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EUEPRA> INTbI.T7o.NCE.
BY THF. AFRICA.
} • w jal Affairs. —In London, on the 23d,
iht funds were steady and firm, and the money mar
ie* Wf H4r>iin easier. The vanou** joint stock banks
•. ,vk>r**-j their th's of discount for best paju-r t> 8
On Thursday, the ~ Itli, the Har.k of Eng
r 1 reduced their rate of discount from 10 to 8 per
‘ ‘ ?Li eim'j'taneottfiy •'tth tbia movement re
- mer.t wa made of the two millions of over iseue.
A‘ • r;n *u ! of the rate there was an active
:■ and for money at the Hank. In the discount
rr,ark<.‘ a< neg ? at 7j per cent,
i. • < .’ oum houses reduced their allowances to 6i
r reiit. t* r money at call, and the joint eteck banks
r i:• i♦ • - a’lowance to 6 per oent.
j k market w ** firm, but uninfluenced by
it of the Bank, as the atep had
. nntii ~...te<L The quotation for Ibe Jan
u :V fcf'.-ouut was a 93|. Uwinu t. the Christ
ia) :’ tli ! - Exchange was closed on the iioth
• tollowing suepeneionß were announced: W
r •: of Bradford, largely engaged in the wool
-11 .’de, .Marcher & Cos., Dutch merchants
. ii ..: , i Stevenson. Yennefcren 4t Scott, mer
: Newcastle Messrs T. B. Coddington fit
( , iron merchants, Liverpool and New York, re
-1 e returns of the Bank of England for the week
en r.g Dec. 23d, show an increase in bullion of
J’l tJo2.4utj—the amount held being E8t,^753,281 —
increase hes been nearly jC3,-l<W,t#ot) in three
weeks, a ri.e without precedent
1 h- v.- are of the great and artistic
i r ;.-err. nt of Arutz dc Cos ,of Duseeldorf, is au
T . English Board of Trade lietums for the
■>; 1 >e<-.einber show a falling off of nearly £2,-
’ >,ooo, as compared with the corresponding month
1. French Customs’ Receipts for the mouth cf
So . ■ tuber show a falling of 850,000 frs.
i.\ j a rise of t!s. per lb. is reported to have
‘nken j luce in tne prir of silk.
’ ii.,- y Article of the London Daily News,
I ! Di. ( tore of the Bank of England to day,
era somewhat protracted sitting, reduced the
„ ; mrate of discount from ten per cent, at
.• w<-’ fixed on Monday, the ‘Jth November,
...percent. The announcement was received
... ri/the treat lively satisfaction ; for altht.ugh the
j j ,p. the value of money in the open market had
.. . . „.ly given great relief, the growing feeling of
, tidance required to be consolidated by anaiter
; uat IBuuk. The Directors of that Institu
: .r some hesitation, have stepped out from
c -h-itcr afloided by the Actof Indemnity, lhior
i : vey must, ol course, have cancelled
ll, e -. r ,? millions of notes over issued. Monetary
( . it ,; rl , coi,-.-quently resume their normal aspect. It
V nelieved that a very short period will elapse
before the bank rate will be lowered to 7 and G per
cen In ti:o open market to day the current rates
. .ood biiif were Iroiri 7 4 down to 7 per cent, and
’ theßunk .tself the demaud continued only moder
For Koine time to come the rates ill the gen
i„arket will probably continue below those of
the Bank.
folio wing the movement at the Bank, the joint
lock bank have altered the rates allowed on de
’s in! follows, viz: the London and Westminis
>•. London Joint Stock, and Bank of London allow
.... i c, r cent on all deposits . whilst the London aud
11 y Bonk, Commercial and Uuion Bank of
lyindon, allow six per cent, fur new deposits, and
•-veil percent, upon existing contracts.
“ The ran allowed by Messrs. Overend, Gurney
.V Cos. is I { per cent, for money at call, and 6j per
c. n for ...uuis subject to notice of withdrawal.
“The alleratiou at I he Bank had been to so great
en extent antic : paled, that the announcement did
I cot produce any immediate effect upon the funds,
i /mi. ate hour, however, increased contideuce was
nm .in :i, u. and the market closed j per ceut. high-
I 1 mi yesterday, and at the highest point yet
i All lie- other departments of the Stock
wen likewise firm. The demand for In
dian railway shares continues very active,
i • i j- amount of gold purchased by the Bank of
England to-day, was ab rut £B4,WW.
■'.a: F:.’is to-day tbs Bourse was somewhat Hat
tei. I : Tiireo per Cent Kstiles dosing at 67.05 ex
div tor money, and67.75 for the end ol the month.
1 c redtc lion in the money price is trilling, but in
a< -,u i:t price it amounts to nearly .1 per cent.
’ •At V.i imv ye.-.te!day there was a little cheek *o
-n emect on the Bourse, and the exchange
L'-edoii recovered from 10.1-1 to 10.17. At Am
i . rde.iri, also, some llatneas was observable, eape
I ci illy a- i- grids Andrian and Russian slock.
I • 11-nsols, which dosed yoslerday at OOg to I'-U,
| ~ I, .i Ihi - corning at the same price, and, alter
| - ir-.l irilting fluctuations, closed at OHj to 93J ex
I, v lor thedili January. The official business re
port is as folio ITS :—Three per Cent. Consols, for
nnt (Jan. 8)931, 1,1.1 ex div; Three per
i , ■ j;.d, 93J, f, |; New Three per Cents.,
o I. j ; Bank S’-ick 218} ; Tiirse and a Half per
| , ,nt Exi equer Bonds, falling payable is 1859,98,
os', ludia Bonds, 20s. dis. Exchequer Bills ad
vanced Is. to Ji .dosing at3s. dis. to Is prem.
i The lalt ft telegraphic advices from Hamburg
wen- cheering, money being abundant at easier
The Bank of Prussia had reduced the discount
on hills of exchange to tij per cent., aud on lo ns
l The London Railway share market was steady.—
Liverpool ditto, and advancing.
I Cot -a deed iiu lyant, with an upward tendon
iv. Trade at Manchester was more active, but
| without improvement in prices. It was believed,
h .wevi r, that the reduction in the rate of interest
: would have an early and favorable effect on all
htandics of business. The reduction was not gen
|;, known until the business of the week had
j dosed. At L mdon the reduction had been acted
I upon in advance, and consols closed without varia
- the joint stock banks had reduced the iuter
. es on ilepcsils lo six per cent.
i Tin- board of trade returns for the eleven months,
I undii g with November, show an increase in ex
- , .-is •i- i,pared with the same time last year, of
f- uUecn million pounds.
Eiloh IsniA —The advices from India are im
i - -n . Lucknow was captured by the British
‘i-r. IH on the I7lh. Ihe lighting commenced on the
ill, when two guns weie captured aud part of
IJ- ilahad ilesi.nyed. On the loth, after a contest
iwo hours, Sir Colin Campbell succeeded in oc
i cup ii Ddkosah and Mortiniere. The enemy at
teii-pt-'l ti recover the position a few hours subse
i i-a- ul ly, but were repul.-ed with heavy loss. On
j i lo* ltith, the commander in chief advanced across
i iha i anal and took Secunder Bagh, alternnobsti
n'.i c eirg tg'.e. The heavy artillery then opened on
| Jviniut || f ( ",r 11 rcc I ours, and the p- sition wascanied
;.i>, an ol Cl mate fight. Early on the 17th com
w ere opened with the barracks. A
, j. -i - .nnonade connnenotd, and the “mess house”
1 was lairitd by aesault at 3 o'clock, and the troops
hid on and occupied the Montremahal before
The British loss in the several engagements is
a aid ’ have been only tour officers killed and forty
The loss ol the rebels is not stated. Sir Colin
1 Cair.nbeU's attacking force numbered twelve thou
. and. the sick and wounded women and cbi'dreu
wcii r- nl from Lucknow to Compore under escort.
Reinforcements were daily arriving, and alialarm
; f Ol the garrison av and outposts had subsided.
I Gkeat Biutain —At a banquet given by the
■ Mayor of Liverpool to the Siamese Ambassadors,
.1 Beverly Tu kt r, the U. S. Consul in that town
iviis on.- of the sp.,-liters, lie congratulated the ae
euibl’ on the glorious new.- from ludia. and trust
- i tint the triumph of Eugtiah arms would be eom
- do, bt cause i’ was the triumph of civilization. He
-aid he had no doubt whatever that there was an im
, ~, j e t:.ide to be developed with Siam, aud he felt
ir, that the “Star spangled Banner” would,
iki the flag of Great Britain, dip iu the water to
’ i, of Siam approaching the great Repub
’ lie of America
The London Time, reviews the Mormon
difficulty and tho Government plans for its suppres
sion. It hopes that the Mormons will decide upon
i ration before ‘hey are involved in the calami
\ mu''.ny occurred on board the ship J. J. Boyd
i on the ‘M.h December, au she was on trie eve of
.viug'the Mersey for New York. Thecrew arnt
’ .... i. rn -A 03 with handspikes, knives, &c., threat
j one-: the offie rs, and refused to proceed to sea, on
I ,i. t . ground ti-.it the ship's provisions were bad. In-
I vrinativ; of the state ol affair)) having been eou
\ , Ved OU shore, police officers proceeded (o theves-
I , f 1 rented 27 of the men without opposition.
I examination was to take place the day the Af
’ * oH'led The stcoiKi matt* was badly cut about
’ • mouth by u blow from a handspike.
The Londou Post Ukjng iM key from the Presi
! Message, Advocates th.o ooustruction ot a
I r M.road to the Pacific through thc.Uiitigh Ameri
i * . , rew si earner Earl of Cariek, from Ayr U
i ijvc.pool was wrecked on the Isle of Man, and ail
mo crew except two, were lost.
1 Kkw r. The French Government had deter
| n ted mature deliberation to work l he gold
iv uesdi- overed iu Upper Senegal. A further re
i t ri nos the French army had been decided upon,
?irid the Minister of War had ordered 30,000 renewa
ble furloughs to be prepared.
Kumoi> v. ere current of contemplated changes in
!*: Ministry at tho commencement of the new-year,
bir. tbev we**© not generally credited.
’ he French Customs receipts for the mouth of
I ovembwi show a falling off of 87 0.000 francs.
i ms en Franc a m and
Baden for the construction of & massive bridge
’ : Rhine at Kehl, will, it w be sanc
tioned by the German Diet.
! i: i> stated that the Emperor had approved of the
i uroviu'u? of a bill intended to be passed through
-. (v, Legist atif early in the session-forrestram
iug gambling at the Bourse,
yv, i s—Rumors were current of au intended
I modifk ation of the tariff.
! Detn'U axe published of the effects of the late
, ‘ The first accounts prove as usual to
c i . en exaggerated, but nevertheless a number
! v q kir. v.\ gs in various places were destroyed and
n.-.ny’t'.vrs lost. FuM particulars had not reached
in; . .a* ihe latest dates, nor had any comciunica
i •* it been received from Siciiy as the telegraph had
| been destroyed by the earthquake.
J ai v —Tin Paris correspondent of the London
1 Ti . es says:
j The English and French Governments are try
i : to effect & settlement between Spain and the
j IV* -i States on me subject of the frigate Ferro-
The Blac kSf ‘ The question about the Rus
! siau ports on the Black Bea, which was on the point
! v ; being settled, is somewhat complicated by the
i fact of the Russian Government having re-estab
i ii.-.ied military servitude on the coast of the Crimea,
! r;>zed the to wn of Kauueech. and foibidden the
c!- ranee to that port of merchant ships, as before
! India. —Au Indian mail with dates trom Bom
■ to ihe ;th of December, had arrived at Suex,
and would be due in London about tho 2Sth of De-
Lucknow i.ad been relieved.
. j.: Colin Caalpbsll joined the force at Alumbagh
i u the ilth November, and on the 19th. after a se
rie? of severe struggle* with the enemy, the garrison
of Lucknow was relieved. On the following day
the sick and wounded, and the women and children
were sent under escort to Cawnpore. One authori
n ~yr uat :.e relief of Lucknow was achieved
v;:Ls Ksa of only four officers killed and forty
wounded.
The Government telegram says the army under
the Commander-in Chief amounted tp about 22,000
men, “amply sufficient to reduce Oude to eniiro
. cbjet Lon, a task which will occupy them for some
month to come.’ Another dispatch places Sir Colin
Campbell's force a: 12,000 men.
Ti c Malwa held force, Brigadier Stuart,
fcsd ‘cuevedMusserabad, dispersed the Mcbidpore
ic } els. and was dealing Maiwa of insurgents.
TLc living columns under Brigadier Showers and
Cols Cotton und Tiddel were scouring Rohiicund.
vv mpiete oOOcea** attending their operations every
where.
East India Company's dispatch states that
Sir Cohn Campbell was slightly wounded, but not
i sefficiently *o to interfere with the performance of
I his duty.
! Tiie Gw after rebels had advanced to within 15
miles oi C&wapore, but had again retired to Calpee.
Gen. Windham is stated to have marched to attack
them.
T&e Jodi:pore Legion had been defeated with
great slaughter, and the Kies of all their guns by Col.
Gerard's forces CoL G., however, was .killed.
All was quiet m the Punjaub.
The fort and town of S&ugor remained untouched,
bui arge parties of rebels were in the surrounding
district.
The Bhee! disturbances in Khandisch continued,
and a rising of some Beruds Moodbole is re
ported.
Exchange at Bombay was 2s 2fd for credits. —
Freights had declined.
From the Ijondon Times, December 24.
End of th£ Indian Mutiny.— Best among the
good news which has of iate arrived from India is
that which we publish to-day. Lucknow was re
lieved about the 20th of November, and the w omen
and children, and wounded safely sent bar k to
Cawnpore. The series of operations which has end
ed with tiiis happy result will be easily understood
by those who have followed the narrative of events
as transmitted by former mails. It will be remem
bered that Sir Colin Campbell left Cawnpore on the
Bth, with a force which haa been variously estima
ted at from 1500 to S,fK)O men. In the meantime the
column under Colonel Grant had reached the Alum
bagh. This force was also differently calculated by
dillerent authorities; but if the estimate cf the
whole strength at present under the Commander-jn-
Cbief be anything like correct, the column must
have been swelled by some additional force until it
numbered 1800, which was at first assigned it. Sir
Colin Campbell joined the force at the Aiumbagh
on the 11th, and two days afterwards
tioae be/an. From the despatch of (i..
‘K-T.Lifi/ 1..- nee
ber, we may form some notion oi the
which the British Commander had to r
nearlv two months when the
enlightened on our tactic*, had disco ’ eak
points of their own poeition, aud ha<i Ad tv., e to
throw up works at every place against J|hH n at
tack might be directed. It seeme foryppfib"hat the
Aiumbagh was occupied by us, or else n ver, some
miles to the south of the town, might have been
once more guarded, the bridge broken down, and
our troops subjected to much ioss while crossing un
der a heavy fire. Hut as it is, we have no doubt
that the line of the canal was defended, the road
broken up, and the part of the town near the King’s
Palace, where Havelock forced an entrance, put in
to a better condition for resisting an enemy. It is
not to be wondered at, therefore, that for six days
there was, according to the telegram, a series of se
vere and bloody .-truggles with the enemy. Doubt
less, too, the mutineers had improved their method
of street fighting, and that much of our lose took
place while the troops were making their way
through the straggling town, which, thoagh not
r-clid enough to resist the tire of artillery, might well
shelter hordes of Sepoys, who would shoot down our
soldiers at every turn. Another despatch states that
Lucknow was relieved with a loss of only four offi
cers aud forty men—a piece of news which we can
hardly reconcile with the account of a “ series of se
vere and bloody struggles,” extending over six
daye. However, it is of little use to speculate as to
matters which we shall learn in full detail in the
course of a few days. By the 21st the principal
posts of the Sepoys had been captured, aud we may
presume that they were finally driven from the cap
ital of Oude into the open country, there .to be fol
lowed up as soon as possible by our energetic Coin
manderlll Chief. The despatch says tlmt on the
20 b the sick and wounded, with the ladies and chil
dren, were sent back to Cawnpore. We may pre
Bume, therefore, that the Residency had been reach
ed on the 19th, as stated in our own telegram. “No
news is good news;’ it would seem, then, that the
principal ofiieera were found in good health, and
that General Outram’s wound, of which so much
was said, had not proved serious.
At least, the country is from ail anxie
ty on the subject. The Indian mutiny is now at au
end. On all sides we hear of nothing but the de
feat and dispersion of the rebels. Nusseerabad, iu
the isolated British district of Ajmeer, has been re
lieved by Brig. Stuart, in command of the Malwa
field force. The enemy from the southern districts
about Neemueh and Mucdeeore have been die
persed, and Malwa is being cleared of insurgents.
Thus we hope that the whole Mabratta country vvili
at once be reduced to tranquility. The Gwalior
Contingent haa been already beaten, and, though a
part penetrated to Glide, a large number of the
men have probably dispersed to their homes. The
insurrection was at the date of the last mail, active
only in Rohilcund and Oude, aud we have now the
gratifying intelligence that the flying columns un
der Brig Showers, Col. Cotton and Col. Tiddel arc
scouring Uohilcund, complete success attending
their operations everywhere.
It is almost certain then, that at. the present mo
ment the insurrection, if it still exists at. all, is con
fined entirely to the lately annexed province of
Oude, a country which, though thickly inhabited, is
of limited extent and wholly surrounded By our own
armies and I hose of the Prince ot Nepaul, who has
r hown himself our steady ally. Jung Bahadoor has
already done good service during the war, aud
there is little doubt that if the Sepoys retreat north
ward they will be attacked and cut to pieces by the
forces under his command. Such, then, in the posi
tion of the Indian Mutiny within six mouths of the
day that it first broke out and carried terror through
the country. On every point the rebels have been
met, defeated, and dispersed. The Lower Pro
vinces, on the one side, are perfectly tranquil On
the other, the Punjab, Delhi, Agra, and Rolulcund,
are firmly subjected to our authority. To the South
the turbulent districts of Central India are settling
down under the British Residents and the Mabratta
Rajahs, whose fidelity has been so exemplary ; and
on the North the Nepaulese Prince is preparing to
crush every band which may make its way to his
frontier. The whole treacherous Sepoy army is as
it were in a trap, and must in a few weeks be cut
to pieces or submit to our mercy. The towns and
petty villages will give but little shelter to the
ruffians who could not hold Delhi and Agra, Cawn
pore and Lucknow. The of Sir Collin (’amp
bell is now comparatively easy. With a sufficient
force he may march from one end of Oude to the
other in a mouth, scattering the mutineers wherever
they may attempt to make a stand. In fact, the
large army which has by this time arrived iu India
will hardly find an enemy to contend with, and the
5000 men which the Chinese Expedition lent U3inay
be soon returned with interest.
So ends the great Indian Mutiny of 1857 —the ter
rible outb.*eak which was to shatter the power of
Britain and send her begging for foreign assistance
at the price of Gibraltar and Corfu. The lesson
will hardly be forgotten by ourselves or by the na
tions around us.
The Earthquake at Naples—A letter from
Naples, dated the 18th mat., and published in Galig
n&ui’s Messenger, gives the following particulars of
the shock of earthquake :
“ Naples has just beeu visited by several shot.
of earthquakes. At about a quarter past ten t
night on Wednesday a severe undulatory shock,
which lasted about six seconds, alarmed the inhabi
tants, who fled in all directions iu affright; but two
minutes after, a much more fearful shock hurried
them from their houses into every street or open
space they could find. This second shock lasted
more th tn twenty-five seconds. Both were undula
fcory from north to south. Two other slight shocks
were felt on Thursday—one at three, the other at 5
a. in. No great damage occurred in Naples, as the
buildings are strong, but no doubt the lright and the
night air will cause many of the etck, who were
brought out in the slight covering of night, to die of
cold.
The following is the news which reached us last
night from surroundiug ports: In Sala there l ave
been some shocks. In Atene half the houses have
fallen down. In Padula more than a hundred houses
have falleu, and many lives lost. In Polla the dis
aster is great, and among the many victims the
whole of the brigade of gendarmes. In Auletta,
Petrosa, and Caggiono the deaths and destruction
of property are great. In Salerno many edifices are
rent in and out; two churches and the barracks se
verely injured. A despatch from the intendente of
Banlicata has just arrived, stating that in Potenza
the earthquake w f as most severe, and had caused
much damage; many buildings had fallen, burying
a great many families From Bari the te egram is
incomplete, merely stating, “ the inhabitants in
great uumbpes have —.”
Vesuvius is now in full activity, but for some days
previous to the earthquake no tire issued from the
crater. Whenever the mountain emits tire or lava
we feel quite safe, and you may well suppose how
gratifying is the present appearance of our safety
valve. Whatever accounts you may read of the
state of thißcity at the time of the shock, it will fall
short of the reality. Women were seen carrying
their children—men helping some old father or moth
er, or some sick person wrapt up iu the first cover
ing available. Women screaming, tearing thei.*
L,ajr, praying and calling on their patron saint, and
the Madonna Immaculate, all passing frantically in
densely crowded street*. The King, on hearing oi
these disasters, ordered the public functionaries not
to spare anything in the shape of assistance. His
Majesty directed the intendant to proceed to the
sceue of the catastrophe, and authorized him to
make use of the pominuual aud provincial funds to
aid the sufferers.’ 7
The Princess Rovai.’s Makriaoe.—lt is under
stood to be her Majesty's intention to hold a Draw
ing room io St. James’ Palace in the latter end of
January, immediately after the Princess Royal’s
marriage, at which her Royal Highness and his
Royal Highness, the Prince Frederick William of
Prussia will be present, when her Majesty, the
Prince Consort, and their Royal Highnesses will re
ceive congratulations on this happy event. No pre
eeziifiJinjri will take place on this occasion.
We understand tlist his Royal Highness Prince
Frederick William of Prussia wil! not again visit
this country until he comes tor the celebration of
his marriage.
On the occasion of her Majesty’s marriage, the
Queen presented to each of her bridesmaids a dia
mond and torquoise ornament, to be worn on the
shoulder, on the sleeve of the dress , and the ladies
„o distinguished always wear this badges whenever
they attend at Court. We believe that some such
distinction wiil be conferred on thege who occupy a
prominent position in the ceremonial of the nuptials
of the Princess Royal. Fourteen beautiful brace
lets of the same attera, and with similar jewels, are
being manufactured for the event, besides a num
ber of broaches and pins. These latter contain, on
a shield of blue enamel, the cypher of the Princess
in diamonds,, surmounted by the Prussian eagle,
also in brilliants. The trosseau of the Princess her
self. approaches completion, and ts magmficenee
will be in every respect worthy of the illustrious
Princess.
So great is the influx of distinguished visiters ex
pected for the marriage of the Princess Royal, that
the royal domestic establishment, ample as ii is, will
be considerably augmented, in order to meet the
demands. The Queen is determined that every
one who is invited to the wedding shall be waited
upon by persons in her Majesty's own service.
The dramatic performances at Her Majesty's
Theatre, to be given by the court on the occasion of
the marriage ot the Princess Royal, are to include
an Italian opera. Tnere will thus be four represen
tations in the course of the week commencing the
18th January, and as the English plays will be fob
lowed by farces, the dramatic an in Eugland will
be fully represented. ‘‘Macbeth 1 ’ will be performed
the first night, with Mr. Pheipes and Miss Helen
Fsncit in the principal characters. The Haymar
ket company ; under Mr. Buckstone, wiil perform
“She Stoops to Conquer”—Mr. Webster and Mr.
and Mrs. Keeley, it is understood, wiil pi-pride the
after pieces. “The Rose of Castille will be the
English opera, and Mr. Lumley has undertaken to
marshal his strongest forces for the Italian. The
court, it is said, will attend all the representations,
and the public will be admitted at playhouse prices.
We hear that it is the intention of her Majesty that
all the metropolitan theatres shall be open to the
public gratuitously on the evening of the marriage.
Her Ms-jesty's state yacht Victoria and Albert,
Captain the Hon. Joseph Denman, ia ordered to be
prepared for the special service of conveying the
Prince of Prussia to Prussia after their marriage.
It being notified at Berlin that a number of young
ladiie* would be required to form a bridal escort at
the arrival of the Princess Royal, out of 50,000 ap
plications 300 have been chosen to figure in white
muslin on her entrance into the capital.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, and
the other members of the Royal Family, have pre
pared some magnificent presents of jewelry for the
Princess Royal on her marriage. Those of the
Duchess of Kent are very beautiful, the Princess
being her god-daughter.
General Baron Roth de Sehreekeniein has been
selected to accompany Prince Frederick William of
Prussia on his approaching visit to England. Pub
lic fetes are to take place on a large scale in Berlin
on the marriage of the Princess and Prince
Frederick William. The municipality intends pre
seating them with a magnificent console, a beauti
fully chased vase, and two large candelabria, all in
silver. The Prince and Princess are to be receiv
ed at the Brandenburg gate, at the entrance to the
city, by the different trade corporations, ana by a
deputation of young girls belonging to the principal
families. The trades of the town have already been
convoked to come to an understanding on the mea
sures to be adopted. A general subscription has
been opened for decorating a chamber in the palace
for the Prince and Princess, and it has already reai
ixed 11,000 thalers (41,2501)
From the Thanes.
English Vbwi of the Kansas Question. —
One of the great evils of slavery is that it not only
AUGUSTA, GA., WEDNESDAY MORNING, JANUARY 20, 1858.
ea‘a out all humanity, but it also lowers the sense of
honor in men and in the nation who come under its
baneful i tluence. Therefore, as eoon as Kansas
w as likely to become a State, a number of the vilest
slaveholders and dealers went into the territory with
their ‘property,’ and sent in as settlers a large
number of desperadoes, w'hose business was to take
possession of the territory, to make havoc on the
peaceful settlers who were there before them, aud if
they could not kill them or drive them away, to
overpower them by numbers and reduce them to a
minority. This object being accomplished by means
the most disgraceful, it was not difficult to raise the
question of slavery or no slavery which had been
previously settled by a solemn compromise.
These ruffianly settlers cared nothing for the
treaty which stood in the way of their peculiar insti
tution, they repudiated the treaty as if it had beeu
a State bond, and proceeded to declare for slavery.
The support given to this party forms a feature in
the public history of the U. S. President which we
do not wish *o characterise. A faithful 1 historian
of the doings iu Kansas duriug the last three or four
years has a taie to tell which will cover with great
dishonor names that ought to have shone out bright
ly o:i the pages of American history. Those bucca
neers from the Slave States, who have thrust them
selves into Kansas, have, we fear, gained the ini
quitous triumph for wh ch they were sent; and we
cannot, without the utmost pity and regret, observe
the style in which the President speaks of proceed
ings fwr which no condemnatory language can be
too strong.
The President's Message in Paris.—The Pre
sident’s message was published in full by all the Pa
risian Journal It was telegraphed through from
Liverpool to Paris iu five hours and a half—the
same time as was required to telegraph it to Lon
don. But the two copies came over different wiies,
and while the copy sent to London was in English,
that to Paris was in hrench. This fact riiows the
importance given to the message. The comments
of the press upon this document are various. The
Debate says that it approaches, more than any pre
vious message, the style of an address from a throne
in Europe. But the Debate is alone in this criti
cism.
The Charivari pretends to have been informed by
its correspondent at Washington, that Mr. Buchan
an was present in the House during the reading,
with his pockets full of revolvers; and that not sat
isfied with the reception given to the document, he
shot at the clerk, the speaker, and several members
of the opposition ; and then on his way home through
Pennsylvania Avenue, emptied the rest of the bar
rels on the passers by, Charivari assert? that Gene
ral Walker himself wrote that part of the message
which refers to his own movements, and insists on
treating the President as a confirmed filibuster.
Correspondence of the London Post.
The C’rfoift in Hamburg.
Hamburg, Dec. 19.—We appear now to be iu a
state of transition here from a condition which was
almost bordering on despair, to one where at least
there may be some glimmerings of hope. There are
still occasional failures, but that may reasonsbly be
expected to be the case until all the bills are run off
which had been accepted before the commencement
of the crisis, and a total return of confidence cannot
therefore be reckoned upon uutil the first half of
January has been well got over. In the meantime
the proceedings referred to in my last letters have
already produced a wonderful effect. Previous ar
rangements in anticipation of the ratification of the
loan from Austria had evidently been made ; for as
it was late on Saturday afternoon before the con
currence of the burgesses was obtained, there was
little time lost on the part of Austria in fulfilling her
share in the agreement, as the silver she had en
gaged to forward was despatched from Vienna by a
special train on Sunday afternoon, passed through
Breslau on Monday, reached Berlin early on Tues
day morning, and was delivered here about noon on
the same day. The display made on its arrival, and
on its conveyance to the bank to be deposited in its
vaults, was doubtless not without its object, and
that object, it was clear, was successfully attained.
There is something palpable and tangible iu a re
mittance of silver, of which those who saw the re
ception of the Sycee silver fro n China at the close
of the late war with the Celestial Empire will have
au accurate idea; and although the amount in the
present instance was far short of that on the occa
sion refetred to, nothing wa9 left undone that could
serve lo raise the idea of its magnitude. Fourteen
large goods wagons, with two engines, brought the
valuable treasure into the railway station, and six
teen double horse wagons were required to convey
it from thence to the bank, so the no small astonish
ment of the wandering multitude. It cannot, there
tore, be denied that silver is a very unwieldy com
modity for a circulating medium; and wedded, as
many of the citizens of Hamburg are to the ancient
monetary system, they might at least tiud one which
would be much more convenient than that which, to
meet a payment of about jC700,00(), requires the
conveyance for so great a distance and at such
•great speed of 2,825 bars, weighing more than 85
tons of standard silver.
This arrival has been a great accession to the
stock of silver in the vaults of the bank, and when
lo that is added the constant supplies which have
been coming ill from England and other quarters,
the sum now deposited there has rarely if ever been
exceeded. It is now estimated to be of the value of
five millions sterling, and there are not a few here
who now begin to wonder why with such an amount
on hand they should not obtain some of the advan
tages of circulation which they possessess iu Eng
land, where, when recently the stock of-bullion did
not greatly surpass that now held here, they had the
benefit of upwards of twenty millions more in the
form of bank notes, by which its relative position,
when compared with this city, was iu the time of
need eo greatly improved. In this vew of the mat
ter, however specious it may seem, there is a great
fallacy; for in the isolated position of this solitary
city, surrounded as it is by other States, there is not
that room for the diffusion of circulation which there
is in England, and all that Hamburg could expect
to command might bo only a little more than that
which is derivea from the local circulation of Liver
pool or of Leeds, or of such other places of corres
ponding magnitude; and itmay be well, therefore,
if expectations should be entertained as to anything ,
more, that the warning thus given should be taken
into account before any change iu the existing sys
tem should be attempted.
Great exertions continue to be made in Sweden,
Norway and Denmark to avert or alleviate the con
sequences of the present monetary crisis, and al
though these have not hitherto, in some cases, beeu
altogether successful, there is ground for the hone
that they may yet prove to be very efficacious. Title
governments of these countries in this matter only
perform a parental part, as they are acting for the
good of their own people. For the assistance ren
dered by the Austrian government to this city, a
claim for having proceeded on a more disinterested
ground has beeu preferred, but in that instance also
Ihere is reason tn believe there was likewise a mo
tive for self-preservation to actuate them; for, if the
relief had not been forthcoming, it is quite under
stood that the dishonored acceptances which would
have been returned from hence to Vienna would
have reached to sucli au immense amount that
the consequences in that capital might have become
fearful.
Great dissatisfaction has been given to many of
the mercantile community by the remarks of some
correspondents here of English and other journals,
and it has especially proved annoying that in several
instances the names of solvent h uses have been re
ferred to in a way that could not fail to prove in
jurious.
It may be considered as a proof that Hamburg is
getting out of her difficulties, when it is known that
much anxiety begins to be leit as to the proceedings
likely to be adopted in Britain for the abrogation of
the Slade dues; but this is a subject on which much
has to be said, as it is of too much importance to be
discussed at the fag end of a letter, another oppor
tunity wjll be availed of to enter upon it more fully
than it is now possible to acomplisn.
Ihe following dispatch, dated the 12th ult., was
addressed by Baron de Manteuffel, President of the
Council of Ministers in Prussia, to M. de Kamptz,
Prussian Charge d’Affairs at Hamburg, to explain
why the government of Berlin refused to lend mo
ney to that city in the late crisis :
By a telegraphic despatch of the 3d you announc
ed to me that the Senate has resolved to send to
Berlin the President of tho Chamber, M. Mohring,
to obtain from us a loau of from 2,000,000 to 3,00(7-
000 thalers. M. Mohring called on me on the 4th on
the subject, aud offered me as securi y notes of the
Chamber and railway shares. I immediately de
liberated on the affair with the other Ministers. We
had a strong desire to acquiesce in the demand of
a friendly town, connected with our government by
so many interests, and we know that in aiding the
commerce of Hamburg we should be useful to that of
Prussia. Nevertheless we could not disguise from
ourselves that in according the loan applied by we
should diminish our power of assisting our own
commerce and manufactures, and that if the Ham
burg loan proved insufficient, grave embarrass
ments might arise for Prussia. Now we felt con
vinced that the sum demanded by the town of Ham.
burg could not be sufficient; our deliberation in
fact was interrupted by the news that Hamburg
proposed to borrow a sum of 30,000,000 marks ban
co. It was, therefore, impossible to come to a de
cision in the first sitting. When M. Mohring re
turned to Berlin, after the town of Hamburg had
decreed a loan of 15,000,000 marks banco, we de
clared that the state of our financial establishments
did not permit us to grant a loan under existing cir
cumstances. The National Bank of Austria, which
was not embarrassed by the same circumstances as
the Prussian Bank, relative to the realization of its
notes, could lend to Hamburg 10,000,000 marks.—
Notwithstanding that we could not, to our great
regret, indulge in the hope that the situation of
Hamburg would become instantaneously better ;
aud in point of fact, the authorities there are now
deliberating on the extraordinary measures to be
taken to maintain some of the most important,
firms. Allow no doubt to exist as to our manner of
regarding the question ; in spite of all our sympathy,
and all our good will, we should not have been able
to afford such assistance as would insure an ener
getic, efficacious and durable remedy.
Washington Items.—Lieut. General Scott ha3
nearly perfected his plans for the relief of the Utah
expedition. The Secretary of War is confident that
CoL Johnston will be able to maintain himself with
out serious disaster, until he can be reinforced. The
spare troops in Kansas, and at other points, are to
be immediately concentrated, and efforts will be*
made to push forward a strong body with all possi
ble haste. There is extreme anxiety on the part of
the administration to remedy the defects in the for
mer plan of the campaign.
The celebration of the Bth of January wa3 quite
spirited in Washington. The Judges of the Supreme
Court, with their families, dined with the President.
Attorney General Black was of the company, aDd
the cheerful songster, Charles Mack ay, enlivened
our grave Judges with his sunny face and pleasant
conversation. Powder was exploded without regard
to expense. There was an unlimited display of the
national bunting.
Upwards of seventy five thousand dollars has al
ready been raised, and put out at interest of the
sum required for the purchase of Mount Vernon.
Two hundred thousand dollars is the sum demanded
for land and buildings not really worth one-tenth of
that amount.
The Committee of Ways and Means are making
great reductions in the appropriations. They have
cut down that for fortifications nearly $2,000,000,
and are doing what they can to remove Mr. Cobb's
difficulties. He, supposing that the bankers would
take his $6,000,000 Treasury notes, kindly offered to
receive the gold and give them the notes, dated the
day of the receipt of the gold, as soon as they could
be prepared. The enormous sum of $35,000 has re
sponded to the offer. The bankers insist on more
than 3 per cent Mr. Cobb’s temper is np, and he
vowg he will not increase his interest, but will pay
the bills against the United States with the notes,
and the bankers need not think that he is depen
dent on them.
One Thomas G. Clinton has. “solitary and alone, 1 ’
sought immortality by memoraiizing Congress to
pass a law increasing the salary of the President of
the United States. Senator Mason very’ properly
remarked that he did not see what interest that in
dividual could properly have in the matter, and,
there being no committee to whom it could be re
ferred, it was very summarily laid on the table.
Washington Item. —The United States Treas
ury continues bankrupt. Members of Congress can
get no money. The Secretary appropriated a fund
of SBO,OOO for the Senate and $140,000 for the
House, at the beginning of the session, which was
equal to the amount usually disbursed for mileage
and a foitnight’s pay in addition. Two weeks ago
the joint resolution was passed relative to the nine
months’ back pay, calling for $675,000, and on this
amount a dividend of only SSO 000 was declared at
the close of last week, in driblets of S2OO to each of
the most needy members. The deficiency under
this Lead of account is half a million of dollars. The
Treasury receipts last week were $463,000. Those
for the past quarter do not exceed $7,500,000, a
much smaller sum than was anticipated. Estimates
of $74,000,000, with contingencies likely to carry
them up to $90,000,000, for the coming year,
trast gloomily with a current rate of receipts,
only to $30,000,000 per annum.
Picture* or China.
The following paragraphs are extracted from the
London Times’ Shanghai iefyer:
The Shopsof Shanghai.— Some of the best shops
of Shanghai city open upon the tea-gardens; some
resound with the buzz of imprisoned insects and the
son g of caged birds; there are “curio” shops, where
are to be seen antiquities of dynasties long anterior
to the Christian era, carefully wrought by living
Lands; there are caricatures of the English barba
rians, one of which I cannot refrain from buying;
there are carvings in bamboo, very inferior to Can
ton ; there are shops for f&ns, and embroideries and
fciiks, decidedly inferior to Ningpo. There is also
the studio of a portrait painter, not probably dan
gerous rival of Lamqua, of Macao. There is loud
talking in that studio. A Vankee captain is inspec
ting a portrait ot himself, which has been painted
at a contract price of some S2O. The Yankee is a
man about forty, with streaks of gray in his bushy
hair and beard, with a slight defect in one eye, a
large nose, and a pock marked face. Yet, withal,
thanks to his affluence of hair and an expression of
jaunty determination and devil may care go-ahead
ness, he is a manly looking fellow. He is looking
rudefully, however, at this presentment
<f himself which is to go to the girll of his heart at
New Y'ork. It is a most laughing movmg carica
ture of all the salients points of hi3 physiognomy.—
The Yankee swears that it is no more like him than
hickory nuts are like thunder. The artist has pro
duced a small looking-glass, which he places beside
the portrait, and pointing to the grey hair aud
the squinting eye ana the pockmarks of the portrait,
and then to the present original* from which they
were copied, says triumphantly at each verification,
.‘Hab got? Hab got ? Hab got ? How can make
handsome man s’pose no got handsome face ?” Let
us leave these parties, for there seems likelihood of
a hot dispute, and, arming ourselves with another
cheroot as a defense against bad smells, retrace our
steps through the city, aud out at the east gate.
A Funeral Procession.—There is a sound of
gongs, and a crepitation of small crackers at the
north end of the bund, and the coolies leaving their
work to look on. As it k a day for sight -seeing,
jind sight-seeking is our business, let us follow the
crowd. l
It is a burial proce9sioiW The mother of a Chi
nese opium broker is to her last home. She
carries with her all her litt>?vcomforts and necessa
ries wherewith to begin life in.the next world.—
Many palanquins appear at unequal distance, pre
ceded and followed by coolies inarching four
abreast. These litters contain small joss-houses, and
basins holding fruits, aud sweet-meats, and bean
cakes, and other orthodox Buddhist comestibles
There is good store also of silvered and gilded pa
per made to resemble solid ingots of gold and silver.
This is the wealth wherewith she is to appear in the
laud < f ghosts as a respectable, well-to-do matron.
But if this bullion pass current among the ghosts,
they have lost the qualities which most distinguish
them in the flesh. In life a Chinaman can distin
guish the exact Oneness of a piece of silver by the
touch, so much so that the word “touey” is used as
a technical term to indicate the quality of each des
cription of bullion; it must be very harrowing to
the ghosts of a Chinese comprader to find himself
obliged to deal in these shadowy ingots. On march
es the procession. There are little boys blowing
shrill trumpets and other stranger wind instruments,
men excruciating our ears with cymbals-and gongs
aud grave adults exploding strings of crackers.—
Then comes the cofliu—a strong wooden case like a
carved and ornamented trunk of a tree. It is halt
covered by draperies, and is borne by twelve cool
ies. It is hermetically sealed with tenacious plas
ter the Chinese call “chuuain.” It will be borne to
a joss house in the city, aud thence to a spot in one
of the son’s fields. Here it will rest on the surface
of the ground. After the time of mourning is past
a few spades-full ot earth will be shovelled upon it,
then year by year a few more, till a mound arises,
and rank grass and Chinese lilliea spring up, and
this old lady’s habitation adds another unit to the
myriads ot sacred burrows which cumber the rich
soil, and serve no purpose but & harbor for the
pheasants when the crops are cat. Our English
books upon China say that only hills are set apart
for this purpose.
Small-Footkd Ladies—There are small-footed
ladies at Hong Kong who gain a very lair liveli
hood by exhibiting their pedal extremities to sea
captains and other curious Europeans, at a dollar a
head ; but, as ho superficial an examination of tlrs
national peculiarity did not satisfy me, I had re
course to some of my good friends among the mis
sionaries. By their aid* I obtained That some poor
Chit ese women should bring me a complete gamut
of little girls from the missionary schools. Many of
these female children probably owed their lives to
the persuasion (aided by the opportune donation of
rice,) of my missionary friend and his lady, but their
influence had been powerless to prevent the torture
of their feet. On the appointed day they were all
seated in a row iu my friends library, and their feet,
which I suspect had undergone a preparatory wash
ing, were unbound by their mammas. The first
was a child of two years old. Her pennance had
just, commenced. When the bandage of blue cot
ton was taken off, I found that the great toe had
been left untouched, but the other four had been
forced down under the ball of the foot, and closely
bound in that positiou. The child, therefore, walk
ed upon the knuckle joints of her four toes. The
toes were red aud inflamed, and the ligature caused
evident pain. In the next three children (all of
ages advancing at small intervals,) the preparation
was only to the same extent; it was confined to the
four toes, gradually, however, these four toes, ceding
to the continual pressure, lost their articulations aud
their identity as limbs, and became amalgamated
with the sole of the foot. In the eldest of the four
the redness and inflammation had entirely disap
peared, the foot was cool and painless, and appear
ed as though the four toes had been cut off by a
knife. The foot was now somewhat the shape of a
trowel.
The Mystery of Small Feet Explained.—
In the fifth girl I saw the commencement of the se
cond operation—a torture under which sickly chil
dren frequently die. The sole of the foot was now
curved into the shape of a bow; the great toe and
heel being brought together as near as possible.—
Take a jujube and double it till two points of the
lozenge nearly meet, and you will see what I mean.
This is done very gradually. The bandage is never
slackened—month by month it is drawn tighter—
the foot inflames and swells, the tender mamma
perseveres—as the bones and tendons accommodate
themselves to the position constrained by the ban
dage, so it is drawn tighter. At last the ball of the
natural foot fits into the hollow of the sole, the root
of the great toe is brought intc contact with the heel.
The foot is a shapeless lump The instep is where
the ankle was, and all that is est to go into the slip
per and to tread the ground id the ball of the great
toe and heel. This is the small foot of the Chinese
woman—a bit of toe and a bit of heel, with a mark,
like a cicatrice left after a huge cut, running up be
tween them. Two of the girls were yet suffering
great pain, aud their feet were hot and inflamed, but
in the eldest ;he operation was complete. She had
attained to the position of a small-footed woman, and
her feet were quite cool, had no corns, and were not
tender to the touch. One of the mammas, influ
enced perhaps by a little liberality in the article of
rice money, intrusted me with Chinese mysti&re de.
toilette. Sometimes, it seems, when a woman is ex
pected to have to do hard work, her toe and heel
are not drawn so tightly together as to produce the
true “ small foot.” To disguise this imperfection
upon her marriage day, she has recourse to art. A
piece of cork, shaped like an inverted sugar loaf, is
strapped on to her foot, and the small part goes into
her slipper and passes for her foot. Thus are we
poor men deceived! While we are gossiping about
small feet the old lady’s burial profession comes to
an end. It would be hissed at Astley’s, and would
be regarded with blank astonishment at the Prin
cess’, but it is very successful at Shanghai. The
opium bioker has done his duty as a good son. If
he keeps his two years of mourning properly, and if
none of nis wives should commit the indiscretion of
having a child within two years, commencing from
nine months after this time, (for the present Empe
ror is supposed to owe all his misfortunes to an uu
fortunate accident of this sort,) he will be esteemed
a very respectable man for evermore.
A Chinese Tea Garden.—We bustle our way
through the narrow streets. We pass the temples
and the yamuns, unentered, for we have seen a hun
dred such before, and we reach the tea gardens of
Shanghai city. These are worth a visit, for they are
the beet I have seen in China. A Chinese garden
is usually about 20 yards square, but these cover
au area of ten acres. ” It is an irregular figure flank
ed by two rows of shops, rudely analogous to those
of the Palais Royal. The area is traversed in all
directions by broad canals of stagnant water, all
grown over with green, and crossed by zigzag
wooden bridges, o? the willow pattern plate model,
sadly out of repair, and destitute of paint. Where
the water is not, there are lumps of artificial rock
work, and large pavilion shaped tea-rooms, perhaps
twenty in number. Here self-heating kettles of
gigantic proportions are always hissing and bub
bling ; and at the little tables the Chinese popula
tion are drinking tea, smoking, eating almond hard
bake or pomegranates, playing dominoes, or ar
ranging bargains. There are interstices also of
vacant land, and these are occupied by jugglers and
peepßhow men. From the upper room of one of
these tea-houses we shall have a view of the whole
scene, and A’Lin will order us a cup of tea and cakes
for lunch. The* jugglers and gymnasts below are
doing much the same kiud of tricks which their
brethren of England and France perform. Mono.
Houdin and Mr. Anderson would find their equals
among these less pretending wizards. I am told
that those peepshows which old men are looking into
and laughing, and which young boys are not prevent
ed from seeing, contain representation of the grossest
obscenity. Here is a ventriloquist, who, attracted by
our European costumes at the casement, has come up
to perform “Give him a dollar, A’Lin, and tell
him to begin.” That dirty-half-clad wanderer would
make another fortune for Barnum. He unfolds his
pack, and constructs out of some curtains a small
closed room. Into this he retires, and immediately
a little vaudeville is heard in progress inside. Half
a-dozen voices in rapid dialogue, sounds, and move
ments, and cries of animals, and the clatter of fall
ing articles, tell the action of the plot. The com
pany from the tea-tables, who had gathered round,
wag their tails with laughter, especially at the
broadest sallies of humor, and at the most indeco
rous denouements. In truth, there is ne difficulty,
even to us, in comprehending what is suppose! to
be going on in that little room. The incidents are,
indeed, somewhat of the broadest—not so bad as
the scenes in our old English comedies, such as
“The Custom of the Country,” for instance, or “The
Conscious Lovers but s’fll they are very minute
ly descriptive of facts not proper to be described.
The man’s talent, however, would gain him full au
diences in Europe, without the aid of grossness.
A Curious Bank Transaction.—The editor of
the Belfast (Ireland) Journal has availed himself of
the columns of the London Times, to expose an ex
traordinary transaction, in which one of the Glasgow
bank was concerned. “Not many years since,
says the writer, “a certain gentleman became in
debted to one of these backs to the extent of several
hundred thousand pounds ; when he was hauled up,
it was found that he had no -assets,’ and the bank,
therefore, ‘insured his life’ to the extent of their
debt, upon which, they, of coarse, pay a very heavy
annual tax. This gentleman called on the bank
sometime after, and told one of the managers, ‘I
am offered a lucrative situation in Sierre Leone,
but you know if I go out there, the policy will be
vitiated . however, I must go, as I cannot starve.
What, then, was to be done : The same man is now
comfortably living on the continent, on an annuity
granted h m by this bank, which annuity, added to
the premium of insurance, forma a nice little item in
the expenses of the establishment.”
D'Antigsac 6c Hubbard. —Among the
and retail grocery houses established during the last
summer, we sometime since noted Messrs. D’Antig
nae A Hubbard. We at that time regarded the
prospect before them very promising. Both natives
of the city, well acquainted with business, and with
the country whose trade is contiguous; and having
facilities for buying to advantage, they entered up
on business under very favorable auspices. We
are pleased to learn that they are more than real
izing their expectations. They have a varied stock
adapted to wholesale or plantation trade, and also
pay especial attention to the retail business. We
take pleasure ia commending them and their ad
vertisements to the notice of our readers. — Evening
Dispatch. _
Unloading Vessels by Steam. —We yesterday
witnessed a trial of a portable steam engine for un
loading vessels It is a small affair, about six horse
power, but operated with great rapidity and ease.
It was engaged in unloading the screw steamer
Western port, and would lift out large hogsheads of
sugar with as little trouble as a horse would a bar
rel. It was built by Messrs. H. Esler 6c Cos., Atlan
tic Docks, Brooklyn, who have just completed a
contract with the Government for six of them.—
This one was brought out here as an experiment.
Messrs. Esler &c Cos. have been engaged m engine
building some time, and a good many of their man
ufacture* have been sold in Georgia, by their agent,
H H. Linvilie Savannah Republican.
COUET CALENDAR FOR ISSB.
REVISED BY THE SOUTHERN RECORDER.
SUPERIOR COURTS.
JULY.
Frid’y before (
“and Monday > Wayne
2d Monday, Glynn
AUGUST.
Ist Monday, F oyd
Lumpkin
id Monday, Clark
Dawson
3U Monday, Forsyth
Mo* i wether
Walton
Ith Monday, Baldwin
Chattahoochee
1 Glascock
Heard
Jackson
Monroe
Paulding
Nchley
Taliaferro
JANUARY.
2d Monday, Cha’twmi
FEBRUARY.
Ist Monday, Clark
Floyd
Lumpkin
Frid’y before * w
2d Monday > >v *y nc
2d Monday, Dawson
Glynn
:*<l Monday. Forsyth
Meriwether
Walton’
4th Monday, Baldwin
Chattahoochee
Gfasccck
Heard
Jackson
Monroe
Pau ding
Schley
Taliaferro
SEPTEMBER.
Ist Monday, Appling
Chattooga
Cherokee
Columbia
Coweta
Crawford
Madison
Marion
Mitchell
Morgan
Webster
2d Monday, Bntts
Cass
Coffee
Elbert
Fayette
Greene
Gwinnett
Pickens
Sumter
Washington
Vrid’y after. Pierce
Id Monday, Cobb
Hall
Hart
Macon
Newton
Putnam
Talbot
Tort ell
I Ware
i4th Monday, Campbell
Olay
Clinch
Emanuel
Lee
• Twiggs
White
Wilkes
OC I'OBER.
Ist Monday, Carroll
Dooly
Early
Fulton
Gilmer
Gordon
Taylor
Warre i
Wilkinson
Tuesd’y aft’r, Piko
i SVedu’d’y “ Rabun
!21 Monday, Charlton
Fannin
Habersliam
Ilancock
Harris
Laurens
Miller
Scrivtn
3d Monday, Burke
Camden
Fiauklin
Haralson
Henry
Jones
Murray
Oglethorpe
Pulaski
Stewart
Uu’on
Worth
: rhursd’y aft’r, Montgomery
Friday after, Wilcox
|4th Monday. Deca'ur
DeKalb
Houston
lrwiu
Jasper
Lincoln
Polk
Tattnall
Towns
Whitfield
Thnrsd’y aft’r, Teh air
Friday a ter, Bu’locli
Mond’y after, Effingham
NOVEMBER
Ist Monday, Berrien
Milton
Randolph
Richmond
Upson
51 Monday, Baker
Bibb
Catoosa
Muscogee
Id Monday, JSpaldiug
Troup
l th Monday, Calbonn
Walker
rhursd’y aft’r, Mclntosh
dond’y after, Dougherty
do. do. Liberty
do. do. Colquitt
Mond’y aftr, Liberty, Bryan
DECEMBER.
Ist Monday, Dade
Jefferson
Thomas
tl Monday, Lowndes
MARCH.
Ist Monday, Appling
Chattooga
Cherokee
Coweta
Columbia
Crawford
Gwinnett
Mad’son
Marion
Mitchell
Morgan
Webster
2d Monday, Butts
Cass
Coffee
Elbert
Fayette
Greene
Pickens
Sumter
Wa3hington
Friday after,
T “ y 1 Montgomery
3d Monday, Cobb
Hall
Hart
Macon
Newton
Putnam
Talbot
Tattnall
Terrell
Ware
Friday after, Bulloch
Ith Monday, Campbell
Clay
Clinch
Effingham
E maun cl
Lee
Twiggs
White
Wilkes
APRIL.
Ist Mcudqy, Carroll
Dooly
Early
Fuiion
Gordon
Piko
Rabun
Taylor
W arreu
Wilkinson
2d Morday, Charlton
Habersham
Hancock
Harris
Laur.ns
Miller
Scriv* n
Tnesd’y aft’r, Me I utoe h
3*l Monday, Buiko
Camden
Fiauklin
Haralson
Henry
Jones
Liberty
Murray
Oglethorpe
Pulaski
.Stewart
Worth
Thursd’y aft’r Bryan
Friday after, Wilcox
4th Monday, Decatur
DcKalb
lloustou
Irwin
Jasper
Lincoln
Polk
Whitfield
Thursd’y aft’r, Telfair
MAY.
a/, Berrien
Gilmer
Randolph
Richmond
Upson
2d Monday, Baker
Bibb
Catooss
Chatham
Fannin
Muscogee
3d Monday, Spalding
Troup
Union
4th Monday, Calhoun
Towns
Walker
Mond’y a f ter, Dougherty
Last Mond’y, Colquitt
JUNE.
Ist Monday, Dade
Jeff’er.son
Milton
Thomas
3d Monday, Lowndes
* After 1858, on 2d and 3d Mondays in February and 3d
Monday in August.
Interesting Concernig the Murdered Ame
rican Missionaries in India.—Rev. R. G. Wil
liams, missionary of the Presbyterian Board of
Foreign Missions, stationed at Agra, furnishes the
foilowfng information as to the murder of the Fut
tehghur missionaries:
Agra Fort, Monday, Nov. 2, 1857.
J doubt not that before this time you have learn
ed that Campbell and all the other missionaries at
Futtehghur have met their death in the midst of the
troubles by which this country has beeu distracted
during the last live or six months. Os the circum
stances of their de*-th we have conflicting accounts
—all of them sufficiently horrible, and all agreeing
in the fact that they were massacred in the public
square of Cawnpore, to which place they were sent
by Nena Shahib, who had taken them from the boats
at Bittoor. •
We have used every effort to learn more, but
this is literally all that id yet known touching the
matter, nor is it likely that much more will ever be
known. They, with a large number of other fugi
tives from Futtehghur, -while attempting to make
their way to Cawnpore, at that time supposed to be
a place ot safety, were seized by the Nena of Bit
toor and sent on to Cawnpore, where, some say,
they were shot, and others say they were decapita
ted. How they bore their trials, how they looked
upon death when near at hand, we know not; nor
is it important for us to know. 1 doubt not that
they died trusting in the merits of Him whom they
haa come to make known to their murderers.
In a letter received a few days before the fight
from Futtehghur, Campbell seemed fully aware of
their danger, and fully resigned to the will of God
concerning them. And Mrs. Campbell, in a letter
to Mrs. Fullerton, about the same time, referred to
their perils and tears with characteristic calmness
and submission.
I will subjoin one more extract, which you may
think of sufficient interest for publication :
“ You will have seen before now that the excite
ment in England is very great, aud that the cry for
retribution upon the rebels, and particularly upon
the Sepoyß, is loud and deep. Judging from some
extracts from the London newspapers which I have
seen, much of thin feeling has beeu excited by an
impression generally prevalent in England that
Christian women have been commonly dishonored
by their murderers.
“ There have been instances of this soij, of out
rage, but they have been rare, and it ought to be
known that the slaughter at Cawnpore wa.s not at
tended with this horrible circumstance A single
instance of the sort, a daughter of Sir Hugh Whee
ler, is spoken of, but even that is doubtful.”
Washington Items.—General Walker has left
Washington for the South, leaving, it is said, his af
fairs with the government in the keepingof his sup
porters at Washington, who will vigorously press
his claims. There are a large number of men at
Mobrieand New Orleans ready to proceed to Nica
ragua to re-inforce Col. Anderson, and Walker will
proceed thither, probably to perfect arrangements
for their departure.
C *pt. Chatard was at. Washington on Saturday,
and had a long interview with the Secretary of the
Navy. It is yet undecided what course they will
pursue with reference to Ids case—whether they
will try him before a Court of Inquiry or Court Mar
tial.
Vice-President Hreckenridge is reserved us to
committing himselt concerning the Lecompton
swindle, but is supposed to have a leaning toward
Mr. Douglas’ position.
Some of the Virginia members of Congress at
Washington have letters from members of the Vir
ginia Legislature stating that the filibuster resolu
tions cannot pass that body, in spit© of the flaming
leaders of the Richmond press.
Treasury notes of the denomination of one hun
dred dollars will be ready to issue on Tuesday next .
These were engraved in Philadelphia.
Col. Williams, of Tennessee, who was appointed
Minister to Constantinople, has refused to accept
the position and withdrawn his application.
Locomotive Running Through a Stone Wall.
—At Rochester, N. Y., on Tuesday, a train on the
Genesee Valley Railroad, upon nearing the depot,
was, by the misplacement of a switch, turnea off
from the main track upon a turn-table, and thence
on a track leading to a stone engine house, through
which it passed in spite of the engineer. The rear
wall of the engine house was two teet thick, but the
locomotive passed through this obstacle, scarcely
causing a jar to the train, and plunged outside its
whole length, doubling up some old iron rails lying
on the north side as if they were withes, and striking
her nose downward into the soft earth. Her lamps,
smoke stack, dome and out works were ruined, and
right down upon the cab, where the engineer and
fireman stand, the upper section of the stone wail
fell, filling up the epace between boiler and tender
to the depth of several feet. The engineer and fire
man jumped off in season to escape injury. Two
cars nearly full of passengers were in the train.—
Not a person moved from liis place, and most of the
passengers were, probably, unaware that any acci
dent had occurred. _
The Weather.—lt is not’oflen that the weather
is more exceptional than this winter. Thus far it
has been warm enough to allow the opening of
windows the greater part of the day, and often in
the evening. As there is generally a system of
compensation, by which the thermometer adds up
without variation, one year to another, we may look
for a cold and backward spring, and consequently
for a short growing season. The rains have been
soft summer ehowers, sometimes accompanied with
tbander and lightning.
From about 8 o’clock until half past 11 o’clock,
tan Monday evening, the horizon extending to
40” from the east, southward, presented a most bril
iiant aspect. The heavens in that quarter were illu
minated by flashes of lightning that were almost in
cessant —sometimes sweeping along the curve of the
visual horizon, and now and then shooting up into
flashes of light, like a volcano. The storm was at
a great distance, perhaps on the edge of the Gulf
Stream.— Savannah Republican.
Steamboat Explosio* amdLoss oe Life. —As
tbe Poet Boy, a steamboat engaged in the wood
business, was getting np steam, preparatory to leav
ing her landing, opposite Jefferson City Stock
Landing, near the mouth of Harvey’s Canal, her
three boilers exploded, (from want of water in them,
in the opinion of our informant) Two firemen were
killed on the spot; th s two engineers were badly
scalded and bruised; the pilot was severely hurt,
his skull and right arm being fractured, and the
cook, a negro boy, was also badly scalded. The
boat sank within three minutes after tbe explosion.
Fragments of the wreck were scattered in every
direction, iarge'portions of the boilers being thrown
a distance of three hundred feet, and twisted into all
manner of shapes.
Judges Elected.— Cattahoockee Circuit.—Hon.
E. H. Worrill, re-elected without opposition.
Blue Ridge.— Judge Rice, without opposition.
Cherokee. —Hon.il W. Crooke, by upwards of 200
votes over Judge Trippe, the highest opposing can
didate.
Western. —N. L. Hutchins, no opposition.
Williamsport, Jan. 11.—Charles Miller, Wm.
Anderson, Wm. Lewis and Peter Havier, have been
arrested, together with counterfeiting apparatus. It
is believed that an extensive combination exists in
this vicinity
Nicaragua—Presidents Message—Senate De
bate.
We her* already published the President’s Mes
sage, and a eynopsis of the accompanying docu
ments and Correspondence inrelatii n to Nicaraguan
affairs, the arrest of Walker, &e.; but we have not
afforded our readers a peep at the spicy debate
which sprung up in the Senate, immediately upon
its reception by that body. We therefore subjoin it :
Mr. Mason, of Virginia, moved the reference of
the message to the Committee on Foreign Kelations,
and to be printed together with the accompanying
documents
The motion to print was agreed to.
Mr. Davis, of Mississippi, dissented from the
arguments contained in the message. The Presi
dent had assumed that the neutrality lawn which re
quired that such expeditions as this should be sup
pressed, also conferred upon the Executive the
power to go beyond the jurisdiction of the United
States to suppress them. This seemed to be the
key of the policy on the part of the Administration,
which sent the navy do vn to the coast of Central
America, instead of stationing tho vessels where
they should have been stationed, namely, at the
mouth of the M's itsippi and on the coast of Alaba
ma. Were this expedition all that it is described to
be, it is only a misdemeanor instead of a violation
of the neutrality law. The suspicion that there was
au intent to make war against a nation with which
we are at peace, would have justified the detention
of General Walker and his men within the limits of
the United States, but not their arrest beyond our
. own limits. As we have no extradition treaty with
Nicaragua they could not have lawfully beentaken
upon her soil. Even had they been fugitives from
justice, the President has no power to make such
arrest than any member of Congress. If our neigh
bors are too weak to protect themselves we should
use all lawful means to protect our citizens from
invading their territory. But it is not within the
theory of our government to tit out expeditions to
oatch half a dozen or a dozen, or oue or two liun
dred men, who may choose to leave the United
States and land upon their shores. In this l'e-peot
lie thought we were making great departure from
the principles which heretofore guided the conduct
of our government. If it be the pleasure of Con
gress to give the President police powers over the
high seas, and authorize bimjtouee the army andua
vy as constabulary force, let it be done by the pas
sage of a law with that view.
Mr. Mason doubted the expediency of discussing
the subject without more mature deliberation. The
President was, by the constitution, at the head of
the army and navy, and the laws off e land direct
how these are to he used. He contented himself
with the remark that it was clearly incumbent on
the President to see that the neutrality laws were
faithfully executed.
Mr. Crittenden, of Kentucky, referred to the Presi
dent's admission that Com, Paulding had committed
a grave error. According to his own premises, such
a conclusion was altogether illogical, aud the con
duct of Paulding was as conformable to the law as
if he had received express instructions to do what
iie did.
Mr. Brown, of Mississippi, regarded it as a little
singular (list, while the President disapproved of
the arrest of Gen. Walker, he at£he same timer ex
cused that act. The arrest of Walker was in viola
tion of the law, for if Com. Paulding had a right to
make the arrest, his conduct is not only to be excus
ed, but applauded. If lie bad no legal right to do
that act, then the President owes it to the people
aud the country to condemn it. If Walker was
guilty ot any violation of tho law, and had been ar
rested and brought back to our shores as a fugitive
from justice, why is he not put into the clutches of
Ihe law ! Why was ho brought to New York,
placed in the hands of the United States Marshal,
and then brought here aud delivered to the Execu
tive, and then set at liberty f Why was he not car
ried back to Louisiana by the same authority that
arrested him, and there pul upon his trial onthis
charge cf violating the law ! This was a farce, be
ing play< and before the American people, which was
disreputable to ail engaged in it. They had trump
ed up this charge against Walker when they knew
there had been no violation of the law. If they Be
lieve he lias violated the taw, they have been gui'ty
Os a dereliction of du'y in not punishing him for it.
The fitting out of an expedition in violation of the
neutrality laws was oue thing, and the voluntary
expatriation of a citizen was an altogether different
thing. If Walker went there avowing it was his
purpose to endeavor to regain the rights of which he
had been dispossessed, lie did no more than he had
a right to do.
He. (Mr. Brown) had a right, to take his musket
upon his shoulder, and go and tell the President, and
Secretary of War, and ttie District Attorney, and
Marshals, everywhere, that he meant to wage war
against Nicaragua, or any ether nation, and they
would have no right, to molest him. If one man has
that rignt, two men or five hundred have it. The
mistake was that the Administration were intending
to punish what the law never meant should be pun
ished, namely (lie intent, while in the United Stales,
lo fit out an expedition beyond the limits of the Uni
ted States, with a hostile purpose towards the 11a
tion with which we are at peace. He had as high
regard for the officers of the Navy as for any other
citizen. But if anything could bring reproach and
eternal disgrace upon the navy, it was this precise
course of action: First. Commander Chfttard let
Widker pass him, and then, seeming to have a
glimmering idea that lie mistook his duty, he under
took to cover the neglect by resorting t o mean arid
dirty attempts to insult Walter in his camp, evident
ly with the intention of provoking him to some act,
so that he might have an excuse to fire upon him.—
Then Com. Paulding appeared; a man ripe of years,
doing what every one knew he haa done, and which
it was necessary to recapitulate, and writing just
such a letter as ought to affix eternal disgrace upon
him. It was a disgrace to the very epaulettes on iiis
shoulders. It was high time that our naval officers
should be confined to the discharge of their duties
according to the law, for there was too much disposi
tion shown to exceed the law, by one and all of
them. He could not help saying that the President
would have better discharged his duty to the laws,
and to the best interest of the country, by pointedly
rebuking the Saw.ees act of Paulding, than by ex
cusing it. It would not do for the President to say
that Paulding’s act was a violation of the law, and
then wink at P. No matter if ‘NtWBUSBa'fMW lifflr
complain. It was not for us to violate our laws
when Nicaragua does not complain, and execute
them when she does complain. Our duty is to go
according to the law. If Commodore Paulding has
conformed to the law, let him be applauded. If not
let him be condemned. He admired Ihe spunk of
the Senator from Illinois (Mr. Douglas) in bo) ly ex
pressing Ifs views heretofore, although he differed
from every view uttered by that Senator on the
Kansas question.
Mr. Houston, of Texa3 was anxious to have the
documents printed, becausejlie wanted information
on the subject. When the information was made
public, heEahould express his views.
Mr. Seward, of New York, referred to the fact
that the President announced, in his message, that
the arrest of Gen. Walker was without the authori
ty of law, but the question then came up whether
the officer who committed this act should be censur
ed or punished in any way, for it. On that point
the President makes an excuse for Com. Paulding,
which wok, that tho party who had been arrested
had been indicted in the United States for an offense
against our laws, and failing te arrest them on the
high ueos, the naval officer arrested them in the
performance of the very act they had meditated
Here were two parties who were delinquent In
the first place, there was a band of lawless men,
who had escaped the vigilaneo of the police, and
gone abroad to levy war, in violation of the laws of
the United States, with a nation with whom we are
at amity.
On the other hand, there was an officer, who,
through the excess of vigilance, had surpassed his
instructions and had himself committed a violation
of the law. lie thought the President had balanced
this case with exact justice. Tbe President had
censured the fugitives, and while admitting the good
intentions of that officer, had also censured him
for violating the law. What more could be asked ?
Suppose a punishment more or less severe should
be passed upon this officer, what shall lie done with
the chief offender who lias been brought back ?
Nothing has been done toward bringing him to trial
for the offense for which he stands indicted, and the
President defied to his teeth, by Walker, in his late
letter, in which lie states that, no matter who may
interfere, at home or abroad, lie is determined to
proceed in the prosecution of his design. If the
honorable Senators insisted upon it, he was quite
willing that censure should be passed upon Coin.
Paulding; but he must ask them in justice to mete
ou some punishment for this greater crime. Sup
pose the government should punish Paulding, and
lea . e the others go unpunished, what is the lesson
which will be learned from this affair ? It is that
you may go out of the jurisdiction of tbe United
S.ates and levy war against any nation with whom
we are at peace, provided you can only escape the
vigilance of the police on land , and if you shall be
arrested after you commence your acts, although
the State shall be grateful for the protection they
receive, still the officer who makes the arrest shall
be punished, and you shall not be apprehended. To
be consistent, they should go farther, and propose
to restore Gen. W alker to the place from which he
was taken. And if it was right to invade Nicaragua,
it was equally right to iuvade New Granada or
Brazil, or any other South American State. Why
should we punish the Pawnees or Apaches for com
mitting depredations upon our citizens, and claim
that our citizens shall go abroad with impunity and
commit, depredations upon the people of other
States ? If gentlemen think the principle is right,
let them introduce a bill to repeal the neutrality
laws.
Mr. Davis—To what principle does the Senator
allude ?
Mr. Seward—lt is this: that the crime is altogeth
er in the offenders being caught. If they can es
cape from the United States, and reach the country
against which tbe war is to be made, then the act is
innocent and right.
Mr. Davis—Nobody on this side of the chamber
asserts such a principle as that.
Mr. Seward called the attention of the Senator to
what had been said by his colleague, Mr. Brown,
that General Walker had violated no law; but the
President, on the other hand, thought he had not
only violated the law of the land, but had also vio
lated the higher law. [Laughter]
Mr. Davis replied that it was the sacred privilege
of an American citizen to bear arms ; and when
ever he chose to leave his own country, and risk his
life and fortune in fighting for the oppressed else
where, he had a right to do an It was upon that
principle that the war of 1812 took place, and it
was a principle dear to every American heart.
Mr. Pugh, of Ohio, was of the opinion that the
principle laid down in the message were neither
warranted by the constitution, nor by any statute
law of the United States, nor by any principle of the
law of nations. The question was not whether Gen.
Walker was committing a crime against Nicaragua.
Ijet her punish him, if she is able. Who made us
the avenger of her wrongs ? Was Walker commit
ting any crime upon the high seas? What has he
done ? The Senator from New York, (Mr. Seward)
says he has made war upon a foreign nation. That
is no crime, by any law of tbe United States. It is,
a crime to set on foot, within the limits of the Uni
ted States, an expedition against a foreign nation
with whom we are at peace. But to go eutside
from our limits and make war, is no offence either
by the neutrality laws, or anything eke. He did
not want to puiim.h any man for an error of judg
ment. If Commodore Paulding did right, he ought
to be rewarded with a medal, just as Commodo e
Ingraham was for violating the neutrality laws in
Turkey for apraiseworthy object. The propoeiiion
was in substance that tbe end justifies the means.—
He denied the right of the government to arrest
persons upon the high seas and ask them where they
were going; and what their business was, and send
them home if they were not satisfied about hirn.—
The right of an American citizen to expatriate him
self was a sacred right, and we should be careful
how we tread upon it. While the Administration
are talking about the iniquity of General Walker's
proceedings in Central America, they go on delib
erately, in violation of the faith of treaties and the
honor c f nations, to invade a foreign country for the
purpose of arresting him.
Mr. Toombs, of Georgia, thought the message
contained grave and important errors, and entered
his dissent from them. The President dared not to
defend, while he endeavored to palliate thisoutrage
to an American Senate. After examining some of
the grounds upon which that palliation was attempt
ed, he said the President assumed a question now
before the legal tribunals of tbe country. He had
assumed that the neutrality laws had been violated,
and that it was hia busmens to enforce them. Mr.
Toombs denied that there was any proof that such
was the case. But he admitted, for the sake ot “■
gurnent, that thia was true. What right has the
Piesident to use the army and navy all over tne
face of the earth? Thia was a usurpation of the
authority, not only in derogation of law, but in de
rogation of hia oath of office. He must get the au
thority of the law to uae any such extra territorial
jurisdiction whatever. He could command no popu
lar respect as a vindicator of the laws of the coun-
VOL. LXXII.—NEW SERIES VOL. XXII. NO. a.
try uuless he himself should obey the laws. But iu
this case one law has been violated for the purpose
of vindicating another. He said (Soveruor Kossuth
was invited into the Senate chamber to show him
self years ago. That gentleman was driven from
power by Austria and Russia, and came here after
“material aid,'’ to replace himself. That was just
the case with Walker, and, while one was glorified
the other was villified. As to the 1 Her of Com.
Paulding, the worse brutality of that correspon
dence, it must be admitted by every human being
that it totally unfitted him, not only to be com
mander of a ship, but even to be its cabin boy.
Mr. Doolittle, of \\ iseonsin, understood it would
be a cause of war by Nicaragua sgainst this coun
try, it an expedition be unlawfully set on foot witbin
our jurisdiction agonist her. The President was as
much bound to maiutaiu tho faith ot treaties as any
law of the country.
Mr. Mallory, ot Florida, vindicated the character
of Com Paulding. He alluded to his revolutionary
ancestor, but did not pretend to palliate this act. If
such acts of naval officers be permitted, in a very
short time this country would be involved in hos
tilities with foreign nations. If you send naval
captains to stop filibustering, with loose instruc
tions, they will understand them as seamen, not as
jurists. He understood that the Administration had
detached Capt. Chatard because be did not arrest
Walker. If he is punished for not doing that act,
we ought to applaud Paulding for doing it.
Mr. Douglas returned the compliment of Mr.
Brown, who had said he admired his (Douglas’)
pluck for expressing his opinions. He (Douglas)
touud he was getting into good company and beat
ing up recruits faster than Walker. He (Douglas)
thought it would be found after awhile that they
were all in the party, and were not to be accused
of faction because they happen to differ from the
President in some of their views. Some strange
things happen days. Even the Senator from
New Y'ork was supporting the Administration, and
defending it, attacks Democrats.
Mr. Seward said the President Lad announced
that Walker had not only violated the laws of the
laud, but the higher law, and he (Seward) would
be recreant to his duty as au advocate of the higher
law, if he did not support the President. (Laugh
ter.]
Air. Douglas thought the higher law very well in
its place, but not in executing the Neutrality Laws.
He would rather look to the statutes of the United
States, and see where the authority was for the
President to use the Army and Navy. The law of
1800 defined the jurisdiction to extend one marine
league from the coast, and tire Government had no
authority to make an arrest beyond that distance.
He was in favor of giviug the Neutrality Laws u
fair, faithful and rigorous execution. This is a Gov
eminent of law, and let us stand by the laws, and
execute them, whether we like them or dislike
them, so long as they stand upon the statute book,
lie had no sympathy for filibustering. Its tendency
is to defeat the very object we have in view—
namely, expansion of the area ot freedom, lie was
iu favor of the expansion of this couutry, but in a
lawful and regular manner. Ho was not willing to
send cut naval officers with vagu instructions, tili
blistering all over the high seas, > nder the pretence
of putting down filibustering. He had opposed the
Clay ton-Bui wer Tieaty because he did not wish to
bind the country not to do that which it might, be
necessary for its safety to do—that is, annex those
territories only half the distance to California and
ou the direct road
Mr. Pearce thought the debate premature. Nothing
had been read but the message. They did not kn- w
what light the instructions would throw on the sub
ject. lie believed that the expedition of Walker
from the United States was a flagrant violation of
the laws of the United States, and that the President
did nothing but his duty iu authorizing the naval
forces to prevent that expedition from attacking
people with whom wo are at peace He believed
that it was due to the character of the nation that
such steps as that should be taken to putdown these
marauding expeditions, which bring disgrace upon
the country.
No question was taken on the reference of the
Message.
Adjourned tili Monday.
The Acquisition of Central America.
The following is the article from the Washington
Union , mentioned iu our telegraphic des t atclies on
Tuesday, as probably reflecting the views of the
Administration:
There are but two possible inodes (apart from the
mere influence of example) of sucessful expansion
for our institutions southward; first, by the peace
ful emigration of individual citizens for the purpose
of prosecuting legitimate pursuits of business in
new countries, as occurred in the case of Texas;
and second, by the action of the government in mili
tary operations, or through peaceful treaties, as oc
curred iu the cases or Florida and California.
Our people are prone to regard the late filibuster
ing expediiionsof Walker as the same in character
with the series of occurrences which resulted iu the
independence and annexation of Texas. They lanoy
that Walker is repealing the drama of Texas in his
expeditions to Nicaragua; but they forget that, in
the case of Texas, 1 lie first steps were all peaceful
and lawful, while in the case of Nicaragua they are
illegal throughout; that, in the one case, there was
a gradual progress of peaceful events, ending final
ly, indeed, in belligerent collision; while, in the
other, all the acts of the drama are attempted to be
omitted, save the last one of war aud bloodshed.
To acquire the privilege of constructing railways,
canals, aud roads across the isthmus by treaty ; to
settle the regions of country traversed by those
routes with peaceful tradesmen, farmers, and me
chanics; to thus gradually occupy the country by a
giowing and thriving population of our own blood,
welcomed there for the wealth aud prosperity they
create around them—this would seem the only sure
and infallible inode of planting our institutions per
nianenlly iu those regions. Under this peaceful
process, we should soon count ou au Anglo-Saxon
population there of thousands; while under a pi
ratical policy we should only be able to count a
population ot a few hundred, after long years of
war and conflict. In one case we should have filled
the country with valuable citizens; in the other with
a thriftless soldiery. In one case our people would
be there by i ivitation—honored, prized, aud cher
-Laj^l; 44 tfie other, they would be there by force, of
arms—haled,'insulted, and vindictively beleague red
at every step. It is claimed that the interests of
the South demand that filibustering operations
should be tolerated, if not encouraged ; but to us it
seems that no more effectual means could be de
vised by the enemies of the South for bringing ig
nominy and destruction upon her cause than these.
If, however, we must plant our institutions in the
regions south of us by the strong arm, let it be done
by open and honorable hostility, conducted under
the auspices and authority of the government.—
Nothing would be easier than to find cause of na
tional quarrel with the Central Amer can States
and the Spanish government, if we should set about
seeking it. If, contrary to all our policy we must
needs extend our institutions southward, by force,
let it be done by honorable war, and not by pirati
cal foray.
It is impossible to believe that the Congress of
the United States will consent to sanction, by indi
rection or connivance, a clandestine system of war
fare, condemned by the law of nations and public
opinion all over the world, while showing itself to
be wanting in the fraukuess and boldness to declare
open and honorable war for the accomplishment
of (he purposes avowedly aimed at by these expe
ditions. _
.Supreme Court.
Up to their adjournment yesterday, this Court
had rendered decision in the following cases :
No. I.—Ezekial Clifton vs. John Levin. This
case was argued by Mr. Gaulden for plaintiff in er
ror, and Mr. A. 11. 11. Dawson for defendant, in er
ror. J udgment reversed.
No. 2.-—John Silcox and Wife vs. John N&lson ot
al Ex’rs. This casa was argued by Mr. Snead for
plaintiffs in error, and Mr. Gould for defendants in
error. J udgment i eversed.
No. 3.—The J ustices of the Inferior Court in Rich
mond vs. the State ex rel. This case was argued
by Mr. Gould for plaintiffs in error, and by Mr. W.
G. Johnson for defendant in error. Judgment re
versed. The Court holding that the county is not
bound to pay for board and lodging furnished to
Petit Jurors while engaged and detained iu trying
a criminal case; even though said board, &.C., be
ordered by the presiding Judge, and the bill there
for is afterwards approved and allowed by him.
No. 4.—The Augusta Railroad
Company vs. the State, ex rel. Lemuel Dwelle,
Sr. This case was argued by Mr. Jackson for plain
tiff in error, and by Mr. Rodgers for defendant in
error. J udgment affirmed.
No. s.—Lewis F. Harris, survivor; vs. Alfred G.
Barden, et al—Debt—From Burke. This case was
argued by Mr. Guerard, for plaintiff in error, and
by Mr. Jones, for defendant in error. Judgment
reversed: The Court holding that it was not essen
tial to the validity of a judgment upon which au ac
tion of debt was brought; that the verdict upon
which said judgment was entered, should appear
from the record, to be signed by the jurors, or even
by the foreman who rendered it.
No. fi.—Thomas W. Oliver and wife, et. al; vs
James G. Stone and wife—ln Equity—From Burke
This ca=e was argued by Messrs. McKenzie and
Jones, for plaintiffs in error, and by Messrs Jackson
and Jenkins, for defendants in error. Judgment, af
firmed. The Court holding, that it was necessary to
the due execution and validity of a deed that it
should be delivered either to the grantees or to some
one for them
No. 7. D. Hewing vs._W. W. Barwick—Eject
ment from Emanuel. A motion to dismiss this case
was argued by Mr. Shewmake, for the motion, and
by Mr. Schley contra. Motion refused. The Court
holding : 1. That it was not necessary that papers
transmitted to the Supreme Court should be sent up
under .i scaled envelope ; 2. That the filing of the
Bi.lof Exceptions after the expiration of two (or
ten) days from the service of the notice of the sign
ing the same was sufficient, if the time had not
elapsed to which plaintiff was entitled, provided he
had taken the full time allowed for serving the no
tice. 3. That the omission of the clerk to certify
that the copy record eent up is a full and complete
copy, is not sufficient ground for dismissing the wiit
of error. The certificate is good without the words
“ full” and “ complete.”— Sav. Republican.
Good Signs.—lt affords us pleasure to learn that,
there has been placed to the credit of the Bank of
Tennessee iu the Merchants’ Bauk of New York,
between the 29th and 31st of December, the sum of
$330,000, making the whole amount to its credit, in
that Bank,on the Ist of January, nearly half a Jmil
lion of dollars.
We also learn that the bonds of the State, for
$125,000, falling due on the Ist. of January, which
belonged to the Indian fund, and under the control
of the Secretary of the Treasury, were paid on that
day, in gold, as well as $0,250 of interest on other
bonde similarly invested. The funds in the Mer
chants’Bank of New York, and the $50,000 in the
Bank of North America, belonging to the Bank of
Tennessee, were ample to meet every demand for
interest on the bonds of the State, and will be so ap
plied whenever demand for it is made.
We notice also, with pleasure, that after payments
were made, bonds of the State were sold at 851 &
cent., being an improvement of 51 #*’ cent., in a few
days.
We venture to predict that the bonds of the State
will be at par in a few montus, if the Legislature
does nothing to impair the confidence of capitalists,
in the ability, as well as the determination ot the
State to meet its engagements promptly. — Nashville
Pair oil. _
The Ei. Paso and Fort Yuma Wagon Road.
From private advices recently received, we earn
that the party now engaged in constructing taown
gon road from El Paso to Fort Yuma, were, on the
22d of November, encamped on the La Mimbrea
river. New .Mexico, about 125 “ f . *•>
Paso. The latter place was reached on the 29th of
°The e expedition expect to reach Fort Yuma by
the Ist of April. The whole route will then be gone
over again, and the interval! between watering
places shorteued as much as possible.
The expedition, at the date of our advices, were
iuat entering the Apache country, where Capt. Bon
neville found the Indians so troublesome during
the paat summer. It was not, however, apprehend
ed that any difficulty from this source would be met
with, as the party, twenty-six in number, were all
well armed.
The road from El Paso to Fort Yuma, when nn
irihed, will no doubt engross the entire travel be
tween the Southern States and California during
the summer months, and especially while the trou
bles between the Mormons and the Government
continue.
Captain John Dickson died at hia residence near
Sparta, on Thursday, 24th December, in the 69th
year of his age. He was perhaps the largest land
holder in the State. Several years ago he paid tax
on about 35,000 acres of land lying in different parte
Os the State.
From the N. O. Picayune, Jan. 11.
Impurtnnl from Mexico —Bloody Civil War In
Prosper!.
Tho Tennessee again brings to us important aud
exciting news from the Mexican republic. The re
cent revolutionary proceedings at. the capital have
been most unfavorably received in many parts of
the interior; a large number of States have declared
violently against the new order of things. Ev.-n a
number of the principal towns, and among them
\ era Cruz, which at first pronounced in favor of it,
have since repudiated it. A formidable military
coalition is already organizing ajjaiust it; troops are
in motion in many parts of the Republic, and a civil
war, or another change in tho executive power,
seems to be imminent. We cannot, perhaps, give
a better idea of the distracted condition o the Re
public than by a chronological narrative of events
that have transpired since our last.
Manifesto ok the Congress.—The violent
breaking up aud dispersion of the Federal Congress
was followed by au equally violent manifesto or pro
test on their part. It opens with the most exciting
and iuteraperat l language:
“ Tiie Mexican Republic has ju&t seen consum
mated the most scandalous crime recorded in its na
tional annals. The second standard-bearer of tho
revolution of Ayutla, that man in whom the nation
reposed the utmost confidence, placing iu his hands
its present and its future—the man, indeed,* who,
but fifteen days ago, swore before the Supreme Be
ing and before the nation to be the faithful guardian
of its institutions—that man has suddenly ex
changed the honorable title of the constitutional
chief of a free people for tho miserable one of a vul
gar faction. A renegade to his c.ntecedents, a trai
tor to the natioual will and false to his own oath, he
has turned against the bosom of his country the
very arms which she gave him for her salvatiou and
defence.
“In view of so unparalleled au attempt against
the inalienable rights of the nation, the representa
tives of the people would be unworthy of the mis
sion with which it honors them if they cowardly
kept silence. Driven as they are, at the point of
the bayouet, from tho legitimate exercise of their
t unction •, dissolved as a national representation,
the Chief Justice, the President of the Congress,
and some of its members thrown into prison like mis
erable bandits, and others persecuted, it is but the
duty of those who are still free to denounce to the
nation the crime committed against it, and to pro
test before the civilized world against tho tyranny
of force.”
Tho Congress then proceed, singular enough after
this valiant opening of their case, to state their grie
vances and to recite their paat, brief history, very
much in the style of apologists, to show that they
had done nothing to deserve such treatment! They
grow valiant, however, again at the close :
“Returning then to their homes, with tranquil
consciences, the representatives of the Mexican
people protest, iu the most solemn maimer, before
the’world, against every act of arbitrary power of
whatever kind, whether committed by citizens or
toreigners, aud hold all, both the chief and those
who co operate with him, responsible for it. Final
ly, they would appe 1 to the Governors and Legis
latures of the Republic to remain faithful to their
promises and to the welfare of the nation, to repu
diate the revolutionary plan proclaimed at Tacubaya,
and to lend the forces ot their several States for the
preservat on of constitutional order.”
This curious document wag signed by eighty-six
deputies, less than a quorum, but many names have
since been attached to it, doubtless as members
made up their miuds to take sides with this party or
with that. It, wns followed by a manifesto from the
uewly created Dictator himself:
Comonfort's Manifesto,— This is a very long,
very dull, and very temperate document. It is very
modest withal, and signed “the citizen Ignacio
Coraonfort, Provisional President of the Republic,
to his compatriots.” The following is the gist of it:
“After two years of obstinate strife, raising ar
mies, expending largo sums, and struggling in nil
directions. Government could no longer doubt
the character Os that opposition, whose vigor could
not be vanquished either by fortune or force of
anna. The moment, at last ariived in which the con
stitution was only sustained by the compulsion of
(lie authoiiths. * * * In such grave difficul
ties, and looking on tho fut ure amidst no many doubts
and tho meet terrible forebodings, I adopted the
resolution to make a last effort, which 1 thought
might possibly rave the constitution, presenting to
Congress the miti itoiy reforms which all conside
red urgent, and which I judged might, contribute to
calm the minds, to Lr&oquilizo the consciences and
uniform opinion ; but the desire of change, improve
ment and welfare, less confident than I of the pa
otgc and a'ow means which I had proposed to adopt,
lets hopeful of the result which 1 Ptill cone dv< and to
be possible, made that, my co operation should not
ba solicited, and v ithour any further programme
than the few id w eas consigned in tho Plan ot Tacu
b iya, the troops stationed in this capital and other
places of the States of Vera Cruz, Puebla, and
Mexico resolved to adopt the last measure to which
it is appealed, when opinion is so long subjected aud
compulsed.
“Perhaps this has been an untimely step. Tho
voice of the troops who have initiated this move
ment is not the echo of a faction, nor does it pro
claim the exclusive triumph of any party. The na
tion repudiated the new constitution, and the troops
have done nothing but to submit to the national
will.”
If wifi be seen that Comonfort has taken the posi
tion that the coup d'etat was forced upon him some
wlr.t against his will. The manifesto concludes :
“If Providence, who rules the destinies of na
tions, protects the good intentions of w hich 1 am
possessed, 1 trust that the acts of the Provisional
Administration shall justify, more than my words,
the conduct which the urgency of circumstances has
obliged me to adopt to save the Republic from rain
and society from dissolution.”
Protests from the Country. —The first voice
from the couutry w s a manifesto from the State of
Guanajuato, protesting moat vehemently against
the usurpation at the capital. It is conceived in the
following terms, and signed by Gov. Doblado :
“1. The State of Guanajuato decline- to acknow
ledge the revolutionary government called into be
ing by the Brigade of Zuloaga.
“2. It calls ugon Ihe other States of the Confed
eracy to form themselves ii.to a league lor the pur
pose of re-establisiiirg constitutional order.
“3. And to this object, it names t lie Gen. Ana&fca
sio Panodi Commander in-Chief of all the forces of
the Stale, giviug him the fullest authority to dis
pose cf them as may se m to him best.
“4. It invites to this city (Guanajuato) the sov
ereign Congress of the nation, that it may here con
tinue the exercise of its functions, interrupted by a
seditious army.
“5. AU who co operate with tho revolutionary
movement at the capital or in any way support it,
shall be treated as traitors.”
This manifesto was followed by others aud similar
oiif 8 from the States of Queretaro, Jalisco, Oajaca,
Aguascalientes, Zacatecas, Neuvo Leon and Coa
huila, and finally by Vera Cruz, which at first gave
iu its adhe ion. Ah this last is a most important one
we give its substance, premising that it was pro
ceded by a proclamation from Gen. Inglesios, ot the
Federal Garrison, declaring civil war imminent aud
calling upon the troops to maintain themselves
faithful and loyal.
•* Protest of Vera Cruz.— Whereas, The ob
ject which prompted us to give in our adhesion at
lirst to the Plan of Tacubaya—that of preventing
the reign of anarchy—has not been attained, inas
much as a number of the States repudiate this plan,
and even a portion of our own people have raised
their voices for the re-establishment of constitution
al order:
“ Whereas, under the present Htate of things, the
liberal principles of tho State of Vera Cruz cannot
be maintained:
“Whereas, even if the constitution of 1857 should
meet with resistance, it can, nevertheless, be made,
by adaptation to circumstances, to serve as the
bond of the union :
“Whereas, the dangers which threaten the Re
public, according to our last European advices, im
peratively demand that the union of the States be
preserved, and that all Mexicans make common
sacrifices upon the altar of the couutry, &lc :
“ Therefore, be it resolved, The State of Vera
Cruz does not recognize an y other centre of she
Federal Union than tiiat de Sign&ted by the costitu
tion of the present year.”
This manifesto was signed by all the principal
officers of the Slate,of the federal garrison. tbe
National Guards, and Lwo may judge fro. t t.. pa
pers before us, to the general satisfaclion of the
people.
Manifesto ok the Coalition —Meanwhile
pears the manifesto of Gen. Parodi, who signs him
self “General-in Chief of the Federal Army;’ but
who is stvled among the opposition papers “Gcne
lal in-Chief ot those States which have resolved to
preserve constitutional order.” It calls upon all
the Governors and Legislatures of the several
States to repudiate the revolutionary Government
of Comonfort, and resist to the last the usurpation
at the capital, and makes the following levies of
troops :
“The States of Zacatecas and Guanajuato each
1000 infantry, 400 cavalry, 100 artillery, and 4 to fi
pieces of cannon, with munitions of war in propor
tion—this force to be maintained during the whole
period of the campaign.
‘San Luis Potosi and Michoacon each 800 in
fantry, 300 cavalry, 50 artillery, and 2 to 8 pieces of
cannon.
“Aguascalientes and Queretaro eachsoo infantry,
200 cavalry, and 25 artillery.
“The State of Jalisco will furnish 2,000 men in all,
and 14 pieces of ar til!ery.”
At the the time this manifesto was issued, the ac
tien of the State of Vera Cruz, aud others who first
recognized the Dictatorship, was not known. How
far the opposition have responded to it we have no
means ot judging. It would seem, however, that
the coalition is already very formidable, and daily
growing more so. A despatch to Vera Cruz, the
morning of the 7 th, states that the garr is ion at
Perote had also followed the example of the former
city.
Affairs at the Capital.— Meanwhile affairs at
the Capital make no very flattering promises for
the future. The Vera Cruz Progreso, of the 7th,
says:
“According to private letters before us, the state
of things at the capital of the Republic are the sad
dest that could be imagined. After a thousand
changes of mind, characteristic of the vacciil&ting
nature, it would appear D. Ignacio CoMionfort has
at last determined to take up arms against those
States which repudiate the Plan of Tacubaya, se
conded as yet only when the Federal arms have
proved superior to the people. He has, indeed, ac
tually entered upon the infamous work of levying
an army from the rabble of the streets ot Mexico,
and the people of the surrounding neighborhood,
over whom he exercises a special jurisdiction. The
unfortunate revolution has alienated troin Seuor
Comonfort the few true liberals that have hitherto
stood by his side, aud left him entirely in the hands
of the conservatives, who offer him their alliance
on condition he will re establish the theocracy, ana
if his minister, D. Manuel Payno, who seeks to re
plenish the treasury by the sale of the credit of the
nation at the rate of five hundred dollars for ten.
“Asa natural consequence, Senor Comonfort
could not if he tried, find honorable men who would
be willing to go in o his cabinet. Even his Council
of State, that anomalous body composed of the
most distinguished satellites of the retrograde fac
tion has disolved. There remains, then, ot the plan
of Tacubaya, in the capital, but the element; of re
aetion which entered into its composition, aud Se
nor Comonfort himeelf, the obedient, instrument ot
the “retrogrades,” who only await the favorable
moment to get rid of him and declare for their an
cient chieftain, the exile of Turbaoo, (Santa Anna.’)
Elsewhere, the Progreso, of the same date, says
it would not be surprised at any moment to hear of
another overturn. The people are always ripe for
it; while the leaders who co-operated with Comon
fort in the coup d'etat are themselves beginning to
lose patience with his vaccinating course.
Miscellaneous Intelligence.— Latest news
from the South anuounce the death of the famous
Gen. Alvarez, the leader of the revolution of Ayu
tla and the first choice for President. The report,
however, seems not to have been generally credited
b> News ear’d day was vety generally celebrated at
the capital. The diplomatic corps, with the excep
tion of the British Micister, waited upon the Freni
dent and the usual formal speeches were made upon
the occasion, the Minister of Guatemala speaking
for the former.
The Extraordinary estimates the value of Amer
ican claims against” tie Mexican Government at
twenty millions of dollars.
New outrages by a band of 150 robbers are repor
ted from Cuernavaca
A disastrous tire took place at Beal del Moute on
the morning of Christmas day. It was irupossi ble to
overcome the llames until the whole range of sta
bling aud foundry were entirely destroyed. Great
difficulty was met with in extrieuting the mules and
horses from their perilous poeltion ; nor was this ef
lected before four animals had perished in the fire.