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‘j, vainer Empire City, from Havana, arrived
i at New <* Irawou Saturday last. The most im
,’ •, .. a-- the announcement that Geu. Walk
j ~ *.j .4 .'Ai.'i November, landed his entire force
• iii.jf.tiy in view of the U.S. Sloop Saratoga from the
i \iuer Fashion, mid was pc!tion
j n t Punt* Arena#*. ‘
‘{ • t lowing eorreafjODdence of the Picayune
.\k I- hi particular*** the course of events from
i 1 * ! ‘• the sfeaiier Fashion left Mobile Bay with
Walker at and hi* party:
I*(. i a Akmas. Opposite Orkttown, )
November 1857. )
j l.tl.tn- . P-.mvuut: —We landed at this point this
n: v* about 7 o'4t*k, il day* from Mobile
H y. You are d*aibfJs apprised of the fart, that
i*f H Hiker wtn* detained in fcliat Bay by the de
v; . . i- . the i-Varner Kaahion, which was to carry
j - ‘no hi.il his fellow t elu^J(rHntß >, to tliis point.
[ an t i;e steamer was lairly oat to sea, and
v ‘ • ;,<i the <biveruuieiit vigil*, a battalion was
injwv-d of four companies, containing
; y threo men each, rank ami file, CeL Thomas
ll* :y aid S T. Tucker, commanding The
< ;upan*vrt were nfiioered as itraovi, to-wit. Com
.-j ; A S. !> Mid’he-riey, Captain D. Water?,
j > W. G key, lieutenants. Company B, H.
C.C. ok. Captain, F. McMafien and W. S. West,
I tM wb imnV Company C. Dudley T. McMichael,
.i K JPccher and W. U. Hunrer, Lieuten
( nip my i>. ic O. Stokeley, Captain ;J. 8
il- k -ai 10. W.Carrol. Lieotena- ts.
• iJun Bruno Natamer is Oener
{ r 1 J - i‘ Whittier Acting
I..'ii!. C‘oi Swi'igle commanding ordnance, Dr. J.
K. .in Acting Surgeon General, Aesistants, Dr?.
Callaghan, ‘t Philadelphia, M. Thum, Louisville,
Ky .1 .ii . M Tenn., G. M.
lledir.id county, Term . Or. ii B. Greenlee,
I yu, . .Jethro dackeon, Woodford county,
Ky .J Disk*- M Dowell, St Louis, Mo., J. J. Scott,
Augusta, Ga . Callaghan, McDowell and Scott, of
i *- medical staff did not accompany the first divi
-*.n >t the anny of Nicaragua. It is stated that
CoJ McDonald, who wan formerly agent of the
lYa*it Company, is to l>e Minieterof Hacienda,
\ .ee Coi W K ltogers resigned. The latter gen
t-.cmao aciMjiupMiiies the expedition. Being on ac
ii *- energetic business now, his service cannot
w* lib - ‘iispenaed with. Brig. Gen. C. C. Hornsby
•1 Col. Frank Anderson are with Gen. Walker.—
I'l.M mire force is aoout two hundred. This may
L <t i. -iderjed rather small to effect a landing upon
a h ii!*- #.bore, but it i.- more reliable, being, mostly
, >-i and determined men, than twice the number
c. *ili [><■ who had only been led to join the expedi
i ’j• ii- j exciteineul And if Gen. Walker sue
ce ds in • r/iiig any of the river boa*%, the first in
ili nee yoji receive of his operations will be that
he l*a- opened the river to the lake.
As soon as the battalion was formed, Col. Henry
introduced the rotiine of cauip duty, such as ma
l i -i.-v : of men, and posting sentinels at va
m-C'* points on the steamer. On Monday, 16th,
L * ut.C i Swingle lmd men detailed, and set to
work itfulding bullets and making cartridges
r :j ’ Whittier, of the Depart
■ was equally as actively employed in fitting
men nut with belts, cartridge and cap boxes.
>)n tin- liih -guns -Mississippi rifiea and Minie ri
1. 4 *v* n- isnied to the companies, and after that
ii. Fashion pr rented the appearance loafing
it. i w>n H aiul.l-Ou tlie mornirg of we
i fjpe’ in sigh - , lauit. OrduflsjMpto Mi<rfvieued for
jinSf ir hed 1 > sefve h. This led
’ y3BfenßiTln.t we AveTe’To be taken directly to
• bey tow'll About hail jiast Pi We came in sight of
Pun'a Aicnas This was evidently unintentional,
**** we immediately changed our course and run off
t-.thr eastwai*! Wo run down the shore to the
itmirth *• to*- <'ole-ado, a luanch of the San Jnarf,
. .a ii w* r* acin and a lit lc after and. Without anchor
n*r, three boats wore lowered, into which Capt.
\lr.V| icha I s company was ordered, under com
iri:-i •and (~i Frank Anderson. Dr. John Henley
a. id a.-, Snrg. ii and Capt. J S. West as Comm is
ary i'll* whole commaud mimbered forty live
o arid was scut up to intercept the river boats,
.y ot ih.-in should chance to beatOreytown and
and o'i ,! li * • • ape, on seeing the steamer entering
I Huiiigthe launching of the boats and
*• . uitiarkai ion of the men, the stemner drifted out
. *o*n< to sen. Lines were made fast to the
ami they were towed in as near the mouth as
i. ufo tin the steamer to run. By half'past 5,
>■ i- we; * reib ly iu the mouth of the river. It
\n ippo > and they would have to vow about fifteen
n- itecn milt, but it has since been ascertained
.ii .di dune.* is thirty five. If this be the case,
‘he boats did uo reach ttffe San Juan in time to in
leirept ih* courier started here last evening. But
, hail no definite information, as it was only sup
posed that Gdn. Walker wgs on board. Assoonaa
ihe boats wt ro lairly on lh^river, the steamer set
■ nil to b**at d>w'ii the shore until J l o’clock at night,
when she was to run into Grey town. But before
hat hour arrived it became too dark for her to run
.. n*< ipiontly she had to beat about until this
•m ruing, ’ th. As soon as it was light enough to
an* ■ i arti <>ui whereabouts, wc steered for the har
-15 . if,i, s’,l •///, .V', ISo7.—About. 7 o’clock this
morning th*- Fashion ran alongside of the old hulk
lying at Punta Arenas. Capt. J. N. Boott, former
k gt a ot the Transib Company, was on the hulk,
iml notified the captain of the Fashion not to throw
it his lire, ns he would not be permitted to tand.
Hie n*ti!i. .ali*m wn* not heeded. Hen. Walker was
on the hulk before the steamer was made fast, and
met Capt. .Scott in h very cordial manner, which
uiprised these acquainted with the Captain’s
c*iise after the Costa Ricans got possession of the
r.ver the second time.
W e had s<mrcely jnade fast before a lieutenant
• •ameotV Saratoga, which vessel was found
lying in the harbor. The object was evidently to
e.v-uuino tlie Fashion s papers, and ascertain in
w iiat i-apaeity she was sailing. The lieutenant, went
back to In-* vessel and noon returned. Capt. Scott
went off with the otlicer of the Saratoga, aud then
went over to Hreytown, doubtless to consult with
the I S Coinnicrcial Agent. While he was al>3ent,
ii* u. Walker’s men were all ordered on shore, and
took up their fuartert* in the buildings belonging to
he Transit Company. The steamer was dropped
itlm _sil“ *f a s* hooner which formerly belonged
n i ;■ n. Walker, for the purpose of transferring her
argo t* that vessel. Before siie had commenced
discharging, an officer came off from the Saratoga,
ircompMued by Scott, and notified the captain of
■mm Fashion not to put any freight, on board of the
-* lio*ner, a* she was claimed by Capt. Scott as his
private property, and also notified Gen. Walker
that Scott had protested against kisoccupying the
premise* formerly belonging to the Transit Compa
iv, t>i which he claimed to be the agept.
lien. Walker c laimed the schooner as his proper
ty wlnle Nrolt contended that he held that vessel
by virtue ot a bilt ot sale from the General. Rather
than have any conflict with the United States au
t.h*t> !•;.*, Geu Walker Abandoned the schooner and
m hi■ \ *-l his troops froiii the premises claimed by
..if, ami held under the protection of the British
Government The Captain only claims American
1.1 .tt'cfou nil'll no British vessel is in port. VV r hy
th* lUittpl States auMuirities should respect his
■ mini lo then proUdiou, is somewhat surprising to
itwlu> were denied that protection, on the
4;.mini that h**y had forfeited that right by engag
ing m fiie revoiuuouaiy struggles of a foreigu ua
ti.m. Capt. Scott has done tins to equally as great
ui ex,*>-nt a*any of those who weie enrolled under
• cDcinoi it u tianner 01 Nicaragua. He professes
t*i be friendly to the cause, and wishes Geu. Walker
sain aud says tie is willing to do all in his power
t . u.-.; t him, but lie is the agent of the Transit
C mpay, which will hold him responsible for the
p'opeiiy left in Ins charge. Besides, the property is
and. th*o he has to mdeumify him for what is due him
by the Company. 80 fat as tlie Company's interests
arc * oik * riu)d, their property would be as sate, if
m>! more so, in Hus hands of Gen Walker as in
Ithocr of Capt. ScoU Judging from the change in
if* appearance ot things siuce last June he is making
wav with everything moveable, for which he can
find market.
| t,) .a Ui s wen* obtained for the men and houses
I* r rovu g provisions, arms aud ammunition, on
th* lb.il*, outside of (’apt Scott’s dominions. On
t nderiiooa oj rho*i*h, the work of getting ashore
I snjpiu*e was *:miinenf* *j and continued until
j at:"moon of the Vtkh, when it was completed.
[ I , air mI to mention in the proper order that the
I<>. ’.meander of the Saratoga, (apt. Chatard request
< and ri . Walker to restrain his men from visiting
Greyu*wn This was a rather strange request, con
mg the tA. t t iaf Costx Rica has been permitted
I* f- keep an armed force in that place. If it iaoiaim
e i Uia! Greytown i* a neutral port, why is Costa
R ,*m :ot required’ to respect that neutrality ? Is it
| b . .t use our government is more partial to the peo-
I id. v>j nny other natiou than th**ir own ? Facta
j winM sce*m t*> warrant such a suspicion. The course
by the officer *>f the has by no
| bw U vated him n the intimation of the Ameri
i .4 .- lie has a* tod without instructions.
I s*, |.av. Nov. I*B—Since the ‘doth, nothing of
j n*c oicofiae uaospired lb* natives in Urey
: urt art stiß 111 a considerable state of uneasiness,
I kc. .. 4 exactly what course Gen. Walker will
I Mv -ne- i.i>i u'C them. If the Saratoga was to leave,
| 1 am* opinion tiu.ro would be a pretty general
j . ■ tr*mi that plaoe. The stnaU Costa Rican
, r.atumcd there has been withdrawn.
On ibe 4v*'-mug of the 26th, a smaii paity came
..u rt li"tn tJ*c ouuunnd up the river, after provi-
- l'ht s report tlii they were twenty-three
! I, wmg up the Colorado rie rain tailing in
.
j <*n on Let fe s, lormerly Kirkland 8
II L m.b, **. i gave them entire control of the river.
- 1 the Colorado Col. Anderson took
iv, uaii\*eH prieoaeiw. and used them as pilots in
• _ ... I ; )*ariy on the ‘27th. taking
■ . ih*.,, mi pi* lies for tht. eo*j.mand for twelve
Ii adiuarters pre.-r nt n rather ’amp like api*ear
* m*#K** of the troops are stationed down on the
\ bek>w Ht’OiCa liaiits. and the majority above.
I-- H.tered over territory a mile and a half in
j m ’t. having st nrinels posted along at short inter
|• *. Lieut. Coi. Swingle is busily eugageii pre
; ; 4 -** tinttion. Capt. Whluier, Acting t£u&r
**,. - er. s equally active in his department. Coi.
rimy, comma- *iet of the fort, has introduced rigid
P .**. wnick i am pleased to *., having seen
! * \ it.etui mduence *f a laxity of discipline in
| 1 - *.i* nu g( - Rogers and ( apt. Fayssoux
” *u a*- ‘-re: iiHibor on a hunting expedition,
j s *- -:;*we. aud were tired into a short disiwir’e
, -.- v- t;r*yti*wn. it is suppnwed by the Costa Ri
! * .vi!*. w foe eneautped m that viciaky.
A* . ■ sem diffk'uit to *ay when we shall
.v re T. n: w j depend ujh>u the arrival of
Hen lie. -.cog?*. We have no boats to ascend
wvl ex’.vp. row*’ boat*. To attempt to
web any miaabtw ot uap® will be a tedious
a . A r present we i.xTe uoarukery. The guns
r-if w.i*N u are under the protection of uw ua
re ‘ga sgu. oous*quent!y we shall be unabie to
aMeo.p: jN.iig Cast::**’ until we get artillery.
I tir A (’OST* RICA war.
IV 8— i neglected to state that aLitter warfare is
■w ok tbs &ke between CoLCa^u*. vao is
i t ■: ‘SuiuAcugof tise Coeta Rica forces, and tue forces
t< MWflragaa. Canty un itrtook to starve the troop*
N K it .Ngua 1-At Fort Sau Carlos.
For ims purt>< he )a* ed one of the lake steam-
TMl!UM*iOn..Uk -'W* - J
•*. !fw take Tlie laiiex he is iu command of. By
u.'.; .h. ‘osjuon of his uuoes auds. he expect
■ t to ‘.n.? att rtuppiies from Sac Carioa He
cah'olafrd without hi* host
i- t*-- pi*o-he dui not (wenate oa having
* ..>■<■ fore* of si oaragua arrayed
... . i- ! andtfaathe coaid very cushy be cat
t-r s'! t l .rntramioatk* with Costa Eici, in
w cwm iu> would have to rely solely upon the
5.,. tio i, with him, and that his supplies would
ave L'be uiavu from biioarttfßa. While on the
..i. V t :(v< drawn so heavily upon Chontales for
n only foe hie troops, but to pay od debts
v -rod ti.:; r.” j town in the- name of Coeta Bica,
• \ refused longer to be plundered.
io •, event hi? ioray* into that Department, a
jt*v ‘ci r ! * k, P* “fo* bi* movements, ami be
- f at foragmg partiee.-
days S.UU. Cauty aiteruptodto ‘tauu
“hu i ul tract* bat ho had eo&rceiy rot mto
. ..vuih . wuon Uo v&b fliod into, and compelled to
He afterward* sent two boat*
w • the Kkaragsa troops
taUkia •**—*i- porns from cja
tli? party *a* defeated and hi? .
. b-..:0 *>. it will be seen th “jP^’
I V -t.-iy hemmed in oa the laks_oa o ,ij,
t ‘ e M po piaee „ pXfoSVhtob
guppliee, except Ometepec, where they are but
limited. The Nicaraguans have not been idle in
tlie meantime. They have oonatmeted a good road
from Fort San Carlos to San Mequilito, on the lake
tthore, which enables them to keep the fort well
supplied.
Aii the river boats are up above Castillo Rapids.
The Costa Ricans are in possession of Castillo, and
amuse themselves every Sunday by fighting sham
battles, one side representing Gen, Walker. The
General is defeated in every engagement, yet comes
at his adversary each successive Sabbath. I doubt
not they will find a reai battle, resulting wholly
different from their sham ones.
Thr War Steamers is Motion.—Asp lnwall
Dec. 4, 1857.—The U. 8. steam frigate Wabash, at
this port, by request of Capt. Chatard, went down
to Greytown yesterday. Com. Paulding anpeared
somewhat chagrined that Walker had landed so
easily , but I aoubt if he will stop any vessel com
ing into Greytown with ‘‘immigrant*?,’’ if her papers
are all right.
About half an hour after he had sailed, a messen
ger arrived from the U. 8. Steamer Fulton, now at
Chiriqui Lagoon, with despatches for the Commo
dore.
The line-oi-battle steamship Brunswick sailed
this evening at about 6 o’clock for Greytown.
The Naturalization Laws and Foreign Emi
gration.
We copy the following extracts from an article
in the Southern Citizen, edited by John Mitchel,
who is an Irishman by birth, and a democrat in
politics, and will not be accused of national or
party prejudices in relation to the views he express
“Wben American cities have got to hunger-mobs
and soup-kitcheus, one can not wonder that thought
ful men begin to ask themselves whether it is wise
orjust to keep the doors of this Republic so widely
aud invitingly open; the access to them so very
eaev, and next to no questions asked.
We are about to approach a delicate subject; for
the Democratic pariy in the United States (to which
party we give our hearty faith and fealty) hold it to
be one of their strong points to cherish and tender
ly “entreat the foreigner.” Yet there are certain
considerations aside from party, which lead to the
conclusion that something is wrong in all this. Aud
a kind of suspicion arises that even in the Know-
Nothing ranks, there were patriotic and good men
who had no sympathy indeed with the benighted
sectarianism ot that mischievous society, but who,
nevertheless, instinctively revolted against the cooi
iusolence of European powers in chasing “surplus
population ’to America as to a penal colony. Os
criminals and paupers we have enough.
Os the emigrants, to America a very large num
ber are real paupers and criminals, which falls out
in several ways. First, there are Emigration So
cieties, having funds provided for carrying to Ame
rica the very sweepings ot work houses and poor
houses. Some of these are in connection with the
governments of the several countries, and it signi
fies lit le whether the poor wretches so expatriated
are landed in Canada or in New York. If in Cana
da, most of them fmd their way southward. These
have neither means, nor spirit, nor hope. They
have lived on public alms, left their homes at the
bidding of their “betters, ’ and emigrated in forma
pauperin. These are true paupers—either born
paupers or baving*the heart and soul within them,
ground down to a pauper heart and soul by bitter
oppression and privation. Not fit to be citizens of
any country.
Aud for criminals—we know that cargoes of
Italians and Germans are sometimes sent over,
with au intimation that they are “political offend
ers.” Who knows thaUhey are political offenders ?
Their governments at any rate are desirous to be
rid of them, aud know that to gain them a footing
upon these shores they must at least call them po
litioal offenders ; but they may be JorcaU three
times convicted for the worst human crimes. If so,
they will not themselves let out the secret. The
wonderful organization of the police establishments
in European countries te little understood here.—
Every ruffian, burglar, cut throat, in Paris or in
Naples, is well known to the police. The police can
call a meeting of them at any time, or a meeting ot
certain select ones nol selected for their virtues—
can make them au offer once for all, that if they
would save themselves from the galleys or gallows,
they shall have a free passage to a land of liberty,
as (Jarlufnari , or Red Republicant.
J Jut there is one more direct, constant and co
pious flown* criminals into this country from the
English penal colonies. Bermuda lies nearly oppo
site to Charleston, about seven hundred miles off.
Here are always confined upwards of two thousand
of the choicest miscreants in all creation—accom
plished London house-breakers, bank robbers,
forgers, garoters. Their numbers are kept up by
new importations from England ; but as the terms
ol their sentences respectively expire, what is done
with them ? The laws of that colony prohibit them
from being net free within the islands. The very
last thing the government would think of, is to
bring them back to England.
Now- Bermuda has a constant traffic with tlie ooast
cities of America. It has no wheat or other grain,
no beet and no mutton, save what it imports from
America. Therefore its waters are always full of
small American vessels. In these the criminals are
regularly shipped as they become entitled to their
freedom, sometimes as many as four or five in the
same vessel. Their passage is paid by the English
government, and they carry their virtues and ac
complishments to give strength aud glory to the
great Republic. That this was a practice a few
years ago, is a matter of fact, which we assert;
presumably it is so still. And although the trans
action is always a secret one, no doubt researches
amongst the owners of coasting vessels iu Philadel
phia and Baltimore, would bring to light the fact, if
not its whole amount.
And it is singular that the largest traffic of Ber
muda is, (or was) with the city of Baltimore. Un
doubtedly the flash clubs are largely recruited from
thence. Those fellows are the very men to make
good Rough-skins and Blood Tubs.
On the other side of the continent, San Francisco
has been receiving a picked emigration from the
Australian penal colonies— alumni, who have gra
duated in the greatest Universities of rascality
on earth.
Unquestionably the citizens of America are injur
ed by these importations of criminals and paupers ;
and she adopted citizens even more than the native;
because their character suffers. Itcanuot surely
be desirable for them that the same door which is
open to them and their children, should admit on
tlie same footing and on the same terms, the off
scourings French galleys, the refuse of Irish poor
houses and the offal of English gaols. They do not
need to importscouuderlism, laziness and ignorance,
along with them, inasmuch as they will find plenty
of all that here.
It has become the direct and deep interest of both
native and adopted, (especially the latter) to pro
cure such a change in the naturalizati .11 laws as
will prevent the very loose and irregular admission
of all applicants, and in all kinds of courts of record.
And further, we submit that it is not enough to
prevent criminals and paupers from being citizens
—they ought uol to be allowed to land. Such car
goes could not be run in any seaport of Europe;
and if there is not a strong enough police force to
keep them out, that force ought to be increased and
a portion of it charged with that express duty—and
the force ought to be especially strong all along the
St. Lawrence and the Lake Shore.
Also, if it be a fact, as we have charged, that
paupers are sent hither, through Canada or other
wise, by Emigration Societies—and that criminals
are sent hither from [Burmeda by the British Go
vernment itself, we presume it is a matter calling
for the remonstrance and interposition of the Ameri
can Administration. Ship-Captains who bring such
passengers, ought to be brought to condign punish
ment, and the Government which continues such a
practice ought to be refiarded as our worst enemy.
We have no intention in this article of suggesting
special changes iu the naturalization laws. Five
years give more than time enough to grow familiar
with au affair so simple as the American Laws and
Constitution—that is to say as familiar as the aver
age of natives—and as familiar as is needful to
make a good citizen The man who does not know
enough of it in five years will never know.
In short, the present naturalization if strict
ly administered, may be sufficient. But they are
notoriously administered most loosely and ineffi
ciently. The courts which give an intending citi
zen his papers, often give him informal an insuffi
cient papers, so that he cannot perfect his citizen
ship iu another State. Thus 6ome are kept from
voting who have a right to vote. Many others are
admitted who never ought to evidence is
taken of au applicant’s fitness for the duties of an
Ameri ran citizen and of his attachment to the Ame
rican Constitution, from the mouth of aliens , who
perhaps never saw America before that day. On
the whole there is a fatal facility even tor the honest
aud bona fide immigrant. And when besides this,
you consider the immense infusion of pauperism
aud crime, it will become apparent that the United
States is in danger of being made the common
alms-house, refugium peccato um and penal colony
of the world.
We say that it is time to think of all this when we
have got to “hunger-mobs and soup-kitchens.”
The War in Y ucatan.
By the arrival yesterday of the schooner Rafaela,
Irom Camps achy, we have reoeived files of the Bo
lefin del Espiritu Publico to the 27th ult.
We learn from these papers that Cam peachy is
still in possession of the revolutionists. We cannot
find any detailed record of tha operations of the be
siegers. Their operations are probably conducted
with characteristic languor. The Cainpeaehy peo
ple hAd received 650 new guns and a supply of
powder.
The Boletin hints pretty stiuugly tw mere are
traitors within the city, and demands that they be
vigorously deali with. It appeals to Comonfort to
put a stop to the war by calling off the troops, and
attributes the outbreak to the interference of Men
dez, the Governor, with the freedom of election,—
The revolutionary party does not seem to be in
league with the .eaztionery faction in other parts of
the country. Ou the contrary, the Boietin appears
to be particularly hostile to Santa Anna, and al
ludes to Comontort as the savior of the country.
A general order of the commander in the town
denounces eleven individuals as traitors and de
oiaree .hgifr unworthy to belong to any corps within
the electoral d.strict of Cainpeaehy,
Thejbesieging party ecil held boseession of the
suburb of San Francisco. The bioetiu accuses
them of committing allsoris of depredations, among
which the meet prominent is the taking of cattle
without paying for them. It says that many of the
inhabitants of the surrounding village have beeu
forced to take (refuge ln the woods Manuel Pe
razaCepeda, the besieging commander, had burnt
the vessels lying off San Francisco, and jet lire to
the suburb of Guadalupe, by which a number of
editices were destroyed
Col Ruiz, of the besiegers, had been severely
wounded by a cannon ball. They, (the besiegers"’
during the previous ten days, lost ten men killed
and seven wow dgd. Four hundred of their force
had beeu detached and sent to Merida, the Govern
ment there fearing a pronunciamienlj.
By this arrival our previous reports of the cap
ture of Sinai by the Cainpeaehy troops iseonnrmea.
The attacking force was commanded by Andres Ce
pedaPeraza. He bad one men killed and three
wounded. The enemy lost three killed and six woun
ded. The victo.s captured four 24-pounders, one 16-
pounder, two 12-pounu ca.Oi.dsa, and a quantity
of munitions. They also took several prisoners, and
a little armed vessel called the Carolina.
The Boietin thinks that the capture of Sisal has
assured the triumph of the revolutionary party.
Immediat.y afterward more than a hundred volun
teers - It 1 r* —r --'“J e-~yu ■“
u*rtia expected risings to fouow lnMenuaanu
El Oriente.
Still Later. —We were this morning placed in
possession of still further intelligence by the schr.
kata. ia. from Campeacby the hath uh_, than was at
band last evening, ft is most interesting and im
portant. The revolutionist* had been repulsed rrom
Sisal, whioheity and port was at last advices in the
hands of the Government party.
It seems the bombardment of the town was a
empties, and the revolutionists held it but a few
days, till reinforcements could arrive from the in
terior.
The revolutionists, bowevever, were not dis
couraged. Some four er five armed brigs and
schooners were cruising between Campeacby and
Sisal, and the latter port was in a state of blockade.
Things at Campeacby were in tiatu <pu>, but the
siege progressed warmer, as from the beginning.—
The number of the besiegers, when the Bataela .est.
was from 600 to 800 men. They held the road to
MeAda. The remit of dt* uerce struggle it is still
impocoibio ui predict—Anc OrUasu
i rut.
Finances or Fxn*jtlvanla.— lt appears from
an official report that during the present year the
receipts of the State Treasury of Pennsylvania, in
cluding a previous balance, amounted to $0,976,41a.-
26, and the expenditures to *5,407,37679 leaving
of which |41,38S is in depreeia-
AUGUSTA, GA., WEDNESDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 23, 1857.
nnd Interesting from Mexico.
The steamer Tennessee, from Vera Cruz the 7 ih
inst., with $17,683 in specie and :I3 p&seengers, ar
rived at New Orleans on Thursday last. Advices
are two weeks later, and of great interest and im
portance, as indicating the re-eatablishraent of
Comonfort’s Government, temporarily at least,
and the discomfiture of the reactionary party
—the result of tiie opportune grant to the Execu
tive of dictatorial powers. The New Orleans
Picayune says :
The political intelligence principally concerns the
re-btabiishmer.t of ComonfortV Government and
the apparent restoration of order throughout the
Republic, the happy result of the revival of the
Dictatorship—events marked and distinguished by
the formal acknowledgment by the President of his
election and his acceptance’of the V?gh trust re
posed in him. The ceremonies took place on tlie
Ist inst.. and were performed, says the Kxtraordi
nary, “w itb all due solemnity, arid in the presence
of many whQ have, doubtless, been wavering in
their opinions as to the courage of President Comon
fort to take hold of the reins of the Government of
Mexico as its constitutional ruler.** The following
is the
president's speech.
Gentlemen of the Chamber of Deputies
Elevated by the free vote of the people to the high
est dignity that can be established by a republic, I
have invoked the Supreme Ruler of the universe to
judge the intentions with which I accept the high
trust that the nation haa been pleased to honor me
with ; and the gratitude which I owe for this dis
tinction will be, as last ng as my existence. For a
long time, ’tis true, I have hesitated whether to ac
cept. after meeting with so much bitterness during
the tempestuous epoch which befell the last provi
sional administration, and 1 have only come to a de
termination by considering that in the truly difficult
situation of public events, it was not a worthy re
turn on my part to avoid lending my aid in com
pliance with the general desire of the country. ‘‘l
have’tkougbt it my duty to make new sacrifice* in
its favor, and make use of every possible means for
its salvation.
“The most efficacious of them c’l will be to niake
salutary and useful reforms to the fundamental
code. *With that object, the Government will soon
plaee before you tire initiatives which it may think
necessary; and its confidently trusts that they will
be resolved by your wisdom with that promptness
and prudence which the dearest interests of society
demand.
“The loyalty with which I have fulfilled the pro
mises of the revolution of Ayutla, leads me to . sup
fiose that my indications will be listened to. Be
ieve me. ge'ntiemen, it is not sufficient for the
happiness of the republic that its victorious arms
should put down the reaction now in arms, the
country, above all. wants tlie enjoyment of a firm
and well established peace : and he that may suc
ceed in giving it this priceless benefit, will be entitl
ed to the blessings of posterity. God grant that this
glory may be yours!—l have said,”
The speech was received with the most rap
turous applause, in the midst of which the President
retired. Scour Juarez, the Chiei Justice, and
others, likewise took llie oath of office the same
day, the old Government, with anew lease of life,
(till May next, according to the terms of the dic
tatorship,! would seem to be well started again,
though it is not yet apparent where the money is to
come from.
The particulnr event, alluded to in the President’s
address, as a subject of congratulation, and which
seems, fur the moment, to have quelled the revo
lutionary spirit, is the defeat and utter rout of the
revolutionists at Puebla, where, at our last pre
vious advices, they promised to give the Govern
ment serious trouble. The Extraordinary, -18th ult.,
says:
“Defeat ok the Plebi.a Rebels.— The re
aclionists have again met with a most complete
discomfiture that should tell home with power upon
the m nds of the breeders of disorder in the land.
The cloud that hung over the position of the.
Government at Puebla, when our last issue went to
press, has been driven away like mist before e
hurricane. Gen. Echeagaray, afrer driving the re
actionists from Puebla, lost no time in following
them up, and from the particulars before us swept
down upon them with Assyrian impetuosity, and
has broken up their entire force, routed them with
great loss, and taken about one hundred prisoners.
“The repurts of the engagement give tlie loss oi
the reactionists as eighty five killed and one hun
dred prisoners, with tlie capture of all their principal
munitions and arms. The defeat has been complete
and overwhelming, and thus we see it, that no
matter how much the Government is threatened,
its arms, by some grand cause, drive everything be
fore them, and tlie clouds of to-day pass away to
morrow.”
The official report, of the engagement puts down
the number of prisoners at 2J5, the wounded at 4ft,
in addition to the 85 hilled. The field pieces and
130 muskets were captured. The revolutionists re
tired in great confusion. Their number is estima
ted at about 3,000 men, some 700 on horseback, ‘‘a
mounted rabble.” The Government Iroops num
bered about 2,(100 men, among them 100 well or
ganized cavalry, whose charge threw Ibe revolu
tionists at once into great comusion. The engage
ment took place near the ancient town of Cholula.
The victory was complete, and had not the Govern
ment troops been fatigued by a long march, the re
bels would have been completely annihilated.
The fortifications temporarily raised for tiie de
fence of the city of Puebla are now being demol
ished, and families are returning to their homes, but
the city has a desolate air, and ooinmerce is com
pletely paralyzed.
We regret to learn that our friend, Wm. Moran,
Esq , editor of the Extraordinary, is still iu prison,
“not. admitted to bail,” for his offence attain* .A
press law. “Considering that th-’,publication was
made while the Law Eaf sgua ivas not in force,”
(he Avrites on the Ist inst.',) “accord! ig to a decision
in another case, and furthermore, that every proper
reparation has been i ffered, our case must soon
command more positive attention.”
The Santa Annist journal, the Tiempo, has also
rendered itself obnoxious to the Government, and
been mulcted in the sum of $1,00(1, in default of
which the establishment has bepn seized and publi-.
cation suspended.
The Pacific mails, from Acapulco, finally came
through to the capital, on the Ist inst., “dates seve
ral months old.”
The news of the arrival of Santa Anna’s family
at Havaua had reached the capital, where it created
considerable excitement. Rumors of a Spanish ex
pedition to the coast, ‘headed by the ex-Dictator,
were of conrse again in circulation.
There were rumors at the capital of the success
of the Government iu negotiating a loan, as au
thorised by the terms of th Dictatorship, hut no
particulars are given.
The Late Conspiracy at Tampico.— The Vera
Cruz papers are filled with detailed accounts of this
singular “treasonable attempt.” They add very
little, however, to the information already before
the reader, except that the “attempt” and subse
quent arrest so unsettled and excited the popular
mind that it became necessary to proclaim martial
law on the 2Uth, which still prevails. A rumor of a
second conspiracy and general uprising of the peo
ple had reached Vera Cruz, but it is contradicted
by the Solent, which left Tampico on the Ith,
wtu n all was quiet.
The leader of the conspiracy, who indeed planned
and conducted all its movements, was one Lieut.
Juan Castillo, well known as a violent partisan of
the Santa Anna school. The plot was a most mur
derous oue, and contemplated the assassination, not
only of Gov. Moreno, butgjf all the principal officers
of the State. And it was only prevented from be
ing carried into execution by the accidental escape
from the supper room of a"portion ot the Gover
nor’s staff, who immediately putliug themselves at
the head of such troops and citizens as tvere in the
neighborhood, overpowered the conspirators, and
succeeded dually in making them all prisoners.
The prisoners are tw'enty-seven in number, and
most oi them hold or have held honorable rank in
the army. As tq their disposilion, it is mentioned
that some will be sent to the Ulua prison, and others
banished to Yucatan, where they will doubtless find
at piesent a good field for their enterprise.
The Civil War in Yucatan.— Our advices from
the Peninsula, by this arrival, are no later, but ful
ler than those previously at baud. It is difficult to
conceive a more horrible state of things than now
exists in this distracted country, the prey alike of
political feuds and barbarous savages, especially at
Cainpeaehy, where, for the present, all the violence
of this most unnatural war is concentrated. No
quarter is given or asked on either side, by besieg
er or besieged. A9 an instance ot the horrible atro
cities there committed, it is mentioned that one of
the citizens of the town, having in a sortie, fallen
into the hands of the besiegers, he was instantly, by
order of the commanding officer, shot and nailed,
hands and feet, to a large wooden cross, and thus
actually crucified in front of che fortifications of the
city, some hundred yards abreast of the works of
the besiegers, and iu full view of his family aud
friends therein.
As to the result of the siege and with it that of the
revolution, latest Campeachy papers, the 28th ult.,
do not speak with much confidence. The besieged
are strongly fortified, and have abundance of am
munition, powder and shot, whence supplied is not
stated, but they are the prey of dreadful famine. —
Men, women aud children alike are reduced to the
last necessity. Starvation, or surrender to a barba
rous enemy, seems the only alternative. “God pro
tect us, ’ says the daily journal, which stiff continues
to record the woes of this unhappy people.
Frmhttol Tornado.—The tornado, which we
have already noticed as having visited several lo
calities in Mississippi ami Tennessee with such des
trustive force, also passed over portion of Louisiana,
a* will be seen by the following from the Ouachita
Register es the 12th ult :
On Saturday, the 7th inst., about 1 o’clock, P. M.,
a most terrific and disastrous storm passed over
Ouachita city, doing much damage to persons and
property. Buildings were unroofed, chimneys blown
down, aud in some instances houses were complete
ly re.ed to the ground.
Tue hotel)kept by Mr.Tforsworthy was greatly da
maged the kitchen or some other out house having
been lifted from the ground and blown with the full
force of the storm against one side ot it. Mrs. N.
was so seriously injured as to render her recovery
improbable. Her daughter was also injured to some
Sxtent Besides some slight wounds and bruises,
we believe none others immediately in the city
were much hurt
But the most serious damage was dope on the
premises of Mr. A A. Swan. The appearance of
things here, says our informant, was indeed heart
rending. His dwelling bc-use was blown down, the
roof being carried to a great distance, some of the
rafters were found between two and three miles
from the sp*ot where once stood the bouse. Even
the beds aud beddiug were taken up aud carried
away i a blanket was found lodged up in a tail tree,
which stood without the track of the hurricane.—
Mr. S., his wife and child, were all more or less in
jured—Mrs. S seriously.
Mr. Hare, a brtokmesoc, living at tiie place,
was blown some distance, and was fortunate in
being able to report himself with only two or three
broken ribs. But the utmost fury of the storm
seemed to save itself fox the negro quarter, every
cabin of which is said to be blown level with the
ground.
The injury done the poor negroes was indeed ap
palling. One was tound dead, with the head literal
ly split open and the brains scattered to the winds ;
another was lying senseless with a fractured skull.
“°- t i. er . i®"s*enous!y"wonnoe3” As many
as four are either dead or mortally wounded.
AHcmsig.— V story is going the rounds of the
pres? of the feariuily disgust mg slguta Witnessed by
the divers who went down to the deck; and hula
of the Russian frigate which sank in the Bailie Sea
during a recent gale, which is wibout foundation
save in the imagination of the writer. It is a fret
proved by the experience of the divers in these
lakes that nothing can be seen when a few feet be
low the surface of the water. Some fellow, after
the successful attemr tof the diver to get r p the
safe oi the steamer Atlantic, a year or two since,
wro e for the Detroit Advertiser a vivid descrip
tion of what the diver saw in tne canine of that
iii-foted vessel, and the article was copied far and
wide By chance, not long after, we c-sme in con
tact with the diver who. it was said, had seen that
terribly beautiful chamber of death, nnd he verv
coolly told us he saw nothing—that bis labor of
finding and raising the safe would have been com
parative'}’ light could be have been able to see
even the dimmest outline of an object. In descend
ing all light was lost to him nfteen or twenty feet be
low the sartace. and from that time the “darkness
of Egypt prevailed, and he was governed by
feeling alone.— Cteveiaad Leader.
The estimated cost for lighting the Capitol, the
White House, the public grounds, Pennsylvania
avenue, and Bridge street, Georgetown, for the
coming tsual yew is %M, 90*.
PiMMrrPf** of ihe Mormon War—Position of tlie
HlftedStates Troop*- Preparations for Hos
tilities.
The Secretary of War, on Thursday night, re
ceived a telegraphic dispatch trom Gen. Scott, giv
ing a synopsis of the news lately received from
Colonel Johnston. Y esterday a special messenger
arrived at Washington from New York, having in
charge the most important dispatches received by
the commander-in-chief. The “States’* says :
From official reports we learn that Col. John
s‘on had taken juaicioHS measure* for concentra
ting the whole force on Fontenelle s creek—a good
defensive position, accessible to reinforcements in
the spring, and a good point from which to move
upon the Salt Lake Valley. No offensive opera
tions will probably be attempted on either side this
winter. So far no bloodshed has occurred. Some
cattle are reported to have been stolen or ran off,
but no large number is mentioned—certainly not
six hundred, as was lately reported by telegraph
from St. Louis.
Colonel Alexander, with Ihfc fifth and tenth in
fentry, on the 17th of October was on Ham s Fork,
only about 30 miles from FonteoeUe’s creek. Col.
Johnston’s camp, tn the South Pass, was about 70
miles from that position. He expected to com
mence the march onXhe22d, with the whole of the
force remaining in rear of Col. Alexander, except
ing Cook’s dragoons, which are far behind,having
been detained in Kansas.
He writes that their most potent enemy thus far
is the snow ; that the thermoneter that morning at
sunrise was 10 degrees above zero, and that eleven
mules of Colonel Smith's train perished from cold on
the proceeding night.
Col. Johnston says, in conclusion: “The ground
may be assumed that no retrograde movement w*il
be made by this force.”
Tlie N, Y. Tribune has a letter dated “Camp in
the Sou%h Pass, Oct. 17,” woigKs&ys the thermom
efer then stood there at only FjKlegrees above zero
with violent lain storing KigTfig. We make the
following extract from the set%
Tke latest news we iia\-e''ftce. and from Col. Al-
nnimrinrl ii ffml 1 but little
distance from Ham's Fork. The Mormons had
made another stroke at his supplies aud had run off
100 of the cattle which belonged to the trains they
burned on October 5. The teamsters who had them
in their charge acted with the same cowardice as
before, and did not fire a shot in their defence.—
These cattle were left to them by Capt. Marcy to
be driven up to the troops. When he himself re
turned to the main body from Green river, he had
been unable to collect more than between 200 and
300 of the wholo number to drive along with hia
command.
In a postscript, dated October 18th, the writer
says:
The snow has ceased, although the wind is still
furious. Os the 150 mules and horses belonging to
Col. Smith’s command, only eight were frozen to
death last night, although eight more are not expec
ted to live. All of Col. Johnson s stock escaped un
harmed. The force of the wind was broken by the
clumps of willowe along the stream on which we
were camped, otherwise our loss would have been
much greater. The sunshine encourages ns to hope
for a few days of clear weather, which will bring up
most of the trains, and also Lieut. Smith’s squadron
of dragoons and the detachment of infantry left by
Col. Smith at Fort Laramie, under the command of
Lieut T. J. Lee, as an escoit to Gov. Cumming.—
it will also advance the six companies of dragoons
under Col. Cook, with whom the Governor travels,
essentially on their way.
In the approaching hostilities it may become of
importance to either side to enlist the sympathy of
the Indian tribes—a fact which Brigham Young ap
fiears to have appreciated sometime ago. He so
ictted an interview with Waushakee, the chief of
the Snakes or Shoshonees, but the Indiau was too
shrewd to accept his propositions, mid answered
him to this effect:
V The Blue Coats,” said he (meaniug the army,)
‘ have while skin, and the Mormons have white
skin. The Shosfaonees have red skin and the ‘..’rows
have red skin. When the red skin fights led nkiu,
white skin sits ou the hill and looks on. Now,
when the white skin fights white skin, red skin will
sit on the hill and look on. But. w hen Blue Coats
fights redskin, red skin turns his back,* making the
gesture for Blue Coat, is a great brave.”
Almost the whole Snake tribe are encamped for
the winter in the neighborhood of Dr. Magraw’s
camp ou Wind river. They have been for some
time anticipating the arrival of bands of Crows, of
whic h tribe they are hereditary enemies; and if we
could delay tong enough we night be able to sit on
the hill and see red skin fight redskin. The Shoaho
nees speak the Camanche lauguuge, and are really
au offshoot from the tribe, separated from the re
mainder of their race by the Cheyennes and Arn
pacoes. Waushakee came *to our camp oil the
Bweetw r ater and passed Friday afternoon and night,
on the invitation of Col. Johnston. With the ex
ception of one young brave iu party of Arapa
lines, whom we met at the bridge over the North
Platte, he is the finest looking Indion I have ever
seen. He came attended by two inferior chiefs,
and by an Indian who appeared to act as his ser
vant. I|e was decked with presents which he had
recently received from the Indian Bureau, the prin
cipal of which were a rifle, a Colt’s revolver, and a
saddle gaudily trimmed with blue and red morocco,
aud embellished with silver studs.
While hk? servant remained by his hobbled ponies,
and the two chiefs ate till they could eat no longer,
he stood proudly near the Colonel’s tent, watching
with a remarkably keen eye everything that was
going on in camp, and conversing with our French
guide. He is perhaps forty five years o’d, and little
streaks of gray appear in his hair. The other In
dians were wrapped in blankets, but he wore a buf
falo robe and leggins.
There has been dissension among the men em
ployed on Dr. Magraw’s South Pass wagon road ex
pedition, which would impair the efficiency of his
force until next spring, even were the necessity of
his forming a permanent encampment for the win
ter out of consideration. He has accordingly beem
authorised by Col. Johnston to co-operate with tire
army of Utah, which he will join with fifteen six
inuleiteams, and his company, which he is allowed
to recruit till it shall number a hundred.
It is more than probable that the first encounter
between the Mormons and the army will take place
when this battalion advances, reinforced by dra
goons and escorting the supply trains, for it is likely
that Col. Alexander will not remove far from hie
present position, when the commanding officer is so
nearly in his neighborhood. The plan of operations
shadowed forth by his projected movement up Bear
river will of course be liable to be modified by vari
ous circumstances, not the least important of which
is the arrival of Col. Johnston. In anticipation of
such an attack, all the teamsters are being thorough
ly armed.
Eruption of a Volcano. —M. A. Pearcy, pre
sented to the French Academy of Science, a few
days since, an interesting account of this terrific
phenomenon, as witnessed in the larger of the San
guir Islands, situated near the Celebes Islands, not
far from Borneo, by Mr. A. F. Jansen, the Dutch
resident at Manado, who has sent an official account
of it to his government:
“ For several years past the volcano Awee had
given no signs ot au approaching eruption, except a
slight shock of earthquake occasionally ; the inhabi
tants had therefore some to the conclusion that
there was nothing more to be feared, and had ex
tended their l ice fields to the very slopes of the
mountain. On the night of the 2d March, however,
a violent detonation announced au impending erup
tion, and immediately afterwards torrents of lava
came rolling down the steeps, destroying everything
iu their way, and causing the waters of the sea to
boil wherever they touched them. Springs of hot
water broke out iu several places, scorching aud de
stroying whatever the lave had spared. Agitated
as if by a submarine earthquake, the waves of the
sea rose to au enormous height, aud at length, over
stepping the shore, partly quenched thefiames occa
sioned by the lava.
Meanwhile violent claps of thunder rent the sky ;
a black column oi stones and ashes was vomited
from the crater, aud fell in a dense shower on the
side of the mountain. The darkness was impene
trable, save when broken by vivid flashes of light
ning. The dwellings and crops that had escaped
the flames were buried under the stones and ashes,
while the lava, arrested here and there by local ob
stacles, spread itself out in lakes of fire, until, break
ing through the natural dams which opposed its
pi ogress, it continued its work of devastat'On with
renewed impetus.. After a few hours this tumult of
the elements subsided, but only to be renewed on
the following day, When the shower of ashes became
eo dense as to be impenetrable even to the rays of
the sun. Ashes and stones were carried over by a
violent southwest hurricane to the island of Minda
nao, a distance of two degrees (138 miles.)
About a fortnight after, on the 47tb, a fresh erup
tion took place, causing turther damage on another
side, and the volcano then subsided. The village of
Taroena and Kandhar escaped with comparatively
little damage, owing to a series of eminences that
formed a barrier to the lava ; but the village of
Kalougau was completely, destroyed, aud the rich
plantations and forests extending along the slope of
the Awoe, running between Taroena aud Kandhar,
have been turned into a desert, covered with seven
large streams of lava. Had the inhabitants of those
two villages stayed in their houses, their lives would
have been spared : as it was, the most of them,
seized witti panic, had fled to the gardens and
fields, thinking themselves safer there; but the lava
soon encircled, overtook those who attempted to
flee, aud destroyed every soul. The number of
dead belonging to the Taroena was 722 men, wo
men and ohiloren , to Kandhar 4-1; to Taboekan
2,039. Total of the three provinces, 2,806 men,
women and children. Os the fugitives, most of
those who did not lose their lives .lost their senses,
and fell into a state of idiotism.
Governor Walker on Self Government.—
The present Governor of Kansas territory was a
guest at an annua! festival in Kew York on Mon
day evening last, and in the course of his remarks
said:—
Gentlemen, let us also recollect that there is a
great principle which lies at the base of the Ameri
can Union —that principle for which our forefathers
fought through the war ot the Revolution, and for
which we their descendants, have contended from
that period down to the present moment to main
tain. Tnat principle, which not only lies at the
basis of that Union but at the basis of ail our in
stitutions, is the principle of self-government.
(Prolonged cheers.) ft is the principle that the peo
ple of every state of this Union and in those in
choate states which, emerging from territorial
pupilage, begin to ascend into the constellation of
American states, when they form their first con
stitutions, shall, with you, the youngest and the
eldest of tne American states, enjoy the principle of
self government, (Loud cheers.,,
It is a principle, gentlemen, older than the Ame
rican Union, ft is the principle which led to the
American Union. For a* to each one of the colonies
that subsequently became American states, the
very principle for which they contended, and which
induced them to seperate from the mother country
upon a question involving not merely dollars and
cents, but simply a smalt tax on tea that scarcely
touched the pocket* of a single individual: but
small as the question of money was, the principle
wa* deep, was fundamental, was eternal. The
principle for which they contended which led
ment. , Cheer*)
And, gentlemen, permit me to say that the mo
ment when in any one of the states of this Union—
either the states now existing or the states inchoate
—thiJ principle is, in tne slightest degree, departed
from, tnat moment will introduce the period when
will be stricken down the funaamental principles of
the American Government—the principles which
led tts to that revolution; and will have made the
fiist. and I fear the last step back to monarchy and
despotism. (Loud cheers.) As to myself, then,
gent.emen, for that great principle I have contend
ed ail my iife; for that principle I have lived, and,
God wiping, if necessary tor that principle I am
ready to die. (Great cheering.)
From the tenor of this language it seems quite
natual to infer that Gov. Walker had in his mind
the present difficulty in Kansas, and designed to
iniimate his settled purpose of adhering to the
doctrine of popular sovereignty, whatever course
the Administration at W asntngton may have deci -
and to pursue.
A Xew Thermometer. —Simeon HoltonofMid
dieburg, claims to have invented a thermometer
that will register any degree oi heat or cold without
the use of mercury, spirit* or any fluid whatever.
It is self-registering, and will indicate any degree
of oold, even low enough to free** spirits.— Bum
Jewramt.
The African Slave Trade.
Capt. Ward, of the bark Wm. H. Shaffer, who
has arrived at Salem, Mass., from Loando and
Congo, on the west coast of Africa, brings to the
Philadelphia Journal the following interesting let
, m U. S. Flagship Cumberland, }
Ixiando, West coast of Africa, Oct. 10,1857. j
On the 3d of October, while running down the
coast a schooner was discovered nt anchor off the
mousfrttithe river Gamma. When within distance
we displayed English colors from onr gaff', and im
mediately she ran up the American ensign, thinking
herself perfectly sate, no donbt; but alas she very
soon found her mistake. Feeling confident that
she was a slaver, we stood on, defying tiie enemy
in his very den. and when abreast of him clewed up
aud anchored.
Marines were immediately detailed, formed and
equipped for the capture, and three boats, their
crews fully armed, with four officers, were appoint
ed and sent as a covering party, in case the soldiers
should be repulsed by the daring slaver. Tho boats
pulled of iu gallant style, (we having sometime pre
viously hoisted the stars and stripes,) rendezvousing
astern of the slaver, when they formed in line
abreast guns, and carrying the enemy by boarding,
with the loss only of a few moments of time.
By the aid of the glass we could distinctly see a
large barraeoon a short distance from the mouth of
the river, aud two large boats under heavy press of
sail and paddle coming down the river. These boats
not being seen fro.n the schooner, two of ours start
ed on their return to the ship, leaving the third in
charge of the slaver, but, upon seeing the boats im
mediately returned to aid the soldiers.
The excitement on board of this ship was tow in
tense. The enemy proved pacific in his intentions,
and desired only (ostensibly) to barter a few mats
and a single gray parrot for old trowsers or any
thing in that line, but really to asoertain the true
character of the vessel. The commander of the
boat came on board, and on being asked if this was
a slaving port, replied indignantly, and with an air
of perfect innocence, that lie had lived here many
years, “N'o sell slaves, but trade with English,
French and American.” Having acquired the de
sired information, and disposed of two mats, he put
off lor the barraeoon. In the course of half an hour
two of our boats returned, leaving the third iu
charge of the slaver.
She proved to be the Cortes, of New York, nomi
nally trading for palm oil, &e. She had two mus
ter rolls, one evidently a Portuguese, aud signed
by “Wilson” a9 collector of New York ; mate's
name totally different from that on the roll, and
crew not corresponding ; no cargo, large number of
casks, some farina, provisions, &e.; hold iu con
fusion, as though just broken out, as no doubt it
had beeu since we hove in sight and were signaled
by the fire on shore. Captain had gone up the
river for his cargo, and would not be back until
Monday, though no doubt lie had lauded in a boat
that leit just as our boats were going to the schoon
er. One of her crew acknowledged that there was
a barraeoon in sight, and one of our crew stated that
he knew her to be in the slave trade four years ago,
wheu he was in the same line.
Despite all these suspicious circumstances, how
ever, she was declared a legitimate trader, her pa
pers were returned, and matters assumed their
wonted aspect. We, however, consoled ourselves
with ihe reflection that in case there had been any
call for fireams, we had not needlessly made pre
paration for the defense of our guard. for on at
tempting to discharge his piece alter all danger had
passed, one was necessitated to explode three or
four caps ere his weapon would emit its deathdeal
ing contents.
There was manifest uneasiness on board, aud all
ot the boarding officers thought, beyond question,
that she was a slaver; but our boats having re
turned, were hoisted up, the anchor weighed, and
sail made iu hot haste for Loando to send the Dale
up to take possession of the Cortes ; and we are
now at anchor on the coast of Africa, though some
imaginations place us at Loando, it being only six
mileH from our anchorage. As the bay is not over
(wo miles in width, and has not more, than fifteen
iathoms averagedept.fi, it is deemed too dangerous
an attempt to heat this ship up, and so wo are to
remain at ourpresent anchorage, and date our com
munications Luando.
SfKKCH of Secretary Stanton uton the Kan
sas Election. —Mr. Stanton being called for, said:
“ I came here from the South willt the hope that
Kansas would be a slave State, ft would be very
agreeable to me to find the. Ero-Siavery party, if
there be such a party here, iu the majority, but
u'hUhcr l found it so or not , J determined to sus
tain tiie majority. The troubles of ixansas were
agitating the whole country, and the Governor de
termined to settle them by a fair election. I said if
ihe thing could be fairly duue I should retoice for then
our difficulties would be al an end. But while we
were determined that the majority should rule, it be
came a perplexing question to decide which party
had that majority. Obstacles were thrown iu the
way of a fair vote; (lie tax qualification was brought
up and insisted on by Judge Cato, of the Supreme
Court, and by Mr. Wier, the Attorney General.-
We set that tax and their opinions aside, aud they
can never be brought tip again ; the country has ap
proved of our action, Presidents, Governors, Judges,
People, aud all approve it. The few, the faction,
those who seek to accomplish mischief, alone op
pose us. TliOße who expee! ed to get office by their
tricks, condemn us; but they are a miserable mi
nority, not one to twenty of the whole people, and
of course they cannot rule.
The next thing that came up for our dcoisiou was
the election frauds of Oxford aud those from McGee
county. We traveled to Oxford that we might see
wi.h oar own eyes aud hear with our own ears, and
gentlemen, what did we find? For miles in John
son county we found no cabins, and when found
they were not inhabited ■, there are not as many in
habitants in the whole county as there are names on
that one poll list. The inhabitants of Oxford told
us that there were not 200 persons in the town du
ring tlie whole two days of the election. We rejec
ted the returns and the public have approved of
•our course. TkS objection made to it by tlie mis
chief makers is simply technical. They say we
have no l ight to go behind the returns aud decide
whether they were fictitious or real. It is admit
ted that no such votes were given, but that we had
no right to ascertain that fact nor act in reference to
tis it were ascertained. But we did go behind tbs
records and act in reference to the facts, and the peo
ple are here to-day to sustain us, aud they have sues
tained us all over the country.
When I first came to Kansas I declared it my
intention to secure a fair vote, and here, to-day, I
claim that I have fulfilled my pledge ; and I have
fulfilled it without violating the law. In iact, it
would have been a great misfortune bad I not done
so. I considered the law as valid while a large ma
jority thought otherwise. I thought tlie people
ought to pay taxes, but they would not. I thought
they ought to Bubniit to the’lawsc: the Territorial
Legislature, but they would not. And there was no
way to settle this question but by a fair aDd full
vole of the people, aud that you have had ; and as
I regret that my party should be defeated, yet,
gentlemen, I must confess that you have the ma
jority of at least twenty to one. But if the opposi
tion are not satisfied they have a remedy. Let
them go to Congress and have a Committee of In
vestigation appointed. The ne*t Congress will be
Democratic, the Speaker will be Democ.-atic, and
the Committee will bo Democratic. Democrats
will do justice to their own party, and to that tri
bunal I appeal.” —Lecqmplon Squatler-tjovercign.
Memphis and Charleston Railroad. —From
the last annual report of this company, we learn
that the whole length of the road from Memphis to
Stevenson 211 miles, with iff miles of branches total
288 miles. The total cost of the road, finished and
equipped, was $6,1112,540. There are 12J miles of
side track, so that tiie whole length of singly track
299 j miles. The total cost of the road per mile there
fore, for every mile including construction, equip
ment, buildings, real estate, commissions, salaries,
and ull expenses, direct and contingent, was s2l -
260 per mile.
The company has a debt of $1 100,000 for State
bonds, and $1,600,000 for its own bonds, total
funded debt $2,700,000, with a floating debt (de
ducting avails bie assets) of $919,446.
This includes the estimated amounts of what is
still necessary to complete and equip the road
properly.
The net earnings.of the road from thecommence
meut of operations to the Ist of July last, over all
running expenses, was $758,827, the road being in
an uuniiished state. After it was completed, the
receipts for the three months in which it had been
iu use exceeded those ot the corresponding period
of the preceeding year by more than 101) per cent.
The estimate of the President was that the receipts
for the year would reach one million of dollars, and
with the development of the country and the com
pletion of connecting roads, the receipts of the next
year are estimated at $1,260,000, and thenceforward
at not less than $1,500,000 per annum.
The proposition of the company in regard to its
debt, is, that the income of the road shall be devoted
lor the next two years—after paying expenses and
interest—to the liquidation of the floating debt, pay
ing no dividend ou the Btock for two years. By this
process, it is computed that in the third year the
floating debt wifi be discharged, and there will be
left, alter paying all the interest on the funded
debt, a surplus of $572,000. The stockholders are
to have credit for these payments, in the shape of
increased stock, aud it is promised that when the
floating debt is thus discharged, the dividends on
.the original and increased stock wifi be 10 per cent,
per annum, with an annual surplus of about $225,
000 for the redemption of the funded debt.
Death of an old Printer—Samuel Wright
Minor, probably the oldest printer in Georgia, died
in this city last Thursday, after a lingering illness of
three months. He was born in Anne’s coun
ty, Maryland, iu the year 1781, and removed to
Georgia early in life. He served an apprenticeship
in the office of William J. Bunce, of Augusta. His
first adventure in business was the publication of
the Athens Gazette, and signalized his paper by
presenting the first suggestion of Gen. Jackson as a
candidate for the Presidency of the United States.
Thence he removed to McDonough, Ga., and pub
lished the McDonough Jacksonian, a warm advo
cate of Gen, Jackson s administration, until the time
of the Proclamation and Force Bill, when it sided
with tiie State Rights party, aud was the vehicle of
some of the ablest papers ever published in defence
of that party. He then removed to Fayettville |Ga.,
and published the Fayetteville Advertiser, a Demo
cratic paper, which ably supported Mr. Polk, in the
great canvass of 1844. In the publication of the
Advertiser, Mr. Minor continued till the infirmities
ot age compelled him to retire. But ever an ardent
politician, in bis last days, when the “American”
movement was started, he joined that party, and
his last act of political character was to deposit hia
vote for Hon. B. H. Hill, the American Gubernato
rial candidate of that party. Extremely feeble, be
tottered to the Macon Court House for this purpose,
and never left his house alive afterwards.
He was a son of Col. William Minor, an offieer in
the revolutionary army, and though not a member
of any branch of the Christian chmch, gave ample
assurance that he died in peace with God and man.
—Moron Telegraph.
Washington Items.— Despatches from Wash
ington are to the effect that the Secretary of the
Treasury has prepared ins plan for $20,006,096 Trea
sury Xotes, aud that the interest which they will be
made to bear wifi not exceed three per cent, per an
num. Part of the issue, it ia believed, may be em
ployed at a nominal interest. The whole is to be
made receivable for ail public dues, and subject to
** “;“'') l ’" t vdvooaoj at tbo end of a ill
specie. The authority for the measure will be urged
upon the House Committee of Ways,and Means, as
soon as the organization of that committee is an
nounced. There is no doubt of the necessity'of the
speedy passage of such a bill by CoDgTess, but there
ia an incidental question which may give rise to
some discussion. One side may insist upon these
treasury notes bearing interest, and this may be
thought to be only juit; while another side, looking
to the sovereign powers of government, may oppose
anysuch condition.
The object of Sir William Gore Oaseiey s mis
sion wifi not be specifically communicated to the
State Department until the opinion of her Majesty s
government, relative to that part of the President's
Message concerning Central America, shall have
been ascertained.
More than SIOO,OOO has been distributed by the
Sergeant-at-Arms, in pari payment of the mileage
due members of Congress. It is contemplated du
ring the present week to pass a resolution to pay
the arrearages of members’ salaries, from the 4to
of March last, now, instead of waiting till the end
of the session. About $600,000 will be required for
this pu pose.
Extiksiv* Pupehmist Ccltivatios. —The
Wayne County Kepubtican says that Mr. Hotchkiss,
ol Lyons, hew lork, is the greatest producer of
peppermint la the world. He has from two to three
lundred acre* under cultivation, and Bella to the
anountof $74,000 to SIOO 000 worth of oil annu
alif.
Rl” ROPE.Ui INTELLIGENCE.
details bt the iuropa.
Financial Affairs. —On Wednesday, the 25th,
anotheer large provincial joint stock bank stopped
payment, viz :—The Northumberland and Durham
District Bank. The paid up capital of ibe bank,
and the reseive funds exceeds £700,000, and tbe
liabilities estimated at three millions sterling.
The assets were thought to be unfavorable. The
head office of the institution is at Newcastle on
Tyne, aud great excitement existed there, as the
Bank was connected with Collieries iron works aud
ship building concerns, many of which it is feared,
would be compelled to stop.
In London, the suspension was announced of
Messrs. Rehder and Boldermau, iu the German
trade, with liabilities estimated at £IOO,OOO sterling.
It was stated that J. R Thompson & Cos. had ob
tained assistance from the Bank of England, and
would forthwith resume payment,
n \° rt ” tsdures were reported in London. J. R
Hubbard, of Leeds, wool merchants, suspended,,
with liabilities £60,000, -and Hamburg letters report
the stoppage of Levin Hertz Shone, a very old and
respeotable house.
At the Bank of England and in the discount
market there was a inrther subsidence of pressures,
and loans on the Stock Exchange were obtainable
at from 4 to 6 per oent.
It was understood that the issues of the Bank of
England had returned to a point within the limits
authorized by their charter.
The branch Bank of England, however, had
undertaken to assist some of the large Colliers, so
that tie workmen would remain employed. The
other banks in the vicinity were regarded as quite
safe, and there had been no actual run upon them
On Friday, the 27th, there was still less demand
for money, although the application at the bank con
tinued heavy.
The stock market was firm, aud consols closed
at9l u 91 j for money, and 91J@91J for account.
Corn remained quiet, but higher rates asked.
The city article of the Loudon Times states that
government will not bring forward any financial
measures till February.
At a meeting of the creditors of Naylor, Vickers
& Cos., it was resolved to accept payment in full in
four instalments, and to leave the firm in the free
management of their affairs.
At a meeting of the creditors of Messrs. Dennia
touu a proposition was made and accepted that the
creditors of the house in Britain and the United
States should be paid in six instalments, extending
over a period terminating on the 30tb of June, 1860,
with 5 per cent, interest on each instalment.
The weekly returns of the Bank of England exhi
bited an increase in Bullion of £779,576, and a re
turn of over half a million of Government Securi
ties. The influx of gold at the Bank steadily con
tinued.
On Thursday, the 26th, there was more buoyancy
ou the Stock Exchange than for several weeks pre
ceding: and Consols advanced to 90j@90$ for mo
ney. At the Bank of England there was a full de
mand and the discount market was more easy.
Great Britain. —The London Times states that
as soon as Parliament meets for the dispatch of
business, the total abolition of the East India Com
pany’s Government will be proposed by Ministers,
and that India will be brought immediately under
the control of the Crown and Parliament, with such
a machinery of administration as shall be thought
conducive to its welfare.
The Queen will open Parliament in person.
The Daily News Bays, that no time will be lost in
again bringing the question of the admission of
Jews into Parliament under the consideration of the
Legislature ; Lord John Russell having undertaken,
with the entire concurrence of Lord Palmerston, at
once to lay a bill before tlie House of Commons.
A deputation bad waited on Lord Clarendon and
presented him with a memorial from the British and
Foreign Anti-Slavery Society against the immigra
tion slave trade now being carried on by the French,
from the West Coast of Africa.
An official enquiry instituted at Manchester,
shows that out of 87 cotton mills in that city, em
ploying 24,291 work people, only 30 mills, employ
ing 10,273 persons, were in full work. Os the re
mainder, 25 mills and 8,430 people were working
short time, and 12 mills with 5,582 hands were to
tally unemployed. Os the 15 silk mills in the city,
none were fully employed, and two of them had
ceased to run. Iu the surrounding districts the re
turns were to the like effect.
Times Money Article, Nov. 29.— The funds to
day have again shown extreme buoyancy, and a
further rise of a half per cent, has beeu established.
Consols for money which left oft’ yesterday at 90| to
J, werefirst quoted at 90J to 91. They then receded
to 90j, and subsequently remained for some time at
91) jto 91. In the afternoon there was a general
di-position to buy, and a rapid movement took place
at 91 i to J, from which there was no reaction, the
market closing with a very firm appearance. For
the new account on the Bth of January, the last
price was 91 jto J, or 91 j to j ex-dividend.
Bank stock letr off at 214 to 216; and Reduced
and New Three per Cents, 90J® J. India stock was
in increased demand, owing to the announcement
that the Government is henceforth to be exclusive
ly in the hands of the Crown, and the quotation
was 216 to 219. India bouls closed at 40s. to 3Us.
discount; and Exchequer Bills ss. discount to par,
the latter being largely bought by persons having
money to dispose of for short periods.
In the Stock Exchange money is still abundantly
offered at 5 IPct. At the Bank there was less de
mand than yesterday, although the applications con
tinue heavy. In the discount market the tendency
of a restoration of confidence, which was checked
by the failure of the Northumberland and Durham
Distriot Bank, is again manifesting itself, aud the
absence of further suspensions in London, coupled
with the hope of resumption on the part of one or
two houses that have lately stopped, is exercising
a favorable influence.-
Foreign stocks have been in moderate demand,
but the market continues buoyant, and nearly every
transaction took place at an advance.
The influx of gold at the frank Bteadily continues,
and a further total of £30,000, consisting chiefly of
Turkish, Italian, French and Russian coin, was ta
ken there to-day. Sovereigns from Scotland and
elsewhere also come in graunally.
The Hamburg letters to-day mention the failure
of Messrs. Levin Hertz Shone, a very old and re
spectable mercantile firm.
The colonial produce markets during the week
have been wholly without animation, the additional
mercantile failures and the sustained rate of dis
count rendering buyers extremely cautious. There
seems to be some partial revival of inquiry for a few
of the articles which have recently suffered the
most severe depression, but the transactions gener
ally are still unimportant. The more favorable na
ture of the American advicea to-day, and the re
duction in the rates of the Banjr of Franoe, have to
a certain extent restored confidence.
France. —On the 26th ult., the Bank of Frauee
reduced its rates of discount one per cent., making
them 7 to 9 per cent, in place of 8 to 10.
A marked coolness is said to be apparent between
France and Rome, on account of the refusal of the
latter to grant reforms.
In Paris on Friday, the 27th, the funds closed at
67 20 for money and 67 JO for account.
The Bank of France had lowered the premium
on gold from 40 to 5 per cent, per mille.
It is stated that owing to the situation of affairs
in Mexioo, the French Charge d'Affairs had reques
ted the French Admiral to send some ships-of-war
to the Gulf of Mexico for the protection of French
subjects.
Some more Italians are understood to have been
recently arrested in Paris on a charge of conspira
cy against the Emperor.
Scain.—lt was reported that the Government
had sent orders to General Concha, Captain-Gene
ral of Cuba, to organize a body of infantry, with
the necessary artillery, in order to be ready at a
jhort notice to commence hostilities against Mexico,
in the event of the present negotiations failing.
The Queen's accouchment was daily looked for.
The Madrid journals of the 19th inst. say that the
creation of a special ministry for the colonies,
which at present forms a part of the foreign depart
ment, was considered probable, and tnat in the
event of its taking plaoe, Marshal Serrano was con
sidered likely to be the new minister. A royal de
cree sanctions the establishment of schools in the
capital on Sunday, “for teaching and moralizing
domestic servants.” Another royal decree convokes
the provincial deputations for the Ist of Deoember
next.
Hamburg.—ln Hamburg the following additional
failures were reported :
B. lteosen, Jr., Muller &. Keeler, J. Muller, Geb.
Ruben, and E. Thiel & Cos.
Confidence in that city had greatly revived under
the influence of the new guarantee fund. Ullburg
and Kramer had resumed payments.
At an Extraordinary Meeting of the civic council
of Hamburg, it was agreed unanimously to accept
the proposition of the Senate to create Exchequer
bills to the amount of fifteen million marked banco,
to be lent on the security of imperishable merchan
dise, State bonds, or railway shares.
Turkev.—A dispatch from Constantinople an
nounces that ten battalions of troops had been con
centrated on the Danube in the direction of Wid
din.
Redchid Pacha had forwarded to the Foreign
Ministers a memorandum, in which he claimed from
foreign ships an additional duty for the main
tenance of light houses. The embassies protested
against the demand.
The Porte lias officially intimated to the Powers
that signed the treaty of Paris that in coneequenoe
of the state of the Principalities, it may become ne
cessary to move a body of troops to the Danube.
Australia. —The mail steamer Siinlah had arriv
ed at Suez with gold valued at £299,338 sterling,
which with her mails would reach England about
the 9th of December.
The missing mails by the Emeu had been recov
ed and wouluarrive in England a day or two after
the departure of the Europa.
China.—lt is reported that several missionaries
in China have been condemned to death.
India.—The overland mail had arrived at Trieste,
with dates from Calcutta to October 23, and Bom
bay to November 3.
Fifteen troop ships from England had arrived at.
various Indian posts, with about six thousand troops
on board.
Lucknow was safe. The divisions under Ontram
and Havelock were both in the residency. The
enemy were said to be in great iorce in the vicinity,
and very strong in artillery. A convoy of prov sions
had arrived safely at Lucknow shortly after its re
lief, and reinforcements of 2,000 men, it was sup
posed, would reach them from Cawnpore about the
24th October. A column of 3,000 men under Gen.
Greathead was also on its way to Lucknow, and
w as expected to arrive about 3dth of October, when
the British force there would number 7,000 men.
Greathead's column defeated a large body of Del
hi fugitives with heavy loss to the latter, at Bol
undshuhur, on the 4th Got.
On the same day they also stormed and destroy
ed the Fort of Malaghur, which the enemy had
seized.
On the sth instant they bad another successful en
gagement with fugilives at Allyghuir, in which 400
of the enemy were cut up.
The column then proceeded to Agra, and reached
that place on the 15th Oct., when it was suddenly at*
tacked by a large body of mutineers, who were re
pulsed with immense slaughter, the lues of all their
guns, 43 in number, and five lacs of treasure. The
number of mutineers killed is stated at 1000, while
the British loss was small.
Col. Wilson had attacked and defeated the re
bels at Bithcor, driving them out of a strong posi
tion.
Reports were rife of threatening disturbances at
Hyderabad.
Neua Sahib was said to be near Bitboor again.
Mann Singh, heretofore a friend of the British had
turned against them since the storming of Delhi was
announced.
The fall of Delhi had a marked effect in Meerut
and contiguous didtricta.
Arrears of revenue were being brought in rapidly
and loyalty was the order of the day in the North-
W eatern province*.
Part of a Bombay regiment had mutinied at
Deesa.
A great depot of Europeans was to be formed at
isarrack pore.
The Madras Presidency, Scinde, and the Nizam's
dominions remained tranquil.
The Europeans at Sangor, above a thousand m
number, were still in the fort and calling urgently
for relief. Fears are entertained for tbsir safety-
Part of the 92d Bengal Infantry had mutinied at
Deoghur, and two regiment* of Kotah Contingent
had also mutinied and murdered the political agent.
Eighteen men of the Bombay Grenadiers were
executed at Ahmedabod for plotting an insurrec
tion. , . „ .
At Calcutta, Startling Exchange was at Jaadejd
for documents. The tightness ol the money market
continued. No improvement in the import market.
Operations in produce were moderate.
At Bombay the import market was expected to
improve. Wigher rates of intersst were anticipated.
Government securities continued depressed.
The mails were expected in IsQßdoo on the sven
ing of the day the Besopa tailed
VOL. LXX. —NEW SERIES VOL. XXL NO. 51.
The Attempt to_Recovkr theSur-marine Ca
ble. —The operation of recovering the sunken por
tion of the Trans-Atlantic telegraph cable was com
menced on tho 22d ult., by Mr. Bright the engineer.
An English paper says:
The heavy inshore oable was under run from the
station at Valenoia on a catamaran, formed of a tim
ber framing bearing a saddle fixed between two long
iron buoys; this was towed by the steamer. At a
distauoe of five miles, which was attained on the
31st of October, the gales having interfered with the
work, the bearings were takeu,aud the wire was at
tached to three chain-eablee, fitted with a buoy, at
a short distance apart, for connexion with the ocean
line to be laid next spring, when operations will re
ommence.
On Thursday, the sth instant, after the wind had
abated, the steamer went ten miles out, grappled
the light cable, and commenced hauling iu with the
aid of a small engine on deck, which was calculated,
with the machinery attached, to draw about two
miles per hour iu tine weather, and a mile and a
quarter when there was much sea on. About 53
miles of the ooean wire—and ihe remainder of the
inshore cable about five miles—were thus recover
ed. At a quarter past 4 o’clock on Friday, the 6th
inst., wheu a heavy swell and sea prevailed the wire
parted. The bottom there was rocky, and it is not
improbable that the wire, which is capable of bear
ing a strain of four tons was broken by tbe uneven
character of the ground; the drift of the steamer ma
king very little way with the wind on her quarter
would tend to bring a heavy strain upon the oable
if it lay in a cleft. The weather was very rough aud
unsuitable for the work—the Atlantic swell being al
ways heavy at this season ; and the reoovery of the
remainder must be postponed until next spring,
when a small steamer will be sent to meet the
Agamemnon, and to assist in making the splice with
the shore end.
It is very satisfactory to know that the submerg
ed wire bears no appearance of injury, and the
whole-of the recovered cable oan be used again.—
There is, of course, a little rust on the 19 wires which
protect the inshore cable, but on rubbing it with the
fiDger they become bright again ; none of the gutta
percha coatings are distui bed, and the tarring of the
wire seems to have stood exceedingly well. In
manufacturing the inshore cable an outer wire
would occasionally break, wheu the part was lash
ed round with smaller wires these lashings are also
undisturbed.
The telegraphic cable in the Agamemnon is pass
ing at the rate of about a mile per hour from her
hold to the tanks. It goes through a composition of
tar, pitch, linseed oil, and beeswax, and is coiled in
circles so compact as to prevent the admission of air.
About 250 miles are landed, and there are a thous
and yet on board. In order to facilitate the depar
ture of the Niagara for New York her wire was dis-
charged with greater rapidity, and a portion of it is
now passing a second time, but more slowly, through
the composition, to make its application more com
plete. An asphalted roof covers the tanks, which
are securely caulked to insure the entire saturation
of the cable with the solution, which will effectually
prevent an oxidation from setting. Tlie old powder
magazine on the north side of the Keyham Docks
is filled with the machinery, hawsers, buoys, lamps,
and other stores appertaining to tbe enterprise.
Ohio Life and Trust Company.—Mr. Charles
Stetson, the president of (he Ohio Life and Trust
Company, has returned to Cincinnati, after au at
tempt to investigate the affairs of the branch of that
concern in New York. lie has published an ac
count of his inquiries, in which he states that the
affairs of the Trust Company have been so mis
managed that it Is utterly impossible to make any
intelligible and satisfactory report concerning them.
He further says :
One serious source of embarrassment arises from
tlie unwarrantable hypothecation by the cashier iu
New York of a large amount of paper sent to the
agency for collection only. It U impossible, at this
tune, to conjecture for how much of this the com
pany may be ultimately liable.
Within the past two weeks protested bills of ex
change to the amount of £25,000 sterling, (equiva
lent to about $125,000,) have been returned upon
the company in New York. Nearly all these bills
had been purchased nnd remitted to meet various
drafts drawn by the cashier upon a credit opened in
London with Messrs. Bell & Giant. The acceptors
of these protested bills, as well as the drawers in
New York, having suspended payment, and being
perhaps insolvent, what dividends will be obtained
trom their estates, and when, is very uncertain.—
This is another of the many causes or reasons why
a statement cannot now be prepared, and is here
introduced merely as au illustration.
Xu addition to the foregoing is the almost endless
litigation caused by numerous attachments and
other legal proceedings, causing additional embar
rassment in the liquidation and settlement of claims
in favor of as well as against the company. The
variou'assets of the company, pledged and un
pledged, are of such a mixed and varied character,
that in the present disturbed and unsettled state of
money matters, it is wholly impossible now to fix a
value upon them. The causes which have brought
the company to insolvency are wholly owiug to the
unauthorized and disastrous transactions of the
cashier in New York.
1. In his dealings with, and large advances to
the Cleveland and Pittsburg Railroad Company, to
aid in the completion of said road. This aocount
has not yet been adjusted. 2. In speculations on
his own account in the stock of this company,, as
well as other companies, as also in State securities.
3. In the deprivation of stocks aud securities held
by him as co'lateral to unauthorized loans made by
him in New York.
These are the prominent items, and the loss sus
tained on them alone will, I seas, be of suflicient
amount to absorb the entire capital of the company
—two millions of dollars.
The Trade in Ostrich Feathers.— Here is
something ourious about the trade in ostrich fea
thers. The newspaper from which we clip credits
it to the “Annals du Commerce Exlerieur.”
Leghorn, after the deoline ol its oommeice with
the Levant, remained the great entrepot of ostrich
feathers, and did business iu that artiule to the
amount of about 1,200,000 francs annaally. But
since the establishment of steam navigation Lon
don has gradually become the principal centre of
that branch of trade, and Leghorn now only does
business to about half the preceding amount; a part
of the diminution is, however, owing to the deoline
which has taken place in prices. Seven-eighths of
the ostrioh feathers which Leghorn receives comes
from Egypt, and the rest from Tripoli and Aleppo.
About three-fourths of the whole sent to Paris, and
the remaining fourth to England. White feathers
are worttafrom five to twenty times more than black
ones. AU feathers, white and black, are sold by
weight, except, however, the very finest sorts,
which are disposed of according to quality. The
price of white feathers varieß from 150f to ,400f the
Tuscan pound, (nearly 12 ounces) and of black from
30f to 35f. The trade in ostrich feathers requires a
good deal of experience, as it is easy to be deceived
in the quality when they are not prepared. Four
or live houses are engaged alone in the trade at
Leghorn, and their profits are large. The dealers
at Paris are beginning to obtain from Loudon the
ostrich feathers which the latter gets from the Cape
of Good Hope. They already procure from that
city marabout and bird of paradise feathers which
come from Calcutta, and vulture and heron feath
ers whioh come from Brazil.
A Georgia Locomotive.— The Central Railroad
have just turned out of their machine shop, a loco
motive which they have built entire, ln its exter
nal appearance, we have never seen anything supe
rior to it, and we understand its performance is
equal, if not superior to any other on the road.—
This is saying a great deal, tor they have some of
the beet engines that could be manufactured by the
most celebrated shops in this counlry. Every pat
tern, bolt, screw, nnt—and in fact, everything,
down to the minutest part—was made in their shop
She is a first class freight engine, and on her first
trip took twenty-five loaded oars over the road with
ease. She was built under the superintendence of
Wm. Burns, Master Machinist, and the patterns
were made by Mr. Atkinson. The style and finish
of the workmanship reflects the highest credit upon
them, and the other mechanics employed by the
company. In compliment to the late superintend
ant, she has been named “ Wm. M. Wadley, ’ and
she bears his likeness, a very good one, on both
sides of her oab. The likeness was also executed
by an employee of the company, F. C*rreau, who
has otherwise handsomely ornamented her with
paintings. D. M. Gugle is to be her runner—he is
a native of this city, served his time io this shop,
and has always, with tbe exception of a few months,
been in the service of this company.
We contemplate this achievement with pride, not
so much for its own intrinsic merit, as for showing
an advancement of the mechanic arts in o'ur city, of
which our citizens may justly be proud.
This is not the first step made by this company to
do all the work they require themselves. Four pas
senger ears have been built in their shops, which, for
beauty and comfort, cannot be surpassed.
This company is enabled to do its work substan
stially, from the facilities it possesses in a large shop,
stocked with the most improved labor-saving ma
chinery, and a thoroughly organized system of work
for the operatives. The depot, shops, &c., are worth
a visit from any one.— Sav. Republican.
Voting Population op New York City.— The
following table, oompiled from the State census of
1855, shows the total population, with the number of
voters, —native and naturalized, —then in the City
of New York:
Wards. Total Population. Natives. Naturalized.
1 13,486 570 1,425
2 3,249 500 290
3 7,909 2,069 694
4 22,895 922 2,459
5 21,617 1,962 1,471
6 25,562 686 2,263
7 34,422 2,767 2,619
8 34,052 2,992 1,910
9 39.982 5,133 1,976
10 26,378 2,160 1,476
11 52,979 5,763 3,612
12 17,656 957 787
13 26,557 2,120 1,852
14 24,754 1,246 1,954
15 .24,046 3,091 1,292
16 39,823 3,350 2,173
J 7 59,548 3,229 3,686
18 39,509 2,774 2,345
19 17,866 1,022 1,460
20 47,055 3,437 3,045
21 27,914 2,262 1,993
22 22,605 1,161 1,889
Total 629,604 46,173 42,764
Total voters 88,877
A Diabolical Young Scoundrel.—A singular
affair is related in a Silesian journal. Five little
children belonging to two tradesmen in Bolken
hayn, in that country, went a few days ago to play
in a garden, and were joined by a boy of eleven,
who has always been noted for perversity of dispo
sition. After • while their parent* nought for them,
but to their astonishment found that they had disap
peared. After looking a long while they found them
lying piled one on another in a large wooden case
in a shed in the garden. Four Wf-rp dead, and the
fifth, though still breathing, was in so desperate a
state that he died shortly after. The lad referred to
waa then questioned, and he calmly relied the as
tounding tact that he had persuaded th ■ * ,,, $ r f n “?
enter in play—had then slammed down the lid and
seated himself on it, remaining there for three qua -
ters of an hour listoffing to tb& ; *” d £ a Tand
He then raised the lid to l }*7 A
finding that they w f e-t - “way^o
ha. arreeL.
p*ravur. Detelofekents.— A Large Amount of
rZrned Paper Afloat Our business oommumty
startled and confounded ye terday by a rumor,
which unfortunately proved to be too well founded,
that a large amount of business paper, bearing a
forged endorsement, bad been discovered in the
hands of various parties. The amount of these for
geries is stated to be about $40,000. The party im
plicated in these extensive frauds is a man who has
always maintained an irreproachable character, and
as agent for one or two manufacturing establish
ments commanded the respect and confidence of all
with whom he had business intercourse. The name
fraudulently used is that of our well known and
highly esteemed fellow-citizen, Joseph Manton, Esq.
and the implicated party is Isaao Frond, agent of
the Valley Wonted Mills. Mr. Proud is understood
to have made an assignment of bis property, and
left the city. This deplorable affair has created
much sensation in our midst, and confidence In hu
ItoMii nipt ion in New York.
Thb resumption of specie payments by the Banka
of New York, has elicited a •considerable amount
of speculation, some expressing the opinion, and
others indulging the fears that it will result, disas
trously, while othera believe that it is a discreet
move. We annex the comments of the leading New
York papers on this movement:
From tka Sou: York Courier.
Serious doubts exist among the banks and the
bankers of this city, among whom we include some
of our ablest bauk directors and merchants, as to
whether the commercial and financial affairs in En
gland and the United States have become so set
tled as to enable the bank to+esume without dan
ger of a retrograde step; and also without such a
contraction of loans as might create much incon
venience to our merchants and the present debtors
of the banks.
The present state of our foreign trade Indicates
strongly that the equilibrium of trade is not, yet
reached—that there arc yet disturbing elements
at work which may yet force a further contraction
of the loans and the currency of our banks in and
out of the city.
There is virtually a resumption, although not
formally, throughout the city, and so far as our citi
zens are concerned, specie is available for ordinary
purposes, but a formal and premature resumption
would instantly force the banks of the interior to re
strict their business, and thus depress, instead of
encouraging, trade.
It is urged that the banks of Philadelphia, Balti
more, Richmond, and other cities, should be invited
to take part in the proposed measure of resumption,
through a convention or some other channel, and
that thus there would be concert of action between
and among the several States, and someone month
or day be fixed upon for general resumption. If
such consultation were solicited, it is thought that
all would agree upon a day as early as the Ist of
March, and thus av id any danger of a second sus
pension as in 1838-9.
It is true that the banks of this city now show a
reserve of twenty-five millions iu coin ; but the bal
ance-sheet with Europe is not yet struck. There is
a large volume of indebtedness yet to be cancelled,
arising from the importations of 1857 and the Amen
ded Tarifl which came into cfiect in July last.—
Noue of us can tell how much of the specie will bo
required in the adjustment of such foreign balances ,
and the sober second thought of our banks (or a
majority of them) may still point to maiutaing the
present system for a few weeks longer.
From the Neic York Times.
The only desire felt on the subject outside the
City Association of Banks was, and is that the right
time should be fixed, and in the right spirit of unan
imity, to prevent, the possibility of a second failure
of payment in Bold, or the recurrence of an unwise
as well as cruel and oppressive contraction of ac
commodation to the community in seasoue of panic
and embarrassment. The initiative was taken yes
terday outside the Clearing-House, by one or two
Bank gentlemen, whose conduct in the financial
events of the fortnight that preceded ..he October
break dowu, and whose dogmatical course since,
were not especially calculated to command public
favor or professional cordiality; but as their publica
tion was followed this afternoon by a general con
ference of the Association, every one of whom is
equally prepared to make formal proclamation, il
need be, of what iH already being done practically,
the movement has very properly been made uuani
inous. The publication referred to came from the
Banks of Commerce. America, and Manhattan
Company; the latter being under a perpetual char
ter, the forfeiture of which, in case other Banks
should resume payments first, might possibly bo in
curred.
From Ike Journal of Commerce.
A number of the banks having resolved to make
a formal resumption of specie payments on Monday
the 14th inst.,the Associated Banks held a meeting
this evening to see if they could agree upon any
plan of act ion. The opposition to a formal vote in
favor of resumption is not based on the belief that
any banks in this city would be at all afiectcd by
it, since there is no practical suspension, and gold
is not-refused at, any bank counter in the city. Some
of our most sagacious bankers, however, hold to
the opinion that any flourish about resumption at
this moment will create more or less excitement in
the money market with no corresponding advantage
to any body, ami will also tend to weaken the posi
turn of country institutions, some of whom could
not readily adopt the same measure. It will also,
they think, unsettle domestic exchanges, interfere
with the revival of business, and increase the gene
ral distrust. Our own conviction is, that the cfiect
ot the resumption has been much overestimated in
these anticipations, and that it will not create a tithe
of the trouble apprehended. At the same time we
should not have recommended any formal resump
tion at. present.
From the New York Commercial.
We find this morning that the measure does not
meet with a generally favorable reception, the im
pression being that the step is premature, and will
nave a prejudicial effect upon the interests in trade.
That it wiil disarrange both the foreign and domes
tic exchanges, cause a drawing of specie upon us
from other cities, and deaden the market, which
had began to manifest some activity for mercantile
paper, and the results are seen this morning in the,
fall of the price of stocks, and an advance of about
half per cent, on t he average iu the rates for South
era exchanges, while such sales of foreign bills as
were made last night, alter the determinat ion of the
banks was made known, were at a lower rate of
premium.
The New York i*ost of Saturday evening aays :
The public will view with great satisfaction the
response so promptly and so unanimously made last
evening by the city bankH to the movement for an
immediate resumption of specie payments, initiated
by the banks of America, Commerce, the Manhat
tan and the National, whose circular, addressed to
the banks, appeared in our yesterday’s paper, in
viting their concurrence and co-operation in this,
most desired object. The proposition appears to
have been bo acceptable and gratifying to the ns
semblage of delegates last evening, not withstand
ing all that has been urged to the contrary, that,
moved by one impulse, they voted even to antici
pate the early period that had been proposed
for adoption, and instead of waiting until Monday,
the Mth inst., have resumed to-day. Indeed, so
zealous, it is represented, were a few of the dele
gates present for placing their action rigid, with
theiflptoekholders and the community, that but for
the very late hour at which these proceedings took
place, it was apprehended that the enthusiasm of
the occasion might drive them to commence at once
the work of disgorging the gold and silver with
which their iron vaults have become so uncom
fortably loaded. Wiser views, however, have pre
vailed, and the convention consented to wait until
to-day for the consummation of their wishes.
We congratulate our city and the banks on this
return to sound principles, from which the commu
nity may look lorwarcl to the most beneficial results.
The language of Charles King, usedoh the resump
tion of the banks in New York in 1838, is entirely
applicable to the present time :
“The amount of specie which is set steadily this
way from all quarters, and the fact of this city be
ing largely a creditor, are sufficient to remove all
doubts about the ability of our banks to maintain
the stand they have taken.
“The banks of the interior of the State are ready
to follow suit to the city banks, and those of thb
other cities of the seaboard cannot be long behind
our own without the hazard of such loss of credit
as they will not willingly encounter.’’
Xh© Tribune says:
It is understood that an intimation has been re
ceived from Gov. King that resumption was very
desirable before the meeting of the Legislature.
Communication has also been laid with the Boston
banks, which are prepared to resume as soon as
New. York is on a specie paying basis. The action
of the banks was the prominent topic of conversa
tion on ‘change, and the general sentiment, appeared
to be that it was premature. Some of our leading
financiers expressed fears that mischief might grow
out of it. The Commerce, the National and the
American have been the activejubvers iu this step,
these institutions having been ueHirous ot resuming
some time since. Those banks which have been oppo
sed to resumption, however, only urged a short delay
on the ground that affairs abroad were still very
much unsettled, that the shipments of gold were
large, and that the public did not demand reßUmp
tion.
The Times, on the subject , remarks:
The unanimity of the movement, however, and
the fact that ittakeß place, with all safety and practi
cability, amidst about the largest, export demand for
specie, for the month, we have ever find, is equally
creditable to the resources of the country and a
most encouraging sign of returning prosperity.
The express says:
The opinion of merchants of every degree is against
the resumption of specie payment*, and a distrust
of the future is already beginning to show itself.
The banks, many of them, have been forced into
the movement, and will, m return, force all their
debtors to pay up. The exchanges on other parts
of the country are unfavorably affected, and promise
to grow rapidly worse.
Railroad Meetings.— On last Thursday and
Monday nights there were well attended and spirit
ed Railroad meet ings at the Court. House. There
iu now a better feeling in regard to the construction
of a road to Gadsden than has been in Rome
for three years, and the earnestness exhibited by a
goodly number of our citizens, speak favorably for
the success of the enterprise.
Another meeting is to be held next Saturday night
and it is to be hoped that every citizen ot Koine,
and every man living in the vicinity, will be there’
An important crisis in the history of this section iu
upon u*. Immediate action must be bad, and it
should be in accordance with enlightened views of
our true and permanent interests. The prevailing
feeling now seems to be that Rome should take
stock to the extent of her ability, without imposing
onerous taxes grevious to be borne.— Rome Cour.
Cost or Public Buildings in Washington—
The latest estimated cost of the Capitol extension is
$5,510,153, leaving to be appropriated the sum of
$1 185,153. One million will be required for the
next fiscal year. There was a balance on hand, on
the Ist ult., of $./J4,SS. The construction of the
General i’oet Office building was estimated to cost
$050,(IU0 but soUl,ooo have been appropriated al
ready, and another hundred thousand will finish the
work. The dome of the Capital was estimated to
cost $9-1.1,000. There has been no increase on this
estimate—another appropriation of $245,000 will
comp;etc the work . but there is money enough on
hand for the next fiscal year, and no further appro
priation is asked for at present.
Affairs on thi Tehuantepec Isthmus —The
last Mexican mail briugß favoralne accounts of the
progress of the surveying expedition on the Te
huantepec Isthmus. The health of the party was
good and it is believed the whole of the unoccupied
lands wiil be “mapped out in the course of the
next six months The following are the terms osier
ed by the Government to settlers ot the newly
founded cities• , „ ,
1 Lots sold for building purposes shall be free
rom taxes for three years from date of sale
2 Buildings erected within three years shall be
free from taxes for the succeeding years, counting
from the completion of the building.
3. The import of all building materials shall he
free from duty for three years from date of pur
chase.
4. Imports of grains not produced on the Isthmus
flour,oil, lard, preserved meats, So c., for the use of
the inhabitants, shali also be duty free forthespaoe
of three years.
In consideration of these favorable terms, it is
not surprising that the tendency to emigration is
southward.— M. O. Pie.
Murderous Assault. —On Wednesday evening
last, the Bth iust., as John Oglesby was sitting in
bis piazza, on Poplar street, he received a severe
blow on the back of the head, either from a slung
shot., or a loaded whip, from the hands of Janies
MoGowan, from the effects of which he now lies in
a very critical condition. McGowan was arrested
yesterday by constables Wilson and Kicbardsou,
and taken before Justice Hart, who committed him
to jail to await further developments of the case
Previous to his commitment a note was addressed
to Dr. Park, the attending physician, who suys that
his (Oglesby's) symptoms being unfavorable, there
is a probability that death may ensue. It is said
that the attack was unprovoked
Goon Freight.—The steamer Amazon, Capt
Philpot, which arrived here yesterday morning from
Augusta, brought quite a heavy freight, which we
beheve is the largest ever brought down the river
by any boat. The cargo consists of 1,342 bales of
cotton, 375 sacks bran, <*66 sacks wheat, 4IS barrels
flour, and numerous boxes and barrels. —Savannah
Nw*.