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TIItKTY-FIFTH CONOHESS—I •
IN SENATE If
Mr. Seward the memorial of toe
York ©migration commitA-ioners, ounip aiinog <* the
atni-e* ►xperienoed by female passengers frt> ■*
flu-re of thet* :p-. and gave notice of the u> troaury
tion of a bill relating to the BubjeOt.
Mi Wi!>n printed a .tIL M
President’* instructions to Mr Meade, ♦
Brazil, prerkma to hi* dfparture , T el .
Mr ifmi-ton prea-nted th* re,,,! “ u^ fc ®, ‘ of (L
im L eiri iturc, pravii.* for an 01 “•
f against .fudge Watroo* durmg the prevent
’"'( , )n’S^ti™rf r Mr H H Jl liB, the Indiana couttd
. natonal election wa taken -
Mr Hamlin urged the important of immediate
uwm made a motion, which wh ad.rpti. in
Htrufting the finance committee to inquire into the
expediency of reporting a bill for increasing the fa
oilitiet* ;.r lefiu.ng gold forooinageat tne San Fran
cisco mint.
HOUSE.
Mr. Warren asked but. the House refused U> aus
pend the ruic* to enable him to introduce a reaom
tuui ‘ i lining the debates in oummittoe of th*e whole
•rv tlyto the subject pending, and setting apart
t .... evenings in the week for general
j e resolution of the committee on ways and
i h appropriating f 36,600 to meet the expenses
‘•veral investigation committees was paaeed.
,Ir (Jamobeli a.-ked leave to introduce a bill re
, , . „ . thi Hr. -;d,t to n-Kotiat* for thporchwe
!l the Bri’**h y, rtii American provinces and Cuba,
the people of said province# to regulate their ineti
r adding “Mid tb rt of
”I■lf •<■ r.f.B-id to BMpend tbe rule*—aye* Hi.
A furrier vr-r * thee re< eived from Mr. J. W
VV, „ in The case of alleged corruption
f ’’.•■libers of CoDgress- He submitted a written
I * after ditolatmtuK any Intention
to I ’■twoil the authority of ibe House.be says he
”‘-, t; ‘ „ ,f the committee of investigation to
rV-noo- answers to questions not within the scope of
itc Outnamely; the investigation of chargee
aizam ‘ nie.obers of the Itot House in nonnei tions
with tee tariff bill. He said be had been legally
ain -ed not to answer questions criminating him
s* ; f u'; * - opportunity granted him to be hoard.—
lie defended his position at great length.
Mr Burroughs interrupted the reading and said
he had heard enough. . . , . , ,
,Mi ( icroeiih ached whetherthe opinion which bad
| JH p„ reaif was signed by Keverdy Johnson.
Mr Stanton offered a resolution declaring that
Mr Y\ , hab failed to answer satisfactorily, and
orders lain to be committed to jail by the e.ergean'-
a’ arm.-, and to be kept in close custody until he u
e/i ”r to answer all legal and prop* quest ions.
Mr SI intou said that the power to Inquire nenes
,i m implied the powertoeomnelwitLesseatopro
lii'e'ei all essential evidence. Tire House had tlie
„ i„„ right to punish witneaees for contempt
1 1 was proved t hat $58,0011 came into the hands of
Mr Welcott—perhaps inoooentiy. But subsequent
ly i! might have b-en applied for corrupt purposes,
and I ! ( ..inrnittee have the right of knowing what
became of the money.
IN SENATE .....Eeb l
Mr Houston offered aresolution ins'routing the
Committee on Foreign Relation* to inquire into the
expediency of the Government entabliehmg a pro
t•< lor ate over Central America. Labi over.
Mi. Hale i.tiered a resolution instructing the Povt
Office Committee to inquire whether the transmi*
ion of the rnaii* between Washington ‘.nd Boston
m,nut t x pedi'ed ho an to twelve hours
det-nti<n in New York, an at. present. Adopted.
v|. l homt-ron reported a bifi to eatabHfh a port
<f * : fry ouToui’m K.vr Now Jersey.
Mr i liftn.J or reported biiia making appiopria
-1 j. - j.tr f].-.*j.. ning the rlMumel# ofSt. Mary’u nver
ui..l Clair h tlab 4 , Michigan.
M ; -_M .<i up t>e joint reeolutioq for the
i. ention of the ‘Jfurkieh Vice Admiral
Mr. ClHVobi-jfted to tha expenditura of money
|..r us h purpofteH. There wan no limit to the
amount and no benefit accruing from it.
Mr Ma-on replied iimtanciug the ease of the re
, t..rati-.n the aiiip Resolute to Kuglaod a* doing
much toward in reaeing friendly roiationa with that
country.
Mr Seward corrected an erroneous impression
U,ui Am n Bey wan an impoater. Acte of kindneiw
and couiteny, he haid, although not ceinponeatad by
money, never go unrewarded.
Mc.-sis. Hunter and Biggs uj>pcsed the re.lu
tion.
Mr Olay referred to the previouseipembtures for
the reeeptioti of a Turkish imposter. Also to the
expenditure for wine, i igars, ect., for Koe-ulh. He
thought we ought to he warned by past experience.
Mr Hugh said he thought that tlie gebtlenien who
Sold .hips to,he Tuik iSh Gevr renient ought to pay
the expenses of entertaining this officer. We, said
In- do not allow our < tltcials abroad to tnke bribes
Why .hould we offer them to other* t He should
vole against the resolution.
Mr. Ti inhull e.:d he endorsed every word Mr.
I'ugh had uttered on the sutject.
Messis Sluhii and (Jollatner advocated the reeo
I u f ion
M, (iflcred an amendment limiting tlie
amount to übich wan rejected, and the re-
Holutioii n.‘ icjm. t. and whm then adopted yean 31,
IlftVH IH.
Ti c Heuate tlc n resumed the oensideretion of the
IndmiiH contested elect ion case. By a vote of yean
hi, nayn v!H, a proposition to decide the question im
mediately wau rejected.
The original reeolulion pending tor the taking <f
-tummy wan then panned and t tie Senate adjourned
HOUSE
Mr. Letcher, trom the Committee on Ways and
Menu . reported the deticienoy appropriation bill.
Mr Jioy• e called up the Maryland cailented wtec
fion car* ot Mr. Bfo* ka, who cowl eat* the seat of
Air. Duvit*, on the ground that the election waa car
ried by traud and violence
Mr. Boyce argued against the prayer of Mr.
Brook**, wli > naked exemption from the operation
oi the law of I>\l, ami moved that the Committee
oil Elec t ii. pn < eed to take testimony.
Mr Uiiiilipa argued hi favor of the Committee on
I .!>•* ! iour< having power to aend for persons and pa-
Meanrs. Maynard and Wilson spoke against de
parting from the course prescribed by the law of
IK. I I tor taking of evidence.
Mr Hatch, while declaring that Mr. l>avis’ seat
ought to he declared vacant, took occasion to con
demn the American party. Other gentlemen also
nddr< ••.1 th House, including Mr. Bowie. With
out coming to any action the House adjourned.
IN SENATE Feb. 17.
Mr. II union's resolution, offered yesterday rein
t ing to ti e extension of a protectorate over Central
America by the United Sta’es, was taken up.
Mr Wilson thought it was an extraordinary pro
position, and one calculated to foster a spirit of tili
fnitderism, and disgrace u.in the eyes of the civil**
ed world.
Mr Houston denied that it was a proposition to
extend our dominions, but said itou’y intended sira
ply to benefit our neighbors. He was opposed to
tiliburdi v Pin, but he thought the subject ojie worthy
ot consi.ltration, especially as other powers have
designs on Central America.
Mi Ma in objected to such a reference, because
the Central Anietiean State* would juatly regard
such references an indignity. Although weak, they
were sovereign and independent Htates with whom
we have treaties, and therefore should be regarded
as political equals. lit* doubted the policy of estab
lishing protectorates anywhere.
Mr 1 tale offered an amendment—“ That whereas,
a state of colonial dependence is not calculatid
to illustrate the theory ami practice of popular sov
oi eignty and perfect freedom, therefore the commit
tee b** mstruv i-d to inquire also with regard to the
propiict.y of \tending a protectorate over Canada
and oth**r British possessions on the North American
continent.”
Mr. Toombs advocated tbe resolution He said
the time tor action whs not lar distant, ami it nad
better be ooiißideiedliow.
Mr Matou moved to lay the resolution on the ta
ble, which wn” agreed to.
li e army bill was then taken up. Mr Johnson,
of TennesM e, submitted a substitute, which Mr.
Wilson accented iuetead of hie own,providing for
lour thousand volunteers, to serve only during the
present troubles in Ui ah.
Mr J hnson said that he offered his amendment
In < aiif-e he deemed it right in itself, and at tic same
f retieded the views of the administration. The ‘
Ii reported from the committee on uiiUtary affairs
not u 'present the whishesot the admiuistration,
which had iot asked fora perinaueul increaseef the
fanning army. In the course of his remarks he
aid that disgust had been expressed at polygamy
in Utah, but yesterday the Senate had voted to
give a reception to a representative of the t iraiui
Turk and his harem Hut to come nearer home,
tin re was more practical polygamy in New York
city than in Salt Lake The difference was, in the
latter it is tolerated by religious belief, whilst in
the former it ex.sts in violate nos law and the mor
nl sense of the community
Without coming to any definite action, the Senate
adjourned.
HOISK
l he House passed the resolution of the committee
of elections on the Maryland election case, declaring
it inexpedient to grant Mr Brocks’ prayer for a
special committee of the whole.
hi e House went into committee of the whole on
the state of the Uniou on the Indian appropriation
bill, when
Mr Atkins, of Tennessee, made a speech in favor
of tlie admission of Kansas under the LfCompton
constitution.
Mi ljoveiov, of Illinois, argued n gainst slavery,
taking the ground that it ha* not the sanction of na
tura or fevea ed religion, or of the constitution of
the United States
Tnc oiumitte rose and he House ediouined
IN SKNATE Feb IS.
Mr Gre n. from the Committee on Territories re
jHTteii ah in r tin admission of Kansas, submitting
a long report, but it w as not read
Messrs Douglas and i\ Uauier, from the same
committee, presented minority reports, which, with
that ot the majority, w ere ordered to be printed.
Mi r. notice that he should call up tbe
ma’ter at an early day.
Ttie army bill w< then taken up, and the fourth
sec o ot tit . filial bi . was stricken out by a
VOte of J 4 to‘JJ.
Mr. \N son off rod an amendment, that the re
dui tiv i at the *ud of the year shall not operate on
any officer at the date ot the approval of this act—
adopted
Mr Hamlir. moved that ir no case shall the force
created by this act c ontinue m service ok re than
two jears. Agreed to.
A desultory took place on the merits of
the so eral subsMtutea proeoeed. But few Senators
w ci present, mid not a halt dozen were listening to
the debate.
\\ it bout coming to a vote ea the bill, tue Senate
adjourned.
HOUSE.
Mr H Winter Davis made a personal exp’ana
t.ou, it a ug extrac ts from & speech of hie colleague.
\lr Bowie, toutaiiiir.g strong language against the
A oner .: part) hr its coadu< t during the Baltimore
election, sas;. g, whilst looking towards Mr. Davie,
‘You. s have a day of reckoning . I win put vou
under my feet. you shall not live an hour, etc,”
Mr l>a\ - mi e wished to know whether his col
league ap| ;*dlh:s language to him?
Mr !*• w'u* replied that when he thus spoke he
P ors; ’ Auk-.can party, and did not mean
MP > ’ * ni 5 persoualjy to Mr. Dave, but
ro i pai t v wI-k struck down the democracy ct
lialtiOK c by force and b. He repealed
tf.at a any ot m konmg would come Tire re would
be a war ‘ pcop:e against such wrong*. He
and and not say how far Mr t avisi had counseled such
wiongs buMt be did he should take the respon**-
b luy. ile said he had no person* unkiedntSfor
‘is ci ..c.igue. and he !;! grieved to think he Ynd
w unded him. lie would tell the House and tb*
nation tuat he believed, in his inmost soul ’bat
•ru i kuow-noihingistn wonW lead to bloodshed and
r.v utior. and be would oouunei those trampled
Mr Dav's replied—As to the opinions of his coi
i-agut .’ uohirg ike American party, the House
was n<> the appropriate place for such a discussion.
He r >e merely to inquire whether the language in
.u:*l3 was applicable personally to him. and hie
o.(league ? response satisfaetorv.
I House then went bn o committee of tbe whole
on the Indian apvropuation bill.
Mr >. ‘ ! er the Houiton tbe Kansas
ja>He said a the Southern St alee were
now united ou the Georgia platform, and there
pledged to resist, even to the (UMtolnfion of the
Union, a refusal of Congress to admit Kansas be
cause ot the existence of slavery there. He cared
not whether thi? was c •nst ‘urional er revoiuitona
ry It was a right which the South was prepared to
defend. Mr Shorten **i ended that the Lecomptoa !
constitution was .tv*. y adopted. It was repnbb
oan inform and 1 . tigress has no power uy rrm&na
Kansu* U> a territorial conaMioa. she now being an
i. is pendent - veraign State by oonennt of Con
gress, outride of the Union.
,v i'*-i rxpreseed rurpnee that Mr Douglas
: •••*’ principle* of tbe Nobraska bffi
- :,“-n.g U-. re the first gnu was died, and like
* H uar:, t:.i wrug poi*i>Led arrows behind hnn—
H. <id or t Wnut tfc, vm Ot Mr Douia aod Ur
t .lK.wn,, it they did not reflect Northern opinio.,
and the the South knew thi* tue beUer. He
ronlsnUed that it was never deigned to make
KWM a Save Slat*. The five governors sent
there were ail fr*-*oiJ-n, influotug the traWur ;
Walker’ It bad been *id >h ! ,h admJKjioa of
‘vaosas would Uffbt the flames of civil war. If go,
It it come’ Let tbefire* nse, even to heaven high’ I
Bo* he though* that the retusal to admit Kansas
would rather engender civil war Batenin* the
qtushon berk to the people would inevitably invite
this result. The South cannot remain in the Union
on er inequality with the North. Ia such oircum ■
stante. Southron* would not be a brave and (fallarr*
peuple, bu* mere captive*, chained to the vietoriocs 1
North. He would rather be the vaeaal of Old than
Sew England. The word •■oeoprom!** was offered ;
to him. He would make it a penal offense for a ‘
Southron to ose it. It was suggestive, to hi* mind, :
of surrender and bee snbmiaeion. It sounded, in j
tbc l*Dgu*gf- of McDuffie, like th© bugle blsfit ot
* robber bund
Mr Zolimotfer took c*ccMion to reply to the re- |
mark* of Mr. Hatch, wi.o had bitterly cocdemned j
the American party And b* stigmatized the epeech
of the gentieuiau a falsely libek u* on that orgaui
*atM r° Tompkine earneitly oppoeed the of
K.An4* under th© Lecompton con*titution.
Mr. Clemen* made a speech on the other aide,
when to© committee roee and the House adjourned
WiffHrecxTow Itkms —The following given as
a detail report f the of the Lecomp
ton Committee. Mr Morrill, of Ver
mont. etWiiuUed the following reeolutiona, and
stated that fce and hie friend* ooDetdered it a te*t
vote a* to the action of the committee in allowing
tr tii**u*ee to be aubpomed and testimony taken :
Resolved, That in order to comply with the order
of the House under which thj* committee wm or
ganised. which reqaired that wt* should inquire into
u!l the fact* connected with the formation ol said
Iyer; inpton conetitution, and the law# under which
the same originated, and also whether the same is
acceptable ano satisfactory to a majority of the le
gal voter* of Kai sa*, the chairman be authorised
to have summoned to appear before the committee
the following named person*, vis : Gov. Robert J.
Waiker, Gen John Calhoun, Hon. F. P. Stanton,
and John D Henderson, to testify to all euch tacU
a* they have knowledge of, and to produce ail such
document*, paper*, vote* and return* a* have any
relation to the election of delegate* to the Lecomp
ton Constitutional Convention, or to any election
subsequently held in the Territory of Kansas.
Mr Wins o* . of North Carolina, wished it dis
tinctly mnde’itood that his vote on the above reso
lution, u not to be considered a teat vote a* to
whether he will endorse the sentiment* of said reao
lution. lie wished first to have the documentary
evidence that can be procured here before he take*
action relative to aend ng for witnesses.
This was concurred in by Mr. Htephene, of Geor
gia. Mr Stephens moved the postponement of the
vote on the reeoluiion to the next meeting of the
Committee. This was carried by a vote of eight to
seven.
Mr Adrian, of New Jersey, then submitted the
following reeolutkm*: *
1 Resolved, That the cenaus of Kansas, taken un:
der the act of the Territorial legislature of Februa
ry 19,1867, is a fact connect ed with the formation of
th*- Lecoinpton Constitution into which this corn
mittee, by resolution of their appointment, are direc
ted to inquire, and that they will therefore inquire
into tlie same.
Mr Winslow moved to lay the resolution on the
table. This was agreed to by a vote of eight to
R.veD.
2 Resolved, That the apportoinment of delegates
to the Convention at Leoompton, and whether the
sarr ls in oonformity with law, are facts connected
wrh the tormatiun of the Lecomptoc constitution
embraced in the resolution of appointment of the
committee directed to inquire, and that they will
the efore inquire into the same
This was carried unanimously.
3. Resolved, That the legality of the election of
the debates to th Convention which formed the
lyecoiupton Constitution is a fact connected with the
formation of the Lecompton Constitution, into
which this committee, by the resolution ol their ap
pointment, are directed to make inquiry, and that
they will therefore inquire into tke same.
This was laid on the table—B to 7.
4. Resolved , That the names of the delegates elec
ted to the Leeximpton Constitution and the number
of votes cast, for each are fact* connected with the
formation of said Constitution into ghich this Com
mittee, by the resolution appointing it, are directed
to ii quire, arid this Committee will therefore inquire
into the same.
This was laid on the table— 8 to 7.
6 Resolved, That it is an important fact having
relation to the propriety of admission of Kansas into
the Union under the Lecompton Constitut on,
whether or not a large part of the people of Kansas
have been in rer-elliou against the Government, and
su< h a tact as this Committee are required, by the
resolution of the House directing said Committee
to inquire into, and the Committee will, therefore,
inquire into the alleged fact.
Laid on the table—B to 7.
The Committee adjourned till Wednesday next.
It is proper to state that this was done to accommo
date several members of the Committee who desire
to be absent on the inst.
The Democratic caucus of the House which was
to L'lve me‘ Wednesday evening, is indefinitely
postponed and till called by the Chairman.
A Rich Report.—A mart ied couple of Cincin
nati. after living ogether for thirty years, recently
petitioned the Ohio Legislature so. a divorce, with
out, however, assigning any reason for this abrupt
terurnation of their domestic relations. The mat
ter was referred to a committee, which, in due
time, presented the following report :
The petitioners—James and Maria Sutton—do
not Huffiotontly set torth the cause why they “mu
tually severed and parted and after a cohabita
tion of thirty years, it is necessarily very important
to kuow these reasons. They leave an immense
range of inference in the minds of this learned as
xeinoly. They might have beeu dissatisfied with
each other’s personal beauty, or wearied with their
respective mutual attraction*. They might have
been fighting constantly for thirty years, a-d at
last, both being exhausted, and neither being able to
“come up to time,” they mutually backed out,
fizzled and crawled away from the scene of combat.
Again, some direful fiend, in moustaches and pateut
leather boots, may have intruded his fascinating
but diabui.ea! phiz into their peaceful, domestic
circle, poisoned the happiness of that shrine, and
finally causer a separation between the blessed pair,
and a connection bn ween his own back and a tough
cow hid*. Which of these is the cause of the split,
the committee are unable to say.
Again, they are of opinion that twe mortal sin
tiers, wlio hive been in purgatory for thirty years,
should certainly be put through in one direction or
the other, iur’ead of being allowed to return to the
terrustial con iiiiou of their former state. A prece
dent will be found for this course in the case of
“Orpheus vs. Flute,” First Pandemonium Reports,
799
The committee oould see no reason why these
evidently ancient turtle doves should not peacefully
and quietly pursue tin course they practiced for
thirty years, and mutually return to each other’s
bosoms, and would advise this, for reasons as fol
lows :
“Per high the bliss that waits on wedded !ove.
But, purest emblem of the bliss above,
Os one fond heart to b.> the slave and lord,
Ulhsh and be blesaed, adore and be adored ;
To draw new rapture from another’s joy ;
To share each pang and half its sting dextroy ;
To own the liuk of aoul, the chain of mind
Thai hearts to hearts and b&ndti to hands can bind,
For ever and ever—amen”
The committee being, therefore, uuapprixed of the
causes of this separation, or its probable monstrous
results, tutu only recommend the House to advise
then; to “stick It ou f ’ for their brief future ot this
earth. Whatever their difficulties or “embarrass
ments” n.ey be, whether sentimental or constitution
al, the difficulties of the Legislature are both “senti
mental and constitutional;” as, therefore, this House
“wouldn’t if it could,” nor “couldn’t if it would,”
they recommend the petitioners to the Court of
Common Pleas, aud to beware of bigamy.
Sigued by a majority of the commflßee.
It is sufficient to add that, after a motion to print
25,000 copies was made by Mr. West, the report
was laid ou the table.
The Disaster on Cate Kear Uivrr. —The Wil
miugtou(N C.,) Journal, of Wednesday furniihee
the following particulars of the disaster on Cape
Kear river, a brief announcement of which we maae
yesterday:
We learn that about midnight of Tuesday last, the
Steamer Magnolia, of the Lutterloh line, which left
this place on the afternoon of the same day, stop
ped at W hitehall landing jHladen.oounty, seme forty
nine miles from Wilmington, to put a passenger
ashore. While at the landing, her boiler exploded,
inuking a eomplete wreck of the boat, and killing
and wounding a number of persons. The follow
.ug are all the particulars of the loss ot life that we
Lave been able to learn
W’hite Persons Killed. —Captain Stedmac,
oomuiHiider of the boat, Dr. Fellows, a young
‘gentleman and from Philadelphia, said to have been
raised in Sampeou . Mr Tyson ; a female from Wil
mingtou, boy about eight years old, —neither name
known.
Colored Persons Killed. —Simon,the cook;
Claries, the Pilot, and two or three others,—names
unknown. A colored man named Carver, or Car
ter, wa- mortally wounded, and another colored
man badly hurt, although he may possibly recover.
Mr T S. Tutterloh ot Fayetteville, was pretty
severely injured iu the shou'der, but his situation
is not supposed to be dangerous. It is proper to
remark that the ln>dy of Captain Stedm&n Las not
vet been fouud, but no and. übta are entertained of
Lis dea*b. It is believed that some fifteen persona
were killed, bu our account* are very meagre
Rev. A. P. Repiton, of Wilmington, was on board
and made a narrow escape. There were some thir
ty paseerger. aboard. The boat was valued at f 10,-
000. No insurance.
W’e learn that a mau named George Payman, or
Fcarman, from WVunington, was aboard, accompa
nying a corpse, which he was carrying up to Fay
ettev ilie for interment. The coffin and what it con
rained were biown to nieces, and the man has not
yet been heard of. so that there i* too much reason
to fear that ha alto has been killed.
The LiTR CoNtrißAor m Naples.—Naples,
Jan. *3—At the steamer is leaving Naples again
to da’ I hasten to communicate the following par
tiemarr The report, of which I informed you in a
recent letter, that *Le French Government had ad
v:*ed the Neapolitan Government of some danger
which menaced the life of the King, seems to oe
confirmed My information is that ten persons,
Frenchmen, had landed hers for such a purpose.
Forewarned was to be forearmed, and the police
were consequently on the alert. Foreign spies of
various countries have been employed, and some
say that the men have escaped, others that they are
known . but on this point i cannot say anything
which is definite. It is not improbable, if true, that
these designs were part of the conspiracy which
was near sacrificing the life of the Emperor Napo
Icon. It is imposed ole to speak of such base and
Cowardly attempts in too strong terms, and in pro
portion as liberal men are enlighted and honest are
they iudignaut against aot* which compromise the
holy oaupc of liberty and progress I Wlieve that
tbs groat body of the liberals ot this country utterly
repudiate the designs of the assassins as suoversive
of ai! their hope* for the future, and as opposed to
Uhrisgun morality, and 1 rejoice to tbiuk that from
day to day the public opinion of this country be
oomees underand more enlightened as to what
measures are best to be adopted tor their political
regeneration.
A conspiracy, too. has joe; been discovered at
Asooli. the precise objects of which I have been un
able to ascertain It appears, however, that the
Roman GovsrL tnen: has long had its eve upon the
deliberations and movements of some secret socie
ties in that place, and that on bearing that Neapcli
*ans were a*o concerned in it, it invited the co
operation of the Government of the Two Sicilies.
Neither gov* rum* at wa* w.iiicg to take any proms
:ure e*eir until ail the evidence of crime was col
lected bat iat week a seizure was made and many
arrest* effected. The affair is little known at pre
sent in KapK-s ; bat the source from which I hear of
it, leaves attie doubt or its truth.
A Sad Mis-Sias on the Thkxsholdop Life.—
Tbe case of Charles Albaugh, who was this after
noon sentenced to the penitentiary fir three yeais.
i* a*d oua. He i* quite a young man. the son of
j*y-y pareute at Mount Gilead, and
but a fortnight was married to a young lady
y *** °f the first families in that place He had
to c rry tbe mail from Mount Gi-
about two miiee ni-tant. Fre
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be*uiDiEK of life fori youiitf
liaje Del..re oati linked an but *
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wt. * °r the
Th* Cuiiiiii s Kiuisca.—Acoordiee
jfeoera! survey Inter, _,ade of kU Lb* old aSL, ® ?
country seals to* . net in* in France, there remai
ed whateoi au are of tbe 13th and 13tb 0..
tune*. t<Ut of tbe 14th aod loth, and 3,114 ot the ICtb
century Tbe others are of a later date. More rh-e
2joo of them have drawbnd.ee. turret* and orene
ated battiemeais.
Iforr Overboard —Dr Wooten, a resident of
Liberty. Texas, fall overboard from the schooner
Emma Sheßoo. on the 4th iust. on Kadfish Bar. near
Gaiveeton aod was drowned.
EIKOFEAK INTELLIGENCE- j
BT THE BALTIC.
The Canard steanustip Africa arnveoout atE v
erpool at 11.30 P. M. on Saturday, the 30th of Jauu
“gri ,t Bbitais —The steamship Ley-athan was
reccesstully floated in th. Thames ou Monday the
3lst January Arrangement* had been effected to
complete the launch ou the day prerious, bu! the
prevalence of a heavy gale rendered a poetpoL
meni imperative, and as Sunday proved most aus
picious it was determined to proceed with the opera
tions rather than encounter the risks which a furtht-r
lengtheii*-d delay would have etitailed. The fir-ai
floating of the great ship was effected with perfect
*a ae and no accident of any kind occurred although
toe river was literally covered with boats full of
people, and the timbers forming the cradles which
Lad been kept down by the weight of the vessel as
cended, witu great force some twenty or thirty feet 1
above the surface of the water The scene was a
brilliant one, and the enthusiasm of the multitudes
who witnessed the launch was manifested in loud
and continued cheering.
The Leviathan was towed by four powerful tug
boats to her mootings opposite Deptford, where
she will remain until her internal arrangement* are
complete
The Atlantic Telegraph Company had issued a
call for the ordinary meeting ot the shareholders ou
the 18th of February, and m anticipation of this
meeting bad published a full report of the position
of the company. The report states that it is pro
posed to raise a certain amount of naw capital by
an issue of £’■#) shares, with which to meet the
charges for the 700 miles additional cable now in
course of manufacture, and to provide for contin
gencies. Great confidence ie expressed in the sue
cess of the attempt to lay the cable next summer.
The 1 eport concludes as follows:
“ From the first commencement of the Compa
ny’* proceedings it bad been arranged that a certain
number Oi gentlemen in America ehould be selected
to bold a poeition as honorary directors. Under
the original constitution there w ere no powers to
effect this object, but in the act obtained by the
Company during last session, a clause was inserted
giving the requisite authority, audit is therefore in
tended to propose to the meeting on the 18th Feb
ruary, the election of the following gentlemen, or
dinarily resident in America, as honorary direc tors,
under the clause above referred to, viz :
“In the United States —The Hon. E. M. Archi
bald 11. M. Consul, New-York ; Auguste Belmont,
Peter Cooper, Francis P. Corbin, Wilson G. Hunt,
A. Low, Matthew Morg in, Watts Sherman.
“In Canada—Hon. George E. Cartier, lion.
John Ross, Hon. John Y'oung.
“/ Netr Brunswick —Hon. John Robertson.
“The Directors cannot close their observations to
the shareholders without bearing their warm and
cordial testimony to the untiring zeal, talent, and
energy that have been displayed on their behalf of
this enterprize by Mr. Cyrus W. Field of New Y'ork.
to whom mainly belongs the honor of having practi
cally developed the possibility and of having brought
together the material means for carrying out the |
geat idea of connecting Europe and America by a
Submarine Telegraph. He has crossed the Atlantic
()cean no less than six times since December, 1866,
for thesoie purpose of rendering most valuable aid
to this undertaking. He has also visit :d the British
North American Colonies on several occasions, and
obtained • occasions and advantages that are high
ly appreciated by the Directors, and he baa succtes
fully supported the efforts of the Directors in ob
taining an annual subsidy for twenty-five years
from the Government of the United Stater* of Aineri
ca, the grant of the use of their National ships in as
sisting to lay the Cable in 1867, and also to assist in
the same Bervice this year—and his constant and
assiduous attention to every thing that could contri
bute to the welfare of the Company from its first for
mation have materi&lly contributed to promote
many of its most necessary and important arrange
ment*. He is now again in England, his energy
and confidence in the undertaking entirely unabat
ed ; and, at the earnest request ot the Board, he ha*
consented to remain in this country for the purpose
ot affording to the Directors the benefit of his great
experience and judgment as General Manager of the
business of the Company connected with the next
expedition.
‘ This arrangement will doubtless prove as pleas
ing to the shareholders, as it is agreeable aud satis
factory to the Directors.”
The Prince and Princess Frederick William of
Prussia, quitted England ou the 2d inst. They pro
ceedei from London by railroad to Gravesend,
where they embarked in the royal yacht under a sa
lute from Tilbury fort and the squadron in attend
ance, and amidst the enthusiastic cheers of the as
sembled crowds. In the city of London, and all
along the route, there was a perfect ovation to the
“young couple.
A meeting of the Bond and Stock holders of the
Erie Railroad had been held in London, to hear ex
planation* from the President, Mr. Moran. He
stated their difficulties to have arisen from an inade
quate capital and an enormous and mis-inariaged
tloating debt, but considered there was a clear pos
sibility of surmounting them and obtaining a t air
remuneration to the shareholders for their outlay.
A motion authorising the creation of a fifth mort
gage of five millions of dollars, was carried after a
division.
The London Times has a leader
upon the Report of the Superintendent of the Bank
ing department of New York, but endorses someot
his views.
Gen. ABhburnham, who was appointed to corn
many the British forces in China, out was transfer
red to India, had suddenly returned to England
without leave, because, as is said, only a command
in the Punjaub was suggested to him, which did not
answer his expectations.
The Morning Advertiser reiterates the rumor
that Mr. Vernon Smith is to be raised to the Peer
age.
An investigation at Liverpool into certain scan
dalous charges brought against the ltev. Mr. Gent,
a curate in Dr. McNeile s church, and which attrac
ted great attention, had ended in the complete vin
dication of Mr Gent’s character, aud so elated were
the people at the result that they carried Mr. Gent
in triumph from tqe court, aud dragged him in a
carriage through the streets ; while those who gave
evidence against him barely escaped “lynch law”
from the mob.
A frightful colliery explosion has occurred at a pit
near Ashton-under-Lyne. About one hundred men
were in the pit at the time, aud it was fearea that
- many ot them were killed. At latest dates about 40
had been taken out alive, some more or less injured,
and two dead.
A large reform meeting was held at Birmingham
on the 2d, aud resolutions were adopted, declaring
that no measures of reform would be complete with
out household suffrage and the ballot. Chartist
amendments for universal suffrage were defeated by
large majorities.
France. —The Paris correspondent of the Lon-
Time* under date January 291 h, writes as follows :
“A vt ry numerous and highly respectable meeting
of Americans was held this afternoon in the Hotel
du Douvre, to express their sentiments on the re
cent atroo ous attempt, to assassinate the Emperor ot
the French. The Hon. John Wethraed, ex member
of United States Congress, was called to the chair,
and iu a lew obsesvations he explained the object
of the meeting. Mr. Pille, of Louisiana, then pro
posed, and Mr. Prescott, of Boston, seconded, the
following resolution*:
Whereas , By the Constitution of the United
States the conduct of our relations with Foreign
Governments is confided to the President of the
United States, we, as citizens of the United States
now assembled, disclaim all inclination of purpose
to interfere with the Executive of our country iu the
diectiarge its duties :
And ILj/tfreas, while temporarily soiourning in
Paris, an attempt Ims beeu made to assassinate
their Majesties the Emperor and Empress of the
French, aud that by means whicli necessarily en
dangered the lives of many of both sexes and of
all ages, against whom the murderers could have
had no cause of ill will ;
And Whcteas, Americans regard with horror the
crime of assassination aud such diabolical attempt
to commit it;
Reeol-ved , That we have heard with detestation
of the attempt made on the 14th instant to destroy
the 1U es of tne reigning Emperor and Empress of
the French;
Resolved , That we express our congratulations at
the esca| e which, under Providence, has been ac
corded to their Majesties from the terrible danger
to which they were exposed.
Resolved , That the Chairman of this meeting be
requested to communicate these resolutions, so that
they may be made known to their Majesties.
These resolutions having been put from the Chair,
were adopted unanimously, and the Cbaiimau sign
ed them. The meeting then broke up.”
It is said that five great Directions of Police are
to be created. Each Director-General is to be un
der the orders of the Minister of the Interior.
The list of the Marshals to have command of the
new military divisions, received by the Niagara,
was incorrect. According to the most reliable au
thority, the commanders will be Marshals Baraguay
D Hi tiers,Canrobert, Bosquet, Magnan, aud Cas
tellaue, while Peliasier will have supreme control
over all, with the title of Marshal-General.
The Paris correspondent of the London Times re
ports that the improvement which was beginning
to be observed in the general trade of the country,
had been checked by the rumors in regard to the
restrictive measures proposed by the government,
and the violent language employed in the military
addresses to the Emperor. Wheat and Flour had
declined iu price in almost all the markets of France.
Brandies were dull aud quotations falling.
An engineer named Duterte is eaid to have in
vented an apparatus which is destined to effect a
complete revolution in the construction of locomo
tives, and to save 60 per cent, in the amount of
combustibles at present consumed.
The project tor a Submarine tunnel between
Frinee and England had been submitted to an of
ficial Commission named by the Minister of Public
Works.
Letters from Paris uienlion the failure of M.
James Odier, one of the oldea and most respectable
of the Baukiug firm of that city. The liabilities
were estimated at £200,000. Hopes were enter
tained of a resumption.
A steady improvement in the Lyons Silk market
is reported, under the influence of orders for the
European Spring trade.
The Times is requested by Gen. Chan
garnier to state that as the decree which exiled
several French Genertde has not been repealed, it
is not his intention at present to return to France.
In Paris on the Ist the project of anew law was
read in the Legislative Chamber, empowering the
Executive to remove from Paris all persons who
may attempt to disturb public tranquility. A bill
was also submitted for the constitution of a Council
of Regency The Empress is to be Regent, of
right. she tailing, two French Princes iu the order
of primogeniture. The members of the Council of ]
Regency to be the two French Princes in their own
right, Cardinal Moilot, Marshal Pelissier, Count
Pexsigny, M Fould. and tue Presidents of the
Senate, the Corps Legislate, and the Council of
State.
A telegram from Paris, of the 2d inst.. sajs :
“There is no doubt that the Emperor will modify
some of the most stringent clauses of the Repression
Bill. The papers discovered by the English police
at Pierri’s house, at Birmingham, are now in the
bands of the authorities iu Paris, but it is not known
whether they have led to any further disclosures
Oreini and Pierri confess all that is imputed to
them. Their murderous deeigus, it appears, were
not confined to tbe Emperor . other sovereigns
were to be included in the assassiu&tion, and espe
cially the Pope, the KiDg of Naples, and tbe King
of Sardinia. *
Paris, Tuesday, Feb. 2.—The Moniteur publishes
letters patent nominafing the Empress Regent, in
case of any calamity befalling the Emperor before
the Prince Imperial attains his majority.
The repressive measure which has been proposed
to the Corps Legul&tif is a project De Lot entitled
“Prciect to provide for the safety, and it consists of
certain additions to several of the articles of the
penal code. Article second punishes with imprison
ment of from one month to two years every indi vidu
al who, with the object of disturbing the public
peace or of exciting hatred or contempt against the
Government of the Emperor, shall have practiced
any intrigues or carried on any correspondence
either within this country or abroad. Third, every
individual who. without being authorized, shall have
manufactured, sold, or distributed, fiistly. destruc
tive machines acting by explosion or otherwise
secondly, fulminating powder of whatever descrip
tion. shall be punished with imprieoDement for six
month* to five years and to a fine of 00 to 3,UUU
francs Article 7 declares as follows : —Any in
dividual may be interne in France or Algeria, or
expelled, who was condemned, expelled, intere. or
transported in May or June. 1848, in June, 184 y.
or December, 1861. and who may again have been
pointed out by important circumstances as dange
rous to public safety.’
Holland. —Tbe Bank of Holland bad reduced its
rate of discount from 5 to 4 1-2 per cent
Hanover. —Mr Cbas Hostmann, & Hanoverian
Banker, had failed and commited suicide.
Sweden —The new Swedish Rahway I.oan of
about £1*200,000 had been taken by several of the
Banks of Credit Mo biker in Germany in a 41-2 per
oent stock, at a price* between b*o and yi.
Italt. —A rumor was current that the assassina
tion of the King of Piedmont formed a part of the
programme, which included the death of the Em
peror Napoleon.
The National Pack of Turin had reduced it* rate
ot discount from 7 to 6 per cent.
■llndla.—Tbe Bombay mail of January j had &r
nved i n £ugi&nd, bat the new* adds nothing of im
ponoe to the telegraphic accounts brought oat by
e stiagara The correspondent of the Daily News
in,r•. *' ti4 * t **** * from the Punjab i*
L ° , aWe Sikh* were not safe and the Ass
a 2'* ie ooithernfrontier.
L,A —The Australian mail, with date*
from Mat bourse to U lotb Deoomber, bad reached
En ‘.r-djbmt the was anticipaW-i by telegraph,
as r Nifigara s advices. Trade luroughout the
i ( Gun*; viu Very*uu>!, Letiig confined Ij utreiy
! actu-i’ requirements.
From, the London Times, Feb. 2.
Tue African Slaak Trade.— l he following is
an extract from a letter dared from Her Majesty’s
j ship Bapphe, Sept. 29,1867, off Loando :
! “ Since mv last letter to you in August, c.rcum
! stances have happened of the most stirring k*nd
j never ou this n'rtori .us coast ha3 Humanity been
more outraged or the energy and compassion of
British seamen more called for or Bbown. We con
: tniued cxnisirg,looking ii at the and ff-rent station*,
; until tke Hth, wheu at daylight we saw a seliooner
at anchor ; we made sail tor her, she slipped her ca
ble and sleet ed along the beach. We followed in
the Sappho a* Lear a* the depth of water would
allow. The wind was tight, so the commander took
to the boa sand soon cine up with her ; she prov
ed to be a schooner of luily 160 tons, quite prepared
for the reception of slaves, and had arrived the
preceding Ony on the coast. The captain had land
ed—probably w;rh the specie for the purchase of
his cargo, as only 28 doubloons were found, rolled
up in a man 7 # gartels, who looked foolish enough
wiiEii the maoter-at-arme hauled them off. We
took the schooner to Loandoto land the slave crew,
then finding her not seaworthy, we made a target
ot her to exercise our men, and burnt her. This
gave us something to talk about until we returned
to Loando on the 16th : there we found the Castor,
with the Admiral on board, from the Cape; he sailed
for Shark’s Point, where the ship 9 were collected
tor courts martial. We left the following day . at 9
in the morning on the 18lh, in a thick mist with rain,
we closed with a schooner -, while boarding her the
weather cleared, and a large ship was seeu close to
the land. Directly our boats returned we made ail
sail in chase, the ship making all sail to avoid us,
aud the chase became very exciting. The captains
said we were gaming, and so they must have
thought on board the ship, a* he tacked iu shore
and we after hhn ; then be h ore aw*ay, running
along the edge of the surf, and by help of his large
sails was drawing ahead. By this time we were
sure he was one of the large American slave ships,
and we teared he would escape if he got sea-room,
so the captain took a boat well maimed anckanned
and pul ed to windward to cut him off, when he
would be obliged to tack off shore ; another boat
was sent to leeward, the master, the only officer on
board, being left in charge.
The ship was not more than a mile and a half dis
tant, close to the surf. Seeing the trap laip for him,
and that he could not escape, he ran his ship ashore.
-We anchored iu four fathoms ; the master took the
whale-boat close to the ship, and was soon joined by
the other boats. The ships was rolling in the break
ers with all her sails flapping about, and appeared
to be full of slaves ; the master and crew had aban
doned her with their boats, leaving the American
colors Hying. Then we all beheld a dreadful ec ene ;
the slaves forced their way from below, jumped
overboard, and soon disappeared in the rollers; it
was terrible to see them. Our officers aud men, re
gardless of their own lives, pulled through the surf
to leeward of the ship, but her heavy lurching for
some time prevented their boarding; w’hen they
succeeded tbe scene was horrifying, the slaves still
forcing their way up from the slave decks with loud
yells, running to and fro, and coutinu ng to throw
themselves overboard. All attempts to pacify them
were useless, force was necessary U) drive them be
low until preparations could be made for their safe
ty. We were told by one of the slaves who could
*peak Portuguese, that they were told the English
would cut all their throats. As soon as the boats
could be attended to the cutter was backed under
the stern and a rope thrown her; theu three of tbe
slaves were permitted up at a time and lowered into
the boat, the whale boat conveying them through
the roilfcia to the large boat, and so on to the Sap
pho ; this continued until BP. M. The surf increas
ed, and it was impossible to save more that night;
180 were rescued. The master left with a guard on
board; it was au anxious and a sleepless night for
all, as death was rapidly decreasiur the number of
the poor negroes, who, starving and naked, died
from utter misery—men, women, boys aud girls,
more than 200 on board the Sappho, and, as they
ceased to breathe, we were obliged to throw them
overboerd. Poor negroes! I hope conscious in
their last moments that English seamen came to
save them and now made a Silent prayer over them.
Fortunately, we had plenty of rice from the schoon
er captured, which we fed them with, and placed
them as beet we could under cover of sails. As
food and warmth restored them, in various ways
they signified their sense of kindness. There was
one poor creature with an infant at her breast,
naked, cold, and exhausted, apparently dying, a
little wine was given her, then some rice, which she
forced from her own to her baby's mouth. A sheet
was given to cover her: she wrapped her baby in it
and pressed it to her heart with that look of mater
nal love which God has given to the dark as well as
the pale-face race.
Ou board s he schooner the master and guard were
with the ren ainder of the negroes in a perilous
state ; the former passed the night in the forcastle
and bowsprit, drenched by the spray of the heavy
rollers. At dawn on the 19th the wind and surf had
increased; the ship had driven closer to the beach;
numbers of armed people were collected; a sigual
for assistance was made; the captain went with all
the boats manned and armed, when the natives on
the boach, led ou by the white men, apparently the
crew of the ship, commenced firing, with the inten
tion of preventing the rescue of any inure negroes.
This continued an hour before we could clear the
beach, some of our shots apparently telling well. On
again boarding the wreck, she was found breaking
up, with her hold full of water. Oil the tide reoed
ing, her hull was nearly dry, aud there was no time
to spare. The large boats were stationed to keep
the beach clear with their guns; the cutter was
ancboi ed at the back of the surf, and by watching
the rollers they succeeded in throwing her a rope,
when the negroes were lowered and hauled through
the surf, and conveyed, as before, to the Sappho,
200 more being rescued; then the wreck was set
tire to and our people withdrawn.
We were iu such a state, with 380 negroes crowd
ing our decks; the stench was putrefying, and it
was impossible to work the ship. In this state the
second day closed upon us. We were 42 miles from
Sharks Point; the captain resolved to go iu his boat
aud ask for assistance. They pulled all night in
heavy rain, and at daylight on the 20th, fortunately,
met the Vesuvius, Commodore Wise, with whom
the captain returned. Commodore Wise took the
negroes on board the Vesuvius, to be sent to Sierra
Leone iu the Alector prize. Having the slaves on
board has causeo much sickness ; it is passing with
out any fatai ease. We are ordered to the Cape,
we suppose to cruise in the Mozambique Channel;
if so, it is possible our bones will be left there; its
effects, alter what we have been through for 20
months on this coast, will be finishing.
1 have given you the history of one of the inauy
American ships employed in the slave trade ; six, l
think, have been taken. We seized the Panchita
30 miles up the coast, aud sent her to New York ;
we do not know whether the American Govern
ment will condemn her.’’
London Money Market. —The Money market
wtis most abundantly supplied, and continued !o
grow iu ease. The rates for short loans were little
more than nominal, and some transactions had ta
ken place iu the discount market a* low as from
2 1-2 a) 2 3-4 per cent.
Messrs. James Cousens & Sons, tea merchants,
had suspended payment. The failure was also an
nounced of four or five houses in Dublin, including
that of Arthur McKenna &. Sous, timber mer
chants.
Gold continued to flow into the B ink of England,
and the Bullion reserve was expected soon to reach
a point greater than ever before known.
The Funds were firm and Consols closed on the
2d at 96 3 8a96 1 2 for money and account, which
was rather below the highest point reached during
the day.
The export of specie to the East by the mail of
the 4th would be £219,006.
The Daily News thinks that gold will soon be
again exported to the Continent.
From the London News , Fe\ 3.
Tuesday Evening.
The Funds to-day experienced an extreme fluc
tuation of j per cent. Upon the whole, the market
showed considerable steadiness, and the quotations
at four o’clock were the same as those of yesterday.
Iu the morning some considerable bona fide pur
chases were effected, one amounting to £70,001);
whilst in another instance the Bank Broker was the
buyer. The absortion of stock by the banking in
terest continues.
Several of the other departments of the Stock
Exchange was rather better to day.
The amount of gold sent into the Bank of Eng
land to day was £BO,OOO, chiefly ex the Africa,
from New York, makmg an ascertained t<otal of be
tween £210,000 and £220,000 since the date of tbe
last Bunk return. The influx is now les3 rapid,
owing to the delay in the Australian arrivals. The
Marco Polo, with £294,800, has now been 101 days
at sea; the Northumberland, w T ith £187,500,
‘J? days ; the Oliver Lang, with £189,700, 79 days ;
the Austral with £74,400, 77 days ; the Sea Breeze,
with £295,000, 73 days ; the B ackw'ell, with £272,-
300,00 days ; and the Donald M’Kay, with £92,-
800, 63 days. Some of these supplies can scarcely
be delayed much loDger. As impartial chroniclers,
however, we must mention that £20,000 in bar
gold ex the Africa has been sold to-day for trnspor
tation to the Continent. This is the largest pur
chase of bar gold on continental account that we
have remarked since the morel ary crisis, and al
though the transaction is to some extent exception
al, it deuotes that the period is approaching when
the continent will again absorb a portion of tbe gold
imported int# this country. This alteration will be
a natural consequence of the gradual decline in the
exchanges between England and the continent
The bulk of the amounts imported, however, will
slid, in all probability, be retained here.
Notlis andiDg the approach of the 4th of the
month, the demand for money continues very mode
rate, and good bills are treelly discounted at 3 per
cent. At ihe Bank of England the applications are
still upon a very quiet scale. In the Stock Ex
change the supply of money is far in excess of the
means for employing it.
At Paris to day the price of the Three per Cent.
Reutes, for money, was last quoted 09.10, being sc.
lower than yesterday . whilst the price for the ac
count closed at 09.30, showing a decline of i per ct.,
compared with the final quotation of yesterday.—
The opening quotation this morning for the account
was reported by the telegraph as high as 09.75.
Consols, which closed yesterday at 95j to £ for
money and Thursday next, opened this morning at
tbe same quotation, advanced to 95$ to f, declined
to 95 j to f, and were quoted at 4 o’clock 95$ to $.
For the 4th March the quotation was at the same
hour 955. After 4 o'clock a little flatness was shown,
the quotation being ‘ sellers, ’ for the present
settlement. The “continuation ’ ruled at sto3 10
per cent. The official business report is as follows:
Three per Ceut. Consols, for monef, 95;j,5, $, $,
j; do. lor account, (Feb. 4,)
per Cents., Reduced, 955, $ ; New Three per Cents.,
955, l ; Long Annuities, (expiring in Jan., I860,)
2 1 lb Bank Stock, 227, 2255; Three and-a-Half
per Cent Exchequer Bonds, falling payable in
1858, 1(H). do. 1859, 100$.
London Markets. — Liverpool, Feb. 2—The
Gram trade since Friday has ruled exceedingly
dull, and at Mark Lane yesterday Wheat was sola
with difficulty at a decline of fully 2s per quarter.
At to-day s market there were few buyers present,
and the business done in all kinds of Breadstutfs
was of the most limited description. Wheat, in
absence ot transactions, is nominally unaltered in
value, but it is impossible to say what concessions
would have been made by holders in order to effect
sales. Flour quite neglected, aod prices nominal,
much reduced rates are a-ked, but taii to bring for
ward purchasers. Indian Corn, mixed and yellow
in very limited demand for feeling purposes at late
quotations . white more plentiful and easier to buy.
We quote Wheat, red, >s 9d to sis for Western
white, 7s to 7s 6d per 70 lbs. Flour, Philadelphia
and Baltimore 23s tc 23a od; extra Ohio, via North,
255, t.a New Orleans. 27s ; Weotem, 21s to 23s per
bbi Indian C *t. mixed and yellow, 33a to 34s ;
white 30s per 499 ‘bs.
liacon —A tew arrivals offered from the quay
have Mightiy weakened the market. For 120 bxs
Kiogat *ic Reid's, ex Baiti:*, an assortment, 46s ha*
been taken, and for 200 boxes Dominick s Long
Middles, rib in, 47s per cwt.
J.ard quiet at 52s for good quality.
Cotton —The market Las been slack thi* week,
but price* are firmly supported, the supply offering
being iim ted, especially in the middling qualities.
In Manchester, inanu ac:urers generally Complain
ot an unsatisfactory business, but spinners are in
better spirits., as yams are in demand and some
numbers at paying price*. Middling Orleans 6
15-16d ; Mobile
Richardson. Spence dj* Cos s Circular.
Another Report —The cotton market has been
firm but quiet si ace tbe departure of the Niagara.
Tne tendency is upward, although quotations are
unchanged. “The sale* of the three days amount to
18,000 bales, including about 3,000 to speculator*
and 1,000 to exporters.
At Manctiester business was restricted by spin
ners demanding higher rates, which were with diffi
culty obtained.
Ship Foundered at Sea. —CapL Milton, of the
ship Express, which arrived here this morning, re
port* that on the 11th inot., off the south aide of
Cuba, he spoke the ship Hemisphere, from Havre,
boQBd to Mobile, which vessel reported having, on
the 3d inst., in latitude 2fr , longitude 60% picked
up a boat containing six men from the British ship
Locnondeny. which vessel had foundered at sea.
[*V. O. Picayune, 17 tk.
Dlstrccivx Fire.—Oa the night of the 10th
instant the dietiliery, giisl-mili, saw mill, house and
bam of Ruddy Laubach, in Saueon townsnip.
Northampton county. Pa., were destroyed by fire.
Lose from $15,000 to $20,000.
Fires in Springfield. G.— The
School Building, at Springfield, Ohio, was destroy
ed by fire on the night of the 16ih in*t. Loss $lO,-
000, insurance $5,000. Another fire consumed a
stable valued at S7OO.
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Southern Cultivnlor.
The March number of this popular Agricultural
Journal has just been issued and laid on our table
We subjoin the table of contents, to afford the read
er some idea of its quality :
CONTENTS OF MARCH NUMBER.
Plantation Economy and Miscellany. —An
Essay on Grasses ; Cotton Pl&uPng—Centre Fur
rows ; Rio Grande Valley, Pickens District,
S. C.; Sorgho—Syrup, Brandy, &,c ; Cement Water
Pipes ; Report on Asiatic Goats ; Minnesota Corn ;
Care of Cows ; Feeding Hogs on Co*ton Seed, &c ;
Mad Itch, &.C.; Llamas iu the United States ; The
Science of the Growth of Cotton ; Cut Worms ;
Physical Exercises ; Extraordinary Yield of Corn;
Farm Life ; To Make Biscuit; To Make Hay ; Re
marks on Draining ; Manures, and their General
Application ; Manure Water . Chinese Sugar Cane
—A Humbug ;To Preserve H&ms: How to Seed
a Siough in Tame Grass, &c.; Mammoth Produc
tions ; Renewing the Slave Trade, &c.; Salt, &c.
Editorial.—Russell’s Magazine; Condensed
Correspondence, &.c ; Lime for Agricultural Pur
poses; Hedges and Hedge Plants ; The Future of
Cotton Cultuie iu the Southern States- Lime for
Agricultural Purposes, &c.
Horticultural Department. —Hints for the
Month ; Plant Fruits and Flowers, (Poetry); South
ern Wine; Propagation of the Pear—au easy mode;
The Warren Grape; Grapes, Native and Foreign;
Fruit Raising in tne South; Remedy for the Corcu
lio; Preservation of Fruit Trees from Hares.
Terms—The Cultivator is a large Octavo of 32
pages, published monthly at One Dollar a year in
advance. Address W. S. Jones, Augusta, Ga.
Northern Exchange.
We have received the following communication
and enquiry from “ A Subscriber: M
Rome, Geo., Feb. 18, 1868.
Editor Chronicle dy Sentinel :—l see, Feb. I7th,
you quote N. Y. Exchange 1 percent. Bank Agents
here eay it is a mistake, —that they have received
private letters from Savannah and Charleston, to
day, which state that it is worth 2 per ceut. Please
inform me which is right. A. Subscriber.
We confess to some little surprise at such an en
quiry, from any mail who is 11 A Subscriber ” to the
Chronicle Sentinel; for we supposed every sub
scriber to this journal kneic that its quotations of
Exchange were always reliable —certainly not to
be brought in question by the statements of Bank
Agents, two hundred miles distant. We quoted the
rate of New \ r ork Exchange in Augusta —not in
Charleston or Savannah. Hence private letters
from either of those cities, would about as success
fully controvert our quotations, as private let ters
fro.n Memphis or Nashville—and no more.
The rate of Sight Exchange on New York in Au
gusta is one per cent, prein ; and we expect soon
to see our Banks selling it at a half, and even at
par !
Charleston and Savannah will, therefo e, be forc
ed into the same position at an at early day.
Celebration of WuNhington’M Birth-day.
The one hundred and twenty-sixth anniversary
of the birth-day of George Washington was cele
brated yesterday in an appropriate and spirited
manner. The Augusta Independent Y'olunteer Bat
talion, the pride of our city, was out in full numbers,
presenting a fine appearance and attracting univer
sal attention. After forming, the Companies marched
up Broad street to the United States Hotel, where, in
conformity with the arrangements, the “Montgomery
Guards,” anew company, were presented with a
beautifu’ Banner by Miss Annie R. Blount. Mis*
B’s address, accompany ing the presentation of the
Banner, was tasteful and eloquent, and was deliver
ed in a manner selfpossessed and impressive.
Claiborne Sneed responded on behalf of the
‘ Montgomery Guards,” in an eloquent and patri
otic manner.
The Banner is of white satin, trimmed with blue
fringe. On one side is a likeness of Gen. Richard
Montgomery, and on the reverse, the coat of arms
of tbe State.
After the presentation, the procession inarched to
Concert Hall, where, after prayer by the Rev. Mr.
Lamar, “W r ashington’s Farewell Addrees” was
read by John P. C. Whitehead, Jr., and an appro
priate, impressive and eloquent Oration delivered
by J. H. Hull, Esq
After the Oration, a national salute was fired by
the “Washington Artillery,” when the Military
were dismissed.
Tlie Wealher.
Yesterday was decidedly the most unpleasant
day of the season. The wind was from the North
east, keen and piercing ; and the cold, drizzling rain
of the forenoon was followed by a fall of aleet,
enow and rain which lasted, with slight intermissions,
until night, and was etill falling when our paper
w'ent to press.
The Democracy in Cancas*
The following account of ths caucus, held by the
‘‘harmonious Democracy,” (they always harmonize
over the publio plunder.) in Washington, on Satur
day night, the 13th inst., from the letter of a “Wash
ington correspondent,” may, perchance, interest
and amuse the reader. It was certainly very un
gracious, not to say unkind, in Mr. M arshall, of
Illinois, to give Mr. Stephens the cut direct, as he
did in his allusion to Mr. S.'s entree into tbe ranks
of the Democracy. It is. however, a very natural
feeling ; the old war horses and veterans of the
Democracy do not like to be read out of tbe party
by the fledgelings:
W ashington, Feb. 14,1858.
The Democratic members of tbe House held a
caucus last evening in the Representatives’ hall.—
They had & very stormy meeting. Fifty-four mem
bers were present; among them several Anti Le
comptonites. Tbe Hon. John Cochrane presided.
Mr. Stephens, of Georgia, in a blazing speech ex
plained the object of tbe meeting to be a more per
feet organization of the party in the House, ana ar
rangement of the order of business.
After a good deal of palaver, Mr. Clark, of Mis
souri, said that there was no use in beating about
the bush any longer. The question really before
the caucus was and they must de
cide whether or not those who opposed the Le
compton Constitution should be allowed to remain
in the p *rty.
Upon this, there was a flare-up. Mr. Montgomery
of Pennsylvania, denounced Lecompton in strong
terms, and protested against it as ruinous to the De
mocratic party.
Mr. Barks'laie, ofmiesissippi. said that the Anti-
Lecompton Democrats were followers of Governor
Banks
Mr Cox, of Ohio, replied that they followed anoth
er Governor, viz: Wise.
Mr. Caskie and other Virginians thereupon pitch
ed into Gov. Wise right and left.
After a great deal of noise and confusion, the pro
ceedings terminated with a speech by Mr. Marshall
of Illinois, who protested against making Lecomp -
ton a test ot Democracy. As for himself, be repre
sented the strongest Democratic District in the
Cnited States—a District which had gjven the largest
majority for Buchanan. Suppose it should turn
out that a majority of the Democratic party were
opposed to Lecompton—who then would be read
out of the party T He was an oid Democrat, and
did not want to be read out of the party by men
who bad so lately entered it that they were hardly
dry behind the ears.
The only business transacted by the caucus wa*
to order a Committee, to be appointed by the
Chairman, to report a plan cf organization and
action. The caucus then adjourned to Wednesday
evening.
The Anti Lecompton Democrats regard the split
in the party a* irreparable.
Tlie New York Aati-LecaiopUMiiH?*.
The Anti Lecomptouites, of the New York city
Democracy, made a demonstration on Wednesday
night, against the Lecomptou Constitution and the
Administration. We find the following brief notice
of the meeting in the Coui'ier 4* Enquirer :
From the Courier 4* Enquirer.
The meeting at the Chinese Assembly Rooms was
a per fee. t success, as a protest from the Democracy
of New York against the Lacouipton swindle.—
Among those present, were many widely known,
highly respected and influential Democrats of the
city—these who have adhered to the fortunes ot the
party in its darkest hours ; not like John Cochrane,
W B. Maclay, Israel T. Hatch. John Van Buren,
8 E Church, and others, who abandoned its candi
date ou a mere abstraction, only to sustain it all
the more shamelessly when it strikes at the princi
ples on which our free institutions rest. Hon. Geo.
Bancroft, who presided, was Secretary of the Navy
and Minister to England under President Polk . Mr.
Stanton, who spoke, has for years b-en knowu as
one of the most able and high-toned Southern states
men ; Gov. Walker, whose name occupies a promi
nent place in all discussions of the subject ot the
meeting, was Secretary of the Treasury un
der Mr Polk ; .letters were received from Senator
Douglas, the “little giant” of the Democratic party;
among the Vice Presidents were the editors of the
Freeman's Journal and the States Zeitung, the most
influential organa of our foreign born citizens, to be
lound anywhere, Hon. Edward C. West, the Demo
cratic Surrogate, and the Hon. Az&ri&h C. Flagg,
whose name is a Democratic household word; and
among the Secretaries was Mr. Geo. B. Butler, late
the editor of the Journal of Commerce. The letter
received from Mr. of this State, breathed
an earnest determination to resist to the last, the
iniquitous scheme now before Congress ; and alto
gether, the meeting was one that will strike terror
to the recreants from this city, and support to those
who have marked out a course for themselves con
sistent with truth and honor and patriotism.
The following letter from Senator Douglas
which was read to the meeting, will doubtless prove
highly interesting to his Southern brethren, and we
give it for their particular comfort:
• Washington, Feb. 11.
Gentlemen .-—I have the honor to acknowledge
the receipt of your kind invitation to address the
Democracy of New York, on Friday night, in oppo
sition to the effort being made to force Kansas into
the Union with a constitution which the people of
that Territory have repudiated and rejected at a
fair and valid election, by more than ten thousand
majority. The time has now arrived when the
Democracy of the whole country should hold meet
ings in the cities, towns and counties, and proclaim,
in tones that will command respect, their devotion
to and determination to sustain and carry out in
good faith the great principles of self-government
which lie at the foundation of all Tree institutions,
and proclaim the.ir determined and unyielding hos
tility to the communication of a scheme so mon
strous as to force a Constitution at tbe point of the
bayonet down the throats of an unwilling people.
I regret that my public duties, as well as illness
in my tarnily, demand ray constant attention here,
and thus deprives me of the pleasnre whioh I should
otherwise enjoy in accepting your kind invitation
I have the honor to be, very truly, your obedient
serv’t, S. A. Douglas.
Eve’s Surgical Cases —We are indebted to the
courtesy of the &uthor % (PAUL F. Eve, Professor of
Surgery in the University of Nashville,) for a copy
of the above work. It is a collection of Remarka
ble Cases in Surgery , gathered p incipally from this
country and Europe. We do not recollect when
we have found a more readable medical book than
this is—in fact, one does not know how to put it
aside. It is one remarkable case after another, each
one striking the reader with astonishment at the
amount of injury the human system can sustain and
reoover from it. We think the Professoin will feel
under obligations to Professor Eve for so interest
ing and valuable a work as he has produced. But.
it is not our purpose to review the w.ork—that has
been ably done by the different Medical Periodicals
of the day, and all of them that has fallen under our
notice have spoken in the highest praise of the work.
Our object is merely to call the attention of the Pro
fession to the work and recommend it to their con
sideration.
Georgia Items.
Revival of Business. —The Athens Watchman
says : —“The late advance in cotton has had a good
effect,doubtless, throughout the country. We do not
remember ever to have seen Athens present a more
bustling, business like aspect than it did last week.
The streets were jammed and crowded with wagons,
carts and vehicles of every description. Large
quantities of other produce, as well as cotton, are
daily arriving, and the prospect now is, that this
section of the country at least is about to “ breathe
freer”—the dark and lowering clouds are clearing
away, and the sun of prosperity will, ere long, we
trust, dispel the gloom which but lately sat on al
most every countenance.”
Cotton. —The Milledgeville Federal Union of
Wednesday says, “ the news of an advance in the
price of cotton, brought by the two steamers from
Europe last week, had the effect of stirring up our
market. More cot‘on was sold in our streets last
week, than we have ever known to be sold, in one
week here before. It brought from 10$ to 11c.
Homicide. —The Dahlonega Mountain Signal
says that on Tuesday morning last a Coronor’s in
quest was held over the body of Sophia Phillips, of
that place, who was found dead in bed. The ver
dict of the Jury was, that deceased came to her
death from a blow on the head with a pieoe of iron,
inflicted by her husband, George Phillips. Phillips
is now confined in jail to await his trial. Both
drunk.
Incendiarism in Walton County.— The black
smith shop of Mr. Win. 11. WatkiDs, two houses be
longing to Dr. McGaughey, and the still-house of
Mr. Russell Sheppard, all in the same neighborhood,
in Walton county, were recently destroyed by fire.
It is generally believed that incendiaries are at
work.
Gold in Lumfkin County. —Mr. Jas. E. Wood,
of Auraria, Lumpkin county, has recently discover
ed a rich gold vein on his premises. Two panfuls
of Rlate yielded 28 dwts. of pure gold and twenty
dollars worth in specimens of ore.
Rain and Sleet. —The latter part of last week
this region was visited by an unusual quantity of
rain, which froze in falling on Friday night, and on
Saturday morning the woodlands and shade and
fruit trees presented a beautiful spectacle—every
limb and branch being covered with icicles. Great
damage was done to shade and fruit trees, as the
weight of the ice snapped off the branches. On Sun
day morning the weather having moderated, the
ice dissolved, and before noon the sun was shining
brightly. According to the Dutch rule, this will be
an abundant fruit year, as it is a popular belief
among them that when the limbs of frirt tree3 are
bent with ice in February, they will bend with fruit
the succeeding summer. —Athens Watchman.
Daring Rohberyof Dispatches, Money, &c.,
at Mohile. —The Tribune, of Sunday, learns that
a heavy robbery was committed Friday afternoon
ou board the steamboat St. Charles, just as she was
übout leaving Mobile. It appears that Admiral
Zerman, one of the prominent Mexicans who ac
companied Comonfort from Mexico, had taken pas
sage on the St. Charles for Montgomery, having
with him dispatches of the greatest importance to
this Government, lie had his baggage carried to
the boat, and at the suggestion of a friend, ordered
it to be removed from the boiler deck to his state
room, the door of which he locked and took the key.
He retired to the guards. When he returned to his
state-room, he found that the door fronting on the
guards had been broken into, the straps of his trunk
cut, and the lock prized open. Upon examination,
he discovered that all his important dispatches, ex
cept one, together with SI,OOO in gold, had been ab.
stracted therefrom. When we consider the
door of the state-room fronted on the wharf, this is
one of the most daring robberies we have ever heard
of. We learn that the dispatch which remaia2dun
molested, was in his carpet bag, lying near his
trunk. The sole cause of the gentleman's haste was
to put our government in possession of the impor
tant papers which have been stolen, and the loss of
them must indeed be a serious one to him. Every
possible exertion is being made to recover the
property, and we hope it may be successful.
Has Our Currenct Depreciated? —One of
the standing, and considered the moat powerful ar
guments of the anti-bankites, says the Savannah
Republican, is that our currency is depreciated, and
become mere ‘ worthless rags ;'!®nd the reason for
this belief is, that exchange on New York command
ed a premium of 2a 3 per ct. Has this proved to
be the case ? If so, why is it that exchange has de
clined to one per cent without any improvement in
the currency ? If the suspension caused the rise in
exchange, why should the effect cease, while the
cause continues to exist. Does the case not show
conclusively that supply and demand regulate the
courses of trade, which no legislative enactment
can reach ? Governor Johnson expressed himself
wisely in his letter to the Savannah Committee in
saying that com merce is controlled by its own laws
Another Cooi.ie Ship in Trouble.— Ship Chal
lenge, Kenney, from Swatow for Havana, before
reported at Batavia, November 24th, put in on the
22d for water and medical assistance. She had 900
coolies, about 150 of whom were laid up with a dis
ease similar to scurvy. There had been a distur
bance on board, and the disaffected were in irons.
Georgia Air-Line Railroad Convention.—
The second annual Convention of the stockholders
of the Georgia Air Line Railroad, will be held in
Gainesville, Hall county, on the 17th March next.
No More Madeira. —A Funchal correspondent
of the Philadelphia Ledger says that it is not an
open question whether any more Madeira wine will
ever be produced. None has been mad£ since
1851, and there are now only some seven or eight
thousand pipes upon the entire Island. All recent
attempts to manufacture the wine have utterly
failed, ard pumpkin vines now adorn the old grape
arbors once covered with abundant clusters of rich
grapes.
A Good Resolution.— Mr. Edward J. Morris,
the American member from Philadelphia, on Mon
day last Becured the adoption of the following reac
tion In the House of Representatives, at Washing
ton :
Rrsolved. That the President of the Ccited States
be requested to inform this House if compatible
with the public interests, if our ministers and diplo
matic agents have been instructed to secure/in the
treaties negotiated with foreign governments since
1850, the right of free worship and honorable burial,
to American citizens, resident in or traveling
through their dominions ; and what Governments
have rejected these propositions, Bnd the reason
assigned therefor.
Reverses oe Fortune. —A few days since a pe
tition was placed upon the table at a meeting of the
Corn Exchange, of Philadelphia, soliciting the char
ity of the members of the association. The peti
tioner for aid was formerly a merchant of considera
ble means and transacted a fair business, bnt is now
through a train of necessities, reduced to a condi
tion by which he is compelled to choose between
beggary and starvation. He is an industrious man,
able and willing to work, yet can obtain no employ
ment. Such circumstances are a sad commentary
upon our present position, occurring as they do in
a land not as yet overcrowded with population, and
where, according to the words of the emigrant’s
song—“there is bread and work for all.” There ap
pears to be a mistake somewhere.
A Calculation —ls all the United States were
as densely populated as Massachusetts, there would
be a population of 446,000,000, nearly equal to half
the number on the whole earth.
Mount Vernon— I The Mono ns.
The Grand Lodge of Masons of Virginia have
adopted a plan of co-operation with the Ladies’
Mouut Veruou Association in the purchase of Mount
Vernon. It is by a small but adequate assessment
on each Mason iu the United States, (one dollar
each,) with the single condition that they shall have
full liberty to occupy tbe premises one day iu each
year. There is stated to be an aggregate of 350,000
members of the fraternity in the United States.—
The “Southern Matron,’’ as President of the La
dies’ Mount Vernon Association, has gratefully ac
cepted tbe proposition, and a circular on the sub
ject has been sent to each Grand Lodge in the Uni
ed States from the Grand Lodge of Virginia.
The Masonic Fraternity iu Mobile cordially to.
operate, as will be seen by the following proceed
ngs :
Masonic Hall, Mobile Lodge No. 40.
At a regular communication of Mobile Lodge No
-10, held at Masonic Hall on the Ist instant, the fol
lowing preamble and resolutions were unanimously
adopted:
Whereas, We have been iuformed that the
Grand Lodge of Free Masons of Virginia has agreed
to contribute out of its funds, the sum of SIOO,OOO
towards the purchase by that State, as the Trustee
ot the “ Mount Vernon Association,” of the Home
of Washington ; and whereas that sum added to the
proceeds of the “Lecture'’ of the gifted Everett,
and the collections made by other patriotic citizens,
will not be sufficient to complete the purchase.—
And whereas, we are anxious to contribute to that
object, and thereby manifest our reverence for the
memory of the “Father of bis Country,” whose ex
alted virtues shed honor and lustre upon the Ma
sonic fraternity, of which he was a member. There
fore be it
Resolved , That we, the members of this Lodge,
will pay such sum as we can severally afford iu aid
of said purchase, and that the W. M. be requested
to make proper application of the funds thus raised.
Resolved Further , That we earnestly recommend
to our brethren throughout this State to follow our
example, and to that end the Secretary of this
Lodge will communicate the above preamble and
resolutions to the several Lodges, and to the M. W.
Grand Master of the State, and that a committee be
appointed by the W. M. to solicit subscriptions in fur
therance of the above object.
Jas. A. Miller: Seo’y*
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Scenes of Clerical Life By George Elliott.
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This volume is made up of three stories of English
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“Mr. Gilfil’s Love Story,” aud “Janet’s Repen
tance.” They were originally published in Black
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of “Wesley and Methodism,” New York : liar
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This is an elemantary work, having for its sub
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twenty five sections, among the more interesting of
which are the “Development of the Intellectual
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We find this one of the most interesting and at
tractive books of travel recently issued. A kind
of tittle-tattle
“Ooncerr in ; ving men, the motley throng
Which greets tn tourists lazy observation
In street, an< c’ tell, and shop, aud railway station,”
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The Weather—Sleet —Unin, &c.
The Atlanta Intelligencer of yesterday says:—
“A friend writes us from Sheltonville, Forsyth co.,
in this State, that ‘more ice was seen on the trees
aud houses in that vicinity on last Friday and Sat
urday, than was ever seen before by the oldest in
habitant.’ The sleet there was represented as very
heavy, aud as having done great damage to the
timber.”
Other accounts trom the Northern parts of the
State represent that the ice and sleet of last Friday
aud Saturday did great damage to the forest and
fruit trees, in some places destroying whole or
chards.
The Rome Courier of yesterday says:—We had
tremendous rain followed by high water here last
week. It commenced raining on Thursday even
ing and continued, almost without interruption, un
til Saturday moruing; four and a half inches of
water having fallen in this time. The Rivers com
menced rising rapidly on Saturday evening and
during that night rose fifteen feet. Saturday morn
ing the waters began to get over the banks, and
they continued to rise and spread until two o'clock
Sunday afternoon, when it was at its highest. A
large portion of the side walk between the Depot
and Pitners store was submerged, the basement of
Eve & Harpers hard ware store was nearly filled with
water. The flood was not ss high by about three
feet, as that of March 2d, 1854. No serious damage
was done.
The Maryville East Tennessean of Friday, the
12th inst., says :—Wo have had some weather for a
week past, and a little of almost every sort, com
mencing Thursday morning 4th, with snow, then
thaw, rain, lrgh wind, pleasant, freeze, snow three
or four inches deep this morning (Friday) andstil
snowing.
Bank Taxes.— We have before us, says the Sa
vannah Republican , the report of the Treasurer of
the State, from which we learn that in 1855 there
was paid into the Treasury for taxes on bank stock
$24,753.38, and for tax on foreign agencies $390.62.
In 1856 the taxes received from the former sources
was $29,886.61, and from the latter not one cent.—
This is the way in which our local banks are taxed,
while foreign agencies enjoy equal advantages;
and yet, forsooth, Governor Brown says that there
must be a “fair competition !” If we are to be
flooded with South Carolina Agencies, and home in
terests are not worth the protection which the Ex
ecutive has denied them by veto, they should at
least, pay something for the immunities they en
joy-
Touching this matter of bank agencies, we per
ceive from a notice in the Georgian that areportii
current in Augusta to the effect that the Mernphi l
agent of two South Carolina banks had disappeared
leaving SBO,OOO of cash unaccounted for, besides
worthless bills of exchange to the amount of $200,-
000. How much of truth, there is in the rumor we
cannot say.
Terms Offered to the Skminoles. —The Tam
pa Peninsular publishes the following, as embra
cing the stipulations of the Government in consid.
eration of the voluntary removal of the Seminole
remnant to the homes allotted them in the West.—
They have the appearance of liberality :
“In the treaty which will be proffered to Bow
legs and tribe, it is stipulated that the Seminoles
shall receive the guardianship of the United States
government,; that for twelve months they shall be
fed and clothed, and their expenses paid to their
new homes in the West, on the Seminole reserva
tion in Arkansas, which lies between the Cherokee
and Choctaw nations, and which has been held for
them for some time. The government is to pay
them immediately on their arrival at their Western
home, two hundred aud fifty thousand dollars ; be
sides giving them machines, farmers and black
smiths to instruct their children, and $25,000 an
nually forever. It is possible one hundred thousand
dollars or so more may be given to them as a bonus.
This or the exact amount, is not yet determined. It
is likely that the original proposition of the govern
ment to Billy Bowlegs, of ten thousand dollars may
be renewed.”
Murder. —The Newnan Blade of the 10th states
that, on Sunday morning last, Mr. Jenkins, overseer
of Mr. Benjamin Gates, of Meriwether county, was
murdered by a negro woman while attempting to
punished her for some misdemeanor. Having
struck her three or four licks with a switch, she
drew a kr.ife from her pocket, and, having but one
arm, opened it with her teeth, stabbed him in the
neck, aevereing the jugular vein, causing death in
fifteen or twenty minutes. She is now in Green
ville jail awaiting her trial.
Judge Betts, of the United States District Court
at New York, has ordered judgment by default in a
case and refused to open it again, the counsel hav
ing been eagaged at the time in another court. The
Judge considers the practice of the lawyers injkeep
ing one court waiting while they complete cases in
another as an imposition, and is determined to
break it up in bis court.
Cowhiding by a Female M. D.—ln Cincinnati,
on Thursday, a striking drama, in which Mrs. L. H.
Barry, M. D., and a licentious Lothario personated
the parts, was improvised in the portals of the South
gate House. I# seems that she was first insulted by
a man on the street, which she repulsed, and anoth
er one subsequently followed her to her office, and
she was again grossly insulted, but succeeded in
driving away Lothario No. 2. This was two much
for the little woman, so she determined on redress.
Procuring a cowhide, she proceeded to the South
gate House, found the chap, and gave him a most
severe castigation.
The Commissioners or Emigration, of New
York, have under consideration the subject of the
alleged shipment of criminals and paupers as emi
grants to this country by European Governments.
The Commissioners have also prepared a memorial
to Congress, asking the enactment of a law to pun
ish captains and officers of vessels engaged in the
passenger business for ill treatment and abuse of
female passengers Gulian C. Verplanck, Esq ,is
President of the Board.
Acquittal of Governer Bebb.— Most of our
readers will remember that Ex Governor William
Bebb of Ohio, who now resides near Rockford, Illi
nois, was last Fall indicted for shooting at and mor
tally wounding one of a party of reckless young
men who were investing bis residence and
bis family with a charivari or horning party, on the
occasion of the marriage of one of Gov. B.’s sons.
He was tried for murder last week at Rockford, and
triumphantly acquitted. Tom Corwin and Judge
Wm. Johnston, of Ohio, conducted the defence.
The verdict is said to be in accordance with public
sentiment in Rock county, and, while the fatal re
suit of Gov. B.’s shot is deeply deplored, it is hoped
that the verdict will do much to put down these dia-
f raceful exhibitions of brutality and ill-breeding
nown as charivaris.
Severe Weather. —According to the “weather
reports,” Vermont takes the palm for cold weather.
At St. Johnsbury, on Friday morning, the mercury
was 31 deg. below zero ; at Woodstock 28 below ;
at White River Junction 24 below, and at Mont
peiier 20 below. The ice crop will no douot be
good in that region.
Returned. —The United States ship St. Louis, at
New York, brings home, as passengers, Rev. Cbes
ter NeweH, chaplain, and Francis Purcell, acting
boatswain, late of the Cumberland. Com. Conover
reports that he had been obliged to order a
survey on Rev. Mr. Newell, chaplain, and lie asks
that another chaplain may be sent out.
(’of:no In ludia.
The importance of a regulfir supply of cotton for
British manufactories, s the New k oik Courier
4* Enquirer , is such that for fionw y&kn \SfrouS
efforts have been made, at the instance ot the Bri
tish government, to establish tho culture of cotton iq
India. It is found, however, that the efimat •is un
fit for its cultivation ; or that the abfccnoe of railroad#
for the present, creates obstacles to the transporta
tion of heavy articles to the seacoast for ti annul -
ment. We have before us a document read recq. t .
ly befora the British As Dotation nt Cheltenham,
upon “the actual relation of tbe slave system off e
United States to the cotton manufacture .* Great
Britain.” The writer concludes that inthej.rc -
ent state of the commercial relatione id kho two
countries, the cotton planters of the United State
are interested to the extent of about two thirds of
their exportable produce, in the maintenance ofjhe
cotton manufacture of tbe United Kingdom.
Further, that reciprocally, the coßoo. i. uuufaa- ;
turers of Great Britain, and through them, the en :
tire population of the Ktngdoiu, are intent ted tu ,
the extent of four fifths of the raw material of that ,
manufacture, in the existing arrangement for
maintaining the cotton culture of the United fc?taU - *
According to examinations made at Liverpool* the *
average weigLt of the cotton bale is as followcT:
From the Unite.! States... 459 pounds, j
From Brazil *)0 “
From Madras and Bombay 129
From Calcutta
From Egypt - *28! )
The increased weight iu those of the t Sand
Madras, appears to be due to increased pressure
packing, to save freight.
If England could succeed in procuring the culture
of Cotton in India, so as to supply her own manu
factures, she would lose the U. S. as a targe mark-1 ;
for her cotton goods. In order to show the grounds
upon which the English writer arrives at the non ■
elusion above stated, we recapitulate the items, viz
1. That Cotton must be grown, almost entirely,
out of Europe, and manufactured chiefly in Europi
and, in Europe, chiefly in Great Britain.
2. That Cotton has hitherto been grown, and
far as yet appears, must continue to be grown, ehi f ;
ly by slave-labor.
3. That for the last fifty years Great Britain, seek
ing her supply of Cotton all over the earth, with a
preference, during the greater pai tof that in-riod, i
for the produce of free lab. i a* jet received dar
ing the whole of that period, and continues to r - 1
ceive, all the Cotton she imports ot the better qua i ;
ties, and by far the greater cart of all she Imports,
iu bulk as well as iu value, ft cm the count l ies in
which it is grown by slave-labor.
4. That Cotton is grown in the United States ex
clusively by slave labor.
5. That two thirds, at least, of the slave popna- ;
tiou of the United States are employed in raising I
Cotton for exnortation.
6. That of the Cot ton thus raised for export a ion,
about two thirds in quantity, and more than tw--
thirds in value, is raised expressly for the British l
market, aud is regularly imported into, aud manu j
factored iu, the United Kingdom ; and
7. That of the entire quantity of Cotton imported (
into, and manufactured in tho United Kingdom,
nearly four-fifths in quantity, and more than four- !
fifths in value, is, on an average of years, obtained !
from the United Stales.
It would have been more agreeable to me, and,
also, no doubt, to those who may read this comum
uieation, to dispense with the formalit y with winch ;
1 have stated these propositions ; but no grace of
comnosi ion, were I successful in Attempting it, i
would here compensate for want of fullness or of
accuracy.
Interesting from Kansas —The Legislature of
Kansas has passed a bill, over the veto of Gov
Denver, removing the Territorial Capital to Min
neolo, a little village formerly known as Centro
polis. It is about twenty miles south of Lawrence
The Governor, iu his veto message, speaking * f
the proposed new capital, says :
“No buildings have been prepared for the use of
the officers, nor can there be within a month or six
weeks intervening, nor have 1 been able to ascer
tain that the town of Minneolo has anything more
than a descriptive existence.”
A bill, said to have been drawn up by Mr Mar
tin F. Conway, late of Baltimore, has passed mu
branch of the Legislature, the substance of which
is given by a correspondent of tho Cincinnati Ga
zette, as follows:
The preamble set forth that neither the Lei- ‘..Tip
ton convention nor constitution have any just au
thority, or shadow of authority, from the. p pie of
Kansas.
It then goes on to provide, that for the “di. tutor”
to declare, by official proclamation, the Lecomptou
constitution to be the constitution of the State of
Kansas, or call upon or commission any person to
act as officers under it; or for auy Senator, Gover
nor, Lieutenant Governor, Secretary, Auditor oi
Treasurer of Stale, or member of the Legislature,
to attempt iu auy way to give effect to that oonsti
tutional government, or to exercise authority under
it, shall be a felony, punishable with death.
Indian Depredations in Texas —Startling in
telligence has been received at Austin, Texas, of
Indian depredations in Brown county, of that State
Five persons had been murdered in cold blood, and \
the settlers generally alarmed at. the un checked
unonnities of the savages, divided into three sepal
ate parties, had taken r fuge in the adjacent forts
The Legislature of Texas passed a bill for the raising j
aud equipment of one hundred men, and nn appro
priationfor the purpose of $75,000.
Indian Troubles in Texas.—Wo learn from the j
Intelligencer (Austin, Texas,) of January 27th, that
on the day before a bill had passed both branches
of the Legislature of that State authorizing the !
Governor to call out one hundred Rangers, for the
protection of the frontier settlements against the
Indians. The Indians have been very troublesome
in Texas of late. The presumption is that her
legislature will take all necessary steps to prevent
future depredations.
Growth of aSotuhern City.—A writer in the
Knickerbrocker says that a three story house wa H
built in Norfolk, Virginia, last summer, and there
is talk of constructing another next spring Mr
Jefferson once thought that Norfolk would success
fully compete with New York as a commercial city.
The main reason for the failure of this prophecy I
can probably be found in a work published some :
seventy years ago, by a young man of great talents, j
The volume is entitled “Notes on Virginia.”
The citizens of Lynchburg, Petersburg and Rich- j
mond, Va., and those of Weldon, N. C., were enjoy
ing good sleighing on Saturday, the snow beiug j
from four to six inches deep. It rapidly melted ou j
Sunday, however. At Norfolk, too, sleighs were out
on Saturday.
Indictment of a Savings Bank Defaulter.— :
The grand jury at Rochester, N. Y., has indicted
lliram Loomis, late treasurer of the Rochester Sav
ings Bank, for “embezzlement and grand larceny.” j
The Alleged crime consisted in drawing large sums
from the bank, in violation of law, and without the
knowledge or consent of the trustees.
The Striped Hyena which (the Cleveland Plain i
dealer stated) ate three or four dead bodies, and
killed two men iu that vicinity—turns out to hav*T
been a roorback, with which the Plaindea’er was
sadly sold, as well as many of its cotemporaries.— (
The piece is having a good run.
Great Shooting Match. —The following match
has been made between Mr. Travis and Mr. Samuel
A. Sydam, of New York city : Travis beta Sydain \
$1 ,000 that he will find a boy who will stand at the •
distance of ten paces and place an orange, dot to J
exceed two and a half inches in diameter, in each ;
hand and oue upon his head, which he (Travis) wilj
shoot from their respective localities. No object to j
intervene. If Travis fails to find the boy who wil ;
stand, or fails to hit the oranges in the three shots, \
or at any shot touches the boy, he loses the bet. Tbe
match to be shot in Louisville June 15th, I*5S.
Mr. Douglas. —The Washington correspondent
of the Philadelphia Inquirer, a Lecornpton Demo
crafc, Bays : “Mr. Douglas did not attend the causus
of Democratic Senators this morning, aud will not
meet with them hereafter. He is now wholly and
openly with the Black Republicans.’’
A Canadian King.— The Sandwich (C.W.J Mer
cury is advocating the erection of Canada into an
independent kingdom, with a permanent ruler. The
most eligible person to found a Canadian dynasty,
the Mercury thinks, is a Priuce of England , lux,
while his elevation to the throne of the new king- !
dom, “would be a graceful tribute of loyally to our
gracious Queen, it would remove the disadvantages
under which we at present labor, end would bind
us more firmly, as an entirely independent nation,
to the first Empire in the world.’
Heavy Defalcation of a Bank Agent. —lt L
currently reported in Augusta, says the Savannah
Georgian, that the Agent of two of the interior
South Carolina Banks, at Memphis, Tennessee, has
disappeared, leaving SBO,OOO of cash unaccounted
for, $20,000 in bills of exchanges, of very doubtful
character taken for their account—every par', of
which, that has fallen due, had been protested.
Hon. Edward Everett. —This brilliant orator
has just been elected a foreign corresponding mem
ber of the Academy of Moral and Political Sciences
in the Institute of France. The actual foreign afl
sociales of this academy, wLicli is the fifth, in point,
of date, of the divisions of the institute, having been
resounded by Louis Pfaillippe in 1832, are five in
number, of whom two are Americans, the historians
Prescott and Bancroft, and three Englishmen, Lord
Brougham, Mr. Henry Hallain, and Mr. MoCul
loch.
Suicide.—John Broker, an eminent merchant
of New York, committed suicide on Thursday last.
Geo. M. Troup, cn y son of the late Kx. Gov.
Troup, died on the Ist inst.
Col. Fremont, wuen on a visit to Boston, afeW
days since. “ intimated in unmistakable terms that
he meant to be a candidate for President in ISfiO.’*
Truth fitly Spoken. —The Richmond Dispatch
says : —There is do aristocracy in the world so prc
tentious and exclusive as a bran new aristocracy,
one wLich has jnst had the plebeian mud washed
from its face, and sits above tbe ealt for the first
time
Destruction of a College.— A fire occurred at
Plaquemine, La., on the night of the fitb instant, re
sulting in the complete destruction of the College
of the Immaculate Conception, the Catholic church,
and the parsonage thereunto attached. The loss is
estimated at about Tbe fire is supposed to
have been accidental.
The Hermitage.—A bill has passed both Houses
of the Tennessee Legislature allowing farther time
of two years for the general government’s accept
ance of the Hermitage for the site of a military
school.
*
The Catholic Church on Drunkenness.—
Bishop Bayley, the Catholic bishop of New- Jersey,
has issued a manifesto bringing the machinery p\
tbe chuTch to bear against the vice of drunkenness.
His letter on the*subject has been read m all the
churches, in which he calls attention to two classes .
—the drunkards themselves and the dealers in liquor, j
Leaving to the pastors the choice of the par Jcalar
means to be used, he suggests that each should keep 1
a list of the drunkards and liquor dealers in Lis
church. He says:
/ am determined to make uue of the moat sfvere
measures against all who are addicted to iLis m an
dalous and destructive vice; and if continue f
in the practice of it they must do it as outcasts from
the Catholic church, who have nib right to the name
of Catholic while they live, uor to Chriotiau burial
w hen they die.
Tlie Earthquake in N. : lev.
The following letter, addressed to a brother o’
tlie author iu Richmond, Va., give* . * qiL* and
touching account of the distress and desolalien of
recent earthquake in the province of Ite. -ilicata,
•[translation ]
Vigg.aNO, (that was,) Dec. 28,1857.
’
!h> an earthquake which baa •e-.;er.( ! y c v;.ri ded
i. Irftlfoi our province Among iv> pfifl - Vi
.so v.'iiieh there were three v t< nr thousand
; about_ half of is p--puk-.i on.
j gwi *We ivk? TraT.wr uK Mandotv ri .!>/ Xu'rl\
SpifiOtt > Tito
I etc , embracing fifty two iu all. Mdti. although a
( buffer, i< not, like Jjicee sUn*rw, and, ! e\.. and ttheir
I AdiuU,* Viggkmo! thou art no i r Oh, and
• and piteous sights are* tliy W’alis p -i .* n, Hu
; greuudt ‘CV h- re hi- now thy paku* - priuet s?
} where thy chute hr*? where tty pretty i i:si.iiH
t built by tho muricivs, the harp *• v. - born
] and educated m fby schools go i rU. to toll w their
j professions in the w-nifl, a:.d Vt m -j- >dth •
] gains in r t iry w* L i-u; build
i*tngs?* Wher^-aiethey-alii At li ;<-% I <l with
: the daift Whei i too, &i o
j brother? They,'loo, are in the fuit.H. v • p.ie
I sholriaed now.by litrte hutepf * hu*, wii* iF in -
Antonia has hasrily put up in U” niouri,-. A tor
I (country reiqdeiH c) and the Uou . ol ; r litt *i>,
! they are .niy.fi* for rat* ;. dvUHfc to hid . But.
I l cannot dt p t to yqu our dis r •• rds car:
| not give you an idea of tliei . : .. 1 w• • tho
j wHI of God t-fiat we bhouhi bo -Yt.d f hut we can
! hui\Hy-realize tin - ot H ; . ;1 ri-o. i.,
: that w*ar net y- • rw, v<u*e > i*.; t
i
l and wife; Nikola L;. W; - G. : K j ’ , t
. rwlamo u Ire u; * t’iei \ kn
j Antonio Vara'A, v \>a ■ ‘• F
| monel la-t winter, plv.’U'g tlie ‘.o, [ ha
l with ft very long bea d,j w s rieu <v t v.
j feet in the ruins, 4:ut uas fovton..:. ■ [h o .
’ aiive.
i \Ye five in fee: midxiroad, 1 • .
1 yotr in A neriefa, before a ‘tin r:u • < \\i e
i tropke shall occur. We c j.ic I iu • ur i m, so
| teYwfN ■ wtie the scenes tin* ugh \vh <!i v.v have,
! our seii*us ippre!’.en*'icnc
j At the Wo: lb - - • i,n ■ • 1
j Viggiano. ‘ It ‘iHvuVivd oii'th.- ItS-h lFccmbci.
i about half paeffli oic.:i.ck ai n:g!it. Tn-: col'ep--
1 feU down over u* t upa we u.o . . \ -veei;
not oue of eixty odd students were ? • injured,
i Make haste and come -n r.us, and tak- ‘u < ent of
I dauber. Your br- F . .
t Guiseppe Nicola Bauaita.
lateroHiia from lUe 1 tab nun
The following is au extract from a letn trom
Colftnel Johnston, commandt r-i il l i exp,*
uidition, to a member of his family iu Lou svillo.
Kentucky :
Camp -Scott,, ueac Fort Bridger, (
Blacks Fork of Green River, 1> 1.. lv><. \
l have an opportunity of sending .j <u v •, , but
;mly time to t-ay a few word*,'"us 1 have been en
gaged till rV.elait mom i t in icy pu lu coin m>oi
dent-c. %
! We ito still encamped at tins p'.u e. Mini il • n
I tamo until we move in in** u,... y r , ,y hes
i abundance of food and clu 1 iiicg. Mid i. v. ell t>i-< -
“tered from the. coid ut SiW-*y tout. . With yuoo
-1 knowledge of patnp fife, you v pi . .-u.
j situation one of great 1 c- nd- it. T..c Mtvt, tent:,
j are tall,-conical tents, .12 tee: i : , ml i t ~i
: diameter, open at the top, with ji \ to pi event
! its smoking, vttiich it does not <] vie d<. With a
I tftoyem’ fire built in the uiiddv, im
| provenrießt in the comfort ot the -ol ;.-r, in’ not .\s
good as a vvaii tent, tfith u stove, b i r. . ili,, r
i I said we hnt e abiwdano , but ic. niuclii ‘no
one, from the Governor qnd e:\ il , tlitei-i \o tin* pr
| vate.soldier, cum ob ain im>ie tKiiioo- iii Mon n--
lmve nothing tog v*j ih tin* v.u.j ol ■ aid . fc- if
l invite my yeighbor to dine, iu. uu ut.i l i nb.
off than if le had staid at lirnne, wlti.'o I should bt
j damaged by his eftting my rati. ji. Tl. * regular
I diner cut would faro badly Imre. Whnt gei-in- and
j tftet he must be endowed with, if heteottid pifx-uro
! an mx Hat ion.
1 ‘ The dawbefore the w din-t en t ook r : . r : -
1 u dinner to the Governor, chief Ji -• . ,
j our urpius in the lardet .Since ‘l n 1 • n-’ th !
[ we could feed an extra rat at cur i < . •mli i on
• health, and so nicely is the .qiwn'-iv to..
I justed to the measure of our u.u • V, , t• ; ■ ,
- lin li’ irksome . •■ A : tiu
; and we Mia 1 find ou*.selves : t aia u the ii t* i
those we admire. Until then we mi.. 1-,
patient. We fear our fiends vhUini.-f horn grouiui
appreheusiors on cur a- oic i. Wo have r<*
reaKUt t-> complain of atyihir.g but abkei.ee trom
out families.
Some think tKe Mormotfs, when il . u ary t->
inak • the issire with
oiiuftent. ido ‘ ot*ag !*€•• uithtln-m It) i k their
j fanatieism and villa ny will sou l tFiein t< try o .--
i encounter at feast ; and L Win k *ur n : nt
[ ought to deal o it. as affording a simple rotation f
j a difficult poiilictd question. Il It j-y >< • . a line:
i i-fjttleqiciil would be cn the ba.-is >1 < qu
| We could then dictate to them ti'e U mi < t ad]u.<
j merit. .
I Brigham Young wrote to n: a few* days sine:*,
seoding as a present boh:-m:( pnun .>t t ult, oi ii
prefer ted. w might buy I*- lb- i-..., Know
mg that they wouhl eiiftrt:.i r a !-• n-b id ./It in
the knowledge thal wv would :m <• < freeze,
neither of which ire intend to do. although wnlpivi
no Sftif. i • ent it* tfn< k 4 Jilui w4?li tbi m> .- a-.e
<l That Brighnfti Ycm-g a. it. ‘n -i- t,-s in t,
l>elion against fhpgoverniu: 1-, tha- unJ.i fluy i
turn to their allegiance and 4>lx-y thu la ah, l v I
accept tu> favor ,*r_ couriery■ frooi them, nor hold
any conespondaica-ff itli tln un , :l.t when I au
non, i be people who
gage fitly-in*rt!eir i. u--:, •v. ii i • i ■-
turht-d. If 1 find tlu in array J m aut .i v. a*
tack them wherever I meqf iheui; that, n t . y ♦
ter tain the delusive hope that th< mmy wo and i,
lire tiom the Territory, t-tylmd better I-. i■! if
that the army will nevuytakc ('iiesi-.-p back
A. S. Johnston.
A conespoudent of the Dispatch, writing/rum
Union Point says:—A negro-buy b longiiig t*> lieu
ben Begnett near Union l\; t l;j nknoivlo ged
killing Jessed. Jones— whose mur.hr j-annu n.-
cd a few days ego. The boy ha- ran ?t;y, • ;
says that ho killed Jones while attemp l ing to lines)
him. The boy was arrested on su.-ph ict .-nd nil
not acknow ledge the ci ine uniil he wa hn'ged in
! jail He also implidatetra boy belonging toG.B
j Hart.
i A short time ag-j tw o negroes attempted to <-ut
j rage the persou of a lady iu lb vicinity, and is
| thought this boy was a party to it.
UnCURTIENT IJVN'K Bfl.Lo IN CIKCMTiIiS. —1 li*;
Savftiumh Georgian of Sundoj. .u; uiing . VV-
I were shown yesterday a one dollar bill of the (Jen
! tral Railr- ad Banking (fompfu.y wliich u : I
signed by the President aud Cashier. We !• nru tit
about two huuored and fifty o! these n t- w. i
missed frorii the banking hous of the company a
lew w eks ag>. i lur citizen* should be mi the look
[ out-for ruck bills. I lise note *!;ownto us was \ a
( on the wife (-f ash ;ek - per, wie* rs'abii dine id i
■ near Franklin square.
I Overseer Mriio. kFo ri -W
that Jon ys, :. ovc i >< ,u Mr. J BID kt ’
f plantEticn, Tiear Unioa iut (: i< ie c< unty, w? .
found dead tu Ml)!,day h !, Us r: , i Lrrib'y cut
1 and bruised, and ;m ■cxe,'w th 1 1n-ir •til sos *, .■ !
j upon it, lying near the body. An ir.qnefi in: be
• ing held on Tuesday, w Ik-ii ur informant <fi I Jnion
i .Point It wes the general impremou that lie wan
murdered by Air. Hart’s i.egn
f Convention —li.A bo<ly nu-l mriu
1 city, on Tuesday the Uilh inst.,'says tin* Macon
1 Stale Dress, aud orgfctoiy.nH>y calling Gen. ft. II
Rutherford to the Gbftir and requesting G*uv J i
i W. to act na'Secretary. A Cimsfitution
was adopted, and Resolutions p : and, reque . ing
papers friendly to the oly to 1 ; of the mect-i g to
announce that ageneral ( nvention > i 'the Plantei
of the State will he held in Mac m on the aecond
Tuesday in June nexT, and invilfng* planter * gem i
ally t o be present.
Much pßobircE —The steamer Jefferson arrived
at her landing yesterday, from above, nays ti*-
Chattanooga Advert ti r, of yesterday, with the
largest freight of produce, conrist.ing ot Wli sf,
Flour aiid Bacon, that bus been brought down the
river iu a number qf and we und'o ’end the
j spring freights Will bo-feiy forge. To our Koulh"r n
people who wants the coarse* provisions, we can Hay
(come along and we rui . uppiy yoir
Disaster and Probable Losi of Lit k Adi
patch from Long Bract h, N. J , dated Febi iriryJ /,
says : A schooner- was discovered this morning sunk
about had mile from the beach off Lon,’ Branch
Ond dead body was discovered in the rigging and
taken oil by Capt. Joseph 11. We,-t with a wrecking
boat. The rest of the crew are Opposed to be lost
The Bfttocof the schooner is unkix wn She has a
new main sail and two large Burton purcha e • ready
rigged, and looks like a wrecking t ,<,oi (, Her
inafcts are about half out of water.
Timber Cutter’s Bank*-This ii way*
the Savannah Georgian, g >* into Operation on 22d
iii St., in S&vanqah. We have s-cn some of ti*; bii..
Is, 2’s And s’s. They” are handsomely engraved
with appropriate vignettes, &c\, whi'-h r jo wi
our Southern Institutions—pine woods, cotton fields
and commerce. John Cooper iu President < r tbe
above Hank.
Extravagance in Washington.—At Ledy Na
pier's late bail, the wife u( ti e Cos tint <l*- v>,ig<
wf diamonds to the amount of .- v< u ti Ann.) and
dollar ‘ fl'hedaeerobes Wo*n by Mr ftladhewr’
Alabama, cost SB,OOO. M Gv/in, of Cn.'ihui,
also wore arbe of Uoijjtoii foe#, ‘valueh w. if
decorat one, at $2,5hU. The dress worn by Lady
Napier cost nearly the same figures. v
Brettv Fair—The T’hvebnd (Ohio/ Register
says: “Whether Victoria's red pefi •!
. will become a fashion in America is yet to bo
known. It is certain, how<ever f that tl att-nipt*
of some of her male predecessors to introduce 1 heir
red root* into this 1 country did mft suer
At Wethersfield,Conn., a few day.-sgo.a lad of I
years climbed the lightning roef-of flie Congrega
tional Church *pire, en*- hundred and fifty feet biuh
HU tint accent was v?iln‘.. j * and only by a young* 1 *
- brother. To satisfy the incredulous the youngs‘ -r
l repeated his exploits several tinner, and finally at
| fcacheda streamer to tfe r “W on ’’ • cmp>
( points.
Frajjds,—The details of the frauds on the New
York city treasury exhibit extraofdinary reokh ■
ness and depravity. They axe mostly baaed on con
tract-* for street improvemejfta. arm the loose man
ner of drawing c< >ctracts ties enabled the sharpers
to .fleece the city to the amount of thousand
A poor mechanic in Clucego has bcc me !;* •
a for tun# of £40,000 or ) by the will ot n
relative lately-deceased iu Au- tr-riK.
: A Cool Reception.—lu tk 1 >wer hou o. of !!.■•
! Teime/aee Legislature,- a re- on teUucimg the
use of the IffW to Gen. William Walker, ui U nhing
upon him for a public addre.-s upon- Nicaraguan
- affair-., was tabled by a vote of di to 23.
The Earthquake r* Naples.—The latent ac
■ counts sfty.it U nearly certain that about 40,Rft.J vie.
tims w th e result of the earthquake in Naples. In
I BaAilicata hundreds have perished front hunger and
! from lockjaw. Two* other shocks, rather severe
: ©nee, happened, at Calabria, and one near St. Ger
inauo, announecd by ruaab ing uo sen, but causing
no damages. #
AnvAuEfN Sperm Oil—Tie New Bedford,
Mass., Standard states that 300btrrels of sperm oil
have been sold, within a few days, at a price over
SUS per gallon—uuderatood to bo $1.20,