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Currapondeacr of Uu HuUumtrt Anurtctu 1
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IN SENATE Pb. I
Toe te-nte.- pMi h bill t kuwad thefcaol j
March 3d, 1851, h;>™* Uc uabbttM* of ddp own
ers. ‘ “I
Mr Btel, ol TtDMWM. dflarMto. nstotot***’ of |
hi. State Lqprtteu-e ie.pw.lwe. tm oppotetiwi ro
the Nebrsstot bill, eai riia im L*npto Ooaert
tution and intittatc that h* outfht t >"***’*_ j
referred to the date of th. ssaatottoM, P*"*—?
Kite. born* four yean after aw vte muehte**
sored. It had Uteri utetot lie teid. wbeo **” ,
sutuentn.f a aeafx- .ifOoaifrwr felt •gK nt,tl * **
hie coarse to sc: imjiupGv .
He referred t > the fact teat tee ?"**“ wo* e
dorse unconditionally rfo repeal o. the
Compromise, not.Mutearid el’ tire snacteavooi re
Bull* of that repeal Were bee*'tti patar,t and Uftiftir
takable Who le to the ian* aif af the fteteden
have convulsed the I'utoo to iU aery o^Ure—light
ed the flame* ot onto war it Kaaaoa, aud produced
dangerous eecih oaf ; aria throughout theionf-d.
racy. He aliadad to varies* alaartoo. to Toaaeeaae
iicro the vote ■. caHed a quest ior. showing that
the Karma, aud Nebraska biM tort “lightly al
luded to to the imvmw*. .
Mr Killmore, who declared that had he been a
member of Ourea he would have voted again.:
the Nebraaka bdl receive* Mb issi vote* in Tet n-e
aee for Prewdcjii, aod Mr Etheridge. tebo voted
ngaiori the iiebraek, hill .a i uirued to Itoegree
by an tocreased veto He thoug.f tea’ at a. ‘me
hum the repeal of the M uawuri Compromise had
there baon any aaaled todiction of opinion in the
South on that questwn, nr Ihe bolleved if a fair
and impartial votooouid be taher.on loe question,
there would bsao overwheUoing ingj.iitj p.ntroar- .
iug it the most unfortunate measure Congrtme ever j
P *Mr*Bell said he regard-l the do< riue of interne- j
tiorm aaoon*rarT to Nieapirit and the l.rerai provi j
MM of the twituivm D-in-Taft- Settlor,
were dieobeying their met ruction* eery day-
There were many I*l ortaot Into* wrowted with
the Evooumtoa itowu'tovn, of whlr-Si be had no
MtilferMßT heowredge. aod he did not believe C-re
Tennereee ImgieUtere anew more about them than
be did
M Johns©* <* I**™*** said he leyllid b*
differ from b mhßmagem, b*c jo*t**to th© Demo
oralic party of TSB(t hi® toj**ak.—
He reviewed M r BU a auanumM, *yin* tftat in
18-Vr wh©zj h© (Mr. Johnson) was mmtgmm <4o vernar.
the Nlbrwte bid wa- th* main issue in tfc© Prew
IH.% tba OemjcraLie party if* a
like ware vi;Ur.*u*’ in tW State No doabr
therefore), a inajonty #i tha people of Teivitw
nee < jnamn km e c^nr^e
He pr.Mwedal tl> du*oae tue queetioi* of popular
■overe*jfity aixl toaironaU tba admir. ion ff Kan
hv under the L*.comp.on Cwuuitioa H * anked
Mr Bell wuather be would vote for the admin-ion
under that instrument \o oo&<*equ<x*e of iostroc
tiootor without
Air. Kll La w<H*ki not in c/maeqaenro of any
matructhHM of tii* L *itata/*•. unknw ha wae fnilv
oonvtuoed and hahovad ti e inetnt*tifKi were f.iund*
ad upr>n a tali of the iubject in ail it*
hearing” and eon*eqnotK*ee
Attar further donate Ua Sen at#- adjourned.
HOUSE
The Houae on re a nembttnfC went into Cotnmit
tae of th< Whole, on the Jnoian appprupnatior. bill
Mr Hurioegh* viuduuMad the North from the
charge or aecMoimlbsin pilir#-d by & juU*ern gen
tlemen, refermg to ft*** nbowwg the ini
meirne prepeud r-er af ue -xpn<liUiro* of tire
government in behalf ol the South over the North,
and ooct: *-ting the euperionty of the North over
the South ftu industry, wealth population, edura
tion, etc. He nrooaedad to denounce Provident*
pierce and BMMM for tueir nouree on the Kan
question
Mi South, of Va., called him to <>rdfcr. It wac
dirtgra< etui, he iiatd, in goattmmn dcuounoing on
thi* Hoor a cjo oulmate branch of the Otoveruuient.
|Cnee of “No, no “’J
Mr fid he would be happy if he
could nay in Me heart that he honored Janie* liu
ohanan, but he uiusl ba allowed to npeak hi* candid
opinion.
He war again proceeding, when Mr Smith again
interrupted him amid much contusion, daring which
hn hour < loeed
Mr Curry, of Alibame, addreueed Uie Committee
on the Kannae fjueHr’on Ho argued that the Le
rompt*w (Juuwtitnflon vm, from ibe beginning to the
end, accompanied by al! the tonn* of law aud he
nrgedihe admin-ion of Kanrac under it, at* tn utiict
acco'denee with the Kanaa* and Nebraska bill,
which was not intended a* a temporary inoMure,
but final and oonclwnve ae a menu* for tbe eett'e
inent of the slavery qn net ion.
Mi Mome, kA Ikhnots, made a *p<*ech againetthe
Igocomptoa Couetitutiiai i which he called a nwindle )
He defended Senator l* aglae, and *nd the beet
friend* of the Preeident were tkoee who advieed tbe
latter of tk’ danger to the Democratic party from
innifltiug on hit Knnea* policy
Mr. Andrew*, of New York, alno made an anti
Lecompton Npeeoh, when the commit ‘* rose and
the Uouue tuljoumed.
IN SENATE. Feb/24.
Mr Mallory presented a bill authoritaug ihc c in
struction of a uavi! dry dock.
Mr Urt-ea'A motiqp, making the K&udA bill the |
order ot the day for to morrow, w na taken up.
Air. Dougiae /**•♦*d whether the current report
wan true that Sanatcrs Stuart and Broderick were
read out of the pat ty by the Democratic (anew 1
Mr. Allen aia he knew nothing about it.
The bill wv then made the special order of the
day for Monday.
Mr WiUmhi introduced a rceo’utiou, which wan
Adopted. itiHtK*ig the Committee on the Diatiict
of Columbia, to inquire into tin- expediency of j.n>
vidimr by law for the t rftaUheh incut, uudei the au
thority and control of tbe Govtn ment or the
United State*, an eflieieut police in the city of Wash
ington
Mr IteH resumed his speech ftotn yesterday, say
ing that Mr J>hueoß * attaark wa* < ntirely uncalled
tor, wt'en Mr Johnson, interrupting him, disclaimed
any intention of impugning Mr Beil * motive* or
private character
Mr. Bell *tud he wae Bururised at -uoh a state
ment and aeked, was his c.'lWgne ignorant of the
tenor ot hie argtimante aud iangtinga? The attack
wa* a most offensive one
After Mr. Bell concluded, Mr. Johnson replied.—
Each endeavored to vindicate hi* own consistency
and correotiieflsof political conduct
Adjourned.
HOUSE.
The consideration ot the bill granting pensions to
tbe soldier* of the war of IHIJ. wan postponed till
the 3rd Monday in Miu h
Mr. Clltlplall UU tU* pro
system tor the relief at disabled seamen.
The House then went into Committee of the
Whole on the Indian appropriation bill
Mr Crawford made a apeooh uu the Kausae ques
tion He explained the reasmi why the public peace
was d'sturbed, contending that lire whole of the
present troubles euvirouiug the KLu>a question
originated, not from anything wrong in the Leo mp
ton Constitution, but f.omthe preuHteriniued in
tention of the anti slavery meu of the North to de
feat the objects of the c impruinise ot 18nU. He
attributed tin* to the hatred of the Republicans to
slavery and tbv doctrine of citif-go\eiu<iicnt, a*
provided in th© Nebraska bill.
Mr Goodwin, of New York, delivered bis view*
against the adfiiteaton ol Kansas undsr the Lecomp
ton Con*ttutK*n.
Mr Millson, of Virginia, (who voted against the
Kamia* and N6Ura*bM hilt) *nid that hi* prediction*
a* to the mtsoho-voii* #ff-ct of that sot had been
realized, aud het*lt tliat kune of the responsibility
rested upon him The transfer of the queeti*uuf
slavery to ateriitory had produced the
oonolusiou. Tue government of a terntci y .-< the
mere creature of Congrs** and had uo seif easdent,
power. It wkj* only when the pncple
formed a tme Stats C*>ustitutiou that they could
icgulate the question fortiiMßseivet.
The C.'onimttWe here ry>o and It* House adjourn
ed.
IN’ SENATE .Feb. 2i>.
Mr. MM>e offered ;i sei ies or rose! alum* ask ug
for information nfi to ike condition of Ut Nawdur
lug many years past also, relative to the eopiferei*
of vessel* aud (>hm money during the last war
Mi CiiUoinfoii p rest* u red a letter troui ties
Shields and he moved that be take hi* seat *4 a
Senator from MinDfoi* The letter argue* that
Minnesota in a sovereign Stale and one of the mem
hereof the United State- confederacy. referring to
several precedent*.
A discussion cusUed whether it wa a ptifileged
question
Mr. Pugh thought it was but contended that Min
neaota had not complied with the teim* at admis
eion as untitled tei Senator a to U> .-from without
eouie action by Congress
Mi . Crittenden here sent up fiea. Shields’ t*ra
dantiala
Mr C r i*tenden argued the question at some
length, oif log t fie oae 01 Louisiana, and urging the
importance oi -uaideriug the subject at once. and
admitting the applicant He considered (General
Shield*’ right to a *e t a* good ae his own
Mr Johnson’* mutton to lay the subject oa the
table wm disagreed to. Yea* Si: nay
Mr Seward rtioagbt tt waa a qutwt.oji of privilege
which ht- wished o>n i4rd at this time
Hr Stuart said that, iu deciding this to be a quM
tion of privilege, that wm not deoMiiiK Senaval
Shields, to be emitted to a seat
Mr To mbs ss and the wholequasuoo was. js Mm
neeota a State t>f the t oi.*h * Tie s .feiniiteU a resoia
ttou referring the queetmt *>t Genera! Shields’ admis
(non to the t ounutt tee <ia the ,1 uilioixr/ with instruc
tions to mqui.t whether or not Minnesota lea State
of the Onion. nude. the eouetitutioa and laws This
was agreed so.
The Senate then recanted the const deration ot the
Artny bill.
The Senate amended the bill br aufboriaing the
President I-1 accept theeerv him <*t I.ISSi volunteers
and then kiiiedn by a vote ot to yeas to Jo nays.
Adjourned till Monday
MOTiffi.
Mr I rum the Oomninee or Military
Affairs, rtq or ted a btii auttan i.’iug the organisation
of a regiment of mcnutsd voetateens tor the de
fence of the frontier. ot Texas Alec. aarfeorfring
the Preetdeut lo oatl out a* tHuergeudea may re
quire, h*tw additional reghaents of volunteer. He
thought the hill more indtoatiee of public eentnnrut
than any yet pneeated. Tbe biU was postponed
Mil Wednesday
The com es Mr Malteaon was then called np.
Ur fis.MarJ eoisl a m.t>w iiwi. ivtewt .-.na-tLvn ..on 1.1
Mr Seward Mid a more important qnestion could
not be preecnleti. He voted tor the expuiston of
Mr Mxtieson Urea nee hs unnght it )wet but he
would defend htr ooustitslKinai rights. The House
at the iMt (omens* exlmusteo its constitution*;
Surer over the safueet and he asked wurre u the
wor r isuee m he Constitution prohibiting the
people front elec ting any Utah they choose.
Mr Harris, of I ..nois. expressed las Srm belief |
that the H< use bad power aud it was tie daty to
pare a resolution aud do it at unoe. An ttia tacts
were in the lorm ot def.wit teas with which the mein
bars are probably amii’ar
Mi Kent said that >• former ocoasKUie n* had
moved as an act es iuetroe. ’.he postponement ot the
ones, having been iutorms<i ihat Mrs Mattceou was
sick Since then he has le. rat tint the statement
was a fabrication s,me automat say she ■ sick
(BO other* that she is at toying better bea.th than
arer. He read a letter from uie tan.iiy phyatcian
aaymg that Mr* M iiaaecarreiy asen a woo dqr toe
ats months past, and enrung the iast few weeks she
has suffered more than m.ual
Mr dtanton rontaiMed teat tho House must keep
within the spirit or the romniufrunxl rule aud tfwee
ru.es of common law. ranseiy that no mao shah hr
pumsbed twice for the sau.r uffence Mr Matte
een had already bat” ‘Je<i..Muneved and nnmefeeO
Mr Taylor, es L*., srgaed that tV Coititnuon
gave the limit tceipe* a number oc y tor disorder
ly conduct, bat the! there should be a rule lo expe’
members for other cause# He could see no gimj
Srom acting iu this cas soar as wu November
•he people of Mr MaUceua s District wound set a
brand of ooudemaatsm <ui uat ooouuc’
Mr Qiddiag* said that is. continued abaenee of
Mr Mattea.ru frusa this hall, shows courtustvelv
mat he ought not to be twee. He asked the u*.
jority to come to a dorieioii.
Mr Hughes, whua bekeewg the House has the
power to expel Mr Maticecn. was egainst haetv
nctioc. and moved that tiie .-aojeol should be re
ferred for consideration to the Goaumtlee en the
Judiciary _
Mr fimith, of said that the llouee oaght
•o afpei a member for proper ranees but the act
• t to be oontrehed by high moral eouatdera
,. r Mcbole sa.d that it was net (hoar to bis dona !
u,a. ;hr House Lsspwiwtr rga-n to expel ti e m-u.
ber He proteatca qgsinsf poiuehing a meurt.
•wire for the same . ffcuoe
Mr Cintia said fl.at ss Mr Mat*etas wa> cu
worthy of asaoctMicr with gent emoe, eeQ rvspv.t
derr anded bis txpjih’ .xr.
Mr Harris, ot P. to. sep'.md tc the argenwnt
which bad teen ssh aaced agaftr the muolittmue,
myiig they were cot sbc: . untaking s man twice
lor the same effanco. but removing at. eusome ex
cresc-u.'e a r.ich did not deaervt a j txoe hero
Mr Sherman, o Ohio, inosec tk and the safe; ?cf ba
laid on tna tabie, w. ,ofa motoQ whs dfmgreGd to
Tea 6i ( na>*i22.
Tut rrto.ui i-ti fi fi *iv n< rn+d la tqMiU
soiDi.sr. alter whmh Heasu edyo u aad
SKNATJf
WxrUisoTcs, Pefe. ih> Tie Sturts xa ns’ la
pmamn to-uaj havmy adtonrusd or. r t Moaday.
HOUhE. ,
The fartbar oonririeration M Mr HoaH • ■-
i ti.m h c a teei conunitiue <rfiD<|arv whether Ejlv
, jtive infl.eoce la. eMr SH
I vu;-.of™nbe.. ,-tepor-fl to Th°d.y t
■ Mr Of.w gave tv> w
; hH! p.TintiKr the gov-tvte-J ’ ed by eredi
-1 tor. ui the eewrt. of the I ■"**# Si&tm
u. porter r.we to % cueetior of pnvikfs, read
i ing i article in the N©rHJk Mgus deacribsag ari-
I dicti u- lorti’- te wbw h h‘ and never*! other, were
i ac'.v He oeaohiieed tbh wri er a* goilt/ .if de
libei i— fate 1-ood. Tliere wan aot a particie of
, truth to the autenant.
The House went into Coouuittee of the Whole
!on the iudfui Appro,nation bill- *
.Mr )kcWh, of Tvoocf-ee. .aid there wa. anpirit
us revolotiao abroad which, usle.t che<*ed. would
ertutaau to dieuatou. Eo tale eptrii of revoio
Hob tb” reprertUtatK e. of a portion of the people
were reepohaibk. having etarted it ou Uu* door He
we opposed tomaunlon He hoped it would never
haupva, but be believed if tbe idea aboiad go
abroad *hat tbe diMOj-ttoo of thin Confederacy wa
imp.eiibto.it would only lead to increaed efcfU
to effect it. He had no an tbority for eaymg that tee
r election of Kan we becauee of the eh™?.
of her e aetitation Would occasion ,. < ?j! ! “ l “ u . on ’
He would, however, teli e on.tomeo that if dßuaion
1 -V>oM ever come, tbe Stater, and not Congrew,
brine it about If that time ever came,
! wtolto Heaven forbid <) he would be the tote man to
’ ‘**He then'moceeded to argue that Kanuta riiould
i be admitted under the Lecompton CcnstltuUon.
I He .aid that reepecabie Free Stale men in Kaaaaa
I TO p-t in tbe scene” afvioitneetuere.
In repiv to a question Hr ten th anewered —
I “ Admit Kai ra. and then you can withdraw the
i troupe and ct the outlaw. t£ere cut each of her a
throat in hi. own way ”
Mr llidding"—Wi*l you vote for a reaolution re
qnirine the Pi eeident to withdraw tbe troop*, in
ca*e Kvcv n ad muted T
Mr. Smith answered— Vee.
Mr. Crawlord “aid he would have o voted a year
syc i itber Democra‘B atoo reeponded to tbe same
’ effect.
Mr. fridding” immediately gave notiie of a bill
! dire< ring the withdrawal ot the army from Kano a.
Mi Smith—ls I vote for the withdrawal of the
army will you vote lor the admission of Kansas ?
I Mr (I.dding*. emphatically—Coder the Lecomp
1 toe Constitution t Never, never’
Mr omith.proceeding, said there wa* no cause
I for a separation of tbe Democracy on this question.
• Mr. Hem*, of Illinois, replying to a remark appli-
I cable tu him wild the convictions of hi” mind were
■ he same now as during the last Congress He ob
jected to Mr Smith’s drawing inferences from hin
sp-.- -h ie‘t justified by the language He maintain
ed then, as now. that the people of Kansas are not
allowed to manage their own affairs He would
defend their right- He denied following any mao's
lead He name here without conference with bis
colleagues, but subsequently he ascertained they all
sgreed. lie could not change the position he now
occupied. *
Mr. Smith continued—Tiie people of Kansas, be
said, were begging adtniseion, but they are opposed
by member, of the House, by the New York Tri
bune. Admit her and the slavery agitation there is
quieted forever Hi remembered Frederick P.
Hr. nton threw tbe first fire brand into the Demo
cratic caucus during President Pierce’s adminis
tration. He had now turned abolition lecturer
and had gone North. He hoped he would stay
there.
He concluded by saying that be did not want the
admission of Kansas hampered by any conditions,
as he believed tbe people of Kansas couid amend
their constitution when they pleased.
Mr. (Nancy Joi es asked the consideration of the
Indian Appropriation bill. It had been before
tbe House ten days, but as yet no allusion was made
to it .
Mr Oidd'ngs delivered his views on the subject of
human right.; argutog in favor of the right of all
men to liberty, of which they could not be deprived
without violence and against the higher law of
tied
The Comm ttee here rose. The House passed
bills making an appropriation for defraying the ex
penses es Hie Indian Department and for carrying
into effect the treaty with Denmark for the aboli
tion of tbe Sound dues.
Adjourned fill Monday
W a shi rot on I-rrws —The Special Kansas Com
inittee met on Wednesday. The result was much
the same as before. M r Letcher, of Virginia, was
absent, having gone home sick.
Mr Harris, the chairman, stated that he bad re
ceived two communications from theßfate Depart
ment, both of which were unimportant, and con
tained nothing unpublished except the census,
which gave the population of one more county than
the printed statements.
Mr Morrill offered a resolution calling for docu
ments, among them for Walker’s letter accepting
tbe Governorship of Kansas, on condition of having
nontrol of the I’nited States troops, commanded by
Geo Harney, and with tLe express understanding
that he was to advocate the submission of the Con
stitution to the people This resolution celled also
lor all “lher official Kansas correspondence, not yet
transmitted to Congress. It was rejected by a tie
vote
Mr. Walbridge, of Mic higau, offered a resolution
calling for the record of the Kansas election held on
January Ith, aud of its votes aud returns ; also for
an authenticated record of the Territorial Legisla
lure Committee appointed to investigate election
frauds. This, too, was rejected by a tie vote. Mr.
Wade, of Ohio, offered a comprehensive resolution
proposing an investigation into all the election frauds
of Kansas. This was rejected by a tie vote.
Th - only resolution adopted was offered by Mr.
Morriil. It called for the statement of Gen. Cal
houn, refen ed to :n Senator Green’s report, relative
to th* number of votes in the unorganized counties
ot K* sis Mr. Stephens, of Georgia, gave notice
lha’ r.t thanekt meeting he should offer a resolu
tion to the effect that the committee had got all the
informal, n they titcdod, and should make a ma
j ahy report. The committee adjourned to Wednes
day a.-x’.
It io : ‘• v said that Minnesota will probably be
ad:;iitt-d apart from and before Kansas, it being
under, tood that Senators Slip-Ids aud Rice and the
Representatives elect have signified their intention
to suppr st the Administration on the Kansod ques
tion
It is whispered that Mr. Dallas will probably be
offered the federal judgship made vacant by the
death of Judge Xaue, ot Philadelphia.
At the reque-tof Mr Stoekl, the Russian Minis
ter, the Secretary of the Navy has ordered Captain
Hudson to receive two < Hirers of the Russian Navy
on board the steam frigate Niagara, as before, to
wituebs the laying of the Atlantic telegraph cable.
The Niagara, now at the Hrooklyu Navy yard, will
go into commission on the Ist ot March.
The Supreme Court will adjourn ou Saturday
next, to take a recess until the tint of April, aud
then reassemble for a month, for the purpose of re
ducing tile heavy docket, which, notwithstanding
ell th- sppletslit-D, ssntinufis to avoil into formida
ble proportions. The interests of litigants must
iuffur every year more and more, unt.! the present
system is changed, circuit duties imposed ou other
judgi-s, and this appellate tribunal become a sta
tionary court of Inst resort. The accumulating bu
sines.’ cannot be disposed of, if the judges are kept
in motion on circuit, nine mouths of the year. It is
a physical impossibility, and the resuttof experience
during the last five years, proves the augmentation
to be so great as to amount to a practical denial of
justice.
The dual vote in the St uate on the Army Bill, it
having previously been amended so as to provide
for tbe catling out of three thousand volunteers, was
as follows:
Yeas—Messrs. Bell, Biggs, Broderick, Cameron,
Crittenden. Douglas, Ureen, Gwin, Houston, John
son, of Tennessee , Mallory, Pugh, Seward, Stuart,
Thompson, of Kentucky, aud Toombs—lC.
Nays—Messrs. Allen, Bayard, Beniamin. Bigler,
Brown, Chandler, Ciatk, Clay, Dixon, Doolittle,
Dttrkee, Kvaus, Fessenden, Fitch, Foot, Foster,
Hale. Hamlin, Hanimimd. Harlan, Hunter, Iverson,
Johnson, of Arkansas, King Pearce, Bulk, Sebas
tian, Simmons, Slidell, Sumner. Thompson, of
New Jersey. Trumbull, Wilson, Wright, aud Yulee
—TV
Mr Halo moved so reconsider the vote on the
pn-mgt of the bill; and.ou motion by Mr. Toombe,
lhaL motion was laid on the table.
Hnv Walker lias written a letter to the Indiana
Coviiention, which, t is stated, ie in more earnest
oppueition to the Piesident's course on l.ecompton
than anything he has heretofore published. His
friends deny any reconciliation with the President.
The following is the weekly statement of the
Treasury :
Amount subject to draft (4,015,444 46
deduction from last week 213,907.88
Keccipts . 464,35129
Drafts paid 653,894 12
Drafts issued J 677,259.17
A Inigo amount of duties is now paid in Treasury
notes so as to replace them wi'h Dew issues at
higher interest, after bids have been opened on
March 12 for the five millions advertised.
Tin. tesiimonyiii ti e Maryland contested election
ease of Whyte against Ha l ris was laid before the
House ihia (Thursday! morning It is voluminous,
and goes iuto the act i aud violence and alleged
fi a,ids at the last election in Baltimore. It baa been
ordered to be priuted Testimony is now being
taken, by order of tbe House, aud in the contest
between Davis aud Brooks, for a seat, from Balti
more
Thi PoiiTßtiTs or WisHixuTON.—Kembrandt
Peal, the venerable painter, read apaperlMt even
ing before the Historical Society on tbe Portraits of
Wnshruglou. lie exhibited a copy of a portrait of
WasliiugloD painted by hie farther when Washing
ton was but 11 year . old—the first portrait for
which lie ever sat The old man eebsequently
painted three miniatures at different times, and
several whole-lengths and busts. Washington was
sitting lor one of these miniatures when he received
the news of the surrender of Burgoyne. He himself
remembered seeing him often iu Philadelphia, and
often-Umov after he had mat him onoe he would run
around a square to meet him again Washington
would say to him sometimes, “How is your good
father To Houdou's cast of his head, a projec
tion or the chin and an elevation t f the head gave a
theatrical sir. Mr Peai exhibited a colossal mono
chrome of a profile which he bad corrected from
Houdon. and which certainly expressed something
grander than the portraits. Os he portraits by his
lather he thought the eyes aud nose were too small.
Iu the portrait painted by Mr. Pine the head was
evidently too small. Mr. Peal had the opportunity
ot watohiug Washington wuau sitting to his father
iu 178,). In 1795 Washington sat to him and
bis ‘atfier at the same tune. On the day that he sat
to Stuart a set of clumsily-carved ivory teeth had
been fitted mto his mouth, which were ultimately
rejected, aud Stuart sard be found him the most
dtlhoult man he had every attempted to engage in
an vernation. Washinton waa sitting to him about
the same Uae. but he sat with bis .id teeth—a set
now’ in possession of Mr. Harris of Baltimore.
Wb: e ho was situug some forged letters were pub
lished which were alleged to have been taken from
a ruuaway slave of his. These had been going the
round for two or three days, nobody daring to ask
| ulm ab- u’ their, lo Mr’ Peale's consternation hrs
untie asked W askdigtea about it while he was sit
ting to hint iu this abrupt way :
‘■Uecc-tsi, did you write those letters !”
V t a if recouis Washing tou was silent, which
Mi- Peat talc pret*d a# a lust rebuke to hie uncles
rudeness. At iast he said
• I u v-j hist any tellers. So servant of mine
ever ran (way from inef and then he ,changed (the
subject In two hoars this was koown ail over tbe
city, and the slory set tied forever.
sir. Pc ale ‘.hen gave an account of the portrait
wbn h he subsequently painted, and which he
t bought approached more nearly to the original
laan any e ther, concluding by exhibiting it. He
was frequently interrupted by applause —A 7Vt-
grrrtr nv Cover arrio.v or Cotton.—We
have received Mr J X t ardoxos annua, state
ment of the Jsupply am! Consumption of Cotton,
with amirred tables, embracing a period of time
extt. iing from 1827 to the ureseut year. It con
r*o- inturmatioii of great value to the outton mer
chant and to the manufacturer. Iu a- general re
marks. it is an cteay upon the extersi-u: tn the con
sump-ion aud growth of cotton daring .he last few
Jeer- lo probable supply for the t..r-eul year
eet- iia.'* the United Stales crop if if -ah* | W baiee
and l.whi.thio bales from mil other sourexs. Its esti
mate *or oonsumpuoti during toe present year is, in
Gtaat Brr I foO,,Xi ba.es. on the Continent of
Ko:ope BoU,iam bales, and in the United States
Ihw.uio beet eroin these data, not forgetting the
St* inu „.miu at the octnincmcemeat of the season,
it estimates the ex,esc of surp r beyoed coneump
(ton iu 1868 a; (1,475,c0y bates ’ The tables for the
axt u irty years accompanying the staiement m*y
|be reued on as accurate, ana exhibit carious and
j *“geUve statistic* Can rletton Jferrwy.
I Tut Bums L,ios Bhcxvran Hls Tieth —Toe
l l “ Lu ‘^ r V r al / na f t - t-rprewed through
J ius eißtksMaaoc m Lot.don, that the British Paril
, meat shah p*as a bn. prevenung in future an j.
* in England garner the Ken^Em
! “a “rush public The press s*,,
I the aw. of the oonmry are sufficient How *
l f unahmeat of such aeu. wter* the evident *
1 view, to ronvie; It the Vravetioo^^”® e
whal that word Dears in Eranre, a sot at *
cur ser and a glass bd m every letter SI u,
| -peeves <r eorveuet oe sad of pubtioni L
‘.hat the people ot England are no: accustomed to
and evaapbatwe who w urh Would be a compitoitv
wire lyvoafe a be.p'.cee subeervieoey to foisign
1 ,'ieepe’ cm Coder the present aapsrt of the quee
- tkea Com- Napoleon is likely to bear souse piowh
.igruficaut o( the kxwmg of toe people, and oouaouc
1 of the defeat of his wfehes ‘
The Fearful Calamity at Ht. I.ouis. j
We have pnhliabed brtof notices by telegraph .
toe bwrning of the Pacific Hotel, at St. Lome, ■
Saturday moraiag tote, and have given b
of the tote. Tbe Kt Louis papers of J;V
tain ‘ hailing aoeoants of the disaster. The Repab
The origin of tbe disastrous oonfjsgration is at
preser. not kimwn with certainty. Tim prevailing
{mares.-;, u is that me flames first broke out m the
the drug store of Dumont C Jones. OMdoer
from the corner of Seventh itrset bat how, has no.
yet been explained The olerk who had only been
three days to the establishment, and who slept la
tfce back part, that when ht wa* awakened
by the fclareo? light, the whole of the weeteru por
tioo of Uie building wa* iu fUme*. Thi* wa* fivin
half an hour to three quarter® before tbe iteaua en
ernes arrived. He had not previously heard any
alarm There wa* half a barrel of turpentine, a
barrel of oil, aud ome other combustible* in that
part of the store, where, report says, the fire origin
ated.
From the be*t information that we can gather,
there were about one hundred person* sleeping iu
tbe Hotel at the time of the occurrence. It appear*
tuat th* entire building was enveloped in the rag
ing element before acarcely any of the lodgers were
awakened to the full eenee of their danger. Aod
when the inmate** were finally aroused it was only
to find all opportunities of egress closed to them,
for the atau case in front ana beind were a.ready
gone, or so nearly so that an attempt to escape by
these means would be only ruahirg into the arms of
inevitable death.
The tcene that enoued baffles any effort at de
scription. Tbe rushing of men, women and chil
dren to and fro to avoid the blistering heat, and to
search for way* to reacu the streets —the shrieks of
the terror stricken and those bound to their rooms
by walls of scorching fire—tbe shouts of those who
had been called to the spot from the surrounding
neighborhood—the clambering over swaying and
reeling joists—the falling floors with their loads of
heavy furniture and their dearer burden of human
lives—all this and more that was intensely terrible
and fearful, is not given to our pen to adequately
describe . , .
Tbe stairs gone, the roof and floors inch by Inch
giving way, and the lurid flames shooting up mo
mentarily thick** and hotter, many sought to es
cape the impending hazard of being burned to
death, through the scarcely less dangerous prospect
of tumping to the ground from the windows. Ol
thoee who endeavored to save their lives in this
way. we saw six at Sister’s Hospital yesterday.
Mr. H. Hubbard, who arrived in St. Louie from Bos
ton about eight week* since, was occupying, with
his lady, a room on the third floor, H was
firM aroused, and awakened her husband. Hardly
had he come to be conscious of the cause ot the sur
rounding confusion, before he saw his wife leap
headlong out of the window on Poplar street. See
ing no other visible means of saving himself, he fol
lowed her, and both fell, not far apart, on the pave
ment. Mrs H had one of her legs fractured in two
places It is not expected she will *Uivive. Mr.
Hubbard had the ankle joint and hip of his left leg
displaced and received a severe contusion on the
forehead.’ He is not thought to be in a dangerous
C °Srii o H. Hunter endeavored to leave the build
ing after having been badly burnt, by jumping
from the second story. In the fall one of her l e ga
was bioken and her head severely cut. She was
placed in a furniture car, to be taken to the Sis
ter's Hospital, but before arriving Ihere she was a
James F Geary, local reporter of the Leader, of
this city, in attempting to escape with his wife and
child lell to tbe cellar. Besides receiv ng some bad
burn* on the face, head and legs, by some Hieaos
his right foot was cut to the bone, from about tbe
middle to the heel. It is feared too that hw lungs
are injured fro n inhaling hot air. He l* thought to
be in a critical situation.
Sharpe, night clerk at the hotel, was awfully
burned in the face, head and extremities. His
hair is all siDged off, and bis face blackened and
blistered. It is thought he will recover, though
considerably dilfigured. ,
Elihu Hays has a broken thigh, aud is very much
injured on s he head. Oneofhiaey#B is burnt and
swollen exceedingly, and he is otherwise hurt. —
When we saw him he was in much pain and labor
ing under concussion of the brain. He was unable
to answer questions. As fer as we can ascertain
from various sources, he is a stranger iu the city,
from Wisconsin. There is little or no hope of his
recovery.
Three men were seen to jump from the second
story of the back part ot the building at the same
time. Two of them got off without much injury.
The other was taken on a plank to a fruit store ou
Sixth street, below Poplar, where he died at about
8 o’clock. The latter we understand to be T. Hart
Strong, a lawyer of this city.
At King’s Hotel we found the family of Dr.
White, whose eic&pe was indeed miraculous. The
Doctor himself leaped through the window of his
room, and jumped to the grourd, whence eucou
raging his wife, three children and nuree, they too
followed liia example, he breaking their fall, and
all reached terra tirma in safety, having only tbe
record of danger perceptible in a few skin deep
wound*.
The dead bodies recovered, as yet, from the rums
so charred blackened and burnt that their nearest
relatives could not identify them by the ordinary
means number six, which have been taken charge
of by the coroner and placed temporarily in Rogers’
stable, on Franklin avenue, between Fourth aud
Filth. All these, or nearly all, had their clothes on. j
Five of them were found on a piece of floor in the
second story next the front of the hotel. They ap- |
peared to have been all sleeping in the same room, j
and were literally roasted iu their beds. {
The wife and child of Joseph Jones, of Birch’s |
Minstrels are among the They were let j
down out of a window of the third story by Mr
Jones, who enveloped them in a sheet, having
thrown a niattraas on to the balcony to break their
fall. The sheet slipped, and mother and child, the
latter only eight or nine months old, striking the
edge of the mattraaa, dropped to the pavement and
were dangerously iujured.
Bodies found Amongthe Ruins —On one of
the bodies so severely burnt as to be wholly un
recognizable by features, height or clothing, or any
other common means of identification, a silver watch
attached to a gold chain, and a small amount of sil
ver aud gold were found, in he back part of the
building. He was grasping a small valise.
Four more bodies were taken out of the ruins on
Sunday, lroin among the bricks, ashes aud other
rubbish. All four were horribly mutilated. Legs,
arms aud hands were off, aud in one case nothing
wa* left bearing a trace of humanity except a spinal
column, with a few bleached bones lying around it.
Another was a mere trunk, with a part of the neck
attached, around which was found a gold chain and
a string of beads —the remains, doubtless, cf a wo
man.
Statement of Mr. Strader.— Mr. D. W. Stra
der, one of the lessees of the hotel, makes the fol
lowing statement:
I have a dog that has been in the habit of acting
a* a watch tor me during a great number of yearn.
He ha*, when passengers have arrived at night, or
when any noise has been made iu or about the
house, always given the alarm This morning he
barked very loud. A little after, he came to
door and continued his noise, whereupon I got up
and went to see what was the matter. The flames
were then coming from the back entrance of the
house, up from the drug store, I think. I tried to
gjt to the fireplug, but seeing that the fire had
made too great headway for that to serve any use
ful purpose, I rau to tbe third floor and hallooed
through there as loud as 1 could. Mr. Davis, who
has been sleeping with me, also came up stairs and
assisted me to waken the people. I then, suppos
ing I must have awakened everybody, went
through the dining-room and got my children out
through the window —which 1 broke through—ou
the balcony. .
1 suppose there must be between twenty ai thir
ty lives lost. A Mi*s Hunter was sleeping in No.
11, a room adjoining the corner; she jumped out end
was killed. Wm. Torrance, a young man, was
badly burned. George Crane, a brother of Mies
Crane, of this city, was undoubtedly burned to
death, and Charles Davis and a boy who was with
him were burned up. They slept iu room No. 23.
Mary F. Morris had, when about to escape, S3OO
in money. Her aunt called to her to save a child ot
Mr. Lyons’, whereupon she dropped the money. My
family consisted of myself, wite, sister-in-law and
three children ; ail were saved, but with the loss of
everything.
The Hotel.—The hotel waa comparatively anew
one. It waa erected to meet the necessities of persons
travelling on the line of the Pacific Railroad, comple
ted in January, IBf7, being owned by Geo. B. Field,
who estimated its value at $20,000. It waa original
ly pleased to Daniel W.Strader; he subaequentiy
opened the place in tbe month of June, when Ja
cob Lyons entered into partnership with him.
The building was three atories high, having a front
on Seventh street of over eighty feet. The basements
were used as liquor saloons; the grouud floor waa
divided oif into stores.
The second story contained the office, ladies par
lor, dining room and some sleeping apartments. The
third story was divided off into small rooms, separa
ted by lath and plaster partitions. Tbe capacity of
the house was such as to accommodiate 100 to i‘2o
guests.
Chaa. L. Taylor alias Sanders has been arrested
on the terrible suspicion of being the canse of the
dreadful dieter at the Pacific Botel. He is charged
with firing the hotel murdering Ephriam Deane, one
of tbe inmates. Dr. Daniel W. Strader, the landlord
and Charles Waidrup, the watchman of the hotei,
have also beeu arrested, and will be examined.
Indianapolis, Feb. 93—A Mesa Convention of
the Democrats of Indiana opposed to the Lecomp
ton Constitution, assembled in the Masonio Hall, at
10 o’clock this morning. Col. W. M. McCarty pre
sided, and made a brief and pertinent address. He
was followed by Judge Johuatoncf Kansas, H. B.
Payne, of Ohio, Judge Wick, Gen. Drake, and oth
en. The attendance was large and enthusiastic,
aud every Congressional district iu the State was
represented by the beet men of the State. A letter
waa read from Gov. Wise, in response to an invita
tion to be present. He stated that official du iea
prevents his presence.
The resolutions adopted declare that it is the right
of the people of Kansas to form and ragulate their
domestic institutions in their own way, subject only
to the Constitution of the United Spates, as guaran
teed to Kansas and Nebraska by the organic lav,
by the principles of the Kansas Nebraska act pract - [
cally applied, that Congress is bound to admit new j
States only upon constitutions which have been
ratified at a fair election by the vote of the people : I
that by the Kansas Nebraska act, the people have .
the vested right to ratify or reject at the ballot-b >x
any constitution framed for their government, that
alter January, ISSB, neither Kansas, nor any other
Territory ought to be admitted unless the qualified
voters have been permitted to exeicise such right
that the policy of forcing Kansas into the Union,
upon a constitution already legally rejected at the
ballot box by a larjje majority, is ruinous; that Sen
ator Douglas is entitled to tbe gratitude of the Ame
ricaa Dei ocracy, for b ; s bold and triumphant vin
dication of the principles of self-government; that
the Convention pledge him their firm and undiyi
ded support; that the Indiana State Sentinel, by its
misrepresentation, has betrayed the Democratic
faith, and plaaad itself outside of the Democratic
organixauou ; and that the Convection recommend
a general convention of the Nr;h and West to as
semble at Chicago, or some other suitable place.
Another meeting of the Convention is being held
to-night.
The Birth x.vd Bikthcixci or W.shim.ton.
—George Wsshxgteu was born on the —J Februa
ry. 1732. just 126 years ago. Hie birthplace was sit
uated at Bridges creek, in Westmoreland county.
Virginia, m the Northeastern section of the State,
about a half utile from the junction of e s creek
with tbe Potomac. The homestead has tong since
passed away, and left not a wreck behind, having
been destroyed previous to the Revolution. A
stone was placed on the cite in or shortly before the
year 1835. by tbe late George Washington Park
Cnstls. the grandeenot Mrs. Washington. It bears
the eimple inscription:
“ Here, on the Uth February, O S ) 1730,
Geokux W ash 1 votov was born.”
“ The spot,” says a writer, “is of deep interest,
not only from its assev la ions, but also from its nam
ral beauties. It c minandsa view of The Mary land
shore t of the Potomac, one of tbe most majestic of
rivers, and of it* c-arse for many miles toward*
Chesapeake Bay. Tbe house was a low-pitched,
single-stoned frame building, with four rooms on
the first floor, and an enormous chimnsy at each end
on the outside. This was tbe style of the better
sort of bouses in those days, and they are still occa
siouallv seen in the old •ettleraents of Virginia.”
In Howe’s “Historical Collections of Virginia.” !
page 5419; there is an engraved foe tivnle of the 1
record of Washington s birth, tatteo from the fami 1
ly record in the Bible, which belonged to his mo
ther by whom tbe original entry is supposed to have ;
been made This old family Bible or precious relic i
is or was in tbe possession of George Washington
Bassett. Esq . of Farmington, Hanover county,
Va., who married a grand-niece of Washington. It
is in quarto form, much dilapidated by age, with
title page missieg. and covered by the slriped Vir
ginia doth, anciently much used.
The follo wing r* tbe record :
George Washington, son to Augustine W&sh- !
ingti-n and Manr. his wife, was born on tbe 11th day
ot February. 1732, about 10 in the morning, and
was baptised the 30th of April following Mr Bever
my Whitney and Captain Christ p er Brooks, god
fr*hot. and Mrs. Mildred Gregory, godmother.”
-dj estmorcland conny ha- been styled “the
‘“ginix,” asmanv of her most renown
“tm within its’ borders. In tbe glori-
Kfohani °& U * touud ti, e names of Washing -a,
“Jj Aithnr-C.ee Henry Lae,
Monroe aud Jnde Bushrod WwDtogton .-Cka,.
From the Baltimore Pali iot.
fW*:* **re: v that. Honed by Col. Kornev nod hi
I' res* —Tke Laisu's Nirictsr*^.
How singular ap-i uncertain ar th* ways oi pou- .
tic* and tbe ©volution? of politician-1 We ecarcely
know what a day or an hour may bring forth. In ,
the last PjcrideniUl campaign. Col. Forney wa* .
found totem irt in the ranks of Democracy, doing, j
perhaps, mure than any other man—if we except ;
Gov. Wise—towards James Bachat.an to
the exaked portion he now fills. Scarcely a year
has elapsed before we fiud this mighty ooL-rt ar
rayed antagonistic, not only to his personal friend
and polWcai leader, bn to the party of whirl, hs ia
tke bead and front, in which he (Col. Forney had
! been schooled, and with which he had acted in con-
cert for along cycle of years.
Tac Washington Union, now the Adininis nation
organ, and of which Col Forney was one of the
editor* aud proprietors, not long ago, now hold* the
following language:
* The Philadelphia Frees has at length thrown off
all disguise abandoned all subterfuge, and taken its
stand in opposition to the President, and in defiance
of Li* administration. It has marched off with colors
flying and drums beating—horse, foot and dragoon
—into the enemy's lines, and its piace is vacant iu
the Democratic ranks. A decent regald f< r the
opinions of honest Pennsylvania has induced it to
throw all its intellectual energy and its dramatic
power into the lugubrious p:onuuci&mento under
; which it covers iu withdrawal’’
i Tbe Union proceed* to quote an editorial in Col.
i Forney s Presa, a journal which it had previously
| extolied, as true to the faith, and a valuable co*
! worker in administrationa! affairs, to show its apo*
| tacy, and in justification of the liberty assumed to
read the editor and his paper out of the party. The
1 following is from the Free* of some days ago :
j “Yesterday’s intelligence, that the committee of
1 investigation raised in the National House of Re
presentatives on the motion of Mr. Harris, of Illinois
! had decided by a majority vote —that majority
i created by Mr. Speaker Orr, in direct violation of
uiage, as well as of parliamentary law—to restrict
examination into the Kansas frauds, adds another
load to the mountain of iejm-tice which has accumu
; lated since it ims been deeded to deprive the peo
ple of Kansas of their rights. The same despatch
lroin Washington aouounces the removal of lico dis
tinguished democrats from office , no doubt avouedly
because they oppose Ike w/luiUon of the Lecompton
constitution upon the propie o) Kansas .”
“The annals of politics will be ransacked iu vain
for a parallel to these extraordinary proceedings.
We begin to doubt whether, indeed, this is aland of
liberty and of law. * * The long catalogue of
uudenied frauds iu K msas ; the infamous manner
is which a portion of the c onstitution was submit
ted ; the refusal to regard a legal election agaiust
that instrument, &c,,— ail these acts, not to speak
; of tLe outrages of the pro-slavery party before the
j convention began its sittings, have excited a deep,
resistless, and almost universal resentment in the
! free States ”
The same article proceeds to invoke the name
; and actions of General Jackson in support of popu
lar sovereigflty, as proof favorable towards the
position assumed against the Lecompton Constitu-.
tion by Col. Forney, rendering it necessary for him
to oppose Mr Buchanan and the present Adminis
tration.
Ai going further, tbe Pres3 asserts, in substance,
if the Unijn and tne President hau not given way
to treachery, they “would have recalled into the
democratic ranks, as parmanent democratic States,
sMaiue, New Hampshire, Connecticut, New York,
and Ohio ; now, we fear, hopelessly lost to the Fede
ral Administration by the effort to force them upon
a platform whose whole superstructure is open aud
scandalous fraud.”
Again says the Press: “To recur to the enter
prise of reading men out of the democratic party,
and the introduction of Gen. Jackson’s name as a
sanction for such an undertaking. Lst us suppose
for a moment that the old hero could rise from his
grave, and watch the progress of the decapitation.
Wepiefeume the victims would range in this order:
“ Robert J. Walker, Stephen A. Douglas, George
Bancroft, Henry Horn, Henry Chapman, John
Hickman, Owen Jones, Wilson Reilly, William L.
Dewart, William Montgomery.’’
And may wc not take the liberty'of adding John
W. Forney and Henry A. Wise ?
“ These eflicient representatives of the Democra
cy in Congress,” remarks the Press, “ are to be
read out of the Democratic church , and with them
twenty-five of the most influential Democratic pa
pers in the State -, a host of able Democrats iu the
counties of the State, young and old ; a number of
Democrats in the Legislature, and the rank andJilc
of the party itself.
“ But will the* guillotine be satisfied after these
sacrifices ? After it has despatched all these rebels,
it may feel disposed to try its edge on Governor
Packer: every member of his Cabinet; Auditor
General Jacob Fry Surveyor General John Row ;
all the members of the Supreme Court of the State
but one, &c, &.c. *“ * * w
“ Are the thousands, aud tens of thousands, and
hundreds of thousands ot Democrats against this
fraud to be driven out by the minority, the excep
tional collectors, postmasters, revenue agents, con
tractors, jobbers, and courtiers? Or is five army to
be introduced to use the cold steel upon the offend
ers ?
4 ‘ In the Northwest there will be even more diffi
culty. There is hardly an individual Democrat in
that bulwark of Democratic power who is not
agaiDst this Lecompton fraud. Where are the forces
to be gathered from to turn them, out ?”
This is strong pleading; arguments backed by an
array of tacts most formidable; but the Union
teigns to annihilate them all in putting the case of
General Jackson—that old lion of democracy—when
he assumed the responsibility of removing the gov
ernment deposits, putting hia foot upon the mou
nter, disrupting his cabinet, bidding defiance to
friend and foe. As time exhibited him triumphant
over all, so argues the government organ, will Mr.
Buchanan in due course of events be crowned with
success. This, however, in our judgment may ce
pend upon the firmness and force of character as
compared with the lion iff the hermitage, and the
mere political sage of Wheatland. *
We take no pleasure in seeing or chronicling the
internal warfare and family quarrels of those from
whom it has been and still is our privilege to differ
regarding poli. ical matters. Reserving to ourselves
a conservative stand-point, we can look upon such
luptures, as in the case of Joseph and his brethren—
evil that good may come out of them—resulting
finally in the formation a:* and consolidation of a great
national party, suited ‘o the times and the occasion,
whose power shall subvert all discord, placing our
nation and our union above and beyond the mis
chievous bickerings of factional strifes.
Feverish elements, now so destructive of peace
and harmony, including sectional animosities, must
be subjugated, and to the honest heart of our na
tion, falling back upon its innate, reserved patriot
ism, belongs the task.
From the New York Post , Wednesday evening.
The Wreck of (he John Milton.
The following letter, giving the particulars of the
wreck of tho skip John Milton, unit her proocut) con
dition, was received this morning by Ell wood Wal
ter, Esq., Secretary of the Board of Underwriters:
Montauk, L. 1., Feb. 22,1808.
Dear Sir :—I wrote you a note yesterday inform
ing you of the loss of the John Milton, of New Bed
ford. There is no possibility of the safety of any of
her crew, un’ess perchance, seme of her boats might
have left her aud been blown off to sea, and been
picked up by some vessel.
We have found no trace of but three of her boats
—one her long boat aud the other two light surf
boats. I have no doubt that a portion, if not the
whole, of her crew, left her in these boats eoon af
ter she struck, which was evidently about one third
of a mile from the shore. This conclusion is drawn
from tbe fact that the bows of the ship, with the
bowsprit, and all the headgear attached, still re
mains there, held, no doubt, by the anchors and
chains; the remainder of the ship is on the main
shore, one complete mass of ruin, the whole being
torn to pieces iu the wildest maimer that man can
imagine, the liuli of the ship, the spars, sails, aud
rigging being completely broken up in one tangled
mass of ruins, and to render the matter still worse,
she lies upon a ledge of rocks, aud cannot be ap
proaehed by a team nearer than thirty or forty rods;
on the shore the shortest way to get anything from
the wreck is to get it up a cliff almost, perpendicu
lar to the height of fifty feet or more. About one
third of the starboard side of the ship from the bow
aft, with the fore rigging attached, has broken off’
and gone about three quarters of a mile to the west,
and landed ou another ledge of rocks in a sinidar
place. What loose stuff there was about her, and
suefi rigging, blocks, spars, plank and other mate
ria! as became detached from the ship, this I am at
present engaged in securing, but after all our ef
fort*, it must prove as near a total loss as could well
be on our shore.
The loss of the ship is clothed in the greatest mys
tery to me, of anything of the kind that has come
under my observation. I cannot imagine how it
was possible for that ship, considering the weather,
to have struck at the time she did, aud so soon be
come a total wreck. From sunrise until ten o’clock
on the morning she struck, the sea was eo smooth
as not to make it difficult to go off or on with an
ordinary boat. After teu o'clock, the s®a tegau to
make, but did not become a dangerous sea through
the day.
Mr. Stratton, who lives witbia a half mile of the
scene of the disaster, is quile positive that the ship
could not have struck until after 8 o'clock that morn
ing. He was on the shore early in the morning, and
went almost to the place where she struck, and, al
though it was snowing a lit tie. thick, he is quite
Sositive she could not have been there at that time.
[e went to the shore again at 12 o'clock and dis
covered a boat on the shore bottom up, aud going
east soun found the wreck.
Saltpetre in California.—We are informed
1 by a traveler from tbe Southern Coast couutiee,
1 8M) s the Sacramento Union of January sth, that on
tbe headwaters of the Pajara liver, near Gilroy,
saltpetre has been discovered in the alkaline ponds
and the earth of that vicinity. The headwaters of
the Psjaro, formirg the boundaries of Santa Cruz,
Santa Clara and Monterey counties,take their rise
in the springs and lakes of the Plain of Tequisquitas
(Mexican tor soap earth), and the soil of the plain,
which forme the ranches of Orteaga, Paducah, aud
Sancbf z heirs, is found to be strongly impregnated
with at>da, saltpetre, and other alkaline substances,
whence its name. The rancho ofTequisquitaa is
said to have been used for twenty years before the
American flag wa* raised, for making a very eupe
rior quality cl soap. Tbe saltpetre, ss our infor
mant learns, is often found in large crystals at the
bottom of the liquid leecbedout of the earth.
The saltpetre of commerce ie touud in Persia,
Egypt, Syria, and Ber gal, in similar soils to tbe dry
plains around Gilroy. In the district of Terhoot in
Bergal, it is observed to form upon the surface of
the ground in siiky tufts and white incrustations
during the hot, dry months succeeding heavy rains.
It is gathered by sweeping the suriarce with brush
brooms, after which it is manufac'ured for com
merce by dissolving it in water, purifyiug and cry
staiixirg it. It ie then put into c ‘arse bags and
shipped down the Ganges to Calcutta, whence it is
sent to the markets ot Europe and America. The
annual exports o; saitpetre from Calcutta amount to
over twelve millions of dollars per annum, and dur
irg tbe Russian, war, the article brought very high
prices
The discovery may be regarded of great value to
the military resources of the United States on the
Pacific, as the country possesses immense mines of
sulphur. As the wilU>w. for making charcoal, is the
most abundant tree iu California, it will be no diffi
cult master to make as much trunpowder as will
supply the domestic demand of the State, and wants
of the United States Government in case of a war.
Tennessee’.s. Western Bacon.—We learned
from a gentleman a few days since that Teuuessee
Bacon was standing fairer in the Southern maikets
than that packed in portions of Ohio, Illinois and
other Western States, from the fact that buyers
were afraid that bacon cured in those sections might
be infected with what is termed ckoiera, a
disease that killed large Lumbers of hogs the past
fall. At the time, we read of numerous accounts
where large numbers had died, but passed the cir
cumstanc eby with little consideration. It is said
that in several mslancte where this disease made its
appearance among a lot of hog?, that ownera pitch
ed m aiid had them slaughtered, rearing that the die
ease might become general, and prove a ruinous
loea. 1; such be the c ase, and an investigation in
to the facte should be made, it would be well that
buyers should be a little cautious and wary of par
Ci-asing bacon fro ! n localities where this disease
prevailed. The bacon of Tennessee, now &£ ever,
stands nigh in the Southern markets, owing to th
mauner in which our hogs are fattened, and the ex
cellent way in which the bacen is cured.—Ckalta
nooea Advertiser.
Rumored Resignation or the Pope.—By the
; Africa we icam th*: a rumor has been afloat in
’ Pans of an anticipated cnange in the temporal gov
-1 eminent at Rome, whick will create surprise in the
mind of every people in Europe. Some taok of the
appruaching abdication of the Pope as a certain
thing, and already has Father Ventura been spoken
of as his successor. The nomination ot the latter
to a cardinai&i* in preparation for this event has
frequently been announced. Upon an emergency
sue a a measure would be considered indispensable.
As general of the powerful organ of innaUus, Father
Ventura s position would enable him to accept the
papal crown without probation.— Pksi. Jng.
Speculation in Rope —We understand tiat the
low prices oi Dale rope m this market have ai trad
ed tae aUention of speculators, aud that hrge -ales
variously estimated at 12,0h0 u> 17,000 co.la- —have
been uaae here at 6j 3 7©. for hand spuu, an ; 7 n
7*c ¥ lb fur machine. A telegraphic cespatcb
from ft Lems, dated the 19th yesterday,) eaya :
“Our whole stock oi rope has been soid, at
To.*’—H O Mux
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Hcrivon County HieritlSale*.
The Sheriff’s Sales of Scriveu county will hare
alter be published iu the Chronicle 4’ Sentinel.
Favunnuh nnd AuguMa Marketk.
A correspondent of the Savannah
who sigus himself, i% Baldwin,"* writing from Mil.
ledgeville, while he laments the fact that Planter*
send their Cotton to Augusta, rather than Savan
nah, makes a very fair and just comparison bet ween
the two markets. He says :
I am sorry to see that some of our planters are
shipping their cotton via Millen to Augusta, that
have heretofore sent to Savannah. They think that
cotton sold in Augusta will nett them more money
than in Savannah, and have made tbe calculations
of time and charges, to wit: freight the same, com
missions 25 to 50 cents per bale, cash paid immedi
ately or in one day after the sale, is the Augusta
rates, and generally as high a market, as Savannah.
At Savannah the oommi*Rions are 2£ per cent, or
$1 30 to $l Oh p©r bale, which varies Mwidiuc w
weight and value, time allowed or taken to deliver
after the sale, 7 to 20 days, before account of sales
are made up. This is a great cause of complaint
against the Savannah cotton factors, by the, planters
and merchants of the interior. We are willing to
allow, say, three or four days after the jale, which
is lb much time and courtesy as the purchaser should
have granted him ; this is ample time for the cot
ton to be turned out, examined aLd invoiced. If it
is not convenient for the purchaser to take it at the
eud of a few days, let him pay for the. cottou, and
leave it in. the warehouse at hiJ expense. This
seems to us in the interior to be nothing but justice.
We ought not lose time, interest, and insurance on
our cotton alter tbe sale. Cotton is held and sold
for cash only, unless by special agreement. While
I am writing, a friend shows me a letter from his
merchant, advising sales of his cotton on the 9th
This is more than fifteen days and no account of
sales has yet come to hand. Will not your commis
sion merchants change this usage, let the purcha
sers come up and pay cash within the four clays,
aßd abolish a custom that causes so m uch complaint i
Heavy Defalcation of a Ban k Agent.—lt is
currently rejx>rted in Augusta, say g the Savannah
Georgian % that the Agent of twj of the interior
South Carolina Banks, at Memph.” s, Tei*sn.,kuß dis
appeared, leaving SBO,OOO of cash unaccounted for,
$20,000 in bills of exchange, of very doubttul cha
racter taken for their account —every part of which,
that has fallen due, had been protested.
No such defalcation as that spoken of above, says
the Memphis Bulletin, has occurred here. No
doubt the report originated from a failure which
occurred in Smithville, Monroe county, Miss. .Jo
seph Brown, who was agent for, or rather had be
come deeply in debt, to, one or two of the interior
B&Dks of South Carolina, decamped, leaving the
aforesaid Banks & ufferers in about the amount men
tioned above. Jirown spent some little time in this
city a short t’nxe previous to his failure and flight,
and might have operated here in a hid ail way, but
never had any; permanent business connection here
whatever.
Mr. Toombs on the Union. —“Sigma,” the Wash
ington correspondent, of the New Orleans Picayune,
writes as follows :
“Mr. Toombs does not hesitate to avow himself
in favor of & dissolution of tbe Union, declaring his
opinion that the interests of both sections would be
promoted thereby. Mr. Clay, of Alabama, ex
presses the opinion tha t disunion is inevitable ; and
we hear again the proposition agitated that delega
tions iu Congress from several of the Southern
States shall leave Washington and return home at
once, if the admission of Kansas is ejected.”
The bavannah Republican remarks : —As to what
t he South should do in the event Congress shall re
fuse to admit Kansas into tbe Union with the Le
comp ton constitution, we have only to say at pre
sent, “sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.”—
As regards tbe sentiments attributed to Senator
Toombs, they will take a lrrge majority of the peo
ple of Georgia by surprise ; there are some, how
ever, to whom the announcement is not unexpected
Allowing that the Picayune s correspondent speaks
the truth, and that Mr. Toombs does entertain the
sentiments contained in tbe first clause of the ex*
tract, we may s ife'y tay U.at the fact wns unknown
to the last LegL .aturc of Georgia, or he would have
been anything else than bw own successor in tire
Senate of the United States.
New Books.
Fifteen Years Among the Mormons. By Nel
son W. Green. New York: Charles Scribner.
This is a narrative of Mrs. Mary E. V. Smith.
who was a member of the community of Mormons
for about fifteen y jars, and a resident of Salt Lake
City lor five yeara. She affirms that she was at first
a believer in good faith in Mormonism, until ?he
discovered, after going to Utah, the principal busi
ness of Brigham Young and other heads of the
Church, to be the commission of crimen of the most
atrocious character; and thatehe was held aprieoner
there for a long time after she had expressed a de
sire to return to the United States.
It is for sale by Geo. A. Oates 6l Bro.
The Coolie and Slave Trade ln Cl ba.—The
Havana correspondent of the Charleston Courier,
in a lettef dated Feb. 2ftb, says: Tbe ship Chal
lenge arrived 10th inst., from China, with 620 Coo
lies, and the ship Kate Hooper, on the 12th, with
616 Coolies. The latter ship had been set on fire
three timee by these Coolies, who mutinied, and to
quell the mutiny, tue officers of the ship were com
pelled to shoot several of the Chinese.
Despite the anxious endeavors of Gen. Concha to
put a stop to the African slave trade, it continues lo
be carried on with great vigor. No lts3 than three
cargoes of Bozales have been recently landed near
Batabano, and three charcoal schooners, from the
out- port*, the other day landed a slaver s cargo, put
on board of themeff this island (450 in number; a;
Faya Piedra. This cargo of Bozales have. I
believe, been captured by the authorities.
Railroad Connection at Colcmbcs.—Ad elec
tion was held in Columbus on Saturday to ascer
tain the wishes of the citizens in regard to the con
nection of the South Western Railroad with the
Mobile <k Girard Railroad. There wa* considerable
excitement on tbe subject, and thr vote, for and
against , stood as follows :
For the connection
Against -
Majority for connecting *
Cotton. —Tne receipts of Cotton at all ports to
latest dates compared with the receipts to the same
tme last year show a decreaseo 418,123 bale*
Gardens and Garden of
a very choice package of Ga-cen B*de
frit-nd, V. LaTaste, reminds os ?♦
eia ‘b t the time for starting early ▼age’awss *
hani, and that Mr LaTaste keep* a Jj •*
all the necessary seeds, always cp hand. Bee his
advertisement
‘.Volks. . *
Ess <1 i.Ok THE Sfct'KKToUY IXD THE EjClJO
•Sxcn.xTnßY System i r Nki.vf.x.—\V mc .
to the courtesy o; the author, (11 9. C .mpbje'tJ, j
M D., i’ro;V<sot o: Anatomy id fl.e Ifedi. at ‘“Oot
of UMnylaJ for a c*]py of- email roluma cou
tfriiWt; tis cb —Ist, Yv.* elassitk-alien of •
A brif Di?e*i'cs : id An Expoeruitof the G in
gUotJc Pattv li-gy* of aT e >nt nnedTevqja, as ilustra
ted il TypLa* md .Typhoid Fevoi Jd, The PEao
E-ay on the Exci to Seetet*. ry oi Nei ve6,in
its relations to Physiology and Pathology ; 4tb, A
letter to Dr. Marshall Hall, of London, claming
priority in the ui-c jvery ii.g vs the ExciUi-
Secreton System of Nerves.
These Essays are looked upon by luo profession
as the most valuable contribution* to medical
science that Lave Veen made for a quarter of a cen
tury, and we coutess that we foe) great pride in
bringing them to the notice of the profession, not only
on account of their value, but that the discoverer
and author is a native of our SU'3, aud a teacher
in th** Georgia Medical College. But least v.e may
be accused of undue part aiuy in the matte *. we
present the views of K. D. Fenner, Pr.fes:>r of
Theory aud Practice in the New* Orleans S hool of
Medicine. Dr. Fenner says :
liow true it is that the discoverers of great sci
entific principles have rarely been allowed tbegrati
ncatioii ot se-ing them general y received and duly
appreciated by tneir coteuipoi.iries i The la&t Jt
th se mighty men, Mmuhali Hall, who has tut re
oeuJy pass and irorn the stage of life, after pursuing
his scientific rusea-ohea for near half’ a century, still
realized this painful irutu. and confessed that he
shaiedthe fate of many illustrious predecessors. A
young raau hus recently sprung up amongst us in
the South, who has discovered ana published cer
tain great p’i?icipLs iu medical science, whieh, 1
am persuaded, are destined to advance the preces
sion at one slep forward in the investigation
of the mysteries which hive hitherto hung mound
the pathology of that gTeat class of diseases kimwn
a 6 fevers. That man is Henry F. Campbell, Pro
lemur <*t Anatomy iu the Medical College of Geor
gi For seven ye an past he has been developing,
and announcing irvui time to t:rae, new and nnper
i rant principles in the physiology and pathology of
| the nervous sysoiii. Y<*t they seem to have at-
tracted but little attention, on account, it may be
said, of the obscurity of tin ir source : but when the
same principles Were announced from high places,
i and sanctioned by the distinguished names ot Mar
1 shall Hall and Claude Bernard, the medical world
; ga/.ed with ae:omslneut at.the admirable discove
| ry. Our spirited young Southron has not. submitted
I to the injustice ot allowing his honors to be thus
taken away from iniu, bur has boldly claimed his
I ngh. and obtained from at least one of the great
i nanico we have mentioned, an acknowledgment of
j ins merit. The late i>r. Marshall Hall, ever a spirit.*
, ed defender of biaowo discoveries, has magnani
! in oils I y and giuceiuliy awarded lo Dr. Campbell the
i merit of the and soovery he claims. In addition to
i this, the American Association has awarded to Dr.
C., one o! ite first prizes tor bis adui rable Essay on
j the Excilo-kiccrttory {System of Nerves.
j The odjectoi these prefatory remarks is to invite
j the special attention of our readers to a port ion only
j of an essay of Dr. Campbell, entitled “An Inquiry
into the Tulare of Typhonlal Fevers,' 1 published
in the bih Volume oi “The Transactions of the
American Medical Association, 1863.” We think
I this paper luruisbe*} the best and fullest exposition
!ol ail tac phenomena of Typhus and Typhoid Fe
j vers that lias ev r been given. J. is entirely too
| lung for our smith journal, and we can therefore only
i make 10 *tn lor the author's Pathological ctn<l Prnc
tico / Deductions. A cartful perusal of these, will
enable the reader to form a pretty correct idea of
the preceding portions of the paper, which relate
t< the History, iSymtumalology and Morbid Anato
my of these levers, fell of which he truces to aberra
tions of the sympathetic and oigauie patent of
nerves. —E. D. F )
This little volume contains 135 pages, and can be
found lor eale at the Book stores in ibis city.
We are indebted t > Joseph A. Eve, Prolessor of
Obstetrics and Diseases of Women and Children in
the Medical College of Georgia, for a pamphlet copy
of his admirable lvjiort cu aiseutce of The Cervix
Ut vis read before the Medical {Society of the State
of Georgia at the annual ecss’on of 1857, with addi
tional notes. This id an e-say that should be in the
hands of every practitioner. It is the matured
opiuior sos the ai.iL ahr i tug observation and
extensiv6.exper.ei.ee in ILL particular department
of medicine. We take great pleasure in recom
mending it to the profession .
Artesian Wells inT i.vas —The Austin, (Tex.)
Intelligencer announces tL.t the HU for boring Ar
tesian wells between the Nueoc.i and 5 bo Rio Graude,
has become a law. The bill directs the bo ing of
five wells upon each of the following routes : From
Corpus Christ! to Brownsville, from Corpus Christi
to Rio Grande City and Roma, from San Antonio
to Laredo, and from San Antonio to El Paso; and
three upon tiie route from the junc
tion of the Edinburgh and Brownsville road, to San
Patricio. The Slate makes liberal grants of land
for the boring of the wells.
Ole Bull ai Home.—A private letter lo a musi
cal gentltman in New York, states lkat Oie Bull
had been received with great entLusiasin, cot only
at. Bergen, the city of his birth, but in Christiana,
and every city or village through which lie passed
“ From the theatre he was followed homo by thou
sands of persons, accompanied by a band of music,
and, eveu after he ha 4 entered his hotel, the enthu
siastic multitude continued for some time to pour
forth their jjyous acclamations at his safe return to
his fatherland.’*
Li'SUS Natuk.l-: —The Weston, Lewis county
Y’a., Herald describes a very remarkable pig which
it has seen, as follows:
It had a trunk similar to ah elephant, through
winch, when wlive, it orenthed. Its left ear was a’
so similar to that of the elephant. Upon what should
.have been its nose, was a hern similar to that of the
rhinoceroUß, while the lower part of the face rc# n - r>-
bled that of an ape. Its left fore toot Lad the ap
pearance of ft human hand, while the right one had
every appearance of a camel's—the hinder parts
were those of n pig. It w’as littered in Taykr coun
ty, Va. f
The Collins’ Line.—The Journal of Commerce
says that the Baltic is now with the other boats, in
the hands of the Slit riff; and if nothing is done by
the fltockholders at their meeting next week, to re
lieve the company of its embarrassments, the ves
sels will be sold. At any rate, we hope the ships
will not be lost to the countiy. If a >ale takes
place, there is nothing to prevent the orga lization
of anew company to purchase the ships, and under
different management continue the line upon a sys
tem still more perfect than any hitherto adopted.
Mount Vernon—Mk. Yancey, ok Alabama.—
We are happy to announce, aajßthe Richmond En
quirer, that Hon. W. L. Ynucey, of Alabama, who
lmtr oeen ao long perfonuing the patriotic duties of
laboring for Mount Vernon, and who retched Kioli
uiond on Tliuicday night, has formally accepted of
the position of K iglitof Mount Vernon for Ala
bama, with a determination to bring renewed zeal
to the noble work of consecrating the home and
grave ol Washington as a national shrine.
A Great Overflow. —A few weeks siueo, says
the Macon (Ala ) Beacon of the 17th, we recorded
three overflows for the ScasTm. Since our last pub
lication another has occurred and the greatest with
in the recollection of any of the old settlers. The
water rose a foot higher then the great, flood of 1817.
So far the cars from Mobile have run regularly,
but all other coinmuuicatio i has stopped. Thu wa
ter has been within a few inches of tire top of the
piers of the bridge acros3 the Noxubee. For ihiles
south and west of Macon pr t seats one wast sea of
water'. It is running all around Cedar Creek bridge.
A great deal of stock has been lost. On Sunday
last four bales of cotton were stopped on their way
down. We have had a watery season.
Arrest ok the Lanqlokd and Watchman
ok the St. Cours Hotel. —A despatch from St.
Louis, dated Feb. Sfoth says Charles L Taylor
anas Sanders, has been arrested fi r setting fire to
the Pacific Hotel and murdtririg Ephraim Uoanef
one of the inmates. Hr. Suader, the landlord, and
Charles Waldruf, lire watchman of the Hotel, have
also been arrested. The examination will take
place to-morrow, when a development of one ci the
most dialolical aotsever perpetrated is expected.
Ootraoeous Conduct —We learn, says the At
lanta Intelligencer, that on Thr.rday last, in the
vicinity ot Aituoue, on tiro stern &. Atlantic
Railroad, a pile of rocks, w ood, and iron was placed
on the track of the road, with the intention, of
course, of throwing off the first Iraiu of cirs that
pa-std up or down the r- ad. Fortunately the con
ductor of a fivifibt train and corered the “infernal
machine” iu time to stop tue L’ r i , ami thus file and
property were, doubtle e ,vtd.
British Railway Revenue —Some very eari
one and valuable tables have recently been publish
ed in England by Mr. H-kett. Aoewdrog to these,
it appears that the revenue of, the railways of the
United Kingdom, in 18117, was no less than £~l,-
000,000. The capital of these lines is about £300,-
OOd.Odlr. The railway prefirs for the last year most
have been about £13,000,00d, cr about four per
cent, of the total capita;. bui from a considerable
portion of the £3oo,oßll,OUtt being in loans and pre
ference shares at a rate of interest averaging more
than the percentage of profits, the average dividend
is about 3J per cent per annum.
Cession oe West Florida to Alabama.— The
Quincy (Fla) Repub! : <-an says that the people of
the West are nearly united in going (> Alabama,
and all that is necessary for the t-vnaiun matron they
desire, is to get a bill through the Florida Legisla
ture allowing them to decide the matter by thei,
suffrage. Can this be done 1 It has been done be
fore, ami consequently it is not surmising too much
to infer that a second can be put through.
I>r. Thom is M. Foote, edi'or of the Commercial I
Adverlirer, died on Saturday evening, after an ili J
ness of five days. Hr. Foote was Minister to Bo- j
gota under President Harrison’s Adm.nistraticn, |
and also Minister io Vienna under President Fib- j
more.
A Missouri Srt Roeex.—During a iate revival in
uie Baptis* Church at Lagrange, Mo., a lad I* years
old, who had acquired some notoriety in the town
as a theatTbal penormer, V .ir.ed the r-burch rood
prepared himself for tbe ministry. lie h= recently
been licensed, and tits entered on his clerical duties;
and so wonderful 11 his powers, that the whole
oornmunity are in ecstacier wi'h Lis efforts. When
he preachee, tbe church iscruwded per=oua from
all tbe country round about flocking to hear him ;
and the oldest veterans declare that (hey never tie
fore listened to etch thrilling eloquence. The name
of the “boy preacher ‘ is J. li, Fuller
We find tbe following epigram going the rounds
of the press “loose
Baid Anna's preceptor 1 a - ‘ a noon;
But tell me it proper nr common, hr; crier
W“h chrei= of Termi.lion and eyidids cast down
“ Tis Ivor on.iv r and proper,* flic pupij replied ?
The Locusts.—Gideon B (jmitb, of Baltimore,
Md., who has rr.a.e the locust a special study,
with reference to the peroouiody of visitation, an
nouncesthat the Southern tribe of thirteen years
locusis will appear daring this spring fa Jfitrssippi
and Louisiana, aub during tbe spring of ISI3 in Ala
barn* and Georgia.
A iflioiuie tbe CbarleiLoii Courier , tt&t
ike Bt<,ekß vs cottoa at the iuiaoA dr-poia aud way
stations ©f the S. C. Ran Road have largely accu
mulated.
Mr. Everett In Via xinm A NcMe-Kprrcli. v *
A puft of t irj entertainment in Uichmond, on the
i in. t , v. is a grand lM uga:aUon diurof, to .
w;*jo4 numerous distinguished guests wers invited
3H. Ei wARr* Everett was present, and made a
mQ£ :t noble and elcquent speech in response to the
following toast :
’ Massachusetts anil Virginia—tbs revolutionary
tits that unite them still live in the hearts ot our
people/’ j
Mr. Everett rose in response to a caii from all
parts of the Hali, aud upon rising was received with
i long continued applause. Order being restored
! he spoke as follows :
* ‘ - _ ... „
Mr President nnd (ifnt'emen —! thank yon for
.Isis cordial welcome. 1 thank yon for caffing open
me to respond to eo welcome a toaet. Sir, the reve
rence of Massachusetts for Washington aud for
Virginia, the mother of Washington, goes back be
joudtaoee revolutionary times which you have
mentioned. Yes, sir, further back than that Massa
chtYitts knew, and honored and loved Washington,
white the colors of France yet tloatod upon the bas
tionsof boil DtH(ueene, while the red cross of St.
Cleorge floated over the American colonics from
Massachusetts to Georgia He came to my own
Ihieton as long ago as February, Kod. He came lo
us then, we knew him then—he was already known
throughout the colonies as the youthful hero of the
seven years war. and, sir. when the revolutionary
times came on, when the colonies Hew to arms, and
when the great and important questions arose in
Continental Congress, who at this critical juncture
should conduct the legions of the sons of liberty in
the war of independence. Massachusetts cast her
voice aud her influence in favor of the nomination
of Geo, Washington. [ Coud and long coudnued
applause.] Sir, she had her own soldiers, she had
her own oniefs in the field, in the ranks of Rogers—
men who would tread with naked feet t lie frozen fields
of Lake Champlain, men who would thread the path
less forest —men who would storm the citadel of
Louisburg—she had leaders of tried skill and valor
—vet with all their brave men and brave leaders in
the field, aud at the risk of wounding the teudereet
nerve in the heart of a gentleman—the point of hon
or ; she still gave her suffrage in favor of Washing
ton, eh still gave her suffrage for that honored aud
noble chief. 1 Loud applause.]
Weliko-to this— continued Mr. E.—
aud to remember that when your great Virginia he
ro came to assume that all important trust, he did it
tinder the shadow of the walls of our venerable Uni
ver.ity, iu the ancient town of Cambridge. We.
like to remomber that he held the forces of the ene
my beleagured in the town of Boston, for several
mouths, and that the first great success that he
achieved in the war was upon the heights that over
look our capital. (Loud applause.)
Some of the foreign writers tells us that Washing
ton was no military capta'n. Massachusetts, Bir,
I knows better. Nearly within sight of where you
stand—my honorable friend says somewhere in this
neighborhood—with his militia fresh from the plow,
unprovided with ordinance, out of ammunition, he
kept his royal fotces at bay for uearly twelve
months. Massachusetts beholds another monument
of his genius on the heights of Dorchester, where
he achieved one of the noblest successes of the Rev-
olution. (Applause)
I read a fi-w weeks ago, sir, a passage in a French
work, in which >t was stated that Washington could
not have conductod the French army in the great
campaign of 181*2, which was the most stupendous
military array ever witnessed. It was led in thir
teen columns, each column composed of one hun
dred companies. It was stated that Washington
could not have conducted that army to Russia. I
do not know who has u right to say that. Ido not
know on what, principle of probability or common
sense, or law, or justice, you can say that a man
who has been a successful ruler over a few would
not have been a successful ruler over many But
this I will say, that from the superiority claimed
for Napoleon, on the ground that he conducted
that great army to Russia, there must be made a
deduction, and that is that he did not conductit out
again. (Laughter and applause.) However that
may be, Washingtpn, himself, calmly contemplated
the probability that he v ould be brought into perso
nal collision with this dreadful Nepdeon. Ibe
live that is a part of bis history, to which attention
has not. been properly called. You might recollect,
in that quant war into which we were about to fall
with our uneient allies, wheuo ur councils were dis
traded by domestic fueds, that Washington, after
receiving the title of l.uuteuant General, which
was never before, but ill one other instance, con
ferred upon any Other military chieftain, said: “If
an invasion is attempted, the enemy must never be
permitted to gain toothold on our shores.” Take
that w t.ii a memorable expression of his in a letter
to the President of the U. States, tiiat.the French had
adopted the practice, and with astonishing success,
of placing tlieir armies under Generals of juvenile
yea:*; and Washington intimated that if an army
had lauded upou our shorts, it would have been led
by the youngest and most successful of Generals,
and that he niinself would have been brought into
personal collision with that grok! “ un-
Mr. President 1 join you with .ill my hem t iu this
noble commemoration o. the occasion which has
called us together. Virginia har been called justly
the mother of States, and of men who have been
justly called statesmen. But there is one honor
which she shares with her slaters iu the ooufed
eracy. This mighty laud, from the tropics to the po
lar circle, boasts its attachment to tiie old Slates;
and sir, 1 might eay that there is Cot one ot the
States of the old thirteen, or many of the new, that
cannot boast of great men -, but to Virginia belongs
the incomparable aud distiugnidhod itot or of hav
iug produced the greatest men—whose pre-emi
nence all, without envy, admit—whose fame it is
their earnest desire to be allowed, as fellow-citizens,
to participate. (Great applause.)
bir, you have done well to commemorate this
great and honored sou. I rejoice that you have
done it by the taleut of a native artist. I rejoice
that you have found in one of our own native citi
zens, an artist with the genius to conceive, and the
taste to ex cute the work. (Applause.) Oh, that
Crawford c>v Id have lived to witness the triumphs
of this day ! Oh, that its success might pour one
drop of balm iuto the heart of his widow. (Ap
piause.) Sir, when 1 (race this gifted sculptor from
ihe commencement of his career, when I follow him
from the early production of his ‘•Angels,” the
busts of living contemporaries, his Orpheus, his la
ter wo.Lsof figures andgioupsiu the pediment of
the southern wing of the Capitol at Washington—
then the noble statues of jeffeison and Henry,
which already adorn your noble monument—when
I see him ascending from glory to glory, and success
to success, till he has reached the apex of his art
and reputation in the imperial statue of Washing
ton himself—(applause)—then I behold him rising
from this beginning, ascending from triumph to
triumph, as ’lis said of Phidias, whocarved the gods
and gave to Olympus a Jove, is n fanciful to sup
pose that the genius that guided his cunning hand
through all these eat ly works was overpowered at
last by the transcendent glories of the matchless
work of art -, is it faittiful to suppose that the giit
ud si-nlptoi who sees much more than ordinary man,
who penetrates so much deepei into the sacred mys
teries of expression, who sees so much higher to the
throne of Heaven iu hisVareer, carving thoughts
aud characters aud feelings from portals of saiuls, a
revolution successfully conducted, a constitution
wisely framed, a government patriotically adminis
tered, all depicted in every glance of that divine
face—is it mere fancy to say that the gifted sculp
tor, like the gifted poet of Paradise Lost—
“ baw it blaze ia excess of light,
And closed his eyes in endless nighL”
(rreniemdoua applause, which continued for some
minutes.)
I am so old fashioned as to be a believer in monu
ments. I believe in the granite ana marble. X be
lieve iu monuments, and I regard them as one of
the noblest exercises of genius, taste and skill iu a
highly advanced stage of civilization. But, sir, they
are more than this—they embody high elements.—
They are the embodiments of Patriotism, Truth, Fi
delity to Country, and fckjienoes for the Common
Good. I ted you that, as long as that noble work
shall have the snow's of winter and the heat of sum
mer, if the arm of flesh shall ever fail to sustain you,
that rigid arm will buoy you up, and be a terror to
traitors. (Loud applause.) 1 tell you that thunder
more turious than the elements will clothe Lbe neck
of that war-horse, U> strike terror into the hearts ot
the enemies of the Union aud the Constitution.—
(Loud applause.)
i will save a little for what awaits me to-morrow,
and I beg leave, therefore, simply to conclude—
(cries of “(Jo on,” “Gon on,”) —with the following
sentiment:
Virginia—She honors herself in the honor that she
pays to her great men.
[Mr. Everett s speech was followed by loud and
long continued applause ]
Warlike Legislation in Kansas —The bill
which recently passed the House of Delegates of
Kansas, to inflict a penalty of death upon any offi
cer daring to a t under the Lscompton constitution,
has been rejected in the Council or Senate. The
latter body, however, subsequeu ly unanimously
adopted the following resolution, to go into effect
f Congress admits Kansas with the Lecompton
Constitution :
“ Resolved, That in the event of such admission,
we, in behalf of the peop’e of the Territory, as re
fleeting their lixed and unalterable determination
upon this subject, will view the same as a declare
tion of war ; and relying upon the justice of our
cause, aud the unit ed strength of those who are
bound so us by their sympathies and interest, both
East and West, we will go into the fight, despite
the disparity of our position, for extermination or
success.”
The Legislate"; has since adjourned, and by the
time they meet again, the “sober second thought’
w;li probably induce them to withdraw their decla
ration of war. There is nothing like sober reflec
tion.
Reduction of Fare to California. —At length
there is a prospect of a competition in the line of
steam communication across the isthmus of Pana
ma. The opposition line is to commence running
on the sth of March. The regular mail line have,
therefore, reduced their passenger fare for Califor.
{ iria one-halt or more. This will be good news for
| emigrants to California, the number of which is
i likely to be increased by tbe pretou r e for employ
j ment in the populous cities end districts. While
one-fifth of the popu alien of the city of New York
require the aid of public or private charity for their
I support, ample employment is to be found for gold
i diggers or diggers of potatoes on tbe Pacific shore. :
i The old rate for the first cabin was S3W, and tbe
j new rate has not yet been fixed, but the price of
tickets for the second cabin has been reduced from
S2M to % 100, and in the steerage from $l3O to ssu
‘JVifl Includes the $25 charged each passenger for
the transit of the Isthmus. The new line will per
haps take pa.ei)gerß for a still lower rate than its
competitor.
Death of Judge J H. Stark — We are pained
to learn, from the Griffin Union, that Judge James
II Staik, died at his residence iuGriflin, on Wednes
day last. Hia remains were attended to the piece
of burial by a large number of relative’ and friends,
and numerous spectators.
Dwelling House Burnt.—The residence of
Mr. James H. Mann, five miles south of Madi
j ton, was entirely consumed by fire on Saturday
i last The lose is probably from SI2OO to SISOO,
! without any insurance. The fire was accidental.
Grain at Chicago.— lt is stated that there are
I about one million bushels of wheat in btore, and
j about sixty Uotuand barrels of flour at Chicago.—
Wfitoat is selling at 53#55 cen 8. It is the general
( cpnion that two million bushels of grain will be
\ ready there fori transport a ion upon the opening of
1 navigation.
Heavy Operations. —Pickpockets were exceed’
j ingly busy at Richmond, Va., on Monday last, in
, relieving strangers of their spare change. The Dis
patch states that (seventeen men aud three ladies
were robbed of various amounts, ranging from $5
to SSOO. Daring th* delivery of Mr. Everett’s ora
tion, on Tuesday, several persons in the crowd had
their pockets picked. One of them lost $3,500 in
drafts and money, another sllO, and a third $35.
From Montevideo. —Accounts from Montevideo
to Dec. 25th have been received at Baltimore, stat
ing that Trade is nroetrated on account of the news
I of the financial aißarraugemejits in the L nited States
and England.
An armed revolt in the mines, headed by Sol vrers,
appears certain.
A •■rivatedispatcb from New Orleans to a gentle
mer of STeahvfflc, dafed Tnea<la y- M ” tstes that
Mollaase* telling “ barrels at 31 cenU, and
I Uif-barreia at -He cento per K&Oon, Sagar and Uof
fee buoyant.
We notice that Mrs. Bi., widow of the late CoL
B’iae. United States Army, and daughter of Gen.
Taylor, the ex President, was married on the lltb
in r ,to Phillip P. DanJridge, Esq., of Virginia.—
The marriage took place at Now Orleans.
H(w*trieii tlirnW;:-
Mr. D* Fosksi , v. 1: Ur ■ ! rfl
- trice,’ hut Just bn ptt’Jizhee', vs • ! y,
rope in pursuit ot health. Amo.’g otlhr p .-: s, 1
where astOßiebiiqjjtures are per'’ rmed,* he and
Graefenberg, aud furnishes the fob ;WT.-g -hr Vi of
the doetoriug humbles of that vicinity r
<■ Whether the’ Silesians arc akfur.o’v gh, > ‘ o
heterodox me'hods of doetciv h snoply
the stKX'ses of PnewiOit* hail gent-r and t .u;.u Xtcu
! 1 cannot deck e t hut one or ofner of ri -e mPy c?
i had favored the neighborhood of Gtaetb:m. rg v.pt
a variety of odd establishment - f.ir'the *g -t
diseases. There was a < urd Cr wl-< rri- ■■ ,1.
people w'ere ted exclusively onoerdk-d milk, tv.-d,
1 was liguliy informed, put asuukmiu ixt *•
a Straw Cure, wherein the patientsrud cut drm'k
iutemperately of straw tea. but were horribly r ■
merited by being put naked inside of straw’ 0 cbqanu
kept there until they w ere nearly flayed by tin
points amt edges of this medicinal fodder And.
about two miles from Graefenberg, iu the ce’iey 1
Die little stream ot Fretwa dau. was stfli- unoV. >
eccentric hospital do voted to a method Vt troaimeid
called the Wine Cure. Here horribl- <weatii. ,
eight hours, in numerous dry b! mkt ts, • mad-: tie
nights miserable ; while a curious -ys.esn vs diet,
arranged on a sliding scale, carried .. p.-wic:.;#
through all the stages of starvation and : • idert u,
commencing with abnndan*. men s, a:*d nobr^’.KTtbg
gradually to the* ri.uu,s ot three
small rolls a day: the* t creeping up A\-:cr\\e
etairoase again to aldermamc
ner*, aud so on, up and do*vn, uqtL eun-uv; \\ j
either cured, buried, or driven to the “in “’5
of flight l.n compensation for this dh vrp iu(nttuu>
tiou of the tleeli, a couaiderabhi dahy portwu ’
wiue was allowed, and oil Saturdays douD.e t
D* Haute villa told me that, happeutr-g in thuv or.e
Saturday afteruoon, he found the patu iu max • “
doctor all fuddled together. One old acquaintane**.
too glad to see him to wait till no could reach f* l ®
door,stuck his list through a pane of g! i * to e
hands, after which he haUooeu not miy. dt; larmg
that he foil bet'er overy m ini l . . and de’ -Miic, i;:g
Priessnitz as a quack and cT*d water as u mu*
Singular as it may seem, this system o.t.'ii -n ted
cures, and drew over various icntgadea from Giac
fen berg.”
Mu. Everett’s Kt*i. <;y of Washivoton —Tliti.
largt st audience ever w itnessed in the Rir -uiKmd
Va.) Theatre assembled there on T tuts day mono
.ng to hear the lion. Edward Everett’s * , W*rhi'.y,-
t on Eulogy.” The Dispatch say 1 :
By it) o’clock in the morning crowds o ladivs
aud gentlemen began to pour into the building, su
that before Id o’clock every in - k and e nutr no m
pit to doouie was literally Lacked wliie hundreus ot
others besciged the box oflice end surn undid the
front door, eagerly seeking an opportun ty to add m
few more to the u!reaiij^crowded auditory.
About id o’clock the o. :< mu played two nation
ai airs, aud iu a short time after the bell rung up
the drop, when seated on the stage was observ'd
1 ieut Gea. Scott Geu. Harney Hou. Wrn. V
Hon Edward Everett, Hon. Wm \j Ya*cey. th i
Wise LieutGtov. Jac ks, n, CoL George Y\ Muni “i,
and other dietingmshed civilians ."iris ildieis all com*
tortably seated, while upon a table in trout of
ot the guest was obstrved the walkicr: can-’ ay-l
apy -glass of General Washington, which wt-* in
tended as presents to Mcrsrc Everett aud Yancey,
by the ladies ot the Mount Vernon Association.
Col. Alanford, on behalf of the ladies, j rrs- ntcJ
the cane to Air. Ever**U, aid the t*p; giu.'.: to AI
Yancey, ill an eloquent and appropriate addi ol
ten minutes’ duration, during the delivery of wh'-h
lie was frequently interrupted by applause. Alessif
Everett and Yancey, responded rnorl happ. >, i.'v.tii
of them reviewing tue services to his com: r.y *
George Washington as a soldier and a civilitm, and
his labors for the preservation of the Union. Ai
the conclusion of these speeches Mr. Everett p ■*’
needed to deliver his great oration upon Washing
ton, which waa heard with the nuist exquiii'4
light by tiie great a>semblag<!. l'he oeromimit
passed off with the most happy effeo', and gave rant
satisfaction lo the va t assemblage.
A Terrible League.—The l*ais correap. .jdeui
of the New York Times, ppeakingof the 1 -.*•■ at I
tempted assassination of Louis Nnp<’: oj, fays :
“It ia reported that one ot the pin owner*, Ru i.• !
has turned State’s evidence, aud that, in kb ‘ fi.
fessiou, he has revealed a plot that •'■ -h n -t cn r a J
very smiling prospective lor thu Emperor. Accord i
ing to Radio’s confesaioj, Vu w< r>
five hundred in number, fhey* are bound I*> thcii
work by a terrible oath, roc ‘ue'n*obp.'ctis the as. as
siuation of Louis N apol u. 1 .i year, or uflener.
if ciicnmstanoes shall v. mrant the atteinpl, lb
whole baud shall draw kHorn it box in whi!
there will be live winning nuraLqis. The five mem
bers drawing these are held to put in iipnudla* l * *e
cution an attempt upon the Emperor’s !i! j
shall be approved by the whole society, ‘ .< by i
(hose who are charged with its cxeciuu o. Tin j
society has plenty of money for carrying jut. ib
designs.’’ _
Ui’s andDownsop Life.—The Newark <N. J }
Journal; of the 4th ult.,says:—Nin years ago to
day a youth, eighteen years old, was i-.npre.--.rcd in
the service of a monarch of Europe. Three year
later lie arrived nt Ph'dadclplua, having rics*ifce<
and secured a passage to this country in a l*liil*i''ci ■
phia packet ship Six years to-day he w-iuducd
about the streets of that city, a homeless wanderer,
without friends, money or wardrobe, and ui able to
speak a word of English. After vainly eearoloiJi:
for employment he attempted to commit biiic.dt
but was restrained. The next day lie succeeded ii
obtaining employment, and received JO cenfo pet
day for his services. In a short time lua health be
came impaired, at and he was again reduced to the
lowest depths of poverty and wretchc'dnes3. He
recovered and experienced a variety offortunvs, mi
til we find him three years ago upon the stage Since
that time he has been in varied circumstance..* id
different kinds of business, aud about a year since
came to this city with a considerable sum oi money
which he had saved. lie “is now worth some thou
sands of dollars, and will to night coirirnunprr.to,
together with a few of his friends, the sixth iii
versary of the failure of Ids attempt at Buhi.de,
which he regards a providential escape., N
Kansas Intelligence.—^The Kansas HeraW, oi
the 13th instant, the only paper published ai. Leav
©nworth (if not in the which advocates
the acceptance of the Lecowpton Conytitutfon, has
the following article in reference to the election re
turns from the Delaware Crossing precinct :
‘ Recent developments concerning these, lof&ri r
show there is something rotten in Denmark. \\
go for our party and its success, but v.: will not a t
vocate or sanction fraud for that purpose. Wli.:
ever of fraud has been committed in el*jc*i. • ]
must be charged to those committing it. We learn l
that the judges at Delaware Crossing have made
affidavit that the ret arns found buried in u box
fraudulent; that their certificate has bet n cut <ll -
from the original list of names and appended t > a j
false list of three hundred and seventy nine names
Who committed this act? is the (pusrion. There v
no evidence that fbe j e returns liave evei been* t“-
ken into the count by Gen. Calhoun; and hclioe h
nor the party can b<* made account able for them --
It is too bungling a fraud ■, it la too palpable to b*
used by any party. VV'e do not believe they have
been used in the counting or footing up ot the- eltc
tioD returns. There is no Democrat wiling to ac
cept an office made cl ally to depend upon hlcli re
turns.”
The Richmond Washington IVldnument. — l’h
pedestal of the Monument Uan elaborate n*truC
tion, forty-two feet high, with a winding sUir-cnse
in the interior, leading to the bronze plate on which
tiie equestrian Ft at no sLandr, around will tb*re
are openings, from which a view of the ufy ■ ay i
obtained. The stat ue itself is twenty six feet, high,
making the total height of the monument sixty-eight
feet. Mr. Crawford's sham of tLe work, aud the
prices paid for it, have been as follows :
For Equestrian Statue of Washington .... 000
For Statues of Jefferson and Henry each
For two ShieklH representing the great seal and
coat of arms ot Virginia, each $2 000 4,000
For stars and wreaths .. 07.’
•52,97.-1
In addition to this there is yet to be paid f*r
a Statue ot George Mason, (with a like sum t<
Randolph Rogers, Esq.) • 4,500
Making Mr Crawford's total receipts • 77.47
In addition to the foregoing, three statu off
bronze, of Thomas Nelson, Jr., John Marshall, and
Andrew Lewis, are to be executed by the sculptor
Randolph Rogers, who is to receive for them s'.,<)(Hi
each. Mr. Rogers’ entire bifl will amount to s3l,
509, which, added to that of Mr. Crawford, wilj
make the total of the seien statues and t in
other bronze work SSH,!'7S.
Affairs in Washington.—A Washir ,'on Cor
respondent of the Now Ygik Times sayu tl.u a it- ;
conciliation has been partly ©fleeted between It; i
bert J. Walker and the President, and UL ■ rtt-.ri j
that the late Governor of K ii.ftoa v. i.l ro l>nger be
found in opposition to tLe Ler'ompli*n CwUßiitution
Senator Green opens Monday on Kan as, and
Collamer replies.
Seward spee.ke Tuesday.
Alexander M. R(4)in-* ,, n. oi Mo :s appointed t/>
the Central Superinteuwim? Indian Affftsr, s r, x\c-
Gov. Com mi rig.
Crittenden, Tuornb* Maeiui fiavu * Jb-cfed n
settlement of the difficulties between ( Ly ami :
Cullom. The challenge was withdrawn, end tro par
ties returned _
Georgia Millitaky Institute^— li Marietta
Advocate says : —Exercises have be< nr* ed u
the liihtitute this week. Some tw-nly five fi'-v
Cadets have already entered, and ti.*- pto.-pe 1 :s ;
now very favorable for an large a number n* -■ j
year, notwithstanding flie pressure lo money mat J
ters.
Lotteries.—lt is stated that $30,000 have t>een i
expended in Baltimore in attempts so suppress lot -
reries. The business wai started in 1815 and there :
are 80 licensed to deal in policies. Ac attempt in j
now being made fn the State Legislatirre lo abolisti
the supplementary lottery system, and in 1 A tin*
entire lottery system expires by cons', tu". :o> 1
One day, not quite three w o iks ago, a r.r
tlis viciii.ty, says the Johnson (Pa ) Echo, attendee
tlie funeral of ker mother, at 3 o’clock P. M • v/h
led to the altar, a blushing bride, (we pro*nine she
Washed ; if she didn’t,, she ought,) at fi o’clock,.ju*?f
three hours afterward, and is now making applica
tion for a divorce.
Pennsylvania Legislature and inr Lecomp
ton ConstitutioxA majority of the Commit:. •.
on the Kansas Re solutions, ha* rtj L ■ r ( *f
admitting Kansas under Lecompton C ‘m*
t on speedily.
The New-Yoik Chamber of C omwrc* lan paa-vd
resolutions condemning the bill bef>ic ( j
compelling merchants to u;e liogen’ marine wgna’, j
under severe penaliies. A long faiaiemeniwas r ad,
whowing the defects of the pMteut laws resptimg
the coHisions at sea, ard fggesting acceucuir nts
The case of the Lyonnais and .Vfiriatic v.-.s r i isrred
to, and roach sympathy >ias express..d fi r Captain
Dunham.
Largest Cargo or Cotton Ever
Tire ship Ocean Monarcb cleared from ‘S-v Or
loans on Tuesday with r.,%.) hum cf CVticu,
th4 pounda—the larpeat t- o.pe of
Cotton, say? tbe Pkafnne. e ver riiipp'-d frrrn that
port.
The Press i.-. France. — Tic Press !.'ji
a delightful time of it The journals ore suspenied.
when they say anyrhieg unpalaft>l>ito the £’epe
ror, and they are interdicted when (hey keep r F-nt
uponßutjects which he tri.-L i thcpi t- rlr e*’ hi
the way pteasioß to himself. One newspaper las
just been interdicted liecause rtdid not
the assassins who a! tempted the Emp r. r
This is oce step in despotism a little further tl-ao
any Other ruler has dared to aitonip!.
A Miatak*.—The “.siugurar tact ’ lira: The 4th
nf March oou.es on Sunday ouiy quoe m .■ U I
Si,™ oZ to be uofo at ail. Ebu 4tl. ofl or.
d&v when General Taylor wagjnapguia^d- ‘
eeremonies were perforiuedon Meminv. f * *’ ] *\ .
t.n Sunday every *eveu years. T<*e I••
inauguration falls on Bwday every ‘JB /♦*
’ Wiv t.i i ■ .<• i t 1! of Lcub
!'* od tiii life of *hf; French Emperor
| J>. I •*■■■ t'n<, iu *ho following UMiiUer The facts will
| *■” r<arlf Te ta °York Tribune ,
: n; . Iu w •’,-.n l >t u IK>ll t!m life of Ibn
j * t N-:-i , often a,k and why the
i* ‘ ’ \* T q o;;i .• . ■ r.ol t.II, engaged ih the
. r . ft • f i’
] 1 1 j..'( w;w-,. -.••cub’d some years
\ ;<! k*. : k,; a i: 3issi*jft > e the Emperor, wk*
i ch. r- : ‘‘t •* ,"'if herald make a lull con
j . 1V • Bi=i accomplice % but he bravely
! *l* t l -'-rifeV.s t.. fFv'-J'tlMs’ViJi's'of Ihe
Il” . ‘ JT^T‘•” ■ ‘-"F-V**’ ro \Vi: undoubted.
IV Lr.u -I -Itv I'ftz Ai i t*.i.u K tr fl : , ; minor that
i “ . ’ i ¥ ' l; ‘Pi’- ’-t it ii witness
I ‘ is n fi" ; h i,,.. ,I V i-ireu
j Jared',.it i.-- not r-.t ad He;it-vod.
i fl> reasons l hit Stem •v*n a ■ for the
| fert that ‘ C i/liinarous h‘l injn -ng >.i ’ I?nperor’a
! ills hav.- “?, iUH-st invtWy nwl ■ Hy ItHliana,
i <l” notop'ain rt .- tfiaf.tiT correiilly. li. ks iWH
I tll* l.'-’il Mifiduon*ri rou.j ,1 til,, ‘j <,f
j fofc’KY ,-vW.- ivad with a.'oiliW't't-Jn bztheL be
l r*i Tas- hiw. tt'U t-v. ,- -S Bold , th')u*h
ptey his tr-'ijps Uek td ~l’ .n’.IT qn his throne, the
j cera Vqs not-received wiili jUlkvor. 0. Hi eon-
Libefals, w - wish lorna
j tl'.rHl liberty W’ s-.lio Itt.-s|ipi :il I-. U.aK,ifße.
: pitbliea: s, evt-n t ii his day, regard Ithn with fxvor,
t tlt.'W’oj; ifi,.! p i--. the i’ ;.e many
; n:ea-.uri sos rtforiu t ‘ the
I o! Austir.i. ‘ TJ: l!(C ims s i.:.‘ i-n are t.iendly to
, the ennii . I’U- memory ui /*•- Napi.lw.it W stilt
! rud.tl by r.-.m, *Btit there has existed atnouß
t them h'i yhiniv vfdmrab!o orgaicza
|ti m and ;f p v *. ; r.* U>The dreaded Car -
I immediate yes’ t- the J.V, w hJiev.dution of ItGO,
[ llndvw.r . tl .Aiql the Ko
! in--” i„tu dl:o Litehies oh Pm ■
! it.a ■'itHhJi. .>•- B. li. Were ti e votk ..f the Car
i bonari, uini htj.- put in a most .'-nn-
I cum*}}- irt.i. iiei li, the tr*iope of ihe bite pope
Grw ry. In the R man, L-„-the pteseS
| fi jrpevorac.d bis Itrotirv-r, ivl o Aed during; the in
i surrhVtMUL wef .Oi-Keiv’ se-A They , .-re
UI, worn On,bom ! It is g( .. le .
i rftl.y ti; .t it v. : I*'. ir , the i “dj.-iaCoi'.
! .i.-'Ji >*..<,•, v.'iio iaKi.’ i th- p:,- . •
! limperor to tiie Carbouati, of iv... -h Mutz.ni,
Pope tno l the la’- \t t'M-ks Alhar.i
j O.re trptjw, uinkhers. ‘i’fits^ojety never, rtvea
j n rein , ids us-aolu r■> pjju tlt' ! -t i . t-ui.alin
explmiiii ‘i .u. Muzai.fi* s-i • a lo Urns IA.
j and Chaites Albert ; tin i t*, <,< ‘‘ (i . real ~e, ret of
: the recant Rifri’-iber ultetnpts by rid:;::- iq ..u the
| L'upeMi * life.
1 LtH Nupikoti In. < b hiu <r:o2 ill- : r -.fa if
! o-.w M p<>.. cn tmt rcaff.dd, but
[ U:i*y )UicMß.Uiiu ihG*u!,s* Htr ready t aVcngc
I tire bi ; r.nd oven though torture be tried (that it
j u 'tJ uu i-t* Lon *. !‘n f i;>yc n piovui i > Ireiuis
| i* ave’s* “llfcdir'ry of Ten Yeirs,’*) ttiey null die with
| uut.a'aKfog a *gn. . *
it: ini is iiq\ *x4*ect6d tu ■•av\x* hie worn ids. Ho
- • • His
work ui: ..tu g hi3uo,l oiogu r eicapo from the
AiitTtHu prWon-4, .y.u r- .i.cmtlcr, made a great
i JUjiciitiiHMi'.wiie time siia o. IK* singularly hand
| some iu p.-rs.-n, Ficfri, in Hlluriuijp to Imi alter his
arr*-t , ilttUl to IVince N fc tpolct*n,,*• Ho is 41n* hand
eomeiiiif in Ike world i*never twr any!king to
equal I lie beatify aud grace^f-this momtev 1”
A* ft,ball al Funs, iq : lufig jiacj, u bonator, ft
gC* 3t fhqnd.t f the Exyttsw. h. c.gratulatmg
, - her on her gajtt; kud f05.,.i t-jjU’iiJ. “Yes” she
’ ” 1 to i. rg ’t ( .. ehr.mUr ;) 1 know
tha 1 imp iq thee<iy&Vc sh,UtnPimeriali together!”
| Boor ahe-itt mbe pitted. Her -i'aco and
! goodness Mierif a l;iw>fi*:r kije. The ci\v u ih hi
deed to hei'cempoaed tf iho rue. A 8 juw vlu- Empo
[ i.r liojs aatltoi-nu-t. fviata!*. 4> “What
j will U’, Ailt bt!,” w his metdo, • yd it i- thought
j that much of 1 his confidenqA is assumed.’
• Hh? ki ownihnt tfo* FrerK-a oxi.es in London and
were not com cvnc m the fotc cm^piracy.
I Louis Blacc and Ledru Uolibi are hulh
! aso’casiuK’.leii The affair w.i ■ ely tfoi work of
j ‘CtnihtiHH j, and r n ally seems a just retribu
: tion that (mo who conspired hinttfolf should now be
i C ‘ ‘ - . ; tstioSN • ‘••• HQSpiliton
l ‘-lie that takc.tii thx sfrnriLshah p<-4li*by tiro
1 fftroid ”
Y'nr..beri'c-; ; Tft, A European
Nt iv York, Ft*W-.‘2tt, I&V.
#
Tlicstc.mierMdgin.lia, f- uh'Texas nuw tiro
l l Jtb iusU> euivcd Nw Orlvaus on Monday,
the V”tl.
xn LJali* Ai) agricultural xqn raitoc:*- and proa
pecle iu Tas. ihe
Acnoußta from the Uileiior indfeate a gentral-ac
livity among^pbiu!-rs in plowing and putting in
t be ir spring crep*. In rd-uni N. at Iu in ‘l't'xaH
tiro gronnU is sfiil too wet t> admit < f much pro
j-irest, but t-Ue weather w<*Are iflow huvii g M-rit stion
p> it good.i>nir:‘ Wesfo’-n T. \ ami. the coast
••{urns s w ere never in n nqrc promising conditiou
fttihfa the yea tiiM>at. pr- n f , and large
vrop.i of cyesy dc.< *v.ptiou are now. coi lid idly an
licipated. A hum r bi. dh of laud will be devoted
foci rn and whefwthau b*4‘ t•, mid w think
the Hftlre may l> il*e nri va ipn of cotton
.•Hpeci 'U’ the a Jf hnd*variety, t( i whk Ktho
j lands are be.‘i ved to bo peonliai'y adnptttl.
la a word, if merciful providence will pre.-mvo ua
Irom late frqbtfl and rave uus ins • s, vv.6 shall bo
able to obtain morc.lrotn our rich and generous anil
than ev%r before*
TANARUS: c ,/unc paper also hd<iß the following:
Two dr three Very important suits uYe por nto
C'me before tiie
tins city, ler dreitfion. (be in tiro suit hetv; (*n the
city &u<lthe-City (’orapuny <f Galvesfnn, involving
ihe rig lit vs property !•' wtevt is otAl-d the ‘Flats, ’’
or that shallow part cf the bay betwveiVthe dryland
and the channel, some ( wo. of iiuiuh’ and yards
wide, and exJci.dh g alorg cutln alh side M the
city. All •ur wharvv4i tu'c buiii owrlHis to the
cbaunel. No.diMibot erJtrUn.td that theee Hats
will eve itua'ly be tillrd upend built upon Indeed,
this procure is nhcauy* going on.-'This property iH
ctdinrated at several hvaCn and thousand dolloid, but.
it wi.foot be iu any.year iielore it will pfobabiy bo
the x portion of the city, ns all the
heavy iKivificsi nfithe ciiy nuist.be here. * *
The .-uitsbrougii'. Iry liiq State against the Lorn
raercinl aud A.r.eu’hi ] B.if);. and ggniiwl. the
iu>uee'of if. vV 1> G Miii-, o to I*. Lii .lyur
gaed and decided al ilji iform of t iie Supremo Court .
These suits have bee n prading for many years; and
ttuiugb it is admitted the dbnimoreial interests of
Texas have been greatly beiieti , 'ed by ln.-l.li, and
Ll>nt nobody luu ever ,uffoitd a cent of Tors by eifch
rr , yet thfe’cduVt, we VuppeA-, ba .; n. tfang to do
vrith the result j, hut only with the hvV m . it exists.
Tlvd Austrian correspondent of tiie Galve:dim Ci
vißfint in hi* ieiter of the I3t!i inHl.,.#Yrit‘s n-< fol
lows: * , •
I now lia<e tha plensure of •ftmuiuncing tbe pas
sage of one of'ihe mo t. iaiporlant laws ever enact
•<l forth© weflaTo of Tenns. If is mi act opening
the almcsti'iilire public domain of the State tosale
at fixed pvh e•. To be Irri f, the Commissioner of
•ihe Lantf Office I** ulhorized to -!t lafid scrips in
<juantlTlen of Hifl. 4Jtl, CIO aud l k j<su acre tracts.—
; The l&yti* in the Pho tic ‘Reserve to be sold at ? i
I per acre; tLe altfttiate cOons invades raihoad
itiid Galveston Canal gran ! s and lauds 4m all tb** u>-
iands at Jo per acre ; mid nil pi,her public lands
nti-ned ’or. puseefl, <>u motion of Mr.
Brown. ur-JO oVwk night. This. mKif’og a.
-run wa-i outdo ou tho [Mud Office to buy fify ctflilo
iwip fn ilhorized by fbo bg-t fr-giala-nro fts the
price <.f lands in llsu’ II .- j ve,) l. Lie the
Governor owild sigq'tbig bill, m.-t by 12 o : eiock
about Lvtlv# floliais lad b©ci jud in,
h‘U f Gov. Kujniets, lu aring onlie mVv< men*, Wtno
lime in aJHxing t-Is ; eign tomlnml to ii-e n- ■ •!~<l noti
fying !lu* Onmnimioiierthat.lt \fn’ a law < ; uuml,
which at i F JVL,puLaston tb thehnvVu! tion You
wiK see lbHt'H|o-(<tila’ai'? w< rc tlitis ‘a,;., rejerve
r.crip n< fifty o< t .v, ;.i> i: .t ria acuo* 1 . dol
'lailß tl*c ir.Dillt'u! li: ;v f w'r’? *'g n; ’. _ /
Tse
y\'t tfS'-n that Ulc sales of codon in this uHy for
jlwv i-xtfnogTu;. s?ay evi-nhivr, aßiouijed t(*
.2(lhu bf.’ a. fli6 bite'’favouible accounts have given
quite an impulse t* tie lnttikeriaod Mi ore now*
appears to 5.- nu difficulty in raising all the money
htcetsaiy.to huy ailfiie (Ntttoij tlilu is oflering tor
sale. * y.
Ot ifce Heuelui! K’ailtoad tbo Telegraph remarks :
Th<rColiflVjbig road haa uovf about :3 ready
hi tbe rails. Tfiif, UiCludiDg the Tap rofli, is moie
thau three fiftfistd Urn way from Hun si on to Co
lumbift. The ••oillac eirf iya dokig good work and
dearof it. This road go*-.-: abend witlf a
Hpofrfl wbi *h others may well emulate. Tbe New
Orleavaro&Vl wiU, : itis toped, b? soon etartei—
MC'ftn? are i;ribflnd ‘to < ? o large amount of
work, and tfe do not doubt il will be pushed rapid
ly fi rward. Track-faying Mil! goes on on the On
tral, and lioj'hfeapf i uittitaiue*! of celt orating tJui
<-,tiling t liemjfsteadaf ari early day this spring.
TPbe Anirliu iTitfdiigei.rgr, ©f the 47th iirtL, pay's
The voluCteffs;! ave4f ft lot Hit scenes ol
fiea.
Ffom a go title a. • u jut returned from Sisterdale
we Jearn tluit i* vr*w luinci-a tberp ttat j parly of
ldur irom Cac .p \Wd<-1 fc d billowed th*- trail of
the Judiaos who reu uttyftr lul in see from the Me
drtm fin ii!es,ftnd overtnken'an old
IvM.-qraw.- Ti.c lodtao, finding hip e.-
| cape impdss*'.t!e, deiiberattiy Ijhed tb</womai> with
a large butcher knit©, Mid then t hot two or three of
tlie*o!dtefs be wasdejpaldbed. We give
| t.jj© report !f what it ts wonlu
Tim Eb'pufcv, 1 ‘Jib iuptAot, g&ys :
The we-ther frai- a pr}yg like apoear
fince for the pat t. iuW days Tl:u gra-is’ou tiie prat
lies obtaio©d HJUoe.dt b?ighl .• fT... 1 good grazing
ior trUMtR, Fepcli trea ant hi Idobm and, the buf
dnig ot the foreet yeem a D* the approach °f
spring. 4jut plmoer.q'iiotrfjeniring to lose rtn-ir la-
L>r and p.wds/are Imckwar i; planting.
TLe I jHT r -di) > orre. pouch:!.t of the Corpus Cbrieti
.Valley, dej - dr\tiims by Mexicxn
bore?© thieves on tie Texan side yt tbe lvto Grande t
4uyu the Mexican* are bifii'ilcTy ivorse tlmn ti e In
a ua the frontier. * • .
TANARUS aStea me rat Fike in Kk u Oklk \.\s.—Tha
I'cavnue Os Jlrutin/ evamog ha- tJie fijlowing
’ a< :ounlof Ihejirein New by wbicij five
gtciunb'j&tiwate burned,’ ctf witiefi we badit tefegra
j pwic report yU*d* y:
j At en/’y-hour on Htfrday iTorrJug, un &larn .of
j Cre WAB ru: g <ut fiy the i£on l**rigi:es ul a Oaz+n
bells, and tbe city croukeff *rvm felnmber. The
ti ‘* • ved to be on board of the’ steamboat Mon
Lihk, ly rg at A giefs How P origlAKted we ueVe
j been ui:/,lh *<i but tfco Tfin.-d renolt was moot
| die rLiu . The Mr:’-auk. was destroyed,
t'-gePier with lbe : ?e’/untrs Virginia, Montgomery,
S. S. Frouti-H, fmd W. y. Si pn.i of which were,
niiooivl ili fe;i intineaiaje v'fHoity. ¥L>e two lawt
.
■ having Dte;. ourued or cue drifo.d to tbe-eity
rid© of t ‘} river , and iand^ii fttooug the shipping in
thekeemd First the Pmit.ift set fire to
u
Vhii Andovf’ V doing omieiaeruble injury to each.—
fiott.ieiirejYten vvereou fcauci in eoLsivierable force,
<i fi.-mfly saev r-eo din pndiii :r rtf the Inirniivg
steamer, and flame oq board the
tip n and vti onßi.,* Nexi. ‘the bun.) g wreck set
fir/tod he Ae.Artcrin ship Nanny Foa dick and tbe
Spanihb < Free o.- a, but th done wM
v*Ty gieaf, tb** Uremeu aginn on hand, *
and bu* Vs*d*j4 m giving the wreck anew
Unfitth into tRe 3trtairt. Thi-> time she continued
.oo ai.qon tfiT ®L>- qrrived at tbe convent where tiie
Du k Key s aod Dav;d Carter Were moored
Vt it j both tftfi l£biip?e i-jrCl D:ck Keys came *n
• onuct, bat by lif Lme nil her op iv; rework shad *
Ittep ‘down, mfd alo w.us without much
trouble pu-bcjl oil agaiu ia p the trearn..* As no
’ fiytl. i*’ jv*. iHjfiC.pated from i,er uiyvu
rtiuiits, the firem-ii retdruq-’ to thpui y alter a mobL
wearisome ‘Work.
The ;in a wed kewu final, belonging
t?ii© tuiU hiiD. *-<** this o. y and Cairo. -Siie
w.-.sparr y its. ...xl-kjmd wort!: übuert S3O,MH). Ti e
Uit.y w* an ATt.ik'NjViS boat, and u.trt very
‘ vakt'kble a Rearlv
ns w, atjd vf Dnfi about $3Q,000. Tjie Sherbmu was
a ko/ c,
total dan-.-g© by tbe fire is estimifted a f SIOO,OOO.
The Cafxvre of Cat-t ji^—-"With retrpaoi W the
operaiton© in C'i;inu ‘be Pays fxy.i thar os Veb wop •
•; com*;*} th** fail * ‘Gfeaton from tl>p Emperor, Ad
:nh *.l Seyrnmir prdppyes, in cose pC iu capture pro
duaiug *BB* * (le©fc on tii - ’ tubb ni Vicesoy, to fak*
Tieueiug, hi the Peyhd a.f, a Tdiorl distance ffo*;
r. kh:, vih U4rvJi>’ !’ T**" l
Itnßroflif f the SrmcwW r:o lot K r pinad ino,
. tuirce uw'-it the ant *ou g.
Akhest Tam * lt-na i -0.. morn
-idK<vfk*< *-eA, fl&ione* Andr,-.a, s rejiiivut r !,y
, k rfXiIWJ, non., at V, therdie
Va •<: dwi a?c!i Iri-m the p s’
t charging kim wi’jl having rcU; fl tfco
•IhnUrl .S. JR* !► ‘. * hl’ t-r ao’ tek
[ ; jr SM, with wl.ieii ho wna ef••?-,•.▼ -ring to
’ Tbe erxvj—l oforo sur-taiMu ai. u id
eh Tide:, • f i i :. l bail to appen.- v -u tip, 4h of
Maivii for (.amniirmiou.