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.MOdMiOJO
FEMALE IXIVEHSITI.
lOSO.
‘rf* 4 J rC4 ’* J ri U . t pr* <nt organization,
I thi D • k Invitation /.a enjoyed th increu
log conii >.*( act! npport >f tu intelligent public. Iu
patron* arc of that ci*.-a opinion* on education
ougbL to conunacd ■ i.c higbc.it n- pect. Thin In ililution
bad
11VK V KNI; K \lt DI.I'ARI M i. NTS !
I. A COLLEGE I>i.r*ARTM Ni which embrace*
a four ye:u‘ com wof ■ >1 p, i..curling all tbe branches
ofscience necessary to laxkn Young Ladiea tborougti
and a romplUhefl * hoiara.
11. AaN ACADEMIC DEPARTMENT, in which pu
pil* are properly prepared lor Oofo . , :.:.d a good baai*
laid for thorough Rc.holar.l;ip.
IN. A MUSIC DEPARTMENT, with tried teachers,
competent to give instruction on the Piano Forte, Gui
tar, Harp, Harmonium, Violin. Elute. <• Advanced
pnptt* are taught to c unpo-i Music, if debired. Prof.
FISHER ih an admirable < ~m : oacr.
IV. AN ORNAM EN’TAL DEPARTMENT, in which
pupllrt are tau, ml Pairuirg in riiiaud Water Colors, Oro
rianPnintiug, Oriental 1 • t.rg penciling, Monochro
matic Drawing, Wa* Fru tand Flower *, Crape Work,
Kmbrold**r\ Paper Ro>dn Fmit if
V. A DOMES TIC DF.PA tTMK IJa which pupils
are taught the elementary J-.ml I’ra<iirn I’nnciplea ot Do
meatlc Affair. Tw-hfit mu evrry Tuf-aday, Thurs
day and hatiirday will be devoted to thin Department.
The time thus employed will not in the lcAst interfere
with the Literary Department.
Thu la tfcnenly Oollegr ring attention to
Ihiß most ORH.iutial part >f *• cm ale L location.
experienced t. a■•hern, three < f whom gradual, <i with
honor at Mercer tin verity.
A BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION
tb! *. i, where the daughters of Minister* of the Gospel cf
moderate means, are educated WITHOUT CHAttOi:
FOR TUITION , moreover, w. rtby indigect orphan*
and daughters of needy Mini ten. v*;;i he boarded from
3ft ° > percent!? i than tb * usual rates.
Pup.D are here t* tight I. -onomy. Extravagance in
not allowed. Jewe'.ry Is not w-rn. A pitpil’a dreshing
or a year, need not c* t more than from 030 to 650.
BOARD OF TUI STKKS.
Rot ADIEU .SHERWOOD, D. D., Griffin P~ea’L
Key. .SYLVAN! .S I.ANDRU.V, Macon
Rev. ELIJAH .1. PANNAL, LouLviile.
Rev. WM C. WILK I S. F< .• ytli
Hon CINOIN’NATUfc VBKPUCS, Fnre>-h
II u. JOHN T ( ROW DKR Mom . . • . iltY
Col. JAM N PINOKAKD Forsyth.
EDEN TAYLOR, Esq., Coleparchuo
DULAIN F. PONDER,* E*q.. Forsyth.
JOSEPH J. CARSON, Esq , Macoucounty
DANIEL RANFOIiD h ( ~ Forsyth At . L r V
Col. JOHN T. MTEPHENB, Forsyth. ‘
GEO. A. CARANISo, Esq., Ticaaurer*
FACULTY.
Rev WM C. WILKES, A M, Vv mMunt
Prof R T. A.SBURY, A. Jd.
Dr. GEO i WILBURN, A 31
Prof. WM FISHER, A hi.
Mrs MARY A. WILKES.
Mrs KATE ASBI ItY
Mrs. M a RY A. LAND
Mi* JULIA A STANFORD
Mis* ROY IE A mi a ithi,!.;
Miss CARRIE E. LaND.
Tuition trom sLti to SSO per year ; Music, QSC, Board
$ 10 per mouth, exchi -ive >. lights sud wauhing
The Spring Term wi Ibegsueutha 17th JANUARY.
For further'lnformation, uddreh i any member of the
Faculty, or Trustee
WILLIAM O. WILKES, Pres’t.
HI) T. ABBURY. Sec y
Forsyth, Ga., Jan I t. 1859. fanft
DODGE’S DYE HOISE,
NO. 311 GREENE STREET. AUGUSTA, GA.
Established in 1352
Oomo all you kind people of tho old Slat**,
And lUteu a moment > what ] re-ate;
Have you heard of DODGE S DYE HOUSE, the
place of renown.
Where the Ladle* all say he can dye hair brown t
It u at this place where they are ahvay* dye-ingbut
are not yet dead,
From the lighted oink to the cherry red ;
And also from the lightest hue.
To tut dark, deep PrusK.au lliuo,
The Purple and the Lilac too,
I* nought within l<ia hand to do
And all the color* you would wif h to find—
The Orange, onee made lawoos by Jenny L : nd ;
Gents, bring in your O. amarwt) -uts. ho will Dye them
Black as sut.
Aud cleans® them < lean a* Linen, and warrant them act
to smut
WRITING INK !s mamifactu-ed at tin* EstaM sh
meut, and Ink for marking Male* or Bags, sold at
Wholesale aud Retail.
jelo-wlv G R. DODGE. Proprietor.
ONE DOOR BELOW THE
n IX II WHS* lUi\K,
IN my stock of Good-. V ought of the Executor of the
late Mr. B. F. ('hew, there are a greai mauy articles
which are out of the liue ofbu uess which 1 carry on,
*an.i which Ido uot intend t< keep in future. Among the
articles are the following :
LARGE RAILROAD. DEEP WI’I.L AND FORCE
PUMPS, t OUN MILLS, STRAW CUTTERS,
MANI F. FORKS. C ARPENTERS TOOLS,
CHO.’ • UP. SAWS BRADS, C N.
MRU'Kami PLASTERING TROW
ELS. DRAWING KNIVES,
FILES, RASPS, Ac.
To all persons wi hingtolmy any of Ih® above men
tioned article*. 1 will ac l t em cbeapvr than ANY
OTHER H Tsy: i n
paid tor them iu New York
1 have now iu tore av. and full stock oi
Housekeepinv: llardw are, f n M a- e; Cook, Parlor aud
Box Stove. ; Ci* orn audlly tr j pump-. with Block
Tin, Lead aud GalvaMxe 4 ror pipes and a geueral
on meet of ev ry article iu i* ie H u e Fur ir. hmg line
and shall be r • ;uDry rr ocl ic addition*to it
My friend* and the pdhP.c are rcspectfaily invited to
give : e a call, and iaMs y themaelvco t!iai'l aui selling
them at very moderate pr tit*.
fete&dS&wtf t j BUCKMASTER.
DROPS! i l filliD!
r|l It K undersign’ lpi of- cs to cure Dropsy of every
onth of Union Point, or ad.n -ed\ y let - to Uuio -
Point, Greene county, Ga. Ihe m. dic-ne can be sen:
anywhere by rai ro:* .. wth dire. v.s f. •gn ru’t; or 1
vi.l attend person .!!>-, it requoud. eml pa.d for c y
rouble. 1 will buy neg:oea aftiuted with Dropsy, ot
are them, as the owner nicy pre ec Rem *me Te
MILES G. BROOME.
This is to certify that mv father had a negr;? max at
flirted w th Dropsy iu 1c53; he had Wen treated by
several physic aus without auv cure, whea ho applied
to M O. Hroouie for his rented- . which cured him. D ,
is still living aud iu good health.
11. ChaMTIOS,
Greenesbt'>ro*, Ga., Jau. J’.st, WSS.
This is to certify that I had a negv. woman badly at.
dieted with Drvpey for a cou.-.derable t.me She vraa
attended by - \e-alpUy- r.-. they fat td to make
©are 1 heard ot G J rtreome. and put b*>r under b ; -
treatment. anl :n less than a year ahe was t igbly
•Bted of Dropsy. Jax k > Dav.aM
Peafield. Ga mhe it
CHEROKEE LAND!
Great Bargain!!
rpilE snhrii>*rc:T r- v .-.PLAN tATION f,,r ,*le
J. via* in Wtitii.d rpuoty.Ova. (p>iuio.o s l„i,.
rrm i>( rich v* vy Laa.i I- Wilkin tiveor ~x niilts
of Dalton. There are a >to cu. va-,*n aud 3Ct)
acre* cleared The ! .au Us fresh, sod r t to be su.-
brauch running through i , gv. and Wet!. Pc West err
A Atlantic It* -r a:pa - throng® an-i a better t-,r
----b®red or more h-althy location cannot easily N* Fund
The bnildinga aro uew and subssso;;* Dnhms
H<u*e Brick.
all other necessary out f-* c-. as Negro H.u> s. \c
This iv perhaps, tb ; iae* *: p ace in Upr Georgia
Price <OO. A. V SUTHERLAND,
mvdl-wtf Dal'oa Geo.
T? VERY BODY who lik* s good Hot os, good Cattle
JTi or g>H>d should a.se the .AMERICAN
STOCK JOURNAL, published monthly at 140 Fulton
StrHt. Newcrk, at *1 per year. bpeci'jMn copies
gratia~ead and get one. tefcO wtf
BAI, BUNDS, IRIOM, &(L
1 H E un vers'.frned aeep.'cou'tant’.v m v .■ and it
A prepared to wale to or it-r at .* SASB
BLlND>aa<l DOORS, ol all the rr *u'ar e -■ al
MOULDINGS of more than fifty n.ffetvot patterns on
hand and made to order at short no - .ice. Orders aolici
ted.
HERBERT 1 STA.I LINGS. Agent,
Vo. 12. eorner D” .ang*i&c and Carrie sts,
A ugn it a, C.a., Msrrh n •-*•■ ro hf *’ v
~~ _A.TjGrTJ 9TA
ENGRAVING OFFICE
-WITEDDING. INVITATION. VISITING, PRO-
W rKSSIO.NALA.NO BI nISKSS CARDS, F.l
graved and Printed in the most approved style.
Inscriptiotts aadlmtia.s Eu. raved oa Jewelry anc
Notar s sad Society Seals, Door aad Coffin Plates
Dog CoK ar>. Oases. lc.. engraved .a a superior tiac
oer and wltt dispatch. Cards printed from o.d plates
and old plates re cal. ...
Orders by mail prompt.y attended to.
h. nceiiEs,
engraver and printer,
210 Breed Strut, ttp Stein op fwsn. Jufurta Fanit.
AUGUSTA GEORGIA.
my*o #9 ly
J. Al. J. SEIZE,
Are now prepared to display
before their Customers,
at their
WHOLESALE i RETAIL
STORE,
RICH SILK ROBES,
Os the very ia ed importation*;
DRESS SILKS,
Os the Richest and Most Approved Styles;
II it ESS SILKS,
Eoi.d Colors, Plaidb and Striped;
S <l-S, 7-8 and 1-! Black -SILKS, of
various Styles and Prices;
Y <tv Blipli Kluck Silks,
BAYADERE STRIPES, very handsome;
Rich Figured CASHMERES and DELAINES;
Rich Figured CASHMERES and DELAINES, for
Children ;
Flam Black and Fancy Colored DELAINES ;
“ “ “ MERINOS;
Rich 4 1 Real FRENCH PRINTS ;
Br;tjh and Dome-tic PRINTS, at cents aud up
ward* :
Swiss and Jaconet EDGING > and INSERTINGS ;
” “ BANDS,
Rich Embroidered COLLARS and SLEEVES;
“ “ -r “ “ in Setts
THREAD and other LACES ;
Plain, Hem-Stitcbed and Embroidered Linen Cambric
HANDKERCHIEFS ;
Second Mourning Linen Cambric IIANDKER
CHIEFS ;
Second Mourning COLLARS, Ac.
This would be the proper place for us to say we
will sell cur Goods cheap, but, as our customers
have already found that out, and are recommend
ing their friends to us, we will only say, favor us
with a CALL, and you will rest satisfied that no
one can leave our Store with empty hands, for
want of good Goods, an Extensive Assortment and
Low Prices !
LADIES’
Cloaks and Shawls;
LftDiES’ SILK VELVET CLOAKS,
LATEST STYLES ,
LADIES’ CLOTH CLOAKS,
Various Colors—Rome Very Low Priced;
STELLA SHAWLS,
Together with various other style*, from 50 Cents
to Twenty Dollars.
MOUKMJiG AND SECOND HOI UNiNti
SHAWLS.
AT
J. & A. J. SETZE’S.
MEN & BOYS’ WEAR
V \ v r r\ v nnyx yvti y> >Y O
A’ X’kAlVj k L/AD A A*A Ah* A AAA O f
Low Priced Black and Fancy Doeskin CASSIMERES,
SATINETTS. KENTUCKY JEANS, atd
TWEEDS, veiy Low ;
Shirt Fronts and Collars ;
i.B, :iO t 32, 34, 36, and 38 Inch ILa-k Italian
SILK CRAVATS :
HalfilOSE,at 10c„ ami upwards;
WOOL HOSE,
M EKINO SHIRTS,
GLCVES, in a great variety of Styles, aud GAUNT
LETS; Low Priced a'd Fine SUSPENDERS;
Flag. Bandana and Spittletield Silk HAND
KERCHIEFS ; Plain and Col’d Bordered
I.iuen HANDKERCHIEFS, at
J. & A. J. SETZE’S.
JSTELS.
Real Welch FLANNELS ;
luiitatiou “
Filk Warp and Saxony FLANNELS
Low Priced White
44 and Super Red “
Blue. Red, and Greeu 44
Plain aud Tw lied, at
J. & A. J. SETZE S.
BlanKets,
0-4, 10-4, 11-4, and 1:2-4 Low Priced acd Super Bed
BLANKETS;
A lew bale* m 9 4 Grey and Whits BLANKETS, for
Negroes, at
J. & A. J. SETZE'S.
TABLE AMI PIANO (OVERS.
Low Priced nd Super Ciotb TABLE COVERS;
“ “ “ PIAnO “
Flax aud Wool TABLE COVERS, at
J. & A. J. SETZE’S.
Table Diapers, Napkins, kc.
Low Freed TABLE CLOTHS ;
44 DAMASK :
8-4, 9-4 and 10-4 Low Priced and Snper Damask
DIAPERS;
Bird's Eve and Russia DIAPERS .
Damask NAPKINS;
Damask TOWELS, and Huckaback aud other
TOWELING, at
J. & A. J. SETZE’S.
LADIES’
Alexander. White, Black and Fancy Colored KID
GLOVES;
Indies’ GAUNTLETS ;
La fie*'Merino and SILK VESTS, with or without
Sleeves ;
Low Priced and Super Black Silk HOSE ;
*• CcttonHOfiE-
B ack Raw Silk HOSE ;
Black Moravian 4
Mi.-ses* Cotton and Wool HOSE, at
J. & A. J. SETZE’S.
DOMESTICS.
3-4 and 4-4 Bleached :.nd Unbleached SHIRTINGS
‘•>4 Bleached and I’nblea.hed SHEETINGS
Marlboro* STRIPES and PLAIDS ;
Plaid LINSEYS. for Servants ;
Lew Priced and Fine Apron CHECKS -.
Low Priced and Superfine BED TICKING ;
Head HANDKERCHIEFS, for Servant*, at
J. & A. J. SETZE’S.
4-dAwtt
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ROE. IOCKWOOD VSON,
nkldiw 311 Brosdwmv N V_
5,000 ACRES OF LAND
FOR SALE !
T'HE PLANTATION occupied by the undersigned.
Is offered for sale. It contains 5,000 acres of well
improved Land, ’viug in Jefferson counry, on the waters
of Rocky Comfi rt creek aix mile-* above Louisville,
on the Georgetown and Fean s Bridge roads, bounded
.by land* of Telfair and others, and 10 mile* from Station
No. 12 Central Railroad.
There is on the place a comfortable Dwelling. Gin
House, Packing Screw, and all necessary out-buildings.
The tract can conveniently be divided into three Planta
tlcas. Part or the whole will be sold low For tern. *,
Ae, apply to ROBERT M PHINIZY, or
JOHN PHINIZY. Augusta.
Aagusu. Dec 14,1856. decls-dAw
Chronicle # Sentinel.
The American .Hinl-ter in China—*Authentic
Account of Ii! Progre**.
U S. Flag Ship Pt whata.i. (
Gulf of Pecheie, North China, July Jo. J
Renaming; iny r&rr&tive where I concluded it.
in the difoovery of the “North Entrance’’ of the
Peiho, aa the Chinese called r, the letter of Mr.
Ward to the Governor General, and a reply from
the local Governor, accompanied with a libera!
present of provision* for the u?e o: the ship*, I pro
ceed to relate tbe ircicent* connerrttd with our
Mi ok; ter'a vusit to the Governor General. It ahcnld
be known that in the Chinese governuient there are
two classes of governor® of very unequal authori
ty ana honor, the lower called tontne, or t
of cities and districts, and the other called Gover
nor* General, wno-e jnr iadiedon extendi over one
or two provinces. It would be derogatory to a
foreign niimr'ter to correspond in person, or hold
any intei couree a* a miniater, with a toulae. When,
therefore the toulae, or local governor, wrote to
Mr. Ward, acknowledging hia having received his
ietter addrewjed to the Governor General, and
promising to forward it, Mr. Werd wag allowed by
etiquette and dignity to answer only through hi?
aecretary. A few aa)B after, a letter was brought
on board by a mandarin from the Governor Gene
ral himself, acknowledging the reception of Mr.
Ward’* letter, and appointing a day and place for
an interview, aa Mr. Ward had requested. The
letter was brief, dignified, and courteous, and ex
pressive of the best feeiings towards cur minister
personally and the government he represented,
ia the meantime, having removed from our position
opposite the mouth of the Peiho, we have gone
further north, aud anchored ten miles cH the mouth
of the “northern entrance.’’
Friday, July Btb, at 6 o'clock in the morning, the
time designated for the interview of Mr. Ward with
the Governor General ot the province of Ctiele, or
Pechele, as it is generally called by Europeans, Mr.
W-.rd and his suite, thirteen in a!!, proceeded in the
charter t learner Toey-wan to the northern mouth
or the river, where they entered near three
Which had been by the Gov ernor General
for the rtception of the American party. Weighing
anchor ag m, the s*earner stood further up tLe
harbor, followed by the junks, the design being to
shorten the time our party was to be on board the
j units, which was done with the consent ot the two
Mandarins of “the white button,” who were de
puted to receive our Minister. At length, anchoring
about half way between the mouth ot the river and
the forts, the party went on board the largest junk,
which Lad been fitted up for the occasion with
considerable labor and attempt at display. The
junk was least lbO feet in length, and on its
quarterdeck a platform had been raised, which was
carpeted with red cloth, while over it was ppread an
awning or canopy of printed cottons, of foreign
manufacture, but of Chinese patterns.
In the utter part of the cabin two chairs were
placed, with a small table between them, both
chairs and table covered with red c’oth. About a
doztn feet forward were two benches, one on
each side of the platform, and facing each other,
and like the others, covered with red ciotb. Mr.
Ward and Coin Tattnall occupied the two chairs, I
the former the left hand, according to Chinese
“ rites,” as being the seat of honor, while to the
suites were assigned the benches. The ridge ropee
of iii platform, as well as the ridge ropes of the
vessel proper, were ail covered with variegated
cloth, the whole making a fantastic display, rather
than graceful, end indicating respectful and cour
teous intentions rather than the taste and culture
ot western nations. The sober truth, near as this
is to the imperial city, (it being about 100 miles
distant,) whose Emperor reigns over a nation em
bracing four hundred and lourteea millions of
people, and whose history goes hard up to the flood,
and even beyond it accoruicg to some of the old i
records and iraditions, the; whole show was not
•nuch if any thing beyond that of a booth at a com
mon country fair. The junk occupied by Mr. Ward
and the parly, being taken in tow by the larger of
the otb(. r two, proceeded slowly under sail up the
harbor and by the forte, one being on each aide ot
the river, to a jetty at a email town a short distance
above the forte. A* tbe boats neared the landing a
crowd cf people gathered around, poorly dressed,
simple aud wondering, but all appearing kindly
intentioned, and removed as far as possible from
ferocity and navageism, while not a solitary woman
appeared iu the whole. Ae though all things in the
progreas‘should be in harmony, the jetty itself
was covered with red cloth from one eua to the
other.
At the jetty carriages were found iu readiness for
Mr Ward and his party; and such carriages ! It
added to their ludicrou&nees, that we had been told
they*would be chariots ! Ic was tolerably patent
that they were not such as those of olden time, in
which warriors fought and royalty aud nobility rode.
The body was about. 0 feet long Dy three wide, and
4 high irom the H or to the top inside. The en
trance was in the front, the Minister, Commodore,
and all, being obliged to climb over the shaft, and
then climbing in head-foremost, adjust body, arms,
and legs, according to the space they had to occupy.
However brave our Commodore had shown himself
iu Mexico, beariug upon him the honorable scars he
received there, and however sagacious and 44 sem
per pa rat us” cur Minister in whatever unexpected
position® he may be placed, here was a position ia
which courage and diplomacy were impotent—a
real tix, from which there wp.s no moving—a “ com
plication” whico the genius of a Metternich could
neither create nor disentaugle. Then crawling in
upou all-fours, the Hon. Ambassador with his port
folio of documents, and the President’® autograph
letter to h.a Imperial Majesty Iliem sung “ the Son
of Heaven,” and our gallant Commodore after him
at his side, encumbered with sword, epaulettes, and
chapeau 1 What could appear more undignified
and ludicrous, if not designed tor the keenest insult ?
Hut not only are there more things in heaven, but
more on earth, than either our western philosophy
or fancy Las dreamt of. This butcher’s cart of a
-r<--j.utk was a chariot in the Clin--—faJ
alike or the governor-’ maudarinouL. .-J ‘..r:.
though not like the one in which Sisera fought, aud
royalty, going on excursions, was woDt to conceal
itself irom the gaze of mortals.
The reception was designed to be most honorable
to Mr. W r urd and ti e Cun.modore, and will make,
doubtless, a brilliant page in the annals of the C*j
lestials. Our Minister ahd Commodore would have
parted with their heads, as every one known, sooner
than practice the koton , or knocking their heads nine
times on the Hoof when admitted to the presence of
the Emperor ; but when it was a mere matter of
usage and convenience, find not ot discourtesy or
insuit, they had too much magnanimity to take ex
ceptiors, and enjoyed the novelty if uot the squeez
ing. An there were no seats in the vehicles, they
were content, or rather obliged, to seat themselves
on the floors, which, however, wa3 comfortably
cushioned, with b'dy apd legs at right angles. To
acid to the remembiances ot these stage coaches, if
not to the’pleasure of their motion, the shafts re-1 ;
ou the axie without t-prings, and the tires of the
wheels, instead ol the even suriace of the American
have projections like the cogs in a wheel J Tho
constant jolting of such a vehicle is of course, any
thing but agreeable. It was drawn by a mule in
stead of a horse, which, however, was in good con
dition, and harnewed iu European and American
i Kyle, and whose driver walked by his side.
There was one peculiarity in the construction of
the vehicle from which our own draymen migLt
derive & hint favorable totheir own interests as we'l
n* to theix horaes 1 comfort and service. From tbe
top ot the carriage, and in a iine with it, an awning
pn jects o’ tr the whole length of the mule, the front
t-nd being upheld by wooden stanchions resting on
tho shafts, thus protecting thip poor mule from the
fervor of the eun, as well as Uns occupants of the
carriage he draw*.
The gentlemen tumbled and crowded into these
deus as they might wed be called, amidst a greet
crowd of Chinese men and boys, there being not a
woman to be seen, many of whom, very probably,
were gazing upon white men for the first time. It
must be added, to their credit, that intense as was
their interest and curiosity, all conducted them
selves with extreme propriety. It was pleasant to
observe the kindly forbearance cf the police ctticere.
armea simply with bamboos, when the crowd, ana
especially the boys, pressed a little beyond the
prescribed line of approach. They struck the
ground on each side of the transgre&or, but care
tally avoided inflicting a blow’ on him. luaeeo,
goodnature, and, if we consider tbe clars oo&ipos
ing the crowd, good manner*; pervaded the whole,
proving that notwithstanding the violent anti
pathies all foreigners at first contract when they
come in contact with the Chinese, there are fine
innate qualities which would command admiration
had they the appropriate culture adi scope for de
veiopmen',.
Every ;i.ii'K being agtiafaetoriiy arranged, aud &u
safely a not comfortably aceoonaej in tbe moving
dens which were to carry tie(n, the caivaeade pro
ceeaed, tbe Minister’s carriage iaading the way,
followed by that of the tl.g other.
Tatnall, while those of tbe two suite* brought up
tbe rear. Two Chinamen, mounted on horees went
111 advance of the whole, and several manual , us
of a low rank patiently trudged along on foot, while
an atiieletiuand handsome aeamsn trom the Pow
hatan bore aloft tbo American Esgia on a tall staff
At the distance of about 70 yards from the jetty,
ib.> cavalcade entered the village by c narrow
street whiob, continuing on for some 60 yard, in a
straight line, made a sudden turn, bringing to view a
b ->v oftroo.s. through whom, drawn up in a single
::,c’ou each side cf the stres.. the ravalcaue pasted
t i the hall of conference, some ioo rods distant,
w . ere the Minister was received by tile Governor
General and another mandarin of the highest order,
as indicated by the red button he wore, and by
them conducted, accompanied by the Commooore
and followed bv the suites, through a small oourt
yard to a hall ot moderate dimensions, being about
fid feet square, and still more moderate :n the
outlays upon ait adornment fitting it for tbe resi
dence of a high official or the reception of an am
bassador trom one of the four great Powers winch
in this age control the destinies of the world.
It any one expects to see in Cnina the architec
ture and palaces, and rich furniture indispensable
to tbe dignity of the nobles and statesmen of other
nati -ns, he will be sadly disappointed by the first
lessons of hi expertsune. There is a simplicity,
on the contrary, which amazes, and at first is even
naiuful in the disappointment; but in harmony with
Chinese character and Chinese institutions, and
m'ght with advantage be transfe.rsd to Christian
nations and Republican States. In the tear and
near the centre of the hall were placed two email
tab’ee covered with refreshments, consisting pnn
cinaiiyof confectionary, the whole embracing hi
varieties, served in small cups and saucers. The
Minister and Commodore were seated at the .est
hand table, according io Chinese n tions of honor,
wniie the Governor Genera; and companion of the
red ball occupied that on the righp In the rear
•our iong table, were set. loadeu with the same
variety of dishes, lor the interpreters, tt Secretary
o: Legation, and the rest of the party.
O* ouv •—i - .
The oonferecce was now opened, being sustained
entirely on the one side, and mainly by the Gov
ernor General on the other, the red button
Mandarin only occasionally joining it. lae Gov er
n-vr General was neatly but plainly dressed, easy,
gentle and polite m his bearing, anc, however
earnestly speaking, using but little gesticulation.
H;s age'is ed years. He is moderate in stature ana
size, and altogether, mentaliy, physical y and in
manners, in a good degree o: harmony with Eu
ropean ideas. Different in all respects was hi?
associate, a stout, gross bui.t man. and his face
indicative aiso of gressness cf mind, cheerful ana
even laughing, and considerably boisterous iu
conversation, which he enlivened and enforced bv
the use of much geeticuiation. From his appear
ance he might be judged to be about 40 years old.
As soon as they were sealed iu.tne room, the
Governor GeDerai asked the minister what bad
brought him North He replied he was on his way
to Pekin, there to exchange the ratitication oi the
treaty. The Governor-General asked if he had
heard of the battle which had recently taken
wi.h the English T The Minister replied “yes
The Governor General then asked if the English
had not acted hastily and improperly. The Minister
replied, “ these difficulties must be settied by
themselves . he was pursuingthe course marked or.t
by the American treaty ; that be hoped ana t
iieved that the Chinese Government would abide
by the stipulations of the treaty, and furnish him
the means of going to Pekin.” The Governor
General replied that the treaty was to be ex
changed at Pekin, but that the Minister could not
go to Pekin until the arrival of the Commissioßer”
from Nhanghae. who bad been appointed by E-s
Majesty to conduct nim there. Our Minister sa.d
that it was a matter to him personally of no impc*-
tance where he remained, but it was not respectful
to the cation he repreeented to keep him more
than a month off the coast, awaiting the arrival of
the Cominiesioueis. ana that he should so report to
hie government. The Governor General asked at
wbat point he would prefer remaining until the
arrival of the Commits,oners. Our Commissioner
replied, “in Pekin, or on board his own frigate.”
AUGUSTA, GA., WEDNESDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 1(>, 1851).
, The Governor-General then proposed that if
• neither ot tae CommLiaioQerd arrived within ten
day? of that t'ur e that unr Minuter should then pro
ceed to Pekin, and there await the arrival of the
CotLmirricnerc irom fchaDghae. To this cur Minu
ter assented, and subsequently aii preparations
were made for Mr. Ward and hia party by the
Governor-General.
The hail soon became so crowded with mandauus
of varouisfratiks, aU deeirors to see the strange
sight, and *o hear, even if they ciuld not under
stand, al. of thsm etar.d ng through the whole session,
that they obstructed the circulation of the air, and
made the beat oppressive. It was estimated that
about fifty of these official:* were present in this
contracted room. It a seme to be a privilege among
The Chinese to attend upon such occasions, showiug
that there ia a democratic element even under
ibid despotic government, and it is said to be ex
tensively diffused, and sometimes quite rigorous.
! the people of a neighborhood or district eveu post
ing printed no kiesor calls for “crop meetings,” to
get up petitions aud remonstrances agaiLSt the
wrongs they may be suffering from the inanaarice.
Reference wto made in the conversation to the
recent ac‘ion at the mouth of the Peiho, when it
was remarked by the Governor-General that the
hasty and rash conduct of the English had produced
all Hie mi-chief, attempting to show that the
Chinese officials had been highly forbearing and
entirely unexceptionable. It was evident that his
Excellency and others were quito uneasy in con
tempt ion ol the past and the iuture, and were
even alarmed by their victory. This was especially
evident when tbe Governor inquired about the
Eng i <b fleet, aud was told that bom the French and
English Ministers had left the Gui of Pechele and
gone down to Suanghaer. Obviously they desired
to conciliate the good opinion of Mr. Ward ai_d the
Commodore, ana secure their interposition and
offices, though they did not avow this.
Some notice of the Chinese military, as they ap
peared on this occasion, may not be oat of piace.
The troop3 through which the caivaeade passed
seemed u> be of two kinds. Thos eon the right of
their line, which rested on the hall of conference,
were dressed in a uniform, which from its unifor
mity in wear and tear, seemed to have but recently
come into use, consisting of a short blue cotton
blouse, with lappels and cuffs of red, while a sort of
medallion in Chinese character* waa worked in
white on the breast. Most of them were armed with
spears, the staff unpainted aud apparently new.—
The heads were ot iron, and quite ruaiy. The men
were far from uniform ic size, with smooth faces,
indicative of occupation within doors rather than
out, and having the appearance of a militia hastily
collected from the neigoboring villages and towns.
The rest, composing two-thirds of the whole force
not exceeding LOO in number, were uncommonly
stout, sun burn*, end hardy-looking fellows. They
were stern and steady in demeauor, having the airs
of regular troops, though without pretensions to
European drill. Four-fifths were armed with
matchlock muskets and swords, and the remaiudtr
with bows. The archers seemed to have been
selected for stature and strength. They were not
in uniform, except that nearly all wore black leather
boots, reaching down to Ihe lower pait of the calf
of the leg, where it was much larger than tbe leg.
They also were caps wilh broed black br:ms, which
were turned up all around, so as to rise above and
conceal the top ot the cap, a circumstance which
led some of the English soldiers, who got close to
the forts when the attempt was made to storm them,
to think they wore their black hair plaited, and
standing straight up from their head?. Perhaps
these troops were Mongol Tartars.
Ihe coiderence, which lasted about, two Lours
ended with the usual ceremouey of chin chinning.
or leuvetaking, when the minister, commodore and
their attendants, crowded and squeezed again into
ther moving dens, and tbe eavabade returned to
thejetty and junks With all the ceremonies already 1
described. In passing down the rivor to rejoin the
Toey waD, tho party was saluted by a body of •
cavalry, drawn up ou the left bank opposite the
Toey-wan. They were mounted on small horses,
but were too distant for close inspection and intel
ligent comment.
The tank* of the river, which is some half a
mile wide at high water, ai*e alluvial, and at low
water, are left uncovered for a considerable
distance. The forlo are constructed of cay and
straw, as they are at the other river, where they
were assaulted iu vaix?, rude as were the materials 1
of their construction. No turf has been found upou
them to bind and consolidate them, nor does any
grass shoot up to adoru them. They mount, or
could mount, about thirty cannon. Tbe town ia
si uated on the right bank of the river, half a mile
above tiiß forts, and coneiats of clay built houses
always one story high, aud without accommodation,
as well as without taste and beauty. The adjacent 1
country is a perfect plain, ruing only from three to
five feet above the level of the gulf, and intersect
ed with small canals, and dreary to the eye from
the absence of ail trees, and eveu shrubbery
Here I close my long letter, but when it will
reach you is beyond my confident calculation, as a
Dutch vessel which camealongside yesterday leaves
immediately, and takes our mail dawn to Shang
hae, touching, however, at several ports on the
coast. In two days our Minister and suite start for
Pekin, where I hope to date my next communica
tion, as I once hoped to date it betore.— Join nal of
Commerce .
Standing Committee®of the Hoiine.
On the State of the Republic • —Smith of Towns,
Ely, Hartridge, Harris. Fannin of Morgan, Gibson
ot Richmond, McComb, Lockett, Lofton, Taylor,
Lewis of Hancock, Rozier, Knox, Ector, Holland,
McEyer, Mcßae, Tuggle, and D lamar.
On the Judiciary. —Lester, Hartridge, Fannin of
Morgan, Lewis ot Greeu, Ely, Cook, Gibson of
Richmand, Alexander, Sprayberry, Lofton, Dixon,
Delony, Cullens, Solomons, Brown of Sumter, Fain
of Union, Harris of Glynn, Broylts, Henderson of
Newton, Tuggle, and Key.
On Agriculture and Internal Improvements . —
Williams of Muscogee, Harris of Glynn, Screven,
Colvard, Fannin of Troup, Lofton, Lewis of Green.
Lewis of Hancock, Gibson of Richmond, Smith of
Towns, Fain of Gilmer, Thrasher, Smith or Dry an,
Hopk'na, Delonoy, Auiiereon, JFiuuey,
Patrick, Mintz, and Render.
On Public Education. —Lewis of Hancock, Key,
Kennon, Lumpkin, Norwood, Strickland, Hopkins,
Delamar, David, Cook, Fain of Gordon, Green of
Cobb, bitns, Barksdale, Colvard, Grovenstein,
Wofford, Horsley, Herrington, Gibson of Warren,
and McComb.
On Finance. —Lewis of Green, Smith of Towns,
McWhorter, Heath, Harkuess, Delony, Bivins,
Braotly, Brown of Houston, Wilson, Wicker, Tur
ner, Defnur, Harper of Sumpter, McDonald of
Murray, Cock, Colemau, P&tticb, Fannin of Troup,
aud Key.
On Banks. —Hartiidge, Gibson ot Richmond,
Dixon, Eberhart, Clarke cf Elbert, Whaley, Ander
son, McLendon, Holden, Lester, Baugh, Lofton,
Farrell, Brinson, Fleming, Pilcher, Trasher,
Grovenstein, and Smith of Bryan.
On Enrollment. —David, Jones of Mifchel,
Lumpkin, Dixon, Sweat, Causey, Brewton of
Tatnall, Glass, Fain cf Union, Henderson of New
ton, McCantP, Holmes, Selman, Wilson, and Key.
On the Penitentiary. —McWhorter, McComb,
Mitchei, Morris, Hogans, Hicks, Cason, Graham,
Ragsdale, Ruder, Woiley, Mintz, West, Cullens,
Bruton of Forsyth, Stewart, Delamar, Delony, and
Coleman.
On Public Printing.— -Sprayberry, Allen, Brant
ly, Daniel Blakely, Rhodes, Henderson of Henry,
Tatum, Walton, Vaughn, Underwood, Tuggle,
Terrell, Anderson, Williams of Muscogee, and
Lester.
On Consolidation of Bills. —Fannin of Morgan,
Colvard, Delony, Lofton, Key, and Benjamin.
On Petitions.— Lofton, Rozier, Andersen, Pat
rick, Causey, Broyles, Farnell, Uunderwcod, Hol
land, Brantly, Dixon, Hutchins. Mitchell, Mullens,
Eberhart, Cook, McDonald of Murray, and Hicks.
On Military Affairs. —Ely, Williams of Musco
gee, Green of Cobb, Johnson, Gibson of Rich
mond, Anderson, Holden, Wofford, Strickland,
MeEver, Fannin of Troup, Smith of Twiggs,
Irwin of Washington, Lewis of Hancock, Graham,
Tatum, Coleman, Knowles, Ector, Echols, and
Corley.
On Journals. —Colvard, Earl, Echols, Fleming,
Kelly, Lofton, Fannin of Morgan. Irwin of Wash
ington, Keeling, Pa ton, Perry, Pitts, Richards of
Carroll, Grovenstein, aud Holland.
On the J.uaatic Asylum —Screven, Williams of
Muscogee, Lea er, AnaersoD, Lumpkin, Harris of
Glynn. Green of Houston, Pitts, Price, Fannin of
Troup, Eiy, Morris, Mitohel, Pilcher, Brantley,
Martin, Mays, Stock well, and Gibson of Warren.
On the Deaf aud Dumb Asylum— Gibson of
Richmond, Alexander, Lockett, Green of Coob,
Trasher, Garden, Lumsdell, Mullens, Ware, Cul
lens, Whittle, Hurst, Hutchins, Prescott, Pitts,
Price, Claike of Eiberton, Smith cf Towns and
Stewart.
On the Asylum for the Blind —Lockett, Hart
ridge, Finney, Gary, Clark ot Elbert, Joiner, Pitts,
Hick*, Baiksdale, Sims, Vanover, Williams of
Clinch, Young’, Smith,of Hall, Smith of Twiggs,
Settle, Scott, EcimcndßOD, Knowles, and Harper of
Henry.
On Manufacturers —Harden, Goodman. Fortner,
Henderson cl Worth, Hockenhull, Howell of Mil
ton, Jones of Rabun, McCrary, McDonald of
Lumpkin, Nobles, Register, Parks, Tapley. Sharpe,
Richards, Smith of Coffee, McGar, and Howell of
Lowndes.
Standing Comnilrteee of the Senate.
On Privileges of Elections. —Morris, Lima) *
Merrill, Kilby, Carter, of E bert, Jatneeoa, Griffin
if Brooks, Weliborn, Bart lay, Sheppard.
On Petitions.— Oliver, Prewilt, Tarver, Brown,
Hyde, Denham, Usury, Greeue, Kueheo, Whit
worth.
On Journals —Gartrell, Denham, Hutchins, Quit
lian, Lenoir, Batts, Hitchcock, Snell, Ivey, High
tower, Hitch, Lockhart.
On Enrollment. —Harris of Dougherty, Paine,
Briscoe, Harvin, Davis, Carter of Echols, Moore of
Whitfield, Turner, Tatum, Cannon.
On the State of the Republic. —McGehee. Hill of
Troup. Harris of Worth, Atkinson, Billups, Harris,
of Dougherty, Trippe, Johnson of Ca;s, Burnett,
Morris, Moore of Laurens, Spalding, Hall, Smith, of
Talbot, Cook,
On the Judiciary.— Lawton, Holt, Printup, HiU,
of Troup, Collier, Miller, Seward, Trippe, Hall,
Evans, Smith of Talbot, Bartlett, Jones, Sturges.
Johnson of Chattahoochee, Uaekeit, Cowan, Harris
of Worth, Moore of Whitfield.
On Finance.— Printup, Byars, Walker, Alexan
der, Kobinson, Hill of Wilkes, Ward, Shellnut,
Smith of Hancock, Glover, Lockhart, Reed of
Morgan, Head, McDuffie, Chester.
On Internal Improvements— King, Sturges,
Seward, Spalding, Hart, Tracy, Whitehurst. Wells,
Atkinson. Qoillian, Lawton, Paine, Holt, Bartlett,
Cooper. McDuffie, Griffin of Twiggs, Brown.
On Public Education and F’ree Schools. —Ful-
ton. Turner, Billups. Hines, Boggs, Lenoir, Stow
ers, Jordon. Reid of Taiiiaferro, Cannon, Mathews,
Waimce, Wynn, Hutchins.
On Banks.— Collier, Tracy, Atkinson, Miller,
Robinson, Ware, Wynn, Ward, Jamison, Well
born, Walker, Donaldson, Alexander.
Un Xetc Counties and County Lines. —Johnson
of C aytoc, Kirby, Bond, Lott, Hightower, Lamar,
Tarver, Wihiams of Rabun, Grice.
( >n the Peniteniwry. —Briscoe. Cone, Hart, Rob
inson, Rusbin. Griffin of Brocks, Byars, Head,
Wilson, Roberts, Alfred, Wiinams of Berrien, Saw
yer.
On the Lunatic Asylum. —Burnett, Fiewellen,
Tatum, Barrow, Fulton, Davis, Cioud, Hood,Dela
priere, Griffin of Twiggs, Gartrell, Briscoe, Hill of
Troup. „ ,
On Military. —Cone, Hill of Sumter, Riley, Hyde
of Fannin, Lawton, Young, Brown, Miller, Morris,
Crittendeu, Shelton, Fiewellen.
On Printing. —Cooper, Poole, Williams of Ter
rel, Crittenden. White, Mcßae, Grice, Wallace,
Hitchcock. Maples, Sheppard.
On Deaf and Dumb Asylum —Moore of Whitfield,
Griffin of Twiggs, Hood, AUred, Bond. Wilson,
Sirman, Tillman, Brinson, Weils, Mathews, Young,
Grice.
Institution for the Blind. —Tracy, Harris of
Worth, Cook, Uiii of Sumter, Turner, Jocee, Sum
merour, Johnson of Clayton, Maddox, Harvin,
Wiliams of Rabun, Paine.
On Amendments to the Constitution. —Spalding,
Moore of Laurens, Harvin, Seward, Johnson of
Cass, Smith of Taibot, Tarver, Gartrell, Prewitt,
JchLSOh of Chattahoochee.
On Agriculture. —Billups. McGehee, alker.
Ward, Boggs, Smith of Hancock, Gtover, Reid of
Morgan, Sawyer, Hill ot Wilkes, Williams of Ter
rell, Wellborn, Williams ofßerrien.
Valuable as a Co.ndesseb.—A man who does
not claim to be a judge of ewice, says; “ Last
Spring I bought a little pig from a drove, and he
was good foi eating bat would not grow mneh. He
got So after a week or two, that he would eat a large
bucket tail at a time, and theD, like Oliver Twist
called for more. Weil, one morning I carried out
a water backet fall of dough, and after he had
swallowed it ali. I picked up the pig and put him
in the tame bucket I had fed it from, and the little
cuss didn't half fill it.”
EUROPEAN INTELLIGENCE.
Additional by the America at Halifax.
The Crisis in Italy —A Zurich despatch of the
lS:h says;—The principal points of a the treaty of
neace bt-tween France and Austria, eigned by tbe
Plenipotentiaries, but not jet rat lied by the two
governments, are as follows :
1 Austria gives up Lombardy, except Mantua
and Peschiera, atd as lar as the romier line fixed
by special commisoiep, to France, who transfers it
to Piedmont.
2. Pensions acquired in Lombardy are to be paid
by the new government.
o. Piedmont is to psy Austria 40,01)6,000 •
p.nd be responaib 1 -for three fifths of the tjftl of
Monte Lombard Yeuetin, making the debt io all
transferred to Sardinia 250,000 (MK) francs.
4. The two contracting Powers * ill unite their
efforts in order that reform in the administration
should be carried out by the Pope
5. The rights of ibe Duke of Tuscany, Modena
and Parma are expressly reserved to the (to Em
perors, who will assist with all their power in the
formation of a confederation of all the States of Ita
ly-
6. Venetia, under Austrian rule, is to form part
of the coniederaiion.
7. Ratifications will be exchanged at Zurich
within fifteen days.
it wiii be eeen from the above that the treaty is
merely an amplification of the Viilafranca agree
ment.
The Paris Pays intimates, of its own knowledge,
that in a Congress accepted in principle by the
English Government, the only Powers to be repre
sented, besides the great wiil be Piedmont,
and the Pope and Naples under certain eventuali
ties.
The admission of Spain might be national, but
Sweden aud Portugal have no claims.
The Independence Beige say*, that out of com
plimentto Napo.eon, Austria proposed that the
Congress should sit in Paris ; but this was declined,
aud the chances favored Brussels.
Tbe policy of England iu taking par: in tbe Cou
greaa was being canvat-sed by the press, aud gene
rally the arguments were against it. The London
Times and Loudon Herald are both averse to Eng
land joining any European Congrees ou Italian
affairs. v
The London Post, Lord Palmerston’s organ,
assertß that it were an idle trilling with the influence
ot England and the hopes of Italy to expect any
EDgiieh a atesman at ail worthy of the name would
hazard his own reput&’ion and national honor en
trusted to his care by entering a Congress cf which
the basis may be in the execution of the Enrich
treaty .
ih same journal, in another editorial, regards
the Dalian complications as very serious, and the
position of Napoleon as extremely embarrassing
lie has undertaken tbe special protection of the
Papal government and also of Italian liberty, while
Paps* power and Italian liberty are in open war
fare. It is almost certain that Romagna wiil be
attacked by the Papal troops. It is also certain
that at tiie first menace of armed intervention in
the Duchies, the troops of Garibaldi will sweep be
fjie them every vestige of Papal rule. Under
these circumstances the intervention of Austria will
be anticipated. What part would France then
play, and what extension would the Roman ques
tion then assume ? The Post concludes by sayiug
that English statesmen will make efforts to avert
the dangers which threaten Europe.
A Zurich despatch of the xllst announces that
Count Colloredo was that morning attacked with
apoplexy. Four physicians were attending him,
but there were little hopes of his recovery.
Marshal Vaiiiant i reported to have written to
Napoleon suggesting the occupation of the Duchies
by French troops, to prevent civil war breaking
out.
The Neapolitan army on the Roman fiontier was
increasing.
It was i umored that troops had landed at Ancona.
Considerable excitement prevailed in Piedmont
on account ot the conditions of the Zurich treaty.
The King of Sardinia, in receiving a deputation
from the municipality of Genoa, reiterated his in
tention to defend the cause of Italian independence
to the utmost of his power, lie expressed the hope
that the wishes of Itay would be granted.
Tbe Paris correspondent of the London Herald
says that the object of the Sardinian Minister for
Foreign Affairs visiting Paris is to obtain the E:n
peror s consent, pending tho Congress, lo the occu
pation of Central Italy by Piedmontese troops, and
the appointment of Prince C&rignano as Regent of
the Duchies and Legations.
The Communal Com cil of Milan had voted 100,000
francs towards Gariuaidre subscription for the pur
chase of muskets.
It waa reported at Turin that in consequence of
Neapolitan war ships having been signalled in a
hostile attitude off the coast of Kjmagna, a Pied
montese squadron had been ordered round into the
Adriatic.
It is asserted that there baa been a revolutionary
movement iu Palermo, but that it was suppressed.
One story says that one hundred aud fifty rebels
were killed, but it lacks confirmat ion.
Justica continued to be energetically carried out
in Parma. New arrests had taken place. The mu
nicipality had determined ou the destruction of the
column on which the head of Auviti was placed.
It waa expected that the effective strength of the
new’ Sardinian army will be 100,000 exclusive of the
rifle corps aud military marine. In addition there
will be throughout the kingdom about 600,000 Na
tional Guards
Financial affairs in Naples are represented as
critical, and a loan of £6,000,000 was spoken of.
A despatch from Turin, or *Jlat ult, says : The of
ficial Piedmontese Gazette publishes a deeree
authorizing the Finance Mmieter to contract a loan
of one million francs by means of the alienation of
the rentes on the public debt to that amount.
Count Rogier, Minister of Belgium, has arrived
at Tur in.
Great Britain.— The. Great Eastern—Her de
parture indefinitely postponed —The directors of
the Great Eastern held a meeting onboard, on the
l'Jffi, and it. io o.utiicii a ively aunouLced that the
departure of tho vegawl has beeu postponed u**u>
and orders given that all passage money received
be returned. No time will be fixed for the trans
atlantic voyage until good progress has been made
in fitting out the ship iu thorough eea-going com
pleteness, and according to some authorities there
is no likelihood of the voyage being made before
next spring. The ship would remain at Holyhead
about ten days longer, and then go to Southampton
to complete her fitting®, after which a trip to Lis
bon is spoken of. Is is stated that in her present
condition the directors wiil uot accept the ship from
Mr. Scott Russell.
The directors of tho London and Northwestern
Railway Company gave a grand banquet at Holy
head to the directors of the Great Ship Company
on the 19th. The Marquis of Chandos presided,
and among the guests were Mr. Gladstone, Chan
cellor of the Exchequer; Sir John Pakingt >n, and
many influential men in commerce and politics.—
The speeches were all hopeful of theeuccees of the
great ship. Mr. Mclver, in the course of hi3 re
marks, reiterated the statement that the Cunard
company are building a steamer considerably
larger than the Pars a, but not eo large as the Great
Eastern.
Prince Napoleon, after miuutely inspecting the
Great Eastern at Holyhead, paid a flying visit to
Liverpool aud Manchester, and then left iu his
steamer for parts unknown.
The Funeral of Stephenson, the Engineer.
—The funeral of Robert Sitphexuou took place at
Westminister Abbey on theh'lst, iu the presence of
a great concourse of people, and with every de
monstration of respect. The Abbey wiw crowded,
and the attendance included the most distinguished
men of all rank and professions. Mr. Stephenson
bequeathed £25,000 to public institutions. £t
Newcaet e. Sunderland, Shields and other towns in
that locality, business was suspended during a
portion of the day of the funeral, aud many demon
strations of respect took place.
The Atlantic Cable —Tne Tralee Chronicle
says that Messrs. Beardmore and Robinson, elec
tricians, visited Valencia this week and set on foot
a series of experiments on the Atlantic cable. En
couragement as to the success of the undertaking,
both as regards the resuscitation of the old and the
laying of tbe new cable, was iu the ascendant.
These gentlemen found room in the state of the
cable to disseminate new encouragement to its
friends.
France. —It is reported that the Emperor refused
to gram an audience to a deputation from Bologna,
but received those from tbe Duchies.
The Sardinian Minister of Foreign Affairs had
left Paris for London.
Tne Paris correspondent of the London Herald
continues to point out the immense naval arma
ments in progress, particularly at Toulon, where no
lees than twenty-two large ships are being con
structed.
The Paris correspondent of the London Times
says he is still informed that France claimed
her war expanses from Sardinia, and the Sardinian
Envoy's mission to Paris is supposed to nave
reference to the question of the debt as well as the
Duchies.
The prejected Chinese expedition had been dis
cussed in the Council of Ministers. It wa3 proposed
to despatch 18,000 men, but nothing definite wa3
arrivtdat. The troop3 would uot leave before the
end of the year.
Accounts from Cochin China say that the L rench
forces were so worn out b> fatigue and disea?e that
they w=re prepating to abandon Touraia and re
turn to China. The only poiut which the Admiral
will not abandon is Saigon, where extensive toni
fications havo been raised, and a strong garrison
will be left.
The Bourse was dull and declining. The Rentes
closed heavy on tbe 21st at 69f. 45c
Spain —The Spanish bishops, in imitation of the
French, had commenced publishing pastoral letters
in defence of the temporal power of the Pope.
The Spanish funds declined to-day more than one
per cent.
Austria. —lt was expected that the Emperor of
Austria would have an interview with the Emperor
of Russia at Breslau, cn the 23d of October.
Russia.— Messrs. Sleigii z 6c Cos., the court bank
ers at St. Petersburg, had announced their inten
tion to retire from business at the close of the year.
Sweden.—The King of Sweden was about to
propose the abolition ot the severe punishments in
flicked upon those who quit the established church.
Turkey. —Ali Pacha. Grand Vizier, has been
dismissed. He was to be succeeded by Mebemet
Knpaaile. Fuad Pacha, it waa also expected,
would be dismissed. Two of the conpirators had
died at Kuiely.
A vessel, with Circassian emigrant® on board,
had been wrecked. Two hundred and three lives
were lost.
BY THE SOUTH AMERICAS.
Farther Point, Nov. 6 —The steamship North
American, from Liverpool at 10 A. M , of the 26th
nit. passed this point at 2.16 P. M. to-day, en route
to Quebec.
Great Britain.—Arrangements have been com
pleted by the Cunard Company for ail their steam
ers running between Liverpool and Boston to make
Queenstown a port of call, out and home. The ar
rargement goes into effect with the Canada, leaving
Liverpool on the ttth of November.
The London Times, in publishing Commodore
Tat nail's despatch relative to the operations, at the
Mouth of the Peibo, ecitoiially enlcgises it, and
says, if any defence were needed for the acts of the
British Minister and Admira, in those distant re
gions, it would be found in the despatch, which it
has had the pleasure of printing.
Sir J, Dean Paul, and Mratuan, the ex London
Bankers, have been released from prison after
having undergone penal servitude. .
The first Battaiiiou of the military train for China
was under orders to depart overland.
The strike of the London builders continued, and
there were indications that it was beginning to tell
seriously against the met who refused to resume
work. The dividend was diminishing, atrd a reso
lution was adopted to appeal to the public tor sup
port. Recent returns show excessive mortality
among the wives and families of the operatives m
the budding trade, and there was fear that scores
of innocent persons and young children were perish
ing from sheer want.
The weather in England had been nnusua.ly
severe for the season. Heavy frosts prevailed, and
a considerable quantity of snow had fallen.
Parliament is iurther prorogued to December the
15th.
France. —The Pans Const ituttonel, man article
signed by its principal editor, in reply to the asser
tions of the English press that the policy ot the Em
peror has left a state of political ineervitude in
Europe, states the aim proposed by the Emperor at
the begi. nmg of the war, and compares it with the
advantages gained, and accuses the English jour
nals of inconsistency.
The Paris correspondent of the London journals
generally indulge in gloomy forebodings. The
writer for the Herald states plainly that the impres
sion gained ground that a rupture between France
and England was imminent. Several provincial
journals had published simultaneously violent arti-
cles egiitet England which are known to have
been supplied by a government official. England
is warned that the hour of trial approaches which
may pu ; an end to her greatness forever.
The Paris correspondent of the London Post as
sens that negotiations were still going on between
the Governments of England aua France, in order
to complete the arragements for a joint expedition
to China, while or. .he other hand the correspondent
of the London Herald repeats the statement that
the Chinese preparations are suspended.
The Monitur de l'Armee states that the Chinese
commander of the Forts on the Peiho on the 24th of
June, bad received a brilliant reward from the Em
peror of China having beeu named Generalissimo
•<t tbe Chinese armies, and a Mandarin of the high
est class.
Tne account® from the French manufacturing
districts were generally unfavorable.
Tne Paris tiour market was firm. Wheat heavy,
and sales difficult. he price of brandies had
risen throughout France.
The receut inundations in the south of France
caused much damage to life and property.
The Times’ Paris correspondent gives a report
that the French force to China, originally fixed at
12,000 men, is reduced to 6.000, aud will uot ba
despatched before February.
The Bourse had been dull and lower, but on the
25th the decline was early recovered, and the
Rentes closed firm at 69 45.
Spain.— The difficulty between Spain and Moroc
co had reached a crisis, the Spanish Government
having formally announced its intention to com
mence hostilities.
We have the following telegrams from Madrid on
this subject:
Madrid, 2 26. —The Govertm.mt hae declared to
the Cortez, in the sitting to-day, that it was going
to begin war with Morocco The declaration was
received with great enthusiasm. All political par
ties io the Senate and Congress have offered their
support to the Ministry. The newspapers express
the same patriotic feeling.
Gen O Donnell announced that tho government
had ordered its representative at Tangier to take
his departure.
Madrid, 23d—The Correspondent Avtografa
announces that the corpß d’armee destined tor Africa
will most likely be organized about the middle of
the wenk, when Gen. O’Donneli will leave. The
same paper is not yet aware whether the Spanish
Consul in Tangiers has arrived in Spain.
Madrid 24th.—It is asserted that Ministers have
stated they will not have recourse to a loan, and
that the taxes will be increased. A Paris journal
asserts that a declaration of war by Spain against
Morocco has been strongly urged by France.
The London Shipping Gazette of the 24th says,
we have reason to believe there will be no war be
tween Spain aud Morocco, the Moors having made
the required concessions. Accounts from various
parts of Spain, however, continue to speak of great
preparations for the war with Morocco, and that
troops are collecting in every port for conveyance
to Africa.
A Paris de?patch says : O'Donnell had actually
set out for Africa.
A Paris letter in Ls Nord asserts that'Palmers
ton Lad declared to the French Ambassador that
England would not suffer Spain to occupy both sides
of the Straits, and would oppose it by force; the
English Cabinet, he said, would make the question
an European one.
The London Times is of the opinion that any
danger to Europe or to the British Possession of
Gibraltar, from the Spanish enterprise against Mo
rocco is absurb, but an attack by France on the in
dependence of Morocco, and an attempt to add its
territory to Algeria would justify the strongest re
monstrances in Europe.
The Daily News thinks the alliance between
France and Spain against Morocco, or at any rate
war simultaneously throated by both powers against
her, as by no means reassuring to England.
Italy.— The Government of Rome had received
intelligence that the Bishop of Rimini, and other
Priests, had been imprisoned, and that the Author
ities at had seen letters from emissaries ex
citing rebellion iu the Provinces cow held in sub
mission by Papal troops.
The reports of disturbances at Palermo are con
firmed. The conflict between the troops and people
began on the ninth and lasted till the eleventh, at
Bagl.c-ra, near Palermo ; quiet bad been restored,
bur Palermo was in a state of seige.
Prussia—Great preparations were being made
in Germany to celebrate the Sohillsr Festival.
The Pruscia Minister of Police had refused to aliow
a projected torch light procession in Berlin, demo
cratic demonstration being feared.
The Foreign Minister had received a Tupcan de
putation, and virtually stated that the Prussian
vote will not be opposed to the wishes of the
Tuscan people.
Morocco. —Late advices from Tangiers state
that Mr. George V. Brown, the U. S. Consul, was
preparing to leave for Gibraltar, taking with him
all his baggage, horses, Ate.
It was expected that the Spanish forces would
make the attack by eea and land, and afterwards
occupy Tetuan aud Tangiers.
The French expeditionary corps was ready to
take the field.
Indemnity for depredations is to be claimed, and
security for the French colonists obtained by recti
fying the line of frontier.
It was stated that the French soldiers who where
made prisoners on the 3lst of August, had all been
burnt alive by the Moors. The French troops were
burning to take revenge for this act.
Latest.
London, Wednesday.—The Daily News’ City
Article saye, the Funds opened yesterday at a re
duction of |; attention was chiefly directed to the
projected Spanish expedition against Morocco, but
a vague distrust of France has also a considerable
influence; nevertheless Consols closed with compa
rative firmness at Monday's prices. The other depart
ments of the Stock Exchange closed firm and un
changed.
The discount market continues active and the
supply is iuadequete to immediate requirements.
Some difficulty was experienced in getting the best
paper discounted at per cent. Nogoldwae
drawn from tb*> Hank yesterday, on arrival of
£131,000 from Australia having satisfied the de
mand for the continent, which continues active.
The demand for money continues to increase,
and the general rate is little, if at ali, below the
Bank minimum.
Advices irom tho British squadron in China re
present the crews as suffering cruelly from opthal
mia.
The Daily News endeavors to prove that in
going to war with Morocco, Spain is the instrument
of France.
Postscript—Liverpool, Oct. 26.
A violent slorm aud high sea rendered it impossi
ble to put the passengers* and mails on board the
North American and City of Baltimore this morn
ing. Both vessels are consequently detained till
to-night or early Thursday morning. The gale has
been very severe, aud still continues.
The ship J. M. Thurston, from London for Savan
nah, was driven ashore at Falmouth, but got off;
the damage is not ascertained. No other disasters
to American vessels are reported, but English
shipping all around the coast has suffered severely,
and many lives are reported lost.
The storm has prevented the reception of the
Continental mails.
The Cape oi Good Hope mails with dates from
Table Bay to September 20th, have arrived. There
is nothing important.
Exchange on Austria has risen considerably, but
for other parts ot the Continent rates are generally
rather lower. The Bo ird of Trade returns for Sep
tember, show an nc. ease of 8$ per cent, over the
same month last year.
The Tunes’ City Article eaye : Tbe disquiet in
Spairiah and o her Continental questions, caused
the funds, on Tuesday, to open at a renewed de
cline.
The Times’ Paris correspondent says the conver
sation between Lord Palmerston and the French
Ambassador in Loudon as reported by Le Nord,
has caused much emotion in Paris, while tbe French
government had asserted that it would not change
its policy as regards Morocco. Spain had repeated
its disavowal ot the ambitious project attributed
to her.
Ihe Paris correspondent of the Daily News is
asst that M. Mon had sent a despatch to say
t hat Eagland is no longer opposed to the expedition
against Morocco.
tErjal Navigation. —Prof. T. S. C. Lowe, the
aeruuaut, who proposes to take a voyage to Europe
in his balloon, the City of New York, which is now
being inflated for the trip, has published a card,
giving his purposes and desires in undertaking a
transatlantic air voyage. We copy a portion of
the caid :
4 Some people may think I am insane, rash, or a
seeker alter lame ; but tbi3 is not the case. I have
for two years coolly considered the subject, and
have provided for every contingency. I intended
to make my first trip across the ece&n entirely a
private undertaking ; but finding that the amount
of expense to be incurred would over tax my per
sonal means, I have been compelled to announce a
public exhibition, while preparing for the voyage.
I am confident of success for various reasons i
F.rst—l have a large balloon, which hes a capa
city of 725 000 cubic feet; therefore, should the en
velope be no more perfect than those which are
usually constructed, it wiil retain its power for a
longer period.
ISecond—l have devised mechanical appliances
for raising and lowering the balloon while in the air,
without expenditure ot the lifting power.
Third—l have invented an apparatus lor indica
ting the different currents, should I find myself
going tk> far north or south. Should any accident
occur, or should the balloon machinery fail to ac
complish its work, the metalic lifeboat, which will
be suspended beiow the car, ia rigged with e&ila,
and will prove sufficiently strong Lo endure any
sea.
It is true, I would have preferred another season
of the year for undertaking this first great experi
ment of transatlantic navigation, but should this
first attempt at an exploring expedition, as I term
it, not prove entirely successful, I shall not be dis
couraged nor debarred from instituting experiments
with a view to ascertaining the cause of failure and
the remedy therefor. I ehall be supplied with ali
the philosophical apparatus necessary to take me
teorological observations. If aerial navigation is
ever perfected, it will be accomplished by perse
verance, even in the midst of opposition and de
traction. lam wilimg to take the risk, and if I can
do anything to add, in however small a measure, to
the store of scientific knowledge, I shall feel ampiy
repaid.
Indian Legislatures.— There are three Indian
Legislatures now in session west of Arkansas. The
Cherokee Council is sitting at Tahl-guab, and the
annual message of John Ross was sent in on the
first Monday in October. The Choctaw Legisla
ture is sitting near Fort Smith. Their Governor,
Waiker, has resignnd, and Mr. Lefilers iB elected
to succeed him. The Chickasaw Legislature is in
session near F’ort Washita. All these Legislatures
have constitutions and laws like tne States of the
Union—organized with executive, legislative, and
judiciary departments. Each Dation runs off into
counties, with representatives in both branches ol
the Legislature from each county.
A Javan Criminal. —A Javan criminal was con
demned by the Sultan to tight a large royal tiger,
whose ferocity was raised to the highest point by
want of food and artificial irritation. The only
weapon allowed to the human combatant was a
dagger with the point broken off. After wrapping
a cloth round his left fist and arm, the man entered
the arena with an air of undaunted coolness, and
fixed a steady, menacing gaze upon the brute. Toe
tiger sprang furiously upon his intended victim,
who, with extraordinary boldness and rapidity,
thrust his left fiat into the gaping jaws, and at the
same moment, with his keen though pointless dag
ger, ripped up the beast to the very heart. In less
than a minute the tiger lay dead at his conqueror’s
feet. The criminal was not only forgiven, but en
nobled by his sovereign.
How Duelling was Stopped is Illinois. —ln
moralizing upon duelling, the Chicago Press and
Tribune informs us how the law became a dead
letter in Illinois, by reviving the history of the first
and only due! ever fought in that State. In the
year 1820, Alphonse Stewart and William Bennett
fought with rifles ia St. Clair county, and Stewart
fell morta ly on the flret fire. Bennet made his
escape into Arkansas, where he remained two
years. His whereabouts was discovered, he was
arrested, brought back, indicted, tried, convicted
es murder, and executed. Governor Bond was
besieged days and weeks by the disciples of the
code, clamoring for pardon. But he closed his
door against petition and entreaty, and W’illiam
Bennett dangled at a rope s end. in the presence of
some thousand of spectators, who took in a great
moral lesson. This was the first and last dnel ever
fought on the soil of Illinois, and it effectually
crushed oat all respect for the bloody code in that
State.
A 31nd Elephant I.oose in the Streets.
Great excitement was caused iu Williamsburg,
N. Y-, Friday morning, by the escape of an enraged
elephant—the largest ever exhibited in this country
—from Vau Amburgh's menagerie. Tbe astro ani
mal, while in a mad tit, escaped once before at
Harlem, N. Y., oreating ean havoo before be could
be recaptured, aud for aorae daya past hia keeper
had beeu looking for a return of tbe attack. The
New York Herald describes the uuuaual scene aa
follows:
A man had been employed to bring some shav
ings to the menagerie, which were brought in a
wagon. The man drove into the tent and while
loading his wagon the elephant was observed to
grow reatiess at the sight oi the horee, ( whieh had a
white blanket ou. Tbe man waa advised to take
his horse away, but before he could do eo the ele
phaut advanced a few steps, and knocked the man
down with a blo.w of his truuk. He next seized
the horse by means of bis trunk and injured him
seriously. He then seized the wagon, throwing it
up in the air and breaking it to pieces. Hia anger
was now fully aroused, aud proceeding to the cage
of the prairie wolf he smashed it with hia truuk,
and released him. Next in hia way was the cage
of a black bear. This cage was demolished, but
the bear was chained up aud could not escape.
The cage of the zebra being noxt in bis way, he
pushed it through the tent and clear through the
wall of a email shanty at the back of tho tent. —
Then leaving tbe tent he got into the Btreet, pur
sued by his keepers and hundreds of people, none
of whom were able to cope with tbe enraged ele
phant He did not moiest passers by, but seemed
to have a great aversion to horses, which he would
pursue as rapidly as he was able, being hoppled
with a chain connecting his tusks with one of his
fore legs. He was finally driven by the crowd into
the stone yard, corner ol South Fourth and Tenth
streets. Here a number of workmen were engaged
in dressing stone, aud had just placed upon wooden
horseß a huge stone weighing about fifteen hundred
tons. In attempting to get out ot the stone yard
the elephant caught by his chain to this stone,
which checked him. The keepers gradually ap
proached him with chains to fasten his legs, but it
was not till he had received several severe blows
with spears that hia arWwrtau could be diverted so
as to render it possible to lurthor secure him.
Finally, he was thrown down upon his side, where
he lay for aims time bellowing aud thrashing about
him with his trunk. Application was made to the
members of Hook aud Ladder Companies Nos. 1
and IS, who fmnished the keepers w ilt long; hooks.
One oi these was run through one of his ears and
twisted round until tie poor animal could not move
his head trom pain of the wound. When he waa
perfectly subdued he was heavily bound with
chains and taken back to the menagerie. He is
almost covered with wounds received from the
hooks and spears, and it is not deemed safe to ex
hibit him for a few days, nor would it be safe for
his keepers to approach within sight of him.
This elephant was biought to America in the year
1841, by Mr. Van Amburgh, and is one of the
largest of’ his species. His heignth is 13 feet 4
inches. : Ie is claimed to be one third larger than
any other elephant ever brought to this country.
Bayard Taylor testifies that he is considerably
larger than the majority of elephants which he had
met with either in Asia or Africa When Hannibal
was imported, in 1844, it was thought the he was
already old, but as he has been growing ever since,
the showmen have concluded that he is still young
—the natural term ot life of the species being from
300 to 450 years.
This animal’s reputation was formerly unparal
leled for viciousness, but during the last five years
he had apparently reformed, and became docile in
charaoter. Before that time he had repeatedly
broken loose, aud had killed, on different occasions,
as many as seven persons. Tbe last exploit of the
kind which Hannibal undertook, previous to the
present one, was in 1853, when he sprung open the
door of his cage, and, after effecting a pretty gen
eral demolition of the Company’s cages and trans
portation wagons, ran away nine miles into the
country before he was captured.
A Eii-st-rutr Notice for Brother Jonnthnn,
We see in the success of the United States mis
sion to China, a complete condemnation of our own
conduct, and, unable to conceal or deny the fact,
tbe defenders of the Bruce system of negotiation
endeavor to account for it by offensively imputing
to the American M mister and the American Gov
ernment a humiliating submission to the insulting
intensions of the Chinese. Os course, they do not.
relieve anything of the kind ; but it is hoped in
this way to weaken the wormwood of our defeat at
the Peiho, reckless of the insult such a statement
involves to the United States Government and
people. That Government, we should all pretty
well know by this time, io not iu the habit of tame
ly submitting to insult or injury from any other
power. It. ia not so long since we ourselves had
good proof of this, and the ignominious dismissal of
Mr. Crampton by the Washington Cabinet, might
have suggested tne wisdom of saying nothing about
submitting to insult or about American humilia
tion.
No power in Europe would dare to offer offence
or insult to the Western Republic, for they well
know that it fears them not, and is ever ready to
defend its interests and vindicate its honor when
either is menaced. What wretched stuff, therefore,
is this about Mr. Ward humiliating hia country and
himself by going to Pekin in the way that accord
ed with Chinese law and custom! The Americans,
who know how to make their rights respected by
strong governments, know also how to respect the
peculiarities, or even prejudices, of weak ones.
They know that in China they have no right to in
sist upon the observance of Western forms, and
that if the governmental Pekin chooses to consider
itself of celestial origin, and, therefore, superior to
the rest of the world, it is no business of theirs to
go to war with it ou that account, so long as it per
forms its engagements and acts in a spirit of friend
liness.
That it has done so towards tho Americans is in
,0 degree doubtful, for the Americana have never
ouliiea, bombarded, and extorted there, oa we
unhappily have done. As to the silly story, inven
ted by some witless Frenchman, of Mr. Ward hav
ing been taken ou to Pekin in an enclosed box, it
can impose upon nobody who has any knowledge
of the customary mode of traveling in China. The
Celestials have not arrived at the sort of civiliza
tion which rejoices in express trains, post chaises or
state ca riages, as means of conveyance ; they ÜBe
for that purpose what was not long ago considered
amongst ourselves a far more dignified and grand
style of locomotion for persons of rank ; and Mr.
Ward, without any doubt, found himself carried to
the capital in the honorably yellow sedan chair
which the artless %’renohman aforesaid has, with
dismal humor, dubbed a box.
It certainly is humiliating to England to find the
United States so successfully negotiating treaties
with China, while she herself, in alliance with
France, has so egregiously failed. But how will it
help us to send a military expedition up the Peiho ‘.
Why, it would only be plunging us deeper into tbe
difficulty, and making success more aud more
improbable. Instead of acting so toolißhly, would
it not be wrier to consider a little and see whether
we might not, by adopting the method of tbe
Americans, succeed as well as they 1 It is true,
there is a terrible amount of injuries to be atoned
for before the Chinese will come to consider the
English as blameless and as friendly as they do the
Americans j but a real change in our tone and
conduct, vouched by acts, would, we dare say,
speedily convince the Celestials that the past was
to be past, and restore confidence in our intentions.
[London Star, 22d
Liberating. —The statement of the Charleston
Courier’s correspondent, that old Brown was a
horse thief in Kansas is confirmed by a statement
in the Cleveland Plaindealer, that he sold a fine
bores in that city, which he Baid he had “liberated”
in Missouri. What’s in a name 7 What we call
stealing, the Abolitionists call liberating. Dick
Turpin and other highwaymen of England have
long been belied. They were all like old Brown,
Liberators, and died, as ha will do, mariyrs to the
principle of giving liberty to those in bondage,
whether on two legd or four.
It will be recollected that part of Ossawatomie’s
programme was to help himself as he went along,
and so make the slaveholders pay the expenses of
the expedition. There was to be a general libera
tion—of servants, horses, cattle, goods and chat
ties, lands and bank stock, gold and silver.
The cotton speculation was to liberate from the
bonds of poverty many enterprising New England
ers. and Ossawat jmie was to have all he could get
as be traveled. If his plans bad succeeded the libe
rator would by this time have turned everybody
out of doors in Virginia, and our houses and farms
would now be divided out and occupied by the
Saints.
We really think these enterprising people are
putting the colter in a little too deep. Ia it not
enough that all the profits of slave labor now go
into their pockets; that cotton, rice,tobacco, sus
tain their commerce and build up their mammoth
cities; that, not content with this, they must come
“a liberating” the men servants and maid servants,
and turn us ail out of house and home 7- Richmond
Dispatch.
Visit of the United States Steamer Wa
bash to Tunis —Captain Lavellette, iu a letter to
the Secretary of the Navy, dated Naples, October
l ltb, Bays he bad taken the American Consul, Mr.
Nicholson, to Tunis in the Wabash. It was custom
ary to salute the English and B’rench Consuls when
ever they arrived or departed, but no other Buch
officers were similarly honored. But as our treaty
with Tunis placed our Consuls on a footing with th
most favored nations, and this fact having been
explained, the authorities cheerfully accorded the
salute to both Captain Lavellette and Consul Nich
olson. The carriages of the Bey were in waiting
at the landing where our officers were received by
persons cf the highest rank and escorted to the pal
ace. The interview was very satisfactory, the Bey
saying that he should endeavor to cultivate the
most friendly relations with the United States.—
Captain Lavellette adds : I certainly discovered
that oar presence was haviDg a beneficial effect on
the new Government, and especially with refer
ence to the position of our Consul. I am satisfied
our short trip to Tunis will conduce to the beet in
terests of the United States.
A Miser. —The N. O. Bee records the death of
an old miser, named J. B. Montaigu, who was found
dead in his shop a few days ago. The deceased
had been a resident of New Orleans for over forty
years, and was engaged in selling birds and specu
lating in eggs. The Bee says: “He waa eccentric
to the extreme on some points, and has brought
several claims against the city of amounts from
f500,000 to ft,500,000. One of these was for dis
covering a supposed cure for cholera, another for
furniture alleged to have been destroyed by a mob,
and another for property belonging to hirn used in
the making or extension of streets. He had placards
in FTeucb, Spanish and English hnrg up in his shop
window, offering these claims for sale at enormous
prices. The old man died of lock jaw, alone, in his
miserable little retreat. It is believed he has targe
quantities of gold and silver bid away in his shop.’’
A Brave Bcr.—A lad named James Meagher,
who is employed in Dr. Doster s office, on Barunne
street near Canal, did a brave thing about four
o’clock on Thursday morning. A burglar made hie
way into the office, looked at the boy to see if he
was asleep, (the lad slept in a back apartment,) and
then proceeded into the front room. Between the
room where the boy slept and the front room there
was another apartment, where Dr. Dosfer had left
two Derringer pistols for the lad in case of neces
sity. When the burglar went into the front room
the boy got out of bed quietly, rushed to where the
pistols were and got them. The thief was then
alarmed, and rushed at him, but the lad presented
the pistols at him, holdiog one in each hand. The
burglar then retreated, and as he got upon a ladder
that was against the yard wall James fired, but
missed the fellow, who, however, fell from the
ladder, but then succeeded in effecting his escape
through a doorway and into an alley —New Orleans
Bulletin.
Suicide ok a Gambler.— The other day, eaya a
a foreign paper, at a famous German battling and
gambling place, Homberg, a Frenchman, who bad
been playing for some time with the usual luck of
all gamesters, put down his last Napoleon, and lost
it like the rest He drew a pistol out of his pocket
and blew his brains out, while sitting ,at the fatal
trele el quarante table. The people who are gene
rally in attendance threw a cloth over bis face, and
carried out the wretched man, life bemg quite
extinct, and the game proceeded as if nothing had
occurred.
Women Farming. —The women in Minnesota
find profitable employment in farming. It ia said
that the farm work in that State is new performed
by a beat half as many females as males.
VOL. LXXIII.—NEW SERIES VOL.XXIII. NO. 4(5.
ANew Locomotive Light, invented by Dr-
George Hand Smith, of Rochester, was successfully
tried on the Central Railroad in that city, on
Thursday night. The Democrat says : “ Tbe light
is marvellous in its brilliancy and power. It is
produced by the combustion, through a peculiar
burner of carburetted hydrogen gas, combined with
a certain proportion ot oxygeu gas—the amalga
mated gaits are ignited acd thrown iutijy ieta
upon a radiator in the burner, which ia rendered
by their combustion, intensely incandescent so as to
{produce an enormous quantity of light. The burner
is placed in a parabolic mirror just sr other loco
motive head lights are. Gas is supplied from two
cylindrical reservoirs five feet long and a foot in
diameter, placed on each side of the boiler, and the
supply flowing to the burner is regulated by a self
ac'ing valvo.
Various experiments were tried to test the power
of the new light. The track was visible from the
machine for a distance of from twelve to fifteen
hundred feet, eo that the slightest obstruotion could
readily have been diecerned by the engineer.
Looking at the light from a distance fifteen hun
dred feet, the eye is unable to endure its brilliancy
more than an instant, and from a distance of one
thousand feet, it cannot steadily be observed at all.
It was found that a man with optics of ordinary
power, could, solely by the light reflected from the
lamp, readily read a newspaper printed in type
like that with which this article is set, a full quarter
of a mile from the looemotive. Tho distance was
carefully measured off by an engineer.
With the oil lamps in use at present, an engineer
on a locomotive can get only an indistinct view of
objects on tbe track tour or five hundred feet ahead.
Naval Preparations in France.—The Paris
correspondent of the London Times, who professes
to have derived bis information from purely French
authority which he canDOt mistrust, speaks of naval
armaments progressing on a colossal scale. Ac
cording to him, there are now building in the French
dock yards no fewer than twenty ehips of the line,
ten being of the largest and ton of tbe second class.
They are to be terminated within eighteen months.
Asa proof ot the correctness of his statement, the
same correspondent, iu a subsequent letter, imro
duces the following paragraph from the semi official
Moniteur-de-la-B'lette : —“There is going to be put
upon the stocks at Cherbourg eecond bhnde (steel*
p.'a’edjjveseel of the first elate, which will be called
the Solferiuo, and will be on the model of the
Magenta, now constructing aTTiitW. The triab
of the steel-plated gun boats, just made cfl’ the
Island of Ilycrea, having completely succeeded, tho
Eucperor has, it is said, decided that, after some
corrections, painted out by experience, have been
made ou the first model, 50 of these gun boats shall
be constructed.”
The Jewish National Board of Represen
tatives. —The Leading Jews have come to the
conclusion that their church affairs would be much
benefited by the organization of a National Board
of Representatives to attend to the general interests
of the Israelites in the United States. They have
formed a Committee in New Y'ork and drawn up
the following plaD, which they recommend to the
attention of the Jewish congregations throughout
the oountry:
Two delegates to be elected from each congre
gation, to be divided into two classes, to serve one
and two yeurs respectively. The first delegates lo
be elected at a special general meeting of each
congregation and subsequently at such time and in
such manner aa the congregation may direct. Tne
Bo rd, when organized, to formita own Constitution
and By Laws, and select its name and title. The
expenses to be defrayed by contributions from the
congregations represented, in euch ratio as tbe
Board may determine. The Board to takeoogni
zance of temporal affairs oulv, and in no case to
interfere with the internal administration of the
Synagogues. The Board to lay an annual report of
its proceedings before its constituents. The first
meeting of the Board to be held at Cooper’a Insti
tute. iu the city of New Y’ork, ou Sunday, the first
day of Kisley, 5,020, corresponding with the 27th
day of November, 1851), at three o'clock in the af
ternoon. All congregations electing representatives,
are requested to address a notification of the same
to Asher Kursheedt, Chairman, 40 West Washing
ton Place, or to George Godfrey, Secretary, Pine
street.
Financial Difficulties of Austria. —A mark
ed sensation hits been produced among the capital
ists of Vienna and on the continent generally, by
tbe announcement that the Austrian Miuister of
Finance, without a word of explanation, has,
during the last five years, issued $55,000,000 more
of 5 per cent stock than was announced in the
“ patent” of the Emperor of the 2tith June, 1854.
The Imperial decree of that date authorized a loan
of $750,000,000, and a statement of the subscrip
tions to that amount was published Bhorily after
wards. It now appears that the Minister of Finance,
pre sed for money to fit, out the large armaments,
and failing to negotiate a loan in England, resolved
to issue scrip beyond the amount of the loan au
thorized in the decree. He doubtless did this with
the knowledge and concurrence of the Emperor,
but the Minister will be obliged to bear the odium.
The papers say that this unauthorized and eecret
issue will be a worse blow to Austria than the loss
of Lombardy. The Dutch bankers, who hold Aus
trian atook of the nominal value of $240,01)0,000,
are panic stricken, and have sold to a very large
amount. It Is stated that in View of this surrepti
tious issue of scrip, the men of the highest rank
and standing now admit tho necessity of the re
presentatives of tbe nation being permitted to
exercise a direct control over the finances.
Down on the Tennesseans. —There is said to
be an old farmer living in Red River county,
Texas, well-to do in tbe world and hospitable, but
who has a most inconceivable prejudice against
Tennesseeans, insomuch that be wilt not entertain
a man trom that State. His mode of ascertaining a
Tennesseean is something like the pro-slavery men
of Kansas in determining a Yankee, by the pro
nunciation of the word “cow the Yankee calling
it “Aeoir.” His word is calico, which he says the
Tennesseeans uniformly pronounce “ caliker.” A
stranger rides up, and probably auks Uia i/.tvr.cge
of spending the night at tits house. The old planter,
before answering definitely, pulls out a singular
piece of calico from his vest pocket, and showing it
to the stranger, asks him what he thinks of it.—
“Why that’B cabier, ain’t it 7” he naturally replies.
“Hang me, sirshouts the old planter, “you're
from Tennessee! Sir ! you can’t stop here, sir!
you must ride on I”
On Thursday r ight, Mr. Charieß Lambert, a Ger
man butcher at Clifton, Staten Island, was burnsd
to doath, in consequence of a camphene explosion.
Lambert's wife also nearly lost her liie by the acci
dent. In the course of the night Mrs. Lambert
rose to light a camphene lamp, and when sho was
filling the lamp witli camphene, which was done
very imprudently while the wick was lighted, the
camphene explode!, and Mrs. Lambert’s dress
caught fire, and she wus almost immediately en
veloped in flames. At this instant Mr. Lambert
rushed out of the bed and attempted to extinguish
the fire, to save Mrs. Lambert from being burned
to death. In doing so his night clothes took five,
and he was himself almost instantly burned to
death. His wife lies in a horribly disfigured condi
tion. The Coroner of Clifton held a post mortem
examination on the body of the deceased this
(Friday) afternoon.
A Young Hero.—Strange and improbable as? t
may appear, we have reason to believe, from the
respectability of the parties,, that the lollowing
incident is true.
About two weeks ago, a little child, nine months
old, of Mr. G. W. Howard, of Sabine ceunly, whs
carried to the cotton field by his mother, and left
sitting on the ground. In a few minutes the mother
returned, and lound the child bolding a ground rat
tlesnake, with both hands around the neck. Tbe
mother screamed, when the child dropped its strange
plaything to go to his mother. Upon examination,
the snake was found to be dead, the child having
literally choked it to death. TheHiame of the young
hero is Napoleon Bonaparte He was no doubt
induced to graßp it from its beautiful appearance,’
and thus was the innocent means of Baving his own
life. —Jasper ( Texas) Clarion.
The Liverpool Daily Boat of the 27th October,
(received by the North American,) publishes the
intelligence received late the previous night, that
the splendid vessel Royal Charter had been totally
loßt in Mufford Bay, near llangor. Out of the 400
persons on board, only 10 were saved. The Royal
Charter had $500,000 iu gold on board. The tele
graph had ceaeed working, and it was not ascer
tained when the Royai Charter was los., and there
were some hopes that the loss of life had been
exaggerated. Some of the bodies from she wreck
had been washed ashore. The disaster occurred, it
is believed, in a violent storm which had prevailed
along the coast.
The Kemble Vase.—This Splendid work of art,
presented to Charles Kemble by his friend i in Lon
don, on his retirement from the stage in 1839, bos
recently been brought to thi- couulry by his daughter,
Fanny Ketnble, and placed in the store of Messrs.
Sbrieve, Brown & Cos., for safe-keekping and in
spection. It is a massive and imposing work,
standing thirly-eight inches in height,of pure, solid
silver, costing upwards of $2,000. The base is
square, bearing tbe presentation inscription. The
body gives alto reliveo the “Seven Ages,” finished
in fro-t work ; on the cover stands a Btatuette oi
Mr. Kemble as Hamlet.—Boston Transcript.
The Terminus of the Underground Kail
road.—The Chatham (C. W.) Planet says that on
the Hi of October an agent lor the colonization of
Jamaica visited Chatham, addressed the people of
that place and endeavored to show that Jamaica
i flered uoequaled advantages for colored settler*.
The negroes, however, passed the following resolu
tion:
Resolved, That is view of the fact that a crista
will soon occur in the United States to effect our
friends and countrymen there, we feel it the duty
of all colored persons to make the Canadas their
home.
Nl'v ok Oath for Attorneys. —ln the
Senate, this forenoon, the oath administered to le
gal gentlemen, when admitted to the bar, was
modified, so as to read as follows :
“You solemnly swear that you will do no false
hood, nor consent to the doing of any in court; you
will not wittingly or willingly promote or sue any
false, groundless or unlawful suit, nor give aid or
consent to the same, you will delay no man for lucre
or malice ; but you will conduct yourself in the of
fice of an attorney within the courts according to
the beet of your knowledge and discretion, and
with all good fidelity as well to the courts as to your
clients. So help you God.’’
The old form of oath was- rejected—Hi to 3—and
the foregoing oath will stand, if not eliminated from
the statutes in the subsiq ient stages of their pas
sage in the Senate or House.— Boston Transcript,
Oct. 29.
♦
Measuring Coai. —Coal put into bins and
levelled, can be measured from one to 1,000 tons.
Lehigh white ash coal, per ton of 2,000 Ibe., of the
egg or stove size, will uniformly measure lit j feet
cubica 1 , while white ash Schuylkill coal will mea
sure 115, and the pink, grey aud red ash will rear-h
36 cubic feet per ton of 2 IH 0 ibe . or t feet for 2,2-10
lbs., the difference ot cubical contents between a
net and gross ton being exactly four feet. The
length, breadth and height of the bia, multi
plied together, and divided by the aforenamed con
tents of a ton, the quotient must show the number
of tons therein.
More Browns in the FTeld — A letter from
a gentleman near Brandy Station. Culpepper
county, Va , says: “That on iast Sunday night
week, it was ascertained that three white men,
Btrangers, all armed, visited the negro cabins (be
longing to a citizen living in that neighborhood.) at
a late hour, asking questions of the negroes, as to
the names of the proprietors of the adjacent farms,
whether they were at home, the number of negroes
on each place, and, finally, if they did not wish to
go off under their escort.’’ The facta are stated in
order to induce proper inquiry and proper cau
tion.—Alex. Gazette.
The Balloon.— ln the high wind of Sunday
morning, the bailun swayed so wildly from its moor
ings that it was fonnd necessary to let oat the 70,400
leet of gas imprisoned in it. This waa done through
the great valve at the top in the short space of 16
minutes. The fi.ling was resumed yeßterday. This
accident, occurring when only a small portion of
the gas had been admitted, proves conclusively
that without very favorable weather, it will be im
possible to fill the great balloon and oontrol it.—
Indeed, the principal difficulty is, in getting out
of the Crystal Palace grounds in safety; but Prof.
Lowe ia au ingenious man, and be is backed by
abundant capital. Nothing that mechanical talent
and money can furnish, will be wanting to ensure
the success of the enterprise.— N. Y. Journal of
Commeroe.
Foreign Micellany.
The Capture ok the Nana.—ic is high time
indeed ti nt the telegraph should announce the cap
ture of the man who of all men that ever existed
has done most to despite England. It seems nlmoe’
impossible that the slaughterer ot English women
and infanta should etill live to renew his defiance to
our arms. Yet so it is. Ha that uv re than two
year* ago deluged Cawnpore with Eugl'sh blood
:o fti l a king, prill the leader of a host, miil mock,
at and insults the Power which so long ago menaced
him with instant vengeance, still Las with him
English captives, and still fosters and builds up the
hopes of all who hate the English name. We mus.
be pardoned if we think the triumphs of oar armies
aie shorn of half their brilliancy a<-> long as
the Nana survives, and we may be sure t his, too,
is the universal thought of the natives of India. If.
may be eaid, however, that it is easy to cenßiire
not so to point out what should be done. Look
back to the Affghan war. When Dost Mahomet, a
far more formidable antagonist than the Nana, tied
from Cafcool, more decisive measures were taken
against him. A body of cavalry wore selected for
the pursuit, led by the Bayard of India, Jame.<
Outran. Had it not been tor the treachery ot
liaji Kahn Kakar that pursuit would have been
successful. A similar exploit might bo attempted
now, with far greater prospect of succees. The
fastnesses of Nt-paul aienot such that a fugitive
could easily extricate him* elf from them, aud to
lly further east would be to hasten to certain death
amid the euows of the Himalayas. A thousand
picked cavalry, a Ghoorka regiment of infantry,
would suffice for the undertaking. Promise two
lakhs to the troop or company that takes the Nana,
and £I,OOO and the Victoria Cross to the officer
who leads them, and the troops that cling to him
now will soon be scattered to the winds, and their
chief slain or a prisoner. The capture of the Nana
thus achieved would do as much io restore the
prestige of England as the appearance of a (refill
army in tnetield. —Homeward Mail , Oct. 17.
Intolerance in Spain—Another Mortara*
Case —A new Mortar*case ie at present engaging
the attention of the B itieh Government. The
facts, ae set forth iu the official correspondence, are
these:—Mr George Graham is a British subject,
residing at Denia, in the province of Valencia, in
•Spain, aud on the 18th of September his wife gave
birth to a six months’ child, which the doctor, a
(Roman Catholic,) seeing that it could not live,
baptised it in the name of the Father, San, and Iloly
Ghost The child died next day, and was buried
mthe Protestant cemetery. W hen the rector of
Deni a learned what had occurred, he applied to the
mayor (aloade) oi Denia for protection in entering
forcibly the cemetery anti disintering the child, so
that, as a baptised lamb of his own flock, it might
be interred iu the Roman Catholic cemetery. The
mayor hesitated to commit such an outrage, aud
applied to the civil governor of the province for
iuttructions. The ecclesiastical authorities, how
ever, ordered the vector to prosecute the case with
great zeal, but with great prudence. The rector
accordingly wrote a letter to the father, claiming
the child as one of his flock, aud asking the Pro
testant parent to disinter the corpse of his child and
take it to the parish church, so that, after the usual
ceremonies had been performed, it might be buried
in the Catholic cemetery. Mr. Graham wrote
back, rebuking the priest tor thus annoying hin, in
the name of religion, on account of a child already
dead aud burried, and telling the reverened rector
that he scorned to have imbibed a very imperfect
notion of the rel’gion of the Holy Scrintures. Mr.
Graham also appealed to the British Vice-Consul,
who interferred actively on behalf of the outraged
lather, the case was afterwards brought before Mr.
Buchanau, the British Minister at Madrid, who has
addressed to the Spanish Minister of b ereigu Affairs
a formal remonstrance against the intolerant pro
ceedings of the ecclesiastical authorities ; aid Lord
John Russell has approved (he steps taken to
secure Mr. Graham from molestation. Here the
case rests for the present. It is, however, worthy
of notioe that the doctor openly aud bravely ac
knowledges that in baptising the child ho had no
intention of making it a member of the Catholic
Church; his only object,peeing the child would die
“was to make it a Cbrid'an ” The father, too,
says that the ceremony used was that which would
have been used by a Protestant clergynmu or by
himself ; but still the Spanish p-iests wili not aban
don their hideous and cruel claim.
The Flight pr >m Venice. —What is called “tha
exodus,’’ but which wouid more appropriately be
termed “the flight” of the Venetians from Austrian
captivity still continues. Severe.! large bands have
recently arrived iu Bologna ana Modena, and more
than 800 have already enlisted in ilio various
biigaiies of the Ducheps. These luckier* fugitives
have immense difficulties to contend with, and
great expense to undergo in order to smuggle
themselves across the Po. They announce the
arrival of now bands daily, and it seems that the
whole youth of Venetia are bent upon preferring
self banishment to a longer submission to the de
tested Austrian rule. “This,” says a letter from
Parma, “must be matter of serous consideration
for the Cabinet Os Vienna. It was the volunteer
movement in April last which drove Austria to the
desperate measure of war as the least of evils, and
she must now either be prepared to give up Venetia
for love or money, or else strike one more decisive,
however hopeless, blow.”
A Monster Steam Hammer —An enormous
steam-hammer, lor the Victorian Railway Company
of Australia, has just been made by the Kirkstall
Forge Company, Loeds, for manufacturing large
forgings. The hammer is upon the double and sin
gle action principle, that is, not only lifted by the
pressure of steam from below', but (he natural ef
fect of the gravity of the falling hammer is ass sted
by the pressured steam from above. By thiß meaxiß,
additional momentum is acquired, and a blow of
moat extraordinary force and rapidity is produced,
which is particularly advantageous in the manipu
lation of iron forgings of magnitude requiring a
great number of blows. The work is thus finished
at one heat, saving both the fuel and time of second
heats, also consequent deterioration aud waste of
iron. The elTjct of the blow from this immense
hammer will be the momentum acquired by sixteen
tons making forty blows per minute. The hammer
TV v. muio nrnrlr r acting SiDUipl-
Laneoualy ; and by Ihe adiuntlr-- y£?3 yeatig, the
length of stroke aud force of blow can fro
also instantly.
In all gravity hammers the effect of the blow ia
dependent on the weight of the hammer multiplied
by the weight of its fall, and consequently thd
greater the distance it falls, (he greater the force of
the blow, and the slower is the speed of working
In the double action hammer thrice the force of the
blow can l>e given at double tbe speed. The prin
cipal dimensions and weights are—limber founda
tion, 26 ft. by 24 ft. 0 in.; depth 1j ft.; cast iron
anvil block, base 11 ft. 6 in. by 11 ft. 6 in., 30 tone
weight; baseplate to receive standards, 19 ft. 6 in.,
by 16 tt. 6 in., 14 tom weight; standards 10 ft. 9 in.
apart, weight 15 tons ; height from ground to top
of steam cy ioder, 21 ft. 6 in ; weight of all 75 tons.
Steam to work this hammer is generated from the
furnace in which the work to be operated upon
iB heated, the boiler, upon “Balmforth’s patent
principle,” forming the chimney, and the heat
passing up four flues in the same, t.hu* economising
fuel and avoiding the expense of a brick chimney.
The boiler is 6 ft. 6 in. in diameter, and JO feet long
—weight 15 tons. The weight of tha whole appa
ratus, including boiler aud.mouutiuga, is about 101)
tons.
The Trade in Toads—Chickens with Boots
—None but F'reuchmeu, of course, would think ol
making a regular business of trading in these
broY/n-coated gentlemen, and accordingly we find
the trade flourishing in Paris atone. Toads for
some years have been the indispeusableallies ol the
F'rench market gardeners, cultivating rich and
moist grounds. Many of tließe men fill their gar
dens with them to get rid of a throng of insects
injurious to the vegetables they have raised by
laborious and scientific culture. Especialy do
toads attack and demolish the slugs and snails
which in a single night sometimes utterly destroy
the commercial value of lettuce, cat rots, aspara
gus, aud even early fruits. In having recourse to
these singular auxiliaries, the F'rench gardeners
imitate their English brethren.
A great portion of the vegetable supply of London
is derived from kitchen gardens in the vicinity of
that immense city, cultivated, it is said, by 35,0110
persons. These gardens are a perfect marvel of
laborious culture. You see, sometimes, acres and
acres, covered with hand glasses. Iticbly manured
and sedulously tended, some of these garden spots
are so managed as to yield five crops annually
Not only is thtre not a weed among them, but I lie
vegetables are examined with lenses to detect
mildew and fungi. Besides toads, which they pay
s'x ehilllings a dozen for, they make use of fowls to
destroy the aphides, rigging them with boots which
preveut their scratching, and allow them only the
use of their bills.
The price of toads is lower in Paris than in Lon
don ; in the former city they are still sold, notwith
standing the demand, tor about City cents a dozen,
and many are exported to England. The dealers
in this strange commodity keep them in the bottom
of huge casks, iuto which they are constantly
plunging their hare hands end arms, without show
ing the sligheet fear of the liquid secreted by the
toads, which science has sometimes declared harm
less, and sometimes pronounced venomous. Busy
little fellows these repulsive looking creatures are,
and worthy of all possible encouragement and
patronage.
The Charlestown Trial.— On Monday the
case of Stevens was taken up, and a jury was in
process of selection when a telegraphic dispatch
waa received from Gov. Wise, recommending that
Stevens should be transferred to the United Slates
authorities for trial on the charge of treason. Mr.
Hunter am.-unced that this course would be pur
sued in order to bring “Define the F’ederal bar a
number of the prominent abolition fanatics in the
North.” Stevens, through his counsel, consented
to this course, but Mr. Hardinge, the Proeecuting
Attorney, objected. The Court, however, disregard
ed his protest, and discharged the partially empan
uelled )ury. The tria! of Stevens on the charge ot
treason will take place belore the United States
Circuit Court, which will meet at Staunton, Va.
The case will no doubt be taken to the Supremo
Court of the United States and lead to the adjudi
cation of many important points in relation to the
crime of treason.— Ball. Arner.
Caution to Mushroom Eaters. —Last week,
says the London Times, au elderly man in the
marshes near Midhurst, who had been previously
in robust health, was suddenly seized with violent
vomiting, See., which caused hit wile to send oft
for their medical attendant, who, on arriving, and
having made the requisite inquiry, without hesita
tion pronounced the symptoms to arise from the
man having, thirty hours before, eaten a quantity
of large, or what are commonly calleo “horse
mushrooms.” After a short stay the medical man
left his patient comparatively tranquil; a few hours
after, however, he was again sent ior, but before he
reachel the house the poor man had braathedto’
last; and this in less than 60 boars from the time <•
eating the mushrooms. The appearance of the
corpse war remarkable as indicative of the cause
of death; inasmuch as besi is considerably frothy
exudation frem the mouth, which smelt strongly ot
furgiue. advanced decomposition had taken place
within 24 biuts. The boey was of a dark purple
hue, noil so fright u'.ly swollen that not a single
feature of the countenance was discernabie.
Interesting Experiment with a Chimney
Quite an interesting operation was Bncces-lully
completed, lately, iu Port Dundas, Scotland, tor
the restoration of a chimney which had settled out
of the perpendicular- This was accomplished by
sawing several ot the mortar beds between the
courses on the side from which the chimney leaned,
thereby allowing it to come back by its own weight,
without the application of any external force. Only
one draft waa out at a time, to guard against any
shock which might have endangered the stability
of the building, and, by keeping the saws wet, a
bed of mortar was prepared for the superincumbent
weight to settle down upon. Twelve cuts were
made in this manner, on diflerent parts of the
structure, which generally sot before the saws had
passed through half of the circumference, particu
larly in those made nearest the ground, where the
weight was greatest. The principal dimensions ot
the chimney are : Total height, 408 feet ; from sur -
face to top of cope, -154 feet ; outside diameter at
foundation. 50 feet; at surface, 34 feet; at cope
14 feet.
The East African Slave Trade.—The fa
lem Ke deter publishes the following extract ot a
letter from Zinzibar, dated September 8: “An
Americau clipper ship took off 1200 negroes from
the coast a tew days since. It 1000 reach Havana,
the owners wiii make $400,000. They Wete shipped
from Ibo, and cost about $60,000 If people send
ships on this coast for slaves they can get them
John Bull is asleep. There are two English men- of
war in port, watching a chance to pounce on Sytei
Madjed, I suppose. The captain ot the elave ship
. as a Spaniard, and hoisted Atnerioan colors when
oesatty required. ’