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DAILY CHRONICLE & SENTINEL. BY WILLIAM S. JONES. OFFICE IW RAIL ROAD BAWI BUILDING. DAILY, TBl-WEEKLY A- WEEKLY. fEBHS —Daily Paper, to city subscribers, per annum, in advance • $6 Daily Paper, mailed to the count try 7 Tri-Weekly Paper, “ “ ,s “ •• 4 Weekly (a mammoth sheet) “ “ • • 2 CASH TYSTEM.—Id no case will an order for the paper be attended to, unless accompanied with the money, end in every instance when the time for which the subscription may be paid, expires before the receiot of funds to renew the same, the paper will be discontinued. Depreciated funds received at value in this city. flcctra- Prom the Louisvihe Journal. The frllawing exquisitely beautiful piece of poe try, from the pen of Miss L. Virginia Smith, the author of our late New Year’s Adiress, was pub lished mare'ban a year ago in tbe Memphis Ap peal, When we first saw it we dij not know by whom it was written, but we knew and predicted that tbe writer would win a reputation equal to thil of any poet in this nation : MOTHER, HOME, AND HEAVEN. ■T MISS L. VIRGINIA SMITH. Mother mine ! Tha earth is cold above thee—long ago They laid thee down within tbe silent tomb With breaking hearts, and smoothed tbe turf above Thy dreamless slumber. Gioiious summer-time W’at there, to blend her ringing harmonies Os bird, and breeze, and stream, and waterfall— As though a seraph’s wing had swept the harp Os universal Nature, till ita chords Thrilled the soft air with thousand melodies, A sounding anthem to the mighty One, Whose breath had kissed Creation into life. Unheeded on tbe “dull, cold ear of death” That fairy music trembled, and the words Os “dust to dust,” jarred like a discord strange Along that strain ot rich, wild harmony, And told its origin was but of earth. Long weary years have mingled with the Past Since from thy grave they slowly turned away, Hi Aa from their hearts the spirit of despair % Gushed in low, broken tones, and shuddering sought P A darkened home, to dwell no more wi h thee Save in tbe realm of Hc#)e and Memory. Tha earth is cold above thee, and to-day The wintry storm wails through the leafless trees And sighs around thy monumental urn Its requiem. Hut far within my heart Tbou hast a brighter being—a* thou toaaf, Joyous and young and proudly beautiful, Remembrance cannot tract —but as thou art More lovely than before a withering blight Had touched thy cheek's young bloom or pale dis ease Blended its fading roses—ere the weight Os tearful suffering crushed thy tender form ; Tbeu art before me in tbe dazxltng light, Os angel beauty, robed in lovrliners — A soft star gleaming through tbe mist of life, A radiant seraph by tbe throne of God I Home far away ! Like dew on lily leaves the gentle tones Os olden time fail o’er my sleeping spirit. Remembrance, faithful to her guarded trust, la ksndiag o’er me, and her pencil fair Traces upon my heart tbe faded times Os old familiar scenes. It stirs my soul As waving fisme i« shaken by tbe wind At midnight hour. 1 bear tbe solemn dirge Os Ocean rolling on to meet the shore. And winds that murmur thro’ the whispering place; Blue are tbe skies above me, s<fiiy through The dim recesses of a linden grove The streamlet wanders—and the wild bird's eong Sweeps by me with a tone of summer hours. And now a train of glorious images Come brighteaing up along tbe shadowy past, Blent with the music of departed years ; A pilgrim train—and o’er a “bridge of sighs” They pass, to bow before the ruined shrine, And broken aitar-stone where burned the light Os pleasant ha.es that polished long ago — And bring again the wraths of faded joys That moulder round a long-neglected lyre Enshrined in memory s temple. My spirit revels, and ray heart forgets In the soft mazj of that bewildering dream That it is but a wanderer. Strangers now Circle around that glowing hearth where once A joyous trio gathered— otranger hand Will train (he infant buds that cluster o’er Our vine-clad cssemenf —they will thrill to blcam, And birds and bees will lull them to repcse At evening’s hour with murmured melody, But the young heart that trembled to their lay And laved them in its purity, will be Par, far away—and whan in stranger lands It wanders forth, without one loving eye To light its wayward path, its di earns shall be Os the*, sweet home, as soft a wbiscur falls Lonely and sweet and fraught with melody. “Blest are the loved , for theirs is a foreshadowing Os Paradise f Heaven above! Strong feeling with its deep resistless tide Os wilderi .g visions—hopes of rainbow light, And wreaths of expiration like a cloud Os incense sweet eternally ascending Floats ever up to tkee I Within this world Os all things mutable and fleeting fair, How pants the soul to drink tbit living murmur li P»rever faith/id" —tones that live and love, And never change. Vain hope—and varier trust; fearful characters are stamped upon All earthly things—and immortality, That amaranthine signature of Gcd, Rests not, for us, on autfht beneath the skies. Nothing to us is change'ess, save the faitn And hope of Heaven, ’mid the broken gems And crushed rote petals of departed joys Immaculate—and amid the tainted breath Os worldly pa aion, winds that sweep around it, Laden with memories of a reckless past, Dim with the mystery of future hours, It rests, an angel with a folded wing. There la a soil, dim twilight of the heart, And glowing memories linger far along its bushed horizon, with a beauty tike The clouds of evening flouting as they sleep. Mother, ’tis then m:t holy thoughts of thee And home, and Heaven where thou art reigning now, Come stealing onward through the shadowy gloom. I hear the waving of theirangel wi ge Acrosnihat twilight sky—and teem to list The cadence of thy low, sweet muric tone Thai perished long rjo. My heart is lone And weary now —and oh that it should sttive Thus on weak words to pour a stream of fire, Winging the flame from lava veins that buret Prom passion’s fount, when it should wait the hour, The blessed hour when it shall find once mure Mother , and Home in Heaven! Memphis, Jan., 1849. l’inconmue. B. Y. Martin, Esq.—The numerous friends of this gentlemen will regret to iearu that he has finally taken his leave of this District and , ate> to P raR tice his profession in Augusta, Georgia. Differing from Mr. Martin in poli tics, and especially as relates to the position of South Carolina, we yet regret his removal His position in this State will not fait to com mand the respect of his new associates; his talents and abilities will secure him the respec °f ah, and his gentlemanly and unostentatious manners will win confidence from ail sides We trust his success in the law will be as great h " “ —“ The Richmond Enquirer describes an in genious winnowing machine, which is in oper at'OD at Haxall’s mill. It is the invention of e/says Saunder8 ' of Virginia. The Enquir ing the foutesrvvhe’a.* I* 10 ** effective in clean by a roiary lan, and by ViCUum * 9 produced word may be used,) the bm fe BUct ‘ on > (»f the A carried up a tube and dow^a** 01 * raiUß arft H t»»e pure grains fall ,o the groun^M"’,. B y | «h says that Us operation is worth 15 A Hax ' p#** the bushel and he recommend. 9^ n V, 5 should obtain them. au Tki whole number of steamships which ar- R 1 rtvsi si Now York during the year 1850 was hr nging 16.653 paMeogers. Os these 9,015 were from Ch egret. The number ofout ward hound pmongers transported b j steam vessels, is said to have been considerably m ire than double the nmnber of those arrived. Chronicle and Sentinel. APOUSTA, gTa' THURSDAY MORNING PRB, 13. Outside Sn First and Fourth pages for Miscel lany. THe Birth Day of Washington. It affords us great pleasure to announce the subjoined action of the City Council, preparatory to the celebration of the anniver sary of the birth of the “Father of his Coun try,” he who has been most appropriately and justly designated, “first in war, first in peace, and first in the hearts of his countrymen.” In this day especially, is the celebration of his birth most proper, that we may assemble around the altars of liberty, and listen again to his sage counsels and wise admonitions to his beloved countrymen : C3=At a Regular Meeting of Council, held on Saturday, the Ist inst., the following Resolution was unanimously passed: Resolved , That His Honor, the Mayor, appoint a Committee cf Four, to malte preparations for the celebration of the birth-day of Washington, and that this resolution be published. Whereupon, His Honor appointed the following Committee: Messrs. Nowtand, Bearing, May, and Hatch. A true extract from the minutes of Council of Feb, Ist, 1851. L. L. Aktunv, Clerk. “Bock Again.” —Among the peculiar signs of the times, we observe hat presses which but a short time since professed not to recognize party, but de clared that old party ass >ciations were obliterated and trodden under ft:*, in their to organize a resistance and secession party agai A the Compro mue acts, have recently commented the most earnest appeals to those old p->,ity as cciations Party usa ges, party princi| es and party measures, which were so recently given to the winds, as of no value in comparison with their absorbing question of dis onic , have therefore suddenly acquired a most ex traordinary importance in the estimation of these org ms.— Ala. Journal. What is true of the organs and leaders of the disunionists in Alabama, is equally true in Georgia. Here, too, previous to the Novem ber election, they proclaimed their disregard— their utter abhorrence—of old political associa tions, and their desire, nay, anxiety, to form new parties upon the issues of the compromise. The ides of November, however, dissipated their bright and high hopes of secession and disunion, and they were aroused from their brilliant visions of a Southern confederacy and separate Republic, only to see “ the hand writing on the wall”—a scroll, which told them in the emphatic language of the aroused, indig. nant and intelligent patriots of Georgia, “ You have been tried in the balance and found want ing!” What a rebuke was this to those am bitious, aspiring, exclusive friends of the South! How mortifying to their disinterested patriotism, and self-sacrificing devotion to the South and her cause ! That it was not wholly lost is seen in its effects upon them—suddenly as if by the touch of the magician’s wand, they repudiate their recent denunciations of their old party associations, and with the dexterity of the most skilful! juggler, the whole corps, with scarcely an exception, unite in most fer vent and earnest appeals to those whom they had butyesterday denounced “ as disappointed and broken down Democrats,” to rally again under their former political standards and lead ers. Thus an intelligent and reflecting peo ple are treated as though they were mere child ren, to be influenced by the prospect and as surance of toys or sweet cakes. The trick is, however, in our opinion, 100 shallow—and the leaders will be as promptly repudiated in their new effort to beguile, as they were in persuad ing the people to rally under the banner of disunion. They are therefore doomed; and the friends of the Union, the Patriots of the land, will rally around the banner of the Republic, determined to sustain the Constitution of their fathers and the institutions that have grown up under its benign and liberal principles. And why should thev not? It is consecrated by the best blood of the noblest and purest race of men that ever lived, and its glorious guarantees of “ life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness,” are of priceless value—infinitely more worthy to command the highest physical and mental en ergies of every true American patriot and de votee of liberty, than all the party associations ever formed in the history of the world. ** Whiggery” and “ Democracy,” aye, all mere partizanship dwindle into the most perfect and utter insignificance in comparison with this priceless gem. Why should not patriots of all classes men unite in bearing aloft, the no ble standard of “ the Constitution, Union and Liberty, now and forever, one and insepara ble?” There are no measures now before the country which may not be satisfactorily adjust ed upon a proper and conservative basis—a basis upon which all conservatives and patriots may cordially unite The Tariff has been for years the great question upon which political parlies have divided, and it has been most un fortunate for the country that it was ever drag ged into the political partizanship of the day. It is a great national question, one in the pro per adjustmentof which, all the great interests of this great and growing Republic are deeply vitally, interested, and with which they are in dissolubly connected. How unwiao, then, tha 1 it should be made a party question All men of all classes and distinctions of parties, whose opinions are of any value, recogt ize the ne cessity of a judicious Tariff, and the duty and power of government, in some shape or other, to protect the labor and capital of its citizens. No man, scarcely, at this day desires the adop tion of a high or prohibitory Tariff. In this age of advancement and progress, what was necessary years ago, may now, with propriety, be abated to a considerable extent, and in many instances a simple revenue Tariff will afford to many branches of industry ail the protection it needs or desires. The only other question of any magnitude is the improvement by the General Government of Rivers and Harbors. Here, 100. as on the Tariff, moderate and conservative men may unite and adopt a system, which shall continue to advance the prosperity of the whole country and enrich and elevate every part and the whole people. These are our views of the principles and i P ur P o «es of the great “Constitutional Union Party. The fi rgt great o bj ect , 8 p, perpetu ale the Union by a faithful observance of the Confutation. Th.o, b, . wUo.o.nxttruiro system of Legislation, give the good old ship of State such a propelling power as shall make her keep pace with, if not in advance of her people, in this age of progress. This is em phatically an age of progress, and that govern ment is wanting in statesmanship, enterprise and industry, that does not bend its energies to the attainment of the greatest good to the whole people. Let ns then unite to preserve the Union and Constitution—to cherish and foster their invigorating and life giving pro perties and principles, and to diffuse them broadcast throughout the civilized world. We are but the immediate discendants of the pioneers in this great work of rearing high the holy temple of Liberty. A high and respon sible duty, therefore, devolves upon us; and we shoald prove ourselves worthy of our noble ancestry. Gov. Quitman's Proclamation. Among the most remarkable productions of the day, we class the subjoined Address of Gov. Quitman, to the people of Mississippi, resigning his office for the purpose of repair ing to New Orleans, to s and his trial for an alleged violation of the neutrality laws of the Union. The Governor seems to be laboring under a sort of hallucination, and most ridicu lously imagines that he is the State, and that his arrest by the United States Marshal is an indignity to the sovereign State of Mississippi, and a grievance to the good people thereof. Indeed, that whatever affects him individually in his private capacity as a citizen, was, in as much as he was Governor of the State, a de gradation of the Slate’s Sovereignty. As a citizen, he appears to have entertained no doubt that his du y in the premises was to yield obedience to the laws, but being Gov ernor, ergo the State, he for a time at least fan cied that his character of citizen was entirely extinguished. Hence he seems to have con templated resistance to the laws by the organ ized force of the State. But the contempla lion of “violent contest" as a sequence of such a policy, restored him to a lucid interval, especially as the power of the General Gov ernment in its present hand* might be tested, and he wisely concluded to obey the summons. Not, however, without a puerile appeal to ex cite a sectiona* prejudice, by a positive mis statement of a fact, in asserting that the power of the General Government "‘had been with held from her citizens seeking to reclaim a fu gitive slave from Massachusetts ” No man knew better than Governor Quit man how destitute of truth was this assertion, for no man knew better than he, that the aid of the Government had never been invoked in legal form. While, therefore, the puerile whining of his Excellency at the extreme re tenderness of the Executioners of the law, in forcing a “Southern Governor" to yield obe dience, might be tolerated, there can be no allowance for such a gross misrepresentation of a well kuo vn fact, in what purports to be a grave Official Communication. The extraordinary position heretofore as sumed by the Governor and his friends, that because he was Governor, therefore the Courts should await his pleasure after the ex piration of his terra of office, the disregard of which by the authorities, he intimates, was not only a breach of courtesy to the Governor and the State, but a monstrous indignity to her sovereignty, and a grievance to her people, is so absurd and ridiculous as to be beneath ridi cule. Verily, the fact of his being Governor, must have completely turned his head, and he imagines that he is not only the State, but a sort of Potentate, who is superior to the law. But we are detaining the reader from the Proclamat on—here it is : To the People of Mississippi. — ln Novem ber, 1849, 1 was elected by your free suffrages, Governor of this Stale. My term of Office commenced with my inauguration on the 10th of January, 1850 By the provisions of the Constitution, it will expire on the iOth Janua ry, 1852. In the active discharge of its dunes, I arn to-day arre-ted by the United States Marshal of the Southern District of Mississip pi, by virtue of process, originating out of charges exhibited against me in the District Court of the United Stales for the Eastern District of Louisiana, fur an alleged violation of the neutrality law of 1818, by beginning setting on foot and furnishing tn« means for a military expedition against the Island of Cubs. Under these charges, the Marshal is directed lo arrest me. and remove my person to the city of Now Orleans, there to De tried for these alleged offences. Unconscious of having, in any respect, vio lated the laws of the country; ready at all times to meet any charge that might be exhib ited against me, 1 have onlv been anxious, in thh extraordinary emergency, to follow the path of duty. As a citizen, it was plain and clear, 1 must yield to the law, however op pressive or unjust in my case; but as Chief Magistrate of a sovereign State, I had also in charge her dignity, her honor, and her sovereignty, which I coaid not permit to be violated in my person. Besis tance by the organized force of the S ale, while the Federal Administration is in the hands of men who appear lo seek some occasion to test the strength of that Government, would result in violent contests, much to be dreaded in the present critical condition of the coun try. The whole South, patient as she is under encroachment, might look with some jealousy upon the employment of military force to re move a Southern Governor from the jurisdic lion of his State, when it had been withheld from her citizens seeking to reclaim a fugitive slave in Massachusetts. On the other hand, the arrest and forcible re moval from the State, of her Chief Executive Magistrate, for an indefinite period of time, would not only be a degradation of he** sove reignty, but must occasion incalculable injury and di aller to the interests of the State, by the entire suspension of the Executive func tions of her government. The Constitution has not contemptited such an event as the forcible abduction of the Governor. It has not provided for the performance of his duties by another officer, except in the case of a va cancy Such vacancy cannot happen while th re is a Governor, though he be a prisoner to a foreign power. Although he may he ab sent, and incapable of performing his duties, he is still Governor, and no other person can execute his office. It follows, therefore, that in such case, the Slate would practically suffer some of the evils of anarchy. Tne pardoning power would be lost. Officers could not be commissioned or qualified; the Great Seal of the State could not be used : vacancies in office could uut be used ; vacancies in office could not be filled ; fugitives fromj jstice could not be realaimed or surrendered; the public works, the opera tions of he Penitentiary, and all repairs of public building must atop for want of legal re quisitions to defray the expenses thereof. The j-ale of Stale la ids, and the location of recent grants most be suspended. The Convention of the people, called at the last session of the Legislature, could not OUR PICTURE GALLERY. EMBRACING- PORTRAITS OF DISTINGUISHED STATESMEN. QBNER ALS, AUTHORS, AND OTHSRS, WITH PORTRAITS OP TH* PEOPLE AO PORTRAIT OF SIR JOHN FRANKLIN, THE MISSING NAVIGATOR. ... —.( We this week present our readers with a Portrait of Sir John Franklin, the missing navigator, over whose fate yet hangs the most painful and impenetrable mystery. From lime to time, we are startled by marvellous reports concerning his whereabouts ; rumors come to us by straggling hunters of the Hudson’s Bay Company—by expresses carried “post-haste," in sledges drawn by dogs, from some remote corner of Minesota Territory or the country north of Lake Superior—by “ancient mari ners, ’ who have seen and conversed with scat tered and wandering Esquimaux Indians—by “MSS. found in a Bottle’ on the coast of the Island of Spitzbergen, dec , dec. But, upon investigation, they are all found to lack the important ingredient, truth , and we are re 1 u eta fitly compelled to abandon nearly all hope of the safety of the brave Captain and his gal lantcrews. One or two expeditions se* t in search of him have returned to England un successful; and if the vessels that lately left our own shores return with no tidings, we may give him up for lost. We append soma lines addressed “to the Expedition in search of Sir John Franklin," which we copy from Fisher s Drawing Room Scrap Book (a London annual) for 1651: Across the Artie loam, To bring ihe wanderer home, Speed on ye fleets, whom mercy’s hand equips! And may the lavoring galea Mike music in your sails, And waft you safely, oh ye gallant ships ! May sunshine light your path, And tempests still their wrath, And fortune guide you on your darkest track; Speed on with high endeavor, And hopeful courage ever, And bring to British hearts I heir long lost hero back ! assemble lor want of writs of election. In caseofdea h or resignation of the admit idrative officers of the State Government, these im portant offict r*, including the treasury, would be left without the superintendence or care of any authorised person. In fine, the whole Government ol the State would be in confu sion and great inconvenience and perhaps ir reparable injury flow from such a state of Kings. For alt these evils there is but one remedy. That remedy is my resignation. I therefore, fellow-citizens, now resign the high trust confided to my hands, with no feel ing of persona! regret, except that I could not serve you better ; with no feeling of shame, for I am innocent of ‘he causes which have induced the necessity of this step. On the contrary, although personally I fear no inves tigation and shun no scrutiny, I have spared no efforts con-latent with self-respect to avert this result. So soon as I learned that attempts would be made, under an act of Congress of the bsl century, to remove me from this Slate 1 formally offered to the proper authori ties of the United Slates, any pledge or seen rity to appear in New Orleans, and meet the charges against me, so soon as my term of office should expire; and I remonstrated against Me indignity thus about to be offered not to myself, but to the State, in dragging away from his duties, her Chief Magistrate My proposition was not accepted, and my remonstrance not heeded. It is not for me to complain You are *he aggrieved party. My course in this matter meets the approval of some of tne most patri otic citizens near me. I sincerely hope, as it was d stated alone by my sense of duty to the State, it may meet the approbation of my fel low-citizens. In thus parting from my generous constitu ents, it would be proper to gve them an ac count of my stewardship during the short but interesting period that I have aced as their public servant, but the official connection be tween us has been so summarily and unex pectedly severed, that I must defer the grateful task to a fu lure day. 1 ta ve but to add that during my short but exciting period of service, I have in all things striven to be faithful and true to the righis, the mtere-ts, and the honor of the Sta'e. For this I have been abused and calumniated by the enemies of the South. Treachery and faith lessress would have secured favor and praise from the same sources. r Fellow-citizens, 1 now take my leave of you with gratitude for the generous support von have extended to me, and with cheering confi dence that your honor and your interests may be safely confided to the hands of the faithful and able son of Mississippi, who. as President of the Senate, succeeds to my place. Execu ivt Chamber , Jackson, Monday Evening February 3, 1851. 8 John A. Quitman. We are highly gratified to see that a com pany has been formed for the purpose of Manufacturing Paper on a large scale in our own State. We learn th it the company have purchased a most favorable location on Horse Creek a few miles below Grarnteville, and wthin one hundred feet of the railroad track, and have secured what is of the utmost importance, an abundant supply of pure spring water. Tne Mill is to be of the largest class ; and ihe machinery of the most approved kind. 1 he superintendent is a gentleman of large experience in the business, having been suc cessfully engaged in the manufacture of papt r for meny years. The work has been co..| menced already, and will be completed iu about six months, and ready for operations. Wo are rejoiced to see this enterprise jn progress, and have no doubt it will be success fully carried on, and that they will be able to manufacture paper as good and cheap as the bast Northern article.— Ck. Courier. Farewell—a short farewell I The hope of nations swell, And prayers of myriads rise to heaven for you, That perils of the cold, And hardships manifold, May bear their gentlest on each hardy crew! A thankful world looks on, And gives its beniuon ; America and Europe join their hands; And o’er the Northern Sea, Gaze forward hopefully, Am. sound our Franklin’s name through all the anx ious lands. Return ! oh soon return ! And let our heal-fires burn, On every mountain* top and dizzy scaur; And let the people’s voice, And clapping hands rejoice For him and your returning from afar i No conqueror antique, Os Roman fame or Greek, uch proud ovation gathered, Iturei-crowned, As we on him would pour, Prom every sea and shore, And hive of busy men, on all our English ground. But if this may not be. And o er the frozen sea They sleep in death, the victims of their zeal; Be yours the task to show Hie greatness of our woe And end the doubting hopes that millions feel. Then shall the tears be shed For them, the glorious dead ; And then shall history, on a spotless page, inscribe each honest name With tributary fame— The men of noble soul—true heroes of outage. Speed on across the wave! For you, the good and brave, The good and brave of every land implore All blessings and success, Sunshine and happiness, And safety on ihe far and fr zen shore, Prom storm and bidden rock, And from the iceberg’s shock, May Heaven protect you wheresoe’er ye stray ! On mercy’s err md sped, On you be mercy shed, God gmdeyou, mariners, and shield you on your New Books. Lives op the Queens op Scotland. By Agnes Strickland, vol. 1. H rper & Brothers. I hose who have read the very entertaining and instructive Lives of the Queens of Eng !and, by the same authoress, will require no commendation of ours to induce a perusal of the volume before us, which contains the lives ot Margaret Tudor, Magdalene of Frai.ce, and Mart of Lorraine. For sale by J. A. Carrie & Co. Messrs. Carrie & Co., ha/e also laid on our table an Address delivered by Rev. N. Murray, D D., New York; subject / “TAe Decline of Popery and its Causes and Pail 6, tne conclusion of *• The Life and Correspon dence of Robert Southey. ,r The “ Port Folio of a Medical Stuient ,” is a quizzical and hu rnorous work, with illustrations by Croom, just issued from the press of Lip pincott & Grambo. By Geo. M. Whar ton, M. D., which may well serve to relieve ewnitiand add a link to the chain of existence. For sale by T. Richards & Sow. Census Returns. —The Washington Re public states that complete returns have been received at the Census Office from eight of the States, to wit; Maine, New Hampshire, Ver mont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Maryland, Kentucky, Wisconsin, and from the Territo ry of Minnesota; and that partial returns have been received from all the rest of the States and Territories, except California and Oregon. For the Chronicle 5f Sentinel. A Grievance. Mr. Editor :—1 beg tho use of a small space in your columns for the purpose of pretesting against a grievance, which 1 think ought to be, as I believe it can be, redressed. I mean the habit of one of our river Steam packets of heralding her arrival by the discharge of a heavy gun, Sunday (which I think is her usual day of arrival) not excepted. Is this necessary f Other boats manage to dispense with this pom pous announcement of themselves, and proba bly without any serious detriment to their in terest. It is a great annnoyance to the inhatk tants of the lower part of the city, and especr. ally to the occupants (now rapidly increasing) of the river bank. Might it dm, for decency’s sake, be dispensed with on Sundays, at least? Is there no redress for it ? Have not the tra velling public a means of redress in their own hands ? We live in a land of freedom, I know, but I suppose travellers are as free to choose their boats as Captains are to startle families, and disturb the sacred quiet of Sunday even ings by these unseemly and ill-timed explo sions. If you think this poor popper likely to have any effect in stopping the mouth of the big gun in question, your giving it a place in your columns will confer a favor on the occu pants of the River Bank. Amin Bet, the Agent of the Turkish Go vernment, sent to this country to inspect our Navy Yards, Dry Bucks, Arsenals, &c., ar rived at Savannah on Saturday morning last. He is en route to Norfolk and other places in the North. California Intelligence. We annex details of San Francisce intelli gence to the Ist January, brought by the steamers Empire City and Georgia, at New York from Chagres. The advices from the latter port aire to the 28‘h of Jan. The Empire City bring? $750,000 in gold dust as freight, and the passengers have S3OO - 000. The mail steamer Georgia brings $105,000 in gold dust., and SIOO,OOO in the hands of the passengers. The steamships Carolina and Columbusar nved at Panama, the former with 300 passen gers, the latter with 350. The steamer Co lumbia has aso arrived at Panama from the United States. The steamer Georgia left C hsgres on the 28th of January with 575 passengers. Trans furred 220 to the Falcon at Havana lor New Orleans. Arrived at Havana on the night of the Ist, but cou d not enter until morning. Sailed again on the night of the third at half past eight o’clock, by special permission, and made her run to New York in 4 days and 3 hours. The steamship Pampero arrived in Cliagres on the 27th, and has commenced running be tween that place and San J ian, Nicaragua, to bring -up passengers. The rainy season was at an end on the Isth mus. The Gorgona road was open and people crossing with great facility. The rail road is progressing rapidly and there are now 70 f J or BtK) people at work on it. Chagros was getting more healthy, but there was still some cases of fever when the Georgia left. Gorgona was paniallv destroyed by fire on the night oi January 25th. Logs not ascer tained. Supposed about 8') bouses burned. The California markets present an unfavor able aspect for shippers The mines yield less profitably than last season, and of course there is much despon dency among the miners Two or three Marine Insurance Companies have been formed in San Francisco. Agriculture begins to lake form and order, and good results are reported as attend the labors of those cultivating the soil. yvhig Victory. —At an election in Sacramen to City fora member of the Legislative As sembly, Daniel J. Lisle, Whig, was chosen by 150 majority. A Whig Mayor and Council men were also chosen. The struggle was a sharp one, and unusual efforts were made on both sides. The Whigs had held a meeting for rejoicing over the victory. Messrs. Howland & Aspinwall say that they have heard from the steamer Panama at Mon terey, and believe that she is perfectly safe. A Chunk loort'i Finding. —A miner in the d'fging ß near Ophir, Butter county, picked up a lump of gold, last week, worth $l),00U Loss of the Schooner Patuxent —The Picay une states that the bng Isabel, 9 days from Humboldt Bay, brings the intelligence that the schr. Patuxent, which sailed hence on the 25 October, on Government service, drove from her anchors in Trinidad Bay, during a heavy gale of wind from the southeast, on the 20 h of November, and became a total wreck. About fourteen days previous, one of her boats was capsized at the mouth of the Kla math river, and three lives lost, namely. Lieut. Woodward, Phenix Davis, a passeug r,and a seaman named Edwards.— Pacific News. Anthracite Coal —A gentleman wno has re cently returned from an excursion to the coun try, informs us that he visited an extensive bed of thiscoal some forty miles from Sacramento City. It bad been thrown open by miners searching for gold ; and he assures us that the vein is extensive and the coal of the very best quality. Whether any attempt will be made to make this vein available, vve cannot say, as our informant had not decided upon what course he would take, if any, when we saw hin?. —Sacramento limes. From the Pacific News, Jan. 1. Matters on tlie Pacific Side. Nothing of particular interest has occurred since of the last steamer for the At lantic States, to render a full history of matters on the Pacific side necessary. The health of the city, and of California generally, is good. The cholera has entirely disappeared. Business shows no great ac'ivily ; in fact, is rather dull, and prices are not very encourag ing to the shipper. The mines are at present yielding less profi tably than during the past season; but it is a matter of doubt whether the yield of the next year will not equal that o. the past. The quanz gold will be mined with a great deal of energy during the coming spring and summer ; and with the aid of machinery and steam, the profits will undoubtedly be very large. The Indians in the Mariposa country have commenced depreJatians, and all eilorts to pacify them have proved unavailing. Th«.*o is in town and country a much greater amount of crime against properly and life than hereto fore ; and no doubt is entertained that there exists an organized band, mostly composed, probably, of convicts from the British colo nies whose trade is pillage and murder. Export of Geld Dust. The annexed state ment is complied from official sources, and may be relied upon as perfectly accurate so far as it pretends to speak of facts The esti mates are of course matters of opinion, but they are based upon authentic information derived from the very best sources. Tne gen tleman who compiled thetables has taken great pains and has spent several days in arriving at their details. Statement of Gold Dust shipped from San Francisco, from April 1, 1849, to 31st Decem ber, 1850, date inclusive. Passengers at an average of SSOO each. Pas^enpers. By Pass’grs. Gold Dust. Total for 1849-. 15 9 724,500 4.560 201 Total for 1850-.7,633 3,017,000 30 010,054 The above statement, from April 1, 1849, to May 1, 1850, includes only the gold dust ship ped on the steamers of Howland &, Aspin wall’s line. From that period, shipments and passengers by Law’s line and the Empire City line are included. The above contains a very incomplete state ment of the actual amount of gold dust pro duced by the mmes of California. An im mense amount has been sent out of the couu try by merchants, and taken off by passengers, of which no account bus been taken. Miners from Mexico, South America and Oregon, have carried off a very large amount No in considerable quantity has been consumed here by manufacturers of jewelry, and in tne vari ous coining establishments. There is also a very large amount of gold dust on hand, with the miners, merchants and bankers. Os those various sums, some authentic informa tion has been collected, of which statements and estimates are subjoined. Gold DuU shipped to C 2 ili and Peru by the Chili and Cdiforuia P our Company 31,373,000 Shipped by one English house, not report ed to the custom house 873 009 Stamped bullion by one establishment, as per s ateroenl ! 1,570 216 Jewelry manufactured by Jacks & Bro l!lere 51.620 Sh yped on sailing vessels. 7QB 306 i 414,576,042 lo these amounts may be added the following es timates, which are made up from the best informa tion that can be obtained from well-informed persons; G >ld Dust carried overland and coastwise, by miners from Mexico, Chili, Oregon, etc 17,500,000 Shipped by merchants, of which there is no tnanifes: entry 5,000,QCf Manufactured into jewelry, coin, etc., other than the above statement 600,000 In the possession of miner?-, merchant* bro kers and others 6,000,000 • 19,000.000 Recapitulation. Gold Dust shipped by steamers, from April 1 1849, to December 31. 1849 In steamers from January 1, 1830, to De ttimhir 31, 1860 30,010,064
