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lY
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uib*r, abont 16 year* old, named Harry, not quite aa
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LEXINGTON, GA.
Ezerclaea of th h Academy will be resumed
J af in on the nee nd MONDAY inJANUARY.
The •* rvic Hos Mr. TUOB. B MOSS, l n tbe Male,
and <>f Mim C M ■ CKENZIE ln tbe Female Depart
ment ot tbi luitilutiou bavo been secured for another
year
Board can bo ohtaiued on rraaonal le terms.
For particulars, address either ot the Principals, or
GEORGE K GILMKK,
Chau man Board of 1 rustecn,
decls w4t Lexington Geo.
’ Situation wanted,’
AN T Bag HER, by a Yoti"g Lady, a graduate of ona
of th Sou-hern Female Colleges, who ran come
well lecomiuended a* tosebo a.ship, uu d Las bad Home
experience lu Teaching App ! v to
LOUIS K. HOLCOMBE,
dec9l w4t Madison, (ieo.
FEMALE TEACHER WANTED.
ALADY, wlo cau teach Music end the KnglUh
bran.b*H,ran obtain a good SITUATION, In a
•leoirabb- aid healthy location, within 5 miles of Berre
lta. None need apply but tho-e who can come well
i'd unif .ided an capable of teaching thoroughly the Eng
lish brand***!*, *u*i competent in Music
Apply to GEORGE M MAGRUDER,
d<<‘(4 w3t Berzella Ga.
iiMramiuoiML
i©e e -
r |MIK Sprivg Terra begius JANUARY 10th, 1839,
* under *be supervision of afull Hoard of Instructors
No.'ostttulion enioys better facilities for affording a com
pute, thorough ano fininhed education.
KaTSS OF CBAItOKS :
Nq’uitlon Literary Department, Spring Term |3S 30
\ •• Pfva.c “ “ “ M 75
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per iTo nth, including everything except Lights. Week
ly rocitations in the elementary studies by all the classes.
Daly ret itations U Vocal Music, which, in addition to
L*ttu and French are taught without oxtra charge. Pa
trons ar*> oafne’i'ly requested to bring their daughters
ami wards at the opening of the For further par
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CAKEOMON
MASONIC INSTITUTE.
JOHN K. LEAK, A. 11., Prealdenf.
* fill V. next Term of this Institution will open on th©
L first WHriNKSIYAY iu JANUARY,IBS9. Ills in
aft wishing couditliin, numbering a hundred student*
the urs£ year It !>ul large Building and an able Kacul
ty. The course of study Is tboi. usli, embracing *ll tht
i usually taught in the Vale and Female College!. The
doeiety. water and heaHhfulness of the locality are uu
euruas.edln Geoi’it'a H. ard, per month; tuition,
rssounhle Forlurther particulars, address the Presi
a*nt W. M. MERRKUL, W M.
J.T MBADEK.S. W.
R M LONG, J W
Cwrrollton. Genrnia, Oct.. Ic'fth. octl7-w3m
HH.LSBOROUGH MILITARY ACADEMY.
, -v J 4 \ AIO UI'H, 15.511, the Instit itiuU
I* e uju.il.''! w ill be opened ai Hillsborough, N. 0..
t„ „ , ooduet'rt m > hiss by C; t. O. C TEW. ucar Nil
ndeui of the Slate Military Academy a'. Ojlub-
C S ®thCruln.<l M W D. GAILLARD, a
;r,idu *of the South Carotin* Military Academy. and
ao lav.r. ttf rof approved expert nre The drul, disctp-
Hue am.’ eoursdof studies, will as* mi ate as nearly as
oracilra >l* ro those of the Virginia and Ssutb Carolina
Sute Ml tliary Inst fut ons The studies of the first two
vears. or pi . uaratory course, will be Ar.tbu.etic, Algo
loa EualUsh Orsuijiar, History of the United Mutes,
II to. r< ‘ n. laud. Aneient History, Mythology, Us.
olog ~ Fre neb and Latin. The details of the advanced
course will t>e announced hereafter.
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from January IC'.li t.i t e fourth week in November.
l’t-e i-ban e will be SWO per auuuut, payable as fol
lows : s'i*C .*t the commencement 01 the Academic year ;
at to <,n Msg Ist. and slOl qu August Ist, tor which the
Academy wdlt: rovide Instruct ons, text books, sta
ti mere, quarto n, board, furl, washing, dolhing, (except
shims draw. rs. and so, its ) an i medical attends nee
No pc.pl will be admilte 1 under Id or over id years of
age. or who cinapt read a. and wrire w ith facility
r’or fnrthrw Info matio i address the undersigned at
Columbia, s C., uu.il January Ist, alter thai dale at
Hillsborough, N C. U. c. TEW .
declw3t .
Li )OK_UEKE.
Farmers, Planters and Keepers of
HORSES.
*■ Keitp your Horses in Good Condition..’
liniMTsirs
6EMJ VI HORSE POWDER.
riitlti ex'ticrdinAry virtaeaof tilt celebrated OER-
I lan POWDER are attested by thousand*
who have used** It i* composed of Vegetable Root*
•nd and i* highlv recommended for the cure and
. ruvanfion of all ih ‘*<? diseases to which that anunai—the
i*subject • a-s Distemper, Hide bound, Drowsi
uesy Dos. Os AppetU*. Inward Sprains, Yellcw Water,
Faunae rout hsrdex. rciseor work. Inflammation ot the
lives Debility, \Vastin,f of Flesh. Ac. It carnee off all
cross humors, prevents horses trcm becoming stiff or
,pur. lies and me Is the blood, and impreves
w 'e.', c-ueral coalition The corstantly Increasipg de
maud f-r lbs - cerebrated •• BDRSb MEDICINE ‘lt one
of tno?e uamistakeable proof* / its worth. In cases of
Hide bound. Lo, of Appetite. Drowsiness. Fatigue,
Distemper, luflammatiou of the Eyes. It improve* the
oonditioo of the Skin, imparts a flue g.ossy coat of
Hair :itis a universal Condition Powder h armers and
Planters should not be without tbi# Powder.
For sale, wholesale and retail, bv
FISUEft A HEIMTkH,
Columbia, 8. 0.,
mU ' r PLUMB & LEITNER,
Wic.le.ale and Ketall Druggists, Augusta, Ga.
._
~ PROLIFIC COTTON SEED.
PL kNTEKsi are Informed thst i have succeeded in
pi oduc-ng a PROLIFIC COTTON that yle.d.more
to the s tala ttan any I have ever seem Being fond of
ax pen carets, I has e tried, for the last twenty-five years,
every vne:y of cotton that promised a large 5 1 ,
have found nothing ita! equals my preeect stoc o
Heed li f a by. rid of ,fce Bos d’s and ether Prouflo*
with toe Pat t Gull. I have siaiks now in my omee,
Four feet big!. with ISS bolls curt.
Three foot high, with I*s „
Two .o t high, with ‘5
As maavastwo hundred and fifty bolls and forms bav e
b%*n .counted on * row stalk*. Every p?ron who
ha* se* i* ay crop protumnee it tfce heavie*t boiledcotto*
they evwJf **w One Putter pulled off a limb vwelve
inches oi'sg, having nine boil* on it. A* thi* Cotton docs
not imib a* long as i'a.it Gall. u can be planted cloeer m
the row aod drill. thus #ecurit* A greater number of
•talks to the acre. „ .
Iwi i ft l onWr* for Seed at ONE DOLLAR AND
TWEN l Y FIV E OSN PER BUSHEL., racked in
k uew coiioo **'k*. and and.. ver*d m Augusta, and for
warded as and recto J Address. __
GEORGE SCHLEY.
|B novfLwtf Anrusta Georgia.
■ DOWNING hill nursery.
HB j> Ht -cribers buc .t sve i- c.. ;Le a - *.ectiou of th>
public to their extecive collection of
w SOUTHERN RAISED FRUIT TREES,
embracing ail the best varieties that have been tested in
the ooutheru cilxnate
A so. s fine co.lflctloo of ORNAMENTAL TREES
mi SHRUBS . . „ ~
Catalogue# MU by mail, free of charge, to ail appd
‘*A4dr FETEKS, H ARDEN 4 00.,
re.ll'wdm AUsntx, Ok.
Texas lands \ Texas lands i
/l A ,V A A ACRES OF LAND la Estu Tx
uU,UUU s, hekvily Timbered, knd well dpt
•d to Le culture cf Cotton ud Gr*in. psisseMing the
wuvxa .xgc bf pure weler, good hexllh, indl convenience
to Rfirods, ulretdy projected, leediag to both Shrevew
portend Gkivestoo T.ues deer, end will be sold m
vkktiiu.ts to ,U'.t purchasers _ . . . „
The Lends ere In Grayvon, Polk. Trtnity, Angelina,
t., Person and Smith coonlie*. Also, 7JAKj Acres in Me
and ronniy, within five miles of W aco,
o of which will oe add low for cash, or Negroes
S5 oe takeu m payment, sis oA valuation ;
P anta vu* 0 tAen in exchange from pnr-hasers.
when de. ‘rod. as a mailer of accommodation, at a fair
‘ r *A l t o-'nimMnlcations, addressed to me at Augusta, Ga.,
or Woodvule* Grsen coon.y, will receive prompt atten
*K p .tntwrvUws are preferred, as 1 bav# in my
possession late waps of lbs {uteof
Sapsr” plans of to* Land* offered-aiso a fnU dasertl.
ton and Ui.tory of ovary county In the B<al*,oP to ke
veer JAMR6 M DAVISON,
present J . Lend As sot. Aegneta Q
’ A apart 11. UM dlwdswN
Cferuniclt
The Prealdeot'e Mraange in Cuba.
The steamship Isabel, from Havana, on the 2filh,
touched off SavMuah on Tuesday, and landed
mails and paeenger The Savannah Republican
contain t a lengthy and interesting letter from its
correspondent, a portion of which is devoted to a
description of the eenaation produced by the recep
tion es the President's message, with its remarks
relative to the purchase and annexation of Cuba
by the United States. Tbe Republican'* correspon
dent says :
The message of the President to Congress, was
received here 16th ins'.., from New Orleans, and
caused a degree of excitement I cannot easily des
cribe. The Creoles are half eraxy with joy, whilst
the Spaniards are excessively indignant at the pro
posal to renew the a’tempt toporchaee the Wand.
The Diario de la Marina, of 17th inst., the day af
ter tbe message was received, makes some extracts
from the message, which it accompanied bv cer
tain observations, which I translate. The f>;ario
says:
‘Let os begin by noticing tbe great contrast be
tween the diet paragraphs in which his Excellency
speaks of the Claims of American oitiaens f’ r da
mage* caused them, and the last, in which he re
commends to Congress the indemnification of the
damage caused to the owners of the Spanish sc hr.
Amistad. The business has been pending now
nearly twenty years, and the justice of tbe claim ie
so evident, that in various previous messages Ine
recommendation now repeated by Mr. Bucbaaan
has been made. And in spite of all this, what at
tention Las been paid to the affair f When will l v
demnity be given to Spanish subjects ?
‘-Mr. Buchanan speaks of insults offered to the
American flag and of damages caused to American
citizens, theee insults have proceeded from our (
prosecution of filibusters and from tbe punishment
imposed upon those pirates, according to the laws
of nation, and our government has always tsikeu as
much notice of the fisg of the Union as is consistent
with oar dignity. Tbe legitimate claims of Aintrri
can citizeD© in Cuba do not exist in the claims of
those who, jurt because they are American citizens,
claim more privileges here, than they bad in their
own country—privileges which cannot be enjoyed
in Cnba, but consistently with tbe laws of Spain,
which laws dont distinguished between nationalities
and cannot do so without infringing existing trea
ties
‘ The Spanish Government in Cuba, has how
ever, always believed itself to be sufficiently strong
to cause respect, and many times it has carried its
tolersnce towards Americans as far as its sincere
wishes to demonstrate a spirited beuevolenoe to all
friendly nations would permit. However, this is no
great affair, because it is no matter about the
object, when justice tries to maintain the rights
of all.
“The laok f power# in the government of Cuba
to ee r tie questions of international character, with
oat previous instructions from the Queen, opens a
wide field to Mr Buchanan , but oan the Governor
of California settle question* of this kind T By what
right Las been transferred to Washington the ad
justment of difficulties aniing in Han Francisco 1 —
As the Constitution of the United States has given
this power to tbe President, so has the Constitu
tion of tjpain conceded a similar power to her Ma
“1’ now remains for cs to say something about
the sale of Cuba, a prejeot entertained by Mr. Bu
chanan ever since the Ostend conference. Her
Majesty s answer ha- been given. There ia not a
single Spaniard, of public or private character, who
could listen to a proposition bo nighly insuiting to
the national character. Now, as before, in the fu
ture as at present, never will Spain admit negotia
tions upon that subject, and the inhabitants of
Cuba, whose character tas been so openly calum
niated, are disposed to sacrifice every thing to eus
tain the flag that covers them, and in the shade of
which they enjoy such solid prosperity aud look for
ward to so honorable a future.’’
It is utterly impossible to be angry with the man
who could write exhibiting such lamentable ignor
ance as does tbe article which 1 have above traDS
lated, and as it is not worth while to advance argu
ment against such a stupid tirade, I will only say,
he is either wilfully blind or purposely ignorant of
the feeling ol the masses of the people here. Did
they dare, they would tell him so in tones as loud
as ihat issued from the brass trumpets, so frequent
ly heard in our streets. But the poor down trod
den race cau scarce say “their souls are their own.”
Tbe Diario de la Marina of the 19th inst., contains
a second article, prefacing further extracts from the
President’s message ; which article is, however,
entirely too prolix for me to attempt a translation.
In the same paper you will fiud an article pur
porting to be a report of an Ordiuary Meetirg of
the moat excellent the Ayuntamien'o, (Municipal
Government) of this city; which article not being
leiivtliy, I will translate. It runs as follows:
“We were lar from believing that we should so
soon see so lively and eloquent a testimony of tbe
sentiments which the ending of Mr. Buchanan’s
mueouge has inspired in our population. We saw,
aud felt, tbe movement of mdignation excited in all
(Masses. However, the most excellent the Ayunta
iniento of Havana, genuine representatives of all
classes, has believed Ihat the sensation produced
here by .he message, Bkould not pass without a testi
mony of the profound disgust, which was excited by
the project to buy our Island, after the solemn and
unanimous declaration that the Government would
do nothing ot the kind.
“Our municipal corporation yesterday, in ordi
nary eession, asked and obtained permission to
present themselves to the Captain General, after
having opposed a motion made to the effect by one
of the couuoilmen. ,
“The President said he would not deem himself a
worthy representative of this oity. if upon such an oc
casion he did not solicit permission to plaoe at the
fool of (he throne, a manifestation of the sentiments
with which tbe message of Mr. Buchanan had in
spired in the heart of each of the inhabitants, to
whom the thought of the annexation of the Island
was a thought whiob highly offended tha nobility
and the diguity of the sentiment of the Cubans, who
do not in vain bear the title of “Always Faithful.”
“The moet excellent Ayuntamiento wished at the
same time to be permitted to have an Open session,
so that tbe public might have an opportunity to
show their love and respect for the sovereign by
signing the Manifest.
“Our most Excellent Governor and Captain
General answered, as we are informed, that he
beard without surprise this noble proposition; he
made then, remember the manifest addressed to
bis Majesty Charles 3d, by the ladies of Havana,
whilst it was in possession of the English, and be
said te saw with great satisfaction that from gene
ration to generation, were transmitted the most
loyal semtimenls. His Excellency then permitted
that they should do what they desired, and ordered
that they should draw np tbe manifest.
“The moet excellent Ayuntamiento might be as
sured that their conduct was well worthy of the
country, and that all and every one of the inhabitants
of this city would quickly throng to sign a manifest,
which showed the truth and energy of their senti
ments.”
You will judge how much, or rather how little, the
“most excellent Ayuntamiento’ represents the
popular feeling in this city ; when I tell you that
every member of it is appointed upon the nomina
tion of the Captain General, aud that each member
is appointed for life.
Pre ident Buchanan seems to think that Cuba
can be purchased from Spain, but that is a sad error.
Before that is achieved it will be requisite : Ist, to
prove to tbe Catalonians that after the sale of the
Island, they will still have the same monopoly for
the sale of tneir wine. Secondly, the people of San
tander must be similarly convinued as regards their
flour. Thirdly, the Church must be assured jt will
continue to be as it now is. all powerful; and lastly,
lira overweening pride of all Spaniards must be
overcome before a man of them will consent to the
sale of th- Island, unless indeed a Government
should get iuto power in Spain so strong as to be
utterly regardless of the feeliDgs or desires of the
people, and'heu bribery might effect the ao much
to be wished for consummation.
Y'et, notwithstanding ail these obstacles lama
firm believer iu what is termed “manifest destiny,”
and can but feel that some head, wiser than mine,
wi 1 find out r method of overcoming all theee ob
staoits wbioh to me appear almost insurmountable.
I believe, within five years CuDa will be a portion
of our own glorious confederation, and I humbly
pray this may be attained without bloodshed.
A Jury Rebuked.
Cases are beooming quite too common in which
criminals evidently proved guilty of murder are
oonvicted of manslaughter only, by juries whose
compassion outweighs their secs* of justioe. An
instance of this sort ooourred i eeentiy in Dane coun
ty, Illinois. A German named Meichion Stoppel
had been proved guilty of deliberate murder. It is
said that there was not a defective point in the evi
dence to hang a doubt upon, but the jury returned
a verdiot of manslaughter. Judge Dixon, iu pro
nouncing sentence according to the verdict, gave
vent to his indignation in plain language. Address
ing the prisoner, he said
“ You have been brought to*!.© bar of justice
charged with thu b'gh crime of murder You have
had a trial according to the forms of law, and have
bv a jury been adjadged gufity of the crime of
manslaughter in the third degree. With the facts
iu your case, I have nothing to do , and such is
my position that until the present time I could ex
press do opinion upon them. Now, however, I can
do so without infringing upon your rights or those
of the public.
“In my opinion, if any man was ever guilty of
wilful, premeditated murder, it was you, in taking
the life of John Ritmeir. The proof in your case
established it clearly, positively, and beyond rea
sonable doubt. It showed conclusively that, for
da.s before you murdered him, you premeditated
aud designed doing so That on the fatal Sunday
light, aruung yourself for th® bloody work with a
butcher knife, and brining with yon five or six
friends pledged to your assistance in o* of necee
sity, you awaited and way'aid him on a puiic high
way He came ; you met, stopped, and informed
h m ‘that he must die there, as he stood , that yob
con and stab him through and through.’ Alone and
unprotected he fled tor bis life ; you and your co
adjutors pursued him. In this race for his life he
ran a distance of neariv half a mile; he fell, yon
overtook, and, whilst he was fallen, (to use yoar
own language.) ‘stabbed him through and through’
with tne botcher knife, of which be died. All this
you did withoot a shadow of provocation, without
cue ciicumetanee to excuse or palliate, but merely
out of the wickedness and mauioe of your own
beat?
•• Such i( lie brief history of this horrid tragedy
and your connection with it It can be called by
□o better nama than midnight assassination. Under
such circumstances and with such proofs, you
have been found guilty of one of the leaser de
(Trees of manslaughter. As you area stranger, un
acquainted with our laws and language, for your
information I übou and say ihat the entne of murder
onee existed in our laws, and was recognised m our
courts, it aa once even punished in W isoons-n,
but now. I fear, mini is no longer the ease. Crimi
n&la of your cut arc ptU upon their tnai on *7
relieved from the petilty of thslr cximea If Bit
mier, the doceiuici. had been the owne* of a mali
cious but favorite dog, and that
yc a in the night time and yoa had killed it, ana he
baa iniUtated a proeecation againgt voa tor
ing, twelve citiiene oould probabiy have been
found that woaid it and li*tec with itern mdigna
tion at the story of such a violatioo of his rights ;
or if not that, they would at least hare entertainea
grave doubts cl the propriety of yoor conduct. But
take his Me in the manner you did, the case be
comes afferent; it is then plain and clear you are
inn cent . yea must be acquitted or very alighuy
punished.
•• For the offence of which you have been con
vicud the highest punishment prescribed by law is
four years in the penitentiary. In being obliged to
pass the sentence upon you, 1 feel aa if every rule
of reason, law and justice is violated. The sentence
of the law in your cate la that you be punished by
confinement in the State prison at hard labor for
the period of four year* trem this day at soon, and
that you be eolitanly imprisoned for the first ten
days of each and every month of said term.”
IsDirggngac* or thx Australia!’ Colorirs.—
A staruiLg, but not a together unexpected move
ha* been commenced in Australia. It appearee by
the report of a recent speech delivered by the R v.
Dr. Lng, in Australia, that Se advocated, particu
larly in the event of war between Great Britain and
Franee, a seperatten from the mother country and
the sstahilsoooevrt of sovereign and Independent
■taro*
Salvador
We clip, from the New York Times, the following
extracts from a very interesting letter by It.G.
Foote, to Captain Dow, descriptive of a journey
through the interior of Salvador.
The doctor, during our stay, accompanied ns to
several cochineal plantations, also to bis own coffee
estates. He has now planted, in these places, over
fotly-eevet thousand cotfee tree#, alio! which ap
pear in a flourishing condition. They are planted
on the eteep side of a mountain, three yexde apart
each from tbe other. He has also conveyed water,
by means of shallow ditches, from a spring ha!:
way up the mountain, so that be has nothing to
fear from the dry months
The culture of oocblneai is also extending. Noth
ing can be conceived more picturesque in agricul
ture man the cactus. It is planted iu drills, about
five or six feet apart, aud tended with tbe greatest
care.
It is* treacherous crop, however, and can only
be engaged in by men of capital. The breeding the
insects, applying them afterwards to the leal, and
the cons ant care required in protecting the insect
when set, also the rick of losing the whole crop from
rain or other causes, will always be against a very
extensive culiivaion of cochineal. One crop saved
in three, however, is said to pay previous losses,
and remunerate the pla tor well.
On the other hand, with coffee, there is little risk.
Tbe tree lasts many years, and few insects or ani
mals interfere with it, in consequence of the pun
gent Jbittor nature of tbe sap
On the 10th we rcarted frbm Ahnacbapa for San
ta Anna, the road pasting through the centre of the
vailey over almost a dead le -el, for twelve leagues.
Il.re we find a valley containing millions of acres
of magnificent land, with a climate salted for Euro
pean constitutions, ana lands producing every de
scription of produce Northern aud Tropical. At
Ahuacbapa we tasted the first strawberries we bad
seen in Salvador; we saw apple treee on the moun
tain, wheat fields also, and in the valleys cochineal,
coffee, the., the.
With an enterprising population, good roads, and
money, what a paradise on earth might not be cre
ated there. And all this within twenty two days of
New York | • * * * *
Upon i quiring of a planter upon one occasion
where his eyrup va's were, he pointed to a hen
house in the patio. On entering I searched for tbe
syrup, but could see no signs of it, until the proprie
tor picked up a chip, and going to a long trough
which I had pi eviousiy imagined containeanothiug
but filth and the excrement of fowls, he scraped
this abominable scum ou one side, when the syrup
appeared underneath. On my remonstrating with
hnn on his bad management, he said, “ Oh, it is our
custom, and it does not hurt the syrup.”
It ie this sluggish subserviency to custom which
hangs like a millstone rouuu their necks, and will
be tti means of still longer delaying the march of
improvement un'il more foreign element becomes
disseminated through the country.
Within the extensive valley which I have jast
described, coffee sufficient for the whole consump
tion of the United States could be raised, and con
veyed to New York in twenty days from ihe date
of its shipment from Ahuacbapa, while at tbe same
time sugar enough for the consumption of ail Eu
rope might be raised In the Kepubhc.
The estimated amount of coffee trees already
planted, has been officially returned as follows, in
the department o’ Santa Anna, viz : ln nuserise,
98-.>,00; set out, 418,G30 .in crop, 439,980. The
actual amount is much greater, however.
I would recommend all travellers to secure a
good Frenchman as a travelling companion. Our
companion, Mr. LeF., was the very essence of
good humor, and ufteu he kept our spirits up by
some droll sally in his broken English.
But of ail the enjoyments within reach of the
weary traveller, 1 consider the cigar and hammock
after a late dinner the ne plui ultra.
Boliiog into our hammocks, which are usually
slung side by side, we commence a desultory con
versation, with greater intervals every moment as
the drowsy god gradually overpowers us, until at
length there is nothing beard but tbe deep breathing
of sound sleep ; uninterrupted until the servants
bring coffee about an hour or two before daybreak,
when ail hands rouse themselves, wash, take a cup
of coffee and mount. Some time previously the
sere ants rise, feed and saddle tbe mules, so that
there is no delay. Tbe cavalcade Bhould always be
filing out of the posada at grey daWn.
This is the universal routine of Central American
travelling, and has its charms and novelties ren
dering a j ourney anything but irksome.
The Voyage of the Argil—Death of Capt.
Ludlow —The Vanderbilt steamer Ariel, from Ha
vre and Houthampton, whose arrival at Halifax was
announced ou the flO.li inst, together with the death
of C'apt. Ludlow, arrived at New York on Bunday
in 26 days from Southampton. The passage of the
Ariel has been one of the longest, as well as one ot
the roughest, experienced by any steamer that has
crossed the ocean since the commencement of win
ter, and has likewise been moet disastrous in its ef
fects upon the vessel and her officers The Ariel
brings a large ar.d valuable cargo, intended princi
pally for the Christmas demand, but her late arrival
sadly affects its value. Lieut. 11. J. Aulick, U. S.
N., and wife, are among her passengers. From an
account, of her trip, we take the following in rela
tion to a gale she encountered on the B:ii and 9th of
December :
At midnight of December 8, there were strong
gales, witii squalls, and a tremendous cross sea run
ning. At 2A. M the gale. Btilliucreaeing, kept the
ship off North. At o A M still kept her off N. N E.
It was blowing a violent gale, and the heavy cross
sea threatened to board the ship. At 7 A M. it
was judged beet to try her again bead tottea
large drag haviDg been got ready for use in case ot
accident to the engine The Ariel was accordingly
put head to, once more, and the steam slowed
down so as to give merely Bieerage way to the
ship.
The prevalence of strong gales from opposite
points of the oompaes within a short time occasion
ed an ugiy cross sea, whiob now greatly endanger
d tbo vessel. Captain Ludlow, with his first and
second officers, stationed themselves forward of the
pilot house to be ready to act in an emergency. An
accident to the engine, which might happen any
moment while the ship was laboring so heavily,
would render it necessary to make use of the drag
without a moment's delay, to keep her from fal.ing
off into the trough ot the sea, where, in a dicabled
condition, she might have her decks swept, or
founder.
It was now blowing furiously, and the immense
wares as they leapt upwards, broke like water
spouts around tbe ship, or combing, tell like im
mense breakers upon iheooean beach. The forward
part of the wheel houses on each side were broken
in, and the round-houses were both washed away.
At 11 A. M. Iho chip settled deeply in the trough
of the swell, and a tremendous sea broke upon tbe
forward deck. Captain Ludlow, at the instant, was
cautioned by tho second mate, who was standing
near him, to ‘.‘look out,” but he had soarcely spoken
the words, when all were submerged apparently
ten feet under water. Both the first and second
mates were badly injured, and for the instant it was
thought that the steamer had foundered. The main
hatch was broken in by the sea, and many tons of
water went below. Captain Ludlow was knocked
down, and the heavy drag, composed of plank aud
timbers, struck him iu the side. He was found ly
ing upon his back, with his cap washed off. his eyes
closed, and apparen.ty insensible. In this condi
tion he was conveyed to his room. He revived
sufficiently to speak a few words, the last of which
were—“ Tell the Commodore I died at the post of
duty.” He then sank back and expired. The in
jury was apparently en the left side, two ortbre; of
the ribs being broken, and the fragments penetra
ting tbe heart.
As soon as possibles large box was made the body
placed in it and then packed in ice. By this means
the remains have beeu perfectly preserved, the lin
eaments of the face being as natural as if the de
ceased was only asleep.
After this crowning disaster, the oommand de
volved upon the first officer, Mr Brown, who de
serves great credit for the skill aud Heam&nsqip dis
played in gett.ng the steamer safely into port.
What You Must Do to Keep as Office. —
Some time ago we commented upon a circular from
the Collector of this port, written under the pres
sure of iustrnc ions from Washington, virtually
placing the offices in the customs department at the
disposal of “Administrat on members of Congress.”
What kind of duty is expected from holders of tbe
most petty offices under tbe present Adminietra
tratiou, and what constitute “Charges’ under which
their removal may be predicated with certainty,
will appear from the following letter from Mr Kem
ble. the Administrati. n candidate for Cougresa in
the Ninth C< ngiessional District in opposition to
-Mr. Haskins, to Mr. Kissara, Postmaster at New
Booheile, who has been removed from tbe office
by the powers at Washington N. y. Commercial
Advertuer.
Cold Shriko, Dec. 3, 1858.
Dear Sir ■ —l have received your letter of the
Ist iuetant. together with the copy of the memorial
sent to the Postmaster General. 1 very much re
gret that I did not see you, as this memorial does
not answer the complaints, that, on my visit to the
lower towns of Westchester previously to the elec
tion, came to me from at least half-a-dozen differ
ent sources, of your want of sympathy and co ope
ration with the friends of the National Administra
tion in your town, o mplaints since confirmed by
the Chairman of your Democratic Committee. The
charge is not that you did not vote tcUk them, but
that you refuted to icork with them and to use your
influence in the town in support of the Democratic
ticket, and they now sav that if you and your
lrieud Mr. Brundige, the lighthouss keeper,, had
been true, you could lave controlled at least thirty
totes that were given against us or thrown away
upon tqe American ticket.
I am thus particular in stating the charges as they
exist against you, because I should very much re
gret to do you an injustice, and to give you an op
portunity of rebutting them, which your memorial
doee not do. I agree with you that if you are re
moved, on the same charge Mr. Brundige should
also be removed. Yours very truly,
Gout. Kimble.
J. M. Kissam, Esq , Postmaster, New Koehelle.
Three Children Burnt to Death—A most
painlul occurrence took place on Friday morning
iast at the village of Fostoria. Mr. Bender, being
employed in the tannery of Mr. Campbell, had left
nis home to pursne his day s toil and after his depar
ture his wife went out to milk her cow, locking the
door to keep her children in (three in number) until
her return, the cow pen being some hundred yards
away During her absence, by soma means un
known, the house caught fire, and before it was
discovered the flames had made such progress as
that the rescue of the ohildren was impossible, and,
together with the insensate wooden tenement, their
poor bodies were consumed by the greedy element.
When found, the bones of the two older (one of
them aged about six years and the other about
three years,! were lying near the door, and the
youngest (a babe ot some two months) was b - ill in
its half consumed cradle, with one arm and one foot
burnt off and otherwise mutilated. The soene pre
sented on the gathering up of these remains was
harrowieg indeed The parents of course are al
most distracted, and have the sympathy of all who
have become acquainted with tbeir tndden and
complete bereavement. — Holltdaysburg {Pa 1 Re
gister.
Death of a Wealtht Frivchiiar Baron
Jacques Van Brienen died recently in France, at
the age ot twenty-three. His fortune amounted to
about TOfi.OOOf (£24,000; a year At the time of his
death he Was about to marry his cousin, M Le de
Spoelberg de Londersoel, aged seventeen, and he
has left her a life annuity of 100,000f, ana to Vis
count de Spoiberg, har brother, legacy of 150,000f.
He bee aieo left some important sums to charitable
inetitutioDs. The weaitn of the Van Brieueu family
is so large that Baron Charles Brienen, anoriier
brother, who died last year, after having bequeathed
the greater part of his fortune to the Pnnoeee Alsace
in i uis brother Jacques, gave as a simple souvenir
to his nephew, the e.aeet eon of Baron Tbiery Van
Brienen, the half of a fishery whica produces an an
nual revenue of upwards of 80 OOOf.
Ladies Dieise is Restacrasta —The New
York custom, borrowed from France, of ladies din
ing at restaurants instead of at home, seems to be
making sad inroads upon all propriety—all that
would, a few yeaie ago, have been considered de
cency’ A story has been going the round* of the
papers of two fashionable lahies, of respectable
fatml.ee in Fifth avenue, going out, accompanied
by gentlemen, and arranging to tune altogether at
a fashionable up town restaurant. The dinner cost
between fifty and sixty dollars, and including so
much wine that one at the ladiee put her jeweA,
worth tvme thousand or two, in a very untuoa.
place for such articles, forgot all about it, and
thought she was roob*i. Next morning Lhedetee
tivee were sent for, and after infinite trouble, da
tected the missing articles, sure enough, m the pme
Imdgr’i s*o*inf
AUGUSTA, GA., WEDNESDAY MORNING, JANUARY 5, 1859.
From the Columbia South Carolinian, 17tA inst.
Importation of Africans.
We oopy in another column an article from the
Augusta Dispatch, givirg further information con
cerning the landing of the Africans by the Wan
derer. There seems to be no more doubt that the
cargo has been landed—that some of them were
bought in Geotgia aud some in South Carolina.—
As iar as the Africans themselves are concerned,
we have not tbe slighteet doubt that their condi
tion has been greatly ameliorated, and that they
have been removed from barbarism, and brought
within the humanizing influence of our beneficent
religiou and institution. Some have aeked, does
(his practical illustration of tbe feasibility of re
opening the'rade produce no change in opinion?
Not at all. We have viewed tbe whole question
striotiy as one of political economy in its strict
bearing upon the institution of slavery in Son h
Caioliua. We have not permitted oureeif to be
transported beyond this view of the case by the
alluring prospect of territorial expansion, or the
aeqaiiition ot sectional strength in the Federal
Congress Nor Cos we mean by this to attach any
small importance to these ideas. We only mean
to exercise circumspection in pursuing them. In
warfare, it too frequently nanpena that an impet
uous coDoentratiou of ail available power for the
purpoee of carrying a particular point, makes an
exposure elsewhere, and entails defeat. Precisely
such do we regard this effort to seem e territorial
expansion or sectional strength through the re
opening of the slave trade. We telieve that its
result would be to snatch the sceptre of sovereign
ty from the hands of tbe cotton planter and sub
ject him to tbe meroy of Ihe commission merchant
and the manufacturer The planter's position is
now oue of pride and power. He oultivates a
staple that is absolutely indispensable to the world.
If the supply he brings in the market be limited,
then he dictates to the manufacturer. But if the
supply be excessive, then he en'ers the market,
not a dictator, but an abject dependent. He is
told that the market is glutted . that the foreign
end New England manufacturer tia sufficient to
meet the oemand ; that his produce is a drug in the
market. What is tbe remedy J What will it avsi l
him that he has bought his labor cheap ? He still
has that labor to support. Whether he sold bis pro
duce at five cents or four cents, or gave but two
hundred dollars for his prime negroes, be still has
them to leed and support, he Btril has to pay for
medical attendance. These are pressing demands
against him. What is his alternative? Must he
return his produce to his sheds, and wait for bet
ter prices ? That would be useless, for the same
oause that produoed tbe decline would still be in
operation. He might and weald, from absolute
necessity, imitate the Cuban planter—neglect the
sick and infirm, and work to death the prime
Still, tnere would be demands against him, and the
ueotssity of selllnjj be absolute and imperative
What, then, would become of his pride and his
independence ‘! Instead of a dictator, he wonid
come iu ihe market an abject petitioner; and,
when the buyer who obeys the manufacturer talks
of a glutted market, would be a beggar for the beet
that cculd be given him. The pioture is not over
drawn. When capital rules labor, it rules impe
riously. Southern cotten planters are identified
with their latx. r, and can be as much ground down
by the manufacturing capital of Lowell and Manohee
ter, as though they ware operatives at ihe loom. If
the operatives are not sufficient, then they are in
dependent of their employer. If they are but
enough, equality exists. If they are superabundant,
then the operatives are ddpendent, without any
remedy against iigustice aud oppression, and are
•essentially slaves. If the cotton planters produce
less than tbe world demands, they are independent
aud hold the cotton sceptre, but if they produoe a
superabundance—then the sceptre paaecs from
their hands, aud they, as much so as the supe. ü
bundant operatives oi Manchester, become aDsolute
dependants. Would such a state of things benefit
the South I Yet this is the exposure which it will
make it allured into this struggle for territorial ex
pansion, for Federal votes, and for cheap negroes.
We are not at all alarmed by the landing of these
Africans by tbe Wanderer ; we have no apprehen
sions from the smuggled trade ; we are perfectly
williDg tnat our Navy should exeicise the utmoßt
vigilance, and that (Japt Corrie should ruu the
blockade—because we believe that this smuggle
trade, violative though it be of the faith of the
South, and in this respect disgraceful, eanuot throw
into the South a number of Africans sufficient to
produce any violent influence up jn the market
value cf the cotton.
The Africans—The following extraordinary
communication we find in the Edgefield Advertise!!
Mr Editor—Please insert this as an authorized
announcement that the cargo of slaves, brought by
the “Wanderer” from Africa, have been landed in
Edgefield District, and that most sf them are now
within its confines. * •
This act has been done by a combination of many
of tiie first families in Georgia and South Carolina,
from purely patriotic motives.
They ask for a suspension of public opinion until
their motives cau be explained aud their arguments
heard in defence of it, to which end I write this note,
requesting to be infui'ined if you will give mo a
niece in your columns for the purposes above indi
cated. ’ Wanderer.
I* is derogatory to the fair fame of the State of
South Carolina for citizens “of the first families in
Georgia and South Carotina” to avow a violation of
the sacred obligations of law. We do not see how
“arguments” or “pa'.riotio motives” oan justify a
departure from the principles of strict construction
aud State rights, while we have a Constitutional
Union. We advocate no “higher law,” and we are
confident that public opinion will oendemu the act
avowed by ‘•Wanderer’’ as injurious to State char
acter and pride, as well as principle.— Columbia
South Carolinian.
The Africans. —It is said that there are two or
three hundred Africans, of very recent importation,
now located in this district, near the Savannah riv
er, and not iar below Hamburg. We have not seen
them. But they have been eeen, as we are inform
ed ; and the strange circumstance is an indisputed
reality. Much mystery envelopes the case. No
one knows (or willalh.w that be knows) either who
brought these Africans‘here or who has them in
keeping. Many surmises are afloat as to what will
be done with them. Some say they can now be
bought at from |3OO to $1 000 per head. But there
appears to be no one who will make a guaranty ti
tle Oue rumor, is, that tbe gang ie now being set
tled in small squads over the country, bo as o defy
the vigilance of the Government officials, who are
on the alert to dUoover the authors of the whole
transaction and the exaot nature cf the transaction.
There was a talk of tome being sent towards this
vioinity— have you seen them? “Have you seen
the Africans ?” is now as tri quent a query in Edge
field as “have you eeen tbe blacksmith 1” is n the
advertising columns of some Northern journals.—
And this question is frequently followed by another,
via : “Would you buy them, if you oould get them
oheap ?” There's the rub. On one Bide stands cu
pidity, beckoning to the bargain; on the other the
laws of the country denouncing a heavy penalty
upon thecffance.
But there is also another influence at work, and
that ie the moral force of public opinion. If we do
not entirely mistake the indications, this influence
is adverse to the business in hand. For one, we
regret and deprecate it. Opposed to the renewal
of the African slave trade on grounds of expedien
cy, we are doubly so while the traffic remains for
bidden by tbe laws oi the land The claim ot these
who are engaged in the present affair is perhapß a
good one in their estimation of the subject. Look
ing upon the proceeding from a different stand
point, we feel it to be our duty as a gazetteer to ad
vise our citizens to think well before they commit
themselves to the support or countenance of the
African slave trade in any shape and however
tempting —Edgefield Advertiser.
Restorations in the Navnt Service.
The following is a correct list, from an offioial
source, of the naval nominations recently acted up
on by tbe Senate, together with the position in the
service which has been assigned to eaoh officer:
Captains Transferred.—Philip F. Voorhees,
on furlough pay, to leave pay; Thomas Paine, on
furlough pay, to the active list, to take rank next
after Capt. Thomas Crabbe; William Kamnay,
dropped, to the active list, to take rank next alter
Capt, French Forrest; William Inman, on leave
nay, to tbe active list, to take rank next after Capt.
Josiah Tattnal 1 .
Commanders Pr®moted or Transferred.—
Samuel W. Lecompte, on furlough pay, to leave
pay ; William M. Armstrong, on leave pay, to be a
captain, on active list, to take rank next after Capt.
J. K. Jarvis ; Andrew K. Long, on furlough pay, to
be a captain, on the active list, to take rank next after
Capt. Henry Eagle; 7.acb. F. Johnston, dropped,
to be a captain,on tbe active list, to take rank next
after Capt. Geo. 8. B ake ; T. Darrah Shaw, on
leave pay, to active list, to take rank next after
Commander W. C. Whittle.
Lieutenants Promoted or Transferred.—
Wm. D. Porter, on furlough pay, to leave pay, to
be a commander on the active list, to take rank
next after Commander H. K. Thatcher; G G.
Williamson, on furlough pay, to be a oominander,
on the active list, to take rank next after Comman
der F. Chatard ; J. C. Carter, on furlough pay, to
be a commander, on the active list, to take rank
alter Commander G. A. Prentiss , 8. H. Bissell, on
leave pay, to be a commander, on the active list,
to take ranknext after Commander J. P. Gillie; J.
J Glaseon. on leave pay, to be a commander, on
the active list, to take rank next after C mmander
S Swariwout.
A. H. Kilty, cn furlough, to be a commander, on
tbe active list, to take rank next after Commander
C. S. Boggs ; Wm. Chandler, on leave pay. to be a
commander on tbe active list, to take rank next
after Commander A. H. Kilty ; Richard W. Meade,
on furlcugn pay, to be a commander, od the aotive
list, to take rack next after Commander J. B. Tuck
er ; Alexander Gibeon, on furlough pay, to be a
commander, on the astive list, to take rank next
after Commander E. M. Yard; Henry C. Flagg,
on furlough pay, to leave pay.
J. J. B Walbach, dropped, to be a lieatensnt on
tbe active list, to tak“ rank next after Lieutenant
W. H. Bali; Thomas Brownell, on furlough pay, to
leave pay; James A Doyle,on futloughpay, to
the active list, to take rank next after Lieutenant
J. B. M. Mnilany ; M. C. Marin, on leave pay, to
the active list, to take rack next after Lieut. James
A Doyle ; 8. Chase Barney, dropped, to be a lieu
tenant on the reeerved fist, on leave pay, to take
rank next after Lieutenant M. B. Woolsey.
B B. Rieli, on furlough pay, to active list, to
take rank next after Lieut. T. B Hunger; M. C.
Perry, on furlough pay, to active list, to take rank
next after Lieut. B B. Bie'.i; Henry Rolando, on
furlough pay, to aotive list, to take rank next after
Lieut. Daniel Ammeu . F A. Parker, on furlough
pay, to active list, to take rank next after Lieut.
J M. Wainwright, J F. Abbott, on furlough pay,
to leave pay ; W. B. Fitxger&ld, on torlough pay,
to active list, to take ranknext after Lieut. C. M.
Fauntleroy.
A C. Bhind, dropped, to be a lieutenant on the
active list, to take rank next after Lieut. A. Read
K. M. McArann, on furlough pay, to active list, te
take rank next after Lieut. W. Nelson : James M.
Wa'soD. H. N. Harrison, and Charles Hunter, on
furlough pay, to leave pay.
Passid Midshipmen Promoted.—J. P. Hall,
dropped, to be a 1 eutenant on the active list, to
take rank next after Lieut. J. W. Bennett; A. T.
Byreue. dropped, to be a lieutenant on the active
itst.totake rank next after Lieut. W. K. Mayo;
William B. Mercer, dropped, to be a lieutenant on
tbe active list, to take rank next alter Lient. E E
Stow.
This list is the only correct one which has been
publren&d States. 4
Tbi Esslibh Methodists re said to be pleased
that Lay Repieeentation is being agitated in Ame
rica. . A letter iu the London W a Lehman says of the
American Church: “Hitherto they have had uoth
iDg equivalent in the British system of mixed com
mittees, and tc our attendance of laymen at district
meeting*. It it now proposed that lay representa
tive shou.d attend their annual Bt*te conferences.
It must be remembered, however, that these confe
rences are not legislative bodies, that they take no
part in the work ot stationing the minitle's, which
is done by the biebope, with assistance, I believe,
of the presiding elders <chairman of district*,) and
that it is not proposed that the laity should be pres
ent during the examination of the characters of the
ministers In fact, it is expressly stated that spiri
tual affairs are to be reserved under the authority
of the ministers. What i* proposed, therefore u
simply to provide an equivalent for such a parter
ship cf the laity in the general direction and admin
istration of Church affair* as has long been a part
of our English Methodism. A later aooount, how
ever, etxtee that the quseticu has now extended Lo
the admission of lay repreeeutativss to the General
Conference, held every four yoer*, which Is the su
creme eceleelastjoal assembly of tbs Methodist
Bpisoopal Ofetnub
From Mexico—Tbe President'* Message.
The steamer Tenneesee, from Vera Crnz, Mexi
co, on the 22d Dec., arrived at New Orleans, Satur
day last. The general news is not particularly in
teresting :
The Vera Cruz Progreso speaks in the h'.gheet
terms of Mr. Buchanan's message, especially that
portion which relates to Mexico. Alter giving a re
sume of this part of the mesßage, the Progreso
says :
“We can but congratulate ourselves on tbe
change, in gece.-al, which this declaration of a
great power augurs in our foreign relations. The
sacrifices and mortifications hitherto experienced
by the member* of our Federal Government on ao
count of an inexplicable observation of tbe diplo
matic agents at the capital, will find a speedy ter
mination. Already a powertul nation, through the
mouth of it* supreme authority, in an official docu
ment, recognises the legitimacy of a Government
which, until now. has been regarded as intrusive
by the diplomatic body. The position taken by
the Executiva at Washington, should exercise a
powerful influence cn the European cabinets, and
induce them to reoede from the position into which
they have preoiptiated by illegitimate interests ope
rating on some of their diplomatic agents by the
necessarily partial information thus placed before
them.
“With reference to establishing posts on our fron
tier, even if the condition of that part ot our coun
try ia lamentable, and on the hypothesis that, the
power of self-preservation failing, the law of na
tions would authorize the people of the North to
take the temporary measures suggested by their
President, we can never believe that a body of il
lustrious patriots, such as those oomposing the Se
nate ot that Bepublic, would determine on auoh an
act, without the oouseut of a Government (the
Juarez Administration—Eds. Delta ) in which wilt
be found all the complaisauoe compatible with the
national dignity aud the integrity of our territory.
Much less oan we be iave that other mesne will be
denied to the people of those sections for the secu
rity to whiob they have a right, without having
recourse to that which Mr. Buchanan oonaidera
unique in the world.
“For these reasons, we repeat that we ooDgratu
late ourselves on the new aepeot of our foretgu re
lations, and believe that the discourse of the Presi
dent is of the greatest importance relative to our
actual and prospective situation. From the sagaci
ty and circumspection ofßr. Juarez aud his minis
ters, we derive the promise that the cause of the
liberal party will derive great fruits from the attti
tude assumed at Washington, as well as that the
United Btatea will be furnished with the necessary
seenrity for its frontiers, without having recourse
to the means proposed by Mr. Buchanan, which,
if adopted as proposed, would be inadmissible, and
throw the n&tion into great alaim.”
The Prcgreso has a letter from the City of Mexi
co, dated on the 18th. The writer saye that the
most terrible commotion reigns in the Zuloaga
party, and that Zuloaga himself aud his principal
followers arp ready for immediate flight.
It is rrported that Marques had beep defeated
near Guadalajara by Degoliadg.
Active efforts were being made to procure mo
ney, but with very little sucoess. The Arohbiahop
retusod to advance another cent.
A triumvirate was spoken of, the nltra Conserva
tives supporting Father Miranda, Jorrin and Father
Munguia. The moderate Conservatives, of the
school of Cuevas, spoke of Robles, Eoheagary aud
Elguero.
From Mexico. —A Vera Crbz (Mexico) corres
pondent of the New Orleans Picayune, under date
ot December 2!st,Bays;
By letters received in this city, from reliable
sources in the city of Mexico, we are informed that
‘a few and iye since a large number of bars of silver,
valued at g!25,t)00, were found in the privy of the
house recently occupied by Mr. Forsyth, the Ame
rican minister, and that it ia supposed to belong to
Mr. Lcperana, a wealthy man who was for several
months under the protection oi Mr. Forsyth.
The same writer says that on the 14th Dr. Baun
toy was arrested at the oity ot Mexico under some
pretence aud thrown into prison, bat that be bad
been released. He was of Mr. Forsyth's retinue cn
his return home, but has again turned upat the city
of Mexico, iu what seems to be a mysterious man
ner.
Affecting Scene in Court.— Jacob Shuster
alias Tom Hand, who has Jepeut some thirty years
of his life iu prison, was again oonvicted in Phila
delphia on Friday last. Ho was oharged with
forging a bank -note plate of tbe Bank of Delaware
County, Pennsylvania, and a ten dollar note on the
same institution. The Inquirer says :
“During the whole trial of the case tbe most
lively interest has beeu manifested in it by ihe pub
lic, and the court room has been crowded from day
to day with eager spectators. Among the number
who closely watched the progress of the trial Were
three daughters of tbe defendant. They were gen
teel, intelligent looking ladies, and demeaned them
selves with marktd decorum and respect towards
the court —modest aud retiring In their conduct, but
watching with an axious eye every itep taken in
the case.
“During the last stage of the trial they were near
their father, who was confined in the dock, as if to
protect him from the power of the evider.ee of guilt
which seemed to overwhelm him. When the jury
returned to court they were near him, and with
tearful eyes and palpitating hearts waited the re
sult of the verdict, which they dared not hope
would be one of not guilty. When it was an
nounced, a deep cry cl anguish escaped them, and
‘Ob, pray, forgive him,’ was tbe only plea offered in
his behalf. They clung fondly about bis neck, and
though he was stamped as a felon, and his character
black with hie crimes, yet to those loving children
it was pure end spolleas It was a sad sight, aud
do one who witnessed it could refrain from tears.”
Murder of Americans in Mexico. —lt has
been stated that James Gleen and his son Andrew,
while on their way from Mexioa to Texas, were
killed by tbe Mexican authorities for resisting the
service of a legal proceßß on them. A letter from
an A merican at Saltillo, gives a very different ac
count of the affair, saying :
That while Mr. Jarneß Glenn and his family were
on their way to Texas from the oity of Zacatecas,
Mexico, they were overtaken about two leagues
from the Haoienda of San Joan de Baqueria by a
representative in tbe Congress of Zacatecas, a law
yer of the name of Gomez de Cardenas, who claim
ed from Mr. Glenn a horse that the latter bad pur
chased in Ban Luis Potosi, and whiob was promptly
given up by Mr Glenn, to avoid all difficulties.
That tbe said Gomez then left Mr. Glenn and went
back to Baltlllo, from whence he returned with a
party of roldiers, who no sooner overtook Mr.
Glenn aDd his party than they began firing upon
them, which resulted in the death of Mr. Glean and
his eldest son Andrew, a youth of nineteen i that a
younger son of sixteen, barely escaping with bis
fife, sought safety among tbe hills and did opt re
turn to his family for several hours; that the widow
aud children of Mr. Glenn were inhumanly treated
by the soldiery, who despoiled them of $6,000 in
Sold which they had about their persons ; that Mrs.
Ilenn herself received several wounds about her
fierson ; and finally, that she and her children—two
ittle girls and the surviving eon—remained at the
ensue of death for near 24 hours, exposed to the in
clemencias of the weather until relieved by an Ame
ricao director of tbe Fabrioa Hibernia in that vi
ciuity Tbe writtr concludes by saving that Mr.
Glenn was a man of high respectability, doing a
meraantile business in the City of Mexico, and, at
the time of his death, was on his way to Texas to
settle his eon on a farm in that State.
“Let Me Kiss Him for His Mother.”— The
editor of the New Orleans Advooate has this inci
dent about tbe ravages of the yellow fever in that
oity, related to him by one of the Methodist pastors:
“Tbe preacher was called a few days since to attend
tbe funeral of a young man. Before his ticknese he
was a stout, buoyant manly youth. He was from
the State of Maine, aud had been here but a short
time. He was attacked by yellow fever, and soon
died, with no mother or relatives to watch by his
bedside, or to soothe him with that sympathy wbioh
none but those of our own ‘dear kindred blood’ can
teel or manifest. He died among strangers and was
buried bv them. When the funeral servic- was
over, and the strange friends who had ministered to
him were about to finally close the coffin, an old lady,
who stood by, stopped them aud said, ‘Let me kiss
him for his mother !’ We have yet to find the first
man or woman to whose eye this simple recital has
not brought tears.”
Mississippi Beady for War.—lt will be re
membered that Jeff Davis recently counseled tbe
sovereign Btat|of Misaiesppi to prepare for war. We
are indebted to the Vicksburg Whig for the follow
ing inventory of the “circumstance of war,” dis
covered to be on hand ;
4 flint-lock muskets—all rusty, aud no breecher
to at least two.
1 cannon.
7 bayonets—rusty, with no points.
A pile of belts and ecabDarde, but no swords.
50 oartridge boxes.
The Whig adds:
We now have 5 Major Generals, 10 Brigadier
Generals, and 60 Colonels, 60 L eutenant Colonels,
60 Majors, and will soon have 600 Captains, 1,200
Lieutenants, 4,800 Sergeants and 4,800 Corporals.
We are happy to mfoim them, however, that we
have no privates —the Legisture having dispensed
with that useless portion of the army.”
Snub.— Snub perceived that the milk he was
pouring into his ooffee cup was none of the richeet.
On this he said to his hoetess: “Haven't you any
milk that is more cheerful than this?” “What do you
mean by that?” “Why, thu milk seems overpower
ed by the blues.”
Too Bad.—A mortifying report oomes from the
“modern Athens.” t. e. Boston, to the New Y’ork
Courier des Etas Unis. That paper’s information
saye : “Mr. Mcrrlseey attracts more attention and
draws at his exhibitions larger crowds than our
worthy fellow citizen, Mr. CUman, and his entire
opera troupe, Piooolomini included ”
Pixino for Sport.— Tbe Buffalo people have or
ganised a skatiDg club, hired a “lot’ of land, caused
it to bs flooded with water, which it is expected
will freeie, built a retiring room for ladies, aad hired
a man to take care of the loe, keep it clear from snow
duo., at an expense of *slooo for their sportj this win
ter.
Lotteries in Delaware.— Tbe Delaware Gene
rai Assembly will be applied to at the coming ses
sion for an extensive lottery grant. Memorials,
however, are in circulation among tbe people of
New Castle and"other counties in the State earnest
ly protesting against the passage of an act for such
a purpose.
Pat or Natal Officers — A petition is in (ft
cuiatron iuNew York, bearing the signature O;
some of the most influential citizens, asking Con
gress to increase the pay of the i fficers of our gal
lant Davy to an equality with that of officers of the
army and marine corps.
Ta* Northwest.— Seven States, Ohio, Illinois,
Indiana, Michigan, Wisconsin, lowa and Minneeo
ta. poll 1 263,000 votes, or one hundred thousand
votes more than the fifteen Southern States, three
times as many as New England, and nearly a tnird
ot the wboie vote of the Union.
Outrages at the Fieoh Islards.—The sc hr.
Budorue, Ceptain Beaman, has brought to Sydney
intelligence of the murder of two white men and a
Ro'.uma native of Naya, Feegee Islands. Also, of
the town of Lavuka, on Ovalau, having been burn
ed, as was said, by some of the Islanders.
Bleighikg —The Borne (K.Y.(Sentinel of Friday
says, “the sleighing hereabouts Is now exeeilantj
the bnow but a few inobee deep, and well trodden,
enable* the cutters and sleigh* to fly about like
kitea' 1
Sal* of A Railroad.— The Sackett’s Harber,
N Y., Railroad, which owes its original bondhold
ers SISO,<WO, has been sold at auotion for $19,000.
Heavy Loss.—The steamer Peter Tellon, sunk
in €0 feet water in the Onie river, on Monday last
witn 4000 oarrele of flour; a quantity ot live stock
was also lost.
Jewish Hokorj —The A theca-am notices that
Mr. J. Maanoe Solomon, a member of the Jewiah
raoe, has taken hotiort In four out of the five sub
divisions of the degrees of B A. in the University
ot London —being the fin: time such a thing has
been done.
Mosbiro Free Lovers. —At a station on the
Central Ohio Railroad, last week, two men named
Almond and Speck, and a woman named “Widow
Pepper,” were tarred and feathered for immoral
eouooet The parties who dH the deed are being
artel for “Hot.
Knrlhijunke In Periugnl.
A private letter just received in New York from
Portugal contains the following graphic description
of an earthquake :
Lisbon, Thursday, Nov. 11,18&8.
My Dear : It is ol God's great mercy that
this steamer does not cany the Dews of tbe sudden
distraction of all you hold dear on this ride the
Atlantic. At ten minutes past esven this CMrning
a fearful eaithquake ebook Lusbon tc its cen f e. It
lasted a minute and gome seconds, ana wa-* vrrti
oal. T. and I were asleep ; we awoke, of course,
and sat quite motionlees, holding each other by tbe
band, feeling the house shaking violently, aad ex
pecting instant dealh by the giving away of every
thing. The sound that accompanied it was very
awful—awe predominated in our mind?. T. tells
me that I said softiy, “God have mercy upon us,”
but I was not conscious of speaking, fie says that
the most fearful part of it all, to him, was the in
creasing violence of sound and motion—the rapid
crescendo. Each instant ws expected tbe roof aud
wall to tall in upon us , then the sound diminished
sensibly, and again increased iu violence. A min
ute seems a short time, but it was a lifetime then.
T says he never before felt himself in the imme
diate presence of destruction, and his thought was,
“Death is immediate and inevitable; now I shall
learn the great mystery.” When it was over, he
said, “K , that was very awful.” I jumped up aud
ran to M ; T. followed; we found her calm, but
filled with a solemn awe—one fitted so directly
from the hand of God that tears and lamentations
could fiud no place. We knew that we were on the
brink of the grave—a few stcoeds only between
us and a sudden death. The partition walls of M.’s
dressing rooms, bad-room, her maid's chamber, the
two spare-rooms, and the dining-room—in fact, all
that support the walls of that side of the house, are
cracked from top to bottom with rents in which you
may lay your hand. A few seoonds more and tbe
whole would have come down with a mighty crash!
[N. B.—To understand the mightiness of the shock
one must remember that the walls of tbe Lisbon
houses are not like ; bone of the Fifth avenue card
paper palaces, but solid masses of masonry, some
thqes aud four feat thick.] Alter breakfa tl went
to the Viscountess A.'s to see how she had fared,
and if any accidents bad happened in her house
Part of Mile de.S.’s room -had fallen in, and is now
quite uninhabitable, but nobody was injured. Pro
pie were flying to and fro, thinking and talking of
nothing else. Many persons were killed by tbe fall
ing of wail* ; many houses have beeu shaken down
entirely. One ol the columns of the beautiful Es
trella Chnroh has fallen, as well as several of the
Saints from the niches w ithin. Two columns of the
Theatre Dona Maria Segunda have also toppled
down, and it ie said that the whole building is to
injured that it most be rebuilt.
It is believed that if the earthquake had lasted a
few seconds looger it would have been as fatal as
that of Nov. 1, 1755. At 8j there was another
shock, much slighter, and yet far beyond anything
you have ever experienced iu Portugal. When one
met friends to day it was with much emotion, a
grasp of the hand, and “ thank God, we are still
alive.” The shuck was felt very diriinotly in the
fleet. On the Colignythe commander rushed on
deck, believing that another vessel had dashed into
him and carried away part of the ship. Nev. 12.
We can still talk of nothing but the fearful earth
quake. The damage done to this ramblmg old
house is greater than we ©new at first. The whole
northern wall ia torn away from ita fastenings, and
T.’s dressing-room has a huge rent, four inches
Wide; in the corner of my room, also, the wall is
oracked from top to bottom. In the kitchen the
walls are badly broken, and a great mass cf brick
and mortar fell from tbe top of the chimney, crush
ing in the range ; bad tbe cook been there he would
have been killed ou the spot. As for the breakage
of crockery, and the tumbling of thiugs from the
etageree, teat ianot to be considered. T. eays the
house has suffered so severely that he considers the
northern side not only unsafe, but dangerous, iu
case of another shock, May God avert it!
The night before, being sleepless, I heard tbe sen
tinel's “alerta!” and the distant answer—“alertae!”
and tbe text came into my miDd, “except the Lard
keep tbe oity, tho watchman looketh but in vain. ’
How a few hours brought it borne. The day previ
ous Dr. Pczado, chief of the observatory of the
polyteohnio school, had announced that it was al
most certain that an earthquake would take place
within twenty-four hours; he judged from the
variations of the magnetic needle. He timed it,
and fouud its duration-one minute and four seconds.
If this stem t-hoit, take your watch, aEd try to think
you uuidta of tbe sound, besides the creaking and
tbe house is falling for that space of time. I can give
groauing of all the limbers, there was a rattling be
yond the noise of any machinery I have ever heard,
and through the air the voice of a mighty rushing
wind, though not a breath stirred. Iu tbe different
towns near Lisbon it has been very bad. At Villa
Franca many houses fell, and some persons were
killed.
Nov. 13.—'Theuews to-day from Oporto is very sad.
The ehotk was felt there most severely; aeveral
public buildings were destroyed and sixty persons
killed. At Trafaria anew church fell. The bar
racks at Val de Perreira are greatly damaged aud
will have be rebuilt. A cutious thing took place on
board a Brazilian steamer. Bailing trom Southamp
ton on the 9tb, she was iu the Bay of Biscay on the
lltb. That motning the needle of thecompass sud
denly went round aud round, in a manner must in
explicable and alarming. Tbe captain scarcely
knew where be was, and declared to the passeD
gers that something very remarkable was taking
place on land—l cu: rot yet say terra firma, my
oonfidenoe in its stability has been shaken! Taud
I are discutsing very seriously whether we shall re
move to another house. It is one thing not to be
over-timid, and anutber not to be foolhardy. There
is no real courage in braving an earthquake. My
nerves are considerably shaken, even demoralized.,
as the French would say, and the rattle of a door or
window sounds to my ‘ear like the precursor of
another fearful visitor, aud makes my heart beat
with a quicker pulse. And so I will tallow the
ViscouDtess’ example,(and resolve “not te talk any
more about it.”
The Law and the Slave Traders —As a mere
question of philanthropy to the negro, tbe persons
who have recently brought a cargo of Afrioans
from the coast of Guinea and landed them in Geor
gia, may have done a beneficial work. But, aside
from that isolated feature of tbe transaction, we
cam ot perceive a single circumstance to relieve
the moral turpitude of the orime. The law of the
country has been deliberately violated, aud an act
of piracy committed ne sordid and as wanton as
ever disgraced the times of the buocaneers. Why
have gibbering negroes, little more elevated in in
telligence than so many monkeys, been brought
from their native and congenial wildß to be thrust
upon our soil ? Simply for money value. It is not
pretended that any advantage can enure to this
continent, its people or ita institutions, except the
mere pecuniary advantage that imay reeult from a
larger supply of labor. It cannot be denied that
any but moral injury to society oan oome of these
importations.
The laws of tbe country have been broken, tbe
publio sentiment of the whole country tfl'ended,
piracy committed, and guilt deliberately incurred,
solely for sordid gain. For the bentfito! tbe pocket
the sanctity of tbe law has been invaded. En
trenched Becurely behind the law, tbe South has
successfully defended her constitutional rights
against the assaults of her enemies for a quarter of
aorntury; but now some of her own people are
willing to turn upon and batter down that hitherto
sacr-d aud impregnable rampart. Heretofore tbe
pride of the South tae been that her cauße was the
cause of the Constitution and tbe laws but now
some of her own people endeavor wantonly to
abrogate and set aside those instruments. At last,
among her own oitizens, there is a division of coun
sels between the utile and honeitum ; there are
these willing to seek only what is expedient and
profitable at the expense of what is lawful and what
is honest. Has tbe Sou'.b turned Jew I Is gain, is
the almighty dollar, to be henceforth tbe god of the
Cavalier?— Washington Union, Dec 23.
Later from Pike's Peak Gold Mines—Tie
report* of Hold Ditccverte* confirmed —The Terri
tory of Laramie. —We had the pleasure yeßterday
of meeting the Hon. H. J. Graham, delegate elect
to Congress from the new territory of Laramie,
aDd the furtbhr pleasure to recognise in him an old
acquaintance, formerly of Fulton county, in this
Slats, but mors recently of Mills county, lowa.
Mr Grahsm went to the mines in September las',
and left Cherry Creek the lOlh of November. He
took with him two experienced California miners,
and, in company with them, was engaged in pros
pecting moet of- the time that be remained. Tbe
gold district is very extensive, and is not confined
to the beds of water courses. The entire oountry
is auriferous. A panfut of earth taken from the
gold-bearing stratum, which is to be found almost
anywhere at a depth vary irg from six inches to
twenty feet, will always turn out more or less of the
dust. It would seem that immense quautitees of
gold had been triturated by some unknown process,
and liberally sprinkled over the plains and valleys.
As yet none but the rudest modes of separating the
gold from the earth and sand have been applied.
With sluices, long toms, aDd other adjuncts of the
art, it is Mr. Graham’s opinion, as well as the opin
ion of his two California miners, that mining will
prove very profitable. It is also his opinion that
further search will lead to the discovery of far more
valuable mining diet icts in tbe mountains—tbe
source evidently from which the immense auriferous
drift proceeded.— Chicago Press, Dec. 22.
Avoiding Cape Horn —The New York Herald
publishes tbe memorial of an American resident in
Chile to that government, the olject of which L to
avoid the proverbial dangers and difficnlties of
doubling Cape Horn. He proposes to establish a
line of heavy steam tng boats on tbe Straits of Ma
gellan for the purpose of towing vessels through
These Straits are said to form a natural ship canal,
but navigation by sailing vessels is impossible.—
TweDty five days ia the average time
double tbe Cape, whilst steam tugs cau take a large
ship through the Straits in five days. Tbe terms
proposed by Mr. Nye, the memorialist to Chile, are
an annual subsidy from the government of $125,000
for the first ten years, and $75,000 for the succeed
ing ten, to be paid in quarterly Installments—oom
mencing when the work is set on foot—together
with certain rights and privileges relative to the
use of ooal and wood for the company and locations
for their necessary buildings. Mr. Nye proposes to
commence operations with the first tugboat in
eighteen months from the time at which the govern
ment shall acede to the terms of hie memo: ial.—
Richmond Dispatch.
Agricultural Statistic*.—The New York
Poet Bays —There ie & prospect of a law being
passed by our legislature,! making it the duty of
every township's assessor, wbeD listing property for
tazatioo, to ascertain from each farmer the number
of bushels of wheat, corn, oats and barley sown
and harvested in the preceding season. Our statis
tics relating to the agricultural wealth are very de
ficient, and it Is high time that an effort in this
direction was made. Ten years ago the Ohio Legis
lature passed such a law, and the result is that that
State has a more complete collection of agricultural
information than any State in the Union.
It has cost Ohio nothing to collect this useful
matter—the same blanks on which taxable property
is listed, oontain the wheat and corn reports By
this means the crops of one year of the different
grains are accuratly known before the harvest of
the next. As an instance of the thorough acquain
tance of the officials of Ohio with its agricultural
weal b, we may mention that the State Tresurer,
while in this city a short time since, made a calcula
tion by which it was shown that the egg crop for
one year was sufficient to pay the annual interest
on the entire Btate debt. We believe that Michi
gan and lowa have also alike, though not oomplete
Kstem ; but in order to make the information valua
s to commence, it is neoeseary that it should
embrace all the State*, and especially those of the
Northwest.
Com iso to the Point—ln the United States
House of Representatives, Wednesday, Mr. Davis,
of Mississippi, asked leave to introduce a resolution
instructing the Committee on Foreign Affairs to re
port a bill authorizing and requiring the President
of the United States to take possession of the island
of Cuba, unless, within the next six months, the sum
of (128 62b hi, for duties unjustly taken from Ame
rican vessels, be paid, and satisfaction given to the
President lor the insults offered to our Sag, and in
jury done to the persons and property of citizens of
the United Bta.es ; but objection was made.
The Fresch Slave Trade.—The official returns
of the French Colonial office show that 16,500 ne
groes have been otained by French agents from the
eastern coast of Africa, and conveyed to the island
of Bourbon, or Reunion. French Ouiana bas re
ceived eight hundred and seventy-two Africans,
I Martinique five hundred and fitteea, and Ganda
loupe six hundred and ninety-eight. These latter
are presumed to have been brought from the west
coast.
From Cnllfornln, Oregon, A-r.
The steamer Quaker City, with the California
mai.s to the 6th instant, via the Tehuantepec Route,
arrived at New Orleans on Thursday, Dec. 23d.
This new route is rapidly growing in public favor,
and iu advantages and superiorities to be appre
oiated need only to be well-known. There ia no
news of importance from the Isthmus. The San
Francisco Bulletin famishes the fallowing eun
mary:
California.
The prompt arrival of the second mail over the
Tehuantepec route oaused much rejoiciDg among
the people.
Two murders have lately been committed in Co
lumbia, Tuolumne county. On the 26th Novem
ber, Joel N. McDonald, au ex-policeman, was kill
ed by two robbers whom he waa tr.ing to obtain
evidence against to procure their conviction. They
suspected his intention, and shot him through the
head while he was passing through a narrow street
with them, m the night. On November 29th, at II
o clock at night, constable John Leary, of Colum
bia, saw a couole of thieves enticing a drunken man
into a back alley. SuepectiDg foul play, he watch
ed them, and when the rascals were consummating
their villa'ny, he sprang upon them and seizrd one
by the throat. Immediately, both of the scoundrels
drew revolvers and shot the constable through,
killing him outright. Another officer heard the shots
and pursued the assassins, firing upon them as they
fled. One was wounded and captured, the ether
escaped. Three other persons, supposed to be con
federates, were arrested and lodged in jail. After
wards, a number of citizens took the murderer,
whose name was Parrott, from the jail, and hung
him up summarily. Two oflloers murdered on their
streets in the oourse of a few days, was more than
they oould stand.
It is Btated by the Interior papers that John C.
Fremont has at last succeeded in ejeoting the Mer
ced Mining Company from his property in Mariposa
oounty.
On Monday, 29th November, the people of Co
lumbia, Tuolumne county, celebrated by a grand
procession, oration, ball, &c., the oompletiou of the
works of the Columbia and Stanislaus Water Com
pany, and the introduction of water into the Tuo
lumne river from the north fork of the Stanislaus.
A block ot frame buildings in Sacramento waa
burned on the 2d of December, occasioning con
siderable loss.
Some excitement has lately been caused at
Knight’s Ferry, San Joaquin oounty, by the finding
in that neighborhood of a number of precious stones,
euoh as diamonds, rubies and opals. Some are said
to possess considerable value.
Three Americans, on 28th November, went to
the store of a Mexican, near San Calave
ras county, and began to beat him. The Mexican
seized a sabre, and dealt his assailants terrible
blows. Two, Thomas Brown and Marshal Multon,
were killed. The other, John Chambers, was bad
ly wounded. Tho examining magistrate decided
that the Mexican had acted in self-defence, and dis
charged him frem custody.
A Mr. Thompson wa shot dead, on 22d Novem
ber, at Wild Cat Flats, near Callahan's Itauoh, in
Scott \ alley, by a mao named James Lacy, alias
“Poker Jim,” who, it appears, was tbe husband of
a step-daughter of the deoeased. The difficulty
originated in the marriage, which took place seme
months since, which was opposed by the girl’s step
father.
A fire occurred at Texas Springs, Shasta county,
on th i 17th November, by which a number of stores
and dwelling houses were consumed.
The law proceedings against the New Almaden
Quicksilver Mining Company, continue to eicite
much attention throughout the State. The mineie
have been made in some instances to believe that
the principle asserted in the late decision of the U.
8. Court here, in granting an injunction, if carried
cut, would deprive them of their claims. Besides
this, stopping the mines from being worked, may
run up the price ot quicksilver, a prime necessity
among Califoi nia miners. This naturally causes a
good deal of grumbling. Still, .he beet informed
people, even in the mining regions, appear to think
that the Almaden Company should not be allowed
to hold on to the mineß ts their pretended title from
the Mexican Government is a forged one. The
people of San Jose have held a meeting and memo
rialized tbe Government to permit the working of
the mines to go on during the pending of the litiga
tion. Thechtef instigators of this meeting are Re
publicans, and the whole proceedings smack of po
litical humbug, to hurt the Administration.
A few minutes before 1 o’clock on the morning of
November 26, our people were awakened by a se
vere shock of au eai thquake. Scarcely had they
opened their eyes and . congratulated themselves
that it was over, when a still more severe and lon
ger continued trembling of the earth began. The
latter shock lasted between ten and twenty sec
onds, and our tall brick building swayed to and fro
at a terrible rate. No serious damage was done
here, however. This earthquake wa* felt at va
rious places over the State. At Stockton it was
probably as severe as in San Francisco. In Sacra
mento the trembling was lees sensibly felt. At
San Jose it was much more severe, seriously crack
ing and injuring many of the houses. About one
and a halt miles from the latter place, the ground iu
one place is reported to exhibit wide seams and fis
sures, from whence sulphurous smoke ascended the
morning after the earthquake. H iwever, the fis
sures existed before the earthquake. At Petaluma
aud various other places the earthquake was also
sensibly felt.
The wires of the Placerville and Humboldt Tele
graph Company have been laid to Genoa, Carson
valley. San Franoisoo is, therefore, now in tele
graphic communication with Utah Territory. She
soon will be with Grest Salt Lake City.
The British Possessions. North —Our dates
from Victoria V. 1., are to November 20th ; and
from Fort Yale, British Columbia, to November
18th.
John Nugent, “Special Agent” of the United
States Government at Victoria, quitted that place
on tbe 16th November, and has arrived in San
Francisco. He goes now to Washington to make
his report to our Government. Before leaving
Viotona he oaused to be published in the newspa
per there, au address to the Americans in that re
gion, in which he insults the Governor and other
English authorities in that oountry. This address
has caused muoh feeling in Viotona—of indignation
among the Britieh, and shame and regret among
the Americans. The paper there severely oer
eures Mr. Nugent for the publication of this “fire
brand.” It oertainly has seriously prejudiced Ameri
can interests in that quarter.
Oreoon and Washington Territories.— Our
dates from Portland, O. TANARUS., are to November 24th.
The oeueus of Oregon Territory, just taken, shows
the population to be 42,862 The number of voters
is stated to bs 9,910. The Territorial Legislature is
to assemble on the 6tb of December. The gold
diggings on the South Umpqua river are reported
to be still very productive. Hanford Balch, living
Dear Portland, 0. TANARUS., shot Mortimer Stump dead, in
that city, for marrying his daughter against his
consent. The Indians in Oregon were still quiet.
The apple crop in Oregon, the present year, is very
large.
Railroad from Chicago to New Orleans.—
It is stated that in less than a year from this time
there will be a railroad oonneotiou between Chicago
and New Orleans. The whole route consists of
several lines, which will make connections as fol
lows ;
The Illinois Central, from Chicago to Cairo;
steamboat on the Mississippi to Colnmbns, a little
town in Kentucky, twenty miles from Cairo; the
Mobile and Ohio Railroad from Columbus, Ky., to
JacksoD, Madisou county, Teun.; Mississippi Cen
tral aud Tennessee Railroad, from Jackson to a
point in Tennessee, called “Grand Junction, ’’ on
the Memphis and Charleston Rtilroad, fifty-two
miles Cast of Memphis; the Mississippi Central
Railroad, from this junction to Canton, Miss. ; and
lastly, the New Orleans and Jackson Railroad, from
Canton to New Orleans. The only uncompleted
portion of this route is a distance of seventy miles,
on one portion of tbe Mississippi Central road. This
seventy miles is already graded, the ties, trestle
work and bridges are progressing favorably, and
the iron for the track is purchased, and is to be on
the ground before the first of July next. The whole
will probably be ocmpleted before the first of De
cember, 1859. At present a line of excellent stage
ooaches ran over the seventy miles. The present
oonditiou of this great route, then, is as follows ;’
Miles. Hours.
Chicago to Ca ; ro 355 18
Cairo to Columbus, boat 20 2
Columbus to Jackson, Tenn 87 G
Jackson to Junction 50 3
Junction to C ffeevills 85 5
To Duraod, stage 70 20
Durand to Canton 38 2
Canton to New Orleans 306 11
Total .911 67
The Ad Valorem System.—We think it was
Mr. Webster, who, when it was firet proposed to
change the tariff from specific to ad valorem dutiee,
referred to a notorious fact, that, in British legis a
tion, whenever extra revenue was wanted, some
particular article was always taxed higher. The fact
is of itself sufficient to blow up all the arguments iu
favor of ad valorem duties, as affcrdiog a better
revenue. The message of the President, and the
report of the Secretary this year, both recommend
additional dutitß on iron, and a very heavy duty on
silks. This amounts to a confession that the
imposition of ad valorem duties is not the way to
raise revenue. Yet, Mr Cobb thinks that no duty
ought to be laid tor any other purposes. Why then
not come out at once, like a mac, and acknowledge
that the ad valorem system has failed!
The Secretary of the Treasury appears to be in a
moet unfortunate dilemma. He sees that the Free
Trade bubble has exploded on his hands. The ca
tion looks to him for suggestions, but he has cone to
givs. If bleeding and hot water cannot renovate
the patient, he knows not what oan. It is vain to
tell him that the sick man wants stimulants, having
been depleted until he is in an atrophy. He knows
of but one process, and to that he sticks, with a
pertinacity worthy of a better cause. In the com
mon tffairs of life, when a man finds that by pur
suit g a certain course in bis business transactions
be has come to the verge of bankruptcy, he altera
that course and tries the opposite. It ie not so with
our Democratic politicians. They have seen the
policy of Free Trade fairly tried three several times,
in Ihe brief history of our country. They have seen
its results, eaeb time, in illimitable and unmeasura
ble disaster. Common sense would point to the
only.true remedy, viz : to cbaDge the policy. But
they seejn resolutely determined not to do so unless
the people compel them.
These men sin in the face of light. They have
seen the protective policy also tried ; and they have
always seen the country flourish under it. They
cannot point to a single crash, snch as always fol
lowed in the train of free trade. Yet, with apa
triotism purely Democratic, they look to their party
first, and prefer ruining their country, to placing
their own popularity in jeopardy. It would not do
to confess that they had all along been in the wrong,
and that they now saw their error. The _ people
would be induced by such a oonfession to think that
they were not worthy to be trusted, and would be
gin to look out for new rulers —Richmond IVkif .
Americas Vessels Fired isto by Mexicans. —
Five American vessels have been fired into, detain
ed and robbed by Gov Garza, of Tampioo, and the
cargo of one was ordered to be discharged on the
beach While he was besieging the oity, and was then
sent by him into the interior on his own soconnt.
The vessel was then made a oover to his launches in
an attack on a fort, was perforated with shot hole*,
and the chief mate's hand shot away. Her com
mander, Capt. Travis, wzs imprisoned for eleven
days, and only released on the arrival of the Catted
States steamer Fulton ; but no Indemnity was ex
acted.
Skating is New Yre.—The Central park pond
in New York is frozen over, tothe depth of three or
four inches. On Sunday six or seven hundred ska
ters passed the greater portion of the day in
skating over its glassy surface.
Expense op the Florida War.—TheSecretary
of war has asked Congress for nearly |414,000, to
pay the Florida velunters called into service by
General Harney and Colonel Loomis in the years
1857 and 1858.
Orr at Last. —The steamship Washington left
New York Sunday for Nicaragua. She left with
200 passengers, 03 of whom are said to be persons
who returned with her on her last tr p. Cargo is
stated by the agents to be 100 barrels of flour, 600
barrels of bread, and a large quantity of tea, sngar
and other provisions. She has also 100 tons of ooel
aboard.
Hon. W. A. Richardson having resigned the
|evernorehip of Nebraska Territory, has retured to
VOL. LXXIII.—NEW SERIES VOL. XXIIL NO. 1.
Sqnutter Sovereignty.
We have, in the territorial oill of Mr. Morris, of
Illinois, which ws publish below, a specimen of
what is in preparation for the South by Mr. Doug
las aud bis particular friends. If the bill is not de
signed to make the Territories sovereign oommuni
nitiee, such will at least be its effect. With an in
ternal organization of their own creation, who does
not believe that the principle of dependence will be
wholly destroyed, and that the power now held by
Congress, for wise and just purpqees, will soon be
utt rly overthrown, leaving the right of the States
to enjoy their common proporty, a mere shadow
without tbe substance I We hope the bill will re
ceive the stern opposition of every conservative,
right thinking man in Congress, and especially of
tl os ito whom the South is looking for tne protec
ts • • of bsr rights in the Territories.
The measure is not only a radical innovation up
on established usage, but it bears cn iu fans the
evidence of demagoguism and political trickery. If
the policy is a good one, why except Kansas aud
Oregon from its operation ? What is lhre peculiar
iu the bistoiy and condition ot these Cum uunities
that should indues the statesmen to put them upon
a footing of their own as regards restraints and
privileges ? Can any one point out a ground for
the distinction ? Indeed, is not tbe argument the
other way, so far as Kansas is eoueerned, Congress
having b- und itself by a sotem compromise (the
English bill) that she should not oome into the
Union until her population shall be sufficient to en
title her to a Representative acoordiug to tbe ex
isting apportionment ?
But what are compromises, constitutions, laws,
usages, or any thing else, when they stand in the
way of an aspirant to the Presidency ? It is de
sirable to have Kansas and Oregon represented in
the Senate and in tbe CharlestomGenvention, and
no consideration of publio polioy is allowed to weigh
a feather in the scale. Thus we go—whsre shall we
end?— Savh. Republican.
Morris’® Popnlnr Boverelaaty Bill.
A bill for an act granting to the people of the seve
ral organized territories of the U. States, the
right to provide, through their respective legisla
tures, for the appointment or election of their
Governors, Judges, aud ail other territorial offi
cere, in such mode or manner as said legislature
may by law determine.
Seo. J, Be it enacted, Sc c, That the people of
the several organized terri'oriee of the United States
be aud they are hereby authorized and empowered
to appoint or elect their Governors, Judges, and
ail other territorial offioers, in suoh mode or manner
.as their respective legislatures may by law deter
mine, and to define their powers ana prescribe their
duties. Provided, That nothing herein oontained
shall be so construed as to interfere with tbe light
of the existing officers in said territories, or those
that may be hereafter appointed by the President to
hold their respective offices until their suooessors
are appointed or elected and qualified in Dureuanoe
of the laws of said territories.
Bec. 2. The people of the territories hereafter
organized by act of Congress, shall be vested with
the same right and power of appointing or electing
their Governors, J udges, and all other territorial
officers, and defining tiieir powete and prescribing
their duties, whiob, by the provision of the lorego
ing seotion, are conferred on the people of the ter
ritories now organized.
Sec. 3. That all suits and causes of notion in the
said territorie's, arising under the constitution aud
laws ot the United Stales, shall be tried at suoh
times and in such manner as Congress may by law
provide.
Sac. 4 That the people of any territory of the
United States now organized or wbioh may be
hereafter organized, are hereby authorized and em
powered to call a convention aud frame a sonetitu
tion preparatory to admission into the Union as a
State, in such manner as their lesgislature may by
law preeuribe. Provided. That application for
suoh admission into the Union shall not be made
until the population of suoh territory shall bs suf
ficiently numerous to entitled it to one representa
tive in the House of Representatives on the basis
of apportionme. t ot representation established by
Congress for the several States And provided
furtherjthat no such application shall be received
or ..entertained by Congress until the constitution
framed for said territory shall be submitted to tbe
people thereof by a direct vote for their approval
or rejection, and shall have been approved by a
majority of the legal voters of said territory. And
provided further, that nothing herein contained
shall operate against the immediate admission of
Kansas aDd Oregon into the Union.
Sec. 5. All acts and parts ot acts ooming in con
flict with this act be and tbe same is hereby repeal
ed.
An international exhibition is to be held in Lon
don, iu 1861, which is said will far surpass the ex
hibition eflßsl,
Juilien has composed a set of waltzes dedicated
to Fauny Fern, called Fern Leaves. It begins and
ends in a musical whisper.
Forney’s Press authoritatively says that Judge
Douglas has written do letter declining the Presi
dency.
Sentence of divorce has been pronounced be
tween Prince Frederick William of Hanau, eldest
eon of the Elector of Hesse, and the daughter of the
comedian Birnhaum.
There were 7,926 firkins of butter shipped from
New Y’ork to California during the month of No
vember.
A Touacco Fair has been held at South Windsor
Connecticut, the first exhibition of the kind in the
Btate.
Our American custom of thanksgiving day was
obse r ved at Paris by Americans, and a ooDgrega
tion listened 10 a discourse from the lipe of Bishop
Mcllvaine, of Ohio.
Munificent Donation.— James Lenoi.of New
York, has presented to the New York Historical
Society thirteen of tbe sculptured marbles from
Ninevah, which cost $2,000.
Come out here and I’ll lick tbe whole of ye—as
the urchiu said when he saw ajar full of sugar
stricks in a oaudy store window on a Christinas
morning.
Printing in France— There are in France
1,037 printing offices, which employ 9,500 oompoei
tors. 3,000 pressmen, and 9011 overseer# and oor
reotors. The average annual number of works
print-id is 8,000, amt the produce of the whole is
estimated at $5,000,000.
The number of prisoners in the lilioeis State Pri
son Dec 1, was 642.
The Hebre sr ladies of Cincinnati have set on
foot a subscription in behalf of the Mount Vernon
fund.
Fanny Kemble’s charity readings in Baltimore
yielded SI2OO for the Uouis of the Friendless.
The total distance between Bt. Louis and San
Fraucisoo by the new overland route is 2,765 miles.
The proprietors of the Boston museum have
given three buudred and fifty odd dollars to the
Mount Vernon fund.
Count de Chatel, of Paris, recently bought his
wife a lot of jewelry, among whiob was one ruby for
whioh he gave SBO,OOO.
Tom Hyer pronounces the letter, purporting to be
signed by him, and offering to fight Heenan or any
one else lor SIO,OOO, to be ■ forgery.
Larue Beuukst.— John Killiuger, a German
apothecary at Lebanon, Ohio, died a few days ago,
leaving it is said property valued at $750,000,
whioh, by his will, is to be invested and tbe interest
to be devoted to the education of the German Pro
testants in Ohio.
A Lad Rescued from Drowning nr a Girl.—
A little fellow five or six years us age, named Brig
ham, fell through a hole in the ioe ou the back bay,
yesterday, and was rescued from drowning by tbe
noble exertions of a young miss, some ten years of
age, by the name of Lizzie Whitmore. Seeing his
red scarf above the water, she crept to the bole,
seized his hands, aud by pulling and struggting, fi
nally succeeded in dragging him upon the ice She
then took him, all oovered with mud aud water, iu
her arms, and carried ism to hi* home.— Boston
Herald, Hid.
Prxttt Good Hurting —One of our oitizens,
Bays tub Gonzales (t'exas) Inquirer, was iu a camp
huut a few days siuce, on the Neuces, in wbiob he
helped to kill thirty six deeis, seventy-five turkeys,
three leopard cats, two panthers, one bear, aud
about two hundred partridges, besides hooking as
many trout as they oould eat, ouHing a bee tree
filled with honey, and catching a runaway negio.
Heavy Robbery on the Cars.—An old lady,
named Catharine Moms, was robbed of (896 en the
cars, between Cincinnati and Pittsburg, a few days
siuoe. She was on her way to Providence, R 1.,
to see her son, and being wholly without funds,
started from Pittsburgh on foot to oomplete her jour
ney. She reached Williamsport, in Lycomiogoounty,
where her strength gave way, and she was unable to
proceed farther. Mrs. Morris is fully seventy years
of age.
The Navies Abroad.—Austria, it is said, will
expend no less than $.’,400,000 this year on her
squadrons, and for 1859, will increase the amount
to $4,000,00b. Russia is about to appropriate (2,-
500,000 for her navy. This time naxt year Franoe
will possess no less than forty screw line of battle
ships. While these onward movements are in pro
gress abroad, the United States should not forget
her position among the nations of the earth, nor
neglect her right arm of the national defense.
Lynch Law Confessions.—Extorted confessions
are uncertain evidence. A case in illustration re
cently occurred in Indiana. Joel Gresh, suspected
of being engaged in the late robberies at Crawfords
ville was seized by lynohers and hangup tothe
limb of a tree by the neck, with a view of forcing
him to confess. When let down he still asserted
his innocence. Up he was run again and nearly
strangled. He then confessed; his only chanoe to
live. ‘lhe confession afterwards proved to be en
tire fabrication, and Gresh was innocent of the
crimes charged upon him.
Fugitive Slave Excitement.—There is a fugi
tive slave excitement in Nebraska. A Missouri
slaveholder, named Nueknolls, reoently removed to
that Territory with a number of slaves, and estab
lished himself at Omaha. The slaves suddenly left
bim, crossing the river and finding refuge in lowa.
The master and some seventy five other men in
Omaha threatened to cross over after them and ex
ecute summary vengeance upon the parties who
are charged with harboring the fugitives, but at
last aoooucts nothing of a serious nature had hap
pened.
A Stange Comet Seen at Sea.—The British
ship Rhea Silvia, Capt Evans, in Hampton Roads,
with gu*no, from Callao, reports that on the 11th
of Oct., in lat. 29 37 S., long. 181 4 W., a comet was
perceived, bearing W , 45 deg. above the horison ;
its tail of pure blue light, extending in a northwes
terly direction. It Bet at Bh. 30m. in WBW. It
was visible every dear evening unti. Nov. 7th, in
lat. 42 54 8, ion. 37 20 W.
Death or a Noted Indian Chief.—An Indian
chief, called Okemos, died lately near Lansing,
Michigan. He was supposed to be over one hun
dred years old. He was in the wars of 1792, both
for and agaiost Wayne aud St. Clair, at different
times. He bad a sabre cut clear across his back,
n ade by one of Mad Anthony Wayne’s troopers.
At Fort Meigs he reoeived wounds which left boles
in his skull into which throe fingers oould be laid.
The Prize Fighters.—Tom Hver disputes the
claim of Morrissey to the ‘’championship of Ame
rica,’ and offers to fight Heenan or any one else,
for (10,000, in three mouths after the stakes are pnt
up.
The Derby and Chester Cur or 1859—The
habitues of the English Race Course have already
begu i their speculations on the gTeat spring events
of 1859. For the Derby, Promised Lana is the
favorite, at ton to one, wtth Marionette* dose on
his heels, at fifteen to one. For the Chester Cup,
Reveretone stood first, at thirty to one; Wrest e
second, at fifty to one ; while Arsenal, Prioress and
Eolipse, at the last betting in which they were
mentioned, stood at one thousand to fifteen, or six
ty-six to one. These figures will, however, meet
with many changes between now and spring. We
are glad to see that Priorees is in the field egain,
and stands so well as to rank with Arsenal and
Eclipse.— Porter’t Spirit.
The Laclede Railroad Company is about con
structing city Railroads iu St. Louie, and intend to
use Mi’taun native manufactured iron.
The San Antonio Ledger says there are six Mexi
cans living in that city whose joint ague foot up 613
years. Tolerably good climate, that.
Bishop Mcllvaine. of the Episcopal Church n
Ohio, recently preached a sermon In Rome to about
six Americans.
C. 8. Cemmleetoners Court—Tlio Wander* <
A flail’.
THVMDiT, Deo. 30th, 1858.-Tbe Court, beiiff
opened in due form, resumed ihe examination
witnesses, a large number of whom were m aVet
dl The‘Commissioner delivered his deo'sion on the
point requested to be charged by the Dwtnct
ternev yesterday, to wit: that the internal tri
portation of recently imported Africans, was no a
crime under the laws of the United States, aou t.a
a witness who had beeu engaged in eu.-h transpor
tation could answer questions in reference thereto,
without crimiuatiug himself. Ths Court decided
that the words “coastwise transportation, in
Act of Congress, did not i-mbrac i iulaud transpor
tation ; but there were other eo’s, whic h he read,
that left such doubt on his mind that he did cot feel
at liberty to instruct the witness that he could an
swer questions without criminating himself
Mr. Ganahl, the U. 8. Attorney, addressed the
Court, stating that, as Prosecuting officer of the
Government, he had investigated the taw lu ly in
reference to aprosecutiou of Captain Christie and
his steamer, and had become eaiisthd that te lied
done nothin); that made him responsible to the law
He thought something was due to his opiuioir as
the representative of the Goverr merit upon whom
devolved the prosecution of Capt. Christie and the
entire management and control ot the case on the
part of the Government. If the decisions mule by
the Court were to prevail as taw fi r the govern
ment of this trial, the ends of justice will be defeat
ed, all efforts to maintain the laws of the land would
be powerless, and the law Itself a dead letter upou
the statute book.
The Court arrested the Attorney, stating that its
decision had been pronounced and was not the sub
ject of argument. Home discussion ensued betweeu
aounsel in relerenoe to the right of defendant’s oouo
sel to interfere iu matters exclusively between the
prosecution and its witnesses, but wo omit to note
it, as our object is rather to give the facta as they
appear in the testimony.
In answer to a suggestion from the U. 8. At
torney, the Court stated that it had no difficulty iu
oharglhg the witness that the mere tntoinal trans
portation of negroes was not a crime in the eye of >
the law.
The examination then proceeded.
Capt. Cristie, (of the steamer Lmnar)—Sworn,
lie went with the steamer Lim&r from Brunswick
to a point opposite Jekyl Island ; saw there some
negroes and white persons ; the negroes were not
Ainer.can negroes; his boat transported the. ne
groes who were on the south end of the Island ;
their number, he heard, was about IKK)—does not
know how many ; they were pat on board the
steamer by the white men. Haw the tnast bead of
a vessel about three or four miles offi did not te
cognise her as the Wanderer. This was on the 2d
Dec. Ther# were six or eight white men engaged in
putting the negroes on board—perhaps more;
teok them on board in the day time. Witness cat
ried the slaves up the Savannah river to a point
some fourteen mlies above Savannah on the Bou'h
Carolina side; e mid not describe the place, as hr
was unacquainted with the river. White mm went
along, tho negroes being in their charge, some if
them the Basle parties as Assisted iu putting the
negroes on boaid at Jekyl Island Did not deliver
the negroes to any one, but ran along side the bank,
and the parlies having them in charge tmk them
ashore. Bome of the parties who tci k charge ot
the negroes went down on boaid the steamer to
Jekyl Island i they were four in lumber. Did not
take on any mare at Brunswick, except one man.
One of t..e negrees was fouud dead the morning
they were put ashore. Does not know tno name 01
any of the parties who put the negroes on board at
Jekyl Island. Mr. Trowbridge, Capt Jno. F.
Tucker, Henry Duß gnou, C. A. L Lamar, were
present when the negroes were put on board. The
parties cairied from Havaunah ‘o Jikyl Isla and
were C. A. L. Lamar. Capt, Tucker, Trowbride,
and another person whose name witness did not
recollect; thinks prisoner at the bar, Brown, was
the man. Did not recollect that ho had ever seen
the other prisoner (Rqjesta) now txfjre the Ccurt.
Those who put the negroes on b.rard appeared to
be foreigners. Did not know that brown took euy
part in the direction of the negroes ; left him with
the cargo up the Bavunnah river. In answer to ther
question, how and by whom he was employed to
lake the boat to Brunswick witness stated that
Capt. Stephenson came into the store of Claghoin
and Cunningham about Sort) o'clock at'night,
and stated to witness that he had employed the
steamer Lamar to go below, but would not need
him as they had their owu Captain to take charge
of her. The nelson he uudeisuiod to be C*pt.
Dickerson. When the steamer was ready, Capt
Dickerson was not there, and to prevent delay,
witness went with the steamer himself. The
person taken on board at Brunswick was Capt
Thomas Burke. Left all the white men who wmt.
up the river at the place where the negroes were
landed. Mr. Lamar did not go up to the lauding.
He waa landed this side, at a plantation belonging
to ageutlemau with a French juame, about seven
or sight mites above the city. Capt Tucker and
the,prisoner (Brown, were landed with the negroes
There were no other w hite persons on board be
sides witness and those already named. There
was no other steamer at Jekyl Island that he saw
or heard of. Does not kuow|of the traueportati u of
any other negroes horn the Island about tuat time.
Did not know that any wore taken up the SaltJla.
John Cbsb—Sworn—llad ‘ ecu the prisoners at
the bar before—one he had difficulty iu recognising,
but knew that both of them were at his (wttnese’el
hotel.
At this stage of the proceedings, it being difficult
to get along without the third prisoner, who was too
sick U> be brought into Court, the Court adjourned
until 11 o’olook, to-morrow morning.
Mr. Clubb, having purged himself of contempt,
(for which he was imprisoned yesterday’,) was set at
liberty.— Hath. Rep.
ThkEnhmsh Hunters —By the Chicngo train
yesterday, the party of English tourists wno have
been on s hunting excursion to the west ot Us, ar
rived at 8t Louis, and took u, quarters st the
Planter's House. The party is composed of Lord
Cavendish and Messrs. Seymour and Ashley ot
England. They are accompanied to this city by
Messrs. J. B. Austin and J. W. Foster ot Chicago.
Tue Canadian Government “bout e year since ap-
f minted Prof. Ilind and Messrs ’ Dickinson, Flem .
ug and Hind, Commissioners to explore the Hr J
River Valley. They were joined by the above
first named individuals, a id since then have oocu
pied the time in hunting and exploring the country
from the mouth to the sources of the ltd River.
The parry left Selkirk on the Red and As mne
moine Rivers, on the 2Urh of November, with a
train of 70 dogs for Crow Wing, which point they
reaceed in fifteen days travel. It was supposed
some time since that they had been attacked aw!
killed by the Indians in JWeetern Miune'.sta, but
the report waa shortly alter disutedited, and we are
now happy to record the safe arrival of th party
in our oity in the erj lymeut of excellent health and
apparently much benefited, pbyemiaOy, by the ex
cursion.
They have various trophies of the obese, such as
buffalo and other furs, the hide and boros of a mag
nificent ouffalo bull that oame Dear killing |Lord
Cavendish. Indian curiosities, and a dog of ths
Esquimaux breed, used for drawing sledges. Tiny
described the life they have been living bb indeed
romantio—hunting and fishing, chasing Sioux la
dians and chased by them in retnrn, and enduring
1 ardships not altogether unpleasant from the very
fact of the novetliee attending them..
They came over the La Crosse route to Mtlwau
kie, then to Cbioago, and ariived berq as before
stated. The party last evening the kind
invitation of the National Guards, r.od attended the
grand ball given by that corps In their hall.— Sl
Looit Republican, Dec. 24
From Paraouat. —W have advices from Para
guay t*> the 22d if November. The Asuncion Be
mauatio, the offloial organ of President Lopes, has
an article on the collision with the United States,
announcing that “the Republic is ready for war If
war is to ootne.” It Bays:
“We are resolved to maintain our rights with all
the tenaoity their justioe authorizes. We Ehal!
stand firmly together without being appalled ny
consequences, keeping In sight our outraged na
tional dignity. We do not hesitate to say that this
war, when it once shall have bevnn, will undoubted
ly affect the security of our neighboring H alee, and
that to preserve their intergrity and tranqu lity ibey
must not admit into their political schemas a senti
ment of entire ind fference to the altack made upon
the Republic of Paraguay ’’
That the Government o Lopez is extremely anx
ious to recover the lost rela'mns of friendship with
neighboring States is otherwise demonsirated. It
is officially announced that it is not the intention of
the Government to discontinue its steam lines to
Buenos Ayres, as had been previoutly stated
Much feeling is also said to exist in favor of obtain
ing a resident Brasilian Minister at Abuuclod, as a
guaiantee of future friendly relations with the Em
pire. The Paraguayan Chambers were about to
meet— N. Y. Timet.
The Coolies in Cub*.— A Virginia genti-xnan
of intelligence who recently visited Cuba, gives a
■ad picture of the toils and sufferings to which Ihe
Coolie slave! are subjected They havt> nothing
like the eapaoity of the negro lor labor and endu
rance ; and yet the same tasks arc imposed upon
them. When not engagtd in the field, they heid
indiscrimina'ely—men, women and children—lir
huts, with no semblance of family tie or ob.igations.
Suicide is common among them, somet mee ten or
a dozen hanging themselves at a timo No pro
vision is made tor their return to their native laud,
from which they have beeu begu led. aud their mas
ters having no interest la them, except to get-the
greatest amount of work possible out of them dur
ing ibelr period of apprenticeship, heap upou them
an amount of ‘abor that soon breaks them down,
and often carries them to the grave.— O tier go
Timet.
The English Language. —The Hon. Geo. P
Mar(b. in a recent lecture iu New York in the
English language, said that the Euglisb words, found
in use by good writers hardly fall short of 100.000.
Even if a man waa able on extreordinary occasions
to bring into use half of that number, he gene
rally contented himself with far fewer. Each indi
vidual used io his daily life a repertory of words to
some extent peculiar to himself. Few’eeholar- used
as many as 10 0f:0 English wcrdß, ordinary people
cot more than t),'too. Hj ail Hbakspeare there we e
not more then lf>,ooo words. Id ell Milton 8.000.
Os the Egyptian hieroglyphics there were but NOO,
and it was said that the vocabulary of the Ital an
opera wae scarcely greater.
Working us Sawdust —'Tin ingenuity of Paris
au cabinet makers in the Faubourg St. Antoine,
has found a use for common sawdust, which raiser
the value of that commodity far above the worth of
■olid timber. By anew process, combining the by
drautio press and the application of intense heat,
these wooden artiolee are made to reform themselves
in’o a solid mast, capable of being moulded iu o
any thape, aud presenting a.brilliant surface, a du
rability and beauty of appearance uot found in
ebony, rosewood or mahogany.
Row at the Kentucky Millitaht Institute.
—A letter from the Millitary Institute near Kiai k
fort, Ky ,states that quite a row came off there
about the Bth inet. It appears that fwo of the stu
dents were fighting a duel with pistols end were
Sarted by Col. Morgan, the General Superiqten
entofthe Institution. From this the diseaiisfsc
tioo commenced. Twen y-seven students left im
mediately, and thirteen more were so .n to foil w.
Severe Suffer.no—Mr. 8. H. Packard, Jr.,
formerly of Rochester, N. Y, while traveling on
borsebaek, recently, front hiouE Rapids to Du
buque, lowa, got lost upon tbe prairie in a snow
storm, during which bis borne perished in a morass,
and Mr. Packard wandered in a starving aud tree
ling condition for two days and nights, nntii fourd
by a banting party in adisman led but, with bis
feet badly frozen. He waa taken to Fort Dodge,
and was likely to recover.
Convicted.—Samuel Dukes, who saot and kill
ed John G. White at Midway, Indiana, on the 21st
of July last, during an attack upoD his premises to
destroy liquors which he kept for illegal sale, in
which attack be supposed White to be engaged,
was tried last week, found guilty and sentenced to
fifteen years’ imprisonment in the penitentiary.
White was the postmaster at Midway, a inerohait
and highly esteemed.
~Shamokin Coal Keoion. —There are now in the
Sbamokin (Pa) coal region 14 coal companies,
owing in the aggregate nearly 3U.000 acres of coal
and with a productive capacity of over three
thousand tons per day. This is equal to a yearly
production of half a million of tots, supposing all
the works to be employed to their capacity.
, Severe Snow Storm in Vermont.—Througbou
Vermoni on Wednesday last asevtresnow stoim
was experienced, accompanied with a high wind,
which seriously blocked up the roads and rendered
them in some plaoes next to impassable.