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(&|roWtlc it Sentinel.
IN SENATE
for service iti LtAn. ,
Mr. Hnd.*rm. of Text*, took hi* J©*t
Several memorials from the Legist u ‘
lowa. W ‘*<* for railroad purpose, were pre- .
“"linking reported a bill granting Rome Arseca. ,
to the Stale of New York. Passed
Mr. Green o*ll*4 up the Kansas bU
Messrs Gain and Broderick objected a* the 1 a
etSo Railroad bill had priority.
The motion to take up the Kansas btU was how
ever agreed to. • cay- - . , .
Mr Green tip* the floor and gave no
intenrion to offer a substitute far the adot-■ ;
the State of Kansas and Mtnneso* togetnwt P h
that this would expedite business. Ha
r eeded to speak upon the subject under com id .ra
lion replying to the position# of the minority of the
eemmfdes on Terrifies. and earnestly advocating
the admiseiou of Kansas into the Imon under the
Lecompton Constitution.
Mr Collamer replied, against the bill, on the gen
eral ground of his minority report from the Commit
tee on Territories. a
Witbou concluding, Mr. Collamer gave way tor a
motion to adjourn.
HOUSE.
Messrs. Seward, Hams, of Illinois, Grow, Curtis
and Bishop, were appointed the special committee
on the Mat tenon case. Mr. Harris was excused a.
were received from the Legisla'ure
of Washington Territory declaring that Governor
Stevens’ proclamation of martial law was pa.n.;t.e
and was required to preserve the peace of toe ler-
mT Sherman, of Ohio, < flered a resolution wb.ch
was adoptsid, calling for information whether any
money has been paid from the Treasury for the
year iding in June last, for the expenses of the
Legislature or alleged Legislature of Kansas, and
ifso under what act and from what fund.
The House debated for about three hours the bill
reported from the Committee on Accounts, propoe
ingto rocrni/.e the employees and to arrange their
salaries The discussion involved the question of
economy
Pending the question the House adjourned.
IN SENATE .March'd.
The Senate passed the House bill making appro
priation* to fnltiil the Sound Dues stipulations.
Mr. Seward presented a bill amending the in ‘ of
March td, Id. r <o, regulating the carriage of steam
ship and other pa-sengere. Referred.
Mr. Evans introduced a bili ameudirg the patent
ltt Mr. Houston intr dueed a bill providing for the
organisation of a regiment of mounted volunteers
lor the protection of the Texan frontiers. Afro au
thorising the President to raise four additional rigi
merits of volunteers
The resolution of Mr Douglas, offered on the Ith
ult., calling for information in relation to Kansas at
lairs. He presented var Mus reasons why it should
be adopted, but it was set aside for the considers
lion of the Kansas bill.
Mr. Collamer resumed his remarks from yester
day in opposition to the bill, and having finished his
speech, the Senate after up executive session ad
j<KU,MMI - HOUSE.
The House proceeded to the consideration of the
motion to reconsider the vote by which was referred
to the Committee of the Whole on the state of the
Union tin- Senate bill giving the President power
to restore to the active or reserved list officers of
the Navy affected by the naval retiring board.
Mr Davis, of Maryland, made n speech in justifi
cation of the action of the retiring hoard, who, he
contended, transacted the business with which they
were intrusted in an honorable and conscientious
manner. They hail purged the Navy of much of its
rotten material. That administration would be
held to a rigid responsibility which shall place in
command of a inan of war any officer who has been
proaounced unworthy of discharging active duty
Mr Miles, of South Carolina, earnestly condemn
ed the proceeding of the hoard, whose action in
some instances was absolutely repugnant to every
sense of justice and fair dealiog He could not ap
prove of such secret societies, whose weapons of
destruction were so directed that tli • victims could
uot tell from what quarter the blows came.
Mr Chapman advocated the bill, am! was strong
In his eonoeninat ion of the inquisitoricnl character
of the retiring board.
Mr Sherman, of Ohio, was opposed to the hill,
behaving that all the aggrieved officers had a fair
opportunity for trial betore tbe Naval Courts of In
qulry.
Mr. Milson denied that these officers had a lair
trial, and remarked that the action of the Naval
Retiring Court had been emphatically condemned.
Without taking the questiou, the llfruae adjourn
ed.
IN SENATE March 3.
Mr. Hammond offered a joint resolution author
Ding tbe Secretary of the Navy to pay the officers
and seamen engaged in tie expedition sent in search
of Dr. Kane, at the same rate flowed in Dehaveu’s
expedition
The Senate resumed the consideration of the hill
for the admission of Kansas iuto the Union.
Mr Seward, in opposing the bill, urged the fol
lowing points First, that wiiereas, in the begin
ning, the ascendency of the slave States was abso
lute,’it is now being reversed Second, that wiiere
as heretofore the National Government favored
this change of balance from the slave States to the
free Ntaleii, it has now reversed this policy and op
poses the chauge. Third, the National intervention
in the territories in favor of slave labor and slave
States is opposed to the national, social and moral
development of the Republic lie took occasion to
criticise severely the Dred Scott opinion pronounc
ed by the Supreme Court, and in conclusion, said
he had always believed that this glorious Federal
Constitution Is adapted to the inevitable expansion
of the empire he had so feebly presented. It lias
been perverted often by misconstruction, and it has
yet to be perverted many times and widely, here
after; but it has inherent strength aud vigor that
will cast off all the well- which the overhanging in
terest of classes may weave around if.
Mr Thompson, of New Jersey, mgde a speeou
in favor of the admission of Kansas under the Le
compton Constitution as a measure calculated
to restore peace within her borders by leaving her
to manage her affairs lu her own way. Senate ad
j,mraed - HOUSE.
The House resumed the consideration of the Sen
ate resolution of the Naval Retiring Board
Mr. Wliitely argued in favor id the resolution*,
severely critioising (be proceedings of the Naval
Board. ... ...
Mr Bocock opposed the resolutions, contending
Iti at the proceedings of the Board of Inquiry were
just, and even if reversed that many of its supposed
victims who were expecting to get back into the
navy would flml themselves mistaken.
Mr Winslow and Mr. Seward severally advoca
ted the resolution, which was finally pa-sed— yeas
1112, nays 61.
The [louse then adjourned.
IN SENATE March 1.
Mr Sluart report mi adversely on the bill to amend
theeVct of March 3d, IS. r >J, tfraiitinK bounty lands
to oerUinofficers, soldiers, &o.
The Senate, at I o'obark, took up the special as
eUtnment—the Kansas Hill Mr. Hammond of South
Carolina liaviuK the floor, who iu present c of a dense
auditory-thronicln* the galleries, delivered an elo
quent speech on Kansas an.l the future destiny of
Hie South, whether it the Union or out of the Uni-
Oll Hecommenced tiy adverting to a remark of Mr.
Douglas, who had said that his cue paramount oh
jection to the Ueooinptou Constitution was found in
the fact that it did not embody the popular w ill of
Kansas How. said Mr. H„ is this will to tie ascer
tained ‘ This seemed the cardinal question upon
which the whol&ooutroveray turns, aud formed the
real point of difference between that Senator and
himself In his judgment it was erroneous to say
that the Constitutional Convention ot lvai sas was
a creature of the Territorial Legislature, wi ich be
ing a mere municipal cornoratien author / and by
Congress, had not a particle o sovereignty to tui
part The sovereignty of Kansas residea, ii any
where with the sovereign States of the Union, and
could not be delegated by Congress to a Territorial
Legislature, because ii w as not competent for Con
gress to grant a sovereignty w hich it did not pos
sees. Neither Congress nor auv other power on
earth was entitled to inquire whether the Lecomp
ton Constitution represented the wnl ot the people
of Kane ad Iu tha case ot a territory, like Kau
dji*, in the process of population by daily iiimugra
tion, it might iudeed be true that the pending m*
strumeut did not represent the wishes ot the present
majority in that Territory; but for this it did not
deserve reject mil at the hands of Congress, liie
Constitution reflected the views of those who had
(ranted it, and if these were now a minority it nov
el theless did not impair theii wotk , and, iu view
of the political security designed to be guarantied
by written constitution*, it was hardly paradoxical
to say that constitutions, being made tor the mi
nority. should also be made by the minority.
The cry of “popular sovereigty ‘ had been raised
in the pending discussion. There is, said Mr. H ,a
popular sovereignty ; bu! it also has a counterfeit,
which might l>e called jurpulact’ sovereignty. Our
Kevolutionarv fathers had illustrated the former,
based ae it was upon two great fundamental princi
ples—representat on end the ballot-box 11. the
one they provided for the details of their civil admin
istration, and by the other they retained the means
of always asserting aud vindicating their sove
reignty. Expressed through the ballot-box, the
voice of the people became indeed, tor political
ends, the voice of God but without these forma
aud restraint* it was rattier the voice of a demon.
The history of Kansas had illustrated the woik
ing of popular* sovereignty. \\ ilh its disgusting
details he was unfamiliar —purposely so, because id
the disgust inspired by a perusal of intelligence from
that quarter He heard much troin lis| üblican
Senators ot “gigantic and stupendous frauds, ‘ ali
laid at the door of the pro slavery party, as though,
forsooth, the Kree State emissaries, gathered from
the purlieus of Northern cities, were iucapable us
committing either fraud or violence.
tie thought it not unlikely that the Kree-State
men composed a majority of the people ot Kansas
but their refusal to assert that majority through
the ballot-box sufficed to indicate that they uesired
to keep upou a perennial controversy iu that Ter
ritory, and he did not doubt that the Uepubliean
party secretiv desired the admission of Kansas un
der the Leoomptou Constitution, believing, as they
do, that it will result in the disruption and over
throw of the Democratic party. It was sought to
foment and preeerve the anti slavery agitation for
political purposes
With him the slavery question was no abstrac
tion and he should th’eretore proceed to discuss it
as a’practical thing— as a thing that is and ’rust br
Mr Seward had announced that the battle agaiust
the South was fought and won. H hat tnay have
seemed at first and to some an unguarded utterance
of that Senator, had since been r<-| eated and cou
tiruled in an elaborate argument before the Senate.
It ws* assumed that the South must nc-. .>rtu con
seut to be treated as a conquered pro vince The
Senator had announced that the North would take
the Government m its hands, would reconstruct the
Supreme Court, and control the whole foreign ana
domestic policy of the country. He was thankru,
for the statenn ut, as if concurred with his own eon
vtctions of what was impending. , , ,
Ln that event what gusrauieee had the aoou t..at
It Would not be plundered by protective tariffs,
bounties e hen, banking acts, or even that their
•laves would not be emancipated ‘ The peopled
tbe south would have only the isith of the North
upon which to rely, and that had always been bro
keu. lit view of tins contingency he theri tore w..-r.
ed to bring the two sections face to face, for the pur
pose oiattaimug a dual aud conclusive settlement
of the eiavery question, now and forever, or of
meaeunug the reapective requires* and capabilities
of the two lathe event of a separation.
The South possessed eight hundred and fitly thou
■and square rniiee of territory—an imperial domain,
rich in varied and unrivalled production* Through
it ran the wnght-y artery of the Miausuppi. holding
ta afilimioo with the South tee tributary region de
pendeut upon that great outlet of the Northwest it
wae idle to talk ut Checking the spread of slavery
throughout the valley ot the Mississippi and aiong
IhefbrauChae which feed it* current.
Tk* population of the South wa* four times that
of fbe Cotune* Lich achieved our naiional inde
pendence A million of men were registered on her
muster roil*—men brave by nature and familiar
w.ch the art* 01 war. He would cot dispaiage the
papulation or the soil of the North, The tormer
were energetic and intelligent but the latter pro
duced no great staple which w as uot common to the
South, while the South had a monopoly of two or
three of the great staples which control the com
nerue of the world, it i* the surplus production of
w oommuntty which c ustitu.e* its wealth, and
enables it to essay g; eat enterpi ises of peace or war.
How staod the two secbccs ot the country m this
regard? The statistic* of our foreign commerce
■bowed that tb* South possess and euioy s surplus
erodmgion of two hundred and twenty motions cf
dollar*—biug at the rat of sixteen dollars per
capita throughout the whole population, whne that
ot tUe NortL rev bee ti* sum of twelve dollars
l>*r ctpiia
Ocgaraxedaepaia'* . the w --uid gaiL*; a
revenue of forty uiibi'tis uuder lue preset tariff
lohodn tr. wLu.b might tx- reduced to for ,
oil the purposes of a Southern Confederacy, iecur* ,
I from vnr by her natural defences, and by the
i .dispensability of her productions, the South woutd
r ed no armies and no navies. Cotton cas bring
i the world to its knees. Cut off the cotton supplies
j..r three years, aud Great Britain would topple
i headlong from her seat of power. It was cotton
which had saved the country from the prolongation
! G s [hg late monetary revuls on caused by Northern
1 speculation and overtrading. “Cotton u King.'’
! But the greatest strength of the .South (continued
: Mr. II I resides-in the harmony of Ler social system,
i No other people enjoy a civil freedom so perfect and
i secure. Elsewhere there is, in a greater or less de
gree, a want of harmony between Governments and
the people. In the South this relatival of the two is
: such as to insure a happy, contented, and ham:o
iiious state. In every’ civilized community there
must be a menial class, which requires for its ahot
! led place in society a iow order of intellect. Its re
qais i tee are physical vigor, docility, and fidelity. In
connection with these mu it be found another class.
! possessing intelligence, culture, and refinement
I The people of the South have menials whom they
i cell “slaves.” The people of the North Lave the
; -nine class who are s.aves in fact, if not in name.—
Day laborers are everywhere slaves, by whatever
name they may pass in the civil community. The
j slaves of the South are hi.ed for life, and know
I neither beggary nor starvation The slave* of the
j North aie hired by the day, with none to care for
their, or insure them against the approach of want.
| The slaves of the South are black aud of an inferior
race, which has been elevated by slavery, and is
insensible to a feeling of degradation The slaves
of the North are white, and. as tbe brethren aud ua
turafequ&la of their masters, feel galled by a sense [
i.dence. The slaves of the South do not I
v„ te 1 Tbe slaves of the North are the depositaries I
of political power, aDd will make themselves felt j
and f.-ared so soon as they learn the tremendous se-
cret of tbe ballst box. „ ,
Transient causes have heretofore swollen the
prosperity ot tbe North. Hordes, of barbarian im
migrants from the Old World have filled the West.
In population there has been progress, but it is a
progress towaids anarehy on the one hander • ng -
llance committees’ on tne other Heretofore the
people of the South have employed the people es ‘.he
North a* factors to fetch and carry tor them. It the
South should take its business out of the bands ot the
North it would reduce the iatter to poverty. Here
tofore Southern statesmen have controlled the poli
cy of the Government. It was slaveholders who
took our country in ils infancy and who have gov
erned her during sixty outof the eeventy y are which
have tided our national existacce. They have kept
the national ho or untarnished, and if now destined
to see the sceptre pass into the hands of the North,
they will a’ least enjoy thwsatisfaction of pointing to
its orient unexampled prosperity as a pr-'i't of
their wise aud conservative etatemenship. What
the North shall make of all this prosperity remains
to be seen. , , . .
Mr Doolittle alluded to threats made m ceria.n
quarter* that unless Kaunas be admitted under the
Lecompton Constitution the Union will be dissolved
Did he believe such a great national calamity could
follow the rejection of the Lecompton Constitution,
or that v wae at all likely he con teased that it would
be entitled to great weight but he didn’t believe
that ali the politicians m Washington could dissolve
the Union. Referring to the boast* made that had
(. remont been elected he would never have been
inaugurated, hesaid that the Republicans would
atana by the Union whoever was elected President.
He then passed a flowing eulogy on the Union.
Without concluding their consideration of the
subject, the Senate adjourned till Monday.
HOUSE.
The Sneaker announced tbe first hue mesa to be
Mr. Hoard’s resolution asking for a select commit
tee to examine into the charges, that the action of
members had been influenced by the bestowal or
w ithholding of Executive patronage, the question
pending being, “sha’l the resolution be entertained
as a question of privilege.”
Mr Hoard, (N. Y.) proposed an amendment,
charging on his own authority, and common report,
the Prerident with endeavoring to control the action
of the House on the Lecompton Constitution by Ex
ecutive patrouage.
Mr Humphrey Marshall, (Ky ) suggested the post
ponement of the subject for one month.
Mr. Burnett (Ky) objected to the postponmeut.
He paid it was due to Mr. Bum?, the member impli
cated, that he should have a hearing now. The
charge was baseless and contemptible, and was in
tended to injure the Democratic party as well as
Mr. Burns. .
Mr. Hoard (JL Y ) said he had twice disclaimed
any personal I oetUity towards Mr. Burns.
Mr. Burns (Ohio) sent up to the Speaker a writ
ienstatement, charging that Mr. Hoardjintended to
make a false and slanderous record against him, anil
saying that he should hereafter treat Mr. Hoard and
his slang with the contempt they merit ill the esti
mation of all honorable men He further denied
having had any collusion with the President or his
Cabinet as to his vote, asserting t.;iat nothing of the
kind hud occurred, and rectly or indirectly.
Mr. Hoard again disclaimed any party spirit or
intention to wound tbe feelings of any inan. When
lie introduced tbe proposit ion he did not suppose
there would be any opposition to it. He contend
ed that it was a legitimate subject of inquiry, that
common fame was a sufficient ground for an inves
tigation. It, is a common rumor that the Executive is
now endeavoring to control the action of the House
as he lias heretofore endeavored to <io. It was com
mon rumor that led to an investigation iu Mr. Wol
cott’s case. In moving for this inquiry, lie was not in
pursuit of a victim, but the offender. Mr Hoard said
t hat he was informed that Mr. Morris, of Illinois, had
twice endeavored to get the floor, to make some affir
mation of the truth of the statement which Mr. Burns
had denied, relative to his vote on the reference of
the Lecompton message to the Committee on Terri
furies. Mr Smith, of Illinois, and Mr. Morris, of
Illinois, lad both informed him (Hoard) that Mr.
Burns was previously relied on as anti Lecompton.
Mr Blair repeated a conversation with Mr. Mor
ris iu corroboration of Mr. Hoard’s statement.
Mr. Nichols (Ohio) said—When common fame
was presented as the ground of investigation, it
was beneath the dignity of the House to entertain
the subject. The allegation against his colleague
was false. He never expected, as is charged, the
appointment to the Marshalahip ot Ohio.
ail knew, without an investigation, that power aud
patronage were brought to bear in favor of the pas
sage of Administration measures. This had been
the prac’ice of all Administrations.
Mr. Giddings (Ohio) asked Mr. Nichols to make
an exception in favor of John Quincy Adams, who
onee declared on this floor, that, while President, he
never but on one occasion asked an appointment,
and that was of a deputy postmaster, in jwhose fa
vor lie wrote a note to Judge McLean, whodeclarod
that the applicant was unfit, and there the matter
ended.
Mr. Nichols replied that there were honorable ex
ceptions. Aa to Mr. Burns vote, no member had
staled ou his own responsibilities that there was
any reason or motive for the change. He moved to
lay the subject on the table, including a resolution
from Mr. Burns, which Mr. Hoard had accepted as
a .substitute; this substitute provided for the ap
pointment of a Committee to inquire whether there
had been any collusion between Mr. Burns and the
President, and whether any improper attempts had
been made, directly or indirectly, to influence the
notion of any member of the Uuusecn any measure
on which the House has acted, or has under con
sideration ; with power to send for persons end
papers. The motion was carried by—Yeas 92,
nays 80.
Mr f/uitman, of Miss., called up his bill authoriz
ing the organisation of a regiment of mounted
volunteers for the defence of tbe frontiers of Texas
and also authorizing the President to call out, as
occasion may require, four additional regiments of
voluuteers. He said that he was opposed to the
permanent increase of the standing army, believing
volunteers better adapted to the present emergency.
He combatted the charge that voluuteers are in
ferior to regulars, and couteuded that the former
are governed by higher considerations than the lat
ter. He also referred with pride to the hundreds
ami thousands who at the first sound of the bugle,
offered their services for the Mexican war. lie
mentioned the fact that volunteers don’t desert,
where four tbousaud of the regular array Lad de
serted in one year.
Pending the consideration of the bill, tho House
adjourned.
Mu, Everetts Charity Oration*.— Simple,
honest,disinterested benevolence appeals, After All,
more effectively, to the sympathies of the people
th&uallthe best management of all'the Barnums
aud imitation Barnums in the world. It is an
nounced that lion. Edward Everett will deliver an
oration on Tuesday night next, at the Philadelphia
Academy of Music, for the benefit of various chari
table institutions, and an interest exceeding that
created by Jenny Lind is created. Hundreds of
people pay for a seat not only th * dollar asked, but
premiums ranging from one to one hundred dollars.
There have been grand operas represented iu the
Academy, in which the services of one r two hun
dred persona were required ; iu which the music
was enchanting, the scenery exquisite, the dressing
superb : but the highest sum ever obtained by such
a performance did not exceed about thirty five hun
dred dollars, with nearly four thousand people iu the
house Yesterday, Messrs. Thomas A: Sims oom
men<*ed the sale of tickets for the appearance of one
plainly dressed sm-aker on the Academy stage, and
for about four hundred and fifty seats, between
thirteen and fourteen hundred dollars were obtained.
To morrow, at noon, the sale of the remaining tweu
ty four hundred seats will be resumed, aud it is
probable that the whole amount to be realized be
tween this and Tuesday will reach or exceed five
thousand dollars—much more than any opera ever
yet yielded. All honor to the managers of this ex
cellent movement iu the ca .se of benevolence ; all
honor to those who have given their gratuitous
services to promote the object; and all honor to
Mr. Everett, who so nobly devotes his talents, with
out pecuniary reward or the hope of it, to two ob
ject* so noble as the memory of YV&shington and the
cause of charity.— J'h Had. Bulletin , 4th inst.
Steamer Burned. —The Cincinnati Gazette
says:—A bout half past one o'clock Saturday after
noon. the steamer 11. A. Jones, Captain Wm.
ktiight. of the Cincinnati aid Marietta Packet
Line, started from this city for Parkersburg, having
on board 25 passengers and a good load of frieght.
About 10 o’clock at night, when about a mile below
Augusta, the boat was set entire by the bursting ut
a can of alcohol from which John l>oyd, one of the
e ewauls, was endeavoring to fill a lamp. Boyd and
James \\ ilaon. the cook of the boat, were both bad
ly and probably fatally burned. The boat was im
mediately headed for the Kentucky shore aud run
aground. The passengers had ail retired for the
night, but were quickly aroused from their beds,
and notwithstanding tr.e rapid progress of the fiames
which spread over the entire upper part of the boat
in fifteen minutes, ali were saved by the sxr.allboat.
Fortunately the only woman on board was the
chambermaid, who was rescued from the water
when almost exhausted. The men jumped into
the river, and were picked up by the yawl and con
veyed to the shore. The Heury A Jones was built
about 18 months riuce, by Captain Pst. Rogers and
Captain Knight, and was owned by them. She was
valued at SIB,BOO, and was insured for $12,0W. Her
cargo consisted of 2t>2 bales of cotton received here
from the Glendale. from Memphis. 50 bbls. pork,
100 tierces sugar. 218 bbls tleur, Ilk) boxes cf meats
and a lot ot hams. Nothing whatever was saved,
the baggage of the passengers as well as the freight
on board, being burned
Serious Affray is Americcs.—An unfortunate
collision occurred incur City on Tuesday last be
tween Maj. Kills and his son James Ellis ou the one
side, and James T. Uoleman on the other, in which
all the parties were seriously injured. It seems that
Holeman. first struck young Eiiis in the face and stab
bed him in the cheat with a large pocket knife, about
this time they were separated, but soon after Hole
man assailed the elder Eiis wuh the same knife:
whereupon a regular cut and thrust fight ensued, in
which those three participated, and continued until
llolem&n was tut or struck down. The elder Ellis,
we are intoimed. has some five dr six cuts, cone of
which however are considered dangerous. Y'oung
E iis and llolemau are both badly injured their
recovery is doubtful. The parties all live iu the
c autry. and are the victims of intemperance.- Sum
ter Republican.
A Fugitive Slave Case in California.—lt
appears that Mr C. A. Sb'vaii. of Mississippi, went
to California some time since for the benefit of his
heakh. taking with him his servant Archey. Ar
, hey having left his master was brought before
Judge Robinson, at Sacramento, whose questions
he answered by saying that ne did uot want to re
turn to Mississippi. After hearing testimony prov
irg the fact of ownership, aud the purpose for
which his master had visited California, Judge Ro
binson decided that Archey should be discharged,
on the ground that he was voluntarily brought into
tne Sl *!e by i.U master, and that his master was a
citizen or eojourrr of the State. Comity woulu
r be txiend, d;o the citizens of another State
* - wc * u ‘-’ ash wim the laws of a State or the
rights ofcitiieiK, an 1 comity could never be exten
teyo** the rights and privileges
a k\ ,ta ow ? Jtizeus. Archey was re arrested
immediately, and c** e will be carried up to the
Supreme Court of California.
A Rxvolctio* 1* Ma>\ £ (rota
Mantev to January otn st* * lhat - ;
broke oE the 2d headed by
veira. Barricades haa bees tkrowu up in tne stre-ts
of Montevideo, and at the latest dates the revo u
tiouary trevpe were approaching the city. Au t. n .
gagement was hourly expected The foreign > ‘
sels of war in port, inciading the American, had j
ou shore parties of marines to protect the :<r©h.n
reeid*-Lts The American commodore at ti e re ‘
ouest of tie othete, had taken command of tl e for !
eigu iorcea
England’s National Debt.
The public debt of England is computed by hun
dreds of millions of pounds and far exceed.’
debts of allother nations, yet, though so eacum’
ed. the credit of England is unbounded. Her n: ■
ietry are never at a loee to supply the needs of g< v
ernment, being always able to negotiate loan.’ to
any extent end to raise millions almost with the
same ease that other nations could obtain thousands
This facility for creating indebtedness may be
traced to her extensive commercial relations with
other countries, the enormous wealth ot her private
citizens and hereditary nobility, together witht-ie
extensive power of taxation possessed by the House
of Commons. Her trade was looked upon as a cer
tain guarantee ioi peaceful relation# w ith foreign ;
governments, and the wealth of her subjects a good
stake for the repayment of loans advanced by capi
talists to the Chancellor of the Exchequer in cases
of admin-sicative emergency. The large invest- j
meats in government stock, by almost all classes
of her citizens, wae supposed to create cn impene j
trable barrier to revulsion at home ; and hence the j
national debt of England Las been held up by slat*-#- I
men and political writers as the grandest safeguard
of the State, the bulwark of the throne, and tue no
blest institu ion of the count ry. But the men of no
property, the tax-paying portion of the community,
ana the middle classes generally, do not regard it
in this amiable fight. Even profound legislators
themselves nad frequent misgivings that danger
might one day arise to the ruling orders of the land,
from this extraordinary rampart of the confltiuitiv*n, |
and have been devising various plans for dimishing j
its proportions by such atomic reductions as would i
not excite the attention of the people, and lead them
[ to suppose, for a moment, that the machinery of
i government could work without the dearly beloved
! national debt.
The eariy commencement and gradual increase
of the English national debt present some fact* de
serving attention. The people are not accountable
for entailing this burthen upon the country. It
tbe legacy of King William the third. Before be
had been ten years on the throne, he ran the En
glish debt up to $87,.000,000 . and in the \ear 1701,
the British House of Commons passed toe following
resolution on this subject: “ Tnat it is notorious
that many millionfl have been given to bis Majes y
for the service of the public, which remain accoun
ted for.” Succeeding monarchy improved on Wil
liam’s example, and at the end of Queen Anne's
reign, the debt bad arisen to $270.000,000. In the
year 1748, it amounted to $891,500,000. The con
tinental ware and other malversations of the public
money, had raised it to $650,000,000 at the com
mencement of the American revolution. The ini
quitous and cruel war which England waged against
tbe rights and liberties of American ertizeus, in
creased her debt to $1,285,000,000; so that her in
effectual attempts to crush the young republican
spirit of this country, imposed upon her a fresh
burden of $650,000,000. The French revolutionary
war cost England $837,500,000. This debt was en
tailed upon England herself, as Ireland had a sepa
rate taxation and a separate debt, until the year
181 b, when the Consolidation Act was passed, and
the taxation of both countries assimilated. Ire
land's debt then amounted to $3,180,000,000; and
the total liability of Great Britain and Ireland
reached $4,3*0,000,000, at which figure it may be
almost rated in the present year.
Various plans have been suggested for the reduc
tion of the national debt.; but it has become a time
honored institution of England, defying all tinan
ciering, and dinging to the nation with as much te
nacity as Biu bad's old man of the sea. Sir Henry
Purnell, in his work on financial reform, says: “If
all the loans which have been raised since the be
ginning of the war of 1739 had been borrowed in
annuities for 99 years, in eight years from this time
(1832,) the extinction of them would commence
and in 8-1 years the whole debt incurred up to 1813
would be extinguished.” But the government had
been in the hands of the old loan contractors, and,
moreover, the debt had come to be regarded *a a
venerable heir-loom which should be preserved in
tact aud handed down to posterity as a deftn *e
from ail republican conspiiators plotting against the
file aud dignity of the crown Thus the Engl s *
debt has grown and flourished, throwing out ils
great limbs and its thousand branches, overshadow
ing and overtopping everything in the land. Dr.
Pi be, in his work on annuities, says “it is obvious
that accumulating debt so rapidly and mortgaging
posterity for etem y. in order to pay the interest of
it, must, in the end, prove destructive. Rather
than go iu this way it is absolutely necessary that
no money should be borrowed, except in annuities
which are to terminate within a given period. Were
this practised, there would be a limit beyond which
the national debt could uot be increased, and time
would do that necessarily for the public, which if
trusted to the conductors of its affairs, would nev
er be done.” These views have, to a certain ex
tent, found a practical adoption of late years in
England, and the ministry has professedly acted up*
pun the policy of raising by new or increased taxes
the sums necessary to meet the extraordinary wants
of government, and during the Russian war it was
announced, we cannot say o what extent carried
out, that no permanent addition would be made to
the national debt. What that war ost will proba
bly never be known ; certainly no bill of it will
ever be presented to the British public iu a sepe
rate form, but iu the last year of its continuance the
usual expenditures of the government iucleased
from jC50,0110,000 to jJ88,428,315, or in round num
bers jj 15,000,000, in our currency over two hundred
millions of dollars, more than during a year of
peace.— Balt. Amer.
Letter from itlillurd Fillmore.
The committee having charge of the arrangements
for the reoent celebration in Richmond, Va., re
ceived the following letter from ex President Fill
more ;
Buffalo, N. Y.,Feb. Ist., 1858.
Gentlemen: — l have the honor to ackuwledgc*
the receipt of your letter of the 15th ult., inviting
me to be present at the elevation of the statue of
Washington to its position on the “Virginia Wash
ing ton Monument,’’ iu the city of Richmond cn the
22d of February, inst., and regret exceedingly that
my engagements are such as to deprive me of the
pleasure ot accepting your invitation g
Your state is justly entitled to great credit for
erecting this noble taonuinent to her peerless sou,
as a tribute of gratitude to his memory. But the
fame of Washington is more enduring than monu
mental brass or sculptured marble; aud when that
proud pile of g auite shall have crumbled to dust,
and that beautiful bronze statue with which it is ,
(jrowned, shall be exhibited as an ancient relic in
some future Museum Jhe name of Washington will
shine with increased lustre on the brightest page of
ilia country’s history. Surely, then nothing which
I could do or say could add to this undying fame;
but, nevertheless, I should rejoice to test fy, by my
presence on this interesting occasion, veneration
and profound respect for the character of Washing
ton.
Perhaps there never was a time when his unsel
fish example aud prophetic warnings were of more
importance to his country than now. That Union
which he sacrificed so much to establish, is threaten
ed ; that warning which he left as a paternal legacy
to tiis country is slighted, aud a growiug discontent,
North aud South, cannot fail to create anxiety in
the breast of every tiue patroit.
At a time like this, I should rejoice to meet my
countrymen from 11 parts of this wide spread Re
pubic, at the Monument of Washington, reared by
his own native state, aad there, upon that sacred
altar, as children of your revolutionary sires, pledge
lor ourselves, “our lives and our sacred honors,” to
maintain this government, and “to frown indig
nantly upon the first dawning of any attempt to a.i
enate any portion of our country from the rest, or
to enfeeble the sacred ties which now link together
the various parts.”
I beg of you, gentlemen, to accept my grateful
thanks for the honr you have done me by deeming
me worthy of an invitation to be present on this in
teresting occasion -, and permit me to subscribe my
self Your friend and fellow-citizen,
Millard Fillmore.
Utah and Kansas,
The Washington correspondent of the Baltimore
Sun says:
The latest advices from the Utah expedition seem
to remove any apprehension aa to its immediate
condition, and it appears that orders have been is
sued for furnishing a strong escort for the protec
tion of Capt, Marcy upon his return from Santa Fe
with the means of transportation for the intended
early movement of the troops from Fort Scott to
the Sait hake city. Supply trains are also to be
forwarded, under an escort, as early as the tilth
inst. The design of the Mormons to intercept Capt.
Marcy aud the supply trains will no doubt be frus
trated.
Whether the Mormons intend other resistance
than by their plan of cutting off the supplies for Col.
Johnston’s command is yet doubtful. If they make
a stand it will be in the Eehocanron, which is tweu
ty miles in length and affords great facilities for re
sistance. The obstacles there to be met are not,
however, impassable. There is scarcely a doubt
that Col. Johnston will be able to move forward by
the first of June, if not before and that any resis
tance which the Mormons may offer will bo over-
come.
The United States terrilorial govemrnent will
then be re-established, and the despotism of Bng
ham Young will be at an end. That the M rmor-*
will hazard an open war with the whole poci of
the United States is improbable. It is more lik ly
that they will temporise and affect a submission to
our jurisdiction and sovereignty so long as the Uni
ted* States troops shall occupy the Territory. But,
still, their obligations to the support of their pecu -
liar system are pai v .ount, as is said, in their esti
mation. to any by v iich they are bound, as citi
zens of the United State*. The difficulties which
have occurred may, therefore, recur as soon as the
United States shall withdraw the armyofoccupa
tion.
Mr. Seward has commenced his Kansas speech
in the Senate. From the groundwork laid out, it
may be supposed that he will occupy more than
one day in the delivery. He is going intp the who!-
history of slavery in the United States, in all its p<
litical aspects and consequences. It is announced
that he intends this as his great speech for the ses
sion.
The amendment to the Kansas admission bill ot
what Mr. Pugh has given notice, is so drawn as to
be unobjectionable, as is said, to the Southern
State rights members.
Oscillations of Virtue in Mankind. —A Phila
delphiajoumal gives particulars of various projecisof
moral reform, which have been started of late years,
and for a time flourished, but afterwards suffered
from a re-action, among them the anti slavery
movement, which, from the time ot Wilberforce,
has made progress all over the wi rid, wuen, 10, the
French government takes the back track, aud vir
tually revives the slave trade. Our contemporary
exclaims : “ What is the cause of all this, and what
is it all going to lead to ? Is there no such thing as
right and wrong in public morals, no progress in
virtue among mankind ! Are we to give up faith
in humanity, like the old Roman, who said, 4 Oh
virtue, I believed thorn wert something, yet I find
thee bu* a name.' T 1
The “ cause of all this,” to plain capacities, is ob
vious enough. There are such things as “ right and
wrong,’ in public aud private morals, and they are
all laid down in a certain ancient book, called the
Holy Scriptures, a book inspired by God. and which
cannot be improved by man. It is a book which
meutious and enjoins every virtue, aud points out
and prokioits every vice. The mischief is that our
moral reformers of modern times have endeavored
to be wiser and better than that book to invent
virtues unknown to that volume, and manufacture
sins out of actions which the Divine Word not only
tolerates, but sanctions. That is the reason why
these new-faDgled reformations are so short-lived,
fbltiiling ho their destruction the prediction of the
Founder of our Faith—” Every tree which my
Heavenly Father hath not planted, shall be rooted
up.” Thus Anti Slavery is the Revelation of Wii
berforce, aud h:s apostles and disciples have made
it anew Gospel, but it is a different and conflicting
inspiration from that of the New Testament, which
comes under the Anathema pronounced by the
Apostle upon those who shall preach “ another Go--
pe!.” Anti Slavery, which declares slavery a sin,
affects to be wiser and belter than He who, in the
Old Dispensation, established domestic servitude,
and who recognized it in the New'. Os course, such
reforms will run their race for a time and then come
to the ground. Not that mankind are incapable of
progress in virtue, but that the Bible law of virtue
is incapable of improvement by mankind. If tb*y
will setk out 4 * many inventions.” they must take
the consequence* . if they will desert the true foun
tain. and *■ hew out for themselves broken-cisteois,”
they cannot expect them to hold water fer any
great length of time. —Rn kmond Dispatch.
The Pennsylvania Bank Expose— The Com
iniseioners appointed by Gov. Pollock to investi
gate the affairs of the Pennsylvania Bank have
made their report to the Governor. It is an elabo
rate document, and our limits forb.d its publication.
The commissioners say that there is no evidence of
tVaud on the pan of the President, but that there
was “ a degree of ignorance of what he was bound
to know. whoHy inexcusable, end scarcely less than
tiriminai They censure severe y the cashier, and
clerks and directors, and conclude by referring to
the efforts of the assignees to bring the effects of the
bank into something like a satisfactory shape.
Kansas Amendments —After the presentation o
au amendment by Mr Green, in the Senate on Tuee
day to the Kansas admission bill, providing for th |
union of Minnesota andKarsasin the sam** bill,
another was given notice of by Mr Pugu. providing
that r othiiu: in the bill of admission shouiu be con- j
•trued to deny or abridge the right of the. people
at any tune, iu a legal manner to alter, reform or j
abolish the pending constitution
Tit for Tot.
peaking of Rachel,la-: w k. the Loucgerof
“ Harper’s Weekly,” said that m this country, how
tv(; [ toicrably we afigh! comma tig too porty voo,
we could uot speuK French. Ou the other iiand,
tbe foiiowi ; note .rom Monsieur Crapeau shows
the difficult* that environ our deur vernacular
when ajp: a hed by the Gallic genius:
“ St. Louis, Mo., January, 1858.
“ Monuvr the Lounger. —Three years ago 1 did
arrive iu this very admirable republic. I came
with the intention chiefly to acquire your [panlon
nez !) d—ti language, aud thofegol at iaet. by much
etuqy oi Tue ary, that 1 had learned him
pretty much without the aid tffa teacher. So, after
prut* lm g w ith my own countrymen far much period,
! I natural y cogitate that Ibe weii ‘posted.’ I then
I take Oo&id .a the American hotel, anu, on the vigor
: of my knowledge enter liberaLy into conversation
I witu my fallow boarders. .Ah! I soon detect that
i they make jolly about me. And yeti always
! uke Noah Webster s Dictionaiy says— l*ut bleu !
My pronunciation i-- akin to perihelion, all people
say. ai.d yet they make a large quantity of derision
when I ehaii speak in the English language— Sucre!
I know not what to do to help my sell, your t ugue
is so intricate!
“i cave Irequently observed, by example that
the mother cl & pretty little girl is pleased when her
daughter is called a ‘charming little puss,’ or *a
kitten.’ One day, deoiring to compliment an Ame
rican lady, who is acquainted with me, and who
potdessee two line chiidren, I applied the term to
Ler daughter; ihe appeared gratified. Thinking to
gel etiii more into her good graces, I patted her
small boy on the Load, aud called him ‘a promising
young puppy.’ To my much amazement the lady
became indignant, and sailed out of the room,
muttering something that had the sound of ‘brute.
Nine has not spokeu to me since, aud I cannot con
ceive how I injure Ler sensibility.
•On another occasion, a new-married gentleman
introduced me to his wife—a very delicious woman.
After the interview he wanted to be cognizant of
my opinion of her. ‘lsn’t she a duck oi a girl The
asked, wth raptures. Wishing to make him fee!
good, and also to surpass him in his comparison, 1
bethought me of a pretter bird than the duck, aud,
with gallantly, “Yes, my friend, she is a regular
goose of a girl.’ Would you believe it, Mister the
Lounger, this compliment procured for me a bro
ken brad ? Without doubt, did it!
“In fact, whenever I project to be peculiarly cor
rect or elegaut, I, without variation, place my feet
into him.
“And then I hear eveiy day so odd expressions
which my dictionary did not explain to me. The
boys so much say, ‘Go it, boots! sometimes adding,
‘for wooden legs are cheap !’ 1 cannot tor my file
under?land iu what particular manner boots are
thereupon expected to perambulate (eh! is that last
word correctly applied ?), nor how their going could
hossibly be affected by the price of wooden legs.
’Go in, lemons 1’ they cry, too, very much. Do the
juvenile Americans thereby mean to advise that
the person addressed shall actually enter this fruit,
or U ‘Lemons’ merely a familiar nickname for any
body that exhibits a disposition to tight ? Begar, it
is totally incomprehensible to me!
“By confound it! your droll English tongue is so
full of incongruity! i never shall be able to talk
him with agility. What shall 1 do? By pshaw!
I entei tain much notion to manufacture tracks back
to La belle France.
“J remain, Mister the Lounger, all days yours,
Jean Crapeau.”
Georgia Items.
Daring Burglary in Calhoun.—Oii Tuesday
night last there were several of the most daring bur
glariea committed, iu this place, that we have heard
of for a*bng time. Five private dwellings were
entered and rifled of valuable contents In each
the burglars went into the rooms where the in
mates were sleeping and took everything that could
be fouud in the shape of jewelry or money. From
Dr. W. W. Wall were stolen a Match and some
jewelry of his wife's. From S. E. Biniou, one hun
dred and thirty dollars in money. From J. I). Phil
lips, thirteen dollars in cash aud some jewelry.
From Henry Reese’ dwelling, amount unknown.
Flora J. A. Mims, twenty five dollars in cash, also
his keys, with that to the safe at the depot. These
keys were found next morning at the depot steps,
where they were left, we suppose, after au unsuc
cessful effort to get into the depot, where a large
amount of money was on deposit. We understand
that on the night previous similar robberies were
committed in Dalton, and on the night previous to
that in Ringgold. Judging from these facts, there
must beau organised bund of burglars in the coun
try. We would warn all to keep out a keen watch
for the villains.
P. S.—Since penning the above, one of the thieves
lias been arrested, and upon his person was found
Dr. Wall’s watch. The other made his escape.—
The arrest took place at Cass Depot where they
had been pursued by several persons from this
place aud Dalton.— Platform , Calhoun , Ga.
Row in Ringgold!— We stop the press to an
nounce the occurrence of an awful tragedy iu our
midst. Last night just as the up evening passen
ger train was stopping at this place for supper, the e
occurred here a bloody conflict, in which a number
of our cit izens were engaged, on both sides, and in
which knives, sticks, rocks, brick-bats, and pistols
were used profusely. Several persons were injured,
some seriously. Among the latter are Thomas B.
Wootten, shot through the thigh ; Joseph Wootten,
shot in the hip; W. J. Whitsitt, hit ou the head with
a rock or slung shot; and Wm. A. Camp, badly
beaten. The difficulty, we learn, originated among
the “drummers” of our two hotels. We have not
been able :o learn further particulars.—Ring
gold Fxpress, \th inst
Disgraceful Affair. —On Monday evening
last, ia this place, Mansico Cloud, a Justice of the
Peace, discharged a double-bai rel gun at J. J. Hay
den, lodging, we are informed, abouL fifty
shot in-Lis back, and wounding him, it ia supposed,
mortally. They were both under the influence of
tuat beverage that makes fools of the wise and
beasts of all who indulge in its use.
Cloud uaa been held to bail in the sum of $2,000
for his appearance at our next Superior Court.—
Bainbridge Argus , March 3.
Hydrophobia.— We are informed, by Captain
Stock well, that last week a dog run mad on the
plantation of Col. Floyd, in Camden couuty. He
bit a dozen or more other dogs, all of which were
subsequently killed, before he could be disposed of.
This is a singular circumstance at this season of the
year. —Bru uswiek Herald.
Later from Texas. —The arrival of the steam
ship Magnolia, puts ua iu possession of files of Texas
papers to the 27th ult.
There are upwards of tweuty-one thousand bales
of cotton now in Galveston, which is eighteen thou- :
sand more than was on hand last year at this time.
The total receipts are in excess of those of last yeai
21.750 bales. Tue crop of Texas, it is estimated,
will reach 300,000 bales.
Tue Advocate says that the production of corn
and cotton iu Victoria county last year proved it to
be one of tho finest farming regions. A good deal
of the success of the farmers there is due to early
pli ting and a correct system of cultivation.
Os the prospect? of the spring, the Columbli De
mocrat speaks in the following strain :
The spring seems to have opened with us in all
its loveliness. The last few days have been just
such sunny, soft, balmy, musical days as are fouud
no where else but in Texas. Eveiything begins to
bear the impress of “the dropping of tho velvet foot
of spring.”
The water on the plains in the neighborhood of
the Colorado was covered with ice, on the morning
of the 24th. ’llie peach trees were in full bloom,
and fears are entertaiued for the safety of the fruit;
but ill other respects no damage was believed to
have been suffered.
The San Antonio Herald learns that a vessel bad
arrived at Powderhorn, having on board the mate
rials for three lighthouses, to be put up on different
point Bot the Texas coast.
A small party of Indians were discovered, a few
days since, stealing stock cn the Medina, Baxter
county. They are daily becoming bolder.— N. <).
Picay u nc.
The Place for Schouj.makms. —Prentice, of
the Louisville Journal, relates the following expe
rience of his sending schoolmarms South :
Some may think it strange, (it isn’t though,) that
ever since the time when we remarked in our pa
per that nine-tenth-* ot all the hundreds of young
women sent by us to the South, as teachers, have
got married there, we have been literally over
whelmed w’ith applications from New England, New
Y'ork, Pennsylvania and Ohio.
We do not think that, in justice to such of our
Southern friends as are in want of teachers, we can
send any girlt hat will not pledge herself to us to
continue at least sixmorths in the business We
kuow that the conditions seein hard, but realty we
shall have to be inexorable.
About three years ago, the trustees of a fine fe
male academy in one of the Southern States, wrote
to us to send them a teacher. We sent them a very
beautiful and accomplisl ei young lady, and they
promptly wrote us a letter of warm thanks for the
selection. Iu about thrre months they wrote us
again, telling us that their teacher had got married,
and requesting us to send them another. We did
send them another, quite as beautiful and accom
plished as the first, and they were, as they might be.
veiy much delighted with her. In just about three
months, however, they applied to us a third time,
begging us to send them .-till another, the second
having got married like the first.’ In their last ap
plication, however, they insisted that the lady next
sent to them should be plain looking, and not lees
than thirty-five years of age. The conditions were
difficult, and we did not succeed in comp.ying with
them. We prevailed upon our friends, the trustees,
to accept a richly talented lady, who was neither
old noruyly, she giving us her honor that she would
not marry in less than half a year. We understand
that she held out like a brave, good girl, to tbe end
of the specified time but not a day afterwards.
Progress of Russia.— ln reply to a statement of
the New York Journal of Commerce that England
does not relish “the roads to enable Russia to trade
with Southern Asia, 1 and the intimation that Poland
aud Finland prove that Kussiaifmilitary occupation
is not a very effectual instrument of civilization,
the Buffalo Commercial Advertiser says that Po
land an t Finland are both better off now than they
were before the Russian military occupation : there
is more of true civilization in each ; life and proper
ty are more secure ; the peasants are far op
pressed . morals have improved; those orgies of the
Polish nobles, including both sexes, which were a
?caudal to Christendo n down to the middle of the
!a*t ceutury, have ceased to be. The Advertiser is
<t opinion tnal if peoole would read something be
sides the Pleasin'* of Hope, or Thaddeusof War
saic, their notions about Poland would be very
different from wnat they are. For two centuries
Poland has not been so well governed nor so pros
perous as she is UDder Russian rule. Siberia, the
“Advertiser * adds, whose name is so dreary, is, in
fact, a magnificent empire; with an area greater
than that of the United States ; abounding iu min
erals ; having most valuable gold and silver mines ;
noble rivers: a health climate; a soil sufficiently
lerti’e and productive to sustain a large population,
and fine seaports on the Pacific, by means of which
it can maim<*in commerce with the entire western
coast of this continent, with Eastern Asia, with ail
p&"t8 of the world Rich. Di*p.
Exploration of On the Pith ult., a
dinner was given to Dr. Livingstone at London,
previous to his departure for the scene of his labors
in the interior of Africa, and the gathering was at
tended by many distinguished persons. The energy
of this indefatigable traveller is now meeting ite re
ward. He commences the present journey under
circumstances far more favorable than any preced
ing one, and with the prestige of the British Govern
ment to strengthen him. The sum of £5,000 has
been placed at his disposal for the prosecution of his
views Competent assistants will accompany him,
and with such aid bis new discoveries promise to be
more important than those which he has previously
achieved. Proceeding to the Cape of Good Hope,
be will be conveyed in a government vessel to the
mouth of the river Zambesi, and a small steamer
wi ! then be put together to eiabie him to ascend it
as far as may b-^practicable—3oo mites, -he thinks
from its mouth. In fact, everything will be done
which money and enterprise can effect to enable
idm to carry ‘ait his project for bringing this vast
eontiueiit into more immediate proximity with
Eu r ope. No traveller possesses so many requisites,
ns.tu.rai and acquired, for this philanthropic purpose
and his movements will excite continued interest.
Tue commercial products from this part of tfce
word, to say nothing of the higher principle invol
ved in reclaming and civilizing benighted Africa,
will jjistify ail possible means now and hereafter for
aic-iag Dr. Livingstone in his hazardous under
takirg—hazaidous inaclimatic sense, irrespective of
ail others.— &ali. Amer.
A Quadruple Mii.lonaike.— The late Mr. Mor
rison s will has been administered to in doctor s
commons. It is amongst the longest upon record.
Upon this production were engaged conveyancers
and barristers of eminence, an a during its progress
to completion the testator evinced much eDXety.
The estate, exceeding four millions, is in such cases
sworn to as of upper value. Basilton Park cost
JtZ i; the furmtuiethere alone has been valued
Rt The mansion is to be residence of
his wffow. with an annuity of £ 10,000 a year. The
estate of Basilton is left to hie son Charles, as well
as the I day estate in Scotland, which latter coet
£ 425,000, and from its extent and vas in ess may b*r
termed a principality. This is let to numerous
tenan*e. To Mr. Charier* is bequathed a round sum
°f .1.1,008,000 under the wilL Mr. Morrison wa?
posse-sed of Fontbiil Abbey Hove Park, Sussex .
a town residence. Upper Harley street shares
I amounting to £BO,OOO in the Victoria decks, and
| vast acquisitions in America.
From the Mobile Neves , 3 d inst.
Terrible Disaster on the Rlsbee!—Burning of
Ihe Steamer Eliza Rattle.
We received int i hig .mv m t- : day of a terrible
calamity on the Big! ee i;v*:r—tl. destruction by
fire of the steamer Ei:za 13e.llie—and, what is worse,
a Irightful loss of life.
It appears that the disaster occurred about two
o'clock on Monday morniDg, about a half or three
quarters of a mile above Kemp’s Landing, when the
Battle, with some 5U or 60 passengers and 1200 or
1300 bales of cotton on board, took fire aud waj com
pletely consumed.
As far as ascertained, thirty-three lives were
lost consisting of the crew aud pa-seagers, (about
one-half each.) and all the cotton, except some lo or
20 baits.
The tire had its origin among tbe cotton bales on
the after deck under the cabin, and, although the
flames made but little progress at first, a strong
north wind (almost a gale) soon spread to ail parts j
of the boat , aud the passengers were compelled to |
seek safety for their lives by retreating in their
night clothes.
The boat was headed for the shore, but the river |
being high and out of its banks and the wheel ropes
burned, a lauding could not be effected.
fehe was. however, driven among the trees, where
she lodged until the engines ceased to work, (the
intensity of the heat engineers from j
their posts) when the were enabled to
the
overboard.
v-.r- rivt
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j?;;Vv and U.c- I. v * < f^^H£l!tt)taHhrs.
ottH.-rw.se have the
1 iu- niate and pi: ‘hers on eotton
bales floated down four miles, shout
ing for help before boat? b obtained. These
were then carried across the river and hauled ou
wagons to the scene of disaster, when the survivors
on tl e trees were carried to land.
It is proper to state that all efforts to get to the
yawl were rendered fruitless, a? flames cut off
all means of access to it. Am attempt was then
mede to launch the life-boat, but before a sufficient
force could be mustered the tire again drove the
party away.
It is due to Capt. Stone to say, that when stasis
tance arrived he gave orders to save the women and
children first and was himself the last to be taken
off. It will be seen by the statement below, that
the most oi the lost w.*re frozen, having beeu more
or less iu the water and subjected 3 or 4 hours to
the cold northern blast.
The residents of the vbinity, as soon as they
learned the disaster, rendered what service was in
thair power.
No cause for the tire is known, unless it was by
sparks from the steamer Warrior, which bout was
met passing to windward, about half an hour before
the flames was discovered
All of the books and papers of the boat were lost,
and, with the exception of one or two carpet bags,
every particle of baggage also.
The Ba tie belonged to Messrs. Cox, Brainard &
Cos., and was not insured, What the amount of
loss is it is impossible to ascertain.
The following those ascertained to have
beeu
Mrs. i>. frozen, Sumter t -an
ty.
Mrs. 11. G Turner anu child, frozen, Washington
county.
Mr. W. T. Smith, frozen, Greene county.
Mr. Caradine, frozen, Chickasaw county.
Mr. Willis, frozen, Chickasaw county.
Mr. Augustus Jones, Miss.
Mr. Marlin, frozen, Kentucky.
Mr. John Powell, barkeeper, frozen, Eliza Battle
Dr- S. W. Clanton, frozeu, Warsaw, Ala.
A young man, unknown, frozen. Fairfield Ala.
Negro man belonging to B. L Turner, frozen.
Negro man, “Jackson,” barber, frozen, Eliza
Battle.
Barnett, cook, frozen, Eliza Battle.
“Nancy, chambermaid, belonging to S. G. Stone’
master of the Eliza Battle, frozen.
Robert, cabin boy, belonging to Col. T. Buford.
Dick, cabin boy, belonging to Judge R. C. Tor
rey.
Jim, cabin boy, belonging to John Foster.
‘White boy, (3d cook) name unknown.
Sam, deck hand belonging to J. A. Mooring.
Peter, “ “ “ “
“Jack, “ “ “ “
Bill, “ “ “ R. G. McMahon.
Allen, “ “ “ John Bowen.
Ben, “ “ “ Dan Raine.
*Rev. Mr. Newman—frozen—from Louisville,
Ky.
“M. A. Galloway—never seen—Gainesville, Ala.
Three white deck hands—never seen.
P. Kirkland—died after getting ashore—Greene
Cos., Alabama.
Mrs. Cromwell and her child, died from cold, in
her husband’s arms, in a tree.
“Dr. S. If. Jones—never seen—Greene Cos., Ala.
’The bodies were not recovered of the following :
Dr. S. 11. Jones, M. A. Galloway. Rev. Mr. New
man, white boy, 3d cook ; Jack, negro; Bill, uo
gro ; three white deck hands; chambermaid.
We have been handed the following report of a
meeting held on the steamer Magnolia :
Steamer Magnolia, £
Kemp’s Landing.
At a meeting of the passengers of tbe steamer
Magnolia aud the surviving passengers of the ill
fated steamer Eliza Battle, Maj. A. P. Barry being
called to the Chair, and J)r. C. F. Bouchell beiug
appointed Secretary, it was moved and seconded
that a committee of live be appointed by the Chair
to investigate all of the circumstances connected
with the burning of the Eliza Battle on the morn
ing of the 28th of February, near Kemp’s landing
—whereupon the following gentlemen were ap
pointed, viz: Rev. T. S. Abernathy, Jas. G. Robert
son, Gen. George L. Thomas. Williamson A. Glo
ver and Col. J. C. Broune. The Committee imme
diately proceeded to a thorough investigation of
the burning by examining the surviving passengers
and officers of the ill fated steamer, and made the
following report and resolutions, which were unani
mously adopted by the meet ug :
We, the committee, after cine and strict examina
tion of the officers and surviving paisengers of the
ill-fated Eliza Battle, beg leiVe to report that the
officers acted well their part at the time of the
burning, and afterwards towards the sufferers.
Resolved , the.rcjoW\ That, in our judgment, the
officers are fully exculpated from all censure.
further , That th officers of the said ill
fated steamer are deserving cf the highest commen
dation for their noble and untiring exertions in be
half of the sufferers, and especially Captain Stone,
the master, who, after using erery exertion to save
the passengers under his charge, was the last man
who left the burning wreck.
Resolved , furthermore , Tint we commend the
manly and noble conduct of Messrs. John S. Jack
son, first mate, Frank S Stone, second clerk, also,
Benjamin J. Mitchell, Cephas Wilson, Tobias Cox,
D. W. Norsworthy, F. Dettass, Daniel Hortly, cub
pilot, aud Frank Crawford, cabin boy, (servant of
Mrs. King.)
Resolved , That Mr. James Bryant and lady, Mr.
J. Thompson and lady, Mis. E. C. Pettigrew, and
the attending physicians and others, are entitled to.
and we hereby tender them this public testimonial
of our lasting gratitude, for their unremitting kind
ness aud attention extended to us, the sufferers aud
survivors of that melancholy occasion.
B. 8. Stratton, Dr. K. 8 Schlatter,
Bird C. Carodile, Jr., Mrs. K. 8. Schlatter,
Ira W. McCee, Miss L Robertson,
Tobias Cox, J. W. Swilley,
W. T. Dexter, l). W. Norsworthy,
Samuel Dexter, F. Dettass,
Vordrey McCee, Wm. Stanton,
A. J. Ingram, Warren Stanton.
Wm. Mixon, Berrien Cromwell,
Benj* J. Mitchell, C. A. Wilson,
Mrs. J. K. Newman, M. C. Klrksey.
Miss Sallie ‘ftrner,
There being no further business before the meet
ing, it was moved and seconded that the meeting
should adjourn, and that, a copy of the proceedings
be furnished for publication to the Mobil© city pa
pers. A. P. Barry, Chairman^.
E. F. Bouchelle,M. Se'c’y,
Additional of the Keren! I>innter.
The Mobile Advertiser of the Ith ingte.nt Jisb the
following additional particulars:
A lull and authentic account of the burning of
the ill-fated steamer Eliza Battle, may be found on
the outside of this morning’s paper. In addition to
the information concerning the disaster there, we
gather from various sources the following items :
As soon as it was ascertained that the yawl aud
life-boat could not be reached, as a means of sav
ing the lives of those on board, cotton bales, stage
planks and every other available article were
thrown overboaid, that pasjljhgers might cling to
them for safety.
When first discovered, was blazing up
from the cotton the ladies’ cabin
and near the nursery the liames
made but little show spread almost in
stantly to every part of thf^Kt, and but a veiy
few minutes bad elapsed the whole was one
sheet of flame. “?■-
Much is said by others in praise
of Captain Stone, and Mr. Frank Stone, the second
clerk ; Mr. Daniel Hartley, the assistant pilot, and
others, who, by their cool courage, did much to save
the lives of their fellows and to relieve others from
intense suffering.
Mr. Benjamin Mitohell, a planter from Sumter
county, was untiring In his efforts, and, together
with Mr. John S. Jackson, the first mate, went three
or four milea below and brought the first assistance
that was obtained. They brought up boats to the
scene ot disaster aud took from their retreats many
of the passengers, who, benumbed with cold and
almost exhausted, must, but for their timely aid,
have perished.
One child of Mr. Cromwell waa saved by Mr.
Frank Stone, 2d clerk of the boat, who swam
ashore with it. lie then placed Miss Turner on a
cotton bale and safely landed lit ron shore. She
said to him, “You have saved my life ; do save my
mother, ami my sister.” He then swam off and
rescued her sister who afterwarde froze to death in
his arms. Her mother froze to death on a tree,
which was the fate of almost all who perished.
The assistant pilot, Mr. Daniel Hartley, saved
Miss Robinson. She threw’ water on him while he
was paddling her ashore ou a cotton bale.
An infant of two months old was saved in a re
markable manner. When discovered, by Captain
Stone, it had only its night clothes ou aud was blue
w’ith cold. A blauket co&r soaked with water was
at hand, which the Capta.n Uid upon a burning
cotton bale and then \jkr,jed the babe in the
steaming cover ng. “alive and chirp
ing.”
Capt. Stone also saved the mother of the infant
by placing her on tbe cotton, and the two were
made as comfortable as circumstances would al ow
until the boats took them off.
Mr. aud Mrs. James Bryaut, and Mrs. J. Thomp
son. Mrs. Pettigrew, a: and * others, residing in the
neighborhood of where the latal accident occurred,
threw open their houses and placed everything they
could command at the disposal of the survivors.
Nothing that they could do to alleviate their suffer
ings, or add to their comfort, was spared. Food
aud clothing they procured for them, and medical
attendance was obtained free of cost.
Fully thirty-six hours had clapped before the
Magnolia came aloDg, and during six or seven hours
of this time, when Jackson and Mitchell brougbt up
the boats, the passengers and crew remained in the
cold, and without relief.
The Magnolia brought down the dead bodies of
the following persons : Mr. John Powell, the bar
keeper; L. Y. Martin, of Fayette county; C. L.
Carradiue, of Chickasaw county. Mias., and Bai
nett, the free negro cook. The remains of Mrs.
Turner and her daughter were left at Peevy'a land
ing, with her relatives.
New Newspaper Regulation. —lt is officially
announced that new regulations have been adopted
by tbe respective postoffice departments of this
country and Great Britian for the treatment of
newspapers in mails found writing or any
enclosure, the object the fraudulent
j rac*i*-* re:erred *•• vai-ing i. L •*:;
countries to a mu .\ ‘ than formerly.
These regulation.- paper- pun
ted in United Kingdom,
%. g r
c.r.-ure *:.••.! a* tl- ptHR - ’•*£ r ‘ .
try either be stopped dead-letter of
fice, or be forwarded ckanHpth full letter pos ‘
tage, United States aud BririsnCo.mbmed, ana if
the writing or inclosure be detected in the country
to which each new-prpers are sent a tike course shall
be adopted. The Postmaster General has therefore
instructed the respective United States exchange
offices to forward ail newspapers addressed to Great
Britain found to contain writing or any incloeure
charged with full Letter rate of postage, and post
masters throughout the country are particularly en
joined to scrutinize such papers closeiy, with a view
to detect frauds of this character.
Burning or the Steamer Pelican — We ‘earn
from passengers and the clerk of the steamboat Pe
lican. Capt. Ashton, from Arkansas river, that she
took fire on the morning of the 24th February, at 7
o'clock, in rounding to at Mrs. Sexton e woodyard,
about twenty-five miles above the mouth ot the
Arkansas. She had on about twenty passen
gers. and J&4 baies of cotton. The boat was con
sumed in about twenty minutes, tbe passengers and
crew barely escaping with their lix*ee. and loosing j
ail their baggage. The fire originated immediately
under the ladies’ cabin. A number of the passen
gers and ali of the crew arrived in the c ty on Sa
turday evening on the •steamer Baltic. Tbe boat j
and cargo are a total teas. We are informed that
the boat was insured in New Albany, in three of
flees, for $12,000. There was no loss ot life. N. ( >■
Ptcayu ne.
WEEKLY
s'c Sentinel.
AUGUSTA, OA,
WEDNESDAY MOKNINCJ, MAE’H 10.1838.
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bills, let him inform us immediately, and we will
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a passion about it. All wo want is what is right
and just, auu we do it when we know it.
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write the name of Ids Post Office on the margin.
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papers. If they would, their duties would be much
more correctly and satisfactorily performed.
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without taxing him to pay the postage.
We Always Send Hece<|l*.
1 f you send us money and do not receive a receip
in a reasonable time, either i-i your paper or in a
letter, write us immediately and inform us that you
have sent the money. For, in these days of Post
Office thieving, every letter containing money does
not reach its destination.
Money Mailed at our Risk.
We take the risk on all money mailed to ns, if the
bills are not cut. If cut, the party sending them
takes the risk.
Fatal I'nKiiultyn
Thursday afternoon, as a train of cars on the
Charleston Railroad wan passing through the City,
Benjamin Silas, a boy about ten to twelve years
of age, a son of a widow lady residing in the city,
attempted to jump in at the door of one of the cars,
and fell across the track, when the wheels of the
oar passed over his body, and so injured him that
lie died soon after. We rincerly hope, that the
melancholy fate of this little boy, will be a warning
to other boys about the city, who are daily endan
gering their lives with these trains. The trains are
drawn by mules, and pass so slow, that the boys
eeem to think, they can take any ri-k with impu
nity ; and all the efforts and warnings of the city
officers to prevent Miena, have proved unavailing.—
11 would require the constant presence of an officer
to protect them.
Beware of the Scoundrel.
G. Washington Barnett, who advertises him
self as the greatest, living wonder of the age, exhi
bited himself in this city on Friday and Saturday
last, and left without paying liis bill to this oflice.—
He went hence to Charleston. The press and pub
lic should be on their guard.
Snow Storm.
We were visited with a brisk snow storm in this
region last evening, which commenced about five
o'clock, and continued steadily until late in the
night. Considerable rain had fallen during the af
ter noon, however, and the snow melted as fast as
it touched the earth.
South Carolina Bank Note*.
The Banks of Augusta have determined to charge
f one half of one percent discount on the notes of the
Banks of South Carolina, except the Bank of Ham
burg, and those Banks in the State, that redeem
their b 11s in coin. The reason for this, is found in
the fact, that the Banks of Charleston charge one
per cent premium for Northern Exchange, while
the Banks in Augusta check at a half per cent.
Fatal Accident.
We learn that a Mr. McGinnis, of Marion Dis
trict, S. C., was run over and instantly killed on the
Georgia Railroad, near Berzelia, yesterday. Reports
of the manner in which the accident occurred are
contradictory. He had stopped at Berzelia to take
breakfast, and was left by the train. The most
probable account we have heard is, that he attempt
ed to get on a freight train as it was passing Ber
zelia, when he missed his footing, and was run over
by the cars.
Charleston Banks. —The banks of this city
have determined to reduce the rates of Northern
exchange to z per cent, premium on and after this
day. They will also, for the convenience of the
public, receive the notes of the suspended banks of
Augusta and Savannah. —Charleston Courier.
We clip the above from she Charleston Courier,
not only to express our gratification that the Banks
of Charleston have at last been forced into doing
their duty ; but as a citizen of Augusta, our grate
ful appreciation of their kind condescension, in con
senting “for the convenience of the public, (the
citizens of Charleston,) to receive the bills of the
suspended Banks of Augusta !”
We have often witnessed specimens of cool im
pudence, but this is the most refreshing and deci
dedly icy case within our recollection. The unin
formed reader will doubtless be quite surprised to
learn, after such a demonstration, that the Hanks
of Charleston are, and have been for months the
debtors to the Hanks of Augusta—that before the
suspension they almost begged the Hanks of Augus
ta not to call for the balances they owed ; and since
the suspension, the greatest difficulty our Hanks
have had to encounter, has been to get any thing
from the Hanks of Charleston that they could use.
These facts will enable the public to perceive and ap
preciate the very cool announcement of the Charles
ton Hanks, that “to accommodate the public, they
will receive the bills of the suspended Hanks of
Augusta !*’
Uelinbilitv of <a> Meters —IntereetiiiK De
velopment*.
Quite an animated discussion has been going on
in the Haltimore papers, for some time, in reference
to the reliability of Meters, in determining the
quantity of gaa consumed, which has disclo : ed some
interesting facts to the consumers. They are col
lated in the following paragraphs :
A writer in the Haltimore American declares very
positively that the mode of measuring gas is alto
gether fallacious—that it furnishes no proof of the
actual quantity consumed , and that this is so noto
riously true that the evidence of a meter would not
be received in a court of law as proof of the cor
rectness of a charge.
A writer in the Scientific American aase ts that
all the meters in New York, us id by the gas com
panies, are designedly constructed to indicate a con
sumption of about jijte.cn per cent of gas greater
than the real amount. Some years since the wri
ter. Mr. Prince, of Hrooklyn.) became interested
wi:h a manufacturer of gas meters which were
made with indexes that truly indicated the amount
consumed, but the companies wot/Id not purchase
them, consequently the manufacturer referred to,
was obliged to give up the business or attach false
indexes to his meters , he now works to the ord/r of
these companies.
As gas companies provide their own meters, the
persons who consume the gas are not able to tell
whether they are deceived or not. Mr. Prince re
commends that all gas meters be placed under a
competent public “ Meter Inspector, 7 ’ and that those
who use the gas be permitted to purchase stamped
meters where they please.
We fully endorse this suggestion of An “ Inspec
tor,” and we trusr some steps may be taken at an
early dsy, by onr own city authorities, for the ap
pointment of such an officer. The facts we have
i given show that the evil is an alarming one. and
we hope that no time will be lost by the public in
protecting itself against so unmitigated a swindle.
Paragon Xilln.
We are indebted to the Proprietors (Messrs. Ha
ker Usher) for a sample of superior Fleur from
the above mills. We have taken time and tested
it thoroughly, and have not the least hesitation in
raying that it is equal to any brands we have met
with.
They keep a large quantity of Eatra Family, as
well as Family Flour on hand. They are new com
petitors for the public patronage, and we wish them
every suc.esa.
Texas Treascrt.—A correspondent of the Gal
veston News, writing from Austin, under date Os
the 15th, say? :
Tuere is no money in the treasury ; persons hav
in_’ claims must make up the amount of a SIOOO
bond, or take treasury warrants, which are* at a
discount of 5 per cent. This is one of the omissions
of the Legislature that for a time will be severely
felt by many people.
Competition has cheapened very considerably the
I coat oT fare > California. The old mail line via
Panama, now charges for the second cabin SIOO, in
stead of S2OO, and for tbe steerage S3O, instead of
$l3O. This includes tbe sio charged each passen
ger for the transit of the Isthmus. The public ate
getting the benefit of the rivalry, hut whether the
companies will make anything by it is doubtful.
Democratic Fneu^ine**.
‘ It is very evident to, careful otservers,” rays
th ,j Baltimore Patriot, “that extreme uneasiness
at present in the democratic ranks with rc
ferente to future developments. Sometimes we see
bold attempts af head quarter's in Washington to
read refractory members out of the party—to throw
them overboard ‘neck and heels,’ regardless of con
sequences. Then again there is manifested a sort
of pitiful suppliancy, begging for the return of pro
digal wanderers. At other times loud boastings arc
seen aud heard of the power of the Administration
and strength of its measures, risiDg superior to all
assaults ; whilst, on the other hand, wo behold such
as the following from the Philadelphia Pennsylva
nian : ‘No one can carefully look at the cireum
s:auees.by which the Democrat e party is surround
ed at the preseut time, and not acknowledge that
the period has arrived wheu bold, vigorous party
action will Rlone meet the crisis. The opening ol
the thirty fifth Congress developed the existence
of an extensive conspiracy for the purpose of break
ing down the party in all the Northern States. Judge
Douglas, hitherto a trusted and popular leader of
the Democracy, iu his place in the Senate of the
United States, opened the battle.’ ”
“The Pennsylvanian proceeds to mentiou other
names and other circumstauces equally portentioue,
and iu its view, dangerous to democracy. It then
concludes by arguing the imperious necessity of
unity, harmony of action, and determined effort to
wards suppressing those dangerous elements which
threaten toe administration aud the future safety of
democracy. It is very clear, drawing out facts aud
impressions from the most authentic sources, that
confidence is growing weak, and painfully nervous
apprehensions are being experienced by those whose
hopes centre iu the success of the present adminis
t ration. What will grow out of these contacting an
tagonisms remains to be seeu. It may ultimate in
the formation of a great conservative national,
uniou party looking to the general welfare of our
country, aud if so none need regret.”
We think the Patriot does not sufficiently ap
preeiate the power of “the cohesive properties of the
public plunder ,” or it would not anticipate a disrup
tiou of the “harmonious National Democracy.” No
matter what evidences of a disruption may be given
out now , whenever the contest for the “public plun
der” comes off, they will all readily yield to the
force of the “cohesive properties,” and suddenly
beooroea “Unit.” Hence, we shall expect to see
Douglas and Walker, and all the anti-Lecomp
on, Freesoil Democracy of the Free States, cheek
by-jowl with Stephens and Toombs and the most
approved Fire-eaters of the South.
Fire.
The alarm of fire last night about 7 o clock was
caused by the burning of a small stable or other out
builffing, between Ellis and Green streets, below
Washington, belonging to the estate of William
H yrper. The engines prevented the spead of the
flames, aud the loss was inconsiderable.
Charleston Medical Journal.— The March
number of this valuable Bi-Monthly Medical peri
odical is before us and we are pleased to see that
it sustains its high character as a periodical. The
present number contains five original communica
tions—besides reviews and abstracts, &.C., &c. In
the preseut number there is a spirited Engraving of
Charles A. Pope, Professor of the principles and
practioe of Surgery iu the University of St. Louis,
with a short biographical sketch. This is a valua
ble work and should be on the shelf of every South
ern Practitioner —it is edited aud published iu
Charleston, by J. D. Burns, M. D., at $-1 per annum
in advance.
Southern Medical and Surgical Journal.—
The March number of this valuable monthly is
prompt y on our table, and we take great pleasure
in bringing it to the notice of the profession. It is
edited by Professor 11. F. aud Robert Campbell,
M. D., and published in this city by Jeremiah
Morris, at $3 per auuum, iu advance.
The Steamship Atlanta. —The following dis.
patch were received in Charleston late Tuesday
night, concerning the steamship Atlanta , which
went ashore on the beach north of llateras, on Sat
urday week :
New York, March 2.—John W. Caldwell: The
steamship Thomas Swan took the passengers from
the Atlanta, which vessel is high and dry on the
beach, discharging cargo, iu good order, aud nqt
leaking. The wrecking schooner had not arrived.
The steamship Memphis , which arrived at Charles
ton Tuesday night from New York, reports the
steamer Atlanta, ashore at New Inlet, as remaining
tight, and the cargo as being landed on the beach
in good order. The wrecking schooner that left
New York on Thursday, to try and get her off, had
not arrived at the Inlet when the Memphis reached
there. Captain Gager thinks the Atlanta can be
got off, if the weather proves favorable. He wants
two light draught schooners to take the cargo. The
steamer Thomas Swan, for Savannah, took off the
passengers on Sunday.
Receipts ok Cotton. —The receipts of cotton a
all ports to latest dates, as made up from tables re
ceived at this office, is 2,037,920 bales. Receipts
to same time last year, 2,412,980 bales. Decrease
375,060 bales.
Cotton Burned.— Thirty-five bales of cotton
were burned on the Alabama and Tennessee River
Railroad on Thursday last. The fire was communi
cated to the cotton by sparks from the locomotive.
Fire at Lewisport, Ky.— The town of Lewis
port, Ky., on the Ohio River, was visited by a dis
asterous conflagration on Wednesday last, by_ which
two blocks of the best buildiugs of the town were
reduced to ashes.
Savannah Medical College.—The degree of
M. I)., was conferred on six young gentlemen, on
Monday night, graduates of thid institution.
Corn by Weight. —The membe, of the Boston
Corn and Flour Exchange, we observe, are taking
steps towards establishing a standard of buy mg and
se liing corn by weight—s 6 pounds is recommend
ed.
The Boßton Daily Ledger.— The Boston Daily
Ledger having refused to endorse the Lecompton
constitution, twenty-one Custom House officials
have ordered it stopped. The paper will of course
be continued.
Railroads in Georgia and South Carolina.—
We learn from the “Railway share list” of the Ame
rican Railroad Journal, that the following named
Railroads in Georgia and South Carolina, whose ag
gregate length is 995 miles, aud whose aggregate
cost was $21,646,616, made last year the following
dividends, viz :
In Georgia. A dividend of
The Georgia Railroad, which
cost $1,174,491 7J *>ct.
The Central Railroad, which
cost 3,750,000 10 “
The Southwestern Railroad,
which cost 1,716,73! 8 “
The Macon and Western Rail
road, which cost 1,556,605 10 “
The Atlanta and LaGrauge
Railroad, which cost 1,171,707 8
And in South Carolina.
The South Carolina Railroad,
which coat 8,558,037 9 “
And the Charlottesville and
South Carolina Rail Road,
which coat 1,619,045 G “
$21,636,61G
The above dividends averaged, in the aggregate
cost of all the roads named, is a little over 8£ per
cent.
The Mormon Proposition. —The Washington
correspondent of the Richmond Enquirer writes as
follows : —I have before alluded to the proposition
made Dr. Bernheiael, that our Government should
purchase Sail Lake city, and thus enable the Mor
mons to move without the jurisdiction of the United
States. There is an insuperable difficulty in the
way of such an arrangement. The Mormons do no*
own a foot of the lend on which they have settled;
nor is there any authority in the Government to
purchase their improvements. Without the pro
ceeds of the proposed sales, the Mormons could
neither migrate nor support themselves after mov
ing. Thus may we consider all hope of an amicable
arrangement, with these deluded people, at an end,
and nothing short of blood will heal the difficulty.
When blood will cease to flow, after it once begins,
time elone will enable us to tell.
Ti K Escape of the Hark Adriatic.— The Bel
fast papers contradict the story that Capt. Dunham
was re taken by a French war steamer and carried
back to Marseilles in irons. By tbe last arrival let
ters were received by hia friends, announcing tliat
he had completely eluded the search of the steamer
sent after him, and had reached Spezzia, where he
had taken in provisions, and was on the eve of sail
iug for New York. The following extract is from a
letter received by his brother :
Stezzia, Jan. 20, 1808.
We arrived here on the 18th from Marseilles, af
ter giving the Frenchmen the slip. I went on board
the Adriatic at 0 o’clock in the evening of our de
parture, and, with four men, bent the .topsails, then
hsuled'out through the ships down to the mouth of
the harbor, and made sail. Before daylight we were
out of sight of the city. I was obliged to slip both
anchors, and put to sea without them. It was a
pretty good night’s work, considering the circum
stances. lam now safe in regard of being seized
by the French authorities, as they cannot take me
here. The Sardinian government will not allow me
to land, and as I cannot get anchors 1 shall have to
come on without them. The United States store
keeper here lias furnished me with stores enough to
reach the United States. I don’t know what sort
of a scarpe I shall have next
J. B. Dunham.
European Oruers for American Stocks.—
The America brings from Europe quite a conside
rable list of orders for American securities, chiefly
for the stock and bonds of the Panama, New York
Central and Erie Railroads. These orders, bow
ever, aru somewhat below the rates now current
the parties sending them not being aware of the
enormous advance which has taken place on this
tide in the ,*etfew weeks.
A Route for the Escape of the Mormons.—
The St. Ltuis Leader learns from Farther Desinet,
a Catholic missionary, who has spent many years
among the Indian tribes, that on either slope of tbe
Rocky Mountains there is a perfectly practicable
and easy route North from Salt Lake to tbe British
possessions. Father D. has travelled the route
Beveral times with light wagons. He gives it as
his conviction that if the Mormons leave their pre
sent location they will proceed Northward to New
Caledonia, British America, and settle at the base
of the Portage Mountains, near the 49th parallel.—
The route is described in detail. The country and
climate are said to be superior in every respect to
Utah.
Cuba.—A Washington correspondent of the Jour
nal of Commerce says: “We have heard much
and very vaguely, of the purpose of our administra
tion in regard to Cuba. It is not improbable that
some negotiation, looking to tbe purchase of Cuba
may be commenced, upon the occurrence of a
favorable opportunity. If the object be favored by
the governments of Franoe and Great Britain, it is
not impossible that it will be accomplished within
Mr. Buchanan's time.’
New Book*.
The Bench and Bar of Georgia : .S If :ui .- and
Sketches. By Stephen F. Miller. Iu tv.
volumes. Philadelphia: J. B Lippincoit vV Cos.
This work has “been looked for with much
in all parts of she State, and its appearance* wil b -
welcomed with pleasure. We do not hesitate to ex
press the opinion, that it will be found to surpa. h ai.
expectations as to its interest and its merits. Os tin
thirty-three characters biographically noticed, tour
teen are native born Georgians, six were b in ii
South Carolina six iu Virginia, four in North Car.* i
liua, one iu Maryland, one ia New Jersey, and om i
iu Ireland. In connection with tlio biographi* •
sketches and individual memoirs, much polities
matter is introduced, referring to several noted is
sues in Georgia, which will prove very acceptable,
not only to young meil who have grown up since ;
but even to those who shared in the otatantiUid they
arose. The Old and New Treaties are noticed in
sufficient detail to give a just understanding of tic
controversy. The case f tl missionaries an*
other parties who sought to arraign Georgia before
tU,e Supreme Court of the United States, i touched
upon, with a statement of the fads and the legal
questions. In regardio Nullification, and tic* pro
ceedtngs iu Georgia and South Carolina to carry
the doctrine into -effect, a very copious outline i
given. The Georgia Plat forth of 1850 and the Res
olutions of the Nashville Convention arc u
eluded.
Accompanying tlie work is an Appembxjv-iituhD
iug a “Court Roll.'’ containing the names'of all iju
Judges ot the Superior Courts, and the Attorney j
and Solicitor Generals in (GTuorgia, fi'Qin 1790 to j
1857. Also, iu the Appendix w ill be found frag
ments from the peu of the author, most ol which
appeared in print at various times. In conclusion,
the author says that should the favor with which
these are received authorize a third volume, the j
field is ample enough, and abundantly fruitful to j
render a compliance with such a demand notices a j
duty *’ j a pleasure.
For sale by Thos. Richards & Son.
Oriental and Western Siberia. By Thomas
Witlam Atkinson. New York x Harper A
Brothers.
ThiH is a large and handsomely illustrated work
embracing a simple narrative of fads taken from
journals kept during the journey of the authoi
through Siberia, Mongolia, Chinese Tartary, and
part of Central Asia. Much of this region- has been
but little explored, aud is comparatively uukuown. \
The style of the author is pleasant and agree a Wo, ;
and the many adventures aud hair-breadth escaptv
which are interwoveu with the descriptive portions j
of the work, render it very attractive.
For sale by Thos. Richards Son.
Fowler’s English Grammar. By William C.
Fowler, late Professor of Rhetoric in Amherst :
College. New-York : Harper A. Brothers.
For sale by Thos. Richards & Son.
The Works of Tacitus. The Oxford Translation
Revised. In two vole. New-York: Harper &.
Brothers.
For sale by Thos Richards A* Son.
Iu a receut discussion before the London Society
of Arts, Mr. C. W. Williams, the well known en
giueer, exhibited a drawing of the boilers of -th
Leviathan steamship, and took occasion to say that
they presented the greatest violations of natural
and chemical laws that he had ever witnessed. He
ridiculed the idea of their burning coal in the fur
naces, without great waste of fuel or an enormous
evolution of smoke. Each boiler—double boiler—
of the Leviathan, contains twelve furnaces and
about four hundred thousand cubic l'eet of at mo
speric air per hour are required for proper'Combus
tion of the gases alone ; but in what manner the uii
is to get into the furnaces does not appear. Mr.
Williams retnaiked that it really seemed as if the
utmost pains had been taken to exclude the air—it
being as impossible for the air to be supplied through
the fuel ou the rate as for a man to breathe the air
which comes from the lungs of another person. It
is an ascertained fact in chemistry, 1 fiat a tou ol
coal producing ten thousand cubic feet of g s re
quires one hundred thousand cubic feet of air for
thorough combustion ; and by some it is e. timated
at even double that, quantity.
Hon. Edward Everett. —The Charity Address
of this gifted orator seems to-be the rlyal of his
celebrated oration on Washington, iu deep interest,
and iu cal's for its repetition. Ti c Richmond En
quirer, ot Friday last, says :
“The ‘Charity Discourse* of this Indy great ora
tor, drew a large audience to the Theatre yesterday
morning, although the announcement had only been
made for a few hours. Seldom, — never, we might
almost venture to say —have we listented to an >ra
tion so full of mingled pathos ami eloquence. Aged
eyes wept with t he young, and now and then a sup
pressed sob struck the ear. Those surrounding Ihe
orator, on the stage, visibly wept, and we hear that
one of the functionaries of the Theatre, whose
duty it was to attend to the lowering of tlie curtain,
was so much moved, that he could not attend with
proper rapidity to his office.
“There has been such a clarmoreus demand for
the repetition of Mr. Everett's oration on Washing
ton, that the ladies of the Mount Vernon Associa
tion have solicited him to repeat it this evening, at
the African Church, that men of business and oth
ers, who could not leave their daily avocations 1> *
fore evening, might have the opportunity of enjoy
ing the rich treat. Mr. Everett leaves Richmond
on Saturday. He repeats liis‘Washington’ oration
at Trenton, Harrisburg, University of Virginia,
Lynchburg, Norfolk, and Lexington, Va., and liis
‘Charity’ Discourse at Baltimore, Philadelphia and
Washington.
Mr. Everett, by special request, repeated Lia
Washington oration, at the African Church, in Rich
mond, on Friday evening last. The proceeds of the
preceding delivery of the address, at the Theatre
amounted, says the Richmond Emjuiri r,t u SI3OO
The Managers of the Theatre acted most hand
somely in not charging a cent for the use of the
house. The repetition of the address yielded an
additional S7OO, making a total of S2OOO.
Imports of Dry Goods at Nkw-Ycrk.—The
imports of foreign dry goods at New-York during
February were but $7,044,407, Which is $6,918,109
leBS than for the corresponding period of last year,
(a decline of near one-halt,) $1,856,402 less than for
February, 1856, and $339,560 less than for Februa
ry, 1855. This decrease extends to every descrip,
tion of goods. Compared with the receipts for the
corresponding period of la*t year, the imports since
January Ist show a still greater decline. The total
ot dry goods landed at that port for two months, is
$14,468,741 less than for the same period of 1857,
$9,677,029 less than for the same period of 1856, and
$3,103,809 lees than for the same period of 1855.
The imports of dry goods at New* York from the
commencement of the last fiscal year (July Ist) to
February 27th, are $53,171,703, against, $69,775,463
for the same period of the previous year, and $57,-
419,548 for the eight mouths ending with the same
date in 1856.
Masonry and Mount Vernon. —The Charleston
Courier says : —We are happy to announce that the
Grand Lodge of Ancient Free Masons of South
Carolina, at their communication, on Tuesday night
last, promptly and liberally responded to the call of
“The Southern Matron”, and subscribed the sura
of one hundred dollars, as a Lodge donation, towards
the Mount Vernen purchase. also recoin
mended that the several Lodges under their jurisdic
tion, should take action ou the subject, at their
April meeting*-, and that their respective members
should subscribe one dollar each to the same glo
rious cause.
Counterfeits. —Several counterfeit bills ou the
Georgia Railroad and Banking Couipanyof the
denomination of SSO, says the Sparta Georgian;
have been passed in this community recently. They
are the poorest attempts in that line w< have ever
seeu and evidently are the pr duct ions of a Tyro.
They were originally one dollar bills and have been
transmuted into fifties. Our citizens should be on
the alert, not only to protect themselves, but to de
tect any person who may be guilty of such nefarious
practices, and have them sent to the penitentiary,
where such fellows properly belong.
Henry A. Washington, Esq., who diet, with an
untimely death in Washington on .Sunday afternoon
by the accidental discharge of ari air gun, was well
known throughout Virginia and the South. He had
for some weeks been an invalid under medical
treatment in Washington, and generally amused
himself by practicing from a window upon pigeons.
Deceased was a son in-law oftbe late Judgo Tuck
er, and has for several years past been Professor of
History in William and Mary College. He was tbe
editor of the last edition of the Jefferson Papers,
was a ripe scholar and an accomplished gentleman.
He leaves a wife and daughter, and had made pre
parations to leave with his family on Monday for
Williamsburg. His age was only tliirty-six years
The Labor Question in Jamacia. —By the la
test dates from Kingston, Jamaica, February 20,
we learn that the labor supply question engaged
Ibe attention of all parties. Whilst the importation
of African slaves, according to the French plan, was
denounced, it was acknowledged that Hie plan of
coolie emigration from India did not. promise any
decided relief, and the hopes of the arrival of con
vict sepoys, were fast diminishing.
Distressing Case of Hydrophobia.— Miss Ma.-
hala Witman, an amiable young lady, daughter of
Mr. Peter Witman, who resides in Chester county,
Pa., died from the effects of the distressing malady,
hydrophobia, on Wednesday morning last. The
Reading Gazette says:
About nine weeks ago Miss WitnrKii was bitten
by a dog belonging toher father. It was not sujc
posed, at tbe time, that, the dog was mad but toe
family being apprehensive that such might be-tin
case, tied him fast in the stable, where, during the
night, be strangled himself with the rope by which
hews. ifea. Two physicians in the neighbor
hood examined the dog and pronounced him not
mad. Notwithstanding this positive opinion, how
ever, on Monday, the 14th inst., the young lady
was taken ill. and afterwards was seized with vio
lent convulsions, having all the symptoms of hydro
phobia, and on Wednesday, the 16th, site died, in
the greatest agony. Miss Witman had been living
with Miss Margaret Burcker as a mantua-rnaker
until within the last eight or ten months, and was
well known and highly esteemed in this city.
What is to Become of Mexico?—' The London
Times says: “There ‘l3 not a statesman who would !
wish to see Great Britain hamper herself with an
inch of Mexican ground. Le.i the United States,
when they are finally prepared for it, enjey all tbe !
advantages and responsibility of ownership, and :
our merchants at Liverpool and elsewhere will be
quite content with the trade that may spring cut
’of it. The capacity of the Mexican imputation
for appreciating a constitutional rule is not so re
markable tiiat we should volunteer to adminis
ter it. ”
Killed. —A despatch was received in this city
Wednesday, says the Savannah RipubLrau, stating
that Jas B. Shelton, a young man well known .11
this city, was killed in an affray, in Washington
City, Tuesday night laat._
Expediting the Mail.— Mr. Jackson, of the New
Jersey, and Mr. Felton, of the Philadelphia and
Baltimore railroads, have just-concluded an arrange
ment with the Post Office Department to facilitate
the mail between Washington and Bneten twelve
hours —leaving Washington at 3 P M , arriVU*. in
NewfYork at 2 A. M—seas toleave in t'bu early
New Haven tram.
France and England.
L * D-cdoa correspondent of the New York
C er.cml Advertiser, reviewing the present as
p£i. i wt th .- relation* between France aud England
says:
Probably a majority ot the people of England still
believe f • it. the Emperor of Franco cu es not medi
tate an n'thn&te war with this country. There i.-:
au iuar.- F.r.-.ble impression sa to his “sagacity,’
•such es in idwayß^rrated by success, which pre
vents people from supp< ting that he could eoutem
| plate Huch n course. 1> * what he may, therefore,
I bo will still be our “faithful ally,” until possibly
\un morning an announcement in the* Moniteur
j Will throw anew light upon tho matter At pro-
I set i any.hdstile juanifeetati.ma are simply viewed
I as part ui his astute You ljvauce* for diverting the
j army and preventing them from supposing he is too
| unflinchingly dquoteef to. us. “The last thing lie
j will and will bqto.fe*e*k With England,” m the erv,
j and the wish is father !o thfc thought. i\ rliaps itjs
so be the last thing h<- w ill do, nut ter are those
who believe he will do it. nevertheless
He U sending a fleet die Red Ss*ostensibly
to be ready to convey a body of French troops to
China, where ti is they wi'l no! be needed.
These t roopS met* go through Egypt and to ein
barli at Suez*. At all ships of war will be
at £wez whether the troops are tvn! or not,, and in
pale < ihcriv ship* \vi:l.lm l ready to stop
the overland transit, ‘lkoy inigi I al-olak* iuhand
the Außtral>au mail steamers, and even %. j’ j meoi
the Australian ports - At the same time France is
to-iffe separated into five gri;t. inillilary divisions,
but all, according to the reprercnta'.i ns made mere
ly with a view to homo protection. Every office of
-lli* state is ’likewise'being thrown >. lomilitary
hr.mis, even that of Minkle •of the* Inlet having
jttst been filled* in this inanntr. Os course,..agsin,
‘n will be sqid thftf the^ec -ditry thus predominant
willfully approve the maintenance of the motto,
i * The Empire is peace,” find will find every satisfac
! tion for tfieif am hi lion in remaining ivi hoipeto act
! the pail ol spies ami policemen. With every tongue
j silenced, evpry pen*destroyed that woulduare to
j put Tor! h a ward iu*iupprrt o: commerce, m ra itv
j aud good faith, iu contradidmotion to the fiercer
I impulses of these sons of will still e cmi
i tended, until the plot i?- matured ami the moim ut
| arrives for throwing of! the mask, that the days of
j revenge*or-aggression have passed, and that the
exchange *0 international benefits, the prunrntimi
I of friendly intercourse and Ihe cultivation of the
| beneficent arts constitute the supreme aim of
| France. To any 4>new ho credits simii profdeni. u i
| Hie -question should he. “Have yoi*>vcr seen < r
conversed with a French h-idler If so, li woo and
merely require to be reminded that if is the French
so}flier that now represut.the country.
]{ whs mentioned some t ime back that imincdi
■ ately after the visit of Jhe Emperor Napoleon to Os
borife, the English project for a railway and tele
I graph to India by the valley of* the Euphrates was
j suddenly disoounte*anced by .the Government
i Some persons fancied there might boa connect ion
between the two events, llu* stoppage of our oom
l munications is the primal y inode by which we can
• be embarrassed.* The I gyptian transit, ns has al
ready beefi observed, could bo cured for iu that re
spect. TUe Euphrates route might offer more im
I pediments to interference. Ilcncc observers wlm
i find it impossible It* dispel the suspicion that one of
the conditions at Dsbonm, in return for certain con
cessions on the part-of France, whs that the Ku
j phrates scheme should no longer be supported by
our authorities. AFall events it is admitted that
j French influence at Constantinople has prevented
the concession fr the telegraph being granted. It
! was promised to an Kng.i-h < mpany, and had hI
j ready passed the Council of State, when at the
eleventh hour an intrigue succeeded in preventing
; its signature by flic Grand Yizer. But for that fad
| we should by this time almost have been in instan
j taueous connection with India. The loss by the de
preciation must be counted by millions. Under any
circumstances, therefore, we find it expensive to
! meet the consequences of having a faithful ally.—
| But the Emperor Napoli • n gave a thorn and pounds
to thb relief fund for the sufferers of lie mutiny,
wnd our public, perfectly blinded with the touching
act, had no wigh to see further.
| Finally, if thtr* wete up other reason sos watch
fulness, it is to be remembered that there is not a
I single stop in the career of his ‘uncle which Louis
I Napoleon has not tried to imitate--except that of
l making war upon Engiar.d.
, Under these circumstances remembermg the
j meeting last autiunn at Stutgardtwith the Emperor
! of. Russia—remembering also th>U the professions
i and solemn oaths ot our ally in all other respects
4 have invariably proved deceptions, to cover some
> patiently concocted scheme of an opposite charac
ter—warily pursued for years and never comniuui
j cated to any one till the last moment—it will bo
j seen that it would at least be unwise to cast away
j all idea that the political horizon of Europe will ever
again show a c’oud. Indeed the existence of a
j cloud has just been .made apparent, and all hough it
j may be said tis have been no bigger than a man’s
j baud, it is an important thing to consider ilrnt the
! man to whom the hand belonged was Louis N.i-
I* poleon*
; T|ik Virginia’Steamship Enterpri Tie
| Hon. VV. B. Pjeston l usspiead before ti c public,
j in a speech at Richmond, the reßu’.ts of his misi iou
! fcxEurope mi behalf of the project, to establish a lino
| of steamers between Norfolk aud some French poit.
j He states that no definite contract has yet. been
[ made, but a paper has .been drawn up by the Oi
leans Railway Company, “advising, n tic form Oj
a stipulation,.the basis- upon which the projected
service might be organized,” os follows:
1. fThe number, tonnage, powbr, and speed ol tic
-vessels shall be determined by the. company ; but.
the number shall not be less than four, nor the
number of round trips p.-r annum lo * thin twauty
•four.
2 and 3. The tonnage, power, and speed of the
vessels to be not less than the tonnage; &.c , of the
steamers Full on pud Arago.
4. The capital of she company to be $3,000,000.
5. One half of the. capital lo subset ibid iu
AmeriQftydnd one half by the Orleans Railway
Company, or under ita influence.
6. -The “domicile” of the company to be in l’aris,
in France
7. The first year four directors to be French and
three American; the second year four American
and three French; and soon, alternately, unless
otherwise deteimined by the statutes of the com
pany.
8. The Amet lean interests lo guaranty lo the
enter prise, for ten years, a subrent ion for mail
serviee } $12,500 per round flip. Any subvention
that ifitty be given by the French Government shall
likewise epure to the common benefit oL the stock
holders.
9. Two of lire four proposed steamships to be built
at Norfolk or toine other point in Virginia, and to
carry the American flag , tin* other two to be built
in France, and to carry the French flag.
The Atlantic Tklkgkalii.—The Washington
Union slates “that the United Statea steam-frighte
Niagara will probably sail from New York some
day duung the present week ou her second voyage
in aid of the great Atlantic telegraph enterprise.—
She will on this, os on her former and first voyage,
be under the command of Capt. W. 11. Hudson. -
•Sines her return she hasjieeii caulked aud refitted,
the main rigging lias been changed by the eilbsti
tution of larger chains, and the fore and main topsail
yard—-which were fvund to be too light.—have been
replaced by heavier ones. She has ako been w
painted, and now looks ‘as good as new.’
riw muster roll embraces l (, l men. all told. Ilcr
complement ou the previous I rial wan 500 men, but
experience demonstrated I'int such a number could
not bo comfortably accommodated in Consequence
of the great space required for the telegraph cable
The main force consists of <o men, and about an
equal number belonging to the engiueer depart
ment*. r l ho remainder, including officers and pick
ed sailors.”
Our latest European ad vie - ,d.ato that !! • Allan
tifc Telegraph Company were making active prepa
ratiops towards the second attempt at. laying the
cable, at tho earliest practical period. Obstacles
heretofore encountered have been overcome -by
new machinery, &c. The fullest, confidence exist
Upon the part of those interested, that, complete
success will e.iown tbeir next effort in this great
enterprise. A large amount of additional cable has
been made.
High Price Forlndians —The Baltimore Amer
ican says:—Wm. Bowlegs, Esq., head man of llm
two hundred Indians, negroes, hall breeds, mulat
toes,'etc., in Florida, yclept Seminole*, has, for a
termT>f years, been one of the leading heroes in the
. war-like ahnals cf the United States. Snugly en
sconced in the fastnesses of tho everglades, William
has been vainly sought by martial bands ot
dragoons, mounted riflemen, and the like, at the rate
of we know not how many hundreds of thousands <1
dollars per annumJo the national treasury. AH
sorts of -schemes have been tried to catch him, hh
none have succeeded, an attempt is now in operation
to bribe him and his followers to go to the West. It
will scarcely be credited, yet u Florida paper sober
ly tetfs ua the fact, that the government now has
agents in Florida, authorized to offer Bewleges and
crew ten thousand dollars in cash, at once, if they
will only go to the Semipole tract, west of Arkansas ,
two hundred and fitly thousand dollars immediately
t>ji their arrival there, twenty five thousand dollars
per annum forever after, and land to be given for
cultivation with farmers, blacksmiths, etc., to do
their work, under pretext of teaching them civiliza
tion: Under such circumstances,‘there are a great
many white folks who would like to be Seminoles,
as the offer'secures a handsome future to every
man, woman and child of the whole two hundred.—
If Billy scorno-thai bribe, it will be a question which
predominates in his composition, th * patriot or th#*
fool.
Ti*f. Pacific ‘llotri* Examination.—To* ©i
animation of TaylO*\ *ctittrged with setting tire !o Hjo
Pacific Hot*! at Nr* Louie, was commenced in liial
city on Friday laet rfnd will .ptobably continue
through all of this'week. Thu* far t lie evidence haw
been circumstantial, and though es roogly suspicious
circumstances are shown, yet nothing directly and
positively iniplieatingTaylor ha yet. bean proven ,
There id a large number of wil ndhses to be examined,
and the excitement continues. Grbat crowds col
lect every day about the magistrate’s office, aid
watch with npxiety every development in the case.
(Jhu aoo.—A paragraph recently appeared j n a
New X,ork paper to the effect that, no lees than
.'WO chattel mortgages had been recorded at Ghie&
go within a comparatively shoit time. The Chicar-
Times, the atafenlent, says : —“Fro a an
examination of the business done.iu the
fiijd Flie whole-amount of instruments s or ’
col'd since JB2I up UIAHOH “to numbs , a , m . r
‘<7,lino, /uid it must be observed fr, aUn (h , B IluMb( . r
are comprised. o)> maps,
.tracts, deeds, and" all othac- IDS , rumen(a of hvCry
uamcand nature Whatsoever, which the law r'e
quires t<T be made a lUF.Oct ofreort. The number
of chattel mortgages including in the above
of eight per cent, upon the wbolq, and instead of be
mg granted- Cy merchants, who form the business,
community, we'find upon acLiaf'ingeetigation 01
tbe schedule of property exposed in lie iiistni
merits themselves, that they are iq msstjinatance
given to secure the purchase money of the goods
, and ofiattel# wjiick pass by bills of sale between the
hard-working and industrious laborer and mechanic!
! There are several millions of dollai*.lyiiig in the
! New York. Savings Banks, in other Hanks” and iu
j Trust UompantA, for which no owners can. be found
having lain bo long and been bo often advertised
r bat a strong presumption arises against any call
being ever made forthem. Meantime their
goes on accumulating,.and the irfst’dutioDs having
them in charge are profited, at hyist indirectly, by
ths control-ol so large an amount of fuuds, since not
only is money itself poweribnt even its custody.—
Senator Hrandreth has given notice of a bill to take
these unclaimed moneys from The institutionsjvUei e
they are deposited in order to fflace them under the
direct control of the State, their interest to be devo
ted to public education.
Passenger Car Smashed.— When the train from
Xenia was about a mile and a half from, D sy t on
Ohio, on Monday, the rails spread, as ‘.s stated and
threw a passenger car oir the track and down an
embankment of some six feet. The car was broken
up add ail the passengers, some forty, were more 0,
less inured, tbough-noue seriously.