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■ -It H ,<! lin creating from Mexico*
••'hip let:.;ee**.e, arr ved las*. eventing
■ ffhrnia -L- .j.v-ot Mexico up to tne
, j pc* (jfofj. Vera Crux up ‘4* the 6tb of
t- \>t \v from the” • wtuces *ubstx!iaHy
1 toffee r&pbic d.*patebes publisher in
-•- day evening’* Delt If appears, however,
■ ‘ ih?i take* priapnfrr, though hi* Go
- • xh hi* force* at Guadalajara
■ r a imnaelf compelled 4<o seek safety by
* A* i bis way to Han Fraurieeo, or
of Alvarez.
• • > >.• Krtracniinary,of the 3Ptb trir , thus
up • ... ; ion of afU'ia iu Mexico:
.■i-tak ot this ctmct y at pe ee in
, iUMiy to fali to the-lot of aify jour
■ the proportion of Indian**, mired
w hited feina n the same. For the
i h for ay to lM.k to the main travel
country. a Government
> T iMaf ’.jrJ: roads m ite posee**ion. it
a ar>*j sometime to come be
i* - ‘ GovernraenH Mexico. This
***• that reasonable r>eople, who know the ‘
oM tiop o‘e bh’i'inal can ei
-*- i t* tho- c who are cagefu! observer* of i
:: .Mexican Government*, this most be the
tan pAty bas triumphed as completely
. when it has put itself in j*oeeeamon of the
’ * to fbgii/ermr. ss iut a*Guadaiiajara, and-on
‘ ♦•*: u ’ieio Ve.it Chn?. -
■ (ioi < lierV h& jn;** accompHehecJ ii? work
I-. t .- r TANARUS! • •cr’reiftiet of the troops of Par
| ‘. v •• jc , > *j .r maybe considered as the final
] .rv/ i. A < * Mnet w i.rmoet probably take a
• .■ ?-• u. jha. i l<i and go to Acapulco, where
joi r * with Alvar ex, or perhaps they
I .** j -.; e for Han Francisco, thereto enjoy
<■ i it si, away from the fear of pursuit
the troop * of th*-Government.
• * nn to be making frightfiri
,x\j:u Vu - tan The Indiana of that egio u
•nr i L- .. deUrinined set and their
o rnble to the civilized inhabitants. We
: ••. j,e T .v.- of their eaefcip'g three more towns.
.-*yi that nearly all of the inhabitants
but dcto not tfivethe exact num-’
* j/th. hoot foer hundred people were
. r di o one village. Tlie number of victims to
n vi i geanee mast soon be very great in that
J <-.v ii war in Yucatan, among the whites, stiii
in U*r.'Hteiiir>g danger to them from
i .;aL<'appear ,to have bat little power to re
tr .uony. Jhe uuinber of aspiring men is al
, - . .. .. Mgjpn lor the number of
• f iiu * therefore, they oonstaotly are at war.
i . . iv* <lnothing of'importance trorn Puebla
L vc, we believe, is still in the Castle
I e i J ickcagary, with hie iorce, is at the
K id a of Han Anto&io.
: Oi m at ions—The military move
• - vi *. * ~ *-11 various and active , but, what is
liable in all the Mexitmu civil wars, almost
The Extraordinary narrates thelu at
in its review of the month’s news, as follows:
.. o- pariure of the last packet from the
Mexiro several ohaugea have taken place’
c v.uiti.e belligerents, although we are
to a that.they have cost a comparatively
ill ainou: t ot huioan blood.
1 J üb::c. .titentimi has generally been centered
me ol tne interior At the time of the
offhe las! packet the forces of both par-
oncentrated at and near Celaya. The
f . then i ifimarxied by Generals Parrodi
t- ■ • J>b>.;o, held the town of Celaya and had
i : •*■!.? tliruwu up,co:nmauu*ng the camino
P . Govcruuieiutroops, uuder theoommaiid
■ is Miraiwm, Mejia, Casanova and
niicurte were about the place. The forces on
- were aboui equal, eaofa having, accord
, (■■i.iiriles-ix thousand men. The Coalition
•dp 1 ex j,e< icg, as would appear, that
Govermrieiifctroops were going to * ssault their
v. in lront.''i bis urm,-however, wasiK)tadop
by tl: < iimwtuder in -chief of tiie Government
t A ter wasting time before fbe camp of the
% : in wl.uii had conmmenced
t : ‘i tide. Gen. Osollo ordered
te>>v;neot to b 6 made in the rear of his enotny.
.. 1 i.H defiled effect, and tbeteutsof the
i at fin e struck, and they moved
.i .i “. i. they had well fortified, and
•r,‘i lui further jgterior, without giving
.*• o.'gn.e i;-tiU3St demonstration of op
the hands of the Government on
. . t l ii uiomii, and the troops of the Coali
v ‘ iliinauca. There they halted
- .|*f 9ii i ij.jmdiflg*the fartbAf progress of
. m is ts v< fuineut. The Commaeder-iu
“a* ;n five m his movenients, and on the
• !i ops of the Government
■deft Orrn4,orc. . a point near Salamanca
- *jf Mie (h ailtiou moved out to attack,
. ‘V. ive b'ow was struck, and both armies
v if into camp for the night.
* v rnii!/ the 10th. the Coalition
n.*i\ i u* tiie attack, but it was with the
timt *ien. Parrodi could get his
<•'l tl -i. l>i*blado had already com
msh •/ his want iff faith iu himself or his
ii therefore at the critical moment the ac
♦ m ft j stu tilled. A sort of charge,
‘♦v-r, \v :s made, and several specimens of in*
hr . >■ y v*. i exiubited, but ail availed Id
• t ?i • ‘ • h iti-:i. They were sdoii most com
■ I * !ado surrendered with all his
1i \ Govetomenl, ami Parrodi, with less
. i... i- uni men, made a tiying retreat for
*!mops iM (i.i GoVet ment entered Guana
i ,tln litamfest* of enthustasni of the peo
n . wJorin-* were gone through with by the
...emu !i m chief—the appointing of a looal Gov*
i, &c—and he and his forces weie again in
oft heir enemy.
look place between Salamanca and
ia Parrodi kept too far in advauce.—
’ ; i t\ t >.m . s were hurrying on towards
, ai Jiijnrp.. a in* v einetft took place there iu favor
• -v. lometil, but it was put dawn without
mv, with hi.* cabinet, retired from Guadala
f! e Kill: fi-r (’nliriia. It was their intention
I ti-embark for Acapifleo.
i ■ tl, boti .iVioies having been at Guada
>enie time, Parrodi, who had been there
i'tuger time, and who whs in the city, but with*
• \< y for< - hut demoralized,troops, surrendered,
r i,- wvre t| .• in t he could have expected in
i.’ais, we may say, ends the campaign
| * the ce to Tera Cruz, and toward the South
i . tore sos the Government have not been bo
i * .ml. CYsn. Erdieagaiy. early iu the month
tH‘k to pci-s from Puebla to Yeya Cru with
. ii . of h-eB than ,00t1 men. He first passed to
Aivu Chah h C ‘lmila, which, being a small
[ ’ .ive m He theu proceeded to Perote. Here
a sfroeg fortifies • >u, known as the Castle
! t . ‘i‘e, winch .is well garrisoned. Thecoinman
*. the i a*tie lived upon the troops of Genera’
* •/ .. and they were forced to fall back and
• read ! Jaiapa At La Hoyathey took
work thi.t hail been abandoned by the
< . . jiu,tionalittli', and left it again as they had
- mu atierentered Jalapa. and, at that point,
• piw-’ t march upon Vera Crux. In the
i . itn.* however, La L'&ve commenced ooncen
or * a at Pueuta National, and before Gen.
i .i y had come up with that point, the pass
i. del- tided, and defied his forces. Forseve
•. the fort >■* of the two parti*** were in sight
othet at Puente Nacioual without any
’ i.. \. ment being made. Finally, Llavegot in the
•> “1 I t eagm.iy, leaving a large force with Ne
to he ; the. position. This movement started
l v , ■ tray, and Uavj, being in his road ahead of
.t\ 1 with his force*. Xegi te was soon made
j i’t-u ’ it h hi solitary position and he took his
; • of march in the rear of Echeagaray.
I.lav was. at out latest dates, at the Castle ot
1 i ‘ie. and Echeagaray was at a hacienda called
1 - Antoi;:<>, a tew leagues this side of Llave, in the
ii ot Perote.
t.hMKNT of Exequaturs.—The Zuloaga
I ( . ai<-. ha. w ithdrawn the exequaturs of sev
(. : u at WraCruz, which the Kxti aoi dinary
! thus explains:
i Zul.-fga Government Las retired the exequa
| * -iifuL of the United States. Spain and
. .rg at Vera Cruz: The cause of this maui
i ot the displeasure of the supreme govern*
•>-rung from :he overzealousntss of the said
in sympathizing with the cause of the op
; , M the time that Vera Cruz was declared
:i* •!*: -go. Gov Zamora addressed a letter
. t ? l.e foreign consul* at that port. The
. :ft .oil i■* to acknowledge the receipt
:• Governor, but added tbeirsympa
•*. ... Foreign Relatione, Seoe Cuevas,
! ‘ j-. , ’to Mr Fore , the, notifying him of the re
j exequatur of Mr. Picket. United. States
Vera Cruz, nays the Gov eminent can not
! •;i >uto niter te ue with the internal politics
i v. v and especially To disown tiie Supreme
. veil mi wt.ile it lias been acknowledge by the
j i c-; Vnt Minister.
Funeral ot’ Col. Benton.
<v <.. > over the remains of Col. Benton
HlloMl in Washington,
To President, Members of
. and uiv inkers ot the Senate awd House
, .-,v e were in gttsad—ea. The ?er
. nu n* ten witi.oat ceremony or pageut
. r i.mi immediately at their close the re
- \ „i.n ed to the railroad station prepara
. 1 -sum tt St Lolh. The follow
• r ;> acted as pall-bearers to the
vii ,1 uc. United States Army.
G ’ . uel Houston. of Texas.
v l .4ivtl. j. i Virginia.
M \\ u, ,xh Wa I'.iugton.
!1 . . J 1> Ci y, of Kentucky.
W li: V; on, Esq . iH New York.
.hi a R*. i. of Aiissouri.
c(. Ri v t-s, E q, of Washington.
ti.- w*e;e cue ot the cars of
tv* - Con r :my. w hich was attached
U \ . lL in-t- :si evening to the Wheeling
* i F i auaius win reach St. Louis to
\ -f.; r T Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
•■'•v • o redUie family a -pociai cat for the
. wik ‘.cv lined m view of the express
SeuaUir that all demonstration
i: avoided In the transßoission of his remains
. * ir final piace of lest.
L : .a. . wn was opened on Saturday It
*• * S^ptember ? ;ust before the surgical
, : !; • : .i vo:vou L.e hazard of death, was
li> residence iu Washington i= be
•.! . Mrs. Joins , and his library to Carey
•
A * an. ong their child rap The execu-
Wlu. C'iti-y J.cies. John C. Fre
. K n i T.svlor Jacob, ?a>us in-law Mom j
V. an.i Philips Lee. brother in iaw of ;
BUir. a fr cuds Amc+itxm.
* Natn nal lute..:g<-m*er of Monday morning
and affecting efreuawtance that the
of the family should have
•
A’. : Lsut grandson of Col Benton,the
W ,-u v .re) Jone?. died hi the house of
• > -* : i&y morning, and the irurse
• ~ - c iu’w reside by aide in death
••'t- t. * remains of both will be
. * - •. -* r: *r ■ad cars tins aftemoi>u on their
v thom- ♦ttr H ic'Mnent
■’ > *>• \fc ii . I"'r'Tu v Lieut. Brookes, of the
N.-v -Vv. -.*i tue i>eep Sea
- . _ • : lUiCMt. v* given to the country
• v; jrr i.ii* -euus aud osefuinees. bv
.. \en*.o: . i**v:oe. by Wkicn tmali boats
u _ per. ,j “"f r ‘im ninrita
jJr: .t r. u U*ou:Caugct oiiLm t>oa(s
• _ .~wa T: iavoDtivu :.a met with the
v . :mer'.us nauticaT men who have Lad :
• ,iu v *.. t-xauLwing it and it is iikoijr te be
* ..sV.fe Lr Movement over the p.eeent
v >*. * -cr ships’ ? uaR beats after they
a - ter-js very s;tnpe ano
•- . , _ - r . , t QT&JOU&+ ami needs otny to
r ,-h-f.iy-* .v.tu 1 couabbs of a baii and
• - Ur t-d te the endi o: t!e
:i , a. . r.LgaiiU hall to take the place
►%.| ti.e • kr- now in
+ - m ~ - ‘’ -
l v . : •!. ?ali a despairing patient to bii physi
; ,’ , . • J am in i dr.--. \:n .vate. I ean n*sither?<i
Ids-Why then, replied
t- c> : i very gravely, 1 think you had better —
I roast.’
• Fiotn the Savannah. Georgian. { Dem~) Apr tJ.
To >frrs. fiovrel! Cobb, Hubert Tsoiati and
Alexander 11. Stephen**.
A suspicion has existed in the public aund at the
South, that a fraud and imposition haa been pr*c
•jted upon tee country by Gen Calhoun of Kanaia,
in first declaring the election in favor of the pro
-lavery party, ar.d aubsequently at a very critical
jan ‘ Ore in political affairs reversirig the* dtu ioion.
Senp.Lor I verson- in the course of a speech deli. ered
in the t’. S. Senate, declared that Calhoun w ua in
uuced to make this last dechrion by Southern men,
and though the charge is a grievous one, he tailed
hi name the parties alluded to. Tbie suspicion lias
grown almost into a positive conviction All of
you. together with Mr. Thompson, of Miseit-.ippi,
are charged wirh being the parties guilty of this
tr aaaetiou.
The following ia the charge—together’ wiih the
authority upon which it is made.
The Washington correspondent of the Sout_s Ca
rolinian, in this State, makes the following charge :
“It ia said tLat Calhoun was urged in the s*roug
es? possible manner, to make the decision he has
made, by three prominent political chatacter* fiom
Georgia, and one from Miaaiseippi. I will not men
tion tneir names—doubtless it will come out as a
part of the history of the times.”
The Montgomery (Ala.) Mail plainly intimates
that the individuals referred to by the correspon
dent of the South Carohnian. are Mr. Cobb, Secre
tary of the Treasury; Mr. Thompson, Secretary of
the Interior ; and Messrs. Toombs and Stephens
We had information to the same effect, but cot be :
ing authorised to use names, we forbear la} ing it
before the public ”
The extract is taken from an editorial in the
“Charleston Mercury’’ and is sirostaatiated by that
journal, which is considered reliable and w.*ll in
formed upon political subject®.
All of you are southern men, and have been ele
vated to your positions, by constituencies, who be
lieved they were electing men who would faithfully
and fearlessly guard the great interests confided to
their keeping. One of you are a member of the
Cabinet and responsible in part for the honesty and.
good faith of the administration in carrying out that
policy iaid down before and after its inauguration.
Another is a Senator from Georgia, representing a
•State whose people &iv pledged to resist any attempt
upon the part of the Government to deprive them
of thier rights and privileges. The last is the rep
resentative of a District whose people do not differ
in opinion brethren throughout the State.
, You are all MRocrata and staod pledged before the
country to support and maintain the doctrines and
principles of the Democratic Party.
You will readily perceive the interest that the
people of Georgia must feel ;u knowing the correct
ness or faslity ot the charge laid to your accounts.—
aud will we trust as readily appreciate the impor
tance upon your parts to meet it with a deuial or an
admission. We express no opinion as to its pro
bable truth or error, tor we are in possession of no
further evidence than that furnished in this article,
aud such a course upou our part would fail to satis
fy the public mind
These are troublou-* times to Georgia, to t e South,
and to the Democratic party, whose existence d<s
pencs upou its ability to execute its pledges to the
country. It is meet that the South, should know’
her friends aud how far they may be relied upon in
this emergency. We therefore in the name and
behalf of the people of Georgia and of the Demo
cracy of tlie islate, call upon each and all of you to
answer to the charges preferred against you. We
do not include Mr* Thompson in this case for the
reason that we imagine the people ot Mississippi
will demand of him an explanation of the tact that
his name is connected with yours in the charge.
Senator Hell’s Speech.
As the distinguished and patriotic Seuator from
.Tennessee leceives an uncommon amount of abuse
lor his course, from the truckling demagogues who
tavored the Resolutions passed by the so called
Georgia Democratic Convention last June, and
* who afterwards cowered and kissed the rod of
pow'er, we wish to place the following extract from
h s speech on record. An undue degree of pitiful
subhtrtiency is needed on The part of these trembling
minions, in order that they may regaiu the favor of
their lord aud master at YVashington City which was
lost by their “’harsh and ungracious” rebellion.—
Atlanta American. Mr. Beil says :
“There is no gentleman here With whom I differ
as to the value of the Union of these States, to
whom 1 do not. accord honesty and patriotism of
purpose. There is simply between us a difference
in judgment as to the true interest of this great
country ; the true interest of the South as well as of
the North, connected with the Uuiou. When mv
attention is iuvited to the consideration of the ad
vantages and blessings that may follow disunion to
the South, I shun the subject as one that is specula
tive only and prematurely brought forward. That
*l3 a field oi inquiry into which I do not propose now
to enter. When an issue us made . when a question
does arise demanding such an inquiry as that, I
shall be ready to enter upon it, and lo estimate the
value of the Lnioii; but 1 will not anticipate the oc
currence of any such contingency.
“When the Nor h shall, by any deliberate act, de
prive the South of any fair and just and equal par
ticipation iu the benefits of the Union—it, for ex
ample, the Territory now proposed to be admitted
into the Uuiou as a State had not been subject to
an interdict of slavery for thirty years—if it were a
Territory such as that lying west of Arkansas, by a
climate adapted to slave labor, and by population
already a slave Territory; aud if, on an application
of such a Territory for admission iuto the Union as
a slave State, the powerful North, without any of
the feeliugs and resentments natura ly grow ng out
the repeal of the Missouri compromise in regard to
Kansas, should deliberately announce to the South
4 yon shall have no more slave States,’ that would
afford a pretext with which the South might with
mune reabou, and with some assurance of the ap
proval of the civilized world and of posterity, seek
to dissolve the Union. I know that it is sup
jioaed by some that the day will come when the
North, iu the arrogance of its power, will fur
nish just such a pretext as I have indications;
and the Senator from Georgia and others have
argued this question on the ground that it will come;
but I must see it covie before 1 will calculate the
value oft this Union. I trust that day will never
come. Ido uot believe it will come if the South is
wise aud true to itself. I would not have .the South
truckle or surrender any of their rights. I would
uot have them yfcdd one jot or tittle of their rights;
but I would have them make no questionable issues
in advance, stir up strife upou unnecessary abstract
questions, having no practical value, but to do al
ways what is just Hfia right upon all questions. —
When a people or a Territory applies for admission
iuto the Union under a constitution fairly formed,
with the assent of the people excluding slavery, I
would admit it promptly, and when an application
comes, on the other hand, from the people of a Ter
ritory who have fairly formed a constitution recog
niziug slavery, 1 would insist upon its admission as
a slave Htate. Jf the North should not agree to
this, it would theu be time enough to consider of the
proper remedy. But I would make no such issue
with the North now, and before any occasion for it
has arisen ; and I regret most siucerely to hear any
Senator from the North suggesting that such an is
sue will ever be tendered from that quarter.”
Fight in the House—Assault with intent to
Kill. —After the adjournment of the House of Re
presentatives to-day, the members generally re
mained sometime in their Beats, engaged in conver
sation! The rules were of course, not then enforced,
and several persons strolled in to converse with
members, or gratify their curiosity. One ot these,
Mr. neifer, alias Helper, author of a work called
“ The*lmpending Crisis,” toon a seat next to that
of Hon. Burtou Craig, of North Carolina, and com
menced an animated conversation with him in re
lation to an rxpone made of bis (Mr. II’s) character
in the Senate a few days ago, by Senator Biggs.
That cjpose was called out by a Northern mem
ber having quoted from Heifer’s book something
concerning social life at the South, and Senator
Biggs iu reply read a long account of Heifer's con
duct while a resident of Salisbury, N. C„ in the
course of which he accused him of dishonesty.—
Heifer endeavored to ascertain who had thus “ post
ed Mr Biggs, and as Mr. Craig came from that
district, he approached him under the conviction
that he was the informant.
His language assumed a very abusive character,
when Mr. C. pushed him away, aud refused to con
verse any longer. Upon this Heifer struck Craig,
when the latter oaught hii£ an 4 threw him over his
desk, and would probably have handled him severe
ly but for the interference of others.
On being released, Heifer renewed his abusive
language, when he was taken in custody by George
‘Thomas, Esq., of Philadelphia, one of t ie Assistant
Doorkeepers, who delivered him overjto Mr. Glos
brenner, Sergeant-at Arms, and lie was placed in
the guard house.
Subsequently, Justice Arnold held a preliminary
examination, which terminated in releasing the pri
soner until 4 o’clock to day, under iSOO bail, Hon.
J. P. Hale havnig become bia security. On Heifer’s
person were found a revolvei, of Colt’s improved
patent, aud a handsome bowie-knife. These are
still retained by the magistrate.
His purpose was no doubt to court an attack by
Mr. C. and then use his weapoue; but the strength
and activity of the oppouent prevented his carrying
oat his design.— Wash Star. April 12.
The Mississippi. —Those who have never seen
the Mississippi when the gushing waters of a thou
sand streams that elsewhere would be ranked as
rivers, had given it a volume and power, a wild
rusti of waters here broken by great swirls, there
reverted on itself by forming edits and counter cur
rents ihat a good boatsmau ai ne can safely pass,
know little of the magnificence and sublimity of the
view from our Stand there, and let your
Thoughts trace the mighty flood now rushing by to
its source, amid the little lakes of the far north,
growing more and more-turbid, deeper, broader,
and ’ess to be restrained by any ordinary obstacles,
as it receives the tribute of the Rooky Mountain?
and the great American plains on the west, through
the Missouri, the Arkansas, the Rea und their
branches, aud the waters from the great basin wear
of the Alleghaniee. through the Ohio, and you begin
to appreciate the idea of the Mississippi. It grows
upon you as you gaze upon its steady sweep on
ward to tbeoceau, bearing along washings from
t-verv soil to make the foundations of new lands
slowly rising from the tioi r of the Gull of Mexico
Just now us surface is above the general level oi
the land. It fills it Irom shore to shore, the wind
dashing its waves in many places over the levee.—
Yesterday, at the foot of Bienville street, at the
steamship landing, and at various other points, the
water dashed over the crown of the firm embank
ment that alone preserves us from inundat.on. Still
the water rose higher, and for twenty four hours
longer, at least, they did continue to sweiL But
there is no danger from the river front along the
borders of the city. The levee is broad and firm,
and might even permit the water to swell even so
as that no more could be contained, without these
massive mounds, gradually sloping away towards
the swamp being broken away. Tne only fear is
from the weakness of the eiubaukmeuts mbes above
us. Here a sieepiess vigilance is nece&*ary. The
I lightest crevice through which lue water tr Okies.
; may in an hour be en.arged to the dimensions of a
nver, pouring a current upon the rear of the city
whichhmaan ingenuity would toil perhaps in vain
to caose. kuen experience are recorded in the past
history of Kew Orleans
Ine news of the fan of ail the tributaries of our
areat nver, however, gives us a feeling of ease
e ewu enjoy thv sublimity of the scene without
any teabag o: anxiety. I; is a spectacle which is
rare.y witnecaea that caa now be witnessed in thi.*
Creagent City, and the equal of which no other peo
pie can look upon.—A. o.
A Delicate q^rsiioN.—a legal quests aof a
delicate nature w now^exciting extraordinary inte
rest in Westphalia—viz . whether a husband has a
right to o. en his wife s letters. The question arose
out of a suit for divorce, nstituted bv the husband,
in which he obtained a decree . but’the conclusive
pi ace of evidence was a letter irom the Lothario,
addieased to the wife, and the content* of which
would never have been know l fiaa not the husband
been so ungallaat as to brt&k the sral. The ’di
voroed wile a* once prosecuted him for opening the
letter, and the tribunal of decided tn*t he
was wrong, and La* sentenced him to a fine of ten
thalers. An appeal is pending, the result of which
is anxiously watched by the public
Decadence of Laurence. Mass — A resident of
?om? year? in this neighboring city, writes us that
The stagnation of business and dearth of employ
ment are greater there than in any manufacturing
town of New England Twelve months ago the
population was reckoned at 15.000 -. by the first of
May it will not exceed K*,UUO. ice writer adds:—
“Hundi ed* arc leaving for Cadfomia, and as many
more fore Minnesota aud the West. Yet there are
many hundreds who are too poor to emigrate any.
where. JSach are now suffering mxn want and
must get away, into our farmimg towna next month.
They cannot stay here The Irish population are
scattering rapidly. ’ —Manxktster Amer.
AUGUSTA. (IA. WEDNESDAY MORNING, APKIL •>!,- 1858.
Ini er* -tine I from Utah.
j The following letter. dat*d Camp Srett, Utah*
Merck Ist, contain? some interesting information
about the army in Utah. The writer says that on
the day of writing the thermometer marked 56 D
above zero, aud the air wa? as balmy‘a? if under a
tropical un. Grass HLgrowing o toe sunny side
of the mountain elevations and in the valieys the
snow has disappeared. The fine weather commenced
on the 15th of February. The writer says :
Divers rumors are afloat in camp concerning the
Htliiude of the Mormons iu fcai;. Lak::. But we
have no reliable information from that quarter One i
of these rumors •aya that the Mormon* are ah leav !
ing the city and seek ng refuge in toe mountains. !
Another states tha* they are sending only their wo- I
men and children to the mouutabi.- and outside vil
iages for security, whiMhe fighting population are !
to remain aud prepare to give us a ho- and inhoe I
pb&bie reception in the spring. Tbepe rumors are I
brought in by Indians, who may be interested in \
behalf of the Mormons, to criculate them.
The beef stored away for our supplies until spring |
has commenced to thaw Fears are entertained
that much of it will spoil if this warm spell con
tinues. But efforts are being made to preserve it*
by surrounding it with ice. If this project fails, we
have about aix hundred head of cattle on the hoof
that can be slaughtered ut pleasure to supply tin*
demand. Six hundred more can be had from Platte
Bridge early iu the spring.
No tidings have reached us from Capt AJarcy
whose return from Taos, New Mexico, is expected
in April or sooner. Neither have we heard from
the “Rangers,” under Fickiin, who left more than
two months ago to go to the “Flat Head*’ nation
for Indian ponies. Ilis return is also expected
soon.
The expedition alluded to in my last article, as
having gone to reinforce Capt v Marcy, have been
so fortunate as to reclaim forty-four battery horses,
which were supposed to have been stolen from the
army last fall. These horses were brought iuto
camp three days ago by some Utah Indians. Ou
being questioned w'here the horses were found,
these Indians would only reply, “Away off yonder;
away off-many heap of Metps from here.” It it*
supposed they reclaimed somewhere in Uinta
Valley. They are m fine condition.
The disposition of the troops is about the same as
when I wrote last, except Jhat Major titbley ha
moved his company ten fhflek below us, and en
camped on Black's Fork. Lt. Hight has moved his
companyof dragoons from Smith's Fork, and joined
Major Sibley. It became necessary to station these
two companies of dragoons there, for the purpose
of protecting the animals that are to be herded
there.
Two days ago intelligence came to us that the
body of a man was faund banging to a tree near
Smith’s fork. Home dragoons fonn i the body thus
suspended, cut it down aud buried it. A jury w'as
ordered to hold an mqueet on the body, for the pur
pose of ascertaining the particulars of his death and
identifying the man. Squire Burr, (son of the Sur
veyor General of this Territory,) Marshal Dotson,
of the United States Army, were dispatched to
Smith’s Fork, with the order to exhume the body
and proceed with the Coroner's inquest . They re
turned yesterday and reported their inability to find
the grave; Lieut. Hight had moved his camp, aud
the soldiers who buried the body were not on hand
to p'jint out the grave. 1 understand the party will
be sent back again, and that the soldier who found
she body will accompany them.
It is not known positively who the man was that
was hung. Those who found him report that he had
red whiskers and a mark, as if from a cut, on his
right cheek. His skujl was knocked in behind.—
This shows that he did not hang himself. The body
had the appearance of having been hanging
some months. His eyes were eaten out by the
crows, aud his face was so picked aud mangled that
nothing more was observed which could aid in
identifying the individual. There are, however,
strong reasons for believing the body to be that of .
Dr George W. Hickman, who was released from
Cel. Alexander’s camp last fall. Dr. Hickman had
a red goatee on his chin, and a whitish mustache.
He also had a scar on his right cheek.
A few days after Dr. Hickman left our camp, it
was whispered among the mountain men here, that
“Ae had not been able lo make the connection'’
meaning that he had been cut off before lie could
join the Mormons, then at Fort Bridger. Dr. Hick
man, as well as his brother, the notorious “Bill’
Hickman, had had much to do iii the outrages com
mitted against the resident mountain men. Ilio
clique, headed by “Bill” Hickman, had driven them
from their homes, had stolen their horses and cattle,
and had remorselessly appropriated to their own
use much of their property. It was stat ed as a fact
that the mule Dr. Hickman rode out of our camp,
wheu he was released, was stolen by “Bill” H. from
cue of our guides, now present in our camp.
It is thus rendered highly probable that the dead
body is that of Dr. 11., who was murdered to grati
fy the malice, w'Lich all the mountaineers bear, not
only to the Mormons generally, put particularly to
“Bill‘d Hickmap, the Doctor, aud their clan.
It was nut.Jipowu until last week that anything
more could done by the agents of Messrs. Rus
sell At Waddle, contractors to freight for the army
here, or that another disclosure of Hie doings of t!iii*
firm could be made which would surprise anybody
here.
Last week, on examining the wagons that Mr.
Rupp, their agent, packed at Fort Bridger, there,
were found in an interior wagon cue thousand lbs.
of powder, and other merchandise* directed to EJd
ridge, the agent for the Mormon Church with “For
X. Y.,” underneath. “X. Y.” means the Church of
Mormon! This powder aud this merchandise Rus
sell & Waddle, through their agent, Mr. Rupp, car
ted all the way across the plains for the enemies of
the Government, which employed Russell & Wad
dle to freight provisions for the army it has sent here
to put dowu the Mormon rebellion! Let us hope
the gentlemen of the firm knew nothing of this—
that it was the act of their agent, Mr. Rupp.
We are awaiting anxiously the February mail
from-the States. Unless the President Hands posi
tive Instructions to Col. JShnson f£> remain here un
til reinforcements reach us, this “little” army, as it
is styled, by our sympathising friends in the States,
will be in Salt Lake City by the middle of June.—
It will move from here in April, and it a battle is to
be fought it will be decided soon. lam assured of
one thing, namely, that it is not the intention of
Col. Johnson to retrace a step which this army has
taken or is to take.
From Texan.
The steamer Charles Morgan arrived at New
Orleans on Saturday with news from Texas to the
Bth inst.
The Civilian places the exports from Galveston
during the quarter ending with March Ist at sbl9,-
Bf>3, of which $ 196,657 was in American vessels.—
The import* during the same period were only
$5,227. One hundred end fifty-eight vessels have
en'ered Galveston withiu the past quarter.
The people of Galveston are deeply interested in
a bill now before CoDgress granting the right of
way to the Kansas City, Galveston and Lake Su
perior Railroad, and donating public lands lor its
constiuction. This project, once consummated, the
town of Galveston tvould speedily grow into great
importance.
The Houston Telegraph states that forty miles-o’
the Columbia road are now graded aud only two
miles still remain to finish that portion of the work.
The Richmond Reporter announce? the resump
tion of work on railroad extension, troin the Brazos
to the Colorado, preparatory to laying down the
rails. The next three miles will L e soon laid, en
titling the company to SOO,OOO more of the State
loan.
The intioduc ion of cotton manufactures into the
State Penitentiary has proved very satisfactory.
The mills now turn out from ten totwelve thousand
yards per week.
The importance to the people of Eastern Texas of
the little stream, Angelina, has been demonstrated
the past winter.
Several thousand bales of cotton have been ta
ken off by this route without the aid of steam—the
planters aud merchants of its vicinity having con
structed flats and keels for that purpose, A good
deal of cotton is still lying at several of the landings
in Nacogdoches county, aud the late rains having
raised the river almost as high as at any time dur
ing the winter, it is hoped that a steamer, will yet
be induced to come up.
The weather for a tew weeks has been most fa
vorable to propj. They are very forward in all
parts of the State.
The prospect for the grain and fruit crops iu Wes
tern Texas is reported as remarkably good. The
San Antonio Herald says that more than two weeks
ago, on the Medina there were fields *f corn more
than a foot high. The stands are remarkably good.
The peach and plum trees are overloaded with
young fruit. The last frost did no damage.
The mails from Liberty to Crockett appear to
have been seriously interrupted of late. The Liberty
Gazette of list week says :
The Crockett stage failed to arrive here until Sun
day morning. The Betty Powell left six full bags
of mail matter here for the up couutry last Wednes
day, which was stowed in the Postoffiee until yester
day morning.
Extraordinary Conflict of Testimony. —We
have received intelligence of the acquittal, at Mer
rittsville,C.W,of William Townsend, so called, tried
on one of the many charges of murder which have
been brought against him, as the leader of a gang ot
desperadoes who ravaged a portion of Canada West,
after the manner of the brigands of Spain in the
generation just gone by. More tthan a hundred
witnesses were examined on the foial, the great
point being whether the prisouer was Townsend, the
biuod stained burglar and highwayman, or whether
he was Robert J McHenry, an honest aud respec
table man, who was in California in 1854, at the
time of the murder for which he was tried. For the
prosecution very many witnesses sworn iu the
most absolute terms that they saw TownseDd be
fore and after the murder at Neller's, for which the
prisoner was on trial, and with equal absoluteness
that the prisoner wa? the man. On the other hand,
about fifty testified that they had known him as Ro
bert J. McHenry. Some of the witnesoes testified
that they had known Townsend many years—from
his boyhood till 1854—and that the’prisoner was
not Townsend, and they pointed out differences iD
the personal appearance of the two men. David
Dewar, Townsend's step-father, testified decidedly
that the prisoner was not Townsend. The testimo
ny of some of the witnesses that the prisoner was
McHenry, and not Townsend, was quite circum
stantial in character : and the verdict of acquittal
was folly justified by their evidence. The Buffalo
Express attributes tlie wholesale swearing of the
Government witnesses to the inspiration of a re
ward of five thousand dollars which had been offer
ed. On Tuesday night. Sylvester Doane, a wit
ness for the prosecution, was waylaid in the
woods and nearly murdered.
Whisket Root. —Sometime ago, 1 wrote you
that there was such a thing in this country as a
• whiskey root ” you believed. I now take my
revenge by tending you the specimen. It ie wfiet
the Indians call “Hic-o-ke.* It grow? in Southern
Texas, on the range of the sand hills bordering on
the Rio Grande, and in gravel, sandy soil. The In
dians eat it for its exfcileratingeffect on the system,
producing precise y the same as alcoholic drinks It
is sliced, as you would a cucumber, and these small
pieces chewed, and in abont the time ae comforta
bly tight cock-tails*would “stir the* divinity’ within
von. this indicates itself: only its effects are what
1 might term a litt e k a v o-r t i n-g. giving ra*ber a
wilder scope to imagination and action- 1 It <*an
be sliced and dried, and in this wav the Indians
preserve it, then parch and serve it up as coffee or
tea. It is evidently of cactus species, and it re
sembles that more than any other pi ant. I have
never seen t is particular root mentioned in any
work, aid believe these—and specimen.* I sent to
the editor of the Southern Cultivator—to be the only
specimens sent from the State. I wish you votLd
have these analyzed, and publish the result J exas
Cor. Afar Orleans Picayune.
A Question hot tit Asstvired —On the oc
casion of the late marriage o€ ta* 3 Princess Royai
of England witaPrince Frederica of Prussia, a con
verß&uon occurred which it has been reserved tor
the Gateshead Observer to record for the benefit of
some future Miss ftoickland. Two of the younger
1 hddren of her Majesty were taken to the Chape.
Rovai in good time, to see their eldest sister mar
ried. They found the affair rather tedious for a time,
but gradually they grew more and more interested
83 aa aeene increased in animation and excitement
and doubtifcse they were informed by their attend
ant of the circums’aceee of the Queen's marriage
in the same place. At length, when they had be
come thoroughly fascinated bv the spectabie before
them, one o. them naively exclaimed, in a tone of
reproach. 1 wonder mamma did not bring us to see
her wedding
The Boston Traveller says u* etatement that ex-
Judge E Q L ring ha* been appointed United
States Nub-Treaeurer at Boston, in plane of Mr I.
W Beard, is incorrect
Terrible U -te Auburn, Ala.
A terrible storm of ririu and wind passed over
Auburn. Ala., on sur ay last, destroying property
to a considerable extent A correspondent of the
, Montgomery M til tl: describes it.
‘ The wind commenced blowing stiffly about four
o clock. It increased in power and wildness, tear
; ing the young twige from rhe trees and strewing \he
j streets with leav*-?. In the North was seen an al
most cocticaous streMpot the most vivid lightning,
| accompanied with terrific peala of thuuder. The
f-torin broke in its fury over our village at about
j half past four. It continued but a few minutes at
a mexitnum, and gradually-subsided. But during
Rieae few moments. mu*h of-the beauty of our town
wa? destroyed forev -r, while several houses were
’ oadly injured, and palings and fences levelled to the
qmund. Four or five of the principal stores had
rti*-ir front parapet walls blown down, incuding
4mong others the Dr'J S'ore occupied by Mr. Geo.
! Dixon, and the Grocery Store of Air. Thomas Slaton,
i The dwelling bou e of Mr. PLilpot, formerly a resi
j dent of your.city, v/vs completely unroofted his
I kitchen blown down, and fences destroyed. The
piazza of the old Hotel? now oocupied by Mr. Geo.
Foster, was torn entirely away. Laige dikes of
tin, from the roof of the jlale College, which had
not been fastened down, were scattered over the
streets. The rteple of the Baptist Church was
blown down. A large oak, tree tell across a corner
of the Male Academy, smashing it badly. Several
of our large oaks were blown up, while the number
of shade trees and smaller oaks that lie scattered in
every direction is beyond estimation. Numbers of
stables and other out houses Were destroyed. Y'et,
iu the midst of it all, we ought to be thaukfal that
no person was injured seriously. How so many
could escape unhurt is indeed wonderful. The
storm confined itself to a very narrow strip, not
perhaps wider than a half mile. It came from a
Southwesterly direction. We hear that it complete
ly destroyed the negro uarters and plantation of
Mr. Addison Fraser, aba t a mile Northeast from
town. It continued for four or five miles in that di
rection and then turned towards the East.
The Mount Vernon Correspondence.
VVe lay before our readers, this morning, the cor
respondent between “The Southern Matron,’ and
Mr. John A. Washington, in.relation to the direct
purchase of Mount V*4|on,.b£ l The Ladies’ Mount
Vernon Association.of trite Union,” which has beeir
since consummated. It will be seen that the spirit
ed daughter of South Carolina does not spare the
great commonwealth of Virginia for her littleness ,
in declining, from undue regard to self and pelf, to
be the trustee aud custodian of the home and the
grave df her immortal son, as a national shrii e, for
the people brthe United States. The response of
Mr. Washington is a graceful acquiescence, iu the
substitution of woman, pure, patriotic aud lovely
woman, as the guardian spirit of the tomb of Wash
iiigton, in lieu ot a mother State, unwilling either
to purchase for herself, or to indorse for others, and
yet, like a certain animal in the manger, deuyiug
to the nation the right or the privilege that she will
not exercise herself.— Ch. Cour.
MOUNT VERNON TO BE PURCHASED BY THE LADIES.’
Richmond, March 12th, 1858.
Mr. John A. Washington —
Dear Sir —The bill, providing that Virginia should
purchase Mount Vernon, ou the faith the purchase
money was to be refunded by the Mount Vernon
Ladies’ Association Os the Union, was called up in
the House of Delegate, to-day, and defeated by a
vote qf 2‘) to 57.
For more than four years, through three succes
sive Legislatures, has the Mother State been im
portuned to secure to herself the possession, for all
l ime, of the grave of that immortal son, whose fame
has been the glory of her past history, and is the
source of her present power and influence in a Con
federation of States.
To our earnest petition to grant Virginia, once
again, an opportunity to become the custodian of
his grave, you reluctantly yielded, and only with
the assurance that this, the third, should also be the
last opportunity offered her, ever to secure this pre
cious charge.
We joyfully accepted this condition, with no fear
4i9 to the result, for we knew that patriots ot almost
every section were anxious to be permitted a share
in this custodianship, and would pledge themselves
to pay the purchase money, and bear the expense
of future care and preservation, only to obtain that
Biinple boon,
We grieve to announce to you that we erred in
judgment, aud that a majority of the General As
sembly of the old Common wealth has placed on re
cord—never to be effaced from the page of Virgi *
nia’s history—that she did not desire to possess
Mount Vernon, either as a gift or a purchase.
By the law of our confederated Government
Cpngrees cannot purchase land iu a novereigti
State, without the consent of, and cession of the
t itle by, the State in whose domain the property
lies. Virginia, through her Congressional Repre
sentatives, has declared emphatically, that she will
never cede to Congress the title to Mount Vernon.
In your desire to procure for it sacred doatiny—
to place it beyond the contingencies of tune and
change, inseparable from private possessions, you
have announced that you would only sell to the
United States, or to Virginia. For seven yeare
you linki* received advances which induced you to
believe fha? the Federal Government or the Htats
intended to purchase. For seven years you have
awaited their final decision, and the result is now
before you. Have you not done all that consistency
self respect, and ancestral pride require, iu furnish
ing these repeated opportunities to the State and
nation, to beoome possessors and guardians of the
home and grave of your illustrious ancestor ! Be
cause one cannot purchase and the other will not,
will you continue to refuse the overture of parlies
who pledge themselves to accomplish the end in
view—both for the place and the nation 1
May we not hope t hat the events of the past year
alone have been sufficient to convince you that the
people cherish the memory of the father of their
country, and would be the most proper guardians
of his remains? Over the length and breadth of
the’larwl fchfere is but one voice to be heard, from rock
bound New England, reverberating over the plains
of New Mexico, aud reechoed from the golden
gates of California, that as Washington belongs to
the whole country, his grave should be the proper y
of the nation. The nation’s representatives have no
fiower to make it so, ami Virginia refuses to do it
lerself, or to aid others to gratify a nation’® yearn -
iug. Yes ! a nation’s yearning, for the heart of this
great people has been touched, and the old aud the
young, men, women and children, orators and states
men, Masons, &c.,the children of Washington, of
every class—political, religious and social—uniting
in cue common brotherhood, pledge themselves and
their descendants, to the latest time, to guard the
grave of their renowned father, whose memory alone
can have the power, while it remains first in their
baart", to bind them together iu bonds t6o strong
robe severed.
In the name and on behalf of the Ladies’ Mount
Vernon Association of the Union, we now approach
you to renew our offer to purchase Mount Vernon.
We do so with the hope that you will not again re
fuse, for we know that you appreciate the unselfish
patriotism and devotion whicu prompts and sustains
this movement. We will place before you such
evidence of past successes, and present prospects,
as must convince you that, in relying on the pa
triotism of your countrymen for the means to re
deem our pledges to you, we rely on an exchequer
which will not be exhausted by our demands. We
offer to obtain every legal guarantee needful for the
protection of your interests, and not inconsistent
with the patriotic object we wish to keep steadily
in view. We beg your most serious consideration
of the fact that there is now no party or” power in
the United States, except the Mount Vernon Asso
ciation, which can make, or desires to make Mount
Vernon the property of the nation—with grateful
woman, pledged to guard the sacred ashes of Wash
ington, and to adorn his home for a national shrine.
Such being the case, we cannot doubt your de
cision. With sentiments of high respect,
A Southern Matron.
Mount Vernon, March 19th, 18fi8.
To “A Southern Matron
Madam : Y T our lettei of March 12th, has been re
ceived, in which you inform me that the bill, provi
ding for the purchase of Mount Vernon by Virginia,
has been deteated in the House of Delegates, and in
the name and on behalf of the Mount Vernon A so
ciation, you renew your offer to purchase this place.
Heretofore, I have only been willing to dispose
of Mount Vernon to the United Statesi or to Virgi
nia, as I believe that iu the hands ot one or the
other it would be better protected and preserved
than in the possession of any individual or associa
tion. The events of the past seven years, however,
seem to indicate that neither Virginia nor the United
States wish to acquire the place. Under these cir
cumstances, and believing that after the two high
est powers in our country, the women of the land
will be the safest—as they will certainly be the
purest—guardians of a national shrine, I am willing
so far to comply with your request as to await, for
& reasonably limited period of time, the propositions
you wish to make to me on behalf of the Associa
tion over which you preside. And I assure y6u
that unless these proposals are inconsistent with
what I believe to be my duties upon the occasion,
I shall’be inclined to give them the most favorable
consideration.
With assurances of the highest respect, I have
the honor to be, your obedient servant,
John A. Washington.
Washington News.
The correspondent of the N. Y. Herald, under
date April 11, says:
Gen. Cass has completed his letter to Lord Napier
on the African slave trade, and will communicate it
to his lordship to morrow*. It is very elaborate, cov
ering some twenty whole pages of foolscap. It goes
iuto the question from its earliest history to the pre
sent time.
The instructions to Commissioner lieed, called for
by the Senate, will be communicated to that body
during the coming week. Recent advices from
Mr. Reed present matters in that country in a fa
vorable aspect. His instructions are emphatic and
decisive, and forbid t*oy cu-opeiation with England
and France.
Governor Powell and Major Ben McCulloch, the
Commissioners to Utah, had started last night, and
when at the cars a messenger w*as sent by the Presi
dent in great haste to stop them. It is understood
impor'aat reasons induced this sudden movement.
The republicans are afraid of a committee of con
ference on Kansas, and declare their determination
to defeat the proposition. The democrats are san
guine of obtaining one. and expect to carry the Kan
sas bill afterwards. Should a committee of confe
rence be refused, the democrats will eucceed in ex
posing the factions oharaioer of the opposition.
Washington*ltems.—^ The Deficiency Bill was
squeezed through the House, iu the form originally
reported. Nothing but the condition of General
Johnson’s command in Utah, saved it from defeat.
The following is the political division of the vote by
which it was passed
YEAS. NAYS.
Democrats 96 j Republicans % - -75
Americana-.... 8 j Democrat* L
Republicans 6 | American* 5
The summing up of the items in the bill give the
amount of $9,690,000. of which neariy sß.tiGo,oOo
was for the army . $1,400.000 for extra transporta
tion of the mail; $200,000 for surveys in California,
*cd about $50,000 for contingent expenses of the
House of Representatives. Os the sum designed
for the army $5,000,000 in round Lumbers has been
already expended, and $3,000,600 are wanted for
the exprenses attending the supply and reiuforoe
rnent of ce army in Utah. The Senate wiil pass
the bill without opposition.
The Printing Investigating Committee have sub
stantially agreed on the bill of the Hon. George
Taylor, to establish a Government Printing Office,
under a Commissioner and the Secretary of the In
terim, u’here the printing, binding and engraving
of Congress, the Departments, and every branch
of Government will be executed. The committee
will probably be ready to report this week, and the
report wili make the most interesting development*,
showing fh* enormous profits hitherto made. It is
said that Wendell pays twenty thousand dollars a
month for the bare privilege of executing work for
other parties.
Washington * Only Mistake.— The Paris cor
mgpondent of the New York Times relates the fol
lowing : *'TLe late Washington ball at the Ameri
can legation in this efty was the subject of a ban
mot. which was dropped by the French Minister of
War. which ought to have publicity. Marshall
Vaihant remonstrated with Mr. Mason previous to
the baL on the inappropriateneea of giving a fete
during the Lent, and asked if it were not a mistake.
‘lf it is a mistake,’ replied Mr. Mason, ‘it was Wash
ington who made it, for that is his birthday, and
the bah is in hooor of the event. ‘Ob. that's it;
replied the Marshall, then it’s the only mistake he
ever made in hie life The Marshall was one ot
the first guests at the ball, a concession he made to
the name ot Washington, for he is a strict oberver
of the requirements of Lent
F.mot*E*lN INTFLLIGEM I
j btthe Washington.
, (► the lhh imt., nt-6 P. .Vi , saw cteanvi . Van
I ocrbilt, fceuce f-r Somhamptoß and Hnv . Sbe
I w under canvas and steam, .vi'h a t'u breeze
from W N. W.. and had made 405Hr.iKs ‘■•■m the
city.
The Enropa arrived oat at .Liverooci <•’ $45 pa
tii morning of the 29 h ultimo.
Tile fcrrir steamer Nc-r York a-*ireiiat ...aww
uii the 27th.
Two new ecrrtr k-iwu.., t :nv in lb,-'tne-be
tween Hambuig aud New \ oik, had arrivi at the
former port fr m the Clyde The servir of thia
line is to be a fortnightly One.
(treat Britain-.—Parliament not in session,
having adjourned brtheEater bolt ays.
The Atlantic Telegraph Company had received a
letter from the Admiralty annotiuemg that the Aga
memnon should he immediately, commisato; d.and
also that two other vessels should he attached to
the Agamemnon tor the special eervioa . , which
she is to be employed.
The appeal of the owners of the American ship
Carlyle, against the verdict of the Court < Aduii
tahy, tor having caused the loss of lira bark Grazia
a Dio by collision ofl’ Holyhead iu duly Inst, had
been heard be ore the Judicial Committee of the
a nvy Council, aud the finding of the lower Court
wesr e yers and, judgment being pronounced in favor
ot the Carlyle.
A fire had occurred iu Gilbert street, London, en
tailing the loss of fifteen lives. The parties were
asleep in the house at the time and their escape was
CU £? fftbe rapid P ro g re ~ s of the flames.
The Cotton mill ot Mess*s. Lewis and Edward
W iliiamß at Manchester lmd been.destroyed by tire
entailing a loss of jC 100,000, and throwing H haude
out ot employment.
France. —lt is stated that Count de Pereigny,
late Ambassador to England, is to become Minister
ot State, and head ot the Cabinet household of the
Emperor, M. Fonld is expected to take the depart
ment ot the Minister of Finance. *
Pelissier was not expected to leave Paris for Lon
don until after Easter.
A meeting of several influential bankers, 1 aitway
directors aud others had.been held at the sugges
°f the Minister of Finance -to consider the best
mode of reviving public credit. Their recommen
nations involved merely some changes iu riie con
duct of the Bourse!
It was i umored that the Emperor would agaiu
pay a visit to Queen Victoria at Osborne this sum
mer.
The trade accounts received from the departments
are still unfavorable, and the shipping interests
were buffering severely.
The weather continued most favorable for the
crops, and wheat had a declining tendency.
The Nord says that military preparations were
being urgently pressed in all the great ports of
France.
The Paris Bourse had exhibited much firmness
and the funds had reached the highest point attain
ed for some time.
Spain.— The story taken out by the America,
that the Spauish Government presented a pro
ject of law abolishing slavery in all the Spanish
territories, is uot confirm and, and is supposed to be
unfounded. It appeared as a telegraphic dispatch
in the Brussels Nord.
Switzerland. —The Government of Basle had
refused to admit the new consulate which the French
Government desires to establish there.
Denmark. —The Danish Ministry having made a
Cabinet question of the measure respecting the for
tification of Copenhagen, the Supreme Council had
definitely accepted the project by 38 votes against
15
India. —The Bombay mails of the 9th of March
had arrived at Sue*, whence the following was tele
graphed :
The news from Lucknow is down to the 6th of
March.
Ou the Ist of March Sir Colin Campbell reached
Alum bag h and pushed on a heavy force to the Dii
koosba Gardens, within a mile of Lucknow.
Sir James Outram w as attacked at the Alumbagh
by a large force of theepemy on thex! Ist February,
aud again on the 25th. Ou both occasions the rebels
were defeated with heavy slaughter and without
loss to th* British.
On the fit i of March, Outram with 6000 men and
30 guns crossed the Goointee aud took up a posi
tion within range ou th? Eastern side of Lucknow,
lie was immediately attacked, but repulsed the
enemy.
G*n. Franks had joined the comnmuder-in-chie
with a column from Gorickpore 4,000 strong.
The army before Lucknow is stated to amount to
50,000 men, with 10,000 cavalry and .120 guns.
The general attack was expected to be commen
ced about the 10th of March.
Tfa<* columns of G-morals Rose and W brtlock were
advancing on the .1 ansi and Allahabad, so as to be
in a position to int- icept the insurgents in those di
rections.
Gen. Frank's column had a brilliant engagement
with large masses of rebels uearHhandma, iu which
of the latter were killed or wounded, and all
their guns were takep.
Some disturbances arc reported in the Southern
Mahratta country, in Saw uni and Malabar.
The Punjaub whs quiet.
The Bombay markets were very active—imports
in great demand.
Money continued easy.
Further despatches via Maita bring the intelli
gence from Lucknow by telegraph down to the Bth
March.
The rebels hafflcrected a strong line of defence
along the canal, which would require siege artillery.
They were alarmed but likely to light, although one
parly was anxious to retreat.
The report that the ex-King of Delhi had been
convicted and sentenced lo transportation for life
was erroneous. His trial had not been completed.
The defeat, of the rebels with heavy losses on their
side ia reported at various points.
China. —There is no later news from China, but
some further details.
The U. S. Hteam frigate Mississippi was at Shang
hai on the 7thof February,and the Minnessota was
in the Canton river.
The Overland Friend of China, of the 15th of
Februry, says:
The allied ambassadors proceed Northward in
about three weeks from this date—that is to say, it
is so reported. At present, their Excellencies, in
conjunction with the United States Commissioner,
Mr. Reed, are busy at Canton in settling the details
of a custom house establishment.
Asa measure in wh’ch the Americans can join us
without a compromise of neutrality, it is more than
likely that an inspectorship, similar to that obtain
ing at Shanghai, will be the form adopted.
Martial law had been proclaimed at Canton. The
Hong Kong correspondent of the Times says that
good hopes were entertained of a speedy settlement
of affairs, papers having been found which indicated
that the Emperor was by no means diverse loan
amicable adjustment.
The special correspondent of the London Times
writing from Canton on-the 25th of February, says
that Mr. Commissioner Heed had sent tiie Minne
sota up the river as far as she could safely go, had
goue to Canton and visited Lord Elgin on board
the Furious. About the same time a special cou
rier arrived from Count Patiatin, aud great activity
was observable .n the Kussiau embassy. He adds:
I have great reason to believe that the overtures
made by Lord Elgin and Baron Gross Were at once
frankly and cordially accepted by the representa
tives both of America and Russia, and that every
act of the belligerent allies is now adopted and-ap
proved by the two, hitherto neutral powers.
1 believe it has been agreed between tbe four
powers that they shall proceed in the first instance
to Shanghai, and there if possible* make one gener
al treaty. If the Court of Pekin should remain un
impressed by the union of the four first class Pow
ers of the world, reinforcements are coming out.
It is however to be hoped that no further act of
conquest will he requirea.
I think it will be found that the four Powers, in
these communications, invite the Emperor to send
to Shanghai a Minister of high,rank, properly ac
credited, to treat for anew treaty upon the basis of
free transit throughout China, under proper protec
tion of Chinese authority, permanent diplomatic re
lations at Pekin, unrestricted commerce, aud in
demnity for losses and expenses inourred.
Mr. Reed goes to Manilla to pass the interval be
tween the present date and the time when he must
proceed to the rendezvous at Shanghea.
Australia- —The Australian mail steamer ar
rived at Malta on the 28 th March, with dates from
Sydney to February 10 and Melbourne February
15th, and gold valued at £1*20,871.
The shipment* of gold to England by sailing ves
sels since the departure of the previous mail amoun
ted to about 110 000 ounces.
Exchange on England at 00 days sight was at par.
The import markets still had large stocks.
In wool and tallow the transactions had been
unimportant.
Business at Sydney was dull. Discount for bills
over four months had been raised to 0 per cent.
The parliamentary election in New South Wales
were progressing.
The reform bill was making progress in the Lower
House of Victoria.
Vicissitudes of Life. —-The Cincinnati Enqui
rer has the following : —Passing along the [street
yesterday, our attention was suddeuly drawn to a
scene not a litile novel and interesting in its
character. In an alley, with pastepot iq hand, and
a roll of bills on his arm, whom should we see but
Wesley Smead, late President of the Citizens’
Bank, posting his own bills of property for sale, for
the purpose of paying oil’ the remaining debts of the
Hank Heedl-fs of the wondering gaze of the
astonished passer by, lie lad on the paste and
spread out the bills with all the readiness and facili
ty of a practical poster, taking care to place them
in the most conspicuous positions, and above the
reach of boys and ragpickers. Fo ty three years
ago Dr. Smead was an apprentice in the Gazette
establishment, and being the youngest, U; duty
devolved upon him ot posting u pthe show bills, &c.
At this late period of his life, when overtaken by
adversity, he is nobly struggling (a rare sight, in
deed among bankers,) to discharge all hia obliga
tions to his creditors.
The Collins Lise.— -The New York Times
#ays -.—lt i;- quit-? certain, we have reason to state,
that the Collins steamers recently sold under fore
closure, and bought in by the mortgagees, will not
bo reorganized or put in line by Messrs. Brown
Brothers. A contrary impression may have gone
abroad, from the rnrcurnsrance that this eminent
house had a large share of the mortgage iien upon
the steamero
How to Load a Gu n.—According to Mr. South
erland, the Richmond (Va.) gun-maker, you ought
to try it repeatedly with charges consisting of equal
bulks of powder and shot, ti 11 you come *o a quanti
ty which the gun will not recoil, or but sligLtly.
This will give you the proper quantity of’shot .
With this load, however, the gun will scatter in all
directions. To correct this, reduce the quantity of
powder until you tied that the shot is carried as
dose as you desire A gun haded thus will never
burst. To make it carry further, use shot of a larger
size. No gun should be fired more than twenty
times without being wiped oil* When in the field,
it will be much ssfer to carry the piece at always
half cock.
Murder Most Foul.— Mr. Jas. Orr, a highly res
peered citizen of this county, residing about 10 miles
south-east of this place, was murdered on Thursday
morning last, before day. underthe f dlowingcircum
stances. Someone went to Mr. Orr’s residence
about two o’clock and called him up from his bed
upon going out to see who it was, he was shot dead
within a lew steps of his door. He was hit with
four large balls, one passed through Lis arm, ami
• hree entered his breast, two of which passed through
the body and lodged against the ekm of the back
It seems tnat he died instantly, for aa soon as the
report of the gun was heard, his wife and some of
his negroes ran out and found him perfectly dead
The community was greatly shocked, as the victim
was a peaceable, quiet citizen, and a kind, indnl
gent master- Suspicion rests upon one of Mr. Orris
own negroes, aud a white boy named Bayley. who
was until lately in Mr. On’s employ, and sent oft’
for miscondu- ; , but as nothing very defiuite has
been brought to light, we refrain from saying more
in relation to it, until the matter is legally investiga
ted —Ciayton (Ala.,, Wtk in*t
Death of Dr. Thos li Lamar. —On yesterday
morning, after a most painful and lingering illness,
which It bore with pious resignation and fortitude, !
this eminent physician and urbane Christian gentle
man brea*-hed his last, aged 58. Thus one after
another of our cherished and respected friends and
fellow citizens are passing away— teaching Us how
unstable and unsubet&n iai are all earthly thing
May God in mercy, sanctify all these sad and solemn
events to the good of us all! What hadowe we
a re what shadows do we pursue' —Macon .tour.
4-
Mrtefrie Jockey Cil* Races.
*>t'-oWEFTiN't > IBSB- Oiiy.— Yesterday’s
race, tor the fWW puree, wile beat*, beet tbfee iu
nve Will long be remembered as a bright evei \ in
tec annals ot the turt in the South. In facr it
!‘ re eminent, as the best We have ever been
ea it-a upon to record, and iu looking back we call
to mind tuc different rivals that have- claimed eu
P f 1 at Particular race, aud from the days
n * 1 > 1 ‘ 11 f ‘ ie oH riy ‘history of racmg at New
j v through the long list of champions, among
wTiTc.h m&y be named Cre&th, Music, Sunbeam,’
J* 1 ’ , ttoore,-Aduella, Fred Kaye. Croton, Flying
utchman, Fanny G. Hegira, Victress,'and a host of
others, who were bright particular stars of their day.
we look in vain for a record that the performances
°\>’ does not completely overshadow.
fne day, the Course and the attendance went all
that could be desired.
Minnehaha, Mary 8., Jocoosse and Viley were
the contending nags, the former the favorite against
toe held. The first heat was won by JoCcosee,
who stole a inarch upon Minnehaha, in the home
stretch, and beat her to the etaud by about half a
head, to the deligfit of the numerous backers of the
field at long oddß. Their triumph, however, was
short lived, tor in the three succeeding heats Min
nehaha made piny from the score, and was never
headed. In tile third heat Mary 8., who had been
b doing her time, made a rush for the heat, and, at
a killing pade, they went the entire mi'e in 1:45!
The fourth heat was a repetition of the third, save
that it was one second slower—l:46 !
I; must be borne iu mind that the purse races
have been run with the additional weights which
the duo arranged last winter, and this makes the
race the more extraordinary. Tbe following is the
summary *
Friday, April 9.— J. C. Puree s6oo—mile heat®
best 3 of 5.
I). F , Kenner’s b. t. Minnehaha, by Mahom
et, out of Kate Aubrey, 4 yre. (Abe)-.. 2 111
Wm. Minor’s (Smith & Perritt’s) b. f. Joc
cosee, by imp. Glencoe, out of imp. Cam
a itta, 3 yrs 13 3 4
A. Li. Bmgainan’s (T. B. Poindexter’s) ch.
m. Mary 8., by imp. Glencoe, out of
Marietta. 5 yrs 4 4 2 2
A. K. Richard’s b. c. Viiey, by Grey Eagle,
out ot Blinkey, 4 yrs 3 2 4 3
Time, 1:50—1:48—1:45—1:46. ’
[N. O. Picayune.
Extract of a Private Letter.
Hong Kong, China, Jan. 28, 1858. )
U. S. Steam-Frigate Mississippi. \
Ihe American squadron are ail anchored here at
present—the officers md men generally are iu good
hea.tb. On the 29th the flag of Com. Armstrong
wm be exchanged for the panant of officer T&tuall.
The latter arrived here, by the overland route, in
the last st ainer.and has been stopping at the Blob
House since. The San .Jacinto but awaits the arri
val of the Powhattau to sail for home. It ia the
general impress on on this starion that iu the spring
the English and French forces will go up to Pekin,
it possible, iu the gun-boats, to communicate direct
with the Emperor. Dr. Wood, U. S. N., aud Coin.
Armstrong’s Sectetary, leave for America by the
overland route.
Mr. 8. Drinker, an American merchant, had de
ceased at Macou, from the effects of poison.
Forty-Three Hours in the Snow.— On Sun
day the 7th inst., a young wotnau named Sarah
West a servant of Mr. Nicholas Freeman, farmer,
ot New bold, in the East Riding of Yorkshire, went
on c. visit to4ier parents who reside at the neighbor
ing town ol Market Weightou. The same af ernoon
she set out for the purpose of returning to Newbold,
but Lad not proceeded far on her journey, before a
heavy snow storm commenced, which in many
places drilled to a coiioiderable depth, -the wind at
the time blowing hard.
The country the young -woman had to traverse
has a wild desolate appearance during the winter
mouths, and is very hilly, being in close proximity
lo the Yorkshire Wolds; and night having overta
ken her she lost her way. She struggled with the
storm for some time, but wsa eventually overcome,
the wind aud the bliudiug snow completely master
ing her, and her further progress, she says, was a
matter of jmpossibility. Her body soon became
firmly imbedded in the suow, aud she had to use
every precaution to keep her head above the sur
face.
Strange to relate, she was found alive iu this un
pleasant position ou Tuesday last, about 3 o’clock
in the afternoon, by Wm Creaman, a shepherd,
who was passiug in that direction, and was attrac
ted to the spot by the woman’s bonnet. Creamau
at once set to work aud extricated the poor creature
from her living tomb, .lie look her to Mr. Creaman'*
nouse, a distance of about a mile, where every at
tention was paid her. Her limb* were much frozen
and benumbed. Proper restoratives were given to
her. anti she gradually recovered, and on Tnursday
was enabled to pursue her ordinary avocations.—
Manehester Guardtau.
Jury Duty in Cities —At the recent trial, for
the third time, of McCann for murder, in the city of
Albany, the jury after a consultation of sixty hours,
returned to th* Court room with the announcement
that they could uot agree upon a verdict. It ia
well understood that the. jury stood throughout the
deliberation eleven tor a verdict of guilty to one for
a verdict oftjnot guilty, and it is stated that this ob
noxiousjuryman did not believe in the existence of
a God. nor iu the sacredness of an oath on the Bi
ble ; that he professed to believe that the guilr or
innocence of the pris mer could be settled by con
sulting, a “ Spiritual Circle”; and that he actually
offered to decide the question by tossing a penny.—
Those who have an opportunity of observing jury
trials in this State will easily believe that this story
,is not exaggerated, 01 that, if uot strictly true, ils
main features are probable. That jurors are occa
sionally impanelled who have no higher conception
of 1 heir duties than the person who defeated the
ends of justice at Albany, is a fact as melancholy
as it is notorious.—TV. Y. Jour, of (Join.
A Sprinuling of Diamonds. — The Paris corres
poudent of the Boston Traveller describes an inci
dent which occurred at Mine. Lehon’s ball, who
lives ou the left of the Round Point of the Champs
Elyses. Young Prince Murat and iiis wife were going
to the ball, when, just before-they reached the door,
some obstacle iu the avenue made the carriage jos
tle so violently as to throw the driver from his seat,
the horses ran away and broke the carriage on the
basin of the fountain. The princess was carried,
bleeding and senseless, into Mme. Lehon’s; the
dances were, of course, instantly interrupted, and
several ladies frainted at the sight of the Princess
in a ball-dress and covered with blood. The wounds
she received proved, fortunately, slight. When her
alarm was dissipated, it was discovered that her
necklace and other ornament® ot diamonds had tail
ed into the avenue. Imagine the consternation
which followed this discovery, especially when
searoli was made in vain for them, and it became
necessary to postpone further investigation until
the daylight appeared. Ten thousand dollars of
diamonds in the Avenue des Champs Klyseea all
night! Policemen were posted to guard the ground
until (lay broke, when the diamonds were found
scattered in every direction, uot a diamond was
missing!
Rem arkable Escape. —On Friday last, Mr. Pe
ter Connell, while drawing water on the premises of
Mr. John Allen, in this village, fell headforemost in
to the well, a distance of about sixty feet. The ac
cident was unobserved by any one. Mr. Connell
says that the first he was aware of, he was strug
gling in the water, which was up to his chin. Soon
he began to work his way out—a slow and difficult
task—which he accomplished without assistance.—
On reaching the top in safety, he was completely
exhausted, and was found lying near the well curb.
His arms were much bruised by striking the sides
of the well in his descent, but otherwise he was not
materially harmed. How a man could fall head
foremost into a well so deep, and yet escape with
so small injury, is indeed remarkable.— Woonaocket
Patriot.
Washington Items.— The receipts into the
United States Treasury are each week half a mil
lion less than the expenditures. This disparity, it
is likely, will continue, and unless there be a revi
val in importations to yield revenue to the Govetn
raent in the way of duties, it will, in all probabili
ty, grow greater. As it is, the five millions in the
Treasury will disappear in two or three months. In
view of the inc. expense of the Government,
because of the Utah war, the whole of the $20,000,-
000 of Treasury notes will be required.
The last wish of Colonel Bento was that Con
gress would make an appropriation for the purchase
of his works, which he desired might be distributed
among the members of both Houses, and also
among the public libraries of the country. Hie last
paragraph note is one complimenting Henry Clay,
which is appended to the deceased’s account of the
Compromise struggle of 1850, and to which period
the work is completed.
The report is revived in well informed circles
that of Louisiana, and Mr. Belmont,
late Minister tothe Hague, are engaged in the rais
ing of a loan for three million of dollars, to be ap
plied in aid of the revolution now in progress in
Sonora.
It is believed that Commodore Lavalette will be
appointed to the command of the Mediterranean
Squadron.
The President has determined to take the volun
teer regiments from the Western States.
A memorial from the citizens of Carson Valley,
asking the erection of a territorial government there
has been transmitted to the House by the Presi
dent, and referred to the Committee on Territories.
Messrs. Ilale, Mason and Bigler compose the
committee appointed by the Senate to investigate
the complaints of the inmates of the Military Asylum
near Washington, against the management and dis
cipline of that institution.
Interfering with the Fi n. —The masquerade
ball in New York, advertised by Ulknan at the
Academy of Music, meet- with trouble. The news
papers denounce it as immoral, even for Gotham,
and the palicejustice has issued a letter to Mr. Ull
man, telling him it i illegal aud will not be allowed.
Aft the loose characters about town are very indig
nant at this interference with their rights and their
pleasures.
The Trance of the Poughkeepsie Girl.— The
Buffalo Advertiser throws odd water on the story of
she Poughkeepsie girl in a trance, and eaye that a
few buckets of (fold water thrown on the pattern
would have soon brought her to her senses. There
is nothing remarkable about the cane except the
fuss, tor the disease is a very common one, known
as hysterical coma That s e has never been ner
vous before is about as wonderf|l as that a person
should have the itch for the first time.
A Programme. —'Hie New York Herald asserts
that a coalition has been entered into between
Messrs. Douglas, Seward and Weed, to the effect
ibaL Weed is to be the chief manager, using all tee
political influence of Seward to have Douglas re
turned to the U. S. Senate next winter, by the Le- ]
gUiature o: IffiucL, and then Douglas j- to transfer
all his thunder to Seward to get him nominated for
President in 18U0. This may or may not be true,
bufi? is.well enough to look over this programme,
and scrutinise the list of actors named in it.— Bait.
Pat.
The paper? toft of a divorce suit pending at
Rochester which of the four and twenty Roc&esters
in the Union ia not specified,) in which the original
cause.of quarrel as forth in the complaint, was
whether (hey would Lave beef steak broiled or
some oyster- fried “for break fas*—the lady, whose
tastes are excellent, contending for the latter.
* Registration of Births. Marriages and
Death*.— The American Association of ffoience, at
its ate session in Montreal, appointed a committee,
consisting of Dr, Wynne and Hough, and Mr. El
liott, Actuary of Boston, to prepare and report a
plan for a uniform system of marriages, births and
dea 1 h?, applicable to the United States, Hu* com
mittee is now in session in New York, and will
make their report at the annual meeting of the As
oeialion, to*bc held in Baltimore on the 28th inst.
SoMNA bi; LIST Kii.r.r.D —On Sunday night, a young
man. named Geo. H. Rick r, recently from Boston,
Mass., who was stopping in Hudson street, New
York, got out of bed white in a state of- somnam.bul
iam, and jumped out of a window to the pavemeit.
lie was taken to the Hospital where he died in a
few houra.
Cap 1 Comstock is in Paris endeavoring to sell
the Coffins steamers to a Fre ch company, and, it is
j stated, will probably succeed,
j Accident.— J. W. Gray, editor of the Cleveland
Piamdealer, foaUbe .ght ‘f one eye on Friday last,
:rom the <sxplosion of a cap which his lii
j tie son was firing from a toy gun.
Ifc, ty live,death*occurred in Boston for the week
ending .Saturday noon, of which twenty, or nearly
one third, were of CAmsumption land inflamation of
the lungs
VOL. LXXIL—NEW SERIES VOL. XXII. NO. 10.
lncereatiD from China*
A correspondent of the New York Times, writing
from on board the United States sled .whip San Ja
ciuto, under date of Hong Kong, Jan. 23ui, gives
some interesting items of China new* :
Affairs ; t Canton remain in stqtu quo, notuieg of
interest having transpired yiuce the departure of
th-. lort mail. The. city still eipuds as ol yore, is
quietly occupied by the Allies, and ruled by its
IVutar Governor. The complete success of the
British arms in the province of Rwantang, together
wi!h the little resistance experienced from the Chi
nese, coupled with their servile submission to the
authority ol their conquerors, will lead so the with
drawai of toe larger portion of the allied forces from
the city and from this part of China. The .*eat of war
it it is continued at all—will doubties be removed
to the northern portion of the empire. Next month,
an the force now at Canton— except about one
thousand British and four hundred French troops
with some six vessels of war—will bp withdrawn
and wii’ proceed early in the coining spring lo the
northward. All the available force at the disposal
of Lord Elgin, will rendezvous at the Gulf of
Peohele, preparatory to a demonstration before
Pekin.
With a force of four huudred men, entrenched as
strongly as they will be, the allied commanders are
confident that they can bold possession of Canton,
and will, in case of emergency, be able to resist,
successfully, ten times that number of Chinese.—
every strong position within, aud iu the immediate •
vicinity of the city, is being strengthened and forti
fied With an eye to the permanent occupation of the
city. With the examples of Delhi, Lucknow aud
Cawnpore before their eyes, it is uot at all likely
that the British will be oaught napping at Canton.
As an evidenoe of the security thai is felt in the
might of the conquerers, wej see that the Chinese
merchants—Howqua among the number—have
just put forth a circular stating therein their inten
tion of returning to the city after their New Year’s
aud engaging iu the trade as of old. The blockade
now in operation will theu be removed, and every
encouragement given to trade. Gov. Yeh is still
held in durance vile ou board 11. M. steamer 111
now lying at the Bogue. Perqui, the newly
appointed Governor, still ’•eins in kis stead, aud in
the judgment of his Governors, rules iu the most
exemplary manner, aud does just as he is told to do
by his executive.
The whole United States squadron is now con
gregated iu this harbor. Our Commissioner, Mr.
Reed, is here in the Minnesota, aud quietly abiding
his time. He is almost the observed of all observ
ers, as being the representative iu the eyes of the
English of American policy iu China. His every
movement is watched with lynx eyed curiosity by
foreigners here, but 1 am most happy to say that,
so far ? he has shown himself a man of sense aud
discretion by keeping his own counsel. English
men are totally unable to see through the clouds of
American diplomacy. Mi. Reed has taken a step
in the right direction by making a move toward
putting a stop to American vessels engaging iu the
nefarous coolie trade. lie has notified an Ameri
can vessel now loading at Macao with coolies, of
his intention to move the United States Govern
ment to put in force the act of Congress of 1818,
relating to this matter. That he will meet with the
most virulent opposition from the delectable gen
try who are engaged in this traffic is quite certain.
We shall see if iu this caee right is migr.t
1 ommitted to tell you in the first part of this let
ter thatamougthe spoils secured at Canton, was
the original copy of the ratified Cushing treaty be
tween the United States aud China. It was sent
down to Mr. Reed, who now has possession of it.
The denizens of Hong Kong were furnished with
auo.her exhibition of Chinese ferocity 011 Tuesday
last. A bright-eyed boy, a mere child, was wanton
ly murdered by the Coolies employed at a jeweler's
establishment where the child was stopping. Alter
stabbing him to the heart they cut his*throat from
ear to ear, aud then coolly proceeded to rob the es’
fablishment ot between $6,000 and $7,000 worth
jewelry. This is but another chapter in the book of
Hong Kong horrors.
Progress of the Northwest.
The progress of the Northwestern portion of this
Union has been truly wonderful. It has surpassed
the dreams of the wildest andlnost visionary foun
ders of the Republic. The Cincinnati Gazette de
votes an elaborate article upon the subject, u lew
of the facts and figures of which we proceed to con
dense. The Northwest formerly included only the
five States, carved from the Territory,, included in
the Ordinance of 1787. But this is, aud should be
now extended by the States and Territories in the
same latitude, aud inhabited by the same kind ot
people beyond the Mississippi. At this time it in
cludes also, lowa. Minnesota and • Nebraska—Bix
States and Territories. The last United States cen
sus was taken in 1850 ; but we have the censuses of
low a, Illinois, W isconsin and Michigan for 1855, that
of Minnesota for 1857, aud data for a reasonable es
timate of population in Ohio and Indiana.
We give theu the growth of population iu the
Northwest from 1800 to 1857, 4 tlius
Iu liWO 50,240 I Iu 1810 .2 967,850
1810 272324 1850 4,721,551
’ 1820 792,7111 | 1857 7,200,000
1830 1,460,218 |
bowt< that one third the eutire white popu
lation of the United States, in the year 1857, wae
in the six Northwestern Motes, and that lour-tiiths
of t his population here came within thirty yeais, or
the average limit of one generation. Let us now
compare the growtli of the Northwest, since 1820,
with the growth of New England and New York ou
one side, and that ot tbe original .Southern .States on
ihe other, and let us see how they are likely to
stand at the end of another generation
1820. 1857.
New England aud N. York... 3,032,624 5,600,000
The Original South 3,028,037 5,080,000
The Northwest 792,719 7,200,000
In tbe last thirty-seven years the South has in
creased 67 per cent., Il.e North proner 85 per cent.,
and the Northwest 800 percent! But it may be
uski that the comparison should have been made,
us to the South, with the new States of the South
west, where immense territories and fertile soil give
them a fair field for rapid growth. These States are
Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas, Kentuc
ky, Tennessee, Missouri and Arkansas, about the
same number of States with the other sections, but
a much greater extent of territory, and larger
rivers. Tne comparison stands thus :
Southwest, in 1820 1,424,665
Southwest, in 1857 5,947,500
Increase 315 per cent.
We see, theu, that with this much greater territo
ry, milder climate and greater rivers, the Southwest
has not increased at otie-half the rate of the North
west. In one word, we see the growth of the North
west increase at a more rapid ratio than any part
ofthe Union, or, we smagine, than any portion of
the globe.— Ball. Amer.
Important Arrangement for Southwestern
Travel.— The conven ent system of furnishing
travellers with through tickets seems likely to reach
an almost indefinite expansion. In addition to the
numerous advantages offered in that way by the
transportation lim-s, we are informed that anew
arrangement has Just been made, which promises
to greatly facilitate the travel between the com
mercial seaboard and the great Southwest, reached
by the Mississippi river. Heretofore the ticket
system has ended with the railroad Journey between
Baltimore and Cairo, at the mouth of the Ohio
river, or at St. Louis, at either one of which places
the traveller for West Tennessee, Arkansas, Missis
sippi, Louisiana and Texas was compelled to take
whatever transient boat chance might throw in his
way in continuing his journey down the great
‘‘father of wa’ers.” Now, however, the Illinois
Central Railroad Company and the Ohio end Mis
sissippi Railroad Company, represented by James
C. Clarke, superintendent, and P. W. Strader,
general ticket agent of those lines, respectively
have established and organized a regular and re
liable line of first class steamers —twelve in num
ber-which make prompt connection at both St. Louis
and Cairo with the trains upon those two great roads.
Mr. Cole, the general ticket agent of the Baltimore
and Ohio Company, has also secured to that line the
advantages ot this arrangement, by whicn through
tickets between Boston, New York, Philadelphia,
Baltimore and Washington, in the East, and Mem
phis, Napoleon, Vicksburg, Natchez, New Orleaus
and all intermediate point* may be secured. We
have evidence before us of the value of this new
arrangement, in a tetter from Memphis, in which it
is stated that a lady arid two children, who Bal
timore upon a Thursday evening, by the express
train, reached that city on the Sunday following at
midnight, a period of less than three days and a
half, which, ten years ago. could not have been ac
complished in tesa*thaii nine days by the most ex
peditious route. —Baltimore Sun.
General Railroad Meeting —The President*
and Superintendents of the various Railroad lines
from New Orleans to Washington City have re
cently been in Convention in this city, arranging
and adjusting schedules and rates ol fare on through
travel between those two points. The gap of the
E.Tenn. Ac Va. Road will be closed up in three or
four weeks, and then the most direct, quickest,
cheapest and pleasantest route from New Orleaus,
and points this side, to New York, will be be by
Chattanooga, through East Tennessee to Lynch
burg, Richmond and so on—and we have no doubt
but this line of road will become the regular mail
route from New York and Philadelphia to Mobile
and New Orleans. The importance of this line to
all the sections of country through which it runs
has not, as yet, been conceived of. We had hoped
to have gotten hold of the proceedings held here,
hd d spread them before the public, but we failed
to do so.
The meeting was one of social good feeling to the
gentlemen in attendance, and all went on harmoni
f>W'*\y.—Ch,attan/>of'a Ado.
Fugitive Slave in a Pine Box—On Thursday,
the steamer Portsmouth, at this port from Nasb
vijte. was boarded by a police officer who banned
the Captain a telegraphic dispatch announcing that
a ii? gro slave aged thirty five years, belonging to
Mrs. Susan Pugh, of Stewart county, Tennessee,
had fled from his mistress, in company with a poor
white woman named Lucinda Leggett, aiift it was
believed th- y boarded the Portsmouth at Lines
port. The steamer was immediately ransacked
from f-tem to stern, and Mrs. Leggett, with three
children and a dog, besides a small quantity of
• household furniture, with a pine box, were found,
but no nigger. On the trip to Cincinnati the nigger
Was discovered in the pine box aforesaid. The of
ficers placed him in the Covington (Ky ) jail, while
Mrs. Leggett, the three children and the dog, which
was of course, a “ big yaller one,” vamosed.-*
LonitvUle Courier.
A New Oil Few subject* are oi mors flEame
diate domestic importance than ‘hat of artificial
Hgfct, and of ia‘e years conriderabe improvement
has been made upon rt.. The high price end the
unctuous quality of whale oil has ted to the ia*re
duction o t other article* ; amongst tnese ethereal. il
or burnteg fluid has acquired the greatest, favor and
popularity. The ekplosive nature o( the gas gene
rated by this article, however, in the process ol
combustion, baa biittlened it always with a qualified
repute. Recently oflr attention lias been invited to
anew oil which science has detected in coal, and
“ingenuity has extracted, from it. Its chief value
will probably coLSielin its adaptation to laminating
purpurea, but it U erid to possess high claims as a
lubricator. The article is just now being introduc
ed to public attention*in Baltimore under the name
of Carbon oil. Kerosene oil, and Coal oil, and is
likely to prove a very acceptable feature of domes
tic economy. We have bad an opportunity ot test
ing its qualities in 1 a rope constructed for its con
sumption. It is capable of producing an excellent
light et a very moderate expenditure. It burns
with an unwavering flame, and diffuses a very soft
and grateful illumination, especially agreeable to
the eye. Like any othefr medium of artificial light,
it may be increased to any extent by the size of the
lamp or the number of the burners.
An experiment under our own observation made
with a lamp of a size adapted to ordinary purpo
ses, consumed exactly five cents’ worth of oil in
eleven houra, the flame burning with scarcely di
miniched intensity up to within a few minutes of
the time at which it expired. The oil is perfectly
afcfe in use, being unexplosive, indeed, it immedi
ately extinguished a flaming stick thrust into it. It
is said to dry out of woolen stuff, leaving no trace,
and in this reaped w ill relieve apprehensions about
the carpet, a constant source of anxiety where uno
* nous oils are used.
We can but anticipate the best reeult* from the
discovery of carbon oil ; for, beside its prospective
usefulness, the fact that it is derived from an arti
cle which our country produces in profusion assures
us at once of an abundant supply of an important
domestic article, and at a very moderate rate Bal
timore Sun.
Lake Champlain Open.—The ioe 1 W ?'a
appear from Lake Champlain on the 3dinet,
en the sth the lake wax clear. Lake Champlam
| opened last year on the 4th April.
Chinese Karbailiies—ltews.
The detailed advisee received by the eteamtr
Washington*, from Ch’na, throw a strong floods
iigl;t or. the character of the Chinese rule —at least
under Gov. Yen. a ulure atrocious ay atom of rule
a more brutal riHer could scarcely be ibuud in
any country or any age of the'world. It seei-ii
t-’ at in lay space ol two years thi. savage mahdaria
oaii*id>iio fewer than seventy thousand persona,
(reoels, or supposed rebels.) lo be executed m t w
A* Maimof Canton, and thV:’ ii> • mode of execi
tioa rivals in barbarity that of the most, degrad id
savages. The prions of Canton, too,seiu to he
infinitely worse than even the worst of Nnphie,
and the treatment of the prisoners indescribably
horrible.
Jails of Canton. —Lord Elgin aud the comm i
sionera haviug made a tour oi inspection to tiia
jai’s of Canton, the Jesuits of th .r . xperienoe have
he -u set forth in the China Mail as follows :
Each of these establishments contains seveial
liflerent pusone, and tnedescnptionot oue oi there
.rid serve lor the whole, it wso en.ored by uu
War-yard about fifteen yaius long by six broad.
This court yard is paved with granite slabs, and
tolerably oleau and airy, tiiauk* lo the rain, wind
and sun to which it is exposed ; on each side ol the
yard are three compartments or dens, eucu about
five yards long by lour broad, aud separated tro a
each other and Iroin the court-yard by double rows
ol posts, similar to those whicu are used in barii
cadiug the doors of the coinmou Chinese houses in
llong-Kong, the posts of one row lilting between
the posts of the other row, leaving space barely for
a man to pass his hand through. The doors of live
ol ihese six rooms were open, the whole of the
prisoners in the live deus thus haviug access to the
open yard. Inside are boards aud tressels, oq
which the prisoners lie, the >loor being, as far a*
could be judged from the tilth with which it wo*
covered, as natuVe formed it—of earth ; the height
of the rooms is ample enough, aud, on the whole,
the prisoners were far better than was expected,
auu, if properly kept, would leave no cause for com
plaint.
On entering, the warning voice of the turnkey
drove the poor wretches mto their dens, but a tap
cn the head soon silenced this officious personage,
aid the friendly voice of a foreigner telling them in
Chinese to come out soon brought about seventy
living creatures on their knees before such messen
gers id humanity as had never before stood in that
horrid place. The sight of these poor creatures waj
dreadful; their forms diseased aud emanciated—
their eyes gazing in astonishment, with the vacant
stare of lunatics—their filthy rags dropping from
them—their hair unshorn and uncombed, long and
horribly stiff, black, and abundant, in awful con
trast with their pale and ghastly leatures; there
they knelt trembling with cold, weakened by star
vation, aud in some cases apparently callous even
to the event—so strange and wouderlul as it must
have been to them—which was then lakiug place,
ol an inquiry into their condition by foreign occu
pants of the city. All the honors of au English
prison, poorhouse aud lunatic asylum were here ac
cumulated, without a single oue of the redeeming
features which mark those establishments in our
o**u more civilized country. Tue prisoners Were
ordered to stand up, aud then questioned, whil<a
some of the visiters went into the cells to examiu.
them. Many of the poor WTetohea were actually
too weak to come out ol their dens to thank their
deli verers.(foreigners, officers, and soldiers,) in the
court-yard of the prison. Lengthened suffering,
incarceration, and starvation had produced thufi
callousness which, with excestive weakness, pre
vented them from coming to see a eight they had
never before witnessed. They were told to go out
side, aud managed to raise their scarecrow ngures,
aud stagger along in front of their foreign visiters.
One poor child, a boy 13 years of age was also a
prisoner in tins horrible place. He was told to get
up ; but, with au empty idiotic smile op his face, ho
uier<dy raiSed his eyes and shutlled a few iuchej
along the board on which he was sitting ; lie wa?
a prisoner for rebellion ‘. The poor creature hail
uot strength enough to stand ; ins limbs were fright
ful to look at —literally lie was a living skeleton,
and two of the abler prisoners canieu him out.
ihe five dens were emptied, and while Mr. Parke i
was talking with their late inmates, the other lor
eigners looued into the sixth den, ttie door o.‘ whicu
was closed. It is difficult to realize tue horrible na
ture .of the contents of that room. As the door
opened, a piteous, lamentable cry arose from about,
x!0 human beings, not Oue of whom could staud.—
Death’s grip was hard ou biany of them , one,’ poor
letlow lying crouched on the grouud in a corner,
his riba actually protruding—he was dead 1 iles,
the living, tie dyiug, the bleeding, the starving, the
sick, the diseased, aud the dehd, were all congrega
ted .in this, one hole. These poor creatures who
were how lius* ft dm pain aud hunger, might, and
were it not tor this visit wouid,*soon Have loilowed
their dead comrade, who stilt shared their charnel
house, to-where alone they cpuld look for R elease
from tfrtur sufferinge—the grave. One o t their
muubereonld speak English pretty fluently, and
Jrom him it was ascertained that the whole ol hem
had that day bpeii beaten. Not one of them oou and
walk, and it was-dreadful to see the agoi-y they suf
feted in trying to drag their bleeding terms into the
open air. Some i.aa been beaten on the thighs,
others ou the ieet auduukies; and they were all
ironed, notwithstanding they were not able to staud
even, much less to escape.
This Field of Hl <jod *of Canton. —Threading
.ur -vay under tue guidance of some experieuoud
iriend, we come to a carpenter’s shop, fronting tue
entrance to a small potter’s field. It is uot u rood
in area, of au irregular shape, resembling most an
oblong. A row ol cottages open into it ou one side ,
9 there is or wall* on the other. The ground is cover
id wiih hall-baked pottery ; there are two wooden
( losses formed of unbalked wood stanmug in au
angle, withashrea of rolling rope huugiijgl-om ouo
of them, t here is nothing to fix the attention in
tins small enclosure, except that you stumble
against a human skull no w uud then as you walk
along it. This is the Aoe.dama, the field of blood,
the execution ground of Caniuu. Tue upper part
ot that carpenter's aljop is the place where ueurly
all the European residents have, at the price oi a
dollar each, witnesseed the wholesale massacres of
which Europe has heard with a hesitating skepti
cism. It was within this yard that that monster
Yeh has within two years destroyed the lire of
seventy thousand fellow beings. These crosses are
t lie instruments to which those victims were tied
who were condemned to the special torture of being
sliced to death. Upon oue ol these the wfe ol a
rebel general was placed, aud by Yell's order her
flesh was cut Iroin her body.
After the battle at Whampoa the rebel leader es
caped, but his wile fell into the hands of Yeh—that
was how he treated kis prisoner. Her breasts were
first cut off, then her forehead was slashed aud the
skin torn down over the face, then the fleshy part*
of the body were sliced away. There aie English
men yet alive who saw tins done, but at what, pe
riod of the butchery sensation ceased and death
came to this poor innocent woman none can tell.
The fragment of rope which now hangs to one of
the crosses was used to bind a woman wiiowaaont
up for murdering her husband. The sickening de
tails of the massacre perpetrated ou this spot have
been related to me by those who have seen them,
and who take shame to themselves while they coq
less after witnessing one execution by cutting oh
the cross, the rapidity and dexterity with which the
mere beheading was done, deprived the execution
of a hundred men of half >ts horror. The criminals
were brought down in gangs, if they could walk, oit
brought down in chairs and shot out into the yard.
The executioners then arranged them in rows, giv
ing them a blow behind which forced out the head
?uid neck, aud laid them convenient for the blow
Then came the warrant of death. It is a banner
As soon as it waved in sight, without verbal ordei
given, the work began. There W’as a rapid succes
sion of dull crunching sounds—chop, chop, Ohop,
chop. No Becond blow wrfs ever dealt, for the dex
terous man slayers are educated to their wink. Un
til they can with their heavy swords slice a great
bulbous vegetable as thin as we slice a cucumber
t hey are not eligiDle for their office. Three seconds
a head suffice. In one minute five executioners
clear off 100 lives. It takes rather longer for the
assistants to cram the bodies into rough coffins,
especially as you migfit see them cramming two in
to one shell, that they might embezzle the spare
wooden box. The heads were carried off in boxes
the saturated earth was of valu£ as manure.
Extracts from the correspondence of the New
¥urk Herald: . .
11 uno Kong, February 2S.— I have made a few
visits un shore, and X must confess that Hong Kong
“is not what. I er.peeled to find it. Travelling far
outside of Hong Kong, for instance, among the
mountains, is dangerous. If the stranger chooses to
travel in these quarters he must do it at his own risk,
as the English government will not be responsible
for what may happen to the traveller thus iar from
the town, nor will they be responsible for any harm
that mdy befall the stranger who sees fit to be Out
aflaTA; p. M. The reason of this is that the Imperi
al government payH a reward of two hundred dollars
for the head ot every Engl shman sent to I'ekin.—
This two hundred dollars is so tempting that the
Chinese of flung Kong would as soon take off a
Yankee’s head as an Englishman’s.
The luxuries of the market are brought alongsid,,
of the ship every meal hour in bumboats, and ar, 3
sold quite cheap, in fact provisions of all kinds ar
sold at a reasonable price, for instance beef at eigh
cents per pound, fowls twenty live cents a pair, po
tatoes fifty cents per bushel, oranges one dollar per
hundred, aud other articles in proportion, washing
is only thirty cents a dozen, shoes of the bent Eng
hsh calfskin, made in Hong Kong, can be purchased
alongß.de of the ship for one dollar and twenty five
cents a pair, good cotton shirts, with linen bosoms,
sell for six dollars a dozen, beautiful large aud hand
somely figured silk pocket handkerchiefs sell for
thirty cents each, to come to the point, clothing of
every description is very c .eap.
1 enclose to yon a coriect list of all tbe naval foroes
of ali nut ous in the Chinese waters, including gun
boats, the number of guns ot ail the ships and gun
boats, amounting iu all to 974 guns, in these waters.
The total uumber of vessels ot war you will see are
4. of which 71 are mounted with from two to eighty
guns. ___
Ik Marvel’s Address to Hamers.—Donald
G-.Mitehel (Ik Marvel) recently dehvereu the annu
el address before the Conneciicut State Agricultu
ral Society. From a condensed report in the Hart
ford papers we uelactAhe followingadmirable closing
‘’TiuTthtue is something worth living for besides
money. That is very good, but it is not all. With
the rest, let us raise a c r op of good ideas. While
you are a farmer, remember that, you aie iueo, wnh
duties aud responsibilities. Live the old bru
4al notion that a tanner mue< he uncouth, uneduca
ted, a#id unthinking—a mere plodder.
You are brought into immediate contact with tee
ineat hear ol civilisation. You cannot get out of
thehuzz < T the toiling world. The trill of the woe
(ler working wires aud tne rumble ol the looomotive
( he thunder threat of nations) come to your once
seciudedhilts.
Move towards a better life. Do notkeep your
boys corn-shelling in the long w.nter evening-.
Make your farm a place that your sons and daugh
ters ca not help if ving. Cultivate tie trees—they
are God's mtaseugere. Don’t say that you Caie
nothing lor looks. Y'ou do care, eise wuy did you
ignid tha. two-story whit: house, with min and
a cupo a into which you ntvet go 7 Or why lid
. on. yea, s ago, carefuby brush your coat, and p uck
cp vourulfirt collar, when you were starting, on a
Sunday evening, to visit that good woman who
noW shares your borne ? ■* ,
Care much more lor books and piotures. Don t
keep a solemn parlor into which you go but onoe a
month with the parson, or the sewing society
Hang around your wail pictures which shall tell
stories of mercy, hope, courage faith and charity
Make your living room tbe largest and most cheer■
fuimthc house. Let the plac > be suoh that whi
your boy has gone to di-tant land*, or even when,
perhaps, he clings to a e p a.ik .n tbe loueljr
waters of thew.de ooean, the though ■Qt ™ ”
itrimstead shall come across the desolation, Dnngmg
always light, hope, endlave. houfle _, ;o room
Have no dungeonsabout yo , a nut.
you never open-no blirnh. tht - bt . for( . they
Don’t tea. hyou daugbters
cm w ed L aflo ,"?'^?t be a“hanVedof the pruniDg
und, daughters, do uuto lioheet flowers trorn
knite. Hrmg to you , friendship of birds ; scorn
the woods. bix gun at the
the scamp to ßt stuov botany, learn to love
blue bird °, r^f k r " b b ”„be h r emtivatiou than the sash-
THE STRASBLRO CLOCK
fun- usaetroiiomicid’ uc(jd by means .and its
Ihedral of Perfect accuracy, the vari U
machinery* vith P® g 8 0 f lue sun. This clock.
phases of the reoeD eebp and Ur , he umei p, e
as is known, m addnton u u t( , Bir B movemen u.’’
sente the a-vem ‘ ‘ r
t.- vi utl ot Ky., t said to have
b ecome T a h to Christianity and temper
anoe.”