- luiiiaoa,
three in number, fought with the nfmost -
tion. One was killed, ether s Ihougu ■
ly wounded, got into the chaparral and ennap •
Tiie mules were recovered?aud ate* three A- >
horsed wl.ioli had hoan stolen by the ludiane. Lieut
I Wither .'ll aud three of Ifio ouldicfu wuif li fa L.tJy
wounded.