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Cyanide & Sentinel.
Correspondence of the Baltimore American.
THIRTY-FIFTH (ON(iK!>S-|i.l *e*%lon.
IK SENATE Jan 18. ‘
< ■- . r< f n’ed a petition from citizooa of j
v- y, - r ,. ts NL r (bat me measure be adopted ’
t r r • aZd gradual extinction of K*very <
bv urn’-iZ ‘ompensati m out of the public Trea*u-
i* ‘ h.- **• ~ u( and a bill inakfog a fp’ant of
Ut *** I m’ f'r h e:uale r*rtion. of mad to aid in
1 ■’ *’ ! “ r,J< , /.*">]/* Chandler a r*-“o’.utiou w&*
,i .7* ! u J - n j the Sirttary of War to furnish
s*r/i f • v • .. i.t.- /bow:nff the number of
. < ~j M in Kaa.-aa for each quarter, from
* 4 January. 1866, to the present time.
‘ i a- and authoriib certain and
-u vi’so wc-ie engaged in the aearca for Sir Jt hn
j,* 11 the medal 4 presented ti.em by
it if t .pr ‘.e a speech in condemaaliun of the
Is ('•>!’ i “no ostitution and against the extension
ot slavery He announced the next head of argu
I j the Dred Scott decision, but j?ave w*y
f,, r a / onto go into an Executive mmuiki, which
r - M
The Senate afterwar Is adjourned.
HOUSE
q; t . y ( nimrt'-e appointed !o investigate
*\* .'rLVfvi -t Uic member* or officers of the
if .u - growing out < f the expenditure of the
“T 10 *7 f 7 nos Ohio: M'ore, of Albania ;
k’ • \- Vi . vlvania VVright,otGeorgia;and
• ’ ‘ .’ , y", Sow Vork, introduced a bill to
•;V . V, of t> useful art!and regulate
‘’ ’ . /ui for inventions.
‘j. .ft -lu <r(i a bid granting homesteads.
; K • ‘ ‘ ‘ ,, <luced a h.ii for the ascertain
‘. ’ , , •.? . ,i ,:r.A of French Spolia
** M’ M -of ylvaitia, introduced a bill
.* ■ r <. , r y. international copyright law
V *. a bill to prevent the future
. o ler proclamation of the Pre
‘• Ist , t.j y shall have been surveyed at least
vj (.• ...hell asked bu*. did not obtain leave to
.i' ri , r k rero’utio:), instructing the Presi-
V/ . : j L i,, negotiation for the acquisition of
* iba, dec.
I*. ,'} yj . . Hr.kc*d, but. did not obtain leave
r an i'ncnt to the Constitution of the
I'i >•♦*•- nith a view that no person born on
J( V "*e for President and members of
(jorr’i. “ uul*-- he rhftl: be naturalized according
f , p lav on tbe subject of naturali
*fcMr” Giftin'di made an ineffectual effort to intro-
‘ l” ’ r( .7‘ion c.'iiifUring the Supreme Court for
,i* de< .•ii n the I>red case. . L
VI- Z - •if r offered a resolution instructing the
(■ .in ‘tee on the Judiciary to inquire into the ex
i „ ,/ r . : • M.g a bill to regulate or restrain
•inni* f r<- ■ ion or importation of foreign paupers and
, rin > it was adopted, yeas 137 ; nays 38.
The House then adjourned.
IN SENATE Jm- 19
Mr. (• win reported a bill authorizing the President
r, , , ;i : ;i t t f.,r the transportation ot the mails,
iroo- munitions of war, etc., over railroad from
!h <. ftp • , r i River to San Francisco, which was
r ,i •;, < i>:l order for the tir; Monday in Feb-
Mr ('lay from the Committee on Commerce, re
porti : back the bill to repeal all laws granting
Loun’ -s to vessels engaged in the Balks or other
Mr \V . introduced a bill hr amend the act to
to) u ; pf.y to certain widows and orphans,
hI m . w.. . noved, February, 1803. it was refer-
red to the Cmiituhieo on Peusious.
()n im 1,1 Mr. S ward arcaolution was adop
p ut if it 8 not incomp iti
. ; . to <ouiDiunica f e totbo
v . . , j, ~ • in f.is pi session derived
~, , ..j ( ,i ti.i- U. S. Squadron on the coast of
Af t< a, or f•-.>:! li,- j;.iti . > or French Government.
ii a ier otticial .urces, concerning the revival
\| r j|. . ?.* e and- ‘.id that it had bec<me his
‘ I . in, h ! r duty to announce to the
ie. II >u. Thomae
,1 j’ -j, m,,; in t*o lining it win proper to state that
In 1 -i'l iiel.ijrd the performance of tbie duty thus
. • his I joi might arrive here,
l >u J ?i?> iii.ti-n • tion Ot that gentleman was such
t'rat it was v iv probable he would not be able to
tak- i *.! ill. i g the present session. Mr. H ,
~1 .* , ~p r ; avail himself of this opportunity
to p.;'y a iiihute ot icspect to the memory of his de
•,i,ijj |n, : and. Mr ivtirk was born in Pendleton
1) -i, S C and w; - descended from ail Irish pa
. . | ,ry in < onee
quince of Uie troubl sos I7DI.
| r , , , . li,: },ad tew of the advantages which
an *i • • i b/ some, but by the native energy of
li’.H < ... :■■! he obtained an education and studied
tl,- i. * f•• nos law. He removed to Georgia
w , J i , diccdhii profinioßawlnpi%n)Mto
u ._ I jif nr une years, having in the
* M.i.ii'-i t and iiirrsself with an cstiuahle lady,
to Txa with his family in 1834. Mr.
II . , to allude to Mr, Rusk’s eminent eer-
VM .J . , : i the J. :.us revolution, where he was ap
, :.jy of W ar, and afterwards coin
• •• tendered the ap
,, .... tat y of State. wLich he deoinecl,
H>l .j . ~ t,.e w.bs of private life. Mr K.
wa *e. . i wards elot ted to the Texas Legislature,
,j, , i r y having ac hieved its independence,and
u u*. • i-ted Chit 1 Justice of tliat Republic.
\\ ;, ~ ‘j’fxa.i was annexed to the United States,
y i Ud a memlH rof tiie
~ ~ , j,.;,; (j,- rl .rv pm while hero are familiar to
lii -i. li high estimation was he held, that ho
. it i he Senate pro tern p vre,
e.nil in t i.e c! :m iuirge t*f tlie duties ot that office,gave
umv r 1 sa : i-faction. Mr. 11. also alluded to the
1,.-;, n-:i i rvalive principles of his deceased col
li m . and his manly advocacy of the compromise
in*', ur- of 1850. lie .I* hkl conspicuous in every
(l,-,. , |j l( j w ,, and great, and his death cannot
hu, i , ( . i, rdid n-a naMonal calamity. Ip Texas,
hi* ... rv will be cherished an lung as history or
i*ul , 11 remains, and he will be regarded as one of
t| M . ot their civil edifice, whose loss cannot
easily be re placed.
; 11 concluded by offering the customary reso
lutions. ,
.M: (’ . lamer said that r.t a former period it had
• •• head of the Poet (>t
i ,!■ j-..ini'-nt, at thi time there was a majority
, u , ,i| u, \i t of (!ongiv,BH in opposition to tbu
President and ins cabinet. Under such eircuni
,. • l v -!* the acquaintance ot Mr Rusk,
•vji v, i.an of the Post Office Commit tee in
.... .. h ..a not only led t< cherish a
iiigti iti.-peit for the deceased but to feel a deep
contidi-noc hi him and friendship towards him.
Mr. (Iwin foil >*vei!, saying ilia’ Mr. Rink more
,iy i nbh and the great patriot of England,
1,,j,, Hampden, than any other man he ever anew.
At,er n ew Msuiaik-* by Mr. Seward the lvsolu
i,i. * w ere unanimously adopted, and in accordance
therewitil the Senate adjourned.
HOUSE
Mr. K.-.'lloi g Introduced a bill authorizing deposits
of bullion aiid gold and silver coin, andtiie issuance,
‘l'!., ie'iilutuuis from the Senate announcing the
,1,-at ij. ii. f ri H .1 Rusk having been received,
an vend, Mr. Reagan, of Texas, paid a high tribute
loth . .iu>-y ot the deceased, and was followed
j, v m , j x • ’ ~i South Uandina, of which Slate Mr.
Ru k was ft native.
M .ineksou also paid a fitting tribute and the
m-u i h ir. ns ot nspeet having been adopt ed :
tl> lInUHe adjourned.
IN SENATE “..Jen. 20.
A!i Ivt, n intriKlucod a bill to nu the elli
, „t o,i> Army and Matino oorpfi by retiring
liiH .b; . tlict-i ■ Ki-trrred to the Committee on
Mi i\: on gave notice of hie intention to intro
,ui ,u ;,i am,..- and regulate the mode of ap
to the military academy, and morii
iyi,. ~ laws, r. lative to t*'a! eatatilialuneut
Mr Male spi'he a lonK tin"’in opposition to the
p r , .IS It c!i( rion <•• ■ and aft.a an executive
~0-cmii tiic Senate adjourned
HOUSE.
An nj other trills introduced to-day, vaa one hy
Kr 8 for the betfc r tec nitty of life
, n board o! vesst Is navigating the ocean prepertt-d
~ . or in part bj steam lie elated be had
lor i’ basis tb • memorial of the underwriters of
V*rk Referred to the Committee of Com
y; M tvihbin introduced a bill granting land, in
• ; !f. rn ; m v tions, to California, tor railroads in that
statr
l .• ‘ . aker announced the following named gen- I
• . n mittee to phkhlas Km ■
x ~ ,| the bill providing for a division of the
,1* rn - ni.d no singers in the several departments
an ■ the Stalle, in proportioa
... ; . of representation —Robert fifefik
s -a K-ltey, Peualeton, Gilman, Clemeneaud
i , saker ats present cm! the resolutions of the
I • ; . Nl \j , mbfy of Nebraska, saying that Mr.
e received the nmjori-
OTtfMr. Chap
a., ...,’ ft- x-Hut, and refuting certain chargee
mraiiiM Mr Ferguson.
p lue want into Committee of the Whole,
. deration >t the President's
\t,t M— ‘: After debate on the sub|ect of
! . ( committee rose, andtiie
. : t*d ihe resolutions, wi’.li amend
i( ~ ; the various blanches of the Message
> These were adopt
( ,i it • ~',t on e subject of a Pacific Kadroad
\H’ . i Mid to ae, lect iommittee, and the House
adiourned.
IN SENATE 21
<_iii i lion of Mr Yule* a resolution was adopted
u .; __ i, O •’ cielary of War to i'uruuli auoo ee
!.i .u.. ..ut'.-t appropriation necessary
.j. t t... volunt. . r :or.'o operating in
. : ii; ix ;l.e pact jear as has not been paid
, .. .. of appropriations applicable for the pur
1 ,\! Da\ -from the ivmuiitteeon Military Adair*
if ‘ . i .. to uKiraaae the Military esta; *i*h*
, i:. \. .oh was made the special order far Mon
lln > sv proceeded to the eonsideration of the
on i . ; tx to present a medal to
Com. Paulding.
Mi . .>u ed that the joint resolution ought
lo f M . - committee on Korri..u iir.a
.|Sd i. v et-.!d be premature to discute it at this
t.un . 1’ c ould see i like prejudging the question
now ’ i fore and al ot the i.iumittee on the reference
of th Pit's; :id's tnesssge on the subject of the ar
,e*t of 0.3. Walker.
y. j> npeke in advocacy of the joint reeo
luricii” I!.’ -At he c. aid not f.rcsee what might be
the til .! li - -Osi-icu of this proposition, but he de
j , { .j . ; 1 or. -in.- ■ up.u which he had deem
Tin ‘ to move the resolution In staling
: w i be l.isenddav,r t • address
i. [r . . ‘ ... . ;."d d.spas'ionately to the judgment
J, 15, app.-a-ux to any partisan preju
, ‘ !>nAvv •, he wouid not advance the object
!; \ so. ; a view, and yet he might speak
r I. would Contes* that be felt deepij
t’ rtiu.i eof the propose.ion, in the present
u , ‘ ~ our affa.rs; involving as it does, not
o os..'.er and ccr.duc- *t a high, gallant
. , •',' K .,. r Incur navy, but involving also
the n. . \ of the preeont Administration, our nue
’ j ( . is*sof nations, our relations to
ii. i uhU.s of Central America, and, per
■i . ... ar, :.ll other things, the honor and
1 , ...f lai'.l. of the Government of
the “l .1 >.’• ? lie quoted front the laws of
LV ... . . :V. Co.it Paulding was justifiable
‘Hi i tin ■ ..-nesfly opposed Ihe resolu’ion, and
rid;. ■ the in. a . i ptesanting a medai to Com.
pan: ... -ow.ih a hundred guns.'captureda
Ixo ;t> : r -'.-rs.w . made no resistance, lie
nude t;o s..t -. lit Walker‘sexpedition was not
T . y v- y did w.iat any other citizen
had a t ight to do.
Mr I'.’ ‘.ere and that tre neutral,ty laws only
na'h :.ltdthe army, navy and militia to be taj
oloveu . ; . veut the fitting out or setting on r. ot of
ii'opu tun try expeditions. and did not justify the
. urfr , , . pvtsous thus engaged into a foreigneouu
trv even w . i-s con.-, ot Without taking the ques
tion tne Senate adjourned till Monday.
HOISK.
i, t.e instance of Mr. Burlingame the oath was
a ('.’ , -a to Mr. Gooch, the successor to Mr
liunkel of Pennsylvania asked to be excused
, . -__e m V. committee to investigate
ih. 11 <’ . ;,t of the Tariff fund by the Middle-
Manufacturing Company.
**K,‘ . _ hoped not. a- that genliemau had tile
, ‘ ,u a in,.-; .arueet manner charged the
V. ‘ i .üb-rs with joining the tree
res’s ot Pennsylvania
A . ‘ i^ t ve of New Ei gland he wanted Mr.
Kuuke - I lid re ~v>d, and he hoped the matter
“yi: o’’ ‘ , ‘ ‘ r “u'. dttat if what Mr. Durfee sap
po-. u we. true.; e Mr Kunkel)ought to be the last
man on that committee.
Mr. K waeti.eu exitsed.
Mr. Glaiit v Joi.e. from the Committee of \\ ay *
end Means reported Jiils making appnmnatior* for
tortiii. ui .one. for the naval eerviee. tor civil ex
pece.-t.aud for the legiaiative, executive and IBUi-
Mr jphe'p. i ® the same Committee reported a
bdi app opriatu g (jjIiKI.WH) to supply the deficiency
for the of paj>er, printing, binding and engrav- 1
ing ordered by tie preceding two Congrea**.
Other reporu were i> preaeuted and at an early
hour the il'/uee adjuurned.
Washisgtos, Jan. 22.—The Senate was not in
eeeeiou to-day.
BOOTS
Mi Zollickofler asked but failed to obtain leave
| to introduce a resolution sailing on the President to
coni'iiueate all the information which gave rise to
! the Utah expedition, the ins!ructions to its leaders
and ail correspondence shedding light on the ques
| :ion, to show bow far Brigham Young m in rebdion
or resistance to the Government of the United
States.
j Ihe House then went into a Committee of the
j Whole on the state of the Union, and took up the
bill making up approp.iatione for the payment of
invalid and other pensions. f
Mr Hiiiinghurst made a speech on the subject ot
Ia Pacific raiiroad by the western route, when the
rjommitteerose. „ ...
; The hpeaker appointed Mr. Pnrvianee on the
committee to investigate the disbursements ot
gesare. Lawrence. Si<ne At Cos., in the place ofMr.
Kutikle, of Pennsylvania, who was excused Iran
serving ; at, t-Mr. l)aw on the committee to so
VBS’.g&te Uie aoevants oftlie late door keeper, In
tb# place of Mr Pun iance, who was excused.
Tbe House tben adjourned tUI Monday.
VVashi*oto Items. —Tbe Pacidc KaiiroadCom
miltee of Uie Senate have agreed upon a bit!. It is
proposed not to give out a contract for tbe construe
(ruction of tbe road, but to authorise liberal con
tract* for tbe irauaponnuou ot mail* aud nranitioea
ot war betweeß tbe Atlantic and i-acdii Oceana, by
railroad. It is also propoeed u. capitalize tbe en
tire sum ot mooey wiutii ie agreed lo 0.. paid for
trausportatioß, and to issue L'uited States bonds,
five per cent. —not exceeding $25,<*00,000 —to be
advanced to these contractors to be returued by tbcm
in the transportation service contracted tor —they,
in the meantime, to secure the United States by a
lien ui>on tbeir road. It is also proposed, in further
ad ot the enterprise, to make liuerai grai.ls of lands
in tbe Territories —tsilii bonds aud lands to lie giv
en, in small qaanUes, as tbe work progresses.
The President nan been called upon to communi
cate to Congress aii lbs inf-nnauon in bis posses
tion coucen/ing Kansas affairs Tbe answer is look
ed for with much interest, as it will no doubt em
brace correspondence Or ! s ell tbe Administration
and Governor Waiter aud Secretary Stanton not
neretofore before tbe public, and whicb most have
great inliuence on tbe existing controversy respect
ing tbe Ic-compton contrivance.
Washi.vgtor Items.—The Territorial Commit
tee oftb>- Senate meet to-day, to decide definitely
on tie admi-sien of Minnesota. Mr. Clifford took
bis Beat on tbe Bench of tbe Supreme Court yester
terday.
Tbe Senate printer baa just issued, tinder an or
der from that body of last year, a handsome quarto
volume, being tbe report ot Capt. Geo B. McClellan,
one of tbe United Slates officers sent to tbe seat of
war in Europe in 1555 and 185 C. Two other reports
are to follow this, one by Maj. Delatield of the Engi
neers, and tbe other by Maj Mordecai, of the Ordi
nance, each of whom will confine himself to matters
connected with his peculiar department.
The New York Post’s correspondent says:
Washington has become one of the wora! govern
ed cities in the Union. The police here, like many
other institutions, is entirely inefficient. Murders
and robhories are almost as frequent as in New
York, but tbe papers do not keep tile people so well
informed of them. On Saturday night two rnen
were stabbed on the sidewalk nxur tbe National
Hotel. I am told that neither ciii survive. To
day, the reporter for the Union appeared in bis seat
with a large wound on his forehead, which be re
ceived from a slung shot last eight, about 8 o’clock,
as ire was going to church. He was kuockodseuee
lees, and robbed of everything he had. This occur
red on K street, near lath, one of the most respec
table neighborhoods iu tbe city.
Over I,’SOO invitations we e issued for Mrs.
Douglas’ party on Tuesday night. All the members
oi both Houses of Congress were invited.
WasbiHotos Items.—lt is asserted that the de
fieiency in the Army (Quartermaster’s Department,
that is the excess of expenditures over appropria
tions, is seven millions eight hundred thousand dol
lars, (7,800,800.) This amount will be required of
Congress in addition to the very liberal sum provi
ded for the service of the fiscal year. But the ac
tual deficit is much greater than this, and will be in
creased by the amount of the contract just conclu
ded for tbe transportation of supplies to the army
of Utah, and by such other contingencies as the
quasi hostilities now waging may occasion. The
aggregate, as already ascertained, is $9,(500,000. —
The public liuances have seldom been in such an
unfavorable condition as now. The revenue obsti
nately refuses to advance beyond the half million
p-r week, which supplies less than a third of the
disbursements.
Mr. Brevoort, sutler at Fort Buchanan, in Arizo
na Territory, has arrived at W’aehington from that
post. He is the bearer of representations urging
the Government te afford some efficient protection
to the settlers of the mining region against the
Apache Indians. The inhabitants have liad colli
sions with them, aud the angry aud revengeful feel
ings on both sides are liable to break out into ac
tive warfare. Orders have been given to remove
the present garrison from Fort Buchanan, but it is
hoped that other companies of dragoons or rnouut
ed volunteers will be immediately placed on duty
there for ihe protection of the miners. The pros
pects of the silver mine arc thought to be mostaus
picious for the prospei ity of the country. There is
much testimony, from unprejudiced souroes, affirm
ing the excellence’ of large portions of this New
Territory for farming purposes. The precarious
situation of the settlers as regards their relations
with the Indians, however, must retard population
until Govei ument sends a sufficient lorce to hold the
savages in check.
A proposition, it is stated, lies been made in the
Cabinet to pass the Lecompton Constitution with a
provision that tlie timt Degislature under it shall
submit the whole thing to the people. This view is
sustained by Buchanan, Cass and Toucey, but is
opposed by Cobb, Thompson, Floyd and Brown. —
How such a scheme is to be rendered practicable
is not stated. Kansas, If admitted at all, must
come in as a sovereign Stats, and in such a matter
no control would be exercised by Congress over
her Legislature. The Washington correspondent
oi the New York Courier states that the following
estimates has been made of the vote on the Lecoiup
ton Constitution:
Southern Democrats and Americans 8J
Northern Democrats 44
Total affirmative vote iu the House 127
IN THE NEGATIVE.
Kupublicana
Northern Democrats “
Southern Democrats -
Southern Americans 4 10t>
Majority for the Leeomptou Constitution...2l
One Southern Democrat is not expected to be
present.
Iu the Seuate twenty four Southern Democrats
are certainly tor it, and seven Democrats from the
Free States.
The following Senators are considered to occupy
doubtful positions, to wit Houston, of Texas;
Bell, of Tennessee ; Crittenden and Thompson, ot
Ky , Pearce, of Maryland ; Pugh, of Ohio, and Mr.
Allen, of K I. Os the opposition vote, 20 are Re
publican, and I is an American, Mr. Kennedy, of
Md., aud J are Northern Democrat*. It is assumed
these twenty-five votes can be relied upon. The
Democrats thus classified are Mr. Douglas, Mr.
Stuart, and Mr. Broderick. Should all the doubtful
men join the Republicans, a tie vote would be pro
duced, and the responsibility of a decision would
be throw n upon Mr. Breekenridge.
The Senate Territorial Committee have agreed
Unanimously to recommend the admission of Minne
sota. Mr. ‘Douglas is authorized to prepare a re
port, embodying the facts and the recommendation
to admit ; the repoit to be presented on Monday.
Tlie difficulty regarding two Conventions was over
come by a member of one who was on the Confe
rence Committee, and verified the joint production
as the Constitution, which was accented as a sub
stantial compliance with the spirit of the enabling
act.
Baron von Gdroit, Prussian Minster, gives a state
dinner on Ike 26tli met., to the whole diplomatic
corps, Cabinet and dignitaries, in celebration of
Prince Frederick's marriage. _ r , ,
The receipts from the Customs of New 1 ork have
for the past Week, averaged $50,000 or $60,000 dai
ly, nearly doubling those previously since the
panic. , * . , ..
The Lecompton Constitution will be sent by the
President of ‘the Convention directly to Congress,
and not through the interposition of the* Executive.
The question will, therefore, come up on a direot
vole either to admit or r joctKsusaa upon tliat Con
stitution alone. The subsequent vote of the people,
iu pursuance of the act of tbe Legislature, uot being
legal iu any torn), wdi no! and cannot be recogniz
ed. This wiil be the position Assumed by the friends
of the administration.
Gen. Scott has nearly completed tne arrange
ments for the spring and summer campaign agaiD-t
the Mormons. He is soon to be despatched by the
War Department to the Pacific coast, tor the pur
pose of organizing a force to operate against the
Mormons Horn that quarter. The General will
doubtless sail in the next steamer.
The Wreck or the Lyonnais— Judgment of a
French Court Captain Durham —The
Court at Aix, in its session on the 23d ult., render
ed judgment in the suit brought to recover damages
for the collision of the Lyonnais, a transatlantic
steamer of the Franoo-Amerioan Company, with
tlie American barque Adriatic, Captain Durham.
In consequence of that collision, tlie Lyonnais
foundered ; Captain Devaux, his first and second
officers, the ship s surgeon, and more than cue bun
dred passengers and sailors were drowned, without
obtaining the least assistance from the crew of the
Adriatic, wh oh suffered but slight damage.
After undergoing repair* at Gloucester, the Adri
atic proceeded to Savannah, wiiere she delivered
hereargo and then weut to Mobile wiiere she took
ill anew cargo for La Ciotat. near Marseilles,
Ou her arrival at that port, Messrs. Gautheir Bro
thers, managing ownreeof the Lyonnais, eeu*dtbe
Adriatic to be seized, and brought suit against
• apt. Uui iiam to recover damagee for the loes
suffered by them in the wreck of the Lyonnais, or
the id of November, itvii.
The tribunal of commerce at Marseilles, after
bearing the arguments of M L iappier for Gauthier
Brothers, and M. Award for ( apt. Durham, deelar
that the fatal collision was owing to the fault of
Captain lievaui. aud that Gauthier Brothers had
no justciaiui.
Before the Court at Ail, M. Thourel pleaded the
cause of Gauthier Urotheis sand M. Aieard again ap
peared for Capt. Durham. l!y a joint decree, the
Court cpeuedthe.iudgmentof tlieuribunal of oom
mcree, aud oriered a repv'rt of experts, finally af
ter uew pleadings, the Court has entirely reversed
the judgment. declared that the collision was the re-
sult of Cap! Durham s fault, validated the seisure
ot’ the Adriatic, and condemned Capt. Durham to
pay the damages, with interest and coet*. Tbe prin
cipal reason asshined for this decree is that “Cap
lain lmriiam -ailed without displaying lights in a
foggy night, which, even m the absence oi Ameri
can regulation*.eanrtittrtsaa -error* imprudence,
and fixe- responsibility upon the captain, to whxt
evernatioj he may belong We have translates
uus siaiei ient from areport in the French papers.—
A. V. Coat. Advertiser.
Th& Cot'snss ut M ‘hay —The house was
crowded to suffocation, the imperial box rr/# be
ing unoconpied Tbe Count and Countess de Mor
ey were present; and. for the first time, the Paris
public were admitted to judgment on the charms
which have been so much vaunted in the north and
east of Europe. The result of the ex&miaation is
r.ct wholly in eonfirmatkm of the wide-sprtad fame
which tfctie eiianns have acquired. The Countess’
beauty is decidedly of the petit genre—soft, and not
,vmnmndicx —the great peculiarity of the style be
, - the very dark eyes and the very fair hair. This
contrast gives a Singularity to the countenance, to
wh.ch we “menof me West’ are totally unaccus
temed. The youthful Countess was most sitnpiy at
tired. witu no ornament whatever in her eoijrvre,
which consisted entirely of tbe ptails, t.wsades, aud
ringiets of her own nmgninvent hair Greet disap
pointment was experienced in ecueequeace. as the
oon’empjation of the splendd lewels. said to have
been bestowed by the Emperor on her wedding,
miglit be reckoned for a large share rathe curio* ty
wlth whkh her prerence was greeted. Much has
been said of the dazzling whiteness of the iady *
pearlv teeth but, on the evening in question, no
opportunity was afforded lev their display, a* she
did not once open her lips to utter a single word du
lii-g*the whole evening.—Paris correspondence of
the Court Journal. Another Paris obrrtspoedect
says: Madame de Moray, it is now quite certain,
does not “ take in Paris, and. as yet, fashion de
cides against her. She is too little, and tbe strange
ness ot her pale, flaxen hair, with her inky, dark
eyes, astonishes, but fails to please, the capricious
Parisian society Beside, -he is said to be dis
agreeable and ill bred and, added to all this, she
Las a riva’. wh-. carries everything before her, and
who is the Queen of Beauty forth;* season, Madame
Korsakoff, a Russian also, who oertainiy is magnifi
cently handsome, aud on a grandly -develop--d scale
Oisteks axd Cxrkiaoxs —From statistical in
formation recently gathered in this city, from th#
Patent Office, Washington, we find that there were
manufactured in this c:ty. during the year just past.
T.tSo carriages, valued at $1,613,190: meet of them
sc,id at the South aud \Yt. During the same pe
liod. ‘.Hsi.i.H-O bushels of oysters, valued at $721,800.
have been disposed of. by those in tbe trade in this
town. It will De seen, theretore, that the carriage
and the oyster buslnete. are among the most impor
tant to pur city.— Sc tc Haven Register.
Thr Bank* uud me Reopß*—Continued.
Agreeable to our promise, we resume the cod
eration of this subject, with the purpose of pretv- r
ing eome facts in connection with commerce an
finance te which we desire to coil the attenti. n Ox
&21 who are in •*earch of tbe truth, as well as of ti &s
who, withou: being able to {rive any particular re -
son for their hostility to Bank*, have determined,
**on general principiee*’ —as they say,—to make war
against them. I
The idw oi a gradual redemption of their ob!i
gitions ir inseparable from the institution of bank
mg. It was never contemplated by those who gave j
existence to Ba ks. that, they ebouid be ready at
all times, and at a inomeni V warniug, to redeem \
tbeir entire circulation; otherwise, the legislature _
has given them privileges, not for their benefit, but i
to seduce them to their ow n ruin. It has authorized
the issue ot buia, U> lhe ouk>uu.. say ot three to one
of their capital stock — it ever contemplated by
the legislature that this entire circulation should be
redeemed, or could be, suddenly, and without allow
ing the Bank* time leoiue in cash U*e assets sip -
on which this circulation is based? We think not
It woe that the tate finan
cial ensis found the Baiiks of Georgia. They were 1
as tfounu and roivent as they had been for tweuty j
years, and even iu a much better condition than
most of the Banks of our siaurr States; yet. when*
the crisis came upon us, whsn tbe northern Bank.' l
Lad al‘ stopped, finances were universally deranged.’
trade suspend k .d, crops lying up in the
aod garners specie at a premium at the North and
speculators ransacking the country and buying up
the notes of a!i specrie paying banks for the purpose
of exporting their proceeds to a distant portion o‘
the Union—when all these contingencies occurred,
as they did, pray tell us, how was it possible for the
Banks to meet this sudden avalanche of liabilities
except by the paerifij-e of their aseeta and the op
pression of their debtors ? And, allowing that it
was practicable and had been done, in their crippied
and enfeebled condition, pray, what would have
been their response when the people, and espe< i&liy
ihe ptauisn r came forward and demanded of them
the foeikties for purchasing and forwarding their
produce ? Cannot any reasonable man see for him
self wuat would bave been the condition of the
country undfef the contingencies we have named
Bo much for the art of suspension, considered by it
seif; a word on its effects upon the public interests,
and f-apev iaily tbe interests of the plant re.
The whole groundwork of Gov. Brown's message
wthe hyputh* that tbe people—“thelaboring ma~
e*“—have suffered under the suspension. It i alleged
that in place of a sound convertible currency, the
planters and laboring men of the country have had
to put up with worthies.-; rag? in the shape of depre
ciated biih, aud that from this depreciation, and to
its full extent, they suffered atose. It is hardly ne
cessary to argue this point, and we are perfectly
willing to submit it to the people themselves. We
address our selves, then, to tbe honest working men
of the country, and ask them if this is so ? la it
true, in point of fact, that yon have lost by a depre
ciated currency I Hoes any man feel and know
that he has f Do not these same depreciated
bills in the hands of the planter pay as much
of his debts now a! they did before the suspension?
—do they not buy as many negroes, as much land
sugar, coffee, iron, salt, corn and bacon as they did
before ? Let honest men answer these questions for
themselves, and then propound them to the political
creatures of Brown who swarm arouDd and attempt
to deceive them into an endorsement of the Gover
nor s stupidity. This is tiie way, and the only hou
eftt way, to test the hardships of suspension—does
tlie planter and laboring man feet that he has been
wronged and plundered of his money simply be
cause he is unable to get specie for his bank bills,
when he could put it to no use if he had it 1 What
need has the farmer aud laboring man for specie,
when he has bank bids that have the confidence ol
the country and can answer him as well in all the
ordinary transactions of life ? If none, what has
been his k#* from the suspension, and how has Le
uffered ?
Taken in this plain, common sense view, i? not
this hue and cry about the oppression and swinddluig
of the Banks a mere humbug—a fiction, got up by
theorists to deceive themselves, aud by the design
ing to impose on the credulity ot others ? It really
appears to us to be so. It may be true that there
are those w'ho have lost by the suspension of tlie
Banks, but there is nothing more certain than that
the disaster ha? not reached the classes who are
loudest in their complaints, and suffer most, in mind,
over the dreadful calamity.
As regards the effect of suspension upon the price
of marketable products—such as cotton, Wheal,
rice, &fi.—we feel assured, from not only the rea
son of the case, but actual observation in the pnn
cipal market of tbe State, that it has been highly
beneficial. Had the Banks continued to pay specie
in the midst of a general suspension, their undivided
efforts would have been devoted to the redemption
of their bills, and the collection of their debts. Not
one dollar of liabilities would they have thrown on
the market in the form of accommodation, for the
simple reason that it would have immediately re
turned to their counters, accompanied with a de
mand for the specie. It is easy to imagine Ihe re
sult ot such a state of things, in the utter prostra
tion of business ot every kind, in which the planter,
the merchant, the laborer, all, would have come in
as sharers of a common ruin.
But it is alleged that the depreciation is onerous
on the planter, in that it has raised the price of ex
change. < irant that it has, we maintain that the en
hancement of exchange, t*o far from damaging the
planter, is a direct benefit to him to the Ju/l extent
of the advance. This, together with some other im
portant facts, we shall state and establish iu our
next.— Sav. Rep.
A Mad 80ll —Exciting Chase. —On Monday
morning a bull, which had been taken to a slaugh
ter-house in Stanton street, broke loose and rushed
into the street. It was pursued to the corner of
Chrystle and Ilester streets, where a large number
of boys took cha?e after the animal, which ran bel
lowing through Chrystle aud Division streets into
East Broadway. As he passed the seventh ward
station house, with a whole crowd in hot pursuit,
the captain of police ordered five officers to follow
the bull, which they did, and were led on a most ex
oitirg chase. On he ran, down Pike street into
South, and thence, through Gouverneur into Grand
street. The officers fired at tlie animal with their
revolvers as he rau, which only had the effect to
infuriate him , eveiywhere tlie streets were instant
ly cleared as the bull appeared tearing along almost
at railroad speed. At the foot of Riviugton street
the bull ran into the corporation yard. Here he re
ceived a volley of st*mee and bullet?, w r hen ho
clambered up a pile of stones and scaled a fence
eight feet high. lie then ran through Goerek street
into a tree nail yark in Third street. Here a ropf
which he carried round his horns, was made fast, to
a post, and another and furious onset was made
Upon the poor brute. He was struck on tbe. head
with mauls aud clubs, slabbed with knives in the
side and neck, aud pistol shots wore discharged into
his body. The only effect of all this appeared to
be to enrage him. For nearly twenty minutes he
kept his enemies at bay, dodging the blows of the
uplifted maul aud club. Finally, he was assaulted
with a broad-axe ; but it was not until his head was
literally chopped half off that he was fiuallv killed.
[New York Times.
A New Mode of Tracing.—Everybody know?
that the usual methods of tracing are exceedingly in
convenient.’ Anew method has been discovered
which has none of these drawbacks, aod enables
the amateur to trace on common letter paper, fools
cap, or drawing paper with a great deal more ease
tliau on oil paper or vegitable paper. He may use
either lead pencil, ink, India ink, or water colors.
Place the paper on which you would trace over the
original you would copy ; then rub the former, i. e ,
the paper on which you would trace, whheotton satu
rated with pure benzoin, (itis one of'the highest and
most volatile of the principles which compose the oil
of tar.) The portion of the paper so rubbed becomes
transparent tbe moment the benzoin penetrates its
purefl, and the amateur is enabled to see thiouch it
so distinctly i\b to trace the most delicate drawing
of the original beneath it. The original cannot be
injured by the benzoin. The tracing paper never
becomes rumpled or wavy, but remains perfectly
smooth and even. Paper moistened with benzoin
is capable of receiving pencil marks,or ink, or In
dia ink, or water colors, without the least danger ol
their 14 tunning J* They remain too on tha paper
more permanently than on odi nary paper. If the
original to be copied is of large dernensious moisten
the traciug paper as you advance. If while you
are tracing any portion of the paper on which you
are working becomes obscure, moisten it a little
with fresh benzoin. When the trace is complete
place the paper on a table, the benziou will soon
evaporate, leaving the paper a? white and opaque
as before it was moistened with the benziou, and
without the least spot or color, provided the ben
zion be well purified and newly distilled. Benziou
has no disagreeable and no pernicious influence on
the health.— Polylech. Nottiz Blatt ., 1857.
Tsk Marrio.e or Lor,i Montes.—The an
nouncement of the marriage of Lola Montes, Coun
tess of Landsfelt, in Paris, has excited Some inquiry
as to who is the lucky bridegroom—the general
feeling being that he is entitled to the same gener
ous sympathy that was extended to the man who
bought the elephaut. The Prince Shulkoski ia a
Polish nobleman, having two large estates—-the
dukedoms of Bielerand Blietz, in Austrian Sile-ia—
the incomes from which are very large. Years
since Lola Montes, when mistress of the king of
Bavaria, (who gave her the title of Countess which
she bears) introduced in Bavaria the Code Napoleon,
and it became the fixed law of the kingdom, Prince
Shulkoski, acting upon Ihe movement in Bavaria,
also introduced it in Silesia, ml had justice admin
istered in accordance with its prescription*.
As trial by jury was one of the innovations made,
the Austrian Government suspected that the Prince
was tainted with Republicanism, ami thinking to
take time by the forelock, he was told that he might
absent himself fiom the Auetrain dominions ten
years, and reflect daring the time upon the way
wardness of the human mind, and the expediency ol
allowing individual thoughts to question the righte
ousness of tbe present. Each year, however, he
has been permitted to return to his estates for a
month, to collect rentals and transact his general
business. The ten years will expire soon. He has
passed most of his time during his exile in this coun
try. Lola is a passenger in the steamship America,
under the name of Mi s. Heald.
Chinise Sugar Case. —A convention of the
growet- of Chinese sugar cane was held in Spring
field, 111., on the 7th inst. The meeting was largely
attended by prominent agriculturists of the north
west and from other States. Letters were read
from growers of cane in Kentucky, Indiana, Ohio
and Pennsylvania, which, added to th experience
of those in attendance at the convention, from the
basis of an estimates of the value and uses of the
oane a* far as known, and its proper cultivation and
treatment. Samples of sugar aud syrup were nu
merous. All agreed that the cane grown upon thin
soil contain* the h'ghest saccharine qualities. Mr.
John L. Smith, of Louisville, Ky., writes that the
cane grown in that neighborhood the past year had
but about ten per cent, of crystal!zabie sugar, and
that the syrup made from iht juice can be cry alalia
ed in part only t he thinks it hardly as good as tne
beet for sugar. Joseph S. Lovering, of Oakhfii,
near Philadelphia, appear., to have been unusually
successful in cultivating the cane. Hta a. tual yield
per acre was, brown sugar, 1221 So pounds, molasses
74 3l> gallons. He has no doubt but the yield can
be increased by good cultivation and apparatus to
1,800 pounds brown sugar and 110 gallons molasses
per acre. John C Depu, of Gallipolis, Ohio, fiom
a piece of ground fifty four by forty seven fact, pro
duced thirty two and a half gallons syrup, or at the
rate per acre of five hundred and twelve gallons.
Thi “Grave Error “ —One of the moat perplex
ing questions that ever embarrassed our Govern
ment is that arising out of Ute “grave error ” of
Commodore Paulding in arresting General Walker
and his men, alter tkey had run the gauntlet of the
Government police. and reached in safety the* ilof
Nicaragua. It was a great outrage, but bow is it
to be redressed! Walker ought, indeed, to be
p,aced exactly where be was found by our transcen
dant Commodore, who coosliuee ihe laws to suit
his owu view of what ought to be done. Bu: the
Government replies that this cannot be done with
out aaothoi “grave etror’ ia invading the treaty
obligations to Nicaragua, and outraging the laws of
nations. It is a most extraordinary dilemma. We
mould be g.ad to see it solved by the placing of
Wa.ker again where the officious Commodore found
him.
The compulsory return of *he expedition, after A
..ad reach the theatre of its operations, has certainly
inspired many who had doubts of the practicability
and benefits of the Nicarag uau *c;,eme. with strong
svmpathies for the bourne: n Walker. Beyond
doubt, he occupies a much stronger position at home
ihauever before. To wnat extent this emargeu popu
larity as tc affect tuws darliag project whiou he de
clared In this city he would never Turrender bat
but with his lire, remains to be seen. If he succee s
we think it more than probable his socc-ees wii. be
due. in a great degree, to that “grave error, which
has aroueed sympathies in breast* that were before
indifferent towards him.— KicKmomA Dispatch.
Chinese Population in CAttFOKXiA —Notwith
s anaingaii the persecution to which the Chinese
been subjected in Cat norm#, and the large
nambers of toesc emigrants who are constancy re
turning home, ftilithe emigration -- rapidly tacreas
ia* Ajni aceordiiig to tbe prefect indioenons. with
in a few years the Chiuese immigration to the Paci
fiic State* will be larger huau rrom sd
They have, probably, already p&ss-i through the
wofot persecution to winch they Wh ever be sab
jseted During the mouths ol July. August and
September last, only 1,068 passengers left Ca tfor
nia for Cuina—of whom 1,U39 were m&ibS and
females. thfe same lime there aruved from
CUiina o —of whom only *63 were womeu &nd
15 children. ThUshows a net gain in the arrivals
over tbe aeparUiiee of over live handrei per ©oat
Africa and ihe
As all information in lelatien to the interior cu
Africa, is jusi now of peculiar interest to the gene
ral reader, we perceive with pleasure’, that anew
work has just been published in England by Cap
tain A. W. Drayton, of the Royal Artillery, entitled
“ Sporting Sceues among the Kaffirs cf South Afri
ca.'’ The Captain penetrated far into the wiki, hot,
and strange country of thia savage race, and al
tbt ugh it is a very different part of the continent
from that about to be again explored by the enter
prising and observant Livingstone,yet as the man
ners and easterns described, presen: many remark
able fcaturec, w e present a few of the most curious.
And first, as rcgai ds teat mockery of man, the ape.
Here is the gaJtent Captain's sketch of
Baboons at Homs.—l watched them through
my aud was much amused at their grotesque ,
and almost human movements. Some of the oid la
! dies had their alive branches iu their laps, ana ap
peared t be “ doing tlieir hair,’’ while a patriarch
al old fellow paced backwards and forwards with a
iiwsy swt of look ; be was evidently on sentry, and
seemed to think huxiself of no small importance.—
This eatima.e of his dignity did not appear to be
universally acknowledged, as two cr three joung
baLOons cat clo - behind him watching his pro
ceedings : sometimes, with the must grotesque
moVeiiteith- and expressions, they would stand and;
rectly in id? path aud hobble away at the last mo-
ment. Oae daring youngster followed closely on
the heels of iue patriarch during the whole length of
Lis beat, and gave a sharp tug at his tail as he was
about to turn. The old fellow seemed to treat it
with the greaie.” indifference, scarcely turning
round at tee iimuil. Master Impudence was about
repeating the performance, when the paler, show
ing ibat he wa? not such a fool os Le looked, sud
denly sprung round, and catching the young one
b-fore he could escape, gave him two or three such
cuffs, that I could liec.r the screams which resulted
therefrom. The venerable gen'ieman then ohuc’ked
the delinquent over bis shoulder, and continue*! his
promenade with ihe greatest coolness; th s old ba
boon evidently was acquainted with the practical
details of Solomon’s proverb. A croa and gathered
round the naughty child, who, child-like, seeing
commiseration, shrieked all the louder. 1 even
fancied 1 could see the angry glances of the mamma,
as sue took her dear little pet ui her arms, aud re
moved him from a repetition ot such brutal treat
ment.
Kaffir Wo men. —Tne frontier Kaffirs are fine
alhlel.r men, and stand generally about six feet in
height; they are nearly black, and have woolly hair,
although the features are in many cases almost Eu
ropean. The inlombi *, or young girls, are often
quite pretty, with wild* free, dark eyes, that may
well plead as excuse? for the young Kaffir's pro
pensity for cattle stealing, ihe decimal coin age of
Katfirioad being 10 cows 1 wife. One vary soon
gets over the prejudice of ooior, and after having
looked for some ;uue oa the rich black of a Kaffir
behe, a white lady appears bloodless, consumptive,
and sickly in comparison. The hard work that an
umfazi , or wife, has to perform very soon spoils her
girlish figure aud appearance, and she then be
comes a Laggard, wrinkled, repulsive old witch.—
Tue coo tehee of ail these a omen is often surprising.
A skirmish with the Kaffirs aud our troops might
taka place ou one day. and on the next Die women
belonging to the Kafiir melt engaged would come
info the camp aud oiler wood or milk for sale, catt
ing on as to “taiga,’ (buy.) i suspect that these
women are often sent in merely as spies.
A Dinner in South Africa.— l joined two
friends, and started tor Fort Beaufort, a day’s ride
distant. I was much amused at tlie cool manner in
which our dinner was provided at the Inn ou the
road. What will you have, gentlemen / was asked;
“beef, a turkey, or .’’ Turkey roast, I vote,
said one, in answer to the landlord’s question.—
“Piettf” cried the landlord, “knock over that tur
key in the corner.” “Jabas,” answered a Hotten
tot servant. A log of wood Hew at the turkey’s
head indicated, and, with unerring aim, he was
knocked over, plucked, drawn, and roasted in
about an hour aud a half, and was very good and
tender.
The Chief Going Home —Ou the road to Gra
ham’s Town, 1 met a of Kaffirs, gallop
ing along as usual, leaviug a cloud of dust behied.
They pulled un a? 1 met them, when 1 recognised
great Gaika chief Sandilla, Auta the giant, a
splendid fellow, nearly seven feet high, and all the
aristocracy of Kaffirland. They had been for some
time prisoners in Graham’s Town for their rebel
lious conduct in uot stopping the cattle stealing of
their men, but had now been let out and allowed to
go home, on condition of promising to be good boys
in future, aud kiting the Governor’s great toe.—
They appeared to be in high spirits, and in answer
to my “ Uya frina ?” (Where are you going ?) shout
ed with exultation, “(xodnka /” (Going home !)
Interesting From the Plains. —A letter from
the agent of the United States Express Company
at Jefferson City, received by the St. Louis Repub
lican, communicates some interesting items of news
from the Plains.
It is stated that Mr. A. Achner, an Indian trader,
had arrived in that city from Fort Laramie. He ,
left that fort on the 3d inbt. On his way, on the 23d
December, he met between six hundred and seven
hundred Cheynne and Cainanche Indians, returning
from Great bait L ike City to their villages, on the
Black Walnut Hills, about eighty miles southeast of
Fort Laramie, accompanied by about twenty of the
Mormon leaders. He understood that it woe llie
intention of these Indiaus—of course under thu in
flu ere 9of tlie Mormons—to remain in camp until
the spring, aud then to employ themselves in har
rassing and cutting off the trains of provisions, fcc.,
intended for the relief Col. Johnston. The In
dians had been persuaded to believe that there were
eighty thousand men among the Mormons, capable
of beating arms, and well equipped, and they de
scribe them as having numerous fortifications.—
They also speak o r a large number of Indian allies,
and declare that the Mormons have no idea of run-
ning away.
Mr. Acnner reports t hat he saw a while girl, about
nine years of age, in the camp of the Cheynnes.—
She was dressed as an Indian. She represented to
him that her parents were from Green county, 1111-
noise, and that she was stolen from them by ihe In
dians when the train of emigrants was crossing the
plains, but that she did not know whether her pa
rents were living or dead. Mr. Achner was unable
to rescue her by force, or to purchase her, her cap
tfir being absent on a hunt; but he w'as quite confi
dent of being able to do soon liis next expedition
among the Indiaus.
Tuis gentleman is represented as having been a
trader lor many years among ths Indiana, aud hi
statements are entitled to credit.
Later from Yucatan. —By the brig N. Stetson,
Capt. Trenis, arrived yesterday fiom Campeachy
the 6-h ii'bt., and Sisal the 16th, we have several
days’ later advices from that distracted country, the
very latest possible. Negotiations for peace be
tween the iwo political parties lmve thus far prov
ed utterly fruitless, and the general relations, of the
combatants show no material change. The Govern
ment force are still encamped beneath the walls of
Campeachy, while the revolutionists within the
town show - no disposition to make concetsion of
whatever kind.
The last ut t empt at negotiation was made the
first few days of the present month, soon after the
news of the recent coup d'clul at tlie federal capital
reached (lie peninsula. The new order of things was
seconded uot only at Campeachy, but at Sisal and
Merida, by both political parries; and th s with the
retirement of Gen Barrera, aud th- succession of
Peraza, a less objectionable man, to the executive
power, seems to have offered a fair basis of an ar
rangement. Gov. Peraza visited Campeachy in
person and was there couteously met by Gen.
Gaicia, leader of the revolutionists, and every thing
for a time promised a speedy end of this most un
natural war. Ail at once, however, on the 4th,
some ofience seeim to huve been given audnegotia
tionß were suddenly broken off, and up to our latest
dates no attempt had been made to renew them.
Judging from the tone of the Campeachy Bulletin
nothing will now satisfy the revolutionists but their
complete and final triumph.
Iu the meantime the Indian savages have again
emerged from their hiding places and are commit
ting tearful depredations in various parts of the
country. The week ending the HGth a baud of lfiO
udder the lea! of one Ruiz, overrun several piania
lions in the vicinity of Chivic, and after putting to
death all who chanced to fall into their hands, laid
waste everything, even to the growiug crops, so
far as to be found theieun. What will be
the end of thia war of races no one can tell. AH
the available troops and resources of the State are
fast being spant by ihe dominant people iu an un
heard of war among themselves, and the time will
soon come when they will be unable, all combined,
to mike head against the savages.
As to the besieged in Campeachy, they seem to
be provided with everything necessary to holding
out to the last—ammunition, provisions, &cq be
sides they have as yet free communication along the
whole coast whence, indeed, \ heir supplies come.—
The government forces have the same free commu
nication with all parts of the interior, and hold be
s : des the port of Sisal, so that there would seem to
be no probability of a speedy close, except by some
fortunate accident, of this singular and most suicidal
war.— N. (). Picayune, I \ith met.
Ancient Paper Money —A writfcr in Hunt s
Merchant’ Magazine, says that n* cording to Chi
uese historians, ono of the Chinese emperors issued
paper money 119 B. C. called Fey fh-sian, or Flying
Money, from the eiue and rapidity with which it
circulated. It consisted of the paper prom'ses of
the Government, and went into extensive use, like
all paper currency. It cost nothing, and was issued
nd in mbit. When the empire had been Hooded
with it, tbe Government repudiated the whole, and
those who had confided in the public faith suffered
the consequence
At a later period, A. D. 950, another Emperor con
reived the very plausible scheme of receiving from
the merchant?* their tfold and silver, to save them
the trouble of handling it, and issuing promises to
return the same on demand. This currency was
denominated Pian-th sian, or convenient money,
and very convenient it proved to be—for the Em
peror. lie got the money and equaddered it, hut
never found it convenient to repay it.
Surplus Wheat in Canada.—The Toronto
Colonist, in a statistical article on the grain crops
of Canada West, state-* that the surplus wheat on
hand is not less than 8,000,000 of bushe's, and that
no faeflirifes exist unless they are afforded by tbe
Grand Trunk railway for the exportation of this
produce. Hitherto Canada has had purchasers for
its surplus wheat m every frontier town of the United
States, and, indeed, purchasers in the New En
gland States and New York have regulated price*
iu Canada; but this year the United .States itself
ha.-* a surplus crop, probably better saved than that
of Canada. The occurrence, so fortunate for the
United States, is the means of locking up m Cana
da for the present some two millions sterling worth
of produce, for which there seems to be no outlet.
Melancholy Death of a Miser. —A few weeks
since, a Spanish gentleman of high connections,
named Stephen Despratl, died in London, under
circumstances of a most extraordinary nature. A1
though in possession of wealth to tne amount of
$150,090, he was so penurious that he denied him
self the common necessaries of life, and finally car
ried hie frightful avarice to such an extent that bis
landlady was compelled to c-ali in medical advice in
consequence of his being discovered iu an insensi
ble and exhausted condition in bis apartments, the
result of actual starvation. On a post mortem ex
amination, the stomach was found empty and in a
withered condition. His apartments exmoited a
most extraordinary collection of multitudinous trash,
picked up by the wretched old miser for years past.
Sad Case of Infanitt and Death. —The fune
ral of Miss Emily Gardner, late teacher in one of
the primary echoed in Rox bury, who died on Mon
day, took place yesterday afternoon. The circum
stances attending the death of this young lady were
cf a peculiarly painful character. She came before
we ahool C4*nu:iuee a short time since, at the re
quest of several members, who wished to ‘promote
her from the office of teacher in the primary school
to tbe grammar school. Os an exceedingly nervous
organization, she was so sensibly affected by the
examination as to become insane, anu died from the
efieets ot au over excited mentality. The deceased
was prtdispoed to insanity. Several member* of
her family have been similarly afiiicted. —Boston
Journal, 1 htk.
The Pension System—The pension syaem of
the United Swes Government needs a thorough
overfcaulirg. The families of men who die in bat
tle. ought to be well provided for by the govern
ment. The present system is inadequate to its ob
ject. uni us*, and impolitic. Mr. Fakenham. the
iwmer British Miuister at Washington, remarked
to a while in conversation on this sub
j*et, that he did notsee bow. under such a pension
system, the United States was ever able to raice an
army, and that he did not behrve. if a similar sys
tem “existed in England, that she could bring an
army into the field. Toe English soidier kie-we. i
when he goes into bailie, that his deal a will yieki :
the means of hfe to those he loves, atd hence hia in •
vincible courage and re solution. If the United <
States expects similar conduct ot her soiuiers. sae
must place before them aim liar rewards. —Richmond
Dtrpaiek.
Insanity fro Sfirititalifm.—Mr. Albert San
ford, of Whittinghain. one of the rnoet active and
capable business men of that place, has deveted i
of hie time during tbe test two or three ■
years to the study of the so-catted spiritual mantfes
tatiocs. About the first of the present mouth cn- j
mletakahle eymptomeof insanity were ee veioped in i
h.m. These’became so alarming that in a few days
he was removed to tbe aeyium for the insane at Bee
On He has a brother in the asylum m thie viliagc
whese insamtv was occasioned by similar causes
Bank6oro[Vt.) Pkm* ix. i
‘'uii for Dnmagag Against Cnpt. Krhrark, Ac.,
of the Steamer Alabama.
We notice by our New’ York that on
Saturday week last. Capt- G. R. Sehenek.of the
Alabama steamer, plying between Savannah and
New York, {Mitchell's line) was arrested on au or
der from the New York Court of Common Pie os, at
silk of John Duffy, Esq., for assault and battery and
i other outrages ot & serious nature, as set forth iu •
| the affidavits, while a passenger on board the boat.
lle w&s held to bail in $2,500. Damages are laid at
! $5,000. Proceeding s are also about befog taken
again At the Company tea civil suit for a similar
j adteuat by Uie same John Duffy.
, We recchect being a passenger from New York
on the Alabama, when the occurrence alleged by
the plaintiff, Mr. Duffy, took place. It was on
Saturday afternoon, Nov, 7th, 1857. We be-ieve,
to the best of our opinion, that the main facts of the
case are as follows : Duffy was in the dry goods
business, and bad. shipped some freight by the Ala
bama, cons gce*i to him in Savannah, which goods
he intended to accompany. He neglected to get a
ticket at the, office, and euiy got ou board the
steamer a Ujw minutes before she left her wharf in
New York.. When about to pay iris fare to Purser
Hatch, e.aiong the amount was a dollar bill on a
Brooklyn Bank, then one of the “suspended Banks,”
it beiug •-Panic” time, and consequently “uncur
rent.”
This bill the purser refused to accept in payment
o( Duffy’s fare. Duffy insisted that it should be ta
ken. Hence arose a dispute, which w r e did not hear.
The Captain was called and he resolved that Daffy
should be put ashore. There was some excitement,
aud we saw Daffy hoisted by two meu over the side
into a boat, where, under the guard of a Mate who a
par: of the time, held Duffy by the collar, be was
kept wi.h two hard looking stow away fellows, until
tiie steamer got down iu the hook under the high
lands. Ileie the steamer stopped while the boat
was lowered, rowed to land and Dufiy aud the oth*
er two put ashore near a light house. It was then
sundewu and the passengers could not see the
modus opee(nidi of landing them. We saw some of
Duffy’s luggage put in tne boat with him, aud we
understand his freight duly arrived in Savannah
and awaited his order, when some days after he
managed to get to this ci y. We understand that
Duffy, when in the boat, stilt an offer to apologize
to the Captain—w’e heard the Capt&iu say that lie
would not have have such a man as a passenger un- |
tier any circumstances. We perceive tlie amount
of bail demanded is a large sum, and we shall look |
tor* ard wish some curiosity .lo the issue of this case
which will ia a measure decide the power of a Cap
torn on board his own ship aud the rights of a pas
senger.—Savannah Georgian.
Kecoveri n g Su ft ken Treasu re. —We are inform
ed that advices have been received at the office of
tbe Boston Relief and Submarine Company, from
Capt. Joseph P Couthony, commanding the Com
pany's Expedition to the Carribean Sea, dated
brig Monapaa, over the San Pedro, December I*2,
1857, by which it appears that after about three
months preliminary operations in biasting and clear
fog aw ay the rubbish, &c., the divers had at length
got fairly into the hola of the Sau Pedro, and were
beginning to lake up specie—several hundred dol
lars having been found during the last, few days
Capt. C. says:—‘ Iu my judgment here is tangible
and weighty evideuce tliat there must be a round
sum in her, when the dollars are found (like all of
late; in roils, ur parts of rolls, in lumps of sls and
S2O, to S.K) and SIOO each, it is not likely that these
are merely a few scattered ones; they must be on
ly the heralds Os the main body to which they be
long.
ii wiil be remembered that the San Pedro was
flagship of a squadiou of fifteen sail, including
transports sent out by Spain in 1815, with an army
of men, tu reconquer the revolted province
of Venezuela, uud that she blew up in the Bay of
Camana, and sank in sixty feet of water, it is
proved by official documents that she had on board
at the time of the catastrophe $3,000,000, of which
$1,000,(W0 w T ere in gold. Os this large sum till now,
only about $41)0,000 have he n recovered, which
were obtained by means oi a diving bell, ia the mud
and said outside the ship.
This la the lirst successful attempt ever made to
peueijate tlie hull, where there is every reason to
believe that the bulk of Ihe specie will be found,
since having beca placed in the spirit-room, just
forward of the magazine and ou the same levii, it
world necessarily be driven forward by the explo
sion ot the pow der, and scattered through the hold.
Everything thus far favbrs this supposition, as not
July specie but numerous articles which must have
belonged to tbe officers’ quarters aft, are found mix
ed up with broken pieces of the wreck, itc., in a
contused mass, completely filling the bold.
The brass guns that have been found, are known
tu have been stowed iu the hold before the explo
siou, of which there are said to have been from six
ty to tne hundred thousand dollars worth, compris
ing a park of field artillery and Ihe brouze guns ta
ken from captured and dismantled forts. Os these,
five beautiful pieces of ordinance in a perfect state
of preservation have been taken up, besides consid
erable quantities of copper and other articles ot val
ue. A rudder piulle of pure copper, weighing over
500 lbs . had tbe name ‘"San l’edro de Alcantara’’
tamped upon it.
The woik has been one of great difficulty and la
bor, and only a small portion of the hold has yet been
explored ; but the prospect now is, that tbe prese
vei mg ciforts of Capt. Couthony will be crowned
with complete success, lie has the very best of
machinery aud bold and experienced divers. His
craw are devoted to him, and cheerfully work X{
hours daily, under water. He has adopted a sys
tematic plan of operations, by which, with the aid of
gunpowder and the submarine armor, be will un
doubtedly succeed iu completely demolishing the
San l’edro, and having at length fairly got into the
hold, aud coanneuced taking up specie, the stock
holders are certainly justified in expecting a rich
harvest. — Boston Transcript.
Who Paid fob the Prim a Donna? —Avery
amusing3tory is told iu the Boston Atlantic Month
ly for January, of the manner in which tbe marriage
of Mademoiectle Garcia was effected in this city, to
M. Malibran. Everybody who remembers the old
Park Theatre, n;u=t remember Malibran, the glori
ous cantatrice. When she first appeared in that
temple of the muses, she was “sweet sixteen’’ and
“beautiful as au angel.” Her father, a popular
tenor, was as avaricious as he was eccentric. Ac
cording to the Atlantic, M. Malibran, having fallen
iu love with the fair vocalist, undertook to pur
chase the warbler of her venal parent. The latter,
nothing loth, consented to dispose of her for the
sum of fifty thousand dollars. Malibran, who was
a merchant iu apparently good business here, but
really on Lhe brink of ruin, had not the funds. He
purchased, however, for cash, a cargo of fine liuen
jast irrived at this port from Holland, for the sum
iu question, and while the importer was awuiting
with impatience his check for the amount, he pro
posed lo Siguor Garcia a singular exchange—Mali
oran to lake the lady, and Garcia the linen goods in
lieu of ready funds. As G. wasjust organizing an
opera company with which to travel to Vera
and a cargo of fiue linen promised to be a good
venture iu Mexico, a bargain was concluded ou tbe
spot.
Mademoiselle Garcia became Madame Malibran.
For a week the happy bridegroom forgot all his
business embarrassments iu the arms of his lovely
wife. Signor G. then departed for Mexico, and
Monsieur Malibran incontinently failed. The linen
merchant, finding it impossible to compel M. to pay
up, and discovering that his goods were en route
from Mexico, was in an ecstacy of despair. The
whole story of the wedding next came out. It wai
hr, in reality, who paid foythe prima, donna, aud
he had to endure the ridicule, while Malibran’ was
basking in the lady’s smiles, and revelling in the
enjoyment of her temporary affoction. Mr. M. was
thrown into a priioa tor debt. In the meantime, G.,
aving sold all his fine linen at an exorbitant pries
iu Mexico, and realized an immense sum by his
operatic enterprise, was left peuuiless uear Jalapa
by a corps of bandits. Malibran subsequently de
parted, with her husband, to Europe, where, after
earning large sinus of money, a divorce, as all the
would knows, was obtained, and the beautiful prize
Hew to ihe arms of De Meriot. “Who Paid for the
Prima Donna is a capital sketch, aud if not true,
it ought to be in every little particular , for it reads
like one of the uid and well told reminiscences of
the late Major Noah. — A. Y. Sunday Times.
The Kansas Vote.—Gen. Calhoun, in the pre
sence of Acting ( loveruor Denver, *md tbe preriding
officers of both Houses of the Territorial Legisla
ture of Kansas, on the 13th inst., opened the returns
of the elections on the gist of December aud the 4th
of January, and declared Ihe result, exoept as re
gards the votes upon the Lecompton Constitution
ou the latter day, (he count of which is not closed
until ’“what other returns may be presented” shall
have been received. Gen. Calhoun makes out the
vote for tho Lecompton Constitution with slavery
to be (1,003 ; for it, without slavery, 526; for M. J.
Parrott, as member of Congress, 6,623, and for one
Carr, the pro slavery candidate, 6,odd; for Govern
or, Geo. W. Smith, Free State, 6,235, Frank Mar
shall, pro-slavery, 6,033. To lhe Senate, 13 Free
State and 6 pro slavery members are declared elect
ed; to the House 23 Free State to 11 pro slavery
members. Tbe Territorial Legislature has appoint
ed a committee to investigate tbe election frauds.
It will, according to the correspondent of tbe St.
Louis Democrat, SO on call another Constitutional
Convention. The Topeka Legislatare, according
to the same authority, will enact a code of laws to
be used in ease of need, but iu no wise to conflict
with the Territorial authority.
A Singular Statement. —ln Gov. Denver’s
message to the Territoiial Legislature of Kansas,
he calls attention to the exigence of a “Danite”
Mormon organization in Kansas, whose members
are bound by the most solemn oaths and obligations
to Jreaist the laws, take the lives of their fellow
citizens, or commit any other act of violence that
may be directed by their leaders ; and to the ex
istence of this band he attributes certain Assassina
tions that have been recently perpetrated in the
lerntory. The W asningtou Union suggests acom
piicity between the disturbers of the peace in Kan
sas aud the Mormon traitors, which has beeu ru
mored before, and that possibly the necessity for
retaining the Utah expedition in Kansas during the
past summer, may have been created by Brigham
Young's agents ; and as a consequence, he was thus
enabled to maintain hie power in Great Salt Lake
City a year longer. It is believed, also, that the
“bogus’’ telegraphic despatches concerning the con
dition aud progress of the military expedition against
Utah, which generally reach here two or three days
iu advance of the more reliable inlormation, are
furnished by this Mormon agent iu Kansas. The
“tatemeut ot the existence of the organization in
certaiuiy a singular one, and coming from official
sources, seems onti!led to belief. The government
will, no doubt, institute such inquiries a: will estab
lish its truth or falsity.
The Original Japan Expedition.— lt is now
quite certain that the cost of the Japan expedition
of Commodore Terry was a judicious expenditure ;
insomuch as through its influence Japan is being far
more rapidly opened to commerce with the United
State?, than ever before, for centuries, to the trade
of any European nation. In a quarter of a century,
if the promi.-e of our existing relations wilii Japan
do not prove deceptive—ana there is no reason at
present to auticip&te that it will prove so—our Ja
paiieie trade muat become of immense value.
The Hong Kong Press of the 21st of O- tober, in
speaking of the late success of Mr. Consul General
Harris in negotiating his supplemental treaty with
.Japan, has the following just tribute to Commodore
Perry.
44 Very great creak Li due to Mr. Harris for the
manner in which he has won ov>r to himself the
good wishes and feelings of ‘.he Japanece. The
system of espionage established on his first arrivai
over him is now entirely abolished, aud he can roam
when and where he will, unmolested and un watch
ed. But he attributes ail his success in establishing
such friendly relations with that people entirely to
the great tact displayed by Commodore Perry in
hi? intercourse with them, and tue deportment
which distinguished him throughout all the negotia
tions of the treaty.”
The Weather Abroad. —The mildness of the
.season is no* mure a subject of remark in tbie coun
try than in England The following, from the Bath
ifcug.) ChroLieie. of tbe Ist inst., is a specimen of
the paragraphs wiu* which the newspapers abound ;
Here we are, at the last day of the year, and we
have not had a single frost A week cr two ago
we announced the gathering of ripe raspberries, and
tjar? of a second crop of barley ; at present we have
all the symptoms oi spring ; birds are sitting ol
their
young kingfishers flying about: and somewhere up
the Sw&inewick Valley there is a nest of young
thrushes : the woods are vocal with the song of
blackbirds and other feathered ch* riatera ; the trees
are rapidly coming into bud, and some are actually
bursting into leaf; the gardens exhibit almost all
kinds of spring flowers in the copses are primroses
by tt ciwandt violeta peep forth, and the wild
strawberry makes pr-par&tion for fruit, by patting
*at its meek white blossoms . and lastly, not the
least st&rtlmg, butterflies, oi various kinds, venture
• *0 unfold their delicate wings. These demonstra
! rions cause the weather wice to shake their beads,
■ end predict that we shall have a small nip for it
; by and by/’
The Troubles in Nebraska. —The explanation
of a mysterious despatch, staring that a majority of
the Nebraska Legislature had suddenly foft Owaaa
for Florence, Is aiforded by a correspondent of the
New-Yurk Tribune in that Territory. It seems that
& proposition W remove the territoriai capital was
under consideration when & mob of Omaha?, as the
: correspondent s yite the citizens of the present
capital, buret into the hall, dragged the speaker
from his and ek. and charged upon the members
with bowie knife and pistol. The next morning
an adjournment to Florence was voted by a majori
ty of two to one. The minority, seven men in all,
remained iu Omaha, in possession of the journal, ac
cording to the telegraph.
WEEKLY
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Southern Cultivator.
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The following is the table of contents for the Feb
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Plantation Economy and 1 Miscellany.—An
Essay on Grasses ; Horses—Sick and Well; Report
on Asiatic Goats (Illustrated); Our Domestic Ani
mals; Bees; A Gate Fastener (Illustrated); Sugar
from the Sorgho; The Value of Indian Corn ; Sor
gho Sucre : Chinese Prolific Pea ; The Want of Wo
man ; Sheep Raising; Seamless Garments; Rustic
Fancies and their Realization (Illustrated); Pea
body’s Prolific Coin—a Proposition to Mr. Peabody,
Ac.: Lard and Resin for Tools; Laying out Flow
er Gardens, Ac.
Editorial. —To Correspondents, Ac.. Ac., ; An
swers to Correspondents, Ac.; Patent Office Agri
cultural Reports.
Horticultural Department. —Hints for the
Month; Fruit Raising in the South ; Orchards—
Hedges, Ac.; Cheap Hot Beds—German iPlan ;
Grapes—Herbemontand Warren; Renewing Peach
Trees.
Illustrations. —Report on Asiatic Goats ; A
Gate Fastener; Rustic Fancies and their Realiza
tion.
Mr. Gregg's Speech.
We publish this morning, the speech de
livered by the Hon. Ws. Gregg, of Edgefield, in
the South Carolina Legislature, on the subject of
Hanks and Banking, as connected with the present
crisis in monetary affairs. It is a speech of great
power, and displays considerable investigation and
a comprehensive knowledge of the subject, and we
therefore commend it to the caretul consideration
and attentive perusal of every reader, although we
do not concur in all its suggestions and conclusions.
Mr. Gregg is distinguished for his sound, business,
practical and common sense views on all questions
which he investigates, and this speech is addressed
to the common sense of every man. We wish the
South could boast thousands of such men Ws.
Gregg.
Poor Gov.. Brown.
The Baltimore Patriot touches up Gov. Brown,
upon bis knowledge of Banking and Book-keeping,
as displayed “in Lit wise and patriotic veto /** af
ter the following style:
Official Ignorance, —Gov. Brown, of Georgia,
in his message to the Legislature, elaborating upon
the subject of banks and banking, expresses great
surprise, asserting that the thing looks very suspi
cious that the balance sheets of the banks should
show an exact balance between the assets and lia
bilities, “ never varying a quarter of a cent 1”
The Governor devotes a good deal of space to this
extraordinary coincidence. He supposes it may be
owing to the banks having a reserved fund which
they are afraid for the people to know that they
have made! and he thinks that such a /U'.d is a part,
of the assets of the banks, and should be remember
ed when a return is made on oath!!
“ The papers throughout Georgia are filled with
ridicule of their Governor. We presume he has
not given much attention to the science of book
keeping, nor, if his message be a specimen, to the
study of rhetoric, of grammar, or the art of compo
-ition—his time being chiefly consumed in compre
hending the veto power, winch he has used freely
on all occasions.”
The Democracy should cut out this scrap, and
put away securely, as a sort of keep-sake, it will
serve in place of a lock of his Excellency’s hair.—
Poor Gov. Broav.v, it was really cruel in the Democ-
racy, to thus expose him to the jests and gibes of
the whole Union. Would it not be well for the De
mocracy to send him on a tour, as a Lecturer on, and
Professor of Book-keeping 7 After the extensive
publication of “ hit trite and patriotic veto ,” Bar
scm could easily regain Lie lost fortune, if he only
had charge of his Excellency.
Thalbrrg’s Concert.
The newspaper critics throughout the South are
in ec.-tacies over the performances of the great mas
tars, Thalserg and Vleuitemfs. On Thursday
evening next our citizens will have an opportunity
of judging of the powers of these great artistes for
themselves. They will be assisted by a powerful
company, who, with the great “stare’ themselves,
will make an entertainment superior to anything
ever offered here. Speaking of Thalbehg, an ex
change says:
To hear this man play his own compositions is to
hear piano-forte playing brought to the greatest per
faction. His execution, based upon the most solid
principles, is vet the most refined, polished and
more than all this, the surest in existence. With
tf>^ 18 ,aUfcr quality, we think he is without
a rival , he is so sure m the mastering of great diffi
culties, with such perfo-t ease, and so pleasant a
countenance, that some persons in listening to him
would consider it a.eliefif he would only mi*™
aoie. now and then. 7
Vieuxtemps is a genial fellow—full of enthusiasm
and riumor, evidently. He plays with passion, and
| he kindles by his animated expression the fire of
svmpwiy in the hearia of his auditors. Most hear
uiy did their heap ’.ey plaudits upon him ; for which
he evinced thssincerest gratitude. He is, we be
“f re ’ the greatest among the violinists who have
visited America—not excepting Sivori, to whom
we are very partial
• _____
“•’ppoHfd to Snjpn!on.”
A subscriber writing us from Troup county, a
few days since, concludes a business letter with the
fallowing remark : —“ A majority of the citizens of
Troup, are opposed to the suspension of specie pay
ments by the Banks.”
That's right—all true friends of a sound currency
are opposed to the suspension of specie payments
by the banks, aDd we are rejoiced to know that the
good and patriotic citizens of Troup occupy this
position : among other reasons, because we flatter
ourself, that the large circulation of the Chronicle
jj. Seniinel among the intelligent citi.ens of that
county, has had some little influence ill a question
of such magnitude. We, too, are opposed to a sus
pension of specie payments by the Banks, under or
dinary circumstances, and as much opposed as any
man in Georgia; but when we saw that the Banks at
the North, and in Charleston, with which akme our
Banks have correspondence, and against whom
they have balances, had suspended, we saw and
knew that suspension or virtual liquidation by the
Banks of Georgia was inevitable, and we therefore
acquiesced in-suspension as better thau virtual li
quidation, for the protection of the people and their
interests. Several of the Banks in Augusta could
have gone on and redeemed their entire circulation
in coin or its equivalent; but if they had done so,
it would have been utterly impossible for them to
have done any business, or to have contributed in
the slightest degree to the moving forward of the
produce of the country, and the consequent relief Os
the people : because the bills of exchange, drawu
against cotton and produce, all of which matures
either in Charleston or at the North, instead of be
ing paid in coin or its equivalent, would nave beeu
paid iu the currency of those cities , all of which
was the bills of suspended Banks. Hence the Bauks
here could uot possibly do business and continue
specie-payments, because their bills of exchange,
drawn against produce, did not bring ooiu or its
equivalent. It would have been utterly impossible
for them to redeem their bills in specie when no one
paid them specie.
By suspension, however, they could aid in moving
forward the crop, aud give relief to the country to
whatever extent the holders of produoe placed it in
market. The Banks had therefore to determine
whether they would continue to pay specie, and
therefore wind up their business, or whether they
would come to the rescue, and endeavor by sus
pension to relieve the country and the people, from
the effects whioh years of luxurious living, extrava
gance aud speculation had produoed. It was thus
the question was presented, for their decision, and
after mature deliberation, they decided to suspend)
although some of the Banks iu tins city yielded with
great veluctantanee.
But we have been told by the Governor, and the
demagogues and party hacks are endorsing his veto
as ‘‘wise and patriotic,” that specie was brought
from Europe to the North for sale, (this was news
to the intelligent commercial men of the oountry,)
aud the Bauks should have purchased it I What
concentrated wisdom was here displayed by bis Ex
cellency ! But suppose it true—what had the Banks
to pay with 1 The holders of the specie, we may
readily imagine, would not take the bills of the
Banks of Georgia or South Carolina, or the notes of
the people which those Bauks held in payment for
their gold. How, then, could they buy, if they had
nothing to pay and oould not buy the gold on credit 7
The questiun is easily answered —they could net-
But the people, tne holders of the cotton, and corn,
and wheat, and flour, and bacon, could buy very
easily, and pay for it with their produoe; and if
they had done so, and paid the merchants and
Banks what they owed, the Bauks would have had
the coin, and have paid for it, and the country would
be easy. The whole matter, when condensed in a
nut-Bhell, is simply who shall pay first. If the
planters will only ‘‘open the ball,’’ and Bell a suffi
ciency of their produce to pay their debts to the
merchants, the Banks and each other, the oountry
will be relieved in sixty days, or lees, and eveiy
man not hopelessly embarrassed will breathe freer
and easier, and the Banks—the much abused Banks
—will pay coin as freely and as readily as they now
pay paper promises. Who then is to blame for the
present condition of things J The question is rea
dily answered— the men who hold the produce. No
honest, intelligent or candid man will pretend to
controvert the truth of this [assertion ; because the
tabular statements show, that of cotton alone, the
deficiency in the receipts, as compared with last
year, at the ports and interior markets, is over
twenty.five milliovs of dollars If these men are not
in debt, they have a perfect right to hold their cot
ton aud produce, aud no one has just cause of com
plaint ; but if they are in debt, it is a duty which
they owe to themselves, their plighted faith, their
sense of moral obligations, aud to society, to send
forward their produce to market, and sell a suffi
ciency of it to pay their indebtedness. Iu a crisis
like this every man—every good and patriotio citi
zen, should unhesitatingly perform his duty, his
whole duty—to himself, his promises to pay, and the
country—by contributing his mite to grease the
wheels and set the machinery in motion again. This
done, the who le country, aud all the people, would
be benefited and relieved, and it is their true inte
rests that it should be done, and done promptly.
We are perfectly aware that such plain dealing
as this with the people, will be distasteful to some,
especially those who feel that it touches them, and
we are also aware that the low groveling demagogues
and party hacks of the oountry, and others from
baser motives , will attempt to make political capi
tal of it, or traduce us. We care nothing for the
clamor of suoh creatures, and pay no more heed to
them than to the ourrent of the winds. In a crisis
like this, every man has a duty to perform more
or less responsible. Ours is a high, delioate and
responsible one, as well to the people as the banks,
and the whole country, and we shall perform it
without fear or affection, to the best of onr humble
ability. We know what the interests aud duties of
the people and the banks are, and we shall not hesi
tate to speak out freely and plainly and proclaim
them, whoever it may displease.
Fire.
Yesterday afternoon, between 2 and 3 o’clock’
our city narrowly escaped a most disastrous confla
gration. The fire originated iu the cellar of the ex
tensive Drug-store of Messrs. Plumb & I.eitnek,
next door to the Chroniele Sf Sentinel buildiDg,
and was caused by the igniting and explosion of a
barrel of alcohol, whioh the Porter was attempting to
tap. Instantaneously the burning fluid was Boat
tered over the cellar buruing one hand of the
Porter pretty severely, aud igniting the com
bustible materials with which it came in con
tact. In the cellar was stored a large quantity
of Alcohol, Spirits Turpentine, Varnish, and other
like commodities which rendered the danger immi
nent indeed.
Thanks, however, to the engine of Messrs. C. A.
Pi. att &. Cos., which is stationed immediately in the
rear of the Drug Store, and the intrepid daring of
Mr. Jacob Platt, and some others, who almost in
stantaneously entered the cellar, to pour upon the
burning elements two powerful streams of water,
thrown by the engine, the progress of the fla.nes
was immediately arrested—having done but little
damage comparatively, which is fully covered by
insurance.
The fire department was also unusually prompt,
and were early at the scene of action, but the flames
were nearly or quite subdued before their engines
were brought into operation.
We very mnoh question whether such a feat was
ever beforeaccomplished, as the arrest of a fire un
der Buch circumstances, aud confining it to the
apartment in which it originated, and with so little
loss. Indeed it seems almost miraculous.
Besumption of Specie Payments.
WE observe by the Savannnah papers that the
Presidents of the Banks of that city have held a
meeting and resolved to resume specie payments
when the Banks of Charleston and Augusta did.—
Wc are glad to hear this, hope it is true, and that
the resumption will occur at an early day, which we
would have been pleased if our Savannah friends
had named, instead of seeming to attempt to fix the
odium of delay upon the Charleston and Augusta
Banks. Whether so designed or not, their resolve
is susceptible of such a construction. Be that as it
may, however, we care nothing about it, and take
great pleasure in informing our Savannah friends
and the public, that the Banks of Augusta will cot
be found wanting in snch a work : nor will they be
a minute behind their contemporaries in Savannah.
They’ll meet them half way, most cordially, and
“drop the hat” to start by.
Private Letters trom Europe. —Private let
ters received by commercial houses in this city
from their European correspondents, by the last
Bteamer, says the Savannah Republican, are even
more favorable than the accounts by the mails.
They represent that there will be an early and uni
versal resumption of work in Manchester, and that
yarns are already, by anticipation, in advance of
Liverpool prices for the raw material. A prefe
rence was also given to nine and twelve months
paper, showing that money was entirely easy. This
aspect of affaire is highly encouraging and should
dissipate the gloom on this side the water.
The Europe's accounts, arrived since the above
was written, contains nothing to conflict with the
opinion advanced.
Sale or Public Lands. —The President has an.
nounced by proclamation that large sales of public
lands will take place in lowa during the months of
June and July. The exact time and places of hale
are arranged as follows: On the lat day of June,
at Dubuque; on the 7th, at Osage, Sioux City,
Chariton, and Council Bluffs ; on the 14tb, at Fort
Dodge, Council Bluffs, and Fort Des Moines; on
the 21st, at Fort Dodge and Sioux City ; and on the
Ist day of Joly, at Sioux City.
Business Reviving.— The Lowell (Maas.) Cou
rier learcs that arangements are being made to start
np a part of the work on the Middlesex Mills in the
course of a few weeks. The Massachusetts Cotton
Mills made a sale on Tuesday of 1,000 bales of goods
at an aggregate of about $50,000, for foreign ship
ment.
Appoistments.— The Governor has appointed
the Kev. Jesse H. Campbell, of the county of Spald
ing, William Edwards, of the county of Oglethorpe i
and William Johnson, of the county of Floyd, Com
missionere tor the Georgia Asylum for the Deaf aod
Dumb, iu the place of Hon. J. H. Lumpkin, CoL H.
Fielder, and Peter W. McDaniel, who have declin
ed to act.
A Clearing-House is about to be established in
Philadelphia. Letters from that city intimate that
the resumption of the banks will probably take
place on the Ist of February.
Ini ENDIAR2SJI. —The Columbus Sun makes men
tion of no less than three attempts to fire that city
in the last few days, all of which were detected in
time to arrest the progress of the flames.
It is reported from Washington that in the com
mittee of the Senate, Mr. Douglas gave a casting
vote against the Southern route tor the Pacific Bail
road.
Failures —Hillard, Hughes, Palmer Jo Cos., of I
Cleveland, and Hopkioa, Hayes do Palmer of New I
York, have failed. ‘
Reduced Kates of Postage to Austria, etc.
via France —-The Postoffice Department an
nounces that anew postal convention was conclu
ded between the governments of Franca and Aus
tria on the 3d of September last, by which c i.u n
changes have resulted in the rates of postage uj ~n
o irrespondence exchanged by the way of France
between the United States and Austria aud the
oouuteies to which Austria serves as *a iuterme
diate point. The rates to be levied in the United
States, on and after the first of February, 1858,
upon letters addressed to the following countrit
and places, by French mail, will be as follows, v.z :
To Austria and its State*, aud-tile city of li t
grade, 21 cents the single rate of a quarter ounce or
under, prepayment optional, being in full to dectina
tiou.
To Moldavia, lonian Islands, Adrianoplc, Save---.
Sophia,Uuatebuek. Autivau, Scio.Bourgl eq Cantu
Durasze, Janina. Larnica, Prevusa, Sinope, Tene
dos and Nelona. 3ffeentathe single fatco. a quarter
ounce or under, prepayment optional, being in full
to destination.
To Montenegro, Hervia, (except Belgrade,) cud
cities in European Turkey other than tbo o’ eua
merated above, or in the ‘"table of postages to
foreign countries,” 21 cents the quarter ounce let
ter, prepayment required, being iu lull to tfyo Aus
triau Turkish frontier only.
Postmasters should note these changes of rates
upon their tables of postages to foreign countries’
Strawberries in Fruit and Blossom.—M>-
Roundtree, of Barry Hill, near fonchitctsla, La.’
on the Jackson Railroad, says the New Orleans
Picayune, laid upon our table last evening, a buueh
of strawberry plants, in leaf, blossom and fruit
taken from bis garden yesterday. The fruit is large,
well developed and handreme. Our friends of the
Boston Post are assured thet this'mesa of January
strawberries were grown in the open air, without
the aid of glass.
Locusts. —A correspondent ot the Washington
National Intelligencer says that these pests will this
year appear iu the State of Mississippi, and most
probably extend northwardly into a small portion
of Southwestern Teunessee. They will also appear
in a portiou of the southeast section of Louisiana,
pat ticularly in the parishes of East aud West Fali
ciana. They will not extend east of tire ridge iu
Mississippi; but appear there (east of the ridge) in
1850, in connection with other large, districts in Ala
bama, Georgia, &c. These locusts belong to the
Southern tribe of thirteen years’ locusts.
Resumption. —We heard a rumor yesterday, says
the Savannah Republican, to the effect that the
Presidents of the various bauks of this city had held
a meeting, during the present week, at which they
resolved to resume the payment of specie at an
early day, provided they can obtain tUo-uo-opcra
tion of the Bauksof Charleston and Angus a. From
indications, we are inclined to believe that the stale
ment is not without authority, and that tun propo
sition will be formally made to the Banks of our sis
ter cities iu the course of a few days.
A resumption by the Banks,-at this time, w ill pro
bably oause them to circumscribe operations, aud
may produce some stringency iutiie money market,
but this effect is likely to be but temporary, and
upon the whole, the banks would doubtless give
more general satisfaction to resume in their present
promising condition, thau they would were they
to wait nntil they are entirely prepared for the
movement
Good Task's in Dress.—A young lady in one o f
the leading circles at Washington was complimented
by gentleman on the simplicity aud good task- of
her drees, at an evening party. She replied:—‘ I
am glad you like my dre6s; it cost just eleven
dollars, and I made every stitch of it myself!’’—
When our young ladies pride themselves upon the
home manufacture and cheapness of their attire, in
stead of the expensiveneßß and foreign importation,
we shall have fewer “broken” fathers and husbands
A letter to the Philadelphia Enquire!*, from Now
York, says: Anew mania is beginning to ds play
itaelf among the fair dames of Gotham. 11 is, ot
of course, an exotic, and consists in a violent desire
for a “handkerchief,*’ of which useful article every
lady is forced to carry two—one for use in the pock
et—and the other for display in the hand. They are
edged with lace. Price $1,200 a dozen. To carry
the more expensive article, boxes of pearl have been
expreesly invented. These are Worth from SSO to
$75. From these figures it will be seen that it will
soon cost as much to keep a wife in handkerchiefs,
as it does to keep the rest of the family in boots,
buttons and house rent.
The British Foreign Legions.—A Pailiamen
tary return of the Foreign Legions entieted ih ti.e
jate Crimea war by England, shows that the num
ber enlisted in each of the foreign legions was—G< r
man, 441 officers, 539 non commissioned officers,
and 8702 rank and file ; Swiss, 196 officers, Ibs nr n
commisaioned officers, arid 2995 rank and fiie; Ka
lian, 160 officers, 195 non-oommissioued officers, and
3226 rank and file. The expense incurred for’.he
German legion was £ 687,800, ($3,439,000 j) for the
Swiss, £232,486, ($1,177,430;) and for the Italian,
4195,655, ($978,275.) The recruiting commenced
In May, 1855, for the German and Swiss legions, and
in October, 1855, for the Italian ; aud the of bond
ment was completed m October, November and
December, 1856.
From Utah. —An Indian trader, who arrived at
St. Louis on Tuesday last, says that be met be
tween six and seven hundred Camanches on the
23d of December, returning from /jalt Lake
to their vil age, eighty miles from Fort Laramie, in
tending to camp till spring, and then, under Mor
mon leaders, harrass the United States troops, cut
off supplies, &c. The Camanches beheve the Mor
mon army lo be 80,000, ami say that the Mormons
have no idea of leaving the teintoiy.
Statement or the New York Banks. —The
weekly statement of the city hanks, on Monday,
the 18lh, shows the following totals: Leans increas
ed $681,000; specie inereaeed $1,034,000; circula
tion decreased $206,000 1 deposits, nominal increase
$1,940,000.
A Memphis paper says that the Exchange Bank
of Georgia has established an agency in that city—
The bills are received at par by the bankers.
The merchants of Dalton, have resolved in tiie
future to sell only on a credit of six months.
Destructive Fire and Loss of Life in Brook
ltn. —The large school house, on the corner of Navy
and Concord streets, Brooklyn, was burned on
Tuesday alternoou; live bundled rdiolars were in
the bnildiug when the fire commenced, and in eecap
ing seven were killed. It woe an agonising scene.
Improved Mail Service.— The Postmaster Gen
eral has ordered on route 6,306, Albany, Georgia, to
Tal'aliassee, Florida, three additional tripa per wiCk
between Albany and Bainbridge—providing i tr
vice thereon daily except Sunday. On the route
6,3-61 —Jonesboro to Fayetteville—three additioi al
trips weekly are olso oidered, making six limes a
week service.
Appointments nr Governor Bkown.—Coho e|
May, of Stewart eouuty has been appointed Trea
surer of State road, vice Win. I. Woffo/d.
Dr. Geo. I). Phillips, of Habersham, to be Audi
tor of State road, vice Col. A. 11. Gaulding.
Large Bobbery of Jewelry, &,c., in Mil.
Ledgevili e.—The watch and jewelry store of Mr
James Miller in Milledgeviile was broken into on
Monday night by burglars. They, by means of false
keys and other implemenid, nearly became masters
of all Mr. Miller's stock, as well as the money in
his safe. They carried off property in gold and oil
ver, watches, money, jewelry, Sea , to the amount
of |l6,tJO.
Capital Goino a Beggino. —lt is stated that one
of the banks of Boston offered to loan another bank
on Friday at the rate of five per cent., but the of
fer was refused. The Boston banks now land in
deposit seventeen and a quarter mirliong us dollars,
an inerease of several millions within a month or
two. The amount of specie in the Boston banks on
Saturday was $1,901 ,H(KI, an increase rs $303,100
from the previous day.
Mr. Marchant’s Charleston Company made
their debut, at Concert Hall, on Tuesday evening
to a very fair house. Judging from their first ap
pearance, it is one of the beet Btock companies that
have graced the boards of our Theatre tor seme’
years. Their selections of plays are attractive, and
the personation of parts by some of the members
are spirited and true to life. Our play-going citi
zens will find them worthy of patronage.
This exhibition has been so well patronized fur ‘
the last few days, that the proprietor lias concluded -
to remain the rest of the week. Those who Lave
visited it repeatedly, still find something new and
beautiful to admire, and to attract them again.
The river, (Coosa; says the Montgomery Ctmfede
ralton, after having risen to a point not before
reached since February, 1847, concluded, on yes
terday evening, that it was sufficiently high for all
practical purposes, and came to a stand still. ’Da
whole country is submerged, and the only way cf
traveling at present, is either ou the water or
through it.
Damage by the Freshet.— We understand,
says the Colmnbus Nun, that the damage sustained
by the Palace Mills, by the recent freshet, is very
heavy, aud will involve the loss of severs! thou and
dollars, and occupy some two or three rnonlls to
place it in running order again.
Harper’s Magazine for February has been re
ceived and laid on oar table by Mwisrs. G. A. Oates
Sc Bro., and T. BitHAßna & Son. It is profesaiy
illustrated, and appears to be a most interesting
number.
From Florida.— The Madison fFla j Messenger
of the 9th inst. states that a tetter had been received
from C'apt. Wiilard, in which he says it was thought
Capt. Cone and his command were taken prisoners
by the Indians, and that a largo force was preparing
to go to the rescue.
This is a very improbable story.
It ie supposed that the aggregate of specie in the
Banks of Pennsylvania, considering that there ia
constantly rising average, most at this time amount
to nearly SB,OOOJUKI, which is larger than has been |
reported for many years. Everything seems to in
dicate that the banks are nearly ready for the re
sumption of specie payments.
Interest on Deposits.— An informal meeting
of Bank Managers was held iu New York oa the
15th, at the Merchant*’ Hank, for the purpose of ;
discussing the subject of the payment of interest on i
deposit* by the banks. About twenty bank officers !
were present, aud after a full discussion it was vo
ted winmimi.ii.ily that the payment of interest upon
deposits is an injudicious and dangerous system.—
All but three or four banks have voluntarily aban
doned the system, and a committee was appointed
to confer with those, and induce them, if possible,
to join the movement
Volunteers for Utah.— ln Missouri the atti
tude of the Territory of Utah toward the federal
government has led to the formation of several
volunteer military companies, and numerous re
quests have been made to the Governor for employ
ment in the Utah service if volunteers are called
for
The Mutiiyon the Ship Thos. Jefferson.—
We published* day or two back, Hie fact that the
ship Thos. Jtfferson, of Boston, Capt. Hill, had put
Orleans, with the crew iu a state of mutiny. The
Captain, in a letter to his owners, give3 the following
“I have had the vro: 1 r< tof men 1 cv-r had and
c l']° put uj> v,..': a greet deal. VVI. u :ti-.y attempt
ot tic?i. ‘ ;
&c , but with the prompt assistance ot the first oili
er*- a. da pasMagt r, I soon Moored the whole of
, I tl) Jr duty,
when 1 secured them below. I then lew
hand* I l;a t left, kept a gtric', wa’ . h over them, aud
officers and B*i zoi liJHbip. h ?
1 found also th wo h and not irons sufficiently
low we found one or more loos.?', and r-* i -r ‘veiz
irgs,” tl-y woittU free (Iu irk>t <v . ! , { ,! as
.
short handeih ‘ I did 111 leav* ills ikl k over
live hours for six daj h. Tbo mu I:k <-r- ■ to o v( n
tiimally threatening to ; *ize th > p md my offi
cers ami men \vt*:v comp! *t ly \\v*i n *•.<. 1 . know,
mg what i might meet within the Ray of Mexico,
alter consultation with lh.>i?o v.\ o'Vtro. faithful, I
made for the nearest jr:rt, I nr. t lft ouM not
lmve held out much huger, and the men who flood
by ino came ft ft ar. : v, M im-!i,: • v; v • vr-hi; g to
pat up with almost a* \y thing, butt li*-; r were fcuuost
justified iu doing ns I have. The i iulh eci; will
probably be sent to Best i.”
Extraordinary Yie’ld of Corn.—ln present
ing the following cou'mimical ion, says the Wash
ington Union, we desire to say tody that we have
received the most snlisfnotory of the en
tire refi&bil ty of the aU ent
Washington, 1) C., Jail. H. 1858.
To Du: Editor of th>l tt„>n:
Dear Sir ; bited for nrem
fora th •> -•ai at • Ag a 1 a
county, Missouri, wua o ivir.arkft- e i .r U-eir yield
that l diem it due to my cor ,v. ii y k V ito, i■ l
I country, t* give them as reported by the
•judges appointed by ti.* asd< oiatiou to a icc rtain tl e
quantity aud award the premium. The <’• , i••
kred fir competition were those ot S-.uuu- 11. ticott
aud Geo. S I’n f, **n Her.'li's (hv . am. Wi mm
Gentry, on Muddy Crock, in said county. The pro
ducts of th- - Vi xv: 1 crop.-, u-po/ted by t * judges,
and upon which the award was mad* arc as fol
lows :
Samuel li. Spoil** 4 ;..p, yield per acre CII bushels.
Geo. 8. Prie&’e crop,yiSd pet eor ...185| •
Wm. Gentry's crop, vi !u j. r . ~. . i:-
Tiie corn was all di HU and, in rows three icet apart,
aud raised on upland prairie lands. Th. •is lui a
specimen of thousands of acrej oi'land \vc have in
the same county, as yet unsettled ami unruiti\ c.ted,
to which we invite tire attention ot the intelligent
and enterprising farmeisof every State in th- Union;
assuring all such who may deem i* wis. t and best
to cast their lots wilh us tlmt. th yv i lt: ot■; with a
hearty welcome —n healthy uud In nv in •
Very respectfully, ‘ John S. Jones.
The Georgia State Road.—The Courier 6c.
Statesman, of Rome, Ga., says :—Now v. have a
new Governor who law appointed a i w Superin
tendent, anew Treasurer, ana it is expected anew
Auditor, and abolish the office of Alto* y, h u said
that affairs on this Road air. ady b< to wear .
anew aspect. Dr. Lewis has comment .<! the work
of retrenchment and reform in go;*.! *• u v t, and it
Minost sincerely to 1m hoped that lie v. , ble to
realize the reasonable expectation; oft':-? people of
Georgia, by making this Road pay divide;; . some
where nearly equal to other Roud ; j enjoy eg similar
advantages.
It ia reported that he ha! made am: ugeinonta at
Atlanta, so as to reduce the yearly expen- < at that
place $15,000, at Marietta $l,lOO, at Dalton f*ooo,
aud large retrenchments in < t her places. \Vc give
the figures as they wu io mv- n to us, a 1 < . .tmt,
vouch for their-exact it s, but will ■ tafe that it is
thought the yearly expensrs of eJ * I<-di i : re
duced from 75,000 to SIOO,OOO without doing mute
rial injury to its business taci itiei-.
Main Trunk Railroad. —Col. C. J. JV-mmerlyn
communicates to the B&inbridge Acgus < f the Cali,
that the Treasurer of this Company with lY'-m-nt
Scriven, will b.? in th.ilr*g on tc : “ ih- n
stallmeut, (‘2O per ©ent.) on l.he (■• ‘ . AJmi
nerlyn says : “Th ? Company hr. definitely loca
ted the road to ThomaaviUe and Bub.bridge, uud
resolved to prosecute the work v, ith all or-:y,y.-
The Engineer will go q.’-ni tl : e i• m * ialely
nud in a few week; j u may c-xp < it; ;<him in
Bain bridge. Thirty miles • l our Road was survey
ed and located by the S. A. 6l (i Company , this
has been auccepted and th IV* ‘u- ut \> ill phse- it
under contract forthwith, the buiaucoof 11 .** Road
will be let out as soon as it can be made r uty ‘i he
purpose is to work the entire road at i iio tun e
time.’
Hup posed Strength of the Murmon-c Varim a
calculations have been goi.,g th** nn •:*<! the p-.
pets of late, ns to thf? estimated itis ‘r ot the Mor
mons in Utah, and the armed for? v which they ouhl
poasibly bring into the field agaii.s tlr; United
Statc3 troops. Hitherto iho < ‘imato- ? un to lmve
ttoeDg
gives the following on the subject:
According to the United Slab iw.-m i 1N.,0 the
‘*
dren, araounted to 11 335 In I 52, from 1
utes of the Horn on G*-; peare
• i 8,851
total 18,206. Taking the same rats?, of ; ‘-n-n •, we
■ , 1
ingto3i,ol2. Taki . ■ --nt tin? rehid
ofobildren which exited in i
of population, oay 9,1MJ0, we have 12,012. I>--
dncL Iren this : mount one half for tl n, the
same proportion th-d existed iu * s.:, and there re
mains 11,000 fighting men, inclu'mg tho t U'-cWl’.ut
advanced. This is probahiy tne wlmV fighting
strength of tliu Mormoua.
A Female Horse Thief. —A worn i iu man’s
attire committed suicide *by poir/mlm; I lself, ut
McKay’s Hotel, St. Marv'n, C ■ . ny
evening. She had beep fttn ‘b and for lmr.-. tealiug,
and was seen to put a handkerchief to her face, it.
was thought to hide her emotion, but r<;illy for the
purpose of swallowing a portion of strychnine and
chloroform which she had prepared. She w-h in
stantly seized with sp&sin n and soon expired. Her
name was Margaret Cook, and she is t dd t;> lmve
beeu respectably connected in the town of Wood
stock, Canada.
Fruclin College. —The exerci mu of thiain-
Stitution, eays tiieAtbf'US Banner, w? i, . ti n
tie ICth. All tho Prose ora me h r. occupying
their lcspective chair*. On an tut ;.f the hf in
c'emenl weather some of i I. <• old id uk i I rot
yet returned. W< :
coming in by every train, anl that r.pjilicm.ts so
admission are b<*ing examined <-.v<-ry day. \V
.
very cheering, and the aif.-.i 1 < ; l ighter
generally. With an experiew :<1 and learned I’n .‘ i
aent and a full cups of energcdic aid enlightened
Proiessors, we think old Fir. h’io I to go
through.
Another “Infernal .Uchim.” I’n.i -On
M inlay a ki .! . plosion < ecu’- <6 in tin- m.i j
faetory of George Carter, at; Pittsburg, which, al
though doing considerable damage, result tin no
loss rs life. Fragments of iron, i,nils, slugs, See.,
were huriail in every direction, the roof of the build
ing-shaken mid the hearth partially torn down. The
Chronic’e says :
On examination it wih found thal on -one had
bellows, nnd that a piece of licat.-d r ii,ulik.!i ono
of the boys had been working tnul thrown on the
floor, having ignited it, the txio , , ■ Frag
ments of th ■ ibn-'h
ed all through the , ied
with pieces of metal and slugs of iron hurled around
llieio in all directi i. J , see us-io 5 amy t. iy. Tb
force of the explosion was very great, mini of the
slugs having i, n and
hearth, while the bellow* waa lifted or nine
feet from tfie frame in which it. nr of and.
The ttJachico ifsoif v iut£c*;;.u; j .ly fou
'structed, and it must have cos*, ome time to pre
pare it. It was foipied out of a piece <f hi';,,
pipe,*ito both epd* of which metal had b n cast,
bo a* to completely clone them. A : until tub.- or
fu?e we* iuaerted through the metal in < m end, and
the pipe inside bavin# been filled with piec< .>* of
iron, nail*, &,c., and a lnr#e qu i, 1- . <>< pow
der, tho machine wa* comp < ■<; A j < ‘.'ton
WaH wrapped around the aim. Her tub;:, and fhiHOijcb
oq fire, the powder quickly ignited and the . xplo
idou foHovved.
Twoaflien have be. n arre .‘ed on fcUßpic.it nos be*
ii-#fconCerned *u the plot.
Experiments with Paper Plank ms.—Much
ha* been aid lately of tho utility ami economy of
{>eper bUnkela. It la aid that a u v,r placed
between a pair of shc-cls willeffoid a.-, n.ut h varmth
as an ordinary coin for; able. A corn .pond.of
I the CeztttAviiie (fed.) Chronicle has b on making
j Rome experiments with newspapera, which were
attended with extraordinary resuit”. The-*; show
that U is tßserdial to comfort and quiet Blum- * r that
the newspapers u*ed ahould be of Iha r :'-.t t it.—
In other words, their contents arc uppo ed to c-x
ercise a niefimeric influence upon the Bleeper for
#ood or for evil. lixperiinentora w;M . ! take
notice*:
well; Sit was n little too hot. Hubttifulin# th * New
! York Tribune, he “thou-ht the v, -rid tun.in#
J black; fliMf a hobt of v/onien, dre* *ed in bree.'l.es
I “m‘i-kv)s.” i'fliouid “'il - gf"-
Arousinghimself from this uigb'iuare, r. .umed
ti.e CbNinicle and slept wll. This Cincint. i Kn
qiircT and Uommeivia!, t-ewed togche-r, -lui ml
ideas quite cliequered,a mingling of h -].: a-.d dark
shadows. The Scientific American ‘uredi -vj
nf machinery and imnlemei.tr On V .
Tribune, the black spirits, Set
Slice agam. Tie writerconclud. < will. ■ mini,
that a blanket made out <,; tin, Ii • p t < -i
would produce the delirium trhneu* the fi- : , - :,i !
If these are veritable results, much ‘ ire win have
to be taken by those who ..ran .ss tons- new ,• r
blanket. 1
Bjghls of Gas Companies Seine tin,- since
the Pfitsrson (N. J j Gas Light. Company refused to
let-Jobn Braday, oi tha‘ (-ity, have gas on his pre
tniiCY till he had paid a gae bill contracted by l|,e
previous occupant, who Lad left without paying Lis
bill. Mr. Brady, in order to test tho case, brought
suit before a justiee and received a verdict in hi*
f ivor. The company appealed il, and the Court of
Common I’lense La.- i.-.dori-. U tl - nrtv o’--
cision, and the company Las ag;, ; n a; 1 a
higher court.
| Novel Mode of Building.—Ti ■ 11-.’ l (life.
I rad says an association of spiritin':.- - are engaged
| in putting up a building at Bar. Iniph, Chautauqua
county, N. Y., which shall boa perfect copy from
! the human term, minus the legs. The eyes are the
skylights, and the house has its front door, and all
j the viscera of the body fill their parts in the i-i itice.
i The building ie designed for the use of the associa
tion.
Suggestive.—A New Orleans paper presents a
very suggestive paragraph, in the following, which
he entitles “The March to the Grave of 18.17 • ‘
IV hat a mighty procession iiave been movin’- to
ward the grave during the past year I At the mual
of the world’s population gone down to tht grave
Fl*-e them in long array, and they will give a mov
ing column of more tl.au thirteen hundred to every
mile of the circumference of the globe. What l
K!?f*V£f tUe ? In,ive on > ,raui P’ tramp, tramp,
the Dead March, giving its luueral notes as they
go to the sfleut shades!