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Cos, rrtfXmAeucr of U Bo'li ’ore Amor,, ■
THIRTY-FIFTH CONKI!
IN SENATE J<in 5 j
The okairpr-fenteJ ft < ÜBn:cVi<*o tr -r, the
Scr<-!ary of'V<ir. i .*foe ll> taml*T <> t.oofw ,
•ta’ioned in Kft-ftfte !■.: u.,-t quarter, from the 1-.
us January, 1*55, foth<M.rt*n-ut timo
Mr Maaon, from tbe C‘>mmitt*o on •*: -■!- j
talioa, introduced report on the so u! ■J** 1 ’ !
portion of tbe I’rW.en r* nr-rago resnuns to i
expedition of General Walker. Ifo report
forth, m detfti . the intruf;tion to to
Fftnldinu, tbft ptoceedirgitof Wftiker.ai I’aea j
of hiut anti hie party t*y Commodore i■ ■ ‘ ‘
hold* tnat theiMtru(t..D:~oel were jaetmed by
tb* eitrhtb ectiou r>f th ao! of 1818. *<* th*. tire
I‘n indent w* ‘h-rehy Mtbriz- - to employ Ibe
Army and Navy to arre-*? rD 1 espeaiteoß on
the high sens. Ii gue*s tr.? j . * 7 , w ‘' u | a
bees defective M it nyt a-i->za fern;. arre- *
after the expedition bail -ft our eborea. bath an
tbcrity must have be*n lea by the ; am,r of
tbs act Tbe report farther argues that although
Commodore Paulding was rtf, ui etricjne.s au
thorized to make the arrest on t ie sou of Kioara
gu, yet the only party that Could o- nplem waa
the government ot that coai.t y. Walker arid his
friends surety could not complain. JteLce, the rr
port rfteeex over, wduoattevere rebuke, iau act
performed only ffrotn pure e;uj pstrioUo mottves.
The expedition hid s*ilt i with a• ” |> •; rs -re ard by
deceptive prat . o't, and ft, the taoe nbriweo that
the expedition wea one puj- y of a ii.h.'ary char .<
fonnity wit i its prinui;- * ae nfiove-*at 1 -o’
Done f, *> one of the C . nfe, expreax-i *•-
diaaent from I ,e repor'. Mr. f .t. another member
of the Committee, exprc-ed h.t < ■ ,m urr-.i.re w.tb
the report, in record to the prineipi *itncre laiu
down, anti the def.i ot faei-aa tl -•• -t- forth, but
wUrw the ,*p :t ceiMurt* t> mtu -r. for hot a<, -
earatfoa, 1 ■ an- ■ • ti m the rep*.it; and. under
the cir-uuiU K-e* he yielded to that act hu enure
approval. The ret .:'• and r. port were o- tiered
to be prm ed, tri made foe oruer of (be day for the
“ T° !• r Mu’u-hHI- erl. t mriiaiMt to the
eeeaary to confer authority on the President to
MMfet arrests and seizures . • t)c mad* on t.ie tool,
seas for ofieiic it committed affainrt the neutrally
A‘-t of l“id; that the place ’at ere Wm. *Va ker and
hie l. lloweni were arroeied, beinif without the juris
diction of the United h> .tea, their arrest. wan witu
out warrant of law. but. m view of the cream
fitaneea atteodio*; it and ra r-eul in takmo away ]
from the territory of a State, in amity w.tb the
United S'utea, American cdi.teEi*. who were there
with hoetiie intent, it may not call or further ci.
ure than, aa it u iijbt bereefter be drawn into pre
eeden* if ruff. r ed to pai-e without rebuke:
The C .minittoe a eo report a bill auboriziC)y>er
aon* engaged ia bne.tUe expeditlom faneh aa Wral
ker'e) to be brought into port for trial.
Thu cmnideriition of the eubject waa postponed
till Urn b.ta of February.
Mr Davis called up the bill for the increase of
the army, and af. e -some explanation, i*s further
consideration was p- s poned I !i so morrow.
Mr. Harlan then cmnineic ed a speech in opposi
tion to lue Uecomptou core'i uLionand totbecouree
of the Pre-id : t.
Mr JJrown said as the Uecompton Constitution
would probably be cent to Confirms it would then
be a practical ‘juiet.on. and on hi. j iriolitm the sub
ject was pi etponed f tnat day.
The Senate then adjourned.
HOUSE.
The Speaker announced the foilowictr members
hs the S-lect C'oimii ’ too on the Pacific Uaiiroad
Messis. Phelps, ot . -.wi, Joi.es of Tens , Wash
bum, oi Maine, Miiison. if is, Curtis, of lowa,
Coniine.t New York, Underwood,of Ky .Crocs
back, of Ohio, Giimer, r.l .\ C-, Singleton,of Mie-..
Karnerworlh, of 111. I’hi• .ps, c Pa., Eracb, of
Michigan, Hi j an, of Texas, and Si ft, of Califor
nia
Mi. K* if*, in fbe absence of Mr Hants, of 1.1 ,
who had moved that arcnolu*ion be edepted lor the
expu siun of Mr Matt. ? m, moved that, the f urther
consideration of the subject be poatp msd for one
mootb, saying U at he undcrsUKSj, on good authori
ty, that Mr Mattes ii v,ii detnineii at home in con
tin! i was agreed to
The House wed into Coinn ittee of the Whole on
the Slate of the Union.
Mr. (Jartrell. ol (,- m Jo a speech in favor
of Slav. iy KS sauctu.mu b> the Uousfitution of the
United .Stiles, and the word of God
Mr. Wash borne, of Wiser :i. in, reviewed, incon
demnation, the financial policy of the Administra
tion.
Mr. Granger made a speech to show I hat pro
p.-rity to the country can be r. -nr i i.y t!ie enact
ment of a protective taiill, with incidt ntal protec
tion.
Mr. Hinghain ear .tly condemned tlie proceed
ings attending li e adoption of the 1,1-iOinjitoi! Ci n
•litution.
The cominitlee ro . and the House adjourned.
IN SENATE lan. h*ti.
Mr. Douglass, hem the Conm.itfee on IVrito
rieti, report- and a bill :*.> ‘I e adm - ion of the s'ate of
Minnesota into tin Union wl ch was read and
plated on the cu endnr
A fne- ge *si rec.-ved from the Hoi-cam line
ing t'. e d.ouh M.’ -r i Urenton ami L- ekliart, elect
ed to that body fi >o lutiiai'H
Minei Bright and h itch delivered enh-gies and
the usual resolutions of resp-et were adopted
Tie residue, f til- re . u w-is <<• “jeid in the
discus-ion rd tie i;d repelt and I."in ihe ( ■ inpaifci
on Military Alien by it i nor Me Cl r.inran, Mr.
Davis, pioviung ‘ I ..II tt”- of tie ‘my o! 11 e
Cnilell States. The V . S-fini.e of I lie bill
weru lucidly stated iv-.i explained by Mr U , who
tiivok -tl toi \tn |rt>\itfJOHN t: e i*ninp coDsi'lera
ikm of the Senate iu view of th-pub!.< px
which uc. rned tod* inarni ni \n< -r-■. - in our inilitn
ry etjlabU iiment. ‘1
hu*‘l phrtioipftUci in by Mi*?*-r.’ Toon.bi, Hun
ter, Half, *W*r f * ward, and ot!.. r*. Tin diacua
’ou embraced n wi<!t rai ge ol topics, ami many
argument were urged h. a ufl the increase of the
army eontemplated by the terms oi the bilL The
ioataat i-ecei-miy of the measure was disputed by
some, while others remarked particularly upon the
iarg additional expense which would be iucurreu
by it-, Ti.e expenuitui s t >r the military
astablihhincnt of the United .States during the het
year, in a time of profound peace, had amnut led to
Ihe sum of milltoiis of dollars, while
thirty six millions was the highest sum reached rfu
ring miv year of the Mexi< :i wav, and wl iln only
twenty-one iniUioits v. •* the mu i iiai hed
duung the late war with Great Britain. Other? ob
jectad t' the pr< p<Mad iaorefcpe < f the army unless
awompanied with a provision that the additional
tore- should be disbanded on the dh uopearance of
tho nonietnplated enlargement of our military es
tabltfchment. The p:obal-i ity, nature, and dura
t .on ot a “Mormon v.n- wen- i! . cd in connec
tion with ti * bill, while e* vend Seeators expressed
an apprehension that li e mo . I the army was only
enlarged to be men- avfniebly u .1 i eo.rymg out
the policy of the K - Nebia- Va bill in tfte Ter
ritorie v To these various argument!) Mr. Davis re
plied as they were nevendiy urged by diln rent
Senators, and vio< it a!ed the pr( \ i-ions of the bill
in its original tlmpo from the objecil- i a alleged
against them, lie especially his surprise
that the intonninabld lvinm*co joverey was fois
ted into the debate on a bill wh < h he had hoped
would be <l-cUH M-d oh itd own 10 . its
Without tomii gto a coiuiu mi the Senate ad
lourned.
HOUSE
The Committee to ;ato the . hargea against
the members and officer.- of the last Congress, grow
ing out of the disbursements ot Lawrence,
Stone aV t’o , were air her, acU to employ a . tenogra
pher.
The House then went into Committee of the
Whole on the Invalid Pension bill.
Mr. Anderson said that belo girg to neither of
the prominent political parties, the only course left
hiui to pnreuc, was the support of tin* administra
tion in every attempt to rt -i t the fearful encroach
ments on the constitutional rights of the South.
He thought that by so doing he should represent
the American party of M ouu i, which has no
sympathy withs e K mid Ucsu party. The present
exoitnnvnt in Kausa = will yoon v r away. !:iad
vocaiing the Lecompton Constitution he could see
no reaso.u to retuee the admission of Kansas under
that instruibSiit.
The Ho UNO passed the bill for the payment ot in
valid and other pen>ions.
Tli- bi l appropriating $700,000 to supply a defi
ciency in the public printing tor the U.*t two Con
groses was taken up. when
Mr. Phelps explained its pr-.v -iena, and showed
that tire large expellees incurred for printing were
Cos be attributed to ordering work before the docu
ments were tiicially sent to Congress
Mr. Clarke It. Cochrane, of Kcw-York, made h
speech in cemlt t .m. >nof the Lecompton Cor.sli
lution. characterizing it as a b aud and a swindle tvn
the peopled Khu a-, wl . lc saul, by a vote of
four against one had condemned it. If the Execu
tive ad Ins adherent calcinated on forcing jit
hrough, they calculated witltout their host, p.uii it
they should succeed, the I>. m kt.-cio partv would
become gc igiaphu ahy whut it win? in principle and
tact—nmere sectional orgaiaaatlon.
When tlir Comi ’leer, e, Mr. Clingman asked
leave to .-übu.it a retolu'.i. u. to be referred to the
Cottmrtuc on Foreign A trail's, dei laruig that the
Clayton and Bu wei Ueaty ougl t to - e i bv gab and
that there should be no intertetence by foreign pour
cts iu the addin of Central America, ami rondemu
mg the ctxdie trade, or traffic in white men.
f>bje< lieu was mads to the iutroductieu f the
reK>iuit n
Mr. Morris, of Illinois, m ked. but did cot obtain
leave, to offer a.i dnt v ai.tht r.zir-gthe Pre
sident to appoint three mnmi: .'iouers to proceed to
Balt Lake to negotiate whh the Mormons for their
removal from the l*n“ed S ; >
Mi. Kioremv, uaked, but > ; _d not obtain lesve, to
offer art ulutiea provuiiug for the a kiurumtut of j
Congre-s oi* l<e Mt; .-t Ju *
The House then aojourued.
I
IN SENATE Jan 27.
Mr Wilson introduced a resolution authorizing
lie appoint ii’t-cY <i a • uimuosm to \ u;nc into
le difficult it * in !he of U without a r •
<t to fon't* Kt ferred to tie Mifitirv Committee
Mr |>u-u ;>!* -nto.Mbe j .i.ttc- of the
Legislature of t r o. xpr- -mg entire l i-Lkdence in
the iotttgii'.y { . <i ab/. vof the y'.’ ? .1 Magis
trate, sav tto adtrtn-erv.ten c-inmatids tk;r cor
dial anti ttmlividv i oipp’rt, re Affirms the dec t res
of the Cu mwnlt p at n *’ v: -r - < : t-e
l*reedent in uterrtu v :o t; • i, .. uCv i..-i ij
tton are ui ioi lunate. as il*-y K’ -w ::t tye y
roust it uv on ot am ■’ N • • or.: *to ’ e .:uc
lo the pet p’e u r apt * ova! or to:o!s 3. ... e. . •
elude by u struct:!* • * >-ei: .:• taud rtquts: .. e
Kepreerntadx • s tit ;n ti * > f.ie t ‘ \ the
admission of K n.o- n > * I ton urt.. rll Le
oompton Constitut.eii, . i * t ... r ret r.t;.,y oa
pressing th* “ ‘ * ; V
Mr Wa lesaid there • tenet ri:
because they did : * p *•* • “ • : kat.
ly iudepetnl* t •*'••'•••• • ** ‘•
•oTn . S
sufficient importance ter rx; 2 n: v op: oust
<* Why i
that calm dyuity wh oh bei*.n.c > a .< v rt <u>..4e.
declare and anuotn.< cthtr pu *•- ai :.. v l*
W >
ummerath u, and hvpocritu i•) demise at they
Lavs the ftLlest c*'ie nee in it, wl.cutiitj is..an to
end by expressing the r sum dote• .muatiou to op
pose thr only important measure i. Lias orvugLl lor
ward *
I
Kansas quests u **<• was .- ;yr. . and c .vc ; :
trowns and reprobaiv :i of every man. ine reso u
rton called that po. y unt- u ue. but Mr. Yv ado
s lid it was dv*nr:o * uy ..: . knavery, vs h .
demanded no*. M '~ U* was w t . -
log to ifv) with the * and resist to the y* 3th
the attempt to fores lb* l et m b : - ni Eo; . i; : n1 r
any other wi • * p't t; ew. pevt>‘.% tip. u
them Tbi u 4 ths first a’tempt nvce ti.e re> • u’ion
to take asrs-y the hher.itr of the people. : J it
must he Me usi.
Mr. Fogh .-aid Le woulu i nuerjnve wuh tie
pet\ia'.. rdi-r bj oukv .•- .. t. ■> V> -n l
L^.JU>r u,M CV: .. >• ;• - •••• t
woa|d cspnw U- > vpoo -a: • v--
the oppor: uuity to corr... L* cn r<u.-af in some nmt
tr oi , ,
The joint resc.uuots w re'...n ~c ujvn ,ae .a-
Mr IV.vis from these ect committee on tfc 1 a
eifiea- - 1 dy -
tbs ▼ieww of tbs nnn ! *> r 4 • u •; * : ,
■ • resaineti the (ilMMlimtini oftfce
Amy bO.. ... nmvidice far rive
Mr ’ .
ut rev ri ut". ao- - vote of’ 4
rv of V ar, bur it eu rejected by \ote .1 S
furmf! 38.
>.-:iat< a ouiTed Trithon! .ominjf to a con-
iu*‘.*jD on ius Army
‘ : UOCSE
On a ■•.•* of 11 •■’ :-r. ree. Into, n was
• “luh"xpS^:
St^.
Totinr .>” 1 - ‘
•nth ti ©s of the TnKci •’ -
CM : I
Whole or “• er- >ot the l t-.on, on tt pim.it <O.
the defloiem y bilJ
Mr U-V.- <- Mi **id U:nt U. f.reV
M i. by penile:... ;: ui the >oitit ngauat the South.
Wf , r(4 * ;<< >n • m*<* T* expect aeon
V .aid be found ready to meet it. It the North
.-aid invade the Soatk let them do it in open day, ;
r jj(,f lathe night Whenever a single drop of
mX j gjjaii fc ped there, by way of coercing them
• -übmit toi’ justice a and wrong, it would be fob j
,V. (i bv a B‘ream of fire into the North.
T .-v* would find an army marching from the
S )u:b with the sword iu or e hand and the Bible in
! the . her, ?• *tte-ng d-s bition in the.r path ! The ;
Sou*i had b :rn* with patience tht attacks made on I
J ‘betn because they are fer the Union, but they will j
!,<*t ruck longer submit. H had more resoect for j
! th** abolitionists tlian for the fre- soilerson the prin- j
c p c tha th“ asFii ain meets h s victim in open day, |
; •?•. the other rob - him whle asleep. The only j
| difference exists ia the fact that one is a greater i
l robber than the other.
| Mr. GitH. g- whether the gentleman from
! Missisaippi won 7 dcarry r.i-i desolation into the West
i ern Betcrve ? .
; Mr Dav - replied th-d it would be the first point
ii e wou. and strike a , becau-e that was the residence
o :neaiH-t and woM of the abolitionists ot the
country. [Laughter.]
Mr. Leach made a --j-e-ch against the recommen-
I da’ ’• n O’ th- Pr mcei t for granting indemnity to
j ;r f in for the Omi-tad negroes, who, he contended,
were free by the of the United BtAtee, Ihe law 6
j Sri'iD’ the iiwa o‘ n. -tre, and the eternal and
: ai laws of Heaven.
! ‘^ r s a't"; eud'Ji the views of the Preei
jie t C* > tVn American affairs, proceeded to ad
j vuc-te the lecompton Constitution.
I tj* f -j,mp-son. of New York, made a speech in
fav */of * ixOiTig a P.ige !< rceat once to Utah.
\.. . Commute’ - <.u Elections made a partial re
i port, declaring that it was inexpedient t grant Mr.
! ( *, f w.j ise R* ;i- is contested by Mr. Yailan-
I iiDghaui, farther time to take testimony.
I The Committee then rose and the House adjourn
i ed.
IN SENATE Jan. 28.
Mr. Foot introduced a proposHicn as an amend
iwor t'.- Mr I> .vb 1 Pa'jiiic Ita!roadbili incase that
- fail.—
T. e latt*-r bill had bis concurrence in committee,
hut if defeated he wished f- add a clause fra
Northern rout* to the bi!i of Mr Davie
x'lr. I)avi- eaid his l> ,l; did not specify any route.
Mr. h< t?- remarked that he did not intend it as
an?i'onifttic to the hill offered by Mr. Davis, but a.!
additional *<) an to have two route"’, a Northern and
Southern.
On m t'on of Mr. Hamlin r, resolution was adopt
ed direc’ing tie Secretp.ry of War to communicate
to t!.e Se ate iL • r.monnt of expenditures fortlie
?; rs of the M i.itary Academy of Wet Point for
t.-o :i -.o ve i . iicltiding tt’.e compeueation of the ca
dels aiid all the otfio rs connected therewith.
On motion of Mr II . arother resolution was
i adopted io.tiucUt.); the Committee on Commerce
ito no ire it.to tb expediency ol repealing the lass
< reatrng the light bourn hoard.
Di.tko.t Basks— Mr Slidell, Pom the select
commi t- to which wit referred the resolution ot
the Senate of lTtlx of December las-, to examine
o.to the condition of the corporatioue or associa
tions ucti:. ‘ a. banks of deposite, discount, and is
er: in the District of Columbia, and the authority
under which said corporation* or gfsx-iations a5........
........ n> tr .j:- eot tie b:isi:;e -of bauhinsr, Jc.. sub
iretti. i a report, ae<ompanied by a bill to prohibit
the isrue of bank ii"!* by corporations, ;t-itK ia
tione, or individuals within the District of Colum
bia ,’.nd, further, to prevent the circulation of bank
noli-s itemed by any mcorp<>rated company or asso*
individuals located beyond the limits of
... District of Columbia of a less denomination than
The first section of this lib declares that after the
I,t day of April next it shall not ■be lawful for any
p-rson or any a--oc:atio t whatever, eliartered or
u:i. bartered, whim this District, directly orindi
r*:< .iy, to issue or re ieme, or pay our, pass, ex
( lift]"'", (*r put in circuiati<.n any bank ntite, bill,
certilicate, >*r any acknowledgment of indebtedness
ol any nature, character, or appearance of a bank
note, and (hat any person so doing shall be held to
be suil y ofa high misdemeanor, and on conviction
thereof shall be fined not less than fifty dollars nor
mot* than live hundred, and may be imprisoned for
a period.of not leas than three n>"r more than twelve
Tiie second section provides that a ter the first of
Aon! iL is made unlawful to issue notes or pay out
any note of ic* :t denomination than fifty of any bank
not Iwated within the District of Columbia, and
e'jbjfcfta all violations by bauks, &t?. to a fine of s.<llo,
am; by any other person to a fine $2 J, one half to
the informer and the other half to the United
States. .
The third section makes, in addition to the civil
penalties for a Violation of the last preceding sec
tion, a high misdemeanor, and upon < mviction be
tore the Criminal Court shall be fined not less than
teu nor more than one hundred dollars.
The report it a;i elaborate one, consisting of some
thirty odd pages, in which is given a succinct h/s
torv of the banka, the times of charter. &c., and
says, among otner thing?, shat “the question of the
legality of the contracts made by the banks that
have heretofore enjoyed the privileges of incorpo
ration is one between them and their debtors, in
winch the public has no concern, end the committee
hie no disposition to speculate about the probable
r. ults of any question ofttoi* kind which may here
att.-rbe bioltglit before any judicial tribunal. That
of tne curr< ury is ol'a very different character. It
affect* the interest of every member of the com
munity, and Congress is bound, not. only as the spe-
I cial gua-t * mol .in pen. it- ot tho District ot Colum
bia. but for tbe sake of example to the nation at
arge, to watch with the mod jealous eye every
thii i that may have a t -udency to debase it. Were
tiiere any reasonable hope that we could return to
whe.t thee mmittee ct ti-iders to he the truo theory
of the Con dilution, n total prohibition of the cireu
la'i- o of paper money issued under the authority of
the several States, they would give such a nea-ure
thtir cordial support. But, believing that the time
s v. hen tho national mind will be pre
pared for the adoption of a purely metallic currency,
they wi.l make no suggestions of a general charac
ter, but will coniine themselves to the subject im
mt (l ately referred to them.'’ It goes on further to
say . “But whatever advantage they may or rn ght
have derived from their circulation, these hanks
have noeluiin upon the indulgence of Congress.—
They i xint and carry on bu iness, if not in direct
ntid'open defiance ol law, as your committee be
iieves, ccrtabily bv a most rhatneless violation of
the spit it of all pact legislation. They have, with
one lionoraole exception, (the Farmers and Me
chanics’ Bank of Georgetown.) refused to give the
committee such information as will enable it to
t om any correct idea of their condition and solven
ey. The imre array of figures, showing a certain
amount of assets in bills discounted, Are , is not, for
the purpose of any serious examination, worth the
paper on which it is written. A bark may ltavo its
pul tfolio bursting with promissory notes and other
cviuencos of debt, and be utterly unable to meet
the demands of i’s creditors, mid Die refusal to per
mitany inquiry into the character of their securities
is not calculated to create confidence in their sound-
ness,” &e.
\ our committee, after full dvH.berfttM-nfutnulr
the issue of all notes for circulation in the l> strict
of Columbia not expressly authorized by law to
make such issues, and to prevent ihe circulation of
ad bank notes issued out ot the D.etriet of Colum
bia of less denomination than fitly dollars, and re
ports the following resolution:
Rttolred, That it ia inexpedient to authorize estab
lishments either of general or special laws for bauks
of i-sue within the District of Columbia.
.Mr. Slidell moved to have it made the special or
der for Tuesday, the Dth of February at one o’clock.
‘ihe Senate then proceeded to consider the spe
cial I tde , belt g the bill to increase the military es
tablishment of Ihtt United States.
Tne question pending was the motion of Mr.
Toombs ‘o ?trike out the fir. t section of the bill
Sir. Toombs was entitled to the floor, but yielded
for a few minutes to eneble Sir. Hale to make a
nlstement in reply to an editorial article in tbe Union
oi this morning, challenging the correctness of hts
statements in relation to the expenses of the army.
Mr. Toombs then addret-Bed the Senate in favor
of |is amendment, and gave the reasons why he
opposed the increase ot the aany. There was no
m id of it ou account of Indian hostilities, for there
had not been an embodiment ot Indians within this
country for twenty-five years past that was capable
of lighting two tnouaaud men. As for the Mormon
troubles, lie deemed it ridiculous to suppose that
Brigham Young was able to compete with three
thousand United. States troops; and therefore no
nee; ~-ity existed for an increase on that score.
‘l l e S; mite took up tbe special order, being the
joint resolution giving a medal to Commodore
Pauldiiuc
Jir. I’eaio said he was against it, though ap
proving of Com. h’nuldicg’fl act ami condemning
Walker.
Mr. Slidell was against both Com. I’anhiintt e.n.l
Walker, anil said he wished to give authority to the
rre.-ideut to suspend the neutrality act one year.
The consideration of the subject was then post
poned till the y.-h ot February : aud the whole sub
ject wot come up . u that day with the report ot the
Committ<eon Foreign delations.
Akmv Bu.t.— I The hill to increase the military,
<M ibh-Umeiti of the United States wa again taken
up, and the debate continued by Messrs.'Stuart,
F'.i'ter, Green, and Simmons, when the latter gave
way at a late hour for a motion to adjourn, w hicb
prevailed, the Senate having previously decided to
adjourn to Monday.
HOUSE.
The House went into Committee of the Whole on
the state of the Uidon, on the printing of tho defi
ciency bill.
Mr Shaw, of Illinois, commenced a speech on the
Kansas que.-liou. when Mr. Burnet rose to a point
of order, saying that the rule requires members to
to confine them elves to the subject under conside
ration.
The chairman remarked that if this question was
pressed for the first time he would decide that the
i oint w.v well taken, but a different usage has pre
vaiied.
Mr. Burnett said that too much ti ne was occu
pied :u milking speeches for mere home consump
tion, cu siibjtets w hich rt quire no legislation. It
was time that an end was put to such proceedings.
olr. Hams, of Illinois, thought it discourteous to
make the point on his colleague after other gentie
men bed spoken, w thout objection, on irrelevant
subjects.
Mr. Burnett ispiied that he meant no disrespect,
and mentioned that he and other* had iu vain strug
gttd for the t'Kvir. in order to discuss the bill before
::v Coma iita e, but he w, u'.d not now oppose tur
ther objection.
Mr. Shaw then proceeded with his speech, in
1 which he cp>p sed the Leiaurpton constitution. He
was opposed alike to the abolitionists and Biack B -
| pnb:< mis of the Nortiiand the tire eaters of the
S. uth, and btiiev.d t’ nt the same class of men who
! were aboUti. ti. at the North would be tire-eaters
if transferred to the Si uih. anu rio-i-o is He iiad
r -vn path* i cUM data . : either section.
l:i h e uistrict, where it w-us said they were still in
i the habit of voting for Gen. Jaakscn, they had no
| tire eaters, and Lovcjoys, and no private o nstruc
| ;. n aud ot the (A s imia n taws-, which they re
j g&ided as a bond of brotherhood for the whole
i Union. The idta that an army from cither
I section was to cariy desolation into the ether
be regarded ts preposterous. He contended
! that the people of Kansas had rot had an
■ a.: : pna , eded to si w tiiat nineteen counties out
of the teirty four in Kansas weie unrepresented in
the rOßTemion. and fifteen of these coutuies were
j entirely vt. lraro Lis. ci.
i Mr Smilh of Viitit.ia. said the fifteen r.norgac:r
----| edccuuties were annexed to organised counties for
i the [ urpi re of tieg. aud the other four were dis
j frai.i hised ct.lv bv their.>u violent acts in driving
i out the sh< riff cd refusirg to be registered.
Mr Snsw said he would endorse the statement of
[ G.-v Walker, ar.d leave the gei.tiemau tosettle tlie
question of veracity which he iiad ra.sed between
I Him. He pointed out otiier illegal and irregular
i sets of those who participated in tiaming the con
; etitutiou. He sad his party only asked that truth
j r-i ch ip. - va.: r.i'-ii iustice f■* done. They cared not
! niu-thet Koiscis wvs to be free or Save Sta’e but
i they insisted that the pc pie ebv'uid decide that mat
ter tor themss i cs. Tuerewasco manouthis door,
Fire ta:<r or Kepubuan. wuo would subart to a
constitution forced upon him. aud they could not
ask the people of Kans is to submit He indulged
a hope that, numerically and morally, tht y were
strong enough to defeat the Leeompton constitution.
Mr S iH.\t ,e of the Knew Nothing party.
d.*r. uneing their doctrines as iiuberal and proscrip
tive.
Mr. Comina, of Maasacfauaetts, next took the floor,
i when
; Mr Barnett, of Kentucky, renewed his question
j of order, and appealed tr m the decision of the
; Chair : at Mr. C. uriglit speak upon ether subjects
i than the bill before the oommittee.
After a brief gim union aud some ronlur.ivn tel
-1 ere wi re ordereit no the aprvesl. and the decision of
j the C'rtur was sustamed-lPb to 43.
; Mr. Com is ibtr. r.d lr> seed the committee on these
i point- > t it e President’* armnal message which re
| late to a loan or Treasury-note bi 1. and to a ciun
j pulsory bankrupt law applicable to all banking in
ui'wij si the l titled Staten The mess-age was
i r'Cis sa .ie for its epparcut frankness and its real
or- : genu, vs:.- I*. ate-- ‘gacteri.-:-.© were e
---j jpx-.h.iy Od*n -tc u tue pon. to wi ida he re
terred. He conttiidea that t he ulienor object of the
■ Adnums .ia u vras to c Ltralisc cap al by break
ing fioirn Stole U: ks Wsbiwat Scale
right:? ana a ;-e cepaiture the DenKcraric
! doctrine of popular e-’ cereijifuty. He held that the
central:z*ii'<*2 of aea’tk wtis one of the moet dan
; *;*; : enniiirt? of tree ai-d that ender
; & Uacs;n4 fyateo Ike tlat oi New and no euoH
t eentra’.ijtat.va vst to bh feaied. [L)urice Lis re
:r.,vL: a in writing from the President was
: annoußoad.J
Mr. ILckman. of Peru *y said he waa an
earnest and sincere advocate ot the election ot Mr. I
liu .mouj to toe Presidency, eulogized his charsc
ter, and deprecated the fumlamefi-al error ini”
which he had fallen in his Kansas policy. The t
deucy of the message waste establish an ant a
nlsm between power and the people, and ur. e
those circtl *:*st °.i:; -be must take sides with
people. The danger to our political institutions i
ro-e less from the want of public virtue than from
the want of pubic- intelligence. He cared not - r
the anathemas that migh* be heaped upon him for
hi* course, but whenever he saw any man attempt
ing to plant slavery or any other institution upon his
soil or upon any soil iu which he had righto, he
woul l oppo -e it by all h.s power, within the Const.
tution and the laws ....
He believed th’ Kansas policy of the Admuns
trr’ion. if it prevailed would destroy the effective
force of the Democratic organization. The Kansas
Nebraska bill was barely tolerated at the North,
and it was only popular sovereignty which made it
tolerate-; but if the subsequent history of Kausas
could then have been written, no Northern man
could have advocated it against the tornado which
wouid have been raised against him. They cou'd
not so soon forget the means by which the vast ma
jority upon which the Democratic party rode mto
power ir 1852 hid been frittered away in 1856.
Hie opposition to the Kansas policy of the Admin
istration and the admission ot Kansas under tbe Le
compton constitution was based upon two propori
•lon*: First, that the policy and those measures
tended to destroy the republican principle recog
nised in the Kansas-Nebraska act: and. second,
that it violated solemnly plighted faith. The Presi
dent had no authority to say for the people of Kan
sas tnat they were careless upon all subjects except
that of slavery; and the admission that that sub
ject ought to have been submitted carried with it
the admission that the entire constitution ought to
have been submitted likewise. But he denieJ tha’
the slavery question was submitted at all, and pro
ceeded to’argue that the Lecompton constitution
was illegal, and iu no wise represented the will of
the people of Kansas.
He remarked that no Democracy had yet been
lound sour-d enough to withstand the atmosphere
of Kansa*. Four different Governors had been
* ent there, and each returned telling th- same sto
ry. that popular sovereignty there is a mockery.
The Southern press had proposed to remedy tuts
matter by marking these ex-Governors, and read
ing teem out of the Democratic party. They bad
best take care not to read too many cut of the par
tv Let them remember their anxiety lest Pennsyl
vania should be lost in the last Presidential contest.
The argument in Pennsylvania was that the pi mci
ple of popular sovereignty was to make Kao; as a
tree State, ana that argument, which amounted to
a pledge, prevailed to elect Mr Buchanan Prt it-
Mr.Sherman,of Ohio,was next awarded the floor,
when—
Mr. Letcher, of Virginia, raised a question of or
d-r tha’ he was entitled to the floor, having been
the first to address the Chair, lie appealed from
the decision of the Chair awarding the floor to Mr.
S .drman, and a scene of great confusion ensued,
lasting several minutes. Mr Letcher finally with
drew his appeal, expressing himself satisfied with
the assurance of the Chairman that the award was
fairly made, and order was again restored.
Mr. Sherman said as the Lecompton constitution
was soon to be pressed upon the House, and as be
had received a joint resolution from his State re
questing him to vote against it, he took occasion to
say that'lie was gratified to find that in the vote he
should give against that constitution he would re
present the will of the entire Legislature of his State,
even including the Democratic members. He (hen
spoke in opposition to the Lecompton constitution
contending that it was unjust, oppressive, illegal,
and in violation of the Constitution of the United
States.
Mr. Burnett, of .Kentucky, obtained the floor,
when the committee roee.
Mr. Hughes,of Indiana, on leave, introduced the
fol owing resolution,which was adopted:
Resolved, That the President be requested to
communicate to this House, if, iu his judgment, not
incompatible with the public interest, all authentic
and official information iu his possession touching
the present condition of affairs in Kansas.
Mr. Baskin, of New York,asked leave to intro
duce a resolution authorizing the select committee
appointed to investigate the sale and purchase of
the Fort Snelling property to investigate the facts
connected with the sale and purchase of the pro
property at Wilkin’s Point, Queen’s county, New
York, purchased during 1857 tor the purpose of for
tiications, under the same instructions and with the
same powers conferred upon them by the resolution
under which the committee was appointed.
Mr. Jones, of Tennessee, moved an adjournment;
which was lost—6B to 74.
Mr. Hughes, of Indiana, said there seemed to be
great delicacy exhibited in relation to these investi
gations, and, although he did not object to the reso
lution, he would like to be informed upon what
grounds the investigation was proposed.
J Mr. Burnett,of Kentucky, said he would object
to the ri solution on the ground that they already
had as much to investigate as they could attend to.
Mr. Keitt, of South Carolina, moved that the
House adjourn, which was carried—Bs to 81.
And accordingly at live minutes before four
o’clock, the House adjourned.
Washington, Jan. 29.
The Senate was not in session to day.
HOUSE.
Mr. Howard called attention to the fact that the
bill before the committee of the whole on the state
of the Union providing for the supply of the defi
ciency in the appropriation for printing had had not
vet been discussed, but that the debate was directed
to general subjects. That bfll has grown out of
abuits which, if suffered to continue, will bankrupt
the treasury ; yet not a single member of the com
mittee of ways and mean?, or of the printing com
mittee, lias b -en able to get the floor to discuss the
provisions of the bill, in order to bring out what has
led to a system of abuses which all ought to unite in
order to give the matter a full investigation. If they
devote this day to the country by thoroughly probing
the subject their constituents will forgive them for
all the time heretofore wasted in speaking of the
Indian?, Mormons, Kansas and for buncombe gen
erally. [Laughter.) He offered a resolution for
extending the debate on the bill to-morrow and con
fining the speeches strictly to the subject.
Mr John Cochraue objected, tor the simple reason
that it was now too late to insist on such a course,
tlie committee of the whole having jesterday dis
tinctly refused to enforce the rule.
Further proceedings on this subject were termina
ted by the House go ng into committee on the print
ing of the deficiency bill.
Mr. Burnett was proceeding to discuss the prin
ting question, when Mr. Greenwood sportively
raised the p int as to whether Mr. Burnett was in
order, as lie was confining himself to the subject uu
der consideration.
The Chairman decided that Mr. Burnett was iu
order.
Mr. Burnett condemned the extravagance com
mitted ill Ihe public printing, conceiving that the
subject was one which should be closely investiga
tebi’cYi ‘lift’ autefibwMVfV£ affitoT f“bfce
propria tion in the hill.
Mr. Phelp3, while he argued that there should he
a stop put to such extravagance as had been exhib
ited by their predecessors, insisted that trie $790,000
ought to be voted to discharge the existing contract..
Mr Campbell proposed to reduce the sum to $316,-
000, go as to pay what the government owes, and
uo more.
Mr. Nichols believed that some limitation should
be placed cn tho printing, but was not in favor .f
stopping the printing ot all the volumes not already
commenced.
A debate, in five minute speeches, took place on
various amendments, and finally the committee rose
without commg to any conclusion on the subject,
and the House adjourned.
Was hington Items. —Secretary Toucey is busi
ly engaged in arranging sea service for those offi
cers of the Navy recently restored to tlie active list.
Lieut. Maury is to go to sea, nor would his fellow
officers or the community be satisfied were he to be
suffered to remain ashore. Captain Joseph Smith,
at present the head of the Bureau of Navy Yards
and Docks, will assume the command of the home
squadron, in place of Commodore Paulding. Cap
tain Smith is one of the newly restored officers,
though he has been engaged on special duty ever
since the action of the Retiring Board.
Lord Napier’s fete, on Tuesday night, is described
as the most brilliant spectacle ever witnessed in
Washington. About 500 persons wese present.—
The whole diplomatic corps in court costume were
iu attendance. A body of officers of the United
States Arm}’ and Navy were also there, with Gen.
Scott at their head, in full uniform. The British
Consuls at New York, Philauelphia, Baltimore, and
other places, atten ied, and many distinguished
strangers, specially invited from distant cities
There was the richest display of female toilets yet
seen in Washington, several of them having cost
thousands of dollars.
Ihe officers and geologists who come from Arizo
na, all report very great mineral wealth. One of
the companies, writing mines there, reports in ite
returns a yield of $125 a day to each hand employed
from the richest mine at a daily expense of fifty-six
and a half cents a hand. The yield from the poor
est mine is £2O a day . expense, fifty-five cents a
hand. The section of the Arizona bill relating to
the mineral lands has been struck out by the com
mittee.
The States, of Washington, is rumored will wheel !
into the support of Senator Douglas, and will here- |
after denounce the Lecompton constitution as j
heartily as it has heretofore supported it. This is
considered certain in influential quarters here. Mr. j
Douglas has lor some time wished for an organ in j
the capital of the nation, and Major lieiss will !
doubtless make an able ally and supporter. All j
that has yet appeared in the States to indicate the j
change above alluded to, is a leader upon Kansas ;
affairs, which receives the report of the triumph of j
the Free State meu as true, and argues thatconse- j
quentiy the whole question is charged. This arti
cle is looked upon as preliminary—paving the way
for stronger ones.
The W ashington correspondent of the N. Y. Com
mercial says:
There Is more excitement here among public
men, at this day. respecting the Kansas sore than
there has been yet since the luckless day when Con
gress invited North and South to enter the lists in !
that territory for a terrible fight, in which, no mat- j
ter whet her one or the other party succeeded, the j
Union was to fall with the vanquished.
The returns of the recent elections in that terri- j
tcry have been received, with advices which show
tuat, in spite of fraudulent votes, the Free State j
party carried the State officers and the State Le
gieiature on the Ith of January. They furtherstate
that Mr. Calhoun will change the returns, at the
proper moment, so as to give certificates of election
to all the candidates of his own party, and thus re,
verse the lesuif, in defiance of the people. Farther,
the free State men claim sixteen thousand votes In
the territory against only two thousand pro slavery
votes.
If the Lecompton Constitution be adopted by
Congress, the Free State men are pledged to resist |
ny government organised under it, especially Cal- ;
hour: s fraudulent government. They will do this |
they say, no matter if it rend the Union asunder.
Southern and Northern members ai e becoming j
much exceed, and speak pretty strongly. Some of ;
the Southern members are going about declaring I
that the Union is dissolved, and that further efforts ;
to :-avo it are useless.
TLe President has exhibited for a week past his
full share of the excitement on this question. He is !
no longer so much troubled as he is augry about it. |
He i> writing a message to Congress in favor of the
immediate acceptance of the Lecompton Constitu- !
lion by Congress, aud makes it a party test, declar j
ii>g that every one who does not support the re- j
e. mmendation is a traitor to Democracy.
It is believed that the Senate will sustain the j
President s views, but that the House will not.
Kansas Election.—The telegraph Wednesday
brought to u? a rumor that the pro-siaveiy party in
Kansas Lad secured a majority in bo:h branches of
the recently chosen State Legislature. The latest
reliable returns that we have el the election oa the
4:h iL?t , give the following result:
SENATE.
F v au. Pro-Siar. Disi. F. Szau. Pro-Sicr.
1
2 1
3 1 ii 1
b'.w.v.v.y. \
Total... 13 6
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
JDisl F. Stc:-. Pre-Star. Dist. F. State. Pro Slar.
4 12 - 2
2 4
3 ? - 14 5 -
S’.::::*.::. 1
s * 1 -
_
li.::'.:::::- ”= .. y
Ti re ere cow members elected to three distinct
in Kansas, to wit: The legislature
eib'ed uniierthe lecompton constitution, the Ter
rirori.-U Legi*latnre. and ibe tiieg&l Leiiisiarure
cbosen tu-der what is calleo the Topeka Conetitu-
U °A bill for another CousrituSonal Convention has
been iri-iiuced into the Kansas Territorial Beeis
..iture. Tuis Convention is to meet at Topeka, on
the third Moodav in March, fcnd the Constitution
will b framed and submitted to the people in
time to be sent up during the present B6 o&K>n of
Congrefeu.— Balt. Amet.
r 1 It <1 l* F. A N INT Ki.lx I C KN(’ E
D£TALLS BV IHfc KANOAROO.
The Steamship Kangaroo, from Liverpool Jan.
13tb, arrived al New York on Wednesday:
Financial Affairs. —The London Money Mar
ket continued easy, but without any further reduc
tion ic the Bank rate. In tne Stock Fxchange the
rate f r loans was as low a." 3 3to 31 per cent. In the
Discount Market the best bills were negotiated at
from 4 1-2 to 5 per cent. At Hamburg, the rate of
discount tell to 2 i-2 per cent., but again tmeed
to 3. Gold continued to flow into the Bank. The
Stock Market had been rather flat, and drooping,
and the closing quotations for Consols were 94 f a94[
for Money and 91 j a 94£ for Account. Attemon is
orawn in the City Article of the Times to the great
mining wealth of the territory of Arizona (the Gads
den purchase) and to the large supplies of silver and
copper likely to be obtained from that country. The
euspen-iona were announced of Messrs. Arthur &:
Cos., warehouse-men, Glasgow, with large liabilities;
James Bannatyue Sl Son. the oldest Commercial
Ann in Limerick, for £50,000; and Joseph Bain
bridge & Sons, timber merchants, London, fora
small amount.
Cotton and Breadstuffs were lower in the Liver
pool Market. Provisions steady.
The following is an extract from the London
Time’s Money Article of Jan. 11, (Monday):
“The English Funds have been steady but inac
tive to day, some flatness being caused by a con
tinued disposition on the part or the public to effect
realizations. Consols for money which left cif on
Saturday at 94| to 95, ranged throughout the morn
ing between and 95, and tbe last official quota
tions were 94 % to J for money, and 95 to | for tlie 4tii
o: February. Alter regular hours there was sellers
for the account at 95. Bank Stock closed at 220 to
222. Reduced, and New Three per Cents., 95 to £ ;
India Stock, 220 to 223; India Bonds, par to r >s.
premium ; and Exchequer-bills, 11s. to 15. premium.
In the Stock Fxchange the rate for loans is as low
as from 3to 3 1-2 per cent. In the discoun mar
ket the best bills are negotiated at from 4J to 5 per
cent.
Great Britain.—The launch of the Le\nathan
continued to progress satisfactorily. It was aoped
that in a few more days the vessel would be down
to low water mark, when the process of unpacking
the cradles would commence, and the full t-pring
tides at the end of January will float her. The pro
gress of the vessel during the last two days was
over 30 feet.
The London papers of the 12th give great space
to the arrest of General Walker, but with the ex
ception of the Morning Post, which applauds the act
of Commodore Pauldit g, they are editorially silent.
The Manchester G uardian praises the act and credits
the Administration with it.
The London Daily News expatiates upon the con
sequences to ensue from the disagreement bet ween
President Buchanan and Mr. Douglas, regaining b
in ihe bght of a regular “ split in the pro-slavery
party.'’
India —Additional telegrams of the Indian new3
taken ou f by the Eurcpa have been leceived from
Malta. The dates are, Calcutta, December 11th;
Bombay, 18th.
The death of Sir Henry Havelock is confirmed.
On the 24th of November Sir Colin Campbell
evacuated Lucknow in the presence of the whole
torceofOude. He retired to Cawnpore.
The correspondent of the Times thus speaks of
the actions with the Gwalior mutineers :
“ General Windham on the 26th of November at
tacked part of the Gwalior mutineeis near Cawn
pore, i-iid defeated them ; next day he was surprised,
lost ail his tents, and had to retire into his intrench
ments. whence, however, he made a successful sor
tie upon the enemy. The 64th and 80th regiments
were much cut up. Sir Colin Campbell heard the
firing from t Oude side, came up, and drove the
enemy from his position in Cawnpore.
“ On the 7th December the Commander in-Chief
attacked the Gwalior men, 14,000 strong. The vic
tory was decisive, the enemy was pur£ued for 1-4
mile3 along the Calpee road ; lost all his cannon ex
cept eight, alt his carts, all his ammunition, and all
his baggage.”
Another despatch from Sir Colin Campbell says
that the Gwalior fugitives were subsequently fallen
iu with by Gen. Grant as they were beginning to
cron the Ganges; and that after some sharp firing,
15 guns, wi‘h all their stores, ammunition, etc.,
were captured. Gen. Grant was slightly wounded,
but he lost no men although the loss of tho enemy
was about 100.
The Times considers the Gwalior Contingent, for
all practical purposes, annihilated.
The Bengal 34th and 73d regiments had mutinied
—thus extinguishing the Native Bengal Army.—
Two companies of the 73d were cut up by the sail
ors at Dacca. There were 24,000 European troops
in the Beoga’ Presidency.
The steamship Great Britain, with 1000 cavalry,
had reached Bombay.
All quit! in the Punjab and Rohilcund.
The Oude insurgents were pushing to the South
ward, and had compelled the Ghoorkas to retire
from Azimghur and Jaunpore stations.
An insurrection had broken out at Kolapore, but
was speedily . uppressed.
In the Southern Mahratta country attempts had
been made to resist the disarming act, but the in
surgents were totally defeated.
Jui’g Bahadoor, with 9,000 men, was on his way
to assist Sir Colin Campbell.
The intelligence from England had caused com
plete stagnation in the Calcutta export market. Im
ports were unchanged.
Money was abundant, but there was no reduc
tion in the l ate of interest.
China.—Dates from Hong Kong are to the 29th
of November.
The Admiral, with the chief part of the fleet, had
advanced up the Canton River. No operations had
been commenced.
Lord Elgin had gs ne to Macao, at which place
the French Plenipotentiary and Russian Minister
were.
Afi quiet in the North of China.
The attack on Canton was expected (o be made
immediately on the arrival of reinforcements, which
wer lue. The city was reported to be mined, and .
resistance was expected.
France. — There is no political news of impor
tance. It is stated that the consumption of tobacco
in France ? s increasing so rapidly that the Imperial
manufactories can scarcely supply tbe demand,
and the revenue from the sales of the present year
is expected to reach one hundred million francs.
The market for flour and wheat in Paris was very
dull; and trade generally, b lh in Palis and the De
partments, continued quiet, although showing signs
of improvement.
Very severe weather had prevailed throughout
France, but the cold had materially moderated.
Stain. —At the opening of the Cortes, a dispatch
says : “The only point in the (Queen’s speech was a
reference to the mediation of France and England
in the quarrel with Mexico.”
Austria. —The remains of Marshal Radetsky
were lying in State at Milan, and the funeral which
was to be attended by 25,060 Austrian soldiers were
to take place on the 14th January. The Russian
Army had been ordered to w ear mourning during
three days as the deceased was a Russian as well as
al lA u _ at, i ai A o^tvo lUWlwlucuou 0 t
the Austrain Army has been more considerable
than was expected, 50 000 men having been already
discharged, whereby a saving of 12,000,000 florins
has been effected.
Prussia —The Prince of Prussia had determined
to visit England to “assist’’ at his eon’s marriage to
the Princess Royal. Great preparations were ma
king in England for the event, aud also at Berlin for
the entry of the royal pair into that city.
Sweden. —Confidence was beginning to revive
in Stockholm, in consequence of a loan of 15,000,000
francs which the Bank was authorized to contract
ia France. Anew Customs Tariff was spoken of.
Turkey. —A Vienna despatch to tho Times says
that Ali Uasha ia the new Grand Vizier, and Fund
Pa.ha, Minister of Foreign Affairs.
Russia. —Advices from Constantinople state that
the Russians had ceased to interfere with the navi
gation on the Circassian coast.
The Russian Government had issued an order per
mitting the importation, free of duty, of metal work
intended to be used iu the construction of ships by
Russian subjects ou their own account iu Russian
dock yards.
Madagascar. —lntelligence has been received of
a continued persecution of the Christians in Mada
gascar. Thirteen persons had been put to death,
while many more had beeu subjected to torture,
aud a number reduced to slavery.
Africa.—A letter from the Cape of Good Hope
reports tbe capture by Her Majesty’s ship Sappho,
of a large slaver of about 1000 tons burden on the
West Coast. The slaver ran ashore to avoid being
taken, and after throwing overboard about eight
hundred negroes, her crew escaped to ashore in
their boats. About half of these negroes reached the
shore, but the others were drowned! Four hundred
more were also found on board the slaver. The
vessel was subsequently burned to the water’s edge
The Very Latest by Telegraph.
Tha Funds have experienced a further re-action
to-day, the balance of transactions still showing a
prepoudurance of sales for realization. There is
scarcely any demand for discount at the Bank, and
the rate in open market is from 4to per cent. In
the foreign exchanges this afternoon, there was no
alteration of importance from the rates of last post.
About $172,000 in gold was taken to the Bank to
day.— Times’ City Article.
The various Stock Exchange markets were to-day
weaker. The funds in the morning declined $ per
cent., aud closed j per cent, lower than yesterday.
The feature of tke market is a continuance of sales
on t part of operators for the rise desirous of re
alizing tbeir profits. The rumor that a loan ineoine
shape may be required by the Indian Government
also tends to check the upward movement. The
Share market is likewise lower. Applications for
money at the Bank were again very moderate to
day. The demand there is not likely to revive, for
good bills are freely discounted in the open market
at 4£as per cent. Great Western Railway Stock
experienced a further considerable rise to-day, ow
ing to a report of the competition with the Loudon
and North Western having been arraigned. It is
computed that from 1200 to 1400 shares in this
Company have been purchased since yesterday
morning. There was an enquiry to day for the
shares of the Atlantic Telegraph Company, the
price beiDg j£SOU discount —there are jC 1000 shares
fully paid up. The price quoted must probably be
exceptional for the majority of the shareholders are
sufficiently wealthy to retain their interest in the
undertaking. The three per cent rentes closed on
the Paris Bourse yesterday at a decline of nearly l
per cent, for money and sc. for account. —Daily
News City Article.
The ‘Leviathan.’—Yesterday nearly twenty
feat was act mplished in an almost continuous
movement of short slips of one and two inches at a
time. After dinner funhe-r progress was adjourned
till high water to day, when the remaining feet to
the bottom ot the launching ways is expected to be
accomplished. It is expected that she will be mov
ed down the rest of the ways to day iu about an
hour, and finally she will be hauled off into the river
by Trotxnan’s anchor.
The Australian Mail.—Yesterday the Teviot
arrived at Southampton with the heavy portion of
the Australian mails. Among her cargo is gold duet
to the value of £200,168 sterling. Her mails con
sist of upwards ot 80,000 letters and 120,C00 news
papers. which have been sorted on board and are
ready for distribution.
Srill Later by ilie Canada*
Halifax, Jan. 28th. —'The Canada brought the
mails and passengers of t* e Ariel.
The accident to ihe Ariel occurred on the even
ing of the 16rh January, after which she was only
able to work one wheel.
A further reduction in the B&uk rates is antici
pated:
The Emperor Napoleon wa? fired at while enter
ing the Opera House. Three explosions from hol
low projectiles were heard. Sixty persons were
injured and three killed. The conspirators were
Italians, many of whom were arrested. The Em
peror remained till the end of the Opera.
Advices from India state that the garrison at Fut
tepore was pressed by the insurgents and abandon
ed, and a more secure position wa? taken by the
troops. A body of the insurgents were defeated at
Gtndurie, although three British officers were killed
and one wounded. The insurgents near Jubulpore
had been attacked without any decisive result—
Reinforcements were advancing towards the place.
Punjanb Sclnde ana Bombay weie quiet.
The Queen of Spain's speech announce? the ac
ceptance of tfce mediation of France ana England
in the Mexican question; but under all circumstan
ces the honor of Spain will be preserved.
Mazzini has issued an address to tike Italians,
telling them to conspire them not as a right, but as
a duty.
Additional by the Canada
The S eamship Canada, from Liverpool January
16th, arrived at Halifax on Thursday. The follow,
ing summary of her intefiigenee was telegraphed to
the New York papers
The Ariel, with % passengers, the mails, and a
he&w freight, left Bremen Dec. 27th, and Cowes
Dec. 31st. She experienced strong Westerly gales,
which gradually increased until January 6th, when,
at 9 P M , in latitude 50 deg. North longitude, 29
deg. West, she broke her starboard shaft, just out
side of th- ship. She was hove to, under drag and
storm sails, and on the morLing of the 7th it was
found that her port wheel could be worked. The
ship was then put about east, and moved at the
rate of eights knots an hour. She shipped several
tremendous seas and broke her foreyard, when she
was again laid to until the morning ot the 9th. She
succeeded in sighting Cane Clear on the morning
of the 14 th, and reached Queenstown about noon the
next day.
The ship Oxford, of Westport. Maine, was aban
doned at sea in November, in a very leaky condi
tion. Capt. Minoil and her crew were picked up
and taken to Gibraltar by the American 6hip Maiy
and Martha
The Leviathan has been puc od ‘owrhm l'f a j
dozen feet of the extremity of the launch ng ways. I
She would remain in that position until th*- prevail j
ing spring tides were over, when she would be push- j
ed off the way.-, and so await the h gh tides of Janu
ary to fl -at ner.
Reform meetings were being extensively held
noth in London and the Provinces. The Chartists
! wi re taking part in them.
Brigadier Inglis had been promoted to the rank
| of Major-General for his gallant defence Luck
! now.
On the 14th the Bank of England reduced
ite rate of discount to five per cent., being the low
est pciut touched for fifteen month?. It was an
ticipated that a further reduction would take place
in a week or two. The Discount Houses have re
duced the rates of allowance at call from 4 1-2 to
3 1-2 per cent. The Joint Stock Bank has reduced
the rate for deposit to 3 per ‘cent. This action of
the Bank impaned£rnints ra the Stock Market.
Choice pe.per was negotiated in tee Discount Mar
ket at 3 1-2 to 4 per cent.
B. C. T. Gray 6l Sons of London, in the Canadian
trade, have suspended for about £30,000; also Bish
op A: Gessing, wholesale stationers, for about £50,-
000.
France— A despatch to the Times, dated the
evening of the 14th, says : “The Emperor wms iired
at this evening at half-past nine o’clock, while en
tering the Italian Opera House in Rue Lepellies
Some persons in the street were wounded. The
Emperor showed himself to tho people at the door
of the Opera House, and was r< celyed with enthu
siastic Cheering. He remained till the end of the
Opera. On his return at midnight he was hailed
with enthusiastic cheers by the multitude who were
waiting in t lie street to givet him.’
The Moniteur of the 16th says: “On their Ma
jesties arrival at the Opera, three explosions, com
ing from hollow projectiles were heard. A consid
erable number of persons who were rtationid be
fore the Theatre, including seme soldiers of the es
cort were wounded; two of them mortally. The
hat of the Emperor was pierced by a projectile, and
Gen. lleguest, Aide-de-Catnp of the Emperor, was
slightly wounded in the neck. Two footmen were
also w rnnded. One of the horses attached to the
Emperor's carriage was killed, and the carriage it
self was broken by the projectiles ’*
The latest despatches s y that rixtv persons were
wounded and three killed by the projectiles thrown
at the carriage. The conspirators are Italians, and
many arrests have been made. The Emperor and
Empress suffered nothing from the event, and on
the foliowixig day attended solemn mas l , ac
companied by the Ministers of B‘ate. *
A letter from Marseilles reports that the Ameri
can ship Adriatic, which was confiscated by the
French Court of Appeals on account of her collision
with the steamer Lyonnais, Lad in;de her escape
from detention at that port, and put to sea on the
night of the Btn of January. A French war steam
ci went iu pursuit, without effect. It was feared
that serious diplomatic complications may arise on
this cr.se.
It is said that the quest i of the Dannbian
Principalities is now co complicated that no day
can be fixed for the meeting of the Paris Con
ference.
The monthly statement of ti e Bunk of France
shows a lcs3 oi over eleven million francs in cash
held in Paris and a gain of twenty seven millions in
the country branches.
India. —The weekly mad from Bombay with
dates of the 24th of December bad reached Alex
andria. It contained nothing Torn Oaul? er Cawn
pore, owing it is presumed to the conib ued inter
ruption ot the mail between Calcu a and Bombay.
Tne Garrison at Futtebp re was ci-wsed by the
insurgents, and they had abKuconed pare of their
entrenchments and taken up urmther end more se
cure position. A column for Delhi under Col Sea
ton attacked a body of insurgents at Geuowree, aud
defeated them, killing 150 and taking ite :. of their
four guns. Three British officers were killed aud
one wounded.
The insurgents in the neighborhood of J v nbeipore
were attacked on the 29th of November without de
cisive results. Reinforcemeats were advancing to
J übbelpore.
The Rcjah of Aamjheer and his minister had been
tried and sentenced to death. The minister was
hanged, but the sentence against the Rajah awaited
the confirmation of tbe Governor-General.
Other executions had also taken place.
The Punjaub, Bcir.de and Bombay were all quitt.
No further rebel depredations were reported, and
quiet generally prevailed.
Additional from India.— -No details of the af
fairs at Cawnpore have yet been published. The
Bengal Hurka*u considers the operations of Camp*
• beli as masterly, and it deplores ihe loss of Have
lock and Brigadier Wilson. The same authority
considers that the rebellion is not so nearly at an
end as many have sangninely supposed iu India,
und as the government in England have been led
to believe.
Campbell evacuated Lucknow on the night of
the 22d of November, “in the presence of the whole
force of Oude/’ taking the women, children, King's
treasures, amounting to £230,000, prisoners,
serviceable guns, and everything worth removal—
fell back by the route bj which he had advanced ;
and arrived nt the Alumbagh ou the 28th Novem
ber. Sir Colin marched for Cawnpore, leaving a
division under Out ram at Alumbagn.
Gen. Windham, commanding at Cawnpore, had
marched on the 26th November, to attack a portion
of the rebels in pi sit ion eight miles from Cawnpore.
lie met with a sharp opposition, but after a fight
routed this body, taking ail their guns but one, and
returned to Cawnpore that evening. On the 27th
November the whole Gwalior contingent, swelled
by rebels from various parts, attackedNa-vabunge,
near Cawnpore. The British ti oops retired into
intrenchmente, and on the night ot the 27th the
rebels burnt down the camp of the 34th, 82d, and
88th regiments. On the 28lh they attacked the in
trenchmentß from the Canal ana Saubadars Tank.
A sortie made against the assailants from the Canal
was most successful. The rifles beat back the
rebels and brought in two of their 18-pounder guns.
Their fire from the Saubadars Tank was quite si
lenced, but our extreme right and 64th regiment
suffered severely. Brigadier Wilson was killed,
and Major Sterling badly wounded.
On the 6th of December, at 11, A. M., Sir Collin
Campbell attacked the Gwailor contingent, with its
allies. The contingent itself consisted of four bat
teries of artillery, two regiments of cavalry, and
seven regiments of infantry, all as highly disciplin
ed as auy native troops ot any arm of the service.
Added to these were the remnants of the Dinapore
mutineers, the contingent of all the ill-disposed Ra
jahs between Gwailor aud Calpee, and tbe bad
characters generally of Central India. The rebels
were completely routed, witbjbut trifling loss, and
their camp captured. They were pursued 14 miles
along the Calpee reef, and 15 guns taken, 26 battery
carts, wagons, <fec., besides an immense quantity of
ammunition of all sortjj, pork-etoree, grain, bullocks
and the whole baggage of tlie force. Sir Collin de
scribes his loss as insignificant; he had not heard of
the death of any officer except Lieut. Saimond.
All the women and children from Lucknow arriv
ed safely at Allahabad.
An extraordinary gazette, published at Calcutta,
contains Brigadier Ingli.3’ narrative of events at
ous officers and civilians who distinguished them
selves during the defence. His Excellency “ Be
lieves that there never has a tale been tcld which
so Btir the hearts of Englishmen and English wo
men, as the simple and earnest nana ive ol Briga
dier lugUe.” His Excellency also mentions the
names of Birch, Polehamptou, Harbor and Gall a
mongst the noble women who distinguished them
selves, aud refers in terms of deep regret to the
death of Gen. Havelock. Six months liattq is to
be awarded to every officer and soldier who formed,
part of the garrison, and to civilians who shared iu
the defence.
Spain —A despatch from Madr.d of the 14th, says
that the Spanish Ministry tendered their resignations
in consequence of the nomination of Bravo Murillo.
Their resignations had not been accepted. The
Cabinet would remain in office if the Queen
would consent to dissolve the Cortes.
The Queen in her speech to the Cortes in regard
to the Mexican quarrel merely remarks that she had
accepted the mediation of France and England as a
proof of the spirit of conciliation-which animated
her, but that under any circumstances the honor
and reputation of Spain shall be preserved intact.
A despatch from Madrid dated Friday, the 15tli,
reports the acceptance of the resignations of the
Ministers, ai id th j formation ofa new Cabinet as
follows : —President of the Council, Isturitz ; Minis
ter of Finance, Ocana; Minister of Justice, Boa;
Minister of the Interior, Deez; Minister of Marine,
Gueeada; Minister of War, Esp'-te-tei
Italy. —M. Mazzini had published an article of |
eight columns in the Italia del 1 polo, address d;o
the ‘Men of Action,’ in which he te!!s them tha* to
conspire is not a right but a duty.
Prussia.— The Prussian Diet -as opened on the
12th. The opening speech v, , read by Baron
Manteuffel. It refers to the of the* King and
expresses a confident hope of Li-5 recovery. It re
joices at the approaching matrimonial alliance be
tween Prussia and England. It ref rs so the Dan
ish Holstein question, and says that Prussia and
Austria are resolved in union with all che other Go
vernments of Federal Germany, to insist on the
vindication of German rights and interests. The al
lusion to the Danish question proceed ‘mid and j
unanimous applause. It also alludes to tho Gov
ernment measures to mitigate the effects of re
cent panic.
Russia. —The nobles of the district of Nigna No
vogorod, following the example of tbose of Lithua
nia and St. Petersburg, had Hiked the Emperor’s
permission to enfranchise their serfs, and the Em
peror had granted the request.
China.— The Hong Kong correspondent of-the
London Times, under date Nov. 28, says : Mr.
Reed, the American Commissioner, remained on
board the frigate Minnesota, carefully avoiding any
entangling alliances. He says that “The Minnesota
from her great size would prove almost useless for
warlike purposes in China. The same letter pre
dicts that the British would have possession of Can
ton before the end of the year, and that free and un
restricted intercourse with China would be demand
ed.
Latest by Telegraph from London lo Liverpool.
Paris, Friday Evening.—Four Italian.. amomg
whom are Counts Orsini aud Piere, have been re
arrested. Many other arrests have been made.
There are five persons dead and fifty or sixty
wounded by the explosion.
The Emperor and Empress drove out to-day in an
open ealeehe, without escort, through the streets of
Paris. They were enthusiastically cheered by the
people. This morning the Emperor visited eight of
the sufferers al the Hospital.
Paris, Saturday morning.—ln addition to the
foregoing particulars, it is ascertained that five min
utes before the attempt, M. Pietre had arrested,
close to the Opera, an exile of ihe year 1852, who
had removed to Palis under a I'dise‘name. On his
person were found agrenade, a revolver and a poig
Lard. The police of Paris were forewarned by the
Belgian police on Thursday, of an intended attempt
at assassination. Os the sixty persons who are
wounded, eleven are iu a dangerous condition.—
Some of them have been removed to the prison at
Mazas. Arrests a:e multiplying hourly.
The Times Pays that an impression seems to be
entertained that the amount of the loan for India,
instead of being limited to six or eight millions, will
be as much as ten millions pounds.
The attempted assassin at in of the Emperor Na
poleon caused flatness in the funds today. The
Stock Exchange rate for advances remains at three
per cent. At the Bank to-day applications were ra
ther more numerous. In Foreign Exchanges this
afternoon the rates were gener 1 y sbghtly lower
than at last post. About £160,000 in gold was ta
ken to ihe Bank to-day—£loo,ooo Australian, by
the Teviot, and the remainder Russian.— Times’
City Article.
The decline in the Funds to-day was chiefly caused
by the attempt on the Emperor Napoleon’s life.—
There are no tew features to notice in the Money
Market. —Daily News’ City Article.
Commercial.
Liverpool Cotton Market. —The Brokers’
Circular states the sales of the week at 35,000 bal s,
includii g 1500 on speculation and 4060 for export.
Fair ana Middling qualities had declined |d, while
the lower grades were ‘es3 affected, owing to
scarcity. The sales of Friday were 50; .0 bales, in
cluding one thousand on speculation and for ex
port, the market closing quiet a the following quo
tations : Fair OrieaiiF- bfd ; Middling do. C-d ; Fair
Mobiles 6fd; Middling do. 6 5 16i; Fair Uplands
6£d ; Miduiing do.
Liverpool Provision Market—Messrs. Big
land, Athya Ac Cos., Richardson, Spence Sc Cos., and
others report Beef steady wio* an improved de
mand. Pork dull Bacon quiet ; old nominal.—
Lard st ady but quiet.
State of Trade is Manchester —The advices
from Manchester are unfavorable. Th=re was but
little enquiry for gocd3 and yarns, aLd prices were
barely supported.
Liverpool Bkeadstuffs Market —The Liver
pool_ Breadstuff* market was generally doll, with a
declining tendency. Messrs. Richardson, Spence
A. 1 10. quote Flour very dull s ;d prices barely
maintained. Western Canal 23e e 23s fid: Phila
delphia and Baltimore 24s : Ohio 27s a 2Bs, aid 25s
for choice from New Orleans. Wheat very dull and
2d lower than on Tuesday. Red fisSfis 4d for
Western, aud 7* d7s 3d for choice, owing to scarci
ty. White 7s ‘tf 7a 7d, and 7s 9d 8s for choice.—
Cora dull but steady—mixed and yellow 32s 6d and
32s 9d ; white 36s for new and 37s for old.
Havre Markets— For tke ending January
12tk.—Cotton tends downward; sales of the week
5500 bait s ; stock 87,000 bales ; New Orleans tree
ordinaire 95 francs. Breadstuff's quiet.
Revival of Manufacturing Establishments
—We are gratified to announce, and our citizens
will doubtless be equally gratified to know that the
Phoenix, Virginia and Wheeling Paper Mills, in
Centre Wheeling, and the Eag ! - Mill, in Fulton,
which have been suspended for some time, are
again in foil blast. — Wheeling Intel.
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Gov. Brown’s Veto-—A Review.
The communication of “Richmond,” reviewing
the veto of Gov. Brown, will attiact attention, and
should be universally read, especially by that class
who regard the veto “ wise nnd patriotic.” It is a
very calm and dispassionate document, and if it fail
to convince, it will certainly command the respect
of all classes. It is from the pen of a gentleman not
connected with, or interested in Banks, eitLer as
stockholder or officer, but who ia well versed on the
subject of finance and banking. Ilia views cannot,
therefore be influenced by any consideration of in
terest, except that which, every intelligent man
should feel in tin- subject.
What are Consols ?
Covington, Ga., Jan. 28,1858.
Editor Chroniae # Sentinel—Dear Sir Will
you have the kindness to publish in your paper a
full explanation of the term “Consols,” and oblige
Yours, A Subscriber.
Consols are nothing more than the consolidation
of the annuities, paid by the Government of En
g land, into acommon stock, and are therefore a part
c f the government debt of < Jreat Britain. Formerly
these annuities drew different rates of interest,
which produced confusion and rendered the keep
ing of the accounts complicated ;to obviate which,
I lie government determined to consolidate the
whole, and pay the same rate of interest on all. It
vna, tlxorefore, a consolidated debt or stock, hence
the term “Consols.” lliey constitute a large por
tion of the debt of Great Britain.—[Ed. Chron. &
Sent.
“ Injustice to tlie Firemen.”
| The Di patch, of yesterday, copies our notice of
j the fire on Tuesday afternoon, and appends the fol
) iowing remarks:
i Injustice is done to the gallant firemen of Angus
[tain a portion of the Chronicle’s article, copied
| above, unintentionally, however, we believe. The
\ engine of Messrs. Piatt & Cos. certainly did much
I towards subduing the flames and preventing their
spread, but it did not do all the work, nor does it
deserve all the credit. The lire was confined to the
front part of the cellar, and the hose of the steam
engine was not put into the front doors until about
the same time us those of the Georgia. It is true
that Messrs.Platt & Co.’s engine had been playing
for some time in the rear, but the flame3 were .sub
dued from, the front, and the praise i3 due to our
gallant firemen as well as to Messrs. Platt &. Cos.
We do not desire to be understood as wishing to
detract one iota from the praise due Messrs. C. A.
Platt & Cos., or Mr. J. B. Platt. Our object is sim
ply to do justice to the firemen of Augusta. If any
set of men on the face of earth deserves full and
complete justice, it i3 the firemen who peril life and
limb, to protect the property of our citizens without
hope of reward.
So far fiom doing the Firemen or the Fire de
partment “ injustice,’’ we did them full and ample
justice, for we gave “Mr. Jacob Platt, and some
others,” (Messrs. M.Day and E. T. Miller,) credit
for their “ intrepid daring ” in entering the cellar
at the imminent risk of their lives. They are all Fire
men, and members of the Fire department. The
hose from Messrs. Platt & Co.’s engine was first
iutrocuced in the rear of tiie cellar, and poured upon
the flames each a flood of water as nearly to arrest
their progress before the second line of hose was in
troduced into the front door of the cellar. The se
cond line w r as, however, introduced and playing
upon the fire at the front door, in advance of any
other. That this was the case, was no discredit to
the Fire department, to which we gave credit for
being “ unusually prompt” in their arrival.
Messrs. Platt &. Co.’s engine was within one
hundred feet of the cellar, with steam up and the
machinery in -operation; while the nearest engine
the Fire department was more than one hundred
yards distant, others much farther, and quietly stored
away in theu apartments.
Fire in Brunswick. —The Savannah Republi
can lc-arms, from a private letter that the residence
and a portion of the outhouses of Mr. Urbanua Dart
in Brunswick, were destroyed by lire on the 22d
instant. With the bui'dings were burnt all the furni
ture aud clothing of the family, a valuable library
and papers, three hundred bushels of corn, and
many other articles of value.
Our Factories —We learn, says the Athens
\V Etehman, that it is the intention of the stockhold
ers to re build the Athens cotton factory as soon as
praoticable, and introduce a largely increased quan
titv of improved machinery.
The Georgia factory, we learn, returned opera”
tions on Monday last. This will give employment
to numbers of poor people who have been idle so
some time past.
Death of C. A. Brown. —We regret to learn,
says the Dispatch of yesterday, that C. A. Brown,
Esq., Superintendent of the Augusta &. Savannah
Railroad, died on Monday morning last, at the resi
dence of hia mother, in Macon, aged 26 years. His
disease was chronic diarrhea. Few men of his age
have been more beloved in the circle in which they
move- and lew have left more to mourn an early
decease.
The London Daily News ays that Lord Palmers
ton’s forthcoming India Bill w ill transfer the direct
man p.g( ment of the political sffsirs of India to a
Cabinet minister, who, it is understood, shall be a
peer, end in whom all patronage, with one excep
tion, is to be vested. This member of the Cabinet
is to be President of a council of six, to whom aim
ply consultative functions arefobe entrusted. The
European portion of the Indian army is to be great
ly augmented, arid all regulations regarding it are
lo emanate from the Horse Guards.
The same journal intimates that Lard Clanricarde
is to be the first minister for India, under the new
arrangement.
The Birth Place of Washington ;—Both
branches of the Virginia Legislature have passed a
bill providing for the conveyance to tne State of
Virginia cf the birth place of Washington, the home
and graves cf his progenitors in America. The
adoption of this measure may be regarded as a
patriotic prelude to tue consummation of the noble
enterprise in which the Ladies’ Mount Vernon As
sociation is engaged The bill appropriates SSOOO
to enclose the places with an iron fence, and to
ereet a substantial tablet to “commemorate for the
rising generation those notable spots,” as required
by Lewis W. Waihington in his offer of conveyanee-
Fike in Shelbyvii. le —Yesterday forenoon we
received. say3 the Nashville Union, of Jan. 23d, the
follow ing dispatch from the President of the Branch
of the Bank of Shelbyvilie:
Shelbyville, Jan. 22.—The Branch Bank is
burned—bonds ar,d papers ail destroyed—money
all safe. Loss to the State some five to Beven thou
sand dollars. The bank will go on as usual.—
Though tried by fire, it is sound and good beyond
doubt. This is thß second attempt to burn us out,
and now successfully. R. Mathews.
French Spoliations —lt is stated that the Uni
ted State? Senate Committee on French spoliations
have decided to recommend that Congress appro
priate five millions of dollars, in five per cent stock,
for their liquidation.
The Court r:.
The Thalrebg ai;d Vieuxtemps Concert of
Thursday uight was one of the most brilliant and
successful that ever took place in this city. The
audience was full and fashionable, and the instru
mental part of the Concert, for its originality, rich
ness, and beauty, exceeded that of any previous
performance before au Augusta audience. Thal
bf.rg’s playing does not admit of criticism ; scarce
ly of comparison—so different ia it from all that we
have been accustomed to. His style is remarka
ble for its distinctness. His theme is presented all
the time clearly and deliciously to the ear. Amidst
the deluge of ravishing notes with which he sur
rounds it, the s mplest, most touching a;r is always
visible and predominant. His “ Home, Sweet
Home,” and “ Last Rose of Summer,” to which he
favored the audience, in reply to encores , may be
especially cited as an illustration. We never heard
upon the Piano a sweeter performance than the for
mer. while it was remarkable for its ingenious and
novel arrangement.
Vieuxtemps elicited almost, if not wholly, an
equal share of admiration by his performance on the
Violin, lie was several times rapturously encored ,
and his concluding piece was, by many, considered
the moat exquisite perfoimance of the evening.
Miss Kemp and Madam Johansen won a fair
share of applause iu their respective parts, and gave
a pleasing variety to the entertainment of the even
ing.
Heirs Wanted.—The following slip, says the
Savarnah Republican, has been enclosed to us in a
letter from a respectable gentleman residing in
Charleston. The writer states that he met the un
fortunate man (Benj. Rollins) in the mountains of
North Carolina in the summer of 1856, and invited
him to his home, where he remained several weeks.
Rollin3 was travelling ou foot, and said be “belong
ed seven miles above Savannah , on the Georgia side
of the river.” He has, no doubt, relatives in this
neighborhood who are entitled to the aum of money
found ou Irs person, and for their benefit w T e make
the publication:
“ Sad Mistake.—A man by the name of Benja
min Rollins was killed in Marion county, Alabama,-
on the Biu of October last. He was deaf and dumb,
and was on his way from North Carolina to Bexar
county, Texas. He had left the public road a short
distance and was discovered by a young mau who
was hunting, ad not being acquainted with a mute’s
attempt to talk, the young man says he shot him
through tear, (and all believe it.) •
The said Beujanfin Rollins was between 50 and
60 years of age, aud would weigh about 150 pounds.
He had a recommendation certifying that he was
worthy of charity, supposed to have been written
out at Davidson College, N. C. He had some man
useript copy of a dictionary, supposed to have been
written out by himself. There was aleo found ou
his person $1,300 in gold aud silver, which, accord
ing to the laws of Alabama, will remain in the
hands of the Coroner six years, subject to the de
mand of his relatives. Alter that time- it will go to
the county in which he was killed, to be added to
the school fund.
Should any of his relatives or friends wish to
learn more of the particulars, they can address Wil
son Maddox, Pikeville, Marion county, Alabama.—
Askeviile (N. C.) News.
Young Men’s Christian Association —The fol
lowing Committees have been appointed for tie
year ISSB, by the President of the “Young Men's
Christian Association” of this city :
permanent committees.
Committee on Publication.— J. P. K. Walker,
Chairman ; S. A. Atkinson and C. F. Lewis.
Committee ou Lectures. —Jesse A. Ansley, Chair
man ; J. 11. Hull and Robert Walton, Jr.
Committee on Library and Rooms. —Wm. L.
Sherman, Chairman; W. G. Johnson, and A. C.
Ivea.
Committee on Sick Members. —Wm. S. Royal,
Chairman; James W. Bones aud J. J. Lathrop.
Committee on Finance —S. A. Verdery, Chair
man ; R. C. Black and Win. Gibson.
Committee on Statistics. —W. C. Jessup, Chair
man; Tims. 11. Ilolleyman and John Milledge, Jr.
Committee on Employment. —W. B. Lathrop,
Chairman; R. F.Urquhart and St. John Moore.
CHURCH COMMITTEES.
First Presbyterian Church. —A. F. Urquhart
and U. S. Sayre.
Baptist Church. —Edgar R. Derry andß. P. Zim
merman.
St. Johns' — Methodist Church. —Dr. S. B. Sim
mons and Albert A. Beall.
Episcopal — St. Paul's. —W. B. Lathrop.
St. James'—Methodist Church. —Wesley A. Bart
lett and Wm. H. Russel.
Christian Church. —G. W. Crane.
Texas Indians.—The Waco Southerner records
intelligence that the Indians have made another
foray upon the citizens of Erath, Bosque, Palo Pinto
aud Coryell counties, aud on a more extensive scale
than on any former occasion. A number of persons
had been murdered, and large droves of horses
stolen, but particulars had not come to hand. The
Southerner adds the following curious information :
A scout had just returned, who had went out some
thirty days and followed the trail of a former ma
rauding party near the line of New Mexico, and
from information of a reliable character, they were
satisfied that the Indians were iu communication
and allied with the Mormons. From circumstances,
it is presumed that the horses thus taken from Tex
as, or many of them, are to aid His Excellency
Brigham Young, in his row with the United States.
Mr. Alexander, a citizen of Medina, Bosque coun
ty, writes to the same paper:
The Governor ought to place a force of five hun
dred men on this frontier, by the rising of grass, with
orders to follow the red rascals until they overtake
them and destroy them; and iu the meantime we
need more protection during the winter. Strong
suspicions rest on the reseive Indians, especially
those at Camp Cooper, for being directly or indi
rectly concerned in this expedition.
Georgia Items.—A collision occurred between
the engine aud the cars of a freight train just after
leaving Chattanooga, on Monday, by which eeveral
mules were crippled. It was caused by the engine
becoming detached from the train.
o i vreuiieisuay mere was a a collision Detween
the down passenger and up freight trains, near
Ruff’s station. No person was injured. The cars
did not connect with the Georgia train yesterday.
A little boy, some five or six years of age, son of
Startling Year wood, of Habersham county, man
aged to get hold of a bottle containing whiskey, on
Saturday, the 16th inat., and drank such a quantity
that lie died in a short time thereafter.
Revolutionary Claims.-—ln the House on Fri
day, a bill was introduced by lion. R. E. Fenton,
“ for the final settlement of the claims of the officers
and soldiers of the Revolutionary army and the
widow s ar.d children of those who died in the ser
vice.” Mr. Fenton, who is au able and leading
member of the New York delegation, investigated
these claims during his first term in Congress four
years ago, and became fully satisfied of their jus
tice. At the present session the subject has receiv
ed a careful revision, and, although confined to his
room by sickness, he has through his friends sue
ceeded in introducing a bill which it is hoped will
receive the favorable action of the committee and
of Congress. We understand the bill allows the
half-pay for life promised by Congress to the ofii
cers of the Continental army, after deducting their
commutation certificates and pensions under the
act of 1828. It also grants 160 acres of land to the
surviving children of Revolutionary soldiers. The
heirs of these officers and soldiers will find in Mr.
Fenton a faithful advocate of their just demands,
and from the known competency of the Hon. S. S.
Cox, of Ohio, chairman of the Committee on Revo
lutionary Claims, we shall doubtless eoon have an
able report.
Tennessee Banks.—A bill has passed the Legisla
ture of Tennessee, requiring the suspended Banks
to resume specie payment by the first of November
next.
The Revenues.—The Vice President has laid be
fore the Senate a communication from the Treasury
Department, made in compliance with a resolution
calling for the amount of reveue collected in each
collection district for each of the years from 1852 to
1857, inclusive, &c. ; which waa read. This docu
ment furnishes the following facts:
Amount of revenue collected for the year ending
June 30, 1852, $40,165,933.84; expenses $3,865,-
423.28 ; number of employees 2,530.
For 1853, $58,692,722.82; expenses $3,527,161.04;
employees 2,620.
For 1854, $65,135,837.22; expenses $3,568,824.36;
employees 2,913.
For 1855, $53,912,547.98; expenses $3,743,015.03;
employees 2,943.
For 1856, $61,331,657.41; expenses $3,495,239.26;
employees 2,970.
For 1857, $64,171,634; expenses $3,552,359.50;
employees 3,088.
Yellow Fever at Havana. —The following ex
tract from a private letter, dated January loth,
gives a sad account of the sickness in Havana :
“Your package for the SenoraD. arriv ed too late;
she was dead and buried ! Her illness was short,
only four days; her disease, this dreadful fever
which our physicians acknowledge they do not un
derstand. Every day we are called upon to weep
over the fresh grave of some dear friend. Besidee
this strange fever we have vomito and small pox,
both very fatal. I rejoice every day that you did
not come this winter. The heat is as intense as in
August. Let none of your friends come here.”
.From other sources the New York Express learns
that this “strange fev er'’ is the African fever, which
somewhat resembles the yellow fever, but is more
fatal. Even the Creoles, as in the case of the Se
nora D , arc dying of it.
Decision of the Kentucky Court of Appeals
on the Naturalization Laws.— lt will be lemem.
bered that Judge Goodloo, of the Fayette Circuit
Court, of Kentucky, decided in the case of Morgan
vs. Dudley, that naturalization by the State courts
wan not valid. The case was carried up and the
Court of Appeals has reversed the decision. The
following propositions were unanimously decided by
the court: let—A voter may sue the judges of elec
tion for illegally and corruptly refusing to permit
him to vote. 2d—Naturalization in a State court in
pursuance of the act of Congress is valid and con
fers citizenship. 2d—That the Lexington City Court
is authorized by the act of Congress to naturalize
aliens. 4th—That according to the constitution Os
Kentucky, a naturalized citizen having the other
qualifications of a voter is authorized to vote as soon
as naturalized.
The probable expense of the Utah expedition
may be judged of by the estimate which was on
Thursday submitted to Congress for subsistence
stores of the Utah expedition for eight months. —
This item is over a million and a quarter. The es
timate referred to is based on the army orders of
the 11th of January, and provides for eight thou
sand in the expedition, about five thousand six hun
dred of which will be troops. The present expedi
tion, civil and military, embracing teamsters, em
ployees, servants, 4te., numbers about three thou
sand, and the transportation and subsistence for the
eame, up to the present time, amounts to a large
sum.
The Weather and the War in Florida.—
The Savannah Newt makes the following extract
from a private letter to the editor, dated Cboeo
chatte, Fla., Jan. IS i
“We have bad a rather dry and warm winter
thus far. This morning we had a slight frost, the
first for several weeks. This county is healthy.—
The Seminole war drags on with but little prospect
of a speedy termination. A large proportion of the
male inhabitants tere have been and are still in the
service . consequently farming has been limited, and
corn scarce, and high— worth at present $1.25 per
bushel.
THECoLONI/.ATI .N OF NICAWA. l .% is
j about to embark lot Central Aor weV. e
auspices of anew society formed n vV ton, •
for the colonization of Nicaragua. Ife int car
rying out with him the mate rials lor a p ntv; -
fice, and to commence the publication oi an**v, w- j
paper, as the chronicle of the er.teipn.-o. Ti; P) v .
delphia American, in noticing this fa't s
It seems, from all we can gather, te tie - |
zacion is really bent on planting nortmrn b t•O3 ;
in that remote region, aud rearing * ; >. ny.Hu.ch j
peaceful means, a free State. A pur •a ■- ‘* - • ;
has been made, or will be, and no measures, • ;'t j
those of a strictly lawful kind, are to be com
nanced. The locality selected, we are info: :’ and.-
between Virgin bay aud San Juan del , >.n
vated plateau, removed from the mr.l .rio. iuti :
once of the coast region on the Atlantic h <! \ raui
quite salubrious. This ground was lit upon in or
der to protect'the undertaking from the chaicce ol
failure through sickness, caused by the influence >t
climatical diseases upon newly arrived emigvai/s.
Another reason, of some weight, wasaffoided by ■
the facilities such a position would offer < r receiv- \
ing the adventurous population of California, al
ways so eager to embrace opportunities < f this k • i j
Perhaps a more cogent argument turtle selection j
made was the proximity of the land to the s< no w
Walker’s operations. If a flourishing color.;- •u <1
be planted there by the society, the tiuburt erii u pro
jects would be at an end.
Report i v the Commissioner of Patents.-
The annual report from the Patent Office—the th rt
from the present Commissioner —was tra'.’. n.:; v.:
Congress on the 20th inst. L embraces a ( :
piote summary of the operations l: that very ;:n
----portant and interesting branch of the Governs nt
for th© year 1857, and suggests various improve
ments in the present l&wa. Mr. Commissioner li*;t
has evidently given close attention to the office
placed under his charge, and sluJi-rd well da
wants, as well as the existing imp erlections in the
offieo.
Applications for patents during the year 1857 ...
Patents granted, includingdes gns, A c 2,99)
Granted to the citizens of t‘.e 1 nited >S*nU •• “ “
Granted to citizens of other countries l -
The largest number of patents were gr; ;• 1 ;
citizens.of the State cf New York, being S 5 :i
number ; to Massachusetts, 421 ; to Pennsylvania,
314, aud soon down to Kansas, 1. During t e
months of October, November and Docembt r, ; e
business of the Patent Office declined rapidly, ct
the number of patents issued during the year fr 7
exceeded by 408 the number issued during the Re
ceding year. Each successive year shows u, r* guiar
increase of the number issued.
Receipts of the office for the year were $196,132 01
Expenditures for the same time 21 1,f‘82.i 9
Excess of expenditures over receipts...... fci.VD' I .’ o
This excess of expenditures is occasioned by pay
ments for stationery, parchment, and bo ks pur
chased in 1856, aud by the falling off iu ihe receipts
of the office during the last quarter of the year.
The following is a statement of the patent fun 3:
Amount on hand, Jan. t, 1857 6 55. ‘ i 54
“ received during the. y. ar 19si. 152 01
Total resources 251,30! 55
Expenditures for the year .2:1,582 09
Balance January 1, 18:8..- 39 719.4 H
France is the only country iu which a greater
number of patents have been granted than in the
United States. With a population of nearly 36
millions, there were issued 6,187 patents; in the
United States, with a population of twenty-three
millions, 2,910. Great Britain aud Ireland, with a
larger population than the United Stales issued
2,115 during the past year
The French Expedition Against China.—The
Paris correspondent of ihe New York Commercial
says that the French will not aid. in conceit w th the
English in the attack ou Canton. ‘I he French min
isterial organ confirms this by stating th- the
French Ambassador’s orders ere simply to demand
reparation for the massacre of Cat holic mission . it s.
and if this is refused, to direct his armed force3 uy on
Cochin China, where the assassinations commei c
ed.
Lord Macaulay has replied to Mr. Hepworih
Dixon on the subject of William Penn and the par
don brokerage, at Taunton. An elaborate note to
the second volume of the new edition of hie hirtory
ot England sets forth the arg nt iit be
(his lordship concludes) that it is incredible that : o
good a man would have been concerned iu so bad
an affair, I can only answer tl*n f tl is affair w .s very
far indeed from being tho w-.-rst in which he was
concerned. For these reasons I leave the text, and
shall leave it, exactly as it originally stood.” The
Athecstum says the reasons Macaulay gm h 1
statements will very much eurpvise Lis reader It
adds, “We firmly believe that there are only two
opinions on the subject of t his L-mc .’ c charge
against Penn—on cue side that of Baron Mm >’ y,
on the other side that of the British public.”
Madame Ida Pfeiffer, who recently stood so
high in the graces of the Queen of Mu-dag-■. c r, that
for playing the piano her table was supplied with
eggs, fowl, and fruit, found her favor to last but a
month; the Queen suddenly changed her behavior
towards the Europeans, and actually gave orders to
cut their heads off ! By the mediation of the prince,
this order was changed to expulsion.
Breach of Promise Case —$16,000 Damages
Awarded —Mary Jane Cribbet sued Wm. Mathers
in the Court of Common'Picas at Cincinnati for not
fulfilling his promise to marry her, and iu aggrava
tion of damages, it was in evidence that the defen
dant was the father of an illegitimate child, bom on
the 22d of March, 1857. The complainant ip. 19
years of age, and quite good looking. She testified
positively to the marriage contract, and to the va
rious subsequent acta of defendant , which resulted
in the present suit. The jury, after au absence ct
half an hour, returned a verdict for SIO,OOO against
the defendant. _
Steamboat Explosion—Loss of LrrK.— I The
steamer Fanny Fern, from St. Louis to-Pittsburg,
exploded her boilers on Thursday last, mar Ciuciu.
nati. Fifteen lives are reported lost, including
Capt. Woodward and several deck hands, firemen
and three ladies. Clerk Rogers was badly scald* and
and Dunn slightly. The pilot, engineers and mate
were saved. The boat was burned to the water's
edge.
Another Chicago Official Indicted for
Crime.—The Chicago Times gives a long account
of the arrest of E. S. Hanson, nephew of Mayor
Wentworth and lieutenant of police, on a charge of
larceny. Hanson had stolen, from a liquor and
cigar store, baskets of champagne and bo.vn o*
cigars, which were traced to houses of a questionable
character. Three indictments have been found
against him. He is the eleventh officer of the pres
ent city government of Chicago who has been
n r rested or convicted of gome grave crime.
We are sorry to read the latter portion of the fol
lowing extract from a Hong Kong letter in the New
York Ti nes, and trust that there is eoine error in
relation to the qualify of the rigging of the frigate
Minnesota:
Mr. Reed has been received with great favor by
his countrymen here; —whether he will be so re
ceived by Commissioner Yeh remains to be seen.—
Captain Dupont has made the discovery since his
arrival that the Minnesota is no use on this station,
as he is not able to visit any of the Chine.-.e ports
Minister Reed takes up Ins residence on bo id the
Portsmouth, and will probably visit Macao to have
an interview with the French Minister. During his
absence the Minnesota will bo caulke ! and over- ’
hauled. Her rigging is utterly worthless.
Indian Delegation. —The Tampa (Fla.) Benin
sular of she 23d inst, says : .
A delegation of Seminole and Creek Indians, con
sisting of forty of the former aud six of the latter,
arrived iu this place on Tuesday last. They are a
compunied by Col. Rutherford, Agent of tie: Semi
notes, and R. M. Johnson, Clerk. Among the wc
notice the principal chief of either nation, viz . -
John Jumper, of the Seminoles ; Yucabr'ehc ttic
-00, of the Creeks.
Ah to the policy to he adopted by them, we are
yet in the dark. Three of the Indian Squaws, sta
tioned on Egmont Key, have been brought to thi
plaeeiorthe purpose of consultation. Several oi
the delegates are now at ludian Depot on a I Key.
We presume, however, that no definite action will
be taken until the arrival of .Major Re: tor, Sup-.-iiu
tendeut of the Indians west of the Arkansas, who
is daily expected. Maj. It., we understand, to
control this matter —independent of military c-> ■
tions in Florida, he is now in Washington receiving
his instructions.
The Virginia Oyster Bijsiekss.— "fhe Norfolk
Argus says: It is exceeding difficult g’ t to at the
quantity of oysters taken to the different ports from
Virginia i but from numberless inquire sin t y I
direction, we arejustifiod in affirming (and wc ak
within bounds) that 4,600,000 bushels a : carried
annually from our State to Fairliaven ; 4,000.000 to
New York city and vicinity I 3 “':0 W) to Boston i.
2,000,000 to Philadelphia; 2,000,n0ti { —,! inciuaing
♦ hose from the Maryland beds) to 11 li n .i •; 3,000,
000 io Providence, Bridgeport, Xw L 1 ,ri, lew
Bedford aud elsewhere, aud l,(Jh'l.lH “ to th : South
—making a grand aggregate of 18,000.he0.
Mr. Partos, the biographer of Aaron Burr, i-un
derstood to be engaged in preparir g a life of Gen
Andrew Jackson, for which he obtained much new
material while writing the life of the great “con
spirator.” Mr, Partou entertains the theory that
Jackson owed his elevation to the Presidency to IN
secret suggestions and aid of Burr.
Statue of Henry Clay.— A letier from Flor
ence says that Hart's statue of Henry Clay has
been two months in the artist's hand?, end will b -
speedily completed.
The Remains of Mrs. Madison.— The K; u lo rn
Chronicle, published at Orange Couit .ou -. Vir
ginia, says: —“We learn that the remains of Mrs.
Madison were brought from Washington, by her
nephew, Mr. Cutts, on Wednesday, the 13th it -•.,
and deposited in the cemetery at Montpelier, near
the monument recently placed by the c fizeic -.f
this county over the grave of her husban-h Tins j
we understand, was in compliance with av. ex !
pressed by Mrs. Madison berseli Circumstance’ .
tmadvoidable have heretofore delayed it. I’ woi. .
however, have been consummated when the Madi- j
son monument was erected, iu September k-f, if j
her relatives in Washington had known at the time
that this was about being done.’
The New York State Assembly has teen three j
weeks in session without being able to organize. ;
There are three parties in the House, Democratic,
Republican and American, but neither has the
majority.” The New York Times says : It is now
understood that the Americans have determined lo
fall back upon their own candidates, and leave if
with the majority to effect an organization as best :
they can. This action would seem to bein a rnca ‘
sore justified by the uncompromi--ng manner in
which the two stronger parties have met fill their
advances.
Crinoline on Skates.—The ladies ofNortbamp
ton, Mass., have adopted a plan for improving the
complexion, which is far more efficacious than any
artificial cosmetic. Despising the conventionalisms
of fasnionable society, which make romping rude,
and exercise unbecoming to females, they have
strapped on their skates, and given themselves
up to the fulness of out-door enjoyment and the pro
motion of their health and vigor.
Mr. Paul Morphy, who won laurels at t l e Chess
Congress in New York, recently performed the feat
at New Orleans, of playing three games of chess at
the tame time, while blindfolded.
Debit and ( red t. A h ove),b ‘ m!e
r'’ *?fn’ h '| w ’ ‘ 5 a P r! ‘ h y f ’ a i,r
’ •* i . Utiov: ( f one of the popular
i G- r.’.av- novels of tl: day, which fret appeared
! about the year I. 55. It h rot, t u ; rdc- informs
us, “w! j: t i • e-dU da book of tendeneb a, political or
| 2 cid,” but it. e>: some important social freta
in r. eiriki-- _* n- u r—fact’ ; 'i: rc • nrally
|Mt tb&r. i- den It prof s \n • h-i mv reality
;as di.-c’osed iu the re’t tious oft! higher a:i i mid
| <IV c-apM .-; i t-cciely, in th** Jv ■ pro nces of
, Pni- and the adjacent German end Slavonic
The popularity oftha book has been v. .y greet,
| living passed through eix German • the a within
| ivr? >ears, notwithstanding it was l.c. ’ at, a high
| For eale by T. Richards & Son.
Lucy Howard’s Jolrnu.. By Mr*. E IT 8i-
A daily record of the thoughts, fv . > ar.d events
of fome twelve years of a lady’s life, < mmcuoing
at. the ago of ten. Its deeurn i topr rve ti e
“inner habitudes” of tl • hwt half c<utury, o fr as
connected with the domestic nurture t . w males,
which are fast becoming matter ’ fi-. hi
Kor sa’o by T. Kich uu>s &, So.v.
Japan.—Mr. Harr'*, th>- American Consul in Ja
pan, li3 .-.coom.ilielied t e fobo'.'-o
Permanent reaideno* i- *u -.rant, -i • ’ .rioa.s
after ibo lUi r.f July next. Tbe el-territoriality of
Americans > Ui.owledged, and t ey cm nable
oiiyto t.h, i ■ own iaws. XCo.vuM! .oral anti
his family Lave the right to 1, ly tore. t. _ .Ton. the
bound, iu re’idi'.iu to p. .-u mo : : r, by (lie
limit <>f seven Ri, miies. The spits a-e all sent
back to .lee to; ie ■ ;i, : ■•. \,o! * ■ , slioos
and In uses , and no policemen ful . trot ■■
Wo Lit'-: ma •
An amusing let be 11-
quirer. dated Siiroda, ht \A. K. 1557, s; -s :
TIV-.t 1. r
last. In October tbe ]);,•!. t•. ..n m. • M.’ a
aud the Gent r.l t’i v v . and •:,!•■ . \ |yph. • n
Htaoocc.'.rrju about tbo r . ■ “. nd t
us rather r. ughly.. h- V ile old t.- jd .1 ,u •
ett-e, threw tne whulo Ooioxho dot. . Kio Ju lal
mdaand"lvk zi i vUfa V-5.5,,0 \:i • . noi‘ a
single one iu the haituii- e .cut.cd. iu November
In April we got out of lard; in May-of out Os
(hoes; in Jane oat of m ;:-r; iu Julvoufol bread,
oil and mi a/, aud in Aug .< ■ ■■■ - u< ■
tionyli I or u miitaiu
and Valo, tjrrouifh ami ) -star ~r unil, to
peared-—si';'-'' left 1- i.-.- ’ - ui.-r. !■’. i.iuo ilr
whales. Why did she !■ T !0..k for Consul Gi ;i t.al
aud i-joiated” Secrets; is ! 1 never <• and about,
whalers ; but now J no! only ti. like them, but l de
test them ; t'lUtif” : l th- t-r.nv” nt ■ ultl
ISSn particular, be c rteinlywould ’ha-.t exclaim
ud—“Ti.civ she blows.”
On the third of this mo- “, o • go 1 a p;; ‘.ngo Ol
letters and newepap re, first we have received
sine.’ leaving Antfriraiu IS m ‘i i,. y v.-, . brought
by tbe United Stub s Itig.t'e lVrt-t. .• vwl ioh
this reply was sent, aud which left Simi S ptem
ber 1-tis.
Two Yankee I,uxiiiuKS.—An Am nt, vel,r,
he miftes two luxuries lie had . ‘ I: ■. v.. : ioj
and handsome women. As for beauty, he >3 fa u
don Is the last place to look for ii.
“1 have not seen eir.ee my arrive! h lady
whoever y ; .
gregat ej ‘ i,'!!; veaml pn m ‘11,5, ■, i “ ■ much
dUapprii'-ted in seeingsu.-h a , iin; as
- -mi- • . ! 1 <’ ■ , ciy
due.”
In regard to ice he writes:
“Am, rii m tra\ hi be want ol
iee, at it i not often to be had lor lov- or money.
The VVenham Lake ice is imported, not ••uough,
tion. e and’tbose I wh''*lmy , v''i- it v ‘ ‘“Jdi". and
extent. The native ieo ia mi Trt., that it is ouiy
more than fivt, ieches thick.”
Leer Stone’s Pip i'e.itv Sour ■ ■; !'u ■s ‘r-a
celebrated Lucy SLone, r, !:o res’des at. Ora , New
Jersey, having reius ul In pay her lax i.:J, lierattee
slie is not allowed the riglit ;:f : :, .iii. ■*. 1.,a- properly
was seized, aud on Friday sold by a c.o iabl.i ut
public V, ndue. The New York Tost ; .*:
The sale took place on the front phiz::.'. The fir.-i
■. . .” :.ll
Tbe next articles w. i . l„.i el, lkom.,os,
Olio of Gerrit Smith and the oilur of Gv. Salmon
4?-Ci ■ lr;.: i'h : •
Tfeles a sufficient Gutri was realized, and **t small Dal
■ - w tspaid
“ uext year, anu !* ;• >:r i*• \ J- • iy year,
UHtll 11)C Uw W < . lift’ i.Ut: li i Would
have to be omi,*.” ii. ivjffitd 1 0 • h • v. u.’d !•*!.
somebody else have the job, as it was not a pleasant
cuty for him to perlivui. lit* ihcu .* • *• , k iu
(o the houce the articles ot lurnilure u. i- h ! and n< t
dioating the mqjesty <•. i. u
i> car from Mrs. ‘.ucy Sion .iV rt;', . .. , .1 u
meeting ehe intend-.’(<> c'id.
The British Bomuakdmknt cf Canton.—A
correspondent of the New York w’riling <>ii
the 27th of November, on board the Uni’ . 1 yi .(e.
steamship San Jacinto, now a! 110 gK. ng, gives
some interesting parficuh.ra c- r.-- rtung V> proj'-rt
o 1 attack on Cmdon, wI h ’- ho s .ya \v':l \ lna ‘e
on ( r about the first of Decu-uiber. M d.’.t er R* and
was at Macao, whore the various jj*;h ur •’ ontihries
were also assembled in consultation v\\y coming
events. The writer taya :
Tiie force which u ill be “gated ?.efcr Can
ton will be as follows :—3t*.yni ?J.\i ires 3.; uO ; Bit e
Jack* ts 3,000 ; Royal Ai
rcghnent,now statio t -ihuc toget: c f! ut U idi
lorco of about 500 niHiiiu h. Thm- will 1m; :• ieo 13
men of war, carrying na at ! gregUe td’ 169 nins,
and 20 gun-loat ■. < i-ch mi ing L .in tw U i:ni
jjims of li'iuvy cciibre. Lns ■ Uk-,, ii i.,
none too large, if we may , . and t n;! * • whirl m i,. 1.
us from Gant, nos the mr.templa: - ten :• •!
the Chinese. They will rtuow.. on l h larger
t-p,ale than beretoture, th ir nth-mpts to ! inn and
blow up th‘; British v. i /els by u:c ;u s <d I- e-rafts
Tbe disposition i.f the United bndes J rt, India
avd Levuut at Hong Kong. The Port ’r nth is nt
2ttinilt the Levaut re”- ’;v< 4! - tern to
the States, for whichabe wib j- i, .by g ; about
10th ofr ext month.
1 have ac!? im of S V 0 oyuj j *,• \
j nr Canton, where $1,500,000 would nun* y over I ho
wb"le loss, and ihp.t Ameiit aus, <*r n,’ hmoirg
to be Americans, l. .vo [ iin .pa lly c . ruvagant
| “Fugitive Slaves ’at the North. T e north*
; ern peop'e seem, at la 9 to be arriving at the con
elusion that they have t< o frequently been made the
dupes of |r. tended u iii -it : v h'hvc ” i).-ar the
New York Tribune, which 1 /ho lon !>.; ;• .a- erly
swallowing every ridiculom story c-et 9.- ,y fu
gitive slaves. It .ay :
ry has proved Jo lu rative tha , of
black and cop} • r . • . i. and fcoundi*.:’ r* -f-cu
ting it on Bpacu'a , : ■ .. ;!. -i ( ■ rt.iuk) in
partnership with ••../• viii.mv. v.d*n t - • ■ a ate
their lies r.ml a\r.r I- gpr*-, Wc v v*. nro
noth* mm. ghb ; ici a ‘ •1 . 1. ho
• tells long and dartling yarn-; ai/ it th. cap; from
bondage in some Insroio 1 r ‘. ■ ~ iia arri
val in this city; what v, id to ta I on * i . him
here by so nmi ro, & ■ ;.ucii of v. ci v* t ;pen
to know to In; utterly fain.;. <) oi ti .1 o k
been the^slave^Mhe lie-.a* Jrtai ii ‘j 1 ■ . ; -mflT
S. Senator from Kentucky, and In - ; . ded
that he was a left harcted eon or n -w of Dial
Senator.
Collision at Sea.— The slfip Mary ]’, mgs, C'apt .
Somers, arrived from Havre, will, i11,6 p . ... igcr.i,
at New York, i • ;• “ ..i
ring the passage and no death.:. Ou the h 1 nf De.
comber, off Seilly, when three days nip, - 3.15 A.
M , cmna in co'ifi.'■■ -n with uve.- -■ i a ii-iik,
carried away her mizzen went, (if <■. fir. k; 1 part
of main yard arm, which oanio on I: t-.i l of the
Mary Bangs, with a piece oi a mil with m- tops
attached, and a J !-•<* of# pr .i dry n junker
gsft. Cui-ri . :.Y y jib-boo ii of th • id. IS and
forelop gaiiaidl-inast. A* unon as {■:*. ‘"p c uld
judged the vur't cS ! f hr, t ztind ; 2 away
the boats retd y for w*, u:.*i I. ‘-:i f; ; hi', until 8
A. M , and teeiug no 1 cIW-i: A lj.pt .u our
course. At daylight found our bow and < water
e- Li&iderably biui. ed. At IG*O A. M. . w•• ).< drift
boards aid barrels.
Indians in Arms.—A 1 dler to the C>• I.;-. At G.
zette, dated La wren-;., Kansas T< . rridi .! • inuary
18, says : “There is serious diff-i, ly ‘ lie In
a few miles from this place. Their of
lauds are not yet made public, so they regard all the
white settlers as intruder* and fet] bitterly towards
• ■
settler, and Ked Too’ey, an Indian, resulted ir. a
lee. .
shot Tooley dead -. n *,ct.
“The Indians, wrought up to dcpcraiioß by re
venge, pr-pared fern-: c - -inigt “fr t-fiN.'ion
Last r.i ;. an arm:-. .-dy of ahn di 1 >,n-l Si! yof
Range of the Thermometer, it Mon r<-al,
from 23i Janosry. I’ 1 48, to .34 ,1: IBSR, l.oth
inclusive, at BA, M. :
Do ’ 1849.'.’. .'.’.’.'.’.’. J* tf? do V, 78 ' 0 ’
Do 1850 27 .
D > 18.51 12 do do
Do 1852 15 d-. do
1853 28 do do
Do 1851 7 do bclov zero.
Do 1855 IB do r.b . zero
D > 1857 28 do h 1-17 zero
Do 1858 16 do do
I’rfve ton of Pitting in Small-Pox.—Mr.
Startio, the senior surgeon to the Gurney ICespifaj
for dweaa aof the okin, baa communicated to the
Medical Times a very important plan, which ho
has adopted daring ffie years, for pre
lias always proved euccer. lffi. The plan consists in
applying toe t coeum can tharides, or any vesicating
fluid, by means of a camel hair bruih to (he apex
of each spotor puetuleof the disea-i-on h i (be ex
dent by the whitenera of the skin io the parts mb
jected to the application, wh< n t! e fl : >1 producing
it is to be washed off with water or thin urvow-root
gruel. The pa'n attending the application of tlo
vesicating fluid is very s'ight and trail ient.
Death at a Charivari.— A parly cf young men
at While water, Wisconsin, on lho eveuing cf the
18th inst, inflicted a “churivari’’ upon Richard N
Pierce end wife, a newly married couple. While th©
horns and other instruments of discord were in full
blast, Pierce, who was exasperated at the affair,
ffis. barged a rifle at the party, in. Imply killing a
ycu-g man, 21 years of age, named Wm. Hamilton,
and slightly wounding one or two others. Pieros,
who is said to be a peaceable young man, volun
tarily gave himself up to the authorities.